The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, September 04, 1908, Page 8, Image 9

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BIG LOSS BY FIRE. SEVERAL STORES BURNED IX BRAACHVILLE MONDAY. The Money Ixws Ls Said to be Be tween Fifty and Sixty Tfiousnnd liolhirs. A big fire visited Branehville on last Monday morning at two o'clock. Several of the most prominent stores in the town wore destroyed, entailing a loss of fifty or sixty thousand dol lars. The origin of the fire ls not known. It originated in the store of Dukes & Co., and in a short time after be ing discovered the store and its con tents were in ashes. Mr. A. F. If. Dnkes. who managed this business, says his stock of goods was worth '$16,000 aud his building $7.000. with insurance to the amount of $i:;,000. H. Berry Co., next door to Dukes &. Co.. had stock of $6.000; loss $4,500, insurance $3,600. F. P. Bellinger, loss $6.000. insur ance $4.500. Mr. Bellinger occupied the upstairs of the building that "he kept store in, as a residence, and he says that his loss is about $1,000 with no insurance. J. B. Henderson, loss partial, his buiiding saved by hard work. His beautiful stock is damaged by fire and water about $4,000, covered by in sttrance. Clifton A. Dukes owned the build ing occupied by H. Berry Co., and F. P. Bellinger; his building was a total loss. The building was a total loss. The building was valued at $6.000 with $3.000 insurance. P. C. Dukes sustained a loss of $1.000, covered by insurance. L. A. J Gardner lost $50. no insurance. Black's Pharmacy lost $400 or $500, j covered by insurance. Luckily there was very little wind I blowing at the time of the fire. It isj due largely to this fact that the whole I business section of the town would have been burned down. ? Branchville needs a good fire de-j partment and the town could make no better investment ^han in procur ing one. While the fire was bad enough, we are glad it was no worse, and hope ? that the merchants who were burned j out will soon be ready for business j again. Committee Appointed. Sheriff John H. Dukes, president of the Citizens Democratic Club, in response to a letter sent out by the Coiinty Democratic Committee, has appointed a committee" to solicit sub scriptions tor the Democratic Cam paign Fund. Tin? following gentle men com]K>se the committee: Messrs. Jas. L. Sims, Fred Wannamaker, M. E.Zeigler, I.W. Bowman and ?. E. Copes. All contributions received by these gentlemen will be acknowledged and forwarded to the proper authori ties. Rousseau Promoted. The Charleston Evening Post says: I "Mr. W. H. Rousseau, chief clerk of the superintendent of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com patty, at Charleston, has been promot-1 ed to the position of manager of the local exchange.' Mr. Rousseau, who j succeeds Mr. Oliver here, is well liked aud will give the people of Charles-1 ton the best telcpohne service avail able. He has earned his promotion by efficient service." Mr. Rousseau's many friends in Orangeburg will be pleased to hear of his promotion. Report Concerning a Baby. There is a sensational report in cir culation In Orangeburg that a montn or so ago a white'baby girl was left at the house of a colored family who lives near this city. The baby was in a basket, which, in addition to the baby, contained a good supply of clothing and fifty dollars in money, l he report went on to say that the baby wasnow in the keeping of a white! family, who lives near this city. We: doubt very much if there is any: truth in the report. The Flood at Fort Motte. The Port Motte correspondent ofj the News and Courier says on Sunday the roads from Fort Motte to the Con garee River were alive with people going to and fro to see the raging waters. A lar?e number of visitors wime up from St. Matthew s and Or augeburg for this purpose. The wat er bucked up within the town, a dis tance of three miles from the river. Port Motte is now the terminal sta tion lor trains at that end. The First News. A gentleman who lives about fifteen miles from Orangeburg says the first election news he received last week was iu The Times and Democrat. He takes a daily paper but it failed to reach him the day after the election, but The Times and Democrat, he says was there with the news of hoih State and County elections. Calhouu'.s First Murder. The first murder was committed in Calhoun last Monday when one negro killed another some miles out. from St. Matthews. The weapon used was a base ball bat", with, which the killer crushed the skull of the killed. Schools Will Reopen. The City Graded Schools will reopen on Monday. Sept. 2S. So hunt up you books, boys and girls, and besure to be present on the opening day. There will bo a few new teachers some of the old ones having resigned. Court Next .Monday. The Court of General Sessions con venes next Monday. It will be in ses sion only one week, which is well as the farmers cau ill afford to leave home now to serve as jurors. ASK FOK CONTRIBUTIONS. County Chairman Lide Issues Call For Campaign Funds. The following letter has been sent to the president of each club in the county: Dear Sir:?The Democratic Na tional Committee is dependent upon contributions from the rank and file of the property for its campaign fund. It \ will require money to run the campaign. We all want to see Bryan and Kern elected, and should be loyal to them and our party. If every Democrat in Orangeburg Coun ty would contribute something, a few dollars or even a few cents, we could send on a creditable sum. As president of your club.