The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, May 26, 1904, Image 1
Pay* Semi-Annua! Uitftdcm.
Imprest, Lwioi* ti y-J?r -compouii
April UUJ OjlUIKT ?MUllli-anniinl .
(lends?is the inducement The 1
National Hank of Batesburg olfer:
its depositors in the Siving l?ep
nient. They advertise lor "good
pogltors and good borrowers."
VOL. IV
LOCAL H/
Picked Up Here and
Advoca
Dr. K. C. Hidgell shipped his (i
fruit last Friday.
Miss Kate Holland, of Monetta,
the guest of Miss Katherine Ciillum
Mrs. Sarah Shiiier and Master .To
Shuler are visiting relatives in I-exii
ton.
Miss Moida Hodges is oil'on an e
tended visit to Colombia and Sparta
I org.
Messrs. L. 1). Ciillum and Henry
Wright took in ttu* hall game at t
Nidge Friday,
Miss Iletinie Towill is back from
visit to friends and relatives in Mar
hind and Virginia.
Mr. Clarke Howell Editor of the A
' la.ita Constitution spent a day in tow
J rt week, as the guest of Mr. .1, Wn
i ehell
Messrs. M. M. llolstein and W. \\
Holestein ol the X /loads sect ion ha\
returned from Charleston, where the
took in the Confederate Veterans Rt
u nioii.
John Bell Towill,
Hatesburg, S. C.
have you
anything
I to sell ? ?
I do you need
the ready
k cash ? ? ?
, if vou do,
? 1 I }?I- ini?itl . nt i' Iy j
iret word
to me! !
real estate
boughtand
exchanged
prompt ser=
vice; best of
t reat ment.
if you have
a farm or
lot for sale
*
write me, I
/- oil :\ lid
V V III CU II
see you. . .
John Bell Towill,
Uatesbur>r, S. C.
F. \V . Ohfl'Al l>. I'll <. I,](i I t
A i i it i.D ,1.
The Hor
Incorp
LHXINOTON,
Capital, $
FOUR 4 Per Centum, pei
o'i Savings Accouni
TWO t2) Per Centum per
on checkingaccoun
not less hail $200.(
YOI IP ACCOlir
A'ri'e In: 1'irllier I n format ion
A lw ?vs (iiv? ri.
HOARD 01
K. W. OiWAl.lt, A l.KKKIt .1
< r.o, Iti i.i.'I immi.uman, II. I. <)h\v
COUNTY AND T(
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.
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VPPENINGS.'
There and Grouped f<
ite Readers.
rst | Mr. K. (I. Moulin, of Angii-da, \v
in town Monday.
j- Mr. Fiunk Land rum. (>| .Jdinsto
was lien* Tuesday.
,jm Ex-Senator .1. 11. Sii.tdatli. of Silud
l}r. was in town last week,
Mr. C. Fort and faintly, of I'ciioi
x_ visited fr'onds here last week.
Mr II. II S.illv, a travelling man <
Aiken Co, was here Tuesday.
.T; Mr. W S. Wight man, of Jit. Will
!l> ing, was hereon business last week.
Miss Kutli Williams, of .loluiston
v'' : vi.-ited Mrs. E, F. Strother last week.
Mr. Lucius II arrigal, of ('.ranitevill
^ visited at Mr. .1. C. Glover's last week
,J1 Dr. W. I*. Timmei man attended tin
! . oinmeiicement exercises at I.exing
ton Monday.
Mrs. Mary M. Islnr. r.r lllnekville. n
spending a while at the home of ltev
I_ I II. It. Miirehlson.
Dr. C. Jl. Lilt le.Iohn, of (ialfney, re
turned home Monday alter a visit to
his son. Mr. II A Lilt le.Iohn.
A number of lathes and gentlemen
hied themselves to Steadnian's pond
last Thursday on a lisliing frolic.
Mr. Geo. Adams, of near Iktxl r, was
in town last Saturday with some of the
j prettiest honey we have seen in some
t ime.
Miss Kuby Glover is on a visit t<>
Trenton and Edgefield. She will attend
the commencement of the KdgeHeld
College.
The Juvenile Missionary society of
the M. K. church gave an iee cieain
festival oil the church lav n last Friday j
evening, .^ni'e a neat -um was rai ed. |
lion. .1 iii). Hell Tovill returned from
a trip nor. it last week m l on Thors lay
left with tlio S Press nssoci.ilion
to take in I lie World's Fair at Si
Funis.
