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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-04-01
a General Mixture.

throughout his dominion and making
other concessions.
Advlces from Samoa state that the
hurricane which recently swept the
island killed 6U0 people and caused
property loss If S500,0J0
The question Of dlspensary or no
dispeusary Will be voted on III Green
wood on the 18Th day Of April. The
dlspensary was defeated Year ago.
The best physlc: hamberlaln's
Stomach aud Liver Tablets. Easy
to take; pleasant IN effect. For sale
by The Kaufman Dug Co.
Sweden Is said to have the lowest
death rate of any civilized natlon.
DUNG the last ten years the annual
average has been only 10 4O per
Thousand.
IL Greenwood last week Ann Bush,
u negroes, Was arrested Oh the charge
of beng an emlgrant agent. Ii ls
Said that she was enLlclng the cooks
TO leave Greenwood.
Foley's Kidney Cure makes kid
neys and bladder right. Don't delay
taking. Sold by The Kaufmanu
Drug Co.
Thomas Brockman, white boy,
convicted III Spartanburg of Stealing
bicycle and sentenced to twelve
months, had his sentence commuted
to SIX months on recommendation Of
the judge
Senator Tillman has accepted an
invitation to address the graduates of
the South Carolina Medical College
on the 2ud of April, and the business
men of Charleston will tender him a
banquet on the occasion of his visit.
FoIey's Kidney Cure if taken in
time affords security from all kidney
and bladder diseases.
Supervisor Humbert of Lsurens
county, has invited bids for working
the roads of his county by contract.
ae has selected certain roads in each
of the nineteen townships and will
give the contract system thorough
trial.
Mr.. W. L. Hall, of Fort Mill, is
the owner of hairless mule. Some
time ago the mule showed signs OF
shedding it's coat, and this has gone
on steadily until now scarcely any
hair is left on the animal. 1t is
afflicted with the disease known as
stable mango.
Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
opiates, and will not constipate like
nearly all other cough medicines.
Refuse substitutes. Sold by The
Kaufman Drug Co.
Bogus revenue officers have been
fraudulently collecting from small
merchants about Columbia. They
represent themselves as revenue
officers and claim that merchants
have violated the law and thus get
money from them. Several persons
have been arrested.
Upon recommendation of Chief
Justice Pope Governor Hayward has
appointed Geo. Duncan Beliinger
special Judge to preside at an extra
term of the General Sessions to be
held at Newberry on April 9Th for the
trial of black brute for an unpardon-
able crime.
Ramon's Tonic Regulator is the
most popular all round medicine We
have ever handled. It is a gentle
laxative, healthful tonic and prompt
health restorer. Handsome, large
tin box Is cts. Harman's Bazaar.
J. W. Logan, a white farmer, near
Phoenix, the Greenwood slaughter
ground, killed himself last week with
the aid of a pistol. He was about so
years old and leaves wife and four
children. There have been four
suicides in ten years within ten miles
of that place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
New Use for injunction.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 15.-A
case with peculiar and sensational
feature has been instituted in the State
Circuit Court in this city by Mahlon
Bapp, prominent farmer residing in
the northern portion of the county.
The defendant is William Shepherd, at
present resident of Trinidad, Col.
Bapp asks that the Court grant him
an Injunction restraining Shepherd
from alternating the affections of Mrs.
Bapp.,
Mrs. Bapp was formerly the wife Of
Shepherd, but secured divorce and
married again, and now Bapp thinks
the former husband would like to get
her back again. Shepherd and a
brother of his former wife recently
appeared at Bapp's home and endeavor-
ed to induce Mrs. Bapp and her child
to accompany them back to her old
home in Colorado.
AS result of their efforts Bapp had
the two men arrested on the unique
charge of attempting to steal his wife
and child. Before this case came up
for preliminary hearing it was with
drawn and Bapp commenced the suit
in the State Circuit Court, asking
that Shepherd be enjoined from
alternating the affections of Mrs. Bapp.
Chicago Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26

And now a Government medical
commission reports, after careful in.
vestigation, that nearly 80 per cent. OF
the United States soldiers in the
Philippines, or who have returned
from the islands, "are infested with
intestinal parasites, Of several
varieties, and that the returned SOL
diers will introduce some new varle-
ties into people in this country. This
is form of Colonial acquisition which
should impress even the imperlallsts
unpleasantly. The pity is that they
are not infested, instead of the soldiers,
whom they sent to the islands.-News
and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
A DIRECTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
To be Published by the Walsh Directory
Co.: and to be Vast Improvement
Over Past Issue.

