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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25

In British India there have been
during the past 80 or 40 years
quite anumber of Englishmen who,
yielding to some monomania, have
adopted the role of fakir and have
ended their days Jas hermits, sub
jecting themselves to all those
dreadful forms of asceticism and
of,penance practiced by the Indian
dervishes. -Ex.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
East of Burtons.
ED. VIDETTE:

News scarce.
1t still continues to rain.
There is some sickness about
now.
Mr. Ed Glasgow is sick with slow
fever but is getting along very
we'll at present, also Miss Bessie
Wright is recovering from spell
of feyer.
Mr. and Mrs F T Belue were the
guests of MIR and Mrs K B Owen
last Saturday night and Sunday.
Messrs P G Green and Albert Slack
also visited Mr. and Mrs Owen Sun
day. P q says he would like to
have catalogue.
w M Glasgow and family are in
our part now visiting friends and
felatlYeS.
Mr. R B Owen is fixing his saw
while it is raining. Guess he thinks
he will need some wood after the
rains are oyer.
Walton Owen says he has got a
good mule to sell before he can
make arrangements for another
year. Be careful or you will get
burned when you sell Jack for he
is good mule.
AS this is my second letter to the
VIDETTE and the other one made
it's way to the waste basket, fear
ing this one will too, l close, say
ing come one and all you CORES
pondents.
Yours as ever,
A LITTLE COUNTRY Boy.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
g MAro~
This signature is on every box OF the genuine
Laxative RrOm0=Quinine Tablets

The state which has the smallest
number of non English speaking
residents is South Carolina with IS
only. Georgia has only 200, Ten
neesee TOO, and Arkansas, Virgin
ia, Mississippi and Alabama less
than 1000 each. Rhode Island has
II 900, while Kansas has 5000 and
Kentucky'1, 900. Florida has $500
and Minnesota, in which Scandina-
vians are numerous, Is, 200. Iowa
has 5000 and Missouri only 49,
100. .-Ex.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
Rural Free Delivery.

The officials of the post Office de-
partment look forward now to the
extension of rural free delivery
throughout the entire United
States They have made their es-
Inmates as to what it will cost to
deliver letters on every American
farm and plantation in the sparsly
settled and thickly settled parts of
the country. The cost will not be
trifling. To deliver every rural
American his mail will take about
S24, 900, 900 a year. Should the
present service he extended at the
rate of $4,000 routes year until
the 700. 900 square miles of terrific
ry yet to be covered have been
taken care of, there will he for sew
eral years an annual deficit in pos
tai revenues of from IS, 900, 900 to
SO, 900, 900. This deficit will, it
is asserted, disappear gradually as
he revenues increase by reason of
the improved postal facilities.
Not many years ago rural free
delivery was q questionable sort Of
experiment. The farmers, for
whose benefit it was intended, did
not in all quarters take kindly to
it. They are not eager seekers af-
ter novelties, md the idea of aban-
doning the customary trip to the
village post office for mail, trip
which gave them a welcome OPP
portunity to gossip with neighbors
and discuss. crops and elections, was
not altogether attractive to them.
But they appreciate fully now the
advantages of the new departure.
There is an increasing pressure for
the establishment Of rural routes,
and the representative of a coun-
try district who cannot secure
something in this line for his con-
stituents runs the risk Of losing his
popularity.
So strong is the pressure for ru-
raj free delivery that the post office
department officials are not dealing
with remote question when they
prepare estimates of the gross cost
of a complete rural service. But
while the cost will be large it will
not frighten Americans. Indeed,
they are in the habit of looking
unmoved on much larger appropri-
ations for far less useful purposes.
1t may well be that when the
letter carrier makes his trips to
every farmers gate the farmers
will make more extensive use of
the mails than they do now, and
that the revenues of the depart
ment will expand as they have in
The past whenever better facilities
haye been provided. Even if this
were not to be the case, the ''gen-
eral welfare will be promoted by
an expenditure which brings the
farmers of the United States into
closer touch with the busy woll d
from which most of them are so
far removed. Chicago Tribune.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
SABBATH READING.

