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3_?_ MUSI ISSUE BONDS. SAYS CALHOUN COUNTY COMMIS SIONERS IF THE People Want a Courthouse and Jail in keeping With Other Up-to-Date ' Small Counties , of This State. The Commissioners of Calhoun county are interesting themseles in pro7idlng a courthouse and jail for the new county, both of which are very badly needed At a recent meeting notes amounting to $20,250 were turned over to the commis sioners and after a careful examina tion by them, were accepted. These notes., read as follows: $? St. Matthews, S. C, 190S. On demand, I hereby promise to pay to T. A. Amaker, treasurer of Calhoun County Organization. ^... dollars, value received I payable at St. Matthews, S. C, for j the purpose of building a court hous2 and jail for the county of Calhoun. provided the town of St. Matthews S. C, fails to build a court house and jail. Should the town of St. Matth ews' S. C, build a court house and jail this obligation is to become null and void. And endorsed on the reverse side by T. A. Amaker, treasurer. The Calhoun Advocate says after a full discussion the following ac tion was taken: Whereas, the real estate valued at from $3,000 to $4,000 was do nated to Calhoun county by Mr. F. J. Buyck for county purposes with out one cent cost to said county: whereas, both by the deed and the conditions of acceptance, this real estate will not become the property of Calhoun county until January 1, 1909. Whereas, the notes stipulate that they are only payable in case the town of St. Matthews fails to bond for $20,000 for the erection of the court house and Jail, and whereas, the officials of said town give their assurance that full authority for bouding will be'presented to our del egation in the next general assembly for passage. There can ge no question but that the $20,000 will be furnished the county of Calhoun for the erection of the court house and jail by the town of St. Matthews. The notes ?deposited with the commission are perfectly good as a guarantee, and make the assurance that the $20, 000 will be furnished unquestionable. Whereas, citizens from various sections of the count;' have advo cated to the commission the impor tance and advantage of having the county supplement this amount so as to erect a first-class court nous and jail. The extra levy necessary to supplement this amott'.t and build a $40,000 court house and jail will not exceed 1-4 or 1-2 mill. Therefore, be .it resolved that at the coming session of1 the general assembly that we wM present pe tition to our representative urging that they comply promptly with the request made by the town of St. Matthews to pass an act authorizing the bonding of the said town of St. Matthews for $20,000 for the pur pose of erecting the court house and jail. In case the citizens of Calhoun deem it advlsabie and to the best Interest of the county to supplement the $20,000 for the erection of the court house and jail so as to erect buildings In keeping with the other State which Is advocated by not only the citizens of various sections of this county, but which is advocated by some of the best posted men in the various counties of this State. Then the citizens of this count can petition our representative in the general assembly to also enact a law authorizing the bonding of Calhoun county so as to supplement the before stated amount. Similar actions have been taken by various other counties in the State. They deemed it advisable to secure per manent buildings that will cost the county and tax payers much less in the long run and will be a credit to the county. While other counties of the State have used the jails of the adjoining county and also the State peniten tiary for the detention of the pris oners the same as we are doin?. still we realize the need for a jail and will take steps to build one as stat ed before at the earliest possible mo ment. In the mean time, we arge that ihe town of St. Matthews do all they can to erect an up-to-date suard house, which we are informel that they have decided to do. and that tboy build one for the joint use of the town and county when neces cen be erected. Thomas Punished. A dispatch from Washington sny^ the civil service commission Tuesdaj issued a statement severely repri manding and reducing in salary from $000 to $300 II. P>. Thomas, clerk in the Orangeburg postoflice. he cause of pernicious political activ ity. Thomas was chairman of tier district Republican committee, and the commission sustained complaints against him of obnoxious nctlvity but on its recommendation, in view of his good reptatinn and record, he was nut removed but severely dis ciplined and required to resign nis chairmanship immediately on penalty of dismissal. Hour of Meeting Changed. The members of Middlepen Union N>. 