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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19

hers, asked me why was it Their
horses would not drink cold we'll
water, and come and drink hot spout
water. Its hard to fool dumb beasts
about weter.
I am told Glenn Springs was found
to be water of great value. It was
discovered by the wild beasts OF the
forest.
I think Columbia is blessed with
good water. We have the Boiling
springs, good, pure spring water,
brought to your house for 3 cents q
gallon. I don't know much about
distillery water. They say rye and
corn is all 0. E. I do know Boiling
spring water is good and pure, and
every thing is kept nice and clean at
the spring. Z. j. fucker.
MIR. P. J Rucker. a scion of Lex
ington stock, but who has been re-
siding in Columbia for number Of
years, bas decided to continue the
use OF Broad river soup, when be
can't get "Boiling springs water for
3 cents gallon deliver at the door" !"
for domestic purposes, because bis
fathers hounds preferred soup to
water in the distant past. If We re-
member correctly, and We think we
do as it has not been so
long ago, Mr.. Rucker discovered 3
we'll of pure water upon his premises
in the suburbs of the city, which was
extensively advertised as a fountain
OF perpetual youth, whose waters.
would turn the most homely girl into
blusbing maiden of sweet sixteen,
and the introduction of which into
the system would make all the mi
crobs to which flesh is heir come out
faster than the devils did the maniac
10 the Holy Land. He has sold that
we'll DOW. because he hungered and
thirsted after Broad river -.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
BONE FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
ricketts, if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have L lie food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses every day
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become stralgftcr,
loose joints grow stronger and
hrnncss comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightiood will curcit.
In thousands OF cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Scad for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4OS-4l5 Pearl Street, New York.
scc and $500; all druggists
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19

We cannot understand, try as
hard as We may, why some Co.
lumbia folks become so enthused
at the mere mention of the prop
osition to connect Columbia and New
berry by a trolly line, and are
so careless and Indifferent in regard
to q far more important project, when
it comes to the consideration of the
proposition to build one from that
place, via Lexington, up the Saluda
valley to Ssluda Court House, and
from thence to intersect the Seaboard
Air Line at McC Comick or Greenwood.
The line talked of to Newberry
offers no inducements TO the business
interests of Columbis, or at least,
sufficiently large to warrant the busi-
ness men of that city to aid in its
construction, because that territory
is already amply supplied with trans
portation facilities and it's trade COW
cred by two rsilroad, whereas, the
territory between Columbia and Sa.
lada is totally unprovided With trans
portstion facilities. It is an exten-
sive territory reaching from the
Augusta Division of the Southern
Railway to the Saluda river and from
Columbis to the Savannah river, prsc
ticslly having no outlet to market
their produce without a great deal
of Inconvenience and considerable
loss in time, money and patience.
The lands are fertile and very pro-
ductive and the people are well-to-do
and thrifty and have the means and
inclination to materially assist in the
construction of such an electric road
through it. They are anxious for an
outlet to market and it will certainly
be to the interest of Columbia people
to seek after the trade of the people
residing within this territory, as they
would naturally go to Columbia to
transact business if the transportation
facilities were such as to permit them
to do so and the proper inducements
were given. both of which could be
accomplished by building the trolly
line.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
Broad River Water.
Columbia Evening Record.

Columbia Evening Record.
The experts have decided to give
us Broad River water. I have de-
cided ever sioce I was boy to drink
this water. My father once ran boats
on this river and he thought there
wac no water better. A mountain
and billy country With the best Of
springs flowing in to make the
river. He said his dogs ha>! more
sense than some people. When be
went hunting on Ssluda river and
Congaree creek his dogs would al
most perish for water TEeg would
not drink until they got back to
Brood river.
Mr.. Jankins, at the post office, and
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
Cures Blood Poison, Cancers, Ulcers

