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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
oRANGEBURG's PosToFFICE.
Work VIII Begin On It About the
Middle Of August.

In letter to Postmaster A. D.
Webster Congressman Lever says
work on Orangeburg's new and hand
some postoflce building will begin
on or about August IS next. In his
letter Mr.. Lever says: !.
'I have just had a talk with the
Supervising Architect of the Treas
ury relative to the postoface building
for Orangeburg, and he informs me
that work will probably begin on
that building about the fifteenth OF
August. This delay, Of course, as
you know, has been due, to the in
crease in the limit Of cost which was
made in the last public buildings bill
which necessitated a change OF plans
to some extent. The Secretary Of the
Treasury in his report last Saturday
recommends that $4,000 be appro-
priated in the Sundry Civil bill for
expenditure during this fiscal year
this giveH him ell the money neceg--
sary at this time. Everythingin con-
nection with the proposition is in
good shape and 1t is only question
OF a few more months before actual
RoFk vii. be begun ..";.
& As Mr.. Lever says, the delay was
under the circumstances,
and, therefore, nobody worried them
selves about it. We all felt sure that
Mr.. Lever YVES looking after the mat.
ter, and that tie building would
come in good time. III, - 2
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
Teachers Meeting.

The regular monthly teachers
meeting will be held at the court
house on Saturday, Jan. %, at IL
o'clock. At this meeting the pres
ent adoption of school books will be
discussed. Also the boys corn club
work among our boys and also meth
ods to encourage our children to pay
more attention to the study Of South
Carolina History and Geography.
This is an important meeting AMI all
teachers and friends Of education
are urged to come out.
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HAPPENINGS AT McALHANEY's.
what the Good People Of That Place


Are Doing.
Mrs. Ellie McAlhaney visited Miss
Pearl Padgett Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Berry
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. j
D. McAlhaney.
Miss Jesse Berry, who has beer
visiting Mrs. ]. D. McAlhaney ha:
returned home.
Miss Lizzie, smoak and Miss Uti"
sia Berry are spending some timt
with Miss Fannie McAlhaney.
Quite large crowd was out Sun
day to hear Brother Bailey preach
and he preached a fine sermon.
Mrs. John W. MoAlhaney, who had
the misfortune to break her arm
few weeks ago, will soon be all right
again.
Mr.. W. B. McAlhaney and his son
Geody, have been visiting for the
last few days at the home OF MI
and Mrs. S. NJ. Dukes.
A very pleasant evening was spent
in q sociable at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Frank M. Berry Saturday
evening. Games Of every kind were
played, and the young boys and girls
sure enjoyed themselves.
Miss Carrie stroman from Orange.
burg and Miss Madeline Ziegler ano
Charlie Ziegler and Dan Board from
Cameron, who had been visiting al
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. r
slcAlhaney, have returned to theil
homes.
One of the most enjoyable socia'
bles we ever had was given by MIR
and Mrs. J. D. McAlhaney on Thurs
day night. Among those present
were Misses Fannie, Betty, Nettie
and Minnie Lee McAlhaney, Pear
Padgett, Pauline and Lucille OFT, and
Jessie Berry, and Messrs. John, Juli'
us, ,Iske, Clarence, Ed and Ike Nc
Alhaney, Bob and Kistler Berry
Robt. OFT and Dannie Berry an6
Shields McAlhaney! M. G. M.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
Will BE Held Down.

Our efficient Board of Health has
taken every precaution to confine the
small pox to the Gypsy camp where
it originated, and no apprehension
need be felt about its spreading. In
the meantime, we would advice all
people who have not been vaccinated
to have 1t done at once.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
Made Grayest Error.

The Lexington Dispatch says: "1n
our opinion Governor Ansel made the
gravest error OF his entire admins
tration when he commuted to life
imprisonment the sentence of Pink
Franklin, the Orangeburg negro,
condemned to die for the murder OF
an officer of the law during 1907
A great many in this county agree
with the Dispatch.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
Give Us a Trial.

