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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

Passengers by the trans-Siberian ex-
press now reach Picking from London
in 1e days, the North Chinese railway
having been induced to run the trains
BY night as well as BY day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

Let 1t be said to the everlasting
credit Of the English suffragettes that
they have not attempted to win BY
making use Of the hatpin as weapon
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

.---s4.a1.- e.. !. 49, .,,.<>,,no,<e f.oesv
s-,.,~sss.s 80 -sr,,.~s9v cvs, re
t,'rr ~ 'e~ar4- .rd $3.50 bv .hrnntlv |
,s,.tv~ ~, 6 ! ttr,sf.hIc ana . raij,ns
1,sf ~Ssch = consrlts6 MAJOR. arsin
sy16ree~,ne hsmself q 81. secretarv
~r,et ant "a herr a Quickly a Won
can ~ he ordered AGO fo vour rooms.
thew WHAT ATM Won need into bag.
ana taka The Arst train Won can get
for Nev York, shaII meet Won At
the station here ana give Won such re-
norris Of Condition. as / can write in
the meantime. When YOU ret to New
yofl 80 q onicklv a vou can to the
cnnard dock from which the Lucania
q dne 20 sail earlv n the morning. n
shall hold her uu until YOU arrive. De-
ltver INV Ietfers IL per6on to the for
eirn secretarv,s once II London. and
answer such questions a. you can re-
eardinr fhis remarkable situation ana
fhis incomnrehensible government.
These matters are too important to
admin Of DELAY ana ordinary ofRcial ~
norts Do ouickIy!" he concluded. al.
most showing Hitler through the door.
sTll attend to everything here. Don't
let there be any DELAY on your part!"
The secretary. hurried away to
make nreparations for his departure.
lea Wing the perturbed ambassador to
.prepare his reports. He called cab
and drove to his apartment. intent on
first telephoning to Miss Roberts. His
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

Tattooed portraits OF The last six
French presidents were found ON the
skin Of burglar named Berth arrest,
ed In Paris.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

The Australian government will
erect FIVE wireless stations along its
coast.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

Game grows scarcer as the country
fills up but hunters continue to shoot
themselves and one another, every
fall, In the same old way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

retarY OF the bflll8n embassy. anu NxiSS
Norma Roberts, chief aide OF Inventor
Roberts, are introduced as lovers. The
government Is much criticised because
Of its lack of preparation for strife.
CHAPTER l-continusd.
Listen" he commanded. again
leaning toward her. There is some
thing which makes me think you love
me. shall ask nothing more Of your
father. or of your plans, because ]
want to make you see the position"
He frowned at the waiter, who came
toward them and then retreated.
Norm" he went on. there is to be
war. Your country is unprepared. 1t
will be overrun by an enemy that Is
ruthless and that will come to con-
quer. The end may not be defeat;
but az certain as death this country
will writhe and suffer before it can
regain the ground it viii lose in the
outset. Can't you see that? Can't
you understand what it will be for
You and your father here under such
conditions? Don't you know that for
your very safety you must leave? As
my wife, or even my betrothed, ! can
make the way SO much easier for
you! Give me the right, dear. give me
| the right"
1T Is impossible" she replied, turn
| Ing toward him again; and he looked
hurt 1T is the very danger of war
that makes it So You don't know
how much wish I could say yes to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

Step by step. slowly and painfully.
the crescent of Mohammed is being
pushed on the map of Europe. IS .
symbol Of governmental power.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

At last count there were $4,000
persons in India dependent on state
aid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12

Nj. Hoaesale 80 old Pepperpot had
= kick coming on that last bill Of
goods. chi Wouldn't that make yop
sore7
Mr. Litewate (the salesman) lit did
me, sir. He kicked me ont
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-12
SYNOPSIS.

vanishing Fleets" story of what
might have happened" opens In WASH
lngton with the United States and Japan
ON the verge OF war Guy Hitler, sec
Norma Roberts, chief aide of Inventor
Roberts, are introduced as lovers. The
government il much criticised because
OF its lack of preparation for strife.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, March rs, 1908.
Asbury Francis Lever.

