Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established in 1869. Vol. 40.No. 69 Published Three Times a Week. Sacsday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 9, 1909, at the postoffice at Or angeburg, S. C, under the Act of Congress of March, 1879. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. . Jas. Izlar Sims, ? Associate Editor. Subscription Bates. One Year.$1.50 Six Months . .75 J Three Months.40 Advertising Rates furnished on ? application. Remitances should be made by checks, money orders, registered let ters, or express orders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange burg, S. C. ?5Those fellows in the South who are so anxious for a new party should start one. Teddy is beginning to chirp again about "malefactors of great wealth," hut he can't fool the people ag;ain. Senator Tillman's explanation of his vote on the iron ore schedule, which we publish on the first page, will be read with interest. The Ohio preacher who says there must be no more kissing among the young members of his church must have an awful case of dyspepsia or ?something worse. The Alabama man who resented the imputation that his wife made poor coffee by shooting and killing the man who made the charge was entierly too sensitive. The duty on the jute bagging with which the farmers of the South cover their cotton makes them pay a tax t>f flve million dollars each year to the Jute Trust. Why should the men "who grow cotton be thus robbed? The Chicago Record-Herald says that "Mr. Aldrich regards any kind of tariff information which is unfav orable to his argument as misinfor mation impertinently offered." That is very true, but the people are go ing to wake up some of these days and wipe the Aldrich gang off of the political map. H. L. Solomons admitted on the atand while testifying before the dis pensary winding up commission that he use to make $15,000 a year sell ing liquor to the State. Solomons is charged with paying out consid erable money to the old dispensary board of directors in rebate to secure the business that netted him such a handsome return. John Morgan recently professed religion and was baptized in the river at Maunee, 111. He wore a shoe in which there was a loose string and this dragged over the bottom of the river and a mussel closed on the string. Morgan pulled it out on the bank after him. When he opened the mussel shell he was surprised to find a pearl on the in side, which he sold to a dealer for $500. Senator Clay in the Senate the other day said "Wte of the South are not so much concerned about the duty on hides as such, out New Eng land need not think that she can tax our people on ties and bagging ?without hearing from us." What Senator Clay so well said was en tirely neutralized by his speech the other day in favor of the tariff on sugar. * We saw a white boy and a negro boy the other day contending about the inside of the sidewalk, and we were forcibly reminded of an an ecdote told of John Wesley. He was once confronted in a narrow path fcy a blustering fellow, who said: "I never make way for a fool!" To which Wesley replied: "I always do." And he did. We commend Wes ley's action to the white boys. "Culberson?" exclaims The Wash ington Herald. "Ah, yes! Culber son is the eccentric party who thinks a Democratic Senate should urge and vote for Democratic principles as enunciated" in the national plat form. Old-fashioned man is Culb erson! He actually thinks it would be a good idea to have a real Demo cratic administration here in Wash ington by and by!" May the tribe of Culberson increase! The birth rate in most civilized countries has ' decreased in recent years. This decrease has been more pronounced in some countries than in others, that of France being so great as to exceed the death rate. The last two years, however, have witnessed a change for the better, for in 1907 the births exceeded the death by 10.000, and last year by 40,000. That 1b a fact that will go far to reassure those who feared that France was among the decadent nations. The Pichmond N'ews-I.eader says "the truth is that when once we be gin to assume the right by ecclesi astical authority or otherwise to re gulate, outside the plain teachings of the Bible and the laws of tho land, the persona] conduct and hab its of people: and when once the churches begin to interfere in politi ?cal, social or other secular matters, there is no line of limit. Every or ganization has its share of extrem ists, and when extremists gain con trol and overpower conservatism langer and disaster and reaction are inevitable." Clemson College Matters. The Sumter Southron and Watch man says: Clemson College must be reor ganized and the sooner the life trustees recognize