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Established in 1809. Vol. 40.No. 69 . Published Three Times a Week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jan. ft, 1909, at the postofflee at Or angehurg, S. C, under the Act of Congress of March, 187?. ?Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor, ?las. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Rates. One Year.$1.50 Six Months.75 Three Months.40 Advertising Rates furnished on application. Reuiitances should be made by checks, money orders, registered let ters, or express orders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange burg, S. C. When the prohibition law is adopt ed it should be enforced regardless of consequences. We have no interest in the matter, but. if the people who will constitute Rutledge county are wise they will defeat the new county. The News and Courier calls on President Taft to veto the tariff bill, but. as he hardly wants to commit political suicide, the advice will go unheeded. We are glad to say that Orange burg couuty has no bonded debt and we hope she never will. It is very easy to go in debt, but pretty hard to work out. Whenever you hear of a negro blind tiger who is selling whiskey to any extent you can rest assured that 'here is a white man in that "nigger's woodpile." The taxable property of Rutledge county, should it be -formed, would be but very little more than that of the city of Orangeburg. If there was ?. probability of this city being made a county, we would hunt a new lo cation. Taxes would eat us up. We regret to hear of the misfor tune that has befallen Norway, and hope that she will soon arise from the ashes. I lor people aiv plucky, and they do not propose to .-:t d >wn and bewail their misfortune, out will go to work to rebuild their waste nlaees. The Editor of The Times and Dem ocrat is under obligations to Mr. Ceo. W. Branson, of The News, and Mr. J. R. McGee, of The Piedmont, for their many acts of kindness dur ing his recent visit to Greenville, attending the meeting of the Press Association. The Charleston Evening Post says: "It is very gratifying to see the dog ' catcher hired again by the city au thorities. Sound sense prompted City Council to vote for a continuation of the official's duties in protecting the public, from dangerous dogs." Char leston is more considerate of the pub lic than Orangeburg. Ulind tigerism is responsible for t'.:-' death of two men down in Col letou. They were shot to dea'h by an illicit whiskey seller because they attempted to seize fifty gallons of alcohol he had received by express. It the courts will promptly convict and execute this blind tiger they will do much to rid Colleton county of his kind. The new tariff law will increase the cost of woolen wear to the peo ple of this country two hundred mil lion dollars each year, according to the figuring of the New York World. Will some of our friends, who think protection is a good thing, figure out to the farmers where it is to their ii-terest to pay more for their cloth ing than they now pay? Among the visitors to the Press Association at Greenville was Col. Hunt of the Southern Railway. He use to be general assistant passenger agent, but was promoted to the head of the bureau that has charge of the ticket collecting on the trains, which is a very responsible position. Col. Hunt is an affable, pleasant gentle man, whom it is always a pleasure to meet. The New York World says in an ticipation of the advantages given them in the new tariff bill, the woo len mills have given notice that they will raise the price of all woolens from 20 to 2:11 per cent. This is one of the blessings of the rubber protective system that is not appre citted by our farmers who have to sell their cotton in an unprotected market. Senator Gore, who is not so blind a* some, made a remark as the Ald rt :b tariff bill went scampering through the senate on Thursday night. He said: "Mary had one l^'ub and it followed her to school one day: the chairman of the finance committee bos fifty lambs, and they fo low him every day!" And this is tust ubout the neatest thing that hss been said during the whole tariff discussion. The men's clothing industry is the third largest in the country. Its out put is valued at six hundred million dollars annually, and it is allowed by the terms of the tariff laws to hold up the people for at least two-thirds of that amount. Why a man has to pay $3 0 for a suit of clothes in this country that he can buy In Canada for $18 is one of the beauties of the protective system that its mo3t ardent advocates can't explain. Shortage of Farm Laborers. Secretary Wilson, the veteran sec retary