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FRIDAY, May 21. li-09
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Our Batesburg boy* have the ball
fe\ er bad and many of oia gen m
ex have contracted the fever
Judging from the crowd that witness
the games at the fair grounds
Farmers are crying for rain, he
roads are deep in dust and the
weather man makes half hearted
promises The crops need
water an?J if the drought keeps up
it will in many cases shorten the
crops, especially that of corn.
Cotton is still on the rise and
while the platform is not as much
crowded as heretofore the fleecy
staple continues to come in. Many
tarmers held for ten cents which
they have realized, but few, when
they saw that the market was going
higher held, and are still holding.
May their judgment be good.
Batesburg will have very shortly
fifty two street electric lights. Some
of the arc make and others of a new
pattern lately manufactured and of
the" *.. icsce
d*.y is ahead o tV
of towns d . - r s ) ;r a 1 iog
is concernc -ml
night are bright and cheerful to belated
travelers.
The investigating committee of
the State dispensary is now in session
and if we are not greatly mistaken
there will be some good reading
of a spicy nature shortly for
the perusal of the public.
The committee have now all the
power needful at their command
-If 4-1 1- - 1 ? -
au'-i an muse wno nave oeen secretive
or shy about giving information
will now have to come out and
tell what they know about certain
transactions or be handled for contempt
of court. The committee
have had many obstacles to surmount
and overcome in the past,
but the attorney general has stuck
to the matter with a bull-dog tenacity
that is seldom found in a
man holding a public office. If Mr.
Lyon's predictions fcome true, and
certain evidence is proved he can
get for the asking any office within
the giving of the people of South
Carolina without any effort whatsoever
on his part. Let the good
work go on.
OUR NEXT COUNCIL
We announce in this issue the
names of the men who will serve on
the city council for the next two
years. With the present mayor
anrl a rntinril marl* nn r?f mon
have proven themselves worthy of
confidence there is no reason to beieve
that our town affairs will not
ably managed and conducted a
ong lines of economy and progressveness.
If we are not greatly in
error our voters will not for a minute
think of scratching a single name
on the ticket. Each and every one
of the men mentioned are in favor of
better road and street improvements,
a clean town, suppression of lawessness,
good sanitary arrangein
cnts, efficient police protection
ind the general advancement of the
rown's good.
VETERAN SPECIAL TO ME1PH18
TEBI. VIA 80UTHEEI
RAILWAY
For accommodation of the Confederate
V-terans and visitors to
i Memphis, Tenn on the occasions of
the reunion June 8-10, the Southern
' 1
i Railway will operate a special train
known as the "Veterans Special." |
Leaving Columbia at 1;P.M Monday
June 7th running via Newberry,
Greenwood, Belton, and Greenville,
thence Atlanta and Birnvngham zr- !
riv:iig Memphis about noon June 8th
Tnis special wiil be compose! c f
i first class coaches anci Pullman
sleeping cars and will i e in charge
of Brigadier Zi :im man
Dav's ,n ^'ait acvoi:i.> tried by
the ?>tate Sponsors and Maids < f;
H "nor. Sou.hern Railway passeng
representatives will give special a:I
tention enroute.
For further information apply to
ticket agents Southern Railway, or
*. L Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga
VV. E. McGee, T. P, A. Augusta Ga.!
PELION NOTES. !
I Crops are looking fine considering
the dry weather.
OnltA n ^ . i?sA in m.r l.f fin
yuiw a wivvvu ?>ao 111 uui nun.
town Saturday and Sunday attending
quarterly conferen :e.
1 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lybrand of
Swansea spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr. D. F. Shumpert.
Mr. J. 0. B. Lucas is having his
house plastered this week.
Miss Ruth kneece has just returned
from Limestone college.
We were very sorry indeed to
hear of the death of Mr. Zack Sturkie
I this morning.
Dr. D. R. Kneece spent Saturday
in Columbia on business.
Pelion has been accommodated
with another Rural Raute, Mr. J. H.
