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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22

! haven't got just as good right to
my way as this Internal old mossback
of Webster has to his? I'll bet dol
lars, to cents that even the tramps on
the streets call it reg-i-mee. I've a
good mind to go out and''-
i But he didn't have to. The bell rang,
and as he passed down the hall and
opened the door q tramp stood there
and humbly asked for q dime to pay
for lodgings.
Come right in here" replied Mr..
Bowser as lie seized him by the arm.
Now. then, do you know beans from
pumpkins:'
II think de- was the reply.
''Then tell me how you pronounce the
word r-e-g-i-m-e.'
IL don't think I'd call it 'bee,'" re-
piled the man after some thought.
"Of course not
'And it can't be buttermilk."
"Have you got Sawdust in your
head?"
81 wouldn't say it was cold chicken
or mince pie. but it may be-
MAY be what" asked Mr.. Bowser
as the other hesitated.
burned If don't believe it's high
ball, and I want to thank you for it in
advance. If all men were as generous
as you are, US fellers"-
He got no further-that is, he got
good deal further. He got outdoors,
and the door struck his heels as he
went. Mrs. Bowser was trying hard
to keep placid face as Mr.. Bowser
returned to the sitting room, and not
ing the fact he pointed finger at her
and sternly said:
This performance is not half over
with yet. I will not sleep until have
proved my case."
Il an willing to let it go as you say"
she replied. What do we care wheth-
er it is reg-i-mee or ra-zheem"
81 care because l have been called an
ass and an idiot, and don't propose to
stand it. / will go out on the street
and put the case to the public. You
uGeCu protest., LOT II w III w uO SOUu.
He went. His experience with the
tramp warned him against that class,
but meeting an intelligent looking man
with q bundle under his arm be stop
ped him and said:
"a word with you, if you please"
Same old story. suppose" sneered
the man in reply, "and haven't time
to listen to it,
"Sir. am no tramp" said Mr.. Bow
ser with great dignity.
"No? Then what is it?'
"FIow do you pronounce the word
spelled regime"
Hump! Don't you monkey with me,
old man! I wasn't born yesterday"
The man passed on, and it took Mr..
Bowser ten minutes to get over his an
ger and accost q second pedestrian.
He was told to forget it. The third
asked him when he got oct Of the lu-
natic asylum. and the fourth picked up
club from the street and whistled for
the police Mrs. Bowser and the cat
had been looking out Of the front win
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Camp steadman, No. eea, y.
G. v, Lexington, S. G.

Camp Steadmau, No. 66S, q. G
', will hold a SPECIAL ueetlpg Oh
Wednesday, April och, 1903, al
which time delegates will bs elected
TO both the State and G-neral R..
unions to be held at Columbia aud
New Orleans respectively. II l.
desirous that We have full attend.
ance and that members come pre-
pared to pay dues for the year end
ing April 1st, 1904. This Is import
ant Comrades, as this matter should
have been attended to ere this.
By command of
NJ. D Harman,
Commandant.
Geo. W. Reeder,
djatsut.
Aprll Tn, 1908.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
a Thoughtful Man.

NJ. M Austin of Winchester, Ind
knew what to do in the hour of need
HIS wife had such an unusual case
of stomach and liver trouble. ply.
sicians could not help her. Re
thought of and tried DR.. Kings New
Life Pills and she got relief at once
and was finally cured. Oily 25c. a.
The Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22

the word was not pronounced reg-i-
NEE. Now prove it,"

the word was not pronounced reg-i-
NEE. Now prove it."
Wont you let it go. dear?' she
pleaded. now realizing that she had
been anything but diplomatic.
"Never-ncver in this world. If am
an idiot. want to know it right here
and now. Produce your authority or
admit that it was simply q specimen
Of your audacious cheek
Mrs. Bowser waited minute and
then took a dictionary from the re-
volving bookcase and hunted out the
word and laid the book before him.
Under the caption Of RE- he read:
Regime (ra-Zheem, d. FIR. regime,
Pr. regisIne, regesIne. regelhe, SIP. resi-
men. See infra). Mode OF style OF
rule or management; character OF gov
ernment; administration
"Well%' she asked as he looked up.
"Weli. what does this prove*' lie de-
,nanded rs he heaved the book upon
the lounge and gave the cat great
scare. Haven't told you 4 hundred
times over that ] was not to hc bound
down by n dictionary: Would spell
frog with two g's because some idiot
If Il man put il 80 in a dictionary:
Then how can we settle it:
by what the public says. can
Bring y thousand people here to say
that the word IS pronounced reg-i-nee.
Is ore man to be set up against thou
sand: To come right down to it,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Scandinavian Carving.

