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Mhs Stow ana Qtmm&i. Established iu lfcOtf. fTol 40.No. 120N Published Three Times a Week, . Tuesday, Thursday und Saturday. Entered as second-class matter i), 1909, at the pustol?ce -at Or angeburg, S. C, under the Act of, Congress of March, 1879. 1 I Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. Jag. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor, j Subscription Rates. One Year.91-50 She Months.?.'. .73 Tferee Months.:.40 \ Advertising Hates furnished on ? application. Remittances should be made by I ?bock, money order, registered let- j ?et?, or express orders, payable to Tlia Times and Democrat, Orange ' barg, S. C. Newark bakers gave Mr. Taft a fiffty-pound mince pie. About fifty people dyspepsia capacity, so to apeak. The man who thinks all his own actions are perfect and all those of other people imperfect, * stands alone in his opinion. Some people are so lacking in individuality and lean so heavily .and. constantly upon others that if .the support should give way they .would topple over. Idleness deterioates character, but true work makes it and. builds it tip. It creates the atmosphere In which the virtues grow, and it gives to life the necessary discipline and strength. It is not the man who never makes a mistake that wins the greatest suc cesu, but the man who refusing to be discouraged by his mistakes learns wisdom from them and thereby reaches at last the goal of his am bition. Vice is ever alert to poison the, mind and destroy the character of young people. At least an equal vigilance should be displayed in storing their minds with that which o wholesome and in safe-guarding their lives. The Postal lelegraph, it is said, wil) continue to compete with Wes tern Union. The old competition must have been to see which would nave the slowest messenger boys, as no rate lowering was discernible about here. An offer of $85,000 has been made Johnson and Jeffries to pull off their fight in Nevada. Many .sports will be disappointed if thib cultured gathering is not used to ?demonstrate the refinement of some big Eastern city. Such frauds as the sugar trust has been guilty of, makes us almost lose confidence in our fellow man. But it still remains true that there are plenty of honest people in the world, but we do not think they have any thing to dO with the sugar trust. The moon is not considerate of the . old folks when it pulls off its eclipse at such an unseemly hour in the morning as half-past one.. Such an hour may suit the young spoon er s and old widowers on their &ec6na legs, but not the old married folks. If the features of Eusapia Palladi ao, the much talked of Italian spirit medium, as given in the pictures in the daily press are the usual features cf that class of people, we imagine the number of American women who want to be spirit-mediums must be small. The commercial agencies report business at high water mark. Now, Mr. Business man, can you resist . the temptation to risk another panic? Better be satisfied with the profits of your own money, instead of trying to build up paper profits on some one. elso's capital. A good authority has recently aaid that working women are more virtuous than those who live in a so-called higher sphere. There is no doubt of it, for work promotes virtue and many other qualities, while idlenees gets people into all kinds of mischief. A citizen Is not necessarily run ning down the place in which he lives just because he points out its short comings. It is sometimes advisaMe to do that in order to awaken a need ed public spirit. But to dwell upon its shortcomings In hostile or critics tone and suggest no remedy is some thing that no one will do who really desires the prosperity of his town. John D. Rockefeller excuses him self from commenting on the recent decision of the United States Cir cuit Court dissolving the Standard Oil Trust, on the ground that he is "no longer actively connected w.'th the managemeut of the Oil Compa ny." He seems, however, to be very actively connected with the: enormous quarterly liivldends which! the company pays with undeviating regularity. A new temper seems to be pos sessing the English people in their attitude towards the nobility. It used to be sail that "An English man dearly loves a lord." and doubt less he loves him yet to some ex tent. But the Engl shman appears to have awakened to the fact that the nobility has escaped its fair share of taxation and that affects John Bull's pocket nerve very se riously, especially in these days of $12,000,000 Dreadnaughts and old age pensions. Plain Talk to Farmers. The Progressive Farmer, of Raleigh, N. C, which is one of the best farmers' papers we have ever Vead, says some of its exchanges contain numerous references to ths so-calied' meat and other "trusts,'" and to fancied combinations of ueal ers and speculators for luring the prices of farm products. Through out all is