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WEBirS J\\VV Sr I ( > I \ 15 1G27 MAIN STREET, - Col.I'M RI.v , S. < \ STALLION SERVICE j For hihI lui.riif Standard thoroughbred from Dr.'W tu L. 1 >. Prabhaui--. ... , , ...... . . .. | limv Mto(!k and makosol t Heisse s horse Will stand at Bates- 1(<,sl ()n (hf. lli:irktM |lMiay burf, Leesville and A. Iayloi'r.] Service $15.00 guaranteed. j |4 |) | ij ;l? .tuiiif haH sm A. Taylor and Fro., of the man* mule#* Gilbert, S. C. t his sr^tion of thn State. / I VS OF T ??? i | - Cotton Market | BATESBURQ SPOT 14 5-8 I Personals ^ I All ttioev bttvlnx rbihin will confer* favor uj>vii inw ivavix-hie i>y Hoiiaing "? to sir nuiiKMon or l*<f<?rt> Thurmluv of each *wk J t C Mr Geo M Adams was a visitor Sf to Batesburg on Saturday last. ? Mr J M Reynolds of the Bethel- j hem section was a visitor here cn j Monday. } ^ Mrs Jno O Darby of Chester S (1 ' 1 mother of Chief Darby is here en a 1 J visit to her son and will remain a- [ y bout two weeks. v j( Miss Anni i Reid sister of Mr J B J Reid is spending sometime in Co- * ft lumbia. ^ Mr B I Reynolds and family have a have moved to Swansea where they v J will make their future home. 5/ Mrs Lucy McLenna of Johnston ^ v spent Monday in town with rel \ atives. ^ Mr J O Ear^le of the Leesville ^ Y urac in rilv \ Mr T M Cato of Monetta was a <f visitor here on Tuesday. S Mrs L D Gantt of Monetta was in S town shopping Monday. Jj ^ cx Mrs J P Carlisle of Greenville is f * spending sometime with her brother v Dr M U Boatwright. p ^ Mr J W Derrick visited Batesburg ^ ^ on Tuesday. v * Mrs W A Cooner and little Eveh n ^ have returned from a two weeks j, ^ stay with her parents at Pendletor. t it Miss Loria Etheredge went over a ^ To Columbia Thursday to take in f ic i the "Merry Widow." v :'V Mrs A S Bqykni-.{ht is at home a *ifrom Greelyville* c v ? Col E E Strother spent Thursday g ^ | in Columbia. p 58 , Miss Owdcm of Johnston return- ? J * ? ed to her hom> Monday after a vis.t c to Miss Esther Bates. c Mr D W Padgett of Saluda coun- ^ Kjty was here on Tuesday. b ^; Mr J L Winstead of Ward was in J' SC town Monday. ^ ^ X' Mr A J U-niowe was nere on ? k ! Tuesday. J mm | 3 Mr J R Lake of Saluda county t< ? was in Baiesburg on business Tues5 day last. 5 Mr D P Bodie and daughter Miss I Earline left yesterday for a visit to e J the formers daughters. Mrs C G > Mixson at Gainesville Ma and Miss I Vyola Bodie at Ocala. > . ^ m ? Mr L Curtis Cullum went to Green US i ) ts jf ville 'Monday to be present at the1 ? marriage of his cousin Miss Hattie Simmons. i u v- ! Mr Jesse Schumpert returned from Saluda Sunday. H m Mrs N U Gunter and daughter have returned to Atlanta. X Mr M W Cullum has returned i from a visit to her sister in Atlanta, j n ^ Mrs Mattie Jennings and daugh-1 ft ter Kate of Augusta were re ent c visitors to Mrs E S Rawl. I i; ft ^ Mrs W H Atweli went to Colum?/ I bia Wednetday. - : m iss Edith Bruce of Columbia * . < i was a visitor here this week. I DrW P Timmerman spent TuesI ! day in Edgetield. 1 Miss Annie Burkhead has return' ed from a visit to Charlotte. ) Mr Ernest Hartley spent Tuesday I night at home. Mrs Kate Clement and daughter ^ j of Greenville are spending sometime at the Batesburg Hotel. >ss Mrs S E Perry and Nelle left | Tuesday for a visit to Edgefield. ' Mrs W D Crouch was a visitor to Ward this week. YjA | Miss Esther Bates has returned! \U ^ from a visit to Johnston. HREE C WATSON - BOUKNIGHT. MRS. JOHN R. WATSON AND L. SMITH BOUKNIGHT MARRIED YESTERDAY BY REV. S. 0. CANTEY. A marriage cf much interest to he people of Batesburg waa that of Mrs Bettie Watson to Mr. L. Smith Bouknight which took place it the tome of the bride yesterday evenng at 3:30 o'clock. Only a few of the learest relatives and friends were >resent to witness the ceremony. Rev > O. Cantey made them man and vife. The wedding maich was played