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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-03
Obituary..

Died September l, 1902, William
Lot, son of George Taylor and wife,
age l year, 2 months and s days.
The funeral services were conducted
in the church at Red Bank and the
body laid to rest in the cemetery
thereof. He had been sick for some
time and rallied only for short
while. The little body being frail it
had to succumb to the death angel.
Thus another little angel has been
added to the heavenly throng. May
God bless the parents and all.
A. R T.
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spread to the handsome dwelling and
storehouse of Mr.. Austin. Most OF
Mr.. Austin's goods and household
effects were saved. By hard work
the old Crout store, belonging to Mr..
J. P. Bodie, was saved.
We are sorry to note that Mr.. S. R.
Crouch is very sick at this writing.
We are glad to report Messrs.
Langley and Oxner convalesent.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". A. Drafts spent
Sunday at Mr.. and Mrs. John c.
Drafts.
Mr.. Geo. Smith will soon COM
mence the erection of handsome
dwelling on Church street.
The work on the brick stores of
Messrs. Mitchell and Able is pro-
crossing nicely.
The ginnery at the oil mills doing
a good business now. The mschin-
cry of the oil mill will be placed in q
few days.
The cotton in this community is
opening very rapidly.
Sept. l, 1902. Sol.
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Notes from Pine Ridge.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Well, Mr.. Editor, I guess it is
about time for me to write again.
The health of our community is
very good at present.
Pulling fodder and picking cotton
takes the day now, and We farmers
are making good use of our time.
Mr.. D. L. Koon bauled some cane
to the mill today. he is fixing to
have some new molasses.
Rev. J. K. E6rd will preach a
sermon at the home of Mrs. Rosa
Shealy's for her benefit, at half past
three o'clock in the afternoon.
We are sorry to note the death Of
our friend, Mr.. Charley Lee Wes-
singer, born March 9, 1878 and de-
parted this life August %, 1902.
Mr.. Sam Sease aud his sister were
over this side visiting their grand
father last Sunday, and while over
they went down to the Sunday
school convention, but they said they
came to the humping off piece"
The writer of this piece had the
pleasure of picking 2o4 pounds of
cotton today.
Best wishes to the Dispatch and
it's readers. A W B.
Sept. 1, 1902.
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a.. Card.

My fellow citizens, I take this meth
cd to tender to you my heart felt
thanks for the very splendid vote
given me in the first primary election,
and I assure you that I will be very
grateful for any assistance which
you may render me in the second
election.
I also promise that if reelected to
do my duty in the future as I have in
the past without regard to the die
tates of any one. I shall do my duty
as I see it, always keeping the inter
est of my county and people at heart.
Respectfully,
Isaiah Hallman.
September 1st, 1902,
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Through the Blood. Costs Nothing to
Try.

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Laesville Notes.
To the Editor or the Dispatch:

To the Editor or the Dispatch:
On Wednesday night, the 9th,
Leesville was visited by one of the
most destructive fires in her history.
The Town Hall was discovered on
fire about 10 o'clock. The lower
part of this building was occupied by
a colored man who was conducting
a restaurant and grocery business.
The flames soon spread to the barber
shop on the north and in few mo-
ments the small warehouse of Rev.
J. Austin on the south side of the
restaurant caught. It quickly
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DeWitTs MM'tsh M.tsi SaEv0
For Piles, Burns, Sores.
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majority she gives him on next
Tuesday.
Remember Banks Caugnman, the
Lexington boy, the Saluds Senator,
the peoples true and tride friend,
the able Representative, and honest
man and christian gentleman.
Voter.
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iatimer for the Senate.

