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|= Delay =1 I am offering a new and up I to-date line of Dry Goods and ii tt Gents' Furnishings, < ? II 0? at greatly reduced prices and i| if you will, call to see me in J; Cram's new building on Broughton street. I ?will t \ Guarantee Satisfaction . both, in regard to.'quality of . g goods and prices. Everything ? in my steck absolutely new. * li 4 FOREMAN. i<>eee??oe?eoe(t?jp???eo???tt i 11 THE DRUG STOKE i is the one place on earth where it is unsafe to look for "Bargains." If you are satisfied with getting the worth of your money, the best Medicine it is possible to compound from the highest grade drugs, and the services of an experienced Pharma cist you will send your Doctor's Prescription to .e. % 0 Mfg. Co. THE ST. MATTHEWS SAYIN6S BANK. State and County Depository. ST. MATTHEWS, S. C. Ma'ob 22-d, 1905. During the past fou- yea>s t ur busine- s r-as experienced a woadenal g 0?tb. Notwith standing this favorable cone it ion w? are n* t disposed to let thip R" owth stop. We theie tfcre solicit tout Business. In all its dealings this bank combines aVo lute safety with sntisf ctory service, and never los-s sight of eithe-. Money deposited with ua will be safely cared for, it will gradua'ly grow, it will al ways be ready, and it will be free from uxcer tainty. We pay 4 pe- cent in e est on. money dep- sited in the Savings Department. . We we in a positiorf to make a large num bbr of loans. The terns and condition* upon which ? e loan mon?*y are extremely favorable to the boerower. We shall be glad to have a ta k with any one who can offer acceptable security. officers. W. T. C. Bates.President. J. S. Wannamaker. Cashier. J. E. Wannamaker.Yice-Pres. Leonidas Cain.Asst. Cashier. , directors. J. A. Banks, W. T. C. Bates, F. J. Buyck, J. E. Wannamaker, M.. Jareckey, J.S. Wannamaker, H. A. Eaysor. Strongest in the World. Svery year that you carry an Equitable Policy ii becomes more valuable?Becomes not only a protection to family and business , interests, but an actual asset, upon which you can borrow money?or that you can turn in for actual cash. But it isn't everybody can get an Equitable Policy. JAS. W. ZEIGLER, Poecial A^n^Onngphur". S n Lilfe liiNUrance. Editor Times and Democrat. I wish to inform the public generally and my friends in particular, that 1 am writing Life Insurance for the Oldest Chartered Old Line Com pany in The United States. It will oay those desiring a- policy to see me before placing their insurance. I Can Certainly SaveTiiem Money, and Will Guarantee To Do So If They Will Give Me a Chance. Respectfully, U. C. Wannamaker, (At the People's Bank.) JV. T-'iiino or Origin For You. To the head of every family who is ambi tious .for tli?' future and education <>f Iiis chil dren, We have a Special Propi.sitiou to make. No article in the homu shows the evidence of cul tuxe that does .i I'iuuo ? ;? Organ. N ?ac cowplishnieu: gives as iuiu '.. pleasure i.r is ? f as gresil value in after life as the knowledge of music ;ui'' 11 i*_* ability t>> play w'el'. Our Small Payment I'laii makes ? he owner ship of a high grace Piano <>r Organ easy. Jii.st :i few dollars down and a stu II payment each nanii li ur quarterly or setui-aiiUUatly and the ii Btruiaent is yours. Writo us today rorCatalosucs and oui Spec ial Proposition of Easy Payments. * Address Malcne's M usic Bouse, Columbia, S. C. Lydia En Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is a positive cure for all those painful ailments of women. It will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Com plaints. Inflammation and Ulceration, Falling,and Displacements and conse quent Spinal Weakness, and is peculi arly adapted to the Change of Life. It will surely cure. 