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THE OLD AND THE NEW RECENTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKE CHARGE. Only Two Sheriffs in Thirty-Two Years?Few Changes in the Coun ty Officials. The county officials elected at the last election was inducted into of 'flce on Tuesday. There was only three changes. The following of ' flcials, who begin new terms, were elected without opposition: Clerk of court, G. L. Salley, who has al ready served sixteen #ears in that position; treasurer, A. D. Fair; auditor, T. M. McMichael, and mag istrate, C. P. Brunsen. All of whom have ser ed in their respective po sitions long and faithfully. Supervisor Felder, who was sworn in Monday, is not a novice in the po sition of supervisor, as he held that office once before. He now,succeeds Mr. A. F. Fairey, who was appoint , ed to fiil out the unexpired term of ilr. O. M. Danti'.er, ' who resigned ^when he was elected Sheriff of Cal iiwiua cuuaty. Air. i'airey did not seek re-election in me last election. At a preliminary meeting of the Supervisor and the Board of Towa ship Commissioners held in Decem ber there was some friction about the election or appointment of cer tain officials. This .trouble has bee?i amicably adjusted, and the matter will not be carried to the courts as reported at one time. A compro mise has been effected by the board naming the county attorney and the supervisor the balance of the minor officials. Dr. L. K. Sturkie will con tinue as attorney,, and Mr. M. E. Zeigler will officiate as clerk to the ftoard. Mr. C. B. Williamson ha* been named as overseer of the coun ty poor house and farm. Sheriff Joan H. Dukes, who has <for the past sixteen years rendered conspicuous service by faithful at tention to his official duties, has been succeeded by Mr. A. M. Salley, who, previous to 1892, filled this position with splendid ability. Naturally, the new sheriff is not unfamiliar with the manner - of conducting the af fairs of the office. ' Sheriff^ Salley was defeated six teen years ago by now ex-Sheriif Dukes; therefore, at the end of the present term, Orangeburg county will have had but two sheriffs in thirty-two years. Mr. Dukes re tires to private life, carrying with him the best wishes of a host of friends, for everybody loves this grand old veteran regardless of po litical affiliation. Sheriff Salley i3 well qualified in every way for the office, and, like his successor, enjoys the confidence of the people to the fullest extent. He will have the support of all the people in the discharge of his arduous du ties, and the people can rest as sured that the duties of tne office will be conducted on the same high plane that it has in the past, under Sheriff Dukes and the present in cumbent. Sheriff Salley has appointed Mr. Thos. A. Salley clerk in his office, and Mr. Ransom Bozard Jailer. Mr. Lucius W. Livingston has as sumed responsibility for the proper conduct of the affairs of the office of county superintendent of educa tion,' 'Mr. Livingston is quite a young' man, and has never before aspired to political honors. Thor oughly capable and familiar with educational matters, a most success ful,-administration is predicted for him. The Hon. Stiles R. Mellichamp, who has held this office for the pasc four years, and whose reputation as an educator of /exceptional ability is State-wide, will devote his time to a lucrative fire insurance business which he has built up. Mr. Melli champ was a candidate for State superintndent of education in the primarko last summer. A Pleasant Occasion. On lest Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. jbozard gaye a New Year's entertainment for their many friends in honor of Miss Jessie Dukes and Mr. Hoyt Bookhardt. Many interesting games were played and enjoyed by all. We wish to thank Mr. Bookhardt dor the attractive music. Those en joying the evening were, Misses Rena Bozard, Mary Bozard, Clara Bozard, Olive Bozard, Ozell Bozard, Lula Dukes, Jessie Dukes, Ada Stroman. Narvis Shuler and Pearl Wannamaker. Messrs. Clarence Bo zard, Herbert Bozard, Koger Bo zerd, Harrv Bozard, Raymond Dantz ler, Marion Dukes, Guss Myers, Wil lie Struple. Ben Stroman, Herbert Till, Orin Westberry and Eldon Wan namaker. ONE PRESENT. Postofh'ce Changes. As we stated in our last issue Mr. A. C. Van Orsdell has been a - pointed assistant postmaster to fill the vacancy created by me death of Mr. Henry Boliver. .Mr. Clyde A. Burns has been appointed to the va cancy created y the promotion of Mr. Van Orsdell. Mr. Borns has been acting as a substitute mail carrier for some time. We congrat ulate both Mr. Van Orsdell and Mr. Burns on their promotion. We feel assured that the high standing at tained by the postomce here und."