If you have offensive pimples or
eruptions, ulcers an any part of the
body. aching bones or joints, falling
hsir, mucous patches, swollen glands.
skin itches and burns, sore lips or
gums, eating, fostering sores, sharp
gnaging pains then you suffer from
serious blood poison or the beginning
of deadly cancer. You may be per-
manently cured by taking Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. B. made espec-
tally to cure the worst blood and skin
diseases. Heals every sore or ulcer,
even deadly cancer. stops all aches
and pains and reduces ali swelliugs.
Botanic Blood Balm cures all malig-
nant blood troubles, such as eczema,
scaba and scales, pimples, running
sores, carbuncles, scrofula. Druggist,
81 90. To prove it cures, samples of
Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by
writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Describe trouble and free medical
advice sent in sealed letter.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
For Sale.

r WILL SELL FOR CASH ON
/ October 9th, 1904, the following
goods: One horse, one-horse wagon
and harness, one buggy and harness,
one cultivator, farming implements,
hogs, corn, peas, potatoes, etc. Organ,
household and kitchen furniture. Also
my entire stock Of general merchandise
and other things too numerous to men
tion here. j. w. REEDER.
Cross Roads. Oct. 5, 1904. 4w52
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
State Of South Carolina,

b. Geo. s. Drafts, ESQ, Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, MRS. IRENE G. HILTON
w made suit to me, to grant her
Letters of Administration Of the Estate
and effects OF Robert Hilton;
These are, therefore, to cite aud admon-
ish all and singular the kindred and credi-
tors Of the said Robert Hilton. de-
ceased. that they be and appear, before me,
in the Court of Probate. to be held at Lex.
ineton, G. e., S. c.. on October 2Gth,
1904, next, after publication hereof at II
O'Clock in the forenoon, to show cause, il
any they have. why the said Administration
should not be granted
Given under my hand, this 5sh day of
October. Ammo DomiDl, 1904.
GEORGE S. DRAFTS, II. S.
Probate Judge, Lexington County.
Published on the 5th day OF October
1904, in the Lexington Dispatch. 2w49
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
Notice.

IN NOVEMBER FIRST, 1904, WE
U will sell to the highest bidder. at
Batesburg, S. c., all personal property of
D. Rawl's Estate; TO wit: cotton gin,
l cotton picker with pate Mt, fourh orse
wagon. moulding and morticing ma,
chine, household and kitchen furniture
some shop tools and other articles.
TERMS OF SALE-Made known on
day Of sale.
J. J. & W. L. RAWL,
oct. ), 1904. 4w5l Trustees.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
The State Of South Carolina,

tfG StGt0 Ot SOutfl Ndi OilflG,
County of Lexington.
By Gee. S. Drafts, ESQ, Probate Judge.
VETHEREAS, SAMUEL 3. GEORGE.
w Clerk of Court. made suit to me, to
grant linn Letters of Administration of tho
Estate and effects of Bette Cannedy;
These are therefore to cite and aduonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors
of the SAID Bette Cannady, deceased,
that they be and appear, before NE. in the
Cont OF Probate, to be held at Lexington,
G. Il, s. c., on the 18th day of October.
next, after publication hereof at IL o'clock
in the forenoon, to show cause if any they
have. why the said Administration should
not b granted.
Given under my hand. this 7th day OF
September. Ammo Domini. 1904
GEORGE S. DRAFTS, J. P. L. C.
Published on the 7th day OF September
1904 in the Lexington Dispatch. 6w49
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19
Some Seasoaable Advice.

It may &c a piece of supe1hous
advice to urge people at this season
of the year to lay in a supply Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
is almost sure to be needed before
winter is over, and much more prompt
and satisfactory results are obtained
when taken as soon as cold is con-
tracted and before il has become
settled 10 the system, which can only
be done by keeping the remedy at
hand. This remedy is so widely
known and so altogether good that
no one should hesitate about buying
it in preference to any other. 1t is
for sale by The Kaufman Drug Co.
Senator J. T. Hay, of Kershaw
County. has announced his candidacy
for Judge OF the Fifth Circuit, now
presided over by Judge Ernest Gary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
WHY PARKER WAS SILENT.
Only a High Minded Man Gould Have
Acted as Did the Democratic
Candidate.

