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Gold Plated Ring FREE
With each order for Old Time SOng
Book at 10e.

so dear old tunes we all love, words
and music complete for piano or
organ. for 10 cents. America, Annie
Laurie, Aud Lang Syne, Battle Hymn
of the Republic, Catch the Sunshine,
Columbia. Comm Thro' the Rye,
Darling Nellie Gray, Dixie's Land,
Flag of the Free, Hail Columbia,
Home, Sweet Home, Juanita, Lead
Kindly Light Lilly Dale, Long ago,
Marching Thro' Georgia, Massa's in
the Cold Ground, My Bonnie. My
Maryland, Old Kentucky Home, Old
Black Joe. Robin Adair. Rocked in
the Cradle of the Deep, Swanee River.
Sweet and Low, Blue Bells of Scot
land, Last Rose of Summer, Old Oaken
Bucket. Star Spangled Banner, Va
cant Chair. Those Evening Bells,
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Uncle Ned,
We're Tenting Tonight, When the
Swallows Homeward Fly, and twenty
others for 10c. stamps or coin. For a
short time we will send a gold plated
finger ring Free as souvenir to each
one who sends dime for the song
book. Send to-day to PIANO AND
Music Co.. GALESBURG, ILL.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court-P ar
ish of St. Mary.
St. Mary Building Association
VS.. Alfred Burnley, Sr., Ind.
and as Natural Tutor,
ct. al No. IL 442

By virtue of an order of seizure ard sale
issued out of the Honorable 23rd Judicial
District Court of Louisiana, in and for the
Parish of st. Mary, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, and to me directed. l
have seized. and will offer for sale, for
cash, at public auction. to the last and
highest bidder, at the principal front door
of the Courthouse, in the town of Frank
lin, Parish of st. Mary, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY. THE 10TH DAY OF
JULY, A. D., 1909,
between the hours of IL O'Clock a. M. and
O'Clock p. m.. the following described
property, towit:
lying and being situated in the Town of
Patterson, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
known, designated and described as lot
No. (53) fifty three on map Of the lands
of Mrs. George NJ. Brown, of Patterson,
La, as on file and of record in the Re-
corder's Office of the said Parish; being
bounded on the north by Hanson street
on the east by the property Of Ella
Wiley, on the south by the property of
George Nj. Brown. and on the west
by Luke Street, said LOT having a front
of One Hundred and seventy-five Q75)
feet on Hanson Street, by a depth be-
tween arallel lines of fifty-one CD feet
together with all the buildings and inn
provements thereon and all the rights,
ways, and privileges thereto belonging
and appertaining.
WILSON Z. PETERMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Parish of st. Mary, La,
May 20, 1909.
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JURY vENIRE.
State of Louisiana,

/. Wilbur Fl. Kramer, Clerk 23rd Judicial
District Court. ex-officio member of the
Jury Commission of the Parish of st. Mary,
La. do hereby certify that in pursuance
to an order issued out Of the said Hon.
Court Of date, May 18th, 1909, that said
commission met this day at my office in
said order and the provisions of act 135 of
the General Assembly of Louisiana for the
year 1898 and all subsequent amendments
thereto the names of thirty persons to
serve as jurors during the week. commence
ing Monday, June 14th, 1909, for the trial
of any and all civil cases, where a jury
may be required, composed of the follow
inO NprS0nS To wit
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TOWN TAX SALES
Of Movable and Immovable Property.
Town of Franklin, ST. Mary Par
ish, VS.. Delinquent Tax
Debtors.

By virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Charter of the Town of Frank
lin aforesaid, and by virtue of the Con
stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, l will sell at the principal
front door of the Court House, where
the Civil District Court is now being
held. within legal hours for judicial
sales. at IL o'clock a. M, on
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

If your stomach, Heart or Kidneys
are weak, try at least, few doses
only of DR.. Shops Restorative. In
five or ten days only, the result will
surprise you. A few cents will Gov
er the cost. And here is why help
comes so quickly. DR.. Shoop
doesn't drug the Stomach, nor slim
ulate the Heart or Kidneys. DR..
Shoop's Restorative goes directly
the weak and failing nerves. Each
organ has its own controlling nerve
When these nerves fail, the depend
ing organs must of necessity falter
This plain, yet vital truth, clearly
tells why DR.. Shops Restorative is
SO universally successful. It's sue
cess is leading druggists everywhere
give it universal preference. A
test will surely tell. Sold by Gun
ter's Drug Store.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
OUR MAYOR

In the news columns of this issue
we publish letter from a gentle
man who signs himself Public
Spirit"
We are thoroughly in accord
with his ideas for the reason that
he advances are facts and not fict-
ion. for while they are very compli-
mentary the writer has adhered
strictly to the truth, and furthermore
II we are not very much mistaken
he has cast no reflection whatsoever
on Batesburgs past executives. He
is man that does not believe in the
pulling down of some, for the build
ing up of others. Our present may
or, w. c. Bates, has it is true done
more for Batesburg and its people
since he has held office than has
been done in all the past administra-
tons within the past ten years.
Our roads are better, our streets are
better, our laws are kept, our whole
town has felt his influence for bet
terment and we. asapeople making I'D
what is rapidly growing to be CEN
ire of business and industry should
uphold man who has governed
Our affairs in such a praiseworthy
manner. If it were not for the re-
wal of the old convention days,
we would suggest that he be not
only elected but elected by accla-
l.-ation. AS this cannot be done
why not each and every one Of us
pull together and elect him back in
to the office. which he has so faith
fully and conscientiously filled.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
Annual NEWSPAPERS.

Journalists ought to have fairly
easy times in the polar circle, where
the papers are only issued once per
annum. There are three or four O.
these. One OF them is tie Eskimo
Bulletin. edited near Cape Prince OF
Wales, on Behring Straits. The En-
glish missionaries there have estab-
lished school in village inhabited
by Eskimos, and as only one steamer
lands at the place, and that only once
a year, the news 1t brings from the
outside world Is printed on a sheet of
paper with the hektograph.-British
Emigrant
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
"The Koran" Forbids it. SO Many Ar
abians Become Blind

II shall winter in the Sahara"
said travelling man. with cara
van shall traverse under a binding
sun, an endless plain Of snow white
sand, but none of my Mohommedan
attendants will wear any kind OF
shade over his eyes.
Against that dazzling glare the
backs Of their necks will be swathed
in white linen, and even their ears
will be protected. Nothing though,
will keep the sun out of their faces
Wondering about this, said one
day to the caid of an Algerian vii
lage:
Why don't you Arabs wear cap
OF some sort? You live in the worlds
worst sun glare. but neither fez nor
turban under any circumstances has a
peak
The Koran the caid answered.
forbids all true believers to shade
their eyes Obeying the Koran i'm
plicity we dwellers in the desert avoid
like poison brims TO our headgear
In consequence there is more blind
ness among us than among any 9TH
er people in the world"
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"Nn-Drinn is the mos

"No-Drip" is the most clever lit
tie silvered Coffee Suainer ever in
vented. Get one free from DR..
Shoop. Racine. Wis. by the Coupon
Plan. The Coupon and DR.. Shops
new book on Health Coffee sent to
any lady requesting them. You can
trick any one by secretly serving DR..
Shops Health Coffee at meal time.
Your visitor or your husband will
declare he is drinking real coffee
and yet there is not a grain of real
coffee in DR.. Shops Health Coffee.
Pure grains, malt, and nuts give
Health Coffee its exquisite taste
and flavor No 70 to 80 minutes te-
dious boiling. Made in a minute
Try it from your grocer and get a
pleasant surprise. One half pound
package 25c. Dreher Bros.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
Hearinu Both Sides.

