The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-20
Il LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN RY
OUR REPORTERS.

What s Happening Here and There.
Local Items Of Personal Interest
to Our Readers.
Don't forget to give the poor a
helping hand.
The rain Sunday kept away many
people from church. /.
Mr.. ]. D. Alderman, Jr., Of Cot
tagsville, spent Sunday with the fam
lily of Mr.. Jas. L. Sims.
No booze advertisements are al
lowed in The Times and Democrat.
Our advice Is to let it alone.
Pink Franklin is either guilty OF
murder or he is guilty Of nothing.
He should either be hanged or
turned loose.
Mrs. Jas. D. Alderman and chill
dren, Of Cottageville, are spending
week with Mrs. Ackerman's sister,
Mrs. James l.. Sims.
Mr.. Hydrick M. Fairey. formerly
tof this city, but now. of Oklahoma
City, Is In the city on a visit to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Fairey.
We have heard only one man say
he thought Franklin ought to he
pardoned. He is a white man. He
gave no reason why he thought the
murderer ought to be turned loose.
The only way to stop murders in
this State is to hang the murderers.
Will those who are so anxious to
save Pink Franklin from his de-
served fate please remember this.
fact.
The Helpers Sunday School will
have most interesting exercises on
Sunday night at their hall. Go up
and see the splendid work being done
by Mr.. Henry Won Orsen and his as
Sistants.
The bloodhounds were taken to
St. Matthews to track the prisoners
who broke Jail at that place on
Thursday night. The dogs followed
the escapes to where they got in
wagon and drove off.
Some newspapers and people abuse
juries for not convlcting men OF
crime, and yet some of these same
newspapers and people are doing all
they can to set aside the verdict of
the jury in the Franklin case.
The County Teachers Association
held most enjoyable meeting on
Saturday. The association now num-
bers about forty members, all Of
whom take a lively interest in The
association.
The Helpers Gospel Mission will
have their Christmas exercises at the
Mission Hall, in Bull Block building,
on next Sunday night, Dec. rs, 1910,
lat 1880. Remember this Mission Is
strictly nterdenominational and ev-
eryDody IS welcome.
"The School Ma'am," comedy In
four acts, will be given at the Carson
school Friday night, December %,
at 1880 o'clock, Admission, Is and
Is cents. Refreshments sold before
and after the play. We guarantee
pleasant evening to all who come.
The members Of St. Paul Metho-
dist church are requested to send
their contributions for the poor to
Mrs. Wright, city missionary, not
later than Thursday evening. Any
sums turned over to any Of the
stewards will be handed to Mrs.
Wright.
Congressman Lever will visit Or
angeburg during the holidays to con-
fer with the business men in refer
ence to the Edisto river project,
which he is anxious to have pushed
through. He hopes to have the re-
view board reverse It's action in
turning Capt. Adams report down.
According to the report of the
Secretary of State, which Is pub
lished on the first page, the Immense
sum Of $1,G50,000 were put in new
enterprises in Oran:eburg county
during the past year. Orangeburg
led all the other counties In the
State in amount Of investments in
new enterprises.