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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30
Awakened Sympathy.

"When the balmy zephyrS come
stealing Ger the scene said the young
man with feathcry hair. '::docSn't it
make YOU feel kinder toward human
nature to dream Of being on the m"o!i-
lit lake with your light guitar waking
the echoes with son":"
at does" answered Mr. Sirius Par
kcr. 1T makes me feel kinder than
did before toward the fcl:nw thHt
ro,kS the hoat."-New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30
Weston, Ocean.to.Ocean Walk

Said recently: "When you feel down
and out, feel there is no use living, just
take your bad thoughts with you and
walk them off. Before you have walk
ed mile things will look roster. Just
try it. Have you noticed the increase
in walking of late il every community?
Many attribute it to the comfort which
Aliens Foct- Ease, the antiseptic pow
der to be shaken into the shoes, gives
to the millions now using it. As Wes.
ton has said, "It hasreal merit"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30
Iettinu the Cat Out.

"Say. grandma. make noise like a
frog" coaxed little Tommy.
"What for. my son.
"Why, papa says that when you
croak We'll get S5,OO0."- Success Mag
aZine.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30
Hurried It Up.

Didn't you propose to her soaner
than you expected:'
Yes: but you see. old man, didn't
want to exhaust all my topics OF con-
versation before we were married.
New York Life.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30
Recent Fiction.

.'Have you read any of the recent fic-
tion?' Il have read it ALL "N Where"
'In Dumas, forty years ago.'-Boston
Traveller.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30

II want some cigars for my bus
band, please
eyes, madam. What kinda"
II don't quite know. but he's small
man and always dresses in black
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30

Wanted-Piedmont cigarette cou.
pons. I will pay 45c per hundred cash
in redeeming these coupons.
Rice B. Harman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30
Force of Habit.

Force Of Habit.
'sThe new singer in the choir pitches
all his music so high"
'But. you know. he came from q
baseball team Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30

Information Bureau Official - Wen.
young man, what do you want to find
oUl:
Small Boy - What do YOU k"ow:-
vEcnan's Home Companion.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-06-30

D:,,;; .;Ee of Fishing TIc!;i jD<t re-
G iy.i - The Bazaar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Trusts Thrown Out of Court

The decision of the United States supreme court in the case of the Con tinental Wall Paper company Is far reaching and deeply important, even though 1t be but flve-to-four decision. The dissenting justices were Holmes, Brewer, White and Peckham-two re- publicans and two democrats. A five-to- four decision is as good as any other kind while it stands unreversed, and the court Is rarely inclined to reverse itself.
 Justice Harlan, always true to the people and the average man, delivered the opinion of the court, and he boldly took the position that the court can not be used to further the ends of a con- cern organized in restraint of trade against the terms of the Sherman anti trust law. The Continental company is confessedly a combination in restraint of trade and monopoly. As such, said Justice Harlan, it cannot use the court to collect debts. He went on to say:
 We hold that such a judgment cannot be granted without departing from the statutory rule. long established to juris- prudence of both this country and Eng land, that a court will not lend it's aid, fin any way. to enforce or to realize the fruits of an agreement which appears to be tainted with illegality, although the result of applying that rule may some- times be to shield defendant who has rot something for which as between man and man he ought perhaps to pay-but or which he is unwilling to pay.
 As all trusts do an interstate busi- ness this decision practically shuts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
All Balkan War Clouds DissIpated

