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TFe BATESrJRG ADVOCATE ^ A TRI-COUNTV PAPER. ii^?. f EST4?IJSP 2D 1901 BATTESBIURQ^S^JC^^FRIOAY, JANUARY 7 1910 $l 00 PER ANN^^* all the news of three counties condlnsld c * | GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK. I Augusta,Ga. Capital and Surplus - - $050,000.00. This bank solicits the accounts of Firms, Corporations and Individuals, extending every accomodation consistent with good banking. iJ AHAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR IS i m the wish of The Ridgell Drug Co., to all of their v W friends and patrons-We use this method of \ thanking you for your past patronage, and wish v ^ V to announce that our srock is more complete in v every department, and we are in position to serve & you better in the Jutuie than in the past. Assuring you ot the most careful and prompt yj; attention,-Yours lor health, & RIDGELL DRUG COMPANY, 3? BATESBURG, S. C. v' Phone,-7 vj sj,? www www www www www www w l ime to Sow Fall Seeds 5 mC Now is the time to sow tall seeds. Let us sell you ? P what you want. Wh have good seeds-seeds that will ? that will reap a big harvest. We have a big stock ? and can till orders of any size of Early Winter and 5c Hairy Vetch. Seed Oats. Winter Rye and Barley. ? ^5 Dwarf Kssex Rape. Seed Wheat. Clover Seed. JE Grass Seed. Onion Sets. Si We a Is > have about four carloads of Western Oats, S 3 2.000 bushels of Appier Oats and a thousand bushels g 5 of Carolina rust prool Oatsvviiich we are selling at * 3 close prices. g Write for price list. S 3 ? i| Lorick & Lowrance, inc. | 35 WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN, COLUMBIA, S. C. ? ^ M PWffl ."MW. MVWt : ' HflfJ A MONEYED MAN 1 9 \\ // may be of two kinds. One who has in- < L? |)I herited money and one who has f DON'T THINK TOO BIG. ! if 'Via ^ Benin way down with the pennies \ and the dimes and the dollars. They a,'? seet^s ()l fortune. That is the \ I^Kv P*l only way money grows. Bring your j mIY money seeds to \ basi cmzfins bank f| of Batesburg, S. C. jpF^MS* W pay interest, and start yon on the WMM sg wet old jack frost for salk A very desirable piece of < Lexington, Jan. 3.? Mayor Sam pr0pCrty in the heart of llatesb R. Roof, returned yesterday a , known as the old Green place ; ten days' business trip to New York' , .. ? ,u.. u.'now owned bv Mrs. R R ami uuici ijiiu.13 in nit 11 ui in. lie ' had a very enioyab'e trip, despite ! Peachtree street. 1 wo acres the tact that tie became snowbound proved by dwelling. several times and the thermometer Apply to Mrs. B. F. Bate being several degrees below zero. Batesburg, S CONGRESSMAN LEYER^ QUIETLY MARRIED Lexington, Jan. 3.-Congressman Married at the residence of J A. F. L.ever, accompanied by his Cilover Sunday, January 2, 1< private secretary, B. J. Wingard, Mr. Walter Parish and Miss At left tonight for Washington to be Stone, J. C. Glover, N. P. officiat present at the opening of congress _ ? ? tomorrow. FOR RENT Mr. Lever and his secretary, have; both been spending the holidays; Large store on Mainj^treet. 1 hcre- location in Batesburg. Terms THE PP:OPLE OF BATESBURG. sonable. Have your concrete v. Iks and steps made, as I will be glad to do.! Dr. L. M. Mitchell, your work at reasonable prices. Batesburg, S. < J. S. Fisher. I | COTTON MARKET. e Batesburg Spot 15.1-6 P All those having visitors will confer a fa L upou the Advocate by Bondingfci their name* ? or before Thursday of each week. | Personals E Miss Mattie Etheredge return 5 to Columbia. E Miss Bessie Alcman is at hoi ? from Rodgersville Tenn. Miss Annie Lominick of Pomai \ visited her cousin Miss Belle Mil last week. y ^ Messrs Horace and Otis Lomini ? of Pomaria were visitors here duri ? the Yule Tide. 