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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-23
Too Much AbsorptIon

Good heavens, Binks. what is the
matter with your face?"
"A mere trhe. My barber has been
reading up on this Panama canal busi-
ness and he has been drawing dia-
grams on my oountenance of the Guile
bra cut
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-23

FOR $3.50 LEATHER SUIT CASE

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{ with art linen; have shirt fold and four
leather straps body and lid heavy leather corner polished
brass put together large "Be" rive
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

Jadge Brawley has decided That the
South Carolina labor contract law IS
null and void. The case has been be-
fore him for several weeks, and it has
been the general opinion all along
tha6he would so deciae. Itremains to
be e whatsefect the decision will
have on the farmers, who, as a mat
terof fact, viii suffer most, and at
whom the law was directed. How
ever, some are ofsthe opinion that it
win greatly nelp the farmers; others
think it viii demoralize labor all oyer
the State, where farmers have been
obliged to make advances" either
in money or provisions. 1t looks now
like the time is not far distant when
farm labor will have to be secured
the same as other help; that is, pay
off at the end of tie month or every
Saturday evening, and eliminate alto
gethes the disastrous practice of max
ingsadyanceso at the beginning OF the
year. The reason why the people of
Lexington county r Independent
to-day is from the fact that they per-
form their own work to a large ex-
tent and, therefore, what they make
is theirs, and they are always happy
and content.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
The Polite Burman.

In the cities Of Burma. where the
natives have been long in contact with
Europeans. says the author Of Bur
ma, Painted and Described" they have
lost some Of their traditional polite
ness, but in the country districts old
school courtesy Is still the custom. An
English gentleman who had bought a
new pony was trying him out on a
Burman road when the animal bolted
and ran at top speed down a narrow
road. In the way ahead was a native
cart. in which was i family party out
holiday making. The pony dashed into
the back Of the cart. threw his rider
into the midst of the merrymakers and
severely injured the Burman who was
driving. Before the Englishman had
an opportunity to explain his unexpect-
ed onslaught the Burman picked HIM
self up and bowed low. MY lord,
my lord" he said alphabetically, 1.-The
cart should not lave been there"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

According to dispatch from st.
Matthews to The State a mass meet
ing was held at the Red Store, this
county, last Friday to determine
whether or not the citizens of Sandy
Run Township were in favor Of a new
sceuHEy with St. Matthews as the
county. The meeting is reported as
being very enthusiastic and a great
majority voted in favor of the scheme.
1t seems that there is good opening
in that section for some missionary
work in opposition to this scheme.
Couldn't some of our public spirited
citizens, who have the interests of
their mother county and her "dear
peepuro so near to their heart (espe-
.cially every two years. take a few
weeks off and endeavor to nip this
movement in the bud? By your
works will Judgment be passed next
;summer.-Leesyille News,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
One would not have to know that

One would not have to know that
this is commencement week in Lex
ington. The stranger within our
gates can easily observe that there is
something doing" on the pike.
Jolly, good-natured visitors on every
side; Handsome women wearing ele-
CANT gowns, and gallant young men
grace ou- thoroughfares from early
in the morning until late at night, all
enjoying the generous hospitality OF
our people. Lexington welcomes, as
she always does, these visitors; there
is nothing too good for you. and
when you have returned to your
places of habitation, remember that
you carry with you . warm invitation
to attend the commencement in 1908.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
COLLEGE
Scholarship and Entrance
Examination.

The examination for the award of
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission Of new
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 5, at 9
a. m. Applicants must be not less than
fifteen years of age. When Scholarships
are vacated after July 5, they will be
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination, provided
they meet the conditions governing the
award. Applicants for Scholarships
should write to President johnson be-
fore the examination for Scholarship
examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth 500 and free
tuition. The next session will open
September Is, 1907. For further infor-
nation and catalogue, address Pres. D.
B. JOHNSON, Rock Hill, S. G. 9-35
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
When Nancy Dances.

