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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-01
Black Creek Notes.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

As the old year of 1901 has taken
its place among the things Of the
past; and realizing what golden op.
portunities are gone and gone for
ever and aye, We turn to the morn
ing of the new year and say, may
the great and unknown mysteries
that are folded in thy bosom find US
not sleeping.
This is new year. May it be
the beginning of new life. Forget
everything Of the past, Except the
Editor), and begin life with renewed
energy and zeal. There are homes
to brighten; there are hearts to
Tighten; there are ambitions to
strengthen and that work is ours.
The Rural Free Delivery from
Lewiedale is progressing nicely and
every morning may be seen the
healthy face of the carrier going on
his daily rounds. Most Of the
patrons are delighted with the SER
vice and will, in the new year, show
their appreciation by increasing the
mail. Any one wishing the Lexing-
ton Dispatch and Home and Farm
can just leave $1.25 in the boz with
note and the papers will start at
once.
You can get any other papers by
just simply leaving the price of the
paper in the box with a note saying
which paper you wish.
Mr.. Morgan Kyzer and Miss Jane
Gunter blended the melodies of
merry Christmas bells with wedding
bells. Rev. Evans Hall pulled the
cord that set in motion this last and
sweetest music. May their young
lives be happy and grow happier.
The Christmas tree at Pond Branch
wae much enjoyed one.
Mr.. Furman Able, Miss Rosa
Etheredge, Miss Josie Riddle and
Miss Nettie Matthews have all closed
! their schools for the week and gone
home to find 'Santa Clause"
The best We have heard on a
certain young preacher is, 'that he
squeezed a girl 80 hard that he
bursted her corset" Hurrah for
him He ought to be placed among
the worlds heroes and given a pen
sion and so per cent, on all corsets
bursted.
Hobson of ship sinking fame and
women kissing traits stands no where
by the side of this great man. You
see he knows how to develop the
burst. Well ever since Old Mother
Eve-bitten by the snake-feil In
Adams arms it has been thus.
Miss Day and Mr.. Willie Donally
are now home from college spending
a while with mama.
Prof. Rizer, Of the Lewiedale
school, has gone home for Christmas.
Miss Rosa Etheredge was the
guest of Mrs. Anna Kyzer on Xmas
eve. How strange it is with some
peoples meeting.
When you see the Editor all cover
ed over with smiles that means you
have been honest and paid him for
your paper, but when be fro"ns' let
it be gentle reminder that you are
in arrears.
For further information call on
TIooJ;La
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-01
There are Some Simple Remedies

indispensable in any family.
Among these, the experience OF years
assures us, should be recorded Pain
killer. For both internal and e1ter-
nal applications We have found it OF
great value; especially can We recon-
mend it for colds, rheumatism, or
fresh wounds and bruises. s.-Chrlstlan
Era. Avoid substitutes, there is but
one Painkiller, Perry Davis. Price
25c. and SOC.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-01
DIR, +, C. GILMORE,
DENTIST.

DEN IISI,
II OCATED ATNO. 1910 MAIN STREET.
4 over Husemann's Gun Store, Colum-
bia, S. c., where he will be glad to see his
former as well as new patients.
Dr.. Gilmore will be at Hammers Hotel IN
Lexington on Tuesday and Wednesday
January 14th and 18th. to accommodate
patients who find it inconVenlent to call al
his Columbia Office.
January %, l9O1-tt.
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Lorena Dots.