4 l6 Page Weekly Paper. Solely
Religious in character.
No news; no politics. Stories;
Poetry; Sundry School Lesson;
Christian Endeavor and Epworth
League Topics; Mothers Sabbath
Afternoon With the Children; Mis-
cellaneous Religious Matter.
ONLY so CENTS A YEAR.
The Sabbath Reading and VIDETTE
combined, ,only S1.05 year.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
Favorite Family Remedy.

Frequently accidents occur in
he household, which cause burns.
.nts, sprains and bruises;for use in
.uch cases, Ballard's Snow Lini-
ment bias for many years been the
.onstant favorite family remedy
Sc soc and 81 at Jourdan's drug
Store.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
SPECIAL OFFER.

The Witness, Sabbath Reading
and VIDETTE combined, only 81 '65
year.
These three papers combined af
ford a liberal home education.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25

If you feel ill and need a pill
Why not purchase the best!
DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
Are little surprisers,
Take one-they do the rest.
w H Howell, Houston, Texas,
writes-I have used Little Early
Riser Pills in my family for consti-
patton, sick headache, etc. To
their use ] am indebted for the
health of my family. j g Jourdan.
Standard American Annual.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25

Kidneys themselves break down and waste
away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles most always result from
arrangement of the kidneys and cure Is
obtained quickest by a proper treatment of
the kidneys. II you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
II tcorrects inability to hold urine and scald-
ing pain in passing 1t. and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
go often during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. II stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root Is pleasant to take and sold
by all druggists In fifty-cent and one-dollar
sized bottles. You may EF
have sample bottle Of 1gsiicFYE I. -
this wonderful new dis
covery and book that sssssssLs...sssttz99 sas4sst9
tells all about 1t. both Home Of swampRoot.
sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kiln1er & Co.
Binghamton. N. Y. When writing mention
reading this generous offer in this paper.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
Southern R. r. Schedule.

Southern K. K. Schedule.
East Bound.
No. 36, mail train, day 2:45p. m
- 6, newsboy, 1880 a. m
:" 40, mail train, (nighD :29p. m
{" 42, 2:59 a M.
West Bound.
No. 35, mail train (day) 3:15 p I'm
"5,newsboy, (mail train)10:31 am
6 80, mail night 4:42 a. m.
I" Al 1877 III
The above schedule went into
effect May 10th, 1901.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25

am in the market to buy fat
beef cattle and hides, green or dry.
Give me a chance before selling.
Will pay cash.
j. B. WILLIAMS.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25

"More people might wake up to
find themselves famous if they
wouldn't sit up SO late at night
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25

"The vainest hopes are general
ly the most roseate."
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
Our Clubbing List.


The VIDEITE will club with the
following papers at the prices an
nexed. They will both he sent one
year each for these amounts. Mon
ey must accompany the order.
VIDETTE and Home & Farm, 81 90
6 Weekly News, 100
6 Commercial Appeal, 1.10
" Confederate Veteran, 1.35
g Thrice a Week World, 40
{" Atlanta Constitution, 1.5O
. st. Louis Republic, 1.50
/" Nashville American, LOO
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

prevailing IN this
IS because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused by
it-heart disease,
pneumonia, heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the resuk
of kidney disease. If
kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance the
kidne y ois o n e d
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1902-12-25
ofElts'sss's ofltsse Early Risers
The famous little pj',s.

'Liberality consists rather in
giving seasonably than much" "
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
February 14-1y.
Mime, Titiens' Money.

