The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
OUR BREVITY BASKET.


Filled With Brief Mention of Many Minor
| Events of the Week.
DR.. J.L. B. Gilmore, of Holly Hill
was in town last Saturday.
Editor Leapheart, of the Lewiedale
News, was in town last Tuesday.
Sportsmen should bear in mind that
the legal hunting season expires to-
day.
Two comets will be plainly discern
able with the naked eye about the third
week Of April.
newspaper is an index of the busi-
ness in the town and country. Is your
name in the index? .
The poor house Of this county is q
disgrace to the civilization of the age
in which we live.
To bring the soul face to face with
God, and supercede ourselves, is the
work of the Christian ministry.
Now is the time for active garden
work, if you would enjoy the luxury of
fresh and healthful homemade truck.
Hurrah for the old settlers! We
mean those who come around promptly
and settle in full what they are due us.
Why is tramp printer like the flow
ers that bloom in the spring? Because
he has nothing to do with the case.
Tra-la-lee.
The residence of Mr.. Peter G. Palmer,
near st. Stephens, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday night. Loss $1,000. No
insurance.
It will not be many months before
the smiling candidate will begin his
biennial tramp along the highways and
across cotton patches.
Fruit trees are now in full bloom,
and if Jack Frost does not put in his
appearance again fruit of every de:
scription will be plentiful.
Whenever the people make up their
minds that they will have good roads
| and are willing to pay for them, they
will have theDl-not before.
A number of our merchants and
business men who should have been at
the railroad meeting last Tuesday were
conspicuous by their absence. =
There are still a good many delin-
quents on our subscription book. They
will confer favor by calling and set
ting up at their earliest convenience.
"Wasp girls" are what they call those
who have become conspicuous sfior
small waists as well as tight lacing, and
for whom an early grave is cheerfully
predicted. ,-.
The steeple and roof of the Metho.
dist Church in Bellemore, Ohio, were
carried off by tornado during pro.
tracted meeting. Several persons were
badly hurt.
Dogwood trees are blooming. Now
look up fishing rods. The season fol
idling all day, lazily, upon the banks OF
some stream under the plea of fishing
is almost here.
According to our terms, obituary
notices and tributes Of respect are
charged for as advertisements. We
cannot afford to surrender our space to
these purposes without compensation.
There are two ministers of the Cos.
pei having charges in an Anderson
township who have the same names
Rev. r. &. Ligon-one Presbyterian
and the other a Methodist. Their
wives have the same initials-M. E.
Mr.. Jno. H. Beadle, editor and pro.
prietor of the Rockville, Indiana, Tri.
bune, called on us last Tuesday. Mr.
Beadle, who is a very intelligent gen.
tleman is making trip through the
South as the correspondent Of the
Chicago Times.
Three young children Of n. Beall and
c. Lindsay, near Irwinton, Ga, were
poisoned by eating young buds of the
wild jessamine and two Of them died
before medical aid could be obtained.
AS the woods are full of these flowers
at this season of the year, parents
would be wise to watch their little
ones.
Lexington, S. g., boasts of farmer
who has not yet sold bale of his last
crop of cotton. and who has also some
of the preceding years crop on hand,
and who has never bought provisions
of any kind since he has been farming,
except little fodder one year. He
buys but small quantities of fertilizers
and feeds high.
The inconsistency of things agricul-
turally is illustrated in the fact !
by the Memphis Ledger that ~ =.
middling cotton at 81 cents pound, a
steamer last week delivered 10000
sacks of Missouri corn and $500 boxes
of Chicago meat at Monroe, La, right
in the finest corn growing region on
earth" Doyou see the point.
One of our farming friends who
knows. says if you want to raise fine
watermelcns plant them and cotton
together. He says the bugs and worms,
often destructive to the watermelon
vines, will feed on the cotton instead of
the vines. The cotton may not be so
good, but the watermelons will be all
right. This plan is worth trial.
Corn planting has been the labor of
the week. The active farmers have
taken advantage of the spring days
and have planted corn with a rush.
Our farmers are backward with their
farm work this season and from all