'Backache* It has cured more cases of Female Weakness than any other remedy the world has ever known. It is almost in fallible in such cases. It dissolves and expels Tumors in an early stage of development. That Bearing-down Feeling? causing pain, weight and headache, is instar.tly relieved and permanently cured by its use. Under all circum stances it acts in harmony with the female system. It corrects Irregularity* Suppressed or Painful Periods,. Weak nessof the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloat ing, Nervous Prostration, Headache, General Debility. Also Dizziness, Faintness, Extreme Lassitude, "don't-care" and " want-to-be-left-alone " feeling, excit ability, irritability, nervousness, sleep lessness, flatulency, melancholy or the ?'blues," and backache. These are sure indications of Female Weakness, some derangement of the organs. For Kidney Complaints and Backache of either sex the Vegeta ble Compound is unequalled. You can write Mrs. Pinkham about yourself in strictest confidence. LTD IA E. PI5KHA2I SED. CO., Lynn, Hais. SAW MILLS. LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK ENGINES AND BOILERS AND 5IZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. ASK FOR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE ? PLACING YOUR ORDER. GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY COLUMBIA, S. C. DENTISTS. Drs. Perryclear & Sifley Office in New Dibble Building. We will attend (all calls in the country. R. SIFLEY, Specialist in Dental DProthesis, Crown and' Bridge Work. )cCCOCCCOCSOOCCGC-COGOGCGOn .NOTICE.! I am buying Hides, Sheep Skins and Bees Wax, and pay the highest market price for same*. See me at Cotton riat orm be fore selling. R. N. OWEN -TEE MARCHANT MUSIC 0. Will sell you a beautiful Piano from $225.00 tJ S300,00 by paying $10.00 cash, and $7.00 monthly. Surely anyone can buy a piano on sujli easy terms. MARCBANT MUSIC CO. J. ?. CAMPBELL, DENTIST, Successor to Dr. L. C Sliecut, Office hours. S.ilO a. ra. to 1 p. m.; 3 p. m. to 0 p.m; Scoville Bldg., Orangeburg, S. C. Notice. VTOTJCE IS HEREBY GIVEN 11 i hat the County Board of Control at their regular meeting at Orange burg, Thursday, February 8, 1900, will elect Dispensers for Branchville and Livingston. Applications must be in legal form. All applications must be tiled with the Board twenty days be I fore the el? ction. and i he parties dee ded must be prepared to give bond on . t he same day of their elect ion. Prop ? t blanks can lie had bv applving to (Mr. W. G. Albcrgotti. Clerkol lioard, with stamped envelope. 11, c. Paullixg, l^ '1~ '.> Chairman County Hoard. Wanted. A GENTS TO SOLICIT A1TLI iV cation for Fire Insurance. Good pay guaranteed. Address Lock Box Iii, Spartanburg, s. C. NEED NOT FEAR. The South iVust Furnish Cottot for the "World. SO S?YSMfXPEBT. The Much Exploitedn Assouan Dam Across the River Nile V? ill Jiiave Little Effect in Increasing tbe Production of Cotton in Egypt. That the much exploited Assouan dam across the Nile- will have little or no effect in stimulating cottc:c pro duction in Ejypt, as has been claimed for-It, is the assertion of a gentleman who probably knows more about Egypt and E?vtian conditions than any man in the United States This gentleman is Cope Whitebouse, who is row in Washington In connec tion wlih what is known as the Lake Morris project;, in which he is inter ested, and which has attracted the at tention of the governments of the United States, Great Britian and Egypt. ? EGYPTIAN COTTON GBO WING. "In 1894," said Mr. Whitehonse, in discussing the matter a day or two ago, "American cotton growers were told that there was an immense area of abandoned land, admirably adopted to cotton cultivat oo, lying between the cultivated aeotion cf the delta and Mt dlteiranean. In 1887, the late John Oardwoll, of Houston, then consul general at Cairo made an elaborate report on the condition and nrospects of the country, as a whole. Id treat ing of cotton, Mr. Card well said that little of that staple was produced prior to the time w en the trade of ports in the cotton-arrowing states was cut cff by the bkccade during the civil war. E(jypt4ao8 then began to bend their energies, to supply; so far as lay in their po^er, some of the re sultant deficit. One dollar a pcuod was a great incentive, at.d the cultiv ation of cotton in the Nile valley be came general. In 1880 1887, the total cultivated area of Ejvpo was estima ted bv him at 4 498,520 acres, with 826,114 acres of cotton in lower E^ypt, and less than 50 000 acres to tue south of Carlo. Oily 2 -1-4 per cent of the population was engagtd in cot ton culture. The cotton crop was then a sort of by-prcduct