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SOME PLAIN TALK TO THE ICE COMPANY FROM ALDERMAN LATHROP, Who, on Behalf of the City Council, Says Certain Matters Complained of Must Cease. There has been much complaint about the service given the public by the Crystal Ice Company of this city. Things got so bad that the matter was taken before the City Council, which body instructed its finance committee to look into the complaints. Ablal Lathrop, Esq., chairman of - that committee, has written the following letter to the Crystal Ice Company, which no doubt will remedy the evils com plained of: Orangeburg, S. C, July 28th. The Crystal Ice Company, Orange burg, S. C. ?Gentlemen: You have already been notified that the City Council of Orangeburg, in consequence of conjplaints which have been made by numerous citizens of inefficient serv ice by your company In the delivery of Ice in the City of Orangeburg, at its last meeting instructed the finance committee to investigate the matter pertaining to the said com plaints, with a view to the taking of such action as might be within the power of the City Council to remedy the evils so complained of. As chairman of said committee I have endeavored to have your Mr. Skinner appear before the commit jtee that your company might be heard^in the premises before report ing our cbnclusjons fto 'the City Council. But owing to the continu ed absence of Mr. Skinner from the city, we have not been able to con fer with him, and understanding that it may be some time yet before he returns, I have thought it best to communicate to you the nature of the complaints made, and to inform you concerning the probable action of the committee if the complaints ?should be held to be well founded. First, Complaint is made that the ?delivery of ice to consumers is un certain and irregular. Second. That short weight is gen ?eral and excessive. Third. That the quality of Ice furnished is deficient in that it is sot solidly frozen. In the investigation of these charges it has been brought to the attention of the committee that your company refuses to sell ice to any one In the city who desires to en gage in the business of supplying ice to consumers, except, perhaps-, in limited quantities to be delivered -only at the place of business of such dealers. And that owing to an actual or tacit understanding be tween the manufacturers of Ice throughout the State, no dealer here will be supplied with ice from any, other source than that of your es tablishment. Without in any way indicating what our conclusions may be as to the truth of these charges, I may say that If true is would show that a-monopoly has been established in the ice business which no well gov erned municipality will permit to -continue. At the time your company was organized the City Council, being led to believe that an impcrtant in dustry was intended to be establish ed, undertook to foster the same by extending to it the benefit of relief from payment of city taxes under the laws of the State permitting such relief to manufacturing plants erected and to be erected within Its limits', and has also refrained from imposing a license upon your com pany as such manufacturer, which to the present time would amfount to no inconsiderable sum. The reason for such concessions, as above stat ed, was that it was to be supposed that the consumers of ice in the city would derive a benefit from the location of an ice plant here in the saving of freight and loss by melt ing which would be incurred in bringing ice from distant points. But if the erection of a plant here is to deprive our citizens of the privilege of purchasing elsewhere, and compels them to accept what ever terms your company may see fit to Impose, both in manner of ser vice and in quality of ice furnish ed, then it were infinitely better that we had no plant here so that our dealers could obtain a supply from other manufacturers, ana by tne competition which would ensue give to the customers reasonably good jservioe. This ;being so 'it would become the duty of the City Council to withdraw from your company the the privilege which it has hereto fore enjoyed in the matter of ex emption from taxes and payment of licenses, and to institute such pro ceedings as may ,'be necessary to remedy the evils complained of. Trusting that you will give this matter consideration, and that we may have your co-operation in our efforts to bring about a better con dition of affairs in the premises, I am, very respectfuwy, A. LATHROP, Chairman Finance Committee. Orangeburg City Council. Brukcinnn Injured. The Branchville Journal says "Mr. Sam Moungblood, n brakemrn on the Southern road, while riding on the side of a box car, saw that a door was going to fall and that It was going to strike him. He jump ed from the car to save himself, and as he jumped the door fell