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Let us all pull for Orangeburg in
the nest few years, and we would
he. surprised at the result.
There is no doubt about there be
ing "something dead up the creek,"
as old man Ben used to say.
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Felcer totes a pretty bad slush
gun, 1? the letters we publish are a
fair ample of what is can do. when
in. acti on.
Tabs the matter up and down,
round and about, Felder was as
smooth an article as any.who ever
worke 3 the old State dispensary for
his own gain.
Felaer says Blease ought to be in
convict's stripes. That is just about
the opinion Mr. Blease has of Mr.
Felder, so they are about even on
their nhuaks.
May be the new board can make
Attorney Felder do some refunding
himself. He found a way to work his.
old pils, and the new board may
find a way to work him.
.When all the slush guns that are
likely to.be brought into play in these
closing days of the old State Dispen
sary get into action, we would ad
vise bystanders to hold their noses
tight.
Diaz, the President of Mexico, who
reelected himself is one of these olu
fossils who do not know when his
welcome is worn out. If he would
first step down and out, there would
be no more trouble in Mexico.
We publish two letters from Mr.
T. B Felder in reference to tne
char.??s made against him in letters
given the. press by Gov. Blease. We
only publish them as news, and as a
matter of justice to all concerned.
On:' of Orangeburg's prominent cit
izens t;aid he wished we would star.,
a daily, as he liked it so well he
would like t to read it every day. We
are too old to undertake a daily, ana
so this friend will have to wait a
spell.
The Mexicans want a young, vig
orous man for president; not an old
fossilized "has been" like Diaz. His
day of usefulness is past and gone,
and the quicker he recognizes that
fact, the better for himself and
country.
After Woodrow Wilson is nomi
nated, elected and inaugurated, we
want you to remember that The
Times and Democrat was the first
newspaper to put his name at Its
masthead, which It does for the first
time today.
Tha Newberry Herald and News
says "the more you dig in the meshes
of the dispensary muddle the worse
it gets." It does look so, and, for
the sake of the State, we hope the
new board will stir it up just as little
as possible.
That was rather a funny scrape
Booker Washington got into in New
York the other night. He was found
in the vestibule of a flat and badly
beaten by a white man, whose wife
says Washington insulted her a short
time before.
South Dakota has ratified the Al
drici income-tax amendment and
Utah has rejected it. Recently Ar
kansas, like Virginia, rejected it be
cause of the paralyzing blow which
State sovereignty would receive. The
count now stands nineteen i'or to ten
against.
In view of the fact that twelve
Stales can prevent the ratification of
the income tax amendment, it is evi
den: that the amendment stands very
little chance. After it is dead, why
don't the states leVy a tax on Inheri
tances. That is a fair tax and can't
be dodged.
Having been told that Teddy was
a progressive now, one of his friends
wanted to know what it meant. A
progressive, said the one he had gone
to for information, is a man who
wants something and then something
else. And then some more, and all
for his own benefit, as a rule.
Itr. Felder says the letter Gov.
Blense gave out is a forgery. And
yet Mr. Felder evidently knew a great
deal about the inside workings of the
old dispensary board. If he had not
known so much about the business
he would not have been able to "re
cox er" 60 much money for the state
as refunds. So let it all come, and
be done with.
Why was not the letter of Felder
to Hub Evans made public before
Do vi Why was not Felder's "letter
about Blease made public before
new? And why were they given pub
licity just at this time? It is plain
th^t there is a great deal that has
net yet been made public about the
old State Dispensary that the public
ought to know. Let us hope that It
vri.ll come out now that the thing is
started.
Gives Dangerous Power.
It is a question in our minds as to
whether the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in favor of the
corporation tax is a good or a had
thing for the natior.. It is true that
this tax brings i^to the treasury
something like $2;,000,000 per an
num, which is badly needed to heip
pay up the deficit created by the Re
publican party while it has had eu
tire swing of the government. But
the'amount of the tax collected from
the corporations under this law, is oi
relatively small importance com
pared with its far reaching political
effect. There are more sides than
one to view a question of this kino,
from.
The court has decided that the law
does not provide for a tax on prop
erty, hut for an excise tax, or a tax
to do business as a corporation. Thus
the government is given the power to
investigate, for the purpose of as
sessment, all the corporations of the
country that have a net income ot
over $5,000, the tax being one per
cent of the net fncome. The law
gives the government, for Iis own
purposes, the right to publicity, regu
lation and control of all corporations
of importance. It puts ? at the dis
posal of the officials of the govern
ment the most important secrets of
the corporations.
In the hands of unscrupulous pol
iticians, the law If a premium on po
litical black mail for partizan pur
poses. A secret collector of cam
paign funds, with the inmost secreta
of the corporations In his posses
sion, could bleed about every cor
poration In the country, or expose
their trade secrets to their compet
itors. Such a power is almost too
great to entrust to any set of poli
ticians. If, put im the hands of the
?'"right kind of Cat .fryers,"' there
would be millions in it, with which
to corrupt the voters and influence
electors. Think of a Mark Hanna
with such a power to raise money!
