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FREE FIGHT AT COPE SEVERAL ROWDY NEGROES AR RESTED AND LOCKED UP. ?Sheriff Salley Called to the Scene Bot the Rioters Had Been Arrest ed Before He Got There. Cope, October 17.?Special: On last night about 9:15 o'clock two or three negroes got into a fight, but quieted down. Later on, from 11 "to 1 o'clock, the fight was renewed a.id several others took a hand, and (or a time quite a little war was Ciirried on. The council was dis - ?olved here some time ago, so Mag U tr?te D. W. Bonnet and several citizens took a hand in the affair, and soon had Ben Reed, Jeremiah Bienderson and Simon Henderson be hind the bars. Josiah Sumter was also arrested, but made his escape Inter on. This morning, when Mr. Bonnett n'ent to arrest Sumter, he defied the , jjiagistrate and stated that he would not be taken alive. Mr. Bonnett tele phoned Sheriff Salley of the situa tion and then sent several citizens to guard Sumter's house until the sheriff arrived]. While Magistrate ltonnett was at the phone Sumter took leave of absence, and went to Hamberg to see Mr. John Cope (for vhom he works), to get Mr. Cope to stand between him and the law. As soon as it was learned that he had gone to- Bamberg, Messrs. Vernon Brabham, H. Smith arid Roy Hoover hurried to Bamberg in Mr. Brab ham's auto, and found their quarry in Mr. Cope's back yard. He was soon given a seat and whirled back to Cope and put in the guard house with the other prisoners. A little later on Sheriff Salley, with his clerk, Mr. Tom Salley, arrived at Cope to find that he had taken a fourteen-mile ride for nothing. There are five prisoners in the lockup and warrants are out for the arrest of three or four more. There will be a preliminary held tomorrow, and it is safe to say that the of fenders will be severely punished, as the people of Cope are becoming tir ed of the law-breaking that has been going on for some time. BRANCHVILLE NEWS. -? Stables and Barn Destroyed by a Fire Monday Morning. Branchville, Oct. 18.?Special: This morqing at about four o'clock the alarm of fire was sounded and it was soon found out that the barn *.nd stable on the place occupied by 1J. C. Patterson, on Main street, was on fire. The entire building was burned. The property is owned by Mrs. Felicia Meyers, but Mr. Pat terson has it rented. The loss was email, due to the fact that the build ings were old and that there was not very much provisions in the barn. The The total loss will not exceed U50. The origin of the fire is unknown. It just seems as if it was one of those mysterious fires that no noe knows the origin of. Had it not l>een for the assistance of the citi tsens who are always on the scene, uhortly after the alarm is given, the premises of Mrs. L. M. Byrd would, ?n all probability, have been burned iilso. During the fire Mr. J. D. Byrd happened to what came near being a very serious accident. Mr. Byrd '?ras going from hfs no use towards 'the fire and. one of his mules was ?In the yard and it was necessary for ihirn to pass by the mule, and as he went to pass by the mule, the mule Kicked him on his arm and came very near "breaking his arm. Mr. Byrd, as was a great many others, was pretty scared and the scare of the fire added to the pain the wound received by the assault from the mule caused Mr. Byrd to be in a very uncomfortable condition. Personal Notes. Mr. William Padgett, of Mt. Carmel, S. C, spent the night in town recently. Mr. Padgett came over to bring a load of hogs to sell to Mr. W. W. Barrs. The hogs are very fine and shows that there is money in the live stock business. Mr. F. N. Caldwell, who has been attending the South Carolina Col lege in Columb:?, came nome a few days ago, and was met here by his father, Mr. C. G. Caldwell, of Lodge, S. C. Mr. W. W. Pouche, traveling rep resentative of Gibbs Machinery Com pany, of Columbia, is in town and will spend a few days here while overhauling machinery for F. F. Bel linger. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, who has been spending some time in town as the guest of her son, John J. Jones, returned to her home a few days ago at Smoaks, S. C. Mr. Henry Strickland, of Smoaks, was in town Friday on business. Mr. C. W. Herndon, who resides in the country a few miles from town, came over a few days ago to get his son. Lonnle ,who is attending the graded school here. Capt. W. L. Meyers, who runs be tween Branchvijlle and Charleston as local freight conductor, spent a night here recently as the guest of his mother, Mrs. M. A. Meyers. Miss Leila Berry left a few days ago for Round, S. C, where she goes to accept the priucipalship of the Round graded school. Miss Berry ha? had considerable experience in teaching and will no doubt make good in her new field. Mrs. Jessie Padgett and children and her sister, Miss Wolfe, who have been visiting relatives and friends, at Eutawville, S. C, spent the night In town recently as the guest of Mr. [ and Mrs. W. F. Connelly, after which they left for their home at Rufflns, I a c. BASKET BAND BAZAAR, Names of the Ladies Who Will Have It in Charge. The Basket Band of St. Paul's M. E. church of this city will hold their Annual Bazaar the first week in December next, and the follow ing committees have been appointed: Mrs. Angle Wilson, chairman of Bazaar. Fancy Work Booth?Mrs. T. T. Ayers, chairman; Mesdames J. W. Smoak, Angle Wilson, Livinia Smoak, J, M. Oliver, W. E. Atkinson, Henry Bruner, R. J. Jeffords and K. Hoff man. Flower Booth?Mrs. W. T. Metts, chairman; Mesdames John Josey, W. F. Fairey, L. P. McGee, D. O. Herbert, Adeline Smoak, W. L. Glaze, A. J. Thackston, Samuel Clark. j Ice Cream Booth?Mrs.1 Geo. A. jSchlffley, chairman; Mesdames L. [Bennett, Julia Moseley, V. Smith, [T. C. Albergotti, Sheldon Scoville and Miss Augusta Dantzler. Candy Booth?Mrs. D. C. Hay den, chairman; Mesdames A. 8. Salley, Thos. Hayden, W. C. Wolfe, I. 8. Harley, Harry Smoak and Miss Ollie Jones. Country Store Booth?Mrs. D. W Sutherland, chairman; Mesdames R. G. Ortagus, John Bruner, B. B. Ow' en, Pembroke Smoak, E. E. Culler, E. A. Inabinet, I. W. Bowman. Apron Booth?Mrs. J. L. Sims, chairman; Mesdames George Culler, J. M. McMichael, D. H. Marcbant, J. M. Keller, Emily Wannamaker, Hariett Lee, L. D. Melton. Merchant's Booth?Mrs. R. L. Ber ry, chairman; Mesdames M. K. Jef fords, A. F. Fairey, P. A. Boswell, J. P. Doyle, and Miss Ida Ransdale. I Oyster Booth?Mrs. T. E. Andrea, chairman; Mesdames Geo. Thomas .'ulian Culler, B. F. King, Melvin Hatch and Miss Lula Clark. HOWE'S GREAT LONDON SHOWS. What Boy Ever Lived That Wouldn't Go and See the Circus L'nload? "There is nothing that recalls a man's boyhood days more vividly than the circus. It is a trite saying that many fathers are mighty glad that the taking of their children gives an excuse to attend all the circuses that come to the city, but there are a lot of the men who ara not ashamed of the fact that they are merely boys grown up, and go to the circus because they enjoy them. The odor of the animals and sawdust brings back the days when, knowing the circus was coming, they would get up before daylight, not to see the big vans unloaded from the trains, for circuses did not travel by railway those days, but to walk out in the country a few miles to meet the caravans, which traveled overland from town to town. To walk into town beside the elephant ?was the greatest fun imaginable. There was not as much to the aver age circus then as there is today, but there v/as plenty for all *to see, and the boy who was not permitted to at least hang around the show grounds was indeed in bad luck." The children .will be delight-ed with the minature menagerie, with boy trainers, drivers and caretak ers. Let the boys and girls tell their parents that Howe's London Shows will be here Friday, October 29. ?' ? m Birthday Reunion. Friday, October 15, being the eighty-seventh birthday of Mrs. Ra chel Fanning, her children, grand children and many relatives and friends met at her home to give honor to one of the best known and hiest respected ladeis of our commu nity. Aunt Rachael. at her great age, is possessed of all her senses, except her hearing. It is a great pleasure to hear her relate the hap penings of things that took place over a half century ago. Mr. Editor, some time ago you ask ed for the mothers of Confederate Soldiers still living. Aunt Rachael is one that still lives. She has two sons that were in the Confederate war, J. W. Fanning, of Perry, S. C. and B. W. Fanning, of Hopewell township, Aiken county, ft can be truthfully said of her that she hasn't an enemy or one that can speak evil of