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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
AS to Miss Ethel RooseveIt,s Aoe


1t seems unkind Of certain newspa-
pers to add to the age Of the presi-
dents daughter, Miss Ethel She was
born on Aug 10, 1891, in long Island,
and she will th"rrfnre not hr seven
IT,, 'r;':ir - III, :; 49,, ,i--
:. i'i r;!, g e. !!
il wuS to be III celebration ii !;.r rui.I-
ing Of age. The girl Is laege for her
age, and, having sedate M anners. she
might pass for twenty. She is Of the
Industrious turn ard passes much Of
her time over her embroidery frame
and her paint boxes. She can paint
creditably in water colors sind has done
excellent landscape studies. IN -stl She
Is an unusually graceful dancer. Mrs.
Longworth was never good dancer
and has almost given ~ dancing en-
tirely. T. IS hintel the debut ball for
Miss Ethel scheduled for Christmas
week of the coming season. is To sur
pass all the other social efforts of the
RoosevClts.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21

1t is not enought to hold the key
to the situation. You must be able
to turn it to open the door.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21

To seek happiness as a final aim IS
like loving love as a business-'he
end IS desolation, death.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
Nlose1 e!y S.

You cant keep su"ccsS away from
he man who works and Is on lhe
level.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21

Sometimes woman cries over her
inability to find something to laugh
nt
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
N FAS.Ii0H'S REALM.
Shoes That Slip Up and Down on
TIE Hee!.
THE BUTTERFLY PARAS0L.
The Girl WHO Owns Sunshade Cow
cred With Immense Butterflies Is
lucky-The Smart Fall Skirts VIII
Have Many Cores.

Is there any woman who has not
suif,yrd with new shoes thar slip up
and down on the heel? In summer
the streets seem to be crowded With
people with panied expressions on Their
faces, treading as though terra tirma
were q much more fragile substance
than it is. A relief, however. has at
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21

The Other Considerate of the Peoples
RIGHTS and the Municipality's Wei
fare and Appearance-Strikih5 Diff
ference Between Their Depots.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
What the Press Can Do.

OF Il public library.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
SPURIOUS COIN A LURE.
Psychology of Counterfeiting Is Puzzle to
Federal Authorities.

Like the fly Thh lights ign his on bsn sss a
who let's his thoughts dwell upon queer money
is caught hard and fast unless he gets the iasa sa
psychoosy W Of counterfeiting as explained by Cap
tain Thomas J. Porter, Of the United States State Sc
AS further illustration of his theory, Captain
Porter reverted to the case of the RsS J. James
ssye BAD coins sne oAH f-sA n's'e'' e'.,D :. ~
explained Captain Porter. 1T is funny though.
how the game attracts who Is otherwise
prospect OF making money easily in this way ar
cues that he Is doing no wrong
few thousand dollars Of spurious m money money iaS and
then shove 1t out IN safe & hay ceaeed e by
one and that it really is the same as the money
e. az asnasn M fS os the
lie begins TO read about counterfeitns. and
Zen o' to one m he has taste for mechanics. and
any man with simple knowledge of metals: Il
Re na: shs o dollar
Of the odtme nave sohe Ss'
and many Of the spurious coins made az the pres
spected sps as IN the Communities In which they live
ns % vsr pieces % np the o
and Nth study ea ssn Of a
last long. They are run TO earth 20; sooner OF
reentiess es enemy and the punishment for making
reaiise this ' unit. they fairly caught
Every believes IN his own hedrt that ne 10
sharper and shrewder than his neighbor. When
he reads stories OF counterfeiters who nourfshed
years ago he what blunders they made and
how they came to be caught
s Il do better than that fellow DID. and those
dub detectives could never have caught me In the
tran they laid for him.. ~ the wHy the amateur
counterfeter muses. He figures IL all out to his
own satisfaction. hut he fails to give the men In
Uncle Sans service credit for any brains or orig
inaiity of thought. He thinks that they work the
same way on every and that ali he has 10
do in observe the pitfalls that the other men fell
into and bs careful not to walk into them himself
This point sett,ed. the deluded victim of the
get -rich-Quick craze has only Few more steps TO
take. The first thing that he does. generally. Is
10 manufacture homemade dies of plaster of
paris. They crude mouds OF silver pieces. and
so our deludeo friend experiments little by pour
ing lead into these casts and to his surprise
and delight he turns out few pieces OF metal
which bear a resemblance to money.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

