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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-29
SALUDA SPICE.
NEWS OF THE SICK--C0UNTY Of
FICERS, AND MUCH ELSE
WORTH READING.
lFrom our regmlar correspondent.l }

,From our regular correSpondent)
Drs. Kirksey and Wise are kept
very busy now, Mrs Or, Bowling
and baby, Mr.. and Mrs Walter Satch-
er and a little daughter OF Mr.. Colen
Wise are some OF the sick ones in
town. Mr.. Frank Forrest is at his
fathers and is real sick Mr. and
Mrs, Tollia Herlong have been very
sick, but are much improved; their
baby is seriously i'll also: Miss Carrie
Buuknight is quite sick too
Rev. Foster Spears lost his baby
last Saturday: Mrs. Spears is quite
sick. We extend TO them much SYM
pathy.
The Misses Hart, Of Johnston. are
visiting at the home Of MIR. j. A. At
taway.
Mrs. DR.. Pitts has returned from
Waynesboro, Ga, where she went to
visit her husband, DIR. Pitts; she re-
turned much sooner than she had eX'
pectcd on account of the children
taking the whooping-cough.
DR.. Krim'4,, Gather OF Graves l..
Knight, is visiting Saluda. He has
been stopping with Mr. J. A. Attaway
for while.
DIR. r. S. Bush has moved from Sa
luda to the upper portion of the coun
ty to practice medicine. He is now
located near Good Hope.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Smith and chill
dren have been visiting relatives near
Saluda. Mr.. Smith reports Il fine
crop, especially cotton.
Messrs James and Luke Smith ar,
visiting in and near Saluda this week
Rev. d. II. Grassland is assisting
! Rev. J a. Carson in meeting "a
| West Creek this week.
| Rev. T. f. Carson, went to Ridg
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ELEGTI0N NOTICE.

y roticc is hereby Il ZEN that an
.NcIcclion rIlI be he ! August the
lSl 1908, for the purpos Of clccting a
Mayor and six Wmdcns TO serve the
town OF EatrsbTg, : c., two years
nom January list, 1906 All qualified
Electors who hold Registration Ger
tilicatcS. are entitled to vote.
ON same day one Commissioner of
Public Works is to hc voted for, TO I'LL
tlie place of Il. T., kcruaghan. whose
term has Xpirrd by limitation.
Polls will bc open at S.o'clock, Il m,
and close at 4-O'cluck, p. m. The vol-
mg placn viii be- at the BItchcr Shop
occupied ly Frank smith.
Managers of Election: j. N. NAL
PASS, GEO. W. RIIiARD AND 5.
T. ALTMAN.
J. {. GLOVER, City Clerk.
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LEXINGTON.
REUNIONS, THE DISPENSARY AND
BURGLARS.
From our regular correspondent

(From our regular correspondent
On last Tuesday at IL o'clock,
between 20 and 100 persons gathered
in the Court House to devise some
means to rid Lexington County OF the
Dispensary. The meeting was called
TO order by Capt. A. Z. West of Lees
vile. Capt. West was elected chair
man and DR.. T. A. Quattlebaum Of
Batesburg, Secretary Rev. j Dab
Edwards moved that the question of
Dispensary or no Dispensary be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of Lex
ington County. The motion was
unanimously carried. A motion was
made and unanimously carried that
Chairman oppoint committee of six
TO supervise the lists OF signatures and
appoint COMMITTEES in each township
to carry rouGd the petitions The
following is the committee: Col. G. T..
Graham, Chairman, Rev. Joab Edwa-
rds, John w. Hendrix, c.. P. Robin
son, G. II. Corbitt and Rev. +. L
Strickland. A committee consisting
Of DR.. L. A. Quattlebaum, Rev. Joab
Edwards and Rev. O. n. Rountree
was appointed to make the appeal to
the people to blot out the DiSpensary
Among the prominent speakers
invited to be present at Lexington
County Reunion, which convenes
here on the tn Of August and lasts
for two days, are Rev. j. A. Clifton OF
Orangeburg, Gov Hayward, Gen. j, j.
Mc.Swain of Greenville, Judge G. G..
Dantzler of Orangeburg, Cen. 4. w.
Canville Of Edgcffeld, Gen B. II.
league of Aiken, Miss Elizabeth
Lumpkin of Columbia and several
Others. A full programe will be pub
lished in next weeks papers. Prepar.
ations are being made for large
crowd. The vario is committees are
! hard at work and are determined tC
make the reunion a grand success
Everybody is invited Be sure tC
come Mr.. Editor and cring all the
good people OF Batesburg. They will
| be welcome.
Mrs. Matrice krepps, and daughter.
of Columbia are visiting Mrs. Kreps
sister Mrs G. NJ. Efrd.
l'~"'s f''F- a9a qas1giR9!es5 9!s5lE. MIs:
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,.,.,,;.;soporS $
III Ia tteMn tMn lfst week.

