The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, December 15, 1910, Page 4, Image 5

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HeFdisto R.vci ft j u.H I ?d bj to Bond <>t E <itrti>. APPEALSAii 6-. (MEN "Board Claims Th..l C.wt or Canal Would'be lHsj?w>]M>rtit>iis.tcly 4.?'ent and That Cimjml'ree iHt.veen Or. angohuig and Charlestx?? l>oe.s Not Justify Expciise, .The hoard of eugiueers for rivers and harbors has acted unfavorably on the report of Capt. E. it. Adams, of. the corps .of engineers, recom mending the improvement of the ? waterways betveen Orangeburg to Charleston with a view to providing . a. more direct route between the two <a&laa than that afforded by existing <3a*aaela. However, all Interested j^sttes-have the privilege or appeal Sseo?i-this', conclusion to the board of. eogineera for rivers and harbors ftxr another hearing of the matter, provided the appeal is made within tla next three weeks. R will be remembered that the plao to improve the Edlsto river cre ated' much interest at both ends of the- Hne. The business men of both ?barleston and Orangeburg sub scribed for tho establishment of a ?oatline provided the Government cleared the streams and ma le them navigable. Capt. Adams, Congress man- Lever and others Interested made several trips ot inspection along the Edlsi;o. Capt.. Adams rec ommended the .improvement of. the ?waterway, but i:he board of en?lneera,i for rivers and harbors was not con vinced of the jiTviBabHlty of the un dertaking. The' following circular letter sent oat from, the United States engineer's office to those in terested thoroughly explains the sit uation: **War Department, United States En gineer's .Qfdee, Custom House, (Charleston.^ E.\C. December 13. 1910. ?"' '?' ?*It having come to the notice of the undersigned that you have ex pjesaed an Interest in the pending proposition for the improvement of waterways frora Orangeburg, to Char leston, including cut?off; or - cajial from Edisto" river to Ashley river ?with a view to provi-Un? a more di rect route between said cities than that afforded by existing channels; you are hereby -informed that the preliminary ej animation of the lo^ cality named, with a view to certain Improvements therein, authorized by. the Act of Co ogress, approved J une 25. 1910, has been made, and that the report submifed by this office recommends survey with a view to obtaining flgi^and -conclusive infor mation. 0$1'! ' ? ? - ??" ? f:'.? "You are further informed that the board; of engineers for rivers and barborsi'^B^vnpt convinced of the ad visability of^iproveraent, or of the necessity of aJ survey; Eome of the reasons which prompt this view be fog: "(a) The probable cost of the ca nal project is obviously, out of reas onable proportions with ? resulting fceneflts. "(b) The fout6 of the existing waterway is li nYany places narrow, tortuous and obstructed, requiring a great amount of work to 8t it for -a practicable and useful navigation. "(c> There is but little commerce originating on this route, except at Orangeburg, v.here being practically none between that city and Charles ton. "(d) Neither the present nor pro spective commerce would be sufficient to justify the Improvement. "You are further notified that/all Interested parties have the privilege of ah appeal from this conclusion to the board of! engineers for rivers and harbors, a permanent body sitting at Washington, D. C, to which all ex amination and survey reports of this character are referred. Parties de silrln? to do so may be heard on ap peal by the board, either orally or in writing. Written communications should be addressed to the Board of Engineers ?pr Rivers and Harbors, Rooms 507-510, Colora'o Buildin?, Washington. D. C., and should be malied in time to be :n the posses sion of. said board within three weeks frpni the date of this com munication. ,. If oral hearings are de sired, dates for the same may be ar ranged for by correspondence with the board. "You aro requested to communi cate the foregoing to any persons trnown by ycu to be Interested In the improvement and who. not being known to Hi's office, do n^t receive a copy of vh;s communication. "Very respectfully, "E. M. Adams. "Captain Corps of Engineers." Gene on Pleasant Trip. Mr. R. ??. Pike, who has held a responsible position with the Orange burg Bank ever since it w:is organ ized, has gone or. a most pleasant trip to .Monroe. X. C. where he was married yesterday to Miss .May Gor don of that city. After the marriage the happy couple went on a pleasure trip to the North. They will return to this city in about ten days. Wo congratulate the happy coupJe and Wish them a long an:l happy life. District Deputy Glaze. In speaking of the rilstin?uished Jlasins attending the Grand Lodge In C^arlesloa the News and Courier lias this to say about a prominent citizen of this city: "District Depu ty W. L. Glaze, of Orantrebrrg. js one of the bes"t known lawyers in Lower South Carolina. He has play ed an important part in the upbuild ing of his home town for many year 8." I 1 iV?XT 1'iNK FRANKLIN HUNG, j ; . I -.