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. SOME .MIGHTY GOOD PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO US. Movement of the People of the Holly Hfll and Eutawville Sections to Join Orangeburg. There has been a silent movement going on for the past four or five years among the people of that part -of Berkeley county embraced in the territory In the neighborhood of Hol iy Hill and Eutawville looking to a union with Orangeburg county. The sentiment has grown to such an extent that steps are now under "way to take a vote on the question -of annexing that portion of Berkeley -<ounty to Oracgeburg county. A pe tition is now being circulated among the Berkeley county people to order an election to decide the matter. It would be a great convenience as well as benefit to the people of that section of Berkeley county to join forces with Orangeburg coun i ty. They would, in the first place, be leaving one of the poorest and joining one of the richest counties in. the State when they come to Or angeburg. Besides, they would be more convenient to the county seat than they are now. They have direct Tallway communication with this city and they could come and go at will with little trouble. Then, too, ' Orangeburg is connected with that section by fine dirt roads, which would enable the people living there to visit Orangeburg in private con veyances with comfort and dispatch. As stated above the movement has now become definite, and a petition Is now being passed around among the people interested praying the governor to order an election in the near future for the voting on the contemplated annexation. This petition, from all reports, is being signed by every farmer to whom it has been carried. The con census of opinion is that the two thirds majority necessary to make possible the annexation will be easily obtained on the election day. The supporters of the movement say that they are assured that there will be little or no opposition on the part of any of the residents of the Berke ley territory that wishes to join Or angeburg. The plan outlined Is to call a meeting at Holly Hiil some time in the near future to decide upon de , finite plans to bring about the elec tion. An invitation will likely be ?xtended to the supervisor and coun ty commissioners of Orangeburg county; to the city counsel, and the chamber of opmmerce of Orange burg city and iisklng, also, that del egates be sent from different sections of this county. The lands around. Holly Hill and Eutawville are among, the finest farming territories in the State and some of the wealthiest and most substantial farmers live there. Orangeburg will welcome this sec tion and the superb citizenship in habiting it. This movement is not new, as some folks seem to think. It has been proposed for several years, and was only postponed from time to ; time until the present. We hope now that it will be pushed through to a successful conclusion. Some of the most influential residents of that section of Berkeley county are in favor of the movement, nd will see that it is carried through to a suc cessful conclusion. Orangeburg county would receive the new com ers with pleasure, and do ail she cculd to make them feel at home Jfo one in Orangeburg county would rejoice more on the consumation of the plan than the Editor of The Times and Democrat, who has many personal friends in the territory that is embraced in the proposed annax atlon. Mail Carrier Badly Hurt. On Thursday afternoon Mr. Harry Byrd, mail carrier for Route No. 3, Branchville, came very near meet ing with a fatal accident while out horseback riding. Mr. Byrd has a very beautiful Indian pony and was riding her in a pretty fast lope and just as he was about to pass a tele graph pole that stands on the street in front of the Methodist parsonage he tried to guide the pony to the right of the pole and in a moment the pony darted to the left, struck Mr. Byrd's face against the pole. Mr. Byrd was knocked unconscious and the physician says that if his face had struck the pole a few inch es higher up on the side of his head that it would have killed him in stantly. He is better and his many friends hope for him a speedy re covery. The Fund is Raised. The funds for the erection of a monument to the women of the Con federacy has been secured. The monument is to cost $19,000; $7,500 being appropriated by the legisla ture and the remainder by popular subscription. This announcement was made Saturday by Capt. Wil liam E. Gonzales, treasurer of the monument commission. The amount given by the people to the cause was $11,500. The funds were raised through the efforts of Capt. Gonzales and The Columbia State. Orange burg county contributed $227.75 of the $11,500 collected. Silver Wedding. The Denmark correspondent of i the Bamberg Times says among the out-of-town \fisitors to the silve" wedding of Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Cuess were Mrs. X. B. Dial and Mi^s Dial of Laurens, Mr. J. W. Mitchell; of Batesburg. Mrs. Dr. Strother and ! Rev. B. J. Guess of Johnston, Mr. i and Mrs. W. C. Crum and Mr. Ma-! son Crum of Oraageburg and Dr. W. j C. Smith of Willbton. ELKS BAR LOCKER SYSTEM. Will Not Allow Liquor Stored in Their Rooms. As stated in Saturday's Times and Democrat, the Elks Lodge at this place has banished whiskey from its rooms, and will not allow it stored ?there as formerly In lockers. This puts the membership of this fine or-] der on record in reference to the j liquor question, and the public gen erally appreciates the stand they have taken on the matter. Here is the resolution passed by the Elks: "Resolved, That no intoxicating liquors, spirituous, malt or ferment ed, shall be kept or stored, either in private lockers or otherwise, within any room or place owned or con trolled by this lodge." j The Elks' home here is' well Io ! cated and occupies the second and j their stories of the handsome Bar- J ton building just across from the court house. The third floor Is us ed for a meeting hall and for a danc ing hall. On the second floor of J the building are the parlors, read j ing and reception rooms, billiard room and lunch room. Heretofore the club has permitted the locker, system among its members, but that is now abolished. The Elks is one of the best orders in this country, and its membership here, as elsewhere, is composed of the best people we have. We are glad that they have taken the ac tion they have in reference to the locker system. It puts them on high ground, and will make the weeding out of illegal clubs so much easier. FIRST BALE SOLD And by Whom for Twenty Years at Orangeburg. Prof. Anton Berg, who Is well known here as authority on the daily weather temperature, amount of rainfall and important local statis tics in general, handed to The State's correspondent Saturday morn ing the following interesting record of the first bale of cotton, date and name of seller, being sold in Orange burg for the' past 20 years. The three years missed in the record were caused by the professor being away traveling over the United States or Europe. The following is the record ?year, date, seller and price: 1888?August 8. 1891? August 14, H. Moore, 7 cents. 1892? August 19, H. Moore. 1894? August" 16, E. Brantley, 8 cents. 1895? August 20, E. Brantley, 1-2 cents. 1896? August 1, E. Brantley, 1-2 cents. 1897? August 10, E. Brantley, 3-9 cents. *: 1898?August 16, A. J. Smoak, 5 cents. 1899?August 10, E. Brantley, 6 1-4 cents. '1900?August 11, J. Ulmer, 10 1-2 cents. 1901? August 9, Fersner, 8 cents. 1902? J. Fersner, 8 cents. 1903? August 24, Smoak, 12 1-2 cents. 1904? August 19, E. Brantley, 10 1-4 cents. 1905? August 10, F. F. Bell, 11.30 cents. 1906? August 22, Smith, 10 cents. 1907? August 24, Rickenbaker, 11 cents. 190&?Augutst 15, Felder, 10 cents. 1909?August 19, S. Murph, 12 1-2 cents. The record shows that during the past 20 years only once was cotton as high as at the present time for the season's opening. Taxes Are on the Rise. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier says "imme diately after the election favoring prohibition in their county, the town council put an extra 5-mill levy up on the property of the taxpayers. As a result there has been weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. The amusing feature is that some of the most enthusiastic Prohibitionists are scratching their pates as vigorously as the rawest dispensary sinner. How anybody could expect other than a raise of taxes is not explained. The truth of the matter is the 5-mi!l increase is only a mild beginning. There are heavy burdens aheai with Co';rt houses and jails, depleted school treasuries, etc., etc., and there r:;ist necessarily be a closer and more careful economy in order to adjust t atters peaceably." Club Again Raided. The Edisto Social Club was raid ed again on Saturday morning by the police, who found only a lit tle whiskey in the lockers, which they did not seize. All the rooms were visited except one, which Dr. Brown, the head of this club, re fused to open. The officers serving the warrant were not sure they had a right to force the door and sought advice, which was given to the effect that the officers had a right to force the door. The door was then open ed, but nothing was found. "The Virginia Heroine." The young people of Cope will pre sent the drama, "The Virginia He roine," at the school house at that town on Thursday evening, L'fith in stant, at half-past S o'clock. As the admission is only ten and 11 f teen cents the house should be crowded. Don't fail Ao go and see this beautiful drama. Some Old Cotton Sold. Two bales of old cotton were sold here Saturday by Major \V. L. (Maze, executor of the estate of Miss Rebec ca Way. The cotton was