The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-05-20
LOCAL Ne Wis ITEMS.
PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR
REPORTERS.
What Is Happening in the Country

Towns.
The recent rains have benefited
crops wonderfully.
Clerks VS.. Insurance Men this
afternoon at State College Park.
Supreme brand Vienna sausage,
fresh and nice, at Bolen's, 15 N.
Middleton.
This country will harvest one of
the oiGGea. cat crops in IS history
this spring
There is a delicious crispness
about Augusta bread yon will like.
At Bolen's, Is n. Middleton.
R. c. King, the furniture man,
is offering 4 special il oaby cribs,
on easy installments. Read his ad.
or page 3.
Cotton has touched eleven cents
per pound during the past few days.
The trouble is nearly all the farmers
have sold their crop.
Mrs. " D. Dawson, of Charleston,
and her daughter, Miss Lee, are Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. j. C.
Pike, Sr., on Orange Court.
Now that the location for the new
postoffice has been decided, we hope
the work will be pushed to compile
tion nOcci,1a
The commencement exercises of
the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute
will begin Friday evening at the
auditorium of the Institute.
That was certainly bold robbery
that we tell about on the first page.
If Barlow Warren was still in the
flesh the robbery would be laid to
his door.
Ensign H. Freer Glover, of the
United States Navy, is on a visit to
his father and mother, Col. and Mrs.
Mortimer Glover. This is his first
visit in three years.
! Several farmers have informed us
that they have been offered ten cents
per pound for this years cotton crop,
delivered next September. We would
advise them not to sell.
We hope the delightful showers
that have visited this city and sur
rounding country in the last few
days has visited every section of the
country that needed moisture.
If you have not already contrib
uted to the Womans Monument
Fund you should do so at once.
Call on Mr.. ]. C. Pike, Sr., and give
him your donation, however small.
The robbers that robbed the ex-
press car on Tuesday night near Au-
gusta are dangerous things. They
would not hesitate to commit mur-
der if interfered with while engaged
in robbing car or store
The Young Girls Aid Society Of
the Four Holes Baptist Church will
give an ice cream festival at Mr..
Ed. Rickenbaker's grove Saturday,
May 23rd, commencing at 2 o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend.
A cleaning up week such as Or
anSeburg has just passed through
is good thing in more ways than
one. 1t promotes civic pride, devel-
ops love nf neatness and beauty, i'm
proves sanitation and makes the viii
lage or city far more desirable
place in which to live.
There can be no greater mistake
that a business man can make than
to be mean in business. Everybody
has heard the proverb of penny wise
and pound foolish. A liberal eXpen-
diture in the way of business is al
ways sure to be capital invest
ment.
Some young men are so blind to
their future interests that they never
admire the gffl at a picnic who
stays and helps the old folks clean
up the dishes and repack the baskets
as much as they admire the girl
who walks off as soon as she has
had all she can eat.
Mr.. T. Hinton Mccall, of Hines
vile, Ga, stopped over in Orange
burg Il few days this week while
en- route to Charlotte, n. c., to at
tend the Mecklenburg celebration.
Mr.. Mccall fills the position of
postmaster in his town, besides be-
ing interested in the mercantile
business.
Every man should show his GUS
toners, if he is a trader, or those
whom he may be doing any kind Of
business with, that in all his busi-
ness transatcOins, as well as social
relations, he acknowledges the ever
lasting fact that there can b. no per-
manent prosperity or good feeling in
community where benefits are not
reciprocal
Lilies & Lilies. managers Of the
Eastern South Carolina Agency OF
the Jefferson Standard, recently re-
ccivcd an application for $4,000 life
insurance. and in the same week
they secured one for $4,000. This
is positive evidence OF the conf
dcmce OF the public in this strong