- | Petitions Sent to ?ov. Ansel Not to interfered Petitions to Gov. Ansel to let the law take its course In the ca3e of I Pink Franklin, who is to be hunt oa Friday, 23rd instant, for the mui cer of Conitabie Henry Valentine, h's beer -n circulation for the past few days, -.nd hss be=n numerously signed. These peJtions were sotten v.p lountsract petitions from other frovct'es asking Gov. Ansel to par jdcn tbe n.irderer. We have 'oz.*.a j ! informed th3t these v.as noi. an Or-1 'a.icb?rj scanty name on the peti tions for Franklins par on. These petitions were Eigner1 by people who j krcw nothing about tue case from j ot'rer eo;:nii-s. /n?t>er significant fart h that the j white lawyers who took the places ot the negro liwyers in the case have j abandoned all procee'inis In the ?ourls and a;e now trying to save the neck of this murderer by having him pardoned by the Governor. Neither of the two white lawyers now in the case are. from Orangeburg county. If i Franklin baa such & strong caso tor executive clemency as some of the ? daiTy newspapers make out, why was not an Orange-" burg- lawyer employed to represent him before the Governor? W. L. Glaze, Esq., who assisted the Solicitor in the prosecution' of Franklin, and who !s familiar with the facts, will appear before the Gov ernor in behalf of the State,, and I will endeavor to get him.Tto.let the law take Its course! Solicitor Hll-i ' debrand believes that the verdict in j .the case was a correct one, and he i (has declined to recommend any in terference on the pprt of Gov. Ansel, j wbo; It Is thovgbt, is Inclined to .either pardon Franklin outright orj J commute his sentence to a term <n j jibe penitentiary. Such an Interfer ence on the Governor's part would j be an outrage. I "One'of the'petitions was circulated in Qrangeburg^ on Tuesdav and.'re j celv?d many hlgnatures.v The people of this city thfirk that the* law! In this case should be allowed to take Its course, and don't hesjtute to say so.. ^The petition iWis belt ?< carried around by two of the brothers^ of the murdered man. They safd that they had secured the signatures; or every man to whom they haid ' pre sented the petWon exce^ ^Ix. There i were .v over. " fobr hundred nahpef; j defied to 'the "petitions when circu lated In this cltv. it has been pre sented 'to, Gov. Ansel. ' East Oranse Note.-:. The carnival held vt Fxzt Orange schob'] house on the first of Decem ber. ?? proved tp be. a great success. Everybody seemed to have a* very pleasant time, and a nice sum was realized. The different committees deserve credit for-the systematic way in which everything was carried out. Master Gilbert Hoffman, who has been attending school at East Or ange, is very sick at his home wjth typhoid fever, but hope be will soon be able to be In his usual place again. Miss Cora Fersner, who has been engaged In huslness In Atlanta, has returned home^ where she will re main until after Christmas. ' Everybody In this section Is busy getting-ready for Christmas. Severa.1 visitors - are ? expected, and a very pleasant time Is anticipated. Death entered the home of Mr. and .Mrs. Wv H. East on Dec." 4th', and took away, their little' girl, Mary Clare, about two years old. All that loving hands con Id do was done, but t? no, avaji." Mary. Clare was a very bright child for her years, and ths.t ni?de It doubly hard for her fond parents and friends to give her rip. Her little body was laid to rest In I Cameron cemetery- on Monday after noon beneath a mound of flowers. Comty Teachers Meeting. The next Teachers' Association of Orangeburg county will be held at Orangeburg, S. C, Dec. 17th, 1910. 