The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, February 22, 1906, Page 8, Image 9
-STOCK Foom
AND CONDITION POWDERS AND
"WHAT THEY COST.
Bandred? rf Dollars JAre Paid Per
f
Ton for Some That Does Not
Cost Twenty.
Tbe large amount cf hard cash paid
out by the farmers and other stock
owneia of this State for patent steck
foods and condition powders renders
the f?llest information concerning
their composition and merits desira
tie. Ir there comFCunds possess any
value it must he as either food 01
medicine. At one time the m&nufic
torers of many of them made strong
claims as to their food value, as indi
' cated by tbe names they bear, bui
tbe work of tbe chemist easily show
ed bbeir rather low food values, anc
it accordingly became necessary fo
the manufacturers to modify thel
original claims.
At present most cf the stock foot
manufacturers base their claims fo
patronage on the alleged value of thi
compounds as condiments and medi
eines. It was too easy for the cb.eo.is
!>nd feeders to determine their troi
Jood value. Apparently be came ne
? cessaiy, in order to maintain Jbhei
- tale, to transfer them to the uncer
tain and Intangible field of medicine
The mystery and popular ignoranc
concerning medical practice make it i
much more secure field in which v
exploit fictitious claims. As medlci
nal or condimental agents, it is claim
od that these patent compounds pre
vent certain diseases, cure alarg
variety of others, and enable the ani
mals to digest more food and mak
better use of it.
Let us briefly consider these chime
Tbe first step in this will be to ascer
tain just what these powders contain
Fortunately, the Experiment Station
bare furnished this iDfoimatlon ii
such a way as to preclude any proba
bllity of error. Massachusetts, Con
- neoticut and North Carolina publishei
bulletins on this subject so nearly a
the same time as to make it curtail
that the work was done Independent
ly and without any knowledge of %om
another's results, and the c ose agree
ment of their findings gives additions
assurance of their accuracy.
"During the past year or two, Inter
national Steck Food has been rxtei
fiivaly advertised and considerable o
it j old in this State. For this reason
let us select this compound as an ex
ample and give its composition a
published in the bulletins just referr
ed to. According to the Connecticu
Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 132
International Stock Food contain:
wheat feed, cayenne, salt, cnaicoa
and some bitter drug; Massachusetts
Bulletin, No. 71, says it contain:
wheat offal, pepper, salt, charcoal anc
some material rich in protein, anc
the December Bulletin of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculturt
says it consists of wheat bran, rec
i pepper, charcoal and linseed meal. Ii
will be noticed ? that all agree that i
wheat product of some sort is the
principal ingredient. Pepper anc
charcoal are also found by all three
while salt and a material rich in pre
teln?linseed meal by North Carolin*
?are found by two, and a bitter druj
by one. This is, indeed, a remarkable
unanimity of results.
-We are now in a position to judg<
of tbe accuracy of the claims made
fo;* these compounds. There aretwc
ways of dolcg that. First, after the
chemist and tbe m'cro&oopist have
told us the ingredients they contain,
tha medical man may judge of theh
value or eff ot, when used m m?dica
practice; from his knowledge of medi
cal" science. Judged on this basts, we
give it as our professional opitlor,
that wheat bran, salt, pepper, oar
coal, etc, possess no marked medic!
nal virtue for either prevention oj
cure of diseases; but if any one does
not care to accept our rpininn, we
ask him to go to bis family physician,
in wbcm he has cot fidecoe, and ask
him if thesa substance are of much
value ss medloL.es, and we are willing
to abic? by ids reply.
The second methi d of judging of
the value of these coed mental stock
foods or cot dition powdtrs is by ac
toal trials or feedirg ten's, but it may
be seated tbat no trial is either prac
tical or worthy the name of a test
unless the food and the animals are
both weighed, and unless another lot
of animals of the same quality, sge,
size and condition, and kept and other
wise \fed in the same manner, are
compared with those received the con
cimental foods. Fortunately, several
tests of this sort have been made, and
while made by those whom tbe man
ufacturers sneerlugly term theoretcil
feeders, are the only real practical
tests made of tbe feeding value of
these patent foods. Two tests have
been made at the Kansas Experiment
Station with dairy cows with the fol
lowing results:
For tbe first test, thirteen cows
were divided Into two lots as nearly
equal as pessiole, based on the yield
of milk and butter fat for the preced
ing month. Tbe two lots received
exactly the same kind and amount of
feed, except that one-lot was given
"Acme Stock Food" according to the
manufacturer's directions. The re
suit of a one month test was that the
butter fat produced by the lot receiv
ing tbe "Stock Food" cost 14.63, per
pound; while the butter fat produced
by the lot receiving no condimental
food cost 12.3c. per pound.
The second test was with twenty
cows divided into two lots, as in the
the first test, and the result of a two
month's test was that the lot reciv
:lng "Globe Stock Food" prcduc-d
butter "fat at a cost of 7o. per pouod
more than the lot which received no
such food.
The Iowa Experiment Station also
made a test of the value of these con
dimental foods and several well known
concentrated feeding stuffs when add
ed to a com ration for the fattening
of steers.