Mr. S. Midi own n Siinkins. <f Hdge:
Ilejd, a ?-ntid<dntc for Hie ollice of mi
J licitor ol the Fifth Judicial district,
wi"-' in town Monday Mr. Sitnkir.s announces
himself elsewhere
Hon. 1?; S. IUef.se and R. W. Crouch,
.'jf.Sal.idn. were iu-re Thursday
lame back, kidney, bladder", uric acid" tro? ' ll
i nev Were ell route noiiie iio>>. v^........
liia where they had been attending
the State Democratic convention.
IVii~s Ktliel Watson, of near Ward?
and Mr. Fletcher Wright of near Johnton
were married on Thin- lay evt'ning
May I'd at the home of the bride.
Miss Watson is the daughter ?<f Mr. J.
II. Wat.soli,1
Mrs. I?r. llusler ni son. James, of
Mt Willing, visited friend* anil rein
lives here last week. She is t lie ell'icient
p > mistress of Ml. Willing and
I lias many I fiends here.
Mr. Farnell and wile have gone to
Dar ington. which place they will
in lie their I lit lire home. Mr. l'arnell,
who has been with Mr. J. .1 Haw I I r a
' iitiniher ol years, has many friends
here who regret very nm -h to lose him
l and h s st in .hie wife. We wish lhem
! sucre's and happiness and assure them
I that the good p.c p'e ot loilesbtiig j do
t lis in 11 is expression.
O.r hoys went to Uidge Spring last
| Fri l iv afternoon to play the team of
i hat place, and brought bark the same
II Id hard lurk story. They are trying
! to gel op a '"rep" that will ci| ml thai
of ('iiluiiihio. They received a clear
cut heating, nothing inon ,'iolhing less
The score was 7 to 1 in Invoi of In?
Itidce hoy-. The only run our hoys
made was the one which John li.ivvi
got in. Practice up hoys!
TIIK llKMII ST M.\N IS T1IK Wolil.li.
The rich-st man in the w. rid ran j
not have Ins kidneys replaced in r live
without theui, so it is mportaut lint t"
neglect thee organs. It Foleys Kidney
cure n taken at the lirst x'gn d
danger, tha symplons will disappear'j
j and your health will he restored as it
| s'.rengtliegs and builds up these or-I
gaiis as nothing e|*e wiP. Oscar How- j
I man writes. ' I have used Foley's Kid i
ney cure and it cured me ot kidney dis
lease." Solu bv Tiinmons Bros.
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ii. Tisivi i;.maN. Vice- A A Money.
ne Bank,
toratetl.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
30,000.00
r annum. Payable Quarterly
ts.
annum, Payable Quarterly
Is 011 minimum amount of
>0.
TPS SOLICITED.
Prompt tin I (\nirteoin Attention
IMKUCTOPS:
. Fnx. K:?\vi.n \V. Kuiikkik<n
'A II', .11'I.I AN K. KAI'KMAN.
)WN DEPOSITORY,
i
BATE
WASHINGTON ?.!:I IY.R.
1 ?u> i.'orri: : ' Liviilent'y In a !
i!umor-?ne fours Mot Sl.o' ;.t
I'eopic and Measures.
Washington. 1?. C. Slay 21, J'.Ktl.
After Ir??ttinyr ami worrying for tw
i, months tin' Republican party has linii
ly - jleetod a mavagor of its FaM iv.ii
paign. Ilia name n Theodore Rous
ve|i,ai:<l his p. etld< nym is Ci'iir^c I
Certolyou is anything iiio'v than
'* mask I'ur the real manager fur lie ipolitiei
in who lias never ha<l anytliin
*' t<> il'i with politics, a manager who hi
never tnanhged, and a statesman wli
I- has pra itieed stutoernft. only a lei
tiiunt lis ami has never attended a van
it ens tr t enveiition e\eept in the guiof
a phonographic reportet. lie is at
amiable nllieial hut what ho doe-m'
e
know abt ut the stee'ing of parties am
the arts of .Mark ilannit. will he likely
f if he eseapes from his kt eper l.efori
j the ido.is of November. to < uiso eon
st*-re:;t sun iti sit-'li old stagers j > Frye
tinny. F.inkir, Fairhan!;s, faou-m
I'hitl ami (trosVeiior. Rarely eigi.t
years ago ttie yonng-ter gradiisitei!
from Col urn hia I'niversity tit d almo-t
Ins en i i re ex per ien ee lias been at tp.ired
as a short hand wri er ami exemitive
eliamherlin. The I>einoerats in Congress
atitl ?Jiit who si ill linger here indulge
in a broad smil- t.f aetpiies .nee
; wiu- j mi* ii, \\ i;? publican manager i?
moot iuitt <1.
