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Established in 1809. Vot <H> . No. 120 Published Three Times a Week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jaau 0, 1009, at the postofllce at Or angeburg. S. 0., under the Act ot Congress of March, 1879. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. Jas. SzJar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Bates. Oae Year.fl.50 Six Months.73 Three Mouths.40 Advertising Rates furnished on application. Remittances should be made by check, money order, registered let ters, or express orders, payable toj The Times and Democrat, Orange barg. S. 0. Nikaragua gets a new ruler poute-j ly t-.rmed president, but who Is just as much a king as ever Dick Orox^r was Why all these railroad accidents? The railroads have never been giv en the license extendad to foot ball players. A Brooklyn four-year-old, after j practising Christmas songs, was J killed by an automobile. How long. 0. Lord, how long! Either the world owes Dr. Cook the highest honors by way of repa ration or his name is the very high est multiple of Dennis. Col. Roosevelt has just entered upon tho wildest and most dangerous part of hfs trip. Octopus stocks will perhaps now rl3e. Mrs. Brokaw, of New York, un happy on $30,000 a year, has had less fun than many a plucky little stenographer at $300. Zelaya of Nicaragua has had the sense to step down and out. The next we expect to hear is that he will be a3 hard to find as Dr. Cook. It is encouraging that Standard Oil finds only 65 errors in the cir cuit court decision. On a former case they found 29,000,000 errors. If reformed foot ball is not suf-1 ficientiy homScldal to suit thp j crowds, the colleges may find a good substitute In the popular Mcrethr.n waltzes. The commercial agencies find holi day business Quite rushing. How could it be any different with Santa Claus as the foremost captain of industry? . Belgium, historic battle ground, and "cock-pit of Europe," loses its king. The neighbors all want Its territory, but never could agree on carving the bird. Plenty of antidotes should be pro ?ided to go along with Christmas. }ourt plasters will be needed for the >oys with new knives and X Jamaica cinger . for overeating. Some $60.000.000 in Christmas gifts govs abroad this year. Uncle Sam not merely gives all comers :% farm, but he is a general Santa Clans for Europe. Ju&t why were none,of the Ameri can scientists <*os3i.iored competent to settle the North Pole row? Does not America produce as much ex pert opinion as little Denmark? ' Kansas' railroad commission gets a reduction of 50 cents a berth from the Pullman Company.' But it is not learned that they have succeed ed in modifying the porter's scale of tipping. The occean stoamship companies are getting severely roasted on steer age conditions. Some of the boats seem to think that Waat' is good enough for the cattle is good enoug? for the Immigrants. Things look pretty rotten when it bec-mea necessary to pay one man $700.000 a year just to make a fev customs officials give us the square deal. . However, It looks as If Parr earned his money all right. Congress is talking of a wireless telegraph board to coutrol the air. It seems too bad that business and diplomatic messages of great im portance should get all tangled up with school boy experimenters. The postoilice iz criticised for charging extra for bundles marked, "Not to be opened unt'I X-mas." However, the overworked clerks have all they can do now without having to decipher any more scrawls. It may oe needful for Uncle Sam to give the Nlcaraguans a little fa therly advice about choosing their n >xt president. But lei us hope we are not committing ourselves to pay ing several millions yearly for an army establishment down there. About this time congress usually gets the notion that If it raises the wind to pay the government clerks and distributes the usual number of public buii-fiugs. the country can wag aloug another two years more In spito of many ISth century laws. The general public would not be particularly averse to seeing the trniiimen and conductors get their 10 p r cent increase, but it does no' w .nt to wait a month for freight deliv ries while magnate and em plove >.ro scrapping over the division pf the tariffs. Fooling the People. Abraham Lincoln said: "You can fool all of the people part .of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people al! of the time." This declaration is peculiarly applicable to the present political situation, says Grit. In all parts of the coun try, the Aldrlch tariff law and other legislation for "special Interests." are being reseated by voters Irrespec tive of party. The representatives of "special interests" in both Senate and House, are being severely criti cised and roundly denounced. The at tempt to fool