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A GREAT SPEECH Senator Tillman Opens the Eyes of Many People. He Discusses the Race Question in a Odia, Dispassionate Manner to a Large A alliance. %n accordance with previous an nouncement Senator B. R. Tillman delivered an address on Wednesdc to a large audience of ladies gentlemen on the race problj The audience was composed larf of city people, the bad roads doubt preventing many people the country coming in to distinguished speaker, as they have liked to do. The court where the meeting was hel( comfortably filled, one-thir< the audience being ladies. Senator Tillman arrived city on the Atlantic Coast Lit! oh Tuesday afternoon at and was met by Capt. Claffy, Dukes, Clerk of Court Sallf I. W. Bowman and Mr. J. dale, of the committee appoij the ladies to receive and the senator while here Mr Sims, of the committee, was to meet the senator on accoi sickness in his family. The" mittee escorted the senator ti beautiful country home of Mrs. Stokes, a few miles from the city, where he was royally entertained for the night. All the members oi the committee and some of their wives were also guests of Mrs. Stokes, Tuesday evening, except Mr.. Sims, who, from the cause already stated, was denied that pleasure. This was not the first visit of 'the senator to the hospitable hora^' of Mrs. Stokes, as he and Mrs. 'Till man have been guests there bfefore. Mrs. Stokes drove the senator/in on Wednesday morning an<d he was taken to th<? St. Joseph's Hotel by thfe com mittee, where he remained until time for the address. During the short time he was at the hotel a number of gentlemen called to pay their respects A few minutes be fore 12 o'clock he left the hotel and reached the court house just about the time appointed for the speech. He was warmly greeted on the street and jti\ the court house by old friends and admirers. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. D. D. Dantzler. Then Hon. I. W Bowman introduced Sen ator Tillman in a very few words as the greatest South Carolinian and one'df the foremost statesmen of the titiies The ? senator, as he arose, "U/as greeted most enthusiastically on all sides. He opened his address by referring to his former visits to Orangeburg, and said he felt some what embarrassed this time because a fee was charged to hear him. He said this was done by the ladies aft his suggestion as a means to help along the grand cause they were wishing for, and that he was glad to be nble to contribute, by his time and labor, to the estab'ish fent of a hospital where the afflicted could be treated without going to some other city. Senator Tillfan then took up the I race problem and discussed it in a | calm and dispassionate manne.-. There was no bitterness in bis | speech towards the negro as a race, but he painted out the great dan ger that confronted the South in the years to come when the present means used to curtail the negro voto will no longer be applicable. He said It was a lementabie fact that more negro children were attending school in South Carolina than white children, and that it was a question of time only when there would be more negro voters iu this State than white voters. He said that the framers of the present constitution went as far as they could in disfran chising the negro without disfran chising white men, which he said would never do. He thought the day would come, unless present conditions were changed, when the whites would di vide and th'' negro would bf brought in by the two factions ol the white people to settle their po litical disputes. He referred to the fact that no election on any ques tion could he settled now in this | State without the charge of fraud being charged against one side 01 the other. He cited as an evidenco I of what he meant by referring to I the frequent contests over dispen-* sary elections and new county elec tions. He said these contests be tween white people encouraged the negro to hope for political powei some day. and he thought the white 1 people should stop it and settle theii.l troubles without so much quarrel ing among themselves. Senator Tillman paid a grand and 1 beautiful tribute to the womanhood of the South, who, he said, would keep the race pure, but he scored in scatching terms white men w ho were guilty of the great wrong to their^ race of raising colored families. He said all such men were the worst' enemies the South had, and that they should be made to leave the South in broad, open daylight, nevei to return. As usual with the sen ator, he did not mince his word!: when on this branch of his theme. | but talked out plain "and in unmis takable language. He told of some1 of his experiences in speaking to Nortehrn people. He said the peo ple of the North were having their eyes opened about the conditions at the South and that they were will ing for the South to settle the race question if it was liminated from politics. He said the Northern people had so few negroes among them that the race question did not menace them as it did the people of the South. He said the negro up North was] DIES FROM WOUND. I Mr. R. A. Jeffcoat Passes Away at Colnbmia Hospital. ? The