The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-10
LOCAL items
Picked UP Here and There By
Our Reporters.


Brief. Newsy Paragraphs From AN
Parts OF Orangeburg County and
Vicinity.
We hope 1908 will be prosper
Gus year for the farmers and all OF
us.
The Times and Democrat is now
published twice-a-week at $3.50 per
annum.
Remember the Times and Demo-
crat is now issued on Tuesday and
Friday.
Sims Book Store has just received
lot of local view post cards that
are just lovely. Call and see them.
There will be no service in the
Episcopal Church on next Sunday,
on account of the absence of the
Rector.
The Court of General Sessions
will convene on Monday. The docket
is quite heavy one. There are sew
eral murder cases.
There is great complaint about the
condition of the roads from all sec
tions Of the county. Charge it up
to the bad weather.
We publish in this issue number
of marriage notices and other COM
munications that had been crowded
out for week or two.
The testimony in the Calhoun
County contest which was published
in Tuesdays Times and Democrat
was read with interest.
The time for paying road tax VIII
expire on the first of March, so those
who have not paid as yet can govern
themselves accordingly.
The miserable weather we have
had this winter has put the streets
in bad shape, but if the present good
weather continues they will soon i'm
prove.
On January 1 the price OF The
Times and Democrat was raised to
$3.50 per annum, but the paper will
be sent twice each week instead of
once as heretofore.
Mr.. ]. B. Way, of this city, pre-
sented us with rutabaga that
weighed nearly seven pounds. 1t
was raised by Mr.. Piney Rast, who
lives near Eutawville.
The Spartanburg Herald says that
Carlton Buesse, who managed the
Orangeburg base ball team last sea-
son, has been engaged to manage the
team Of that city next season.
An order has been issued by the
post office department making it pro-
hibitory for mail carriers to handle
whiskey from one point to another.
This order becomes effective at once.
The worst spell of weather we
have had this winter struck this Sec
ton Tuesday morning, but we are
glad to say it was followed by some
of the best weather we have had
this winter.
Look at the address label on your
paper, and if you have not paid for
it, We would be glad for you to
come in and do so at once. We need
every dollar due us to meet our OBJ
legations financially.
The engine and several coaches
of Southern tarin were completely
overturned near Augusta but the
remarkable thing Is that only slight
damage was done and one passenger
a negro was injured.
The target practice on the new
rifle range on Thursday, End instant,
resulted as follows: Lieut.. F. F.
Pooser won first prize, Sergt. J. M.
Brunson won second prize and Capt.
J. H. Claffy won third prize.
The Gaffney Ledger says one
third Of the cotton raised in Chero-
kee County last year is still in the
hands of the farmers. Considerable
cotton is being held by Orangeburg
farmers, but just how much we do
not know.
The residence of Mr.. J. D. Bolen
on College Street was burned on
Thursday morning about six o'clock.
The house and all it had in it nearly
was consumed. 1t is a pretty heavy
blow on Mr.. Bolen. We did not
learn how the fire originated.
Mr.. Lawton Evans and Miss Ag-
nes Hughes were married on Thurs
day of last week by the Rev. D. D.
Dantzler at his residence in this city.
Miss Hughes is from the Limestone
section. We wish the happy young
couple long and happy life.
Some of the friends of the Calhoun
County movement, who came here
to attend the hearing of the con-
tested case last week, expectd to find
a hostile host of Orangeburg citizens
around the courthouse, but they
were mistaken.
Mr. NJ Stabler of the Advance
section. died on December &c. in the
seventy-eighth year Of his age. Mr..
Stabler was gallant Confederate
soldier and lost one eye in battle.
He was member of Andrew Chapel
Met hOdist Church and has gone tO