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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
Final DISCHARGE.

NOTICE IS hereby GIVEN To ALL
~ persons interested that will apply 10
lhe Hon. c E Leaphart, Judge CT Probate
in and for the County OF Lexington. State
of South Caroline. on the 9th day OF D.
cember, 1893. at 10 o'clock q. m. for a final
discharge as Administrative Of the Estate
of Mrs. Lorisa Ncese. deceased.
MRS MARY L MARTIN.
Administratix.
November Is, 1898 = 4w4
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07

Notice..

ALL PR SONS HAVING CLAIMS
n against the county are her=by nptifisd
to tie tie sam. with the Clerk of the Board
Oh or bStore the 18th d., of December.
instant. No claims Will be allowed aid
ordered paid unless iteuized aid sworn to
us required by law.
Members OF the Board of Commission
ers arc notified to meet at the usual place
on the first Monday in January next, at
IL o'clock a. m. They should come pre-
pared with names with which to fill the
iGry box.
l. J. LANGEOR?, Supervisor.
FL DREBEH, Cle,k.
Lexington, S g.. Dec. 8. 1898. -4w7.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
Shake Into Your Shoes,

Aliens Foot-Ease, powder for the feet.
1t cures painful. swollen, smarting, ner-
vous feet and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. Its the greatest
comfort discovery of the age, Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel
easy. It is certain cure for Chilblains,
sweating, calous, tired. aching feet. Try
it today Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 2icts. Trial package FREE. Ad.
dress, Allen S. Oimsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
NOTICE, ROAD OvERSEERS.

ALL OVERSEERS WHO HAVE NOT
n worked their full four days time on
the roads. as prescribed by law, are hereby
notified aud required to call out their
hands and pat their respective roads IN
good repair at orce
l.. J. LANGFORD, Supervisor.
December 6, 1895 -2wj.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07

The last session of the fifty fifth
Congress assembled at Washington
last Monday. Nearly all the Con-
gressmen were in their seats.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07

The State Legislature will meet in
Columbia on the second Tuesday in
January, which is the 10th day of
the month.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
Notice..

ALL PERSONS OWNING PROPERTY
"A within the corporate limits of the
Town Of Lex ngton. S. c, are hereby mott
fed to make returns Of the same for taxa
ton to the und-rsigned ed, t the office Of
Etird & Dreher in said Town. where the
books OF said Town will be opened from
the 18th to the l7th of December next.
ho:h inclusive. for the purpose OF receiving
such returns. Parties failing to make re-
turn, as aforesaid are notified that the val
nations OF their property will be taken
from the books of the Auditor of Lexing-
ton county. and will be used and ra'ed as
their returns in making up the books for
said Town. F. + DREHER,
Clerk o. Town of Lexington, S. 9.
Nov ember 22, 1898 Avs.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07


Of cor5in. Whitley Co. Ky. Il was taken with
severe pains ii, the chest. after which began TO
spit up blood and was also troubled with night
sweats was 30 s::ort wiuded that could
hardly walk half 4 milo at oncc. and il got the
leas; bit vycarci. l would have an attack of
phtflSic (astir:la( and air:oS, die for about two
or three DAYS. I concluded 10 try Dr.. X. v.
Pierce and related my case to him. He wrote
me that should take his Golden Medical Dis
covery' ! began using il and used about six
bottles. I began to see that it was helping me-
so concluded 20 continue its use did 50 and
have improved both in strength and in weight
have not had the phthisic, nor spit up any
blood since last spring"
This great remedy-Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery-cures oS per cent. of
all laryngial, bronchial, throat and kindred
affections which, if neglected lead up to
consumption. It strengthens the stomach
and makes the appetite keen and hearty.
It invigorates the liver and aids the natural
processes of secretion and e9c-etion. It
makes the assimilation of the food perfect.
1t is the great blood maker and flesh
builder Honest dealers will not urge you to
take a substitute said to be Just as good"
Send for DR.. Fierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser. FREE. Enclose 81 one
cent stamps to cover mailing only, to the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y, for paper copy.
Cloth binding ten cents extra. 1t is
q thousand page book with over seven
hundred illustrations formerly sold for
SI.5o. For limited time can be had for
cost Of mailing.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
School Teacher Wanted