Colubmia Records says: In the absbence of Coroner Walk er, who is in Florida on a holiday trip, Magistrate Fowles conducted the inquest into the death of the late Robert A. Jeffcoat, the wealthy Orangeburg farmer who died at thd Columbia hospital of gunshot wounds inflicted from ambush more than a week ago. The inquest was Ionday afternoon at an un sg establishment on Mail? The verdict was that the dfe. ime to his death from grfn >unds received at the hand's tarty or parties unknow/ tc funeral and interment/tooV Tuesday afternoon nerir Mr Ii's old home, at Cross ? Road: fin Lexington county,/not fa! wansea. frecent years Mr. JeirTcoat hat ^on his big plantatio^i six mile: North, and it wyfc three mile: B his home that 'rae fatal attacl made upon h^fm- Mr. Jeffcoa [survived by.bLn wife, four daugh js and fourr sons. The daughters all marrfied. The sons are Wil fam, Bolto'kT Julius and Grover Jeff ^oat. Th* entire family was here jduring m/\ Jeffcoat's last days. After /the operation, which was gperfornhed at the Columbia hospita fl?y Dry Legrand Guerry the day af fter V/e shooting, Mr. Jeffcoat bore up ?feil. During the middle of last week! he was thought to be gaining somewhat and there was some hope expressed that he\might in- time re ceiver. But towards'-the end of the yeek the effects "of" the shot which had been emb*edded in his brain and which it had -not been deemed (wise to remove, began to tell, and he gradually grew worse. Satur [day afternoon he was' reported to (be sinking rapidly. He soon became unconscious and all day Sunday he Was barely alive. The end came al 9:25 Tuesday morning. Impenetrable mystery still sur rounds the fatal shooting. The sheriff and other peace officers of Orange burg county are doing all in their power to discover available clues, but nothing of any particular value [has so far been discovered. Will be in the Race. Hon. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, will make the race for the United [States senate this summer. Mr. I Henderson was a candidate for the senate six years ago and he then received a large and flattering vote, and it is thought by many that he would have been successful had lit not been for the fact that there were two candidates from this sec tion of the State for the position. As Mr. Henderson comes from a neighboring county, it is reasonable to suppose that Orangeburg county will give him a big vote. He is an able man and is well qualiled for (the position. The people would make uo mistake in putting such a man in the senate. Two Incendiary Fires. The dwelling and all out build lings of Mr. Tom Watts, State con stable, who lives near Jeffcoat's bridge on Boggy Swamp, was de stroyed by fire one day last week. Then again the barn and stable of Mr. William Saylor, who lives just across the Lexington line, was burned about 2 o'clock last Thurs day afternoon while the family was away from home. Mr. Saylor lost about 350 bushels of corn and came very near having several mules '.^rned up. Tracks were noticed of a man coming up behind the barn, and tracks were noticed of a man running back from the barn. Both fires are supposed to heb incendiary in origin. Serious Accident. Mr. Rhett .Hortem. a tinner in the employ of the Orangeburg Roof ing company, fell from the roof of a two-story building on the campus, breaking his leg and sustaining other injuries, on Tuesday. On his way to the ground he struck a scaffold, or he may have been killed by the fall. The injured man was removed to the residence of Mr. 1). N. Smith and made comfortable. It can not be said just yet how serious ly he was hurt, but it is hoped that the injured man will soon be all right. He had a close call, and he is lucky to escape with only a broken leg. like one dead fly in a pan of milk, which could be swallowed by the people of that section without much inconvenience, but in the South the J conditions were reversed. Here, he ! said, we would have to swallow 6 pan full of dead flies with hardly j enough milk to cover them. This happy illusion brought down the house. Senator Tillman's speech', was a splendid one all the way through. He thought the solution of the problem was in giving each State the right to regulate the suf frage question. The above is only an imperfect synopsis of Senatoi Tillman's speech, which would have to be heard to be appreciated. 11 was a great speech, and was thor oughly enjoyed by all who heard it. He certainly converted his audience to his way of thinking on the tre mendous race problem that will have to be solved by the people of the South sooner or later. Senator Tillman's refQrence in his speech to new county dispute* was cheered to the echo by the ad vocates of Calhoun county who were in the audience. While at dinnei Senator Tillman was told that the present contest against Calhoun county was brought by white men who were not allowed tr> vote oi the question, and he said if thai was the ease the supreme court ought, and ho believed would, de clare the election illegal as uo white man should be denied his right t& vote. The senator left for Columl bia on Wednesday night. LEAVES THE SERVICE. An Old and Honored Company is Mustered Ont. The