Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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establish USD in 1869. _________ ?,- j Published Three limes Each Week. ' Tuesday, Thun lay and Saturday. Entered as se? and class matter on ?January 9, 1909, at the post office at Orangebarg, S. t'M under the Act of Congress of M*< :h, 1879. Jas. Lt. Suns. - Editor and Prop ?Jas. Izlar Sims. - - Publisher. SUBSCRIT XION RATES. One Year.. .. ..' . ,fl.50 One Year (by c rier>.2.00 Six Months.75 j Three Months.40 I. Remittances i oould be made pay-1 able to The T mes and Democrat, Orangeburg, & 0., by registered let ter, check or B oney order. Cotton shoul 1 not be rushed to market this faT. We are now having some good old summerUm? weather. iCotton will s on begin to come in and business wi 1 brighten up. We want ev ;ry one of our sub scribers who ha re not paid their sub scription to mc et us in Orangeburg this fall. ? The Charleston Post wants some body to roll a r sanut from New York to San Franci jco. ? Give us some thing novel to ead about," says The Post. Twenty-six 1: juor cases were tried in Anderson last week, eighteen against whites and eight against ne groes, and the: e were convictions in every case but me. That is the way to do it. This world is not going to be made more he ven-like by an indis-' crimate condemnation of everything that life affoi ds us. Life in this world is not to be frowned upon and dispised, 1 ut to be enjoyed and exalted. i The death >f Senator Frye will give the Democrats another Senator from Maine, sad it is to be hoped that the new ienator will be a real Democrat like the other Senator from that Stat >. The Greenville Daily Piedmont says "it seems that one of the qual ifications for testyfying before the Larimer senat ? committee is to ad mit being a li r." Don't know about that, but tbe rial has surely devel oped some col issal liars. If the way to a man's pocket is largely throug i bis stomach it is by the same rout? his affection may, in many cases, ?e reached and held. If domestic science were more gen erali taught i \ public schools many a home mighl oe made happier. Arkansas TJinocrats are to have the privilege cf expressing their preference for the Presidential can didate of theL party in a State pri mary. South Carolina Democrats should 'have t le same privilege, and some plan i lould be devised by which they co ild do so next year. -'- I To Col. A. I. Marchant, Secretary of the Chan ber of Commerce, is largely due th i success ofg the "Boos ter Trips" to the different towns in this and othe counties. He was en thusiastic, reiourceful and energetio at all times i . directing and pushing the affair to a successful termina tion. A news ite n says "Moors of Mor occo ride a! full speed toward a stranger as i! they intended to run him down, ai d as soon as they have approached r ear, they suddenly stop and fire a pii tol over his head." The State makes a neat hit by saying this suggest i the aCtitude of the Roosevelt ad: linistration towards the trusts. The State says: "Theodore, per petual platit idinarian and president emeritus, "s alked boldly" into Mr. Stanley's cor imittee room, and mag nanimously ? ook all the credit upon himself for tie cause of the cessation of the 1907 panic. The action was very charac eristic of the Colonel, save in that t was unheralded, which rather strair s credulity." The people who live in the coun try are slo'' to favor any proposi tion to maki public improvements by issuing bone s, and they are right in so doing. T ley havt defeated a bond issue in Gr :enville to build a new courthouse, they have twice defeated In Spartanturg County propositions to build go id roads by bond issues. They have lone the same in Ander son and Su: ?ter counties. A large western railroad urges its employe , especially those engag ed on the tr ick and in rural districts, to 'culth-ats' the farmers. There was a time when the railroads rath er ignored the farmer, particularly when the f? rmer wanted the road to pay for stoi fc killed by pasing trains. The chatigt of attitude towards the farmer is t herefore doubly welcome for in addr ion to its being the right thing tc d< it is also a recognition of the farm jrs' value and worth as aj citizen. In speak ng in the Senate against increasing he number of Congress-J men Senat r Root quoted a speech1 of John C. ^alhoun on the same sub ject, and : aid ""I submit that the reasons th m given by that great, authority a id?there could be none greater up< n any question relating to the ef f? ctive and wise arrange ment of o\r governmental suystem ?should < jntrol the action of the Senate now " Later in the discussion Senator Bu-ton also quoted Mr. Cal houn. I Shall the People Rule? One of the objections on the part of some