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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
Cast Of 78.Eoot Whale.

Halifax, N. S.-The American scien-
lists at Newfoundland who were at
Balenato to make a plaster cast of q
whale for the National Museum at
Washington have returned to ST..
Johns on the steamer Glencoe, having
had the fullest success in their mis-
sion. They secured splendid bull
fish, a sulphur bottom, 78 feet long
and Weighing about 70 tons. They
made a cast of this and then, after
stripping off the flesh, cleaned the skel-
eton and brought it with them. The
frame of the head is 10 by 9 feet and
weighs about three tons. 1t is in one
package, which is so big that 1t could
not be put into the Glencoe's hold and
had to be carried ON her deck the
whole way.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
EPORTlHc BREvITIES.

y. Johnson Is the owner Of the
)acer, Sun Pointer, by Star
p.59M.
olson, crack football player,
The coach Tor the Dartmouth
bis fall.
Gardner got $4s75 Of the
)rse for beating Root. Both
ehed under 165 pounds.
Race between the two Sham
new boat made fast time,
be old one by six minutes and
seconds.
A. O'Dea, Wisconsin Uni
codch, has taken charge of the
Roat Club crews, remaining
ember i.
arkey, who has been making
OF money in his wrestling
which sport he is fairly
decided TO retire.
bach has been appointed for
botball team. Il. Il. Glass,
hard, will not be eligible for
lut will assist in coaching.
Thomas has sold his half
he brown two-year-old colt
bhn L. Madden for $4,000.
Il. Madden owned the colt
Mock, of the Century Road
herica, won the Staten Isl.
lie road race. He rode the
|e miles in iifty-eight minutes
y-eight seconds.
Oldlield went ten miles in
\ Columbus, Ohio, Saturday,
"a. WintOn's record of 1850.
mile was So 2-5. The time
Oh IA circular track.
|ns been started on the new
q Harvard University. When
1t will be 5S5 feet feet long,
wide and seventy-two feet
ground ut the highest point.
Nv England Trotting Horse
Association has arranged for
ear-old stake for the Septem.
1g to allow an owner to start
pits as lie pleases. by paying
ee Zee \Stn all of them,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
Off for Southern NoYaue.

Nahant-The squadron of warships
which have taken part in the semi-cen-
tennial anniversary celebration in this
town has sailed for Norfolk, Va. The
Texas, Admiral Sands. was the first.
to start, followed by the Indiana and
Hartford and the flotilla Of five torpedo
boat destroyers. The squadron will
later go to Bar Harbor and perform
evolutions. During the visit of the
ships here very large number Of per-
sons inspected them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

ction Of the modern reaper
1s Illustrated by an incident
|ald to have occurred this
pois, observes the American
A farmer had driven his
the edge Of a field ready
and dismounted from his
a drink Of cider. While
d the horses took fright and
They tore round and round
tting a full swath with ev.
Athering up the grain. bind
twinc and tossing the bun.
Eside. Before the team was
lad covered six and q half
fing only patches here and
)e gone over. This was &C.
4 In something less than
pr minutes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

A climbing accident on Pilatus is re-.
ported. The mountain is interesting,
says the Westminster Gazette. as the
hrst OF the Swiss heights to which
climbers turned their attention. There
was legend to the effect that
the body Of Pontius Plate had
been thrown into lake close to
the summit. and that whenever a stone
was pitched into the lake storm i'm
medfately occurred. The consequence
was that people were curious to ascend
the mountain to test the truth of the
story, and that the Luzerne authorities
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
Asks Pardon for Miller.

New York, N. Y.-District Attorney
Jerome has forwarded to Governor
Odell, who is in the Northwest, pc
tition asking for the pardon of William
F. Miller of Franklin syndicate notorie-
ty, who recently appeared as the chief
witness in the trial Of Colonel Robert
A. 'Ammon, his counsel. The petition
sets forth that Miller became state
witness and is i'll of consumption. Mil
Ter was sentenced to 10 years, of which
he has served three. He is still in the
tombs in this city,, =.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
A Financial Note.

