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THAI AUTO ROUTE "?ON. SA3TDT2L DIBBLE POINTS OUT THE VERY BEST ONE ffistwcen Charleston and Orangeburg At&d Gives Two Routes Prom Or angeburg to Colombia. The letter we publish below from the Hon. Samuel Dibble, of this city, to the Hon. James Cosgrove, chair man of the Good Roads Committee of the Charleston Automobile Associa tion, points out in our judgment the -best route for an autouuobiie "high way from Charleston to Oxangeburg, ?and indicates the best two routes1 from this city to Columbia, either! one o.E which could be adopted as> the continuation of the route from Charleston Co Columbia. Here* is the letter: Dear Sir: In compliance with my promise to furnish you with with a sketch of the Charleston and Colum bia public road, best adapted for placing Charleston in automobile communication with the City of Co lumbia and the City of Orangeburg and towns along the route, I enclose a rough sketch made by myself quite hastily; but Mr. Felder and Mr. W. C. Wolfe of Orangeburg will prepare one which will be more ac curate in scale. a.^The old Orangeburg and Charles ton road, 30 feet wide by law, is the.only route which will embrace all the points seeking connection with . the City of Charleston, upon all the routes proposed. This road, built by British military engineers as a connection of Charleston with tfie posts at Orangeburg and beyond, during the Revolutionary war, has maintained its effciency in a large degree, and can be more readily put in automobile order than any other. Besides the towns of Summerville, Harleyville and Bowman, and the City of Orangeburg on the main route, It is in convenient reach of Holly Hill and Cameron on one side and of Rldgeville, St. George and Branchville and minor stations on the Southern railway below the City of Orangeburg, on the otherside. At Orangeburg, the traveller has choice of two routes?one by way of SL Matthews and Fort Motte and Kings nile, and the other by the Bull Swamp and Kennedy public roads by way of Gaston on the Seaboard Air Line, thus accommodating all the stations on that railroad' from North to Columbia?both of which routes are in good order in the county of Orangeburg, and avoid the obstacles of Huckaboo Swamp, and of the State Road near Columbia. The road between Charleston and Summerville is very fine, as 'ar as the work has been done, and I pre sume that the remaining part will soon, be made a good road. Mr. ; Gross, the supervisor of Dorchester county, will go to work at once , with hin chaingang'and the cypress swamp's causeway is nci very hara to fix, as there is a clay hill to be graded down, and it will furnish the dirt needed there to raise the height of that causeway; and the bridges are in such order that the addition of a few planks and guard-rails will make them all right. The Four Holes causeway will have to be rais ed a great deal to be serviceable in the wet season, and this Mr. Gross is willing to do. A detour of about six miles of distance will furnish a good road at any stage of water at Horseford Bridges, and this section has just been worked into fine condition. He says he has a chaingang of 21 at present. In Orangeburg county, by a fortunate contingency, Mr. Felder has available t*?** the improvement of the Orangeburg and Charleston road, about 42 hands in two separate gangs, and expects to have on the chaingang about 60 by January; and there wf.ll be no difficulty In our county. Between Bowman and Or angeburg and some miles below, the chaingang has worked a great deal of its time in five years; and in the rotation of the work, the townships through which the Orangeburg and Charleston passes, are now entitled to this entire force; and the Bull Swamp and Kennedy Roads above the City of Orangeburg (as well as the road from Orangeburg to St. Matthews) have been clayed as far as the Calhoun line. The supervisor of Lexington has promised to bring .the road via Gaston in automobile condition at once. As to accommodations for commer cial travelers and others, of course you know that Summerville has the Pine Forest Inn and other hostelries. Harleyville has the Hutto House; Bowman has the Hotel Agsaloma (three-story brick), the Smith House and other accommodations in private families; Orangeburg has the Hotel Orangeburg (six-story brick), to be opened in January, besides the Saint Joseph, the Orangeburg Inn, and others; St. Matthews has the Cain House a:nd others, and