It is like the little boy once SAID, the
sun shines word or two, and then
the wind blows q line or two, and
then it rains verse or so.
There is some sickness in this COM
munity.
Oats are somewhat injured by the
cold wind which swept the fields last
week.
Rev. W. II. Roof delivered an ap-
propriate sermon to an attentive
congregation at ST. Pauls E. L.
church on Christmas day.
Mrs. Jacob Price, of PriceVille,
quietly and peacefully passed from
death to eternity last Monday, and
was buried in the family burying
ground on the day following.
Mr.. D. P. Sease has recently pailed
in his yard.
Orange blossoms are still shooting
fourth in spite of all the cold. Won
der some of them don't get frost bit.
Misses Leila and Frances Lindler
are spending Xmas under the
parental roof.
School will start again at Piueville
academy Monday morning afeer a
weeks vacation.
Rsv. Anderson of Leesville, will
| continue to serve the Beulah Metho-
dist charge. Rsv. Anderson is q
! great worker in the Masters vine
yard. He is welcomed by the people
| to serve them another year.
Messrs. Will Taylor and Wesley
Nichols have recently moved and
| added too more families to the town
| of Leesville.
Christmas has come and gone once
| again. God only knows whether we
will be permitted to witness another
| Christmas day or not. We have
Bethlehem still standing on the
crown of an old hill in southern
Judea; the plain of the shepherds
| stretching out from it's base; the
blue sky of Syria bending like q
dome over the land of promise.
We have the story of the Babe, his
sweetness, his purity, his growth in
! stature and wisdom and grace, but
we have the history of the man, the
peerless man, whose name is the
most illustrious, name above every
other name. In all these twenty
centuries of human history we have
the story of his life, his works, the
miracles he wrought, the gracious
words that fell from his lips, the
| story of his precious death and burial,
his glorious resurrection, and the
coming of the Holy Ghost, whose
ministrations he promised. We have
the history of the church, the heroes
who have lived and died in the de-
fence of the faith, the victories &C
complished by the cross and the
word and Christianity victories over
} race and kingdoms. We have the
civilization which is the ripe product
of his life; the institutions of philan-
throphy and education, erected as
products of his own power and right
eousness, and even now in the heart
of every man who will accept it there
is the witness full of life and power
| to the fact there has come to the
world a Savior who is Christ the
Lord.
On this Christmas day do We 60
to our spiritual Bethlehem! Do we
| see the reality of Christ as our Savior
and do we 60 forth, as did the
shepherds, full Of new light to make
known concerning the saying which
has been spoken to US in the inmost
life of this child, this man, this
Savior, this present deliverer from
the guilt and power of sin, this
anointed one through whom on
Christmas day, and on all other days
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-01
TN CONFIDENCE,

Don't give me away.
And I'll tel! you the remedy OF
the day,
Listen! ltis /. L. and K.
ltmakes the system clean and
pure,
viii health and strength TO
you secure,
Strictly a vegetable prepara-
ton,
Mild and pleasant in its oper-
alton.
No need for nostrums just
made to sell,
Its Life for the Liver that
makes you we'll.
E!LToN's LIFE FOR THE s1lVER
AND KIDNEYS.
Wholesale by the MURRAY DRUG. Co.,
Columbia. S. c..
For Sale at THE BAZAAR.
May l5-ly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
THE DRUMMER's DREAM.

written for The Salt Lake Herald.j
(''Charity covereth a multitude of sins. y
st. Peter stood beside the gate,
On Resurrection Day;
For sorely pressed was the prelate,
AS Things were not coming his way"
A curious. motley. busting crowd,
Were trying to scale his wall;
Ali sang the selfsame song:
"Good Lord We never Sinned at all.
$50 you've left your bag of sins at home,'
st. Peter said. Let me give you a tip:
Angels or Commerce, pass in, alone,
For they never lost their grip"
So one by one they all filed in.
The Z. p. A s and the L. c. rs,
While the rabble created horrible din
Which St Peter strove to appease-
Be patient, you Others" st. Peter said,
The Lord these first must try,
For the lies they told of bills they made
That astonished the Angels on high
stone"
Nor passed on the other side;''
But freely gave of half their own
To whom misfortune did betide.
81 am more holy than thou art"
How oft We Pharisees have said;
It's God alone can read the heart,
Hell Judge you Levites when you're
THOMAS MURRAY SPENCER.
Portland. Ore, Oct 30, 1902.
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ociety

Miss Cecilia Z. Lundquist and w. r.
Rinehart will be married today at the
brides home, 247 Iowa avenue. They
win be at home to their friends at
S25 South Second East street.
Mrs. John McVieker and Mrs. Albert
G. Jones leave this morning for Oak
nome OF her sister, Mrs Stafford, for
the winter, 1915 Chestnut street.
Miss La Won Pelrce came down from
Ogden and is a guest Of Miss Pearl
Peirce this week.
Miss June Mcintyre entertains at a
dancing party this evening in honor of
Miss Porter.
Mrs, NJ. B. Whitney and Miss Preston
will give a large reception at the home
Of the former this afternoon.
The ladies of Unity circle will hold a
rummage sale today in the Harmon
block. on East Second South street.
Sego Lily lodge No. 252 of the FraS
ternaI Brotherhood is inaugurating a
new order of things in bringing into
prominence the social features of the
order. Last evening after the regular
meeting an enjoyable literary and mu-
steal programme was rendered. Those
taking part were Mr. and Mrs Sanborn.
Miss Burmister, Mrs Dickinson, Miss
Larson, DR.. ]. u. Giesy and Miss Fin
Reminder. After the programme re-
freshments were served and a social
time enjoyed. The order is making a
rapid and substantial growth in Salt
Lake.
g @ @
MIS-. G. Mcdonald was given VerV
pleasant surprise by her friends on
Monday evening last at her home. Az
East Third South. High five was in
obliged in, after which luncheon was
served. Those present were Mesdames
Ferbrach, Goodwin and Moore, Misses
Brown, Fife and Bacon, Messrs.
Barnes. Killingsworth, Seth, CARRIER
and Deaver
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
LORD KELVIN NOT INFALL1BLE
his Deduction as to Leading Ladder
Proved Incorrect.
Exehange.A