The active canvass in the interest of
the South Carolina Gazetteer and Bust
ness Directory, which is being pub
lished by the ". H. Walsh Directory
Company of Charleston, is we'll under
way and the work will be delivered
early in 1904.
The Gazetteer this year will contain
may new features that have never been
shown in State directory heretofore
in fact it will be a complete compen-
dium of the State compiled in double
form.
The first department will show each
and every postofice in the State in its
alphabetical order and complete list
of the business and professions at
each separate place followed by list
of the farmers that receive mail at
that Office.
After the entire State has been shown
in this manner complete business and
professional directory of the State will
be shown, under the proper business
classification thus presenting a COM
plete double directory and enabling
the patrons to secure a complete list
of any specified business, or any post
Office at glance.
The last issue of a State directory
was in 1896 and the enormous changes
that have occurred in the intervening
seven years makes this work a busi-
ness necessity, and it will no doubt
receive large patronage through
out the State as we'll as being liberally
subscribed for by the business interests
in other States who buy or sell goods
in South Carolina.
In its preparation the services of only
trained directory data collectors will
be used and neither time nor expense
will be spared to make the work a fit
representative of South Carolina and
its industries. The price of the COM
plete work will be S6.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
EDlsoA's new SCHEME.
Talking Machine That Does the
Work of Many Women.

Orange, N. j., Aug. 20.-Thomas A.
Edison has just perfected new phono-
graph which he believes will simplify
the recording and reproduction of tes-
:timony and dictation. Two of the ma
chimes have been turned out and
operated successfully. One operator
can do the work of eight under the
new system. Although no larger than
ordinary monographs. the new device
is different in many particulars. The
record is about nine inches long and
about one half an inch thick and is
capable of taking from eight to nine
letters or ordinary length. It can be
shaved 175 times, making its cost no
more than the cheapest paper. The
machine is operated by electricity.
After the person debating has finish
ed his work, the typewriter operator
takes the record and transfers it to a
phonograph at his desk. When he
touches stud or button with his foot
the machine Immediately begins to re-
produce. 1t is not difficult to operate
the machine. After a sentence or
phrase is completed release of the pres
sure stops the apparatus, and when the
words are written pressure is applied
or another instalment as much as the
operator can easily remember. Should
it become necessary to repeat parts
of the letter a conveniently arranged
lever, which, when not used for the
purpose, acts as lift for the repro
duction, runs the record backward, so
it will repeat practically word at a
time after the manner of similar me-
chanisn2 on the typewriter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
Illness of Lord Salisbury.

London, Aug. 20.-A bulletin issued
at 10 O'Clock tonight said that Lord
Salisbury's condition was critical and
there was little hope of his recovery.
The end may be expected at any mo-
ment. Once in the course Of the even
ing it was thought that his lordship
had already breathed his last, but ne
made a surprising rally, and at mid
night it was announced that his condl-
tion had not changed since the is
suance of the 10 O'Clock bulletin.
Bulletins have been dispatched to
the King, Queen, and Prince Of Wales,
acouainting them with the critical
condition Of the ex-premier.
at is not proposed to issue any furth-
er bulletin until the morning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
Is Indigestion a Disease =?

The best medical authorities say that in,
digestion is not always caused by dis
eased stomach, but may result from dis
ordered liver, constipation, excitement
etc. The cause is of little consequence
when Rydales Stomach Tablets are taken
as they never fail to digest the food, cheek
fermentation, free the stomach from lr'
ritating acids and an excess of gas. They
relieve at once, Belching, Heartburn, Sour
Stomach, Fullness after Eating, etc. Ry,
dales Stomach Tablets have specific ton
ic effect on the stomach and organs OF as
similation and are guaranteed to cure the
worst forms of stomach trouble. For saie
by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
Not Up to Expectations.

A good story was told by the Earle
of Yarmouth, who recently married
Miss Than of Pittsburg, on his return
to England. One evening shortly be-
fore their wedding the nobleman and
his bride-elect were the guests at a
dinner at the house of prominent
Pittsburg family. Ths meal was en-
famile and the little nine-year-old
daughter of the host was the earl's
vis-a-vis. Not once did she take her
eyes off his lordship's face, and finally
asked:
care you a real English lord?"
The nobleman, laughing, said that
he was. The little girl, after few
moments Of silence, said thoughfully :
CT never saw an English lord before
and have always been SO anxious to
see a real one.
"And now that you have seen one,
you are satisfied, aren't you?" said his
lordhsip, laughingly.
"No," said the little miss frankly,
''I am not satisfied. l am very much
disappointed. Philadelphia Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26

