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HITS THEM HARD. * \-_._....... ........ ? Judge Memminger Gives Crimi nals Good Long Terms. Cases Tried and Sentences Imposed on Those Convicted of -Various Offenses. The January term of the Court of General" Sessions convened here on Monday morning, with Judge Mem m Inger presiding. This is the first time Judge Memminger has held court in Orangeburg since his eleva tion to the bench. His charge to the grand jury, which was listened to b> many of our business men, was very strong and to the point. It has leen complimented on all sides. Solicitor Hildebrand and Steno grapher Glaze were at their posts fnd the machinery of the court mov ed off without a hitch. The docket ?s a heavy one, there being in jail when the court opened twenty-five prisoners, eleven of whom are charg ed with murder. All of these pris oners are colored, then there are i*our other murder cases, the par ties being out on bond. Some of these last are white. This gives Solicitor Hildebrand p grea* deal of work, but he hopes to get through the whole docket before the close of next week. On Monday David Kelley, a fifteen year old negro boy, plead guilty to housebreaking and was sentenced to ten years in the reformatory for youthful criminals. The youth of Kelley no doubt saved him from a much longer term in prison. Frank Dantzler, colored, was con victed of stealing a bicycle, and got seven years in the penitentiary or the chain gang. This is paying pretty high for a bicycle, but Dantzler rich ly deserves what he got. James Darby, colored, was con victed of stealing seed cotton and was given three years at hard labor for the same. We do not know how much cotton Darby got, but at the above price, he would find it more profitable to grow his cotton than to steal it in future. Sam Stroman, colored, plead guilty to stealing a bale of cotton and sell ing it. He was given five years at hard labor on the public works. In that time Sam could have made sev eral bales of cotton, and he would have found it more profitable to have done so than steal the bale he did. On Tuesday morning the cases against Cella McNeill, arson, H. K. Snell, housebreaking and larceny, and Chas. Syphrett, disposing of property under lein, were called and continued to the next term on ac count of the absence of A. J. Hy drick, Esq., who is attending the Legislature. William Clifton and Tom Davis, convicted of house breaking and lar ceny, were sentenced respectively to one year and five years on the public works. Lawrence Corley plead guilty of stealing live stock, and was given en one year and fined one dollar. Jas. Summers was convicted of grand larceny but on account of his age, being only fifteen years old, he was given seven years in the State Reformatory. Perry Jones was convicted of housebreaking and larceny, and was sentenced to a term of five years. Chas. Watson, charged with lar ceny from the field, did not appear for trial, but was tried and found guilty in his absence. A sealed sen tence was handed to the Clerk of Court to await Watson's appearance. Henry Smith, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, also failed to appear and was convicted In his absence. A sealed sentence will be read to Smith when he makes his appearance. The first case taken up Wednes day morning was that of Jerry Mc Kelvey, charged with murder. Robt. Lide, Esq., defended McKelvey and succeeded in securing a verdict of not guilty for his client without much ap'parent trouble. NEW COUNTY BILIiS. Senator Kaysor Offers Measure to Correct a Great Wrong. \ ,Senator Raysor, of Orangeburg, has a bill to prevent the difficulties in forming new counties which have arisen from the Calhoun County mat ter. It is as follows: "That hereafter in the formation and organization of any new county in this State, when it is desired to include only a portion of any town ship within the area of the proposed new county, such township shall be intersected by only one straight line and at least one of the voting places in such township shall be included within the area of the proposed new county, and all qualified electors within the area of any proposed new county shall have the right of voting upon the question of the formation of an organization of any new county." CASE OF SELF DEFENCE. One Negro Acquitted of Killing Another Near EHorec. The court of general sessions was engagO? almost the entire day Wed nesday in the trial of Jeremiah Mc Kelvey, charged with the murder of Josiah McKelvey. The two McKe'. veys were cousins and had a difficul ty at a church near Elloree, on Dec ember 15, 1907. Later in the day Josiah McKelvey armed himself with a shotgun and started for his cous in's house, vowing his intention to kill Jeremiah. Jeremiah called from Iiis house to Josiah not to come on. but Josiah came on, with his gun aimed at Jeremiah. Jeremiah then shot Josiah dead. Messrs. Moss & Lide represented the defendant, and made out a clear case of self-defence tor their client. GOES TO SUPREME COURT. The Calhoun County Case Will There Be Settled. The appeal from the decision of the County Board of Canvassers in the Calhoun County election case on behalf of the promoters of the scheme was brought before the State Board of Canvassers Monday morning. Mr. W. C. Wolfe, one of the at torneys representing Messrs. A. R. Parier, S. J. Smith, W. C. Smith and other disfranchised voters, who pro tested the election because they were not allowed to vote, was sick, and it was agreed by both sideB that a hearing would be held yesterday and an appeal taken direct to the supreme court by the side which lost the case As an .