The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
CONCERNING a MARRIAGE.

IUNGEENiNE - ItaSS!SGc.
THE Lexington Dispatch meets the prop
osition Of the State to consolidate Richland
and Lexington counties with ridlcule. The
Dispatch will find tina. ridicule will not do
in this case. Look at the States PROPOSE
ton from any standpoint you please and
there is mt rit 10 it. We would therefore
advise the dispatch to treat the matter
more seriously, and hunt up some facts to
offset the ones presented by the State,
The proposition cannot be ridiculed oat Of
existence. 1t viii take stubborn facts, and
plenty of them. to kill it, Can the Dis
patch array them?'- -Orangeburg Times
and Democrat
So Ephraim is joined to his idol
and our neighbor across the Edisto
worships at the shrine of our friend,
the Philistine, across the Congaree.
Well, wonders, it seems, will never
cease and nothing is surprising in
these days when ''its root hog or die"
and everybody is for himself and the
devil after US all. Alas, for the sta
bihty of earthly hopes and ambitions!
The State has been fondly cherishing
the sweet delusion that it had at last
grasped an idea and with gentle
hands and tender loving care it laid
the premature and misshappen, but
nonetheless logable infant away in
swaddling cloths to soak" And now
comes the cruel and unfeelipg Times
and Democrat, with malice afore-
thought and the fear of the wrath of
the State not before its eyes, and
in cold and deliberate terms pro-
nounce the soaking" child Of the
State, proposition" Was such, a
manifestation of "man's inhumanity
to man" ever witnessed before? Was
there ever such a cruel pulling Of
the heartstrings of a doting and
proud mother as she calmly and peace
fully watched the soaking" form of
the child of her own creation with
bright hopes of it becoming Goliah
on this mundane sphere? Why, oh
why! did The Times and Democrat
ruthlessly break in upon the quiet
solitude Of our neighbor across the
Congaree and awaken it from it's
fond dream of having produced an
'ides?" We hasten to the rescue, and
bear our bosom so as to protect The
soaking idea" from the misrepreser-
tion of the unfeeling and unsympa-
thetic Times and Democrat. tits an
idea" and not proposition" and
tits sin soak" Yes, neighhor, the
"idea" has "meiit in it," but the
merit is all in favor of Richland and
"devil a bit" for Lexington. The
States ''idea," as we see it, is to take
all the cream and give Lexington the
poor blue skinned milk, to eat the
juicy steaks and give US the bones;
to regale in the rich perfumefof the
fragant rose and prick US with the
thorns. But what is the Orange
burg modern old maid fussing and
tuning about anyhow? The bache-
lor editor of the State is not i'm
pressed with her faded charms and
ancient form. His loving eyes are
turned on the comely features and
volumptuous form of fair Lex
ingtcn. This charming and grace
fal young maiden ''holds his heart
and soul;" her dancing happy spirits
have won his affections ard the bril-
liancy of her sparkling eyes have led
him a captive at her feet and he has
offered upon the altar Of love, rich
gifts in railroad assessments, long
strings of figures alleged to repre-
sent real estate and personal property
and the good Lord only knows what
else. Il is no use for the Orange
burg old maid to be 'sbyipg into the
ring" Her solicitude concerning the
ability of the Dispatch to ARRAY"
fscts, is to say the least under the
circumstances, rather gratuitous.
But for the edifcation and informa-
tion of its Orangeburg neighbor,
the Dispatch will say that in the full
ness of time it can and will ARRAY"
facts forbidding the proposed we'd
lock. The Dispatch never crosses a
bridge until it gets to it. It never
goes around pOking its nose into
tuiiSS HulCu oOeS uOG CouCcIu II; II
never ofers gratuituos advice on
subjects which it does not under
stand. Its bicycle don't run that
way. It finds it hands full in at
tending to its own business and busi
ness in which it is Immediately con
earned. In the meantin e, t ie orange
blossoms have not buddel; the cake
has not been baked nor the marriage
feast prepared. It is true that the
bridegroom is aD1iously awaiting the
appearance of the lovely bride, but
she tarries. The old maid expresses
herself as being in favor of larger