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LOOKING BACKWARD ORANGSBURG CITY TWENTY FTVE YEARS OLD. The Event Appropriately Celebrated bf the Mayor, City Council and City Officials. The twenty-fifth anniversary of O&Ogeburg being chartered as a city, and laying aside her swaddlimg elothes as a "village" was appro priately celebrated on Thursday night a-t the City Hall by Mayor Dukes, the Aldermen, city officials and representi-atives of the city press. It was altogether an inform<al affai: and was an occasion of much lntereri and pleasure to those who attended it. A few minutes after eight o'clock Mayor Dukes called the special meet ing af the City Council to order and stated the object of the gathering to be the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the city of Orange burg, a? the charter making Orange *? bung <a city went into effect on De cember 24, 1883. Alderman Lathrop, who has serv ed the city long and faithful iu that posit?on, after making a few appro priate remarks by way of preface, introduced a preamble and resolu tion, relating some of the facts of general interest about the city: T*he pcreambfle iand resolutions, which covers the whole ground, were heartily endorsed by the Mayor and the other Aldermen and unanimous ly adopted and ordered spread on the minutes of the meeting after being signed by the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen. The meeting wa* then thrown open to any one present who wished to make any remarc oonceraing the city's growth in the past and the outlook for the fu ture. Alderman Bowman was the first speaker and he made a patriotic lit tle speech. He heartily endorsed the preamble and resolutions and related many interesting incidents of the past, when he use to come to Orangeburg in his boyhood days. He said he used to think that the people of Orangehurg were unsocial and selfish, but since he has become a resident of the city he finds he was mistaken, and that the people of tbis city are just as sociable and nublic spirited as the people of any Com munity he has ever known. He closed by pledging to do all he coria to advance the interests of the city along alt lines. Alderman Smith .followed Alder man Bowman in an appropriate l't tle speech. He paid a glowing trib ute-to the preis of the city far what it hM rtone for the advancement and uplifting of the community. He| canned each of the three city news-| papers and threw each of them a beautiful bouquet of praise ana "welldone" for their free and un selfish work for the best interests of Orangehurg and her people. Al derman Smith also toucr.ed on the reports sent out from this city to Ihe daily papers. He said the s-'4 Tiety column was kept pretty full, but he thoueht the "hog and hoini nv" column was somewna* neglected He said he did not object to the societv reports, as that was aneel's food, but he thought the industrial phases of our city life should he brought more fully to the attention ?of the outside world through the columns of the daily papers. Fe said he did not mean to criticize the correspondents, who he Knew had the beat interests of Orangeburg at heart, but simply to suggest to then, to give all movements for the up building of the city more promi nence. Alderman Lathrop, wno is a re*e ran in the city's service as alder man and arUng mayor, followed A' dermau Smith in a most interesting talk, in which he related many In teresting reminiscences of the past history of tho city of Orangeburg. He so id he came to Orange burg a little-over thirty-two.years ago and iince that time the city has grown in ev.ery way most wonderfully. He spoke of the great strides mad', by the press of the city. He saht when he came here there was on weekly paper, printed ' on a hand press and gotten out by one man. while now we had three paper", two of which bad the-ir type set by ma chinery and all using fast presses. Other lines of business had kept pace with the press and he thought the city had a bright and glorious ft ture before her. He said Orange hurg wap certain to be a fifty or co i siderable size from the fact thct she was surrounded by a fine farming country, populated by many thrifu intelligent farmers, who would do their trading here as long as the} were squarely dealt with as they art now bv our business men. Alder man Lathrop's speech was inspir ing and showed that he has un bounded confidence in the future of our little city, which he says will double her population in the next twenty-five years or less time. Aldennan Weeks made a few re marks about the progress of the city in the last few years, and pledged his be(>t endeavors to help along all enterprises that tend to build up the city. He was enthusiastic about the future of Orr.ngeburg. which he thought was destined' to be a large city. ' Editor Sims, cf The Times and Democrat, said he arose to thank th> gentlemen who had proceeded hfm for the kind references they had uxd< about the press, and he felt sure that in the future as In tf e j<xst. the press of the city would '? found doing what it could to push' the c;ir of progress along and he'j: j ing all i*" could to make Orangebur*? ?