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3Ste Wim&w? ?tm$mt Established in 1869. *| ^VoL 40.No. 120 j Published Three Times a Week, I Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 9, 1909, at the postofflce at Or CUlgebuxg, S. C, under the Act of Oengress of March, 1879. i < ' Jas. L. Sims? Editor and Proprietor. Jos. Lslar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Bates. One Year .:.?U50 Six Months.75 Three Months.40 Advertising Bates furnished on Application. Remittances should be made by Check, money order, registered let Cers, or express orders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange burg, S. c With two million dollars on de posit in the banks of Orangeburg ?ounty' another cotton mill or two j ia this city looks easy. An effort to steal Dr. Cook's rec ord is claimed. A nomination to the Ananias Club attracts so lit tle Attention now that they are try ing to have some initiations into the Order of Associated. Pickpock ets. It is always right to take a se rious view of life, but that does not bj? any means imply a sad view. Neither are we to think every mo ment of our life is so important that the day of judgment depend upon it The end of H-fe is not speculative mediation unwrought into action. The one who so limits himself is doomed to failure. Life is meant for labor for others and the man who so engages is doing good on eveiry side. - It is not possible to make evil good but it is possible to get good out of evil, and it is our duty so to do. If we do not our character will deteriorate and ultimately, in stead of getting good out of evil we shall-get evil out of good. When some great calamity occurs there are always people whose sym pathy is confined to tears and sighs. Such sympathy is but maudlin senti mental Ism. True sympathy expresses itself in practical forms as well as in tears and regrets, and happily that is the most common form of sympathy in this land of ours. -_ ~VFis&t ? blessing in the home is music. The home that has in it 'some good insturment which one or jnore members of the. family can ^ay and around which all may gath er and sing, is a home that ought to ^ flooded with,melody and joy these long winter evenings. It is said that one of the two caen who claim "to have discovered the north pole is suffering from ner vous prostration as the result of the controversy concerning their claims A large number of people who have been following that controversy are suffering in much the same way. ?A short time ago a 'a ge city Sally spoke of a man marrying his "widow's sister." We know that owing to the great variety in our marraige sod divorce laws some very Queer matrimonial alliances are made, but this is.the first time we ever knew that dead men married, for surely a man must be dead to have a willow. But perhaps the pa per meant to say "deceased wife's sister" instead of "widow's sister. ' When we are viewing some state ly pile of buildings with its grand staircases, marble halls, and ex quisite furniture it is not so much Ot its temporary occupants we think. Rather do we'think of the men who dug the foundations, who put stone upon stone, who carved and sculp tured with artistic skill and whose honest" toil gradually opreared the fabric which commands the admira tion of men. Feudalism is not altogether a thing of the past in England. In vexatious ways the powers of the nobilty are still exerted. The Duke of Devonshire has prohibited the villagers on his estate from keeping poultry. A tenant farmer, and they are mostly tenant farmers, must not kill a 'pheasant or any other game on his farm however much harm they may do. No wonder the feeling against the lords is almost at white heat on the budget question. In view of the knowledge as to many of the business methods of the Standard Oil, Steel. Sugar and other trusts, it may well be asked in all seriousness if there is any medium sized or large trust that does not systematically evade and violate the law? Certain it is that the greed for gain, which is respon sible for such organizations, and the financial and other power which these monopolies possess lead uatur? ally to dishonest and corrupt meth ods of business and law breaking. While other trusts have been de fending themselves In court the sug ar trust appears to have put In all tts available time in merily plunder ing the government by cheating the customs. Now Chat an exposure has been made and the trust charged with stealing some $30,000.000, the public might naturally expect s 3vert penalties to be impojrj? and adequa*e restitution made. But It is hinted that the law of limitation will en able the trust to escape. That and several other things go to show that more effective anti-trust laws are sadly needed. j Farmers Make the Wealth. The report recently made by Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson, which