Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ESTABLISHED IN 1869. Published Three Times Each Week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 'Entered as second class matter on January 9, 1909,-at the post office at ?rangcburg, S. CM under the Act of Congress o>' March, 1879. Jas. L. 'Sims, - Editor and Prop., Jas. Jzlar Sims, - - Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year.S1.50 One Year (by carrier).2.00 Six Months.73 Three Months.40 Remittances should be made pay able to The Times and Democrat, Orangebui g, S. C, by registered let ter, check: .or money erder. It is Mid Teddy now finds it bard to gi>t space in the newspapers. Hennas ceised to be a drawing card. We are sure that when the line up comes Bryan will be fcuDd backing Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic .Presidential nomination. The new winding up commission should wind up the old State dispen sary at or.ce, and then wind up itself. The public is sick and tired of the whole meus. i In the "Innocence of our soul at one time we thought that the men con ducting :he State dispensary were honest. How we could have been so blind amazes us. Hon. William Jennings Bryan is not a candidate for President. He de dared that he will not run for the Democrat.c nomination at the Demo cratic banquet at St. Paul, Minn. So that is settled. The.Times and Democrat is not on ly In favor of the nominating of the Democratic candidate for President by a primary election, but believes that the President-should be elected by a popular vote. Senator Tillman gives notice that he does not claim to have any influ ence with the present dispenser of pardons in this State. He does not understand how such an idea could have become prevalent. Judging from the tone of his let ter, we are inclined to think that iT Col. Felder was Governor of Georgia he would have made a requisition for Gov. Blease as an offset to the one Gov. Blease made for him. When Gcr. Blease was asked if the two letters signed "Cole," published by Col. Felder, were his or forgeries, he said he did not care to say any thing about such stuff emanating from a man ae had made requisi tion for. What objection can there be to a primary election in South Carolina to ascertain the. choice of the people for the Democratic Presidential can didate? Really that is the only way to get at the wishes of the rank and file of the party. Brother Bell, of the Cherokee News says ','they say that the water Is so low down about Orangeburg that the fish are climbing the trees." We have had one or two good rains in the last ten days and the fish have all returned to the river. Columbia has a pennant winning team this year, and will come out on top, if such umpires as Derrick don't umpire too many of the games in which the Columbia team takes part. Derrick should not be allowed to umpire any garne in which Colum bia plays. \ The paper trust was defended by Senators McCumber, Gallinger, Smoot a jd Heyburn, Republicans, and Bail ey, Democrat at the hearing before the senate committee on finance on the Canadian reciprocity bill. Bailey is one so-called Democrat who is al ways ready to help out the trusts. Editor Harry L. Watson, who has been elected President of the State Press Association, will fill the bill to the satisfaction of all. The Green wood Index, the newspaper he%edits with signal ability, Is one of the best weeklies In the State. President Watson is a worthy successor to Pres ident Kohn. Progressive Republican members of the Wisconsin Senate are deter mined ..hat the United States Senate shall b?gin an investigation of the election of Isaac Stephenson to the senate. Stephenson is the man who gave Hlnes so much trouble. Hines bought him. but Stephenson refused to stay bought. Brother Smith, of the Saluda Standard, congratulates himself on securing the services of "an exper ienced printer possessing the neces sary qualifications of correct spell ing and the ability to read and de cipher the most difficult manuscript that comes Into the office that Is worthy of publication." Teddy says he will not be a candi date for the Republican presidential nomination next year, and would re gard it as a calamity if he were nom inated. Teddy is right. It would be a calamity to him should he be nomi nated, because Teddy would get a good, decent drubbing. That would be good for the country. Documents which it is believed will prove the existence of a combination of lumber companies were demanded by the special Federal grand jury at Chicago from employees of the Wey erbau3er Lumber Company, which, with the Edward Hines Lumber Com pany, is declared to control lumber prices throughout the United States. Make Him Prove Them. Gov. Biease should loose no time in taking Feder to the Courts and make him prove the ugly charges he makes or put him in stripes as a criminal libeller. Felder substanti ates his charges that Blease had while State Senator from Newberry County, accepted a fee or? $500 from a