The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-09
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY
OUR REPORTERS.
What Is Happening Here and There.
Local Items of Personal Interest to

Local Items of Personal Interest to
Our Readers.
10000 by 1920.
Other locals are published on page
two, on account of the fall report of
the Chestnut murder trial being on
this page.
Rev. George w. Davis will preach
Sunday night on the subject: Elect
ing Mayor and Alderman for Or
angeburg."
After spending the summer at Hen
dersonville, N. c., Union and Laurens
Miss Alma Wannamaker returned
home Wednesday afternoon.
Thirteen young men from this city
will attend Wofford College this year.
About as many more will attend the
same institution from the county.
Mr.. F. d. Bates offers for sale
plantation whose annual rentage is
$4,000 pounds Of lint cotton. He
will sell for 100000. If you are look
ing for such a place see him.
Get ready for the Southern Rail-
ways Good Roads Train which will
be at Orangeburg on Wednesday
morning, September 20. It should
be greeted by a large crowd.
The college boys and girls all over
the county are getting ready to take
up their work again. We wish each
one of them will send us their names
and the college they expect 20 attend.
A young man Of good habits, etc.,
and one who has been on farm all
his life, wants a position on large
or small farm. Any one needing such
help write Farmer" care The Times
and Democrat.
The Times and Democrat has
great. many subscribers in Calhoun
County and the people of that county
will be invited to participate in our
voting contest on equal terms with
the people OF Orangeburg county.
The Greenwood Index says compli-
mentary to Miss Virginia Fielder, Of
Holly Hill, S. c., the Misses Hughey
entertained a number of their friends
Monday evening at Hearts Dice par
ty. After the games ice cream and
cake were served.
In it's contest The Times and Dem
ocrat will not offer any jewelry OF
watches. All the prizes will be things
that are absolutely necessities in ev-
cry we'll regulated home, and will no
doubt be sought after when the con-
test opens, about the frst Of Novem-
Der.
Mr.. Bruce Brickle, of Bamberg,. and
Miss Jessie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Berry, of Branchville, were mar
ried in that town sunday week. Mr..
Brickle is a prosperous young farmer
Of the McAlhaney section. Their many
friends wish them a long and happy
life.
The Court of General sessions will
continue through next week. The
Chestnut case took up three days and
Monday was a legal holiday, no
court was held. During the other
two days of the week few small
cases were tried, which left much
business for the court next week.
The chief prize in the voting contest
of The Times and Democrat, which
will be pulled off this winter will be
three hundred dollar piano, which
can be seen at the Marchant Music
Company's store. Some young lady
of Orangeburg and Calhoun county
will win this handsome instrument.
1t is said that Beaulah Binford,
the woman in the Beattie trial" at
Richmond, Va has gone to New
York to pose for motion picture films.
We hope the gentlemen who manage
the motion picture shows in this city
will not allow any of the pictures Of
tbs courtesan to be exhibited in their
places.
AS was announced some time ago
The Times and Democrat intends to
put on voting contest this winter in
which about thirty-five valuable
prizes will be given away. This con-
test will be conducted in such way
that the prizes will be distributed all
over Orangeburg and Calhoun coun-
ties. A full announcement will be is
sued shortly.
The report of the Chestnut case
published in The Times and Demo-
crat was gotten up by Mr.. Henry R.
Sims, who with his twin brother Hugo
S., has had no little to do with MAX
ing the Times and Democrat the eX-
cellent newspaper it has been for the
last three months. We shall miss
their valuable assistance when they
return to their studies at WOfford
College on the 10Th instant.
The Branchvile journal says the
following young folks will leave that
town for the differen colleges Of the
State: Miss Lizzie Heape, Winthrop;
Miss Alma Barrs, Orangeburg;
Messrs. Ross Fizer, John Warn, Cor
don Heaton and Spencer Connor,
Clemson; Grover Edwards, Augustus
Hayden, and Wilbur Steedly, Carroll
ma; Wallace Bethea and Robert Fai-
roy Nlnffnrd. Zen iamin Rellinger