\ppeal to that court was certain, this agreement means that a decision ^vill probably be reached in time for action by the present gen eral assenuiy, before whom ail votes of this kind must be referred. THE STATE LEAGUE. Orangeburg Claims Carlton Buesso of Georgia for Chief. The Columbia State says: "Mr. James P. Doyle of Orangeburg, who is vice-president of the Orangeburg Baseball Association, was in the city Tuesday morning. Mr. Doyle says that Orangeburg will have a team for the State League this year. It is expected in Orangeburg that Carl ton Buesse will again manage the team of that club. The Orangeburg Club has all the players of last year's team in reserve and 'hey will be able to put out a strong team from last year's bunch with a few additions caused by one or two men's leaving. "There is, to be a State League. A meeting was held in Sumter the other night for the purpose of organization and it is understood that the Sumter club is ready whenever the others are to start up the league at short notice. Excepting the Sumter and Orangeburg papers nothing has been noted in the press from the other towns as yet. but they will no doubt fail into line when the time comes." WEATHER FOIECAST. * For This Year in South Carolina by a Farmer. ? There will be mild weather all thorough January for the ;time of year. Theie will be a few cold days, with a great deal of cloudy and rainy weather. The last half of the month will be a little colder with more cjear weather. February will be like January, mild weather for the season. The first half will have only a moderate amount of rain. With more rain and somewhat colder during the latter half. There will be but slight freezes during the entire wii.ter, with no snow or but very little. March will be colder for the sea son. The first half will be generally fair and cold, moderating towards the middle of the month. Tfie lat ter half"be milder with a moderate amount of rain and cloudy weather. April will enter somewhat cool for the season, with considerable cloudy weather. This will get worse after the middle, and the latter part of the month will be damp and dis agreeable. Better get all crops up and growing by the middle of April. May will be variable. The first half will have cool snaps with rainy spells alternately. The last half moderate and clear. June yill be extremely cool for the season. The entire month will have a great deal of cloudy, damp and soggy weather. July will enter extremely stormy and rainy for the season, but the weather will clear )off during the first half of the monjh, and the temperature will rise very quickly to extremely hot. It will rain again about the middle of the month, which will relieve things somewhat. After which there will be a good long hot and dry spell. This will be the worst drought of the year, and will not be broken in all localities until Fall. It will damage the rops gen erally to no little extent. The last half of July and the first of August will be extremely hot and dry weather, but there will be a partial relief-by showers that will bo almost general during the first half of August, especially towards the middle of the month and the weather will be much cooler with consider able fair weather during tli* last half of August. September will be genrally fair, with a grat deal of warm weather, and will lie a fine month for gather ing crops. The first half of October will be the same, but the last half will be more stormy and cooler. November will bo an extremely stormy, rainy, cold and disagreeable month, with but a few days fair weather. December will be generally- fair, cold and blustring, and the year will end with extremely cold weather. There will not be many severe storms during the en re year. Orangeburg Fanner. ACADEMY OF MUSIC Will Bo Occupied Tonight and To morrow by Lee, the Hypnotist. The celebrated hypnotists, Lee, Wizard of the Mind, who has created a furoro in the leading cities of the country since his return to America, will be the attraction at the Academy of Music tonight and tomorrow night, with a matinee tomorrow afternoon. The eminent hypnotist and doctor of psychology will give a series of I startling demonstratio^ in hypno tism. He picks his subjects from well known citizens in the audience and puts them through some aston ishing stunts. The entertainment is quite unlike anything ever seen here before and combines hilarious fun with awesome mystery. FlFltEN PRIZfc? To Be Given by the