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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-16

'Nopody can deny you have done
few foolish things lately, Wray'
Still, l have escaped disaster so
far, he said. Now l stand to lose a
good deal
You make one curious!' cried Joan.
What do you stand to lose?'
He leaned towards her.
The best friend man ever had
he said.
'Then-then, don't run the risk She
faltered
Yes. I've got TO carry it through
he persisted. L am pretty sure you
won't believe me-
oh, but you know
i shan't blame your incredulity,' he
said; L have been thinking things
over
'Well?' she asked
With the result that | am not GER
tain should be more open to convic-
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I shall go with you. my deart
THE END.

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bunal of which 81 i97 were undefend.
ed, and 1924 tried.
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SCKQJpL,E;S,
by Thomas Cobb
Then YOU expect guesta.I he sal

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Account Southern BapG-t Con
vention the Southern Railwls anno-
unces very low round trip rates to
Louisville K ). from all points. Tickets
will be sol& lay 10, II, II and Is,
1909, limite COR return leaving Lo-
uisville not later than midnight Of
May 22th 1909
Round trip rates from principle
stations as follows.
Abbeville $l5.82 Aiken $3.50
Anderson $l5.85 Batesburg $l7.95
Blacksburg $l495 Chester $l5.S5
Blacksville $3.50 Columbia 5000
Branchville $1,000 Gaffney 81 so
Greenville $l5.lO Greenwood $l5.85
Lancaster $l1O5 Newbery 5000
Orangeburg 1910 Sumter $la.25
Prosperity $l6.45 Rocl, Hill Sl5.S5
Spartanbrrg $iA2O Union s.A95
Yorkville ..S5
For ticke detailed information
etc. apply to outhern Railway ticket
agents or address.
il. MetS ass. General Fassen-
ger Agt ATTAIN T.
J. c. Lusk, Di is.ou Passenger
Agent Charleston S. c.
Evening star., 1909-02-14
Drawing by George Brehm


To anyone who watched Vaeska's whimsical charm
and pretty expressive face, confidential acquaint
anceship. if possible. and Valeska took care to
make it possibe,-Was inevitable and the most nat
ural thing in the world
In such wise Valeska soon learned that Tulliver
was suffering from what the doctors were pleased
to term nervous prostration; that ne had been ad-
vised to take rest; and that Mrs Tuiver was much
worried the situation. Mrs. Tullver was am
bilious and took great interest in her husbands
political career There was an atmosphere of great
anxiety at the house on 64th-st
Valeska willing and sympathetic listener.
and watched her chance for interposition It came
unexpectedly the very. next day, when Mrs Iullver
ton on park bench. There was little need for
diplomacy Vaeska's attractive manners pro-
duced immediate effect upon Mrs. Tulliver's
rare perception that frankness was the quickest
and easiest method with her, Valeska boldly told
her who she was, and offered her services
Mrs. Tuliver was too full of her own forebOd1ngS
not to grasp Immediately at this unlocked for hope
in her trouble. She confessed that her suspicious
had been aroused, and though they were not shared
boodling Aldermen. desperate at the prospect of
conviction, were making underhanded attacks upon
their chief enemy. the District Attorney They were
not of sort to stop at any crime that would rid
them of his strenuous prosecution.
Of Astro's fame as Master Of Mysteries. Mrs
Tuliver had heard. and she willingly consented to
lay the matter before him His name was already
known at the District Attorneys office through the
many crimes that, in unofficial cooperation with
the police he had pursued and solved
HER story, after reaching the studio. amply con-
IL firmed Astro's suspicious. Tulliver had the
week before the date set for the opening of the trial
worked hard night and day over the data. His
material was complex and voluminous; it required
all his energy to select the proper points of test
mony. arrange his plan of prosecution and to di-
vide the work to be done by his assistants All had
gone well till Saturday He had worked at his
office till noon, and then had gone to barber shop
in the vicinity of City Hall Square and been
shaved and mancured That night he had intended
going to the house of friend for evenings
entertainment and relaxation, before beginning
trial These last important Investigations he had
put off till Sunday, thinking that the rest Satur
day night would help him to devote his whole en-
ergy to the case
On Saturday night he showed extreme lassitude
Evening star., 1909-02-14

