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WOFfORDS MARTYRS A MONTJJENT TO BE ERECTED TO I ER HEROIC DEAD. President H. N. Snyder Pays a De? served tribute to the Boys Who Died fo Their Country. The fol owing article from Dr. H. N. Snydei, the accomplished Presi dent of W jfford College, will be read - with intei est by all students of the ?college, a well as by other friends: As one looks upon the campus in the tranc uility of these July days one thiai 3, by contrast, of the un quiet wra jgling days of another July now Just ifty years ago. In the first of Janua y, 1861, seventy-nine stu dents hae matriculated, the largest number i t the eight years' history of the then young . college. Of these aeventy-n ne the president of the col lege repo ted that "not one was call ed before the faculty to answer for any Irregularity during the whole scholastk year." Yet that year was one of st< rm and distress. Two gi 9at sections were discussing bitterly t ital questions of policy and morals, snd were arming themselves to submi the settlement of their def erences t? the grim, bloody issue of war. Tb a Wofford boys had formed themselv ;s Into a company and had offered t leir services to their govern ment. Gov. Pickens wisely declined their services. But with the battle of Fort >umter, April 12 and 13, it was no longer possible to hold them to their oooks. The call of country transfomed students into soldiers, and the college boy discovered the quality <-f manhood, not in the les sons of the classroom, but in the ?tern du ies of the battlefield. Conse .uently there was no com mencem? nt in 1861. On the eighth of Jury th? board of trustees met and told tne public why: 1. Because the continue 1 excitement and suspense *f the p lblic mind in relation to the war nov going on forbids the obtru -eion of :he usual college festival, with an ' hope that It can prove ac ceptable or be satisfactorily attend ed. 2. Because more than half of the graduating class have left and, with on i or two adaptions, are now in the Confederate army in Virginia; while tt a seven who remain have pe titioned to be allowed to leave at once to enter into the service or de fence ol their country if need be, and it seem fitting that request should be gran ed." Stirri ig times are these for young collegia is in those July days fifty years at o, drawn by a patriotic pas sion frc n the quiet of academic life into th- din and turmoil of battle. Six of he class of '61 did not wait even fo ? the final examinations, but hurried at once to the front. These were J. Hamilton, J. P. Lockwood, G. F. Hound, T. N. Simpson, and J. F. ' vatson. But they were stand ing ott ar examinations, for some ?their inals," and their college was ?proud 15 confer her A. B. upon .them "while t ley were on the firing line. Othe s joined them so that more than h .If of the student body were with th i army and the next October only tl irty-three students matricu lated. But by January, 1862, only ?Ightee i were left in college, the rest caving heard the call of country and heeded it. Many never came back to home i nd college, sealing with their young lives their devotion to state and se :tion. In the report of the board i f education of the South Car olina c inference, which met at Spar tanbur December 11, 1863, occur these i Ignficant words: "Sh< uld her (Woffoid college) ca reer now suddenly terminate, she might well feel that in the consis tent pi ty, the ardent patriotism, and the Sr. irtan valor of her sons she bad lei t the to Church and to the the countr r far more than an equivalent for all that has been expended in her endow.nent. The voices of one-fourth of all /ho 'have gone forth hails from her ha 11s into military service, fallen 4n def jnco of our Southern homes and a'tars, appeal with earnest and persuasive eloquence from honored graves on every principal battlefield -of the Confederacy to the hearts of the gi ardians of their alma mater to provke liberally for iher continued well-t sing and prosperity. It is due to tht bright constellation of virtue that < rowned the life and death of these noble young men that their names should be particularly men tions and preserved in the public recon s of the college. They are as follov s: "William Maxwell Martin, James Alexander Moore, Richard Ragin "Kirv,', Eli Hcvle Miller, Theodotus Le ?rand Capers, Epaminondas Was! ington 'Davis, Thomas Elijah Dawt ins, Thomas Carey Duncan, Jame. German Palmer, Felder Davis ..Hous -T, Abraham Samuel Summers. Jarre 3 Emory Williams, Horace As hury McSwain, Nicholas Davis Ogles by, 1 enjamln Wofford Wells, John Ofelv n Zimmerman, John George Barb r, Sumter Wickham Tarrant, Robe t Lemuel Pearson