no more at tractive route can be found for birds and fishing. Abundant crops, suld at high pri:es, have made this section prosperous; and new and improved methods of cultivating the soil as sure the continuance of these con ditions. The different communities, by avoiding local differences and jeal ousies, and by working together for the common good of all, will promote the genera! welfare. In which all will have a share, and will better enjoy the gifts, which nature offers in our favored clime. This harmony can | best be promoted by embracing all; in a beneficial enterprise, and ex-1 eluding none; and this is accomplish- j ed by adopting the route of the old i Orangeburg and Charleston road asj the main trunk, with convenient con-i nections on each Bide. Hoping that the work inaugurated ' by yourself and associates will come ? to a successful issue, I remain, my* dear sir, Very truly yours, Samuel Dibble. 1 SHERIFF DANTZLER'S WORK. Rons Down Criminal and Brings Him to Trial. Sheriff Olin M. Dantzler, of Cal houn county, seem? to be the right man in the right place. He return ed to St. Matthews Wednesday morn ing from South Georgia, where he had gone some days* ago in search for one Joe Scipio, who has been badly wanted in Calhoun county since last December for shooting his wife. The sheriff was successful In his quest and brought Scipio back with him. The charge which he will have to face is assault and battery with intent to kill. ... . Some time during the month of December, 1908, Scipio and his wife had a disagreement. and during the exchange of unpleasantries a pistol was used to reduce the wife into a state of subordination. One bullet was sent into her anatomy and prov ed almost fatal. Scipio, although brave enough to face his spouse with a pistol, was n^t brave enough to face the law after having committed the deed, and without waiting to see if his method of correction met with the approval of his neighbors, sped away to other lands.* Since that time he has been in Florida passing under the name of Bill Walker, and then in Georgia as George Williams. Sheriff Dantz ler, who, by the way, was recently remarked upon by a presiding judge as one of the very best sheriffs in the State, has been very diligent in his search after Scipio. By means of a system of his own of keeping his eye on fugitives Scipio was re cently located by the sheriff in Far go, Ga., and it was there that he was captured by Sheriff Dantzler last Monday night. STJPT. PORTER PROMOTED. Goes to Ij.ke Charge of th; Old Fay ettevillo District. The Florence Times says "the At lantic Coast Line is to re-establish the old Fayetteville district, which, along with other divisions of the system was discontinued in the time of the panic. Mr. C. L. Porter of Florence, who is one of the most capable and popular railroad men in ) the service of the Coast Line is to be put at the head of it. Mr. Por ter has been at the head of the Co lumbia district and is promoted to the larger post because of his ef ficiency, but his friend3 will find a drop of bitterness in the promotion because he will be moved from Flor ence, where, since the cut down, he has been train master. The road has been operated as one district from Richmond to Florence. It will now be divided at Rocky Mount, the head quarters of the first division. Mr. Porter will have offices in the pas senger station at Rocky Mount and with his clerks and employees, will add materially to the industrial life of Rocky Mount, the pay roll of the office being estimated at about $1, 000 a month." We congratulate our friend Porter on his promotion. He is a fine fellow and deserves all the good things that comes his way. Some of these days he will be a<t the head of the Atlantic Coast Line or some other big railroad system. "A Knight For A Day." The biggest scream that musical comedy has known in the last twenty years is credited to B. C. Whitney's stupenduous production of the not ed musical cure for the blues,'"A Knight For A Day," which visits Orangeburg on Thursday, December 2, during its second triumphant tour of the sunny South. It is under direction of Ben Falk and comes here with the same cast and chorus that this season presented the gaiety In New York city. A presentation that is the equal to, if not the supe rior of that of last season, is promis ed. The cast includes George Ovey, Louis Homer, Olive North, Wdll H. Stowell, Earle S. Dewey, Nan Dodson, Grace Pearse, S. E. Lewis, Joseph