4S3 will take notice that thd hour of meeting has been changed from 4 to 3 o'clock. Next regular meeting on Saturday. October 10, at three p. m. Bretheren be on hand for there will be fun when the meat mcots the meat. There will be plen ty of time for other business also. By order of the President. yy. S. Barton, Jr. GOES TO JAIL. Surrendered by His Bondsmen Stal Vey is Locked Up. A dispatch from Aiken to The NewB and Courier says "late Mon day afternoon Geo. M. Staivey' was delivered up by ^his bondsmen and is now in the county jail for the first time since he was first ? charged with bigam? ; Saturday -night- he was released on ball to appear this week to receive his sentence. His leading counsel, Mr. p. S. Hender son, being unable to appear in court at the time the verdict Was rendered, .he wishing- .to make a motion for a new trial before the sentence w*s passed. The charge for which he was given up Monday afternoon i3 for non-support of his children. He was served with this warrant in Aiken immediately after his prelim inary for bigamy; at that time he j waived his preliminary for the for mer charge, and was given bail in the sum of $500.. Monday night his bondsman,?Mr. Dukes, delivered him to the officers and gave up'the'bond. The bond Saturday night was signed by. Mrst Lightfoot. mother of Mrs. Staivey No. 2. It is under stood she still holds this bond. Mr Dukes is his brother-in-law and was instrumental in the defense of mak ing several trips through the country supposed to have been traversed by ?the former Mrs. Staivey and the defendant. It is not known when the Judge will pass sentence upon him for the charge he was convicted of Saturday night, but is is supposed that it will be done within the next day or two. It is stated that the last Mrs. Staivey has been prostrated with grief since the conviction. She is said to have stated previous to the trial that if he were convicted she would commit suicide. It looks as if Mr. Dukes is quitting the de fense by his action in delivering Staivey to the officers." RAISED BREAD RATES. South Carolina Railroad Commissio i After Express Company. The railroad commission and the Southern Express Company have clashed again, this time over what the commission considers the Com pany's attempt to raise the interstate rates on bread between 20 and 2Ij per cent throughout the State. This class of business is very heavy out of Charleston, Columbia. Augusta and Charlotte, where there are mod ern bakers doing business with near by towns and cities and small sta tions, and the business has been steadily growing for some time. The tariff issued by the company last May calls class C rate based on the net weight of bread. Last month on complaint of B. J. Mizson & Bro.. of Orangeburg, that company was charging tolls on a basis of one pound to the loaf, whereas the bread's actual weight was only 12 ounces to the loaf, the commission forced the company to conform to its published tariff. Now it turns out that the companv over the signature of Superintendent J. H. Marvin and Second Vi.ce Presi dent Loop, has issued a new tariff, calling it supplement No. 5, to rate sheet No. 464, in which the class is reduced to class D, but basing the rate on the gross weight. The commission figures this out at an increase of between 20 and 25 per cent and Wednesday notified the com pany officials that it would not ap prove this new tariff and demanding that the company maintain the old rates. To Pay Welche's Fee. The Commissioners of Calhoun county met recently to consider the claim of Mr. R. H. Welch for the dispensary case and how the fee is to be prorated. Mr. Welch's bill presented was $013.15 . After full discussion it was resolved to prorate the fee between the county of Cal houn. town of St. Matthews and Fort .Motte according to their income which resulted as follows: Calhoun county. $2.56.58: town of St. Mat thews. $192.42; town of Fort Motte, $54.15. Record of profits as shown by Orangeburg county dispensary bookks which were used In making this division as follows: Fort Motte, for first quarter, $655.86; second quarter. $345.35: total. $1.001.21. Town of St. Matthews, for first quar ter. $2.042.25; second quarter. $1.027.37; total. $3,069.89. A Good Singing Company. Fine voices .the latest soups, and a fine quartette are the features of J. A. Coburn's Greater Minstrels first part at the Academy of Music tonight. It is the best singing show he has ever carried and reports from all points along the route mentioned the singing particularly as being first class . The commedians too good, their songs the latest and best, and every black face singer is a flue dancer as well, which adds snap and finish to their work, and sends the chorus along with a vigor nothing else can. Don't miss the best min strel show of the season. Watch for the parade and band concert ail noon. Who Will l>o Likewise? Mr. G. M. Morris. of Vancos. writes us as follows: "Knclos'j please find my check for five dollar, for the Bryan campaign fund, which