>ne of the largest and most enter-! prising cities of the Interior of t?e State. He said while .it was peas ant and profitable to contemplate the great progress made uy the city, there was a tingo of sadness ?lixed v.-jth the joy. He went on to say that every member of the large and talented Bar tha' he found here when he made Orangenurg his home a little over thirty years ago, except four, had crossed over to the silent majority. Alderman Lathrop, G'.n. Tzlar, Col. Glover and Hon. Samuel Dibble were the only three who has escaped the corroding tooth of tinirt and were still .with us in the flesh. May time deal gently with these gentlemen who have done so much for the advancement and uplift of Oranpeburg. lur Sim's also, said there were only three merchants whom he found here thirty years ago still in business in this city. Some of them had retived and weie ?still in the flesh, but a large ma jority of them had gone "to that mysterious country from whose bourne no traveler returneth." Editor Wahnamaker, ef the Sun. also thanked the gentlemen who had proceeded him for their kindly ref erences to the press of the city, and said-that it would e< er ne found in the forefront battling for the best interests of Orantreburg He said believed Orangeburg had a great future, and that it was the duty of every man to put his shoulder to tne wheel and help along the good work. Editor Berry, of the Evening News, said he had come to the meet ing to report the proceedings and not make a speech. He. predicted great prosperity for Orangeburg and said the press would do its share to bring it about. Ex-Mayor Doyle arose In answer to a call, but said he would not de tain the meeting by any extended remarks. He related several Inter esting reminiscences of the past Dr. Doyle was followed by Messrs. A. C. Dibble, W. 8. Thompson and F. A. Schiffley. They related many interesting Incidents that occurred back some years, all of which tend :d to show the rapid end permanent growth of the city. These (talks were all very interesting, but as we took no notes of them we find that it is impossible to reproduce anv srreat por+ions of them. Dr. Doyle and all the other gentlemen are now, or have been, connected with the cK"v government, and have been prime factors in the city's progress an t prosperity. It was during Dr. Doyle's administration as Mayor that the city made rapid strides in all directions. It was during this time that the city acquired the watei works and electric plant. It was during this period also that the line sewerage system we now have was commenced. This good work goes right on under Mayor Dukes and his excellent Board of Aldermen. Some of the improvements being made on the streets will stand as a monu ment to their business foresight, ana be a blessing to the people of this city, long after those who projected and carried them out have passed from the stage of human action. These gentlemen were followed by City Attorney Glaze, who gave a rbort history of how the charter making Orangeburg a city was ob tained. The charter was drawn by Major Glaze, who has filled the office of City Attorney for over twenty five years most acceptable and ably to the city and the public. He re lated some incidents in connection with getting it through the Legdslt bure when that body was almost reidy to adjourn that was very In teresting. Major Glaze was followed by Clerk and Treasurer L. H. ^'anna maker, another city official, who has won his ?purs by long, faithful and efficient service. He made an excel lent speech, touching on many phas es of the city's progress. He said there was one line of Industry In Orangeburg that was somewhat neg lected by some of our citizens, and he hoped that there would be an improvement along that line. He said we needed more children, ano that r.o city could make much pro gress unless the birth rafe was kep*. considerably above the death rate. Mr. Wnnnamaker made a good, sen sible talk along that line, which we hnp'J will Ivo heed"!. M-tvor Dukes then made a few ro ?n?rkp. af\or whi.?h all present ad journed to the Busy Bpp Cafe, where an oyster supper was served at the expense of Mayor Dvkes. Th-:re veie about thirty plates and dt is needless to say the spread was en joyed by all who participated in It. Thus ended one of the. most appro priate and enjoyable occasions that it has ever been our good fortnn! to take part in. The Times and Democrat will live to see the fiftieth anniversary of the city, but the hncd 'that writes this report will rave lost its cunning long befo.