Lelghton and Phi! Fein. The cho rus is said to be second to none on tour. To See th>o Wind. Seeing the wind is a rare but easy feat. The object wherewith it may be seen is a common saw. On any blowy day?the wind being, say, in the north?hold your saw with the end pointing, one to the east, the other to the west. Take the saw as if you were going to cut the air upward, and let the teeth, which are on top, tilt over till the fiat part of the saw is at an angle of 45 de grees with the horizon. You will then see the wind. Looking along the teeth of the saw you will see the wind pour over them as plainly as you may see water pouring over a fall. Elks Lodge of Sorrow. Orangeburg Lodge. B. P. O. Elks, is preparing to hold the annual lodge of Sorrow In which the departed brethren are all remembered and the lesson of life impressed on the liv ing. The session will be held as usual, in the Elks' auditorium, and a most elaborate and beautiful pro gram of music and addresses has been arranged. Invitations will be extended through the press to the meeting, and the public, who gets the benefit of the beautiful charity work of the order, will be invited to join in the solemn service. Educational Meeting. State Superintendent of Education Swe?rlngln comes to visit us today and talk to us about education on the invitation of County Superinten dent of Education Livingston. Mr. Swearingin will deliver an address; at the Courthouse this morning at j eleven o'clock, and all are invited j to go out and hear the distinguished j speaker. He will interest any who may ajffcmd. Trustees, teachers and parents are specially invited to be present as the address will be of great benefit to them. BASKET BAND BAZAAR WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS At the Armory of the Till man Volunteers at the Academy of Music. The ladies of the Basket Band of St. Paul Methodist church are making extensive preparations for the annual bazaar which is held each year by the band about this time. This year the bazaar will be held next Thursday and Friday evenings at the Tillman Volunteers' Armory at the Academy of Music. At a meeting held this week the whole arrangement was discussed and all preparations were determin ed upon. The bazaar is to be the largest ever held by the band and promises to be a big success. There will be a large amount of things to Bell and many booths will be erect ed. It has been decided to have a fancy work booth, flower booth, ice cream booth,, candy booth, country store booth and an oyster booth. The hall, where the bazaar will be held, is large and spacious and will be artistically arranged and dec orated for the occasion in an attrac tive manner. Nearly everything to be sold will be donated and the band anticipated a large financial result from their bazaar. Mrs. An gie C. Wilson is chairman of the bazaar. This is a guarantee of the success of the bazaar of itself, but Mrs. Wilson will have Jhe co-opera tion of all the other ladles of the Band. The following compose the various committees, who will have charge of the various booths: Fancy Work Booth?Mrs. T. T. Ayers, chairman; Mesdames J. W. Smoak, Angle C. Wilson, Lavlnla 8moak, James M. Oliver, W. E. At kinson, Henry Bruner, Robert J. Jef fords, K. Huffman and Miss Ruth Hollman. Flower Booth?Mrs. W. T. Metz, chairman; Mesdames John W. Josey, W. F. Falrey, L. P. McGee, D. O. Herbert, Adeline Smoak, W. L. Glaze, 'A. J. Thackston and Samuel Clark. Ice Cream Booth?Mrs. George A. Schlffiey, chairman; Mesdames L. Bennett, Julia Moseley, V. Smith, T. C. Albergottl, Sbelton Scoville and Miss Augusta Dantzler. Candy Booth?Mrs. D. C. Hayden, Chairman; Mesdames A. S. Sal ley, T. C. Hayden, W. C. Wolfe, I. S. Harley, Harry Smoak and Miss Ollie Jones. i Oyster Booth?Mrs. T. E. Andre, chairman; Mesdames George Thom as, Julian Culler. B. F. King, Mel v.'n Hatch and Miss Lula Clark. Merchants' Booth?Mrs. R. L. Berry, chairman; Mesdames M. K. Jeffords, A. F. Falrey, P. A. Boswell, J. P. Doyle and Miss Ida Ransdale. Apron Booth?Mrs. J. L. Sims, chairman; Mesdames G. C. Culler, J. M. McMlchael, D. H. Marchant, J. M. Keiler, W. C. Wannamaker, H. C. Lee and L. D. Milton. Country Booth?Mrs. D. W. South erland, chairman; Mesdames J. P. Brunson, B. B. Owen, Pembroke Smoak, E. E. Culler, E. A. Inablnet and I. W. Bowman. COTTON MARKET. Now York Futures. Open. Close. January.14.48 14.59 March.14.75 14.86 May.14.93 15.02 July .. .14.87 14.96 December.14.25 14.35 Orangeburg Market. Local spots?14.40. Receipt? at Orangeburg. Thursday. 