The Washington Correspondent of
the News and Courier under date of
March 10th, has the following to say
anent Hon. Asbury Francis Lever, the
idol of the people of the Seventh Con-
gressional district:
"One of the resourceful men of the
60th Congress is Asbury Francis Lever,
of Peaks, Lexington County. Raised
on the banks of the Broad River,
spending his time in early youth be-
tween fishing for the cat fish along
the muddy banks of nearby streams
and attending the short sessions of
the country schools until he entered
Newberry College, he saw great op-
portunities lying undeveloped around
him. He saw there were thousands of
acres of land in the sWamps around
Columbia that are now worthless.
They could be made productive. He
waited and learned. Now work is
going to be done to drain those
swanps, 10000 or more acres, and
they are to be made fit for cultivation.
S. M. Woodward, drainage expert,
has gone to Columbia to practically
work out plans for draining these
lands, in accordance with requests
made of the depal tment of agricul-
ture by Mr.. Lever some time ago.
The idea is to have Mr.. Woodward
prepare plans and estimates of the
cost of opening up this tract to cul-
tivation. His work will be of an edu-
cational kind. He will simply show
the farmers and others interested
what to do and what the expense will
be of making lands that are now un-
productive yield bountiful crops.
After Mr.. Woodward has completed
his work he will make report to the
Secretary of Agriculture"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Mrs. sallie Gibson
In Trouble Again.

The following appeared in one Of
the Oklahoma City papers of recent
date:
"With S12, $40 in greenbacks, most
of $40 and $40 denomination and none
over $50, Mrs. Sallie A. Gibson of Co.
lumbia, S. c., wearing a cheap hat
and shabby long black coat, appear
ed in police headquarters yesterday
about noon, brought there by officers
who were trying to get the straight of
a matter in which Mrs. Gibson was ac-
cusing her half-sister of trying to rob
her of some of her money.
"She told a long story of having
been once worth S5OO,O0O. She said
the banks had beaten her out Of $780,
900. She also claimed to be the woman
who was slugged by real estate man
at San Antonio and robbed of $50, 900.
This happened about three months
ago and there was considerable pub
lished of the affair in the papers at
the time. Mrs. Gibson recovered the
money by recognizing and arresting
her assailant just as he was boarding
a train at San Antonio, to leave the
country.
'sMrs. Gibson's home is in Columbia,
and she wants to return there. She
was apparently sane and the officers
could do no more than help her in her
desire to leave the country. She was
persuaded to buy satchel and store
her huge roll of bills in it."-The
State, 23rd.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
First National Bank
Of Batesburg.

On the front page of this issue ap-
pears an advertisement of the First
National Bank of Batesburg, which
speaks for itself. This bank will soon
occupy their new quarters opposite
the depot, which is rapidly nearing
completion, This will be one of the
handsomest and best equipped bank
ing houses in the State. The first
floor is to be used exclusively for
transacting the business of the bank.
The second floor will be used for
Offices and private rooms.
The interior is now being furnished
with elegant and up-to-date fixtures.
The vaults are strictly fire and bur-
glar proof, which guarantees protec-
ton to it's long list of depositors.
The officers and directors of this in
stitution are all business men of rec
ognized ability, and have made sue
cess of their various callings. Mr..
w. W. Watson is the able president;
Mr.. n. A. Bates, vice-president; Mr..
Ira G. Carson, the polite and efficient
cashier.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Tri-County Fair.

The officers of the Tri-C County Fair
of Batesburg held meeting at Bates
burg on Thursday. 1t was the edit
or's pleasure to be present at this
meeting.
Most of the old committeeman were
reelected. The names of several
ladies were added to the different
committees, which will no doubt Gre
ate greater interest in the associa-
tion.
The meeting was an enthusiastic
one, and all were sanguine over the
bright prospects for an excellent fair
this fall.
Wesee no reason why the people of
the three counties interested cannot
make this one of the best fairs in the
State, and we believe they will.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
This Preacher Was Paid.

A popular and witty minister, on
ascending the steps of the church one
Sunday afternoon, saw an old woman
struggling against rheumatics to
reach the top of the steps, and at
once taking her by the arm he gently
assisted herup. On reaching the top,
she asked him who was to preach.
"Oh, Rev. b." he replied, giving his
own name. "Oh, graciousH ex-
claimed the old woman, "help me
down again. would rather listen to
man sharpening a saw. Please help
me down again. I do not care to go
in" The minister was at first in,
clined to refuse, but the humor of the
situation tickled him, and he re-
marked as he reached the bottom of
the steps, "You are quite right, my
good woman; would not 20 in my
self if was not paid for it,"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Stray Bits.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The announcement that Supervisor
Koon and his associates purpose put
ting bridge across Saluda river is
good news. This ought to have been
done long ago. No money~is better
spent than that which gives US good
roads and safe and convenient bridges.
have noted that the best roads and
bridges are found where a tax for
roads is levied on property.N
Work On the Augusta and Columbia
trolly car line was begun in North
Augusta on the 10Th instant. 1t is
possible that Ridge Spring may have
a place on this road. From Lexing-
ton to Ridge Spring will then be an
up-to-date section.
The gradual decline in the price of
short staple cotton, the absence of a
market for long staple and the efforts
now being made by farmers to plant
large crop of cotton seems difficult
to explain.
The friends of education in Lees
vile had the privilege recently of
hearing an address by Prof. Hand of
the State Board of education in be-
half of high schools. 1t was much
enjoyed by those present. J. E.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Use Plenty Of Lime.