-e that time rolls around. Those Who Were Present. The following are the names of those who were present and partic ipated in the interesting occasion: Hon. J. W. H. Dukes, Mayor. Messrs. Abial Lathrop, I. W. Bow man. W. G. Smith, Harry L. Smoak, J. X. Weeks and N. M. Wertz, Al dermen. Mp. L. H. Wannamaker, City Clerk and Treasurer. Maj A. C. Dibble, Assistant Sec r?. tary. Maj. W. L. Glaze. City Attorney. Mr. Edward Hawes, Jr., City En gineer. Mr. J. B. Ethredge, Street Over ccrer. Mr. W. H. Dukes. T. J. Hayden auo. W B. Thompson, Board of Health, Mr. F. A. Shiflley. Health Officer. Mr. August Fischer, Chief of Po lice. Mr. T. 0. S. Dibble. Chief of Fire Department, and Mr. A. S. Dukes, Assistant Chief of the Fire Depart ment. Messrs. C. Bergaus and Lewis Av ing'-r, City Works. Ex-Maybr The?. C. Doyle and J. L. Sims, Times and Democrat; Mr. Fred Wannamaker, Orangeburg Pun. and Mr. Clifford C. Berry, Evening News. Mr. GEO. M. KOHN Becomes Business Manager of tlie Richmond News-Leader. The many friends here of Mr. George M. Kohn will be glad tc learn that he has rceently been promoted in business and has been appointed the business manager <=f the Richmond News-Leader. Mr Kohn was formerly connected with 'the Columbia State and 4s well known and popular bo?h in Colum bia and Charleston. The Columbia ~.dte says: "Air. George M. iwohn, for a num ber of years connected with the business office of The S*ate. has been made business manager of the News Leader at Richmond, Va. This is quite a marked promotion. Mr. Kohn is a son of Mr. Henry Kohn, of Orangeburg, for .years a very prominent business man. After graduating from the South Carolina University he came to work on Th". 'itrr.e, and by indefatigable energy and the exercise of keen business insight and judgment has advanced steadily. He has a great many personal and business friends and his experience in Colambia in the several steps of ?wirk will fit him for a sphere of use fulness in Richmond which may mean even larger things in the fu ture." In commenting on Mr. Kohn's pro motion The News and Courier says. "Mr. George M. Kohu. who has been making himself very useful to The Columbia State as an adver tising solicitor, has been made bus iness manager of the Richmond N'ews-Leader, and is about to win new laurels for himself in his new field. The Kohns have a way of doing big things, in a quiet but very effective manner. George as all right, as far as he goes, and the Richmond paper is fortunate in In teresting him; but the real Kohn is August to whom and ...i 'his set we wish the best things at the present and all other seasons.' Orangehurg is proud of her Kohns. and the many other bright business men, army and naval of ficers she has contributed to the common country. Lodge to be Formed. A new Knights of Pythias lodge, to be known as Thornwell Lodge No. 202, will be ..instituted at Bar ton's Hall, eSght miles east from ?the City of Orangeburg, on next Thursday afternoon, the 31st inst., by Grand Chancellor L. S. Mattison, assisted by District Deputy Grand Chancellor Robert Lide, and mem bers of other neighboring lodges. The meeting will open promptly at 4 o'clock - in the afternoon. All Pythians of neighboring lodges are invited to attend and participate, and It is expected that there will be a large number on hand to give the now lodge a good send off in Pyth iafiism. All Knights are urged to be there, so that the meeting can open at the hour above stated. New County Badly Beaten. There seems to hare been a de cided reaction from the new county craze that was on some time ago. The proposed nev county of Edlsto was badly beaten all along the line. It only got nine votes In Orange i-urg county out of a possible nun dn d or more. The vote in Aiken county was nearly evenly divided, while in Lexington county the pro posed new county got only eighty votes out of a possible three hundred votes. Instead of getting a two thirds vote in its favor, as Is re quired by law, there was recordel against the new county nearly n two-thirds vote. This election puts Edisto county to sleep for all time. Sidewalks to be Widened. A special meeting of City Council was held on Saturday morning to consider several matters in connec tion with the improvement of the streets. The contractors will begin paving Russell street about Janu ary 15, but work on the drains is now being pushed forward. Another improvement, the result of Satur ?lav's meeting of the council, will be the widening of the sidewalks for one block on Russell street, from Middleton to Broughton streets. Each walk w?j he widened two and a half feet, taking in the telephone and electric light poles. Prize Winners. The following are the names ot the persons who won the prizes or fered by the proprietors of the skat ing rink: Miss Kate Newbern, with Mr. Cecil Culler, won a beau tiful pair of skates for the best double skating; Mr. Gus Hollengrcn won the prize, a signet ring, for the test fancy and trick skating, and Mr. John Durr was awared