this fact and bow to the wiljl of the people the better it will be for Clemson and for the State. Without the fertilizer tag tax Clemson would sink into poverty and insignifi cance in a short time, and unless there is a thorough-going reor ganization of , the institution and the entire elemination of the con trol of life trustees, it is but a short step to the withdrawal of, the tag tax. The sentiment of the great majority of the intelligent voters of the State is rapidly grow ing stronger against the continu ance of control by a self-perpetu ating body that cannot be held to an accounting by the State." What does the Watchman and Southron want the life trustees to do? These gentlemen, who are among our very best citizens, have had a sacred trust committed to their keeping and they qan't lay it down to please a lot of politicians, who are the only people that are making a row about the way Clem son College is managed. Does the Watchman and Southron think that the trustees elected by the State are better men than the life trustees are? We hardly think that our con temporary would take any snch ab surd position. Then, why is this war on the life trustees? The Watchman and South^an says without the fertilizer tag tax Clem son would sink into poverty and in significance in a short time, and threatens that unless there is a re organization of the institution and the entire elimination of the con trol of the life trustees that it will be destroyed. In other words, if the politicians are not allowed to control the college they will starve it to death by refusing to make any appropriations for it. This is a bold threat, and should put the friends of this noble institution on their guart1 and thi-? should pre pare for the coming struggle. The farmers of the State pay every dollar of the fertilizer tag tax. It is a class tax and we believe wrong, but as long as it is collected it should go to Clemson, the farmers' college. The farmers who put up the money to run Clemson College are not ask ing that the life trustees be kicked out. They seem to be satisfied with the way their money is spent in its support. The only people that are clamoring for a change are the poli ticians, who do not contribute any thing to the support of the institu tion. The opposition comes mainly from that class of politicians who always did and who always will op pose such institutions as Clemson. Hunt up their records and see if this is not true. These politicians live mostly in the cities and towns, and are com posed of professional men, who think it a waste of money to spend it on an institution like Clemson. Their real object is to break Clemson Col lege-up, and they use the life trus tee bugaboo as an entering wedge to carry out their design. If they succeed in that, a little later on they will make another move, and keep on until the college is reduced to nothing almost, and then they will abolish It on the ground that the people do not wish it. This we be lieve is the object of the war on Clemson College, but it will not suc ceed. Value of College Training. The second edition of "Who's Who in America," (from the press of A. N. Marquis & Co., Chicago), con tains 1,300 pages of brief biogra phies, without eulogy, criticism or comment, of such persons now liv ing in America as have become noted aa factors in the progress and achievement of the age. "Endeavor has been made," say the editors, "to include all Americans of more than local note in all lines of use ful effort." No name is inserted or omitted for financial consideration; the book is sold on Its merits. With a view to determining what effect education of the various grades has had on success in life, effort was made to ascertain the school training of each of these men and women "of more than local note," and 7,852 on their United States list were tthus 'educationally clas sified. According to the best estimate we can make from the latest census re turns, there are in the United States 40,782,000 persons over twenty-one years old. These are divided educa tionally about as follows: Class 1?Without school training.4,6S2,489 Class 2?With only com mon school training ..32,862,951 Class 3?With common and high school training 2,165,357 Class 4?With college or higher education added 1,071,201 Now the question Is, how many of the eight thousand distinguished citizens of the United States on the Who's Who list came from each of these classes? The 4.682.49S of Class 1 furn ished . 3) The 32,862,951 of Class 2 fur nished . SOS The 2.165,357 of Class .'! furn ished .1,245 The 1.071.201 of Class 4 furn ished .5,768 It thus appears: 1st. That an uneducated child has one chance in 150,000 of attain ing distinction as a factor in the pro gress of the age. 2nd. That a common school edu cation will increase his chances near ly four times. 