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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-08-13

town was brighter with or without
q dispensarv.

dispensary.
But what about our people patron
izing dispensaries outside of Lexing-
ton county? That this is done no one
denies, and to what extent no one
knows. Our duty is to protect our
own moral, educational and financial
interests. How can it be done better
than by keeping the evil out of our
own midst? We can point with conf
dence {and glory in it, that the years
that we haye been without the dis
peHsary have seen many dollars 60
forsclothes, food and houses and made
glad the hearts of many who were
compelled to shed tears of sorrow
before.
Aud, yet, we hear many calling for
the reestablishment of the dispenssry
for the sake of revenue-revenue with
which to pay teachers, pave streets
and build roads. Oh, my friends!
Don't ask me to humiliate my neigh
Dor, my wife and my children by ask
ing that dispensary be put in my
county to raise revenue to pay
taxes, thus diverting the money that
went to make them happy and pros
peroas and putting them in competi-
ton with money. No, no. The well
fare Of our people is to be put above
price; for what will husband give in
exchange for his wife's happiness and
welfare, or what would it profit a
father to save all his taxes and lose
his son? These are sacred things and
may God give us the love and wisdom
so to treat them.
Yes, we need money to pay teachers,
pave streets and build roads, but
where will the bulk of the money
come from if the revenue of the dis
pensary is to supply it? 1t will come
from m en- who cannot afford to keep
their children in school for long
periods, and who have no leisure to
walk the streets nor money to buy
automobiles to speed over roads clay
ed with dispensary money. Would not
such policy make the rich richer
and the poor poorer?
Fellow citizens, I have tried to rea-
son with you and to show you that
the prohibition law has been success
in Lexington county, and that dis
pensaries do not build communities.
I have shown you where the revenue
would come from and who would get
the benefit. If these are facts accept
them, I beseech you, and vote for the
best interests of your town, your
county, your family and your neigh
Dor. Above all, vote for that which
is most pleasing to your God.
Very respectfully,
E. C. RIDGELL.
Batesburg, S. c., Aug. IL, 1918.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-08-13
Death of Mrs. Frye.

Mrs. Godfrey Frye died at the ho%,
pital at Columbia, where she had goro
in searcIi o. relief, on Tuesday ana
was buritt az SAKE Gotta church today
She is sarvi"2d by huSbanG and sev-
eral children. Rev. \. r. Tayl.r co.,
ducte3 Il" earr;"rs.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-08-13
TO the VOTERS OF
LEXINGTON COUNTY
Whiskey Not a Food anu Per
forms No Good Office But is
a Prison Builder According
to Science.
EFFECTS THE OFFSPRING

Come, let us reason together about
our duty on August 19. We do not ap-
peal to yoar emotions or prejudices
bnt to yonr reason and the facts in
the case.
First, what good is in whiskey or
what good Office does it perform? 1t
Is not food and has no food value,
but is poison, according to science.
: Taken into the human system, it un-
dermines the health, weakens the con-
stitution and effects the offspring,
even to the third and fourth genera
ton; second, it is parasite on busl'
ness. Every dollar spent for whiskey
is that much taken away from the
grocer. dry goods merchant and every
other legal and necessary business.
Is Is worse than wasted, because it is
taken from wives and children who
need food and clothes, homes and
fathers care and love, and not a
drunkard,s abuse and shame Third,
it is positive evil. How many men
are quiet and law-abiding when sober
bat who are profane, vulgar and law
breakers when under the influence OF
whiskey9 How; many murderers on
the scsffold have made dying
statement that whiskey brought them
there. Listen to the cases brought
into our courts and see If not the ma
iority Of the criminal cases are not
directly sor Indirectly traceable to
vhiskey. Thus, any one can see that
vhiskey causes far more expense to
the county and state than the revenue
from the sale of it would produce
Besides, what man wants to educate
his children, build his roads and pay
his taxes with money that rightly be-
longs to poor women and children and
.negross. Oh, white man, have we
not risen above such2 You will say
.by your vote On August 10Th. Fourth,
hear what God says, from which there
can be no appeal or permission for
reason: Cor, 6:10, no drunkard
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-08-13
DlSPEkSARY OR
N0.DISPEnSARY
Answer to Criticisms Of Pro.
hibition Law Regarding Its
Enforcement and Value of
Revenue.
NO DIsPENsARY PROFITS