and manifested an unwlingness to go out with his
wife She had induced him to attend the entertain
ment. however; but. his fatigue increasing. they
had both returned early and retired. On Sunday
he slept late. He worried about the case; but
felt almost unable to rise and 60 to work. He had
after breakfast, dragged himself to his study and
shut himself up with his papers. There Mrs. Tulll
yer had found him fast asleep at dinner time He
made second attempt to 60 about his work in the
afternoon, after and fell asleep a second time, showing
extreme exhaustion. At nine o'clock he reused
himself sufficiently to ask his wife to telephone to
the Judge of the court to postpone the case and to
notify his assistants of the necessary delay.
A doctor called on Monday against Tullivers wish
and diagnosed it as nervous prostratlon. tie had
prescribed recipe, and after taking it Tuliver had
gradually recovered his customary state of health
and energy. This attack of exhaustion however
coming just before an important phase OF the case
was reached and the rumorS OF bribery IN connec-
ton with the District Attorney which had already
been voiced in of the city papers, had affected
him as deeply they had disturbed Mrs Tulllver
He showed no disinclination whatever to drop the
case in fact he was more ardent than ever in wish
ing to bring the boodlers to justice. But already
his delays and apparent lack of interest had seri
ously damaged his political career IN the minds OF
the people.
A STRO listened to all this attentvely with only
occasional question A pretty woman at all times.
with proud spiritedly poised head and soft dark
eyes, Mrs Tulliver's distress made her beauty pa
thetic. 1t was plainly evident that much as she
was moved by the fear of her husband illness and
the sacrifice of his political future. what affected
her still strongly the fear of some stain
on his reputation; and, perhaps in the dim shadows
of her mind, unacknowledged. but sinistery in
sistent, was the specter of doubt of his probty.
She knew well enough the cunning and the ingratat
ing methods of political corruption, and though she
would not admit to herself that her husband
vena the horror of this potent, secret force
Frustrated her.
1t was Astro himself who gave her back her cour
age and her faith. She reganed her strength at his
offers of assistance AS he spoke, slowly. gently,
commandingly, she watched his handsome, mys-
terously sentient face, some of his secret power
went from him to her. The very strangeness OF that
face with its oriental calm. with its oriental wis
DOM with it's beatifc sympathy, gave her trust.
She sat- SO. watching him, one hand in Valeskas
hand till he had finished.
One question, however, before she left he put in
a way to renew her alarm. Who is your cook?
he asked.
Why. we've had her only about nine months;
Evening star., 1909-02-14

and can do usually four times much work
ordinary could in similar circumstances
Astro nodded his picturesque, dark head thought
fully and took his customary seat on the divan by
his water pipe. With toss of his hand he threw
his red silken robe about his legs The moonstOne
aigret in his oriental turban nodded rythmically
he thought it Finally he said
The District Attorney has not been bribed.
Vaeska I'm sure of that have seen him and
talked with him I've studied his hand. his face,
his gait his voice. his gesture Money can't buy
that man He not only has the energy you speak
Of Valeska he has a tremendous moral force be-
sides There is no graft in Tulliver But there's
something wrong. This lack of power, Just when he
ought to strike hardest is suspicious It's sinister
tell YOU, he added, rising, as the idea caught and
has got him somehow. It's not square fight"
Valeska came up to him. me, more Ie; than commonly
taking his hand. and why cant you help him, if there
is plot? Id like to see you try your hand at
something more worth while than mere murders
and boudoir mysteries You're wasting you, your tai
ents on such ordinary detective work Why not
offer your services? Why not take up the fight for
him. and with him. if it's possible and help him
VIM You'll never have more worthy cause!
In her excitement her voice had become vibrant,
thrilling with warm, personal note not wholly
accounted for by her words Astro perceived it,
glanced at her, turned away suddenly. HIS voice
had changed too, when he said
Shall offer my services:
oh do''
You know that it is not my policy nor my
custom to do that
It's your duty.
He swung round to her and took both her hands
in a strong grip. " If you ask me, Valeska IL do
it.
And so Astro undertook to discover what the
trouble with Tulliver
TT was delicate proceeding. at first, and it de-
volved upon Valeska herself to undertake the
initial steps 1t three four days before she
had gone over the ground we'll enough to select the
point of attack but at the end of that time she had
made up her mind that Mrs. Tulliver in the line
of least resistance to her efforts.
1t did not take long for Vaeska to discover that
Mrs Tulliver had a baby, and that the baby had a
nurse: that the two went every fine morning to
take the air in Central Park In two days Valeska
was there also with a baby borrowed for the
sion. Valeska waited at the corner of Fifth-ave
and East 64thst, until little Alice Tulliver and her
came down the steps of the Tull1ver house
After that it was easy to make connections IN the
Evening star., 1909-02-14