a pair of silver cuff buttons for being the must igraceful skater. There were six entries in each contest. Hail Storm. The four rural mail carriers out of Bowman who left on their re spective routes Christmas Day just before the storm came, report bad weather all around; trees across the roads in many places, and other ev idences of the violence of the storm was plainly to he seen. Carrier No. 1 encountered a second storm ot wind and rain about 4 p. m. It was r<lso accompanied by light hail and some thunder. This hail storm seems to have been igeneral over the county. Tricklsh Weather. Christmas day the weather vas ot a freakish variety. The rmorning was pleasant and balmy, but par tially cloudy, with only an occasional glimpse of the sun. In the after rewn there was some vivid lightning and loud thunder, which soon hi ought rain, accompanied by a heavy wind and fall of hail, remlud I Ing us of the "good old summer j lime." The hail stones were about the size of a green pea. UNCALLED FOR LETTERS Now. in the Postoffice in the City of Orangeburg. List of letters remaining unclaim j ed in the Orangeburg Postofiice for j week ending Dec. 25, 1908. Per sons caMIng for these letters will say they are "advertised." A r>. WEBSTER, P. M. Miss Donna Adams. Miss L. Borkint. Elizabeth Brown. Eliot Bookert. Fleming Berry. V- C. Bergess. Rev. T. L. Belvin. Martha Ann Chavis. Mrs. R. F. Dwight. Mrs. Margaret Dwight. Blonnie. Davis. Alex R. Davis. Miss Minerva Davis." Peeter Jloones. W/m'. Green. L. M. Garrison. Minnie Holmes. C. N. Holder. John Hodges. Mrs. Jas. Hill. Wesley Hines. Miss Eva Henster. Miss;Ate. Harrison. Charlie Jones. Mrs. May Jennings. Miss Mamie James. Mrs. Pauline Lizzie (Spe. Del.) Sarah Marshall. Miss Maggie Malinda. Miss Fmma Mabins. Eltis NImms. J. C. Nettles. J. B. Pirt. Eiwn. Perrin. Live Paulin. Mrs. Ella Syroman. Miss Annie Simmons. Rev. D. J. Tu ruin. Miss Leize Thomas. H. McWilUams. Can Cure Hog Cholera. As a result of perfecting a serum that is an antitoxin against hog chol era the Missouri Agricultural col lege issued a statement guaranteeing the State legislature that with an appropriation of $45,000 a year it will save the farmers of Missouri from $1.000,000 to $5.000.000 an nually. The agricultural college an nounced unequivocally that it.now is prepared to vanquish hog cholera. The serum is drawn from what is known as a hyperimmunlzed hop blood, the fiberlng being removed so as to prevent clotting. The serum is treated with small quantities of carbolic acid. Clemson College should introduce this serum at once into South Carolina. Wonld Work Wonders. A good resolution which many people may make with advantage to themselves and to others should read something like this, "I am resolved to at once pay what I owe, and in future pay as I igo if at all possible." Such a resolution is always in or der, but epecially on New Year s Day. If made and carried out by ali able to do it the result would be marvelous. Business men harass ed by debts and facing the future with fear would have a great load removed and joy would enter into innumerable homes and how smooth ly the wheels of commerce wouln revolve. Don't Make Too Many. Perhaps new year resolutions would be better kept if we made fewer of them. In the fervor of good intentions which possesses many people at the beginning of the year, some make resolutions on ev erything, little and big. When the fervor passes and one realizes the difficulty and even impossibility of neping all of them, the bars ore let down and the good resolution.1* scattered in every direction. Far better make but one or two resolu tions covering what is essential in cue's life, and then spare no effort o keep them. Cameron Lodge Officers. Cameron lodge, No. 89, in regu nr convention held Tuesday night, he following officers were eiertet! for the ensuing year: W. E. Der ick. C. C: T. C. Moss, V. C; C. C. Slaughter. P.; C. T. Ulmer. M. W.; I. H. Zimmerman, K. of R. an.* R : L. E. Pooser. M. P.: F. I. Culler, M. E.; P. W. King. M. A.; H. B. Bain. T. G.: J. M. Jackson, O. G. J. 11. Haigler was elected trustee for his year. Installation services will ake place on January 12. Do You Want an Owl? We have taken wood, potatoes, corn, eggs, butter, onions, cabliage. hickens, stone, lumber, labor, sand, alico, saur-kraut, second hand cloth ng. coon skins, and bug juice, scrap ron, shoe pegs, rawhid's, chinque pins, tanbark. fice dogs, sorghum. r>ed, jugware, and wheat straw en subscription and now a man wants to now if we would send the paper for ix months for a large owl. We have o precedent for refusing, and if wo an find a man who is out of an owi rid wants one we'll do it. ? Can This ille True. There has been a rumor circu ated around Orangeburg for several ays that a white man had attemp' d to assault a young lady at St. Matthews on last Thursday night, f it is true the white Drute should ave the