you will please turn over to the proper person." This is a liberal contribution from Mr. Norrls and we will see that it reaches the proper parties. Who will follow Mr. Nor-I ris' patriotic example? Missionary Sermon. The annual sermon before the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soci ety of Limestone church will be preached by Rev. J. Harvey Danner at the church on Friday evening. Octobor 16. at eight o'clock. The public are cordially invited. HAMBURG h?RO HIT \1SITED TUESDAY MORNING BY SERIOUS FIRE. / Prompt and Energetic Work on the Part of Citizens Prevented Spread of 'the ii'lames.. Our neighbor Bamberg -.was vis ited about half-past five o'clock Tuesday morning by a very disas trous fire, entailing a loss of about $50,000 or more. Of this amount about one-half is covered by insur ance. The following particulars of the fire was furnished by the Bam berg correspondent of The State: The fire was discovered. in the grocery store of Mr. J. A. Mitchell, but there are different reports as to whether it originated in that place or in the opera house above. Some say that the fire* began underneath the stage of the opera house and others that it began in the store be-, neath. There are some who think that the work was that of incen diaries,, as. Mr. Mitchell's front door was found unfastened. Whether this was . dose- by some one- trying to fight th'e'flames or whether it was broken open by an incendiary is a question, but the fact that there is a night watchman on the streets at all hours of the night makes it ap pear that the door was opened after the fire was discovered. But for prompt and energetic work on the part of the"citizens the flames would have no doubt spread its path of destruction much further down the business section of the town. As it was, it completely destroyed the buildings occupied by W. G. Hoff man, Armstrong-Johnson Co., J. A. Mitchell, J. A. Hunter and H. Dick inson, as well damaging the large mercantile establishment of H. C. Folk and C. R. Brabham's Sons. The opera House above the stores of Messrs. 'Hoffman, Armstrong-John son-Brabham Co. and Mitchell was destroyed. In this same block were the law offices of Hon. S. G. May field and his very complete library was a entire loss. Dr. 0. D. Faust's dental office was destroyed and his fixtures were all lost without any in surance . The building owned by the town was occupied by the hardware concern of J. A. Hunter, and the up per story, was used as a lodge by the Knights of Pythias and Masons. The property of these two orders was practically all saved. The dam age to goods of the stocks of H. C: Folk, C. R. Brabham's Sons and Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co. will "be consider able, both from removal and to some extent from water. The losses and insurance are as follows: Onera house fixtures, owned by J. F. Folk, valued at $1,400; insurance' of $500. Building owned by J. F. Folk and occupied by merchants on first floor; valued -at $10,500; insurance of $6,500. Law office and library of S. G. Mayfield; valued at $2,00i;, with no insurance. Armstrong-Johnson-Brabham Co. stock of general merchandise; valued at $10,000; insurance $5,000. W. G. Hoffman, fancy groceries and ice cream parlor; valued at $9.000; insurance of $5,500. Building owned by town; valued at $3.500; insurance $2,000. Dental parlor. Dr. O. D. Faust: valued at $400; total loss. J. A. Mitchell, fancy groceries; stock valued at $900; insurance $700. t J. A. Hunter, hardware; stock valued at $8,500; insurance $5,000. H. Dickinson fruit store; covered by insurance. Store of H. C. Folk: damaged about $1.000. Before the fire had finished burn ing today. Col. John F. Folk had made arrangements with a construc tor to replace the burned building. Mr. Folk owned the block which was burned, with the exception of the city hall, and he says that he will replace the old building with a hand some structure. The Barnen" "build ing was a handsome one, hut the new will be much prettier in every respect. The town will erect a handsome city hall to replace the "Trmed one, which was not in keep ing with the town. Mayor G. F. Hair said today that he favored putting up an attractive building, making the first floor a I store as before, the second fitted up I for offices and the third to be used lor the lodges. The wall belonging to TZr. H. C. Kolk t.nd which was in direct contact with the flames will probably be changed in some j way. Mr. Kolk fears that, it is warped from the beat. Took Sick on (be I toad. Sheriff Dukes was notified on Tuesday morning that Mr. .1. M. Bell, who bad gone up near Neecesl on Monday morning to sorvc some papers tor the Sheriff, had been; found Monday night lying in the road, having fallen out of his bug gy. When found he was taken to the home of Mr. Kennedy, where h? j now lies in a precarious condition | Sheriff Dukes left immediately to look after