and struck him on the face and head. He was bruised considera?ly in the face and the head, and was uncon scious for about half an hour. Medi cal aid was soon gotten to him, and now he is improving as fast as pos VtRY SMALL CROP THE CONDITIONS GENERALLY ARE VERY POOR. The National Ginners' Association Estimate the Cotton Crop at Eleven Million Bales. As we have claimed all along the cotton crop this year is going to be very short in comparison with last year, and it ought to bring a fine price, and it will if the farmers will only market It slowly and not rush It on the maitiet. The report made on cotton con dition up to July 25, from Memphis, Tenn., by the National Ginners' Association, issued on Wednesday afternoon, gives the general aver age at 71.7. The average by StateB follows: Alabama 70, Arkansas 76, Florida 85, Georgia 79, Louisiana 62, Mis sissippi 64, Missouri 81, North Car olina 73, South Carolina 77, Okla homa 79, Tennessee 77, Texas 66. The report says: "This Is the lowest condition ever known at this season of the year and indicates a crop of around 11,000,000 and unless good rains fall in the next week throughout almost the entire belt, but more especially in Texas, southern and western Oklahoma and Mississippi, the crop will be under that figure." It will be noticed that the crop in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi is very short, being respectively 66, 62 and 64 per cent, while in nq State, except Florida and Missouri, does the per centage reach 80, and neither of these States produces much cotton. The outlook, there fore, indicates a small crop and good prices, if the farmers will only co operate .md market the crop slowly, and not rush it on the market as they generally do. Bled to Death. The Branchville Journal says "on last Tuesday morning Mr. T. W. Dukes lost a very fine mare by be ing snagged to death on a stump. "It seems that Mr. Dukes rode the horse down to one of his fields and on the way was frightened by a huge moccasin that ran across the road and struck its head on a sharp jumped quickly to one side of the road and struck its head on a sahrp stum that was close to the road side. It was snagged in the neck, and bled to death in a few minutes before any aid could be secured or anything done for the suffering ani mal. The horse was a very valu able one and was worth over $200. Thfe loss Is very heavy on Mr. Dukes for such an animal is valuable." Grand Rally of Veterans. It has been decided, by Camp Thomas J. Glover, U. C. D., to have a grand rally next fall of all, the veterans of the county. The meet ing will be held in the latter part of October, and promises to be an l interesting occasion. Such a meet ing should interest us all, and we should do what we can to make Ir a success. The following commit tee will have charge of the meet ings: Messrs. W. V. Izlar, Mortimer Glo/er, W. B. Way, J. A. Hartzog, C. R. "Jones, D. E. Wannamaker, J. A. Smoak, W. Wilcock and F. A. Shiffley. i Death of an Infant. Death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Felkel, near Elloree on last Tuesday afternoon, July 27, at four o'clock and claimed as Its own their little infant daughter. A precious bud plucked from earth to bloom in heaven. The bereaved parents did not have the pleasure of hearing its little voice, nor of seeing its pretty eyes, but they have the sweet consolation of knowing that their Jittle daughter is now safe in the Saviour's arms. She was laid to rest in Jerico cemetery in the presence of a few relatives. VERNIE E. SMITH. New Automobile Garage. Messrs. Cecil Culler and Norman Salley have opened an automobile garage next door to The Times and Democrat office on Russell street. They will keep on hand several well known makes of automobiles. In the last few days they have received a car load of Maxwell Runabouts, which we understand they have al ready sold. They will also have a repair shop ?.nd keep all kinds of supplies on hand. Messrs. Culler and Salley are both energetic young men, and we feel sure they will do well. We wish them great suc cess. Petition Being Circulated. The following petition is being circulated among the ladies of the city and already a large number of them have signed it: "We, the undersigned women of Orangeburg, do in the petition, beg that you will on August 17, cast your vote for prohibition, thereby j |)romoi^ng the happiness *pt our homes and the saving of our boys." Lodged in Jail. A preliminary hearing was given A. C. Cokley. the negro charged with stealing two bales of cotton in 1907, J in Elloree Thursday. He was bound over to the court of general ses- i sions and has been brought to this city and lodged in jail to await trial. Killed by Train. A very sad accident occurred at Salley on last Sundav by which a' ytoung man, Mr. Joe Gunter, son of Mr. Josiah Gunter, lost his life | by