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BANQUET A SUCCESS. It Was Largely Attended by the Business Men of Crangeburg. Many Prominent People From Other Cities Were Present and Enjoyed the Pleasures of the Evening. The Banquet of the Buf mess Men's League, which was held .n the Elk's Hall on Wednesday evening, was a grand success, and the committee who got it up and carried it to a successful termination deserves the thanks of the entire community. The banquet was largely atended by the business men of the city, as well as many prominent gentlemen from other places. It was truly a repre sentative gathering, and it is need less to say that all who attended thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The members of the League and the invited guests met at the court house at seven o'clock and marched in .a body from there to the banquet hall, where a most delicious dinner was served and enjoyed by all who attended. It was prepared by the ladies of the U. D. C. Chapter, which is a guarantee of its character. The following was the bill of fare: MENU Oyster Cocktails Crackers Sandwiches Cold Slaw Veal Croquets Hot Green Peas Rice Pilau Country Turkey Turkey Ham Turkey Salad Potato Salad Olives ? Celery Pickles. Wurzburger Holfrau a la Edisto River water (Who drinks of the Ediso once, must surely drink again)" Crackers Cheese Coffee Cigars Cigarettes So this is a toast to the Orangeburg League, And our loved and honored guests; Of all the cities of the earth Ours the greatest and best. Everything served County raised and Home MAID. After the above menu was thor oughly partaken of the following pro gram was carried out: MUSIC There'll be a hot old time In Orangeburg tonight, Hustle, fun and Everything else that's bright, We're out ofr "biz," where there's any "bix" to get; There's going to be a hot time In Orangeburg tonight. President R. H. Jennings, acting as toast master, then anounced the following toasts: "The Water Wagon"?Navigation. This was responded to by Col. W. W. Ball, of the News and Courier, who handled his subject in a masterly manner. "The A. B. C. of Life"?Education. County Superintendent of Education Stiles R. Mellichamp responded to this sentiment in his usual happy style. "A Helper Always"?The Press Col. W. E. Gonzales, Editor of the Columbia State, responded most ap propriately to this sentiment, paying a handsome and just compliment to the Press in general and the Press of South Carolina in particular. "Riding the Rail"?Railroaa. The Hon. Saml. Dibble made a happy re sponse to this sentiment. "Country and City"?was respond ed to in a most patriotic speech by the Hon. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, who sustained himself as a flueut and eloquent speaker. Col. Hen derson is a candidate for the United States Senate and he was given a warm and cordial reception as one of the speakers. "Rivers and Harbors." This toast was responded to by the Hon. J. A. Fox of Arkansas, who made a mag nificient speech on the subject of opening rivers and streams to naviga tion. He referred to the Edisto River and said it would be a great help to all the people living along its banks if it could be navigable to the sea. Mr. Fox is touring the South in the interest of this work and trying to arouse a sentiment in its favor. The Military Band, which is com posed of some of o?r best young men, under the lead of Mr. 0. K. Wilson, furnished delightful music for the occasion, which was thor oughly enjoyed by all who heard it. Taken all In all, the banquet was one of the most pleasant and suc cessful things of the kind ever held in Orangeburg. It should be held every year. It does our people good to meet in this way and hear matters discussed by strangers and our home people. Our Thanks Tendered. V?'e are indebted to The News and Courier, through Mr. L. II. Wanna maker, Jr.. their talented and wide awake Orangeburg correspondent, for the use of the Calhoim County map, which we published last Friday, and we hereby return our thanks for the same. We will gladly re ciprocate the curtesy at any time that it will be in our power to do so. Stole Some Corn. The stable of Mr. Julius Albrecht was entered one night recently and some corn stolen. Sometime ago a turkey was stolen from the same place, presumably by the same thief. Mr. Albrecht ought to set a steel trap for the light fingered gentleman. Trestle Burned. The trstl of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway over the Edisto River was partially burned one night last week. The damage was not very great and it was soon repaired. One or two trains were delayed a few hours. The fire was caused from a parsing engine. DISFRANCHISEMENT LEGAL. At Least, So Decides the State Su preme Court. The State Supreme Court has de cided unanimously that the disfran chisement of the voters who were not allowed to vote in the Calhoun County election was legal and that, those voters have practically no re dress so far as the courts of this State are concerned. On Monday the court dismissed the writ of certiorari, which was argu ed last week, and thus upholds the validity of the election to establish Calhoun County. The judgment of the Court is unanimous. The Court's decision is not given in full and the reasons will be filed later, but the decision is hauded down promptly perhaps for the reason that the Court realizes that to delay would be to prevent the matter being passed on by the General Assembly at this session. The order of the Court is as follows: State of South Carolina, in the Su preme Court?November terra, I 1907.?State ex rel A. C. Smith,' et al, relators, vs State board of canvassers, respondents. Order: The record in this case was certi fied up to this Court and has been duly considered. There is no error. Hence the writ is dismissed. The reasons for this judgment will be stated at a later time. Y. J. Pope, Chief Justice. Eugene B. Gary, A. J. Ira B. JonJes, A. J. C. A. .Woods, A. J. ABOUT MORTGAGING CHOI'S. A Bill to Supplement the Repeal of the Lein Law. On Tuesday, under special orders Mr. Hydrick called up his bill requir ing existence of crops to make mort gages valid. This bill is intended to supplement the repeal of the lien law, and is as follows: No mortgage of any crop or crops shall be good and effective to convey to the mortgagee any interest in any crop of crops to be raised during the year in which said mortgage is given, and unless the land whereon said crop or crops are to be raised shall be described or mentioned in said mortagage, and unless the crop or crops herein referred shall be up and growing at the time of the execution of th mortgage. The bill will not take effect until the first day of next January. BURNED TO DEATH. Twin Children of a Colored Woman Meets Awful Fate. On the place of Mr. Geo. G. Shuler, in Providence Township, a pair of twins, the only children of Limus Scott, colored, met an awful fate by being burned to death. The two children, who were not quite two years old, were left alone in the cab in in which they lived for a short time. When their mother returned she found them both on fire, and they were so badly burned before the fire was extinguished that they died in a few hours. It is supposed that Ihe children went ton near the fire and thrf their clothing caught on fire with the result above described. It is terrible that two little children should be left alone to meet such an awful fate as these did, and there ought to be a law punishing parents for such criminal carelessness. A Card. Editor Times and Democrat. I On behalf of the Orangeburg Fire Department I beg to thank you for the kind reference in the last issue of your paper to the work of the De partment at the recent fire on Amel ia Street. \\ hile the equipment of the Department is not up to the standard as we would like it to be and necessarily valuable time is of ten lost in arriving at and getting to work at fires, yet the firemen of Orangeburg stand ready at all times to do the best they can with what they have to protect the lives and property of our city. Again thanking you. Yours truly, Tv 0. S. Dibble, Chief Orbg Fire Department. Will Lecture at St. Paul. Miss Mabel Head, the Associate Secretary of the Woman's Home Mis sion Society of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, will speak at St. Paul's Methodist Church on next Tuesday night at half-past seven o'clock. The Home Mission Society is doing a great work, establishing mountain schools, rescue homes, set tlement homes, supporting deaconess es, building parsonages, etc. The public is most cordially invited to go out and hear Miss Head. Meets Death in Storm. A severe wind storm passing through the Fort Mill section Sun day night, blew down the house of Mr. Elijah Merritt. a young farmer. One of the heavy timbers fell across the bed in which his eldest daughter, 12 years old, was sleeping, killing her instantly. The other members