The next secret Republican cam
paign fund from the corporations
alone, may rival the enormous
amount that wan spent by the Re
publicans in 189'o to defeat William
Jennings Bryan and elect William
McKinley. The chairman of the Na
tional Republican Committee need
know nothing about the collections
or disbursements. A secret and
ruthless agent cf the oligarchy of i
the Republican party can collect and
the oligarchy can arrange for the
disbursement. "Addition, division
and silence" will do the business
now, as it has in other memorable
campaigns. We would warn the
Democrats to be on their guard.
Work of the Comet.
We have heretofore Celt skeptical
of Halley's comer having much if any
effect on the affairs of nations, bail
it now appears that it his Had a
most portentous effect on the Em
pire of Japan. A cablegram from
Tokio says:
"The popular party contemplates
the impeachment: of-the government
on the ground thai' the new Ameri
can treaty is a distinct violation ot
the pledge of the Foreign Office in
reference tc the complete recovery of
the national rights. As so.ju. as the
details of the text of the treaty were
made known iu Japan the liberal
party denounced them as being inim
ical to the Japanese interests and an j
insult to the nation. At a. dinner
given by Dr. Hosegawa an association
was formed with the object of taking
part in the agitation. At the din
ner, at which Admiral Kimotsuki and
other men prominent in political and
military circles, were present,- the
new treaty was denounced as being
a culmination of the series of disas
ters left in the wake of Halley's
comet, and as being a disgrace to
the honor of Japan."
(Now, what do you think of that?
It is hardly believable that such
superstition cou.d find a place in the
Japan that we hear so much about
today. But here we have it In
black and white, and we are com
pelled to accept tc, whether we wi3h
to or not. Halley's comet did not
seem to be particularly stuck on us
when it was o^er here, but the as
trologers of Nipan saps it was, and
we guess we will have to let it go at
that.
New England's Way.
The refusal of the New Hampshire
Legislature to vote an appropriation
for a monument to Franklin Pierce,
the only President of the United
States from New Hampshire, be
cause he approved the "Kansas-Ne
braska bill" and sympathized with
the Southern men of his party dur
ing his administration, is causing a
great deal of unnecessary comment.
In commenting on the incident The
State makes this centre shot:
"In most other States the political
acts of a good and strong man who
had given renown to them would not
be the subject of acrimonious con
troversy half a century after their
deaths, but New England is New
England and therefore cut off from
the ways and sympathies of the rest
of mankind. I" South Carolina the
name of Calhoun is cherished be
cause of his splendid talents and
character, which were enlisted in the
cause of State rights, but surely there
is no lingering prejudice against
James L. Petigru, Benjamin F. Per
ry of John Belton O'Neal because
they opposed their great talents aim
characters against the doctrines of
Mr. Calhoun.
"New England has extreme vir
tue, hard, crystalline and attenuat
ed virtue?and New England has ex
treme vice, too. It is a merely an
outcropping of New England's unfor
tunate temperament that New Hamp
shire docs no', build a monument to
Franklin Pierce. New Hampshire is
not to be blamed for a nature' in
firmity due to race and environ
ment."
They Play With Fire.
The Sumter Watchman and Soulh
ron says if as the result of Japan's
effort to secure a foothold in Mexico
it becomes necessary, as a matter of
self-protection, for the United States
to go to war with Mexico or Japan, or
both of them, there will be no trou
ble in getting all the fighting men
and money needed to carry on the
war at home and abroad. The Amer
ican people will never submit, wniie
they have the men and the means to
resist, to Japan gaining a foothold on
the American continent and meddling
in our home affairs. All this talk of
the probability of a conflict with Ja
pan may have b*en manufactured
for a purpose, but if the people can
be maae to believe that there is a
possibility of Japan undertaking to
meddle with our affairs 6r to threaten
the security of our borders or pos
sessions at Panama, Hawaii or in the
Philippines, their fighting spirit will
be aroused as it was by the destruc
tion of the Maine in Habana harbor
and the country may be hurried into
a needless war. The Taft adminis
tration is playing with fire, whether
there is a probability of war or not,
for conditions may be created by the
policy now being pursued that will
make a war unavoidale.
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For Rent?Six room cottage on Cal
houn street. Apply to J. W.
Smoak. ' 4-9-4
Dominick of Neeses, S. C, wants
chickens and eggs. 3-21-3*
For Rent?After April 1st one house
and lot on Amelia street, No. 100.
Apply to Mrs. M. I. Collier, 165 E.
Russel Street. 3-4-4*
Money to Lend?We are In position
to negotiate loans on improved
real estate In Orangeburg City and
County. Glaze & Herbert. tf
For Sale?-Two hundred bushels of
Slmpkin's Improved Cotton Seed.
$1.00 per bushel f. o. b. North,
S. C, by F. A. Wolfe. 3-7-4*
For Rent or Sale after May 31, 1911,
house and lot, 110 feet fronting
on Russell Street, No. 213. Depth
729 feet. Apply to Geo. V. Zeig
ler.
Dominick of Neeses, S. C, wants the
ladies to look at his line of Spring
and Summer Hats before they buy.
