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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
''Richland Pays the Freight. y

Columbia Afternoon Record.
Now that it is certain the Tillman
case will be triedi in Lexington county,
many questioned the assertion of the
Record yesterday that Richland coun-
ty would have to pay the costs, about
$4,000. This question was settled,
however, shortly after the Crawford
case was tried in Kershsw. That
county presented the bill for costs,
about $500 to Richland to pay, and
upon refusal brought suit. The Su-
preme court decided in Richards
favor, and the next session OF the
Legislature the Act was fixed so that
the county from which the case was
sent would have to pay the costs.
1t may surprise some to know that
the Tilllman case has already cost the
county about SOU. Inls lnciuoes
witness fees, payment to the Sherifs
of other counties for serving witness
papers, and other usual costs for four
days of the April term, after which
the case was continued, and for four
days during the present term, while
the change of venue was being ar
gued.
The case being ordered to Lexing-
ton, of course, makes additional mile
age, although county official this
morning stated that the mileage cost
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01

We need holy fear to put ballast
into our souls.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
The Foundation Of Health.

Nourishment is the foundation of
health, life and strength. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure is the one great medicine
tat enables the stomach and diges-
tive organs to digest, assimilate and
transform all foods into all kind of
blood that nourishes the nerves and
feeds the tissues. Kodol lays the
foundation for health. Nature does
the rest. Indigestion, dyspepsia and
all disorders of the stomach and di.
gestive organs are cured by the use
of Kodol. Sold by sli Druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
No False Claims.

The proprietors of Foley's Honey
and Tar do not advertise this as a
''sure cure for consumption" They
do NOT claim it will cure this dread
complaint in advanced cases, but do
positively assert that it will cure in
the earlier stages and never fails to
give comfort and relief in the worst
cases. Foley's Honey and Tar is
without doubt the greatest throat
and lung remedy. Refuse substi-
tutes. The Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
THE ToxAWAY DAM
To be Critically Examined by Engineers
Railroads Afraid of 1t.

To be Critically Examined by Engineers
Railroads Afraid ofIt.
GreenYille News.
Il is understood here on unques-
toned authority that the Southern
railway, the Blue Ridge railroad and
the Anderson Light and Water COM
pany, which would suffer tremendous
damage in the event Of any serious
break in Toxaway dam, will send en-
gineers to the Sapphire country to
make careful examination of the
structure. So many conflicting re-
ports have been received in Green
vile about the dam it is impossible
to form any adequate idea as to its
strength and holding powers without
an Investigation by experts. 1t is
for this reason, therefore, that the
companies whose property would be
at the mercy of the foods are deter
mined to secure an Official report on
the subject. OF:hand opinions by
men not capable Of giving the views
of an expert will not be suffered.
The Toxaway dam is27 miles in cir
cumference. In many places the water
is so feet deep, Should this mighty
volume ever escape there would be
another Johnstown horror. It would
crush the Seneca river trestles on the
Southern and Blue Ridge into kind
ling wood. and it would sweep away
the dam at Portman shoals, near An
derson, which is considered to be the
most powerful structure in the state.
The wild rush of the water would
find an outlet in the Savannah river,
and would food the city of Augusta
There is so much at stake, the many
thousands of acres of farming land to
be destroyed. that the people who
stand to lose everything will not feel
secure until they receive the infor-
nation which will be supplied by en-
gineers of ability and integrity. There
is no desire to ipjure the owners at
Toxaway, but men whose millions
can be wrecked in a night want to
know the truth and they expect to
get this ct any cost.
According to newspaper and other
reports the dam is nightly built OF
stone. From other sources, however,
is is claimed that nothing stronger
than a bed of earth holds the billions
and billions of tons of water.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
Just About Bedtime

Take Little Early Riser-it will
cure constipation, biliousness and
liver troubles. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are different from other pills.
They do not gripe or break down the
mucus membranes of the stomach,
liver and bowels, but cure by gently
arousing the secretions and giving
strength to those organs. Sold by
all Druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
Will Buy It Bac

You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy. The Kaufman
Drug Co., will refund your money if
you are not satisfied after using it.
It is everywhere admitted to be the
best successful remedy in use for
bowel complaints and the only cne
that never fails. 1t is pleasant, safe
and reliable.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01

and that final arbiter set aside Judge
Buchanan's decision, sustaining Mag
istrate Garris, thus establishing the
right of persons to sue for recovery
of tear or whi-key seized under ordi-
nary claim and delivery process.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
Work Going Ahead.

