Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BATESBURQ ADVOCATETthe lite ^_______ a Prlmc Entered at the Batesburg* S CL Poet ?ot 'a* * Office as Second Class Mail Matter. PNo attention paid to x>rrespond- The enoe that is not signed by -sender's ton, 6 sorroot name. Ncwsi Wltcn sending in change of address strong always give jour old post office. ago it ' were a N. Rogers Bayly, Ed. and Prop. the hi ?2?? it is, 1 FRIDAY, MARCH 17. a,K We OLD KINO COTTON AND THE CZAR l,1J N i.ontri Cf natures offerings few are injur- ljshm ious, if used In moderation, and all are mRrlt dangerous if carried to excess. This ol(ies is a law mote inexorlble than that of i. 11 the Meads and the Persians { j To the thoughless and inconsiderate ^]u who because a thing is good have tion. forced it too hard, this Spells Bad wjjj' Luck - To the community, which, be- . cause some one thing appears pccul- Sout, iarly adapted to its environment, sur- ^ renders itscl' to that one thing exclusively, this has but one ending and that disaster. T Any section of country, which can produce in perfection that which can- u,ah not be elsewhere grown, is beyond con- olini troversy, a favored region; if such a land does not advance to permanent mur prosperity, lack of progress cannot be as. ,l signed to nature, nature being no where tent more bountiful, but must be charged, ncw where it rightfully belongs, to man. life The exercise of energy and good nals judgement, no matter how favorable no " conditions maybe, are the only factors mee toat will win success for him who tills we 1 the soil. com Tlie Czar is emperor of the Russians 1 au,c and cotton in our Southern States is xa'1 King. The farmeis and peasants of |*rai Russia groan under despotism and the 'n ? planters and farmers of the South are r'k>' everywhere complaining and speech arK* making against King Cotton's tyran- l!1 a ny. The Russian farmers' resistance of ^ nCe, takes concrete form in deadly, dynamite but the Southern planter's dissatisfaction tires itseif out in talk. The Czar, out of sight, trembles in se_ ^ elusion, but old King Cotton laughs Acc #r\inlY in the farmer's face, for he 0f ^ i knows full well, that the crusades a- ing , gainst him are largely gammon and pri( that, in spite of all scid and written, iC(m, on*t. tne nsmbei of acres planted in his homage-in Cotton-- ^ec. ? steadily, year by year, increase it. RAISE WHAT YOU BUY. of A No truism has more thoroughly by 1 proven its truth than that "A dollar but saved is a dollar made." And no farn where will that axiom more pertinent- T1 ly apply than to the Cotton raising Soul states and, to none more particularly East than to South Carolina. to 1 With cotton at 7 1-2 ceuts and, with pota thousands of bales j*et in the hands of by t the planter and, another gathering, East fast approaching, what, to the mar, Uwn who can see through a mill stone, is the outlook ahead for paying cotton? Are planters reducing their acreage HA in cotton? From the tenefr, of what Ila is being spread broadcast they should whal be, but we have yet to find the indi- an 4 vidual planter that is reducing his ?row cotton acreage. It is estimated that, her 1 nearly four fifths of the cotton plant- ive,K ers of South Carolina, buy corn instead a 'lea ^ Of r&isiflC it.- that, is lnworini* f Iao A i M -- .?MW ? ?v ?Tva(U5 til'; twt j I of cotton, bv planting too much of it, 10 er' and going into debt to the merchants date by planting too little corn, thereby 's sa'' entailing upon themselves a double ?t'ier S loss, loss from low price of cotton and the P X loss of the money paid for corn which tlie they might have raised themselves. const J Five acres in corn, on fair land, will anc* ? easily keep one mule for a year. Should mun^ every farmer plant five acres of corn tl,e ol ?j annually for each mule and horse the wiI1 a success of the fanner would be easily 0 foretold in less cotton to lower prices ? and more corn to save store bills. sirabl ? l'ROVE OUR TOWN A CITY. OLJt ilt would lje diflicult to find a city of Kllir note, whether in America or abroad, which hasn't one or more places pro- yia" vidcd for the reasonable enjoyment of leisure time, and, it is saf j to say. "I'R that no where