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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
State Collere Expanding.

There is growing sentiment at
the South Carolina College to restrict
the age of admission of students to
l6. The minimum age is now Is,
but it is thought with the better ad
vantages cfsred in recent years by
the schools of the State there is no
good reason to encourage a young
man to leave home before be is 1G
1t is argued that this raising of
the ege requirements is especially
proper move on the part Of the
South Carolina College, whether or
not it should be followed by other
colleges in this State, since the South
Carolina College should seek moro
and more to raise its standard and
develop into university of recog-
nized leadership and headship in the
State. The most practical way to
raise the standard is to raise the age
of admission and, with mature stud
eats, accomplish more work each
year.
As some progress towards the
university idea, it may be noted that
the South Carolina College has al
ready developed two professional
schools Of acknowledged standing,
the law school and the normal school.
The enrolment in the former during
the last session was "a, in the latter
3S, besides ten teachers who took
the short spring course. This short
er course for teachers begins each
year about the first of April and is
designed specially to meet the needs
of teachers of short term schools
who will avail themselves Of six
weeks or two months of college work.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
Tobacco Heart.

Some one has said that it is esti'
mated that about twenty per cent. Of
the young men who recently applied
to enter the United States naval aca-
deny have failed in the physical test
and the failure was largely due 70 the
use of tobacco resulting in the irreg'
ular beating of the heart. We be-
lieve it has not been so very long ago
when grog and tobacco were arii-
cles of ration furnished by the gov
ernnent to the navy.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
A Bashful Young Man.
WiregraSs Blade.

| WlregraSS Blade.
One of our town dudes. who is
rather bashful, and is "sparkine" a
young lady a few miles from town
called few afternoons ago to spend
the evening with her. While there
it commenced raining and the girl s
father asked him to remain over
night. The next morning when be
was invited to seat at the breakfast
table he reluctantly accepted. He
was very nervous 81 agitated.
He set opposite the mirror and
discovered that be had forgotten to
comb his hair. Then he dropped his
fork on the floor and as he stopped to
pick it up be upset his coffee. Mat
ters went from bad to worse, until
finally the young man quit eating and
put his hands under the table. The
loose end of the tablecloth was lying
in his lap and when he touched it he
turned pale. He thought it was his
shirt and that in his nervous excite
ment while dressing he had forgot
ten to put the garment inside his
trousers. This accounted for the
smiles and embarrassment. There
was no time to lose. he hur,iedly
stuffed the supposed shirt inside his
trousers. Two minutes later when
the family arose from the table there
was a crash. The dishes lay in
broken mass on the floor The young
man pulled three feet of tablecloth
out of his breeches and fled through
the door. He is nov hiding, and the
girl is looking for less bashful
lover, who can tell his shirttail from
a tablecloth.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
oae Laay's Recommendation
Sold Fifty Boxes of ChamberIaIn's
Stomach and Liver Tablets.

Ihave, believe, sold fifty boxes of
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
lets ON the recommendation Of one lady
here, who first bought box of them
about year ago. She never tires of
telling her neighbors and friends about
the good qualities of these Tablets.-P.
M. Shore, Druggist, Rochester, Ind.
The pleasant purgative effect of these
Tablets makes them a favorite with
ladies everywhere. For sale by The
Kaufman Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, July 13, 1904.
USED 70 Be-"

- SSss % - DSs
There is no map that shows Us where
Its hills laugh at the sky;
No maD-Cr we would Journey there
Where fiowered valleys lie.
The Little Land of Used-tO-be-
A fancicd land. forsoOth,
Which has for :nete and bOUnGE
The dim frontier Of the youth.
O. little Land Of UScdt0-be.
Your roses We're 80 red
Your skies We're azure seas where ships
Went sailing overhead.
A land Of laughter and Of song,
Where bees cOntented crOOnS
Kept time with swaying poppy blooms
through summer afternoons,
We seek the pathway to that land,
But seek it all in vain.
Sometimes the rain seems like hand
That taps upon the pane
And Iulls US softly into sleep
Blent with Arevery
Wherein our glad hearts find and keep
The Land Of Used-to-be.
", utllc Ldllu VI OSSV-to-pS'
So far. and fair and faint,
Whence mellow songs come murmurlng
in accents old and quaint!
Your trees were all so broad and high
And prodigal Of shade
Wherein the scattered sunshine III mo-
saics leaped and played.
Ofttimes we look to where it liz
For this we know full well,
It's distant glamour never dies;
We never lose the spell.
All. would that we might rise and go
Down paths Of memory
And find the land we used to know,
The Land Of Used-to-be!
O, little Land of Used-to-be,
What treasures do you hide!
The singing streams that romped and ran
through meadows green and wide;
The birds whose songs, it seemed to us,
Were echoes of our glee-
Why is it we can never find the Land OF
Used-to-be?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13

