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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-07


1t In his pocket, his idea was TO take
the.iife of his fellow man, for there
was no other game ever hunted with a
pistol but man, and the Americans
were the only civilized people on the
face of the earth who carried the hin
pocket pistol. A remark he made in
regards to lynching was only too true.
lie said that man, who would lynch
another wasn't fit for any thing but to
iyoch. he wasn't ht to sit on a Jury or
hold anyof the places of trust in his
country, he wasn't any more than iel-
ly fish. He spoke As minutes and. il his
ADVICE is carried into Aiken Co., the
influence wonld be felt throughout
The entire stite. One thing noticed:
The Office holders of Aiken Co. didn't
make themselves as prominent in this
meeting as they should which shows
very plainly that the Politician hasn't
very much back bone He lays low
until he finds out which way the ma
Jority is going. Talk about law and
orier leagues, if we had men in office
who had backbone, we wouldn't need
such league, but we will never have
Them SO long as we have primary cleo.
lions, when a man has to cater TO
every little upStaTt for his vote. he
Will always lack in moral courage.
quite number or the towns folk
nave gone away far the summer. Mrs.
ChaS. Baker OF Lewiston, Me. Mrs. M
Nj. Book and Master Henry Cook Mrs
VIII Rennie and cnilG, and Miss Lois
hennie have gone To Peaks Island off
the coast of Portland Me. Mrs. 4. II.
Rlnnic was detained from Joining the
party, by the illness with fever, of liz
Tie Sudford Rennie.
Mr.. and Mrs. knight have gone q,
LaurenS Co. visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. L. Quinhy have
returned from vacation to The
Springs.
MISS Joe Thorpe and Miss Gwepdo-
Iyh Baker spent the week end on Sul-
lvan's Island.
Mr.. l.. f. and j. G. HarrIgal spent a
few days last week at the Isle of.Palms
Mrs. Lucy Plunkett leaves next
week for a two weeks visit to Colum.
bia and BateSburg.
MIR. Walter Wise, OF Trenton. spent
part of this day with friends In
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-07
MAMMA FROM
MATTHEWS.
CROP CONDITIONS, BARBECUES,
ID URTH OF JULY &C,

wen, Pc great Fourth of July has
come al gone and l believe, as far as
l have bard, everything has passed
Off quie1 Y.
MI. an Mrs $. g. Matthews have
mad ridht sick child, but it is some
what better now.
Mr. AZ L. Lake has been right sick
lcr feY days; he is also better now.
Mr.; image, of Fox, is haul
ing lun III an addition to his
alreadj -
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-07
DEATH OF SECRE.
TARY JOHN
hay.

John Bay, Secretary of State, than
whom no Country has ever had a
greater, died suddenly on July End.
His remains were inferred in Cleve-
land, his home, on the 5th.
From ocean to ocean, the country
deploreS his loss.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-07
A TORNADO
In TEXAS.

Montague County, Texas, has just
had terrible tornado; 60 people
were killed, and great damage to
farms &c, has been done.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-07
RUSSIANS MUST
RETREAT TO
SIBERIA.

The japanese have the Russians
cut oil in all directions, excepting to
lIarbin. and if an armistice is not
soon granted, it is safe to say, that
LineVitch and his whole army, will
soon be back on Russian soil.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-07
FOR SALE.

90 bushels of COW peas in first class
condition. Apply to
JOHN BELL TOwILL.
BateSbuTp - c.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-07
GRANITEVILLE'S
GLEANINGS.
GOOD THINGS TO EAT---GOOD
THINGS TO TELL---ALL WELL
DONE AND ALL WELL:DONE.