To teach Charter Oak school. Sub
nit salary wanted with recommenda
ton. Apply to
John J. Taylor, Oh. Trustees,
Barr's Landing, Lex. Co., S. G.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
Final Discharge.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
~ persons interested that will apply to
the Hor, C. F. Lea: ha:t Judge cf rebate
IN aid for the County cf Lexington, State
OF South Carolina, on the 3rd day o! Jan
uery. 1899, at 10 O'Clock q. m, for a final
discharge as Administrator Of the E tate o.
Emanaal Oswald, deceased
Il. i OSWALT,
Almini-trAtor.
December 5. 1S9S-582.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
Try Aliens Foot Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and damp. If you have smarting or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot,Ease. Itwarms the
feet and makes walking easy. Cures swol-
len aud sweating feet, blisters and callcus
spots Relieves corns and bunions Of all
lin and is a certain cure for chilblains and
frost bites. Try it today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address Allen S OH sted,
oDor Y
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07

to consumption and allied
diseases.
There is All almost certain
cure and 4 positive prevent
i've for this fatal disease if
taken III time. The story of
what it will DO is told i'll the
following letter:
"Ahc:it two ard a half years
ago. when I was al Flat Lick.
XIV ~ ,.--itcc " Jordan ESr
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-12-07
Frt;rcs Don't Lie.
ut Lie.
. Il doesn't take

q II OOSSn l I'd kS
! much knowledge
/ of mathematics
l to figure out the
' facts about that
dread disease -
corsu III ption.
Statisticians long
ago demonstrated
that one seventh
Of all the deaths
in Cllris:endo.n
each year may be
safely attributed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17

takes advantage of leap year and catches
him off his guard. He is very fond of
fruit and never eats meat. He is likely
to be morose and melancholy.
Grasping the cigarette with the tips Of
all the fingers and thumb with the lighted
end pointing directly toward the palm Of
the hand, is a very bad sign. This smok-
er Is cold, calculating and designing
man. He has an instructive hatred of
children and will be totally bald before
he is % years old.
Holding the cigarette between the
thumb and forefinger, with the remaining
fingers closed on the palm of the hand, is
infallible evidence that the smoker first
began toying with the cigarette on the
sly when he was very young and in con-
slant fear of the deadly slipper When
held in this manner the cigarette can be
concealed more quickly and efrectually
than when held in any other way. so it
may Indicate many things. This smoker
will be very dudish. If he drops his
cigarette on the piazza floor and resumes
smoking it without first knocking the
dust off of it he is not as tidy and me
thod1cal as he should be. He is also like
ly to be careless and needless.
The fellow who holds his cigarette be-
tween his first and second fingers is q hi.
cycle scorcher or will be if he lives long
enough. He eats meat three times a dav
and has little regard for the rights Of
other people. He will have much trouble
in life and will be put in jail several
times. 1elphia Inquirer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17

round very serviceable because IL vii,
pear numberless washings. has for its ar
na,iinentatlon geometrical figures cut from
Mhile pique. The figures are catstitched
- me foundation with white linen floss.
Asouno the edge of each figure is a row
VI white honton braid, and the trim
ming Tor the edge is crocheted with
coarse cotton and novelty braid in any
pretty pattern any
cornueopia, which may be used for
a, a catchall Is made from square white
lnen hemstitched dolly. Starch the dolly
very SUN, line with yellow silk and make
ililo ihe shape of a horn of plenty lac
ny the sides together with baby ribbon
through eyelits worked with yellow silk
tor a court plas.er case cut two pieces
of cardboard, each 3la by 21s inches ''1 on
oiie sue or each put piece of scented
wauding of the exact size of the card
board. Cover both sides Of each piece
with white linen, overhanding the edges
gone with yellow silk. Sew the two
pieces together at the top, fastening in
WIN them several pieces of court plaster
Put small bow of yellow ribbon on tbe
top OF the ease
A convenient article for the dressing
c e may ne made from a jewellers box
oeiect one IN which a dozen spoons Or
FORKS are sent home. Remove the rim
from tne cover. Cover the inside of the
poH ana one side of the cover with sheet
"dudlns We'll sprinkled with sachet now
ueT; Cover the box inside and out and
both sides of the cover with any hrightA
colofed china silk. Fasten the cover IN
me poN with ribbon bows for hinges. If
preferred, a box like this may be COW
erea on the inside with silk and on the
must must be very smoothly put on. Such a
poX is very handy Tor stickpins small
combs or any trifes which it is desired
10 keep separate from the larger articles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17
WILL YOU TAKE A WIFE?
Ages At Which Men andiWomen Marry in U. S.

