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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07
a MODEL FARM
To Be Established at st Matths ws by
the Government.

A Washington dispatch to tbs News
and Courier says representative Lever
and Ellerbe evidently think that they
can be OF more service to their people
ny looking lfter the practical side OF
the work in Washington than by max
ing speeches upon questions about
which there is no division OF senti.
ment in 5ne House, for instead OF tax
irg their time to prepare lot ct stl Il
which can do no good in WashiDgtoi,
and can only serve the purpose OF
home consumption, they are a5 work
trying to get something that Will be
of practical benefit to their districts.
Friday these gentlemen called on
Pref W. J. Spillman, OF the ag:icaltu'
raj depar tment. and after presenting
their claims succeeded IN inducing
him to establish liberalization farms
at St. Matthews, and at Marion Court
House. The plan OF the department
ls to cooperate with soma progressive
fa,msr at these points in conducting
a model diversi cation farm.
The department. furnishes all OF the
plans aud the eXpsr5 supervision,
while the farmer furnishes, OF course
the land and fertilizer. Everything Ia
grown on the farm which will AID to
its productive value and a complste
accurate record Of every transaction Is
kept. TRe results will be coupled
and furnished to the public at large
in the firm Of bnlletirs Each farm
Is intended to bs an ocular demonstra:
tion TO the community in which Ii is
located of the pracribility aud profit
ableness Of diverslfcation farming as
against the prevalent one crop system
we now have. There are two OF these
farms in the Stale. One at Columbia
in Mr.. Levers district: and one at
Spartanburg, in Mr.. Jonnson's dis
trict. These have been successful In
a measure, and 1t is the nope Of these
Congressman to increase toe number
Ia the State.
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Tha Menueissobn Choral Club.

PrOmiIent among SGc'ai affalrS Cr
the VIZ: K was the SniVsTsa1y musical
given on Wednesday afternoon at the
home IT Mrs W. f. Lining, on Ru.-
sci street, by the NJ md lssonn Caoral
Club This WAS lEH third birthday
ard each year it i, fiatingly celebra
dcd. The sp cions home Of Mrs Lin
Ing was thrown en$uite and each
member brought with tnem a guest
to enjoy the yell Arranged and do.
lightful programme, winch was as
follows:
Openiog chorus by the Mendelssohn
Choral Cuo.
Reading, Mrs. W. L Glaze.
Dusr, Misses Anne and Carrie
D4ntz!er.
Piano solo, Mrs. w. S. Lining.
Duet, Mrs. Berry aud Mrs Dibble.
Recitation, Mas Marion Salley.
Solo, Mrs. w G Smith.
Vocal solo, Mis-, NJ .zie Slater.
Duet, Mrs. McLees and MIS- Glover.
CLo-us, LIT Thine e es," by the
Choral Club.
Af6:r this Mrs. Webb, guest OF
the Club, played a piano sol) by re-
guess, which was also enjoyed.
Mrs. C. G. Dibole, in "a pleasing
manner and In few appropriate re-
marks, presented the retiring presi.
dent, Mrs. NJ. G. Salley, on behalf CT
the Choral Club, with handsome
bust of MendessOhn.
Dainty II rtIrrshments were then serV-
ed and the guest enjoyed a social
c1at, and departing, wished long life
to the Cnoral Club.
Toose present were: Mesdsmes W.
G.. Smith, W L. Glazs, w. w. Wan.
namsker, Frank Slater, j. L. McLsss,
Harold Thomas, L P McGee, W. D.
JEFF ,rds, J. A. Berry, E. O. Dibble.
Mcrtimer Glover. E. S. Herbert, D.
.. Herbert, o R LoHman. Frank
NJ las, Lizzie Melton, @ D. Dantzler,
A. W. Summers, w. R Lamar, j. O..
Bull, W. S. Lining and E Webb, Miss
Mrzie Slater, May Riggs, Annie and
Carrie Dantzier, lila Marchant Mar
ion Salley and Minnie 81. Glaze.
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SHORI NEWS ITEMS
From Orangeburg and Other Coun-
ties in South Carolina.
Picked Up and Scissored from Our
Exchanges for the Conven.
ience of Busy Readers.


