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K*-\***?tf ****** ^"???V**?*? Established in 1869. Vol. 40.No. 27 Published Three Times a Week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 1, 1908, at the postoffice at Or angeburg, S. 0H under the Act of Congress of March, 1879. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. Jas. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Rates. One Year.81.50 Six Months.75 Three Months.40 Aavertising Rates furnished on application. * Rernitances should be made by checks', money orders, registered let ters, or express orders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange burg, S. C. "My Dear Maria" is solid at the White House again. What Teddy will say when he hears it can be imagined. The "farce" that Teddy is now enacting in Africa is the greatest that has sver been presented to a long suffering public. Having opposed the guaranty law in Nebraska during the campaign, the Republican leaders in that State are now declaring that the new law is not as good as.the one they want ed. The farmers^ of the West seem to '.be getting tir^d k>f 'being blfe through the operations of the tarift laws for the benefit of the manufac turers of the country, and they will be heard from. For the information of our read ers who may feel like flying we will state that a pretty fair aeroplane can be bought for about $8,000 cash. Life insurance to go with the aero plane can be had at a slight advance. If a tariff tax is a blessing, as the Republican leaders have contended all these years, the Republican lead ers are consistent in their determi nation to give the public as much of the blessing as possible, says the Commoner. Our old time manager, Busse, who now leads the Spartanburg team, seems to be after the pennant this season. Last week his team won five games out of six, and now leads all the teams in the circuit, having ris en from the tail end to head in less than thwo weeks. The Waycross, Ga'., He-raid says "It is the concensus of opinion that that deposed sultan will be suffici ently punished by being compelled to look after twelve wives." We can't see it that way. The old sin ner has had to look out for three hundred wives all his life. The St. Paul Dispatch, which is Republican to the core, says "Nelson W. Aldrich is United States Senator from Rhode Island and he really represents Wall Street and Standard Oil." Wonder who the Republican senators that vote as Aldrich directs represents? The Mineapolls Tribune, a Repub lican paper, in speaking of the tariff farce now going on in Congres, says "the men who managed the Repub lican campaigns have buncoed the country and the party again." This is true, and the Tribune helped them do it, and will help them do it again aud again. The Mayor and aldermen ol Spar tanburg have a. queer notion about public matters. They meet beLind closed doors and never *et the pub lic know what they do. The people i of Spartanburg will soon be called upon to say how they like such star chamber doings, and we predict that they will repudiate iL. The Augusta Herald says "when ' the poet Gray sang that 'distance lends enchantment to the view' he expressed a profound truth." If our memory serves us aright Camp bell and not Gray was the author of the Hue quoted by the Herald. It occurs in the poem entitled "The Pleasures of Hope." The Wageworker, of Lincoln, Neb., suggests that if Mr. Carnegie ?is determined to pension somebody, he might look up the widows and orphans of the men who were slaugh tered at Hempstead by the detec tives he employed to coerce them to work for less than living wages. That is a pretty good suggestion. The old Orangeburg team is well represented on the Spartanburg team of this season. Besides Bucsse, who i.s the manager, there is Rickert. Matney and Averette, all doing fine work. Averette and Matney are two of the best pitchers in the league, Rickert is one of the best batters and fielders in the circuit, and it goes without saying that Buesse is the best manager in the State. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, in a speech in the Senate, said the tariff bill as being framed, will not be ac cepted by those who have fa rored a revision of the tariff as either a fulfillment of the party pledge or as a settlement of the controversy. He went on to predict that a cam paign for lower duties will begin the moment congress adjourns, and will continue until the will of the people is registered by Congress. Senator Cummins is a Republican and was elected on a tariff revis ion platform. Sherman and Sheridan's Vandalism. If the purpose of some people in the North is carried out in erect ing a monument to Gen. Phil. Sheri dan in the Shenandoah Valley it would be adding insult to injury to the Virgiuians now liv ing' in the beautiful countrv once so completely destroyed by tho vandal soldiers under Gen. Sheridan