Mr. <Yrirlyi sue. c>?or at tlit* head
,dI tilt* lYpart mout of ('nmmctto an !
Labor very likely w .II I ?;i| ai?> rale
slioiiId las, IioiieraI Carrol! 1). Wright,
a p ihlirisl el' long experienee and
Ri'iMt al>iIi i j \vlio lias hern I'mil miss inner
of Labor these twenty years. ami a<
| a master of ee- ilomres will add real
slrei gib an>1 dignity Co the Ca'jin.it
* * *
l lii' announcement of the Supreme
Court derision upholding the action of
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ii.ftpiiie. i:ua e*iini'i'iTiat you h ivc im?:?<? "
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I
DAY
t|?e New York immigration nulliei it it in
exeliioiug l!it> anarelii>l Punier .rein
this eouni ry rausis -harp discussion
here. On the t lie ha'.tl it i- lieltl to be
an in' arion of peisoiril lights anil a
denial of I'mv .-P<i and on the other
Id lie no infringement ol I'ret' speieh
ami till the ol In r, in lie in > .lit rin l:c- j
ille111 of free spt cell lillt an ( Xercise nl j
licit right which every nallnn posses- j
srs in sij ule.'li 'i! and v. 'io -liall not '
( nine across its landers '1 lies Inst j
hold t tint an American unar-hist 1
would not lie subject in the same ile-j
vision, and that hi- right to speak free- j
lv would liavi to he divided on other!
grounds. In London soeiini-ts and
anarchists are tn-ind loo-e in llyde
Lark and allowed to mount the hem lies
aid harangue the multitudes tj
t heir hearts content.
# * *
Isn't it a bogus philanthropy that
brings a Inn ilred Filipino hoys to thi?
|eoiititr\ every year to Ita n our
1 our inaiiiieis, and our customs? 'I'liey
have spi-nt the v inter ill southern Califor.iia
where tli el mate is mild, hut
j during tli * summer they are to e:>mv
j to Washington and oe scattered
throughout tin- north, their expenseto
he paid by vv lioin'r- hy tli" Americans':
O, no: not at all The p un-people ot
I the Philippine Islands are to he taxed
! (o provide tli-ir > 111 (11 wit1 > a training
which nolle <>f then; want. It slirj
the generous ri ekles of l !?* Anierran
; heart. jn-t it doe-- when a spellbinder
j enlarges on'Mlie gloiintis system of
I ed ileatWill which we liave given to t li
I F.lipinos in their own country," con
lei red by American teachers who can
, not speak a word of Spanish, hill are
i paid out of t'ie ;i solar treasury, and
, Auierien. Commissioner of Kdiuatinn
is. Manilla who receives a salary ex
toi led from the Filip iios i wire as great
us that | si'd to I>r \V. T. Harris the
j American Cointnissioni r of Kdiirsit inn
in U'sishingto.i It is to si.n ii nl and
sweet for ns to i*t llei l on how her.i-vo
I 'eilt we a e !
.Saturday. May :2 s, fifty ado t I ilipin.
s \u)l :es ch San Francisco on a tour
:SBUlvG, S. C., THURSLA
? t llie American eitk-s. Tlu-y |i b
uiiests to soiu cx'en! uhi'e i111
cuuntr; , tlis test i f ill or expeM be
tod I hi;* wrutig fruiu tin* i'lil 111>|*1 no lea*
11 v. il;>? eriit-r Taft in an aj pc lu
chtrrl;. iouient f. r thctu ailui t<
I lie.n its u lined aid cii It i. rid utli
men, wliicli is a sharpy rvnlii ti
tlint lii^ner authority who lias issi
fr lied the Filipino people with saj?e
tl_ | mill Apnelies.