At a certain faVorite resort in London
a conversation among number of finan-
cterS turned upon cable shares and wire
less telegraiJhy. One confirmed cable
wOrshiper quoted Lord Kelvin's opinion
that the companies had no need to be
alarmed at the progress Of MarcOni
oh" exclaimed another, Lord Kelvin be
hanged! 1t is not the first time he has
made a mistake. Why, 1 remember
years ago, when he was plain Billy
Thomson, he was out in the country for
a ride with his brother. You know he
always slept on a parallelogram shaved
with a spheroid, watched the process of
an ellipse and generally took his mathe-
MATES to bed with him Anyhow he
never passed anything without making
calculation about il. This time IL was
ladder standing against d wall at an
angle which, according to all known
laws, ought to be impossible, especially
as it stood on smooth concrete at the
bottom. He called his brothers atten-
ton. They both got down, took measure
ments, made endless calculations and
considered various theories to account
for the absence of slip. At last they
fixed on some far-fetched explanation
just as the farmer hove in sight. Then
they casually called his attention to the
strange circumstance. oh, ay,' says the
old man, the ladder? I put it there for
my hens, and it's pretty tight with the
hOldfaSt at the tCDi -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
walters who Get Most Tips.

lChIcag0 Inter Ocean.)
Walters who receive the most tips are
usually those who have everlasting and
Job-like patience; those who do not easily
take an insult, who ever have a pleasant
smile for their patrons, who try earnestly
to please them, and are always ready TO
accommodate everyone. A waiter should
never place himself in a position of ex-
pectancy in the matter of receiving tip.
and should avoid approaching a guest ii
ne sees him drawing change from his
pocket. A waiter should never pose as
an object of pity with a view to securing
tip IL he deserves a tip he should let
the guest feel within himself that he de-
serves 1t, and il the guest wishes to give
him tip he Will usually manage to catch
the walters attention or leave the tin
beside the plate Should the waiter re-
ceiye tip previous TO waiting on the
guest ne should leave it lying on the table
and then do his Level best TO earn it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
The SALTLAKE HERALD
Published Every Day in the Year, By
THE HERALD COMPANY
Published Every Day in the Year. By
GAINS FOR DEMOCRACY.

MIDNIGHT though gone Republican by
from 5000 to 5000 after Coler,
stuenes For the Republican heavily
presidents
outside to whoh
cialIaing the state for odell % 6OOoo
Inc vote of interest
means gain the legislature
of
the editor Of the Omaha
The house of representatives
y narrow ajores Chairman
party viii be in control
Republicans do not Among
case Of Congressman
Nevada IS believed to
vigorous
ed States 'front.' that's
gether the
fe Democrats Heavy gains
moral defeat for the Republicans
congressman
1.-THE Democratic point of view.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
DATE PALMS.
to Be Fitted For Growing Them.
dallas News \