The Times and Dem ocrat has at
considerable expense equipped itself
for printing law briefs on short no
tice. II you have any work Of this
kind let US do 1t for you, and we are
sure we can please you. We have an
equipment for oar Mergenthaler ma
chine that will De used for nothing
else but law briefs. All we ask Is a
trial.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
LOCAL NEWS items
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY
OUR REPORTERS.
What Is Happening Here and There.
Local Items of Personal Interest

Local Items of Personal Interest
to Our Readers.
Let us be thankful that the bliz-
zard gave us the go-by. We don't
need them.
( Miss Maud Rickenbaker is on an
extensive visit in Greenwood; Ander-
son and Walhalla visiting relatives.
Smiles should be the legal tender
in every family for the payment Of
all debts of kindness and each mem
Der should be willing to take this
currency at its face value.
The maiden name OF the mother
OF Mrs. Julia salley was Stroman
and not Granting as was generally
published a few days ago. We make
the correction simply to keep the rec
ord straight.
-Four shares OF the Bank of Or
angeburg were sold recently in wind
ing up the estate Of the late Isaac
Redmon at public auction. They
were bid off by DR.. L. X. Sturkie for
s226 per share.
The fire at the cotton warehouse
on Thursday was one Of the hardest
to subdue our brave 6remen have had
to contend with In several years. 1t
burned several hours before it was
entirely extinguished.
Prof. and Mrs. D. I. Smith, Of
Greenville, who were on visit for a
few days to Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Crum, left Wednesday morning to
visit their daughter in the lower part
of the State Mrs. Smith Is sister
OF Mrs. Crum.
We have been Informed that the
friends of DR.. L. K. Sturkie will pre-
sent him as a candidate for Probate
Judge and Special Master in case
Robert E. Copes, Esq, is elevated to
the judgeshlp Of this circuit. Dr..
Sturkie is fully qualified for the po-
sition.
The account published by The
Times and Democrat of the finding
Of the little kidnapped girl in the
person of Lizzie M. Lewis has been
copied all over this and other States.
This only shows how story can
travel when 1t is published by a
newspaper with circulation.
We are not surprised at the cot
ton mills shutting down. They find
it very hard to dispose of their pro-
duct at a profit, and by shutting
down they hope to improve matters.
Our local mills have not made any
money in months, because Of the low
price Of the goods they make.
Don't repress the buoyant spirit
Of your children; half an hour of
merriment around the lamp and fire.
light of a home blots out many
care and annoyance during the day,
and the best safeguard they can take
with them into the world is the IN
seen influence Of bright little do
mestic circle.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
LONG LOST is L J. FOUND. I .|'l| I.
LIzzIE. VI. LE5MIs TURNS OUT TO
BE LIZZIE M. CAIN.
rhe esother and Father of the Girl
Are Certain She is Their Long Lost

AS stated In The Times and DEM
ocrat, Lizzie NJ. Lewis, who was sup
posed to be Lizzie NJ. Cain, the little
colored girl who was stolen while
visiting John Robinson's circus in
this city some thirty years ago, ar
rived in this city on last Wednesday
from Supuloa, Okla, where she is
winterlng with the circus, she still
being attached to it in the capacity
of an actress in one OF the side shows
that travel with the Robinsons.
Letter Carrier O. D. CainG met the
young woman on her arrival here
and took her to the home of his pa
rents, who live between here and
Bowman, for the purpose Of having
them identify her as their daughter
This they readily did, and now there
is no doubt on the part OF any mem
Der OF the family but that the young
woman, Lizzie M. Lewis, is no other
than Lizzie M. Cain, who was stolen
and carried of from this city when
she was five years old.
OF course there was great JOY In
the hearts of the old people when
they once more clasped to their
hearts their long lost daughter. How
and by whom she was stolen is a
mystery, as she was too young when
It occurred for her to remember any
thing about it. If it Is ever revealed,
1t will have to be done by those who
stole her, but this is not likely, and
the kidnapping of the child is likely
to remain a mystery until 1t is re-
vealed in that world where all se-
.crets are made known.
In company with her brother, Mail
Carrier Gaia, the young woman paid
a visit to The Times and Democrat
office on Thursday afternoon. She Is
fine looking young woman, and
does not look to be over twenty-five
years Of age, although she says she
is thirty-five years old. She speaks
in the kindliest terms Of the owners
of the circus, saying that they had
treated her fine ever since she could
remember anything about being with
them. Her appearance indicates that
she has been well taken care OF.
She Is very Intelligent, being post
ed on most current topics. She says
the circus owners sent her to school
and to college and have done all they
could to equip her for life. She
seems to be greatly attached to the
wife of the owner of the circus, who,
she says, has always been very kind
to. her in hundreds Of ways. She
does not seem to think that the own
ers or managers of the circus had
anything to do with her mysterious
disappearance on that %fateful day
some thirty years ago.
.1t. the Kidnapping OF this young
woman from Orangeburg,1 when she
was: q little girl only, FIVE years old
some thirty years ago, could be un-
ravelled it would be most interest
Ing story. Who kidnapped her, and
why was she kidnapped are some OF
the mysteries connected with the
case. Do the circus people kidnap
girls in this way and bring them >up
to the show business as they did this
young woman? Have they any other
kidnapped people with them and
other such thoughts came to our
mind as we contemplated the strange
and mysterious case of, Lizzie M.
Lewis, to be known hereafter as
Lizzie M. Cain.
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Camp Thomas J. Glover q. C. v.