TO the Citizens of Lexington County
Come, let US reason together.
On the 10Th day of August, 1918, we
are expected to record our opinions at
the polls for or against the legal sale
of whiskey in Lexington county. These
opinions should represent mature con-
sideration from every standpoint for
by it we are to live and be governed.
We should be deeply concerned, for it
will vitally effect not only ourselves
but our children, our wives and our
nelghbors. In forming opinions we
naturally think. seek information and
compare ideas.
The object of voting out the dispen.
sary few years ago was to better Our
conditions as moral and law-abiding
citizens, furnish protection and happi-
ness at public gatherings, on public
highways and in homes of our people,
and divert the money spent for
whiskey at dispensaries to bless and
not to curse our psople. We're not
these noble sentiments and worthy
objects? To what extent has prohibi-
ton succeeded?
Let the sheriff, the chief officer of
the county and to whom is intrusted
the execution Of the laws testify:
Lexington, S. O., July %, 1918.
To Whom It May Concern:
1nis is to certify
l. That I am sheriff of Lexington
County. s. O., and that I have served
in that capacity for two years.
2. That prior to my entering upon
the Office of sheriff I was deputy
sheriff for said county and state for
four years.
8. That as sheriff and deputy sheriff
I now have, and have had, a fair
knowledge of all the matters and
things transpiring in said county
which related to my office.
4. That the prohibition law is OBJ
served as well ss any law in the
county, that there is less whiskey be-
ing sold illegally and less trouble caused
by whiskey than at any other time
I can recall in the county.
(Signed) SIM J. MILLER,
Sheriff."
If this much has been ACCOMPLISHED
we are forced to pronounce the law a
success or that all other laws are
failures. If it is true-and who can
deny it?-thec we haye every reason
to believe that there has been more
peace and happiness in the homes
more money spent for necessities and
comforts than 81 any previous period
of the same time in the history of the
county.
Now, let US compare some of our
towns which did not have dispensaries
or voted them out quite soon after the
law was established with some of
those which had it. For this we will
use the figures of the U. S. Census
Bureau reports showing the popula.
tlon OF the several towns for 1900 and
1910
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-08-13
NOTICE TO MANAGERS OF
ELECTION.

Several of the Election Boxes and
Books have not yet been called for,
and the election is less than a week
off. If any manager wishes the box
and book for his precinct mailed to
him, it he Will write or call me over
the phone will attend to it at oncs.
N. P. SHIPP,
Clerk Board Of Election Commissioners.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-08-13

percentage OF loss, II per cent.
The increase or decrease in the
population of town is considered an
index to the prosperity of the town.
Now, note that the dry towns went
from total Of 1885 in 1900 to }s43 in
1910, showing gain of 50 per cent.
while the dispensary towns dropped
from 222l to 1854 in the same period,
showing loss of - per cent. This
comparison would certainly inG!"atc
tOa business man, not whct!..,. hr
should invest or refrain from inl nSt-
ing in any one of the towns cited, hut
whether the future prospects Of aDv
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
THE NIGHT HORSE SHOW
Meridian, Miss, Oct. 20, 81, %,
%, "a, Is, 1918.

The Mississippt-Alabama Fair has
been characterized by originality
since its inception, and there is no
feature of the Fair which has more
claim to this distinction than the
Night Horse Show, an event which no
other fair in Mississippi ever at
tempted before the big fair was or.
ganized at Meridian. This feature of
the fair this year is Ike every other
department-eXpected to be better
than last year-and 1t will not be the
tault of its superintendent, Mr.. A, II.
George, if there is not a distinct i'm.
proVement, as he has already visited
W eastern events for the purpose of
noting all the new wrinkles" and at
the same time meet the exhibitors
and tell them about the fair at Me-
rldian and the effort that is being put
forth b. its management TO encour.
age the breeding Of better horses.
While the Night Horse Show has he.
come quite a society event in cornec.
ton with the Mississippi-Alabama
Fair, it is none the less interesting Ia
lovers OF good horses, even thouah
they care nothing about the fine tran.
pings OF the show ring.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
Notice Of SAIL OF LAND
BY TRIBE

