The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-01-14
OUR sREVlTY BASKET.
Filled With Brief Mention of Many Minor
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Events of tho Week. :
The prisoners in Jail must have had
a cool time of it for the past few days.
MIR. A. s. Dukes has been elected a
Warden of ofBranchville to fill a vacancy.
The churches were very slimly at
tended last Sunday ON account Of the
cold.
Gilbert Hollow is henceforth to be
known as Lewiedale, by Act Of the
Legislature.
The thermofnerter went down to
eight degrees above zero last Monday
night at this point.
We may now look for an early spring.
The backbone of winter is broken, at
least we hope so.
It is cold day when chickens freeze
to death, but the like happened In our
town during the past week.
A large glass globe was broken in
DIR. J. &. Wannamaker's show window
last Sunday night by the cold.
The only way for our farmers to
make cotton at the present prices is to
make their fertilizers at home.
Considerable snow has fallen in the
upper part of the State during the past
week. We are glad we missed it.
The largest number of failures re-
corded for year occurred this week IN
the United States, BIG, while Canada
had 20.
On account Of the dullness Of trade
fourteen clerks were discharged from
employment in Blackvill on New
Years day.
Gabriel Maybank, Jacob Gibbes and
Hagar Crate, colored, were drowned
near Georgetown last week by the up
setting of boat.
The Eutawville Railroads. now open
for business as far as Holly Hill. This
is a great convenience to the people
living in that section.
What becomes of the tramps duriug
such weather as we have just passed
through is question we have often
heard asked. Can any one answer it.
The latest concerning the Wander
bilt estate is that it is worth more than
was at first estimated. 1t will 60 near
er S4OO,0O0,00O than S2OO,OOO,OOO, it is
said.
The past week has been splendid hog
killing weather, and we have no doubt
but that many Of our farmers en-
braced the opportunity to "save their
bacon"
The ram that supplies Mr.. Cornell
sons factory with water was frozen up
several days, and in consequence the
factory had to cease operations for the
time being. -, .
The Marion Star comes to us this
week in a new dress and very much en-
larged and improved. The Star was a
good paper before, but now it is par
excellence.
Compliments have poured in on US
from every side on the improved ap-
pearance Of THE TIMES AND DEMO
Graf. This is encouraging friends,
and spurs us on to greater activity.
The people of Orangeburg County,
intelligent, liberal and progressive de-
mand, and are entitled to a frst-class
newspaper, and it is our modest ambi-
tion to give them what they so justly
deserve.
Joel Aikes and Bill Simmons, colored,
had disagreement in Walterboro last
week, when Aikes declared he could
whip cowpen full of just such boys
and mind the gap," and then Simmons
cut the boaster severely with knife.
The State mission board of the Bap-
tist Church has appointed for this year
forty missionaries whose labors will eX-
tend into twenty-four counties. 1t is
proposed to eXpend about $4,000 in
State missionary work during the year.
The Anderson Journal comes out in
u new dress and has been completely
renovated. 1t has been enlarged and is
now printed all at home. We congratu-
late Brother Todd on his prosperity,
and wish him still greater success in
the future.
The women of Walton county, Ca,
have made a forcible example of prac-
ticable prohibition by burning up and
hacking to pieces an illicit still which
their sons had been frequenting. The
crusade against contraband liquor has
taken a remarkable turn, led by female
regulators.
A new sect has sprung up in Ply
mouth City, Wis. Its reYivals having
been unsuccessful, its members con-
cluded that they had not obtained sat
isfaction, and thirty of them have be-
gun fasting, to continue until they do
get it. Thomas Green, the leader,
claims to have eaten nothing in six
teen days. ..-... So
The Enoch Pratt free library at Bal
timore was formally opened to the
public on Monday. 1t is the gift to the
city of Enoch Pratt, a millionaire mer-
chant who is yet living, and cost him
$685., 1888. His certified check for
that sum was sent to the mayor July
I'd, 1883 and the American prints a fac
simile of it.
In the cattle convention to be held
this month at Denver, Colorado, the
basis of representation requires that a
member must,own $4,000 head Of fcattle