left by the late J. J. Way, father of Miss Rebecca, and is about twenty years old. It was bought by a local firm. GOL? BRIUK GAMiS SOME NEW ONES THAT THE SHARPERS NOW OPERATE. The Latest Devices That the Swin dlers Use to Separate the Confid ing Individual and His Money. Americans are the cream of the credulous, declares a writer In Pear son's Magazine. We sometimes har bor the idea that the British is the most ready and willing of all men to part with his money to a sure thing gamester, but when it comes to competition against all comers the average American hits the bulls eye. The sure-thing men of today (in corporated) know this and build up on it. One of the biggest of them claimed not long ago that if he were given time he could sell worthless stock to three Americans out of every five, provided the gullible three had the money or could raise it. He actually counts upon one vic tim for every 50 circulars sent out through the mails-. The common average, as the postal officials will tell you, Is one dupe for every hun dred circulars. Not bad, consider ing the cheapness of printing and postage. There is a firm in New York that coiiects and sells addresses ol peo ple who buy things through the mails or who have at some time evinced a desire to do so. These addresses are sold at $8 a thousand. They are assorted under various headings. If, for example, 12,000 men have sent in appalications for wives to a New York matrimonial bureau that list is worth $9 6 to a $3 diamond ring concern that is setting up a cir cular mill. The sure-thing operator has pas sed through various stages of pro gress. The now unsafe shell game, gold brick axd green goods swindles which he operated with such profit able results in the '80s and the ear ly '90s made way for the half in terest game, whjich flourished 10 years ago, and the employment game which is still going on, though not to its former extent. The half interest advertiser sold you a partnership in anything from a peanut roaster to a piano factory. Whn you had bought it the next thing was to find it, or if you found it you discovered .that it belonged to somebody else who knew nothing about the men who sold it to you. The employment game consists of an opportunity to sell on high sal ary the goods or the stock of a com pany in which you must first buy shares. Then when you have paid over your money you are assigned a territory, generally a long distance from the company's office. After you have gone at your own expense to Milwaukee, Dubuque or Kansas City, there to await tele graphic orders as to what to do next, you take it out in waiting. The or ders never come, and when you go back to the company's office you find that the company has floated away an the magic carpet, nobody knows where. But it was soon found by the swindlers that these devices, like the green goods game, j.s rather crude and almost equally unsafe. So to the education of the man who ran the half interest or employment scheme was added a post graduate course in high finance. It came to be recognized by the swindling gentry that there was aothing like a corporation when one wanted to do a really safe and pros perous business. Then, too, the cor poration must have something some where. If it is a mining company it must have a hole in the ground. If it is a rubber or coffee company it must have some sort of concession from the Mexican or South American government, which it always very easy to get. If it is a cotton concern it must have a fence corner some where down South. These things are actually neces sary in order to show in court when the time comes that the men who have taken your money have endeav ored to carry out their part of the contract and that they have failed is merely their misfortune. For to fail in business is not necessarily a crime. The Times and Democrat would advise its readers to let all these concerns that want to make money for them while they sleep severely alone. They are swindles, pure and simple. We have declined to odver tise several mining concerns that were trying to sell its ffock to the public. Ninety-nine per cent of such things are fakes, and if you put your money in them you will lose it. If you have more money than you want to use invest in some enterprise right here at home that is managed by people you know to be honest and trustworthy. Rowesville's First Bale. The first and only bale of new cot ton of this season that has been sold at Rowesville was grown by Mr. J. E. Fairey and sold by him to the Crum Company at 12 1-4 cen'.s per pound on Friday. Mr. Fairey is a very successful fanner near Rowes ville. He has splendid cotton anil corn crops and it is probable that he will put a few oales of cotton on the market this week if the prhs and weather is favorable. To Confederate Veterans. The Confederate* Veterans of Or angeburg county will meet at tin Court House