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levy by the county, and which was
abolished by the recent Legislature.

levy by the county, and which was
abolished by the recent Legislature.
A petition was presented from tho
officers asking the Loyal Temperance
Legion be permitted the use of one of
the unoccupied school rooms in the old
high school building and the request
was granted with few restrictions.
A resolution was adopted not to ad-
nit any more scholars from Mitchell
township into the city schools until the
outstanding indebtedness against that
township for tuition OF pupils was liqui-
dated. Several years ago that town
ship arranged to send their scholars 10
the city schools, and paying their tut
tion, it being oheeper than to hire =
teacher and conduct the school. Here
tofore but six months Of the year was
paid for and the closing three months
was entirely overlooked. Consequent
ly the amount has reached quite
sum and the township will have to pay
up before their children can be sent to
the city schools again.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
DEATH HAS RELIEVED HIM.

Sick for Several years Geo. A Clark
Finally Passes Away in Arkansas.
Two years ago last spring Geo. A.
Clark and family moved from Mitchell
to Mena Ark, on account of Mr..
Clark's health, with the expectation
that he would receive some benefit in a
southern cline. Death, however, has
intervened and he was taken to his
home an high August 4th. The Mena
Star of the same date announces tho
the death and burial as follows:
Mr.. George A. Clark who has been
ill for several years with cOmplica-
tion of diseases, and whose demise was
not unexpected, passed quietly away at
$50 this morning.
Mr.. Clark was born at Hamilton,
Ontario, in 1849, and married Miss
Mary Med. Lockhart on August
10, $780, at Mitchell, Dakota. Mr..
Clark and family came here from Da-
kota in 1897 and went into the grocery
business, remaining therein until con-
tinued i'll health made change neces-
sarY, and the family took charge of the
clark hOtel.
MIR. Clark was an exemplary citizen,
kind husband and father and was
highly respected by all. he was q
member OF and deacon in the Presby-
terisn church, a member of the Mason
ic fraternity and will be buried under
the auspices of the lodge at this place.
He leaves loving wife and three
daughters who have done all in their
power for him during his long illness,
and the many friends of the family
sympathize with them in their bereave-
ment. The funeral services were held
at the residence at O'Clock and the
remains inferred in White Oak GEM
etery.
Mr.. Clark had great many friends
in Mitchell who will regret to hear Of
his death, and who will sympethize
with Mrs. Clark and the children in
their bereavement.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

Bought Some New Seats and Made the
Annual Tax Levy for School Purposes.
A special meeting Of the board of
education was held Monday evening for
the purpose of opening the bids for the
purchase of the new seats and making
the annual tax levy. Several bids were
filed with Clerk Wallace for furnishing
the seats and the contract was awarded
to the American School Furniture Co.,
it's bid being the lowest. It requires
1913 seats to equip the three rooms and
they will be furnished at cost of about
s4OO. Sixty of these seats are of the
adjustible pattern and each room will
be appor tioned with as many of the
adjustible seats as is necessary. With
those three rooms furnished with sim
gle seats the entire city schools will be
equipped in the same manner.
The tax levy for the ensuing year
was placed at $500, which is 81, 500
less than last year. The board was
strongly Of the opinion that the schools
could be conducted on this amount and
without the aid of of the usual 2 mile
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
SOUTH DAKOTA's GOLD MINE.
What One Corporation Has Accomplished
and Is Doing Every Day.

What One Corporation Has Accomplished
and is Doing Every Day.
The great Homestake mine, located
in the Black Ellis, has paid dividends
continuously, and up to the present
time has mined approximately 22,O00,-
900 tons of ore valued at more than
$50, 100000 writes Lead correspond
ent. The Homestake and associate
mines lift from the mines every twenty
four hours, and every day in the year,
and crush in their stamp mills about
5000 tons OF ore, or an aggregate for
the year of l, 1,165, 900 tons Of rock, from
which is recovered $3.50 per ton which
gives an annual production Of $5, 1885,
400. According to the last report OF
Superintendent T. J. Grier, the 5000
tons OF ore which is mined and milled
every day can be continued for twenty
years from the ore already blocked out
above the S0O-foot level in the mine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
FIRE ALARM GIVEN BY A DOG

