The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR
REPORTERS.

What is Happening In the Country
as Well as in the Cities and
Towns.
Does your phone work to suit
you?
The band concert has agein been
postponed.
Hon. C. C. Featnerstone will speak
on prohibition at Cope on next Tues
day.
DR.. G. B. Cramer will make q.
prohibition speech at Branchville to-
day.
Miss Gary will speak here on Fri
day night on the prohibition ques--
tion.
Revs. C. B. Smith and J. D. Daniel
will make temperance addresses at
Providence today.
Three stores were robbed at
Leesville Saturday night. The po--
lice here should be on the lookout.
The municipal election takes place.
next month. If you have not regis
tered you should do SO at the first
opportunity.
The prohibitionists are working
hard to put Orangeburg county In
the dry column, and it is likely to-
go that way.
There Is between fifty and sixty
thousand dollars worth Of automo-
bles in use in Orangeburg county,
and more being added constantly.
Treasurer Fair and Auditor Nc
Michael are ready to settle, and are
anxiously awaiting the coming OF
Comptroller Jones for the purpose.
There will be a hig Woedmen
celebration at Providence today, at
which speeches will be made by
Hons. I. W. Bowman and T. G.
Hamer.
We are glad to announce that Mr..
Frank Slater Wannamaker Is now
we'll again after several weeks of
sickness. This will be good news to-
his friends.
The Orangeburg Collegiate Instl-
tute announces the engagement of
Mr.. Harold A. Loring, of Portland,
Maine, as director of music for the
season 19os-1o.
Cotton is still selling for a good
price, and the indications are that
the new crop will be sold at good
prices II it Is not rushed on the
| market too rapidly.
Miss Rosalee, aged seven years.
the only daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. v. OFT, Of Branchville, passed
away on last Sunday, after brief
illness. 1t Is hard to give these lit
tie ones up.
The people of the Four Holes Sec
ton are taking steps to establish a
graded school and build an up-to-
date school building. We are glad
to hear this. 1t is one Of the very
best things any community can do.
We are sorry to hear that some.
sections of Orangeburg county are
still dry and that the crops are go
ing back very rapidly. We hope
good showers will soon visit every
section Of the county that needs
rain.
To cheer consumers The Washing
ton Herald in an outburst Of elo-
quence exclaims: Cali Is not lost.
Congressman are to have more gar
den seed to distribute this year than
ever before in the history Of the
government.
Miss Clara Rush died at Camden
Tuesday, after an illness Of two
months, from pellagra. There are
several other cases Of pellagra In
Kershaw county. So far as We know
there never has been one case in
Orangeburg county.
There has been five murders over
in Marlboro County in the last two
months. Whiskey was at the bottom
of most of them, although Marlboro
has been a dry county for about 40
years. Cocaine must have been mix
ed with the blind iger Whiskey heSe
people drank.
The Office of Farm Management.
United States Department Of Agri-
culture, has now ready for distribu-
ton a circular giving a detailed dis
cussion Of the wild onion problem
and outlining plan whereby the,
pest can be extermnated. This cir
cular will be sent free to any person
requesting It.
Pearson's Magazine for August
will print an article from the pen of,
Rev. w A. Wasson, Of Riverhead, ),
l.. l., in which he states that Record
er Wheidan of Portland, Me-, where.
they have had prohibition for sixty
years, says there are four hundred
drunkords in that small town. This:
can hardly be true, and we wish
some one would investigate the state
ment