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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31
STOP WOMEN
from exercising common sense? You
can't do it. AS the old rhyme runs:

" NAAAA go Aoe
can't do it. As the old rhyme runs:
"The mans q fool who tries by force or skill
To turn the current Of ! woman's will
For II She will, she will, you may depend ont
And II she wont she wont, SO there's All end ont"
Common sense tells a woman that when
she's sick she needs a doctor.
Common sense tells a woman that in
disease the first question is not of mar or
woman, but Of recognized medical ability.
Common sense applied to advertisements
which invite women to write to a woman
because she is a woman and understands
women" will show the women so appealed
TO, that it's no use to write to any woman
about disease unless that woman is a
physician.
Common sense used in the reading of
advertisements will discover that no claim
is made in them to a physicians knowl-
edge or diploma. And that is not because
the claim would be morally culpable as a
lie, but because it would be legally pun
ishable as a fraud. The law permits you to
masquerade as a doctor in an ADVERTISE
ment, just so long as you don't actually
claim to be a doctor, or put NJ. D. after
your name. That's why the advertisement
is worded write to a woman" instead Of
write to a doctor.
Common sense has brought more than
half-a-million women, afflicted with some
form of female disease, to Dr.. r. V. Pierce
as one of the most expert physicians in the
United States in the treatment of female
diseases. Dr.. Pierce is a specialist. He
has given more than thirty years of active
practice to the treatment of female dis
eases. DR.. Pierce is not a physician " by
courtesy. He is physician regularly grad
uated. legally empowered to practice and
with thirty years of experience in the treat.
ment of diseases of which he has
made his specially.
The offer of free consultation by letter
made by DR.. Pierce is a real offer. an honest
offer. 1t is an offer backed by a medical
institution. with a worldwide reputation.
a staff of nearly a score OF regularly grad
uated physicians, a practice which reaches
every state in the Union and a record of
more than half-a-million women treated
and ninety eight out Of every hundred
perfectly cured.
Write to a doctor. That's the first thing.
Write to the doctor. That's the next thing.
The womar's doctor, is DR.. r. V. Pierce,
of the Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31


The State Senate is still debating
the proposition to change the law in
reference to the government OF the
dispenssry system Of controlling the
sale of whisky. So far no practical
results have followed the discussion
of the problem, and none are likely
to follow. The indications are that
the Senate will retain the Board Of
Control system Of management.
There is a proposition before this
body, with a fair chance Of a success
fulpassage, to make the County Board
of Control consist of the Treasur-
ers and Auditors Of the county and the
Intendant of the town where the dis
pensary is located and make the local
dispenser elective by the people.
Should this proposition be success
ful it will, in our opinion, weaken the
dispensary law in the good graces Of
many persons who are now classed
among its most ardent supporters
1t will place the d~ispensary in the
midst of political strife and cause
il to become of bad repute among
that element of it's friends who have
given it their support for what it
has accomplished in the past and
what is hoped to be accomplished
through it in the future along the
line of restricting the whisky evil.
No dispenser, no matter how popular
he might have been before his cleo
ton, who will do his full duty
and conscientiously and faithfully en-
force the ~dispensary law can be re-
elected, thereby making an induce
ment for a dispenser to pamper to
the baser elements of human nature
to gain votes. 1t will open wide the
doors to fraud and corruption in the
management Of local dispensaries
and prove afruitful cause for sceneso Of
fights, murder and other infractions
of law and order by the free use of
whisky on election days in exchange
for votes. The life of the dispen-
sary depends upon keeping it as far
out of politics as possible. We trust
the Honorable Senate will think
twice before it acts and decide to let
"well enough alone"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31
MARRIED.

Ga January 81, 1900, by Re.
Daniel Shumpert, Mr.. John A. Wise
and Miss Maggie Sem, both Of LIE:
ington county.
By R*v. N. n. Button, at the res
dence of NJ. Taylor, on January 2o',
1900, Mr.. Henry Miller ard Miss
Lydia Sturkie, all of Lexington.
On January "a, 1900, at the resi-
dence of the officiating minister by
the Rev. W. D. Qaick, Mr.. C. Z.
Ray and Miss Loui:a Cooper, both
of Columbia.
On January "a, 1900, at the resi-
dence of the officiating minister, by
the Rev. W. D. lick, Mr.. S G
Hendrix and Mrs. H. 2. R9of.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.

