The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-14
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
PICKED UP ALL ABOUT By OUR
REPORTERS.
What is Happening in the Country
as Well, as in the Cities and,
Towns.

as Well. as in the Cities and.
Towns.
Miss Alama Wannamaker is visit
ing friends in Laurens.
DR.. Lewis C. Wannamaker has
gone on a two weeks trip to New
York.
Miss Amanda Butler is quite sick
again. Her. friends hope she will
soon be out.
Miss Rosa Dantzler is visiting the
family of Sheriff o. NJ. Dantzler at
st. Matthews.
Miss Simsie McMichael left yes
terday morning for Laurens, where
she will visit for several weeks.
John Adams, colored, has been
bound over to the courts on the.
charge of selling booze. He is in
Jail.
Mrs. Peter C. Brunson and daugh-
ter, Miss Earle, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. S. R Mellichap and DR.. and
Mrs. A. C. Ligon.
Ruth, daughter of Presiding Ell.
der Smith, while using a pair Of
roller skates, fell and fractured one
of her arms. The wound is painful
but not serious.
l. w. Bowman, ESQ.,, of the Or
angeburg Bar, prosecuted Fielder,
the colored blind tiger, who was
recently convicted at Branchrille cf
selling whiskey illegally.
Persons who complain about hot
weather in this section ought to read
the accounts of the heat in New
York, Philadelphia and other nor
thern cities, where there has been
many deaths from heat each day for
several days past.
The main thing with children is
to have them we'll started with good
principles, which they will carry
through life. Obedience, truth, un-
selfishness, purity are essentials, and
these can all be lovingly cultivated
and will flourish in the right home.
atmosphere.
'Branchville has four hundred
and twenty FOUNDER life insurance
agent in the person of Mr.. w. w.
Graham. We will wager drinks
at Doyle's that he is a jolly, good
natured specimen of the genus homo,
and we have no doubt but that he
will do fine business.
The Branchyille Journal says Mr..
w. L. Connolly, an aged and re-
spectacle citizen and gallant Confed-
crate Veterans, who lived in or near
Branchville, left on Thursday NOM
ing for the Soldiers Home in CO.
lumbia May the old hero find
a residence there pleasant.
1t is stated on good authority that
as far back as 1880 DR.. Waring,
"a public spirited citizen," of Co
lumbia, operated an oil mill and
made a good grade of edible oil
from cotton seed. Thte general i'm
preston Is that extracting oil from
cotton seed Is Of more recent origin.
E. E. Ritter, Esq, who has been
practicing law at Bamberg for the
past year, has closed his law Office
and will return to his farm near
Cope Mr.. Ritter finds that his large
farming interests require his un-
divided attention, and therefore ne
reluctantly gives up his profession.
Hardly anything can be worse for
young child than to be scolded
or punished at bedtime. The mother
does well to be little blind at
times, remembering that good deal
Of childish culpability is superficial
only and washes off almost as easily
as does the dirt which the evening
Lath removes from the skin.
Mr.. VIM. Hopkins, of Cisage, Ga,
has been elected and accepted the
position of Headmaster of the Car
Isle Fitting School at Bamberg. Mr..
Hopkins is originally from Ken
lucky, but married in Gorgia and
has been living there for several
years. He is an enthusiastic organ
izer and teacher.
Rev. George E. Davis, the pastor
of the Baptist church, who has been
so Ill recently with a case Of ty-
phoid fever, will leave Monday
morning for months visit with
friends in New Jersey. Rev. Davis
will be accompanied by his wife.
During his absence the Baptist pull
pit will be filled by DR.. John A.
Brunson. We wish Rev. Davis
pleasant trip.