The fortune of the famous sing
er, Nine. Titiens, remained in
chancery for years. She died Ii
1877 and left all her vast fortune to
a relative named Peter Tietjens. In
1878 Peter Tietjens was living at
Cardiff and about that time an
nounced his intention of emigratlng
to South America. Whether he did
so or not has never been ascertain
ed, but for three years prior to Nine.
Titiens' death nothing was seen or
heard of him, and for twenty years
after the death other relatives tried
to obtain the estate on the presump-
ton that Peter was dead and had
left no heirs. The courts, however,
are very slow to act in such cases,
and it was only in 1895 that an Or
der was granted giving leave to as
sumo the legatee's death if after
proper advertising neither Peter
Tietjens nor his heirs put IN claim.
Chambers Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
Dots from savilla.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The health of the community is
not 50 good at this writing.
Mr.. D. G. Harman's family has
been visited by the grippe.
Mrs. T. Hill has been confined to
her bed for several days, but we are
glad to say that she is improving.
The school at Pineville Academy,
which has been taught by Prof.
Lindler, closed last Friday.
The Cherokee road is being work
ed by Mr. P. B. Warner, overseer.
The chain gang has completed
cutting the new road from Priceville
to the Dutch Fork. They are now
on the Calk's road one mile south
east of here.
Mrs. Martha Derrick. of the
Saluda section, is visiting relatives in
this section.
Mrs. D. P. Sease has been con-
fned to her room for a few days.
She is improving at this writing.
Mr.. j. q. Price will have the fruit
in the coming future if be is success
fol. He has purchased sixteen hum
dred sets.
Mr.. Lester Harman visited at his
uucle's last Sunday.
Mr.. D. P. Sease and family visited
at his wife's father last Sunday
Mr.. John Langford, Of the Lorena
section and Mr.. Shannon Rawl, of
the Boylston section, took dinner
with Mr.. L. E. Black last Sunday.
Rev. S. P. Shumpert took dinner
with Mrs. M. J. Ballentine on the
fourth Sunday.
Our DR.. Drafts has his hands full
now visiting the sick. He says that
there is a great deal of it now.
March 3, 1902. H.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
Contented Customers.

Gone Of the curses of modern
business" remarked the passenger
with the side whiskers, ''is the habit
so many people have of buying
goods and then bringing them back
and changing them. 1t keeps one
clerk busy nearly all the time at
my store making exchanges"
II never have the slightest trou-
bic of that kind" said the passen-
ger with the patch over one eye
"And l have been in business forty
three years"
"What is your business, may ]
ask"
s'I'm an undertaken. p Elmlra
Telegram.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
Steadman News.
To the Editor of the Dispstcb:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Will try and give you few items
from around Steadman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Barr are
spending few days with the formers
father, Mr.. T. B. Barr. They are on
their way to Warrenville, S. c.,
where they intend to make their
future home. Clifton is going to
keep store. We wish for them a
bright future.
Mrs. Lessie CAN'T has been down
to her mothers for a day or too.
Hope she enjoyed her trip while
away from our little city.
Miss Shull, from Seivern, spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Wilson
Gunter, in town.
Kerney branch school closed
March 1st. The speeches, dialogues,
music and contests were of a high
order. All spoke we'll for our de-
voted school teacher, Mr.. VIM Oxner.
A silver medal was awarded to the
best speaker, which fell to Mr..
Christie Barr. After all was through
dinner was announced, and such an
abundance of good things you seldom
see. The occasion was a pleasant
one, and our teacher will be remem-
bered by all whom he met as being
kind and gentle, and We regretted to
see him leave.
Success to the dear old Dispatch
and its Editor.
Marie Witherspoon.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
Rather Ill Timed.

At a recent wedding in New York
at which the bride had retained her
maiden meditation fancy free" a
number Of years beyond the usual
marrying age the organist most
thoughtlessly or most ungal llantly
played as a prelude t, the arrival Of
the wedding party, ""Iis the Last
Rose of Summer" thereby causing
a visible smile among the listeners.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
Executors Sale.

10Y VIRTUE OF THE POWER AND
d authority gwen me under the will Of
Jobn r. Shuler deceased. will sell at pub
lie outcly to the highest bidder, at the late
residence of the said John r. Shuler, IN
Fork Township. in Lexington county, on
Thursday, March 18th. 1902. beginning at
eleven o'clock a. NJ, the following personal
property. to wit:
One Mule, One Horse, One Buggy, Wag-
ous. about % Head of Cattle, Cotton Seed,
Farming Implements, &c &c.
r. L. SHULER,
Executor of the Estate of Jno. 4. Shuler.
Februar: 25th, 1902. 3WI9.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
PENCIL and SCISSORS.

