The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-21
LOCAL news ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN By
OUR REPORTERS.
What Is Happening ia the Country

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Towns.
Santa will remember every goo&
boy and girl when he comes.
Christmas Is only few days of.
In a few days old Santa Claus
| will be along.
There was quite fall Of snow il
the up-country on Saturday, but it
did not reach US.
Get your stockings ready, boys
and girls, and hang them up where
he can see them.
Mrs. G. w. Smith. of the Elloree.
section, left at this Office very
| large hen egg. It is over three
inches long.
1t would do US all good to have
an old fashioned snow storm. So
here is hoping it will come between
Christmas and New Year.
Mr.. Lee smoak is at home on a
turlough for Christmas. He leaves
on Monday 'or New York where he
joins the U. S. S. Vermont
Let US be thankful for the glroious
rain that has fallen in the last few
days. 1t was badly needed. 1t will
do the grain crops good.
Secretary Rice, of the Audubon
Society, was in the city on Saturday.
He came for a conference with Capt.
NJ. o. Dantzler, president Of the So
ciety.
A bible or some other good book
makes most acceptable Christmas
present for all ages and either sex
Call at Sims Book Store and look
them over.
If some of the reports that are
published about the comet that Is
coming are true this is the last
Christmas that this old world wilI
celebrate.
Presiding Elder Smith filed the
pulpit Of st. Paul's Methodist church
on Sunday morning. The weather
was very inclement, but a goodly
number went out to hear him.
Rev. H. W. Bays, D. D., the new
pastor at St. Pau1's, will preach his
first sermon here on Sunday morn
ing. 1t Is hoped that he will be-
greeted by a large congregation.
The price of brooms is said to have
advanced one hundred per cent In
the last year. II this thing keeps
on we will have to go back to the
old straw brooms OF our grand
mothers.
There will be an oyster supper
and other refreshments for sale at
Stilton School house on Thursday
night. Proceeds to be used in beau
tifying the building and grounds.
The public Is invited.
Christmas buyers should look
carefully over our advertising coli
umns before buying their Christmas
goods. Every advertiser in The
Times and Democrat Is responsible
and can be relied on to do the
square thing.
The Times and Democrat will is
sue no paper on Christmas Day. On
Thursday double sheet will be
sent out, and the next paper after
that will be issued on Tuesday Of
next week. Advertisers will please
take notice.
The Newberry Observer says:
Hogs, especially If they are fat
can't stand cold weather A large
number Of them died in this section
last week." Farmers and others who
have hogs had better make a note
Of the above.
The election to determine whether
the upper part Of Berkeley county
will annex itself to Orangeburg
county will be held on February 3.
Unless all signs fail, large ma
jority of the people in the territory
will vote to annex.
The Young Ladies Home Mis-
sionary Society will have Christ
mas Tree at the Armory Thursday
afternoon, the 23rd, at four o'clock.
Admission, ten cents. Home made
candy will sold. Everybody will
be given d resent.
Our friends over 49, Sumter ::s-
celve so much booze through the
express Office that special booze
! office had to be fitted up to accom-
modate them by the express COM
pany. We hoye Orangeburg will
never come 20 that.
a good many people are receiv-
IS bcS:-c through the express Of
fee in this city, and II the receipts
continue to grow Agent Dawson will
have to call for another clerk. In
fact, he needs another clerk any
way, and should be given one.
Hickory Hill school and Poplar
school In Orangeburg county won two
Of the fifty dollar prizes offered for
the greatest improvements made by
any school during the past year by
the School improvement Associa-
ton of South Carolina. We congrat-
ulate these two schools on their
winning these two prizes.