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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-08
MASONIC.

a A REGULAR COMMUNICATION
%rof Lexington Lodge, No. 152,
WA. T. NJ. will be held Oh
Saturday, November II, 1899, at Z
o'clock p. m. Members will please
he prompt in nattendance.
: By order of the W. NJ.
q G.. NJ. HARNAN. Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-08
PElCIL And SCISSORS.

uS OaSS axe SOGsAAo Sto'
The Treasurer is on his rounds.
Not many people in town Monday
The feather renovators arein town
We are having beautiful weather
for the fair.
We have had heavy frost severa.
mornings lately.
The woods are lovely with then
veriagated colors.
Have you seen the beautiful line
of toys at the Bazaa,?
It is time to put your flowers in
their winter quarters.
Don't miss an opportunity to say
good word for your town.
The corn crop in the southern por,
ton of the county is good.
DlA>AfA>srNuBIAN TEA cures Dyspep'
El0t(eSl , sia, Constipation and Indi.
gestion. Regulates the Liver. Price, Is cts
Sold bv Julian E. Kaufman
Our market is now supplied with
nice pork, sausage and puddings.
Mrs. Lou James, of Greensboro
N. c., is visiting relatives in town.
The special train going to the
State Fair this morning was crowded.
II you want nice candies, cakes and
crackers, always 80 to the Bazaar.
The weary traveller finds the best
of fare at Gantt's Hotel, at Swansea.
Mr.. A. B. Quattlebaum is still in
the United States mail service at
S eadman.
The potato crop in the Priceville
ne, b ,orhood is fine and the yield is
b. d mt.
Lexington is we'll represented at
the State Fair both in exhibits and
attendance.
Christmas will soon be here and
he merchants should advertise their
holiday goods.
Nearly everybody in Lexington
are taking in the State Fair, or will
do 80 tomorrow.
The owner Of an estrayed heifer
can recover the same on application
to j. W. Knight, Bakersville, S. G.
Work on the new Lutheran church
is progressing satisfactorily and it is
being pushed as rapidly as possible
Parents and school children should
remember that a full line of school
supplies can be found at the Bazaar.
The chain gang is now at work on
the Leapbart road. They have put
a new bridge over Twelve Mile creek
Mr.. JEFF. B. Amick and family of
this place, visited relatives in Sum-
NIT, Sunday, 80 says Our News
Letter.
Dlat.fAs,r CUBAN OIL cures
! WWS<s y Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheu-
matism and Sores. Price, 25 cents.
Sold by Julian E. Kaufman.
Treasurer Derrick and Auditor
Derrick certainly enjoyed the fine
lunch served by Mr.. Lee Muller, at
Red Store.
The South Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, will meet at Orangeburg next
month.
There were about sixteen hundred
seperate and distinct exhibits at the
County Fair and about $500 paid ou.
in premiums.
That prosperous farmer, Mr.. James
Caughman, has placed his son, Gar
field in the Lexington Classical In
stitute.
". L. Quattlebaum, of Steadman,
has been running his cotton gin day
eni night for sometime to keep up
with his patrons.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-08
Dispensers Wanted.

OFFICE OF
COUNTY BOARD OF CONTROL,
Lexington, S c.. Nov. 8, 1899. '
4 PPIICANTS FOR THE POSITION
n Of dispenser at Lexington and Chaplin
will please file their application with the
Ccrk Of the County Board of Control on
or te!ore November 28, 1899.
Names of bondsmen must accompany ap-
p'ications. The Board reserves the right
to ri ct any and all applications.
j. WEIR ADDY,
Clerk Board Control.
November 8, 1S29.-3w2.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-08
|'le Lexington Dispatch
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER g.. 1899.
Holiday Gccds.

