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S?RTH SUFFtKS AGAIN T?sjctbd by firs which causes quite a heavy loss. ?/ '.'v. Sbmes Starting at About Twelve v ? ? ???? ???. > . -O'clock Tuesday Night, Sweeps Along Main Street. Tie pretty, little progressive city ?t North has again beeu visited by ttei fire field. On Tuesday night ?about a quarter of twelve o'clock fire was discovered in the Masonic Hall, Which rapiily spiead and swept down Main street, burning several stores and causing a loss of at least $6,000 worth of property. The fire originated in the hall of a feuilding used by the Masons and the ^ JCttlghts of Pythias as a meeting Asiftce. It was a two story brick aKflteUding, and was completely destroy H^?ther with its contents. Af ?Ugcovered the fire made BBtakL the good people B?E^WWBHpHKi*ht, on hand. ^^Prom the budding in^vhich it ori ? Hated the fire soon spread-to tn*? building next door. In which was kept ?a. barber shop. The flames then spread to the store and residence of Mr. O. K. Livi-igston, which were soon consumed. At this time mat ters looked desperate, as the whole town seemed to be in danger of be ing burned.' It was-then resolved to try and stop the spread of the fire by using explosives on the store of McElveen, which was next door to Mr. Living ston's store. Dynamite was used and an attempt made to stop the fire by Wowing up the McElveen store, but it proved ineffectual, and the fire swert ever and burned It The fire then spread to the store ? off Mr. J. E. Lybranl, which was also consumed. Here the fire burned j itself out to the great relief of the citizens, who had been working very hard to stop the ravages of the flames. It rMd nrt take the fire fiend 3uog to do Its work of destruction, in.a few hours after It started the Are was ort. The lrses are about as follows: ? Masonic Hall, $1,500; O. K. Living ston's store and resiJence. $2,500; McEIveen's store, $300; J. E. Ly orand's store, $1,500. We hope all the losers by the fire are well In sured. ? We have not heard as to how the fire originated, or as to the the insurance, if there was any. NEWS PROM MIDWAY. Toting Man Accidentally Shot?Other Local News. Midway, Dec. 27?Special: On last Thursday afternoon Mr. Ja-ies Hun gerpiller was accidentally shot at his ixome. K\> was standfag on the piazza reaiin?, when his gun which was leaning up against him, slipped down and shot off. The load lodged in his coat, therefore, there was no serious damage done. Only the tip end of two of his fingers were shot off. Drs. Browning and Greer of Elloree were summoned at once and ?hey dressed the wound. He seems to fee getting along very well. Mr. Hungerpiller is a yotng man of ex cellent character, is about seventeen years of age, and is secretary of Hickory Grove Sunday Bchool. Personals. Messrs. John and Willie Jackcon and Mr. B. E. Cuttino spent Christ mas Day with Mr. George Smith, Jr. Mr. George S. Jackson spent Xmas with friends and relatives here. Misses Emma, Hattie and Maggie Smith are visiting relatives at Silver. Miss Devie Smith and brother of St. Matthews spents Christmas with friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Arant and Mr. Prezzie Hungerpiller spent Sunday ?with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hungerpiller. Mr. J. W. Zeigler o f Elloree spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. G. L. Zeigler. Mr. Bob Bair and sister of Char leston are spending Christmas with relatives here. Rev. J. A. Brunson preached his farewell sermon at Hickory Grove last Sunday afternoon. There was quite a large crowd out to hear him. Mr. Emmett Hungerpiller of Or angeburg spent Christmas with hi3 parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hunger piller. Miss Victoria Smith spent Sunday with her brother, Mr. Jack Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Weston McGrew of Sumter spent Xmas with relatives here. *? Mr. W. G. L. Zeigler has been suffering for the past few days with | an abcess on his face. We hope he will soon he well again. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Troutman gove their mother, Mrs. G. W. Smith a call last Sunday afternoon. Miss Carrie Dantzler of Savannah, Ga., Is spending sometime with her ?parents, Mr. and Mrs.A. A. Dantzler. Misses Bertha and Annabel Smith ?spent Sunday with Misses Rosa and Scherer Hungerpiller. Mrs. T. V. Bair spent last Sunday with her sister-In-law, Mrs. C. L. Bochette. Mrs. B. E. Cuttino. who has gone to a Hospital at Charleston for treatment, seems to be getting along fine. Mr. Walter Felkel and Miss Carrie Way were happily married on last Wednesday afternoon near Provi Providence. Miss Annie Lou Bair spent last Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. Lula Bochette. A. B. C nurncd Christmas Day. Mr. Ham Smiford had the misfor tune to lose his dwelling on Christ mas Day. Mr. Sandford lives in the Two-mi'e Swamp section, a few mile3 above Cope. The Christmas dinner was cooked and ready for eating, when the house was found to be on fire. Mr. Sandford lost everything except two mattresses and two chairs. MEETING CALLED. To Take Aetica ia Reference to Sell ing Fish. Editor Times and Democrat: 'ike ciuzcns of Orangeourg county have Se&u their bast sueam tor pau usn. wuuin a few years, almost ruin ? ea by lalo an a vicious people, utter ly regjxuiess of tae rights of otners. it is ciaiwei Oy mauy tbat aristo River is without a peer in Norm America in it3 yield of fins panfisa and within recent memory any citi 1 sen couIj catch more than he could consume in a tew nours. He enjoy ed, rare sport ia so uoing ana had the satisfaction of knowing that his neighbors as well as himself could at any time procure an appetizing addition to their bill of fare from the waters of the county. Now it is practicable impossible to buy fish, those coming in from time to time beinj small and of Indifferent quality. Catching them with uook and line is altogether out of tau luestion; if is no longer worth while to go flshng in Ellsto River. Eveiy body but potfishermen ana these wuo buy .ish from them admits this to be true. Only occasionally do redbreast and bream get a chance to spawn and only a short while will be required to see them disappear from rhe EAb to altogether?Something that has happened a number of times to fish in different parts of the country. One of these potfishermen in talk ing with the secretary of the Audu ben Society and to a prominent mem ber of the general assembly admitted that fish were rapidly being destroy ed, but claimed t was due to the use) of small mesh traps. The Audubon Society desires to go to the roct of the trouble and to [ forbid the sale of game fish during the spawning period, frcm March to November. In the end It must come ] to that. Until the sale of fish !< forbidden under heavy penalties and j the losel crowd of vagabonds engag ed in destroying the citizen's birth- j right, is entirely suppressed, it is altogether idle to temporize. The people of Orangeburg must make up their minds as to whether they wish fish in their streams or. net. The society has already re ceived sufficient assurance to convince it that the people of the County, the responsible people who are earning an honesv livlnj, are entirely oppos ed to the sale of game fish. For which reason in order that the people may have a chance to express their will, one way or the other, a public meeting has been called at the courthouse in Orangeburg on the second Saturday in January (January 8) at which the matter will be discussed in open meeting. It is of sufficient importance to warrant action, as the general assem bly is shortly to pass on the ques tion and this body should know the wishes of the people. Every citizen of the county interested in preserving the game and fish, and in saving the insect-eating birds should come to the meeting. James Henry Rice, Jr., Secretary Audubon Society. "THE PRINCE CHAP." Big Comedy Success To Be Played Hero on Tuesday Night. Mr. Elliott Dexter will make his first bow here as a star in his own right on Tuesday evening, January 4th, when he comes to the Academy of Music in the romantic comedy success, "The Prince Chap," by Ed ward Peple, who has given some ex excellent dramatic offerings to the American stage, and his ventures are always characterized by excellent acting casts, compete productions and careful stagings, so that Mr. Dexter's present vehicle carries re commendation, which is confirmed by exchanges received from newspapers in ether cities, which accord glowing praise to the star, play, company and production embraced in this attrac ticn. "The Prince Chap" is here Tuesday for two performances, matinee and evening, and Orangeburg should ?ive this attraction a packed house. UNCALLED FOR LETTERS. Those Remaining in the Postoffice at Orangeburg. List of letters remaining unclaim ed in the Orangeburg Postoftice for week ending December 30th, 1909. Persans calling for same will please say that they are "advertised." A?.Mails