WE WILL SELL TO THE HIGHE ST
w bi der. at public outcry before The
court hc1se door in Lexil GIN, S. c our
ing the legal hours Of sale, on the first
Monday in February, 1909.
All that rlantation, piece, parcel nr tract
of LAID, ljin, and be ng in Pl t S rings
township in the county Of Lexington aud
State OF Sou'h Carolina, containing one
hundred and thirty acres. more or LESS ad-
j~ining lands Of J, A. HooE, D. J Lacas
a,.d others said lands leiag the E,t.ie
Llnds Of Is N S:urki", deceased
TERMS OF SALE One haf cash:
baiaucc on a credit o. o: eyer secured by
bond of the purchaser and mortgage 0: The
premises srli. with leave to pay all cash.
Purchaser to pa tor rarerS and r.veaue
S amps.
Il 4 W. STUHKiE, j. . STC&KIE.
IDA COGG Err. John JtFGOAT.
SUSAN POUND EVA PEIEE.
MARTHA EISH. lIEIA SNURkIE,
Heirs OF Is n. S:urkie deceas. d.,
January %. 1899. 3Ti2
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31
January &c, 1892.
Real Estate Sale.

IN TIE FIRST MONDAY IN FEB
" ruary, 1907, during the usual hours Of
sale, the Lutheran Parsonage Property at
Lexington, S. G., will be publicly Gtf:r;d
for sac tc'oce the cour: house doc: a. LEX
ilgtor, S. c.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-half cash;
balance on Il credit of twelve moaths, with
interest from day OF sale. Purchaetr TO
pay tor revenue STAMPS and recording Ct
y pers. Purchaser 10 be Jet into p's:c5-
SIN of pr miss five days after compliance
with Ter" : II Ss't and delivery OF deed.
Purch.s, r may pay all cash if SO de:iiei.
J. f. Ii klIEh.
Secretary joint Council.
J. \. MULLER,
Attorney in Fact for Conner.
JANUARY -, i9pU. 2"l2
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

The National House OF Represen-
tatiyes has decided by an overwhelm-
ing msj,tity to unseat B. b. Roberts,
member elect from Utah. Comment
ing upon this action the Charleston
Evening Post says: "Roberts OF
Utah has been denied the seat in
Congress to which he was duly and
properly elected, and a dangerous
precedent hes been established by
the House of R representatives., which
will probably rise to plague ard
and threaten in the future.
SIT there was nc authority to bsr
him from entrance to the House,
Our contemporary is wrong in its con
clusions. Ithas fallen into the error,
like many others, in assuming that the
fight against the seating Of Mr.. Rob
eets as member from Utah was be-
cause of his religious faith. This
WIS not wholly the case,> but MIR.
Roberts was denied his seat because
he lived in opened violation Of the
laws of his country and fsgransly
disregsrded not only the religious, but
the social code. His doctrine and
practice are egainst the principles
of the American people for whom he
vas to assist in making laws for their
e .vernment. The Constitution gives
the House the right to decide as to
the qualification Of its members and
if the moral character of a member
elect is such as to make his presence
undesirable it becomes the duty Of
the House to exclude him just as
j. would q thief, a liar, or a libertine.
TOTS is all there is in the incident.
No dagerous precedent has been e.
t blished; only a wholesome note of
warning has been given to the cleo
tors to elect only men whose social
characters are above reproach to rep
resent them in Congress.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31
In speaking on his proposition to

In speaking on his proposition to
reduce the salary Of the State Liquor
Commissioner from $4,000 per an
uum, as proposed by the Graydon
iispensary bill, to $1,000, Senator
Sheppard, who is himself a Ccnser-
~yative, last Wednesday paid the Re-
form Government a neat little com
pliment, which is ~forceful because it
is true, when he said that "since
1890 there had not been lost a cent
through the state Treasurer"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

The proposition of the saluda peo-
pie to tear up that portion OF the
Southern Railway from Perry to
Batesburg has been killed by the
General Assembly of South Carolina.
be it said to its honor. The people
residing along that road, both in
Lexington aud Aiken counties, made
a gallant and effective fight to retain
the road, and the Dispatch extends
its congratulations en- the outcome
of the fight and r. joices with them
over the success of their efJrts.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

