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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
MIR. LEVER DID 1T ALL.
Is Given Entire Credit for the Edisto
River Project.

Editor Times and Democrat: =
- I appreciate all the nice things
your paper has had to say about my
efforts in behalf Of the Edisto River
project, but the facts are these: Dur
ing last December the present pro-
posed project Of opening up the Eds
to River was suggested by Congress-
man Lever at conference Of busi-
ness men in the City of Orangeburg,
called at his instance, and my inter-
est in the matter came as the re-
suit of the earnest manner in which
Mr.. Lever made known to the busi-
ness men assembl the feasibility
of such an undertaking. Since that
time I have been in constant COM
mnnication with him, land say
without hesitation that not one i'm
portant step leading up to the pres
ent situation has been taken which
has not been suggested by him. 1t
was Mr.. Lever who suggested the
character of the data to be secured; !;
it was Mr.. Lever. upon his own inia-
tive, who secured the authority in
the river and harbor bill for the sur
vey, which is now being made; 1t
was Mr.. Lever who last December
suggested to the business men of Or
angeburg the smoker which has Just
been given to Captain Adams; it was
Mr.. Lever, in Charleston the other
day, who suggested the business
meeting, which was held in Orange
burg, at, which subscriptions were
made for a boat to be put on the
river when it is open for navigation:
/ am interested in the opening up Of
the Edisto River, but I deem 1t only
right tha: the credit should be given
to the proper person and to him who
initiated the movement, who has
backed it with his experience and
Judgment, and who has given it i'm
petus with his energy and enthus-
iasm. I have had ny part in it, but
/ have been an instrument in the
hands of Mr.. Lever all the way, and
1 want the people Of Orangeburg to
know it. One who has done so much
for orangeburg. and who shows no
abatement of his zeal and interest
even after his election Is guaranteed
to him Tor two years more Of service
to the people certainly. should receive
his Just, dues.
desire you to publish this both
in justice to Mr. Lever and myself.
Yours truly, W.. sL.Gloyer.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Willie Poole Acquitted.

Willie Poole was tried over In Ak
en- this week for killing his brother
in-law, Charles Starnes, and acquit-
ted. Starnes gave an entertainment
at his home near Perry, inviting hiz
friends and relatives. Nearly every
body got under the influence Of wh!s-
key. Poole was outside the house,
when he claimed that Starnes came
up to him, gave him a drink of whis-
key and then Knocked him down,
got on him and cut him with knife.
Poole claims that afterward be was
again knocked down, and that Starn.
es was following him with knife a
third time, when he picked up the
cudgel and struck him, the blow af-
terward resulting in death. It was
claimed on the other side that Poole
was put out of the house because OF
improper language, aud that this was
the cause Of the bad feeling between
him and his brother-in-law.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Vance Notes.

Miss Lizzie Bannister has gone 10
Leesville. 49,.
MIR. Daniel. Avinger returned last
week to Porters Academy in Char
lesion.
Miss Nina Dantzler left Wednes-
day for Columbia Female College
for another years hard work.
Miss Mollie Avinger will return
next week to the Confederate Home
at Charleston.
Our west Vance Telephone Line
is putting in large and better equip
ped phones.
Cotton has deteriorated consider
ably anG. is being rapidly gathered,
The crop will be shorter than was
anticipated few weeks ago.
Farmers generally are taking ad-
vantage Of the good weather and are
putting in lots of fine pea vine hay.
Oat planting will soon begin.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
important Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the Wo-
mans Missionary Union of the Or
angeDurg Association will be held at
Ebenezer Baptist Church on Thurs
day, October 18th. Each Woman'e
Missionary Society, Y. w. A., Royal
Ambassador and Sunbeam Band in
the Association will please send del
egates. A splendid program has been
arranged and business Of Importance
WILL be transacted,
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Cope Personals.

Cope, Sept. 27th-Special: Mrs.
Dave Fielder, who has been spending
sometime with her Aunt, Mis-. c. L.
Cope, returned home to Augusta on
yesterday.
Mr. NJ. E. Zeigler Of Orangeburg
is over for the day.
Mr. Andy Spires, who was so dan
gerously shot on the excursion some
time back, returned from the Sumter
hospital this morning, and is looking
remarkably we'll, considering his
close call.
There is quite lot of sickness 1e-
ported at this time, and our good
DR.. V. W. Brabham, is kept pretty
busy day and night.
Cotton has not come in so freely
the past two days and the price Ct
seed has dropped, which causes a
slack up in the quantity hauled.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Dots from Two Mile.