Holiday eeods.
My line of Holiday Goods is being
sopened The public is invited to
call and inspect.
Respectfully,
Julian E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-08

Off for tie Fair.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21

To the student of natural history
morning at the aplary seems well
speat,not alone in watching the
maneuvers Of the honey bee, but in
observing the various dwelIers of
the insect world who hover about
the home Of the bees in the hope Of
snatching taste Of the sL0on
sweets.
But it is not the stranger insects
only who annoy the oplary OF bees,
the robber honey bees from other
apiaries and even from hives in the
same apiary are apt not infrequentIy
to cause II skirmish,
These robbers, too lazy to seek
among the flowers their lawful
booty, dart about the entrances Of
the hives, striving by art and
celerity to enter aud bear away to
their own hive the piIlagcd honey.
If the colony which they are
Trying 10 roo lSa slrOng one, lhe
mnrauders are quickly ponnced
upon by The bees who guard the
entrance to the hive, aud by these
guards they are rolled over, nippcd
at, and stung ifpossiblc,
The robber usually makes plucl,y
fight, and, Ms bees nrc clothed IN ar
NOR of scales. a sting must enter be-
tween them to be fatal, clec the rob
Der, In his valiant struggle iar lib
criy. escapes nnhurmrd But II The
Is weak and N guards ARE few uad
liallcss, lhe robbers oiien sncaeel
In destroying Il. Rfeqreolls IN lhe
spring Or rbfly snmmer, when ilie
becs afo hnlus led sngar sltaf IL
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21

little wooden troughs for the pur'
poses Of broodrearing, less industrl
GUS insects and other hymenoptera
visit these feeding places, aIightine
at the troughs whenever they can
and, by swift darting escaping the
vengeance of the bees, succeed III
snatching many coveted sips.
Sometimes the bees are so greed.
lily occupied ia examining their Int.
tie honey sacs that they trouble
themselves very little about in,
truders, and the latter drink up the
syrup side by side with their sharp.
tempererd little neighbors.
The yellow jackets fly in grea
numbers about heapiary at feeding
time, but they do not try to gain Al
entrance to the hive, and man>
kinds Of wasps fly lack and forth
between their nests and the leedin&
trough at regular intervals, as de
scribcd by SIR John Lubbock.
The most beautiful of the wasps
was u slim, brilliant dark blue
insect--probably ly one Of the solitary
wasps seeking for bees to feed to
her young as well as for honey.
The great yellow aud black bum
bic bee frequently visits the Npiary,
seemingly intent on sociability
alone, for II does not alight, but
keeps up noisy booming ovel
and among the hives, and seems to
be the most honest oiall the in.
seets--u sort Of clustering "hail fel.
low, we'll mct!'
Blue flies andsbright green ones,
and many others less gayly hned,
constantly are seen on the porch
Of the hive, trying to Ny through
The entrance, but the guards dart
~ them nst as constantly, hndlng
them II great nniranco, for the
gaarl bees are seldom quick On.
oagh 10 eaieh the dies, and 80 the
laller keep thrm alltbe time "shoo'
lnan ihen or
Outlines a hrlghteycd brown
tend wlll be ppIed sitting close by
u hive, waiting patiently illl q hee
comes clcse enough ior hlm 70 lie
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21
The Carter Case,

People know that Captain Carter
was tried before a court martial for
swindling the government. They
know that the court was composed
Of officers of high character. They
know that he was found guilty of a
big steal, that he was sentenced TO
be dismissed from the service, that
be was fined, and furthermore, that
the sentence provided for imprison.
ment. All of which shows that
the court, after hearing the evidence,
agreed unanimously that his offence
was q very aggravated one This
was moro than year ago, The
case went to the President, but no
action has been taken, either up.
proving or disappearing the sen
tence OF the c0nrt.martial. Captain
Garter IL still an officer in the army
and q nee man, enjoying tho fruits
Of his theft. ile stands before the
country as II guilty betroyer OF n
high trust. 'l'bls Is all tbs people
know about II, and they are talk.
ing. The matter Is developing In.
10 a scandal, There may DO good
and sufficient reason for delay but
ibe people don't know Of any sneh
fenrnn. They cnnnOi understand
SHY there should be any dslay.
They pfesame That capiain Carter
bns bad ample iilnp W whleh q
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21
DONGOLA.

