GROW ALFALFA ??TERESTEVG ARTICLE ON GET TING IT STARTED. ??. ?. ? Mr. & H. Crtua'8 : Experience and " \4 \ ? ? i How Ho Managed - Alf alf a With] Good Success. ?i If*' 1 A* - i There are possibilities with alfal fa In South' Carolina. Many farmers have been making plantings In the last three or four years, and some have obtained good results. Many who have made failures do so be cause thejr have not known how to j plant stlfalfa properly. It is not yet; fullr determined whether alfalfa will be an economic success in this State, but In view, of the importations of j hayr and the wonderful results that have been obtained in western States, | it is well wprth ,a trial by any farmer. A. G. Smith, Scientllc Assistant of the United States Department of Agriculture has been" dolng.work with alfalfa, and where his. directions for planting have been carefully followed good results have uniformly been ob tained. Anyone desiring specific di rections for planting alfalfa can ob tain them by writing to him at Co lumbia. The following report by Mr. S. H. Crum, of this citj', is interest-1 lng in that it describes his difficul ties the first year and tells by under standing the crop a little better, he was able to obtain good results for the second year: "I have one-half acr eplanted in| alfalfa. In October 1909, I had corn and peas on this plot of land, which is a sandy gray loan> one-half of j which has solf yellow clay su hsoil, the other half pipe clay. It is what la called here low sand, but well drained. I broke this land with a two-horse plow in October 1909, and turned under a good crop of cowpea vines along with five two horse loads of stable trash manure. I then, hroad-casted 1,04)0 pounds cf-strong builders lime after having first slak-1 * Miss Pauline Cart entertained on Tuesday afternoon with a bridge par ty given complimentary to Mri>. Frank Rogers, Jr., of Florence, who is the charming guest of her grand, mother, 'Mlrs. Austin Bull. All visit ing ladies were presented with souye ners of the occasion. MIbs Cart's guests were, Misset Kittle Salley, Fay Peacock, Bessie Thompson, Gertrude Smith, Jennie Smith, Jessie Henry, Lola Wannamaker, Alma Wannamak er, Teble Wannamaker, Dot Bull, Flora Tobin, Mrs. .tohn Cart and Mrs. Frank Rogers, Jr. * w * The Kings Daughters met Tuesday afternoon with Mr?. Mortimer Glover on Whitman Stre?t. Routine busi ness was transacted. The next meet ing of the circle will be with Mrs. L. S. Wolfe. ~ ? ?> * Tuesday night ii the Elk's Hall a delightful dance was given by the young folks. About a dozen couples were on the floor and a most pleasant evening was passed. * *. * Tonight Miss Leila Marchant will entertain with a heart dice party in honor of Miss Hattle Zsigler who will be married in a few days. WILL ERECT NEW CHURCH. The St. Matthews Methodists to Have Hands omu Edifice. The St. Matthews correspondent of The State sayB: That the Methodists of St. Mat thews will soon have a handsome new church is now almost certain. The tete J. K. Wannamaker, who died last February, made a bequest of $20,000 in cash to this church, which amount was to .be available within three years after his death. The ex ecutors of the will will be able to pay $5,000 of thtu amount one year from the date of Mr. Wannamaker's death, and the remaining $15.000 will be paid at the end of three years. As the membership has been con templating the Uiildlng of a new church, this generous gift came at a very acceptable time. At a meeting of the trustees on Sunday, it was de^ cided that a 'meeting of the church to be held at an early date for the purpose of formulating plans for the new building. Another question to be decided is the location?whether the present site or another will be used. The church was at one timw centrally located, but the general growth of the town has been in a different direction, and the location is rather remote from a large part of the membership. The fund as r?ven by Mr. Wanna* maker will dobtloss be supplemented by a good sum, and in addition to the church, a modern and commod ious parsonage will be erected. It is proposed that a building commit tee be appointed in the near future, and that work shall begin on the building In the early part of the coming year. WILL BUILD TOGETHER School Districts Nos. 37 and 84 Com bine into One. A very large and enthusiastic cit izens meeting was held at Fridayville school near Spr.ngfleld on Tuesday evening. The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the advisability of combining districts Nos. 37 and 84 After a thorough discussion it was unanimously de cided to combine the two districts and