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SOUTHERN PORTS SHOULD HAVE DIRECT AND ES TABLISHED LINES "With South American and Mexican Forts?President Finley Sets Forth the Advantage and Importance. Mr. W. W. Finley, president of the Southern Railway, addresses che fol lowing letter to The Times and Democrat on the subject of the im portance' of direct steamship lines from South Atlantic ports to South America: Editor, Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S. C. Dear Sir: Referring to my letter ?of December 14, 1909, to editors of Southern newspapers, on the in terest of the South in the expansion of our export trade with the Latin American countries, I take the lib erty of addressing you on the great Importance of direct and regular steamship communication between the South Atlantic and Gulf ports and those countries. It is obvious, of course, that if the products of the Southern States are to be sold in Mexico, Central and South America, and the West India Islands, they must be carried to those countries. Mexico is the only one with which we have rail communi cation, and to a great part of that country, especially from our territo ry south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi, traffic can be moved efficiently by ?water as well as by rail. There are direct and regular lines from some of the South Atlantic and Golf ports to some of the Mexican, Central American, and West Indian ports. There are no such lines to any South American port. New York iB the only port on our Atlantic coast from ?which there are regular steamship sailings to ports south of Venezuela. There are four Tegular steamers per month from New York to Brazil; seven to the River Plata, and three or four to the West coast, making a. total of seventeen or eighteen. From European ports there are four teen to Brazil; eighteen to the River Plata, and three to the West coast, or a total of thirty-five. The In feriority of the service from the United States is even greater than ?s indicated by the comparative num ber of sailings, as the steamers form European ports are generally faster and have superior passenger accom modations. From our South Atlantic and Gulf ports there is occasional communi cation by tramp steamers with ports south of Venezuela, but as a rule such off the products of the Southern States as find their way into the markets of South America are sent through Northern ports. In fact, a considerable proportion of the ex ports from the United States to the east coast of South America, south of Para, Brazil, go from New York across the Atlantic to Europe, and across the Atlantic again to South America. For instance, in a report on trade conditions in Brazil, by Special Agent Lincoln Hutchinson, published by the Bureau of Manufacturers, it is stat ed that at least fifty per cent of the American hams sold in Brazil are shipped by way of England, and con siderable proportions of other kinds of traffic move by the same route. It is sometimes argued that, if our merchants and manufacturers would devote sufficient attention to culti vating Latin-American trade, and would develop a sufficient volume of traffic, there would be no dificulty about securing adequate transporta tion facilities. To a certain extent this is true. There are large num bers of so-called tramp steamers con stantly looking for traffic wherever It is to be found, and any shipper In any American port, who had a full cargo for South America, would doubtless have little difficulty in find lug a ship to carry it. The difficulty is that our merchants and manufac turers, in their efforts to build up trade with the Latin-American coun tries, come into competition with European rivals who are generally served by regular lines of steamers receiving aid. either in the form of subsidies or of liberal payment for carrying the mails, from the coun tries whose flags they fly. Vessels from these countries sail on regular schedules. The South American "merchant ordering goods in Liver pool or Flamburg by mail knov.s when his order will be received, by what steanler it will be shipped, and lust when he in<t.v expect !t t..- ar rives If he sent, his o,-d(r to the United States, unless it was from one of the comparatively few points hav ing regular sailings, he could have no idea when it would be received by the American shipper or when ihe goods would be shipped. There fore,'while it is true that, after trade ing has once been developed there would probably be no difficulty in obtaining all the ships needed t<> carry it. the difficulty of building up such a trade is greatly increased by lack of direct and regular steam ers carrying th<> mails and passengers as well as freight. In the report on trade conditions in Brazil, above referred to. Mr. Hutchinson tells of instances in which it took twice a* long to get mail orders from the United States as from