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Sbt Wm*mi gnmwrat Established in 1869. Vol. 40.No. 17 Published Three Tunes a Week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 1, 1008, at the postofflce at Or angeburg, S. C. under the Act of Congress of March, 1879. Jas. L. Sims, Etiitor and Proprietor. Jas. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Kates. One Year .$1.30 Six Months.75 Three Months.40 Advertising Kates furnished on application. Remittances should be made by checks, money orders, registered let ters, or express - ders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange burg, S. C. The Legislature is again in ses sion, but it will adjourn sine die this week. Hon. W. J. Bryan thinks that the Democrats may win the next House of Representatives. We hope so. The whiskey question has devel oped a score or more of demagogues, all of- whom are trying to elbow Featherstone off the ? prohibition platform. Some folks say that this Legis lature has done nothing, but this is a mistake. It has repealed the lien law, which is the most important legislative action in years. The indications are that the Senate will not pass the prohibition bill, but will refer the liquor question to the people to settle by passing Senator Lide's referendum bill. The Editor of The Times and Dem ocrat had hoped to take a trip to Washington next week to witness the inauguration of Bryan, but the money power decreed otherwise. The Augusta Herald says in India na the married suffragettes desire to drop the "Mrs." from their names. If this reform is carried out it will certainly prove a relief to an equal lot of poor henpecked husbands. Let us cultivate the habit of cher fulness and know that when we quench the innocent ;oy of a fellow creature by a word or a frown we are deliberately destroying a part of the world's most precious treasures. True politeness is accompanied by the calm self-possession which be longs to a noble simplicity of pur pose, and unless you cultivate it and exercise it upon all occasions and toward all persons it will never be a part of yourself. There are too many men who ex pect an -editor to slave in defense of their pet notions and hobbies, ad vocate their views against the strongest opposition and then coolly withhold the business support by which alone a small newspaper can live. Life is too short to be overshad owed by gloom. Let us live bravely and cheerfully. The true heart re? ognizes the duty of happiness and faces life with a certain courageous gayety that solves many doubts and scatters the clouds of woe and dis aster. The kickers on the farm are not so hard to get along with as the kickers in town. On the farm there is the kicking cow, and our long eared friend, the mule, while in town there is the old mossback who wants all tha municipal improvements with out paying for them. According to William E. Curtis. President Roosevelt's ambition is to occupy a seat in the United States Senate from the State of New York after the expiration of his presiden tial term, following a trip around the world. He is said to make no se cret of his desire in this direction. Courage and effort alone are re quired to insure victory to the worthy. In the struggle of life the good is the more powerful. It is only when the giant lolls by the way side that evil creeps upon him and inflicts its wounds. "Thrice is he arm'd who hath his quarrel just" is not an idle adage. The progress of cities is measured by the public spirit of their inhabi tants. Men whose only interest is in the success of their individual business may make money for them selves, but they cannot build suc cessful cities any more than a pile of stones can furnish sustenance for growing plants. While the trusts by extortion In crease living expenses, there is no economy in bachelorhood. From an economic point of view, it is far easi er to get along with a wife than without one. An old bachelor, who can prosper in this monopoly ruled age, is a bird, whether he cau ex hibit any pinfeathers or not. G. Wash Hunter, a prominent white man of Laurens county, who killed another white man over cards some time ago, will have to serve a term of eight years in the peni tentiary, the Superme Court having confirmed the verdict of the lower court. Let the good work go on. After awhile white murderers, as well as black ones, will wake up to the fact that they can't kill people with impunity. March of the Boll Weevil. The boll weevil bas passed over the country where Congressman Hum tance as he marches nearer and near er the cotton fields of South Caroli na. It is estimated that in four years more our farmers will have 'to meet and do battle with this for midable enemy. This makes the ef forts being made to check the east ward march of the boll weevil of more than passing interest to all of us. A bill is now pending in Congress appropriating two hundred thousand dollars to fight the boll weevil in the cotton growing States. If we credit a speech delivered in Congress, by Congressman Humph rey's, of Mississippi, we are forced 10 the conclusion that the havoc wraught