Mr.. Scott Hendrix is erecting a
building on Church street for his
hearse for which he has placed the
order.
Mr. Pascal Hendrix of Columbia is
in town visiting relatives.
Misses Ethel and Nellie Caughmau
of Columbia ire visiting at the home
of Mr. W. w Barre.
Mr. j G. Fort or pelion was here
Tuesday and Wednesday on business.
Prof. and Mrs. o. ID. Seay have re-
turned home. Prof. Seay has been in
attendance upon the summer school at
Clemson.
Miss lceoline IIarman and Emma
Ballentine have returned from Savan-
nah and Tybee
Hon. w. IL. sharpe was in town
Tueseay
Misses Mamie. Nettie and Lena Boo
zer Of Columbia are visiting their
aunt Mrs. G.. NJ. Harman.
There has been some changes in
valuable real estate in and near Lex
ington in the last month which
means more enterprises
Miss Blanche KyZer, who has been
visiting relatives in Augusta is at the
home uf Mr.. w T. Roof.
Treasurer Shealy, who has been
very Ill with fever. is able to sit up
and we hope TO soon see him out again
Mrs w d. Quick and daughter
Miss Addic ictt to-day for an exten, "a
trip TO the mountains Of Nc.
Capt j. Il Counts Of lrmo was id
town Tuesday
Mrs. II. l. Oswald is visiting Cap,
and Mis- f. W. Oswald of Bars S. c
Mrs. Drafts. wife of nr L. Draft
Of Gilbert is visiting in town.
Mr A. l.. Hartley, agent S Ry. c.
and wife have gone to Washington
Another attempt to rob tho Express
onice here was made last night.
Two negro boys while passing tn,
depot about o'clock this mornin,
saw a lamp lit in tile depot and SuppC
l..,. . l., - 10 -, 4
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WAGNER.
NEWS ALONG THE ROAD. COM
INGS, GOINGS, &C.

An excellent meeting Is being
carried on with the Bethcar Church by
Rev. U. r. Is. Jeffcoat. Six new
members were added to the large mum
Der Of workers today, Wednesday.
A very refreshing shower of rain has
improved the crops considerably and
has also stopped the dust from flow
so freely.
Miss Hattie Able visited relatives and
friends In and about Perry this week
The negroes are carrying on a meet
ing at their church, Rosy Hill on r. f.
l which is causing an incesSant flow of
negroes from all sections to that place
The many friends of Miss Kittie
Bodie are glad to see her among them
again, after long and continued i'll
ness, which kept her i'm doors for
long time
Miss Mayme Corley, of near X itch
ings Mill was the guest of Mrs Eva
Cofer last Tuesday.
select party of young folks from
WAGNER enjoyed themselves, by pic
ncking on last Friday, at Garyin's
mill.
Watermclons are still coming in to
the carrier, at the rate of three or
four per week. How is that BOYS ror
something Juicy?
Messrs. Philip Gardner and Dave
Faliaw worshipped at Bethcar last
Sunday.
Mr. +. G. Cook had the misfortune,
OF getting. his Sawmill burned, one
night last week, which is great loss
to him and the surrounding country.
New boxes are still going up on r. f.
ID. l. Ifa few more go up there will
certainly be something doing with the
carrier anyway.
Mrs. c. b. Smith of Trenton is
visiting relatives and friends on X. f.
ID.
The Methodist new church is about
| completed and protracted meeting is
expected TO start next Sunday by the
able and efficient pastor, Rev. j. &.
/ Holly witE the assistance OF Rev. Sam
= - 0oLdJ:ssss z '-''f f"' With the fore
cure m
-A..zz----S s.Jffic en-.
be the result Of meeting cor,.4-.:rsu--
by them. Siuch praise and assistance
should be given Rev. Holley for the
erection of this nice building which
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-29

MONEY SAVED Is MONEY MADE.
The First Natl. Bank ot Batesburg
pays interest four times year OH de
posits in the Savings Dtpnrem ent--com
pounded every three months. Put youl
spare money 10 work--it works Will
you slecp--h IS Il perpetual, ever in ;reas
ing earning capacity. We inviteyou to
open an account now with our Baul; anJ
be numbered with our five hundred de-
positors.
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ANNOUNCE MENT.

desire to say to all my friends and
customers that after August LIST VIII
be with The |. Edwards Co. and Will
be glad to lave thcmcall ON me thee.
j. A. llitc.
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JOHN PAUL JONES.