Whats up, old man? l never saw
you look so haggard."
The 'Steenth Bank is up: that's
what's up. And my deposits gone up
with it."
"Oh! wouldn't let thing like that
upset me-"
I'm not upset; merely lost my bal
ance. philadelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

punt Of a recent French duel
he information that "shots
times exchanged at fifteen
neither Of the duelists was
The statement Is entirely
II either Of the duelists
INJURED, the fact would have
T out of the ordinary as to
Of specific mention.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
Mrs. EddY's Ane.

Concord, N. H.-The Rev. Mary Ba-
ker G. Eddy, founder of Christian Sci
ence, is u years old. Numerous letters
OF congratulation from all over the
country have reached her. Alfred Far
low said that no formal or public rec
ognition Of her birthday would be made
by the mother church and Scientists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
Statue Of WASHINGTON in London

London, Eng.-At recent meeting
of the executive committee of the Pill
grims' Club committee was appoint
ed to give effect to the recent sugges-
tion to erect statue to George Wash
ington in London. Archdeacon Sinclair,
in submitting the plan, said: Eng
lishmen have at last fully recognized
the great qualities Of Washington" He
announced that he was authorized to
offer place for the statue in st. Paul's
Cathedral.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

Miss Kreech-I overheard Signor
Adagio remark that had an extraord.
mary voice.
Miss Pepprey-Yes. he lid say extra
ordinary, and he asked me afterward If
extra" didn't mean the same as "ex.
ceedingly y."-Philadelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

forbade them to do so unless respect
able'burgher of the town accompanied
them. In the sixteenth century, how
ever, the state pastor of Lucerne dis
PEELED the legend by throwing stone
after stone into the lake in the pres
ence of his entire congregation, and
calling upon them to witness that no
untoward consequences followed upon
his action.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
Pioneer of a Motor "Idea."

Lord Anglesey is credited with being
the pioneer of the idea of a scented
motor car. Thus when he goes abroad
on his car. instead of the fumes of gas
oline or some other noxious odor be-
in left in his train, there is a fragrance
of eau de cologne.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
IN A PANIC.
Passengers Feared Steamer
Would Sink.

Steamer St. Lawrence Of the Thou
sand Islands Co. Breaks Her Walk
ina Beam and Does Much Other
Damage to Machinery-ofticers Are
Equal to the Emergency-Everybody
Is Safely Landed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
SATURDAY. Is. WHOLE
SOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS.

alike to buyer and seller, the resume OF the
market, prefacing the quotations, should 30
carefully read. In market OF this character
the week. Noting, however, the general ten.
dency Of trade, sufficiently accurate quota
tions win be given on which dealers can safely
bose their transactions.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
SATURDAY,

On SNONT, WY ~ iSSSs
More than dozen heat prostrations
In Boston; little prospect Of any mat
erial relief in sight.
National educational association
convention closes and members scatter;
many to remain in New England for
summer; F. A. Fitzpatrick OF Fitch
burg elected president Of national
council.
President Roosevelt visits naturalist
Burroughs. ,
Bath, Me-, man escapes fine and Jail
sentence by promising not to engage
In business there again during life.
St. Louis thieves loot saloon and
lock bartender in ice box.
Conductor Gilbert e. Mcconnell Of
North Haverhil, N. H., killed.
DR.. and Mrs. Horace Mann Willard
give reception at Quincy mansion
school to Mrs. Mary A. Livermore and
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the
university of California.
Mother" Jones obliged to pay $104
in bridge tolls at Trenton for her army.
War talk revived in the far east;
cleavage between Russia and Japan
causes it.
Jockey Danny Maher may die as a
result Of an automobile accident.
Nahant, Mass, will honor its four
oldest residents during semi-centennial
celebration.
Frank Cassidy, aged II, acquitted on
manslaughter charge at Springfield
Morgan, Hanna and Whtelaw Reid
at Newport.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt tells Newport
workmen that he believes in unionism.
Capt. Howard Blackburn gives up
dory voyage across Atlantic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

The consumption Of mineral wat.
ers in the United States has been in.
creased enormously. until 1t now ag.
gregates $1S.OOO,00O worth per annum.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
MONDAY,

