The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1885-04-02
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now number Is, 900 persons.
Ifyou want u ticket to the Fort Motto
Ball write to the committee.
We wish our friends of the Fort
Motto Guards a grand success with
their ball.
This will gradually become Demo-
cratic administration. Slow, but sure,
| is ClevelandS motto.
Theo. Kohn makes some special an-
movements this week. The LADIES'
would do well to read them.
A man was married at Gilbert I1ol-
low, Lexington County, whose hrst
wife had only been buried q days.
The,spring business boom which has
been postponed on account OF the IN
clemency OF weather will now COM
mence.
A little child of Mr.. Dave Griffith, of
the Fork, was burnt to death last week:
We could not learn the particulars OF
the sad accident.
The Marion Star says druggist is
needed in that town with backbone
enough to keep splrituous Liquors Tor
strictly medicinal purposes"
Very few teachers attempt to rule
their pupils with rod Of iron: but a
stick about five feet long is a handy
thing to have in i school house.
What many Democrats desire to
know is how soon>the doctrine of evolu-
ton shall be literally applied to Repub-
lican otfice-holderS in the South.
We hope our correspondents will
keep up regular fire. Two heads are
better than one, and many are better
than two. BE brief; tell us the news.
Here you are again reading q borrow
ed paper. Be ashamed of yourself. 60
borrow your nalghbor's shirt-you
might do so with as much propriety.
The sun has crossed the line, and
winter is blowing over. 1t will all
come right in q few weeks, and fellows
will be asking where to 60 to keep cool.
The Grand Lodge of Knights of
Honor of this State will meet in Chester
on April 18th. Orangeburg Lodge. NO.
1852, will be represented by }. l.. Sims.
Interest in base ball is being revived
among the boys as spring approaches.
We understand that a match game Will
be played on Thursday afternoon on the
old parade ground.
In answer to numerous inquiries we
will state that our knowledge does not
extend to the time when the ahomin-
able winter shall cease lingering in the
lap of the alleged spring.
To test the potency Of newspaper ad-
vertiSing. Jos. Eros will givea gift in
promotion to every purchaser Of 5 cents
worth or more, for the next sixty days,
by mentioning this notice.
A grand ball will be given by the
Fort Motto Guards in their new Arm
ory on next Monday night. No doubt
many of the deyotees OF Terpsichore
will attend from our town.
The keowee Courier asks, "Will our
mountain friends never cease making
moonshine whiskey and violating the
internal revenue laws OF the Govern
ment?" and echo answers, never.
Pneumonia has been very general in
this section for sometime, and one OF
our leading physicians informs us that
he never has seen it so fatal in a long
practice. 1t has taken Off quite num-
Der of our citizens.
Mrs. L. NJ. Smoak has removed her
Millinery Shop from the old stand to
one Of the new stores near 3. 3. Owen.
\ call at her establishment would re-
paw the ladies rs she j.; now opening her
Spring bonnets.
The Barnwell Sentinel says: "Mr.
IZlar, Probate Judge Of Orangeburg
County. paid our town visit last week,
and honored us with a, call. AS an
officer his county should feel proud OF
him." We are proud OF him.
Fish stories have begun. Out in Cali
fornia they have caught regular Sla-
mese twins affair, two fish Joined TO-
gether from their gills to the tail. Ihat
does very well as a starter, but it won't
discourage our OrangeburS filshermen.
The Rev. j. T. Probst, d. D., who at
one time preached in our County, has
resigned pastoral charge OF the Lutn-
eran Church mt Walhalla greatly to the
regret Of his old pariShioners and to the
entire community in which he has
lived.
A down train on the South Carolina
railroad, on Thursday, killed negro
man. The man jumped on the track IN
front of the engine. He had been walk
ing on parallel track and probably pc
came confuSSel Us to which track the
train was moving on.
Last Sunday was Palm Sunday, and
next Sunday will De Easter, which IS
the first Sunday after the full
moon which happens upon or next
after the 2ist of March, and If the full
moon happens upon Sunday, Easter IS
the Sunday after that.
In Portland. Maine, 964 boys have
signed the triple pledge against whisky,
tobacco and profanity. That is good
pledge for boys, and we suggest like
pledge to the boys Of OrangeDurg. ILLS
hopetl that all the Maine boys will
cr0w up to manhood without violating
their pledge.
Bro. Holmes, of the Barnwell People,
must have it bad. Here is what he
saws in his last issue: Paragraphs are
floating about to the effect that diseases
are frequently communicated by KISS
ing. We supposed every one knew that
the most dangerous and SWIFT OF all
diseases WAS communicated IN that way
heart disease"
The dog show took place on Thurs
day, in Aiken, was largely p"tronlZed,
the receipts at the door being $500.
Now ii we can't do anything else
Orangeburg ought to have Il dog show,
followed 10y IL colored skating rink and
:, co!ored tourniment. We must not re-
main dead any longer. something must
be done to stop auction sales.
The Barnwell People says: "Mr.
Paul \. Williams killed with gig
about ten days ago in Capt. W. N. Bos-
ticks pond, near Allendale, carp 3o12
inches long, 13 inches in circumference
and weighing 1615 pounds. The pond
was stocked with small carp in the fall
of 1881" This is encouraging to those
of our fricnds VINO have carp ponds.
The Barnwell Sentinel says: Mr..
Sims, the proprietor Of that excellent
journal. the Orangcburg TINES AND
DEMUcEAT. graccd our sanctum with
his presence last week, and from him
we were pleased TO learn that his paper
is progressing. His county has done
much for him, and his looks Indicate
that he lives high" Only in the sccon
story, frien,, Brunson.
The girls and boys OF Sheridan's
Classical School. composing the GIRLS
Chapter aud the Hampton Litlrary
So"lcty. are getting up IN exhibition,
consisting OI chirales and tahleauX,