BATESBURQ' ADVOCATE
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1908.
Batesburg has light? all night no*
and a great convenience it is too.
But very few change* have been
made in any of our lirms so far this
year.
If there were no newspapers and no
?women how on earth would we
know what happens.
Next Christmas will be the last for
Teddy bears The naxt animal we
hope will be a j ick rabbit.
Ira Hicks the weather profit predicts
for this raonth:-sncw birds,
snow balling and sleigh riding.
Cotton is moving very slowly and
the farmers are still holding out foi
that fifteen cent crcp which lias been
promised them.
It will not be necessary to make so
many good resolutions in the State of
Georgia next year if the prohibition
stib holds good.
There is trouble ahead for the new
governor of Kentucky if the "Night
Riders" persist in their deptcdatiorip.
He is a man that w ill not tolerate
such doipgs.
'PI II .I* I ) Vl ! I lill/l.l Vl. Ail At' V ll-n? 1
iiz> ? fin, i ' u. ' ? iiuvi v/1 na: .
has taken a strong jjJ^Uorm In llu
race against Latimer for lite l:nit< >
States senate. Any one who lias care
fully read his views on the several important
questions of the hour cannot
but see if elected lie will make some
radical changes.
Tres. Fidey of the Southern has
decided to give the South the benolii
of the two and one half cent rate notwithstanding
he thinks it very detrimental
to the present progress ol
railroading. He 1? a man who tries
to please the people and ha'e every
thing work In harmony.
Augustans do not want lo admit
that tlie North Augusta dispensary is
iiomg siicn a grand business, they
would rather have the people iniagim
that the 5)6 bars closed on the first ol
this month were merely ornaments to
the city by the river and that ther
people kept them up just to draw
trade.
This is to warn all unsuspecting
young men of the fact that for twelve
years to come there will not be another
"leap-year." It is uuite true the |
poor girls should should have their s
Innings as they only hive as a rule the i
chance once In four years, and It
would not be more than right togive (
them a catch-as catch-can chance '
considering it V;ill be so long before ^
c
tbey will have the same opportunity.
But be on your guard my boys
lest they get you before you are
fully aware of toe fact, 'l imes arc |
Lard and luxuries high and it is a
foregone conclusion that wives (the
|>cst of them) have a way of getting
'money out of a fellow even when a
court of law cannot accomplish the I
Eame act. You need not worry ab;>u!
the same idrls tfivintf you trouble
twelve years hence.
In our Issue of last week we made
>
mention of a county treasurer beinK
Bhort in his accounts.
.Since that'time it develops that the
treasurer bad the money to maketfood
and the faftlt was mostly In the
book-Keeping. Is it any wonder that
the books of our county treasurers
phould ?et twisted when 30.1 take the
palary they receive into consideration?
K - - '
For Instance tbe treasurer of LexluKtou
county, one of the largest iu
the state receives but fl)00 per year
out of which he has to pay for a clerk,
transportatiou from place to place to
collect taxes, and whenever absent
from Ins otllee he has to pay a man to
take his place aud be responsible for
that man under bis bond, besides paying
for his own b>nd. This oltlce is
the most responsible in the county
and us it carries a greater trust with
it, and yet it commands the smallest
salary. After tire above expenses ari
deducted a little mare than $700 is
left. Tile work attached to this
olllce i3 full of detail, owing to the
fact that an itemized account should
be rendered the Comptroller Genera,
at very short Intervals which in itself
requires a great amjunt of flgureing
and verif> ing. The legislator shouui
by all means look into this niattei
and make the salary in proportion to
the trust and work attached to the
office.
COUNTY ELECTION
KnTiinnnn imin
rtujuuumj vuiu.
COUNTY BOARD DECIDES
AGAINST CALHOUN
COUNTY
AN APPEAL IS VERY
LIKELY
ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES AT VARIOUS
PRECIS CIS GROUNDS
roa decision. ihe decision
in full.
Orangeburg, January 2.?The count)
board of canvassers after spending twe
d'ys bearing testimony and evidence,
ioday declared the Calhoun Count)
election illegal, nail and void.
The hoard is composed of John S
bowman, Jr., chairman; W. B. FogU
and T. J. Ilart.
