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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18
Astiumatism From Reading In Bed.

HSlI1I1aklSTl TlSIli IhSa9hiS W SSe'
Astismatism, which is condition
where the refractive powers differ IN
the different meridians of the eye, is
in most cases hereditary, but il is often
acquired. The error Of acquired astis'
matism often takes place during and
after severe illness and can be avoid
ed by proper precautions. The whole
system is in weakened condition, and
the person so afflicted. being confined
to the house. vii! resort to reading to
pass away the time, and this IS often
practiccd while in Il reclining position
There can be nothin. more injurious
than this practice. Reading under these
conditions overburdcns the muscles,
and the action of these muscles upon
the form Of the eye causes an irregu-
larity in the curvature Of the cornea,
which is known as astigmatisnl. This
is detrimental TO distant vision and
makes reading and near work difficult.
Health.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18
INCREASING POPULATION.
How to Create a Real Estate Boom and
Make 1t Pay.

How to Create Real Estate Boom and
Make It Pay
The writer not long ago visited
pretty little town lying in delightful
valley, with an abundance Of very at
tractive home sites on the hillsides
unoccupied. This particular town Is
less than fifty miles from one of the
biggest cities in the United States.
"Why don't you get control of this
hillside property" the writer asked OF
q man who had a real estate sign over
his Office door, land place it on the
market-offer it as building sites for
summer homes" -!
why" replied the citizen, Il did
have hold Of this property a few years
ago and had that very idea in view,
but couldn't sell lot"
"How did you advertise it"
"Oh. don't believe in advertising"
replied the real estate man. 1T never
does any good"
GLOW do you know? You haven't
tried it evidently. You didn't advertise
those lots, and you didn't sell any lots.
Now, if you had advertised them and
done it in the right way. by using
newspaper space and by keeping on
hand for instant use, neat descrip-
tive booklet, which you could get print
ed right here in town, I'll venture to
say that you would have sold some
lots-perhaps all Of them"
Then the very next day the writer
happened to find somewhere the fol-
lowing "guideposts" to good real es-
tate advertising, written by Los An
geles man who has made fortune by
getting hold Of property adjoining the
town and ,disposing Of 1t in lots for
home building, while at the same time
he has greatly increased the popula-
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18
The Judge l'ses FOrciblc Language.

Judge " B. Simmons Of Fincas-
tie, Va, told the reporter that l.. &
NJ. Paint was usued on his residence
in 1882, and held its color we'll for
21 years; he Furthermore said that 8
years ago he was induced to use
another paint md is sorry he did.
because the other paint didn't make
good. The Jud' will now always use
l.. & NJ. because he knows If any de-
feet exists in L. C M. Paint, the
house will be repainted for nothing.
The L. &. NJ. Zinc hardens the L..
& NJ. White Lead and makes L. & M.
Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15
years.
Actual cost Of L. & M. about $1.20
per gallon. Donations of L. &. M.
made to churches. Sold by j. G..
Wannamaker Mfg. Co, Craugoburg.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18
StOD COaSting.

Eight coasting accidents, involv-
ing the death of one young woman
and the serious injury of six others,
have caused the police to order the
sport stopped in the streets Of Pitts
burg, Pa.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18

as muy occur 10 any intelG2ni ..inch
er YOU may count confidently Oh keep
ing your town in a dwarfed. stunted
condition, and in the course of time
you may succeed in killing off the place
altogether. Most towns, however, die
hard. Their natural tendency is to
stay alive and grow.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the
new Laxative, stimulates, but does
not irritate. 1t is the best Laxative.
Guaranteed or your money back. A.
C. Dukes.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18

$50 you think you could buy me and
sell me?" well, don't know about
the latter part Of the proposition.
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18

The Backer-Go it. Billy! Yer amt
half licked yet! The Fighter-Well,
you come and ave the other art.
amt greedy.-London Opinion.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18
Trial Catarrh treatnlerrs are be

ITIdI 'OHIdIIH LIcd.HINEIo IIC DC
ing mailed out, free, on request, BY
DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests
are proving to the people-without
penny's cost-the great value OF
this scientific prescription known to
druggists everywhere as DR.. ShooT S
Catarrh Remedy. Sold by DR.. j. G.
Wannamaker Mfg. Co.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18