Laird is the carrier.
The Pelion Bap.ist church will
be dedicated the 4th Sunday in June
S. J.
*iauvine, in. and Return.
Account of National Association
of T. P. A.* S., May 31-June 5th,
tickets on sale May 25 29 and 30
and for train suheduled to arrive
A _t_ _ '11 * r o ' ? ? ? ? ?
/\snevuie Deiore 3:uu r. M. May 31
i909, final limit 30 days from date
of sale. Stopover privilegas.
Black Mountain and Ashville N. C.
and return.
Account Southern Student Conference
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A
June 9-20, 1909. Tickets on sale to
Asheville, June 7,8,9, and to Black
Mountain June 9, 10,11. Final limit
returning June 23, 1909.
Charlottesville, Va. and return.
Account Summer School University
of Virginia, June 18 - July 31
Tickets on sale June 15,16,17-28
July 5, and 12. Final limit returning
15 days after date of sale.
Los Angeles, Cal. and return.
Account B.P.O.E. Convention
July 11-17. Dates of sale M?y 31,
June 1, 2, Final limit Oct. 31 1909.
Louisville, Ky. and return.
Account annual session Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine June >>-10, 1909. Dates of
sale June 5, 6, 7, return limit June
17 1909.
Memphis, Tenn.
Account annual remion United
Confederate Veterans Jure 8-10,
dates of sale June 5, 6, 7, return limit
June 14, with exters'on to July 1st
by depositing ticket and paying 50
cents extra. Stopovers.
Seattle, Wash, and return.
Eccount Alaska- Yukon Pacific
Exposition. Tickets on sale May 24
until Sept. 30th final limit returning
Oct. 31, 1909. Diverse loutes with
stopover privileges.
Excursion.
Summer rates in effect May 29th
to Sept. 30th final limit Oct. 31 1909
Convenient schedules and superior
train service at all points in all directions
via Southern Railway.
For information and detail, call on
a.r*' gent of the Southern Railway
or address: T. L. Meek. A. G. P. A.
Atianta, Ga. or W. E. McGee, T. P,
i A. Augusta. Ga.
I
THE BATE
QUICKWORK.
A number of detectives were loungin*
?t headquarters awaiting assignments
and swapping stories. All but
I one bad told of some puzzling uobo
Lthai he had solved and he was called
upon to help the party pass the time,
i "Come, Billy," said one of the 1
number: "Don't Bit there mum wheu
we're giving experiences. Tell us the
most difficult case you ever tackled."
"You've all been giving that kind
of cases. Suppose to vary the entertainment
I give you the easiest case
1 ever tackled ajid you tellows guess
how 1 solved It?"
| That's a good idea. Proceed."
"It was a case of identification, not
one to discover a criminal, though 1
solved that, too, afterward. When I '
was on the secret service force of the
town of Yardley a telephone came j
from a farmhouse a dozen miles in '
the country that the dead body of a ! i
man had been discovered lying be- 1
side a road so stripped and mutilat- J
ed as to he unrecognizable. TUey {
wanted a police force sent out to at- j
tend to the matter. The captain told (
me to take the patrol wagon and a j
man or two and drive out to the
place where the body lay. He eharg- i
ed mo especially to ilnd out the name
of the murdered man, since it is both- ^
ersome for the police to keep a body
and it's bad policy to bury it with- ?
out identification. ,
"We drove out to the farmhouse
irotn which the telephone was sent, (
where 1 found Farmer Bowers, wlio \
led me half a mile down the road (
and showed me 'he body. Whoever *
had done the job had taken great <
precaution to conceal the identity of "
his victim. Why he did so afterward <
gave me a clew by which I brought <
hint to the gallows. The outer cloth- ^
ing had been taken off the body, and <
there was not a mark anywhere on <
his undergarments. A small bit of <
material had been cut out at the bot- <
torn of the shirt bosom, where shirt- {
makers usually place the owner's j
illill'llu An ?l.n r ?. I?.I <
< ?.? >t?w. no IV IJ1C lUVf, II IlilU I
lioeii mutilated beyond recognition. 1 la
looked for some defect on the body, '
like a nude or a birthmark, but there j
was nothing of th* kind. No dog
whined beside his murdered master. ?
