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AKEN VS. LEVER SPARTAXBURG HERALD WANTS LIGHT ON SOIL SURVEYS. Thinks It Odd That Claims for Un due Credit Should be the Occa sion of Two Corrections. The Spnrtanburg Herald says "Representative D. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, has taken occasion to put a few holes in some statements made in the State papers recently, to the effect that Representative Lever de serves all the credit for the soil surveys in South Carolina by the national department of agriculture. Mr. Aiken shows that in his own district 2,408 sqaure miles have been surveyed, while in Mr. Lever's dis trict only 1,707 square miles have , been surveyed and very logically asks; "If this matter has been left ex clusively to Mr. Lever, as his friend <the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier) would do him the injustice to intimate, would the initiative have been taken out side of his district and would he have Javored other sections rather than his own? Continuing, Mr. Aiken says: ?'The first survey made in Mr. ILever's district was the Orangehurg survey, made in 1904, and the two other surveys were in Lee and Sum ter in 1907. The survey in Abbe ville county was made in 1902, while Senator Latiraer was in con gress, and before Mr. Lever was a member of the agricultural commit *ee. The surveys in Darlington and. Horry were made the same year, while Mr. Scarborough was in con gress. These men had been serving tor some years when the surveys ?were made, and both of them were known to be active and able repre sentatives. Mr. Lever was then a aew man in the house, and it is unreasonable to suppose that these anea of longer service would appeal to him, even before his appointment to the agricultural committee, to < have surveys made In their respec tive districts." Further: "This is written in no 'unfriendly spirit for Mr. Lever, whom I esteem highly as a personal friend, and appreciate as an able ?and faithful public servant. And I do not believe that Mr. Lever would, himself do injustice to his col leagues, but his friends, in this wholesale claim for him, have over stepped the bounds of reason, and do injustice both to Mr. Lever and his colleagues." The Herald goes on to say tha: "Mr. Lever seems to .have consid erable trouble dn tb/3 matter of lais publicity. It will be remembered that some months ago he "bounced" The Herald and its Washington cor respondent because of the publica tion of unvarnished facts and un biased opinions, and he was shown to have claimed credit for a great "fight" over a typographical error in 'the Payne bill, which "fight" never took place. Now one of his col leagues in the house objects to a wholesale claim of credit for work done through the agricultural de partment, and he seems to prove conclusively that Mr. Lever is not by any means the leader in this renpect among the South Carolina representatives "It is odd that claims for undue ?credit should be the occasion of two newspaper corrections. There are other representatives in congress from this State who do fully as nrach public work as Mr. Lever does, if not more. Why is it that there is no "wholesale' claims for them in the press? Is it because they do the work and let the pub licity part of it take care of itself, and that Mr. Lever's tactics are otherwise? Or are the "wholesale ?claims" to which Mr. Aiken refers made without Mr. Lever's knowledge and consent? What is the an swer?" SHOOTS HIMSELF. Mr. Lee Rast, Near Holly Hill, Takes His Own Life. Mr. Lee Rast, a substantial farm er, living near Holly Hill, commit ted suicide Tuesday afternoon bv shooting himself through the heart with a shotgun. So reason fo? the deed has been learned, except th:;r he had just returned from Charles ton, where it is said he was to have been married. He returned without his bride, and possibly this disap pointment caused him to kill himself. He was a widower, about 40 years of age, and leaves six small children. His mother, who lived with him, left him in his room apparently asleep a few minutes before hearing the noise of the gun. On entering the room, she found him dead on the floor with the gun by his side. Sold Out All Booze. The St. Matthews correspondent of The Sti'.e says "it is now prohibition in fact for the people of Calhoun county. Thursday as the hands of the clock indicated the exact hour of noon the last bottle of whiskey in the dispensary there was sold. No great amount of interest in the dying hour of the dispensary was manifested. Only one or two besides the final purchaser were present. The Fort Motte dispensary had been closed about two days. Thus ends for the present, at least, the whiskey question in this county." The St. Matthews correspondent of