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Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
The Better Part.

A delightful little story is told of Prosper Merimee, the French author. He was once guest at royal hunt, when hares. pheasants and other game were driven before the emperor and his followers, and the servants picked up the victims of the sport.
 Among all the members of the hunt ing party Prosper Merimee alone had no trophy to display.
 "How does this happen?" asked some one.
 Where game is so plenty the merit of a marksman seems to me to lie in hitting nothing" replied Merimee, with grave courtesy, ESQ fired be- tween the birds"
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Day Dreams.

If you have a particular piece of work to do, get it done. Don't wait for the mood to strike you.
 Don't dream! There are more pre- cious hours wasted in day dreams than any of us would care to think about if we counted them.
 The queer thing about day dreams Is that so few of them ever amount to anything. The dreamer Is only semiconscious when building his mir castles. so, as a rule, they have no practical foundation.
 While you are at work, keep your mind on what you are doing. and do not let 1t wander off to what you would like to be doing. Only by keep ing your mind on what you are doing now can you bring 1t fresh and keen to the things you like doing best when the time for doing them comes. Think Ing too much about even great happi- ness takes the ledge" off. 1t.
 The best time for day dreams is after you have gone to bed.-New York American.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
GOOD BUSINESS.
The Thrifty Young Man Found ProF-
 itable investment.

The Thrifty Young Man Found a Prof.
 itable investment.
 A millionaire, hoping to encourage his young son in ways of thrift, prom ised to give him per cent a month in- terest upon any money that he might save out of his allowance and deposit In the paternal treasury. The young man was getting E5 a week for pocket money and promised to show his ap- preciation of his fathers affectionate. offer. He began to make deposits without delay and kept the practice up with remarkable regularity.
 The old gentleman noticed presently that the deposits exceeded the whole of the boys allowance, but accounted for this by supposing that he had saved some money previously. Besides this, he received money frequently from his mother So the fond parent rejoiced in the saving disposition that his son was displaying.
 This continued until the boys de posits assumed such dimensions as to demand an explanation. It then turned out that most of the money he had been depositing had been borrowed. Inasmuah as he was drawing interest on his deposits at per cent per month and was paying only 10 per cent per year for them he had found the busi- ness decidedly attractive and profitable. -Pearson's Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Winged Burglars.

Buchner in his Psychic Life of Animals" speaks of thievish bees which, in order to save themselves the trouble of working, attack we'll stocked hives in masses, kill the sen tinels and the inhabitants, rob the hives and carry of the provisions. After repeated enterprises of this de- scription they acquire a taste for rob- bery and violence. They recruit whole companies, which get more and more numerous, and finally they form reg uIar colonies of brigand bees. But it is a still more curious fact thnt these brigand bees can be produced arti- ficially by giving working bees mix ture of honey and brandy to drink. The bees soon acquire taste for this beverage, which has the same dlsas- trous effect upon them as upon men. They become i'll disposed and irritable and lose all desire for work, and final ly, when they begin to feel hungry. they attack and plunder the we'll sup piled hives.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
THE DEVILFISH.
He Is Not Man Eater, but a Gently
 Reared Monster.

He Is Not Man Eater, but a Gently
 Reared Monster.
 Contrary to popular belief, the devil fish is not a man eater, according to an official publication issued by the Smithsonian institution, Washington, after an authoritative study of the sub ject by Dr. Theodore Gill, associate in zoology in the national museum. ''The food of the devilfishes," he says, "so far from being large animals and oc- casionalIy a man or so, as has been al- legged, appears to be chiefly the small crabs, shrimps and other crustaceans and young or small fishes. Rarely does one prey on large fishes"
 Dr. Gill says that in number of re- spects the young devilfish grows Up under nursing and training remarkably like that of q human being. It is nou-- ished, lor instance, from it's mothers milk. It is a peculiarity of the devil G3h, he adds, that, instead of laying many thousands or millions of eggs, it normally has only a single young one at birth. A baby devilfish Is some times as broad as five feet and weighs twenty pounds or more.
 Dr. Gill adds that devilfshes move about from place to place in sort of submarine flight, speeding themselves along by flaps of the long winglike fins.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
THE BACK OF THE NECK.
Make 1t Proof Against Drafts and
 Colds In tho Head.

