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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
Notice to Creditors.

All persons having claims against the
estate of Howard Wilmot Conner, de.
ceased, are requested to present the
same duly attested unto the under
signed, or his Attorney, Jno. T. Seibels,
Columbia, S. c., and all persons in
debted are requested to make payment
to the same.
JAMES W. CONNER,
Admr. Estate H. W. Conner.
Styx, S. c., April 8, 1908. 3w2e
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
Fire At Clemson.

Fire destroyed a barn at Clemson
College on Friday night about $3.50
O'Clock. The building was worth
about $500 and the contents were val
ued at 81 900. The origin Of the fire
is unknown.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29

The First National Bank of Bates
burg has money to lend te their
farmer patrons who can furnish salts.
factory security. "Tell your friends
about it,"
IRA G. CARSON, Cashier.
w. W. WATSON, President.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29

New Orleans, La, April 25.-The
most utter misery of every sort was
found to-day at Purvis, Miss, by re-
hsf parties. Despite the fact that OF
the $500 Inhabitants which this little
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
Notice.,

All persons having demands against
the estate Of W. &. Smith, deceased,
will file same for payment and those
indebted will please make payment on
Or before the lst day Of June, 1908.
M. E. and J. B. SMITH,
SwRe Administrators.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
Letter to Frank G. Corley.

Lexington, 3. =.
Dear Sir: This is short;
Every job painted Devoe takes less
gallons than of any other paint.
If not, no pay.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEVOE & Go.
P. S: The Kaufman Drug Co., sells
our paint.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
White Man Held for Robb;ng
Safe in Greenville.

i, Awhile man giving his name as w.
y, Heiry was lodged in the Green
vile county Jail last week, charged
with blowing open the safe in Carpen-
ter Brothers store in Greenville. The
evidence against him is said to be
strong.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29

