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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

The Schley court of inquiry has
been closed and the judges are now
reviewing the testimony. No matter
what the verdict may be the facts
have been established that Admiral
scbley demolished cevera's feet IN a
very efectual manner; that the
Brooklyn, his flag ship, led the chase
with the signal flying to the other
ships of the squadron: Follow the
Flag" that the Brooklyn did the
most effective work in the destruc-
tion of the ships of the enemy and
received the concentrated fire ct the
Spanish vessels; that Admiral Samp-
son took no part in the Santiago
fight, in fact was some twelve miles
away at the time and did not arrive
at the scene of the greatest naval
victory ever recorded in history until
the last Spanish vessel was sent to
David Jones' locker" that Admiral
schley wears his honors with a be-
coming modesty that excites the ad-
nirstion of even his enemies; that
he has put his traducers to shame and
confusion as eEectually as he silenced
the guns of the Spanish feet.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

State Superintendent of Educa-
tion McMahsn has issued circular
letter to the teachers of the free
schools of the State urging them to
suspend all regular exercises next
Friday, the 18th inst, which is Arbor
day by legislative enactment. A
regular programme has been care
fully prepared which can be egenerally
used on that day.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13
The new constitution of Alabama

The new constitution of Alabama
las been ratified by the people
although it was bitterly opposed by
some prominent Democrats, while
many leading Republicans favored
the adoption of the new organic law.
The new constitution was adopted
principally to disfrar chise the negroes
and at the same time to leave the
ballot in the hands of every white
man in the State.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

Repnlar Advertising. first insertion, IS
cents per inch; each insertion thereafter.
so cents per inch. Local notices cents
per llne each insertion; no local accepted
for less than 25 cents tor first insertion.
Obituaries charged for at the rate OF one one
cent 8 word for every word over loo
words. Marriage notices inserted Tree
and are solicited Rates for contract ad-
vertising will be cheerfuliy furnished on
application ~ r;,, roceive
no attention Rejected manuscript VIII
not be returned unless accompanied oy
stamps for the purpose
For any further information call on or ao-
e. NJ HARMAN, Editor and Publisher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

The press dispatches make the an
nouncement that upon the recon-.
mendstion of General Chahee. COM
manding the division of the Philip
pines, the Secretary of War has
issued oders for a reorganization of
that division with view of strength
ening its efficiency.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

Collector Koester has appointed
two negroes as field deputies in the
revenue service of the State, they
being George Washington Murray, a
Republican and an ex-Ccngressmsn
from the ''black district" and J. H.
Fordham, of Orapgeburg, shining
light in the Republican camp. For
making these appointments, the Col.
lector has been censured by many.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13
Money to Loan.

WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTI-
w ate loans promptly on improved
real estate in Lexington county ut Z per
cent. interest commissions. Borrow
er pays actual expenses o! preparation OF
papers.
THOMAS & GIBBES.
Attorneys at Law,
Columbia, S. c.
November l3. 9mcs.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

Governor McSweeney has issued
his proclamation setting aside No
vember 2Sth as day for rejoicing
and Thanksgiving.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13
DR.. Bulls Pills for Liver Ills.

One pill dose. Box, so pills, 10
cts. Cure Constipation, Liver Trou-
bles, Biliousness. Impure Blood. Dys-
pepsia, Female Complaints. Stomach
and Bowel Disorders. DR.. Bulls Pills
never grippe
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

AS a national issue the silver ques-
ton has gone up ''Salt River"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

Mr.. Gonzales is apparently in q
rage because Mr.. Rooster, late of the
Afternoon Record, has secured o
warm and paying berth in the reve-
nue. service of the United States, and
has been pouring the vials of his
wrath upon Koester's devoted head
ever since the latter has received his
appointment as Collector. We have
faint recollection that not long since
the erratic editor of the State newspa-
per publicly and solemnly affirmed
that the name of Koester would
thereafter not be permitted to ap-
pear insthe' columns of that pewspa-
per as long as he controlled its utter
ances Lately the State has been
grinding out columns after columns
OF abuse in which Mr.. Koester's
name has been repeated time aud
again. II the State is famous for
anything it is for its inconsistencies.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

Since Judge Gary, has decided
that the Jury law Of the State is un
constitutional no cases of Importance
have been heard by the courts only
consent cases havs been disposed of
This is unfortunate as the wheels of
justice are clogged and the machinery
of government are a. a standsiil. The
officers, however continue to draw
their pay and the taxpayer foots the
bill.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-11-13

Nature

Babies and children need
| proper food, rarely ever medi' |
! cine. If they do not thrive /
! on their food something is !
| wrong. They need a little !
/ help to get their digestive /
! machinery working properly. !
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
Wilmington { Etmo.p Railroad
"EtA ~ AR etsVs>s1N.
sS'TTHWARD.

UI aid atteI January I,l:0l lraiIs will leave
H. tGiiUwb " iN"'e
SuTTHWARD
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
(BenSOnS PIaStsr is Pail,S MastarN J

In the days of wild cat money in the
West, the Ames shovels were used as cnr,
rency. They were as stable as gold: their
price did not vary cent in twenty wears
Ihe very name of Oliver Ames & Son. was
synonym for honesty. 1t was current all
over the world.
On the same principle Benson's Porous
Plaster Is the universal standard external
remedy. To say it is a ''good" plaster does
not describe it; 1t Is the best possible 7)lqstey
For every disease in which an external rem.
edy IS available, Benson's Plaster is pse1
almost as matter of course.
Benso1's Plaster quickly relieves and
cures where other modes Of treatment ore
either exasperatingly slow or have n good
effect whatever. Coughs, colds, lumhapo.
kidney trouble, rheumatism, lame back
etc. are at once benefited and soon cured.
Cap'icum, strengthening and Belladonna
p!aS,ers have none OF the curative virtues
OF Benson's. More than 5000 physician
AMI druggists have commended Bens,n,s
Plaster as remedy in which the public
may have implicit confidence; while, in a
comparative test with other plasters. Ben
sons has received ftty,fce highest a,cayYls.
Beware OF substitutes and cheap limitations.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number or Tered in the
United States on recei2 vt of 25c. each
Seabury d johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
Nature ;. Kind In CoIisorn,o

The New England farmer must fOrti-
fy himself in his stronghold against the
seasons. He must be ready to adapt
himself to year that permits him to
prosper only upon decidedly hard
terms. says The International Monthly.
But the Californian in the country has
during the drought more leisure unless.
indeed. his ambition for wealth too
much engrosses him. His horses are
plenty and cheap. His fruit crops thrive
easily. lie is able to supply his table
with fewer purchases with less com
mercial independence.
His position is therefore less that of
the knight in his castle and more that
of the free dweller in the summer cot
tage. who is. indeed. not at leisure. but
can easily determine how he shall be
busy. 1t is of little importance to him
who his next neighbor is At pleasure
he can ride or drive to find his friends.
can choose. like the southern planter of
former days. his own range of hospital
ity: can devote himself. If man Of
cultivation. to reading during good
many hours at his own choice or. if a
man Of sport. can find during a great
part of the year easy opportunities for
hunting or for camping both by him
self and for the young people Of bis
family
In the dry season he knows before
hand what engagements can be made
without regard to the state of the
weather. since the state of the weather
is predetermined.
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17

and rubbed his skinny hands toco+bor
ana looked at the ground at his fqct
ana | took in every detail as clearly
as you See this print before YOU.
was frightened? Strangely enough.
was not. Perhaps this was because
l had never seen the old man when
living. He looked so real before mo
tnat l never thought of spooks or
ghosts. simply believed that his
uylng had been q mistake-that be had
gone away instead of dying. was no
more in fear of him than of the trees
ABOUT me. wondered a bit how he
could nave approached me so closely
without my having heard him, for the
snow had a frosty crust to it, but there
he was, and it was not long before
said to him:
Did you come out here to see my
father?"
Old John did not look about, though
he. continued to rub his hands. / re-
peated the question in Il louder voice,
but the result was the same. l looked
to see if he had an AK or gun, but
nothing was in sight. So far as could
tell, he had not yet seen me, and. feel
ing bit embarrassed over the situa-
tion, rose up and moved over to mako
my presence known. | had started to
repeat my question, and my eyes were
full on him, when he dissolved. lie
faded out of my eyes as a wet finger
marx tades from school slate, and l
found myself looking at a SNOW cover
ed log. l looked for his tracks. but
there was none. | looked for the snOt
Where he had sat, but the snow had not
been disturbed in the slightest. | did
not have a fit of the shiverS and rln
away. 1t was a sunshiny day, and |
thought the glare on the snow had in
some way played me Il trick. | had
the tree down and the road cleared
when father returned, and when told
MN OF my strange visitor | expected
to be laughed at. Indeed, | laughed as
told II, but father didn't. He began
TO question me very closely, and by
the time he had loaded the sled could
see that he took the matter seriously.
Nhen we were ready to go, he asked
me to point out the exact spot where
old. John had sat. This was easy
enough to know. as my own tracks
were there in the snow. The snow on
the log was piled up and frozen hard.
but father soon cleared it off with the
AK. Then he pounded on the log, found
1t hollow and cut into it, He had hard
ly struck 20 blows when there came Il
sound to show that the AK had struck
something besides wood. and five min
utes later we had old Parker'S missing
gold out of the hollow log 1t was in
two tin boxes, and there were many
papers with it to clear up the mystery
of his life and assist the heirs in set
tling up the estate. They were gener-
GUS to me in settlement. and it was
part of the legal records Of the county
that saw Il ghost at > o'clock in the
afternoor of 4 bright day and recover.
ed the treasure because Of it.
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
Old Pdrker'S Ghost,
BY M. Quad.
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY C. B. LEWIS.

