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WAYLAID AND ROBBED s RESPECTABLE COLORED FARM ER KNOCKED DOWN AND Robbed of His Cash by Tho Footpads Between Sixty-Six and Branchville oa Monday Night. Monday nighit BranchyiHe^ was ' treated to a ?Sensation when itV. be ' came known that a man had been he?d op and robbed after the roost . approved style of high-say robbery near Che town limits, says *he 3ranc*hviile Journal. On last Monday Abraham Mays, a fiaard working, respectable colored farmer, wao lives a few miles out ?f town, brought in some cotton which lie sold, and pocketing hte hard earn ed 'dollars he went * to Sixty-Six where he", paid us a bill which he was owing. ? About nine o'clock, as he was com- j itvg back to "Branchville, in a lonely and dark pa.t of the road, a littte ?ways out of town he was stratied by the command, "Hands up.'" In another histanlt, a blow from . a heavy club comfa arashing through the darkm??t3, felling the poor darky to the ground. As -he arose a pistol was presented by one assailant, while the. otb:u yeot through his pocknts. relieving 1 im of afll the money he had left. Ifc was tiu-n order* d to move on. ?and mope dead than alive, he finally n&dhed town and told his story.. 'No track of the robbers could be found. AM the clue wnich he could .gjvo to aid 'in the search for them was that thl'ire were (two men whom he thought by wTaat he could see of them, were white and had bearded faces. So flar they have not be^n discovered. A severe gash severnl iacbes <lcng above his left ear proves the severity of the blow. Mr. Spencer Very Sick. A special dispatch to The Stnte from Sparenburg saytsi, "Mr. D. C Spencer, city editor of the Spartaa pumg Herald, was operated upon to rtay a*, the Spartanburg hospital for A.:|?pon/5icitis. Mr. Spencer was takru suddenly ill while at his desk Tues dnjTr-njfifht. Today Ms physician di agnosed -his case, and the operation ft Mowed immediately. KJs c ?n dtftion ?is mxcedingly oriticall and the surgeons say it will be 4S hours be fore the crisis will be reached. Mr. Spewcer is from Oraneeourg and has be^h. on the staff of The Herald Cn iwo years. He has developed into an excellent newspaper man and has done splendid work for his paper. He was married only a few mcjaths . ago to Miss Nolan of Valftw Fall*." * Wfe ?hope Mr. Spencer - will soon l> .? bVtlier. Death of Mrs. J. W. ?umper. A lotlter from Springf^ld" to The Sltia>be says one of the sad "l:st d-earhs in the history of that community wtts rtilaat of Mrs. J. Wade Jumper, which occurred Tuesday morning, at three o'clock at the Columbia hospital. Tuesday three weeks asro she was taken to the hospital to ?rd^rj-o ?n op<T*tion. After t?-o op eration pneumonia and acute Bfigbt's disease set in. which Te stified' in (her dVfath after weeka of fv?f/ering. The remains were brought home Tuesday morning and were -interred in the new cemetery. Pev. W. Dukes conducting the senirt's. Mr-. Jumper at her death was in her 51st year, having been born Sept. 1, 1S5S. She ieaves a husband and six children to mourn thoir ioss. Thte deceased's lov-.ble qhacraoter and Christian devotion t> r*?it,t* mode for hT friends in .this world. Knights of Pythias. On teJ-jt Tuesday night Wie local lodge of Knights of Pythias?' held ?heir ennual meeting and elected the following officers for tnte ensuing year: T. F. Brant ley, C. C. J. S. Bowman. V. C. An'Vn?- Hydrick. P. ? M. E. Zweier. M. of W. J. P. Mosley. M. at A. ~\ J. Hayd'en. M. of F. W. F. Pattrey, M. of Ex. I,. K. Stnrkie. K. of R. and S. L. H. Shuler, I.' G. J'. B. Eth"idge. O. G. Bank of Bowman. Ait the annual oeeting of 'the p*<->ckholidovs of Che Bank of Bowman held last we-k the following were elected ?diroctors: F. A. Adden, C. E. Foirey. E. N. Mittle, I,. G. Weafch eirs "and S. H. West. The officers elected for the following year: F. A. Adden. president; G. E. Fairey. vioe ptvsiden'*; E. N. Mittle, cashier, and S. A. Fair 'assistant cashier. The officers'. rftportis show that this bank has had a most successful year and after paying its-usual 8 per cent dividend carried a nice amount to "its' surplus fund. Heroes and Heroines. There is scarcely a community, tiowev?r