Make 1t Proof Against Drafts and
 Colds In the Head.
 "When I was a boy" said doctor, "I didn't believe in drafts. I thought that they who imputed colds to drafts were cranks. But one November night at a concert I felt all the even- ing a strong draft on the back of my neck. It was so strong 1t resembled a suction pump. Now said I to my self, 'we'n see if this draft will give yours truly a cold.'"
 He shuddered.
 For a week." he said, q was laid up with so vile a cold that couldn't breathe save with my mouth open. And now I am satisfied that nine out of every ten colds are solely due to a draft on the back of the neck.
 II know how to prevent such colds. Hence I may practically say that l know how to prevent all colds. It Is fact that none of my patients, thanks to my method, know what cold Is.
 ''They learn from me to do this-to bathe the back of the necl: every morning in cold water. Thus the spot becomes hardened. It becomes draft proof.
 And when a new patient, peculiarly sensitive to colds, visits me, my pecul- iar treatment is to blow on the back of his neck with bellows for several days in succession. The bellows. in conjunction with the icy douche. frees him from all future susceptibility. Thenceforth his winters pass without that horrid winter pest, a had cold."- New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
ANGER IS DANGEROUS.
1t Wreeks the Whole System and
 Tends to Shorten Life.

n Wrecks the Whole System and
 Tends to Shorten Life.
 1t Is we'll known that a violent it of temper affects the heart instantly, and psychophysicists have discovered the diately after such outburst. This ex- plains why we feel so depressed. ex- hausted and nervous after any storm of passion-worry, jealousy or revenge has swept through the mind. It has left in its wake vicious mental poison and other harmful secretions in the brain and blood.
 There Is no constitution so strong but 1t will ultimately succumb to the constant racking and twisting of the nerve centers caused by an uncon- trolled temper. Every time you be- rome angry you reverse all of the nor nal mental and physical processes. Everything in you rebels against pas sion storms; every mental faculty pro- tests against their abuse.
 If people only realized what havoc their delicate nervous structure, if they could only see with the physical eyes the damage done as they can see what follows in the wake of tornado. they would not dare to get angry.
 When the brain cells are overloaded from a fit of temper their efficiency Is seriously impaired, if not absolutely ruined. The presence of the anger poi son, the shock to the nervous system, is what makes the victim so exhausted and demoralized after loss of self con- troI.-Orison Swett Warden in Success Maoa zipa
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
BEARDED LADIES.
A Parisian Snowman Says They Are
 Quite Numerous.

Quite Numerous.
 An Engllshwomau who confesses to a mild mania for attending the street fairs common in and around Paris says that she is always impressed by the extraordinary number of bearded ladies among the attractions.
 'I was inclined to think that they were fakes" she says in the London Gentlewoman, but when I discovered that they were quite genuine my sur prise at this wonderful supply of phenomena grew stronger. And when few days ago I saw at the fair in the Avenue d'Orleans a lady exhibited with long flowing beard I could no longer withhold my curiosity.
 "I applied for information to n gen. tleman we'll known In the snowman world and who acts as n kind of agent to the people owning shows, supply Ing them with the necessary goods, human and otherwise. This gentle man appeared surprised at my ques- ton.
 "'Bearded ladfesr he exclaimed. I can find as many as I like. You have no idea how many women, If they liked, could rival men as regards whiskers and mustaches. But they are not anxious to enter into that kind of competition.'
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
One Reason.

There may be two reasons for thing, both equally true, and it may La the height of folly to attribute the effect to both. A gentleman to whom nrt was a strange thing asked a friend to whom the ways of its votaries were more familiar:
 "Why does Conneray stand off and half shut his eyes when he looks at the pictures he is painting? was in his studio the other day, and he made r2e do it too"
 "Thats simply explained" replied the ether. Did you ever try to lock It them near to. with your eyes wide open? We'll, don't. You can't stand t."-Youth's Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Walters on Horseback.

In great French houses of days gone by dinner was announced by the blow ing of hunting horns, and 1t is on rec ord that at certain gala feasts the dishes were brought in by servants in full armor mounted upon caparisoned horses, a practice we could only look for during the reign of chivalry. Of the attendants at dinner the carver and server took precedence over all the others. They stood plobably on each side of their lord. The server, 1t may be mentioned, was the officer who placed the dishes on the table.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Too Much Quiet.

On one occasion the hustling and energetic archbishop of York, pr. Maclagan, wrote to the vicar in an outlying village suggesting that he should lend his church for the purpose of giving the clergy of the district a quiet day" for meditation and frater- nal reunion. The witty vicar of this sleepy hamlet in the wolds promptly replied:
 My Dear Lord Archbishop-Your very kind letter to hand But what the people in this village want most in their spiritual life is not quiet day" but an earth quake.
 London Standard.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
An Anneal For Mercy.

Judge" said the prisoner, "I sup pose you're going to soak me"
 You are q habitual offender" re- piled the judge; were caught with the stolen goods, and the court will have to do its painful duty"
 'T don't wont to seem unreasonable, " replied the prisoner. Il don't mind a long sentence. Pm used to 1t. But say, judge. cut out the lecture that usually goes with 1t, won't you. ."- Philadelphia Ledger.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
PULPIT AND PEW
Happenings of Interest in Sharon's
 Religious Circles


 Religious Circles
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
 Next Sunday morning Rev. G. l.. Forte's sermon will be on "Revivals. '" The topic for Thursday evening prayer meeting will be "How shall we approach the Bible?"
 The officers of tho Sunday School were elected last Sunday as follows: E. Franklin Gillette, superintendent, Clarence Eggleston, assistant superin- tendent; Miss Clara Smith, Treasurer; Miss Mary Smith and Nellie Loucks, Librarians. @G Sunday night the annual meeting Of the Sharon Bible Society was held, last years officers being reelected for the year 1909. Wilbur Smith, Secre- tary of the Students Volunteer Move ment of New York city, spoke.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
a Qacrat

Sparks-I wonder why 1t is woman lets out everything you tell her? Sharks My dear boy, a woman has only two views of a secret-either 1t Is not worth keeping or it is too good to keep. London Opinion.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Tit For Tat.

First Teacher-You told me to re- mind you to punish Willie Thompson this morning for impudence. Second Teacher-I'l do 1t tomorrow. I'm called before the school board today for insubordination.-L
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
An Old Timer

Hes an old newspaper man."
 About how old?
 "Sven, he can remember when they only issued extras when something happened d"-Louisvill Courier-Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
The Brute.

"Yes, this room is dark, damp aTG positively uninhabitable. It is sup piled for your wife's mother. If she has Gne."
 "She has. I'll take the fat."- Boston Traveller.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14

Europe is less than one-fourth as large as Asia.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
A MERITED COMPLIMENT.

Reference was made in the Ad-
vocate short time ago to the com
ing municipal election and it was
broadly hinted that there would be a
contest for the mayors office. 1t
is fully conceded that any man, who
so desirous, may be candidate for
any elective office and that every
voter has an equal right to cast his
ballot for the man of his choice.
There is no need for controversy on
that point.
Without meaning to reflect, in the
least, upon the character or official
record of his predecessors, the
writer would respectfully suggest
that the rc .yr3 oi our present may
or is such IS 10 merit for him the
"weli-donc o, our people. He has
been efficient and faithful in an EN-
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
The RIDGE UNION WILL Be
HELD AT THE BATES
BURG BAPTIST CHURCH
MAY $3.50
SATURDAY.

$50 Devotional Exer cises-J.
Earle Freeman.
1000 The Mission OF the Church
cs as set forth in Matt. 28:l8-2O-
II. b. White, Ernest Bodie, G. w.
Scott, Pierce Stevens, A. c. Baker.
ll:00 The Scope and Significance
OF the Laymen's Movement-W T.
Hundley, S. J. WATSON. w. L. Dan
iel, J. A. Carson, E. c. Ridgell.
l2:OO Some special features of
the work at the Connie Maxwell Or
phanage that commend it to us-D.
w. Heckle, M. L. Lawson, ]. H.
Edwards. J. E. Bailey, Monroe
kneece, r. B. Watson.
loo Intermission,
2:30 What is the Christians
Duty in the coming Prohibition Cam
paign in this State?-J. Earle Free
man, Burdet Jones, M. d. Padgett,
S. B. Sawyer, o. M. Watson.
SUNDAY
$50 Devotional Exercises-H.
B. White.
1000 Way and how should we
Develop the Social side Of Church
Life?-W. w Holstein, H. w. Jack
son, Mark Long. d. H. Crosland, M.
L. Lawson.
ll:OO Missionary Sermon. +.
Bailey.
1890 Intermission.
200 How can we more strongly
impress upon our membership the
Importance of observing the Lords
supper?-Paul Nicholson, Albert
Lott, J. A. Carson, J. Earle Free
man.
(Signed) Committee.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14