That 1 really and truly saw a ghost
on certain occasion is matter of le-
gal record, and | believe it is the only
ghost ever legally known to a commu-
nifty.
L was a boy of II when the family
emigrated from Ohio to Michigan and
settled in Il town of 1900 people. There
had just died a citizen named John
Parker, who was always referred to as
old Parker. He was one of the pio-
neers of the town. and his eccentrici-
ties had greatly retarded its growth.
No one ever learned where he came
from or anything about his private
life. He came alone, lived alone and
died alone. He was a queer looking
little old man. stoOp shouldered. of
shambling gait, and there were days
when he refused to speak to any one.
He bought 200 town lots and then re-
fused to sell or lease. He built a saw
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
Smyrna Landing, and Pier 4. Arch street
Wharf, Philadelphia. as follows.

''"'S"mers Ie'' Co.'s Whnrf, Chester.
Freight Received Daily at Arci. street Wharf
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17

mill and the first lumber. turned out
was wanted for the erection of
church. Because the old man was ask
ed to make a discount in price in favor
Of the Lord. as it were. he shut down
the mill. boarded up doors and win
dOwS. and the saws never turned again.
He bought two stores and five or six
houses and shut them up. and he
bought every Improvement for the ben
eft of the town. On the other hand.
he lent men money at low rate OF in
terest to make improvements. encOur-
aged people to settle there and built
the first schoolhOuse entirely at his
own expense.
While owning five or six cOmforta.
BILE houses which were empty. old
Parker lived alone in a miserable shan
~ and cooked and washed and mend
ed for himself No one was ever per
mitted TO enter his house. and he never
entered the home of any one else
There were a few men with whom he
would converse. but he did not give
them his confidence. There was no
mourning in Red Oak when ii became
known one morning that old Parker
had been found dead in his shanty.
The feeling was rather one of relief
and congratulation. 1t was soon ascer-
tanned that his affairs were in a mud
die. He had left no will. and the pa
pers in the hands of his lawyers did
not represent the half of his possess
siOns II was hardly a fortnight be-
fore a brother and sister turned up.
each claiming the estate. and through
them it was learned that the old man
must have been possessed of at least
$4,000 in gold when he died o: this
sum only about $500 could be found.
The town was turned upside down
over the affair. and II had got into
court when we moved into the village.
That was in midwinter. AS boy. L
could not understand or interest my
self In the legal complications of the
case. but the fact that old Parker had
hidden a big lot of gold somewhere
appealed to me very strongly. The
sawmill and all his houses were search
ed. but no trace could be found.
1t was generally believed that he had
buried it. but until the snow melted no
effort could be made to find the cache.
On the 14th day Of March. with six
inches of snow still on the ground.
went with my father into the woods
after load Of wood. We had yoke
OF oxen and n sled, and when the first
load was heaped up my father drove
on with II and left me behind to cut
Gown a dead ash and clear a road
around bit of n swamp.
After he was out of sight ! sat down
I % log TO watch a rabbit hopping
ABOUT. may have spent i've min
ules watching the animal when
Mght noise at my right startled me.
aud looked around to find old John
rarEer sitting within ten feet OF me.
ne had been described so often that
,e wele could be no mistake u was the
'ue old man with the stoop shoul-
q@ the long hair. the seedy gar
sus' the catskln cap be wore every
s 10 the year. He had dry hacking
susn; be had bushy gray eyebrows;
Haa missing teeth. He sat there
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
STORM IN THE SUMNER.

