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EXCITES COMHLNTS THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT PRIZE VOTING CONTEST. Tlie Offer of Over Thirty Valuable Prizes Has Been Most Favorably Received by All. That the fairness and liberality of The Times and Democrat great prize voting contest, in which at least thir ty valuable prizes, costing $800, are to be given away, has caught tho fancy of the people of Orangoburg and Calhoun, and adjoining counties, is amply indicated by the large num ber of enquiries received by tho Con test Department. The enterprise and liberality of The Times and Demo crat is meeting with an appreciation thftt is most gratifying to it. An interest h being developed on* the part of the paper's friends and subscribers that augurs well for the interest of the large number of con testants who have signified their in tention of making the raco for the most valuable list of prizes ever of fered by a newspaper in this section of the State. It has been said that opportunity knocks but once at every one's cloor, but in these days of aero planes, wireless telegraph and the like, the dawning of each new day brings fresh opportunities. The Times and Democrat has ar ranged its territory in such a man ner that no matter where a contest ant may live, opportunity for win ning at least one of the thirty prizes will knock at her door. Be 6ure that you are ready to embrace the oppor tunity when it comes your way. This is a grezit big business proposition which appeals only to the sober, seri ous minded people of the territory covered. It requires no special ener gy. People of ordinary attainments will be found among the winners of these thirty valuable prizes. ?But back of it all there Is the spirit of work and a determination to win. The spirit that inspires confidence in one's friends and causes them to manifest the same intense interest shown by the active contestant*. A contest campaign is like a gigantic snow ball?It grows larger the: longer it Is rolled. Those who enter the race with a full understanding of the rulesr determined to win one of the prize?, wilj find that they have un consciously formed an endless chain of friends who are worMhg for them. Your own intense earnestness will show these friends that thev are not wasting their support and they soon begin to feel tho same interest as yourself. For the first two weeks or more, the race will be purely educational. Candidates will find many things coming up daily to confuse them. They will have to a?k questions and avoid making the same mistakes twice. That is one of the reasons why it la desirable to start early. The Contest Department will render all tho assistance possible, that is not prejudicial to the interes-s of any of the o::her candidates, In seeing that the proper start is made by con testants. So enter at. once, and don't be afraid to ask questions. The Con test Manager will take pleasure in answering them. A careful reading of the rules will convince any energetic girl or lady that no Impossible conditions are im posed; nothing is asked that cannot be done without interference with other duties. Just get this fact firm ly fixed in your mind: There are $800 worth of prizes; there are thir ty of them; they are to be distrib uted among the peopla of Orangeburg and Calhoun Comities and competi tion has been so equalized that the chances of each candidate are exactly the same. So why not enter from your township and try to win one of the prizesi? All that is necessary to enter is to fill out the nomination blank, which appeara in each issue of The Times and Democrat and send it to the Con test Department. Nothing is gained by delay in entering the contest. The sooner you begin active operations, the sooner your votes will pile up. Simply clip out the nomination blank today and fill it in with you own name or that of some friend, and send it to the Contest Department of The Times and Democrat. That starts you properly. The proper sub scription book and Information will lje furnished and every effort made to get you started on the right track. Heading the list of prizes is the Marchant Piano, which is sold for three hundred dollars, and Is guaran teed by the Marcbant Music House of this city. You know them. Call and see the Piano. This prize will go to the contestant polling the largest number of votes in the contest Ir-j respectne of district. The value and desirability of this Piano alone i should prove sufficient incentive to the most strenuous effort on the part of the contestants in the four dis tricts. An inspection of the Piano will speedily convince candidates and their friends that this race is ex tremely worth while. Then comes the district prizes, four Champion Drop Head Sewinp; Ma-I chine?, made and guaranteed by the New Home Sowing Machine Compa ny. Tho lady receiving the -highest vote in each of the four districts, af ter the Piano has been awarded, will j be awarded one of these Sewing Ma-; ch'nes. Tber. comns rho township; prizes. The lady in each of the town ships ef Orarsrcburs: and Calhoun. Coi:n*io:;, where not less than an a? grorate vote of 1 00,^00 is c?r-t. who! receives the highest vote after tho general and district prizes have bonn awarded, will receive a handromoly. decoratod Dinner Set of one hundred' pieces. If yen cannot see opportunity spewed hi this offer of thirty valuable '; prizes yr.