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STILES R. MELLICHAMP ORANGEBURG, S. C. : FIRE INSURANCE AND I Insn-es Dwellings, Furniture, Mer kantile Stock, Stores, Auto mobiles, Etc. BUICKS OAKLANDS! ALL OLD LINE MILLIONAIRE COMPANIES GET OUR POPULAR AUTOMOBILE "FLOATER" POLICY. The cars that deliver the goods; always on the jpb. Never lay down on you. The new models, now coming through, are more attractive than ever. Ask about them. TBE Oiptirg Steam MAKERS OF L BENNETT & CO. ORANGEB?RG POSTOFFICE 26 ST. JOHN ST. PHONE 27 FIRST CLASS PAINTING. Ilring us your old buggy and we can make it look like a new one, HORSE SHOEING a specialty. General repairs of all kinds. Log carts built when ordered on shoit notice. 'All work guaranteed. The Grocery Store Whose satisfied customers are its best advertisement, is always sure to be crowded with good things to eat in fancy and heavy groceries, because if it were not, there would be no satisfied customers. Try us. We want to serve you. All or ders promptly and pleasantly filled. John H. Schachte IN FINE CONDITION UNDER POST MASTER WEBSTER. OHANGEBURG FURNITURE COMPANY The store that sells good Furniture at low prices. For Fresh Native Meat -SEE? ? i Greene, the Meat Man We wish to call the public s at tention to headquarters for choice native meats of all kinds. We strive to give our customers the best native meats that the market affords. Fresh fish every day. Norfolk oysters when in season. We pay the highest prices for good, fat cattle and in the market for them at all times. Now Has Rural Routes, City DeliV' ery, Night Clerk and Postal Bank. Increase of Ten Years. The growth of the Orangeburg post-office, in all of its various de partments, has been steady and re veals interesting figures. The ser vice at the local post office is ex cellent and it is mainly due to the untiring efforts and oonstant super vision of Allie D. Webster, Orange burg's efficient postmaster. Ten years ago, in addition to the postmaster's salary, there was an al lowance of $470 for local clerk hire provided .by the department in Wash ington. At t'ie present time the of fice employs a total of 18 men, each one of whom are now upon the ros ter rolls of the post office depart ment. In addition to the post mas ter, there are six clerks employed in the office, one of whom has been assigned to all night duty. This night clerk service being necessary by reason of the tremendous increase of mall handled at the local post office. At present there is no pas senger train passing Onangeburg on either the Atlantic Coast Line rail road or Southern railway that'does not bring mail to and carry mail from this office. Instead of one rural mail carrier ten years ago, four additional routes have since been established, diverg ing out in all directions. These car riers, with the exception of two, handle over 5,000 pieces of mail each month, and the average monthly sale of stamps by each carrier to their patrons amounts to more than $10 per month. The njumber <of families served by these five rural mall carriers within their districts are 687 and a total of 2,400 peo ple. On June 1st, 1907, a city mall de livery service was installed, the work of "which was to be performed by three letter carriers. Within two weeks after the service was inaugu rated it was fully demonstrated that the work was too great for perform ance by three carriers. An addition al carrier was i.nmediatefy granted the office and at the present time four carriers deliver on an average each month of over 80,000 pieces of mall within the city and collect therefrom an average each month of over 11.000 pieces. The area cover ed by the city mall delivery service is estimated as a little less than three square miles, the carriers serv ing a population of a little more than 5.500 people. Each of the car riers deliver daily an average of 72 1-2 pounds of mall in each of their respective districts, and make an average of 218 stops each day. The money order business of the local post office three years ago amounted In actual figures to $74, $125,729.12 and the office is at pres the money order business reached $125.729.12 and the office is a pres ent doing a money order business of over $160,000. As to the registry business, the in crease Is very marked, the office hav ing dispatched for the year ending June 30, 1907, 944 pieces, while at present the number of registers dis patched is over 3,000 per year. A similar increase in the volume of business Is also shown in the num ber of registers received and han dled in transit through the local of fice. The Orangeburg post office force handled, by actual count, during the month of May of this year 286,225 pieces of mail, of wihich amount 134,380 pieces were received at this office and 151,843 pieces dispatched. The postal receipts of the local post office and increase during the past ten years is shown in the fol lowing table: Year. Amount. Increase. 