Get lime as soon as you can and
sprinkle it everywhere, it will mean
fewer flies and less sickness this sum-
mer. 1t will not do to put it off too
late, use before the first c1op of flies
is born, and you will have fewer crops
to contend with. 1t takes trouble,
but it will save trouble, you can use
the same energy that you would have
to use fighting flies in the summer to
get something accomplished that
would add to your wealth or happi-
ness.-Exs
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Letter 70 4. L. Oswald.
Lexington S. c.

Lexington .. W.
Dear Sir: A bank messenger lost
small coin. He set his bag down and
looked for it. Found it, but somebody
else had run-off with his bag.
A man who is going to paint had
better lookout for his gallons. Devoe
is the least-gallons paint.
It's gallons that cost; it isn't the
price of a gallon. With one paint, 10
gallons is plenty; another, II or II OF
13 and so on to % gallons; and every
gallon has to be paid-for and painted
50 to 81 a day for painting paint
stnffed-out with some sort of white
wash. The less the price of a gallon,
the more the gallons.
Bank messengers better lookout for
their bags and not stop to hunt for
small coin; and property-owners bet
ter lookout for the gallons that make
the expense, and not for the price
which has nothing to do with it.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEVOE & co.
P. s. The Kaufman Drug Co., sells
our paint.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Dispeasasy Board Commented.

In a recent letter to Mr.. G. A. Der
rick, clerk of the Lexington County
Dispensary Board, Mr.. w. B. West,
State dispensary auditor, took occa-
sion to commend the board for the
way and manner in which the dispen-
saries of this county are conducted.
It is notable fact that the books
of the board was checked up by Mr..
West when he was over here few
weeks ago, and they balanced to the
very cent. This is indeed remarka-
BILE, considering the very large amount
of business and the number of items
listed. 1t is safe to say that the liq-
uor business of the county could not
be in better hands, and we wish to
congratulate every member of the
board upon the very excellent show
ing they have made.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Mothers Almanac.

I tell you, when it comes to dates,
My mothers just the boss!
She tells me all I want to know
'Thout ever gettin' cross.
You'd think she'd get mixed up some
times;
At school I know do
Bout Washington and Plymouth Rock
And 1892.
But mother says: 1.-THE war with Spain
Was fought in '9S,
The year you all had chicken pox,
Exceptin' Sister Kate.
"The Boer war was in Africa
That was dreadful thing
Began in '99, I know,
For Jack was born that spring.
"In 's9 the Spanish ships
Were sunk in Cuba channels;
Twas summer, for you children had
Just changed your winter fannels.
"In 1904, my dear,
The Russians fought the Japs,
That year was very cold, and you
Had chillblains and the chaps"
There's six of US, and we're mixed up
With hist'ry just that way;
Sometimes it's measles, Group or
mumps,
But there's no date that ever stumps
My mother, night or day.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Biz Verdiets at Florence.

The biggest verdicts ever awarded
by Florence County jury we're re-
corded last week in the cases of Mrs.
Maude Laughlin and her little son,
Lawrence Laughlin, both of whom
were horribly burned by an electric
wire in that city last August from the
effects of which the mother lost her
right leg and right arm, and the son
lost his right hand. The suit was
brought against the Florence Electric
Light and Power Company for $780,
900. The jury awarded Mrs. Laugh
lin 1000 and her son $4,000.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Tenth Anniversary Sale.

The tenth anniversary sale of the
Written Dry Goods Company of
Batesburg, begins tomorrow, Thurs
day, and cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
Mr.. Whitten, the genial, happy
manager, has been planning for this
event fer several months and he has
laid out the greatest avalanche of
bargains for those who attend this
sale that has ever been offered the
people of this section. Go and be
convinced.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Killed by Lead Pencil.

James Foster, a young white boy of
Cherokee Springs, Spartanburg coun-
ty, died few days ago from blood
poisoning caused by the point of
lead pencil. He was running around
with lead pencil in his mouth, and
in falling the point of the lead stuck
in his mouth. This should be warn
ing to all parents.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
No Use to Die.

