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THE FIGHT GOES ON. Disfranchised Democrats Will Contend for Their Rights to Exercise Their Constitutional Peroga lire to Vote on AH Questions Af fecting Them and Their Property. The county board, in reporting its finding, stated that there was evi dence of irregularities in the con duct of the election, such as voters being allowed to vote at precincts "where they were not registered and being allowed to vote without proper proof of having paid taxes, but that there were not enough of such ir regularities to have changed the re sult of the election. The attorneys for the disfranchised voters contend that the question of numbers does not enter into the matter at all, and that the boxes in which such irreg ularities occurred should be thrown out, thereby changing the result ma terially. The Orangeburg correspondent of The News and Courier points out that under the Act governing the formation of new counties it is pos sible to so run the lines of a pro posed new county that one voting place can control the entire election; in other words, every precinct but one can be left out of th.e new terri tory, while the people are included, as the Act does not say anything ahout the manner in which the lines shall be run, and as is true in the Calhoun matter, the new county lines may be run without regard to township lines or to the shape of either the old or new territory. ? Following are the motion and ap peal which will be argued before the State board of canvassers: State of South Carolina, County of Orangebnrg?In the Matter of the la. Formation of the Proposed County of Calhoun. To Messrs. Bellinger & Welch, At torneys for Contestees, and John S. Bowman, Jr., Esq.. Chairman of County Board of County Can vassers of Election. Please take notice that A. R. Par ier, A. C. Smith and S. J. Smith, for themselves and all other similarly interested, further protesting and contesting the validity of the said election, will ask the State board of canvassers to sustain the action and judgment of the county board of canvassers upon the following grounds, to-wit. The county board of canvassers should have declared and adjudged the said election null and void for the further reasons: 1. Because the said election was not secret, but that the secrecy of the ballot and voting was lost and destroyed because tickets in viola tion of the statutes in such case made were furnished and used in the said election, and because the tick ets furnished and used could not be voted and used without disclosing how the elector yoted in said elec tion. . 2. Because the books of registra tion were not opened in Cameron, Nortl^, St. Matthews, Elloree and other towns in said county during the year 1907, although said towns contained over three hundred inhabi tants, whereby numerous voters, who "were opposed to the proposed new county, were thus prevented from rgistering, or changing and correct ing their registration as allowed by law, and voting in the said election against the formation of the said new county. 3. Because the statutes under "which the said new county election was held (which deprives numerous voters residing within the area of the proposed new county, their vot ing place having been cut without such arer. .jToin voting upon the quepti - j of the formation of such new county, although duly qualified and registered electors) contravene Section 1 of the fourteenth amend ment of the Constitution of the United States, ^and are therefore void and unconstitutional. 4. Because of mnay illegalities and irregularities, to-wit: Allowing electors to vote without proof of payment of taxes, allowing electors to vote who were illegally registered allowing electors to vote when dis franchised by conviction of infam ous crimes, and otbers of like kind, the box at St. Matthew's voting place therein should have been whol ly rejected and thrown out, thus re ducing the vote in favor of the new county by two hundred and twelve votes, and against the new county by two votes. 5. Because of many irregulari ties and illegalities in the vote and the voting at the voting places of Fort Motte, Cameron, Lone Star and St. Matthews, to wit: Allowing elec tors to vote ? without proof of the payment of taxes, without being properly registered, after having been disfranchised by conviction, not having paid taxes, residing with out the election precinct where they voted, and the like, the vote in favor the new county would be reduced about forty votes. 