Judge Parker held a high judicial Of
fee which separated him from party
controversy, and when his nomination
for the presidency was suggested he
clearly made up his mind that he was
precluded from any personal effort or ex-
preston on his W part either to help
or hinder the result.
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.) says
this uneXampled and impractical atti-
tude was an offense to the practical
politicians on all sides, who professed
to see in it merely an evidence of
coWardice or of colorlessness, and insist
I'd that the candidate should be made to
speak out. The firmness with which
Judge Parker nevertheless adhered to
his deliberate convictions of propriety,
in the face of irritation and even of
insult, showed a high ethical standard
and a moral courage scarcely less than
that so forcibly displayed later when
the time to speak had come. The oc-
casion chosen for his message to the
convention was in absolutely logical
accord with his previous silence. Be-
fore he was nominated, he had no
opinion to express upon the conven-
tons action; when he was made its
candidate, he spoke with no uncertain
sound, giving the convention opportull-
ity. to reconsider its action if dissatis-
fed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
FROM THE ENDS OF THE ROAD

1 al see a country highway where the
lazy cattle browse
On the dew-wet roadside heritage, and
along behind the COWS
Lolls a freckled little urchfn with an
alder switch, and he's
Slashing leaves from off the bushes; and
the giggling country breeze
Lifts his curls up from a forehead that's
as smooth as smooth can De,
And there's something in the urchin that
reminds me some of me.
Guess it's me all right: and Brindle
ambles slowly on before,
And Old Pied and old Brown Betsy, all
the cattle known of yore,
And 1 know the idle switching of the
bushes by the way
Shows a disconnected spirit In the me
of yesterday;
For the me of then is longing for tine
ways twas mine to gain;
But the me of now is fretting for the old
time country lane.
Oh, the me of then knew nothing of
the things of which 1 dreamed,
n the city called me, called me, and
all things were what they seemed;
But the me here in the city with his hair
grown thin and gray
Knows each thing of which he's longing,
evry path of yesterday,
Which one is the least contented thi>t me
boy who longed Of yore.
Or the man whose years have brought
him ev'rything he hankered for?
y. M. EVIL in Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
p SHORT AND TO THE POINT.

Wherever our platform is silent
the country can rely upon our candidate,
and where our candidate is silent, the
country can depend upon our platform.
Houston Post.
Democratic confidence is an ap-
probable stable quality this year. It's
going to be easy to beat the First Citi-
zen of Oyster Bay If everybody keeps
moving.-N. Y. Daily News.
t--Depew denies that he likened the
Observation-Disclosures ticket to "a bunch
of firecrackers and a long stick of damp
punk" But he hasn't said a better
thing in a long time.-Albany Argus.
In the case of Judge Parker the
Office seeks the man. In that of Presi-
dent Roosevelt it has been a relentless
and not altogether %scrupulous hunt of
the man for the ace.-Philadelphia
Record.
The universal admiration evoked
by Judge Parker's courage is another
proof of the accuracy of Hosea Big
lows statement that the people "du
like a man tibet amt afeard. "-Provi-
dence Journal.
Secretary Shaw says that wages
have kept pace with prices. The man
who has to work to keep the dinner pail
'ull can prove by his own experience
that Secretary Shaw is talking for
votes, not telling the truth. - The
Commoner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

/ saw q bird temporarily insane once
/ believe. j had been wandering over
the beaches on the Wenatehie Divide
after an unsuccessful pheasant hunt
Seeing a big red-headed woodpecker or
a yellow pine l let go my 22-calibeI
Marlin at him, and knocked him down.
Going to pick him up, l saw the bird
climb the tree from the ground, and
when he was about ten feet up he began
to peck as fast as he could, and ia
screech like the deuce at the same time
He paid no attention to me, but kept on
pecking and screeching, in spite of my
efforts to reach him. l finally succeed.
ed in getting him, but he still pecked
and screeched. / couldn't imagine what
was the matter until after wringing his
neck l examined him, and found thai
the bullet had simply scraped the skull,
producing, l suppose, conclusion of the
brain at first and a temporary insanity,
so to speak.-Forest and Stream.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
PRESIDENT WAS A TAILOR.
Daughter of Andrew johnson Sent
Back u Cloak That Didn't
Suit Him.

