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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-13
COTTON MARKET.
Batesburg Spot II 5-S.
PERSONALS.

tion were ia Town shopping Saturday.
slr. Merritt Cullum spent Sunday
at Mt willing.
MI and Mrs. A. c. Mitchell spent
Sunday at Johnston
DIR. Il A. Quatt.ebaum formerly Of
Batesburg, but now Of GranlLcvilie
was in town shak ng hands with his
many friends TuesGay.
Mr.. j. l.. Gum spent Tuesday in
Columbia,
Mr.. ToHquin LaGronc of Johnston
spent several days in town this week.
Mrs G. A. Str0ther + f Strother
and Curtis Cullum returned from New
York. Norfolk, and Washington last
Monday.
Mir Fred Carliedge has returned
from the jamestown FIX position and
Washington.
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Tuesday afternoon at Ridge Spring
Mrs. Mar, Glenn Colson, Of Augusta
Ga, is visiting her brother, Mr. w,
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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-13
Thoroughbred Stallion

The fall season tor standi"g Scar
hey Shales our hands sOme thorough
bred French Hackney Stallion is now
open at RltiaIIs stables, in Bates
barg on Mondays Tuesdays and Wed
ncsdays; and at j <. Harman'S farm,
on Thursdays, Frid Iys and Satur
days. Batesburg Hackney Horse %
J.C Harman, manager
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-13

Ridge Spring Bonded Warehouse.
We are now ready TO store your
cotton at the small cost OF IS cents
per bale per month A sworn weigh
er ways or hand TO attend your
wishes. Al cotton stored with uS is
fully covered with insurance.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-13
ORDINANCE
NUMBER XVI.
For the Regulation of
Buildings and 9th er
Structures in the Town
of BateSburg

he 1T ordained by the Town COnncil
of the town of Batesburs and by au
thority OF the same
Section L. That on and after the
passage of this ordinance 1T shall not
DE lawful for any party or parties 10
erect any wooden Ur frame building
within The following limits Of the
town Ol HateSburp on OAK street
Trom Railroad Street t. ChLrcn Street.
Section ,. That before any person
,Jr persons shall erect any store house =,
dwelling house, hoJel, stable. awning,
o lice. cellar. door or structure u any
And. on any street whatever, appli
cation i'm writing shall first be made
90 the Town Council stating the use
a1t& purpose for which the said huiid
ing or other structure is dcSi gncj. and
stating the place OF location OF same.
and q petmit from the Rlid Town
Council b. obtained t. ereet such
buildings or other structure before the
same sh all be- comm need.
Section 3 IT, S'iall b. the duty OF
1.-THE Town Council CT the said town,
ito send a surveyor to dt tine the line
.if stree or streets 10 any party or
,parties wishing ~ bIild in the town e.
Section 4. IT. shall be the duiy OF
ithe IOWA Clerk u numhec the appli.
,Gations TO be M ID under SECTION 2
thereof, in the order in which they are
.made and TO ii Tia same.
Section >. All p'rSDnS .iliug to com =
,ply with the reglIliti ms aud require
.mentS OF This ord d,narce shall b2 fled
mot less thln ten dollars nor NOR,
than one hundred dollars, or impriS' II
Led not less tnIu live days nor more
than thirty days upon conyi ~tiOn
Ihereof.
Done and ratified this the sixth day
~ December, nlrete hundred and
twO.
Il Jones. Mayor.
NJ b. Edwards, Clerk
N. B. TIiS ordirIuce from nIW on
will be e Iforcel by vote OF cuIinc |
assembled September the s"cJad
ninc,een hundre and Sevcn.
j. e. Glover,
City { lcrk.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-13
SELL. US YOUR SEED

When you have cotton seed TO sell
carry them 20 YoungbIOOd and Giover
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-13
T. Jones. Mayor.
LOTS FOR SALE

Desirabiy located in the town OF
Batesburg. See w. j. McCartha or
NJ. Il, E,RutIand for prices AMI terms.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-13