6A6A4S6
The second primary for United
States Senator is on for Sept. 9th,
and it is now time for the voters OF
the State to choose between the two
highest candidates, Latimer and
Evans. We present here in concise
form some reasons why Latimer
should command the support of the
people:
he is man of the people, sprang
from their ranks and has worked his
way up. While he has always been
an avowed Reformer be has never
made himself offensive to those OF the
opposite faction.
He has been ten years in Congress
from the Third District, being re-
turned by increased majorities each
time, thus showing that he had the
confidence of the people and looked
after the interests of the whole dis
trict, and in the recent primary car
ried his district by an overwhelming
majority over the field.
He has been instrumental in secur-
ing the appropriation of a great deal
of money for his district and the
State during his career, in all over
100000.
He has secured the adoption of the
system of rural free delivery of the
mail in his district, bringing s54, 900
annually into it, to say nothing of &C.
curing $4,000 for Newberry college.
He was instrumental in forcing the
the railroads in the State in the
hands of the Federal courts to pay
the back taxes due the State, amount
ing to over 100000.
He has been in the fierce fight of q
public campaign for over two months
and has come out clean and unscath-
ed. He is clean man himself and
nothing has been proven against his
public or private character.
He has not made war on any man,
any section or any interest, but has
only defended himself vigorously
when attacked.
His public career has been charac-
lied by fsithfulness to the interests
Of the people, by a broad-minded
patriotism that takes in the interests
of the whole, and not part only.
He has not uaed money to infu-
ence the voters nor does be propose
to do 80, nor does he mean to say
that it has been done, but only to
assert that he himself is clean and
has made clean campaign.
If elected to the Senate he pro.
poses to represent the people of the
entire State as faithfully as he has
represented the Third Congressional
District. He will not set the inter-
ests of one city or community above
the interests of any other. Charles
ton, Columbia, Greenville, Anderson,
Spartanburg, Rock Hill or Florence
and all others will be remembered
and treated as parts of the great
State that gave him birth, whose
honor and prosperity are dear to him
and in whose bosom he expects to
roet Of loot 6nIoroop Do;lv Mol
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DR.. r. C. GILMORE,
DENTIST,

T COATED AT NO. 1910 MAIN STREET.
IL over Husemann's Gun Store, Colum-
bis, s. c., where he will be glad to see his
former as well as new patients.
Dr.. Gilmore will be at Hammer Hotel in
Lexington on Tuesday and Wednesday,
September 9th and 10th. to accommodate
patients who find it inconvenient to call at
his Columbia Office.
January 23, l901-tf.
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I Know One Sure Remedy

for an obstinate cold. Its name is
Pyny-Balsam.
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Albert MI. BOOZer,
Attorney at Law,

COLUMBIA, q. @.
Especial attention given to business en-
trusted to him by his fellow citizens o
Lexington county.
Office: 1916 Main Street, upstairs, cppo-
81 Van Metres Furniture Store
February 28-tf.
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ANOTHER ERUPTION.
The Island of Martinique Seems Doom.
ed to Destruction.

| INV 'S'o'o VI Woi liI!que SeeiHS UUUN.
ed to Destruction.
Roseau, Dominica, B. W. T., Aug.
30, 6. p. ma thick mist has envel-
oped Roseau and it's neighborhood
and dust is falling.
Roseau, Dominica, B ". l., Aug,
3l.-The thick mist which enveloped
Roseau yesterday was taken as it ap-
preached for a rainstorm. The dust
is still falling, although lightly. but
during the night of the 30sh the
quantity of dust which fell here was
greater than upon any previous occa-
sion since the first eruption of Monut
Pelee. At nightfall of the 3Oth a
dark coneshaped cloud emitting elec-
trio flashes rose in the south, but it
was gradually obscured by the mist
caused by the falling ashes. Rum
bling noises and q few detonasions
were heard during the night of the
3Oth. The people here are quiet.
No news has yet reached here from
Martinique.
St. John, Antigua, B. W. L, Aug.
81 Many very loud detonstions
were heard here from 9 o'clock last
night to midnight.
Pointe-a.Pietre, Island of Guadel-
ope, Aug. 3l.-This entire port has
been covered with cloud of fine
dust since 5 o'clock this morning and
the populace is panic stricken. Fine
ashes are falling continually in
slight drizzle. Semi-darkness is over
the sea and the ships in the harbor
seem to be enyeloped in cloud of
smoke.
Advices from Basse, Gsland of
Guadelope) assert that since daybreak
the entire island has been covered
with cloud of dust coming from the
southeast, the direction of the Island
of Martinique. The population of
Baase Terre is gre4tlg alarmed.
A severe ernption OF Mont Pelee,
Martinique, WAS reported to have oc.
CURED at noon August 21st. This
report was brought to Castries, Island
of St. Lucia, by officers of the French
steamship Dahome. This eruption
was followed by total darkness for
five miles sway from the volcano.
A dispatch received from st.
Thomas, D. W. T., August 26tb, said
that between 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and 3 in the afternoon of August
25Jh clouds of dust were seen in the
direction of Mont Pelee from the Is-
land of Dominica. Detonations were
heard and there were light showers
of volcanic dust on the island.
The following message was received
from Dominica Tuesday, the 2etb:
'Since 2 p. m. today (Tuesdsy)
prolonged rumbling noises in quick
succession have been heard from the
southwark. There is every in dication
that Mont Pelee is in violent erup-
ton"
A dispatch from Paris, dated
August 28th, said the latest dis
patches received at the ministry of
the colonies from Fort de France, Is
land of Maj Unique, were dated Mon.
day, August 25. They made no men,
tion of the reported eruptions Of
Mont Pelee. The Paris dispatch
said also that the cables to Marti-
nique, both north and south, con-
tinued to be interrupted.
Efforts made to communicate by
cable direct with the Island of MART:
nique have proved unsuccessf,
Telegraphic communication with thXS
island from New York is still inter-
rupted.
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Vote for Lsitimer.
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A Card.


in the gift Of the people of the State
which is of more Importance to the
general public than that of Railroad
Commissioner.
The Office was created for the pur-
pose of protecting the public, on the
one hand, against the unjust en-
croachments and exorbitant rates of
the railroad companies, and on the
other for guarding the interest Of the
railroads against too great an as
sumption of power on the part of the
public. Primarially, however, a Rail
road Commissioner stands as the
representative of the people of the
State in their every day business tran
sactions with railroads. Hence the
prime necessity of having on that
board business men, closely identi-
fed with the interest of the people,
in thorough sympathy with their
wants and having the courage to
stand for them against the powerful
and seductive influences or corporate
wealth.
In the primary on next Tuesday,
We shall be called upon to choose
one member of this board, and it is
gratifying to the public to feel that
it can get man possessing in an emi-
nent degree the essential qualifca-
tions of a Railroad Commissioner,
viz, successful business ability, tried
courage and intimate indentifcation
with the needs Of the people. This
man is Senator Banks Caughman, of
Saldua.
Born in Lexington county about
fifty years ago, on a farm, be has
worked out his own destiny as a
farmer, and is now one of the most
successful business men of Saluda
county, having the undoubted conf
dence of the people of his adopted
county as shown by bis holding the
highest position in the gift of his
people.
In a Legislative career covering a
period of eight years, his heart has
always beat true to the interest of
his native county which is likewise
that Of his adopted county and State:
and his powerful influence has always
been thrown on the side of the people,
in the interest Of st,ict economy,
against high and eztravagent appro-
priations, and for an honest enforce
ment of all laws, restricting the ever
increasing aggressions of corporate
influence.
One act Of his alone entities him
to the undying gratitude of every
white man, woman and child in South
Carolina law compelling rail-
road companies to provide separate
coaches for whites and black. This
act gave rise to one Of the bitterest
and most Gercely contested battles
ever waged between the people and
the railroads, and was won only after
a most desperate struggle of the true
representative of the people, under
the mssterfui leadership Of Banks
Caughman.
No Csrolinian, who recalls the time
when his wife or daughter was forced
to sit by dirty and drunken negroes
on the train. can fail to utter in his
heart: God bless Banks Csugnman'!
The people cannot forget this service,
the elimination of quarter of
century of agitation and bitter war
fare, and their gratitude must show
itself in the manner in which they
stand by B. L. Caughman, the friend
of the white peoples wives and
mothers and daughters.
Lexington feels proud that she has
given birth to this true, courageous
and watchful friend of the people
and will evidence that pride by the
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Notice to School Trustees.

