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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-10
The Lexington Dispatch.
wednesday, September 10, 1902.
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.
Wayside Notes Gathered Here and
There by a Dispatch Man.

Wayside Notes Gathered Here and
There by a Dispatch Man.
Three cheers for Latimer!
Go to the Bazaar for your school
supplies.
The finest rain for weeks fell here
last night.
Don't let your charity cover too
many sins.
Sickness is the interest We pay on
life's mortgage.
Fires are q comfort and q luxury
these mornings.
Two mileh cows for sale. Apply to
]. D. Langford, Ella, S. c..
The result of yesterdays primary
was surprise to many candidates.
Many candidate bloomed, but to
perish in the blooming yesterday.
You can't convince girl that mar
riage is a failure until after she tries
Il. & -
Mr. Henry V. Rish, popular and
efficient school teacher of the county,
is in town.
Next Monday the Bazaar will re-
ceive supply Of fresh Bakers
bread and cakes.
The air is cool and invigorating
and the backbone of summer has
been broken.
Read the list of jurors for the
second week of court published in
this issue.
4 full line of first class hardware,
of sll descriptions, at L. b. Aughtry
& Cos, Columbia.
Expert workmen have gone to
LeesvilIe to put in the machinery OF
the oil mill. ..-..
Graphaphones have no brains yet
they talk fuently-the same thing
can be said of dudes.
Good horse and buggy for sale
cheap for cash. Apply to j. E
Smith, Leesville, S. @.
The Palmetto Collegiate Institute
opened it's fall session Monday under
the most favorable auspices.
A wave of religious revivals seems
to be sweeping over the country
They are reported from every section
Bob White, one of our correspon
dents on Rocky Greek, keeps the
polls open yet and is still voting fo'
Lever.
Don't miss the excursion Monday
Sept. %. Leave Columbia at e:3c
and Join the crowd and take pleas
ant holiday.
Misses Adams and Herbert, heads
of departments in the Leesville Col
lege, have returned from a lecture
tour through the State in the interest
Of the cause of temperance. Much
good has resulted from these lee
lures.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-10

Lorick & Lowrance, the we'll known
grocers of Columbia, gives our read
ers an excellent bill of fare in this
issue. This firm does large bust
ness in this county and the fair
dealing and honest goods, which have
characterized this firm in the past
will be maintained in the future and
it's patrons can feel assured that they
will get full value on every purchase.
When in need of anything in their
line give them a call and they will
make it to your interest to do your
shopping with them.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-10
Stops the Cough and Works Of
the Cold.

Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No cure, no
pay. Price 25 cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
Praise 0c Work Wet! Done,

Perhaps lurie Is nothing else so
productive Of cheerful. helpful service
as tAe expression Of approval or praise
Of work We done and Yet there is
notlilg so 4ralt:@}nG.y. 50 ntaGerIy
given by employers. Many of them
seen: 10 think tina, commendation is
Lrnolti:Iil.9 AND that the voicing Of
appreciation VIII cau to lisllessness
and tae withdrawal OF energy and in-
lere>t. This ,jnce> hut a poor knowl-
edge Of lN1..an nature. which is al
ways lltlnGcrin= for appreciation. But
now mistaken such views are is shown
10y the loyal and uuslnted service Civ
en- to those large minded men who
treat their employees as members Of a
family committed to their care.-Suc-
cess
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
TIE ,cs of "a Zee.

Every bee has two kinds Cf eyes
the two lar.e conrDUnd o;ca. locking
like heuisphercs on either side. and
the three simple ones which crown tie
top Of h:s head. .@oa compound eye
is composed Of 49, facets lat Is t.
say, an object IS reflected 3...ra9 t5#es
Oh its sttiiace ',,cry or.o Of t!-cSe
facets is the h3>r or "u in1crsc9 iarT.
aGoma} pyramid. whose apex is ti,teG =
the head. Bach pyramid may be tori
cd an eye, fo! o,,e! t:.S is oy,a iris aile.
optic nerve.
How these i,.,>ce:S ilana2c TINS mar
vicious li.lzthe. of eyes is Eot yet
known. They aye ii.moyahlc. hui no
bility is unnecessary because OF the
range CT vision ali '!cd hy tie position
And the tuliHi,er Of facets. they have
no liuS. but are protected from dust
and injury ~ t0yS Of ,1aifS growing
along the lines ~ the functions Of the
facets. The SIMPLE eyes are supposed
90 haVc been .iYpn the BEE to enable
it to see ahoEo is lc;d Wllcn intent
upon gathering hyllcy from tie Guys Of
flowers. r. a;tbjY tlis may be che
reason, tUt II - iil.eiy tAore are otber
uses fot them hot yet aScertaiHeI.-
Isare0aS Weekly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
One of Fields Crazy Jokes.

