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

States have been flied 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
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. ]. Watson will come to
Camden for the purpose of lecturlng
to the farmers Of Kershaw county. Mr..
Eve and E. A. Brown, local farm de-
rionstration agent, have arranged to
hold the meeting at the court 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 lot OF
1t put on the market very soon. While
the indications are that there will be
full crop made in this section, the
crop is rapidly deteriorating. and many
Of the farmers say the weed is loos-
/ ipo doo1 ~ rs, fr,,ik
Lancaster.-A contract was let
here for a bridge over Lynches creek,
! near Kershaw. There were a number
of bidders, each bidding on a 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 commission to the Pal
metto Construction company of Co
! lumbia, with capital stock of $685.
600. The petitioners seeking a char
ter are: John ]. Seibels, B. F. Taylor.
and Hugh T. Seibels The company
proposes to do 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 a 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
and her progressive cities in the state
advertising campaign soon to be
launched.
eenville.-Greenville is facing an
ice famine, the most serious in the
history of the city. The piston rod OF
the big engine snapped in twain, ne
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 it 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 3
DuPre Company, Columbia To do ;
wholesale fruit and produce business
and handle goods and provisions OIL
commission basis. Capital stock
$4,000. Officers are: Maffatt b. Du
Pre-, president; George 7. McGregor
secretary and treasurer. Com mmis
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, cour
ty commissioner of Calhoun county.
thrifty farmer residing about fiv
miles north of here, holds the cham
pionship of that county, as far as cal
be learned, in having produced NOR,
on one acre OF land than any othe
farmer. Mr.. Holman planted early j:
the year one acre of sugar peas, whicl
netted him $153.75. He sowed pea vim,
hay on this same acre, which nette,
him $50, and has since gathered tn
hay planted the land in cotton an
now states that he will easily get to-
pounds of lint cotton from the same
Florence.-For the first time in th
history of the Seaboard Air Line,
regular passenger train was run owe
the new road, bringing a number @
passengers to Florence. The trai
was met by hacks, and it looked a
though the running OF passenge
trains over the road was an old thinl
lumbia.-Insurance COMMISSIONS
McMaster will leave for Minneapolis
Mimi, to attend the annual conventio
OF the national Association of Insu
ance Commissi toner's. All state of
cials are out of the city with the e
ception of Commissioner Watson an
State Treasurer Jennings.
Spartanburg-Bef adjourning Il
South Carolina Association of tn
Deaf, in Convention at Cedar Spring
adopted resolutions condemning Gov
ernor Aldrich, of Nebraska, because
was said he had directed that only tn
oral system of communication anon
the deaf be taught in the state schools