From earliest times carving has re-
ceived great attention in Scandinavia.
One sees evidence of this in many Swe-
dish churches, both in wood and stone,
dating back many centuries. In Stock
holm are many to be found. now safe
" cared for in q we'll known museum.
Some of these northern churches, nota-
bly, those Of Borgund and Hitterdal,
are quite covered with such quaint or
namentation. Beyond such public ex'
preston Of painstaking labor one may
see in almost any comfortably furnish
ed house wooden forks. spoons. salt
boxes and platters. but still more at
tracing attention are huge wooden
tankards. and these will often bear
close study both in design and in exc
cutiOQ
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
0lo Re! rinted by Request.
AN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.

Numerous inquiries have recently beer
received at the New York and Philadelphia
offces of the Mercantile and FiIancla
Times" asking tor information az to The
methods and business of the Storey Cuttol
Company, whose general Offices are located
in the Bourse Building, Philadelphia, a.
we'll as to the deslrsbility and value of an
investment made with this company Ol
several occasions in the past there appeared
in these columns extended and favorabl.
references to this company from the pen Of
our Philadelphia correspondent, and We
have carefully watched the progress and
operations OF the company in order to de
iermine whether his commentator was
justified by subsequent developments
Justice to worthy corporation requires
hat We should extend the editorial endorse.
ment OF this paper to this company at th.
present time, ano to say that IL has NOR.
han fulfilled every claim originally advanc
ed in lis behalf. It is only simply truth and
justice TO say that the management OF th.
company is today entitled to the highest
praise and commendatlon for tho consclen
sious and straightforward manner in which
they havo carried ont all of theie obiga.
tions to those who have become Identified
with the enteJp ise as investors, and VT
sre fully warranted in making the ASSERTION
that no financial or investment institution
IN the country can show - cleaner, more
satisfactory or honorable record il its Iiber
al Treatment of investors and the public at
large than the Storey Cotton Goa pany.
We are much gratifed, OF course, that
the later development Of the company .
business and its fair and equitable methods
have justified the early predictions of our
Phiadelphia correspondent. and It l.
equally pleasure to add that the company
are today stronger and better able to carry
out their obligations than at any time in
tho past We have the utmost con6denc .
in the judgment and discretion Of our
Philadelphia correspondent who has been
the reg gular representative of this psper In
that city tor more that q quarter Of a CEN
tury past; and az he has been thoroughly
conversant with the busiued5 OF the Storey
Cotton Company from its inceptou. o. we'll
as Its plans and methods, its financial sta.
bihty aud tho higa character of its manage
ment, his unqualified endorsement of the
came naturally carries great weight.
The record OF the Storey Cotton Com
pany is one that can be assailed in no par
ticuIar whatever; its treatment of it's clients
has always been eminently fair and just
and it has never made promise that has
not been fulfilled to the letter. We can
only emphasize the fact that an investment
No. do with this company possesses every
essential element OF security and remune'
ration, and We; are confident that those who
make such>an investments will place their
money In enterprise where every possible
safeguard IS thrown around the principal
and where large earnings are assured be-
yond any reasonable doubt
The fullest particulars sent Free to
readers 0. this paper on application.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22


ASKED FOB DIME.
IS reg-i-mee, Of course. You have got
it mixed up with some of those French
words You come across in novels"
"But l haven't. my dear. 1t is 'ra-
sheem.' and every well learned person
will say so. haven't read novel in
year, and don't pretend to under
stand French or try to get off any
French words"
'And do you mean to tell me to my
face that ! am numskull and an
ASST exclaimed Mr.. Bowser as he set
his jaw and grew red as fire.
'No. dear: simply say that you
don't give the word the right pronun-
citation. 1t is nothing to dispute over,
boweyer, and we will drop it. Do you
think it will be colder tomorrow
Colder or hotter be hanged! You
have the same as called me fool. and
j propose to have the matter settled.
IL it has come to the point where a
husband must go to school to his wife,
want to know it. You have said that
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Red Flannel CucrenCy.

A Scotch missionary to group OF
small islands in the south Pacific q
great many years ago found bits of red
flannel circulating as money. This cur
rency came to them in a curious man.
ner. The body of shipwrecked sailor
had drifted ashore. and to the untu-
tored savages. who had never before
seen clothing of any kind. his red fan
mel shirt was an object Of wonder and
admiration. By common consent they
cut the garment into small pieces,
which thenceforth became the curren-
cy Of the island.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22

with what our physicians said was indigestion.
I doctored with the best around here and found
no relief wrote you, and you advised me to
use Dr.. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery.
took three bottles and felt so good that I
stopped-being cured. I have no symptoms OF
gastric trouble OF indigestion now"
If you ask your dealer for "Golden
Medical Discovery" because you have
confidence in its cures, do not allow
yourself to be switched off to a medicine
claimed to be rjust as good" but which
you did not ask for and of which you
know nothing.
You can get the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, 1905 pages, pa
per covers, free by sending 81 one-cent
stamps, to pay expense Of mailing only.
Address Dr.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22

