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DOWN THE EDISTO TWO MOTOR BOATS MADE VOY AGE TO CHARLESTON. Seven Young Men Make the Trip, Which Took Five Days From Port to Port. After a five days' trip from Or angeburg the motor boats Eva and Gladys arrived at Charleston Tues day afternoon at about 2:30 o'clock. It was the pioneer trip for motor boats from Orangeburg to Charles ton by the North Edisto River. The young men who carried the Uttle craft to Charleston were: Messrs. M. E. Matthews, John Cart, Jr., H. J. Welch, R. A. Walter, W. Mc Walter, W. L. Glover and Clay ton Burghaus. The "Bailors" re ported a very delightful voyage and a trip that was unique in every re apeot. Although the party was somewhat fatigued by the long sail, they were in the best of spirits upon their ar rival in Charleston and said that the trip was so enjoyable that they In tended to make it again next sea son. The boats were open, but pro tected by an awning. The News and Courier says Commodore W. Hampton Logan, of the Carolina Yacht Club, had been expecting their arflival since Sun day last, and when they showed up Tuesday he met them at the club pier and extended the hospitalities of the club house, where they are now quartered. The reason that the boats failed to arrive on schedule time was be cause of the many snags and logs experienced in the upper North Ed isto River, which made it impos sible for the boats to go at any de gree of speed. However, the boats suffered no serious mishaps and ev eryone was In good shape upon ar rival in Charleston. The Eva is eighteen feet in length and is equipped with a four-horse power Gray engine. The boat is owned by Messrs. Matthews and Glo Ter. In the boat were Messrs. W. McC Walter, W. P. Glover and M. E. Matthews. The boat was built at Orangeburg. The Gladys is also eighteen feet In length, and is equipped with a three-horse power Detroit engine. The boat Is owned by Mr. John Cart, Sr. In the boat were Messrs. John Cart, Jr., Clayton Burghaus, R. A. Walter and H. J| Welch. Mr. John Cart, Sr., was a mem Oer of the party as far as Branchvllle. when he was compelled to return home, owing to sickness. The boats left Orangeburg on Thursday last at 7:30 o'clock In the morning. They proceeded down the North Edisto River until 8 o'clock in the evening. They then arrived at Myer's Turn Hole and stopped Xor the night. The motor boats tcw ?ed a small boat laden with provis ions and a camping outfit. The out fit was pitched and the party slept nnder a tent for the night. They were about forty miles down the river. A number of snakes and alli gators were encountered on the trip down to the first stop, and many shots were fired at the reptiles. . The party was qtfite exhausted after the first day's ride, and slept soundly. A mosquito net was placed around the bottom of the tent, and thus a pleasant rest was Insured. ?Supper was prepared by a colored chef taken along for the purpose of preparing the meals. At daybreak the next morning the party again set out and traveled about thirty-five miles further south. They arrived 0 at Edisto at 5:3 o'clock In the afternoon, and pitched tent again. It was at this point that Mr. John Cart, Sr., was forced to return to Orangeburg. The mos quitoes proved a great annoyance to the party at Edisto, but their spir its still ran high. At daybreak they again set out, and after covering about forty miles more, they pitched tent at 7:30 in the evening in an op en field. In the absence of Mr. Cart, Sr., Mr. W. L. Glover was elected vice-commodore, and the camp was named in his honor, "Camp Glover." The fourth camp was at Acker man's Landing in the "Big" Edis to River. The boats did not leave this landing until 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, due to the fact that repairs were necessary on the engine I of the Gladys. In order to get these repairs completed, outside assistance was necessary. Messrs. Welch, Cart and Glover volunteered to walk to the J. D. Ackerman saw mill and secure implements necessary. The walk was four and a half miles, but it was made with the result that the plucky little craft got away ear ly in the afternoon. The fifth stop was made at Yonge's Island. The boats arrived at 1:30 the following morning. The distance traveled was about eighty miles. The party was entertained by Mr. E. M. Mixson, who served them a delightful breakfast. The boats loft Yonge's Island at 10:30 yesterday morning and arrived at Charleston at about 2:3 0 o'clock. The party will be in the city of Charleston about two days and they will return to Orangeburg by the same route, which was as follows: Down North Edisto River to "Big" Edisto River, down the Wawho Riv er into Dawho Sound, then into North Edisto River, into Ward malaw River, into Stono River, through Elliott's Cut and Wappo Cut to the Ashley River, and around the Battery to the Carolina Yacht Club's wharf. The boat carrying the provisions and the campins: outfit was towed I as far as Jacksonboro, about ninety miles from Charleston by water. The boat was left at that point. The pro visions the party carried consisted of chickens, coffee, pfckles and bread. A quantity of fish was caught MARRIED AT BRANCHVILLE. Miss EsteUa Smoak and Mr. G. B. Herndon United. Orangeburg County journalism losos its brightest and iovllest orna ment as will be seen from the fol lowing which was sent to The News and Courier by its Branchville cor respondent: "While the people were busying themselves going to the different churches for the Sunday night ser vices, the Rev. E. H. Beckham, the popular Methodist pastor, was called to the Merchants' Hotel to unite in marriage the fair editress of the Branchville Journal, Miss Estella Smoak, and Mr. G. B. Herndon, a prosperous young business man of Eutawville, S. C. Rumors have been afloat for a long time about the editress joining the wedlock club, but thl3 was denied until the last half hour. "The wedding was a quiet affair, and only a few friends had time to witness the ceremouy. Mrs. Herndon will be sadly missed from the com munity, as she was a lady who took an active part in every undertaking, and its welfare. Mr. and Mrs. Hern don left Monday afternoon for a bridal tour. On their return, they win make their future home Irr Eu tawville." We congratulate Mr. Herndon on the great conquest he has made, and wish him and his fair bride a long and happy married life. CHANGES IN VOTING PRECINCTS. Those Made in Orangeburg and Cal houn Counties. The Legislature at its last session made some changes in the voting precincts in Orangeburg County. In Orangeburg the following precincts were struck out of the former act, as they are in Calhoun county: Ad vance, Cameron, Dantzler's Mill, Fall Branch, Forte Motte, Lone Star, Qoattlebaum, St. Matthews. And the following new precincts were creat ed: Ebenezer, Felderville, Raymond and Stokes. The following are voting preclnts in Orangeburg County: Ayers, Bow man, Branchville, Cedar Grove, Cope, Cordova, Dantzler's postofflce, Eben ezer, Elloree, Felderville, Jamison, Livingston, North, Norway, Orange burg, Phillips, ' Raymond, Rowes vllle, Sawyerdale, Springfield, Vance and Stokes, at or near the place of the late Dr. J. W. Stokes: Provided that all persons holding registration certificates entitling them to vote at Dantzler's Mill heretofore shall be entitled to vote at Felderville. UNCALLED FOR LETTERS. Those Remaining at the Postofflce in Orangeburg. List of letters remaining unclaim ed in the Orangeburg Postofflice for the week ending July 27. 1909. Per sons calling for same will please say that they are "advertised." A. D. WEBSTER, P. M. Mrs. Ida Colley. S. A. Counclll. Mrs. Mary Ford. Minnie Ferguson. Edward Garvln. 'Mrs. Ada Grant. Joe Gillyard. Martin Horn. Joe Jones. Ellar Kennedy. Mrs. Sarah Lagalr. Willie Maguire. D. B. Miller & Co. Francis Pearson. j G. B. Richerson. Francis Smith. Maggie L. Sharperson. Mary Simmons. Mayor's Court. On Tuesday morning the only case that was called was that of Morgan Jenkins, charged with being drunk and disorderly. He was not present and foreited his bail of $5. According to the best of our re memberance Morgan enjoys the dis tinction of paying the highest sum for the privilege of a plain "drunk and disorderly" case tried by the court thus far this summer. Yesterday morning there were no unfortunates. Ice Cream Supper. On Saturday evening, July 24, 1909, the young people of the sur rounding community were given a treat when Messrs. Jesse and Artie Fegel gave an ice cream supper at the home of Mrs. Boyd Felkel' near Elloree. These young men were the host of many invited guests, who, it is needless to say, had a' splendid time. The supper was enjoyed by one and all. ONE PRESENT. coming down and they were eaten with a relish. The Gladys lost three propellers on che trip. Both of the boats were brand new. Sometimes they were going at full speed and at other times they only drifted, owing to the snags and logs encountered. Tho scenery along the route was describ ed as being beautiful. While the country was generally flat, some times banks of sandstone fifty feet in height were passed. Hearing that the boats were coming, many per sons fa'Lered along the banks to see them pass, and this made the trip all the more interesting. The young men are all well known in Orangeburg. Mr. Glover is tho cashier of the Edisto Savings Bank: Mr. Matthews is manager of the Southern Bell Telephone Company at Orangeburg; Mr. Burghaus is a con tractor: Mr. Cart's father is engaged in the cotton business and is well known in Charleston; Mr. Welch is engaged in the piano business and Messrs. R. A. and W. Mc Walter are extensive planters. A GREAT SCHEME TO KEEP UP PRICES OP COTTON BY HOLDING IT. Backers Believe That It Will Take Away the Prestige of New York and Liverpool as Markets. After working on it for several months the plan for the establish