of the family were not hurt. This same storm passed over Orangeburg County, but did not do much harm. Married at Home. Mr. Lawrence Stephens and Miss Lula Lowry were married on last Sunday at the residence of the bride's j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowry, near Orangeburg. The ceremony was per ! formed by the Rev. D. D. Dantzler. The young couple have the best wish es of many friends. Knocked Is Out. I We have often heard it said that la grippe is no respector of persons and we know from personal exper i ience that it is no re.spector of great ! occassions, j it kept us from attend ing the banquet of The Business Men's League on Wednesday evening, i much to our regret. SHOT BY A NEGRO. A Young White Man is Seriously Wounded in a Row. Mr. Walter Boyleston, While on His Way Home Fron- this City, Has an Altercation With Isaac Glover. Mr. Walter Boyleston, a young white man about twenty years of age, was shot and perhaps seriously wounded at half-past 6 o'clock Tues day night by Isaac Glover, a negro who had been employed on the sew er work now in progress in this city. The shooting occurred just on the other side of the Edisto River, about a~mile from Orangeburg, while Mr. Boyleston was on his way home from the city. There is evidence of only one shot having taken effect, and from can be learned no others were fired. The ball entered at the bottom of the neck just above the junction of the collar and breast bones. Soon after the shooting the wound ed man was brought into the city and taken to the Wannamaker Manufac turing Company's Drug Store, where an examination was made by Drs. D. D. Salley and L. C. Shecut. It was deemed advisable to send Boyleston to the Columbia Hospital on the eight o'clock train, and hence the doctors did not have time in wihch to make a thorough examination to locate the ball. Up to the time for leaving for Columbia Boyleston was cheerful and the loss of blood did not seem to have affected his strength to any extent. He was conscious the whole time, and was willing to talk about the affair as much as the doctors would allow him on account of the uncertainty of his real condition and the possibility of his being fatal ly wounded. It was thought best to have Boy leston make an ante-mortem state ment, which, after it had been writ ten down, he signed in the presence of a number of witnesses. The state ment is substantially as follows. "I was going h?rne in my buggy alone and had just crossed the first bridge on the causeway beyond the river when I hollered, 'Heigh,' just for fun; I did not see the negro, who was coming from the opposite direc tion on foot. Just as I hollered the negro cursed me and dared me to get out of the buggy. I got out and went towards the negro and asked him what he meant. We clinched and the negro pushed roe into the ditch and fired. I had a 28-calibre pistol in my hip pocket, but made no attempt to draw it. My pistol was not in my pocket after the shot was fired. I saw no one until Mr. Wm. Hartnett and Mr. Lowery drove up." Mr. Hartnett says that he passed in his buggy and saw Boyleston and the negro rowing and after driving a little further he heard one shot. He turned around and came back towards the city and found Boyles ton in the ditch with a bullet wound in his neck. He put the wounded man in his buggy and brought him to town for medical attention. Boyleston says also that if the negro used his (Boyleston's) pistol he doesn't know how he got it, but thinks it must have fallen from his pocket when he fell. He said that the negro appeared to him to be drunk. The police immediately commenced a search for Glover. They were in formed by a young brother of the negro who did the shooting that Glover stated that he shot with Boyleston's pistol and was going to Sheriff Duke's to take the pistol and surrender. This he did at 11 o'clock that night and was placed in jail. He also delivered up a 2S-calibre Smith & Wesson pistol. Young Boyleston is the son of Mr. John A. Boyleston, a prominent far mer living just a few miles from town. He has been employed in the city and is considered a quiet aivi peaceable young man, and his frimds hope that his wound will not prove serious. We take the above account of the trouble from the News and Courier. It was furnished by the Orangeburg correspondent of that paper. Home Reception. Many invitations were issued by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Funches last week to a reception