Adams. B?Dr. C. H. Bozard. C?David Cal Iwell, Waymer Car dozier, B. A. Cobb. D?Annie Dicksrm, W. A. Davis, Lula Davis, Dora Davis. E?Rcea Ellis. G?Rev. J. H. Gcwdy. H?Jeff Hampton, Jacob Hayne, Daniel Hock. J?Mrs. Pauline Johnson. K?Peter Kizer. L?James Lang, Katie Livingston, Leather Livingston. M?Asbury Minis, U. S. Miller, Reuben Moore, Dave Murphy. P?J. T. Palmer, Joe Pierce, Annie E. Pollock, Amanda Preston, Jas. D. Price. S?L. B. Smitr. Mamie Sturkey. T?S. W. Tenis, Eila Thomas. \V?James Williams. Shooting Scrape. Julius Williams, shot John Tyler over iu the Fork about five miles from this city en Monday night dur ing a Christmas celebration at a eclored church known as Jerusalem Church. Williams says the shooting grew out of a fisticuff, while others claim that it was an attempted as saslnatlon, as Williams lay in wait for his victim and shot him in the back. All the parties concerned are colored. After tue 3hooting Williams surrendered himself to the Sheriff and is now in Jail. Tyler is still alive, but the chances are that he will die. DiSERVtl) TRi??lE j TO HON. S AML EL DIBBLE, WHOM. WE DELIGHT TO HONOR. A Wise Statesman, a Successful Town Builder and an All Bomnd Public Spirited Citizen. Having served two terms in con gress, Col. Samuel Dibble nuw holus tae clued oi tjwusaip couiniissioutir. JL?U* political bkOp-uUWkl, as <t weit is Cue ox me mwbi leuaarkauie iu tue ai?kOiy or couu Carolina, it uoes Uoi si^any IumS oi yo..ur or pi entire, it ziicieiy empaaiizbs ana liiu&u'aiis tae s<.Cict ui Col. uiuuie s higlily ba<.cebbial Caieer, tae mouo o? waica ?as evtl' ueea service, he is at the age of ViS now UtWuship uom missiouer because he is primarily in terested ia Becuiiag gcoa roa^b lor Bowman towub?ip, uua m that capac ity he is servmg nis peopie ay Uiiiy as he did in tue ?aiis or congress. Ihe btoiy oi Bosnian rea^s iiae a romance oi tae nch West 'Ihe SU.ry oi b0.vman. Fifty years ago in the southern pait cf uraugeuurg uistrict, in Or angeburg ana s>t. Matthews parishes, the condition cf tae farmer was pr^s perous, aiii tney weie waking up to the importance cf the education oi the ycuug. in the lower part of Or angeburg parish, iu aJuition to tu* free schools open only to the children of the pocr and tutors and govern I esses in the families of the rijh. I there were three private academies I of oistincticu, amply supported by j graduates of Wofford college, South j Carolina college and Dublin univer sity, respectively, while between Four Holes swamp and Santee river, j in St. Matthews parish, were three ! others in charge of graduates of ' South Carolina college (one a second j hener man), and of Emory college, Georgia, and open to pay scholars ani also free pupils of the vicinity. Between Cattle Cerek and Cjw Castle swamp, on bcth sides of th3 1 Orangeburg ani Charleston road, I about 60 miles from the city of Charleston, the Bcwman family were the largest land owners, owning plan tations in succession for six or seven miles, and of them was Reddick Bow man, at one time holding 10,000 acres. But the war between the Sections, I with death in battle and hospitals and the downfall of the Confederacy, the emancipation of the slaves and the terrors of Reconstruction with negro suffrage, turned fertile field9 Into wildernesses, where deer and wild turkey and alligators held un disputed sway. Such conditions existed until about 20 years ago, when the Bowman Land and Investment company, com posed mainly of Messrs Samuel Dib ble, B. H. Mo6S and Thomas M. Ray 1 sor as shareholders, acquired title tc about 5,000 acres of the estate lands of Reddick Bowman, Abraham Oft and others, mostly in original forest and in the old fields of short leaf pine, the rent toll for the arab'e land's at first beinj only about $7.") a year. About the same time W. E. T. R. Smoak, of Branchville, had con structed and was operating a tram way which furnlshel wood and ?ose tie8 to the Southern ralway, ovei which a narrow gauge engine with cars built at Branchville by Mr Smoak, was operated as the Smoak Tramway company out of Branchville about five or six miles toward the Bowman lands. The Founding of Poivman. Out of these conditions came the Branchville and Bowman railroad, and the founding cf the town of Bow man, as Its ultimate terminus, 11 1-2 miles from Branchville, the opening up systematically of series of roads leading from Bowman as a centre, the subdivision of the Bowman land? along the roads Into over 100 1-horse farms, and a full system of drainage