Europe, and says: "In a very large part of our Brazil trade the mails are an im portant factor, and there can be no doubt that many orders which might otherwise go to our manufacturers, go to Europe instead." In a similar report on trade conditions in Argen tina. Paraguay, and Uruguay, Mr. Hutchinson says: "There are some direct mails to the River Plata, but they are carried on slow freighters and the service in general is greatly inferior to that from Europe, .both MAYOR'S COURT. Were Kept Quite Busy on Monday Morning. There were no cases tried at the Mayor's Court on Saturday morning but on Monday there was the usual crop. The first gent was Bill Hamp ton, who was charged with being helplessly drunk. Bill was so drunk that he had to be taken off the train at the Atlantic Coast Line depot. However, Bill gave the mayor and the court a nice distinction between being asleep and drunk?he was asleep. If he was asleep he found out that the public hotel rates for the night was $5 or twelve days. John Govan, who plead guilty to the charge of being helplessly drunk, received a hand out of $2 or five days. SaraTi Marshall, who, by the way, seems to be something of a bear in her neighborhood, is always having trouble with her neighbors. They had her up, charging her with dis orderly conduct. The whole thing seemed to be some row over a note which could never be located by the mayor. This case was dismissed. Fillip Sims was charged with be ing drunk and violating the hack ordinance. He plead not guilty, but after hearing the testimony the may or thought otherwise, and Phillip was required to deposit $2. Henry Dickson, charged with dis orderly conduct and keeping the neighbors awake, plead not guilty and after a good warning the case was dismissed. W. N. Hunt was up again, charg ed with being helplessly drunk; he plead not guilty, but was requested to leave the city and ui'til he does so, will be kept in durance vile. BANK OF ELLOREE. Report for the Past Year Makes Fine Showing. The stokcholders of the Bank of Elloree held their annual meeting Friday afternoon. Mr. D. W. Haig ler, of Cameron, was nominated chairman of the meeting, and Mr. W. M. Fair, secretary. President Robert Lide submitted his annual report of the condition of the bank to the stockholders. President Lide's report, as compared with same date last year, showed an increase in net earnings of 50 per cent and an increase in deposits of 60 per cent and the bank had ex tended the usual accommodations to its customers, with no bills payable on hand to date. The stockholders rendered their thanks to the officers and directors for the creditable showing made. The following old directors were re-elected for the ensuing year: Robert Lide, W. F. Stack, A. A. Dantzler, E. F. Irick J. D. Shuler, P. L. Felder and J. S. Weeks. The directors met after the stockholders' meeting and elected the following officers: President. Robert Lide; vice president, W. F. Stack; cashier, W. M. Fair. Mr. P. P. Hungerpiller was elect ed assistant cashier, succeeding Mr. C. B. Dantzler, who has accepted a position as bookkeeper with the Bank of Orangeburg. Revival Services. Revival services were begun in St. Paul's Methodist church on Sun day morning and will continue through this week. Rev. L. P. Mc Oee, the pastor, will be assisted by Rev. Liles, of Texas, who will do the preaching. Mr. Liles is a good speaker and an earnest, forceful preacher. Services will be held at five o'clock in the afternoon and at half past eight o'clock at night. All are Invited to attend all the services. in dispatch and in frequency. Con stant annoyance and delay results, and merchants who have no direct American ties will, other things be ing equal, place orders In Europe rather than in the United States." There are differences of opinion as to the methods which should be adopted for the improvement of our steamship communication with the Latin-American countries. I think 1 we can all agree, however, that if we are to realize the full benefits' of our geographical relation to those markets and of the demand which ex ists in them for goods which we pro duce, something practical must bo done to secure the establishment of regular steamship lines. Whatever policies may be adopted to this end. it is so manifestly to the interest of our section that all Southern pro ducts shipped to those countries should go through Southern ports, that, not only those encaged in bus iness at those ports, but the Southern people generally, should work to gether in some practical way to se cure direct lines fro mthe South Atlantic and Gulf ports. Those ports have the great advantage of shorter distances, especially to all points in Mexico. Central America., the West Indies, the northern coast of South America, nnd points on the West coast reached by way of the Tehuan tepec and Panama Railways. This advantage with respect to the