her. , A. W. C. Wages Reduced. The wages of the street hands have been reduced on account o* the re duction in the resources of the city. Reductions in other departments will have to be made, as the funds now coming into the city's strong box will not permit the expense that has been incurred for the past several years. The City Fathers have a problem on their hands. Attended Association. Capt. M. 0. Dantzler, who is very much interested in the raising of pecan nuts, has returned from Al bany, Ga., where he went to attend the Nut Growers' Convention. There were one hundred delegates pres ent from all over the country. The people of Albany gave the delegates a warm welcome as well as a good time while they were there. Box Party and Cake Walk. A box party and cake walk will be given on Friday evening for the benefit of South Caw Caw school at the school house. The pubiic is cordially invited to attend and help make the affair a success. All girls who may attend are requested to carry boxes. Refreshments will be served during the evening. Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle Better. Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle was reported quite sick on Saturday, but we are glad to state that the "Grand old Man" is better. Dr. Carlisle is one of the most distinguished citizens of the State, and we hope he will be long spared to us. WILL DO THE WORK BRASINGTON COTTON PICKER GIVES GOOD RESULTS. Marlboro Cotton Farmers Believe Machine, Which Operates on Suc tion Principle, Will Prove Effective A special to The State from Ben nettsville says the farmers, especial ly, .as many others have for some days been much interested in the j trials and demonstrations of the Price and Brasington cotton pickers, which are now on exhibition and being publicly demonstrated in this county. The Price machine has been operating on the plantation of j ex-Senator Jno. L. McLaurln, eignt J miles north of Bennettsville, while the Brasington picker is in the spa cious cotton fields of Mr. E. Wallace Evans, four miles west of this city The State's correspondent has not witnessed the operations of ihe Price machine, but Friday aiter noon, with a large numoer of prom inent planters, spent a couple of hours at t -e Evans plantation where I Mr. J. M. Brasington gave a mosr creditable and satisfactory demon stration of his wonderful cotton pick er. Mr. Brasington foi quite a num ber of years has been an honored citizen of Bennettsville, and is known and recognized to be an in ventive genius, and practical scien tific mechanic and inventor. It was he who invented and manufactured the "Star Pea Huller," one of the most valuable plantation machines that has ever been Introduced in this section. He has also invented and manufactured two fertilizer distribut ers, and now has the only real cot ton chopper that has ever been test ed, and'will manufacture several thousands of them for the next sea son. The Brasington cotton picker op erates on the "suction" principle and certainly does everything that has been claimed for it by the inventor and manufacturer. The machine now on exhibition is a small one, moves astride.the cotton row, and is propelled with a three horsepow er gasoline engine. This picker has only two tubes which are manipu lated by two men, placing the mouth of the tube to the open boll, the cotton immediately being sucked through the tubes and automatical ly conveyed into repositories in the reap of the machine. It is claimed that this picker will collect 75 per cent less trash than is done in the ordinary way, and one man picks 40 pounds per hour easily. The burs are left clean, and the vibrations of the machine extract much of the dirt and grit from the cotton. Of course this is only a small model machine, to be publicly tested and demonstrated in the presence of in terested cotton planters. Mr. Brasington will at once com mence the manufacture of his large 15 horsepower automobile machine, with 10 tubes, which will easily pick from 8,000 to lO.OoO pounds per day. 1 The consensus of opinion of the many successful farmers who wit nessed the work of the picker was that Mr. Brasington has a success ful picker, and that an immense for tune awaits him in the near future as a just reward for his scientific ingenuity. All seem to agree that the suction