The decision of the board' which was
unanimous, is as follows:
' We find some irregularities in sev
eral books, such as voting outside o
right precinct, not demanding propci
prooi in payment 01 taxes, etc., DUi
we tind there are not enough of thesi
nebula iango I Ik result o
; his clei
*' We I ui t ha,i, aiioi , .*> 01
<a?otv? tftr resRltng within
^ivpy.il 4 llc'i? Cvutil)
ut (uiitO^ui, ii*c!udiiiK portions ol
Orange, Good by s ana Poplar town
ships, were deprived of the constitu
tional right to vote in this election, as
the said electors are residents of the
proposed new county, while their vot'
ing places are without, and the act ol
the legislature relating to the formation
of new count'es docs oot provide
the means or the opportunity t<) vote
in -uch case.
' We therefore lind that in depriving
these ijua'lfied electors of the ri^ht
10 vote the constitutional provision has
l?cen violated, and Oil tliis ground w<
In leieby declare this election mil
nd v.iid.'
It is presumed that Hie Calhoun
county advocates will appeal to the
State board, and should that body not
reverse the county board I hey will
take the matter to Hie supreme court
However, t! e matter would betaken
to the supreme court by the opponents
of tiie new county in the event of an
idvprKf (lwisiin l>u llu>
Should iho new county not win it
will mean that the whole mailer wiil
liave to he tfone over a^ain?petitions,
nirveys, election and all -shmid they
*enew their litfht fur tnc new countv
Messrs Wm C. NVo'fe ar.d Col. W.
>. 1 lei bert of I he local bar made the
I.-hi for he ipposition and .dr. It. II
?Velsh of Columbia and \V. F. Huyck
>f St. Matthews opposed in behalf of
,hc new county,
CANDIDATE FOR THE
SENATE.
)EFINITr:LY ANNOUNCED THAT
FORMER GOV. EVANS WILL
BE IN RACE FORLAT
IMER'S SEAT.
Spartanburg. Jan. 7.?'That Ex Gov.
lolin Gary Evans is In Columbia for
i final conference with his friends be
'ore announcing bis candidacy for the
United States Senate was the anlouncemenl
made here tonight. It
las ba :n definitely decided that he
will enter the race and his announce
ncnt will be rrade tomorrow accord
ng to his friends here.
WODUT REMOTE
: THE DISPENSART.
AUGUSTA CITY COUNCIL
PETITIONS THE LEGISLATURE.
mn flnim n r\ u uimmn n
1U 5LMJ UUMITIfib
HERE.
CLAIMED THAT TVE SALE Of
LIQUOR IN NORTH AUGUSTA
IS DEFEATING THE GEORGIA
LAW.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 0.?Finding it
impossible to kill the North Augusta
dispensary by putting a toll on the
bridge connecting Augusta with North
Augusta, city council tonight decided
by strong resolution to take the mat
ter up direct with the South Carol! na
legislature. Three committeemen and
the mayor will appear before the legislature.
The resolutions adopted
follow:
'Whereas, the State of Georgia has
enacted a prohibition law, prohibiting
the sale of liquor within the cotiiincs
of the said State; and
"Whereas, the city of Augusta Is a
municipal corporation within the
said State or Georgia, and by virtue of
said law in the territory covered by
the said city of Augusta tr.e sale of
liquor is prohibited: and
"Whereas, the Stale of South Carolina,
an adjoining State to the State
of Georgia, has enacted a iocai option
dispensary system. whereby each
county is allowed t l?e option of dccid'
inn whether dispensaries shall be
' established within its territory; and
> 'Whereas, the county of Aiken, in
the State of South Carolina, is separated
from t he Slate of Georgia by the
Savannah river at Augusta; and
f "Whereas, the county board of dispensers
of the county of Aiken has
5 secii fit, under the power given them
under the recent local option dispell"
sary act of the State of South Carof
lina, known as the Oarey-Cothran act
r to estabiesb a dispensary at the foot
of t!>e bridge located only a few hundred
I'ltr'1" from tV-- " r
'and
"Whereas the location f said din!
p^i|sa, w 1 the - g < : lie, : with'luiit
restriction at said point is e-?so
luteiy destructive of tlie effect to be
^ obtained by the prohibition law of the
State of Georgia; and
"Whereas, the State of South Caro1
lina and the State of Georgia have
? ever acted in unison for the common
good of each other; and
f t< wi,
?. ucican, imj: esLaunsninent 01 a
dispensary at this point tends to nullify,
>f not absolutely destroy, the In!
tcntion of the prohibition law of
Georgia; be it
> '-Resolved, That the city council of
- Augusta do have addressed to the leg'
islature of South Carolina a memorial
selling forth the preambles herein
1 contaimd. and petitioning tliat honorable
body for llie reasons herein
1 before set forth to so amend the law
nov> in operation in that State as to
not destroy completely the desires of
the people of Georgia, as evinced by
ihe overwhelming majority of its
ehosen reprcsenta-uves, that the sale
of liquor should be forever prohibited
in its con lines, and tc send to the
legislature of South Carolina a committee
from this body to present that
memorial and to irge that the State
of South Carolina grant to this
municipality relief from what will
apparently be a c i.dith n of unmixed
evil."
SOME HANDSOME CALENDERS.
The Georgia Railroad Bank of Augusta
(la , has sent to its customers a
verv handsome and unique calendar.
It is made of crystaloid and bound on
the corners with silver clasps, the
Calender nronor i?j fr:imwl wlili ?
hroir/.c silver eintos>ed frame. An
excellent picture of the handsome
bank building with a li>t of llie director"
tills up the left hand pcriim
of the work of art
The Hamilton Brown Shoe Co , has
Issued a very striking calender disputing
a western girl in action. She
is c'ressed in the western style with
pistol in belt, cow puneher lint and
leather suit. 'I lie coloring Is cxccl|lent
and makes a very noticcabla pic
B
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ture. It is se e E, \
Cullum Co.
The Citizen: tesbur
t has issued ca car as j
i their custom. -y hav
. two kinds. One > .1 prett
. girl in the blooi" ood an
t freshness and tl esents
little hoy giving doK h
, the henetit of t tie
It \?ng '?v i ' t
number from the standpoint of Illustrations.
In addition to Flag's sir itinn
cover design, there is a lull-pax
reproduction if W. Balfour Ker
painting "Forgotten." It lepresent
a winter farm scene, the house an
barn in tiie distance, and the old fam
ily horse standing drearilr by the pat
lure bars, ankle deep in the fallio
snow?forgotten.
Dr. Male's Monthly Talk is on th
'subject of ''New Year's Wishes,
.lack London contributes the first let
t.er of his important series of first-ban
impressions I for which (lie Woman
rlome Companion sent htm around th
world: it is the record of a nrarveloti
adventure atm?ngthe lepers of Moloka
In the January number begins a serie
of programs and selections of I he musi
of to day of the great muslc-lovh;
nations. The January program whlc
is American, is supplemented by th
music and words o two songs by ("lay
ton Johns, hints as to the making of i
I Mil TP! a ruji WteT w* 5
ill-' 1L O t' ! fi I 11JU,
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juiyuuiiu iu uuhDlb*
WILCOX, PARK IN THE-PINES AN]
HAMPTON TERRACE DEBARRED.
Columbia. S.C., Jan . 6.?Attorne
General Lyon tonight rendered t
Governor Ansel an opinion, based oi
Auditor West's report, on Wilcox
Park.in-the- Pines and Hampton Ter
race Hotels. Neither of them will st
cure dispensary rights, in Hie Wilcox
a restaurant is conducted. Section 1
of the act would be violated if a dis
pensary were put there. As to th
l'ark-in-the.Pines and the llampto;
Terrace sections 12 and 29 would b
vio.'ated, because of the location c
the hotels and because of 'dnnkin
in the rooms' which wotld likely fo
low.
THE JANUARY WOMAN'S ROM
COMPANION.
The Woman's Home Companion fo
January begins well with a handsorn
and showy cover design by Jan.t
Montiromerv b'lainr It is a notnh!
HHMHMB I
Happy New
Wishing you all a ha
New Year and thanking eac
liberal patronage during
liciting a share of your 1
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ever y uii-Liig j.xi uur j. ?iit:
Horses, Mules, Bugg
Coffins and Harness , Pair
earth, and Caskets, thre
nection, also Hardware.
