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ft D.'S AT ST. MATTHEWS THIRTY PHYSICIANS FROM FOUR COUNTIES PRESENT. Sereral Interesting Discussions and ; Speeches?New Officers Elected? Net Meeting at Orangeburg. The St. Matthews correspondent of th j (News and Courier says as follows regarding the medical meeting held in th.it place: I St Matthews, July 18. Special: St. Matthews promised the District Meflt- j leid Association, comprised of Lex injrton, Bamberg, Orangeburg, and Calhoun, the best meeting It has ever "had, and the general opinion is that ?ha made good Tuesday. Fully thirty ??, physicians from all parts of the dis trict were on hand, and all seemed greatly interested in the proceedings. Dr. J. J. Cleckley, of Bamberg, pre-1 Bided. Dr. T. H. Dreher, <5f St. Mat thews, made a brief speech of wec ?cofe. ? Dr. C. W. Kollock, of Charleston, uuide am out interesting talk upon Optbalmia Wonatorium. He made the interesting assertion that 25 per cent of the .blind people in the coun * try is due to a preventable disease. - It was useless, he said, to blinSTthe 'fact that physicians are largely to Warne. A medical teacher is crimi nally negligent who fails, to ground his students thoroughly In this mat ter. He was amazed to find that Among the c uestions asked the grad uate nurses before the ate medical board there was nothing bearing up on this important matter. He scored the midwives for their dirty, filthy methods and their total ignorance about the simple preventable remedy In child birth, which could so easily stop this deplorable percentage of blind people. Boards of health should take these old midwives in charge and force them to do their duty, he said. They should be licensed and examined once each year. In the second place the laity should be rous ed bo a sense of their duty and told the importance of looking after these ?i-.ses. The obstetrician, it is presmed, iiows his business in preventing this t errible malady in child-birth, and I subjects himself to the charge of criminal negligence If he fails to do j bs duty, he said. He urged, In un mistakable terms, that every physr cfan should use the stadard remedy in every case no matter how inno cont it may seem. T>r. A. B. Knowlton read a most thorough and instructive paper on -? Vaginal Caesarean Section." As is well kown the classical operation has ihas been by the abdominal route, which Julius Caesar is said to have travelled on his entrance into the ?world and from whom the opera tion took Its name. Dr. Knowlton gave statistics from eminent speclal Iiits to prove that the more recent operation is more successful. .There ?was a time, tie speaker, said, when tie hope was limited to saving the .mother, mainly, but the rule now is t> save both mother and ohna. Dr. M. J. D. Dantzler, of Elloree, ^vrho is 70 odd years of agee, but 1b possessed of undiminished hental ?force, and who is one of the most ac tive members of the association, read an exhaustive and scholarly paper up <n "The Functions of the Ductless <}lands." .Many interesting clinical <aseB were on had for the benefit of the visiting doctors. Dr. Price Timmerman, the dlstricc counsilor, made a few appropriate re nnarks, congratulating the members ?itpon. their SDlendld meeting. Officers were elected as follows: 13r. T. H. Dreher, of St. Matthews, president; Dr. J. S. Matthews, of Denmark, vice president; Dr. Sophia. Urunson secretary and treasurer. Ex ecutive committee: Drs. Ceckley, -of !3amberg; D. D. Salley, of Oriange burg; Fairey, of Calhoun; and Tim merman, of Lexington. A splendid dinner was served at Cains Hotei, where appropriate toasts were rendered. Orangeburg was choosen as the next place of meeting. Three Blown to Atoms. Fragments of human flesh give evi dence that three men were killed Monday when 5,000 pounds of nitro glycdrine exploded, destroying the plant of the Dupont Powder Compay, 15 miles south of Denver. The building rose in a cloud of black smoke, with a circle of flame at its base. When they had reached a height of 100 feet they broke in pieces. Found Him Dead. Earl Kieuse, of Parkersburg, W. Va., early Monday called his hotel clerk over the telephone and asked that a messenger be sent to his room, as he had something he wanted to give out to the newspapers. When the boy arrived he found Kiensse dead on the bed with his throat cut. A razor was in his rieht hand. No cause for the suicide has been found. Install Heating Plant. The work of placing a heating plant in the court house will be be gun soon, so as to be completely in stalled before the winter season The court house