i- j : ? *
'l'lie breaking out of the ISoerean
Ik ilal in New York City exe-tes kei in
a terost lure / here al! the part ieaiuvi
:I 11v?*il. That a Nluekmaili:i? ih.anil
rC should be made upon Webster l)?ts oy
s l'c-rrsuii and Voii der lloo^t is iiicpli
0 1 cable, lor all ol t belli were oil! Inisjtn
v j ehainpioiis of the Doer cause. eb
- ster I tavis. MeK inlay's el ijuciit A^st*
e aot-Seeretary of the Interior, re-ijed
li his < Uiee as the result ol a persona iit
vodi^a toil ol tli? war waned by be
1 i'o iiish in South Africa, mid after d.
j dressii n great mass mictions throfli
i out llieeoiimry euloni'/.e I Itij: a
- the Kansas < i.y e.invention. l'ea in
.. t ,uiii' miifij kiio v:i lor Ills pervt.
e.~il i ( in ?i \ in^ to >t??{? t li?' Hi 5sh
j shipment ??r hiiiit's and horses r,?m
! Xt'? 1l. leans. Nun iler llnogt till
livis in liiisc ty and though c'uinn^
t he a confidential a^ent of Present
Krmjer ami Secretary Hei inI?. publican
peerhes io the last two p'si liMiti.il
campaigns? IVarMin's situs
has also been eipiivucal, and if Hvis
has really been tli custodian of ** ??.0
to of i^olil belonging p, Kroner, the
pretence t hat IVarson anil Va*i dvr
II ? 'Hi have any claim on it will leetl
si rcli}; evidence.
Positively the only excursion toAuKUsta
thi.> season will he run Saturday
.1 line 11
FOR S.M.K.
The Store bniidinj; and lot on Hailtoad
stteet which I formerly oc npied
as Urn;* store. O. .1 . Harris,
itatcshiirg. S. C.
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i**riI aii:1 |ic*i| l4?i
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t'URSiiUY AT "Mil: ST. LOUIS KM'O:
t 'niish- l?l?- (\Y. 11i11 \vi> h??ii? on
busiiii->? Tuesday
Mr. M.J. Mnlist in, of Mnnel'a, was
in tow ii Monday. j
.Mr I> \V. l'ad;r*tt. i I Salmi.i. was
lien* la-t week nil liu-ii'c.ss.
Mr (!? ' . Kalis i* attending the
'.'iiii Flower Carnival Ui Inmliia
< olutiilna ?-11 l'n vilay win. a game nl'
lia 11. ill" I I'll ling Saviiliiiali by a 'ciiri' of
In I*.
Mr. \Y II. Hall, a saw mill tnau nl
Hit-oilman. was in town Tnrs lay oil
business.
M iss ,\ Mini ! 'iiUnni i-nti named a few
friends ai ten Inst Saturday eveiiii g in
a delight I nl manner.
Mr. II ! '. I iiiiili r. i f St ivrrn. was in
town ii- business Tuesday Hi* was on
his way to Aiken to alleluia leleree
court
Mr. J. ltamnge and Miss Anna
i Hi-Ho I r-illi'li. both of win-in have
! 1 r.ei ds here, were mail ifd in Salu la
. Tuesday .
Mo?1> l> 15. and K. S. IJawl. I'orin
i'1'I \ ol i?:iti slnni^. but now in the III III j
In r b i-ini'ss at Jasper Fla . have >olli
i'i d *i viti* I iiy lirr. Over ".'dO.IMo
' 1'ivt 1.1' loo b-I* w as destroyed
1 b j in | i is of Jls- I. ?| it- 1J dm-IIV
v. imI i' ass cave a roiieert at tlir liomi1
<il Miss Kulgrll on I in! i;, last A nninIf
r i 1 s .|, i i ions wen' wi'll rendered,
ami ihegilted ti'Ui'ber is dm* inui'li
it iili t.
".'of Itnrtiiighl'y eliih will hold its
next ini'i'i i>.g wiiii Mrs. Fr?d Cnllom,
| llinl . s i In' liifi-l iug is In in* one ,if no'
| or! ;n i a'l ini'inli w "re ri'ij'U'sti'd In
present. Toe i Inb int'i I i t vvi im w nli
Mr- X. I*. Ihiyiy
I. s| \i ;ir l.i'xiiift -ii i'.hintv had -11
I vf erans on I hf pension roll. 'I In*
tIn-ri' are iLJI. In I'.ca Sainda enmity
I had l"?fl, (hi* year she has lii'J. Aikee
' i*i>n11< y has 271. an inereu-eot Ft,
l:\pression on I he World's l air.