Lbs IL Gu6 tAlIO WoCh Va So
The price of eggs will remain high
until after Easter.
The movement of guano is back
ward this season.
The fruit trees are trying to
bloom.
The winds were again high Sun
day night.
Prof. S. S. Lindler has numerous
peach blooms on his place near Ella.
You will find nice apples, bananas
lemons, ETC., at the Bazaar.
The rains have left a majority OF
the public roads in miserable con-
dition.
The art of masking money may be
intricate, but the art of keeping 1t is
far more so.
MIR. j. R. W. Sease is now sick at
his home with what is supposed to
be La Grippe.
One of the lights in the dome OF
state house was broken by the storm
of last Thursday.
Remember that the Dispatch ofice
is prepared to execute any kind OF
lob printing at reasonable prices.
The chain gang this week is work
ing the Cherokee road from Mr. A.
W. Shealy's to the Gilbert Hollo"
road.
The late rains have swelled the
Broad and Saluda rivers so that they
were impossible Sunday and Mon
day.
Mr.. Thomas J. Adams has retired
from the Editorsbip of the Edgeheld
Advertiser. and has been succeeded
by Mr.. J, L. Minis.
Meyers s. Co. Royal Spice Powders
for horses, cattle, hogs and poultry,
which has no equals. For sale by
W. P. Roof.
Messrs. j. P. Sox and David r.
Clark are visiting relatives and
friends in the lower section of Orange
burg county.
The best hay, grain, as we'll as fam
lily and plantation supplies, can be
found at T. B. Aughtry & Co.'S, Co.
lumbis.
The State of the Oath ult, says that
Representative E6rd will be g ceudi-
date for State Senator provided Sen
aEor Sharpe retires.
MIR. Simon Caughman. who was
last week elected local dispenser. is
now behind the lattice work hand
ing out "Fuss X" to thirsty custom
ers.
Col. D. J. Knots, a prominent citi-
zen of Swansea and who is we'll and
favorably known all over the county,
was in town Monday and paid us a
social visit.
Meyers & Co. Celebrated Horse
Spices gives new life and Rigor to
your horses. Try a package and you
will never have any other, Use.
For sale by W. T. RooE.
Col. M. D. Harmap, who has been
confined to his home for the past two
weeks, will resume his place behind
the counters of W. P. Roof, in few
days.
MIR. q. E. Taylor and Miss Victoria
Summers were married by the Rev.
J.K. E6rd on Sunday, February 26,
1902 at the home of Mr.. James
Fulmer, near Little Mountain in this
county.
Do you want fine razor, pocket
knife or any otber kind of cutlery?
Then go to 7. B. Aughtry & Co.'S,
Columbia. They keep the best at
the lowest prices.
We regret to learn from our News
Letter that the young daughter OF
n noon,o Cronc 9;o1 eu66enly
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05

headquarters.
Mr.. P. ". Barnes, of Johnsto1e,
is in town putting up some fine
tombstone work in st. Stephens
cemetery. Those who have seen the
work are we'll pleased with it in all
respects.
Meyers Celebrated Hog Spices
cures Cholera and any kindred diseas
of the hogs; makes the pigs gro"
and keep fat and healthy. There is
nothing to equal them. only sc.
For sale by W. P. Roof.
Mr.: George A. Shealy was in town
Monday and was shaking hands with
his friends on the street. From his
clutch we imagine that he might be
preparing to take the race for super
visor again.
An application has been received
by the Secretary of State from j. G.
Fort, D. F. Shumpert and D. 4
Kueece for permission to hold an
election on the matter of incorpora-
ting the town of Pelion in this
county.
FOR SALE-A fine Kentucky
Jack about years old, IA bands
high, thoroughbred, will be sold
cheap for the cash, or on easy terms.
Apply to j. e. Price, Ella, Lex co.
Caleb Green, colored, was COM
mitted to jail last night to answer to
the charge of larceny at the June
term of court. He was arrested pear
the residence of Col. D. j. Knott's,
q short distance from Swansea.
If you are in want of Golden
Beauty, Yellow Dent, Lowrarce's
Improved or Blount's Prolific Seed
Corn, call on or write Lorick & Low
rance, Wholesale. and Retail Seeds
men. Columbia, S. c.. Is
Rev. P. H. E. Derrick of Sandy
Run, was 10 town last Friday snd
called to see US. Mr.. Derrick has
accepted a call from the Lutheran
churches around Prosperity compris-
ing St. Philip charge. He has left
for his new field of labor and will
make Prosperity bis home.
Choen's Shoe Store, 1886 Main ST.,
Columbia, is winning wide spread
reputation on account Of the wear
able quality of shoes sold there and
the low prices at which they are sold.
Every shoe is fully warranted and
hence the customer is always sure
to get a good pair for his money.
Give Choen trial and he convinced.
Mr.. j. David Hendrix, the eldest
son of the late Austin Hendrix, died
at the hospital in Columbia last Sat-
urday. Mr.. Hendrix was native of
this town and has many close Eela-
tives still residing in this place. He
leaves three children to mourn his
departure.
One of the houses in South Caro-
lima that short crops and hard times
does not effect is that of J. L MINI
naugh & Co., Columbia. His corps
of buyers have Just arrived from the
Northern markets with magnificent
stock of goods embracing everything
to wear for man, woman and child.
When the people of Lexington want
first class goods at the lowest prices,
Mimnaugh's is the place to go.
Mcclure for March is on the Edi-
tor's table and is remarkable for the
ezcellency of its contents. The ac-
count of the wonderful medical re,
search of Prof. Loeb is intense
" interesting and the vivid his
torical sketch of the trial cf
Aaron Burr is Of rea. merit
and contains many facts which
have never been published before.
This magazine is always abreast OF
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-03-05
CONSUMPTION