by diss Ntl ie Crouch of Leesville. Immediately after the ceremony delicious sweet and salad course ias indulged in. For buggies, wagons, and larnoss go to L. D. Brabham ti I Jut land's new stables. WAR ON THE PISTOLS IN SOUTH CAROLINA Lexington, Jan. 9.?The court o f j [etieral sessions for this county o>ened this morning at 10 o'clock vith T. S. Scase, of Spartanburg, residing judge. Cleik of Court Shely lau cveryining in readiness and it vas not lonfcj betprr the machinery >f the court was put into operation. Judge Sease's charge to the grand ury was vory strong. He impressed he jurors w>h the importance of exmining the book* f drecoi oficials, and *o see if the public money /as judicja ly expended. Ho severely rraigned the "pistol toters, anddelared that the only way to stop crime -as to stop crime was to punish the uilty ones. He stressed the great imortance of good schools, saying hat upon..these two issues the salation of th_ country largely dependd. He called attention also to the rime of perjury and its evident inreaseinthe court room. He closed is masterly lecture by outlining in rief the general duties of the grand jrors. Solicitor Timmerm^n entered a ol pros in the following cases: The tate vs. R. W. Wise; the State vs. no. Abney; tha State vs. Mack Hill nd Will Leaphart, assault and batery with intent to kill. 40 head of mure mules at i. 1). Hrabham's. lie sells for ash or credit. Mr L. D. Cullum, Jr left Wed?cr)ov (nr a t*w Havs visit in Sinar. incurg and Greenville. Mr Fred Cartledge spent Sunday( i Columbia. Mrs A C Mitchell has leturned om Johnston. Miss Mabel" Tarrant is spending re week with her sister in Columbia Mrs Pauline Johnston of Steed -: ran was in town Wednesday. Miss Lizzie Tarrant who was oprated on for appendicitis last week s rapidly improving. Mrs Elizabeth Daniel and Mrs Mary Glenn of Augusta were the quests of Mr anil Mrs W B Glenn Sunday. M :=s Mamie Etheredge is spendng a few days with her sister Miss Essie hltheredge. Mr Ira C (larson w<?nt over to the I^aymcns meeting in Columbia last Wednesday. Mr T M Bodie was in town last Saturday* Mrs N Rogers Bayly has been th. guest of Mrs 1) Sam < "ox of Col umbia this week. Ij. D. Mrubliam sells lii stork for rash or credit.-am i makes a fried of every mat lie sells. ;o U NT 1E HONOR ROLL Following is the Honor Roll o the Batesburg High and Gradec School. Those making an averag< of ninety per cent are entitled to i place on this roll. FIRST GRADE. Evelyn McNeill, Lonnie Home Hazel Sills, Lucy Hartley, ZillaBed ie, Thelma Ridgell, Lawrence Rik ard, Carroll Bruce, David Cartledge F B Rawl, Edgar Glover, Clauc rorrest, Luke Houkmght. ADVANCED FIRST GRADE Frances Cullum, Virginia Cullum Essie Howard, Leona Forrest. SECOND GRADE Edwin Rawl, Lewie McCarty, 01 iver Hite, Roy Hall, Roy Cockcrof Jeel Ridgell, W F Rhodes, Su< S okes, F.llen Ptrry, Blanche Oswild, Annie Howard, Isabel Cantey THIRD GRADE Elma Altman, Eloise Hite, Ruby Rikard, Matilda Cook, Wayring Wise. FOURTH GRADE Capers Alexander, Horace Havird, Frank Hite, Clarence Howard, Beatrice Durst, Ludie Hartley, Sarah Haigood, Lois Kernaghan, Julra Malpass, Mary Timmerman. FIFTH GRADE John Lewie Miller, Julian Wise, Pearl Bedenbaugh, Sophia Blease, Julia Miller, Leona Oswalt, Willie Rabun, Lottie Sills. Kimmie Stokes, Martha Watson, Bettie Wise, Leta Wise, Ervin Rabun. SIXTH GRADE ridiik B Luwards, Gallic Vvi ight Edgar Watson, Moses Alexander, Imo Bates, Mattie Bouknight, Ethel Cockcroft, Ethel Cullum, Lizzie iu?)' kidviiu, l^uuitc oinim. sevf:.:th grade Lowell Altman, J B Stokes. EIGHTH GRADE Esther Bates, Eugenia Aldridg'-, Smith, Annip Rutland, Kathleen Spann, Saidee T'mmermar, Grace Buster. NINTH GRADE Kathleen Glover, Cora Hall, Myra Steadman, Kathleen Tarrant, C leo Wise. TENTH GRADE Rosa Hallman, Pauline Spann, Pauline Timmerman. L. 1). r?rabh;ini has just received a carload ot mules and horses?ae ^ood as any that ever came t < > t h is ma rket. UNION MEETING. The Unian meeting: of the Upper t . ~t ,u. t ?: ?