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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12
A MANUSCRIPTS STORY.


was ooi" "heh my hlo'her was
~ years old. Her uncle, middle
aged man. had done something in
literary way and was turned over
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iooNeu over ne 'oo" me !" MS
study ana sat down with me, hrst
sharpening his pencil with which 10
cut me in pieces, for ! heard him say
that my mother knew nothing about
writing and he supposed the thing
was full of rhetorical blunders. When
he began to read me he wore bored
look, but he had read but one para
graph before his expression changed.
As he read on he forgot who had
written me, and when he had finish
ed he exclaimed:
by thunder.
Then he called my mother and her
mother into his study and asked my
mother
Where did you learn 10 write Eng
lsh correctly?'
In school
School be hanged There's some
thing else here that You didn't learn
at all III was porn IN you Send
your story Out Just as II Is. II II is
appreciated IL VIII be accepted but ]
ooh DelieVe II VIII be, 1t VIII come
PACK TO you ana keep coming oack.
lhel tooh me away ana the moth-
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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12
Near Death in Big Pond.

1t was thrilling experience to
Mrs. Ida Soper to face death. For
years a severe lung trouble gave me
rntense suffering" she writes, and
several times nearly caused my death
All remedies failed and doctors said
l was incurable. Then Dr. King S
New Discovery brought quick re
lief and cure so permanent that /
have not been troubled in twelve
years" Mrs. Soper lives in Big Pond
Pa. 1t works wonders in Coughs
and colds. sore lungs, hemorrhagcS,
LaGrippe, asthma, Group, whooping
cough and all bronchial affections.
SOC. and $l.OO Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by All druggists
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12

Horehound Mullen and Tar cures
that cough and cold Nothing like
it in the world. Try it. Large bottle
2S cents.
Why suffer from LaGrippe. Take
one bottle Of Horehound Mullen
and Tar and if it does not cure that
cough ask for your money back and
you will get it. Don't be deceived
by just as good medicine. Just use
one bottle of Horehound Mullen
and Tar, Murrays, and you will new
er take any other cough medicine.
All the ingredients of Horehound
Mullen and Tar are vegetable and
you can make no mistake in using it
for young and old Try it. Only 25
cents. All druggists handle Hore-
hound Mullen and Tar. If not send
your Is cents direct 10 Murray Drug
Co. Columbia and they will send you
one bottle express paid.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12

then ran over twenty pages of ME IN
as many seconds and wrote on my
wrapper Declined" And so / was
sent back again to my mother, who
had hoped that her uncle's personal
effort would insure success. She was
nearly as much disappointed as at
first
And so / continued to go from one
publishing house TO another without
acceptance Finally | attracted the
attention of an intellectual looking
editor. who wrote this criticism:
If we were looking for literature l
would recommend the publication of
this book. But as we are looking for
best sellers" ! would decline it,
However, my mother got nothing
but the printed slip when | was re
turned, though il was couched in just
as polite terms as the first.
Meanwhile a publisher told my
mother that she would better write
something "startling"-a trihe erotic,
he said. SO innocent was she that
she thought he said erratiC She
went TO work and turned out my
brother Poor boy, He was deformed
liz frame and intellect from birth.
Mother was very much ashamed of
him and wouldn't acknowledge him
| by publishing him under her own
/ name. But he was published under a
nom de plume and proved second
: best seller
My mother continued to give me all
her affection Notwithstanding the
! tact that my brother made so much
money for her. She was now demgHd
( with requests for something from her
gifted pen" She sent me out once
more, and j was accepted at once but
she refused to permit my publication
| under the name which had been ap-
pended to my crazy brother. The pub.
fishers would not issue me unless she
consented to this. They offered hel
large sum with that name to me
but She was obdurate, and so ! was
obliged 10 remain in obscurity.
Mother would write nothing more
and al last, not making any money
which she needed. she wrote the pub.
Usher who had wanted me that ht
could have me to publish under he
fictitious name. He wrote her in re
ply that the public had forgotten he
former book, that the character of al
fiction had changed and that if h.
were TO publish me under any nam
whatever he couldn't sell a thousan
copies He added: Your first effor
could only have been sold as by IN
author of second best seller. "
And so my only opportunity passe,
without my getting out into the world
My uncle, who is now old and philo
sophie, says that these best sellers
are development like stars" on III
stage Other books, like other actors
must remain in obscurity, for the pub
lie can only be attracted by that whic
is most prominent.
wonder II any of thsm know
Censtanoe wifa.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12
Ii Saved Ills Leg.

