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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-15
TAX NOTICE.

r WILL ATTEND THE FOLLOWING
mentioned places for tl,e purpos OF re-
ceivinp taxes for the fiscal year 1902:
Lexington c. b., from the 18th OF Ccto.
Der to the lst of November. 1902
Edmund, Monday morning, November
CASTOR, Monday afternoon. November 5
Cross Roads, tuesday morning, Nov.
j. J. Mack's, Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 4,
Swansea, Wednesday, all day, Nov ).
Red Store, Thursday nlorni' Nov. 6.
Archie Wolte's, Thursday .tternoon Nov6
W. N. Martin, Friday mornll g. NV Z.
Brookland, Saturday. all da,. Nov s
Pelion. Monday. all day. November 10,
Jacob vii Jams, Tuesday morning, Nov II
VIM. Westmoreand, Tuesday aft Nov Ii
Ba,esburg, Wednesday, all day, Nov. ~.
Leesville, Thursday morning, Nov. l3.
Summit. Thursday afternoon. Nov Is.
Craps Mill, Friday morni 6 Nov. IA.
Ke,sler's Store. Friday afternoon, Nov IA
Leviedale, Saturday morning, Nov. ID
he'd Bank, Saturday afternoon, Nov. 10
Irmo. Monday, November u.
White Rock, Tuesday morning. Nov. lS.
Hilton. Tuesday afternoon, November Is
Spring Hill, Wednesday morning. Nov ~
Peak, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. ~.
\ Roads. Thursday morning, Nov. 30.
Chspin, Thursday afternoon Nov. 20
Chaplin, Friday morning, Nov mber 2l
Josh Shealey's, Friday afternoon, Nov u
Crout's Store, Saturday morning, Nov ~
The balance of the time at Lexington
C. H. until December 3lst, 1902, after
which time th= penalty will be added ac-
c,rding to law. -,
TIE hours for closing the tax book Will
be at IL o'clock for the morning and
O'Clock for the afternoon appointment.
TAN LEVY.
For State Purposes. .........."o Mills
For Ordinary County Purposes. 81 Mills
For Special County Purposes ! Min
For Constitutional School Tax. 3 Mills
SPECIAL Scnool Levy, District Is 3 Mills
Special School Levy, District 81 Mills
Poll Tax....... 81 %.
Parties owning property IN more than
one Township Will so state to the lr7"S'
urer. and when writing Tor inform aton
concerning taxes always give name III tull'
FRANK W. SHEALI,
Treasurer Lexington County.
Sau:ember "a, 1902
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-15
A Fine Liver Cure.
Green7ille, Tenr.

Green7lIIe, Ienr.
I have thoroughly convinced my
self that Dr.. Bakers Blood and
Liver Cure is the finest medicine
made for Indigestion and Constipa.
tion. q have tried them ally and
was cured by the use of this me d.
cire, after all others had failed. I
most cheerful'y and unhesitatlngly
endorse it. YJurs truly,
q. n. Baker, Mayor.
Fer sale at the Bszsar.
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Yes, Indeed:

When a man gets tired out and Ill,
he goes fishing, returning shortly with
three wall eyed pike. restored health
and blister on his nose. When wo-
man feels that way, she hangs around
the house and cries if anybody looks
at her. 1t must be lovely to be a
man.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-15
f the Baby is Cutting Teeth.

Be sure and use that old and well
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhea.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
It is the best of all.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-15
Wonderful.

He-She holds her age we'll, doesn't
she?
She-Yes. She doesn't look a day
older than she says she is.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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at the Following Prices

Nice Beds, 81 30 and up.
Oak Suites, Pieces. S16 90 and up.
Oak Chairs, 50c, GOc., 75c. and 81 o..
Oak Rockers, 81, 81 25, 81 80. So andup
Extension Tables, Solid Oak at SO %.
Beautiful Kitchen Tables at 81 30 and up.
Trunks. all sizes ard styles, CHEAP.
Get you White Bed from So so up.
We still have some of those Csc. Shades.
Fine Folding Springs at ST 80.
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ICopyright, 1902, by c. B. Lewisl

copyright, 1902. by c. B. Lewis.1
I'm R r. BOWSER figured on Civ
bNE@ ing Mrs. Bowser little
1W1 surprise the other morning
as he quietly observed:
Perhaps I've got birthday as we'll
as other folks, though you don't seem
to have remembered it."
"I've had it in mind for a week" re-
piled Mrs. Bowser, "and have been
wondering how we could celebrate the
day. Yes; you are fifty-seven years
old today, and con-
''Fifty-sevenv' he shouted as he
wheeled on her. "Where in thunder
did you get your information that l
was an antediluvian"
"But fifty-seven isn't Old"
'It's q blamed sight older'n I am!
I'm exactly ffty-three years old today
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Noise and Fury.

T'ze Observed" said Uncle Ephe.
"dat wifi er good many men lung pow.
er an brain power am in inverse pro-
portion" n."-Colorado Springs Gazette.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-15

"a woman is never happy unless she
gets the last WOrd.''
That's a mistake. 4 woman al
ways insists on a mans having the
last word, but it must come in the
form Of an apology"
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Final Discharge.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
= persons interested that will apply to
the Hon George S. Drafts, Judge of Pro-
bate in ami for the County OF Lexington,
: ate Of South Carolina, on the 2lst day OF
October, 1892, for a final discharge as Ad-
ministrator of the Estate of John ". Stone,
deceased.
SAMUEL B. GEORGE.
&C. C. P. and &. S., Administrator.
September a. 1912. 4w49'
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SEE
We have some good Second Hand Oak
Dresse1s and Bureaus at
GREAT BARGAINS.
..,~ Have you seen
THOSE COMFORTS,
we sell tor 81 co.
Smyner Rugs at 50 90.
How's your STOVE? We have SOME
GOOD ONES VERY CHEAP.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11
DON'T CROSS BREEDS.
Good Advice That Is Not Needed as
Well by Some Dairymen ms
1t Should BE.

In this country there seems to be a
recklessness concerning the crossing
of breeds that is truly astonishing. To
breed up is commendable, but cross
ing breeds is not breeding up. When
man takes scrub cows and breeds
til EN- and their female progeny to
males of some good dairy breed he is
doing commendable thing, and help
ing both himself and the community
in which he lives. But when he tries to
cross two distinct breeds, such az the
shorthorns and Jerseys, and attempts
to continue that indefinitely he is on
the road that does not lead to success.
The usual argument is to use the dairy
COW to get a calf that will have great
milking tendencies in her and to use
the beef animal in the same mating to
give the same calf great ability to lay
on beef. Poor, poor calf! How much
is expected of heri She must keep up
the reputation of both parents. 1t is
the old attempt to get something for
nothing, to cross so that the progeny
will make a certain amount of food
into butter and milk and also into
beef. Happy owner of such a COW!
He will be able to get two values out
of every pound of feed. After the first
cross he will probably keep on cross
ing and as result will finally get
nothing or about that. The man that
goes into reckless crossing of the
breeds is simply undoing the work Of
past generations, at least if he uses
the milk producing strains with the
beef producing strains. The mixing of
blood is like the mixing of color, the
more you have of one kind the less you
have of the other. Breed pure breeds
or breed up toward pure breeds, but
do not attempt to cross breeds for the
sake OF getting the highest service of
each kind Farmers Review.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11
CAPONIZING CHICKENS.
Where FovvIs Are Raised for Market
Exclusively the Operation Is
Quite Profitable.

The best age to caponize is when
chicks are from three to five months
old. The organs are smaller and more
easily removed, and there is much less
danger from bleeding. The fowls
should be kept without food and wa
ter for "a hours before the operation,
so that the intestines will be empty.
Instruments are made for caponizing
and full directions for performing the
operation go with each set.
The best plan for novice is to kill
bird and operate upon that first, in
order to learn the position of the
parts. Lay the bird upon the table,
and place the screw rings or weights
where they would be needed to secure
a live fowl. One or two rings will be
required to hold the wings, and one
for each leg; six is all that is neces-
sary. Place the bird upon the table,
and fasten it down upon its side.
The spot where the opening is. to
be made is shown by the X in the cut.
The feathers are plucked and an open
ing is made through the skin with a
pair of sharppointed, long-bladed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11