being run over and killed by a : train on the Southern Railway. We j have been unable to get at the par ticulars of the sad accident. "FACING a CRISIS" PLAIN, SENSIBLE TALK TO THE COLORED PEOPLE. Commissioner Watson Points Out to Them Their Exact Condition in the South at This Time. Commissioner Watson spoke at a meeting which is being held at Irmo by Rev. Richard .Carroll to several hundred colored people on last Tuesday. "The negro is now facing a cri sis," said <the commissioner, "the repeal of the lien law will throw many a man on his own resources, and the next year will tell whether the negro is going to be able to make good by himself. "The infamous dootrine of social equality must be stamped down," declared the commissioner, "for it is a vampire Jiore to be feared than the deadly sting of the rattlesnake." After summarising present con ditions Mr. Watson's remarks were, in part, as followsr: "Let us look for a moment now at the matter of the occupations in which the negro is engaged. Two thirds of the negro breadwinners of the country are engaged as ag ricultural laborers, farmers, plant ers and overseers, and as plain, general laborers. Between 1890 and 1900, however, those in agricul ture increased only 3 8.4 per cent, while the whites engaged in the same pursuit increased 43.5 per cent, and constituted 42.1 per cent of all the population engaged in agricultu ral pursuits. The occupations of ne groes are those that make heavy demands upon the muscular system, such as laborers, sawmill and plan ing-mill hands. There is a small second class requiring little skill, such as servants and waiters. A third distinct class is that in which the service is rendered by negroes almost entirely to negroes; school teachers and preachers. The sup ply of negro preachers in the South exceeds the supply of. the whites, and is steadily increasing. In the South more than one minister in three is a negro. The Competition. "Between 1890 and 1900 the num ber of negroes in such occupations as draymen, hackmen and teamBters, in which callings there is no close and constant supervision, materially decreased, and so in such callings as launderers, laundresses, railway em ployes, engineers and firemen; and again is this true in regard to such crafts as carpentering, blacksmith ing, barbering, fishing, cigar mak ing, etc. "Surely these figures show even a marked backward tendency on the part of .the race; (that the negro wherever he has had to meet com petition with the white race has lost ground, and this has been more marked since 1900. "But let's bring the matter down to our own State and see if the oc cupations the members of the race are following today give any indi cation whatsoever of <the results that so many thought would result from the attemept to educate the race up on academic lines, and if they do not on the contrary. prove the as sertion that this attempt at acade mic education, the policy pursued by out best thinking men in the hope of making 'the negro a better citi zen, has been proving and s today proving a farce, a delusion and a snare, indeed I might call it a crime of itself. Let us see if its tendency has not been ito unfit the negro of the rising generation forever for field work, honest and honorable manual labor, without enabling him to enter any of the occupations for which it was supposed to fit him. Let us see if this policy has not been largely responsible for filling the cities with vagrants. ?ent negro youths of both sexes to distant places where they can not get the oppor tunity to compete with the white man, dooming them to failure and to become criminal and moral de generates. Remembering that the negro youth who leaves the academic college does not go back to the farm in one case out of thous ands, and that in consequence the figures as to the agricultural laborer must be eliminated tnerefore from the case, just listen to these figures, and in them you will find proclaim ed in clarion notes the colossal failure and the immense damage to the race that this magnificent scheme of academic education has wrought and see the damage not alone to both races but to the welfare of the commonwealth that it is doing. Re member that these youths crowd to centres of population, increasing the I death rate of the race, increasing the crime of the country and filling the : prisons, and the thinking men of both races may weli stop to consider soberly and plainly the situation that confronts them. With the tremen dous load of academic education and its manifest evil results around his neck it is truly wonderful to me that! the negro has accomplished any thing at all; it is no wonder to me that the black youths of the State early become successful candidates for admission to our prisons; that the cry for worthy farm labor is everlastingly rising; that the death rate is for the ages between 10 and 20 years about three times that for the whites; that the death rate of negroes is 30.2 per thousand against 17.3 per thousand for the whites for all ages. "Now listen to the actual figures showing the occupations followed by ' the negro males above 10 years of age in the State: Total engaged in agricultural pursuits. 