of the general agricultural operations, being grown for export after abundant provision had been made for a food supply of rice, Indian corn, barley, beans, wheat to the value of 813,000,000. etc. Sug ar cane land in upper E^ypt was worth 850 an acre. BTTMULUB OF BRITISH INFLUENCE. ' The Egyptian cotton was used in the United States in the manufacture of cotton velvets or plushes, princi pally. It could never compete with American sea island cotton at 30 or 35 cents for fine threads, nor with tbe average quality of Texan grovtoh^on account of the price. The quantity was also obvi usi.' limited to the neighborhood of a mi li in acres, so lcng as there wai no government in terference with the food supply. But when the British took possession of the ministry of public works and of finance, in 1863-1884, the cotton crop became the end and aim nf all their administrative energies. They forced the farmers to abandon rice so that tbe water might be used for cottoD, and by practically abolishing the im portation of fresh seed and the substi tution of a native seed, known- as ''mit afifi.i'.the quantity was inoreas ed and the quality lowered to a point at which it could be used in the Eag lish mills. At a later period, a reduc tion was made in the area allotted to sugar cane. Egyptian sugar, in beau tiful yellow crystals, was sent to France to be used with beet sugars, beiDg conveyed in French steamers, while tbe cotton went in British ves sels to English and Scotch mills. GREAT PLAN FOR IRRIGATION. It was in 1887 that Mr. Cardwell to<. k cognizance of Mr. Whltehouse's work. In his report, he seid that "the curious historical and scientific researches of a citizen of the United States had unfolded a huge plan of ir rigation, known to tbe ancients, and the present Egyptian government, after at first turning a deaf ear to his proposition*, seems at this time disposed to proffo by this man's phil sophy." But he added a warning that benefits would not be realized "unless foreign power again establish ed decay." Under the head "A Grand Sobeme," he then described Mr. Whitehouse's Like Morris prr j >cted. In the eary part of 1882, Mr. Whitebouse visited E^ypt and went i .to the dpsert, where he found a val ley corresponding in shape, depth and position to that which he had tcuod depicted on a map copied nearly 500 years before from a more anolent map drawn more than 1 200 years before that time. It. was by the orb of tbii valley, with a canal about 8 miles ii leDgth leadi^e off from the flooded area of the Nile about 70 miles up ?t^?tt? f om Cairo that it was expect. ... 1 >o double the available supply of: ater during the period known as low iSile. "Although the great African river looms long and huge on the map, f r more than three months every year it ceases to discharge any water into the Mediterraenan. Hence, before there could be any increase in cotton culti vation it was necessary to store flood water, and the amount proposed to be stored by Mr. Whitehou?e was 3, 000,000,000 cubic vards. Tbis could have been obtained from t-.he Riijan valley, with a depth of 220 feet and a surface area of 250 square miles, bv allowing the Nile to ral*e the level of the proposed lake to that of the In-1 updation in tbe adjacent valley, and | then closing the sluice gates, to be opened in March. As the Nile rises f-bout 20 feet, it was, and 1b, Mr. Whitebouse'r opinion that this differ once would have been more than sul ffslpnt. NO DANGER TO AMERICAN COTTON. , V'J take much interest in this ques tion," wrote Mr. Card well In bib re port. "I desire to see the scholarly efforts and the persistent researches of one of my countrymen succeed; to see American mind do good as a coun terbalance to harm done by European armies. But years have elapsed and> the swamps and sand strewn regions of the delta remain as tbey were when the Texas man was consul general at Cairo and for 1,700 years before that, although the scorpoin infested and hyena haunted depths of the ''region of Gehenna" have been traversed, measured and explored ?y a score of experts employed by the Egyptian government, or representing (scientific societies of Europe and the United States. . "While the scc3es8ful carrying