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Sit* *%xm$m& ?tmmzl Established in 1869. Vol. 40.No. 69 Published Three Times a Week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class .matter' Jan. 9. 1909, at the postoffice at Or nhgeburg, S. C, nuder the Act of Congress of March, 1879. Jas. X. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. Jas. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Rates. One Year .$1-50 Blx Months.75 Three Months.40 Advertising Rates furnished on application. Remittances should be made by check, money order, registered let ters, or express orders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange burg. S. C. In our last picnic on Mount Mc Kinley we failed to discover any marks made by the hammer of the flag nailers. The New York ballot is 54 inches across. Pretty soon every voter will have to take a typewriter with him to the polls. The cotton mill men threaten cur tailment, on account of 13 cent cot ton. Again the consumer must ante up or leave the game. The Philadelphia Ledger calls for sweet sounding auto horns. Would that tend to facilitate hasty jump ing as well as raucous old tooters. The great trouble with the Peary theory of Cook is that it assumes that so collossal a fake could be made by a man in his senses. Besides having to learn Esquimo. the Polar exploration court must now climb Mt. McKinley to find the records that Cook says he left there. The question now rises whether Dr. Cook can keep on for three months drawing $5,000 per night without a show down of his proofs. What is- needed on mountain sum mits and poles now is a kind of watchman's clock for explorers to punch and show they were there on duty. If Mr. Taft could but get some idea from the dance of the Pueblo In-, dians of how to make the trusts dance, his trip would be worth all it cost. An anarchist plot to kill Taft and Diaz was reported. The bomb throw ers want to climb into the lime light and despair of doing it by prosaic days' work. If the Spiritualists want quiet conditons for their work, they won't let Minister Wu come around to se cure the spooks, with his. rapid Are questions. Out in Evanston, Ills., they have bad to trim shrubbery because of the women's hats. The scenery must suggest the tropical luxuries of the African jungle. The school debating socities, hav ing worn the la6t thread out of poor old woman suffrage and the tariff, now get new fodder for a winter from Cook vs. Peary. Mrs. Taft is in Washington, bet ter in health. Here's hoping that she considers her own comfort when the various social sets want her presence to advertise their glories. i The treasury department officials report that the old clerks are most efficient. Perhaps they aren't hust ling so fast as the youngsters to get out and jolly the girls at five o'clock teas. The democracy of the country has no particular use for Tammany, but it is amused at those assumptions of virtue from the Republican ring that has halved things up with old Tige for many years. A strike of 20.000 Ferrer sympa thizers was reported from Rome. It's poor politics to kill a patriot. In more diplomatic countries they get rid of them by making fun of j their clothes or their whiskers. The frequency with which peo-| pie's arms and legs are being cut up into rib roasts and put into suit Cases, suggests that conditions around our big cities are not greatly superior | to those at Lone Gulche, Nevada. One sometimes regards the battle for liberty as won, but the death of Francisco Ferrer in Spain, the pro moter of free schools in Spain, shows; that only a fringe of the world's pop-j Illation has as yet achieved freedom. A crazy prospector at Albuquerque wanted to kill Taft. A president's life can't be a good iusuranee risk, considering that three out of 27 presidents have been assassinated, besides the ordinary chances of dis ease. It would be a curious study in personality to determine why some people are Cookites and other Peary ites. Usually you can forecast a man's position on disputed questions, but* this row splits cornerwise across all known lines of cleavage. The meeting of President Taft and President Diaz is interesting in that each man has accomplished things the other could never do. Mr. Diaz could never be president of a free country like ours. Mr. Taft could never hold office for Diaz's indefi nite term. Same Old Yarn. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston Evening Post gets off the old campaign yarn on Mr. Bryan that was originated by Alfred Henry Lewis, one of the biggest liars engaged in newspaper or magazine work <ia this country. When he sprung this campaign lie on Mr. Bry ,an?