State says: Adjt. Gen. Boyd has Issued an order mustering out of service the Edsto Rifles, known as Company M of the Third infan try. It will be recalled that several weeks ago when this company was transferred from the Second to the Thljrd regiment a meeting was held 2y.d it was decided that the company Syhould disband. The official notice was sent Gen. Boyd Monday and that offcial stated that as there were two other com . panies in Orangeburg county he . would fill the vacancy with one of i the applications now on file in his. ? office. Following is the order Issued: c "1. Company M. Third infantry, . K. G. S. C. (the Edisto Rifles), 3 Or^ngeburg, S. C, is hereby musr r tere? out of service at its own pe-. quest, to take effect January J? I 1908. "4 5 "2. First Lieut. Frederick Ed 3 Pooser. Company L. Third infa?t| -, try, X. G. S. C. is herebj t directed, immediately upon - cepit of this order, to receffil 3 for and take charge of all r||||? - lie property for which Capt. JjflBj - P. Moseley, Company M., ThirdflKj ; fanry, X. G. S. C, is responsible,. and to ship same to this offi^V^-^ 5 necessary expenses incurred in" t ^ 1 transfer and shipment will be ft; V - from this office." y) '{"" > The Edisto Rifles is one of tixk t oldest and most gallant companie^.' ? It has served the State in three' > wars, and has never hesitated to . answer the call of duty. We re ? gret to see it disbanded, and hope L that some steps will be taken tcs keep the gallant old company to [ gether. I Some Kind Words. In speaking of the Twice a Week , Times and Democrat the Orange i burg correspondent of the Branch- j ; ville Journal says: "The Times and' Democrat was established in 1869, and for the last 29 years has been owned and edited by Mr. J. L. Sims, who not only made it one of the best weekly papers in the State, but has kept it in the front rank. In addi tion to Publishing The Times and Democrat, Mr. Sims furnishes num bers of South Carilina weekly papers with what is known as "patent out sides," and niw that his paper is to become a semi-weekly it is safe to say that an improvement will neces sarily be seen in the "pattent out sides." For many years The Times and Democrat has had one of the largest subscription lists in the State." We appreciate the kindly allusions of the Journal's corres pondent. Mr. W. R. Hildebrand Dead. Mr. William R. Hildebrand, a brother of Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand of this city, died at Norway on last Thursday in the thirty-ninth year of his age. He had just moved from Swansea to Norway for the purpose of going into business when he was stricken down. Mr. Hildebrand was unmarried, and lived at home with his mother, widow of the late Dr. R. G. Hildebrand. The deceased was a genial, pleasant companion and had hosts of friends, who will regret to learn of his death. His re mains were taken to his old home for interment. He left three broth ers and three sisters, who have the sympathy of all in their sad bereav ment. The State League. Base ball is beginning to be talk ed about, and the report comes that the State League will soon be reor ganized with Florence, Sumter, Or angeburg. Camden, Rock Hill and Chester as the towns comprising the circuit. These towns would make a most, compact and well matched league, and there is no reason why it should not prove a success if the proper limit is put ou the salary to be paid the players. Base ball is a great game and the games here last summer and the summer before were greatly enjoyed by many of our citizens, who would be glad to see Orangeburg in the league again next summer. .Mr. W. ?! Jackson Dead. Mr. \V. E. Jackson, a substantial citizen of Bowman, died about - o'clock Friday morning. Mr. Jackson has been in failing health lor some lime, but his death was not looked for al this time. He was about '?'??> years of age. He was twice married, Qrsl (o Miss Berry, then to Miss Minnie Weathers, who, with three children, survive him. He leaven a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn his death. He was a mem ber of the Methodist church and was buried from Ebenezer church, near Bowman, Saturday morning. Voted the Dispensary. Complete returns from the elec tion held in Union on Friday on the issue. "Dispensary or no dispensary," give a majority in favor of the dis pensary, the total being Gl4 for dis peusary and 601! against the dis pensary.. In nearly all the outly ing precincts the vote was princi pally the same as at the election held two years ago, when the dis pensary was voted out of the county, but a great change was manifested in the town of Union, where the ma jority against the dispensary was re duced from nearly 200 to S. Moved Away. Rev. D. W. Hickle, who has been a resident of this city for a number; of years, has moved to Saluda coun ty, where he will become the pas tor of four churches, with his par sonage located about eight miles from Saluda Court House. The fol lowing churches come under his good, care: Good Hope and Chestnut Hill. Saluda county; Steven's Neck, Edgefield county, and .Mount Her mon, Greenwood county. His many friends will regret to see him leave but their best wishes go with him