The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-02
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BIZ OUR
REPORTERS.
What Is Happening in the Country

as well as In Inc ClCieS anu
Towns.
Capt. 1. J. Hutto, Of St. George,
is dead.
Mr.. Willie Marchant Is taking a
short vacation at Saluda.
Monday being a national holiday
all banks in the city will be closed.
Mrs. A. D. Webster and children
are visiting relatives in Columbia.
Mr.. George Schifley and family
have moved to No. IA Glover street,
east.
Mrs. John B. Ethridge has return
ed to the city, after spending a week
at Hollyville.
Col. A. H. Moss and Mr.. julius
Ahrens have gone on fishing trip
to Branchville.
Hon. Samuel Dibble and Mr. Saaa-
uel Dibble, Jr., have returned from
their trip to the West.
Mrs. w. H. Leitch and children
are spending some time in Sumter
with her sister, Mrs. White.
Mrs. J. G. Wannamaker and her
daughter, Miss Carrie, have gone on
trip to Hendersonyille, N. c.
Mr.. G. Tolson Fielder has been in
disposed for the past week, but we
are glad to say is able to be out
again.
Miss simsie McMichael has re-
turned to the city, after very
pleasant stay of several weeks in
Laurens.
Capt. w. W. Taylor gave Gover-S
nor Ansel a ride over the city in
his handsome automobile on Tues
day afternoon.
Miss Jessie Granting left for At
lanta Tuesday morning where she
goes to take a course in the Sawtell
Millinery College.
Mr.. Robert McCants left on Tues
day for Gainesville, Ca, where he
goes to attend the North Georgia Ag-
ricultural College.
Jim Whitmore, who escaped from
the Calhoun chaingang sometime
ago, has been captured in Columbia
and will be put back on the gang.
The city registration Office closes
tomorrow, and all who have not Sc
cured registration tickets had better
do 80 at once if they wish to vote
in the city election.
Mad dogs have been on the RAM
page in and around Branchville, and
several of them have been killed in
the last several days.
The report that the world would
be destroyed by fire On Wednesday
was evidently a false alarm. We
thought it was when We first heard
it.
Miss Anna R. Moss and Master
West Summers went to Saluda, N. c.,
on Wednesday morning. They will
be away some time, enjoying the
delightful climate of the mountains.
Every one Is interested in an item
of local news. If you know Of any
local happenings that is not general
ly known communicate the fact to
this office.
At the unveiling of the monument
Of H. E. Boliver by the w. O. W. a
wedge and glass pitcher were lost.
The finder Is asked to leave any In
formation at this Office.
The ginners report, which Is pub
lished elsewhere, says the cotton
crop this year viii! be very short,
not over 10,500,O00 bales. Cotton
should go to fifteen cents per pound
If marketed slowly.
DR.. Brown is trying to pass as a
martyr, but it won't work. If the
testimony against him is sufficient
to convict him he will be convicted.
If it is not, he will be discharged.
nat is all there Is to 1t.
The Old Dutch Fork Weather
Prophet hit it right again. He said
we would have rain from the 25th
to the 31st and sure enough it came.
If you have not been refreshed by
good showers, you will be this week.
Court convenes here on Monday
and Browns case should be tried
at once. The enforcement Of the
prohibition law in this county de-
pends much on the result of his
trial. So the case should be care
gully looked after.
The rural carriers Of the county
are urged to attend the meeting
called for next Monday at the court
house The purpose Of the meeting
is for the reorganization of the Ru-
raj Letter Carriers Association in
Orangeburg county.
We are thankful that the ice fam
inc did not strike us last week while
the thermometer was on a spree.
1t would have been great deal
worse then than it was when 1t did
strike us. as the thermometer had
sobered up and the weather was COOL
ed off.