build a new modern two room school building in the center of the new district at a cost of about $1300. This comr-i :rity has a yourishing Rural School Improvement Associ ation that has raised in the past few years about $150 to use in equip ing this new building. The trustees of this new district have in sight about $600 to put in this new build ing and are t*r>us entitled to $70(5 aid from the State and County to gether. This is a wide awake and progres sie community and they mean to gife their children the very best educa tional advantages posible. All other districts that ar<> able to combine and give their children better education al advantages should do so. The State will aid liberally all districts that do so to build fine schools. Very Badly Needed. There has bsen a good deal of talk of the great need of a new opera house in Oran^eburg. Lately this matter has taken on other aspects, and a company is considering the erection of such a building in this city. It is thought that in the near future these plans will culminate in the erection of an up-to-date play house. Such a buildinig, Is badly needed in this city and it is hoped that the need will be supplied before long. The present opera house could te enlarged by the city, and made to answer all purposes. -m ? ? * Barbecue at Dukes Fishery. Messrs. J. C. Fairey, Edd Newiin and Charlie Stroman will give anoth er big barbecue at Dukes' Fishery on July 4th. T.ckets are now on sale and may be secured from either of the above named gentlement. EDITORIAL ENDORSED BY SECRETARY MARCH ANT OP CHAMBER OFC OMMERCE. ' .'2__^__i He Issues a Call For Progressive Men To Boost Orangeburg at All Times and Everywhere. Editor Times and Democrat: Your editorial appearing In a re cent issue, headed "Stand by Your Town" appealed to me very strongly. The only possible objection which I would raise dn connection with it is that it should have been printed in heavy face type and Bhould have oc cupied a whole page, In. order that the tiuths thc-eln contained could have been given the fullest emphasis In ?he ou&iness of City Building which Or??gcburg is now engaged In. :he prime requisite is of courts loyalty to one's own city. Concerted r.o tlon and co-operative action is abso lutely necessary to make a city. The gether and stand together, and act business men of a city must work to with their local commercial organiza tion if they really, honestly want their oity to grow. They must not only give financial support, but they must give also their moral, intellec tual and physical support. Literally they must take off their coats and work. The question asked in your edi torial "Why should I support my own town" should be ? a superfluous question among right thinking busi ness men. The man who prefers to buy from catalogue houses and mail order establishments and who prefers for foreign concerns to receive his money rather than home firms, is guilty of treason in its worse form. As a corollary to the above the man who lives in a city where there is a commercial organization and who persistently refuses to give that or ganization his financial, moral, Intel lectual and physical support is also guilty of treason. I make bold to say that such a man who refuses to do hi? part in the upbuilding of his home town along the line I have indicated should have the badge of disloyalty placed upon him. With me, I am frank to say that I do not hesitate to practiro reciprocity with him. I do not say "boycott'' but I will not take up time to explain the difference between rec iprocity and boycott. It is a citizen's plain duty to help build up his town. I elieve that the only way to build up a town is through organization, and that the commercial organization is the true agency for town building. Therefore it necessarily follows that It is the plain duty of every citizen to alllgn himself with the commercial organi zation of his home town and give his support to all its undertakings. The Chamber of Commerce of Orangeburg is at present trying to put through several projects yet there are certain business men of the city?men who have made lots of money here?who are doing all they can to block these movements. For what reason 1 cannot understand, and I don't believe they can explain, unless perchance they are afraid in creased population will increase the amount of taxes on property which they will not sell for Improvements. The live, active, progressive element of Orangeburg must not allow a few men who are not in sympathy with our efforts to upbuild the city to de ter us from gcing forward. Learn to boost and practice boost-j ing. Boost yourself, boost your