Mr. L. D. Brabham w:
me this year and we propo
interest to deal 7/ith us.
M.
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We will save you monc.
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D ifinnc hirrnric
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Curtains, Sewii
Furniture and <
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' Broadway
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program, by Madame Nordica, and instructions
as to the rendering of each
" piece on the program by tlie composer
e themselves.
is Anions the Hction is an important
e instalment of Mrs Elizabeth Ktuart
i- Phelps' yrcat novel, 'ThoUKh Life Us ^
t- Do Part:" "The Adjusted Honeye
moon,*'by Anne Earner; "A Lesson t
's in Consequence." by Mary Wilhclmina
s Hastings: "Hose Mary," a Quaker j*
d love story by Carrie litnt Latta, and f
"The Lamps of I'ysche," bv Z >na
Gale, autiior of tire new popular novels |
' The Loves of IMeas and Kiiaire."
K A n interesting feature of tins issue *
of the Companion is a new department:
e entitled''Teens and Twenties," con-I*
?? ducted tiy Lucy Norma i. The horticultural
authority, Samuel Armstrong
" Hamilton, contributes a valuable arti- j
cle on' Plants for the Winter Win's
dow," Anna Steele hiehardson's de- |
e parlment for The Uirl Who Gams Her
us () vn Living is as valuable as ever, as |
t is Mrs Sangsler s Home Page.
A new departure is a St udy of Three
s Important Micct-.'sful I'lajs. by An:ie
c 1' acock
K
11 Free.
e Our price list for dyeing ai d clean.
ing ee. Old clothes made new.
C. Laundry and I'ye Wor<s.
a Columbia, S ? . ,
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Year to All
ppy and prosperous
h and every one Tor the
the year 1907 and sobuslnesS
for 1908 for
ies,Wagons, Carriages
its that cover the
e (3) Hearses in conLll
be associated with
se to make it to your
E, RUTLAND
{m with Mnsii
It VMA 11 A V II A1AMWA'
tfill wive .is niuc.li pleasure to vourself
i pi.i i
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use, nomas t
y, and nive you easy terms.
Ve are Leaders in
, Furniture, Carpets, Ri
nor Mnrhinoc ?i h\/ C o
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?verythiii? known in Mm
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EVERYTHING
In Drugs.
When you have a prescription
filled, you want
o be sure that pure drugs
ire used--When they are
i'.led by our Licensed
Druggist, with our pure
irugs, the best results are
-*Kt n i rif?H
Our I ine of Patent Medicines
are complete. We
have horse, Cattle and
Poultry Powders.
Keep us in mind
THE CROSSON
DRUG CO.
Lee*villc'5 Popular Druggists.
Leesville, S. C.
c in your Home
and vour family as
r a; >r ;an Jroto tho
inn hHrinii lift.
k>a v? v WA W V tA V V
igs, Mattings,
rriages, Office
sic.
ton Co.
UGUSTA, GA.
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GKO. RKM.TIMMKRMAN.
I. W M. THURMOND.
TIIIJKMONI) ?t '1'IMMKHMAN.
ATTOKKKY8-A r-I.AW.
Will practice in all the State am* U.
S. Courts.
Ollke in Kautrinan Lkiilding,
Lexington, S. C.
BAkRETT JONES,
ATTOllNKY AT I.AW.
BATES BUItO, S. C.
Careful attention tfiven to ail busines. .
Fikst National Ha\k Buildino IJp
Staiks.
L. M. MITCH ELL
I'llyrician am- sciho'on.
Bateshur^, S. C.
Office Hours:
8 to 9 a. in.
9 to 3 p. in.
7 :30 to 9 |>. m,
E. L. AS BILL.
/ t Arnon r? r> r\ /L - 4 ' -
..vivi iigj aim vAiuiinciiur at UIW
LKKSVILLK. S. C
AV* business uiven careful atl-ent? ji?
Advocate $1
per year
l>R. I. A. WATSON.
Dkntiht,
BMtvsburg, S. O.
< in Telepnmir Building,
At Ridge Spring Kvcry Thursday