The body O. Paul Jones, the Amer-
can naval hero OF the Revolutionary,
var is at last cpngcnially in final rest,
at Annapolis. Md.
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NOTICE..

We will furnish first class barbc-
cue and refreshments a. NamarIa Al-
gust 9Th, 1905 Hon. ,iohn John Bel
Towill and Hon w. H. Sharp VIII be
present and address Tia" crowd. Also
music and dancing.
GRANDN x JONES.
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SOUTH CAROLINA COL
I-EGE

Four Schools: Arts. Law, Sciences
and Teachers System Of Wide EIcc-
tion. Expenses Moderate. Opens
September 9th, 1908. Columbia, ;. {.
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RUSSO JAPAN.

Seemingly awaiting action Of the
Peace Conference, the Armies in
Manchuria. are still inactive.
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FOR RENT.

One 8 room house Apply to
pr. w. l.. TlMNEItMAN y.
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WEATHER REPORT.
SPECIAL. TO THE ADVOCATE FROM
STATE WEATHER BUREAU.
Rim tonight ana Saturday.
FOR SALE.

80 bushels of COW peas in first claN
onditiun. Apply TO
JOHN BELL IOWlLl
BateSburg, :. G.
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be the result OF a meeting cors---:rsu
by them. huch praise anu assistance !.
should be given Rev. Holley for the
erection of this nice building which
has cost him many trials and much
valuable time.
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NEW BATESBURG-
ON THE RIDGE"
PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.


To those who have marketed their
"ten-cents cotton" or have other SUN
plus funds to invest safely and protitt~
bly, we direct your attention To the OF
portunities offered here in New
BatrSbur.-on the Ridge" Here
where more money has been spent,
and is being Invested in improvements
during the last year than amy town its
size in the state. Real estate values
have been enhanced from double L.
five times their former values. The
population of the town is now about
two thousand, when five years ago il
was barely one thousand. More than
a hundred thousand dollars has neen
spent or planned to be expended in
municipal and private improvements.
The reasonable taxable value of the
town is not less than Il million dollars.
New enterprises are being talked of
and promoted. The operation of the
new "Summerland" CrourisD Hotel
next winter Will invite pleasure, health
and investment seekers into our midst.
If YOU have spare money To invest
come and look around. If YOU are not
> =. h.
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COTTON MARKET.

Cotton is bringing to-day on the
Batesburg Market, l03-S rs reported
by l.. ID. Cullum.
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- ,,-l TOUR 10 I'VE per cent. per -.TTf--
4 Dan. depending upon the time the ac-
6Adnt stands The published state
:. lnts of The First National Bank.
'tich appear from time To time in the
: kIteSburg Advocate" as required by
the Treasury Department of the
United states, will show the steady
and healthy growth Of this institution.
Although the capital has been fully
paid in little over -four years. still
ncy'rly seven thousand dollars have
been paid out in dividends, and re-
serve ana undivided profits fund of
about thirteen thousand dollars has
been accumulated. making an asset
cal ming of about twenty thousand dol
lars in four years on 4 capital Of
Twenty-Five thousand dollars The
policy OF The First National Bank is
conservative Yet liberal, prompt and
courteous. To insure a continuance
of this policy We call attention to our
list OF directors and officers: Mike
Rutland. AlonZu Bates, Tom. Ecrna-
Sntn, Ambrose Gonzales. John H.
Watson. Lawrence Rawl. Pope Mat
lhrws. w. w. Watson, David Il. Rawl
Mike Perry and j. A. Written.
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10 invest titit
~ - Your idle money The First
N:seA eAn:tl Bank of BatcSbuT.. safe
kt ftoslg and until a favorable
.gnnt t,tnitV for Investment presents i,
,,da ton "A
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Think of Domestic Animals Only
as Something to Eat-Super-
etitious About Bride and Do
Not Molest Them.