small, but has its heroes and...heroines. Quietly, obscurely and uncomplainingly they endurti suf fering and bear great triaH and they invariably meet the wcrld with b? b**ave smile. None but the angels record tractir life until they have pas*ed away, b t they are just as1 'tru'y heroes as tin-, meu whore deeds and saying0 are Ida:: ned forth in gong aad story. Branchville Fythians. At a. meeting of the Knights of Pythias of Branchville recently the Hollowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: C. C. Patterson, C. C; C. W. Patrick, V. C; G. M. Noblst. Prelaite; J. W. Black. M. of W.; D. L. KhoaJ. M. of E.; R. II. Straus, M. of F.; W. J. Barrs, 0. G.; J. B. Dodenhoff, I. G.; G. W. Reeves. M. of Arms; Abe Pearldtiue. K. of R. und S. FAUMl:i: SHOOTS FARMER. Hart a Qua"rl About Hiring Some Farm Hands. .V<-\v!i'.T/*, L"C. 21.?Manuel K. Oxner. a prominent farmer of Kinards. who on Saturday was shot at that place I y D. Luther Boozer, :m ithiT v< > "1 known planter, is not thought to re dangerously wound i'd. th ?u?h h:< injuries are serious ife was sfnek by two bullets, one taking effect in his right foot and another in Iiis light hip. Tii3 trouble seems to have been about hiring labor. Today Mr. Boozer was in Newberry and gave out a statement on being asked a!?out the trouble. He says that the trouble came about from .vir. Oxner's 'hiring hands thai he had al ready hind and had a written con tract with; that Mr. Oxner knew this, and in spite of the fact that he had written a note to Mr. Oxner tellinr: him of this contract and ask ing him not ,to move the family, he cT5d it anyrfrow; that this was not the first time that Mr. Oxwrir had tak m l.an lo nw.iy frcm him. Suurday morning, when he drov:' with T\!rc Boozer to Kinards wilh intention of wining to Newberry, Mr Oxner passed by where he was hitching. He spoke to Mr. Oxner, he says, and told him he. did not think he treated him right in hiring those hands and moving them. Mr Oxner. in an angry tone, said it was "none p? your business," and ad vanced toward him with Ms right hand in his pocket, in a hostile man ner. Mr. Booker had been in bed sick two wotrks and was too weak to copo with Mr. Oxner, even if he had known that he was unarmed, and h<i* understood that Mr. Oxner is accustomed to carrying a pistol. So Ii? told Oxner to stand back, the latter still advanced and Boozer then shot him.?The State. . ?i ... ... ; ?:. . \ - J \ . \ New County Election. Tuesday afternoon the election commissioners of Aitern county met .t the court house and canvassed the vote cast on (the new ooirnty ques tion proposing Edisto county , on the. 15tlh inst. The vote oast wao as follows 4n the porcion of Aikon county concprred: For ?he mnr county?303. f Airainst the. new county?301. For the name of the county, Ed's :o?398.. For connty seat?Wagner, 204 Perry, 116, Berlin, 29: Seivern. 42; Center, 4. As will be sew there are only two vxrtes difference in the vote for aid against. whLh however, is much -hort of two-thirds. ^ No contest was mace, arid so far as known the result is satisfactory to all parftieia concerned. St. Matthews Lots Sold. Messrs. J. R. Ligon, of Sumter, and Clarence Ligon, of Orangeburfe, re cently bought the opeu field of rwenty odd acres in front of Dr. W. T. C. Bates' residence, at the East ern limit of town. Avenues and =;treelrs were promptly lard off and building lots stakj-td. Last Friday 'Jhese gentlemen bad an auction sale. A brass band ant! an immense rowd were in 'hand. Auctioneer Getringer, of Spartanhurg, -yas im mensely ir/tfedrive. The St. Mat thews oorrefsipondent of The News md Courier says "the results were ill that the most optimistic could reasonably expect. The lots sold at the. rates?according to location? rr.il the way from one thousand to fourteen hundred dollars the acre. ?Two-thirds of fcfch property was not sold, bnt it is known that the portion ???v?Bed of has already realized a profit on the investment .to the pur chasers." Longest and Shortest. On last Tuesday night the local ?the year and Monday the shortest day. This means for the northern hemisph-rre that winter began short ly before 7 oVIook MoncHv.iiKruing, rlK- sun and earih at tint time lining at the minimum poiot of separation. Gosinning with last Monday night the niglus bejrnn to shorten, and in a littH' while we wi 1 ag-a'n have the good old long summer days. Visiting Friends. Tb ? St. Maitthhws correspondent of The News and Courier says. '. Olin D. Wlannamaker, of Ohe chair of English in the Woman's Colege of Baltimore, and his v."ife ar? hena for the Christmas holidays with the former's relatives and friends. Mr.