3rd. That a hich school training will increase the chances of the com mon school boy twenty-three times, giving him eighty-seven times tho chance of the uneducated. 4;h. That a college education In creases the chance of the high school boy nine times, giving him two hun dred and nineteen times the chance of the common school boy, and more thaii 800 times the chance of the untrained. It is a surprising fact that of 7.S52 "notables" thus gathered, 4.S10 prov ed to be full graduates of colleges. From the nature of the case it cannot be claimed that these figures are exact, but they are based upon the most reliable government statis tics and the necessary estimates have been made with care. It is also dobtless true that other circum stances contributed to the success of these college trained men, but after all reasonable allowances are made the figures still force the conclusion that the more school training the child has, the greater his chances of distinction will be. Must lie One or the Other. The Commoner says Senator Elk ins has invented a new phrase which is likely to be used quite frequently in the next campaign.% He applies the name "spotted protectionists" to those who want a high tariff on things sold by their constituents and a low tariff on things bought by their constituents. His criticism is en tirely justified?a man who wants protection must give protection. It can not be one-sided. The "spotted protectionists" is as inconsistent as the "spotted tariff reformer." The spots are, as in the case of deer, a sign of youth. They will come off after a while. A man must be all protection or all reformer?he cannot be half and half, f the South Carolina Congressman votes to pro tect lumber because some of it is produced in his State, he can't con sistently refuse to vote to protect the products of other States. Tu be consistent, he must vote to pro tect the wool growers, the sugar cane growers, and all other interests I that may want y< elect ion. After all these interests are protected they plunder the people of South Caro lina out of millions of dollars, whiie the tax ?n lumber does not help them at all as nearly all the timber in the South is owned by the 1-imber trusts and not the people. We Were Ignored, Too. In its issue of yesterday the Sun says: There are three newspapers pub lished in Orangeburg. The trus tees of the Orangeburg .School District had an important legal notice for publication. Two of the Orangeburg papers, the News and The Times and Democrat, publish ed that notice. The Sun was ignored. While the Editor of The Times and Democrat is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Orangeburg School District, he had no more to do with writing or placing the ad vertisement referred to by the Sun than the man in the moon. The first we saw of the advertisement was in the columns of the News, and we clipped it out and inserted it In The Times and Democrat purely as an item of news. We did not in sert it as an advertisement, as it was not sent to us by whoever de termined where it was to be publish ed, and will not get any pay for publishing it. So the Sun will see that The Times and Democrat was Ignored along with itself. For the information of the Sun we will state that this is not the first time The Times and Democrat has been ignor ed in the publication of this impor tant notice. As to where the adver tisement should be placed was never . mentioned.at-oay of-the-meetings of the trustees, that was attended by us, and if the trustees ever named the paper In which it was to be pub lished, it was done at a meeting to which we were not invited, and we are 6ure no such meeting was ever held. We make this statement in justice to The Times and Demo crat, which, like the Sun, was ig nored by whoever determined where the advertisement was to be publish ed. As a trustee we do not mind saying that the advertisement should have been placed in all the city papers, but we were not consulted about the matter. When The Times and Democrat was not given the advertisement we published it on our local page as a news item, taking it from the columns of the News. The Times and Democrat will not re ceive one cent for publishing the advertisement. They Were Bribed. It is a strange story which comes from Constantinople that among the secret archives of Abdul Hamed were found proofs that the French and Russian ambassadors to Turkey were in his pay. Hitherto, while consuls and other officials have not always proved superior to temptation, the chief diplomatic representatives of a nation have been above suspicion. This leads to the hope that the pres ent story may