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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-21
WILL OkDEk ELECTION
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.
ERs BEFORE GOV. ANSEL.
The Question of the Addition Of a
Portion Of Berkeley to Orange.
burg Will Soon be Decided.

Gov. Ansel will order an election
to be held on February 8 to decide
as to the annexation of a part OF
Berkeley county to Orangeburg.
The voting precincts III the territory
are Holly Hill and Eutawville. A
petition was recently filed with Gov
ernor Ansel by the voters of the Sec
tion desiring annexation.
Several weeks ago the members OF
the Berkeley county registration
board were ordered to appear before
Governor Ansel to show cause why
they should not be removed from Of
flee on the charge that they had not
attended three consecutive meetings
of the board. At the hearing, when
satisfactory excuses had been given
to Governor Ansel, the charges were
dismissed. Sickness, either on the
part of the members of the board
or their families was the defence.
1t was charged that those desiring
to vote in tvs election had not been
given chance to register.
Governor Ansel named the fol-
lowing commissioners: T. L. Con-
nor, R. H. Moss, j. st. Clair White
and G. M. Norris to Investigate and
report as to the petition filed rela-
tive to the annexation of a portion
of Berkeley county to Orangeburg.
The commissioners selected T. e.
Handy, of Columbia, and Frank W..
Frederick, of Orangeburg, as survey
ors to make joint survey. The com7
missioners investigated statements in
the petition for the election and the
following facts were presented:
81. We find that the petition for
said annexatio: ;ontains more than
one-third of the qualified electors
of Berkeley county, residing in such
territory as appears from a certiti-
cate of supervisor Of registration for
Berkeley county attached to the
original petition.
"2. We find that more than two
million dollars in taxable property
will still remain in Berkeley county,
if said territory Is cut off as ap-
pears from the certificate Of the
county auditor of Berkeley county at
tached in said petition.
"3. We find from the United
States census that the poulation in
Berkeley county, If the said territory
is cut off, will not be less than fif-
teen thousand inhabitants.
"4. We find that the area left in
Berkeley county, If such territory Is
annexed, will not be less than five
hundred square miles.
"5. We find that the lines sur
rounding the proposed territory will
not run within eight miles Of any
county seat, and that no incorporat-
ed town or city has been cut by
said lines.
sc. We find. that the territory
proposed to be annexed contains one
hundred and thirty and sixty one
hundredths (130 60-100) square
miles as appeals from the map of
said proposed territory, surveyed by
Messrs. T. C. Handy and Frank W.
Frederick, the duly appointed sur
veyors for the joint survey, which
map or plat was surveyed in Decem-
ber, 1909, and attached as a part
Of, this report, together with the
affidavits Of said surveyors append
ed to said map or plat"
The remainder of the report is
given up to the enumeration Of the
cost Of the survey.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-21
Best Cake Bakers.

Craig & Kennedy's CAKE baking
contest closed On Friday and the
following lafies were declared the
winners of the prizes. which were
100 pounds of flour, so pounds and
25 roun's:
1st prize, Mrs. E. E. Rhodes.
End prize, Mrs. Jas. Cannon.
3rd prize, Mrs. Julius Wannamak.
err
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-21
COTTON MARKET.
New York Futures.

Orangeburg Market.
Local spots quoted at 14.75.
Receipts at Orangeburg.
Saturday .. :. :. :. ..12O bale!
Monday 10. Oale:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-09
NEW BEDFORD OCEAN RACE.
To he Started IN Time 10 Reach New.
port With the New York Y. &.