?r fostmaster Webster will be main tained with the assistance of these gentlemen. Should Start at Once. We call the attention of our read ers to our voting contest which be gan Jan. 5 and runs to April 15. Full particulars will be found in an other column on this page and on the second page. All wishing to enter this contest should send in the nom ination blank at once. CALHOUN COUNTY COURT! Only Murder Case Nol Prossed. Other Cases Tried. The Court of General Sessions for Calhoun county convened at St. Mat thews on Monday morning with ?Judge "Wilson presiding. The pro ceedings were of a very perfunctory nature, and there was an adjourn ment at noon Tuesday. Several cas eB, as usual, were continued. The only murder indictment was ! that against Jtohn Ayers, colored, I who struck Mallie Whitmal, Jr., in the head with a base ball hat, the blow proving fatal. The deed was committed three years ago. Witness es were summoned two or three limes to Orangeburg, and once or twice since the new county was formed. Tuesday, Solicitor Hilderbrand nol grossed the case, and gave."as his reason that the prosecutor was dead and no witness could ever be found. ?If, as now seems possible, a mur der case can be nol prossed, the pity is that it was not done long ago. before the witnesses had been put to so much incon\enience and thi county to extra expense. The St. Matthews correspondent 'of The News and Courier, from whose letter we take .the above, says the Solicitor is a fearful prosecuting officer, and there is no reflection upon him any more than upon the Bench and the lawyers in general, ror the frequent continuances .?f cases. A few minor cases were dis posed of, as follows: The State vb. Richard Hart, disposing of crop under lien. Guilty, $100 or six montas. Jake Barton, colored, housebreok ing. Pleaded guilty; two years on chaingang. Sam Zimmerman, colored, assault and battery with Intent to kill. Not guilty. LOST MONEY AND JOB. The Congressional Election Contests Have Been Decided. A Washington dispatch to Tii-3 News and Courier says a report wan filed by the house committee on elec tions Tuesday in the Soufth Carolina contested election cases. There is little variation between this report and those filed in former contests except that in all the others it has been stated that Prioleau, Dantzler and Myers "were not" elected . to congress. ? . In the present report it is stated ihat Representatives Legare, Pat terson and Lever "were" elected. This ends the contests up to th? present, but in a short time hear ings will probably be given the South Carolina negroes on their con test filed for the 61st congress. It has recently developed that Prioleau was the only one of the South Carolina negroes smart enough to secure payment of the 12,000 fee allowed him by law. It is understood that the two other contestants received nothing. So Dantzler failed to get"his IIt 'e allowance of $2,000 for expens es, which might have had something to do with the failure of the Ziou Savings Bank, of which the would be congressman was president. It may have also had sometmng to do with Dantzler losing 'jthe nomina tion last time, as a Repumican nom inee for congress from this district is of no earthly use to Jacob Moorer and the other fellows who use to get a good share of "those" two thousand dollars. That is why they tried a new "horse the last timr. in the person of one Ricnardson. Why Do Men Advertise? The man who conducts his busi ness on the theory that it doesn't pay and he can't afford to advertise, sets up his judgment in opposition to that of all the best business men in the.-world. Says an experienced ad vertising authority: "With a few years' experience in conducting a small business on a few thousands of capitals, he assumes to know more than thousands whose hourly trans actions aggregate more than his do in a year, and who have made their millions by pursuing a course that he says doesn't pay." If advertising doesn't pay, why is it that the most successful mer chants of every town, large or small, are the heaviest advertisers? If ad vertising doesn't pay, who doss the most business? If it does not pay, business fiwns in the world spend millions in that way. Is it because they want to donate those millions to the newspaper and magazine pub lishers, or because they don't know as much about business as the six for-a-dollar merchaut who says mon ey spent in advertising is thrown away or donated to the man to whom it is paid? Such talk is simnly jridicvUous, and it requires more :han the average patience to discuss the proposition of whetner adver tising pays or not wun that kind of a man. His complacent self-conceit is assuming that he knows more than the whole world is laughable, and reminds us cf the man who prov ed that the world doesn't revolve by placing a pumpkin on a stump and watching it all night. We are always glad to get local items, just such as you, reader, would like yourself, and if you have any on hand at any time send them a'ong. Don't sandwich an advertise ment into them, for they belong to the cashier's department, and if they are not worth paying for in a legit imate way they are no good to us. If you have any friends visiting you or you expect, to go away just say so. The latter clause may gratify your creditors, and the first your friends. . The three-times-a-week Times and Democrat is a winner. PROBLEM OF FAKMtR THE "ADVANCE SYSTEM" AN ECONOMIC! ERKOR. By Paying Cash For Supplies There Will Be a Great Reduction in Sales of Staple Articles. For many years it has heen the custom of Southern farmers to make their crop upon