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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-19

The new cars of the Conway Sea-
shore Railway have arrived and are
Low in running order. This road COM
mences at Conway, the capital OF the
''Independent Republic of Horny"
!, and it's terminal is at New Town, on
the beach, distance of about ff-
teen miles.
Governor McSweeney has pardoned
G. J. Allen, the former School Com
missioner of Dorchester county. He
was convicted in 1899 of forging
teachers pay certificates and SEN
fenced to two years in the peniten.
tiary and pay a fine of 5000. His
petition was numerously signed.
Chicora park in Charleston is to be
conde by the United States gov
ernment for governmental purposes.
It has been selected as the site for
the proposed naval station and dry
docks. This is beautiful and favor
ite resort for Cha1lestoniens but the
sacrifice will be willingly made if it
is found necessary to use it for the
purposes mentioned.
The board Of regents of the State
hospital for the insane, at recent
meeting, concluded to Immediately
erect another building for the con-
Gnemept of excitable white males.
1t is to be known as The "Taylor
Building, in honor of DR.. B W.
Taylor, who has been an honorable
member Of the board for "a years.
It is to be 100 feet long and is to cost
$1,000.
The Rev. Sidi H. Browne, the old
est member Of the South Carolina
Conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, died at his home
in Columbia last Thursday. He was
the editor and proprietor of the
Christian Ntighbor and was also the
oldest editor in the State. He was
"admitted on trial at the Conference
held at Fayetteville, N. G, in De-
cember, 1915, over which Bishop j. O.
Andrews, presided, and remained an
active and tficient member until the
Conference of 1887, at Spartarburg,
when be was "superanuated.''
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No Better Man Lives.
Ed2eield Chronicle.

Edyeield Chronicle.
The card of the Hon. W. b. Tim.
norman, State Treasurer, in another
column, is characteristic of the man
calm, straightforward, unaffected,
absolutely truthful. He says right
out that his defeat was surprise to
him and his friends. It certainly
was surprise to his home friends,
who, seeing his calm dignity and
high generous spirit in the crisis,
value him now more than ever. As
president of the State Bank and
Trust company, of Columbia, DIR.
Zimmerman will, we take it, continue
to live in the capital. He is an
elevated man and very able fnan.
cier. He will retire from the Office
of State Treasurer crowned with
honor and dignity.
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This Was His Limit.

A little West Eud boy came home
from Sunday school yesterday in a
very thoughtful mood. He sat be-
side his mother pervonsly crushing
his lesson paper and then said:
"Say, mamma, don't you think I've
been a pretty good boy since l
started to 60 to Sunday school?
"Yes, my boy, .rtainly.
Don't you think I am good enough
to be trusted now all right?
"Of course, / do; but why do you
ask
"Ob, notbin', only was just won
dering why you kept the cookies
locked up the same as you did before
1 went 10 Sunday school, that's all.
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A Life and Death Fight.

Mr.. W. A. Hines, of Manchester,
Ia, writing of his almost miracu-
lous encape from death, says: "Ex-
posuge after measles induced serious
lung trouble, which ended in Con-
sumption. I had frequent hemcr-
rhages and coughed night and day.
All my doctors said I must soon die.
Then 1 began to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which
completely cured me. I would not
be without it even if it cost $500 a
bottle. Hundreds have used it Oh
my recommendation and all say it
never fails to cure Throat, Chest and
Lung troubles" Regular size SOC
and Sl.00. Trial bottles free at J.
E Kaufmann's drug store.
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MINERS CALLED FROM WORK.
PENNSYLVANIA Coal Mines Will be Shut
Down.