An Unpopular Canine Saved Chamberlain
Friday morning and remarked that
that town was saved from big fire
Thursday night in an unusual way. A
fire originated in some way in shed at
the rear of Scott & Fry's drug store,
which burned through the doors and
consumed the stock of drugs, making 8
total loss. The manner in which the
alarm was given was the cause OF much
comment. A young man by the name
of Hildebrand owns hunting dog that
has made itself such nuisance to the
whols community by it's constant bark
ing st night that it's life was in much
danger. The owner said that during
the night the dog Kept up continual
barking and paving at the door and
window until he could stand it no long
er. He got up with the svowed in
tention OF killing that dog deader'n a
mackerel, but on opening the door his
vision WAS greeted by wall of fire just
across the alley from his habitation
and he at once turned in the alarm.
The flames were confined to the one
building and serious conaagration
was averted. Joe said that ali unkind
threats and thoughts against that dog
were at once Withdrawn and that the
animal can get good square meal al
any back door in that town.
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WILL WELCOME THE BOYS.

Steps Being Taken Now to See That tho
Soldiers are Brought Home Intact.
There, has been much discussion go
ing on in the newspapers concerning
the return homo of the South Dakota
regiment, but nothing definite in the
way of measures was evolved until 1t
was known that the boys were actually
enroute. The sailing of the Sheridan
from Manila Thursday containing tho
regiment was an impetus to take some
active steps toward arranging matters
to bring the boys home to South Dak-
ota from San Francisco in body. Tho
Sioux Falls Business Mems league has
issued . call for state convention to
be held at Huron Wednesday, Aug. 16,
to be attended by . delegate or dele
gates from each city of tho etate which
furnished q company to the regiment
or sent one or more soldiers to help fill
up a company. The closing paragraph
says: "We believe that the conference
so-called should select representative
committee to welcome the boys at San
Francisco, to arrange for using all
possible means to bring them home in a
body at the public expense, to provide
90 far as may be possible for their needs
and comfort and to give them such q
welcome as it is in all our hearts to
give. Let us all unite to honor those
who have 80 imperishAble honored."
In response to request from the
league officers to select q committee
from Mitchell Mayor Fullerton Satur-
day appointed the following gentlemen
as delegates: ]. b. Scriven, Geo, Johns
ton, W. J. Healey, J. B. Wolgemuth,
T. G. Burns, o. L. Branson, b. G.
Preston, Dick aaney, Geo. A. silsby,
b. L. Bras, F. B. Smith, T. J. Spsng-
ler,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
WILL TAX RAILWAYS MORE.
State Equalization Board Materially In
creased the Railway Assessment.

State Equalization Board Materially In
creased the Railway Assessment.
The state assessment board has prao-
tically completed its work, but it will
be several days before definite figures
can be secured, no footings having been
made, says a Pierre correspondent.
The Western Union Telegraph Conf
pany was given raise of 25 per cent,
from $50 to S75 per mile, and telephone
companies were given the same treat
ment as other property.
The highest raise on any railroad in
the state was $1,000 per mile on the
Sioux City and Northern. The total
raise on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul road was over 100000 and ON
the Chicago & Northwestern over
S5Oo,oOO.
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TO HAVE SOME RACES
4 Company Of Mitchell Gentlemen Have
Bought the Gair Grounds
Have Race MatineeS.
School Board Purchased New Seats
for Three Rooms and Made the
Annual Tax LeVy.
State Convention Met at Huron WedneS-
day 10 Arrange for Bringing Home
South Dakota Regiment.
BOUGHT THE FAIR GROUNDS.

This Piece of Property Is Purchased by a
Company of Mitchell Gentlemen.
good driving horses have been endeav.
oring to acquire the old fair ground
property owned by tho Iowa & Dakots,
Land Co., but they have never been
able to come to terms and price until
Friday afternoon, when the deal was
finally concluded. There are ten gen.
tlemen who are interested in tho pur-
chase of the grounds and they are as
follows: James Lyons, Jas. McLaugh-
lin, S. G. Boyce, F. B. Elce,
Geo. E. Foster, M. B. Showers,
Geo. E. Logan, I. W. Seaman, G. w.
Johnston and o. L. Branson. They
will incorporate within week and it is
the idea to form a driving park club, to
which any horse owner is eligible on
the payment of the membership fee.
The track is in fairly good condition at
present but will be greatly improved
right away. The grand stand, which
has been despoiled of much lumber,
will be put in better shape than ever
and the general appearance of the
grounds will bo improved.
It is the intention OF the new organ
ization to give series of driving mat
inees, to occur every week, and an ef-
fort will be made to hold the first one
Saturday, Aug. 26, winding up the sea-
son with big meet, If the outside
horses can be secured. We are pleased
to note that this company of gentlemen
have effected the purchase of the fair
grounds for it will result in providing
some amusement in the way of races,
which have been rarity in the past
year or two for the reason that there
has been no place where good meet
ing could be pulled off. With some
good horses on the string to make the
races interesting and exciting they will
not only draw the home people but
many from the outside as we'll.
Each of the new owners of the fair
ground property own horses that can
turn the track at pretty good clip
and of themselves provide an afternoon
of good sport. Nels Armstrong, an old
trainer, who was in Mitchell some years
ago, is here at present with several
horses in course of training. The own
ers of the property are entitled to much
credit for their enterprise and wher
they hold their first matinee they
should receive patronage from the
people that will encourage them tt
secure come outside racing talent.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
DAY FOB THE REFORMERS