- you are requested to appoint a committee to canvass the members of your club for ontribtitions. See that every one haL the opportunity to give something? Let this matter have your prompt and active attention. . Forward all amounts collected to Mr. J. A. Berry, Treasurer of our County Committee, together with a list of al! contributors. This list will be published and acknowledgment made in our county papers. The funds will be forwarded to the Democratic Committee through offi cial channels. 'Respectfully. Robert Lide. County Chairman. WANTED TO LYNCH A FIEND. The Colored People at Holly Hill Got Aroused. The colored people in and around Holly Hiil were very much excited on last Saturday. Frank Johnson, a neg gro who criminally assaulted a young negro girl, about a mile from the town one week before, was arrested Saturday and brought to Holly Hill for preliminary hearing. The streets were full of negroes during the day and the threats to lynch the man were so opeu that unusual precau tions were taken for his safety. He was taken from the small and inse cure guard house at* night and placed in the depot, where a strong armed guard kept vigilant watch during the night, no one being allowed to ap proach the depot unchallenged, and as early as possible on Sunday morn ing he was taken to Monck*s Corner. There seems to be no doubt of the fiend's guilt. j ICE CREAM FESTIVALS. Several to lie Held Over the County for Benefit of Churches. ! There will be an ice cream festival at the East Orange school house! Saturday Sept. 5th at ha.f past 3 o'clock p. m., to raise money to pay oh-Sunday school organ every body invited t.o atteud There will be an ice cream festival at the school house near Mr. J. .1. Fairey's on Saturday afternoon com mencing at. 'A o'clock". The public is. invited to come and have a good time. A church entertainment will he given at Gerizim Church near Vance. September the llth 190S. Exercises to commence at 5 o'clock p. m. Re freshments will be served by the Indies. Public cordially invited to tit tend. Death of John S. Snioak. The Branchville Journal says: "Mr. John S. Smoak. a prominent and high ly respected citizen who lived in Branchville died last Friday, after an illness of two weeks. He was fifty one years of age. He leaves a wife and five children, two brothers and four sisters to mourn his loss. He was buried at SaTdis Church Saturday morning. Funeral services Were con ducted by Rev. A. R. Phillips, and he was buried with W. O. W. honors.'' Being Put in Order. Kotli the Southern and the Atlan tic Coast Line Railway are hard at work repairing the damage done their trestles and bridge by the late freshet. It will not be long before the regular trains will be on again on both roads. The first train to make a through run from Charleston to Columbia passed through here last night. The trestle over the Con'garee has been repaired sufficiently to stand travel. Date of Meeting Changed. On account of the second Tuesday in September being the day of the second primary, die meeting of the Orangeburg Cotton Farmers' Union will he held on the 3rd Tuesday of September. All local unions will piease take notice and govern them selves accordingly. |{y order of the President. \V. S. i.arton. Jr.. President. Happily . larried. Mr. T. O. S. Dibble, Jr.. was mar ried on last Wednesday at Springfield to Miss Annie Terrant of that place. Mr. Dibble wits raised in this city, inn is now one of Springneids enter prising and prosperous merchants. We extend the young couple our warmest congratulations and wish them a long and happy marriage life. Changed to Thursday Evening. The Rand Concerts are now given on each Thursday evening instead of on Friday evenings. The concert last evening was enjoyed by a large atten dance of both young and old. Rridge Is Ail Right. The report that the Atlantic Coast Line bridge over the Santee River between this city and Sumter was washed away proves to be false. The bridge is nil right. Ranks Will Be Closed. .Monday, being Labor Day and a legal holiday, all the banks in the city will be closed. The postoflice will observe Sunday hours. BANK OP CAMION. Did a Most I'rosperous Business the Past Year. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bank of Cameron was held Friday afternoon. The report of the president showed that a very satisfactory business had been done during the past year, and, notwith standing the unfavorable conditions lasi fail, the financial statement made was gratifying. A 7 per cent divid end was declared and a considerable amount passed to the surplus account. The following were elected directors for the ensiling year: F. [. Culler. .J. P. Rfckcnbaker, C. D. Bull, .1. M. Stallings. VV. D. Ho tick, T. S. Haigler, \V. D. Wolff, .las. P. ? Dantzler and John B. White. At a subsequent meeting of the board the folliwlng of ficers were elected: President, F. I. Culler: vice-president, John B. White; cashier, Jas. P. Dantzler; soli j citors. Wolff & Berry. ? _________ 'SEND K. D. SMITH TO THE SENATE Some Good Reasons Why He Should ^??presents South Carolina. Some of the politicans have charg ed that Hon. E. D. Smith has used the Southern Cotton Association as a means of riding into office, but the thinking man, the farmer?the real producer of 'wealth and even the I business man, must admit that the work dyne by E. D. Smith through out the South and in South Carolina particularly, has brought more money to the farmer, the merchant, the doctor, the lawyer and to every other class than that of any other man who has espoused the cause of the South. His work has brought re sults, the increased price of cotton which Mr. Smith and his associates are largely responsible for bringing about, has made the people of South Carolina?all of them?more prosper ous than they have ever been before. Mr. Smith attended the University of South Carolina and is an alumus of Wofford College. He received his master's degree at Vanderbuilt Uni versity, the great Methodist institu tion of the South. He comes of distinguished ances tors, being a brother of the lamented Bishop A. Coke Smith. Mr. Smith is an orator of national repute and would be able to hold his !own with the "giants" of the Senate. With Smith in the United States Senate, South Carolina would again come into her own and be heard from by the rest of the country. Mr Smith has- a world of energy: he would not only hold his own on the door of the Senate, but his energetic work in the committee room would count for South Carolina. BOWMAN LOCAIjS. Items of Interest Gathered From That Section. Bowman. Sept. 2?:d. Special.? "The cool week in August" which has given us the "go by" for so many years in successive made a visit, last week some what, unexpectedly. The change was agreeably pleasant after such a long spell of oppressively hot weather. Cotton picking is in its giory now. the pleasant weather giving unusual impetus to this part or the farm work The price of the staple just now is somewhat discouraging.to the farmer J after a year of such hard toil in cul tivating this crop. There seems to be no eager desire to market the crop at the present price, although there is a possibility of the price dropping still lower. There are some fields to be seen that has deterioated badly during the past month while there are others that will yield fine crops. Pastor G. M. Davis reports a good meeting was held^at "White House" last week. 'The Danner brothers as sisted the pastor and some good work was accomplished at that church, re sulting in i) accessions, a number of conversions and the church member ship greatly revived. By an appointment several weeks ago revival services were commenc ed at Wight man church in this town last Sunday evening. The Danver brothers an1 here also. Pastor Davis has turned over the keys of the church to these young ministers who are ""chock full." of energy and zeal in the masters work of winning souls for the kingdom. The church Sun day night was filled to its utmost ca pacity while quite a number sat in buggies near the church till the con clusion of the services. Rev. J. H. Inabinct conducted ser vices on Monday a. m? a good audi ence being present. This so to speak is Rev. Mr. Ina hi nets home as he was born and raised in a few miles of Bowman. He is visiting friends in and around this section, but will return this a. m.. to his field of labor at Elidgeway which is under his charge for this year. The Danner brothers draw large crowds to the services they conduct from place to place. Their preaching is plain and pointed: they make no compromise with sin in any way,shape or form and there is prospect of much good being accomplished ere the meet ing closes. The song services con ducted by these two brothers before each service is truly inspiring. Dr. J. Thos. Carter reached Bow man lasi Saturday p. m.. after silenc ing sometime in the mountain.