Richard Rowe is running his
molasses factory in full blast.
Dolph Chandler and Robert
Fischer are doing some nice paint
ing for J. W. Laird.
Lucian Barrct and Simpson
Sullivan made u business trip to
Cape Girandeau this week.
Our school is progressing nicely
and the children are making good
progress in their studies.
Farmers are busy plowing for
wheat since the rain.
The cool weather makes every
one feel better.
Our town is situated in the best
locality for country town Of any
place in Bollinger county 1t is
almost in the center oftbe territory
lying in the bounds of lines running
from Lutesville to Zalma thence TO
Brownwood, Advance, Whitewater
and Luhn. We are surrounded by
some of the best farming lands IN
southeast Missouri, and although it
bass a hard name abroad our citizens
are as peaceable and law abiding as
those of any other locality. Con.
sidering the natural advantage there
is no reason why Dongola should
not in few years be as large as
Oak Ridge. RAYMOND.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21

before an immense audience of dem
ocrats and silver men, Mr.. Bryan
said.
"There is no need of my talking
to you upon the money question.
Everyone knows that Nevada is all
right for silver"
Now, here in a nutshell, is the
reason why it will be necessary for
the democratic party TO do nothing
more next year in reference to the
currency question than to reaffirm
the Chicago platform, says the At
lanta Constitution. Everybody
knows where the democratic party
stands on this question, and all the
words in the dictionary could not
make a stronger declaration than
is contained in the platform of 1896.
Likewise everybody knows where
Mr.. Bryan stands on the question,
consequently he is enabled to
make the Philippine question the
main feature Of discussion in his
public speeches. This Philippine
business, in fact, forces itself into
the discussion because people are
talking about it. 1t is the main
political topic in and out of the
newspapers, in the club rooms, in
the hotels and on the street corners.
People want to get at the gist and
meaning Of it; they want to know
what policy is best for this country
to pursue under the circumstances
they want to make up their minds
so as to feel reasonably sure they
are right. 1t is this movement and
feeling which makes issues prom
inent or which makes one issue
more important for the year or the
day than another
Now, the silver question has been
discussed in all IT'S bearings aud re-
Iations to the people. Only great
genius could say anything new
about it. The great majority of the
people understand it and have made
up their minds about it. 1t may
be necessary on some occasions to
explain or give the reasons for their
convictions, hut such necessity
does not call for any prolonged dis
cuSson. The Constitution is ready
and willing at any time to give
its reason for believing in and favor
ing the free coinage of silver, but
there seems to be no necessity for
doing so.
On the other hand, there seems
to be most urgent demand for cx
pressious on the Philippine question
and consequently that question is
rapidly becoming the leading issue.
That does not mean that other is.
sues are not. inherently just as N
portant; it simply means that they
do not occupy the attention of the
people at the moment
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21
Brvan Is the Man.

The New England Bimetallic
league held an enthusiastic meet
ing at rovidcnce, r l., on the Sd
inst. Judge Tarvin, who was one
Of the speakers, said:
1T is we'll settled that the Chi.
cago platform oflS96 will not be mu
tiIated; that the democratic national
convention of 1900 will adopt that
platform without any omission, and
that Independent bimetaIIism at lG
to will continue to receive the SUP.
port of the democratic organization
Of the country, 1t becomes every
day better understood that the only
democrats in the land are those who
accept and believe in and are ready
to vote for the Chicago platform Of
1896 as a whole. The efforts of
the political bosses in New York
city, IN Chicago and elsewhere to
obstruct and defeat those who de-
clared for the laborer and producer
before the holders of capital and
organizers of trusts have miserably
fa'ld; and there is nothing left for
them but to choose between the
preterse Of party loyalty and an
open transfer to reDublicanism.
In 1878 silver was demontized and
half the money Of the country was
taken a way by legislation; one Of
the only two sources of supply on
money was closed by legislation,
and that condition has practically
and virtually continued from then to
to-day. In that period Of twenty.six
years we have seen Legislation con.
centrate wealth, make tramps and
criminals Of men and suicides and
prostitutes Of women.
The denomination of silver was
a part only Of this legislation, but
it was an important and vital part.
The protective tariff laws, the laws
making government bonds payable
in coin, the general corporation
laws, were also parts of this legisla
tion, and all of tended to conccn.
trait money, the fruits Of labor en-.
able the favored few to accumulate
and monopollSc the fruits Of the land
without labor Of their own and he
cause of the labor of Others Every
man Is entitled 10 tho benldt Of bis
own labor. and M man Ia entitled 10
the benefit ofnny other mans labor.
That Is The democracy Of 10 day.
and thai IL tho meaning Ut The Chi
cigo platform of 1896
W. have aeaib the platform made
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21