ment of central ware houses at New Orleans, where cotton can be tried and handled in the South, was made public last week by W. B. Thompson, president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and chairman Of the com mittee jointly by the Farmers' Union and the bankers and merchants of New Orleans. The project in intend ed to eliminate New York, Liverpool and other European ports from the cotton market, to restore to New Or leans supremacy as the cotton capb tal of the world, to help the farmer to retain control of their cotton and to keep its price up. The scheme is not a wild and vis ionary one like the former central ware house project of the Cotton Growers Association, but is practical, well backed, has the support of the Bank of New Orleans, of the Louis iana State and the New Orleans city administrations, and of practically all the commercial interests of th> city, as well as the public generally. Some months ago the Farmers' Union held its annual convention-in New Orleans. The members were quite frank in their declaration that they believed that the New Orleans and New York Cotton exchanges were responsible for the low prices of cotton, and they announcedi their purpose to support the anti-future and anti-exchange legislation which had cropped out lately in the South ern States, and which had hit New Orleans so hard. This movement has reached its height in the resolutions now before the Georgia Legislature, asking the States' representatives in Congress to demand the Government and the postofSce department that the New Orleans and New York Cotton ex changes be denied *!:e use of rhe mails on the ground that they ar?* only gambliug concerns. The New Orleans Exchange at the time of the conference was In special danger, for the Constitution of Louisiana declar eB that speculating In cotton futures is agfr'rst public policy and instructs the Legislature, to pass the necessary law to break up this practice. The Constitution was framed in 1898, eleven years ago, the farmers being in control of the convention that framed it. The Legislature has never carried out these Instructions, although the question has been brought before it at every session, but at the last session it looked as though the blow would fall on the Cotton Exchange unless the good will of the farmers, could be secur ed. It was at this time that the Farm ers' Union met In New Orleans and made overtures to the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and New Orleans cotton merchants. Why, it was ask ed, could they not unite interests, the merchants guaranteeing the farmers against low prices and there by capturing for New Orleans the en tire control of the cotton trade? The idea found Instant and great favor. Partly from the threat of hostile legislation, partly from the promise of better business, the mer chants and bankers' greeted the farmers and the two met in a frater nal gathering at which it was decid ed to forgive the past and to work together for the future. The merchants and bankers were to find some way by which the cot ton growers could hold their cotton without too great a burden and ex pense to them and thus force better prices from the manufacturers, and they were aiso to find all the neces sary money to put the holding pro ject In practical operation, in other words, to prepare a working plan. The Cotton Exchange could not by its charter take any action In the matter, but its president, Mr. Thomp son, has been the active spirit in the whole affair and has worked out a scheme which is declared by all to be feasible and for which the money has been p:omise<' and which will unquestionably be tested. The cause of the low cotton prices, Mr. Thompson asserts in his report, is because the farmers are compelled by their exigencies and needs to sell their cotton as soon as they had pick ed it. It was rushed to market with groat speed and sold at once in order to realize, and it is shipped at once to New York or Liverpool, where it is held in stock until the manufac turers reed it. If it. were held in this country, if the South became the distributing centre instead <of New York and | Liverpool, and the cotton could be sold as it is needed instead of prac tically at a forced sale, better prices, it was argued, would prevail. The Southern farmers had several times tried to hold their cotton for higher I prices, and the efforts of several of the recent organizations have- been aimed at bringing this about; but) with nearly a million farmers in the I field, many of them compelled to : meet their debts at once, this scheme | of holding has been found impos-: sible. If central warehouses were erected in which the cotton could be stored and held and handled at a minimum cost the certificates for It being ne gotiable so that the farmers could pledge them and gel money on them I to meet their pressing debts, the cot-j ' ton crop could b marketed slowly and | held for better prices without too , heavy a burden or expense to the i ; farmers. I This being agreed on by all the interests the committe of which Mr. I Thompson is chairman was put to work to perfect the details of the | plan, and to find the money to carry MUST BE CLOSED. And Stay Closed Until the Election Is Declared. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says Dispen sary Auditor West, in spite of the I opinions from the office of the Attor ney General and from Governor An sel in connection with the closing of the dispensaries prior to the August election, has been receiving letters daily asking him the very questions which these opinions purpoted to an swer. "Please make it clearly under stood," said Mr. West Monday morn ing, "that the dispensaries must close on Monday at the close of business and must remain closed un til the result of the election is de clared." This and a number of other ques tions have bothered the dispensary auditor for the past few days. In order for the dispensary board to be fully informed, the following salient features of the recent Act and of the Constitutions thereof are given: 1. The county dispensaries must close August 2, at the end of the day's business. 2. The dispensaries must remain closed until the election is declared. 3. The dispensaries must not be opened on the 18th of August, as many think, but on the declaration of the election by the State board of canvassers. 4. No whiskey must be handed out in any shape or form by the dispen sers during the period from August 3 to the day on which the dispensar ies are reopened. it out. This has now been done and the report laid before the public has met at once with the greatest en thusiasm and with the promise of cordial aid and financial assistance I by the bankers and moneyed men of New Orleans. Any legislation that may be needed tq carry out the pro ject is pledged by the Governor and the political leaders of Lousiana. It is not yet known how much the central ware houses will cost. Six million dollars has been suggested as a starter, with $12,000,000 to complete the project, and possibly $20,000,000 if it reaches the propor tions expected. The money end of the project, however, has not been the most difficult. There ?eemed to be little doubt that the money could be raised by private capitalists and a tentative offer to that effect has re cently been pressed before the com mittee. There Is a strong suspicion that the real parties behind the pri vate offers of money to build the ware houses' are the railroads, which had ulterior motives?a desire to get control of the cotton trade. The proposition for privately own ed central waTe houses was accord ingly rejected and public ownership was proposed and insisted upon. This is the project which Mr. Thompson and his committee has Just made public and which has met with so much favor. The feasibility of the scheme is disputed by no one. The river front of New Orleans Is now controlled by the dock commission. It is a State body, nominally non-po litical, has done splendid work and enjoys universal confidence. It has authority to issue bonds, and only re cently sold $3,000,000 of them above par, the bonds being secured by the wharf receipts. With the money it has erected a splendid system of wharves along the river front, as fine as any In the country, with immense steel sheds for the protection of goods. It con trols all the river front for 200 feet from the bank. Another State com mission, also with authority to issue bonds, has constructed a belt rail road encircling New Orleans, giving communication to ah the railroads entering the city and running along side the dock commission's wharves and sheds so as to deliver goods to them. All that is needed, Mr. Thompson declares in his report, to put his plan in practical operation, is to give the dock commission the additional authority to erect the proposed cen tral ware houses. It already pos sesses the right to appropriate prop erty for its purposes. Its power to issue bonds is now limited and wP' not yield sufficient money to erent the ware houses. That power must be Increased by legislation, the com mission getting either the power to increase its bond issue $0,000,000, $1 2.000,000 or $20,000,000, oi" all limit taken off. On this point tln_re seems to be no difficulty. The Governor and the State administration are pledged to the ware house scheme, and the Governor's proclamation will prob ably recommend its adopting. The necessary measure is slated to come up before the next session of the Lousiana Legislature, which meets I in April, 1910, and it seems certain to go through. It can safely be predicted that the ware house scheme will be practical ly tested, but it is doubtful whether it c;mi be got in good working order [for the next cotton crop. Those who view the project with doubt and sus I picion as pledging the State of Louis iana and city of New Orleans to an advanced paternalism, if not social