6. Because the result was chang ed or rendered very doubtful by rea son of the following facts, to wit: Electors were allowed to vote with out proper proof cf payment of taxes were illegally registered, failed to pay taxes, had been convicted of dis qualifying offenses, resided in elec tion precincts other than the one in which the vote was cast, prevented from voting because while residing "within the proposed county their voting places were cut without such area and not opened for such elec tion, prevented from registering or correcting their registration as al lowed by law on account of the books o-? registration not having been open ed as provided by law, large number j of electors within the territory dis couraged from voting on account of: so many being prevented from voting and registering, etc., and the county board of canvassers should have so decided and held the election void FOUR HORSES DROWNED. They Hod a Death Straggle in the Icy Waters. The State says in the tawney flood of Hogaboo swamp, seven miles southwest of Columbia, a party in I charge of a string of horses' had an j exciting adventure Wednesday night. ,The rains and snows of the last few days had poured a torrent Into ths I streams feeding the Congaree and 'the river had overflowed the swamp jso rapidly that the party were not aware of their danger until they i were in the grasp of an icy and death j laden stream. Aftetr a harrowing j struggle in benumbing waters in the ? darkness of midnight, the members 'of the party were saved, j The live stock was the property of j the Faulk livery stable3, of which Mr. John H. Faulk is manager. The horses, 13 in number, had been bought in Orangeburg, and were be j ing carried to Columbia by Jahn Medlin, assisted by Ferney Owens and another boy. The road from Orangeburg follows the Congaree river up to Brookland, ^.where the ; crossing is made on a bridge. I The place at which the crossing . was attempted was formerly passa I ble by means of a bridge. But the bridge must have been washed away lor the swamp had been flooded by the recent rains for as soon as the , horses entered the water, which was, .; under normal conditions, very shal : low they did not find bottom. There [were two two-horse wagons and one to the scene. The horse attached to :not be cut loose and they were j drowned, the bodies being found lat jer in the day when Mr. Faulk went , to the scene. The horse attacked to [the buggy was cut loose and this one and one of the remaining horses which were not attacked to any ve hicles have not yet been found. /Medlin and the small boy along came very near being drowned when the accident occurred in their efforts to sav the horses. Medliug caught one of the horses by the bridal and was by this means saved from drowning. It required some time to revive him after he had been taken from the water. The small boy caught hold of one of the horses in the water and swam ashore on its back. The boy, as soon as he came out of the water, commenced to scream at the top of his voice and this attracted nearby, persons. These came to the assistance of the parties and fires were built and all possible aid was given them. They assisted in resuscitating Medlin and made an effort to find some of the lost horses. DIVIDED AMONG STOCKHOLDERS The Bank of Orangeburg Doubles Its Capital Stock. A meeting of the Board of Direc tors of The Bank of Orangeburg was held a few days ago, and it was de cided to double the capital stock. A resolution was adopted which is printed below: Whereas, the charter, or act in corporating the Bank of Orangeburg, and the bylaws of said bank author ize and empower a majority of the Board of Directors to increase its Capital Stock to any extent, not ex ceeding two hundred fifty thousand [dollars, whenever they deem proper to do so, and Whereas, the Board of Directors of the Bank of Orangeburg deem it ex pedient to increase its capital stock on the first day of January, 1908, to one hundred thousand dollars, by issuing a stock dividend of fifty thousand dollars, in five hundred shares, of the value of one hundred dollars each, to be divided among the stockholders in proportion to the share or shares of stock each stock holder now has in the capital stock of the said bank, so that each stock holder shall receive one share of the new stock to be issued, in addition to each share of stock now held by such stockholder in the said bank of, Orangeburg. Therefore, be it resolved, by the( Board of Directors of the Bank of Qrrsngeburg, that, on the first day of January, 190S. the capital stock! of the Bank of Orangeburg, shall he and hereby is. increased to one hun-j dred thousand dollars by issuing a stock dividend of fifty thousand dol-1 lars, in five hundred shares of the value of one hundred dollars each, to be divided among the stockholders; in proportion to the share or shares each stockholder now has in the cap-; ital stock of the said bank, to the end that each stockholder shall re ceive one share of the new stock so issued in addition to each share of stock now. held by such stockholder in said Bank of Orangeburg. Resolver, further, that notice of this resolution be given to each stockholder, by mailing to him, or her, a copy of this resolution.. Bowman Railroad Leased. Messrs. J. L. Shuler and E. N. Mittle have leased the Bowman and Branchville railroad from the Hon. Samuel Dibble. This is Bowman's only rail connection. Since last June there has been excellent service giv en, the train making two trips daily. Messrs. Shuler and Mittle purpore to give the same satisfaction as here tofore. for these reasons also. 7. The county board of canvassers erred, t'fter finding as a fact that there were irregularities such as vot ing outside of the right precinct and without proper proof of the payment of taxes, in not going further and holding as matter of law that voting outside of the right precinct and voting