Mr. Dell. It is supposed that Mr. Dell had a s'rok<- of pa ralysis. He lives a lew miles from this city and has many friends in | all parts of the county, who sincerely hope that he may be soon restored to health. Letters Uncalled for. List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Orangeburg postoflice for week ending October S, 1908. Per sons calling for these letters will say that they are "advertised:" .lohn Daxter, Jas. Drown. Miss Mary Ann Hammons. L. R. Inabinet (one). Miss Mamie G. Reynolds. A. D. WEHSTER, Postmaster. Do not fail to visit the Gents Clothing Co.'s store during their spe cial ten days sale. Trunk Lines Grant Rates That- Will Bring Many. The State says homeseekers' rates will be granted by the railroads from the Northwest into South Carolina territory during the latter part of this month and in November. Com missioner Watson has been working along this line several years, and was surprised and gratified to re ceive a letter-from Mr. W. J. Craig of the Atlantic Coast Line, announc ing a special low rate to the South east, from St. Louis, Evansvilte, Hickman. Cincinnati and other points in that section to all points in the Southeast. These tickets, which wiii have a 21-day limit and have certain stop-over privileges, will be sold for 80 per cent of the cost of one straight fare. The tickets will be placed on sale October 27 and November 24. On these two dates there will be (specials from Washington for - the purpose of taking up the excursion ists coming from the Northwest to North Carolina, South Caroline, Georgia, Florjda and Alabama. . The letter also says that certain concessions have also been secured from other trunk lines in furtherance of the general scheme. The trunk lines include the Southern, the Bal timore & Ohio and the Mobile & Ohio. Commissioner Watson has had a special man working in the Nortn west nearly all the summer, spending his time at agricultural fairs and other gatherings distributing South Carolina' literature and otherwise ac quainting those people with the claims and ad\antages of this State. The commissioner will at once place advertisements in all the lead ing agricultural papers in the Nort.i west, inviting those people to this State ,and will follow this up with other means of getting in personal touch with HJie prospective excur sionists. RATES FOR STATE FAIR. Round Trip Tickets Will lie Issued With Convenient Schedules. The railroads have announced th? reduced rates foi\the South Carolina State fair, which is to be held la Columbia, as usual, on October 25 to 30. Tickets will be on sale on Saturday, October 24 to October 20. inclusive, and for train due to arrive in Columbia before noon of October 30, with final limit November 2. The rates apply from all points in South. Carolina and from Charlotte, Ashe videl, Augusta and Savannah and intermediate stations, and are grant ed by the following roads: Atlantic Coast Line. Blue Ridge railway, Charleston & Western Carolina, Columbia, Newberry & Laurens, Sea board Air Line and Southern rail ways. The round trip tickets in clude coupon admitting the purchaser to the fair grounds. The rates from the points named are as follows: Abbeville.$.1.65 Allendale_.*.?.. .. 3.05 Anderson . 4.45 Asheville.:... 5.25 Augusta, Ga. 2.70 Beaufort. 4.55 Bennettsville. 3.90 Blacksburg.'. . . . 4.15 Camden . 1.75 Charlotte. 3.55 Charleston . .. 4.60 Cheraw. 3.40 Chester ../.. 2.70 Clinton..??'.. 2.70 Denmark . 2.30 Fairfax. 3.0S Greenville . 4.10 Greenwood .3.20 Laurens . 3.00 Newberry. 2.05 Orangeburg .2.25 Port Royal . 4.70 Prosperity . 1.S5 Savannah, Ga. 4.5 0 Seneca . 5.15 Spartanburg. 3.60 Sumter.. . . . 3.00 Cole Brothers' Circus. Wherever the Coi<f Brothers' Shows have exhibited press and pub lic have been a unit in (praising th" work of the exceedingly large numfber of young and handsome women performers. Bevies of the fair sex are represented among the riders, aerialists, contortionists, jng glers, high-wire artists, gymnast?, tists, a fact which greatly enhance chariot drivers and in fact even among the ringmasters. As may nat urally be expected keen rivalry exists between tnn lady and gentlemen ar tists,a a fact which greatly enhances imperial program. presented this year by these shows, contains only the liest and most modern features (hat money and labor can procure and in such quantity and variety as to satisfy every urenlc taste and fancy.1 Lack of space prevents in enumeration of all the different acts', many of which must be seen to he appreciated. There is an extended list, the last of which does not h\ any means end the pleasures whk:i ilie Cole Brothers' Shows will pro vide patrons Wednesday afternoon and evening, October 21, in Orange burg. There are I lie sports of ancient Rome and modern fete day races and contests. Then the big triple menageries from a zoological display without a peer in all the world. Noxl is C tie