of Agriculture, says that the scarcity of farm laborers is more responsible for his ailments than the sins of the corporations. Since re turning from a Western trip Mr. Wilson is more than ever impressed with the conviction that the high , prices of food stuffs are directly traceable to the neglect of fanning, i The condition in the West, as ob served by the Secretary of Agricul i ture reveals a woeful neglect of splendid fanning lands, where thou sands of fertile acres are lying idle because it is almost an impossibility for the owners to hire help, even at 1 exorbitant prices. The country boys 1 are seeking town and gravitating to j ward the industrial centers, while the I same- tendency is plainly shown ! among the immigrants. Hence, the (scarcity of farm products and the ? severe strain upon the consumer. I 'Those who regard this theory as I inadequate and who think that mo nopoly is not without considerable responsibility for Che high prices of foodstuffs must admit," says the Chicago Record-Herald, "that the scarcity of agricultural labor is a fact, and as such it at least partially accounts for the phenomenon in question." j "But why not go a little deeper into the case, and trace the cause and effect? What is the meaning of this, furious and increasing rush to the industrial activities, neglect of the j agricultural pursuits?" asks the I Augusta Chronicle. The Chronicle then proceeds to answer its own question, and in doing so lays bare the whole trouble. It says "it is the lure of over-valuation, the thirst for the benefit of special favors, the instinctive scent of a cinch, that sends men flocking to those pursuits which promise easy money rather than hard toil. It is. in other words, the direct effect of the high protec tive tariff, which places an absurd reward on the efforts of manufac turers and while giving them a "sure thing" leaves the agriculturist to take his chances in an open market, selling his goods in fair competition, governed by the law of supply and demand, alone and not ministered to, and pampered by the indulgent kind nes.- of a doting tariff law. "The hard and honestly earned dollar of the farmer, which rep sents a true mesaure of industry and effort, is spent in a protected market, which discounts it's worth. For the common every day necessi ties of life, for the implements with which he toil.-, 'the man with the hoe' must pay his tax, must bend his back to bear the burdens of the extravagence, folly and self indul gence which the tariff law permits to its favorites. In the meantime the agricultural products of tlie nation are its basis of wealth and progress. Without the cotton product by the . Southern States what would become of those interests which .Mr. Aldrich ; is so faithfully serving? "The nation's prosperity and pro gress demand a square deal. Inter ests which are inter-dependent and allied must be placed on a parity of values, if honesty and fair play are to be maintained as American ideals and this can only be done by an hon ? est and drastic downward revision ? of the taritY, not by its friends, nor by its enemies, but by the friends honesty and justice and the enemies of graft and favoritism. The disaf fection of the farm laborers is but ? a symptom of the deep seated troub le from which the entire country is suffering. Suggestions, such as the Chicago Record-Herald offers, that this difficulty be met by an exten sion in promoting the better distri bution of immigration and directing the aliens to those localities where the shortage of labor is greatest, is valuable chiefly as a temporary 1 relief. The situation is bound to become more vexed and disastrous as the years pass, without the remedy ' to the underlying evil which pro duced it and tariff reform is that remedy." Afraid of Safe Hanking. On a suit brought. by national banks, which are not controlled by . the law, two United States judges have granted a temporary injunction j restraining the enforcement of the . Nebraska statute providing for the guaranty of bank deposits. The law only a fleets State banks, as national banks are exempt from all State laws by the United States, which char . ters them. Hut it seems that the national banks are afraid of safe banking on the part of the State banks, whose depositors are made perfectly safe by the operation of the law which the national banks asks the United States judges to set aside. The judges have not given their rea sons yet. and it is not known upon what ground they based their decis ions. The national banks object to the law because it gives the State banks an advantage. In commenting on the action of the national banks in bringing the suit and the