at their home near Rowesville in honor of their daughters, Misses Marion and Alma. At the appointed hour quite a num ber assembled and enjoyed the charming hospitality accorded them. Several nice games were played and delicious refreshments were served. Enjoying the evening were: Misses Marion hnd Alma Funches, Pearl Dukes, NellieS ummers, Annie Wolfe, Mytllene Dukes, Minnie Funches, Jessie Dukes, Pauline Funches, Wil helmina, Elize, Nellie izlar, Annie Simmons, Ollie Hutto, Blanche Funches, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hart ness, Messrs. Art Whetstone, Norton bunches, Charlie Dukes. Willie Sum mers, Olin Whetstone. Frank Dukes, Jake Summers, Walter Edwards. Hubert Shuler. T. Williams. Sorry We Missed Them. H?ing confined to our home with a case of la girppe we missed meeting Mr. William Elliott Gonzales, the accomplished editor of the State, Col. W. W. Ball, one of the best writers on the editorial staff of the News and Courier, and Mr. Geo. M. Kohn, one of Orangeburg's bright, young men, who is now connected with the ad vertising department of The State, while they wore in (lie city on Wed nesday to attend the banquet of the Business Men's League. We would hav been glad to have met these distinguished representatives of the Press and extended a personal wel come to them to the city of Orange burg, but the monster la girppe de creed otherwise. STATE BASE BALL LEAGUE. An Organization Was Perfected at Sumter Monday Night. A dispatch from Sumter to The News and Courier says the South Carolina State Base Ball League was organized there Monday night on a four club basis, with a unanimous sentiment in favor of making the League six cornered should two other acceptable towns come in the League. As organized the league consists of Sumter, Orangeburg, Rock Hill and Chester. Indications point to Flor ence and Camden as the other two members. Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden, was unanimously re-elected president and empowered to appoint a secretary and treasurer. A forfeit of $300 to play out the season and live up to rules was agreed upon, same to be put up in negotiable paper by March 15th. The season will consist of seventy-two games, commencing Mon day, May 4 th. The president was instructed to appoint a committee to arrange a schedule of games. The salary limit of players and manager was fixed at ?S00. Last year's rules and regu lations were adopted, subject to mi nor changes to be considered at fu ture meetings. The meeting was en thusiastic, and reports from different towns interested point to a success ful season. LIST OF LETTERS. Those Remaining Unclaimed in the Orangeburg Postofiice. List of letters remaining unclaim ed in the Orangeburg Post Office for the week ending Jan. 27, 1908. Persons calling for these letters will please say they are advertised. A. D. Webster, P. M. Miss Marie Brockett, Mrs. Lizzie Brown, P. B. Brunson, Elmer Buwis. Emma Campbell, (2), Miss Nat Cannon, Eliza Copeland, Miss Aller goes Crawford, John Creel. Mrs. Susan Daniels, Mrs. Rena A. Daniel. Mrs. Flavilla N. Felder, David Fel kel, Mrs. E .P. Fultlvan. Miss Rosa Glover (2). Miss Lish er Giover. A. F. Hollowell, Henry Hammonds, Mrs. G. N. Hoffman, Henry Hughes, Mrs. Harriett Hughes. W. H. Inabinet. Edw. Johnson, Mrs. Isabell Joy ner. John Loeny. Miss Rosa Martin, Wm. Mavins, Perry Mims. Mtes Rosa Minis, A. W. Moore, (2), Sallie Morgan, Freddie Murray. Miss Margaret Ramsey, Mrs. Emmer Reese, Mrs. Francis Rivers. John Sanders, Miss Onie Sawyer, J. A. Scott, Miss Emmajane Shuler, Mrs. Elizabeth Simmons, B. F Slater, Jessie Starr, Mrs. Ina P Stelts, Mrs. F. A. Stroman. J. M. Thomas, Simon P. Thompson. Miss Gertrude Tisdale. Miss Lula B. Walker, Jimes Wa ter, Elizabeth Wilson. A STIRRING ADDRESS To the Formers of Orangeburg Coun ty, Who Should Read It. To the Farmers of Orangeburg Conn ty.