?&m Sim# mi ?m$mt. ESTABLIS 1ED IN 1869. i < Published Three Times Each Week. Tuesday, Thar day and Saturday. Entered as so ond class matter en January 9, 1909 at the post office at Orangeburg, S. 1., under the Act of Congress of M* ch, 1879. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Prop., Jas. Izlar Sims - - Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year.$1.50 One Year (by c? rrier).2.00 Six Months.. . ... ...75 Three Months.40 h Remittances i hould be made pay able to The T mes and Democrat, Orangeburg, S. 0., by registered let ter, check or noney order. If people vroi Tied lees over real or imaginary trou ales there would be fewer doctor's -111 to pay. Take a heali ay view of life. Far better to do tb it and be the gainer thereby than o take a jaundiced view and be m serable. Self-respect s necessary if one would have otl srs respect him Vul garity and cou. seness of speech and manner always lowers one In the es timation of ott ?rs. The time is oming when the good of each will t a the concern of all. Burns had this In mind when he said that the world iver men shall "brith ers be for 'a t ist." It is no mo: e possible for a busi ness to Tun i! >elf than a wheelbar row. Somebo ly must ,be behind it to push, direc" and advertise. The last ds imperat ve as it igives success to all the rest. One of the most pleasing things in this glad' s immertime is the ab sence of any dgh jinx in- Newport, and Pittsburg society. Is society re torming itself ar Iis it only a lull be fore the winter storm. What some oeople call being busy is nothing but !ussiness. They rush, etew and won 7 an through the day and delude th mselves with the idea they are very busy, w&en, in truth, tbey are not as they accomplish nothing. In doing ? xid it is always well that the deec be more conspicuous tban the one who does it. The -os tentation wh ch is sometimes dis played lesseni the beauty and deli cacy of the ac Jon. It is always well to remember that the pump handle is of less valt a than the water. If dirt ds b X matter in the wrong place so weed 3 are plants for which fs yet no use aas been found. Reas oning from p st successes in finding a beneficial u ie for many plants pre viously class* i as pestilent weeds it is not too mu< h to expect that in time some good us 3 will be found for ev erything that grows. 1 Positive assertions of bribery and no less posit've denials characterize the Illinois f anatorial Investigation. Evidently th< re is a good deal of playing fast vith the truth, hut ul timately if t *e investigation contin ues long enough the truth will be separated frc n the false and justice vindicated w th consequent cleaner politics. if women '.0 not know their prop er place in ? 16 household and In so ?iety will no; be for lack of advice. Newspapers, leatrned judges, advo cates and oj ponents of the woman suffrage mo1 ement and, in fact, all sorts and c ?ndttions of people are giving advie plentfully and free. It might be w< 11, just for a change, to specify the e anding and duties of the men. Rightly cc asidered work is no bur den but a 1 -ivilege and joy. It is a burden onl; to those who view it distastefully and labor reluctantly. It is a mist? ke to suppose that work was designed as a curse for man. On the contrarj. work is a blessing. All honorable vork, mental or manual, makes for .he health, contentment and happim ss of the toiler, and in addition it promotes the well .being of society. Homes w jre never meant to be a cheap hotel or boarding house where a man mlg it get a good meal at a small cost 1 nd then leave its portals vot to reer ter until the next meal hour or bee time. A man is little, if any better than a hog who so re gards his h )me. Home is the great est institutf an in the world, the most important actor in the human life, the place * lere more than any place else, the c laracter is being formed and life re elving its discipline. The cut.Jng of freight rates on western liras by oredr of the inter state comn erce commission will be welcomed iy shippers and by busi ness men jenerally who have long felt that tl ey were paying too heav ily and tha: the long and short haul ride has be< n persistently broken. The railways a their western terminals have to mt at water competition, it Is true, but i. is not fair that shippers to interim diate points should bear the cost ir higher rates. It is a r uestion with many people whether t ie Sherman Act does or does not fi If ill its purpose to prevent restraint 0 ' trade. Certain it is that the. trusts which to date have been found guil y of violating the law con tinue to da business just about the same as < ?er and that there is no prospect t tat any proposed reorgan ization of these same trusts will change m. tters to any extent. And it is equa ly certain that the mem bers of th' se trusts admitted to have been guilty of criminal transgression have not beet, prosecuted for their Offenses. What Bryan Said and Why. A great deal has been said and written about the speech made on the floor of the House of Representa tives by Congresman Underwood of the Ways and Means Committee, in which he denounced a statement made by William Jennings Bryan in the Commoner. Those newspapers that have always hated Bryan on the slightest pretext, tried to make it ap pear that Bryan had deliberately misrepresented Underwood. They published what Underwood said about 'Bryan, hut conveniently for get to give Bryan's side or the story. In order that the matter may be thoroughly