indianapolis, September l2--At
$40 o'clock this afternoon President
Mitchell and Secretary Wilson of the
United Mine Workers of America
affixed their signatures to the docu
ment which will call $4,000 miners
of the Pennsylvania anthracite re-
gion from their work Monday moln-
ing and precipitate one Of the most
gigantic strikes in the history OF the
labor world.
The document was official endorse
ment of request CT the anthraci g
districts to strike. It was considered
by the national executive board OF
the Mine Workers last week and
when the board adjourned all power
to endorse the request for the strike
vas left in the hands of the national
president and secretary.
This afternoon President Mitchell
and S.. .cretary Wilson sat in the head
quarters receiving kilograms from
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different parts of the anthracite re-
gion, and hoping, they said, that each
message might bring some concession
from the operators that would pre-
vent the strike, but none came.
Philadelphia, September 12-The
order of President Miller calling out
the miners in the anthracite coal
region of this State recalls the last
great strike in the same district
three years ago, which was practically
ended by the tragedy at Lattimer, in
which twenty-one miners were killed
and over SO wounded by deputy
sheriffs. The strike inaugurated tc-
day by the United Mine Workers for
the time being terminates operations
in the most productive hard coal field
in the world.
The mine employees in the anthra
cite district of Pennsylvania number
about $4,000 The membership of
the union is not known to certainty,
but leaders claim that about 80 per
cent of the miners are organized.
The union men do not anticipate any
difficulty in inducing the unorganiz'd d
miners to strike. The closing OF the
mines is expect d to reduce the reg
ular coal production rs per cent.
Should the strike continue over q
period of two months the loss will
amount to many millions OF dollars.
Officers Of The miners union esti
mates that the organization has
cash balance of $l,00O,0C0 in the
treasury with which to conduct the
strike.
The more important of the miners
demands are as follows:
Abolition of the company stores;
reduction of the price of powder to
81 so per kee; abolition of company
doctors; semi monthly payment Of
wager; abolition of the sliding scal';
wages paid in cab; 2,249 pounds to
the tor; an advance of 20 per cent.
in wages less than 81 50 and not to
exceed 81 Is per day; that all classes
of day labor now receiving 81 SO and
not exceeding ST. Is shall receive Is
per cent. over present wage; that
all day labor now receiving Sl75
shall be advanced 10 per cent. .
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Primary Lessons.

The Winnsbero News and Herald
diagnoses the result of the second
election thus:
"This election settles that a ma
jority of the voters of the State do
not favor prohibition. That is set.
tied beyond any controversy. Colo,
mel Hoyt made straight fight in fa-
vor of prohibition against the dis
pensary and bad on his side, not
merely the passive influence, but
open and active influence of hun
dreds of ministers in the State, and
the dispensary has won against this
powerful influence. Mt only this,
but the result shows that Colonel
Hoyt's vote far exceeds the pure pro,
hibition vote of the State. He re.
ceived the support Of thousands OF
those who are not prohibitionists,
but are against the dispensary on
principle and would prefer probibi
tion to the dispensary. With the aid
of the genuine prohibitionists in the
State and a large majority Of the To-
cal optionists in the State. Hoyt is
defeated. N,tbiDg could be palmer
than that prohibition does not meet
the support of the people of the
State than appears from the returns
of the election"
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Bryan's Last Race.

The New York World publishes
the following from it's Washington
correspondent:
"Mr. Bryan's letter of acceptance,
it is stated on excellent authority,
will declare he is candidate but for
one presidential term and that
second terms are dangerous to the
public.
1T is understood that Mr.. Bryan
will say that, whether elected or de-
iea'ed, be will not seek a renomira-
ton.
1T is also said that this attitude
is partly responsible for the support
Olney and Hill are row giv;-g
Bryan, each being ambitious to lead
the Democracy in 1904
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Times Have Changed.

Yes, said the girl in blue, George
proposed last night.
Of course, remarked the girl in
white, you said This is 80 sudden.
The girl in blue looked indignant.
OF course, did nothing Of the
kind, she replied. Do you suppose I
wanted to intimate to him that was
a girl of neither attractiveness nor
experience? Well, I guess not. he
wouldn't have thought he was get
ting bargain if I had talked like
that.
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ChamberIain's Cough Remedy Great
Fayorite.