town boasted yesterday morning there
remained only about 900, still there
was not sufficient accommodations in
the wrecked village for even the
wounded. Old negro ''mammies''
and little black children lay wounded
and helpless under the broiling SUMS
rays. Some had broken bones, some
were partly crushed and others had
been wounded by sticks and splinters.
There was not enough shelter in the
town to protect them from the sun,
and many of the walls which remained
standing had no roofs, and by queer
freak of the tornado many of the trees,
which had not been uprooted, had
been snapped off few feet above the
ground. A grove of pines was mutt
lated in this manner 80 that it ap-
peared as if giant scythe had swept
through the grove about twenty feet
above the ground. e!
The greater part of Purvis's popula-
ton to-day were refugees in Hatties-
burg and Lumberton, Miss, about $50
of them being badly injured. OF those
who remainedin town many appeared
distracted and told remarkable stories
of the number of their fellow towns
people who had been killed. Some
grsvely asserted that third of the
population was dead.
Many hurried funerals were held
to-day, and a count of the visible
dead revealed only "a, about half Of
them negroes. Many other negroes
were reported killed in the vicinity of
Purvis.
The manner in which the tornado
acted at this village was apparently
enough to uubalance the reasoning
powers of some of its witnesses. In
stead Of entering the town at one side
and passing out to the other the storm
whitfield and seesawed about. Once
or twice, judging from the lay Of the
debris to-day, the wind veered so
much as nearly to double on its trail,
The result was terrible for it's inhabi-
tants, many of whom were caught
and either injured or killed, after
they apparently had escaped. Scores
sought safety in running, and the sto-
ry is told of a yonng woman who ran
away from the storm as it struck on a
street corner, but who was killed as
she reached the next corner, where
some timbers fell on her.
The usual freaks were played by the
wind, one roof having been trans
ferred from house to nearby build
ing, Fwenty-seyen prisoners were in
the little town jail. Fhe root was
lifted of the jail, leaving rain and de-
bris beating upon exposed prisoners,
but SO terror.stricken were they that
not onelgained his freedom. None of
the prisoners was seriously injured.
The wreekage which remained on the
site of a lumber mill near town con-
sisted quite largely of splinters from
the size of tooth picks up to small
sticks.
The total money loss at Purvis was
to-day estimated at 100000. These
figures were obtained from dozens of
business men, each of whom calcu-
lated his individual loss. The State
to-nightis furnishing tents and neigh
boring towns supplies, and with the
martial law the town is practically
safe from looting.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
Great Damage in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ca, April 25.-As q result
of the storm which last night swept
into Georgia, 25 persons are dead and
ut least 100 were injured, while many
others received bruises and scratches
from flying debris In a dozen towns in
this State.
The storm, which appeared in this
State at Columbus, oh the Alabama
line, seems to have moved in north
easterly direction, striking the towns
OF Chipley, Harris, Lagrange, Griffin,
Med Donough, Locust Grove, Cedar
town and Cave Springs, while a por-
tion of its fury was felt in the eastern
suburbs Of Atlanta shortly after mid
night.
In the vicinity of Cave Springs the
wind swept a..path half mile wide
and five miles long, from the outskirts
of Cave Spring in a southeasterly di-
rection to Hamstie, There is not .
houseleft standing in the storm swept
area. At Cameo two negro section
hands were killed and one white man
Is reported dead ct stihsen, 90
At Columbus..Mfs. Via Norris and
her daughter were instantly killed by
the destruction of ? pavilion at North
Highlands, in which they were stay
ing, The property loss in this section
Win be heavy.
Griffin reports that three white
women were killed and eight white
persons injured aud property loss OF
So, 900 sustained. The path OF the
storm at this point was directly over
the cotton mill and cottages of the
operatives. twenty-five OF the cot
tsges were entirely demolished and
the escape II their occupants is con-
sidered miraculous.
The boiler and engine room and the
roof of the card room of the Rush
town Mills were blown away, as was
the commissary room.
At Chipley Mrs. Frank Hopkins and
Mrs. Forester and ten negroes were
killed, while the husbands of the
women were seriously injured. Prac'
tically every business house in Chip
ley was demolished. The hotel. in
which there were IL guests, was blown
down, but none of it's occupants were
injured. All the warehouses were
damaged and not a negro house is lef
standing. The residence of H. A
Middlebrook was lifted from it's foun
dation, carried $50 yards and depos
tied in it's new position without being
damaged.
The depot and three freight car
were blown away at Harris, a small
station three miles from Chipley.
Engineer Samuel Neisler, of Able
vile, S. c., and a negro brakeman
we're killed and Fireman F. G. Brow
fatally injured, when a train on tn
Seaboard Air Line ran into washou
at Tucker, sixteen miles from Allan
ta. early to-day.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday. April 29, 1908.
DEATH AND BUN
CAUSED By CYCLONE

List Of Fatalities Will Probably Reach
500-Thousands are Homeless
ForN-six Towns Wrecked-l,200
People Injured, Many Of Whom Will
Die-Property Loss Will Approach
Millions.
The following dispatch was sent out
from New Orleans on Saturday:
Probably half thousand lives lost,
hundred or more persons fatally in
jured and many times this number
painfully hurt, together with a prop
erty lossirunning up into the millions,
is the record 80 far of series of tor
nadoes that originated in the West
two days ago, sweeping across Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia yesterday and last night. 1t
left path of :death, deso1stion and
want in its wake, seriously interrupt
ed communication between cities in
the South and brought about chaotic
conditions in many smaller towns.
Mississippi bore the, brunt of the
storm. Reports from that State indi-
cste that the losy Of life was by far
the greatest Of any section through
which the storm passed.
Estimates of:those who lost their
lives as result OF tornsdoes In Mis-
sissippi place the death list at near
three hundred, with q thousand or
more injured. In Texas, Louisians,
Alabsma and Georgia the death lists
are also large, with loss of life in Ar
kansas and Tennessee.
Atlanta, Ca, April 25.-The dead
mud injured in fridays tornado are
reported as follows:
Louisiana, dead 80, injured $50; Mis-
sissippi, dead 1873, injured $50; Ala
bama, dead 81, injured 11s; Georgia,
dead %, injured 100.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
Every Woman Will BE Inter.
asAe4.

II you have pains ia The back, Uri.
nary, Bladder Or Kidney trouble, and
want y certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's
Australian-Leaf. 1t is safe and
never-failing regulator. At druggists
or by mail SOC. Sample package free.
Address, The Mother Gray Co.,
Leroy, N. Y. q
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29
A Healing Salve for Burns,
Chapped Hands and Sore
Nipples.

