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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14
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them to market! Some young men
would have given way, but l stood
firm We parted almost at the altar.
but where Is that woman today? Who
has ever heard OF the next man she
married aud insisted on bis opening
hen farm1 They are not known froCl
the sands OF the seashore, while l
stand here before yoa tonight with the
laurel leaves crownlng my brow.
Wives, bewaret Hands of! Every
husband tn the country has an sna-
b4ion You see yours sitting on the
fence By day and down at SINNERS
grocery at night and you abuse bis lazi-
ness It may not be that Is all he may
simply be nursing his ambiton-wait-
ing tin the time comes for him to make
his mark In the world. By jawtng
enough and by threats Of the rolling
pin you may stir him up to cut suf-
fcieut wood to last over Sunday-even
to get himself into the potato patch or
the cornfeld-but in the doing Of it
you may destroy future president Of
the Cnited States and topple down the
bulwarks OF American liberty"
NJ. QUAD
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14
SEA AND LAND.
the Way They Meet and Clash end
Finally Harnaoaioa.

the Way They Meet and Clash end
Finally Harnsonloa.
In THE Wonderful Adventures OF
MIS-" translated from the Swedish Of
Selma IAgerIoS by Velma SWANSON
Howard IS the following pretty ee-
scrfpttoo of how sea and hnd meeH
You see that sea and land can meet
in many different ways In many
places the land comes down toward
the sea with fat, tnfted meadows. and
the sea meets the land with flying
sand, which piles up tn mounds and
drifts It appears as though they both
disliked each other SO much that they
only wished to show the poorest they
possessed. But It can Also happen
that when the land comes toward the
sea It raises a wall OF bills IN front Of
It, as though the sea were something
Dangerous When the and does this,
the sea comes up TO It with fiery wrath
and beats and roare and lashes against
the rocks and looks as II It would tear
the land bill to pieces
But tn Blektnee It Is altogether differ
ent when sea and land meet There
the land bpeaks ttseh I'D into points
end islands and tsIet2 end the sea Oh
vtdes tseR into fonts and bays and
sounds, and It Is perhaps this which
makes It hook as Il hey must meet ID
happiness and harmony.
Think now first and foremost cf the
sea! Far out It ties desotats and emp
ty end big and has nothing else TO 90
but to roll its gray b1lows. When Il
comes toward the tand Il happens
aross the first obstacle. this t 1mne-
d.ateH o|erpo~ers. tears away every
thing green and makes Il as gray as
ITSELF Then It meets sul another
obstacle With this It does tie same
thing And still another-yeS the
same thing happens to this olso 1t IS
str rtpped and piundered as h Il bad
fallen into robbers handa Then the
Obstacles CODE nearer end nearer TO-
eethec, and then the sea mnsa under
stand that the hnd sends toward It
her lrttest chtdnn in nouH1 to move It
to pity. It also becomes moce friendly
TIE farther In II cones, roals fs waves
less high. moderates ns storms lets
the green things stay tn cracks and
creesces, separates Itself into small
sounds and inlets and becomes at last
80 harmless In the land that little
boats dare venture out upon It. It cer-
tatny cannot recognize ITSELF 50 mid
nd friendly has It gyovh
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We all know what he did, but very
few Of Us know that he would have &C.
compltshed the same thing at Least f1f-
teen years before but for his wife. he
had got It into bis head that there
were other countries to discover, and
he was thinking and planning. When
be told his thoughts and plans to his
wffe she put her foot on them She
wanted him to stay home and milk the
cow and split the wood and make gar
den, and she raised such row about
II that he remained and did not get
away until after her death. had she
lived on thirty years more where would
this country have beens Who would
have heard the name Of Columbus to
remember it an hour? he would nev-
ez have got farther than the city hall,
and be would never have been heard
Of outside Of bis own ward
Columbus came at last and dtscov-
cred us, and now you ind US nation
Of 100000 people, but suppose bis
wife bad let him come fifteen years be-
fore? We'd have bad at least 300 more
trusts By this time, and the present
financial stringency wo0ld have been
q thing Of the past Wed have also
known whether Mr.. Roosevelt was go
ing to run again or not
And I call your attention to the case
Of BENJAMIN Franklin Mrs. Franklin
was q good SOU, and no doubt she
made the best pumpkin pies in Phila-
deaphia, but she didn't understand am-
bitions tn q man Just when Benja-
min was forging to the front she want
ed him to turn in his tracks and open