Win Nancy Clancy dances
Her grace my soul entrances;
She ketches all tn glances
From young men in tn hall;
She glides along so lightly,
She smiles so sweetly, brightly,
While IL hold her tightly
An squeeze that waist so small.
At almost livery turnin'
I tell her of a burnin'
Ny heart has: it's a yearnin'
To call her mine. all mine.
She says, Tim, don't be teasin'
If me you would be pleasin'.'
Ny heart she's fur from easin',
This bunch of grace divine.
whin Nancy Clancy dances.
Whilst both of thin eyes prances.
Some night I'll learn my chances
BY pleadin' good an strong.
An If she loves me truly
My heart will get unruly:
I'll make her Mrs. Dooley
|, Before a month rolls long.
-. Denver Post.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Was i Democratic?
To the Editor of The Dispatch:

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The information SO far given out as
to the establishing of q dispensary at
New Brookland would warrant the be-
lief that the county dispensary board,
for some reason or other, disregarded
the will of the majority of the citi-
zens of that town, and fail to show
why they did so.
Under the rules Of democratic pcin-
ciples a business maj may be heard
lust as the common man is heard;
but to say that the business men of a
town may fix a nuisance upon that
town contrary to the will Of the ma
iority of the c~itizens1o of that town, is
to say to every self-respeeting man
and woman of that town that they
should go to another town to transact
their business.
Our forefathers set US the right ex-
ample in dealing with those who have
no regard for anything but that which
promotes self-interest. Democrats
are supposed to know and regard
democratic principles. Iconfess that
if the statements given out as to the
establishing of a dispensary at New
Brookland be true, then it is just as
hard to see the democratic principle
in it as it is to see how men grew sud-
denly rich on a salary of $500 a yer
while serving on the State board OF
dispensary directors.
Let US have old time honest democ-
racy, which put no difference between
democrats because n has money
enough to keep store and another
may be a day laborer in a cotton
mill. Democrats cannot consistently
stand for undemocratic measures.
JOAB EDWARDS.
Leesville, May "a.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
CIRCULATION 1884.


Columbia is to have another hos
pital to be erected at a cost of one
hundred thousand dollars. The new
hospital will be built, it is said, in the
suburbs of tho city, free from noise,
and high enough to secure the bene-
ft OF all breezes and at the same time
immunity from miasnatic fog. The
name Of the in~stitution will be ST.
Luke's hospital. and viii, in a sense,
take the pasce Of the Knowlson SAM
tasiam, since DR.. A. B. Knowlton is
the principle promoter of the new
undertaking.
The Columbia Hospital, under the
excellent management OF Mrs. D. r.
Flenniken for many years, has made
Improvement after improvement I'M
til to-day it 10 the equal of any hos
spital in the South. Mrs. Flinniken,
with the assistance of the ladies' hos
pital association, which is composed
ofsome Of Columbia's noblest women,
has struggled hard to make the insti-
tution a success; and their efforts
have NOT been futile. Had it not
been forethese same women, no doubt
the hospital would have been a fail
ure. We trust that st. Luke's hos
pitsl is not to be built on account OF
existing rivalry, but because Column
bias rapid growth demands 1t. The
Columbia Hospital is IL charge of a
lady Directress, Miss Jean T. Kay, a
graduate Of Johns Hopkins hospital,
and Is very distinguished in her pro-
fession. &
The ladies of the hospital a~ssocia-
ton are now working to secure funds
for the purpose of improving and bet
ter equiping the present hospital, and
it would be unjust to place anything
In the way that would hinder these
good women from carrying out
their plans fer the betserment Of the
hospital, that has cared for SO many
Columbian,s and those living in
almost,eve-y section CT the State,
since its inauguration some fifteen
years ago.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

We sympathize with The Gaffney
Ledger in the loss it sustained by fire
Saturday. None but those who have
gone through with the same expert
ence can fully appreciate the situa-
ton. But with the undaunted cour-
age that has always characterized the
life Of Editor DeCamp, The Ledger
will be published as usual.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

The commencement issue OF The
Columbia State this morning IS cal
culated to inspire the educational IN
terasts of the whole country. Ii IS
a fine piece of journalism and in keep
;np with the progress of that newspa-
ner- The State is working hard Tor
e~5ucation in South Carolina, and re-
suits are bound to follow.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Leesville, May "a.