The New Bedford Yacht Club will start
It's ocean race In time to get THE racers to
Newport when the fleet of the New York
Yacht Club is In that port. The squadron
wi1l be there on August 8. Q, 7 and 8. The
prize for this race is a cup offered by Thomas
Fleming d sy. The course will be from
New Bedford, around Vineyard Sound
lightship. thence around No Mans Land
n southwark OF Block Island to a mark OF
Fort Pond Bay. Montauk Point, then to
the finishing line OF Fort Adams. Newport
This course is 1876 miles long and more than
half the distance to be sailed is out in the
ocean.
Invitations will be sent to all New Eng
land clubs TO join in the race and other
prizes viii be offered according to the num-
bel, Of starters there are. The race is for
topsails, balloon, but no spinnakers will be
allowed. The time allowance will be figured
in charge Of the race is William H. Hand,
Jr., George H. .Sye. X. B. Snow, Morgan
Barney, Winfield Thompson and Z. II.
Hicks.
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speculation in vacant land and a wave OF
unusual building activity. After the
boom had died out a great Transformation
was apparent.
The green fields. woods and rocky
hills Of the old Bronx had disappeared,
and in their place had come blocks of
tall tenements, paved streets and side
walks crowded with children. rows of
shops and markets. stores and business
buildings a new city.
Before the opening of the elevated road
The Bronx had been merely a stretch Of
open. rolling country. Scattered here
n there at wide intervals were small
villa gees. distinct communities with local
g~overnments and purely local interests.
A few decrepit horse cars connected these
villa ges with nearby communities, but
traffic was inconsiderable. and there was
no great demand forbetter means Of inter-
communication o. for rapid transit to
Manhattan. Then came the elevated
and the tenement house boom hat fol-
lowed it.
To-day the little square at 10th street
and Third avenue is the heart Of the new
Bronx. The elevated road and the
subway interseot there, as do also three
important surface roads. Facing the
square are department stores. banks and
tall office buildings. The little farm
house is gone and the gainecocks no longer
provide entertainment for %loungers in
the optimistic real estate mans office.
The Office is still there, remodelled
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and considerably enlarged. but the real
estate man himself has had his hands
full realizing his former dreams. Nearly
all Of the famous old estates have passed
from their former owners into the pos
session Of development companies, spec
ulators and builders.
The Bathgate estate disappeared some
time since. The Casanova estate was
auctioned of eight years ago. The Brown
estate was cut UP into lots n sold piece
meal. The Crane estate was similarly
wiped of the map four years ago. Jerome
Park, Van Cortlandt Park and the Grand
Boulevard and Conco,irse absorbed the
Dickinson estate. The Faile tract in
Hunts Point changed hands several times
and Ia soon to be occupied in part by the
big plant of the American Bank Note
Company. On the Hoe estate have risen
the model apartment houses Of the
American Real Estate Company. The
Isaac johnson holdings on Marble Hill
have gone.
The charming woodland Businesses Of
the old Lorillard estate were fenced of
to form Bronx Park. The Lydig holdings
are scattered among a hundred land
lords. The Mali estate forms the grounds
of New York University. The Ogden
farm was auctioned of two years ago.
The Simpson tract passed under the
control of the American Real Estate
Company. George F, johnson d Sons
are building on the old Spofford estate at
Hunts Point. or the eight hu~ndred-odd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-09
WIA4ow7' n fof1EF an or 1fAkI1~z. rrE|SoNc
A GROUP OF HISTORIC MANOR HOUSES THAT RI TO MAKE WAY FOR TENEMENTs

$50 acres.
In 1880 just twenty years ago-a real
estate man named j. Clarence Davies
opened a little office at 149th street and
Third avenue. where two suburban car
lines crossed. From the back windows
of this low frame building one could look
out across miles Of ploughed fields and
grassy meadows. across swamps and
tracts of timber land intersected by wind
ing brooks and small streams all the way
to Long Island Sound. Next door to
Davies's office stood n little farmhouse
in whose back yard were kept a flock of
bantam chickens and several game
ROSTERS. The rea estate mans infre-
quent visitors would sit with their feet
propped up on the windowsill watching
the cockfghts that took place below them
and listening with i~noredulous amuse-
ment to Davies's prophecies Of the mar
vellous growth that was to take place
in The Bronx son day.
That day came even sooner than he
expected. In the early '9os the Third
avenue elevated was extended across
the Harlem River and into the annexed
district. At one end of the new road
were the hustling business districts OF
Manhattan and the overcrowded tene-
ments of the East Side. At the other
end were open fields and vacant lots.
The result was a great northward migra.
ton coincident with a period OF wild
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stroke. Wallis. The coxswain Is Cass.
who steered last year. This boat since
the changes have been made is a Very
prettily balanced one.
Rice weighs about i8s pounds. Glenny a
pound or two heavier, and so on UP the boat
10 Capt. Howe. who will row at about ia5
pounds. Numbers I and s are l72 and 10,
respectively. The general type OF the boat
IL good. The men are tall, have long bodies
and a good reach. The crew rows very
smoothly. unusually 80. and gives the ap-
pearance OF considerable power. Whether
1t has power or not IL the question.
People who are nearest to II think that
In spite Of the failure at Philadelphia it is
as good a crew. as Yale has had In a long
time. II certainly Is fast over the meas
ured river course and It has gone two miles
on the harbor at good speed; but no one
knows what the four miles can be lone in.
Every one Is praying for a calm day and
smooth water so that the -four mile trip
may soon be taken. 9Th AS we'll us
smoothness Will be necessary this year to
beat Harvard.
For u mile or two miles or perhaps even
three miles the untried Yale crew to-day
ought to be about as fast as the veteran
Harvard eight: but has, 1t the strength
to last the distance and keep rowing? !
think So"
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Yacht 10 Beat the Eleanor.