the people has proven a dismal failure, and a Republican stewardship at Washington is lia ble to be terminated at the elections next fall. Success, a non-partisan magazine, recently polled the country on the political situation. It asked Its life subscribers some pertinent ques tions. One of these was: "Do you believe that your vote for presiden tial candidate last November was wisely cast?" To this 5,728 Repub licans answered "Yes" and 540 "No;" and 2,323 Democrats "Yes," and 200 "No." The second question was: "Are you satisfied with the first nine months administration of President Taft?" Republican yeas 3,092, and nays 2,409; Democratic yeas 500; and nays 2,053. Compar ing these figures it 1b evident that a majority of Republicans answering are not fully satisfied with the Taft administration. Success eays it is also significant that of 8,360 Repub licans answering, 2,092 refused to answer the first question, and 2,778 the second. Why? Perhaps the answer can be found In the replies to the following ques tions: "Do you approve the position of Senator Aldrlch in the recent tar iff legislation?" To this 517 Rebub licans voted "Yes" and 6,812 "No." Only 40 Democrats voted either way. "Do you approve the position of Speake Cannon in recent tariff leg islation?" Republicans voting "Yes" 490, "No" 6,485. "Do you approve President Taft's position on the tar iff?" Republican yeas 2,102, nays 3,580. The rank and file of the Re publican party does not approve the. Aldrlch tariff law. The majority of the people have not been fooled re garding this legislation. If the question has not been an swered satisfactorily by the above votes, it certainly has by the ballots on these questions?"Is it your de sire that President Taft should sup port and co-operate with Senator Al drlch and Speaker Cannon in the general public policies which they represent?" The ballot resulted as follows: "Republicans, 689 "Yes," and 6,293 "No," the Democrats not voting. The climax is reached, how ever, in 6.219 Republican yeas and 491 noes on the question, "Do you desire that President Taft oppose them and their policies?" The peo ple are fooled regarding neither leg islation nor those responsible for it. They fix the responsibility on Sena tor Aldrlch and Speaker Cannon, whom, they declare, President Taft should oppose. ? i The Success canvass covered all sections of the country, which voted practically the same way. If, there fore, the number voting proportion ally epresents the sentiment of the whole country it is evident that a majority of the people today decid edly object to the Republican lead ers and policies. They were fooled at the Chicago Convention and dur ing the presidential campaign, but they are fooled no longer. Only a part of the people can be fooled part of the time. Prosperity ot fhe Farmer. This year we shall raise 3,000, 000,000 bushelB of corn. It is hard to realize what that means, says a writer In Success. It is a harvest greater than the bumper crop of 1906. These 3,000,000.000 bushels will be worth to the farmer over $1,500,000,000. or over three times as much as the corn was worth 5n 1906. Last year the value of farm products in the United States was nearly $8.000,000,000; this year it will be over $8,000.000,000. This is more than fhe entire wealth of America in 1850. In 1850 the farms of the United States were worth less than $4,000,000,000, to day they aro worth $28,000,000, 000. Every day the farms of tho country are worth $3,400,000 more than they were the day before. The farmer is the real money mak er of this nation. It is his brain and brawn that makes the United States the richest nation on the earth. We agree with the Farmers' Union Sun that it is a good thing for the people at large that the farmers are getting their share of the general increase in wealth. The $2S,000,000,000 that they get each year amounts to only $700 a piece when It i? distributed over all the farmers and farm laborers In the country. But the per capita rate is growiug and is bound to grow stlli more. During the next twenty years we are going to sec a great revolution in farming. Agriculture is to be more intelligent and more intense, new plants are to be introduced, a better use is to be made of the land and an acre will produce twice as much as it now produces. The bene fit of this new production should not be monopolized by railroads elevator companies and harvest trusts. It should go to the farmers and to the people, and it should show Itself in better food, clothing and housing and in more wide spread education for the great mass of us. A Danger to the South. The Progressive Farmer sounds a most timely warning, in urging its readers not to be dazzled by the pros thai in planning for your 1910 I gressive Famer tells its eadors: "Cot ton is high, but don't forget that all other farm products are also high. Don't get swept off your feet, there foe, and go wild about cotton next. spicg. The average yield this year was only 156 pounds of lint per aero; three years ago it was 202 pounds per acre?nearly 33 1-3 per cent. more. With such a yield per acre this year, we should hare had a yield three or four million bales larger and prices corresponding low er. Cotton is high, but so are cora and meat and grain. Don't forget ent high price of cotton. The Pro crops." RULE OF THE SEA. Whaling Law Applied to a Twice Caught Cod. That etiquette ie observed <uat>ns the fishermen that journey to 'he fish fng was discovered by an *<a;t*tfiil angler his first trip the other day The amateur hooked a codfish, but his line parted jimt an the fish wa> above the water. Back fell the codfish, carrying with him two sinl- er* and the book. Twenty minutes later another ang ler cried eut that h* had captured a cod with two sinkers and a book The amateur went up to the augler. who appeared to be an old *a!t und asked for his hook and sinkers, r.hich had his name stamped on thorn. He was surprised when the old ?alt told him to take the fish also. According to the rules generally fol lowed on the fishing boats th*> second angler was entitled to the 1nb but the hooks and sinkers should t>?- re turned to their owner. The old antfet explained why he wanted to glv^ up the flaa. It seems that he bad followed the | sea a great part of his life. Worn a j young man be was a whaler ?t.ud at cording to whaling law. a dea* whaie I belongs to the ship whose ssmh- up- j pears on the harpoon that kilh-d it j Therefore the old sail figured tlist the I amateur owned the codhsh n? bad I taken. A Big 'Gator Skinned. An alligator considerably over seven feet In length attracted much at'en Uon while lying In front of Ffre IV partment Headquarters, wbere It wrk ?kinned by several colored firemon. The 'gator was a beautiful specimen of its kind, with a well-preserved V*i< and a beautiful head, according to rb. standard by which our alligators are judged. The reptile was shot on the Hagan plantation, about thirty-six miles north of Charleston, on Lite Cooper River, by 9tephen Prase i keeper of the Hagan tract, famous for the splendid hunting opportunities which it presents and for Its lumber preserves. The rifle oali which pui an end to the alligator entered the skull, and left only c small mark which was hardly to be noticed with out close observation. The colored firemen who "pee>?fl" the 'gator took care that the stesof situated near the tail of the animal were not lost. This portion of the ?tlt gator anatomy is considered as an <?x ceptionally choice morsel by colored people.?Charleston News aud Cour ier. ?????????? s The Cempass. j The Chinese seem to hove used the compass, or Its equivalent, at s very early date to guide them in their journeys across the vast plains of Tsrtary. They made little Imsger whose arm, moved by a freely bus pended magnet pointed continually toward the pole. An apparatus of thi? kind was presented to amba^ar o-? from Cochin. China, to guide fherj in their homeward Journey, some rears before our era. The koowledg thus possessed seems to hay? s?-adu ally traveled westward by ineune O' the Arabs, though it w?? fllv ? Ode years afterward before It was falrl applied among the peoples of West ern Europe. Availability. A nobleman was once show'ns a friend a rare collection of preciou; atones which he hnd srsthefftd at p-l great expense aud euormous aoiouu' of labor. "And yet." he said, "they yield me no Income." His friend replied: Tome w'fh m. and I will show you two stones wh'c) cost me but ?5 each, yet they yield me s considerable iuoorne." He loot, j the owner of the gern?-, to his glistinit and pointed to two sror millstone which were always busy grinding out grist The Llama's Load. When the llama !p too heavily loaded, about 1S5 pounds, the w:?e beast lies down right Iben and thir.e and goes on a strike: and refuses to budge a peg despite nnr amount o? coaxing, beating or swearing ar?>.al ly knows the weight bis burden sho ile* be almost to an otmce. or that's whai they all say In the Andes. Mo?f mer know when they are overlaid* d. air they are afraid to tie down. Macaroni. The word is derived from the Vine- | aronl Club, instituted by a ?et o' flashy men who had traveled In Italy, and Introduced Italian "Macoherent" at Almack's table. The Macaroni* were the most exquisite tops thnt e\o disgraced the name of man vlcoiii? insolent, gamblers, drunkards, due', lers; about 773 the curse of the Van\ hall Gardens Pity toe Poor Hor*e F'y Every purchaser of c motor c tr el's courages the Ihe of the horse ti;. Some sort of u b ng or By will have to be Invented to bite nutoa and mak< them stamp, switch their tails, and kick up. We -t-in't