-- oi V C. Mrs. Carter accompanied the Doctor and they seem considerably rejuvinated as the result of this trip Dundee. Evans Received Great Vote in Spar taJiburg County. .lohn Hary Evans, candidate for the United States senate, polled the larg est vote in Spartan burg county, con sidering the vote cast, that any candi date for that Office has ever polled. He led all candidates combined by about 1,500 votes. It is estimated in the second race he will receive G, 2S0 %;otes should over 7,000 be cast. This shows how John Gary Evans stands at his home. CAUSE OF FLOODS. WORK FOR APPALACHIAN PARK HILL RECALLED. j Present Flood Might Have Been pv6 j vented Had the Hill Rcen Passed When it Whs First Introduced. The Washington correspondent or The News and Courier says the loss of many human lives and the destruc tion of thousands of dollars' worth of j property throughout the Southern [States because of the floocu: now pre vailing would probably not be wit nessed to-day had Congress passed the White Mountain and Appalachian I forest reserve bill a few years ago, I for which so hard a fight has been j waged.On the other hand.such condi tions as are now being seen will neces sarily continue until the lawmakers of the land realize that only with the passage of such a hill and the conse quent holding of the waters to flow off into their outlets in a natural way will such terrible floods stop. The fight that was made at the last session of Cong'ress and at the two or three sessions before by ad vocates of the White Mountain and Appalachian Park reserve bill is well remembered. Led by Reprcsetatives Currier, of Vermont, and Lever, of South Carolina, everything possible was done to have such a bill enacted into law, but even with the great fight that was made for its success could uot be had. Just as it seemed that success was in sight Representa tive Bartlett, of Georgia, adroitly took the matter out of the hands of the. House comniitttec on agriculture by la resolution placing it with the com mittee on the judiciary, giving the latter committee full power and au [thority to go into the question of the bill' constitutionality It was at first believed that Mr. Rartlett was favor able to the measure and really de sired to test the constitutional ques tions so that such matter could not be raised on the floor of the House when it came to a vote, but it was subsequently discovered that his pur pose was to effectually delay action lor the session. The judiciary com mittee took up the Currier bills, and after considering them for some time passed a resolution to the effect that if the purpose of the bills were to further navigation Uien it would be constitutional, otherwise not. That ?was a step in the passage of the measure, but so complicated was the situation towards the closing days of the session that nothing could be done towards securing its passage then. The trouble about these bills, how ever, ft'hich has been of more conse quence than the action' of Mr. Rart lett. is the fact that Speaker Cannon. I even in the face of the strogest ap peals, has absolutely refused to per mit then, to come to a vote. Dozens I of delegates from both the New Eng land and Southern States called on Ihini publicly and privately during the last session of Congress and pleaded with him to yield in his position and allow the mutter to come to a vote: to let the Representatives of the peo |pie express their views on the floor of the House by their votes, but nothing could change him. Not even his liest friends in Congress could have the least possible influence upon him. He not only told those Reprcsetatives who heggeel him to let the matter come to a vote, but the vtirious dele gations also, that as long as he was (Speaker he would recognize no one for that purpose. That was the situa :tion at the close of the last session of j Congress. Representatives Lever and Currier were pledged to their poepte to secure the passage of the bill at all hazards, and the failure to> secure favorable action cannot be placed to their account. The lives that are being lost every year in the South by reason of fhe floods that sweep through the moun tain country into the streams of the lowlands are Southern lives, but the milions of dollars of property that go to destruction represent the interests of people in every part of the United States. It'Is not only Southern mouey that goes into the South"s cotton mills bleacheries and other manufacturing industries, but Northern money and j Eastern! money is invested there j also. Ii is not known just what line of procedure the two Congressmen most ly interested in this measure will adopt at the coming ssesion of Con gress to effect its passage, if possible, but it is reasonable, to assume that they will not only continue their work of former years in the interest of the White Mountain and Appalach ian Park country, but that they will redouble their efforts alonR this line and bring all the pressure to bear on 'Speaker Cannon to have him yield hit position and allow the matter at least I to come squarely and fairly before ! Congress tor a vote. Mr. O'Riley Endorsed. To the Voters of Orangeburg Coun Ty: May we not ask your