The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
FROM ALL OVER TME sTATE
A Column Of Some Of the lsfsst News
That Has Been Gotten Together
by the Editor.

by the Editor.
Charleston .--Declaration Of intens
ton to become citizens of the United
States have beec filed in the United
States District Court by Gezer Roth
and Burnett Schawrts, both natives of
Hungary.
Laurens-Judge o. G. Thompson
was elected colonel Of the Laurens
county regiment, United Confederate
veterans, to succeed the late Col.
Robert N. CUNNINGHAM. Judge Thomp-
son received the unanimous vote OF
the three camps in the county.
Brookland. - After waiting about
three years, work was begun ON
Brookland's new school building this
week, and is being rusLed with all
possible speed. The lot finally select.
ed is one of the prettiest in town, and
was given by John G. Guignard.
Camden.-A party consisting Of
Bradford Knapp of the department of
agriculture, Ira b. Williams, Gov.
Blease and E. J. Watson will come to
Camden for the purpose of lecturlng
to the farmers Of Kershaw county Mr..
Eve and z. A. Brown, local farm de-
rionstration agent, have arranged to
hold the meeting at the curt house
Elloree. - Cotton is opening very
rapidly on account Of the excessive
hot and dry weather, and the indica-
tions are that there will be a lot of
IT put on the market very soon. While
I'M &tok L.
full crop made in this section, the
crop is rapidly deteriorating, and many
OF the farmers say the weed is loos.
ing a great deal Of it's fruit.
Lancaster.-A contract was let
here for a bridge over Lynches creek,
near Kershaw. There were a number
Of bidders. each bidding on different
type of bridge. The c. w. Requsth
Company was the successful bidder,
the price being in neighborhood Of
$4,000 for an all-over concrete struc-
ture, arch type with 70-foot pan and
18-foot roadway.
Columbia.-The secretary of state
has issued a commission to the Pal
metto Construction company of Co
lumbia, with a capital stock of $685.
900. The petitioners seeking a char
ter are: John ]. Seibels, B. F. Taylor,
and Hugh T. Seibels. The company
proposes to do a general real estate
business and will buy, hold, sell and
manage real estate. The company
will also negotiate loans.
Charleston.-Secretary McKeand, OF
the Chamber of Commerce, is asking
the several commercial bodies to ap-
point delegates who shall form gen.
eral committee, which will have
charge of the matter of taking the
Charleston views which will form part
of the moving pictures with which il
is planned to advertise South Carolina
advertising campaign soon to be
launched.
Notwithstanding is facing an
ice famine, the most serious in ths
history Of the city. The piston rod OF
the big engine snapped in twain. me-
cessitating the shutting down of the
plant for an indefinite period. Chicago
is the nearest point from which a new
piston rod can be secured and il is
by no means certain that one can be
had within the next week or ten days.
The management of the ice mill fears
that the desired rod will have to be
first manufactured.
Columbia.-Chartered Moffatt B.
DuPre Company, Columbia To do a
wholesale fruit and produce business,
and handle goods and provisions on
a commission basis. Capital stock
$4,000 Officers are: Maffatt B. Du
Pre-, president; George T. McGregor
secretary and treasurer. Commits
stoned: The Epperson Motion Com
pany, Sumter. To buy and sell auto
mobiles, supplies, etc. Capital stock
$1,000. Petitioners are: George F
! Epperson and T. B. Jenkins.
| Elloree.-Edward w. Holman, coun
| ty commissioner of Calhoun county. q
/ thrifty farmer residing about 1--WE
miles north of here, holds the cham.
| pionship of that county, as far as can
| be learned, in having produced more
| on one acre of land than any other
farmer. Mr. Holman planted early in
/ the year one acre of sugar peas, which
netted him S153.75. He sowed pea vine
hay on this same acre, which netted
him $50, and has since gathered tbs
hay planted the land in cotton and
now states that he will easily get soc
| pounds of lint cotton from the same
| Florence.-For the first time in the
history of the Seaboard Air Line a
regular passenger train was run over
the new road, bringing a number Of
! passengers to Florence The traiI
was met by hacks, and it looked a,
though the running OF passenger
trains over the road was an old thing
Columbia.-Insurance Commissions
McMaster will leave for Minneapolis
Mimi, to attend the annual conventio
OF the national Association of Insul
ance Commissioners. All state off
cials are out of the city with the e1
ception of Commissioner Watson an
State Treasurer Jennings.
Spartanburg-Befo adjourning th
South Carolina Association of tn,
Deaf, in Convention at Cedar Springs
adopted resolutions condemning Gcv