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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-08-16
NEGRO DESPERATE
BURNED At STAKE.
Pennsylvania Mob Apply
the Torch ---Victim Ia
ken from Hospital.

At Coatsville, Pa, on Sunday night
Zacariah Walker, negro desperado,
was carried on cot from the hospital
and burned to crisp by frenzied
mob of men and boys. The negro,
who the night before shot and killed
Edgar Rice, special policeman of the
Worth Iron mills, was first dragged to
the scene of the shooting, begging pit
eously for mercy.
Hehad been arrested by posse late
Sunday afternoon after a search which
stirred the country. The posse finally
found him hiding in a cherry tree.
The negro with the last bullet in his
revolver shot himself in the mouth,
falling from the tree. He was removed
to the hospital and placed under
guard.
Thousand People in Mob.
A few minutes after 9 o'clock q
crowd numbering almost 1000 persons
appeared at the hospital. The leaders
were denied admission but they quick
ly smashed the window frames and
cra~ led Though the corridor. When
Walker was frsC taken to the hospital
he was strapped down in order to pre-
vent his escape. The mob, seeing
this, gathered up The bed and placing
it or the shoulders of four men, start
el for the country. When half a mile
from the hospital they entered q field
and vuickly gathered up pile o. dry
grass and weeds, placed the bed con-
tanning their victim on it.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-08-16

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J. s. MESSENGER, President
J. F. HoNEYcUTT, Cashier
n. D. MESSENGER, Bookk'p'r
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08
FOR THE JERSEY COWS.

tons beautiful new Country club and
splendid residences, surrounded by
magnificent old forest trees.
Too much cannot be said or writteI
about this wonderful dairy farm OF
Mr.. Higgins. The creamery, where
the milk is cooled, bottled and double
sealed for delivery in Lexington. is an
artistic building of rough stone. The
huge dairy barn is of concrete. brick
and filing. which gives it the appear
ance of some splendid county institu
ton. Men in immaculate white uni
forms were moving about the barn get
ting ready to milk the 425 registered
brought I'm from the hundreds of acres
of blue grass. over which they roam.
CHANGING at the doors and windows. l
saw that they were covered with
screening to keep out the flies. while
water pipes and hose were everywhere
to insure absolute cleanliness. l was
very much impressed with the beauty,
comfort and magnitude of everything I
saw. so as left the barn l asked:
where do you get this tremendous
supply of water? | saw hose and
piping everywhere and huge tower
by the creamery."
I'VE have complete pumping plant
across country on the far edge of the
farm at Russefl's cave"
l drove TO RussePs cave and found
perfect pumping outfit. even to a
double filter that the water might be
as pure as it was possible to make it.
Suddenly l remembered that ! had
not come TO Lexington to admire the
beauty of the. wide fields. the grand old
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08
FREE FOR STOMACH AND BOWELS

mild and gentle in action that child
as well as grown person can take 1t,
in fact, it has no equal for children.
women and old people.
1t arouses the flow of gastric juice.
and by a peculiar action trains the
stomach and bowel muscles to again
do their work naturally, and in time
medicines of all kinds can be dis.
pensed with. A free sample bottle
can be had for trial by sending your
address to the doctor, for in this
way Mrs. Gaskinds, Mr.. Gavellas and
many others first learned of the cure.
Later, when satisfied it is the remedy
you need, do as others are doing and
buy it of your druggist at fifty cents
and one dollar bottle.
For the free sample address DR.. w.
B. Caldwell, 402 Caldwell building.
Monticello. Ill.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08