3-21-3*
For Rent?A nice five room cottage
on Pine street, with city water and
electric lights. Apply to Glaze &
Herbert or A. E. McCoy. 3-14-3
For Rent or Sfde? House and lot,
65 x 200. On Palmetto street, No.
27. Rooms newly painted, water
works, barn and garden. Apply to
J. H. Jenkins, Orangeburg, ?. C.
3-14-3
For Sale Two fine breed sows and
pigs for sale cheap; also one nlec
cow with young calf. Apply to J.
C. Murphy, Middle township, .Bow
man, S. C. 3-21-?*
Wanted?500 to 1,000 Cords Short
Leaf Pine Wood, delivered at
Cameron, S. C. Write Wesner &
White Manufacturing Co., Camer
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Woman Agent Wanted-r?To sell fine
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Permanent trade. Samples free.
Experience unnecessary. No cap
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Fifth Ave., New York. 4-i-4*
Votlce?-Anyone having clock repair
ing to do will oblige me by giving
me their patronage. I can now
see well enough to do repairing.
Parties can find me at city hall A.
D. Powers. tf
Wanted?You to list your city and
country property with us for qul;k
sale. We turn it Into cash and get
your price. F. R. Simpson Real
Estate Co., 33 W. Russell street,
(upstairs), Orangeburg, S. C.
Wanted?to sell a nice 10-room
house No. 50 E. Glover Street on
Lot 90x220. This Is a desirable
piece of property close In. .See
me quick. F. R. Simpson Real
Estate Co., Orangeburg, S. C. 1m
For Sale?Eggs for hatching. Mam
moth Pekin Dusk eggs. Price
$1.25 per setting of 11 eggs de
livered at your house in city or
express office, $1.00 If you send
to my residence for them. J. L.
Phillips, 85 Sellars Ave. 2-11-tf
Wanted?to sell a nice 6-room
house on E. Palmetto Street on
lot 65x200. Good barn and gar
den. This property will not stay
on the market at the price we are
offering. Terms to suit purchas
er. F. R. Simpson Real Estate
Co., Orangeburg, S. C. 2-16-lm*
Wanted every man In the city of Or
angfeburg to own his home. We
have a nice cottage, No. 255 East
Russell Street on lot 125x729 feet,
just the right distance from the
city on Main street. Special prices
for a quick sale. See me quick.
F. R. Simpson Real Estate Co.,
33 West Russell St.
Wanted to sei' a nice nine room house
No. 25 East Russel Street on lot
110 x 729 feet, known as the Or
angeburg Hospital Property. High,
dry and healthy and will not stay
on the market long at the price
we are now offering. See me quick.
F. R. Simpson Real Estate Co.,
33 West Russell St., Orangeburg,
S. C.
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To-days Program
The Battle at Redwood.
(Pathe.)
Art and the Legacy.
(Lubin.)
How the spendthrift son of a mil
lionaire was transformed into an in
dustrious and self-reliant citizen.
HERBERT L. GAMBATI,
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Or, some shirts, gloves, neck
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Think a few roments and see if
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"Everything
That a Drug Store
Should Have."
This is the compliment that one
of our patrons paid us. It is so true
of the real method behind our bus
iness that we are quoting It.
Primarily this business makes the
prescription department the main
object of its care. Experts check
every prescription and our large
files show that our care is not In
vain. Every new and worthy drug is
immediately bought and placed on
our shelves so that we need never
say "we are just out of It," but
we say, "We have it how."
Then these departments are al
ways busy because of one final fact:
"Good Goods for Your Money"?flrBt
and last.
Paints and Varnishes.
Cut Glass and Cutlery.
Cigars and Tobacco.
Stationery and Supplies.
Huyler's Candles: only agency.
J. G. Wannamaker MTg Co
Orangeburg, S. C.
Drs. Perryclear & Sify
?Dentists?
Specialists in Operative Dent?strv,
Crown and Bridge work and Plate
work.
We gunranee to save all teeth and
roots that are useful in Crown and
Bridge work.
All work entrusted to as will be ex
ecuted with the utmost care and the
least possible pain.
Notice to Creditors.
All persons holding claims against
the estate of Prince Cuffy, deceased,
will present them properly proven,
and all persons indebted to said es
tate will make payment to the under
signed or to Raysor & Summers, At
torneys, Orangeburg, S. C.
Caroline Cuffy,
Executrix of last will and testament
of Prince Cuffy, deceased.
March 20th, 1911. 4t
For Judge of Probate and Special
Referee.
At the suggestion of several of my
friends, I hereby announce that I am
a candidate for Judge of Probate and
Special Referee. Should you see fit
to entrust this office to me I Leg to
assure you that I shall use my best
efforts to discharge the duties of this
important position carefully and ef
ficiently.
Yours very truly,
L. K. Sturkle.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Judfe of Probate and
Special Referee for Orangeburg
County, made vacant by the election
of Judge Robert S. Copes to the Cir
cuit Bench.
Andrew C. Dibble.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Judge of Probate and
Special Referee of Orangeburg coun
ty, and pledge my best services to
the people if elected.
Edward B. Friday.
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"She That Hesitates"?by Harris
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