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. i - ? --?. - ^ ,? r - " ? ? JMLJI'^5 Wbi& \|i^r &*m A^ki A ^^1^* ^^FA^TPt AP I .Mbniki rniivi ?J?J r^ ?yjrA TRI-QOUNTY PAPER. ' ^ ._ ? - 1 ' . ^ - (f *j i Qif\ " ;'*V i.'n - y ;J t _ " ' '%* ""' #Fj*njt Ja ESTABLISH ?0 1901 '//jSfclJOrt < r|< '?nU BATES BURG, s/c? FRIDAY, APKH. 9, io09 ' f ' ^$J.OO PER AfjjNMgfJg | COLUMtSl -r?Th.r.TT !lr?.' 'fo I Send your T j .hn^l f*rfu |f ( inm'i | Collections tj> | GEORGIA R\lJUiOA6nSANW.T! I Augusta,Ga. | (Capital - i: - ^JoVr.boO'Ml)0 I Undivided Profits $410,000.00 f YOUK BUSINESS KOI if> ' ^ 1 1 i 1 1 >"? ...? - ^'ilHUrU. ?jp|S| \LL BANK ' DKPOSIIORS are not incn by unjr meaiis. Many wo 11H 11 lla vo ft-UU1-11.dUt-ixo^vi-much,-hette tlioy can account for tljeir expenditure jpil i hr< u?_!'l; paying ity fhciYk instead <> Q* B"?B k,)mv l)V 113310 CITIZENS BANK aBaai .?,,,?, Tfi>(M\s a^\Vi^Ulfc^Ui^Cl'hs nvoiii^ii wil ihid mi iu-c?%?jAli*Wlii#* manvan WWk *"?* .',f,?.q V 1SH *3'| llf We \Kiy "j 14 U|,ij| rent. quarterly 01 .^avin^ 1)(,l>osits. Cff ^(' lul-v l)er cent. 011 time certifl ______ antes of deposit. fl ? *? t*=^ 4.'sess?s?????e??s?s8c????? g Watch Repairing ^ *$ Done Cheap L X X ^ *7 Aitiy appeal iu you out woi'K (lone cneap is 0 done poorly and in the end is the tinul ruin Si' a a iroocl watcli. ? _ -X?I DO FIRST CLASS WORK NOOVKJl. CHARGES TO ANY ONE ALL REPAIRS U GUARANTEED 0 Eyes tested i^iEE I* ic, Lf4n??. Jri%r'ihtician' ????s???????e???s???????? PftTTtVH M I nvv*r Miss Fneteda Rutland of th U if 1 1 U11 lflnHREl 1? lege f,or \v,omcn is at home for Iiatesbur? Spot9 3 4c. ciavs Mrs L D Gantt of Monetta 1 Dl!BC!filVT h I 0 town s^0PPinft Monday 1. JliiuUlliiLui Dr and Mrs W P Timmermi spending a while in Jacksonvil! A 'javiiig vi.sifcoi-s will confer ? c ... D . Prof H A Brunson spent Frida> . ?-?v >r upon the Advocate by seniiny . , , n i" byb-unes on or before Tbursda> m Jo"nston ol eh Week. Mrs J C Swygert of Peak is - , . ingin the city Mr and Mrs Hepry ,J?rdop oif/, ?V*0>1 r? i A cr/> QlM-inn woe co#>n nn niir cfrpptc Rev. J. W. Daniels, of Coin Monday . filled t^e>fXylethodist church Mrs J K Pace is spending a while 3y' in Atlanta , ' ' ; M - J- C. Cullum, anfi^Miss M'.sses ElUe and Edna Bates of e""C f" _ , u ? -Y? ,? extended trip to Florida.* - * Columbia college are spending the Mr Perry Ha]1 of Steedman week etui with their parents. They 3 recer\t visitor to Batesbnfg were accompanied by Miss Sue Wal- Mrs C W Hallman is visitir ker parents at Swansea -> } r! Mr; W T Boyd has returned to Mt Mrs- McQueen spent the Willi .rafter spending a while with Mrs G W Wightman " C.M-W, A well ,S ?te ... ,. - court -in- Barnwell this weelc? . ^^SSRtuidk^oper, of Atlai he.-: |Lned to Iff. Ivli# f'.velyn Asbi|j^^| f fjp Mclill dUU^lSjEnt Si ic to ^Wednesday in Columbia. M. 11? W :Quattlobauitt-iS'Visitmgi 1 iMM.ifc.bp. at S'-^dtnih Wjhilotl "> Mday dn Colombia1 Mr 'jYtfuzofWarcfe^a Btetki^ntWflf u .vUf, <Jatiifr14r' Of! 1 "iOl ttCClteirteston. ittf> ifilll ,11 v slto^:c/J.!i A-u^>;, u>tf\,nrAii<MVP' A.f?- Jon.^ Mr<* Wal^^enfe ancj, Mess.* ,; fMlil Ufirut > r s-v*a. 1 ijw.dn?*..^v;t?fi5 t rM'JWi^^^le coc\i>er ;apti*i ? mer of L-esvillc were in town^u*?