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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
fighting the IRE demon. We are as
it were, living over an active volcano

fighting the FIRE demon. We are as
it were, living over an active volcano
liable at auy moment of the day or
night to belch forth it's flames and
consume everything in their path
With no means of combating their
progress of Obstruction. Already We
have had one sad experience and we
never want to pass through another
such sn one neither do We want any
of our fellow townsmen to do so.
Therefore, it behooves US as sound,
practical business men, 10 get to
gether, not for the purpose of dis
cussirg the necessity for such a
move, for that necessisy!confronts Us
and is a disturbing element in cur
quietude, but to go down in our
pockets and provide means for suc-
cessfully fighting the FIRE demon
when he shall make his appearance
in our town. Don't let us be q penny
wise and pound foolish, knowing
that an ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure. A steel tank
should be erected and sufficient
quantity of hose and piping procured
at once.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Fiiipiuos Revolt.

Washington, March S-Open in
surrection is officially declared to
exist in the provinces of Csvite and
BataDeag, Luzop, Philippine Islands,
and the writ of habess corpus in
these sections has been suspended
by order of Civil Governor Wright,
at the request of General Corbin.
Twelve hundred regulars have
been hurried to the troublous section
and unless immediate improvement
follows it is proposed to re.establish
Recommendation methods of three
years ago.
Murder and arson were becoming
every day occurrences. The most
horrible atrocities have been COM
mitted. The natives who betrayed
the plans or whereabouts Of bands of
ladrones bad their lips cut out and
legs hamstrung. Other terrible
mutilations were added, and the
victims we're hardly recognizable as
human beings. They have been sent
back to their homes az warnings to
their fellow Americanistos. Mean
while instructors have maintained
in Manila and Cavite bodies of
women who spy upon the authorities.
and in almost every instance give
ample notice TO the men in the bush
of any intended raids.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Cures Blood Poison, Cancers, Ulcers.

If you have offensive pimples or
eruptions, ulcers an any part OF the
body. aching bones or joints, falling
hair, mucous patches, swollen glands,
skim itches and burns. sore lips or
gums, eating, fostering sores, sharp
gnaeing 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 core or ulcer,
even deadly cancer. stops all aches
and pains and reduces all swe!liugs.
Botanic Blood Balm cures all malig-
nant blood troubles, such as eczema,
scabs and scales, pimples, running
sores, carbuncles, scrofuls. Druggist,
$1.00. 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, 1905-03-15
The National Pension Steal.

The pension appropriation bill
carrying $l3S,25o,0o0 has just passed
the national congress. Only very
small per cent. of this enormous sum
ever finds it's way to the South, yet
this section bears it's full share Of
the burden of taxation. The millions
of dollars of deposits in the email as
veil ss large savings banks of the
North do not represent necessarily
hard earned savings of depositors.
Had more than one hundred millions
of dollars been paid out in the South
from the national treasury, annually,
for the past forty yeare, the bank
deposits in this section would have
been much larger, and our people
would have been credited with being
more frugal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure it you must take in
ternsl remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts dire ctlv on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Balls Catarrh
Cure is not q quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country tor years and is d regular
prescription. Il is composed of the best
tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
Of the two Ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results IN curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials free.
Fl J. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo, 0.
Sold bv Druggists, price 75e.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Cabbage Plants and Sea island Cotton Seed.

Cabbage Plants
Charleston Wakefield
Succession
Dutch
gle thousand $3.50; 5000 s1O0 Terms
them the will cold with
Plants Grated 1000
special Co know
No
rate plants shipped f
houses in the United States viii refund price dissatisfied
Island Cotton sold this in Charleston December s pound
Prompt Varieties have beenn the plant
business for thirty-dve
VIM e. eERATY "The Cabbage Plant Younoe leland &
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Sinners and Thjstles.

a man was once walking with a
farmer through q beautiful field
when be happened to see a tall this
tie on the other side of the fence.
In second, over the fence be jump
ed, and cut it eff close to the glound
rs that your fel6?' asked his COM
panion. oh, nc" said the farmer
''bad weeds do not care much for
fences, and if I should leave that
thistle to bloom in my neighbot's
field I should soon have plenty in
my own"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Startling Mortality.

