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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

all the farmers advancing to their
ruin by persisting in buying fertl-
lizers at a high price to make cotton
at cheap-dirt cheap-price, with
which to buy bread and meat for
their families and corn and western
hay for their stock.
We defy the average farmer to
make careful and honest calcula-
ton and show wherein he can make
his salt at 5 cents cotton. Some
may realize little margin, but it IS
but small at best. Then how stupid,
how absurd to persist in a policy OF
ruiu!
We feel for the farmer. We want
to see him happy and prosperous
We want to see him living in a com,
Portable house, his family well fed
and clothed; his children educated,
but to attain to such a condition he
must reverse his actions.
Friend farmer. if you are purpos-
ing to neglect your log and hominy
this year again, and are going to
travel in your old tracks, with all the
force we can command, we thunder
don't.
Plant cotton? Yes, but be sure to
plant sufficient crop Of corn to do
you; raise your bacon, and even your
stock-you can do this-and then let
King cotton come in, and try to
cheaper it's production if possible.
That man would be a monstrosity
who can buy his stock, his corn and
bacon, all the fertilizers he uses,
clothe his family, educate his children,
and pay bis honest debts out OF the
proceeds Of his cotton crop at five
cents.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
Dr.. B;viags Crazy His Friends
Believe.
Wife Makes Statement OF Ills
Mental Condition.

He Had Been in Bad Health-NeW
Law Changing Time for Holding
Coutt,,, in Seventh Circuit Gets
Lawyers Tangled.
Spartanburg, March 3-The friends
of DR.. Bivings now say be was crazy
when he committed the awful deed OF
Tuesday afternoon. 1t is only on
this hypothesis that they can account
for his actions. T. J. TRIMMER had
been perhaps the best friend he had
in the world and be had made Ttlm-
mier's book store his headquarters
for a year or more. Mrs. Blvlngs
states that Mr.. TRIMMER had always
treated her in perfectly gentleman
" manner and she had not seen him
since lust before the Christmas hoii-
DAYS. If Mr.. Trimmer had ever
said anything derogatory about Mrs
B;vings to anybody it has not yet
been divulged. Such seems incredl-
BILE, for Mrs. Bi,ings is above re
proach and is highly respected by all
who know her. Bivings health has
been bad for several months and he
had given up epractice OF dentistry
Mrs. Bivings stated to a reporter that
on the afternoon before the tragedy
a physician had stated to her tt at
her husband was suffering from
mental alteration. These facts, taken
together with his actions in the
telegraph Office both before and alter
the shooting, cause some to doubt
his sanity. Ii this be not the case a
cause for the deed has yet to be
found.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
4 Clever Trick.

It certainly locks like it, but there
is usa!ly no trick about it. Anybody
can try it who has Lame Back and
Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous
troubles. We mean he can cure
himself right away by taking Elec-
tric Bitters. This medicine tones up
the whole system, acts as stlmulant
to the Liver and Kidneys, is a blood
purifier ard nerve tonic. 1t cures
Constipation, Headache, Painting
Spells, SleepIessness and Melancholy.
1t is purely vegetable, a mild laxa-
tive, and restores the system to ITS
natural yisor. Try Electric Bitters
and be convinced that they are a
miracle worker. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only so cents a bottle at
G. NJ. Harman's, J. Z. Kaufm AIMS.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
The Discovery Of the Day.

Aug. J. Bogel, the leading drug
gist of Shreveport, La. says: 'Dr.
Kings New Discovery is the only
thing. that cures my cough, and it is
the best seller I have. J. L. Camp
bell, merchant Of Stafford, Ariz.,
writes: DIR. Kings New Discovery
is all that is claimed for it; it never
fails, and is sure cure for Consump
ton, Coughs and Colds, I cannot
say enough for its merits. DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds is not an
experiment. 1t has been tried for a
quarter Of a century, and today
stands at the head. It never disap-
points. Fee trial bottles at }. T..
kaufmann 5 Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

ties of Pc ru-na cured me. I hope
all suffering women will take Peru
ma. know it will cure others also.
T cannot praise Pe.ru.na enough"
Bear in mind that female weak
ness is pelvic catarrh, to which
women are peculiarly liable, and
from which few are entirely exempt.
Pe-ru-na cures catarrh wherever
located. "Health aud Beauty" a
book devoted to the phase Of catarrh
peculiar to women, will be sent free
to any woman by The Peru ma Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
70 Define the Usury Law.