Based on the Governments forecast,
it is estimated that the wheat crop for
the year will be 1921, 900 bushels.
Stochman in New Mexico have offer
ed a purse of 81, 800 for race of cowboys
from Albuquerque to the Worlds Fair
at St. Louis. The distance IS 1180 miles.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
Brutally Tortured.

A case came to light that for persis-
tent and uumerciful torture has perhaps
never been eIualed. Joe Golobick, of
Co1usa, Cal, writes: "For Is years
endured insufferable pain from Rheu-
natism and nothing relieved me though
l tried everything known. came
across Electric Bitters and its the great
est medicine on earth for that trouble.
A few bottles Of it completely cured
me-" Just as good for Liver and Kid
nev troubles and general debility. Only
3Uc. Satisfaction guaranteed hy The
kaufn;,nn Drug Co., druggist.
Even Il blind muIc can feel with his
feet.
When woman is too angry to talk
her husband is in luck
Place your orders for printing
with the D!sp4:ch job Office.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13

Judge Speer, Federal judge for the
district of Georgia, has decided that
chain gang sentences cannot be enforced
by city governments.
Umbrellas. and friends are seldom
around in the hour Of need.
An eccentric woman is one who dress
es tor comfort regardless of looks.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
Chamberlaia's Colo, Cholera
and Dia7rhoea Rsemedy.

This remedy is certain to be- needed i'll
almost every home before the srmmer IS
over. 1t can always be depended upon
even in the most sever" and dangerous
cases. 1t is especially valuable for sum
nlcr disorders in children. 1t is pleasant
to take and never fails to give prompt
relief. Why not buy it now: 1t may
save life. For sale by The Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
Making It Personal.

"Did you ever long for death?"
asked the soulful. dyspeptic young
man of the practical young woman.
It was the fourth long call he had
made that week, and she was sleepy.
"Whose death do you mean?" she
asked in dry discouragipg tone.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13

On account of reasons satisfactory
to himself and in which the public
has no interests, Senator Mower, of
Newberry, has declined to 9tand for
re election. Mr.. Arthur Kibler,
former representative, will fight
Hon. Cole L Blease for the plum.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
A Certain Test.

Daughter-I sometimes wonder if
Jack really loves me. Brother-Well,
you needn't. I've been borrowing
money from him for the last nine
months, and he hasn't decreased his
visits.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-07-13
Sound, Logic.

Professor of Logic-I put my hat
down in this room. I cannot see it
anywhere. There has been nobody
in the room but myself. Therefore
1 sitting on it. Gle wss.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17
THE STATE LAW AND GAMBLING

viction thereof shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary for the period OF not less than
one nor more than three years
The law in regard to slot machines was
passed by the same legislature. II is
equally clear and is as follows:
Amending Act relative to maintaining
slot machines
AN Act amending Section of an Act
entitled AN Act prohibiting the main.
tanning, conducting. operating. playing or
using nickel-in-the-slot machines or
other devices of like character. wherein
there enters an element Of chance" be
ing chapter CIXIX (CXLIX) of the SEES
sion laws of 1901, be amended to read as
follows:
Section !. ANY person or persons who
shall conduct, maintain, exhibit in a pub
lie place or operate, either as owner or
owners, proprietor or propretors. lessee
or lessees, employe or employees, agent or
agents, any nickel-n the-slot machine or
other device of like character wherein
there enters an element of chance. whether
the same be played or operated for money,
checks credits, or any other Representa-
tive OF value, or for any property or thing
of value whatever. shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by fine Of not less than
ten dollars, nor more than one hundred
dollars, and in default of the payment OF
the fine imposed shall be imprisoned in
the county jail one day for each two dol
lars thereof"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17
AMERICAN CLUB WOMENS
BIENNIAL CONVENTION