\\ are not the energe tic, am- j bitious person to whom The Times and Democrat would appeal. Xot er eryone can enter a contest, bu! every-! one can nominate some popular, en- ' COURT OP CALHOTJN COU?TY. Several Criminal Cases Have Been Disposed Of. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier Hays the Court machinery has .been, moving at a good clip Tuesday and Wednesday. Sev eral of the oases were of a minor character. The more Important dis posed of are as follows: The State vs. Eugene Williams, colored, grand larceny. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to one year on the gang. James Little, colored, rocking train [at Riloy's Station. Guilty. Sen tenced to eighteen months. I George Key, colored, beat a Ruih 'sian Jew peddler with the intent of robbery. Guilty. Six months. The State vs. George Taylor, col ored, assault and battery with intent to kill. In this case the evidence I showed .that Taylor beat Olln Hamp jton's wife in the morning and later 'in the day provoked a difficulty with the husband at the latter'9 home, snooting him in the thigh. The Jury; ; brought iu a verdict of simple assault, over which the presiding Judge ex I pressed surprise, in view of the ag igrarated odor of the case. He gave Taylor the limit of sixty days er $200. The Si^te vs. D. A. Pendarria, white, isHulng check without funds. Guilty. One hundred and fifty dol lars or three months. ?Bill Plush, colored, who shot up Scuffle Town and all the colored in habitants therein. Guilty. Six months or $150. The State vs. Lucinaa Sumter, col ored, who cut her husband to death with an axe Not guilty, j The grand jury made a short pre sentment. It complained that its past re:ommendation for an expert ac countant to examine the .county books hs.d not been carried out. In answer Judge Devore thought that the grand jury could secure an accountant themselves. If not; their representa | fives in the Legislature could pasu an Act for the purpose. It also recom mended better quarters for the safe keeping of the books in- the Clerk of Court's office. Charlie Staley, colored, of Sandy Run, was tried in Court late Wednes day afternoon for shooting recklessly linto^a crowd. Guilty; sentenced to ? eighteen montho on the gang. The caiie of E. A. Grice vs. John Spigener and "Cap" Wise, prominent I white farmers, brought a good crowd from the High Hill Creek section I Thursday morning. This is the out icome of an old grudge, which, he:re 'tofore, has been threshed out in the ' Magistrate Courts. The evidence shewed that the parties got into a general row on their way home from town-during the early, fall. "Ca,p" Wise was found guilty of assault. Spigener was acquitted. - ? ? ? Baptist Bazaar at Branchville. 1 The Journal says the annual Thanksgiving Bazaar given by the Ladles' Aid Society to the Baptist church will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week in the .town hall. Everybody Is cordial ly invited to attend the bazaar as the cause is a worthy vono and aid and assistance was never more needed than now since the local church and parsonage have been .burned. Fancy work, home made candles, art work and many valuable articles will be on sale and every visitor will enjoy him Iself. Besides the bazaar will be a scene of artistic beauty that will be well worth going to see. You cannot 'afford to miss it. Special Train Assured. A special train is now assured from Orangeburg to Savannah for those who wish to see the automobile races in the latter city, the necessary number of guarantors having been secured. A sleeper has been ordered for the convenience of those who wanted berths. Money covering the fare for the trip can be handed to Messrs. Belton Gardner, Ed Cannon, W. H. Dukes, B. W. Vinceni, or Dr. D. D. Salle/. The train is scheduled to leave Orangeburg midnight Wed nesday, arriving in Savannah about 5 or 6 o'clock Thursday morning and will return, leaving Savannah about 7 or 8 o'clock Thursday evening. Wound Up All Business. The last quarterly