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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26
The cashless Engagement.

II hope you won't insist upon a
long engagement, dearest" he said
tenderly.
"No, sweetheart. I won't. You
haven't money enough to make one
enjoyable" she answered practically.
Life.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26
Prevents Headache.

Force them! No-aids them. Ramon's
treatment of Liver Pills and Tonic Pei
lets strengthens the liver and digestive
organs so that they do their own work
and fortifes your constitution against
future trouble. Entire treatment 25c.
Derrick's Drug Store and G. E. Corley.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26
Two Hundred Drown in Flood.

At Athens, Greece, last. week 200
lives were lost in a terrible food,
where a large part of the town was
overwhelmed by the river Lithaide.
Swollen by storms the river sud-
denly overleaped its banks. Hundreds
of houses were carried along into the
raging flood before their occupants
were able to escape, and men, women
and children wer swept to death in a
twinkling.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26

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Contains honey and tar but NO opiates.
Children like it. Pleasant to take. Its
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ers. Hoarseness, coughs, Group yield
quickly Sold by Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26

cures made by LIZ.
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ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
It is the great med
ica1 triumph of the
nineteenth century;
discovered after years
of scientific research
by DR.. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26

bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
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uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
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~. Kilmer's Swamp-Root IS not rec
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work and in private practice, and has
nrpved so successful In every $ that a
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ing unore about Swatnp-Root, and how to
6rdoutf ouhavek idneyor bladder trout
bie. Whes writing mention reading this
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26
e the Baby is Cutting Teeth,

Be sure and use that old and well tried
remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, for children teething. Itsooth-
es the child, softens the gums, ,allays
all pain, cures wind colo and is the
best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty
five cents a bottle. Guaranteed un-
der the Food and Drug act, June 80,
1906. Serial number 1908. :
tt It is.the best Of all.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-26
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
ROBBERS USE PEPPER
VICTIM BLINDED AND GAGGED
IN OWN HOUSE.

NEW YORK, January 10.-Attacked by
three men in the hallway of the apart
meut house in which he lives. blinded by
red pepper. gagged and struck with black
Jack. Louis Du Four. a head walter in the
Cafe Martin. was robbed OF all the money
he carried late on Tuesday night. Du Four
lives with his family on the nth floor OF
the big apartment house. No. 1913 West 9th
street, and he was attacked on the second
floor.
The hall of the first floor was lighted
when Du -Four reached the house. but the
second floor was dark. He could see moth
landing he was startled TO have three men
come out of the shadows toward him.
They acted as If they had just come out of
an apartment and We're going to pass him
He thought nothing of this until the first
man made swing with his right hand.
and instantly Du Four bent double with
pain. his eyes filed with pepper.
TWO of the men at once seized him. pin
ioning his arms at his back. while the third
began to search his pockets. Du Four
tired to wrench himself free and shout. but
a handkerchief was thrust into his mouth
while a revolver was pressed 20 his temple.
Shut up, We'll finish this job" said
of the men. Keep quiet and nothing
Will happen"
Property that was not wanted was thrust
into Du Four's overcoat pocket, while the
gpt $3.50.
The other men then released their holds
and just as Du Four thought it was all
over one OF them struck him on the back
OF the head with blackjack" That
knocked him into insensibility and by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
ABOUT THE GREEKS
DR.. GILDERSLEEVE TELLS OF IN
FLUENCE OF IDEALS.