WANTEo SEVERAL BR1'HT and
w uon"s' parsons To rePrescnt rs as
Manage : ~ this an! close by conhtr"s
S:!ar, $500 II YER and ext e:'s"s Straight.
bora tidr. 10 mote. no less salary. POSI-
ton i.rr,uaheut Our References. anv bank
il an, town. 1t is m"iuiy ctli c work con-
dn.u.d ut hp,. e. Refe re"ce. Enclose
self ahdr. sSed stamped envelope. TIE
DOMINION COMPANY, Dept 3, Chicago.
Ovtub.r ii im.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

A press dispatch says that the
first actual test CT strength between
the Republican and Democratic
forces in Kentucky in the Goebel-
Taylor gubernatorial contest came
on January 9th, and by the admis.
sion of Republican leaders proved a
signal victory for Goebel, the Dem
ocratic contestee.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

FINDER AND b. VIRTUE OF THE
L power given in a certain cha.:el mort
gage executed nd deii cred by J. A. Vii
liam and Others to Donly & Sease. of date
April %, 1896 and roc ride 1 !ntne { fiji e OF,
llc-k o! Court, IN i 'ok No. 6 plG" 1913 l
haze levied u?on and will sol Il, pnb!it on
cry, to the highest BIDDER. tor cash, be'o-e
the court house door at Lexington. S. G.,
during The legal hour, Of sale, on the first
Monday in Fvt:rn ~ .:eXt. one Brass Bad
on;ft. as follows: Two IS Fiat Comets,
Three + ti.; Altos. Two Is Flat T,n"rs,
Ore Is Fiat "a r;tone. One L Fix Bass,
Que B,s; Din y, Ole Stare Drum AID One
Psir {. inHa!s.'
7. d. CACGHMAN, S. L C.
Agent.
January 90, 1897. 2*l4
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

Thirty-eight deaths are reported 10
have occurred in Honolulu in one
day from the bubonic plague, and
the people are said to be panic
stricken.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

Farmers should have their wagons
repaired at once before the busy
season begins. For the best black
smith and wheelwrisht materials, 50
to T. B. Aughtry & c., Columbia.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

Virginia has adopted the Jim Crow
car system and hereafter the races
will be separated when riding on a
railroad in that State.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

The people Of Yorkville have voted
q tx # an additional mill for the
pnrpos of lightning the streets with
electricity. Now, let Lexington fol-
low.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31
Dissolution Notice.

BATEsBvaG S. G January q, 1893.
THE FIRM CT GUNTER Il ALTMAN
i has this day been dissolved by mutual
coasen.-N. U. Gu3trr having sold his in
terest to J. NJ Altman, who assumes all
liabilities of tie firm and to whom all
debts due the firm are to be paid
n y. GUTTER,
j. NJ. ALTMAN.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNEkSH|P,

~ &C IOJ!NT OF TIE ADVANCED
~ age Of Mi II A NJ "iz", I'll" sc,.l"'
IL MIR Of III" I'm aud b $ phvs:ca! ira
lit, in the Infringement IT causes IN
.nnrt, tn. tir - If Mr..z. Miller, a al.
o-n~,s. is disso v:d by mutual consent
The n nr mem1.r IF he firm. Mr.. Ml'-
,r. will wind up tn, busire-s Of tn finn.
H. A. MEETZE
J. A. MULLrH,
January Is. 1900.
The undersigned offers his services to Al>
friends aid the public as Counsellor, draw
ms of papers attention to ali bu .iness ii
the public Off ,es and as referee in ri cases.
II \ MEETZE,
JANUARY Is. 1850. 3Sl2
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

In retiring from thu firm ot Glnter T.
Altman, I bes. Elk for Mr.. J. NJ Altman
the sup, ort end CO: hlencc of my friends
aud customers.
3wl4 n. I. GUNTER.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

the six weeks existence
Of our New store our
business has been very
gratifying, for which
we thank our friends
and customers.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-31

Fol-. the next sixty
we offer Oul en-
tire stock OF
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
A TRAIN RoBBER KILLED.
Lon Currie, n Noted Western Desper-
ado. Shot by Detectives.

