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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
Negro Murderer Lynched IN
\ Oklahoma.

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 24.-Riddled
with bullets, the hody of James Gar
den, negro, is dangling from tele-
graph pole tonight in Henrietta, Ok
lahoma, coal mining town, thirty
miles southwest of here, as the result
of the first lynching in the new State.
Garden at noon today shot and kill
ed Albert Bates, white man, because
Bates, who is a we'll know li7eryman,
refused to rent a rig to the negro.
Garden said Bates was discriminating
against him because of his color, and
going across the street for pistol,
Gardner returned and killed Bates.
Garden was lodged in jail and to-
night mob of hundred men batter
ed down the doors of the jail and Sc
cured~the negro and hung him to a
nearby pole. They then riddled the
body with bullets. ALI the negroes in
Henrietta are terrorized. There is a
negro in the Henrietta jail who it is
feared will be lynched before the
morning.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01

Pinesalve Carbolized acts like a poul-
tice, draws out inflammation andpoison.
Antiseptic, healing For chapped
hands, lips, cuts, burns. Sold by Kauf-
mann Drug Go.
John Higgins, farmer of Florence
county was held up by highwaymen
and assaulted.
John Snipes, white, is dead at Lam
caster as the result of pistol shot
wounds he received iu a fight with
Duke Catoe.
To stop that pain in the back, that
stiffness of the joints and mucles, take
Pineules. They are guaranteed. Don't
suffer from rheumatism, backache, kid
ney trouble, when you get 80 days
treatment for $1.0O. A single dose at
bedtime proves their merit Get them
to-day. Sold by Kaufman Drug 90.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
The Pure Food Law.

Secretary Wilson says, Zone Of the
objects Of the law is to inform the con.
sumer of the presence of certain harmful
drugs in medicines. The law requires
that the amount of chloroform, opium
morphine, and other habit forming
drugs be stated on the label Of each
bottle. The manufacturers Of Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy have always
claimed that their remedy did not con
tain any of these drugs, and the truth
of this claim is now fully proven. as NO
mention of them is made on the label.
This remedy is not only <one OF the
safest, but one of the best in use for
coughs and colds. It's value has been
proven beyond question during the many
years it has been in general use. For
sale by Kaufman Drug.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
Jumped in Front o. Cars.

New York, Dec. 26.-Ernest G..
Stedman, vice president and di-
rector of the J: G. Lyon Building and
Operating company, against which a
petition in bankruptcy was filed last
Friday, committed suicide today by
jumping in front of subway train at
the 14th street station. The fatality
occurred at the rush hours, precipitat-
ing panic among the hundreds of
waiJing passengers. Women became
hvsterical and it was with difficulty
that the crowd was controlled by the
subway police.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, January |, 1908.

Happy New Year to Our Town.
"a Happy New Year, dear old town,
Rejoice in all thy ways
For happy years have come and gone
With briefand tieeting days.
Years we've watched thy growth
In numbers and in wealth;
In lovely homes, and lovelier trees;
In cleanliness and health.
In pretty streets and shady parks,
Where birds their carols sing,
And sunbeams play the livelong day
And joys supernal bring.
The crystal water that we drink,
Springs from the heart Of earth;
AS ceaseless as woman's love,
Wherever it has birth.
Our men are those of enterprise.
Of gumption, grit and grace,
Who believe that good improvements
Should have no second place.
Our boys will average well with boys,
Steady, staid, and true,
With tact and purpose well il hand
The right they will pursue. r
Our girls! All, heaven bless them,-i
No better anywhere
They're the kindliest and sweetest
And fairest of the fair.
Our babies and our little girls;
Our mothers and onr wives,
Are beautiful to look upon;
Are lovely in their lives.
Our school stands without peer;
With promise great in store,
Where Chesterfield" is taught as well
AS Greek, or Latin lore.
This leads to the higher schools;
Our churches, where the soul
Is fed from Gods own granaries;
And broken lives made whole.
The guardian angels of our homes;
Where faith and charity
Are taught to bless and fit US for
A bright eternity.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
Cut His Throat.

Spartanburg, S. c., Dec. 26.-Dr. j.
G. Thorn, aged 40 years, committed
suicide last night at his home at Cas-
ton Shoals on Broad river by cutting
his throat with a knife.
DR.. Thorn was physician for the
Electric Power and Manufacturing
Co. He was born at ArrowWood; this
county, and lived at Cowpens for
many years. He was great sufferer
from asthma and when an attack
came on him he became very de-
spondent.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
Rank Foolishness.