commission appointed some years ago to have charge of funds for improvements to be made at the court house will advertise for bids for this work. The plant will have to be placed beneath an exca vating will be necessary Just a Bad Negro. For no other reason, apparently, than to show that he was a "bad man," Lucas Freeman, a tough ne gro who has been in trouble on more than one previous occasion, shot Bill KInsler, also a negro, in the breast in front of Kinsler's sister's house in Ramsay's row back of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio railway's yards at Spartanburg. SOCIETY ITEMS. Several Parties Given Visiting Young People. / On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. L. S. Wolfe entertained at bridge, six ta bles were arranged. Mrs. Linning won visitors prize and Mrs. Cart made highest score. .Those playing were iMesdames Ed and Shelly Sco ville, T. M. Raysor, John Cart, A. C. Ligen,, W. K. Sease, J. J. Andrews, Pater Brunson, W R. Bryant, Fred and H C Wannamaker, Louis Gelzer, Cornell, Lining, A. H. Marchant, Dick Richardson, R. H. Jennings, Misses May Riggs, Richardson of Sumter, Morgan of Columbia, Leila Marchant, Mazle Slater. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. John Cart entertained at cards, hon or of the visitors Mesdames Wanna maker and Andrews of Charleston, Lining of Jacksonville, Misses Henry of Timmonsvllle, Randell of Sumter, and Richardson, of Sumter. Six ta bes Tor euchre were arranged and three prizes were given, two for high est score among the visitors and One for the home folks. Punch and ice cream ad cake were served. Those playing were Mesdlames Ed and Shel ley Scovllle, Berghouse, Corel, Jen nings, Hayne Wannamaker, Li gon, Peter Brunson, Andrews, Lin ning., Atkinson, Bryant, Marchant, L. S. Wofe, W. G. Smith, W. L. Glov er, M. Boone, Dick Richardson, Mal pass, Sease, Jim Salley, Oliveros, Misses Miadie Slater, Leiia Marchant, Morgan, Jessie Henry, R?ndle, Ebba and Marguerite Dukes, Richardson, May Thompson, Cummlngs, Cavt. Miss Warner Hare entertained on Tuesday evening in honor Miss Kath erine Howie. Those present were Misses Howie, McCarty, Carita R?n dle, Geraldine Cave, Kathleen and Isabelle Wannamaker, Marguerite Stokes, Sybil Izlar, Mignon Lowman, Susie Albergotti, Ruth Dibble, Bes sie Thompson, Mary Chlshom. Messrs Orin Bowman, Russell and Lenaire Wolfe, George Seignlous, Preston Hildebrand, Asheley Merrimon, John Hydrlck, Theodore Jeffords, Hen ry Sims, Kenneth sowman, Arthur Foreman, James IzBar, Cole Gibson, and Willie Zieger. OADIDATES CARDS. To the Voters of the City of Or angeburg.?I hereby respectfully an nounce myself a candidate for the office of Mayor of the city of Orange burg at the approaching municipal election, and will appreciate the en dorsement of my candidacy. Very truly yours, W. W. Wannamaker. To the Voters of the City of Orange nurg: At the earnest solicitation of many friends I hereby announce my self a candidate for the office of May or Orangeburg in the approaching municipal election. I realize fully the Importance and honor of the position I ask at your hands, and I believe I oan fill the office to the complete satisfaction of the entire citizenship, and I respect fully request your favourable consid eration of my candidacy. If you elect me, i shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the office, determined to devote my best energies to the advancement of our city. * Yours truly, O. K. Wilson. Denies the Charge. The following card from Mr. G. W. Willard, Intendent of Fort Motte, who wan recently arrested on the charge of selling whiskey, explains Itselfi To the Editor of The State: In reply to a special from St. Mat thews in Tuesday's issue, I wish to say the charges are unjust and will be proved so at the next term of court. G. W. Willard. Many of Mr. Yvillard's friends are of the opinion that there is some mistake about this matter, and that he will be able to establish his inno cence at the proper time. Married Two Couples. The first marriage license to be is sued to colored people in this county were issued on Saturday by Major A. C. Dibble, Judge of Probate The parties not only applied for marriage licenses, but requested the Judge to tie the knot Drawing out an old Methodist hymn book, Judge Dibblt. turned to its back pages and found the ceremony, and in a short while the happy hearts were united. The contracting, parties were Chas. Jam ison and Annie Gue and Huger Jack son and Alvenie Wilder. After the ceremony they went on their way re joicing. Cannon to be Mount**! The granite foundations for the cannon