The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
FROM ALL 0yER TIE sTAfE
A Column Of Some Of the latsst Nsws
That Has Been Gotten Together
by the Editor.


States have been fled In the United
States District Court by Gezer Roth
and Burnett Scbawrts, 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 shis
week, and is being rushed with ali
possible speed. The lot finally select
ed is one Of the prettiest in town, ana
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
I to the farmers Of Kershaw county MIR.
Eve and E. A. Brown, local farm de-
raonstration 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 a lot of
1t put on the market very soor. While
the indications are that there will bs
a full crop made in this section, the
crop is rapidly deteriorating, and many
ing great deal Of its fruit.
Lancaster-A contract was let
here for bridge over Lynches creek,
near Kershaw. There were a number
of bidders, each bidding on different
| type Of bridge. The c. w. Reucsth
| 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 capital stock of $685.
000 The petitioners seeking a char
ter are: John j. 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 or the matter of taking the
Charleston views which will form part
OF the moving pictures with which it
is planned to advertise South Carolina
and her progressive cities in the state
advertising campaign soon to be
| launched
Greenville.-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. me-
cessitating the shutting down of the
! Plant for ali 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 a
wholesale fruit and produce business,
and handle goods and provisions on
commission basis. Capital stock.
$4,000. Officers are: Maffatt B. Du-
| Pre-, president; George T. McGregor,
secretary and treasurer Commis.
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 a
thrifty farmer residing about five
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
MN $50, and has since gathered ths
hay planted the land in cotton and
now states that he will easily get 900
! 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 q number OF
passengers to Florence The train
was met by hacks, and il looked as
though the running OF passenger
trains over the road was an old thing.
Columbia.-Insurance Commissioner
McMaster will leave for Minneapolis,
Mimi, TO attend the annual convention
or the national Association of Insur.
ance Commissioners. All state Off.
cials are out of the city with the ex.
ception of Comm, ,ssioner Watson and
! State Treasurer Jennings.
Spartanburg-Before adjourning the
! South Carolina Association of the
Deaf, in Convention at Cedar Springs,
adopted resolutions condemning Gov.
ernor Aldrich, OF Nebraska, because il
was said he had directed that only the
oral system of communication among
the deaf be taught in the state schools.