-.Lewis . vwas working for Mr. ' Hearst, who was running for Presi J dent against Mr. Bryan, and he did ,it to weaken Mr. Bryan. Here is the yarn as it appears in the Charleston Evening Post. "In the Fifty-first, or billion dollar Congress, Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, was the minority leader and was the suc cessful candidate for Speaker in the Fifty-6econd Congress, but he knew that he had been in a fight after it was over. There were five candi dates in the field, and for a time it looked like a deadlock and a dark horse, but by some very smooth po Htics and trading Mr. Crisp won out. And by the "way it was that Congreso and in that caucus that Mr. Bryan refused to vote for Mr. Crisp be cause the latter had served in the Confederate army, and to vote for a Confederate, Mr. Bryan is reported co have said, would be to offend the old soldiers in his district and he could not take that chance." This yarn was exploded in last year's campaign by the son of Speak er Crisp and the official records. As a matter of fact. Mr. Bryan did not vote for Mr. Crisp in the cau cus, because he voted for William R. Morrison, who was from Mr. Bry an's native State, and was a close personal, business and political ;'friend, but he did vote for Crisp on the floor of the House after he had received the Democratic nomination for speaker. Mr. Bryan has always written and spoke in the highest terms of the Confederate soldier. In the Democratic National Conven tion which nominated Judge Parker, Mr. Bryan nominated for President of the United States Senator Vest, of Missouri, who was ?'?. brigadier gen eral in the Confed?*iVue army. The Post corresponde-.v. ought to b? su^e of his facts. New Zeland in the Lead. New Zeland is a new country, able to furnish new ideas in government, which, as detailed by its prime minister, may be profitably imitated by us. It is ruled on the idea that the people rule. There they do it jr. fact; here they have only done it in name. We do it out of the nonfas of our rulers, who too often have fallen into the habit of regarding themselves and their own interests as the people's?a rid of rul.'n? accord ingly. Here the corporation has risen to the control of things from which it ?ias to be torn down. New Zeland seems to have taken it by the ear in time, and to have secured the development of industries without undue cost to the people, by the simple expedient of stepping in with government operation of mo nopolies and government hand on conspiricies seeking to suppress competition in business. The govern ment operates the railroads and tele graphs and such things as need to be monopolies for their successful and cheap development. The gov ernment keeps the manufacturers in check by its duties and taxes. It is seemingly, a very paternal govern ment, but perhaps not more so than is necessary to secure to the individ ual citizen his liberty and equality, which we declare for them, but fall to secure to them. We will get there after a while, but New Zeland seems to have stolen a march ou us. They have street car fares there for a penny, which is two cents; and a seat for every passenger.. When the seats are full no more are taken aboard; an ar rangement recommending itself to the good sense of everyone save the transporter, no one of whom has ever seen its propriety. They say the proposed passenger would howl if excluded; and so he might, but the way to pacify him is to give his a seat in another car?which is also a remedy which the transporter in this country finds too costly for his taste. Are Children Happy? To some the above may seem a foolish question, but is it? Think of the number of children that com mit ?uicid'e. There was the pa thetic case the other day in one of our large cities, iu which a little eleven-year-old girl deliberatly turn ed on the gas and killed herself She left a pathetic note to her moth er in which she said. "I killed my self because every one is mean to me. I no longer want to live." In Germany the number of child sui cides is rapidly increasing, just as it is in this country. There must be reasons for this trend. What are they? Probably one is to be found in the school. Too many studies are given to the average child. They impose t se vere strain upon the physical, mental and nervous systems wkh thju result, as all know, that many children when they leave school are simply a bunch of nerves. From that to suicide is not unoften a short step. Then, too. the rush of modern life to some extent evidently affects children di rectly, and, indirectly to a very great extent through hereditary in fluence. The care of the little girl above cited indicates that teasing and mean ness by some children and older per sons are also by no means uncom mon. Childhood ought to be the happiest period of life because it should be free from care. Doubtless most children are happy, but it is Clear many are not. Fortunately the causes of this unhappiness suggest the remedies. Don't cram children with too much studies. Let parents take life easier, with less rush and bustle, and let no one be guilty of a mean act or word to a little child. The Duty of the Press. There is renewed hope for con scientious newspaper men in the find ing of