The Richmond New-Leader join:, the people of the valley in protesting against the erection of such a monu ment in their country. A subscrib er of the News-Leader, who signs himself "Yankee," becomes indig nant because the paper protests against the erection of the monu ment, and defends the records of both Sherman and Sheridan. He assures the News-Leader that the memory of both these barn burn ing, woman insulting and children starving vandals is warmly cherish ed "in the hearts of the Northern people" and tnat "no better type of man, no better or braver soldiers ever lived." And finally "Yankee" gives it as his opinion that "you know perfectly well that many Southern generals would have done exactly as Sherman and Sheridan did if they had had a chance in Northern territory." Naturally the News-Leader takes advantage of the opportunity pre sented by "Yankee" to call his "at tention to some of the records to illustrate the difference in methods pursued by some of the Southern and some of the Northern generals while operating in the enemy's coun try. As a starter the News-Leader calls attention to Gen. R. E. Lee'-' order, issued only three days before the great battle of Gettysburg, when Gen. Lee was occupying the hostile territory of ' Pennsylvania. After complimenting his troops for their previous good conduct, Gen. Lee said: There have, however, been in stance of forgetfulness on the part of some that they have in keeping the yet unsullied reputa tion of the army, and that the duties exacted of us by civilza tion and Christianity are not less obligatory in the country of the enemy than in our own. The commanding general considers that no greater disgrace could befall the army, and through it our whole people, than the per petuation of the barbarous out rages upon an innocent and de fenceless, and the wanton destruc tion of private property that has marked the cours-; of the enemy in our own country. It must be remembered that we make war only on armed men and that we can not take ver&eance for Cue wrong our people have suffered without lowering ourselves in the eyes of all whose abhorance has been excited by the atrocities of our enemy, and offending against Him to whom vengeance belong eth, without whose favor and support our efforts must all prove in vain. The commanding general therefore earnestly exhorts the troops to abstain with mo&t scru pulous care from upnecesasry or wanton injury to private property, and he enjoins upon all officers to arrest and bring to summary punishment all who shall in any way offend against the orders on this subject. Against this order of Gen. Lee's the News-Leader sets this portion of a dispatch sent by Gen. Halleck to Gen. Sherman, dated Dec. 24, 1SG5, and which may be found on pages 223-228 of Gen Sherman's ,Memoirs. Here is the hint, amounting to an order, that Halleck sent Sherman: Should you capture Charleston I hope that by some accident the place might be destroyed, and if a little salt should be sown upon its site it might prevent the growth of future crops of nullifi cation and section. Gen. Sherman was no doubt de lighted by this hint, as the sugges tions was in keeping with his well known vandalism on his march through Georgia and South Carolina. Here is the reply of the famous barn burner to G':n Halleck: I will bear in mind your hint as to Charleston, and do not think | salt will be necessary. When I move on, the fifteenth corps will bring them naturally into Charles ton first; and if you have watch ed the history" of that corps you have remarked that they generally do up their work pretty well. The people of Orangebtirg and sur rounding country can testify that the fifteenth cortis did "up their work pretty well" while passing through this section. Small wonder, says The State, "after this inter chance that Charleston was 'acci dentally' pillaged and that Columbia was 'accidentally' burned by this horde "of uncontrolled ruffians. Small wonder, after this given and accepted hint, that a swath a hun dred or more miles wide of ransack ed and burned horn"? with their taring chimneys marked the pas sage of this t'andai anv.y through South Carolina." 1 he fourth document presented f ir the consideration of "Yankee" by the News-Leader is taken from the official records "War of the Rebel lion." volume 37, part 2, page K00. It is part of a message from Gen. Grant to Gen. Hunter, telling him to allow his troops to 'Eat out Virgin':' (?'?