-Wiannamaker was a teacher in the Missionary College of Canton, China, six years prior >o his acceptance of an American pro fessorclhip in Octol>9r." Death of Mr. Aaron Evans. The Calhoun Advocate says Mr. Aaron Evans, an old and highly respeoted citizen of the Bethel neighborhood, out on R. F. D. No. 3, died at his home Saturday after noon in 'his 77th year. He 'had been 'in bad health for about one year, but for the past three months was confined to his bed for most of the time. He was an old soldier who did valiant service in the Confed eracy. Special Christmas Service. Sj>eciai Christmas services will be held at thin Baptist church next Sunday. The pastor, Rev. George Edward Davis, will speak on sub jects pertinent to the Christmas sea son. At 11 a. m. his subject will be. "The Babe's Escape" Ait 7:30 Mi*. Davfa will speak on "Palm RjeadSng." Special ;mu4ic will be ! by the choir. The public cordially dnvitod. Kicked in the Head. Ja k Colter, of St. Matthews, -of his skull crushed on Monday by be ing kickfefd in the head by a mule. \ successful operation was per form ed by two physicians and Colter's prospects fir recovery ire goocL is about sixteen years o fage. COLORED PREACHERS WHERE THEY WILL PREACH NEXT YEAR. Appointments of the Northeast Con ference of the A. M. E. Chnrch, Which Met Here Last Week. The following are the appoint menits .made by the Northeafet Con ference of the A?rioan Methodist Episcopal Church, whioh recently mjet in this city. This churoh is composed entirely of colored people and has a very large mh-imbership in this section of South Carolina as well as in other portions of the State: ' Lancaster District. Rev. J. N. Burke, presiding older;^ Lancaster station, W. D. King; Zion Hill, P. Garner; Camden, J. A. Gam ble; St. Phillip's, A. Isaac; High Hill. R. E. Anderson; BLshopville mission, 0. R. Tindali; Kershaw,""" K. M. Ad dison. Wateree District. I. W. Ulmsor, presiding elder; St. Matthews, M. Warley; St. Phillip, J. W. Collier; Antioch, W. E. John son; St. Peters, P. H. Howard; Wedgefi.lld, L. A. Wells; New Hope, K. H. Harvis; St. Luke, E. W. Wil liams; Allen chapel, H. D. Ramsey; L'ewisville, L. Pyles; Center Hill. C McWillie; Lim Store. J. D. Black well; Ft. Mote. J. L. B:mbow; St. Stephen, R .B. GOlder; Cain Savan nah, C. C. Oonvers; Shiiloh. L. Chat miar; Fulton mission, W. S. Strong; New mission, I. Gray; St. John mis -ion. G. Bradford; St. James, C. E. Culcleasure. Florence District. L. D. Chavis, presiding elder; Flomnce. Wm. Dozer; Mill Branch. J. F-. Player; Cenitarville, A. B. Thomas; Litle Rock. W. D. Wither sponn: St. Luke. S. A. Robinson: Level Green, D. J. Tuirpdn; Pine Hill, T. S. Coe; Darlington, J. E. Hagin; Cartensville, E. V. McBrid<?i; Mt. Zion. J. M. Richardson; Dillon, W. P. Warley; Brown Creek, B. Belser; Oak Grove, R. H. Perrin; Baltimore, John MeRae; Flortruce circuit, F. W. Ambrose; Alderman mission, Wm. MeGIH; Darlington mUesion, G. W> Richardson. Marion District. H. C. DeLaine, presiding elder: Marion, J. C. Watkins; North Mar Ion, A. Richardson; Conway, A. G. Starks; Marion circuit, J. H. Hunt; Conway circuit, I: H. White; ' St. Mary, E. W. Cooper; Robertson, G. W. Spivey; Buckville, M. G. Cald well; Salirtm, D*. W. Robertson; So caster, Wm. ChaiMton; St. John, W. P. Anderson; Little River, H. B. jHW.er; Union, F. W. Jordan; Button Neck, M. V. Roginson, Friendship, R. S. Campbell; Bayboro, John Mis snull. Orangeburg District. G. J. Hamilton, presiding elder; Orangeburg, J. W. Muirph; Shiloh, T. N. Pearson; Sr. Peter, Geo. C. John son; Brown Chapel. W. S. Gamble; Live Oak, D. A. Chestir; Branch ville, W. W. McDuffee; St. Paul, Thomas Brown; Feldenvflle, C. F. Brogdon; Good Hope, L. L. Jackson; Parlorsville. T. M. Summers; Beth"*!, H. Banpimiar; St. John. W. J. Gntgg; Jericho, W. J. Robinson. Sumter District. D. M. McGitl, i>residing elder; SurWter, S. F. Flegler; Mayesville, M. S. Felix; Bishop vil!]