prove false. Vet the cunning and intrigue and the cor rupting inlluence of Abdul were no torious, and it is equally notorious that Russian officials of all kinds are very susceptible to bribes. If the story proves true it will probably throw some light on some Turkish relations with other powers that have been a puzzle. Such men are, of course, unworthy of confidence, but they are not alone. They are only a type of men that are in the employ of every government in the world, filling the highest to the low est posi'.ions. The people who trudge along and earn their living by the sweat of their brow know very little about the way the men they elect to office conduct themselves, and the people should take more in terest in public affairs. The Farmers' Position. Discussing the tariff in its rela tion to tho farmer, Senator Overman very truly said that the time has passed when the farmer can be de ceived by levying a duty on corn, wheat, tobacco, cotton and other things raised upon the farm. "They know theyican sell abroad and feed and clothe the world," he said. "They have learned that t?ey need no protection, and such a provision in a tariff bill in this day and time is a shame. Under the cover of this pretended protection, which affords little or no protection on that which the farmer has to sell, he is begin ning to understand that he has to pay an average of 45 per cent or more on his cotton bagging, tin plates, milk pans, cooking utensils, furniture, window glass, his earthen and stone vessels, his chains, wire fencing, axes, tools and farming utensils of every description which he has to purchase, and that much of this tax, which he pays, goes not into the treasury of his country to swell the revenue, but goes into the pockets of the beneficiaries of such a system." EXCURSION* RATES To Washington, I). C, and Return via Southern Railway. The Southern Railway announces very low round trip excursion rates to Washington, D. C. Tickets to be sold June 21st, limited good to re turn leaving destination on or before midnight of June 24th, 1909. Round trip tickets from stations as follows: Barnwell.$10.00 Camden. 9.00 Denmark.10.00 Orangeburg.10.00 Sumter. 9.00 Children between the ages of five and twelve years half of the above fares. For further finfjormatfion, rates, tickets, etc., apply to Southern Rail way ticket agents or address: J. C. LUSK, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C. J. L. MEEK, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. Gillette Razor Blades on sale at Sims Book Store. Go-Fly keeps flies off horses and cat tle. 25c and 50c at all drug stores. For Sale?One Middleby's portable oven, in perfect condition. Ad dress Geidfuss' Bakery, Charles ton, S. C. If you wnnt Winter Cabbage Plants to bo sure to htad up for winter use, D. D. Dantzler has them at 20 cents per hundred. D. D. Dantzler, 49 Whitman street. For Sale?1 Towser boiler, 30-h. p.; 1 Adell engine, 20-h. p.; 1 Knight saw mill, No. 1. For sale on rea sonable terms. Apply to J. D. Oliver, Orangeburg, S. C. 6-19-41 Wanted?Every business and profes sional man to see our line of the celebrated "Shaw-Walker'' Filing Devices. Suit any business, large or small. Sims Book Store, Or angeburg, S. C. Doininick at Neeses, S. C, is paying 11 cents a pound for good fat hens, 20 cents a pound for young broilers and 15 cents a pound for young fry chickens. Can handle all he can get. 6-3-4t-s For Sale?One hundred bushels Toole Cotton Seed, raised in Or angeburg County. This stood a high test at Georgia Experiment Station last season. Ayers & Wil liams, Orangeburg, S. C. Wantea?A man who can sell monu ments to represent us in this sec tion. A fine proposition to the right man. Address, with refer ence, Owen Bros. Marble Com pany, Greenwood, S. C. 6-12-3t For Sale?1 double-box revolving cotton press, 2 70-saw Vanwinkel gin feeds and condensers, 1 suc tion elevator system complete, 1 Udell sawmill and circular saw, 1 30-h. p. Lidell engine, 1 40-h. p. Ret tubular boiler; only run two ginning seasons. apply to J. W. Smoak, Orangeburg, S. C. Wanted?To buy at net cash, deliv ered at Neeses, S. C, hens, ducks and guineas at 10 cents per pound, fryers at 15 cents per pound, geese at from 45 to 65 cents, according to the size of each; eggs at fifteen cents per dozen; dry flint hides at 10 to 13 cents per pound, green hides 4 to 6 cents. S. J. Deery. Neeses, S. C. 6-2-1'it Notice of Discharge and Call to Creditors. On July 15th. 1909. we will file with the Judge of Probate for Or angeburg County 3. C, our final ac count as Executors of the last will and tesiajror.t of David Dantzler de ceased, and will on that day aBk for our discharge as such executors. All persons having claims against