The soothing and healing proper
ties of this remedy, its pleasant taste
and prompt and permanent cures
have made it great favorite with
people everywhere. It is especially
priced by mothers Of small children
for colds, Group and wbooping cough,
as it always affords quick relief, and
as it contains no opium or other
harnful drug, it may be given as
confidently to Il baby as to an adult.
For sale by J. E Kaufman.
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Sankey in England.

London, Sept 13 Ira u. Sankey.
the famous evangelist, will be given
great public welcome in Exeter
ball tonight. The occasion is the
silver jubilee of the London chorus,
formed by Mr.. S4ukey in 1875. The
reception will be held under the aus
pices Of the London Singers union,
composed of some Of the most infu-
eatisl persons Of the city. Great in
terest is manifested in English
religious circles.
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STATE: NEWS.
What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Doing Condensed for Busy Readers.

What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Doing Condensed for Busy Readers.
Newbsrry is to have knitting
mill.
Three prisoners made their escape
from the jail at Bennettsville last
week.
The town of Sumter has contrib
uted S2S1 35 to The Galveston suf-
ferers.
W. Fl. Coleman has been appointed
Sheriff of Richland county, vice W.
j. Cathcart, resigned.
The Mutual Carpet Co, of Charles
tor, has increased its capital stock
from $4,000 to 10000.
Mr.. J. C. Myers tobacco barns in
Newberry county, were destroyed by
fire last Sunday morning.
The Farmers Cotton OIL company,
of Davis Station. has been chartered
with capital Of $4,000.
The new oil mill at Hartsville,
Darlington county, is rapidly ap-
preaching completion.
The Homewood Farm Association
of Horny has "busted" and it's prop
erty is advertised for sale.
On account Of the continued dry
spell the waters OF the Broad and
Ssluda rivers are unusually low.
Many boys have been refused ad-
mission into Clemson College for the
want of room to accommodate them.
The towns of the State are respond
ing literally to the appeal of the
Galveston storm sufferers for assist
ance.
The Union Hardware Mfg Co.,
has been organized with capital Ct
$4,000. It will manufacture pickers
stick.
The Newberry National bank has
just put in splendid burglar proof
safe. It is said to be a marvel of
mechanical skill on account of its
peculiar construction.
DR.. Robert ". Gibbes, a promi-
nent and popular young physician Of
Columbia received painful injuries
last Thursday by the horse he was
riding stumbling and falling on him.
1t has been unimously decided by
the citizens of Union and Glenn
Springs to extend the railroad from
Buffalo to Glenn Springs. The road
is already completed from Union to
Buffalo.
Ia Camden last week verdict was
rendered against the Knights Of
Damon for S2,363 80, being principal
and interest on policy which the or
der refused to pay on the ground OF
Misrepresentation.
The citizens of Conway gave Hon
R. B. Scarborough, the newly nomi'
mated Congressman from Lie Sixth
district, an ovation last Thursday
evening. Speech making and re-
freshments were the features Of the
occasion.
In dispute over thirty cents two
notorious negroes with unsavory rep
ututiops engaged in shooting scraps
at Prosperity on Tuesday Of las
week. One negro was shot three
times and The other took leg bail anc
has not since beeL heard from.
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The Appetite of a Goat.

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose Stomach and Liver are out Of
order. All such should know that
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the Won
derful Stomach and Liver Remedy,
gives a splendid appetite, sound
digestion and regular bodily habit
that insures perfect health and great
energy. Only 25,. at J. E Kauf
mann's drug store.
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Cuts and Bruises Quickly Healed.

Chamberlain's Pain Balm applied
to cut, bruise, burn, scald or like
injury will instantly allsy the pain
and will heal the parts in less time
than any other treatment. Unless
the injury is very severe it will not
leave scar. Pain Balm also cures
rheumatism, sprains, swellings and
lameness. For sale by J. E. Kauf-
mann.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-19

Fishing tackle Of all kinds, canee,
bobs, artificial bait, lines, hooks, etc.
Call and see them at the Bazaar.
It. is not until they get into tight
squeeze that some men becomes
sponses.
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Houston, Sept. 13-B. F. Cam
eron, q lumber dealer of Stowell,
says relief party which went from
Stowell to Bolivar reported to him
that there were over thousand dead
bodies on the beach at Bolivar, in the
east bay and the marshes lining the
bay.
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REDUCED RATES
To the National Convention of the
Christian Church, Kansas City, Mo-,
October l2th-19th, 1900.