the "advance sys tem," and while this has fteen re garded as an economic error on the ride of the farmer, by many mer chants it has been thought that it was a very profitable way of buying cotton. [ The farmer recalled that as a mat ter of safey it was better to make the food consumed by his family and his stock upon the farm ratner than purchase it and especially when he had to promise payment out of a crop which had not as yet been made. I have been watching this phase of country life in the South for many years and have come to the conclu sion that the "advance system" is just as great a mistake on the part of the merchant as it is on the part cf the farmer, for the following rea sons: First, the merchant takes great lisks, which, of course, he tries to cover by increased charges. But ev en though these charges are in creased, the staples of life are not such articles as a high percentage of profit will adhere to. and tho merchant Is practically trading gold for a promise to pay. It the crop falls, he Is obliged to carry and car ry and carry and possibly may ulti mately, as iu thousands of cas-s. be obliged to take the farm, for which he has no use, and under boll weevil conditions is difficult to han dle profitably upon a tenant system. Under a cash system there will be a great reduction in the sales of tome staple foods, such as bacon, potatoes, beans, lard, vegetables, canned goods, hay, corn, etc., all ar ticles that carry low profits. The farmer is rarely a hoarder of mon ey and If he saves $200 or more by producing all his food supplies at home he has that much more to spend when his crop Is made, and it is cash. Under a cash system the farmer will buy with his surplus more dry goods, clothing, sboes, furniture, etc., for his family, better teams farm implements,, wagons, buggies, etc., on which there Is a much great er profit for the merchant than on staple articles of food. The mer chant can turn his money in thirty days instead of a year. Ten per cent clear profit turned monthly is better than 120 per cent gain re ceived annually. Some of the farm ers increased income goes into per manent improvement to enable the farmer to produce more and spend more annually. Again, there is something rais ing cotton, tobacco, etc., to pay a debt, that saps the vitality of the farmer and affects the quality of hds tillage, lit really lowers the grade of farming. If l'pon the other hand the merchants will join with us in urging farmers to raise all their food supplies and try to pro duce by better tillage,' the result as it affects the mefcnant will be this: All business will soon be on a cash basis and the volume will.be three or four times as large from the farmers alone. The advent of more money will bring diversified indus tries among the farmers and eventu ally will attract manufacturers to the market town. If there are idle farms in the county, instead of calling meetings for the purpose of raising funds "to secure immigration, call meeting tj encourage the farmers who know tne country and are loyal to it, to universally adopt the following plan. First,' provide their own food sup plies from the farm. Second, doubie the average product on every acre under cultivation and let each work er on the farm by the use of better teams and tools, till three times as many acres as at present, not in the one crop, but In a variety of diversi fied and profitable crops. This would cause an immediate demandi. for more land and would provide the money to pay for it. This makec every man on the farm more than six times the Industrial power he now is and gives him a love of the farm. This, is better than to leavi him in discouragement and secure immigrants to come and buy him out. I should not speak so positively, only I have observed for a quarter of a centuray that where the South ern merchants have changed from an "advanced system" to a cash system, they have prospered very much more than in former years and the num ber of failures is immensely less. Of course, it is not meant that their should be no credits, but practically there shouH be little necessity for thenj until .e crop is actually ready for the harvest, then trade become-: a cash transaction. Or better still, the farmer can get his money from the bank and pay cash in all cases, if there is a lack of ready money. The advance system bears down upon the cotton farmer with special hardship. His crop is either sold at once or is forced to the gin and the warehouse so as to secure loan' If the cotton farmer is not forced to sell to raise money or pay debts he will store his crop on his farm and market at nis leisure, which is in the interests of all parties. It appears to me, therefore, that the farmer will immeasurably gain when he produces what he has hith erto bought in the way of living. He is not compelled to sell his crop immediately upon the harvest. When he does sell he trades for cash The greater amount of money he has is very helpful to the family, iv?isE iuiu utvJi MEAT. Is the Advice of the Progressive Farmer. Years ago I wrote of visiting a man's farm, where all the land was in cotton right up' to the. house standing unpainted in a bare