liquor house for services rendered, by publishing the following letters,; which he says was written by Blease. The first letter reads: "Dear Sir: I am greatly sur prised that' you failed to call upon me during your recent visit to Co lumbia and arrange the matter as promised. Spoke to Hub about it and ho referred me to you. Have performed all services as agreed, both as to matters pending here and as to the last purchases by the board. Let me hear from you at once. Read and destroy. Yours very truly. "Cole." And here is the second one: "Dear Sir: Since writing you on the 26th* ultimo, saw Hub. He banded me the five hundred. Hereafter either deal directly with me. or through J. F. Confidenti ally, cannot rely on Hub in money matters. Hope to see you soon and report happenings. Very tru ly yours. "Cole." These letters put the charges made by Felder in such shape that Blease oannot well afford to neglect them. They are either genuine or false. If they are false that fact can be estab lished in the courts of Georgia as readily as in the courts r* South Car olina. The proving of *.hese letters false and Felder a forger would put that gentleman out of business. Therefore, if these letters are false, Blease will lose no time in bringing Felder to justice. But if they are true, Blease will let them severely alone. Felder adds Insult to injury by challenging Blease to go 1 n the Courts. Felder says "in order to afford you grounds for this suit, I charge that you, both in official life and as a private citizen, have been a bribe-giver and a bribe-taker, 'less of the former than of the latter.' that during your iincumbency as a state senator from the county of Newberry you were on the pay rolls of at least a half dozen liquor dealers doing busines with Jhe late defunct dispensary (and that you received from one alone the sum of $4,000, and from the others sums aggregat ing many thousands of dollars)." The above is pretty rough, but Felder rubs it in by saying "I specif cally charge that these moneys were paid by them and acepted by you with the distinct understanding that it should be for compensation for your service in protecting their in terests from hostile legislation and foi corruptly influencing the State's agent. In the purchase of supplies for the State dispensary. I use your own language: From *he 'mountain of evidence' in my possession I sub mit for your consideration 'a few grains of sand.' In doing sc I omit the name of the addressee." Felder (goes on to say "I charge further, that your election to the office of governor of the State or South Carolina was compassed by methods and means contrived by you, your law partner, Fred Doml nick?now a member f your wlnd ing-up-eom mission?your henchmen and alles, whose master hands are dexterously skilled in fhe art of cor ruption and debauchery as the result of many years practice in this art. The specific means to which I refer being the raising of n gigantic cor ruption fund, which was used under your direction to debauch.^ large portion of the electorate of the State of South Carolina. Felder then says ho serves notice on Blease that he has a full roster of the names of the solicitors of this fund and a partial list of the contrib utors, and winds up by saying "not withstanding the fact that this fund was disbursed under your direction and your supervision, you signed an affidavit prescribed by the statute of your state in which you declared that the disbursements made by you in your candidacy for gc ?rnor were in finitestimally small." Here again the Governor is challenged to the courts by Felder, who says he is ready to prove his charges by the documents he holds in his possession. The Columbia Record, which holds that the most serious charge broutgiht by Felder against Governor Blease is the use of money in the 1910 election saying*that if the charge be true, Blease is guilty of several criminal offences including perjury, thinks that the Governor and Mr. Fred Domlnick, who is included in Fel der's change as to this matter, can not afford to rest under that accusa tion. The Record thinks that a full and free investigation will no doubt be insisted upon by the Governor and his friends, wh" it says, "are presumably ready to make a com plete showing as to the source and disbursements of the Governor's cam paign fund." This is the only thing that Blease can do to save himself. Abuse of Fel der amounts to nothing. Felder may be a (great deal blacker than Blease paints him, but that, does not help clear Blense of the charges made against him by Felder. All these charges are serious, but Blease might ignore them if it was not for the let ters published by Felder, claimed to have been written by Blease and a "full roster of the names of the solic tors of this fund and a partial list of the contributors," which Felder says he has in his possession. Blease must prove these letter forgeries and Felder's statement false, if he wishes to clear himself of ali suspicion. Farmers