principle is the only one by which a cotton picker can be sue- ? cessfully operated. ?a Price of Brooms Higher. There has been a great protest, seised by the housewives upon the increased price of "stick handle" brooms. The Augusta Chronicle says during the past sixty days the price has advanced more than 50 per cent and it is said that the price will advance still further, as the broom corn yield has been consider ably curtailed this year by the hot winds. The price of broom corn has advanced to the broom manufac turers from five to ten per pound, and some of the manufacturers be lieve it will reach fifteen cents per pound. By the price of broom corn being advanced it has become neces rary for the brooms to be increased in price and brooms that formerly sold for 25 cents are now selling for 40 and 45 cents. Layman's Missionary Movement. A meeting was held Sunday morn ing at St. Paul's Methodist church in the interest of the Layman's Mis sionary Movement. John S. Bow man, Esq., presided, and A. W. Sum mers, Esq., made a mat inspiring address on the movement. After his excellent address Mr. Summers stated taat St. Paul's church was expected to contribute $120 to the cause, and a collection was taken up, which resulted in a contribution of $130. Those who took part in the meeting were Messrs. A. W. Summers, Jno. S. Bowman, Chas. P. Brunson, Leroy Dukes, J. W. Josey and E. R. Liles. The meeting was very interesting and was well at tended Missionary Union Meeting. The Woman's Missionary Union of the Second Division of the Orange burg Association will meet Satur day before the fifth Sunday in Oc tober at Bbenezer Baptist church at two o'clock p. m. Devotional services, by Mrs. J. W. Barnes, president. Reports from societies. Solo, by Miss Lillie Mack. Reading, by Miss Jessie Smith, "Take my silver and my gold." Discussion, "Whom to enlist and how to enlist them," by Mrs. D. S. Tyler. Recitation, by Mis6 Leona Smoak, "The Dying Indian Girl." Miscellaneous business. Committee, Mrs. D. S. Tyler, Mrs. W. C. Brickie, Mrs. J. W.'Barnes. COTTON REPORT Given Out by Carpenter, Bag got & Co., of New York. New York, Friday, Oct. 8.?Neces sity is proving the mother of inven tion with many manufacturers. The passing of the Government's ginners' report showing that 2,562. 000 bales had been ginned up to the 25th of September compared witn 2,590,000 last year and 2,355,000 in 1905-06 when the crop was und^r 11,000,000 bales exclusive of Unt ers. These flfures were construed as very bullish when taken into con sideration advices from every source describing this crop^ as premiturely opened and the completion of pick ing predltced by the middle of Oc tober from many sections. Following this at noon on the same day the Government Issued its condition report showing the aver age condition as of Sept. ,25th at 58.5. This compares with 63.7 last month and shows a deterioration of 5.2, and with the exception of a re port of 58.3 in 1902, this is the low est for many years if not of record, and, of course, is construed as ex tremely bullish. We do not make any crop esti mate?we do not compile any figures, but, of curose, through our own sources of information we form our own conclusions, and we are led to believe by. the intormation before us at this time that the crop will be about 10,600,000 bales or to put it conservatively will range well un der 11,000,000 bales. The issuing of the Government's report of 58.5 so fully confirmed j previous advices to the manufactur ers that it caused some confusion. They have doubted the private ad vices that had gone out from time to time and have been led to be lieve by pessimists that this market, was sure to decline during the rust movement, but up to this time they have failed to realize more than a temporary setback, notwithstanding the fact that up to date there are probably more than 2,000,000 bales already in sight out of which we have exported slightly over 1,000, 000 bales as compared with 900,000 bales up to the same time last year. It does not look as though high prices were checking the buying. On the other hand the commitments for October and November ship ment we believe are larger than they have been in many years and we expect the cotton coming on the market to be well taken care of. In their confusion manufacturers seem desirous