Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ESTABLIS] DSD IN 1869. iPublijhed Three Times Each Week. Tuesday, Th?rs lay and Saturday. En tered as sec ond class matter on ffonuary 9, 1909, at the post office at Orangeburg, S. <., under the Act of Congress of M?rch, 1879. Jus. L. Sims. - Editor and Prop., Jos. Izlor Sims, - - Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year.. .. . ...$1.50 One Year (by c Tier).2.00 Six Months .v.--.-.-.75 Three Months.40 k Remittances i hould be made pay able to The T mes and Democrat, Orangeburg, S. 3., by registered let '?er, check or r oney order. Every one wl o can should qualify and vote in the city election. It is a duty you owe tl e town in which you live. A London pr< fessor has discovered that Americans are becoming more idealistic. Grit says that probably accounts for L< rimer's election. The Washing on Post says that Sa turn and Mars may look like twin atars, but that :hey are as far apart a3 President T ift and Bob' La Fol lette. The Greenv lie Daily Piedmont eays: "Our idej of patriots are those -Orangeburg boc sters, who boost their town just as tl ough it was the best place on the n ap, which to them it Is." It would ha e been a hard job to ?convince Jame j G. Blaine when he ?was living thai the time would come "when iMaine w )uld have two Demo cratic senators but it will soon be a tfact neverthek js. If you havf not registered yet, you should do so at once, so as you ?will be qualifl'd to vote in the com ing city elect! >n. It is the duty of -every citizen to take interests enough in his town tc vote, and vote right -too; Every town Is judged by the char 'OCter of those tfho are elected by the people to proide over its affairs. This being the case, It is the duty of every citizen vho wishes to see his town take an J onorable place to vote for the very b ,?st man that offers for any' office. ? The Charlo te Observer says with Secretary W3! son it begins to look very much like a case of "Good-bye Jim, take cai e o' yourself." Yes it old man oug! t to go. He may be all right hims ;lf, but he is too old to keep up with .he rascals by which he Is surrounded Tf a lady f< rgct3 to declare a few ^rifles broug it across the water when she arr ves In this country she is denounce 1 as a swindler and treated as sui h. But some plutocrat can steal a ra Iroad a coal or an iron mine worth r illions, he Is lauded as a great financier. The testim Dny elicited at the in vestigation o, the charges affecting the conduct c! the bureau of Chemis try continue! to enlighten and to amaze the dh closures of the pressure t)roujjht to b( ar by Interests concern ed to modi: y the Purie-Food law aays the New York World. Why shou'd a United States Sena tor, under t le campaign publicity law, be allov ed to spend ten thous and dollars c a his campaign before a legislature, vhile a Representative Is allowed tc: spend only five thous and dollars In canvassing a wide dis trict and a h rge constituency? President Taft seems to think it would be di! courteous to the present tariff corai lission to interfere with the present 1 iriff law until it makes a report. The present House of Repre sentatives w is elected since that tar iff commis?.on was appointed, and the House > as commissioned by the people to re ,-ise th tariff law. Which should be recognized first by the the people, i nd It will do it. (Before th ; country had hardly had time to get out of its mind that in cident of a few years ago, in which one of the clerks employed by the United Sta- es Department of Agri culture sol . advance "information" on the cot on crop conditions, by which cert; in speculators and mar ket manipulators made a big ^rake-off" < n cotton, here comes on cotton, 1 ere comes another charge another ch rge against the same de partment, ; nd a call for another in vestigation. Presiden: Taft lays great stress on the tariff commission, and it is un willing to give the people any re lief from tie burdens of the present law until ' he commission makes its report. P esident Taft knows now what repo t the commission will make. H< knows that they will re port in fa or of letting the tariff alone, and that is why he lays such great stre. s on it. The commission was appoi .ted tc give the tariff bar ons an ex< use for continuing to rob the peopk, and will do it. In a sp -ech recently at Kingstree State Sui erintendent of Education Swearingei, in speaking of the school bo 'k adoption said he would not accus- any one of being corrupt because 1e could not prove corrup tion, but it looked very much as if there was "something rotten in Den mark." . luch an insinuation as this Is cowarr ly. If Mr. Swearingen thinks thi board of Education is cor rupt he s lould say so, and then pos sibly he would be given a chance to