as Business Men. The Progressive Farmer says that the farmer has not kept pace with the men in other lines, in the use of system and in the planning of definite results is unquestionably true, but it is equally true that the successful farmer of the future must adopt more of the modern business methods used by successful men in other lines of work. The farmer is a producer and a seller of farm products The merchant and others who are called "business men," are chief ly concerned in the selling of goods; but the farmer is a business man In the fullest sense of the term because he is both producer and seller. That he is not generally so regarded is en tirely due to the fact that he has not kept up with and used the business methods generally proved to be nec essary in other business operations. Dir. he must come to it. and the quicker the better. It will pay him in a thousand ways. It will make him a better farmer, as he will try and save here and save there, whicji every .business msn hr~3 to do to keep things moving. Unless farmers keep a small set of books we do not see how they can tell what they are do ing.' As to whether this or that crop pays. Farmers would find it not on ly profitable but a pleasure to keep as accurate account of his farming operations as he can. CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. For Sale.?Hand drawn red heart Cyprus shingles. J. D. Cleckley, Cope, S. C. 6-3-4t.* Take your baby to Dominick's at Neeses, S. C. and he will give it a ! gold rin,g guaranteed five years free, If It Is under 12 months old. | Standard Typewriter in perfect con dition for sale at less than half cost. Can be seen at office of C. P. Brunson, magistrate, in the court house, Orangeburg, S. C. 6-7-2t* Ice! Ice! Ice! I have opened my lee House for the summer and will be pleased to serve my old as well as new patrons with ice. Smoak Bros., Cordova, S. C. 6-5-3 Farm hand wanted at once, either married or single. Can furnish house to live in. Good wages to the right party. S. J. Derry, R. F. D. No. 1, Sally, SC. 4t * - ?> Have your grates reset in summer time. Do not wait for cold weath er to do the work. Large stock of grates on hand. Dukes and Rhodes. tf. ober and reliable married man wants position as overseer on farm, un derstands farming of all kinds and machinery. Address, X. Y. Z. Uptoiiville, Ga. 2t * Ice! Ice! Ice! I have opened my Ice House for the summer and will be pleased to serve my old as well as new patrons with ice. Look out for my wagon. J. B. Kelley. Wanted?Men to learn cotton busi ness in our sample rooms; two weeks to'complete course; high sal aried position secured. Charlotte Cotton School, Charlotte, N. C. For Rent or Sale after May 31, 1911, . house and lot, 110 feet fronting on Russell Street, No. 213. Depch 729 feet Apply to Geo. V. Zelg ler. For Sale.?One Jersey milk cow, with young calf. One Jersey heifer two years old. All in good condi tion for particulars apply to W. W. Barrs, St. Matthews, S. C. Notice?Anyone having clock repair ing to do will oblige me by giving me their patronage. I can now Bee well enough to do- repairing. Parties can find me at city hall. A. D. Powers. tf Hardwood mantels, Tiles, Frames and Grates. Large stock to se lect from. Write for catalogue and pri.ces. Prompt shipments Dukes and Rhodes, Orangeburg, S, C. tf. For Sale?One 30 H. P. Boiler; one 25 H. P. Engine Continental, two 70 saw gins, elevator, press, shaft ing, belts etc. Can be seen at W. L. Mack's farm, Cordova, S. C, orj W. F. Smoak, Cordova, S. C. 5-23-12* For Sale.?Live installment furniture business at Charleston, hard goods only, owner must retire account of health. Full Investigation invited. Address "Furniture," Box 4 08. Charleston, S. C. 5-23-S* For Sale?Eggs for hatching. Mam moth Pekin Duck 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 Dukes and Rhodes, Marble works, Italian and Vermont marble, the best monumental store. All work finished at Orangeburg, S. C. Large stock to select from home enterprise. So see us before you place your order. Can save you money. Dukes and Rhodes, tf Found drifted up on bank of South Edisto, near S. A. L. R. R. bridge, 1 good boat about 17 feet long with 4 seats; longchain: fish box in middle: painted green. Owner can get same by calling at V. J. Gue, Norway, S. C. -1 Ford. Do you know that the Ford car made an average of 47 miles per hour in the recent hill climb ing race at Orangeburg. Do you know that it won over cars of much greater price and power. Do you know that every fifth car sold in this country is a Ford Model T? Do you know why there is such a demand for the Ford Model T? It is because the Model T Ford Is a car of beauty, light weight, pow er speed, and lasting qualities, and a price within the reach of every one. See G. C. Bolen, Neeses, S. C. ; 3t To-days Program "The Kid From Arizona" -and "The Letter With the Red Seal" and by request "The Red Cross Seal" HERBERT L. GAMBATi, Prop. Detroit Kerosine Engine. STARTS