We are glad to know that Mrs.
Mary Ann Douglas, is improving a
little who has been very i'll.
Mrs. Bell Carson returned to her
home in Charleston the other day,
after taking. here summer vacation
with her father, Mr.. Levi Sanford, Of
Two Mile Swamp.
tMr. Rizer Sanford and Mrs. Minrel
Fogle spent last Sunday in Barlwell
visiting relatives and friends !,
Miss Clarence Burn returned to her
home in Charleston several days ago,
after a visit with friends.
We are glad to know that Mrs. W.
F. Sanford and Der son, Bobie, are
improving after a short illness with
-
fever.
Mr.. B. F. Sanford spent Friday a
Orangeburg on business.
Mrs. VIM. G. Sanford has the fin
est hog in this country. 1t weighs
six hundred pounds.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Ayers and Williams Locals.

A complete line of Field Seeds
Oats, Wheat, Rye, Vetch, Rape, Clov-
CT and Alfalfa at Ayers and Will
llame.
5000 bushels Of bright. selected
Seed Oats and the price Is the cheap
est in years at Ayers and Williams.
Feed Rice Flour to hogs. The
cheapest and best field feed on earth
at Ayers and Williams.
To make big fat hogs quick feed
Iuce Flour. Ayers and Williams.
Brick! Brick! Brick! The best
Columbia brick at Ayers and. VIII
hams.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Jewish New Year.

On Monday evening at sunset be-
gins the Jewish new year, Rosh Hos
ana. The holiday continues twenty
four hours, ending on Tuesday after
noon at sunset. This day IS set
apart by the Jews for reviewing their
past lives, and preparing for Yom
Ripper, the day of atonement, which
begins at sunset on Wednesday, Oct
ober 12, and ends at sunset on the
next afternoon. Jews who cling close
to the letter Of the law Of obsery-
ance Of this holiday abstain from
food during the entire time, 1t being
a day Of fasting and repenting.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
BRANoHy1LLE PROGRESSING.
Many New businesses Being Started.
q . Local Notes.

Branchville, Sept. 30th.-Special:
Branchville; has been getting her
share of new enterprises for the past
few weeks at least. The Branchville
Realty Company was recently char
tered by the Secretary of State Co
buy and sell real estate, with a cap
ital of $4,000. The officers are P. >.
Bethea, Pres, L.. H. Fairey, Sec, and
John J. Jones, Mgr. and Atty.
Miss NJ: Godfrey, Of Bowman, has
opened up a new miliener store on
Main street and is getting a good
trade already.
The Peoples Brokerage Company
is a corporation recently organized
and has been chartered to do whole
sale and retail grocery business. The es
officers are:a p. Earl Dukes, w. Az
Dukes and P. C. Dukes.
The Hutching Drug Company is
opening up a new and first class drug
store in the Williams Building on
Main Street. This company will do
a retail drug business and will sell
cold drinks. The furnishings of this
drug store is of the latest improved
style and the soda fountain that they
are installing would be an ornament
to any drug store in the State DR..
John F.. Hutching, formerly of Beau
fort, will manage this drug business,
The Branchville Furniture Com
pany has recently been organized and
has been chartered by the Secretary
of State to do a retail furniture bus
mess. The officers of this company
are John J. Jones, Pres. and Treas,
L. H. Fairey, Sec, and j. L. Jones,
president.
DR.. and Mrs. J. S. Wimberly re-
turned LAST Monday from Charleston,
where the Doctor was called to at
tend to some professional business.
Dr. D. J. McAlhany, of Allendale,
is visiting relatives and friends In
town for a few days.
Hon. Jasper Smith left this week
for Columbia, where he will join
the board Of directors Of the State
Penitenitary, Of which he is a MEM
ber and will take trip from there
to the the city of Washington to at
tend the National Congress Of Prison
officials. =. ...s's:,..:
- The Branchville Graded and High
School commenced a new session last
Monday. The enrolment was large
to comm ence with and a successful
year is expected with the school.
John J. Jones, Esq, spent Tuesday
in Bamberg, where he went to attend
to some professional business.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Watching Orangeburg.