"When attacked by cough Or a cold,
or when your throat is sore, it is rank
foolishness to take any other medicine
than DR.. Kings New Discovery" says
G. O. Eldridge, of Empire, Ga. ''lkave
used New Discovery seven years and 1
know it is the best remedy on earth for
coughs and colds, Group, and all throat
and lung troubles. My children are
subject to Group, but New Discovery
quickly cures every attack" Known
the world over as the King Of throat
and lung remedies. Sold under guar
sn1ee at Kaufman Drug Co. and Der
rick's Drug Sore. SOC. and sl.oo. Trial
bottle free.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
Hog Bite Kills.

The following is from the Branch
vile Journal: Cleveland Metts, young
est son of George Metts, who lives
near Branchville, died last night of
hydrophobia, caused by hog biting
him several months ago.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
Special Announcement Re-
garding the National Pure
Food and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles is not affected by the
National Pure Food and Drug law as it
contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs, and we recommend it as a safe
remedy for children and adults. Der
rick's Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01
f 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, alays
all pain, cures wind collie and is the
best remedy for diarrhoea.{ Twenty
five cents bottle. Guaranteed un-
der the Food and Drug act, June 80,
1905. Serial number 1908.
If It is the best Of all. =
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-01-01

1t will be unnecessary for you to so
through painful, expensive operation
for Piles if you use Manzan. But up
in collapsible tube with nozzle, ready to
apply to the soreness and inflammation.
For any form Of Piles, prices SOC. guar
anteed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
DID NOT KNOW HIM.
The Man Who Took Himself for 4
Public Character.
ON the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
My idea of the sure enough Alecky,
conceited man." began/fhe doorkeeper at
one of the theaters yesterday. lis the man
who gets 1t into his head that he is promi-
nent when he isn't. He is the prize pa
thetic figure.
But believe cured one man the other
day of the idea that he stands in the mid
die of the front row in this life. Be-
tween the acts the other night when the
people We're grabbing their return checks.
this Tr-It party came by me-yes. he had
a silk hat. and with silk hat on started
thinking that he was pretty much in the
retina of the public optic. Here's your
rsturn check | ted him. for ] knew wha I
trouble y makes a man who forgets to
take check and then wants TO get in
again. But he just threw up one hand In
disgust. oh. l won't need any return
check' re says guess you'll know
me- And he FASTENED out
HE found out how we'll L knew hin,
when he came rushing back a few minutes
later. Ticket I says Just like thai
No. don't know you from load of
wood. You're not the first one that's
tried to work that old gag about not wait
ing to get a check when you went out.
Think you can just go in and out of
here like you would at church. and no
one going to step your
Il finally let him through but I'll give
you odds and bet you he takes a return
check just like other people and don't
count on his face getting him into so much
as campaign tent meeting after this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
CoR;97YAND GSzY:KML oQnNG MsT

resembles a dunbbell, and probably con-
sist of two pipes connected by assure
At De Beers the ground from one end
of the kidney" is poor and not worked:
at Roberts Victor minS-ene end of the
dumbbell is very rich the other not con-
sdeTed profitable to work. From this
and other evidences it would appear that
the volcanic mud was not thrown IN in
hone single outburst, but hat there was a
series of elections. at varying periods and
under varying conditions.
DiamondiferCus pipes are by ne means
uncommon in South Africa, Altogether
some hundreds have been located in differ
ent parts of the country. But the great
ma jority of these do not contain diamonds
in payable quantities. The proved pay
able mines can almost be counted on the
ten fingers. After pipe or mine" has
LOCATED it is necessary to spend sew
eral hundred pounds trial workings
before a mine can be demonstrated as
payable
AS the actual diamonds are so rare in
occurrence the presence of certain
ISOLATED minerals is generally taken as
indication Of the existence of a true dia-
mond mine. These minerals are garnets
.'carbons" Glmenite.. titaniferous iron
ore) green stones (olivine and diopside)
and botite.
Their presence and condition is gener
ally relied on as indicative of a diamond
pipe If the denosit is alluvial the peb
blaS will be water worn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
Camels as Railroad Builders.
From the Engineering Magazine.

from the engineering Magazine.
A light railway which by its partial
completion is already proving a factor of
considerable Importance in the develop
ment OF the dark continent Is that known
as the Western Gases railway. 1t will
link up the once-prosperous. but more
lateerly much-neglected rich green
patches in the Lioyan desert. Take d
map Of Egypt. and some 300-odd miles
south of Cairo and on the Nile you will
see place called Farshut. That is the
sta ting point of the Western Gases rail-
way From Farshut the course runs in a
southwesterly direction to place called
Meteng then turns and drops, almost
due south, to kharga. depot was es-
tablished at FL Der. some no miles from
Farshut and 20 miles to the northeast OF
Kharga village, where are the remains of
q oman fortress While the greater
portion of the material was transported
by pack camel, certain heavy details.
such as boilers. drill frames. etc. had
necessarily to be transported on wheels
expedite matters thirty special camels
We're purchased and trained, while the
rougher portions OF the desert track were
improved as far as possible and good
zgzag road cut on the cliff descent from
the desert plateau into the oasis. The
operations in question will. it Is antici-
pated. do not little in the reopening OF
the large area comprised in the conces-
sions. and render the communities dwell
ing therein not as at present merely self
sustaining. but capable of the large pro-
duction of commodities suitable for ex-
change with those of western Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
Miracle Of Self Confidence.