All thought I'd lose my leg,
writes J. A. Swenson, Watertown,
Wis, Ten years o. eczema, that is
doctors could not cure. had at last
laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured ii sound and well. IN
fallible for skin eruptions, eczema,
salt rneum, boils, fever sores, burns,
scalds. cuts and piles 25C at all
druggists
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12
* Advanced Goods for SPRING s.

Four Strong, Sturdy Rose Bushes for 25c.
The Greatest Rose Bush offer ever made to the peo
pie of Columbia.
will sell next finest oneyearold growing
every and color These
growing you and will positively bloom this
year. We havet different packages follows:
Collection No. 1.
Maman Cochet-pink Etoie de Lyon--red.
White Bougere-white Kathryn Mermet-pink.
Collection No.
Madame Weche-yelow. 1! ermosa-pink.
Dutchess de Brabrant-pink. Ranbow--steake, crimson
and pink
Collection No. B. Climbing Roses.
Marie Henriette-red Lamarque-white
Marchel Neii--yelow. Gloria de Djonce and salmon
Price Csc. Package
Good Values i'm Gloves.
Silk Gloves in ali
shades. They worth 81 so ntoduc
tory offer at, the pair $l.OO
complete and line of Gloves for Spring
shades the Gloves from the
Ipar $1OO %
Notion Department..
regular values at from
25c to 1oc each at each 15c. to Soc
Switches Puffs Rats etc
offer prices lower than would
| at, the spool Sc
/ Coats Darnlng lotion 2spools Sc
u Mail Orders Filled
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12
Greatest Line OF Suits in the South.

UlGdlGSL AlllG vi OullS Iii lllG OOllll. !
We say unhesitatingly that have the largest s
and best-he greaestline of Ladies' Tailored Suits i'm
the South. We have store full Of Suits and they
right in every detail You simply not find bet
ter Suits and larger line to select from anywhere
Come here and choose ON CoIlecti We have
them at all reasonable prices.
Beau ifuI Evening Dresses
We showing one-piece Lingerie Dresses in the
Princess and Empire styles that are lovely Creations
These Dresses made Of beautifully inserted bands of
Filet and Irish The CoOrs all white and all leading
shades. Prices range from $1,000 to $4,000.
excellent They exqutey
lin
Shad les
for
i, Special Skirt Offer.
i Next week we offer the finest Skirts in Voe Panama
and Fancy Materials placed sale at each 5000
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-12
Notion Department.
Mail Orders Filled
Buy Window Shades Here.

Now the time buy Window Shades. any kind
and you want ana IN all the leading colors
special order Window Shade Department
shade and them guarantee our
work in particular. Our prices
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
CURED ITCHING
PAINFUL .HUMOR
Which had Spread Over Face, Body
and Arms-SweIIings we're as
Large as a DoIIar-When they
Broke, Sores would Not Heal
Suffered 8 Years.
MADE SOUND AND WELL
BY 3 SETS OF CUTICURA

My trouble began about three years
ago with little black swellings scattered
oT>r my face and neck. They would
disao2eSr b.75 they would leave little
l couldn't keep from scratching them.
Larger sESsiiDgs would appear il the
same place aad they were so painful I
could hardly bear it and nv clothes
would stick to the sores. The first
doctor went 70 said the disease was
scroflla, but the trouble only got worse
ana spread. BY this time it was all over
my arn;s and the upper part OF my
6ody IN big s~elllngs as large ae dollar.
1t vas 50 painful that 1 could not bear
TO lie Oh my back at night. The second
doctor pronounced my disease indam-
nation cf the lympba.ic giGnds- He
stopped the s1e!lings. but when they
would break the places would not heal.
he tfled everything that he could but
to no effect. He said might be cured
but it would take long time. bought
set OF the Cuticura Remedies and used
them according to directions and in less
than a week some OF the places were
nearly well. I continued with the Cuti-
cltra Remedies until had used three
sets, and now / am sound and well.
The disease lasted three years from the
time it commenced until l was cured.
Before Christmas something broke out
on my seven year old brothers hands
thing could think of but to no effect
until I happened to think Of Cuticura
and one application cured him. Also,
not long ago, my sister got bad burn
on her ankle. have been using Cuti-
cIra on that and it gave her scarcely
any trouble. o. L. Wilson, Puryear,
Tenn, Feb. 8, 1eoS."
Warm baths with Cuticura Soap, gen.
tle anointings with Cuticura Ointment
and mild doses of Cuticura Pills, afford
immediate relief and point to a speedy
cure Of torturing, disfguring humors
of the skin. scalp and blood of infants
children and adults, when all else fails.
Cuticura Soap (25c) Cleanse the Skin Cuticura
Ointment (50c) TO Heal the Skin and Cuticura
Resolvent (50c). in the form Chocolate Coated
Pills 25c per vial of 6ol TO Purify the Blood Sold
throughout the world. Potter Drug Chem. Corp,
Hole Props, Boston, Mass.
sR- Mailed Free, cuticuTs Book on Skin Diseases.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
IT WILL Be BUILT.
Hartman Oregon Washington
Project to Be Realized.
Rivalry Between Wizard and
Jas. J. Hill Intense.
PORTLAND TO TACOMA
A Traffic Agreement Between
Milwaukee and u. p.
Actual Construction Will Be
Started i'm a Few Weeks.