Is like the constructor which drops its
coils around its victim and slowly tight
ems them until life is extinguished.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-05

No better advertisement Of our Vol
cano could be given than The fact that
already two steamer excursions to see
it will be made within week, while the
people on Hawaii are fiocking to see the
wonder. This is clear disposal of the
statements about danger from the vol
cano. In other places people rush from
volcanic outbreak and only the boldest
venture near to the fires of nature.
With us it is quite different. Thara is
absolutely no danger, and people can
see the most wonderful phenomena or
nature, sitting at their ease. The re-
turn of the volcanic fires to Kilauea
viii attract many tourists to the islands
as soon as the fact becomes widely
known
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-05

some cases are expectations of i'm
ports.
With regard to sugar it is interest
ing to note the amount exported was
very much larger than the amount eX-
ported in 1901. In that year we sent
to the United States O,S77, 1874 pounds
or say $40, 499 tons. In the fiscal year
closing June so, 1902, we exported no.
553,357 pounds or 36O,276 tons, but for
the former we received $27, O9S, S65, while
for our larger crop we received $25,92O'-
113, a falling off of over $3,OOO,OOO. 1t
is not very hard to understa how II
is that there is a great depression IN
consequence. We have increased our
product. and are getting far less for it..
If the sugar market for the fiscal year
1902 had remained the same as it was
during 1901, we should have had a
return from our sugar of $2S,OOO,OOO, or
"a 600 600 ahead of what was received,
and when that amount came to be div
ided in the Territory we can easily see
how our present situation would have
been relieved, and instead of being up
against it" and suffering from tinan-
cial stringency, we should have had
very good times indeed. 1t must be
remembered moreover that through
annexation our sugar has gone into the
United States duty free, but if we had
not had annexation, the tariff would
have met us, and we should have been
practically ruined. Annexation has
saved US from ruin, and saved the
grass from growing in the streets of
Honolulu.
Turning to Porto Rico it is curious to
note that while the sugar crop of the
island, valued $5,S9O,OS9, and roughly
estimated at 91,959 tons goes to the
United States, the coffee crop mainly
goes to other countries, the United
States taking $27, O31 worth, while Eu-
ropean countries take the rest, amount
ing to $3,16S,662. Porto Rican fruit eX-
ports to the United States amount to
$7OS71, of which over $4,000 is paid for
oranges. The value Of fruits exported
from our own islands to the United
States is almost indentical with that
of Porto Rico.
The entire trade of Porto Rico to the
United States and to foreign countries
amounts to over $12,OOO,OOO. Our total
exports are over $24,7OOOOO. Porto Rico
has a population of over $4,000, and
an area of 1906 square miles. The Ter
ritory of Hawaii has a population of
$4,000 and an area of 6,449 square
miles. out of statistics of such a kind
there is much food for thought, and
there are not a few political lessons
which may be learned, and accurate
statements of fact to be made which
will upset the specious and windy
rhetoric of irresponsible political speak
ers.