municipal life can be Astr well rounded and complete without j A'i*e safety values of this nature. Lati By setting ijeforc young men inno- ,,ota cent means of recreation muny are (;ree kept out of serious temptations; t here l*a by holding the tone of a community to SlutJ the highest level. Itap a A place where men can meet, after y/1 1 the duties of the day. to enjoy the Hang k pleasure and benefits- of each others Wh I society, to play thoughtful games or Anel( S whist, to pass an hour or so in 1,01:110 Aryai 1 effort of skill and to hold converse pro I through the magazines with all that Pbyatt I la bright, ezileratlng and elevating in rary world is not a luxury It Is i necessity Batesburu needs a II. F. 11F 3lub. E NEWS AND COURIER. 1 til News and Courier, of Charles* iouth Carolina, is the oldest >apor South of Baltimore. Md rs, It Is wise; in strength, none Le er. One hundred and two years Jome in was founded, when Newspapers l'on la l luxury for the rich, but now, xury having grown a necessity ike breakfast, the daily need of learn with great pleasure, tha' ews and Courier has awarded lets to remodel its whole estab. ent, and, upon this result of ed success, we congratulate our t sister. Guntc ere will be set up in this remodDuilding a hew Hoc Press, eapa- Ext ' printing 24 pages in one opera*n up-to-date Stereotyping olant Destroys ilso be established. They will i s written that no Journal in the Kills Bugs li will outstride our state's Pride, , v . , Quick Sih News and Courier?Cod speed. ====== 2 A O WHITE MEN CONVICTED. With drop| i South Carolina is to be congrat ;d that a white Jury of South Car- inone\ hae an at Darlington S. C. has con?d two lawless white men for the dcr of an inoffensive negro; one is ang, the other to go to the Pcni- Next t iary for life. May this mark a era for South Carolina. Make and limb secure: punisb all crimi , nigu or row, wuite or uihck: ?et nurderer escape his just deserts; t out even justice to all and soon *= will tind that a new era has indeed e; our lands will be sought by lawling and thrifty home seekers; its ic will increase; desirable i.nmiats will no longer refuse to settle ur midst, and what is ours, by TP|-? l\ it of favored conditions, climate ^ soil, will soon take concrete form, n increase of population, made up ust the kind of people, we most . A Polic] j. ?~ forward A PROFITABLE CROP. j When y< bout 15 or 20 years ago some get our ad-of-his-neiglibors farmer of omac County on the Eastern Shore. Marshal "irginia conceived the idea of rais Irish potatoes as a Standard Crop ? ar to the reign of the Potato, Aelae Count v resembled _vcrv..ji)ucU er words, land allowed to run waste " ruse nothing had as yet been found t could be profitably produced from ]\\ fl?< t That the pioneer potato farmer ~ * ccomac met success was proven lis imitators and. where, once was a waste of Sand, there is now UltlcE i after farm of high fertility.. tat the Irish potato can do for I DIRECTOR! h Carolina what it has done forthe I ?V.I. j em Shore of Virginia there seems eorgeS. Me je little doubt, and. that the Irish Does a g to is a profitable crop is told Account 1 v Prompt lie changed conditions on tlie ern Shore of Virginia more surely ????? i it could be told in woidi. \A ~ J\Je> TESBURG'S SOLID ADVANCE. tesburg jiasn't a boom, but it lias, 1 .vpewrite ' ' that you are t. is of far more value, and that is key depressh xpansion from tlie legitimate wol'c aiul gr th required to keep in touch with Exclusip?alu jusiness advance and the attract- Writing on ?ssof lier conditions as a home and paper. No ilt.li resort. postal cards company has just been organized P*9 d"'ies'''' i j ... . . , insert. Only ect a large and thoroughly up to wU1| perfec1 hotel of over 50 bed rooms, and it manent alig d tliat tennis grounds and all affected by \ ' requisites will be provided for paper guide. leasure of the guests. Between pa per btra iummerland Hotel, now under Only tvpew The llamu) ruction not over a mile away, an,i some goo ur new Hotel, a chain of com- Mailorders . ation should set in, one being point to uie oilier, that dd thousands of dollars to the f Batesburg and bring into our hundreds of attractive and de- " e people. Calculus an ?