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2s.-Lon Currle
one of the train robbers in the hold-up on
the Union Pacific flyer last June, at which
time about sac 900 was stolen, was shot
and killed by officers at Dodson near here,
this morning. Currie was visiting at the
home of Miss Lizzie Lee. Pinkerton men
had tracked him to Cripple Creek, Col;
Kansas City, and finally to Dodson. De-
tectives surrounded the house early this
morning. Currie, pistol In hand, made
desperate attempt to escape. Before he
could use his revolver. however. two ot the
detectives fired and Currie fell dead.
The Currie gang is the most notorious
In the West. The members made their
headquarters in mountain retreat called
Jackson's Hole, In the Big Horn Noun
tains of Wyoming. The robbery for which
Currie was especially wanted took place
on the Overland Flyer, carrying mail and
express matter, which was held up near
Rock Creek Station, Wyo., 12o miles west
of CHEYENNE There were six men In the
gang.
They ran the engine on bridge. which
they blew up with dynamite. Other mem
beers of the gang attacked the express car,
blew open the safe, packed their booty in
canvas bags, and rode off on horses
secreted near the scene. A posse was
formed and the bandits overtaken, but
they took refuge behind some bouders
and fought the posse to standstiu kill
ing the sheriff who was in command.
They then successfully made their way
to Jackson's Hole.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
TEXT BOOKS DISCUSSED.
The Schoo. Superintendent in SEES
sion ut Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-The attendance at
both morning and afternoon sessions of
the school superintendents' meeting today
was even greater than yesterday. So keen
was the interest in the lecture by Prof.
Atwater, OF Wesleyan University, on the
Scientific Temperance" question that the
hall was completely filled during the pre-
sentation of his paper. which provoked a
lively discussion, which will be continued
tomorrow.
With singular unanimity the statutes
and textbooks forced upon the schools by
the w. c. T. us central committee
and the further extensions and -rigors
threatened were condemned as repre-
hensible. Men who are accustomed to
weigh their words with care like DR.. Dut
ton, Of the Teachers College, of New
York; Superintendent Dutton, of Cincin-
natl; President Carroll, of the Worcester
(Mass.) Normal School; Superintendent
Pearce of Omaha, and State Superinten-
dent Kiehle of Minnesota, were emphatic
in their criticism. The venerable former
State Superintendent of Iowa, Henry w.
Sabin, however, broke out in an impas-
stoned eulogy on the W. C. 7. U. which
had not been attacked, and advocated the
need of temperance teaching.
The much-denounced central commit
tee however, was also on hand and some
how had secured space on either side of
the proscenium for vast array of exhibits.
They were also represented by two local
physicians. who entered special pleas for
the condemned text books. Il is understood
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
LORD PAUNcEFoTE TO RETIRE.
The Britfsh Ambassador VIII Give
Up His Office APRIL.

The diplomatic career of Lord Paunce-
fote of Preston, the British Ambassador to
the United States, will terminate on April
/, when he will be placed on the retired
list Information has been received here
that the British Government has under
consideration the names Of five men who
are eligible TO succeed Lord Pauncefote.
Sir Thomas H. Sanderson, K. C. B., is the
best known of these. He is the permanent
under secretary in the Foreign Office, and
a brother of Sir Percy Sanderson, the Brit
ish Consul General in New York. The
Hon. Francis Hyde de Villiers. c. B..
whose name is being considered also, is an
assistant under secretary in the Foreign
Office.
The British Minister at Brussels, Sir F.
r. Plunkett, G. c. NJ. G., is included in the
list and another prominent diplomatic Off
Ger VINO may be chosen is Mr.. Henry How
ard, C. b., the British Minister at The
Hague. Mr.. Howard served In Washington
as first secretary of the British Legation,
when Sir Edward Thornton was the British
Minister here.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
ST. LOUIS sToRM-BoUND.
The City in Partial Darkness and
Many Car Lines Are Tied Up.


ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2S.-The severest storm
of the winter, il not in the history OF St.
Louis, has been raging for the past twenty
four hours, and promises to continue, II
the Weather Bureaus predictions are cor
rect The storm broke over the city at
noon yesterday, and has continued, increas-
ing in force each hour. 1t was accom-
panied by heavy rainfall early last night,
turning into sleet later, which was followed
by snow. The sleet and snow broke down
shade trees. the city parks and Shaw's
Botanical Gardens suffering great damage.
Electric wires were carried down in all
directions several horses being killed~by
coming in contact with live wires. So
great is the danger considered that the
city lighting department issued request
that tonight especially citizens who are
not compelled by necessity to be out, re-
main at their homes and off the streets.
Street car traffic was interrupted north and
south, lines being practically abandoned.
Wires of the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies are down in every
direction, and business at their offices has
accumulated in large volume. The great
cyclone of 1896 did not create such havoc
with the wires as has the present storm.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
circumstances Indicate That Sheldon
Mauck Was Murdered.

WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. 2S.-Circum-
stances seem to Indicate that young Shell
den Mauck, who was found dead Monday
afternoon near Boyce, was assaulted and
robbed and left along the roadside IN an
unconscious condition, where he was frozen
TO death. Samuel Lewis, colored man, is
alleged to have said that he saw Maucb
display roll of money just before starting
on the horseback ride which ended in his
death.
When the pockets OF the dead man were
searched only 81 was found. cut on the
back of the head is now thought 10 havs
been inflicted by an assassin. Mauck had
been missing since Saturday, and as his
body was found on an unfrequented road
and a considerable distance from the main
road along which II was necessary for him
TO travel, citizens of the neighborhood be-
lieve he was attacked and his body car
ried TO the spot where 1t was found. This
is the third violent death to occur in this
immediate neighborhood within the past
few months
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
STOLE PAY OF MANY CLERKS.
TWO San Francisco Men Get Away
With $1,000

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2S.-H. NJ. Bryan
ana r l.. Bernard, two clerks of the En-
porium Department Store. stole $1,000 from
the salary envelopes of the employees and
escaped before the theft was discovered
Cashier Pepper yesterday had the payroll
and big stack of coin in front of him.
AS he called off the names his two clerks
put the coin in the envelopes As they put
in the coin they substituted silver for gold
and in this way cut down the salary of
every employe.
They must have had canvas money bags
under their coats in which TO deposit the
money. Today when the employees found
their salaries short IT was discovered Tat
the two clerks had disappeared.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
CAPTAIN AND CREW RESCUED.
The Schooner Ward Lost on Cape
Hafteras.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Captain Somers
Ward, which left Charleston on Friday for
this port with cargo OF railroad ties. ar
rived here today aboard the Morgan Line
steamship Ell Paso. from New Orleans.
They abandoned the Ward off Hatteras on
Monday morning after spending a night In
her rigging. The schooner sprang a LEAK
in a southeasterly gale on Saturday. She
was soon waterlogged, and on Sunday a
big wave that washed over the stern
swept all hands along the deck. The skip
per was washed into the scuppers and
saved himself by grabbing stanchion.
The crew took refuge in the rigging and
held on till the Ell Paso hove in sight, and
took them aboard. The Ward hailed from
Philadelphia, measured 54S tons. and was
owned by James Ireland.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
A BOLD DIAMOND THEFT.
TWO Robbers Throw Powder in an
Eyes Of Boston JeyeIer

Z BOSTON. Feb. 2S.-Two young men at
tempted TO rob E. Hodgdon, Devonshire
Street jeweler. this afternoon of loose dia-
monds, valued at 81 500 One of the thieves
threw some powder into the jewelers. eyes.
and, grabbing a paper of diamonds that
were being shown, darted out the front
door, while the other escaped by the rear
entrance. Hodgdon was nearly blinded by
the powder for minute. but realizing that
he was being robbed. made his way TO the
door and shouted Stop theft at the same
time running down Devonshire Street in
pursuit.
: Former Patrolman George Hobson grab
bed one thief as he was crossing ~State
Street and held him until a policeman ap-
peared. At the station the prisoner said
he was Spaniard and had been in this
country only two days, and gave his name
as Louis Valaumceda. In his flight Va
iaumceda dropped the paper of diamonds
but they were fcund and restored TO the
owner. One small stone was missing.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01

James Burke, colored about sixty years
old. whose neck was broken as the result
of fall from cart at the corner of Tenth
Street and Rhode Island Avenue, Tuesday
morning died shortly after / O'Clock yes
terday afternoon at Freedman's Hospital
An autopsy will be performed on the re-
mains this morning by the physicians at
the hospital, but no further investigation
OF the death is likely. Coroner Carr is ex-
pected to issue a certificate of accidental
death and The body Will be turned over to
friends this afternoon for burial. The de-
ceased resided at II Sumner Alley north
west.