The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, November 13, 1908, Image 1
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3 GEORGIA RAILROAD riANI
? AUUUSI'A. (iEORUIA.
\S CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $550,000.00
^ On January 1st a Savings Department
m was added to this Dank. All money deposited
therein bears interest at 4 per
e.Jt Compounded January and July.
jg THIS iS YOUR OPPORTUNITY
*WiSi who understands tliu conviendoinj^'business
w it h a t horou.nhly
l?lc l?ank of character and back in
yv^^BKl ami the till tic 1 hm ? the connection
YvEB infuse into his own business, will
|A\ m hesitate to place his account with
>\\ knowing' the exceptionally Inch sta
i 11 we have in the local eonnneri
% Za* roh community. W'e solicit t lie accounts'
lv-l il in resoonsihle linns si ml i ml i v id 11:1 Is
Riff; - CITIZENS
BANK
of Batesburg, i. C
| I ntci'fst paid (iuarlt'1'ly <?n 1 innMl?'|H)
/ Vou arc cordially invited to open a Savm^ Account with the
> Columbia Savings Bank iic Trust Compair
m Absolutely Safe. Saving acc unts by Mail Solicited
V Interest at -4 per cent.
/ I). C. llliYWARD, President. COLUMISIA, S.
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Private I)?ning Rooms for Theatre Partie
Choicest Edibles of the Season.
POPULAR PRICES
Everything Clean, Neat and Up-to-date.
MALA VIS BROTHERS
837 Br< ad St. Augusta,
Notice Mr. Gus W. Kite the L
in town this week.
All persons owing Compound Tax
fior the latter part of the year will Mr. Ernest Hartley spent 1
please see John G. Darby. Chief of with the homefolks.
Police and get their receipts, This
tax was due on the 1st of the month Mrs. W . L. Rawl spent las
and as the Chief of Police has so in Columbia,
much road work it will be impossi- ... ,
ble for him to look you up. . M,ss Cornel,a ?lenn sPen>
W. C. Bates, Mayor. !in Leesville.
" . I Mr. James Cullum returi
I OR SALE day from Columbia.
Thorough rred Rhode Island Red ;
roosters. S|?tj/ig liatcli. J Miss Ma> I lite spent Si
N. Rogers Bayly. Leesville.
Mlvocate Office. .. T /
Mr. J G. Cooner spent yc
l adies' Skirts cleaned and pressed in Augusta.
#t rierrj's, National Bank lild'g.,
over katvl's Cigar Store Country! Miss Missouii Glover has l
orders given special care. from Edgefield.
, . r. ~ , Mr. Kellers Mitchell was
Land I or Sale Sunday
Ahout 500 acres land near Seivern,
S. C. 25 acres under cultivation rest Mr. Walter Beasley is visi
woadland which includes one water father, Kev. Beasley.
saw mill and griss mill, (iood stand.
Will take $500 cash, rest due In one 1 ' Rutland spent
and two years. Also I will sell my with friends at Monetta.
stand and stock of merchandise at i nr ..
I mr. r. w. names, ol
ISdvern at cost with 10 per cent off 0 , ,
.. . ... Spring was in town on Mond
for cash. W ill sell lot or rent, (iivo * *
possession any time. Miss Lizzie Cullum vis
K (). (Winter. sister in Granitcville this we
Miss Moida Hodges, of
COTTON MARKET. | Six, is visiting Mrs. Sara Sh
f u u-? Miss Jane Crouch is visiti
Bati'sburv: Spot o IS 5c. , ..
J no. K. Watson near Ridge .
'
m*? f 1 A*,T Aid ' S Beasley attend
PERSONALS. 5how ;u J
~7T,7Z"hiv..? I Mrs AC Mitchell has
. favor AiIvocko l,v ! a visit io her Par ls 1
111 1 h<*ir o iinos on ?r before riuii'sdiiy
, of eiuih w< < :?-. Mrs L K Buster of Mt
Mrs H 13 White and Mr<
Mr. W. A. hawl is in Astor, Ha. Crosland of Saluda attenc
I
Mr. Kinsler Jones visited Angus- Woman's Missionary mee
,?ta last week. Charleston this week.
