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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

A Des Moines man had an attack of
muse lar rheumatism IN his shoulder.
A friend advised him to 60 to Hot
Springs. That meant an expense Of
$150.Oe Or mors. He songht for a
quicker and cheaper way to care it
and fo1nd it in Ohamberlain's Gni-
ment. Three days after the Asat sp-
plication OF this liniment he was Wsh.
For sale hy AL Dealnrs.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.

NRs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP hAs peeI
xsed for over SIXTY YEARS by M!LL!ONSS, q ?,
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN -WAILa
nRRTHiNG, with PERFECT SUCCESS.
sNOTEES the CHILD SOFTENS the GUMS.
T.IAYS ali PAIN; CURES WIND COLO, ans
eo,,,te,v harmless Be sure and ask for Mrs.
V;nslow's Soothing syrup" ard take no other
and. TWENTY-FIVE cents bottle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

Four mules were stolen from the
timt er camp Of J. T. MeKennon in
Marlboro county and no trace Of them
has been found.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

A eAartss has been iss1sa 10 tAa
Johnston Restris Light, ke and Fuel
Company Of Johnston. 3. ID. Boyd Ia
president. Werk On the plant wM le-
gin seon.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

The Atlantic Coast Line will send
out an agricultural train Through the
State, as the Southern did, beginning
at McColl On December ~.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

When you have bilious attack give
Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. They
are excellent. For sale by All Deal
ers. ....- .... -
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
Foley Kidney PilIs

Tonic in action, quick In results. Will
cure any case Of kidney or bladder dis
order not beyond the reach Of medi-
cine. Nc need to say more.
Kaufmann Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
Cleaning, Pressing
and Dyeing

The Lexington Pressing Club is
ready to do your fall cleaning, press
ing, dyeing, etc. We have compe-
tent force and ill work promptly and
neatly done. Let US fix up that old
last years suit foryou. We make
q speciality of this class of work.
Lexington Pressing Club.
Lem Sox, Manager.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
Trespass Notice.

All persons are hereby forbidden to
trespass in any manner whatsoever on
the lands of the undersigned, either
by hunting, fishing or allowing stock
to run at large.
G. ?: Bundrick,
R. Stoudemire,
J, W. Stoudemire,
4w7p,, P. E. Eargle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
Cured in His Own
Home Town

Greenville, S. G. DR.. J. P. R. Neal,
Proprietor of the Riverside Drug Com
pany, tells the way for his fellow
townsmen to be cured of kidney and
bladder ailments az he himself was
cured. II wish to state that I have
been a practicing physician and drug
gist for over 35 years, and nave sold
and administered many kidney prepa-
rations, and Foley Kidney Pills are
superior to any I have ever used and
give the quickest and most permanent
relief. Kaltmann Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
Land for Sale.

We offer for sale our property, con-
tanning 81 acres, in Platt Springs
township, miles from CASTOR, known
as ths Edward Richardson estate;
about 20 acres in cultivation, balance
heavily timbered. Two good springs
of water and creek running through
premises. For terms. apply to
r. BOWMAN,
MATHEW RICHARDSON.
Up 1rmo, S. 9.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
Fruit Cake lnqredientS.

The Bazaar has just received a full
supply of fruit cake ingredients. Call
now while the lot is fresh. You will
find our prices just right.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

J-W. Harr er, white, who shot and
killed a negro hackman last Christmas
nigh ard de7 to Cuba, returned on
Friday an surrendered to the Sumter
sheri a1d will stand t1ial.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

We have received a beautiful line of
wedding and Christmas presents. Our
prices are sure to please.
IIarman's Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20

On hand, at prices to suit everybody
Prices range from $3.50 up IT, $4,000
Gall ON me and will save you money
I am prepared to furnish hearse when
ever desired in connection with my IN
deftaking business Jan. 1-y
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
TAX NOTICE

Office of County Treasurer, Lexington
County, Lexington. S. O., September
20 1911
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-12-20
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DR. F. O. GILMORE.
DENTIST,
1910 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. O.
OFFICE HoyRs: 9 a. m. to .. m.. an tlom
3to b. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Planning Million Dollar Hotel

This town would be favorlte eon- vention center on account of its accessi- bility if 1t had excellent and ample hotel accommodations said a we'll known eiti- zen.
 Tt lacks a million dollar skyseraper hotel to begin with.
 IVY. J. Daugaix comes all the way from Paris loaded up with a central site and s60o,ooo, and the question before the peo- pie of this city relates to the raising of the remaining s4oo,0OO. Here is a business proposition for business men to consider.
 ''The waiting period in general business is good time in which to get ready for exceptional prosperity that will surely follow the presidential election no mat ter how it goes, and the proposition now before the people of Birmingham is cer- tainly good one. To reject it may mean that the city must go without a first class hotel several years. This eer- tainly would be expensive and unsatis- factory as I look at 1t. This city cannot afford to disregard the plans that MT. Daugaix presents.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
Perfecting the Flying Machine

