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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK Tuesday and Friday. Tel. 40...No. 2?. *r- - "Entered as second-class matter Ran. 1, 1908, at the postofflce at Or ?angeburg, S. C, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. jfaa. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor, {fas. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Rates. ?ne Tear..$1.50 Six Months... .. -75 Three Months. .40 Advertising Rates. Transient advertisements $1.00 per inch for Brat insertion and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion Business Notices 10 cents per line for first Insertion and 5 cents per line for subsequent Inset Lions Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Notice of 't*mnVa) gad all notices of a pisioual or politi od nature are charged for as regular advertise Special Notices, entitled Wanted, Lost, Stand, Far Rent, not exceeding twenty-five words, one lime, 35 cents; two tunes 50 cento; three times, 75 cents and four times $1.00. Liberal contract made with merchants and I ethers who wish to ran advertisements for i threa months or longer. For rates on contract advertising apply at the office, and they will I bo carefully furnished. j Remittances should be made by checksi Money orders, registered letters, or express or- [ des, payable to The Times and Democrat, Oraneeburg, S. 0. We are glad to know that Sena tor Tillman is improving and hope &2 will soon be himself again. The Charleston Post thinks Mr Bryan probably has as good a chance as anybody to be elected, and the best chance of anybody to be nomi nated. Should a terrible drought or some other awful calamity befall Calhoun County some of the people at St. Matthews would swear that Orangeburg caused it. Those subscribers who have not complied with the new postal ruling "by paying up their subscription as we requested them will have to be drop ed from our subscription list. The News and Courier seems to think that Lyon can successfully "buck Ben Tillman for the Senate. I Well, we won't discuss that now, but we will just wait and see. Th^ last message President Roose velt sent to Congress was a complete surrender to the big corporations and trusts. It made Wall Street put on a smile that refuses to come off. _ The News and Courier is patting Senator Tillman on the back. Our otemporary has a political axe to grind and it wants the Senator to help turn the grindstone, but we fear it is wasting its blarney. The Press Gang will meet at GafT neyinJune, and Brother DeCamp says the good people of that beauti ful little city want every Editor in the State to attend. So brethen ar range your business accordingly. ? The Florence Times says "it is getting so now that it is no safer to shoot a negro than to do anything else that is bad. We note that a white man was convicted of mur der for doing that very thing a few days ago." Some of the people at St. Mat thews seem to think that the people of Orangeburg lay awake nights studying out some plan to hurt that little cross roads villiage, but they are mistaken. St. Matthews has our consent to become as large as New York if she wants to. We have sent Dills to a number of subscribers who owe us several dol lars each, but they have ignored them. These accounts we propose to sell to a collection agency. As some of the people who owe them are able j to pay, the company will get the) amount out of them or Know the reason why. Receiver McCullough says he has | received a number of letters from "prominent Democrats" of the State asking him to use his influence with Judge Pritchard in their be half in the event that Receiver Ar thur resigns. Such "prominent Dem ocrats" as Mr. McCullough, for in stance. J It is said that Hearst's Indepen dent party and Tom Watson's pop ulist party will unite this year. The Anderson Advocate savs "you have heard of the two snakes that started out to swallow each other, haven't you? They swallowed and swallow ed until there wasn't anything left but their heads." There are a few of our subscrib ers who have paid no attention to the statements of account recently sent them. The new postal law re- J quires us to drop the names of such on April 1st., and this we will do, if settlement is not made on or before that date. We thank thc.