conference of St. Paul's Methodist Church was held Thursday evening with Presiding Eld er Smith in the chair. The old boards of stewards and trustees of St. Paul were re-elected, and the at fairs of the conference year wound up with the exception of a few small claims, which will be paid up as soon as the collector can collect 3ome out standing money that is still due. St. Paul had quite a prosperous year, and will enter upon the new confer ence year with a clean financial sheet. Will Lay in New Stock. It has been reported thac Mr. J. E. Glover was going out of business, out such is not the case. The big sale he had was to clear his store of old stock, which ha3 been pretty well accomplished. IMt. Glover is now in the Northern markets buying a new and up-to-date stock o? cloth ing, men's furnishing goods.' Calhoun Boy's Corn Club. All boys in Calhoun County who! are interested in the Boys Corn Club, cirher members or those who wish | to become members, should send in their names at once to Mr. A. 0. An-' tley, St. Matthews, in order to get! the circulars of instruction. Don't delay, boys, but act at once. orgctic hustling friend and then help' that friend win. Nominal ions are now open. Clip out and fl! in the nomination blank and send ii to the Contest Department today. It costs' nothing to enter. It costs nothing to' vote for you. And von f!(\*: ?iave to : vote for you. And fou don*t have to be a subscriber to The Times and ? Democrat to become a contestant.! Nominate today. * ' TBE HOME CIRCLE PLEASANT HVESfETG SHBVTCES FOB OLD ANB YOUNG. Dedicated to tho Mothers of tho County Upon Which Its Botiro Welfare Depends. If you intend to treat yonraalf any better than your -wife, don't tak* one. If you have an idea that yom are too good for a picked up dinner, re main a bachelor. ' Don't forget mother when picnics and good times are in order. Don't let her do all tho hard work. And boys treat her to some fresh air every day behind that newly-broken ? colt. I _ J Never in tho history of any ooun try, in any age, has there been such |a mighty work before the youth oi orir land as there is today; and we [ignorant of it and unfitted for their I work. Bach one wants tho other to 'row tho boat while he oatjckes the fish. Profanity never did any man the least good. No man is tho richer tho happier, or wiser for it. It oom mends no one to any society. It is digusting to the refined; abominable to the good; insulting to those with whom we associate; degrading to the I mind; unprofitable; needlass and in jurious in society. Young man, don't be profane. ? rWe know that music is pleasant and home is not home where there are no songs or sweet harmonies; but a knowledge of the piano will not help a woman discharge her wifely duties, and a smattering of French or an ability to waltz gracefully, will jdo but little towards preparing a palatable dinner for a husband when he comes home hungry. Let us say to you young man, that pluck wins more battles than luck. Wishing is the easiest way in the world to get a poor living. Look ing for the fortunate star to rise is like standing on the ocean's strand waiting and watching for wealth laden ships to como over the sea that never "put out.' Wishing brings a small income and the taxes on it are enormous. ? When a man has established a homo has a wife and children, the most important duties of his life have fairly begun. The errors of Iiis youth may be obliterated, the faulte of his early days may be overlooked, but from the moment of his mar riage he commence? to write an in effable history; hot by pen and ink, but by deeds, by which he must ever afterwards be reported and judged. A trade is a good thing to have; it is better than gold?brings a larger premium. But to make a premium, tho trade must be perfect?no silver plated affair. Determine in your mind to be a good workman, or let the job out. Learning a trade is dif ferent from eating mush and milk? mechanical education does not slip down without chewing. Never slight your work, never. Every job you do is a sign. Poor signs are against uuc cess. Setting a young man afloat with money left him by his relatives, is like trying bladder under the arms of one who caunot swim; ten chances to one he will lose the bladder and go to the bottom. Teach him to swim and he will not need the blad der. Give your chlid a good educa tion. See to it that his morals are pure, his mind cultivated, and his whole nature made subservient to the laws which govern man, and you will have given what will be of more value than the wealth of the Indies. You have given him a start which no misfortune can deprive him of. Society at the present day demands that girls shall be what they call