by the boll weevil is more imaginary than real. He says "there are two elements of disaster which attend the invasion of the boll weevil; one results from the actual destruction of cotton and the other from the condition of panic which takes possession of every community upon the arrival of the pest; and I am not sure which is the greater? Sane men, cool men, men who are conservative in all the affairs of life, are startled to such alarm as has not been witnessed since General Grant landed his army at Bruinsburg. "Bankers," he goes on to say, "decline to extend further credit to merchants upon whom the farmer must rely for the assistance necessary to make a crop; and the tenant thus deserted must seek other fields of endeavor. Plantations are either de serted or sowed to some other crop, and when as a necessary result of such conditions the cotton yield of that particular section falls off ma terially from the avearge yield, that fact is heralded on the wings of the morning to strike further terror to the territory yet to be invaded. "The alarm caused by the ap proach of no invading army in the history of the world ever bore such abnormal relation to actual devasta tion in its rear as the terror which the threatened attack of boll weevil bears to the actual work which he does. In front of him men are flee ing the cotton field, and in some instances sacrificing their property, while behind him the fields are still white in waving beauty and real es tate higher than ever before." The boll weevil has passed over the country where Congress Hum phreys live in Mississippi, and he speaks from experience and not from theory. His statement that in front of the boll weevil men are fleeing the cotton field, and in some instanc es sacrificing their property, while behind the boll weevil the cotton fields are still white in waving beau ty, and real estate is higher than ever before should reassure us. While the boll weevil will no doubt do some damage, we do not believe that it does one-tenth as much as it is reported to do. When they come, which they will do sooner or later, there will be no need of any panic because, as Congressman Humphreys says, the harm the pests do is more imaginary than real. So iet us await their coming with composure. Lincoln and the Negro. The negroes generally regard Abraham Lincoln as one of the great est friends they ever had. One who was willing to give them all the rights the white man enjoyed, but they are mistaken, as the following extract from a speech he made in 1S5S will show: "I will say, then, that I am not, or ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of ne groes, nor of qualifying them for hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which will forever forbid the two races liv i?i together on terms of social or political equality. And, inas much as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I. as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position as signed to the white race." Lincoln reiterates substantially the above again near the close of the war, when asked if certain negroes in Louisiana should be al lowed to vote. Had Lincoln lived the South would have been spared many of the humiliating measures that was forced on her by the Jacobins who came into power when Lincoln was shot down by the as sassin. Orgies of Oscenity. When clergymen have protested against the low moral tone of many modern plays they have been charg ed with being puritanical, narrow minded and prejudiced, although al most every theatre goer knows that many plays are unfit for decent people to witness. But no condemnation of such plays by the clergy ever surpassed that just made by that noted stage manager, Charles Burnham, president of the Theatrical Managers' Association. He says that some modern plays are "orgies of obscenity" and "inexpress ibly filthy." And the worst of it is this is the kind of plays that a large and degenerate element craves for. This is not so much seen in smaller cit ies and villages where generally a higher moral tone prevails, but it is only too evident in New York and other large cities. The stage is a great educator and ought to be elevated and put on a high moral as well as intellectual plane. We are not so sure but what church people are responsible for the degeneracy of the stage. We heard a good church man say once that while he enjoyed the plays of the day, he would not throw away time to witness any of Shakespeare's plays. Now what do you think of that? NEWS FROM BOWMAN. The Value of Diversified Farming and Other Notes of Interest. Bowman, February 22.?Special: "Washington's Birth?ay" has rolled around again and the R. F. D. carriers have their second holiday for th? year. These holidays are very much enjoyed oy the carriets, giving them a day off for recreation, if they so desire. Some of them, however, worked harder at "odd and end jobs" around home than in the seemingly monotonous work of R. F. D. carrier day by day. Well, the much abused, "cussed and discussed" lien law is dead at lart. What is to be gained or lost by the repeal of this much abused