Wesl const ports will be greatly increased on the completion of the Panama Ca nal, and it Is Important that the people of our section ?should be pre pared to make the most effective use of that waterway. This is a matter which concerns all the people of the South so vi tally that I believe all those Interest ed in Southern development should work together In an effort to bring about an improvement In our steam ship r-ervfce to all the Latin-Ameri can countries. W. W. FLNLEY. President. MEET THIS WEEK SUPERINTENDENTS TO HOLD A CONFERENCE. Number of Important Subjects to be Considered?A Campaign in Au gust. The county superintendents of ed ucation of South Carolina will meet in Spartanburg on Wednesday for a conference with State Superintendent of Education SwearlLgeu. The con ference will be held at Wofford col lege. Several days ago Mr. Swear ingen addressed a letter to all of the superintendents calling for the meet ing and since that time be has re ceived a letter from almost every one accepting the invitation. No official program has been prepared but sev eral subjects of vital importance will discussed. The following are the subjects to be taken up for discussion: Supplies, blanks, reports, etc. State aided high schools for the year. Lengthening the term of our weak rural schoolsL A balance of $13,000 is still available for this purpose and hundreds of districts need to take advantage of this fund. Prizes to be awarded by the Rural School Improvement association. The new library list adopted by the State board of education May 1. Plans for the educational cam paign in August. Benefits of summer school work. All of the subjects are live as will be noted and their intelligent dis cussion will no doubt be productive of much good to the schools of the State. Great interest is being shown in all sections of the State over the edu cational campaign which will be held during the month of August. The county superintendents will have charge of the meetings to be held in the dilerent counties and the discus sion of this subject at the confer ence in Spartanburg will no doubt be of great benefit. About 50 of the most prominent men in South Carolina have consent ed to be present at the meetings and make addresses. The superinten dents are to furnish three local speak ers at the meetings. Full plans for the campaign will be announced in a few days by Mr. Swearingen. DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT. Given by Miss Maud Riley in the Advance Section. Thursday evening at her country home, Miss Maud Riley in an "at home" party entertained some friends complimentary to Miss Julia Cope, of Cope. The guests were re ceived in the large and tastily ar ranged parlor by Miss Riley and pleased shortly thereafter for a while with instrumeutal aud vocal num bers by Miss Fike and Misses Stur kie. The interesting feature of the evening's entertainment was a lively 20-minute contest in word building. Miss Tarrant, the successful contes tant, was awarded the prize, a box of choice candy, which was presented in a few appropriate words by Mr. 1). S. Murph. After a delicious course supper served in the dining room the guests returned to the par lor and engaged in games until the parting hour, all having agreed that Miss Riley showed herself an agree able hostess. Those present were: Miss Mattie Tarrant of Springfield, Miss Julia Cope of Cope, Miss Bessie Reed of Denmark, Miss Mary Fike of Spar tanburg: Messrs. D. S. Murph, Clifton Redmond, Norman Robinson, Willie Johnson, Henry D. Livingston, Dr. and Mrs. Sturkie. Storo Robbed at Elloree. At Elloree on Thursday night the general merchandise store of The Stack Company was broken into by robbers and a number of articles stolen therefrom. The burglar or burglars gained entrance by breaking one of tln? large glas? windows on the side of the store, making a space just large enough to get in the stop, and, judging from the blood stains on the glass and the articles touch ed, must have been badly cut in bis operations with the glass. The cash drawer was rilled and a few dollars in silver taken. Several pairs <>! shoes, and some dress wear were tak en. It is possible that a number of other articles were" stolen, but owing to the large stock carried. i> could not be detected. A reward of ?!'."> has been offered by the town authorities lor the apprehension and conviction of the robber or robbers Seed Oats Wanted. The Columbia Statu say.