ATTEND your regular meeting next
Tuesday, January 26th, at Young
America Hall, Orangeburg, at IL
o'clock m. A full attendance re-
quested. By order of Commandant
F. S. Dibble, Adjutant.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-21
Company "L," Attention.

Attend meeting and drill Satur-
day afternoon, Jan. 21st, at 1880
o'clock, sharp. I By order OF J. H.
Claffy, Captain.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
MAY CANCEL RUSSIAN TREATY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. While
seeking to preserve courteous diplo-
matte relations with the United States,
officials of the Russian state depart
men are apparently firm in their de-
termination to continue to refuse to
honor passports of Jewish citizens of
this country. President Taft, although
in thorough sympathy with the He
brews in their demand for an abroga-
tion of the treaty-a demand which
will find influential expression at ma
tiona1 mass meeting in New York to-
night-prefers to let congress deal
with the matter. While the President
has authority to terminate the con-
vention, there is long line of prece-
dents against such action On the part
of the chief executive.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
REAL JAVA COFFEE.
You May Get Cup Almost Any Place
Except In Java.

You May Get Cup Almost Any Place
Except In Java.
1t seems strange that in the far east,
where tea and coffee come from, it is
very difficult for the traveller In nearly
all places in India. the Straits Settle
ments and elsewhere in the orient to
procure cup of really good tea or
Isham. the novelist. although seem
ingly paradoxicai. is only on a par with
conditions in SO many Of our little
American hamlets and villages where
good butter. rich cream and good
chickens for the residents are practi.
cally nonobtainabae. all Of them having
been "sent to town." 49,.
In Calcutta ! heard an American in
the best hotel there say to the waiter:
III this" indicating the contents ot
cup before him. ''is tea. bring me
coffee. II 1t is coffee. bring me tea.
And the waiter ian Eurasian). who
had no sense of hnmor, took away the
drink and phlegmatically brought some.
thing eise-equaily bad. no doubt.
So after India. Burma and the Malay
peninsula We waited With bated breat til
for the ceffee Of Java. "Java cofiee!'
The excellence Of it was a childhood
tradition. The coffee mother used to
make was compounded Of real Java.
In Java surely We should ind nectar
OF the gods. What did We discoverl
An extract Of coffee served In little
casters! 1t would have made the gods
III. Another Illusion gonei
Don't 60 to Java for real Java cof.
fee. Y0o may find It In YPsilanti.
Mich. or Paris. o.. bat you won't m
earth 1t II Java-not for money.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
The Russian state department has

The Russian state department has
notified the American government
through the embassy at St. Petersburg,
that the United States by it's own spe-
cial immigration laws has precluded
the raising of such question, for it
excludes MOngolians and Tartars, who
form large and law abiding portion
of the population of the Russian EN-.
pire. 1t is therefore inconsistent for
the United States to raise any Ques-
tion about any race which Russia may
choose to exclude for her own inter-
ests 1t is sarcastically suggested that
when this country lifts the ban on
Asiatic Russians, the empire of the
Gear will admit American Jews.
The Russian department of the in
terror has entirely ignored the Amer
ican protest, taking the attitude that
the communications on this subject
are not worth answering and refusing
to engage in any controversy.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
THE DOCTORS QUESTION