on Saturday, Septem ber 6th. at eleven o'clock to elect a board of Pension Commission to serve for the next year. T. E. GRAMBLING. J. C. PIKE. Chairman. Secretary. COr l ON MAhKET The tone of the market yesterday was easy, with the buyers offering 12 cents for good middling. New York Futures. Open Close. January.12.19 12.24. . March .. .. ..12.20 12.27 October.12.15 12.25. December.12.16 12.28 CANDIDA!ES CARDS. For Mayor. I hereby announce myself a can didate for Mayor of the City of Or angeburg at the approaching elec tion. If re-elected I will enforce all laws to the best of my ability. J. W. H. DUKES. For Alderman. I hereby announce myself a can didate for alderman for the City of Orangeburg at the approaching mu nicipal election and if re-elected I will serve the city to the best of my ability. J. X. WEEKS. For Alderman. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as alderman of the City of Orangeburg. N. W. WERTZ. For Alderman. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as alderman of the City of Orangeburg. W. G. SMITH. For Alderman. I hereby announce mysef a can didate for re-election as Alderman of the City of Orangeburg at the ensuing election. ABIAL LATHROP. Rull Swamp Items. This community was very much surprised Sunday, Aug. 12, when Mrs. ldonia C. Amaker became the wife of Mr. L. V. Goutt, of Swansea. The ceremony was performed at the home of Mrs. Amaker, the Rev. A. A. Amaker officiating. We have been so fortunate as to have the gang In this section for several weeks, and the roads are very much improved. The good peo ple of this section showed their ap preciation of the work of the gang by giving them a bountiful surprise supper on the last night of their en campment here, which was very much enjoyed by all. We are badly in need of rain at present. The crops are very good. Cot ton picking is the principal attrac tion. A few bales have been sold from this vicinity. There are a few visitors in the neighborhood. Miss Katie Belle, of Jamison, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Price. Mrs. G. Hampton Pou, of Colum bia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. K. Amaker. How Is This? We received the following note on Saturday: Norway, S. C, Aug. 20, 1909. Editor Times and Democrat. Gentlemen: Something wrong, for I do not get your paper three times a week. Once or twice is all I get It. Yours respectfully. M. B. GUE. There is something wrong, sure enough, if Mr. Gue does not get The Times and Democrat three times a week. It is mailed to him every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and if he does not get these papers we would like the postoffice folks over at Norway to look up the mat ter and let us know the reason why. Some of the papers are lost between this office and the Norway office and 'we want jtl^e matter straightened out. A Mule's Peculiar Death. Last Tuesday morning Mr. J. A. Jones, who lives ahout eight miles from Branchville, lost one of his best farm mules. Mr. Jones drove the mule to his field, where he was gath ering some fodder, and, as usual, he tied a rope around the mule's neck and then tied the rope to a sma!' tree. Then he went on to his work and did not think that the mule could get hurt. Some time af ter Mr. Jones returned and found that the mule had pawed a deep hole at the root of the little tree at wich he was hitched and that caused the tree to fall and when the tree fell it drew the rope by which the mule was tied so tight that it forced the mule's nose against the ground and prevented the mule from breathing. The mule was valued at about $200. City Taxes Raised. At the meeting of the City Coun cil on Friday night the tax levy for this city was raised from fifteen to seventeen mills. This will give the city about $3,200 more than i'. received last year from taxes, wblcil is a little over one-sixth ut the amount the city received from I he dispensary each year. The amount now received by the city will on'y pay its running expenses, a i l ;>11 improvements on the streets will have to be suspended. It would take a little over eleven mills additional taxes to reimburse it for the ij.s^ of i he dispensary funds. Change of Place. The Union of the First Division of the Oraugeburg Baptist Association, which was to have met at the Cam eron Baptist church on Saturday be fore the tilth Sunday in August, has been changed to meet on the same date at Four Holes Baptist church. The meeting of the Union was trans ferred from the Cameron church to the Four Holes church at the re quest of the Cameron church. I AMaZiN? growth IN THIRTEEN YEARS OF RURAL MAIL DELIVERY. Over Forty Thousand Routes Now in Operation, Serving Over Twenty Millions of People. On October 1, 1909, the thirteenth anniverasry of the installation of ru ral delivery in the United States will be reached. In commemoration of the event some suitable