The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
PICKED UP ALL ABOUT By OUR
REPORTERS.
What is Happening in the Country

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Mr. 2. E. Gram bling went to Spar
tanburg on Saturday.
There will be a dance in given
in Barton's Hall Wednesday evening.
Those who wish to purchase safety
matches can get them at B. ]. Mix
ons.
Mrs. Angie Wilson and Miss Merle
Smoak have gone on a trip to the
North.
That "cool week in August" has
arrived, and We hope it will abide
with us for month.
Mrs. w. H. Harley and her daugh-
ters, Misses Meta and Eugenia, are
visiting in Charleston.
Don't be fooled into beliving that
all the hot weather is gone for this
season, because there is plenty more
to come yet.
The police should keep their eyes
open for the cocaine iend, for he
is apt to be abroad in this dry and
boozeless land.
The election commissioners will
meet today at eleven o'clock at the
city hall to canvass and declare the
result of the recent election.
Preaching by the pastor, Rev. G..
T. Harmon, at Zion church next Sun
day morning at eleven o'clock. This
will be the special fifth Sunday SER
vice.
Misses Daisy and Lessye Phillips,
Ollie Hutto and Elma Stokes, of
townsville, left Saturday morning to
spend a week at the sea shore near
Charleston
Elloree has just installed a tele-
phone exchange, and now the town
of NORTH is taking steps to do the
same thing. The day will come
when the whole county will be a net
work Of phones.
Mr.. Jno. C. Pike sent the follow
ing amounts to The State a few days
ago for the woman's monument:
Fred H. Grambling, soc; T. A. JEFF
fords, 81; W. G. Smith, 81; A. M.
Salley, 81.
The Times and Democrat sent to
The State the past week six dollars
for the woman's monument: Capt.
N. N. Hayden 81, and Jas. L. Sims
IS. The State acknowledged this
contribution on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C.. Wolfe have
returned from their trip to the Great
West. While away they visited all
the points Of interest out there. It
is needless to say tht they had a
most pleasant time.
Those gentlemen who figured out
that the withdrawal of the dispep-
sary profits would not necessitate
the raising of taxes are needed at
st. Matthews and Orangeburg to
show how the trick can be worked.
Hon. Abial Lathrop announces
himself as candidate for reelection
to the city council. Mr.. Lathrop
has served the people long and faith
fully as an Alderman, and they could
not do better thing for the city
than to keep him in harness.
Some of the farmers of the Rowes-
vile section are said to be very
nervous over the cotton market,
especially those that have sold heav-
lily for future delivery at 10 cents
per pound. They will know better
next time.
A movement Is on foot to erect
a cotton warehouse at North. This
would help the town no little, be-
sides enabling the farmers of that
section to hold their cotton for bet
ter prices without having to haul
it very far.
Parties desiring to register for
the city election must produce their
tax receipts and registration certi-
ficates in order to secure their GER
tltcates. The registration Office IS
open today at the city hall and will
be open every day until Friday,
September 3.
1t is right singular coincidence
that the first bales Of new cotton sold
IN Orangeburg and Bamberg were
raised and sold by colored farmers
living in two adjoining counties.
These thrifty colored farmers know
where to sell their cotton to get a
good price and square dealing.
The appearance of an article In
several Southern papers regarding
the invasion of Couth Carolina by
the Mexican cotton boil weevil
brought forth a statement from DR..
W. d. Hunter, in charge of the Sou
thern field crop Investigations by the
government, denying the report. The
insect thought to be the boil weevil,
is seen in Orangeburg county every
year.
Figures were published here from
the mayor of Anderson to the effect
that after the dispensary was voted
out of that city the city taxes were
lower than they were before the dis
pensary was voted out. The mayor