It was said that Napoleon's presence ir
a battle doubled the strength of his
forces. Half the effectiveness of an army
resides in the soldiers faith in their lead
er. When the leader doubts. hestates
waivers. the whole army is thrown into
con cus:on, but his confidence doubles the
assurance OF every man under him.
The mental faculties. like soldiers. must
believe in their leader-the unconquer-
able will. The mind of the doubter. the
hesitator, the waverer. the man who is
no, sure OF himself, who thinks he is no;
eGual to what he has undertaken. is set
toward failure and everything works
against him. There is a weakening all
along the line
In an emergency. as in danger. man
can often per orm feats of great strength
which he could not even approximate in
cold blood. Arousing a man multipEes his
power tremendously. Think of what deli
cate m and women even invalids. have
accomplished when dominated by some
The mperlous must gives added
strength and unusual power to al the
faculties. So great self-faith. an I'M
wavering self-cohfldence. braces up the
entire man. physically. mentally. morally.
1t raises him 10 his highest power. and
makes him do with ease what would be
i'm possible without this wonderful stimu-
lus.
An oyermastering raith in one's-self often
enables CcmI.a. atlvcl- ignorant men and
women to 10 marvellous things-feats
which sensitive. timid. doubling people OF
far grea'e- ability and much finer texture
and nobler qualities shrink from attempt
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
SOUTH AFRICAN MINES.
Crystals Thrown Up by Prehistoric
Misunderstanding of "Pipe."

rum Miles anu
After the first discovery o. diamonds in
South Africa by Dutch farmer named
Van Nickerk in 1867 that sober continent
rapidly became the principal producer of
that precious gem. For very many
years practically the whole of the dia-
monds produced came from Kimberly
and within fifty miles radius of that
town.
In 1897 the first diamond mine in the
Pretoria district. known as the SCHUYLER
NINE was discovered. In 1892 an i'm
mense FLIP was given to diamond pros
pecting by the discovery in the same dis
trict of tie wonderful Premier mine. The
FLIP thus given has resulted in the dis
covery of other rich mines. including the
Robert Victor and the VOOrspOed, besides
dozens of others which are only partially
developed CIR proven and the development
and prospecting work is being prosecuted
in very many directions all over South
Africa
AS the working of diamond mines as
distinguished from alluvial workings is
pra ctically restricted to South Africa that
country has been obliged to evolve meth
DDS OF mining adapted to the peculiar
conditions under which the damondifer-
Gus deposit is found. These methods
are strikingly different from those adopt
ed-in any other kind of mining work.
A diamond mine or pipe" is the crater
of an extinct volcano. and the diamondif
erous ground forms the filling of that
crater. 1t is generally conceded by geolo-
gists that the diamond ground has been
forced up from unknown depths I'm the
form of liquid mud that is to say; it was a
volcano that threw out boiling mud in
stead of molten igneous rock. In some re-
spects. therefore, it would more closely
resemble geyser than a volcano. Where
the diamond ground is found within 30
or 100 feet of the surface it is sreenish
yellow in color. crumbles to the touch
and is known as yellow ground" AT
depths below atmospheric influences ii
changes to a greenish blue color. becomes
much harder and is known as I'blue
ground" or merely blue"
These diamondferous craters or
pipes are generally roughly circular in
horizontal or transverse section, and pene-
trate to depths hitherto proved with little
change Of form. but with very slightly
decreasing size. In some cases as at
De Beers. the pipe is kidney shaped in
others, as, at Robert Victor. the shape
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
A Business Building.
Memory of a Lost Delight.

A fireplace any one may have. and to
me the wonder is that our civilization
has abolished the very soul from our
northern homes. Fire is no longer the
joy Of the household. but the slave, i'm
prisoned in the cellar. All. but it was
delicious when the old-fa shioned family
sat together in the great kitchen around
the huge fireplace. All the evening we
told stories. ate doughnuts, drank cider,
all the time pairing apples. and hanging
the long festoons of quarters from the
beams. But the dear little mother she it
was who told the best stories, while she
was knitting mufflers and socks or mend
ing our well-worn clothing. There were
no parlors at all in those days. and as
for thrummed pianos, we had not yet
heard of them. At . o'clock. honest and
drowsy, we knelt and thanked God for
life and love end home. Our hunks
and beds and trundle beds were all in
close proximity. and from every one of
them We could see the flames still jump
ing up the chimney, while the big firelog
was slowly eaten through. There was
not one millionaire in all the world and
indeed, We were not worried over the
affair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
Railroad Caution.
From the Atlantic.