There were ten lots of twenty-two
steers eaoh, selected so as to make
them all as near equal as possible. Of
the ten lots, three were fed patent
stock foods. The lot showing the
lowest net profits as the result of
ninety-four-days' feeding had received
"Standard Stock Food." The lot
sbowirg the second lowest net profit
hud received ''International Stock
Food." In other words, of tbesevtn
lote receiving no condimental food,
all of them gavs a greater net profit
??^an th? r-ne ncalving International
Stock Food.
Now, no one will deny that wheat
bran, pepper, ialt &i d charcoal may
02 pood for livestock; hut the ques
?inn is, can we affoid to buy tnese
materials under a patent nanse and
pay from 8200 to 8500 per ton foi
them, when they may be bought uo
der their good, old fashioned rames at
from 820 to 825 per ton?
The question often arises, however,
Why is it, if these "foods" are al>
frauds, that so many honest and ir ?
telligent men think tbey have obtain
ed profitable results from their use?
The answer is not difficult. S cl;
animals get well without treatment?
in many cases in spite of wrong treat
ment. G od food and care are tb<
' best tonics, and it should be remem
bered that when a man to the
[ point of buying condition powders foi
an animal; that is, b comes willing t<
pay from 8200 to 8500 a ton for wbeai
. bran to feed them, he is ready to givi
him the better care and food whicl
[ alou * would and does bring about the
\ desired Improvement in condition.
5 The Ooumy Males.
? Editor Times and Democrat:
In reply to Mr. M. O. Elwins' oar<
r of 10th inst, relative to exposure c
county mules, beg to answer him tha
' i? Is very unnecessary to dlreot the at
\ tention of the County Cjmmissionei
1 to that matter?It is ever on thei
' minds. I have asked vaiious count
Supervisors what provision they mak
for protecting mules and the invarla
ble answer is. bianket them. W
1 have been using blankets for. quit
' awhile and In selecting a camp alw? y
3 try and locate the mule pen Tiber
least exposed to cold w}-^. A^-r
? from that where shtds or baiu are ac
cessible we always use them with coo
' sent of the owner. More than that
3 a dy (a large piece of very strong an
1 thick cloth) is now used on chain gan
No. 1 and one is en route for chai:
1 gang No. 2
1 I j would afford me pleasure to com
6 para mul^s belo' ging to my count
1 with those of any county in the Stat
or any property over which the Coue
} ty Commissioners have control
J Olin M. Dantzler,
1 County supervisor.
Mr. Editor: P.ease allow me spac
? in yi ur paper to reply to Mr. M. C
I Edwins' card, in reply I would sa
, that I hardly think that my gocd am
- genial friend, Mr Elwins, wishes t
i misrepresent any thing, but for tb
benefit of my friend, I would say tha
i in addition to good blankets I hav
provided for the gang in my charge
? dy, that is stretched In the mule pen
t that shelters them from rain, sleet c
i snow, and I wish to impress on th
i mind of my friend that the wellfar
I of those faithful animals, and the in
1 terest of the county ever rest on th
l minds of the Commissioners and Sup
s ervisor. T. D. A. Livingston,
1 County Commissioner.
Lost Bonds Tarn Up
The Columbia R cord says smie o
i the coupons for the celebrated Oornel
; son bonds have turned up. The statt
' treasurer received them the other daj
, with request for interest for the yea]
1901. E&orts are now being made tx
trace them, as they are now in the
hands of the Palmetto bank, an Inno
: am purchaser. The Cornelson bonds
, nave an interesting history. There li
; just 810,000 in the lot at d tbey wen
held by Mr. Adolph Cornelson
! brother of Mr. Geo. H. Cornelson. 11
will be remembered that Mr. Adolpt
O rnelsnn went from this place some
pears ago to Australia, ?here he died
He had these bonds with him, anc
after his death they c mid not be fcunc
Efforts have been made to get tbc
legislature to reimburse the heirs ol
the estate for the mls-ing bordi. Thit
has always been refused. The num
bers of the bonds were obtained anc
when the 1901 interest coupons wert
sent down recently Mr. Geo, H. Co ?
nelson, of thiB city, was notified. It
is saia that the bonds were brought
from Australia by bc me cne and sold
on the ^ew York market just aftei
Mr. Adolph Cornelson died in 1901.
Who sold tbem, or where they got
them, is not known.
D atti of fctuv. N. L. Wiggins
A dispitoh from G-eer^ilie to The
State says: "Rsv. N. L. Wiggins
the newlv appointed pastor of S .
Paul Methodist church, died Saturday
after an lliness covering the entire
period of bis residence in this city.
He did not occupy bis pulpit a sii-gh.
time slnci his appointment of this
charge In December. Rev. Mr Wig
gins came to Greenville from Camer
on, his late charge. S.nce he had been
in Greenville he had made many
friends, notwithstanding the fact he
was too 111 the greater portion of the
time to leave hi? home. He Is surviv
ed by bis wife and two children." Mr.
Wiggins bad many friends in tbi.
county who will read the above with
regret.
Tee Oiil Oiaia'ti convention.