ism, have little confidence that the Legislature will stop with voting the issue of bonds for public ware houses, but believe that, following the line of this policy, the public credit will be pledged to broad schemes of public ownershop. Negro Arrested. Constable Felder, of Elloree, re turned from Columbia yesterday, where he had gone to get a neuro, one A. C. Cokley, who is held for stealing two bales of cotton from Constable Folder's brother some time in lftoj. This was the consta ble's second trip for the negro, but he finally got his man. The negro was taken to Elloree yesterday after noon for a preliminary hearing. ' COTI?N RfcP?Ki. Twelve cents was offered in the local market for good middling yes terday. i New York Futures. Open Close. January. 12.30 12.33-34 July. 12.31-33 August. 12.28-29 October. 12.27 12.32-33 ; December. . . . 12.30-33 12.36 - MAKES TRIPLE PLAY And Retires the Other Side All By Himself, Shortshop Neal Ball, formerly of the Atlanta and Montgomery clubs of the Southern league, and who went to the New York Americans two seasons ago, and is now with Cleveland, has made a record for himself that few ball players have ever attained. In a game at Cleveland Tuesday when his club was blaying against Boston, Ball made an unassisted trip le play. In other words he retired the Boston club without any help when there were two men on bases and none out. This is how it hap pened: Wagner and Stahl led off with singles. The hit and run signal was given. McConnel was at the bat for Boston. He landed on one of Cy Young's curves with a vicious crack. The instant the ball hit the ball both the base runners were off. The ball shot straight to Neal Ball. Coming in with great rapidity he sheared it in his gloved hand, and ran across touching second, thereby doubling Wagener, who had started to third. Stahl had taken a long lead off first base, and was almost at second when he say Ball grab McConnell's hot liner. Stahl was rurmfng at full speed and did not have time to slow up before Ball touched him with the horsehide, thus completeing a triple play. This was in the second inning and the next time Ball came to the bat he hit a home run, practically win ning the game for the Naps. GROUP OF MAIL BOXES. Its General Adoption Would Help Rural Carriers. In the last issue of the Farm and Fire side appears a half-tone cut of a unique convenience for rural mail carriers, for use at places along the routes where there are several mail boxes at the same point. Its adop tion in this county would save con siderable time for several of Or angeburg county'B rural mail car riers. The novelty is described as folllows: "It Is a common sight, when rid ing along a rural free delivery route, to find at some point where a branch road joins the carrier's route a cluster of from three to six mail boxes perched on stakes and strung along In a straggling group. In these the mail carrier deposits the mail for several families living off his direct route. "Such a collection is always more or less unsightly and not very con venient for the carrier, who has to stop and start for every individual box. Some enterprising farmers and vineyardlsts of Yates county, New York, have hit upon a very clear arrangement IJor obviating both these difficulties. "A heavy post was set flrmily in the ground, and on this was mount ed, so as to revolve freely, an old wheel from a hack wagon. On the rim of this the mail boxes were mounted. The wheel shown carries seven. The carrier now makes but one stop, and by revolving the wheel Is able to deliver the mail of seven famlies. The advantage bof.h in con venience and appearance over the oi l colony of boxes is evident. Any handy farmer cm deplicatc this ar rangement." A Problem for Teachers. A banker going home to dinner saw a $10 bill on the curbstone. He picked it up, noting the number and went home to dinner. While at home his wife remarked that the butcher had sent a bill amounting to $10. The only money he had was the bill he had found, which he gave to her and she paid the butcher. The bitch er paid it to a farmer for a calf, the farmer to the merchant, who in turn paid it out to a washerwoman, ami she, owing the banker a note of $10, went to the bank and paid the note. The banker recognized the bill as the one he had found, and which to that time bad paid $50 worth of debts. On careful examination he found that the bill was counterfeit. Now what was lost in the transaction and by whom ? Magistrate's Court. Leroy Marlin was the first man to answer to the roll call and his name was down for using obscene language, lie was found guilty anil fined si'.", or thirty days on the gang. He took the days. Peggie Rush was next up. She was charged with cursing, and drew $10 or thirty days in jail. As site had the cash, she paid out. The nexl batter was William Grant. 