support for our candidate Mr. M. O'Riley who will be in the second race lor the Legisla ture, We know Mr. O'Riley and can say that he has both the capacity and ability to represent his people. Farmer's Hardware & Fur. Co.. .). ('. Price. Treas. <fc Mgr. In behalf of Air. AI. O'Riley will say thai he was urged into the race by the people of this section who not only know of his ability but believe in his sincerety and Intergrity. Should Air. O'Riley be elected we are confi dent that he will make a record not only for himself but for his county. Respectfully. J. M. Davis. M. 1). I first approached Mr. O'Riley to enter the race six months ago as I knew of the work he was doin?. J. C. Witt, of .1. C. Witt Supply. Co. CITY LEAGUE CLOSES. Team A. Ends in First Place Team I>: Second. The game Tuesday morning decid ed the leader of the League. Had team A. lost (o team C. and team B. won in the afternoon, teams A. ad B. would end tie. As it. was team A. ends in first plase. followed by team B. which ended one. game behind team A. There will probably be an other league next summer. Each team played 80 sanies. Tuesday morning's game was won by team A. from team C. A. 112 200 0:;2?11 8 7 C. 2 11 020 000? G 7 7 Batteries: A. Hugo Sims and Kortjohn. C. Marchant and Scoville. On Tuesday afternoon team B. won from team C. by score of 21 to G. The game was called" at th? end of the sixth inning on account of dark ness. The score, by inning was: B.132 159?2i 1 G F> C. 1 10 21 1? 6 8 S Batteries: B. Josey and Kortjohn, C. Wannamaker and VVannamaker. W. L. P.C. A.18 12 .600 B.17 13 .")67 c.io 20 ..-{:;;! THE PASTEUR TREATMENT. How the Patient is innoculntcd Against Hydrophobia. Many have friends, or at least know of people who have received the Pasteur treatment as preventa tive of hydrophobia, but few with the exception of the medical fraternity, are familiar with the treatment they receive. To Pasteur, the eminent French bacteriologist, is due the pre ventative treatment that is now ad mitted to be entirely successful in the great majority of cases. After Jong experiments on animals he demon strated that innoculation of the pati ent with a week virus from an animal that has died from hydrophobia im parts immunity from a virus or great virulence. ? On this principle a recently bitten patient is innoculnted hyperdermical ly with a virus prepared from the spinal cord removed from a rabbit infected with hydrophobia, and whose virulence has been attenuated by being kept for fourteen days In a dry atmosphere after the time infec tion tat the expiration of this time the spinal cord would be entirely in nocuous). On the second day the patient is treated with virus prepar ed thirteen days before, on the third day with twelve-day old virus of suc cessively increasing strength, until on the fourteenth day he receives virus of full strength that can be borne without inconvenience, the system having been rendered immu ne by the treatment described. .Many thousand cases are treated every year in various laboratories throughout the world, and few eases are on record where a successful cure has not been effected. LIST OP LETTERS. Those Remaining Unclaimed in the Ornngchurg Postofflce. The following is the list of letters remaining unclaimed in the Orange burg postofiice for the week ending Sept. :t. 190S. Persons calling for these letters will please say they art advertised. A. D. Webster, P. M. Miss Xealie Afken. Mrs. H. Ammondsr. .fas. Baker. L. A. Bowman. Prof. R. W. Bowman. L. E. Boykin. A. If. BrafiTley. Mrs. Itosener Bris bin. M. L. Brown? ^? A. W. Brown. Joe. Brunson. Mrs. Alene Burnett. Mrs. Matte Cain. Mrs. Julia Carter. Henry E. Cook. Miss Rebecca Daniels. Miss Mary Ella Daniels. L. W. Dantzler. Leroy W. Davis. W. B. fuikes. Mr. J. P. Errina. 1 Lila Evans. Miss Hattle Polk. Miss Lucile Frasier. Mr. Hary Proger. J. S. Harley. Miss Susan Henderson. Miss Annie Ivy. John Louis Jackson. A. Jeffcoat. Mrs. Sally Jenkins. W. K. Johnson. Jake Johnson. Isaac Johnson. .Miss Si I vie Knight. S. L. Lawrence. Samuel Lewis (Special Del.) Mack Olive. Gabriel Plroble. Miss Mulvenia Polndexter. Misses Thelma and Lillian SaMey. Perry Shuler. J. A. Sims. Lester Simmons. Clarence Tilmou. Miss Meale Thomas. Mrs. Silvio Williams. ('. .1. Young. (?allied in Weight. ".Mr. Win. R. Raines. T r.??:: Wil liams street, was run down in healtl was weak and suffered from stomach trouble for a Ion;; time, L'sed lllolx Tonic and now-feels like anotliei man. Has gained in weight and b entirely cured of stomach trouble Samples free or $1 size bottles I'oi 50c. 14 S. Brougham Street. iCnm Building, i Engraved Visiting Curds. Now that the time is almost hen for the girls and boys to leave foi college it is time that orders should be sent for engraved visiting cards C*all and iook over samples at Sims Book Store. Prices from %\.ti0 pel hundred up. CARDS OP THANKS. The Candidates Express Their Thanks