r NOTICE that most of
the talk about Tulll-
ver's running for Gov
ernor has stopped, said
Astro. dropping his morn
ing paper and looking over
to where Naleska, his as
sistant, was copying horo-
scopes from the masters
notes.
I'm disappointed" she
replied. There seemed to
be hope for the regenera-
ton of the city government
at last. 1t is strange how
he has let up on the prose-
cution of those Brooklyn
Aldermen, isn't it? -
Strange? How" Astro
gazed at her keenly; but
it was perfectly evident
that he was confident of
his own opinion.
" Why, he began SO we'll
and so strenuously; and
then, lust before the case
was l. be brought for trial.
he seems to have dropped
the whole thing. 1t doesn't t
seem to be like what we
know of his character,
somehow
Do you believe that
he's been fixed? y Astro
bent his dark brows.
You never can tell
nowadays. But he's such
a fighter ordinarily that it
looks suspicious. Why,
I've heard extraordinary
tales of his persistence
and his energy. He takes
no more sleep than Edison.
he works night and day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
A Victim.

Horace Bixey, the doyen of Missis
sippi pilots, is still at the wheel at 80
To him Mark Twain served his appren-
ticeship.
A Vicksburg reporter asked Mr. Bixey
recipe for hale old age.
Temperance, young man, Z" the pilor
replied Intemperance is what kills
us off. Oh, the Victims" he said, il
his whimsical way, THE sad victims Of
intemperance l have seen!
"Once, 1 remember, a passenger Of
ours fell overheard. We fshed him
out with boat hook after he had been
soaking on the bottom half an hour OF
so. We laid him limp and sopping on
the deck, and a steward ran for the
whiskey bottle.
As l pried the mans mouth open
to pour some whisky down his throat,
his lips moved. A kind of murmur
came from them. 1 put my ear down
close to listen, and l heard the half
drowned wretch say:
I" Roll me on bar'l fust to git some
o. this water out It'll weaken the
ticker. y
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
The Roots of Democracy.