looking to Congress for some sort of
financial relief. the exact nature OF
which is not stated twice alike. You
will recall the fact that it was only a
few years ago when. there arose de-
mand for the repeal of the Sherman
silver law. On the ground that silver
was to cheap or too plentiful to war
rant it's continued coinage as money
metal, and compulsory silver purchases
were accordingly stopped, and properly
so: and soon thereafter arose clamor
upon Congress for the creation OF a
single gold standard, because better
money was said to be desired, and the
single gold standard, such as it was,
was duly enacted and the financial
millennium was freely predicted; and
now, when a falling market is de-
preciating values and wrecking for
tunes, We are told that We must I'M
mediately have additional financial
legislation providing for what the next
Speaker of the House of Representative
has recently described, Or dubbed, as
a ssrubber currency The question is
presented whether this proposed mea-
sure is in the interest of the people or
otherwise. We are informed that its
details are not yet wholly perfected,
but it is announced that its principal
feature is in substance and effect an
authorization of the loaning by the
Government to national banks OF the
surplus in the treasury of the United
States upon approved securities.
s.The financial situation will indeed
be desperate when such expedients as
loaning the peoples money to corpora
tions are suggested rather than reliev-
ing the people from the taxation which
has produced the accumulation OF the
surplus, and which accumulation was
largely caused the present congestion
in the money market"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
A Good Suggestion.

"When write a story" said the
struggling youns author. Il make out a
list OF ten magazines that think
might like it, and usually get mighty
close to the end of the list before sell
it,
"In that case" returned the wise
business man. Il should think it would
pay you to begin at the other end Of
your list."-Chicago Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
Doctors recipe For Lemonad,

Here is scientific recipe for lemon
ade advocated by the medical profes-
sion: Wash the lemons thoroughly;
slice thin and peel all. Cover with
sugar, alSswing the sugar to become
saturated with the lemon juice By gen.
tly pressing the slices Of lemon with q
spoon. Then add water, slowly stirring
all the while Ice, if used. should be
used sparingly. One-third of lemon
to glass is about right for home use.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
GUN and LOGKsMITH.

I take pleasure in giving no.
tice to my friends and the pub
lie generally, that, having re-
gained my health, | have re-
opened my shop, and am ready
to do any work in the
line Of Guns, Locks, Sewing
Machines, &c. Prices reasona-
bic, work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop removed to No. %
West Liberty street, two doors
from Osteen's Book Store.
r. S. BRADWELL.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
Chances of the Canal.

Washington, Aug. 2o.-Tbe follow
ing was announced at the State depart.
ment today:
ga telegram received last night
from Minister Beaupre, at Bogota,
dated August II, (same date as the
Senate vote against the treaty. is in
definite, but indicates that efforts
are being made by Colombia to find
some practical way of saving the canal
negotiations. !"
Minister Beaupre has been asked
by the State department. to send some
definite information concerning pro-
ceedings about the isthmian canal
treaty, but there is no way of telling
how long the message will be delayed,
owing to the interrupted telegraph
communication.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
Not Paid by Results.

els the profession of weather proph-
ecy a satisfactory one?"
Well" S-swered the expert, sin a
general way it is. You see, as rule,
the income is not so unreliable as the
predictions."- s."-Exchange
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26

Capital stock paid il, $4,000 90
Undivided surplus, 10000 0G
Individual liability of stockhold-
ers in excess of their stock, $4,000 90
Transacts q general banking business;
also has a Saving Bank Department. De-
posits of 81 and upward received. Inter
est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.
R. I. MANNING, W. F. RHAME,
e-President. Cashier.
Jan. 81.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
To Prevent a Relapse,

Wife-So. doctor, you think my hus-
band is entirely out Of danger now?
Doctor-Yes; but wouldn't let him
see my bill for some time yet.-Balti-
more American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26

Nyack, N. Y, Aug 1S.-Herman T.
Coates, who murdered Louis Hull, at
Spring Valley. on May l9, 1902, COM
mitted suicide in the RockIand Coun-
ty jail today by cutting his throat
with rusty razor, which he obtained
in some unaccountable way. Coates
was brought from Richmond, Va,
where he was arrested for yagrancy.
While there he confessed to the murder
of Hull. On Sunday he jumped from
an Old Dominion steamer off Sea Glrt,
but was rescued.
Boston, Aug. 1s.-The Globe, a
Democratic ne wspaper, will say tomor-
row that Gen. Nelson a. Miles,
who is native of this State, has been
suggested by some of the politicians
in the party as possible nominee for
Governor of Massachusetts, on the De-
mocratic ticket. Should he be chosen
Governor, it is claimed, be would be a
logical candidate for the Presidency.
The Globe adds that Miles's friends
say be would accept the nomination
for Governor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05

river since April 8, and of those five
were unknown and remain unidentl-
fed
Bearing in mind the great population
of the two cities and the small chance
of a body being found it is natural to
suppose that those bodies were but a
small proportion of the number that
floated quietly down the stream or re-
manned at the bottom to decompose
At the present time a number of
missing people are believed to have
gone to their end in the waters of the
river, and few OF them will ever be
heard of again. Strangers, unknown
and unwept, Snd even people of family
are among the missing ones of whom
probably never a trace will be found.
ct is strange that we get as many
as we do" said DR.. A. w. Miller,
coroner of Ramsey county, yesterday,
when speaking of the number recov-
cred recently. at is certain that we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
THE VINE ON THE SPOUT.