The Wrights are as secretive when they are matching something new as Japan and Italy are when they go to war. Today the Wrights are back on that sandy North Carolina coast to test a new kind of airship. They are inventors and students. They are never braggarts or charlatans.
 It is reported that they have de- signed a new form of aeroplane. The lines of the bird are said to be the model of that attempt to advance aviation. The clumsy forward planes are, it is said, to be eliminated, and the lines of the turky buzzard are to be initiated so far as mans ingenuity can do it. The new Wright machine is to have bird-like wings and tail that will, it is hoped, give it stability and ease of control and manipulation. These are said to be the new plans, but really nothing can be stated with confidence concerning them until the Wrights themselves announce the re- suits of their North Carolina experi- ments.
 The civilized world awaits the coming of an airship strong enough to ride through storms, steady enough to maintain itself in the air when an imperfect motor stops, and gifted with an ease of manipulation that will admit, in case of accident, a descent to earth without mourning dangerous risks. The hope is that the Wrights, who stand at the pinnacle of all aviation, will be able to furnish such machine. They are on the North Carolina coasts where the sands are light and deep working out their new plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
Short Route to EurOpe

When the Britannia completed voyage from Liverpool to Boston in IA days and eight hours it was con- sidered a marvellous achievement. Ten years later the Etruria had brought the voyage within six days. The Lusitania and the Mauretania have made trips within five days, but the average trip still remains where the Etruria left it. The immense ship of 22 knots an hour can occa- sionally make a faster trip, but the average trip will remain just within six days so far as efforts on the water are concerned.
 Land efforts at the shortening of the ocean trip are receiving a great deal of attention of late. The French ships are considering Brest as landing place, because Brest is nearer New York than Havre or any English port. In order to compete, however, with Havre the government owned railroad from Brest would have to make the trip to Paris in seven and half hours, and this calls for an average speed of 52 miles an hour. Government owned railroads are not accustomed to an average speed as rapid as that.
 On this side of the sea there is talk of Montauk, and even of Galway with connections across New Found land by rail. These may becom, ports of call, nothing more. It i. not easy to abolish ports of the mag nitude of New York and Montreal. A few passengers might go to Montauk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
"OUR OSCAR.
the Montgomery Times.

From the Montgomery Times
 Of course, the Times wants the Ala bama delegation to the national demo- cratic convention to vote solidly on first ballot for MT. Underwood of Alabama, for the nomination for President of the United States.
 He is an Alabama citizen and the fore most democrat of the south at this time, ranking equally in public affairs with Clark, Wilson, Harmon or any of the rest of them. It would be the height of in gratitude for his home state to forget, as 1t were, his services to the state and the nation by not putting him in nomina- ion and then voting for him.
 It is not expected that MT. Underwood will be nominated as the standard bearer, but if he should be-, he would bear it grandly and with equal grace to any body. He is yet young. holding down a great job, and that with ability and strength, and the country is not yet ready to make a southern man the nominee of the party, but, nevertheless, our state should honor her favorite son along with the other states of the nation. Mr. Un- derwood is "Our Oscar" and he is en- tirely worthy of all the honor that his state can give him. He should be given this one, and, while it is an empty honor" now, in the future it may turn out to be a well filled honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11

From the New York W orld.
 The Rev. Bernard Vaughan, a Jesuit preacher from London, thinks the condi- thus of woman's labor in this country. a disgrace to a land calling itself free "God pity" he says, "the girl who has to go to to a factory to eke out a small existence. It is a shame and reflection on civilization to see girls standing be- hind counters all day"
 Is 1t a worse shame to see them stand ing behind counters than leaning over washtubs or performing the thousand and one menial duties required of women in a less advanced stage of civilization Is the girl who works In a factory as much a reflection on the conditions of women's labor as the farmers wife Of a former generation, broken down at thirty under the ceaseless strain of tasks of which the shop and factory girl of today has no conception?
 Women have always had to work. They worked harder in former times and in circumstances of less encouragement and hopefulness than now. The effect of their employment in stores and fac tories has been to systematize women work. diminish it's drudgery and by reg ular hours and fixed wages to give an incentive to it.
 If there is any pity to be bestowed it should not be wasted on women workers at loom or counter but reserved for women vet bound to the real servitude of older industrial conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
Jubilee of Missions

