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MEET ME AT ing's Furniture Store 59 WEST RUSSELL STREET. and get a free ticket to the Fair with every $10.00 pur chase. We are going to offer some great bargains in fur niture and household goods. 9x12 Matting Atsqers.$2.48 Matting rugs ... 24 Iron cribs.$3.68 and up. Iron beds.$2.68 and up. Chiffoners.$4.24 and up. Chair ....... 4.43 Special prices on matting by the roll. Go carts at cost. Full line bags, suit cases and trunks. Remember we have the largest furniture store in Orange burg County. R. C. KING. MY THANKSGIVIN( PROCLAMATION I hs.ve much to be thankful (or this year, 1911. ? I thank the public whose favor has enabled me to do the biggest jewelry business between two' Thanksgiving Days since my first coming to Orangeburg: and I accept this favor as an' obligation on me to still further improve my stock and my service in every possible way. Especially do I thank the many who, after finding my goods, my prices, and my ways satisfactory to tjiem have spoken words of approval to their friends and so have increas ed the number of my customers, Most heartily do 1 thank the many hun dreds of'eye-glasses and spectacle customers who have recommended me so kindly to their friends for the satisfaction they have received from wearing my glasses. Finally I thank you for all past favors and sincerely ask for your further valued patron age. Jno. T. Wise Jeweler and Optometrest F. Furman Ladles, Hisses and Children Outfitters. * Suits, Coats, Skirts, Shoes, Underwear, Notions, Cor sets, Dry Goods. Make our store your headquarters during your visit to Great Fair PIANO GINEN AWAY THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT VOT ING CONTEST NOW ON. One Handsome Piano, Four Nev Home Sewing Machines and Thirty Dinner Seti> in the List. A prize voting contest of great Times and Democrat for the purpose of securing the cooperation of all its readers in increasing its already large ubscrlption list and enlarging its wide sphere of usefulness. Never be fore have th<; people of this section who get the earliest start will have j BLEASE AND CALHOUN SHERIFF the easiest work. See your friends, t , Finds It Hard Which of His Friends to Give Job to. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier says the Cal houn County sheriff situation is still hanging fire, while its people are relatives and acquaintances and get their support before they promise it to a more enterprising candidate. A j little effort now will pay you big div idends. In order to equalize competition and prevent too many nrizes from going to one locality the territory .ias been divided into four districts! wondering when relief will be ob ond twenty-eight townships. The'talned and the tenslon relieved. In contestants in the entire territory jthe meantime, the -Southern Railway are at liberty to compete for the'18 doin& a drivIn* business between ..grand prize, the contestants in each;this point and Columbia and the Gov llberallty is announced today by The'district contest among themselves for f??r ls not lonely for the lack of ' the district prize, and the contestants ' Calhoun guests in each township will contest among themselves for the township prizes. Under this arrangement the prizes will be scattered over the entire ter ritory and contestants in every part had the opportunity of winning such of it will have a chance to secure ig rewards for easy anid pleasant' at least one of them. The contestants I He says that he endorsed Senator work, jin all the four districts have a chance The grand prize that The Times]to get the piano, but only the con and pemocrat offers is a big induce- j testant? in any district have a ment of itself, but in order that ev- chance at the prize in that district, eryone may have a chance, the ter-1 So with the township prizes. Only tional prizes are offered in each dig-1 contestants living in any township tricts, and into townships, and addi- j can secure the prize for that town tional prizes are og?red in each dis-, sniP- ? No person can get more than one prize. The highest vote in the >vhoh> territory will entitle the lady who receives it to the piano. The lady receiving the highest vote in each of Mr. H. C. Pauling, the lone mem ber of the Legislature, who declined the appointment with thanks, re ! turned from Columbia late Thursday I afternoon and was interviewed by [The News and Courier correspondent. SO TASIC RUSSELL STREET. ORANG13BURG, S. C. Fairey and Weeks Wholesale and Retail Dealers General Merchandise. m trict ahd each township in Orange burg and Cilhoun Counties whose aggreate vote amounts to 100,000 or over. Any