dallas NeWS.)
According to views entertained BY
Josef Hahmet, a Syrian who has set
tied near Waco, the northwestern coun-
ties of Texas are exactly suited in all
respects for the production of the date
palm and would afford settlers of that
portion of the Lone Star state an un-
falling source OF revenue.
MIR. Hahmet said: THE date palm
should be grown far enough from the
ocean to insure it from humid breezeS
ana give Il hot. dry summers for the
rlpening of its fruit 1t wants plenty of
water, however. and no country is bet
ter supplied with water underneath
and sunshine overhead than the west
ern and northwestern portion of Texas.
1t would not be new to the United
States, for Arizona and California are
producing dates successfully. In New
Mexico date palm off-shoots were
planted this year extensively. So far
as am able to learn no one, other than
florists, have introduced that valuable
plant into this state, so that he who
attempts it here, will earn the credit
OF adding another crop to the produc-
tions of his state.
Once established, a date palm orch
ard lasts for centuries, and when
planted where nitrogen and phosphates
are abundant, provided there are water
and hot sun, an abundant yield is GER
TAIL water can De OBTAINED IN any OF
the counties west and northwest of
Cisco at depths varying from thirty
five to fifty feet. The soil is retentive
and embankments are all that is need
ed for reservoirs. with just enough ex-
cavation to get the material for the en-
Dankments. One average tree should
yield 200 pounds of fruit annually after
attaining an age of eight years. High
grade trees will exceed the average
given perhapS 100 per cent The best
palm orchards are planted forty feet
between the rows and thirty-five feet
apart; any other. fruit or any crop can
be successfully grown between the
palm trees. One acre of date palms. to-
gether with other crops that can be
grown on the same space at the same
time, will support a family In Africa
and in Asia date palms occupy the pas
ture lands and are not hurt by the cat
tie. sheep or camels. After q date palm
orchard is established it is hard to
injure il by any process. Date palm
trees are beautiful, and they improve
the health of those who reside near
them
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a Good Prescription For Patient of
the Sort.
(London Telegraph.O


Frau X, an invalid lady. attended
by her maid. arrived recently at a
well known "cure" resort in Germany.
and proceeded on the morning after
her arrival to call on a doctor recon-
4 mended by her Berlin physician,
: whose name we viii also suppress.
I She presented her letter of recon-
mendation, which the medical man
read. after hearing from the patient
$ her version of an interminabIe list of
ailments from which she declared she
was suffering. He shook his head.
felt her pulse and examined her heart,
and then turned to the letter, which
purported to be the physicians descrip-
ton of her maladies. The letter read
as follows:
9chihrist, nixzi, essen. Sieihra, berdi,
efed. ernein. eel. naus. S. e. h. r Ian.
gsamdami. f. soihr. gat tez. weimo.
nateru. hehatum. derVi. ellie icht. ges
und. ct Versta-N. D. Z. NJ
n The doctor perused the lines again,
and saw that the letters, when put in
9their proper order, ran as follows:
i Rupfen sic die Cans ordentlich, ihr
list nix Ziehen sic ihr aber die Federn
enzeln auc. sehr langsam, damit so ihr
4gotte zwei Monate Ruhe hat und er
@veilicht ge5;:ndet. Verstanden?"
81 In English these words mean:
PLUCK the old goose thoroughly well.
Where is nothing the matter with her.
kBut pun out the feathers, one by one,
very slowly, SO that her husband may
41nave a couple of months rest, by
which means he may perhaps be re-
Stored to health. Do you understand"
The doctor turned again to his
patient, felt her pulse, shook his head,
and with a still more anxious express
sion Of fare gave his advice:
my good lady, your malady is in
deed Of a very serious nature, but it
fs not at all dangerous. You must go
through a very severe cure here for
bit least two months. You must rise
bt o'clock in the morning-take a
walk for an hour before breakfast on
IN empty stomach After breakfast lie
Down for an hour, but without read
ing or speaking. You will take a bath
every day, and lie down for an hour
tfterward and remain perfectly quiet.
Every three days you Will omit the
8 bath--after a very light and simple
4lunch (and all your meals are TO be
aght and simple) you are to have an
Dther hour of absolute repose. In the
3afternoon you can read light litera-
5lure or attend a concert in the open
Z sir Wine and spirits are strictly pro-
s hibited- For one or two hours before
going to bed you are TO do Swedish
gymnastics. For your supper you
may have cold meat and a glass Of
zlea. At $50 you must go to bed"
"Oh! but that is dreadful" rejoined
The patient. And am 1 to go through
a.his for eight weeks2"
mo. for two months, after which
Dime. if you conscientiously follow out
3ny instructions, I guarantee that no.
body viii believe that you have ever
seen ILL., Nobody will recognize you
7lgain. and your husband win receive
you again with joyful establishment.
You and he will be grateful to me for
S The changei'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
HARMLESS PROFANITY.
George Douglas Browns Father and
His Eccentricities.

