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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27
5KsSsygs sSyf;g52l;;N
CURES WHERE all ELSE FAILS. S
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good Use n
in time. Sold by druggists
SSlSESggIZIiIRSSSSN

Some men never do things by
halves. They go out and get tooth
filed and come back full all over.
Lots of men who have college di-
plomas in their pockets don't know
where their next meal is to come
from.
There is always danger in using
counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. The original is safe
and certain cure for piles. It is a
soothing and healing salve for sores
and all skin diseases. j. E. Kauf-
mann.
Smallpox is said to be in nearly
every county in Mississippi. This
pleague is very nearly national epi-
demic now.
Whether it causes a woman more
pleasure to hear herself praised or
another woman run down is still a
question.
If a man could only make his wife
sweet the way he can his pipe, by
boiling her in milk, the world would
be a lot happier.
Millions of people are familiar
with DeWitts Little Early Rlsers
and those who use them find them
to be famous little pills. Never
gripe. J. E. Kaufman.
After he has been married three
years the average man can fool his
wife as easily as he used to fool his
mother.
Probably a woman could never tell
whether she dresses most to tickle
the men or to make the other women
mad.
When you want a pbysic that is
mild and gentle, easy to take and
pleasant in effect use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price,
25 cents. Samples free. Every box
guaranteed. For sale by J. E.
Kaufman.
Frank Klufsky, aged sixty eight
years, of Cleveland, Ohio, moody
over money loss, refused to eat and
died from starvation.
J. E Kaufman, the druggist, will
refund you your money if you are
not satisfied after using Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They cure disorders of the stomach,
biliousness, constipation and head
ache. Price, % cents. Samples
free.
By an enabling act of the Legisla-
ture the school children of New
Hampshire are to decide by their
votes in June next what shall be the
State flower.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27
AT a Disadvantage.

A North Columbus woman has a
charming little daughter who is in
discreet. The other day IN the midst
of reception the little girl cried on
account of the toothache. Her moth
er tried to console her.
There, my darling don't cry.
Your toothache will pass away"
How will it 60 away?" replied
little E lith, her voice broken with
sobs. Il can't take out my teeth like
you can, mamma. ."-Oaio State
Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27

= p: III. A. O. III.
Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains 35 and
on these trains serve oil meals enroute.
Trains leave Spartanburg. A. & c. division,
northbound, s:4s =. M. a:S1 p. m, 6:lS p. M,
lVestibule Limited; eouthbound II rs q M,
Trains leave Greenville, A and c. division,
northbound. 80 q. m, 2:S4 p m. and 5 ~ p No.
lVestibuled Limited southbound, l rs =. M,
l:90 p. m, II: 30 p. m. (Vestibuled Limitedl.
Trains and 10 carry elegant Pullman
sleeping cars between Columbia and Asheville
enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincin
natl.
Trains 13 and IA carry superb Pullman parlor
cars between Charleston and Asheville.
FRANK s. CANNON, I'M. CULP,
Third V-P. q Gen. Mgr, Traffic Mgr,
Washington, D. G. Washington, d. Q.
". A. TURK, g. q. HARDWlCk.
Gen. Pass. Ag't Asst Gen. Pass. Agt
Washington, D. O. Atlanta. Ca
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27
If the Baby is Cutting Teeth

Be sure and use that old and we'll
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie ard
is the best remedy for diarrhea.
twenty-five cents a bottle.
It is the best of al.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27
DIVINE SERVICES.
LEXINGTON CIRCUIT NJ. F. CHURCH SOUTH.

LEXINGTON CIRCUIT NJ. f. CHURCH SOUTH.
Rev. J. n WRIGHT Pastor.
lst Sunday, Hebron II am. Shiloh 81 pm.
I'd Sunday, Horeb liam. Lexington 33pm
Sd Sunday, Shiloh II am. Hebron 81 p m
4th Sunday Lexington IL am Horeb 81 pm
lexington: Sunday school service every
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
at o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev Mr.. Stewart. Pastor.
Preaching every Secord Sunday morning
at II o'clock and in the evening at Z o'clock
LEXINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev S. J. Riddle, Pastor.
3rd Sunday l a. m. and p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday morning at
10 o'clock. W. A. Harman, Superintendent.
ST. STEPHENS LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Rev. J. G. Graichen, Pastor.
1st Sunday II a. M, Lexington.
2nd. Sunday II m, Lexington.
3rd. Sunday II m, Lexington.
4th. Sunday II a. In Lexington.
Sunday school service every Sunday
mornir 6 at $3.50.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES.
Rev. Harold Thomas, Rector.
Preaching every Sunday at AIS p. m.
Bible Class at $3.50 p. m.
Sunday school at 5 p NJ.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27