my benefit. 1t habit OF his to have such
brilliant impromptus ready and ingeniously to In
vite occasion for their introduction. But they
always had the effect Of brilliant spontaneity. 1t
was on another occasion, when he was praising
the performance of another German tenor, and
interposed the suggestion that to me he seemed
to lack vlriIty that he burst out with:
But, my dear fellow, tenor isn't man; 1t g
a disease.'
though the remark his, it had served him on
at least one other occasion. chanced to know.
Other members of the company were Anna
slach, Anna Stern, Hermine Belz, Adolf Robinson,
barytone (another of DR.. Damrosch's professional
friends from Breslau); Josef Staudgl (bass, Of
the great StaudigD: Josef Koegtl bass; Emil TIT
fero Herr Udvard, Otto Kemlitz, Ludwig Wolf.
Josef Miller and Herr Schneider John Lund who
came from Krolls, in Berlin, and Walter Dam
rosch were chorus masters and assistant conduc-
tors The first season began November II, 1884.
with performance Of "Tannhauser." H. z. K.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

In 1882 Earlier In life he had been an artillery ON
Ger in the German army. which fact coupled with
his explosive manner of singing prompted one OF
Dr. Won Biilow's witticisrns. The doctor had been
conductor of the opera in Hanover when Scnott
was there and had conceived violent dislike Tor
him. Some years after the latter's New York sea
son. conversing socially with Won Bulow, chanced
to mention Schott's name.
'Ah! do you know Schott?" asked the irascible
little doctor "ein eigenthiimlicher Sanger nicnt
war? Eigentlich ist Elm Miltartenor--ein Artil-
leriet Sic wissen er singt manchmal hoch-da
distonirt er: gewohnlich singt 1u tef-da des-
tonirt er; und gelegentlich rein sngt-da
detonrt err The ingenious play words Is quite
untranslatable, but my readers who understand
German but are unfamiliar with musical terms
will be helped to an appreciation Of the fun by
being told that dis ''des' and de" are the Ger
man names applied respectively to D sharp. D
fat and D natural. No doubt Dr. Won Bdlow had
perpetrated his little joke befoFe he shot 1t of for
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
.s......d rne Southern Pacinc company says the

,o..e.,sd. The Southern Pacific company says the
case 10 outlawed.
ME- Isabelle Trcadwell. wife OF Ivan ireao"e"
dad thds week at san Jose after long illness. AS
Isaheile Nolan she well known for years ~
San Francisco and was noted for her beauty
Dr Edvar,i T. Dillon has been appointed cnei
.,rrrepn Of the southern division OF the Souther"
Pacific company to fill the vacancy caused oy 'no
rs~fsnation Of Dr.. H. @. Gates, who had heid th0
of,oe seventeen years The southern DIVISION eA-
tends from Bakersfield to Yuma
The Novada. California Oregan Railroad VIII DC
completed from Reno New to A1turas. Cai ny
october l. thus opening up the Modoc country one
OF the richest agricultural sections OF the STATE.
The Red Top mine at Goldfed. New. which was
offered to Charles NJ. SchWab two years ago for
few thousands, has been sold this week TO wing
field 4. Nixon for 81 10000. 1t will now be con-
trolled bv the Consolidated company. and II -
predicted It will become one OF the best pro-
ducers In Goldfeld.
DR. Frederick L. o. Roehrig died this week at
Psaadena at the age of eighty-nine years Dr.
Hoehrg was the master Of a score OF languages
ana In 1853 was assistant librarian Of the Astor
Library For twenty years he was professor OF
French at Cornell University.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
STATE OFFICERS TO HELP.

The machinery provided by the new law IS suen
as to promote a general extension OF the systsn
throughout the commonwealth. The insurance ac-
tuarial services and the facilities incident to tnas
department of the business will be furnished %
the commonwealth to the banks without cnarSe'
The State Actuary Is to perform all the expert
insurance work for all the banks He determines
premiums and reserves. frames the forms or ap-
plications and OF policies. and prescrbes the meth
DDS of accounting. The State Medical Director pre-
scribes in Ike the rules relating to nea's
and aeceptability of the applicant for insurance.
and act. supervising and advising physician :"
the local physician of the bank The blanks -
books used. well the services OF these - -
perts are furnished by the commonwealth 10 u"
banks without charge
Success of the Massachusetts, system can. "
course come only with full appreciation oS -
empioye the employer and the community I.s
provision for old age and Ffe insurance IS an ih.
gral part of the daily cost Of living: that no "aS
Is living wage which does not permit me "oi =
ingman to apart each day or week or moh.'
the necessary cost of such provision for the iu'.
that no workingman be truly self-suppof'nS
and independent who does not make such pfVNSiVe'
and that the savings bank viii enable him 10 MAJ.
the provision at the lowest possible cost
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
OLD AGE FUNDS
in MASSACHUSETTS,
ACT TO ENCOURAGE YOT
UNTARY SAVING
Sarings Banks to Furnish Opportu-
mites for Annuities and Life
Insurance Aided By State.

Germany has system of compulsory Old a,s ~,
surance for its Iaboring classes while EnsIand -
turning to old age pensions, borne by general -
ton. but Massachusetts, is seeking to secure g..
her wage earners voluntary instead OF eonnn,lso~
old age insurance. and is planning to make -
superannuated workmen independent instead a, A.
pendent. while relieving instead OF increasing o.
eral taxation Her aim" says Louis D. Brandsis
in The independent" SIS to make the o,-.
tunities for saving money numerous as ,bs
opportunities for wasting it,; make saving nor
uIar BY giving to the saver all his money ca,
THE Massachusetts, State Actuary in a rsc.r.
publication. shows that. under its system tha Ola
age annuity plus life insurance will cost les. ts,n
the workingman now pays for his industrial uf.
insurance alone:
Suppose you are twenty.hvs years old and pay To
bor who is the same age, pays 81 S5 each month to
the insurance company.
more deposits to make Instead Of making deposits
you will begin TO receive annuity of 800
your neishbor VIII st Be paving 81 every sasnas saonss
tinue paying this amount until he is seventy-fve
'1afi Witch 4a would you rather be-your neisbbor a.
yourself? se
The Massachusetts, savings banks" adds NJ
Brandeis. have long record of large earnings o.,
deposits and of small expenses of management
Though the character of permissible investments 4,
narrowly limited by law insure safety rhe..
posts, while the expense of management was only
one-quarter Of per cent All earnings OF n.
annuity and insurance department. except 80 FAR
as required for expenses or taxes applied to
build guarantee funds. will be paid the policy
holders, for the Massachusetts, savings banks havs
been operated solely for the benefit of the de-
positors. They have stockholders. Their trr,s-
tees usually men Of high character and of large
experience serve substantially without pay. recog-
nzing that the business OF collecting and investing
savings q q small ia a
public trust. The savings bank is therefore con-
Quoted by irs officials a benehcent and as a
selfish money making institution. Its trustees
officers and employees have been trained TO the
practice of strictest economy in the administration
Of these savings These opportunities for safe and
profitable investment have made saving popular In
Massachusetts. and account in a large degree for
the prosperity of the commonwealth With a pop
ulatton of little more than 100000 people. Massa-
chusetts has by these means developed In her iss
savings banks 1.s7l.sA separate deposit accounts,
aggrasating 7oS90Ss6, the average amount Of each
account being x35S So.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
STAFFORD HOUSE.

Stafford House is regarded the finest private
mansion In London 1t was originally known as
York. George hrs son; When i was purchased by
the first Duke of Sutherland from the Crown he
had considerable improvements made. so much SO
that his whole outlay in the building amounted to
a quarter of million. It's magnificent collection
OF pictures is distributed through the house. It Is
not generally known that the money derived from
Of Sutherland was devoted by Parliament to the
laying out of the splendid open space now known
and priced as Victoria Park. The sum thus spent
was fiO2 O0o-Dundee Advertiser.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
DESERVING MAN OVERLOOKED.

The Georgia politician had been arrested on the
charge OF Importing whiskey for campaign pur-
poses, -, 90,
I AK the court 10 taste the stun ?"
Having compiled the court took the case from
the Jury and dismissed the prisoner.
"In doing this. added the judfe, Y want it
undsrstood that the court docs not lend approval
ses;sss: iSssneeissa sar y: - the laS'' 90
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
NO HOME COLLECTIONS.

Under the act passed last year tn. organization
and facilities OF these savings banks and the good
will and efficiency developed in nearly century OF
honorable service to be applied IN furnishing
opportunities for the other forms OF saving mora
recently organized. namely, old age annuites and
life insurance. The statute authorizes any savings
bank to issue under adequate safeguards. TO resi-
dents OF Massachusetts,, annuties UP 10 the amount
of 500 and life insurance UP to the amount OF $500
The individual take out policies in any
desired number of banks. Each savings bank,
through its trustees and incorporators. decides for
itself whether 1t will extend it's functions to
include the issuance of annuities and life nsur-
Likewise each bank decides for itself
whether il will engage IN the annuity and
insurance business its OWE account or
consent TO act agent for some other bank. The
stat,te prohibits savings banks from, employing
solicitors and collectors for the system OF personal
solicitation and house-to-house collection OF pre-
miums practised by the industrial Insurance COM
panes is recognised as the main cause Of the waists
and Of the heavy percentage Of lapsed policies at
tendant upon their operations But the statute
provides in the amplest manner for establishing
agencies through which annuities or life tnsur.
ance may be applied for, and premiums and bsne-
fits be paid Not only may each savings bank be-
come an agent for others. but such agencies may
be established, under proper safeguards. IN fac
tories stores. trade and other organizations. and
generally wherever the convenience OF the COM
munty and the desire to disseminate ths blessings
of thrift may dictate.
THE savings banks, at their own oficss or as
agency, are TO receive applications foS in'
surance as they receive deposts-that Is. With
out personal solicitation Premiums to b pay
able monthly. 1t is expected however. that svsnt-
iIaIy simple. convenient and economical meth
DDS of premium payment Will be quite generally
introduced For instance. upon issuing the Policy
an effort be made to induce the insured. Il hs
is not already savings bank deposttor, TO become
such, and to give tho bank standing order 70
draw the savings deposit In favor OF ire annu-
ity or insurance fund, to meet the premiums -
they accrue. Again. where large numbers OF en,-
ployes of single concern are tnsured, an ef1ors
will be made to induce the insured employees to
have their employer reserve from the wages tho
amount OF the premiums and pay them 10 the oanS
monthly. The payment OF individual premiums
can thus be made practically automatic so tsr -
the insured is concerned.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
A NOVEL BOTTLE.

In furnishing information concerning Stic" "ss.n-
supply OF the various soft drinks. consul d an
eraf William H. Michael refers as follows I"
improved bottle In use: A. Z. ,eek
This bottle Is blown as to contain IN 'hs s sy
the gas in the bottle and holds the gas per- ~ ~
An expert remove half the contents oi ~ 1 tnto
these bottles and by "a shake force the oail uy sor
the neck and thus preserve the remaining nal,
future use. 1t is ingenious device anu -
way superior to the style corks. In opeh'nn IN
bottle 4 wooden. cup shaped device. whicli ,rrle
the hollow OF the hand and contains shor,
fs placed over and against the glass ban s,vyvs N
and pressed downward This causes the s os too
drop down into the neck OF the bottle preVen-, OF
rapid escape OF gas and foam and. IL only psa
the contents Is required, the ball may ee psrS~t
back into the position a. stopper--consuaa' "'S
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

lady telling her age. remarked that she
born on April 2. .-r.a 4
Her husband. who va. present s 9S;ssv''
slways thought you vsrS Scrn on AgSMa Masa.AeA ~
NY u he sSsaes naAs q arsssae
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-12-05

bounded North by railroad, South by
Barnett Brothers, East by land of Victor
Won Schoeler and West by land of ! e.
Lacy. deceased, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon situarcd.
End. That certain tract or parcel Of
land lying and being situated in the
Parish of St Mary, containing n super
fetal area of twelve arpents, being the
land purchased by Augustin Dugas on
the 9th. day Of May, 1891, from Victor
Won Schoeler, lying on the'West side Of
Bayou Teche, said twelve arpents lun-
ming in parallel line from the Bayou
Teche, to the land owned by Ernest
the tract purchased by Augustin Dugas
provements thereon. This being the
same rrurertv-aeqnired by Dr"ilhet from
Bloch by act of sale before Henry Mayer,
Notary Public.
3rd. That certain tract Of land living
and being situated in the Parish Of st.
Mary, containing Fifty arpents. Bound-
ed North by road, East bv lands Of
Druilhet West b.. lands of Oscar Martin,
with the buildings and improvements
thereon situated
Attn. mat Certain tract OF lana lying
and being situated in the Parish OF st.
Mary, forming part of what was here
tofore known as the Lacey tract. and
being . part of hat portion of said land
which was known rs the John William
Garrett tract; bounded on the North by
Bayou Sale, South by lands Of Barnett
aud South by half of section % and West
by lands Of Foster. containing -Four
Hundred ant Sixty-twO and 36 100
;,rpenis, with the buildings and improve
ments thereon situated.
All of the above property now form
ing sugar plantation, and cultivated
as such. together with the buildings aud
improvements, mules, agricultural inn
plements thereon situated used in its
cultivation.
WILSON T. PETERMAN, Sheriff,
Sheriff S Office, Parish OF St. Mary, La,
Dec l. 1905
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-12-05
Street Fair All Next Week.

The Lachman Company Hip
podrome Shows will exhibit on
the streets of Franklin for one
week commencing Monday, Dec
7, under the auspices of the Cath
Ollie Church. The Daily Corin-
THAN, of Corinth, Miss, had the
following to say about the COM
pany, which showed there re-
Gently:
''The Lachman Carnival Company,
playing here this week under the aus
pieces of the local tribe of Red Men,
opened to the public last night, giving
their initial performance in the Geor-
gia Plantation show, where the audi
ence taxed the tent to its capacity.
The negro singing, dancing dialogue
kept everyone in an uproar from start
to finish. Uncle P Jackson's return
to his family, after an absence of
twenty years and the jubilee that fol-
lowed won favor for the entire bunch
Next to open was the trained animal
show and to see the way in which the
bears. in captivity only few months.
can be made to perform almost equals
any in the large circuses travelling the
country to-day. The lions, two large
ferocious looking beasts, are handled
and controlled as easily as kittens.
This is the show that appeals to the
children as we'll as to the grown peo-
pie. From the animal show a rush
was made to "Fairyland," one of the
best ten cent attractions on the mid
way. After thirty or forty minutes
spent there, the performance is con-
cluded for the evening. Several more
attractions have been added to-day.
carousal, ferris wheel, ETC., which
arrived too late to get going the first
day. The mammoth Hippodrome show
will open tonight and the performance
gives promise of being one of the best.
Many attractions are along the mid
way which attract the merry throng.
and everything is conducted fair and
square, as the management and entire
company are all nice gentlemanly peo-
pie all will permit nothing but a
square deal. The octopus, the real
live sea devil, the snakes and all the
attractions come in for their share of
praise and all in all, the whole show
is the best of its kind ever visiting
COrinth.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-12-05
EASILY DECIDED.
This Question Should Be Answered
Easily BY Franklin People.

Which is wiser-tO have confidence
in the opinions of your fellow-citizens,
of people you know, or depend on
statements made by utter strangers
residing in far-away places? Read
the following:
Mrs F. NJ. Boone, living on Willow
ST.. Franklin. La. says: [ could
hardly straighten when | would first
arise in the morning. Sharp twinges
would dart through my loins. when |
stopped could hardly straighten, and
my back would feel as It It were para
lived. | saw DOan's Kidney Pills
highly recommended and procured a
box at S. j. Gates & Co.'s drug store,
They relieved me from the first, and !
can truthfully say that l never took 9
remedy that gave me quicker relief. l
also gave them to my daughter who
complained of binding headaches.
and dizzy spells, in fact these troubles
were so intense that she could hardly
walk at times. She would have to
place her hands across her back on
account of the pains through the
kidney regions. Since using Doan's
Kidney Pills she had not the least sign
of distress and her back is much
stronger. l most emphatically en-
dorse Doan's Kidney Pills to other
sufferers" -
For sale by all dealers. Price oO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buff no,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-DoaIf sand
take no other.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-12-05
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District 'Court-Far-
ish of st. Mary.
The Cent. e,fille Bank VS.. lErnes'
Druilf ,et. No. 1870.

The Cent. e,fille Bank VS.. ERNEST
Druilflet. No. 1870.
Under and l oy virtue of a wit Of tie ,
facias, issued out of the Honorable 23l
Judicial Dist net Court of Louisiana in
the above nu inferred and entitled SUIT.
and to me di rected. have seized. ard
will offer for sale. for cash, at the prnci-
pal front d. ,Or of the court house. IN
the town CT Franklin. Parish OF st.
Mary, La, to the last and highest bid
der, on
SATUR DAY, THE 9TH DAY OF
II ia NUARY, 4. D.. 1909.
between the hours of IL O'Clock a. M,
and A o clock p m, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
LIST. That certain tract of land lynn"
and bel .ny situated in the Parish of -.
Mary. taken from the Southwesfer RI
corner of the lands belonging I" Wet y
Won S,choeler, extending from he sal
corne J along TIE rear lie o. ibe sais
land 10 public road forty f-er wide lea
by .; aid Won Schocler. thence along t!se
said road ut point desi,ZDa,e't "
act, Ial survey. thence in a Sou he'iy
dir. ,ctian to the land of Barnett Brothers:
III. ,nce to the point of beginning, IA"
hs . such depth and front as viii rive
" .perficisl area Of One Hundred aspents