Chicago, March 2.-The Tribune to-
day prints the following news article:
Recent reports from Portland, Ore,
that the rivalry between E. H Harm
man and j. J. Hill for the traffic of the
Puget Sound district was about to as
sumo the form of an active campaign
by the beginning of construction on
Harriman's proposed line from Portland
to Seattle have now received semi
official confirmation. A new map OF the
Hartman lines in the Northwest which
has just been issued indicates that the
project to parallel the Northern Ia
cifc under the name of the oregon
washington railroad. which has been
talked of for several years, is ABOUT 10
be realized
TT was learned yesterday, however
that the plan has been changed TO the
extent that the road is to be built from
Portland north only as far as Tacomd,
astead of through to Seattle, and that
the Union Pacific has reached an agree
men with the Chicago, Milwaukee SI Sl:
Paul railway whereby the new line OF
the Pacific coast extension is to be useo
from Tacoma to Seattle.
1T is reported that actual construc-
ton is to be started WITHIN 1eW
weeks.
The Hartman lines have long sought
an entrance to Seattle from the south,
but have been blocked in their attempts
to secure through tlcketlns or tHrouSn
routing facilities, by the refusal OF tne
Northern Pacific to participants: The
latter has insisted on keeping the long
haul from the east to Seattle ltseH'
The question of whether the Northern
Pacific shall be compelled to open the
Portland gateway is how pending be-
fore the Interstate commerce commits
sion, but Hartman would derive many my
manifest advantages from having MS
own rails through Portland regardless
of the commissions decisions in this
case.
into Washington are said to be IN a
large measure in retaliation for Hill s
invasion of the Oregon territory with
the Portland. Spokane & Seattle road
which is soon to be opened for trafflc:
The Portland Seattle line is only a part
of his plan for the development Of the
however, as lines have al al
ready been surveyed, and Will prooaoly
soon he started to complete the new
Shasta route from klamath Fall to
the main line at Natron, Ore, and Tor
the proposed routes across central Ore
gon and along the Deschutes river.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
GREEN WAS SENT UP.
In Spite of a Petition From Ninety
Women Asking Leniency.

Ossining, n. Y, March 2.-William
Green, who gained considerable noto-
riety by his novel plea that he was too
fat to rob a man in an alley in which
it was alleged that the crime was COM
mitted, added another feature to his
eccentric defense when arraigned for
sentence. He submitted a petition
signed by ninety women of this place,
which read as follows:
I'VE do hereby certify that we al
ways felt safe in passing this section
while William Green was in that
neighborhood because he would never
let any Italians bother US. We believe
that he has made this place safe for
ladies to pass by without any inter-
ference or fear and we pray for leni-
ency for Green
The prosecuting attorney showed
that Green had a bad record, how
ever, and he was sentenced to serve
four years and six months in prison
despite his petition.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
q V&l
ONE IN BED, OTHER
IN THE HOSPITAL
Two Strong Endorsements Of New Cooper
j Treatment Monday.