173.300 Agricultural laborers ... . 95,359 Turpentine plant laborers . 1,099 Preachers. 1,042 Teachers. 405 COTTON RfcPORl Twelve cents was offered in the i local market for good middling yes I terday. New York Futures. Open Close. January.12.44 12.40 July.12.44 . August.12.39 ,12.34-36 October .. .. ..12.45 12.38 December.12.47 12.41 Domestic- service. 27,672 Barbers. 537 Ordinary laborers. 22,367 Launderers. 156 Restaurant keepers. 103 Servants and waiters. 3,921 Watchman and firemen .. . 215 Clerks. 188 Draymen, hackmen and teamsters. 2,294 Hostlers.?. 243 Merchants*. 389 Office boys. 241 Porters in stores. 735 Railroad employes. 2,930 Bankers. 154 Blacksmiths. 751 Shoemakers. 340 Brickmakers. 567 Butchers. 267 Carpenters. 2,695 Stationary .engineers and firemen. 657 Fertilizer factory laborers .. 373 Fishermen and oystermen .. 471 Iron and steel workers .... 401 Machinists. 54 Brick and stone masons . . . 1,042 Quarrymen. 1,433 Oil mill laborers. 108 Painters. 693 Plasterers. 125 Sawmill hands. 1,690 Tailors. 189 "And what are the negro women doing? Let's see: Agricultural pursuits . . . . 94,060 Agricultural laborers . . . . 85,011 Teachers in colleges and schools. 962 Plain laborers.11,117 Laundresses.12,559 Nurses. . . . . 1,402 Servants and Waitresses .. 15,580 Dressmakers (1,245 white). 1,415 Seamstresses (900 white) . 578 "The natural tendency of the ne gro to seek an occupation Is shown by these figures; if the figures re veal the remotest trace of any value to the race of the philanthropic and other attempts at academic educa tion I fall to find it. When one con siders the total of the negro popu lation and looks at the Idle vagrants hanging around the towns and cities, and looks inside the State peniten tiary walls and the walls of the county prisons and on the county chaingangs, the evidence of the op posite effect are only too patent. "In the body politic?and I say It with no disrespect to the calling ?there are negro preachers who have merely a smattering of educa tion and no knowledge of the econ omic or moral needs of their race who don't work themselves because they are too busy prating about their 'rights,' a class that puts fool no tions into the heads of the negro youth, leads him astray and finally lands him in prison a life-long crim inal and a menace to even his own race as well as the civilization of the country. And so, without dis respect to religion, I might summar ize the sources of the majority of jthe troubles V>f tnlegro race, source for which the academic sys tem Is directly responsible, to too much preachers, politics and peni tentiary. "Now is there any hope, any fu ture for the negro citizen of South Carolina? I think there is. "As some one said the other day, the pro-negro enthusiast and the negro hater are running neck and neck to see which can do the black man a greater Injury. It is difficult to determine which is more unjust?the man who says there is no good in any negro, or the phil anthropist who boosts all negroes into a false position where they can not maintain themselves. The prob lem is a bigger and broader one? one of race, heredity and civiliza tion, and it is not peculiar to the white man and the negro of the South. It has always arisen wher ever two distinct races in large num bers'have dwelt in the same land. "'In my address to the Southern commissioners of agricultural at Nashville, Tenn., last November, I said among other things: " 'It is not for me to say what must be the final solution of this negro problem?the residing of two entirely distinct races in the same territory?for, in my mind, this is the greatest problem that any na tion has ever faced. I believe tie proper training cf the negro as a better and more efficient agricultu ral laborer instead of upon academic lines is the most sensible and prac tical step that can be taken in Hie South at this stage of our ex!s tance. Those who fancy that the great excess of negro population will move to other portions of the coun try fast enough (to furnish relief will find that belief unfounded, for the reason that in the North and East today the door is being closed as never before to the negro for practically every class of manual la bor. This has become more pro nounced day by day in the last three years. So it is that we have this great population with us for a long time io come, and it behooves us to use e\ery endeavor to rescue our country from the curse of the pres ent, tendency system, to get the white farmer to farming as they farm elsewhere