4 Miss Freeda Rutland returned 4 the Presbyterian College Monda '4 Mrs Tom Hardin has returned 4 her home in Chester. ' Miss Cora Belle Rogers has r 4 turned from Bennettsville. ^ Misses Edith Jones and Ka ' \A7r5crhfr rpfiirn#?H Tn^?rlav tn Wi 4f throp College. Mr and Mrs S J Cullum of A gusta were visitors here on Monda Miss Ruth Cooner of Chariest! syent the holidays here. Mrs T B .'Wnaghan has return* from Jonesboro T C. Mr Tom Rainsford of Edgefie was a recent visitor to friends hei Mrs J C Cullum and Miss Kat erine left on Tuesday for a visit relatives in St Augustine Fla. After spending several days town as the guest of Mr and Mis B Holman. Miss Edna Holman r turned to her home at Abbevil Mondav. Mrs C A Strother is at hon from Augusta. Mr Lorenzo Cullum left Mond; for Furman University. Mrs J P Long of Silver Stre - spent the Yuletide with her parer Mr and Mrs W A Crouch, Miss Essie Etheredge has retui a/1 ^rrv?v\ i ifiPit /? orAnti IP gu iiuui a VAO&L ikj uti paivius j> Saluda. Miss Hattie Bess Cullum left ^ Wednesday for Notre Dame Colic ^ Baltimore. tyt Mrs N K Bayly returned Monci 55 from a visit to Trenton, Aiken a * Edgefield. jjS Mrs Jno Bell Towill is visit * relatives in Kershaw. Messrs Edward Hartley and L Sollee left on Monday for Clem College. v/j, Mr and Mrs J C Cullum Jr Tuesday for St Augustine, Mia Florida and other points. % Miss Virginia Lenoir of Sun spent the holidays in town as ^5 guest of Mrs Z T Cook. ^ Mrs Sara Shuler left on Wed; day for a visit to Lexington f whence she will go to Williams Mr E V Cullum spent Wednes in Columbia. Miss Allie Kelly has returne "lty her home at Bishopville. rK Rev and Mrs S O Cantey * children have returned from S 1 on merton. :m" Miss Margaret Jennings retu to Augusta Wednesday after a p s, ant visit to Mrs I Edwards. Miss Lucile Cooner left on I day for McCormick. Miss Trannye Fulmer of Mt ^ ing was the guest af Miss Crouch Sunday. r' Mrs J Medlock and little da ter left Sunday for Ware Shoal 'een ter spending the holidays wit! ing. atives in the city. Mr J G Cooner has returned Bamberg. Best Misses Elise and Edna Bate turned to Columbia College Mo rcaDr W F Youmans of Black; and Miss M V Youmans of Flo: spent the holidays at the hor J. their mother Mrs Jessie Youma < i CAPTURED IN COLUM BIA. vor .on WFf.Rft Afrnarn nr man* in MHMMV avvwwvt/ VA AUUVH n u - RESTED 01ABSOH CHARGE or 8 TEARS STAHDIIG ed Lexington, Jan. 5?Ed James alias Jim Hall a negro, was capture< by Sheriff Corley in Columbia i few days ago, after a search of mor than e:ght years. James is accuset ria of burning a dwelling house at Ba !er tesburg some eight years ago, th< property of the late Dr. W. H. Tim ck merman. He is accused also having stolen a shotgun. The case will be tried before ? Lexington ju?-y at the general sczt0 sions court next week, y. to DEATH OF MRS. JOLIA t FOLK. te At Edgefield on Thursday of last n" week, Mrs. Julia A. Folk passed a way at the home of her son. Cap? u- E. H. Folk. Aftei a lingering illncs> y. Mrs. F"olk had reached the age of 3n years and was much loved by a circle of friends and relatives. All of hei life she had lived uear this place cc* She was the widow of the late Dt H. M. F"olk. Her maiden name wa Id Julia A. Long. e. Mrs. Folk was a lady of pleasing personality and in days gone by hei hand was always open to those ir need-and many are the people whe ^arvtAtvtKorc Vtpi* rlpp/lc r\f Irinrlnpcc. [ WillVUlUVl 3 A1V.4 VJV.VUJ V* IklUUJIVJJ in "In as much as you you did it untc ^ the best of these my brethern, yt e" did it unto me"-And again the mas ter says: "a cup of cold water in rr.j uaiuc aLall not luie its reward", ne Mrs. Folk was a life long membei of the Lutheran church. Her remain: were laid to rest in the cemeterv