Softool Im provement Association To th^ Rural Schools of the State, and the Schools of This County Should Win Some of Them. We wish all the teachers in this county to read tri following offer and work earnestly for one or more prizes. We want our county to be in the front rank when it comes to matters of this kind, and we urge the teachers and all concerned to be up and doing. The School Improvement Associa tion has decided to offer fifteen prizes to the schools of the State for the most decided material Im j provement made during the given length of time. Five of the prizes are to be $100 each and ten are to be $50 each. Regulations concerning the fifteen prizes that are to be awarded by this association are as follows: 1. Improvement must be made be tween January 1st and November 15th, 1908. 2. Prizes will be awarded to schools where the most decided ma terial improvements have been made during the time mentioned. 3. Under these improvements are included local taxation, consolida tion, new buildings, libraries, inter ior decoration, beautifying yards, and better general equipments. 4. No school can compete for any of these prizes unless it is a rural school. No town or city with more than 500 population shall be eligi ble to the contest. 5. All who wish to enter this con test must send names, and descrip tions of ? schools, before improve ments are made, to the president, prior to October first. 6. All descriptions, photographs, and other evidences showilng im provements must be sent to the pres ident before November 1st. 7. Prizes will be awarded in checks sent by December 1st. The prizes are to be used for further improvements in the schools re ceiving them. Miss Nance is giving her entire time to the work of this association, and she should have the co-opera tion of the teachers, the trustees and the patrons of the rural schools. Neatness and beauty should enter in Jto the education of a child along with other things, and the way to teach it is to have neat and well ap pointed school houses as object les sons to the children. We would like to see one or. more of these prizes captured by our county schools. BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING. Over One Hundred Dollars Collected for the Work. A meeting of the Orangeburg County Bible Society was held on Sunday afternoon, when the annual election of officers took place with the following result: I. W. Bowman, President; Revs. J. L. McLees, E. M. Lightfoot, L. P. McGee, S D. Colyer, J. C. Dletz and W. S. Holmes, Vice Presidents; M O. Dantzler, secretary and treasurer; D. H. Marchant, de pository. The executive committee, G. V. Zetgler. H. Von Oshen. M. Glover. T. O. S. Dibble. A. C. Dibble. The following resolutions were adopted. Resolved, That the society hold its annual meeting on the first Sab bath night of each October Resolved. That the Executive Committee invite a minister of the Gospel or layman to address the so ciety al annual meeting next Octo ber. Resolved, Thai Executive Commit tee hold stated meetings on the first Sabbath in every January, April. July and October. Resolved. Thar Mr. M. O. Dantz ler and Mr. D. H Macrhant pay our indebtedness to the parent society and then purchase Bibles to ine^t the present emergency. Rsolved, That Rev. J. L. McLees and Mr. H. Von Oshen lake up n collection from citizens lor !he pur pose of this society. A public meeting was held Sun day night in the Methodist 'church, at which time Rev. J. r.. McLees ad dressed those present. Col lection was taken up, amounting !o Sl'iT. Regular Mail Service, There Is a probability of a regu lar mail service being put on the At lantic Coast Line train which leaves this city every afternoon at M:45 o'clock for Pregnall. Locked pouches are now sent on' this train to several points between here and Pregnall. but the idea is to change this ser vice and put on a postal clerk who will take on and distribute mail all along the route. The change would prove quite a convenience to the peo ple of this city and all along the route and we hope it will soon be made. Beautify Schools Grounds. Just at present is a good time for all interested to look over the local schoolyard and consider If it meets their ideas regarding beauty, shade, protectional, educational value, etc. If it does not, the time is ripe to "get busy" with others whose inter est is equal to yours and try to amel iorate present conditions so that this piece of public property will no long er be a reproach to those in control. Why He Didn't Paint. I wonder why Debow & Brown Don"! paint their store?