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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-28
A Love Letter

Would not interest you If you're
looking for a guaranteed Salve
for sores, burns or piles. Otto
Dodd. of Pondsr, No., writes: II
suffered with an ugly sore for a year,
but q box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cnred me. Its the best Sslve on
earth. 25c., at the Kaufman Drug
Company.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-28
Uncle Josh's Query.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Il occasionally get hold of g queer
passenger" said a conductor on one
of the suburban lines the o her day,
"but I had always managed TO hold
my " until a week ago. Then q
regular Uncle Josh took my car for
the first trolley ride in his life. he
sat up in a corner and watched things
for a few minutes and then beckoned
to me and said:
"Conductor, you look like q smart
young feller."
Yes, sir"
Then tell me what makes this car
Co."
ELECTRICITY, SIR"
"That didn't satisfy him for more
than three minutes. I saw a doubt
full, puzzled look spread over his face,
and presently he beckoned to me
again and SAID:
conductor, I should say you was
about as smart ss they make EN-"
Eyes, sir"
"And I guess you know it all"
about all, sir
Il asked you what mad the a 60,
and you said electricity"
That's correct"
AL right. If electricity makes
,he car 60 what in t~arnation makes
electricity go?"
He had me there" smiled the con-
duc.or, land I went out of business
in half a minute, and the grin on the
old mans face was something to be
remembered for many days"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-28

now he bars in his arms i prize fur
which kings might go to wah. It's 4
twenty pound. red cored watermi!lyon,
an it am dead ripe. Dc old woman
still mods in her cheer an &c chillen
still sleep in DER beds when de- huS-
band an fadder returns an places his
prize on dc table IN sits down 10 gioat
obcr it. Oars bizncSs dar. Oars lux
ury, satisfaction. e~Xultashun. All Of
Rockefellcr'S milIyons couldn't buy
nuthin' better.
Ten minits passes away. an den de
old woman is woke up. She gaZcs an
smiles an smiles an gazcs, an she
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-28

in any time, an when he got frew wild
n he looked fur mo-. Dat was the
beginnin'. Natur' had made de black
man, an nature had made de water
millyon, an since dat time dey hev bin
Z an i%nseparabie. De white man has
tried to sneak in now an den an set
up q claim, but he has allus failed.
DE fust thing dat cherry Guild child
should rarn am to treat de watermill-
yon wild respect. 1t represents Ham
an his tribe. 1t represents millyons
an millyons who am dead, an Inillyons
an millyons who am still libin. If de
watermillyon hadn't cum to soothe an
solace, to ineite an upbuild, de Guild
man of today might hev had horns on
his head an chewed a cud.
Oar am Guild men in dis land today
who orter be sent to prison fur de way
dey treat de emblem of our race. Dey
walk up to it as if it was a bag Of sand
an had no feelin's. an dey bust it open
an eat away like COWS in somebody's
garden.
>uy iltCuuS, SuII wiz WC III 1L9dSt>
nashun. 1t am a summers night. Oar
amt no moon, an de stars amt shinin'
too brightly. Oars a gentle breeze. an
de w~hippoorwills am trillin' DER songs
from de bushes along de river. De
chiIPen am in bed. an de old woman
am noddin' in her cheer. Aculrd man
in de prime Of life shuts up de fam
lily Bible he has bin readin' an puts
On his hat an tiptoes to de doah an
ranishes into de night. Half 4 mile
away is a truck patch. wild watermill-
yons waitin' fur him to cum an bar
'em away.
Twenty minits arter dat Guild man
has passed outdoahs a dark 1gger may
be seen lookin' between de rails of de
fence surroundin' dat truck patch. All
is still. Dat dark fgger raises up an
softly climbs de fence an draps in
side. Oar may be seben bar traps
sittin' around dar, but instinct helps
him to avoid 'en. Oar may be a bull
dog waitin' 'mong de vines. but he will
kctch no sound.
Ten minits arter dat Guild man was
ober de fence he was back agin, an
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-28