and White foord Andrew Smith. These honor ed n; mes are enshrined in the heart of th Mr alma mater, and their bright exan pies will urge onward succes sive generations of students in the nobli cause of patriotism, virtue and relig on." So runs the old report for that De -ceml 3r IS62. It records the heavy toll vhich patriotism asked and re ceive! from Wofford College. But this :s not all. In the report to the confi rence in December of the next year, IS63 we read again: "it is with mela.icholy feeling that we have to add :o the list of noble martyrs from the college the names of the folio ving, distinguished alike for in telle tual qualities and purity of Chri' tian character, who have fallen duri- g the present year?L. Man nin Austin, William Turpin Hardy, Talii ferro Simpson, James Austin Ball? y, Maynard Layton, Albert Max -imiUlan Padgett and Francis Lewis NATIONAL COLIN EXPOSITION. Orangeburg County Will |Be Asked to Help finance It. Efforts are being made to raise the amount of money necessary to bring the (National Corn Exposition to this State next year. It is said that it will require at least $60,000 to finance the show and this amount must be guaranteed before it will be definitely decided to hold the show in Columbia. The Chamber of Commerce of that city has undertak en to raise the necessary amount. To that end, Secretary Hamby, of Columbia 'has nor.ified Col. A. H. Mar chant, Secretary of the Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce, that be will visit this city tomorrow. He has re quested that he be allowed the op portunity of addressing an audience representative o' the whole city and county of Oranigeburg, that he may explain the benefit to be derived from this great exhibition being held in this State, not only to the people of Columbia and Riohland county, but by "he whole state. All of the counties will be asked to contribute to the fund. Some have already done so, and we feel sure Orangeburg will do her full share towards bringing the National Corn Exposition to South Carolina next year. Go out and hear Mr. Hamby, be will fully explain the ad vantages to the State In having this exposition held at its capital city. MYRTLE B8SAOH FOR REST,, A New Schedule Makes That Resort More Accessible. The Sunday excursinos to Myrtle Beach were begun on Sunday, May 28th, and will continue durinjg the season. A week-day schedule has been inaugurated by ,th*e Coast Line, which will enable passengers to reach (Myrtle Beach in time for a noon-day dinner. This is a most pleasing change for the people of the Eastern part of this state, who desire an outing at the seaside. For several years the Coast Line having foeen unable to render efficient service on account of having a light rail upon this branch of their road, but recently they have relaid the track with heavy rail and excur sion trains can now be run at a good rate of speed with absolute safety. This noon-day schedule will enable one to go from almost any part of 'Eastern Souch Carolina to Myrtle Beach reaching there in time for a noon-day dinner The new hotel proprietors, Messrs St. John and Son, managers of the Myrtle I?each hotel have recently re fitted the h'".el handsomely, intro ducing many pleasing changes which will tend to render the hotel home like in every respect. This should appeal to tb* better class of people who desire ot take their families to a place of ibis character and the managers assure the patrons that they will have the best of attention. ROBBED TWO STORES. And Chased by Bloodhounds But Es caped Arrest. On Saturday morning news was received at the Sheriff's office to the effect that a store at Neeses had been broken into, and to bring the county hounds to pursue the robber. The store belonged to Mr. L. B. Bolen and sveral articles, including a gun, shoes, etc. had been taken. The hounds took tne scent and followed for a time, but the robber was not caught. The next day news was received that a store at Norway had been broken in*-o; and the hounds were taen there. Here they would not pick up the trail. The same man rob bed both stores. The proof of this is that he took off the shoes he had been wearing while robbing the Neeses store to put on a new pair out of the Norway store of Bonnett and Sandifer; and left the shoes in an outhouse. It was thought that the rober was a white man. Candidates for Aldermen. Messrs. Abial Lathrop, R. F. Bry ant, J. X. Weeks, D. H. MiO'chaut, Thomas A. Fairey and Julian Sal ley are asking the readers of The Times and Democrat to vote for them for aldermen by putting their cards in its columns. These gentle men reside in different sections of the city, and would make an excel lent board