Last summer there died at Wash
ington a lawyer who for many years
had shocked large numuer of his
friends by his rather liberal views
touching religion
A friend OIL the deceased, who cut
short a Canadian trip to hurry back
to Washington for the purpose of at
tending the last rites of has colleague,
entered the late lawyers home some
minutes after the beginning Of the
service.
What part of the service is this?"
he inquired in whisper of another
legal friend standing in the crowded
hallway.
I've just come myself said the
other, but | believe they've opened
for the defense" se."-Harper's Weekly.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

NonAeucIare veterans all had place
in the beautiful pictoric. Patriotic
and devotional songs were sung by
teachers and children, the band fur
nished Soulstirring music and one
feature of the exercises, a new one,
deserving of especial mention, was
an original poem written by Rev.
Joab Edwards and read by him in
connection with the decoration of
the graves. Loved and Remember
ed was its title. The address of
welcome to the veterans and their
friends was by Mayor, w. c. Bates.
1t was short, but sweet. The greet
ings of the Daughters of the Con-
tederacy were presented in model
speech, in model way, by Mrs. F.
Z. Cullum. The address by Mr.. w.
M. Carter for the Sons of Veterans
in matter and spirit did honor to
him and the occasion.
BY way of prominence Hon.
Mendel L. Smith of Camden was
regarded as the orator of the day."
His fame as an orator had preceded
him. Our people naturally expect
ed something uncommonly good.
They were by no means disappoint-
ed. Mr. Smiths address was large.
ly historical and for that reason was
not of a popular order yet the en-
thusiastic reception accorded him is
an index to the charm and power of
his oratory. 1t may seem a triflle
ungracious to criticise, but it is un-
fortunate that addresses like this,
intended to instruct the young and
to inspire in all spirit of generous
torbearance, should be marred bv
the suggestion that northern people
were actuated by naueht but un-
worthy motives in their opposition
to !he south. We dislike for the
people of the north to misrepresent
us. Let us give to them the gen
erouS treatment we desire and de-
mand from them.
Nothing said or done on Mem
orial Day met with more generous
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
oldest CONGREGATIONAL Pastor.

The Oldest Congregational pastor in
England is the Rev. Thomas Lord
of Horncastle, Lincolnshire AL
though he completed his ninety-ninth
year on April % last, Mr.. Lord still
taies active part in religious work.
Recently he preached his five thous-
andth sermon on the seventy-third
anniversary Of his ordination. Ow-
ing to failing eyesight the vetersn
pastor has to trust entirely to his
memory, which is so clear that he can
rccite entire chapters OF scripture.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
We Will
Give $500
|InCash For
the Three Best
Advertisements

$500 for the best Sticff
Piano advertisement.
$500 for the best Shaw
Piano advertisement.
$500 for the best Stieh
and Shaw Piano ADVERTISE
ment combined.
Mr.. John Ross, Of the
Charlotte Observer and
Chronicle, Mr.. Birch of the
Charlotte News; Mr.. Weth-
ers, OF Columbia State; and
MI. }. +. Jacobs, OF the Re
llgious Syndicate, Clinton
:. c., will act as Judges.
Contest open until June
1st, 1909. Open to every
one. Send your add to
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
Little journals

The word petit" in connection
with French newspapers always
strikes the foreigner. It's origin is, in
itself, significant The evening edi-
ton was called Petit" and originally
was petit, but the French newspaper
reader has come more and more to
read his paper in the evening. and the
petit edition has now become the chief
one. whereas the morning one is mere
ly a repetition, with "stop-press"
column.-London Bystander.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
THE GUlGNARD BRICK WORKS.
The best brick on the market,
Orders filled with Dispatch.
COLUMBIA, S. G.
ou. Treatment Of the Chinese.

The coolie. while no more objec-
tionable than a considerable portion
Of the aliens who come from Eu-
rope, may be undesirable. But sub
jecting high class Chinese, whose
fl friendship would mean much to
American interests. to the same re-
strictions which apply to the low
est coolie is taking a short cut to-
ward crippling our prospects in a
country which will one day furnish
the worlds greatest market.-De-
rot Free Press.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
The British Breed.

British-hred animals. whether thcy
be horses. cattle. sheep, or even pigs.
are superior TO all others in quality
and stamina. There is some strange
and admirable power in our soil and
climate which puts a strougc" fibre
and a more enduring stamp OF excel
encc into the live stock bred in our
islands tEon are found in The same
breed or species in any other part OF
the wo:Id London Times.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
John Bulls Change.