a shoe store. She not only wanted It,
but she insisted On II, and the hired
girl says they had regular row. Sup
pose she had carried her point Sup
pose the great and wise Franklin had
foregone his ambitions and become a
boot and shoe man and squeezed No. 4
shoes ON to No. 8 feet We stand ap-
palled at the idea Of It
Wren George Got Married.
When George Washington got mar
ried he had his future pretty well map
ped out. He knew what be wanted
and was going for It
It wasn't q week before his Wife BE-
Gan to butt in She wanted him to
become farmer and go around In his
shirt sleeves and with patches on his
trousers. She wanted to see him milk
ing COWS and pounding oxen and start
ing OF to market with roll OF butter
and q dozen OF eggs. That was the
measure Of her ambition, and when
George couldn't see things that way
there was a coidness lasting fort
night.
Great Scott, but suppose that Wash
ington had given in! Suppose be had
been a man without an iron jaw! Sup
pose be had laid aside his aims and
ambitions and goue to raising squashes
and pumpkins and gathered family
supply OF catnip in the full I see the
most Of you are pale faced and Tem-
bling at the thought Had be done SO
this country would have had no father.
Il might have had no liberties
What name stands out on the Dec
laration Of Independence Ike that OF
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John Hancocke He was q gilt e0ged
patrfot from the first Mrs. Hancock
wanted the colonies to be free, but she
didn't want Johns coattails burned
tn the doing Of It When be started
for that meeting In Philadelphia that
was to result In cataclysm she
sought to keep htm back She finally
threatened to go home to heZ mother
If be went to Philadelphia, and what
was his reply! You may have never
read It. as a great many historians
have deliberately left 1t ont Of their
pages, but it has come down to me
from an authentic source. He told
her just what any patriotic husband
should tell his wife under the circum-
stances. I have a picture Of him in
my minds eye as be stood facing her.
AS she gives him her ult;matum he
draws himself up, folds his arms, and,
looking down on her with the pride
and scorn Of king, be replies:
Then 60 and be hanged to you"
BE went to Philadelphia and signed
that declaration and got others to sign
It, and you know the result Suppose
be had stayed at home and gone hue
kleberrying instead!
When Fulton began working on the
steamboat that afterwan voyaged on
the Hudson and pe7oIutbonized the
worlds transportation. Mrs. Fulton
told him that be was wasting bis time
She had the idea OF the patent wash
ing machine tn her mind. and she In
sisted that be drop bis idea for hers
She was at bin night and DAY to do
this She had It all figured out how
much soap and starch and rubbing
would be saved and as a matter OF
fact she did haul him OF his own work
for q week or two. When he went
back to it there was family TOW. and
she wouldn't speak to him for month
Even when he had finished bis boat
and she was moving matestically up
the majestic river MrS Fulton was
SO mad about things that she denied it
was a success. I see that chills are
running up your backs aud your hair
standing up at the thought Of what
this worh would have lost If Mrs. Ful-
ton had been permitted to interfere
With her husbands ambitious We'd
have had a washing machine warrant
ed to save 10 per cent Of elbow grease,
but what OF the thousands Of steamers
that cDme and go!
Not Washington
Take ny case for another. I am not
q Washington. a Hancock OF Colum-
bus, but I have always bad my aims
and ambitions just the same. wasn't
ten years old when decided to take
the lecture platform. My mother tried
to spank it out Of me- my father tried
70 gad it out Of me, and my school,
teacher, who was jealous, tried to cuff
it out Of me, but it stuck. It was there
when was hoeing corn for 50 cents a
day. It was there when I was IN Jail
for licking lightning rod man. It was
there when finally got married
AS soon as I told my bride what fu-
ture I was working for she insisted
that l become a hog dr1ver-buying
hogs Of the farmers around and driving
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14

has dawned for woman In America
within the last fifteen yeara She has
come to the 'front.' and she has come to
stay. It has taken thousands Of years
to do 1t, but she has at last been recog-
nized as a reasoning, thinking human
being. It Is an era that we should all
be proud Of. We should all be glad to
acclaim her as mans equal, and yet
dangers lurk in the path. There Is a
fear that woman may 60 too far and
WELD her influence In the wrong cirec-
ton.
To the wives present wish to recall
the name OF Christopher Columbus.
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mhomSea eannd
sell
garment and every statement made b@
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14
OnIy Wanted a Chance.

