The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-10

Ling r c,rd proposes that the HaEp.
ton Homestead, on the suburbs Of
Columbia BE- purchased for the site
tf the proposed tourists hotel. This
is an excellent ard timely suggestion
as no pret'i r site for tie purpose
could possible BIZ selected in q radius
of miles.
Lighting recently struck one CT
the cotton warehouses at the Man
chester Mill in Rock Hill. 1t was
filled with more than 400 bales CT
cotton and this was set aire. The
factory force was socn on the grounds
and succeeded in saving most Of the
cotton. The loss is considerable.
L you have piles, cure tbcm. NJ
use undergoing horrible operations
that simply remove the results Of the
disease without disturbing The dis.
ease itself. Place your confderce in
DeWiit's Witch Hazel Salve. I;h as
never filled to cure others: it VII
not fail to cure you. j. L. kguf-
mann.
Senator TIlinan has been down ia
Florence studying the culture Of
tobacco. While there be was ban
quoted, fish fried and ovated by the
Florentines. Whether the Senator
intends going into the tobacco cui-
ture himself, or whether he intends
using his knowledge in the interest
Of the tobacco industry in Congress
is not known.
Brother Keilcck of the Darlington
News cracked the old chestnut about
Ben TllIman and tie dude factory
the other day, and The editor of the
Columbia Evening Record used about
three sticks of space in last FIJI
days issue in an effort to convert the
S if n. c el and uurepentirg brother
from the error of his way. 1t was
''lo7e's labor lost" as 80 one is so
blind as those who will not see."
If you suffer from tenderness or
fullness on the right side, pains
under shoulder-blade, constipation,
bili~ousress, sick headache and feel
dull, heavy and sleepy your liver is
torpid and c~ngested. DeWitt's
little E.lly Risers will cure you
promptly, pleasantly and permanent.
ly by removing the congestion and
causing the bile ducts to open and
flow naturally. They are good pills.
j. E Kaufman.
Governor EIlerbe has receiveda let
ter from John P. Hickman, Of Nash
Vile, asking permission for an armed
body of men to pass through the
State. These armed men will be
clad in gray, and will march accord
ing to Hardee's tactics, for they are
Confederate Veterans, two compa-
MES Of them. The Governor readily
assented to the request, and the Vet
Grams arrayed as in 81 IS, will be
warmly received at the reunion in
Charleston to-day.
A distressiDely sad accident occur
red in Pscksviiie recently. Mrs.
CHARLES Broadway had her little baby
in the yard where she was cleaning
up and burning some trash; in
some unknown way the child's cloth
ing caught on Gre; the mother in Eer
efforts to save her baby so. her Own
clothing On fire; srd both were SO
badly burned that there is but little
hope ct either Of them recovering
from the effects. The clothing Ct
both mother aud child was entirely
burned from their bodies.
In discussing the proposition of
Mayor Jones Of Toledo, for munich
pal ownership of saloons, the Chicago
Record cites the G Jthenburg system
and the South Carolina dispensary as
precedents and goes on to say that
the two principal arguments used in
support of the plan are o. that
the profit seeking motive in making
drunkards is removed and p that
the power cf tie saloon as u factor
in politics would be broken. Holy
smok,! 1t may lock that way at such
q great distance, but these two rea-
SONS are vely laugabie to those WHO
have seen it tried. No profit seekirg
and no politics in the dispensar!"
Let The Record send a nan down to
see how it works.-Columbia State.
To put it mildly the above con
mepts seem to be the senseless ray
ings of a warped judgment rather
than the calm reflections of a broad
and liberal mind. By all means let
the Record man come to South Gro
lima and see the workings of a admi-
rab!e system Of reducing drunken
noes