BALTIMORE. Nd, January 1O-Judging
from the size of the audience that greeted
Prof. Basil L. Gi;dersleese in Mccoy Hall
yesterday afternoon. when he delivered the
second Of the course Of public lectures Sc
lecting his subject THE Persistence of
the Greek Idea in Modern Life" the series
of talks by the several members of the Hop
kinS faculty seem to be Of great general in
terest.
The lecture was 1nterspersed with fire.
quent witty quips and bubbles, for which
the eminent Greek scholar Is famous. Ac-
cording 20 remark dropped in the middle
Of his talk, 1t seems that the professor fears
that the introduction Of the typewriter girl
into the affairs of modern civilization will
tend to bring to grief the tender mazes of
family life
He said. in part: Many people imagine
that Greek and Latin are dead and buried
and should be left thus. On the contrary.
all that is best in modern life may be traced
back to the time when the civilization of
the world was centered on the shores of the
eastern Mediterranean and later transferred
to the shores of Italy, where 1t shone again
with renewed luster.
There can be no acme of modern litera-
ture that has not as its foundation the
ideals and technique of the ancient Hellenic
universe. All Of the great writer's of recent
times have been greatly Influenced by the
Greek thought. TAKE, for instance, NJ iitOn
and Shakespeare Stevenson and Kiping
know that it will be maintained that Shake
speare was unfamiliar with classical learn
ing but his works, on the contrary, show
the greatest intimacy with Plutarch Some
of StevenSon's essays are direct representa-
lions of the old Greek models. Where would
the immortal Milton have been on the pages
Of the worlds great poetry had it not been
for his exact acquaintance with the lore of
Greece and Rome?
Il well remember several years ago dis
GUESSING upon one occasion with a friend of
mine the measure of influence that the
Greek men of letters eXerted upon Kipling,
perhaps the greatest of very modern poets.
Ny friend wrote, inquring his intimacy
with their learning. The answer was as
follows: I only acquainted with the
literature of the Greeks through their dry
Bohn's (bones).' I am rather inclined to
believe that the celebrated Englshman has
far deeper Familiarity with the great
works of the Greeks than that gained
through the schoolboy translatons of which
he speaks so humorously.
although the Greeks produced works
that will forever remain immortal they
were, nevertheless, lazy people, debating
to their slaves and having them read aloud
This pernicious system Of dictation has
been carried down to the present day and
with the Introduction Of the typewriter 1
am afraid that its effect upon literature
will be as harmful as that of the famous
typewriter girl upon the family organiza-
ton. Ny friend Hall Game told me some
time ago that some of his most successful
works were written by dictation. yet even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
FIR E s TILL RACES
VICTIMS OF PAINTER MIME nv
PLoSIoN WILL DIE.

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, January 1O.-The
tlre caused by an explosion of gas in the
painter mines of the H. c. Prick Coke
Company at McClue station yesterday has
spread TO nearby shafts and is causing
serious damage. Last night four men were
carried out of the mill mine of the United
States Sheet and Tin Plate Company and
today two were carried out of the home nit
of Stauffer & Murray. near ScottdaIe. All
were overcome by black damp, driven into
the mines by the Mcclure fire. The men
overcome in the mill mine are:
Mine Foreman Henry Suffer-
Edward Eckman.
John Farley.
William Jones'
Their condition is serious. John Viacont
and Frank Warraman, foreigners carried
out OF the home shaft, will die
Mine inspector 7. b. Williams has gone
10 tne scene OF the fire and large force
mas been sent there by the Prick COMPANY
me names are spreading rapidly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10

time he recovered his assailants had dis
appeared.
Du Four climbed the three flights of
stairs to his own apartments on his hands
and knees. He managed to open the door
and tainted. moment later Mrs. Du
Four. who had been visiting a friend on
the top floor came in, and her screams
soon aroused everybody in the building.
The police came at once, but could do
nothing. and have since found nothing.
The only satisfaction the head waiter has
received is the assurance from one of the
detectives that We are getting these
things every day now" Du Four thinks
he could identify of his assailants-
the man who spoke. They are all young,
he says.
This is the third robbery and hold-up in
the double apartment houses Nos. 331 and
3}3 West 9th street within six weeks. Dr.
Blumstein was held up in his office on the
first floor on New Year night and robbed
and few weeks earlier tenant In the
next house was held up In the hall After
hard fight he succeeded in having his
aSsailantS arrested.
Du Four. his eyes much iniamed and
with severe cut on his head. was at
tended by physician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10

that does not convince me of the literary
benefit of dctation.
Even though the Greek language may
die and the chairs in that subject forever
banished from our colleges and universities,
vet forever will the Greek Ideals or ar.
beauty and literature survive we are tolu
that the so-called modern studies are
rapidly crowding out the time-honored
place of Greek in the academic curriculum
and that in the near future the ideal edu-
cation will be found for the young man.
1t Is also told us that in the future the
ideal human being will be without either
hair or teeth. both unnecessary things, we
are told and in truth as regards the former,
at least, for there are many of US VINO do
very we'll without hair"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10

John H. Mccoy, forty years old, Of Park
head, Washington county. was struck by
the fast mail in the Western Maryland
railroad yards at Williamsport, Md, and
instantly killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
Persisted in Flame ..

DUBOIS, Pa, January 10.-Mrs. Mary
Gillett. aged ffty-six years, and Peter Riz-
20. aged four years. were burned to death
early today in a fire which destroyed an
Italian boarding house South Franklin
street. The woman and boy slept together
and when the flames We're discovered all
chances of rescung them were cut off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
Quakes in NORWAY.

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, January 10
TWO severe earth shocks were felt here
at 100 o'clock this morning, ACCOMPANIED
by rumblings like thunder kilograms re-
ceived in this city show that the shocks
We're felt at other towns in orway The
disturbances caused considerable alarm
but no damage has been reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10

missioners were today to grade the por-
ton of the slope on public space. bringing
1t down to the approximate level of the
street. it would make bank on the hos
pital grounds SO steep as to be dangerous.
Moreover, 1t is the understanding of the
Commissioners that Congress intended this
grading to be done out of the money app
propriated for the purchase of the land.
IT move that the hospital authorities be
In accordance with the above"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
Buried by Falling Wall.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, January 1O.-By the
cave-in of front wall of a building being
remodeled this morning three men were
buried beneath the debris
One unknown negro is yet in the ruins
and is believed to be dead. Another negro,
Samuel Bruce is seriously injured and his
condition is precarious Leonard Lins boss
carpenter, escaped with bruises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10

for 12-yard pieces of Valen-
ciennes Laces: worth up to
$l.50 per piece.
yard for Choice Medallion,
Applique and Hand Laces;
up to So per yard.
yard for 1S-inch Wide Corset
Cover Embroidery; worth SOC
yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
WILL INVITE ROOSEVELT.
To Be Orator of the Day at Jamestown
ExpoSitiou

NORFOLK, Va, January 10.-A dele
cation from the Association for the Pres
ervation of Virginia Antiquities will call
on President Roosevelt Saturday morning
and invite him in the name of the as@ocia-
ton to be the orator of the day at James
town Island on May 13. when the three
hundredth anniversary of the landing of the
first English settlers at jamestown will be
celebrated with imposing ceremonies.
Bishop Randolph, of the diocese of south
Virginia. will direct the religious exer-
cises; Armisted Gordon of Staunton, Va,
the colonial capital of Williamsburg will
sing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10

Mr. James c. Peddicord was named to
be postmaster at Oakland. Nd, vice Capt,
J. NJ Jarboe. resigned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09
GLORY BARGAIN WEEK--Cornr

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them. One of the doors had a hole bored
IN 1t, probably for the accommodation of
the assassin to look through in order to get
view of the position of the President.
The door being unlocked Booth sneaked
In, fastened 1t behind him, and twenty
minutes after 10 o'clock sent a big Der
ringer bullet crashing into Lincoln's brain
Just at this moment the audience was
intent upon the closing of the second scene
In the third act of the play, and did not
realize at the moment what had occurred
Major Rathbone leaped to his feet at the
report of the pistol and grappled Booth,
but was knocked aside and slashed across
the left arm with a knife held in the
assassn's hand Rathbone made another
attempt to clutch the assassin. but Booth
eluded him, placed his right hand upon
the box rail and vaulted oyer. 1t was a
nine-foot drop to the stage. He had lost
the Derringer in the box during the scuf-
fie with Major Rathbone, but still held
leaped his spur caught in the flag draped
In front of the box, and he fell first on
one leg and then on his hands and knees.
He recovered himself in a moment and
ran toward the aisle leading to the back
door Of the theater. In his path was Will
liam Withers. jr., leader of the Ford's
Theater orchestra. Withers tried to stop
Booth. but was sashed across the neck
and body. Then Booth dashed out into the
alley, grasped the reins of his waiting
horse from Joseph Burroughs. the boy hold
ing the animal, felled the latter to the
pavement with the butt Of the knife and
clattered down the alley and toward F
street. He got away with astonishing
rapidty, in view of the fact-as became
known later-that the leap from box to
stage had broken his left leg.
No one knew 1t at the time, for as stated,
Booth leaped to his feet on the instant
brandishing his bloody knife and crying ''Sic
semper tyrannis." Even then, not half a
dozen persons in the theater realized what
had happened. Most of the audience
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and Mrs. Grant should go together, and the
fact had been announced in the afternoon
papers of this city But in the afternoon
the hero of Appomattox changed his mind
and started with his wife for Philadelphia.
Until his death he never ceased to regret
this move. He had an idea that if he had
gone to the theater with the presidential
party there was a strong possibility that
he would have noted Booths approach and
prevented the murder of Lincoln.
President Lincoln was greatly disappoint-
ed when he heard that General Grant had
left the city.
Everybody knows me here" he told Mrs
Lincoln. The house will be packed with
people who are there just to see General
Grant. l don't believe I'll CO.
But Mrs. Lincoln demonstrated "they
will have double disappointment unless
you 60. And Lincoln, as was always the
case when the desires of one or many were
concerned, put his own inclination aside,
and decided he would go after all.
Before it was time to go to the theater the
President walked over to the War Depart-
ment to see Secretary Stanton. as it was
his custom to do every day after dinner.
w. H. Crook, one of his body guard ac-
companied him. Often had Lincoln spoken
OF the possibility Of being killed On this
particular evening, he mentioned the SUBJ
Ject to Crook, and after they had discussed
the subject for little while the President
said:
But I have every confidence in those
around me, and l do not for a moment be-
lieve that the assassin, even if successful
would escape with his life.''
In the red room when Mr. Iincoln ra
turned to the White House were SCHUYLER
Colfax and a Mr. Ashmun of Massachu-
sets. who remained in conversation with
the President until Mrs. Lincoln came in
ready for the theater. Two young friends
the daughter of Senator Ira Harris and his
stepson, Major H. r. Rathbone-had been
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invited to take the place of General and
Mrs. Grant, and they made UP the theater
party Mr.. Colfax accompanied the party
to the door of the White House carriage,
where the President again expressed his
deep regret that the people would be dis
appointed in not seeing General Grant.
When the President and party entered
the theater the play had already begun,
but the orchestra struck up Hail to the
Chief" and the audience rose and cheered
until Mr.. Lincoln had taken his place in a
big arm chair in the flag draped box Then
the play went on.
The theater wasn't as warm as it might
have been for comfort, and during the first
act Mr.. Lincoln rose. went to the rear of
the box and put on his overcoat which he
had hung on a hook there Then he re-
sumed his seat and followed with interest
the lines of the play.
= 4
Mr.. Lincoln sat in his big arm chair at
the extreme left Mrs. Lincoln next to him:
Miss Harris next to her. and on the ex-
IRENE right Major Rathbone Soon after
the beginning of the second act a man
walked quietly down the aisle to the box
where Lincoln sat. He entered the little
passage behind the box, closed the door
and barred 1t with piece of plank which
was standing in corner, and which 1t is
believed had been placed there for the pur-
pose by one of his accomplices. There were
two doors leading into the box from the
passage, and the box was divided by par
tition, one door entering each compart-
ment.
When the President attended the theater
the partition was removed, making the box
into one. These two doors were generally
locked when the President occupied the
box, but upon this occasion they were not,
and no one connected with the theater
could ever explain why they were left in
that condition on that night. Upon exam
ination after the assassination. the screws
to the locks of both doors were found to
be loosened, so that If they had been
locked very little push would have opened
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thought the pistol shot was part of tba
play and had come from behind the scenes
And even when they saw the wiId-.,od
and disheveled figure leap from hoy :,
stage they were too stunned 70 re,Itz.
what had happened
marry Hawk, as Asa Trenchard be,d
'iie stage at the moment the President uas
shot' In statement some time after tl
iaseuy MT. Hawk described the scene
Mrs' MuZZey, he said, lin the roll. ar
MIS- Mountchesington. having Just discoy-
ereu that Asa Trenchard was not the MAJ,
VI wealth. she had supposed had turnaJ
ahsrHy TO her daughter Georeina ia.
part taken by May Hart, saying: Go +,
your room; you may go TO your room, Of
once lheh turning to me she said. "Sir
IL Is piaih TO be seen you are not accuo
toiieu 10 the manner of good soci.ty
linen she turned haughtily and made hen.
exit on the left, leaving me alone and
ioohihg after her. My lines were. So
ciet9' en-! Well, L guess enough to turn
you inside out. old woman YOU darn old
sockdoiogins mantrap! | was looking u,
at the PRESIDENTS box as | repeated tbe
hhes' ana the words had barely left nv
lips ana the shouts of laughter were sin
ringing when the shot sounded through tba
house"
Probably the last words that the mar.
tyred President heard were those hroa,,
comedy ones that fell from the lin, -
Harry Hawk
Ii was not until Booth lowered the wav-
ing knife and turned to fly and the apo
nized shrek of Mrs. Lincoln came from the
box where she leaned over her unconscious
and dying husband. that some few of the
more quick-thinking men in the audience
began to realize what had happened And
then the storm broke loose
stop him! Hang him! Kill him." came
the shouts. but when Booths pursuers
reached the stage door the assassin was
Continued on Fifth PaRe)
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stage broke his left leg But for this it
seems doubtful now, when it is realized that
Booth got away and was not captured until
eieVen days later whether he would ever
nave paid the penalty for his crime. Many
other Interesting relics are among the
treasures in the Oldroyd collection. The
photographs accompanying this article are
from the Oldroyd collection.
Washington may be said to have been en-
fete the night of Friday, April IA, 1865.
The news of Grants entrance into Rich
mond the tidings of the surrender of Lee
with the Army of Northern Virginia and
the certainty that dwelt in every heart that
the confederacy was doomed had caused
the greatest rejoicing all throughout the
north, and particularly in Washington, the
national capital. And of all the happy
thousands no man was in merrier mood that
night than Abraham Lincoln, who had suf-
fered, as is now realized, personally and
acutely during every moment of the great
civil strife which he called the terrible
war No better proof of this fact is
needed than little incident of the night
OF April Is. when "a brass band marched
to the White House and with singular in
appropriateness struck up Dixie" There
was big crowd around the Executive
Mansion at the time and things We're about
TO happen to the members of the band
when the President leaned from the win
DOW and raised his big bony hand
Let them play, he said Dixie is ours
now, too. Let them play on.
And on the night of the l4th he was in
the same sort of mood. He had been
looking forward all day to the relaxation
he should find in witnessing the produc-
ton of Our American Cousin" at lFord's,
where Laura Keene was the bright
particular star and would appear in the
role of Florence Treschard for the thou
sandth time. 1t had been all arranged that
President and Mrs. Lincoln and General