Statistics show startling mortality,
from appendicitis and peritonitis. To
prevent and cure these awful diseases,
there is just one reliable remedy, DR..
Kings New Life Pills. NJ. Flannery
of II Custom House Place, Chicago,
says: "They have no equal for consti-
patton and biliousness. 25c., at The
Kaufman Drug Co., druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

The average age at which civilized
women marry is twenty.three and
one.half years.
Love covers sins, but it does not
conceal them.
A little smile will break up some
mighty big clouds.
A woman's idea of economy is TO
buy lot Of things that she has no
use for because they are cheap.
The man who buys q bargain lot
OF religion never has any togive away.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Protection Against a Witch.

once or twice q year some extra
ordinary piece of evidence finds it's
way into the papers of the survival
OF the most primitive forms OF witch.
craft, and of the belief in the same,
in parts of ireland.
As q rule these cases transpire
when the law is broken by persons
ill-treating the supposed witch, as
when last year sn unfortunate woman
was held on the fire to drive an evil
spirit out of her.
But the lest few days have shown
q novel case, in which the protection
Of the law was invoked to protect
certain persons againt which.
An old Irish peasant woman had
suffered from the theft of a small
sum of money. Being unable to
discover the theft or thieves, she had
made straw imagine, dressed it up,
stuck it full of pins, and placed it on
a bier. and proceeded to hold q
wake or funeral party over it. She
then declared that her intention was
to bury this imagine, with suitable
invocations, with the certain result
that as the straw OF which it was
made decayed away go would the
bod y of the thief waste aud dwindle.
Certain of the neighbors POSSIBLY
With guilty consciences) asked that
the police might stop this experiment
witcbcraft, as it gave them great
ureasiness.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Justice Pope Elected .

The senate of tho New York un-
iversity on Monday elected Walter
Clark, of North Carolina. and Y. J.
Pope, of South Carolina, to be
judges to select the names for the
"Hail Of Fame" of the university.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Carolinians Much Graft fed.

The people of South Carolina are
very much elsted to know that one
of the great battleships now built
will be given the name of the proud
State which for years led in the coun-
ellis of the nation and may yet be one
of the Influential States of the union
AS she is rapidly becoming even
now.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

VlSOr and CEeerfui-
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys arc
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not uncon,-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

70 Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. ". Groves sig-
nature is on each box. Price, 25c
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
TO Cure Consultation

take just mite Of Liver Food before retiring
each night. Ranons Tonic Regulator supplies
it in palatable form Of powder, tea or tonic.
Csc, and money back it not satisfied.
For Sale at Har1nan's Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
70 Cure a Cough

take Ramon's English Cough Syrup in small
doses during the day, then sleep at night: A pine
tar balm without m morphine. Hc 1t all dealers.
For Sale at Har7nan's Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

child urinates too often, If the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches all
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is vet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause OF the dltil-
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition or
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made lnlser-
.bIe with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy:
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It ssold
bv druggists, in fifty EH~
cent and one-dollar
size bottles You may !: :si;sE:;(s3
have sample bottle Ss@ @@
by mail free. also a Home Of swanp-Roos.
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
including many of the thousands OF testl-
1nouial letters received from, sufferers
cured. In writing Dr.. kil1ner & Co.,
Binghamtor, n. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swanlp-Root,
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Biughamton, n. Y, on every
bottle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

Politeness is the freezing point in
the atmosphere of love.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discou1ages and lessons ambition; beauty,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

Savages hunt for living and civil
lied men hunt for easy jobs.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

WlnGalO.
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
wsters 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
at once, yet such was the impression
made upon Us in conversation
had vsh>him that day. But, be this
as it may, this enterprise will be push
ed to completion because there is 8
demand for it. It is the plan Of the
company. when it is ready for busi-
pess, to furnish electricity for power,
light and other purposes to who ever
or wherever it may be needed.
The Brookland fire should be a
warning to our Town Council and
business men as we'll ss property
owners to organize and protect them.
selves from the rsvsees Of FIRE. 1t is
painful fsct that Lexington is to-
tally upprovided with any mesus of
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-15

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free. also a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-01-27
Sec =. That anv person OF Of

Sec !. That any person OF per-
sons, firm OF corporation, or the
agent, clerk, or employee in charge
of or managing the same, who shah
engage in, prosecute or carry on any
calling, trade, business, occupation,
or profession upon which a license OF
privilege tax may hereafter be m
posed by the Town Council of
said Town, without first having
taken out license therefor, shall, up
on conviction, be each fined in Sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or imprisoned with or without hard
labor upon the streets or other public
works of said Town for a period not
exceeding thirty days, at the discre-
ton of the court.
Sec. 8. That each day any person
or persons, firm or corporation, shall
violate this ordinance or any part
thereof, by reason of any failure or
refusal to take out any license herein
provided for. shall constitute & ee,'-
arate ofense. and such offender, or
offenders. shall be for each days Of
Tense subject to the penalties herein
provided.
Sec. 9. That this ordinance shall
not operate as repeal Of any ordi-
nance of said Town now Of force
imposing a license or privilege tax
upon any calling, trade, business, o.
cupation or profession except such
part or parts only, of said ordinances
or ordinances now of force as may
impose license upon any calling,
business, occupation or profession
force and effect on and after the sixth
day of January, 1906
Done and ratified under the corpor-
ate seal Of the Town Of New
Il. S. berry, in the State of South
Carolina, this 4th day of jan
uary, A. D. 1905.
GEO. B. CROMER,
Mayor of Newberry,: S. G.
Attest
THOS. O. STEWART,
C. & T. 7. c. N.
herein specifically named or enume,-
ated
Sec 10. This ordinance shall be Of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-01-27

