The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-01-19
LOCAL NEWS items.
PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR
REPORTERS.
What Is Happening in the Country

What Is Happening in the Country
as Well as in the Cities and
Towns.
The work of paving the streets
will soon begin.
The farmers need some good solid,
cold weather to kill and cure their
meat.
Eureka Chapter, No. 13, R. A.
NJ, is taking in quite a large num-
ber of members.
A mothers meeting will be held at
Mrs. Matheney's residence, Railroad
avenue, on Friday afternoon at 4
O'Clock.
Captain Geo. w. Brunson is quite
sick at his home at Lodge. His
many friends here sincerely hope
that he will soon recover h:s health.
The State Sunday School Conven-
ton, which meets here in about one
month, is a big thing, and Orange
burg will have to spread herself to
entertain the delegates, but she will
do it.
We regret to announce that the
Orangeburg Dry Goods Company
has gone into bankruptcy. 1t has
more goods than it owes debts, but
The hard times prevented the COM
pany from realizing on its stock.
Can't some enterprising young
lady in Branchville win several sets
of the spoons and one Of the big
prizes offered by The Times and
Democrat? We are certain almost
one could if she would give it a
trial.
Judge Jas. F. Izlar, who has been
president of the Orangeburg Bank
ever since it's organization, has re-
tired and Mr.. w. n. Scoville has
been elected in his place. DR.. J. G.
Wannamaker succeeds Mr.. Scoville
as vice-president.
The following invitations has been
received in Orangeburg: Dir. and
Mrs. Anderson Bowen request the
pleasure of your company at the mar
riage of their daughter, Inez Isabel,
to DR.. Edgar Horger, on the morn
ing of Thursday, Jan. 2S, 1909, at
the Baptist church at Ridgeway,
S. G.
DR.. Booker T. Washington, the
great colored educator, will speak
at Clafin University on Wednes-
day morning, March II, at eleven
10 clock. He will be accompanied
by Rev. Richard Carroll, who is well
known in Orangaburg, and about
twenty-five secretaries, reports and
so on.
See the advertisement Of the
Standard Home Company, of Birm-
lHSudl AID, Ol LliC sCSoHo poSS'
This company wants to loan money
to people who want to build or buy
home Call on Messrs. Moseley &
Chart, No. Barton building, and
let them explain the plan of the COM
pany to you.
"Patronize home industry" cries
the editor from week to week.
"That is right" says the merchant,
give it to those who go to solnc
other town to buy goods" Then
with his heart filled with kindness
to the loyal editor, he stops his home
paper and subscribes for city paper
simply because it is few cents
cheaper.
An exchange says that 'one-thirl
of the fellows out of job think they
can beat a lawyer in exopunding the
law One-half think they can beat
the doctor in healing the sick. Two
thirds of them think they can put
the minister in a hole in preaching
the gospel; and all of them think
they can beat the editor in running
a newspaper"
Nothing pays better ;than good
roads. 1t costs something to secure
them, but they are the arteries which
connect city and country, along
which the currents Of comfort per-
petually flow. Bad roads, full Of
chuck holes, kill time, team and
temper. Be sure then that money
thus intelligently expended is wise
ly invested and sure to realize the
! future results.
This sentence is taken from a
school boys composition: "A school
ma'am is a verb because she denotes
action when you throw paper wads
at the girls. Switch is conjunc-
ton and is used to connect the verb
school ma am to the noun boy.
This is compound sentence, of
which boy is the subject and switch
is the object. First person, singular
number and awful case.