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May lit is safe to
assert that the Odeon tbeater never held
a larger nor a more intelligent audience
than that OF this afternoon on the oc-
casion OF the formal opening of the biennial
convention Of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs. From the parquet to
the topmost gallery the auditorium was
filled with representative women from
every state and territory of the Union.
On the stage were seated two score or
more OF women whose names are familiar
throughout the country. The roll call
showed the convention to be the largest
in point of numbers ever held by the fed
Grafton.
1t was a case Of "ladies first with
Mayor Wells and President Francis of the
exposition. A half dozen conventions
opened in st. Louis today and the two
officials were supposed to deliver wecom-
ing addresses at nearly all of them In
order that both officials might be on hand
to welcome the fair visitors to the biennial
all conflicting engagements were cancelled
After several selections of music the
convention was opened with an invocation
by Mrs Caroline Bartlett Crane of NIichi-
EHHs III -a''iNloH 10 lHG greetings on ne
half OF the city and the exposition there
were addresses Of welcome by Mrs. Philip
\. Moore. president of the Missouri state
federation, and Mrs. w f. Fischel, repre-
senting the federated clubs of st. Louis.
The response was made by Mrs d. r. S.
Denison, president of the general fedora
ton. These formalities and the appoint
ment of committees occupied the time un-
til adjournment.
Tomorrow morning will be devoted to
routine business connected with the affairs
of the federation. In the afternoon there
will he an educational session. the speak
ers and subjects being as follows: Mrs.
Frank /. Wean of Illinois. Compulsory
Educational Laws and Their Enforce
ment;" Miss Daisy Spiclard of Nebraska
Character Building in Public Education
Indirectly by Means of Literature and His
tory Mrs. Jonathan F. s. Mitchess of
Washington, Character Building in Edu-
cation Directly by Required instruction as
i'll France" Miss G. r. Bush of Connect
cut and Miss Mary A. Bacon of Georgia.
"A National Aspect Of Public Education
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17
OHIO REPUBLICANS

Columbus, o., May 1.-THE Ohio Re
publican convention was called to order
late this afternoon by Governor Myron T.
Herrick, whose opening address was large
y devoted to eulogy of the late Senator
Hanna. The convention will complete its
work tomorrow by the nomination of can
didates for secretary of state and other
state offices, the adoption of a platform.
and the choice of delegates at large to the
Chicago convention and of presidential
electors at large. The convention meets
with every indication of harmony between
the two fa"tions md IL is expected its
work viii be accomplished without any
serious differences cropping out. Nearly
all of the present state officers will be re-
nominated. The platform will indorse
President Roosevelt's administration. and
the delegates at-large, Governor Herric<.
Senators Dick and Foraker and probably
George B. Cox of Cincinnati, will be in
structed for him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17

Arthur and they all tell stories of Rus
sias mpreparedness at sea. but all agree
that thus far the japanese bombardments
OF Port Arthur have done small damage
The japanese can smash battleship. but
the hill-hidden forts of Port Arthur seem
impregnable against an attack by sea-
No one from Port Arthur seems to be
lieve that the city can be taken by assault
from the land side, either. but that it could
not withstand seige for more than five
or six months
When we told the people here that we
were headed for Newchwang. Manchuria.
they all smiled pityingly and said it was
too bad for us to have such foolish notions.
For they said. Russia has closed the
port and you won't be allowed to 90 there.
If You should get in YOU will not be able
to get OUT
Nevertheless We decided to get to the
Russian lines if possible and find out what
show poor but honest pencil pushers stand
with the cars men.
SO at daylight today the Ningpo put to
sea and we started across the Gulf of
Pochili in a cold, heavy Jog.
w. B. COLVER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17

