The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-23
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR
REPORTERS.

PICKED Up ALL ABOUT BY OUR
REPORTERS.
What Is Happening in the Country
as Well as In the Cities and
Towns.
The home paper is the mirror in
which those at distance see us.
When you help your home paper
you help your town and indirectly
help yoruself.
Some of the fruit trees are begin
ming to bloom. We all know what
this means.
Girls, it is our opinion that you
had better be an old maid than the
wife of some worthless man, and
there is a great quantity of them in
circulation.
Orangeburg needs to be advertised
thoroughly. What we want to do
is to catch the Sumter spirit, and let
people know that we have hustling
little city on the Edisto.
While we are waiting to do great
things the door of opportunity to do
little things remains open. If we
wait too long the door is closed with
the result that nothing great or small
| is done.
We are glad to know that Judge
Dantzler, who got home from Lex
ington on Friday afternoon, suffer-
ing from an attack of the grip, is
much improved, and will soon be
out again.
The Southern Railway Company
has issued very attractive bill ad-
| vertising low rates to Washington
on the occasion of the Inauguration
ceremonies, which take place on
March 4th.
The activity in base ball circles
is a reminder that the public will
have to brush up on base ball YER
nacular, or it will never understand
the daily descriptions of the game
during the season.
One half hour each day spent in
diligent work will keep the lawn and
premises surrounding any house in
our town in apple-pie order, and
make our little city the garden spot
0f our fair State.
A spirit of exceptional develop
ment seems to have seized upon this
city. Improvement is everywhere no
ticeable. Progress is the watchword.
Enterprise and activity go hand in
hand and are apparent on all sides.
Messrs. Raysor C Summers and
Wolfe & Berry have been engaged
by Mr.. W. N. Carter to defend him
in his trial for the killing of Mr..
j. W. Reed. We understand that
the defendant will enter a plea of
self-defence.
A great many people owe us small
amounts which they can pay without
trouble, and we hope every one who
has not already done so, will pay us
what they owe. If you can't come
to town send it in by money order
or registered mail
The editor of this paper has a
warm place in his heart for the
friends who bring or send in news
items. 1t is the desire Of this paper
to give all the news all the time
and those who lend us their assis-
tance to that end have our unbound
ed gratitude.
What are you doing for your
town? If you have no confidence in
the growth and improvement of the
town and country in which you live
how on earth do you expect other
people to move among you and cause
the country to develop and grow
for your benefit.
In any city where the majority of
it's citizens are home owners, one
will find pretty homes and happy
satisfied people. They are always on
the alert for the best interest of
the town and it's moral welfare.
Where this is not so such an interest
is not displayed.
Lent is ushered in tomorrow, and
for forty days many good Christians
will fast and go through other forms
of devotion peculiar to the season
and symbolical Of the last days of
the Savior on earth. The observa-
ances are peculiar to the Catholic,
Episcopal and Lutheran churches.
We will have to apologize to the
Calhoun Advance again. In our
apology last Friday we wrote the
name Calhoun Advance" but when
it came out in the paper it was
Calhoun Advocate" On investi-
cation we find that the mistake was
made in the office after the copy
was turned in. We hope after this
we will get our contemporary name
correct.