Oil Tuesday morning the editor rereived
a telegram from Hon. Join
n.. i 'i'.... m ; i : .i. i... -s.i ?.
??. . ? w 111 111 ?nirii in* miiu ii" nils i r
!i In* Fair % Imi nils at !SI l,<?uisnn?l havin>C
a ^r..iiil old lime. Ii? ,*a\s ilia"
IWnr.is rtmio! express the gijiiiileiir oI
the fair.
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VDVO
, MAY 2j, 1904.
18 TO 75.
" i
: .'The Decision of the Pee)P
' .
pie on the Bonding
of the Town.
The votes have been east ami the
<IUes11o11 which b s earned canny discti-sions,
hot h pro and con, has been
settled. IVrhnp there are tliuse who
! ?re disgruntled, but in time to eonie
i ! they w.ll se.j the 'visdom of the majority.
Too long has H.itesburg trudged
along in her swaddling slothes,
'struggling for a foothold on the roniiu
jot the ladder of prosperity and progres!-dvenes>,
and the business men knew
1 it and came to the e inclusion that it
must either go fo?ward or go backward
I wii as tiie vote will show they decided
on the for? trd movement The vote
was light, but it expressed, in a great
ineasine, the wishes of the people.
There were no wagers made on the
outcome, notwithstanding a few bets
were ollVre.1. The "lection was a
piiet and orderly on". Our citizens
w.ill now work for the new Ratesburg
i and with very citi/en putting hi>
sboulder to tlte wheel -ten years, yes,
live y ears, will reveal to the stranger a
change indeed. The vote stood as
follows:
Itond Issue:
Yes 75
No i s I
J Total Vote , 1)!!
n
'T -kS
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SITION.
Itond Commissioners.
!
.' W. II. '!'in merman I (t
! T. 15 Kernn^lian St;:
I.. I). CiiIIoiii si'i '
K. <' Uitlsjell j>
i I. E (ward* 1
Aldermen:
| E. 11 Steadman S*> ]
t NN . A Crunch 85 !
! ?. W Point :t |
I J. It. Vomi^blootl 2
'I'llc family of Mr. I'r.ilili Speigle, i
who moved here fioin \'a. suite time |
ago. and w ho sull'ered from an attack of
varioloid have recovered and gone to|
j ('oliiiiilnu, wlii li place they will make
: : hier Into re home.
Mr. 15.1 Keyii dds, who recent'y lived
here, but who is now a resident at
Crofts, paid us a pleasant visit ye terday.
It was one of those rails that
was a? coin pained by a jin^ls and leaves
a clear mark by '.be subscribers name.
It is with pleasure that the many
friend* of .M is-? Mamie 11*11. ol tircei.
wood, wh> formerly taught in the
! i : . ...I- .1 -l I i. - - ---.-iii ...
I . .1 -.mini urn-, \> 111 irarii 111.11 sne
i- In rrturii, ami tench tin* ^null's
la'iif it l?v Miss Tianthum las', session.
Mi tiamowell M. Sniitli has issued
invitations lor the wadding of his
daughter Miss Annie t 'lyde Smitli to
Mi- Inither (iwnltuev W'n'son, to tike
place at Harmony chircli near Johni
-ton at 8 :(H> iiVlurK o;i Wednesday e\e.1
tiin* 8i h.
Tin* kill ball players went to Leesvi
1 lt? Monday allernnon and gut beat to
I the tune ol "J1 to I. Thrjr were not go'
mg to let the l.-rsvill* hoys mike a
r..n before they 'eft, hat changed tneir
1 i minds alter they mil there and e >nI
eluded they did not want the |;auie.
i All the good players mi these parts
| must he dead, or milyjslcepiug.
The ('oliimhin panple are nil joy
' i again. Is it her ui-e ol the Fun Flower
I Carnival, alas, mi. I'lie Highlander is
again at her moorings. II Here is
i any one thing that will stir t'oloin!
hians up and r uise her papers to sing,
| it i-when tne Highlander comes to
' town. IVrhups they had her lot just
' at Carnival time so the country people
i eoilUI get a look "l her
, Mr. and Mrs. T It. Kernaghnn and
f In lie Miss Lois left yesterday for St.