In his biography of Eugene Field
Slason Thompson says that shortly aft
er the humorist's arrival in Chicago it
occurred to him one bleak day in De-
cember that it was time the people
knew there was a stranger in town.
so he arrayed himself in a long linen
dUster, buttoned up from knees to col
lar. put an old straw hat on his head
and, taking shabby book under one
arm and Il palf leaf fan in his hand. he
marched al the way down Clark street.
past the city hall. to the office. Every
where along the route he was greeted
with jeers or pitying words. as his ap-
pearance excited the mirth or commits
GRAFTON of the passersby.
When he reached the entrance to The
Daily News Office. he was followed by
motley crowd OF noisy urchins. whom
he dismissed with grimace and the
cabalis;ic gesture with which Nicholas
Kocran perp!eXed and repused An
tony van Corlcar from the battlement
Of tie fortress on Eensse aerst Elm.
Then. cosln. the Goor in their aston
iSheI faces. lie mounted the two flights
Of stars 10 the editorial rooms. where
h" rreoantet!. with The Elee OF the bov
ht W2S IL ss.cA things tie success OF
bis joke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
>tliOI IN ttGNeS.

The Sy4arites slept on beds stuffed
with rose leaves: the tyrant Dionysius
had his couch filled with them: Verus
wcuid travel with Il garland on his
litter he had Il thin net. with rose
leaves intertwired; Antiochus luXuri-
a!ed upon Il bed of blooms even in VIII
ter days and nights. and when Cleo
palra entertained Antony She had roses
covering the floor to the depth. il ia
said. OF an ell
We are told that He'iowahalus sup
pied SO El3aN al Our o. AlS uanHuetS
that SeNrra, G his guests We're SuffO
Gated III i!.e cilglpavor TO eXtricate them.
selves from the victims a:
u surteit of sweet ouurS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
IIse Nc.iri,. Of ty.Ii.fetS.

Who Wore the hi>t amulet it would
be impossible e. say. bat the adoption
Of q talielHaH 10 ward off evil is Of
very "ncicHt orf@tn.
Ehytae5eI5.,3s. tiJQ Grrci; Werd fer ,tt.1-
ulets, We're Worn by the IS"aelites, to
which aIlGSion is made il the ScrtP-
turcs These PhyiHCttrips were ua.
row strips Of pgrchmcnt Oh Whicl
We're written PASSAGES from the old
Testament. y strip Was placed in q
eMaIi .eatn1r bon and bound to the
left elbow aH Il E"rroW strap There
was Il smaller rhylactcry f9r tie fore
head. the box for which WAS about aD
linen square.
The word amulet is Of Arabic origin
and implies Il thing suspended. ANU
lets were of various killds. The moon
stone found in the desert of Arabia.
was worn as a taiSn1n against en-
chantment by the women, who sus.
pended it around the neck. 1t was q
white. transparent stone. the time for
searching for it being midnight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
a RIVER OF LAND.
Astonishing Amount Of Earth Th1t
FIotvs Down the Nis%i~siaa:.