recognitlor is suggested, as no Dranch of the postal service has had so recent a beginning with equally remarkable results. The honor of the first attempt 'o test the practicability of such a rad ical broadening of the operations of individual delivery rests with five routes from three postoffices in West Virginia. The innovation was so great that it took some time for the people to be benefitted to realize the ad vantage in store for them. By the end of the third fiscal year<after this service began, but 391 rutes were established, at an annual expend* ? ture of $150,012. The convenience, as well as ethical economical, com mercial and educational benefits in cident to this particular public utili ty were now so forcefully demon strated that expansion went on rap idly, the cost aggregating up to the prsent time no less than $170,000; 000. The 40.S04 carriers in covering their 4 0,919 routes traverse more than one million miles every secular day of the year, excepting New Year's, Washington's Birthday, Memorial or Decoration", Indepen dence and Labor and Thanksgiving Days, or the Monday following should these days fall on the Sab bath. In making their daily round, more than 20,000,000 rural resi dents are served. In looking back over what has been accomplished during the brief period of its existance, it is appar ent that the rural delivery service is a great public convenience. Results are the best commendation and these are sustained by unanimous expres sions of approval of patrons. From an ethical point of view, the utility of the service Is evident in many ways. It brings the rural pop ulation into neighborly relationship and promotes intercourse with near by communities, and through them with cities great and small, and with the world at large. As a commerical proposition facili ties are afforded to keep tab on the markets as to prices of products and commodities for sale or purchase. In this respect farmers especially find themselves greatly benefitted by constant knowledge of the conditions of trade. In an economical sense the public has derived advantage from the im provement and maintenance of roads, over which rural delivery routes are laid, this being a condition prece dent to the establishment of mail facilities. In addition, good roads insure greater frequency and regu larity of mail delivery. With respect to roads since the inauguration of this service it is estimated that more than $75,000, 000 has been expended in rebuild ing, repairs and maintenance. As a means of education, the wid ening of the utilization of the mails by rural free delivery has largely extended the circulation of local and metropolitan newspapers, magazines and general literature, besides hav ing proved a stimulous to more ex tended personal correspondence. It is further mentioned as one of the incident of the service that since the introduction of the rural mail carrier, that bumble representative of the administration has become popular among residents in the rn ral districts, developing their ap precation of the beneficence of the government at Washington. The popularity of rural delivery among farmers and others living from communities having city mail facilities is shown in a summary of this service that Postmaster Gener al interlock ordered prepared in the office of the fourth assistant post master general, up to August, 1900. This exhibit gives 40,919 routes in operation served by 40.S04 car riers. Of the total number of routes C22 are tri-weekly. In bringing the service up to its present high state of organization and efficiency, 60,180 petitions were received and inves tigated. Of this number 1 7,16.1 were reported upon adversely. At the close of this report, 1,432 petitions were pending, of which 202 have been assigned for establishment between August 16 and October 1, 1909, leav ing 1,230 unacted upon. The seeming discrepancy between the number or rural routes and car riers is accounted for by instances j where there exists tri-weekly service I on more than one rural route out of j an office, one carrier serving two j routes alternating each day. j The State having the largest num ? her of rural delivery routes at this date is Illinois, 2.2S4. There are seven States with more than New I York M.S41 first in population, and four with more than Pennsylvania J (2,1 68) second in number of inhah . itants. ?? Agrees With Tillinan. Solicitor Otts, of Gaffney, who was a member of the senate when ii-' ?v ?