By VIRUS Of the provisions Of a
ust deed executed on the LIST day Of
y c,morr. 1915. be oo'uu Sample u.
". B. Mckinney Trustee for S 4.
over, which trust deed is duly re
rJed IN Book Is al page 399 oil Db,
,c,rd 4 nust d,,ds IN the Chancef,
luks Office at Houston, Chick asa
Jounl, Mississippi. aud by S. 4
'over transferred and assigned to NJ
d acket, which transfer and asslgu
ent are likewise on record in t.,
haocery Clerks Office al Housro
brckasaw County, Mississippi, i
jook lib at page $40, and IT,
srlure of the SAID Scion Sample t.
,ay said Indebtedness according +
ms Of said instrument, |. B. J..
1"oo"' ouoN'''u'eo trustee appoint
menu as substituted trustee 0e'ns IN
h''''"s aud 'Ae~'se on record IN
> oN 40 at p'sr Oh !. me ~n'' I
IL Chtncery Clerk t Chickasa
t,k d, L,,., \; ~
o'D''S 81 il'uS'"' "''SS'>s'I p'' o'''
u p"5S''o 10 sen We ''"' en'''""'
~" 'o' 90
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
EE1-I4L2'S FRET
-GT. 7 ~R~-N
Concerts a~d T1anJ
L-I-.caI an ~r~G5 t.
L., L--aaa, I'll,
-, ~, -, u, =,
e, 49,, 1.-J.

C~e Of re frcgt !. lies Of m~g0.cd
horseIu,a Ill Tie Uni ID states is Der.
Liners First Cavalry Aap4, c.ea,iag a
genuine sel.rtln IN the u@al4orE4.ty
Of mounts, tdc I.lPre -siveaess Of reg.
uat.ou cavalry irm't9a. and thirty
five men in regular cavalry service
uniforms, picked musicians giving
the inspiring calls. variel concert
Programs ard m;ny musical ard pa.
raue features never before presented
TO he puDiic. One Of the most inter-
esttng features of the Mississlppi-Ala.
baMa fair TINS year is the fact that
Director Der incr, forrrer bandmas.
ter In the U. S. Cavalry, and recog-
nized as enc Of the most accomplish
&c and successful leaders in America,
has enlisted the services Of some of
the finest ~solcists in this country, and
has q squad of tr4mpetors who form a
delightfully."- novel and inspiring fea.
tue by thems elves. Several of the
musicians in the FIRST Cavalry Band
have been in the regular service, and
tI.e o~rganf7. in rnnor W. IN "r
u,-.on s,r,t-,t- oyerg t.r
An additional Tea u-e CT considera-
BIZ inte,.. nrfrg an.aaaa
rent. = ~co,~rI..s CAM 10 caaainn
can, heir ~. aimed Win oFioa-.,
tents. men l,riq oorso ,r,.s eto
srd sentj1es ar. mo-. I'd md on d,t"
dqv and p.ebt Aei,e from tho conn
deals, par des. mrurrrd AVID dc.
mounted noe and -4fol foo.
lures. 1t is irt,.,e.frg IN ohr,rvo Mo
q nal serytca nror-qm cordnctod hv
Director Eerfrer and his organiga.
ton. This embraces FIRST cali row.
ellie, asseu bly, ness call etab,e con
assembly, recall. boots and ssddIoa
guard mount. recall first se-seenTa
call, mess call. fatigue cal, fret colI
boots and Idles. adfutart's rou re-,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
SUFFERED
AWFUL PAINS
For Sixteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Moretown. Vermont. -"I was trc,,.
bled with pains and irregularities for
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
l|IIAACIRY SUMMONS
The Safe Of Mississippi:

The Safe Of Mississippi:
To W. T. Morris. whose Post OFcc
aft1,ss !, Brlkiey, Ark, ord FLOYD
Cox Nous end Willard Norris.
miros ara MIS- Nicely Taylor, mother
Il said mi,ors, Pos Office address.
fo''s Grove, Ark.
You are commanded to appear BE-.
fore the Clance cry Court # the Sec.
ond District Ct Chickasaw (%ount,.
Mississippi at TIE regular Decen Der
1913 Tenn lbeleoi, TO he held m the
CITY If OkoIona an The 1T Mordps
Of December, 1918 ,iere to sliced.
answer or d,rLr so Ire bill Of ccm
plapt askipp Tor n@'lt,cn CT certain
land in said Co">, vtuer Mrs.
Jaoe Morris end Ms. c Z. E,ar-
al, plaintiffs, md s,u srd otbos arc
defendants.
h. E Br uron Ctsuccry Clc.t.
B, ". j. Val ms. b. G.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
"DRUMMERS' DAY" AT
MERIDIAN FAIR.