-?it- RJlr] clean as far as they could go, so that crows flying over it. for the bal ance of the season, would have to carry their provender with them." These orders were executed faith fully. The Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is one of the fairest, most fertile and most prosperous regions on this continent. After Hunter and Sheridan had finished with it they reported with satisfaction that they had obeyed Gen. Grant's instructions and that a crow flying across the Val ley must carry his rations with him. In the light of these facts, is it surprising that the people of the Shenandoah Valley should object to having a monument to a vandal like ' Sheridan erected in their beautiful country. The incident quoted by the News-Leader are true, and they j cannot be denied or justified by the good people of the North. These, acts of wanton destruction by the Shermans and Sheridans were not necessary to the success of the ar mies they commanded, but were sim ple vindictive acts of vandals, aimed at defenceless women and children. Senator Tillman's joke' about put ting a tariff tax on tea shows up the whole protection fraud. THE TRESTLE BRIDGE Metal Superseding Wood In Building These Structures. L'ncle Sam is the father of the tres tle bridge. When a census was taken twenty years ago it was found that there were l?O.OOO worden trestle bridges, extending in the aggregate 2,400 miles, for single line railways. The longest, over Lake Pontcbartrain, measured twenty-two miles. One of the highest wooden trestle bridges measured 211 feet In height and 7?l feet in length. Steel Is now displacing timber because the latter, although less costly at first, requires frequent examination and renewal. The first of the large metal trestle structures was built over thirty years ago, and some of these have a height of over 300 feet above river level and are made to carry on one span the concentrated load of two locomotives, each of 130 tons weight. The factor of safety Is less than in the wooden structure, but it suffices. The trestle design is among the oldest and sim plest of engineering structures and has developed to groat proportions in its simplest form. The germ idea was a treirtle with two end supports of inverted shape and a connecting bar on the top. As the distance to be spanned increased vertical posts were put between the legs of inversion and the top flattened by a cross timber or cap. In the de velopment of new countries where tim ber abounded bridges were thus easily and quickly built up of wood. Spans of fifty feet could be erected in a few days, but where the height, as iu deep gorges or canyons, was great the logs became immense spider webs of verti cal, transverse and diagonal posts, frames and bars. IMPROVED OARLOCK. Device Permits Easy Insertion and Re moval From Boat. The accompanying engraving illus trates an oarlock of improved con struction which is provided with re silient means for fastening it to the gunwales of a bout. The construction is very simple. A plate, A, is secured by screws to the gunwale and is form ed with a depending socket piece, B, which constitutes the keeper of the oarlock. The socket, which is tapered, is co* "trlcted at the upper end to pro vide . a annular shoulder, C. The oar lock proper is indicated at D and is formed with the usual shank. E. iu which recesses are cut at opposite sides to receive a pair of springs. F SPRINGS HOLD OARLOCK. The lower euds of the springs are bent inward to engage an opening near the bottom of the stem E. The springs near their upper ends are bent to form shoulders adapted lo engage the shoul der C of the keeper. The recesses in the stem E are deepened near the upper eud of the stem, as Indicated at G, t<> make room for the springs P. When it is desired to remove the oar- ! luck tlit* springs F are pressed in ward to . lear the shoulder C. When inserting the oarlock the springs are automatically compressed utAil they suap out under the shoulder C. They then serve to hold the oarlock in its socket and prevent it from being ac cidentally withdrawn. Charles Best man of Friday Harbor. Wash., has re ceived a patent on this improved oar lock. Pipe Lines For Oil. The first pipe line used for oil in the United States was a small affair an inch in diameter. "This was in 1865. By ISTi) there wore lines five Inches in I diameter and a hundred miles long. Today the line from Oklahoma to New York by way of Chicago measures I nearly 1,500 miles, and our enormous annual production of petroleum is transported chiefly through these lines. The price of ibis transportation from the oil fields to the Atlantic coast is only about cents a barrel, oi. if inter est and cost of replacements every fourteen years be taken ii11<> account. 