Washington, June 24.-Because
the recent seizure of the Chattanooga
under construction at the Crescent
shipyard at Elizabethport, N. S., has
not interefered with work on the
vessel, it is said at the navy depart
ment that it will be unnecessary for
the government to take any legal
measure of precaution.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01

to Saluda would have been at least
$1,000 more. It is estimated that
witnesses will be needed at least a
week, and none of the attorneys
would be surprised should the case
take at least two weeks.
Many are of the opinion that this
county vii! have to pay the expenses
of the Tillman trial. This is not the
case, as the following act of the
General Assembly, session 1902, will
show:
Sec 1 Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina: That whenever criminal
case is transferred from one county
to another for trial, all the costs of
such trial shall be paid By the county
in which the bill of indictment was
found; such costs to be certified to
such county by the Clerk of the
Court of the county in which such
trial is had.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect
on it's approval, and apply to all cases
pending.
Approved the 1lth day February,
A. D. 1902"
An attorney for the defence stated
that they were entirely satisfied with
the selection of the county. He also
said for the present there would be
no further developments,
The court in Lexington meets on
the third Monday of September, and
Judge Gage, of Chester, will preside.
THE FORMAL ORDER.
State of South Carolina, County of
Richland. The State vs. James 81.
Tillman.
Motion for change of venue. Order.
The motion for a change of venue
having been made, and afidavits and
arguments for and against the same
having been heard, it appearing to
the Court that fair and Impartial
trial of this case cannot be had in
Richland county, it is ordered that
the case be transferred to the county
of Lexington, and that all subsequent
steps and proceedings, including the
trial, in the above stated case, be had
with the same force and effect in the
said Lexington county as if made in
the county of Richlsnd.
It is further ordered that the re-
cords and proceedings herein, and
the aaidavits used in the application
for change of venue, be transferred
to the proper officers of the said
county, and this order shall be au-
thority and warrant for the clerk Of
Court of Richland county for the
transfer of said record; and all other
papers herein that may be hereafter
filed, also be transferred.
It is further ordered that the
Sheriff of Richland county deliver
to the Sheriff of the said Lexington
county the person of the defendant
by the second Monday of September,
1908, and this order shall be his war
rant for said delivery.
D. A. Townsend, Presiding Judge.
Columbia, S. c., June 25, 1903.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
Working g Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DR..
Kings New Life Pills. These pills
change weakness into strength, list
lessness into energy, brain-fag into
mental power. They're wonderful in
building up the health. Only 25c
per box. Sold by The Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02

ers, $2,60o.oo0 worth OF school property.
are wont to think Of that state AS land
of wild uncertainty, says the jamestown
Capital; a land Of poverty and hard toll;
state much after the old time idea Of
Kansas, full of enthusiasm, good air, good
appetites, and long distances, sbut nothing
much more substantial and satisfying. The
people of Norsl1 Dakota can well afford to
be thus thought Of. for the solid benefit
Is theirs whatever tradition about the
state may be.
North Dakota, counting the actual pro-
duction of the soil per capita, which is
the best test of a states agricultural
WORTH is one Of the richest spots on the
face Of the earth. The state raised IN 1901
about fourteen acres Of grain for every
man, woman and child in its population.
It raised 40 bushels of fax and 235 BUSH
els Of wheat per capita of population,
which sold at an aggregate of $3.50 per
capita. The state has $50 worth Of live
stock per capita, and has more acres OF
good farm land per capita than probably
any other state in the union. + .-s,-. -.s.. ..
The Premier Flax State.
| According to the very close estimate
Of the Orange Judd Farmer, recognized
authority, the flax yield of North Dakots
in 1901 was larger than that of all the
other flax-raising states together. The
| following statement shows its, estimated
average yield of flaw seed per acre, ant
the total production by states, in 1901:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02