a iy this place along side of her late hus band. Rev. S. C. Ballentine her pas :et tor, officiating. She is survived by : V U Its av/li i->i ill A- om VI i-<U^viiHO and a daughter Mrs. Nettie Strothe of this place. To these who a e bi re i n- ved we extend sympathy. at Books of Subscription on Notice of the openine o* the book 2C of Subscription to the Capita Stock of Batesbure Tobacci [ay Company. ind Notice is herebv given that b virtue of a commission issued to th undersigned board of corporatoi 1D^ by the Hon. R. M. McCown, Seen tary of State of South Carolina, an isle dated the 24th day of Decembi son 1909, books of subscription to Bate knerr T Prxmnonir twill V UUif; A v vUipuu j " ui t left opened by the undersigned Corpo im; ators at the office of E. Jones Cor pany in the town of Batesbur South Carolina, at 10 o'clock A. 1 ntcr on the 10th day of January 191 and will be kept open until the whc of the said stock is subscribed, nes- A. C. Jones,) rom C. E. Jones, <j Corporators. ton. December 31st 1909. iday Very truly. C. E. Jones. d to Mr Jno G Darby spent Monday Columbia. anc^ Mr B Wallace Jones Jr of I-a >um- city was a visitor at the home Mrs Jessie Youmans during the h ? idavs. rnca | ' ? leas-1 Mr M S Gunter of Lenoir Is 1 spent several days the past week town with friends and relatives. Siin- jRO ? Crouch of Augu spent New Year's with his pare Will- here. Mae Miss Eva Hite has returned Blackville. , Mrs 13 F Bates visited in Augu ugh- , , , last week. S a. Mr F Gibson of Nashville G; i rel- ... , . , visiting relatives in the city. Prof H A Brunson returned Sal from day from Lynchburg. Miss Isabel Brooker has returi ;s rC- from Swansea. nday SALE (burg i<or sa]e a tw0 acre i0t OR rence Street. Apply to J. M. Steadn of St. Matthews, S. C. or Ira Car n$. Batesburg. JAS. S. FAR ED 6 ADMITTED THAT s JOS. D. WYLIE, FOECHAS1 : PAID FISE IS1EDI1TE f ?I?1 FORMER "BEER KIHG" WILL NOV TUBE BILL TO WHICH HE ANS TE8TEBDAT MORNING BT GRAB Pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the State of [ South Carolina, Jas. S. Farnum yesterday morning in the court of general sessions paid a fine of $5,000 imposed by Judge Prince, in lieu of i sentence of one year in prison. > This sudden turn of events in the senrational "graft" cases was the , ulk of Columbia yesterday and oining _s it did, as a bolt from a clear sky, this action on the part of "Jim" Farnum will put an entirely ; different aspect on the other indict ments in connection with the irregi ularities charged in the management > of the affairs of the State dispen. sary. ) Attorney General Lyon appeared n the court rcom yesterday morn. ng and with Solicitor W. H. Cobb, >ffered a new indictment against lames S. Farnum, charging conspii racy, with Joseph B. Wylie, former i member of the dispensary board, to ; lefraud the State. The indictment . was returned as a true bill by tht - jrand jury, after Jos. B. Wylie, whc was in court, had appeared befort ' the panel as a witness. Shortly after the true bill had been returned Jas. S. Farnum anc lis attorneys, B. A. Hagiod, Ernt /. Cochran and T. M. Mordeca . . ^ T? ? ( ,, iie i into trie court ruum. m ?* * -? ' m nutes the solicitor, who was pur 1 | >uing the prosecution of G. W. Med 3 lin, announced to the court that th< 1 attorney general desired to brinj y (the Farnum case before the cour lC! and suggested that the Medlin cas 5 be suspended for a few moments This was done and Attorney Gen ^ eral Lyon said that Jas. S. Farnur fr was in court and desired to enter s~ plea of guilty in a charge agains )C him. r~ Faruum then advanced to the bz n" with his attorney, B. A. Hagooc and signed the plea of guilty. P3 ' was asked if he was ready for sei tence to be passed upon him an his attorney