The sale of the Cooper preparations
in New York has grown tremendously
during the past week. On Saturday
night it was estimated that during g
the week nine thousand people had
called and talked with either Cooper
or his assistants.
Each day more and more people
call who express unlimited approval
of the results they have obtained
from the medicine. Many of these
people tell their experience for pub
lication.
The following statements We're
among several made on Monday af-
ternoon. George J. Bramer, of No.
1541 First avenue, said: 81 have had
stomach trouble in its worst form.
lost so much flesh and became so
weak that one doctor told me 1 had
consumption. I have been under
treatment constantly for two years
with no benefit whatsoever, as I have
grown steadily worse and lately 1
have been unable to eat any solid
food at all.
81 got so bad that finally went to
the hospital. While in the hospital I
read of Mr.. Cooper, and one day 1 left
the hospital, came here and got his
treatment. 1t has proved to be the
only medicine 1 have ever taken that
has helped me. 1 now feel like an
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
ONLY ONE FARMER.
Standard Oil Company Now Has a
Satisfactory Jury

Chicago. March Roy Cunningham
of Belvidere, Ill, is the only farmer on
the Standard Oil retriaI jury which was
completed in United States District
Judge Anderson's court today. The pre-
ponderance of agriculturists on the first
panel of veniremen caused it's dismissal
at the request of the Defense Attorney
John S. Miller, remembering that it was
farmers jury which made possible
Judge Landis' fine of $29, ,240 0OO Mr.
Cunainghams companions in the Jury
box include five grocers, a we'll driIler,
retired jeweler, an advertising agent,
a tailor, mechanic and a livestock
dealer.
1t is hoped to conclude the case in a
fortnight. Judge Anderson last week
ruled informally that the company can
be accused of only Sc offenses for which
the highest penalty is an aggregate fine
of $720,000.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
HIT BY A STREET CAR.
Ray Scott Has Shoulder Broken in
Collision Last Night.

Ray Scott, driver of team on the
leVee work in North Topeka, was Sc
Verely injured about 8 o'clock in a col
Ilslon between street car and wagon
loaded with lumber in which he was
riding With him were two compan-
ions who escaped by jumping before the
car struck the wagon The car was
making the return trip from Poswin
when a wagon or rather two wagons
chained together and drawn by four
mules made its appearance in front of
the car at the intersection of Van
Buren street and Sixth avenue.
The car was going down the hill and
all that the motorneer could do was to
apply the brakes and ring his gong.
When the collision occurred the car
was travelling at a fair rate of speed as
the result of the collision indicates.
The driver was thrown from his seat
and his arm and shoulder blade were
broken and he was otherwise bruised.
The car fender was mashed into a
shapeless mass and the front of the car
troller was torn lose and caused fire to
start from the electric wires feeding it,
although the blaze was extinguished
before the damage amounted to much.
The injured man, Scott, was taken to
Christ'S hospital while his companions
attended to the teams, which were not
injured.
The crew of the car was not blamed
for the accident and Motorneer o. +.
Haney was offered car for the even
ing in the place of the wrecked one.
He refused to take another car out of
the barn and this morning stated that
he would take no more chances on a
street car and would look for other
employment. He was pinned in the
wreckage of the vestibule for a few
minutes about the time the fire was
starting and is completely unnerved by
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
CALLED JUDGE A PIG.
But Lawyer Insists Court Had Ad
jOurned at the Time.

Chicago, March 2.-Next Friday
Judge Brentano will hear testimony
in a writ of habeas corpus obtained by
Charles S. Beattie, an attorney, who
had been fined $500 and locked up in
default of payment by Municipal
Judge Blake. After a controversy with
the later concerning the trial of a case
Beattie is said to have applied this re-
mark to the court:
You are no more fit to try a case on
that bench than a pig"
The fine and incarceration followed.
1.-The point 1 raise is this says
Beattie. when I called Judge Blake
a piS he had adjourned court and de-
scended from the bench. BY that act
he had divested himself of all the sa-
credness that invests the person of the
court. He became private individ-
ual, and 1 had as much right to call
him a pig as L have to use that term
toward any other individual who de-
served it. On this point 1 stand. I
stand there as firmly as the pyramids
upon their foundations"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
TITLE IS BAD.
Purchasers of YerI1es Gallery Refuse
to Take 1t.