same punishment meted ut to him that would be given a lack fiend for the same crime. It he story be true let us have the facts. Zion Bank Fails. The Zion Savings Bank, started in his city sometime ago by colored ecple, has l>een placed in the hand. uf a receiver to wind up its affairs. .Mr. J. St.okes Salley has been named ;is the itjceiver. The last quarterly statement of this bank indicated that it was In bad shape and its be ing closed by the Bank Examiner is no surprise. SOME GENTLE HINTS. To Those Subscribers Who Are a Lit tle Behind. There are some good folks who have peculiar ideas about a news paper. They regard it, not as a busi ness, but as a convenience. If the paper reaches them late, or fails to give every item of news or its con duct toward them is in a manner they do not like, they then very properly make a business matter of it, because they have bargained for something they are not getting. They make these issues every day in the year, except the first day, when the business Idea is forgotten, and the only thing uppermost is a plea to get out of paying what they honestly owe the paper. These same men will meet the newspaper man with a smille, offer him a soft drink or a cigar, and then expect him to say in his paper that he is the most enterprising and pro gressive citizen in the 9tate. That is their idea of business. Now the newspaper is a business. It Is not a glory making machine. It can no more live on sentiment, than can Its employes. It may surprise you, but type setters don't work for nothing and no amount of persuasion will make them do it, for the simple rea son that, like the balance of us, they need a little money to keep the wolfe away. It 4s true you may only owe us a few dollars on subscription, yet if several hundred subscribers reason like you, that we collect the news and print It just for the fun of It, we would soon be in the hole. The newspaper business is made up of small things, and It is Buch Items as subscriptions which, if collected, en ables the management to improve its service and pay off all obligations promptly, but which If deprived ot for trival reasons, makes the cash ac count short and the newspaper man has to grovel along under a weight of about sixty pounds to the square inch. Perhaps you have never given thought to our subject on this line. If not, then, if this article serves to ca.ll your serious attention to it, its mlission has been accomplished. * HOLD LEADER'S BODY To Await Its Resurrection From the Death Sleep. Tampa, Fla., December 26.?Teed, known as Koresh I, founder and nead of the Koreshan Unity Corporation ot Western People, who oouighi. a large tract of land at the toe of Flor ida ten years ago, died early Tuesday morning. The fact of his death was not dis closed until Thursday, and when in vestigation was made, devout follow ers said they were awaiting his rcs urection, which they expected Christ mas Day. While the body of the leader lay unattended, Victoria Gratia, the sup posed wife of Teed, assumed the throne with much solemnity and de clared that the body should not be buried until there was a manifesta tion of Divine will. The Teed sect nelieve that the population of the earth Is on the Inner surface of the globe instead cf outside. * Household Hints. The secret of the subtle flavor of the scalloped oysters prepared by New England housewives is the ad dition of a little mace. A few drops of vinegar in the wa ter in which eggs are poached will keep the white in shape and not add a flavor. Applies boiled whole until they show signs of cracking and then baked until they are brown will noti present the wrinkled and shriveled appearance that the usual baked ap ples does and will ne tender and juicy. A palatable variation or corn beef hash is The boiled end of an ox ton gue hashed and used as a founda tion for poached eggs. For a very easily prepared sweet san-.'wlch for afternoon tea, spread a couple of slightly sweet crackers with chocolate frosting and put them to,w'her. * Five cent rans of unsweetened condensed milk are obtainable in some jvirts of the city. They are a boon to the woman with a small family or the woman who boards and who wants to serve cocoa, tea or coffe to her friends on unexpected occasions. Passed Off Quietly. The usual Christmas spirit pre vailed in this city and country on Christmas Day, old and young seem ed to enjoy the occasion, and there was very little drinking and no drunkenness that we &aw. No cas ualties have been reported from any section of the county, and here the conduct of all was so good that the police had nothing to do but join In with the merry makers and enjoy the festivities of the day. A Branchvillc Failure. Mr. W. M. Warren, of Branchvllle, has filled a petition In voluntary bankruptcy. Mr. Warren was a con tractor and builder, and his failure will be a (great surprise to his friends who thought he was