The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-04
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN By
OUR REPORTERS.
What is Happening in the Country

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panies 1t.
Bibles, books and many other
Christmas presents can be found at
Sims Book Store.
Be sure to mail your Christmas
packages early this year, then they
will be promptly received.
We are very thankful for the lit
tie showers that fell in the last two
days, but more showers are needed.
Sims Book Store has on hand
some beautiful diaries for 1910.
Call and see them before you buy.
Christmas is only little over
three weeks off. Now Is the time
to buy your presents to avoid the
rush.
DO you ever go to the moving
picture show? If you do not, You
are missing something good. Try
it once.
The Branchville municipal CAM
paign Is getting warmer and warm
er. The quicker the election Is oves
the better.
A large assortment Of books suita-
BILE for the holidays can be found at
Sims Book Store at surprisingly
low prices.
This Is an anxious time for the
Methodist preacher, as conference
meets next week. We hope all the
brethren will get good places.
In a little over two weeks the
college boys and girls win come
home for the Christmas hoH-
days. We know they will enjoy
themselves.
Such stuff as that which caused
the explosion in Camden should not
be allowed to be stored In build
ing in the heart Of city. It IS
worse than dynamite.
Union services viii, be held at
st. Paul Methodist church Sunday
night. Rev. G. E. Davis, pastor OF
the Baptist church, will preach the
sermon. All are invited.
The congregation of st. Paul
Methodist church are at sea as To
who will be the pastor of that church
next year. One like the retiring
pastor would fill the bill.
Morality, like knowledge, Is not
hereditary, but attained. The child
must learn that lying is a sin and
q self-injury, just as it must learn
by being burnt to avoid the fire.
The Bazaar held at Branchville
for the Baptist church netted the
handsome sum OF $1S0.25. The
ladies who managed the Bazaar are
entitled to great praise for its COM
plete success.
"All boys" an old philosopher
says, "are born liars" Perhaps 1t
is because lying is the diplomatic
refuge of helplessness. The instant
we learn to know punishment de-
sire to escape 1t becomes primo
instinct.
The woman who is always well
and neatly dressed Is able to ezer-
else q greater influence for good than
one who Is the reverse. The we'll
dressed woman Is attractive to the
eye and the eye is one of the main
avenues to the heart.
We hope the effort being made
by County Superintendent Of Educa-
tion Livingston to organize the school
trustees into q compact organization
will succeed. Such an organization
could b. de great benefit to our
school sys.em in many ways.
The News and Courier says con-
siderable interest is being shown In
having the official automobile route
run from Charleston to Summerville,
thence across to Monck's Corner and
by the old State road to Colum-
bia, instead of by way OF Harley
Vile and Orangeburg.
Not every boy can be rich man
or great man, but every boy can
be gentleman. A boy with gentle
manly manners, who is trusty and
honest and does his very best every
day, will gain the attention and
confidence of men and will be given
paying and responsible positions as
soon as he is old enough to fill them.
D. E. Motley, young white bank
clerk, formerly teller OF the Bank
of Lake City, was caught in New
Jersey last week, after long search.
He is wanted on the charge Of steal
ing $4,000 from the Lake City
Bank. Says he lost the money gamb-
ling. What sad warning to all
young men.
We have received the first num-
ber of the Southern School News,
journal Of education published IN
Columbia. 1t Is destined to fill a
great place in the educational field
of the State and Of the South. We
wish for it the best measures Of
success that it Is possible to get
Send for sample copy.
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