was published in our last issue, shows very conclusively who the wealth creators of the nation are. In some respects that report is an astounding one. It shows that the farmers of this country since last January, have created wealth by the crops produced on their farms amounting to the immense sum of $8,760,000,000. Of this enormous [ total, - cotton and its bi-products should be credited with one billion dollars. This is a magnificent show ing, and clearly shows that the great wealth of this nation is produced by the farmers. The Spartanburg Herald truly says, "Such enormous purchasing power actually created in toto during a single growing season, ensures im mense and active demand for all products of other lines of activity. In the long records of time no such splendid hive of Internally harmon ious and busily prosperous industry has ever been witnessed under the sun as is now presented by the 90, 000,000 people of this republic. "It is something for us to dwell up on with thankful but sober reflec tion. In all time wealth has proved to be a two edged sword. Used wisely it is a blessed power, but? like fire?it is a terrible master. If we can keep this mounting heap of wealth well diffused throughout all classes, and remember that pos sessions are but means to higher ends, we shall bless the world and in blessing shall ourselves be bless ed. But let this enormous wealth drift into control of a class, who lapse from uncorrupt masters to servile slaves of the very wealth they own, and then our last state j Jhall be worse tuan our first." That is the rub. How is it to be kept out of the hands of the ;lasees when the revenue machinery . 3f the national 'government is so i arranged that the classes can plun ier the producers of this great wealth, through the operations,of the ;bieving tariff laws to their heart's ;ontent. "Meantime," as the Her- . ihi says, "surely it does look as if \ ;he future lay in our hands. Never svere any people so dowered with leaven's favor. The only shadow >n our horizon Is that the virtues af adversity may be tost fmid . abounding success?and without ] :hose virtues no nation survives." The Deserters in Congress. Congressman Aiken feels strongly about the tariff, and his record - against legislation for the benefit of 1 :he few at the expense of the many jives him the right to express his feelings. He said in Anderson the >ther day, in the course of a com ment on the Payne bill: "If it had cot been for the 23 Democratic bolters following Tam- 1 many in the last session a very dif ferent sort of tariff bill would have been passed. It seems to me that many Democrats betrayed the plat form and the Democratic members and senators who have voted with the Republicans for protection in the past session have done more to destroy the chances for Democratic success' ia the next congress and 3 winning in the next presidential election than all the forces of Re publicanism." In commenting on the above The State says "unquestionably the Dem ocratic Senators and Representatives who voted with the Republicans for any measures of protection are weak ened as party men. It does not He In their mouths to oppose any meas- 1 ure for protection. They have aban doned the principle." That is true, and as Democrats we should see that no man is sent to Congress who will vote to give the trusts the right to plunder the people. Greatest 'Business Iniquity. Apparently the Sugar Trust frauds' Is the greatest business iniquity this nation has ever experienced. The more it is probed the worse it gets, J and yet there is promise of still svorse things to come. What the pub lic demands is an Investigation so , thorough and so unhampered by red 1 tape that no guilty man can possibly escape. There are sinister reports that high officials are smirched with corruption. Wo are aware that when , jcandals of this character are brought . to light sensational and unfounded reports are flung far and wide. But whether the charges as to high i officials are true or false can only be determined by an impartial in vestigation, and in the interest of business and of the nation such investigation is imperative. It is intimated that several cabinets are involved in this scandal. It seems to go back to Cleveland's adminis tration, and Involves some of the members of his cabinet. Turn on the light, throw away the white wash brush, and let the investiga tion proceed. If any so-called Dem ocrats are mixed up in it, we want to know Who they are. Neither fear nor favor should be allowed to pre vent a full and thorough investi gation of this scandal. How to Fight Them. Now is the season when mail or der houses are flooding the country with their advertisements and cat alogues. The way for home mer chants to successfully meet such op position is not by complaining and growling, which has the effect of driving away business, but by imi tating far more than they do the methods of their competitors. Mail order houses believe in letting peo ple know what they have to offer. Too many local merchants act the other way and then complain of dull trade. Such merchants can make no headway against outside compe tition. But the merchant who keeps the goods and attractively advertis es them has the advantage every time. Such merchants always have a; cheerful smile because business is good with them. Suppose you give this recipe a trial, Mr. Merchant. It will not cost you much to try it. Pneumonia and Consumption. "Pneumonia ;and consumption fol low often in the wake of the often neglected 'cold,' when the resistive powers of the body are at their low est eb," declares Dr. Neufif, Philadel phia's director of public health, in a bulletin. "One of the best preven ! tives against tuberculosis," Dr. Neff adds, "is robust health, which gives great resistive power to the disease; and one of the first signs of de preciation in health is fatigue. Al though this, with other minor ail ments, may seem of slight import ance, yet it is frequently the fore runner of more serious conditions. If 'colds' were less commonly neg lected, many cases of consumption would be discovered and cure effected before tjhe tcontajjjous stage was reached, and pneumonia and man> allied diseases would be prevented.' CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. For Sale?A young mare; gentle j driver. C. I. Green, M.D. 11-25-13 (_ For Sale?Two horses. Apply to Dr. J. T. Carter, Bowman, S. C. Wanted?to sell, a valuable plan tation of about 200 acres, about 7 miles from Orangeburg. Ap ply at this office. For Brick Mason, apply to 37 Peas ley street, or 11 Oat street. Sharp erson, the Mason. All work guar anteed. [f Von want a guaranteed Stove or Sewing Machine, go and see Dom inick at Neeses, S. C, and get his prices. We are cutting 50 or 60 acres of long leaf yellow pine and are pre pared to fill orders on short no tice. Kittrell &. Cleckley, Cope, S. C. 12-4-tf FW Sole?8 or 10 head of farm mules; any one in the market can save money by seeing R. J. Jef fords, 110 Whitman St., Orange-1 burg, S. C. 12-6-tf I Highest cash price paid for cotton, cotton seed and peas, also cotton seed meal and hulls for sale by j H. L. J. Blume, Neeses, S. C. 12-6-2ti For Sale or Rent?One house and lot, located at 50 E. Glover St. Two-! story house with sewerage and j water works. Large lot and good outbuildings. Apply to the prem ises. 10-14-Sm* Exchange?I would like to exchange some desirable and well improved South Georgia real estate f:>r Bank Stock or Certificates of Stock in other safe financial institutions. Write me what you have if you care to consider a proposition of j this nature. W. M. Giddens. Tif ton, Ga. Manager?We desire to secure j the services of an experienced man as office manager, who has some m jney 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. We Bought at the Right Time Never before have we bought our stock under more favorable con ditions. There are decided advances In the prices of cotton and wool goods. We having purchased our entire line before the advance, we are in a position to give our customers the advantage of these cheap prices. The price of shoes have also ad vanced. This line we also purchas ed before the price advanced. When shopping drop In and let us show you some values that will suit you in price and quality. Agents for The Ladjies* Home Journal Patterns. Edisto Dry Good Co. Hayden & Briggrnann, Mgra. 58 W. Russell St. Phone 128 Eating for Strength. ? The greatest pleasure to be de prived from eating is the pleasure one igets In the knowledge that his food is >giving him greater strength and vi galltr. I Because of this fact there is a con stant increase in the consumption of Quaker Oats; every time the strength 'making qualities of Quaker Oats have [been tested by scientific investigation or by experiments in families it has jbeen found to be a food without an j equal. I It builds the muscles and brain with out taxing the digestive organs; it costs so little anyone can afford It, and it is so carefully prepared and packed that it is absolutely pure and clean. A Quaker Oats eating family is always a healthy family. Besides the regular size packages Quaker Oats can be bought in hermet ically sealed tins. Packed in this way it keeps fredh and sweet In any cli mate. U 1 7 . ?Wr - A different sort of an Craig & Kennedy's ad about High Quality. In these days of; '*&ales" and "Under-Values" and "Cut-Prices," it is sometimes hard to be heard. Unfortunately, so many mis statements and india-rubber claims are made in advertisements that many persons doubt the sincerity of ail ads and the possibility of buying splendid values without a half page of cut-throat prices. But while some