She-I see where fellow married a
girl on his deathbed Just so she could
have bis millions when be was gone.
Could you love a girl like that? he
Sure could love a girl like that
Where does she uve?-Puck
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HOPE JONES' TALK,
Eal4g-d*e Cents Door Money
Doesn't Dlsp4ease Him
LAYS IT TO THE HARD TIMES
Tells HIS Hearers That Women Ia
America Have at Last Been Reeoa"
nized as Reasoning Thinking Human
Beings.
1CoASrteht 1891

lCop5Hghe, 1851
Ladies and Gentlemen Of Thornapple
Creek-Although your town contains
only twenty-four houses, store and
sawmill and Jet to hear its first loco
motive whistle or see its first bSoiled
lobster, I am complimented By the
large and cultivated audience gathered
here this evening to listen to my lee
ture. The money taken In at the door
amounts to only IS cents. but shall
not abbseviate my lecture on that ac-
count. but lay 1t 30 the stingency Of
the times
No one within sound Of my voice
will dispute the fact that a new era
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14
#heee He Fell Down.

"You seem to know great deal
about women. remarked the young
non-
Yea" replied the great detective.
II know what they ought to DO and
can easily find out what they have
done, but confess my inability to tell
what they are going to do."-Deroit
Tribune.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14

No mao IS wise at al dmea-PafnS
the EAoer "'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14
Great Bargains We are Offering in Mems Clothing

Great Bargains We Offering in Mems Clothing.
Mems Suits, Tailor Made Style, etc. 80 60 al
20 Suits Of the latest this sale
positively worth
biz lot and the best goods on the ket
day. strictly sells for $3.50 and o you could carry sul' VIII"
A Great Reduction in Mems Pants.
&c. Garry working pants well wosh SSo @
wosted
or ondd vo
'9o0
Greatest Bargains Boys Clothing Ever Offered in the State
Boys suits worth $3.50 in this sale for
80 wiIca with 81 90 suit, best quality
BOYS OVERCOATs.
so Bows Overcoats regular Sellers this sale
BOYS PANTS.
75o Knee this Sale dsc
15O Pairs Knee Pants worth n this Sale
MEMS OVERCOATS.
eli noO in
n this Sale
Sale fol.
OIL CLOTH.
Feoular in lie
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14

Be as pleasant I'd your own bone as
you are In your nefghbosS. :.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14
Art and HateriaIisn,.

"Ltterat ture has to face many discoslr-
agements," said the sympathetic au-
ditor.
Yes" answered the man with ink
on his fingers. There Is just one
thing to be thankful for, and that Is
that they doRt boost the price Of post
age stamps as fast as they do the cost
Of white papeH'-Washington Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-14
improving on Acquaintance.

I"pfV*FH8 oI F<1eao's
z cannot see" said candid Clare,
"How, when you chance to pass
A mirror, Charley. you've the face
Ever to face the glass"
II know" Charley answered her
With tsue humility.
at ts a honeiy face, and yet
I find It grows on ne"
Saturday Evening Post
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UNDERSKIRTS, ETC.


90 10 sfor
50to for
for Sc SO
IaoIets for 81 79
81 2s
aales n well WORTH 800 and 4o in this sale for
Oand2
in
DC &c
for.
MEMS SHOES.
the History
Carolina Every shoe sell is guaranteed and is fu
United Statesthe
Shoe Co. style butonTan Patent Leather Vic
Kids al othe high-grade Shoes 49,
regular 500 seller this sale @
LADIES' SHOES
Shoes
Butchers
Raj the ebestm Guarantee to fit money refunded
viii the well worth 50
Another lot they worth
Oand4 in this sale they will go for s29e
Arizona republican., 1908-10-15
CIDER VINEGAR.

We invite everybody to visit our plant and thoroughly acquaint them selves with the stock our Cider Vim egar is made from, and every process of manufacture. Ours is the best and purest goods made and the. price is right. In Phoenix Wetzler Bros, Me Kee's Cash Store, Valley Tea & Golf fee House, Isaac Forney and B. F. Morris can supply you. In Tempe, Birchett Bros. and J. W. Parry. In Mesa, Rabbit & Son, Ellsworth & Co, and Smith and Bell. In Glendale, Stauffer & Tuckey. To introduce, we will deliver one gallon to any GUS toner in Phoenix for fifty cents.
 coco COLA BOTTLING WORKS,
 Phone Blk. S995. 526 w. Washington.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-15
DROP YOUR MONEY

