Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wht Sita mtd ?mjt? PUBLISHED TWIOB-A-WEfijK Tuesday and Friday. * YttL 4.Q.. .*"..So. 57. "Entered as second-class matter fan.'!, 1S08, at the.postoffiee at Oi angeburg, S. C, under the Act <v: Pon^resfl cf March S. 1879. e wtm9 i*. t&uuv. Editor and Proprietor, fas. Idar Sims, - Associate Editor. ttobscription Rates, 0s* rear. .. .'. ..fW Ui Months.. .75 ffbree Months. ,. .. .40 Advertising Rates. Transient advertisements $1.00 per inch for Jfrittnaettiaa and-50 oents for eaohanbosquent IttMrtion BaaineBo Notices 10 oents per lino for first taaartion and 5 oents per line for snbseqaent '"obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Notioo of rhanks, and all notioes of a personal orpollti sal nature are charged for as regular advar jise Spedal Notices, entitled Wanted, Last, fosncL Far Bent, not exceeding twenty flve words, one ?ime, S5 oents; two times 50 ? its; ttzee time*, 75 oents and four times $1.00. LD>eral oontmct made with merchants and c/thera who wish to run advertisements for three mouths or longer. For rates on contract advertising apply at the office, and they will, Mtaxefidly famished. Bemittanoes should be made by cheaks Baoney orders, registered letters, or express ar tet, payable to The Times and Democrat, Oraneebursr, S. C. "It remains to be seen whether the president will admit Mr. Laffan's authority to name members of the Ananias club," remarks the Boston Globe. President-elect Taft and Speaker Gannon have had a heart to hea.-t talk about the tariff, which means that there is little, if any, change for the benefit of the people. The New Yprk World has put Roosevelt in the Ananias Club he created for liars. We think he should be next to Ananias himseil among the officers of the club. The Columbus Ledger sticks to it that the private citizen who walks the streets of a city, with a pistol in his pocket is as dangerous to society as a night-rider in a tobacco patch. Triplets were born last Wednes day to Mr. and Mrs. A. E.Calham, of Columbus, Ga., making twenty-five children this couple has. Then talk about Georgia going. Republican. Nonsense. ? The Ault & Wiborg Company, manufacturers of printers' inks, were among the concerns in Cincin nati, that forced their employees to vote for Taft. They can't get any more of our money for their ink. The Anderson Mail says: "We keep hearing about prosperity in this and other States. Where is it? Who has seen it? And what does It look like?" Referred to the pros perity isingers of the Columbia State. The Augusta Chronicle says: "At lanta is preparing to kill Mr. Taf with kindness and smother him with "kisses when he runs up to spend the day with her." Atlanta can be depend on to slop over on short notice. The Philadelphia Record in speak ing of Mr. Taft's speech about the South, pointedly remarks, "So long as it (the Republican party) ad "heres to a tariff of bounces for pri vate interests, so long will the South he solidly arrayed against it." If the Venezuelans show too strong an inclination to fight, the com mander of the Dutch fleet is empow ered to commence the racket with out consulting the home government, which it has done bby capturing a war vessel of the Venezuelans. "Why does not the patriot Mr. Taft," suggests the Columbia State, "work for breaking up the Solid East, and dividing New England be tween the Democratic and Repub lican parties?" Simply because they think and vote now like he wants them to. Sheriff W. B. Lyons, of Wayne j county, Ga., shot and killed a young j druggist at Jessup, Ga., one day last week, and had to be removed to! Savannah to prevent his being lynched. When sheriffs get to shoot ing folks down in cold blood it is time to call a halt. President Roosevelt's appointment of Major Joseph B. Cumming, of Augusta, Ga., as commissioner of the National Military Park at Chick amauga. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of General Stewart, is a graceful and deserved compliment to a gallant defender of the "Lo?t Cause." "Judging from the financial strin gency, it will be better to use socks than stockings on the mantels this Christmas." suggest the Columbia State, which is singing a two coiumn prosperity chorus every day. Our contemporary should give Its new.; and editorial departments the same note books. The Augusta Herald says that an Illuminated keyhole hr.s been Invent ed. The Elberton Star, In the In nocence of its soul, says "it tM1 be little needed In Georgia since bar rooms have been abolished." How about that near-beer that put Wood ward on the jag that prevented him being elected mayor of Atlanta? The Augusta Chronicle is- fear ful that "if Mr. Roosevelt doesn't alip out of office by the back door, he may have to meet and conquer the whole Ananias Club at the front gate." Our contemporary need not worry. Teddy will Issue a general amnesty to all members of the Club before he retires, leaving himself and old Ananias the only members. Taft and the Negro. It Is asserted that Mr. Taft is a i great and good friend of the South He may be, but, if he is judged by what he said in a recent speecn, in -which he advised the people of the South to*break away from Democra I cy and vote the Republican ticket, he has a poor way of showing if In that speech he said he recognized the trouble we have with the race question, but it will be all right if we give the negro an equal showing with the white man to win and then to exercise the right of suffrage, and if we voted the Republican tick ed. Of course, ? he hastens to say, we could not expect even then to get the offices, which must go r.) the old line Republicans* of the South, who have borne the b?rdet and heat of the day for a long time to that end alone, and must have their- reward, but, as the Charleston Evening Post says, we shouldn't worry about that?and we shan't. The Republican party, he said, would never attempt to coerce the I South into an acceptance of negro I domination. But, as the Post say*., the Republican party has persist ! ently attempted to do that very thing through Congressional legislation, one of Mr. Taft's own very good friends, Gen. Keifer, of Ohio, hav ing been engaged in such an under taking within the past two years. Nor, he ponderously demonstrated, does the constitution of the United States support the negro In any pre I tensions to social equality. But who is- talking about social equality be tween the races? That is, of course, not to be thought of?though it has been practiced with elaborations by Mr. Taft's own great protector, Mr. Roosevelt. Political' equality for the negro is the thing immediately in considera tion. Mr. Taft thinks that shou'd be assured, as it would be in a strict and logical interpretation of :the suffrage laws of the Southern States. But as the Post further says, it is universally realized and general ly admitted that those laws will be only temporarily satisfactory to the Southern people. They serve to keep the vast majority of the negroes from the ballot box now, but thev may not always do that, and It is the determined purpose of the Soutr ern people not merely to keep the Ignorant negroes from voting but to deny to the negroes generally any share of governmental responsi bility. That is not the way it is declared in the laws, of course, but that is the way the white men of the South feel about it, and there is no use to gloss it over always, frankly admits the Post. When Mr. Taft says then that we have only to help the ne gro to beoome a voter and then to let him vote freely and assure an equal share of the political respon sibility of the South, he falls so far short of the mark that it is scarcely worth while recording the score of his marksmanship. Few of the ' Southern people are willing to tske their chances on the race question with the Republican patty, whose unbroken record Is one of favora tism for the black man over those of their own blood in the South. Mr. Taft Is not, we believe, of that kind, but a stream can not rise above ?Its source, and Mr. Taft Is not go ing to break the traditions or the sentiments off his 'party. In concluding the article from which the above is taken the Post says, nevertheless, as the minister said upon receiving from one of his flock a jar of brandied peaches, we can appreciate Mr. Taft's words, not so much for themselves as for the spirit in which they are offered, and we hope to get along famously with him and that he will help us to realize our splendid prospects of material prosperity, but we can not accept his kind invitation to vote his party ticket on the mere assur ance from him that the negro will be nothing between us if we only let him in on an equal plane with ourselves. As long as Mr. Taft holds the views he expressed in his New York speech It is hard to see where he is a good friend of the South. It is said marraiges among soci ally prominent people in New Yortc have fallen off twenty per cent. The Columbia Record thinks that the reason for this is that they find i* not worth while to marry. Just about the time that Bre'r Taft was doing all he could to en courage the formation of a white Re publican party in the South Teddy buts in with that Crum appointment in Charleston. Too bad. Found. At the office of VonOhsen & Cul ler, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, a cer tain sum of money was found. Owner can get same by paying for advertisement. VonOhsen & Culler. Notice of Final Discharge. On the thirteenth day of Januar'. 1909, I will file my final account a* administrator of the estate of Lu ther Kennedy, deceased, with the Judge of Probate for Orangeburg county, S. C, and will thereupon ask for Letters of Discharge as such administrator. T. M. RICHARDS, Qualified Adrar. Est. Luther Ken nedy, Deceased. Dec. 11th, 1908. 12-15-4 Notice to Creditors. All persons holding claims against the estate of Luther Kennedy, de ceased, will present the same duly proven on or before the 11th (eleventh) day of January, 1909, and all persons indebted to said es tate will make payment on or be said date to the undersigned. T. M. RICHARDS, Qualified Admr. Est. Luther Ken nedy, Deceased. Dec. 11th, 1908. 12-15-4 We have been telling the public about the daily arrivals at this store. We mean every word of it. If you want to see the latest novel ties for gift giving and personal wear come to KOHN'S. NEW FICTION A choice line of tite latest m-w nove's and popular books from the head quarters. No gift i.? more appreciated than a thoroughly up-to-date book. Among the titles?"The Li trie Brown Jug at KildareV "The Silver Butterfly," "Mr. Crewe's Career," "The Post Girl,** etc. Fine Books for children?"Little Nemo," "Buster Brown," etc. Elegantly illustrated. NEW QUADRUPLED WARE?These make beautiful presents. Fern Dishes, baby cups, bread trays, bon-bon dish es, etc. Worth four times the money asked. Every piece guaranteed. NOTE?WTe now have a V ery large assortment of holly boxes, made by the best manufacturer we could get. Just the thing to put presents in. O n sale very reasonable. Priced from 75c to $1.50 Priced from 10c to 75c Priced Formerly Known as the "Bates Tract. SAINT MATTHEWS SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. ?ECEMBKIt 18, 1908 1 11 i fronting ON and lung ddiediately adjacent TO the MOST prominent STREET OF the TOWN OF saint mat I thews, EACH adjacent lot fronting prominently ON A STREET FIFTY (50) feet WIDE, situated ON the highest elevation OF the TOWN OF saint matthews, rolling AND therefore WELL drained, and being ddiediately 1ST proximity TO and just across the STREET FROM the SAINT matthews GRADED SCHOOL, WHICH IN itself marks THIS AS the VERY BEST located residential LOTS IN the TOWN OF SAINT matthews, WHICH IS the liveliest, MOST HUST LING and WIDE AWAKE TOWN IN south carolina. This Magnificent Residential Property Will be Cut up in . I . DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS ... AND SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AT PUBLIC AUCTION. As This Is an Auction Sale, You Make the Price. EACH LOT WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. Friday, December 18th, 1908. Commencing at 10 o'clock in the morning and continuing until sold. If the day is very rainy or otherwise inclement, the sale will be continued until Saturday, the day following. To people living in the country?this is the opportunity of your life to buy a lot near one of the best graded schools in the State, and on the easiest terms. (See below.) Twenty-five dollars in gold and one of the most desir able builaing lots will be given away absolutely free whether you buy or not. ABSOLUTELY FREE: LOT or Some of the GOLD. for THESE drawings, tickets will BE issued. SEE that you are ON the grounds before the SALE be GINS and get a ticket. NO tickets will BE counted after the SALE begins and the person W HO holds the ticket MUST BE present WHEN drawing IS MADE OR his ticket will not BE counted and another drawn, until one who IS ON the grounds AT the TLMJE IS the fortunate fellow. SEE that you get A ticket and are ON the grounds IN TIME, for IT may BE the means OF YTOU getting A valuable FOUR OR FIYE hundred dollar lot free. WKk"B HfCt IIP BTTO A G TP one fourth cash at tdie of sale and balance in two equal annual installments, iluift?i? III' FUR uILrlvjIj3 WITH interest at thb rate of eight per cent per annum or one-fourth IN CASH AT the time OF the sale and the balance IN CASH, without additional COST OR expense, at any TIME not later THAN january 1ST, 1900. WE fcrnish titles TO YOUR purchase free OF expense TO you; the purchasing party will furnish the BOND and mortgage for any remaining unpaid balance. THESE terms are SUCH as TO enable everybody WH? IS anybody TO buy a lot IN the residential section OF the MOST rapidly developing towns Iff THE state and in a town WHERE REAL ESTATE IS enhancing EVERY day so that A Small Investment of Today means a handsome Income for the Future. A brass band will dispense good music at intervals during the day. COME AND BRING A FRIEND WITH YOU, EVEN IF YOU I) ON'T BUY A LOT; IT WILL BE A DAY WELL AND PLEASANTLY SPENT. For further information see or write? LIGON BROTHERS., Managers. Calhoun Heights Lot Sale, &AJ.IKT MATTHEW?, s. o. There is nothing that is so much ap preciated as a book: therefore, why not give a book for Christmas? Sims' Book Store.