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un i ni/* vvn i c A Trl-County Paper N ROGERS BAYhY hi) AND PROP BAFbSBU(U, S C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Cue Year SI.00 Six Months ...lOcents No three months subscriptions taken. Entered at the P: O., at Batesburg, { S, C., as second-class matter, Feb. 14, 1901. All Copy sent In must be written on one side only. When changing address always give old post office otherwise change will not be made. Advertising Rates One Inch One Year $5.00 One Inch Six Months $3.00 < One Inch Three Months $2.00 First page double the above amounts. I Ait.l |t,.esfiANS I ....I. CIM^S i?vvai iii0vi iivio uvu nisi Page Readers lOcts per line Readers to take run of paper Sets per Line. FRIDAY, Nov. 20. 1908. _ __ "Necessity is the mother of invention." This is a very true saying and an impressive reality with the farmers of the south just now. We have gotten again to where we must invent some other or additional ? means of dependence other than cotton. Out of this necessity wili a- ga rise many a real farmer who hereto- Hq fore has been a mere pretense. With on the natyral advantages that surround di; us we can find no fault. Our lands dri will yield any of the more importaut wa products or necessities of the world, hi: We occupy a fundamental position so as regards cotton and at least an in- W dependent position regarding other he leading products. This being true st; it is unbecoming in us to complain us about prices being set by others. It pe is not right for us to leave the price of making entirely to the manufacturer lac and consumer, but how can we help ic. it if we do not protect ourselves by taking advantage of our natural fa- 1J cilities for producing other crops? JQ If we will get right down tn tbr bottom of )ir tn.'ibU w" ; nut urn it \ InTtr/ :o greci?re -ne <hie r ;s * lit pendency. W< disp;<iv o r t: ranee and inability as much in the way we handle our labor as in any other way. A large percentage of our lands are worked on the share system and instead of appropriating such labor in building up as well as making, we are traveling on in the GI same old ruts of "cotton and com." Why not require each hand to sow down so much small grain to every plow allowing him a share in this crop in proportion to the work he does? Is there anything imprac- pr< ticable or detrimental 10 the interest ta^ of any one in this scheme? wr Furthermore, we should have wr mere definite understandings with Aj our labor. Contracts setting forth ne the requirements of each should be ofl signed by both and a copy in each to man'sjpossession. There can be no tin sn misunderstandings arising out of this sul method nor will an honest man raise any objection. This scheme of "v p ocedure and diversification can be ga successfully carried on by the poor- it? ejt farmer in the South and he can lat better afford than not do it. r K . 1C I It is not too late for us to make a start in this direction for another th< year and thus free our country from Tithe depression that now exists for- in ever. ty "Back to the '.and" is a cry much ne^ heard these days, and it is well to f01 act upon it that the congested enn- Pa dition of the cities with its attend- ^ ant evils of poverty, misery and ^ crime may be relieved. But many ;t . men of slender means who buy coi I small farms in the expectation of foi ft making a living and enjoying life p are bitterly disappointed. The ^'c ^ trouble is they have had no exper?. ience, and scarcely any business to- at( I day needs a practical working knowl| edge to insure success more than he farming. If people of small means i want to succeed and realize the ad| vaniage of country life, they should .J I find work for a time with some pro-. ] | gressive successful farmer. to I^eal ^Iststte. We will sell property for you. ft We will buy property for ? you. fi We will collect rents and ^ look after your property. Farms and Lots bought and ? sold. S One nice house and lot?li T acres?in Batesburg for sale or will trade for favm land. J Prompt Service. Batesburg Real Estate Co W. J. McCARTMA, Manager GEO BELL TIMMKRMAN, Attorney Heal Estate. A witness in a law case recently I COURT IN LEXINGTi ve as his opinion that the limit of ;?or for a "lady" at dinner was ^ of y, K0QN e p nt of champagne, with cor?s and one or two other kinds of PIES THE ENTIRE DAI inks in addition. As the witness -i. Lexington, Nov. 16?The se is an authority in such matters, , . week of the court of common ; opinion has doubtless settled tor > uyuuvj ? was opene(j here this morning a me people a burning question. usuaj hour. The case of Dr. hat puzzles the average mortal is Bickley against Jacob Koon >wa woman, who drinks as above taken up and the entire day was i jted, can be a "lady." It reminds J sumed is; ^king testimony am ' . . . ... __ case will not be concluded befor of the inscription that once ap, noon hour tomorrow. Bickle a red over the entrance to a place T. , , , ^ . dicu uvu mc r sueing Koon for a bond to tit amusement. No gentleman or reaj estate. The plaintiff is repri iy admitted in a state of intox- ted by J. Brooks Wingard anc ition." defendant by A. M. Boozer of umbia and Graham & Sturkie o RY AN ST ATES i ?~ nnoimir.w | three weeks will be consumed. t . p 01 K 1 nan c ',f Ii l I Lio.\I.?La1U . j ( , HUtlill 11 niTATinN nr t EMOCRATIC PARTY ~ * * 11"" V. * NOT DEAD MESSRS RAV IEAT NEBRASKAN BECLABiS jTHE PAPEaS iN IHE CASE 0F HE IS NOT DISCOUBAGED AS C0L,IMBIA A RNEYS CHA TO ITS FBTURE. I lB W,TH C0STEMPT AEI _ riLfD. San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 17.? fy friends do not require me to Charleston, Nov. 16 In the c cjudice the future and I shall not: of the United States circuit cou ce the advice of my opponents on j day, the papers in the case ol Is subject. I shall continue to; contempt proceedings, taken b ite and speak in defense of things the United States circuit cou lich I believe to be good for the appeals at Richmond, against I nerican people, i hope it may >bald W. and Duncan C. Ray of ver become necessary to run for umbia, were filed, and given tc Eice again, but I will not attempt marshals department for sei decide that question until the directing these lawyers to show < ie comes to act. I do not see. before Judge Pritchard at Asl y necessity to say more on the .on December 21. ^ject " The case grows out of an < In answer to the direct question, ' taken in the State courts in the Vill you run for the presidency a- Pensary litigation, in which it i in if conditions arise to warrant eged that the attorneys igr " William J. Bryan tonight die- Judge Pritchard's order in the W ed the following statement. Re j & Meischman distillery cases re rding the future of the Democrat- ! rin& ah litigation to be had ii party he said: ; fcderal court"I am not at all discouraged as to | ? e future of the Democratic party, j . A Violin For a Vane. iere must be a democratic party , one of the most curious vanes every country and I want our par- j seen on any church in Great Jti to be democratic. I have no ls fhnt nt ('OQerby, n paris ... , Joining Grantham, in Lincoln! ubt that the country will see the It ,s ,n flie form of n fld(|lr cessity for the adoption ot the re- j n how mid ts unusually largo, ms advocated by the Democratic , history is a curious one. Many t* -? ~ i _.i a pBflBAot resided in Great g ny. XL 13 an tany a gicm cuuca- (>y w|Jf) ck,..t ou( ., modest livt'l nal force and I have no doubt by performing on nn old violin, > it conditions will so vindicate the ' wafl "'most ? part of his llfo ai i.u . . . ' lie decided to em I prate and out I rty as to make the voters torn to fnr WJ, ,.r?s|>or<.,, ? is the best instrument for the ac- man. One day be sent to the el mplishment of the necessary re ' mnn nt r;ient Gonerby n rum ? I cient to build n cburcb ani ntti TOS* to the gift tbe curious condition 'Will you allow yourself to be n metal replica of bis old fiddle cted United States senator from ; how should be on tbe summit o , . i ? . ^ ! edifice. Tbo gift was accepted. :braska? he was asked. . nm [, "Nebraska does not elect a sen-, burrb >r this year," he said with a smile. "But it does two years from now." Saves Him. . it "How did Snlggslcy ever get hi< ..*?? rem,nded. | ?t0t|01i ,()r ,hi. 8i,lo? m.?, "You have my statement regard- \ domV" \ my future so far as I care to' "His wif? talks so mmii that he . ?? i u- er wots a ebanee to expose bl f, and he refused to discuss the uor.(n,v? ?