of circulating rumors of curtailment and we are surpris ed to note with a sensational display of headline the Journal of Commerce announcement this morning as fol lows: Worldwide curtailment is proposed in cotton, Arkwright Club of Boston securing signatures to an agreement among American mills to curtail 224 working hours before August first. Agreement to go into effect when as many as 7,000,000 spindles have signed up. This sounds terrible, at first blush enough to shock the nerve of auy bull, but just analyze it and you will see that it means a possible nut not a probable curtailment in work:ng time of 55 minutes per day; a r-?d ic tlon In consumption of possibly 11 000 bales but probably not more than 60,000 to 75,000 bales, all depending on the number of spindles that go into the agreement and the size yarn which they manufacture. This same curtailment threat nas been working against the bulls In England for the last 6 to 9 months ?running short time, reducing con sumption and product yet we ex ported last year, the first year after the panic, approximately 8,500,000 bales of cotton. There is no question in our mind but what there will be curtailment before the end of the season of 1909 10 or that is.before Sept. 1st, 1910, but it will be becanse the mills can not get the cotton and not because they cannot pay the price. While these mills in the East and some in other places are speaking of closing down, less than an hour a day, we know of some mills that are preparing to run night and day but they are not trying to mnke ? agreements and they are not making any parade of 't. It seems to he the habit just now for manufacturers to complain but as the price of yarns has been ad vanced within the last week and the price of standard bleached goods, and almost all lines of manul'ic'r.red pro duct have been advanced about 1-2 cent a yard( which is equivalent to 2 to 3 cents a pound in raw cot ton) as compared with prices of last week, the manufacturer is not find ing very much sympathy After the recent advance there was for several days during the week very heavy liquidation; the market declined to around 13 cents Just at the time when the advance in the manufactured goods was announced. This seemed to encourage business materially and there was evidence of free buying from spinners. The market had been relieved of a large long interest which was r^'idy to buy on any decline or advance and its technical position was decidely im proved. This is the chance of the season for the bears to bring about their long promised decline on heavy movement. The into sight this week is 567.000 bales and It will prob ably run heavy for the next two or three weeks until afler the last Oc tober ginning report, but we expect the demand to statisfy commitments for this month to be so gieat as t cause rather an advance than a set back and 14 cents seems easily in sight before first notice day for November. In many particulars this promise to be rather an early season; reports of frost first on September 24th and later a second report while today very low temperatures are described, in the Northwest just above the cot ton belt ranging as low as 18 to 3 8 degrees. This is later confirmed by reports of snow in the Panhandle, WHY COTTON IS HIGH THE MANY USES THE GREAT STAPLE IS PUT TO. '. It Enters Into the Manufacture of More Articles Today Than Any Commodity Except Steel. A circular letter of a New Yo .-If broker, recapitulates a few of the uses to which cotton is put. In view of the oft-asked question as tu w?ere the 13,000,000 bales or cotton ko when made into manufactured goods the following will be worth wnih*. "Eliminate cotton and the stopa.";e of spindles and looms would be but a trifle compared to the paralysis that would visit countless other in dustries. "The railroads of America con sume 250,000 bales of cotton annual ly. Cotton duck is the basis of the airbrake hose; of enameled ceilings; the plush chairs are of cotton; the leather seats are of cotton. "Automobiles require about 290, 000 bales annually for the manufac ture of tireB and about 35,000 an nually for the manufacture of leath er' seats and cushions. "More cotton is used each year to harvest and market the gram crops of the world than woulu be requirea to clothe the inhabitants of a large