The State says, "although prohi bition was carried by a very narrow margin, the plurality being the small est in the State at the recent elec tion, the people of the county will endeavor to uphold the law now of force, regardless of former views." That is right. Let all hands up hold the law. THE COTTON MARKET. Prices Went Down a Little at New York and Liverpool. Reports from New York and Liver pool say that cotton went off some on Thursday. The' following are the movements and quotations: Galveston, Nov. 11. ? Cotton steady; middling 14 5-16; receipts 19,161; sales 1,553; stock 246,429; to the continent 9,046; coastwise 3, 601. New Orleans, Nov. 11.?Cotton steady; middling 14 1-2; net receipts 8,520; gross 8,521; sales 975; stock 200,946; to Great Britain 3,300. Mobile, Nov. 11.?Cotton easy; middling 14 1-2; receipts 1.044; sales 525; stock 39,945; coastwise 2. Savannah, Nov. 11.?Cotton qui et; middling 14 7-16; receipts 7, 545; sales 1,050; stock 237,568; coastwise 441. Charleston, Nov. 11.?Cotton firm; middling 14 3-8; receipts 651; stock 42,817; coastwise 110. Wilmington, Nov. 11.?Cotton qui et; middling 14 1-4; receipts 2,033; stock 19,245. Norfolk, Nov. 11.?Cotton steady; muddling 14 1-2; receipts 5,272; sales 751; stock 41,816; coastwise 4,057. New York, Nov. 11.?Cotton qui et; middling 14.95; gross receipts 5,301; stock 111,549; to Great Bri gain 589; to the continent 238. Baltimore, Nov. 11.?Cotton nom inal; middling 14 3-4; gross receipts 395; stock 9,481. Houston, Nov. 11.?Cotton steady; middling 14 5-16; receipts 10,668; shipments 10,459; sales 1,014: stock 99,327. Augusta, Nov. 11.?Cotton steady; middling 14 9-16; net receipts 1, 498; gross 2,411; shipments 1,334; sales 936; stock 59,175. Menlphis, Nov. ll.?Cotton steady, middling 15; net receipts 5,495, gross 6,562; shipments 3,089; sales 1.S00; stock 166.201. New York Futures. Open. Close. January.14.53 14.51 March.14.70 14.67 May.14.83 14.79 September. 12.97 December.14.40 14.35 Orangcburg Spot Cotton. The local market was paying 14.25 cents for good middling yesterday. Receipts at Orangeburg. Thursday.69 bales Friday.100 bales At the Ports. Receipts at ports today . . 54,576 This day last year . 72,826 This day year before .... 49,614 Receipts since Sept. 1_3,521,400 Same time last year _3,468,861 Same time year before ....2,573,139 UNCALLED FOR LETTERS. Those Remaining in the Postoffice at Orangeburg. List of letters remaining unclaim ed in the Orangeburg Postoffice for week ending Nov. 11, 1909. Per sons calling for same will please say that they are "advertised." A. D. WE??TER, P. M. Lillian A. Brown. Josie Brown. Rosa Lee Brown. Stephen Coades. Mitchel Cooker. Mabelle Cook. Joe Connelly. Lula May Covington. Ben Curry. Mrs. Malinda Fauling. Yester Glover. Georgia Hamilton. Mrs. Alice Hargrove (2). Mrs. Deila Hanna. Annie Huger. Mrs. Pauline Isaac. Mrs. Henrietta Keitt. Olive C. Lamar. Sallie Middleton. Lottie Mitchell. Calip Muller. , Emily Reedy (2). P. W. Salley. L. H. Sims. Estell Simpson. Ellen N. Spann. Laurie Starks. Mary Sticker. Gabriel Tyler. 'Mrs. Eddie Webb. J. S. Webster. Bertha Wesley. Florence Williams. The Orangeburg Bakery. The Orangeburg Bakery will make a small beginning next week some time. We had intended not opening until machinery came in, but in as much as it will take two or three weeks, we will do the best we can by hand until the machinery comes. There will be no wagon out to serve house customers until we are fully equipped for business. Of course, any one desiring our bread before that time we will be glad to serve them. We realize that talk and ad vertising is cheap?what Orangeburg people need is good bread. Howev er, we don't fee! like keeping bakery and store closed; after completed, when we can make some bread, cakes, pies, rolls, butter cake, etc., while waiting on machinery. Guss Von Ohsen. Stole a Bale of Cotton. The Calhoun Advance says: '"On Saturday night a bale of cotton be longing to Harry Davis was stolen from the platform of the gin of .Mr. Cornelius Zeigler in Pine Grove township, by June Comidore, and taken to Kort Motte on Monday morning and sold. As soon as the cotton was missed Monday morning Mr. Zeigler made the wires hot and the man and cotton was finally lo cated at Fort Motte. Mr. Willard having bought it. The polic? tcok the darkey in c.uuge and uc was brought here and bound over to court, under a bond of $600. He will likely pay the penalty for his folly on the roads of this county." BRAXCHTTXiLE NEWS. Mr. Patterson FeU and Broke His Arm?780-Pound Bale. Branch ville, Nov. 11.?Special: This morning while Mr. C. C. Pat terson was coming off of his new two-story brick building that is Halv ing completion, he accidentally made a misstep and fell about twelve feet to