The influence of the old, staid
Victorian middle class is passing
away. The present generation has
no such care for propriety or for
self-restraint. Life has grown
richer. moro full of color, less cor
rectly insular. We may not be
worse than our fathers, but we are
less reserved. What will 1T profit
John Bull II he ceases to be hypo-
critic only to become a brute? There
lies the danger.-Mop.hly Review.
DOESN'T SHADE HIS EYES.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
PITTSBURG GRAFTERS
SENTENCED BY
COURT


f1t'SDurs' IA" May Sin Grim
inal court today seven persons con
victed within the last few veeks !,
,..e municipaI Graf, ccecs vor. 90,
4,,,,I f.r..
-,
w. w. 1>a'i'Sey' loI''le' national
O"nH president convicted Of brib-
cry, one year and six months i'm
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
FartheSt Point North.

Point Barrow. Alaska, is Uncle
Sans farthest point north. A let
ter from Detroit 10 Point Barrow goes
first by train to Seattle, $500 miles;
then by ocean steamer to VALDEZ, 600
miles farther north and west; then
dog sleds, over ice and snow 300
miles more TO the north and west.
The letter travels in one direction
over $500 miles-all the distance in
American tarritO~"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
OVerWork.

Can anything surpass in pathos the
fate of man who, through a stroke
OF paralysis, is doomed TO end a busy.
active lie in n state of absolute and
entire dependence upon others? This
question is one which directly con
Germs every brain worker in the city
of London. especially at the present
time. The strain upon the most en-
gagged of city men is often greater
than any man ought in reality to face.
Hospital
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

the stumbling block that lies in the
correct pronunciation OF the word
chauffeur. 1 always write "shuvver"
and try and pronounce it accordingly
with humorous smile This is a very
good way of getting out of the d,lh-
Guilty. and avoids all the various "sho-
fur" "shefoor," and "showfewer,"
and the hundred other wrong ways
possible.-Owen John in Autocar.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
Alpine Fatalities,

The playground of Europe" as Sir
Leslie Stephen called the Swiss Alps.
has for many been n graveyard-a
fact which experience from year to
year emphasizes rather than miudifics.
Statistics otficialiy compiled for 1907
supply us with the death rate due to
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
Why Girls Don't Marry.

There can be no doubt that nova
days theIe are fewer girls who are
prepared to undertake the risks att
tendant upon a rush into matrimony
The girl with brains is discriminating
and has no liking for leaps i'm the dark.
before she consents to marry she
wants to be reasonably sure of the ru-
tufe.-Cassells Saturday Journal
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
A KINGS POCKETS.
Someone Has Ascertained Precisely
What He Carries In Them.

Like every man who carries the look
Of his clothes King Edward carries
very little in his pockets besides a
handkerchief. IN his waistcoat pock-
ct he carries a gold pencil case, a
cigar cutter, little pass key, gold
watch, carefully regulated by Green
witch time. and half a dozen sover-
eigns. In his coat pocket ne carries
a tiny notebook and in the winter he
puts his gloves in the pocket Of his
topcoat. This king never carries a
cigar-case, except n gold case which
holds one cigar, but he always has
small box of lozenges. Unlike his
nephew, the Kaiser, he never carries
a fountain pen in his pocket.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

The weather Bureau claims to be
IS per cent correct-but then it
keep its own score.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
Useful Retirement

People are quite right in THESE days
of struggle to leave off money making
when they have got enough and give
the younger generation chance In
every town and parish however. there
is much work, needing to be done by
some one, that could be undertaken
by people who have retired from prof
essions or business. Sunday at Home
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Some counterfeit $lOO bills are
reported to be in circulation. So.
you see, the predatory rich have
their troubles, also.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Discussion is under way as to why
Col. Roosevelt never patronized the
national game in Washington. Pos
sibly he did not care to see the bat
ter handling the big stick.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Several towns which have been
looking for Carnegie libraries will
have to give up their aspirations if
the income tax becomes effective.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Inc W1---.e ,uA .otar accuses
Mark Twain of trying to revive the
Shakespeare-Bacon cont troversy.
Our contemporary should always be
wary about taking humorist Sc
riously.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

