The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-07
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY
OUR REPORTERS.
What Is Happening Here and There.
Local Items of Personal Interest to

The autumn days are coming, the
saddest of the year.
The graded schools will open on
Monday the eighteenth instant.
Miss Nathalie Salley is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Salley.
The holidays will soon be over,
boys and girls, and then back to your
books.
Miss Ruth Fogle, of Columbia, Is
at Cope on visit to her sister, Mrs.
Walter D. Cope.
Miss Gertie Droze, of Charleston,
is visiting Mrs. F. I. Limehouse on
East Russell St.
This section is now having too
much rain for the crops, which are
being badly damaged by it. .''-
Mr.. Charles Christian Califfe of
Denmark died at the Knowlton mfr
mary at Columbia on Saturday night.
Miss Ruth Riley has returned to
Bamberg, after a pleasant visit to
her sister, Ms. Havelock Eaves, in
this city.
There are quite an array of law
yers on either side of the Chestnut
case which will not get to the jury
before Friday.
The Chestnut case seems to eX-
cite much interest, standing room
in the court house, being at prem
ium yesterday.
Quite a number of people from
Horry County are in the city in
attendance as witnesses for the de-
fendant in the Chestnut. case.
Vernon Brabham, to serve in the dry
accepted position as clerk with Mr..
Vernon 'Brabham, to serve the dry
goods department Of his large store
Cope.
A report from Johns Island adds
the drowning Of two negroes to the
list, making twenty deaths in all so
far reported from the !Charleaton
storm. --. -.-. Il. l&1 81.
A Charleston dispatch says seven
ty-five per cent of the cotton and
corn crops in the Mount Pleasant
section are reported to have been
lost by the storm. .-.. rs
Get ready for the Southern Rail-
ways Good Roads Train which will
be at Orangeburg on Wednesday
morning, September 20. 1t should
be greeted by a large crowd.
We publish the census report for
South Carolina in reference to the
white and colored population of the
State. 1t will be found on the first
page and will be read with interest.
R. "A. Brown, Esq, of the Knox
Vile, Tenn, Bar, is in the city. Mr..
Brown Is here to personally testify
to the character OF the young man
who was shot and killed by w. R.
Chestnut.
There was a time when the Or
angeburg City Schools use to win
nearly all the scholarships offered in
this county but it Is not so how. Can
any one tell us what brought about
the change?
Prof. A. ]. Thackston, Superinten-
tendent of the City Schools, who has
had a most pleasant summer outing,
has returned to the city with Mrs.
Thackston and the. boys, to get ready
for the opening Of the schools which
will take place Moday, IS instant.
A Connecticut weather prophet
says he has been manufacturing re-
frigerators and sunshades for the
last ninety days to keep comfortable
and he has now commenced an ark.
1t will be needed before Thanksgiv-
ing day, he says.
Some ten years ago a house and
lot on Amelia street was bought for
s1,400. A few months afterwards
it was sold for S1,S00 few years la
ter it was sold for $4,000 and last
week it was soil for $4,000. This
shows the growth in value of Orange
burg property.
Mr.. L. II. Wannamaker, Jr., of the
News and Courier staff, with Mrs.
Wanramaker and their little girls,
are visiting relatives in this city.
They have been congratulated on all
sides for escaping all injury during
the terrible storm that recently Wis
tied Charleston.
The Carlisle Fitting School Of
Bamberg is a splendid institution.
and no boy or girl who goes there
will regret it. Prof. J. C. Guilds, the
.Headmaster, is not only good
teacher, but an accomplished Chris
tian gentleman, such as should be at
the head of every school.
About the middle Of November
The Times and Democrat will put on
a voting contest, in which some thir-
ty-five valuable prizes will be given
away. The chief prize will be a
$500 piano. which can be seen at the
Marchant Music Con:pany's stor"
Look for complete announcement
soon.
Students from the Orangeburg Col
| lege won scholarships in the Citadel