provd it but they can't no tice insir uatlons like the above. Guess About Crop a Fraud. Nearly every department of the National Government at Washington seems to be run in the interest of crooks and gamblers instead of the people. The investigation now go ing on in the pure food and drug di vision of the Agricultural Depart ment has revealed some crooked things that involves its head as well as other former cabinet members. In the midst of its numerous investi gations, which have been so prolific of sensations, the Democrat}". House of Representatives should not over look the Department of Agriculture, which we believe to be honey-comb ed with all sorts of rascality. Take as example, the remarkable piece of official guessing at; to the probable size of the coming cotton crop, which has cost the farmers of the South thousands of dollars. This official guess was made before all the cotton crop was planted, and was is sued of course entirely for specula tive purposes. How much *he ras cals in the Agricultural Department who contracted the scheme, made out of it will possibly never be known. It will be remembered that some years ago some of the high officials in the Agricultural Depart ment were caught at similar rascali ty and nominally punished. , It will be remembered that the crop reporting bureau of the Agri cultural Department, disregarding the law and invarible custom, upon the basis of the growing crop condi tion of June 23, made a prediction as to the size of the cotton crop of this year, putting it at 14,000,000 bales. This wild guess of an unpre cedentedly large crop, had a most disastrious effect on the market, causing the price of cotton to decline from fifteen to eleven cente a pound. The guessers in the Agricultural De partment were evidently with the bears, and no doubt secretly divided the profits made ouf of the trans action. Every practical farmer in the South knows that it is imposible to tell in June what a cbtton crop will do in December, and that is exactly what the guessers in the Agricultural Department pretended to do. No one objects to the Agricultural Depart ment gathering and publishing true reports as to the crop condition of cotton, but gueses in June as to the probable yield of the crop of this year is a palpable fraud, and no one knows it better than the rascals who made it. Senator Smith, In calling attention to this break of the ?> apart ment of Agriculture and its result, has rendered a distinct public ser vice. The apology of the Secretary and the pledge that It shall not occur again have not remedied the harm already done. In'lated Crop E-ttimaies. In regard to cotton the belief is industriously fos.ereo thai tnere will be a bumper crop gathered. The slump in price as the time for harvest ing the new crop approached indi cates how this belief has taken hold. Everywhere, by men wh-> can only form their opinion by the reports presented to them, this view is he'd They are firm in the faith for a bum per crop will be picked. The latest government report Issued only a few days ago, has fortified them in this belief. They place full confidence in this report, fet it is absolutely cer tain that this report is erroneous and ?that all conclusions baser., on it and like reports are doomed to come to gTief. The prospect for a large cotton crop was really flattering during the early part of the season. A bumper crop then seemed by no means im possible. But the prospect is any thing but flattering now. The con dition of cotton has deteriorated rapidly during the past two weeks. Since the last government report was issued greater damage has been done the growing cotton crop than was ev er experienced in the same length of time. One has but to see the cotton fields in this section to realize how the crop has suffered. The wilted leaves and dried-up forms tell the story of the damage that has been done so plainly that even the inex perienced can understand it well. And the same applies more or less to every section of the cotton belt It means that there -will be no bumper crop. More than that it means that there will barely be an , average yield. And this means that those who pin their faith on the belief of a bumper crop will awake to find themselves mistaken. Those who make investments based on that be lief will find themselv(3 in a hole. The present price of cotton is too low for the largest yield that is now possible with the condition of cot ton deteriorated as it is. The above which we take from the Augusta Herald describes the situation ex actly. Wants the Price Fixed. The prosperity of ali business in terests in the South depend upon the farmers of the South getting a reas onable price for their cotton. It is within the power of the cotton pro ducer to get a reasonable price for