"rhc capacity Of tie #iss.ss Il for
Gllin@ ~ can;rIs a::d o,d c'aft:cis is
eomctAi..@ as,fuI" says loAn Swain in
AinSiC"'S. "G0NorE,ltGt TcFs Eayo
fouul that the auinu,t Of sold matter
anu,ai'F carried i."-t N;,''.>h}r-s IN >'i@
pcasion is ctton-ii ~ ttat.z Il bse=ttzi ot
c9!,h 500 feet lti4A ara a nile Square
Fifty feet of tie tap ,f LIS is spread
nroai.d oil the valley I "a. Hses's1 here a1isi
tie sea, aud the re-. : - on; TO ih'
gun of Iexico u io;,,.. ~ more conti.
nent.
"Thiak Wn:.t tlt.' I,c#:.>. Instead of
river of water t!.s Is " r.vsr ot lard
1t woult! ins.i.e d sod stream ef earth
five feet GCVp a:N! .3iI." tCCt vile fnW
ing night and daE as fast IS i HI;In c:n
walk. ar mics al hV.r AL ss.It!sI
down ott ttc northern l.;t.f T t!ie c5un
try toward the sea. Year IL. Yc3r Olt.
That ellfticss 'inc OF e;tr.!l Sfss Oh. I
wo'lld t;;He Il force Of more t.4;,n ..4.oo
y.."'t WORKING - eight hour saif.s ~
tAro" the Dit into the stream, sup.,os
Ing the river bed were rigid ard an in
cX!GluStiisI. supply Of dirt on tie bank.
It would make 2J.UuU.0o0 wagon ioads
every Year.
"Hlu here what are the use of such
fgurcs9 Below NicksburG--an abov"
il, too, to al eXtent-Wc have tie earn
itself to speak for it. Except for t!42'
occasional fragments Of tie line q
bluffs along the eastern ea4se be.GE'
here which bob up at Fort A5.anlS. =,
NatchcZ, at Grand Cuff, at Egton
Rouge, at Port Hudson. there is moth
ing about the Level Of tie high water
river exec pt the artificial levces These
are in places miles back great esrtheD
banks, sometimes tlilty feet high or
more, s9ddea 3;.N free from trees.
which protect the Wonderfully fertile
region behind them
And all this level country which
the river oyerfnwS and fertlizes is
dirt which the Mississippi brings down
from the inner region. gathered all the
way from tie Rockies to the lAllegha-
MES. Sometimes the river starts to eat
away this land that it has made. In a
single summer, if it will, it eats away
half Il mile of it out of some bend. 1t
cuts it out sometimes an acre at a
bite and takes with it forests, houses,
levees and all else.
'The river is not a uniformly moving
stream. One side or the middle moves
swiftly; the other parts are still or
sluggish. Sometimes even these run
up stream. The swift part is the chan
mel current and runs in the deepest Sec
tions- 1t makes crossings whenever
driven off shore by a promontory.
These crossings are dumping places
for the surplus earth the river has
picked up in the bend it is eating"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
Various Styles of HairdreskinE.

The various styles of hairdressing un-
der Louis XVI. were known as the cas-
cade of st. Cloud. the windmill, the
sheep and lambs. the hen and chickens,
the dog :u.. hare, the peal Of bells, the
milk maid. the bob wig. the bother, the
kercEief, the oriental, the Circassian.
Minerals helmet. the crescent. the
enigma the desire to please. the turned
up calash, the treasurer of the age. the
frivolous bather, the rat. the drunken
monkey and the lovers snare. the last
named consisting of a mass of curs
covered With powder. particles Of
which. deposited on the coat or shoui'
ders Of a gentleman. indicated the
previous whereabouts of the lady'a
head
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
Swift WinSs,

1t is difficult to accounI for the enor
nous velocity Of some birds fight
when migrating. The northern blue
thro?t goes at the rate of ,40 miles an
hour, flying 4.SoO miles from Egypt TO
Helgoland in a spring night of barely
nine hours. NirGinian p,over fly from.
Labrador to north Brazil. 5000 miles.
without stopping, going at the ra'e OF
G36 miles an hour and probably more.
How can this speed be attained: The
birds resort to great heights. where tLs
resistance of the ar is slight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
A Pleasant Prospect.

A young man named Mooney enlisted
in the army. After he had been in In
pathetic letter from bis parents which
said that if he did not send them some
money they would be forced to 60 to
the work house.
The young man sat Gown and am
sWerel the letter as follows:
Dear Father and Mother-Try to
keep out of the workhouse for six
years and seven months until come
home, and then the three of us will so
in together London It'll Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
Eject 0f the Sun on MOnI m e n a.

The perpendicularity of Il monument
Is viSib!y affected by the rays of the
hun On every sunny day tall monl-
ment has Il regular swing leading away
frnln the sun This phenomenon is due
to the greater expansion OF TIE side on
which the rays Of the sun fall \ pen
duiuln placed inside say Nelson's col,
umn in Trafalgar square. would he
found to describe on every cltnr day
an tiliuse ot nearly llalt an ihcA III di
uuleter English Nee hAnic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
alis n t'url,s.Ne,

wasn't there an un&rammatca
sentence in ane OF your spee'h.>:'
There WAS" answered Representa-
tive Iusker Il put II tnere on bur
pose. ion see, were plain folks up TO
Funkin Corners, and don't want my
constituents to think I'm getting proud
Just because I've come TO congress-
Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16
Dr.. N. S. Cohen, Specil

SUCCESSOR TO NATIONAL sPEcIALIs7s]
Dr.. Cohen, who has with the National op
Fas year and who left about months TO take
Office at Little Rock solicitation Of his p7
has concluded to make this his location ne Nv
tire interest in the Pine Bluff Office Of the National Spee
is now in full charge of the will glad to mee
ents and friends Dr. Cohen is graduate of Jefferson
Philadelphia and has been in charge OF he - td
pltals OF Phlladelha for years DR. cone" ~.
cases IN Arkansas. and who were
r Cohen trets Chronic Diseases, Women anu US
Rheumat1sm Malaria Scatca the Liver h r
Piles Fsula. Nervous Diseases, Eye
throat Spectacles scientifically fitted Eyes examined e
ING EeEl chronic disease consult If he cSnn
Tell yon 50 Consultation ardstrictly conhdeh"aI
Removed TO 2o2l2 Main ST., Over J. 8. Simon Co"p''
Office Hours: 6 a. m. TO p r1 evening to 8 F. m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-16

After one woman has convinced
man that she would die for him he be-
gins to look vaguely around to see II
there are any more.-Atchisop Globe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
GIVE 10 A REST.