11 a. m. The following program has bsen prepared: Prof. A. J. Thacks t'-n, T. E. Dukes and Miss Lula Iirowne, have each been assigned to read a paper on "A Moral Rural i School." Prof. Tillman Shealy, Prof. McKeown and Miss Lettle Layton have each been assigned to read a p?per on "The Privileges and Duties cf a Teacher In His Community." The executive committee is com posed of the following: Prof. A. J. Thackston, McKeown, Duke3, Rast, Shealy. Entered and Robbed. The resPence of Mrs. Ella Selgnl ous on Whitman -street was entered on Tuesday night and robbed. The [thief entered the house through an ! up-stairs window opening Into Mr. jGcorgo Seignicus' room and helped i himself to two suits of clothes be longing to that gentleman. Appar ently the thief went into no other part of the house, as nothing else was missed. An effort was made to tr?ce the thief with the hlcod hounds, hut on account of so much passing the doss could net get the trail. Potter Luck Next Year. Our boys did not r'o much at the 'corn exposition In Columbia In tin; j way of winning prizes, but they will 1 do better work next year, we feel j sure. Many other boys in other coun ties failed to win prizes, so our boys 'need not feel discouraged. Our boys 1 made as good corn as was made in the State, but Mr. Williams thought they did not prenire in proper shape for a State exhibition. A Play. On Dec. 22 (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock p. m. there will be given at North Providence school house an .entertainment consisting of tw.> 'plays: "The Rook Agent" and the |"Negro Nbht Schcoi," bcth of which 'are very good. Be sure to come. I We are sure you will be more thaa j repaid. Municipal Proclamation. Council Chamber, City of Orange I burg, South Carolina. By Honorable J. W. H. Dukea, Mayor. j By virtue of the power in me vusi led by section 90 of Chapter VIII of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Orangeburg, I do hereby suspend so much of said section 00 aa for bids "the firing and discharging of crackers, sky-rockets, Roman candles and other fireworks in the city of ! Orangebur:," for the period be | tv. een 12. o'clock midnight of De cember 25th, 1910, and 12 o'clock I midnight of January 2, 1911, (Sun days excepted) subject to the fallow ling limitations, and restrictions, to j wit: I 1. That on Russell street from Doyle street on the East to Windsor street on the West, the firing or dis charging of fireworks shall be re stricted to the time between 7 o'clock, p. m. to 7 o'clock a. m. of the following day; except that on Monday, December 26th, 1910, the same being observed as a holiday? ChriBtmas?the restrictions as to time and place ?bove specified shall be removed. \^2.^Tb:at?ott .Saturday* December 31, 1910, the discharging of fire works-'on Russell street" Is hereby r str'cted to the time between 8 o'clock, p. rn., and 12 o'clock 'mid night. '? 3. That the discharging of fire works ! on any and all parts a of streets adjoining the. present "Cot ton Yard" is hereby forbidden at any time.- -: '? 4. That the merchants and all other citizens are Btrictly ejoined to remove any and all litter and other combustible matter from their prem ises before the holidays; and to this end the police department is in structed to report all violations of the ordinances of the city and this proclamation touching the above matter, and are charged with the en forcement of fireworks and fire arms within the city of Orangeburg. 5. The exploring of dynamite car tridges or bombs, or other device, the explosive force of which is dyna mite, Is hereby strictly forbidden anywhere in the city of Orr.nieburg, under pain of severe penalties. Dono at the city of- Qrangeburg, iS. C, this 12th day of December, 1910. By the Mayor. J. W. H. Dukes. Attest: L. H. Wannamaker, City Clerk and Treasurer. It Pine Hill Dots. We are having some very cold weather up hsre fchese days. Mis3 Blanche Martin has been vis iting her cousins. Misses Lucia and TJ.