by ditches usually four feet wide, and clearing and building settlements on the farms. White men and fami lies attracted by the great fertility nt the soil and its adaptability to all kinr's of farming from early vegeta bles to cotton, sugar cane and tobac co, began to move into the embryo town and its environs, many of them coming from as much as twenty fiv? miles, from sections with high repu tatlon for fertility. The newcomers found lands equal and superior to those they left, and in consequence year after year ha:) brought their frlenSs and relative* an i others. Lands purchased twenty yi>ars ago by the Bowman Land coni I pany for J." per acre, which the var ious shareholders had originally ac quired for 52 and less, are now be ing sold at not less than $20 an acre and have in some instances brought $50 and over ppr acre. Thess I prices are for the land alone, exclus? ive of any buildings. A Progressive Town. Now Bowman has five churches, two of which are fer the white an 1 the others for colored people, a two story brick graded school like the one at Prosperity, Newberry county, with four teachers and over 100 nu oils, a bsnk, two hotels for travelers, and several hoarding houses, two ginneries, brick mill and two saw and planing mills, railroad and wheelwright and blacksmith shop, many Storps with general merchan dise, embracing three millinery es tablishments and two drug stores, a number of brick stores, one, two and three stories, two camps of Wood nien of the World ani one loclpp of Knights of Pythias, a prstofficp from which there are four rural free maU deliveries daily and with money or der department: telephone line to thp city of Oraneeburg, and also to Branchvlle, with a local exchange for the town and two country lines to farming sections, with livery and au tomobile accommodations and with good roads, especially the Orange burg and Charleston road, built by the British military egnineers during the Revolutionary war to connect tne British post at Oran^aburi with Charleston and ia use ever siace aad alie^ay in good can-iiion tor auto mobile travsl and being now sani clayea by the county supervisor from the Dorchester line to the city of Orangeburg, a distance of 22 miles, 30 ftet vri^e. And the year 11*10 will show ether mercantile enterpris es with considerable capital. . Ihese results have been accom plished by surrounding Bowman with small farms occupied by white farm ers mainly and conserving the health by artesian well3 penetrating the rock stratum, which is 40 feet be low the surface anj some of them being flowing wells, thus being se cure from malaqua as well as ma laria. Lr. Samuel Dibble, after graduat lag from Wofford college in 185 5, startei out in active life aa the prin cipal of Shiloh academy, four miles from Bowman and for the past 18 years, upon retiring from profess.on al an i political life has devoted him self mainly to the development of Bowman and its vicinity and has been ably seconded by the people of Bowman, wi :eawake and Industrious business mtn and good farmers, who are doing their part in advancing th-> morals and the material c^nd.tlons of their section and keeping in the front ranks of the movement to :e velop the low country of South Caro lina, which Is a belt of land which is testined to beccme, before many years, t'r.e garden spot of the State. Samuel Dibble. The leader in all of this work, however, has been Csl. Dibble, who :t the age of 72, having alrealy rounded cut a career full of useful ness and honors, has put the energy ?{ a youth into the upbuilding of the Bowman sect:on. He evtn now gives his personil attfnticn to his interests there, spending mcst of hi* time at Bowman and making fre quent trips to and from Orangeburg In his automobile. In order to car ry out his plans, he accepted the high and honorable position of town ship commissioner for Bowman town ship. Few men in South Carolina have led a more active life than Samuel Dibble, who was born at Charleston, S. O, September 16, 1837, and re ceived his early education in his native city and at Bethel, Conn. His academic education was obtained at the high school of Charleston and he entered the College of Charleston in 1 853, and afterwards entered Wof ford college at Spartanburg, S. C. where he graduated In 1856. He Is now the oldest living alumnuB of Wofford. He engaged in tnaching for a whilo and during the time studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice at Orangeburg. When the war brcke out he