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Whs WtmtzmH ?mmzl Established in 1839. YoL 40 .No. ISO Published Three Times s Week, Tnesday, Thursday and Saturday. '? Entered as aocend-clfcsg matter IT? 9, 1009, at the poatcfilco at Or sagebarg, S. On ander the Act of Cl?f.11. of Maren? 1870. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. Jas. lsiar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Kates. Date Year. .*150 Six Months.75 Three Months.40 Advertising Sates furnished on application. Remittances should be made by check, money order, registered let Cm., or express orders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange bun;. H. C festerer eise you may do this Ohristmas, do not get drunk. . "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and ~ood will to max" No man has testified against Dr. Cook who has not incriminated him self in hi3 testimony. In nearly every instance where r newspaper abuses Bryan the editor ta a soft gaell Republican. The wise man considers wherein the old year was unprofitable to him that he may do better in the new year. It is better to resolve and fall, than never to resolve at all. This may- be especially, applicable for new year but it holds good any time. y Now that the hunting season is nearly over, the foot bail season ended, and that of boating and bath ing not yet arrived, life seems to he-somewhat more secure. The season of navigation oa the /Greet Lakes cost 100 lives. From <ho great number of farm hands that operate these vessels7, they seem to save got out of their perils Quite etteaplr. . What a blessed thlar-is content ment! One man eats plain fare from plain earthenware and is content and happy, and another eats the daintiest food from golden dishes and is still unsatisfied. it is astonishing how readily on any pretext the prices of commodi ties ge up and how slowly they go down. They go up by telegraph, but they go down with the slowness of an old time canal boat Those Copenhagen blockheads do not say that Cook did not reach the North Pole. They only say that tbe data submitted by Cook did not convince them that ho did so. That may not be Cook's fault. Most so-called scientists are hum bugs. If you do not believe it hunt up the records of some of the best of them and see what foolish things they believed and taught when they were la the flesh. What a merciful dispensation it is tit at the scandals of the Astor, (lould. Vanderbilt and other fami lies are not publicly aired all at once. The moral odor would oe too strong for even a long suffering public. '-. If In making New Year resolu tions we would be careful to study our individual faults and limitations, and make such resolutions as would tend to correct them, there would be less failure in keeping them. Many men seek after popularity, especially if they are political aspi rants. B?t the true popularity is not that which a man consciously strives after, but that which cornea to him by virtue of his own charac ter and Qualities of heart and mind. Some people have so little sense of proportion that they manage to waste a lot of time, energy and mouey on insignificant things whl^h do not count. The same expenditure devoted to really important things would enrich their lifo and make It far moro influential. It is an old and true saying that "all work and no play make* Jack a dull boy." But It is also equally true that all play and no work makes him a useless boy, or worse. What the boy needs In every home and in every sphere of life is a judicious blending of work and rec reation. In his admirable little book. "Tho Dark Corner." Zach McGee tells of a scientist who was ready to teach that the world was arjuare or round, as required by those who from time to time employed his valuable serv ices. We think that those Copen hagen fellows are just such scien tists, and allowed their judgment swayed by the testimony of Barrial and Loose, both of whom admitted that they are not entitled to cre dence. Ft 19 aa hazardous to guss what congress may or may not do in the present session as it Is to guess what the weather will be like six months hence. That there are many thiners congress ought to do for the benefit of the people few will deny. There are economic and political Inequalities and abuses that have long been waiting for solution, but vested interests have hitherto gen erally managed to block the way of reform. , . o -u?