We are in receipt of letters from
Mrs. Eva Gaskins, 304 Madison ST.,
Topeka. Kan, and Mr.. P. H. Gavel-
las, Wagner, Okla, as well as many
others. telling about the wonderful re-
suits they have secured in the cure of
their stomach and liver troubles by
the use of DIR. Caldwells Syrup Pep
sin.
This remedy, as all readers doubt
less know, has been before the public
for a generation and is now being
more extensively used than any other
remedy for stomach, liver and bowel
complaints. According to reliable tes-
timony, it seems to be very quick
and lasting cure for constipation, in
digestion and dyspepsia, liver trouble,
biliousness, headaches, sour stom-
ach, gas on the stomach, drowsiness
after eating and similar disorders. II
is liquid with tonic effect, and SO
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08
estimated to cost when finished

estimated to cost when finished
$21, 900, 900.
A pneumatic rug or shake.
down has been invented for the
convenience of motorists who
must lie on their backs beneath
their cars while making repairs.
Germany spent for aeronautics
in 1910 the sum Of $4,000, 900,
France $3.50, 900 and Russia $685.
100. The British air service for
the year now currant is put down
to cost $565, 900.
Secretary Myers says the United
States spent ten million dollars a
month on its navy. This has been
the rate for the past five years,
thus aggregating the enormous
sum of $500. 900, 900.
At the time Dewey captured
the Philippine Islands there was
only one lighthouse in operation
in the Philippine waters that on
Cape Melville. Bala b a c
island. sonth of the island of
Palawan and marking the en-
trance between the China sea and
the Sulu sea. AS is the custom ia
time Of war. the lighthouses to
have their lights extingnished
when it was discovered that an
attack on Manila was threatened
by the American navy. Il
appears that this order was car
ried ont at all others place excel I
at the lighthouse lnention above.
when the order MAS not received
The keeper 81 This light kept bj1
flight bptnig - 10 June 81. 1893!
fthopt aasisti Ilce. and WAS paid
i 5or bis services from Nay 1 1884;
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08
Interesting Items.

A full-grown elephant will car
ry load weighing three tons up
on its back.
There are known to be at least
100 different kinds of plants that
eat flesh like animals.
The last pensioner of the Unit
ed States from the Revolutionary
War died last April,
China is building a railroad
line the Szechwan-Hufeh which
gives employment to $4,000
coolies. 1
Before serving sardines always
sprinkle them with lemon juice
1t vastly improves the flavor.
During the decade from 1900
to 1910 it is estimated that 210,-
600 Greeks emigrated to this
county.
In Asia Minor blue is worn as
a sign of mourning, in Turkey
violet, in Persia brown and in
China white.
Common toads are sold for 81
a dozen on the stneets of Paris.
They are bought by gardeners
to be used in destroying insect.
If you run a motor vehicle in
Prince Edward Island you must
pay q fine of $500 or go to Jail for
1 period Of six months.
Caiiforpia is building two re-
servoirs Of concrete the largest
il tie world each to hold q mil
lion batr6ls q oil, at at cost Of
u ban = pttructine fsk:
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08

homes or Mr. Haggins great dairy
farm, but to look carefully at the
schOolhouses | turned to the man in
charge of the engines and pumps and
asked the distance to the nearest
schoolhousc 1t was not an eighth of
"a mile away from the pumping sta
ton and was a decided contrast ar
,chitecturally. Although | had seen
walks. concrete walks. in every direc-
ton about the Haggin barn. there was
no semblance of walk from the front
gate to the badly patched wooden steps
that were intended to lead tho chill
dren aloqg the primrose path Of
knowleds Everything was "opt at
the elbow.
The contrast between the care and
thought bestowed upon dairy COW
and child was here sharp and dis
tinct. Tie, dairyman could see and
figure the direct and immediate return
m hard doi4rs and cents when his
>ows are q |urjousIy treated but be
sould not o. would NOT try to SEE int<
~ future &c f1le children and meas
~ the retuiyn from an investmept Il
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08
THE FINEST DAIRY
How It Compares with Nearest
Sch0oIhOuse.
DAIRY COW VERSUS CHILO.

9TCGt SoUtTdSt OStwCSu hUC SdTS dttd
Thought Bestowed Upon Each Near
Lexington - Palace For Jerseys,
School "out at the Elbow"
had not had time to get my lug
gage together and draw long breath
after leaving the train at Lexington
before l was asked:
eyer been out to Haggin's?''
NO." answered. rather breathless-
ly and dazed. Then | gathered myself
together and answered at venture.
ooh. you mean the place outside Of
Lexington where Henry Clay was
born, don't your
Heavens. no. It's the biggest and
finest thing in the way of dairy farm
in the world. You know it's owned by
Mr.. Haggin of New York city"
| went out TO the great dairy farm
on the trolley car-went past Lexing.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-08
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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-08-01
Death of Mrs. Dwiggins.