- a large grain jobbing company outside of the State has written Commission* r Wat son saying that they wish to buy a large quantity of South Carolina seed oats. For several years the growing of grain crops has been ad vocated by Commissioner Watson and this emphasizes the need for di versification. If any of our readers have seed oats for sale they mighl find a purchaser by writing i<> Com missioner Watson at Columbia. New Bog Law. Tiie City Council at i's meeting Friday night suspended indefinitely, the operation of the ordinance re quiring dogs running at large to be muzzled. An ordinance which will i not he effective until April 1, 1910. was adopter] requiring the payment of a tax of %- for each dog. mid further an official insignia evidencing the payment of the tax or suffer the extreme penalty of the law?death. COTTON RtPOKI. Good prices are being offered for cotton in Orangeburg. Monday the local cotton buyers had the price slated at twelve and a quarter cents per pound. New York Futures. High. January.12.52 July.12.45 August.12.38 October .. ..... .12.54 December.12.58 BOWMAN NEWS. Local Items Gathered by Our Hust ling Correspondent. Bowman, July 12.?Special: Col. R. L. Shuler, one of Bowman s pioneer merchants, died at Branch ville on Friday last about noon and was buried at Shiloh church some few miles above here on yesterday in the presence of a large concourso of relatives and friends, Col. Shu ler, on account of 111 health, sold out his property here and moved to Branchville some few months ago, at which place he and Mrs. Shuler were living up to the time of his death. He did a thriving business in crossties here for a number of years. On account of bad health he was forced to retire from the mer chantlle and timber business entire ly. He was a veteran of the Confed erate war, serving faithfully to the end, and was a member of Capt. Lagares company of heavy artillery, | stationed on James Island. Col. Shuler was born and rised on bis father's old homestead in Providence township near the 60-mile post on the State road leading from Colum bia to Charleston. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Nancy Shu ler, to whom he had been married about 40 years. Of the large family of brothers and sisters, only one of the latter, Mrs. Mary Martin, sur vive him. He was 65 years old. It seems that Bowman is deter mined to hold its record as the championship town of South Caroli na as to marriages, considering its size and population, and then, so many of them surprises. Mr. Frank Ott left here yesterday afternoon for Orangeburg, only two or three of his intimate friends knowing his inten tion when he left towu. but Cupid always leads the way triumphantly and there was no exception in this case, for by appointment he met Miss Birdie Cam, who came down from Columbia and the two happy hearts were soon melted into one. Rev. Mr. McGee, of the Methodist church performed the ceremony, after which the couple left for Bowman, arriving here late yesterday evening. Miss Carn is a dughater of Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Carn of Bowman and had a position in Columbia, and Mr. Frank Ott is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Ott of Bowman. Mr. James Arant, of the Provi dence section, was in Bowman for a short while Saturday. This was Mr. A rant's first visit to this town in 18 years. Says it exceeds his ex pectations. "DUNDEE." STOCKING PARTY Given by Mrs. J. L. Reeves at North Last Week. Monday evening of last week Mrs. J. L. Reeves gave at North in the interest of the Woman's Foreign Mis sionary Society of the Baptist church a novel entertainment in a "stock ing party." A little sock accompa nied each invitation card, a piece of poetry, explaining that the receiver in order to be admitted must pay double as many cents as the number oT sock or stocking worn. The socks containing the admis sion fee were collected at the door by Mrs. J. B. Plunkett and the guests were admitted to the halls and par lor, richly decorated in red. White and blue and luxurious ferns and potted plants. Appropriate muriual selections were rendered by 1 1 girls individually, between which refresh ments wen? served free. Mrs. Reeves was assisted in the decorations by Mrs. J. D. Dougherty. Mrs. W. L. Whetstone. Mrs. J. A. Livingston. More than 100 people attended and $22.40 was realized. The undertaking was an entire suc cess and Mrs. Beeves is Compliment ed on her efforts. Married at EHoree. Mr. .1. S. rimer and Miss Addle Dantzler, youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. .1. D. Dantzler, were hap pily married at Hie FJIoroo Methodist church Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, the Rev. A. S. Leslie ufliriac in--?. The marriage was a very beau tiful <uie. the church being tasteful ly decoratt d i'<p.- i lie occasion, and there was a large assemblage id' the friends of the contracting parties present. Directly after the ceremo ny tlii.' bridal party and friends re paired in the home of ti?? - bride's parents, where ;?, bountiful supper was served. The couple were Hie recipient of a number <if hand some presents. The happy couple have ?he congratulations and lieg) wishe.. of all. fmilova vs. Pine Mill. About three hundred people wit nessed a pretty game of ball at the town el Rolen Saturday between the Cordova learn and a mixed aggrega tion from Limestone, Neeses and Pine Hill. The features of the game were Hol man's catch of a long fly in cen ter and Whotsell's pitching for Cor dova. Batteries?Cordovu. Whetsell and Tntutn: Pine Hill. Bonnott and BoyJo.ston, Neece and Bonnett. Score. 