The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-04-28
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY
OUR REPORTERS.
What is Happening All Over the
County.-Local Items of Personal

Interest to Our Readers.
We had regular winter rain on
yesterday.
Straw hats are out Of date, and
should be retired for the present.
The pay of all the employees of
the Southern Railway has been rails
ed.
If you are ever in the vicinity,of
Bowman and want square meal
head for the Bowman Hotel, and you
will hit it.
Mr.. ]. W. Smoak has been award
ed the contract to install the sew
erage in the Southern Railway pas
senger station.
THE damage to the crops in this
State has not been very severe, &C
cording to the reports received by
Commissioner Watson at Columbia.
If you ever go riding in automo-
biles give the new road from here
to Bowman and beyond a trial the
next time you take pleasure trip.
THE Bloomer Girls will play the
O. C. I. ball team on the State Col
lege Campus on Saturday afternoon
at o'clock. Admission 10 and 25
cents.
Two negroes at Vances got in a
row few nights ago about woman
when one shot the other twice. One
shot took effect in the hand and the
other in the breast.
The passion Play" is booked at
Theato in moving pictures for this
afternoon and evening. 1t will run
from one to II o'clock. People go
thousands of miles to see this play.
Yesterday was big day in town
for the colored population. The clos
ing exercises of Claf1lin took place
Excursions and wagons brought
in hundreds to attend the exercises.
From all we can learn there was
very little cotton up in this county
and SO the cold weather will not
hurt the cotton crop in this county
much. Corn and the gardens are
hurt some.
Mr.. B. j. Hoover announces him.
self candidate for the legislature
in this issue Of The Times and Dem
ocrat. He is the early bird out, ac-
cording to the old adage, he ought
to catch the worm.
Mr.. R. Fulton Dukes knows how
to manage an auto. He drives his
handsome machine in such a pains
taking, careful manner that it is
pleasure to ride with him without
taking out an accident policy.
Bowman has better hotel, better
school house and more brick stores
than we found in Orangeburg when
we came here a little over thirty
years ago. That is pretty good
proof of the kind Of town Bowman
is.
There will be an ice cream festiva
at Midway School House, near Ell
loree, on Saturday afternoon, Aprl
80, beginning at three o'clock. The
proceeds will be for the benefit oi
the school. The public is invited tc
attend.
We have retired from the weather
prophet business. Like the Old
Dutch Prophet" We have been knock
ed completely out Of the box, and
confess that we do not know any
thing about the weather, except that
we might expect some warm days in
July and August.
On Saturday, April &c., at Mid
dlepen School house near Mr.. Thos.
R. McCants there will be an ice
cream festival for the benefit of the
school, there will be lots of fun and
plenty of refreshments for all who
will come and spend the afternoon
with us. Be on hand at thre4 O'Clock
promptly. Everybody invited.
las one rides out in the country he
can't help being struck, with the
great improvement being made in
the preparation of land ana the
planting of crops by our farmers.
We believe it is the beginning Of a
period of great prosperity for the
farmer as we'll as for the balance
Of us.
|