11<- was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon. He took the count and was given ? I or thirty days. He paid the line. Dally of lied Shirts. The committee tu select speakers for the Red Shirt reunion to lie held in Anderson August -?"> announced Monday that Senator Tillman, Form er Governor Shcppard, and Judge Robert Aldrich had accept invita tions to be present and make ad dresses. Each of these took promi nent parts in the organizing and leading Red Shirt companies in 1S7G. THE SPOKANE PARTY. Names of tho Delegates to the Ir rigation Congress. The South Carolina delegation to the National Irrigation Congress, numbering about twenty, left Colum bia Wednesday morning at 7:05 o'clock in a special Pullman car over the Southern Railway for Spokane, Wash. The following is the personnel of the party: Samuel Dibble, Orange burg; Samuel Dibble, Jr., Orange burg; S. M. Clarke, Estill; A. L. Berry, Welford; G. H. Cornelson, Orangeburg; E. F. Moore, Hamp ton; T. J. Hamlin, James Island; J. P. McNair, Aiken; T. M. Raysor, Or ' angeburg; E. F. Warren, Hampton; ! J. A. Lightsey, Hampton; J. C Lightsey, Hampton; W. J. Montgom ery, Dr. J. L. Folk, Brunson; C. J. Shannon, Jr., Camden; W. R. De j Loach, Camden; D. W. McLauriu, ? Marion; A. J. Bethea, private sec retary to Governor Ansel; Jones Williams, Hampton, and Commis sioner E. J. Watson. The party will be joined at Gardner, Mont., by Mr. L. "A. Manning Jr., of Latta, and at Portland by Prof. J. N. Harper and another of the Clemson faculty, who are attending the conference of the experiment station and agricultu ral colleges. Messrs. August Kohn, F. H. Nel son and W. D| Nelson are already in the West, and will join the party at the Congress. Mr. Samuel G. Stoney and Major A. T. Smythe, both of Charleston, are traveling in the West, and will also join the party at Spokane. This will bring the number of the delegation from this State up to twenty-six, which will very probably be the largest of any State east of the Mississippi River. The party will go as far as Chica go In the special Pullman, where the chartered tourists' car will be se cured for the remainder of the trip. This car will be used as sleeping quarters by the party, and will be parked at the stopping places, thus avoiding hotels. Commissioner Watson will carry a batch of literature tefllng of the towns of South Carolina and their resources, which will be given out at the various towns along the route. By this trip South Carolina will be intelligently advertised )throughout the West. The delegation will try to secure benefit in the matter of Ir rigation, drainage and conservation at the Congress. Another Veteran Gone. There was another vacancy in the gradually thinning line when Mr. Frank Felder, of Lone Star, passed over the river Monday night and now "rests under the shade of the tree," says the St. Matthews cor respondent of The News and Cour ier. He was not only faithful as a Confederate soldier, but has been a true and honored citizen in all the walks of private life. He was 79 years old and leaves one son, Mr. L. D. Felder, and three daugh ters, Mrs. W. P. Shlrer, Mrs. H. P. Rush and Mrs. C. C. Keller, all of this county. Mr. Felder was a staunch member of the Lutheran church, and was laid to rest Tues day afternoon In the pretty ceme tery of the Pine Grove Luthern church. He will be greatly missed in his community, where he has lived all his life, where he married a Miss McCIare, and where he reared a worthy and devoted family. Lunatic Dies on Train. Thos. Pearson, a negro lunatic, who was being taken from Charles ton to the Hospital for the insane at Columbia, died on the Southern train Tuesday morning between Rowesvllle and this city. The body was taken off here and turned over to the coroner and poor house au thorities of this county. An inquest was held and a verdict of death from natural causes rendered and the body was buried by the county. Dr. Wilson, of the Roper Hospital, was in charge of the lunatic and made the arrangements here for the burial of the body. Getting Much Better. We announce with pleasure that the Rev. George E. Davis, pastor of the Baptist church, who has been sick for several weeks with typhoid fever, Is now regarded out of dang-T and that he will soon be restored to health. Toast to Hcmvood Prince. "Here's a toast to Hen wood Prince and his wife! We well know that all the newspaper men of the State especially those who were in the thick of tin- fight in the 90s will heartily join in the toast." The Flor ence Times is right. We will all join in the' toast to Ilenwood Prince. Place Changed. On account of the court hou:>e be ing painted, the meeting that was to bo held there on Friday night, will be held in the .Methodist, church. Miss Emma Gary, of Atlanta, Ga.. will address the audience. The public is invited to be present. Wagener Ibises to North. Wagener and North played a very scrappy and interesting game or base ball on Tuesday afternoon, re sulting in a score of 5 to - in favor of North. Batteries, Wagener.Ly brand