The woman who proudly declares that
she cannot even hem a pocket handker-
chief, never made up a bed in her life,
and adds with simper that she's "been
in society ever since she was 15," should
not marry. And there are others:
The woman who would rather nurse a
pug dog than baby.
The woman who wants to refurnish
her house every spring.
The woman who buys for the mere
pleasure of buying.
The woman who thinks men are angels
and demigods.
The woman who would rather die than
wear bonnet two seasons old.
The woman who thinks that the cook
and the nurse can keep house.
The woman who buys bric-a-brac for
the parlor, and borrows kitchen utensils
from her neighbors.
The woman who wants things just be-
cause "other women" have them.
Washington Times.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21
HAHN.

Wheat sowing is the order of the
day.
Hahn's sorghum factory is run
ming on full time and everybody
is getting sweet except Buster.
J. W. Caldwell attended a trial
before Esq. Hahn on the 8.
Miner Deck just returned from
Dunklin county with load of
watermelons
John Burford, the hustIing grocer
drummer, called on Merchant Hahn
Friday,
Dr.. G. M. Wilmer was called to
see A. S. Green's wife Saturday,
who is very sick of typhoid fever
Died-John Barker of Perkins
creek on the 18th
George Roberts lost fine horse
last week.
Richard and Thomas Perkins are
selling out to go to Arkansas.
Rev, Fred Eaker of Shilo, Butler
county is visiting friends aud reIa
tives here now. He preached an
eloquent sermon Sunday.
The COUNTRY ITEMIYER.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21
Thirty.seven the Fatal Are

An examination of the records
the United States government
shows that more people die at the
age OF thirty.sevon than ut any
other. Likewise al that age more
calnmilies overlako people than oi
any other,
lIut whit ia truc Of this country
IL also irne Of other countries.
History Is fall ofexamples in point.
AZ She age OF thirty seven n
great snrrow bclell Aristotle, sizi
The death ~ Plato, his friend and
teach 4, wiii, whom 10 bad studied
Tor nearly twenty years This
sorrnw plalnly showed iis effects
uppn his fnlHfe Ne and 10 Il may
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21

HIM down with his lightning like
tongue. ~
Kingbirds fly swooping down
on the aplary to catch the little
honey gathcrers, ard the cunning
spiders spin their webs where the
bees will become enmeshed and
struggle to death, But most danger
Gus to the welfare of the colony are
the moths and the ants, when they
gam foothold in the apiary.
The moth lays eggs in the comb,
and these develop into disgusting
large white worms, which tunnel
their way through webby galleries
in the wax, eating up everything
and devastating the colony.
The Italian bees have proved
themselves the most efficient in
keening the moth from the hive.
The artful little ant often succeeds
in entering u hive, for she is swift
and quiet in her movements and is
Il nuisance to the beekecpor.
In southern countries where ants
are numerous, all sorts of contriv-
ances are resorted to in the hope of
keeping the apiary clear of them.
1t is amusing to watch a guard
bee seize upon an enemy and con-
quer him. The bee holds the hos.
tile insect in its front legs, pinch
ing it ard rolling it about, and also
stingng it if possible. When the
invader is made helpless the con.
quering bee still holds her victim
in her forclegs, makes strenuous
efforts to fly with the heavy burden,
and finally succeeding, she rises
with her closely clasped victim and
when at a certain distance from the
hive drops it,
Sometimes it takes several of the
guards TO overcome the struggling
enemy, and together they push the
insect over the porch ofthe hive.
The bees, if simply wounded,
sometimes succeed in getting back
to their own hive, but, being incap-
acitated for work, they are no lon
ger welcome there, and only meet
with repuse from their fellow col
onists, and, excluded from their
hive, they crawl otfsomewhere and
die. For, in tho cooperation Of
the colony of bees, euch has her ap.
pointed task, eitherto gatherpollen,
bring water or honey, or TO nurse
the young bees, or guard the hive
and when untitled for these tasks
and no longer necessary 20 the wei.
fare Of the colony, she is turned
out to perish. For with the bees
life means industry, and IN a WE'LL
regulated colony of about 10000
bees, and where bees are dying In
aud out Of the hve every second,
Heeme to be considered but
the perpetuailon Of the species.
Tho butterfly and other insects
appear 70 eul0y, but the honey bee
works hnd niaht and day. and
every labor thai II pcrfarma
speaks for lho fulurlly and not for
the presenl.~ Hartford ConFaet.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21
The Great Campaign Of 1000.