newspapers to Woodrow Wil son as a presidential candidate Is his advocacy of the initiative, reteren dum and recall, three of the things that Bryan has advocated for many years, and which have been adopted in some of the Western States, and will be adopted in all the States be fore many years. Wihy any true Democrat should oppose either or these things we cannot understand except on the- theory that be believes the people have not sense enough to manage the affairs of the country and therefore can't be trusted. We do not blame anyone who is afraid to trust the people for oppos ing these reforms, for their adop tion would give the people great power and would enable them to control public affairs absolutely. Believing as we do, that under the political system which has been built up in this country, government is not truly representative and will not be until the people have the power to make it so, we are heart'ly in favor of the adoption of the initia tive, .the referendum and the recall In other words, we are in favor of giving the people the fullest and most complete power, so as they can absolutely control the officials they elect. We believe in truly ? representa tive government, and that is really the meaning of the initiative, the referendum and the recall. The ini tiative and referendum supercedes no State Legislature, as is claimei by some. They merely provide the peo ple a means of securing laws .vhich Legislatures refuse to enact and of defeating undesi'red laws which Leg islatures do enact. The technical work of drafting measures should be performed by men of skill in .hat particular, but the people, as a whole, are the best judges of prin ciples involved and can be trusted to pass upon the merits. Why should a Democrat object to the people hav ing this power? What objection can there be to the recall of all officials, including judges, who prove dishonest e? un true after getting in office, Such a law would improve the character and honesty of our officials very much. There is no reason in a government like ours, why any official, be he judge or any other officer, ahould be above the people, in whose hands is supposed to rest all political pow er. No judge should be appointed for life, unless the people be given the right to remove him by the re call if he goes wrong. Such a law would make judges more careful in their decisions. About the only objection worth considering that we have seen ad vanced against the recall as applied to judges, is that it would make them subservient to popular clamor and couse them to render biased de cisions for fear of being removed. This position is not tenable from the fact that a judge who will yield to popular clamor will also yiold to the wishes and interests of a politi cal boss or a trust magnate.. On the other hand, the recall would keep such judges straight. Believ ing in the recall will not- hurt Wil son with the people, however it may hurt him with those newspapers that are afraid to trust the people. m ? ? The South's Great Loss. "Something is radically wrong with a system of marketing and handling anything that deteriorates in value $50,000,000 in a month," says the Georgia Carolina A?ricul turalist. "If the same conditions experienced in the cotton market in the past month were shifted into in dustrial or commercial lires in some other way the country would be on the vergw of a panic. And yen over ha'f the United States and the whole of Europe actually rejoices in the re sult. There is something needed to fit the situation.. Something should be done to ^retrieve thai immense losses recorded in the South in the period in question. "No logical cause can be given for the decrease in cotton values for the time named. If the world does not need the cotton now it did not need it a month ago. If the farmers of the South will maintain their in dependence :|by absolutely refusing to sell at the low price now offered they will get the right prices later on. There is hardly a farmer but who will. say that ten cents is a fairly good price for cotton, but with corn at a dollar a bushel and every thing they have to buy at corre spondingly high figures there is no equation in the price now offered for cotton. "The period of deterioration in the plant itself and consequent decreas ed production is not yet passed by any menas and an all-wi3e Provi dnce has guided the destiny of the Southern farmer for the past decade and certainly will continue. If the farmers themselves persist in vhe ef fort to grow a few bales more than they should, the weather condi tions and other situations will then arise to put them in the right road. There is no.body in the world that knows what cotton will do in the hands of speculators, but this is an assured fact: Everybody who has .spot cotton to