11 cents a barrel. Pipe lines are now coin moil in other petroleum producing countries, notably in the neighborhood of Baku, where one line across the Caucasus range is nearly 000 miles long. Year Is Shortening. Many eclipses are noticed in therec ords of all ages. Astronomers can do terminc accurately when ellipses must have occurred, and the eclipse records are proving valuable to his torical students as a means of de termining the dates of important events. From these studies P. H. Cowell has found evidence that our year has decreased within historical times. Soldering a Hole. If a large hole Is to be soldered in tin or enameled ware hold several sheets of paper over the hole on the opposite side from where the solder ing Is done and the solder will bridge over and cover the hole. Mrs. K West, 137 Main St., Monas] ) "We tiave used Peruna in our fan I pay that it is a fine medicine for calarr 5 about. > "I have taken it. every Spring and i keeps me robust, strong, with splendii S "A few years ago it cured mo of ca t had pronounced incurable. ^^^I^mj^er^^^ Bowels and Stomach. Miss Mary Jones, 7918 Reynolds Ave., Chicago, 111.; writes: *'I can recommend Peruna as a good medicine for chronic catarrh of the bowels and stomach. I have Seen troub led severely with it for over three years. T consulted two of Chicago's best doc tors, but none seemed to make any im provements whatever. "One year ago I began to take Peruna, the wonderful tonic for women, and I noticed a wonderful improvement at once. I took six bottles in succession and 1 al ways have it on hand to take some now and then when my cough is bad. ?'Words cannot express my praise for Take Notice. Council Chamber, City of Orange burg, S. C; May 4, 1900. To all whom it may concern: The attention of the public is here by called to the following section of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Orangeburg and notice is hereby given that its provisions' and penal ties will be strictly enforced from this date forward: Section 65. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any animal of any kind, to ride any bicycle, velocipede or wheel of any kind, or to drive or cause to be driv en any machine'which may be pro pelled by steam, electricity or other motive power of any kind, on or through any of the streets or ways of the city at a gait or speed great er than six miles per hour; and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction before the Mayor or acting Mayor, be fined not exceeding thirty dollars, or be sentenced to imprisonment, with or without labor upon the streets and ways of the said city not exceeding twenty days, fo" each and every offense. By order .T. W. H. DUKES. Mayor. Attest: L. IT. WAXNAMAKER, City Clerk and Treasurer. The State of South Carolina. County of Orangeburg. By Robert E. Copes. Esquire, Probat.'' Judge. Whereas Amelia ,T. Parrs made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of John J. Parrs, deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John J. Barrs. deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Orangeburg C. IT.. on May 21st. 1909. next after publi cation thereof, at 11 o'clock in the f-^-enoon. to (show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 4th day of May. Anno Domini. 1!M19. (L. S.) ROBT. E. COPES. Judge of Probate. For Sale?One hundred bushels Toole Cotton Seed, raised in Or angeburg County. This stood a high test at Georgia Experiment Station lust =eason. Avers & Wil liams, Orangeburg. S. C. Winter Cabbage Seed. The L. W. Dantzler winter cab bage seed for sale at PRESCOTT'S. Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against the estate of Harry Woodward, de ceased, are hereby required to prove their respective demands before the undersigned at Springfield. S. C, on or before June 10th, 1909, or be debarred payment. J. McB. BEAN, Executor of the Will of Harry Wood ward, deceased May 11th, 1909. Pe-ru-na a Wonderful Tonic. :D PERUNA VN OUR FA NUMBER OF YEARS. B v Catarrh of the f Stomach, v ^ [.-???:??<?.?:?;?: :? ?.? ?.-??? ?. .? -? ??>' fa .?? :? Splendid Appetite. ;ia, VVis., writes: lily for a number of vears and when I b and colds. 1 know what J am talking i Fall for four years, and I find ibat it [1 appetite, and free from any illness. > tarrb of the stomach, which Ilm doctor* - nna." your tonic 1 weighed only ninety pounds before taking Peruna, now one hundred nineteen pounds. "Any one who has chronic catarrh should try Peruna, It will help any one." Catarrh of Interna' Organs. Mrs. B. U. Jackson, K. K. I>. N>w man, Gh., writes; "I have had catarrh of the internal organs f.>r more than a year. I tried other medicines without any benefit. "I was persuaded to give Peruna a| trial, and tho first bottle proved a god send, and afler taking ten liottles I have received a permanent cure." Her mother, Mrs. John Housworth, says: "1 feel as though I ought to praise ! Peruna above every and any medicine] ' in the world for what iL has done for my daughter. She seems to be completely cured." A Medicine for Women. Mrs. E. T. Gaddis, Marion, N. C, writes: "Before T commenced to take Peruna 1 could not do auy hard work without suffering great pain. "I took Peruna and Manalin. and can say With pleasure that it has done more tor me than any oilier medicine 1 have ever taken. Now 1 am as well as ever. 1 do all my own work and it never burta me at all. "1 think Peruna is a great medicine for womankind." A Household Remedy. Mrs .1. R. Walker, RI2 Chestnut, Kansas City, Mo., member United Pres byterian Church, writes: "I have been married eight years and have two children, and have never in my life found any one medicine as val uable as a household remedy as Peruna, "My husband look it seven years ago for a cold and catarrhal trouble. 