The Best Prescription for Malaria,
Chills and Fever is bottle of Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t is simply
ron and quinine in tasteless form.
No cure-no pay. Price so cents.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27

II is said that the sugar trust has
perfected plans to control all the
sugar plantations Of H.waii by COM
bling them 10 trust.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27
70 Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Qlinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it falls to cure. E. W.
Groves signatureis is on each box. 25;.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-27
What Each Gets.

Stops the Cough and Works cff the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo- QuiniDe Tablets
cure cold in one day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price 25 cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28

recklessness. the thoughtlessness OF the
CAM let US quote General Grosvenor's
:acent utterance on Decoration Day"
He said with a high boastful spirit,
w have paid more money for the
benefit of the soldier since the close of
the war of 81 than all the nations Of
al the earth ever paid in all the his
tory since the morning stars sang to-
gether for joy"
Doubtless that Is true, and pity tbs.
tbs true" 1t is a great folly and shame.
1t has cost this country far more year
ly han h great despotisms of Europe
have ever spent On their great armies
and navies. This pensioning business
is mainly political and not patriotic.
Why so? Because to carry states re-
publicans extended the pension frauds
in every direction. The Baltimore Sun
says:
This vast treasure goes to men who
were brave n worthy soldiers Inc
made honorable records in the amy;
70 many unworthy soldiers; to desert
ers; to camp followers who never smelt
Po"o ~ "luO"S IL dIIlc vet
Grams on the edge of the churchyard
just to get widows PENSIONS. In short,
the pensions are scattered. like the rain
n dew Of heaven. upon the just and
unjust alike.
THE present head of the pension
bureau has done reasonably we'll in
adding names to the the great roll Of
pensioners. Since July l. 1900, 43, ZOO
names of pensioners have been added,
besides 50,680 certificates for increase
of rerated pensions and $4,000 certifi-
Gates Of all classes"
And yet in the face Of this wrong,
north for still more. 1t is a great
shame and outrage. and the south, af-
ter being devasted and ruined and rob-
bed. has had to bear its share of the in
iquitous burden, amounting to hum
dreds of millions of dollars-forced to
pay pensions to pay men who carried
on war like savages. More taxes. for
the unworthy is the demand. Still more
pensions and that, too, after a genera
ton or more of peace. The Sun notes:
And yet his performance does not
keep pace with the expectancy or the
deires Of the grand army. The cry is
for more. more. and there is serious
complaint against the pension commits
sioner in not being sympathetic and
active in extending aid to the veteran,
his widow, his sister and his cousin
| and his aunt.
There is one way of giving salts
faction and silencing every clamor,
and perhaps only one way. That is TO
award an original pension to each per-
son who can show that he votes the
II -nD,rIliaa- tial-ar Th5. -1,,ll -,,r -
in the power Of every citizen to get a
| pension"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
AN AWFUL VISIT

The great, most awful calamity in the
Elkhorn valley in West Virginia, is in
deed one of the worst heard of yet in
This land. Hundreds OF human beings
have persisted, the estimate being 600.
Mining towns are inundated, over
whelmed. devastated. keystone with
1000 inhabitants reported as wiped
out" Passengers had to be res
cued with ropes. Some climbed to the
coke ovens. Hundreds of tine people
have fled to the mountains where they
must suffer for food. Entire railroad
tracks and telegraph lines are swept
away and communication almost rem
dered impossible. The stricken terri
tory lies near the border line between
the two Virginias. 1t was a most foul
deed that there was even but one Vir-
ginia. The property loss is
There are 1,5OO laborers at work upon
the railroad tracks. A most stipend
Gus n dreadful visitation, and it
must appeal strongly to human SYM
pathy and help. 1t will be long before
the work of destruction disappears II
and the valley shall be as it was IN
beauty and contentment before the
cloud-burst sent forth it's waters Of
ruin and desolation and suffering and
death.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
STATE PRESS.