his cotton this season, as we have pointed out before, if he will feed the market and not glut it. As will be seen by an article which we pub lish in this issue fron the Atlanta Constitution Mr. John Bostwick, of Bostwick, Ga., one of Georgia's best known farmers, presents a plan through the observance of which he is confident that the *'armers would receive at least tweh e and a half cents a pound for this years crop. The price is reasonable from j whatever standpoint viewed, and there is no reason why the producer should not get every cent of it for every pound of cotton soldL the At lanta Constitution says. The crop Mr. Bostwick points out, was made j on the basis of a selling price of twelve-and a half cents; the spin-! ners took last years crop at an aver age of fourteen cent, and used up every bale of it; no good reason,! therefore, exists why they 6hould not take the present crop at twelve and a half cents and make money on It The minimum price at twelve! and a half cents agreed upon, there is no reason why non-union farmers, merchants and bankers should not through state conventions, indorse this action and lend all their influ ence to maintain this price. In other words to quote the Con stitution, put the world on notice that the South is not raising any eleven cent cotton, and the warehouse receipts will carry every farmer who needs it until such a time as the mar ket will give him the price fixed as a minimum. Mr. Bostwick says if the farmer hopes to get fair and reasonable price for his product, he must not glut the market with it in the early months of the harvesting soason, when as experience has too well shown, heavy selling is the pri mary cause of beating down the mar ket below a living figure^ There is only one plan by which the farmer may save himself, and that is to watch the market, sell when it is right, and hold back when it is de pressed by heavy receipts of other causes. This is just what Mr. Bost wick's plan contemplates, only he urges that It be done, insofar as pos sible, through organized effort, which is of course, the most effective method. If cotton producers will agree upon 12 1-2 cents as a mini mum price and stick to it, they will ?get it, and that, too, comparatively early in the coming season. Sheriff Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. In court of common pleas. W. 'B. Fogle, et al, as Executors, Plaintig. against William M. Sain, et al, Defendants. By virtue of the judgment in the above entitled case, I will sell at public auction at Orangeburg Court House, in the County of Orangeburg and State of South Carolina, during the legal hours of sales on the first Monday in August, 1911, being the seventh day of said month, the fol lowing described real estate: "All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with stable buildings and other improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the North-western side of St. John's Street, in the City of Orangeburg, in the County of Orar.geburg and Statie aforesaid, fronting and measuring on sMd St. John's street forty (40) foet, more or less, and measuring on the side line tunning North-West and South east one hundred and flfty-^three feet, more or less, and* measuring on the other side-line, North-west and South-east, known as the Western line, one hundred and fifty (150) feet, and six (6) inches, and measur ing on the rear line thirty-nine (3 9) feet and eleven (11) inches, and bounded now or formerly on the North-west by lot of the late Dr. W. C. Wannamaker, land lot of Dr. Daniel Moorer; on the South-east by St. John Street aforesaid, on th-t North-east by lot formerly of the said William M. Sain and Heggle Brothers, and on the West by ia lot now or formerly of J. W. H. Dukes." Terms of Sale: Cash, purchaser or purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes falling due after the day of sale, an in case the purchaser or purchasers shall fail to comply with the terms of sale, the said prem ises will be re-sold on the same or some subsequent salesday, on th& same terms and at the risk of the former purchaser or purchasers. A. M. SALLEY, Sheriff, Oran&ehurg County, S. C. Orangeburg, July 11, 1S11?3t. Notice. Notice of application for appoint ment of And. C. Dibble, Judge of Probate for the County of Orange burg, as Guardian of the estates of Quintilla Henrietta Dantzler, .Fred Cannor Dantzler, Alice Eliza beth Dantzler and Lewis Marshall Dantzler. Notice is hereby given that the un ersigned will make application to the Hon. Robert E. Copes, Judge of the First Circuit,'at bis Chambers, in the City of Orangeburg, on the sixteenth day oi September 1911, at 10 o'clock a m., or as soon thereafter as peti tioner an be heard, for an order ap pointing Andrew C. Dibble as Guar dian of the estates