When Austria-Hungary settled her differences with Turkey on a goney basis, it became plain that there would be no war in the Balk9As. And this view is now fully assMed by the settle ment arrived at@in the case of Bull garia and Eastern Rumelia.
 TmkeS demanded s24OOO,OOO from Bulgaria as the price of independence, and Bulgaria was willing to pay $16,- 400 900. At this point Russia, speak ing through M. Iswolsky, her minister for foreign affairs, comes into the case. Under the Berlin treaty of 1878 Turkey , was obligated to pay Russia $160O, 900 a year without interest for 100 years. Turkey Is relieved of this indemnity until the sum aggregates the sum de- manded from Bulgaria. This will en- able Turkey to borrow 5000, ,000 Bull garia is to reimburse Russia at the rate of $1,000,000 year until she has paid $16,400,o00 with interest. Seldom, D says the London Times, "has it seemed possible to attain so many and such varied ends of high importance at so small an outlay. Russia may well be proud of a minister who conceived Sc statesmanlike a design. M. Iswolsky has taken a step which deserves the gratitude and admiration of all Flu rope"
 The boycott of Austrian goods has been raised in Turkey. The independ ence of Bulgaria will soon be recog- nized by Turkey, and peace reigns in the Balkans, and the Young Turks re- tain their power in Turkey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
GrOundbOg Day

The Atlanta Journal would have us believe that the groundhog wakes up on February 1, when all know that any well-trained groundhog has al ways made his first appearance on Candlemas Day, or February ?. The Journals groundhog was day ahead of any correct calendar, and the ob- ject of this article is to warn the public against an acceptance of the weather decision of the Georgia groundhog. The groundhog of tradi- tion and weather experience appeared yesterday at noon and in this locality he undoubtedly saw his shadow and went back to outsleep six weeks more of unkind weather.
 The Journals Monday groundhog should not be accepted by those who have faith in the groundhogs infalli- bility in the matter of weather The Journal is either using an inaccurate calendar or else it is putting it's trust in a Georgia groundhog of inaccurate habits. Far be it from us to impeach the Journals honesty or motives. We simply believe it has beens misled day, and the object of this article is to induce it to accept the o1d-established date of the first appearance of the famous weather observer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
A most poor man, made tame by for
 tunes blows. king Lear.
Our ShipS At Gibraltar

The battleship fleet is assembled at Gibraltar preparatory to it's departure on February for the Azores and Hampton Roads, where it is due to arrive on February 9. The stop at the Azores will be short and then the trip across the Atlantic will complete the world-round practice cruise. This cruise will be historic in the annals of the navy. Nothing like it was ever attempted before in this or any other navy.
 President Roosevelt was present a year ago last December when the fleet steamed away from Hampton Roads, and he proposes to be present to re- view the fleet as it passes in at noon on February 22. Rear Admiral Sperry and the other commanders and execu- tive officers will go aboard the May flower to receive the Presidents greet ing, after which the President in turn will visit the flagship of each division and meet the assembled officers and six representative sailormen selected from the division. That will be the formal ending of famous cruise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
No Tardy Justice Here,

Wilmington, N. C., February 2.-Win Ward, the negro who made an attempt at criminal assault upon Mrs. Mollie Me Leod, wife of a respectable farmer in Sampson county. this state, on January 19. was tried in the superior court at Clin- ton today and Sentenced to be hanged on March 3. He was brought from Raleigh under military guard and placed on trial, counsel being Assigned by the court to de- fend him. The prisoner claims to be the son of an Indian mother and to have come from Oklahoma The local military at Clinton is guarding the jail until he Is returned to the state prison, later to be brought back and hanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Opposition To Phone Company.

Louisville, February 1.-Two different courses were decided upon by an assem- bly, of about 300 men and women who met here tonight to protest against the increased rates of the Cumberland Tele- phone and Telegraph company and to settle the telephone litigation which has been agitating this city One body call- ing themselves the "subscribers' with drew from the first meeting which named itself the 'ctizens" and indorsed an ordinance making the maximum rate of the Cumberland $5.50 month. The "cit- izens' meeting resolved to go before tho people and ask that all discontinue the use of the Cumberland phones The meeting had been called by the Louis- vile commercial club to reach an amica- ble method of solving the muddle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Vaccination Against Typhoid

Fifteen thousand persons have sought immunity from typhoid by means of vaccination without a single untoward result. A board of eminent physicians named by Surgeon General o'Reilly has presented a report approving the plan of vaccination, and the entire army is to be invited to accept immu- nization from the most dreaded of camp diseases in that way.
 Vaccination proceeds on the basis of hardening the system against the disease very much as one attack of the disease does. One attack immu- nizes the individual as a rule, and so does vaccination. No attempt will at present be made to compel soldier to be vaccinated, but all soldiers will be invited to accept immunity in this way.
 The typhoid record of the volunteer army in the war with Spain was a dis grace to us as a people, and if we should again go to war every volunteer should be vaccinated against typhoid fever. In war time vaccination should be compulsory, and there is really no reason why it should not be compul- sorry in the regular army in times of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Poe Apnreciated.

"The Poe centenary awakened the soul full thinkers and the men of letters of the world, and the upshot of it all has been that Edgar Allan Poe was the greatest poet America has produced and one of the greatest that has lived in any age or cline" said person of lit erary taste.
 New England was a rich field of let ters Nathaniel Hawthorne was the greatest novelist of the new world. No one has ever approached him in the realm of psychological romance.
 'Longfellow, Whittier and others created song that will reverberate; but Poe sang as no other American has ever sung and his verse will be heard in the centuries to come. And in addition to his poetry Poe wrote short stories that would have made him immortal As great as the appreciation of Poe is to- day. it will be even greater 100 years hence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
ARMENIAN LULLABY.

By Eugene Field.
 Tf thou wilt shut thy drowsy eyes,
 My mulberry one my golden sun! The rose shall sing thee lullabys,
 My pretty cosset lambkin And thou shalt swing In an almond tree, With a flood of moonbeams rocking thee A silver boat on a golden sea
 My velvet love, my nesting dove,
 My own pomegranate blossom! The stork shall guard thee passing we'll All night, my sweet my dmple feet! And bring thee myrrh and asphodel, My gentle-rain-of-s -springtime! And for thy slumbrous play shall twine, The diamond stars with an emerald vine To rail in the waves of ruby wine
 My myrtle bloom, my hearts perfume, My little chirping sparrow! And when the morn wakes up to see My apple bright, my souls delight! The partridge shall come calling thee, My jar of milk -and-honey! Yes, thou shalt know what mystery lies In the amethyst deep of curtained skies If thou will fold thy onyx eyes
 You wakeful one. you naughty son.
 Xou cooing little turtle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Last Messenger Arrives.

Washington. February 2.-The last of the state messengers bringing electoral votes arrived in Washington today. They were Thomas B. Butler of South Carolina, whose delay was explained by the fact that the South Carolina law provides that the returns shall be in by the second Wednesday, in February, and he was not familiar with the federal statute covering the case. He arrived at II 80 o'clock, three minutes ahead of Gen. Charles S. Warren of Montana, whose delay was caused by breaking his right arm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Looks Like Demagogy.

Tt may be that Senator Culberson's s Idea in Investigating the purchase of the Tennessee company by the United States Steel corporation was to vindicate the Steel concern said member of the Com mercial club who has no direct interest in industrial matters; but it looks to a man up the tree as piece of vulgar dem agogy.
 If Culberson were a man from the prairies of the west or the rock-ribbed hills of New England he might have been excused on the ground of ignorance. Bpt Culberson is a native Alabamian and he has the reputation of being a broad-minded southern leader That he should have displayed ignorance or dem agogie politics will only tend to shake the faith of southern men in southern states manship."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
lincoln Day LeqaIized.

Washington February 2.-Without amendment the Senate today passed the House bill making February 12, 1909, the tooth anniversary of the birth of Abra- ham Lincoln, legal holiday, and recom- mending it's celebration throughout the United States, for which purpose the President is authorized to issue a special proclamation. The bill also declares that IS a part of a national memorial to Lin coin, there may be built highway from Washington city to the battlefield of Get tysburg, Pa, to be known as '"The Lin coin Way" An appropriation of s50,00O is made for survey of plans and estimates for such a highway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
WHl Meet sperry,s Fleet.

Washington, February 2.-Admiral Ar holds third squadron of the Atlantic fleet now at Guantanamo, is under orders to leave there between February 8 and 10 to meet Admiral Sperry's fleet of Is bat tleships, which are to leave Gibraltar Feb ruary 6. Somewhere in the broad Allan tic the ships. of the several squadrons will get into wireless communication with each other and then, with Admiral Ar holds ships as an escort, the vessels will proceed to Hampton Roads, where they are due to arrive February 22. The New Hampshire, which has just left New York, is now proceeding toward Guantanamo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Cost of Maintaining warshIp.

Washington. February 2.-The navy de- partment was today directed to send to the Senate a statement of the amount of money expended since May 12, 1906, on various vessels of the navy, and also to state what amount is required an- nually ito keep in repair and in good condition a frst-class battleship." It is required also that there shall be stated the cost of coal consumed last year, to- gether with the names from whom it was purchased. This resolution was intro- duced by MT. Clay, who declared that he wished to obtain the information in order that he might understand the estimates upon which the naval bill was based.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Manufacturers Rlahts Upheld.

San Francisco, February 2.-Holding that a manufacturer has right to dis play his own name on articles he pro- duces, without being compelled to quail fly the use of the name in any way, even should it be similar to that of some other manufacturer of. the same class of ar ticles, the United States circuit court of appeals today dissolved the injunction
 granted by Federal Judge Van Fleet, re- straining M. Anargyros, an Oakland cig- arctic manufacturer from using his name on box labels unless followed by words showing that the enclosed cigarettes were not manufactured by the American To- bacco company. In rendering it's decision
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Branchinn Out.

Otto K. Lucas who has been connected with the J. H. Heincke Real Estate com pany for several years past, has severed his connection with that firm in order to engage in business for himself. He has made friends in the Birmingham district who will be glad to learn that he has accepted the position of secretary and treasurer of the Empire Fuel and Iron company
 George A. Mcqueen, who has been a familiar figure in the office of the Gill reath Coal and Iron company for years past, has, like MT. Lucas. accepted a po- sition with Empire Fuel and Iron com pany. He has been elected vice presi- dent of the Empire company. His con- pany will conduct a general coal mining and jobbing coal business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Murder charned

Chicago, February 2.-That Mrs. Kath- erine M Campbell, who was found dead in the bath room of her home few days ago, and in connection with which death her husband, John O'Dufferin Campbell, is now under arrest, died as the result of asphyxation is the opinion of pr. War ren Hunter of the eoroner's staff. ex- pressed after a post mortem examination today Dr. Hunter said that he found slight abrasions on the body and a slight cut over the left temple but that these injuries apparently could not have caused the woman's death. An order for an ex- humation of the body was issued earlier in the day by Judge Kerston upon the application of Coroner Hoffman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Praise for Connolly.

Washington, February 2-The White House today made public two letters from William J. Prendergast and wife of Jefferson, Mass, fellow passengers with James Connolly, the writer of sea stories on the i'll fated steamer Republic saying that Connolly was perfectly cool'' at the time of the disaster, went to the state rooms in the dark to get life preservers for the Prend >rgasts who were afraid to go for them" and he aid ed other passengers. "IIe was a brave man and too much credit cannot be given him." wrote Mrs. Prendergast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 Maybe in heaven the cook never gives notice.
 The way woman makes a man think she is interested in him is just to let him talk about himself.
 Some men seem to think they can n- crease their brain power by the way they curl their mustache.
 About the smartest trick a girl has is appearing to be absolutely innocent about thing everybody knows she ism t.
 The only enjoyable thing about good resolutions is when you have been acting in such way that you have to make them over again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Business Outlook.