^ Christmas. It was a glorious thing for the human race, as It groped about in darkness and supersut.on, wuen :he angels sang on that first Christmas morning, "Glory to God in the high est, ana on earth peace, good will toward man." It was the heavenly announcement of the birth of the Christ, the Son of Righteousness, who. after the lone and dianial night of sin and darkness through which the world had passed, bursts upon the earth dispelling the darkness A sin, breaking the bands of s/iciea? utss and in His light leading men back to peace, joy and life iu God. As Dr. Schaff says, the Chn;...ma: festival is the celebration of the Incarnation of the Son of God. It occupied, therefore, with the event which forms the centre and turning point of the History of the World. It Is of all festivals the one mo t thoroughly Interwoven with the pop ular and family life, and stands at the head of the great feasts In the Christian church year. All* over Christendom It is the grand jubilee of children, on which innumerable gifts celebrate the Infinite love of God for poor, fallen humanity in the gift of His only bego*?. n Sou It is the Christmas fearl/jl tnat kindles In mid-winter a holy fire of love and gratitude, and preaches In the longest night the rising of fnj Bun of life and the glory of the Lord. It denotes the advent of the true golden age, of the freedom and equality of all the redeemed before God and in God. No one can meas ure the j?y and blessing whicn fit.ra year to year flow forth upon all ages of life from the contemplation of the holy child Jesus la his heavenly Innocence and divine humanity. The churches in earlier ageu coi? brated the death and resurrection of Christ, but after awhile, at pre cisely what time is not known, they began to pay attention to his birth and as It was the Wesr*rn church that gave more attention to the mat ter, they finally fixed on December 25th as the day at Christ's blr*b. although the true ?ste Is not k ?< wn. The Christmas festival was thus in all probability the transference by the Western church of several Ro man festivals that occurred about December 26to. Again the Christmas festival has come around and we all should moke the most of it. Don't abuse it by doing those things which are wrong and sinful. It should be a day of rejoicing, because it is the natal day of the "Prince of Peace,". and in His name we should observe it I with gladness and Joy. To one and all. we wish a merry, merry Chrlst 1 mas, one In which all can give their heartfelt praises to God, the bless ing of love and service to their fel low travellers to 'the better world, and peace, love and sunshine and plenty of all this world's blessings to. their own homes. Make the Children Rappy. ; 3 The very name-of Christmas seems laden with good things. There is a ring of joy in its tone and one can only associate It with pleasant thoughts and fond rexjambrances. Christmas to the child is the- bright est star in the year's firmament, it is the beacon light on which their little eyes and thoughts are ever fastened. Christmas for the aged seems to have been set near the door of the departing year as a foun tain of youth, from which they might draw a fresh supply of health and vigor for the coming year. Christ mas and Santa Claus go hand in hand. They are links in one chain. Without Santa Clauf there could be no Christmas aLd certainly at no other time of the year would old Santa be allowed admittance by way of the chimney instead of the door. Christmas is the same this year, last year and all the years before. It is old, yet 'tis new. It is a thing of the past, of the present and wfil be of Che future until time immemorial. Who (Is there I among us too old to .remember the Christmas of his childhood? Is there one who does not locli back upon It as the happiest day of his life? Even now in our maturer years we cannot help but enthuse at the ap proach of this merry day. We find ?onjoyment In watching the happi ness of the little ones about us and though we may have passed the three score years and ten, yet the merry Christmas and Itf? fullness of joy seems to kludle anew the flame of life, and carry us back to the days of our childhood. j We are back agalu at the old [home; we once more hang our lit tle stocking?or larger one borrow ed for the occasion?conveniently near the fire-place. We reluctantly retire to our bed where sleep has a hard fight to master the excite ment, attending our expectatious. Again it is morning?the happy Christmas morn and all aglow with eco/tement and almost wild with delight, we rush, half dressed, to gaze upon tho bountiful feast which old Santa Clans has left behind. Let us try to make this day the brightest page in childhood's book of memories. Let us fill it so full \ of happiness that the Bittie ones [will ever delight in associating hap ' py thoughts with Christmas of 1909. Swift Justice. Two moral degenerates who com mitted a revolting crime In Milwau kee, on being captured, were tried, sentenced to life imprisonment (as there is no death penalty In Wiscon sin), and Incarcerated in much less than a week. That was well for the men richly deserved their fate. But the chief point Is that the speedy trial shows that the machinery of the law can work swiftly and ef fectively when no attempt is made to block it. But what if the