-.zie BBinnicker, and Miss Ethel Mu r den. Miss Anna M. Davis has been very sick for the past week. The entertainment at Pine Hill High School, which is scheduled for Friday night, will be a very brilliant affair. So come one and all and have a good time. We are sorry to hear that Miss ; Flossie Davis is vory 111 with dip j theria. I M1s3 Lucia Bin nicker and Miss Blanche Martin spent Wednesday .with Mrs. B. E. Bates. Wedding bells are beginning to ring mighty loud around here. Rev. Arthur J. Stire wait, Missionary. St. Matthews and Mt. Lebanon Lutheran churcheu near Cameron will have the privilege of hearing Missionary Stirewalt next Sunday. He will be at St. Matthews at 11 and Mt. Lebanon at 3:30. Rev. Stirewalt is a young man of unusual ability and of pleasing ad dress. His grasp of . the situation, religious and political, in the East is comprehensive and masterful. To hear him will be with both pleasure and profit. Doubtless he will be greeted with I large audiences at both churches. j Pastor Oxner is to be congratulated I upon this opportunity of having Mr. , Stirewalt at the time. Got a Bad Fall. Capt. W. E. AtwelT, who is the conductor on the Southern railway branch road between Batesburg and j Perry, was knocked off a box car (while making a coupling at Wagener [Tuesday morning. His left leg was ,tiroken above the ankle, and he suf fered a number of bruises. He waB on a box car when a coupling was being made and he leaned over the edge of the car to see if it was all . right, when the recoil threw him off. Capt. Atwell Is a very heavy man. and It Is fortunate that Iiis injuries were not more serious. He was car ried at once to Ferry and from there '?o the Columbia hospital in Columbia t( have his leg set. Unclaimed Letters, j LlFt of letters remaining unclaimed in the Oraiiceburg postofllce for week ending Dec. 13, 1910. Persons calling for same will please say thai thev are advertised. Benj. Adams, Grauy Adams. Car rie Dyers, Mtta Evans. Gubc Green, Mrs. Cly:le Hilton, Leila Mack, W. C Misses, Bert Moore, Mrs. Mary Jane Pelzcr, T.ugen Press! ey, .lehn .i. Sineleton. S. Smith, Percy Still, Mrr. Matilda Stroman, Daisy Summers Grist Thomas. Mrs. Eva Tyler, Isaac Tvlcr, Sarah Walls. Mongon Wash ington, Mattie \Yh!tr,er. A. D. Webster, P. M. Cold Weather to Stay. Thf> <-n!<l weather we have b-;cn having Cm- the bst few davs is apt to efv with us for a few days long er. The tempera(ure h-.?s registered below thf freezln? point several morning?, and there Tins been plenty of ice. The col.1 snap was very ac cents ble. as it was needel for Christmas hog killing, which has been eoing on at a ranld rate for several days. We have been feasting cn pudding and sausage. PlfJlONIZE HOME CVDISTICY. And Let Agents Alone If You Are j Wise. "A man went to Atlanta and bought an automobile. He could havp bought the same machine here st the same pnce from a local dealer, but for some reason, or maybe no reason at all, he preferred to buy It j in Atlanta. He bought the automo-1 b'le and paid for it aad brought it Home, and it hasn't bten in good running order a day since. Every week he has so pay the loc^l uutomo 1 ile pecple for working on it. j "if he had bought it from a local dealer at the start, as he should have joue, the dealer would have put it iu sood order for him at first and would have saved money by buying at home, ???esldes getting the satisfaction of Laving an automobile that he could . i:se whenever he wanted to." I The above article should remind, people of the folly of buying th.ngs away from home that could be pur- j chased for the same amount of mon-. ey. and a great many times for half '.bey. pay to agents. Mr! Purchaser, 0 id you ever stop to think that the mowing machine you paid that agent Birty. dollars for, you ? - could have bought -the name grade machine from I a local dealer for thirty-five dollars? | r>id It ever occur to' you that youij could have bought ae good a range from a "local dealer for twenty-five or thirty dollars as the one you paid; .hat:agent"sixtyNdollars for? I Every community la more or leas infected with age.nts. Rural districts, seem to be a better feeding ground * for these swlndlera.. As for us, we would be glad to see every coni 'i unity ridded of such pests. The majority of the people will tell you j now that they will not buy from an. ajent, but when these sharpers come clong there are so many who will al low these fellows to persuade them ! that their goods are better and cheaper than they can Duy anywhere else, and sometimes go even so far as to persuade them that they can't , buy the same article from any other soarce. Miss Gladys Cart Entertains. | . Miss Gladys Cart entertained quite a number of friends at herhOBpitable, home Friday evening from 8 o'clock until 11. Many games were enjoyed during the evening. Prizes, were p warded to Miss Murdaugh Brunson 1 ?lind Mr. Edward. Wannainaker for making the moBt words out of the letters forming the name George Washington. i Among those present were Misses' Murdau?h