tc his new field of labor. THE LIEN LAW And the Negro as Seen by a Northern Man Who Has Been a Resident of the County of Orangeburg for Near ly One Year. Showing letter written by of Bristol. Conn., to the t Valley Advertiser, will th interest. Mr. Beers is of a huge lumber comp near Rowesville, and has Be?n living in South Carolina a little les? than one year. He seems to be ? observer. Here is his letter: is the time of the year when ctor is abroad in this land 'and -n the negroes are in hiding in t-A. woods to avoid meeting him. ! The; ve the lien law in force and of chattel mortgages that at the negro and the poor : Whi'i --o can and does mortgage not onW - .it he has on hand in the shape of; jrty, but he mortgages the rop which is not yet plant ?ady negroes are coming into -23 and buying fertilizers to ? the next year's crop. When the urn out well it is a good year ?x6r the.' business men, as they make .ctice of selling under the liens fHftjbf exorbitant profit, but when the j: - f is bad and that year is followed fejWanother bad year, then the mer chant is liable to find" himself in a hole and with a lot of nearly worth less live stock on hand. Under the lien law the man gives a note and mortgage on the crop that he is going to grow, and it is his bus iness to take the first bale of cotton or the first sack of rice or the first of his corn crop and turn it over to his creditor. This he must do before he markets any of the crop to an out sider. As cotton is about the only crop that is grown in this State for the market it is the first bale or bales of cotton that he should turn over, and the negro has more than one way to get out of doing this. As every negro who grows cotton is well known to the ginners and to the merchants as well, he does this way to get around his obligation. Instead of taking his cotton to the ginnery he takes it in small quanti ties to a well-to-do negro who man ages to keep out of debt and this ne gro has it ginned as though it was his own and gives them a part of the proceeds. Each ginnery keeps a rec ord of all men for whom they gin cotton and thus there is no reeord against the negro who has disposed of his cotton without first settling with his creditor. One fairly well-to-do negro who lives a little distance out of Rowes ville and who had about eight acres of cotton this year which should have furnished himwith about four bales, have already ginned 13 bales. The negro who thus disposes of his cot ton leaves it at the home of the man who is to have it ginned before day light and he is not seen by the man who lives there and if he is.question ed he can say that he did not see any body leave it there. For the last two weeks there have been riding about the country around Rowesville at least 12 collectors for as many different concerns. They have been taking in live stock that was sold last spring and in many cas es have nailed up the doors of corn houses to hold the contents against the owners. One collector for a con cern in Bamberg, 18 miles away, which sells horses and mules has al ready driven off at least 20 head that) were sold last spring to negroes. In some cases the negro will give a mortgage on an ox, a horse or a mule that he does not own. Of course this is perjury and when the collector comes around and finds out what has been done then is the time for the negro to take to the woods and re main there for the next two or three months until the collector has got tired of looking for him. Last spring a negro living near town mortgaged an ox to a concern in part payment of a mule and the collector started to drive away the ox a few days ago. The negro told him that ho nad better drive the ox through the streets of Rowesville and then he took to the woods. When the ox was in front of the store of J. F. Boone the latter went out anil asked the man where he was going with his ox. Mr. Boone rented the ox, a cabin and 10 acres of land to the ntgro four years ago for an annual rental of one bale of cotton. Plenty of men in town knew of the circum stances and they satisfied the collec tor at once that he had no claim on the ox and it was turned into the yard back of Mr. Boone's store. One negro, who is in hiding at the present time because he can not meet a claim of $83 for which he made a fradulent mortgage, sent in by a friend a night or two since 30 cents to be tendered the collector in part payment. Two negroes, who are well known to the writter bought a wagon last spring and made a small payment and gave lien on the wagon for the balance of the payment. One of the men paid up his portion during the year, but the other paid nothing. When it was time for tne collector to put in an appearance the man who had paid up took a front and a j rear wheel and the thills and the wagon seat to his home and secreted it and left the other part to be lev ied on. As the collector was about 20 miles from home a wagon in the condition that he found that was of no use to; him and the parts were left. Later they will be assembled and then the I negroes will have a wagon for another year. For weeks past sewing machine agents have been scouring the coun try around Rowesville and there