^ P. S. Mosley: Magmolia, D. L. Ooe; Statesburg, J. M. Martin; St. Paul, D. H. Allen; St. Luke. J. P. Alston; Cuberlhoro, A. W. Heyward; Unionvllle, D. P. Pindergrass: Mt. Olive, D. C. Deas; ^bel-vt. T. C. McRae: Salem. Y. W. Wrh'Wt: St.'Petfcer. L. J. "vvUlHams. Sumicer mission, E. G. Jones. Manning District. W. M. Thomas, presiding elder; Manning, John Adams; St. James, S. 7. McFadden: Liberty Hill, Edwin WJalls: Laurel Hill, G. H. Brown; Summerton, N. S. DeLaine; Oaks, B. ,T. Hodgu; Forre?ton, L. B. Murray, Biggers, J. M. Harrison: Manning circuit. J. L. Lindsay; Reevesviile, P. W. Lewis; Jordan, Gibbs James. Wrong Kind of Prosperity. The St. Matthews correspondent of rhe NlVs and Courier says: "There Is much weeping, wailing and gnas!. ing of teeth among the negro rent iers over the gloomv prospects for another year. It will be impossible fnr many to pi It the usual lien. The t xtrava-rant prices of fertilizers by the trust and the l:>w price of cot ton make their condition very dis eonraring, indeed." No dou'Vt all ot tbose rm+rr- who could vole ca*t their ballots for Taft and just the Vind of prosperity that has come to them. The Happy Home. Tli.lre is sweet music in every home jvh >re the heart strips arc touched by gentleness and court efcy. Thb mild word, the gentle answiar, the tender act, the patient consider.ateness. will touch ohords of kindness and make sweet melody in the family as everywhere. A des olsfiq, dreary place is a home je void of those little courtesies which are practiced in the best -social life. The above is true of Orangeburg as of every other plac.-. Let us strive 10 make our homes happier during l?09 than they 'ver were before. Big Cotton Crop. Thrro so'-rr-s to be no doubt now but 'that the cotton crop this year is much larger than it was last year. The government report of cotton einned up to date th.ut was issued Monday, shows that then: have been ll.Sit2.000 hales sinned, which is m? r?? than r>00.000 bales more than were madia during the whole of last year. The glnners' report issued on PeccTnlK*r 21 last yeaT shows that 9,784.000 bales had Weon ginned and the tolal yield for last year was 11.326.8S2 bale/3. COTTON GlNNt? REPORT SHOW'S 'NEARLY 12,000, 000 BALES. Number Last Year Was and in 1908 11,112,000?South ' Carolina's Heport is 1,130,882. Washington, Dec. 21.?A total of 1 1,892,115 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to December, 13, against 9,284.070 at fJne Eame date of last year and 21, 269 active ginneries, against 27, 156 in 1907 ?were announced by the census bureau in its report today. The figures count round bales as half bafles, and exclude Unters. The bales ginned to December 13 aggregate 11.: 12.789 in 1908, and ^9,297,819 in 1905. The total 1907 Vrop was 11,057.822, of which 84 'per cent .was ginned to Decembrrr 13. crop of 1906, 12.083,201. of which a 55 einned to December 13, and crop of 1905, 10,495,1 05, or 88.C per cent by December 13. The report*. includlls 510,209 roun i bales for 1 908, 1 67,204 for 1 907, and 243,096 for 1906. Sea island ?vales included aggregate 80.1 $? 7 by States as follows: ? Florida, 31,072; Borgia, 57,950: .'?otrMi Carolina, 11,159. The corrected irrtati?tlcs of the nnantity of otftton ginned this sea son to December ]', are 11,008,661 \ales. -The report of cotton ginned to December 13 last, and the number of active ginneries respectively by Sf<a+os follow: Alabama, 1,263,700 bales, and 3, 447 ginneries*. Arkansas, 846,701, and 2,102. Florida, 64,131, and 255. Georgia, 1,896,-346. and 4,449. ?Kansas, Kentucky and Mexico, 1, ^00. and 5. Louisiana, 434.741, and 1,681. Mississippi, 1.440,012. and 3,454. Missouri, 50,386, and 77. North Carolina, 615,191, and 2. 724. Oklahoma, 495,252, and 979. ^uth Oairdlina, 1,130,882, and 3 207. Tennessee. 302.577. and 639. Texas, 3,365,989, and 4,133. Virginia, 11,767, and 117. Separators. Separators do much of the most valuable work of modern farming There is the gin for separating the seed from cotton; the threshing ma chine for separating wheat and oals from the straw; bean, pea and clovor Irullers for separating the seed .