Birmingham Is one of 15 cities in the United States designated by central mission committee as place for for nal jubilee celebration. All the Protest ant churches of Birmingham will unite in this jubilee, which will begin on the night of October 27. There will be va rious local features, but the principal services will be held In the First Metho- dist church.
 Music will be an important part of the celebration. A well known layman, in speaking of the forthcoming mission event said: Ut is hoped that the good singers in all the choirs will unite and form a festival chorus for the jubilee mission occasion. The music will be under the direction of Miss Corrie Handley. One rehearsal, I believe. has been held. and there will probably be two or three more. High class music will be sung, Including, oratorio selections, beautiful standard hymns and the Halleluiah' chorus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
Underwood. Wide Popularity

Congressman Oscar W. Underwood, democratic leader in the House. is not only popular in the south, but he seems to be equally popular in the east said Simon L. Wertmann of Chicago.
 My business takes me occasionally to New England. I spent two weeks in Massachusetts in August and heard not few men who seemed to be of the re- publican persuasion speak in laudatory terms of the distinguished Alabamian Although not a politician in any sense l usually vote the republican ticket, but If I were to vote for democrat MT. Under wood is about the type of man I would feel safe in honoring. On the trains I found men from various parts of the east who referred to Underwood as fine presidential timber. One man told me he had recently attended republican gath ering in Massachusetts and when the speaker mentioned incidentally, but in complimentary words, the chairman of the ways and means committee .here was pronounced applause.
 T have no personal acquaintance with Mir. Underwood and so far as I know the men I talked with in the east did not know him even by sight: but as a public man he has commanded the re- spect of the public. It seems to be gen. erally understood that President Taft will be renominated by the republicans, but as to who will be the democratic standard bearer no one can do more than guess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
Good for the District

The plans for merging the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company and the Southern Iron and Steel com pany having been approved by the principal parties in interest, it is ex- peeted that the proposed consolidation will soon become an accomplished fact. Steps were taken some time ago looking to the merging of the two conl- panies, but a business transaction as large as this involved certain financial problems, and these problems can not, as a rule, be solved in hurry.
 Various tentative plans were pro- posed, but the one finally adopted is known to have the cordial support of London and New York security hold CTS of the Southern Iron and Steel, which operates large plant at Gads- den, including blast furnaces, steel works, and a modern wire mill. That
 
 company has a great deal of coal property, and it's Virginia mine in lief ferson county produces coking coal equal to the best anywhere in the south. The Alabama Consolidated is rich in raw materials-coal and ore It has two stacks of the smaller class at Ironaton, and it has two large mod ern furances at Gadsden.
 The consolidated concern will have, it is understood, several million dol lars to eXpend on improvements, in addition to ample working capita@ The merging of the Southern Iron and Steel and the Alabama Consolidated will result in important economies. The two companies about to be united have ranked among the progressive concerns of this district. and when they are united there is every reason to believe that the new company will be great money maker. It goes with out saying that this merger will be a good thing for Birmingham and Gads- den, and it should not surprise anyone if it's successful operation leads to the of other independent hereabouts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
WHY SOME BUSINESS WOMEN FAIL

From the Millinery Trade Review.
 The why's and wherefores of some young milliners not succeeding in busi- ness are told in the following story. A young woman who recently started in business made a sale of two hats one day and boasted to her friends that she had made sO that day. "How's that?" asked her old father, who put up the money for her to start Why she replied, "f sold two hats at BIO hat; isn't that mak- ing $0?'' she asked. Well, my dear" began her "pater," were the goods given to you, from which you made or trimmed the hats? Do you not pay rent for your shop? Don't you pay your little helper any wages? Don't you charge for your own time in trimming your hats? :? Does the gas man say thank you for us- ing his gas? When you come to figure up the cost of production" continued her practical parent, "there is not much of that $20 that you can call yours" The little milliner never thought of that. There are others who do just as little thinking and they are not all little milli- ners. If we counted the cost of every transaction before we began to spend what we receive, there would be more for our creditors as well as for ourselves and we wuold be nearer to success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
"CUss, WORD FOR LADIES

From the New York Telegraph.
 Miss Marie V. Fitzgerald, known to fame as play broker and an art critic, las come to the relief of her sex. Miss Fitzgerald has invented new ''cuss' word for women who prefer not to in- dulge in the use of the words already in vogue. It is "Idgad."
 Miss Fitzgerald was member of a mo- tor party, composed entirely of women, a. few days ago. At one time it became necessary to crank the motor. Miss Fitz- gerald tried it. but failed. Becoming vexed. she said "I don't seem strong enough Suddenly Miss Fitzgerald had a bright idea"
 "Idgad.' she cried.
 "Where did you get that word?" some body asked. sss
 Took the initial letters of T don't give a d--n,'" explained Miss Fitzgerald.
 Strange as it may seem, the new word worked like a charm. Immediately after Miss Fitzgerald sad "Idgad' the motor started.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
TELEPHONES
I will fight
The Weather Chiefs Visit