-bleugo Record-Herald sject further. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan are en route '-ife without ilbort is jo\ le.s-. life without joy mn.v lie great. ** * greatness of life is sacrifice. Oul< ? Mark Twain Caught Out. A poet, n pair of trousers across his knee, eat It) his nttlc trying to thread ? u needle. "The proper way." he said, "Is to hold the thread still mid push the needle toward it or to hold the needle still and push the thread toward It. Mark | Twain says both ways are right. Then I he says they nre both wrong." R | Taking down "The Prince and the E Pauper/' the poet read: "He did as uien have always done aud probably always will do to the fl end of time?hold the needle still and y ' tried to thrust the thread through the eye, which is the opposite of a woman's way." Then the poet, taklug down "Huckleberry Finn," read: " 'Bless you, child, when you set C out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch tho needle up to Q it Hold the needle still nud poke tho thread at It. That's tho way a wo"T man most always does, but a man always does t'other way.' " ^ Who Would Want to Be a Lama? The lama pilgrims among the Tibetan Hindoos, as they pursue their mounK tain pilgrimages, literally measure ofT tho distance with their bodies. The distinguished traveler Svcn Hod in, writing of his discoveries in Tibet in Harper's Magazine, describes them as lying down full length on the ground, 9 making a mark on the road, rising and stepping forward to tho mark, once more to fall full length. One such walking Journey as this, says Dr. ueuui, etjuius imny oruiunry ones. AmouR the lamas also arc to bo found those who immure themselves In a dark cnvo for life, food being passed In through a passage or hole under r? ground. Should the dlsli be one day untouched those outside may know [IN that the sacrificial prisoner has died? seated, since all good lamas must die seated, In the wooden frame which p was fashioned for him when he was Ul*' entoml>ed. r Useless. There was some speculation as to whether tho instrument would benefit cond th0 0](i gentleman or not. One was pleas holding the ear trumpet, while anoth it the or wns c^P'tthiing Its use and showing old Mr. Borrows how to hold it to his J. J. cftr_ was "Say something to him through tt, Com- ^oe-" said one to the other. Now, Joe had long waited for an op.1 the portunity to reach Mr. Borrows' ear. e the So, speaking very distinctly into the y js trumpet, he said: , ^ "You've not paid mc that sovereign le Ot you owe me yet. Mr. Borrows." 2Sen- But the old gentleman put the in 1 the struniont down, with disappointment r. . on his face, and they eon Id see It was a failure even before lie had time to f the say: "That thing's not a bit of good to me!" fiade And lie sighed, but his sigh was not mtire so deep as that which came from Joe Ordv ?London Express. >?uic uiusuy ciniuren or renaer age. HP The visitor, a speaker well known j Ac u Tor ills \ erbose uiiu elicUmiOO'utoi > mode of speech, began his address as follows: "This morning, children, 1 purpose to offer you an epitome of the life of St. Paul. It may be perhaps* that THE there are among you some too young to grasp the meaning of the word RG" 'epitome.' 'Epitome,' children, is in i its signification synonymous with ey1 nopsts."?Philadelphia Ledger. Explosive Diamonds. A curious fact about diamonds Is that It is not uncommon for the erys>11 ice ja]S explode as soon as they are J't to- brought up from the mine. Sometimes the *',0-v have hurst In the pockets or the warm hands of miners, due to the efetore fecj 0f increased temperature. T.arge rt of stones are more likely to do this than ^reh- sma11 ones. Valuable stones have been . . destroyed In this way. To safeguard " them some dealers place large dln> the tuonds In raw potatoes for safe trans vice Pol*t fi'oru South Africa. <ause Nonreversible. 1 ville Lang?Didn't you tell me that you i made yourself 6olld with Mrs. Vano j 1 by asking her If she was herself or J her daughter?couldn't tell them apart, dis- and so on? S all_ Strang?I did. What about It? r i Lang?Why, 1 tried the same gag with the daughter, and it didn't go ilson for a cent.?Hoston Transcript. quir H Took the Cue. 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