I.otiis to take in the World's Fair.
CATE
CORRESR
Letters of Interest From
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entuiand I'hev
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SALUDA.
Miss Nora Long, who lias heen 11
| Xewb orrv for some time spent Sunday
wit li the home folks.
finite a number of our people attended
children's day exercise at Bethlehem
I Saturday
Dr. and Mrs Aide, of St. Matthews.
1 are visiting their son, Col. E IV. Abie.
Mr. John Miekier, 01 Denny's, was
I in towii Monday.
lion. S. ti. MayHeld spent Sunday
j night in town.
Mr. Curtis Padgett i> <piite sick at
; his home near Emory.
Miss Kebncn Baggot leiL last wasit
i on an extended vi>it in Aiken county.
Mr. Hold, ('rawlord spent Sunday
1 with his family here.
Mr, George Long, of Johnston, i- in
the city*
Prof. Cog burn has been elected principal
of the (traded school here for another
year with Missis Cleo Attaway
and Sudie I >avis assistants.
The closing exercises of the / ?ar
school were ijuite a success; beginning
on Friday nigh1 and lastidg through
Sunday; hid speeches on Saturday by
Hon. Maylield, Evans, McSimkius and
others. The sermon was preached on
Sunday afternoon by Itev. II. L. Baggot,
Saluda was well represented j
I'rot. Dorn has been reelected to teach
the school another year.
Mr. F. \V . Crouch is now on the con- 1
stabulary force mil lias moved his family
to Saluda.
It now appears that there will be I
sc\ en candidates for t lie ollice of sheriff
in this county. Six have already anuounced
\vt lie it is said the seventh, j
Mr, J. s. A maker. \vi:l announce next 1
week.
The continual cool nights and dry j
| .veatlier are preventing cotiou from
aiming up. 1-armers are tpnnp.aining
if poor stands all cwr the county,!
while that is is on a stand-still. Oat* 1
I ire almost a failure but wheat is good 1
apparently.
AIKEN.
Miss Thonilinson lef*. last week for
her home in Charleston after a pleasant
visit to friends.
Mr. G. VV. Thorne is quite sick at
his home on Pendleton street. t
Mr. and Mrs. William Piatt have reiurued
to their home in Columbia
There are several vacancies in the I ]
by %/ ?.,,|.f the Aiken Institute caused i
K I. Cokes
-on ( rkill. assistant prin<-ip.T!*^rmJ(
Mr. Dick principal.
Mrs. Christine Cosgrove, of Norfolk, i
Va., is visiting her sister sirs, iiaim.
Major Jenkins and 'Thomas Unison j
spent awhile in Charleston few days]
ago. j
Mis- Frances Pierce has einrr.i'd to i 1
home in Angnsta. j ,
Miss Anna D.mbir is visiting Mrs.
Kmilie Morrison in Savannah.
Mr. t' F. Moog. who lias been spend '
ing sometime at Panama is back again.
Mrs. Mary Pa Idly and children, of 1
Kicliinond, Va., are visiting her pa- i
rents Mr. and M.s. C. K. Henderson. ;
Miss Myrtis Plunkett of Plateau is
visiting liieiidsat Troy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Knh inks have
returned to their home in Hawthorne.
MrsJ M Padger has returned after
a visit to her daughter. Mrs. C. 1>
lirowu mi Atlanta.
M's. Henry Puscli, Jr., entertained
I lie x tiling ladies whist club iist week.!
lien. ". II. Tcague attended the Reiinion
at < 'liarl. -ton.
Mrs Coulsun ami Mis- lola Cnuslon
li i\ e returned to their home in 4 'oluin- j
bus,lI.
Capt. John Hell attended the Reiiiit?hi
at 4'harlestoii.
Miss Nellie Hill, of Wasllitiglon, I).
C.,*Miss Katlierme F.trreil, ol Rlackviile,
ui.d Miss Helen O'Connor, of Savannah,
visi'ed Mrs. John 4>'<iorman.'
Those who represented the Barnard
K. Hee Camp, I . C. V. at ti e reunion
I in Charleston xx'ere Capt. Jut . M. Hr 11,
II II Hall, P il Tcague, P A Einar. uel,
C Moseley, W M Jorilan, J H I.oomi,lo*eph
Hrunson and <1 C Fdmnns'nti. |
Mr. I.. II Fast man Pit last wet k lor
the north.