field. A hopeless-looking woman was fry ing some Western bacon for the din ner, while the man toiled in the cot ton. And I got to thinking over the matter. There was no stock on tlir. place but the mules that worked the cotton. And as I saw that uacon, I thought that some farmer out West raised that hog, and probably made something out of it. Some railroad carried it to Chicago, and certain'y made money. Some packer bought and cured the meat, and grew to be a millionaire. Another railroad brought it South and paid dividends by oloing it. Some merchant bought it, and sold it to that man out tnere in the cot ton field at a big profit?and he works " all summer in the cotton making all these people prosperous out of his one *crop, while at the end of the year he is as poor as ever, and his land grows less and less productive, while he might have made all those profits himself in, raising the bacon at home. The Western farmer makes corn,1 the railroads haul it, the merchant buys it and sens it to t^e man who could raise the corn at nrire profit than the Western farmer if he im proved his land. Yet "he goes on in the old hopeless way imagining that cotton is the only Taing cO get mon ey out of, and that corn, oats, and wheat are only "supplies, and the Western farmer gets r'ch supplying him. When will the cotton farmer get out of this slavery to everybody else? Not till he goes to farming just as the Northern and Western farmers do. He has a crop that is far superior as a money crop to anv they have, and a crop that fits into an improving rotation of crops ful ly as well as any they have North or West, and while they get rich in sending him "supplies" he gets poor furnishing the crop that main tains the trade balance between this country and -Europe, and selling the cottonseed that fatten the cat tle that make the meat he buys in various forms. Now, then, is the >..me to resolve to change all this. Plan a rotation for your farm and stick to it, grow plenty of forage and make manure, and when you once have manure enough to cover a corn-field, you will be on the road out of this slav ery to the North and West. Nine-tenths of the letters I get from farmers ask what fertilizer I shall use for this, that or the other crop, when the man who farms right will need to bu# little, and that only of the mineral forms of acid phos phate and potash, or but one of these, perhaps. I have been hammering away at this for many years, and yet how few have taken the idea. But I do hear now and then from farmers who. have broken loose from the old. ruts, and are succeeding. Would to God that I could get all of them to do so! A GENIUS AT FINDING MONEY. Illinois Cnrpctner's Instinct Lends Him Right to It. When John Ehlenfeldt, a carpen ter, who has l'ved in Elgin ftr years, was arrested vesterdny on a war rant sworn out by Mrs. Ehlenfeldt, it became known that he has a gen ius for detecting the whereabout:', cf money, says the Baltimore Sun. The wife and her two daughters went to the office of Assistant State's Attorney Robert B. Phillips and asked him to tell them how to save their money. Phillips told them to hide it until a deposit in tue bank could be made. "We have hidden it in the most ?mpossibie places we could think of." said Mrs. Ehlenfeldt. "This huc band of mipe is a genius. I have not reported it. until it became ab rolutely necessary, but he has an nbnurma' instinct for finding money. No matter how weli hidden it is be goes right to the place and gets it without any search or trouble." A test in the State's Attorney's office was then arranged. Money was concealed in a desk drawer. Ehlenfeldt was then taken into the office. He looked around the room an instant, then suddenly walked to the drawer and -drew out the hidden money. Mrs. Ehlenfeldt says she saved $90, which she expected to pay on mortgages. She divided the sum into ten portions and hid it in as many places?in a ho'e in a flower bed. in a hole in a closet wall, under a clot lies' ches in the barn and in a bag at the bottom of a flour bar rel, on which she lhr?w more than 10 pounds of flour. The next morn ing, she said, all the money wa; gone. Claims He Was Flogged. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 4.? George Lowery, aged 22 years, re ported today that, during last night he was taken out of a house at No. 7 Coal Mines, a few miles in the country, by night riders and laid across a log and given a severe flog ging. The whipping is said to have resulted from the presence of a wo man in the community with whom Lowery had been associated. but the stimulous to his selfrespect is perhaps the most important item to be considered. The merechant prospers by the greater volume of business and by the quick return of his money. It seems to me that these points should be urged upon all the people. lUCal news items. PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUB REPORTERS. What Is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. The rain Monday night and Tues day washed up the streets consid erably. Who will be the first Democrat to join the Taft Club in Orangeburg? We are anxious to see the line up. ?The Times and Democrat is