ac complished; and to fulfill this de mand the mothers of Christendom teach their daughters that a know ledge of all that belong to life's du ties at home is not one of the re quiremenst that manual labor must be consonant with drawing room cultivation. And so their lily hands Blip idly over the piano keys; they waltz in the most approved style; simper a little French or German, quote poetry?and society says they are accomplished. P.abtless they are, and by-and-by, as all modern fash ionables do, they win a husband. The matron who appears before the members of the family in a shab by, soiled wrapper and makes the excuse, if indeed she takes the trou ble to make one at all, that "it is so much more comfortable," has little idea of the possible consequences of such a course. Could she but realize that her dress is an evil example to her daughters and productive of con sequences that will reach far beyond her own span of life: that her hus band and sons cannot fail to draw comparisons between her dress and that of the ladies they meet in other homes* and that these comparisons cannot fail to decrease their respect for her, she might be induced to give more attention to her personal ap pearance. Mothers sometimes say when a child shows a vile temper and shrieks1 a r:D"d deal thai it would endanger his li'e to punish him: perhaps so, ^ but you still more endanger his fu-, tore if you don't punish him. Many a on the mother's lap. We wish wei could write it in imperishable, glow-, Ing letter:; on the walls of every j home?ob1, dien.ee, obedience, obedi ence! Obedience to law?*o house hold law: to parent!al authority: un-' questioning instant, exact obedience. STjEsANGE KEPTJIiH POUND. Tho First That Has Brer Been Seen 1b This Section. At Grosnrilio sosxe small boys found en a artH raco ex Reody RiTor reeentry a mensver, which hae precip itated something of a riot wkofferw it has bees exhibited. Tho reptile is evidently a member of tho Iguana family, of the speoiea designated as Iguana tuborculata. It is a repulsive looking liaard with a high dorsal fringed ridge and a very large d?w lah. The monster measures some thing over trty-flro inches in length. Authorities in biology have- been called into consultation, ana after" much study, have pronounced it an Iguana tuberculata, but they are un able to explain the presence of the strange reptile in this section of the country. So far as can be learned, one has ne'rer before been found. J BoverIoy,pf Graustark. The attraction at the Academy of Music od next Wednesday night is A. G. Dolamater and William Norris's original stupendous Stodebaker Thea tre, Chieago production of George Barr McCuteneon's "Beverly", a su perb dramatization of Mr. McCutch eon's most entertaining and poplar novel, "Beverly of Graustark" as dramatized by tho scholarly Robert M. Baker, of Boston. The play is pre sented with a large and expensive cast of well known Broadway artists head ed by Margaret Shayne, formerly; leading lady with Cyril Scott in "The Prince Chap", and Nat Goodwin, and Is mounted with an unusually hand some scenic production. Beet of the Season. Direct from its long engagement at! the Studebaker Theatre, Chicago, George Barr McCutcheon's "Beverly" will be seen for the first time in this city at the Academy of Music, Wed nesday, Nor. 29th. Beautiful women, gorgeous scenery, elaborate costum es, a stirring, thrilling plot, plenty of good clean wholesome comedy, all of' those go to make a production that will delight the eye, please the under standing, give rise to mirth, and stir every drop of red blood in the veins. Orangehnrg Boy at Suxnmertoa. I A letter from Summerton to The News and Courier says "the drug store recently conducted by Dr. Hlll son Capers has changed hands. The business has been taken over by Mr. Leon Fischer, formerly in business In Charleston. Residents are delighted to welcome Mr. Fischer to Summer ton. He married a young lady of this town, Miss Addie Broadway, and they will make their home here." Mr. Fischer is a son of Chief of Police Fischer of this city. Elliotts Will Celebrate. The Elliott Hook and Ladder Com pany, which is" one of the oldest and best Are companies in the city, will celebrate its 'forty-first anniversary next Thursday evening at their hall. The Eliotts Is an independent com pany, but it never fails to do It] whole duty when it comes to fighting the fire fiend.: The boys will have a supper on the occasion, as is their custom. Canada Regrets Her Action. According to J. A. McDonald, edi tor of ithe Toronto Globe, and a prominent member of the liberal par ty, Canada is sorry she rejected reci procity. Mr. McDonald so declared In an address before the Sunday Even