volun teered at the beginning as a private in the Confederate army and served until the close in the First and Twen tv-flfth regiments of S?rth Carolina Volunteers, attaining the rank of first lieutenant. After the war hi resumed the- practice of law at Or angeburg rnd was elected a member of the House in 1877. In 1878 he was elpcted a trrstee of the University of S?rth Carolina. Hq was chairman of the evecutlve com mittee of South Carolina Agricultural College and Mechanics' Institute for crlored Btudents, a branch of the State university. He was elected and took his Beat in the Forty-seventh congress as a Democrat (Ailing the vacancy occa sioned by the death , of Hon. M. P. O'Connor), but Mr. O'Connor's claim to an election bavln.7 been suc cessfully contested, Mr. Dibble as i consenuence lost his seat In congress. Mr. Dibble, however, was elected to the Fortv-eighth congress and was reelected to the Fortv-nlnth congress as a Democrat, receiving 8.162 votes against 3.108 votes for the Rebubli can candidate. "PARSIFAL." Abounds In Strong Situations and Beautiful Scenes. The performance of "Parsifal" abounds lu beautiful scenes and pow erful situations. Perhaps in th? whole range of stage enactment there is not a single sceue that holds the audience with such viceliko grip is that between the elements of good and evil, a conflict to the death be tween light and darkness. On the one hand a tender youth untried in worin liness and i's wiles, on the oth er a beautiful woman, a casuist of brilliant intellectual .powers, a siren with all the seductive blandishments that flourish in a soil where spiritual uar.ire is dead. How to accomplish her ends, shy plays on the tenderest chords of his memory! Chords that vibrate to the recollections of a mother's love and tears and gentle guardianship; and chords, too, which unknown to tbe temptress, breathe notes of purity and convey celestial fire. Wagener's masterpiece will be. pre sented at the Academy of Music in this city on the evening of January 7th. The first curtain will rise at 7:45 o'clock promptly. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, anr! financially able to carry out any obli gations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mncouB surfaces of the system Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. &L&STLM* 0* i-ii?iiJtST BOLD DJ THIS CITY MONDAY. luupreeY.aUtiie U-tuens Oonler With ifJton^fcbt>ai*aJi Lever About Matters cf tuoLc Ccucora. ihe O.'aa^JOwrg correspondent of i'ae ??(uVj ?-jj a very Important iMoeUi*5 was u?.ia here MoUafty at u?? c?vy hull by the iepresentatives 01! uiib c*Vr, ij;iuwi-g the mayor, t-e ai-erui^u, cue c?iy attorney, re p.'?.&ei?l..Utt.a o. tae Oranseourg CuiiiLijer of Commerce, the local bar .tu* i?coldest) iatui'tbis of this city, logather wit a CjugreBsman A. F. i^ever. 'Ihe ooject of the meeting *as to discuss tae feasibility of at tempting lb ooCaie additional appro priation tor the public building, which is to be treated by the gov ernment ftr a poutumce, and also to have the sentiment of ta,s city ex pressea throiga its representatives us to whether or uot tney ueslred a icsurvey of the Edisto river. The rneetiag was presijed over by Mayor J. W. H. Dukes. Mr. LeVer, In a short talk, presented his mission to the city. He stite I that he had heard that this city desired a larger ut prcprL Han for its poste-flice. He stated that he felt a delicacy in pro cee Ing by introducing a bill into congress for a further appropriation ,. ithout first comini to the city ani conferring with its representatives. He sad thU la order to get a further appropriation fer Orangeburg a vlg orous fight would be necessary. He sal: that he was willing to wage the fight if the local committee would furnish the necessary data to ai. him. The situatirn was voted upon "nd the resolution passed was that Mr. Lever was requested to introduce a bill asking for an alditicnal appro priation cf $40,000 for the erecting of the posfoftire, and that the local committee appointed to all Mr. Lever have the data ready at his conven ience. When the last appropriation oil 1 was passed by congress an appropria tion of ?50,000 was given Orange burg for the erection of a postoffice. It was shown at the meeting that the amount left after the Bite money was paid would leave too little to erect a building equal in point of architec tual beauty to the surrounding build ings; that the building would not be in keeping with the growth of this city ani that it wold be too