know what efTec: a cinder beetle would have or. autos The question is referred to Judge Adna P. Gristlebone for an expert opinion.?Ossawatomie (Kan.I Globe Martyr3 to Science. At Lisbon, during the plague. Dr Camara Pestana was infected while searching for plague In a person sup posed to have died of pneumonia. It was plague: and the intrepid eenreher died also. He wrote down his bnr rlbie symptoms to the very end. for the benefit of medic;:I science Victim's Wail. It's all right for a woman to save time, hut making cherry pies with thp stones In 'em Is a poor way to do It. ?Detroit Free Press. Even when It burns your fingers or a hole in young pocket, money Is J what they call cold cash. | CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. For Sale?One milch cow and calf. Apply to R. J. Green, Orangeburg, 8. C. For Sale?A young mare; .gentle-, driver. C. I. Green, M.D. 11-26-13 For Sale?The Chiavette residence on Broughton street. Apply to L. K. Sturkie, Attorney. l2-9-6t For Sale?One cotton seed crusher. Apply to J. W. Smoak, Orange bury, S. C. 12-16-6t Wanted?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. Kittrell & Cleckley, Cope, S. C. 12-4-tf 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. 10-14-3 m? 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 seelug R. J. Jef fords, 110 Whitman St., Orange burg, S. C. 12-6-tf 1010 ASSESSMENT NOTICE For Real Estate and Personal Property. Notice is hereby given that I, or my deputy, will be at the fol lowing named places on the dnys specified for the purpose- of taking returns of real and personal proper ty for taxation in Orangeburg coun ty for the fiscal year 1910." All taxpayers must give the num ber of school district In which prop ert) is located. Especial care should be taken in locating property in or near special school districts. School trustees in the different townships are requested to meet the Auditor at these appointmens and assist In the proper location of special-school and poll taxes. ,; '* All real estate and personal prop* erty owned on the first day of Janu ary, 1910, must bo returned and all tranpfers of real estate noted. All persons whose Incomes exceed $2,500.00 per annum fclear of busi ness expenses) are liable ' to the State Income tax. Blanks for in come tax returns will be furnished upon application to the Auditor: Bowman, Wednesday./.V..'.. Jan. '-6 Branchville, Thursday." i Rowesville, Friday .?. " 7 Canaan Church, Saturday_" ? 8 Felderville, Monday. " 10 E. E. Bull's, Tuesday. '-11 Vances, Wednesday. " 12. Parlers, Thursday ......_ "? 13 Elloree. Friday .. .14 Livingston, Monday. ". 17 Dru Sawyer's, Tuesday .'... .-. " 18 Springfield, Wednesday. " 19 Gleaton, Thursday. " 20 Norway, Friday. " 21 Cope, Tuesday i..... " 26 Woodford, Thursday. " 27 North, Friday . " 28 Phillips, Saturday. " 29 Orangeburg Court House from Jan. 1st to Feb. 20th, inclusive. Office hours 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. T. M. MoMICHAEL. County Auditor, O. C. Executor's Sale. Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, the 30th day of Decem ber, 1909, the undersigned will sell at the Culler place, In the county of Calhoun, In said State, the fol lowing machinery belonging to the estate of the late John L. Moorer. One 20-hors boiler; one 15-horse engine; two gins, one Winshlp cot ton press; shafting, pulley, etc Sale will begin at 11 o'clock a. m.. on that day. Terms, cash. ?ALSO? On the same day at the planta tion of the late Henry Moorer, in the county of Orangeburg, we will sell Immediately after the nbove sale: One 15-horse power boiler; one engine; one gin; one Bobs cot ton press; one cane mill, shafting, pulleys, etc. Terms, cash. W. E. FOGLE. C. W. CULLER, WM. L. GLAZE. Executors of John L. Moorer, De ceased. 12-14-2t Executor's Sale. Under and by virtue ui an order of the Probate Court. I will sell, in front of the Court House, at pub lic auction, for cash, on the twenty second day of December, 1909, ten shares of the capital stock of the Farmers' and Merchants' ?'mk of the City of Orangeburg, and one share of capital stock of the Edlsto Savings Hank of the City of Orange burg, belonging to th<- estate of the said R. Frank Way. and 1 will also sell certain notes and accounts be longing to said estate. Sale tu com mence at eleven o'clock a. m. LAWRENCE G. WAT, Qualifltd Executor of the Estate of U. Frank Way. Deceased. Notice. The Trustees of the State Colored College of Orangeburg, S. C? re quest furniture dealers to send in binds to Dr. W. K. Lowman, Or angeburg, S. C, on the following: 50 single iron bedsteads (for stu dents), with the privilege of 300. 100 dining room chairs, with the privilege of 3 00, f. o. b. Orangeburg cash on delivery. State when de livery will be made. 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