prospering. It is reported that hie liabilities are something like $25.000. Won the Doll Baby. Miss Alma Davis held the lucky number that drew the handsome doll that was given nway by Mr. J. T. Wise, the jeweler and optician. Miss Alma is a student at Winthrop and presented the doll to her Ii' Je sister, Lucile, who Is very proud of i:. Football Game Friday Afternoon. A foot ball game between Orange hurg and St. Matthews will be play ed on the State Colored College p ounds on Friday afternoon, com mencing at half-past three o'clock An admission of 25 cents will be <?!,? rged. HAPPY HOME* Have a Wonderful Influence and Is Power for Good. There are many happy hornet?, thank God, in every community, and when they exist there goes out from them a blessed Influence, which can hardly be overestimated. "A real home with a mother in it." whose hospitable doors are ever open to those not so blessed, is a wonderful power for good. If the boys and girls are made welcome they will not be slow to tell it and there" will be an attraction in the sweet tunenities of home which will draw tnem from other and less holy influences. It ir not possible in this wor:d so full of care and trouble to be always merry. It is quite possible to be always lov ing and kind. If the business cares of the father and the never ending struggles of the mother together with dirt and disorder, cooking, washing, ironing and mending, cannot be ban ished, they can be wonderfully toned down by the loving sympathy and help- which each member of the household can and should give t'hv? orher. A home where the golden rule is lived is the nearest possible approach to heaven. The day comes aM too soon when the household is scattered?the boys and girls, alas! girls no longer?are gone to make homes for themselves, elsewhere: when some perhaps, are laid away from our sight, out of reach of kind words or helpful deeds. Happy are we if no sorrowful thoughts haunt us, of hasty words and unkind deeds. ir only pleasant memories remain. We may, if our means allow, make our homes beautiful and attractive, and it is well to do so. But without the true spirit of home, it will be a cheerless and desolate mockery? while the humblest cottage where love dwells and kindness reiens. may most beautifully exemplify the sweet ness and blessedness of home. * FARMER KILLS HIMSELF. Because He Did Not Have Money to Buy Toys. Quitman, Ga., December S!S;?Be cause he did not have money enough f.o provide the usual Christmas toys for his children C. A. Kisters, a farmer, near 'here, deliberately plan ned his own death this morning and died as he had planned. Leaving the home where the chil dren were he walked a short distance away, fitted his shotgun over a fork ed atick, pressed his breart against the muzzle and pushed the trigger with a stick. The wound was a ter rible one. His wife and several small children ran or/ at the sourd of the shot and found the husband ani fath er dead. * AN ALABAMA TRAGhDY. Deputy Sheriff Shoots and Kills His Assailant. Seale, Ala., Dec 25.?John W. Chambers, deputy sheriff of Russell County, shot and killed George H. Thompson, fifty years old, this morn ing. Thompson and several others were beating a negro who had cheat ed a merchant out of a dollar, when the deputy sheriff cama up and asked them to desist. Thompson, it is said, resented the interference of the officer and drew a revolver on Chambers ani fired, the ball passing through the officer's hat Chambers took the pistol away from Thompson and started to walk away, when Thompson cursed the office an'I threatened his life. At this roint, is alleged, Thompson a"tem; !ed to draw another revolver when the otfi cer shot with the pistol h) had taken from Thompson, killing the latter <1 most instantly. Chambers was re leased at once on ball in the sum of $1.000. " 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 SO 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 qleaner 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 perfumed hair dressing, and besides curing dandruff, your drug gist will return your money if it fails to stop falling hair or intchlng 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 Mfs. 