now published three times a week. All for one dollar and fifty cents per annum. The stewards of the Orangeburg Circuit will meet at Shiloh church on Wedresday morning, Jan. 13th, at 10*30 o'c'ock. The paving of Russell street will be started about the 15th instant, and will be pushed to completion as rapidly r.s possible. The Band of tiope will meet on Saturday morning at the usual time and place. All the members are earnestly requested to be present. Single copies of The Times and Democrat sells for two cents each. Some enterprising boy could work up a good business by selling them. i???? The Orangeburg Collegiate in stitute opened again on Monday after the Christmas holidays. We hope it will have a prosperous year The new hooks and ladders and truck of the Elliott's arrived on Tuesday. This comjpny is now magnificently equipped for fighting fire. Mr. E. C. Hoover, who gives way to Mr. C. B. Williamson as over seer of the poor, certainly filled that position with credit to himself and profit to the people. We will send Tne limes and Democrat two months fcr 25 cents on a trial subscription. Try it two months and, see how much better it is to get the news fresh. Good nature is as contagions as the measles. Put; on your b'-st smile when you get up In the morning and observe how everybody writ; greet you with a sunny face. Sheriff A. M. Salley has taken charge of the office and entered up on the discharge of his duties. He needs no Introduction to the people of Orangeburg county. They know him,to be a man true and tried. One man has already gone to work to win some of the prizes we of fer for new subscribers. Tne paper had not been issued six hours be fore he had come in and qualified. We want a great many others to do the same. Mr. Joseph Smoak, who has for years been an efficient clerk In the postoffice, has been appointed chair man of the Examining Civil Service Board for this city to fill the vacan cy cre?ted by the lamented death of Mr. H. E. Boliver* If those who wish to work for subscribers for The Times and Democrat in our prize contest v. ill send us the names of those who do not take The Times and Demo crat In their neighborhood, we will send them sample copies. This wonItl aid club getters very much. Follow the crowds. Go to Kohn's Emporium. Take advantage of the great sea of bargains this store is giving the public at this great clearance sale. Ask our cus tomers about this sale for honest intrinsic value. It lasts only until January 19th. Be sure to come as soon and as often as you can. AUTO ACCIDENT AT SAVAXXAH. Virginia Millionaire Hurt in a Collision. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 4.?David Dunlap, niillion.^re horseman and tobacco manufacturer, of Petersburg, Va., was injured tonight when h}s touring car was wrecked by his chauffeur, who chose that method of preventing a collission with an other car, driven by Mrs. J. X. Knight, wife of a local physician. Both cars were pioving at high speed. Dunlap's car tore away a portion of the guards on Mrs. Knight's machine, so narrow was the escape. Dunlap, with George Van Goosbeck and M. L. Lynch. two friends, were huned out of the wrecked car. Dunlap struck on his face and was badly scarred but is not seriously hurt. Smidt Got the Idea. "You see, Mr. Smidt," said the bank cashier, "there is plenty of money In the bank, but all the banks have agreed in order to prevent a panic to pay out only a parr of the actual currency demanded by depos itors. Your money is here ail right, and you can have it as soon as it is safe to let you have it. In the meantime we will give you in stead of actual cash, clearing house certificates, which win serve the same purpose. This is the third time I have explained this matter to you. I have gone into it thor oughly because I want you to explain the conditions to the rest of your fellow-countrymen who are our de positors. Do you think you under stand now?" "Yees, yees," replied Smidt. "I explain it shust like dis, Mr. Casch ier: 'Matilda und I haf a little baby. The little baby she cry for milk in de middle ob de night; ve get up and ve say to dat litle baby, yees, baby, der iss plenty milk in der kitcnen, but ve cannot give it to you now, but ve vill give you something shust as good. Here iss a milk ticket--now go to slepe.' " PRIZES GIVEN AWAY! To Those Who Get tftsh Subscribers to The Times and Democrat. BIG PRIZES GIVEN AWAY FREE! IN ORDER TO STIMULATE MORE ACTIVITY IN OUR SUBSCRIP TION DEPARTMENT \VE HAVE DECIDED TO INAUGURATE A GREAT CLUB MAKERS CONTEST, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL WHO WISH. TO ENTER THE SAME? GO TO WTORK AND WLV ONE OR MORE OF THE DIFFERENT PRIZES OFFERED. The Times and Democrat, desiring to add many names to its sub scription list, will give away absolutely free the following valuah'e) Prizes under the conditions named below: PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY. ' FIRST PRIZE?One Handsome Oak Sideboard. SECOND PRIZE?One Handsome Oak Ladies' Dresser. THIRD PRIZE?One Disc Graphophone and Four Columbia Recoi-ds. FOURTH PRIZE?One Handsome Ladies' Rocker. FIFTH PRIZE?One Handsome Small Hall Table. SIXTH PRIZE?One Set of 