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Established in 1869. VoL 40 . No. 120 Published Three Times a Week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ? Entered . as . second-class matter Jan. 0, 1909, at the postofflce at Or angeburg, S. C under the Act of Congress of March. 1879. Jas. L. Simsr Editor and Proprietor. Jas. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Rates. One Year.81.50 Six Months.73 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 TimHMbnd Democrat, Orange burg;- sT^P Whether Dr. Cook reached the Pole or not, all will admit that he found a gold mine on the lecture platform. The reported chewing gum famine is welcome until one thinks what several million pairs of jaws might do if not chewing gum. Marie Corelli says Mrs. Taft is the real president, and, judging by our personal experience, we are not prepared to dispute her. Sweeden and Norway have just settled a dispute through the Hague court. This is a worthy example that larger and more pretentious nations would do well to emulate. 'After one reads the accounts about the white slave traffic in our large cities, the old time theory of a hell of real fire and brimstone seems more reasonable than ever. Since Peary has received an offer of SI.20 per word from some fool magazine, no doubt he has about come to the conclusion that the pen is more profitable than the ham mer. The row now going on among the Christian Scientists over absence treatment of enemies, reminds us very much of the Salem, Mass., witch craft fracus of the seventeenth cen tury. Our currency system is a compli cated piece of clock work, and sadly needs mending, but we hardly think the gang of buccaneers headed by Senator Aldrich are the ones to be entrusted with the work. ??? President Taft having traveled thirteen thousand miles to find out what the people want, Congress should carry out his recommenda tions, but it is dollars to doughnuts that it will not if they affect the trusts. While President Taft is thinking over the way he will present to Congress the many fair promises he made on his trip to te people, Re publican Congressmen are picking out pigeon holes in which to put them to sleep. Another of Cip Castro's Venezue lan plots have been foiled. Cip is foolish to be wasting his time on the Dagos of Venezuela, when so many of our big cities are such easy marie? for the grafter. We would suggest that Cip try San Francisco. Some of the English suffragettes broke a gallery window to interrupt tbe London Lord Mayor's banquet. If the attention of these suffragettes can be diverted by such harmless tricks as this, it may be best to let them remain at large. The corn crop is one hundred mil lion bushels larger this year than it was last year in the United States and ten million bushels larger in South Carolina for the same period. In the face of such a showing what is the use to ask the silly question, "Does farming pay?" When we consider what stuff the yellow journals buy and pay well for at space rates, it is a mystery why some of those imaginative cor respondents who were on the trip with Mr. Taft did not jump that job and develop the fake story about Roosevelt's death. The monetary commission sent out Senator Aldrich to explain the central bank idea to the West, but if he did not meet with any better success than he did in reconciling the people of that section to the thieving tariff he forced on the country, his mission was a failure. Mrs. Parkhurst, the English suf fragette, thinks that American wo men are not serious enough. May be so, but we think our women are very sensible in holding up the men for flowers and candy rather than being fed with stomach pumps in otder to get a chance to cast a bal lot. A peace society worker by the name of Mead says there will be no more war between civilized nations after 1915. We hope he is right, but if wc are to judge by the atti tude of the so-called civilized na tions on the war question we are bound to come to the conclusion that Mr. Mead is a dreamer. It is now claimed by the subsidy advocates that a great many ocean steamships are running at a loss be cause of empty, berths, and govern ment aid is demanded. Many other lines of business fail to pay, but they are not subsidized by the gov ernment. Then why should steam ships that don't pay be subsidized? Bighani's Escape. From the frequent miscarriage of justice in the courts, It sometimes looks as if they are organized for the protection instead of the punish ment of criminals. All of our judg es are men of the highest honor and ^ntfegijity, and yet sjome of them seem to let their sympathy for con ti victed criminals sway their judgment in passing-sentence on them. Such we believe to have been the case with Judge Watts in the trial, con viction and sentence of Dr. Bigham and Avant for the mysterious killing of the former's wife last summer. They