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i R_x_HS_? TWiGB-A-WBBB T?L40... .. ...No. 57. -ntvreu as second-class matter , fan l, 1905, at toe postofflce at Or* ' "\ t ?ngebarg, 8. C, ander the Act ol ?? ;; Oongreas of March 8, 1879 JgpMtt ft* tdms. Editor and Proprietor, 'fa* txlar alma, ? Associate Editor. ~ Kabecripdon Italea,; d_* let*. . .91.50 'lb Hog the. .. .75 Month*. .40 1 Advertising Rates. Transient advertisement- $1.00 per Inch for i inaendon sod 50 ocnta for each subsequent Bosineia Notices 10 cents per Uae for first teerticn and 5 cents per line for subsequent Insertions Obituaries, Tributes of Bwpext, Jlotio* of Thanhs, aod all notices of a pe sonal or po?td sol nature are charged for aa regular adrertise HM?to. Special Notices, entitled Wanted, Lost, Found,. Par Bent' not exceeding twenty-five Words, one 1 ime, 35 oents; two times 50 cents; three tines, 75 cents and four times $1.00. - Liberal contract made with merchants and otbe * wbt> wish to n a adverti- ements for three aonths or linger. For r> tes on c ntract advertising apply at the/office, and they will be o->*<iuJly furnished. Eennttances should be made by checks gtoney orders, regist* red letters, or express or den. paya ble to The: Times and Democrat, . \ Oraneeburfi:, S. C. When Bryan gets in the White House all of Roosevelt's imperial fiwggger will be replaced by Demo cratic simplicity. If Senator Tillman was in his old time vigor as a campaigner, we would like to see him and Teddy on the stump in joint debate. The limes and Democrat -was of fered some of the Standard Oil money that Senator Tillman speaks of, but it was respectfully declined. * General Buckner made a strong bid for a chance at the pie counter but it -'has not been heeded. Taft ought to get him a small slice. No man will enjoy seeing Mr. Taft sail up Salt Creek with more relish than Senator Foraker. He will ?see his old-enemy off on November 3. Senator Titlman is the largest In dividual contributor to the National Democratic campaign fund in this State. He gave two hundred dollars. Look out * uesday week for a Dem ocratic landslide, which will bury , Taft so c?eep that Teddy will have ? hard work to dig him out from the debris. If our other Senator and "Congress men had contributed to the campaign fund as liberally as Senator Tillman; South Carolina would make a much .better showing than she does. Senator Tillman has arrived home, from his European trip very much- improved in health. We hope he will take things- easy until he is completely restored. Rev. A. M. Christberg, one of the oldest Methodist preachers in the South, died on Wednesday. He had been a member of the South Carolina -Conference over fifty years. He was I 58 years of age. ?_ .. _____________ Senator Tillman is after the "Com mercial Democracy gang," as he calls them, with a sharp stick, and he will unearth many interesting facts in connection with its attempted ' pro- j pagation by McLaurin in this State. | In the last ten days two whie men have murdered white men in Greenville county. In each case the man who,did the killing is said ^o have been drunk. The blind tiger I ?whiskey sold in Greenville must bei villianous stuff. Secretary of War Luke Wright is a Southern Democrat after Mr. Taft's own heart. Having sold out to the Roosevelt dynasty, he is^doing all h% can to perpetuate it by making speeches in the North for those who gave him a seat ,at the pie counter The people of South Crrolina will lie delighted to know that Senator "Tillman returns home almost en tirely restored to health. With few exceptions, he has the very best wishes of all the people for a still longer and useful career in the Sen ate. Some Washington paper g'ives Bd itor Gonzales, of The State, credit for carrying this State for Bryan. As a- matter of fact this State needed no "carrying" for Bryan. It has been for him every since' he made hi? { magnificent fight for the people in! 1896. x There is no doubt in our mind about McLaurin having a fund for the propajgation of his "Commercial Democracy" in this State, and, In the language of Senator Tillman, we would like to know "what news papers in the State received any por tion of it" for boosting the new doc trine. *?? _ I The open letter addressed by the renegade Capers; to the Commission -ers of Elections in South Carolin', asking them to give the Republican ticket a fair count -in the approach ing election was a gratitudious ii * suit to the people of this State, If such a creature as Capers coujd in sult them. Both Democratic and Republican newspapers have investigated the po litical situation in Ohio and they all agree that Bryan will carry the Stale The Chicago Record-Herald says his plurality will be ten thousand, whi.e The Cincinnati Enquirer says it will reach fifty thousand or more. Both of these are Taft organs. Now, if this is the condition in Taft's own State, what is the condition in other. States?