On all railroads there are certain fixed
signals for 1.-The guidance and information
of employees. When caution is called for.
the light is usually green and the sema-
phore horizontal Now. as the writer looks
at it, when any signal indicates caution, it
is not to be looked upon as a permissive
or cond.tioHal signal 10 be interpreted at
will by different ensinemen. According
to the rules and to common sense, when a
train. at the time a cautionary signal is
sighted is running thirty forty miles
an hour it calls Tor a positive and not a
theoretical reduction in speed. The eau
tionary signal is not merely piece Of i'll
formation to be slowed away In the brain
OF the engineman to be utilized when a
rear end Or broken rail is sighted.
Although for a number of years the in
flexible enforcement OF the rules relating
to these cautionary signals has been adj
vocated. yet today train after train will
run past these semaphores and green
lights without any reduction in speed.
provided the track ahead of them is seen
to be clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15

DER three metal frames or shields which
are suspended in front of the apparatus at
slight distance from the ground. There
are seventv-five of these burners. distrib-
swath fourteen feet wide. II has been
shown that one OF these machines can
easily take care of 600 miles of trac &.
The best practice has been shown by ex-
perlence TO make two passages at an in
| terval of day or two over the same
ground. The first trip kills the weeds. and
the standing stalks>at once proceed to dry
out. making 1t much more economical to
complete the operation of destruction on
the second trip. Otherwise it is necessary
to make-use of sufficient heat to evap-
crate all the water from the stalks. which
renders tine work slow and expensive.
The crew Of the apparatus consists OF
three men,
Although ii is not completed the cleo
trio railroad up the Jungfrau seems to
be the most popular in Switzerland.
Work has recently been commenced On
the tunnel which will carry the line up to
point Just below the summit of the
mountain. This will require four years
tension 1t il proposed to establish a serv-
ice of coasting sleigns down the Aletsch
gla cier to the railway station at Fiesch,
thus providing a highly romantic short
cut from Interlaken to the Matterhorn re-
tEion 1t now seems probable that this
another company. which has just applied
for concession to ascend the Jungfrau
on the south side. Its plan Is to have an
electric railway from Brigue to the
Aletsch glacier. and thence sleigh serv-
ice, with wire rope and electric power, UP
the Jungfrauioch.
A 14,G,o-horpsepower plant operated by
tidal energy is to be established on the
south bank Of the Elbe. near Cuxhaven
This is by far the most ambitious project
of this character which has ever been
contemplated. Electrical energy is to be
delivered to the town named for various
commercial purposes. but the greater part
of the product of this great power plant is
to be made use OF by factories which are
to be established in the vicinity. Ham
burg capital is mostly interested in the
scheme. :
An International exposition is contem-
plated to be held in Brussels. which.
while il will be of very general nature,
will be largely devoted to electrical mat
tiers. A special hall will be devoted to the
exhibition of small motors and appliances
made use Of in household practice. The
exhibition grounds will occupy 2oO acres
adjoining the Beis de Cambre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
Longevity in Southern Latitudes.
from the Cincinnati Times Star.


Because in tropical countries more de-
cayed vegetable matter is found and in
consequence more miasma. the idea has
become popular that only vigorous health
and long life are likely in northern lati-
tudes where frost now and then asserts
itself> The fact that humanity natures
much earlier in tropical chimes seems TO
warrant the conclusion that 1t must neces-
sarily perish much earlier. Dr. Luigi Sam
bon of Rome attempts to put the popular
hibition of statistics.
He doesn't contend that the warmest
climate is the most suitable TO a man.
under the conditions of modern civiliZa-
ton. but he demonstrates vigorously
against the idea that a cold and variable
climate is the most conducive to the ply
steal and intellectual improvement of the
human race. While northern climates may
produce stalwart frames. statistics show
that they do not conduce to longevity. IN
proof of his position the doctor cites the
fact that the average Arab outlives the
average Eskimo by not less than twen-
ty-nve years.
He shows that the people who live along
the unhealthful coasts OF Central and
South America survive the Inhabitants of
the higher and cooler attitudes of the in
terror. He shows also that the Hindua
who often reach puberty as early as nine
years, live 10 a surprising old age. The
inhabitants of the southern countries of
Europe are founu to live much longer than
these OF the more northern ATTITUDES.
To illustrate. in England in u population
of 27.cG0.CO0 there are but 1ie- ceatenari-
ans, while in Spain, with q population OF
but 1S.0OO.0O0. there are 401 centenarians
The proba bifties are that the great NOR
tally found in southern attitudes is
found in the cities. and is therefore not
SO much the fault of the climate as of an
Indifference of sanitary laws.