city. "Electricity, powerful as it is, can not get along without cotton. Mil ions of miles of copper wire annual ly owe the perfection of their insula tion to cotton yarn or tape of cotton cloth. "The armies of the world today are clothed in cotton cloth?khaki? or something similar. This country alone requires about 5,000,000 yardt of eight-ounce khaki cloth annually for Its army. "The navies and merchant ships of the world use more cotton duck today than was required in the days of sailing vessels. "Millions of yards of cotton cloth are used by the tobacco industry for growing tobacco under shade anc, making bags for smoking tobacco. "Cotton bags have displaced bar rels to a great extent in the ship ment of sugar, salt and flour. "Cotton is used In the mining and marketing of coal. About 15,000,000 yards of cotton duck annually are made into coal bagB. "About 20,000,000 yards of cotton duck are made into overcoats with blanket lining, to take the place of heavy wool and fur garments in the American and Canadian northwest. "Thousands of bales annually are required to make cotton duck to place around the asbestos sectional covering in which the steam hot water pipes of fireproof buildings are encased. "Cotton blankets have displaced woolen blankets In many important markets of the world. "Cotton cloth has taken the place of wall paper in thousands of mod ern homes. "Cement companies use about S,000,000 yards of cotton bagging annually. "The government requires about 4,000,000 yards annually for coin bags. "Millions of yards of duck, 46 in ches wide, are used annually for the purpose of filtering oils. "Cotton duck is the basis of rub ber belting and all kinds of hose. Sales to these branches of trade amount to 50,000,000 yards annual ly. "Millions of yards of cotton cloth are used in large cloth signs and ad vertisements. "More 'cotton' is used in linen shirts and collars than linen itself. "Mercerized cotton goods to tne extent of hundreds of millions of yards sell in competition with silk. "Cotton is used to a greater or less extent in all but the most ex pensive of woolen fabrics. "These items furnish a few of the reasons why the world neesds 3,000, 000 bales more cotton than it. did five years ago, notwithstanding the fact that new markets have not been extensively developed and the world's population has shown no sudden in crease." * The County Farm. Mr. C. H. Williamson, the super intendent of the County Farm, has been very successful In raising a good crop this year. He will gather about 900 bushels corn, 530 bushels oats, l.SOO pounds fodder, 4 2.000 pounds good hay and a large quantity of truck, such as cabbages, turnips and other vegetables, besides sweet and Irish potatoes, which has been con sumed by the convicts on the chain gang. He made as high as fifty bushels of corn to the acre, and all the stuff made on the farm was of the best quality. on-- telegram describing 14 inches. If this cold spell follows along in the northern part of the cotton belt it will kill all chances of any late maturing cotton and cut the crop off where it stands today and make the yield probably less than 10,500, 000 bales. Also at this time there Is a storm reported in the Gulf. Any develop ment of bad weather would tend to spoil cotton and lower the grades, so all in all at this writing condi tions ar?' decidedly favorable for higher prices in the near future, but if none of these predictions for frost and storms materialize we may have only a scalper" market for the m niediate present but declines will hardly go lower than around 13 cents where it seems attractive for spin ners to come in to buy. While we may have these setbacks we believe the tendency of prices will be up wards. We feel just as much confidence in ultimately higher prices in the market as ever. Carpenter, Baggot & Co. Dictated, Mr. T?te. * COTTON MARKET. New York Futures. January.13.72 13.71-72 March. 13.82 13.80-81 May. 13.86 13.84-85 October.13.50 13.&7-68 December. 13.64 13.64-6& Local Spot. The Orangeburg buyers are pay ing 13.8 cents for local spots. Tone?Barely steady. Receipts at Orangeburg. Saturday. .... 