- jypday dav ( m /JB6 Mr J ETimrnerrnao of neat John*"Mr. L<& C. Gunt'dtisp^*s? slon was here this w'eek f , - fejfe, h<T?''!S.st week^lh>*T#i Messrs L M and J L Grisby t&Sal- WR uda were Here a few days ago,1. .jlfaWOIliir"- Di R II Timrtierrtian sp&'rffMcipi' . ?^Ma?fc?i<ClW.:!emcnts C,aMrnFLM "rllas * Sprinp is spending a few days in , A'lBA*! ? town II/i /noil v?i Tiun Mr J M J^.tnkin of Columbia was * a visitor L&fiP ,S^y '.$* .. ,, . t 'w'ii-mi* .vara In tWfi* Monday1.': Mrs tPi Herlong from Mt Willing .,io\ \~:ht \ .wl/ washed'Monday 2'T^OT^ i dfer#1511" feurt,Mfc. of > in FlorteiMM A MUSIC | THE SEM1H0LE FANS. ? HAVE ORGANIZED TO FURNI5H SPORT FOR BATESBORG | BASEBALL LOVERS. ,'"1 S. At a meeting of enthusiastic fan^ Jj some days ago in the Mayor's office, a base ball club was organized to * ' furnish sport and amusement for the Pr summer months. Capt. W. M. Car: i. ter wa$ elected President of theor" ganiza&on, W. C. Bates, Vice President; M. W. Perry, Manager, Secvfc retary and Treasurer; and W. C. I Bates, Chairman Finance Committee. A few nights later a "constitution" was adopted, and> by unanimous vo'.e, iRe tlub was named "The * The name will unt -l. smm uuuuicuiy auraci attention, and ' it is hoped the name-sake will find ' TS Subscriptions as easy to get as the 1 S original. ' The Seminoles are de- 1 termined to go one better than the first holders of that cognomen and furnish the real article. 05 The name was propitious and 1 ^ Ptoyed to be a Billiken at the jump, ' 'jJ for more than enough to buy uniforms was raised at this meeting. vM Everyone will have a chance to con1 "S tribute towards putting the diamond at the Fair Grounds in proper shape. yyL If given the proper 'support, the team will be self-supporting when ISfci the season opens. There are plans on foot for the . organization of a four circuit association with Ridge Springs, Johnston, Trenton and Batesburg. Mr. Perry is a hustling manager, and under his leadership, some such organization may be effected. 2? Local team work will begin in a %3 few days. The Manager stated he has some good stuff ft?r a team in i view, and will s6pn convince the | skeptical that Batfesburg can get up ^ a'.feam and support it. 8 GRAFT HUNT IS RE8 5 SOIEO. eo * ., __ ATTORNEY GENERAL IY0N GOES , TO ATLANTA TO LAY PLANS ecoi- Foa PROSECOTIONS a few .? Attorney General Lyon is in AtWcis in lanta today to lay further plans, it is in are understood* for a vigorous proseculeFla. ' r nignt visit- ^ imbia, ^ pulpit ^ 5, JH!r ic Are 1 jm an s+. was ll|We litwe ]>t ig her fe l.i^eryii&yaij "? i AS weekUUj, constructed SfiNpirf "" V1*ult ]-&- key so that pai Tips Jtrriup ers who have tl . Mr. || , i ? ,\?ap^'" Call a] inday jfl "THtJ'Fir I lv#^T0p/in the dispfensfTty "Waft ^es., ithtr * T iU , "linn..--" * ,rr . IR. IIlB)rti,,u deve.pRtpqv.t^ are expect- 1 '""""eifikow in a fe'W?iwcelcs,,'.Hi,h(rt"'iA i*h> "~"c tnSRew1 days.1'''^ WWoli tl^at1 t,he ! Uoo clH o i * n*nl.l?n < ' 1 has S|jS had somq /(very important \ aV~s~ wflB a^nuptly.bottled .up in Atlanta < 0 Cr wB the whiskey people tObk the ( w; mHfcr ihtb the federal courts. H|ou, will hoar the music start up < ni ni<q^aIo." said Chairman Murray' of ] iville, l"e dispensary commission, today) . ' ''within sixty days anyway. We [ a'J are delighted with the decision. It' \ikcn