There will be such a convention
next Friday ni?ht, where the o;d
maids will discuss ways and means or
makin g themselves attractive to the
sterner sex. There will be mauy a
lau^h. G )od music will be rendered.
Toe last part of program will consist
of ten magnitljentjpxtures or statu?
poses under colored l'ghti. Ticket
sale opens Wednesday morning at
nine o'clock at Lowmau's Druj: ritore
Prices 15, 25 and 35 cents. Curta'n
rises at fifteen minutes past eight
o'clock. This entertainment is for
the benefit of the Paul McMichael
Chapter, U. D. C, under direction of
Miss AnnaL. Dunkel, of Philadelphia,
Pa, _
A. S*d Death.
Mrs. W. J. Barrs died at her home
at Branchvllle on last Friday, after a
brief lliness. She was a member of
the Baptist Churob, and exemplified
in bei life the religion she professed.
She had only lived at Branchvllle a
little more than one year, but she had
made many friends in her new home.
Mrs. Barrs left a husband and four
ohildren to mourn her death. They
have the consolation of knowing that
their loved one is happy in the upper
and better world with loved ones gone
before.
some op the functions uiven
last ueek1.
Kany fccial Gatherings ^ hat We:e
Greatly Enjoyed by Those
Who Attended Them.
Mrs. H. 0. Wannamttber was the
holtest? 10 toe Social Club Friday af
ternoon. The guests were twenty in
number and tbe pleasures of six hanc
ed euchre wera er joyed lor a couple
of hours, after which dainty refresb
' ments in two courses were served.
? Those present were Mcshames E 0.
' Duval, H. L. G-elzjr, F. F. Mai pass.
: L H Wannamaker, W. a. Hutcuii -
* son, a. 0. Llgon. R. H. Jennings, J.
? a. Berry, J. C. Pike, a. H Moss. W.
* D. J .fiords, J. Stokes Salley, Fred
? Wanuamak-r, W. P. Pollock, E N
* Scovllle, F.-ed M jore, of New York;
f Raymond Bry nt. MLses Margaret
"> 0'Bryan, M z!e Freeman, Margarel
t Daaiela and M. L. Hope.
2 COLONIAL CLUB.
j St. Valentine's Day was appro; r'.
ately ceebrated Taursday e enlng bj
the Colonial Olub at tbe home of Mrs
John Cart. The house was elaborate
ly decorated in red hearts and crepi
3 paper and from a gipsy tent in thi
,f hall punch was served during the eve
? nlng. Miss Gladys Cart aa Cupid
j. ushered in tbe guests. Eight table
s were arranged for whist and valentlm
r score cards wrre given each pu sb
v Delightful refreshment ia severa
'e courses were served. E? joying tbi
_ evening were: M-sdames H. 0. Wai
e namfker, W. K. Sea^e, J. a. B^rry
6 L H. Wannamaker, W. a. Hutchln
s so^. G. M. S?ign;ous, a. H. Moes, W
r. 3. L ning, Fred Moore, Misses Doi
t and Kate Bull, Jeanie Mae Wanna
. maker, Dolly Wannamaker, Ann
i. Hay and M?zie Freeman; Messrs W
?l% K. Sease, H C. Wannamaker, J. a
Jj Berry, L. H. Wannamaker, W. a
r, Hatohfmon G N. Selgntous. a. H
? Moss* W. S. Lining, Norman Salle:
James AlWgotti, Henry Slater am
,. John W. Fiirey.
y * AN AT HOME.
e Mrs. W. D. Jeffords and Mrs. J. 0
I Pike were at home to their man;
friends Tuesday afternoon of la*
week In LOoor of Mrs. Fred Moon
and Miss Maz e Freeman, of Nev
Y jrk. The parlors were thrown ii
, one and prettily decorated In po
' plants and violets. Six-banded eu
\ chre was played and enjiyed. Misi
Dollie Wannamaker making the high
? est score, received the silver hat brust
r which she gracefully presented U
Miss Freeman, one of the guests o:
e honor. Miss Mizle Slater cut the con
a solatlon, a sliver top salve box. Tw<
" courses of delightful refreshment!
r were then served the guests. Thosi
e present were; Mesdames W. K Sease
e G. M. Seignlous, L. H. Wannamaker
H. C. Wannamaker; T. a. Jtff ?rds,
e W. a. Hutchinson, a. H. Moss, Johr
Cart, T. H. Wannamaker, F. F. Mai
pass, J. a. Berry, W. 8. Lining, B,
H. Jennings. E N. Scovllle, McRay
Raymond Bryant, Fred Wannamaker
f Fred Moore, J. Stokes Salley, Missei
. Kite, and Dot Bull, Jeanle Mae Wan
3 namaker, Dolly Waunamaker, M?zi<
Slater, Annie Hay, Felicia Cnisolm
Mazie Freeman, Margaret OBryai
and Simmons of Charleston.
THE DIXIE CLUB.
One of the most enjoyable enter
tainments of the week was the recep
tion given on Wednesday afternoon
oy the D xle Club at tbe handsome
b. me of Mrs. H. 0. Wannamaker.