Constable-If you can think Of some
way to hold him for his bill I'll arrest
him.
Hotel Keeper-I have it. False pre-
lenses! He said he was an actor, and l
saw the show last night.-San Francis
co Examiner.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-28

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02

people. We further assert that nothing
of this kind can or will prevent the
race from keeping up the fight for the
establishment of an Irish republic.
Constitutional agitation tends to de-
nationalist the Irish people and has led
people to believe that Ireland was con-
tent to remain part of the British
empire, whereas her people would be
satisfied with nothing less than an
Irish republic. There is evidence OF a
revival of the militant spirit in Ire
land, and this spirit has been aroused
in the Irish race in America TO a
greater extent than ever. The Irish
race in America, too, is aroused to the
necessity of combining with true
Americans and citizens of other origins
to Illustrate abe attempts of England
to commit the United States to policies
calculated to serve purely British pur-
poses and to embroil this republic with
nations that were friendly when Amer
lea needed friends and England was
hostile.
I'VE counsel no rash or premature
action, but we insist that Ireland's
true interests demand that the world
be told that she will not barter in
alienable right for any half measure,
or for-tardy redress of grievances. We
ask the race at home and abroad to
steadily prepare for the opportunity
(and to make 1t if they CAM to strike
the final blow that will make Ireland
a nation among the nations"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
IRELAND MUST
BE A REPUBLIC
Clan Ma Gael Secretary Makes Public DecIara
tIon of Principles

New York, March 1.-James Reidy,
secretary of the New York commit
tee of the, Clan Ma Gael. made public
to-day a declaration of principles
which will be officially promulgated at
meetings of the organization to be
held In all the principal cities of the
country in commemoration of the
birth of Robert Emmett. the 125th an
niversary of which is on March 4. At
ter reiterating the belief that Ireland
is destined to be an independent ma
ton and that to gain this end she is
justified in recourse to the sword, the
declaration continues:
Not even a scant measure of leg
islative freedom can be won by plead
ing to the parliament of England, as
no instalmeut of justice has been
granted Ireland except through fear Of
physical force.
I'VE assert that the settlement Of
the land question promised by the
British government will be attempted
only because England fears in her
coming troubles the hostility of the
race in and out of Ireland. and hopes
to secure peace and loyalty by buying
a class at the expense of the entire
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
WORKED ON SUNDAY.

Peace and Harmony, However. no
Part of the Houses Proceedings.
Washington. March THE House
held four hours session to-day and
put the District of Columbia appropri-
alton bill through its last parlia-
mentary stage in the face of the Dem
ocratic filibuster. The previous ques-
ton on the conference report on the
Alaskan homestead bill was ordered.
and the vote on it's adoption will be
taken when the House reconvenes at
II O'Clock tomorrow morning.
That was the net result of the Sun
day session. Although it was SUM-
day by the calendar, it was still Thurs
day, Feb. 26, according to parliament
tary hctton. The Democrats put a
block in the legislative wheel at every
opportunity, and it required six roll
calls to accomplish what was done
to-day. Large crowds watched the
proceedings from the galleries.
When Speaker Henderson dropped
the gavel at noon, Mr.. Richardson, the
Democratic leader, was on his feet. he
announced that there was evidently no
quorum present, and that the House
could not do business on Sunday with
out quorum. Thereupon, on motion
or Mr.. Payne, the Republican leader.
call of the House was ordered. The
doors were closed and the sergeant-at-
arms was instructed to bring in alb
sentees.
At the conclusion of the call a4l
members had appeared-more than a
quorum-and Mr.. McCleary of Mime
sofa called up the conference report on
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Underwood of Alabama attempt
ed to interpose the point of order that
the call had not been completed, but
the Speaker ruled that a quorum hav-
ing appeared, business would proceed
The doors, which meantime had been
opened, however were again closed by
the direction of the Speaker on Mr.
Underwood's point of order that fur
ther proceedings under the call had
not been dispensed with by the action
of the House. After a brief explana-
ton of the report, against the protest
OF various Democrats who desired to
be heard, it was adopted, IA to SO.
There was another roll call on or
dering the previous question on the
Alaskan homestead bill, which was
presented by Mr.. Lacey, Republican of
Iowa. A half-dozen points of order
raised by the Democrats were ruled
out, and the Chair declined to enter
tain all appeals on the ground that
they were dilatory.
At 3:55 p. M, the House recessed un-
til IL o'clock tomorrow morning, with
the motion to adopt the conference re-
port on the Alaskan bill pending.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
ROOSEVELT is PLEASED
over the Prospect of the Settlement
of the Irish Land Question.

