The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

We are glad to see so many Of our
Advertisers come in with their ads.
without being solicited. it shows they
are keeping pace with the times.
For more years than can be counted
on ones fingers Batesburg and Lees
vile have osen working at cross pur-
poses. But we are glad to note a
gradual increase in the RELATIONSHIP of
the two towns. 1t is all very well to
have certain amount of pride in ones
town, but when that pride affects the
business interests it ceases to be Il vir-
tue and not only creates bad feeling
but causes each town to suffer from
the effects. There is no reason i'm this
world that Batesburg and Lees gille
should not pull together Instead of
creating the feeling that has existed in
the past The general impression is
that the man Of one place does what
be can in his power to injure the ad-
vancement Of his brother. My friends
this is a false impression that has
grown from tho petty jealousy of
some narrow individual and kept alive
for she purpose of pulling down one
town for the benefit OF building nm
another. Just take cur last campaign
and see If you will, how the Bates
burg people stood by their Leesyllle
friends. Who had more stauncb friends
IN hatesburg than DR.. Etheredge or IN
fact any of the candidates from that
place.
batesburg and Leesville are both
growing towns of more than ordinary
Importance and with the progressive
ness OF both, with all parties workinp
together and IN unison it would be
but very short time before the two
places would be one large thriv,n,
city connected the whole distance Inv
electricity.
Ihe ballot battle in the primaries of
south Carolina has come and oona
aood men have been chosen by tn.
voters and good men have been do.
ieated qualities have been unappreci-
a'ed; Intentions have be- N understood
and misunderstood-but what hand
could have made it different-the peo.
PIE nave spoken for their choice and
30 IL must be. Only time can tell
IN the vivid object lesson of lif.
whether they haye chosen wisely or
not. There are many who will enter
'"e second race, to fight over Il e
same ground they have fought before
and although tired down from q s,m.
mers work they will 60 at it with the
nope OF winning their ultimate goal.
and some faciug ignominus defeat will
wonder What made them think tb.v
were giants when they were pigmies
Better far 1t would be when sucb
loeas Pass through our mind to NOT 10,
them hngsr, but cast Them aside and
pursue the even tenor of n private
citizen's life. Politics is game at
winch only the brainiest may plav and
then they must not reckon with
out their host. Politics have b.a,
cleaner this year than in times oona
Dy' whiskey has been used less and
heeiers must have felt short of the ca.h
that formerly flowed like water. We
nave washed our skirts clean of cliones
ana rings and supported only the can
d'dates whom we thought fit and
worthy to I'll the positions to which
'heS aspired- We have bounded No
man Tor patronage, nor have we at.
lacked the candidate who saw fir ,o
ignore us. We have gone through
the hrst campaign and come out of It
with clean hands. Ifou choice A.,
dot win we are willing to uphold the
hA nus OF the man who did-provided
ne be honest and faithful IN the die
charge of his duties.
we symathize with the defeated: W.
'sJoice with the victors.
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