that are to bs mounted on either side of the handsome Confed erate monument- on the courthouse square are being butt and the can nons will soon be placed in position. These cannons were secured by Maj. William V. Izlar, who was instru mental in thf? erection of a monument to Hagood's brigade near Petersburg, Va Want Oivmgehnrg Ideas. City Clerk and Treasurer L. H. Wannamaker is in receipt of a let ter from authorities at Pasadena, Cal, asking for information con cerning the construction ar.d opera tion of the Orangsburg waterworks system. The fame of the local water works and power plant S3-i3tem has gone far and wide, and many letters are received along the line of the Cal ifornia letter Died in the Chair. Giuseppe Serlmarce, who killed two men during his 27 years of life paid the penalty for one of his deeds Monday at Sing Sing prison. New York. One minute's contact of the electric chair left him a corpse. It was the quickest execueion since an electric chair was introduced at the State prison. DON'T HURT THEM THE WOODPECKER IS A FRIEND OF THE FARMER. They Should Protect This Bird and Encourage it to Nest and Increase About Their Lauds. The golden dinged woodpecker, which -every boy has seen time and again, is one of the commonest of our birds, and one of the most useful to man It has a wide range, "being known in nearly every State east of the Mississippi, and haB acquired many aliases in different parts of the Union such as yellow hammer, or hammerer, flicker, hih-hole, hittuck, yellow woodpecker, wake-up, yarrup. It will be noted that all these com mon names, as well as its scientific, are strictly descriptive, referring to some habit, color or voice of this bird Its general name, coloptes, is Greek, for chisel or hammer, from colopeo, to use such a tool It refers to the use the bird makes of its bill. The other name, the specific, is Latin, for gilded or golden, from aurum, gold, in allusion .o its prevailing color. The bird is party or wholly migra tory in the more Northern and South ern sections, but here in South Caro lina it continues HI the year, being confined mostly to the -woodsides along the margin of fields. In very cold weather it retires to the dense foests for shelter, bat comes out to seek a change of fotd. At other times At other times it industriously hunts and procures its food from dead or half dead trees It Is often seen along the margin of woodlots, chere it hunts among the dead leaves oor its insect food. In winter it feeds mostly upon the round, where it takes worms, gruDS, larvae, beetles, snails, etc. It is an industrious and persistent worker for food, hunting about old logs, among rubbish, and in everq place that ap- j pears to its practised eye to harbor on insect. Wood beetles or their larvae are its favorite food?such beetles as are harmful to the crop of trees. A bird that passes the most of its life in the forest or among trees, is especially serviceable to lumbermen and all fhe ownes of timber It con sumes hosts of wood-boring beetles, the great pest of may of our forest trees; and for this invaluable service is fully entitled to the gratitude and protectio of every farmer and owner of timber Sometimes it ventures to the grain stacks for the larvae of moths or cutworms. It works all the year, too. It loves to linger about the borders of forests on the sunny side of fields especially if there is a dead tree near by, where it can build its summer home ad rear its young. A colony of them, once pleasantly located by a field will remain in the same vicinity for years, If not molested or driven away by som ecareless ,boy or hun gry pot-hunter Let the dead pines where the woodpecker has made its home remain for the use of this bird and your own benefit. Having such a colony near him the farmer ca study the life industry ana observe the habits of this bird at his leisure All is not known about the habits of this useful bird that ought to be known; and having a family of them near by, where it can be observ ed and studied the year round, it is a great advantage that every young farmer should seize. We need to know more about what it eats, for it is this mainly that determines the values of any bird to the farmer. We know, however, that this wood pecker destroys insects in great vari ety and number It is one of the few birds that will eat the disgusting po tato beetle. It is fond of field crick ets, and seems to have an especia? liking for wood ants, such as are of ten found infesting forest trees. At times, when ants are plentiful, and this bird takes them at will, its flesh will even taste of them Snails