The freedom of thought" which per-
mits a citizen TO ak repuolicanlsm ana
vote the republican ticket and continue
to be called a democrat is not likely 10
make rapid strides in public FAVOR IN the
south.-Winston Sentinel.
Governor Aycock's address at Char
lotte was that of a loyal North Carroll
MAN TO North Carolinians. Its salient
feature was its appeal for that
OF cooperation as well as or interest,"
which can best serve all the people ana
conduce mostly to he happiness and
contentment. as well as prosperity OF
alL.-Raleigh Post
DR.. Holmes began by telling OF the
immense indirect tax We pay to keep
nm roads at present, while IL this tax
wara a direct one, we could build good
roads and have them for always at no
mo-. COST. Over ten million dollars is
spent annually by the people OF North
Carolina in keeping up present roads
while no permanent good Is serfved.-
Wilson Times.
There is not a ~ten-year-old oapy VINO
does not know that this administration
is pledged not TO do anything TO hurt
the trusts. and that as guarantee that
il will fulfill its pledge the attorney gen
eralship is held by a distinguished trust
lawyer who believes there are no oao
trusts. II there is any quiet inVest-
CATION" going on, be assured II Is IoF
the purpose OF helping to strengthen the
hands of the trusts. Hanna didn't take
| their big contributions and promise pro-
| lection for the purpose of prosecuting
them.-Raleigh News and Observer.
The people put their best foot for
ward and upward hen they voted to
establish a system OF graded schools for
| Sanford. There was not a dissenting
vote. This fact shows nov intimate
has become the relation the
| school and the popular life OF the COM
munity. Men who own property here,
but who have no children to educate,
| voted 10 lay a tax upon their own shoul-
| ders to educate the children of other
people because they know that 1T would
be to their interest to do so.-Sanford
Express.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
on THE FLY.

1t costs twice as much to onduc A
republic in France as it did to support
the empire under Louis Napoleon. Re
publics have become strictly a luxury.
Our own republic is a very costly in
stitution." And the poor citizen.
Millions of dollars are saved annually
by burning oil instead of coal on Cali
fornia railroads. Other industries are
following the saving example.
The Chicago Post, republican, gives
a warning that democratic fellows
thinking of jumping over for protection
might consider. 1t
1.-THE aggressive tariff ~worshippers
cannot too o conclude hat tariff re-
vision has become inevitable and that
the people will not tolerate monopoly
abuses under the guise Of protection"
The Virginia constitutional conven
ton will sit in Richmond all summer.
Suffrage is the main position. A reso-
luton asking congress to repeal the
fifteenth amendment is UP.
Hello. The so-called new party is
not of much Importance. says Vice
Chairman Stone. Of the democratic ma
tional committee. Mr.. Bryan will have
nothing to do with it. 1t is started by
"sore heads" and such fellows do this
to improve the chances of the rotten
republican party. Only that. 1t applies
in South Carolina and elsewhere. No
good democrat can have n patience
with their party tricks.
The lootings of the rascals in Phila-
delphia are thus referred to by the New
York Evening Post, independent:
mo American city or state ever suf-
fered such open n bare-faced rob-
berry as that to which PENNSYLVANIA and
chief city. as well as other cities, have
just been subjected. 1t constitutes an
absolute denial Of popular government"
South Africa has also a troublesome
negro problem" What will the Brit
ish do about it? The sable warrior is
still to the front shooting and bowling.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
AN OLD ENEMY STILL SANDER
ING.