Willis l.. Moore, chief of the wealth CT bureau, has met with a most cordial reception in Birmingham. This city may well feel itself honored in hay ing as a visitor man so dis long been a household word in this country, for few government officials are so much in the public view as this modest gentleman. Jokesmiths never tire of saying something funny about the weather and Uncle Sam's weather chief, and MT. Moore having a keen appreciation of humor as we'll as a broad knowledge of meteorology en- joys as much as anybody the wit and pleasantries at his expense printed from day to day.
 MT. Moore has been at the head of the United States weather bureau about 15 years. His predecessor in the bureau had done reasonably good work, but it remained for MT. Moore to develop and broaden the scope of weather forecasting and to establish 1t on a thoroughly scientific basis. The value of his work is far reaching. His warnings of sudden changes In temperature have been worth untold millions to agriculture and to com- merce generally, and his storm fore casts have accomplished not only a vast deal in saving live stock, but also in preventing the loss of human life.
 Every intelligent man from one end of the land to the other appreciates the weather bureau at Washington as great institution. Its operations have become more practical year by year and the people feel closer and closer in touch with Chief Moore. Every city in the country is asking for a weather station. Birmingham is well supplied in this respect, and 1t is only a question of time when smaller cities will be similarly fur nished.
 The people of this community wish Chief Moore long life, health and prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
DON'TS FOR LONG LIFE

From the Washington Post.
 Don't teach man to starve himself on a vegetable diet.
 Don't teach middle aged man tafie violent exercise by telling him he is not too old to be an athlete.
 Don't let a man take himself too seri- ously.
 Don't smoke. drink alcohol or chew tobacco to excess.
 Don't overeat.
 Don't get too absorbed in business to relax occasionally.
 Dr. Bailey, of Lincoln, Neb, today de. tailed a few precautions against anterior sclerosls which, he said, persons not affected should observe as well as those already afflicted with the disease, ad- dressing the Southern Homeopathic Med- ical association.
 If the donts are not violated, he argues a man might live indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
KEEP JOURNALISM CLEAN

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 The news from Richmond, where cer- tain newspapers have been indicted for sending improper matter through the malls in connection with the Beattie murder case, indicates an earnest desire upon the part of the authorities to give the public the same protection from ob- jectionable printed matter that the in- dividual is given under the federal laws prohibing absence matter from being sent through the mails in letters.
 Nowadays the French novep' in all languages is pretty freely circulated. It meets a demand of persons who are looking for that kind of literature. Per sons who haven't an appetite for it are not offended by having the salacious novel put upon them. Children do not, asa rule, come in contact with it. But newspapers, rating as household ne- cessity. are put in everyone's way. The newspaper should upon this account and for other reasons too numerous to mention, be the heater, sweeter maiden. The field of journalism should be the cleaner, greener land. There Is muck enough in the yellow backs to satisfy the most voracious appetite. Newspa- pers should have more important and respectable business in hand than of purveying to the prurient and contam- mating adolescence.
 The Courier-Journal does not know, or undertake to say, that it's Richmond contemporaries did in fact go further than the French novel' and reach the level of actual obscenity, but if they did they should be read a lesson. And no matter whether they did or not, numerous newspapers exploited Beulah Binford in a manner that reflected no credit upon journalism and put their publishers upon plane with the pro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-11
Boil Weevils in Alabama

At this writing the boil weevils have not entered the black belt. The caterpillar has, however, reduced the number of squares and small bolls in the cotton fields, and Professor Hinds of Auburn thinks this fact will compel the weevils to go further than they otherwise would He warns the farmers of Marion, Fay cite, Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Perry, Dallas, Lowndes, Crenshaw, Coffee and Geneva counties to expect the ad- vent within their bounds of the pest. These gloomy anticipations may not, however, be verified when a killing frost comes.
 Professor Kinds admits that the work of the caterpillars will be bene- ficial. They have destroyed much of the green cotton, and if the farmers in the infested counties will supple ment the work of the caterpillars, Alabama will pass through the cotton season of 1912 practically unharmed by the Mexican insect. The leaf worm is in this respect friend. Its work should, however, be completed by the destruction of all green cotton by the middle of the present month.
 "Cotton," says Professor Kinds, "should be picked before the middle of October, if possible. The stalks should then be cut or plowed out, thrown in windrows or piled while still green so that the leaves and bolls will not be scattered, and as soon as the foliage is suffiently dry to burn readily, fire should be run through with wind. This will catch and destroy most of the weevils that are adult and prevent the further breeding of weevils to go through the winter. The unburned stalks may then be chopped with chopper with the assurance that the heat will have destroyed practically all the