sell can conirrand a fair price for it if they will only hold on to the crop. The supreme and critical moment is approaching and all depends on how the farmer acts for he has the destiny of the ;rop in his hands. Gallant Soldier in Command. The News and Courier says with the death of Gen. George W. Gordon, Lieut. Gen. C. Irvine Walker, of Charleston, became commander-in chief of the United Confederr '.e Vet erans. Gen Walker has long been prominent and influential in veteran circles, and particularly in the move ment for the monument to the wo men. His Confederate career was most, highly distinguished. Entering ser vice in April, 1861, when only 19 years of age, as a drill master, he rose step by step by lint of his gal lantry and devotion to duty, so that when only 22 years old he became lieutenant colonel of the 10th South Carolina regiment and commanded that regiment during the last year j of the war. He was iu every battle or skirmish with his command and was desper ately wounded in front of Atlanta on ?July 28, 1864. As a Citadel cadet he was on duty when the opening gun of the war was fired, January 9, 1861, and surrendered when the last act of the great, drama was clos ed at Greensboro, N. C, with Gen. Johnston. Throughout the struggle he was always at the front with his com rades. No more loyal, devoted or braver man gave the best years of hip life to a beloved cause. General Walker is well-known iu this city rnd county, where he has a large cir-j cle of friends and admirers. No more 'gallant man who hasdtvt.llco. more gallant veteran could head the "old guard" than thu gallant man who has succeeded Gen Gordan. BLACK HAND'S THREAT. Will Send Boy Back in Box if Mon y ey Is Not Paid Soon. Antonio Mareno, of Chicago, whose five-year-old son was kidnap ped by "black hand" blackmailers,! received a third letter from the kidnappers late yesterday. The writ ers made a direct threat to kill the I .Mareno boy if the ransom is not paid before daybreak today. "If you don't send us the money," read the grim letter, "we will send the boy home to you in a box, salt ?d." Fully believing that the blackmail ers will carry out their threat to kill his little son, Mareno begged the] police to use all possible haste in running down the gang. The letter adds that if Mareno does not produce the money de manded he and his family will be done away with. All available detectives with the entire Italian squad of the division have been put to work on the case, but no arrests have been made. Mareno is a poor man, although his deposit of $1,000 in the bank brands him as something of a pluto-| erat among his people. Mareno's troubles began two years ago when, In self-defense, he) shot and killed Modesto Barona, lonig suspected by the police and his neighbors of being a leader in Ital ian blackmailing outrages. From time to time he received letters threatening revenge, the series culminating in the kidnapping of his | child last Saturday. GAVE HIM A BLOW. A Preacher Knocks Out a Pickpocket j in First Round. The Rev. H. G' Garland of Union Hill, N. J., took a ride <up Avenue A Wednesday in New York on an open car. He thought he felt a hand in his hip pocket, where he keeps his pocketbook. First making sure that the suspected hand was a masculine hand, he punched its own er's solar pleus half way through to his spine. When they brought the man around, he said he was Solo mon Smith, a painter, 24 years old, of 308 East Ninth street. He was locked up charged with attempted grand larceny. He thought he was struck by lightning. Pellagra Spreading. The spread of pellagra in the j mountain country of eastern Ken-| tucky has become so alarming and deaths from the diseases have be come so numerous that a State-wide meeting was held at Corbin, Tues day, participated in by medical ex perts, who discussed the best way of stamping out the disease. At the eastern Kentucky insane asylum alone there have been 30 deaths from pelagra. Some Com Eater. Hammany's corn eating contest J in New York, was won by James Dugan, who ate 57 separate ears, carrying off 1911 championship and a purse of gold coin., Dugan's near est competitor was 11 ears behind him. An Annonymous Sensation. An unforgettable romance thnt first startled, then fascinated, the fiction-reading world. You can't af ford to go without it. "The Inner Shrine," by ?. Formerly published at $1.50; now FIFTY CENTS, at Sims Book Store. Opening Books of Subscription. Notice is hereby given that pursu ant to a commission issued by Hon. R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, July 7th, 1911, books of subscription for capital stock of the Orangeburg Lumber and Supply Company will be opened at the offices of Wolfe and Berry, No. 5 Court House Square, Orangeburg, S. C, at 11 o'clock A. M., Saturday, August 12, 1911. The authorized capital is $10,000.00, di vided into shares of the par value of $100.00 each. The object of the corporation is manufacture, buy and sell lumber and building material, etc., and its principal office will be in Orangeburg, S. C. Robert C. McNeil, Nolan P. Shuler, Board of Corporators. Opening of Books of Subscription. Pursuant to a commission issued by the Secretary of State, bearing date the 31st. day of July, 1911, the undersigned will open books of sub scription to the capital stock of the Rowesville Oil company at the office of Dr. A. C. Dukes, Russell Street, Orangeburg, S. C, on Friday, the 11th day of A.ugust at 11 o'clock A. M., the capital stock of said corpo ration will be forty-five thousand ($45,000) dollars, divided into nine hundred (900) shares of fifty dol lare each. Warren C. Fairey, i A. C. Dukes, Geo. V. Ziegler, E. N. Chisholm, Incorporators. CLASSIFIED COM One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free Lost?A plain gold bracelet, with initials E. O. W. Reward for re turn to this office. 6-15-tf. Have your grates reset in summer time. Do not wait for cold weath er to do the work. Large stock of grates on hand'. Dukes and Rhodes. tf. Roof Painting?Now is the time to ..get your roof painted. See T. B. Harrison, 95 S. Railroad Ave, Or angeburg, S. C. Phone 256. 8-4-6 Ice! Ice! Ice! I have opened my Ice House for the summer and wilr be pleased to serve my old as well as new patrons with ice. Look out for my wagon. J. B. Kelley. Hardwood mantels, Tiles, Frames and Grates. Large stock to se lect from. Write for oatalogue and pri.ces. Prompt shipments Dukes and Rhodes, Orangeburg, S. C. tf. For Sale?One 30 H. P. Boiler; one 25 H. P. Engine Continental, two 70 saw gins, elevator, press, shaft ing, belts etc. Can be seen at W. L. Mack's farm, Cordova, S. C, or W. F. Smoak, Cordova, S. C. For ,SaIo?106 laicres of land, six miles from Bowman on Georgia St road, 3 0 acres in cultivation, the rest in woods, house and barn on it. Mrs. Z. E. Stroman, Orange biirg, S. C, Route 1. S-iO-6* Found.?An automobile whistle was found on the Holman Bridge Road on last Friday. Owner can re icover same by calling on Mr. W. IB. Salley, Jr., Route 3, Orange burg, and paying for this ad. Dukes and Rhodes, Marble works' Italian and Vermont marble, the best monumental store. All werk finished at Orangeburg, S. C. Large stock to select from home enterprise. So see us before you place your order. Can save you money. Dukes and Rhodes, tf Ford?Those who know the model T Ford know that it is the most sim ple and best car on the market today. Those who do not know this car may no.t speak well of It. but they are excusable because of their ignorance. ?May I prove this wonderful car to you? G. C. Bolin, Neeses, S. C. Agent for Orange burg County. 7-1-tf CADIDATES CARDS. To the Voters of the City of Or angeburg.?I hereby respectfully an nounce myself a candidate for the office of Mayor of the city of Orange burg at the approaching municipal election, and will appreciate the en dorsement of my candidacy. Very truly yours, . W. W. Wannamaker. To the Voters of the City of Orange burg: At the earnest solicitation of many friends I hereby announce my self a candidate for the office of May or Orangeburg in the approaching municipal election. I realize fully the importance and honor of the position I ask at your hands, and I believe I can fill the office to the complete satisfaction of the entire citizenship, and I respect fully request your favourable consid eration of my candidacy. If you elect me, I shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the office, determined to devote my best energies to the advancement of our city. Yours truly, 0. K. Wilson. FOR ALDERMAN. I announce myself a candidate for Alderman for the City of Orange burg at the election to be held Sept. 12, 1911, Respectfully, D. H. Marchant. I hereby announce myself a candi date for alderman at the ensuing municipal election. T. A. FA IRE Y. I hereby announce myself a can didate for alderman in the coming election. Julian A. Salley. I hereby announce myself a cand I idate for re-election as Alderman at [the ensuing Municipal election. ABIAL LATHROP. I hereby announce myself a cand idate for re-election as Alderman, at the ensuing Municipal election. R. F. 