The Florence Times says: "Our
Orangeburg friends have given us an
other bright and shining example Of
civic enterprise In the fact that they
have gotten together Chamber Of
Commerce and secured secretary
who is to give his entire time to the
interests of the city, while the busi-
ness men give the money to keep the
enterprise going. We will have to
keep an eye on Orangeburg, she is
setting examples too fast"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
ANNOUNCES OPEN DOOR. !
Manager O'Dowd's Plans for the Ap-
preaching Season.

80 ~ ~ 7. e -Ff
Manager ODowd of 1.-THE Academy
of Music, announces that he will not
only play. the syndicate shows, but
will play anything that he can book
that is moral and refined. This will
probably mean that he will get more
and better shows than have ever play
ed Orangeburg, before. Mr.. o'Dowd
has just decided to book the outside
attractions in the last few days.
The following information is pub
lished for the benefit of the theatre
goers of the city and the rules of the
house will be strictly enforced:
Tickets will be sold at Lowman's
Drug Store, and all tickets will go
on sale one day preceding the. date
of the show and there will positively
be no tickets laid aside. The reserve
seats will run just as last season un-
til new tickets can be printed and
then the entire lower floor will be
put; on reserve. 5 -
The doors will open for all shows
strictly at 7:45 o'clock. The over
ture for curtain will be at $3.50. All
patrons, arriving after the curtain
is up will have to stand until the
first act is over.
The music will be furnished un-
der the direction of Mr.. o. K: Will
son who will personally look after
the selections, etc. The Orchestra
will be the following we'll
known musicians: Theo. Wolfe,
leader and violin; W. L. Glover, clar-
onet; o. K. Wilson, cornet; o. w.
Spahr, trombone; Philip Krauss,
piano and bass.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Struck by Lightning.

The heavy rainstorm that visited
this section on Thursday afternoon
did some damage at several places.
Over at Blackville lightning struck
cotton warehouse, which was burn
ed down. Among the contents Of
the building was about $4,000 worth
Of cantaloupe seed, shipped from
Messrs Young and Mathis seed farm
at Rockyford, Col. A church at
Blackville was also struck. Some
damage to open cotton has been re-
ported.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
Mail Boxes.

If those persons who have mail de.
livered at their homes by the city
carriers would provide box in which
they could deposit the mail it would
he great convenience and facili.
tate the delivery of the mail. If Il
is not convenient to put up box
slot cut in the front door would
answer every purpose. There are q
good many of these boxes now in use
in Orargeburg, and Postmaster Web
ster hopes that they will become gen.
eral.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
: HUMAN HEARTS.
Theatre Season to Open on Tuesday
Evening With Good Show.

Evening With Good Show.
Human Hearts" the idyl of the
Arkansas Hills will be presented at
the Academy of Music on Tuesday
evening. This is the opening bill at
the theatre for this season and a
large audience will no doubt be on
hand. The prices Of admission is
25, SO and Is cents. Like Shore
Acres and the Old Homestead, time
only increases Human Hearts" hold
upon the hearts Of the people. The
prattle Of an innocent child, the
tears of an old blind mother, the
strong love of a simple country girl,
the passion of an adventures, the
truth of a half-wit, the love Of an
old negro, and the tender memory OF
a dead mother of the past Governor
Of Arkansas, are all cleverly inter.
mingled by the deft hand Of the au-
thor OF this absorbing tale of the
Arkansas Hills.r
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
NEW YORK COTTON REPORT

Tone: STEADY.
Local spots: 13 3S cents.
Receipts in Orangeburg.
Thursday. :. =. ..215
| =. n
Friday. =. -. =. ..I4o
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30
SMALL FLOWERS ON HATS
Something of Change in Fashions
Fancy Concerning Millinery
Trimming.