the ground. Fortunately Mr. Pat terson caught on his hands or bo no doubt would have sustained morel injuries than he did. His left arm was broken just above the wrist. Medical aid was obtained as socn as possible and Mr. Patterson is rest ing very well at this time. 780-Pound Bale of Cotton. The largest bale^of cotton that hss j been marketed here in recent yeai t> J was brought to town yesterday o; Richard Brunsen, colored, of Bam berg county. The bale of cotton weighed 780 pounds, and sold for 14.05 cents per pound. The cotton brought the nice little sum of $109.69, and the seed was worth $15.08. The cotton and the cotton seed, therefore, netted the sum of $124.77, which is more than any bale of cotton has sold for at this place for many years past. Mr. F. E. Bel linger, who bought the cotton, said that the bale of cotton brought more money than he had ever paid for one bale of cotton in his life. Some one who happened to be standing near by when the conversation re!a-1 tive to the cotton was being had, said that the bale of cotton must have brought enough to pay the negro's lien, to pay some on his mule and then have some left to get him a lit tle something to drink before the dispensary closes. Personal Notes. Mrs. John Billings, of Birming-| ham, Ala., has been spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Fairey. Mrs. Billings has not visited Brancn ville before in a long time, and her many friends are glad to see herj again. Mr. B. L. Herndon, who lives in the country a few miles from town, left yesterday for Augusta, where he goes to attend the Georgia-Caro lina Fair and visit the family of| F. M. George. Messrs. J. S. Cook and A. F. My jers, of Bowman, passed through town lone day this week en route to Au gusta, where they have gone to at tend the Georgia-Carolina Fair. Joseph Weingard and daughter, left Thursday for Augusta to at tend the fair. Misses Josephine and Sophie Cop:> land, of Ehrhardt, spent Thursday night in town as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Appii.:j;'. Th* Misses Copeland were on their wr.\ hone from the Luthern Convention at Leesville, S. C. Misses Mary and Minnie Heaten left Wednesday for Augusta, where they have gone to visit relatives aud to take in the fair. Mr. J. B. Henderson received the sad news of the death of his sister at Ware Shoals this week. Mr. Henderson left at once to attend her funeral. Miss Clara Copeland, of Ehrhardt, has been spending some time in town as the guest of Mrs. W. P. Appleby. T. D. Fender and daughter, Miss Beula, are attending the Georgia-j Carolina Fair at Augusta this week. M. 0. Gardner, of Berkeley county, has been spending some time in town as the guest of his brother, L. A. Gardner. Joel Demid, of Charleston, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. L. A. Gardner, has returned home. Clifton Dukes, who is a student j in the A. and M. College, Raleigh, In. p.. spent several days in town this week as the guest of his sister, I Mrs. J. B. Henderson. Mesdames J. W. Smoak, of Orange burg, and L. A. Manning, of Latta, spent last Sunday in town as the j guest of Mrs. J. B. Henderson. Mrs. A. N. Smoak left last Sat urday for Columbia, where she goes to meet her son, Willie, who holds a position with "Uncle Sam" as mail clerk, running between Batesburg and Allendale. North TwinkUngs. North, S. C, Nov. 11.?Special Mrs. J. W. Blain and Mrs. John Sal ley, of Woodford, was in town yes terday. Mr. C. S. Harley, who has been traveling in Louisana for the Nat ional Paper Company, of Atlanta, is at home for a few days. He will work South Carolina until January first. Messrs. J. L. Reeves and J. A Livingston have gone west, where they will purchase a large stock of horses and mules for the market. Mr. M. O'Riley returned yester day from Estill, S. C, where he. went to photograph the town. The pho tographs will appear in a write up, which will be published in The State. The Southern Express Company has removed their office to the depot. Mr. D. G. Burden has accepted the agency. Miss Mabel McCormick. of the Bull Swamp section, was in town today. L. A. II. Calhoun County Jurors. The following are the names of those drawn to serve as jurors at the term of court for Calhoun coun ty, which convenes next Monday: W. C. Zeigler, Jno. McLauchlin. W. A. Isgett, T. F. Chaplin. R. A. Rozard. E. T. Brady, E. W. Holman, J. J. Shoemaker, C. A. Zeigler, C. F. Stabler, M. F. Wactor. W. H. King, J. L. Riley, J. M. Zeigler, W. C. Hane, M. J. Roof, J. M. Smoak, G. A. Baxter, D. E. Hildebrand, J. A. Zeigler, W. A. Keller. P. S. Ruck er, J. T. Rucker. T. F. Wise, W. H. Gaskin, H. D. Ott, V. V. Saylor, G. W. Carson, J. S. Wiler, W. W. Wolfe, B. F. Rucker, W. J. Wise, W. B. TTezevant, E. V. Holman, J. D. In