An Act to regulate the rate Of inter
est upon contracts arising in this
State far the hiring, lending or use
of money or other commodity.
BE it enacted by the General AS.
sembly of the State of South Caro-
lima:
Section /. Tdat no greater interest
than I per cen, per annum shall be
charged: taken, agreed upon, Or al
lowed, upon any contract arising in
this State, for the hiring. lending or
use of money or other commodity,
either way straight interest, dis
count or otherwise. except upon writ
ten contracts, wherein, by express
agreement, a rate Of interest not eN-
ceedipg s per cent may be charged.
Section 2 Any person or corpora.
ton who shall receive, or contract to
receive, as interest any greater
amount than is provided for in the
preceding section, shall forfeit all
interest ard the cost of the action,
and such portion Of the original debt
as shall be due shall be recovered
without interest or costs, and where
any amount so charged or contracted
for has been actually received by
such person or corporation, be or she
or they shall forfeit double the
amount received in respect Of inter
est, to be collected by a separate
action or allowed as a counter claim
in any action brought t. recover the
principal sum.
Section 3. That the borrower, and
his heirs, devisecs, legatees or per
<oual representative, CT any creditor,
or any person having a legal or
equitable interest in the estate or
assets of such borrower, moy plead
The benefit of the provisions OF this
Act. as plaintiff Or defendant, and
the same shall be effcctual at any
suit at law, OF in equity, and any
person offending against the same
shall be compelled to answer, on
oath, any complaint that may be ex,
hibited against him for the discovery
of any sum CT money OF things in
action, so charged, agreed upon,
reserved or taken, in violation Of the
foregoing provisions, or either Of
them.
Section T. That all Acts and parts
of Acts, inconsistent with this Act,
be, and the same are hereby, repealed;
provided, That this Act shall not ap,
ply to contracts made before it goes
into effect. Approved the 10th day
of February, A. D. 1888.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
Eecsscuting, ''The People"
Wa.erce Messenger.

Wa.erce Messenger.
The Camden Messenger reminds
lis readers that "a good deal of the
dissatisfaction with Governor Elle1be
comes from the politicians" Our in
formation is that Governor Ellerbe
has the support of most Of the State
officials-all except perhaps three.
At least one of the United States
senators is believed to be friendly to
his reelection and perhaps both. The
superintendent of the penitentiary
is supposed to be an Ellerbe man.
Indeed, we have good reason to be-
lieve that Governor Eilerbe is the
candidate of most OF the persons who
draw salaries from the State treasury
in Columbia. Far be it from Us to
insinuate that any Of these gents ere
politicians.-Greenville News.
Indeed, does the Greenyille News
::have good reason to believe that
Governor Ellerbe is the candidate OF
most of the persons who draw s&lar-
les" as members Ct the general as
sembly recently in session in Colum-
b;a?
We are told from Columbia that
'.already drove Of candidates has
appeared in the field after the office
Of Governor"
Why this ''dro7e of candidates" for
the Governors Office? Is the dissat-
isfaction among the masses Of the
people in the judgment" of the
Greenville News so widespread with
reference to Gov. E!le.be as to cause
| this rush for the executive chair, or
is it the design Of the people de-
scribed by the News as certain
wicked ones who design to make
martyrs Of the ''ins" who are "the
people" according to the News or
are they politicians seeking their own
preferment?
There is doubtless some dissatis-
faction wi:L Gov. E!ierbe's admins
traitor, but we insist that good
deal Of it originates with the pollti,
clans.
Does the News rot remember say
ing only recently that it regretted tc
see q number OF persons offering fol
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
New Is ths Tina


To purify your blood with HOOD S
sarsaparilla. March, April, May are
the trying months Of the year. At
this season your blood Is loaded with
impurities which have accumulated
during the winter, and these inpuri'
ties must be Immediately expelled.
Hoods sarsaparilla is the One True
Blood Purifier. Ii is the medicine
which has accomplished many thou
sands of remarkable cures Ct all
blood diseases. It is what the mil
lions take in the spring to build up
health and ward off sickness. Il
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
Doa't.