1 use it every year as a tonic and give it to the children when they take (add or have any of the ailments which cbiluren are addicted to. "I found that it. is the only medicine i ha I we need, and do not hesitate to rec ommend it as a splendid household reined v." Could Neither Eat Nor Sleep, Mrs. M. P. Lawler, N. Broad way, Pittsburgh, Kas., writes: "IVrtt na is a sovereign remedy for catarrh. "Last spring I caught a severe co d, which developed into a serious case of catarrh. I felt weak and sick, and could neither eat nor sleep well. ! "A member of our club who bad been cured of catarrh through the use of Pe runa, advised me to try it and I did so at once. In tb reo days 1 feltmucb better and within a week I was well. I con tinued taking the entire bottle, and within two weeks I wasinfine health." Now Well and Nearty. Mrs. Caroline DaH, Route 1, Bryan, Ohio, writes: ?M can testify to the merits of Peruna. I have taken considerable of it, and one bottle of Manalin, and they both are most excellent remedies. "I am as well and hearty as T ever waa in my life and give the credit entirely to your medicine.-." Now Has Good Appetite. Mrs. Seliua Tanner, Athen-, Ohio, writes: "1 cannot find words to express my thanks for your kind advice. 1 never once thought i bad catarrh of the stouiacb. "1 commenced taking Peruna as you directed. My stomach continued to hurt mo for about two weeks after I began the medicine, and then it stopped. "I now have a good appetite, ? hils before 1 was nearly served." Just What You Need TO FIX UP THE COMMENCEMENT DRESSES. Val Laces?Pretty patterns, extra value.5c Irish Crochet Lace and Insertion, new.5c 22-inch Persian Lawns, wears well.10c and 12Y2c 45-inch French Lawns , special value.15c to 35c Beautiful Organdi, splendid quali ty.15c and 25c Lovely Ribbon to make sash es .'.25c yd We have some very special values to offer you this month. 30-inch Colored Lawns, fast col ors .5c 10 pieces of Plaid White goods, worth 12 1-2 and 15 cents; we offer them at.10c Dotted Swiss, splendid quali ty .10c and 15c Silk Gloves, heavy quality, whit? and black.50c We have some very special values in Dress Lawns we offer at.... 10c Good formerly sold up to 25 and 35 cents a yard. Good quality of Bleeching, 36 inches wide.15 yds for $1 OSELBY'S Notice of Examination. The regular Spring teachers' ex amination will be held on Friday, May 14, beginning at 9 o'clock. White teachers will be examined at the Court House, colored teacntrs at the State College. L. W. LIVINGSTON, Co. Supt. Ed., O. C. EIGHT-INCH PATENT TENSION STEEL SPRING SHEARS. The shears are manufactured of the very liifirhest grade steel, per fectly tempered and heavily nickel plated on a highly polished surface. The patent tension spring take* up all the wear on the rivet so thai the cutting edge will never wear dull. A simple turn of the little thumb screw will adjust the blades to cut anything from the thinnest and must delicate fabric to the heaviest ma terial. Every woman who has has the exasperating and trying exper ience of attempting to cut. with a dull pair of shears will appreciate the value of this new invention. , The cutting edge on these she nrs is indestructible and will nev< or wear dull. They will cut anything and everything, from wet tissue paper to a heavy horse blanket. Note the Patent Spring, it docs away with resharpening entirely. Eight inches in length. TO ANY PERSON WHO WILL GET US THREE YEARLY CASH SUB SCRIBERS WE WILL GIVE A PAIR OF THESE PATENT TEN SION STEEL SHEARS Subscriptions lay BeT aken from Old or New Subscribers. Notice ol' Disrlmrfje. on June 11th. i IHM). I will file with I he Judge of Probate, for Orangeburg County, S. O, my final account as Executor of the Will of Harry Wood ward, deceased, and will thereupon ask for my discharge as such Execu tor. J. McB. P.EAX, Executor. May 11th. 1909. U S WKITTEX RIGHT ii ZEIGLEB & DIBBLE WllOTE IT.' Notice. We b^g to announce to the public that we will run tlbe sale and feed stables formerly run by the Wertz Mule Company, and we call special attention to our feed department. All stock left with us for feed will have the best attention and care. VERDERY & WERTZ. THERE IS A SENSE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY in the possession of Policies of insurance Issued by Zeigler & Dibble, that proceeds from the fact that ample assets and ef ncient experience doubly guard interests involved. No other Policies can so surely satisfy. See us aud get the Best In surance (if you have not already done so). Ze gier & Dibble, Orangeburg, S. .C