The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-21
THE ADVOCATE.
Entered at the Batesburg, 8. O., Post
office ~ Bec0nd- G lass Mail Matter :
N. Roger. Bayly. Ed.:.ad Prop.

ESopus, N. Y.
For vice-PreslLent:
HENRY q. DAVIS.
Elikins. w. Va.
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The receipts Of our postofice con-
tanus to increase. A good sign for
any town.
Get iuRocnlated with the building
fever. 1t will help you-it will help
your town.
Don't frssze to the dollar that will
rstard the advancement of your home
town-if you do. it may Away, remain
adollar.
Our present municipal administra-
Is serving us well and every citizen has
just cause to feel proud of the course
1t ir pursuing.
Col. George Bell Zimmerman, Lex
ington county's candidate fer Solicitor,
in recent speech. gave this as kis
conception ef the duties of the Office
Co which he aspires: "The office OF
Solicitor is not one of legislative
character, 1t has nothing to do wife the
formation oi the laws Of our land, but
with their enforcement and admins
tration. 1t is IN Office, ii my humble
opinion, that has more to do with the
YoOd conduct of citizenship than any
other. save it be that Of juror. 1t Is
the duty of = solicitor, therefore, to
lend his assistance, in-so.far Us the
Law gives him means, 10 the conviction
OF the guilty and the protection &C .hs
innocent" That is a clean cut and
precise statement of the duties Of
Solicitor. and we believe such ideas
will meet the approval of the thought
ful public. We feel safe in saying,
also, that he not only has the right
ideas about the duties OF the office, but
the ability aud the determination with
which TO put them into execution. Col
Zimmerman is the tight kind of <z,s==
--so Pue "a sucn an effice, and, il rumor
can be counted for anything, We pre-
dict that he will lead I'm the first prim-
ary by large majority.
Did you ever get something for
nothingP At times you may have
thought SO. but look back, recllect
well, and you will fnd that you have
more than given the equivalent or you
would not have received it. If you
have not you are expected to- There
is q string tied to everything and
something for nothing" is thing of
the past. Lorg since it sunk into OBJ
livion. The politician of today, work
ing on advanced methods, may send
you present-he does so in the hope
OF getting your vote. The friend in
business may send ynu a rare find of
his, something real nice, he wants
your trade. The paper may say some
thing nice Of you, and it is bidding
for Jour patronage and friendship
when 1T does sc, and thus IL goes. This
subject was brought foreibly to the
writer's mind few days ago when
one Of his best friends presented him
with poCket-xnife. We thought we
were secure in our ownership and that
We had in fact really received a gift.
But the friend came back post haste,
and our visions of real GIFT vanished.
eur foudest hopes were blighted. He
told Us that to give knife and to re-
ceive nothing 10 return would break
our friendship, aud that the gift should
be coin, piece of money that has
the sanction of Uncle Sam upon it. |
Here again were hopes dasheS up IN the |
rocks-''something for MOI binRp was
merely dream, it has never and will |
never exist, and who pays more in re- |
turn for the mere pittaDce it receives
9haG the paper. The Advocate wants |
friends, and it wants to serve its !
frienhs-in fact 1t has never gone back |
on One--but the Advocate has got to |
Iivey!"On the atmosphere and rain |
water it can not exist, nor will fried |