to the Voters. To my friends: ? I beg to extend my sincerest thanks for the loyal support accorded me in the recent primary and wish to ask a continuance of your favorable consideration on next Tuesday. If. by your suffrage. I am entrusted with the office of County Supervisor. I shall see to it that each township has its proper attention, both with regard to moneys paid in by its clti zr ns. ad services to be rendered by the chain-gang. I believe in the principle of local self-government, and that each community knows best its own needs, and should apply to, and receive at the hands of its of ficers all that is its due. P. J. D. Felder. To the people of Orangeburg County: I desire to thank you for the very handsome vote you gave me on the 25th of August, which assures me of my election, and I promise that I will do my utmost for the liest interest of the people of this county, and State. Respectfully. Bascora A. Sh tiler. To the Voters of Orangeborg Coun ty: 1 desire to thank you for the votes which you gave me in the first pri mary. As is shown by the returns, I re ceived a very liberal support through out the County in my race for the Legislature, and I am now asking the voters to give me tlreir support again in the second primary. 1 was l>orn and reared in Orange burg County, and T have lived wi'thra her limits all my life. I am familiar with the manners and customs of her people, and I know their wants and needs. If elected, my best efforts will be put forth for the up-buildlng. 'ad vancement and welfare of our County. Any aid which you may give me in the second primary will be greatly appreciate'd. Yours very truly, k T. P. Horger. To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina: I wish to assure you of my appre ciation of the handsome vote you give me on the 25th instant. I trust that I have succeeded in impressing upon you my fixed determination, if elected, to honestly and faithfully discharge the duties ,of the office of RhilnMid Commissioner, and with impartial fairness to all interests: and upon this platform I ask for your continu ed support in the second primary. James Chnsler. Tirzah, York County. S. C. August 31st, 1908. I thank the people- for the support given me, as I did uot enter the race until 24 hours before the Branchvvie meeting 1 am proud of the result. Or. account of my plattorm a wsj?" was waged agaist nie in the beginning but now as my opponent came out for Prohibition during the latter part of the campaign there will be no issue between us; so in fairness to bo'tl i ask the factions to place no obstacles in the way of either but let us run on our own efforts, it' Mr. Horger is elected I pledge him my moral sup port-during his term. Should I be the one selected my work will be such that you would know your confid? m-" was not misplaced. Respectfully. M. O'Riley. Candidate for the Legislature. Deafness Cannot Be Cured, by local application, as they cannot reach the disease portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an infiamained condition of the mucous lining of the ustachian Tube. When" this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation cau be taken out and this tube restored to its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for ever: nine cases out of ten are caus ed by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the hucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol llars for any case of Deafness (caus ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. ? Send lor circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY ? CO., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists. 73c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Some people's charity is confined to the distribution of lemons. Don't Want Change. We, the undersigned, are the two candidates in the second primary, for cotton weigher at North, S. C. A little while ago. the Executive Com mittee was solicited by a member of Hampton Club, to allow ihe vote of Hamilton Club to come in for election of cotton weicher at North. This was granted by the Executive Com mittee. The vote of Hampton club in the first primary for cotton weigh er word to Springfield. This change for .second primary, requested and granted, as stated in ihe Orangeburg jStin nl a few days ago. bids fair to I cause considerable friction, and has the appearance of being done in the j interest oi one particular candidate. Now. this particular candidate had (absolutely nothing t<i do with this ro jquest in any way whatsoever: and we. the undersigned, want to say right now. thai neither of us are In , favor nl this: that we want a fair deal: and we request the County Ex ecutive Committee to withdraw its j grant in this case: and also. We de cline to accept the vote of the Hamp ton Club in this Election. H. F. tileaton. B. H. Knotts. Jr. j Aug 29. ! ODS. Saturday September 2tJ. win be the last day to get the 