Indeed, there was no living thing
about him. ?
"1 confess I was puzzled The only
way 1 could see to find ?m> who the j
man was was to take the body to the ,
(dice station, publish the facts and '
wait for claimants. But this was not
what the chief wanted. So 1 did a <
hard job of taking in surroundings
and in fifteen minutes hit on an expedient.
Two hours and thirty minutes
after 1 arrived on the ground 1
had brought the murdered man's son
from a distance of fifty miles to his
father's body, which he identified at
once beyond the slightest doubt.
,vu lutic was no such article
of an> kind whatever. Then
one man guessed that the cat mentioned
belonged to the dead man and
had his name and address on the collar.
The reply to this was that the
cat belonged on the farm where the
barn stood. Then there was a guess
that the man's son knew where his
father was and came of his own accord.
This would not do, for Billy
. .
nau seni nun a message to come aud
where to come to. One superstitious
detective guessed that the murdered
man's ghost gave the necessary information,
and another suggested
that it was a case of mental telegraphy.
Finally every man gave up the
conundrum and asked for the solution.
The story teller resumed:
"Among the doves in the cot." lie
said, "1 saw several of a different
breed entirely from the rest. They
were fraternizing with tlte others going
and coming to and front tlte cot,
but not at all like them. The reason
why I noticed these apparent strangers
was because 1 have always had
pigeons on my barn at home, and 1
had never seen this variety before.
I had seen pictures of them, but 1
couldn't remember the breed.
"While I was thinking a hoy came
up to the crowd carrying a wicker
basket with a cover. He said he had
fouud it a short distance tip the road,
i couldn't see any connection between
it and the murdered man unless
possibly he had been carrying
something in ft. Why it occurred to
me I don't know, hut I connected it
with the pigeons. j
"Suddenly 1 recollected. They ,
were carrier pigeons. It's wonder- j
ful how rapidly sometimes one idea (
will Jead to another. Suppose thest (
interloners had belonged to the nmr- .
tiered man? Without waiting to ,
think about the improbability of such
a contingency I went to the barn,
climbed to the dovecot, caught a carrier
pigeon wrote on one of my
cards, 'Come at once to Bowers' farm,
one mile east of Oarretsvllle,' tied it <
to the pigeon's leg. carried hint
away front the barn and let him go. I
"That pigeon must have flown with i
incredible swiftness. He was receiv- '
cd by the family of the murdered '
man who owned him and who was '
when killed taking his birds out on '
a trial trip. Fearing something had '
happened, the oldest son was commissioned
to answer the summons. ,
An express train left just in time for
him to catch it, making but one or
two stops before reaching Oarretsvllle."?Oscar
Cox.
Wea ib of the United States.
The wealth of the United States today
is $120,000,(KM),000 or more than
that of its two nearest competitors,
| Croat nritain and France, combined.
I'very successive sunrise 4oes $10.000,000
added to the market value or
the tangible property of tin* United
States.
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ISBURQ ADVOCATE. May 2119C
f~ a BaJ
Six? S Ifemi
Copyright 1W9 by The Koyal T
^ There is no better asset a m;
possess than a clean-cut. well
5^ appearance. Many a man has ta
it- to the confidence of absolute sf
ored his way through coldness
tailored himself into life opporti
Hp- tractiveness ol L>ood clothes,
jp. Good clothes are not nect
^ clothes, hut they are tailored
p clothes thai lit you; your body ;
p. aliiy; clothes that a.nree with ev
^ of your physique. Only a tailor
P like these! And here is a world
p tion ol tailors waiting to tailor
2. And here we are, in your own t
P take your measures.
p< 111 I'lliea?i<> and Ww York.'I
Z operate the two 1 arses' and Inn
Hp?- orine- estaOlislunents in Amor
2^^ These arc tailor shops in the fullest
5^*" every Royal garment is cut and diaped
the order of the man who is to wear it.