Storm in the slmmer's mighty funny thine.
Like a womaR's temper when it takes a fling:
Comes Of a sudden, and you don't know why:
You start in guessing and it's all gone by;
Swish and sweep, and it's in full blast;
You catch yo; breath, and it's flown clear nast.
Thunder and ;htninS and sulphur in the air
And the very hext minute the sun shines fairI
And it's Just TINS way that the truth is shown
Why sweet Dame Nature is a woman known.
She can nurse her wrath throu-h mirbtv Ior,,
truce,
But it breaks for keeps when it does break 1oosei
And she storms like a tyrant and makes tbinoe
hum
Till its easy to believe that it's kingdom come.
And all OF sudden there's mercy in her eve
And she laughs and dimples. and the storms zone
by! e'''e
Ripley D. Saunders in st. Louis Republic
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17

Daily. Daily except Sunday
"a Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
ana points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar.
r "e Stops to leave passengers from New York
"f' stops only on notice to conductor or agent
or on signal.
~ Stops o leave passengers from Middletown
and Dcintss iuth
IL Stops TO take on passengers for Cane CHARLES
. and beyond. p' 0i'''' ieS
p Stops to leave passengers from points south
OF Delma r, or take passengers for Wilmington
s" On Saturdays arrives Q 30 D. m
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION IRAIKs-Ieave
wilmington S.l3 a. m, BOB. 4.3l and 65S D m
weekdays Leave New Castle S.3I, 953 il OI
a M, &c p. m weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington $40 a. m
Iiu ,h1dl arriving ig at 646 p. m., weekdays, run
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City. and wav
stations, milford Georgetown. Berlin Lewes Sci
~ 50 a. M and $50 p. m. weekdays Return.
ing, train leaves Fran kiln CITY 00 a m and
l.a7 p. m. week DAYS. ' A"u
.,doa. Leave FTsnkln city for chncoteague (via
sIeamer) ls3 p. m. week days. Returning leave
Chincoteague 80 a. m. week days
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
az lOSo a; m, o. 90 p. m. weekdays. Return
ing leave Lewes 64o a. m, and 3.03 D. m. week
days. p - WIN
Leave Lewes for Rehoboth 1910 noon Tues.
Gays thursdays and Saturdays only. Returning
and Saturdays only.
Leave Harrington for Berlin. 1898 a. m. and
eee 90 p. m wsekcdays. Returning leave Berlin
500 a. m. and "a D. m. week days
Leave townsend for Centrevilie and way sta.
at 9S a; m and 5.5i p. m. weekdays: Re
turning, leave Centreville 751 a m. and 2.45 D
m, week days - p
Leave Clayton for oxford and way stations at
goo s M and 55s p. M. Returning, leave OK.
ioTd 600 a. n. ana 81 p. m. week DAYS.
Leave SeafOrd for Cambridge and inierme
dlate stations at lily a. m. and % D. m, week
days Returning leave Cambridge at ZOO a. m.
and :. 30 p. m. week days,
Train leaves Clayton for Chestertown 10. .I5 m
returning. leaves ChestertOwn. {. 90 a. m
CoSNEcnoNs.-AtPor Porter. with Newark a Della
ware City Railroad. At Townsend, with Queen
Anne's& kentRailroad AtClayton, with Delaware
q SChesapeake e Railroad aud Baltimore & Delaware
Bay Railroad AZ Harrington, with De,avsre
s saaLy lano sl q virginia kallroad. AtSeafo- th
Cambridge Seaford Railroad AT Delpo
New York Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wi
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads
1Daily except Sunday.
j. B. HUTCHINSON. General sa.rSe-
j. K. WOOD. General Passenger Agent
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17

The prisoners in a Connecticut Jail
reyolted because the food was bad.
The warden told them a funny story
and they decided that there were worse
things than bad hash and returned to
their cells.
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17

Mr.. Coler, comptroller Of New YORK,
receives $50, coo a year III his salary.
He has better job than Pfesl~ea'
Mckinley and less to do.
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17

Educate Your S wells With Cascarets.
Cancy Cathartie, cure constipation forever
loc. 2tc IfC. . Ia. drugg's'r iQnd noneS
Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
Wanted An Idea

