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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
A GAY OLD LOTHARIO.
A Man Of Seventy Years Held for
Having Two Wives.

AS stated in The Times and Dem
ocrat a warrant was issued the first
part of last week by Magistrate c..
P. Brunson on the complaint OF A.
]. Jackson for the arrest of one John
HUFF on the charge of bigamy.
When Huff heard of the warrant
being issued for him, he tried to
escape by leaving the city, but Con
stable Champy had no idea of letting
the gay old Lothario get OF that
easy. He run HUFF down near Bow
man just as he was preparing to
leave for Georgia. He was taken in
charge and landed behind the bars.
According to the complaint of
Jackson Huff was married to his
daughter, a girl of nineteen. on jan
uary 10 last, in the presence of
large number of the residents OF
the new mill village in this city.
Before the marriage Huff was asked
whether he was married and he de-
MED it, but later he has admitted
possessing a wife in Georgia. HUFF
made boast of having another wife
and said he was trying to see what
a set of fools he could make OF the
Jackson family.
Magistrate Brunson gave HUFF a
preliminary hearing on Friday and
the result was that Huff was bound
over for the next session Of the
court of general session that con-
venes in this city in JANUARY. A
bond OF 5000 was fxed and HUFF
secured bondsmen. At the. hearing
HUFF said he had another. wife in
Georgia and he saw no reason why
he could not have one in South
Carolina. He was informed that q
different opinion prevailed over in
this State.
This last wife is the fourth that
has been taken by Huff as his lawful
wife. Two have died years ago.
HUFF is gay old deceiver, being over
seventy years of age. He Is old
enough to know better and. he should
be made to pay for his wayward.
ness. Carrie Jackson, the girl he
married last, says her character has
been damaged and besmirched, but
if HUFF will pay her $3.50, she will
compromise. Huff claims that he
will not allow any such a miscarr-
riage of justice. and the old rascal
will have to face a jury.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
BAR ARRANGED FOR COURT.
The Common Pleas VIII Convene
Next Monday.

The Court of Common Pleas for
Orangeburg county will convene on
Monday, October 4, with Judge
Ernest Gary presiding. The court
will be held fer only on, week. The
following are the names Of the jury
men drawn to serve for the term:
Messrs. j. w. Huff, J. F. Bates,
H. E. Moorer, T. J. Jackson. W. w:
Hodges, J. B. HydricK, w. e. Fun
ches, D. J. salIey, ]. Mob. Smith,
John Cart, o. C. salley, R. L.. zeig-
Ter, E. C. Fersner, w. L. Shuler, w.
C. Bruce, C. E. Ihabfnet, E. G. Dukes,
1. M. Bull, J. H. Bennett, VIM. Dukes,
s. M. Smoak, j. W. Wactor, John
w. Austin, C. F. Carr, F. H. May,
NJ. D. Corbett, ]. A. Summers, T.
C. Braswell, W. P. Appleby, L. T:
Shuler and E. c. Hauser.
At a meeting Of the Bar at the
Office of Messrs. Moss & Lide the
following cases were placed on the
docket to be tried at the term:
Monday. Valentine vs. Valentine,
Sanders VS.. Harley, State Of South
Carolina VS.. Southern Cotton OIL
Company. Wise vs.. Rast, Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company VS.. Saw
yer, Baltzegar VS.. Atlantic Railroad
Company, OFT VS.. Filligan, Hill VS..
Southern Railway Company.
Monday, Stephens VS.. Hughes, IL
linois Sewing Machine Company VS..
Branchville% Supply Company, aLyodd
vs., Atlantic Railway Company. in re
estate Trick.
Wednesday, Goodman VS.. Orange
burg Collegiate Institute, Cox VS.,
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gus VS.. Queen. Insurance Company
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
There Was u Big Scramble.

According to their announcement
the Brunson Clothing Company on
Saturday afternoon threw from the
second story of their building twenty
five packages containing all sorts OF
wearing apparel for men. There
was a large crowd In the street be-
low waiting for them. and there was
some lively scrambling for the pack.
ages by the crowd. Some OF thc
scramblcrS almost came TO blows. ana
the police had to Interfere to pre-
serve the peace. Some of the pack.
ages thrown down to the street Were
worth several dollars. 1t was Il
novel way to advertise.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
BIG SHOW COMING. :.
Gentry Bros. Famous Shows Will
Exhibit Here.