The policies of the great political par
ties are now being formed and the can
didates discussed. The voice of the peo-
pie as recorded by ballot at the approach
ing presidential election will probably
decide the policy of the nation for the
next decade. Every citizen must study
the great questions that are to come be-
fore the people. This can only be done
through the medium of great news
paper. Now is the time, therefore, for
every voter to subscribe for the best and
most reliable newspaper obtainabe.
The semi weekly Republic covers the
whole field of political news. While it
is democratic, it publishes the news in
regard 10 all political parties without
prejudice. Its telegraphic and cable
news service is superior to that Of any
other paper. It's special features are
the best. In fact, it is the paper for that
large class OF readers who cannot offord
or do not have access TO the daily papers.
Attention is called to the Republic's g
Sunday magazine. It's half-tone illustra-
tions are alone worth the subscription
price. 1t Ia made up of special articles
by the best literary talent, embracing
a variety Of subjects Of current interest.
News features Of absorbing interest arc
illustrated and enlarged upon. For the
benefit Of tho ladies' the latest fashions
are illustrated. Tho Republic Sunday
magazine Is always interesting to every
momber Of tho family.
The subscription price Of tho semi
weekly Republic is si.OO per year. Tho
Republic Sunday magazine SLID per
ysar. Both papers nro now being Offer
Cd at Tho very low price Of si.b0 Tor one
yeir. 10 secure thia low ale both must
b. ordered and paid Tor at the aamo time.
Address hll oriofn 10 TEE RHfpHLlo,
- f.qsis. 80.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-09-21

sat in the great theatre at the Ma
tional capital. 1t was thronged with
youth and beauty, old age and wisdom.
saw man, the image of his God, stand
upon the stage and heard him speak.
His gestures were the perfection of
grace, his voice was music and his Ian
guage was more beautiful than any had
ever heard from mortal lips.
He painted pictures of the pleasure of
joys and sympathies of home. He en-
throned Love and preached the gospel of
humanity like an angel. Then I saw
him dip deep his brush into the ink of
mortal blackness and blot out the beauti-
full pictures he had painted. saw him
stab love dead at his feet. l saw him
blot the stars and the sun and leave
humanity and the universe in eternal
death. saw him, like the serpent of old,
worm himself into the paradise of human
hearts and by his seductive eloquence
and subtle devices of sophistry, inject
his fatal venom, under whose blight its
flowers faded, it's music was hushed, its
sunshine was darlfened and the soul was
left desert waste with only the new
made graves of faith and hope.
I saw him a lawless, erratic meteor
without an orbit, sweep across the in
tellectual sky, brilliant only in its self
consuming fire, generated by friction
with the indestructible and eternal truths
of God.
That man was the archangel of modern
infidelity, and said how true is the Holy
Writ which declares "The fool hath said
in his heart there is no Cod"
Tell me not, oh, infidel, there is no
God, no heaven, no hell! Tell me not,
oh, infidel, there is no risen Christ!
What intelligence less than God could
fashion the human body? What motive
power is it, if not God, that drives the
throbbing engine Of the human heart
with ceaseless. tiroless stroke, sending
the crimson streams Of life bounding and
circulating through every vein and
artery?
Whence and what, if not of God, is
this mystery we call mind? What is it
that thinks and feels and knows and acts?
Oh, who can deny the Divinity that stirs
within us?
God is everywhere and in every bud
and blossom and leaf and tree, in every
rock and rill and vale and mountain; in
every spring and river.
The rustic of His wings is in every
zephyr, His might is in every tempest.
He dwolls in the dark payilions of every
storm cloud. The lightning is His
messenger and the thunder is His voice.
His awful tread is in every earthquake
and on every angry ocean. The heavens
above us TEEN with His myriads of shin
ing witnesses. The universe of solar
systems whose wheeling orbs course the
crystral paths of space, proclaim
through the dread halls of eternity, the
glory and power and domination of the
allwise, omnipotant and eternal God.