were both convicted, sentenc ed to ohly three and a half years in the penitentiary, ana on a pretended appeal let loose on a $1.500 bond. "Dr. Bigham's mother went on his bond for $1,600. and it Is conceiva j ble that they considered the sum of $1,500 a small thing In comparisoc to three and a half years in the pen. That is the statement ol fact," says the Columbia State, "and the obvious conclusion at the enr of a report from Georgetown thai Dr. Bigham, who was recently con victed of manslaughter in tue kill ing of his wife, and who was releas ed on bail pending an appeal tc the supreme court which his lawyei did not make, is discovered to b? missing." The State says the news of Big ham's jumping his small bond if not in the least surprising to it. Nor is it to any one who will think a minute. As The States says, "a dollar and twenty cents a day is not much to be paid by a doctor to keep out of the penitentiray, particularly when vhis family has means to dc the paying. Every day in Colum bia negroes pay at the rate of one dollar a day to keep off the chali gang. When the bond was announc ed we feared South Carolina would loose Bigham's medical services ou the State farm. Who believes that justice is done by the payment of that bond, and the escape from other punishment?" Echo answer, "Who?" The Heart of the Railroad Evil. The most important matter for the next session of Congress to con sider is what might be called the very heart of the railroad evil, the tendency to over capitalization. Here is where the bulk of dishonest fortunes have been made. A new railroad sells bonds enough to pay for its construction, then it issues stock on top of those bonds, repre senting nothing but water and air plus the road's franchise?a free gift- from- the public?and the right to control the policies of the road. The public ought not to be expect ed to pay dividends on the stock, I under these circumstances. But It has to, for railroad rates are usually made high enough to pay a dividend on this capatilized vacum. Mr. Bry | an has time and again called at tention to this evil, and President Taft has urged the taking up of this matter, and the giving to some tribu nal the power to pass on future is sues of stock and bonds. Gross evils existing in over capi talization can hardly be upset with out a financial crash, but the Amer ican people by prompt action can be saved from bearing any increased burdens. Squally Times in Europe. Every corner of Europe is seeth ing with unrest and the future it full of uncertainty. In Finland it looks as if Russian aggression would destroy the last vestige of autonomy. Greece promises to force the abdi cation of the king througn the mili tary distatorship that has been gro'V ing for several months. Spain is still feeling the effects of the death of Ferrer, the Catalonian revolt and the unpopularity of the Moroccm war. The visit of the Czar of Russia to Italy is resented by Austria and probably means the early dissolution cf the Triple Alliance and the align ment of Italy with Great Britain, France and Russia. And Germany and Britain are still suspicious of .each other. Taking it altogether, Europe is very much like a keg of gunpowder into which almost any day a lighted match may be drop ped with disastrous results. Most certainly it will need cool influence of peace loving rulers and states men to restore harmony and replace suspicion with confidence. Cultivate Happiness. ! Few people stop to think that their individual happiness is not depen dent on outside circumstances. A habit of happiness can be cultivated, like any other habit and just as suc cessfully. Happiness is as much a duty as cleanliness and morality. The cheerful, hopeful temper which refuses to let itself be harrowed up, it is everyone's duty to cultivate. There is a beautiful legend that at creation's dawn an angel came down to earth, seeking something to take back with it to heaven. It returned with a bouquet of flowers, a baby's smile and a mother's love. When it reached the pearly gates of Para d'se again the flowers had withered, the baby's smile had vanished, but the mother's love was found to be as pure and eternal as the waters that flowed by the heavenly throne, and all the angels exclaimed. "There is nothing on earth pure enough for heaven but a mother's love." The Charleston Evening Post says feminine hearts are rejoicing in a brand new dress wrinkle; the aero plane sash. This sash is supposed to create a balloon effect to the skirt lines, and like the automobile veil, does not oblige its wearer to take any more hazardous a journey than a walk or a carriage drive. Bless them, they are always thinking of something new. The row now going on among New York Christian Scientists about what Mrs. Stetson said or did not say, suggests that when Mrs. Eddy's dreaded domination is removed from the field of earthly