ing at Chicago. "The people have re turned to sober thinking and regret their action," he said. "The annexa tion bugbear was to blame for it all." Die From Exposure at Sea. Blown upon the rocks of Menun ketuck point off the Connecticut coast, Monday, the two-masted schooner Henry H. Williams pound ed to pieces, and the wife and child of Capt. Otto Pauer died from ex posure. Capt. Pauer and one mem ber of the crew were rescued in an exhausted condition. Two Barges Lost in Gale. A dispatch from Black Island. R. L, says a gale caused the loss of two barges of the Scully Transportation company of New York and carried to watery grares six or eight persons. Tho barges were the Helen A. Wy man and the Vermont. The masters are believ d to have had their wives aboard. Two Men Are Killed. Two men were killed and four were injured at Chicopee Falls, Mass., Thursday night, when a temporary elevator used in construction work at the Fisk Rubber Company's plant at Chicopee Falls fell three stories. . Gave L'p at Last. After holding the officers at bay 24 hours, John E. Brown, a wealthy resident of Moab, Utah, who Frh'ay shot and killed his daughter, Mrs. A. J. DuBois, and her husband, sur? rendered to the sheriff'Monday. The shooting followed a quarrel. Arabs Are Corning Mere. The Astrian steamer Kassa., hav ing on board 200 Arab emigrants from Tripoli, has proceeded to Tries te. From that port the Arabs will ! lake passage on another steamer sail ling for New York, where tnej intend I to search for work. St. Paul's Sunday. Preaching at 1 1 a. ra. by Rev. C. H. Smith. At 7:30 p. m. there will be held memorial services In honor of the members of our church who have died during the year. Obedience in die family, obedience j in the school! Wherever, from the! beginning, from tho first glimmering intelligence in the child, there in ex-1 presslon of law, let there be taught [ respect frr it and obedience to it. It' is the royal road to virtue to good citizenship, it is the only road. ' LOCAL NEWS IBIS PICKED UP ALL OVHK TOWN BS (yes eepokjthrs. What Is Rappomas Here and There* Local Items of Personal Interest to Our Readers. Bast rainoo moat, 2 lbs. for 2So, at Prescott's. Tbo best remedy for cheap oottoa is to plant something else. Fresh chocolates from Lowney, and Littlefield-Steere Co., at Prescott's. ?Christmas is only fonr week9 off from next Monday. Just think of that, boys and girls. Branchr?le has been designated as a postal aaTinga postoffice, to bo ready for deposits December 21 next. Thoro is still much cotton in tho fields of Orangeburg and Calhoun counties unpicked for tho want of pickers. Tho winds wore high yosterday. and no doubt it blowed oat a quan tity of oottoa in the fields, as thoro is muoh of it unpicked yot. Old Santa Claus is beginning to chock up tho good boys and girls. Every boy and girl should be sure to hare their name on his list. Conteatants wanted in The Times and Democrat contest in Limestone, New Hopo, EutawTille, Holly Hill. Amelia and Sandy Run townships. Hon. I. W. Bowman will attend the Annual Conference of the Meth odist Church next week as a delegate from the Orangeburg District. Tho ladies of the Cameron Metho dist church will sell dinner and oys ters at Houck Hall on Thanksgiving Day. The public is cordially invited. The GreonTille Piedmont says now "that the fly has gone for the winter, swat the man who throws banana peelings on the streets." Good ad Yico. Jim Jones, colored, who stole a bicycle from Mr. Frank Wannamak er, St. Matthews, was arrested in this city Friday morning and sent back to St. Matthews. WheneT.er you see a fellow knock ing a piece of enterprise of a com petitor, you can rest assured that tho enterprise is a good one, and it will pay you to investigate it. Wo want one or two contestants at least in each township. Look over the list and if no contestant appears ii your township send in your name, and enter the contest. Walt for the second grand auction sale of fifty head horses and mulos that will be sold without reserve to the big dollar by tho Western Horse and 'Mule Company, first **"o.day In December. One contestant on last Thursday sent in $24 taken in by her for sub scriptions on The Times and Demo crat in a couple of days. No trouble to get subscribers for an up-to-date live newspaper. The Calhoun Advance says, "We are glad to learn that Mr. J. H. Fair, of Fair's Pharmacy, was successful in obtaining a license at the meeting of the State Board of Pharmacy at Abbeville last week." Carnivals are being placed under the van by many of the towns and cities of tho State, but they are still allowed to exploit Orangeburg. The carnivals are accused of spreading disease and crime. A Box Party