of the Irish Land Question.
London, March 1.-Capt. Shaw Tay-
lor, secretary of the Dublin Landlord
and Tenants conference, and who has
just returned from visit to the Unit
ed States. describing this visit to the
Associated Press correspondent to-
night, said:
President Roosevelt, who is himself
half an Irishman and extremely proud
of it, received me most cordially.
believe there is nobody in the United
States more anxious than he for Ire
lands welfare.
Referring to the Dublin conference
Mr.. Roosevelt said:
40 am not speaking now as a poll
tician, when 1 say that in company
with the whole civilized world heart
lily welcome the prospect of a final
settlement of the Irish land question"
Capt. Shaw-Taylor concluded the
interview by saying that during his
visit to the United States he met
lrishmen of all shades and degrees of
political opinion and, he added. II
have the highest possible authority for
making the following statement: A
final settlement of the land question
by removing the barrier now existing
between Ireland and England will
greatly improve the relations between
the United States and England. and
also will link in closer friendship Can
ada to the British empire"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
HEIRS OF THE INDIAN
Win Their Suit Against Armour
and others.

anu OtneFs.
Kansas City, Mo, March, THE
jury in the case of Annie B. Wood and
other heirs of Silas Armstrong, an In
dian, to recover the Missouri river
bottom land in Kansas City, Kans.
valued at $1,00O.OO0 and occupied by
Armour and Fowlers. the packers, and
others, has returned verdict in favor
of the plaintiffs. The attorneys for
the defense have filed notices of ap-
peal.
If the decision of the court should
be sustained the Armour Packing Com
pany will probably be the heaviest
loser. The portion claimed by Ar
incur & Co., is valued at nearly $780,
900. Other losers will be the Fowler
Packing Company, the Hannibal and
st. Joseph Railroad and the Metropoli-
tan Water Company.
The tract of land contains nearly
IS acres, and originally belonged 10
Silas L. Armstrong, a Wyandotte In
dian, and was an island from 1867 to
1891.
The contention in the suit hinged on
change in the channel of the Mis-
souri, river in 1867. just before Arm
strong had transferred his property.
The suit was filed in 1900
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
SWEEP OF FLOODS
DRIVES JEWELLERS FROM HOUSES
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
STREAMS GREATLY SWOLLEN.
CAUSE HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS AND
SUFFERING.