when these three items are considered.
namely, that of the lesser cost of farm
ing smaller interest carrying charge and
lighter taxes, which, upon a conservative
estimate, would not be less that $3.50 an
acre in favor of the outside farm, it is
seen at once, upon basis Of values for
wheat of say 60 cents per bushel,. that
there is really but very little difference
between the incomes derived from these
two different classes of farms. ..-
The man outside of the, valley, up to
this time, has had the advantage Of di-
versif1ed farming. q There has been much
wild land about hinlss byafs which his. cat
tie grazed with freedom, and with but
very nominal Ivcost to El,e owner. From
his cattle or his sheep he. has made, per-
haps,: more clear money than from his
other farming operations. The; lands,
however, outside of the valley, now set
| thing up as rapidly as. they are, will not
| force the farmer of the bench acres Sout
| of the stock business but will, perhaps,
| force him to other methods. All of which
will be beneficial to him, and should tend
| to increase his yield per acre to such an
extent that the lands he, farms should
rival in yielding: qualities the heavier lands
to the east of him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02

approximately 100000 acres of govern
ment lands in the counties Of Walsh, Penn
bina, Ramsey and the counties west OF
these to and including Ward, says the
Commercial West Up to Jan. 1, 1902
there had been taken up Of these lands
approximately 100000 acres. Practi-
cally no government lands now remain
untakeni in any county, except a little
rough land in the Turtle mountains, Bot
tineau county, some sandy sections IN
McHenry county and some arid grazing
lands in the southwest Of Ward county.
It was under the homestead act that this
100000 acers Of government land was
occupied, which means that no one family
got more than 160 acres: This indicates
that about 93, 900 families have thus taken
homes in this section Of North Dakota in
the last eight years. This does not in
clude the thousands Of families that have
taken up residence on land sold by private
owners. In this territory there was nc
large railroad land grant to be held out
Of general settlement, so that now these
counties are reasonably we'll settled, as
northwestern farm settlement goes. It is
this wiping out of free government lands
northwest that has done much to raise
values Of raw and improved farm lands ir
the northwest.
The Red River Valley.
There is probably no more famous farm
ing region in the United States than the
valley of the Red River of the North. G.
where you will and you will find peopl,
| who know or think they know all 'abou
that wonderfully productive region.
! Until recent years its fame completed.
overshadowed that Of other parts Of Nortl
Dakota. The prevailing impression wa
that North Dakota was made up of bills
tered, arid plains, fringed on the east b.
the green Red river valley. Before me-
| had learned the ways of nature in tn
western part of the state and how to adap
themselves to her, any fool could rails
wheat and make money at it in the rich
black, deep soil of the Red river valley
with an abundance of moisture and moth
ing to do but put seed in the ground i
the spring and cut the resulting wheat i
| the fall.
/ There are few richer land areas in tn
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02

No state has proflted more by the great
population and land-buying movement OF
the last few years than North Dakota.
That state found itself most happily stu
ated when people everywhere began to
realize that land was scarce and a good
thing to get while still cheap. The hard
times OF the early 90s caught North Da-
kota before 1t was found to have millions
of acres Of good government or cheap
privately owned land wanting as it had
through all the centuries for men to come
and take 1t.
The home seekers soon realized this
fact. There ensued a great rush to get
Tree or cheap land-50, 900 people In two
Years. Practically all the good arabic
easily accessible government land was
soon taken, but large amounts of virgin
prairie still remain in the hands Of COM
Npanies and individuals that have for the
most part secured it from the original land
grants Of the Northern Pacific railway.
Land values were so ridiculously low in
North Dakota few years ago that even
though there have in some parts of the
state been increases Of hundred per cent
within a few years intrinsic values have
not yet been exceeded anywhere.
An Impartial Authority.
Every state is so much interested in
putting itself forward as region Of sur
passing fertility that it is we'll to seek fol
the verdict Of an unprejudiced authority
The United States census reports ought
to be such authority. In the bulletin OF
agriculture in North Dakota the bureau
says that except for some of the south
western counties, especially adapted tt
grazing, 1.-The soil throughout the state il
unusually fertile, being nearly everywhere
rich, black loan, varying in depth from
a few inches on the highest hills to from
five to eighteen feet in the valleys. 1t Il
easily titled, and as its composition ia
vors the absorption and retention of mois
ture it is especially adapted to the pro
duction Of wheat and barley. The subsoi
sis strongly impregnated with lime AM
alkaline elements, which serve as per
petual fertilizers"
North Dakota Is essentially prairi
state, yet with great variety and diversit.
of surface It has the fiat plains Of tn
Red River valley in the east, the hills il
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
AN INCOME OF $4,000, 900 FOR NORTH DAKOTA
Great in Flax No Live Stock