3 bales Friday.104 bales Two Valuable War Relics. Mr. F. I. Gates, of the Cameron section, has left at our office two valuable was relics. One is a needle case, with the needles still In it, that he carried and used from the beginning to the close of the civil war. The other is a small testiment that he carried with him during the same period. Both of them are in excellent condition. The needle case and needles wer*1 given to Mr. GateB by a young lady just before he went to the front as a member of the Fifth South Carolina Cavalry. Both the relics, like the gallant old veteran who carried them so long, did good service. We have placed them in one of the shown windows of Sims' Book Store, where they can be seen for a few days. Death of Mr. S. T. I/.lar. The announcement of the death of Mr. Samuel T. Izlar at Savannah on Wednesday night was a shock to hij r"latives and friends in this city. His death must have been sudden as he was found dead in bed Thurs day morning. Mr. Izlar was a na tive of this county and lived near. Cope up to a few years ago, when ! he removed to Savannah, Ga. He held the position of trial justice fori several years in this county. At the i time of his death he was seventy-1 four years of age. He is survived [ by a widow and several children, including Mrs. A. G. Hart, of this city, and Mrs. H. Schunhoff, of Rowesville. He was a half-uncle to Judge James F. Izlar. Young Man, Beware. Young man, beware of the first oath and the first vulgar utter/-j ance, the first cigarette, the first | glass of wine, the first glass of beer, j the first mingling with evil com-' panions. You may think you an 6trong enough to indulge In these and break away from them at your will, but you never made a greater mistake in all your life. Each one is like an octopus. They will grad ually wind their arms around you and death is the only thing strong enough, to tear you from their dead ly embrace. ? BRANCHVILLE PERSONALS. What the Good People of Oar Neigh bor Are Doing. Branchville, Nov. 26.?Special: j Yesterday, Thanksgiving day, there 1 was held in the Methodist church here Union. services. Rev. J. R. Fizer, pastor of the Baptist church filled the pulpit and delivered a very forceful sermon. There was a large crowd out to hear the Bermoi and enjoy the Thanksgiving services. Up to this year the places of busi ness has not been closed for Thanks giving day but 'here was more than half of the stores closed oa y^s-.sr day. 4 Miss Reba Williams retnrnel yts terday from Charleston, whe'e rhe has been spending some time as the guest of her sister. Mrs. Connor. Miss Marion Fairey returuad from Round last week, where ah* had gone to attend the Smoak-Ackerman marriage. Miss Smoak visited over here some months ago and while here she made a great number of friends who wish for her a long and happy life. Miss Mallie Patrick spent last Sun day with her sister in Denmark. Misaes Owin Griffeth, and... Sallie Eaves, of Cope, spent last Sunday in town as the guest of their aunt, Mrs. F. F. Fairey. Miss Mattie Belle Crowell has re turned from Charleston, where she went to spend Thanksgiving. Mr. W. I F. Appleby returned Wednesday from Charleston, where he went to attend to some important business. Mrs. Joanna Jones, of Langley, who has been visiting her son, Geo. Jones, who lives in the country a few miles from town, returned to her home yesterday. Mr. T. J. Beach, of Walterboro, spent last night in town. Mr. Beach came over to bring another load of those fine hogs for Mr. W. W. Barrs, the butcher. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bruce and chil dren and their brother, J. R. C. Bruce, and sister, Miss Cissle Bruce,1 spent yesterday in Rowesville. Happily Married. Miss Daisy Smoak and Mr. L. W.. West bury were married Wednesday night at 6 o'clock at the Methodist parsonage. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. E. H. Beckham, the Methodist minister. The bride is: the daughter of the late Richard Smoak and the groom Is the son of Mr. D. E. L. Westbury, a prosperous farmer who lives on his farm near town. Mr. Westbury is a farmer and merchant, having gone in the mercantile business a few months ago. This young couple is quite popular and the best wishes of their many friends go out for them. PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT. Hope They Wrill Bring Great Riches to Branchville. Branchville, Nov. 26.?Special: State Geologist Sloan, of Columbia, has been in Branchville the past week looking further into the bed of phosphate rock that is situated almost right in town. It will be remembered that last winter while digging a well on the lands of Mrs. Murray, there was discovered a de posit of geological specimens and rocks that were curlosuly examined by man.v. They were determined then as being phosphate, but noth ing was done to determine the real worth of the bed and how rich it was. Now the geologist has made a thorough inspection of the land around where this find was made and has gone into the thing thoroughly. He finds that under the surface about ten feet there is a great bed of this deposit that he declares is good phosphate. It is very rich and will produce, it is estimated, at least 1,000 tons per acre and possibly a great deal more, all of it being very close to tue surface. It is not known yet how far the deposits extend, but it is most prob able that they cover a consider able portion of the land. Mr. J. J. Hutto owns the land where the rich est find of this rock is situated, and this land is just out side of the town limits. Geologist Sloan stated when ask ed as to the probability of working this find, that tin the course of five or ten years it could he worked very profitably and would be a source of much revenue to the parties own ing the land and to the town of Branchville as well, for then ferti lizer mills could be erected here and the farmers could get their ferti lizing material at first cost and with out having to have it shipped in to them. Banana Skins and Carelessness. The Horry Herald says: "The habit of thoughtless boys, and grown up people, for that matter, in throw ing banana hulls and other trash on the sidewalks along Main street Is :: r-i-r< Vrnb'e one an 1 if not put a stop to by the city fathers by iro posing a heavy fine upon those con victed of such practice, will soone; or later be the cause of a serious if not fatal accident. We do not be lieve that the persons who do these things do them with any criminal intent or through a spirit of mis chief, but it is rather the result of unthoughtedness, and we believe that as soon as the attention of the pub lic is called to this matter the dan gerous practice will be stopped. Knights of Pythian. The District Convention Knights of Pythias, No. 11, will convene with the North Irrige on Frblay, Decem ber 3rd, at 2 o'clock p. rn. The fol lowing are the delegates from the Orangeburg lodge: H. B. Gardner, W. W. Taylor, C. W. Foglc. Thos. J. Haydon. L. K. Sturkie, A. J. Hy drick. Jno. S. Bowman, J. M. Oliver, R. F. Jennings, W. Raymond Bry ant, M. K. Jeffords, W. C. Tyler, W. K. Walker and John T. Wise. MAKING MUCH MONEY FROM HIS THRIVING . PECAN GROVE AT CAMERON. Dr. 8. / J. Summers Takes Things Easy While the Trees on His Farm Yield an Income. The State say? at a rough esti mate Dr. S. J. Summers of Cameron will this year make from $3,500 to 54,000 on his pecan grove. In thi3 connection "make" is about equiva lent to "net," for there is little ex-i pense connected with the care of a' pecan orchard, and that expense is more than offset by the profits made on the small crops harvested under the trees. "When I first began housekeep ing," said Dr. Summers, "I decided to plant some pecan trees with the hope that, should they survive and thrive, I would be able to enjoy their fruits. I am now planning to give ail my children collegiate edu cation from the proceeds, and I have four boys for the dear old univer sity. "I have 345 trees, all seedlings. I bought the nuts in Mississippi 1C years ago at $1 per pound. I plant ed the seed in my vegetable garden and transplanted them the second year. Experience has taught me that I was right. Budded tree6 are more difficult to get to grow but are not likely to revert to type as a seed ling. However, I have been singular ly fortunate with my seedlings. None seem to have departed from the type of the trees from which I got seed and none have reverted to a type from which the superior vari ety was bred. Some of my neighbors who planted budded trees have had poorer luck." The States goes on to say: Dr. Summers, who is the first State sen ator from the new county of Cal houn," is one of the men most promi nent in the affairs of the State fair. This year he exhibited boars, cattle, chickens and fancy stock, winding many premiums. He has always tak en'great pride in