500 strikingly handsome and exclusive <
your inspection. Think of that?a half
cloth, in every imaginable design, wcavt
even the most exacting man fail to suit
mour collection like this. And every p,
p' WOOL. We want to make your Sprir
make it even if we must risk its whole c
being able to suit you. Call on us to-d;
Merry & J
cfr. Dealers in Royal T
<P" Old Nat'l Rank IVld'jjf. Next to<;
1?A 1 |( l j (, s
h 44a &&& 4
Profession.-! I Dinner Tastpr I
An out-of-the-way profession for a I \1 7
woman is that of dinner-taster. Sim || W C
King's Son in Almshouse. lithe
'.Vanilo. son of the late Hehan/.inr
once'King of Dahomey, not l>eliik on A /1y
any French state pension list for two
years past, has bet n kept at the almshouse
in Hilda, but now the French s ~ i i
government has provided him with a '
pension of Jl"> a month. '
Mania for Things English. PUlllO
In remote villages of the Sal/.knm- ^ - ,,
mergut. Hungary, the mania for -iixl s
things Kuglish is so strong that tlio
postboys frequently remove Kuglish
stamps from letters and substitute Mr.
Hungarian, thus delaying the deltv- ( 'liai'l
ery of the letters. Clll'oi
? Churl
A Paradise for Hunters. ?>I'S oj
T.ions ait plentiful in Portuguese \? .' i
Rast Africa, and that region is a '
paradise for hunters of big game. 11 <> i< >11
In some sections the authorities filter s; ('
a reward for each lion's head brought ( 'onto
in, and thr\ permit the hunter to < .. , ,
keep the sk i. 1' 1
one.
Queen Eugenie's Ambition.
Queen Vice, i Rugeiile of Spain is
credited wltn the feminine ambition
of being oiisidered the best-dresM (1 C \*\
queen in Bui'. Her figure has iin- Wll
proved greatly since she was a girlThe
bigot I3 often a big it. I Art is
Sticfl
Five Millions for h Tomb.
in*- iij i ii j >i t -: v* puwuKt'r cm * iiniii i a i?
'eeling the weight of her years, mi l j
,h anxious to have her last rendu ; j Soil
[>lace made ready before she Is "In- !
rltod to heroine a guest of heaven." ' q
something like one million pounds j
(ms alread been spent on the pro- i .
posed inausoleum, west of Pekin, ll <
lesignated "the happy land of a
nyrlad years."- North China Her- j
ild, Shanghai.
Ik-Hlh of GIiisk Snake.
A gla* s snake owned by E. V. J j M l'l
Windsor, of Hurnot, England, recently
died ufter a continuous fatt ????
jf 237 dnys The Inst time the snnk > * was
fod was ou June 1, 1 904, when
It ate a small frog. From that time ?
until Its death, on February 2, 1906,
iJ though repeatedly offered food, It E\.-m
Jte nothing. Until a weok before js, I. i
ath It appeared In good health j, vS
Utd was at times lively. Tho body t|l(. ,:i
ihowed no signs of emaciation. 1(>r ,, ,
the pre
It Is wonderful what a comforts- two and
ble doctrine the survival of the ft*- jri. (l t;
teat Is to those who survlva.' greatm i
"Hello Maine: I thought you got 15 j l!"
yards of that remnant riobon?"
"So I did, but the floorwalker penalized
me 10 yards for slugging.1'?l.ouisville
Courier-Journal. ,
___ ^ easlon o
"Y09, Ilrown, in always getting the
cart before tho horse " '
"My dea?- boy, don't bo archaic; ,|'jn
owadadys wo say getting the Hinell
before the automobile."?Hife.
?l lov ot
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^ Town Lots.
u t- f''J& One nice ho
/ and lot?liacre
Vr'; ISSu i in Batesbnrg
^ .^- :~siw m sale or will tr
THE*; for farm land.