*" Si Jen kins sighed. They'd do it sure if in the town They took the proper sort of pride.'' Then Silas straightway went and mailed An order to a city store, And that's why D. & B. have failed To please him on the painting score. THE DISPENSARY LAW. Mr Thomas P. Cothran Will Suggest Several Amendments. Early in the present session of the general assembly it is said that Mr. Thos. P. Cothran, one of the authors of the Carey-Cothran law, will en deavor to secure several amendments to that act. While none of Mr. Coth ran's proposed amendments affect the material principles of the law, utill they are interesting and will go far toward smoothing over some of the defects which Messrs. Cothran and Carey have long recognized as existing in the law. The mo?t interesting amendments to be proposed by Mr. Cothran are those providing for a county chem ist, or a chemist to be appointed by the county dispensary board, who shall test all liquors and beverages to be sold in the county; permitting county dispensary boards to deliver all sample? of whiskey to dispensers for sale, provided such samples bear proper certificates: allowing county boards to sell alcoholic liquors in bulk to the State hospital for the in sane; changing section 28 by strik ing out the "personal use" clause, and making it a misdemeanor to of fer for sale or solicit the purchase of any liquors. This last amendment will com pletely knock out the whiskey solic iting business for "personal use," provided Mr. Cothran succeeds in having it blended into the present law. Mr. Cothran's proposition would cause section 28 to read as follows: "Any pejrson who shall in this State offer for sale or solicit the pur chase of, any liquors or beverages mentioned in section 1 of this act, whether for present or future de livery, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in a court of competent purisdiction shall be punished by fine of not less than $100, or imprisonment for not less than three months." In the present law, the words "other than for personal use" ap pear just after the word "act." Many big whiskey houses in other States, under protection of the "personal use" clause, have reaped rich profits by soliciting in the "dry towns" for orders for home consumption. If Mr. Cothran succeeds in his efforts to wipe out the personal use feature of the law, whiskey drummers will be exceedingly scarce in this State. The amendment wifh reference to the sale of samples will permit coun ty boards to make use of a com modity which heretofore has been the source of much difficulty. There was no provision made in the origi nal iaw in regard to samples, and Mr. Cothran would obviate this source of annoyance by making it incumbent upon the county boards to turn over all samples to the dispen sers to be sold as purchased goods. If Mr. Cothran's proposed change in the present law as to county chemists is enacted into the liquor legislation county boards will be able to test their liquors without sending them to Columbia to the State chem ist. The present law make no pro vision what-ever as to who shall make the tests and where they shall be made. There are quite a number of min or changes among Mr. Cothran's proposed amendments, aimed prin cipally at errors which appeared in the actual operation of the law which were not apparent to the authors when the bill was drafted. BUTAW CHAPTER Has a Charming Evening's Enter tainment With Miss Beckiiian. The Eutaw Chapter. D. A. It., met with .Miss Beckman ou Tuesday af ternoon, with a large number pres ent, among them two new members, Mrs. Claffy and Miss Bessie Ricken baker. Mrs. John Cart, the regent presided. Sevearl important busi ness matters were attended to. The treasurer's rport was a pleas ing one and the report of the com mittee who had charge of the Christmas entertainment ' given by the chapter, showed that the affair had been in every way a success. Mrs. M. G. Salley. Mrs. B. H. Moss and Mrs. T. H. Waunamaker were appointed on the credential commit ten for the ensuing year. As there are a number of unmark ed graves of Revolutionary soldiers in and around Orangeburg, it was decided that these had been neglect ed long enough and Mrs. W. K. Sease, Mrs. W. W. Taylor and Mrs. W. l>. Jeffords were appointed to see that as many of these graves as could be located, be marked and cared for. A very entertaining and instruc tive paper, on the Rattle of Eutaw Springs, written by Mrs. Win. P. Hamby, of Columbia, was read by Miss Beckman. A vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Hamby by the chapter for letting us have the priv iledge of hearing this valuable pa per. A paper on "Orangeburg Vil lage in the Revolution" was read by Miss Marion Salley. Several in teresting papers on historic subjects will be read at the February meet ing. In G*>od Shape. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Cotton Rank of Rowesville, held on the 7th instant, the follow ing directors were elected to serve this year: T. G. Robinson. J H I Moore, Dr. J. C. Foster, V. E. Shuler, W. P. Dukes, J. C. Funchess, W. F. Stokes. Immediately afterword the directors reelected officers as follows V. P. Shuler. president; .1. C. Fun chess, vice president; J. H. Moore, cashier. A dividend of six per cent was declared. The bank starts the new year in fine shape. Spread the Disease. The washing of the clothing of a girl suffering with typhoid fever in a spring which supplied water for Redford City. Va., has resulted in an epidemic of the disease. Many deaths have been rpeorted and the disease is still spreading. MAIL ORDER MENACE How the Cash Retail Trade Is Be ing Drawn Cityward. Amazing Growth of Big City Con cerns That Drain the Country of Money. In Maxwell's Talisman are the fol lowing remarks on the mail order business by Richard Hamilton Byrd: It Is a recognized fact that the re tail business of the country villages and the large towns for that matter, is being destroyed. Year by year the once prosperous merchants ar being forced to the wall?driven out by the mail order business. And this is tak ing place in face of the fact that the population and purchasing power of the country districts are ever on the increase. What is the matter? The mail order houses are draw ing the cash retail trade from its natural channels to the cities. The growth of this octopus has been phenomenal. From a jellylike idea?without form?an experiment fifteen years ago, it has grown to proportions that threaten the exter mination of the retail country mer chant. An idea of the way the money of the people is being drawn into this mail order trade can be had from the reports of some of these houses. A certain mail order house of Chi cago which began with a few thou sand dollars fifteen y<???rs ago now carries a capital stork of $5,000,000 and has arranged to increase that stock to $40,000,000. Its does a busi ness of $5,000,000 a mnoth and earns a net profit of $:;,000,000 a year. Like the ratent medicine business, the mail order business depends on the gullibility of the general public. Thousands of people every week send in their hard earned cash to some mail order house in payment for goods that could have been bought cheaper at their home store. Why do they do it? It is owing partially to the desire of the average person to be humbugged and partial ly to the effect of persistent advertis ing. The mail order house sends out its attractive literature to every fam ily in the country, m this literature, composed of well illustrated cata logues and cheap magazines known as mail order papers, the goods are set out in the most, attractive man ner. It is tempting bait, and the fish bi*te. All of these millions come out of the legitimate trade of the country merchant, the man who has invested his capital, built himself a home and been active in building up the town, with the expectation that he would be allowed to do a legitimate busi ness in a legitimate way. He is en titled to the trade of his town and the country adjacent. He pays his taxes and contributes to the support of the community. That community owes him a reciprocal duty?the duty to give him the preference of trade, everything else equal. This Is the theory of all organized civilized com munities, beginning with the family and going on up through every or ganization to that of the state. Home protection from foreign robbers is the first duty of every good citizen. If the village and town life that has grown up under natura: laws of trade is to be maintained the retail business must be prescrvsd against the unfair inroads of the mail order business. And this can be done only by organization and education. Let the people know the facts about the mail order business, and the offer ings on the altar of credulity will grow beautifully less. LIST OF LETTE'ttS Those Remaining Unclaimed in the Orangeburg Dost Office. The following is the list of letten? remaining in the Orangeburg Post Office for the week ending January 13. 190S. Persons calling for these letters will say they are advertised. A. D. Webst sr. P. M. Guss Anderson. John Brewer, Miss. D. .1. Brun son. Miss Mamie Buyck. Mrs. Lizzie Carter, Miss Florence R. Cheesebro, J. B. Cooper. Miss Mattie Dantzler, Miss Asai and Dantzler, Miss Mander Davis. .'Miss Jane Footman, Miss Elnore Footman, Lemuel Franklin, Lownian Garms, Sam Gadson, S. A. Glover, Miss Elizabeth Goodwine. J. S .Halley, C. S. Harrison, George W. Holmes, Miss Jessie Houser. .Miss Daisy Jamison. A. II. Jen nings. James Johnson, John John son. Miss Lula Johnson, W. J. Jones. Mrs. Lauria Kenly. Clifford Lounds. Martha Mason, Mrs. Rosa Mack, Jessie Milton. Miss Parlea Mitchell. B. P. Pendergrass. |Miss Ida Sinance, Mr. Daniel Smith. Isaac Smith. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smoak. Roube Shumaker. Elle yare Stroman. Miss Pearl Tollison. J. T. Town send. Meinhard Woher, F. W. Werk, Henry Whaley, Viola White. Wilt or Block Bot. Any farmer in this county who Is troubled with above diseases in their cotton can gel a package of "wilt resistant cotton seed"' bj writing to Congressman A. F. Lever, at Wash ington. D. C. These seed are to be sent out only for experimental pur poses to persons who have the above diseases on their land. They have proved very successful on such land, yielding large crops. The supply is limited and thohe who want to use the seed on their infected land had better write to Congressman Lever at once. A half bushel seed will be sent to each farmer, but only to those who is troubled with "wilt" or "black rot" in their cotton. TRAINING OF CHILDREN. How to Lead