the court that tried the Pana ma liable case, that it is the news paper's right and duty not merely to print the facts, but so draw rea sonable inferences from those facts, j ! Any tendency in these days of graft ! to draw the libel laws any stricter will be most unfortunate for the pub lic. It's like pulling teeth out of a bull dog who is defending your property. Reckless and faking yel J low newspapers will be affected very little by drastic libel laws. They, make it so unpleasant for those who brave their abuse that the cost of defending suits will not rise above the proportion which they annually appropriate for this as an expense Incident to their vulture business. Conscientious newspaper men, who do not like to use their sheets for revenge and blackmail, and who can be trusted to use reasonable care in commenting on public officials, are the ones who are most hampered by stringent libel laws. Bankruptcy Notice. In the District Court of the United StateB, for the Eastern District of South Carolina, in the matter of W. M. WARREN, Bankrupt. Wheeling Metal and Manufacturing Company, of Wheeling, West Vir ginia, a corporation of said State, Plaintiff, ?Against? W. M. Warren, Bankrupt, and J. J. Jones, Trustee in Bankruptcy for W. M. Warren, Defendant. By virtue of a judgment and de cree made in the above entitled case by .Honorable James E. Boyd, U. S. Judge, on the 20th day of Septem ber, 1909, I will sell at public auc tion, at Orangeburg Court House, in Orangeburg county, S. C, on the first Monday in November, 1909, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as convenient, to the highest bidder, for cash, the fol lowing described real estate: (1) All that piece, parsel or tract of land in the town of Branchville and State aforesaid, bounded west by lot of W. M. Warren one hundred and eleven feet, east by lots of Barnwell, north by lots of Vandy Stroman and south by lot of Denni3 Gordon,, measuring north 130 feet south 130 feet and east 111 feet, also bounded east by lot of John Thomas (2) All that certain lot or parcel of land in the town, county and Stat aforesaid, measuring west on Eva street 111 feet and 14 1-2 inches north on lot of W. M. Reedish 10 feet and south on lot of Dennis Gor don one hundred and eight feet. (3) All that certain piece or lo of land in the town of Branchville county of Orangeburg, State afore said, measuring fifty-five feet on the east on a lane or alley, west fifty feet on lane of W. H. Reedish, south two hundred feet on land of W. H Reedish, and on north two hundred feet on lanes of Mrs. Frances Byrd together with all the improvements buildings, etc., thereon. The purchaser or purchasers to pay all taxes falling due after dat-j of sale, and in case the purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of said sale, the said premises may be re-sold on the same or ou some subsequent day after due adver tisement, on the same terms and at the risk of the former purchaser or purchasers. J. J. JONES. 10-14-31 Trustee. We Bought at the Right Time Never before have we bought our stock under more favorable con ditions. There are decided advances in thej prices of cotton and wool goods. We having purchased our entire line before the advance, we are In a position to give our customers the advantage of these cheap prices. The price of shoes nave also ad vanced. This line we also purchas ed before the price advanced. When shopping drop In and let us show you some values that will suit < you in price and quality. Agents J for The Ladies' Home Journal 1 Patterns. |< Edisto Dry Good Co. Hayden 6i Briggmann, Mgrs. 58 W. Russell St. Phone 128 FARM LOANS I have made arrange ments to negotiate loans ou improve*}' farms on most favorable terms. without any expense to the borrow er, except to perfect the title. The applicant must present title with applica tion, and if security is sat isfactory, the loan can be had in from one to two ? weeks from the time it Is applied for. If you desire a loan you must apply in person. These loans can be made In Oranneburg, Calhcun, Dorchester and Kerkeley counties. Applications must be made to A. J. Hydrck, Jr., or P. T. HILDEBRAND ???????????????????MM** A PRETTY VERMONT H Capt. Hutchinson is a Stanch Friend of Peruna, Made so by Personal Experience. The Home of Captain Hutchinson, of Montpelier, Chronic Catarrh and Throat Trouble. "It gives me pleasure to write you this letter at this time on account of the good your Peruna bus done me when I was quite done up with a very had eold. "I could hardly perform my ordinary duties, but from the u?e of Peruna I am almost restored to health. "I am quite convinced that it has helped me from chronic catarrh, to1 which I am subject. It has also benefited my throat. . MI can truly recommend it as the best all-round medicine it has been my $ privilege to become acquainted with. Of this I am quite convinced from my > own experience."