Graniteville, S. c., July, L.
Although the 4th was observed to the
fullest in the Vallyey, passed off
quietly without any casualties to mar
the pleasure of the day.
or all the picnics Of the season the
one that stands prominent as the
most enjoyable to those who were so
fortunate as to be present, was the
one given by the DancinglCl Ib at Piney
Dell. About sixty were present. The
uancing commenced at 10 a. m. and
continued until 1890 p M. The girls
were so beautiful in their sunny white
dresses and shoes and the Young men
were SO merry, until the older folks
caught the fever. Married folks and
all engaged in the pleasures of "Ter-
pSichoro What delightfultime eve,S
oody had. L. was b isket picnic and
GOO much cannot be said in praise Of
the delicious food those baskets con-
Iaihed, ana such quantities! "Copia"
certainly presided over the pantries OF
Granitville, but when such women as
Mrs. Emma Glover, Mrs. J.B. .McMr-
ian, the Misses Rowland, Mrs. Moore.
MrS. Gh;s Beurort, Mrs. seigler and
Others OF like fame prepare the contents
ol tDoSe baskets, how can the food he
otherwise than that that would tickle
Tile palate or an epicure. So anxious
were they, that tho inner man should
DE satisfied aud it should be day of
IeaSting as well as merry making.
some OF the young men carried eata-
oies, besides furnishing the best OF
lemonade and cream, and paving all
the car fares; one young man carried
ten fried chickens and another bar
Decued pig, so we ate, and drank and
danced and drank and ate. We had
oinner and supper and il the physical
man could have held out there
was enough left to feast on all tho
next day. But such delightful days
nave TO come to an end sometime in
Ihis world but in the next world
where delightful days have no end II
am sure there will be such men on the
committee as Beaumon Beufort, Clar.
ence and Fred Zimmerman, Jason
Ergle and G b. Willis.
In the moining took in the speak
hR al Aiken. Several splendid talks
we're made but the crowning speech
u The day was the one made by Judge
aenry Hammond, of Augusta. He
basted the hip pocket pistol
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

until once again it became a great
cavern, and the little Eskimo stepped
outside directly and dropping on all
fours she thrust one arm far down the
beasts wide throat, at the same time
calling to her sister to catch hold of her
hand.
Just few minutes later Hyog and
Nook, with the sledge, came along,
and there, sitting side by side on the
floor of the strange cave, where big
white icicles hung from the roof and
seemed to grow up from the snowy
ground before them, they found the
sisters Veg and Neg, their small brown
faces wreathed in smiles, and as the
little girls hoped upon the sledge be-
hind Mooki and went skimming home
across the snow covered plain they
said never word to their father about
the hiding place of the great bear,
which was really very kind of them,
don't you think so?
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

which had been set aside for her sis
ter who was gone forth to fish with
Hyog and had not yet returned. Dek,
who noticed that the child looked with
longing eyes at her sisters food began
to reprimand her. saying:
you have eaten your share; the rest
you shall not touch.' The little girl
shut up her black eyes just like small
owl and thought very hard for IL
minute; then she said to her mother:
IF am Veg 1 have been fed. Is
this not SOP"
Eyes, it is So" said her mother.
But" continued she, eff l am Neg,
1 am still hungry, for have not eaten;
therefore this may be my meal" and
she pulled before her the bowl contain
ing the other portion and began to eat.
"Now," she said to her mother when
she had swallowed all there was,
Now you may feel happy, for if am
Veg I filed my appetite, and if am
Neg, we are both fed; so there's an end
to it, And how could her mother
say this was not truth?
Many other tales l might tell you of
the queer adventures which befell the
twins; of how their mother was COM
PEELED to give up spanking them since
if she spanked one, it might perchance
be the good instead of the naughty
child who received the punishment,
and if she spanked both, then the in
nocent child was bound to suffer with
the one who had fallen into mischief: :
also of how, when one little girl fell
i'll and was forced to take the nastiest
of medicine, they were sometimes given
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
You CozxId nor TIL Ore
[Eoz~ IKE O[NGx-.


and had at great risk succeeded in
Staying.
1t was said in the village that the
great bear which Hyog had slain was
after all only a baby, and that the
father bear was the largest and
some who declared they had seen it
prowling about the village at night and
these people said that the head of the
giant bear alone was as big as hut
When Hyog heard these tales he de-
termined to kill it if he could, so he set
off for that purpose one day, followed
by Veg and Neg, who begged to be
allowed to accompany him as far as
the ice hills, which divided the course
of his journey in half. The ice hills
skirted a vast, snow covered plain of
several miles in diameter, so the little
Eskimos harnessed Nook to the
sledge, and when they had arrived close
by their destination Hyog went on
leaving the children to amuse them
selves by hiding in the caves with
which the hills were dotted.
When at last their father had gone
the little girls had a fine time playing
"a game much like our own hide and
seek, in and out of the caves in the
snow covered hills.
At last one of the sisters came to a
cave which was strangely different to
the others in which she had been hid
ing. Great snowy icicles hung from
the roof and grew up from the ground
directly in front of the entrance. The
interior seemed to be lined with red
velvet and a delicious warm breeze
blew gently from within.
The little girl stepped over the fringe
of sharp pointed icicles and, finding
the red carpet of the cave very soft
and warm, she lay down and curled
herself up for a nap, when suddenly
the roof Of the cave closed down with
a smart snap and she was plunged
violently down long dark tunnel into
a very black place, where she could
not see at all.
Let me out Let me out!" she
screamed. But there was no reply,
and she continued to scream and kick,
for she did not know that the big cave
was really the open mouth of the giant
bear, who had, indeed, just swallowed
her.
When the other little Eskimo saw the
great white bear she decided to hide
near by and watch until her father
came along,
While she was thinking about this
she faneied she could hear her sisters
voice long way off She listened at
tentively, and to her astonishment
perceived that 1t seemed to come from
under the fur coat of the bear. He
was sleeping so soundly that she dared
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
PEARLS DREAM
BY Lillian BeII-cIass A--sixteen
Years

