The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BIZ
OUR REPORTERS.
What is Happening in the Country

What is Happening in the Country
as Well as in the Cities and
Towns.
Attend the Grand Auction Sale of
lots next Tuesday.
A good shower or two Of rain
would be welcomed by all.
We will have to pay for all the
fine weather We have been having
later on.
Next Tuesday is the time to buy
lot and commence that home you
( have been talking about.
Capt A. w. Thorin, who has been
on visit to New York for several
months, has returned home.
Two (2) lots and a bag of money
will be given away at the Grand Auc-
tion Sale of Lots next Tuesday.
What they bring under the ham
mer, will be the price you will have
to pay for these lots next Tuesday.
On account of the pressure Of ad-
vertisements en- our columns we are
compelled to issue eight pages to-
day.
There will be meeting of the
Cope Law and Order League at the
school house at $3.50 o'clock Friday
evening.
We hope the police will see to
it that the city ordinance in reference
to the observance Of the Sabbath
is enforced.
Some people SO crowd their minds
with the thoughts of other people
that they do not give their own minds
a chance to work.
You emit down old King Cotton
this year Just as soon as the price
is forced down by the bears it be-
gins to climb again.
If you do not get your Times and
Democrat regularly please report the
fact to this office at once so as
we can look up the matter.
Mr.. Hugh Marchant, who started
to go to Oklahoma, got sick on the
way and had to return home, where
he Is now confined to his bed.
A nice ce 1T pavement all about
the Sout hern ,Gpot would certainly
help the looks of things there. 1t
would only cost few hundred doll
lars.
Rev. Marion Dargon, who now
lives in Spartanburg, is on visit
to this city. being guest of Capt.
B. H. Moss. His many friends here
are glad to meet him again.
Squire Jno. c. Reeves had
slight stroke of paralysis on Mon
day afternoon. We are glad to
know that he is resting easily now,
and We hope he will be restored to
health.
Miss Sadie Sheridan. OF Green
wood, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. j.
l.. Sims, of this city. From Orange
burg she will go to Spartanburg,
where she will spend some time with
friends.
Our City Fathers should get the
mayor OF Anderson to tell them how
he managed to reduce taxes after
the dispensary profits had been with
drawn from that city's cash box.
| This he says he done, we believe.
The dispensary and all its offices
in Orangeburg county will soon be
a thing of the past. 1t is understood
that everything is in shape and that
a speedy adjustment will be made
as soon as the stock and fixtures are
sold and realized upon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred II. Granting
announce the approaching marriage
Andrew Cornelius Riley, at White
House NJ. e. Church at 4:30 o'clock.
Wednesday, November n, 1908.
Watch out for him-Van Orsdell-
old reliable artist-established 1880
-Elloree, S. c., Nov. % to 27; Hol-
ly Hill, Nov. 90 to Dec. 4. Good
honest work. Pictures made in rain
or sunshine. Remember dates. Van
Orsdell, artist.
Under the new schedule of the At
lantic Coast Line Railway, The Times
and Democrat should be delivered
to it's subscribers along the Pregnall
Branch on the day of publication
instead of the day after publication
as has been the case for some time
under the old schedule.
Those citizens who want things
and want them right away at the
hands of the City Council, should
remember that Mayor Dukes and his
aldermen are doing their best to
make ends meet. The loss of s18,-
900 per annum from the dispensary
fund embarrasses the city authori-
ties no little.
There will be an election at Cope
on Monday for the purpose of choos-
ing a new council The following
will be elected: Vernon Brabham,