his swine, but this year his hobby is pecans. Last year, It will bo recalled, he had at the fair a remarkable boar which was so heavy that it was smothered in and by its own fat when attacked by another boar from another exhibit. And no one can blame. Dr. Sum mers for making a specialty of his pecans at the fair this year. The nuts he had on exhibition would rival the best that can be found any where. There are several varieties, showing different flavors and dif ferent hardness of shells. But all are largo and beautiful. The variety upon which Dr. Sum mers sets the greatest store he has called the "Summers Soft Shell. ' The shells of these are as paper and a woman or a child can crush the shells of two nnts by pressing them together in her hand. The meat may then be extracted whole, as in the case of an English walnut, and makes a beautiful dressing for cake6, etc. There, is. another variety, a larger nut which has a richer lla vor, but the soft shell Is regarded as the real prize in the lot. Dr. Summers explained the meth ods of cultivating pecans. His home is or was in an open place in sandy loam. HiB father gave him the idea, and a few trees when Dr. Summers first started housekeeping. These were planted around the house as ornamental and shade trees. They have'a luxuriant growth and are very pleasing and symmetrical in form. The bole of the average tree raised from seeds planted 16 years ago Is VZ inches. The trees are hardy and require little attention. Some were planted on the poorest kind of sand land, and they have grown splendidly by sending tap roots deep down into the soil. They have also reclaimed the sol' by aid ing to put humus therein. Dr. Sum mers has every year raised a crop of cotton or some other staple pro duct under and between these trees. He keeps the lateral limbs trimmed from the ground higher than a man's head. Tho crops have aided rather than taken from the development of the trees. He tried to be judicious In tho use of fertilizer, both manure and artificial, so that the trees would be benefitted thereby and he also placed manure around the trees once each year. He thinks it inexcusable to let weeds grow up in a fruit or nut bearing orchard, for the weeds impoverish the soil and communi cate parasites to the trees. While a tree will bear earlier in life if the tap root is cut, yet Dr. Summers thinks that such treat ment is foolish. Nature provided that tap root for mure man pur pose, and while a temporary favora ble result might be obtained by cut ting the root and causing the lateral roots to grow more rapidly, yet the ultimate sturdincss of the tree will be impaired and the knife will destroy the defences provided against storms. Some of Dr. Summers' trees have been bearing as long as ten years. They begin to produce fruit when about seven or eight years old. On an average they are planted 4 0 feet apart, although in richer eoil the distance Ik 50 feet. His 3 4 0 trees therefore cover about ten acres. He estimates that each tree this year produces at least one and one half bushels of nuts, which weigh 4 0 to 45 pounds to the bushel, and he readily gets in the open market 10 cents per pound. Each tree then produces about 60 pounds of nuts, which bring in ?12 and the 315 trees produce about $4,120 this year. i The first year of fruiting the trees produced 6 to 12 nuts each. Each j succeeding year the production has | increased steadily. When the trees) reach their prime of 50 years ofj age they will produce probably 25 bushels to the tree. 8ome trees have "UNCLE JACK" WRITES. He Visited the Fair at Walter-boro and Other Places. Editor TimeB and Democrat: All things must have an end. so must my down the country trip. I dare not try to tell of my whole visit, so' will relate the most inter esting part. I attended the fair at Walterbo ro and it was a good one. As Edi tor Smoak of The Ptcbs and Standard was there in his glory, I will leave the many interesting things- we saw there for him to tell. From Walterooroi I went to Cot tageville and spent Sunday. While there I attended church and heard an elegant sermon preachel by an Orangoburg county boy. Reverend Inablnet. It was one of the best sermons I've heard in months. So you see our old county is Just turn ing out material for all departments that equal the beet. We dined with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ackerman, and of course, came off with Indigestion, but find myself killing time near