Pearl sat in low rocker, before the
glowing fire, dreaming as it always
seemed. Today she was thinking of the
cousin whom she had sighted, as her
mother chose to express it. Why should
she, Pearl Russell, accept an invitation
to country town even though it were
a cousin who wished to invite her? She
closed and then followed a thrilling
dream. Thus 1t ran:
Marjorie, dear, you must hasten or
you will be late for school and you
know what that will mean.''
Eyes, mother" returned Marjorie, in
a fearful tone, but I cannot go to-
day. My gown is so shabby and see,
I've worn my hat for two years now."
The mother knew it was only too
true, yet what could she do? And so
Marjorie had her way.
Days passed by, discontented ones
for Marjorie and hard, laborious ones
for her mother. But at last day came
when her mother could not lift her
head and so Marjorie had to fight for
the bread they needed.
The girl started out on a stormy day.
UP and down the streets she went
wearily, repulsed by the rich and rude
ly stared at by the poor. All her heart
cried out at such treatment and she
hated the rich, hated the city relatives.
Why should her cousin Pearl have so
much and she so 1itt1e2
So she retraced her steps homeward.
AS she reached the door she was met
by an unexpected surprise. On the
floor lay her mother. She rushed for
ward with a cry, but the movement
awoke her and she found it was all
dream.
A few days later Pearl was at ~
depot waiting for Marjories train To
arrive. AS they drove homeward Pc III
said: II am so glad you have com".
Marjorie, for 1 think you will maks q
better girl of me-"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

to creep nimbly up beside him and lay
her head against his shaggy side, and
then she plainly heard her sister call
ing:
Let me out! Let me out!'
"Hello!" growled the bear, and his
loud voice made the icy ground split
and crack all about them. Hello! l
thought l swallowed you little while
ago How did you get out again."
and he yawned sleepily.
Just then from the snowy plain be-
low Mooki began to bark loudly, and
she knew her father had returned and
would begin seeking for her sister
and herself. She must manage
quickly, therefore, to release the other
and determined to try the only plan
she could think of.
Moolli barked again loudly and the
great bear shivered in fright so that
his white fur stood all on end He had
sad reason to fear the hunters and
their guns.
II will do as you say" he growled
at length, eff you will promise to save
me; but hear the steps of the hunter
drawing near. How can you hope to
hide me, you who are so SMALL
Nothing simpler" replied the little
girl cheerily. You have only to open
your mouth very wide and remain
quite still. 1 will arrange the rest.
But remember, if you shut your mouth
until after my father has passed by all
is lost
The giant bear promised obedience
and straightway opened his mouth
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
TRIP To CATALINA
BY Alice Edouart-Class C-Eight
Years

BY Alice Edouart-Class C-Eight
Years
The other day my mother, father.
brother and myself went to Catalina.
We had very nice time on the boat
going over. After we got there my
brother and 1 took off our shoes and
stockings and went wading. My broth.
er found beautiful big shell. The
next day papa got a row boat and we
all went fishing. In the evening we
went to the concert and when the con-
cert was over we went to the dancing
hall. The next day mama and 1 took
a walk and we saw some wild goats.
When we were out in the glass-bottom
boat we saw some pretty sea-moss.
some shells and many other beautiful
things. On the way home we saw some
flying fish.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
Strange Adventures
of Little Veg and Neg