Gentry Bros. Famous Shows, the
only big tented exhibition, to be
seen inthjs vicinity this fall, is
scheduled to arrive in. Orangeburg
Thursday, Sept. 80, when 1t win give
two exhibitions only, one at 2
o'clock in the afternoon and the
other at o'clock at. night. -.
The shows this year include two
troups of performing elephants,
droves of Assyrian and Arabian cam
els, hundreds of bright happy dogs,
scores of GIBBONS, baboons, monkeys
and manlike apes, and 800 head OF
the most beautiful horses and Shet-
land ponies in the world, zebras, the
only educated razor back hogs in
the world, and dozens Of European.
American and Oriental acrobats,,
wire walkers, aerialists and gym
nasts.
The Gentry Shows will inaugurate
their formal engagement in Orange
burg Thursday, Sept. 80, in the
morning part of the day, with their
grand mile-long street parade of gilt
tering grandeur. While the parade.
which symbolizes the old, old sto-
ries of Mother Goose, is in itself
an. educational. treat, it. giNes-but a
faint idea of the wonderful intel
ligence displayed by the animal per-
formers.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
Spnator Smith Here.

United States Senator +. D. Smith
was in the city Saturday on Visit
to his brother. Rev. Charles B. Smith.
The senator was on the streets all
day, shaking hands with his friends
and giving the farmers cheering talk
concerning cotton. The Senator is
reported as saying that he has studi-
ed the cotton situation and knows
that cotton is bound to go higher.
He says the level headed farmer can
make money with cotton if he only
will.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
Heavy RccciptS of Cotton.

About as much cotton was sold
in Orangeburg on Saturday as was
sold here the Saturday before, that
day being record breaker, $4,000
being paid out by the banks here
for cotton. From the reports from
the banks about 500 bales were
marketed here last Saturday, 13 cents
being paid as a rule. The Edisto
Savings bank paid for about 300
bales, the Planters bank for about
100, the Peoples bank for about 50,
the Orangeburg bank for about 25.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
Deer Caught in Wire.

The Dorchester Eagle says: a
Young deer was killed by Mrs. Wharf
on at Dorchester a few weeks ago.
The animal was chased from the
swamp by dogs and upon running
through Mr.. Wharton's premises be-
came entangled in some chicken wire
and Mrs. Wharton managed to cut
its throat. This seems queer, but
it really occurred" That was an
easy way to get supply of tender
yenison.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
Back Home.

Mr.. William Bennett. who went
on a visit to his old home in Eng
land some time ago. has returned
to his folks in this county. While
in England MIR Bennett was quite
sick with acute Indigestion, but We
are glad to say that he is now all
right. He had a delightful visit to
his old home and kindred in Eng
land.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
COMES TO A CLOSE.
Biz crowd Out 10 Cattle Creek
Campmeeting.