warehouse tor storage by
the public :. :. =. .. :. =. rs 90
Wood yard :. :. =. .. =. =. 5 90
Sec. 2. That for any calling,
trade, business, occupation, or pro-
fession not enumerated or provided
for in this ordinance or any other
ordinance Of said Town now Of force,
the license shall be regulated and
imposed by the Town Council of said
Town at any meeting of the same.
Sec. 3. That the Town Council of
said Town hereby reserves the right
20 refuse or revoke any license for
any cause which may seem to it just.
Sec. T. That any person, firm or
corporation making any false or
fraudulent return, where return is
necessary or required under this or
dinance, shall, upon conviction, be
punished as hereinafter provided, for
the violation Of this ordinance or any
part thereof.
Sec. 5. That whenever in this Or
dinance the term "dealer" is used
the same shall include not only the
principal, but in his, her or their ab-
sence shall include any agent, clerk
or employee managing the business
respectively referred to; and general
1y, where license is herein imposed
upon any business and the same is
carried on or conducted by an agent,
clerk or employee, such agent, clerk
or employee, shall be subject to the
penalties imposed in this ordinance
for its violation, should the said bus
mess be carried on without taking
out such license in the same manner
as if he. she. or they were the pro-
prietor or proprietors Of said busi-
ness.
Sec. 6. Any violation OF this ordi-
nance or any part thereof shall sub
ject the offender or offenders each
to a fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or to Imprisonment with or
without hard labor upon the streets
Or other public works of said Town
for a period not exceeding thirty
days, at the discretion of the court.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-01-27
LICENSE ORDINANCE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY.

THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY.
For the purpose OF meeting in part
the current expenses Of the Town
government of the Town of New
berry, in the State OF South Caro-
lima, for the fiscal year beginning
January Ist, 1905. and to meet in part
such other indebtedness of said
Town as may become due in said
fiscal year; Therefore, be it Or
ordained by the Mayor and Alder
men of the Town of Newberry, in
said State, in council assembled and
by authority of the same:
Section I. That no person or per-
sons, firm. corporation or corpora
tions, sn7;l engage in, prosecute or
carry on aHy calling, trade, business.
occupation or profession, hereinafter
mentioned within the corporate
limits OF said Town at any time dur
ing said year after the publication of
this ordinance without having first
paid tC said Town license or priv
ilege tax therefor as follows, to wit:
Agents for. or dealers in ferti-
lizer for sale .. =. .. =. $ 20 o.
Agents for, or dealers in
pianos and organs (either
Vi DOlu IL w
Agent for, OF dealers in sew
ing machines CONNECTED
with ether business or
alone) =. >. >. =. >. .. =. 20 90
Agents for, or dealers in light
ening rods >. .. :. :. >. =. rs 90
Agents for, or dealers in coal 5 90
Agents for, or dealers in
maps, books, newspapers,
periodicals and other like
articles (other than licensed
merchants who deal in
sane) per day $500 or per
year 20 90
Agents for enlarging pictures
per day $500, or per year .. 20 90
Agents for retailing goods
per day $500, or per year 100 90
Agents or dealers selling
mules, or horses, or cattle,
either or all three, at public
auction only, per day $500,
or per year 50 90
Agents or dealers (other
than licensed sales stables)
selling mules or horses,
either Or. both, per week,
$500, or per year .. >. =. rs 90
Agents or dealers in fruit
trees per week S2.oo, or per
year 10 %
Agents for, or dealers in real
estate; selling or renting
(other than licensed law
ySlSJ w
3.
Bakeries 5 90
Ball, public (when admission
fee is charged) per night z 90
Banks, capitalized at. $4,000,
OF lSSS 81 OOO
Banks, for every $4,000 cap
ital in excess o: $4,000 .. 10 90
Barber, for each shop =. =. 5 90
Blacksrniths, for each shop >. 5 90
Bill poster :. .. =. :. -. 7 so
Bootblacks, in barber shops,
hotels or elsewhere, each .. 90
Boot or Shoe shop, making or
repairing OO
Bottling works. soda water
or otherwise :. =. :. .. .. 10 90
Building and Loan Associa-
tions; savings or invest
ment companies. and all
companies Or corporations
(except licensed banks) en-
gagged in the sale or pur-
chase of real estate, or
loaning money on real es-
tate or otherwise . :. -. rs 90
Boarding house, public =. :. 5 90
Book stores, licensed as
merchants :. :. :. .. :. >.
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Sales amounting to $1,000 and
under $1,000 :. >. .. >. .. II 90
Sales amounting to $1,000
and under $4,000 :. .. =. IS 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and under $4,000 =. .. .. 20 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and under 100000 >. >. =. rs 90
Sales amounting to 100000
and under S4o,o 900 >. =. =. 80 90
Sales amounting 10 $4,000
and under $4,000 .. =. =. IS 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and under 100000 :. =. =. 30 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and under $4,000 .. >. >. As 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and under $4,000 =. :. -. 50 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and under 100000 =. =. >. 55 90
Sales amounting to 100000
and under 100000 =. :. 90 90
Sales amounting to 100000
and under $4,000 =. .. :. IS 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and under $4,000 :. .. :. Is 90
Sales amounting to $4,000
and over =. -. =. >. =. =. IS 90
Merchants: All merchants
who may no. come within
any of the foregoing classes
by reason of their not hav-
ing been in business during
the whole Of the fiscal year
ending December 3Ist, 1904,
but have been in business
in said town during part of
said year, shall pay license
OF privilege tax upon their
estimated gross sales for
the year, said estimate to be
made or computed upon the
basis of gross sales, upon
sworn statements, for the
time such merchant or mer-
chants have been engaged in
business in said town during
the fiscal year ending De-
cember 31st, 1904, the rate
or license shall be the same
as that fixed in the forego-
ing schedule for merchants.
Merchants: And all mer-
chants not embraced in any
of the foregoing classes who
may begin business in said
town on or after the first
day of January, A. D. 1905,
shall pay license or priv
1lege tax OF :. :. :. :. .. IS Oc
M.
Manufacturers of cofins :. IS oe
N.
Newspapers, each =. .. .. S oc
Newsboys, selling papers on
streets, each .. :. .. =. =. oc
O.
Occulist or optician, per " eek
$500, per year .. -. :. .. rs oc
P. 80:
Printing office, job =. >. =. 5 oc
Piano and organ tuner or re-
pairer, per month $500, per
year :. :. >. :. s oc
Photographers, for each place
of business .. >. .. :. S OF
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contracts over $1,000

Commission merchants or
commission brokers, each
or each firm and for each
place of business :. >. .. rs
Cotton mills or factories, for
each $4,000. or fractional
part thereof Of its capital
stock .. .. :. :. .. II
Cotton seed oil mills =. >. SO
Cotton seed oil mills that
manufacture fertilizers .. &c
Cotton gin and press, to 5
gins inclusive. >. =. .. .. 1c
Cotton gin and press, over 5
gins, for each additional gin
over 5 I
Cotton buyer, for each place
Of business .. =. :. .. >. &c
Co.eon seed buyer .. =. -. >. 5
Cotton weigher :. >. .. .. 5
Conveyancer, drawing deeds,
! mortgages or contracts for
compensation (other than
licensed lawyers) >. .. ..
D.
Dentists. or tooth extractors
eacn
Dogs, upon each and every
dog the owner or person
upon whose premises the
same is kept shall pay the
sum of :. :. :. :. :. :. >.
Druggists, licensed as mer-
chants
Exchange, bucket shops (hrm,
individual or corporation)
carrying on the business
of dealing in options and fu-
lures in cotton, grain, pro-
visions, or other supplies,
on margins or otherwise. SC
Express companies, each, for
business done within the
town of Newberry, and not
including business done for
the United States Govern
ment, or any business done
to and from points beyond
the limits of this State .. SC
Flying jenny .. :. :. :. =. SC
Flying jenny for less time
than year at the rate of
$1,000 per week :. :. :. ..
Harness Shop .. :. :. >. :. $
Fresh Fish >. .. .. .. =. >. 1c
Gun shop, etc, >. .. >. .. :. $
Hotels, each >. >. >. =. 49,. Is
Horse or mule traders (other
than licensed sale stables) 2s
Horse or Mule trader, tran
sient, per week =. .. .. .. {
Ice dealers, retail, each house
or place of business .. .. $
Insurance companies, each,
life, fire or accident .. =. =. 1c
J.
Junk shop, or scrap iron deal
jewelers., included as mer-
chants .. .. .. .. .. :. -.
Kerosine oil companies or
agencies having no station
ary or portable tanks, but
selling in original pack
ages, each :. :. >. =. .. .. sc
Kerosine, Or other oil COM
panies, having an agency,
or Office in the Town of
Newberry or stationary
or a portable tank or tanks
for receiving and storing
oil, sclling or : delivering
oil within the limits of said
Town, each .. -. :. .. >. Ioc
Knitting mills .. .. .. :. &c
Laundry, steam, or agent for
steam laundry =. :. .. .. Ic
Lawyers shall pay on their in