>f those plants; the fanning mill for separatin* dirt, chaff and foreign seeds from the pure seed and finally the last and one of the most im portant separators, the cream sepa rator. This wonderful invention en ables the farmer (to separate the cream from the milk as soon as it i.s drawn and have the -freish warm skim milk to feed to the calves or pigs. The bulter fat brings a good nric-e and by feeding something to take its place with the skim milk almost as good a calf can be raised as with the whole milk. The churn will yield more than In the old days of hand skimniing, nor will the calf as in those days be knocked in the heed with the dash. If the butter fat is sold to the creamery, the use ot the separator makes fewer trips ne.> e?sary with a much lighter load to carry.. A one-horse buggy will haul the cream from a two hours load of whole milk. Then the skim mi!* often comes back unfit for the calves. The Guessing^ Contest. . The guessing contest of precious stones a'9 advertised by Mr. J. T. Wise, jeweler and optician, took place at 6 o'clock on Wednesday "evening. The correct .number tin ?he tub*' vas 1 795. Three per sons guessed 1.S00, namely, Mrs. F. P. Langly of Camnron, R. C. King and Harry Bradell of this city. The 1 1.chest number gue.-sed was 1 3,440, and Che lowest was 150. Over seven hundred pernio repi^ttred th-Ir iiames and address. The committee which counted the stones agreed that the numbrir 1, 2 and 3 be placed in separate envelopes and the rontest ants each draw an envelope from the box. The two drawing num; er 1 and 2 were entitled to first and sec pVini -r., nf oj-her the gold >ignet pin or signet ring. Pointed Paragraphs. The devil has such a good time at his regular business he never takes any vacation. A man's wife can't even keep h'm on the water wagon by telling him how her mother predicts: he will fall off. There's nothing a woman can wor ry more about than her age after thirty except the age of the unmar ried daughters after 24. A woman's idea of logic Is reason ing out something wrong when you might guess it right. The average person can get more genuine joy out of a grievance than out of a blessing. If they had all turned out men the Lord would have kept creating more in the hope of getting some thing better, but when there was a woman it was safe to stop. The nearest the average mar. can come to arranging a financial pro gram for the n'ext year is to over estimate his income and underes timate his expenditures. We are all for reform?if it doesn't interfere with our financial interests Winter Is never so satisfying as when we look forward to it in sum mer. The astronomer may be down on his luck even when his business is looking up. Wisdom and love have never been able to form an effective alliance. The straight and narrow path isn't a favorable thoroughfare with 1 crooked people. HE TRIED IT ONCE UNCLE HENRY GIVES HUSBANDS SOME ADVICE As to How to Manage Wives That "Talk Back" and Ask Too Many Questions. "Man that is born of woman is small potatoes and few In the hill," said Uncle Henry wearily when the door closed and his wife left the room. "He thinks he's 70-horse power, but he's only a poor old one horse. "Adam had everything his own way and nature was handing hiih out straights and three of a kind all the livelong day till the lady ar rived on the scene and began to get ready for the first cake and apron sale. Then what happened to poor old Adam? Well, by gracious, he had to get out and dig! Son, take it from me, we've been digging ever since. "Not that I mind] digging. 1 don";. But I'd like to do a little talking, too, by gum! I'm going to do it. You hear me! I'm working on a system and if I stick around a while we'll see. "Now my wife, she's about the average verbose. That is she's got good wind, a pretty elaborate vo cabulary and a willing heart. When she makes a real business of it she can comb things over some. "She's one of the kind that keeps still for a while until you've told your little tale and then begins to take a systematic interest in it. Shi; asks questions. Honest, son, they're the blamedest ones, they are?the ones that ask questions. "Then when you've got yourself all tied up and you don't know for sure whether you spend the evening with a sick Elk or a live tiger she gets her cold, fishy eye on you and she says: 'Henry,' she says, 'it needs a man with more originality than you've got to get away with tfiat Hans Anderson,' she says. 