I desire that the Trustees report
to me at the earliest possible date the
poll list Of their respective districts,
in.order that I may get out the ap-
portionments. The trustees will
please be very careful to report only
those that are liable to poll tax and
who resided in the district on
January l, 1902
John S. Derrick,
County Supt. Education.
Lexington, S. G, Sept. 3, 1902.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
FIGHTING CHOLERA
Disease Spreads to Eighteen Towns in
One Philippine Province.

Manila, July 1.-THE epidemic of
cholera is in full sway in Pangasinan.
II is now raging in eighteen towns in
that province and the number of
deaths is on the increase. The ma
tives are suffering considerably,
partly because the health authorities
have limiteu the kinds of goods they
can eat. The strictest quarantine is
observed. The civic and military au-
thorities will not permit the natives to
travel unless provided with passports.
A battalion of the Eleventh Infan-
try has been sent to re-enforce the
troops in Mindano, who are about to
take action against the Moros in that
province.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
KANSAS G. A. R. FEATURE
At Washington there is to be a State
Exhibit

Washington, July Il. H. C.Loomis,
department commander of the Kansas
q. A. r., has engaged quarters at the
oxford hotel for the annual encamp-
ment in october and has set the pace
for other states for arranging for a
display of the agricultural and miner
al products of his state. Commander
Loomis said this morning that prac-
tically every army post in Kansas
would take advantage of the oppor-
tunity for representation in the eX-
hibit. The extent of the exhibit can
not be estimated az this time, but un-
less indications are at fault, lit will
be one of the conspicuous features Of
the. ecampment. The Kansas depart
ment will bring withit band Of thirty
pieces and will endeavor to provide
an entertainment for visitors that will
eclipse any effort in this line before
made by the veterans of the state. The
Kansas exhibit will include products
of the farm, the workshop, lead, zinc,
oil, salt and an elaborate display Of
fruit.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
ONE BY ONE THEY FALL
Another Michigan Representative Who
Fought Cuban Reciprocity
Retired

Washington, July l7.--Represenca-
tive Sheldon, of the Twelfth Michigan
district, is the fourth Michigan repre-
sentative to be defeated for renomina-
tion, and it is coincidence worth
noting that all four of these Michigan
Republicans were men who were in the
forefront OF the fight against the
Cuban policy of President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Sheldon himself was one of the
men who organized the campaign
against the Cuban reciprocity bill,
and it was thought that his work in
this matter would strengthen him in
his district. Instead, he is repudi-
ated by his gRepublican constituents.
There are but twelve districts in the
state and so one-third of the men from
there who opposed the president have
gone down to defeat at the hands Of
their own party,
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
A LAW CHANGED.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Makes an
Important Ruling.

Guthrie, Ok, July lS.-The Okla
homa supreme court handed down a
decision byEJustice Pancoast that the
common law rule of estate by entirety
does not obtain in this territory
This changes the law of inheritance
as heretofore held and annuls the law
which holds that in case of the death
of husband or wife, the property
shall 60 entirely to the survivor. The
case is that of John w, Helvie and
others against Silas G. Homer, from
Cleveland county. The property was
bought with the wife's money. The
deed was made in the name of the hus-
band and wife jointly. The wife died.
Judge Burwell decided that the hus-
band was entitled to the whole under
the law Of joint tenancy. The supreme
court holds joint tenancy Inconsistent
with the present law.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
A PHILIPPINE ROUNDUP
Twelve Hundred COnstabulary Eli
gagged in u "Drive."

Manila, July 17-An extensive
drive, " with the objec of capturing
the Ladrone chiefs, Montallon and
Feli1ardo, and fifty of their followers,
is progressing in Cayite province.
Twelve hundred constabulary, com
manded by Captain Baker, moved to-
day at daylight, forming a complete
angle shaped Gordon, covering sixty
square miles Patrol launches are
guarding the rivers. 1t is expected to
close the Gordon Saturday. The en-
tire male population of the towns and
farms will he included in the concen.
tratien movement. When it is com.
pleted, the Ladrones will be arrested
and the others will be released.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
DAMAGE BY FLOODS
Inc Mississippi River Has Done Much
Damage

keokuk, Ia, July ls.-Heavy rains
In Central Iowa yesterday and today
are sending a food down upon pros
porous Missouri farmers which will
ruin many of them and cause losses
aggregating, at a conservative esti-
mate, $500, 600. There seems to be
no hope tonight for, the country be-
tween the Mississippi river and it's
Missouri bluffs between Keokuk
and Hannibal, 300 square miles, most
ly planted to corn, with some thous-
ands OF acres of wheat in the shock.
The water had touched the danger
line the first of the week and had be-
gun to recede, when heavy floods
started again in the Des Moines,
Skunk and Iowa rivers. With q stage
in the Des Moines river only three feet
below the tops of the great levees, the
river began to rise three inches an
hour at its mouth here today, contin-
uing until the factor of safety was
wiped out this evening. A rise of one
and half feet in a short time this
morning at Ottumwa, and the capital
city, was prevented from running out
freely by rise of foot and half at
Davenport last night, increasing and
coming down rapidly.
This afternoon the observer of the
weather bureau at Keokuk sent tele-
graphic warning to all points south to
prepare for danger. The crest is ex.
pected here Saturday or Sunday. The
Egyptian levee which stood the flood
just receding after strenuous efforts to
hold it, including the destruction OF
farmhouses to secure lumber for
strengthening the dixie, is only slight
ly above the water now, and the COM
ing flood in the Des Moines will top
it certainly. This will let the water
into hundreds Of square miles, includ-
ing the town of Alexandria, Mo. The
Inhabitants there are preparing for an
overflow of the entire town TO a depth
OF several feet.
The corn crop in the flooded district
is all made, and wheat is in the shock,
and as a result the farmers will lose
all their years work. Grain men say
the foregoing estimate of value is too
low and put the figures of the loss
from the overflow at nearer 81, 600, 900
between Keokuk and Hannibal. It is
believed the Illinois levees will hold
and the damage there is likely to be
only $50, 900 to $50, 200 between Keo-
kuk and Quincy. Heavy rains are re-
ported in Southeastern Iowa today,
and tonight there are indications of
still higher water. Lowland farmers,
rivermen and the weather bureau OBJ
server alike predict the greatest dam
age ever known from food on the up
per river.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
KEPT HIS ENGAGEMENT
Hawley Hired Train to Reach oyster
Bay.

oyster Bay, n. y, July lS.-lt cost
Il. b. Hawley Of Galveston, Tex. 500
to lunch with President Roosevelt
yesterday. Mr.. Hawley is the Texas
member of the Republican national
committe. a Republican state con
vention once indted a memorial to
him as the only Republican Congress-
man produced by the 265, 7S0 square
miles of the state of Texas.
Mr.. Hawley was invited to take
luncheon with the President. He
reached the railroad station at Long
Island City at IL O'Clock yesterday
morning. The only train which would
get him to Oyster Bay in time to keep
his engagement was vanishing
streak of smoke up the track. Mr.
Hawley went to the superintendent's
Office and asked for special train.
Cost you hundred, was the re.
ply.
Hitch it up" said MIR. Hawley.
a locomotive was attached TO a par
lor car. Its one passenger took his
seat and away went the train. From
Long Island City to oyster Bay the
running time of the train which Mr..
Hawley missed is an hour and twenty
minutes The special soon overlook
it and trailed into Oyster Bay at its
heels.
Mr.. Hawley Icame over to talk TO
the President on number of
subjects, but:not to promise him the
electoral vote of Texas in 1904. "If
he is nominated he'll make great
hole in the!sDemocratic plurality" "
said Mr.. Hawley.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
LIFE LOST AT SEA, $5, 900
Steamship Companies Are Responsible
for Their Passengers Safety.

New York, July lS.-In q decision
affecting the responsibility of Ameri-
can steamship companies regarding
the safety of their passengers at sea,
Judge Thomas, sitting in the United
States admiralty court, Brooklyn,
has ruled that American ships come
under the law of the state in which
they are registered and from which
they sail, The jury gave a verdict
for the plaintiff, whose daughter was
washed overheard at sea, and award
ed damages of $1,000. The ruling is
regarded as an important one by ad-
miralty lawyers.