without proper proof of pay ment of taxes are fatal violations of the Constitution of South Carolina and render the entire election void and illegal. Wherefore the contestants pray the said election be declared void and illegal for these reasons as well, and that oth.erwi.se the action and judgment of the county board be sus tained and confirmed. D. O. Herbert, W. C. Wolfe, Attorneys for Contestants. POSTAL REF?RfVi An important Ruling by the Post office Department Subscribers Must Pay Up Promptly or Their Paper Will Not be Car ried by the Mails. The Postofflce Department has is sued the following order: A reasonable time will be allowed i . publishers to secure ronewals of sub ; scriptions, but unless subscriptions ; are expressly renewed after the term i for which they are paid within the . following periods?dalles within 3 i months, triweeklies within 6 months, . semiweeklies within nine months, i weeklies within one year?they i shall not be counted in the legiti i mate list of subscribers, and copies > mailed on account thereof shall not i be accepted for mailing at the second j class postage1 rate of 1 cent a pound, ; but may be mailed at the transient - second class postage of 1 cent for ( each four ounces or fraction thereof, ? prepaid by stamps affixed. The ? right of a publisher to extend credit ; for subscription to his publication is i not denied or questioned, but his ? compliance or non-compliance with : this regulation will be taken into i consideration in determining wheth ijer the publication is entitled to trans mission at the second class postage rates. Under this order all newspapers will have to come to the cash in ad vance system almost or be heavily fined for violating it. At present newspapers are circulated free in the counties in which they are publish ed and one cent per pound for pa pers sent out the county. Under the above order any publisher that sends his paper to a subscriber who is" in arrears more than one year for a weekly, nine months for a semi weekly, six months for a tri-weekly, six months for a daily will have to pay one cent postage on each paper sent out by him to such subscriber. This is a tax that no paper could stand and so they will all have to come to the cash in advance system, which will be better for all. The subscription price to a newspaper in the majority of cases is a very small amount. There are few subscribers but could pay It regurlarly and would if compelled by the law to do so. The newspaper is usually a lenient creditor and therefore comes last. This ruling of the postofflce de partment might turn out to be a blessing in disguise to the country press and its subscribers. It will cut off all dead heads and subscrib ers who will not pay, and in conse quence there will be very little loss to the publishers. They can then all publish better papers, which would benefit those subscribers who always pay anyhow. The honest man who expects to pay for his paper would just as leave pay for it in advance as any other wjiy. There is not a paper published that gives almost unlimited time to subscribers but what loses hundreds of dollars every year from this source alone. There is one class of publications that would suffer, anr1 that is the mail order journals, and it is doubt less this class the government is af ter. As the Minneapolis Tribune says, "The department has been try ing to get rid of carrying periodicals that collect a nominal subscription price once to get in the second class and are continued indefinitely free on the pretex of long credit." The country paper will certainly not be injured by the cutting down of the free circulation of mail order journals. It is a pity the govern ment cannot distinguish between the two, for the mail order journal is the chief sinner in this respect, and is responsible for burdening the mails with tons of matter for the sole pur pose of carrying advertising. Came to .the Wedding. Col. and Mrs. August Kohn and children of Columbia, Miss Helen Kohn of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. Phil D. Kohn of Columbia. Mr. and 'Mrs. Geo. M. Kohn of Columbia, Mr. Alex Kohn of Columbia, Mr. Melvin IS. Myers of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. |F. N. Brunson and family of Sumter, Mrs. Alex Broughton of Runiler, Miss I Edythe Loryea of St. Matthews, Miss j Grace Levy, of Charleston, Miss Car l.rie Fredhiem of Rock Hill, Misses ! Eda and Bessie Stahl of Atlanta. Mr. David Kohn of Alabama, Mr. Maur ice Meyer of Saxannah, Mrs. Ryt tenberg and Mr. Irvving Ryttenberg of Sumter, were in Orangeburg on Wednesday to attend the wedding of Mr. Bertram Kahnweiler and Miss Bertha Kohn. Colored .Man Found Dead. A colored man by the name of Ir vin Geigler was found dead Wednes day inacutof the Atlantic Coast Line ! Railway near where the road crosses the Four Holes Swamp just this side I I of Cameron. Zeigler was in Orange bury on Monday, but left that, after noon for his home near Cameron, j and the suppositions is that be was .either run clown by a train while [walking on the track or fell from the ' train. When found his face was ) partly submerged in water and was smeered with clay. There was no j evidence of foul play, and