leaves our hands untied to wind up . mxla^^ business as it should be wound i FESTIVE Jif s ,i . J. ML LIVINGSTON ; KILLED BY 1 TRAIN. ; KILLED IN 80NEWHATiTfl , MYSTERIOUS WAY. POPULAR TRAVEL- ftl IN6 MAN. iiJ NATIVE OF SENLCA AID SON-1NLAW OF CAPT. EDMUND BACON ot OF COLUMBIA?INOUESf, ol VERDICT AND BURIAL. J ] "J. W. Livingston, of Columbia, uroc ItiVIa/4 *-\n Ai V^nlf *V> It** ?a?.aL ??uw x\i?vu vnwiian flUUUl UI Batesburg Saturday morning by Southern Railway train No. 8, which was coming'into Batesburg on time and was in full view of the passengers waiting at the depot when the f JJJ accident occurred. I t ' "Mr. Livingston wa<: unconscious and made no statement before death about one hour later. He was brought into town and Dr. W. P. Timmerman was called, but could r not revive the injured man. Train was in charge of Conductor James ^tat Weaver and Engineer Alexander. proi "No solution has been found. out Engineer Alexander stated that Mr. or a Livingston was walking in the track, ceiv meeting the train. The signals were junc made, but instead of getting off the sojv track the deceased stopped and just betore the engine struck him turned around as if to meet the shock. an His legs and one arm were broken and probably internal injuries were j e sustained. ! "The deceased once lived at Sene- 'any ca, I at lately, it is understood, he off has been living in Columbia. He sup comes of a well Renown i?*mily, and lit his wife, who was a Columbia lady, ' stit is prominently connected. cisi ? . ' jl d "Mr. Livingston is a cousin of Mr. , kra J. F. Livingston of the Atlantic j Cosat Line and son-in-law of Capt is c Edmund Bacon. Having been a Sta traveling man for several years, he the has friends in all parts of the State, the "The deceased was a son of the : late J. W. Livingston of Seneca, ten Mrs. John C. Carey, formerly of tioi | Lockhart but now of Greenville, is a * j sister, and Messrs. W. K. Livingston the I of Seneca and J F. Livingston of se 1 , Cordele, Ga., arc brothers." I c3; | J he inquest was held on Monday : morning and the verdict was that x,> J. W. Livingston came to his death \ Your Papers Sa1 ovided tin* latest and sales! i iabbe papers from loss by tire a AFETY DKl'OSIT LOCK b<>X >< I of solid steel, installed in an , is the protection offered. You ters are accessible to no one but foment is especially convene nt leeds, insurance policies, or othc ,.?l T _ " lid examine tor yourself, st National Bank of Batesbur I 1 ? . . .. ' ' . i I n. yy bpmofrun over by a Southern I beru ail way : train The remains were buried Mondiy i for 1 ttornirig, tyh'wood cemetery, Co-a9SO trrnbia, i$. C? the funeral exercises how :>ein? Conducted from the home at p H2 Khnwood avenue at 11 o'clock, The pallbearers were : Kobt. S. fro., Sparkman, M. D. Kirk, R. C. Wright, ? u Ino. A. Willis. C. P. Davis, W. H. f1 Jobb. W. R. Fishburne and Geo. L. r-.