EWS OF T1
n]M STALVEYA
. | GETS HUSBAND'S
ACCOUNT
~ S; AWARDED SUM OF $700 HUD BY Stc
Hit1
2; AN ATLANTA BANK IN HER thc
HUSBAND'S FAVOR.
1 ern
Aiken, Nov. 10. Information has ? 1
^ been received in Aiken of the action '' '
ol the presiding judge in the At- %ot
?6 lanta county court in granting a tie- ''
of cree giving the entire sum of money
I i;i- deposited in an Atlanta banking in- (Cl
kJC stitution by Geo M Stalvev to Mrs l'n
rag Elizabeth Stalvey, his alleged first 'u
111 lRiw^e" ^rs dtalvey contended that "
not this sum of money?about $700 'i;1,
us ^!was earnc^ while she and Stalvey
i>< I- ! were living together as husband and 11
i ll wife and that she earned a portion an?P
I of the money, which hatl been de- on
(1' | posited in his name, and she insti- e'c
tuted proceedings to recover a por- tn:
/^fe|tion of the money as being hers and 1CS
^ j also asked the court for alimony, t a
^S|and this accounts for the tact that a^1
Sgj she receives the whole amount. No5^
| tice was given that the case would
sits ^ I be appealed. She was represented nil
I . l
in mis action by Lamar Hill. Esq.. ^
^ ?f Atlanta.
?Sfcs/5ifc It will be recalled tliat Stalvey
was recently convicted in the Aiken
^ court of bigamy, having married
j Miss Etta Lightfoot of Orangeburg. cas
S and Mrs. Elizabeth Stalvey alleging i (j().
y' S that she was his rightful wife.
\ CHILD GETS LIFE SENTENCE 7
Si 'ol i
^ C wh;
?-^7 Savannah, Co. Mover.be. 10. self
Solomon Keilly, a negro boy ol ten. rest
ana small Jor his years, was to-day at L
convicted in the Superior Court of Coi
the murder of Mrs Walter Torrenee, be
at Pooler, eight from Savanah, ar.d Rej
J?J given a life sentence. The boy killed Jr.,
S. her with a shot-gun while her little wot
children were by her side. reta
! FARM
Oct. We ^ i Ye | ?;t f
I'll t'l l let s.
.eesville A clteckiIl^f :
n<? tin nier slu?
S11 n (1 a v> I ' ' 11 i' '' '
- I X .. i
t u r<*, I i 11?.
t Friday! .1 n.Wi.ls u il I, I
( "? rl iticato ol
i 111?mvM.
: Fr!day ' ( '111' otliriv- ;l
1 < tllirl's.
ned Fri-'
\\ < < < I'd ial I \
? , 1 hrir l>iinkiiiL
inday in ,
tsterday
Fl I
returned ^
in town 1
Iting his ...?
Misses Leonora Long and Pearl J
Tuesday Padgett are spending a few iav: in bur
Charleston. Mr:
Ridge Mrs R H Timmcrman and Mrs j\
ay. I Geo Hell rimmcrman spent Tuesday tj1(,
ited her Au-usta; , K?l
ek. Misses Edith and Agnes Jones das
and Hattie Hess ''Cullum are home .
Ninety l, .... >
tiler j 1 Winthrop ollege. ^
ng Mrs Mims H rtley, of Columbia, 1'- 1
spring spent Sunda" in town with his ^
mother, Mrs. J. 15. Hartley,
led the farT
ohnston 1 Mrs- L- L.'Verry ami Mrs. C. W. : her
i Sollee attended the flower show in biti
. Johnston Saturday. .
eturned
It John- Mr Mi lb von ("n.ilr r> ( \ . > IS . 1 > .
| spent Sunday in town, with his j>< - loh
Willing rcnts? Mr- and Mrs. Z. T. Cook. ^
> Sallie I he merchants o! Lees ville have a"t
led the agreed to close their places oi bus- at .
ting at iness; on Thanksgiving day, Thurs- era
day November 20. Pet
iREE COL
IKEN EltCTION
RETURNS.