ing, she had overlooked the fact that
in the night watches.
That was why she had to get up at
midnight and dress, and go out to
have the dreadful thing over with be-
fore ever sleep would come, if haply
it might come then.
But once again fate intervened.
While she was hurriedly dressing
the whistle sounded for a landing;
and when she reached the office, il
was again closed. AS before, she
stepped out on the saloon decl. to
wait. The great electric searchlight
just over her head made the landing
as light as day, and when she reached
the rail the landingstage was just
coming aboard for the departure.
Two men whose duty it was to cast
off ran out on the fitting platform
and dropped to the ground. One of
them fell clumsily; but the other ran
ing line. The steamer began to
swing off. and the man ran back to
his companion, who seemed to be
unable to rise.
Get move on youse!" beloved
the mate.
Then Charlotte saw that the fallen
man was disabled in some way, and
that the other was trying to lift him.
The mate swore out of a full heart.
Come aboard. or Pll skin ye alive,
ye slulkin'-"
Charlotte put her fingers in her
ears to shut out the clamor of pro-
family; but the man on the bank
was deaf to it. Running to the
mooring-post, he took turn of the
line around it. and snubbed the
steamers bow back to the bank.
Then, casting off. he darted back to
the disabled one. lifted him bodily
to the guard. and climbed aboard
himself.
Charlotte held her breath while it
was doing, and was near crying out
in sheer enthusiasm when it was
done. Then she saw the face of the
chief actor in the red furnace glow;
it was the face of the man she was
constrained to denounce.
She turned away at the sight, but
the harsh voice of the mate called
her back There was trouble afoot
for the rescuer, who was facing the
mate and trying to explain.
FTo pa T'optinuad
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11

would. Ideals are much too pre-
cious to be shattered by mere con-
siderations of personal safety.
But while he theorized upon the
proba abilities, he was fully alive to
the necessity for prompt action. If
Miss Farnham had discovered him,
she would doubtless lose no time in
giving the alarm. She might even
now be in conference with the cap
tain, he thought.
At this he had his first shock of
genuine terror. Up to that moment
he had suffered none of the pains of
the hunted fugitive; but now he
knew that he had fairly entered the
gates of the outlaws inferno; that
he should never again know what it
was to be wholly free from the ter
ror of the arrow that fiieth by day.
The force of the Scriptural simile
came to him with startling emphasis,
bringing on Il return of the prickling
paralysis of fear; but he shook it
off and ran aft to rummage under
the cargo for his precious bundle.
For the whistle was sounding for a
landing, and it was high time that
he was afoot and fleeing. But when
his hand reached the place where the
bundle should have been, the blood
surged to his brain and set up a
clamorous DINING in his ears. The
niche under the coffee sacks was
empty.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11
KNEW HE WAS FROM TEXAS.
New Man In an ONCE Makes n Break
That Marks Him as n Lone
Star Product.

"An unusually quiet sort of chap
was the new man in the Office" said
a railroad man recently, relates the
Chicago Chronicle, "and, as he didn't
seem disposed to take any of us into
his confidence, we didn't question him
much. A slight southern flavor in what
little he had to say led us to believe
that he was from down that way some
where, but we curbed our curiosity
as to where he came from, at least as
far as he was concerned, and took it
out in speculating on it among our
selves. One day, when we were all dig
ging into things on our desks, the
tire on a bicycle in the rack outside
burst with the report most of us were
familiar with. Up jumps the new man,
and, rushing toward the door excited
ly, shouts:
"Somebody's shot!"
When we told him what it was, and
quieted him down, l walked over to
his desk and asked:
"'What part of Texas did you come
from, sir"
Belmont he said. What made
you think I came from Texas""
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11

ment, and reasoned that the officers
have had time to individualize the
members of the crew.
But, apart from this, he was not
unwilling to add another chapter to
his experience among the toilers; and
as to this, he Immediately found him
self in fair way to acquire the COW
eted need of it. From the hour Of
his enlistment, it was heaped upon
him unstintingly. Without having
specialized himself in any way to the
bullying chief mate, he fancied he
was made to bear the brunt or the
mans wrath. Curses. tongue-lash-
ings without mercy; contumely and
abuse, with now and then at the
night landings, when no passengers
were looking on, blows.
All these buffetings, or at least
his share of them. Griswold endured
as became man who had volun-
tarily put himself in the way of such
things. And. fortunately. he was not
hopelessly unequal to the physical
trial. Physically, as intellectually,
the material in him was of the fine
grained sort in which quality counts
for more than quantity. None the
less, the first night with its uncount-
ed plantation landings, tried him
sorely, and he was thankful when
the second day brought fewer stop
ping-placcs and more time for rest.
1t was In one Of the restful inter
walls that he had been sent aft 10
readjust the tackle of the suspended
yawl. lie had come upon Miss Farm
ham aud her aunt Unexpectedly and
So was on his guardi uud he made
sure the young woman had recog-
nixed him, N so. what would she
do? lie recalled his written sum
mary Of her character. and decided
that she would be seNless and just
before she would be womanly aud
Aege.sul. 81 leaa. he hoped Eae
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11
A X nave Of
Con science
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
Copyright 1890, by Francis Lynde.)
CHAPTER V.-CoNTINUED.