Since Tacoma has become a wide open
town and gambling houses have been per
United to open contrary to law, many PEG.
pie have expressed a desire to know what
the state law says in regard to gambling
For the information of the public The
Times herewith gives the full text of the
gambling law as passed by the Legislature
in 1893. The law was approved by the
governor March Z, 1903, and is as fol
lows;
AN Act to prohibit the maintaining oil
gambling resorts, declaring the same a
felony, and prescribing penalty there
fer
''Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State OF Washington:
Section l. ANY person who shall con.
duct carry on, open, or cause to be opened,
either as owner. proprietor, employe, OF
assistant. or in any manner whatever
whether for hire or not any game OF
faro, monte, roulette rouge ct noir
masquerade, rondo. twenty one, poker
draw poker, brae, bluff, thaw, tan, or any
banking or other game played with cards
dice or any other device, or any slot ma
chine. or other gambling device, whether
the same be played or operated for money
checks. credits. or any representative OF
thing of value, in any house, room, shop
or other building whatsoever, boat, booth
garden or other place where persons resort
for the purpose of playing, dealing or op
Grating any such game, machine or device
shall be guilty of felony, and upon con
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17
RIDE TO RACES
ON FLAT CARS

During the Seattle race meet, which
commences June IL, the lnterurban. will
place in commission a new style of passen-
ger coach to accommodate the vast crowds
that desire TO 90 to and from the races.
A number of fiat cars will be converted
into passenger cars, and in this manner
l,200 passengers will be accommodated at
one time.
The fiat cars win be covered with seats.
and an awning will be raised to protect the
turf devotees from the rays of the sun.
This style of car has been in use for
a number OF years in the East and the fiat
cars have proved success in relieving
cOngested traffic
Heretofore the regular Interurban trains
have been unable Go accommodate the
throngs, except in a manner Ear from plea
SAINT, and it is believed that the new cars
viii bring the desired results
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17

war prices for frightful food.
The first the Haimun knew of the spy
order was when she was cruising about be-
tween Port Arthur and Hei Hal Wei, the
other day and the Russian cruiser Bayan
pounced down upon her. The Russian
didn't signal but pumped a couple of
shells at the newspaper boat and she hove
to in hurry. The Russians sent board
ing party over in small boat and mean
time the correspondents got busy on their
last wireless message.
The Russians searched the ship for Jap
anese and inspected her papers. Then
they asked what message had just been
sent.
ooh" replied Captain James. who is in
command of the newspaper boat II Just
told our station at Wei Hal Wei to notify
the commander of the British cruiser
Leviathan, which is in port that you
were boarding us. ] told them to tell
the English naval officers that if we were
not back in three hours the cruiser had
better hunt us M.
The Russian found it quite easy to make
up his mind and release the Haimun inside
the three-hour limit. All this while the
dispatch boat had been drifting nearer
to the Bayan and the correspondents could
plainly see how the japanese gunners had
battered her in the fights at Port Arthur.
Her stacks were riddled. two guns I'M
mounted and her sides full of holes and
dents.
At Cheefoo We visited the Chinese fort
and learned thing or two about target
practice On certain dates board of
high officials come here to inspect the fort
and see how skillful the men are in the use
of the big cannon. Just before the inspec-
tion date one of the guns is aimed out
over the bay and a shell is fired. The place
where it strikes is carefully noted and a
big tarket is towed out and anchored over
the spot Another shot is fired and if it
hits the target all right, if not the target
mot the cannon) is moved Gun and tar
get are left exactly in place and when the
inspectors come. with great flourish, the
gunner pumps shell into the target and
all hands modestly receive congratulations.
The funniest part Of it all is that the in
spectors know all about these preparations.
The town was full OF refugees from Port
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17