abinett, H. L. WTise. TWENTY YEARS AGO. Wedding Anniversary of an Orange burg Couple. The following verses, written by W. M. Mauphin, of the Commoner, is borrowed, changed to suit, and dedicated to a loving, sweet little Orangeburg wife, by the man she went forth into the world with on November 13, 1889, twenty years ago today: Through bright sunshine and stormy weather For twenty years we've walked to gether, Sweetheart, you and I. Hand clasped in hand through all the days We've helped each other on life's ways, 'Neath clear or gloomy sky. And on this day your presence cheers, O sweetheart, of those twenty years, Just as it did the autumn day You started with me on life's way. Though time has brought us much of sorrow We've held our faith in bright to morrow, Sweetheart", you and L And though deep grief has brought the tears We look back on the vanished years With more of smile than sigh. And though we both have older grown With years that o'er our heads have flown, To me you've still the trusting maid That walked forth with me unafraia. The fleeting years their C3*cies turning Have kept our youthful lovelights burning, Sweetheart, you and I. And now, dear one, we backward gaz Upon those long departed days Where treasured memories lie, And heart to heart and hand in hand Upon the future's threshold stand, And with our hearts free from ah fears We look toward e'en brighter years. Through bright sunshine or stormy weather For twenty years we've walked to gether, Sweetheart, you and I. And 'round our knees our children play When shadows mark the close of day, And evening hours go by. Dear one, as down life's ways we pass You e'er will be the sweet-faced lass? The little sweetheart?blythe and gay, Of twenty years ago today. Bowman News. Bowman, Nov. 12.?Special: The class of instruction in vocal music by Mr. J. C. Brewington, numbering upwards of 60 pupils of Bowman and vicinity, will conclude the exer cises in connection therewith on next Tuesday evening, commencing at 7:30, to which the public is cordial ly invited to attend. The course of instruction has been running up wards of three weeks, many of the pupils did not miss a day since the commencement of the exercises. The chaingang is at work on the Ebenezer section of Cow Castle township, under the direction of Township Commissioner W. H. Pat rick. Work is needed badly on all of the public roads in and around the entire Bowman section of the county. The Commissioners should use the public funds for road improvements for the benefit of rural routes in the main, as all of these lead direct to town, benefitting the masses as well as rural routes. Some of the routes are in bad shape in places, and should have attention at once, be fore cold, rainy weather sets in. There is a needless multiplicity of public roads in this section and this is why the roads are in such bad shape. The boom in cotton seed has caus ed a tremendous rush of this com modity on the market during thie week. The sale of seed has been unprecedented in Bowman's history. From two to three carloads come in town daily. Cane grinding has commenced and for some weeks now there will be general "sweetness" almost every where. Owing to the dry fall the cane crop will not produce the usual output made in this section. The many friends of Rev. Sam Danner were pleased to meet him on the streets of Bowman a?nin. He will spend only a few days here and will leave again about the middle of next week. Dundee. Methodist Conference. The annual conference of the Methodist Eplsfcopail Church for South Carolina will meet at the col ored Methodist church in this city on the 24th instant. Bishop Ham 1 iii will preside and two other Bish ops will be present some time dur ing the conference. The member ship of this branch of the Methodist church in the South is composed al most entirely of colored people. The conference will be in session several days and its members while here will be entertained by the colored peo ple of the city. Annexation Commissioners. *""The "commissioners appointed by the Governor to arrange for the an nexation vote in Berkeley county met in this city on Thursday. Messrs. G. M. Norris. B. H. Moss, for Or angeburg and T. L. Connor and J. St. Clair White for Berkeley were all present. Mr. Connor was elected chairman and Capt. B. H. Moss sec retary. After going over the papers and finding them all right, the com missioners appointed Messrs. Frank W. Frederick and T. C. Hamby to verify the survey already made. 