TRUESDf
ftiken, November 10.?The com- THREE
ssioners and managers for the MriU'
ite and Federal elections met this
ernoon to tabulate the result of
: elect on held last Tuesday. The
al number of votes cast for Gov- Lexing
or wa 1.944, and the other State the case <
leers "'I county officers received '?r them
40 eac: Ihe total number of another n
es c; t 'or Congressman was 1,- 'n diis to
I, of \vh..'h Patterson received I,- turned a
[, 1 .e Rev. Isaac Meyers re- yesterdaj
veil .'0 votes, all of which were tly senter
own u* as being illegal, the bal- years on
s beis . is an illegal size and illc- it nc
ly printed. The commissioners 1)U* M
1 be: >r them a protest from R very
yers, cd hy Attorney Mooter received
linst tin ommissioners counting John h
r von cast for Mr. Patterson, lCc' l,P?n
the j i nd that the managers of sau^ >n s
ction rejected a sufficient num- alleged vi
of r ' to have changed the year old i
ult. . .nd also because qualifi-1 ^aKd. anil
ions .ere demanded by the man-1 Wltncss
:rs that are not required by the J-h'ehei ai
nstitu' ns of either 18(>S or 1895. L'd dt
I the case
For thi
/POLICEMAN TO BE TRIED
FOR MURDER. wol
I lower par
j an unustic
\ugusia. Ga., Nov. 10.?The first j eel some
e to be called in the Superior i seen wha
urt Monday morning. November i will do w
w'U be that ol Nx-Policeman M. '
Matti tws, charged with the win r?
rder o. bid fv.rner on the night
August 11. His plea will be j P
it it ha- been front the start, i. e? j
-defense. Matthews will be rep-i Goluml
mted by C. A i -qv.ct, attornej mer Lieu
aw and Judge of the Recorder's Tillman i"
irt. The case against him will ditior. at
prosecuted by Solicitor J. S. Kdgefield
,molds and George M. Jackson, ot the lur
a rising young attorney, who has
ked unceasingly since he was Mr. L.
lined. from his
ERS' BUSINESS
t icular at t? 111 ion to t in* lui-iiu'ss
iccoimt with a bank is a cniiv??11 it n
u Id 1 ?< wit In ?111.
dr|>;irt lib'nt is Mitoi lii-r i'v. . II.m t i.
,. a^ it ?i??? ?, tiic |?i i \ 11 ??i wii
I I HT ('<'111. i I ll t MVst ; i , IT I IMVf 111< ?1 It
< I < I ?i ?>i i is>i?i'<l hearing: jmt ?c
n a I wa\ a l I 1it* t 11-1 m >sa i < > I < > 11 r < i
invito t h?? lUriiidv t < > mako i !
: 11< ?i i it'
Til K
1ST
ATM )\A L
RANK <>K
RATKSlil' li( i.
/Irs L Is. Ktheredi e < . Orat 1 MI) $
j; visitc 1 at the home of Mr anil
; 1/ I-/ i crt Jye this week.
/liss Kanetine (Julian; attended
weddit; ; of Misses Antic and luOTOR I
aerta Haii at Rock lliii Wedi ICS- ERM
\\ st - Annie Lee and Lona Kth ,
, , , , ... who was
lee spent Mindnv wit;; Mr K
... , . , '. . .. ,, , talis 'ion
wise near Holstein s X Roads.
ternoon a
rlr an i Mi: 11 A Meyer an I |hcadq . ir
lily have moved trom Kinpstreeitioncoi.lt
e ami w make Ratesbur^ th< r ed to
ire home. scion ues
, ... morni;
4rs. S. Perry ami Miss Kate
station tdd
atten led the flowet show at ^
mston -atnrdaj lhat ^ ;
disses Tkoora ami Ktiine Podie ..in
aided tin chrysanthemum show .trect .