Bowman: September 27.-Special
Cgmpmeeting at the old historic
Cattle Creek Campground came to
a close last night, after an interesting
series of services, commencing on
Wednesday last The tents were all
occupied and goodly number of
Bowman folks were tenters on the
old campground. Yesterday was
..%crowning day as to the number of
visitors present at the meeting.
Bowman was almost completely
depopulated. Branchville was also
we'll represented, so was Rowesville
l'and other sections of the surround
ing country. The behavior was said
to be fairly good, but there is room
for improvement in the line of dis
cipline, especially during the hours of
worship.
The officers in charge of this de-
partment will see that there will
be lightning of e lines" in this
respect when the time for this an
nual gathering rolls around again.
The preachers present were Pre-
siding Elder C. B. Smith, Reverends
G. W. Davis, E. H. Bsckham,. A. Il.
Philips, j. E. Taylor. G. T. Harmon,
j.. NJ. Lawson, Sam W. and Harvey
Danner. The latter left on Friday
afternoon to help in a meeting at
Springfield. The word was preached
in simplicity and with power from
beginning to end, and much good
seed was sown that will no doubt
ind lodgment in many responsive
hearts.
The social feature of meeting
friends once year and having
pleasant time predominates to
large extent at campmeetings now
adays. This is the country peoples
mountain trips" so to speak, when
all of the family, old and young,
meet. The older ones talk of BY
gone days; the younger ones make
new friends, and shy glances of love,
pure, simple and sweet, are tele-
graphed from heart to heart, and
the chil@ren-yes, they enjoy 1t
hugely, too. These annual meetings,
feast Of tabernacles, will doubtless
be kept up in this section for years
to come. .s-..-
The high school at Bowman opens
its session today, with D. Jasper Wat
son as superintendent. Mr.. Wat
son is a graduate of the Citadel at
Charleston and there is anticipation
that the school will be splendidly
managed. The assistant teachers
elected for the term ars as follows:
First assistant. Miss Mary Britten
of Kingstree; Miss Patra West Of
Pauline, S. c., and Miss Kathleen
King, second and third assistants.
Mr.. Jasper Weathers, of the Ebe-
nezer section, is having a handsome
dwelling erected on his lot just out
side the coroprate limits Of the
town.
More cotton has been marketed
at Bowman this season so far than
ever before in.eits history. Much
of it is sold as fast as gathered and
quantities are in the fields here
about ready for the nimble pickers.
The price paid for picking is 81
cents per hundred pounds but there
seems to be lack of enthusiasm
among the pickers, compared to the
work on this line some years ago.
Good pickers at the price now paid
should make from one to one and
half dollars per day.. with some ex-
trat eXertion on their part.
Dundee.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
Tickets Being Delivered.

Manager O'Dowd is now busy de-
livering the season tickets 10 those
who have purchased them for the iy-
ceum attractions. If you have not
got yours you had better hurry.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28
fflEEs COTTON MARKET /
A..
New York. Eutures.
Orangeburg Market.

Orangeburg Market.
Spot cotton at Orangeburg Is
bringing IL ga cents pei. pound.
Receipts at Orangeburg.
Monday -. 19 bales
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-28

Mrs. ]. T. Parks left on Satur-
day for Edgefield, where she goes
to TAX cup the duties of lady prin-
cipal of the South Carolina Coedu-
institute at that place.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
Pope's Sense of Humor.

That the pope has a sense OF humor
was shown a short time ago when he
asked a Hebrew who had come from
Venice to take back his apostolic
blessing to a friend in that city. But,
your holiness" said the visitor, Il
am a Jew"
mo matter" replied the pope.
The goods are all right though the
packing may be a trifie bad"
According to the etiquette of the
Vatican, only cardinals are allowed to
sit in the pope's presence. A deputa-
ton OF monks representing some or.
der came in and the pope, who has
done away within many formalities,
asked them to sit down. They hest.
tated and acted as If they didn't un.
derstand him. surely" he said, you
don't expect me to draw up the chairs
for your"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
aPfRIr LAKE

Adam Poppen and family, Folkert
Poppen and family, FL. p. Meyer ard
family, Mrs. j. Kruse and son, Mrs.
r. III. Doeden and children had
dinner at I'll. A. Poppen's Christmas
Mrs. II. Morrow, whose house burn
ed recently, is at present living in the
gfanary. Mrs. Morrow and family
bad stayed with f. johnson the first
few days after the fire.
i. Franszen and family spent
Christmas at Henry Hendricks.
Mrs. r. III. Doeden and children
are visiting at FL. A. Poppen's from
Christmas to New Years.
Mrs. John Kruse, Of Holland, Iowa,
and Mr. and Mrs. Fl. p. Meyer are
visiting at Adam Poppen's. Mrs.
Kruse is a cousin of Mrs. Adam
Poppen.
Miss Emma Knudson, teacher of
Dist. No. Z, Spirit Lake, had a fine
program and a fine Christmas tree.
Miss Knudson understands how to
make the little folks happy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
CORE dence.
lrEms

Fine winter weather in this section.
How a bout elsewhere2
Grandma Ryland came up from
Huron Tuesday TO visit with her son
a few days,
Mrs. Hankey is visiting friends IN
Milwaukee for a few weeks
A. j. Bennett. we understand, has
a new kind of rife; one that shoots
around corners. Look out boys in
case you want to stop there some
time.
A few friends were visitors at Fred
Stills Sunday.
L. A. Noble expects to have a corn
picking bee and p H. Geyer will fur
nish the oysters for supper after the
corn is picked.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
PLEADS FOR TIE CHlPMUNK
Writer Demands Investigation Before
Little Animal Is Marked for
determination.