( At eleven o'clock on next Monday morning the Orangeburg County Cotton Association will meet at the Courthouse for the election of offi cers for the ensuing year, delegates to the State Convention which meets in Columbia on Feb. 5, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. His tory proves that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,"?political, fi nancial and economical; therefore, let each and every one of the town ship clubs meet on or before next Saturday and send representative watchmen to Orangeburg on next Monday. I would write a long letter show ing the justice of our eatise^ the strength of our position, the abso lute necessity for organization, the bright outlook for much higher prices for cotton, but I deem it un necessary. Always bear in mind these plain, striking facts; the mighty Na polean could not win victories un less he had at his back a full com missariat?we make our food crops; the dreaded boll weevil is steadily approaching the Atlantic States, we should not keep all our eggs in one basket, we must begin to put in practice a sound, safe, rational sys tem of diversified agriculture. The season of 1907 was unfavorable to cotton the world over. The cotton crop is short everywhere. In India, on good authority, we learn, it is two million bales short; in the United States the last census report shows number of bales of cotton ginned from growth of 1907, to Jan. 16, | 1908, 10,337,607 against 12,176,199 bales the year before. So it appears that the world will be short on cot ton to the amount of three and a half or tour million bales. Mr. Ellison, a leading statischin. j came out. on the 21st instant osti-, mating the consumption of American j cotton this season at 12,4 00,0001 bales. Prices on standard print cloths are -1 1-4 cents today (Jan. 22.) while the highest point reached during the Sully year, when cottou went to 17.00 cents, was only four cents, in their circular letter of Jan. j 21, Messrs. Hubbard Brothers and Company, say: "The American spin ners have been better buyers during! the past week than at any time since the first of November, as they felt a better demand and found themselves without any supplies of cotton in their warehouses." Farmers! You have the situation in your hands. Let every man who can do so hold his cotton. Hold it with a tight grip. Demand your price and get it. Remember "good men and true" west of the Mississip pi and in every cotton State, are standing firmly for 15 cents cotton. Do your part. Exercise the privilege of a seller. "Be not like dumb driven cattle; Be a hero in the strife!" J. E. Wannamaker, PieB. Orbg. Cotton Asso. MAY CAUSE A SMILE, A Column of Light Reading That Will Be Enjoyed By AH Who Like to Read Funny and Witty Sayings from the Mag azines and Papers. Complimentary. Captain (to ladies on a stearnerl? Ladies, please do not look so long at the compass, your magnetic eyes will spoil the course! Rumor. Rumor Is a common nonn. singular and feminine gender?except when it is used by stock gamblers to influence the market or by statesmen to influ ence politics. Necessity is the grandmother of Ru [ mor. because Rumor is the child of In vention. Considered separately, its forebears are feminine idlebudies and masculine busy bodies. The physical properties of Rumor, are uniqueaudinteresting. It is more potent than fact, attains to a greater veloc ity than electricity, cannot be reduced to a syllogism, feeds on emotion, sleeps with one eye open, gathers strength with age and dies of punctured dropsy. Rumor is like Santa Claus. We know its general tendencies, but not its spe cific origin. All we know of Rumor is from hearsay. No one has ever been arrested for stealing it. as the original owner is always unwilling to claim it. Rumor is predatory. Its chief quar ries are lovers (married or single), preachers, social leaders, policemen, politicians and people. Its bitterest foe is Rumor. Therefore Rumor should always be treated homeopathically. Its motto is: "Don't believe half you hear and forget the other half."?Lip pincott's. Drumming tha Drummer. In the Silver Bow club in Helena they used to play big poker. At the game one day sat Marcus Daly. George Hearst and J. B. Haggin. when there burst in a radiant New York drum mer who had a two weeks' card to the Institution. He marched up to the players and politely Inquired if he might take a hand. "Why. yes. Come right in." said Daly. The drummer pulled out n roll of bills and threw a $100 uotc on the ta ble. "Let me have cutps for that." be said grandly. Li- went to hang up his coat and hat. When he returned the bill still lay on the table. "What's the matter, gentlemen? Ain't my money good?" "Why. yes.lto be sure." said Daly. "Hfr.'.rst, give the gentleman one white "hip." Rough on the Dictionary. Bi!ly. aged twelve, took part in a de bate on imperialism. His opponent made a point by quoting the definition of empire from the dictionary. Billy, nothing daunted, with all the air of Patrick Henry, rose up and said: "It's all right for my opponent to quote, from the dictionary, but as for me I rely on the facts!"