rived from it ut prevailing interest rates.
J. J. Hill, the great railway may, was
asked while ago what he thought about
the tendency of these lands to advance in
price He declared that the tendency was
permanent and bound to continue.
HllPs View.
1.-THE population of the United States.''
he said, 'is increasing at the rate of 1000
daily. We are growing at the rate OF
nearly 100000 a year. We have doubled
in every thirty or forty ears of our his
tory. Inside of fifty years we will have
150, ,000. 900. Where are they going? Are
we sending them away? Are they emf
grating to other lands? No; we are TAX
ing care Of them at home. Where is this
extra million and a half year going?
Where else but into the new lands OF the
west and into the northwest above all2
| Where else are cheap lands. fertile soil,
healthful climate, transportation facilities
| to good markets, and conditions favorable
to human energy and enterprise SO abun-
:. dant and ready to hand as right here in
| the northwest?
rs there anything Of a boom character
| about such g. condition as this? Not a
bit It Is not only normal and natural. it
is necessary, 1t is compelled. What else
! can this population do, where else can
they go? The cities cannot absorb the
50,00o,o 900 increase Of the next thirty years.
The bulk Of the population must be en-
gagged in productive occupations They
must be at work providing that great and
fundamental necessity Of mankind every
where-food for subsistence. The great
absorbing industry, the most important
from a practical material standpoint is
the production Of food, and food come
from the soil The cities flourish and
prosper and our civilization is enduring
only when the vast majority of the people
: Is on the soil, toiling by sweat Of the brow
} to produce food, on the one hand, and the
: raw material for manufacture, trade and
transportation, on the other The bull,
, of this 50.000,O00 human increasem ust 90
} to the soil, and they pour into the north
l west as naturally as water flows dowr
: hill. This population movement into the
northwest is as normal and natural as the
fact that water seeks a level"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
nadians, and some from other nationali-

nadians, and some from other nationali-
ties.
The splendid district schools of Ram
sey county are another indication of the
progressive character of our people. and
this county is certainly in the front ranks
IN this direction. Scattered all over the
county are neat and comfortable school
buildings, equipped with up-to-date an
pllances, and with a superior class OF
teachers. Churches are numerous also in
the rural districts, and settlers from Iowa
and other states locating in Ramsey coun-
ty 90 not have to get along without the
advantages of old settled communities
but find them here to an extent enioyed
by few new sections of the west. The
highways have been laid out graded and
improved until our good roads are one of
the advantages of this section.
During the past season the farmers liv
ing north Of. Devils Lake have success
fully undertaken the construction of a
railroad. of their own. This has lust been
opened for traffic, and is already doing a,
large business: 1t extends northwa I'd
| from Devils Lake city a distance of
twenty-five miles, tapping one of the rich
est agricultural sections of the state. The
prices of land in this Vicinity are still
very low, when the numerous advantages
are considered.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02