of said Quintilla Henrieta Dantzler, Fred Connor and Lewis Marshall Dantzler, minors, of the ages of twenty, seventeen, fif teen and twelve years, respectively. Each of the said minors has an estate of about two hundred and seventy five (275) dollars, consisting of cash derived chiefly from the estate of their mother, and an undivided inter est in the real estate of their father, deceased., the late Dr. F. W. Dant zler, which real estate is situated in Orangeburg county, in said state, the annual rents and profits whereof do not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and an undivided interest in the personal estate of their father, the late Dr. F. W. Dantzler, of the value of about one hundred and fif ty dollars. Their father, the late Dr. F. W. Dantzler, was guardian of the estates of said minors, but he is| now dead and it becomes necesarry' to have a guardian for the estates of said minors, and no fit competent or responsible person can be found who is willing to assume the guardl ianship of the estates of said minors. Aug. 16, 1911.. Rosalie Dantzler, 4t. Sister of said minors. For Sale. A very desirable farm of 3 45 acres located one mile east of the city of Oiangeburg. S. C. About 150 acres under cultivation, balance in wood land. Fine old settlement, wibh na tive grove of beautiful oaks: two sto ry S room dwelling, excellent well of water and location very healthy. Can be purchased at private sale until November 1st., next, when if not sold at private sale the same will be sold at public auction at Orangeurg Court House, S. C. for division. For information apply to Dr. W. H. Lawton, Vance, S. C, or to A. M. Salley, Orangeburg, S. C, Execu tors.c tf Five or six doses of "666" will cure any case of chills and fever. Price twenty-five cents. CLASSIFIED CO? One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. Found?One Masonic pin on the sidewalk in front of Moseley's store. Owner can get same by calling at this office. Help Wanted?A saleslady for my dry good department. One with experience .preferred. Send refer ence. Vernon Brabham, Cope, S. C. - Lost?On July 28, one account book at Woodford or North. Finder will be rewarded on returning the book to J. D. Livingston, Livingston, S. C 8-24-2t* Ice! Ice! Ice! I have opened my Ice House for the summer and will be pleased to serve my old as well as new patrons with ice. Look out for my wagon. J. B. Kelley. For Sale?One 30 H. P. Boiler; one 25 H. P. Engine Continental, two 70 saw gins, elevater, press, shaft ing, belts etc. Can be seen at W. L. Mack's farm, Cordova, S. C, or W. F. Smoak, Cordova, S. C. For Sale?106 aJcres of land, six miles from Bowman on Georgia St road, 30 acres In cultivation, the rest in wood?, house and barn on It. Mrs. Z. E. Stroman, Orange burg, S. C, Route 1. 8-10-6* For Sale?One 15-horse power gas oline engine in good condition, 'has been in use orly a short time. Will sell cheap anyone can come and Inspect same at my store on Rusell street. Orangeburg, S. C. J. W Smoak. Young man with good habits de sires a position with large farm, ginnery, or merchandise store Will accept work with either, but had experience in all three. Can give best, of references. Apply to J 3 11, Cope, S. C. R. F D. No. 7. Care of F. N. Darnell Teacher wanted?For coming school term, October 16 to June 1 at Fer guson Public school. Grades rang ing from lowest to highest. Man preferred. Answer stating salary and send testimonials. Address ?H. Clayton Hurlburt, Ferguson, S C. 8-24-2t. Ford?Those who know the model T Ford know that it is the most sim ple and best oar on the market today. Those who do not know this car may no.t speak well of It. but they are excusable because of their ignorance. May I prove this wonderful car to you? G. C. Bolin, Neeses, S. C. Agent for Orange burg County. 7-1-tf MRS. McGILL , BROKE DOWN Gives the Real Facts In Regard to Her Case and Tells How She Suffered. Jonesboro, Ark.?"I suffered a com plete break down in health, some time ago," writes Mrs. A. McGlll, from this place. "I was yery weak and could not do any work. I tried different remedies, but they did me no good. One day, I got a bottle of Cardui. It did me so much good, I was surprised, and took some more. Before I took Cardui, I had headache and backache, and sometimes I would cry for hours. Now I am over all that, and can do all kinds of housework. I think it Is the greatest medicine on earth." In the past fifty years, thousands of ladles have written, like Mrs. McGlll, to tell of the benefit received from Cardui. Such testimony, from earnest women, uurely indicates the great value of this tonic remedy, for diseases peculiar to women. Are you a sufferer? YeB? Cardui is the medicine you need. We urge you to try it N. B.? Write to: Ladles' Advisory