?Everybody's. A Wife's Ready Wit A popular clergyman saw a lady about to call whom he was anxious not to meet. So he said to his wife. "I'll run upstairs, my dear, and escape till kshe goes away." After about an hour he quietly tip toed to the stair landing am', listened. All was quiet below. Reassured, be began to descend and called out over the balustrade: "Well, my dear, you got rid of that old bore at last." The next Instant a voice from below roo!ed him to the spot. It was the voice of (he caller! Then came a re sponse which sounded inexpressibly sweet to him. It was the voice of bis wife: "Yes. dear, she went away over au hour ago. But here is our good friend, .Mrs. Blank, whom I am sure you want to meet." The Deacon Was Right. A minister announced to his flock that he would have to leave them, as he was called to another field. "How much more salary do you ex pect to get than here?" asked one of the deacons. "Three hundred dollars," remarked the minister, with some besitatiou. "I don't blame you for goln', but you should be more exact In your lan guage. That isn't a 'call;' It's a 'raise.' " ?Ladies' Home Journal. The Young Minister's Impression. A young minister was particularly anxious to make a favorable impres sion on his bearers at his first Sabbath morning service. In the quietness of bis study he sud denly hit upon a plan whereby this end would admirably be accomplished, nis text for the following Sunday was, "And the Holy Ghost descended in the form of a dove." To carry out I lie minister's great idea the Irish sexton was necessary, and Pat was sent for. "Now. Patrick." said the minister, "on next Sunday morning I am going to preach a sermon on the text, "And 1 lie Holy Ghost descended m too rorm of a dove.' i want you to climb up into the belfry aud station yourself at the small trapdoor over the center of [the church ami open it just enough so you can <ii linctly hear every word I say and still not. make yourself seen by any one in the congregation. About the middle of my sermon i stiall repeat the text, 'And the Holy Ghost descend ed iu the form of a dove,' and you are to lower a live snow white dove, which 1 shall give you, down through the opening, ami it will flutter through the air and be the meaus of making a deep impression on my hearers, who will readily see Its connection with the text." On Sunday morning Pal rich depart ed with the dove, even himself deeply impressed with (lie great originality the young minister had displayed, and promising that be would faithfully car ry out to the letter every wish. The congregation was much larger than usual, aud all were anxious to hear the young minister, who naa come to them "highly recommended." They were all attention, and not a sound wis heard except that which proceed ed from the mouth of the eloquent speaker. The middle of the sermon was reach ed, and the text was slowly and dis tinctly repeated, "And the Holy Ghost #?scended In the form of a dove." The rev-reud gentleman lifted hin eyes slightly, expecting to see the beautiful ?jmbel of purity and peace hovering over the heads of his hearers. But no dove. Pat had evidently for gotten the cue or bad failed to hear the minister at the Important moment. So the text was repeated, this time a lit tle louder. "And the Holy Ghost de scended in the form of a dove." He arched his eyebrows a little higher, but no dove greeted his vision. He began to grow impatient, and the third time ho repeated at the top of his voice, "And the Holy Ghost descended In the form of a dove." This time his eyes looked straight op as if In prayerful attitude, and he was rewarded, not by the graceful sway of the dove through tte air. as had expected, but by the grimy, frightened face of Pat, who, in the agony of his failure to carry out his part of the plot, blurted out: "Say, yer riverence. yer riverence, the cat eat up the Holy Ghost. Shall Oi sind down the cat"/"?Ladies" Home Journal. NEWS FROM BOWMAN. Farmers Want the Lein Law Repeal ed and Other Items. Bowman, S. C, Jan. 2r. Special? Tae four R. F. D. Routes going out from here are getting along nicely. Some changes were made when the complete R. F. D. Srvice was organ ized for this county some time ago, to go into effect here hrst of Jan uary. The only drawback to the system here now is the recent change in schedule on the Southern Rail road, causing the mail to be deliv ered here an hour later