The whole lower floor was decorated
in hearts and thrown open to the
guests. In the dining room red wa
the color scheme and St. Valentine's
Day was faithfully carried out Red
hearts were festooned from the chan
delier to the four corners of the table
and also festooned the tablecloth Mm.
Fred Wamamaker served fruit puren
and pouring the ce flee were Mrs E
N. Scovlte and Mrs. John S. Bowm.au.
a delightful salad course was serv..d
and several interesting contests wert
enjoyed. Mesiames E C. Dibble, T.
A. Jeffords aud L. H. Wannamaker
carrying off the prizes. Some of those
pres -nt were: Me dames W. K. Ssase,
J. E Bull E C. Duval, W. G. Alber
KOttl, A H. M.ss, W. A. Hutchinson,
F. H. Waunamaker, G. M. Seiirnlous,
F.ed Wannamaker, T. A. Jt fiords,
E. 0. D.bble, H. L. Ga.zjr, F. F
Milpass, J. L Whittaker, T. A. F-i
r. y. W. 1?. Mel'on, A. C. Llgon, N
H. Bull, S. H. Crum, J. A. Salley, J.
S. B jwmao.L. P. McGee, J. M. Web >,
Stokes Salley, E N. Scovhle, She.ley
Scuvllle, J. E. Glover, Raymona
Bryant, W. G. Smith, Fred Moore.
W. D. Jeffords, L H. Wannamaker,
R. H. Jennings, W. L Moseley, John
Cart, E. Wannamaker, and Miss?.*
M L Hope, Margaret D mlels, L. C.
Sieiidan, Fannie Bi-ckman, Kittle
Albergiitti, Hay, Slater, Simmons.
R ens, Tncmson, O'Bryan and Lula
Barvln.
Burned to JDeatb.
A sad and painful accident occurred
in this city on Monday of last, week
which resulted the following Thurs
day In the death of Margaret D ck
son, relict of tbe late Henry D ckson,
a highly respected and well to-co col
ored citlzm of this city. The unfoi
tunate woman, who was quite a?ed,
attemp'ed to burn out a chimney with
some old newspapers, whan her dress
caught on fire, aud before it could be
ex'.iu^rlshed she was so oadly burned
that she died a few days after the oc
currence. The deceased was a good
woman, and her tragic death is lam
ented by all of our citoz-ens who knew
her. _
Fatally Burne?.
At an early hour Wednesdav morn
ing the infant child of Mr. John B.
Cleary, of the Trinity section of New
berry county, was fatally burned, the
child succumbiug to tbe ii juries at
noon. The child was playiog before
a fire in the house, the mother being
absent from the room at the time. In
some way the clothes of the little
boy caught fire and before the flames
could be extinguished the body bad
been terribly burned. Death relieved
the little fellow from his sufierlng at
about 11 o'clock of tbe same day.
Women love a clear, healthy com
plexion. Pare blood makes it. Bur
dock's Blood Bitters makes pure
blood.
bOUTHKK? COTTON ASSOCiATlOff
An Interesting Meeting_He)d at St.
Matthews.
An interesting meeting of the
Smtherr dtton Association was held
ah St. Matthews last Friday, with
President J. E. Wannamalier presid
ing. After a few introductory remarks
President Wi n.iamaker calif d on Mr
H. A Raybor io give his views i f the
situation. In complying Mr. Ray?or
denied being a bear, but old not see
much chance of cotfcn going up unless
the farmers In the Southwest would
hold their cotton as the farmers of
chin section of the country was doing.
President Warn^maker said he was
glad to hear that Mr. Rayaor was not
a bear. The farmer and spinner ought
to fir the price of their co.,ton and not
the speculator and gambler. Had it
not been for the meeting at New Or
leans last y< ar, the price of cotton
i would not be as hteh as it is now. It
? ia only by standing together that the
' farmer can fit the price of cotton. If
New England nad the monopoly of
cotton production that the S juth has
, she would show ue how to make mon
. ey out of It. President Wannamaker
then introduced Prof. Benson, former
[ ly of Olemsm C liege but now con
j nected with the United States Depart
I ment of Agriculture.
Prof. Benson said that while he was
down here on oilier businets, he was
s -rlad to speak a word to the meeting
B on divers: fication of crops, which he
thought was the true solution of the
j low price of cotton. He said while
s the National Agricultural Dapartmeui
. wan in tbf r rugh sympathy and accord
with toe Soutnern Cotton Association
! its work was along different lines. Ii
was his business to go about trying tc
? Induce the farmers to diversify ttieii
. crops. The Professor made a splen
e did speech, advising the farmers tc
plant grain and grasses and raise stock
of all kinds. We wish every farmei
' in Orangeburg County could havt
heard bis excellent speech.
y President Wanaamakc-r then lnt.ro
j duced Dr. W. W. Ray, President ol
the Rich land County Cotum Associa
tion, who made one of his usual
bright and witty spe-. ches, which was
? thoroughly enjoyed by all wno heard
V it. The Doctor said the panacea foi
1 most of our tronbles was membership,
2 in the Southern Cotton Association.