a toiie"of regret at :7Te high prices of meal, flour, corn, eic. This view of the prices of farm products is in sympathy with the con sumers, and we - infer that in the opinion of the editors these high prices for farm products ar9 a great calamity. To one knowing that 80 to 90 per cent" of our people are farmers and that the farmer is the only producer of meat, flour, corn, etc., this bewail.ng of the high price of these products appear peculiar at least, if not ridiculous. "Truly, is it not remarkable that the farmer should complain of the high pr.ces of the products which he grows? While nearly one-half our land is planted in corn, we complain of the high price of corn; we produce some meat and could prouuee more at one-third the price it is selling for, but still we complain of the high price of pork. We have even heard farmers bewailing most bitterly the high price of cowpea seed. The cowpea is particularly a a Southern crop, is one of our great soil-improvers and hay crops, and still farmers are heard to complain of price of cowpeas. It is a fact, however, that while nearly all farm proaucts are now bringing top prices we are injured instead of benefitea thereby; because although farmers, *e are buyers, not sellers, of all farm products except cotton. "While the farmers of other sec tions are rejoicing at and growing rich on the high prices of meat ana other farm products, we are com plaining and blaming the trusts ana every other Imaginable person except the right one?ourselves. The ab surdity of the farmer complaining of the high price of farm products must be apparent to any one. ? It meat, corn and flour are too high, why don't we produce them? Farm ing is our business, and if we can not produce these farm products for less than the present selling prices, then those prices are not too high. With all farm products bringing maximum prices, this ought to be a season of rejoicing instead oi* mourning, and it will be when we realize the ridiculous position we are putting ourselves in by not growing' those crops to sell which are so high as to call forth our spclal atten tion. If these prices are too high,'' why stop at growing merely enough for our own use. Why not grow some to sell and reap the benefits of the unusually high prices? Ii we will not avail ourselves of this rare opportunity, let us at least cease making ourselves ridiculous by the spectacle of farmers com plaining of the high prices of farm products." The Wisdom of Early Shopping. Had it ever occurred to you that that the most advantageous way in which to shop during the period which immediately preceded the Christmas holidays is to shop ear ly? asks the Atlanta Journal. There are a great many things to be said in its behalf. In the first place, you stand a better chance of getting what you want. The stock has not been pick ed over. You get the first choice of a fine assortment of goods, such as come only to this greatest metro politan market. The lady next door, will not have a dress which is a dead ringer for the one which you paid forty-five or fifty Hollars for. But the real point is not so much your own selfish.interest as the fact that thousands of men and women who are engaged in the shops are entitled to some kind of consideration. They should be able to enjoy the holidays also. And they can do this only if you will shop early. We all know what the holiday, rush is. Why not make it less bur densome this year than it has ever been before? You serve your own Interests and those who are "cabbed' cribbed and confined" by shopping early. Let the holidays this year be a notably exception from all thut have gone before. Treat All Alike. A 6hort time ago in New York a divorce was granted to a member of a family noted for its wealth a?d social position. In that State di vorces can be granted for but one cause, and in the case above referr ed to the utmost secrecy prevailed, not a single detail being made pub lic. If this was done for the one purpose of not gratifying morbid tastes for scandalous and degrading details it was well. But if, as sus pected, it was done simply out of regard for the wealth and social standing of the family it was not well. One does not like to criticise the courts but the courts would be less criticised if they gave less cause for criticism. When it comes to the courts of .justice the rich and poor should be treated exactly alike. There is no more reason why a scoundrel in the Astor family should be handled with secrecy by the cou; ts than in the poorest family in this country. According to our the ory of government when it conies to the courts we are all supposed to be on an equality. If the Astor di vorce scan ial can be suppressed by the courts, why don't they suppress all the scandals that aie aired in them. A! ways Scrapping. Those Central American states are a queer set. Their history is made ii]) of comely and tragedy. They make loud professions of brother