State law remains to be seen, but one thing will plainly be in evidence next year, and that is the shiftless horse and mule killer will have to work for some one or "migrate." When a person of ordinary intel ligence takes notes of what is ofteu seen on the thriftless one horse farms scattered here and there over the country, soma body paying up for advances, while others fall behind from year to year in the payment of crop liens, it is truly a wonder, in deed, that the lien law existed this lornj. Merchants have been in the habit in a number of instances of taking liens on "Tom, Dick and Har ry's" side crop if he happens to be working as a wag? hand for Mr. A or Mr. B, who is considered good pay. They will go so far as to let this small liener sometime get "head over heels" in debt, thinking when the push comes Mr. A or Mr. B will pay him out rather than have his hand taken from him and placed in jail or bonded for trial as the case may be. These are uo exagerated statements, Mr. Editor, but plain facts that can be verified, and these are some of the abuses of the law that led many of the farmers to cry out so bitterly for its repeal. The farmers have gained the victory at last, after a fight of some years, and it is hoped that new life will be in fused in farming interests every where and a few years will chronicle once again the prosperous condition of farmers all over the country. Th?. fall oat crop has been dam aged to more extent from the hard cold some weeks- ago than was at first supposed, but the damage can not as yet be anything like accu rately stated. Considerable spring oats are being sown, but this is an uncertain crop as to its yield, de pending largely on weather con ditions, quality of land, etc. The continued high price of corn will likely stimulate farmers to an increased acreage in this important grain crop. Plenty of corn means more hogs, with fat mules and hors es. Of course plenty of pea vine and grass, hay, oats, peas, potatoes, etc., are side crops that should be en couraged, and that liberally, too, but corn, corn, corn, plenty of corn should be the battle cry of farm ers this year. It was said that at a small sale of an estate a few days ago. ear corn sold for more than a dollar a bushel. If farmers had practiced the di versification plan to any much ex tent last year, they would have in all probability realized that long looked-for "1") cents cotton," but while some of them have "long heads" they could not see it that way and the consequence is corn is sell ing at one dollar per bushel and cot ton below ten cents. There is no excuse for corn to be shipped here from the West and sold to fanners at one dollar per bushel or more, to be paid for in cotton at S and 0 cents per pound. Good crops of corn can be grown here as proven from time to time, and it is inde'd gratifying to note Vthat an increased interest along this line is being manifested among farmers, but this interest should bo come more general and ail ftacal demands supplied at home. There is a gentleman in this community, If he had to buy corn, would verily go crazy, and this gentleman has corn, peas, pinders. potatoes, fodder and some of as nice bacon and lard as any one would wish to see, to sell every year, not counting his cotton crop in at all, but always something to sell from the farm is his motto. Mr. J. 1?. Prickett of the Com mercial Advance. St. Matthews, and little daughter. Hazel, was in town visiting friends last week. Mr. Prick ett is an enthusiastic "bird hunter," and of course, a strict observer of the "game law." His hunts down here while visiting some few years ago were quite successful, plenty of birds could be found at that time, but a marked change is plainly vis ible, birds getting scarcer every year, and his success on this trip was very limited indeed. He loft for his home on Saturday afternoon accompanied by Miss Ethel Evans, who will spend several weeks visit ing the family of her sister, Mrs. J. B. Prickett. Mr. J. Clifton Evans, after a suc cessful season experienced with the "coon and 'possum" tribe has "hung up his fiddle" till another season opens. His total catch of these ani mals amounted to nearly 100 and his two valuable dogs will have a long season of rest. "DUNDEE." Notice of Final Discharge. On the sixth day of March, 1000, the undersigned will file their final account as administrators of the es tate of H. D. A. Burke, deceased, with the Judge of Probate for Or angeburg county, S. C, and will thereupon ask for letters of dis charge. J. E. BURKE. A. G. BURKE, Qualified Administrators of estate H. D. A. Burke, deceased. Letters of Administration. State of South Carolina, County of Orangehurg. By Robert E. Copes, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas Emma C. Baxter and A. C. Baxter. M. D., made suit to me, to grant A. C. Baxter, M. D., Let ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Annie Eliza Baxter, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kind red and creditors of the said Annie Eliza Baxter, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Orangeburg C. H., on