WITHOUT CRANKING. Runs on common Kerosine Oil. To all prospective purchasers of Gasoline Engines: I have the exclusive agency fo? the Detroit Kerosine Engine, and offer you: an engine complete, ready to run when you receive it; entire freedom from ad justments and complications; a reliable engine that starts without cranking, reverses and runs equally well in either direction, an engine which is cold weather proof; an engine which runs on common Kero sine Oil (lamp oil) better than ordinary engines run on gaso line. Absolutely steady power; absolute reliability. Full con trol over engine speed while engine Is running, entire ab sence of gears, sprockets or cams. The only engine that women and children can safe ly run. Just the thing to run anything from a sewing ma chine to a ginnery up to 50 horse power. Write me your wants. Dr. J. H. E. Mouse, Notice of Stockholders Meeting. The Board of Directors of the People's Bank, of Orangeburg, S. C.,. having duly adopted a resolution providing for an increase of the cap ital Btock of said bank from thirty thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars; A meeting of the stockholders of the said People's Bank will be held at the banking rooms of said bank, at Orangeburg, S. C, on Tuesuay, the 6th day of June, 1911, at 5 P. M., to consider the matter of such increase of the capital stock of said bank. D. 0. Herbert, J. W. Culler, President. Cashier. 5-ll-ll-4t. Teddy says he has never promised to support Taft. Of course not. Ted dy is too busy now supporting Teddy to think of anyone else. They Are Real Genuine Bargains in Every Respect. Your Opportunity to Buy a Good Iiistru- I ment at a Low Price. A* recent inventory of our stock shows that we have on hand the following SLIGHTLY USED and SEC- f OND HAND Pianos and Organs in our Warerooms? Some of these were accepted by us in part payment | for better and higher priced Instruments. Others were on rent for a short while. PIANOS. _ ' 1 Newman Square 61-4 Octaves, good condition, $40 1 Arion Upright, used some time, but in good order . . . . ?.$75 1 Large JVtathushek, Square, 71-3 Octaves, magnifi cent order.$125 1 Farrand, Upright, almost new, original price $400 now.$275 ORGANS. 1 BRIDGEPORT, cost when new $ 85 now $45 1 BRIDGEPORT, cost when new 90 now 40 1 BRIDGEPORT, cost when new 90 now 50 { CARPENTER, cost when new 65 now 50 1 CARPENTER, cost when new 75 now 45 1 BURDETTE, cost when new 100 now 10 1 MASON & HAMLIN, cost when new 125 now 30 1 WATERLOO, cost when new 85 now 35 1 BECKW1TH, cost when new 50 now 25 1 FARRAND, cost when new 75 now 45 1 PUTNAM, cost when new ? 75 now 30 THESE ARE THE GREATEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN THIS SECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CALL OR WRITE US. Marchant Music Co. I ESTABLISHED 1882. ? ' | \ 53 East Russell St.Orangeburg, S. C. Pure Simpkins Cotton Seed | The Earliest and most Prolific Cotton in the World for Stuhle Land. "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 now." Then these departments are al ways busy because of one final fact: "Good Goods for Your Money"?first and last. Paints and Varnishes. Cut Glass and Cutlery. Cigars and Tobacco. Stationery and Supplies. Huyler's Candies: only agency. J. 6. Wannamaker IBTg Co Orangeburg, S. C. Don't Wait for next fall and higher prices. Or angeburg dirt is on the move. Buy now and reap the profit yourself. How many people can you count on your fingers that have lost their mon ey In buying [teal Estate. Think of how Orangeburg County is increasing in population every year. And do you think they will ever leave this grand old county of Orangeburg, thinking they can bny better farms that will produce bet ter cotton, corn, wheat or oats than this grand old county? How much Real Estate have you heard of being made in this county? Now I have one of the best farms for a quick sale there is in the coun ty. Tiiis farm is close up, propert) on one of the best country roads in the State, five miles south of Orango burg on the Charleston road. About one million feet of good pine lumber and one good saw mill and cotton gin in good repair, 603 acres, 100 acres in cultivation. Will make a bale oi cotton to every acre if properly cul tivated, near a good school which runs nine months in the year, one mile of a good Methodist church, preaching every Sunday. Don't de lay if you want it. Will sell yoH part or all of this property. Special price ? sold quick. F. R. Simpson Real Estate Co. If You Want the Best Stationery -GO TO Sims Book Store - ? - 49 E. Russell St. Worth Inspecting Our stock of neckwear for sum mer will warrant your inspection if you are desirous of obtaining the smartest, most fashionable, pure silk neckties for this season. We bought only from the best houses that have produced the mosl original, ye.t most exclusive and refined neckwear for this sum mer. Our 25c and 50c values cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Renneker & Riggs THE FASHION SHOP.