The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-04
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
P1oRED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY
OUR REPORTERS.

What p Happening in the Couats7
% Well as in the Cities and
Towns.
~. Sims Book Store is the place to
buy your blank books and Office sup
plies.
Some men belong to every society
in the neighborhood but the society
of their home.
Rev. E. NJ. Lightfoot. the former
beloved pastor Of the Baptist church,
is In the: city.
An oyster supper will be given
at Elioree ON Friday evening by the
ladies, to which all are invited.
hr. L. H. Alden has gone to Flori-
da. to superintend ;the shipping of
the oranges grown on his grove. |
II your typewriter is old and You
want new one, try the Oliver. 1T
is said TO be one Of the best In use.
A great many :, people from, this
city and county have gone to Co.
lun,bia to see the State Fair and
catch a cold.
Nothing will be charged to any
one for coming in and taking look
at President Taft when he passes
through 0rangeburg.
The Times and Democrat delivered
to your door for five cents per week.
At that price how can any one af-
ford to be without it?
Orangeburg county ought to have
cotton mills enough to consume all
the cotton raised in this county, and
sooner or later they will come.
Mr.. Rufus Haigler died recently
at the home of his sister near Cam
eron. He was about sixty years old
and was unmarried. Peace to his
ashes.
; The corner stone = Of Jerusalem
Methodist church near Elloree will
be laid on Thanksgiving day by the
Masonic fraternity, lead by the Lodge
at Elloree.
This section of the country has.
had long dry spell, but 1t has been
broken. and we hope from now on
we will have an occasional shower
to-day the dust; .atnieast. ~ ','-e,- ~ |
Sears Roebuck & Co., of Chicago,
one OF the largest concerns of its
kind~in the country, uses over 500
oliver typewriters. The Oliver is
for sale by Sims Book Store.
1.-The new through train on the At
lafitic Coast Line Railway that will
run from Atlanta to New York will
be known as the Palmetto Limited.
It will pass Orangeburg about mid
day.
An, opossum was caught In the
chickeri house of MI Fred 8! -:Dib-
tie on Amelia street on Friday night:
Chickens must be getting scarce In
the country when opossums come to
town to get a supply. -
Sims Book Store contemplates or
ganiziug a circulating library for the
convenience of the public. Several
requests have been made for them
to do so. The very latest books will
be ordered every week.
The Florence Times says: Or
angeburg may not have visit from
the president, but she will have the
distinguished honor OF having him
pass through that beautiful little city
twice going to other places"
Two iron cages have been ordered
in which to keep the convicts work.
ing on public works at night. 1t
ia claimed that their use will re-
cult In saving to the county OF
several hundred dollars each year.
The Oliver typewriter in punches
that's the way Montgomery Ward
& Co. use them-over four hundred
divers in their establishment. Re-
member Sims Book Store has the
agency for the Oliver in Orangeburg
orangeburg osoems to be. better
cotton market than Charleston. Ar
cording to The News and Courier
the staple was worth 14.38 in Char
lesion Saturday, while 1t sold for
1852 in Orangeburg on the same
day.
sIr. R. G. Ortagus. who has re-
sided in this city for several years,
has removed with his family to
Georgia. Mr.. Ortagus was a plumb
er and was connected for some time
with the Orangeburg Material COM
pany.
1t is rumored that another cot
ton mill will be built In or near this
city with Mr.. T. H. Wannamaker AT
its hea1. We hope this Is true.
AS MIR. Wanaamaker's connection
with it would insure its success, and
it Is needed
The house of the East End Reel
Company will soon be overhauled