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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03

A hard thing to make up your mind
to do is something you know is sensi-
Bile.
. One Of the most wasteful things a
man can do is saving money for his
heirs 10 throw away.
A Columbus railroad engineer COM
mitted suicide with strap of his arti-
fetal leg.
j. Walter Doar, editor and publisher
of the Sunday Outlook at Georgetown,
has sold his business to G. E. Rouse.
The five-year-old son of Rev. Oliver
Johnson of Chester swallowed horse
shoe nail several days ago but has not
suffered any bad effects.
Wanted-Piedmont cigarette cou-
pons. will pay 4oc per hundred cash
in redeeming these coupons.
Rice 3. Harman.
J.C. Dunn, contractor Of the G. G.
& O. Railway has engaged one hun
dred Greeks to work at his camps On
Broad and Plccie0 rivers. his inten-
ton being to use these Greeks in place
of negroes.
1t is proposed that Kentucky shall
build a memorial bridge at Frankfort
in honor of Abraham Lincoln and. JET
ferson Davis, both of whom were born
npon her soil.
G. H. Feldman, a liquor drummer,
has been arrested in Yorkvil]e for
soliciting orders in violation Of the
Carey -Coth-an law.
Bottle drinks of all kinds and favors
will be found at the Bazaar Fountain.
On ice in season.
A New Jersey..man won bride at
charity rattle. She was put up as one
of the prizes, and he paid his dollar
for ticket which.happened to be the
lucky number. He married the prize
beauty, but he may live to see the day
when he will wish he had not been so
charitable. e.-Daily Record.
FOR SALE-A bfiat Cornet,
nickel finished and bright polished
in fine condition (good as new
with nice leather carrying case for
sale at low figures Apply to
Rice B. Harman
Subscribe t. the Dispatch.
Pay your dues to this paper.
Subscribe for the Home and Farm.
Only Csc. in connection with The Dis
patch.
Women are fortunate in that their
hair does not naturally growathe way
they fix it up.
The average woman.neverTr Treceipts
for telegram without getting as
white as sheet.
An ideal play in the estimation OF
women is one wherein the heroine
weeps most Of the time.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
A Common Cold.

We claim that if catching cold could
be aYoided some of the most dangerous
and fatal diseases would never be heard
Of. A cold often forms culture bed for
germs of infectious diseases. Consump-
ton, pneumonia, diphtheria and scarlet
fever, four of the most dangerous and
fatal diseases, arc of this class. The
culture bed formed by the cold favors
the development of the germs Of these
diseases, that would not otherwise find
lodgment There is little danger, how
ever, Of any of these diseases being con-
tracted when good expectorant cough
medicine like Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is used. It cleans out these
culture beds that favor the develop
ment of the germs Of these diseases.
That is why this remedy has proved go
universally successful in preventing
pneumonia. 1t not only cures your
cold quickly. but minimizes the risk OF
contracting these dangerous diseases.
For sale by Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
The Aae cf Man.

1t is generally admitted by scientists
that men lived on the earth contempo-
rancously with the big nosed rhinoc-
eros, which became extinct about the
beginning Of the glacial period. That
period, SO high an authority as the late
John Fiskc assures us, probably began
not less than 100000 years ago and
came TO an end $4,000 years ago. How
long man existed on the earth prior to
the glacial period we have no means
of knowing.-New York American.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Is There Not a Cause?