"By Jove! but she is magnificent
ly strong type" he mused, lying fat
on his back and staring absently at
the flittering shadows among the
deck beams overhead. "Her face is
as readable as only the face of a
woman instinctively good and pure
in heart can be. Any man who can
put her between the covers of a
book may put anything else he
pieases in it and snap his fingers at
the world. If L am going to live
in the same town with her / ought
60 jot her down in words before
lose the keen edge of the first i'm
preston"
He considered it for moment
'Rnd then got up and went in quest of
n pencil and scrap of paper. The
doing night clerk gave him both,
with n sleepy malediction thrown in;
and he went back to his engine-room
and scribbled his word-picture by
the light of the swinging lantern,
thus:
"Character-study: Young woman
of the type Western-Creole-not the
daughter of aliens, but born in the
West of parents who have migrated
from one of the older States. OH
hazard that much as guess.) De-
tails: Titan blonde, with hair like
spun bronze; the complexion that
neither freckles nor tans; cool, gray
eyes with an under-depth in them
that no man but her lover may ever
quite fathom; figure which would
he statuesque if it were not alto
.gether human and womanly; fea-
lures cast in the Puritan mold, with
the lines of character well empha-
sized; lips that would be passionate
but for-no, lips that will be pas
ssionate when the hour and the man
arrive. A soul strong in the strength
of purity, which would send her to
the stake for n principle, or to the
Isle of Lepers with her lover. A
typical heroine for story in which
the hero is a man who might need to
borrow a conscience"
He read it over thoughtfully when
It was finished, changing a word here
and Il phrase there with a crafts
mans fidelity to the exactnesses.
Aheh ne ShOoh his hedu TeSreJIully
and tore the scrap of paper into tiny
squares, scattering them upon the
brown food surging past the engine
room gangway.
''It won't do" he confessed, reluc-
family, as one who sacrifices good
literary material to an overweening
sense of the fitness of things. Its
nothing less than cold-blooded sac
riIege. l can't make copy out of her
Ef l write no more while the world
Stands"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11

scissors. We have found these better
than knife. The skin is drawn to one
side and an opening is made with the
scissors between the last two ribs ~
inches long. Great care must be taken
not to injure the intestines.
The ribs are separated by the spring
hooks to expose the inside. The in
testines are gently moved out of the
way with the handle of a teaspoon,
and the glands or testicles will be seen
attached to the back. The tissue
which covers them is torn open with
the hook, aided by the tweezers. The
gland is then twisted off by turning
the forceps. The other one is removed
in the same way.
When meat alone is desired, the
large breeds, as Brahma, Cochin, Lang
shan, etc, are best, but for carrying
chicks use the smaller and more in
dustrious breeds, as Leghorn, Game,
etc. The Plymouth Rock, Dorking and
are useful for either purpose.-Farm
and Home.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11

Some years ago n good story was
told, in which Prince Munster was
concerned. lie (then only a county,
together with Count Beust and Count
Schouvaloff, was attending n foreign
office reception in London. Their
names afforded no slight difficulty to
the thoroughly English footman, who
announced the guests by shouting
their names up the great staircase.
Count Schouvaloff arrived first, and
the footman duly announced him as
Count Shuilleoff." Then came Count
Beust, whose name in the servitor'a
mouth became Count Beast" Last
ly, Count Munster appeared, and the
footman, evidently feeling that a SUI
preme effort was required, finished
utf by calling out Count Monster"
London Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11
~pEAR OLD MOTHER AND ME-"