II there ever was a time when
reason and common sense combined
to thunder don t, at the farmer who
persists in the foolish policy OF plant
ing big crop Of cotton to the neglect
OF his grain crop, that time is now.
Corn advancing! Wheat advanc-
Ing! Western hay advancing! And
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

There is one social dishonor about
which no one thinks it worth while
to say much in rcprobation, but
which does more harm than any other
known to us-we mean the dishoncr
of repeating conversations, opinions,
circumstances, not made under prom
ise of secrecy. but which high
sense of honor would treat as conf
Dental, if haply a high sense OF
honor were the rule.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

Il can say one thing for Chamber
lain's CJlic, Cholera and Diauhoea
Remedy; and that is that it excels
any proprietary medicine I have seen
on the market, ard I have been in
the practice Of medicine and the
drug business for the past forty
years, writes J. NJ. Jackson, NJ. D
Bronson, Fla. Physicians like Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy because it is a scien-
tiGc preparation, and because it
always gives quick relief. Get a
bottle at J. J.. karfmann's drug
store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
The Naval Militia.
! Two CATERS for South Carolina's
Force.

How the Federal Appropriation for
This Branch OF the Service Will
BE Expended in This State.
The general government makes an
appropriation of $4,000 annually
for the naval militia. Gen. John
Gary Watts has been informed that
South Cardinals share of this appro-
priation will be Sl,641.39. This
money will be used in buying sup
plies for the naval militia and i'm
proving its equipment.
Gen. Watts has purchased two ex-
cellent cutters for the use of the naval
militia. One of these cutters will be
stationed at Beaufort and the other
at Charleston.
The South Carolina naval militia
is composed Of three companies, Is
commissioned officers, "a non-com-
missioned officers and Ill priyates, q
total of 1873.
The three companies are the Beau
fort Artillery, the Lafayette artil-
lery and the Chicora rifles. The
Lafayettes are in Charleston, and the
Chicoras at Mount Pleasant across
the bay from Charleston. They will
jointly use the cutter stationed in
Charleston.
In case of war with Spain or any
other country with navy, the naval
militia would be among the first put
in service, and it is matter of pride
that South Carolina has we'll drilled
and we'll equipped naval militia.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

firms refused to give credit. Since
than Spain has raised funds from un'
known sources.
Diplomats in London express the
belief that French fnancies are help
ing the Spanish government.
1t is known that Spain is trying to
purchase three other ships which are
being built by the Armstrong;: but
she has rot yet succeeded in making
bargain, consequently there is still
time if the United States wishes to
forcstall her.
The United States could also fore
stall Spain in the purchase of other
ships building in English and con
tinental dockyards.
While Chill denies that any Of the
ships ordered for that country are
for sale, it is believed by naval con-
structors that Chil's best cruiser, the
O Higgins, which is jnst finished,
could be purchased.
SQUADRON FOR CrEA.
London, March "A letter Just
received here from Madrid says it is
definitely reported there that a fresh
Spanish squadron destined for Cuba,
is being organized at Cadiz. It con-
sists Of four ironc!ads, the CirlosE.,
Pelayo, Alfonso NH apI another,
several gunboats and atrans- Atlantic
steamer. Active work is also pro-
ceeding upon the torpedo boat des-
troyers Prosperina, Audaz and upon
the torpedo boats Habapa Retanosa
and Barcelo, which form the secord
boat hotilla that Spain is sending to
Cuba.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

for I had the
best four doc
tors in the city
and they could
not cure me. My
disease was fe-
male weakness.
J had been trou
bled with it for
five years. Four
and a half bot
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
High Living IN Georgia.