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Your recent inquiry as to the cause
OF the spirit of unrest 40 apparent
among the people of Lexington coun-
ty is worthy of consideration. real
ize that an attempt to answer it is cal
culated to lead one into field where
some might prefer to have left alone.
But since the task is to find the cause
all fields are open for the search.
First, I would insist that the spirit
Of progress, and the extent of terri
tory in Lexington county is out Of
proportion to the public service being
rendered. Take the roads through
the county and streets and sidewalks
of towns. The law provides for their
width and the method of their being
kept in good order. The supervisor,
county commissioners and overseers
of roads are clothed with. power to
keep the roads at their proper width
and in good condition. The mayors
and intendants OF the towns have like
power for the streets and sidewalks.
If every road, street and sidewalk in
the county was kept to it's proper
width and in good order that would
create county pride that would put
reduction of territory at discount.
But since it is not 50 but rather OBJ
structions are being thrown in the
way we need not be surprised that re-
duction is at premium.
Second The difference in the mar
ket and tax value of some property is
oct of proportion. To illustrate, Mr..
Crooked is rated at eighty thousand
dollars in the trade guides and re-
turns for taxation property valued at
five hundred dollars. Mr.. Crooked is
not politician in the sense Of Office
seeking, but he is an. expert in office
filling. He manipulates the namby-
pamby office seekers and insists upon
the right of suggesting Or rather re-
jecting the appointment Of men VINO
would raise his assessment or in any
manner lay upon him the simple duty
ofpatriotic citizenship. He is willing
that the farmer and small merchant
pay tax in proportion to the market
value of their property, but you must
excuse him. If Mr.. Crooked returned
his property for taxes on a basis of
equality with the small farmer and
small merchant the county tax would
be 80 reduced that no one would ex-
pect to find them cheaper any where.
Third: Mr.. Crooked, by virtue of
his notes, liens and mortgages, takes
away the independence of voters to
large extent and thereby becomes a
stupendous factor in our elections,
not for the better but for the worse.
These three reasons will, I think,
Mr.. Editor, to some extent explain
the present state Of unrest. New
counties or annexation will not cure
all of these. SUBSCRIBER.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Ths Bad Child.

Come, Little Badness, and climb to
my knee;
Put your head down here and cry on
my shoulder.
For badness in you is like badness in
me,
Only my own is the older.
If you were papa and wore a high
hat,
wonder if you would be talky and
bossy,
And then when your little girl answer
ed like that,
Would you say she was ugly and
saucy?
If you were mamma and wore a long
skirt,
wonder if you would grow weary
of service,
And then when you scolded and made
her feel hurt,
Would you say she was "naughty"
or "nervous?'
If yon were the strong one and I were
the weak,
When you punished me, then would
thank you?
And when I was crying, too sobby to
speak,
Wouldn't long to spank you?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Grccminc.

Ancicntly man thought more highly
of his horse than Of his womenkind.
But woman, as it CHANGED, was crafty.
"Why does he esteem bis horse be-
yond his wife," she asked herself and
resolutely faced the task Of finding out.
Her first answer was: The horse
will carry a heavier load"
Her next: THE horse doesn't talk
back at him"
But neither Of these. somehow, i'm
pressed her as being correct.
Most likely" she declared at length.
Its in the grooming. Well. III just be
we'll groomed myself ard see
1t was lucky guess. and from that
time forward womans position rose
relatively unit! in our day the horse
has scarcely look in even at tho
horse show.-Puck.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Her DarIina's Desire.

"My darling" said Il fond mother.
who believed in appealing to children's
tender feelings instead Of pun nishing
them, "if you are so naughty you will
grieve mamma SO that she will get i'll
and have to lie in bed in a dark room
and take nasty medicine, and then she
may die and have to be taken away
out to the cemetery and be buried. and
you
The child had become more solemn,
but an angelic smile overspread his
face Mt his mothers last words, and,
throwing his arms about her neck, he
exclaimed:
"Oh, mamma. and may sit beside
the eoachn"n :"-I.ondon Queen.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03

Threatening feverishness with chill
dren is quickly and safely calmed by
Preventics. These little Candy Cold
Cure Tablets should always be at hand
for promptness is all-important. Pre-
ventics contain no quinine, nothing
harsh or sickening. They are indeed,
"the stitch in time" Carried in pocket,
or purse, Preventics are genuine safe
guard against Colds. 25c. Sold by
Kaufmann Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
the Most Popular Because
it is the Best.

Il have sold Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for the past eight years and
find it to be one Of the best selling med
icincS on the market. For babies and
young children there is nothing better
in the line of cough syrups. says Paul
Allen, Plaiu Dealing, La. This remedy
not only cures the coughs, colds and
Group so common among young chill
dren, but is pleasant and safe for them
to take. For sale by Kaufman Drug
Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03

The ringing of a gong on an electric
light company's wagon in St. Louis
caused panic in the COLISEUM, where
fourteen thousand persons were listen
ing to Gipsey Smith. The excitement
was subdued by the singing of hymns
bv the choir Of thousand voices.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Puzzled.

Mrs. Gaswell-Who is that man who
looked ut you AS if he knew you: Mrs.
Highsome-He is a man who has done
some professional work for me once
or twice. He's a chiropodist. Mrs.
Gasvcll-Chiropodist: Oh. yes; I've
heard of them. They don't believe in
foreordination, do they:-Chicago Trib-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Useless PRAYERS.

An earnest young preacher in a re-
mote country village concluded Il long
and comprehensive supplication by sa!-
ing. And now let us pray for those
who are dwelling in the uninhabited
portions Of the earth
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
To What Base Uses, Etc.

One of our State street brokers re-
eeived Il note from a customer bear
ing the cryptic message. Richard ILL.,,
act ]. line 1875" Turning to the pas
sage he read, Now. by st. Paul. and
next moment he had given the order
Boston transcript
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
WILLING He Should Know.

4 certain boastful man assertXthat
he knows how to play on two cornets
at once. and the neighbors say that
they do not object to his knowing how.
but that he had better not try to do 1t.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03

The man who is always trying to
End out what people say Of him Is sell
dom happy.-Chicago Reeord-Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
Train Leaps oyer Chiff.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, FebruaryM-A
passenger train on the main line bound
North was to-day thrown over a cliff
one hundred feet high at point near
Rio Bamba and crashed to the bottom
of tie ravine. Twenty-fiv persons
were killed and forty wounded The.
accident was caused by displaced
rail,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
HEALTH
EMSURAM c.

The man who insures his life is
wise for his family.
The man who insures his health
is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may i7surc health by guard
ing 1t. 1t is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani.
tests itself in innumerabIe ways
TAKE-@
I Tut S Pills
And save your he ealth.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-25
USES BRASS BAND TO
AID SUNDAY WORSHIP
MUSIC INDUCES GOLFERS TO
GO TO CHURCH
Pastor in Chicago's Suburb Hits on
New Method to Induce Pleasure
Seekers to Abandon
Diversions

CHICAGO, May 24.-Maywood, CHI
cago suburb, still is good deal excited
about the kind of Sunday the Rev.
P. B. Barker, the new pastor of the
First Congregational church, delineated
yesterday.
haywood, as Rev. Mr. Barker ex-
planned, is not community of churcn-
goers. As a village it is fond of golt
and gardening, and Sundays it has been
in the habit of giving itself over al
most riotously to those diversions.
But it is going to stop that now.
About $50 o'clock yesterday after
noon a concert band dropped off train
at haywood Rev. Mr.. Barker was at
the station to meet 1t. There were
thirty-five players, every one of them,
Mr. Barker subsequently declared, rath-
er proudly, "a good Christian man.
At $50 o'clock, after the band had
been thoroughly dined, it started up
South Third street. There were 2O0 per-
sons in the crowd that followed, and
they kept time to Onward, Christian
Soldier until the band reached Madi-
son street, one mile away.
Bv that time all the golfers in the
south end of town had Joined the cav
alcade Golf and gardening somehow
lost their charms with the music of that
band ringing. Then the band turned
and marched to the north end of the
village, the serried ranks of the golf
and gardening squads gathering new
recruits at every step. By the time the
band halted in front of the church fully
400 golfers and gardeners were gath
cred i'm it's wake, and all followed into
the church.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-25
Ranie Linen Suits
Fashions Latest Fabric Fad

Seeing his inquisitive look at her at
tire she FASTENED to add:
81 have been up there"-ind1catln
the Palace with a motion of the hand.
my husband was going to leave me
and [ wanted to find him-that is all.
Another Woman?' he inquired
vaguely.
"Oh, MOI no! no! Only drink! drink
-partly-she added thinking of the
long startling chain of errors, and re-
membering that her whole life with
him had been filled with bitter uncom-
pretending experiences.
RAILROAD mans wife,? he inter-
rogated with colorless expression.
"Yes," she answered.
"Oh, nobody'Il hurt you. If you
meet any of the boys just say you're
a railroad mans wife. They won [
bother railroad folks They'll rum"
There was no help for her. She must
face the night again and alone. she
left him still tanning mosquitoes. Out
side she looked up toward the dark cut
hut seeing no one and hearing no sound
she took the opposite direction and
hurried along. When she reached the
foot of the long slope which led nome
all other emotions were swallowed up
in the sudden anxiety and yearnlhg 10
see the faces of her sleeping paoes anu
press them safely to her heart once
more 1t was as though she had been
separated from them for weeks ana
she sped UP the steep grade and past
the shadowy clump of trees without a
glance at the spot where scarce two
hours since she had witnessed the
climax of a life's tragedy. 1t seemed
she moved on wings-the wings of love
And soon beside the still sWeetly
sleeping babes she knelt, pouring oul
her overfowing love and prayers OF
gratitude that her messages borne by
Invisible currents had reached fruit
f,,1
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-25
ST. RITA CURES
HOPELESS ILLS
CHURCH OF PATRON SAINT
CROWDED BY SUPPLICANTS
BUSINESS TROUBLES AS WELL AS
DISEASE OVERCOME
Bone from Woman Who Has Been
Canonized Lies on Altar and Rev.
erence for Relic Produces
Miracles
[By Associated Press. ]

NEW YORK, May PA remarkable
scene was presented yesterday at the
church of st. Rita of Cascia, on 145th
street, when the structure was packed
by several hundred persons, while in
the street there were several more I'M
able to gain admission to the conclud-
ng services of the novena or nine
days devotion.
In the altar of the church there is
fragment of bone duly authenticated
as belonging to st. Rita, advocate OF
the hopeless and saint of the impos-
sible, as her worshippers call her. The
annual novena to the saint in this
church and the reverence of the relic
are credited with many marvellous
cures and performances in answer to
applications.
The rector, Father Charles Farina,
last night read d number of letters
from those who had prayed to st. Rita
A Detroit woman wrote that a year
ago she came to New York and prayed
to st. Rita for a civil service position
and soon obtained it.
A boarding school girl says the nov
ena to ST. Rita had completely re-
moved the pain in her eyes, throat and
nose.
A man wrote saying he had been in
business troubles and prayed to st
Rita for advice. He then sold one OF
his grocery stores and prospered in the
store which he retained, and gave the
saint of the impossible" full cridet.
Such | arge crowds of worshipers
now attend the annual noVena to st
Rita of Cascia the rector is planning
to increase the size of the church.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-25
WOMAN FLEES IN
MALE ATTIRE TO
SAVE CHILDREN
MAGAZINE WRITER FIGURES IN
SENSATIONAL EPISODE
FEARS PURSUIT OF DESERVING
HUSBANDS AGENTS
Writes Story of Her Experiences in
Desolated House After Spouse
of Twenty Years
Left Home
CONTINUED from Page One,