The community was greatly shocked
July 20 by the announcement of the
death of Mrs. Elmer Dwiggins at the
LOOMS Sanitarium, at LOOMS, n. Y,
in the Catskills. News of this kind
travels fast, and it wasn't long before
everyone knew it, and expressions of
profound regret were heard on all
sides. Mr.. Dwiggins had left in the
early morning for LOOMS, but ar
rived too late, as his wife had died
suddenly some hours before from
heart failure The two sons, also,
Raymond and Lawrence, left Palisade
shortly after noon, having been tele-
phoned to come on at once. Suspect
ing the worst, yet not knowing the
truth, the two boys arrived at LOOMS
late in the evening, only to be met by
their devoted father with the heart
breaking news that their idolizing
mother was no more.
Mrs. Dwiggins had been a victim
of tuberculosis for some years, but it
was not until last autumn, when she
and Mr. Dwiggins went on a cruise
through the West Indies and to Ber-
muda that her serious condition was
realized. The voyage greatly ener-
waited her, and at once upon her re-
turn she went to LOOMS. She had
delayed too long, however, and little
assurance was offered for her restora-
ton, and after several months of lin
gering illness she yielded up her pre-
C1OuS lite at a moment when denied
the happiness of saying farewell to
her loved ones. These circumstances
made her death peculiarly narrowing.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-08-01

songs, and the last sad rites were at
the grave in Sheldon cemetery.
Mrs. Dwiggins was Matte c. Wood,
daughter of William and Rachel
Wood, who lived and died in Sheldon.
She was born in Sheldon June 80,
1869, where she attended the public
schools and graduated with her class
in 1886. In early life she united with
the Methodist church.
In 1891, January Z, she was married
to Elmer Dwiggins. Mr. Dwiggins
always held her in the highest, most
affectionate esteem, and their happy
married life was a subject of great
admiration among their friends.
She had many loyal friends in
sPalisade, where her amiable DISPOSE
ton and gentle character had en-
deared her to everyone. Always a
frail little woman since her residence
in Palisade, she had made an appeal
because she suggested all that was
adorable in beautiful motherhood and
womanly qualities. She walked along
our roadways always with the step of
a fairy, somehow, and was greeted
with the kind of welcome that indi-
Gated a tender response from every
heart that knew her. In the days of
her long illness she remained cheer
full, and wrote many letters from
LOOMS that gave no indication of
any inward fear of approaching dis
solution. On the contrary, the woods
of LOOMS crooned sweet lullabies for
her, and she found satisfac ton in
knowing that she was there because
fond hearts knew it was best for her,
and she expressed every satisfaction
at her surroundings. Then gradually
she went down and down. grew weak
er and weaker, till the futtering heart
failed to respond, and she sank back
on her pillow with her spirit flown to
Gods angels above
The sympathy of the whole town
goes out to Mr.. Dwiggins and the
two boys, Raymond and Lawrence,
in their sad and bitter bereavement
May God, who tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb, soothe their wounded
hearts. She is rot dead but sleepetb!
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-08-01

The end came so suddenly and un-
expectedly that there was no time for
sending word except that she had
quickly expired from heart failure.
For some days her breathing had been
labored, and about 1920 a. m, when
alone with the nurse, she said: 81
want to turn over" This she did, I'm
assisted, and as her head fell over on
the pillow the nurse thinks her heart
tailed at that moment, and the end
came.
Mrs. Dwiggins was born in Shell
don, ILL.,, about eighty miles from Chi
cago. The funeral took place there
at $3.50, July 81, from the home of her
two brothers, Thomas and Isaac Har-
desty. The home was filled with
friends who had known Mrs. Dwig-
gins in life. Rev. w. D. Smith, of the
Presbyterian Church, oficiated and
alluded feelingly to the beautiful life
and character of the deceased. The
male quartette rendered touching
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-08-01
Mr.. Hollinger's Mother Dead.