lohnston Saturday and spent se\ to >.iv tl
1 days with Misses Rosa Lou and chinist at
LaGrone. though it
JNTIES CONt
IGTON CRIMINAL LEXINGTON GB
CODRT. JURY W0R1
LIE CARR SENTENCED TO PROTECTION FOR CH
; TEARS IMPRISON- MOLES AND ADDITIONA
r NEGRO TO SERVE V I C T S RECOMMEN
ON JURY. RA1LAOAD CROS">IN
;ton, Nov. 8?The jury in | Lexington, Nov. 9?Th
Df Truesdale Carr, a negro, i Qf thc grand jury at this
urderof Robert Stevens, criminal court is a length
egro, in a pressing room ment and many recomm
wn about 10 days ago. re- arc made. The Lexington
verdict oi manslaughter are congratulated for their e
' and Judge Shipp promp- The presentment says in pa
iced him to serve three; " The special committee
the county chain gang. I cd by our body has ex;
>t been for the able defense i carefully as we could all t
t Messrs. Kfird & Dreher, of the county officials an
likely that he would have them in a most satisfactor
a much heavier sentence. ;on. The affairs of the c<
,fird, a negro, was acquit- being conducted in a bus
thc charge o! criminal as- manner, and thc people of
hort order yesterday. His ty are to be congratulated
ictim was b.ssie Davis, a lb services of such efficient
negro girl ot New Brook- The poor house has been
she told her story or. the and found wen kept. Th<
TV-T t 1 n
aicmii. mc&sis. mini ec unate poor of our county
id T. C. Sturkie represent- provided for.
ifendant and they handled "-VVe have also made a
well. inspection of the county c
i first time in several years We have no criticism of
'ill serve on the jury next Qf the gang, but recomm
he negro in question is the supervisor furnish rubl
ill and he resides in the ets for the mules bslongit
i of the county. 1 his is ^ang. They are entirely
il occurence and has creat- a'0ic to be left out in th
talk. It remains to be weather, it being well r<
t the Lexington lawyers that all stock should have
hen his name is called. i0n, particularly in bad \\
? - "We further recommend
S H TILLMAN RE" incominK county commissi!
ftPTrn nvmc ,ract with .,he S:ate of[i'
lift 1 LlJ Ulinil. more convicts, as the sar
%
force and road machinery
aia. November 10. For-|^p.j could do a greater air
tenant Goverffdf ^ames Ht more satisfactory work, ar,
s reported in a dying con- satisfied that no improv
ids larm. near Claik s Hill more needed or more desi
[County, t'om conges cn ^-rrianent road improvcrne
lf's* county h.as reached the sta
" - ? ? t . t v not only need but den
U. Brabham has returned tor public highways,
home in Ellenton. "We further recommend
different magistrates have
? stables to serve their own si
and that the sheriff return ;
required by law to be serve<
r constables, to them for st
- them. The constable gets
! tor this, and when the s'neri
i the service, he also draws i
i pay therefor, so tnat the
i paying twice lor the same
"We further recommend
; proper authorities sec that
;l- I road crossings be put in m
11- factory condition, as there i
li-v complaint throughout the
JOHNSTON
FLOWER SH
lohnston, Nov. 10?
teci exceedingly proud o:
cess ot the recent flower s
en under the auspices ot ti
Ann Brice Chapter. D. of (
tour hundred persons vi?
hall, and words of com::
_ fell trom all lips. The flo
gorgeous and numerous.
.owir.t he lies won prizes: J
STEELE HAS HE- ff/r'11;'"
H Holhngaworth, two; C
COVERED man. two; Frank Warren,
Bacon, or.e: Geo Mercha
rCUS" WHO HAD SEV- l l'r' L' 1
n, ,,n n?.,r.,r Annie DeLoach, two.
HARD PALIS SUNDAY lhe horseback parade.
, , . . twent v couples wearing the
Steele, the l.exmp on man .
. , derate dors took part, was
injured bv a number ot
. , bv a large crowd and gi
i a motor-c ycle Sunday af- '. , ' . H
. ,. m.red. I nc prize was av
i t was carried to police ,,, ,
, , Miss . \ngelle -Andrews and
ter.s, where medical atten- > , , ^ w, ,
, , . . . aid I ngrone. Miss Lucilc
1 be given him, has return- ....
.. , Master Powell 1 iarrison we
homes He recovered con . .
t nn Id 1<? '
i IV /T 1 i HV- l i I I iV | 'I V ' j 'IV . lilt C I \
> aoout ; d clock Monday
. . ... , . feet in every way, and tlu
md immediately leit the
was a most nappy one am
r a tram. , , ,
. to ho foreotten bv tlie litt
lal from Lexington says : ... .
, the peak. Visitors wctc
ntared man is not seriouslv ...