strife, the scrap among those who will aspire for leadership will make the Cook-Peary row resemble an animated peace conference. Exchange?I would like to exchange some desirable and weli improved South Georgia real estate for Bank Stock or Certificates of Stock in other safe financial institutions. Write me what you have if you care to consider a proposition of this nature. W. M. Giddens. Tif ton, Ga. Manager?We desire to secure the services of an experienced man as office manager, who has some money to invest and one who de sires a permanent positions in a progressive South Georgia town. It will certainly pay you to in vestigate this proposition. Nat ional Loan & Trust Co., Tifton, Ga. Listen?We will build you a house anywhere, providing you will fur nish the lot and make a small pay ment and we will let you pay the balance by the month. We do not issue Home Purchasing Contracts but build the house for you at once and let you pay for it on easy payments. National Loan & Trust Co.,- Tifton, Ga. Sale. Under and by virtue of an ordev of the Probate Court, I will sell at Rowesvllle, S. C. at public auction on Friday, the 19th of November, 1909, all the personal property and effects of the late John F. Simmons, consisting of household furniture, farm implements, machinery, live stock, horses, cows, etc. Terms of sale, cash. Sale to com mence at 11 o'clock a. m. ADA F. SIMMONS, Administratrix. Lund Sale. Immediately after the Circuit Court Sales, on December 6th, 1909. at the request of the owner, I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder for cash, all that certain tract of land, situate, lying and be ing in Edisto and Union townships, in the county of Orangeburg, con taining one hund/red and twenty (120) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by lands of Allen Shu ler, Morris O'Brien and William Hughes; on the east by lands of Sam Stephenson and I. F. Kittrell; on the south by lands of J. D. Thomas and J. R. Turner, and on the west by Mrs. Minnie Gray. ll-16-2pd RODT. E. COPES. Call for Creditors. Pursuant to the order of the Court in the case of Frank E. Haigler, etc., et al., against Andrew J. Haigler. et al., all persons having claims against the estate of Franklin G. Haigler, deceased, are hereby re quired to prove their respective de mands before the undersigned at Or angeburg, S. C, on or before No vember 27th, 1909, or be debarred payment. ROBT. E. COPES, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee. November 5th, 1909. THE NEW FERTILIZER. A discovery of far-reaching impor tance to the farmers of the South is the new fertilizer which has been perfected on one of the islands near Charleston, S. C. It has long been known that lime is an essential food for plants of all kinds and that they cannot live when it has been exhaust ed from the soil. It has also been known that old worn-out lands are 'extremely deficient in lime, and that sour, badly-drained lands have their lime is a for mthat is not unable by growing crops. Farmers' Bulletin No. 124, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, says: "All the applications of lime increased the yields * * The best yields were obtained with the lime in the form of carbonate, the finely ground oys ter shells standing first * ? Lime with fertilizer ?yTas more profitable than depending upon fertilizer alone." \ This new fertilizer which presents lime In its most usable form is made by a new process of burning oyster shells and using a burner that can supply potash. The result is a high grade fertilizer costing the consum er only $7.00 per ton. It reclaims worn-out lands in a marvelous man-) ner if applied broadcast two months ahead of animoniated goods. It'Sj sweetening effects on sour lands Is almost magical. Charleston freight rates apply on this new fertilizer. The factory is located on Young's Island, S. C, but all letters should be addressed to E. L. Commins, Sales Agent. Meggetts, S. C. Free descrip tive circulars will be sent to any one on request. CAN TUBERCULOSIS BE CURED? According to Statement Issued by the Michigan Department of Health, It Can Be Cured and Pre vented. I, the undersigned, hereby certi fy that I have suffered slightly for several years, and endured pains and spitting of blood from tuberculosis' for the past year. Having taken the Saastamoinen Remedy for three! months, I feel myself perfectly well. Two doctors, after careful examina tions, have pronounced me fully re covered. (Signed) - For testimonials and terms, write . .The Saastamoinen Remedy Co.,. . South Range, Mich. L. M. Power, M. D.. in charge. Pointed Paragraphs. People seldom talk too much un less they know too little. Vanity enables a man to convince himself that ho isn't vain. Many a girl who is fond of jew elry has no use for a rolling pin. Occasionally a man discovers that he has a friend who really is his