7 Everybody could be in the association
3 and they should be in it. He said he
1 regarded it as a reflection on the farm
ers for any one to say that tbey would
? not stick rogether and demand theii
" rights- Ei interspersed hin speeob
1 with anecdotes, whlc l kept the crowd
3 in a most excellent humor. Tne DuCtoi
f la a most genial gentleman, as well
as a most entertaining speaker.
3 President Wannamaker gave his
4 reasons for saying that the remnant
3 of the crop now on baud shomJ not be
> Hold for less than fifteen cents pei
? pound. He also called attention to a
?v card he was sending out to the land
1 owners of the county asking for cer
tain information regarding next years
' crop, whloh is fully explained in
> another column. A resolution was
? adopted by the meeting pledging a re
? auction of acreage. After wnich the
meeting was declared adjourned.
Wantlc B?ek.
l Recommendations that legal pro
ceedings b3 instituted to recover
campaign contributions made by the
Naw Yurie Life Insurance company
"are submitted to the trustees ol
that company by the special investi
gating committee headed by Thomas
P. Fowler at New York on Wednes
day,
The report states that there is no
record on the books of the company to
show that campaign contributions
were given, but that Information was
obtained from the testimony of Presi
dent McCall and Vice President
GLorge W. Perkins, on the stand be
fore the Armstrong commitcee. Tue
fo!|n lug recommendation is then
a: de:
' Yuvlt committee therefore recom
mends tnat special compel be retain
ed for with to inst itute such legai
proceedings as may benec?Si?ary to re
cover the sums so corurbuf d from
juoh officers and trustees of t;:e com
pany as in the judgment of counsel art
liable therefor."
Tue campaign contributions r. ferr
.-,d to were made for R pubiicau
campaign purposes aud aggregated
?148,702 divided as follows: 850,
0QO In 1896. 50,000 in 1900 aud 848,
702 in 1904.
Seriously Hurl.
Lawrence Haigler, a colored br'ck
'ayrr of this city, but who has been
living at St. Matthews for some
months, got caught in the machln
'.ry of i he oil mill at C imcron or,
Thursday and was severely injured.
?t seems that Halgler and another
bricklayer went to Cameron to do
s< ma brick work and wens to the oil
mill to visit a f'imd who was em
ploy^ there. Io pa sing Hiigler got,
caught in one of the belts and would
r>ave been killed instantly but for the
fact that, the V]t g'V ?av.
1 Orangebur^ needs a day electric
current for running p 11 s.?rtfl of ma
chinery. We belli-ve It wculi pa-'hand
Sfmeiy if the Commissioners of Public
Works w-.uld supply It. Wheu the
Messrs Adden owned the electric
lighting plant they supplied a dav
current to all who wanted it. There
Is much greater use for it now than
there was then, and we believe it
would bring many small industries
to tnls city,
Stnbb- d to Death.
Charlie Ensrsoa, a firmer was
stabied to death on the streets cf
Lamar, Darlington count?, on Satur
day night. Io is not known who did
it, but two nogroes are suspected and
are under arrest.
Kllied Bis Brother.
Two negro boys, .Babe and Jelk
Pitts, brothers, aged 18 and 20, got
into a difficulty in Pic<ens county on
Sunday night when Babe shot and
killed Jelk with a pistol B^th were
under the influence of liquor.
Every lady whe once takes McOaPs
Magazine will never do with-out it ?
You can get yours free by trading ten
dollars with J. C. Rinsdale.
Whenyou wish a Thresher remem
ber J. W. Smoak sells the best.
TENANTS AND SHARE CROPPE?9
. OF ORANGE8URG COUNTY,
-^ *
Bead the Article De
Sure to Answer the Postal
Cards.
Tbe f dlo ving article from Mr. J.
E. Waanamaker, President of the
I Cotton Association explains itself; On
j all sides people who love to wag their
tocgaes, reinforced by the professional
bears, are saying, "Tbe farmers are
going to plant the whole earth in cot
ton tbls year, the farmers are going to
plant tbe roads and fence corners in
ootton," to ad nauseam. Now, I do
not believe tnls. Our farmers are not
all fools. Our bliter experience has
cost us millions. We have paid for it
let us profit by It. We all kaow then
Is much more clear money in a small
crop of cotton than in a "bumper"
crop. Experience and wisdom unite
in urging us again and again to limit
prcductlon by curtailing tbe acreage.
The supply of cotton must be in keep
ing with the world demand; other
wise we are at the mercy of ?ur ene
mies. Therefore, to find out who are
out frlen?s and to settle the qu-wtlou
of acreage and other important qies
tions necessary to the good of an our
people, whire and black, I will, about
" oue 24th of February, man to each
and every land owner in the Cjunty a
postal card with paid return postal
I reply attached. I write to the lino
owners, because tbe came and post
offic: or each land Oivoer is known and
because ic seems to me to b the cheap
, est, the simplest and most effactive
way to obtain va'uib e and Impor
tant information desired. All tenauta
and 8-are-cropp'jrs are earnestly re
quested and urg_d to heartily co
cperate with land owners totheeid
tnat the plan may be a complete sue
ces3. Aud all iand owners are earn
estly requested to take this matter up
promptly with tenants and shar:
croppers, and prepare themselves and
to arswer intelligently the questions
asked and to mail the reply pC3tal or
or aoouo the 4?h of March. The re
ply vossal is uirtc.ed to the President
i of Orangeburg Cotton Assoc.aii.n; on
tne reverse side are questions to be
I answered and blank soaoes to be filled
, out under tbe years 1804, 19-5. 1906.
as to cotton acreage planted and to
be planted, aad numoer of plows to
cultivate same in 1906; also statistics
as to acreage in corn, ca:.s and other
crops for 1905 and 1906. A blank
space is to be fi led with acreage plant
ed by land owner, and a separate
blank space for renters and share
croppers.