holding her sister tightly about the
waist as the sledge flew over the snow
covered ground. Sometimes one re-
manned at home while her sister drove
off I'm the sledge, though most often
they did not remain very far nor very
long apart, for they were exceeding
fond of each other.
Although they were sisters, they
never quarreled, and that was because
well. let me explain how it happened.
One day the two children came forth
from the hut clad in their suits of
white fur. Even their heads were
covered with tight fitting white furry
hoods, and their gloves, too, were made
Of the skin of the white polar bear.
Only their little brown faces peered out
from their clothes.
One of the little girls harnessed
Mooki to the sledge and jumping in
bade her sister follow.
mo" said she, Il do not care to go
off in the sledge today. would rather
remain at home and help mend my
fathers coat with strips of fine leather.
Do you also stay here, since l will not
go with YOU"
Her sister thereupon jumped out of
the sledge and, bidding Mooki stand
still, she said:-
Now L wish to go past the village to
the bank near the ice foe, where my
father is fishing. And wherefore shall
remain at home because you refuse
to go with Mooki and me?"
OF course there was no answer to
this, so the one who wanted to stay at
home began to sulk and then to cry.
Seeing this, the other said
Listen to what 1 have to say, sis
ter! We both know well that one of
us is Veg and the other Neg, but we
do not know to which of us either
name belongs. Is not this true?"
Yes" replied her sister drying her
tears a little on the palm of her glove
"Supposing then that you are Neg"
continued the other, "and that it is I,
Veg, who ride behind Mooki In that
case Neg cries because Veg goes
forth; but see, yourself may be Veg,
and so you cannot cry because you
yourself may be the one who goes be-
hind Mooki. Is this not so?''
THAT is so,' agreed the sister. 81
had not thought of that, and, of
course, it is useless to quarrel since 1
know not whether 1 am Veg or Neg,
and if 1 quarrel with you, supposing
you to be Veg, and you are Neg, then
if L suppose myself to be Neg 1 shall
be quarreling with myself; that is,
of course, too silly, so let us agree
never to quarrel again" And they
never did.
On another day one of the sisters
drew up before the hut with the sledge
and Nook. After she had unhar-
messed the dog she fed him with scraps
of dried fish, which she ate from a
gourd made of the tough hide of some
animal, then she pushed aside the
great skin which was the curtain at
their doorway, and went into the house
to eat her meal of raw fish and whale
fat.
Now, while this does not sound as
though it were an appetizing meal, the
little Eskimo enjoyed it immensely.
When she had eaten a portion she
looked with greedy eyes at the share
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
IT HIS is not exactly fairy story; it
is, in fact, the account Of a queer

II HIS is not exactly a fairy story; II
is, in fact, the account of a queer
adventure that befell two little
Eskimo girls who once lived in far off
Labrador.
Whether 1t is really true / cannot tell,
for It happeled a long while ago. but
here Is the story and you may believe
it or not, just as you like.
When Veg and Neg were babies
their mamma could not tell one from
the other, they looked so much alike,
so in order to distinguish them apart
she tied a strip of dried fish skin about
Weg's wrist.
Now, there were just four people in
that Eskimo family-Hyog, the father
Eskimo. who earned a living for the
others by hunting and fishing; Dek, the
mother Eskimo, who stayed at home
in the ice covered hut and minded the
babies, Veg and Neg, the babies them
selves, and their sledge dog named
Nook.
Dek thought she had a great deal to
do in the small hut, which wasn't much
larger than your spare bedroom, but
the Eskimos are not industrious people
and 1t is most often lazy people who i'm
agine themselves burdened with work.
that is why Veg and Neg were left to
play about ON the floor of the hut as
soon as they were able to crawl.
Dek did not have to trouble herself
much about changing her babies cloth
ing, for they had only one suit apiece
and these were made exactly alike out
of the skin of polar bear which had
been shot by Hyog.
One day Dek decided to make the
BEDS a task which 1 regret to say she
seldom undertook. OF course, her beds
were not at all like ours. There
were no mattresses nor soft blankets,
nor white, sweet smelling sheets of
linen, and all Dek had to do was to
shake and lay smooth two furry piles
of animal skins which lay in a crum-
pied heap in the corner of the hut.
While she was thus engaged, Veg
and Neg played about on the floor,
and after while the little strip of fish
skin dropped unnoticed from the small
brown wrist of Veg.
When Dek saw the skin bracelet on
the floor, she picked it up and stopped
to tie it on Weg's wrist once more,
when suddenly she paused in a puz-
zle. How could she attach it to Veg
when she could not tell the babies
apart? For a moment Dek stood look
ing down perplexedly at the two chill
dren, with their round brown faces
and fiat little noses, and then she threw
the bracelet in the fire on the hearth,
for after all it really did not matter
which was which.
After that nobody, not even the
neighbors IN the Eskimo village, could
tell Veg from Neg.
Now this puzzling state of affairs
resulted in some good an also in some
mischief, as you shall hear.
When Veg and Neg grew old enough
they were allowed to play out of doors,
and after a time they learned to har-
ness Nook to their small sledge and
drive about the village, which consist
ed of number of small huts like the
one in which they lived.
Often they went together behind
Nook, one driving the dog, the other
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