'Now you listen to me?'That's what gets me. I don't want to listen. It's tire some. "Now, of course, there are several ways to beat that game. In the'first, place you can get mad as a hatte; and grab your hat and go out and slam the door after you. That works with some of 'em. Not wl".h mine, though. ? "I tried it once, and when I came back an hour afterward the first thing I heard when I cs.me in the door was, 'And, Henry, as I was saying?' I had interrupted her, bur she came back stronger. "There's another pretty good Idea a fellow was telling me about, but it don't work with mine. That's sitting still while she is speaking her little piece and saying, 'Yei, dear,' and 'No, dear,' as nice as pie. The fellow says they just natural'./ can't get used to having any one agree with them and It takes the wind all out of their sails. Well, soa, it might. /I don't know. It don't work with mine. "There is one thought that I've got a good deaj of faith in. I just tried It oat a little to see how it was going to work and I will say that I got better results f-om it than from anything I ever did. "It's scientific. It's got a regular kind of a name like. ? It is called 'The Gambler's Last Resort.' See what I mean? It's based on the old poker principle of doubling your bets to recoup your losses. "Listen here, son. This Is it: "You come home some time and you see there's something in the air. You know from past performance'! that the colloquial monsoon is about to take place. Get that? You s^e. the dark cloud9 looming on the do mestic horizon and you hear the distanfecrackling of the forked light ning that is going to blast you to your roots pretty soon. The air is hush'-d ns th?,y say in the classics. There is- something going to occur. Well, sir, you don't get ready to beat it. You decide to stay and fight. That is, maybe you decide to stay and fight. It depends on how long you've been carried or how much natural foolhardiness you've got. "Well, sir, she starts: she move . She begins handing It to you from both sines of her mouth. Tt's noth ing short of wonderful where she ever gets her ideas from, but they're hits, son. "She dallies with the inanities of your boyhood, describes the teetotal a&ininity of your present and casts a few shrewd guesses over in the di rection of your probable future. It's pretty, son?like an electrical storm. But it's dangerous. "Well, here comes in 'The Gamb ler's Last Resort.' When phe gets going good give her a chance to get her pace and sort of get oiled up. Then sass her back. "Eh?. That's an Idea for you? But you never would have thought of that, by gracious! Yes, sir; talk right up to her. Get her madder.' Get her hopping! "See what I mean? Every timo she comes to the end of a line where you ought to s>hirer just spruce up and act Bort of debonair. Say, My: but your nose is red! You'must be laced terribly, ui'dear.' Something like that. See? Nothing definite what she can hold you on. Just kinder like you weren't paying much attention. "Well, sir, you'll be surprised. She'll get so mad you can see the sparks coming out of her eyes. She'll talk fnsfor and faster, and what she'll say will be more to the point than before. Of course, if you've got sentitive feelings 1 wouldn't advise you to try this out. I Me, personally, I'm a hard old party. "So you keep on getting her mad der and madder and by and by she is so plumb stuffed up that she can't say a living word and you cash in. It's a real good system If it's work ed right. * "Eh? Yes, indeed, I tried it. Well, this Is to say, I began to try it, but I didn't have so much luck as I probably will have next time; that is if I decide to try it again. "What was the matter? Oh, nothing much. Only the system has got one weak feature. I found it My capital didn't last long enough to win. You got to have lots of goods when you start