Mrs. Katharine Hollinger, mother
of our fellow-townsman, William
Hollinger, died at her old home, Mill
ersburg, Ohio, July %. She was past
eighty-nine years of age, and had
always lived an active, useful life She
had been rather feeble for some time,
but was up and around the day before
she died. Her son, William Hol-
llnger, was in California and unable
to get back in time for the funeral
Mrs. Hollinger was much loved by all
who knew her, and left many rela-
tives and friends to mourn her loss.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-08-01

Unusual Accident on the Horseshoe
Curve Line to Ferry.

very unusual accident occurred
Saturday night, July Is. A Paterson
car had left the ferry yard ahead of
the Fort Lee car, as usual. When
about half way up the Palisades, the
Paterson car came to a sudden halt,
from lack of power or something
wrong with the motor, and before the
Fort Lee car could come to a halt
there was a rear-end collision that
might have been serious. AS it was,
one passenger was pretty badly cut
by flying glass from the impact He
was in the rear of the Paterson car.
1t is frequently observed that cars
run rather close together coming up
the hill. Perhaps now they won't be
so neighborly. AS a matter of fact,
one hundred feet apart is quite close
enough for cars coming up the hill.
The wise man never mistakes his
prejudices for his convictions.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-08-01


is the annual
FICTION NUMBER
FROM its first issue, more
than twenty years ago, this
number has been the repository
for some of the best Short
Stories ever written. 1t is
a literary institution, the leader
In the idea Of a special number
devoted chiefly to fiction.
The number for this year contains group of extraor-
binary stores including the beginning of remarkable
Short Serial ethan Frome," by Edith Wharton; one
Of the best stories Of the sea ames B. Connolly has ever
written, love story with background of stirring adven-
tue, and another article by
GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON, up the Railroad to
Maolos with an account of the famous river-crosng on
raft
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-08-01

The wise man never mistakes his
prejudices for his convictions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-19

and steel industries had, in the latest
census year for which results have been
published, 1904, a production worth
only 60 per cent of the value of this
years corn crop.
The cotton crop of this year may be
worth In lint and seed a round $780,
100000 at the farm, or more than the
corn crop was worth in any year prior
to 1901. This value is 10 per cent
above the fve-acre average.
The value of the hay crop is about
$720,000,000, an amount which has been
exceeded but once, and that in 1907;
1T is ID per cent above the average of
the preceding five years.
The production of spring and winter
wheat is 91,767, 900 bushels, or sub
stantially the average of the preceding
five years, whereas the value is about
$625,000,000, or 7.6 per cent above the
| five-year average.
Easily the fifth crop in point of value
is oats, the value of which this year is
$3.50, 100000, or ~ per cent above the
average of the five preceding years
For the second time in the history of
this country the crop exceeds 1,0O0,.
100000 bushels, the precise estimate
standing at 1896, 1896, 700 bushels, OF
% per cent greater than the average
of the five preceding years.
Next in order of value is the potato
crop, which has been exceeded only il
two or three former years. With tn,
exception of the crop of 1909, which
was in a degree an overproduction, tn,
crop of this year is the largest eve
grown in this country; the preliminar,
estimate of the department is 328,7S7,
900 bushels, or 8 per cent above tn
average of the preceding five years.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-19
Why Mail Order Houses Prosper.

w. e. Jacobs of Chicago, says the
Ottawa Republican, Times, has a new
theory regarding the cause of people
patronizing mail order houses. Mr.
Jacobs speaks authoritatively, for he
was for some time connected with the
advertising department of a mail order
concern.
"The American people like to take a
chance" said Jacobs, "they like to
call it gamble, if you will. They used
to buy lottery tickets and played the
races, but since the government has
taken a hand in the suppression of that
kind of gambling the people have re-
sorted to another variety.
"Today they read an advertisement,
a gold watch for S.. Don't pay your
local dealer SIS for the same watch,
and the average fellow who reads that
advertisement doesn't believe the watch
will be worth even as much as SIS, but
he decides he will take a chance and
orders the watch.
Mrs. Smith reads an advertisement Of
grocery concern selling groceries by
mail The first item that catches heI
eye is % pounds of granulated sugar fol
$1.OO. If she would turn to the market
price of the paper she would see that
sugar could be bought in carload lots
at such a figure. But she doesn't pay
any attention to the market. She reads
great list, the whole of which will b'
sent her for $40. She takes chance
and usually pays more than the sam'
articles could be bought for from loca
dealers.
"When these same people buy from
a local dealer they examine every articl
carefully and know just what they ar
getting. When they buy by mail the.
don It know what they are going to ge
until it arrives, and then comes tn
pleasure of opening the grab bag"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-19