in the world, upon diversified lines, raising home sup plies and making $10 where he is making $1 /today; and as surely as we do this, so surely will the negro, as a result of the example set him, stay closer to the farm and with each succeeding day be come more efficient as a farm lab orer." SHORT LAY SERMON PARENTS SHOULD NEVER DE CEIVE THEIR CHILDREN. Parents and Teachers Often Teach a Child to Lie Unintentionally by Their Words or Acts. A natural element of the soul, heaven born, is that of perfect faith and truth. This luxury of the soul presents to us the great responsibil ity of parente and teachers. The parent or teacher often teaches a child to lie by speaking and acting lies. One of the most effective ways to manufacture a nation of liars and defaulters is by the object les son system. A mother tastes some nauseous medicine, assuring the child by words ? and actions that It is very nice. The child takes the medicine, detects the lie the mother has told it, learns by such lessons to deceive and conseqeutnly never climbs to the mountain top of hon or and write his name by the side of George Washington. No child could have the implicit confidence it would have had, had the mother teen true and said: "T.us i/.edicine :s bad to take. You are s ck and M is necessary that ynu lake it to g't well.' Such a course v.ould inspire confidence and trust, I truth wouju not be sacrificed, but a lesson c obedience and courage manifested in '.be presence of one of the little ones- of whom the Great Teacher said, "Suffer the lit j tie children to come unto me and J forbid them not for such is the king dom of heaven." Another instance?this used to belong to the school room, possibly the practice has gone out of date, we allude to the practice of se.f reporting. A young lady of truth ful character, abhoring lying, with a scrupulously truthful mother who instilled this virture in her daugh ter, wa9 made to bow to untruth by this evil practice in the school room. At first when her classmates, who had been whispering all day, answer ed "perfect" she felt a loathing and disgust, and always said she whisper ed. The others who lied about it were praised continually, while she was publicly reprimanded before the school. Thus the teacher was giving a reward for dishonesty, and while unconscious of the fact, was aiding Satan to discourage virtue and dur ing the character forming period of life established an imperfect cus tom in one that breed ruin and de cay. Let us remember children are keen observers, but they are nat ural sociable and friendly, and c~iy departure from truth will wound the simple and trusting nature of a child. As we grow older we realize no poet's pen or painter's brush can ever depict the glory of childhood for such a day one would almost treat backwards through the check ered years and encounter the trials and disappointments, the pains and perplexities of life, and view as in the olden time on either side their withering hopes.- Parents, live in such a manner that when you give to your children the good-bye kiss they will honor you and rever your your loving council. Teachers, so conduct your schools that your pupils may never learn to manifest brazen audacity and ex hibit wares not their own and un lawfully obtained. Immortal souls are In your keeping. Their happi ness for time and eternity largely depends upon you. Do not be in strumental in introducing false methods and wrong ideas, and false ideas of advancement, but train up the children in the morning of life in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord," remembering that "as the twig is bent the tree is in clined." An Enjoyable Fish Fry. The Branchville ournal says "an enjoyable fish fry was given last Tuesday at Jim May landing and quite a gay crowd attended. The table was spread, and a nice dinner was served. After dinner they all took a pleasant bath in the shallow river. Those attended were: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dukes, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. McAlhany. Mr. ana Mrs. C. S. McAlhany, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McAlhany, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mc Alhany, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Berry, Messrs. Shields, Dannie, Tiller, Ju stus, Jake, Clarence. Crady. Ed. Ike, Ernest, Archie, Perry and The odore McAlhany and Harry Berrey. Frank and Perry Dukes and Misses Mityiene, Essie. Fannie, May and Nettie Dukes, Mamie, Lizzie, May and Hattle Berry, Minnie Lee, Net tie, Sallie, Frances, Dollie, Pansy and Leola McAlhany." Mayor's Court. There were not any cases tried by the mayor on Thursday morning. However, yesteirday John David Fritz stood charged with the theft of a guitar from one Walter Brun son. The funny thing about it wa.i that John David could not play the