Mr.. st. Clair Asbcl!e OF Monet ia
vas seen on our streets Monday.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-10

we nave NOT Induc any DdISdlIl,
said Gertrude, quietly.
The tree man looked at her. He
had only noticed her youth and Dicks
and the tumble down farm, and the
evident poverty of the place. Now he
noticed Gertrude's mouth, and because
he was something of a physiognomist,
he changed his tone
IT make you an offer of three dol
lars tree for twenty trees, and l will
put it in writing if you wish. I repre-
sent the firm of Williams & Prender
CAST '-and he took a business card out
of his pocket and handed it to her.
'sMy name is Sutton
II will consider the offer and write
to you within a week, Mr.. Sutton"
said Gertrude, slowly.
The tree man looked at her now
harder than ever.
II am not sure our offer will hold
week." he said, "as am in treaty for
some other trees in the neighborhood."
Every WE'LL" said Gertrude, II will
wait, then, till you write to me in
stead.'
Mr.. Sutton smiled uneasily. 1--WE
can wait-er-ti1l next Friday" he said.
Dick started, and felt his confidence in
Gertrude returning He was not sur
prised when, after the man drove away,
she turned a cheerful face upon him.
''Dick, those trees are worth some
thing!'' she cried.
Three dollars apiece" responded
Dick. ''But twenty times three"
Il did that sum while you took him
to the grove. 1t isn't enough. But,
Dick, the next thing I thought Of was
that there aren't any other elm trees
Ike those for a good many miles
round. Mr.. Sutton saw them yester-
day and asked you about them. Then
he drove onto look for others. He
had to come back-because he didn't
find any others. And if he wants them
he will have to pay us five dollars
apiece at least. What I wanted, Dick,
was time to find out what trees are
worth. You hitch up Rex, and we'll
drive into the city,
Dicks eyes widened. you're
daisy'' was his brother1y comment,
and he hurried old Rex into the har-
ness with boyish zeal.
The roads were rough, the wagon
springs old. It was jolted and shah
by pair of young people that drove
into the city two hours later, but hope
rode with them and made the way
easy.
81 don't know a soul we can ask"
Gertrude had said, as she jumped into
the wagon, Except the editor of the
Farm Journal Father once wrote an.
article for it, and always took it."
But the girl felt very shy, just the
same, when she was ushered into the
editors office, to find, instead of the
gray-haired sage she expected, an en-
ergetic young man who was busy with
a stenographer and a printers boy.
He was not too busy, however, to give
her attention in few minutes, and ask
her leading questions, when she did not
know exactly how to tell her story.
"H'm! Three dollars. How old are
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debts, with little indulgence on the
old money-lender's part If Gertrude
gave up, if Gertrude felt the fight was
hopeless, then indeed the crisis was
desperate! Dick felt he must say
something.
1--WE can sell the horse and-and
the furniture, if it comes to that" he
said.
1--WE can't farm without Rex, and he
wouldn't bring anything to speak Of
One hundred and forty dollars more
before the sixteenth of March! Dick
I've lain awake and gone over every
thing we have in the world to SELL
and seventy-fve dollars is the very
most, even if anybody wanted to buy.
We haven't any relatives that aren't
as poor as we are, and father never
had rich friend, nor mother either.
All we've got is the farm, and it has
not even any timber land, or water
right, or anything on it to sell ex-
cept the house and barn and fences.
That grove father planted might be
worth cutting down some day. but not
yet"
There was man driving by yes
terday, who stopped and asked me
about those trees" said Dick, sudden
| ly "He wanted to know how old they
were, and how many of them There
he is, driving in again. Look!'
A well-dressed man, in light bug
gy, drove up the lane and hitched his
horse by the barn. He looked round
'the farmyard, with its lack of prospect
ty, with considering eye, and then
came up to the shabby house
Gertrude's heart fairly jumped.
pitab1y on the doorstep.
Thank you, I haven't time" was
his brusque answer to their invitation
to come in. Il see you have few elm
trees out there that might be worth
transplanting. There are a great many
round this part of the country and I
sometimes buy several of them here
and there, that look as if they might
live through transplanting. It's lot
terry, for you never can tell, until three
years afterWard, whether a transplant
ed tree will live or die. But at low
price | can take the risk. I'm willing
to give three or four dollars apiece for
good trees the size of yours. If you're
willing to take my price, it's bargain"
Gertrude's heart fairly jumped.
How many would you want?" she
asked
About fifteen or twenty, if you have
as many as that that are worth taking.
III go over and take look at them"
and off he started, with Dick at his
heels.
Gertrude's heart fell again. Four
dollars for twenty trees-to take the
highest rate and largest number
would be only eighty dollars. That
was not enough. Then another thought
came into her mind, and as she follow
ed it out, her face grew determined.
| She could look business-like when she
chose. 1t was her business look, we'll
known of Dick, that greeted the tree
man when he came back, brusquelv
satisfied with what he had seen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-10