*v w, _ it co FOR RENT ; cuit. 5 room house for rent. Central :>art of the town. Nice garden. I Apply to E. C- Hartley. In 1 \L---AP ^ jjj > 'KITIIUM "... A\ . AV A * 1 \ ^ * VJP-* v * IE SUPREME COURT 0VERRDLES 111 ifflOLiillRDER FOR RECEIVERS I 'ATE COMMISSION IAY NOW' CONTINUE INVESTIGATIONS UNHAMPERED : HIGHEST TRIBUNAL UPHOL! S CONTENTIONS 0? ATTORNEY GiNEHAL LYON AND I1IS ASSOCIATE ?S'ATE COURT SUSTAINED he winding up commission of the :e dispensary will be able now to i :eed with its investigation with-1 interfence by Judge Pritchard ny other federal court. The reership is destroyed and the in:tion against the commission dised by order of the United States reme court, which is a decision ded down today takes the positiL.a. A.1 * .nai me commission created Dy legislature is a direct representaof .the State of South Carolina, sue it or to proceed against it in court is a proceeding the State South Carolina, which says the reme court is a violation of the h amendment to the federal conution. Justice White read the deon which winds up in this paraph. 'Deciding as we do that the suits juestion were suits against the te of South Carolina, and within inhibition of the 11th amendnt.the decree of the circuit court appeals is reversed, and the cause landed to that court with instrucis to dismiss the bills of com ol mt Dhief Justice Fuller, who sat w h ( circuit court of appeals and whodecision. T. M. Mqr.lt- Chief msel for t*.c ?.w* >lv^^ iiuu^c co*nints, was in the court room when en these words fell from the lip ;tice White and completely fiabKF * WW* i J ' i , i \ [w . : ! I? ' . " 11 ?t I '.hi I ii'11 *1 m > ! !i || | !. ! > I I'M / lietliod f>i' ' ; m| "itf lijc) theft. : "i?! * 5 absolutely ; { / .11 carry the a , .. HitniiioJ >i. yourself. ? ..A M 1 . M ? K li 1. V tor tUrmr valuable 11:11 I ;! 1 ..I ^ *. i 1 HI *: A1 i M t'.? / I : t V| ? 1 no \ bW ftl'tfl , ?. j .j ' , ; ? J tf Ai ii it tc/. I 11 . . " . .?r.i. ( | 111 ' asted, he went out ahd took the i for Charleston. Iv is a' victory Attorney General Lyon ami his ciatej counsel, none of whom ever, were here. he decision is 13 printed pages . going into a complete history t a legal standpoint of the State ensafy from its first creation and ourse, reciting the history of the : in question, which is a writ of iorari to the United States circuurt of appeals of the fourth cirStory of The ' ase he story of the celebrated case is )rief as follows: .it.as' A ?*? * > * " .4u< RIL 22-2 IS BEVERS1 TIE DISFi <f-*v The commission appointed by the ^ governor under authority of th^iegislature to wind up the St?te dWjpensary affairs, take chafge <Jf hil fflhds and pay all just claims, not - boiitg? satisfied with some, of the claims presented by certain liquor houses, undertook to make a through ipye^tigation of the circumstances any, conditions of the sales of liquor 'to "l the dispensary officials. Certain, ^ puor concerns, especially the Wilson ni Distilling company afid the Fieiscl}- ?>< man company, protested again?t this w proceeding and refused to pr9ri0u.ee their books. These concerns at, th^ same time complained to Judge Pri- P; tchard of the fourth United States st district and petitions Judge Pritchard fc issued the injunction and app ointed gj the receivers. The banks in whiqh ti the commission had deposited, the (p< dispensary funds a$ well as. the com- c< mission, were restrained from paying a ! out any of thedispensaay money ex- ui j cept upon the order of the receivers. c< the dispensary commission in obedi- e? ence to this order refused to pay over te to Attorney General Lyon the $15, ir 000 ordered by the