New York, March 2-Another
tangle has arisen in connection with
the Yerkes art gallery in this city
which was lost to the public through
a foreclosure sale on January 6. 1t
now develops that the syndicate of
real estate speculators who bought
the property have refused to take
title. The Mutual Life Insurance
company, which held the mortgage,
has made application to compel the
syndicate to take action and argu-
ments are to be heard in the supreme
court today.
1t is said that the buyers hesitate
now because they have found it i'm
possible to perfect the title as the
estate. was omitted in the foreclosure
proceedings. So far the purchasers
have paid only ten per cent of the
purchase price as a guarantee of
good faith. The total is $277,5OO.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
SOP TO INSURGENTS.
House Adopts a Resolution Amending
the Rules.

Washington, March 2-As a con-
cession to its socalled insurgents the
house has adopted resolution
amending the rules so as to provide
for a call of committees on Wednes-
day of each week, affording members
an opportunity to get bills passed
possible.
Some of the Republican reaction
aries refused to see the case in that
light especially Messrs. Gardner
(Mass.) and Murdock (Kansas), who
declared that the rule would not bring
about the desired result
Mr.. Murdoch caused a roar of
laughter when he referred to the nine
teen insurgents who broke away from
the rest as having had "cold feet
One of the nineteen was Mr.. Townsend
(Mich.), who declared that such re-
mark came with poor grace from any
member of the house.
The resolution was vigorously op-
posed by Messrs. Williams (Miss.) },
De Almond (Mo.) and Clark (Mo.)
The vote on the resolution resulted,
yeas 16S, nays 1872, present and paired
2. Mr.. Clark (Mo.) requested a re-
capitulation which Speaker Cannon
refused to entertain, saying it was a
matter left to the discretion of the
chair.
rs it the usage?" Mr. Hepburn
asked.
ut is not the usage the speaker
replied.
L never IN u years neard IL de-
MED" hotly asserted Mr.. Hepburn,
amid Democratic applause.
"There are the speaker said, with
warmth, "lnany things that the gem
tleman from Iowa has not heard
either affirmed or denied" He said,
however, after reading some prece-
dents that in order not to have a
shadow cast upon the use of his dis
eretion, he would direct reca pitula-
ton, which was done. Prolonged ap-
plause greeted the announcement that
the recapitulation disclosed no change.
A meeting of the insurgents was
held Immediately after the adoption
of the amendment and they decided to
carry on their fight for further reforms
on the opening day of the new con-
gress. When a member of the rules
committee, as customary, offers a mo-
tion that the rules of the last con-
gress be adopted and moves the pre-
vious question, the insurgents pro-
pose to make this stand for the
change they desire. They expect the
support of the Democrats and express
the belief that the combined forces
will be sufficient to defeat the motion
for the previous question
The insurgents" claim that their
strength has been augmented and that
Representative Pollard (Neb.) is the
only one of this number who has
been lost by them.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
DR.. CRUM RESIGNS.
RooseveIt's Negro Appointee Relieves
an Embarrassing Situation.

Charleston, S. c., March 2.-With the
resignation of DIR. William D. Crum,
as collector of customs at this port to
take effect March 4. a situation which
threatened to cause President-elect TAFT
embarrassment is averted. NO appoint
ment made by President Roosevelt has
given rise to more discussion than that
of Dr. Crum whose appointment was
vigorously opposed because of the fact
that he is a negro. A long and hard
fight against his confirmation was made
by Senator Tillman and others when
he was first named in 1908. and within
the last few weeks following his reap
pointment Senator Tillman conducted
a successful filibuster against his con-
firmation.
Dr. Crum says that no pressure has
been brought to bear upon him, now TO
cause him to resign but that he does
so in part because he wishes to save
Mr. Taft for whom he entertains great
respect, from any possible embarrass-
ment as to his reappointment and
chiefly because he feels that he has
been especially identified with President
.Roosevelt's administration and he wish
es to retire with his chief.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
TO TRY FOR A PRIZE.
American AeropIanists Will Attempt
to Cross English Channel.

New York, March Glenn H. Cur
tiss, the aeroplane expert of Ham
mondsport, n. Y, has arrived in New
York and announces that an American
aeroplane will be sent to England in
May to try for one of the two prizes
which have been offered for a success
full flight across the English channel.
The craft will be in charge of J. A.
D. McCurdy and F. w. Baldwin, mem
bers of the Aerial Experiment asso-
citation, who have recently been work
ing with DR.. Alexander Graham Bell
at Baddeck, N. S. tA
The aeroplane which will be enter
ed will be modelled after the plan of
the Silver Dart, machine which has
been used very successfully by the as
sociation