That the average woman, say in Now
ofk, or in any of our cities, will
marry at the age of 25.46 years can be
demonstrated, as can the fact that of
100 who reach this age q will never
marry. 1t is strange but true that
more women marry than do men. OF
100 men who reach the age of % 3 wears
- will die single. From this it will be
seen that about one-fifth OF the people
IN this country are destined to die un-
married, whether they wish to or not.
Leaving divorces out Of the cues
ton and the possibilty-which is very
slight-of the husband and wife diving
together. it is inevitable that in every
case of marriage there will be left.
sooner or later, widow or Il widower
More WidoWers than widows renar-
ry. and because of this fact. the num-
Der OF women who marry must exceed
the actual number of married men
The rule seems to be that one widower
IN three and one widow in four try
Wedlock Il second time.
OF 100 marriages, about IS of the men
will be Widowers and II Of the women
will be widows. This leaves 81 bachel-
ors and SO spinsters to we'd.
Old Weller's advice, Beware of the
vidders, is more humorous than sound
Statistics prove that the widows not
only do not monopolize the eligible
men. but they are not even dangerous
rivals to the maidens in the matrimo-
NAL market.
Bachelors should make a note of the
fact that there is more to be feared
from one spinster than from Is widows:
widoWers. however, stand an equal
chance With bachelors in winning
wives.
No fortune teller or palm reader, no
Boosting Glendoner nor communer with
spirits can equal the statistician when If
comes to the question of marriage.
Out of every 100 weddings in any of our
cities, or, we might add, in any part of
our country. 10 will be minors and all
the minors but one will be a spinster
in her teens. The others will be men
and women; the average age of the
former will be 29.5 and of the latter
2546.
This might prove that bachelors are
more cautious than spinsters. but it is
no doubt, due to the fact that girls are
regarded as manageable at 16 or IT,
and men not till after 21 Forty three
out of every hundred spinsters that
marry are between 20 and 25. % are be-
tween % and 80 and the remainder, H.
are between 80 and so.
But while women marry earlier than
men, they are also stricken from the
eligible list at an earlier age. though still
feeling that while there is life there is
hope.
The number of women who marry I'M
MT, hn .Nf
men who marry at that age hut, after
the age OF 45. three times as many men
marry for the first time. Widows re-
marry at an average age of 80. and wild
overs at H.
The following table complied from our
last census report, can he relied on. In
every 1000 marriages the ages of brides
and grooms are as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17
INEXPENSIVE FANCY ARTICLES.
Dainty Trines for Decoration Or Use in
Ones Room at Small Cost

There are many articles which can he
made quickly at small expense which
change the appearance of rather bare
room into that of very coy one. FOR
a match safe. cut piece of water color
paper in the shape OF a large heart. In
the centre cross two common cay pipes
which have been gilded and fastened
where they cross with a bow of bright
ribbon. On the bottom place a strip OF
coarse sandpaper. Splash the edges
careleSsly with gold paint ami hang with
n ribbon of the same shade as that used
on the pipes.
cushion top of bolton cloth worked
with moss rosebuds and leaves is very
effective This may be used over a
round, square or long cushion, the top
being shaped to correspond with the
cushion The cushion should first be
covered with silk or satin. Put ruff1e
of lace around the edge of the bolton
cloth and fasten it to the cushion at each
corner with ribbon bows of the same
shade as the cushion.
Mats for hot dishes may he cut from
asbestos and covered with light cream
colored sateen. Work little figure on
each cover with washable silk. and then
the covers may be removed and washed
whenever they become Soiled.
A table cover of denim, which will be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17
A Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, AUGUSTA,
Tuesday, June %, 1893,
AT II O'CLOCK, A. NJ,