DROP YOUR MONEY into the purchase of a sack of Per feet flour and you'll get its value back again in better bread and more of it. Between two bags of flour there may be little or no difference in appearance. But use revals that one is far superior to the other. The Perfect flour always gains by com parison with other brands. Order a sack and see for yourself.
 VALLEY FLOUR MILLS.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
An Athletic Carnival

The success ai the American athletes
 in the Olympic Games Ill England has
 prompted the management ol the Con.
 neetieat fair ta place the amateur nth
 letie events first on the programme for labor Day Two gold medals, one sils yer and bronze will be given the win. ncrs in each of tue events ht luo, 5ea, | Iin and ss0 yards and tn the l25 yard | handicap, and ns the value af lhe gold | medals k almost to the limit fixed hN l the raius there should be Il lively com. petition for them. Also on the second day ai .he taif ,iieit oiincclieas school boys will bc given an inning in dashes
 5a. l0o and 222o yards, ls0 yards over hurdles and two mile relay race, each
 runner to go one. half mile. The win. nefs iii each of these events will be pre- sented with gold, silver and bronze medals and when the xonng athletes appear al scheel lhe following day a number of them will he decorated with tonnecttcut Fair prizes, ail of which bear in bold relief the figure of the Genius of connecticut, which k posed Se gracefully on the golden dome of the
 Capitol.
 Tie athletic events on the third day of the tair viii he confined lo tonnec. ticut Bremen and police. Each depart
 ment Will haNe an opportunity 10 par ade their fastest men In le and 2,sl ward dashcs and exhibit their stfane men in tug af war for the champien= ,hip oi the .tate. Waiter ] snyder, the manager ef tho Connecticut tair.is athletic earnital. aud II any one k oNefleeke thet can get ene hs dfep- ping him postal te Hartford.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
 Frencn uCononny.

"A man doesn't have to go to Paris to learn something ab9at the econo- my of French eoais, said jaultof. All lie has L. da l. to get 4 job Ike mine ia house occupied mostly by French families. md hen learn some astonishing lessaHs in the aft of sax= hg. tp to tWp months ago l was working in haIane af That klnl So far as attending 10 The garbage was concerned. | had the easiest time If mx fife hefe wns practically no sarhuse The people lived well enough. l gaess Anyhow they fez ceived raekages from the butcher and ;,goces. tat they never sesnic,i t, throw an thiue away Ahout the only thing fhcs didn't eat was coffee grounds and potato skins and tomato ems. aHd there was precious littje waste ef even that
 Where am working now the faml- lies are II Nmeriean That k where the food goes to waste The people Ia that house throw away enough pro visions every day to feed all those French families q week. Sau Fran cisco Chronicle
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
Made the Judoe perspire.

Sir John Charles bay. the English judge who earned the title of the "hoolirans terror" died at the age of elghtv.two. In the nineteen years Sir John Was a judge of the high court frcm lss2 to IfU1-he was noted for his eift of solemn humor and for his drastic logging sentences. In fourteen years he sentenced 131 criminals Ia q 1G6 strokes of the cat, Once he said to d gang of Liverpool ruffians. "l am not going to give you men long terms of imprisonment. but when You 20 in yoH ref twenty lashes of the eat: when you have been h nine months You get twenty lashcs of the eat. before you come eHf you get twenty lashes of the eat And then you can show what you have eof f. your friends" He was per haps tHa nniN English judge who ever did -h8el iabor While on Il visit te q prison be tried the trsadniH but when he asked te be set free the guard pre- tended net lo hear his request The judge was pcrsplriug freely hy the tIme he was permitted to abandon his experiment.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
Begging letters.

Nowhere IS tie ingenuity of the present age more apparent than in tie hesging letters received by rieh mem sad private secretary T have been reading ietters of that kind hy the hun 'ired for the past fifteen years For aietiy . aHl tegsing ietters sounded alike So s'ereotSped we're they that they mi-hf have been copied bodily from s ready ietier writer Now the writers display originality They may want the same cd thing that their predes,es. .ors wanted. but they ask for | in q dsaereni MY People in need have seqainsi tte sr, q expressing them. feaseS in dramatic way. Int k te iaeF adyanlase II may = nnipst but usually The istter that hits th. ri,.l, man haFtie~t tgiaes fhe most favoranl,. reply Fhe writer may not really need assssianee aearly so batly a< se,ne stnlld ssanisllaat Nha elinss 10 ,r;ta phrases Aat he gets the relief asked for every time.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
Risek~.t of Ins aud Whits.t ef Paper
 Rect for the ky~sight.