The papers have so much to say of
the south and the negro problem. that
it would require a daily editorial
to so much as note the opinions
and suggestions. There is a manifest
injustice constantly manifested to-
wards the south by many of the north
ern papers and the New York Sun par
ticularly. That able paper never tells
truth, even by accident, as to the
south. past or present. 1t has just said
that the south considers itself not OF
the union, but separate from the great
body OF the people. 1t is this spirit
which keeps out immigration and cap
ital. it says. 1t goes on to eXaggerate
the since the war and eX-
ats the character and conduct of the
negroes. 1T ignores all the we'll known
facts and r~idiculously lauds and mag
mites the achievements and eXcellences
Of Sambo. This is quite like the Sun
and other papers of that type. 1t looks
as If it we're a positive sin to be just
and frank in dealing with the south.
1t closes it's eliminating and senseless
diatribe with this fling:
1T the south had succeeded in estab-
fishing itself as a separate republic it
would have had the evil distinction OF
remaining h last foothold of human
slavery in the civilized world, and it
would have died Of dry rot. Now it is
fire. and It's movement can be free, in
pace with the advancement of the
highest civilization Of the world. But
Its progress will be the more rapid the
sooner 1T ceases to disturb itself and
irritate the rest of the world with it's
race question" and leaves that
problem to settle itself without violent
| political interference"
In effrontery that is cool and impu-
dent, for aught it can know IF tie
south had succeeded in establishing it
self as a separate republic it would by
1901 present to the world for its admir-
alton and emulation the grandest re.
public and the most perfect govern
ment under the sun. A careful, honest
examination Of the Confederate con
stitution. anc 4 comparison Of it with
the United States constitution, would
show most Interesting and marked inn.
rrovesue nts. Possibly the sentiment al
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
A GOOD AND TIMELY SPEECH By
THE GOVERNOR.

Governor Aycock gives moe SatisfaC-
ton by his speeches thn by his OFF
| cial acts-pardons and appointments.
He is quite apt to make a good speech
well tempered. wisely wrought, prac-
teal, n true 20 his party and state
His address a day or two g at
| Charlotte. before the Manufacturers
club was intelligently placed, and met
the demands satisfactorily and clearly.
His address may be read with benefit
by inchoate, ambitious political fedg-
lings as we'll as by old fellows, moss
backed, with their vision strained to-
wards a good office in declining years.
We think the governors speech timely,
interesting, and we'll calculated to 10
good at a time when restless spirits are
| roaming and a threatened d~isintegra-
ton of the grand old party of princi-
pies. prestige and patriotism, that has
passed through the fires of trial, defeat
and humiliation many times and yet
without the smell of despair and feaI
may it yer stand a fortress of defense
with it's beacon lights filling the ma
tional heavens.
The governor is quite quotable in mis-
latest deliverance. Speaking to sus-
pected pr~otectionists he said:
You will pardon me for reminding
you in the beginnin tina you" task IS
a difficult one and can only be wrought
o"t by much charity. You have served
the world we'll in the past. How well
you shall serve it in the future will de-
pend largely upon Your attitude To-
wards public question:. You may grow
rich without power and have great
honor without influence. Those people
who have influenced the world most
have been those wno gave least consid
Grafton for their WI selfish purposes
and most regard for the good Of others.
If they LAY advocated liberaiity or
opinion they have also been foremost
in yielding regard to the opinion of
Others"
AS a German friend said to us once
as he listened to what was said
That is goot." 1t is very opposite
and should impress. He has respect
for a southern opinion, and o that
the south is capable Of thinking for it
self. Indeed the highest statesman
II snip, TIE LODlcSl SAdIiiplCS VI OLSClIlSH
patriotism. the strongest men in gov
ernmental affairs have been of the
| south. Said Charles sumner, Of Mass
achusetts. in the senate in 1873, For
sixty years this country has been gov
erned by the men Of the south, and
candor and truth compel me to say
they have lone it with clean hands"
Yea. verify. Said Governor Aycock
and it was peculiarly pointed: 1--WE
must not think that the great world
outside of US is entitled to dominate
our views and hat the opinion Of oul
own people past and present is entitled
to no weight"
The way of wisdom does not lii
northward. The accursed "isms" an6
abhorred new things" were in the pie
thoric and se~lf-confident northland
The fathers Of our own beloved south
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
THE ~ENCAMPMENT
Regiments VIII Camp at wrIxhts-
vile.