When the returns are all in I con
fidently expect a substantial reduction
in cotton aoreage from last year of at
least 8 or 10 per cent. I have sub
mitted my postal card scheme to the
state officers of the Southern Ootton
Association. They heartily approve
of It, aod I bava every reason 10 be
deye it will be made effective not only
throughout this Btate, but In ever}
county of the entire cotton belt. Cot
ton growers, stand together!
J. E Wannamaker,
Pres. Orangeburg Cotton a.u8-cia-.ion.
Gone to bio R wwrd.
Mr. ?. ti. Gardner died at his home
near North ou Sunday evening after ?
long illness with Brlg?ts disease. Mr.
Gardner was a moso excellent man and
had many friends all over this county
who will regret to learu of his death.
He was a .member of the Methodist
Onure/J and was aomdst-ntCnristten
man. lie was abuut fifty aeven year.-*
ufaga flls wife aud atv -n children
survive him. These loved ones bav..*
the sweet consolation of Knowing that
in the land Lbat Is faire.r than day
there will be a glorious reunion.
'a S >rn Fellow.
The sorriest man on earth is the
fellow, who will sit aronnd and cuss
his own town If I l'ved astride of
the nonh pole 1 would call it home
and bi ready to boost it up. If I
could not say anything nice ahmt it
I would say that my Ice bill didn't
crime hig'i: I would not stay in a
town I had to ens.-?not while the
world Is zs b\a ?s I*! Is iow.
V ill H. v / r?. Stand.
The Minneapolis Journal says that
one microbe br ?ds 140 000,000 in a
day. Tbls s 'ems incredible, but the
d-^uce r.'f It in wa evi't dispute it. We
hav^n'; counted them, and until we
can take a day eff 'rom business mat
rrrs to do thh bit of c*n<us work thp
Journal's count will have to stand.
Tak^ * Ozy Off.
Wives and husbinds should take
s'me pleasure, as tuuy tio along, and
not d^genr-rat6: Into mare toiling ma
cilines. R creation 1h necessary to
keep the heart In It* place, and to g?t
along without It is a big mistake.
Dr. Taylor's lectures ^e'e greatly
enjoyed by all who brard them. Thor-1
is 0" te'l'ng hnw ra'ic'i goo^ can he
-rC. moll-hed by the work Dr. Taylor
i rloing._
Impossible to foresee an accident.
Not impossible to be prepared for it.
Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. Monarch
over pain. _
We invltf! sp' c'al attention to the
advertisement of the Scrap Book ?n
r,he third page. This Is a uew ma^a]
zine and a most exc?ll?nt one 4t is too
Two million Americans suffer the
torturing p wigs of dvsuepsis. No need
to. Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At
any drug store.
A little colorrd girl was accidental
ly burned to death on Mr. J. D.
Fogies place In the Fnrk recently.
Only one remedy In the world tbat
will at once Btop ichin^ss of the skin
In any part of the hotly; D ?an'h Oint
ment. At anv drm; Btore, 50 cents.
This is a cold cold world but you
can get some comfort by getting the
best underwear, to be found at J. O.
Ransdalj._
Clothing in abundance to please the
4 year old boy to the fond old Grand
pa. J. O.Ransdale.
M?AB1R at i;E??lOy.
A Negro Boy KMda Nf gro Man For
Bis Money.
Oa last Saturday afterncon just be
fore dark George Hopkins, a negro
boy, shot and killed Joe Brown, a ne
gro man, at Oreston on the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway. Brown was em
ployed by tne railroad to attend to
the pump, and was In what is known
as tbe pump house when H jpkins shot
him. The ball passed, through the b >dy
of Brown and he died almost Instant
ly. Hrpklns when he did the shoot
ing was on the outside of the house
and shot thronsrh a *?*\\ opening in
she wall, B;ovm, bi3 victim, not te
ing aware of his presi ncs. The object
? f the murder was robbery, as Brown
had been paid off that day. When
killed, however, he only had five cents
on his person as he had paid up some
debts before be was shot. Hopkins,
who is about sixteen years of age, ie
what may be termed a bad rascal. It
is said tbat he had at different times
-hrpatened to kill other pe >ple in and
around Creston. His vlotim wa? an
honest, hardworking man, and we
hope tbe law will avenge his cruel
death by hanging Hopkms. Mr. Mu -
ray, the railroad agent at Ciostoo,
wired Sheriff D?kes of the murder,
and it was not long before he bad
Hopkins in the county Jail, where he
will remain uoti! court m^ts in May.