friend. CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. Wanted?50 bushels peas at once; will pay you to see us before you sell. Green Brabham Co. Wanted to Sell?Violin, comparative ly new, reasonable. Call at No. 27 S. Middleton street, or Phone No. 2311. Sawmill for Sale?Sawmill complete, engine and boiler, for sale. Ar ply to H. C. Stevens, Rowesville, S. C. 11-9-10* For Sale?Appier Rust Proof Seed Oats. Frown and for sale by A. M. Salley, at stable, Orange burg, S. C. Salesmen Wanted to look after our interest in Orangeburg and adja cent counties. Salary or commis sion. Address The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland, O. For Sale or Rent?One house and lot, located at 50 E. Glover St. Two story house with sewerage and water works. Large lot and good outbuildings. Apply to the prem ises. 10-14-3m* Lost?One white bitch setter puppy, about half grown, with a few lemon spots; very friendly; answer to the name Pup. Return and get reward. Marion Felder, 49 Glover street. ll-ll-2t For Sale? Pure bred Guernsey bulls, all ages, from ancestors of dis tinguished milk and butter record. Have been first premium winners wherever exhibited. John G. Mob ley, Winnsboro, S. C. There is money in it. The Gloria Instantaneous Hollow Wire Gas olir.y Lighting System. Write W. A. Riddle, Sales Manager, 1274 76 Washington Boulevard, Chica go, 111. Wanted?Your name ana address; postal will do, if you are interest ed in Raw Furs, our illustrated "Trappers Guide" mailed free; write quick. Sumter Junk, Hide & Fur Co., Sumter, S. C. Stole?On Thursday night fifteen hundred and fourteen pounds of seed cotton out of my cotton house. Finder will receive a reward of three hundred dollars. Finder will apply to Mr. A. M. Dantzler, Branchville, S. C, R. F. B\ No. 1. Red Polled Cattle?Berkshire Hogs and Augora Goats. Breeders. W. R. Clifton, Waco. Texas. Salesmen?Best commission offer on earth. New, all retailers, sam ples. Coat pocket. "Very Profita able," Iowa City, Iowa. Wanted to Buy?Hides, Furs, Wool, beeswax, tallow, scrap iron, cow peas. Write for prices. Craw ford Co., 508-510 Reynold St., Augusta, Ga. Don't Ship until you get a free list of reliable produce dealers in 29 leading markets from the National League of Commission Merchants Dept. O, Buffalo, N. Y. Salesmen Wanted?On commission or $75 and up per month with expenses, as per contract. Expe rience unnecessary. Premier Ci gar Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Typewriters?Special low prices on rebuilt and second-hand machines, all kinds, for fall trade.- Write for price list. General Supply Company, Dept. O, Augusta, Ga. Lady or Girl Wanted each town, good pay spare time, copy names for advertisers, cash weekly. Stamp for particulars. Am. Adv. Bureau, Sanbornville, N. H. Agents to sell practical electricity in 12 lessons; branch method; com plete course home study with con sultation certificate; 50 cents a lesson. Branch Publishing Co.. Chicago. When medicine fails you, I will take your case. Rheumatism, indiges tion, liver, kidney and sexual dis orders permanently eradicated by natural means. Write for litera ture, confidential, free and inter esting. C. Cullen Howerton, F. S.. Durham, N. C. Young Ladies and girls over 14 yearp of age can secure steady and profit able employment and be taught to make cigars. Will be paid while learning, good, cheap board can be secured near the factory. Any girl can make from $6 to $12 per week (some much more) after learning. We need 500 young la dies immediately. Apply to Seid enburg & Co., Opposite Union De pot, Charleston, S. C. 200 Men Wanted?We want 200 laborers for track work on Caro lina, Clinchfield & Ohio Ry., be tween Bostlc, N. C, and Spartan burg, S. C. We pay $1.25 per day for 10 hours, furnish comfort able camp cars and have a com missary with the force. Apply to Meadows Company, A. W. Jones. Division Engineer, Spartanburg. S. C; J. R. Honeycutt. Road master, Marion, N. C; L. H. Phetteplace, Superintendent, Er win, Tenn. PECANTREES Budded and grafted from choice?' varieties. Lowest prices. EAGLE PECAN COMPANY, Pittsview, Ala. A PRACTICAL BOY'S OVERCOAT We like to see our customers get the most suitable clothes when they come here, and for this reason, want to recommend this particular garment for your boy. It's a dressy, stylish overcoat. He can wear it anywhere. It's a double overcoat. He can wear it every day and be good enough to put away in the Spring for next year. | It's a XTRAGOOD over coat. This speaks for itself on the question of quality. .And we sell it at a price that's fair. We've also boys' suits of this make. .There's a 'fullness in oil XTRAGOOD suits that gives the boy room to grow, and makes it impossible for activ e, fun-loving boys to split the seams or rip the cloth. But, more important, X TRAGOOD clothes are so tailored that they are practically wear proof. All trousers are lined