instrument, and therefore did not enjoy the music he wished to when he "appropriated" the guitar. And another funny thing was that he went to Rowesville with the guitar that he could not play, and took the said guitar with him and also brought it back?for the lack of a buyer. And the next funny thing was that it cost John David $10 yesterday morning, but as he didn't have it, he will probably be seen on the next public appearance of the gang, marching to the accompani ment of a guitar?we mean a pickax. Poor John. Sinking fund?ocean divers' sala ries. IHfc BLALK ROOT DAMAGE BEING DONE IN GEOR GIA COTTON FIELDS. State Entomologist Worsham Says That Loss to Planters of State Will Be Over MlUion DoUars. A dispatch from Atlanta says: "From the reports coming in from various sections of the State in re gard to the increased damage done to the growing cotton crop by the black root disease, it now appears that this will cause a loss to the Georgia farmer of over a million , dollars this year." ! I This startling statement was made ! by State Entomologist E. L. Worsh I am in discussing the ravages of the i black root which is proving so dls i astrous to the cotton crop through out the State of Georgia. He is mak ing a strong fight for the appropria tion of $10,000 asked for in the bill by Representatve Henderson, of Irwin, one of the largest cotton growers in the South. Prof. Worsham says that black root is worse than the boll weevil in that when a stalk of cotton is at tacked by black root the whole stalk dies, thereby losing all the product in cotton, while the boll weevil gets only a certain per cent of the bolls. With the appropriation asked for, Prof. Worsham believes that a resist ant variety of cotton may be se cured and the department will be able to put more experts in the field to give the farmers first hand assis tance. Any injury to the cotton crop deals the planters a double blow now, for not only does he lose in the price of the fleecy staple, but he also loses in the products of the cotton seed, which have come to be such a valuable part of the cotton crop. Just now the cotton oil mills of the State are beginning their an nual crush, turning out hundreds of gallons of cotton seed oil, which is finding ready sale at home md abroad, and also thousands of tons of cotton seed meal, which is being consumed by the cattle of the State, for it Is readily acknowledged as the first and foremost cattle feed on the market. The passage of this bill, which means so much to the Georgia farm er, Is being awaited with interest. A GOOD WORK. Philathea Class of St. John's Chapel Formed. The Philathea class of St, John's Chapel was- organized last Monday evening, with the following officers: President, Mrs. Edward Taylor; vice president, Miss Marcella Dun can; secretary, Miss Ethel Andrews; treasurer, Miss Callie Harmon. The foljowung committees were appointed: Membership Committee ? Misses Carrie Harmon, Ethel Andrews, Mar cella Duncan and Ella Dickhard. Social Committee?Mrs. D. W. Andrews, Mrs. A. E. Davis, Mrs. Harden, Mrs. Price, Misses Marcella Duncan, Venice Bernan and Ethel Andrews. Missionary Committee ? Mrs. Vaughn, Miss Hattie Lucas. The class meets on Friday eve nings at St. John's Chapel at 8:00 o'clo-k. The motto of Baraca and Phila thea classes is, "Young men and young women work?ng for young men and young women, all standing by the Bible." Baraca and Philathea classes are organized Bible classes of men and women, over 16 years of age, in the Sunday school for honest, earnest study of the Bible, and for work along all lines, religious and social, that tend to lift up and make better their own lives and the lives of those about them. The word Baraca /means ''blessing." Philathea, "Lovers of truth." REPORTER. LARGE MEETING. Many Speeches Made at Providence on Prohibition and Woodcraft. On Thursday there was a large crowd, estimated to be about 800 assembled at the grove, near Provi dence church, to hear the speeches. The address of welcome was deliver ed by Mri=. Abrain Shuler, who warm ly welcomed the speakers and hear ers to the meeting. The next ad dress was made by Hon. I. W. Bow man, of this city, who spoke on the subject of ?'Woodcraft." Miss Delehuty, of Charleston, was the next speaker and her subject was "Woodmen Circle and Women of Woodcraft." After Miss Delehuty came Hon. T. C. Hamer, of Ben nettsvllle, who is a well known Woodman, and he also spoke on "Woodcraft." After these address es on Woodcraft, Rev. Charles B. Smith delivered a stirring address on "Prohibition." After the speeches a fine picnic dinner was served which wa: very much enjoyed by all present.. Death (if an Old Citizen. Mr. W. A. Pearson, who lived about six miles over in the Fork, died on last Wednesday. Mr. Pear son was a good farmer and did well. He was near seventy years of age at the time of his death, and was a gallant soldier in the war between the States. He never married. We 'believe Mat h*e was a iCOmmuni cant of the Baptist church. It's hard lines, as to selling, when the amateur writer drops into po etry. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR REPORTERS. What is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. Why can't" Orangeburg have one or more new cotton mills? Major W. L. Glaze has returned from Glenn Springs, where he spent about ten days. Sims' Book Store has been bright ened up with paint and other deco rations by Mr. Covar. Mr. W. D. Houck's handsome store at Cameron is nearlng completion. When finished it will be occupied, by Mr. T. Fred Ulmer. Rev. J. H. Thacker will commence protracted services at Limestone church on Sunday and will continue them through the week. On and After Monday thle dis pensary will be closed until its fate is decided by the election which will be held on August 17. Messrs. F. M. Green, D. T. Bozard: and H. B. Godfrey have been elect ed members of Thomas J. Glover Camp, U. D. C, of this city. It is reported that several bar rels of whiskey has been received in this city by one man to supply the thirsty when the dispensary closes up. Hon. C. C. Featherstone will de liver an address to a prohibition meeting at Springfield on next Thursday. He is a good, earnest speaker. A. W. Holman, Esq., has removed from St. Matthews to Spartanburg where he will continue the practice of law. We wish him success in his new field. ' The farmer, who feedeth all, is getting ready to put more money in circulation this fall than we have ever had before. We hope he may be able to keep some of it for his use. The Hustler says Hendersonville will demand better telephone facili ties in the future from the Bell Tel ephone Company. It seems to us we have heard something like that down this way. Mr. Frank C. Bryant leaves for Hender8onville, N. C, this evening, where he will spend two weeks. Mrs. Bryant has been up there for some time and will remain the bal ance of the summer. The Times and Democrat will wel come the "Central Printing Plant" that is said to be contemplated for this city, but having invested in a very expensive plant itself it will have to continue to hoe Its own row. Bill Ancrum is still at large. As a matter of fact, Bill seems to be a slippery negro. The sheriff and his ^deputies Spent \the major portion of Thursday night hunting for him, but it seems that he knows the woods pretty good. Mrs. John A. Zeigler and family, of Summerville, have removed to? Orangeburg. The family will reside with Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Crum on Amelia street. The family will re ceive a warm welcome from their many friends in this city. President Thos. E. Miller, of the State Colored College, who was ap pointed a delegate to the educational conference at Seattle, Wash., by Gov. Ansel, left for that city Thurs day morning. He is the only color ed delegate named from South Car olina. The Greenwood Journal says Mr. J. Frank Rush, of that county, is using a steam plow with success It does the work of many hands and mules and is easy to run from one field to another. Why don't some of our progressive Orangeburg farmers try one of these steam plows? The officers of Farm Manage ment, United States Department of Agriculture, has now ready for dis tiibution a circular giving a detail ed discussibn of the wild onion problem and outlining a plan where by the pest can be exterminated. This circular will be sent free to my person requesting it. The Progressive Farmer says the imost prosperous farmers of the South, almost without exception, get their nitrogen by growing legumes; the poorest ones get theirs from the fertilizer bag. One way leads to poverty, the other leads to prosper ity, and it is for each man to choose which path he will travel. The lunch given to the Confede rate Veterans last Tuesday was furn ished by Veterans W. B. Stouden mire, J. E. Roone. J. A. Hartzog and C. R. Jones. It was served by Misses Mary McMichael, Claudine Wanna maker, Wilhelmene Antley and Mrs. J. E. Salley. These lunches, which are given at every quaterly meeting, are always enjoyed by the veterans. Mr. Henry Von Ohsen, who, as previously stated, was badly hurt last Sunday at Savannah by the au tomobile in which he was riding being run down by a train. Is rest ing well, but it will be some time before the extent of his injuries will tie definitely known, as he was se verely injured about the head, and was unconscious for fifteen or twen ty hours after the accident. Pointed Paragraphs. Somewhow. the person who puts on airs is not often the one whom we consider breezy. In one sense, the ocean diver may beat the fireman getting lo the top of the ladder. The optician says he expects to have customers who come to him just for the looks of the thing.