Providence church, awaiting the hap py event (tomorrow) of the marriage of Miss Laura Smoak to Mr. George Ackerman, two very popular young people of this section. I've just left the church, got some of the wed ding crumbs for dinner. Will now stop and take the future bride out to service and get sorter steady for the happening of tomorrow, and if I am not too badly used up by Mrs. B. Easlerling's good supper will try and tell the rest after the feast. And now the marriage is over. It would make the article too long to attempt to describe the decorations of the church, the perfect and rich ly dressed bride and the clock-like order of everything from start to finish. Rev. Inabinet tied the knot. The church was densely packed. Af ter the ceremony a good number re turred to the home of the bride to view the many and boautiful pres ents and extend their many good wishes to the happy couple. The couple then left for their future home in Cottageville. It was the writers good fortune to be on the honor roll and he will not soon for get it. I then spent the night at the hospitable home of Mr. Ben Easterling and started homeward the next day. It was one of the most pleasant trips of my life. Was soon told of the death of my belov ed niece, Miss Mamie Baldwin. Oh, she will be missed as no one could be in that section! "Uncle Jack." RESCUES CHILD. Faithful Creature Drives Off Mad Brute lihich Attacked Girl. A dispatch from Saluda says a mad dog passing through that town Saturday morning created quite a commotion. After he had bitten several dogs he was followed - and killed. His movements for the 24 hours previous have been traced and it is learned that besides biting num bers of dogs, geese, turkeys and hogs in the Ellis section of that county and between Saluda and the Ellis section, he bit the little 10-year-old daughter of Brown Butler. The child was out in the yard when the dog ran into some geese near by. The child went around the house to see what was causing the commotion. The dog at once jumped on her, too, and fastened his teeth in her face. It is very probable her face would have been lacerated much worse had not Butler's dog run up and, seizing the rabid dog, made him loose his hold on the child. Butler has gone to the Columbia hospital with the child for treat ment. ? ? ? Will Conduct Services. Bishop Guerry will hold confirma tion services at the Church of the Redeemer tomorrow morning and will preach in the evening. The B'shop is an able preacher and will edify all who go out to hear him. The public is cordially invited to attend both the morning and evening services. been known to produce 40 to GO bushels. The trees have never been attack ed by blight. Dr. Summers says the only enemy ho has ever discovered is the borer, a kind of beetle which cuts into the bark and will be easily destroyed by injecting a kerosene longed. The propinquity of a fruit orchard has never caused annoyance to the pecan trees. The San Joes scale is resisted easily by the tough bark of the pecan. And Dr. Summers thinks he has a remedy for the scale which is a parasite causing the death of fruit trees. Some years ago he had trees badly infested with the scale. Nearby he located his bee colo ny. The trees which were dying are now hardy and thriving and Dr. Sum mers says that he believes that th? bees have in some way destroyed the scale. The only trees which have died since the introduction of the bees are such as were too much im poverisbed to recover. Some years ago Dr. Summers re tired from the practice of medicine to devote his time to farming and now it appears that he can retire from active farming and watch his pecan trees grow and keep on grow ing. In addition to his prize-winning swine and cattle and poultry, in ad dition to his bees and his fruit or chards and his pecans, he now has a flowing well which has great health-restoring qualities, and Dr. Summers in his comlug years of contentment may live long beyon:! the fabled alloment, unless politics cause him to grow weary of life. He has always loved politics for the sake of chase, but when he was sent to the State senate la?t year he learned many things in one season which have about given him a thorough distaste for the wire pulling and soft pedal work of law-making'1 bodies. ? j LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER' TOWN BS OUR REPORTERS. What la Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. Now for the Christmas trado. Santa