AS healing salve for burns, sores, sore
nipples and chapped hands Chamber
lain's Salve is most excellent. It allays
the pain of q burn almost instantly,
and unless the injury is very severe,
heals the parts without leaving a scar.
Price 25 cents. For sale by Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29

A woman and her aimony are soon
married.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-04-29

The Old Veteran Painless Tooth Ex.
tractor and Dentist, 1916 Main street,
Columbia, s. c., sign Of the Big Tooth,
is now at his Office and will be all sum-
mer. where he will do all kinds of Dental
Work in the best manner and with the
best material. 1Apr
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-10-11

ilizatiOn We all hope for.
1t was natural and so easy in the days
of the cave-men, when their chief or fakir
was called upon to explain the mysteries
surrounding them, to people the air with an
almighty spook to explain all they did not
understand. All primitive races, being
alike ignorant, all naturally solved the
problem in similar manner. Nobody had
been "up there In the sky" nobody could
know, nobody could deny or had a better
explanation. Denset ignorance concerning
the natural operations of nature and the
potentiality of matter prevailed.
If the God-myths had not originated then
and been taught and promulgated by schem-
ing charlatans as authoritative law and
gospel, intelligent people would have no
Gods today The revelations of science
and of our giant telescopes, sweeping from
mountain tops in every portion of the world
through boundless expanse, have removed
the dense web of mystery enshrouding nat
ure and revealed the same to us in all its
stupendous vastness and bewildering real
ity, making all god-myths appear not only
childish and absurd, but such beings abso-
lutely impossible in the realms of nature.
Atheism originated when this hypothesis
was considered a logical necessity to ex-
plain nature and life. Now, when we know
that all phenomena are the necessary re-
suit and spontaneous produc' of Natures
own constituents, the idea must be aban
explodes.
The Revelations Of the Telescope.
| will now enumerate few facts estab-
lished by the la est data of science and
corrcborated by the most prominent astron-
omers of all countries If you will follow
me carefully you will have true and real
istic conception of the vast system of
yourself If 1t is reasonable to believe that
a personal living God-and no other thing
can be a God-can occupy infinitude of
space pre-occupied bv countless millions or
incandescent, flying, whirling cosmic bodies,
most of them so stupendous in size and.
of such extreme degree of heat that If our
little pigmy of globe would approach
1t would vanish--its 1900, O00.0 900 vain and
foolish Immortal souls" included, like
snow flake falling on a blast furnace.
The earth looks big to man. 1t is a peb-
BILE compared to the sun, but the sun. among
other suns is smaller comparatively than
a grain of sand on the shores Of the Pa
ci1c Ocean.
Our earth, which is Of such great impor-
lance to us, is about 5000 miles in diam
eter. Yet there is the little star Arcturus
which is a sun 94,OO0,00O miles in diameter.
Can you now realize the insignificance OF
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-10-11
BLUE GRASS BLADE

l,3OO,OOO DOdleS Ike the eartn 10 equal our
sun, but 100000 such suns are required
to equal the giant sun Arcturus. The sun
is only $4,000 900 miles away but this mon
ster star is 11,500,O00 times further on in
space.
Sirius, the dog-star. is fifty eight thou
sand billions of miles away from us. Po-
laris, the north star two hundred and ten
thousand billions of miles or 2.31S.000 times
the distance of the earth from the sun.
Think of It! The sun is 900 of miles
away, but this enormous body of molten
fire is of 2,318,O00 times further.
What are the stars that people these aw-
full depth of space? They are suns. count
less millions of them, all gigantic. seethins
masses Of fro, whirling and sweeping with
in their orbits with a velocity entirely be-
yond human comprehension-ou sun mere
ly spark in an infinite shower of sparks
Where is God? Think of meeting, seeing
or communicating or praying to a God
v hose ''other parts" are countless millions
of miles OF in space among this shower of
sparks composed of the colossal cosmic
bodies described.
lner6 Is uOVuiuS W luulCdNc IlLulI "
the number Of solar systems. One of them
is 426 trillions of miles away. Since space
and the number of these giant 'cosmfc
bodies are infinite. there can, of course. not
be a most distant rtar.
We can think of a limited universe no
more than of limiteS and external space.
1t must be infinite and external because
ksxLo<so~1 v,cox~,1o<o obo,,rd
These are the latest absolutely authentic
revelations of Galoleo's great invention
concerning the universe of which we and
our hand full of rock and clay are so in
Intestinal part Can the church recon
cile them with the revelations according
to Moses and the prophets? II we but
approximately grasp these wonderful awe
inspiring facts of nature we become athe
istic, all gods vanish and old Genesis Is
relegared to the category of fairy tales.
II worm, crawling at our feet, could
think and imagine this world and all 1t
contains was made for him. 1t would be
no more ridiculous than for us to believe
that on ''the fourth day." personal god
walking in the garden" then and there
made our sun. and 'the stars Also" to give
light upon the earth. placed them in their
respective localities billions and trillions
OF miles on in space. without scorching a
single hair on his head, then compiacently
creating whales and other creeping
things" the next day!
All ood-ideaIs Absurd.
But must not waste time clipping bran
rhoc oA NJ Sho tree NJ ry,yorufifion h,,t
must fearlessly apply the ak to the root
and prove that any god-from the crude
concept of the savage in Africa to the lof-
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-10-11
ty ideals of the Rev. Mr.. Savage of Bos-
ton--are alike imnossihle in nature