small to give adequate apece for the mail business now done at the local of fice. Another resolution was passed requesting Mr. Lever to endeavor to have a bill passed to authorize a re survey of the Edisto river, thereby paving the way for an appropriation of $75,000 or ?100,000 for the deep ening of the Edisto river to a four foot channel and that the committee appointed would be ready to have ail necessary data at his convenience and that the local committee appoint ed would communicate with the Mayor of Charleston and other repre sentatives of taat city and confer tn this matter of the development of'the Edisto river. The main deepening of the channel would be from this city to Branch ville, where the North Edisto ruus into the Edisto river proper, a dis tance not greated than 40 miles. It was stated at the meeting that th? Edisto river once flowed into the Ashley river thence into Charleston harbor, but that during some prehis toric upheaval tue river bea wa. changed. It was further statei tha the distance from the Edisto river to the Ashley river was ouly five mile, and that a canal could be cat cj.. nectiiii the two rivers, a his can.-*, would bring all the great volume o. the E-listo river water into the Caai lestun harbor thereby, greatly deep ening the channel. 'i his channel would be a greatc benefit to interior South Carolin than any other river Improveme'ii has ever been. Boats would be able to operate between Charleston an this city, compelling better freig.T ratis and could serve the large terri tory between this city and Charles ton. Mr. Lever thought this a great proposition and onr* that Charleston should be greatly interested in, and should be pushed to Us ultimate ac complishment. Charleston and Or angeburg will fight fcr this end ani gr.at will be their reward. The committee appointed for ai l ing In the passing of the postoffice bill was the same committee tha' went to Washington two years ago to secure the appronibltion. This com mittee consists cf J. W. H. Dukes, R. H. Jennings. I. W. Bowman, Post master A. I). Webster and W. H. Dukes. The committee to ail in the river appropriation consists of Clayton Berghaus, W. L. Glover, Jno. Cart, Samuel Dibble, J. W. H. Dukes, R. H. Jennings and M. O. Dantzler. Mayor Dukes acts as ex-officio chair man of both committees. The United States senators from this Stale were requested to aid ttie congressman in passing the bills. A resolution introduced by Sta*? Senator Robert Lide to have Orange burg designated as a place to hold I'nited States court was passed snd Mr. Lever was asked to Introduce such a bill into congress. At the close of the meeting Mr. Lever expressed his thanks to the re presentatives for the indorsement and Instructions. He is ready, he sai l, with th-'ir support, to do hte utmost to have the bf 113 pushed through. A htirrnh was voted Mr. Lever by those present. Goes to Denmark. Mr. W. S. Ballard, who has for the psst several years been located with the Atlantic Coast Line Railway company, has remove! to Denmark, where he goes to accept the agencj position of the same road at thai place. HTJXTIIW TTTF T/XTST. to here 't is Xtwmwv to Cm*T} on n War of lixtenrJnation. Once a year there la a loess., hstnt ?i the rlee-growlae districts of the rnillppires. It Is aot alt pore sport. ?!inn<rh the Filipino make* a frolic of h for ut??*^ id orgaalred war of \terminatioa was regul-rly car m 1 on aualn?t them, th* litt!* pe'ts p-iild not only eat the rice field* ?rp la a few days, but devour every t-eu thing down to the water's ;;c. As the time draws naar for p apnearnr.ce of the locu*tL watch ??* are stationed In the flelos. and soon as the larva is discovered rd is carried to the pres'dente of ?p v-H'age, who Immediately issues ??roclamatton calling on every man, i-iian and c.il!d in the district to ?spnil tp in the public square next onrnR. prepared to wag* war on ?p common foe. The rolling of a drum soon after nn up is the signal for h< whole > ?"ular?o- to gather at the rendez < After a solemn mass anr" pray r hv the vil'ane priest, wh' hpada ?in paiade drested In his unofficial r.rtume of red and white calico hlrl and loose flapping trousers, the e'-plp fall in line and the little army i.nrts for thp fields. It Is oft?n 500 ?iron? and !s led by the local band i.'ayin^ nlr'ted music, but wearing ilJ shirts and knee trousprs like the trt. A few heads her-1 and there 'uli aiops bound round w'th cotton r?rndkfrrrhi?.