Penner - The critics roasted your
book, didn't they?
Scrihlet-Ycs;. but not enough to in
sure its Sncc"".: Life
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-18
EXCURSION RATES
TO NEW ORLEANS, MO-
BILE AND PENSACOLA
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

celebrations at New Orleans ~ Mooe' A'
and Pensoa Fa RAILWAY the
low rate of one f-class for the roundtrip
rickets on sale Febrbuay a9t nusve March
Orleans returning not later
than midnight Stopovc allowed going and return
For , detailed information apply Ticket Agent
Ie$dress
j. c. LUST,
. IN PASSENGER AGENT CHi@IEsToH g. L
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-02-08
TEACHER GIVES up HER PLACE

A meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation was held Monday afternoon.
With Superintendent w. II. Bah
bit were present Mrs. j NJ. Dow
sett, j. J. Garden, William Will
)iamson and s. NJ. Kanakanui,
commissioners.
Miss Kaahanui's resignation Of
the school at Kamalo, Molokai, was
reported to the meeting. Miss
McCorriston was an applicant for
the place if she were paid a higher
salary than has been allowed there.
Simon X. Kalua also applied. The
matter went over to await report
from the school agent, Mr.. Toilet
son.
A complaint signed by Hawaiians
and Chinese in considerable num-
bers against the McGregors at Hau-
ula was read, also a letter from
Mrs. McGregor which, referring tc
her information that such an attack
was being made, attributed the
movement to spite, etc. The Board
at the suggestion of Mr.. Babbitt
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-02-08
ATTORNEY COkE'S MISSION
SUCCESSFUL.

A letter received from Attorney
James l.. Coke under date of Janu-
ary 22nd announces that he had
complied his work in Washington
and would leave that day to visit
relatives in North Carolina and
Tennessee.
While in Washington he appear
ed before the Committee on teyri-
tories and met with no opposition
whatever to the matters he had un-
der consideration.
He was shown every courtesy in
the Capital and made the acquain.
tance of Secretary Taft and Presi'
nent Roosevelt who made many
inquiries relative to Hawaii.
He was admitted to practice law
before the Supreme Court Of the
United States while in Washing
ton and intimates that he has hac
to buy a new hat of larger dimen
sions that he formerly wore.
He wrote that he would be back
by the 10th of February but as The
first steamer will be the Alameda
ne will not be able to return before
the 10Th instant.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-02-08

though many requests for Libraries
were received from country schools.
Some OF the bestschools in which
sewing, cooking, agriculture, ETC.,
were taught would be visited. He
would see as many things as he
could in the limited time, and
would be glad to receive sugges-
tions from members.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Before closing Mr.. Babbitt said
the High School building was
pretty well under way. Contract
or Chalmers had informed him
that he would be ready for the lay
ing of the corner stone about the
first of March. At a previous meet
ing the Board decided to leave that
matter in the hards of the High
School Alumni Association. Presi-
dent King of the Alumni had the
business in hand. Mr.. Babbitt
trusted that the commissioners
would be present at the ceremony,
SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS.
Mrs, Dowsett, on a call for any
further business, stated she wished
to bring up matter that was hard
ly one for the newspapers as yet.
Mr.. Babbitt asked if she wished
the reporters to Withdraw. The
reporters saved the commissioner
the bother OF answering by going
out.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-02-08
THE FORESTS OF AMERICA.