At recent meeting of the Royal
Geographical society Alexander Whyts
gave this account of his experiences
in the interior of Liberia: For weeks
and weeks have travelled through dis
tricts where no white man has been
seen before and naturally enough met
with considerable difficulty in getting
from tribe to tribe. They are very
Jealous and envious Of one another
and their chief purpose when they get
a white man among them is to keep
him there, and the dificulty is to get
from village TO- village Their .ereat
object s-tu do away with roads and
everything in the shape of road or
a bridge So that it is necessary to
overcome that jealousy and to allow a
freedom of passage from village to viii
lage. Although mosquitoes are not
met with, there are clouds of midges,
or gnats. But in one particular vii
lage down in the middle of the street,
which was a greensward, there was a
row of posts about fifteen feet high
and on the top of each post there was
a hood made of palm leaves and these
hung down In a sort of conica. shape
with an opening below, very much like
a beehive, and / saw thousands and
thousands of little birds flying in and
out of these little cages, and they were
engaged the whole day long dev0ur-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Sorcerers Are Exciting the Chinese

Those who see the tract should
take heed. If the reader makes one
copy of it he can escape this calamity;
if he makes ten copies and distributes
them he will save his family; twenty
copies will keep the pestilence from
his village; but if he fails to make
even one copy and publish it he will
surely die of hemorrhage. A good way
to prevent or cure the pestilence is to
snake use of certain prescription. A
number of ingredients are then given,
of which orange peel and ginseng
seem to be the main ones. These in
gradients of the prescription are such
as are usually kept and sold by those
practicing scorcery OF witchcraft.
'As the people are very supersti-
tious the statements of the tract are
readily believed and followed. 1t is
reported that there isn't a native fam
lily in Chefu that hasn't received q
COPY and the prescription is being
widely made use Of; so somebody
must be reaping a harvest. This may
all seem amusing, but there is another
phase to the matter. During the Boxer
troubles similar tracts and rumors
were rife among the people and caused
Z great deal of excitement" -,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Baths and Water Mills Of Rome
Alfalfa Another Antiquity -
Wheat Will Keep for Fifty
Years or More.

Alexander Del Mar tells how the an
clients had many inventions strikingly
like some of the newest and most i'm
portant of modern times: "The city of
Rome was supplied with no fewer
than fourteen aqueducts, not neces-
sarily for drinking purposes, because
it always had the river, which afforded
a copious flood of fresh water, but for
the sake Of convenience and especial.
ly to supply the baths and drive the
water mills, most of which were To-
Gated under Mount Janiculum. 1t was
these water mills which made Rome
a great manufacturing city. They
were employed in ,innumerable arts,
and gave rise to endless mechanical
inventions and improvements. When,
in the sixth century, the Goths laid
siege to Rome and cut off the aque-
duct water, Belisarius established q
series of floating boat-mtlls on the
Tiber, which, being driven by the cur
rent, enabled the accustomed indus
tries to be resumed. Grist mills driven
by streams, or the wind, were com.
mon I'M the rural districts; the more
ancient ones pounding the corn in. 81
gantic mortars, the improved ones
grinding it between revolving stones
"Not only was flour produced in
these mills, but also various cereal
nrenarati0ns. like our breakfast food.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
ALA N h I'm Thinkin' O. You

An watch the wayward wavelets upon
the bright sand break;
'''Tis} sighin' ."noW-it used to sing wi
moonlight on it's breast
The broad lake, the bright lake, the lake
you loved the best.
Alannah. sure I'm thinkin' if yourself
was here once more,
It's we would pull the May flowers, we
used to do of yore;
But will pluck an place a. bunch above
your quiet breast
The gay flower, the May flower, the flow
er you loved the best.
All! Sunset. stream an lake. an May
flowers gleamin' gold,
What memries o. a blissful past, your
tender charms unfold!
Alannah, sure, you loved them all till
r Deaths cold arms caressed
Your own: heart;> your fond heart, the
& heart that loved them best.
But will stray again, Ashore, beside
the ssighin' lake, 80. ~. r-. -,
An walk the lane an riverside, Mavour-
,tg$ neen, for your sake; ~. =
An, on my Memory's greenest spot for
III = ever shall they rest - -. :.
The old scenes. the dear scenes, the
4 scenes you loved the best: -s
o.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Whisky Both Peculiar and Plentiful