@Ihave found out that there is no use
to die of lung trouble as long as you can
get DR.. Kings New Discovery" says
Mrs. J. P. White, Of Rushboro, Pa. %
would not be alive today only for that
wonderful medicine. It loosens up a
cough quicker than anything else, and
cures lung disease even after the case is
pronounced hopeless" This most reG-
able remedy for coughs and colds, Ia
grippe, asthma, bronchitis and hoarse-
ness, is sold under guarantee at Der
rick's Drug Store and Kaufman Drug
Co. SOC. and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
Columbian Commits Suicide
in Florida Hotel.

Mr.. A. H. Miller, until about six
weeks ago secretary and treasurer of
the Miller-Gibson Furniture Co., of
Columbia, committed suicide in a
hotel in Tampa, Fla, on Friday, by
taking 100 grains of morphine and in
ficting several ugly wounds in his
body with a pearl handle dagger. A
note left to his wife. who was at the
home of her parents in Camden, read
as follows: "I have been fighting
this off for some time but can't hold
back any longer. I know that I am
crazy but can't help it,"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25
A Pleasant Physic.

When you want pleasant physic
give Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver
Tablets trial. They are mild and
gentle in their action and always pro-
duce pleasant and cathartlc effect.
Call at Kaufman Drug Co.'S. drug
store for free sample.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25

Kodol is today the best known and
most reliable remedy for all disorders OF
the stomach, such as dyspepsia, heart
burn, sour stomach and belching of gas.
Kodol contains the same juices found in
a healthy stomach. Kodol is pleasant
to take. It is guaranteed to give relief
and is sold here by The Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-03-25

80 Days Trial 81 90 is the offer on Pine
ules. Relieve Back-ache, Weak Back,
Lame Back, Rheumatic pains. Best on
Sale for Kidneys, Bladder and Blood.
Good for young and old. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. For
sale by Kaufman Drug Co.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-05-07
Speak for the Bosses.

All the machine politicians
have been in Topeka lately, and
all give out practically the same
interview, as follows. lin my
opinion Leland and Long will
carry my district" etc, and rep
resentative Kinnison is among
the unfortunate ones that don t
know the true situation. Kin
nison is mighty fine fellow and
a good citizen, but is one of the
main supports of the machine
and he naturally talks as he hopes
things will turn out, BUTT makes
the people smile when he says
Long will have no fight in any
county but Rice in the eth dis
trict, thus ignoring the hundreds
of anti-Long votes in western
Kansas. These interviews serve
one good purpose, however, and
that is to show that Long and Lee
land are in close alliance, but both
being machine politicians it could
not be Observation-Disclosures City
Herald.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-05-07
Is There a Hearst Party?

To build up a national party is
an am bition that might animate
any man, and Mr.. Hearst may
we'll be applauded for cherishing
| it. But the weakness of his
method is that he is trying to
build it from the top down. He
is managing it through his own
salaried employees. At his re-
cent conference at Chicago every
man who appeared prominently
as speaker, official. or even
mover of resolutions, was
Hearst newspaper mployee.
However, the past accomplish
ments of Mr.. Hearst in politics
are not so much present interest
as his future purposes. Prob
ably nobody save Hearst himself
knows what his future plans
may be. Possibly he himself
does not know. For it is one of
his most striking characteristics
that he is able to change his ex-
pressed opinions, even though
they have been published, within
forty-eight hours, with a most
cynical Indifference to what he
said before. Just exactly as he
was willing to denounce in his
newspapers the sins of Tam
many and specify as the person
ifcation of those sins Murphy
and Grady. and thereafter accept
a nomination for the governor
ship urged by Grady and gran
ted by Murphy, so he may be
willing in the course of the COM
ing campaign to adopt any posi-
ton that may advance his own
aims.
1t appears now that Mr.,
Hearst's party will call nation
al convention in Chicago in the
latter part of July. The exact
date has not been set. But it
has been authoritatively stated
that the action of this conven-
ton will depend largely upon the
nominations made by the Demo
cratic and the Republican
parties. 1t is asserted that
organizations have been estab-
lished for the Hearst party in
twenty-four States. If any of
these organizations are managed
by anybody not drawing salary
from Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst, the will be an exception
to the general rule.-From
Hearst: A Political Problem
by Democratic Politician, in
the American Review of Reviews
for may.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-05-07

Ralph Faxon was in the city
Saturday to close the deal on the
Telegram. It is stated that he
took the measure of the machine
collars to be worn by Brothers
Rankin and Fahs, and they are
to be of brass with the letters c..
|. l.. Embossed beneath the
picture of slave under the lash.
Garden City Herald.