One of the retired business men OF
Washington narrates an experience
with Mrs. Slower, a daughter of Presi-
dent Andrew Johnson, who resided at
the white house during the presidency
Of her father, says the New York Trib-
une. He says:
Mrs. Slower came. to my store and
bought a stylish cloak Of the then
modern pattern, the price of which
was SIS. She had it sent to the white
house and charged to President John
sons account.
About one week later she sent the
cloak back, and as we had not re-
ceived cash for it we were obliged to
take 1t.
Mrs. Slower gave no explanation
of her course then, but a short time
afterward when she visited the store
i asked her what was the cause Of her
dissatisfaction with the cloak and she
answered:
81 was satisfied with it, but papa
was not. He said that the cloth was
not Of the hest, the workmanship in
ferior and the price too high. Now,
1t is useless for you to argue with me
about it, for l don't know anything
about it. If you want to argue about
1t, go to the white house and see papa
He was a tailor, you know, and he can
talk shop to you all right"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
THE MICHIGAN LOVE FEAST
1t Showed Once More That the Aver
age Republican Is Devoid Of
All Finer Feelings.

Candidate Roosevelt made a mistake
IL not attending the mass meeting I'M
der the oaks at Jackson, Mich, to cels-
blate the fiftieth anniversary of the
birth of the republican party where It's
first state convention was held. PrCn-
ably he desired 10 give Secretary Hay
a clear field fer his lavish eulogy; but
Mr.. Hay is an old-school newspaper
mar and would not have been deferred
by false modesty from publishing his
paid puff. Candidate Fairbanks was
present and was eulogized as "a man
in every way fit for the highest place
in the nation'-absit omen! Had M.
Roosevelt attended he might have said
something in his strenuous way about
Fremont, whose name is not even men-
toned in the reports of the proceed
ings. Fremont, "the Pathfinder" was
a popular idol, the first republican can
didate for the presidency, as Roosevelt
is the last. Without Fremont there
would have been no Lincoln and no Sec
rotary Hay and no Roosevelt. A name
so important to the party should NOT
have been forgotten.
New York Town Topics makes the
pertinent observation that all the speak,
ers seemed paralyzed by the thought
that the work of the republican party
has been accomplished in so years, with
in the memory of living men. Formed
to settle the negro question, yet the
negro question is more unsettled and
more threatening than ever. Its origi-
nal mission ended by emancipation, the
republican party then revived the whig
theory of a protection tariff. In 80
years it has debauched the judiciary.
made congress the tool of the bosses,
twice usurped the government, de-
stroyed our mercantile marine, disor-
ganized our finances and INDUCED in
reckless extravagances. After recent
republican administrations the democ-
racy has been obliged to come to the
rescue Of the country and restore a sane
and safe policy. In 50 years the repub-
lican party has had only two presidents
to whom it a point with pride-Lin-
coin and McKinley-and both were
assassinated by madmen. Grant, Hayes,
Garfield, Benjamin Harrison were not
mentioned at the Michigan love-feast,
and you never hear their names at any
republican gathering. Oblivion alone
can save them from the impartial YER
dict Of posterity when the record Of
so years is reviewed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
R~etributive Justice.

"Howdy do, Eben?" saluted the
Squam Corners storekeeper, address.
ing Farmer Grayneck, who was driving
slowly by. what kind of hens was
them that you got from the chicken fan.
cier in the city last week?"
"Macduffs," replied the honest agri.
c%ulturist, hating his team and wait.
ing in joyous anticipation for the
chance to spring his little joke.
Him! That's a funny name. Why
are they called Macduffs?"
Because they-haw, ~haw!-always
lay on"
And then the farmers long-sufferins
horses suddenly bolted and ran wildly
down the village street, upsetting the
wagon and throwing their master out
on a mass of jagged rocks. His back
was broken and he died soon after in
awful agony amid the huzzas of all the
by-standers.-N. Y, Journal,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
c-nadas Attractions.