We lived in a cottage, years ago.
A cottage dewn by the sea,
f,here were only two of us living there
Just dear old mother and me.
Daddy had gone on his last long cruise,
And BudGie was off at sea,
''-Sis'' was married. and so there were left
Just dear old mother and me.
TIE home was plain. but then 1t was
'thome,"
And living we got from the sea:
We were happy together l want you to
know,
Just dear old mother and me.
But, a end must come to sorrow or joy,
And so. like a storm on the sea.
a shadow passed over the house where
lived
Just dear old mother and me.
a beautiful boat appeared, one night,
And anchored off shore, at sea;
at 6awned it sailed. and carried away
lily dear old mother from me-
And now. a lone watch each night keep.
Looking out toward the sea;
Hoping. some day that boat will return
With dear old mother, for me.
But no. a boat must prepare,
For a cruise on the Crystal sea,
a beautiful trip, to last alway
For dear old mother and me.
William r. Savage, in Sailors Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11
HAS A WIRELESS STATION.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company Ess
tabIishes Successful Line with Mar
conf COmpany,

conf Company.
The Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany has established a successful
wireless telegraph station, in con-
nection with the Marconi Company OF
America, at Sagaponack, l.. |. Mes
sages are sent to all the ships of the
great ocean-going vessels which have
been equipped with the Marconi sys-
tenn. The apparatus is being INSTALL
ed rapidly in most of the big liners,
and the list of ships which may De
communicated with while still at sea
is growing weekly.
The new service is somewhat eN-
pensive, and of course will appeal
chiefly to persons who like luXurics
and can afford to pay for them. Thus
messages of ten words will cost the
senders 81, with rate of II cents
for each word additional. 1t is be-
Eeved that the station of Sagaponack
will soon be doing large business in
kilograms sent from all parts of the
country.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company of America at its Offices in
New York the other day gave out a
direct contradiction from the Mar
quis Solari, of Italy. in regard to the
published reports that Signor Mar
conf had yielded credit for his inven-
tions to the marquis. The official
journal of the patent Office on July
16 contained n notice announcing
that Marconi sought leave to amend
his application by converting it into
an application for a patent for an
Invention communicated TO him from
abroad by the Marquis Solari."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-11

what II they could!
Don't you see! You'd be dragged
into court to identify the robber.
And that would be simply dreadful"
81 shouldn't want to be dragged.
1t would be simple duty to go will
lingly. More than that, l think
l ought to write to Mr.. Galbraith and
give him my name and address"
But at this the invalid protested
with what authority there was in
her, and Charlotte agreed finally to
wait until the matter of duty had
been submitted to her father.
Here the subject was dropped, and
Charlotte went to her stateroom to
get a book for herself and a maga-
zine for the invalid. 1t was a full
hour later, and Miss Gilman was deep
in the last installment of the maga-
zine serial. when Charlotte gave up
the struggle with the book. Do what
she could. the scene in the bank
would thrust itself between; and at
length she let the thought have its
will of her.
From where she was sitting she
could see the steamers yawl swing
ing from its tackle on the stern
staff. In the midst of the reminis-
cent thought. she saw that the ropes
were working loose; that the yawl
would presently fall. When she rose
to go and tell some one, a man came
aft to make the tackle fast, and she
stepped aside to let him pass.
1t was Griswold. She saw his face
as he passed, and there was some
thing strangely familiar in it. When
he had fastened the rope and was
returning, she had fair look at him
and for an instant was fain to grip
the back of her chair to keep from
crying out. For in that instant she
recognized him.
Now, this young woman was wise
beyond her years, and she knew
what she had to do. None the less,
she was true woman, with a heart
full of tenderness and pity. So it is
not wonderful that for a moment
conscience turned traitor, and was
dumb. But it was only for mo-
ment. The simple and obvious thing
to do was to go at once and tell
the captain what she had discovered;
and she was deferred from so doing
only by the reflection that a less ter
rible alternative would be the send
ing of a letter to the New Orleans
bank people.
This she determined upon, telling
her aunt nothing of her discovery,
but merely saying that upon second
thought she felt that she must write
to Mr.. Galbraith at once. Miss Gill
man withdrew her objections reluc-
family.
''If you must. Charlotte. But it
seems like very dreadful thing for
you to have to do"
"It is very dreadful" said Char
lotte, with a sob in her voice. New
ertheless, she went away quickly to
write the letter which should set the
machinery of the law in motion.