dow for quarter of an hour when a
boy appeared with a note for her. 1t
was from Mr. Bowser. 1t read:
II say it's reg-i-mee, and III be
hanged if don't prove it or die in the
attempt. You can 80 to bed or sit up
or hang yourself"
Ten o'clock came. II. Il. I. Then the
cat fell asleep, and Mrs. Bowser heayed
a sigh and gave it up and went to bed.
She knew Mr. Rowser She knew he
would find that reg-i-mee or break both
his legs and lose the rest Of his hair
trying. NJ. QUAD.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
ICopyrIght, 1903, by C. B. Lewis.]

copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.]
T@HE Bowsers had dined we'll and
spent pleasant hour after
W ward, and Mr.. Bowser had
about finished his cigar and
his newspaper when he looked up and
said:
Under the regime Of forty years ago
these men who are squeezing the pub
lie with high prices for everything
would be hauled up pretty smartly."
He pronounced the word as if spelled
"reg-i-mee," and, without thinking
what it might lead to, Mrs. Bowser ir-
guired:
Under The what, did you say?'
'sUnder the regime. Wasn't my pro-
aunciation clear?''
You don't get the word exactly
right. 1t is pronounced 'razheem.'
what! Why, woman, you are way
off! i have been familiar with the
word for thirty years, and think 1
know how it should be pronounced It
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Small Bits of Gold.

Gold is so very tenacious that piece
Of it drawn into wire one-twentieth of
an inch in diameter will sustain a
weight Of 500 pounds without break
Ing. It's malleability is so great that
4 single grain may be divided into
100000 parts and cubic inch into
9.523. .S09.529 parts. each Of which may
be distinctly seen by the naked eye.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Greenyilie, Tenn.

VICSKI FEiIcJ 1C11o'
I have thoroughly convinced my
self that DR.. Bakers Blood and
Liver Cure ia ths finest medicine
made for Indigestion and Constipa.
tion:. Il have tried them alD and
WAS cured by the use of this rnedi-
cine, after all others had failed. I
most cheerfully and .unhssitatingly
endorse it. Yours truly.
b. n. Baker. Mayor.
For sale ct the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Fishing.

Gladys Yo:Ing was fond Of fishing.
SO she fishetl from morn till night;
But. 10 tell the truth about II,
Gladys never had bite.
Hat a~ry ard checks like roses.
Empty basket on her arm.
Told the eiggling lads and lassies
No wee fishes came to harm.
"Where's Your fish, they cried in chorus,
Lovely day and Stream 20 still!'
Gladys blushcd. II caught but one fish,
And he's climbing up the hiN.'
-Flor"ncis A. Lcsiis in New York Her.
aid.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
GME STEP MORE

Will be fatal to the sleep-walker. Will
he draw back or will he take the final,
fatal step? A great many people are in
peril like the sleep-walker. They arc
diseased. The disease is progressing
day by day. The time comes when one
more step away from health is fatal.
Tie man who has suffered from indi-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr.. Klmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommendedfor everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedyyou need. lthas been tested
in SO many ways in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
vino have not already tried it, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and Sk
send your address to asIsssHss{zss..;. STsss-ss4
Dr.. Kner & Co., Bing ss.:'3 s..,si
hamton, N. Y. The >ssssssisaslssssssssslssg92 sssE9sssl9
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Roo.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Reason Why.

BerGe-You don't call on Miss Love
lets any more. Have you got over your
love for her!
Algic-No; her father has got over
his gout.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22

gest!o,l or gastric trouble
goes some night to a
dinner and returns home
to find he has taken that
last step FROM health
which can never be tax
en- back.
TO neglect the cure
of indigestion or some
other form OF stomach
trouble is dangerous. It
is also inexcusable. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures diseases
Of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and
nutrition. 1t purihes
the blood, stimulates the
liver, cures biliousness,
and eliminates bilious
poisonss from the sys-
tenn.
"Thc praise I would like
to give your Golden Medical
Discovery l cannot utter in
words or describe with PEN
writes Jas B. Ambrose. Esq.
of 1905 Il MiHin ST., Hunt
iugdon, Pa. "I was taken
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
The Fun OF 1t.

A young man writes to me:
''Is it proper to kiss j young lady to
whom you are engaged If she says you
mustn't?'
no. sir. 1t is decidedly improper.
That's hnlr the fun Of it."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
It's Y optl Y bile

Your reading this article Because it is
an unbiased review of Facts concerning
the business of a Company with which
you should be doing business, origina u
written and published by the "Mercanti!.
and Financial Times, without request or
payment
Nom Re- YinteI bU Re0uest.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22

cures made by Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
Iar IA
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
Quite OppOastes.