Deep in the heart of the city,
She washes and irons all day;
Her tired old hands are shally and thin,
And her hair once yellow, is gray.
She stands near a window to labor.
And every few moments looks out
And murmurs, you're mine" to the
small, sickly vine
That's climbing the old water sprout.
She water 1t we'll in the twilight,
And tenderly touches the leaves
AS they nod In the zephrs that sometimes
get lost
So far from the grass and the trees.
She knows every tendril it carries,
Each bud is a care, without doubt,
For she loves-with love that is sent
from above
That vine on the old water spout.
She is wrinkled and ragged and tired.
Her children have left ner l know,
To fight the battle of life once again
She fought it for them long ago.
Friendless, alone, uncherished,
Her mother-love will not die out
So she croonS an old tune, all the long
afternoon,
To the vine on the old water sprout.
1t may be the world doesn't need her,
1t may be the world doesn't care
For the old lonely soul whose eyes are so
dim,
Whose voice is as thin as her hair,
1t may be the world has forgotten
And yet | haven't a doubtal co."
God planted that Seed-for he saw there
was need
For the vine on the old water spout!
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05

ture. Here lie the final realities, wide
reaching and marvellous.
1.-The nineteenth century saw the
birth of new views regarding the ma
ture of atoms, electricity and ether.
While our views about the composition
of matter are generally satisfactory to-
day, will that be the case at the end of
the twentieth century? Do we not
again see that our Investigations have
only temporary value? Will we be
content to see matter devolying into
multitude of revolving electrodes? Such
mysterious dissolution of atoms ap-
pears to be universal. 1t occurs when
a particular piece is rubbed with silk.
1t is present in sunshine, in rain drop,
in lightning, in flame, in a waterfall
and in the roaring sea.
although the whole range of hui
man experience is too short to form a
parallax whereby we can feretell tho
disappearance of matter, nevertheless
is is possible that formless neblae
will again prevail when the hour glass
of eternity has run out.
On top of this announcement, or
rather slightly before it, Prof. Stephen
M. Babcock, professor of agricultural
chemistry ct the University of Wiscon-
sin. had announced new atomoc the
Dry, which, in brief, is that the weight
Of any substance is affected by the
molecular changes which it undergoes,
or, in other words. the weight of a
body is inversely proportional to it's
inherent energy. This theory, accord
ing to Prof. Babcoek, would offer a sat
isfactory explanation of the law of
gravitation, for the generally accepted
scientific explanation Of ether as mat
ter endowed with infinite energy and
having no weight or high potential,
and of the heavenly bodies as low po-
tential or weight would account for the
movement Of the solar system on the
law Of physics. that bodies of high po-
tential move toward bodies of low po-
tential.
Prof. Babcock was first led to, under
take this investigation by noticing the
different results obtained In the atomic
weights Of the same Substances under
circumstances that We're practically
similar His first strong evidence was
gained by weighing the same chemicals
in Theoretically sealed test tubes before
and after chemical reaction had been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
British Subjects Want
Imperial Federation

Special to The Globe.
LONDON, July 4.-Whatever objec-
ton there may be in certain quarters
to a suspension of free trade in Great
Britain. there is a general desire to see
imperial federation contaminated The
fatuous action of Germany in connec-
ton with the Canadian tariff has stir
red up much feeling, of which a states
man like Mr.. Chamberlain will know
how to avail himself
AS the Times remarks:
Canada. an integral portion of the
British empire, saw fit to remit certain
duties upon goods coming from the
mother country. She did this without
reciprocal advantages, and without de-
parting in the smallest degree from her
engagements towards other nations.
Germany has to all intents and pur-
poses declared that Canada is not a.
part of the British empire, and that
she has no right to regulate her ar
rangement with the other portions of.
that empire without German consent,
purchased by German participation in
any domestic benefits that may accrue.
AS Canada very properly refused to
submit to this dictation, Germany re-
sorted to what are called reprisals and
Imposed extra duties upon Canadian
goods. We have no means at present
of efficiently repelling this unWarrant-
able intrusion into our domestic af-
fairs. But 1t is our duty to repel it,
and therefore to devise means of doing
so. AS Canada gave blood and treas
ure to play her part during the war as
an integral portion of the empire. so
we are bound to come to her aid with
the strength of the empire in order to
shield her from unjustifiable attack.
hnt Ia
happen to any other portion of the
empire tomorrow. What Germany
does with impunity we may be very
sure that others will initiate on the
same easy terms. The consolidation
CT the empire Is not desired by any os