4 to 5 in favor of Cordova. Umpire, F. ','cece. P. M. B. TO THE POLE LIEUT. SHACKLETON INTENDS TO MAKE ANOTHER TRIP. Hardy Explorer is Now the Idon of European Capitals?Indicts Rec ord for Lieut. Peary. Lieut. Ernest Shackleton, the in trepid Antarctic explorer, who plant ed the British flag within a few miles of the South pole, is now the popu lar lion in the capitals of Europe. At present he is in London, where he is being dined and wined every day in the week. Lieut. Shackleton, at a dinner given in his honor this past week, made the chief subject of his discourse the trip to the North pole of Lieut. Robert E. Peary. The English explorer is of the opinion that Lieut. Peary will make a great, new record in Arctic exploration. He said Lieut. Peary will doubtless ad vance the Stars and Stripes much farther North than on any previous trip. Lieut. Shackleton, who has the Antartic record for nearness to the South pole, went to within 178 kil ometers of the goal, which is within about 70 miles. He hopes to make another trip to the Anarctic ocean within a few years, and, with the in novation in methods of traveling over the ice he will then introduce, he hopes to reach the pole. The^lieuten ant and his hardy assistants had many narrow escapes from death on their hazardous journey. LARGE STILL DESTROYED. Successful Raid by Revenue Officers in Greenville. A dispatch from Greenville says illicit whiskey makers are flourishing in Greenville county, despite the many raids which have been made lately on them by county officials. Two or three are destroyed at every raid, but that many more are found on the next raid in the same section. Deputy Collector Scruggs, Officers Goldsmith, Colley and Special Officer Corn, went to the northern part of Greenville early Wednesday and de stroyed one large still near Devil Folk, in the Dark Corner. This till had fourteen ferraenters, a 200-gal lon boiler and the capacity of the still was 17f> gallons. Three thou sand gallons of beer were poured on the ground by the raiding officers. Between Cleveland and Riverview, near the foot of the mountains, a double still was destroyed. One boiler supplied two stills. Each still had a capacity of 150 gallons. There were eight fermenters to each still. Each still bad a capacity of fifty gallons. Officers caught no one while making the raids, but quite a good deal of property was destroyed. Ev ery week a large number of these "mountain dew" plants are found and made away with, but they spring up in another part oT the mountain, and the business is flourishing now pos sibly more than it has within the last few years. * Mr. Curtis Carter Dead. j .Mr. Curtis M. Car'er departed this life Saturday at 12 o'clock noon, at his late residence on Windsor street. The deceased moved here from Jamison about four years ago. Ib died from a stroke of paralysis, which came upon him suddenly, and I lie died in about twelve hours after I being taken A widowed mother, a wife, a little daughter, lour bro'ner. and two bist'.rs survive him. Death claimed Mr. Carter jusi in the prime of life?yuars 8 months and 19 days. He was a good, hon orable man. A loving, affections ? husband and father and a man who I loved his neighbors. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. VI \ Thatcher at Mt. Prospect Methodist Church. Jamison, S. C. and his remains gently laid to rest by loving I hands amidst, the shaded trees where he had spent so many happy houn in his boyhood days. A Friend who Knew Him. A Card. Cope. July 12.?Editor Timos and j Democrat: An error in the name of the place of the meeting of the Sunday School convention was made j in your paper. The convention meets ai Canaan ami not Cameron as was publishd in your paper of last Thursday a week ago. Come to the convent ion if yon [ can yourself. Yours *ruly. .1. T. ANT LEY. C C. Ton Much Bain. Advices rrom Elloree says consid erable delay ia farming operations I iias I.n caused in i hat feel ion by j continued rains of tie- past six weeks, and I he farmers in the immediate i rain i ? - -11 are discouraged over the pres.