of the prtject wculd obviously have a wounderfully stimulating iffect on cotton growing in E,'ypt,"said Mr. WbitehouBe in discussing this phase of the case, "the cotton growers of tbe south need not fear that a single acre will be added to Egypt's cotton area through mviff trts for at least five years. In 1891 and again in 1894, it seemed c -itiin that the work would be undertaken at once. Ia 18S8 a contr""*. was made for a reservoir aam at th? st cataract; and even so well informtd a representative of the United States as Hon. E. C. PenQeld, appointed by President Cleveland ventured the prediction that 1 G00, 000 ices would be added before 1900 with an increase in the agricultural output of at least 20 Der cent. THE DAII NOT A SUCJESS. I "Butth b : expectations have proven to, be baseiesB. The dam Itself is a well a mile aud a quarter in length Tne English engineers who designed it as a private speculation for an E ig lish company declared that it would offer no obstruction to the high Nile, but that the flood would pass as freoly through tbe sluiceways as a river through the piers of a bridge. On August 8, last, whon the reservoir should have been empty, the Nile had headt d up over 30 feet and was tear ing through 140 passages, about 40 to 60 feet in length, and 7 tr> 21 in width, at a rite of more than 50 mile* an hour. Deep crevices had developed on the downstream side, and it was necessary to construct buttresses in great haste. It will take at least. wo years to complete these and other re pairs. "The cotton crop has been Increas ed by tbe transfer of sugar cane land cotton cultivation," continued Mi. Whitehouse, "but tbe official reports show that the crops before 1898, when the contract for the dam was signed, have actually exceeded those raised since its completion. There has been a loud outcry to the effect that tbe whole tcbeme was a gigantic swindle; that a group of E gllsh speculators, of whom Sir Earnest Castel was the principal, quietly acqured over 1,000, 000 acres, at prices ranging from the government registration fee of 13 cents per acre up to 810 and 820, ana then agreed to build the dam in order to raise prices and enable them to un load the land on the French and E ig Hsu public during the ftur years the construction work was in progress. E?en Lord Oromer appears to have oecome alarmed at . tbe impending crash. The price of the lands was forced up to nea^y 8500 an acre, and wden tbe speculators have unloaded bbe ground could not be remunerative to the cultivator at any such prices. WILL NOT EFFECT PRICE. "But to return to the cotton ques tion," said Mr. Whitehou?e lnconclu slon, "the American crrowera have nothing to fear. The E^vDtlan crop of this year Is estimated to bl no larg er than that of 1897 8 or about 1.260, 000 bales." A resolution calling on the state de partment for all the papers relating to Mr. Whitehou8e's operations in Ejrypt has been introduced by Sena tor Lot?ge and adopted, and tbe data is now in course of preparation ab the department. " Little Colds" neglected?thousands of lives sacrificed every year. Dr. 1 Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures lit? 1 tie colds?cures big colds to^, down to the very verge of consumption. MAST CALAMITIES Predicted by "Spangler, the Last of the Prophets,, For several years the annual proDb sies of Lee Spangler, of Icork, Pa., have attracted - considerable notice. Formerly a merchant of that city, he gave up a lucrative business in order to devote himself to evangelistic work. At first he traveled among the coul trv folk of southern Pennsylvania. He claimed to have tbe prophecy, and declaitd that bis prophecies were messages to tbe people which he re ceived in conversations with tbe spirit of the Almighty. He gave himself the title of "Spangler the last f f the p opbets. "Kcowlecge of t vents that are to occur." he declares are unfoldtd tome at times when I am alone in the woods, on the street, or in my be me with no companion but Gods spirit. Spangler says the year will bring both blessings and calamities. Woe unto Russia. She is fast ap proaching her doom. The people will ovhrthrow the Empire. The royal family and the leaaing members of the nobility