In appreciation of cooperation and
boosting that the travelling men of
Mississippi and Alabama give to the
Fair, Secretary Striplin has desig.
mated Saturday, October 25, as Mis-.
sisslppi-Alabama Travellers Day, and
proposes to give the most forcible
demonstration possible'of the appre-
citation of the Fair management, for
The commercial travellers of this g c
ton. There will be a parade, led by
Frank McGriff, Ed Self and the big
Cavalry Band, and the membership
card Of the commercial travellers will
admit them to the Fair.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
CkOl ONA Mss, AUG e 1918

We touce that some OF the papers
ere unutuouQ Senator Vardamar
lu bouu & 'ue democratic caucus and
,cuIRIu tIt LsFoIIeUe amendment
10 the uc,ne tax provision OF III,
ttt q b,Il We are not prepared to
ss, hal the Maior did Just the rigbr
thug. Ordinarily we believe in a
nan ,ouug a. his conscience dictates,
(uttu } We eIieve that a represent
Buyc sI,ud loIow that line Of action
winch wlI result in the greatest good
t, The people whom he represents.
sub We recognize the TACT that It is
in poss,bjr to frame a measure thai
viii tn body all of any mans ideas
and gem tLroueh so numerous a
b,cy as our congress. Each individ-
ual nan Der must sacrifice Some Of
hls ideas on The alter Of the com.
hired judgement Of his fellows. Ia
tls ,t,tlhe combined judgement Of
N j. Va'daman's fellow democrats
lrd Iten worked out in a caucus
viii hose labors, possibly, no one
was wholly pleased; but still the bill
had tie arly sonction and we are not
wiling to say Just YET that the Major
was ips Ih,d 10 his independent action
It VIII be remembered hat the PEG
pie we've Ic,Ied during the Clevelon,
srmlnlstar en- because tie part
could lot get together on a rarJ
messwe. The law passes then wa
so hale better than the old |republica.
measures that the voters became dis
psred and,rIeaaIed the inbarmoniou
yarty to slz'een years OF obIiqiar
during which time the industries e
tie country we're brought together i
gigantic cen lines 10 the detrmeot
the whole country. We note that da
apostles Of bigh protection are lakin
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11

seem as if something was going to hap
pen. My blood was poor, my circula-
ton was so bad | would be like a dead
person at times. | had female weak
ness badly, my abdomen was sore and |
had awful pains.
81 took Ly7ia E. Pinkham's vegeta-
bic Compound and used the Sanatiye
Wash and they certainly did wonders
for me, My tronblcs disappeared and |
am able to work hard everv day. Mrs,
W. F. SAWYER, River View Farm, More
town, Vermont.
Another Case.
Clifford, Iowa. was troubled with
female weakness, s'2o with displace-
ment. l had very severe and stea5y
headache, also rim in hack and was
very thin and tired all the time. Icom-
menced taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and / am cured Of
these troubles. l cannot praise your
medicine too highly. Mrs. INA MILL
sLAGLE, Clifford, Iowa.
UImcuUies,
Difficulties are things that show
what men are.-Epictetus
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
A BIG ADVERTISER.

The Mississippi-Alabama Fair man.
agement believes in advertising and
especially newspaper Advertising, hav.
ing increased its appropriation more
than double over Inst year in about
sixty newspapers of the States of Mis-.
sisslppi and Alabama Through ar.
rangements with the Western News.
paper Union, uniform cuts have been
provided, which s2yes the country
newspapers much type setting and
@"ns '"rcA better results than If S.
p T. he Office.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
FIREWORKS At I-7ssTs-
SIPPI-ALABLI-A FAIR


In e~rroro
fotamort mo- n,. '.a .o..@-u ., enter
Observation-Disclosures .n,'i, vi 'ae MIS-
kent in MIN. Tho "3a Always
vbi,b ,ra r,.. u.g"I'n features
q cboroo,or tha, g''''"' peIi'S OF
n o,c he tr,,r- ..;5 w." .e'alIns' ana
inc moro nraas.nl oz5 ,-o.g rs Ho'n'
an,,,a,. ''-.7 "-5u INSPIRING lhan
r,,.b ,. ~. 9'gen N'eal olSpI&y,
fairs ,nd ,..tt.s 9,.!,' "'' me H'at Two
r.r, Any ,.a.u W.. ne more A'aEp0''
rb'- ,,aar ''i.''1''I' 'nah ever
,ooa, ,,sts .'i.''e' na'lhg been
~, '.'" provides Tor the NEST
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11

Difficulties are things that show
what men are.-Eptctetus
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
OXOLOYi MESSENGER

s,o,..ArIoN rhlcL 800 PER yeAD
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11

sixteen years, and
was thin, weak and
When I
would lie down it
would e as if |
was going right
down out of sight
into some dark hole,
and the window cur
tains had faces that
would peek out at
me, and when | was
out of doors il woul]
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-09-11
An Eye to Economy,

Nov, remember, key, that vos a
goot glass eye you've got. Always
take 1t out and put It In your pocket
when you amt looking at holdings"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Our Atmosphere Great Mine OF Riches
1t Is Filled With Natures Treasures Which Mankind Has Only
ust Begun to Appreciate