6 Heavy Silver-Plated Knives and Forks. SEVENTH PRIZE?One Teachers' Leather Bound Bible. EIGHTH PRIZE?One Handsome Photograph Albpm with Music Box. HOW TO GET THESE PRIZES. These prizes will be awarded to the persons getting the highest number of votes under the following conditions: To. any person wao gets us iive cash yearly subscribers we will give One Set of Six Teaspoons as described elsewhere in this paper and 750 votes on the Free Prizes above mentioned. To any person who gets us four cash yearly subscribers we will give .the Majestic Silver Sugar Spoon and buter Knife described elsp where in this paper and 600 votes on the Free Prizes above mentioned. To any persons who gets us three yearly cash subscribers we will give a pair of Patent Tension Steel Shears as described elsewhere in this paper and 450 votes on the Free Prizes above mentioned. THERE ARE NO BLANKS. It will be noticed that all who engage in this contest win get a prize anyhow. If one fails to got votes enough to get one of the big Free Prizes, they are sure, to get a good prize if taey get only three subscribers, which almost any one can do. Remember this: That no matter how little you do you will be rewarded for your work. It will thus be seen that there are no blames, as is the case in many contests. So no one need fear to enter the contest for fear of not be ing able to win one of the big-Free Prizes. If you miss all of them you are sure to get one or more of the smaller prizes, which are given t? all who secrue three or more subscribers. ATTENTION, OLD SUBSCRIBERS. ' Any old subscriber who pays his subscription directly to the office can get these prizes by paying iu addition to the $1.50, which he pays, for one year's subscription to Tee Times and Democrat, 50c for the Teaspoons, 40c for the Sugar Spoon and Butter knife, and 30c for ue Shears. He will also receive one hundred votes in the free prize con test ior every dollar paid in on subscription. Remember that we can only do this for those subscribers who pay their subscriptions at The Times and Democrat office and not to agents, who are working for the big prizes. Any subscriber, old or new, who has already paid his subscription, to January 1, 19us), or beyond, can get the prizes on tne terms men tioned in the paragraph above. This puts all subscribers on the came footing, as it is our purpose to treat all alike. The premiums cost us too much to be absolutely given away at the price we get for lue Times and Democrat and that is why we have to charge all subscribers for them, but the amount we charge is not more than half what these articles would sell for at retail. RULES OF THE CONTEST. The following table shows the number of votes that will be given on old and new for cash payment subscriptions: 1 2 years.'.$3.00.300 votes 1 year . 1.50. 150 votes 6 months.75. 75 votes 3 months.40 . . 40 vote* The same number of votes will be given old and new subscribers, who pay at the office and not to any club maker. This contest begins Jan. 5 and will end on April 15, 1909. Any question that may arise in regard to the conduct of the con test will be determined by the management of The Times and Demo crat and its decision will be absolute and final. Candidates by filing votes agree to this and all other published conditions. A committee of disinterested public men will be ehosen to judge tne finish of the contest and will a&emble in The Times and Democr.it office for the purpose immediately at the close of the contest. Votes which have once been issued to a candidate may not be trans ferred to any other. The right is reserved to alter these rules should necessity demand. Xo one connected with The Times and Democrat will be" allowed to enter the contest for the free prizes. HOW TO ENTER CONTENT. Those who wish to enter this ei ntest should begin at once so as all can have an even start. A nominating ballot will be published in each issue which, when properly filled out and returned to this office will entitle the person named thereon to enter the contest. Entries, may be made at any time. This contest is open to all persons who choose to enter the contest for the prizes. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The first prize will be given to the p;rson receiving the highest number of votes. ,Tiie second to tut. person receiving the next highest, and so on as to the other prizes. 0O000 0 0 0 0 * if *0jftf0 0 000 * #** * 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * NOMINATION BALLOT. * * * * 100 votes for * ?a * * M. * P. O. * Subject to the rates of The Times and Democrat Contest. * * Only one of these ballots credited to each candidate. * * 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 % 0 * 0 0 0 0 (0* 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 * * SUBSCRIPTION BLANK. ,* * * * .100.. * 0 * * The Times and Democrat, * * Orangeburg, S. C. * * Gentlemen: Enclosed please find $. for. years * * subscription to your paper. Please credit the number of votes * to which 1 am entitled to. * M. * ? P. O.:?. .Votes Yours truly, * * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 00 0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0: