Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established in 1860. Published Three Times .'Each Week. ?a Tuesday, Thrjsday and Saturday. : Sintered as second-class matter en ?saary 9, 1909, ?t tlto post office Orangeburg, S. 0., riikder1 tan Arl i2 Congress of March, ;1879. ftso. Ii. Sims, Editor aniti Proprietor, fas. Izlar Sims, - - Pubtisluer. ' Subscription Bates. aao Year. . ..W.50 'Six Months.. .75 three Mouths. ......... .4-0 Oexnittancee should be made by reg* teter? 3 letter, check, money order or ?rpr?is order, payable t;o The Times ?od Democrat, Orangeburg, S, 0. The senatorial fight In New York is still on. The Democrats of ttia: State seem to be bossed by Murphy, the Tammany ctdef. '< Gov. Blease should be glvoji the support of all the people. There should be no more factionalism in ( South Carolina. j The man who so easily gets im -patient with others should remem ber with what forbearance and pa-1 tdence people act towards him. If that Democratic lor? feast re-; cently held at Baltimore will extend to the polls during- the next presi-j dentiai election it will not have been beld in vain. Character either goes up or down; It ripens or it blights. Every action j one performs and every word uttered I have their part in strengthening andj making more beautiful the life, or in j .making it weaker and poore;.*. Experts who are called to give evi dence based on their supposed su perior knowledge seem to have a re markable facility in making their expert knowledge harmonize with the views of the people .who engage them, That explains why the experts on. both sides of a cane usually con tradict each other. A Petersham, Mass., dispatch tells a story of two Citizen? who swapped wives,' one throwing, in a Jack-knife to boot. The Charlotte Observer says such abomination may happen any ; -whore, but wouldn't this particular Incident have made an excellent story upon which to hang lectures about . the Southern' mountaineers? -.'-. m The man who went about dropping ] 'acorns in vacant places and the man] who spent much of his life l.n plant ing apple seeds had, at least, the | right idea .of life?-that of service to . their fellow men and a regard for posterity. Their action was in strik ing and refreshing contrast to that of | : men who live for themselveti only. ?? ^ Some people say that thoy would ? - be contented In somu other place or j with pome other occupation. The 'chances .are that if you were to put ? them; in that other place or give them that other occupation they would be I as discontented as ever, because their statement shows that they are pos sessed with the spirit of discontent. ; . ?*? ? - The Columbia Record sa3rs: "We| i must confess that Mr. ChaBrp Clark,'; who Is soon to' be speaker, is not such j H a rantankerous tariff reformer as we . were led to believe. Of course Mr. Clark was not responsible for the Impression?his enemies were. Clark represents a district that has j considerable protection sentiment'In it ?-? ? ? The Florence Times says: "Some body in Washington seems to be get ting a. line of what democracy really | is, since Congressman Pou of North , % Carolina has been dropped from the! '.ways and means committee because ? ?be voted for a tariff on lumber. The people: In their primaries declared that such little things made no dif ference, but It seems that there is a %>i standard set somewhere and that the | > * sinners must come up to the mourn ? ' era bench as Brantley of Georgia j did." It is astonishing what a number of people believe happiness depends on hot being obliged to work. As a p -matter of fact the idle' rich, take ! < them, as a whole, are the most mis o erabie -people that society contains. ?; .They cannot compare In happiness ? with the hard working farmer or lab .Yorer.. With them there is a sweetness i\: of life, the just pride of honest toil and an ability to enjoy that no j wealthy idler can possibly have, in truth idleness and luxury induce pre mature decay of life, while labor promotes increase of days. There never seems to be a lack of weak sentimental womer. to be the I disciples and victims of r.nprincipbd men who start cults bearing preten tious names, under cover of which , immoral practices are indulged in. j Whether or not it is "Sandfordism," ''Absolute Life" or sometime else, I their character is usually bad. A i morbid susceptibility and a love of | novelty and the mysterious which j many people possess make them an j easy prey to designing men, espec-1 ially if they have a pleasing address and striking personality. Many business men get slack after the rush of the holiday season is over and make no attempt to push trade. They cease advertising, are indiffer ent to the appearance of their stores, and in other ways show that they are negligent, all of which is a great mistake. The wise merchant, ox course, does not make that mistake. On the contrary he pushes things. By attractive, persistent advertising, and by keeping up his stock of goods he pushes things, has a steady busi ness and reaps the advantage of his enterprise and good judgment. ?Seme Reasons for the Increase...'; The increase of violent deaths' last year was not confined to suicides. Homicides were 8,975 as compared with 8,163 in 1909. The causes ot nearly a thousand of these murders are -anJknown, but in the twelve tab ulated Causes the number runs all the way from quarrels whiph were re sponsible for 4^049 to criminal out rage with sixteen victims. It is not pleasant to contrast these statistics with those of most 'other countries because they show this country in a rather unenviable light. Not only is the total number of mur ders greater than that in any other civilized country, which in Itself is not surprising considering our larger population, but relatively, also, the number is much larger. For this various reasons may be assigned. No doubt the polyglot character of our population has. much to do with that. More than any other country our population is a mixture of vari ous nations. Each year vast num bers of people from every European nation land on American soil, and while much of this immigration Is honest. Industrious and law-abiding, ] a good portion of it Is the reverse. j ? That is not all. Of the undeslra- J ble element a large proportion, freed from the espionage and restraint to ?which it was subjected in its'own countries, has a distorted idea of lib-1 erty. and in coming to this land mis takes liberty, for license.' Forty mur-| ders by the Black Hand.and fifteen by Highbinders are a partial confirm-1 ation of '-hat fact. Unfortunately color . Is given to that Idea by the lax enforcement of law so marked in most parts of the country. ?Allowing for the two or three states which have abolished capital punishment it Is unpleasantly sug gestive that with nearly 9,000 mur [ders in the] country there were but j 104 legal executions. To what ex tent capital punishment may or may not deter crime is a question, but it is no question that in those states where it Is exercised but little more than one murder In a hundred was followed by an execution. It points j to the' fact, altogether too apparent, that not only in the matter of homi cides but also in other crimes, justice is too lax and law is broken with well nigh impunity. , Blease and the Negro. : Rev. Richard Carroll, who 1b one of the best and most itnelligent ne groes in South Carolina, does not be I lieve that Gov. Blease really dislikes the negro and that they have nothing I to fear at his hands. Here is what ' Carrol says about the .matter in his newspaper, the Ploughman:' j Governor Blease must not forget that the negro contributed much- to wards making him Governor of South ' Carolina. Some of the negroes voted for him, and Governor Blease took occasion in all his campaign speeches to fight negro education and call ne groes bad names. ,. Such an appeal to prejudice ob tained for him many votes from a certain element of White people. The 1 negro has certainly contributed much towards making him -Governor of South Carolina, and he has used the negro well. ! The colored people in Newberry seem to think that Governor Blease is the best white man in South Caro lina.' We wonder why? Were those campaign speeches simply made to catch .votes? The.Governor speaks of the friend iiy manner in which the colored, peo ple of'his home county speak of him. Why make some other white, people .'believe'he Is a negro hater when at heart..jh'e.ishot? If Governor Blease be hjmselfi we fear he is going to be(tdo jjpod to the negro; a6 we learn that he Is a- very impulsive man, and while. Mayor of Newberry the negroes on'the chahgarig found him to be their best friend. . A. certain negro presiding elder in the A. M. E. .Church traveled more than one hundred miles to see Gov ernor Blease Inaugurated, and Btated to the,writer that Mr. Blease would prove to be the be?t Governor thel negroes ever had in this State. We, are no prophet, neither the son of a | prophet, but we predict that Governor Blease will give white people much more trouble than he will give ne groes during his administration. How Joy Riding is Killed. It is said that In St. Paul, Minn., brooms are responsible for the end ing of "joy riding." The connection between the two lies in the fact that every joy rider arrested and convict ed has had to serve his sentence in making so many brooms. No dis tinction on the ground of social posi tion is allowed. Patrician and plebian are treated alike, and that of course comes harder on the patrician fresn from his luxurious home and disdain for mental work than it does upon the plebian. And as it was generally the patrician and not the plebian that went joy riding the broom making bore especially hard upon him. But the effect is remarkable and joy rid ing in that saintly city is practically dead. It would be well if u'ter cities, in which the joy rider maims and kills inoffensive people, would adopt the same punishment. Mor' than that, it would be a great bless ing, one mnking for higher regard for law, and a just penalty for men "higher up"' who go wrong, if tho same equality of punishment seen in the broom making penalty were meted out to both rich and poor of fenders. Tragedy of an Apron. From Wilmington, Del., comes the singular story of a little three-ye.ir old girl, who, having cried over a broken doll, dried her tears <.u her blue apron. Poisoning soon after ward developed In her eyes and she went blind. The dye in the unwashed fabric is supposed to have been at the bottom of the trouble. ?From such trivial sources come many human casualties, says the At lanta Journal. A public drinking cup, it has been dlscovered.may prove more deadly than a witch's caldron. A house fly may be more dangerous than were ever the fabled dragons'. More people are-hilled by dirt, in one form or another, than by railway trains and automobiles. The emphasis which the medical world has come to lay upon sac Itairy and aseptic conditions betoken on 3 of the longest strides civilization has ever made. "When the truth of these conditions is fully realized by cities and individuals the term of life will be greatly lengthened and the death rate of every community reduced. Simple cleanllnesR is the first and the Bafest nurse of health. The poisoning that sets in from some particular or suddenly acquired taint is in the long run no more de structure than that which is breathed in or drunk In slowly, day by day. This is an extraordinary story from Wilmington of a little child going blind having wiped her eyes with an unclean apron, but continually and everywhere: children are losing health and not infrequently life itselr from* causes just as simple though not so unique. Accumulated dust, neglected trash cans, unkept back yards, improper drainage?from such commonplace things come infection and disease. In Memoriam. Today, just one year ago, the death angel visited our home, and bore through the pearly gates, into the presence of God, the precious spirit of our darling mother, Mary Vic toria book. Dear mother, without thy presence the world seems sad and cheerless. We miss thee every where; we miss thy loving care and guidance; but we have the sweet consolation that thou are home with Jesus,?Home, sweet home, where no temptation assails, and no sor row disturbs thy sweet repose. Dear mother, if we are faithful, we will soon be reunited in that bright home,' where death is not ^nown, and tears are never shed. We miss thy kind and willing hand, They fond and earnest care, Our home is dark without thee? We miss thee everywhere. Tho' thy darling form lies sleeping In the cold and silent tomb, Thou shalt have a glorious waking iWhen the blessed Lord doth come. Her Daughter, Lillie. Bowman, S. C, Jan. 23, ."1911. Municipal Notice. Office of City Board of Health?City of Orangsburg, S. C, Jan. 23, '11. The public is hereby officially ad vised that there has developed at No. 168, West Amelia street, a case of small pox. The community is assured that the city officials are doing everything possible to prevent the spread of the disease and safeguard the' public health. But the Board of Health asks the intelligent co-operation of the people of the city in this behalf, which, if i+ receive it, will, in the opinion of the hoard, do much to avoid an epidemic. v The board urges again the Impor tance of vaccination, and, If neces sary, re-vaccination, and all are en Joined against unnecessary exposure ' to infection. j Those who have at any time visited the Gypsy camp, where it Is certain the disease originated; are partic ularly urged to have themselves vac cinated at once, if this very neces sary precaution has not already been taken. j There is not now any cause for alarm and there will be none if the suggestions offered to the people for their giuidance in this matter are ob served. By order of the Board of Health. G. H. Walter, M. D., I President. L. C. Shecut, M. D., W. B. Thompson, W. H. Dukes, T. J. Hayden, City Board of Health. Attest: ?L. H. Wannamaker, Secretary. Ransdale's Locals. It Is time you were buying your plow Shoe/ You can get them cheap er from J. C. Ransdale. Shoes and Clothing can be bought very cheap in the next 15 dB/s :tt J. C. Ransdale's New Store. We .have too many Pants and will give you a good pair for a small price. J. C. Ransdale. ? We can supply you in Shoe1? of e^ ery description. Our stock must be reduced. J. C. Ransdale. Notice. On the 24th day of January, 1911, at 11 o'clock, I will let out to the lowest responsible bidder, a con tract to repair the bridge over the South Bdisto river on the new road leading from North to Livingston, in Elizabeth township. Specifications will be made known at the time and place of letting the