1900. ".$7,527.15 1901. . ,. . . . 7,603.42 $ 346.27 1902. 7,970.58 367.16 1903. 8,311.55 340.97 1904. 9,107.56 796.01 1905.10,502.67 1,305.11 1906.11,774.75 1,272.08 1907.12,495.28 720.53 1908.12,527.77 32.49 1909.13,589.89 1,062.12 1910.15,653.30 2,063.41 On June 26th there was Installed at the local post office a postal sav ings system and deposits are now being regularly accepted. The Edls to Savlngo Bank has been named as the postal savings depository for this office. The plans for the new public building have been drawn, submitted to Postmaster Webster and approv ed with slight changes and actual operation in the construction of this post office building will commence on the first of the year 1912. The original appropriation of $50,000 for this building was made by Congress three years ago, but the delay in the construction of the building has been brought about .because of the asking for an additional appropria tion of $10,000, which was granted last year. The sit? for the publfc? building was purchased at a price of $10,000, leaving $50,000 with which to erect and then equip the post office building. The site selected is easily accessible and when the building is completed, with its basement, main and messanine floors, will present a handsome and improv ing appearance. The building will In all probability be constructed of pressed brick and granite. The b'uiding will be located upon the cor ner of Church street and Court House Square. Can You Tell Us. If advertising does not pay in all lines of business, why is it that those who advertise are generally the ones who eventually surpass in promi nence and financial standing? Why is It that those wbo advertise most are those wbo make most? Why is it hat the extensive advertiser Is a good natured, jolly fellow, while the man who knocks advertising is a dried-up irascible person? The day is ap proaching when a line will be drawn between the two classes of business men, and the advertiser will be patro nized by those citizens who believe in happiness through enconomy and mu tual prosperity. They Are the Kickers. . . The man who habitually sends his money to mail order houses for goods whiuh he could buy to better advan tage to himself from home merchants Is generally the first to growl about the deadness of his home town. Ap parently he forgets that he is a prime cause of its deadness and that he is the most fitting person to officiate at its funeral. Live men Imbued with true local pride and patriotism mean a live town every time, even as dead men mean a dead town. . Push the County Fair. In many counties of this and other States people are getting ready for their annual fairs. Pigs are being fattened; biig squashes are being carefully fed; house wives are planning to make prize butter or prize cake; horses being put through their paces on county roads and on practice tracks; candidates are busy arranging speak ing dates, and business firms are planning for the arrangement of ex hibits. That is what the people of this county must begin to do at once, so as the County Fair, which is to open on Tuesday, Nov. 14, will have the benefit of their erhiblts. County Fairs are. great educators, and the one that will be heid in this county will learn us many new things. County fairs bring to the far mer the latest ideas in labor saving farm machinery; it serves to make producers work for a high standard of products; It introduces new and successful varieties of cotton, corn and vegetables, of grapes and fruit; it glorifies the work of 3> farm, and it brings farmers from remote dis tricts into touch with each other, greatly to their benefit. The social and entertaining leatures of the coun ty fair are important, too. Aviators, doing the latest aeroplaning "stunts" visit these fairs, and many other -won derful things are shown at them. The Times and Democrat believes In County Fairs, and It wants to see our first fair a grand success. To that and let us all put our shoulders to the wheel and push the Fair along. It is posible to over do local partriotism, but it seldom oc curs. As a rule people are too in different to the place In which they live. In too m:.ay Instances love of ease or an unconscious selfishness in terfere to prevent that enterprise and incentive to betterment without which no comunity can flourish. A pool which receives no supplies of fresh water becomes stagnant and dries up, and many a town has had the same experience because Its citi zens had no public spirit. Opportun ities for-growing were neglected and the result was death. Let us guard against these pitfalls and work to make Orangeburg the best town in this section. Bread, cakes, rolls, pies, Pum- | pernickle, graham, clov en, and buttercakes every Saturday ??? fflsfinpm Wedding cakes on short notice Phone 364. . W. STOUDENMIRE Bicycle and Bicycle Sundries Reading Standard bycycles are the best, although we have others, both new and second hand. Prices $10 to $45. Send to me for anything in the bycycle line. I have it and can fill your orders. Express charges on or ders over $10 prepaid. First class repairing of bycycles, sewing ma chine?, guns, etc. Call or write me. STOUDENMIRE'S Phone 434-L. 22 Church Street. Requires Careful Study. The Galea Times says "a mer chant can try to get along without advertising and a man can wink at a girl in the dark?but what good does it do?" There is some sense in that remark, when one thinks It over care fullv. Honest advertising in the proper mediums 'has never yet failed to pay dividends, according to the amount Invested; but advertising, to be successful must be given the same careful study that a merchant give to the other details of his business?It should not be done in a haphazard way*. ? ? ?? Our Comic Supplement. On the first of each month The Times and Democrat sends out to every subscriber whose subscription is paid up to date its monthly comic section. This section is the same as is used by several of the leading papers of the country, and In sub scribing to The Times and Democrat yoi1 iget the comic supplement once a month in addition to the regular paper three times a week. We still carry The Richmond Go's full line of stoves. They have been handled in this house twenty-two years. Every stove guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. The best stove made. ALSO The celebrated Cameron Steel Range which is guaranteed to be the best and .will last longer than any steel range manufactured. Thirty days trial given. S. A. Blackmon E. N. SC0VILLE i 44 West Russell Phone 18 Spasmodic advertising Is of no avail. Its the steady hitting that drives the nail. A NEW FURNITURE STORE PH( NE 360. R. J. GREENE 40 E. RUSSELL We have just opened a new and complete stock of FURNITURE, TRUNKS, RUGS, MATTINGS AND STOVES which we have on display at No. 5 W. Russell St. (next to Edisto Savings Bank). We are now ready to fill your wants in this line from a new and well selected stock at prices entirely new to all Orangeburg. We have had our store open but a few days but during that short time we have had the pleasure of proving the truth of this statement. ATKINSON FURNITURE COMPANY "Holeproof Hosiery" ARE YOUR SOX INSURED? "Holeproof" for men and for women?all soft, light weigbt, cool, stylish and attractive?and perfection in fit. Six pairs "guaran teed" for six months. Mens hose six pair for $1.50. Ladles hose six pair for $2.00. "Holeproof Silk Hose"?three pairs guaranteed for three months. 3 prs Ladfes Silk Hose for $3.00. 3 prs Men's Silk Hose for $2.00 A full stock of all sizts and col-ors. A large stock of Wall and Decorative Paper on shelves at all times. Cypress Shingles, dressed lumber, framing and boards on yard to deliver on the minute. No waiting on saw mills. Prices the lowest. Bagging and ties at the lowest prices. A large stock of Dry Goods, Shoes and Groceries at prices that will sell them. <> DON'T FORGET! That E. E. Culler has car loads of Buggies, Wagons, Harness One 8,000 pound capacity Milburn log wagon at a bargain, one, two and three horse wagons. Also BUGGIES?Any style and any quality. Any price. The High Point Buggy is as good as any that ever came to Orangeburg for the money. The Oxford Buggy is better than any buggy at the same price. The Sandford Buggy has no equal In quality. We have others in stock, such as: Delker, Parry, Peerless and Capital. All high grade and well finished vehicles. Over 1 Of sets of Harness to pick over. Such as Montgomery Moore & Co's. None better. Smoak and McCreary's are made up to-date. The Superior Harness, fine quality is always there. Graft and Moesbtach make good harness. Martin and Robertson are first class Come in and look our sttock over and get prices. The most important is quality, prices and quantity. "EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME." Phone 124L E. E. CULLER