and Corbitt; North, Red and Holes. Umpire, Salley. Time 1.45. Taft Coming. President Taft Tuesday promised Representative Aiken that he would visit both Anderson and Columbia on the way back to Washington from the West this fall. Attending Farmer's Convention. I Messrs. .1. II. Claffy.J. F. Jennings, | W. S. Barton, Jr., T. M. Dantzler, W. . M. Bryce are in Columbia attending which opened in that city last night. ' LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUB REPORTERS. What is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities anc Towns. Does your phone work to suit you? The band concert has agein been postponed. Hon. C. C. Featberstono will speak on prohibition at Cope on next Tues day. Dr. G. B. Cramer will make a. prohibition speech at Branchville to day. Miss Gary will speak here on Fri day night on the prohibition ques tion. Revs. C. B. Smith and J. D. Daniel will make temperance addresses at Providence today. Three istores wjere robbed at Leesville Saturday night. The po lice here should be on the lookout. The municipal election takes place next month. If you have not regis tered you should do so at the first opportunity. The probdbltionlsts are working hard to put Orangeburg county la the dry column, and it is likely to go that way. There is between fifty and sixty thousand dollars worth of automo biles in use in Orangeburg county, and more being added constanly. Treasurer .Fair and Auditor Mc Michael are ready to ?ettle, and are anxiously awaiting the coming of Comptroller Jones for the purpose. There wi|l be a l?g Woodmen celebration at Providence today, at which speeches will be made by Hons. I. W. Bowman and T. CL Hamer. We are glad to announce that Mr. Frank Slater Wannamaker is now well again after several weeks of sickness. This will be good news tr> his friends. The Orangeburg Collegiate Insti tute announces the engagement of Mr. Harold A. Loring, of Portland, Maine, as director of music for ther season 1909-10. Cotton Is still selling for a good; price, and the indications are that the new crop will be sold at good prices if It Is not rushed on the* market too rapidly. Miss Rosalee, aged seven years, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Ott, of Branchville, passed away on last Sunday, after a brief Illness. It is bard to give these lit tle ones up. The people of the Four Holes sec tion are taking steps to establish a graded school and build an up-to date school building. We are glad! to hear this. It is one of the very best things any community can do. We are sorry to hear that some sections of Orangeburg county are? still dry and that the crops are go ing back very rapidly. We hopa good showers will soon visit every section of the county ithat needs rain. To cheer consumers The Washing ton Herald in an outburst of elo quence exclaims: "All is not lost. Congressmen are to have more gar den seed to distribute this year than ever before in the history of tHe? government. Miss Clara Rush died at Camden Tuesday, after an illness of two months, from pellagra. There are* several other cases of pellagra In Kershaw county. So far as we know there never has been one case in Orangeburg county. There has been five murders over in Marlboro County in the last two months. Whiskey was at the bottom of most of them, although Marlboro has been a dry county for about 4 0 years. Cocaine must have been mix ed with the blind iger whiskey hese people drank. The Office of Farm Management, United States Department of Agri culture, has now ready for distribu tion a circular giving a detailed dis cussion of the wild onion problem and outlining a plan whereby the pest can be exterminated. This cir cular will be sent free to any person; requesting it. Pearson's Magazine for August will print an article from the pen of Rev. W. A. Was-son, of Riverhead, L. I., in which he states that Record er Wbeldan of Poril.nd, Me., where they have had prohibition for sixty years, says there are four hundred drunkords in that small town. This, can hardly be true, and we wish some one would investigate the state ment. 5 *>? * Water at Meals In Hot t * Weather. * ?it i/ 1 Do not drink water or other * 2 liquids when you have fond in ^ your mouth, for one part of the :; + danger of drinking at meals is ^ -K that the till id may wash down *? $ into the stomach particles of ? food which have m>i been thor- ? otighly masticated and mipreg- -?. nai.il by the digestive jui.-es in * I he in.-ill h. *? Th? second danger, especially -v in summer, is that your dmiU may be too ecld. like ice water. * which so many foclish persons indulge in too much. When y??u swallow l<e water at mealtimes ijw water simply paralyzes the walls of the stom ach fur -?? time and stops the How of gastric juices until the IhmI.v warmth has overcome the chill and allows the juices to flow *? once more. Bui if you chew ? vour f.I well and DO NOT 2 PI!IN K VERY COLD FLUIDS J there is no danger. 3*