The Dominion Exhibition is ona
that attracts hundreds Of thoustn0=
each year. This year it will be held
in Winnipeg Manitoba (Canada). and
with the material assistance given il
by the Dominion Government, it will
be n of the most successful ever
held. Besides the number of special
attractions that will be offered, there
will be brought together an exhibit
of the Agricultural and Industrial re-
sources of Canada such as is rarely
attempted by any country. Visitors
will be there in large numbers from
the United States, owing to the low
rates offered by railways, connecting
with the Canadian roads. 1t is ex-
pected that Hon. Clifford Seton, Min
lister of the Interior, will be there
on the opening day to declare the ex
hibition open. A splendid opportunity
will be afforded by this exhibition to
meet friends. Hotel accommodations
will be quite ample.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

Physicians occasionally use, for the
purpose of Illuminating parts of the
interior of the body, a delicate ~electri.
lamp, called the pea lamp" because
its little glass bulb resembles a small
pea in size, being only one-quarter of an
inch in diameter. 1t is, nevertheless,
a complete incandescent lamp, having
a carbon film one-eighth of an inch
long, and about one-two-thousandth oil
an inch in d~iameter.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

The Italians are considering plans for
the construction of a double tunnel,
about two miles in length, between the
toe of Italy and the island of Sicily.
The tunnel is to u under the straits
of Messina, not far from the site OF
Scylla and Charybdis, the rocks and the
whirlpool, which were so dreaded by
ancient mariners. 1t was at first pro.
posed that a bridge be thrown across
the straits, but it was thought hat this
would be too much exposed to the
winds, which are occasionally violent
between the opposing mountains OF
Sicily on one side and Calabria on the
Dther.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

Mustapha Bey-Harkl
Effendi Bey-Hnsh!
Did you hear it?"
Yes; what was it?"
1T sounded to me like swish, swish,
swish"
st sounded to me like creak, creak,
creak."
"Ha! L have i'll"
$50 have l."
1T is the stifiy starched skirts of the
Grecian army crossing over the frontier
line"
That's what" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

First Sailor-No, Bill, yer don't really
know what life is till yer'git spliced.
Second Sailor--W'y, SILVER me TIM
bers, messmate! I've never been mar
ried, true, but I've had yaller fever and
cholera, I've been frostbit, drowned,
burned alive, eat by a shark, blowed up
at sea and operated on for cancer. Wot
more does a reasonable chap want2-
London Answers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

The bark True Love, built in Phil,
aGelphia in 1894, has been found upon
search to be yet afloat, in the capac.
ity of a coal hulk on the river
Thames at London, engaged in active
trade at the age of 1873 years. This dis,
covery was made through a casualty re-
corded in the Maritime Exchange.-Al-
oany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

Mrs. Thompkins-You really must
get another corner in the office, my dear,
If it's so cold where you sit now.
Mr.. Thompkins-That wouldn't do
any good, love; the whole office is cold.
You see, the new typewriter is from
Boston.-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

Agricultural reports indicate that
the grape crop this year will be the
largest in the country's history. Now,
step up, Gen. G%rosvenor, and claim
credit for the republican party for plac-
ing appendicitis within the reach Of
the humblest citizen Washington Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28

Father-"Where's the Bible? 1t used
to be in the parlor ON the center table"
Mother-'Oh, it hasn't been kept
there since the girls grew up. They
didn't want the boys to know their
ages."-Cleveland Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-28
Had to Come Across.

Guest-Waiter, bring me a tiptop
dinner. You know what that means,
don't you?
Waiter-Yes, sab. It's n that you
top OIL with a tip.--The Smart Set