political calendar possesses he
charm of Memorial Day. Its spirit
and purpose appeal with mighty
emphasis to the deepest and ten
derest feelings of the human heart.
Men. women and children turn
with glad. sad hearts away from ev-
erything else and for the while give
themselves to exercises in commem-
Grafton of the character and courage
the daring and deeds of those who.
nearly fifty years ago. were proved
to be known as Confederate soldiers.
And. at the same time the ofttold
story is told again of the principles
which made the Southern soldier
all he was and did. 1t is most
significant fact that while the vict-
tors, north and south OF Mason end
Dixon's line are doing honor to the
men who wore the blue, the van
quished at the same time and on
the same soil are telling of the pa
triotic spirit and the heroic deeds
of those who wore the gray. Pos
sibly nowhere in all the world can
this be done except in the United
Safes. This fact speaks volumes.
1t is an object lesson to all the
world. as it does, the priceless les
son of political freedom and the gen.
erous spirit of our country. To be
known as Roman Citizen was at
one time, regarded as a most hon
orable distinction. But citizenship
in Rome was slavery as compared
with the liberty of the humblest
dweller within our shores. Every
man of us ought to feel his bosom
swell with grateful pride in the fact
that he is an American.
Memorial Day, this year, was a
success to degree possibly never
attained in any previous year in the
history OF Batesburg. The day was
perfect, the attendance was large
and practically everybody entered
heartily into the spirit of the occa-
sion. Batesburg has set a most
worthy example to her sister towns
n that all places of business were
closed from / d. III. 10 s y. III. AN
unusually good program had been
arranged ard mcr@ -.a0a.a .a1
sas y. 3rs predecessor. .aa
els and chilcr5r al the
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

A cutting of freight rates will
sound something like an uplift to
the farmers.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
ADVERTISING RATES.
FRIDAY, May II. 1869

The voice of the bleacher is heard
in the land.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

applause than was given to the bare
mention of the monument for the
women of the Confederacy.
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MEr1ORIAL. DAY,

May IL. 1909 marks a day to be
recalled with delight by all who
were present. No holiday in our
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Our Batesburg boys put up
good game of ball on Tuesday.
Pitcher Matthews of Leesville did
fhe 2layinG @ the g. and 5itnsa
nos been sor his p.saaia "o-s i.
scole might nave been d;tEelsar
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
Improved
Farm Lands

Three elegaL arms with;
iUur W,, miles OF Batesburp
y wen D watered. In a good
5 Ia tie of cultivation 'o'
Splendld water power can he
developed on one.
, iract @ No. l contains 33 acres and
Tract No. 2contains 172 ,crss ~
new dwelling. '''eS ana
Isact No. 8 contains l25 acres and
comfortable house. 0'eS ana
Terms of sale One-Fonr+b
CASH, balance on time sa
cured by mortgage ofpreni-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-20
INTERESTING STATISTICS
FROM FARMERS DIARY

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 10.-Statistics
compiled from a personal diary kept
by A. w Busby, a pioneer thresher-
man and rancher in Kittitas county,
Wash, west of Spokane, show that
he has threshed a total of 1,920.033
bushels of grain since 1872, as fol-
lows: Wheat, s04,752; oats, $4,000;
barley, 39s,257. His earnings are
placed at s75,922.s9. with expenses
at s47,495.72, leaving a profit OF
s2s,427.17. He has operated from
one to three threshing machines since
1908, and in that time threshed 1885,
Ss4 bushels of grain, or an average OF
44,Ss4 year The machines were
operated 226 days during the six
years. the average profit being more
than $3.50 for season Of 81 1-2 days.
It is estimated that Busby has
threshed approximately SO per cent
of the grain grown in the kittitas
valley during the last 81 years, since
which time he reports, there has new
er been q crop failure. He Is pre-
pairing to increase his forces in 1917
when he expects to do commercial
threshing in the districts adjoining
Kittitas county