hem Aright ard Coun teract Bad Habits. The child's tendencies should be carefully watched, and everything in him which appears vicious or un pleasant should me nipped in the bud, says the Chicago Tribune. If a~chi!d is careless of ui3 toys and breaks and defaces them, the proper punishment is to take them from him ?ud say he cannot have them for a [ certain period of time, and then giro them to him when he promises to take care of them. It Is bad policy to be continually buying new toys for a child who is destructive and disobedi ent. These are not qualities to be encouraged by frequent rewards of gifts. If a child is cruel and domineering to Its little associates, It should be sternly reproved and taught to behave gently and humbly. Boys should be taught to be tender and chivalrous to all girls and particularly to their sis ters. Children who treat their pels roughly and cruelly,should be depriv ed of them. No right minded person places a little helpless dumb creature In the power of young children who are cruel through Ignorance or through a vicious nature. The treatment of pets should be watched by the mothers of children having them. Be careful how you criticise the efforts of the children. The clipped *wing never grows again. Make It a matter of con science never to mislead a child, for he is a traveler newly arrived from a strange country. Allow him as his world widens to have opinious of his own; let him be a personality, not a men? echo. Make your home the cen ter of attraction to your children; let them feel drawn to you and it, like the needle to the pole. Respect the secrets of your children, but do not worry them to confide in you. How to Promote a Child's Appetite. To promote a child's appetite give it plenty of outdoor exercise. Make Its habils regular and give It nothing but plain, wholesome food. Rich cakes, pickles, condiments and made dishes are not fit Cor children, und indulgence in them will spoil the appetite for plainly cooked food. A warm bath with an ounce of sen salt is almost as restful as u nap. Let the child paddle In the water until it cools and dry with a rough towel. In case of whoop ing cough a milk diet ofteu is neces sary. Two or three pints may be tak en daily, but not much at a time should bo given. Vomiting often is a serious complication in this disease, but how ever unwilling a child may be to take food be must be made to do so In order to keep up his strength. If the vomit ing be severe solids are better than food iu a liquid form. The teeth should be cleaned all over. Cleansing the mouth should be practiced after every meal, and the child will have strong teeth. How to Crystallize Flowers. To crystallize flowers construct some baskets of fancy form with pliable copper wire nud wrap them with gauze. Into these tie to the bottom violets, ferns and geranium leaves?in fact, any flowers except full bloom roses?and siuk thorn In a solution of alum of one pound to a gallon of wa ter after the solutlou has cooled. The colors will then be preserved in their original beauty, and the crystallized alum will hold faster than when from a hot solution. When you have a light covering of crystals that completely covers the articles, remove the basket carefully and allow to drip for twelve hours. These baskets make a beau tiful parlor ornament and for a .ong time preserve the freshness of the flow ers. How to Treat a Jammed Finger. The linger should be plunged into water as hot as can possibly be l>orne. This application of hot water causes the nail to expand and soften, and the blood pouring out beneath It has more room to flow. Thus the pain is lessen ed. The finger should then be wrapped in a bread and water poultice. A jam med tinger should never be neglected, as it may lead to mortification of the bone if it has been badly crushed, and amputation of the finger must follow. Jammed toes are usually caused through the falling of heavy weights and should be treated In the same way as a jammed tiuger. Deafness Cannot bo 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 cou dilion, hearing will be destroved 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, 0. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Live Improvement Society, in small centers of population where none but the most general laws govern, it is necessary to form an improvement society to look af ter the health and well being of the people as a whole, says the Los An geles Times. The laws of hygiene must be observed. Both sewers and surface drainage should be provided by the people as a whole, and where no city government exists this is a splendid work for a live society for Civic betterment. Died at Branchville. The Branchville Journal says Mrs P. D. McDonald, of Branchville, died Tuesday morning, January 7, at 3:30 o'clock and was buried at Midway the next Wednesday, Rev. W. R. Smith of Branchville, conducting the funeral services. Pall bearers: Marion Smoak, Hamilton Richard son, George Dukes, J. B. Zeigler, Perry R. Metts and Eugene C. Hun ter. The decased was a good