will be murdered and subjected to worse cruelties than they have indicted upon the Russian peo pie. Toe country will be divided up into small republics and elective monarchies, and these will be con stantly quarreling and in a state of war until the end'of the world comes in l'JiS. Be warned o": The .issiSalnatioa of tha Czir of Russia. The violent death of the Sultan of Turkey. There will be a general uprising of the peo-la cf Spain and general dls turbances all ov?r E irope. Boston will suff jt f;om two great fires. A hot and sultry Summer is or dained for the tempera e z ue. A great increase in the death rate from disease. acold;at, murder, sui cide, disaster and work of the elements is promised. The spread of a great religous move ment throughout Eagland ai.d the United States will show that the people are awakening. The dissolution of Russia and Turkey's clearly indicated. ' The United States will continue to be a great world power. A b'o >iy rae<* war in the Sjuihsrn States (f the Ualoc. Anticipate the averting of three wars by the intervention cf President Roosevelt. , Be assured of a continuation cf prosperity in the United State?. Be prepared forjdestructlvj SpriDg freshets; earthquake* in all parts of the world; numercus vocalic erup tiooF; tbe eruption cf some volcanoes now supposed to be extinct. There will be au especially des truotlve eruption of Mr. Vesuvius, of Mt. Pdlee and i f Popocatepetl. State of Ohio, City; of Toledo / Lucas County. ? j" Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is se> ior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of OtfE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every case of Ca torrh that canno1". be cu:ed by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. A. W. Gleason, . (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co'. Toledo, 0. Sold by all dr ggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Citiiiu Li' i> ?r. The article written oy Elbert Hub hart come months ago a brut labor conditions in this state is still causitg comment. The article, It will be re seller1, attacked tbe labor conditions in the cotton mills rather viciously and was afterwards proven fraudulent A letter was received by tbe governor from a lady in California, asking that an investigation be made of these conditions. As a matter of fact the last section of the child labor law, affecting children under fifteen years of age has already gone into effect and it is tbe opinion of all that the law is well erf reed in this state. Chronic Constipation Cured. One who sufiers from chronic consti pation is in danger of many serious ailments. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation as it aids dlgestlon and stimulates the liver and bowels, r?t>tonng the natural action of these organs. Comocence taking it to day anri you will feel better at ouce. Orino Lixative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is very pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Dr. A C. Dukes. Some persons with ru-ious id^as ct a joke, nent Ba j Motliman of St. Louis, Mo., a shroud as a "Christmas present." When he opened the pack ape and saw what It was tbe excite ment ovetcame him, and he died of heart failure. Terrible plagues, those itching, pes tering diseases of tl ? skin. Put an end to the miser v. Doan's Ointment cures. At any drug store. J. G. Want?maker Mfg. A Kidney Medicine THAT CURES U [Hill SAlk. '.: j' !?? Accept no substitute. Insist on having tho genuine PRiCKLV A5il DiTTCRS wiiii tiie large figure 3 in red on tfie front label SOLD EVERYWHERE - PRSCE $IQ0 ^ gefcurg, S. C, Special Agents for Orangeburg County. OUR RECORD . With medicines as with other things, the surest test of worth is the length of time they have the confidence of the people. The efficacy of S. S. S. has been thoroughly proven by experience, and so successful has it been that today it is the best known and most widely used blood remedy in the world. For diseases such as Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Skin Diseases, Sores and Ulcers, Contagious Blood Poison, and othertroubles due to an impure and poisoned condition of the blood, no remedy acts so promptly and thoroughly as does