bus-1 ineBS and boost Orangeburg every where you can and all the time you can. Be a booster and not a knock er. Boosting scatters sunshine, smiles and prosperity. Knocking spreads gloom, shadows and stagna tion in business. A. H. Marchant, MIDWAY NEWS. Rain Very Badly Needed?Other Lo cal News. Midway, Jhne 26, Special: We are still in need of a good refreshing rain. It has beer, sometime since rain has fallen here to any extent and crops have begun to suffer. Corn is wilted up badly and cotton is falling back. Everything in the vegetable gardens is dying and if we do not get rain soon we are afraid that everything will come to a critical point. Mrs. M. H. Jackson and grand daughter, Miss Minnie Stroman are visiting relatives at Sumter and Lane City, S. C. Miss Bertha Smih> and brother, Herbert, spent a few days last week with relatives at OrangeLjrg. Rev. M. D. Austin delivered a very fine sermon at Hickory Grove church Sunday afternoon. He has been away at school for sometime, and we are glad to have him back with ub. Mr. John Jackson has gone to Dun barton, S. C. for sometime on .busi ness. Mrs. G. W. Smith and daughter, Emma, spent Friday with relatives near Creston. Misses Mary Huffman and Bessie Felkel are attending summer school at Winthrop. After an extended trip to Charles ton Mr. Henry Hungerpillar has re turned home. Mrs. J. S. Huffman has gone to Spartanburg for sometime. Miss Marian Barsh of Orangeburg is spending sometime here as the guest of Miss Annie Murray. Vacation for Pastor. Rev. J. M. Steadman, nastor of the Methodist church, at St. Matthews, who has been in poor health for some t:.me, has been granted a leave of absence to suit his convenience in order that he may visit the springs for recuperation. As a token of the appreciation of his faithful service, a purse containing a neat sum was presented Mr. Steadman with the request that, he accept the trip as the gift of his congregation. PROPOSED SCHEDULE Correspondent Writes Interestingly on the Suject. In reference to dispatch from El loree in regard to change in schedule on Pregnall branch of A. C. L. Ry., I beg to say that some time ago an ef fort was made to get a schedule some thing like this: Leave Orangeburg in the morning on the "Lane train" at, say seven A. M., run to Creston, ?nd then in down, in and out to Fer guson, if possible and connect by all means with the up train of the South ern at Pregnalls. Then do not wait to connect nith train going down but return at once to Orangeburg, reach ing there, say 11.30 or 12 M. Then lleave Orangeburg in afternoon at about four o'clock, run on down, in and out at Ferguson and connect with the up and down train on the South ern in the afternoon and evening at Pregnalls, then back to Orangeburg as usual. * Some of us think this would be the most satisfactory schedule that could possibly be gotten, feeling as we do that it is more important to connect with the train igoing up on the South ern in the afternoon than to connect with the mid-day train going to Charleston. We understood some of the folks at Elloree agreed to this proposition when it was first made but on second thought decided against It. Some of us think the above sched ule would suit the travelling public and the majority of people along the whole line of rood better than any we can get, and we do hope Elloree will be magnamimous enough to be willing without kicking to see this put into operation, provided we can get it. The only way to get and hold trade is to meet competition and merit patronage. Pou cannot force people to trade where they do not wish to trade, and you may rest as sured the majority of people soon find out where they can get the best bargain. When they find that (they can get better bargains at home they will not go elsewhere to trade. So if it is possible for the Chahber of Com merce at Orangeburg to get this schedule let them go ahead and do so. And besides I hear some say they wish they could have a Sunday train on this road, though, I am not advo cating that. One Who Is Interested. WEATHER REPORTS. To Be Furnished Farmers by Bell Telephone Company. Through an arrangement perfect ed between the United State3 Weath er Bureau and the Southern Bell Tel ephone Company, more than 25,000 Southern farmers will receive daily weather reports by telephone begin ning July 1st. The daily weather reports will be furnished the Telephone Company by the Weather Biureau and the report will be read to the farmers by tele phone operators. At a given hour each day a general alarm will ,be sounded, calling every farmer to the telephone. When they are all as sembled the report will