legislature to be n< paid to the attorney general for the tr purpose of prosecuting cases against 31 those charged with fraud in connec- n: tion with the diepensary. The* circuit tlcourt of appeais denied this petition' ... j.ue case- was. cuougm V\ the L'nh.ed States supreme court on a writ of P1 certioraai with .the result as stntec above. :/ n< State Retained Rights 9' # 3 \ The position of Judge Pritchard * was that the the State ot South ^ Carolina when it appointed tif? \*fri^ ding up commission compUtely.divested itself oi all its rights of itn- ^ munify from suita in . .. By ^ of other States, which is forbidden by the 11th amendment. He.said that tc A. . . . . . this commission was simply a trustee SJ for certain funds and as such was on the same footing exactly as trustees of any other funds. Upon this poin the supieme court in its decision ^ says: tl "Considering the text of the wind- s< in.'j up act. we are of the opinion that h tiere is no just ground for the con- tl c us;: a that the State, is providing e ay the legislation for the liquidation n ot the a:", lairs of. riiy d'spens try Luten $ nded to divest its' st i of its rights of s property in the asset-: of that gover- 1< mental agency anu to endow the r commissioners with . riyu and title ^ i totthe property which pineri it so s , beyond the control oif the State as to t Receivership "Sb'ilbuitkatid" < Just take it from me then that the ?' ) authorize a judicial tribunal to take _ > the assets of the State out of the } ) hands of those selected to manage the same, and by means of a receiver 2 ( to adminster such assets as property > affected by a trust, irrevocable in its ( J nature, and thus to dispose of the] - saine without the presence of the 1 . State. 1 ' That being a fair sample of the jj long drawh out Style of the decision j I will give no more. The supreme ) court justice e^e not unlike other ^ lavyyers in the' nabit of using about J k 17'wordsto every neallynecessary one | 3 reqeivership and the injunction of 1 Judge Pritchard&re both slambusti^ cated and the winding-up commissir on is now it. ^ W. J. Murray, John McSeen and Avery Patton are the only three mem J bers of it in good standing, two othy ers Messrs Henderson and Arthur, J) having resigned to take positions as ^ receivers which jobs they will not *( now need any longer. Gov. Ansel > will have to appoint two others, j, The commission wijl have about $ | $800,000 to disburse and they may? if probe to the very bottom all thej 2i. claims^ If they find any fraud has! been committed, they may refuse to | P* pay the claims, and Attorney Gen. 1 1 T \rr\r\ motr Vi-ai'A ^ a. ? * ' ^ v u uih y * ic* v v. CJ ^liaiitC IU JJllV J some body in jail. Watch the Advocate for Real Est a t e Bargains next week. THE SfORK Visns BiTi Mr. and Mrs Will Kawl have been visi d by the stork and judging | from reports that have reached us the new comer has a very musical voice. ?*V 1 ir. , O M sHi le )?e>iMnH fl l.wojyn n? ,.3 ?r! ? i?wi n_h> i " j it;i . w-jiiy.'/1 '' too* ll> | n ' .ylnw ; wo u*. j A.lJria u jfi U|m sulsootis nariW I ijfiltrij - oottlo t*.oq Liu vv\ 3 j . r.o ?.< '?% jT ,3nOti J??l ^>*i> I i' ; i. /.dtpu^ *17? rTu'iil auO | im im wmcu :.awu? i.?(j Ifi liW 1?