But now / do not have any of these
troubles. l have a fine strong baby
daughter now, which / did not have
before taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. "-MRs. a. A.
GILES, Route Al, Dewittyille, n. Y.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women, and that every such
suffering woman owes it to herself to
at least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-19
Eleven Million Bushels Kaffir Corn.

The Oklahoma state reports show
the katfir corn crop this season to be
the best in several years and the grain
yield per acre to be much better than
corn, as the average yield per acre is
given at 1928 bushels, while the corn
yield was only 1871 bushels. The kaflir
corn grain yield per acre last year ac-
cording to the assessors returns was
4.6 bushels showing the remarkable
difference in favor of this years crop
of III bushels. The total estimated
yield of the grain crop is 11,011,2 6l, as
compared with 2,255,470 for the 1909
crop. The greater part of this big
kaffir corn yield was raised in western
Oklahoma, where it is needed for winter
feeding on account of the corn crop
being almost failure in some sect ions.
The big kaffir corn grain yields made
this year, when corn in the same locali-
ties was hardly worth harvesting, dem
onstrate very forcibly that farmers
in southwestern and western Oklahoma
would make surer and as good a feed
ing crop as corn by raising kafir corn
and milo maize.
The kafir corn forage crop averaged
2 tons per acre, as compared with one
half ton per acre for the 1909 crop
The estimated number of tons of forage
raised this season is given at 1908;
tons, as compared with 225,582 tons fol
last years crop.
The estimated acreage of kaffir corr
raised this year is 49S,737, as compared
with 4S2,214 acres raised in 1909.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-19
Value of the Years Crop.

Nothing short Of omniscience can
grasp the value of the farm products
of this year, is the statement of the
secretary of agriculture in his annual
report for 1910. Never before in the
world 8 history has country produced
farm products within one year with a
value reaching 1926, 900, 900, which is
the value of the agricultural products
of this country for 1910. The increase
in the value of farm products from
1899 to the present year has been pro-
gressive without interruption. If the
value of the products of 1899 is placed
at 100, the value for this year is 1879,
or almost double the value for the CEN
sus year eleven years ago.
The corn crop of 1921 1881 900 bushels
exceeds that of the record year 1906
and is greater than the average crop OF
the preceding five years by IA pei
cent. While the value of this corn croI
is below that of 1909 and also of 1908
its amount belongs to stories of magic
1t can hardly be reckoned as less thar
$1,5OO,0OO, 900, a sum sufficient to can
eel the Understanding debt of thu
United States, buy all of the gold ant
silver mined in all of the countries O.
the earth in 1909, and still leave t
the farmers a little pocket money.
All the cereals except corn are to
gether worth only three-fourths as mucl
as that crop. The great allied irol
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-19
An Item Of Expense.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Ii

Money which does not bring reason
able interest is poorly invested.
In figuring the cost of doing business
a great many dealers do not figure in
terest on the capital they have invested.
They should remember that this same
money loaned to another ON the very
best of securities will bring them a
reasonable interest, and they should
make at least an equal interest on it
while using it themselves.
In other words, the business must pay
benefit above interest in the invest
ment, for all capital should be consid-
cred the same as borrowed capital. If
the proprietor owns the capital he is
entitled to the interest; if he does not
own it, he must pay interest to the own
er, so interest is one of the regular
running expenses of every business, nc
matter how small or how large.
Many dealers figure in every littl'
expense along with the big ones, ant
then make the statement that it cost
them a certain per cent to do bushes
and at the same time entirely overlool
the interest on the investment, whicl
is no small item in the regular expenses
Always remember that money is wort
interest, whether you use it yourself o
loan it to others.--Sou. Merchant.