*. ? ?.:... WlVidlUll Ul LI1C UCAIU^IUU J)dJ llbl Association will meet at Providence church on Saturday before the fifth Sunday in January at 10 o'clock, a. m , A full attendance is desired as election of officers and genera! reorganization is in order. J. L. Sawyer, clerk unio... FOR SALE OR RENT A new 5 room house in desirable ' part of Batesburg. Kent reasonable. W. H. Atwell, Batesburg, S. C. U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY APPOINTMENT A competitive examination of al applicants from the Seventh Congressional District, for appointment to a vacancy at the United State: Nav;l Academy, which occurs or the 4th of March next, will be helc i.i Columbia, on Saturday, Januarj 28th, 1911 at 9 o'clock a. m. Thos< desiring to compete for this ap pointment should write me at one f fos a copy of the rules and regula tior.s governing the admission o ca didatrs to ^Annapolis, and fc . permission to "stand the ccmpet . itive examination. Very truly, Washington, 1) C. A. F\ Lever. M. C. Seventh S. ( ' Fine, strony and hand sot no mules have just arri\ 1 <-d for 1 j. D. Rrabliain? Read for work and acclimated. i S COND GENERAL ASSEMBL f 1 . MENDEL SMITH SPEAK El ? JAS. A. HOYT CLERK- 7 BE A SESSION OF USE FULNESS Columbia, Jan. 12 Special to J Advocate?With liquor in the bai * ground, for the first time in 2 yes and with organization details d posed of already, the general asse , bly which convened here Tuesd has opportunities for construct statesmanship such as no legi^lati in many years has enjoyed. Anotl t encouraging circumstance is tl , over half the members have It previous legislative experience. Some of them have served ms terms. Two of them have b< speakers?Messrs. W. F. Stevens of Chesterfield and Frank B. Gi of Abbeville Mendel Smith was Tuesday ele ed speaker, for the third time wr in ten years. He was unoppost The house reelected clerk Jas. Hoyt over former Assistant Cl< Wilson Gibbes by a vote of 71 46 and former Representative McGowan Simpkins defeated Frank Epps of Greenville for rea ing clerk by a vote 64 to 46, S< geant-at arms J. S. Wilson of La caster was reelected without opp sition. In the Senate Thos. G. McLei of Lee, the retiring lieutenant go ernor, will preside until his succes or, Hon. G. A. Smith of Florenc is inaugurated, which will be ne Tuesday. Sergeant-at-arms Schui pert of Newberry was reelectc For chaplain Rev. A. E. Holler d feated K?v. J. P. Knox, 32 to 1 Former Lieutenant Governor W. Mauldin of Greenville was reelect president pro tem. Dr. W. S. Stok .vas elected readine clerk. For Jv n a c :?u \k~ k*..t 1 r\. oiiiiui, ivii. mti^cuu aiiiiuun ed these appointments: Jourr e'erk, G. E. Moore, Anderson; b clerk, E. A. Perry, Saluda; secreta j to the president, J. R. McGht ' Greenville; pages, Frank DeSchana ' of Florence and Edwin Fuller Laurens; mail clerk, N. G. Pyl< 1 Columbia; doorkeepers, G. H. G m^r, Anderson ar.d R. M. Floy j Spartanburg. Senator Weston of Richland i ! troduced the first senate bill, cc i templating general increases in s, , aries for statehouse c fficials. frc . governor down. An invitation (visit the University of South Car ' lina Thursday, this being Founde: ! Day at the university, w?s accept No action has been taken yet on t ' invitation to the general assemt j t a visit Winthrop college at Ro Hill on Lee's birthday Jan. 19. As to the composition of the S( ate, with its 42 members: Tweni { one held ever, 9 were reelected a 12 are new. The new solons < | Messrs Dennis, Mall, Ackerm; I Lawson, Manning, Ginn, Strait. T. Mauldin, Stuckey, Green, Youi Epps. Seven senators did not of for reelection. These were: Ha rick, McKeithan, W. S. Smith, K ly, Rodgers, Carpenter, Bass. There are 124 representafiKes. these 38 were reelected. There 18 members who have seen serv previously but not in the last sess Four counties reelected their en *; delegations. . It is expected that election of ' j filth justice of the Supreme Cc 1 may be entered upon in about t i weeks. Gen. M. L. Bonham of t * d-jrson. Representative Ihos. r Fraser of Sumter, Attorney W e Gruber of Walterboro and Judge i- W. Memminger of Charleston if , all likely to be candidates. Frie ,r i o' each are already feeling the p ot the general assembly. Governor Ansel's message, i in both houses Wedneiday, w c dm. safe and sane docurr I ch3iacterist'c of the writer. A ! n f.cant feature was paragraph yji.nding Clcmson college from t cks by the farmers, by savir 4 ENSED MANY CHANGES Y ? 1A ARE BEING MADE &Y THE MERCHANTS R '0 Q uit e a number o f businetl changes and moves are taking place in Batesburg. As already noted Mr. W. C. Bates has opened up a wholesale grocery business in the Kaminer Building. Mr. B. P. Whiteck* head still continues business at his irr> old stand. The Ridgell Drug ComI ? us- ,any w;n move into the Fox building, now occupied by Gunter's Drug 'a> Itore. The store will be fitted with IV* the most up-to-date fixtures and a un leautiful fountain. This company ^ei A'ill also continue to operate the 1131 drug store at the old stand. Dr. Gunlac ter w;n mCve into nis building formerly occupied by the Harris-Cain in> Drug Company. The latter drug :en store has been moved into the old !0r' Steadman stand which has been oclry cupied lately by Mr. Brooker Cartledge's grocery store. Mr. Cartct" ledge has moved into the rear of Mr. J. J. Rawl's store on the next ec*- street. A- These changes will give the town :rk four first class drug stores and t0 fountains that more than equal anv S- in the state of a town twice il;: J* size. id I SEN. D. M. CROSS0 ON HONORED Dd v~ Senator D. M. Crosson has been >s~ ippointed on the foiiowing commit'c' ties: Educatisn, Agriculture, Bankxt in 1 and Insurance, Medical affairs n~ tnd Retrenchments. He has also ' been made Chairman of committee IC ^ on Public Regulations. ' ' It was quite a compliment to our ^ pupular Senator to have been given the above recognition and we are S satisfied that he is quite able to 1 r *c cape witn tnese important questions, tal ~ ill Notice of Administratrix's Nile of Pe rsonal Properly ?Cf On Saturday, 2^ day of January, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m.; ?t ,s vs late residence near Mt Ebal ij. church, in Aiken county, I will sell j t puclie out-crv the personal property of Moses Knecce, deceased, :n_ consisting in part of mule, wagons. (n_ hirness, buggier, cows, hogs, plov\stocks, guano distributer, and other (m fanning tools and impleme .tr, cornt fodder and household furniture. 0. Victoria Kneece, Adminstratrix. jfl RED "SIDER EX"v TERMINATOR ck tn- HON. FRANK LEVER WILL ty; SEE THAT A BUREAU IS nd irc OPENED HERESHORTan. LY. , J., Hon. A. F. Lever has the interests , ter of our community at heart as will be seen by the following: In a letter to ~ j E. F. Strother he states that the ! worn or extermina:in? me rea sp cer t)f will be continued. In Mr. Wilson's arc place (the late entomologist statior.ice ed here) will be sent a represent itive 1.OD ! of the govenment to open a station tlIC I here in time to preuent the spread of ! the pest. While our Frank has many ! duties to occupy his time in Wash,urt ington he always keeps his eye open wo to promote the welfare of this sec\n B tion. H i L. 1). Hrablutin Lato just received forty head of mules are and twenty head of horses? ndstall picked and of the best u'se| types. eau 1 agricultural courses were now being as a I freely used, the ctrollmtr.t h. ibem lent, steadily increasing, and'.he :.s4.:uctsig ion given being highly practical, de- This is going to be an ir.U resting at- session. It should also be a jccj.ci ig its ^ of usefulness. ?? * r -4a