CnmiuttiHlitnera it p >rt.
Office of Sec. Com. Pub. W orks,
Orangeburg, S. C, Feb. 1,1906.
I To the City Council and Commission
ers Public Works:
I respectfully submit this report of
j the receipts aud disbursements of my
I office of Secretary Commissioner Pub
lic Works, for the month of January,
1906:
No balance brought from De
cember.
Received during tbe month...8 1,400 96
Disbursed during the month. 53(137
Balance.3 670 59
Transferred back to City
Treas. Acct. 203 61
Balance in hand to this
date...;.? 666 98
Sources of Receipts.
Water rents.$ 349 48
JJS. Current.'.. 820 88
I Materials. 230 o0
Total.i,.;.?1.400 96
Detailed Disbursements.
A. OL. R. R. Co , freight on
Hydrants.$ 18 53
Orangeburg Hrd & Fur Co sup
plies Nov. and Dec. 6 98
H. VonOhsen, repairs for P.
House Seit to Dec. 66 00
So. Railway Co , freight on Oil.. 3 04
L. Bennet. Work on engine Dec 4 00
A.C. L. R. R. Co., freight on
Oil tanks. 9 31
E. B. Brown, digging ditch San
dle tap.75
A C L. R. R. Co. freight on
water meters. 2 13
Wannamaker, Smoak & Co.
lamps for station. 12 07
Addison Su mers, digging
ditch Scoville tap.75
Ayers & Williams, cement and
salt. 7 85
Jas. L. Sims, Stationery, 1905... 2 30
So Express Co., charge on gas
kets and belting. 1 80
S. H. Thomson, labor at P. il... 14 00
Doubleday-Hill Electric Co.
Materialsand Supplies. 42 33
Spring?eid Elevator and Pump
Co-Feed pump parts. 7 00
S. F. Bowser & Co. oil tanks &
pumps.. 109 25
So. Railway Co freight oh oils 2 88
So. Ex. Co. i harge on brushes. .80
Steel City Electric "o buihings .92
Power House pay roll. 277 68
Total in vouchers Nos 1 to 21
inclusive......8530 37
Respectfully submitted,
L. H. vVannamaker, Sec.
Catarrh Cnnnoi b i Oared.
wPh Local Applications, as they
cant ot reauu tbe seat of tne disease.
Catarrh is a blocd or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it, yon
must take Internal r medies. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is tal en internally, and
acts dlrejtl? on the bKiod'snd mucou*
surfaces. Hall's Ca a-rh Cure is not
?i quack medicine. It was prescribed
by one of the best physicians in this
country for years and is a regular pre
scrlp;ion. It Is composed o* rbe best
tonics known, combmpd with toe
best blood purifiers, acting directly or
tne mucous surfaces. Toe perfect
combination of the two ingredient>
is what produces such results in cur
log Catarrh. Send for testimonials
free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., propa.,
Toledo, O
Seid bv Drutrglsts. pr'ce 75c.
Take Hall's Family Phis for consti
pation. _
Public !b Aroused.
Th ! public is aroused to a knowl
edge of the curative merits of thi-t
medicinal t >nlc, E ectiio Bitters, fo:
*'Ck st< mach, liver and kidneys.
Mary H Walters, of 546 S?. Clalr
Ave., Cclui-bus, O., writes 1 Fir Fev
era) m nt'is, I was giv-m up to die
I turd fevar snd ague, my nerves were
-<recke '; I could nut sleep, and m\
snnrpac'i wa* bo we?k, from useles
doctors' drugs, that I could not eat
Soon after beginning to take Electric
Bitters 1 obtained relief, and in a
short time I was entlre'y curfc."
Guaranteed at Wann-imaker Mfg.
Uo's drutf store; price 50c,
Happily Married.
Oa Wednesday evening of last week
W H RDuss^au, the local manager
of the t-lephone exchange, and MIsr
Belle Mackay were married, the R>v.
J. L. S 111 >y ctil ciarlr g Tne marr.age,
which toxk pl.ic' at tne bride'- hote,
was a very quiet one, only the near
rrlative3 0f tue contracting parties he
ing present. Trn bride Is a daughter
of Mr. W A Mickay, of th's city,
and is a most cnarming young lady.
Toe happy youog cmple will be at
nnme to their friends at Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Falrey, with whom they will
reside.
Pirating Foleys Honey and Tar.
Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and p pularity of Foloy's Honey
and Tar many imitations are offer it
for the genuine. These worthless
imitations have similar sounding
names Beware of them. The genuine
Foley's Honey and Tar is In a yellow
package. Ask for it and refuse any
substitute.' It is the best remedy for
coughs and colds. A. O. Dukes.
SHO?T NEWS
Of1 LOCAL INTEREST PICKED UP
HERE AND THERE.
Recent Happenings in Town aud
Country Boiled Town for
Eusy Baaders.
All the banks will be closed today.
Tbe police captured over two dozen
colon d gamblers on Saturday nlgnt,
and locked them up.
Any one plotting up a pair of ladles
b.'aok kid gloves will please leave tnem
at this eta :e, They were dropped on
Bussel street.