-fs. hut most of them are hhre. and nobody wears an/ shoes. Then evprybody. Including the musician?, fall .o work on the young lonista wlt.i b8?s and switches, rrrpshln:: away for dear life, sweep :ng the tiny pests Into bags, joking, laughing and singing snatches of i'omilar airs at the t??ps of their /olcea. The babies turr.b'e about in rhe mud and thp young folks pair off ininnc; the green otaiKs. and the rurning Bun beets piti'essly down ip^n the wet fields, untill a thick, ?ihlte Fteam rises; but still the ?steady svl-h of th? wulpc goes on. Who: the bagF are crammeu full with squlrm'ng. wriggling mass, they are tightly tied and the home ward march Is begun. Everybody 'n? lud'.ng the priest and the presl lente. Is plastered from head to foot with mud. and even the musical ia druments are splashed, but every body is nappy, for the rice fields are ?ared. The locusts are dried, re duced to a fine flour and baked Id :risp. brown cakes b) the maccabees, who consider them a great dainty. They taste like oaten cakes sweet ened, and have a plefisant flavor and the traveler in remote parts of the Is'ands often partakes of John the Baptist's dinner of "locusts and wild honey" without being aware of the fact She * coalesced. The wife of one of the directors at the line was a passenger. She vfs an mperious womaa. accus tomed to having her own way. aad when the ship began to roll she sent forthwith for the captain. A stew ard came instead. She scorned the stewaro. and demanded the captain's presence Immediately. The purser was tbt next sacrifice, and after he. tlie third officer and the first officer had all retired discomfited, with a flea !n the ear. as the saying Is. ths | captain came. By this time the roll- i lng baa increased and the 'adys ?olce was beginning to sound far i away. "I wish you to stop this rolling at once." she said to the captain. "Madam." said the captain, "a I ship as you kDow, is fenin'ne and If 1 she wajts to roll I fear that I can no more stop her than I co-ild help aiming here when you wlshec to see me." It was a naive bit of flattery dl ??cted at ber weakest pr'm and de spite the green tinge of be" com plexion that foretold an Immediate attack of mal de mer, the woman smiled. "Very well, sir." she faintly mur murea, closing her eyes, "Let her roll." A Story from Maine. Last Monday morning when Joe Dolley's hired man went to the barn he wag surprised to her.r the sound of music In the cow stable. He listened and plain ana c.ear came the no.es of 'Old Zip Coon." Think lug some drunken m?n vias there, he opened the door and went In. but saw no one. Somewhat frightened, he looked around and found that the music was joining from the old row' mouth. That was too much, and he bolted for the house, tell ing Mrs. Dolley to come to the barn, as the old tow was bewitched. In vestigation showed that the Mttlo boy baa dropped his mcutl O'gan in the stable the day before and th<.' cow had tried to swallow It. 'out it had stuck In her throat and when she breathed u'ne played "Old Zip Coon." ?Kcnnebec Journal. Passed Up. An Erie woman made a batch of doughnuts the other day from a new fangled recipe, supposed to produce delicious, dainty dreams of para dise. But instead of the delicious puffs promised by the cook Look, a good-sized batch of sinkerB, was the result of the experiment. The wom an had forced herself to believe that the dougl.nuts were not wholly bad and was considerably disappointed, wnen. at meal time, the family pass ed them up. She had quite t lot on nand. and could well afford to be liberal with ...em. so she handed the dog a couple. He. also, passed them uu.?Kansas City Journal. The Hand Concert. Monday ni;;ht the winter concert of the Orangeburg .Military Hand was given at the Academy of Music. It li-o been customary for this b?nd t** put on a minstrel entertainment dur ing the holidays, but owning to other arrangements, it was postponed fo: several months. The concert give'! Monday evening was a de'd'ed sue cess and was largely attended by local music lovers. The entertain ment consisted cf band numbers, vo cal numbers with b*nd accompani ment and violin selectloas. L?lsriL KL. Hu ilLtiVi? l'IChM' ( V \4A. OVltUi IUWN Htf ul K KKIMfttTEKai YYhsi i? llu|>|M*iniig tu ili?< ?'uMMirf BN Well as in Ihr CJtlt> ar.ti Towm? Miss Emma RjgeiE, society eiiior of LUkt HaitsViiie ...ti^i^ui, is via ltliig her fataler, iurs. ?