Brunson, Susie Kortjohn, Willie Scorvllle, Louise Newborne, .Ifinie BrookB Salley, Annie Louise Gelzer, Dorothy Jeffords, Eunice Chambers, Annie Lee Cr.um and Ora | Lee Thompson; Messrs. Dibble Rlck enbaker, Sid Slegnous, Clare Llgon,' Cnrl Albrecht, Willie Wright. Cor-' nelson McLee3, Earle Dukes Austin,' Salley Lewis Weeks, Hammond Bow man, Harry Wannamaker, Edward Wannamaker and Eddie Scovllle. A llazanr. Cake Walk, und Play. "My Awful Dad," the comedy ad vertised to be -.given at Providence echnol, Friday, .December Ifith. will be accompaniediby a.bazaar and cake J walk In the afternoon. The bazaar i begins at 4 p.,m.; and will consist] of a. fancy booth, a tulip bed, a grab bag, etc. There will also be. a cake walk, In which every one is expected- to take part. The winning?couple to receive as a prize, an old colonial cake. Next, the feature of the evening, "My Awful Dad," will be given, be ginlng at eight o'clock. A small ad mission of 25 cents and 15 cents is all it will cost you to see this unique comedy. Every one Is Invited to come pre pared for a good laugh. Swallowed a Quarter. The little two year old gir'. of Mr. Charles Williamson, manager of the Poor Farm, swallowed a twenty-five cent piece about a month ago. For somo time she suffered no Inconven ience from it, but finally it began to effect her to such an extent that she could not eat anything but liquids. She was taken to Dr. Lin C. Shecut, who put the ex-ray cn her, and dis? covered the piece of money turned edgeways In the lower throat. It was taken out with an instrument by Dr. Shecut with the assistance of Dr. C. I. Green. The little girl is now all right. An Old Man Gone. Mr. William D. RiBer, one of the jold citizens of Orangeburg, quietly passed away at his residence in this [city on Tuesday evening after an I Illness of three weeks, aged sixty three years.. Mr. Riser was a mem ber of tho Lutheran Church and was a good man. He is survived by his wife <:id two children, Mrs. A. C. Linstcdt. of this city, and Rev. Wilbur Riser, who lives in Virginia. I He was with his father when he I passed away. The stricken family have the sympathy of the entire com munity in their sad bereavement. Why Not Our Here? The good people- over in Sumter | have a custom about this time of the, \cav of holding a mass meeting to1 raise funds and receive gifts for | Christmas presents for tho, poor, j which other communities will do < well to emulate. Tho custom was j started In a small way ninny years1 a-;o and has grown in interest, uti-, til now the collections amount to several hundicds of dollars each year. It would bo a good thing to inaugurate a custom of this kind In Orangeburg. Appropriate Gifts. At '*ims Book Store one can find a present to suit every member of the family. Wouldn't a nice book be aopreclated by anyone? A good fountain would be just the thing for father, and it would not be amiss to give a Bible to anyone. LOCAL NtWS ITtWS PICKED IT ALL OVER TOWN* BV Oi l! IiKI'OKTEIiH. What In Happening Here and There; Local Items or Personal Interest to Our Readern. Books of all kinds make accept able Christmas presents at a ve.-y small coU. C'-jristmis is only about ten cays oZ, lo >ou b^d better do your shop ping at once. Nothing makes a more acceptable Christmas present than a handsome ly bcuud Bible. Before sendin: off for articles for Christmas presents Eee what our merchants have to offer in that line. Friday of next week is the day appointed for the execution of Pink Franklin for the murder of Constable Valentine. Christmas falling on Sunday, this year. Monday will be observed as the principle day so far as all festivities are-'concerned. '.'?'(; Rev. L. P. Mcphee paid a ?bo't visit- to this city on his way to Lau* lieaB fr.m Charleston, where oe at tended (Conference. ? ': Cut glass and jewelry of all kinds are always In order as Christmas presents. They can he found in abundance in this city. the congregation of St. Paul are delighted with the return of Rev. H. W.'Bays, D. D., to the pastorate-of that church for another year. The executive board of the Or angeburg Baptist association will' meet at 11 o'clock on Friday, De cember 16th, being this week. On last Sunday afternoon at the Baptist parsonage Rev. Geo. E. Da vis joined in holy wedlock Mr. D. H. Bais and Miss Gussle Garrlck. a fountain pen is the very thing 'o give almost anyone for a Xma present. Sims Books Store has a large stock a prices from $1 to $10. St. Paul Sunday School will have a celebration on Christmas evening, which will be of a most interesting character. The public are Invited to be present. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Pike will reside at No. 18 Orange Court when they return from their bridal trip, wita Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pike, parentB of the groom. Those folks who send off for what little articles they want to give as presents should remember that the merchants here can save them mon ey. The funeral services of Mr. W. D. Riser will be had at the Lutheran Church this afternoon at half-past three o'clock. The relatives and friends of the family are respectful ly invited to be present. The full appointments of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, South, will be found on the fourth page. There Is quite a number of changes in th Orangeburg District. Pink Franklin, who murdered Constable Valentine In the Norway section of this county, in July, 1907, will be hung on Friday of next week, unless Gov. Ansel sets the ver dict of the jury in the case aside. Vances is to have a bank with some of the best people of that en terprising little city at its head. All the banks in this county are pros pering, and we predict that the Vance3 bank will be no exception in that line. At 7:30 on Christmas evening, the children cf St. Paul'B Methodist Sunday-school will hold a celebra tion service in that church. The special music rendered by them will be an attractive feature. The pub lic Is cordially invited. The display of Holiday Goods at the Kohn Store is said to be the greatest In the history of the firm; and then some. Why not make a special efTort to go down to Kohn's and select gifts for members of your family and friends? It will well re pay you. The weather-bureau man on last Saturday predicted warm, pleasant weather for the ensuing two or three weeks, but he was evidently not on his job, for the coldest wave of the ' Beason arrived unheralded during Monday night, accompaniel by a wind of well-nigh cyclonic in tensity. Rev. C. B. Smith, presiding eld^r of the Orangeburg District, has been sent back for another year, which will be pleasant news to the churches in the district. This is Mr. Smith's fourth year on this district, and next year he will have to be sent else where, as under the rules of h!s church four years is the limit for pastor or presiding elder. Bazaar a Success, Branchvillo. Dec. 10?Special? The Christmas Garden Bazaar.that has been conducted by the ladies of the town in the interest of t'u i Moth odist church closed last ::::;:;??. 7!u bazaar lasted for two days and nlgiita and was a success i:i every particu lar. The ladies who were i.i charge of the bazaar usually make a sue' ices:; in any undertaking that they j commence and from the v?ry coiri 'mencement of this biza-r it vas [seen that it would more than can-. out its purpose. The bazaar wad largely attended and a very nice iittlo si:m of moi.ey was realized from the bazaar. "Trivle." To bo presented by the students of the Elloree High Scho-jl on Th?rs caj, December 22, at S:.'5?. This id a splendid comedy-drama in three -eis and seven scenes. The perform ers interpret their lines well and a inest enjoyable production is antici pated. Popular prices for admission will pre\ail. YOU REALLY LONT KNOW WHAT A GOOD CHRISTMAS IS UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN "THE KOHN STORE" Is Holiday Array, . WE WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU SPEND THE DAY WITH US. YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATIONS TO BUY. S Did You Lose Your Wages The last time You w ere disabled tl.rough Accident or Sickness? Why Let it Happen Again? Your Wife or family will have trcuble enough when you are an INVALID (through Accident or Sickness) instead of a wageearner. Don't make their trouble greater through any neglect on your part For Information Call On ZEIGLER & DIBBLE, Tipe Ipsuro^ee Ae$ ORANGEBURG, S. C. Every Variety of iday Groceries Arriving Daily l AT The Pure Foo< There is nothing in I he grocery line such as any housekeeper wants at this holiday sea.'on but can be had at our store, and as fine a quality and as jl^^r^^^^rLjm reasonably priced as /ii ?'A\ anywhere in Orange burg. Don't Forget are Agents for National Biscuit Co's Fruit Cakes, and Lowney's Fine Candy and Chocolates. We Deliver The Goods. Phone 15 x