Dept., Chifl* ?poga Medicine Co., Chattanooea, Tenn., for Special Instructions, and 64-pare book, "Home Treatment be Women," ?est In plain wrapper, on reauesu Theato To-days Program "The Delayed Proposal" (Biograph.) "A CLOSE CALL" (The Antercian Drama.) (Pathe.) HERBERT L. GAMBATI, Prop. NOTICE!! For the next 30 days, com mencing August 25, I will sell the Famous Reading Standard Bicy cle at the low cut price of $35.00 for cash. This price will only last 30 days, then the standard price of $45.00 will be resumed. This sale price is only to intro duce our line of Bicycles. First class repairing at popular prices. H. W. ST0UDENMIRE at once or Phone 4.14-L - 22 Church St. ORANGEBURG, S. C. FROM DAKKVILLE. THE RE ".T. THING. Guest?See here, waiter, you don't mean to tell me this stuff Is mock tur tle soup, do you? "Waiter?Dat's wot It am, sah. De dosb done buys de best mock turtles dar ara In de market, sah, an' dat's er fact rrf SUSPICIOUS. "H?ney, I done lubs yo'. How'd yo' lak ter come an' be mah mainstay troo life?" "To' mainstay! Looky hyah, dat looks s'ptshus ter me. Ef yo' t'lnk dat Fl goln' ter uuppoht yo' yo's got anuther guess comln'." George O. Baker. HUMANE EXPERTNESS. "What I believe In Is kindness to dumb animals." "Yes, I has hyuhd dat some folks kin llf a chicken oft de roos' so gentle an' tender dat he won't have his Bleep dis turbed ska'sely none." UIS IDEA. Pabson Johnslng?Riches doan bring happiness. Brudder White?Well, when yo' rent's paid, plenty In de house to eat an" a lit tle money In de bank doan dat spell happiness? HIS CHANCE. Colored Voter?No Indeed, bo?;s, I ain't never done sold my vote ylt Politician?Well, I thought maybe Colored Voter?But I'll give yo' de ad dress of mah landlord an' yo' kin fix up. nex' month's rent ef yo' choosts. HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, 2TC. Dentist?Shall I give you laughing gas, uncle? Darkey?Not till de toof am out, bos3. Reckon mebby ah'll feel mo' lake laffln' den. Let ?s Help Yon Make Out Your List I for "the boy and girl that is going off to college. You can cut out this list [and como to my store and cneck what you will need for them. If you will bring it in and let us help you to fill them out I will give 10 per cent off o? the bill. You will surely be pleased and will get new goods at the right price. All of the articles named be low are this year's new fall and win ter line: 1. Blanket. 2. Bed spreads. 3. Sheets. 4. Comforts. 5. Pillow cis.?s. G. Towels. : 7. Kimona goods. 8. Bath Rooe. 9. Waistings. I 10. Shirtings. 11. Bleachings. ? 12. Cambrics. 13. Hose. 14. Underwear. 15. Collars. 16. Rubbers. 17. Umbrella. 18. Shirts. 19. Belts. 20. Shoes. 21. Now we can show you the newest line of coat suits for misses and ladies in the market and you can get choice of them by coming early and selecting one now. 22. The suits for the young man are very stylish this year and we can I make prices ri?,ht on them. This offer is for you now and if you will come and let us help you you will get what you want at prices that will please and goods that are very new. Cut out the list and come in. Cokesbury Conference School Cokesbury, S. C. High grade prepatory school. Courses in college preparatory. Music. Ex pression and business. Excellent en vironment. Health record unexcell ed. $120 pays board and tuition. Session opens Sept 21, 1911. Write: L E. HINKLE, B. A. Headmaster. Popular Copyright Books * NOW 50c. II "When a Man Marries" by Mary Roberts Rhinehart, as the play "Seven Days" had a wonderful success. As a book it is even better. ? "The Goose Girl" by Harold MacGrath is the fascinating story of a princess brought up as a goose girl, ig norant of her royal birth. "Graustark" and its companion book, "Beverly of Graustark" are still maintaining their great popularity and can be secured for fifty cents. And Many Others?Each equally as fascinating: with a touch of ad venture, a spice of humor, or a bit of pathos. All written by masters of the art. Write for any book you want. We'll get it for you. | ? SIMS BOOK STORE. I Orangeburg, S. C >?????????<><???????? The People's Bank. Orangeburg, South Carolina. Capital Stock 50,000 Surplus and profits 14,500 Liability of Stock holders 50,000 Protection to Deposi tors $114,500 Highest rate of interest paid in SAVINGS DEPART MENT And will pay 4 1-2 per cent on CERTIFICATES of DEPOSIT Wc want your account.? We guarantee absolute ?afety to de positors and every courtesy to all customers. We keep your money for you free of charge and pay you Interest. We hava ample resources to give you accommodations. Safe, consert - tlve, successful; protected by Fire Insurance and Burglar j Jr ourance. Call and see us or write ua. D. O. HERBERT, President. B. F. MUCKENFUSS, Vice-president. J. W. CULLER C*8bi_.