be read. Any farmer who Is not able to answer the signal and hear the report has the privilege of calling the operator and securing the information. Almost every farmer's telephone line conected with the Bell System has fix or more subscribers and by reading the report to each line the work can be speedily accomplished. This is the first comprehensive and systematic effort to furnish this in formation without cost to the farmers of the South. The spread of the tele phone in the rural districts In the past few years has made it possible to reach such a large number of far mers through the Bell 'System, and the dissemination of weather news by telephone is one of the many practi cal uses for the telephone on the farm. The territory of the Southern Bell Company covers the state of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Virginia and the southern half of West Virginia. Neeses Happenings. Our little town is still on the boom. The sound of the hammer and the buzzing of the saw never ceases There are four new residences now under completion. Mr. Elvin Neese, of our town and Miss Bessie Hutto , of Livingston, were married last Sunday, and will make this their future home. They have the best wishes of evervone. Mr. Hammle Chaplain has been vis iting his sister, Mrs. T. P. Knox, of ?Mount Carmel. Miss Mabel Blume and Miss Jennie Gleaton has been visiting Miss Ma4e King of Hartville. Mrs. Chaplain gave a party Monday night in honor of Miss Vera Roone, Miss i.Miay Felder, and Miss Mollie Holman, of Orangeburg, and Miss Ve ra Smith, of Bainbridge, Ga. The amusing games and the delightful music by Mrs. Elvin Neese and Miss Vera Boone was enjoyed by everyone. Mr. Lucious Tyler is spending his v;.cation with his parents. There will be a game of base ball at Neeses Friday between Neeses and Bolentown. Mrs. J. W. Neese entertained the young people Tuesday night. All enjoyed themselves very much. Given the Contract. The St. Matthews correspondent of The State says at the opening of seal ed bids for the erection of a monu ment in memory of the late J. K. Wannamaker, his wife and father, the contract was awarded to the Ep worth orphanage at Columbia, by their agent. Rev. J. H. Thacker. Tne contract price of this work Is $1,000. There were a number of bidders from different sections of the country, each bidding to a set of selected specifica tions after thorough examination. The executors are very much pleased with the offer of the orphanage. Work will be begun at on?e. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKET) UP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening Here and There. Local Items of Personal Interest to Onr Readers. Band concert aa usual tomorrow night. The Times and Democrat's comic supplement -?!11 be issued the lirst Tuesday in July. The ladies of St. George's church will sell ice cream Saturday after noon at the school house at 4 o'clock. The Theato gives a benefit today to the Ladies Basket Band. The pro gram is; "In Old California" and "Slabesides." Mr. A. S. Jennings brought a cot ton boh to our office yesterday which came from the farm of Mfesrs. A. S. -enning-} and J. D. Cleckly. Mrs. J. N. Brown, of North, has gone on a visit to the mountains of North Carolina, to visit her sister, 'Mlrs. R. A. Sutherland, at Canton. Remember the rummage sale at the new library next to the Presbyter ian church. All who have something to contribute are requested to bring it in today. ?Several new residences have just been completed in this city and oth ers are under way towards completion AH of which goes to show that Or angeburg grows apace. On account of Fourth of July hol 1,1? thft Southern Railway will sell low round trip tickets to all points on sale July 1st to 4th inclusive, with final return limit July 8th. The proposed celebration of July 4 th, has been abandoned. It was found that the committee did not have time to work up a creditable affair, and it was decided to call it off. The man who is a constant failure in the city is not going to prove a suc cess on the farm. It needs something more than a change of scene and oc cupation to make a success of such people. Among other large brick buildings to be erected in this city are those of Fairey Bros, on Mlddleton street and that of Adden Bros, cn the cor ner of V/est. Russell and Broughton streets. '.' et the good work go on. The large brick building of Sifly & Frith is being, rapidly pushed to completion and will be one of the largest .stores in the State. It has a frontage of about 95 feet. When completed it will be the largest store room in ',his section of the State. A lar.je crowd