- ^ whi have made settlement. Some weeks ago a little boy at Newberry w;^ bitfen by a d-.'is arm j died a few days later of hydropho bia. The Newberry city council now announces that it proposes to enforce the city ordinance requiring dogs running at large to bo muzzled. Why not muzzle the dogs in this city before some child dies of hy drophobia? Surrenders to the Corporations. A dispatch from New York says President Roosevelt's message, which was sent to Congress on Wed nesday, was received in Wall Street with great joy. It was interpreted as a message of peace to the corpor ations and there were rumors that some very large campaign contribu tions had already been made last week, as a result of it. Although the message was not published until noon Wednesday it was freely circulated in Wall Street the day before every statement con tained in it having been known to the brokers and having been printed in the Wall street news slip. The legislation proposed by the president and formulated by Repre sentative Hepburn, was regarded as epoch-making. It was considered the most important thing since the emancipation proclamation. The stock market which was mild ly excited Tuesday showed Wednes day morning the effect of heavy sell ing of all kinds of securities. The public purchased freely, believing there would be an almost immediate boom, both in stocks and business. Brokers warned in vain against in discriminate purchases. The legislation introduced by Hep burn and backed by Roosevelt in his message, was originally proposed by Seth Low, in behalf of the Civic Federation. Mr. Low, President Roosevelt, J. Pierpont Morgan and Samuel Gompers, have held numer ous consultations, whipping it into shape. The president believes he will be able to force it through con gress, but believing that it represents a surrender to the trusts and Wall street, many congressmen are re ported bitterly opposed to it, and it is expected there will be a strong fight, especially in the house. Wall street expects the senate to oppose the features, which recognize stocks, while the house is expected to oppose most strenuously the clauses against the boycott. Groping After Truth. In his gropings after truth, the biologist is forced to conclusions that often seem strange. Dr. C. A. Stevens, or Norway Lake, Me., whose "Natural Salvation" has passed through four editions since 1903, contends that matter itself is life, and that immortality is repre sented by the indistructibility of matter. This matter has been living from its lowest and most attenuated estate as ither through its aggre gations into corpuscles, atoms and molecules, which have generated sin gle cells or protozoans, developing into meta/aons and culminating in the still progressing groups of cells of the human brain, The corpuscles and some of the atoms alone seem to be immortal groups of the primitive ones. The single cells and the high er organizations, perish as individ uals, and need to be reproduced, though matter lives on in ever charging forms. Immortal life ap pears from this observer's study of the cell to be a stage of development yet to be reached. Three-fourths of the human race fall victims directly or indirectly to the action of noxious unicellular life, climatic conditions capable of control?are destructive, reprodutcion is normally exhaustive, and "old age" results from unsuita ble food and imperfect nutrition. Ten years of concentrated research by a thousand well equipped investi gators should give chemical foods that would leave in the organism neither ash nor detritus. Freed from "old age" cloging and prevent ive disease, with a certain mental discipline that may be acqueired, the brain cells seem planned to go on for-ever and the perfection of an immortal race is in accord with past evolution. Ho Would Not Do. It is said that Judge Gray has con sented to appear as an open aspirant for the ? emocratic nomination, and that he will have the support of pow erful interests. The Charleston Post says "in some respects Judge Gray would make an ideal candidate. He is known as a conservative Democrat and he is also in the good graces of the labor ele ment, his determination of the an thracite coal strike issue having giv en great satisfaction to workingmen generally. It is difficult to see, how ever, how Judge Gray could com mand the following of the Bryan element in the country. In 1896 he was an open supporter of the Palmer and Buckner ticket, nominated by the gold Democrats. In 1898, as a member of the Paris treaty commis sion, he negotiated the purchase from Spain of the Philippines, and, as a member of the Unite J Ft?'es Senate, he voted for rati.^cai. a of that treaty, the very foundation of the policy of imperi. .lism upon which the country embarked. In 1900 Mr. Bryan made his campaign for the Pre?klcT.L-y in opposition to imperial ism a* the "paramount issue," al though he had urged Democratic Stators generally?and in vain-- to vote as Judge Gray voted for ratifi cation of the Paris treaty. *; dge 1 Gray thus appears as the vei y anthi thesis of Bryanism. Now, it is ex- , tremely unlikely that any Democrat ! z&n be elected who is opposed by Mr. Bryan, and it would seem to be im possible for Mr. Bryan to support Judge Gray." WiM Not Hurt Him. Mr. Bryan is catching the votes now. Democratic conventions are being held in various States, and they are going'i his way. Indiana and North Dakota both instructed for him last week. On