hood and yet hate each other with a vindictiveness we cannot understand. They all were represented not so very long ago in a convention at Washington, and for the moment it seemed as if the millennium had aawned upon Central America. But no sooner aid the delegates react, their homes than the vision of eter nal peace and good will vanish They call themselves republics am yet are ruled by despotic and' cruel dictators: They profess great friend ship and admiration for this country but their actions show jealousy and dislike. They are the disturbing 'element on this continent as the Balkai. states are of the continent of Europe. CLASHED t?L?iftN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. For Sale?A young mare; gentle driver. C. I. Green, M.D. 11-25-13 For Brick Mason, apply to 37 Peas ley street, or 11 Oat street. Sharp er8on, the Mason. All work guar anteed. If You want a guaranteed Stove or Sewing Machine, go and see Dom lnick at Neeses, S. C, and get his prices. 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* Notice of Discharge. I will on the 5th day of January, 1910, file my final account with the Judge of Probate for Orangeburg county as administrator of the es tate of T. J. Bolln, deceased, and will thereupon ask for my final discharge. L, B. Bolen, Administrator. / Notice! All the citizens of Elloree and the adjacent rural districts, who desire to promote the moral welfare of the community, are earnestly re quested .to attend a meeting in the [ town hall at Elloree Friday, Decem ber 3, 8 p. m., to form a Law and Order League. ' Bascom A. Shuler, J. C. Evans, Jno. A. Brunson, Committee. Auction Sale of Fine Cotton Land in Orangeburg Co. We will sell at public auction on Tuesday, Dec. 14th, 1909, at Nor way on the S. A. L. Ry., 268 acres of land, the same being divided Into three tracts, as follows: One of ">5 acres and two of about 100 acres each. This land is situated about one to one and a half miles from the town of Norway. Full descrip tion and all particulars given on day of sale or at any time by the undersigned. M. R. and W. S. Cooper, Executors of the Will of the Late C. C. Cooper. Call for Creditors. Pursuant to the order of the Court in the case of Giles L. Wilson, plain tiff, against Zlon Savings Bank, et all. Defendants, all persons having claims against the said Zlon Savings Bank, are hereby required to prove I their respective demands before the undersigned, at Crangeburg, S. C, on o;- before December 4th, 1909, or be debarred payment. Robt. E. Copes, Judge of Probate, as Special Referee. November 12th, 1909. Notice of Discharge and Call for ' Creditors. On December 7th, 1909, I will file with the Judge of Probate, for Or angeburg county, S. C, my final ac count as Adminlstrafdx of the estate of J. Murray Heaton, deceased, and j will thereupon ask*for my discharge! as such administrattix. All persons having claims against j the estate of the said J. Murray Hea-j Hoc, decoased, are he^by requir ed to prove their respective deman's | before the undersigned at Orange-! burg court house,-S. C. on or be fore December 6th, 1909, or be de barred payment. A. E. Heaton. November 6th, 1909. FARMER'S UNION MEETING. To Be Heid at the Court House on I Tuesday, December 14. i The regular meeting of the Or angeburg County Farmer's Union will convene at tue County Court House on Tues lay, December 14th, 1909, at eleven o'clock. I On this occasion regular routine business will receive attention, and that Important committee that was continued from last regular meeting will be prepared to report. A full delegation from each local union is desired. Each pr".si 'cut of the local unions are earnestly re quested to see that their unions have a good representation present. W. S. BARTON. J. F. JENNINGS, Pres. Sec. and Treas. The right k/nd of experience is worth all it costs. The Holiday Season is fast approaching, and Gifts! Xmas Gifts is the universal watchword. What ========= shall I give? ================ We can help you solve this problem and are prepared to do so by show ing you a large and beautiful array of Xmas novelties, Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, etc. Something for young and old, rich and poor, father, mother, brother, sister and even for your sweet heart. Eng raving dore free of charge. Make your selection NOW before stock is picked over. Purchases laid aside until called for. JNO. T. WISE 50 E. Russell St. )? wlerand optician Orangeburg, S. C. We have secured one of the finest farms in Orange burg County, the Crouch Place and will sell same in 11 tracts ranging from 15 to 40 acres cn Wednesday, December 15, at Public Auction On the Property. The land is practically all cleared and has red clay sub-soil. Plat can be seen at our office. This land is within 300 yards of the Ninety-Six Road, 9 miles from Orangeburg, 5 miles from Neeces, 2 1-2 miles from Bolen. 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