Il OR thousands of years men
have been content to
breathe the air, and think
little about it, They were like
fish in the water-satished and
perhaps grateful, because the
transparent medium in which
they were plunged kept them
alive.
Now, suddenly. science has dis
covered that the air is a vast
mine of untold wealth which only
needs 20 no worked properly IN
order to furnish us with a great
variety Of substances that can be
utilized IN the arts and industries
Of civilized lifo.
In tho first piaee, the Remes-
phere Is capable of furnishing
enough nitrogen 90 Se7tilizs ali
tho arabic soil OF tbs globe, auo
20 double its capacity Of produc-
ton without sensibIy feeling the
loss
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Just Begun to Appreciate.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS
Natures Treasures, Which

go, of medicines, and in many
other ways.
The second great constituent of
the air, oxygen, is equally mani
fold in its uses when separated
from the atmosphere. 1t gives US
ozone, one Of the most powerful
antiseptics known, which IS en-
ployed. for instance, IN purifying
the drinking water OF great cities,
and also in purifying and vitahz-
ing the air in confined places. In
art and industry oxygen plays so
large a part that, before means
had been invented for readily OBJ
tanning It IN large Quantities from
tho air, little advance could be
made in some occupations which
are nov fiourishins,
8ut there are other things In
she S7sat aerial mine over our
heads that are like diamonds
scattered among iodes Of gold and
silver. Il is only within tbs last
twenty years that We have found
out that the atmosphere contains,
ia addition to oxygen, nitrogen,
carbonio acio, ammonia ana water
yaPor, FIVE previously unknown
gasses, viz! argon. helium, neon.
lCypton and xenon. These occur
in small quantities hut they ex-
Albit remarkable and often very
useful properties,
Helium appears 10 possess val
uable medicinal properties, hut. al
The present time. neon seems te
ne the one ot these rare atmos-
pheric gases which offers the
great est utility. II is employed to
produce various kinds OF artificial
light When an electric current
IL passed through tube hUed
with pure neon il gives a brilliant
red light. d. mercury Eappr Is
..r-,a y.h tnc ueuu .ha erJor
as .N. 'g- ls gu, n nitrogen
uH .4r,suu utvard, uuru ,n,
H|.ul, utf. l.,a rV- tu inn
.. bursts it.as g.aH resent bling
sunlight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Air Over Small Part Of
Earth Is Rich III Fer,
tilizlug Power.

The air resting upon each ten
acres OF the sarth's surface con
talns as much nitrogen as Is pos
seszed by 2,oo0, 900 tons Of Chilian
uitrates-the amount that Europe
has annually imported IN recent
years, from the diminishing gu
Hue deposits ar South America, IN
order ta maintain the fertility Of
its grain fields, hut the entire at
musphere covering the globe con-
lalus twelve thousand million
times as much nitrogen as that
which floats over each ten acres
of surface or. ina other words, is
equivalent "a terulizing power e.
Ny-ulv-f.ur thousand million
million tau~ eft Chlllau uurates
Th- atmospheric nitrogen moi
.u', ..u Hy hur being trans
faTmoa lHtg artificial n!trRtes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
DR.. Charles F. Aked
Writes on
THE HEALTH OF
GREAT CITIES

We Are Adding to the Health
fulness of Great Cities Every
Year, He Says. We Are Sue
cessfully Battling With Al
most Every One of the More
Dangerous Diseases.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Exploitation of Airs In
dustrial Riches Has
Only Begun.

The great reducing machine for
the gaseous ores of the atmos-
phere is the apparatus employed
20 produce liquid air. with this
the oxygen and nitrogen are easily
separated, and by processes of
isolation and distribution all the
rare gases that have been named
are obtained, in q pure state,
from the liquefied air, The ex-
ploitatien Of the Industrial riches
OF the air has only just begun, but
il has already gone far enough to
Justify the assertion Of a French
writer that II will lead to a com
pIste economic revolution"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

Carbonic anhydride alone gives
white light; if nitrogen is min
gled with it the color of the light
becomes a rose-yellow, or pink; if
d little ordinary air is let in the
hue changes to pure rose. With
various mixtures almost any de-
sired color of light may be OBJ
tained, and a group of illuminated
tubes may be made to resemble
some of the clusters of many COL
ored stars which astronomers
have seen in the sky.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

one has only to recall ones own
" youth. Ia my native city of
Nottingham, England, there was a
cemetery known by the name of
THE cholera burying-ground." The
name tells the story-epidemics Of