Charles A. Childs, a member OF the New
York Yacht Club, has placed an order with
Herreshor to build n racing sloop yacht
for the IS foot class that will be faster than
the Eleanor. owned by +. +. Bedford. This
new yacht is to be ready for racing by the
latt err part Of June and will race in the
be built Of mahogany and in model viii
he similar to tho adventures, built for
&. g. Kumrill.. No expense is to he spared
TO make this boat the fastest in her class,
class. This trophy is hold by the Atlantic
Yacht Club until IL has been won three
umes by the ga me yachtsnlan and the
Last year this trophy was won by the
Eleanor, and until this new zach, was
ordered Il looked as II the Eleanor v o I'D
practically have a sailover for the cup
this year.
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The New York Interscholastic Association,
which once had the crack schoolboy. ath.
letes OF the city on its rolls, Is now reduced
TO a memberships Of four schools. They
held a meet this winter for the first time in
several years. but in reality 1t was more
an invitation meet than a championship, for
the events were not confined TO schools
The New York Interscholastic Hockey
1t might be. The public high schools are
well taken care of by the p. y, A. L., and are
not in need, OF further organization, but 1t
schools would consolidate these seversl
with a central body composed for the most
cellent thinE, for all the institutions. Such
a league could be organized and put on its
feet with little difficulty.
sft aa A@er l%o Of if"t ths :. s s 4. n I' his ss, sohoc!
Harris viii meet Morris and De witt Gin
tbs and Commerce will play at Curtis Field;
In the Brooklyn, division Boys High will
play Commercial, On Wednesday Boys,
meets Erasmus Hall.
The tennis matches on May IS will be Stuy-
yesant vs. Curtis, Commerce ys De Wiit
VS.: Flushing: Eastern District has 2 bye.
1t looked bad for Boys High in the first
inning Of the Erasmus game; oSifisSS
in three runs, When Quigley's curves were
once solved, however, he was pounded
hard.
Dwyer. the Boys High pitcher, il one OF
the best hitters on the team and heads the
Curtis High School won It's game from
Morris in the last inning when two men
Doc Newton is Norris High Schools
best boxman.
The Whitney shoot will take place next
Friday and Saturday at the Sevepty-irst
! Regiment hrmory.
The following scores were made by the
Morris High School boys on the inter-
national small calibre rife tea m: j.. II.
Byrnes. 27s; J. II Morgan. ?75, and j. Enrich.
$50.
Several of the teams competing in the
national interscholastic gallery matches
have not yet sent their scores TO the National
Rifle Association. May s was the date
set for all scores to be In, and those re-
ceived later than that will not be counted.
The recreation centres will hold their
annual indoor championships in, the Sixty
evening, Five hundred and sixty-seven
entries rave been received.
The Technical High School of Provi-
dence, X. T.. which won second place in
the Princeton meet with three men. was
comparatively unknown hereabout.
Philadelphia will be the centre OF inter-
scholastic activities on May - with the
rowing race on the Schuylkill and the
track championships OF the middle At
lantic States.
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THE KD/CH("S
h0%zES7EHO1 v TZcIERATxE:

scene OF. brilliant social functions fifty
years ago, gave up a month back and was
converted into firew God. Two weeks
later the American Real Estate Company
bought ninety-three acres OF the old
Watson estate which lay to the east OF
the Bronx River Willmount, the country
home of the late William Watson and one
Of the show places of The Bronx thirty
years ago. was included in the sale.
House wreckers arc to start demoliehing
the place within a few days
The extension Of the Third avenue
road. although il gave rise to the frst
great tenement house boom north OF the
Harlem River. IA not as largely re-
sponsible for the transformation OF The
Bronx es was tho opening OF the West
Farms branch Of the subway In 1904. In
the '9Os tenement builders had kept close
to the line of the elevated, leaving the
rest of the territory undeveloPed; As 2
up for several miles north and south and
for six or eight blocks east and west OF
Third avenue, but the east Bronx and the
west Bronx were still only sparsely
settled.
In 1898 the territory east of the Bronx
River was annexed to the city Of Greater
New York. This annexation included
town Of East Chester and part OF the town
OF Pelham-a an area OF twenty and one
half square miles or a little over $4,000
acres.
In 1904 the subway was opened, The
new rapid transit line passed through
the heart Of the undeveloped district,
bringing hitherto remote points in close
touch with downtown Manhattan. The
boom that started with the operation Of
this line has just about wiped the few re-
manning old estates OF the east Bronx
of the map. Among those that still re-
main are a section OF the Watson estate,
| the Zerega estate. the Lorillard Spencer
tract, the Burke property and the Aston
holdings.
The west Bronx. which fronts the
Hudson River from Spuyten Duyvil
Creek northward to Yonkers, has held out
longer than any other part OF the North
Side territory. but before YER long the
fine old places that overlook the Hudson
will no doubt be swallowed up by the
northward march Of tho city. as have
been the rambling mansions, the orchards
I and grassy lawns Of the east Bronx.
From present indications the time for
their going is almost at hand. Less thar
three weeks & the Waldo Hutchins
estate, a tract Of 200 lots at Riverdale. was
sold to a prominent realty company. A
few days later announcement was made
that the entire tract is to be sent under
the hammer June S. This marks the be-
ginning Of the end,
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'ATLANTIC'S BUSY SEASON.
Ocean Races . Feature OF This Years
Programme.

The regatta committee OF the Atlantic
Yacht Club In arranging its racing schedule
for the season has paid particular attention
to yacht owners who desire to test their
ability as naviRators as we'll as their XIII
in ~seamanship. To this end an ocean race
from Sea Gate to Nantucket lightship ana
return, q course Of about 900 miles. u
planned as a feature OF the September race
week, and II Is intended to make this cor;
Richards has assured the committee my
he. will present . pup to the winner WINCH
WI In @ addition alton to % tbs aas Contest the mark. in
.csn. 81 81 e., he ssa1s II t dlsI sss%ad ia, race &c %
: :1oSsa Long ON ' i.lsn Z i ioa y ;ss Ssu IL 8 i fsss
or under which will begin on July 81:
Present indications point to q lively TsG'1 S
s sfsSGn oo Sn sse h. ISws slv sss' BEEN ene at a1,eHits
certainly Of the Wind. and the sschedale q
s ssnsss ,s isF . snail p.4s. bG iss., has b ioS essG for so an
xIIi b held fer Yachts in he Il class and
enough contestants can be secured.
The Class 2 series for the Thompson NdiR
VIII be one OF the season. features. a. sos %m
gramme for race week, beginning Septem6er
J., lnCluQeS DeslueS the " CLASS ,V"s
daily special races for the smaller boats
Undo the new constitution and by-lans
recently adopted by the club racing is nnder
the direct supervi.ion Of the commodSnssn;
by whom the regatta committee has nsen
appointed. This change has had the enect
OF enlisting the c~ommodorc's personal sup
port to . greater extent h formerly, any,
Commodore Richards Is doing all In hs
power to make the racing season. a success,
H. E. Boucher is chairman OF the resa'A
Special circulars giving details Of The
races rranged will be tssued from time 70
time. Tho Atlantic clubs racing schedus
follows:
Monday. May 5i-Races for N rlass and below
Saturday, June START Of Bermuda race
Saturday, June 3-saces for N class and NC
low.
saturday, July lo-Raccs for " class and below,
Island, 10 \. n.
saturday, July si-Races for NJ class and bclou.
Saturday, August h-Races for n class anu I"
Low. -
Septsmber I. . = and s-Race week: classg
series for Thompson cup: special races for "'u0'
classes, sperial ~cirrulars TO he issued.
September i-Occan race around NsniIcASs
iightship. special circular.
September e-Annual regatta and elosr OF
September p-Rscss for class NJ and eeloWSA
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YALE CREW NOT so BAD.
Edward Thompson Far From, Respondent
About the Chances.