>. l,. Wrigut, .u this city. I he regular New Year b Ball given by the Orangebjig O.cufcstra wilt take place o.i ril ay eveuiug. A, large uainusr aie expcCi.ea to be present. Postmaster Webster has received full supply of the Rea Cress btamps. Use them on your letters and help the good cause for which they are issued. 'Ihe regular Christmas Ball give*, by the Cotllion Cub of this city was. given cn Tuesday night in the Eik'a Hall. About 35 couples eajjyed tae occasion. Don t forget the meeting callel by the Auiubon bocitty to consider the game ani fish laws on Jan. 8. It 1? an important meeting and should be> well attended. There will be a musical at Mr. D. H. Marchant's Saturday evening, Jan. I. at 8:30 o'clock. Benefit of the Wlnthrcp Daughters. Ihe public is invited. Admission 25 cents. A family reunion was held at th? residence of Mr. Tom Salley in this city on Tuesday, at which was his mother and her ten children, with, their respective families. It was a big, plea^ani gathering. Mr. aDi Mrs. J. W7. Radfori, of Camak, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Tolllson, of Belton, S. C.? have re turned to their homes after spending Christmas very pleasantly with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hutto of this city. Orangeburg is to be favored with one of the finest shows ever put on the road on the evening of January 7. "Parsifal" has been billed t?> appear In this city. Owing to the time it takes to show this celebrated play the curtain will rise at 7:4fc o'clock. The farce comedy "All a Mistake" will be presented at the Limestone School House on Friday night, Dee ember 31st. Some very laughable situations arise in this splendid little comeiy and an evening filled with. fun is promised to all who atteni. The public Is cordially invited to be present. UNCLE JACK'S JJETTER. He Mattes Several Visits to Friends cn Christmas Morning. Orangeburg, Dec. 27?Special: Af ter spetdlng Christmas day at home, keeping warm if I could and eating: a big turkey dinner. I concluded that I had done nothing that would re present the gi;t of a Christ and re membering the big piles of wood ani lightvvood knets as well as the pins of fat hog3 near Wesley Grove and that there waa our old citizen who had been bed ridea so long I could, not but decide to go out in the country and carry sunshine to some one who could not help others or themselves. So I hitched up Hattle and made my first stop at Mr. H. N. Carr's? where I found a bLj oyster eating going on. So, of course, I got down to it until I had eaten mere and talked more than any cne else. I had to leave by myself (very reluct lantly though, as someone else would have made it much warmer for me. Anyway, I rememberer having seen % few days ago 14 fat hogs and plenty of fat llghtwood at Mr. Asbury Smoak's. 1 just headed for his homo and found everything just as I ex pected. After feasting to the full on that big country dinner on those hog killings. Now. do 't faliit, Mr. Edi tor, when I mention backbone, pud ding, sausages, chittling, sauco an! plenty of chicken pics thrown in. fruit cake, jelly cake and cako so numerous tliat I'll call those of peaches, old time Xmas tarts Now, you must guess what follow ed. Anyway I was able after a ?ooi warm aiil smoke to propose t:> mine host a vir.it to the sick, whereupon .Vrs. Smoak hegrn re fill a vessel of nil manner o." good things and added to mine cwn gift we made our way to jir. Adam Smoak's. He and his wife are both nearing the eighties m years, and have been sitting or lying on the banks of the Jcrdan for years awaiting the free passage over the river to reap their reward. Yes, Mr. Editor. I had many tokens of pleas ure Christmas, jut none to equal that visit. Now back to Wesley Grove io time to hear Bro. Harmon preach, his first sermon of this conference year to a cold and shivering congre gation who seemed to be delighted with his return to that charge. I spent the night at Mr. Smoak's. where I left plenty to ent and burn and give the folks more talk for their kindness than they ever re ceived In the past or will hanker for in the future. I left this a. m. for Cordova to vis it Mr. Curtis and Tom Smoak, son? nf Mr. J. P. Smoak. who are both dangerously sick, but are supposed to be a little hotter today. And now I am back home where P send happy New Year greetings to everybody. Mr. Terra RnHwIn, wife and their sweet little baby was on a visit to 'heir parents, Mr. and Mrs. IL L. HaHwin and left for their homo at Meggett tonight. Mr. H. N. Carr leaves in the morn ing for a few days visit to his son, Mr. Willie Carr and friends at Meg gett. Good night Uncle Jack.