The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-09-02

heavy loaded guns, which were dis
charged with wonderful and telling
effect. The preaching was of
high order and collections splendid.
There were plenty provisions on the
grounds and all seemed to feel and
say ss.a, they we're glad they were
there. The next meeting will be
held with the Sardis church on Sat-
urday before the fifth Sunday in
November. Program or which will
appear in due time.
We are in possession of a copy of
"Memorial Addresses on the Life
and Character of J. William Stokes"
sent by his successor, Hon. A. F.
Lever. It makes interesting reading
as we'll as instructive. All who have
copy ought to read it carefully.
We take this opportunity OF thank
ing MIR. Lever for the copy sent US.
Our next National Democratic Con-
vention should place plank in its
platform, strictly drawing the lines
in reference to the negro. 1t should
be so framed that the negro could be
made to see that the South is his
friend and by having it drawn right
the North would either have to &C.
cspt it or reject it. - Should che
reject, she would loose the negro
vote, should she accept, then she
and the South would practically be
together on the great negro question.
Mr.. Editor, I veritably believe that
something like this would hasten the
time and tend to solve the negro
problem. Then have Southern white
men to teach their schools, not allow
a negro nor a Yankee to poison them
with their teachings. I fully believe
that if this state of affairs was
brought about there would be less
race strife and lynch law in our land.
Give the negro fair, practical pri-
mary education. He has no need of
a college training.
A little romantic, but true just the
same.
In a thriving, progressive little vii
lage on the S. A. L. r. R, where
lives several hundred, inhabitants,
with several churches, both white
and colored, a school, several stores,
lumber manufacture, besides rice
huller, several gins, grist mills, etc.,
several wheelwrights' and black.
smiths, We find a hotel. The in
mates of the hotel are several
brothers and sisters. One sister,
who has already reached maidenhood,
lovely girl, just such being to
facinate and charm and captivate the
young gay beaux, as we'll as the old
widower. There chance to be q
young man now in his thirties to be
seen frequently about the hotel.
A railroad man put up at the hotel
recently to spend the night and the
lover was there. The railroad man
was given to having fts, but no one
there knew it, not even the gay lover.
As it happened the fitted man and
the sportative young man were put
in the same room to sleep. The
young man had had an encounter
with a man who had fits once in his
life and was worsted. Some time
during the night the railroad man
had a fit, the young man for fear he
might get hold of him made haste
for the door in his night appa-
rel and as he went through the
door, in his eagerness to close
the shutter against the floor fellow
with the fit, he caught the rear part
of his sleeping apparel between the
shutter and the door facing and left
it thar. Whether he goes there now
I do not know, but one thing I do
know, the village boys have a big
laugh on him and be carries in his
heart, a longing hatred for ft-a-fed
railroad men.
The protracted meeting at Red
Bank church, Irene, S. G., will CON-
mence the second Sunday in Septem-
Der. Rev. T. L. Smith, of Society
Hill, will be present to assist the
pastor. All are invited to attend the
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