The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
: OUR BREVITY, BASKET
Filled With Brief Mention of Many Minor
Events of the Week.

Filled with Brief Mention of Many Minor
Events of the Week.
Last Monday was typical December
salesday.
A number of roofs in town leaked
badly during the past week.
Mince pies are now ripe, but if you
eat too much of them you can't sing
Happy be thy dreams"
Gen. j. F. Izlar now has the hand
soonest residence in the county, and we
know no man that deserves it more.
Mr.. Foster, whose predictions we
published on Nov. 25 last, hit the0 nail
on the head. His snow storm came on
schedule time.
If our neighbor's estimate of us was
equal to our estimate of ourselves,
there would be no known imperfections
in human character. . .@
Managers of Election and Clerks for
State polls at the late election will
please call at this Office and get their
pay for such services .'., I
In answer to enquirers we would
state that any subscriber to THE TINES
AND DEMOCRAT can, get, the Weekly
News and Courier at our clubbing rates
by paying up for both papers.
We did not attend the ten cent circus
that exhibited here last week, but IT the
show inside the tent was no better than
the street show it was a poor affair.
We publish this week a list of the
members of the Conference and the
homes to which they have been assign
ed as a matter of general information.
When you hear a young man say the
"world owes him a living" you can
make up your mind that he owes the
worlds people enough to balance the
debt.
At the meeting of the State Bar Asso-
citation in Columbia last week, Gen. j.
F. Izlar was elected a member of the
General Council from the First Dis
trict.
We are under obligations to many of
our subscribers for a prompt settle
ment of their accounts. There are a
few still behind, who we hope will soon
settle. ..
The Legislature adjourned last Sat
urday as mark of respect to the
memory of Gov. Perry, and the men,
bers embraced the opportunity to visit
their homes.
We are sorry that the City Council
repealed the law prohibiting the erec-
tion of wooden buildings on certain
portions of Russell Street. 1t was a
good law, and should have been con-
tinued.
B. II. Moss, Esq, who has filled for
the past two years most acceptably the
position of Clerk to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, deserves unani-
nous reelection, and we believe he
will get it.
The warm sunshine of Tuesday dis
solved the snow scene wherever it
touched and by night, save on the
North slopes of the housetops and
South sides of streets, the white cover
ing had almost'a disappeared.
The House by a decisive vote Tues
day killed a bill to repeal the lien law,
which provided that it should take ef-
feet Immediately upon it's ratification.
Perhaps one which will give a little
time to prepare for it will meet differ
ent vote.
A philosophical editor sets down this
fact as the fruit of experience: "The
longer we run newspaper and write
about people and events, the more we
realize how utterly impossible it is to
scratch every man on the spot that
itcheS the most"
We are indebted to our old friend,
Gen. Edward Nc Grady, Jr:, for copy
of his address before the Association of
the Army of Northern Virginia deliv-
cred, in the hall of the House of dele
gates at Richmond, Va, on Thursday,
October 81, 1886.
Mr.. D. H. Witherspoon has become
the sole proprietor Of the Manning
Enterprise, having purchased the entire
paper of Mr.. 5. A. Nettles. We are
glad to know that the fraternity will
not lose Brother Nettles altogether. He
will still edit the Enterprise.
We are under obligations to the State
officials for their Annual Reports. They
all show a large amount of painstak-
ing and faithful work in their compila-
tion, and their recommendations, for
the most part, deserve the careful con-
sideration of our lawmakers.
KILLED ON THE TRACK.-An acci-
dent occurred on the South Carolina
Railway at Branchville last Friday
which resulted in the death of Brake
man Gruber, of Charleston. Train 4S,
which is the local freight train, was
standing on the main track of the Co.
lumbia division, when engine 40, draw
ing an extra train, came down off the
Columbia division and ran into the
rear end of train 48, injuring Brakeman
Gruber so that he died shortly after
wards. A jury of inquest was en-
panelled by Trial Justice Fairey, who,
after fully investigating the facts in
the case, returned a verdict that the
young man came to his death by an
accident.
LIST of unclaimed letters remaining
in the Post Office at Orangeburg, S. c.,
for the weeklending Dec. 4, 1886. Edward