Live stock raising is very important
feature of farming in North Dakota. The
number Of head Of live stock in the state
increased AZ per cent duringS the last de-
cade. 1t includes $4,000 dairy cows, 5s2'-
600 other meat cattle, 100000 horses, 4o1, :
600 sheep, 10000 swine. The total value
of this live stock is over $42, 900. 900. The
farmers Of North Dakota derived in 1899
an income of $40, 211 $40 from animal prod
ucts. OF this amount 53.6 per cent repre-
sents the value OF animals sold and
slaughtered on the farms; 27.9 per cent
that of dairy products; 1876 per cent that
of poultry and eggs. .*s -, -
1t should be said here that North Dakota
is now the greatest flax producing state
in the union. In the last two years the
flax acreage and yield has increased im-
| mensely, the latter having reached about
| 100000 bushels as against $4,000, 900
| for the whole country. Is ss. -.:.. .sss.
| North Dakota is declared to be the rich
est state in the union in proportion to pop
ulation. 1t has about 400, 900 people now
and about s4oo 900 of wealth.
d qrrr .s-. The Crops Of 1901. ...s 49, "A
North Dakota's farm products for the
year 1901, at conservative estimate, ag-
gregated $94, 900. 900 in value, or about $26s
! per capita, or s1,4O0 for the head Of each
in round numbers: Wheat. 60,O00,0 ,00(
bushels, value s37, 900, 900; oats, 10000, Oo(
bushels, value $40, 900; rye, 800, ,0o(
bushels, value s150,000; flax, O0(
bushels, value $21, 900; barley, 5000, ,00t
bushels, value $2,OOO.oo0; corn, 100000
bushels, value $1,000 900; potatoes, 1000,
600 bushels, value s1,4oo,ooo; other roo
crops and vegetables. $1,200,00o; tame
hay, 100000 tons, value s1,75o,000; wilt
hay, 1000, 900 tons, value $4,000, 900; wool
100000 pounds, value $250,OOO; poultr!
and eggs, s2,5Oo,0O milk and butter, So,
100000; live stock, s1O,O0O.O00.
To these may be added 100000 for coal
100000 for wood, and $4,000, 900 for manu-
factured products, aside from flour. etc
and we have a total Of $4,000, 900 as tn
products Of North Dakota for a single year
What state can make a better showing?
North Dakota has population of 100,
0OO 3,131 miles Of railroad, 600 postoffices
221 newspapers, 3,0S5 schools, 1900 teach
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02

the Coteaux regions west of the first
bench land above the valley the higher
prairiess that descend to the Missouri
river on the west and south, the rolling
country west Of the Missouri with the
rough Bad Lands still further west, and
the bold hilly country of the northwest.
The state abounds in lakes and rivers,
many of which are bordered by timber,
and in the Turtle mountains in the north
boasts some considerable attitudes. =.
Much Ignite.
Many counties of the state, including
Ward, Mclean, Burleigh, Oliver, Morton,
Billings, Dunn, are fortunate in the pos
session of ineXhaustible strata of Ignite
coal underlying the surface at such a shall
low depth that it is easily mined This
coal affords very cheap fuel, and many
farmers are their own coal miners. At
Washburn and other places it is being
mined on a very extensive scale. (
North Dakota has total land area OF
about 10000 square miles. 1t has
5000 miles of railway, 200 newspapers,
spends $4,000 a year on It's public
schools, of which it has over 5000. with
more than 1000 teachers. It's school prop
| erty is worth So ,000.00O; the state is as
sessed at about $120, 900, 900 and the school,
lands endowment is worth s5O,O0o, 600. =
Profits From the Soil.
| On 44O0 900 acres of land the state
raised 10000, 900 bushels of wheat in 1899
on 100000 acres of land it. raised over
q. 900. 900 bushels Of oats, and on less thar
100000 acres of land it raised nearly
| 1000: 900 bushels of barley. Those were
the principal cereal crops. The total value
of the crops of the state for 1899, the veal
in which agricultural statistics were gath
cred for the 1900 census. was $54.040,217
The principal crops were valued as fol
lows: Wheat, s31, 1888 1853; flaxseed. ST.,
1856. $40; oats, $5.S52,e15; hay and forage
S5,1S2, ,917; barley, s1,996.OS2
Another Immense Crop.
The state had an immense crop again
last year and the average income Of $l.19
from each farm in the state in 1899 wa.
greatly exceeded. That $1190, by the way
Is about 5000 more than the average in
come per farm for the great and rich stat
| Of Minnesota.