Cards are out announcing the mar- -
riage of Miss Felicia ?. Sandel?
daughter of Mrs. E. Y. Sandel, of the
Pine Grove section, to Dr. Georere B.
Barringer, of S amter, on Feb. 28.
Mr. Russell Zimmerman Is remodel
ing the old Herman house at St. Mat
thews, which he bought some time
ago. It will be one of the handsom
est residences in the county when
completed.
Mr. B. W. Fogle and others are in
teresting themselves in getting up a
telephone line from Capt. John L.
Moorer's place to Jamison. This win
bs a great convenience to the people
liyl: g along its line.
The Times and Democrat carries
more foreign advertisements than all
the other papers in the county com
b ned. Foreign advertisers known
where to place their advertisements to
obtain the bast results.
Mr. H. P. Gleaton and Miss L'zzle
Jamison were married on the evaning
of the 18 Dh instant at the residence
of the brides father at N3ecP3 by S.
J. Tlndal. Tne happy couple is be
ing congratulated by their friends, '
Several handsome residences are be
ing erected in different sections of this
city, Mr. T- A. Fairey, Dr. 0. B Low
min, Col. W. G. Smith and Capt. M.
O. Dantzler are building residences to
the localities in which they are lco
ted.
Mr. M. M. Matts, who lives a few
miles below St. Matthews, lost one of
his barns by fire on Wednesday night'
of last week. This is a serious loss to
Mr. Matts as he loss a large quantity
of bay and fodder in addition to the
building.
Messrs. Bryant Brothers have just
received one cur load o{ big, fine mules,
which they will sell cheap. These
gentlemen are old, reliable stock deal
ers, and if you want a good mule you
should call and see them before plac
ing your order.
There is much j hooting on Amelia
street by boys with parlor rifles, which
endangers the lives of people having
to pass near where it is going on. We
call attention of the police to this
oangerous custom and hope they will
find some way to abate it.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. A.
0. L gon to a large reception at her
home on Amelia street, from 5 to
6:40 today. This is given as a parting
compliment to Moultrie Chapter, D,
A. R., her term of regency, which she
has filled so capable and untiringly,
having expired.
We were delighted on a recent visit
to St. Matthews to see how much the
town had grown sines our last visit
several years ago. This is easily ac
counted for. St. Matthews has an en
terprising pushing set of business men,
who are ever ready to werk for the up
building of their little city.
It will be exceedingly interesting
to every body to call at the Marchantj
Music CVs ware rooms and see those
High Grade Kradich & Bach Pianos.
They are of the highest degree of
excellence, artistic in appear&tca and
perfect in tone. Mr. Marchant will
be pleased to see any and every body.
Beginning on next-Monday, at tbe
Presbyterian c u/cn, Ri". R. G.
Mines, of Greenwood, Synodic
Evangelist, will hold a series of
meetings. Rsv. McL^es has been
to this c:ty before and bis meetings
will no doubt do much good and be
very much enjoyed by all who attend.
In 1904, the banner cotton year, the
county producing the largest quantity
of c ?tton was Ellis cmnty, Texas,
which produced 125,844 bales. Tue
?pxt largest yield by any county was
87 991 bales; and that was by Orsnge
burg courty, South Carolina. Boliver
c uot y, Mississippi, came third, with
82,123 bales.
We are under obligations to Mine
Host Cain, of the St. Matthews Ho
tel, for cuurttsies extended to us whili
on s visit to that thriving little city
last Friday. Tne hotel is handsomely
furnished and well-kept In ail depart
ments. We can now understand why
rhe traveling public like to stop over
in St. Matthews.
v Tue Oraogeburg'and St. Matthews
Telephone Company p op' sed to in
crease its capital st. c?sto 3U 000. It
is the purpose of ti e company to im
prove existing lines and to give St.
Matthews an up-to-date local tele
ph ine exchar ge. Dr. L. M. Able and
Mr. T. A. Amaker are at the head of
tne reorganized company, which is a
guarantee of its success.
The old St. Matthews Recorder has
passed out of existence. The good will
and material of that paper was pur
cnased by Messrs. Pilckett & Cain
who ba^e esoabllshed "The Commer
cial Advance," a bright, new y paper.
Tney have bought a new outfit, and
there is no reason why these gentle
men should not do well We welcome
"The Cummerclal Advance" to the
ranks of c iuntry Journalism.
The Arthur Hardware Company of
St. Matthews is an up-to date busi
ness concern. At St. Matdbews it has
a large handsome store, which indi
cates thrift and prosperity on every
hand, The oompany bas recently op
ened a branoh store at Elloree for the
convenience of its customers in that
section. The men at the head of
this company are to be congratulated
on tbe success they are achieving.
We publish on the sixtbj page the
plan used by Mr. E. M. Wdliamson, of
Darlington County, for making a large
corn crop on a small area. This plan
is a method wrrked out by Mr. Wil
liamson through yesreof costly exper
imental tests. It is not a fanolful
theory but has back of it ten years of
<" ccessftd farming. Every farmer in
Orangeburg County should give the
pjtn a trial aon small ecale at least.