Mr. W. C VVeh-ter went to Charles- i
ton :?"d Ir on there lie xvill go to his
home in Hostou, Mass.
Mr. Dudley Hull, Jr., left la-t week
f.?r h"is home in Huston
Prof. W I' West |>rin i| ul of the
graded si liool was in thecily last week.
Last Sunday night xv.is the cnnrltiIsionof
the religious revival which was
| conducted by Rev. Mcl.ees a synodical
evangelist in ilie I'eobv teriau church.
Those xvho xvcrc converted arc: Mi-sesj
; A ii ilie Cr >-.s!aiid. Norm i McNair.
Pert ha Wanamakei Herilii Thorpe.
I Kith llir.es. Mrs. li-ss. Masters John
I?S..I_.?- I I .ntjlai?,,,n
llair?I ? tllj, IH|>ir; IVIIXV. -.M.
ami Ale.xnnder IUek.
Court will (MNVi'iH1 I lie third Monti..y
in .1 tino. Tut* celebrated I i'f
(Jreen case will I)*' tr ed dining this
t?-r n con t.
K. \V. M Dreary :iml S J Kntiiken
wei'ti sent a- representatives oi Aiken
Loil^c No. ?"> tout lei <1 t lit* (itiiul lotl j*e
ol the Knights til I'xthias in (Jreeiivi
lie.
' a |>t I.. J, l'arker lias accepted a position
with fclio Paraxon Ka nin Works.
ne;>r I.uigley. lie has moved Ins family
there ami that will hi their home
for 'lit future.
Mr (?eo ge DeMedicis who has heeti
quite sick I r a few - 'ays has focovered.
Mr. and Mrs 'I' M Youtiyblood, of
Klleiiton, are visiting at the lioni" of
< 'apt J. hn Dunbar.
Dr. II. II Wytiian has gone to Den-|
mark li. visit c tisin, Dr V innnt. who |
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M, Thaddeus Su.uJay school helil it>
iniiIIii 1 picnic at lto hill so lis pond.
Mi?-< lihetta Dow give a recital last
week for liar pupils at her home on
York street.
Mr K. W. llmlKt1, of Augusta, is I
holding services in the Jail on Sunday 1
afternoon.
The Iteer dispensary wiil he situated
in the llite building near the depot.
Mr J II Kennedy was appointed tlis
penser.
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l? |i >mi ul | li<> l-'ir^t National Rm
>?< l.ato.lmr^ hi January, I nil, ?eri
V17.0Uu.0l January, l'J0.\ $11,331.33;
January, .'903 f?W,874 H); January.
I'M I. I'J ],85'>. 1<(. Aoiir ' lent oil H|iproved
security and int thsI |i>id on
time deposits.
NO 21
JNDENCE.
Our Regular Correspond Are
All Newsy.
Ilulou And Baxter Dots.
This section is in lined nl rain. Tim
continued dry cool weather Keep* i|, .
crops backward, cotton i: up to v -r.good
stand and thinning is in r.ipi i
t progress. The ciop planted is the
J largest ever known in this section and
i the fiiiano Co, h is been liberally p??I
ronized. in my us inn I'M to On ? |bn p r
j acic. The corn is small but growing,
( rain crop though light is much better
than expected and will help much to
lengthen out the total supply tor man
and beast. The peach crop will l?:
short and our eyes are already turned
to the luscious blackberry pie ami
honey and only wish they were h*re
now.
Union Sunday school enjoyed last
Sunday one of its briph'.ebt days.
Kev. M. A (iunter preuched for us after
Sunday school to a large and >>plirt
Cintlve ciinvrecnlinu IIj mLh
made mi appointine-:! lor tlit? tliinl
Sunday evening; in June
tVi? learn Unit Hnteshurg is making
an effort to have electric lights and
water work*. Your scribe will enjoyall
this when in town. We say hurrah!
for our town.
Miss NiIn Adams is teaching music
in Ha>e-.btirg and is much delighted JT
with the kindness shown her by those
good people.
Mr and Mrs. CJ. M. Adams visited m
relatives in the Hollow Creek section M .
last week.
