Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? * ' I _ 8fa fimcs and democrat PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK Tuesday and-Friday. . Vol. 40. .. ... . . . . .No. 8. "Entered as second-class matter Jan. l, 1908,'at the rostofiice at Or angeburg, S. CL, under the Act of Congress ol March 3, 1879. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. Jas. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Bates. One Year.?'? ? .$1.50 Six Months.: .. .. ... .. .. .75 Three Months.40 Advertising Bates. Transient advertisements $1X0 per inch for 2rst insertionond 50 cents for each subsequent insertion Businesa Notices 10 cents per line for first Insertion and 5 cents per lias for subsequent Insertions . 0bituari3S, Tributes of Bespoct, Notic* ol Thanks, and all notices of a personal or politi cal nature are charged for as Tegular advertise ^Bients* Special Notices, entitled Wanted. Lrst, "Found, Far Bent not exceeding twenty-flve words, one 'ime, 35 cents; two times 50 cents; three times, 75 cents and four times $1.00. Liberal contract made with merchants and others wbo wish to rrn adverti? ements for three months or longer. For rates on c ntract advertising apply at the office, and they will to carefully furnished. . , Remittances should be made by checks money orders, registered letters, or express or ders, payable to ? The Times and Democrat, Oraneeburp;, S. C. Roumania is the most illiterate country in Europe. The last census 1 shows that in a population of aboirt 6.000,000 nearly 4,000,00!) neither write not read.^_ Clearing house certificates are gradually being retired. They served a good purpose, and none of the aire prdictions regarding them have been fullfilled. The Augusta Herald says "that anti-Bryan crowd, small bn tactive is doing much work on a par with that of a boy who amuses himself by pitching straws against the wind." The Augusta Herald says "accord ing to statistics compiled by Dr. Bristow, South Carolina has had 158 murders since last July. If this thing keeps up our sister state will depopulate itself." How about Georgia, Brother. - Twenty billion pins and fiye billion "buttons were produced by American factories in 1905. The United States also produced in that year 200,000; 000 needles, nearly 400,000,000 safety pins and 250,000,000 hair pins. What becomes of all of them? The Charleston Post says: "The Charleston liquor license bill has been let loose in the General Assem bly but it probably won't run arouud long before a vote puts it out of its misery" That is what j has be endone with it. About 3,000 unemployed men, at Seattle, Wash., marched to the mayor's office early last week to ask f oi work. Most of them were lum ber men who have been driven to the city by the closing down of lum ber mills and logging camps. J. J. Ray, of Little Rock, Ark. was indicted and held over for April District court, this week, for opening one of his wife's letters, addressed to a young man residing in Mississippi. Ray then filed a pe tition for divorce, which he received soon after. Dealers in firearms at San Fran cisco have announced that the Jap anese in that city and Oakland, a suburb, are buying many guns and revolvers, The merchants say they have never had such a strong de mand for firearms as that made by the Japaneie, One hundred and forty-two in dictments were returned this week by the Kansas City Grand jury against traveling actors add other theatre employes, accused of work ing on Sunday, anp against theatri cal managers accused of the Master and Servant act. Afraid of banks and fearful of investments, there is a man walking ihe streets of New York with $60,000 in bills pinned to his undershirt. He has carried the money about in that manner since the October financial flurry. Ignoring the advice of friends, he carries the money about him believing that it is safe only un der his eye, or-more literally under his shirt. Judges Broyles, in court at At lanta, Ga., this week, ordered Mrs. John Jackson to assume the role of husband and force her namby-pam by husband to wear the dresses. She declared before the court she had to take boarders to support her lazy husband and ten children. The man brought suit for an alleged beating given by his wife and was fined for his pains The Democratic National Com mittee on Arrangements for the National convention to be held in Denver, Col., has received plans which show that the meeting hall will seat 14,000 persons. Former Gov. John E. Osborne. of Wyoming:, chairman of the ohtel committee, states hotel managers will notl charge unreasonable rates for ac omadotions. South Carolina In War. In his address before the legisla ture last week Gen. S. D. Lee said; "That the records showed that South Carolina had lost more than 23 per cent of her arms-bearing citizens in the struggle between the States, and this did not consider those crippled and maimed. South Carolina's record is indeed marvel lous. South Carolina has always made history, The writers of the New England States were in the habit of magnifying their Revolu tionary skirmishes into battles and minimized real battles in this State. That South Carolina had sent 37 otft of every 42 arms-bearing citizens to the Revolutionary war; while Mas.1 - achusetts sent 33, Connecticut 3D and New Hampshire 18 out of the same proportion." South Carolina can always be depended on to do her duty in war as