than before, consequeutly two of the carriers can not leave on schedule time as ar ranged by the Postoffice Department. One of these has a little more than 215 miles to travel and cannot make the return trip on schedule time without driving harder than usual. Is. is likely that the matter will be brought to the attention of the De partment for proper adjustment in the near future. ? Considerable fertilizers are being fnuled out daily by the farmers of this section. There seems to be a disposition to use the stuff quite , freely again this year. The banks and merchants of Bow man are feeling their way cautious ly in advancing money and supplies ' this year. The indications now point to the fact that this will be the last year for the operation of the lien lf.w as it now stands on the statute book. The honest, hard working class of farmers,w hite and colored, who have been in the habit of giving loins can continue to get credit so long as they act honestly in the mat ter. The hue and cry of some that , the abolition of the lein law will en tail hardship on the poorer class of farmers is all bosh. The triffling i ones who have been in the habit of ? giving a lein here and there they can get from the banks extra are the ones that will "catch the devil." There is always a bend in the road ahead evea if it does run straight for a long distance, and that bend is just in front of many a darkey today. Many of the best farmers of the county are badly hampered in the management of their farms for lf.clc of labor, the primary ^ause of which is the much abused lein law, 1 The majority of them demand its abolition, they think their demands are just and entitled to due con sideration by our lawmakers. The Graded School here under the Superintendence of Prof. C. J. Rast and hisable corps of assistants is doing good work. A number of stu Idents are in attendance coming from quite a distance out in the country. The enrollment is much larger than at any time in the history of the school. The infant daughter of Dr. and iY:rs. T. Thos. Carter died here yes terday morning and was taken to St. Stephens via Orangeburg for burial. The remains was accompanied by Dr. aad Mrs. Carter and her mother. A representative of The News and Courier in the person of Mr. Jack Lehman, spent several days in the interest of the paper on the R. F. D. Routes of this ection. A number Of subscribers both daily and weekly was secured along the several routes. Dundee. An Oriental Party. Mrs. N. B. Felder of North enter tained her friends last Friday after noon with an Oriental party at the new home of her brother, Mr. Myles O'Rlley. The parlors were decorat od in Japanese style. The guests were gaudily arrayed in handsome kim oners. Lunch was served by two lit tle maids of seven years, Miss Addie O'Riiey and Miss Gladys Knotfs. dressed as little Japs. The whole affair presented a seem: in far away Japan. .Mrs. L. E. Harley won first prize in a drawing contest, which was a Japanese pitcher, while Mrs. Myles O'Riley fell heir to Lhe booby. After the party dainty little Jap anese groups were formed by the guests and kodac views were made as souvenirs of Hie occasion. The guests were: Mrs. J. A. Livingston, Mrs. Joe Knotts. Mrs. L. B. Harley, Mrs. Ray Kitts. Mrs. W. J. Culler, Mrs. W. C. Culler, Mrs. J. M. Davis, Mrs. L. A. DuBose, Mrs. E. C. Johnson. Mrs. E. C. Jones, Mrs. H. Gleaton, .Mrs. Pip er of Charleston. Mrs. John I. Sallcy of Woodfonl. Mrs. Blaine of Wood ford, and Miss Ida Livingston of ' l Arnberg. High Wind at Cope. A heavy gale of wind with rain for a while, struck Cope on Sunday night The tin roof on the south side of the Atlantic Coast Line depot was split, open in a number of places and roll ed up. Notice. Another load of horses and mules just received at Slaters Stables. DESERTS HUSBAND And Marries a Very Old Man in New York City. A Colored Woman From OrangeLurg Figures in a Queer Marriage Cere mony Up North. It seems that a colored woman from Orangeburg has taken one hus band too much, which may get her in trouble. The following is the story as it is told by the New York correspondent of the Washington Herald: City Clerk Scully got the biggest surprise he has had since he went into the marriage license business when an aged negro, dressed In cleri cal garb walked up to the desk this afternoon with a young negro woman clinging to his arm, and said he wanted to get. a license just as soon as possible, because he was in a hurry to