Robert Barr and c. whitley write
about George Douglas Brown in the
November McClure's, and they were
among the few men who knew the au-
thor OF THE House With the Green
Shutters" well. The following story is
from Bars article. 1t is about
Browns father, and it tells a vast
deal of the source whence the son de-
rived the grim power he put into his
book
Brown said that his own father
was the most profane man in the dis
trict, and yet man of sterling good
heart. AS a little boy he remembers
listening, appalled,, to conversation
which took place between his father
and an elder of the church who had
just risen from what had been sup
posed his deathbed, and now was
crawling TREMENDOUSLY out in to the sun,
his gaunt hand shaking on the end of
the stick that supported him.
Ye auld deevIe,' cried the elder
Brown, hell hasna swallowed We yet,
when we a thocht it yawned for ye.'
Through the mercy of Cod quav-
cred the tremulous voice of the conva-
lescent, L have been spared few days
longer on this earth
'Ye doddering thief roared Brown,
there's nae mercy about ii. Grim Satan
simply sees yer nae ripe yet for per-
dition, so he leaves We in yer sins for
q while LANCER
We're a sinfu' men, Brown re-
turned the elder solemnly, in no way
offended by the harsh greeting, and our
hope rests in the benevOlence Of
heaven
'Weel, weel, We auld sinner, I'm d.
glad to see We; d glad to see We on
yer feet agin. Mony's the time I've
looked at yer house and feared to see
the blinds doom, curse yel'
'Thank'ee kindly, thanlx'ee kindly.
Brown said the aged elder with tears
in his eyes. knew / had yer guild
Wishes"
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Englishman's Use Of Holidays.
lLondOn GlObe-)

People may argue that there are too
many bank holidays in England, and
there is undoubtedly some reason in the
contention, but for all that no one will
ever persuade the average Englishman
that a bank holiday Is not one of the
very best things in life 1t is the onion
that animates the salad of his labor. IN
the midst of his laborious days il shines
ahead Of him as the lights of home shine
to the mariner He saves up his money
for IL, he studies maps and railway guides
for weeks ahead of the suspicious morn,
and he even buys a new pair of brown
shoes for its greater glory. All these
things may appear as vanities in the
eyes of the bustling American. who can
not be persuaded that men were intended
for any purpose in the world other than
one Of hard and grinding labor. But peO-
pie have come to think that the expecta-
ton of such occasions as bank holidays
the pleasure of a whole day spent at
the seashore or in green woodlands, and
the entire freedom from the environment
of ones normal eXistence-lend 10 a toll
Of Zest, a spring and an elasticity which
manifest themselves in the character and
quality of the work. That is the theory,
at all events. OF course, where such fes-
rivals are celebrated by british debauch-
cry they are occasions of evil, but the
working classes as a whole are certainly
beginning to free themselves from the
charge that they cannot keep holiday
without getting drunk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-05
WEALTH IN OLD VERMONT.
Relative Value of Possessions Alone
Constitutes Af1uence.
(Washington Post.)


People in the government service and
IN the cities generally have no conception
of the value of money as fixed by those
who live far away from a METROPOLIS.
There the money. figuratively, has to be
dug for, and there is a corresponding
difference in the way they size up a
mans eXchequer.
Up along the White river valley, in
Vermont, half way between the towns of
Bethel and Randolph. at a little bend in
the road, is a watering trough almost
hidden in the shadows of the trees which
form a natural arch for the highway A
Washington newspaper man was driving
along there one day, and he tells this
story of his experience;
Just after / pulled UP my horse at
stopped. 'Mornin', stranger he said /;
how be We?
be pretty well,' I answered, in the
same vernacular.
Be We 'quainted round here?'
Some l answered. q knew about
half the people in each of the towns.)
Wen. maybe as how you know Jim
Jones folks?'
Yes, know EN-
" Know Hen Slack?' he persisted.
Yes
Ever know 81 Rogers?
" Yes
Know his daughter Sueg
- Never met her.
'Shoi WAL, Sues married now Il
observed that that was very happy cir
cumstance)
Yes he continued. Sues married
now. Married a wealthy man. Very
wealthy man. Worth much s hundred
dollars .
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His First Earnings.
NeW York Times.l

I've" AoiA 1iAHsS-t
While travelling recently, Mark Twain
was asked by a friend and fellow pas
senger if he remembered the first money
ne had ever earned
Yes, answered Mr.. Clemens, putting
med1tatively on his cigar, Il have a dis
ttnct recollection of it. When I was
youngster l attended school at a place
where the use of the birch rod was not
an unusual event. 1t was against the
rules 10 mark the desks in any manner
the penalty being a fine of s. or public
chastisement
Happening to violate the rule on one
occasion, 1 was offered the alternative.
/ told my father and, as he seemed to
think it would be too bad for me to be
publicly punished, he gave me the s.. AT
that period of my existence s. was a
large sum, while a whipping was of lit
tie consequence. and so"- here Mr.
Clemens reflectively knocked the ashes
from his cigar-'well," he finally added,
that was how earned my first So