WONOAr,. Ju'y 10, iSOo'
Heat drives Bostonians to shore and
country by thousands.
Shipbuilding industry of New Eng
land is extremely prosperous, and the
financial troubles of the big trust
have no effect upon the business.
James NJ Bradley, who twice es-
capped from the state prison in Charles
town, Mass, returned there from the
Texas state prison.
Mr. and Mrs. Adnah Rogers killed
by train at East Brewster, Mass.
Labor leaders want child labor law
enforced in Lowell and other cities !;
local labor union meetings.
Idaho minister denounces MormOns
at Christian Endeavor meeting at Den.
yer, Colo.
Death of William E. Henley, the
English poet.
Indiana farmer shoots his son-in-law
In leg and then IsiIIo- hin, ae-Es, lies On
operating table.
Death of jeremiah Allen, the father
Of the Greater Boston" idea.
Riot in the negro quarter in New
York; bricks and stones hurled at po-
licemen; shots exchanged.
Wind storm plays havoc in Balti-
more; 800 people homeless; man
killed by lightning at Washington;
church struck at Chicopee, Mass.
Picket wounded by strike breaker
in Syracuse factory.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

A hurricane is wind that blows at
n miles an hour or more. Such
wind exerts pressure of nearly 18
pounds to the square foot.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

Visitors of the N. f. A. warm in
praise of Boston as the best Of all the
convention cities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

Tell your troubles to other people or
they'll tell you theirs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
THURSDAY,

Police force at the Wachusett dam
LroInrerced and a determined effort
made to resume operations.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and II
Roosevelt children witness boat race
for crews, three men each, from the
Sylph.
DR.. E. S. Lines of New Haven will
accept election as bishop of the dio-
cese of Newark.
Panic on steamer st. Lawrence Of
the Thousand Islands fleet follows
breaking of her walking beam.
New York girl burned from wearing
joss sticks in her hair as defence
against mosquitoes.
Countess of Minto and Lady Eileen
say farewell to Newport, R. l.
Sadie Hersey, aged Z, seriously shot
at play by Algernon Manley, aged 10,
at Bangor, Me.
Police in Chicago use revolvers in
conflict with strikers.
Executive council of Massachusetts,
remove quarantine on animal ship
ments, but keeps the control thereof
in hands of the cattle bureau.
Child wife sues for divorce at Pitts
field, Mass, because husband refused
to take her to the theatre.
Trial trip of the steamship Calvin
Austin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
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" G on ID F. n S F. D "
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July II, 1908. WEDNESDAY,

WEDNESDAY, July is, 1908
Crimes act In Ireland revoked on the
, eve Of King Edwards visit to Ireland.
Brothers and nuns Of st. Pierre, Miq
ordered to leave by last OF July.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and his wife
said to have been forgiven by the for.
mer's mother, and the reconciliation is
said to portend their brilliant social
entertainment on their return to New
port.
Gen. Nelson A.. Miles, soon to retire
from the army for age. finished his ride
from Fort: SAl to Fort Reno, 80 miles
in 8 hours 10 minutes.
Roosevelt congratulates the winners
of the Palma trophy.
Battleship Kearsarge to make hel
best speed, natural draft, to French.
mans bay, Me-, from Portsmouth, Eng
Thomas G. Barker, who shot parson
Keller, liberated from prison and re.
turns to wife at Arlington, N. j.
City marshal Of Franklin, N. H.,
serves liquor dealers with lists of
names Of persons to whom them must
not sell.
Thomas Shannon, aged years, dies
at Pawtucket, r. l., from mosquito
bite.
Gov. Bachelor of New Hampshire
issues old-home week invitation tc
sons and daughters of New Hampshire
Capt. Solomon e. Sparrow, USA., re-
tired, drinks carbolic acid by mistake
at New London, Conn.,, and dies.
Mrs A. E. Johns Of New York falls
down steep crevasse in Yosemite val
ley.
Summer home of Mrs Lindley Hoff-
man Chaplin at Goshen, Conn.,, struck
by lightning and destroyed by fire; loss
upward of 100000.
Loss of life and much property re-
suits from storm and tornado in Ne.
braslla.
Ambassador George Won l.. Never re-
turns from Italy; has no intention OF
resigning or of running for congress
Funeral Of T. A. Macl1innon, vice
president of the B. & M. railroad.
Eleven more deaths from Fourth Of
July lockjaw.
Yale astronomers locate the Borelli
comet
Deputy sheriff at Coxsackie, N y,
saves a negro from lynching after he
had assaulted a little girl and con-
| fessed.
Postmaster John Elliott killed by
lightning at North Grosvenordale,
Conn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18
kGE HOLBR00K, m, d.
(ician AND Surgeon

