The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-10-11
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last Sunday was cheering.
] A long wet spell has been very dis
adsantagecas to the farmers.
Boiling Springs Camp Meeting has
Ecommenced andis now in progress.
The dinner given BY The Temperance
folks on Tuesday was quite success.
a colored desperate was shot anc
killed in Georgetown last Week W .f. lille
resisting arrest. 49, 49,
Mr.. Reus Banniseer, OF Vances Ferry,
has pocket knife with 6fty-two blades.
| 1t is over one hundred years old.s
The School Commissioners Of the
ESate have just concluded their annual
reports which was no small task.
us is not only in orangeburg, but
every where else that the educational
institutions have opened well this SEES:
sion.
Only q two cent stamp is now required
on a letter. This will curtail the use OF
postal cards, and, consequently, post
office literature.
The New York Times speaks of the
ladies as '.our leisure SEX" However
they may be spoken of, they keep the
opposite sex pretty busy. ...5z.. s. ;.
Miss Agnes DIbble. daughter Of Hon.
Samuel Dibble, went down TO Charles
ton Last week to pursue her studies at
Miss Eta Kelly's Seminary.
The Greenriiie Fair is now open and
promises to- be big affair. Senator
Varce spoke yesterday and Senator
Hampton is announced for'to-day.
The report of the Commissioners o.
Education at Washington shows that
there are 1924 white and 93.0lO color
ed males in South Carolina who cannot
write.
An eight legged calf is the latest SEN
sation in the Kentucky Blue Grass
country. Two legged ones are too COM
mon all over the country to attract much
attention.
"A Taxpayer" publishes in this issue a
communication on the prohibition move
ment now agitating our com munity. Our
columns are open for a reply from the
other side.
A quack advertisement says that red
noses are sometimes caused by dyspep-
sia. This announcement will bereceived
with almost as much joy as that of two
cent letter postage.
To please the ladies, the Methodists of
Canada have dropped the word ''obey"
from their marriage service. The
''obey" itself was dropped long ago by
the ladies themselves.
Mir. J. G. Pike and family have NOV
ed to Charleston. We regret exceeding
" to lose them as citizens, but hope the
change will be pleasant to them, as 1t is
made necessary by Mr.. Pixies business.
A country widow wrote to her lover:
ssNow, Horatio, don't you fale to be at
the party tonight" Horatio wrote
back that in the bright lexicon Of youth
there's no such word as ''fale." He
went.
The personnel of the Episcopal Con-
yention now in session in Philadelphia
attracts considerable attention. There
are Governors, Senator's, Ex-Cabnet
members and Railroad Kings among the
lay delegates.
We hear the opinion expressed that
the Auditor ought to have been named
in the Grand Jury Report with the
Treasurer for increase ofsalary in conse-
quence ofthe great work and small pay
Of the Office.
Mr.. J. S. Albergotti has moved into
Mr.. Slater's new house on Amelia
street, and DR.. J. W. Lowman and Dir.
j. w. Fl. Dukes, jr., have moved into
Mr.. Pixies commodious residence on
Russell street.
The General Convention Of; the Epis-
copal Church Of the United States was
in session in Pmiadelphia this week.
The most prominent leaders OF the
Church in this country were present,
and Englant, was also represented.
Old Brother McLennn, Of the Johns
fton AoNitor, has faith in the luck ofhorse
shoes. He nailed one over his door
recently, and that morning there came
by mail three duns and seven stops. and
man called with a revolver to ask
.,who wrote that article"
Ithas been suggested to US that the
leaky condition Of the Court House ought
to have received the attention of the
Grand Jury. In consequence of the
moisture from the leaking, the plaster
ing is falling and the Court room Is said
to be In dangerous condition.
In the removal Of Miss Rena Bull to
Charleston with Mr.. Pixies family our
town loses one of Its handsomest and
most charming young ladies, and her
absnece will create void that only her
presence can fill.
Though lost to sight, to memory dear.
a Philadelphia woman has been sued
for bewitching another, We hope she
will be convicted and punished; for what
right has one woman to be wasting her
powers in bewitchlng another woman
who objects to 1t. when there are so
many men who would rather be bewltch-
ed than not.
We are indebted to the Secretary Of
the State Press Association for q copy
of the Minutes of the Eighth and Ninth
Annual Meetings ofthat body. Besides
the proceedings of the Association in Its
two last annual conventions, the :onsti-
ton and roll of members tor 1883 Is
appended.
Advertising is good thing, but when
prominent grocer recently carried to
funeral an umbrella on which was pain
ted conspicuously the business OF his
house, aud held 1t over the clergyman's
head while he read the prayers, the BY
ISLANDERS thought he WAS running the
thing into the ground.
Rev. Mr.. Suares, of Barnwell, is in
our town. His many friends here are
pleased to see him. We hope his visit
here will be both pleasant and prof.
table as we belive he is Agent for the
Memoirs Of Mrs. Harley. whose life
work in the Sunday school and Mission
ary cause will never be forgotten.
Mr.. c. H. Mayhem, who has been a
resident of our town about three years.
left last week fer Florence, S. g.. where
he will make his future home. We wish
our young friend q prosperous business
career, and regret that he found it neces-
sary to change his location. We COM
mend him to the good people among
whom he has cast his lot
P. w. Andrews, who was convicted
at the last Court, and sentenced to the
Penitentiary for nine months, took 1T
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