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. Branchville wants a new passenger station. Branchville seems to he on the eve of a warm municipal campaign. There will be some thirsty sinners hanging around about the middle of the week. Mrs. W. W. Russell, of Anderson, is visiting her sister, Mrs. V. Smith, in this city. Some one says the dispensary has about $25,000 worth of all kinds of wine and liquors. See W. F. Cannon for engraved wedding invitations. Samples beau tiful and prices cheap. Engraved visiting cards make a nice Christmas present. See W. F. cannon. Samples are beautiful. ? The 'county owns a valuable"* bot tling plant which it will have no use for after Monday, when the dispen saries are closed. Thieves are busy stealing cotton In some sections of the country and farmers should not leave theirs ex posed either to rogues or the weath er. Hon. Lewis A. Carson, of Provi dence, made fifty-six bales of cotton on fifty acres this year and forty bushels of corn. That is good farm ing and it pays. Rev. and Mrs. S. D. Colyer have returned from their visit North. It is needless to say that they had a delightful time, as there are many things up there to interest visitors. Whiskey selling and drunkenness, theoretically, at least, will be abol ished in this county next Monday, when the dispensaries are closed. Let us work to make them practi cal. How would it do to uu>e the leaves and other trash swept off tue pavement around the court house square occasionally? Can't the jani tor do this little job for the sake of decency? The dispensary has quite a large j^tock of liqtlprs ?>n hand, which must be sold to close out the busi ness by Monday night. It is said a great reduction has been made in the price of all liquors. Mrs. T. O. S. Dibble has gone on a visit to her brother at Albany, Ga., and from there will visit her sister at De Land, Fla. Sho will be gone some weeks, and we know she will have a most delightful time. Some one advertises through the Branchvile paper for a good depend able 'possum dog. It seems to be a case of necessity, as the adver tiser says he wants the dog at once and he will pay a good price for it. We beg to call the attention of the public to the advertisement of Fairey Bros, on page three. As advertised, they will have several car loads of stock here in a few days, one car load having already been shipped. A box party and cake walk will be given at Four Holes school house on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20, commencing at 3 o'clock. The af fair is for the benefit of the school and the public is invited to be pres ent. The county dispensary board Is busy winding up the affairs of the county's liquor business . it will take the board some time after the dispensaries are closed to complete this work, and finally close out the business. The residents of Amelia street would like to have the unsightly poles removed that now stand right in the centre of the pavement on one side of that street. Can't our city council have this work done by the companies owning these poles? "The question of increase of taxes on account of the disappearance of the dispensary is seldom discussed now, the people seeming to have ac cepted the judgment of the majority and the county government will go along smoothly as before," says the St. Matthews correspondent of The SUtte. The Calhoun Advance says "Fri day night of last week Mr. Tom Jack son, of Lone Star, had taken from himi a bale of seedj cotton. Mr. Jackson left tbe key in charge of one of the hands on the place, who it is said tailed to lock the door. This negro has been arrested, as possibly knowing more of the miss ing cotton than what he pretends. Accidentally Killed. The Branchville Journal says one day last week Henry Under, color ed, of Snioaks, was unbreechlng a shotgun in the house of Elliot An derson when the gun was accidental ly discharged. The entire load of the gun took effect in one of Ander son's girl's hand and side. Medi cal aid was summoned and it was thought the girl would recover. Sun day night, though, she got worse and died Monday morning. There is no doubt but that the shooting was an accident, and from what we can learn the lather of the dead girl is willing to let the affair drop as an accident." Should Not Be Allowed. Our attention has been called to the fact that during the forenoon last Sunday there was much hauling of the stuff of the Carnival people to the train in wagons. This should not be allowed und we hope it will not be repeated. City ordinances prohibit the opening of stores and the carrying on of other business. Then why should a lot of stranger.* come here and desecrate the Sab bath by hauling freight through the streets to the depot? ACADEMY MUSIC Wednesday, November 17 DELUISI & WINDISH OFFER Direction A. H. Windish A SOUTHERN STORY AS SWEET AS THE HONEY SUCKLE A Play Without a Prurient or Sugges tive Line. You have read the novel; now see the play PRICES: 35, 50, 75 AND $1.00. SEATS on sale at LOWMAN'S DRUG STORE Monday, November 15.