the other hand, the bosses of the Democratic party in New York claim to be sure of defeating Bryan in the national convention. "Fingy" Coriners, chairman of the State committee, declared at Albany on Sunday that "We've got Bryan hornswoggled for sure, and if fellows in a half doz en other States with whom we are in correspondence do as well as we've done, we'll beat Bryan, nominate Johnson and sweep the country next November." The Charleston Post says "by 'we' Mr. Conners means Charley Murphy, the chief of Tam many, and others of the gang, but doubtless they are backed by men of standing and influence, who are us ing the instruments they have at hand to accomplish something that should be done for the benefit of the party and of the country. It is not very inspiring to the honest and high-minded opposition to Bryan ov er the country to see the campaign for defeat of the Nebraskan in the hands of such people as 'Fingy' Con ners and Charley M -phy. though, and it is not going to nurt Mr. Bry an very much to have their hostility to him advertised." Very Best of Reasons. The Columbia State says: "We advocate an instructed delegation because we believe the people of South Carolina wish W. J. Bryan nominated. We believe that the principles of Democracy demand re spect for the will of the people. We believe that the delegation to the convention is not sent to select a candidate for the people but that it is sent to record the choice of the people and the only way in which the people can make known their will in by instructing the delegation. If delegations are left free to act as each individual may choose, where do the people get a voice in the choice of a candidate? The News and Cou rier speaks of delegations being 'fet tered' when it is instructed, as if its members had the right to dictate to the people of their State who should be nominated, and as if those peo ple had no rights in the premises, i That is absurd. The delegation is simplv the agent of the voters; it is left free when those voters have no choice." That is good solid Demo cratic doctrine and will be so receiv ed by all except a very small class who believe that the people have not sense enough to elect and instruct delegates. As the State says the delegates represent the people and the people should instruct them what to do. Scheme to Beat Bryan. Bankers of New York are said to have joined the movement, started in that city some weeks ago, to pre vent the nomination of William Jen nings Bryan by the Denver conven tion. The Herald reports that con ferences have recently been held be tween leaders of the movement and certain bankers with a view to hav ing some of the latter go to Den ver as delegates. The idea is to have the New York delegation uninstruct ed, and then let the bankers do mis sionary work against Bryan in the convention city on other uninstruct ed delegates. So this is the scheme adopted to head off the nomination of Bryan, but it will hardly work now that it has been made public by the press. This is t e rea son possibly that The News and Cou rier and other anti-Bryan newspap ers are working so strenuosly to have an uriinstructed delegation sent from South Carolina to the Democratic convention. They want th?t delega tion worked on by the bankers. Good as He la Pretty. The Newberry Observer says: "Jaybirds are lovely?and lively. The prettiest pictures in Audubon's 'Birds of America' are those of the blue jay. Joel Chandler Harris' de fense of the blue jayjin Uncle Remus' Magazine is one of the finest things we have seen lately, The jaybird is pretty, but it must be confessed he isn't good." If the Observer will get and read a bulletin issued by the United States on the jaybird it will have a better opinion of one of our handsomest birds. According to that bulletin the farmer has no better friend than the jaybird, which lives principally upon insects of all kinds. The jaybird is a national bird. It is found in every State of the Union and a part of Mexico. SIiouId wo Ro-KIected". We hoar from time to time discus sion as to who shall be the next speaker of the House of Representa tive;:;. Mr. Whaley has made an ad mirable Speaker and ther-? should be 10 change in this important office. In addition ro being an able and ?xperienci >l parliamentarian, Mr. SVhaley i: . ?nt!emen of rare good (udgemen ; he ia bread-mined and ' mrtiot ?nd knows no heciion or I faction in the discharge of his du ties. While he is firm, it is univer sally conceded that he is always fair and just. He is not only an honor to his City, but to the State, and his conspicuous and valuable public ser vices entitle him to re-election. It would be difficult to find a man bet ter suited for Speaker, and he should be reelected without opposition. At Hartwell, Ga., Hugh Wall, white, tried for the murder of John Norris, the latter a negro, was'found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and reccomm ended to to the mercy of the court. Wall was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary. CANDIDATE CARDS Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Superintendent of Education ? subject to ratification by the Democratic Primary this Summer. E. H. HOUSER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Superintendant of Education subject to ratification by the approaching Democratic Prim ary. D. H. MARCHANT, Jr. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Superintendent of Education of Orangeburg County, subject to the result of the Democrat ic Primary. L. W. LIVINGSTON. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION of The Farmer's and Merchant's Bank, located at Orangeburg, S. C, at the close of business March 9th, 1908. Resources. Loans and Discounts.. .$93,530.27 Overdrafts. 7,764.25 Furniture and Fixtures .. 2,391.95 Silver, Nickles and Pen nies. 354.58 Gold. 55.00 Due from1 Banks and Bankers. 4,250.98 Currency.'. .. 490.00 Checks and Cash Items .. 1,117.GS Total.$107,954.71 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid in ..$30,000.00 Surplus Fund. 4,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid. 933.57 Individual Deposits Sub ject to check. 42,053.23 Savings Deposits.. 14,467.91 Time Certificates. 1,000.00 Cashier's Checks. 500.00 Bills Payable. 15,000.00 Total.$107,954.71 State of South Carolina. County of Orangeburg. Before me came W. B. Thompson, Cashier, of Farmers and Merchants Bank, who, bein?r duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing state ment Is a true condition of said Bank as shown by the books of file in said Bank. W. B. Thompson. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 17th day of. March, 190S. [L. S.] Thos. J. Hayden, Correct Attest: Notary Public, S. C. I. S. Harley, W. L. Moseley, J. W. Sandel, Directors. CARE IN FITTING. Would't it be pleasant to for get that you've got any feet. No aches?no liittle twinge? ?no corns to remind you, every once in a while. $2.50 or $:5.00?and a short talk with one of our salesmen? und yol'li walk out of this store with n pair of shoes that will ac complish that happy result. For we fit feet here!?don't sell you the first pair that you "think will do." Suppose you come in and talk it over with us. Wo want to show you some of those stylish Sailor Tics, or Naty Colonial Slippers. KOHN'S EMPORIUM. SE0 S. BACKER & SON. Ihe Largest and Most Complete. Establishment South, PcKint, Sash, Blinds, Moldings, IJ aiming Material. Sash, Weights, Hardware and Glau HARDWARE AND READY MIXED FAINT Charleston. H. O. 915 DOLLARS SAVED TO ORGAN CUSTOMERS For Next 40 Days. We will sell our excellent $80 Or gans at only $65. Our $90 Orgam for nly $75. Special Terms: One third now, one-third Nov. 1908, ba) ance No*. 1909. If interested, clip this ad. ard enclose It with your let ter. askftie; for catalog ai^d price list It you w ,nt the best orga on earth lon't delay, but write us at once and ?*n*. t* *i& -?ud make .ome harmoni ca A??.i?s: jLVUNF"; MUSK HOUSE, <<?lnn- a. O. i iar.03 and Organs ORANGEBURG'S business directory B^ROM A. TO 25. very large stock of BOY'S and CHIL DREN'S KXEE SUITS and KNEE PANTS. Also a nice line of MEN'S SUITS and PANTS. ?AT? DAVID MIR M 0 YV ' S, 48 W. Russell St., Orangeburg, S. C. Give us a call and let us show you the goods DOUGLAS & LEMON, Dealers in Fruits and Cigars. Fancy and Heavy Groceries. Vegetables of all Kinds. Cut Hams Every Day. Phone 2012 and aP. orders will be delivered promptly. Corner Broughton and Russell Sts. Orangeburg, S. C. est teams! est prices:: est service!.?! west end feed and livery stables. 3. h. a lb recht, ? Proprietor. Upto'Date Teams on Short Notice Rates Reasonable. 'Phone No. 1152. Stables on Broughton Street. c E veryone admires beauti ful penmanship. For name and information GENTS CLOTHING CO Tailor Made Suits A Specialty. AVe have an experienced man to take your measure. Collars and Cuffs laundered for one cent each if bought at our store. We carry the famout Edwin Clapp and Crossett Shoes. GENTS CLOTHING CO., BOWMAN & CRU.M, Mgrs. regarding a prospective business student, we will write your own name on a half dozen curds FREE. White ink and colored cards will be used. Hundreds will accept this offer, why not yon? Address: Orangeburg Business College, Orangeburg, s. C. RUM -MERCANTILE CO., The ground hog Saw his Shadow. We can without the shadow of a doubt show you the best lino of GROCERIES, SHOES, ETC., on the market. Quick service and right prices. CRUM MERCANTILE CO., Wallace Cram, Manager. Phone 230. 