and beetles are its food as a general thing however. The tonue and head of the wood pecker are a study for tfic anatomist. Its poweful chisel-like bill; the mus cles of its head and neck, that enable it to do such hard work; the long, barbed tongue, just the thin Tor thrusting down in the deep borrows of the wood beetles and dragging out the larvae it feeds upon; and the long wirey neck, that affords such lever age power in plying its bill: all thest show the wisdom of the benevolent Designer who gave us this useful bird. And the four toes, two behind and two before, so long and strong for supportig the bird in an upright po rtion, and the large tendons that join them to the muscular flesh of the leg, could not be better contrived for the work this bird has to perform. Tim protect this bird and encourage It to build and increase about their lands. State laws should protect. All people shoud g:'ve It carte blanche But the protection for it would be a good, intelligent and widespread knowledge of its great worth and use fulness as an insect destroyer. We need that people should observe its habits and become acquainted with its round of labors in the forest, field, and orchard the whole year through. Then every farmer would be a law unto himself And so, of all useful birds and helpful things like the toad and the lizard. The public mind dust be informed. People should learn to observe more. Every farmer and employee up on a farm might become a pood prac tical naturalist if he would. No one has better opportunities for learning the habits of all the* fauna about them than the intelligent honest farmer boy. One may become ?. good anat omist by studying the structure of birds. The structure of every bird, animal or worm insect Teveals its sphere of life, its peculiar habits and ways of getting its living, and wheth er it is useful or harmful to the far mer or his crops. When a knowledge of nature be GOOD ROADS TRAIN-. Letter of Interest from Southern Railway Official. Commissioner Watson was recently advised by iM V. Richards, Industrial agent of the Southern railway, that "the good roads train" of that system would spend a month in South Car olina in September. Mr Watson de sires that all points in the Southern railway territory, particularly inter ested in the building of good roads, advise him at one, stating the status of good roads sentiment and the need for good roads, so that he will he In a position to advise Mr Richards in accordance with the request made by him. The following is the letter of noti fication to the commissioner of agri culture: "My Dear Sir: I have the pleasure in advising that the good roads train which we are row operating over our lines will reach South Carolina on Monday, September 4th, and will con tinue in that State for about four weeks. "In this Connection, we desire to stop the train at such points where the good roads meetings are most needed, and I would appreciate It very much if you will kindly suggest to me a list of points on our lines In your State at which you think our meetings would accomplish the most good. As we have to prepare om schedules in advance, I will be glad to have jrour advices relative to this matter at your early convenience. As soon as our itinerary is prepared we will give you the information rel ative to dates, places, etc." It is probable that requests will come in the State on account of in creased interest taken in road work. MAKE BIG LAND DEAL. Farm Near St. Matthews Changed Hands at Good Price The St. Matthews correspondent of the State says "the Calhoun Develop ment company, composed of J. C. Hi ott, attorney and editor, and T. L. Buych, D. D. Buyck, and Hunt Pauld ing, business men, has been engaging in real estate deals successfully which have opened the eyes of slum bering natives to the possibilities of their holdings. "Lands are scaring to heights nev er attained before and still shooting: skyward. The latest venture of this realty company has been the purchase of the J. D. Antley farm of 267 acres, just beyond the southern lim its of the town, for 520,000. It was .bought by Mr. Antley less than a decade ago for a little over $3,000. "What the owners have up their sleeves for the furture is not definite ly known. But there is a peculiar and popular spring on the property, which has been furnishing immese quantities of free .water to the public. Tt is said that this fount of wonderful water will be harnessed to more prof itaWe use, and that free drink will soon be known no more." LIST OF LETTERS. ^ Those Remaining Unclaimed in the Orangeburg Post Office. The following