Chris tian woman; a member of Branch ville Baptist Church. LOCAL ITEMS Picked Up Here and There By Our Reporters. Brief, Newsy Paragraphs From Parts of Orange burg County and Vicinity. If your paper don't raech you on time please report to this office at once. .The sewerage system will soon be completed, it will fill a long felt want. The handsome residence of Mr. R. E. Wannamaker on Amelia street is nearing completion. Mr. Lee H. Lightfood and Miss Mary C. Haddock were married Tuesday night by Rev. S. D. Coyler. On accuunt of the absence of Judge Memminger in Columbia on official business there was no court here on yesterday. Mr. E. E. Culler and family has moved into the city from Limestone. Mr. Culler will go into business with Mr. Henry Von Oshen. We regret to hear that Judge C. G. Dantzler is suffering with a case of la grippe, and hope he will soon be in his usual, health again. A movement is now under way at Rowesville to start a high school there. No better thing could be done for our little sister town. The house of Susan Mitchell, col ored, on Windsor street, caught fire on Tuesday, but. was extinguished before any material damage was done. New York physicians say that the grip epidemic this year is milder than usual. This will be good ne?.'s to the people who i aving it in this section. People who wish to buy cabbage plants at a bargain should read the advertisement of Mr. W. F. Carr. of Meggetts, S. C, in this issue. Give him a trial. Auditor C. M. Wiggins, of Berke ley County, has been removed by Governor Ansel for careless work in his office. He made no defence and asked to be given another trial Read the weather forecasts by an "Orangeburg Farmer" in another column. This is his first effort, so he must not be too severely criticis ed should some of his predictions fail to pan out. A special train over the Southern Railway has been arranged to leave this city for Columbia this afternoon to give an opportunity to those who wish to hear Sousa's Band, which, will be in Columbia this evening. The' Baptist ministers of the Bap tist Association of Orangeburg Coun ty are requested to meet at the Bap tist church In this city on Tuesday, January 21st, for the purpose-of or ganizing a ministers conference*^ At the Bowman municipal election held on Tuesday the following ofl*"'* cers were reelected to serve for the ensuing year. E. N. Mittle, Intend ant; L. F. Easterlln, J. J. Hutto, P. A. M. Patrick and A. F. Cain, war dens. TwIce-a-Week Times and Demo crat subscribers don't have to wait a whole week before knowing what is going on as they use to have to do when the paper was Issued only once a week. They now get a paper every three days. We will send statements to all subscribers who are in arrears in the next week or two. We hope they will settle up at once so as we can get our subscription books in shape to meet the requirements of the post office department recently issued. On account of the falling off in business and the consequent decrease in revenue the management of the Southern Railway will on Feb. 1 put in effect a reduction of ten per cent, in the pay of the president, vice presidents and other general of ficers and their office forces. Mr. Geo. D. Reed, of Columbia, who has been a resident of Orange burg for some time, has ' returned to Columbia with his family. It is said he will have charge of the Ep worth Orphanage print shop. Mr. Reed is a Christian gentleman and we regret that he has left us. The stable and barns of Mr. J. W. Stroman, who lives about three miles from Orangeburg was destroy ed recently by fire. The fire was first discovered about four o'clock in the morning, but how it. originat ed Mr. Stroman does not know. One horse and two mules were burnt up along with the stable. Mr. W. G. Boitin, proprietor of the Edisto Rock Bottling plant of this city, will remove to Gainsesville. Fla., where he will very much en large his plant and engage in the Coca Cola bottling business also. Mr. Boitin is an energetic, hustling bus iness man. and Orangeburg Is the loser by his going to another field. In order to choke off the many advertising sheets issued in the North and West the postofflce de partment has been compelled to force all newspapers that circulate through the mails free to go to a cash basis. We hope all our subscribers will co operate with us in carrying out the new rules of the postofflce depart ment. The Sumter Item says "the State League will be composed of Sumter, Camden, Georgetown and Rock Hill for a certainty and that Chester and Florence may be taken in." It will be noticed that Orangeburg Is not mentioned at all. Sumter seems to consider herself the whole push, but she will find out different a little later. The Branchville Journal says "O. W. Clark, a traveling man of Heath Springs, who was taken very ill on Tuesday, stopped at Branchville on Tuesday night and was treated by Drs. Mann & Smoak. Dr. Snioak says that Mr. Clark is suffering from an attack of appendicitis. Br. Mann took him to a hospital in Columbia Wed nesday morning."