understood by our read ers, we publish below what Bryan said that caused Underwood to get so mad, and the article on which the charges made .by Bryan against Un derwood were based. Here is what Bryan said in The Commoner about Underwood: The action of Chairman Under wood in opposing an immediate ef fort to reduce the iron and steel schedule reveals the r?al Under wood. Speaker Clark and other tar iff reformers tried to' secure the passage of a resolution instructing the ways and means committee to take up other schedules, includ ing the iron and stee; schedule, but" Underwood and Fitzgerald, of New. York, the Fitzgerald who sav ed Cannon in the last Congress? suceeded in defeating the resolu tion. Mr. Kitchen, a member of the committee reminded Mr Under wood that he had told the country that all his worldly goods were tied up in the iron and steel indus try and that a failure jo report a bill covering that schedule might be attributed to his conection with the business, but even this did not move him. Some of the Democrats thought Mr. Bryan did Mr. underwood an injustice when he charged him with being tainted with protection ?what do these democrats think now?since Mr Underwood has put himself at the head of the opposi tion to Speaker Clark's tariff re duction program? The tariff on wool was the cam el's nose. The animal is trying to enter the tent. The unmasking of Chairman Underwooa will serve a -useful purpose if it arouses the Democrats to an understanding of the mistake made In. putting Mr. Underwod at the head of the com mittee?If it solidifies his policy of delay. The most effective way to shear Of his power is to change the cau cus rules so as to require a public record vote on every question af fecting the party's policy. Protec tion is a nocturnal; It shuns the light. A record vote, open to the newspapers would have enabled Clark to have carried his resolu tion. The caucus rule*; ought to be changed at once. The above article appeared in the Commoner of August 4, and was bas ed on the following special dispatch from Washington to tha Philadelphia Inquirer, under date of July 25. The dispatch said: Champ Clark, speaker of the I house, and Oscar W. Underwood, floor leader of the democrats in that body, came to the parting of the ways in the democratic caucus today, and after a bitter fight the forces controlled by Underwood were victorious. ? The battle in the caucus was the most serious the democratic party has witnessed since it came into control of the house. Sjeaker Clark had introduced a resolution call ing on the ways and means com mittee, of which Underwood is chairman, to report bills revising the steol and iron schedule and measures revising all the other schedules; he was completely bowled over ,by the Underwood forces and the sum total of posi tive action in the caucus was the unanimuos vote in favor of consid Ing the cotton bil. It was decided, as a result of the vote that downed the Clark resolution, that the democrats of the house would not pass any more bills revising the tariff after the cotton bill has been acted upon. The vote upon this proposition was close; though it was taken vi va voce, the Underwood victory was clear. ? Claude KItchin, of North Caro lina made a speech, bitter in which he said that the chairman of the ways and means committee, Mr. Underwood, had proclaimed to the country the fact that, all his money was tied up in the steel business, his district including the big mills at Birmingham, Ala., and that un less the steel and iron schedules were revised the nation would gather the impression that the democratic party liad been side tracked .by its floor leader's con nections. "The Democrats would know that such an impression would not be justif^d by the fact," said Kitchin in an effort to take the sharp, edge* off of his remarks, but the impression would go into It nevertheless. The only way we can offset such an impression." said Kitchin, "is to revise the steel and iron schedules at once." The remarks of Mr. Kitchin did not change the position of Mr. Underwood. He made it clear that he was acting in the best interests of the country, stating that there was no necessity for further tariff action at the present time. He was strongly supported by Representative Fitz gerald, of New Yo-k, chairman of the appropriations committee, who intimated that the country was be coming Impatient of so much tar iff revision, given in one dose. Mr. Webb, of North Carolina, who represents a district contain ing 110 cotton mills, also made a plea for the nian\.acturers of that commodity. The stand taken by Clark was bolder than any he has yet taken. He has been stating right along tnat congress would remain in session until September and possibly until next December, but none knew that he intended to force the issue in the caucus. It will be noticed that the article on which Bryan based his comments on Underwood was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer ten days .be fore Bryan's comments appeared n The Comoner. Underwood not 'hav ing denied the article in the Inquirer Bryan had a perfect right to assume that it was true, and so believing had a perfect right to comment on it as he did in the Commoner. Up derwood did not deny the Charges publicly until Bryan noticed it in The Commoner and then he made the bitter speech which we published last week denouncing Bryan for repub lishing a charge that had been pub lished ten days before in a reputa ble newspaper published less than 100 miles from Washington. As soon as Underwood denied the charge, Bryan withdrew it, and gave his au thority for it as above started. Ab usual Bryan was right in the position he took. Adopt a Civic Creed. Why not adopt a civic creed for Orangeburg' and strive to attain to it. Is it not possible for Orange burg, as a community, to have a civic creed in which nothing shall hurt or destroy but in which everything shai! bless and build up? Below we paraphrase an article published in the Augusta Herald sometime ago and suggest that we adopt it as our civic creed. 