lady or girl can enter the con test and compete for the thirty 1 the four districts will be entitled to prizes, provided they live in either the Prfze of the district in which she Orangeburg or Calhoun County. All may live. The lady receiving the who enter stand a chance of secur- highest vote in each of the townships ing one of the valuable prizes. It be entitled to the prize of the is strictly a competitive contest in township in which she may live, which there will be no element of. 11 must be expressly understood luck or (Chance, and the result will that th"e lady who secures the piano depend entirely upon the efforts of ''ill not be entitled to a district prize, each contestant. [The prize in her district must go to A committee of prominent citizens the Jady residing therein who re; wlll he chosen to count the votes and ceives the next highest vote.. *Jor award the prizes. The motto of this w111 the ladies who secure the piano contest will be a square deal to each aad the 8f>ur district prizes be en and every contestant who enters and titled to a township prize. The each one will be absolutely sure of prizes in their townships must go to getting fair and impartial treatment, the ladies residing therein who re No bonus votes will be given away ceives the next highest vote. ^ for work of any kind on the part of ! contestants, as we do not think that exactly fair. All contestants will be treated exactly the same. The Times and Democrat will give thirty prizes to the persons receiving We Make a Specialty in Outfitting Country Stores. Sole Agents For Hamilton-Brown's Line of Shoes. the largest number of votes in the contest. To enter this friendly struggle and win one of the prizes will not co:3t you one cent. It will cost nothing to enter, It will cost nothing to stay in the race and it will cost nothing to win. The prizes will be worth many times the amount that could be earned In a similar space of time by any other means. The object of the contest is to se cure subscriptions to The Times and Democrat. The candidates securing the most votes will take the prizes. The way to secure votes is to get our friends and neighbors to pay a subscription to The Times and Demo crat. Candidates can secure sub scriptions anywhere in the United States and are not confined to their own district. Write to your friends, no matter where they live. Cut out a nomination or informa tion blank and mail it to the .contest department and we will be glad to send a representative to fully explain the terms of the contest, and if you decide to enter, supply you with a receipt book and all necessary in formation. Or bettor still, come to the contest department yourself and have a talk with the manager. The few weeks of the contest will pass quickly, and if yon want to be sure of tho piano or one of the other big prizes., an early start is advisable. Get your friends to help you. Those Here is Your Chance, Boys. Congressman Lever will hold a competitive examination on Satur day, December ?0, at Columbia, S. C, beginning at 10 a. m., to fill a va-., ,cancy from.the Seventh Congression- lections with band accompaniment Summers' strong backing of his neighbor, Mr. John Rast, of Cam eron, and that he informed the Gov ernor, that he is hands-off with the rest of the field. From other' sources it is learned that the Governor balks at Rast, be cause of the slim vote he (the Gov ernor) received at Cameron last sum mer, and besides, he and Senator (Summers are not political friends Early in the game, as was expected the Governor positively stated that none but "my friends" would secure the plum. This county is expecting him to do his duty and give it sheriff who will walk worthily in the shoes of his efficient and valiant pred ecessor The Bank of Orangeborg OF ORANGEBURG, S. C. CAPITAL, $ 100.0C0. ASSETS, $800,000. SURPLUS and PROFUS, $93,000. With the strongest financii-I backing of any bank in this section of the Stat-, and unsurpassed methods in every depaitr eat we in vite farmers, merchants, indivi. ua!?, firms and corporations that have not already done so to open an account with us. State of South Carolina, and Co unty of Orangeburg Depository. W. N. SCOVILL.. T. M. RAYSOR. . U. G. BRYANT. . . Directors .JAS. M. SEIGNOUS.. .N. Ml BULL. . M. W SALLEY .... Officers J. G. WANNAMAKER, JAS. F. IZLAR. E. N. SCOVILLE. W. N. SCOVILL.President. J. G. WANNAMAKER.Vice-President. R. F. BRYANT.Cashier. F. C. BRYANT.Asst. Cashier. C| We pay 4 per cent on Savings Deposits. t| Safe Deposit Boxes for rent. If you want to wear bet ter shoes than you ever did be fore without spending as much money as formerly, see the re markable values offered at Orangeburg Elks Memorial. The Elks of Orangeburg will hold their annual memorial services this year on Sunday afternoon, December 3. These services are always appro prlate and touching, but they will be more so this year. The exercise will be held at the Academy of Mu sic, and it 1b hoped and expected that the auditorium will be filled The program,' so far as the music is concerned, will be in the form of a sacred coivert, and the Orangeburg Military Hand, which will furnish the music for the occasion, is now prac ticing some very fine selections. There will also be several vocal se al District, at the United States Mil itary Academy at West Point. The examination will be conducted by How to See the Comet. Whoever has the hardihood and Prof. E. S. Dreher, assisted by Profs, scientific zest to arise at five in the W. E. Black and S. H. Edmunds, morning, climb to the root' of his Only actual residents of the District, habitat, or else seek out some windy between the ages of seventeen and hill top, "and gaze intently toward twenty-two, suffering from no de- the dappled east will be rewarded formity, who have been vaccinated with a sight of Brooks' comet. Little within one year, who are of good has been said and written concerning ?noral character and who are unmar- this particular sky-gypsy. The fact lied, are eligible to take the exami- iR this is a dull year for comet ration. The mental examination will shows. It now appears as a hazy cover algebra, plane geometry, Eng- star, with a long tail flying upward lish Grammar, English composition and is to be seen just a little south and English literature, geograpiij, j of the eastern point of the horizon, tory of the United States and ancient 'And the most opportune hour, as we history of United States and ancient have said, is 5 a. m. in this examination may got fuller particulars by writihg Hon. A. F. Lever at Lexington, S. C. AVarren Shoots at Way. A dispatch from St. George says a preliminary hearing was given Gus holds that the news bespeaks endorse Thursday, charged with Clark Calls It Good News. Speaker Champ Clark is elated over the result of the more important elections throughout the country, as Indicated in narly returns, and he Warren shooting at John Way, Jr., at the home of the latter with a shotgun. Both parties arc highly respected white citizens. The difficulty grew out of ill-feelings that have existed for some time. Warren was held in default of 81,0 00 bond. ment of the work of tho last Con gress and forecasts tho election next year of a Democratic President. GOOD SHOES FOR EVERYBODY. 4a W. RUSSELL ST. LIVINGSTON & CO., -BUYERS OF COW PEAS -AND ' COTTON SEED We Solicit the Patronage of Car Load Shippers. Read issue. every advertisement in this Accused of Wife Minder. Charged with causing the death of his wit'o, Etta Richardson Childers, at Leesbur^. Va., by placing poison in a bottle, of medicine she was using, Mort S. Childers was indicted by the grand jury Monday afternoon. J. L RAHSDAL -DEALER IX Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions, Shoes, Hats and Millinery, Staple and Fancy Groceries. ORANGEBURG, S. C. OUR STORE IS OPEN TO ALL FRIENDS AND VISITORS. DROP IN AND USE OUR COMFORTS. YOU ARE WELCOME. WE SHOW A VERY PRETT YASSORTMENT OF FANCY NOVELTIES SUITED FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS AND SOUVENIRS. THESE GOODS ARE IMPORTED, THE STYLES ARE RARE AND PRET TY?PRICES RANGE FROM 25 CENTS TO $2.5C. LOVELY SILK SCARFS AND MUFFLERS. A' LARGE LINE FOR YOUR SELECTION. MAKE YOUR HEADQUARTERS AT OSELEY' i\\ k Fill General Merchandise. 6 W. Rnssell St. > S. Cc Come to the Fair and make it a success. Come to J. C. Ransdale and you will be successful. Come and make my fctore your headquarters. You will be given every attention as we expect our friends to be with us during the Fair. One in the Main Building and one on the Grounds Having decided to discontinue our dry goods, shoes, cloth ing, hats, and notions, we will on Nov. 16th place tin's en tire department on sale at and below cost. These goods arc new and in good condition. It will, pay every one who is in : eed of dress goods, laces, embroideries, and notions to come and take advantage of their remarkably low prices. Also .'.lien's and boy's clothing which will be sacrificed The .shoes and oxfords all new and in style, these are exception ally good values. For men, women and children hats below cost. This is no fake sale, all of the above mentioned goods will be closed out. Nothing charged at this sale. A word to the wise is sufficient. Come one, come all. The Grocery department will be run on as it is now.