it is be hieved that the unfortunate man was i killed by an accident, which will probably never be explained. Miss Nance Coming. Miss Nance, President of the State Improvement Association, has writ-j ,? ten a letter to the school authorities (stating her intention of coming to this county in a short while. She j will visit several points in this conn-1 ty and will make addresses on > ? Schoola Improvement. She will be at Livingston on January 1G, at St. Matthews on Feb. 7 and in this city on Feb. S. Miss Nance is engaged in a good work, and she should have good audiences wbereever she speaks. BEAUTIFUL HOME WEDDING Mr. Bertram Kahnweiler Weds Miss Bertha Kohn. Mr. Betram Kahnweiler of Sa vannah, Ga., and Miss Bertha W. Kohn of Orangeburg were married Wednesday evening at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Theodore Kohn, of this city, by the Rev. Dr. Barnett A. Elzas. Miss Bertha Kohn was born and reared in this city, her father having lived here since the early '50s. When the South called on her sons for voluteers, Mr. Kohn was one o* the first to go to the front and he served throughout the entire struggle in the Edisto Rifles of Or angeburg. During his whole life j time, Mr. Kohn was identified with all that was best and most progres sive in his community and his chil dren after him have followed in his ; same lines. On that account there was general : interest in the marriage of Miss Ber I tha Kohn, who has been one of the i favorites of her home community, j The marriage occurred in the large ? home in which Miss Kohn was born ? and the ceremony was solemnized in the double parlors which were thrown into one for the occasion. The rooms are large and were tastily j decorated and designed and there ?was need for but little additional J ornamentation. Natural flowers? I palms, potted plants and azaleas? were grouped in the front room and made the picture all the more at tractive. The groom, Mr. Bertram Kahn weiler, has for some time been close ly identified with Savaunah, where he has held an important position with the Livingston pharmacy. He was attended by Mr. Maurice Meyer, who was his best man. Mr. Kahn weiler's immediate family live in Butte, Mont., and were unable on account of the distance to be present at the ceremony, although present in spirit. IMiss Bertha Kohn was attended by her sister, Miss Adelina Kohn, who was the maid of honor. Preced ing the bride were the ribbon bear ers, Miss Helen Kohn, who is the niece of the bride, and Master New ton Kohn; and following them were Miss Rose Brunson and Master Au gust Kohn, Jr. The ring was borne by Master Theodore Kohn, the five year-old little nephew who came in with curly-haired little Miss Mildred Brunson. While the Orangeburg Philhar monic orchestra, led by Miss Helen Dural, played the wedding march, the bride, escorted by her eldest brother, Col. August Kohn of Col umbia, entered the parlors where the wedding party was in waiting. Col. Kohn handed over the bride to her intended and Mr. Kahnweiler and Miss Kohn were then married ac cording to the beautiful ceremony of their religion by Dr. Barnett A. Elzas of Bethelohin synagogue, of Charleston. ;After the bridal party had receiv ed the warmest and most sincere congratulations of those who were invited to the ceremony, they repair ed to the dining room, where an ele gant luncheon was tendered by Mrs. Theodore Kohn, the mother of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Kahnweiler left immediately afterwards for Florida where they will spend some time and will be in Atlanta in time to at tend the wedding of Mr. Sol Kohn, of Orangeburg, and Miss Bessie B. Stahl on the 22nd. lnsr The popu larity of the couple was attested by the great number and beauty of the wedding gifts which came from all parts of the country. There was a great variety and beauty in the re membrances of their friends. The bride's dress of victoria satin was exquisite in its simplicity, the only trimming being a reefer of duchess lace. Her veil was caught with a half wreath of orangeblosoms. The maid of honor, Miss Adelina Kohi:, wore a handsome gown of pink victoria satin which was very becoming to her brunette type of beauty. Mrs. Theodore Kohn wore a black figured net over taffeta and handsomely trimme:" in black laces. The bride's point; away dress was a tailored suit in dark garnet, with a chique hat to match. Go and See Him. Sometime ago the young ladies of the Orangeburg Collegiate Insti tute bought a number of opera chairs for their society hall, and they are now endeavoring to raise money to pay for them. They have induced Mr. Tot ten, t he magician and imper sonator, to give one of his entertain ments in the chapel next Saturday evening. Mr. Tolt.cn is highly spoken of by those who have seen him, and all who attend the entertainment will be well entertained. The price of admission is only twenty five cents and the chapel should be crowded. Tickets can be had at the door. Sleep Side by Side. Mr. John B. Kell, an old and high ly esteemed citizen, died at the resi dence of his son, Mr. J. T. Bell, who lives near this city, on December 20, after an illness of several weeks. .Mr. Hell was eighty-seven years of age, and