1. A community of high private and rublic morals, where all insti tutions and agencies that degrade individual and community life are excluded, and where boys and girls may grow to strong and true man hood and womanhood 2. A community where every citi zen receives an education which will fit him physically mentally and mor ally for the work he is to perform, and for the sacred duties of parent hood and citizenship. ?3. A community whose govern ment is strong, and benefcent, built on the intelligence, integrity and co-operation of Its citizens, free from every taint of corruption, whose of ficers serve not for private gain, but for the public good 4. A community of business pros perity where leadership and capital find full opportunity for profitable investment, where business is broth erhood, conducted for the service of the many rather than the profit of the few. 5. A community of opportunity for every man?and evry woman who must?to labor under conditions of physical and moral safety, and reas nable hours, with a living wage as the minimum and the maximum the highest wage that each industry can afford, and where there is the wis est restriction of child labor ' G. A community where there are adequate facilities provided and the leisure secured for every man, wo man and child to enjoy wholesome recreation and to obtain the most thorough physical development. 7. A community where the health of the people is carefully guarded by public inspection, securing pure food, water, proper sanitation and hygienic housing 8. A community where the strong bear the infirmities of the weak, the aged, and the sick, and where thoughful provision is made for those who suffer from the hardship of in dustrial change or accident. 9. A community where welcome waits every visitor and where none shall long remain a.stranger within its gates; where there shall be no class spirit, but where all the peo ple shall mingle in friendly interest and association 10. A community where the high est manhood is fostered by faith in God and devotion to man, where the institutions of religion which pro mote and accompany the highest civ ilization are cherished, and where the public worship of God with its fruitage cf service to man is main tained in spiritual power. 11. Conscious of our shortcomings humbled by our obligation, trusting in Almighty God, we dedicate our selves to labor together to make Or angeburg a city'beautiful and right teous, a city of God among; men Recall of Judges. Senator Owens, of Oklahoma, in an able speech the other day on the floor of the United States Senate, advocated the recall of federal and state judges. He says their elec tions are largely secured by corpora tions and individuals whose interests are more or less before the courts. He finds that 'in most states the term of judges are longer than those of other officials and argues that they have been made so by corporations and individuals for the purpose of retaining them in office against pop ular demand for their retirement. Senator Owens cites many peculiar ities of our judicial system in sup port of.his idea. B.ut Senator Owen, as Grit views the matter, has not gotten to the root of the evil, if one exists. The President may appoint federal judges and governors state judges, but if the President and the governors were more considerate of the wishes of the people themselves; they might select justices who would be the ser vants of the people rather than of corporations and individuals. To go a step farther, if appontments of indues were superseded by popular election of justices to shorter terms, there might not be the necessity for the recall that Senator Owens thinks there is. There are many who agree with Grit in this. As it points out, the trouble lies with the people, if any where. They have delegated too much power to party leaders and pol itical .bosses. They have given them too much latitude and have yielded to them too much privilege. The people themselves have been derelict in duty to themselves, and to their slates and the nation. They have confirmed in too large a measure the criticism of European statesmen re garding our form of government. They should take more interest In all matters pertaining to government and not allow themselves deceived by interested parties. We fully agree with Grit that if the people desire self government they must administer it themselves. If they delegate powers they must hold to accountability.' They will never remedy their shortcomings by pun ishing a judge for the treachery of their leaders. They must get after the leaders. They must destroy the political bosses. When they have done this they will secure a judi ciary that will serve the public as a whole, not a part of it. Don't vote for a man simply because he pretends to be your friend about elec tion times, ,but vote for the candidate who most nearly represents your views on public questions. The Booster Trip. The purpose of the Booster Trip of the business men of our little city if simply to call attention of those who think they would be benefitted by doing their trading with our mer chants, to the advantages Orange burg offers as a trade center, and to stir up the merchants of Orangeburg to the stern necessity of reaching out for more trade by meeting all compe tition from any and all quarters, both as to price and quality of goods. In other words Orangeburg wants to get better acquainted with the peo ple in the country. There is no better business town in tne Satte than Orangeburg Goods are sold here at a small margin of profit, and her business men are able to'meet all the needs of the people. We do not mean to reflect upon any of the other, busy, live towns in the county, but in every section there must be a common center, and that common center in this section is the hustling city of Orangeburg, and this fact has given her a good lead in all directions over other towns in this section fo South Carolina. ?All our business men ask is an opportunity to make good what they claim to be able to do, and thus all doubting Thomases will be convinced that Orangebung is one of the best trading centers in the State. So if you have never given Orangeburg merchants and business men a chance to demonctrate to you hhat they ca nsave you money on all goods you have to buy, come and let them do so when you go to buy vour next bill of goods of any kind. Then you will not fail to come back as we know you will be pleased. The merchants and business men of this city carry all line of goods from a toothpick to an automobile, so you need not fear of not (getting what you want, and that too, at prices that will induce you to come back and become a permanent cus-. tomer. Do not stand In your own light any longer, but join the pro cession of contented, happy people who do their trading with the mer chants of Orangbeurg. They are al ways ready to serve you with the best goods at the lowest prices. Doing a Genuine Service. Grit, which is more of a Republi can than a Democratic newspaper, says it is the easiest thing in the world to ridicule the''Democratic in vestigations of governmental depart ments; and it is the- most natural thing in the world for the Republican press to do. But ridicule is often resorted to when there is necessity of diverting public attention, and the extent to which the Republican press is now carrying it would indicate that necessity exists. The Republican press is certainly overdoing the ?thing. As a matter of fact the Democrats are doing the country a genuine ser vice by overhauling the departments and cleaning up matters about which there has been more or less doubt in the public mind. They have dragged from pigeon holes important reports buried there for years, and got to the botton of controversies that have dragged along without prospect of termination. They have cut red tape stirred officials to activity, secured results, and given the public a vast amount of information which it ought to have had long ago. Those investigations are not to be laufehed at. They may not show Republican officials to be rascals, but they certainly are showing some of them to have been derelict in their duties, and are giving the people more exactly their money's worth of serivce. So let the investigations proceed, however much ridicule un til the housecleaning is completed, for the people will certainly approve of all that is honestly done in their interest. There is no telling what could be unearthed in the way of official rascality by the Democrats if they had control of all the branches o' the government, when we con sider what they are bringing to light with only a small fraction of the government controlled by them. Socialistic England. Socialism grows apace in England notwithstanding she has a limited monarchical form of government. A ; striking advance in government own ership of public utilities is about to be made by Great Britain taking uver the entire telephone system of the country capitalized at SSO.OOO.Ouu and with half a million instruments and IS,000 employes. What a chance it would offer for plunder and gov ernment coercion but for the strict civil service that prevails in England. As the operation of a principle on a large scale it is enough to strike dumb with horror and amazement the few individualists that still sur vive, but this is an age of collecti vism, and municipal and state owner ship and control of public utilities is Incoming qute common. On this continent some of the States in the Union and some of the Canadian provinces have taken advanced ground and collectiism seems to have a congenial soil in Australia and New Zealand. An Annonymous Sensation. An unforgettable romance th;*it first startled, then fascinated, the fiction-reading world. You can't af ford to go without it. "The Inner Shrine," by ?. Formerly published at $1.50; now FIFTY CENTS, at Sims Book Store. BOTH UNCERTAIN. "What's the difference between plain bridge and auction bridge?" "About a hundred dollars an hour." I THE MODERN WAY. "Yes, I had ten children. They all grew up and married off." "I suppose It Is lonesome now at home?" "Oh! no. Every once in awhile one of them gets a divorce and wanders back." INDUSTRIAL ORANGEBURG. Business Firms Pushing Orangeburg to the Front. Orangeburg is one of the most promising of the smaller cities of South Carolina. Her leading busi ness men and merchants are of that progresive and enterprising class, who, bellevdng in their city, are ever to the forefront in ernest effort to make Orangeburg the Metropolis of this section of South Carolina. Be low we present the names and in another place brief mention of their businesses of the Individuals who ae leading the movement for greater Orangeburg. iMarchant Music Co. Ziegler and Dibble. J. G. Wannamaker. W. L. Moseley. J. C. Ransdale. John T. Wise. J. A. Cralg. iR. C. King. M. O. Dantzler. F. F. Malpass. Von Oshen and Smoak. The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg Bank. Renneker and Riggs. Star Theatre. Sims Book Store. Bolen Bros. Wannamaker Smoak and Co. R. Lewis Berry and Co. Edisto Savings Bank. Culler and Salley. Livingston and Co. J, E. Glover. Fairey and Weeks. Stiles R. Mellichamp. Orangeburg Repair Shop. E. N. Scoxille. J. H. Schacte. Orangeburg Furniture Co. E. E. Culler. L. Bennett. Atkinson Furniture Company. Orangeburg Steam Bakery. S. A. Blackmon. H. W.. Stoudenmlre. R. J. Greene. Theodore Kohn. H. Spahr and Son. Orangeburg Lumber & Supply Co. Home Fertilizer Co. Joe McNamara. Liles and Liles. ; Ayers and Williams. Boswell Shoe Company. Dixie Lumber Co. George V. Ziegler. Dantzler and Funderburk. Farmers' Union Bank and Trust Company. John McNamara. J. W. Smoak. 40 miles and through the states of Maryland, Vrglna, West Virginia and Ohio into Indiana. This west ward movement indicates that polit ical power as represented in Congress is being transferred from the east ern states to the west and south. STCH-BOOK NOTES. George O. Baker. DIDN'T MATTER. "I want a summer book." "Something light?" "Oh! no. I have a young man here to carry it home." DROVE HIM INSANE. "What affected this man's mind?" "He was the manager of an all-star theatrical troupe and went crazy trying to give every member a stage floor dressing-room and the best billboard prominence.** WHAT SCARED HIM MOST. Friend?Are you never frightened when you make a flight? Aviator?I had one good scare. Some one told me the money they were put ting up for the exhibition was counter felt. AN EXPLANATION. "How much the baby looks like its lather 1" "It's only the warm weather. The child ts usually bright, cheerful and hand lome." The City of Orangeburg. Orangeburg, the county seat of Orangeburg County, is situated on the Edisto River in the very heart of the rich cotton belt, about 75 miles from the coast. The 1910 census shows that Orangeburg is the fourth cotton county of South Carolina and one of the leading counties of the South. Statistics show Orangeburg county to be second in the United States in the number of individual farms and it has stood second in the number of bales of cotton produced annually. The soil, however, is suited for a variety of crops other than cotton and diversified farming is very extensively practiced in this section. Orangeburg is in the centre of the county with a pop ulation of 6,000, according to the 1910 census. This figure, however, does not include the suburbs and residents living beyond the one mile city limit, neither does it include 1,500 college students. Orangeburg is the supply centre for a population of at least 100,000, who trade here regularly because of its superior advantages. Her business men are wide-awake, active, energetic and progressive, and the Chamber of Commerce urges business enterprises and manufacturing interests investigate our advantages when seeking loca tions. FACTS ABOUT OR/YNGEBUR'G. Number of cotton mills.2 Number of spindles (both mills).20,500 Number of pounds produced annually.2,216,000 Value of annual product.$783,520 Oil Mills, 1, value of annual product.$150,000 Fertilizer Factories, two, value of product.$400,000 Wholesale Drugs, 1, value of annual product .. . .$12,000 Ice Factories, 1, value of annual product.$11,000 Banks.6 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits.$503,000 Average amount of deposits daily.$1,5' 10,000 Number of bales of cotton received annually.. ..20,000 Value at present prices.$1,500.000 Value of Cotton Seed marketed annually.$1/15,000 Value of Cow Peas marketed annually.$50,000 Value of Hay, Corn and Oats marketed annually. .$100,000 Value of finished Lumber annually manufactured.$200,000 Value of Live Stock annually received.$200,000 Postal receipts for 1910.$15.683.30 Number of Newspapers....4 Orangcburg is or the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and on the Charleston-Asheville Division of the Southern. There is now being constructed through local enterprise a railroad from Orangeburg to the Sea board, seventeen miles distant. When this is completed, the city will enjoy the advantages of the three big Southern Systems. Another connecting railroad is being projected. "The city has a healthful climate, artesian water, an appropriation for a $60,000 Government building, an ap propriation for a survey of the Edisto River with a view cf making it navigable. Orangeburg owns it water works, sewerage system, Electric light plant?, fire alarm system, and equipment for four efficient fire companies. Her pub he schools are the best and she has ten churches within her limits. The city has free mail delivery and there are nine rural routes reaching out in various directions. Or angeburg has the best hotel accomodations in the State. Business enterprises investing $5,000 or more, are ex empted from taxation for a period of five years. Millions of feet of timber are in the section around Orangeburg, awaiting the opening of the Edisto for nav igation to be marketed.