On account of the above occasion,
Southern Railway will sell round
trip tickets to Kansas City, Mo-, and
return, from all points on it's lines at
rate of one first class fare for the
round trip, plus 81 90. Tickets will
be sold October 8:h, 9Th and 10th,
with final return limit October 23rd,
1900, inclusive.
Persons at non-coupon stations
will kindly notify the ticket agent
several days in advance of their con-
templated departure, in order that
be may supply himself with proper
form of tickets.
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On the LAWYER.

The excited caller dropped into a
chair.
You're a lawyer, ANT you? be
asked.
Yes, sir.
Iwant you to sue feller for me.
What fol?
Damages. I want to stick him for
$4,000.
What has he done?
Called me shyster.
What did be do that for?
I don't know. That's what [
want to find out. I'm going to make
him prove it.
And he called you a shyster, did
be? Have you any witnesses to tes-
tify to that?
More'n a dozen.
HIN! Do you know what shy
ster is!
No. I haven't the least idea.
A shyster is cheap lawyer.
Gosh. Sue him for $4,000
------~ . -
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GH0UllSH.
Twenty Three Fingers With Rings in
Pocket.

Dallas, Texas, September l2-W.
H. McGratb, manager of the Dallas
Electric Light Company, reached
Dallas today direct from Galveston
last night he said:
Vandalism at Galveston has been
terrible. The most rigid enforce
ment of martial law has rot been
able to suppress it entirely. Adju-
tant General Scurry's men have ar
rested one hundred or more negroes,
forty-three of whom have been found
with effects taken from dead bodies.
These were ordered tried by court
martial. They were convicted and
ordered shot. One negro had twenty
three fingers with rings on them in
his pocket"
THE STCRY IS TRUE.
Houston, Texas, September l2-
1t is true that negroes were shot by
order OF courtmartial. Their pock-
cts were found to be full of human
6agers and i.welry of which the
dead were stripped.
SWIFT yENGENCE FALLS
Houston, Texes, September 12-
4 reporter has telegraphed from La.
port the story of the robbery and
mutilation of the dead in Galveston
and the death of the offrnders.
The ghouls were holding an orgie
over the dead. The majority of these
men were negroes but there we're also
whites who took part in the descra-
ton. Some Of them were natives
and some had been allowed to 90
over from the main land under the
gri:e CT 'relief work" Not only did
they rob the dead, but they mutilated
bodies in order to secure their ghoul-
isb booty. A party Of ten negroes
were returning from lootiDg expe.
dition. They had stripped corpses
of all valuables, and the pockets Of
some of the looters were fairly bulg-
ing out with the fingers Of the dead
which had been cut # because they
were so swollen the rings could not
be removed.
Iuceneed at this desecration and
mutilation of the dead, the looters
were shot down, and it has been de-
termined that all found in the act of
robbipg the dead shall be summarily
shot.
During the robbipg Of the dead
not only were fingers cut off but ears
were stripped from heads in order to
secure jewels of value. A few gov
ernment troops who survived are as
sting in patrollipg the city. The
private citizens have all endesvored
to prevent the rcbbing of the dead
and on several occasions, have killed
the offenders. Sipgly and in twos
and threes the offenders were then
shot down until the total Of those
executed exceeded fifty.
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HORRIBLE SCENES.