S. S. S., and thousands throughout the country, cured of such diseases, are daily recommending it to others simi larly afflicted. ITS FORTY YEARS OF EXISTENCE HAVE BEEN FORTY YEARS OF CURES. S. S. S. is a blood purifier of the highest order, containing properties necessary to cure blood troubles of every character, and which make it the greatest of all tonics. It goes into the blood and drives out any and all impurities, and makes this stream of life strong and healthy, and when this is done disease cannot remain. Being made entirely from roots, herbs and barks, chosen for their healing, purifying and building-up proper ties, it does not injure any of the delicate organs or tissues of the body as do those medicines which contain Potash, Mercury, Arsenic or other harmful mm7 erals, but cures safely as well as permanently. S. S. S. reaches deep-seated and inherited cases on which the ordinary Sarsaparillas and tonics have no effect. It is no experiment to use S. S. S.; it is a remedy with a record; it has proven its worth and ability by its forty years of cures. If you need a blood remedy begin the use of S. S. S.; write us about your case and let out physicians advise you and send book on the blood; no charge for either. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA?, ? SMART - Fall and Winter CLOTHING 8 For Big and Little Boys. it Is your boy supplied with suitable apparel for fall. If he is not it will pay you to come here and see our immense collection of pretly and exclusive styles we show in little boy's and big boy's fall and winter clothing. ?o?o?o? / Stylish suits for the youngster's from 3 to 8 years in an unusnsliy fine assortment of styles and fabricp. Just the sort that mother's fancy the most, and that the lit tle fellows are proud of. Two piece suits for boys 8 to 16 years, either single or double btested style; well tailored and beautifully finished. , - Prices $1 to $6. I. Irepresent three large marble works, and it will pay anybody needing anything in this line to get my prices before buying. You should not fail to mark the last resting place of your loved ones with a stone whose inscription will survive for many years the crumbling touch of t'me. It is a duty of love that should be symbolized by something more lasting than flowers watered by tears of grief. Every slab, shaft, tombstone or mouument I han dle is a triumph of the stone cutter's, sculptor's and engraver's art and my prices are most reasonable. How about that neglect grave of mother, or father, sister or brother? Can refer you to ?work clone in this county by the companies I represent, and I think that you will agree that it is first-class in every particular. Also take orders for high-grade sewing machines, pianos and organs. Others are higher in pri<e?but none better. J. WANNAMAKER, Orangeburg, S. C. Residence on Pearl street between Orancre street and Railroad Avenue. Come Quick as everyone is anxious to try our "Little Daisy" Buggies. They are triumps of modern inventive genius and a great boon to horses?so easy and frici ionless do they run. They're not the only ones, howcer, in our stock??'Everything on Wueels," un less it might b2 a tire engine, and.we could get you that. QSC?R R. LOWMAN, Orangeburg, S. C. Cures Cholera Infantum, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and (he Bowel Troubles of Children of J}ny Jfge. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strength, ens the Child and MAKES TEETHING EASY. Costs Only 25c at Druggists, or mail 25c to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D., St Louis, Mo. Mother 1 Hesitate no longer, but save the health and life of your child, as thousands have done, by giving these powdcts. TtlSTHIMA is easily given and quickly counteracts and over comes the cuccis of the summer's heat upon teething children. Money to Losn ON FARMING LANDS. Lorg Lime. No cot mission charged, borrower pays actual cost of perfect For further information John B PALMEB&SoN Box 2r2, Columbia, S. C. inn loan, address 1-3* For Rent. Jan. 1, 1906. nprjE t w o stob v d welling, A with large garden and outhouse, er Doyle and Wiles Streets, oppo Mr. e". >\ Scovill's residence. Ap come site ply to GeO. II. COIIN'elson.