Ii any apology were necessary for
speaking of Thomas Jefferson on the
anniversary of his birth, it might be
found in the fact that his principles of
politics and government seem to have
gone out of fashion during the seven
years OF spectacular personal admins
tration which knew not Jefferson and
hated his politics.
But good fashions never die. In the
matter OF clothes they are, with much
regularity, revived as new when they
have grown so old as to have been for
gotten. 1t cannot be said that Jeffer-
sonian Democracy has ever gone COM
pletely out of fashion. Even the masses
of the Republican party have contained
a very large leaven of it, and evidences
abound that a large increase of its pop
ularity is at hand.
Events quickly proved that Jefferson
was right when, shortly after his cleo
ton to the Vice Presidency in 1897, he
expressed the confident belief that the
great mass of the American people ad-
hered to the principles of the Democrat
lie party as opposed to those of the Fed
eralists. The saying is as true of the
American people to-day as it was more
than hundred years ago.
The American people still insist upon
equal rights for all, with special priv
ileges to none. The Republican party,
with its monopoly tariffs, its clamor for
bounties, and it's favoritism to special
interests, has carried the contrary prac-
tice to an extreme against which there
is widespread revolt
The American people are devoted to
government, which, by |
dictation to Congress, by ex-
ecutive disregard of the Constitution
and the laws as well as through the
of the legislative powers of
the House Of Representative by few
leaders, the Republican
party has done its best to overthrow.
The American people believe in a
Government which robs neither the rich
Tor the poor, which gives no man an
Unfair advantage over another in the
enjoyment Of life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness, which protects every
nan in his rights and leaves him to
work out his destiny with as little inter-
'erence by Government as may be neces-
;ary to restrain him from injuring his
ellows.
The roots of Jeffersonian Democracy
strike deep in the American people
Maintaining the State and
Federal Governments in their full force
md efficiency and adhering scrupulous-
y to its own vital principles, the Dem
'cratic party will take hold upon the
,eople which nothing can break. st.
4ouis Republic.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

H. NJ. Wilson, Of Jackson, has been
employed by the Mailing Drug Co. as
managing salesman to take charge in a
few days. Mr. Wilson is a graduate Of
the St. Louis School Of Pharmacy and
an experienced druggist.
Ed Harrison and family are now To-
Gated at Roswell, New Mex. Mrs. Har-
rison has been there for several weeks
and Mr.. Harrison shipped his house,
hold goods and left for Roswell this
week. Good luck to them.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

News from DR.. Fritz Kinney is to tn
effect that he has been elected manager
OF the publicity department of the Balti-
umore School of Physicians and Sur
geons, and that under the circumstances
ne will be compelled to forego the pleas
ure OF enjoying a vacation holiday at
home this summer.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Mrs. Chester Erwin was the guest of
Mrs. w. G. Morris Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Morley has returned from
a visit to friends at Elbridge.
Miss Lucille George has been very
sick this week with la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs Tom Glass, of Sharon,
were in the city the past week.
Miss Marcella Davidson has returned
from a visit to Kenton relatives.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Miss Bell Napier, who has been quite
i'll, left for Nashville for treatment
Monday afternoon. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. Mahoney, a special
nurse sent from Nashville.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

All druggists sell DR.. Cox's Barbed
Wire Liniment. Guaranteed to heal
without blemish or your money re-
funded
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

DR.. Cox's Barbed Wire Liniment
does not burn or blister, and relieves
pain in few minutes For sale by all
druggists
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Is one of the VERY BEST TOWNS in the United
States and is surrounded by the finest farm
lands that can be found anywhere. Some of
said lands can be bought at very reasonable
figures, the NATURAL increase of which will
undoubtedly prove good investment, and at
the same time you can make good money rails
ing CORN WHEAT, OATS, COTTON, TOBACCO and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
We Want to Help You
Clean House

3 Call on for Household Ammonia, Bedbug Poison,
Rat Poison, Insect Powder, Moth Balls and all the
little drug necessities you'll need
Telephone 100 and our messenger comes at once.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