could have been brought ;o Orangeburg if the Fourth of July celebration had had the prop er .attention from the citizens that it should have had. That is one way of help boosting a town?always keep it In the limelight of publicity. The building on EaBt Rusell street recently purchased by the Dix ie Library association of this city has been renovated, overhauled and re painted and now presents an attrac tive appearance. The library will be moved shortly from its present location into the new home. Don't forget to send anything you have for the Rummage Sale to the New Library building today. The sale will begin at 9 o'clock to-mor row morning and continue through Saturda). The public is cordially in vited to tttend the sale and help this good cai.se. In making your plans for July 4th don't forget the barbecue .it Dukes' Fishery. The managers promise that It shall be run on exactly the same lines as the last one and a good time is promised to all. The public is invited and tickets can be secured from Charlie Stroman, Edd Newlin or Jim Fairey. The frame building on Church street, between the Young America building and the Farmers' Union Trust and Bank building, has bopn torn down and Is to be replaced at once by a modern, brick office build ing. The building will be pretty In design and will add much to this street. It will be erected by Messrs. M. E. Zeigler and A. J. Hydrick. Jr. Mr. Clifton Horger Improves. The alarm In cr reports sent out as to the condition of Clifton Horger, of Jamison, who was struck on the head Sunday afternoon, the blow crushing his skull, are somewhat ex aggerated. He was in a semi-coma tose condition all day Monday, but was considerably improved Tuesday. At four o'clock Tuesday afternoon he called for a cigarette, the first re quest since the accident, except for water. Drs. Edgar Horger, of Eutaw ville, and Dr. Alonza Horger, of Har leyville, reached his bedside Tuesday and took him to the home of the former on the southbond train. -> * ? Children's Day at Hopewell. Last Saturday was another gala day for Hopewell ethodlst church. One of the largest crowds ever pres ent were in attendance to enjoy the children's dry exercises and the hos pitality of the Hopewell folk. The exercises, consisting of short talks by Mr. John Davis, and the pastoi, Rev. Quick and various songs, marches and recitations by the chil dren. The exercises were very good and held the attentiou of the entire audience. After the exercises dinner was served and when it was all over, it was agreed that "it was good to have Leen there." A Painful Accident. While visiting at the home of Mr. J. E. Gaskin, near St. Matthews, Sun day the children were playing around and ventured into the lot. Mr. Her bert Axson's little son, Lever, was kicked in the stomach by a horse and is now in a serious condition, but we hope he will soon be as well as usual. John Wanamaker.whoje ' life has been insured for a million and a half, or ce said: From the day an honest man pays the first premium for life insurance, that first receipt of his gives a new impulse, a new H?ht to his eye and a new hope to his heart. The late Grover Cleve land said: Get a policy and then hold on to it. It means self-respect; it means that nobody will have to put something in a hat for you or your dependent ones. Dr. Lyman Abbott said: One could easily bear to take his wife and children down with him into poverty so long as he could be with them to help carry the loaa but to go off to his eternal rest and leave them to go down into poverty and to fight the wolf from the door, what more terrible prospect? The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, said: It is a mean thing to go up to heaven while your family go to the poorhouse. When they, are out at the elbows the thought of your splendid r/obe in Heaven will not keep them warm. The minister may preach a splendid sermon over your remains, and the quartette may organ loft, but your death will PROTECTION THAT PKOTEOTSo STRONGEST EN THE WORLDc THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOQETOo sing like four angels alighted in the be a swindle. SEE ZEiGLER & DIBBLE SPECIAL AGENTS Orangeburg, S. C, i Dear Friend: We had such good lemonade for tea yesterday.. That was because we had good lemons, when I went to get the lemons I saw so many nice fruit?, and things at the grocery. Lernens Oranges Bananas Grape Jiuce Pineapple Juice Ginger Ales Your friend, JACOB. ??pyrigkt 19 by Outrank Adrtrtliing Co.. Ch*? P. s I got the lemons at CRAIG'S PURE FOOD STORE The People's Bank. Orangeburg, South Carolina. 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