March 2nd, 1909, next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Ad ministration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 15th day of February, Anno Domini, 1909. ROBT. E. COPES, (L. S.) Judge of Probate. Sheriff's Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. Common Pleas Court. George R. Bowman, Plaintiff, vs. Frederick W. Foures, et at., De fendants. By virtue of an attachment, judg ment and execution issued to me in the above entitled case by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for Orangeburg county, State aforesaid, which execution was dated Feb ruary first, 1909, I will sell at public auction at the door of the Court House in the city of Orangehurg, South Carolina, on the sales day in March, 1909, being the first day of March, 1909, dur'ng the legal hours of sale, the following described real estate: All that certain lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the city and county of Orangeburg, State aforesaid, containing one-quarter (*i) of an acre, more or less, and bounded on the north by land of Mrs. Zeigler, on the east by Doyle street, on the west by lands of R. Chestnut, and on the south by lands now or formerly of J. B. Ethridge. Being same land conveyed to F. W. Foures by E. B. Carter by his deed of conveyance dated October 16, 1906, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Orangeburg county, State aforesaid, in Book 4S, pago 14. Levied upon as the proper ty of Fred \V. Foures. Terms of sale, cash, purchaser or purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes falling due after date of sale. A. M. SALLEY, Sheriff of Orangeburg County. February 5, 1909. Circuit Court Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. In Comnu 1 Pleas. H. D. M. Ott. et al., etc., Plaintiffs, against William Summers, et al., Defendants. By virtue of the judgment in the cbove stated case, I will sell, at pub lic auction, at Orangeburg Conti House, during the legal hours for sales, on the first Monday in March, 1909, being the first day of said month, the following described real estate: All that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Middle township, Orangeburg coun ty and State aforesaid, containing fifty acres, more or less, and bound ed on the north by lands of John Little and of the Bowman Land and Improvement Company; on the east by lands of John Little; on the south by lands of William Nix and of the Bowman Land and Improvement Company and on the west by lands of John Little. TERMS?Cash, the purchaser oc purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes falling due after the day of sale; and in case the purchaser -jv purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale, said premises will be resold on the same or some subse quent salesday, on the same terms, and at the risk of the former pur chaser or purchasers. ROBT. E. COPES, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee. February 9th, 1009. Circuit Court Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. In Common Pleas. Annie L. Oliver, Plaintiff, against Daniel Hesse Keit, et al., De fendants. By virtue of the judgment In the above stated case, I will sell, at pub lic auction, at Orangeburg Couri House, during the legal hours for sales, on the first Monday in March, 1909, being .the first day of said month, the following described real estate: All that certain tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in and adjoining the City of Orange burg in the county of Orangeburg. in the State aforesaid, containing forty-four (44) acres and bounded on the north by lands of John S. Rowe, on the east by lands of M. B. Horger. M. O. Dantzler and es tate of A. Webster; on the south by estate lands of Danial Hesse Keitt, deceased, and on the west by the Columbia road. TERMS?Cash, the purchaser or purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes falling due after the day of sale; and in case the purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale, said premises will be resold on the same or some subse quent salesday, on the same term?, and at the risk of the former pur chas j.* or purchasers. ROBT. E. COPES, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee. February 9th, 1909. Money to Loan. I have arranged to negotiate loans on improved farms at eight per cent interest, with no charge except for papers. Payable in easy installments. 