We return our thanks to President
D. B. johnson, of Winthrop college,
for an invitation to the commence
ment exercises of this worthy institu-
ton which will be held on June End,
3rd and 9Th.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

The Old City by The Sea will pre-
sent a beautiful sight to see during
the Press Association next month.
The Isle of Palms is IN ideal place for
the editors to meet and Charleston
always opens the gates wide to the
newspaper men.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

The Florence man who went to
CINCINNATI to marry the girl he never
saw before, looks very much like it
must have been marriage at first
sight.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

Which is the most beautiful, the
sweet girl graduate or the June bride?
Respectfully submitted to the Charles
ton News and Courier's brilliant par
agrapher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
10 frenas Of Senator Asbury Lati-

THE friends OF Senator Asbury Latl-
mer are worried because Congress
man Lever happens to be named AS
bury also. They will have greater
cause to worry if Lever enters Inc
race for the senate.-Sumter Watcn-
man and Southron.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-21
H0wze-Uade Cbr1S1WzQS SZVeetS

Honey Candy.-One pint of white sugar, water enough to dissolve it., and four tablespoonfuls of honey. Boil until it becomes brittle on be- ing dropped into cold water. Pull when cooling.
 Peanut BrittIe.-One coffee cupful of sugar. Put in frying pan and shake vigorously over hot fire until sugar is dissolved, add one-half cupful of chopped peanuts, shaking briskly. Be careful not to burn peanuts. Chocolate arameIs.-One.half pound of chocolate, one-half cupful of milk, two cupfuls of light brown sugar, one cupful of molasses, and a piece of butter as big as a small apple. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring con- stantly. Pour into a pan and cut into squares.
 College Girls Fudge.-Four ounces of chocolate, lump of butter size of an egg, two heaping cupfuls of grant, lated sugar, three-quarters of a cup ful of sweet milk; mix and boil ten minutes. Take from fire and stir until it begins to harden. Add vanilla and chopped nuts. Turn into buttered tins and cool. Everton Taffy.-Dissolve pound of granulated sugar in a teacupful of water, add one-quarter pound of but ter that has been beaten to smooth cream; flavor with lemon; cook un- til it cracks from the spoon; turn out on greased pans or slab and mark into squares with a greased knife.
 Cream Walnuts.-One pound of white sugar, one-half teacupful of water; put on the range and boil until it threads-favor well with vanilla, re- move from the fire and stir until white and creamy. When cool enough to handle, roll into balls, press walnut halves into the sides, and drop into granulated sugar. shaking violently for a second or two.
 Fruit Nougat.-Remove the brown skin from a pint of roasted peanuts and one-quarter of a pound of al- monds by dropping for moment into boiling water. Chop one-half pint each of figs, citron, raisins (seeded or seedless) and candied orange peel. Moisten two pounds of sugar with little vinegar, add a heaping tablespoonful of butter, and cook until almost hard, but not brit tie. Beat well, adding the fruit and nuts, pour on wet cloth and roll up like pudding, slicing off candy in pieces after it is cold.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-21
A Shepherds Christmas
By Temple Bailey


 the mountain, where the snow was blowing and curling and drifting against closed door, and where the patient flock, nose to nose and body to body for warmth, bleated for the shepherd who did not come.
 At last he moved restlessly. I've got to go.' he said.
 'No, you hain't," her voice pleaded
 Its a fearful storm," he whispered Hear the wind, an the sheep are out"
 They hain't a-goin' to hurt" she whispered back. "an' you got to go home with me-
 Your pap's here," he said.
 'If you don't stay" and now she threatened querulously, eff you don't stay, I'll go home with Jed"
 The boy looked at her, at her ros- red cheeks, at her blue eyes, at the thin line of her scarlet lips. But the sheep" he said, uncertainty.
 The new minister was speaking en- Enthusiastically, yearning to move this lethargic people. The boy listened with face alight. Through the long hours of his childhood he had sat in the sunshine and dreamed of great deeds. With the awakened i'm pulses of youth, lie had tramped the forests and wondered what life meant to the men who were not of the noun tains. And now he knew, for the minister was voicing the doctrine of endeavor. It was not emotion that made the world better, but energy; one must not only dream, but one must do. The great men were those who were faithful in the little things.
 Remember that tonight we make merry" he said, finally, "but in the year to come we must work-work for the souls that are within the fold; and as the shepherd cares for his sheep, so must we care for those who are astray"
 "As the shepherd cares for his sheep" The words struck the boy with the force of blow. He hal1 rose in his seat, but the girl reached out restraining hand.
 Stay" she commanded, but the boy looked at her with unseeine eyes.
 T go to find my sheep" he said and left her
 He found them in a close gray bunch against the shed. The wint howled around them, and the snow piled over them. and those that were
The Huttig news., 1907-12-21

nearest the door stumbled in stiff1y when the boy unlocked it.
 Inside was a rude fireplace, and wood was piled beside it. The boy built a great fire, and the flock, re- treating before the blaze, lay down on the trodden straw with soft sounds of content. Then the boy brought in two weak ewes, and laid them close to the flames, and watched them anxiously until they revived and staggered back to their fellows.
 For long time after that the boy sat in front of the fire and thought of the girl. She would go home with his rival, and they would part at the door, The boys face flushed and his hand clenched as he thought of the parting. Would she
 He rose and went to the door, and flung it open. Outside the stars were plotted out, the wind ragged and the snow whirled He felt as if between him and the girl there was the bar rier of an unknown world He had done his duty, and she had not un- derstood.
 He went in and laid down in front of the fire, with his great coat drawn over him.
 Let her go, let her go,' sang the roaring flame. Let her go, let her go," ragged the the wind outside Then came the soft consolation from within. You cared for the sheep, you cared for the sheep"
The Huttig news., 1907-12-21
And so he fell asleep and was com.

And so he fell asleep and was com forted, but his cheeks were wet.
 In the morning he broke a path down the mountain. The sun shone and the sky was blue and ths world sparkled after the storm. When he reached a certain clearing he stop ped and looked over the glistening ex- pause toward the girls house. Sud- denly his eye was caught by flash of pink. Through that white, white world the girl was coming to meet him!
 As she came up, he put out both hands and took her smaller ones in his. 'I had to go," he said.
 The girl felt a new dignity in his manner. She blushed ana trembled, then her lips quiverei. q went home with pap," she sobbed, her cheek against his coat
 Into his face came all the ten. derness of awakened manhood; his rough fingers laid back a little curl that blew about her white temple, his voice thrilled
 "I'm glad you didn't go home with Jed.' he said, simply, "an' that you knew just how I was a-feelin'."
 She did not know, would never know, what that night had meant to him, for it is not given to such wom- en to touch the depths of mans soul experience; but she knew love, and so he missed nothing, as in the stiffness of the perfect Christmas morning she raised her radiant fsce to his.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-21

 z1@ss1HY5S4azazs Iz1@ssH5S4zazs HE boys lantern glowed EEsrA like a will-o'- '-thewisp as he NdMk " came down the dark noun MWMX tain path to the little >S3e church. Soon other lan-
 terms joined his, and now and then the fiickering lights played on the bright dress of a girl or the eager face of child, but for the most part the shadowy figures gave no hint of race or degree, until at last the little crowd gathered into a poorly lighted room, where the flare of an oil lamp showed motley gath ering of country people.
 As the boy slouched toward a seat 8 girl stopped him. She wore pink knitted hood, and her cheeks rivaled the color of her head-covering.
 Merry Chris mus" she said, and gave him a coquettish glance from her bright eyes as he returned her greeting
 The boy walked by her side a lit tie awkwardly, but unafraid He was 19, and he lived on the hills. It was the time for love, and the girl was his chosen mate. After the festiv- ities they would go up the dark path together, and he would kiss her at the door of her fathers cabin, and that would be their betrothal.
 They sat together on the front bench and read from the same hymn book The boy sang softly. He would not let out his voice in the lit tie room; it was only on the mountain top that the deep tones rang like bell as he chanted a wild song to his sheep.
 The thought of the sheep brought uneasiness. Up there on the noun tain his flock lay waiting for him to come and open to them the shelter of their shed, but the temptation to go a-pleasuring had been great, and the smile of the pink-cheeked girl, the music, the lights, the companionship, had lured him from the lonely watch under the stars.
 Then the girl whispered to him, and he forgot care, until little later an outer door opened, and man stepped in, his shoulders white with glistening flakes.
 Its snowin'," said the boy.
 The girl nodded, but kept her eyes on the stage, where four small girls recited a Christmas poem iD unison Again the boys thoughts flew to
The Huttig news., 1907-12-21

ft1 tneH TOTty rueds anu t11o1I 1oItror SPeeoI,
 going to be shipmasts or something at sea, And
 there's no use for scrubby Fir-Tree." f.s was all very we'll, but the Woodman knew bet- tlchopped down the Fir-1ree and posted a
 Saying 'oPing as low it deserved to be known
 the finest young Spruce that ever was grown- 1~ without being asked if he liked it or not, - fdgety friend was installed in pot - was packed to the brim with sawdust and waistcoated round with charming tinfoil.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-21

.s az s&gfA sAgl>2 2&55s@ sGz2s>F sFns2R s2RSz5z>:G winters night when the lay deep And the earth Gfabeneah fast asleep, And the dormice snuggled ga all cosy and From the hurrygohulabaoo of the
 droopledy Tree the edge of hl That shivered hard cod keep st Nused grumbome thoughts in his silly Till tumbed the flakes from his branches and ad
 Oh, the of living al For fellow like who slender ma When the birds say I'm feeble and bae And the squirrels % % @ M sp end v % M My s @ pd you'd think they kings Because they are made into tables and shng It's the with the Poplar the BeechM/ lofty their loftier speech;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
EAlRMONT MUD.

Fairmonts admixture Of subsoil and
sticky clay commonly known as a
very mean type Of mud will soon be-.
come as Infamous as Falrmont coal
IS famous, II the weather man keeps
up his record with us whenever a biz
circus comes 10 town. The writer OF
these lines went to Clarksburg last
year to see the Barnum and Bailey
show after Its failure to be put on here
on account Of the rain and lie over.
heard a conversation among some OF
the men who were looking at the cir.
Gus wagons and their own clothes,
They said, "We'll never forget Fair.
mont, no indeed. AS long as we have
these wagons AMI tents and clothes
there will be marks of Twelfth street
Fairmont mud left thereon and an In.
dellible impress Of how 1t can stick
and color has been made upon our
minds" The Observation-Disclosures ag.
gregation will also have occasion IT.
remember the events Of Saturday
evening, May IS, 1907, the night II
ralned the hardest and made the mas.
tiest mud recorded since the Mononga.
he}a river was laid out through this
section. No wonder the waters of the
Monongahela are muddy, no wonder
at all. II is not In the least surprls.
Ing that the Indians selected name
meaning muddy water for a stream
that Rms so close 10 the show grounds
Of tatrfno1tt. ~ "a rt ~.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

No West Virginian, gathered to his
'a'hers, was more highly thought of
by the newspaper men of the State
than General Baker. lie was one Of
TEEN, was known to them personally
and liked for his genial personality,
aud held IN the highest esteem BY
them for his ability. No man ever
Imagined the business end Of n news,
paper In this State who SURPASSED
him In ability. It is moi, saying too
mitch to state that he had few equals
and no superlors In his speciality. The
editors OF the State have written
splendid tributes well deserved BY
him. 1t would he thoughtful and an
proprlate II each would send to The
generals family what they have writ
Ten OF him. It would make d volume
OF size and constitute a consolation Of
inestimable worth 10 those who were
near and dear to him. parkcrsblrg Dis
patch'News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

Try a West virginlan want ad.