Claus, the dear old fellow* will be along soon again. Your Christmas will be made hap pier if you attend the auction sale December 1st. The eclipse will be on again to morrow morning about half-past one o'clock. Mr. Howard C. Sheridan, of Che raw, is visiting at the home of his: aunt, Mrs. J. L. Sims. Some of the choicest lots have been reserved at Russell Place for December 1st. Thanksgiving Day was more gen erally observed in this city this year than it has ever been. Come and draw for the free lot and bag of money at Russell Place December 1st. All teachers ought to attend the meeting at the Courthouse today and hear Superintendent Swearlnglu, who will address the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ackerman and little daughter, of Cottageville, are visiting Mrs. Jas. L. Sims, who is) a sister of Mrs. Ackerman. All our citizens who can should attend the educational meeting at the Courthouse this morning and hear Superintendent Swearingin's ad dress. Mr. Geo. V. Zelgler and family have moved into their new and ele gant brick home on Broughton street, which Mr. Zelgler recently purchased. We are sorry you did not attends the sale at Russell Place on No vember 23rd, because of the bad weather. We shall expect you De cember 1st. Thanksgiving services were held? at the Baptist church on Thursday,, the Rev. J. L. McLees preaching at most excellent sermon to a good con gregation. The Orangeburg Military Band has called off the minstrel perform ance they intended to give for the present, but it will be given after the first of January. President Miller, of the State Col ored College, returns his thanks to the white and colored citizens of Or angeburg for their help at the Sre on the campus Wednesday night. There will be no interruption in the exercises of the State Colored^ College on account of the dha kroner Ore on the campus Wednesday night. President Miller has matters well lot hand. There was a good deal of powder burned on Thanksgiving day by the aportsmen, but we do not think that a great amount of game was bagged.. However, m06t of the sportsmen had fine exercise. Mrs. G. W. Brown and little son,. Clifton, of Lawley, Fla., are visit ing relatives in this city. Mrs Brown is a sister of Mr. Harry L.. Smoak, of this city, with whom she is now spending a few days. Many a turkey gobler gobbled hie last gobble on last Wednesday whetr he was decapitated for the Thankb giving Day dinner of Thursday Some more of them will lose their heads about Christinas time. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hart, of this city, were called to Savannah, Gi., on Thanksgiving Day by the death of Mr. S. T. Izlar, Mrs. Harts fath er. They have the sympathy of their many friends in their sad bereave ment. High, healthy, well located, beau tifully laid out, easy terniB and good neighbors. These are some of the attractions that will be present ed to the investor or home-seeker at Russell Place, next Wednesday.. Dec. 1st. At the conclusion of Superinten dent of Education Swearingin's ad dress this morning at eleven o'clock at the Courthouse it is proposed to organize a County Teachers' Asso ciation. All the teachers are in vited to bo present. Bishop Hamilton, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will fill the pul pit of St. Paul Methodist church to morrow night. He is an able preach er, and all who go out to hear him will bear a good sermon. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. The fire department did excellent work in confining the fire to the building in which it originated at the fire on the State Colored Col lege on Wednesday night. The wind was blowing ulmost directly to the large building used as a dor mitory by the boys, but it wae sav ed. Many of tue female students of the St/ate -Colored College, wnose dormitory was burned on W\ine<? day evening, have returned to ih* Ir homes until some arrangeme.it.* can be made for their accommodation, when they will return and reiume their Hchool duties. HOOKWORM CACHES DIVORCE. Woman Recites the Faults of Her Husband and is Given Decree. A dispatch from San Franclsc* says Ju'lge Graham has divorced Anita Coover from David Coover. The "hookworm" was the cause My husband was dull, stupid, lazy, lan guid and slow," said Mrs. Coover. "He must have been a victim ot the hookworm," said the court. Mrs. Coover expressed some doubt as to this diagnosis, but Judge Graham Btuck to-his opinion and granted thc decree.