ice, Moore h Kldder Block,
bs, Mackenzie Place, Head OF Park.
B Hours: 9 a. m. ] to
|. Z to 5 p. m. Telephone, lis.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-07-18

The weather conditions continue ex-
cellent for all kinds of trade. All
kinds Of meat remain unchanged, with
a rather less demand. The demand
for eggs is rather slack, but cheese Is
steady. Creamery butter in good de-
mand and selling at good prices.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25
From Around savilla.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Everything is lovely and the farm
ers are turning the soil rapidly this
week.
Mr.. J. j. Long is doirg a great
deal of saving and has added a
shingle machine to his mill outfit.
Messrs. T. Hill and L. E. Black
have a gray horse, the kind that
sheds thirteen months in a year.
Mr.. William Lorick gave the young
people nice cake walk Saturday
night, the 14th. All who were there
enjoyed the plays, but the cake was
enjoyed most Of all.
Nj: Tai Sem, of the Holly section
is teaching a music school in the
Savilla neighborhood. Mr.. Sem is
a fine teacher and good singer.
Papa's Boy.
March 81, 1908
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25

Hon. George B. Cromer, President
of .Newberry College, made an elo
qaent appeal for the higher education
of the young men of the State last
Sunday night in St. Stephen Evan
gelical Lutheran church before an
attentive and refined audience. Pref
Cromer is finished orator, scholar
IL gentleman and en- enthusiastic
educator. His address was ripe with
cultured thoughts and wholesome
lessons and was indeed literary
treat. He presented the claims of
Newberry to the support of Lexing-
ton people in a mastery and convin-
cling manner and has awakened
deep and abiding interest in the COL
lege of which he is the head. On
Monday he made a timely and inter-
estiug address before the students OF
the Palmetto Collegiate Institute
and sowed seeds which will bear
fruit for usefulness and Christian
culture for ages to come.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25

Mr.. ". L. Laird, formerly OF this
county, but now resident OF Euau-
uel county, Ga, was On visit to rel
a,ivss and friends in this county last
week. He witnessed the burial Of
Charley Jefcoat, who was given q
Christian burial by his people. The
widow of Deputy Sheriff Flanders, who
was killed by Charley while the lat
ter was attempting to escape into this
State. paid the Alsbama deputies
who brought the body of Jefcoat to
Swainsboro, 500, the amount of the
reward offered by herself for the
capture Of Jefcoat dead or alive
The Governor of Georgia as we'll
as that of South Carolina, have re-
fused to pay the reward offered by
themselves respectively. In the
tragic life and death of this young
man we are foreibly reminded that
''the way of the transgressor is hard
and the end thereof is death"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25

The way the farmers are b aling
fertil; z ,rs one would imagine that
they have adopted new as we'll as
unique method Of throttling the gi-
gantic fertilizer trust which is suck
ing the very life blood out of the
farming interest. Instead of adopt
ing the orthodox policy of starving
out the octopus, it seems to be the
purpose of our farmer friends to buy
it out lock, stock and barrel
Whether combine really exists
among the farming class to carry out
this idea or not, we are of course un-
able to say with any degree of accu-
racy. But, anyway, all the signs
point in that direction.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25

The State will have to sue the
United States Fidelity and Casualty
,mpany, the bondsmen OF J. S.
Campbell, late Treasurer of Ricnland
who, it is claimed, is $4,000 short in
his accounts. The security company
being by no means certain that the
shortage occurred after it became q
surety.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25

Supervisor George A. Shealy was
i. in town Friday and said that the
gang had completed a nice piece Of
road from Csyce to Ccngaree Creek,
all of which has been we'll graded
and drained. An experienced road
machine expert has been placed in
charge of the machine and is doing
satisfactory work. TIE gang is now
at work on the piece of road between
Congaree G rex and Huckabaa swamp
and will complete the work there be-
fore moving elsewhere.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25

The State Pension Board is in ses-
sion in Columbia today. All the
counties have sent in their returns
and from them it is learned that the
numbsr of applicants greatly exceeds
that of last year. In some counties
the increase is 40 per cent, and
there is a falling off in none. The
amount coming to pensioners will be
received earlier this year than hereto.
fore by reason of the fact that the
returns were gotten in so quickly.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25
Wednesday, March Is, 1903.