We we're told hat if we adopted the
constitutional amendment we would
be relieved of the menace of "negro
domination" The reasonable presump-
ton was that we would also be relieved
OF the fatiguing talk thereof. Now
we are told of a deep-laid scheme,
which will mature between the LIST and
18th of October-it viii be well to re-
call this at that time-whereby the
amendment is to be overturned and
we are to be subjected again to all the
horrors of NEGRO domination" Of
course 'all this is intended to play up
On the fears of the ignorant; equally
of course nc man of Intelligence is
going to be scared by it. 1t is intend
ed to force men to vote from their
prejudices and fright instead of vot-
ing according to their judgment. But,
really, has il come to this that the
Democratic Party of North Carolina,
with the negroes disfranchised, must
needs resort to appeals of this sort to
perpetuate itself in power? We think
not. We haven't so poor an opinion
of the party as to fear that an appeal
to the reason of the white people of
the State, upon its record, would be
in vain. .
The negro vote is out of the way
for good and all. Let JUS have done
with Observation-Disclosures Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
POST CHECK

Some time ago we mentioned the
fact that a movement was on foot, and
seemingly with the unanimous appro-
val of the press, to establish a post
check currency that would take the
place of money orders, postal notes,
drafts, and other forms of transmit
ting small amounts of money. The
plan was Simply to issue bills of de-
nominations of five dollars and less on
which the payer could write the name
of the payee, thus transforming the
note into a draft on the United States.
1t was proposed that this should also
include fractional currency; that is,
notes of fifty and twenty-five cents.
There is no probability of this much
needed reform being enacted at this
session of Congress, the objection
coming especially from the officers of
the treasury and postofice depart
ments, being mainly that it would
largely increase the clerical labor and
would contract the circulating me-
dun. These officials, however, are not
unanimous in opposing this much
needed reform. While the treasurer,
Comptroller of the currency, first and
second assistant postmaster generals
members of the joint committee ap-
pointed by the postmaster general and
secretary of the treasury, are opposed
to it, Edwin G. Madden, Third Assis-
tant Postmaster General, and Henry
a, Castle, Auditor for the Postofhce
Department, are in favor of it. The
people are with these last and we pre-
dict hat before the next Congress adj
lourns this important legislation will
be enacted. The people usually have
What they want and they do want this
POST check currency and the officials
OF the departments might as well
make arrangements to carry out their
|lshes.-WaIlace's Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
\
Announcement.

We have again arranged
with the Durham Fertilizer
Co. for the manufacture Of
the Alliance brands of Fer
tilizer North Carolina OH
cial Farmers Alliance Guano,
and Acid Phosphate, and
Progressive Farmer Guano.
These Fertilizers are too we'll
known in every community
where fertilizers are used in
this State to require an ex.
tended description of them.
They have been time tried
and time testedA and always
found reliable. Our arrange.
ment for this year provides
for their being kept in stock
by all Agents for the Dur
ham Fertilizer Co.'S Guanos,
who will furnish them in
any quantities at lowest :
prices. For further informa-
ton concerning them, adj
dress:
FERrILIzER Co, DURHAM, n. o
Orders will be received for
Fruit Trees, to be delivered.
next Fall.
Make all Post Office Mon
ey Orders payable at Raj.
eigh, but address all letters
to me at HILLsBORO, n. G.
Fraternally,
B. PARKER, S. B. 4
HILLsBORo, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
EDUCATION or MIFD ALONE NOT
SUFFICIENT.

In this country we rightly pride
ourselves upon our system of wide
spread popular education. We most
emphatically do right to pride our
selves upon it. 1t is not merely of IN
estimable advantage to US; it lies at
the root of our power of seE-govern-
ment. But it is not sufficient in
itself. We must cultivate the mind;
but it is not enough to cultivate only
the mind. With education of the mind
must go the spiritual teaching which
will make us turn the trained intel
lect to good account. A man whose
intellect has been educated while at
the same time his moral education has
been neglected, is only the more dan
gerous to the community because of
theN exception additional power
which he has acquired. Surely what
I am saying needs no proof, surely the
mere statement of it is enough, that
education must be education of the
heart and conscience no less than of
the mind.
It is an admirable thing, almost Ii G
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
,rWAroR MORGAN ON TIE IsTEMIAN
CANAL.