Brothers' marvelous museum in which are exhibited a myriad of human und animal freaks and other attractions. Thus it will be seen that there is a royal holiday feast in store lor all who attend this: mighty amusement exposition. Paid for His Badge. Senator-elect Robert Lide paid us his dollar the other day and now wears a Bryan badge. Every good Democrat ought, to have one of these badges. Call at The Times and Dem ocrat office with your dollar for the Bryan campaign fund and get one. The sale that is now going on at the Gents Clothing Co.'s store is be ing taken advantage of by the groat crowds every day. Join the crowd. OVER FIFTY DOLLARS CAMPAIGN TTJNDS COLLECTED On , Yesterday. by Co>min i ttee, _Whq j Have Many to Call on Yet?All Should Help;' ;> ' I * j j Although .the ? c6fm.it.tee;'.having j in charge the raising of funds for thej National Democratic campaign has not yet started out on its regular canvass, a- number of subscriptions have been received, many of them purely; voluntary.. : The commute will make the rounds tomorrow and every man. in the city who is able to help the cause will be asked to contribute. Orange.burg/must be at the front, not drily in the4 assistance rendered to Democracy but it should be a matter of city-and county pridi The time is short and we must be up and doing: Those who have been promising must now come up with the cash, that's the thing that counts. Join the five dollar club if you are able, then there are the .$2.50 and- $1.00 clubs. Surely you can reach one of them. Give some thing, no matter how little. . Be ready to make a prompt and liberal response when the committee calls tomorrow. The following contribution sa^e in addition to those already acknowl edged: Thos. F. Brantiey.$5.00 M. E. Zeigler' ,... ? 5.00 Thos. E. Miller . 5.00 J. Stokes Sal ley . 5.0 ) R. E. Copes . 5.00 Cash . 5.00 A. M. Salley . 2.00 C. P. Brunson . 2.00 W. K. Sease . 2.00 J. L. Stokes. 1.00 C. B. Smith . 1.00 \V. M. Walter..-. . 1.00 Edgar L. Culler. . 1.00 L. H. Wannamaker. 1.00 F. A. Schiffley.'. 1:00 D. C. Hayden. 1.01) W. R. Lowman ...... 1.00 J. A. Berry._ 1.00 W. C. Wolfe. .'?_ 1.00 E. W. Livingston .'.. 1.00 E. W .Brantiey .1.00 W. C. Crum . 1.00 Claude Gaffney ............. 1.00 Ayers Williams .75 Total .$50.75 Citizens of the county must un stand that this work is not to be confiend to the city of Orangeburg; everybody in Orangeburg county is urged to contribute according to his (or her) means. Before the election the names of all contributors and to tal amount given by each will bej published in the local papers. Watch for the committee today. More Campaign Fund?. Contributions from Tillman Dem ocratic Club: Mrs. E. C. Barton .$1.00 Mrs. L. S. C. Barton. 1.00 Mrs. W. S. Barton, Jr. 1.00 L. S. C. Barton. . . . 1.00 W. M. Funches . 1.00 Z. E. Stroman .'.. 1.00 P. F. Gramling . 2.00 Willis Stroman . 1.00 Ben Stroman .25 Willie Gramling.50 R. fi. Ricken baker .25 Rev. Graham .25 D. B. Stroman.50 B. W. Spell .50 Tom A rant .It) Virgil Funches.50 B. Blair .25 Lucius Bozard .25 R. S. Zeigler .50 T. R. McCants . 1.00 Eugene Burke.50 J. F. Bozard :. 1.00 G. E. Stroman. 1.00 Henry O'Cain .25 Earnest Hunkerplller.25' W. S. Barton. Jr..' 1.0U Total .$17.85 Deafness Cannot Be Cured, by local application, as they cannot reach the disease portion cf the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an influmamed condition of the mucous lining of the ustachlan Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bear ing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and tIiis tnbo restored to its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases nut of ten are caus ed by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the liucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist.-:. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipation. Death of Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Minnie Miller, beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Miller, died at her homfl in this city on las' Monday afternoon. She was a holy that was highly es teemed by many friend*? for her many noble qualities. She had been married about three years and leaves a husband and one little child, who is only a few days of age. Mrs. Miller was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wannamaker of this city. The funeral took place from St. Paul's Methodist church on Tues day afternoon and the interment took place at Sunnyside Cemetery. Still Very Sick. Dr. Hydrick's condition is prac tically unchanged. He is a very sick man. but we still hope he may be restored to his family and friends. He has not spoken since he was flret stricken down. ,GONEI TO REST. Another Gallant Old. Veteran ..Answers i *'?* ?"