For the benent OF the feaoers or
she Dispatch, as well as the public
at large, we will again state with
added emphasis, what We have time
end again said. that the present Board
of County Commissioners have given
sufficient evidence to convince any
reasonable mind that it is the rur-
pose Of the Board to begin as early
"a practicable a systematic system
of working the pnblic roads of the
county with a view of putting them
in permanent good condition so
that they will be in fair travelling G
shape the year round.
The 6rss and most important OF
the evidences we might mention is the
heavy purchase of new and improved
road machinery together with the
increase in the number of mules for
the use of the chaiugang in working
The roads. It may not be out OF
place, nor considered of6cious on our
part, to remark right here that while
the county hiss now splendid equip
ment for working the public roads
so as to obtain the best results, yet
there is one machine lacking to make
tae road working outfit complete
and that is a rcck crusher. This
machine can unquestionably be used
TO good advantage on any section of
road and can be operated at nor
NAL cost as the material required is
ct hand in large quantities. 10 our
travels through the county our at
tention has been attracted at differ
ent times to the large quantity of
Eock going to waste by the roadside
and have often wondered why this
material could not be used as an ele-
ment in road making. This material
can be utilized by the use OF so
iron roller and instead of throwing
reck out of the road as has hereto
fore been the custom they shoull be
thrown into the road and crushed ip,
thus making firm and smooth road
bed.
On the hill beyond Spring Hill, for
instance, there is large supply of
this rock material which can easily
be csrsed and crushed into the road
ba1 making q splendid road that
will last for years and will require
bat slight repairs from time to time
to keep it in thorough repair. The
Eighteen q Il beyond Providence is
q fair example o. what can be &C.
complishe1 with the use Of crusher
in the way of road making. This
excellent piece OF road was the work
of Capt Jacob Roberts with the
chaingang and before he commenced
work there it was known far and
wide ss a miserably bsd piece of
road and was the dread of man and
beast alike; now it is just the reverse
and is today as good piece OF road
way as can be found anywhere in the
country. What has besn made out OF
the road on this bill can be done on
the balance of the roads of the county
bv a little intellie =: work.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25
Oak Grove Notes.
70 the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The health OF this section is excel
lent.
Small grain is very fine. Truck
gardening is progressing nicely.
Mr.. A. D. Martin paid a flying
visit to friends in this section yester-
day.
The school at Oak Grove will close
today.
R-v. J. A. Cromer and NJ. K
Hammer have erected q beautiful wire
fence around their gardens.
The members of St. David's church
have decided to enlarge the cemetery
at that place.
The debate at Oak Grove, Saturday
night was splendid. The question
was 'scesolved that the railroad ia
more useful than the cotton mill >
The judges rendered their decision
unanimously in favor of the afirma
tive. Our boys are fast becoming
good speakers and some of them
may ill some of the most important
places in our country.
Such men as Calhoun, Webster,
Clay, Beecber and Talmage were
poor country boys and started at the
first round of the ladder of fame and
succeeded in climbing to the top.
March 20, 1903 Mark.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-25

Twice practically rejected by the
Senate and thrice nominated by
President Roosevelt to be Collector
of the Port of Charleston is the
unique experience Of DR.. Crum, the
negro politician. The persistency
with which the President is "holding
the door of hope open" for negro
politicians to enjoy the emoluments
of Office is worthy of a better cause.
But, then, when We come to consider,
nothing better could be reasonably
expected Of Teddy, whose only claim
to the leadership of his party rest
solely on the fact that he was mem
Der of the hybrid segregation at
San Juan's hill.