> appointed so?:^.or hy ibe gov ernor, said when asked winl he had to say about the charge of Senator Tillinan that the senate bad been bought, said, '*! would not be sur prised to know that Senator TilI man was rig.it in making the charge. It was certainly very hard to get any bill passed by the senate that was at all inimical to the interests of the railroads." THREE BARRELS BEER SEIZED. By the Police and Turned Over to Sheriff Salley. The police have their eyes cocked for contraband and they are seiz ing some of the stuff right along. During the early part of the week some beer was seized. Saturday two more barrels fell into the remorse less hands of the police, and on Mon day they grabbed still another barrel. If this sort of thing Keeps up this will, be a sure enough dry town and the thirsty will have to compromise on branch water. The two barrels seized Saturday were consigned to P. Riley and Gus Kennedy, care of the Citizens' So cial Club and the one seized Monday was .consigned to J. P. Hutto, care Citizens' Social Club. After the beer had been taken from depot officers Jennings and Edwins seized it and *'iTcd I* over to ShenB Salley, and it is now ia his office. The varties to whom tha beer wart *?:.!pped were very indie:-.ant at iho way they were treated. But that Is the law, and they will have Lo grin and bear it. The Citizens' Social Club, in whose care the beer was shipped, has its rooms over the store of Mr. Willcock on Russell street. It Is conducted on the same principle that the Edisto Social Club is conducted. It claims to have a legitimate membership who have lockers in the rooms to keep their liquor in. The beer seized was for members of this club, and that is why it was address ed in its care. At least that is what is claimed. But that is unlawful under the law as it now is, and this beer was subject to seizure: In fact, the law is so drastic that almost any whiskey or beer shipped to an individual or club is subject to seizure and confis cation. There is no way that liquor can be shipped that will exempt it from seizure, and those who order it will have to take these chances on all shipments. The city attorney, Major W. L. Glaze, backs up the police in their efforts to grab all the booze that comes in sight. Hurt in Wrestling Iiout. Mr. Otto Rhame, of Holly Hill, met with what may prove a serious accident one night last week. Dur ing a friendly wrestling bout with his cousin, Mr. Sellers Rhame of Summerville, Mr. Otto's arm was wrenched out of joint at the elbow. It was quickly sprun?" back, so is was supposed, to its proper place, but that all was not right was evidenced by its quickly swelling to nearly twice its normal size and the entire cessation of the pulse. The hand and forearm was almost devoid of teeling, the numbness gradually ris ing to the shoulder. He was taken to Charleston to determine by use of the X-ray the exact nature of the injury. Hit a Boy With Brick. James C. Nix was arrested Monday afternoon by Officer Fickland for hit ting a small boy with a brick. Nix is a big, strapping negro of about nineteen years of age, while the lit tle negro boy he hit is not more than eight or ten years of age. Nix tried to e$oape, but Officer Fick land hove him to by a couple of shots and then locked him up. Nix has the reputation of being some what of a bully among boys smaller than himself, and an example should be made of him. The little boy he struck was painfully hurt. The case was should be thoroughly sifted and Nix should be given the limit of the law. Knew a Good Market. The St. Matthews correspondent o^ The News and Courier says: "The Orangeburg correspondent of The News and Courier innocently appro priated Calcounty county's honors with reference to first bale of cotton sold in the city of Orangeburg last Thursday. The negro, Shedrick Murph, did not live and farm in Or angeburg county, as stated, but in Calhoun, nor did he get 12 1-2 cents, but his bill and statement prove thur he received 12 cents the pound." Murph knew where to bring his cot ton if he did raise it in Calhoun. Branchville's First Bale. The first bale of cotton that has been marketed int Branchville this season was brought, to town Thurs day and sold to F. F. Bellinger. The hale weighed GOT) pounds and brought 12 cents per pound. This bale of cotton was made on the farm ef Hector Hanes, who lives about seven miles from Branchville, in Bamberg county. Hanes is a very industrious colored man and for many years past he has held the rec ord for selling the first bale of cot ton in Branchville. Money Given Denmark School. A dispatch from Boston to The News and Courier says: "Under ten will of the late Mrs. Marion Davis Hollingsworth, widow of the wealthy Boston paper manufacturer, filed for probate today, the Voorhees Indus trial School, of Denmark. South Car olina, is given $1,000. Over $H>0, 000 is disposed of among a eonsi.2 erable list of charities." The school alluded to in the dispatch is an in dustrial school for colored peopl2, and seems to be doing a good worK. -. Faculty Completed. Tie- Si. Matthews Graded School faculty has been completed by th" election of the following teachers: Mr. der). B. Dukes, superintendent, George's Station: assistants. Misses Madeline Splgener, Lykesland; Em ma Wells. Holly Hill; Sue Shaw,' Charleston; Helen Ray. >fewberr/, and Leila Stewart, Fountain Inn. j The exercises will be resumed Mon- ? day, September 13. 