have been as many as 20 machines shipped to Branchville and Orange burg, the nearest large towns on either side. The negro accepts this taking away of what might be con-1 ONE FARMER KILLS ANOTHER. In a QuaiTcl About Some Stock and a Negro. Will Garner and Joe England, both white raen of the Briar Creek sec tion, in Bamberg county, engaged in- what resulted in a deadly duel Fri day, Garner, being killed and Eng land suffering from flesh wounds, The trouble was the outcome of a conversatian regarding some strayed live stock which had been shut up by Garner. It seems that England was out hunting and one of his negro hands came to him saying that Mr. Gar ner had shut up a hog of his. Mr. England told the negro to pay the charges made by Mr. Garner and get the hog out, giving the negro the money with which to pay Mr. Garner. The negro went to Mr . Garner's house and when Mr. England went in that direction later he saw Mr. Garner whipping and beating the negro and insisting on his telling him who had turned out some hogs a few nights before, which had been taken up for foraging on his land. Mr. England asked Mr. Garner to quit beating the negro, as he evi dently knew nothing about the mat ter. With that Mr. Garrer, so it is said, turned to England and said that he would "put it to him." And it appears that he drew his revolver, but Mrs. Garner, the wife of the dead man, stepped between and remained there a short while, but upon being spoken to by her husband, moved, and then Garner fired at England, the bullet striking his hat brim. England then return ed the Are with his shotgun, hitting Garner in the stomach. Garner then ran to his house, which was a few yards away, and returned with a gun and shot at England, several of the buck shot of the load hitting Engla.nd in the shoulder and side. Gamer died sev eral hours afterward. Eugland sur rendered. The men are both yot.ng, Garner having been only about 28 and England about 35. They were close neighbors, living only a few hun dred yards apart. When, oh, when will this killing business stop. Callioun County Contest. The Calhoun County contest was resumed on Tuesday artd continued through Wednesday. A great deal of testimony was taken on both sides, and the case was fully argued by the lawyers on the two sides. On account of the sickness of our lino type operator we are unable to pub lish'any of the testimony this week, or give much of an account of the hearing. The case was closed about half-past seven o'clock Wednesday night. The matter was taken under advisement by the commissioners, who had not filed a decision up to our hour of going to press. . Married. Mr. James M. Albergotti of this city was married to Miss St. Clair Brown, of Anderson. The marriage took place Wednesdajr morning at the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Albergotti arrived yesterday after noon. Miss Brown was a teacher in the graded school here, but resigned about the middle of December. She is a most excellent young lady and has a host of friends, in this city, who welcomes her back as a bride. Mr. Albergotti is to be congratulat ed on winning such a charming young lady as a life companion. sidered his pr 'terty with absolute stoicism. The writer on a ride a day or two since saw the collector with the mule that had been used all the sum mer hitched to the buggy to be tak en away and then he went into a field where the only cow of the family was staked out and drove that away. The negro woman and half a dozen children were on the porch of the little cabin to see them driven away and there was no apparent feeling of regret. There need be none, as they had paid only a small part of the pur chase price and they had had the use of the animals all through the summer, In this case the man of the family had been at work for the |J. H. Blake Lumber company all summer and earned $6 a week and there was no reason why he should not have paid for the animals, ex cept the laci: of thrift and calcula I tion that marks the entire race. Last winier there was a call for a repeal of the lien and chattel mort gage laws of South Corolina and the matter is sure to come up a.<jain in the next session of the legislature. Last winter it was the question of the doing away with the bid State dispensary that occupied the time of the legislature, which must by law, adjourn at a given time. AH the low country of South Car olina where the negroes are thickest has become disgusted with the work ing of the law and are solid for the repeal, while the up country, where merchants have to deal with that poor white class, demands that it be left on the statute books. Of the seven merchants doing bus iness in Rowesville all but two have ceased to sell goods under a chattel mortgage or the lien law and the time is not far distant when the ne gro will have to pay cash for what he buys. It will be better for both races when this state of affairs is brought about. There is labor for every colored man in the State who will work, but he will not work as he can get credit. He lives in and for the present alone. A merchant saw a negro beating a horse and told him that if he did not stop the devil would get him. His