judges in holding up the law. The Commoner says. "The fact that two United States judges, one a non-resident, and both appoint ed by a president living in another State can. without awaiting action by the State courts, interfere with the join-ration of a law enacted by a Ne-j I braska legislature to regulate Nc lb raska banks organized under Ne-| i braska laws and accepting deposits I from Nebraska people compels the citizens of the State to consider the question of the State's right to control its own affairs and protect j its own people. "The fact. too. that bankers doing I business in Nebraska would ignore . the State judges and rush Into a ?United States court is significant: it indicates that while they are willing to make their money in Nebraska and to use the State courts to collect debts due them they are not willing to trust the courts of the State to interpreto the laws passed to guard the interests of the people of the State. It is not fair to assume that the supreme court of the United States will, on appeal, deny to the people of Nebraska, acting through their legislature, the right to de termine the security which a State bank will give to depositors, but in the meantime the voters of Nebraska should leave no doubt as to their de termination to have security for their deposits." Southern Cotton Mills. The textile directory recently is sued by the land and industrial de partment of the Southern Railway and Mobile and Ohio Railroad con tains a list of cotton, knitting, and woolen mills in the territory of these lines on the first of the year. At that time these mills numbered 71, of which 5.84 were cotton mills, 124 knitting mills, and 4'? woolen mills. ^ all. these plants operated 225,210 looms and 7.853,738 spindles. In the territory at the time of the gathering of these statistics 0 mills were un der construction. The growth of the industry has boon remarkable. In 1SS0 all the textilp plants of the South had but 667.000 spindles, barely 0 per cent, of the total in the United States, now they are credited, in round numbers, with 10,500.0*00 snindles?practical ly ."ft per cent of the number in the entire country. The capital em ployed has grown from $21,000,000 to nearly $300,000,000. and the num ber of bales of cotton annually used from 210.0HO to over 2.1 00.000 . No other manufacturing section ever in creased its spindles in as large per centages. South Carolina has 3 400.000 snin dles as against 1.400.000 in 1900. nnri North Carolina in the same pe riod increased its number from l.-i 100,000 to 3.1 00.000. Notable in creases have also been made in door cia and Alabama. During the la^t half of 190S North Carolina construc ted 30 mills, a greater number than any other State. Of the cotton manu facturing States South Carolina is second, North Carolina third, and Georgia firth, according to the latest available statistics. The Piedmont region is one of the great cotton manufacturing districts of the world, and has such prominence in this in dustry that the territory of the South ern Railway between Danville. Va.. and Atlanta, Ga.. has been referred to as one long cotton mill village. A Very Sad Death. A dark shadow has fallen upon this city because of the death of one of its most beautiful and lova ble young daughters, Mrs. Jennie May Riggs, second daughter of Dr. aiid Mrs. J. G. Wannamaker. Only a few months ago she became the happy, lovely bride of Mr. Arthur Lee Riggs, of Charleston, and now all the fond hopes of that auspicious occasion have been blighted by the cold hand of death, and this com munity mourns the passing of a young matron who was unvariably beloved because of her many noble traits of character. She was not only beautiful in form and feature, but beautiful in all the attributes that go to make up a noble and lovely young woman. The sympathy of all go out to the bereaved loved ones. I-or Sale. Cue 3-horse Gasoline Engine, Springfield make, price $50, selling to buy larger. One May Press in working order, price $2.">. One Timber Cart, 4-inch axle. 6 inch tire, 7-foot wheel, built specially for getting logs out of swamp. Ma terial and building this cart cost $75. Will sell for $30. One Skidder lor use on hill or in swamp, first cost $4"). Will sell lor $2f). One set of half-inch Wire Cable, consisting of five pieces 25 feet long each, with hooks and eyes lor con nection?use pulling logs from bog gy swamps while team remains on hill. Will sell at ball- cost. Two large Lumber Wagons. Pric es to satisfy purchaser. :'. Shepherd Pups, regular stock dogs or pets. Why get over heated driving in hogs or cattle, when for live dollars you can buy a dog that will do it for you? Just show him the hog or cow and open the gate. He will do the rest. J. B. TRAYWTCK, Cope. S. C. Letters of Administration. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. By Robert E. Copes, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas Jefferson I). Bowman has made suit to me. ro grant him Let ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of John S. Bowman, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tin- kind red and creditors of the said John S. Bowman, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate! to be held at Orangeburg C. H.. on July 28, 1 90!? next, after publication theit^tof, at 1 I o'clock j in the forenoon, to show cause, if { any they have, why the said Admin istration should not he granted. Given tinder my hand, this 11th day of July Anno Domini. 1009. I L. S.) ROUT. E. COPES. Judge of Probate. Notice of Final Discharge. On the twenty-first (21st) day of July, 1900, we will file our final account as e^'cutors of the last will and testament of Robert W. Jewett, deceased, with the Judge of Probate for Orangeburg County, S. C. and will thereupon ask for Letters Dis missory as such executors. ANNA BELLE JENKINS, ELIZABETH JORDAN, Qualified executors of the last will and testament of Robert W. Jew ett, deceased. June 15th, 1909. 6-17-4t CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. Gillette Razor Blades on sale at Sims Book Store. To Rent?Two nice cottages on Green street. Apply to C; W. Prescott. For Sale?Lot and House on Green Street, in good location. Apply at The Times and Democrat office. Donrfnick at Neeses, S. C, pays 16 cents for eggs in trade, chickens . .are also wanted. 7-lG-4t-s. For Sale?One Middlehy's portable oven, in perfect condition. Ad dress Geidfuss' Bakery, Charles ton, S. C. if you want Winter Cabbage Plants to be sure to htad up for winter use, D. D. Dantzler has them at 20 cents per hundred. D. D. Dantzler, 4 9 Whitman street. For Sale?-I have for sale one good twenty-horse power boiler and fifteen-horse power engine. Will seli cheap. Faul A. Gleaton, Neeses. S. C. 7-1 ?-St-th 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. For Sale?One hundred bushels Toole Cotton Seed, raised in Or anceburg County. This stood a high test at Georgia Kxperiment Station last season. Ayers & Wil liams, Orangeburg, S. C. 155 Acres?On the Blackville road, 8 miles west of Neeses, S. C. and five miles west of Salley. 100 acres clcarec balance in woods. Has 8-room house on place, also tenant houses, stables, etc. Daily mail service and telephone connec tions. Good price for quick sale. Carolina Sales Agency , Orange burg, S. C. Wanted?To rent, 3- or 4-room house, or three or four unfurnish ed rooms on first floor, either in Orangeburg city or in any nearby town on railroad communicating therewith. Moderate rent re quired. State rent. Address X, office Times and Democrat. ? Tobacco Habit Cured or no Cost? Harmless home treatment. Nic Ko House, Wichita, Kansas. Wanted?To correspond with owner? having farms for sale cheap. De scribe land and improvements R. S. Fletcher, McColl, S. C. A good worm powder for horses ano mules. Safe and effective. Sem postpaid on receipt of 25c. T. E Wannamaker, Cheraw, S. C. Fairview House, Clyde, X. C.?Fine view, good water, good table Rates $C and up per week. No consumptives. Dr. F. M. Davis. Wedding Invitations and announce ments. Finest quality. Correc styles. Samples free. James H DeLooff, Dept. C, Grand Rapids Mich. Manuscript of Novels, essays, plays poetry, etc., wanted for issue iri book form. Address Broadway Publishing Company, 835 Broad way, N. Y. Real Estate?If you have any prop erty for sale list it with us. No charges unless sale is made Carolina Sales Agency, Orange burg, S. C. Bagging and Ties?dinners, farmers and merchants, save money by making contract with us now foi fall delivery. Write without de lay. Address, Bagging Factory Boykin, S. C. ORIENTAL RUG COMPANY. 1101 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md We make you handsome and dur able Rugs from your old wornou carpet, any size to fit a room or hall Let us send you a price list; jur write for one. Teachers?Write for free booklet "A Plan," showing how we help you get a better position. Thou sands excellent vacancies open paying $30 to $ I r>o monthly Schools supplied with teachers Southern Teachers' Agency, Co lumbia, South Carolina. Why don't you work for Uncle Sam? Civil Service Manual, which pre pares you ft>r the examination Three volumes (with maps), $3 express prepaid. Sims' Bool Store, Orangt-burc, S. C. Wanted?Hardwood lumber and logs. In lumber we want poplar, ash, cottonwood, gum and cypress. In logs we want