will bo given at Mid way school house near Elloree, S. C, on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 3 0th. Girls" are requested to briug boxes and boys bring money. Proceeds for school library. The directors of the Orangeburg County Fair Association will hold a meeting in this city next Wednesday morning. At this meeting the full reports of the first fair will be heard and plans will be made for the next fair. Judge B. H. Moss will attend the Annual Conference of the Methodist Church next week as one of the trus tees of Wofford College, a position he has filled for several years with credit to himself and profit to the college. Tho ladies of the Methodist Epis copal Church at North will repeat the "Old Time Entertainment" of last season at the school auditorium Thanksgiving evening, November 30, at S o'clock. Refreshments will be served. Presiding Elder Smith will preach at St. Paul's Church Sunday morning. This will be his last sermon here as presiding elder of this district, as he will be sent elsewhere next year, he having served the limit on this district. The Times and Den uc-at wishes it could present a piano lU every lady in Orangeburg and Calhoun counties that wants one. It can't do that, but it can afford to give away one, and, as it does not wish to show any preference, it has concluded to award I that one to the lady receiving the highest vote in the two counties. A prospective contestant wants to know if The Times and Democrat, did not ouce run a voting contest to give away trips to some city or other, and wanted us to give the name and addess of some one who won a trip in the contest. The Times and Dem-; ocrat never ran any such contest. Ourl correspondent has confused The Times and Democrat with some other paper. Stabbed a Fellow Prisoner. Patrick Collins, a convict in the Eddyville, Ky., penitentiary, who! would have completed bis term in j eight months is in solitary confine ment, charged with the murder of James Jones, a fellow prisoner. An gered at a retort of Jones, Collins leaped upon him and inflicted a mor tal wound with a harness knife be fore he could be overpowered by oth er convicts. i A LITTLE EARLY: But We Are Now Receiving and Marking Goods. A LITTLE EARLY: BUT WE ARE NOW RECEIV ING AND MARKING CHRISTMAS GOODS Each season sees us better prepared to show our custom ers the very newest novelties for the Holiday Season. Our Mr. Kohnweiler spent nearly two weeks searching the New York market for the very prettiest and cleverest ideas that he could find. THEY ARE COMING IN DAILY NOW. There will be something here to choose for each member of the family. Not costly articles but things that will corner within the set sum you set out to spend. Make it your iabit to come here daily and see the new goods. In the meantime?these new shipments: Red Sweaters for Children, $1.25 and $175. Aviation Caps, all the best hand made goods, 25c, 50c,. 79c. Tan Shoes, White Buck Shoes, $3.50 and $4.50. New Side Effect Neckwear, 25c, 50c, 75c. Holiday Novelties, 25c and 50c. Coat Suits and Cloaks, daily shipments. MM?e?ee?0??0<?Oe??*0e?< t><*^H^?*<^?frOeeoeeoe????e?f l i Did You Ever Get Anything of Value for Nothing? This modern puzzle and gift v. r < : i r ? pianos for nothicg is beyond us; We are legitimate piano dealers and believe in o^ving-the public a fairsquare deal. V/e sell you a piano, quality cor.siderer1, cheaper than any dealer or agent in Scuth Carolina, for cash, or give you plenty of time to pay for it Knabe, Kranich & Bach, Lau ber, Marchant ar>d 12 other lead ing make3 of p*anos. Putnam, Farrand, Estey and Carpenter Organs. Edison Phonographs, Records and Supplies. Better ccme and take a look at our stock befcre buying. Write us for catalogue. ! Marchant Music Co., j ESTABLISHED 1883. ? L58 B. Rnseeil Street..*3. Orangebwrg, S. <D. ! ??e??eee?^eee?e?eee???<?e??e????^e??ee??e??4>4.^ BABY BROTHER. Dear Friend: Am so glad you had such a gocd time at our big fair. Now we will have to get ready for Thanksgiving. If you go to the k . Pure Food Store you can get Canned everything for a smell dinner. pe^che-S They have Plum Pudding, Mince j f?T .i_ Meat, Celery, Cramberries, ?5 ! Pickles, Preserve . f n an Hams, Raisins, Nuts, Grapes and ever so many other things. Your friend, JACOB. P. S. The best Butter is higher 40c per lb., but you can get "Purity* Butterine at 25c. Pride Butterine at 30c. Best Creamary Butter at 35 ard 40c. Coffees also ars higher, but you ca get Roasted Coffee from 25c to 40c per lb You ought to buy a can of A moco or Lord Calvert the best coffee ever put up in cans at i>ui|Ci ,C>|> 15 "Pure Food Store." 2 PHONES 0 There Are Room for a Few More Con testants. Cut Out and Mail Slip Now.