had served in the Mexican war and the civil war, and was therefore a veteran of two wars. lie was a native of Lexington County, bin had lived in this county since 1S07. His remains were laid to rest by the side of his wife, who died about three years ago, at Jamison. These good old people lived together for more than sixty-years, and now sleep side by side. He left three sons and three daughters. House and Contents Burned. A small cottage on Dicksou street, occupied by 3hcdrlck Shuler and his family, was binned down early Wed nesday morning. The Are was dis covered about three o'clock and i;i ?. little while the cottage and all it contained was destrovod. Shuler, j who is a colored man, lost every thing. He barely had time to get out his two children after discover ing the fire, as it had made consid erable progress when first discovered. PAYING POSITIONS. Young Men Urged to Make Appli cation for Them. Several Vacancies in South Carolina Internal Revenue Service Under Civil Service Protection. A competitive examination under the rules of the United States civil service commission will be held at Columbia and Charleston, in the postofflce buildings, on February 1, to fill vacancies in the internal rev enue service in South Carolina, three examinations will be held, one for deputy collector, one for clerk in the office of the collector oi internal revenue at Columbia and one for storekeeper-gauger. The position of deputy collector pays a salary of $1,100 and an ex pense allowance of $700 annually is made; the position of clerk carries a salary of $1,150 and the position of storekeeper-ganger pays $4 per dav, with about six weeks idle time during the year. Major Micah Jenkins, collector ol internal revenue for South Carolina, is very anxious to have good men make application for these different positions. "I, of course, want men of character in the revenue service and the vacancies in my district are worth the while of bright, energetic young men in the State and I hope to see a good number stand applica tion for thern. The examinations are not hard and the work required in each of these position is not in the least unpleasant." Major Jenkins says thai: he will be glad to give any information con cerning any of these positions to any one who may desire it. Applications for the examination must be made on the prescribed form, which, with necessary instructions, may be ob tained from Mr. M. W. Peuroifoy, at the Columbia postofflce. K you can not call on him in person write for blank enclosing two cent stamp for return postage.. All persons wish ing to take the examination should secure blanks and fill them out at once in order to allow time for any necessary corrections. No applica tions will be accepted unless receiv ed in Washington before 4.30 p. m. on January 25. All applicants must be 21 years of age or over. The subjects are ex tremely simple. Other Examinations. On Jan. 22 an examination will be held to fill the following vacancies: Assistant steam engineer in the office of the secretary of war; forest plant ing assistant (male) in the depart ment of agriculture; teacher of me chanical drawing in the Indian ser vice; teacher in the Indian service; machinist in the government print ing office. An examination lasting two days, Jan. 22-23, will also be held to fill vacancies in the Philippine service. There are at least 300 vacancies in the position of teacher to be filled, and appointments to than position will be made, except in a few cases, at $1,200 per annum Those appoint ed under this examination will be eligible for promotion up to $2,000 per year for teacher and from $1,600 to $3,000 for division superinten dent. An insufficient number of eligibles was secured from the recent exami nation. It is anticipated that ap pointments of eligibles resulting from this examination wili be made to the position of teacher in March and April next and their transporta tion arranged with a view to their i arrival in Mnnii.i about June 1, 190S. the beginning of the school 'year. Others will be required in the various clerical and administra-| live offices in the islands. The ma jority of appointments of eligibles resulting from the assistant exami nation are made at the entrance sal ary of $1.200. Each college student who will be graduated in ioos should state in his application the degree he expects to receive. Men only will be admitted to this, exa mination. The time allowed for t*iis cxanii tion Is two day of seven hours each, i The first three subjects will be given ii the first day, and the remaining subjects on the second day. Age limit, 1S to 40 years on the date of the examination. On January 27, an examination will be held for stenographer and! typewriter. Special attention Is In vited by the civil service commission to the fact that there is a large num ber of vacancies throughout the United States, and the supply of eli gibles for some time has not been equal to the demand. Women will be admitted to this examination for the departmental service, but will j not be examined for the isthmian canal or Philippine service. On January 29 an examination will be held fur tariff clerk (male), at $1,200 per annum, in 11k? inter state commerce commission. Two days will be ill lotted, Jan. 2!