- Rhetoric ai J MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL. Hoax it in, 1 it in, cram it in, Student s udent's heads are liollow: Fcold it in, 1 It in, jam It it, All that t ill there's more to follow; j,?oul jn \ iene and history, Till pinch onomy, mystery, Thc same ui bra, histology, Tclls 0f m0v nA etymology, Meals unt-3 ny, geometry, Those who' k and trigonometery; m it in, cram It in, With aching ent's heads are hollow. I low the tea 11 taP 11 lni Hammed it i at are teachers paid for? Crnnched it i It in, slap it in, Uubbcd ,t at are students made fur? |.resse,| and . mt archaeology, Rapped itan, a philology, W|1#n t|)elr h sody, zodlogy, cs, climatology, I ^ THE BATESBPRQ ADVOCATE. " ; " I JNDRIX, J. L. MATTHEWS, II. A. MKKTXK, . lent. Vice, l'rcs. Cashier e Bank of Leesville, L 1 * cia nan nn ,a vupuai, *p*ju,v/uv.v/v/ esvil|e, - South Carolina. to see us, we want to see and know you all. Kverv precau,ken to insure safety to depositors. * M 0 HSONI Flavoring .rsB.dbuS p f . , erminator HXlraClS. \ and prevents lied Burs. Our Extracts of Lemon and Valot stay where applied. "'11a are second to none. We and Eggs. Superior to make them full strength and to or and other l'oisons. give satisfaction. Wc are proud I of their quality and want you to ' try them. jer for applying. Your Your Money hack if not sat is k if not satisticd. Hod. Gunter's Drug Store, o Postoffice, Batesburg, S. C. r Old Reliable I /lanhattan Life Insurance Co., of New York. ^-Holders Company. Its Policies are simple, clean., st raiglitcontracts It is one of t'.?e strongest companies in i lie world, au want First Class Protection, or investment, call on us and rates. We write up to-date Policies. II B. Young, General Agent, Columbia, S. C. h Phibbs, Agents, Rutland Building, BATESBURG i. ^CHANTS BANK, al?aUSTa Commenced Business February I, 190-1 WALTON. President. 1VM. ,i. HOLLlNGb WORTH, Vice-Pit ks ALBERT S. HATCH, Casiitkr. 5:; Maurice Walton, Win J. Ilollingswnrtli, Win. II. Barrett T. Puod, .Tames E. Tarver, William Martin, L. L. Arri nton , Camming, Bryan Lawrence, John J. Evans, Thomas li Maxwel rphey. - . enernl Banking Business. J'ays interest on special (Savin" ) acc'P so!' Merchants, Corporations and individuals s diciled. and courteous attention cuar.-mt epd .<?ini , .i i..~.. /ORTH INVESTIGATING! v Manifolding Hammond Typewriters r operators do you realize if you are using other than a Hammond doing over twice as much writing as is neecessary? (Hammond m liglieraml only one-half tint of other machines, hence leseater speed) Write lor Catalogue and learn. Hammond J . n.iiii.uiii I J' 1 writer j , | ^^ ^ ^ \,, ^,,, ightening. (No letters diagonally written.) A iriter which will do as pretty work when old as when new, etc. * oild has all of the good points of all other typewriters rninliniuii d points which they hav'nt. for supplies for all machines solicited. Decania Dowling, 51' (Jen. Agt, N. & S. Carolina. * Columbia, S. . I (1 mathematics, id hydrostatics; "" coax it in, ? heads are hollow. ^ (jOOO I mould it in, I 5-? Shave I ed, sad and pale, ! ] nvarying tale, Call alwayS he jf_ ncnts robbed from sleep, j |\ g ?/ . ET ted, studies deep: IlclCl 111 ~ vc passed the furnace1 Barber : hrow'wi'n teli to you. Shop in the rear _ of Dr. Harris' cher crammed it in, n, jammed it in, Drugstore. Clean in, punched it in, towels always -1"1 , clubbed it in, j j '',:'1 caressed it in, ! eacB clHCl tl COIll = ' sl asiappe,i am, .petent white bar* it leads were hollow. ?Selected, j tier# ^ h I JBO ^ Our Success . . Our Sale Guided by that as our Compass we have boug just what you want. Without your con deuce we could not exist. So in dealing wi us have no doubts, we will treat you rigl The quality of our Qoods pleases the m< fastidious, and our nrices anneal to the m< sensitive pocket J. C. GLOVER. Jur Success-Our Sales. Our Success-Our S VI; MAKH A S1JECIALTY ^ XX J^ITITURE Jlance at these prices; they knock doubt away. Nive f r- ''<!; Solid Oak Suits, $18.00 (J'.ri' M i? ' ? , : . Gold Finish, well made, no shoddy,*"35.00, $40 ( You .n'1 . I to pass these by. Solid (> v > "vids in endless variety. We begin at $10.50, $15.