1.-THE larger the hat the smaller
the flowers" remarked an observing
woman the other day. OF course the
fiower-trimmed hat is an established
fact. Summer glory is never quite so
happily epitomized as when the col
ors and form of the garden and field
are Haunted on millinery.
The latest importation of models
emphasizes the diminutive flowers.
Lilies of the valley are extremely pop
uiar. They are used in punches on
Sarge, fiat hats in which the white tone
predominates. Then, again, the lilies
are fashioned into an entire crown on
large lace or straw shapes. When
combined with pale-green leaves
they occur on turbans in fascinating
cabochons.
Wheat is punched in attractive man
ner on the crowns of many hats. Fine
grasses rise at the side, giving height
and the lines of the aigrette without
the necessary cruelty entailed.
Tiniest roses are used as an entire
facing on some hats, and this can be
on either under or upper surface.
Buds are favored for the discs, while
the old-time size of the silk-made roses
are used to outline the crowns of
hats of the Eugene style.
Forget-me-nots, yiolets, tiny corn
flowers and fine mighonette are
proving the power Of small flowers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30
RAISE MORE MARKET POULTRY
Beginner Is Advised to Join Utility
Ranks and Breed Chickens for
Eggs and Meat.
By MICHAEL K. BoYER.)


It has been asked, will the fancier
eventually be driven to the wall by
the progress made in growing market
poultry? Certainly not. We need
fanciers-real fanciers. We want men
to create breeds and to perfect the old
ones. But the speculator and buck
ster is fast seeing his finish.
The man with string of breeds is
not fancier. He is a Spectator. It
would be next to impossible for him
tc give each Of these breeds his best
attention. To thoroughly know a
breed, and to get out Of it all that is
good in it would require an ordinary
life time.
Amateur fanciers will often buy
culls from breed well advertised and
then advertise eggs for Matching from
SO and SOS strain. The man is a
worse enemy of the fancier than the
man who breeds dunghill fowls.
A wonderful interest has sprung up
i'll poultry matters. Large sums of
money are being invested, and poul-
try farms by the score are started.
These new farms are on the lookout
for utility stock. The man who can
advertise big egg records generally
gets the trade. They want carcasses
and egg records-business poultry. So
; the best advice to the beginner is to
join the utility ranks and raise poul.
try and eggs for market. Then. in
after years, he can, if he feels so in
clined, gradually creep up into the fam
ciers fold. It is step that cannot be
hastily taken.
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POULTRY NOTES.


A variety of grain is always bet
ter than a steady diet of one kind.
Many guinea fowl has passed for
prairie chicken upon stylish hotel
tables.
Chickens should not be kept inside
the house during bright. sunshiny
weather.
The incubator catalogues are almost
certain to bring on acute attacks of
chicken fever.
The only way to tell which of your
hens are paying their way is by the
use of trap nests.
Many poultry disease traces its
origin to improper ventilation or lack
OF protection from the weather.
Leg bands are not expensive and
at the same time they are a. great
convenience in marking poultry.
When the brooder chicks seem very
thirsty, wild for water. let them drink
and feed very lightly while so fever
ish.
The average egg record for all the
pullets and hens in the United States
would probably not be Is eggs in
year.
Have everything convenient. Steps
saved in the care of poultry will mean
that much less labor. Labor costs
money.
Cook some beans or peas, mix them
with wheat bran and feed twice
week and see If you don't get lot
more eggs.
It is perfectly natural for chickens
to run at large, and. if the weather
be suitable they are much stronger
for doing so.
Many setting of eggs has been
spoiled by making the nest on the
floor where the wind can come up
through the cracks under the old
mother hen.
A hen should not be set on more
than fifteen eggs. The writer has al
ways made much better success by
using Is eggs to a hen unless she is
unusually large. If given too many
eggs hens are sure to break some try
Ing to cover ALL
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30
BOOSTS for the Asiatics,

Roosts for Brahmas or Cochina
should not be more than a foot above
ground. Being very heavy birds they
cannot easily fly, and it is better that
they should not be compelled to.
Some breeders do not allow them to
roost at all, but instead heavily bed
the floor of the pen and allow the
fowls to squat wherever they feel in
clined.
But in allowing them to roost on
the floor, care must be taken that
there are no draughts, which often is
the case if the doors do not fit tightly.
Leaves or cut straw make good bed
ding for such fowls, and If each morn
ing the droppings are collected the
birds will do as well on the floor as on
roosts,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30
SELECTING HEN FOR LAYING
First Essential Is to Note Whether
Fowl Is Rangy or Blocky-For-
mer Produces Eggs.