< l30, to the examination of applicants ror the position of scientific assistant in seed testing, in the department of agriculture. Application blanks for any of these examinations may lie secured by applying to Mr. M. W Peurifoy, clerk, at the registry window of the j Columbia postofflce Farmers and merchants Rank. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Farmers and Mer chants Hank of this city was held on Tuesday afternoon. The bank is in a prosperous condition, and, notwith standing the hard limes, has declar ed a dividend of S per cent for the' past year. The following gentlemen were elected on the board of direc tors for the ensuing year: I. S. Har ley, I. W. Bowman, Phillip Puch, W. L. Moselcy, J. W. Sandel, R. E. Wannamaker, Lawrence E. Riley, T. M. McCants and J. Stokes Salley. PASTOR RESIGNS Rev. J. R. Smith Goes to a New Charge. Please give me space in your most valuable paper to utter a few parting words to my numerous friends in this county. Eight years ago I came to Cordova to become pastor of the Ebenezer, Bethany and St. George Churches. The two first named churches I have served continuously during my stay here. Fof six years I was pastor of the Canaan Church, and I have as sisted in portracted meetings with the majority of Baptist churches in the second division of the Orange burg association. Now, that I am going to another field of labor, I want to say in be half of my family that we have never been more pleasantly situated, and surrounded by friends more true than we have been during the i,ast eight years. If I did not feel it to be my imperative duty I could not afford to sever the relation that has so long existed between us as -Motor and churches and as friends. The people have been the very embodiment of kindness to us and this spirit was not manifested to ward us by the members of the Bap tist churches alone but by the Meth odist also. We have lived and work ed together without a jarring inter est. Our neighbors; well, they have been the very best possible. It gives us inward pain to have to say goodbye to the good people of Or angeburg county. When we came here our children numbered six and they were quite small. Number they number nine but all of them are not with us now. Our eldest daughter has married, and our eldest boy; well, he is among the returned in heaven. We laid his body in the city of the dead hard by the Ebenezer church. We never think of him as being there I now, though why, with Him who doeth all things well, but there is a desire to tarry here with our living and to keep clear of weeds, the grave of our dead, but we must go. Then too, there are the young peo ple with whom we have been asso ciated most intimately in the Sun day School, we dislike so much to be seperated from them. In fact, I al most envy the lot of my successors In the Fork section of Orangeburg county, but still I pray that God's blessings may be their rich heritage and that their efforts may be crown ed with the very best consequences. During our stay here, we have tri ed to live as we have tried to teach others to live, but that we have com mitted errors, we will not deny, it is human to err, but God-like to forgive, we therefore beg to be for given of any and all errors, and to be kindly remembered by all, for the good we tried to do whether we were successful or not. We go from here to labor In and about Hendersonville, S. C, at which place we will be delighted to hear from any of our good friends in Or angeburg county. If God and duty should ever call us back to Orange burg, gladly will we turn our faces [this way, but until then or until we meet on higher ground, I bid you goodbye. J. R. Smith. Another Contest. The Piano Voting Contest, which closed at my store on December 31, was so conducted that everybody was well pleased. The principal fea ture In this contest was that no cus tomer could complain for they had nothing to lose, if they failed to get the valuable prize given away. Proof can be given that fair dealing and honest competition was carried out to the utmost. I wish to state that if anyone can prove that I raised my prices on a single article or did any thing unjust, I will give them a piano just like the one won in the contest, so you can readily see if anyone is to lose, I am the one and not the customer. However this plan was new to me and having studied out what I believe will work to a better advantage to my many friends and customers, I will put. on a new contest soon which will surpass the one just closes or ever heard of; so keep a sharp lookout and be in read iness when this great battle for val uable prizes will begin. J. C. Ransdale. 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 ir.l'.amed yoi. 