The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-06-21

Spring is here and nature some
times us eds aseis tance and there is
nothing better than DR.. Bakers
great veget.ble blood and liver cure.
1t corrects the system and keeps the
machinery wol king satisfactorily. 1t
is good for rheumatism, scrofula,
syphilis, drcpsy, catarrh and all dis
eases of the blood, liver and kidneys.
and general debility. The greatest
blood purifier known. For sale at
the Bazaar. Price Sl.00 for a large
bottle.
Judge Buchanan has held that
that part Of the school law which
provides for levying special tax is
unconstitutional, in that the votir 6
is limited to voters "who return real
or personal property to the value OF
500 for taxation" He holds that
all electors who are qualified to vote
in other elections should be allowed
t . vote on the special tax.
was seriously sfflicted with a
cough for several years, and last fall
bad a more severe cough than ever
before. I have used many remedies
without receiving much relief, and
being recommended to try bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, by
a friend, who, knowing me to be a
poor widow. gave it to me, I tried it,
and with the most gratifying results.
Tae first bottle relieved me very
much and the second bottle has alb
solutely cured me. I have not had
as good health for twenty years.
Respectfully, Mrs. Mary A. Beard,
Claremcre, Ark. Sold by J. E.
Kaufmann.
Elijah West, merchant and prom
inent citizen Of Bogue, N. c., was 'e-
Gently murdered and robbed. NJ.
West was sleeping in bis store,
where be was found with a rope
tightly drawn around his neck. It's
supposed the robbers occurred some
money. Suspicion points to men in
the neighborhood, one Of them a ne
gro.
A body Ct baby came in with the
tide in Charleston recently. The,e
was nothing about the person of tie
tiny dead voyager to disclose its iden-
tity, nor could it be told for q Ger
tainty whether it was white or
bright mulatto. The body was placed
in box and sent to the city hospital,
where it will remain while the G ,ro-
ner makes en- investigation with a
view of finding out the parentage Of
the child and The way in which it met
death.
Gov. McSweeney on Wednesday
issued requisition upon the Cover
nor of Georgia for Spencer Johnson,
colored, who is wanted in Aiken
county, this State, upon the charge
of assault, with intent to rape, his
intended victim being Gussie Horne.
The chense was committed on the
20 of November last. The negro has
recently been located in Georgia.
Gov. McSweeney appointed Sheriff
Owen Alderman of Aiken county to
90 after the man. The requisiion
was horcred and Johnson is now in
Jail at Aiken.
An electric corset has been recently
patented. 1t is constructed in such
manner that when a fellow
slips his arm around his girls
waist he presses a button, This
loosens spring in the corset, throws
sawdast in his hair and kicks him out
of doors, where an Indian rubber bull
dog stands ready to scare him into
fits. The inventor has also invented a
remedy for fits. These corsets are
not at all popular with the fair sex,
and there is but little demand fer
them. TIE old time squser me
tighter corset is all the rage.
To those troubled with piles,
either itching or bleeding, We partic
ularly recommend DR. Sawyer's 5
Arnica ard Witch Hazel Salve. l.
will Immediately relieve and positive
ly cure this disease. J. E. kauf
mann.
The growth of the national wealth
during the present decade, it is ex-
pected, will break the record. It ia
estimated by careful staticians that if
the rate of increase of production
during the past two years is main
tanned the total accumulated wealth
in 1900 will not be far from S1lO,OOO,-
100000, or more than double the
wealth of Great B;itian. In 1860
the wealth of the L .ited States was
oet;n,oto1 Ct S)0 n00 mn 000 A