well as in peace. That State House Carpet. The closing of the State House to the ladies and gentlemen who usual ly attend the State Ball was a small thing when the grounds on which the action of the Legislature was based is considered. If the Legisla ture had of put the refusal on the ground that dancing was a sinful amusement, and that they could not allow the State House desecrated by bring put to such a use, we could, while not agreeing with such a posi tion, give them credit for being con scientious in their action; but when they base their action on the ground that the carpet must not be taken up, it sounds rediculous. We do not dance and take no part in the State Balls, but really we cannot see any reason why the ladies and gentlemen who attend the State Balls should not use the State House the same as political conventions and other gath erings of that kind. Besides it would do that carpet good to take it up occasionally, especially about the time the aforesaid political conven tions meet. They Evade the Law. From the first of July to the first of January 18,787 whiskey prescrip tions were filled by the drug stores of Charlotte, and yet some people say they have prohibition over there. Putting the average charge of the doctors for writing prescriptions at ten cents each, this will show that the abolition o? the barrooms has added to their income during a pe riod of less than six months just $7. 528r80, or a yearly average of $15, 037.60. j Placing the amount purchased on each prescription at eighty cents, this will show that the drug stores have done a weekly business in the same length of time of $15,037.60 or an annual trade of $30, o75.20. Com bining these amounts paid to the doctors and the drug stores, it will show that $45,112.80 is spent annu ally for whiskey in the drug stores alone. Such farces in the way of prohibi tion as they have over in Charlotte makes a great many people oppose that disposition of the whiskey ques tion. If we are to have prohibition we must have it in the drug stores, and everywhere else, or it will amount to nothing. To shut up the barrooms and make tippling places of the drug store ista backward step. Prohibition to be successful must prohit in the drug store as well as in the barroom. The Ago of Chivalry. Af men of to-day account for our boasted civilization they raise their glasses and tDast "woman," for the higher civilization the more exalted woman. And yet all men do not toast woman; there are some who roast her. Perhaps these are exceptions to the ruie. The other day Judge Keeler, of Cleveland, ordered 200 women out of his court room. They were there to hear sensational proceedings in a divorce suit, a case of interest to them, and in excluding them he is reported to have said: "All women are cats. They will turn suddenly on their best friends, and spit and claw, and scratch them." What a chivalrous remark, even though just! But is it just? Isn't it probable that Judge Keeler had to explain when he arrhed home, if he is a married man? But the judge didn't go the limit. Th;.t distinction was left for Prof. W. H. Taylor, of the Medical college of Virginia, that state that has ahv; ys boasted the chivalry of its sons. He told his students: "Woman is inferior to man, phy sically, mentally, and morally, and must be classed\ as infantile. Man excels woman in simple modesty. Woman lis perverse and cunning, and her capacity for telling the truth is rudimentary." One wonders how Prof. Taylor so j soon forgot his mother, his sisters, his wife, if he has one; what can he be thinking of to instill such ideas into the minds of students? But lest we wonder too long, let us all raise our glasses and drink to "woman, the inspiration and guide to all that is pure and noble in mankind;" nev er forgetting that if they are any thing else, men make them so. Ed mond F. Noel was Tuesday in augurated as governor of Mississippi at Jackson, in the presence of one of the largest ci?>wds ever assembled at the capitol. Gov. Noel delivered HOW TO RELIEVE PAIN. Hints en Applying Remedies to Dif ferent Parts of the Body. For pain in the chest or side use heat, either poultices or countering tants, the shortest inaugural address on such as mustard paste or mustard record in Mississippi, ] lasting hut 12 minutps. his speeeh Our Brave Firemen. Orangeburg owes a great deal to her brave and gallant firemen, and she should make it as easy as possi ble for the self-sacrificing young men who compose the fire department to fight the fire fiend. Those of us who are not on the active list as fire fighters, had a splendid exhibi jtion of nerve and gallantry on the part of our brave firemen on Friday Notwithstanding the intensely cold weather they did not hesitate or falter one minute in the discharge I of their dangerous duty. They mount ed the ladder* and went into the burning building and literally drove the fire out of it. Many of them were drenched with freezing water, yet they stood to their posts manfully and discharged their self-imposed duty like men. The City of Orange burg owes much to her gallant fire men and she should give them every reasonable facility to lighten their burdens in the discharge of a self [ imposed and dangerous duty to the city. Attention Veterans! Regular quarterly meeting ol Camp Thos. J. Clover will be held 01 Tuesday, January 28th, at 12 o'clock Camp will assemble at the Hall o the