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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
Port Tampa City, Florida.

10 the Editor OF Ine D1spaCcL.
As The Dispatch has been coming
to me regularly, I will send you few
items from the Land of Flowers.
This is a pretty healthy place popu-
lated By good people from nearly ev-
cry State in the Union. Aside from
growing Oranges and raising truck,
but little farming is done here. This
city affords a good market for every
thing.
This is principally railroad town,
being the terminal Of the Atlantic
Coast Line.
The Standard Oil Company and the
Gulf Refining Company operate plants
here, and pay good wages.
Land is pretty high, but there is
plenty to sell, and any one own
their own home here if they do not
live beyond their means. It is easier
for me to live here than any place I
have ever been.
I am sending that dollar along to
help the wheels turn.
Mr.. Editor. can't you CONS down
and go a-fshing? There are plenty of
them here.
With good luck to The Dispatch
force ..nd its host of readers, am an
old subscriber,
John F. Chaney.
Port Tampa City, Fla, Apr. 13.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
COluInbia'S New Bank.

The Peoples Bank has been organ
lied in Columbia with capital Of
$4,000. James A. Hoyt, late editor
Of The Record, was elected president.
and W. w. Watson, formerly cashier
of the First National Bank of Bates-
burg, cashier.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17

Mrs. Elizabeth Barringer, aged ~,
of Coshocton, o., after being denied a
divorce from her s0-year-old husband
in the courts of that state, has gone
to Reno, Nevada, to get separation
from him. They were married three
years ago. and she soon afterwards
brought suit for separation on the
grounds of non-support, although she
was wealthy in her own right.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17

The dead body Of an unknown negro
was found floating in the Columbia
canal one day last week.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
( HurnOr and
} Philosophy
\ Nv DUNCAN n. smith
SOMETHING AHEAD.

DOL1TICS is mixed trifle:
i There is something in the air.
No one knows where we are going.
But it seems to be somewhere
Some insist we are advancing,
Others see the course downhfll,
But from each is the conclusion
That we are not standing still.
There are busy social forces
That are pushing at the cart,
Giving It in some direction,
Up or down, mighty start.
IF we look upon the movement
AS the right one or the wrong.
That makes very little difference.
We have got to 60 along.
So you gee the people trying
On the future light to shed.
IL It chaos. Is 1t progress.
That is looming just ahead?
They can see change Is coming
BY the lightning through express,
But it's kind or size or measure
That II more than they can guess.
Calm your fears and cease your worry.
Things may look trife blue.
Clouds may lack their silver lining,
But the country will pull through
While we know that we are drifting,
Where is quite beyond our ken,
But we've stormed some nasty weather,
And we'll do it once again.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

A blooming idiot is often pluckeo
green.
Because a man belongs to q Sooc
government league is no sign that Ne
ravs any more taxes than the lnqulslto:
comDels him 10 pay.
You can't make man good pv ieS'
islatior, yet many man has mace
good thing out Of 1t.
How times have changed! Our grand
mothers made clothes for the heathen;
our daughters make heather OF them
selves for clothes.
A girl never knows how ugly a nat
can be until a girl she doesn't Ike
wears it.
The wise woman knows that it Is
better when she is selecting a gown
that her husband should cooperate
with her only as far as signing the
check.
Lots Of women act like towards be-
cause they think it is maRnish not 10
be afraid.
A man can get more fun out OF dog
fight than a woman can get out OF
bargain sale in half day.
When you notice girl taking an IN
tcrest in the high cost Of living you are
not surprised to see her hemstitchins
table linen.
What does it avail man to win an
election bet and have to use the money
to pay debt that he had thought was
outlawed?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17

The ratio Of oficeseekers to Office
holders is about 1900 to 1.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17
So Similar Perhaps.

"Some of our greatest statesmen
couldn't be president"
"Who. for instance"
"Henry Clay for one"
"What was the reason Clay's name
was mudT"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-04-17

"Say.''
eyes"
"What would you suggest as being
the first requisite to success in the
chicken business?"
81 think a man would better acquire
a rich wife and while he is about it
wealthy father-in-law."
Good Suggestion.
"He has an uneasy conscience.
"And you say he is hard up?
YES"
"Why doesn't he hire his conscience
eat as a burglar alarm and make
enough so he won't need to work"
Her Curiosity.
"She always asks her husband to
wait a minute"
ITO powder her nose?"
"No; to see if be will wait"
On tho Chain Gang.
whats Bill been doing"
painting the town"
"Where is he now?"
Paying for the paint"
One Way Of Looking at 1t.
"Why do you appear so happy:"
'I have just been disappointed in
love-"
Fall Variety.
Yes. summer, winter, spring or fan
Or anything you care to say
The weather man supplies them all,
And often in a single day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
FOR COUNTY HOSPITAL
Shawnee Commissioners Want Lcgis-
lative Authority to Build One.