To substitute something else for wood pulp, for making paper, on ae- count ot the increasing eo>t ot the lat ter, il has teen suggested that fihrous stance that grow almost instsnta. neeasts over vast area of The Philip pines, migh. k used, also large part at the manila hemp which now goes h waste. Another suggestion k to use material that would make black paper and use white ink The effect on the eyes ought 10 hs < first consideration. Every State should have law to pro teel the eyessgtt of Inc people as much
 ss paFs-tccd law 10 nnotees the rest of the body The line smsll-facc type used on most oE our large daily papers with scarcely any space between the lines, is working havoc with the ese- sight of vaders. People are also using
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
E nos Barred.

One evening solid looking citizen. carrying basket. bought ticket and started te enter the opera house in a Long Island town Just as he was going In the cover of the basket un accoautahly slipped on, revealing two dozen eSsS.
 Hey. said the ticket taker This isn't Easter Where you going with them eegsr'
 None . VT business Here's my ticket. all paid for an reg'lr," declared the citizen,
 Well there don't any eggs @ in side while I'm here said the ticket taker. and then the other saw the req sou his burden was suspected and roared with laughter
 He left the eggs in charge of the man at the l.ax office and entered. and he enjoyed every moment of the show When il was over. the manager re- turned tl.e eggs ta him and sad
 'l Mas afraid son gtlght put your foo, iaio the basket while you were spplaudins
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
Potato Rot

A man who has iried the experi. ment claims that il s very easy to ore. vent potatoes from rotting hy placing in different parts If the cellar in which They are kept box containing a quan- ftty ot lnmp slack lime He states that this lime ahsorbs the moisture which has such detrimental effect upon DO. ia,oes and in his case has resulted in Keeping his stock of this commodity always In good condition The plan is simple enough and is wei worth s trial b, any grocer who has had diff hculfs In Keeping his potatoes in a damp ceilar
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14

 take of your fife. il there is cauSs you are losing half tie battle by sAex. ing your weakness.
 Don't weep,
 Don't make yoar conversation one tissue of personalities. The most ds. voted man on earth win tire Of that and yearn for real talk. Don't make intimate friends Of yogr husbands relatives.
 Don't make your aaawels public. Don't tell the secrets of yoar home to your dearest chum Some day sbe may cease to be so near and 90 dear Don't sing doleful songs around the house.
 Don't sing at all unless you are dead sure what you sound like. Don't say T told tea D." Don't remind him of the days when you were free How do you know what he is thinking of Don't sit Up for him.
 MARGARET WHITE.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14

tinted paper with tinted ink, in writ Ing letters, that make SO little contrast that il strains the eye,ight to read them. Type writers, fooiishly think. Ing Il genteel, use the same tints, and their work can only be easily read an- der strong light, which strains the eyesiRht. sensible people know that greatest contrast Inks and paper are best for the sight and pleasantest to read, and for new spapefs and books, guadssize type. with extra space be tween the lines, are preferred by all renders tor the comfort and satisfaction they afford.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
Not Quite the Same.

Having arrived at that point in the baptisual service where the infants name is conferred. tie clergyman said Name this child '
 "orginal Story" sail the sponsor nurse
 What dc you sayf.' lie asked in sur. prise
 @0risinal story" sue repeated.
 Its very odd name. Are you sure you want him cailed by tue name If Original Sfory:s'
 "orisinal Story-that's right"
 .ls it family name:''
 Named after his uncle. sir" explain ed the nurse
 Original Story the little fellow was ehristened- some weeks after this event the minister made the acquaint- anee 0f the said uncle. farm laborer in another village, whose name was Reginald Story.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-14
Only the Runner Up.

The best man thought he'd take a lock around and see that rytliing was running as q faStidious bride would wish it. and up in the room where the presents were displayed, alone and unhappy looking. he came upon q youth. seemingly readY. liAe the wedding guest of the English poet. to "heat lis lreaSt.. He was wander ing about looking at silver and cut glass without sgeiag them. and tue best man hardly kueH how to approach him
 "Er have you kissed the hridet" he asked ai i:ist
 And the answer told far more than Its two meager words nj ght have been expected To IL was Not lately,'- Lippincotts.