Young America Fire Engine C( By order Jas. F. Izlar, Wm. V. Izlar, Adjt. Commandei leaves or turpentine and vaseline. For pain In the back an alcohol rubbing w!!!i the palm of the tan:! la rnqsl soothing to the nerves and equalizes Qe circulation, saya the New York Journal. A pain in the throat Is often relieved by a gargle of peroxide of hydrogen, one tablespoonful to a half glass of warm water aud used every hour, or soak a large handkerchief In alcohol, put this around the throat and cover it with a dry handkerchief to prevent the alcohol from drying and evaporat ing too quickly. Pain in the feet can be relieved al most Instantly by warm applications of witch hazel or alcohol, but first soak the feet in warm water for fifteen minutes. This opens the pores and lets out tbrf dry acids and so absorbs easily any remedy applied. A painful toothache should be taken to the dentist immediately, of course, but where this must be delayed heat also will help this pain. Use a hot water bag against the face or soak a piece of cotton in whisky or brandy and apply it to the spot of pain. For a pain in the heart apply cold clothes rather than warm, as cold quiets the cardiac disturbance, while heat stimulates. For the pain of indigestion take a pinch of soda in a glass of water. For severe intestinal pain?that is, iu the abdomen?take a tablespoonful of brandy with a little water and exter nally apply the hot water bag. Fine Horses. Mr. J. D. Bolen has just returnee from the West with a car load o fine Horses. Those who wish to bu should call before they are all gone Sold on easy terms. J. D. Bolen, 1-28-2* Orangeburg, S. C Strayed. From Berkeley county, Hanove: placo of T. B. Brandy, traced as fa. as Eutawvllle, one mouse-colorec mare mule and one black mare mule Any information leading to their re covery will be rewarded. Information should be left at the office of Hon. T F. Brantley or at this office. 1-24-2' Reading for Children. Children should be first taught to read, how to read, what to read and to love reading as a means of enrich ing their minds. School work should center in reading. H is the key of all learning, since human thought is cou centrated therein. A great variety of reacting should be pr >vlded, even for the little children, s"-ice the day of one reader in the i >wer grades is past. Inasmuch as the great majority of pupils never re. 2h the higher grades it is necessary to inculcate the reading habit in the lower ones. How to Clean a White Straw Hat. The following materials are needed for cleaning a white straw hat, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer: White soap, a quarter of a pound; oxalic acid, C cents' worth; hot water, sufficient to entirely cover the hat. A lather Is made of white soap. This is put In a flat bottomed utensil large enough to admit the shape without curling up the brim. The hat Is scrubbed the way of the straw until quite clean, rinsed first in clean water In order to free It from the soap and second In a solution of oxalid acid and boiling water to bleach it. The hat is then put in the air, but not In the sun, to dry. An other method, especially good for Panama, Tuscan and Java as well as white straws, Is to make a solution of one and a half teaspoonfuls of am monia |>o two quarts of boiling water. Dip the nat In the solution. Sprinkle sulphui over It. Soap well with a nail brush and scrub the hat, dipping the brush very frequently Into the water. Rinse in tepid water and dry In the air. Buttons on Wrong Side. Attention was drawn by Dr. James Shaw at the Ambidextral Culture so ciety to the singular fact that the buttons of feminine clothes are on the wrong side?or, rather, since wo men may maintain that it is men's buttons which are wrong, that men's buttons ore on the right side of the wearer and women's on the left. This peculiarity Dr. Shaw ascribed not to feminine perversity but to the fact that those who set women's fashions were supposed to have maids to dress them, for whom this position was more convenient. How to Tint Photographs. For coloring photographs use water color paints and either red sable or camel's hair brushes, says a corre spondent of the New York Globe. The former are more expensive, and the camel's hair makes an excellent substi tute. For platinum prints one can use paints that are semi transparent One colorist whom I know has had ex cellent success with the Newton colors. For smooth finish...photographs it is desirable to use transparent paints, such, for example, as 'the Acme water colors. These do not fade readily. They are cake colors. The least ex pensive water colors are the Japanese that come in paper sheets. A small piece of the sheet put In water imme diately liquefies. These cost only 75 cents a book, and a book will last for mouths unless one does a large amount of coloring. Time For Fitting Shoes. It Is well to remember that the feet are apt to spread a little after the ex ertions of the day and so are a little larger at night than in the morning. If new shoes bought early in the day feel uncomfortable when they are put on at home that is the trouble. This spreading of the feet should always be taken Into consideration when try ing on new shoes. Also the feet are larger in summer than in winter, aB they expand when much heated. The Matchmaker It Is a common thing to deprecate a woman for being what is callen in common parlance "a matchmaker," but