replied that he was. ] passing sentence, Judge Prince sa that he had no disposition to lectu Farnum as the defendant's humi ation was sufficient without addii a rebuke and that the court was di posed to be lenient to some extei JUDGE PASSES SENTENC The judge continued that he h; observed that at the former tr 'k? Farnum "stood mute and said no1 oj word," taking his medicine like man, and that this, together wi j the fact that he is pleading guil in now ant^ refraining from ] jury, appeals to the court. A1 sta that he is a private citizen and no t State officer, and his moral perfi ict so great as that of some othe t0 Judge Prince said these things i pealed to the court and that he v sta disposed to be lenient. The jucl :ont:nued: j "In this instance you have co: up like a man and admitted y< t guilt. These matters appeal to i court, and besides, you are no netj State officer; you are a private ( lzen and did not have the respcr bility that rested on theie gent men, who had to discharge dut ates devolving upon them by law in :ian, conduct of the State dispensi son, These things all appeal to me to j lenient and I am going toieisona NWIFL2AD-; DILTY 1 HE PAID BRIBE TO 2': FORMERLY OF " NG BOARD can Kooc LY doit m WAS RELEASED ?? so tl whai 1 BE ALLOWED TJ GO HIS WAY - uuic WEHED WAS BEV. I HE FOUND I shou IDJUKYFOE BICHL.'.HDCOUH'I'Y beb Wh> A lenient, but not so lenient as your past counsel would like me to be. I can , , , and not see it just as they would see it, . . rapic possibly, but I am going to take in consideration your plea The sen- , tence is that you be fined $5,000 or ^ ^ be confined at hard labor on the public works of Richland county o; u in the State penitential y for a period a of one year." q. As soon as the sentence had been t^e passed, Mr. Hagood, of counsel for joys the defendant, announced that the jitfu fine would be paid at once and ask- jies ? ed the court if the alterna'd e of im- inai j prisonment could not be stricl en tro;il off. Judge Prince agreed to tl is tune and a cashier's check for $5,000 on or tc a Charleston bank was tendered J. js pC Frost Walker, clerk of court, who in sejv< behalf of Richland county, accented the money. ini OTHER CASES DISPOSED OF. JUI An order had already been drawn "J accepting P'arnum's plea, this ordei and reading as follows: wer( "State of South Carolina, County of Qur Richland: In the court of general Dec sessions. "The State vs. James S. Farnum ?e r bribery. ^ "The State vs. James S. F'arnum flovi et ah, conspiracy (two cases). Joh "The attorney general having sta- SQn 1 ted that it is his intention to nol pros ^ > the remaining indictments pending e 1 n this court against James S. Farn- y?,] n, and also having stated that it is hon is intention to nol pros, so far as ben the defendant, James S. F'arnum is ^je " concerned, those cases pending! in this court wherein the defendant, ^ur James 25. Farnum, is indicted with mig j others for conspiracy. anc "t "Now on motion of B. A. Hagood ha\ attorney for James S. Farnum, it is e ordered that the said James S. Farn' urn and the sureties on the seveisl i- recognizances given by him for his we n appearance to meet the charges con- the a tained in the said cases are discharg is ed from further liability thereon and the said James S. Farnum is hereby vj allowed to go hence without day. tr "Geo. E. Prince, 3) "Presiding Judge. *ni * ANNUAL REP0-1T OF ?? ? THE TREASURER 0! S TOWN OF bATES * ue BURG, S. 0? 1000. is^ RECEIPTS. it* Jan. 1st. To Balance $1<:7.3( w jr Dec. 31 " Taxes 1,680.7 ^ " 31 " Compound 710.85 V 31 " License 1,261.02 s ! a " 31 " Fines 572.0C "31 " Bonds 8-17.28 ~c , "31 " Sanitary 465.40 . " 31 " Colored Fair 6 J.0( h5* II | H AC C\f 1 ji v_cmcicry u.oi v" tr " 31 " Miscellaneous i8.69 so ?.?