WI Cu d1ld AAlly NOAAoAS ~
the sixteenth of March, said Ger
trude, wrinkling up her forehead.
and here it is February, Dick, and
we have only one hundred and ten.
We've gone without new clothes all
the year; we've eaten only what we
couldn't sell; we've been equal to all
the articles on How to Live on Ten
Cents Week."
Indeed we have!" growled fifteen
year-old Dick eve could run vege-
tartan restaurant on Our experience
I never want to see a turnip again,
or bowl of mush. There's been
to float battleship-and neither OF
enough mush cooked in this house
US ever did like mush, either. AS for
clothes, I can save the farm the ex-
pense of a scarecrow, anyway" and
he held up one boyish arm, the shah
by coatsleeve far outgrown by the
muscular young wrist "The advan-
tages of poverty, as school of great
ness, ought TO IIldkC up IOI IL dill, Vi
course, but"
There was an eloquent pause. Ger
trude began figuring again, for the
twentieth time, on a scrap Of paper.
It wouldn't mind so much" she said,
disconsolate1y, eff we'd had Our chance
and failed. But can't get my chance.
Il. L.. IL II,
on. sIf I could afford even fifty dol
lars to put into settings Of eggs and
weather tight accommodations and en-
closed yards, I could make money.
There's the trol1ey-line coming this
spring right by the foot Of the lane,
so that we can market the eggs and
chickens in the city, which we never
could do before, because the horse is
too old to drive in and out twice a
week and do the farm work besides.
With your fancy vegetables and my
chickens we could make this place
pay by spending a little. Instead of
that, we have to strip everything to
get the interest on the mortgage to-
gether and pay off the notes-and ev-
en- then we can't do it!''
There's only fifty dollars left On
the notes." said Dick, encoura ging1y
Get old Slater to renew them again"
He WON'T" said Gertrude Gas
long as this farm was off in the back
woods he didn't care. But the trolley
changes all that. Mr. Slater told me
last week he had waited long enough
for his money. He is going to fore
c1ose-he said as much-un1ess we can
raise the money for both notes and in
terest He wants the farm. He thinks
it's worth having, Dick. That's the
hardest part of it; it is worth having,
just as we have to lose it, And
Gertrude's head went down in her
hands in despair.
Dick looked at his sister in dismay
She was only four years older than
he, but she had been mother as we'll
as sister to him for so long that he
looked up to her strength and ability
His father had been a dreamy thrift
less man who had come back to the old
farm from the city for his health, and
whose creed had been that things
would last his time" But Gertrudel
The place had already prosDered better
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-10

and he has to know just how and when
to dig up the trees; and knowledge is
money. | wouldn't advise you to ask
more than twenty-five dollars apiece for
your trees, because you might not get
It, You write Mr.. Sutton that you
have consulted with one who is familiar
with the rates, and that twenty-five is
your price-for twenty trees. I think
can guess who Sutton wants them for
Allen, the millionaire, whose house
is just finished, out by the lake. In
that case, you might get more, but
twenty-five is certainty. I'd be glad
to know how you succeed-you needn't
thank me. wish I had a few elm
trees myself for SALE Good-by, Miss
Henderson, and Gertrude went out to-
the elevator, not knowing whether she
wanted to go up or down, the confus-
ION OF her Joy was so great.
But I can't believe it, Dick, till it
really happens she said, over and over
again on the way home
Never you mind,'' said Dick. "You
write the letter tonight, and make it
hot and strong about expert opinion.
Say, don't you think thirty would be
worth trying for?''
mo, I DON'T said Gertrude, laugh
ing when I ask expert opinion,
Dick, I take it,
When Mr.. Sutton, of Williams &
Prendergast, opened his mail two days
later, he whistled dolefully over one
letter.
''Whew Wherever did she find
out?' he said to himself "That's
straight enough, though. First-rate
eighteen-inch e1ms are scarce enough
even at twenty-five, and that grove has
just about the same exposure and
soil as Aliens place, so the trees will
take the transplanting kindly. The girl
couldn't know that though. Shes
c1ever-that's all When a woman has
business sense, she has it, young or
old, and that's all there is to il. Well
if can't get the profit out of her,
we'll have to get it out Of Allen, or
get on with less" And he passed to
the next letter with cordial ad1nlra-
ton for Miss Gertrude Henderson.
"Just Think said Gertrude, a week
later, as she and Dick were again
driving into the city, you're going to
get suit of clothes, and I'm going
to buy wonderful dress, and we can
have poultry-yards, and an incubator,
and cold-frames for the early vege-
tables; and next year we can look Mr..
Slater in the face and pay his interest
without trouble. But one hundred and
forty dollars is going in bank today,
Dick, so as to be ready for him.
There are still a dozen e1ms left
suggested Dick. eff ever I have a
crest, Gertrude, it will be an elm ram
pant, on mortgage, gules, with the
motto, "Treed at lastP Aren't you go
ing to ask the editor of the Farm
Journal out to tea? If you don't you
are heartless migrate"
This accounts for-but that is an
other story of romance, not of mort
gages.-Priscilla Leonard, in Youths
Companion.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24