"The volume of business will not be as great during the first quarter of 1909 as it was in the corresponding period of 1906, but it will probably be as large and as satisfactory as it was in 1907," said S. H. Hairston of Cleveland.
 'It is generally predicted that in the fall of 1909 a great tide of prosperity will be in evidence, and that in the meantime we will have a healthy, if not a buoyant trade. Should we have huge crops the coming summer we will have a high degree of prosperity again, but even with poor crops the year 1909 will strike a good average"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Reqardinq the Weather.

While every body knows that the groundhog as weather forecaster Is only a myth, the majority of educated persons, to say nothing of the common run of folk, pin their faith to the Febru- ary sign" said an old citizen.
 'I do not pretend to know as much about the season as the trained weather man, but having kept a diary for 40 years, I am in a position to assert that in nine cases out of ten we have rough weather from the early part of February until the middle of March, when Febru- ary is bright enough to make a ground hog shadow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Water Company Protests.

Washington, February 2.-The Knox vile water company, through its at torneys today pleaded to the supreme court of the United States a petition for rehearing in the case between that company and the city of Knoxville, Tenn. involving the water company's rates. It is contended on behalf of the company that the court overlooked certain con- tracts between the company and the city and also that the rate sustained by the court would prove confiscatory in that it would give a return to the com pany of less than per cent interest on it's investment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Woman Sues Pullman Company

New Orleans, February 2.-The alleged carelessness of negro porter in putting a man in the wrong berth of a sleeping car was the basis of s1OO00 suit brought in the federal court here today by Mrs. Amelia NJ. DuBourg of this city against the Pullman company. Mrs. DuBourg says she was the victim of the serious mistake averred and alleges that she was severely injured by the man being thrown into her berth. The occurrence is said to have taken place on the night of January % while she was en route from Deming. N. NJ, to New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
EIihu Root Is a Walker.

Hot Springs. Ark, February 2.-His un- familiarity with the topography of the mountains about Hot Springs cost Sena- tor-elect Root tramp of six miles today. Starting out alone for a brief stroll, MT. Root lost his way and before he could locate a path leading back to the city he had traversed about six miles, rather to the detriment of his injured knee. which he sprained while alighting from car riage in Washington Other than his dis appearance in the mountains the day was without special Incident to MT. Root.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03

them out of court and they can en- force no claim, nor collect any bill, nor protect themselves from patent in Judgements. The supreme court prac- tieally decides that it will not permit a federal court to promote in any man. ner an illegal trading combination-a trust-and it is difficult to see how a trust can long exist that has no legal protection. The decision is far-reach- iuo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
How Much Population?

As a rule the first question asked by visitor to young and growing city is what is your population" remarked ]. B. Douthwaite of Philadelphia.
 New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Chicago and St. Louis are so large that no one thinks of the extent of their pop ulation, but when I am told that Bir- mingham, not quite 3S years old, has a population of 10000 within its present city limits and will have over 100000 just so soon as the legislature meets and agree when I am told all this, I marvel.
 Birmingham is the most phenomenal city in the United States. It Is beauti- full city, too, and will eventually become a tourist center as well as an iron and steel capital" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
rvlna To Locate Raoe Traek.

Wheeling, W. Va, February A number of New York racing men, for whom Tom Sharkey is said to be acting as agent, are negotiating for the pur- chase of tract of land at White Sul- phur Springs. W. Va. for the purpose of locating a race track. In the event the deal is carried through. the pur- chasers will endeavor to make the famous old summer resort one of the greatest racing centers in the United States. Sharkey and number of New York racing men were at White Sul- phur on an outing last summer and were impressed with an ideal spot for a straight mile track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-03
Home Is Destroyed.

The two-story building at the intersec- tion of Sixth and Noble streets, owned by -the Woodstock cotton mill and oc- cupied by Forest Cooper and family, who are employees of the mill, caught on fire about 530 Monday afternoon and a part of the roof and upper story was consumed, together with a lot of furni- ture and bedding, belonging chiefly to Miss Minnie Bradley, who has rented one of the upper rooms in which she had stored her belongings.