The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-11-13
NE EWSy LEI 7 T-R.
WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUT BOW
MAN.
Death Of Lady-Mail Carrier Re-
signs-Lien Merchants > Hunting
Money-Other Items

Bowman, Nov. 12.-Special: Mrs.
Annie Myers who has been living
for some time at the home OF the
late G. w. Myers, R.. F. D. No. T.
died last Sunday. and was buried
Monday morning, at Ebenezer
church. Mrs. Myers was in her SSth
wear and has been in rather feeble
health for some time. Three sons,
G. A. Myers, Sam and Fred, with
four daughters, Mesdames G. w
Utsey, G. W. Myers, M. A. Rick
enbaker and w. F. Segrest survive
her. Mrs. Myers was sister OF MI.
Rouse Banister, of the Providence
section, who died some years ago,
leaving a number of decsndents IN
that section of Orangeburg count.
Mr.. w. L. Bishop, carrier No. z,
has resigned his position, taking a
lob offered him in Charleston. \
number of applicants for Mr.. Blsh-
OPS place are IN the field, and 1t is
stated that an examination will be
hid quite soon at OrangeburS
Court House by Mr.. Webster, post
master at that place, to fill this W.T.
cancy, and also secure some ellglDl@'
on list in case vacancy occurs.
Potato digging, cane grinding and
oat sowing seem to be about Lne
order Of business on farms nova
days. Hon. Samuel Dibble is in tn"
potato business quite extensively
this year. He has number of acres
under cultivation this season anu
they are yielding fine, making
hundreds of bushels. Several varl-
eties have been under cultivation,
but the Georgia Buck" shows up
more temptingly than any of the
others. Mr.. Dibble proposes to feed
them to his stock during the Winter
months and has built large, speci-
ally prepared storeroom in close
proximity to the feeding stalls. The
tubors will be prepared by cutting
before being fed to the stock.
Merchants are squeezing ever"
dollar out of the lien business that
can be collected this season and
when it has been squeezed even real
hard, many will appear like stuffed
toads with very little reduction I
size. The prospects for Is cents per
pound for cotton lien making time
did not materialize and many uen
accounts still stand out big and
fat, with a large proportion of the
cotton crop gone at about SH
cents per pound. No farmer with
any degree of intelligence can truth
fully say that there is any money in
cotton at S1a. cents per pound, with
labor, fertilizer and provisions at
the present price of these commodl-
ties. An order for "about face" will
have to be given and executed AMI
farms made more self-sustaining in
order to catch a good financial foot
holt" again.
Miss Nell Beachman, Of Green-
wood, is visiting her sister, Mrs. 0.
P. Evans of this town.
DR.. Nettles, of Charleston, speut
several days this week in Bowman.
Rumor has it that he is on visit
to his "best girl"
Mr.. Ernest Jackson, who has
been quite sick for a time, is NJ
and going about again. His many
friends are glad to see him out again.
Mr.. L. j. Smith and family, of
R. F. D. No. 1, are expecting to
move in town now soon. Mrs. Smith
will run an up-to-date hotel and
take permanent boarders also.
Mr.. John W. Inabinet has COM
menced the erection of dwelling on
Elm street, which will be occu-
pied by his family as soon as COM
pleted. He is also from R. F. n,
No. /.
Mr.. L. E. D. Fielder, Uncle
Lovick," comes to town occasionally ;
is still full of life, but cronic CON-
palmer of hard times with wors
coming "Uncle Lovick," was a
good soldier and loves to talk Of nj:
war record.