Active steps toward a proposed
county hospital where the poor of the
county may be cared for, probably will
be taken before long, the idea being
to secure the passage of a law at the
next session of the legislature author
izing the board of county commission
ers to build the hospital.
The first step, according to County
Comm issioner E. L. O'Neil, probably
win be an inspection of the present
poor farm by the township trustees of
the county. 1t is urged that the pres
ent farm is inadequate to care for the
poor. and that provision should be
made for a place nearer the city where
the poor could be cared for.
Il expect to register a lobbyist
and work for the passage of a bill
authorizing the county board to erect
such a hospital y O'Neil says. of
course I Will not be interested any
more than as a taxpayer. but believe
it is the thing to do, and expect to
work for it,
The hospital proposed will cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000 and will
replace the present POOR farm. The
farm is valued at about $4,000,
which it is planned to sell if the hos
pital is authorized.
Iowa has a law authorizing county
boards to build such hospitals" O'Neil
says. land I am told that the plan is
working in fine shape. Our county
farm is no place to care for the coun-
ty poor. Many of them are sick and it
is too far from the city,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
ON TRAIL OF 7. I
Bryan Plans to Cover Every
Point in Territory
Trayersed by Col. Roosevelt Up
to This Time.

New York, Sept. 12.-W. ]. Bryan
notified Democrat national headquar-
ters today he would start next Satur-
day on a speaking tour of the western
states following closely on the trail of
Colonel Roosevelt. He will make the
trip at his own expense.
Mr.. Bryan will open at Denver Sat
urday night, September IA, preceding
Colonel Roosevelt who speaks there
next Thursday. He will then speak at
all important points where Colonel
Roosevelt has spoken in Colorado,
Utah. Montana. Nevada and Wyoming,
returning to Lincoln, Neb., on Octo-
Der ,. From that date until the end
of the campaign he will speak in the
middle west and east under the
auspices of the speakers bureau of the
national committee and at the com
rnittae'S eXnenSe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
FOR The CAUSE.
Mrs. Cope Declared Murray Request
Used for This Purpose Only.

My only thought has been to pre-
serve and husband this fund that the
income might be used for the work of
the Women's Home Missionary society
in the Kansas conference. That was
the only thought in my heart de-
clared Mrs. Carrie E. Cope, testifying
in her own behalf this morning in the
Home Missionary society case in the
second division of the district court.
Mrs. Cope spent all day yesterday
on the stand and may remain on cross
examination all day today. She is ex-
planning her correspondence, her ac-
counts, and various matters connected
with the organization of two corpora
tions to take over a bequest of Mrs.
Fannie T. Murray of Atchison. The
fund is asked for by the officers of the
unincorpOrated society.
During the course of the hearing
this morning Mrs. Cope admitted that
she has kept no book of accounts
showing the earnings of the fund ex-
cept her bank book showing deposits
made. She was asked if she could
furnish the securities in which $4,000
of the bequest is invested, and she de-
clared she can. These securities are
expected to be introduced in evidence
this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Opening dance next Saturday night
at Music hall. You are invited.
The K U. and K. S. A. c. alumni
associations will clash in baseball Sa.-
urday, September 21.
The free pipe organ concerts tn It
are being held in the city Auditorium
from 1890 to 1 o'clock daily are al
tracing larger and larger crowds as
the work progresses
Many of the out of state fair people
will probably enjoy the dancing prIvi
lege provided by the amusement parks
of the city. Garfield park has dance
scheduled for tonight.
All the offices at the courthouse are
closed this afternoon for the Topeka
state fair. This is the second half
holiday this week, the building hav
ing been closed Tuesday afternoon.
Probate Judge w. r. SchOch Off
ciated this morning at the marriage II
Oscar Laughmiller, 81 years old. Of
Havensville, Kan, and Miss Man6a
Perry, Is years old, of st. Marys. Kan
The ceremony followed the issuance of
a marriage license.
While the crowd at the state fair
Friday will probably not be so grest
as today, a strong program has been
scheduled and a comparatively good
attendance is anticipated. The crowd
is never quite so large the closing day
as the day previous.
All Topeka motorists are requested
to meet at the corner of Harris IN
street ana avenue Ii 50
O'Clock Friday morning in readiness
for the big parade in connection with
the meeting of the Kansas State Auto
mobile association. A moving picture
will be taken Of the parade.
County Clerk Samuel G. Zimmerman
and his deputies are busy extepding
the taxes for general purposes on TIE
tax rolls for the present year They
have until November L, when thu
books will have to be turned over %
the county treasurer. The mandamus
action against the clerk delayed the
work, and it will require hustling to
get through now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
Diabetes
A Simple Herb Quickly Cures TITS
Dread Disease to Stay Cured