of Aldermen. We hope they will be generously voted for and elected. Mr. I. L. Showem. Several months ago The Times and Democrat cegan sending out comic supplements once a month as an ex periment. We have concluded how ever to discontinue the comic sheet., and in its place will chronicle the events of Mr. I.L. Showem each is sue. The first of the I. L. Showem series begins today. Moore." After this the text is silent. No report from trustees or conference continues this honor roll. One won ders if it could be completed, if there are now living those who could add to it the name of every Wofford stu dent who jTa\e his life for the princi ples for which his country stood. Somewhere on the old campus, per haps in the shade of a noble towered gate at th? entrance, there ought to be a fitting monument erected to the memory of these, and particularly to show to successive generations of students Low the Wofford men of fif ty years met their duties and tasks. To meet tuem they went to the last limit of giving life, and their mood of Idealism is a part of that immortr.l spiritual atmosphere that encompass es Wofford college. It is such as this that give to buildings and grounds a human value that cannot quite be stated in words, and yet that may be translated into living charac ter. STAND UP FOR RIGHTS WATSON WILL ATD LN THE CAM PAIGN FOR THE FARMERS. Tailing Steps to Help |Them De mand Justice and Get a FuU Price For their Cotton. Commissioner E. J. Watson, in common with other Southern com missioners of agriculture, is press ing k.he campaign for the proper handing of the cotton crop and see ing that every legitimate effort is made towards getting a full price for cotton. The following correspondence ex plains itself: State of Georgia, Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga. August 16, 1911. Hon. E. J. Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: The impression has been cre ated throughout the country that the cotton crop this year is going to be the largest ever made. This im pression has already had the effect of lowering the price of cotton and will carry it much lower, unlesi something is done to put the world on notice that the crop is not such a large one as they would have you think. I know that the crop has deterio rated very much in the past month or six weeks, and, from what I hear, the same is true in your State. I think an effort should be made at once to first disabuse the minds of the people about the size of the cot ton crop and then get the farmers all over the South to hold a sufficiency of their cotton to prevent the price from being forced down to where it will mean starvation to the farmer. I believe that the Southern States commissioners of agriculture should meet at some convenient point- with in the next two weeks and ask all farmers in the cotton States, espec ially the Farmers' Union to join us in this cause for a widespread move ment. I would be glad for you to write to the President of the Asso ciation of Commissioners of Agri culture of the Southern States, at once and ask him to confer with the Farmers' Union and other farmers, with a view of calling this meeting at as early date as practicable, and suggest in your letter that the Pres ident name the time and place of meeting, after conference with the head of the Farmers' Union in the cotton states. If this meets with your approval, which I am sure Jt will, I would be glad for you not to delay in this mat ter, but take it up at once. I am this day writing a similar let ter to each of the commissioners of agriculture of the Southern States. Very truly yours, (Signed) T. G. Hudson, Commissioner of Agriculture. Commissioner Watson's reply reads: August 18, 1911. Hon. T. G. Hudson, Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga. My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of Aug ust 16, and beg to say that under the circumstance? I think that your sug gestion for a joint meeting in regard to this matter to be under the call of the president of the Association of of the commissioners of Agriculture for the Southern States, is an admira ble one, and I am today writing the president of the association endors ing the contents of your circular let ter and the suggestion made therein and urging -that the matter be under take immediately. I thik we ought taken go a little further however and notify warehousemen, and particular ly presidents of local banks to partic ipate in this meeting, for with the amount of money now in the local banks of the South, which is largely due to efforts of the Southern far mer, to my mind, these banks ought to join hands with the farmer and render him such material aid as will