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 fo 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, 0. Sold by Druggists, 7f?c. Another Home Wedding. The home of Mr. James G. Hiii; gerpiller, one of Hickory Grove's best and most substantial citizens-, was the scene of a very pretty mar riage a few weeks since. The con tracting parties fc Yg his daughter. Miss Emmie, a very charming and accomplished young lady, and Mr. Mike B. Arant, a gentleman of ex cellent morals, upright and honest, also of this section. Rev. John A. Rrunson, officiating. After the cere mony and the exchange of congratu lations all were invited into the din ing hall and served to a sumptions repast of sweetmeats,;fruit, etc. The presents were handsome and useful. The happy couple goes forth with the best wishes and God speed of a host of friends and admirers. A. W. B. LOCAL ITEMS Picked Up Here and There By Our Reporters. Brief, Newsy Paragraphs From AH Parts of Orangeburg Comity and Vicinity. We hope 1908 will be a prosper ous year for the farmers and all of us. The Times and Democrat is now published twice-a-week at $1.50,per annum. Remember the Times and Demo crat is now issued on Tuesday and Friday. Sims' Book Store has just received a lot of local view post cards that are just lovely. Call and see them. There will be no service in the Episcopal Church on next Sunday, on account of the absence of the Rector. The Court of General Sessions will convene on Monday. The docket is quite a heavy one. There are sev eral murder cases. There is great complaint about the condition of the roads from all sec tions of the county. Charge it up to the bad weather. We publish in this issue a number of marriage notices and other com munications that had been crowded out for a week or two. The testimony in the Calhoun County contest which was published in Tuesday's Times and Democrat was read with interest. The time for paying road tax will expire on the first of March, so those who have not paid as yet can govern themeselves accordingly. The miserable weather we have had this winter has put the streets in bad shape, but if the present good weather continues they will soon im prove. On January 1 the price of Tke Times and Democrat was raised to $1.50 per annum, but the paper will be sent twice each week instead of once as heretofore. Mr. J. B. Way, of this city, pre sented us with a rutabaga that weighed nearly seven pounds. It was raised by Mr. Piney Rast, who lives near Eutawville. The Spartanburg Herald says that Carlton Buesse, who managed the Orangeburg base ball team last sea son, has been engaged to manage the team of that city next season. An order has been issued by the post office department making it pro hibitory for mail carriers to handle whiskey from one point to another. This order becomes effective at once. The worst spell of weather we have had this winter struck this sec tion Tuesday morning, but we are glad to say it was followed by some of the best weather we have had this winter. Look at the address label on your paper, and if you have not paid for it, we would be glad for you to come in and do so at once. We need every dollar due us to meet our ob ligations financially. The engine and several coaches of a Southern tarin were completely overturned near Augustja but the remarkable thing is that only slight damage was done and one passenger a negro was injured. The target practice on the new rifle range on Thursday, 2nd instant, resulted as follows: Lieut. F. F. Pooser won first prize, Sorgt. J. M. Brunson won second prize and Capt. J. H. Claffy won third prize. The Gaffney Ledger says one third of the cotton raised in Chero kee County last- year is still in the hands of the farmers. Considerable cotton is being held by Orangeburg farmers, but just how much we do not know. The residence of Mr. J. D. Bolen on College Street was burned on Thursday morning about six o'clock. The house and all it had in it nearly was consumed. Tt is a pretty heavy blow on Mr. Bolen. We did not learn how the fire originated. Mr. Lawton Evans and Miss Ag nes Hughes were married on Thurs day of last week by the Rev. D. D. Dantzler at his residence in this city. Miss Hughes is from the Limestone section. We wish the happy young couple a long and happy life. Some of the friends of the Calhoun County movement, who came here to attend the bearing of the con tested case last week, expectd to find a hostile host of Orangeburg citizens around the courthouse, but they were mistaken. Mr. M. Stabler, of the Advance section, died on December 20. in the seventy-eighth year of his age. Mr. Stabler was a gallant Confederate soldier and lost one eye in battle, lie was a member of Andrew Chapel Methodist Church and has gone to bis reward. Mr. Archie Maddox, an expert printer, who at one time published a paper at St. Matthews, was in this city last week with the DePew-Bur dette Stock Co., which played a week's engagement at. the Academy of Music. Mr. Maddox says he is go ing back to St. Matthews. County Treasurer Fair is now add ing one per cent penalty to the taxes of all who have not paid. This is the law which is effective after Jan. 1. After Feb. 1 another one per cent, will be added, and ."'ter March 1 five per cent will be added, and the books will be closed on March 15. In spite of the cry of hard times Von Oshen and Smoak sold fiften buggies and wagons sales day. We don't, claim that we can sell cheaper than any one in the city, but we would like for you to price our goods before buying. We are a little over stocked with rubber tire work, and will sell some of these jobs pretty close at C06t. i ..........tL*