A plant recently discovered in Mexico
= s-,ecific ia the treatment of diabetes.
quickly reducing the specific gravity ana
sugar. restoring vigor and building up the
A soc package of this harmless vegetable
remedy lasts a week and viii relieve the
worst symptoms in the most aggravated
cases OF your money VIII De returned
without question. -,
Send soc to US for a weeks supply with
free booklet Of special value to the diaDelic,
containing latest diet list and exclusive
ia BILE of food elements, giving percentage
OF starch and sugar (carbohydratesl IN
80 different foods Your money VIII 1e
returned for the asking if Diabetol fails
to benefit you Call the attention of your
afflicted friends TO this offer AMES
y. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
A Topeka FAV0RITE.
Mrs. Addie Newton viii Sing at Organ
Recital Friday.

Mrs. Addie Jewell Newton, now visit
ing friends and relatives in Topeka,
has granted the committees request tic
sing at the midday organ recital Fri
day noon, September 13, 1880 O'Clock
at the Auditorium.
Prof William Davies will render his
usual midday program on the pipe or
gan. Prof. Davies played the accom-
paniment for Mrs Newton when she
sang at the Chicago Worlds fair in
1903
This is rare opportunity for all
music lovers. Everybody welcome, adj
mission free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

New York, Sept. -MONEY-Money on
call strong, 4ls05la per cent ruling rate.
fered at IA Per cent. Time loans, strong
60 days. 5d554 per cent; 90 days, 5Ad51s
per cent? 6 months, 5izG51a per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper. 51sQ6
per cent.
Sterling exchange weak with actual bus
mess i'm bankers bills at $3.50 for 60 day
bills and at S4S5-60 for demand. Com
merc5al bills.
SILFER-Bar silver. 62s4c; Mexican dol
lars, 4Siac-
road bonds heavy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

electricity from the man; Johnston and
not even feel u shock. The bed was
blazing in a second, and Johnston wss
obliged to fly from the room without
a thought of saving his clothes. For
tunately, though some damage was dis
covered the next morning, no one was
hurt. Members of the summer COLONY
had a thorough scare, lights and tell
phones are out of commission, but the
club is safe.
Ed Thrill estimates the loss at about
$50; Johnston himself is shielded
from public interviews as the phone
wires are still down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

court TO set aside deed 70 his home in
Of the stock The suit IS directed aEairet
$. II. Garrett. the agent who sold the
stock.
thar the stock paid dividends on It's par
value in the sum Of one per cent -
month for several months, ana That then
the. company became insOlvent- The plain
tin charges fraud IN connection with the
sale OF stock and for that renBJu desna nd
that title to his Topeka property be re-
stored
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
LOCAL MENTION.

Free, So to 81 extra pants with every
suit or overcoat to order, SIS. Satur-
day is the last Gay. Open tonight UNI
til 10 p. m. Glasgow Wooden Mitis-
729 Kansas avenue
Rev. John KOehler. pastor Of the Ger
man N +. church has returned from his
conf erences at Eustis. Neb. This viii be
his fifth year in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

New York, Sept 12.-Burton ".
Gibson, the New York lawyer whose
client. Rosa Menschik Szabo, lost her
life while boating with him on Green
wood Lake, New York. July Is, WIS
taken into custody today by Deputy
Sheriff De Graw of Orange county on
a warrant charging him with murder
in the first degree. Gibson was ar
rested at his Office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
NARROW ESCAPE.
Lightning Struck Country Club and
Caretaker Missed Death by Hair.

James Johnston, caretalzer of the
Country club, owes his life to the fact
that he prefers an iron to wooden
bedstead In The big storm Mond ~
night the flag pole of the club was
struck, lightning ripped out a case.
rlent. and flashed in the window OF
the room where Johnston was sleeping
Tt struck the footboard, and the lrC'i
most, acting as conductor, kept the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
TWO BOY ROBBERS.
Came From Chicago to Rob store at
Firo, Kansas.

A term in the Kansas state reforma-
tory probably viii be the fate OF two
Runaway boys who say they are from
Chicago. who robbed the general store
at <iro. Kan, Tuesday az noon. The
boys were caught at Rossvile yester-
DAY and were brought here late yester-
dav afternoon. They were caught, tbs
officers say, with the stolen goods in
their possession. and both acknowledge
the commission Of the crime.
The two boys are David Lowry and Sam
Bowman. ased Is years each. They say
they ran away to see the great west.
they were brQse and tbair clothes were
dirty. They needed clothing and money.
The Kfro store ofered an opportunity 10
supply themselves. Two shirts, some to-
bacco and about $40 III money were taken
from the store
At Rossviiie yesterday they We're hailed
before a Justice Of the peace. and made
no defense They We're then sent here
The case viii come before the local juvenile
court wits the proba hiity thar the boys
viii be seutenced 20 the refornatory-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
ENGINE FELL ON HIM.
Aviator Paul Peck Killed While Fly
ing at Chicago.