16 Broughton St. ow About Your ENGRAVED VISITING CARDS? We can make a plate in Script and Engrave you 100 cards for .SI 50. Call and inspect samples. We have all the latest styles. UST A WORD? About our Blacksmith Department. Horse Shoeing a specialty?Paint" ing of till kinds attended to prompt ly?We manufacture wagons of all kinds?Give us a trial on your rub ber tire work?We will soon install electric power to operate machinery. IL A'on Ohsen, Sr., B. e. Culler. Proprietors St. John Street, Orangeburg, S. C. SIMS' BOOK STORE, FOR PHOTOGRAPHS See ROSENGER, The Photographer.. Positively up to date work. Come, anything you want iu Photography. That's all. ?'Bring the Baby" ?TO? ROSENGER, The Photographer. I INVITE You all to come and inspect MY LARGE LINE OF Buggies, Wagons, Carriages, Har ness and Saddles, Umbrellas, Lap Robes, Etc, Before Purchasing Else where, as we can save you money. Our Lending Buggies?Goldsboro, Delker, Tyson ami Jones. All fur nished with or without rubber tires. H. Von Ohsen, Sr., AV. c. Sraoak, Proprietors. St. John St. : Orangeburg, S. C. ING'S HARNESS RE PAIRING doesn't mean simply patching and stitching. It must be dene right, and that means experience and skill. I look after every job myself, and when I am through, you can fell safe with the old harness. All work called for and delivered with in city limits. Use phone 28.3. I ?ilso carry a full line of Harness Leather. Harness Mountings, etc. e. .1. KING, Proprietor. jL A U N DRY! A UN D R Y ! ! A U N D R Y ! ! ! Is what everybody needs. M OSE LE Y'S? We Offer On Wednesday 1.500 yds of best White Lawn Rem nants.?}? cts. 3,000 yards of the best Cham brays in short ends at. . . .7 cts. These are great values. New Laces and Nets just received. 15 inch French Lawn.15 c. OW IS THE TIME TO BUY REAL ESTATE Desirable Property Can Be Secured at Very Low Prices. Call and see our list. H. M. FAIRE Y & CO., 5 Court House Sa. Orangeburg, S. C. AINT WITH THE BEST: LOWE BROS. High Standard. Cook on the Best: ACORN STOVES. And when you need the best of any thing carried in Hardware Store: Call on M c N A M A B A , 38 AV. Russell Street. Phone 43. AVhy not let the EDISTO STEAM LAUNDRY do your Laundrying? All garments called for and de livered. All work done promptly. Phone 202. : 11 S. Windsor St. Orangeburg Roofing Co., E. D. Weatherford, Mgr. 71 East Russell Street. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Tin, Slate and Tile Roofing, Roof Painting. Galvanized Iron Work, Etc. Guttering, Spouting. Repairing Given Prompt Attention. AYE TIME AVE MONEY AVE TROUBLE By having the ORANGEBURG STEAM BAKERY to furnish you Bread, Cakes and Pies. Our bread is better than you can buy elsewhere or can b?ke at home and is more economical to use. Call phone 12-i and aU orders will bo delivered. W. E. SORG, Proprietor, 23 W. Broughton Street. ?GO TO? F. R. MALPASS CO,., Orangeburg, S. C. - HOMAS?The Candy Man HOMAS?The Ice Cream Specialist. Thomas?The Maker of Pure Fruit?. THOMAS?THOMAS?THOMAS. Everything to Satisfy the appetite ?AT? THOMA8' PALACE CONFECTIONERY. emember J. C. Ransdale IS GIVING AWAY $350 in*Valuable Prizes, REMEMBER you have nothing to lose but somethng to gain. REMEMBER to tell yonr friends and relatives uy from him so as to get a valuable prize L: e. J. C. RANSDALE. MIST NOT FAIL For your own good To look over our stock of fine solid leather SHOES and SUPPERS for Ladies and Men. Our styles are a Uttle bit finer and our prices are a little bit lower than anywhere else. DAVID MIRMOW, 18 AV Russell St., .Orangeburg, S. C an Orsdell's GaUery, 17 AV. RusseU Street. Photos of al 1 descriptions A good finished Tin Type, 20c or two for 35 cents. Finished in ten minutes. Good finished postabs 73c for six, for SI.25 per dozen. Views and latest styles in Fold* ers and Pladium Work. VAN ORSDEL, Artist. w HEN IN ORANGEBURG STOP AT THE TRA GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AT THE ORANGEBURG INN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT CUTTER & SON, PROP. z OU ARE INVITED to call and inspect my Stockof Hardware, Guns, Stoves, Furniture, Sowing-Machines, Baby Carriages, Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Buggies, AVagons, Harness, Saddles, Lap Robes, Whips, Umbrel las, Leather and Shoe Findings, Dry Goods, Notions, ClotMng, Shoes, ' Hats, Trunks, Crockery, Glassware,! Tinware, AVoodenware, Groceries, j Tobacco, a fuU Une of Flower Pots. | Yours to serve, "caU" M. T. SD7LY. I Phone 1402 EIGLER'S Is the Place TO BUY DOUGLAS SHOES for Men and Boys. ZEIGLER BROS. SHOES, of Phil adelphia, for Liujies a.. ' Misses. Men and Boy" ? Clothing. Biist Knee Pints tor Boy??, Age 3 to 17 @ 50, 75 iuid 81.00. Ore.-;,-burg, 9. C. 10 W. Russe'I St. See AVANTHTJ? 25 Monthly CUSTOMERS. Clothes caUcd for and delivered. Suits niAdo to ordev. Nine year's experience. Satisfaction guaranteed. JT. M. STOKH8, Pro-r. 33 WEST RUSSELL FTR?flR7T, Over J. O. Ransdale's store, in rear. THE ABOVE SPACE HAS BEEN CONTRACTED FOR BY MR. OHAS E. GRIMES, AND ALL PER SONS DESIRING SQUARES IN THIS SPACE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HIM, AND PRICES WILL BE CHEERFULLY FURNISHED.