Galveston Almost Totally Destroyed
by the Hurricane-.Later Details as
10 The Destruction of Life and Prop
erty.-More vandaIs Shot by Vigi.
lance Committees.
Galveston, Sept. 13 The situation
has got beyond control of the autho,
rites. Robbery and mutilation Of
the dead and looting of houses have
become so common that last night
fourteen negroes and two white men,
caught in the act of thieving, were
shot dead in their tracks. This
makes total of ninety six men shot
by troops for vandalism.
Galveston, Sept. 13-The relief
measures organized here are running
more smoothly than before. The
destitute are receiving supplies at
various depots. The sick are recei7-
ing the best Of care, physicians CIV
ing services free.
Reports continue to be received
from nearby coast and maiplal d
towns, telling of destruction and loss
of life. The coast for miles inland is
said to be covered with corpses. One
man aided in buryipg a hundred a
few miles north Of Virginia Point
Parties are cut in every direc' ion en-
gagged in the same duty.
Houston, Sept. 13 John J. Moody,
one of a committee sent to take
charge Of a relief station at Texas
City reports ffty.six bodies buried
and reports corpses thick for twenty
miles. Residents of Texas City lost
all. There is not habitable house
in the city. They have been too
busy burying the dead to look after
personal effects.
Austin. Sept. 13--Tbis morning
Col. Workman, who went to Calves
ton as special appointee of Adju
tant General Scu,ry to investigate
the true condition there, returned
home and reported as follows to the
governor:
II am convinced that Galveston is
practically wrecked for all time to
come. Fully seventy-fve per cent of
the business portion of the town is
ilreparably and most deplorably de-
molished and wrecked. At least the
same per centage of damage was
found in the residence portion"
Houston, Sept. l3-General Man
ager Van Vlock, of the Southern Pa
ci6c, who has just returned from q
trip to Galveston, says the damage
is fully 80 per cent. He expects to
begin work on bridge within two
days and expects trains to be running
to Galveston within forty days.
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Put cart wheel in you pocket for
the Dispatch when you leave home
10 attend court.
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respondent, who cloims to be able to
indicate the exact diplomatic situa-
ton, 'the attitude Of the United
States, is so indefinite that there is
no absolute certainty whether Wash
ington will accept or reject the Rus
sian proposal.
Germany, according to the same
authority, was the first power to re-
ply. She based her refusal princi-
pa!ly on the ground that the with
drawal would lead to further trouble
and to the massacre of thousands of
other converts.
Russia and France" says the cor
respondent, "are inding their posi-
ton awkward and are not likely to
hurry to quit P.kin en- masse. The
japanese general-Yamaguchi-tele-
graphed to his government from
Pekin, Sept. 6, that the emperor's
chamberlain had just arrived. This
probably means that negotiations
are on foot for the return of the en-
paror.
'Other Japanese advices report
that Pekin is returning to it's normal
condition. Order is being restored.
Native refugees are coming back and
foreign residents are leaving to recu
perate."
GREAT BRITIAN's CONDITION.
London, Sept. 13 Great Britian's
reply to the Russian proposition for
the evacuation OF Pekin was sent two
days ago, and as the Associated
Press forecasted, Great Britain de-
clines to e7acuate Pekin prior to re-
ceivipg satisfactory guarantees from
the Chinese government for the full
6llment of certain conditions:
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THE
CENTRAL NATIONAL 9laA
COLUMBIA, S. G.

SrRPJUS $4,000 90
ESTABLISHED 1871.
JAMES WOODROW. President.
JULIUS WALKER. Vice President.
JEROME II. SAWYER, Cashier.
DIRECTORS-Jane Woodrow. John A,
Crawford, julius H. Walker. G. Fitzsim.
mons, ". G. Wright, W., H. Gibbes,
John T. Sloan, T. T. Moore, J. L. Min
naugh. E. s. Joynes.
TNHIS BANK SOLlCrrS A SHARE, IF
not all, of your business, and will
grant every favor consistent with safe and
sound banking.
January 29. 1S97-1y.
When writing mention the Dispatch.
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When you want cool and refresh
ing drink, call at the Bazaar foun-
tain.
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THE STCRY IS TRUE.

Houston, Texas, September 12-
1t is true that negroes were shot by
order OF a courtmartial. Their pock-
cts were found to be full of human
6agers and i.welry of which the
dead were stripped.
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Galveston Almost Totally Destroyed
by the Hurricane-.Later Details as
10 The Destruction of Life and Prop.
erty.-More vandaIs Shot by Vigi.