Out in the far northwest they have
put a price On the head of the chip
munk. Unless the coast people have
given the eastern name to some other
species of squirrel, this chipmunk
whose death commands a premium is
the friendly little wood dweller who is
found in every country section where
beech and oak take root, says a writer
in the Chicago Post.
The chipmunk, by his ready accep-
lance of man as a companion, and by
his bright-eyed and frisky innocence
of life, has always been exempt from
persecution. The country boy who
goes out to shoot squirrels always
spares the little striped coated crea.
ture who lives hard by the stone wall
that guards the grove. In the north
west they say the chipmunk carries
the plague and that, like the rat, he
must be exterminated. A man who
killed a chipmunk is said to have been
inoculated with the plague by contact.
Those of us who are friendly to the
chipmunk think that it is possible the
plague was visited on the slayer as a
quick and just punishment.
We bespeak an investigation by the
scientists of the biological survey. The
chipmunk ought not to be condemned
hurriedly. He adds much to the in.
terest of the life beyond the city's
walls and his department has always
been of the best. A few beech nuts
and a few kernels of corn are the only
tribute that he leyies. His life is
clearly and his ways are upright. Ii
the plague has made him its victim it
is a plague, indeed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
Legal Notices.
NOTICE OF TINE APPOINTED FOR
PROVING WILL,
~. T.. Tackaberry

ILL
State of South Dakota, County of Kings
bury-SS.
In County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Charles
Mathews, deceased.
The state of South Dakota sends greet
ing to G. j. Mathews, ]. f. Mathews, E. j,
Mathews, II. f, Mathews, Katherine
Mathews, James p. Mathews, Ed Grant.
John Grant, Henry Grant. Charley Grant,
Ellen Grant, Arthur Grant. Herbert
Grant. Jess Grant, Raymond Grant, and
Wallace G ant, heirs at law and next of
kin of Charles Mathews, deceased.
Z Pursuant to AN order OfSaid court, made
on the 22nd day of December, a. D., 1909,
notice is hereby given that Tuesday. the
18th day of January, A. ID. 1910, at 10
O'Clock, a. m of said day, at the court
county of kingSbury, state of South Da.
kota. has been appointed az the time and
place for proving the will of said Charles
Mathews, deceased, and for hearing the
application of James p. Mathews for the
issuance to him of letters of admins
tration. when aud where any person in
tereSted may appear and contest the
same.
Witness the Honorable E. +. Green,
judge of the county court, and the seal
A. ID, 1909, at his office in the city of De
of South Dakota.
+. F. GREEN,
Attest: Judge of the County Court,
F. A. CARPENTER,
Clerk of the County Court.
(SEAIO
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
QUIET CHRISTMAS FOR LAKE
PRESTON
The Churches drop proposed pro-
grams to help stamp out disease
which has prevailed.

All the fall there has been more or
less sick. II has been fortunate that
none of the cases have been very SER
ious. In something of an epidemic
form, our doctors have reported from
ore to three cases of diphtheria sever
al times during the fall. Perhaps for
a few days at a time there would be
no case in the neighborhood, then n
or two would spring up and the fam
lilies be uuarantined. The cases were
not severe enough to IA the neigh
bors 10 any instance, hence little at
tention was paid to the trouble ex-
cept by physicians and people quar-
antined. Last Thursday evening
Ruth Olston and Grace Look. who
had been at home from school for sew
eral days and not feeling well, were
judged by the physicians to have
diphtheria and the two homes quar-.
antined. The girls are getting along
nicely and will probably be out of
quarantine about $ quickly as have
the Others who have been afflicted.
The two practicing physicians, DR.. G.
|. K~heiralla, who is health officer and
DR.. Bailey, who is mayor, are a little
afraid that if allowed to run the di-
sease may become more severe as
spring approaches. After consulting
with the city board, they decided to
ask the board of education to have
their holiday vacation at one and to
ask the churches to give up their
Christmas programs. Both requests
were promptly granted. They feel
that a two or three weeks effort to
prevent the spread of the disease will
result in entirely stamping the same
out of the community and thus avoid
any chance of its becoming more Sc
we're as time passes. There has been
and is now no cause for alarm but the
effort is made to be doubly sure there
may be no alarm later in the season.
While it has happened thus far that
as many cases have been reported of
people not attending school as from
the school enrolment, the board will
fumigate the school building before
making the vacation cleanup custom
ary during the winter vacation. 1t
seemed unfortunate to have the Sun
day schools give up their Christmas
exercises after practicing and getting
everything in readiness, and may in
terfere a little with the holiday trade
at the stores as a result of the aban-
donment of the public trees, but if
the efforts shut off all future trouble
from the disease there will be no
regrets.-Lake Preston Times.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
WORK OF FoRECAsTING CROPS
Nearly Half a Million Men Required
to Gather the Requisite
Information.

Few ever stop to think Of the ire
mendous task the United States un-
dertook when 1t started to forecast
crops. The business has grown until
now more people are employed than In
any other branch Of the government
service, an army, in short, at times,
of close to 100000 men. In the van
Norden Magazine this army is classi-
fed and it's duties set forth.
To begin with, there are 25O,OO0
section men throughout the country,
who report to the department OF az
riculture On general crop conditions.
Then there Is a flying squadron OF
2 1000 millers, elevator men and other
experts for the grain crop. Sixty
thousand ginners, bankers and mer-
chants estimate the cotton crop. Both
these squadrons are r~einforcements
for the regular army.
The regulars on pay who report
nee a month number $4,000 men,
commanded by 80 state agents, each
with a staff to the number of 10000 al
together. Working independently Of
them is a force of 1000 trained CORE
~spondents at important points, and
$4,000 more in the counties. Finally
as a reserve, $4,000 farmers in the
country at the end of the season re-
port what actually was done, so that
the proper checks may be made.
Seventy men and women, using ev-
cry variety of machine known, take
these hundreds of thousands Of re-
ports and every month compile, con-
dense and digest them until they are
in shape to go before the board. This
board consists of four men, the head
of which is Victor H. Olmstead, sta.
tistician of the department of agri-
culture. The personnel of the remain
ing members frequently is changed.
The board locks itself in a Don and
does not reappear until the Official fig
ures are agreed upon. That stops leaks
In aid Of speculation.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
A Good Word for Rohmhite-

Bobwhite has been accused of rob.
bling grain fields in the south, though
post mortems have shown that only
20 per cent. of his food is grain and
that he eats more than thousand weed
seeds in g meal. On this basis, a vir-
ginian bird lover proved that with
all his crimes against grain, bobwhite
more than atoned by eating five hun.
dred and seventy-two tons Of needs
in that state every winter, not to men.
ton his summer diet of grasshoppers
and chinch bugs and wire worms and
beetles and Dol! weeyils and cater.
pillars.--Outing.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31
ANNUAL MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the policyholders of
the Farmers Mutual Fire and Light
ming Insurance Co of De Smet will
be held at the City Hall, in the city
of De Smet, S. D, Tuesday, the 4th
day of January, 1910, at 2 o'clock p.
m. for the election of a board of
directors and the transacting of any
and all business which may properly
come before such meeting.
Dated Dec. Is, 1909.
j. l.. Van Hook, Pres.
f, +. Green. Sec'y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31

Fourteen young people were en-
tertained by Miss Laura Perry and
her parents Wednesday evening. A
midnight supper was served and
everything possible done to show the
young people a pleasant time. The
party arrived at their various homes
at about three o'clock Thursday morn
ing.
Two. sleighloads, including the
families of JAS. A. Fife, A. McCarty,
Mrs. Ruskell, A. S. Carpenter, and P.
A. Carroll went out TO the FL. Perry
farm home northwest of the city
Monday evening. They we're served
with an elegant supper at Z o'clock
after which the evening hours were
spent in social conversation and in
various forms of amusement. The
Perry family did everything possible
to make it pleasant for their guests
and reports from those present in
dictate a high appreciation of the
efforts in their behalf,