51 bottles for 50c. of Globe Tonic. MAY CAUSE A SMILE A COLUMN OP LIGHT READING THAT WILL BE ENJOYED By All Who Like to Bead Funny and Witty Sayings from the Mag azines and Papers. Particular on That Heid. An American, while visltinjr Kings ton, Canada, saw (tames issuing from a house he chanced t>> he passing at noontime. Rushing around Hie corner, he burst into a Hre engine station, shouting "Fire!" At his entrance and cry an old rnau, the only occupant of the station, who sat readjng a newspaper, slowly- arose, carefully deposited his paper on the chair and hobbled over to a desk, on which was a large book. ".Now." said he. taking up n pencil and opening this volume, while the American stared in amnzenfeni, "wot's the street and number V" 'T don't know, but It's just around the corner!" "Well, you'd better go back and mid out the number," advised the old mau. shutting the bonk. "When tlie Ik)>*h git back from dinner and hear there's a lire, they'll be pretty anxious to know jus; where it isr* Embraced Them AIL "Nowhcie. not even in Russin, uro the girls so pretty as: in America,''"said a visiting Russian. "It seems wrong and stingy that a man ?1111 only marry one of them. Every American, sur rounded by all this beauty, must envy the snap that a friend of mine in Rus sia had. "So you are engaged.' a man said to my friend, 'to one of the beau tiful Vromsky triplets; eh':' 'Yes,' my friend replied. 'But how can you tell them apart''' the niaii asked. "1 don't try," said my friend."' Hit the Wrong Target.. A Richmond man bought a turkey from old Uhele Ephraim ami asked him in making (he purchase jf it was a tame turkey. "Oh. yais. sir; it's a tame tu'key ol right." . "Now, Ephraim, are you sure it's a runic lurkeyV" "Oh, yais. sir: dere's noso't o* doubt 'bout dat. It's a tame tu'key ol right." He consequently bought; the turkey, and a day or two Inter when eating it he came across several shot. Later on. when be met old Ephraim on the stiver, he said: "Well, Ephraim, you told me that was :i tame turkey, but I found some shot in it. when I was eating it." "Oh. dat war a tame tu'key ol right" was Uncle Epbrnim's reiterated rejoin der, "but de fac' is, boss, t's.gwine to tell yer in confidence dat dem dere shot was intended for me." G'jitc Good Enough. She bad just received a message through (he telephone and, still hold ing the receiver to her ear. said to her husband: ' > ?Tbc Thompsons want us to dine With them tonight. Is it good enough*'" Before he could speak over the wire the answer came: "Yes; quite good enough. Come along." An Ideal of Patriotism.. Let our 'objeel be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And, by lh(> blessing of Cod, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of op pression and (error, but of wisdom, of peace and of liberty, upon which (he world may gaze wirb admiration for ever.? I hmiel Webster. Easy Bookkeeping.. A young husband; finding that bis pretty but rather extravagant wife ?wits',considerably exceeding their in come, brought her home one day a ncal little account book. This he pre sented to her. together with $30. "Now, my dear." he said, "I want you lo put down what 1 give you ou this side, and ou the other write down the way it: gees, and in a fortnight I wili give you another supply." A couple of weeks later he asked for the book. "(Mi. I hare kept the account all right!" said his wife. "See?here it is!" On one page was inscribed, "Re ceived from Willie $50," and on the opposite page was the comprehensive little summary, "Spent it all." Tho Sacrifice Balked. A young man who had been c-tso verlcd at a camp meeting declared that all pride and self conceit bad been taken oui of bis heart. To prove it he said he would go down among the au dience and kiss an old colored woman. As he went down the aisle (he old col ored woman rose to her feet and said: "Look a-byer, bruddali, yon may hab no pride, but I bus. Von can't Han son i/.e me 'fo all dese white folks." A Friendly Suggestion. A destitute author went i<> Dumas pere and threatened 10 suffocate him self ami his three children unless Du mas could lei him have ?00 francs at oiiee. Dumas searched his coffers thor oughly, bu: could llml only "00 francs, "Bui I must have three, or I ami the little ones an last." "Suppose you suf focate yourself and .save the little ones," said Dumas. The Soft Answer. ll was a w ise young man who paused before he answered the widow who asked him to guess her age. "You must have some idea of It," she said, with what was intended for an arch sldewise glance. "1 have several ideas,'' he admitted, with a smile. "The only (rouble is that 1 hesitaln whether lo make you ten years young er on account of your looks or ten years older on account of your brains." Tbeu, while the widow smiled ami blushed, lie took a graceful but speedy leave. Tabulated statement of the County State vote will be found on page five.