if she possesses the necessary qualifications of discr^ion and tact she is ~u almost in !i ; en-able a ' junct to social intercourse and ma/ prove the greatest boon to lovers who lack time and opportunity to bring their affections to a successful issue. How to Destroy Moth Millers. If moth millers be found in the house be sure and kill them if pos sible, and look carefully for the eggs or worms. In every case where there is the slightest suspicion of their ex istence pour naphtha all along the un der edge of the carpet, having the win dows open and no light or fire In the room, says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Do this with any stuffed furniture which may have traces of the moth about it. Nothing is cleaner or more effective than naphtha, but great care must be taken to have the windows open, that the gas may es cape, and there must be neither a fire nor a light in the room for several hours. Dcn't Sweep Invalid's Room. Do not try to sweep an invalid'? room, but wring a clean cloth out o' cold water to which a few drops of ammonia have been added and care fully wipe the carpet, matting or floor, turning and rinsing the cloih and changing the water as it. gets dirty. How to Know Time For Contagion. The following time table should be preserved by every mother, as it is often the source of the greatest anxi ety to know whether or not a child will develop a disease after having been exposed to It. Symptoms usually appear as follows: Chickenpox.Fourteenth day Diphtheria.Second day Measles.Fourteenth day Mumps.Nineteenth day Scarlet fever.Fourth day Smallpox.Twelfth day Typhoid fever.Twenty-first day Whooping cough.Fourteenth day Hot Baths Weakening. Very hot baths are usually found to be weakening and should he taken at. rare intervals. Moreover, hot water used on the face frequently will make the complexion yellow and the flesh flabby. Charcoal for Burns. Powdered charcoal, it' laid thick on a burn, causes the imme liate abate menl of the pain. A superficial I :irn can thus be healed in about an hour. It is well to have two or three pairs of shoes, :,( least, en hand, and to change them ns often as possible. Shoes changed in this way will hist longer than those worn constantly. Women waste many words when f.hoy try to explain In writing what thev mean. How to Measure Shrinkage In Cloth. If you wish to find out just how much a piece of wash goods is going to shrink and do not want to wash It before making up, cut of? a piece, a small sample, and, laying it upon a white surface, mark around it with peu or pencil, then, after a thorough washing with soap, lay ii In Ihe same place on the surface marked. You will thou have a definite knowledge of the. amount -if shrinkage. How to i' ivc Clear Lights. To keep lights bright soak lamp wicks In vinegar before using them In lamp. Wash smoke stained chimneys In wan i water and soap and rub while wet with vinegar or dry sal!. They can also be eh-aned, as may he globes on gas Qxtures, in wann water and sod.-i and then in warm water and am moniu. The Times and Democrat IS NOW PUBLISHED Twiee-a-Week AT" $1.50 Per Annum. A FULL LINE OF Have just arrived at Sims' Book Store. They range in price from five cents to fifty cents. Call and get your choice before they are all picked over. VALENTINE POST CARDS. jM^?^j prices. Send twenty-five cents for sample assortment The The reason why "ACORN" Stoves and Ranges are so far superior to other makes is the minute attention given by the manu facturers to small details of construction. The "ACORN" is perfect in its smallest part. Every piece of iron in its manufacture is the best that can be made. The result is that the "ACORN" lines outwear every other kind many years, save money as long as you use them and look well. It isn't too much trouble to come and see the "ACORN" for yourself when you consider the number of years a Stove will stay in your home and the necessity for getting absolutely the very best. And we delight in showing you?even if you're only curious to know why the "ACORN" leads the world. JOHN McNAMARA, S8i0 IN VALUABLE PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT RANSDALES VOTING CONTEST BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1 AND CLOSING DECEMBER 31, 1908 PRIZE NO. 1 R^ber Tire Buggy worth $125 $100 $40 $ 35 $20 6 d i i 6 6 6 i i 6 Handsome Bed Room Suite Furniture worth .... 3 Best Grade Sewing Ma chine worth. A Useful Cooking Range * worth. C Elegant China Dinner Set ^ (100 pes) worth. ^ One Bbl. Best Pat. Flour to EACH of the FIVE & next highest NOTE THE FOLLOWING RULES EACH PURCHASE OF ONE HOLLAH WILL ENTITLE VOL T<> ONE VOTE, AND THE PERSON (?ETTING THE GREATEST NUMBEIt OK VOTES BY DECEMBER ?1, .?08, WILL GET PRIZE NO. I. THE NEXT HIGHEST WILL (JET PRIZE NO. 2. THE NEXT GETS PRIZE XO. :5. THE NEXT NO. 4. THE NEXT NO. 5. EACH OK THE KIVE NEXT HIGHEST WILL (JET ONE HAItHEL .OK BEST PATENT KLOUR. VOTE WILL HE GIVEN ONLY WHEN REQUESTED AND AT TIME OK PURCHASE. NO VOTES GIVEN KOK CHARGE PURCHASES OR WHEN ACCOUNTS ARE PAID. VOTES, WHEN ONCE CAST, CAN NOT HE CHANGED TO ANOTHER PERSON. ON DECEMBER :'.lst THE VOTES WILL HE COUNTED BY A COMMITTEE AND THOSE HOLD ING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES WILL BE AWARDED THE PRIZES AS ABOVE STATED. REMEMBER YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, BUT SOMETHING TO GAIN. J. C. RANSDALE, Orangeburg, S. C.