are the list of letters remaining unclaimed in the Orange burg Post Office for the week ending July 18, 1911. Persons calling for same will please say that they are "advertised." A. D. Webster, P. M. Mrs E. L. Adams. J. R. Booker. Dr. C. W. Bozard. Alice Cruf. Robert Dickson. Mrs. Rosa Douglas. P. C. Engleharcit. Pette Gilyard. , Clander Goodley. John Govan. P. B. Harbin. ' i I Alma Johnson. Susie Jones. ; Rosa Lee. ' A. O. Price. Mrs. Minnie Shuler. Mayme Gee Stokes. The New City Hall. City Engineer Hawes has eported on the cost of converting the opera house building into a city hall. This property as purchased some months ago by the city from the Edisto Sav ings Bank for $6,000. Engineer | Hawes reported that an expenditure of $3.500 would convert the upper hall into a council chamber, the lower hall into city offices, erect a jail and equip it, this building to be added on to the present opera house, and in stall a heating plant. The opera hous part of the building will remain the same. Licenses by Proxy. Attorney-General Lyon says that, under the terms of the new marriage law, it is not necessary for either of the contracting parties to appear be fore the officer issuing the license? that the affidavit required may be made by any one having knowledge of the facts. This will make the procuring of licenses more simple and convenient. For Sale?The following Turkey: (2) two grown gobblers; <6) six hens: and (42) forty-two young turkeys half grown. These turkeys iare of a good breed and easy to raise. I am forced to sell. Send me offers (to Orangeburg, S. C. Lucius B. Wolfe. comes more general among farmers, we will not have to call upon the De partment of Agriculture for informa tion and help concerning, every boll weevil or other creature that comes in our way. Besides this, there, is such a world of interest and entertainment in the investigation of natural things that no young farmer ought to be wil ling to go through life without learn ing all he can about them Let us all resolve ourselves into a society of ap plied naturaists for our mutual bene LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening Here and There. Local Items of Personal Interest to Onr Readers. Governor Bdease says he is going to do some more pardoning soon in his letter to that western governor. This will be good news to the convicts but how about the balance of the peo ple? Offleer R. E. Jennings of th local police force had a narrow escape from being electrocuted Sunday. TVhile attempting to turn off the great white way switch, the officer received a shock which knocked him serseless for a short while. Chief of Police Fischer had two colored boys before him Tuesday morning for fighting on the Court house square. He made them kiss and let them go, with the promise that their punishment would be se vere if they were caught scrapping again. The Gpartanburg Journal says: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smoak and two chil dren and Mrs. L. M. Smoak of Or angeburg, who have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cope, on North Church street, left for Glenn Springs, have where they will spend some time. A lodge of Knights of Pythiias will be located at Raymond on Wednes day evening of next wetk. Grand Chancelor Frank Meyer, of Charles ton will be present. The instituting the lodge is to be conducted b yDls trict Deputy Grand Chancellor A. W. Browning, of Elloree. The Orange burg lodge has been invited to assist in the ceremonies of instituting the new lodge. Notice of Municipal Registration. Notice is hereby .given that the books for the registration of the qualified electors of the City of Orangeburg, who desire to vote at and in the Municipal Election for Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Oraugeburg, S. 0., to be held on Tuesday, the twelfth (12) day of September, 1911, will be open at the City Hall, in the City of Orangeburg, S. C, from, nine (9) o'clock a. m., to two (2) o'clock p. m., cn each Tuesday in the months of June and July.. 1911, (after the publication of this notice) and also on each Tues day in the month of August, 1911, up to and including Tuesday, the twenty-second day of August, 1911, and beginning Wednesday, August the twenty-third, 1911, the said books of registration will be open each day, Sundays excepted, from nine o'clock a. m., to two o'clock p. m., for the registration of said qual ified electors at said City Hall up to and including Friday, September first, 1911, at which time said Books of Registration will be closed. All male inhabitants of the City of Orangeburg, S. C, over