M r. Thomas Roatwright the oldest
landmark of this section died a ftw
days ago. His remains were laid to
rest in the family burying ground to
await the lion I Resurrection. The ser- Jp
vices were conducted by Rev K. Hall
to a large concourse or relatives and
friends. Mr. Hoa'wright was .? true
Christian, faithful husband and a kind
and loving father. We extend our
heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved
lamily. One by one they are crossing
the river of lite- We hope to meet
lli* ii. there.
The health of our community is very
good at present the small pox scare is <
all over and things are moving- on }
smoothly again. . / r \ '
Hcst wishes to the newsy A^pr* ?-- . -?-pAgjjy
May?: i_j i ,_j|
RIDOn SPRING.
At 8:30 Friday evening, the old bell
which has railed thoisnnds of scholars
to duty, saic! to the peop'e at larg",
the closing exercises of the school 1 egia-.
In a f.-w minutes the soft tiny
lingers of the fair daughter of our
town were Idling the hall with many
sounds of accuracy mid sweetnes--.
"The six cups of chocolate" was int? reatlingly
played by six charming sclio I
girls. Then the body of people hurried Iv
rell.-lircd .. I... < --
, .. ..i-.i- i < i resiiinems
were s?m veil, by the good ladies of tin*
Haptisl church. The deep base voices
i?I the spints of ntir town were mingled
witli tin* soil nnd tender feminine
voices of the good ladies. Welcome t
\ isilors joined in the unuso..lly pleasant
occasion. ilie a idiotice happily
retired t i their homes greatly ref-eshed
and b 'in-littrd
Friday afternoon lu-iiigs with Iter,
new aspects and a little excitement.
At o'clock our tioys hitched up
with your boys the Balesburg baseball
team and had a live game, scoring one
to notniug the first five innings in
It'dge Spring's favor Bnl by some
unexpecud way Itatcsburg made lier
run and lfidge Spring made lier runs.
At the end of tli game the score stood
7 to I in favor of Kidge Spring. Yor.r
boys arc a jollvset and il gives os
great pleasure to nlay tliem.
Kridn t'veuiog came on and at H ::i0
o'clock a few minutes the music began
and was most skilllu'ly rendered. A
solo, by Miss Kiuma tjnattlcbauui
aroused lie better nature of the audieiice
and'preparnil Iheiu for the excellent
lecture delivered by Hon. S. ('.
Maylield, on the subject of education,
iin splendid address was filled with
many puiigneiit and sensible remarks.
I'rol Jones mi* a liannv m?n i?i?
responsive conscience spoke peace to
his >c??iI for honest cll'ort and suceessful
achievements in tlic lesponsible po- ?
sition as principle of I lie Ridge Spring
11li school, lie speaks happily of his
work, and may regret very much to
leave a people, who are so well pleased
" ill: hi in as a Christian gentleman.
However, he did not leave all.for some
beat him leaving. We will givi our
candid opinion of a matter, which pre*
sen's lis self mos{ forcenbly t<i me
that i iady teacher i> by no means ineUieicul
to make the life of a professor
happy in the s'reng ti ?nds ol inatritn
ii y. A ml Unit tie solitude of a
ipiiei mm try home can he and is often
broken by the sweet strains of music
i hat swell r.land rich from dow n deep
in I lie still 1 nl a cu It ii red music t earlier.
(> vv h it a solemnity the weeping willow
nrings to bish upon the minds of ;
mankind, as its heavy dew-drops fall
from i's boughs. It may be tlie stillness
of ilie night shall lie broken l>y
(hat nil faiinhar song: ' We shall
nject each otln r there "
'flit lirsl sliii.uiHtii ??i r-.
ibis season lei! Satu-ilay for Columbia
iiiuM'li.irlestmi. This is the ??;?rliest.
ilnle lor tin* shipment of p aches from
our town. The crop tliis si mime
promi es to b- an average or.e though
r.iio is bail I \ neeileil jiut now.
Col !>. ,1. (ir>flltl?, of Culumbia. is
visitin his daoijliter, Mrs j A. Merrill.
Mr. /. )Vi lie Carwile,ol Augusta, is
.penning a while wiin relatives near
town.
Mrs. .1 Mart writ Kd wards alter a
short visit to Coliiniliia returned hotne
Saturday.
Mr \\ S. Itont weight left for Clayton,
Del., last Sunday where he has aerep
eda position wit lit lie Swift R"frigrafor
eompany.
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