^ I Reign of the Mob. The Easley Progress, in discuss ing a certain crime, says: - "If"a young !a,dy should, while traveling along a.)?public road or pathway, happen to be bitten by a snake or mad dog, when the alarm is given , the snake or dog is, if .caught;^immediately dipatched with out further ceremony. If a black negro brute meets a young lady or female child on a lonely road and as saults her, he is taken in charge by army officers of the law and pro tected from harm. If he haB money he can procure counsel and have his trial continued from time to time and then if convicted is only given a term in prison, of if hanged he is allowed to profess conversion and get up on the gallows and tell his hear ers that he is on the road to heav en. This law should be changed. When a case of this kind takes place in a community, the wretch, white or black, should be outlawed immediat ly, and shot or dispatched in some way, by the first ones who catch him and they should receive a reward, for it besides, that is, when certain that they have the right man, and if ono is tried'and convicted he should not be ? allowed to make any statemoat in regard to being on the road to heaven. Simply let him confess and then pull the trigger without fur ther cermony." When we are brought face to face with such dastardly crimes as was recently, attempted at Greer's and ac Spartanburg, and was actually accom plished over1 in North Carolina, we almost agree with the Easley 'Pro gress. But when we consider the ' terrible effects of mob law on our civilization we most emphatically dissend from the reign of mob law, in any form. If the mob could be used to stamp out the crime of which the Progress refers and ^io other, it might be tolerated. But the trouble is, many times the mob does not stop to ascertain the guilt or innocence of one charged with crime before it strings him up or shoots j him to death. Many an innocent man has been executed by a mob, while possibly the guilty scoundrel looked on, feling that, as some one looked on, feeling that, as some one else had been put to death for his crime, fye was secure from even sus picion. The Progress says when a "case of this kind takes place in a com munity, the wretch, white or black, should be outlawed immediately and ?shot or dispatched in some way by the first ones who catch him and they should receive a reward for( it besides, that is, when certain they have the right man." There is the rub. Who can control a mob until it finds out whether It has the right man or not? Mob law simply sets aside all restraint and makes every man who happens to be InNthe mob a law unto himself. A mob is an awful thing, and should mob law become the rule and not the excep tion, no man would care to live in a community where it is practiced, as no man's life would be safe. When a fiend commits an assault on a woman his guilt should be de termined as spedily as possible and the fiend executed at once, but let us be sure that we are executing the real fiend. This mob law does not always do this before it makes vengeance on a supposed criminal. Then again if we sanction mob law for one crime and it is practiced with the consent of the law, it would have a most demoralizing effect on us as a people. It would not be long before we would take another step and call in the mob to avenge the murder of some citizen by some other citizen ,and so it would go. Only some few days ago some ne groes over in Alabama lynched a negro because he attempted to steal a bale off cotton from a gin. Once the reign of mob law is begun no one can tell where it will end. If a fiend 'who assaults a woman is caught in nine times out of ten cases he will be summarily executed then and there, but it won't do for the law to sanction