Chicago. Sept. 12.-Aviator Paul Peck.
of Washington, D. c., holder of the
American duration fight record, was
plane while flying in gusty wind
and died at 1890 yesterday morning.
He attempted too steep a spiral and
when he struck the ground the heavy
engine came through the wreckage,
striking him in the neck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
TO SAVE HIS HOME.
NJ. G. Hamaker was Sold Worthless
oil stock, He Tells Court.

Charging that stock in the Sterling oil
company is worthless and WAS known to
be worthless at the time he purchased II,
NJ. G. Hamaker is asking the district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

New York. sept 12-COFFF-E@I2 No
Z. li7sc. futures, steady; december. 1885;
March. 70
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Laura Wisdom and Boots Henderson,
both negroes, got in fight in the bot
toms last night and they were arrested
on the charge of disturbing the peace.
The couple live together and he claimed
that she had been flirting with another
negro They Will be held for trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
POLICE JOTTINGS.

Ed McCorBill, a hack driver, was arrest
ed at the fair grounds Wednesday after
noon and is charged with taking SIS from
a friend The friend alleged that he was
carrying the money in a memorandum
book and that McCorkil got it in some
manner. McCorl1iu says that he found
this amount but didn't know who it be-
longed to or where it came from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

The gymnasium Of thc'Ceutral r. 81.
@ A. 8 closed this week in or-
Ter that # mlT be pat ia good conis-
tlon for the fall physical work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

John Taylor, a known crook, con man
and pickpocket from Kansas City. was ar
rested at the fair grounds by Detectives
Nolles. Golf and Bob Miller. Officer Miller
knew him Taylor was taken TO the po-
Ice station and held until this morning
when he was shipped out of town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Ed Travis, a hack driver, was arrested
last night on a warrant which charges
him with exacting excess hack fare. D.
NJ Jones rode in the Travis hack last
tuesday night during the rain storm and
Travis charged him 81. Jones kicked but
Travis stood pat ard the arrest, resulted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12

Ray and Ralph Trimble, both hack driv-
ers, were arrested on warrant yesterday
which charges them with disturbing the
peace of Anna NVelch of 1410 North Jack
son street They will be given a hearing
in police court next week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
JUST FOR FRIDAY
In the Bargain Basement

The Basement Store full of bargains thrifty shop
pers the least tres sewing basket to garments
for women and children, and some in mems wear Then
there's the china and granite departmentone of the
best places the Basement for bargains the best wares
We publish the news of just dozen representative
SpecialS- IS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-23
ARMY WORM WILL
DAMAGE CROPS,
SAYS MR.. Kinds
State Entomologist Says
Army Worm and Cotton
Worm Are Appearing
in Large Numbers

w. E. Kinds, Alabama state entomology
list. stated yesterday that there would be
a serious outbreak of the army worm in
this state this year and that he expected
considerable damage would be done by
the pest. Mr.. Kinds is iDcharge of the
boil weevil quarantine matters in this
state and is regarded as one of the best
versed men in the, country on the matter
of the weevil and other damaging in
sects.
There will be a serious outbreak of
the grass worm or the fall army worm
this year" said Mr.. Kinds, (which will
play havoc with the crops and may do
serious injury to the cotton. The army
worm takes readily to corn, millet and
grass and there are two or three genera
lions of the worm yet to come this year.
They multiply in the same manner as the
cotton worm. each generation coming on
every three or four weeks.
IAN effective treatment for the species
consists of a spray of two pounds Of
arsenate of lead and 40 or 80 gallons of
water Dust does not drive the poison
deep enough among the under leaves to
reach the worms where they feed most.
In some cases, as In the cotton fields or
where corn is beginning TO mature, II is
advisable 10 poison the worms while they
are still feeding on the grass before they
attack the more valuable crops.
For the treatment of grass or for a
preparation of sweet poisoned solution
Into which the grass, sorghum or corn
or cotton leaves may be dipped and then
scattered over the infested ground, paris
green may also be used.
1.-The genuine cotton worm such as
stripped cotton in Alabama last year Is
again appearing in a number of coun-
ties, especially in the southern part of
the state. Another outbreak of this
species seems certain with the prospect
that the damage may be even greater
than that In 1911. Many planters are al
ready securing their stock of poison. be-
ing convinced that they will have this
worm to fight. Paris green is not ad-
vised for application to young COTTON vi
account of it's tendency to check the SET
ting of the fruit. Powdered arsenate
of lead is the best poison for Application
before the middle of September aite'
which paris green may be used.
Mr.. Kinds stated that he would pc gao
to send information to any one Desiring