w. q. Massengill has bought the
Dabney place, including the land be-
longing thereto, on the eastern suburbs
of the city,
Messrs. H. G. Corley, T. J. Lowell,
w. J. Hopper, R. P Dyer, ]. T. Chiles
and E. J. Green attended court here
Monday of last week.
Miss Nina Nation, of Swinton, Mo. i,
stopped over in the city few days this
week en- route to st. Louis. While
here she was the guest of Mrs. Mollie
Coleman on High street.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Mrs. 3. 0. Bondurant, of the vicinity
Of Jordan, was visitor in the city Tues
day.
A very fine lad is the baby boy born
this week to Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Brans-
ford.
Mrs. III. I. Edwards and son have re-
turned home from visit to Duck Hill,
Miss.
Mr.. Scott Wiley lost a valuable horse
Monday night, being sick only short
time.
Mastic Mixed Paint, the best on earth
Mailing Keiser Hardware Co.
Tom Noah, Jr., left Tuesday for Ros-
well, New Mexico in the interest of his
health.
Miss Eleanor Thomas was in Rives
Wednesday, the guest of Mrs. Jas.
McCaw.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Read Mailing Keiser Hardware Co.
ad this week.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Mrs. Maggie Brown is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. HI. Craver, in Gin
ton. XIV
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Little Daisy Dean Wheeler is very sick
this week at the home Of her grand
mother.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Mailing Keiser Hardware Co. has the
largest and best line of buggies in town.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Mailing Keiser Hardware Co. has
20 a gallon paint that is guaranteed
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Rev. ]. 1. Hudgins was in Dyer this
week.
Mr.. Lewis Davis went to Jackson
Sunday
Mr.. John Talley went to Martin
Monday.
Miss Wayne Morley visited in Obion
last week
Mrs. H. M. Oliver'has returned from
Paducah.
Union City Ice & Coal Co. sell all
kinds of fuel.
Marvin Morley is some better after a
slight illness.
Miss Bessie Glasscock has returned
from Memphis.
Ewing Mailing left Tuesday for a
Western trip.
Little Annie Carter is sick with
whooping cough.
Mr.. W. M. Freed, of Obion, was in
the city Monday.
Don't fail to see the new line of Bug
gies at Mailing Keiser Hardware Co.
Mrs. w. G. Morris visited friends in
Rives Wednesday.
Walter Brown returned Monday from
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
DR.. Shutter Hughes is visiting home
folks here this week.
T. G. Berry, Of Memphis, was re-
cent visitor in the city.
Messrs. w M. and I. G. Wilson at
tended court here Monday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
Red Cross Drug Store
III. NJ. OLIVER

| Little Daisy Dean Wheeler is very sicl
this week at the home of her grand
mother.
! Mrs. Maggie Brown is the guest O
her daughter, Mrs HI. Craver, in Gin
ton, Ky.
Read Nailling-Keiser Hardware Co.
ad this week.
Mrs. L. A. Ward and Miss Amy
Ward, of Obion, were in Union City
Tuesday.
Miss Grace Haley, of Missouri, is
here having her eyes treated by DIR.
Edwards.
Mr. John d. Killion and Miss Nell
Jackson were in the party visiting Hick-
man Sunday,
Mr.. Edwin P. Massengill, of ST..
Louis, was the guest of his aunt, Mrs.
R. Green Friday.
DR.. Cox's Barbed Wire Eminent,
25c, SOC, and 81. 90 sizes. Every bottle
guaranteed. For sale by all druggists.
Mrs. ]. r. Vaught, of the vicinity of
Clayton, was visitor and shopper in
the city yesterday
1t is understood from the reports
that Harry Trevathan is not improving
at Asheville, N. G.
Jesse Averitt returned this week from
Roswell, New Mexico. He says there
is no place like home.
Miss Janice Tatom has returned to
her home in Jackson after a pleasant
visit to relatives here
Buy a Monarch Range if you want
to please your wife. = Mailing Keiser
Hardware Co.
Mr.. Charles Jones and Miss Laura
Mai Nagle were married Sunday night
at the Baptist parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Adams, of Hick-
man, were in the city Sunday attending
the Naylor-W Waters marriage.
The 'Deestrick Skule" entertainment
has been postponed until Friday, April |
81 one week from tonight.
Flies will not bother wound where
DR.. Cox's Barbed Wire Liniment is
used. For sale by all druggists.
j. c. Reynolds, after a. tussle with la
grippe for few days, is up looking as
happy as boy with a sore toe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed King and little
laughter, Carmen, returned to their
home in Rector, Ark, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Davis, of Terrell,
ire entertaining a little daughter The
title lady has been christened Willie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Johnson and Miss
'tanfield, Of Obion, visited Mrs. Ina
Mailing in her home on First street
sunday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Use Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. Jer-
sey Cream Flour, home product, and
guaranteed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Telephone 100 when you are in a
hurry for coal,