The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-04-05
At Home and Abroad


Fishing parties are being organized
z. X L. cures rheumatism.
How about that cotton seed oil
mile
The streets of Lexington are dry
and dusty.
T x. L. relieves when properly
applied.
Planting is still progressing under
favorable conditions.
This is pretty weather to farm and
work the public roads.
Lexington is the mecca to which
all commercial tourists turn.
Who will be the next to erect
brick building in Lexington?
The gubernatorisl bee is buzzipg
in many politicians bonnet.
March came in like lamb and
went out as gentle as turtle dove.
Thoughts of people now turn to
athelectic sports and vaudeville.
Give your vegetable garden careful
and faithful attention. It will pay
you.
The nights are getting entirely too
short for lazy man to get enough
sleep.
The Dispensary will probable be
leading issue in the next State CAM
paign.
Reduce or not reduce the cotton
screage? is the absorbing question OF
the hour.
The school children are looking for
ward with happy anticipation to their
summer vacation.
The immigration bureau must be
laid up for repairs as we hear moth
ing it has done recently.
When woman isn't talking about
clothes it is sign she is listening to
somebody else who is.
The truck farmers of the country
between here and Columbia are max
ing things grow around them.
A woman has an awful hard time
making herself believe she can't
trust man she knowns she can't.
Mr.. T. E. Campbell, the contractor,
has commenced work on the brick
building in rear OF the public square.
It is said that the Russians are
the swiftest runners on earth. It
makes the Japs tired to keep up with
them.
Lexington needs, must and will
have some means to fight fre-:f 1t
is nothing more than a well organ
lied and we'll drilled bucket brigade.
We have been asked what has be-
come of the free bridge question?
Our reply is, that it is not dead but
sleepeth!
We want to see Lexington county
flourish as 8 green bay tree and all
the inhabitants thereof prosper in
ali their undertakings.
Hon. John L McLaurin is making
speeches in different sections of the
State in the interest of q reduction
of the cotton acreage and tariff on
raw cotton.
During these warm spring days
our streets wears somewhat de-
serted appearance. This is a good
sign as it shows that our people are
too busy to kill time.
The Columbia Evening Record has
come out fiat footed on the protec-
tive tariff platform. Other news
papers in the State will probably do
the same thing in the near future.
The signs Of the times point to
two white mems political parties in
this State before many more cam
paigns roll by. Conditions demand
this result and its coming is inevita-
bic.
ssThe Lexington Dispatch says
that Lexington can get along better
without Brookland than Brookland
can survive without Lexington and
it therefore thinks the agitation for
the annexation of Brookland to Co.
lumbis is cruel 1t also asserts, on
the opinion of lawyer that another
election for annexation cannot be held
for several years" Columbia State.
The Dispatch said nothing of the
kind. Il did not say, by either word
or intimation, that because Licking
ton can get along BETTER" etc, was
the reason why the agitation of an
nexation was at this time ''cruel. L.
did not use the word survive. It
did not say ''on the opinion Of a law
yer," but to the contrary said ION
the opinion of q layman." D. jus
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