cul prits instead of being poor men had been tho morally degenerate sons of Pittsburg or some other city mil lionaires. There would have been innumerable delays In appeals, re trials, and absurd technicalities of every description. In addition the insanity plea with its stores of hered ity, parental influence and "brain storms" would have been worked to fullest extent. What is needed Is swift and Bure justice for all crim inals, be they rich or poor, white or black. In no other way can the lynching habit be stamped out. If The Wisconsin plan is carried out all over the sountry in a few years we will have no more lynchings. Christmas Thoughts. Let us hope that the wild swirl of Christmas gift making has not so exhausted tbe community that we shall not remember whose birth day it is. In spite of the trading and anxiety of gift making among some, the day is not likely to grow lees significant to the race. A day not ing the closest union ever known between divine and human will be come more and more as the years slip by. According to the poet, the intimations of immortality both for the individual and the race grow fainter as one approaches maturity. "Shades of the prison house close about the growing boy." And yet we cannot believe it will ever be thus* Just now the world is dulled by the engrossments of an age of material triumph. Some day the mists of money and competition and selfish pleasure will roll away and let us see the pure stars of spir itual hope. Then shall we see that all these material and fleshly incite ments are after all but the veil sep arating us from the unseen, the true .^reality. Then will Christmas .be the one golden day of all the year. Home Rule in Sight. Ireland evidently stands to win in the present political crisis in Great Britain. The straightforward, clear cut promise of tbe premier that the liberal government if sustained in the coming elections, will pre sent a bill for complete home rule, brings the goal plainly into sight When Gladstone introduced his home rule bills in 1888 and 18H he was clearly in advance of public senti ment in England . But since then not only the liberal party but also the whole country has been educated up to the point ef granting home rule. This principle of devolution once successfully introduced will probably be extended until England and Scotland, and perhaps, Wales, will each have its local parliament This shows the rapid spread of the true Democratic spirit in England It will not be many decades before that country will overthrow the monarchy and elect its own raters. The recent foolish action ef the House of Lords in rejecting the budget as proposed by the House ef Commons only hastens the downfall of the monarchy as wail as itself. Fight to ? Finish. The parliamentary struggle Is England is naturally watched with deep interest in this, country because the principle at stake is the same that led to the revolt of the thirteen colonies from ..Great Britain?tbe principle of no taxation without rep resentation. The lords, which rep resents no one, want to dictate what taxes shall be raised and the method of raising them; while the commons, as the direct representatives of the people, assert that by virtue of that position they alone have tho right to impose and collect the taxes, in such a contest tbe sympathies of Americana are naturally w^cn the commons, who. In our opinion, are bound to wit which means the be ginning of tne end with the lords. The people of England have, long wanted an excuse to abolish tne House of Lords, and they will not fail te Improve the present oppor tunity. Will Not Be HekL That a righteous public sentiment can make Itself felt against evils when it is sufficiently awakened Is seen in tbe decision of Mayor Busse of Chicago, in response to ?pubie demand, to prohibit the first ward ball of that elty. That function la all past has been notorious for its flaunting and promotion of vice. For years its promoters Impudently and successfully defined law and or der and public opinion. That at last they have had to bow before the storm of righteous indignation ought to encourage right minded people to persevere in their efforts to pro mote decency. Executor's Land Sale. Under the power given me by the last Will of J. Dempsey Jonea, de ceased, I will sell at public auction at Orangeburg court house to the highest bidder for cash, Immediately after the Circuit Court eales, on the first Monday in February, 1910, being the seventh day of said month, the following tracts of the Great Branch Plantation of said decedent. Bituate in Liberty township, in Or angeburg county, to-wit: Tract H, thirty-eight acres; Tract I, one hundred acres; Tract J, one hundred and twenty-five acres; Tract L. sixty acre?; Tract M, eighty acres; Tract R, forty-six acres; Tret U, two hundred and six acres; Tract V, two hundred and twenty-eight