by mistake to the well little girl; but
of all the things that happened to them
the strangest was this which occurred
just after the little sisters had been
made happy by the gift of two beauti-
full new white suits made out of the
skin of a huge polar bear, which their
father had hunted for nearly a year,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

1t is estimated that the total area
for farming purposes in the United
States is S41,000,000 acres an area
larger than England, Scotland, Ire
land, Wales, France, Germany, Aus
tria, Spain, Japan and the Transvaal.
There are 10, 499, 900 persons engaged in
agricultural pursuits, while all other
industries employ but 1S,S45,00O.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
Prize Winners

LILLIAN BELL, 945 Orange street,
Los Angeles
~ Glass A ....................$2 $500
HAZEL INsLEY, 1870 East Avenue s2,
Los Angeles
Class B .........,.s.......... ...$2OV
ALICE BDOUART, 100 East Thirty
sixth street, Los Angeles
Glass G ...................... $t.00
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

The earrings worn by Italian women
indicate the part of Italy the wearers
come from; the longer the earrings the
further south the original homes Of
the women.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-26
CHIEF COLLINS
Is ANXIOUS TO PUT AND END TO
REIGN OF COKE.
He Says That Some of the Whiskey
sold Here Is Also Very
Bad.

Chief of Police James Collins stat
ed today that he was going 10 take
steps to prevent the indiscriminate
sale of coke" and bad whiskey to
negroes in Paducah. He ascribes much
Of the stealing, fighting and killing
in Paducah to these two agencies
cocaine and whiskey. especially the
bad brand of whiskey.
II is against the law to sell cocaine
without a prescription, and against
the law to sell an intoxicated man
whiskey, but the police themselves
admit that some of the saloon keep
ers will sell a man whiskey as long
as he is able TO stand up and drink
IL.
From Indications a few druggists
who make a business of retailing co
caine for drug fends will be made eX-
amples of, and some of the saloon
keepers will be fined for selling wills
key to drunken men, or men palpably
under the influence of il, and after
few of them have had to pay a $50
fine for selling a ten cent drink OF
whiskey they will all be more careful
to whom they sell.
Another thing that is to be done at
once is to get rid of the Migrants.
The colored loafers must spend their
time at work. or move along. The
chief is going to begin right away,
too.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-26
AWFUL MISTAKE
Drug Clerk Gave His Sweetheart BOX
Of Bichioridc az Mercury.

New Haven. Conn, Dec. 2G.-Cor
oner Mix handed down finding in
the case of Minnie Evelyn Killing
beck, Of Ansonla. who died Saturday.
He finds that the girls death was due
10 mistake of her sweetheart. Frank
Tucker, drug clerk, who sent pill
box labeled headache tablets" to
her. and that the box contained BIZ
chloride of mercury tablets.
Tablets in two boxes were prepar-
ed by Tucker according TO the coro-
ner and by mistake he labeled them
wrongly.
When Miss Kill.ngbeck sent for
the headache medicine, the box con-
tanning the poisonous pellets was
sent TO her and she took one OF the
pills which caused her death in few
hours.
There were eight grains in the box.
Enough to kill ten men. according to
Coroner Mix.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-26

All parties having claims against
the city for material of any kind are
requested to present their bills to
the auditors Office not later than
Wednesday evening. December 27th.
1905, as II is necessary that they
shall be placed before the joint
finance committee on Thursday, De-
cember 2Sth, for their inspection and
approval, and be prepared for presen-
tation to the general council for al
lowance within the year 1905. Your
attention and cooperation is request
ed. 9s it is necessary to facilitate set
Element OF all the business of the
city possible. within the current
year. Respectfully,
d. A. YEIsER, Mayor.