A Negro, being hotley pursued by
dogs that were guarding a farmhouse
in The owners absence, fed to G
swamp aud climbed tree fer safety.
Ia telling about it afterwards be said:
Yes, sub! I wuz in tight place,
I tell you. Up dat tree 1 went, and
dar I stayed er two days en- nights,
wild dem does keepin' guard at de
foot. When dey'd git tired, dey'd
relieve each yuther, but dey wuz
always couple er dem on duty all
de time, so dar I wuz, en- frsia ever
minute 'ad bring de farmer, wild bis
gun"
Aud YOU had nothing to eat all
that .imc?'
"Oh, yes. sub; wuz we'll fixed in
dat respe': I lived high, so terspeak.
"And what did you live oi.!
Well, sub, ter make long story
sho,t, dar WIZ. possum up dat tree
liI;owisa, and bless God, he WIZ ez
ffa;d CT de dogs ez | wuz.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted at ths
rate Of one cent per word for first inser.
ton, and one half cent for each subse-
quent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wish.
ing 20 advertise for three, six and twelve
months.
Notices in the local column cents Der
line each inser ion.
Obituaries charged for at the rate OF one
cent word vi en- they exceed l00 words.
Marriage notices inserted tree.
Address
J. VI. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

Governor who were not worthy OF Ii:
Are any of these persons referred to
by the News politicians? How did
their getting in the race come about
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
Difficulties Rsmoved.

"My father, my brother and my
self were all troubled with loss OF
appetite and took Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla with great benefit. 1 have suf-
fered for years with eruptions, but
since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla I
have had no trouble of this kind. 1t
has also cured me Of indigestion.
Ernest n. Jennings, Begart, Geor
gia.
Hoods Pills are easy to take,
easy to operate. Cure Indigestion,
headache.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

There are three little things which
do more work than any other three
little things crcated-they are the
ant, the bee and DeWi;ts Little
Early Risers, the last being the fam
Gus little pills for stomach and liver
troubles. Sold by J. Z. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09

Some people are baptized simply
to hear tie world say, 30, how pious. :
The man who will do as good as
his opportunity will be busy every
day.
The man who knows nothing ex-
ccpt what lie has learned from books,
is poorly educated.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
Publish My Letter
So That Women May Know Where
to- Find Relief.

Such is The request OF Mrs. L. NJ.
Haynes, Springfield, Mo. General
delivery. A part of Mrs. Haynes,
letter reads as follows: II wrote to
Won in May. 7 was about to give it up.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-09
BEESWAX WANTED

IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES.
r WILL PAY THE BIGHEST MAR
ket price tor clean ana pure Eeeswax.
Price governed by color aud CONDITION.
RICE B HARMAN,
At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. c.
The times., 1898-10-24
ONE MAN Is A REGIMENT.
Peculiar Dilemma of Sergt. Clutch,
of Philadelphia.