on claims while the outlook for the
canal was not SO promising or to
the trouble of visiting claims at In
tervals and making Improvements
thereon. These jumpers waited un-
til there was a good chance for work
to be started at an early date on the
canal and then they got busy and
contested and jumped the claims Of
citizens who had held the claims and
expended money on the claims for
several years. With the jumpers, it
is to a large extent a case of letting
the other fellow do the waiting and
putting up the money and then we
Will get the results"
1t is not believed that the federal
authorities. when fully acquaintei
with the circumstances, will stand
for the work of the Jumpers, and
Will allow the men and women who
filed on claims in good faith from six
months to several years ago to hold
the claims.
The action of the Grand Valley
Homesteaders' Association in pre-
pairing to protect its members from
the Jumpers is most commendable, as
well as judicious.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
MISS MARY WINNIfRED AUSTIN
Mr.. CLAUDE EUGENE PUTNAM
One of the Prettiest Young Ladies
OF the City to Wed Popular
Young Railroad Man.

On the afternoon of Christmas day
at the home of the young lady at
403 South avenue, Claude Eugene
Putnam and Miss Mary Wannifred
Austin will be united in marriage.
Only the relatives and a few close
friends will witness the ceremony.
1t will be a prettily appointed. ideal
home wedding.
The Rev. B. F. Powelson of Boul-
der, whose wife is a sister of Mr..
Austin, father of the briie-to-be, will
perform the ceremony.
The young lady has most charm
Ing personality. Nearly all of her
life has been spent in this city and
she is great favorite among the
young people. She is the third
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Aus
tin, the father being one of the old.
est and best known of the railroad
men of the city.
The young gentleman is a locomo-
tive fireman employed on the Rio
Grande system. He is respected and
highly regarded by all who know
him, and is truly young man of
sterling worth.
There is a veritable army of
friends to shower good wishes and
congratulations upon the happy
young couple.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
A Stitch in Time.

Catarrh is the cause of nine-tenths
of the cases of deafness and con-
sumption Why suffer from this
dangerous malady when you can be
promptly and permanently cured by
Drs. Smith and Agnew?
Rheumatism and neui a1gia cured
in a few treatments. Nervous dis
eases. loss OF vigor and all weakness
speedily cured by. our new method; /;
also all chronic female affections. No
matter what your ailment. call and
be examined free of charge. Hours
10 to and to pm Office, Sem
tlnel building.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
A MAGNIFICENT GIFT
FOR THESE EMPLOYEES
Ten Per Cent OF the Regular Salaries
Given to Thousands OF Employees
of the Crane Company In
Chicago.