'BRYANT. THE SEWING MACHINE OF QUALITY. NOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER NAME. WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. * If you purchase the NEW HOME you will have a life asset at the price you pay, and will not have an endless chain of repairs. Quality Considered it is the Cheapest^ m the end to buy. If you want a sewing machine, m-lto for our latest catalogue before you purchase. Tba New Home Swing Mains Co., Orange, Mass. THE IDEA. "Cold? Why, It was so cold out our way the heru all laid cold-storaga eggs!" NAUGHTY WILLIE. The Kid On the Bank?O-o-oli, Willie! I'm goln' to tell ma! You know she never lets us tro in swlmmln' 'til Juno I Theato To-days Program THE HEART OF AN INDIAN MAID MONTANA ANNA. HERBERT L GAMBATI, Prop. Are You Reading? North Carolina's Foremost News paper? The Charlotte Observer. Every day in the year. One year $8., 3 mos. $2. It costs more but you get a real live newspaper. The Evening Chronicle. Every afternoon except Sunday. $3 per year. 75c 3 mos. Pay able strictly in advance. The Semi-Weekly Observer, Every Tuesday and Thursday. $1 per year. Send for sample copies. The Observer Co., Observer Bldg., CHARLOTTE, N. C. John H. Schacte Dealer in Groceries of All Kinds Fruits and Vegeta bles in Season. ? GIVE HIM A CALL Russell St. Orangeburg, S. C. A Commuter's Life, may be very lively, if he has a wife with the infinite variety of the wo man who figures in "The People of the Worldpool." by the author of "The Garden of a Commuter's Wife." Formerly published at $1:50; now FIFTY CENTS, at Sims Book Store. ST TO REMIND W. F. Marriner. US PROBABLY NOT. COULDN'T BLUFF HIM. PlI bet the gink that wrote 'Beautl- Brer R*?t-Ah ha! Can't scare, me. c_J ??Ju. ma/ip mister I I know that ain't no gun youro ful Snow' never had to wade three mllea to school In It I" carryln'l "OFF HIS NUT!" LOVE'S CHARM. The Lover?Ah I Geraldlne, your dear weight ceoma to mo as but a feather! The City of Orangeburg,. Orangeburg, the county seat of Orangeburg County, ii) situated on the Edisto River in the very heart of the rich cotton belt, about 75 miles from the coast. The 1910 census shows that Orangeburg is the fourth cotton county of South Carolina and one of the leading counties of the South. Statistics show Orangeburg county to be second in the United States in the number of individual farms and it has stood second in the number of bales of cotton produced annually. The soil, however, is suited for a variety of crops other than cotton and diversified farming is very extensively practiced in this section. Orangeburg is in the centre of the county with a pop ulation of 6,000, according to the 1910 census. This figure, however, does not include the suburbs and residents living beyond the one mile city limit, neither does it include 1,500 college students. Orangeburg is the supply centre for a population of at least 100,000, who trade here regularly because of its superior advantages. Her business men are wide-awake, active, energetic and progressive, and the Chamber of Commerce urges business enterprises and manufacturing interests to investigate our advantages when seeking loca tions. FACTS ABOUT ORANGEBURG. Number of cotton mills.2 Number of spindles (both mills).20,500 Number of pounds produced annually.2,216,000 Value of annual product.$783,520 Oil Mills, 1, value of annual product.$150,000 Fertilizer Factories, two, value of product.$400,000 Wholesale Drugs, 1. value of annual product .. . .$12,000 Ice Factories, 1, value of annual product.$11,000 Banks.6 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits.$503,000 Average amount of deposits daily.$1,500,000 Number of bales of cotton received annually.. ..20,000 Value at present prices. . .$1,500.000 Value of Cotton Seed marketed annually.$135,000 Value of Cow Peas marketed annually.$50,000 Value of Hay, Corn and Oats marketed annually. .$100,000 Value of finished Lumber annually manufactured.$200,000 Value of Live Stock annually received...$200.000 Postal receipt.' for 1910.$15.683.30 Number of Newspapers.4 Orangeburg is on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and on the Charleston-Asheville Division of the Southern. There is now being constructed through local enterprise a railroad from Orangeburg to the Sea board, seventeen miles distant. When this is completed, the city will enjoy the advantages of the three big Southern Systems. Another connecting railroad is being projected. The city has a healthful climate, artesian water, an appropriation for a $60,000 Government building, an ap propriation for a survey of the Edisto River with a view of making it navigable. Orangeburg owns it water works, sewerage system, Electric light plant, fire alarm system, and equipment for four efficient fire companies. Her pub he schools are the best and she has ten churches within iier limits. The city has free mail delivery and there are nine rural routes reaching out in various directions. Or angeburg has the best hotel accomodations in the State. Business enterprises investing $5,000 or more, are ex empted from taxation for a period of five years. Millions of feet of timber are in the section around Orangeburg, awaiting the opening of the Edisto for nav igation to be marketed.