> *"?? I PROVED. "" ! <nwi_iLJiaa> .tfMiivni j The rural schools of South Caro1a have been gieatlyi improved in W.t.yearc yf^h.euofv/v Lcju$ amoi.ru of work to bj done 1 , m ;vl ? L v. . * >vjtriiv! m-m efbre The schools m the country ill cbtripare at al' 'favorably With le tovin anti citfy <c?hobls.v: A large | er ^h^fjiyppufcLtiali. o$ leurisai ' ate as rural a^cl. ^^icjulvura^ jthftre-bn* UtQ: every hoy V. is ?i|c | ivetr an equal cnance for an educa- 1 on it is very important thMjour1, eople build up a good system of-r. n luntry schools. The efficiency of couhtry school depends largely ion the effort put forth in a rural immunity: by its trustees and teach s. If they show that, they are inrested and will take the leadership ... i improving their Schools they will j it fail to get co-operation fcrpm pew, .-i^ ons. I urge every county teacher ,, id tiufetee in South Or l-'ria t6 ask ' irnselt the question: wfr't nan I do' >d i make ray school .better? F;nc| iw yoVi can malic it better-and go . i \irork with a determin-^ior. frv rrr?-' cove condition^. ... -nt to ojuccess will always atfcpjd^jp <#rr ?.jnr ;s^ effort. DiiHng tncrccenrsession 9 hthe 'Legislstire a bill was pais eel -^.tr^pAiating ^UIMJOO fOr' th ? "prtf- . '/ ...?J ose of increasing the avewge fan jjbtth of the school term and to in- 1 roVe the efficiency of the pub.io j rfioois in state.-u'i'hcc stfcte iidt. of fdo atiQi. Mr. J. E. Sw< -r- ^ 1 i^qanwul gladly sCnd a 'copy of ' ah a^t together ..with regulations >vm; }(pfcyone who will v,'ritc him. J or ime. Evety rtirkl scHool should run inger than three or'four months i it ypurs doesn't, run at least 100 * ; avs don't fail to take advantage q? ;:v; lis! law. It provides that any thool whose term is less than one' m undred days can secure $2.00 from >m le iState Supt. of Education for . very $1.00 that the patrons may " aise. If any school which pays <! 30;00 a month will raise $10.00 the tat^ will supply $20.00 and thus m^tben the term by one month. Of ^ ' oursc, any greatei amount raised : >>! the school will -ecure a correpopdingly greater addition to to he {School term. T#lthe State Board of Education has ecently set aside $2,000 of the li>rary fund to be used by the school 0 improvement Association for prizes. ChiE amount was offered last year inq 91 schools entered the contest. X i$ estimated that $200,000 worth material improvement resulted irom this contest. U your school S lid not apply last year, don't fail to ^ ma ce an effort to win a prize this year. Regulations regarding prizes car* be secured by writing to Miss Theodosia Dargan, Dalzell, S. C. If will be glad to furnish any trustees or teachers in the state with an^j information I can that will as sistithem in improving the conditions of their schools. Mary T. Nance, Hield Ag't of Campaign Com. Cross Hill, S. C. f ' 4 c ' Watch the Advocate for Real est a t e Bargains next week. ,, ).. ' : I' 1 FOR RENT Duelling house five rooms with garden near Baptistchurch at $10.50 per month. M and Alice Jones. N.U.GUNTER OPERATED OH N. U. Gunter son of Capt. U. X. (junter was operated oft for appendicitis this week in Atlanta. The operation was successful and he is doing well. M-i ? ;?- r-" r rf'T Watch the Advoj c a t e f o r Real. Estate bargains next Week.