-, the Union club, the Riding an,
hi "a and the Manufacturer,
association. The es~n,p ''''2,'o'' I,n
were represented by George B. nsn--,.
the city council by jesse II Read, j W.
MARTENS and I. Fl. Bellingham. Commits
sioner OF Public Works Welsh was also
present. Mayor Wright was unable to at
tend, on account of having to attend a
meeting Of the stockholders OF the love
johnson Grocery company, Of which he i,
member.
house of the Chamber for better street,
on behalf of the tourists who may sojourr
here
1t is said that whenever petition /,
presented to the council requesting thai
certain streets be paved there are AWAY,
protests against the Improvement. 1t was
suggested that the time had come to oifset
these protests and not let a few people
retard the growth Of the city.
The question Of how wide the pavement-
on certain streets should be has caused a
certain amount of contention Some think
a pavement 10 feet wide is sufficient. and
others. on the same street. are in favor OF
a pavement as feet wide
The improvement of the suburban and
country roads leading into the city wa,
also discussed
Sprlnkling with oil has been suggested a.
method of improving Center street. but
careful investigation showed that tc
sprinkle with oil would cost between S25C
and S400 per mile
Improvement of the Mt. Tacoma road
for which there is 900 already availa
Bile, was discussed. likewise a boulevard
to Point Defiance These improvements
with those to be made about the city. il
was urged. would tend to divert to Tacomf
some of the tourists who now 90 to Cali
| fornia.
| County Commissioner George b Handle
/ IN his remarks referred to the new roaC
across the flats, saying that the condi
tions under which the commissioners
agreed to construct this road were tina
the people who wished it were to secur,
| the right of way free of charge to tn,
county. So far this has not been done
and if it is not forthcoming the money Sc
aside for that purpose will be used else
! where.
The reason the right of way across tn,
| flats has not been secured is that an east
ern land owner refuses to give the required
number OF feet.
| Many prominent men were present a
the meeting and were unanimously in favor
OF better roads in and around Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17

CHEEFOO, China, May l6-After try
ing in vain to beat the japanese censor
ship ! went over to Shanghai to have "A
look see, as they san in pidgin' English.
There | found colony of correspondents
almost as large as the one | had left at
Toxic, where there were about sixty
newspaper men held in polite bondage by
the japanese government.
Shanghai was full of wild war stories.
but the source of direct news had been
dried up when the japanese interrupted
the cable TO Korea. early in March.
| therefore decided to try to reach the
Russian lines by going around through
Northern China We took the coasting
steamer Ningpo from Shanghai ON Friday
April l. and started out, reaching here yes
terday noon Here we found a struggling
little town. drenched in rain and buried
in mud, and here We found also the head
quarters OF the sea going war correspond
ents.
Cheefoo is directly across from Port Ar
thur and is the nearest Chinese port to
that interesting place Two newspaper dis
patch boats were in the harbor Both had
been granted permission by the Japanese
70 NlulNt duuut rs NuSN pltdStu, but bolu
We're almost out of business.
One of the boats planned to do its work
by sending corps of correspondents
ashore in Korea and bringing off their
copy" TO the Cheefoo cable office. The
plan would have beaten the censorship.
only the japanese ordered that the men
on shore could only communicate with the
dispatch boat through the japanese com
manders of the various Korean ports.
That, of course, meant that all news would
be as strictly censored as ever.
The other dispatch boat. the Haimun.
owned by the London Times, had com
plete wireless telegraphy outfit on board
and bid fair to accomplish its end in the
way of getting news. but the Russians
stepped in and notified the world that
newspaper men on ships carrying Marconi
OUTFITS would be regarded as spies and
shot if captured So that ship is not only
wireless but also Biographies.
Thus we found at Cheefoo another dis
consulate batch Of correspondents. star
ing out upon a soggy landscape and paving
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-17

Tomorrow evening will be devoted to a
discussion on Child Labor" with reports
from various parts of tibet country and an
address by Edgar G. Murphy on Child
Labor in America
Who will be the new president of the
federation? This is the question which is
uppermost in the minds of the delegates
Just now and is the cause of spirited cam
paign that would do credit to a political
convention of the first magnitude Mrs.
Denison of NeY York, the present head of
the federation, has declined to be her own
successor. Her withdrawal leaves the con
test between Mrs. Platt-Decker. of Color
ado, and Mrs. Robert J. Burdette of Cali
fornia.