ienoe OF Busy Readers.
DR.. NJ. L. Sifley will be In Elloree
on Tuesday aud Wednesday, FEBRUARY
20 and 81. Office at Weeks hotel.
Mr.. J. Z Wsnaamaker and family,
vino moved to Charleston several
months ago, have removed back to
Orspgeburg. After all there Is no
place like home.
Mrs. Fred Moor, Of New York, City
aud Miss Mazle Freuman, Of East
Orange, New Jersey, are the guests
of Mrs. ]. A. Berry at her home In
Russell street.
John Henry Brunson, a colored
boy about fifteen years OF ssage, acci
de ntally SHOT and killed himself last
Thursday morning near the Oil mill.
Tne weapon that did the killing was
sirgle barrel gun.
The sale at Moselevs will close next
Monday and not Sunday, as was
stated in our last issue by slip OF
the types. The sale so far has been
largely attended and all are delighted
with their purchases.
An election for intendant and four
wardens OF the town Of Swansea was
held Thursday and resulted as follows.
Intendant, L. B. Rast: wardens, @. j.
Rucker, P. NJ, Oliver, B. e. Inabnett,
J L Haigler This is a good selec-
uion for town officers.
Mr.. Lewis 81. Fairey, who has
filed for some time the responsible
position of assistant cashier of the
Bank of Branchville, has resigned to
accept a position with q bank at
Kingstree as cashier. Mr.. 81. W.
Black has been elected assistant
cashier of the Brancnville Bank In
place Ct Mr.. Failey.
Cotton growers cut your crop
twenty five per cent, II you did not
last year. Be sure to plant plenty OF
breadsluffs, and don't neglect to
attend all the meetings Of the Cotton
Association, they will do you good.
Wake up from your lerhargy, Take
for example the professional men,
they are thinking land many are
getting rich.
The Band OF Hope meets each
Wednesday afternoon in the Metho.
dist Sunday School room at four
o'cl ,ck. Mrs. Herbsrh earnestly re.
quests that all parents. Sunday school
and day school teachers co operate
with her ln this important work, by
attending themselves, whenever pos
sible and urging the childre to at
tend. The organization is entirely
undenomlnational and no church can
afford to ignore this special training
0f the young.
On last Wednesday afternoon
Messrs R. F. Pike and Frank Bryant
while OUT driving was considerably
shaksn up by being thrown tom>the
ouggy. They were driving a very
spirited horse which became fright
aned and ran away throwing the
gentlemen out the buggy on Russell
street In front OF Sturgeon Bros.
uptown store. We are glad that
nalJhcr OF them. received any serious
injury, but they certainly had q
narrow escape.
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Catarrh Cannon be Cured.

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they
cannot reach the eeat OF the disease.
Catsrrh Is blood CT constitutional
disease, and In order to cure 1t yon
rusS take internal renedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not
2 uuack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one of the best PHYSICIANS In this
country for years and is regular pre-
scrintion. It Is composed OF the best
sonics known, combined with the
best b'coi purifiers, acting directly on
tha mucous surfaces. Tie perfect
conbioatiop OF the two ingredients
is What produces such rasults In cur
ing Catarrh. Send for testimonials
tree.
f. J. CHENEY g. CO, props,
Tol'dO, 0.
Sold bY Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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DR.. j. F. MackIy, who clerked for
a snort time in the drug store OF
Messrs A G. Doyle s. Co, died at his
nome in Lancaster on Monday. DR..
Mackay made many friends while
here, and the announcement OF his
death will BE- received by them with
regret. He leaves a WIFE and one little
girl, to mourn the death Of an all &c.
tionate husband aud father.
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That Bunch woman over In Bam-
berg seems to be champion liar, We
do not believe word she says In ref
erence to Mr.. G.. B. Kittrell. Possibly
the woman herself put the poison in
the whiskey that killed Mr.. Reed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07

We have at our Office a wonder
lemon and ataheits orange that were
raised in the hot house Of Mrs. Ann
@. Tyler at North. The lemon is
about three timss the slzs Of an ordi-
nary lemon, while the orange Is
smaller than the usual article.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07

Every lady who once takes McCalls
Masazlne will DeVer do witn.Gut it
You can get yours free by trading ten
dollars with J. G. RansGala.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07

Two million Americans suffer the
torturing pangs of dyspepsis. No need
to. BurdUck Blood Bitters cures. At
any drug store.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07