contract. The right is hereby reserved to reject any and all bids. F. J. D. Felder, l-12-6t. Supervisor. Fountain Pen H Convenience lies in the \JL7 Crescent-Filler, under the thumb to be found only on .Self-Filling FoumtaM Pen This simple little Crescent-Filler has made Ihe Conklin the most per fect and practical fountain pen made. Come in and taik it over. We want you to know why the Conklin la the best* SIMS BOOK STORE. CLASSIFIED COLUMN One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. Money to Lend?We are In position to negotiate loans on Improved real estate In Orangeburg City and County^ Glaze & Herbert tf For Sale-?Two five-room dwellings! in the city of Orangeburg. For i further Information apply to Stiles | R. Melilcbamp. Notice-1?Anyone having clock repair ing to do will oblige me by giving j me their patronage. I can now j . see well enough to do repairing. Parties can find me at city hall. A. D. Powers. tf I Lost or Stolen?One white and blick spotted curled tailed hound dog puppy, nine months old. Answers to the name of Major, i Reward if returned to Lee D. Barley. 1-14-3 I For Sale?Aj new high grade coaster brake Ranger Bicycle. Will sell at a sacrifice or exchange for type writer cf equal value. Apply A. L. Couch, 60 W. Russell . Street. Upstairs. Orangeburg, S. C. Great rat J. G RansdalVs - COMMENCING- - Thursday, Jam 26 ?AND LASTING? For 15 Days. Having moved in our new store we have carefully gone over our entire stock find we have too much Shoes and Clothing, we have de cided to mark cown these goods to". \ r'v ? Almost Cost, It will be to your interest to fipVe iis a call if you speciall) need Shoes und Clothing as we intend reducing these two lines in the Next 15 Days and giving you the benefit of get ting bargains you have never got ten before, we will also take this method of thanking our many friends and customers who have been to see us since moving into our new store and hope to make many new ones during 1911. Come to see us whether you IbuyornoL Academy of Music ONE NIGHT ONLY Friday, Jan. 27th. Teeming With Lively Topics The Latest Innova'ion in Fun. Master Harold as * BUSTER The Smallest Dancing and Sing ing Ccmmedian in the World. Prices, 50o$1.50. Seats on Sale Wed. Jan. 25 th. KEEP THIS BEFORE YOU Say, Mr. Planter, don!t you need Plow Shoe3. If so, don't pass J. C. Ransdale's for he is selling them cheap. Mr.Royster believed that success awaited the Manufacturer of Fertilizers who would place quality above other considerations. This was Mr. Royster's idea TwentyrSeven years ago and this is his idea to-day; the result has been that it requires Eight Factories to supply the demand for Royster Fertilizers* . ? '? ;>:v;,V;.:.":" :.-:'^'^;-v ^.'/-i' ' g \: F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY. FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. NORFOLK, VA. TARBORO. N. C. COLUMBIA. 8. C. 8PARTANBURQ, S. O. MACON, GAi COLUMBUS, QA. MONTGOMERY, ALA. BALTIMORE. MO. ORANGEBUG FERTILIZER CO. P. M.QSmoak, President R. H| Jennings, Secretary Announce that they will commence operation about January 1st, and will be prepared to furnish high grade Fertilizers at competitive prices. There are many good reasons why you should buy your Fertil izers from ORANGEB?RG FERTILIZER CO. Chief Among Which Are: FIRST:-You get Fertilizers manufactured from the . bes materials that can be procured. : SECOND:-You have the opportunity of coming to our factory and seeing for yourself what materials go into your Fertilizers. - THlRD:--You are leaving your money at home, in stead of sending it off to help build up other com munities in which you have no interest. U ?-Try Our SOLUBLE FISH GUANO and COTTON GROWER. Our Factory is located at corner of Dukes Avenue and Crystal Street, near warehouse of Jennings and Smoak. We extend a cordial invitation to all users of Fer tilizers to call at our plant and inspect same. FERTILIZER CO. NOTICE. I will sell at public auction to highest bidder on the 27th day of i January at my place in Creston, S. C, the following personal property. 1 Good Buggy Horse. 2 H ine Bred Lows (Q I milking 3 Buggies. 1 Good Two Horse Wagon. 1 Good One Horse Wagon. 1 Pea Huller. 2 Saddles. 1 Vice. 1000 Brick. Lot Household Goods, anc Kit ched Furniture. Also will rent one Five Room Dwelling, Tenant House and Barn. For further information apply to me. J. E JONES, Creuton, S. C. Jan. 16, 1911. Drs. Perryclear & Sify --Dentists? Specialists in Operative Dentistry, Grown and Bridge work and Plate work. We guaranee to save all teeth and roots that are useful in Crown and Bridge work. All work entrusted to us will be ex ecuted with the ntmost care and the least possible pain. id You Lose Your Wages The last tini Yoj ware disabled through Accident or ickness? Why L,3t it Happen gain? f ry - i i v1. uzi;tf >ub le 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, Tbe losur&ijce Mei? ORANGEB?RG, S. C.