MIR L T Cook and son lack" are
, in Trenton N. ].
Mrs w A Neal of Atlanta is now
visiting Mrs F c Cullum she will re-
turn to her home today and will
take with her little Fredrika.
Master J B Hartley left today to
visit his brother Mr. Neal Hartley
in Atlanta.
Rev ( K Hardin left Thursday
for Mt Pleasant.
MIR Edgar Hart Of Edgefield spent
part of the week with Mr. l.awton
Bodie here.
Mrs Ida Hardin of Clover has re-
turned home.
Mr. U and c E Etheredge have re-
turned from Orangeburg.
DR. and Mrs c B Hall of Aiken
have returned home after visiting DR.
and Mrs J A Watson.
Mrs Haiglar and son. and Mrs
Smith and daughter of Swansea have
been visiting Mrs Cook.
Mr. B Hoyt Hartley of Atlanta
spent last Sunday here.
Miss Elizabeth Thomas of Angus.
ia is spending some time with Mrs
c E Craven.
Those who took in the Memoria
exercises from Wards were Misses
Nell Wright, Estelle and Lille Buz.
hardt, Mrs Harry Wright, Bunyor
Watson, Nellie Watkins. and M,
Brown of Saluda.
Miss Victoria Cooper of Spring.
field is in town.
Mr. Lewie Boatwright, DR. Fletche,
Asbill and Mrs Angel Andrews anc
Miss L Cato from Ridge Spring
were here Tuesday.
Mr. c E Asbill returned from John
ston Tuesday
Miss Lucille Cooner spent tn
week end here.
Mr. Manchester Watson and Mis-
Fronts of Ridge Spring were bsr
Tuesday.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

inent degree. All the interests OF
the town have been zealously cared
for and on all sides it's freely adj
mitted that the condition OF the
town was never better if, indeed, as
good as it is today In view of
this fact would it not be the hand
some thing to give him the compli-
ment of another term without oppo-
sition? This would be not only a
compliment to the man himself, but
the community would honor itself
by unanimous recognition of com
potency and faithfulness in its off
cial head. What say you fellow
toWnSmen?
Public Spirit.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
ALL THE NEWS OF THREE COUNTIES CONDENSED
I'm MEMORIAM."
MICHAEL RUTLAND. JR.. DIED
APRIL 9TH 1909

Ah! baby Mike with your laughing
eyes,
And dewey lips sweet clinging,
Your pearly cheeks and sunlit smiles
And your baby voice still ringing;
Beguiling the hours of lifes long day
And filling our heart with singing.
But the rampant JOY of life's bright
morn
changed to poignant pain ere the
close of day.
Blasting riotous loves fruition,
And our JOY went out in the dark Of
night
Though star lamps lighted the road
to heaven,
And despairing soul froze in the
blast
From out the darkness given.
The reaper death on the threshold
stood, relentless, grim, unyielding:
The one wee lamb seeking to enfold
From the blight of earth's sin and
the sting of its pain
Yet our hearts refused the believing,
And we prayed to keep our jewel
rare,
SO late from Heavens own lending.
But he sealed him for his own with
a kiss
And our pleading was all in vain.
All! who shall say the cup of woe,
close pressed to our lips of pain
Was not lovingly held by Father
| hand
To be drank for our souls rich gain.
All! baby Mike your prattle and
smile,
Attuned to the merry rhyme
Of restless feet and chubby hands
ere since that holy night,
When on wings of love your spirit
/ fled to the radiant City OF Light,
Makes music sweet in the home ot
God and holds ajar the gates ot
Heaven.
We shall meet again in that bright
calm cline
Where never a farewell is spoken
We shall hold you again in fonc
embrace eternal and never unbrok
Rolled away IS 60 stone" tha
closed the tomb,
Where we laid you down in sorrow
And we look aloft, beyond eaIth
gloom,
And wait for the great tomorrow.
r. ID. P.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
NEGRO TRAPPED In
SWAMP.
COATES WHO SHOT MIR B. A. JOR-
DAN, SURROUNDED NEAR TREN-
TON HIS VICTIM DOING WELL.