the estate of David Dantzler, deceas ed, are hereby required to prove their respective demands before us ar Orangebnrg. S. C. en or before .Inly 14th, 19,09, or be debarred pay ment. DAVID G. DANTZLER, .1. P. SUTLER. Executors of the Last Will and Tes tament of David Dantzler, de ceased. June 14th. 1 909. Winter Cabbage Seed. The L. W. Dantzler winter cab bage seed for sale at PRESCOTT'S. EXCURSION RATES To Chester, S. C, and Return via Soutliern Railway. Account United Confederate Vet erans Reunion of South Carolina, the Southern jRailway announces very low round trip rates to Chester S. C. Tickets will be sold June 22, 2.1 and 24, limited good to return until June 28th, 1909. Round trip rates from principal stations as follows: Hamberg.$2.45 I Black burg.1.00 j Blackville.'. 2.50 I Branchville.2.50 j Camden.1.401 Charleston.3.75 Columbia.1.30 Carney.1.15 Orangeburg.2.30 Rock Hill.50 Spartanburg.1.15 Sumter.2.00 Children between five and twelve years of age half fare. For further information, tickets, etc., apply to Southern Railway tick et agents or address, J. C. LUSK, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C. J. L. MEEK. A. G. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. Notice Creditors. District Court of the United States, District of South Carolina. In the matter of A. C. McGowman, Bankrupt. Petition to Conri tn Composition. Orangeburg County. To the Creditors of the above named Bankrupt: Take notice that on the 7th day of June, 1909, the above named bankrupt filed his petition in said Court praying the confirmation of the composition heretofore offered aud accepted, and that a hearing was thereupon ordered and will be had upon said petition on the 19th day of June, 1909, before said court, at Charleston, in said district, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all known creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said pe tition should not be granted. ? (L. S.) RICHARD W. HUTSON, Clerk. NEW For Orangeburg GRAND MONDAY SALE OP GROCERIES Beginning Monday, June 7th, I will put my entire stock of Groceries, glass, crockery and woodenware at practically cost prices. We can only enumerate a few articles, but you can judge by them that we mean what we say. Best Hams 14^c, regular., price 16c. Fancy Butter 28c; you pay 36c. Rice 55c, 70c and 90c peck. Lard 9&c. Canned Tomatoes, 3 lb., 8c Wtyte Lilly dorn 8c. Salmon 8c, 10c, 13c 20c. Apples 8c. Everything in Glass, Crockery and other lines at fiat cost. After you have made your bill you may add 20 pounds Granu lated Sugar for 91.00. REMEMBER that these sales will continue throughout the Summer months, every Monday. POSITIVELY NO GOODS CHARGED AT THESE PRICES. OBJECT OF THESE SALES?To get the cash, and make new custo mers. PRESCOTT'S Fire Insurance. IZLAR & SALLEY We represent the The Home Insurance Co. Liverpool and London and Globe German American Continental ?. Northern Assurance Phoenix and Georgia Home. The Strongest Combination in tb< State. Attent ion. Company L, Third Infantry. N .G. S. O. attend drills of your company on every Friday night at S:30 o'clock and every Saturday after noon at ?, o'clock to prepare for en campment of Third Regiment Infan try at Aiken. S. C, on July 12-21 inclusiv--. AM enlisted men must at tend these drills and the encamp ment. By order, CA FT. CLAFFY. C. J. INABINET, 1st Sgt. oores Modem Methods of Bookkeeping Quickest, Simplest, Most Economical A good Equipment to start with : TOTAL COST Two 5x8 Binders 1,000 Record Sheets (choice of forty different forms) 2 Voiume Cabinet (for iiolding books) 40 Alphabetical Indexes We will be glad to show you how Moore's Modern Methods are used. Telephone lor a Catalogue Silvia' o?oa\i? fber? CO O EAST PU3S7LL ST', ORANGFBURG, S. C. The Invincible Schacht Auto Buggy The only reliable hill ' climber and guaranteed for heavy sand roads. At liberty to demonstrate at any time. For particulars call or write L. E. RILEY, General Agent, Orangeburg, S. C. HINTS FOR YOUR VACATION FROM WANNaMAKER'S When you are getting your things together for your vacation trip a good drug store is the necessity you must take into consideration. Here we modestly add that this is "your drug store." Don't you need talcum powder, tooth, hair or hand brushes, cold cream, med eines for every day ailments, spong es, toilet waters, soaps, stationery, cigars, and hundreds of other needs? We have them ond 1 rife test kind money can buy. LET US TAKE CAKE OF YOUR DRUG STORE WANTS J. G. Wannamaker Mfg., Co. MAIL ORDERS PULLED. -% FIRE, LIFE. ? BURGLARY, TORNADO ? ft \ INSURANCE!! \ # ft ft * SURETY BONDS ALSO Written by ft J H. C. Wannamaker 5 <q} I represent companies that's "know to be good. Q Give me some of your business. A