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 not 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. Fanning Requires Brains. "Rack to the land" is the cry much heard these days, and it is well to a-a upon it that the congested condition of the cities with its attendant evils of poverty, misery and crime may be relieved. But many men of slender means who buy small farms in th.s expectation of making a living and enjoy life are bitterly disappointed. The trouble is they have had no experience, and scarcely any business today needs a practical working knowledge to insure success more thau farming. If people of small meant, want io succeed and realize th ad van Luges of country lifu, they should find work for a time wi+h some progressive successful fa LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening in the Country . as Well as in the Cities and Towns. Have you paid for The Times and Democrat? Turn over a new leaf, boys, and resolve to keep it clean. Considering the time of year there Is very little drinking in OrangeBurg at this time. Only a few days more in which to pay State and county taxes with (.u' the penalty. The Elks distributed baskets among the poor on Christmas Day. They cheered many sad hearts. Not near as many explosives were used this Christmas as is usually tho case, and we take pleasure in noting the fact. Mayor Dukes fined a man ?10 for firing a gun on the streets. The Mayor is determined to break up this dangerous habit. In as much as the rural free de livery brings mail to your box ev ery day you will need the thrve times-a-week Times and Democrat. There is some complaint about some parties shooting pistols In thi streets Christmas Day. Tliis is a dan gerous practice and should be dis continued. Now that the problem of deep wa ter navigation is in court, it Is a good time for the" farmers to push their claims for national aid for good wagon roads. Major W. L. Glaze, while corre spondent ol The News and Courier, nicknamed Orangeburg the "City on the Edisto," many years ago, and It has stuck ever since. The wind blew a gale here all Christmas night, but quieted down about daylight, leaving us fair ana cold weather, with temperature a few degrees above the freezing point. The best way of showing others they are wrong Is by ourselves do ing right. A true, upright. life mark ed by charity and moderation is tlu n ost convincing argument one can present The City Council will not require all wires to be put under ground just yet, but tit Is one of the lm piovements that cannot very long be delayed if we wish to keep up wltn other progressive cities. Several of our "oldest cltlzens say that they cannot recollect ever having heard thunder on Christens Day, until last Friday, when we had thunder and lightening of the good old summer time variety. Dr. C. F. Williams, secretary of the State Board of Health, was in thf cltf on Saturday. He was shown over the city by Dr. L. C. Shecut and Mr. W. H. Dukes, members of the local board of health. If the spending of $500,000,000 in lmproveing the rivers of our coun try will save $180,000,000 in trans portation, as is claimed, the same sum spent on the wagon roads will save twice that much to the farmer. The City Council has re-establish ed the position of assistant city engineer, which was abolished some time ago. It will be filled by Mr. In C. Wannamaker, who most ef ficiently served the city in the po sition before it was abolished. For success in Tife one must be leady for opportunities when they come. Some men are always unpre ptired and when the opportunities appear they are never In a positl-m to improve them. We throw this out as a suggestion to our young men. The recWess handling of sky rockets on Russell street Thursday night came very near causing a seri ous fire. The rocket entered one of the show windows of .Mr. John T. Wise and set its contents on fire. Luckily Mr. Wise was right there and extinguished the fire. A correspondent says: "Christ mas at Bowman was very quiet, In deed, with no mishaps or accidents reported so far. Considerable "booze' has been coming here rrom day to day, but there was a conspic uous alisence of drunkenness. Not a single drunken person was to .bo seen anywhere. A church entertainment will be ijiven at Gerzlng church near Vance on Thursday morning, Dec. 31. com mencing at 11 o'clock. There will hj no admission fee charged, but the ladies will sell refreshments, in cluding oysters, for the purpose of laising money to carpet the church. The public is cordially invited to attend. Invitations to the marriage of Mr. Themas E. Wilson and Miss Bertha Leseene Brices have been received In i ais city. Miss Briggs Is the daugn tpr of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Brings, of Manning, S. C, and is a handsome, charming young lady. The marriage "ill take place at the First Baptist cr nrch, Manning, on Tuesday, Jan uary 5. Mr. W. F. Williamson, of Neeses, left at pur office Monday two large turnips. One weighing over twelve pounds and the other weighing marly nine pounds. Mr. J. P. Avingpr, of this city, left a rutabeg ga that weighed twelve pounds. \\ ben ?nch turnips as these can be i ilsed In Oraniireburg county, why should we buy them abroad. Robert O. Thackam, Jr., who was one of Orangeburg's crack pitchers the first of the present year, and who was sold to Spartanburg, ha.? beer, drafted from the base ball club of that city by *he Reading, Pa, club, which is in a class B league. Thackbam's friends here will be glad to hear of his promotion in the base ball world, and would like to see him reach the top.