Edgefield, May l3-The condition
of Mr. b. A. Jordan who was shot by
the negro, Coates. near Johnston
Tuesday. is somewhat improved, and
unless complications set in the chan
ces for recovery are good. Sheriff
Outzs came from the scene of the
tragedy this morning and reported
that all efforts to catch the negro
had proved futile; the dogs failing to
strike trail Later information
brought by party from Trenton is
to the effect that Coates is surround
ed in swamp two miles West of
that place. If captured there in every
reason to believe that he will be
summarily dealt with.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
For Sale

offer for sale lot and building
Situated in the center OF the city of
Batesburg known as the Hammer
building. This is two story brick
building containing two commodious
store rooms one hundred feet long,
six oce ffirooms and a large hall
now used as an Opera House. This
is considered the most valuable
piece Of property in the city of
Batesburg. Price reasonable and
terms easy. For further particulars
address.
J. j. Hammer.
Gadsden. S. c.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Mr. Willie Jones has returned from
Clemson College.
Mr. J r Boukni, nj, Mr I'd West
Miss Mary Leila Bouknignt, DR.
Lucius Dreher and Miss Eva Hite
we're among those who Witnessed
the game of ball on Tuesday.
Mrs c S O'Neil has returned from
Birmingham after a visit of six
weeks
Mr. A { Mitchell spent Tuesday
in Eds efield,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
J. ]. Hammer,
Gadsden, S. c.
Phone to the lCe-House
is II

We deliver ice every morning, and
ali day or Saturday to our customers
Send in your orders early and you
will get your ice before II o'clock.
We are open on Sunday morning
from 8 to 9 o'clock. We are still at
the same cid Stand: The Batesburg
Bottling Works. We take care of our
customers the entire season.
b. P. Whitehead
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Mrs J B Stokes was recent visi-
tor to Aiken.
Mr. and Mrs Luther Wheeler of
the st Mark section were in town
shopping Tuesday.
Mrs T w Quattlebaum has return
ed from visit to Steadman.
Mr. and Mrs c P Simmons have
returned to their home at Greenville
They were accompanied by Mrs II
G Cullum and daughter Miss Kathe
rine
Mrs DIR Strother of Johnston is
the guest Of her daughter, Mrs A c
Mitchell
Miss Mae Crouch is spending a
while at Saluda.
Mr. Z c Mathis of Marion was a
visitor here this week.
Rev S 0 Cantey spent yesterday
in Ridge Spring
Mrs A { Afford of Columbia was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs N Afford
this week.
Mr. Tom league and Mr. M G. Jen.
nings OF Augusta spent most en-
joyable SATURDAY and Sunday with
friends here.
Mr. Hammer of Gadsden spen
yesterday in town.
Mis- M S Rutland took in the me
m orial exercises at the Ridge.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Mr. ) J Cullum of Augusta was
here on Monday.
Mrs Della Jones of Seivern was
the guest o. Mrs b Stokes this
week,
Rlv. N N Burton attended Memo
rial exercises at Ridge Spring on
We, nesday.
Mr. Kellers Mitchell S { Univer-
Si.y spent the week end here with
relatives.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

Mr. { l. Rikard and Mr. Frank
Rawl have returned to Batesburg
after representing the Odd Fellows
Lodge Of this place at Aiken
Mr. w L Rawl spent yesterday in
Columbia.
Or + b Gunter and w b Altman
left for Columbia yesterday.
Mr. M + Rutland and DIR Price
Zimmerman spent Monday in Co
tumble.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14

house the vast crowd repaired to the
Gunter grove. where an old fashion
picnic dinner was served. After all
had eaten to their satisfaction there
were twelve hundred baskets full
left, more or less.
BASEBALL GAME
In theafternoon there was a match
game Of ball between Columbia and
Batcsburg, with the prospects OF
Batesburg coming out victorious,
The cloud is blaze of glory and
will be long remembered by all those
present.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
VALUABLE PROPERTY.

Mr. J. J. Hammer is offering a
valuable piece of property for sale
located in the heart Of the business
section of Batesburg. The Advocate
will give particulars.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-14
COTTON MARKET,
Batesburg Spot 10 l-2c.
PERSONALS.

All those having visitors will confer
favor upon the Advocate 10y sen1ing
In their names on or before Thursday
OF each week.