stores hunt REASON we hunt QUALITY, Better Val ues than other stores can sell regularly or irregularly. Better goods that are worth every cent yau pay for them. Some High Quality Things for the Christmas Trade. Best seeded raisins. Best cleaned currants. Best citron. Orange Peel. Dried figs. Dates. Shelled Almonds. XXXX Powered Sugar. New Almonds. Walnuts. Butternuts. S. C. Pecans. Mince'Meat. Plum Pudding. Cramberry Sauce. Finest Celery. Crystallized Ginger. Saratoga Chips. Fruit Cake. Nabisco Wafers. FOR GOOD THINGS, AT GOOD PRICES IN THE GROCERY Champayne Wafers. Apples. Oranges. Bananas. Grape Fruit. Lemons. Malaga Brapes. Ketchups. Pickles. Geletines. LINE, WE HAVE IT, AND OUR Lowney's Fine Candles. See our window display. Baker's & Hylor's Cocoa Baker's & Hyler's Chocolate, Kingan Reliable Hams. Swift Premium Hams. Try our Meadow Gold But ter for the table, and Butterine for your cakes. None better made. PRICES ARE RIGHT. <?> * Craig & Kennedy 'PHONE 15 AND 145. 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 sweetheart. Engraving done 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. 1EWLER AND OPTICIAN Orangeburg, S. C Prices $100 and upward. Invest ment opportunity. 18 valuable building lots on Falrview (the su burb beautiful) for sale, located and having such measurements as shown above. First buyers get best bar gains. For terms see DR. D. J. HYDRICK. Notice. Union farmers would do well to call on the County Business Agent before placing their orders for fer tilizers. The County Business Agent has succeeded in making some good purchases along the fertilizer line and can save them money. Fully guaranteed, Prici? ?250.00. TERMS: 810.00 cash, NOTICE TO COT TON GROWERS The Kersbaw Oil Mill Com pany, of Kershaw, S. O, has es tablished a warehouse In this city on spur of Southern Rail way leading to county Dispensa ry for the purpose of buying and exchanging cotton seed meal for cotton seed. They will keep constantly on hand meal to exchange for seed and for sale, and will pay the high est cash price for seed. Will open September 1, 1909. R. N. OWEN, MANAGER, Fire Insurance. IZLAR & SALLEY We represent the The Home Insurance Oo, Liverpool and Aondoo end (Hob* German Americaa Continental ? Northern Assurance Phoenix ?nd Georgia Home. The Strongest OomhfauUo* hi Cht Prevent and Relieve Headache "It gives me great pleasure to be able to refer to Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills as the best rem edy we have yet had in our house for the prevention and cure of headache. My wife who has been a constant sufferer for a number of years with above complaint joins me in the hope that they may fall into the hands of all sufferers." JOHN BUSH, Watervleit, Me. Used Them Four Years. "Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills arc the best I ever tried for the relief of headache. I have used them for nearly four years and they never fail to give me relief. I have tried many other rem edies, but have never found any; better." JOSEPH FRAN KOWICK, 854 Trotnbly A v., Detroit, Mich. There is no remedy that will more quickly relieve any form of headache than Dr. Maes' Anti-Pain Fdls. The best feature of this re markable remedy is the fact that it docs not derange the stomach or leave any disagreeable after effects. Druggists everywhere sell them. If firr! package falls to benefit, your drug gist will return your money. WILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, In*. Notice, All persons are forbidden to fish, roam over with gun or dog, remove wood or straw, or any other way trespass upon our lands around Jamison, 8. C.J will be dealt with according to the laws of this State. Mrs. P. F. Harley. Notice to Trespassers. Notice is he-eby given that all hunting, fishing or trespassing in any way is forbidden on the lands of the undersigned in Orange township. 12-4-4t-pd. Mrs. Julia V. Hoffman. This is Our Bar gain Offer No 2 It is worth more money than we are going to ask for it, it would bring more, but we are advertising BARGAINS in this space just now, and will sell a Nice Open Runabout for $47.50. Guaran teed. Come and see it ORANGEBURG BUGGY CO. S. G. PARLER, MANHGER. 44 Middleton. Watch this space for bargains. Mr. Ericson's Old Mouse. Go see it, it's a beauty. It stands out among all its neighbors, because the coloring is so bright and dear. Mr. Ericson painted with L. ft Bfi Paint and says it cost 1-3 less than ever before. He bought only 18 gallons of L ft M. Paint and 9 gal lons of Linseed Oil to mix with it. i This made 21 gallons of pure paint, j and cost only $1.20 per gallon. It's as handsome as the finest in town. The L. ft M. is sold by J. O. Wan pamaker Mfg. Co.. OranKebur*. 8. C Don't carry your Chr'jtian Science so fa- that you Imagine your troubles. Between the written and the an* written law justice has so easy task.