Torrents Emptied Into the Allegheny
and MOnOngaheIa Rivers are Car
ried on by These Tributaries to
the Raging OhiO-LowIands Sub
mergcd-BOats, Instead of Vehi-
cIes, are Used In the Streets-COld-
err Weather Operates to stop the
Floods.
Pittsburg, March with every trib-
uta<y of the Allegheny and Mononga-
hela rivers emptying swirling torrents
into the banks of these two streams
and rushing down to the point where
they converge to form the Ohio, Pitts
burg was given a visitation to-day
which forced hundreds of families eth
err to abandon their homes or seek es-
cape from the water in the upper sto-
ries, while mud and water spread dis
comfort below.
Mills in the low-lying levels through
out the county, numbering between f1f-
ty and sixty, were flooded, and 1885
men are thrown idle four or five days,
with a loss of wages of more than
1926, 700.
The flood was general throughout
Western Pennsylvania. The streams
everywhere overlooked their banks and
caused more or less damage to houses
and farms that lay in their course.
Down town in Pittsburg cellars and
Easements of business houses, which are
in the general flood belt, were inundat-
ed, while in Allegheny two railroads
were temporarily paralyzed, owing to
the water which covered their tracks.
People in the First and Third wards,
Allegheny, had to adopt Venice meth
DDS of going to and from their homes.
Ample warning had been received by
most of the residents and business
firms threatened in time for them to
make preparations to minimize losses.
The highest stage reached by the
swollen rivers at Pittsburg was 29.4
feet at the government dam at Hers
Island. This was at O'Clock in the
evening. 1t became stationary at that
mark and gradually began to subside.
The cold weather which set in last
night served to check the flood and
prevented more serious proportions.
Towns below here on the Ohio, how
ever, are still to have their worst ex-
periences during the present high
water tomorrow or later. At McKee's
and Coraopolis, a few miles below
Pittsburg. the water tonight is so high
that the business sections of both
towns are submerged and several
street car lines were forced to sus-,
pend operations.
East Liverpool. o., reports 80 feet
of water, 70 houses flooded and several
of the pottery plants damaged, of
which the Thompson Pottery Com
pany will suffer most.
At Wellsville,. four miles below East
Liverpool the mill of the American
Tin Plate Company is partially mum
dated, and scores of families are
suffering.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
DEATH OF HENDRIX
Regarded as Having Been Due ia
Natural Causes.

NATURAL Causes.
Claxton, Ga, March las yet no
further light has been thrown on the
mysterious death of J H. Hendrix, an
account of which appeared in the Morn
ing News. The body was brought to
town yesterday and placed in ]. w.
Lowreys undertaking apartments,
where an inquest was held by Coroner
M. D. Cowart last night. Drs. Soon
yers and Daniel were called in to make
an examination. Their report was that
they could find no marks of violence,
and they attributed his death to natural
causes.
1t was learned that he was subject
to acute attacks of indigestion, accom-
panied by some heart trouble, which is
possibly the cause of his death, as it
is learned that on the morning that he
was, last seen he was suffering terrible
pain in his chest, and his wife also says
that he had been sick for several days
previous to the day that he left, and
also that on that morning he seemed
TO suffer the most intense pain.
The verdict of the jury was withheld,
and the body ordered to be taken
charge of by his relatives and friends,
and inferred within forty-eight hours
This morning it was taken to Brewton's
Church and inferred within a few
yards of where Mr.. Hendrix met his
sad fate.
The only thing that points to foul
Play is that his purse has never been
found
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
MADE MALLORY SENATOR.
appointment by Governor Jennings
Loving Cup for Lamar.