his intentions that not even Miss Fan
ME Robinson, Mrs. Richardson's sister
who is employed in the Richardson
grocery, had suspicion of the intended
elopement.
Richardson has a small son, Leslie
and, like Mrs. Miller, he feared for sew
eral days that the child might be taken
away. Leslie takes his mothers dis
appearance philosophically and de
plores only the fact that he is not al
lowed to run about the neighborhood us
before.
The elopement, and later midnight
eseapade of Mrs. Miller, has caused a
sensation in Belvidere and little else
was discussed in the neighborhood yes
terday.
The Miller house was deserted, with
bric-a- brac and, clothes strewn about
the floor, where Mrs. Miller had left
them in making the last detour of the
silent room. which only few hours be-
fore were filled with laughter of happy
children. Dick, the canary bird, was
given to a neighbor to keep, with Zip
little Beulah's pet kitten. Little Doro-
thy went yesterday because her flower
bed will be left INTENDED.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-25
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Poison in Biscuits-As a result
of eating biscuits in which she had by
mistake put I've instead of baking
powder, Mrs. Robert larry is dead,
and her husband is critically ill at
their home in Tottenvlle, Staten
island
Festival of Music-The names
of the five societies which compete for
the kaiser prize at the great music
festival to be held in Madison Square
garden from June 10 to % by the
United Singing societies of America
have been announced.
Canada Not Alarmed-A re-
port that the Canadian government
was alarmed at learning that an
American war vessel, the Nashville,
was bound up the st. Lawrence river
is denied. The report created amuse-
ment among government OFFICIALS al
Chicago.
Bow Takes Wireless - The
Youngest wireless operator who ever
sat at the key and picked up shore
messages came into port yesterday on
the Mallory liner Neuces from Tampa.
Raymond Carroll, 10 years of age, OF
Tampa, Fla, was in charge of the
wireless room.
Accidentally Shot-A Boomers
Qdaho) special says: Mrs. Steven
Shields accidentally shot and killed her
little brother, Johnny sullivan, II years
old Sunday afternoon. The woman
was shooting at a target, and Just as
she pulled the trigger the boy ran past
the target, the bullet lodging in his
right breast.
Baroness a Pauper-Baroness
L. r. Lagerfelt, who in her youth was
universally admired as 1.-The lovely
Mollie Doty" of Steubenville, Ohio, and
whose father, Calvin b. Doty, was one
of the wealthiest men of that section,
is said to- have been admitted to the
poorhouse at Altenheim, w. Va, at her
own request Sunday
Caught After Flight - After
five months of flight through western
cities and into Mexico, Edward B.
Towne, jr., returned to his home in
Orange, M j., before daylight Sunday
to see his sick son, and was arrested
by detectives on charges of embezzling
$50 900 from the Matheson Lead com
pany of New York.
Clews to Raiders-EIalf LOAF
of bread and partly destroyed hand
kerchiefs from which masks had been
made furnish probably the most inn
portant clews that have been detected
in the search for the fifteen men who
last Wednesday raided a sheep camp
near Atchee, Colo, and butchered be-
tween 1000 and 5000 sheep.
Shoes for Princess-The tiny
feet of Hollands baby princess are to
be encased in American soft-soled
shoes-the most costly infants shoes
that were ever made in this country.
The future ruler of the little Dutch
kingdom will not want for shoes for all
sorts of conditions, for there are sew
enteen pairs in the order just finished.
Indian Pupils Escape-Super-
intendent Friedman of the Carlisle In
dian school, Carlisle, Pa, has sent q
telegram to Capt. O'Brien of the CEN
trail station, Chicago. asking him to
search for Charles Bear and Wesley
James, who ran away from that place
Sunday. Detectives were assigned to
watch railroad trains and arrest the
Indians if they put in an appearance
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-25
LIFE WAS A BURDEN
FOR PAST Ten YEARS
Los Angeles Woman Relates Experience
for Benefit of Others

a badly impoverished and rundown
condition.
Il treated with doctors and took
many different kinds of medicine, but
l can truthfully say that Cooper's New
Discovery is the only medicine that
ever did me any real good. 1 was
persuaded to try it upon reading in
the papers about what it was doing
for others. l concluded if it would help
them it would also help me, so l pro-
cured a treatment at the Owl Drug
Store.
1T proved helpful from the first day
/ began taking it, and l continued to
improve rapidly until by the time the
treatment was exhausted | was prac-
tically we'll. The medicine stimulated
my appetite. corrected my digestion
and impaired tone and strength to
every organ. l am at present enjoying
better health than 1 have had in years.
l cannot find words to express my
thankfulness. and trust my experience
will be of benefit to others who are
suffering in a similar manner ADV.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-25

Among the numerous statements
that have been made for publication
by Los Angeles residents regarding
their experience with the Cooper rem
edles, which are at present having such
a large sale at the owl Drug store, 90
south Broadway, that of Mrs. Ella
York, living at 535 North Soto street
is of especial interest to persons sur
fering from Indigestion, stomach trou-
bic or a general rundown condition.
Mrs. York says:
THE past ten years Of my life have
been made a burden by stomach trou-
HE. have not been living-merely
dragging out a miserable existence;
Food did not agree with me, and
| derived little benefit from anything
ate NV digestion was very poor, and
after eating | experienced a great deal
OF pain and discomfort from gas
which pressed around my heart caus-
ing palpitation to an alarming degree.
[ was very nervous, weak and easily
exhausted; in fact, my system was in