acres. These tracts are fully described on a plat made by Frank W. Frederick, engineer and surveyor, dated De cember, 1905. This plat will be exhibited at the sale and It may be Been prior there to at the office of Probate Judge for Orangeburg county. Any one or more of tracts may be purchased at private sale at any time before the public sale. Thomas A. Jones, Executor of the Will of J. Dempsey Jones, Deceased. Springfield, S. C. Sale of Real Estate. Under and by virtue of the power contained in the last will and testa ment of Adam Moody, deceased, after the legal sales on salesday In January, 1910, I will Bell to the highest bidder for cash ar public* auction. All that certain lot or parcel of land with the improvements there on, situate, lying aad being In the City of Orangeburg, in Orangeburg county, in said State, fronting on Amelia street and measuring there on fifty-eight feet, more or leas and measuring on the rear line fifty eight feet, more or leas, and meas mrins on the respective aid lines two hundred and twenty feet, more or less, and bounded on the north by Cannon street, on the east by Gum street, on the south by Amelia street and on the west by lot No. 32, on plat made Sol. Kohn and S. Dibble, Jr., dated August 29, 1891. Said lot will be sold in three lot.* or parcels and plat of same wll be exhibited at sale. Purchaser to pay for papers and all taxes falling due after day of sale. A. W. Summers, Executor of the Last Will and Tes tament of Adam Moody, Deceased. December 13, 1909. Call for Creditors. Pursuant to the judgment of the Common Pleas for Calhoun county In Catherine E. Barber, et al., re. Shelley Fogle, et al., ail persons he.rlng claims against the estate oi William A. Fogle, Sr., are hereby required to prove their respective demands before the undersigned at Orangeburg, 8. C, on or before Jan uary Hth, 1910, or be debarred pay ment. Robt. E. Copes, As Special Referee, and as an Of ficer of the Court December 22nd, 1909. CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Ceat a Word Fessd Kotten Free. For Sale?One milch cow and calf. Apply te R. J. Green, Orangebarg, 8. C. For Bale?A young stare; gentle driver. C. I. Green, M.D. 11-2 5-lg For Bo!*?The Chiavette residence on Broughton street. Apply to L. K. Sturkle, Attorney. 12-9-it For Sale?One cotton seed crusher. Apply to J. W. Smoak, Orange bury, 8. C. 12-16-et Wasted?to sell, a valuable plan tation of about 200 acres, about 7 miles from Orangeburg. Ap ply at this office. We are cutting 50 or 60 acres of long leaf yellow pine and are pre pared to fill orders on short no tice. Klttrell A Clecaley, Cope, 8. C. 12-4-tf I Notice of Discbarge. On the 27th day of December, 1909, I Iwlll file my final account as guardian of Anna C. H. Box ley, nee Hai clor, with the Judge of Pro bate for Orangeburg county, aad will thereupon ask for my final dis obar ce as such guardian. M. H. Belgier. ll-37-4t* Guardian. Per Sole or Rent?One house and lot I located at 50 JS. Glover Bt Two-J story house with sewerage and water works. Large lot and good outbuildings. Apply to the prem-j tees. 10-14-3ma For Sale?Having discontinued the! hauling of freight for the County Dispensary Board, have for sal 3 10 mules; any one in the market can save money by seeing R. J. Jef fords, 110 Whitman St., Orange burg, S. C. 12-6-tf tied Polled Cattle* Berkshire Heg? and A u gor a Goats. Breeders. W R. Clifton, Waeo, Texas. The Latest Books?Send for our lat est booklet describing them. Sims Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. Just Think of kill A $20 Set of MODERN WORLD Dictionaries For $15. Only Four Volumes to Set at I Sims Book Store. We wiB Bij Got fas ?TDBT DAT TILL J?LT Uta. Qaot* us with samples for present shipment, or eoatraet for future ship ments on? MIXBD PBAfl, STRAIGHT PBAfl. IRON PEAS. WUI buy i bushels to a oar. \ _ If. L. WILLST SEED CO., Aagusta. Ga. WOOD, IRON AND STEH Baieaxeem? Beat commission offer o? earth. New, all retailers, earn plea. Coat pseket "Very Profia able," Iowa City. Iowa. Far Sale?Ose Lipplaeott'e fount and fixtures. Price reasoaable; goad location on Main street W. H. Farchant Graaiteville, S O. Wasted to Bay?Hides, Purs, Wool beeswax, tallow, scrap Iron, oaw peas. Write far priees. Oraw ford Co,. 604-619 Reynold St Augusta. Ga. Ifjsawillsis Bpeelal tow prtees cm rebuilt and eeeond-haad ?aaklisny all kinds, for rail trade. Writs for price Hut General Sqajdy Company, Dept 0, Augusta, Ga. If yoo are stek or alKag aad have failed to find relief, write to me at once: Give name, ago, sex. color of hair and eyes, most troublesome symptoms. 4c post age. Dr. J. C. Batdorf. 