A dispatch from Chicago states
that the Crane company has made Its
annual Christmas gift to It's employ
es. S350,000 beiLg distributed Sun
day among the 5000 working peo-
pie in tthe Chicago plant.
The Christmas gift which partakes
OF a profit-sharing plan, was inaug-
urated eight years ago by K. T.
Crane. founder and proprietor of the
company, and has been used each
year since. A total of $3.50, 900
has been disbursed to employees In
that time.
Each employe receives 10 per
cent of his salary for the year or
traction of year in which he has
been employed by the company. Only
those who voluntarily left the SER
vice OF the company. or who were
discharged for cause. failed to share
In the allotment. Employees inca-
pacitated by Illness or other causes.
were given the pro rata share for
the time during which they were en-
ployed
The names and addresses of all
employees who We're but temporarily
engaged by the company were re-
corded on the books of the firm, and
"''''n VI thsSt Hlen ana women were
surprised today when they received
substantial amounts.
The amount distributed was about
$4,000 In excess of the amount
given employees In 1906.
A great majority of those receiv-
ing gifts have been employed by the
company from four to ten years. and
many from 20 to 40 years. Cornell
l'is Haley. employed since 1853; Ed
ward Gregg since 1865. and Pau
liiie Levorenz since 1881 are among
the veterans of the company.
AT a meeting OF the directors of
the company today. II. r Crane. III.
son OF C. II. Crane, was made a
director.
Three II. T. Cranes. representing
three generations. now are on direc-
torates. II. T. Crane is 76 years old
r. t. Crane. Jr. is SO years old and
the third X. T. Crane is 23.
In Bridgeport and the other 2s
branches of the company profit
sharing plan also is In vogue. al.
though on different lines from that
OF Chicago workers.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
DAY OF HAPPINESS
IN GRAND JUNCTION
Locally There Will be an Ideal Celebration Of the Greatest
Of all Holidays Business Will Suspend and the
Day Devoted to Pleasure Christmas Shopping.

There will not be the usual Christ
mas entertainments at the churches
tonight owing to the presence of a
few cases of scarlet fever in the city.
1t is not deemed wise to bring large
numbers of children together at this
time under the circumstances.
Tomorrow there will be the usual
general suspension of business in the
city. A majority of the stores and
offices will be closed all day. Others
will be closed at least half a day
All public Offices and buildings
will be closed all day.
Many private social entertainments
will occur tomorrow and tomorrow
evening. Naturally there will be a
great many family reunions and
dinner parties.
Dances and other public entertain
ments will also fill the evening.
The Salvation Army will, as US
shine and cheer to the homes of the
poor of Grand Junction. A Christ
mas entertainment will be held at
the barracks.
Some of the fraternal orders and
the various charitable organizations
will distribute gifts among the wor-
thy unfortunate.
An ideal Grand valley winter day
seems to be in store. There ism,
much promise of white Christmas
The true spirit of Christmas is pre-
vailiLg throughout the land, and nc
where is it more in evidence than in
Grand Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
STOCKHOLDERS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that at the
iegular mohthly meeting of the
Board of directors of the Mutual Me-
sa Irrigation Company 1t was ordered
that we call the annual stockholders
meeting to be held at the Lincoln
school house on Orchard mesa at 1
pm. Monday. December 30, 1907.
Said stockholders' meeting for the
purpose Of electing five of the board
of directors and transacting ahy 9TH
or business that may come before
said meeting.
A. l.. ZELLERS,
q. NJ. HARDY, President.
Secretarv-Treasurer
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
eM4pRES 10 GET s25o,ooo
EACH AS CHRISTMAS GIFT
Especial to The sentinel }

Especial to The Sentinsl-)
Galveston. Tex, Dec 24.-The
Christmas gift Of James A. Landers
OF Yoakum, a wealthy land owner
and banker. to his eight children will
be an equal division OF his estate.
valued at 100000. He has four
daughters and four sons. all grown.
He is now 81 years of age and act
lively engaged in the barking bust
ness A half century ago Landers
rented a small farm in southwest
Missouri He now owns land In Mis-
souri, and Texas.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24

Stop and consider the welfare OF
your children. The strain on their
eyes during attendance at school
render them incapable of keeping up
In their studies- Eye-strain usually
causes an aversion to books. and
sometimes general breakdown.
have your eyes examined by me. Six
years experience. Examination free
Permanently located at 615 Main
street. Grand Junction. My charges
the lowest. e. ]. Olson. graduate
optician.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
Notice of Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Grand Valley National
Bank of Grand Junction. Colorado,
will be held on Tuesday. January 81,
1908. at 10 o'clock am. in the
banking rooms of said bank. for the
transaction of such business as may
legally come before said meeting.
V. c. TALBERT, Cashier.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24

1t will be a day for fun and pleas
ure, and the evening will be well
spent by attending the ball OF the
Machinists on Christmas night 1t
will be unquestlonably the big social
event of the season.