There are several things which
should be considered in selecting hens
for layers. shape and size, color of
head furnishings, actions of the indi-
vidual, pelvic bone test.
The first thing to notice concerning
the shape is as to whether or not the
hen is rangy or blocky. A blocky
hen indicates meat producer, while
the more rangy one indicates the pro-
duction of eggs. Since the develop
ment of the eggs to large extent
takes place in the region of the body
below the broad part of the back that
part of the body should be broader
than the fore part. This gives to the
body a V-shaped appearance as
viewed from the top, the small part of
the V lying to the front. When hen
is in heavy laying condition her alb
domen is lower than the breast line.
This gives the body the appearance of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30

being V-shaped as viewed from the
side along the top and bottom lines,
with the small part of the V to the
front. This enlargement of the body
In the abdominal regions makes the
back appear somewhat narrower, Civ.
eng body V-shaped appearance from
the back downward on the sides as
viewed from the rear. Thus a body
V-shaped in three different directions
indicates large productive powers.
A large hen usually lays the larger
eggs. This rule may not hold true If
Ahe happens to be heavy producer
for then the tendency Is to produce
gmaller eggs. With such fowls as the
leghorns, whose tendency is to lay
smaller eggs, the selection should be
Cor large size of body rather than
small.
A good layer is longer in body, neck
and legs than meat-producing hen.
She stands up well and has a we'll
spread tail.
Immediately below the tail at the
end of side pieces of the back are two
somewhat bony protuberances. These
are called the pelvic or clay" bones,
End are just above the vent. When
an egg is laid these bones must be
forced apart to allow it's free passage.
when these bones are soft and pliable
and spread sufficiently to allow three
fingers to be placed between them it
is an Indication that the hen is lay
ing. If they are hard and bony, and
close together, the hen would not be
considered as laying at that time
To sum up, an ideal laying hen
should conform as nearly as possible
to the following: She must be
healthy, comb, wattles and face red in
color, eye bright and lustrous, neck
not short but rather medium to long,
breast broad, long and slipping upward.
back long and broad, abdomen wide
and deeper than breast, shanks well
spread and rather long, V-shaped in
three ways as indicated above.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30
GOOD WHITE WYAND0TTE HEN
Undoubtedly Strongest Competitor 0.
Plymouth Rock-ExceiIent Layers
and Good Brothers.

The Wyandotte is undoubtedly the
strongest competitor of the Plymouth
Rock, which it has not as yet eclipsed,
but is running it neck'and-neck race
in many localities. The color scheme
is identical with that of the White
Rock, the standard calling for a snow
white plumage and yellow skin and
legs. By careful selection and breed
ing the better strains Of White Wyan.
dottes show an almost total absence
Of dark pin feathers; this, coupled
with their early maturity and plump
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30
Strong Plea for the Infants.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe testified the
other day before the Massachusetts
legislative committee which is investi-
eating the milk situation. While Civ
ing her testimony she refused the
chair offered by the committee and
remained standing at the head of the
witness table. In making her plea
for pure milk Mrs. Howe said:
"There are several parties to the
milk situation, and I think the prin-
cipal party is the child in the cradle.
There is no substitute for milk in
rearing children. It is matter OF
life and death and should not take
long to settle. / do want that those
who produce this important food
should have suitable compensation.
stand for justice to all parties and
mercy to one, the infant"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-30
Casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co., Of Atlanta, Ca,
ON receipt of &c stamp for postage.
Also copy of their booklet "The Truth
About Coca-CoIa" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
so pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever hot--tired-thirsty !?
Drink Coca-Cola-it is cooling, re-
Iieves fatigue and quenches the
thirst. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
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Chicken Pests.

Chickens are attacked by number
of parasitic insects and nits, the most
common being various species OF
chicken lice, chicken feas and ticks.
These pests when present in great
numbers are a great drain upon
upon the energy of the birds.
Spray the hen house walls with
kerosene or use a white-wash to which
carbolic acid has been added in the
proportion of four ounces to one gal
lon of white-wash. Pyrenthrum powder
or other suitable dust insecticide may
be applied to the bodies of the poul'
try.