Student-What is pessimism:
PhilosOphcr-The faith Of towards.
'Then what is optimism!"
THE faith Of fools" - New York
Weekly.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-22
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable,

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-06
AMUSE M ENTS.
"Bonny Briar Bush" TONIGHT.

Bangor was greatly pleased with
'"rhe Bonnie Brier Bush" which will be
at the Opera House, tonight, with ].
HI. Stoddart, the veteran actor and
himself a native Scot, in the leading
role A large audience should greet
this production, this evening. OF the
play the Bangor News says: In an
atmosphere sweetened with bluebells
and heather. the songs of Aud Scot
land and the singing of the bagpipe-
i'm the glen where nestles Drumtochty.
with the sunlight on it's cottage thatch
and the dreamy haze mantling it's far
away hills, there was pictured to Ban
gor theatregoers, Monday night. the
lows and sorrows of Lachlan Campbell
and his hearts pride, Flora, and there,
most of all. was seen and admired the
impressive dramatic art of Stoddart
who. native Scot. that he is, filled to the
fullest measure what must have been
the authors conception of the stern old
father who adhered so stubbornly to
mis- narrow and icy Presbyterian creed
until his heart was softened by the
hand of fate through the misfortune of
his daughter. In aspect, in
voice. in manner, in every look and
every word, in his violence of passion
and in his tenderness of father love,
Stoddart is masterful to the degree
that sways the hearts and brightens or
dms the eyes of those who sit before
him. More than this cannot be said
for it is all the tribute that drama tic
art at it's highest can compel, unless one
were to go into detail descriptive of
each scene. The stage was
handsomely set-nothing better, in
fact, having been seen here than the
glen of Drumtochty. The audience
was very responsive, and every strong
situation and telling point of acting
brought out applause, the curtain be-
ing repeatedly raised.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-06
FORMS CORPORAT.ON.
Purinton Brothers Organize Company
to Garry on Their Business.

Purinton Brothers of this city have
formed a corporation under the VS. of the
State. The purposes of the company are
to engage in the business OF buying and
selling coal wood, brick, lumber lime.
cement sewer pipe, Calcined ana other
paSterS. Also to make and carry out con-
tracts for grading, constructing and i'm
proving dwelling houses. hotels, stores
blocks. and all other buildings of wood,
brick or stone, to carrying on in all its
branches the business of builders and
general contractors in wood. brick stone
and masonry structures, and to manufac-
ture and deal in lumber. brick and stone
and to deal in all materials incident there
to.
The capital stock of the company is
placed at 100000 of which $40 900 has been
paid in. The stockholders are Francis E.
and Charles f. Purinton Augusta and
Amos +. and Horace Purinton, Water
vile, all of whom are directors. Charles
f.. Purinton is president of the corpora
ton, and Francis F.. Purinton is the treas
urer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-06
NORM Gaenon.

Miss Emma r. GaSnon, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond GaGnon, was
married in st. Augustine's church, yes
terday morning, to Paul NORM of
Gardiner. the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev FIR. A. A. Hamel. The
bride has been a popular clerk in
Chernowsky's dry goods store for sev-
eral years. The groom is in the shoe
business at Gardiner and they will re-
side in that city. They received large
number of valuable presents. In the
evening a large number of their friends
met at Golden Cross hall for a we'd
ding reception, and were disappointed
to learn that the groom was dangerous
ly sick at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gagnon. He was suffering with a bad
cold at the time of the marriage, 8
O'Clock in the forenoon, and grew
rapidly worse, developing pneumonia.
The attack soon assumed a danger
Gus form and the case at 1920 was con-
sidered very serious. At 100 this morn
ing Mr. Morins condition was no bet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-06
"Bunch of Keys" Tomorrow NIGHT.

Complications in the plot of a play
may prove interesting to some, but the
general public are more easily amused
by direct simplicity to engage their at
tention. spiced by those necessary con-
diments. wit" and ginger" This lat
ter method has been adopted by Mr.
Hoyt when he wrote his side-splitting
comedy, "A Bunch of Keys" The
fact that the public ear is entranccd
by sweet and dashing melodies did not
escape Mr.. Hoyt's practiced senses
and the greatest popular composers
have contributed to the play music
that will live in the hearts of the peo-
pie.
The cast of characters comprises the
ablest opponents of comedy to be
found in the Mecca of theaterdom-
New York city. The men of the COM
pany are talented, handsome and dash
ing. The ladies. and they are numer-
Gus. have been selected with a view to
their peculiar fitness for the various
parts, and their beauty of face and
form is but an endorsement of Gus
Bothner's fine discrimination as to the
wants of an American public "A
Bunch of Keys" is popular, and de-
servedly so. because it's story is con-
nected and uproariously funny.
The play will be presented at the
Opera House, May /.