The poyition which the United
States has held as a lumber-pro-
ducing nation has, perhaps, been
due more to white pine than to
any other wood. The timber of
this valuable tree which has play
ed most important part in the
material development of the nation
is fast disappearing and now it is
as costly as the finest American
hardwoods.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, the
chaplain of the Senate, who has
always taken an interest in fores-
try, deplores the passing of white
pine as our foremost wood, and
tells how in his own lifetime he
has seen the day when "the masts
of every vessel that sailed the
Seven Seas were made from New
England grown pine; while today
very little white pine is cut il New
England big enough to furnish a
good-sized spar" He tells also, to
illustrate the increasing cost of the
wood, that he ordered a set of book
shelves on which the cabinet max
er made price, and then asked
whether they should be of maho-
gany or white pine.
The white pine production has
shifted from New England to the
Lake States, and Michigan was the
leading lumber-producing State for
twenty years, from 1870 to 1890,
with a supremacy based on white
pine. In these two decades the
cut was 100 billions of board feet,
valued, at the point of production
at not less than two billions of dol
lars, or nearly half as much again
as the value derived from all the
gold fields of California from their
discovery in the late forties until
the present. The rich forests of
Michigan were once thought mex
haustible and lum bering continued
in, a most reckless manner for
years. Suddenly the people awoke
to the fact that the thoughtless de-
struction of the trees had thrown
100000 of acres on the delinquent
tax list. These white pine barrens
point to the terrible penalty OF
wasting the forest resources which
should have been the heritage of
all future generations.
An idea of the increasing search
ty of white pine timber is given by
the New York F. o. B. quotations,
on basis of carload lots, Uppers"
of the best grade, cost S97 to $114
a thousand board feet and the
"selects" or next lower grade cost
$3.50 to $99.5O. Men who are
Continued on Page 6.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-02-08
Convention Splits but Both Sides Are For the
SeCretary-HOuSe Committee Cuts
Military Appropriation.
AND K0LOA PLANTATIONS CLASH.
One Company Builds Dams and the Other Tears Them Down
-Whitehouse Gets Nuuanu Dam Contract-Jap
Steamer Seized for Landing Arms
ESPECIAL TO THE MAUI NEWS,
Sugar SO deg test $40. Beets 1Os

HONOLULU February Blind Paulo the
player dead OF heart failure He conspicuous figure
many years around the waterfront
The trouble between McByde plantations
growing serious One side builds dams the other destroys
Whiehouse gets the contract to finish the Nuuanu Dam
NEW YORK February THE Merchants Association has pass.
ed resolution condemnng the Mdch bill dangerous makesht
WASHINGTON, February The Senate has appropriated
100000 for the Seattle Exposition
The House Military Affairs has cut down the appro.
praton for the army by nine million dollars
LONDON February THE Atlantic steamship companies
agreed to stop cutting rates.
HONGKONG February IA Japanese steamer found landing
arms at Macao has been seized.
ST AUGUSTINE Fla February 1.-The Republican State Con-
vention has split Both sides endorse Taft.
HONOLULU, February 6-Mrs. smidt of Denver Colorado
claims property in the heart Honolulu will
press suit settlement.
Kooa and McBryd plantations fussing rights
TANGIERs February Harry McLane will be released to-
day on the payment of 100000 to Raisui.
VICTORIA, February requiring immigrants to speak
English any European language has passed both houses
OfOR1 February uprising started yesterday but was
quickly put down,
LAGOS, February 6-Several British cruisers are here
LISBON February 6The royal dead will be buried satur
NEW YORK, February 6.-Exreme cold is general,
LONDON, February e-Four British warship will be
Equimalt this Spring.
PEKING, February c. China agreed upon
Manchuan tariff.
HONOLULU, February Ela Weller Wilcox arrived on the
steamer Mongolia.
The Republican primaries have been called 2s
Senator Chingwoh trying Funakosh a
beas corpus.
LONDON, February 5.-Alce Thaw has been divorced
SAN FRANCISCO, February 5The transport Buford with
23rd infantry left for Manila today.
LISBON, February 5-The Cabinet election and
convene Parliament
WASHINGTON February 5-The Public Printer has
pended pending investigation.
CARSON, February 5-The Trust Co. 4 IN the
hands of a receiver
TOXIC February 5Aoki has been created Pvy Counsellor
HONOLULU, February 5-Ten dumped
and dredging operations will be delayed
The committee will probably the baseball grounds
floral parade contest.
Frear decides that Hawaiian japanese
can citizens
j. r. Meyers time manager uo Plantation, has
appointed manager of the Kauea Plantation Kauai.
LISBON February 5.-The is slackening young
King improving Premier Franco has taken aboard British
manofwar.
TOXIC, February 5Aer heated debate the Diet passed bill
increasing the sake Kerosene alcohol and beer
VANCOUVER, February 5-The Genfarg Lenox
have been chartered for the Oriental run
JOHANNESBURG, February 5There organized move
ment result OF much agitation to boycott all Asiatics
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-02-08
Has Completed his work at the Capitol and is on
His Way Back to WaiIuku-T Teacher
at KamaIo School Resigns.
FORESTS ARE BEING EXHAUSTED.
Supply Of White Pine Is Practically All Used Up-David
Motley in Serious Predicament-Babbtt Goes
East to Attend Annual Convention.

appointed Mr.. Garden a committee
of one to 60 to Hauula and inves-
tigate the trouble.
Mrs. Neal, first assistant at Ka-
paa, requested an increase OF sal
ary. Cyril Smith, principal, wrote
supporting the request. Mr.. Bah
bitt informed the Board that Mrs.
Neal did not have certificate and
when she was engaged it was on
statement by Mr.. Smith that if
paid $55 a month she would take
the situation permanently. Kapaa
school was admitted all round to
have had a hard deal with respect
to teachers, and Mr.. Babbitt testi.
fed to Mrs. Meals efficiency. What
was feared was the precedent that
compliance would create. Jos. Bet
tercourt, another Kapaa assistant,
also an uncertificated teacher, had
been peremptorily denied request
for a raise. 1t was voted that Mr..
Smith be instructed to inform Mrs.
Neal that the Board expect d her
to abide by the original engage
ment and, should she decline to do
so, that he endeavor to find sue
cessor to her among any available
persons on Kauai.
Mrs. Fraser, principal of Kaiu-
lani school, wrote to request that a
vote OF thanks to DR.. Burnham be
passed, for his arduous and faith
tul services as medical examiner.
Mention was made of the doctor S
aid to the work of the Palama
Settlement. A vote of thanks to
DR.. Burnham was accordingly
passed without hesitation.
Messrs. Garden and Williamson
were appointed to act with Mrs.
Dowsett on the teachers committee.
MR.. BABBITTS TRIP.
Mr.. Babbitt read the invitation
to him to attend the Conference of
State Superintepdents of Education
in Washington, received from El-
mer Ellsworth Brown, U. S. Sup
erintendent of Education. He said
the Governor had advised him to
attend the meeting, and he intend
ed TO leave in the steamer Korea
this week. To obtain all possible ad
vantages from the triple had in
formed Governor Frear, that his IN,
vestigations of educational matters
should extend considerably over
the time and place of the con
ference. Probably he would be
absent until the middle of April
If occasions arose for meetings o
the Board in his absence, Mr.. vii
Hanson would call and take charge
of them.
Some of the lines of inquiry hc
hoped to pursue were stated by
Mr. Babbitt From a Massachu
setts man he expected to learn thu
most approved method OF medica
, inspection of schools. School say
ings banks and the school city sys
, TEN would be studied in their bes
available examples.
Industrial education, as develop
ed highly in Chicago, would b,
looked up. In New York the sub
ject OF the physical welfare o
school children was inviting. f,
would observe the actual working
of travelling libraries-often dis
cussed here but never tried, al
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1908-02-08
NOTARIES PUBLIC.

EDMUND II. HART
NOTARY PUBLIC, CoNvEYANcER AND
TYPEWRITER
AeENTTo GRANT MARRIAGE LICENSES
Office, Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-29
Divorce Reform Needed.

The divorce statistics of this
country are not pleasant reading and
reveal a 'deplorable amount Of do
mestic infelicity. Admitting, as is
claimed by some, that divorces are
excusable on the ground that they
make for better domestic conditions
in a few instances, yet it cannot be
lel led that divorce is far too frr"
onent and that some reform is neeI
ed in the States where they are
granted. Probably what is most
needed is a niger conception of the
marriage state and fewer injudicious
marriages. In the States where t.
divorce habit is INDUCED in mant
people enter upon the marriage re-
lstion who are altogether united er
unprepared for it. Then, too, many
nccple in divorce States seem to
lok upon marriage as almost joke
or piece Of fun, and they learn by.
sad experience in most cases tie
truth of the old adage, that those
who marry in haste repent at lele-
ure." The horsspiay and fr:volity
often witnessed at weddings also IS
not conductive to an exalted idea OF
marriage. If the sacredness Of the
institution were more fully recogIlz-
r,l and better judgr,cn, shown in
forming ties there would soon be a
falling off in divorce statistics. We
were told once by a lady of a young
lady friend of hers, who, when re-
monstrated with, said if the mar
riage did not turn out to her liking
she could easily secure divorce.
This was in New Jersey. The more
we see and hear about divorces the
more pleased we are that South Car
olina does not grant them.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-29
Circuit Court Sale.
State Of South Carolina,
County Of Orangeburg.

In Common Pleas.
Mary S. Pemberton, ETC., Plaintiff,
against Adam w. Thorne, ct al,
Defendants.
BY virtue of the judgment in the
above stated case, I will sell, at pub
lie auction, at Orangeburg Court
House, during the legal hours for
sales, on the first Monday in jan
uary, 1908, being the fourth day Of
said month, the following described
real estate:
All that certain tract or parcel
of land situate, lying and being in
Orange township, Orangeburg coun-
ty and State aforesaid, containing
forty acres, more or less, and bound
ed on the north and northeast by
the right of way Of the Atlantic
Coast Railroad Company; on the
east and southeast by lands now or
formerly of ID. G. Salley and U. G..
Bryant and T. B. Bryant, formerly
Of T. H. Hungerpiller, on the west
and southwest by lands OF Mrs. Liz
zie A. Salley and A. W. Summers,
formerly Of the said Adam w. Thorne
and Mrs. Caroline Muller, being a
portion Of the land conveyed to me,
the said Adam W. Thorne, by ID. G.
Salley, by his deed dated Sth day Of
September, 1905 duly recorded.
TERMS-Cash, the purchaser or
purchasers to pay for all papers and
all taxes falling due after the day OF
sale; and in case the purchaser or
purchasers fall to comply with the
terms Of sale, said premises will be
resold on the same or some subse.
quent salesday. on the same terms,
and at the risk Of the former pur
chaser or purchasers.
ROBT. e. COPIES.
Judge Of Probate. 90 Special Referee
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-29
Circuit Court Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County of Orangeburg.

County of Orangeburg.
In Common Pleas.
Olivia M. Keitt, Plaintiff, against
Carrie D. Summers, ct al, De-
PENDANTS.
BY virtue of the judgment in the
above stated case, 1 will sell, at pub
lie auction, at Orangeburg Court
House, during the legal hours for
sales, on the first Monday in Jan
uary, 1909, being the fourth day Of
said MONTH, the following described
real estate:
All that certain tract or parcel Of
land situate, lying and being in
Goodland township, in Orangeburg
county, in said State, containing
seyenty-fve acres, mo-a or less, and
bounded on the north by lands OF
w. L. Ehney, on the east by lands
now or formerly of j. ". Martin, on
the south by lands Of George Stro
man and on the west by lands now
or formerly of Miss Alma Fielder.
TERMS-Cash, the purchaser or
purchasers to pay for all papers and
all taxes falling due after the day Of
sale; and in case the purchaser ',r
purchasers fail to comply with the
terms of sale, said premises will be
resold on the same or some subse-
Qnent salesday, on the same terms.
and at the risk Of the former pur-
chaser or purchasers.
ROBT. E. COPES,
Judge of Probate, as Special Referee.
December ID, 1908.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-29
Took . Wrong View.

Recently man committed suicid ;
because he had, to use his own
words, tried to be gentleman ana
failed. Probably the deed was
prompted through mistaken idea
of what constitutes gentleman. H.
doubtless thought that wealth anu
s,cial position were essential. That.
cf course, was the ancient condition.
but in these days ana especially III
our own land we have different
srd truer conception of gentleman.
We say with Burns. THE rank is but
the guinea stamp" Today gen.
tlemen ie O man OF courtesy, kind
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-29
Another Mile Stone.

We will soon pass another mile
stone on our way to eternity, and rs
we grow older it seems that we trav-
ell from one of thesa mile stones
to another faster than we did in our
youth. Over the gateway of an En-
slish cal:Ital is sundial and around
the dial are these words:
mark time, dost thou?
am a shadow, so art thou.
In keeping with the second line is
Edmund Burke's estimate of man
"What shadows we are, and what
shadows we pursue" The closing
DAYS of the year make us feel that
in some measure we are as shadows
creeping oNstr the face of time. And
yet it ought to be possible for us 10
answer affiirmatively the combined
statement and question, II mark
time, dost thou" Most certainly Wa
can do this when we live the true
life of clean character and
Of service to othlers, doing the best
we can as we know how.
The man who has done that dur
ing the year now ending may not be
altogether satisfied with himself but
hi may rejoice that he has had some
share, however humble, in helping
the world ITO be better. In truest
sense the man who does that is far
mora substantial than a shadow.
The old year is dying and soon 1t
will be gone. During dts three
hundred and sivty-five days we have
had our joys and sorrows. Some
homes have Baen visited by the
Death Angel and the chair of low
ed one lis vacant, but let us be not
cast down. Let us enter the New
Year resolved to do the best in all
lines that we can.