430 bales Monday.13 bales There has been 8,000 bales of cot ton sold on the Orangeburg market this year. CHARLESTON'S GALA WEEK Will Occur This Year From October 25 to 31, and the Atlantic Coast Line Offers Yery Low Rates. As usual the progressive citizens of the City by the Sea, are out with announcements of their Gala Week, but this year with a longer list and a higher class and more pleasing at tractions than in former years, and they are accompanied by a cordial invitation to visit Charleston, which promises a warm welcome. The distinguished feature will be the five great musical cencerts. The Russian Symphony Orchestra, fifty pieces strong, will mane its first ap pearance in the South and a chorus of more than two hundred picked voices will take part in these con certs. Numerous torpedo boats, the com pleted navy yard, parades, decora tions by day and illuminations by night, added to the assured hospi tality of the people, will make this trip one long to be remembered pleasantly by every visitor. Low rate round trip tickets will be sold to Charleston by the Atlan tic Coast Line from all points in South Carolina, and from Gibson. N. C., Savannah, Ga., and interme diate points, October 25 to 31, in clusive, good returning to leave) Charleston up to and Including, but | not later than midnight* of Novem ber 1, 1909. For tickets and information re garding rates, schedules, etc., call on S. A. Dantzler, ticket ag?iV, Or angeburg, S. C, or any ageat of the] Atlantic Coast Line. T. C. White, G. P. A. W. J. Craig, P. T. M., Wilmington, N C. COTTON PICKING CONTEST. Other Notes of Interest From the Town of Woodford. Wood ford, Oct. 13.?Special: Mr. John Rawl, one of the most ener getic, wideawake gentlemen of busi ness tactics in this section, engin eered Into his field on October 1st this machinery, viz, Mr. Willie Rawl and Mr. John Still, who en tered Into a cotton picking bout, and declare their fingers as being so nimble and having such a gifted movement, it is a pity they didn't take music. Nevertheless, Mr. Wil lie Rawl touched the cotton cord to the amount of 454, according to the scale of adjustment, and Mr. John Still sounded the base of 426. Each received 50 cents per hundred, with no premium. Today Mr. George Robinson is plowing up pinders and is as cheer ful as a mocking bird, especially when he has them going south. I notice that he is sending them down one by one frequently and that with quite a relish. The weather about here at present is a little too cold for human blood to be active enough to pu'jh through the pores great koods of water, judging from the drawn condition of the folks, which is clearly noted as it is my pleasure to come in contact with a lot of them. 1 hope this bending state of affairs will be of short duration. May the sunshine of warmth increase in a physical and social way and the winters cold bleak winds lessen in the way. Jerome. A Live Charleston Firm. Louis Cohen & Co., of Charleston, are rushing things day and night, in order to get their mamomth es tablishment ready for me Music and Festival crowds that will throng the city October 2 5-3 0. When complet ed this will be the largest establish ment of its kind in the South. Just think of it, three stories, extend ing all the way through from King to Meeting streets and every avail able space filled with the latest fa brics, ready-to?wear garments and other things too numerous to men tion. Our readers are cordially in vited to visit this house whenever they are in the good old city of Charleston. ' Connection in Quarterly Report. In the last quarterly report of the Supervisor, the following error was made in reference to the claim of Mr. IT. W. Pickling: The report giv?s the amount claimed as eigh teen dollars, and the amount paid as twelve dollars and fifty cents. The report should have given the amount paid as eighteen dollars, the full amount of Mr. Fickling'i; claim being allowed. M. E. Zeigler, Clerk, Supervisor. Attention! The members of Co. L, 3rd infan try, N. S. S. C. are hereby ordered to assmble at armory in olive drab uniform and cap. on Friday, October 2 2nd, at 9 o'clock a. m. sharp, to escort the Confederate Veterans on parade. Arrangements will be made on this date for attending State Fair at Columbia, S. C, and at Au gusta, Ga. By order, Captain Claffy. D. C. Hayden, 1st Sergt. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. A special call is made for the mem bers of the 5th cavalry. The old Veterans will have a big time in this city on Friday. All veterans of the 2nd artillery are expected to be in ranks on the 22 nd. Veterans, headquarters will be at the Firemen's Hall, near, the court bouse. The survivors of the 25th regi ment are expected to be present oa Friday next. Merry Widow is the best 10c'plug, of tobacco on earth; get it from Fairey & Weeks. Attention, survivors or the 20th regiment! Fall in on Friday, the 22nd, veterans' day. " Miss Claudine Wannamaker, who. has accepted a school near Holly Hill, left for her post of duty on Saturday. Veterans of Hampton's Legion and of every command, are requested to be present on Friday, the 22nd, for the veterans' parade. If you are in the market for a typewriter, call at Sims' Book Store and look over the Oliver, which Is sold on easy terms. The colored city school opened on yesterday wtih a good attendance, which will increase considerably lat er on. This school does a good work. Everything good to eat?Fresh butter 35c, Lipton's coffee and teas. Give ub your orders?you get them when you want them. Phone 13. Chisholm's store. The Baptist Courier says Mrs. Del la Kitchlngs, of Kitchens Mill, has just given a bond for $1,000.00 to Furman University to found a per petual scholarship. You never saw a South Bend Mal leable Range? The Malleable man and the Malleable girl will be pleas ed to show it to you at the store of John McN'amara. Mr. L. G. Way, of the Fork, is putting water works through his residence. The work is being done by Mr. Mason, which is a guarantee that it will be well done. There is one best in everything The range beBt is the Malleable, made in South Bend, now being ex hibited at the store of John Mc N'amara. Call and see it. Why do you spend your money for inferior tobacco when you can buy Merry Widow from Fairy & Weeks for the same that you have to pay for the common kind elsewhere? The Elliott Hook and Ladder Com pany and the East End Reel Com pany gave a splendid exhibition of their promptness in getting to a firo on Saturday. Both companies made splendid runs. Mr. Geo. H. Cornelsom Col. Mar timer Glover and Rev. J. L. McLees have returned from McPhersonville, where they attended Presbytery. It goes without saying that they had a most pleasant time. Mr. Gardner, who drives the El liott's beautiful grays, had a close call at the fire Saturday. While on the roof of the burning building, he slid off, but luckily landed on his feet, and sustained onty a slight jar. Quite a destructive hail storm vis ited some parts of the Fork on Thurs day evening. It was evidently the tail end of the big storm that did so much damage over in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee the same afternoon. The alarm of fire on Saturday af ternoon was caused by the house at No. 97 Amelia street catching fire on the roof. The fire department was promptly on hand and soon had the fire out. Little or no damage was done to the building. Rlvited together like a boiler. What. The Malleable made in South Bend. See it at John McNamara's. The Malleable man will show you all its good points, and it's good all the way through. As good as the hot biscuits and cup of coffee you will receive from the Malleable girl, together with a cook book nnd useful souvenir free. For the week ending October 9, the Orangeburg Postotfice handled considerable money. According to the records the office sent off 232 money orders, amounting to $2,253. 69 in cash, and received 159 money orders and paid out $1,293.19 in cash on them. Better hurry up the new postoffice. It is badly needed. Rev. L. P. McGee, wnose pastorate at St. Paul's church ends about the first of December, received four new members in the church Sun day. Mr. McGee has given four years of hard and successful work to the congregation of St. Paul's, and will leave for his new chargo with the best wishes of a host ot friends. While going to the fire on Sat urday afternoon, the East End Reel Company's hose wagon collided with a two horse wagon standing on Rus sell str?-et. The mules attached to the wagon ran away and the hose wagon was damag"d a little. The street where the accident occurred was crowded and the collision could not be avoided. H. N. JENKINS, Contractor and Builder. Plans and specifications furnished. All work guaranteed. City refer ences given. 26 Palmetto Street, ORANGEBURG, :: S. C.