.. , ,' from Wards, (Edgefield,
is able to be about on the , . ^ '
Hatesbunr. ha, :a, Kidgci
tie (Olio pom tent goc on . h
. ,, substantial sura of money
at ho is an excellent ma .
. . ized.
id an expert motorist, aticlined
to rapid driving, i Subscribe for The Advo
1
)ENSED j
lAND THE BATE8BDR6 BA- 1
I KERY TO START UP
DECEMBER 1.
AINGANG
I CON
DED- THE PLANT IS WELL EQUIPPED
fGS AND WILL FURNISH BREAD
AND PASTRIES FOR THIS
ef repor! AND THE ADJACENT TERterm
or
ly docu- RITORY.
endations
officials
:f?!cimcy. Mr. H. A. Meyer is now rapidly
irt: completing his new bakery on Main
appoint- street to be known as the Batesburg
jmined as Model Bakery and will be ready to
he offices deliver bread and pastries by Ded
we find cember 1. Mr. Meyer comes from
y condit- Kingstree where he has been in the
Dunty are bakery business for six years. He
iness-like was burnt out there not long ago
the coun- and wishing to enlarge his business
upon the picked out Batesburg as the place
officials, to fulfil his wishes. The capacity
inspected of the bakery will be 1,000 loaves
: unfort- per day not including pastries,
are well
per ona. CIVIL COURT IN LEX"
haingang. TWflTnW
the work lriu iun*
end that
_>c. blank- ^ase Qj j-j. p Nehon vs. C. N. & L.
v to the
Railroad Taken Up.
'.oo value
winter
;cognized Lexington, Nov. 9.?The first
protect- week of the civil court was begun
eather. this morning with Judge Shipp on
that our the bench. The first case taken up
merscon- was that of H. D, Nelson against
cials for the Columbia, Newberry & T.aurens
ne guard railway for $10,000 damages for aluii
leged injuries received in a wreck ?.t
>ount and Tnnfftn March, 1905. There are a
id we feel number of witnesses on both sides,
ement is and the case will probably consume
red than the greater part of tomorrow
nt, as our Messrs. Graham & Sturkie represent
ge where the plaintiff, and Lyles & Lyles, E.
nand bet- l. Craig and W. H. Sharpe the
railroad.
that the The civil docket is very heavy,
their con- arti h will probably take three
ibpoenas weeks to clear the docket,
ill papers There are a number of witnesses
d by such here from all over the county,
irvice by The commissioners of election
a salary meet here tomorrow to canvass the
ff makes vote cast in last Tuesday's election,
idditional
rr3 THANKSGIVING DAY.
that the
ALL THE BUSINESS HOUSES WILL
( >r^1 finer TUO!D nn.sno
- ? uliuoij lniiin UU"r*3.
county.
Id \ ^ ^'e' undersigned hereby agree
not to open our stores Thanks
___ giving, Nov. 2bth., drug stores to
j n ]?.] observe Sunday hours. This paper
** "" 1 is signed with the understanding
that the petitioners shall advertise
lohnston the conditions named herein:
the sue- E. .lones Company,
how, giv- Dreher Bros,
he Mary The First National Bank,
Nearly Citizens Bank,
sited the The Harris-Cain Drug Co.,
nendation H. 1. Ktkard,
.vers were P- C. Cullum,
Fhe tol- Holman-Cullum H'cKv'e Co.,
vlesdames Garber Bios.,
e. ;two; G Ridgeil Drug Co.,
F Pesch- J- C. Glover,
one: A M Whitten Dry Goods Co.,
nt. Sallie C. L. Jones,
I ill. Miss Batesburg Shoe & Clothing Co.,
M. E. Rutland,
in which Fox Bros.,
; Con led F. B. Gunter, part day)
witnessed M. Howard,
catly ad- A. H. Blease,
warded to Rhoden & Fink,
Mr. Ger- L, C. Hartley Co.,
Kpcs and Rikard & Son,
an among The I. Edwards Co.,
was per- The E. V. Cullitm Co.,
occasion H. L. Gunter,
1 not soon W. D. M. Harman.
le city on J- b. Hartley Cash Co..
in town The L. D. Cullum Co.,
I'renton, J- J- Hawl,
>prinp. A H. K. Steadman,
was real- - ?
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