Several Mitchell People Wore on che Ep-
worth League Program Thursday.
Thursday was reform day" at the
Epworth League assembly, the exer-
cises throughout bearing on temperance
and christian citizenship, writes q
REPUBLICAN correspondent. Much Of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
MITCHELL DID WELL
More Soldiers Were Enlisted Here for the
Regular Army Than Any Town in
South Dakota.
twenty-five Men Were Sent to ST. Paul
and 0ne-t third We're Young Men
Who Lived Here.
Geo. Clark, Formerly Of Mitchell, Died
at Mena, Ark, Last Week, After
Two Years Sickness.
THE SOLDIERS ARE NUMEROUS.
THE SOLDIERS ARE NUMEROUS.

Lieut.. Rice Had no Trouble in Enlisting
Men for the Army in Mitchell.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-10

oih MN" ~ ~fNN NitoN
a leak had sprung in that great eTnbank-
inent which saves Holland from the devas-
tationS Of the hungry sea. 1t was carly in
the night. and no one was near at hand.
The leak was small when he found it, but
he knew that the action OF the water would
enlarge II long before morning, and wash
away the entire embanknlent. inundatc the
country and destroy his own and thou.
sands of homes. SO he bravelv put his
finger III the crcvassc. and kept it there all
the long night through. until help came and
the opening was properly stopped. He had
saved his country.
Equally insignificant is the entrance of
disease into the human system. The be-
einnings of the most terrible ailments are
so small they can be easily stopped at the
start. Your health is d dixie which keeps
ont and stops the i;lroadS Of dangerous and
devastating disease. Whenever il breaks
down, no matter how slightly. there is all
opening foT disease t. enter. II the open
ing is not watched. il will grow larger.
until Tic sweep of disease overwlicllns
you, and health and perhaps life is de-
strovcd forever.
For,ifv your health with Or. Piercc's
Golden Medical Discovery. and vou can
defy ill-hval,h. You can make Your health
so strong a bulwarE that disease cannot
find a crcvicc through wiicii it can creep.
Taken i'll time. Dr.. Pierce'S remedies pre-
vent greater and more serious troubles.
Hundreds write daily to Dr.. Pierce, telling
him how these remedies have saved them
and made them strong.
Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. II is speedily cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
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men willing to relnaiu add seve-
raj citizens well qualif. have given
their consent to 60 on her bond.
James H. Spires, a wide awake and
progressive farmer near here, has
purchased a feed mill TO gliud cotton
seed, corn and cobs for feeding pur-
poses. Grinding feed for stock is a
very paying business and the sooner
our farmers find it out the better for
them, their stock AID their pockets.
Frank Rucker, from SANDY Run,
passed through Swansea on May I'd,
with a ! large drove of cattle, bought
mostly i'll Orangeburg. He was on his
way to the fine river swamp pasture
Of Archie Wolfe. He intends to fat
ten them on this fine Bermuda grass
pasture and then sell them on the
market.
Our farmers sell eff their poor cat
lie now and sell their cotton seed to
the oil uills at l2ll cents per bushel.
For 100 bushels Of seed they get Or
dinarily SD 50. One hundred bush
els of cotton seed will fatten four or
five heads Of poor cattle and increase
their value $40 or $50, aud the COM
post from these would be equal to
suy ton Of the higher grade guanos,
and yet we cry poor down trodden
farmers" Sell for twelve and u half
dollars what we can turn into seventy
five dollars. Well, we can say down
,rcdd.u fmme,! II we will put self
Just lefore down and make it poor
self down trodden farmer" it comes
near the facts of u Cast.
Mis-. W. H +. Ra>t has gone on a
visit to her p~a!erual home IN Collie
ton and has taken the little urchin
with her TO see grandpa and grand
ma.
Mrs. L w. Rast and Mrs. ". 3.
R4st have returned from Columbia
where they spent several days with
Basconb R ,st, second son of Mrs. l..
". Rast.
Tie happiest man in Swansea now
is Horace Rucker, whose smiling
couutenance and-expressive face says
to every friends meets that II am the
happy father of a bouncing baby
boy" Spectator.
May 81, 1899.
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Secretary Long OF the New Navy.