be married. Clerk Scully took no interest when the old person gave his name as Wil liam Brooks Mason and said he was a clergyman, but when on being asked his age. he said, "I am 138 years old, and can show you my Bible at home to prove it," the city clerk dropped his pen in astonishment. "This is a serious thing," the clerk said, "You know you're under oath. Brother Mason, and if you don't tell me the truth about your age, I may refuse to give you the Mcense." "Say, brother," replied the clergy man, '"how do you-all suppose I could have held George Washington's horse at Yorktown if I ain't as old as I say I am?" The crowd of waiting applicants began to grow so large at this stage that Clerk Sculy filled out the li cense and let it go at that. The wo man gave her name as Ella Hines, of 68 West 122rd street, and said she was twenty-eight years old. Then the couple hunted up Alderman Jas. J. Smith, and were married in short order. ?News of the aged minister's wed Daniel Hlnes, with whom the bride ding got tc the house of her brother has been stopping for a few weeks, before the bride and groom did, and Mrs. Hines, who was running the Mount Calvary Union Baptist mission in the front part or on the second floor, did not appear greatly pleas ed. "So she said her name was Hines did she," Mrs. Hines said. "Well, shfr has got no right to use that name. She's already carried, she is, and she's got a L .ad and two sisters down in Orangejurg, S. 0 I've been afraid she was trying to get that old gentleman, and I've been trying to tell him all about her, but I didn't get a chance to correct him. My husband was going to tell him, too, but, he's kind of slow and didn't think It was coming so soon. "Lord bless you, I don't know whether Elder Mason Is 138 years old, but he says he is. We didn't know him until two weeks ago." When Brother Hines arrived home from work late In the afternoon, he expressed himself in no uncertain terms about the marriage. "You just wait until I see Elder Mason," said Brother Hines. "He's a religious man, and I know how to talk to him about marrying my sister when she's already go I a husband and family. I'll just get rirjht behind him, and I'll burn him up with my words." The old preacher who looks like a well preserved man of about eighty, said that his mother married an In dian in Cuba, and that when he was young he went to Virginia with his father. who was a sailor. He hap pened to be in Yorktown when Gen eral Washington was there, and that is how it came about that he held Washington's horse while he talked with Cornwallis. Elder Mason said he was in the ten-year war in Cuba, and was a sail or on the gunboat Lancaster during the civil war. He had an eye shot out on the Lancaster, but he can see - with his other eye without the aid of spectacles. He said that his fath er was 142 years old when he died, his grandmother 143 and his mother 138. He smokes, but he said the reason he (s so husky at 138 Is that he never takes anything with sugar in It, and lives according to the teachings of the Bible. It is also said the aged clergyman used to be a policeman in Washing ton.. y>eafness Cannot bo Cured, by Lical appliestion, as they cannot reac ;. the diseased portions of the oar. There is only one way to cure deaf iess, and tnat is by constitution al remedies. Deafness Is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eu?tachian Tube. When this tube is inllamed 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 I this tube restored to its normal cou uiiion, hearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed conditiou of the mucous surfaces. We will give $100 for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that I cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh I Cure. Send for circulars free. I P. J. Chenney <fc Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 7ac. Laid to Best. Capt. David K. Jamison, a mem ber of the Thos. J. Glover Camp, U. C. V., died in this city Tuesday. Dur ing the Civil War he served on the staff of Gen. Micah Jenkins. He mar ried a daughter of the ?ate Thos. H. Zimmerman, of this county, aud lived for a number of years in Flor ida. He was the eldest son of the late Hen. David P. Jamison, Presi dent of the South Carolina Secession Convention. The Paul McMichael Chapter, U. D. C, sent a floral tri bute to beplaced on his grave. Capt. Jamison was seventy-three years of age. His remains were laid to rest in the Presbyterian Cemetery.