1 LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED CP ALL ABOUT BY OUR REPORTERS. What is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. Mr. Z. E. Grambling went to Spar tanburg on Saturday. There will be a dance in given in Barton's Hall Wednesday evening. Those who wish to purchase safety matches can get them at B. J. Mix ons. Mrs. Angie Wilson and Miss Merle Pmoak have gone on a trip to the North. i That "cool week in August" has arrived, and we hope it will abide with us for a month. Mrs. W. H. Harley and her daugh ters, Misses Meta and Eugenia, are visiting in Charleston. Don't be fooled into beliving that all the hot weather is gone for thia season, because there is plenty more to come yet. The police should keep their eyes open for the cocaine fiend, for he is apt to be abroad in this dry and boozeless land. The election commissioners will meet today at eleven o'clock at the city hall to canvass and declare the result of the recent election. Preaching by the pastor. Rev. G. T. Harmon, at Zion church next Sun day morning at eleven o'clock. This will be the special fifth Sunday ser vice. Misses Daisy and Lessye Phillips, Ollie Hutto and Elma Stokes, of Rowesville, left Saturday morning to spend a week at the sea shore near Charleston. Elloree has just installed a tele phone exchange, and now the town of North is taking steps to do the same thing. The day will come when the whole county will be a net work of phones. Mr. Jno.' C. Pike sent the follow ing amounts to The State a few days ago for the woman's monument: Fred H. Grambling, 50c; T. A. Jef fords, $1; W. G. Smith, $1; A. M. Salley, $1. The Times and Democrat sent to The State the past week six dollars for the woman's monument: Capt. N. N. Hayden $1, and Jas. L. Sims $5. The State acknowledged this contribution on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wolfe have returned from their trip to the Great West. While away they visited all the points of interest out there. It Is needless to say tht they had a most pleasant time. Those gentlemen who figured out that the withdrawal of the dispen sary profits would not necessitate the raising of taxes are needed at St. Matthews and Orangeburg to show how the trick can be worked. Hon. Abial Lathrop announces himself as a candidate for re-election to the city council. Mr. Lathrop has served the people long and faith fully as an Alderman, and they could not do a better thing for the city than to keep him in harness. Some of the farmers of the Rowes ville section are said to be very nervous over the cotton market, especially those that have sold heav ily for future delivery at 10 cents per pound. They will know better next time. A movement is on foot to erect a cotton warehouse at North. This would help the town no little, be sides enobling the farmers of that section to hold their cotton for bet ter prices without having to haul it very far. Parties desiring to 'register for the city election must produce their tax receipts and registration certi ficates in order to secure their cer tificates. The registration office is open today at the city hall and will be open every day until Friday, September 3. It is a right singular coincidence that the first bales of new cotton sold in Orangeburg and Bamberg were raised and sold by colored farmers living in two adjoining counties. These thrifty colored farmers know where to sell their cotton to get a good price and square dealing. The appearance of an article In several Southern papers regarding the invasion of Couth Carolina by the Mexican cotton boll weevil brought forth a statement from Dr. W. D. Hunter, in charge of the Sou thern field crop investigations by the government, denying the report. The insect thought to be the boll weevil, is seen in Orangeburg county every year. Figures were published here from the mayor of Anderson to the effect that after the dispensary was voted out of that city the city taxes were lower than they were before the dis pensary was voted out. The mayor of Anderson ought to explain hov. this was done for tue benefit of Or angeburg and other places that have found it necessary to raise taxes on account of the withdrawal of the dispensary funds. How to Keep Cool. There is no doubt but that the heat of midsummer causes di?'-om fort. but a groat '"al of this could tie obviated if pe only knew how to keep cool. In the first dace, one should refrain from ta' clng of the heat. It only makes both your self and the other person butter to tell how uncomfortable you are. Furthermore, it is a good idea to read, sew or have some other light {occupation on a hot day, to keep 'the mind busy. One's mental at titude has a great deal to do with one's withstanding hot weather. *