answer was, "You can not scare a nigger that way by telling him of something away off in the future," Promise him something will happen at once if you want to scare him. Another nigger was caught in the act of stealing a pig and was told that he would have to settle for it in the judgment day. His answer was: "That was a long term of cred it, and he guessed he would go back and get another." The negro is here to stay and he is needed. TILLMAN IS POPULAR. Receiving Congratulations Prom All Parts of the Country. A dispatch from Washington says Senator Tillman is the most popu-? lar man on Capitol hill, judged by his mail,,since he ?fired. the .first :pro hibition gun in the senate three days ago. His office has been liter ally swamped with letters and tele i grams of inquiry and congratula tions. The South Carolina senator's fight for prohibition seems to have [struck a responsive chord in the hearts of the people everywhere. If his mail is any indication, there is a stronger sentiment for prohi bition In the United States than most people realze. Nor is the support confined to any one State or section. The message includes expressions from mayors of towns and cities, heads of commercial bodies, bank president and other solid business men from Maine to California. There are other letters from preachers, heads of temperance or ganizations and prominent temper ance workers everywhere. An in terest? -g feature of the senate dis cussion on Wednesday was that not one of the speakers opposed the ob ject sought by Senator Tillman's bill, which is to make interstate shipments of liquor subject to the local police laws of the State imme diately on arriving at the State boundary. i Pretty Home Wedding. A pretty home wedding, which oc curred on Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Cauthen, Fort Motte was that of Miss Sallie B. Walker and Mr. Arrin L. Newton, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. J. H. Thacker of the St. Matthew's Metho dist Church. The lovely home never looked lovelier or more attractive. The de corations were not only beautiful, but most artistic. The parlor, where the marriage vows were said, was tastily decorated in evergreens. A large bell was suspended in the cen tre of the room. The bridal party marched to the strains of Mendelsshon's March, rendered by Miss Drue Baxley. Miss Daisy Annice Willis daintily attired in cream silk, with Dr. Hugh A. Moorer, was followed by Miss Laura Drummond, dressed in white taf feta silk, maid of honor. Mr. Cliff Newtin acted as best man. Then came the bride, charmingly attired in lavender silk. After the ceremony the guests were inviced to the dining room, where a tempting repast was served. Miss Connie Cauthen presided most grace fully over the punch bowl. The young couple are known from wide circle of friends, many if whom were 'present at the marriage. The gifts were many and hand1" Dine, at testing to their popularity. Mr. and Mrs. Newtin left in the afternion train for Clio, where they will make their future home. A Home Wedding. Miss Hurteline Robinson and Mr. IT. B. Mazyck were happily wedded at the suburban home of Mr. and Mrs. Jude Robinson, parents of the bride, last Thursday evening week at 7 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Holmes of Orangeburg performed the cere mony. Immediately after the cere mony the guests were ushered into the spacious dining room and en joyed an elegant supper. Several hours were pleasantly spent in receiving and con gratulations of their numerous guests and the bride and groom left for their home at Robinson. The happy couple receiv ed many useful and valuable pre sents. Among those present were: F. w. Frederick, T. M. Dukes, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dukes, H. L. Shuler, Mrs. H. Schunoff, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Simmons, Mrs. Julia Bow man, Miss OIlie Hutto, Miss Annie Simmons. Dr. and Mrs. Foster of Rowesville; Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Bow man. W. F. Robinson, Miss Sadie Robinson of Orangeburg; Misses Louise and Mamie Ellison of Winnsboro, Miss Anita DeSaussure and Miss May Mazyck, Mr. Thomas Robinson and Mrs. Agnes Robinson of Charleston. Deafness Cannot be Cured. by local application, as they cannot reach the diseased portions of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitution al remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deaf ness is the result, and unless the in flammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give $100 for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. Chenney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. 