-n! outlook. The crops under those conditions, however, are hold in.:: up as well as could 1m- expected, and with good seasons from now on a fair > ield is expected. Pointed Paragraphs. I Anyway, if a man is in dobl he 1 proves !bat l". once bad credit, j Men distrust men too much In j general and not enough in particu lar. Tlie deiitisl does a wide-open busi ness. Have your carpels been massaged yet ? Sometimes it's a good tiling if it turns out bad. An optimist tnkes a day off when he has the toothache. The man in the moon looks like a high ball when he's full. A peach of a girl ought to become a well-prenerved woman. He's a poor musician who is un able to play upon your feelings. COTTON GOODS ADVANCING. Markets for Cloth and Yarns Show Upward Tendency. The cotton goods and cotton yarn markets were considerably unsettled during the past week by the necessity for readjusting prices near to the high levels of cost caused by the rise in cotton. Buyers have begun to pay the advances named thus far, which have been about half the amount that will be resuired if a 12 cent basis on cotton is to rule for the early fall months. Tickings, demins and other color ed cottons were advanced sharply. Drills and sheetings were advanced 1-8 cent to 1-4 cent a yard, and will go higher, in the opinion of the trade in New York. Bleached cot tons have been advanced 1-4 cent on the medium counts and 1-2 cent a yard on the fine counts. Wide sheet ings were advanced 1 cent a yard to a basis of 25 cents for 10-4 goods. ? All these advances named are but indications of the geueral rise which has taken place. Distributors are now notifying their trade of the ad vances made in the primary markets. Good crop reports have done much to simulate interest in general buy ing, while cotton has been rising. Cotton yarns have been advanced sharply since the cotton rise and there has been a broader inquiry. Trading has been limited somewhat by the unwillingness of mills to tie up machinery at this time for the late months until they can learn more about future cotton prices. DEATH TO HIP SING. Five Chinamen Sentenced to Death in Boston, Mass. Five Chinamen were sentenced to death in the Superior Criminal court, sitting in Boston, Mass., this week. They were accused of shooting up Chinatown in August, 1907. All the convicted men are members of the Hip Sing Tong and their victims were members of the On Leong Tong. Boston's Chinatown expects more trouble, as bad Chinamen are known to be in the viiinity. Then Chinamen originally were brought into court for trial on the case. One of them, Yee Wat, died while awaiting trial. The late Dis trict Attorney John B. Moran, non prossed the case of one, Yee Jung, and Wong How, Dong Bock Ling and Wong Dock were granted new trials. Min Sing, Joe Gey, Horn Woon, Leong Gong and Warry Charles, re ceived the death sentence, being the largest, group that was ever con demned to death in Boston at one time. Two of the group protested innocence of any part in the shoot ing which resulted in the killing of four moD. The others accepted sen tences wtlhout movng a muscle. Died at Branchville. Col. R. L. Shuler, of Branchville, formely of Bowman, S. C, died Fri day afternoon at 12 o'clock, at the residence of his niece, Mrs. W. V. Withorspoon. where he had resided for the last four months, since his health began to fail. He was 65 years old. Col. Shuler served during the en tire late war between the States and was stationed on James Island, under ('apt. Legare. in the heavy artillery corps. He was born and raised in the ! Four Hole-; section in Oraneeburg j county, near Providence church. He ! left no children. His wife and one sister survive him. He was buried at Shi loh church, near Bowman, S ('., Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Forty years ago he married Miss Barbara 'air. Should Be Improved. Because of the numerous com plaints which have been made to the city council, that body Friday night put itself on record as being utterly opposed to the manner in which the 'people here are being treated by the Crystal k*e Company and the South ern Hell Telephone and Telegraph j Company. It is understood that 1 these corporations will have to im ! prove their service or siren nous measures will be taken regarding tin-111. Died Suddenly. Mr. i'. F. Bo7.ard, who recently : moved to t his city from i he Micl j dVpcn section, died quite suddenly ! at hi-- boarding house mi Russell 'street about eight o'clock Sunday I morning. lie was an old Confed erate soldier. His death was <jmi1 ?? a shock to his many relatives and friends. Iiis remains were taken lo the family burying ground on Moti I day morning and interred there in the presence of a large con course of relatives and friends. The Law's Delays. ?'I understand that you called on the plantin". Mr. Barnes. Is that questioned Lawyer Fuller, now chief justice, says Success. "Yes," answered the witness. "What did he say?" next ilciuund tu\ Fuller. The attorney for the defense jump ed up io his feet and objected that tie- conversation could not be admit ted m the evidence. A half hour's argument followed and tli-- judges re tired tu their private room to con sider the point. An hour later the judges filed into the court room and announced that Mr. Fuller might put his question. "Well, what did the plaintiff say, Mr. Barnes?" '"He wern'l at home, sir," came the answer without a tremor. A young man seldom begins to rise in the world until after he set tles down. Silence is indeed golden to those who are paid to keep quiet. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR REPORTERS. What is Happening the Country as W:efl as in the. Cities and Towns. Mrs. B. H. Moss and children have gone on a visit to Hendersonville. Rev. G. E. Davis, pastor of the Baptist church, is> still very sick. Mrs. Sirnsie Sellers is hcme agaia from a very pleasant visit to Char leston. Prof. N. T. Salley. cf Greenwood, is on a visit to his parents in the Fork. Senator E. D. Smith is in the tity on a visit to his brother, Rev. Cbas. B. Smith. ? The crops in the up-country are in bad shape. Too much rain ha* played havoc with them. Don't forget the services at the Methodist church this afternoon and evening. You will be cordially wel comed. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Black, of Bam berg, came over Sunday on a vis** to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wright, ei this city. Southern Railway Agent W. S. Cooper has been indisposed for the past few days, but we hope he will be out shortly. This county will not make na average crop of cotton or corn this season. Rains have injured both crops considerably. Rains have fallen for six weeks in the upper part of the State, and the crops are s-mall and very grassy. The outlook is gloomy. If the issue was between the dis pensary and prohibition it would be plain sailing, but the issue is really between the dispensary and the blind tigers. Cotton has gone up rapidly in the last week, and the indications are ihat the new crop will bring good price* If it is not rushed on the mar ket too rapidly. Mrs. F. M. Sheridan and children, of Greenwood, visited Mrs. Jas. L. Sims two days this week. They are now visiting Mrs. Sheridan's par ents near Holly Hill. Among the attendants on the Press Association were Mr. and Mrs. Prick ett, of the Calhoun Advance, St. Matthews. We hope to meet them every year, now that they have brok en the ice, at the press meetings. On our way from Greenwood to Orangeburg Saturday we had the pleasure of meeting Senator TilI man. His numerous friends will be pleased to hear that he is looking extremely well and seems to be his old self. Mr. Frank B. Ott and Miss Byrdie Carn. of Bowman, were happily mar ried at St. Paul's Methodist par sonage on Sunday afternoon,.July 11. at 6 o'clock by Rev. L. P. McGee. Several friends of the couple wit nessed the ceremony. ? There is considerable kicking about the service rendered by the Bell Telephone Compauy in this city. We believe that Superintendent Mat j thews and his force are giving us J about as good service as they can ! with the t present equipment, which I is many years old. ; While on a visit to Greenville in I attendance on the Press Association i mt 'ting we had the pleasure of meet ; ing Mr. George W. Brunsen, Jr., an i old Orangeburrg boy, who is making I good in that hustling city as the ; editor and manager of its excellent j morning paper, The News. A negro by the name of Shulei ; was brought here yesterday from Norway section suffering with what I appeared to be a very had case of "eraziness." He has a breaking oui j that physicians say may indic.it? fin- pellagra disease. He will !?? taken to the State insane asylum i as soon as arrangements can t? mad,, for entrance. Summer Hair Dr<*ssing. The disagreeable and repulsive od ors that come from the hair in sum j mer are caused by dandruff. I ?andruff is caused by microbes which are hard to kill, but which can be killed hy Parisian Sage, the rjllick aeting, money-back hair tonic. Dandruff can never he cured until I the small, aggravating and indomi table dandruff germ is conquered and ' desf roved. And millions of dandruff germs have been destroyed, thanks to the gn at scientist and dermatologist who gave to the world Parisian Sage, the only real dandruff cure and hair grower the world has ever known. If you have dandruff, Parisian Sago will cure you in two weeks, or your money back. I'.ul besides ridding the scalp of dandruff. Parisian Sage is guaranteed to stop falling hair and itching of the scalp. It keeps the scalp cool and i lean in summer. It Is a prime fav orite with women of refinement. It makes the hair soft, lustrous and beautiful in a week, and is not sticky or greasy. A large bottle for r.0 cents at J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co.. who guar antees it. Sold by leading druggists ? verywhere. The girl with the Au burn hair is on every package. Stricken in England. Mr. A. Bennett, who went, on a visit to his old home in England about four weeks ago, was stricken over there with paralysis one day last week, and i* now extremely ill. This will be sad news to the many friends of tho old gentleman over here, and the wish is universal that he may be soon restored to complete health.