enable him to hold his crop in the warehouses and not be forced to rush it to market with consequent demori lization of price. In this matter the Southern people will have to help themselves and for the first time in history our banks banks are in a position to render most substantial aid in a matter that involves thoir own future and pros-! perity as well as that of the masses of our people. Very truly yours, I E. J. Watson, Commissioner. Other letters alom; the same line and bearing on the cotton crop read: Mr. E. W. Dabbs, President, State Farmers' Union, Mayesville S. C. My I Dear Mr. Dabbs: I beg to acknowl edge the receipt of your communica tion in reference to the cotton crop situation and beg to say that it will afford me great pleasure to do any and everything in my power to aid in the accomplishment of the result de sired. I trust that Senator Smith will succeed in getting the depart ment of agriculture to give an Intel ligent estimate of the crop's condi tion and get it at once, in order that part of the damage that has been done might be repaired. I deem it of the greatest importance that the farmers be urged in season and out of season to hold their cotton as long as possible this season, and not to rush it to market, and that the com mercial interests of our (several towns,?T mean by this the banking interests?assist them in such a sub stantial way as to enable them to do so. I am today wiring the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States de partment, joining in the request that Senator Smith has made in behalf of your movement. Anything else that I can do will be cheerfully done if you will kindly advise me as to what you desire. Very truly yours, E. J. Watson, Commissioner. August IS, 1911. Dr Tait Butler, President, South ern States Apsociation of Commis* sioners of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C.?^ry Dear Sir: At the sugges COPE NEWS. What is Happening in that Fine Part of the County. Cope, Aug. 18th Special: Mrs. Francis Pickering entertained a few friends last night in honor of her cousins, Muses Ida aid Planche At tleberry, of Denmark. Those present were: Misses Leila and Edna Antley, and Nettie God bold, and Messrs. Gwynn Griffith, Herbert Antley, Watt Turner, Car lyle Ashe and Mr. Godbold. The Cope and Bamberg ball teams crossed 'bats here on Thursday after noon and darkness called the game to a halt, a dispute arose at this time as to the correct number of scores. Some say it stood 8 to 8 and others 9 to 8 in favor of Cope. Anyway its not worth disputing over, and when two teams cannot play in friendly rivalry, without falling out about it, its best not to play at all. Mr. Glenn Cope, of Spartanburg, is down for a week's stay. The uncoun try agrees with Glenn for he is look ing fine Miss Valie Carter, who has been spending sometime with her brother, Agent R. C Carter, returned home on Wednesday afternoon. The hot dry weather for the past ten days, has damaged the cotton crop to such an extent, that it is the opinion of a great many that there will not be any more coton made this year than last. They say they have never seen .cotton deteriorate as rap idly and to such a marked degree, as this crop has done in the last week, and what promised to be a fine crop three weeks ago holds out poor prospects at this time. If the dry spell continues many more days the cotton will all be gathered by the fifteenth of October. GOOD FOR ONE ACRE. Calhoun County Farmer WiU Make Handsome Profit. Edward W. Holman, county com missioner of Calhoun county, a thrifty farmer residing about five miles north of Elloree, holds the championship of that county, as far as can be learned, in having pro duced more on one acre of land than any other farmer., Mr. Holman pianted early in the year one acre of sugar peas, which netted him $153.75. He sowed pea vine hay on this same acre, which netted him $20, and has since gath ering the hay planted the land in cotton and now states that he will easily get 600 pounds of lint cotton from the same. To fertilize these crops he used 500 pounds of guano 10 barrels of poultry house manure, and eight loads of compost. Mr. Holman roughly estimates his entire expenses in gathering, fertiliz ing and marketing these crops, rent of land,, etc. at $75, figuring the 600 pounds of lint cbtton that he believes he will get ten cents a pound for, as $75, leaving his net profit of about $170 from one acre of land. HIGH SCHOOL AID. Six Schools of Orangeburg .County Have Made Application. / Saturday Superintendent of Edu cation Livingston sent off the appli cations for six schools in this county for the aid given in maintaining high schools. The schools were: Rowesville, Bowman, Pine Hill, North, Holly Hill and Springfield. All of these schools received the aid last year. There were three other schools which received this aid last year, but so far have not made application for a renewal of that aid. As the time limit set for the application for this aid is September 1, we urge that these schools do not fail to make the necessary application, and keep the ! high school as they did last year. ' Three more high schools in the county mean something, and no lack of effort should keep these schools without the high school aid. The three scools which are still to apply are: North Providence, Branch ville and Elloree. Last year about $3,000 was derived by the various schools of this county from the state on acocunt of these aids. Why Was it Done? Many people here were indignant at the treatment given the Spring field Base Ball team by somebody, and repudiate all responsibility for it. Col. A. H. Marchant, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has written .to the Springfield boys, re gretting the ocurrence, and assur ing them that the city was not re sponsible for the shabby treatment which fchey received and giving them to understand that the city will not tolerate any such treatment of its neighbors. The question is why were the Springfield boys treated in the shameless manner they were? An explanation of some kind is due them as well as the people o: this ci ty. tioi. of the Hon. T. G. Hudson, com missioner of Agriculture, of the State of Georgia, I am writing to officially indorse the ideas expressed in his letter, a copy of which you have no doubt received, and to join in the re quest that a special meeting of th*s Association and the allied interests be called at an early date I would further suggest, however, that al\ warehouse men and local bankers be also invited to participate in this gathering, for we people in the South have reached the point now where all of our interests must combine to af ford the fullest protection to our greatest staple crop, and to my mind, the bankers of the South are now In such financial condition as to afford invaluable aid?a class of aid with out which nothinig practical can be done. Yours very^ truly, E. J. Watson, , Commissioner. iLOCAI NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening Here and There. Local Items of Personal Interest to' Oar Readers. ? . 20.000 by 1920. The rain Sunday night must have covered nearly the whole country. Miss Ebba Dukes is visiting friends at Blackville. See iMoseley's offer in this issue for that college boy or girl. Mr. Cecil R. Culler has returned home after a delightful western trip. Miss Flossie Fripp of Hampton county is the guest of Miss Reba San ders. Misses iM'innie Dibble and Mamie Hoffman are visiting friend3 at Sum merville. IM?8S Ellen Miller, of Coumbia, is visiting Miss Georgia Culler, ot Ame lia street. Miss Jessye Gramling has gone to Atlanta preparatory to her going to Tifton, Ga. Miss Ethel Jones, of North, is vis iting he" aunt, Mrs. J. W. Zeigler, on Amelia street. ?Manager James Izlar Sims, of The Times and Democrat, took a flying tr:p to Charleston on Sunday. Miss Maggie Crook of Cameron is visiting Misses Olive and Alma Gramling of the East Orange section. (Mr. and1 Mrs. Charles Copes, and daughters, Misses Willie and Augus tus, spent the week end in Charles ton. Marion D. Zeigler has gone to Co lumbia, where he 'has accepted a po sition wijth the Gibbes M'achineiry company Local politics are warming up as the city election aproaohete. The election takes place on Tuesday, September 12. Mrs. L. C. A. Roessler and daugh ter are visiting Mrs. J. W. Sandel. Maurice Rand.'e of Sumter is visit ing relatives here. The farmers are Invited to come in and hear Secretary Ham'by on the National Corn Exposition proposi tion on Wednesday. It looks to u6 as if some of the candidates for municipal offices are running for exercise. The'y surely do not expect to be elected. For the last few days the weather has been delightfully cool, to the great joy of those of us who are too poor to go to the mountains. Capt. W. W. Wannamaker and Mr. O. K. Wilson have announced their candidacy for mayor through our columns. One of them will be the next mayor. F. S. Dibble loaves Wednesday for Columbia to attend the Confederate reunion, after which foe is going to visit his son, Rev. F. Warren Dibble, at mittler. Presiding Elder Smith preached at St. Paul Methodist Church Sun day morning. The sermon was a good one, and was enjoyed by a good congregation. If you want to enjoy a good laugh be sure and go to Theato, The Pop ular Photo Play House, and listen to those two funny fellows, Mead and