Clothing In abundance 10 please the
year old boy TO the fond old Grand
pa. J. C.Ransdale.
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imperative that the cotton area
planted on every farm in the South
this year shall be at least Is per cent.
less than that planted In the spring
Of 1894. This is easily understood
and should 20 strictly carried into
pr4ct cal operation ii the advice Of
the best brains from leading Southern
farmers, the Southern Cotton Associa
tlon and the psrils Of overproduction
are to be heeGed. The Farmers are
generally getting into position Of
thrift and independence. This is due
to the fact that for the past few years
with but one exception, the crops Of
cotton grown, have not materially
exceeded the demands for consump.
tion, and fairly good prices have pre-.
vailed.
That the area planted in cottol
last year was too large there can be no
question of doubt. But for the bad
climate conditions prevailing in the
south western states. we would have
produced over 100000 bales and
suff cred tremendous depression In
prlcss. With the area planted In
1905, which amounted to $1,000 900
acres, it is easily possible, with nor
NAL seasons, to produce a crop Of over
Is 600, 900 bales. What is the Sensi
BILE thing to do; cut the acreage and
hold production within the limits OF
consumption at good prices, or plant
largely, produce superabundantly and
sell at ruinous prices? This Is the
question which now confronts every
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07

bscoms members of i5 Taen, hs said,
the South would staud On safe ground.
Hs paid a glo wing trlb ate TO tho vet.
eraus Of Lee and Jackson who returned
fro n the war with all lost save honor
They did not sit around and whine
about their hlri laox. but went to
wo.k aud repaired their waSsed for
tuaes making the Southland pros,
porous aud happy. Taay set US q grand
in tnslr example and we should follow
fo1JSteps.
The farmers should do business on
business principles like the merchants,
bankers aud professional men, many
Of whom he said were getting rich. If
the fansrs would apply the same
principles to their farms they too
would soon bs on easy street. II the
Southern Cotton Association failed
for lack of interest 10 it on the part
OF the farmers and business men he
felt that the South would BE- ruined.
We would lay prostrats at the feet Of
the spsculator, who would pay US what
he pleased for our cotton. he exhorted
the farmers and business men to rally
to the support of the association and
make 1t the grand success that 1t
should be.
The Doctors speech was practical
from start to faiSn. l. was interSp5r
sed with several laughable anecd DIES
thSt keep the crowd in most hpppy
hunor, and illustrated and impressed
the truths he wished to teach. he
told Of an old colored tenants predi-
camsnt In the days when cotton was
hardly selling for what it cost to make
it One day the old man met his phy.
siciau, to whom he owed sum for
medical attendance. In answer to
an enquiry as to how his crop was
getting on he said the outlook was
bad. You see, Doctor, said the old
man, the bottom crop goes to pay the
rent, the middle crop goes to the mer-
chant for liens, and the top crop is
for you and me, and as there is 40 top
crop this year, the Lord only knows
what is to become OF US
He said he hoped that that condi-
tion of things had passed in the South
forever, and he felt sure that this
would be the case II the Southern
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Married Seventy-one Years.

Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Van Sickle,
who live near the village of Sussex, eel
ebrated recently their seventy first
marriage anniversary. Mr.. Van Sickle
is ninety-two years of age, and his
wife is two years his Junior. In COM
menting on events of his boyhood, Mr..
Van Sickle said: Il was thirteen years
old when 1 heard my grandfather talk
ing of the Monroe Doctrine. That is
a question which has never gone out of
date. l still hear it discussed in the
stores as of old. There was a great
outburst Of patriotism when Lafayette
came here in 1924, and some of the peo-
pie of my neighborhood went to New
York to see him. Congress presented
him with 100000, and many thought
such an amount would ruin the United
States Treasury" The couple have
four surviving children, sixteen grand
children and sixteen great-grandchil-
dren. At the time of their marriage
Newark had a population of 100.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
PENN'S GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY. MAY II. 1906.
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Plans DelaWare's Publication.

y Il
Governor Stokes signed a number of
important bills passed by the last
Legislature. Among them was one
authorizing the appointment of a
State Sewerage Commission to investi-
gate the subject of the publication Of
the Delaware River. This commission
is to act in conjunction with similar
commissions from Pennsylvania, New
York and Delaware. Other measures
signed were the following: Enabling
excise boards or other licensing bodies
to subpoena witnesses and compel the
production of documentary evidence
in investigations of questions of re-
vok1ng licenses; appropriating $4,000
for an armory at Red Bank for Sec
ond Troop; enabling railroad COM
panies to raise or depress crossings
without coming under the provisions of
the limited franchise act; ~annexing the
borough of Wood Lynne to Camden,
on vote of the people; appropriating
$4,000 for the erection Of a new wing
at the Home for Soldiers, in Vineland;
appropriating $4,000 for the repair of
the Monmouth battle monument: ap-
propriating $4,000 to erect a monu-
ment at Greenwich, Cumberland Coun-
ty, to commemorate the tea burning;
appropriating $4,000 for the dedication
of soldiers and sailors monument at
Elizabeth; authorizing the Government
to appoint inspectors of power vessels
and boats.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11