?Capt. Lemuel M. Hutchinson, Montpelier, Vt. Can Alow Eat Anything. Mr. J. W. Pritchard, Columbia City, Ind., writes: "I am pleased to say that I have been curtd of catarrh of the Stomach by Peruna. "I could hardly eat anything that agreed with me. Before I would get half through my meal my stomach would fill with gas, causing T.e much distress and unpleasant feelings for an hour o.- two after each meal. "But, thanks to your Peruna, I am now completely cured, and can eat any thing I want to without any of the uls tressing symptoms. I can now enjoy my meals as I used to do, and it is all due to Lr. Hartman and his wonderful medicine, Peruna. ??It has beea one year 3inoo / wan cured, and I am all 0. K. yet, so I know I am cured." A Nervous Breakdown. Mr. Lewis Zim, editor and proprietor of "St. Augustine Meteor," writes: "Any man in public work finds at times that he is under a peculiar nerve strain. I found that with it I lost my appetite, and my brain seemed to work unceasingly during wakinc and sleep iug hours, so I was tired and worn out in the morning. "Tonles and invigorators wore sug gested and tried, but nothing was of ben efit to me but Peruna. That ia cer tainly a remarkable medicine. I was restored in three weeks to'my normal healthy condition, my appetite returned and my sleex> was refreshing." Sickness is Unnecessary to demonstrate the value of the telephone in the farm home. In any emergency the tele phone performs a func tion which no other agency can equal. The doctor can he called quicker than the horse can he hitched up. Neighbors can be summoned instantly. It is invaluable for the convenience and protection of the housewife. (J For information and booklet about the Bell plan write to nearest Bell telephone manager or to Farmers* Line Department Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. 134 South Pryor Street ATLANTA GEORGIA CHARLESTON Musical and Festival Week October 25-30 RUSSIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTQA The best organised and most uniform in talent in the United States, support ed by a splendid chorus of two hundred male and fe male voices. Special rates from all points in South Carolina. Ask the Preacher Ask the Doctor ? Ask the Lawyer I Aik the Banker H. N\ JENKINS, Contractor and Builder. Plans and specifications furnished. All work guaranteed. City refer ences given. 2G Palmetto Street. ORANGEBURG, :: S. C. Another load of fresh Eggs and chickens. Eggs 30c while they last. Butter 3i3c. Unlucky corner. Phone 13. Chisohlm's Store. Cheap For Cash We have on hand about 50 nice Repaired and Re painted Buggies, which we will sell for LESS THAN COST for the next 30 days. Now is your chance to get a Buggy Cheap at L. E. Riley's. Merry Widow is a rich man's to bacco, but sold at a poor man's price; get it from Fairey & Weeks. FOR SALE!!! One of the finest farms in Orangeburg County, in Forks of the Edisto. Nearly all the track under cultivation. No trouble to make a bale of cot ton to the acre. An oppor like this is very seldom of fered Apply to ALPHIA Care of The Times and Democrat FIRE, LIFE. BURGLARY, TORNADO INSURANCE!! ALSO SURETY BONDS Written ivy H. C. Wannamaker I I represent companies that's know to be good. Give me some of your busmess. A SCARCITY OP v GOOD MATERIAL" The Choicest Materials such as are obtainable only through the facilities of the world's larg est vehicle and harness factories make the "TYSON" b JONES" BUGGY, THE "WHITE HICKORY" WAGON, and the "STUDABAKER" HARNESS, what they are today. We carry one of the largest stocks of vehicles and harness In the State. Call and Examine SIFLY & FRITH Something Good from Louisiana LUZIANNE COFFEE FRESH, STRONG, FRAGRANT, SATISFYING. Two Million Cups Drunk Dally Sold everywhere. 23 cts. 1 lb. THE RE1LY-TAY1-OR CO. NEW ORLEANS,Cl.S.A. "tv It was in this very cottage in Brookside, 15 miles from Birmingham, Ala., that three Italians nearly died of Fever. They had been sick 3 months. John son's Tonic cured them quickly?read letter below: f'Dfl0B^' \ >W?(^ tJt^t^SOmt^ UrookBlde, Ala.. May 4,1903.^ The two physicians here had 3 very obstinate cases or continued Malarial Fever. All were Italians and lived on a creek GO yards from my store. These cases were of three monthB standing, their temperature ranging from 100 to KM. The doctors had tried every thing in vain. I persuaded them to let me try Johnson's Tonic. I removed all tho print ed matter and let tho medicine go out In a plain bottle as a regular prescription. Tho ef- j feet In all three cases was Immediate ana ;K;rmaneut. They recovered rapidly and there). wa3 no recurrence of the Fever. mmu^,J^ rrjt* S. R. SJMFLETT. VjBBSa Write to THE JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC CO., Savannah, Ca!^ THE ORIGIN?R LAXATIVE HONEY and TA3^ Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup, La Grippe, Asthma, Throat m the and Lung Troubles. Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption jgLLovy ?^Sggjl LOWMAN DRUG CO. A. C. DUKES.