The encampment question was settled
at Raleigh yesterday. There will be no
p~ostponement. but there was a change
as to the order in which the three regi-
ments will camp. The following special
was received by The Messenger last
night:
Raleigh, y. c., June 26.
THE order in which the state guard
regiments will encamp has been chang
ed, at the request of the %colonels. The
Third regiment goes into camp July
10th, Second regiment July 22nd, and
h First regiment August End"
Each regiment will camp ten days.
Colonel Walker Toylor on yesterday re-
ceived from the quartermaster general
at Raleigh plans and specification for
the mess halls, kitchens. etc. and work
on them will be commenced at once.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
From the Flood sufferers In Mitchell
County A Divorce Suit supreme
Court Building Giving Way.
Bureau.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. ". c.. June 20
Governor Aycock today received q
very pitiful appeal from Mayor turner
of Rakersville for aid for the flood SUI
ferers there. he says the situation is
awful and that the people OF n state
do not appreciate IL. There Is much
suffering and great need OF the neces-
saries OF life. Governor Aycock re-
quests your correspondent TO say that
he asks the people OF the state TO N
tribute to the stricken, town n sec
ton.
Mrs. Britton, formerly OF Wilson.
now OF South Dakota, sues Mr.. Brit
ton now OF Raleigh for divorce. He
some time since obtained a divorce
from her. Her attorney is H. G. Con-
nor OF Wilson.
The revenue officials no longer make
public news OF the seizure OF Illicit dis
tilleries. II is said hat the reason for
this is tina recently they have had
bad luck and hav made many water
hauls.
The Royal cotton mill at Wake Forest
sta, ed up today with LOO operatives.
The upper floor OF the supreme court
dl4u Sldlc lpIai bAiAaAAS ~
way somewhat and steel girders are to
be put in. The great weight OF books
on the third foo is the cause. The OF
flee of the superintendent OF public IN
struction will be remodeled-
Governor Aycock is compelled, great
ly to his regret. TO his plan
Of going to the meeting OF the bar as
ISOLATION at WrightSville.
The plumbing at the man.
sion is found to be Of a very type
and Governor AycoCk is 10
| have it all done anew.
Commissioner OF Agriculture Patter-
son. who has returned from PIEDMONT
North Carolina. " he Is sure from
observation and reports that the crops
in this state are damaged % per cent.
He adds that the damage is o. course
| much greater than this on low lands.
The Raleigh base ball team is now
stronger tina at any time this year.
Its fielding is greatly improved.
Rev. w. G.. Clements. the veteran su-
perintendent OF public OF
this county, says from personal obser-
| walton he is prepared to assert that the
crops are worse than he ever saw them
| save in the rain year 1867.
Miss Teasley, the young woman VINO
for several years tagged trains on the
Lynchburg and Durham branch or the
Norfolk and Western railway, ana
| thereby gave the road in~concelVaple
has been arrested. given a
hearing at Durham and declared in
sane. She will probably be placed In
the ASYLUM here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
THE PENSION APoL1TICAL POLICY

The war ended in 1866. After thir-
ty-six years the pension business flour
ishes and grows beyond anything that
Gen. Grant ever dreamed Of. He de-
.clared when president that it should
never exceed sa1.ooo.o 900 6probably the
figures. or less) in a year. President
Garfield put 1t at very near the same
figures. Probably about $2s, 900, 900. For
a long time 1t has been fiSE, s4O,oeS.Dv0'
and largely upwards. To show the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28

Miss Madge Richardson. Of Reidssille.
is visiting Miss Roxle Dodd on 81.
James square, and in her honor Mr. and
Mrs. G.. A. Oates. Jr. will give a re-
ception this evening.
The New Era, a neat, attractive pa
per. democratic In faItn. appearea TO-
day essted by Mr.. n. I. McDuffie. a
.~o,rrpaIis. of experience.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28

The attitude of the Mckinley govern
ment as to Sampson and Schley is one
Of free n unmixed ~corruyticr and
injustice. The public fully understands
the really rascally conduct Of that
Yankee Secretary Long, who richly
deserves the contempt and det"station
of every upright American citizen. The
new medal just made by order of this in
famous fellow recognizes only the man
behind the gum while giving no sort
of credit to the great hero VINO COM
manded. Rear Admiral Schley, the mod
est Marylander. A profile OF Sampson
pea on the West Indian medal. If
Sampson were half a man, much less
a hero. he would not allow the com
pletion of hat detestable infamy. a
Washington dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun says:
THE friends of Admiral Schley will
possibly resent the fact that as second
in Their is nothing on either
side of the medal to indicate this fact.
and all the glory goes to Sampson.
whose name. as we'll as likeness. ap
pears upon one side"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-28
The Storm at Richmond

Richmond, Va. June 24.-The damage
by the storm in the vicinity was not
as great as first reported. The great
est damage was to cultivated fields and
to the roads. The electric phenomena
particularly fierce and reports from
the country tell Of lightning striking
several houses and stunning persons
but there were no fatalities.