Protect your ideas; they may bring YOU SyeaIfh
Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & Co. Patent Attor.
rows, Washrgton d. G., for their Si.s0O prize Offer
III A.t ~ .SO hundred - sc1ilscns wanted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-07
|C.ON TEST CLOSE
in MARYL AND.
Democrats Have Majority.
on Joint Ballot.
GOR.MAN FOR SENATE,
Republicans, However, Seem to Con-
troll Lower House.
TANGLE IN BALTIMORE CITY
Returns from Second Legislative District So
Incomplete as to Make tde Result, In
certain as TO Two Legislative Can
dida es-Judres Locked Ballot
Boxes and Declined to
Sign the Returns.
Republicans, However, Seem to Con :
troll Lower House.
.TANGLE in BALTIMORE CITY
(By Associated Press.)

y
BALTIMORE, MD, Nov. G.-Returns
received in this city up to midnight. in
cluding every county In the State, partly
official ano partly estimated, indicate a
result in the legislative contest which Is
almost without parallel in Maryland. The
mcst careful estimates and calculations
give the Democrats forty-sX delegates
and seven newly elected senators, which
combined with the ten who hold over in
the Senate, assures the friends of Mr..
German Il total of sixty .hree on joint
ballot. The Republicans, it appears, have
elected forty-nine delegates and six sena-
tors, which added to their. three hold-over
senators. gives them total Of fifty-eight
on joint ballot.
These figures Indicate that the Repub-
licans will be able to organize the House
of Delegates.
N a TANGLE
The situation In Baltimore city is a
peculiar one in that the returns from
the Second Legislative District are in
such an incomplete state as to make the
result there uncertain as to two lesis-
lative candidates. The election judges in
two precincts became involved last night
in controversy over the rejection nf
several ballots and finally locked the bal
lots and the poll-bool<s in the ballot box
and turned them over to the supervisors
of election with the statement that they
declined to sign the returns. One of The
| Democratic candidates lacks nut 81 votes
Eaof election and another needs but 103.
| The Republicans seem inclined. to con-
cede the election of the first mentioned
/! when the returns are in from the two
missing precincts. but assert that the
| other will; bss beaten.
The ballots vii not be counted" d"unH
noon -n61ro nothing
/ definite can BE- known.
/, One of the surprises of the day wa:
| the close vote in Allegheny county. here
tofore safely Republican by majorities
! ranging from 1900 to 1000. The Demo
| Gratis have elected their Senator and one
Representa- tive in that county, and the
| result as to the remaining four delegates
/ is close ST. Mary's county, which has
/ been considered doubtful, has gone solidly
Democratic. and Washington Wilkinson
one of the picturesque figures on the Re
/ publican side of the Senate. is rreiegatee
| 70 private life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-07
ATLANTA THEATRE
BURNED DOWN
Audience Got Out Safely But
Fireman Was Badly
Burned.
nv Associated Prcss.)

ArJ ANITA. GA, Nov. 6.-The Lyccun1
Theatre Atlanta's vaudeville house, was
-1estroycd by fire this evening. "A per-
1'o,mance was being given when the fire
brcke out. but the audience was dis
missed in time to prevent a panic. Fred
Jones a fireman, was rescued. badly
burned. from an upper window. ana Roy
Danner. an electrician, was injured by a
fall
The fire was preceded by an accident
which caused some uneasiness in the
theatre An immense electric sign extend
ing across Edgewood Avenue in front Of
the house, fell at 2:30, just rs the per-
.forrnance began, throwing two electricians
to the ground and injurins. one Of them,
Roy Danner The wires became crossed
and burned out u feed-boX a t the entrance
OF the theatre. The smoke found its way
into the opera house. and caused consid-
cradle excitement in the audience.
One hour later the roof of the theatre
was discovered on fire, and fearing harm,
the management dismissed the audience
their exit being expedited by the ushers.
The fire was quicklyabeyond con6rol. and
in less than an hour the theatre was in
ruins.
rs Erred Jones, 4 fireman. had 4 narrow
escap from being burned TO death He
was rescued from one of the upper win
adoXs in time to save his lifes He was
badly burned. Only a portion of the
JWardrohes OF the twelve people playing
ar the ELyceun this week was saved All
the scenery was burned. 49,
CoIeyx Anderson, the ieSec nd man
ager of the theatre. says thelloss vii be
a,,o,,4 $4,000 with insurance OF about
5 sIs 600 EH5