the age of twenty-one years, and otherwise qualified according to law, may regis ter. Section of 197 of the Civil Code of Laws of the States of South Car olina, Vol. 1, 1902, provides, among other things, that: "the production of a certificate of registration from the Board of Supervisors of Regis tration of the County, entitling the applicant to vote in a polling pre cinct within the incorporated city or town, in which the applicant desires to^'vote, shall be a condition prere quisite to the applicant's obtaining, a Certificate of Registration for Munic ipal elections, etc." M. F. Inabinet. Supervisor of Registration of tb<* City of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Orangeburg, S. C. June 13, 1911. Circuit Court Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. In Court of Common Pieus. Joseph Colter, et a!., Plaintiffs, against Jehu Colter, Isaac Colter, et al., Defendants. By virtue of the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas made In the above named case, I will on sales-day in August next, being the seventh day of said month, sell to the highest bid der, during, the legal hours of said sale, the following described prem ises. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying or being in Middle Township, Orangeburg County, State of South Carolina, con taining fifty acres, more or lew bornded North by lands now or for merly of Harriet Fredeick, east and south by lands of Mrs. Rebecca Snu er and west by lands of Shadrack Carn and ? Smoak, and being same lands conveyed to late Clarissa Col ter by late L. PI. Shuler by his deed dated December 20. 1882. Terms?Cash, and if purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with terms of sale the same to be resold on same or some subsequent saleday at the risk of the former purchaser. Pur chaser to pay for all papers and taxes falling due after day of sale. G. L. Salley, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. July 13, 1911. -it. Notice. On the 21st. day of July, 1911, at 9 o'clock, I will let out to the lowest responsible bidder, a contract to repair the bridge over Coodbys Hall on the State road, in Elloree Town ship. The right is hereby reserved to reject any and all bids. F. J. D. Felder, Orangeburg, Supervisor. June, IS, 1911. The subscription list of The Time? and Democrat is growing more rapid ly than that of any other paper *ir Orangeburg county. Friday and Saturday Spe cials Again!! They Have Proven So Popular That Kohn's Offers These This Week. 7 I -2c for 1 Oc quality yard wide S. C. Bleach. 1 Oc for those splendid 12 1 -2c plaid ginghams. 25c and 50c for grand 35c and 75c Summer Silks. $1 for $1.50 and $2 Shirt Waists. $1 for any $1.25 or $1.50 Parasol. OUR FIRST SALE OF MILLINERY! Kohn's millinery has a state wide repute iion. In fact it extends outside of this state to 12 others. What do you think of it when we are going to clean up this stock for Fall? We will sell all trimmed hats, shapes, straw braids, children's bonnets and caps, flowers, etc. AT HALF PRICE!! BUY NOW!! 1 Oc for 20c values in yard wide Dotted Swis? 8c for selection of values in 15c Foulards. 11c for those grand 20c Linen iinish towels. White Slippers at 90c to $3. 50c for splendid $ 1 Lisle Gloves, all shades. New Coral Beads?15c to 75c string. 5c Val Laces?don't miss these 15c values. THEODORE K0HN. "What We Advertise We Have." John Wanamaker, whose life has been insured for a million and a half, once 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 light to his eye and a new hope to his heart. The late GroverXleve land said: * Get a policy and then hold on to it. It means self-respect; it means that nohody 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 load 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 splendiJ robe in Heaven will not keep them warm. The minister may preach a splendid 3ermon over your remains, and the quartette may organ loft, but your death will PMOTECTION TEM protects STRONGEST UN TIE WORLDc THE EQUITABLE LIFE .ASSURANCE SOOEIYo sing like four angels alighted in the be a swindle. SEE ZEIGLER & DIBBLE SPECIAL AGENTS Orangeburg, S. C. Dear Friend: I went this morning to the grocery. I had a basket on my arm. I got the basket full of things and brought them home. Mama said I was a good trader. This is what I got:] A Ham, a Breakfast Strip, some Balogna Sausage. Canned Peas, Corn, Beans, Tomatoes and Kraut. Your Friend. JACOB. P. S.?I got the the things good and cheap because I went to CRAIG'S PURE FOOD STORE. Copyright iqr by Outcmlt Advenlilnj Co., Chjo For the Best Stationery ?GO TO SIMS BOOK STORE.