Knowing whisky, the kind that
swells the absorber thereof until the
wise guy Solomon is on the bum.
Roaring whisky, the kind that sud
denly sets the quietest fellow In town
to vociferating and swinging his arms
in unoffending space.
Fighting whisky, the kind that sud
denly overcOmes it's victim with every
conceivable species of pathos and
makes of him pitiful spectacle.
Bad whisky, exceedingly scarce, the
kind that makes man quiet, sullen
and dangerous.
Loving whisky, the sort that causes
him to draw near, put his arm around
your neck and emit a breath in your
face that would drive turkey buz-
zard away from dead coyote.
There are several other varieties
in Tombstone, conspicuously honest
whisky, which causes man to pay
his debts when under it's influence,
then kick himself about it when he
gets sober; then the brand that causes
him to do the agreeable to everybody
he meets on the streets, then go home
and lick his wife until the neighbors
interfere.-Tombsto .Prospector.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Fable of Great Theorist on
Housekeeping. Diet. Exercise.
Education and Love-Meets a
Nice Young Man.

There once lived a girl who was a
great theorist. She had theories on
housekeeping, diet, education, dress
and love, which she took great de-
light in expounding to her family
and friends.
Now, it so happened that, during a
sojourn in a distant city, she met a
very nice young man who became
enamored of her and whose affection
she was inclined to return. But as
she had pet theory concerning en-
gagements, she, withheld definite
answer to his entreaties that she be-
come his wife and said:
: "Although~ I love you, I cannot an
swer you in the Affirmative until your
affection for me has undergone a test.
From what you have told me of your
self, you have associated but little
with girls. How, then, can you be
sure that your love for me will en-
dure? Therefore, leave me for one
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Diplomacy Should Be Devoid of Trickery

Nope, said the lineman, 'nothin'.'
"'Then you'll have to pay me an
other time
And the landlord wiped the bar
with a rag furiously.
ut was now the second lineman's
turn to treat, and he ordered two
glasses of weiss beer. Then his COM
panion nudged him and handed him
secretly the twenty-dollar bill. With a
grave face he laid it on the bar.
"'What's this for?' said the landlord,
in terrible voice.
"'The weiss beer, Joe,' said the line.
man, gently.
THE landlord snatched up the note
and jerked his coat from a nail.
""Tend store till come back" he
said to an aged man seated by the
window, and he rushed forth.
"The linemen drank their weiss
beer in silence. AS they finished il
the landlord returned: He placed
$172O in change on the bar.
Elbows this?' said the lineman
This amt right
"'Sure,' said the landlord. 'Shure il
is, Hank Ten cents for the weiss ant
two seventy what you owed me from
last month"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Bold Snake Captures Pretty Milkmaid

leak she looked full into it and at
tempted to raise it, when she was hor-
rified by the discovery that monster
snake had it's head in the pail, the
weight of the reptile making it diff
cult to raise the pail from the ground.
The snake had evidently been drink
ing the milk about as fast as it poured
into the pail.
Greatly frightened by the discovery,
Miss Czerney gave a scream, sprang
to her feet and made dash for her
home But she had taken only a few
steps when she made the further dis
covery that instead of her ankle be-
ing entangled in the picket rope, it
was the snake which was entwined
around her ankle. The reptile was
coiled so tightly and was of such
weight that the young lady was
thrown violently to the ground.
Finally gaining her freedom from
the monster, which she was able to
shake off only after superhuman ef-
forts, she continued her flight toward
home.
In her haste she stepped on rusty
nail, which penetrated the flesh to the
depth of about two inches. Blood
! poison set in and only by the hardest
| kind of work was the life of the young
woman saved.-St Paul Dispatch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Once Upon Time There Lived Girl

month, during which time no COM
munication shall pass between us; as
sociate with other girls as much as
possible and, if at the end OF that
time your heart is still true to me,
shall become yours for all time
The young man protested and plead
ed with all the ardor of love, but the
theorist remained firm in her decision.
Finally the lover bade her reluctant
adieu and was off to keep the COM
pact.
The weeks went by and the end of
the month came The theorist, who
by this time it must be confessed, had
become exceedingly lonesome for the
nice young man, attired herself in her
most becoming frock and awaited
with fiuttering heart his coming.
A bounding step was heard on the
porch The. theorist sprang to the
door. A messenger boy handed her a
telegram. It read:
'Test successful. Am engaged.
Girl said yes at once. Has no theo'
ries.''
Moral-A bird in hand often flies
out of the Window.-Smart Set.