throughout. It amounts to the same thing as having a lighter pair fitted inside a heavier. Make it a point to see XTRAGOOD clothes before your boys' suits and overcoats. buying GEO. V. ZEIGLER Orangeburg, South Carolina. Itching Humor Broke Out mi Tiny Mite's Cheeks?Would Tear His Face Till Blood Streamed Down Unless Hands were Bandaged? Spent$50on UselessTreatments. CURED BY CUTICURA AT COST OF BUT $1.50 "When my little boy was two and a half months old ha broke out on both checks with ec zema. It was the itchy, watery kind and we had to keep his little hands wrapped up all the time, and if he would hap pen to get them u ncovere d ha would claw his face till the blood streamed down on his clothing. We cailed in a physi cian a*-, once, but he gave an ointment which was o severe (hat my babe would scream when It was put on. We changed doctors and medicines until we had ..spent fifty dol lars or more and baby was getting worse. I was so worn out watching and caring for him night and day that I almost felt sure tho disease was in curable. But finally reading of the good results of the Cuticura Remedies, I determined to try them. I can truth fully say I was more than surprised, for I bought only a dollar nnd a half's worth of the Cuticura Remedies (Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills), and they did more good than all my doctors' medi cines I had tried, and in fact entirely cured him. I will send you a photo graph taken when ho was fifteen months old and you can see his face is perfectly clear of tho least spot or scar of any thing. If I ever have this trouble again, I will npver think of doctoring but will send for the Cuticura Remedies at once. As it is, I would never think of using any other than Cuticura Soap for my babe. You aro at liberty to publish this, it may help some distressed mother as I was helped.9 Mrs. W. M. Comerer, Burnt Cabins, Pa., Sept. IS, 1903." Cuticura Snn;i (2'ir.). Ointment (.r>0f.), Hr-solvent (50c.?. und Chocolate Coaled Pllta (25c.). arc sold throughout the world. Depots: London, 27. Char terhouse. Sq.: Parts. 5. Hue dp la Pnrx: Australia, R. Towns A Co.. Sydney; Smith Africa. i.rnnnn, Ltd.. Cape Town, Vntal. otr.: Potter Dnio <t f'hem. Corp.. Sole Props., 137 foltimhiLi Ave? Boston. ourllallcd Free, Cullcura Uook on SJUn Dbcasca WRITE US if you are a Fall Gruin Sower Fall Vetch Sower Fal! Peach Orchard Sprayer! Our "Weekly Curent Price List,' and our various Pamphlets on above will greatly help you. 'Twill cost nothing. Do it today. N. L WILLET SEED CO. AUGUSTA, GA. Ww 6 young men and 4 young ff ladies to prepare for positions now awaiting them. Great opportunity for young people of good moral character who want to rise to an honorable position. Lessons by mail if desired. For full infor mation, write Southern Commercial School, Winston-Salem, Rocky Mount, Greensboro, Wilmington, N. C. GIGANTIC ALTERATION SALE LOUIS COHEN & CO 232 and 234 King St., Charleston, S. C. The Largest wholesale and Retail Mail Order House in the South. OUR BIG BUSINESS . GROWS BIGGER Consequently, we have to enlarge our buildings, and our store* !when completed will be 500 feet long, running In arcade from right through the block from King to Meeting streets?giving us a floor space of 40,000 feet While These Altera tion Sales Are Going On You and your friends can benefit by the riches money-saving chances that ever came your way. WE MUST HAVE ROOM Profit is not thought of?cost Is lost sight of. No matter what, write us an open order?we'll fill It as carefully as though yon were standing at our elbow?and save you from one-third to one half on every purchase. A Feather in Our Cap jg^l^^^^k Is our system of curling and dyeing feathers. But ^sStoSS^wiiS'' we nave manv other feathers in our cap. We excel fe^^^^??! in cleacln? and dyeing Gloves, Lace Curtains, all kinds Jc**lllL?* J&&<f( ?^ dress e?ods- aQd even Carpets. We never injure ^^^(yf^l^l tne finest fabrics. Our work is the best. Our price Jjgv^ moderate. A postal will bring them. THE W. S. COPLESTON CO. 89 Society Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Local and Long Distance 'Phone. _ ? 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: Brookside, Ala., May 4,1903. The two physicians hero had 3 very obstlnato cases ol continued Malarial Fever. All were Italians and lived on a creek GO yards from my store. These cases werooI tbreo months standing, their temperature ranging from 100 to 104. The doctors had tried every thing In vain. I persuaded them to let me try Johnson's Tonic. I removed all the print ed matter and let tho medicine go out In a plain botUo as a regular prescription. The ef iect in all three cases was Immediate and permanent. They recovered rapidly and there was no recurrence ol tho Fever. 8. It. SIIIFLETT. 4 Write to THE JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC CO., Savannah, Ca.