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t,r~ ilis. Prompt Servic
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aliens
in in this a,no can With us it is a quit
-ilroSMsl personal If you want to buy
iiorecl his way in- we'll get it.
tanners -has tail- f if you want to seM
and distrust has
? Batesburg
\ssarily expensive
clothes they are w. j. mccartma, M?naf
uul your person'ery
line and curve Ba
can make clothes
lainous omaniza- I vo*r>, psa. sixn- oto o*
clothes lor \ on. W V
own. waiting to ^
'he Royal Tailors ^ I?
>t organized tail- iv/Uo
sense of the term; for [^|
to fit the measure and I g
In this store there are ' 0' ^ 3 11
doth patterns awaiting 1 * Ml
a thousand samples of - "V4 *
: -nd coloring. Can ? W
his taste in an enor- <&$} ' "*
attem is ALL PURE J,, V
tg suit. We want to vl * v *
ost on the chance of -^p j V-J
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ones, tpQ (
ailoring \ \ou//t*rn i
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ertisements r s iin:i. m?>uni\ <>i
crusemen^ I (;A,?,1X, $2^0.01
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Otor the l.rst Stioff Solicits Accom.tso
a< 1 vert is? nuMit. 1 , , 1 , , -4,
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will act as - 'N v.St
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Send y<-lii' ad __
s^'-sadfe'.aaaB
C?pyrlgl < V Hirt Scktffhcr A: Mi
^ ' j Dress.
in . it yen is ago, 1
Ann tin hearts . I
. i. v ill very ?? - ~ - . ??
> 1 liv 111 r Majesty. 1 "Mr Nervey," paid the girl
s 11< mi in compliment ,?r "|t m-cius to mo you sit
i.i .a, wlici always had tlrelv too Into with n?y daugh
lilac. "Don't worry about that, ?
I tilled Ncrvey. "I never requir
1 sleep."
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ATE BARGAINS
tiproved
1 Farm Lands.
I Three elegai.t "arms within
HQAit'our miles of Batesburg.
Uot;|weil watered. In a good
\state of ?
- - ? w? vmti v aiiuil. J\
b--' splendid water power can be
ft ^ developed 011 one.
101 Iract No. 1 contains 33 acres and
t a 4-room house.
cUlO Iract No. 2contains 172 acres and
new dwelling.
Tract No. 3 contains 125 acres and
comfortable house.
Terms of sale One-Fourth
OA SI I, balanee on time secured
by mort^a.yu ot'premises.
:k sale and a cheap price.
, let us know what you want,
, see us, we'll sell it.
Real Estate Co.
ter
OEO BELL T1MMERMAN, Attorney.
tesburg, S. C,
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* THK CONDITION OF V I
a i l Bank Oi- Columbia. S. C. ^
April 28th, 1909 ^
LIABILITIES ^
$yV..UYU4 Capital Stork I\ii?l in tfciY >,<*??.m y
Surplus ami l'milts .' !?.:*is .mi y
:<|ii.<>l(i Irt Circulation i> y
Ttt.slit Dop wits I.TlU.UTO.Uti v
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aggreftimigBi
SUITS FOR
YOUNG MEN
Youn^f men like lo keej
111? wit h t lie profession. The\
want Die t hill# in suit s. The\
like new styles, and we now
iiave ready, a jna^nilieent
d isplay of new spring suits.
2^^ All the new fabrics and
shades.
$12.50 $15, $18.50
Siny If and 1< ?u I >]? I>r<?nst<*?i
< .mii>l?'tf l.nr Furnishings,
1 lal s, I uilc" w< ;?r, <?t c. < 'all
Kinard
I HI: CLh J l;IEk,
irs 1525 Alaiii SIrcet.
CTffM JBU
wtwi&aatssmt^.. 'M~-j.fi***
s ratn- Subscrih. for I lie Advoni>
t'ii- j
cate now. $1 per year.
e much |