for the purpose of nominating a candi-
date for Governor to be supported at the
September election, and transacting any
other business that may properly come
before it.
The voters of Maine, without regard to
past political differences. who are in favor
Of sustaining President Mckinley and his
administration in the conduct Of the war
with Spain; who are III favor Of sustain
ing the present wise ana economical adj
miniStration of our State affairs, are cor
daily invited to join with the Republi-
cans in choosing delegates to this con-
vention.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city, town and plantation
will be entitled to one delegate, and for
each 10 votes cast for the Republican can
ddate for Governor in 1886, an additional
delegate and for a fraction of 40 votes in
excess of 70 votes, a further additional
delegate Vacancies in the delegation of
any city, town or plantation can only be
filed by a resident of the county in which
the vacancy exists.
The State committee will be in session
In the city council rooms of City hall. at
o'clock on the morning of the conven-
ton, for the purpose of receiving the
credentials of delegates. Delegates. in
order to be eligible to participate in the
convention, must be elected subsequent to
the date of the call for this convention.
Per order, Republican State Committee
j. II. MANLEY, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
AngISf3 Me April 81 1898
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Life Of a Fire Engine.
(NeW York Sun


The life of fire engine in this city
in it's first use is 10 years. 1t is then
rebuilt and is as good either in regular
service or as reserve engine, for 10
years more. After 20 years Of service
the old engine is sold at auction
1t may be bought by another city or
town for use as a fire engine, but this
happens very rarely. The engines are
heavy, and they must be drawn by
horses, so they are not adapted for use
in smaller cities. The old engine is
oftener bought by contractor for use,
for instance, in pumping out cellars
In such service a steam pressure Of 80
pounds might be ample for the work,
while in the fire service a pressure of
$50 pounds might he required. In such
work as this the old engine might last
three or four years more.
Sometimes the discarded fire depart
nlcnt engine Is bought by a junk dealer
who breaks it up for the metals 1t con-
tains. and this is what they all come
TO at last.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17

OF the remaining nine men and five
women the marriages will be between GO
and SO years, by which time. 1t is gen
orally believed, the impulses and emo
tons of youth are under the control of
the reason. 1t Will be noted that after
the age of so. in both sexes, the desire,
as well as the opportunity for marriage
rapidly falls off.
1t is estimated that in any of our older
settled states the number Of marriage
able but unmarried women between the
ages of 16 and 45 is about 80 per cent of
the women living between those ages.
If this estimate be correct. the number
of unmarried but marriageabe women
now living in Greater New York is about
49,. geo while the number of unmarried
men between the ages of p and so is
about H. 600.
The truth is that every woman living
i'm this country who is between the ages
of u and 10, has four chances to one OF
getting married; p out OF every 100 must
go through life huSbandleSS.
Neither managing mamas nor the riSht
of suffrage can alter this. There may be
some comfort in the thought that there
are 50 many unfortunate men IN the same
condition as to wives.
1t is a sad fact that in the United States
at this time the number OF splnSterS pc
tween the ages of IS ami GO outnumber
the bachelors of the same age as six to
one. A brief survey of any community
in the Northern or Southern states will
demonstrate the truth of this statement.
ne tlNll w ar - IfSl'oii'ei,piGa ~ tiii7
state of affairs. OF the nearly 600, coo sol
diers who died on both sides. 80 per cent.
were young. unmarried men. Had there
been 10 war a large majority Of these
men would have been married.
And so it comes about that the many
old maids over a. and some of them I'M
der that age are the brevet widows-if
we may be pardoned the phrase--of the
men who fell in battle on both sides. or
who. in greater numbers, persisted in hos
pitfalls ana prisons. To this noble array
Of women every true American must raise
his hat in respect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17
Cigaretteology.

