The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, August 24, 1909, Page 4, Image 4
. 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. *