All, my dear friends, you who are
letting miserable misunderstanding
run on from year to year; you who are
keeping wretched quarrels alive be-
you cannot quite make up your
mind that now is the day to. sacrifice
your pride and kill them; you who are
passing men sullenly on the street, not
speaking to them out Of some silly
spite, and yet knowing that it would
fill you with shame and remorse if you
heard that one Of those men were dead
tomorrow morning; you who are let
ting your neighbor starve till you hear
that he is dying of starvation, or letting
your friends heart ache for a word Of
appreciation or sympathy which you
mean to give some day-if you could
know, and see, and feel all of a sudden
that 'the time is short" how it would
break the spell! how you would go in
stantly, and do the thing which you
might never have another chance to
dol-Phillips Brooks. IA
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Returns After Tbirtv-five Years

There was joy in the village Of Yer
non, near Sussex, when Anna Mabee,
of whom nothing had been heard for
t~hirty-fve years, returned to the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Hester Mabee Lyon.
When Anna was six years old a hand
organ grinder with his monkey paid
the village a visit. The little girl fol-
lowed the music away. The child and
the organ grinder disappeared, and
Annals relatives gave her up as dead.
Miss Mabee lives in Texas. She is I'M
able to remember anything of her
strange adventure from the little ham,
let. A few months ago she read of the
Young Mems Christian Association
camp at Lake Waywayanda. in Sussex
County. The old Indian name brought
back r~ecollections of her childhood, and
she began inquiries which led to her re-
turn.
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think He was a good man, a typical
man, the best man in the world, but
say He was not divine. They do not
even admit that He was an angelic
being. Some think He was Goldman.
"God manifest in the flesh" Jesus is
divine. Peter believed that. Paul be-
lieved it. He said: "By Him all
things created that are in Heaven and
in earth, visible and invisible; all
things were made by Him." Such
things cannot b. said about an angel
or a human being. I think the epistle
to the Hebrews was written by Paul
to prove the divinity of Jesus. Some
scholars say ApOllos wrote it, and not
Paul, but Paul wrote it. There was
not anybody else great enough to write
1t. We must have a divine Saviour.
No angel or human being could do
what we need. He must be an Al
mighty Saviour, One who is mighty
to save and strong to deliver" Our
sorrows are too great for human con-
ISOLATION; our sins are too mighty for
the power of any man or angel. We
must have a divine Saviour-and we
have Him. Do you believe Jesus
Christ can save a soul in an instant2
1 know it; 1 have seen Him do it a
thousand times. He can do it. He
stands ready. VIII you have Him?
Do you desire Him?
Brethren in the ministry, it is your
business to preach Christ's Gospel to
the world. Hurry with the Gospel.
This is a sad world. There is one re-
ligion that teaches that sorrow is so
~inescapable, that the best thing that
can be done is to be blown out like a
candle, and 5O0,0O0,OO0 Buddhists be-
lieve it. Hurry with the Gospel. Read
John xiv: "Let not your heart be
troubled; We believe in God, believe
also in Me-" The presence of sorrow
affects me strangely. Ihave neve got
used to it. 1t ought to awaken the
sympathy Of every human heart. I
read a story of a Pullman car when, in
the night, all was quiet except a baby's
voice. One man called out. angrily:
"Where is the mother Of that child?
I wishsShe would keep it quiet" The
father of the child answered: 1.-THE
mother of my babe is in her coffin in
the baggage al I hope the passen-
gers will excuse me; 1 am doing the
best I can" The other man rushed out
and said: "Sir, forgive me. I did not
understand. 1 would not have said it
if I had known. Let me take that
babe. I will keep it all night and you
shall rest; you must be tired" His
heart was changed and full Of SYM
pathy.
Oh, the world is full of sorrow and
sin; but we have the remedy. Let
your feet be like the roe's upon the
mountains. God grant the commission
anew to-day to preach the Gospel.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11

Bless God for the wilderness; thank
God for long nights; be thankful that
you have been in the school of poverty
and have undergone the searching and
testing of much discipline. Take the
right view of your trials. You are
nearer Heaven for the graves you have
dug, if you have accepted bereaye-
ments in the right spirit; you are wiser
for the losses you have bravely borne,
but you are nobler for all the sacrifices
you have willingly cOmpleted.-Dr.
JOSenh Parker.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
RESPONSIBILITIES For P~ossessiops.