ton-are alike impossible In nature.
God in his transcendent wisdom having
persistently refused to manifest himself to
us, having never caused an observation,
of sun, moon or star; the descriptions of
him in the bible being infantile and radi-
cally contradictory; and rational and COM
prehensive definition of any god-ideal by
pope, priest or preacher not being forth
coming, the hypothesis, conceived to ex-
plain existence, must, in spite of its hoary
origin and its almost universal acceptance,
be rejected. 1t creates and embodies vastly
more and creator mysteries than
those 1t pretends to explain.
A God to be God and all 1t implies par
amountly must be personal living being.
Personal attributes cannot exist in the alb
sence of person. An impersonal God-the
inorganic forces, fluids gaseous or ETHEREAL
aggregations of matter, electricity, etc.. can
not be the God or possess god-like quail
ties. But Heavenly Father" who pos
sesses wisdom love and capacity to con-
slider the welfare and listen to the suppl
cations of the millions who worship him,
mus be living conscious intelligent be-
ing or the qualities humanity attributes to
such being would of course. be impossi-
ble
Now If l don't utter another word and
you will endeavor to grasp the actual con-
di ion and aspect Of. infinite expanse, as I
have presented it, and where this supreme
being is supposed to reside. you Will real
lie THAT the tree of superstition root,
hr,v, Ill IL
not alone because life is impossible within
inter stellar space but also because the
idea of a solitary being residing therein
and occupying all space simultaneously
with these soaring, burning giant bodies
is too preposterous to be further consid-
cred.
Here theists insist tina God is an un-
conditioned being that he is not dependent
upon air. climate or environments. But
these good people believe in and assume
grotesque miracle, in condi ions we don't
know anything about and which science
does not and cannot recognize, hence are
excluded from the arena of debate. We
are here and der Zeitgeist" Esprit Of the
times) demands that we fearlessly settle
the question Can Theisin be Maintained
by Science and Reason?"
The greatest personality we can conceive
is a man-grand in physique and mind
land in this sense man embraces woman.)
Humboldt. Goethe, Hugo, Shakespeare, EN-
erson. Ingersoll, were such ideal PERSONAL
ties--the highest known to man. In the
absence of this browning work of nature"
consciousness and mind never originated
and cannot be conceived. Hence 1t follows
land theism is now in the crucible!) that
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-30
TOO MUCH cHLoRoFoRM.