12-15-3m P. T. HILDERBRAND. j Mr. C. Halloek, Antwerp, Ohio, writes: "My daughter, AUle,after t.tk < Ing three bottles of your I'eruiua, is entirely cured of catarrh of the hood of 5 two years standing. c "We nave used Peruna as a general tonic, as well as for catarrh, and are } well pleased with It, and recommend it to anybody who has catarrh. J" Anybody wishing any information can write to me." Could TaKe No Food. Mr. William F. Burke, 18?5 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., writes: "On the 19th of February, 1001, I wan taken with cramps that expended from just below my throat to the bottom of my stomach. They were so severe that my wife had to go for a doctor about two o'clock in the morning. "I had from February until July of that year three doctors, and they were giving me medicine for kidney, liver and bladder troubles, and after taking nil kinds of their mixtures, in the month of July I could neither eat nor drink. For three weeks I had not taken a morsel of food except iu a liquid form. At the end of that time I could not drink milk or water except in small sips, which caused ma groat pain. "I had given up all hope of living more than a week or two at most. I told my wife I thought I bad catarrh of the stomach. She seemed to think so too, and having read of Peruna I decid ed to give it a trial. "I took several doses that evening, and for the first *.imo in weeks rested fairly that night. "I kept on using Peruna as I had started, and after using it three days and nights the pains in my chest and stomach disappeared, and they have never appeared since, and it will bo two years this July." Pe-ru-na Relieved Ml Symptoms. Mr. J. C. Crumpacker, P.. R. 1, Kokomo, Ind., writes: "I can say that I have nothing to com plain of now. I feel well, rest well at night, have a good but moderate appe tite, can eat almost any kind of food. "I have no aches or pains anywhere, and can do some kind of work every day. I mustsuy I can stand as much fatigue as I ever could, and fed good over it. "The hemorrhago has yielded to Pe runa, the grip has done the same, as well as pains and aches of all kinds. 'The roaring noise has entirely left my ears and head, my mind is clear, my recollection good, my bowels arc regu lar, and I just simply feel easy all ever. "The euro of my caso was surely a victory." Catarrh of Long Standing. Mr. C. A. Reustrom, 570 Seventh St.. Ogden, Utah, writes: "I take great pleasure in stating to yon that your medicine, Peruna, has completely cured me of a long-standing case of catarrh. "I had consulted noted doctors with out any relief. By persistent urging of a friend I commenced the uae of your wonderful Peruna with tho bost of re sults, and today I highly recommend it to any one suffering from catarrh in any form. "As for myself, I suffered untold agony, but today I feel as spry as any one, with more ambition and confidence in myself than I have enjoyed for years. "All my friends say I look better than ever before, and 1 urge them all to try Peruna, and have sold dozens of bottles with the greatest of satisfaction. "Your Peruna is the greatest tonic and builder for a broken-down constitu tion arising from that dreadful disease, catarrh." Some people prefer to take tablets, rather than to lake medicine in a fluid form. Such people can obtain Peruna tablets, which represent the medicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet it? equivalent to an average dose of Peruna. WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR SPRING GOODS FROM ;o> rli riAniiiiii| ': i~H ?' SPRING IDEAS. Watch for Our Bine of Swell Coat Suits. Our buyers are now in New York getting the best goods and styles in the market. If we did not think pretty well of our trade we would not care to go to this big expense. How many other stores do this? Very few! Just put it down in your note book to get your Spring mer chandise from the leading store. SPRING SHIPMENTS. Shipments are arriving daily. No time is wasted fiom the time they are bought. It will pay .you to come here every chance you can get and see the new arrivals and the many pretty things dear to every woman of good taste. "It's correct if it comes from HORN'S." "SAMPLES SPEAK WORDS-SENT SPRING NOVELTIES Fine line of PARASOLS in linen, pongee, china silk, taffeta, all shades to correspond with your dress, $1 to $4.. New Neckwear?The new Dutch Collars, Lace Collars, Jabots, New Ruchings, all the latest designs, 2?c and upwards. New Oxfords?All the latest in ankle straps, patent ties, plain kids in tan and black, .$2.25 and $:J.50 LOUDER THAN ?EST," KOHN. ORANGEBURG, S. C Circuit Court Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. In Common Pleas. W. S. Barton, Plaintiff, against George Jenkins, et al., Defend ants. By virtue of the judgment in the above stated case, I will snll, at pub lic auction, at Orangeburg Court Hous?, during the legal hours for sales, on the first Monday in March, 1909, bping the first day of said month, the following described real estate: All that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Goodbye township, Orangeburg coun ty and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and forty-two acres, more or less, and bounded as fol lows: On the north by lands of Jesse Way, deceased; on the east by lands of D. D. Funchess, deceas ed; on the south by lands of Rowan Felder and on the west by Four Holes swamp. TERMS?Cash, the purchaser or purchasers to pay for all papers and all taxes falling due after the day of sale; and in case the purchaser oi purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale, said premises will be resold on the same or some subse quent salesday, on the same terms, and at the risk of the former pur chaser or purchasers ROBT. E. COPES, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee.