The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
BRANCHVILLE NEWS.
Municipal Officers Nominated-Mr.
w. j. Zeigler Injured In Gin.

Branchville, Nov. 16.-Special:
There was a meeting of some of the
citizens of the town last night, which
was held at the office of the Fairey
Brokerage Company. This meeting
was held for the purpose of nominat-
ing a ticket for the Offices of mayor
and aldermen for Pranchville for the
next two years. ::
At this meeting Mr.. l.. H. Fairey
was nominated fer mayor and the
following named gentlemen were
nominated for aldermen: P. P.
Bethea, Oscar w. Smoak, ]. NJ. Tuck
er, S. S. Byrd, o. +. OFT and W. A.
Dukes. The meeting was attended
by a good number of the citizens
of the town and an effort was made
in getting up ticket to not only
get good men on the ticket, but to
get men from representative Sec
tions of the town. This meeting
was called to order by Mr.. W. NJ.
Warren, who nominated Mr.. A. S.
Dukes to act as chairman of the
meeting. Mr.. Dukes was elected.
chairman and Mr.. L. H. Fairey was
elected secretary. After the tickel
was nominated it was ordered that
said ticket be published in the
Branchville Journal and that suf
ficient number of ballots be printed
for the election, which is only lit
tie more than two weeks off.
A Sign on the Door.
On the door Of the county dispen-
sary here today there is hanging a
large white canvas, with these words
in big black letters written on it:
Gone, but not forgotten" This
same canvas contains the picture of
a jug drawn on it; the jug, however,
seems to be empty. There is also
a large piece Of crepe fastened on
the dispensary door and quart bot
tie standing on a box in front of
the door with piece of crepe on it
and a sign by the side of it say
ing: cat rest" There was big
crowd in town yesterday and consid-
cradle evidence of drinking was seen.
The town marshall was kept busy
making arrests and when night came
he had landed several colored men
in the lookup. The days of the dis
pensary is over and we are glad.
Injured in Gin.
W.. J. Zeigler, one of the most
prosperous farmers that lives in the
southern portion of Orangeburg
county, happened to the misfortune
of getting his right arm cut 80 badly
in his gin Tuesday afternoon that an
amputation was necessary. Mr.. Zeig-
Ter resides in the country about three
miles from town and as soon as the
accident occurred he had his buggy
harnessed and rove hurriedly to
Branchville, where all the medical
aid that could be rendered him was
had. The fact that it is his right
arm that he has lost makes it worse.
Mr.. Zeigler seemed to be doing very
well when The Times and Democrat
correspondent saw him at about
o'clock p. m. Mr.. Zeigler has
great many friends who hope for
his recovery.
Personal Notes.
Mr.. Lewis E. Myers, of Bowman,
who has been spending week or
two in Augusta, passed through town
Monday en- route back home.
Mr.. J. Scott Padgett, of Smoaks,
was in town on Sunday to meet his
son, A. M. Padgett, who works in
Columbia, and came home to attend
court in Walterboro.
Mr.. F. B. Ramsey, of Sheridan.
Wyo., who brought car load of
horses from the West some time
ago, and spent several weeks In town
as the guest of Mr.. O. F. Ott, has
returned home.