Do you wish more strength? But if
you had more and misused it your
condemnation would be greater than is
your reproach now for work undone.
DO you wish more money? But if you
had more its rust would the more sure
ly eat your flesh Is fire, while the re-
sponsibility for its proper use would
burden the soul. Do you a a larger
field of work and influence? But what
if, when gained, the field were untitled
and the influence that of an evil star?
A young minister had few to heac his
best sermons; he complained to John
Brown, of Haddington. and this was
the reply: "You have as many hearers
every time you preach as you will cafe
to answer for at the day of judgmentsSR
Pacific Baptist. =
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11

The State Military Board held a con-
ference with Governor Stokes and
adopted a new plan under which the
entire National Guard Of the State, in
stead Of only one brigade, will go into
camp in turn at Sea Grit this year.
The periods during which the five regi-
ments will be in camp are as follows:
July Z to IA. Third Regiment, Camden
and Second Troop; July IA to 81, Sec
ond Regiment, Red Bank, Trenton and
Battery B, Camden; July 81 to %,
Fifth Regiment, Paterson and Battery
A, Orange; July % to August 4, First
Regiment, Newark and Troop A, New
ark; August 4 to II, Fourth Regiment,
Jersey City, and Signal Corps, Jersey
City.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Warns Student Washers"

Urged by the citizens in general and
the police in particular to discourage
insults offered to unescorted women
by students from Princeton University,
Judge Harris, of Trenton, imposed a
sentence of ten days in jail ON Louis
McClaster, of Montana, in lieu Of the
fine usually fixed in such cases. Nc
Claster pleaded %fervently to be spared
the indignity of imprisonment, but his
request was refused. During the after
noon, however, the faculty and alumni
Of Old Nassau made a concerted appeal
to the Judge and he relented, allowing
McClaster to go with a payment of So.
He declared, however, that in future
he would send offenders to jail.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Live Holiness.

It is better to live a good life than to
be talking about it, better to live holt
ness than to proclaim that one lives it.
If the sun makes a noise we do not
hear it. The brilliant electric lights
blaze forth without cracking. The
lighthouses flame out their rays over
the perilous seas without the procla-
nation Of bells or the firing of cannon.
So the truest, purest and best lives
simply let their light shine, as the
blessed Saviour commanded. ,
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Modern IdoIatry.

Are we id~olators, Lord? Is there
aught that we place before Thee? Are
our pleasures, u ease, our gain, our
plan more to us than Thy favor, Thy
service, Thine honor, Thy will? Dost
Thou behold in US a city wholly given
to covetousness. which is idolatry?
We know that we are tempted to sac
rifce unto our net, and burn incense
unto our drag; we know that some
times our trust seems more in mai
than in God. Do Thou, o Lord, for
give. Help US to keep ourselves from
idols, Amen.-Pacifc Baptist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Need of Backbone.

A contemporary suggests that one
thing which Christians as well as 9TH
ers need at the present day is back
bone. Not a backbone like a ramrod,
that cannot yield or bend, but a well
articulated spinal column, which is
strong enough to hold a mar upright.
and keep him from being crushed be-
meath the burdens that press upon him.
These are days of easy going piety;
and men are too often ruled by CON-
promise rather than by conscience.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
ECONOMY in the Wrone PLACE.

Most of us are wonderful economists
when it comes to making d little good
ness go a long way; we hate to waste
it, or to show it when we know it will
not be appreciated. But Marivaux
put a large truth into a brief epigram
when he said: 'In this world it is nee
essary to be a little too good in order
to be good enough."-Great Thoughts,
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Large Ring For Bride,

In the show window of a jeweler at
Allentown, Pa, is displayed the largest
solid gold wedding ring ever brought
to that city. 1t weighs twenty-three
and a half pennyweights. The aver
age weight of wedding rings is only
five pennyweights. The ring was or
dered by a prominent citizen for a
young lady, who is o to become his
bride.
The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11
Miners Have a Narrow Escape.

Fifty miners at work in the Richard
mines, near Rockaway, narrowly es-
capped death by the caving i'll of tons
of surface dirt and a hanging wall in
shaft No. 1. 1t destroyed a large sec
ton of track and broke the dumps.
The miners were in an adjoining shaft
They had to fee for their lives.