Appointment by Governor Jennings.
Loving Cup for Lamar.
Tallahassee, Fla. March 1.-Gov.
Jennings appointed Hon. Stephen r.
Mallory to be United States senator.
Mr., Mallory's term of office expires on
March 4. 1908. The state Legislature
does not convene until April I. On
April 81 a successor to the present In
cumbent will be elected. This will
leave an interim of one month and
seventeen days during which time the
state would have but one senator but
for this appointment.
1t is believed that President Roose-
welt will call an extra session of the
Senate at the expiration of the present
session. In case such an emergency
arises it is the desire of the Governor
that Florida have a full representa-
ton, hence the appointment. At the
primary last year Mr.. Mallory was
Endorsed for reelection as United
States senator without opposition, and
he will be returned without a question
of doubt.
An important meeting was held in
the Governors Office yesterday after
noon, the occasion being the retiring
from office of Attorney General Lamar,
who resigned to qualify as member of
Congress from the new Third district.
Mr.. Lamar was succeeded by State
Treasurer J. B. Whitfield. and he in
turn by State Auditor w. ". Knott.
whose place is taken by Hon. w. H.
Ellis of Quincy. There were present
only the members of the cabinet. the
attaches of the Governors office, and
Mrs. Jennings. who was accompanied
by her guests, Mr.. and Mrs. w, w
Colket Of Philadelphia, Miss Crellin OF
l1azelton. Pa. and Gen. Lamars
mother and sister.
After rendering their commissions to
Messrs. Whitfield. Knott and Ellis,
the Governor expressed a desire to
add further testimony of esteem in
the shape of a magnificent solid silver
loving cup to Gen. Lamar. This cup
was about eighteen inches high; on
one side was the inscription: Pre-
scented to Hon. William B. Lamar.
attorney general of Florida, and rep
resentative-elect to the Congress of
the United States. as a token of the
esteem in which he is held by his as
sociates in the executive and admins
trative offices of the state of Florida"
On the opposite side We're the sigma
lures of W. S. Jennings, Governor H.
c. Crawford. Secretary of State; A. c.
Groom, Controller; J. B. Whitfield,
Treasurer; w. N. Sheats, Superintend-
ent Public Instruction: 3. e. McLin,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
FEARING THE VOLCANO,
MEN ARE IN PRAYER

st. Louis, March IA special from
Guadalajara, Mex. says the rain of
ashes from Mount Colima still contin-
ties. Many plantations situated in the
rich valleys to the eastward of the vol
cano have been devastated. Natives
are terror-stricken by the terrific earth
quakes here. The disturbances show
no indication of decreasing in violence
A pail of smoke that hangs close
to the earth and is almost sitting,
covers the country for fifty miles
around the volcano. The light on the
sun is shut out. and lighted lamps
are required throughout the day. The
cathedrals are crowded with Worship
pers day and night
Reports speak of the destruction of
many buildings in the towns of Tonita,
Santa Maria. Canada, Autlan and Ma
rama by earthquake shocks.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
RESCUE THE PERlSHING
Is an Object to which Booth Wants
University Devoted.

New York. March 1.-Gen. William
Booth, head of the Salvation Army,
presided at three farewell meetings in
the Academy of Music to-day, to mark
the close of his five months visit to
this country, during which he delivered
addresses in fifty-two cities.
Gen. Booth announced a plan for the
establishment of an international uni
versity for the development of trained
rescuers of humanity.
"A university of the science of hu-
manity," he said, where men and wom-
en- can be trained to reclaim depraved
women, criminals and drunkards-that
is, what / want now. I mean great
institution, with its main establish
ments in London and New York. CO.
related with branches in Melbourne, To-
ronto, Berlin and Paris, from which
thousands of Salvation Army workers
shall be sent to the submerged masses
each year skilled in every known meth
cd of rescuing human beings from the
under world of despair"
The General will address his last
meeting in this country tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02
LIBRARY FOR MERCER,
Collection of the Late william j.
Greene Goes to 1t.

Collection of the Late william j,
Greene Goes to 1t.
Macon, March According to the
provisions of the will of the late Will
liam j. Greene, who resided in Vine
Vile, the entire library of the deceas-
ed has been bequeathed to Mercer
University for the use of its faculty
and students. This library consists of
carefully selected and valuable col
lection of about 1000 volumes, includ-
ing special works in biology, medicine
and surgery, together with many vol
uInes of history and of general liter
allure, as we'll as a large collection of
magazines and periodicals The dona-
ton also includes a very fine COM
pound microscope of high power and
collection of accessory apparatus for
use in biological work.
Steps will be taken at once to place
these volumes in the University libra
ry. The University has just received
1900 new volumes of government pub
locations, which make their collection
of these documents much more COM
plete. These recent additions in the
present over-crowded condition of the
library make the need of a new libra
ry building more pressing than ever.