The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Wednesday, March IS, 1905.

Woman's thoughts now turn to
Easter bonnets.
Robins are in evidence and the
amsll boy is happy.
The slogan c,y of the farmer is 25
pes cent, reduction.
The fret thunder of the year was
heard last Thursday.
The dogwood is swelling to bloom
and the fishermen are getting their
tsckle 10 order.
Miss Emma Balleptine, who eus
tanned painful fracture of the leg
by fsll on the ice during the recent
freeze, is improving and can use her
limb to some extent.
Senator Bate. of Tennessee, died
at the Ebbett House in Washington
on March 9sh, of pneumonia. He
was Uoited States Senator from his
State and q Democrat.
Bev. E. III. Seabrook of Charles
too, is announced "a q candidate for
lieutenant Governor of the State in
the primary election next summer.
He evidently has faith in the house
hold proverb, "she early bird catches
the WORN"
Before the matter goes any further
Is may in order to inform our Colum-
b;a contemporaries that another
election cannot yet be held in
Brookland concerning annexation for
the reason that the four year eonstitu-
tioal prohibition has not expired.
The Bamberg Herald would like
TO see two politica! parties in this
State. Perish the thought, for it is
high treason agsinst the moss back
policy of the powers that be for a
Democrat 10 this State to express
thought different from that OF the
>sGreat I AIMS"
Lost, strayed or stolen-Tbe Uoit.
ed States District Court. The last
seen of it was at Florence where it
became frightened st case OF small
BOX. Since then it has been dodging
throughout the country. Any infor-
nation concerning its whereabouts
will be thankfully received by it's
Uncle Sam.
Student W. E Derrick, has our
acknowledgements for an invitation TO
attend the annual celebration of the
literary societies of Newberry COL
lege, which will take place ia the
Opera house in that town on Friday
evening, March 17th, 1905. Mr..
Derrick is the Phrenskosmisn orator
and his thesis is "The Light of
Science"
immigration Commissioner Wat
son, after q diligent search costing
days Of mental anguish and loss OF
time, has at last discovered q market
fer scuppernongs. BE has been in
formed that the largest msnufsctur-
ing concerns of Missouri will take
all the scuppernones they can get.
Glorious news! The information
comes high, but the taxpayers shoul-
decs are broad and they can stand it.
"If . student of politics were ask
ed to name the most essential and
abiding difference between the two
atest parties. be would almost surely
mention the tariff" -Columbis State.
Our contemporary is wholly wrong.
# an intelligent and thoughtful stu.
dent Of politics we're asked to name
the essential aud the only abiding
difference between the two great
political parties, he would naturally
answer strong centralized Federal
govern ment, because it would be the
truth.
Messrs. Pst Gross and Jasper
Price, who were 80 severely Injured
By the explosion Of boiler at Gross
nill, near Lexington, some weeks
sgo, and badly scslded by escaping
steam and otherwise injured BY fall
ing debris, are now out Of danger
and are on the road to recovery Their
broken legs and arms have knitted
nicely and their bruises are all healed.
Their escape from instant death was
indeed miraculous and their recovery
is largely due to the skillful treat
ment of their physician, Dr. J. j.
Wingard.
Mr. w. l.. Guoip, of Brookland,
was in Lexington last Thursday on
business. Mr.. Guion is the promo
ter Of the project to develop the
waters of Saluda river by throwing
a dam across it at or near Dreher's
Ford, in this county, and to utilize
the same, and is at the head of the
company which has been organized
to carry the project into effect. While
We do not wish to be understood as
quoting Mr.. Guion as saying that the
company will commence operations