* ' ? "v ' '?? ^ the Lost Roll Call. 6n Saturday morning, October 3rd, Mrl J". W: '.lack passed away, after an: ilihess of several, months. Mr.' Mack, was a. highly respected man anct a prosperous farmer. - -His-vie-vs being* respected arid he was always known " to 'advocate that which be thought wa"s right. He' was" of a jolly nature and 'a' genial dispo sition, which won the' love and re spect of all who knew .him. ;' He was twice married. Find, to". Miss Emma Irick. ' From this union one daughter survives him,' Mrs. E. V. Handel ;of Ft. Motte, S. C. His second .'marriage was to Miss Martha Wolf. Mr. Mack was a faithful member of the Pine Grove Lutheran church. He also served as a fearless and faithful soldier during .the Civil War. Another member of that noble and ' gallant band of heroes has obeyed the last call Of the trumpet, and has gone home to a higher and better life, there to serve faithful under the flag of the cross. He leaves a wife, one daughter, many grandchildren, three sisters, with many relatives and friends to mourq his death. "With Lee and with Jackson Thy spirit has gone, To receive from its master The plaudit: 'Well done!' Faithful servant, at last, .Come unto thy rest And wear the bright jeweled crown Reserved for the blest." ?B. W. JUST COULD NOT REFUSE. How the Handsome Daughter of Mr. Way Got Signers. The Columbia Record says Gover nor Ansel on Monday announced re fusals in the case of tour pardon petitions?those of D. J. Millwood, Spartanburg, IS months for larceny; Daniel Bowman, Dorchester, five years for manslaughter; John M. Sturkey. Orangeburg, three months for violation of the dispensary law, and Jefferson M. Way, Orangeburg, life term for murder. In adversely endorsing the Way petition, Solicitor Hildebrand says: "Many of the good people who have signed Way's petition have been to me and said they could not re sist the temptation to sign the ap plication for pardon for two rea sons, that it was presented by his daughter; a grown young lady of quite handsome appearance, yet knowing on many occasions he woulu whip her with a buggy whip and beat his wife." , Recalling two other instances in which Way served sentences for kill ings and pointing out how he was a man of ungovernable temper, Mr. Hlldebrand says: "I will say nothing of the threats made by him against his wife and against the prosecuting attorney in case of his liberation. I lay little stress on the vapid threats of a nun such as he is, but I respectfully sub mit he is not a proper person to "he turned loose in a community of law abiding citizens." The presiding judge also strongly endorsed the petition with an adverse recommendation. Gone to Rest. Mrs. Mary Ann Rickenbaker died in this city at the home of her daughter. Mrs. W. A. Sbuler, on Saturday last, after a protracted ill ness. Mrs. Rickrnbaker was the widow of the late Mr. Henry Rickenbaker, who resided until his death in the Middle St. Matthews sectionfl and was a man of prominence and well known in the county. Mrs. Riclcen baker resided with her son, Mr. L. W. Rickenbaker, a prominent farmer and citi/.en, on the old homestead until recently when she came to tho city to visit her daughter, Mrs. Shuler where she died. She was a consis tent member of the Baptist church for many years, and a woman of many virtues and noble traits of character. Excursion Rates via Southern Railway. Account South Carolina State Fair the Southern Railway announces very low round trip rates from ail points in South Carolina to Columbia, S. ('.. tickets to lie sold October 24th to 29tll inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive Columbia before noon October 30th. I 90S, limited for return until November 2nd. 190S. For rates, schedules and informa tion about special trains to Columbia on special dates, apply to Southern Railway agents or address. J. C. LUSK, Division Passenger Agent. Charleston, s. C. Another Veteran Gone. Mr. J. I). Inabinet an old veteran, died near Wood ford on September 24. He was a communicant of the Methodist church and was a devoted and consecrated member. Mr. It:a>> inel was highly esteemed hy a large circle of friends, who will greatly miss him. He was always cheerfui and happy which made him a very pleasant companion on all occasions. IIi> never married and died at the residence of his brother, Mr. Archie Inabinet, after an illness of nine weeks, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation. A Card of Thanks. We desire to express to our many friends and acquaintances, our sin cere thanks and greatful apprecia tion for their many kindnesses ami the sympathy shown by them during 'the recent sirkness and death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Rickenbaker. We shall never forgot you. and trust a kind Heavenly Father will richly reward each of vou. Sincerely, Mrs. W. A. Shuler and other children. MARKET CROP SLOWLY UNTIL PRICE FOR COTTON GETS BETTER. Farmers Should Use the Warehouses - if They/Must Have Motfey.t? Meet' Urgent Debts. ? Mr. H." L. Alexander, President of" the North Carolina State Union, gives' some' good adyice to. toe. farmers,. - He wisely says whatever your money., crop may be, market it slowly., it j is poor business policy to force any I product )on a .non-appreciative mar Jket. The great bulk of agricultural products are non-pershiable if kept under shelter. Of course there is always the danger of fire, but you can have that risk covered by insnr ance for a small cost. Feed the mar kets'on short rations and you wilt [soon see prices boosted by an increas-' Jed demand. Don't let the cry of i "big crops" scare you into, parting' with your products at a price that. wTll not give you a fair, and jnst reward for your labor and the capital that you have invested in your busi ness. You don't find men in other call ings disposing of products whicii represent a year's work and inter est on their investment, at a price below cost. The farmer has often done this by following the suicidat policy of forcing on the market in four months time, crops which mr.^t meet and supply a year's demand. Of course these crops are not to be and will not be consumed in four months. They are bought by the "middle man" and held in storage until the demand of the markets call for them at remunerative prices. Farmers should not quarrel with the "middle man" as long as he1 con ducts a legitimate buying and sell ing business. They shonld quarrel with themselves for not handling their own crops for th??- own bene fit in the same business-like way that the "middle man" has been handling them for his benfit. If products were not offered for sale on the streets of our towns at whatever price they would bring, the "middle man" would soon go out of busi ness. But as long as, farmers fol low the present method of marketing their crops, there will be a legiti mate field for the "middle man," and, in fact, he is a necessary part-of this mode of marketing. In the ci'.ee ot cotton crop, which is the principal, money of the South, we can well believe that a fair margin is made by the men who stand between the producer and the spinrer; otherwise there would not be so many "cotton buyers." Now, how are farmers to get out of these "old ruts" and upon the highway of successful business?like marketing of their crops? It must be done by extending the selling period throughout the year so that the supply will just keep pace with the demand. Also by "hunching" their products and selling in such quantity as demanded by large buy ers. This is co-operative selling. How is it to be done? Through the storage or warehouse plan. Go .to any large cotton market town and you will find the cotton buyers using the warehouses to store their cot ton in, to be held until demanded by the spinner. Farmers should do this for themselves and save the profits that now go to the men who have been doing it for them. But, you say that you have bills that are due and that you must ?realize money flrom your crop at once . Unfortunately this is true with a great many farmers. Too many of them are still following the old ruinous "credit system," which is the legitimate off-spring of the "all cotton system" and, next to its parent, is the greatest curee cv-r I imposed upon the agricultural in terests of the South. Well, if you owe bills you should pay them when payment is demanded. But do not put all your cotton on the market. Go to your local banker and borrow on your cotton just as little money las you can possibly do with Leave this money on deposit and use a check book. Your check may possi bly pay several bills and finally he deposited to the credit of some other man without any money being drawn from the bank. We mention this because we know that bankers are more ready to loan money if it is to be left on depo?!* with them. Kollow this plan and economize in every way possible un til yon get out of debt, and then swear that, you will slay out. If I farmers are ever to a-'tain their com mercial independence they must raise home supplies and quit buying on credit. We don't know a single farmer who has followed the "all cotton system" and made a success at it. Now, a few words about the cotton crop. The crop Is greatly over-esti mated. At the Farmers' Union Con vention in Fori Worth. Tex;'.-. we hud reports from every one of the Cotton States and according to these reports from the field the commit Lee having charge of this matter was fully convinced that we would find in the wind-up that the present crop is considerably below that of last year. If- the crop is hold off the market for thirty days we will see a very material rise in the price. Curd of Thanks. To my many friends in Orange burg, whose kindly interest was man ifested during the illness and death of my wife, I desire to extend my sincere thanks. Their efforts were appreciated beyond expression. Thomas Miller. Now is the time to lay in your sup ply of winter clothing at greatly re duced prices for .ten days. Genta Clothing Company.