Mack. They're fine. From the list of candidates an nounced in the Times and Democrat a good mayor and board of aldermen can be selected. Look them over and see if you dont agree with us. A delightful aance has been an nounced for Wednesday night at the Elks Hall. These danceB are always enjoyed by those -who attend and a number will doubtless be present. Mr. I.Marion Inablnet, Supervisor of Registration for the city election will have his office open each day this week for the registration of vot ers. All citizens are urged to regis ter. Mr. John J. Simmons, Jr., who has for many months held a responsible position with the Wannamaker Smoak furniture company will open a general merchandise store at Holly Hill in a very short while. The News and Courier says: "Prof. Stiles R. Mellichamp of Orangeburg is spending several days with his daughter, Mrs. J. J. Andrews, on Sul livan's Island. Prof. Mellichanip is well known in Charleston and his many friends here are glad to see him again." An exchange says no country pa per can come out squarely without making enemies and losing money, and in the run of a year or more will incur some criticism from every body. The :r3wspaperl that under takes to please eveiybody will please nobody; if it is henest and sincere and thoughful, the public will re spect it. Wagener to Have Paper. A dispatch from Lexfngton says: "The Wagener Edisto News is to be the name of a new weekly paper to be published at Wagener In Aiken County, the first issue of which will appear next week. Hugh Long, edi tor and publisher of the Gastonia News, of Gastonia N. C. is o be the editor and publisher of the new pa per. It is thought that this is but the beginning of another effort to form "Edisto" county out of parts of Lexington. Aiken and Orangebur,' counties. The effort has been made several times before, the proposition meeting with defeat each time." Fort Motte Oil Mill. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Fort Motte Cotton Oil company of Fort Motte with a capital stock of $25,000. The pe titioners are R. H. Jennings, R. E. Wannamaker, W G Peterkin and M. D. Keller. A general cotton seed oil business will be conducted by the company. Hands Will Be Stretched Out For These Pretty Ging hams at 10 & 12 l-2c. Sometimes when we look over this business we believe that women are quicker to realize the advan tages of investment buying than men. Women are the best judges cf merchandise in the world. They do not have to be told what a thing is worth. They know by instinct and experience. That is why we do not handle cheap ginghams. These do not give satisfaction. They do not make up well, do not wafh well and do not wear. Besides ?hat the patterns are not ;.ew and up-to-date. In this lot we have the very newest ideas of the designers. If you are making up your Fall dresses for yourself or the childien? get some of these. Toile du Nords, Herald, Bates, A. F. C. all tie good brands in checks, stripes and fancy patterns. We have a fine window display of them. And for the goods we sell the price is a mere item, Very Special at 10 & 12 ?-2c. KOHN'S THEATO 57 E. Russell Street. Tuesday, August 22, 1911. Ten Nights in a Bar Room. Two Reels .... 2,000 Feet Meet us at the "Theato" and we will do all we can to make your visit a pleasant one. Will look for you. Yours very truly. MACK and MEAD. P. S.?We are at supper between 7 and 8. Our Motto* We Never Misrepresent. Herbert L. Gambati, Prop. & Mgr. The Edisto Savings Bank OF Orangeburg, S. C. We want you to own one of our new safety boxes which we have just put in our fire-proof vault?never keep a fire policy in the building insured?you should keep your papers of value and your jewelry in one of our boxes and be secure. The United States Government has named this Bank as the depository of its Postal Savings Bank funds?let us count you among our depositors. Your deposits with us are absolutely secure. We have a capital and surplus of $135,000.00 and resources of over $525,000 which should be sufficient to guarantee you against loss. We carry Burglar Insurance. Give us your business and feel safe. DON'T FORGET! That E. E. Culler has car loads of Buggies, Wagons, Harness One S.000 pound capacity Milburn log wagon at a bargain. Also one, two and three horse wagons. 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 100 sets of Harness to pick over. Such as Montgomery Moore &. Co's. None better. Smcak and McCreary's are made up to-data The Superior Harness, fine quality Is always there G:*aft and Moe?btach 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. Phone 124L E. E. CULLER Don't Fail to Get a Copy of the "Motion Picture Magazine" at Sims Book Store.