doubling bets." ? PUT HUSBAND IN JAIL And Then Ran Away With a Male Boarder. Bristol, Tenn., Dec. 17.?William Hudson, who spent last night in tha city jail here as the result of a warrant sworn out by his wife, who charged that he had threatened her life, awoke to the full meaning of his incarceration this morning when h.e learned that his wife had eloped with Ed Hyatt, a man who had been rooming in his home and who as sisted Mrs. Hudson In having her husband locked up. Upon learn ing the sequel this morning, Mayor Rice ordered the release of Hudson from prison and the latter went im mediately in search of his only child,, a baby who was taken by the elop ers. * Myself and Me. I'm the best pal that I ever had, I like to be with me; I like to sit and tell myself ThingB confidentially. ? I often sit and ask me If I shouldn't or I should. And I find that my advice to me Is always pretty good. I never got acquainted with Myself till here of late; And I find myself a bully chum, I treat me simply great. I talk with me and walk with me, And show me right and wrong I never knew how well myself And me could get along. ?I never try to cheat me; I'm as trustful as can be, No matter what may come or go, I'm on the sqaure with me. It's great to know yourself and have A pal that's all your own; To be such company for yourself, You're never left alone. You'll try to dodge the masses, And you'll find the crowds-a joke, If you only treat yourself as well As you treat other folk. I've made a study of myself, Compared with me the lot, And I've finally concluded I'm the best friend that I've got. Just get together with yourself, And trust yourself with you, And you'll be surprised how well yourself ?" Will like you if you do. ? George M. Cohan. An Editor's Epitaph. The following epitaph is found in a Halifax Graveyard, England: Her? lies an editor! Sncoks, if you will; In mercy, kind Providence, Let him lie still. He lived for his living; so He lived while he lied, When he could not lie longer He lay down and died. Dandruff Can be Easily Cured. In fact, J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co., the druggists, have a wonder fully efficient hair restorer called Parisian Sage which costs only 50 cents a bottle that is ?guaranteed to cure dandruff in two weeks or money back. Parisian Sage is the discovery of one of the world's greatest scien tists, who, knowing the value of Sage as a scalp cleaner and hair restorer, combined it with other in gredients in proper proportions, and the result is the most: wonderful hair tonic in the world. Parisian Sage is a most pleasant, daintily porfumed hair dressing, ard besides curing dandruff, your drug gist will return your money if it fails to, stop falling hair or intching of the scalp. It will make hair grow, and wo men who desire soft, beautiful and luxuriant hair can have it In twe weeks by using this famous, quick acting preparation. The J. G. Wan namaker Mfg. Co. sells It under a guarantee. You take no risk. Don't let any druggist tell you he has something just as good a? Parisian Sage. If you do aot live within trading distance of the J G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. you can get a bottle for 50 cents, all express charges prepaid, from Giroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y.? There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed te he incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local dis ease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven ca tarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only consti tutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 1J drops to a teaspoonful. It acts di rectly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It fails tn pure. Send for circular and tes timonials. Address: F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Drug gists, 75c, Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. A right, real, merry-go-round, happy Christmas. We hope pv of our rmorchants ha ', a fine Christmas trade. There is mach eher in a kind word and a "Merry Christmas.'' Merry, merry ChrMmas and '<t happy, happy Kew Year to all. The value of a Christmas gift lies in the testimony it givtas of the af ibo* that prompts it. Here is hoping that there was not a single empty stocking in Orange burg county this morning. Don't tank tip on whiskey during Christmas. Keep sober and rem-.-tu ber why the day is celebrated. Beautiful and right it is that gifts and good wishes should fill the air like snow flakes at Christmas tidai It is to be hoped that there is'no truth in the old saying that a green Christmas makes a full grave yard. Some thief (entered the warehouse of Messrs. Falrey & Weeks on Tues day night and stole three sacks of flour. The St. Paul's Sunday School will have their Christmas tree on Mon day aftoToon. when nl the little ones will be madia happy. A mammoth oyster shell was put in the Book Store window by Mr. W. A. Mackey. It was taken from Boil ing Springs in Barnwell county. Mayho by January I, 1910, The Times and eDrr.ocrat will bloom out into a daily paper with p^rss dis patches. Stranger things have hap pened. Single copieB of the three-times-a week Times and Democrat will hi sold for two cents. Some enterprli ing nevs boys could make nion<v selling them w Me make great re duction to them. The first isstv? of the three-times a-week Times and Democrat will an- * pear Tuesday, Jan. 5. From thac ?date on you should receive the paper every Tuesday, Thursday an I Saturday. The Times and Democ-at went to press a little earlier yesterday rhan usual in order that all connected with it could have a little holiday. The paper will be issued next week as usual. A new lodige of Knights of Pyth'as will be organized a ihont listance out 'from Orangeburg In the near future. It will ba known as Thorn well lodge and will meet at Barton Hall. Think of a newspaper being de livered at your home for less than one cent'a copy. That is just what Th!a Times and Democrat will do far its subscribers next year. One hundred and fifty-six papers during the year for only $1.50. It is thi cheapest country paper in tit Stall. One of the Inadine- imr? hants of Oi uigeburg in complimenting o(,r enterprise in giving our subscribers a three-timcs-a-week paper at the price of a wneMy, remarking thai The Titi'.'vs and D< mccrat had always been ab ut ten years in advance of the town. We appreciate such com pliments. If yn i are not already a subscrib er to The Times and Democrat, sen-T or liri-.g 25 ce'tts and get. the three timirs-a-week Ti'nes and Demon :i,: for two months and <;ee how you like it. We will send you twenty four copies of the jsiper .for 25 '?nits which will enable you to judge it. Everybody owes it to hin $o]f and to- others to get the host good out of lifo, but bow to get ir is the question. Certainly it is not to 1>3 acquired by finding fault and : 'ms ing nthi.is. Rather is it to be fount by cheerful pnrformiPg our dally du ties, by dolns? good and by taking our proper place In the wcrlj. "The consummate scoundrel who swiped the editor's oniy turkey is deserving a worse fate than those doomed to writhe and wriggle through the countless a$"ps of eter nity in the storm centre of hades." The above is what thl* editor of the Lancaster News said ahout the rlrief who stn'.e bis Christmas tn.r k.-y. A churdh enitertainment will be given at Gerizin church near Vance on Thursday affl1rno*n, Dec. 31, commencing at three o'clock. There vill be no admission tec charged, but the ladies will sell refreshments. In cluding oysters for th'?\ puropse of raising money to carpet the church. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. D S. Murph. Uil.i efficient su perintendent of education for Cal houn county, will deliver the an nual address on' Lie's birthday be fore the St. Matthew's Chapter, U D. C. We feel sure it will be some thing worth hearing as Mr. Murph i<i a talented young gentleman and he could not have a more inspiring theme. The fact that Christmas giving is an exchange of things often not rtileded, and that it tends to mutual loss rather '.ran mutual gt-in?which Is the law of barter?elevates it far alKive trade. The perennial benev whlch lindtfj Its expression in Christum; &l**inz has the stamp of the divine and the, spiritual upon It, and it argues that there is sorae ~ more in man than the mere mater!.al:st sTtes there.