The manner in which the smoker holds
his cigarette in his hand while it is re-
moved from his mouth tells much to the
student of cgaretteoloSy. II he holds it
with all four fingers along the top. with
noet or musician His organization is
cry fine and sensitive. Only the highest
in all the arts will appeal to him. He is
sadly lacking in courage and Will never
be married unless some young woman
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17
Dying Nation.

o the dying nation
Waiting for the hearse,
Muttering of salvation
Whiie 1t fain would curse.
IL mas lost its station
Lost Its elevation
. the dying nation,
Lying so perVerse,
WORLDS We're given to it
Mercy 1t withheld
ANA its new born brother
AT the altar felled:
Marrow was its forehead
ana Its blood was torrid.
too name it made horrid
w hereSoe'er it dwelled.
GroVeling to Jesus.
St!ll ii was the satyr
ReNel!ng like Croesus;
Plnched opiHiator;
Lake spy's it's learning,
Ike thiefs its yearning:
Like fiend's its burning
ol an innoVator.
Moors and Jews it banished
For their toleration:
colonies. they vanished.
run peninsulation
Made a monkish stranger,
mixing knowledge danger.
Ana the bright worlds ranger
Is the dying nation.
OUT and forth We peoples,
With kindred feeling.
I'M the narrow steeples
BE not your concealing.
tensors burn their tapers
IN your schools and papers:
They are dismal vapors.
Like some dying nation,
Worlds that we discover
DO not blast with scowlingt
Facts DER which We hover
Darker not by cowling,
Let the critic ponder
ike the gloomy condor:
Learn your lessons yonder.
FROM your gunners fowling,
In the midworh standing.
B0th our shores sustain us,
Like the great doors open
OF the temple Janus;
Derelicts of ocean
Sink at our commotion.
Far isles with devotion
Sing to entertain us
o the dying nation
Waiting for the hearse,
MutterinS of salvation
While it fam would curse:
II has lost its station,
Lost its elevation
Q the dying nation.
Dying SO perverse,
George Alfred Townsend in Bosto
Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17

Vacancies in any delegation can only be
flied by such delegation.
Delegates, ~ order to participate i'm the
convention, must be elected subsequent
to the date of the call for this convention.
The county committee will be in SEES
sion in the ante-room Of the hall at 10
o'clock on the morning Of the convention
for the purpose of receiving the creden-
tails of the delegates.
Per order of the Republican county
committee.
WILLARD NJ. DUNN. Chairman.
T., C. STEVENS. Secretary.
May g 1.93
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Special Advertisements.

Small advertisements not exceeding
four lines Ohrty words coming under
the head of WANTED. FOR SALE, TO
LET. LOST, &c, will be inserted two
times for % cents, three times for 81
cents and one week for 80 cents, AID
PAYMENT. In sending by mail
remittance of postage stamps or posta,
note should be made with order, the
charges are too small to open accounts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17

Hart crandlemere of Vancebofo' na ao
., hens now sitting. He expects NV
chickens when all are hatche" .;e.;,g
one of VancebOro's most eh,ei - ,ocr
poultry men. He had poor A,,;cL
year, he says, and lost lou nice
ems.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17

The grass in Aroostook county L.
renorted to have wintered well. Ne"
seeded pieces look particularly eliil,.,
and the prospect is that Win Law
bic conditions there Will DE 70N
crop of hay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17
Ass?vs!!AN E.NNss.C CO. CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, AUGUSTA,
Tuesday, June 9TH, 1898
AT 1920 A. NJ,

For the purpose of nominating three
candidates for senator's. one candidate
for sheriff, one candidate for register or
deeds, one candidate for county attorney.
one candidate for county treasurer. one
candidate for county commissioner. all
to be voted for at the September election:
and transacting any other business that
may properly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city and town and planta-
ton will be entitled to one delegate, ana