cedar, w.lnut and poplar. Prompt cash and inspec tion at your point. Savannah Val ley Lumber Company, Augusta. Ga. Many people with chronic throat and lung trouble hi ve found com fort and relief in Fo?ey's Honey and Tar as it cures stubborn coughs after other treatment has failed. L. M. Ruggles, Reasnor. Iowa, writes: "The doctors said I had consump tion, and I got no better until I took Foley's Honey and Tar. It stopped the hemorrhages and pain in my lungs and they are now as sound as a bullet." Lowman Drug Co.; A. C. Dukes. Letters of Administration. The State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. By Robert E. Copes, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas W. G. Sease made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate of and effects of Mrs. Mary F. Sease, de ceased: These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Mrs. Mary F. Sease, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Orangeburg C. H., on July 24, 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 9th day of July Anno Domini, 1 909. (L. S.) ROBT. E. COPES, Judge of Probate. Letters of Administration. The State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. By Robert E. Copes. Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas D. D. Thomas has made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of J. L. Thomas, deceased: These are therefore lo cite and admonish all and singular the kind red and creditors of the said J. L. Thomas, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Orangeburg C. II.. on duly 29th, 1009 next, after 'publication thereof, at 1 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this I nth day of July Anno Domini, 1 909. ( L. S.I ROBT. E. COPES. Judge of Probate. SEASONABLE NEEDS AT THE HARDWARE SHOP. Again we call your attention to the best we can get for your hard ware needs. That is why we run the successful business we do. We get what you want. . Look over these very necessary articles: Screens?Door and window. Refrigerators that are good . Water Coolers. Fishing Tackle. Guns and Ammunition. Sporting Goods. Oil Stoves. Plumbing Experts. McCormick Implement Agents Hardware from A to Z. Then make a bee line to the best place. J. W. SMOAK, "The Hardware Man," THIS IS THE WEATHER WHEN COOL CLOTHES COUNT. Let us sketch fliiy you should buy your needs here. Materials all sound, all woolen by wool lest and fast color by our own test. Styles are safe but smart. PRICES ARE FAIR. Over all, like a blanket policy of absolute insurance, goes our guaran tee of satisfaction to your satisfac tion. Lest you should forget your wants: Straw Hats. Extra Trousers. Regal Oxfords. Reiser Cravats. Shirts. Underwear, Hosiery. Negligee Shirts. At held ic Underwear. Every need lor man or boy. Joe McNamara, PREMIER CLOTHIER. Mail Orders Solicited. Notice of Discbarge. On Angus! 5, 1 909, I will file wit It the Judge of Probate for Orange burg county. S. ('., my final account as guardian of the estate of Maggie Viola O'Brine, nee Reed, and will thereupon ask for my discharge as such guardian. JAMES W. REED. July 2, 1909. 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Absolute security guaranteed to Depositors. ? *> ?? * 6 * * O # a FIRE, LIFE, BURGLARY, TORNADO INSURANCE!! ALSO ? # ? 4 ? ? 0 I ? Written by A H. C. Wannamaker J I represent companies that's know to be good. Give me some of your business. ? SURETY BONDS Mr. Ericson's Old House. Go see it, it's a beauty. It stands out among all its neighbors, because the coloring is so bright and clear. Mr. Ericson painted with L. & M. Paint and says it cost I-'.', less than | ev-r before. He bought only 12 gallons of L. & M Paint and D gal lons of Linseed Oil to mix with it. This made lM gallons of pure paint, and cost only $1.20 per gallrn. It's as handsome as the fiDest in town. The L. & M. is sold by J. G. Wan namaker Mfg. Co.. Orangeburg. S. C. DKS. PKRREYCLEAR & SIFLY Dentists. Specialists In Operative Dentistry, Crown and Hridge Work and Plate work. We guarantee to save all teeth and roots that are useful in crown and bridge work. All work entrusted to us will be executed with the utmost care and the least possible pain. THE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING M?CHINE AVinter Cabbage Seed. The L. W. Dantzler winter cab bage se^d for sale at PRESCOTT'S. Ifyou wantelthera Vlbratln?Shuttlc. Rotary Shuttle or a Single Thread [Chain Mitch] Sewing Machine write to THE NEW HOME 8EWIN0 MACHINE COMPANY Orange, Mass. Many MwtflCmachines arc m:i<le to sc II rcgardleM of quality, but the K?W Home is made to ucur. Our guaranty never runs ouL Sold by authorized dealers only. roR ',al- dv M. T. SI FLEY.