( nd tc 1 i ii <); i- 'ys> oil Board is a gem that shines out its own value. We h \ i!i .villi springs at 25c., Rugs 50c. Art Squares $2.98, ables o-"?c. Hie finest line of Stoves in the Ma Iron King. Iron Age, the Steel Cooks for $9 50 Fine Steel Ranges with warming Closet and Six holes, only $3o.00. 1.95 p r roll. Our beautifu Neelde Case for asking. Let us know your wants, if you cant come to see us. The J. L. Bowles Furniture C< >04 Broad Street. Augusl GET OUR PRICES 01 (ill o and Ac s V.'o Handle a Full Line of v 2 rkl\ * ia-Carol i na Cheir vorn piiiiy, and Armour Fertilizers W. P. ROOF, = - Lexington. S s FINEST JL LOW] WORK. Atlanta Granite Work tjriALKRS IX til Kinds of Monuments, Stat work and Iron Fences. e make :m\i lini; from the Lightest Marble Slab to the Heavies oniiiiient r \'.<uJt We have a fully equipped cutting and liuist itli I lie h> t pneumatic tools to compete with any of the wholesale irp i 'as are the very lowest consistent with llrst-class material unship i ?r prices and estimates call on or correspond with ?. W. I'ARNKS = Ride-e Snrino - ?jr " wwfwrwtrmwmnfi* w ,, pi. If yon have a I CWache. Mer-I Machinery ? vai^me 5 Y ill ii i in 10 minutes. Din-o stores. | Mill Suppl i n .U:Si;:i :Tiimau?ui?iW Lowest price: DANiBL BAGGOTT. !iss Alma I ani? 1, daughter ofDrJj the State. in I?aui> ! S ilu la and Mr. .lolin j " ?g 1: .s- ii ' I: Mr. Ikiggott, Hapt win: married I I * n I I ?U at Ivlgc field In j * 13# 1 I* B i. t. i*. ltuIT'.-ss. seat on the New York stock cx | ^ like has been sold tcr t^i/iOO. , Columbia, ... Dentist. Leesvillo, S. C. I, Ofllce over Austin's store. I.. U. MITCII Kf.l.. . ?. I PUYBIClAN AND SUKOE.iN. ^B II" I Hatesburg, S. C. XL. i. I Olllce Hours: U B 8 to ?a. in. )St I 2 to <J p. in. H I 7 :30 to 9 p. m, I DR, J. A. WATSON, I ~" I Dkntist. B 9 Datesburg, S. C. B I OUlce ia^Telephotid li'llii I Uco. liBbi.Timmkuman. H J. Wm. Thckmond. H THURMOND & TIMMKUMAN, ATTOKNK Y9-A M.AW. B Will practice in all the State and U. B _? S. Courts. B ( I | < OHice in KautFmar. Building, Lexington, S, C. P J- DR. TI1EO. A. QUATTI.EBAUM Physician and Sukokon. t : all IJatesburg, S,C. I T. 13. KERN A UII AN, s X>,$S? 00. INSl'RANl.'K, R), *18.00 Tabouret BATESRUKU, - - S. C. DR. W. P. TIM ME KM AN, I rket. Offers liis professional service to I the people of Datesburg aso vicinity. OHiee'over the National Dank, and Mattings can found there day or night. HATES IS I'KG. S. C. D. M. CKOSSON, M. Ib L Pbtsiman and Surokon. La, Ga. V I.EKSVILLE, S. C. f ^ P. F. STUOTIIEU #*|' A'1T()RNK\ AT I. AW I m _ llATHSUl'Rti. S. C. Ill Low Rates Via Southern A Railway. B To New Orleans, La.?Mobile, Ala. B I'ensacola, Fia. One tirst class fare. H plus twenty live cents for the round T trip from all coupon stations. Tickets on sale .>larcl^^^i^irnite(^Marcl^^^^^^^^^J^fc| 7 m hi- i'.h'.., Ileal Mar''haiiiWWHW^^ B Vivilians went .v For Military \ ' Hands in uniform accompanying thei^^^^^ i in parties 20 or more on one ticket? j at one cent per mile plus arbitraries i iv ituia iiuiu .uarcu _uti and 3rd, - tor , limited March sth. lthV>, but may be 1 extended (o March 18th, 1DU4. fl ' Very!o-v ratestoother points now J j ? n effect. j THE SOUTH EE N RAILWAY is 1? the best route to the above points? * operating through Pullman and Hilling ears on all through trains, j?sprp For full information apply to any J| Agent Southern Railway, or. It. W. HUNT, 1)1 V1SK ?N PASSE NO EE A (IE NT p en \hi.ksr<> \, s. i'. | When In Need Of A :s> Present, ! uarv >'ou want to fit up ^ your own table with SILVER, or buy a WATCH, t Granite or buy a DIAMOND, or trade,'In1 a,1y killtl ?f ???d? SOlund wor jcjt aeliable Jewelry for your eelf, be sure to call C Oil us for it. Yon ran ;?1. ways be sure to get the ^ J best and the right thing, bint>* as we 011 '1avc solid goods, and only buy t!:e kind we know to be the Hid I right style and pattern for whatever you want to I* use it. Come in the first !opportunity you have and ' ask us to show you what ever you may be interest- k ed in. I We will be only I >o ^la?l to show ! you and toll von all about it. IT y< 11 jj dont want to buy ;t 11 y111 i 1 tints al'aiyht. We can't s II with ut show Jojf. so come. to, I > CO1 I JVTiin Street, 1 Columbia, C.