1'ublir Installation. The local lodge of Knights ol Pythias will have a public installa tion of their officers, who were re cently elected, this evening. The Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden, will be the orator of the occasion. Mr. Smith is prominent in political af fairs, and is a fine speaker. His ad dress will be Pythanism. and the public are cordially invited to go out and hear something about this goon order. Death of Mr. W. ('. Mitchell. Mr. W. C. Mitchell, an old resi dent of this city, died at his home on Amelia street mi Wednesday morning at hall-pas! ten o'clock. The deceased was about ('.:; years of age. He leaves a wile and one son. ThtS funeral services will lie conducted at the Christain church and inter ment at the Presbyterian cemetery LOCAL ITEMS Picked Up Here and There By Our Reporters. Brief, Newsy Paragraphs From AH Parts of Crangeburg County and Vicinity. The sewer in the Southern portion, of the city is nearing completion. Miss Ada Stroman won the fine $375 pifcjio at Ransdale's Piano Vot ing Contest. Lieut, S. H. R. Dovle, of the United States nayy, is in the city on a visit to his parents. The new tower for the fire alarm bell has arrived and will soon be erected. It will be seventy-five feet when erected. There has been entirely i,o much rain for the last month. We hope it don't mean a "dry spell" about the time the crop is put in the ground. Wonder why Gen. Boyd took up such a spite against the Edisto Ri fles? It is a gallant old company, and we regret to see it go out of service. The regular monthly meeting of the Business Men's League will be held on Friday night at 8 o'clock in the City Hall. A full attendance is reqv ted. An important meeting of the U. D, C. will be held on Wednesday morning Jan. 8th at the residence of Mrs. J. C. Pike on Russell street at half past ten o'clock. St. Paul Sunday School sent a bar rel of fruit to the little ones at the Eoworth Orphanage, Monday as a New Year present. No doubt it was enjoyed by the dear children. This afternoon at four o'clock there will be a meeting cf the Band of Hope. This meeting is to be an ajiti-cigarette meeting, and Mrs. Herbert asks that all of the boys be present. A fire alarm box has been placed at the corner of Russell and Doyle streets, the number of which will be 41. Another box has been placed at the corner of Elliot and Glover, the number of which will be 45. Miss Lela Hoffman, formerly of this city, but who is now book keep er and stenographer for The Cald well Dry Goods Co., of Winnsboro spent several days last week with her sister., Mrs. Frank Smith. On Sunday December the 29th Mr. William Betsill and Miss Mayble Byrd of North were happily married at the residence of Rev. D. D. Dant 'Jer. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. D. D. Dantzler. The Farmer's and Merchants Bank of this city has declared an eight percent dividend. This is doing splendidly for these panicky times, and we congratulate the manage ment of this bank on its prosperous condition. Tuesday eveing of last week at & o'clock at the home of Mr. J. Br? Thomas, a few miles from Cope, Mr. Washington M. Ritter and Miss Florence B. Stephens were united in holy matrimony, Rev. L. E. Wiggins afficiating. Lieut. J. A. Mack, of the United States Army, is at home spending the holidays with his father near Cordova. Lieut, Mack is stationed at Fortress Monroe, and since his last visit has been promoted to First Lieutentant. Bakersville, Conn., is celebrating the birth of a baby, the first that has been born there in over ten years. Deliver us from any such community as that, if you please. We would not care to live where there is no babies. Mr. Joe Harley Clark and Miss Maybell Oliver were quietly mar ried Monday af tornoon of last week at 4:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. M. E. Owens, at Cope, the Rev. L. E. Wiggins performing the ceremony. Two men in Upper Lehigh, Pa.t say they are going to Alaska to es cape the embarrassment of leap year proposals. These fellows need not go so far off. If they will come to Orangeburg we will gaurantee that they won't be bothered. Paul, the little eight year old son of Mr. J. C. Murphy, of this city, was badly burned on Thursday night by his clothing catching fire while an older brother was making tire in a stove. While the little fellow was painfully burn ed, he is not seriously hurt. The Greenwood Daily Piedmont says; "The Orangeburg Times and Democrat, one of the staunchest and most enterprising of all of the country weeklies, a valuable family paper, having become equipped with linotype and Miehle press, will after the first of the year issue as a semi weekly." The Atlantic Coast Line is exper iencing the dullness of the freight movement, as is the Southern rail way and other railroads, and a pol icy of retrenchment has become nec cesary with the road. Several in the Charleston office have been drop ped. No change has been made in this city. Hon. M. L. Smith, a prominent lawyer of Camden, will be in the city this evening to deliver an ad dress at the public installation of the officers of the local lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Smith was president of the State Base Ball League last Summer, and has many friends in this city, who will be glad to meet him again. The Newberry Observer says: "Another newspaper is going to play the f?is going to change its week ly to a twice-a-woekly "at the same price?doubling its expanse without materially increasing its income. It is our highly esteemed cotemporary the Orangeburg Times and Demo crat. We speak by the book, for we have been there?ane are there yet.'' We hope it won't be quite hat bad, Brother Wallace.