Secretary Alger has ordered the Third
Pennsylvania Regiment to be retained
for garrison duty in Cuba. If the man
date of the Secretary is to be carried
out to the letter. Sergt. Robert NJ
Clutch, in all his solitary and regimental
dignity, will embark for the Pearl of the
Antilles and there guard and fight per-
haps for the honor of Uncle Sam. Sergt.
Clutch is the Third Regiment. All the
life and existence of this doughty
Philadelphia organization is wrapped up
in one man, who occupies unique po-
sition in the armies of this great nation.
Many imagine that a regiment consists
of a colonel. captains and columns OF
marching soldiers. 1t does usually, but
in this case things are different. The. e
is colonel, his name is Clutch; there is
a captain, also Clutch, and so on down
the whole list it is Clutch. from the
glory of the shoulder straps to the apron
of the humble but necessary cook His
tory tells of men young in years who
have marshaled the armies of nations
and by their military prowess changed
the destiny of empires. but none of
them, Napoleon included, ever was a
regiment himself.
This strange condition of things came
about as follows: Last week the colo ael,
staff, line officers and men of the Third
Regiment, on furlough in Philadelphia,
were formally mustered out of the SER
vice of the United States-that is, ex-
cept one. This was Sergt. Clutch, who
at the present writing is still so der
and a regiment too. The sergeant was
absent from Philadelphia and could not
be mustered out with his command, A
Company He arrived in town late on
Friday night, and arrangements were
not made to have him leave the service
The rest of the erstwhi!e boys in b ue
are parading around in newest store
| clothes, but the gallant sergeant is a on
entitled to wear the blue blouse and
! jaunty campaign hat. Saturday after
| noon an order was sent from the War
| Department to Philadelphia that the
| Second and Third Regiments We're to be
retained, instead of the Fourteenth and
| Fifteenth, now at Camp Meade. The
| Second was still intact, but for the Third
| the order came too late to affect the
now discharged officers and men.
So the mantle of military glory falls
| on the sergeant. He is the Third anj
| the Third has been retained. If he Is
discharged it will be contrary to the or
der from Washington, and so he must
mobolize himself for further orders.
The times., 1898-10-24
LAFAYETTE MONUMENT FUND.
Money Collected VIII BE Reported
Some Time This Week.

From present indications it seems that
a handsome sum was realized from the
school children of the city during the ex-
ercises which were held on Lafayette
Day, when an opportunity was afforded
the scholars to contribute toward a ma
tional fund TO be expended in erecting a
colossal memorial over the grave of Gen
Lafayette In Paris. The money which
was contributed by the scholars was
turned over to the principals of the vari-
Gus schools by the different teachers.
Each principal was to forward the
money thus received to the supervising
principal of the division in which his
school building is located. and each of
the eleven IS supervising principals will
make returns to William B. Powell, the
superintendent of the public schools of
the city. He will transmit it to the
national treasurer of the Lafayette
memorial commission at Chicago. Super
intendent Powell says he expects to an
nounce the amount of money obtained
some tine during the present week
The times., 1898-10-24
FIND A NEW COMET.
Discovery Made mt the Naval OBJ
servatOry Saturday Night

The cry, "a Comet" went up at the
Naval Observatory on Saturday night.
Every glass was leveled at the northern
sky and every eye peered at the fiery
stranger as it sped toward the earth.
Prof. Frisbie was making observations
on the constellation Draco. one that
winds between Cepheus and the Great
Bear. 1t is celebrated aggregation OF
stars. for Etanin, one of this company,
led to the discovery of the alteration OF
light.
Prof Frisbie was looking through his
glass at the star Thuban, which, in the
year B. C. 1900. was ten times nearer the
true pole than Polaris is today and was
then the pole star. A strange light swept
into the dark field. Prof. Frisbie wiped
his eye and took another peep. Then a
new light had come into the northern sky.
The professor could not identify it. He
knew it was stranger. Then it was
that he sent up the cry, "A comet"
Prof. G. A. Hill was in another build
ing making observations on the deviation
of latitude. Rushing along near Thuban,
he caught glimpse of ghostly light
| Something fieecy was moving there. Then
he, too. cried "a cometr'
The stranger was seen at about I
o'clock on Saturday night. Further OBJ
servations We're made last night. 1t is a
bright comet, and is moving so rapidly to
the south that its motion may be seen 1t
is little west of north and has about 40
degrees elevation. AS the moon has a
diameter of 1-2 a degree, the uninitiated
may know that the comet is eighty times
the diameter of the moon above the
northern horizon.
The comet is as yet a telescope OBJ
ject, but at its present rate the discov-
erers expect that the citizens of Wash
ington may look upon 1t within a few
nights. Its diameter is two or three min
utes and it is said by the astronomers
to be exceedingly bright. No hitherto dis
covered comet is due at this season, and
the stranger is thought never to have WIS.,
tied this sphere within the memory OF
man. Observations will be taken nightly