Everard Thompson in the Yale .ilumHi
Weekly has some encouraging things to
say about the development of iale's varsity
crew. The boat Is coming along a lot better
than might have been expected. There Is
a general impression abroad since iale's
poor %showins on the SchuyiSill and Hat
wards splendid showing on the Charles
says Mr.. Thompson. that Yale will be a
mere spectator in the race at New Eotdon
or july /. 1t isn't by any means as bad
as that. In fact 1t isn't bad at all.
"Thi Yale crew is good and will he
where about the finish line when the IA 90
drop. II Is an untried crew, however.
and cannot be rated on performance as good
as that tried and victorious Harvard crew;
but II is just the kind Of a situation that
Yale has worked out before now to the
satisfaction Of her friends"
This view of affairs is very different
from the general idea Of rowing conditions
at Yale, indeed. 1t would be a big surprise
II that great Harvard crew had a tumble.
The Yale situation IL:
Gold and windy weather has greatly
handicapped the crew in its work since
the Easter recess. For days to gether 1t
was impossible to get onto the harbor
because of rough water. Even the lower
river was bad. The mana cement borrowed
a naphtha launch and from this the crews
have been coached on the upper stretches
OF the river. where they do not ordinarily
penetrate and where the draught OF the
Eli Yale does not permit her to work.
Some progress has been made In spite Of
the adverse conditions. Tho important
change OF Wallis from 4 10 stroke oar was
I made last week.
Capt. Howe has been at stroke since
last fall and up 10 a certain point did
admirable work. He was just the kind Of
a man for the position. He had great power
and was experienced as a varsity oar. In
the early training he set a splendid stroke
and got good results from the men behind
him. At thirty to the minute no one
could wish to sec a smoother crew or one
with more speed. Capt. Howe's test as a
stroke came al Philadelphia against Penn
sylvania. When the necessity came Of
keeping the stroke high II was kept up at
the expense OF length with a bad result.
Pennsylvania won.
until last week. but he himself finally de-
out as pacemaker. Wallis Is a compara-
tiyely light man BENG oniy ABOUT iso
built and Is q natural oarsman. ,He, has a
good beat and Is lively and dependable, He
appears to be able to nut the stroke high
a aeSes sdee i, !, the ISsF Face sH Mith Il ha s%,ns 70 w a .
snd winning race a the American Henley
When Wallis went, 70 stroke Hyde, who
has been at s, was shifted to I and Howe
resumed his old seat at g. NanBlarcon.
a freshman oarsmen Of last year. has re.
r Tsmlin see Sn tGisd Ss q. Z ri fbs s' ssssr /. 's as 1 ssit
lows; Bow. Rice; 2. .Glenny; 5. BIsinerd;
1. Hyde; 8. Wodell Q, Howe;7, VanBlarcom;
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acres Of the Van Cortlandt estate only
100 remain. Blocks Of tenemente and two
family houses have long since risen on
the level greensward Of Fleetwood Park
racetrack. y,
The fine old homesteads that graoed
the rolling hilltops two generations ago
are fest disappearing. The Crane mansion
has dropped out Of sight. One Of the
three Morris mansions has been wiped
out. by the New Haven Railroads. freight
yards. Another is occupied by a CON-
tractor whose men are laying new streeta
and sidewalks. The third is gradually
falling into ruins. g. .
The Zborowski mansion now shelters
the division Of the park force detailed
to Claremont Park. The Schwab home
has lost its identity. becoming an n
OF the New York University. An athletic
club is quartered in the old Tiffany man.
sion.
The Trask homestead, which was the