_? w * a total $5,8! 8.3! & dy disbursements. rs- Dec. 31st. By Salaries $2,003.50 C( ip- " 31 " " Labor 1.401.89 31 -as " 31 " " Bills Paid 1,235.81 r lp,e * 3i Notes Paid 862.>4?* " 31 " " Taxes Com. me Pub. Wks. 83.37 3ur " 31 " " Freight 62.10 he " 31 " " Office Rent 58.00 S t a "31 " " Miscellaneous It,79 o P .it- TOTAL $5,744.30, S 1S'- Dec. 31 To Bal. on Hand 144.05 o de- If anyone should want more ex- n ' es plicit information as to items they the are most cordially requested to call ^ iry. on the Town Treasurer and he will gladly furnish same. ', J. M. Malpass, ? Town Treasurer. THE OBSERVER. ] overs of change can rejoice in weather. 'id you resolve to keep the reso>ns you made on New Year's ? inuary is an important month. * the nineteenth was born the idol tie Southern heart, Robert E. et every citizen of Batesburg himself this question? "What I do this year for the permanent ? 1 of my town?" Then let him s Jan. 1 is the proper time to stock of what we have, it is alle proper time to take stock of | t we are. As volume by volwe complete life's history, why ild not each succeeding volume etter than thrice ?** ? ??? ^viug uciurcr '? i history of Batesburg during the , ten years would be of interest value. The town has grown ily and its growth is solid. ComBatesburg in 1909 with Batesin 1910 and note the wonderifference. There is much to be d of, much to be grate;ul for, the record should be ke^t. \ iristinas with all its joy's is in past. Another year with its \ and sorrows, its problems and :ulties, its sueciss end failu es, ihead. Verily, the time is not propriate .or reflection m. infection. It may not be tl-e u rof all to achle.e Lrge thing', > store up material wealth, but it 1 issible for all to enrich themes in mental and spiritual growth. IWW1E DODD KlLLLD. lohnnie Dodd has been shot killed," were the .words that ; passed from one to another on streets on Tuesday afternoon, ember 2s. At first it could not ealized; but it was too true, or one to be cut down in the rer of youth seems .oo bad. r.nie Dodd was the 13 year old of Mr. and Mrs. James Dodd; vas in the bloom of stainless th, and he was a paragon of ,esty and truth. This young 's character was all that was noall that was true, all that was e, all that was gentle, and we ;ht go on from one adjective to ther, and the half would not re been told. To the grief stricken father and ther, whose hearts are bleeding do not know what to say, and to . __i : umy sister wnom ine DOy loved his life: to her we say we weep ii you, not only with you but :h all the family. [n times like these we stand agast d cannot find adequate words to press ourselves. But there is an -wise providence who shares our ds, rough hew them as we may. le blessed Savior gives us a glo)us invitation, when he says, ;?me unto me all ye who labor id are heavy laden and I will give >u rest." We can only point you to Him, ho alone can keep in time of need 'hen we are bowed down with ief we should remember 1 at he in be touchtd with a feeling of ir infirmities. To Him alone we immend you with the hope and ayer that you all, shall some day ; reunited around the great white rone. The remains of little Johnnie ere laid to rest in our city of the t r? ail/ait tVi* 1 ? IV Uffutv ^ VUCi cti 1C3UI I Cf on. The funeral services were d iducted by Revs. W. T. Hundley 11 N. N. Burton. IRST HOMICIDE IN SALUDA. aluda, Jan. 3.?The first homicidi f the new year in this county is reorted from Big Creek, where Ed ,mith shot and killed George Glenn n Saturday night. Both parties are egroes. From what can he learned he killing was the result of a skin ame. Duputy Sheriff Padgett as soon s he was informed of the homicide /int for Smith and arrested him. s now in jmU ?