such action 0.1 the part of a mob, aff the Progress proposes. The one thing that made Rome the ruler of the world was tae absolute obedience of her citizen ship to law, and that Is what our people must do if they want to pre serve their civilization. Trying to Beat Bryan. Mr. P. M. Sharpies, president of a West Chester, Pa., factory, which employs 1,000 men, has posted a placard about his plant announcing that should the "dire ca'amity" of Mr. Bryan's election befall the Coun try, in "that hour these works will have to close down." We believe that the Democratic National Com mittee recently offered $5,000 for conclusive evidence of an employer's coercion against the candidacy of Mr. Bryan. Difhcult as it is to draw the line for the purpose of the cour', between legitimate notice concern ing present and future trade and de liberate use of force, it would seem that this case is reasonably cleai Mr. Sharpies scorns .to take refuge be hind ambiguous wdrds. He frank ly threatens, "Unless you beat Bry an," he says, "you lose your jobs.' Sharpies posted a notice in the factory telling the men they were expected to join in a Republican parade in the reception to Vice Presidential Candidate Sherman. Two hundred of the men heeded the man date and took part in the parade. But their transparencies merely stat ed the fact that they were Sharpies employes.' There were- no pictures of candidates or other wording upon them. There were many absent from the ranks, and the men marched' as | though it were a duty in the regular course of work and enthusiasm was lacking. A dispatch from We^t Chester says there were many ad verse comments upon the action of the manufacturer, arfd many persons 1 were outspoken In their views, and many who had not before done so espoused the Bryan cause then and 1 there. It was a good thing for the Democracy of that section, and the bomb rebounded upon its' author. I I We agree with the Richmond Times-Dispatch that this sort of brib ery'is more dangerous than the open barter and sale of votes, because it is;, subtler and harder to .extermi nate. The Democratic party and Mr. Bryan has suffered heavily from it in other campaigns. As a weapon of political warfare; it is peculiarly unfair and contemptible. As an ia dex of "commercial sagacity, it is a reflection upon' any man's intel ligence.' The man who thinks that the country will go to the dogs upon Mr. Bryan's election is simply a fdoh The man who bases minatory notices to his dependents -upon such reason ing should enjoy either a fool's es teem or a bushwhacker's punishment. Mr. Sharpie's' concern manufactures separators. His apparent conception that the earth will stop bearing grain when.Mr. Bryan steps Into the White House is profoundly interesting from 'the point of view of the alienist. Took Taft at His Word. There are several, pearl button fac tories at Muscatine, la. The bu1 tons are made from the mussel shells found in the rivers round about. In order to protect the pearl button industry there is a very heavy tariff on'pearl buttons. But there is noth ing doing in the button line in Muscatine just now, nor .has there been since Mr. Taft spoke there a short time ago. The employes of the button factories were given time off to hear Mr. Taft and he congratulated them, on the fact that they had been able to hold their places because of the protective tariff on mother-of-pearJ manufacturers. He' also told them that because of this tariff their wages were still being paid undiminished. This was a surprise to the employes whose pay envelopes were sadly di minished last November by a radical reduction in wages. When Mr. Taft concluded the button makers went back to the factories and demanded a restoration of the wage scale. They backed it up with the evidence of Mr. Taft's argument?and wasn't Mr. Taft the candidate of the em ployers? The employers refused o restore wages, and 500 button mak ers went out on strike. Several hundred more threaten to strike In the meanwhile the em ployers who profit so much from the protective. . tariff ad vocated by Mr. Taft have organizec and subscribed to a pledge not to re employ any person who voluntarily gave up his place to enfocre a de mand for something that the employ ers' candidate said they should have been getting all tb<- time. Clearly Mr. Taft ought to return to Musct tine and square, things. Republican Prosperity. The Associated Press reports, and the Republican organs print with pride, and point to as an evidence of "returning prosperity," the item that John Wannamaker has decided to immediately begin building.a $6, 000,000 business structure in Phila delphia, "thereby putting 1,000 men at work in the building industry." Not desiring to add to the already heavy embarrassment of the Re publican organs by asking them to explain how prosperity could now be "returning" without having first departed, The Commoner would like to ask why the Republican or gans failed 'to print all the facts about this Wannamaker job. They emphasized the fact that Mr. Wannamaker advertised for 1,000 workmen, but they failed to report that upwards of 4,000 workmen an swered the ^advertisement to "ap pear on the job at 7:30 a. m." and that hundreds of these congregated on the job at midnight before in or der to better their chances of secur ing employment. Teddy is still busting trusts with his mouth. Country Rye Seed. For Country Rye Seed call at the stable of . A. M. SALLEY. 10-22-3. _ Sale of Personal Property. We will sell on Thursday, Nov. 12, 1908, at the residence of the late D. W. Crook, all of his personal property, consisting bf Horses, Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Corn, Fodder, Hay, Cotton Seed, Farm Implements, Ma chinery, etc. M. R. EVANS, J. W. CROOK, 10-22-3 Administrators. For Sale. ? 213 acres of fine farming land, 139 acres in high state of cultivation, 50 acres clear of stumps. One nice nine room dwelling, 2 tenant houses, large barn, good stable aad other outbuildings .located thereon, 2% miles of. wire fencing Also 26% acres adjoining the above tract, newj four-room cottage, new barn and stable, and poultry yard and housed, and one-half mile from the town of Elloree. S. C. One of the best equipped farms in the vicinity. Good reason for selling Apply to J. C EVANS. Elorree. S. C. Notice to Stockholders. The Board of Directors of The Bolen Oil Mill, a corporation duly chartered under the laws of the State of South Carolina, having by resolution determined to mortgage its property, real and personal, for the sum of seven thousand dollars, a meeting of the Stockholders of the said corporation is hereby call ed to meet at the office of said cor poration at the said Mill on Monday, tue twenty-third (23rd) day of No vember, 190S, at 10 o'clock a. m , to consider such resolution and to determine whether the said corp ? ration shall mortgage its property, real and personal, for said sum of seven thousand dollars. F. A. ADDEN, President, 10-22-4 The Holen Oll Mill. SEED OATS FOR SALE?A fine lot of genuine rust-proof oats, no rye mixed in. For price write C. W. Fogle, Cope, S. C. Phone Bodn. 10-16-2t ' iTTT>Vi~'~~Vri SB ??'??-I -i?! I* t ili i , ' PIt6<3L?MAT|?N. State. ?f; South Carolina. ) Executive Department. WHEREAS, Petitions signed by more than one-third of the qualified electors of those portions of Aiken, Lexington and Orangeburg Counties proposed to. be cut off to form the new county {commonly known as EdistQ. County) and embraced-in the following Jines,. to-wit: Beginning "at a point about one mile below Merritt's Bridge at "Br-ry's Bluff on South Edisto River, Aiken County, thence north* to a point on the east boundary of right [Of way of Two Notch Road.i where said road crosses Nolen Branch, ; thence the eastern boundary of said road to Southern Railway, crossing _ear Samaria Church, Lexington County, thence a direct line to the Jones' New Mill on Black Creek, thence a direct line to a point haif mile south of the residence of J. E. Dunbar, thence a direct line to Daniel Hutto Mill on Cedar Creek, thence along the southern boundary of right of way of Waters Ferry Road to the Hooker Pond, thence down Sa lem Branch to North Edisto River. Orangeburg County, from mouth of said branch to a direct line to old Jack Pond on little Beaver Creek, thence a direct line to 21 mile poat on Ninety-Six* Road, thence a direct line to Tampa Mill on east Good Land Creek, thence a direct line to 149 mile post on Southern Railroad, thence a direct line to Stroman's Mill on Dean swamp, thence down Dean Swamp Creek to South Edisto River, thence up said river to point of be ginning," were filed with me as Gov ernor of the State, asking that said portion of these counties be permit ted to vote on the establishment of a new county. AND WHEREAS, The boundaries of the proposed new county, the num ber of inhabitants, the taxable prop erty, as shown by the last tax re turns, and that the proposed lines do not run nearer than eight miles to any court house now established, are also set forth in said petition. AND WHEREAS, The report of a majority of the commission ap pointed by me to ascertain the facts as provided for in the Acts of 1905 as to whether the requirements of the Constitution as to area, distance, wealth, population, et cetra, have been complied with, has been filed, stating that the law had been fully complied with, and the number of square miles in the proposed new county (commonly known as Edisto County) is four hndred and twenty six (426) square miles, leaving to 'the County of Aiken more than five' hundred (bOO) square miles, to the County of Lexington more than five hundred (500) square miles and to the County of Orangeburg more than, five hundred (500) square miles. NOW THEREFORE, I, M. F. An sel, as Govez-onr of the State of South Carolina, by virtue of the pow er conferred upon me by the Con stitutfon and laws of this State, do hereby order? 1. ? That an election be held in the territory embraced within the proposed new county on the fiteenti day of December, A. D. 1908, upon the question of creating the said new county, and that, at such election, the qualified electors within the pro posed area shall be allowed to vote upon said question, those favoring the proposed new county to vote "Yes" and those opposed to vote "No." 2. That the commisisoners of State and county elections of the Counties of Aiken, Lexington and Or angeburg respectively shall make all necessary arrangements for holding said election, shall appoint managers and do all other things necessary for the holding of said election; that'the county supervisors of the said coun ties respectively shall have prepared printed tickets and furnish same to the commissioners of election to be sent out to the managers of election for the use of the voters. 3. That at the said election the, question of a name and county seat for such county shall also be sub mitted to the said qualified electors. 4. That said election shall bo held under the same rules and reg ulations as are provided by law for regular county elections; that the managers shall be sworn before en tering upon the discharge of their duties and shall open the polls at seven o'clock in the morning and keep the same open until four o'clock; in the afternoon, when the polls shall be closed, the votes counted, a return of the number of votes poll ed for . and against, signed and cer tified to by the managers of elec tion which, together with the ballot box, ballots and poll list, shall be turned over to the commissioners of | election, as required by law; that the commissioners of election shall j then, as now required by law, tabu-1 late the vote and make return there-) of to the Governor of the State and to the Secretary of State and file a copy of tame with the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for each of said Counties of Aiken, Lexington and Orangeburg. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caus ed the Grea Seal of the State to be affixed at Columbia this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight and in the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-third. v M. F. ANSEL, By the Governor: Governor. R. M. McCOWN, Secretary of State. FOR SALE?Elloree Baptist Church property .located in town of Ei loree. Comfortable dwelling and out buildings located on lot. Large lot well drained, running from street to street. Price reasonable. For terms and par ticulars apply to Clerk of Board of Deacons. Elloree. S. C. '0-10-0 Jf'dr Kent. The Boarding House now occupied by Mrs. J. B. Riley will be for rent after October 1, 1908. Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg, S. C. For Women . For $ .5.0; Not very startling the first tin. you read it! You see $18, $2 and $30 Suits offered at $15 : some stores and it seems bigge But when you see the Sidts side h side, it is different. $5,000 in green goods for $1,00 real money looks good to the vk tim until he opens the satchel then it is also different. These $15.00 Serge Suits arc New fresh from the Tailors, in fact. Tho quality of material is there, th the Tailoring is there, and behin them the KOHN Guarantee. They are sold closer to actual cos* than any Suits in town. When w say a real $15.00 worth we wan to emphasize the word "real." That's the whole point of the story DON'T FORGET TO SEE US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES. In Kid, Silk-?long and hsort?all the latest shades?Cashmere an Lisle, all here and priced right. "Cashmerottes"?new for driving. 25c and 50c. Mail Orders Promptly Filled, KOHN'S EMPORIUM, [ ORANGKBURG'S SHOPPING HEAD-1 QUARTERS. Tax Notice. Office of County Treasurer, Orangeburg, S. C. Tax duplicates will be open at th-: Court House for the collection of Taxesvfrom October 15th to the 31st day of December, 1908, as" follows: State tax .5% mills County tax .3 ' Road tax .1 ' Constitutional school ....3 ' Total .12%. mills] Special Taxes? Mills B.D. District No. 10.2 . . District No. 11 .2 District No. 12.2 District No. 13.2 District No. 18.4 2 District No 20....4 District No. 21.2 District No. 22.2 District No. 23.2 District No. 23.2 District No. 26. . .'.3 2 District No. 27.1 District No .28.3 District No. 33.3 I District No. 34.3 3 [District No. 36.4 2 District No. 37.2 [District No. 38.2 j District No. 40..'..2 (District No. 41.4 District No. 42.2 [District No. 43.3 District^ No. %4,,..3 District No. 46..3 District No. 47.1 f District No. 48.4 District No. 55.3 District No. 64.3 District No. 65.2 2 Dlstlcrt No. 68.4 District No. 7 0.4 2 District No. 71.3 District No. 72.3 [District No 7,4.4 I District No. 75.2 District No. 7S.3 District No. 83.3 . Commutation Tax for h?: yea 1909, payable from October lot '90S, to 1st March, 1909. A. D. FAIR. Treasurer. Orangeburg Co., S. C. Oct. 1st, 1 908. W. R^BROWN, 0 V. S. DOCTOR OF VETIRNARY SCIENCE. The only graduate in Orangeburg County. AH calls answered prompt ly. Day or night. Lameness, Dental and Operative Surgery a specialty. Terms strictly cash. Office 12^ Broughton St., Phone 209. Orangeburg, S. C. For Sale. Fine Brown Leghorn Cockerds at $2.00. Hens, $1.00 and eggs $1.00 per sitting of 15 eggs. Apply to A. A. Way, Proprietor of Elloree Poul try Farm, Elloree, S. C. . 6-22-6m? Eat What 1 You want of the food you need Kodol will digest it. Yon need a sufficient amount of good wholesome food and more than this you need to fully digest it. Else you can't gain strength, nor can you strengthen your stomach if it is weak. You must eat in order to live and maintain strength. You must not diet, because the body requires that you eat a suffic ient amount of food regularly. But this food must be digested, and it must be digested thoroughly. When the stomach can't do it, you must take something that will help the stomach. Tlie proper way to do is to eat what you want, and let Kodol di gest the food. Nothing else can do this. When the stomach is weak it needs help; you must help it by giving it rest, and Kodol will do that. Our Guarantee Goto your druggist today, and purchase a dollar bottle, and if you can honestly say, that you did not receive any benefits from it, after using the entire bottle, the drug gist will refund your money to you without question or delay. We will pay the druggist the price | of the bottle purchased by you. This offer applies to the large j bottle only and to but one in a. j family. We could not afford to make suck an offer, unless we positively knew what Kodol will do for you., ?It would bankrupt us. The dollar bottle contains IVx times I as much as the fifty cent bottle. Kodol is made at the laboratories of E. C. DeWittf& Co.,/Chicago Come to the Charleston Fall Festival AND VISIT THE NAVY YARD With her large Battleship "Texas" and Torpedo Fleet in Port DON'T FORGET THE DATES November 16th-21st, 08 This is the Time of Year to visit the City by the Sea. Wednesday "Shnners DaY" Military"-Parade, Fantastic and Trades Display, Fire Department Parade and Hose Reel Contest, Automo bile Float Parade, Foot Ball Game, Charleston vs. Savannah; Aquatic Carnival in Harbor, Street Carnival. Low Rates on Railroads The New Vertical Lift Deering The lightest running and most durable mower made. Made in 4| and 5 feet cut. When you buy a Deering you will not have to waite on repairs carry full stock. Come in and look at this machine and find out the difference. JOHN McNAMARA.