SsSt SId! AS!S VI VIZ aNSW Se'y.
Hon. John D. Long, Secretary Of
the Navy, is the author Of a very
notable contribution to the forth.
coming [June number of Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly, bow a
giant amorg The ten cent magazines.
1t is entitled The Building of the
New Navy and is illustrated with
Dearly forty elaborate pictures and
official plans, showing types Of all the
classes of United States war vessels,
from the torpedo boats and destroy
ers to the most formidable first class
battlesbip, such as the new Maine,
the Kearsarge and Kentucky. 10
the course tf this elaborate and CON-
%prehensive paper, Secretary Long re-
views, in a most a%ppreciative manner,
the work Of bis distinguished prede-
cessols in thice-Secretaries HUT,
Chandler, Whitney, Tracy and Her
belt-wbose efficient and patriotic
energy i'll The building Of the new
navy led up to the glorious results
cousummated under the preset ad-
uinistratiou.
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News from the Star.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The people Of this community will
soon he through planting. SINE
are expecting 10 chop cotton hext
W elk.
A Lice rain fell here Saturday
night.
Gardens are looking uice, and Mr..
E litor, strawberry pie is qaite an
exceptionable dish nowadays.
Wheat and oat crops are locking
we'll. Farmers are expecting a Lice
turn out this year.
Some of the Old Veterans are talk,
ing Of attending the %reuIion.
Mr.. F. ". Shealy is placing back
MI. Jim Lapgford's house, which be
had the misfortune Of getting burned.
A large crowd attended the organ
ization cf Sunday school at this place
last Sunday.
Rumor says that the Rev. Steele
is to preach 1T old Lexington church
SUI dry. The members Of said
church did a wise thing By pailing
in the graveyard.
The students CT Verona High
school bad an er jnyable day Friday.
Mr.. D:riick is a compet.n ut teacher
and had them we'll trained in their
exercises.
Mr.. E !itor, since my l.st to you
the S;ar has lost her belle, been en-
gagged in matrimony, you know. She
has the best wishes of her friends.
With best wishes to the Dispatt b.
May 6, 1899 Ray.
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The attorneys for Col. Neal state
that he is prepared to settle with the
State.
Porto Rico's New Governor.

San Juan de Puerto Rico, May g.
Brig. Gen. George W. Davis, who
has been appointed to succeed Maj.
Gen. Guy V. Henry, as military gov
n of Puerto Rico, arrived here to-
day on board the United States
transport Mcpherson. He was vel
coined by the ~insular secretaries and
officials of Puerto Rico and San Juan.
This afternoon Gen. Henry and Gen.
Davis were given a reception at the
theatre by the school children OF San
Juan.
There is much curiosity as to the
policy that will be adopted by Gen.
Davis. Puerto Ricans generally dis
play much regret at the departure OF
Gen. Henry. Matters here are in Ok
cellent condition for the new military
governor, harmony prevailing gen
orally. Maj. Gen. Henry will sail
for the United States tomorrow.
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Camp Keieler
To the Elitor Of the Dispatch:

To the Eli,or Of the Dispatch:
Swansea, Nay 6, 1899.
United G, nfederate Veterans met
here today and elected J G I Wan
namak.r chairman and I. ". Jrfcoat
secretary and after enrolment cf
names elected
J. G I. Wannamaker, Commander.
f f. Craft, LIT Lieut.. Commander.
jill Spires. 81 Lieut. Commander.
Daniel Sturkie, Sd Lieut.. Com'dr.
L. w. Jefcoat, Adj liant.
Saml. Harsey, Qlartermaster.
DR.. W. T. BROKER, Surgeon.
W. NJ. Jcbdscn, Chaplain.
j A. Hook, Treasurer.
H. A Argoe, Color Sergeant.
Irwin Hall, Commissary.
A. W. Martin, Sergeant Maj)r.
Committee on Constitution and
Bylaws: I W J~efcoat, D.. W. T..
BROKER, Wm. Johnson.
Membership fees were all paid in,
charter charges raised by contritu-
ton and application made for same;
meeting then aej turned to meet
again on Saturday before 4th Sunday
in May, at 3 o'clock p. M.
Camp was named after Fed.
Kaigler. { ". Jefc oat,
Secretary Camp Kaigler.
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Items f1cm Cedar Grove Scc:isn.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:


To the Editor of the Dispatch:
AS we never see anything from
this section, 1 will attempt to give
the readers of the Dispatch "a few
scattering dots, if they miss the
waste basket.
The farmers are about through
planting except lowlands.
The small grain is looking fine,
and with a few more showers in
time there will be a fine crop har-
vested. What a blessing it will be
on the farmers.
Mr.. Paul Hite has two very sick
children with d~ysentery, but glad to
sly under the skillful treatment of
DR.. P. W. Hite, they are improving.
Mr.. A. L. Hite has moved his mill
and gin at the ford of the creek, near
Mr.. Il. G. Moore's, kno W mas the j. u.
Grim place, and will grind corn, gin
cotton and probably make molasses.
Supervisor koon came over and
inspected the two bridges across the
old run and the new creek Of Big
Hollow Creek, near Cedar Grove,
and finding them to be in a danger
Gus condition, he called on Mr.. G. L..
Metz to bring his force (chain gang
up. Capt. G. L. Metz being the
right mau 1T the right place, put his
six men to work, tore away the bridge
over the old run which was about
forty feet across, and filed in with
timber and rock until he has COM
pleted a fne % and fixed the bridge
across the new creek and graded
down a very steep bill near the
bridge. All this was completed IN
eight days with SIX convicts, which
work would have cost the county
$50 or 500, had it been done with
other labor. l hive been informed
by the Captain Of the gang the tx
penses would not exceed S25. This
must be IA great saving to the tax
p,yers Of Lexington county. She
ought to be proud Of such a law.
The gang is now grading the hill
ne.r NJ. D. .. Addy's, doing som.
excellent work, which has long b IN
needed. The people in this commu.
nifty are well pleased with the chain
gang. Citizen.
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Charleston is now in her grandest

Charleston is now in her grandest
glory and the hearts and homes of
the ~proverbial h~ospitable people of
the "City by the Sea" are wide open
today and every one is trying to Guido
his neighbor in his attention to the
veterans and visitors. Never before
in the history of the grand old city
has such brilliant scenes been wit
messed within her borders, and never
has their hospitality been taxed as it
is on this occasion, but she and her
generous citizens have proven to be
equal to meet any demand made, no
matter how great it may be. 1t is
claimed, and no doubt justly so, that
the Ninth Reunion is the largest in
point of numbers ever held. The
city is filled with veterans and visi-
tors and immense crowds are arrlv-
ing on excursion trains every hour.
The city is gaily decorated in bunt-
,ings, flags and festoons and the
nights are made as brilliant as the
glare of an unobstructed MONDAY
u with jets of electric lights which
fash from a thousand different places
The reunion proper does not COM
,mence until today, but the ceremony
of the dedication of the auditorium
took place last night when the Rebel
yell from seven thousand threats
broke; the stiffness of the evening
air in unrestrsined welcome OF Gen.
Wade Hampton, the grand old vete-
ran, when the idol of q loving people
was introduced. We congratulate
Charleston in this, the hour OF her
grandest triumph and most resplend.
emit glory.
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New York, March S.-Four hun
dred cavalry, artillery and infantry
recruits leave Fort Slocum this sitter
noon bound for Cuba and the Philip
pines. The cavalry and Infantry will
be sent to San Francisco to take a
transport for Manila. The artillery
goes direct to Cuba to garrison forts
there These soldiers enlisted in
New York, Boston and Chicago.
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Ecme and "a n.

BY special arrangements we offer
the Home and Farm, the leading
farm aid home paper. published in
Louisville, Ky, ard tie Dispatch for
Sl.25. Those Of our subscribers who
desire to subscribe for the Hume and
Farm, can do 50 by seuding 25c III
8 e or stamps to this cfiice.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-10

Since the operation of the new
rules the directors of the State peni-
Tertiary are able to keep up with the
business of the institution more
Satisfactorily. The chairman says
the penitentiary is out of debt, con-
tractors are paying up promptly
every month and all things are NOV
ing along splendidly.