39 diag., Grand Rapids, Mick. When medicine foils you, I will tsks your case. . Rheumatism, Indiges tion, liver, kidney and sexual dis orders permanently eradicated by natural means. Write for liters tare, confidential, free and inter esting. C. Cullen Howerton, F 8.. Durham, N. C. BcMafl. PuUni, L?dcA LOMBARD COMPANY^AJCUSTA. GA. "I'd Rather Die, Doctor. tkaa have my feet eat off," said If. L, Bisgaam. of Priaeeville, IB.. "bot you'll die from gangrene (which bad eaten away eight toes) if you don't" said all doctors. Instead, ha used Bueklea's Arnica Salve till wholly cured. Its eures of Besets*. Fever Sores. Bolls, Borns and Piles astound tke world. 26c at tho J. O. Waaaa otaker Mfg. Company. I Toang Ladies and girls over 14 year* of age can secure steady and profit able employment and be taught r? moke cigars. Will be paid walls learning, good, cheap board oai be secured near the factory. Any girl eon make from If to fir per week (some much more) after learning. We need 600 young la dies teamed lately. Apply to SeJeV en burg tz Co., Opposite Daioa De pot Charleston, 8. C. Life is a checkerboard, on which some people try to Jump their board bills. PECANTREES Boddsd aad grafted fron? ska tees1 varieties. Lowest prtosa. RAGLE PECAN COMPANY, Pttcsvlsw, Ala. MMMfoeti'M ????????? ? >?cttt?oteoett??Mt'0 o?>s? The Edisto Savings Bank ORANGEBVRG, 8. C. Capital.$100,00 0.00 Surplus . $30.000.09 B. H. Moss. President. J. M. Oliver. Vice Presldeut. F. S. Dibble, Vice President. W.m. L. Glover. Cashier. DIRECTORS M. O. Dantzler. J. M. Oliver, W. R. Lowman, W. F. Fairey. B. H. Moss, T. C. Doyle, Sol. Kohn. J. W. Smoak. Money saved is money made, and the ivay to save it to deposit your money in the pavings department and draw interest on the first days of January, April. July and Octo ber at the rate of four per cent per annum. This bank's absolute safety is best attested by Its capital stock, Its surplus and by the character and standing of its officers and board o:.' dl rectors. Money loaned on good security. % o v ?c-oo c-<>-o<k><><>-e<N>o-t^^ oc <>c? <k> <-oo oc^ k-o ? ^ ckxk-cj From Arctic to Tropics in Ten Minnies No 9? beatv Im a higher e?ki??ey er g&toter bestieg pew** tfcas tfeo PERFECTION 00 Heater (Equipped with Omoketoea Device} With it yon can go from the cold of the Arctic to the warmth tf the Tropics in 10 Bhuttos. The now Automatic Smokeless Device prevents smoking. There is no possible question about it. This means greater heat-power, a more rapid diffuses of beat and a sure conversion of ail the heat-eaergy in the oil. In a cold room, light the beater and in 10 minutes yowl bare * glow inj heat that carries full content t Tarn the wick up as high as it will go?no smoke?no odor. In everything that appeals to the provident and the fastidious, the | Perfection Oil Heater, with its new automatic smokeless device, de cisively leads. Finished in Nickel or Japan in various styles. Ererj Deafer Everywhere. If Not At Yosts, Write for Descriptive Greste? to tie Nearest Ajreocy of the JSTAJTDA&D OIL COMPANY LOUIS COHEN & CO 232 and 234 King St, Charleston, S. a He Greatest Department Store in the South The Largest wholesale and Retail V ? ? . ? 1 l Mail Order House in the South. The Giantic Alterations that has been in progress all Summer are now all completed and we extend a cordial in vitation to you, to come to Charles ton to do your shopping and visit the largest, best equipped, best appointed, and best lighted department store in the whole South. With the assurance that you will find a better grade of merchandise at a lower price that it was ever your privelege to purchase before. "SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY RACK." LUZIANNE COFFEE Pleases Everybody 'Its quality is right. Its flavor is right. Its price is right. IT IS ALI* RIGHT It sells bp \lhe car-load?other coffees bp the case 23c. I -pound can. At any reliable grocer's We Have Just Received 2 ears nice, up-to-date Bug gies, also 2 can Wagons. We hare aboat 50 more ?elond hand BuggteB, good as new, cheap. L. E Riley. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE DISPENSARIES IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY FOR MONTH OF NOV. IB All Stock I? Given at Consumer's Price*. Total Invoice Inrl ruling DISPENSARY Stock on Hand First Day of Month Fj-ringfleld, S. C.$ 3.161.2? E'loree. S. C. 4.920.20 hranchvllle. S. C. 3,542.50 I ivingston. S. C. 1,926,75 Orangeburg. S. C. 1 2,627.78 Total .$26,169.41 Total Sales ? 1,514.35 4,578.55 2.696.10 14.53 11.270.71 121,512.7] Operating Expense* of Each Dispensary I 51.01 92.74 77.04 53.34 142.4? Breakage Stock on Haa* Last Day of Month $ 41.1? $1,074.46 26.10 ?.00 12.SS 3?2.7? 11.OS 154.<S 484.26 ?416.53 $127.10 $2,112.OS State of South Carolina, Oran^bitrg County, Personally appeared J. G. Smith. T. H. <McCaot8, L. A. Carson, members of the Orangvburg County Dis pensary Board, who, being each duly and severally sworn, deposes and says that the foregoing atatement is true and correct. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of December, 1909. ^< J. H. CLAFFY, Notary Publl?, 8, a gwg