The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-10-03
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BIZ
OUR REPORTERS.
What Is Happening Here and There.
Local Items of Personal Interest to

The cotton fields are truly white
unto the harvests.
Miss Freda Cooper, of North, has
returned to Virginia 1ntermont Col
lege, Bristol, Tenn, to finish in mus
ic.
The Branchville High School OPEN
ed with a fine attendance last week,
and a good years work is looked
for.
Moultrie Chapter, D. A. R., will
meet this afternoon at five o'clock
at the residence of Mrs. E. ]. Wanna
maker.
The Greenwood merchants are the
most liberal advertisers we know Of.
That may account for Greenwood's
rapid growth.
Don't let this little cold spell fool
you. There are some warm days
yet to come before frost comes to
nip the tender plants.
Mr.. Mike N. Perryclear is a de-
lightful singer, and the many patrons
OF the Theato who heard him sing
there last week will agree with us.
October the 26th has been set as
the day for the unveiling Of the Con-
federate monument at Bamberg. SEN
ator E. D. Smith will be the orator
for the occasion.
DR.. Sprunt, of Charleston, will
preach the opening sermon of the
Presbytery this evening at the usual
hour of evening service at the Pres
byterian Church.
If cotton was held off the market
for two weeks the price would go up
about as fast it came down. Suppose
you give this a trial, farmers, just
to see how it would work.
After a full discussion of the sub
ject on Saturday the Orangeburg
Teachers Association gave it as its
opinion that there should be a grad
ual change Of text books.
Mr.. Frank Seignous has resigned
his position with the Farmers I'm
ion Bank and Trust Co., and, it is
understood, will engage in the life
and fire insurance business.
Mr.. Melvin Hatch requests us to
thank his friends and neighbors for
their many acts of kindness rendered
him and children during the recent
illness and death of his wife.
Eutaw Chapter, D. A. R., meets this
afternoon at half-past 4 o'clock at
the residence of Mrs. ]. H. Claffy.
Members are requested to be prepar-
ed to. pay their per capita tax.
When Mr.. w. H. B. Fairey's barn
caught fire the other night he and all
the family were in bed asleep, but
were awakened by the noise tho rats
made in leaving the burning build
ing.
Any business is more respectable
than what is termed loafing. A
young man had better sell clans by
the pailful than hang around public
resorts, numbering time and his own
reputation.
The pictures at the Theato this af-
ternoon will be especially good. The
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist
Church will have benefit there this
afternoon and it is hoped the crowd
will be large.
The Mendelsohn Choral Club will
meet with Mrs. NJ. G. Salley next
Thursday afternoon at o'clock. All
members are urged to be present as
the club has been invited to sing
at a very important occasion.
Williamsburg County farmer in
the Kingstree Record says three acres
in tobacco netted him s62S and an
other three acres netted him $402,
making $1,000 on the six acres.
That beats cotton all to pieces.
Reports from all sections of the
State are that mosquitoes are unus-
ually bad this year. One theory IS
that they were blown inland from
the coast by the recent Charleston
hurricane. Orangeburg has her full
share.
The Newberry Observer says: "One
of our town farmers went out a few
days ago and Joined his hands in
pulling fodder, and lost a four dollar
fountain pen that he had just bought
and a fine gold signet ring that his
wife had given him.
Manager Gambati engaged Mr..
Douglass Dunford. fine baritone. OF
Chicago, to sing at the Theato Tor
the next two weeks. He vii! sing
twice at the matinee and from sew
! ell to half-past ten o'clock. lie COM
menced his engagement on Monday
afternoon.
A Marion County farmer thinks
the foolkillers should work Oh all
| farmers that pay sixty cents per hun
dred for picking cotton with the sta
ple selling at the low price it now
sells for. In this section pickers
seem to be scarce at that high price
for picking.
"The Special Messenger" is one Of
the best of pictures and will be shown
at the Theato this week The scenes
we're all taken in Charleston and
the Citadel Cadets, are in all the war