Bedias, Texas, Oct. 2S.-The wife
of DR.. ]. E. Smith of Cotton just east
of this place. died Sunday from chic
reform poisoning. 1t appears she was
subject to nervous headaches and fire.
quently used chloroform. Sunday she
placed the drug on a cloth and placed
1t over her face and died from it's ef-
fects. DR.. Smith was called away in
the early morning and returned about
IL o'clock and found her dead. Some
small children were all the persons
about the place and they thought her
asleep. This was DR.. Smiths fourth
wife, all of whom are dead. He is AZ
years old and a physician of promi-
hence. Deceased was a sister to R.
B. Tuck of this place and Mr.. A.
Tuck of Cotton, and had one sister
Mrs. X. Bulard of Madison county.
She was 80 years old and the mother
of one child
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-30

character ON the front of his home
lot, finished up the side sneet with
cinders, on account of the mann .r In
which boys would ride their ponies
over the cement. This gentleman has
advised a neighbor of his, who expect
ed to place a cement walk about his
lot, not to DO 50. en- account of i;ab:i
lily T.. damage frlr th, sources men.
toned. The Eagle is also asked
whether or not there is a city ordi
nance prohibiting riding or driving on
the sidewalks of the city, and if so,
why same is not enforced. The Eagle
don't know, but feels quite sure that
if the name of any boys who willfully
ride upon sidewalks, thereby damaging
them, and the property owner, was
given to the mayor or chief of police
these officials would take active meas.
ures to corral the sidewalk riders.
Mr.. T. II. Cobb of Madison county
transacted business with Bryan mer-
chants Thursday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-30
Here's Something New

On November LIST all order-notify
shipments must be delivered on pre-
sentation of bill of lading, and moth.
ing else except the execution of an
indemnity bond in the case of perish
able goods of long delayed receipt OF
bill of lading will do. This agree
ment has been entered into by all
the railroads in the state and is eff
fective on the first. Under this agree
ment bank orders are cut out, and
the bond, even when permissible. can
not be accepted until approved by the
auditing department of the road max
ing the delivery of the shipment
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-30

Captain J. NJ Pankey of Mumford
was transacting business here Thurs
day.
Mrs. G. W Scale o. NumforI is
the rutst q Mrs., f,'u, Ecn of tn.
cir
Insure your prescriptions by having
them dispensed at Emmel & Malo-
ny. 2S2
Mrs. G. S. Jamison of Milican was
in the city on a shopping. trip Thurs
day.
Mrs. J. C. Royder of y THORN was
in the city Thursday Ig' shopping
trip. IA
Bakery. Mrs OF soehme, Pro
tor. diff
terday.
Mr.. Conn Williams of Coleview, was
business visitor to the city Thsrs-
day morning.
Mr.. F. Kuvin of Smetana transacted
business with Bryan business men
Thursday.
Mr.. w. G. Henderson of Kurten was
in the city on business Thursday
morning
Miss Eula Crawford of Millican Wis
tied friends and shopped in this city
Thursday.
Mrs. Hollick of Fountain Switch
was in the city on a shopping trip
Thursday.
Mr.. John Gregg of Pitts Bridge was
a business visitor TO the city Thurs
day morning.
Mr., and Mrs. T. Bullock of Steep
Hollow were in the city Thursday on
\ shopping trip.
Constable Jas. Reid of the Harvey
precinct was in the city on legal bus
mess Thursday.
Mr.. J. T. Adams of Tabor brought
cotton to the leading Texas primary
market Thursday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-30
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.

Z LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
.
Mrs. John Ettle has returned from
visit to Dallas.
Mr.. II. T. Wilson OF Tabor brougI,
In cotton Thursday.
Mr.. T. p. Hall of Steep Hollow was
In the city Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Astin have return.
ed from trip to Dallas.
Mrs. Z. c. Harder has returned
from a visit to Calvert.
Capt. ]. e. Mathis was visitor
from Reliance Thursday.
MIR. Tai Tobias was business Wis
Ror from Kurten Thursday.
Mr.. Jack Tobias was in from his
me at Kurten Thursday.
pr. and Mrs. J. L Edge left yester.
for a TIP to Dallas.
n. l.. Baker is visiting rela.
lends in Milano.
es of Reliance was a
Eity Thursday.
iro OF Rye was a bust
the city Thursday.
egmont of Smetana was
n business Thursday.
h Bullock of Steep Hollow
ity Thursday morning.
Rink Regmont of Smetana
he city shopping Thursday.
II. Wilson of Tabor hauled
o the Bryan market Thursday.
and Mrs. j. w. Hunnicutt re-
yesterday from trip to Dal-
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-30

People who have constructed nice
cement sidewalks on Their premises
complain to The Eagle that boys and
others frequently ride horses over
same, thereby injuring the walks and
making them unsightly. One gentle.
man who has placed walk OF this