From an article written for the last
-rmber of the Manufacturers Record
Lv Senator John T. Morgan, we make
he following extract:
Congress has voted $1sO,OO0,OOO to
10 applied to an isthmian canal that
i not yet located, and has provided
AGAINST any possible failure of this
fund by an issue of bonds if it should
ever become necessary.
No other government has ever made
mch an appropriation for a work of
civil or commercial character to be
located in a foreign country and in
tended only to foster commerce and
10 promote peace, civilization and
progress in all Christendom, and ul-
timately to draw the other nations in
to the grand upward movement to-
wards higher planes of development.
Yet u action is not altogether al
t~ruistic.
This appropriation will never be re-
uealed, and an isthmian canal will re-
suit from its expenditure.
I I'M convinced that the canal will
be located on the Nicaragua route. IF
it is not, my Judgment viii be at fault,
but that should not disappoint any
man who is willing to yield his opin-
ions, in a great matter like this, for
the sake of united, Jealous and firm
action by all who are determined to
construct a canal. We have reached
this point of agreement, and it estab-
fishes a canal on the one route or the
ether.
This great American movement to
the front will seal the confidence of
our people in the permanent establish
ment and success of the republic and
in the incalculable prosperity of our
country, while it will settle the conf
dence of all nations in our strength
and goodwill. 1t is the national ex-
preston of "the faith that removes
mountains"
The best and most enduring conse-
uuence of this act of Congress is the
inspiration to earnest and cheerful ex-
ertion that it will bring to those whose
daily toll is the life ofNthe world. II
win make the rewards of labor certain.
and the farms, the workshops and the
homes of the toilers viii be frightened
With assured prosperity. Next to this
effect will be the close association of
Che people of our ocean and Gulf
coasts monumental intercourse, and
this is the most conservative force
that belongs to free government.
The first great revolution that IT
will cause in the commerce of the
world will be slow, but inevitable. II
Will transfer the clearinghouse of the
worlds commerce from Liverpool to
New York.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08

His Famous "Kiu and Burr" Orders Get
Him into No Serious Trouble.

Washington, July 2.-The verdict
of the court martial that recently
tried General Jacob Fl. Smith in the
Philippines is unique in the history of
the American Army. The General was
not unqualiiedly acquitted, as had
been supposed, nor was he sentenced
to be reprimanded. From a source of
unquestioned authority it is learned
today that the court held that General
Smith,, to a certain extent, exceeded
the authority conferred upon him by
his superiors and by general order 100,
in issuing his famous 'kill and burn"
and "howling wilderness" order to
Major Waller. It was the view of the
court, however, that the generals of
Tense was palliated by the conditions
under which he was forced to wage his
campaign in Samar-conditions prac-
tically without precedent.
1t is held that the general exercised
what he believed to be his best judg-
ment at that time in prescribing the
mature of the warfare to be practised
against his savage foes, but that he
was Incorporate in the language
wherewith he conveyed his instruc-
tions to subordinates.
In effect, the verdict is: "not guilty.
but don't do it again"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08

essary thing, to have a sound body.
1t is an even better thing to have a
sound mind. But infinitely better
than either is it to have that for the
lack of which neither sound mind nor
body can atone, character. Character
is in the long run the decisive factor
in the life of individuals and of ma
tons alike.-Roosevelt,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08

PRACTICAL PONTS-That which characterizes this book and sets is
apart from all others On the sam subject it it's intensely practical treat
nent Of the poultry business from the standpoint of experience. It con-
tains something valuable for everybody interested in poultry, whether
they keep q dozen hens II thousand hens.
It contains special chapters on Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Pigeons, etc.
For the purpose of the general pOultry-raiser e is the most complete, most
uPtodate end most practical poultry book ever published, giving just the
every poultryraiser wants.
We will send any one a copy of this work and THE PROGRESSIVE FAR.
e one year for only $1.25. First come, first served. Order at once.
Address: THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
- RALEIGH, N. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
COUNTY ALLIANCE MEETINGS.
ALAMANCE

The Alamance County Farmers AL
lance will meet in the courthouse in
Graham on the second Thursday in
July, 1902, (July 1Oth).i Officers for
the coming year and a delegate to the
State Alliance are to be elected that
day and there are other important
matters to attend to. Let us have a
rousing meeting. Let every sub. in
the county send full delegations.
r. o. HARGIS, Pres.