Much Sickness Due to Bowel Dis
orders.
A Doctors first question when con-
suited by a patient is, Are your bow.
els regular!" He knows that SO per
cent Of illness is attended with mac
tive bowels and torpid liver. and that
this condition must be removed gently
and thoroughly before health can be
restored.
Rexall Orderlies are a positive.
pleasant and safe remedy for con.
stipation and bowel disorders In gen
eral. We are so certain of their great
curative value that we promise to re-
turn the purchasers money in every
case when they fail to produce entire
satisfaction.
Rexal Orderlies are eaten like candy.
they act quietly. and aid in producing
q soothing, Strengthening, healing in
fuence on the entire intestinal tract.
They do not purge, grippe. cause nau-
sea, datulence. excessive looseness,
diarrhoea, or other annoying effect.
They are especially good for children.
weak persons or old folks. Three sizes,
10c, 25c and soc. Sold only at our
store-The Rexall Store. Sam1 w.
Dunaway, druggist. 81 Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
ARGENTINA MEAT. TRADE

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
BUENOS AYRES, Dec 6.-Argen.
tines annual national live stock expo
sition, opened today, affords convincing
proof of the rapid strides made by the
live stock growers of the republic
With improved breeds the industry
has expanded wonderfully in the last
year and it is declared to be only a
matter of a few years until Argentina
becomes the principal beef exporting
country of the world. The Argentina
meat trade has become SO large that
steamers with refrigerator accommo-
dations are now insufficient to handle
the business. Lloyds now lists 139
vessels engaged in carrying meat to
Europe from Argentina ,and twenty
seven new steamers are in course OF
construction.
New steamship services will be es
tablished between Buenos Ayres and
ports of Norway, Holland, Germany
Sweden, South Africa and Canada
Lord Pirrie, Lord Furness and Sil
Owen Philips are at. the head of q
company of British capitalists en-
gagged in the development of the meat
carrying trade between this country
and England.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
A Shadow Fifty Miles Lona.

The peak Of Tenerife projects huge
shadow stretching upward of fifty
miles across the deep and partly eclips-
ing the adjoining islands. Exaggerat.
ed shadows OF immense size are com.
monty seen III many other places. On
the Harz mountains the so called Spec.
ter OF the RrOcken throws gigantic
shadows OF mountain climbers into the
sky. repeating every movement made
by them. The same occurs on the
summit of I'amba marca. in Perm
On the tops OF Alpine peaks aud on
the summit of Ben i.omoud. in Scot.
land, mistS in one case and rarefied
air in the other explain these optical
Illusions The same causes produce
also coored shadows varying at each
hour OF Tie uay and tracea bic to the
dispersion Of the solar rays Scientific
American.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
TREE TRUNK CANNON.

Wonderful Wooden Hide Wound Guns
of the Antilles.
The mention of wooden guns sug-
gests company of boy soldiers COM
manded by a captain who wears q tin
sword. The revolutionary soldiers of
Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Re-
public, however. have from time to
time made cannon from trees and ap
piled them to practical purposes. In
the Antilles there grows a peculiar tree
with winding grain. SO tenacious Of
fiber that to split 1t by ordinary means
Is almost an impossibilty
When wanted for artillery purposes
the tree 1s felled, section some Eve
feet In length and one foot in diameter
Is selected and cut, the bark is remov-
ed. and uneven places on the surface
are dressed down.
The embryo cannon is then placed
on rude trusses and q bore burned in
It, q process that serves further still to
harden the wood. While the bore is
being burned green OK hides are cut
into long strips by beginning in the
center and working toward the outer
edge as one would peel an apple
When all IL In readiness one end Of
this rawhide band. which is about
three inches in width. IL spiked to the
wooden cannon near the breech. A
lever or bar is attached to the butt
Two or three negroes grasp the arms
Of the bar and slowly turn the hollow.
ed log on Its supports. The band Of
green hide is kept under a strain, and
In this way the core of the cannon is
wound with one OF the toughest ma
terials, wire excepted, in the world.
The first layer of hide is tightly
wound to the muzZle of the growing
gun and back toward the breech
again until a number of layers have
thus been wound on and the promis3
ing piece of artillery has grown sew
eral inches in diameter.
1t Is then placed in draft of dry.
hot air and allowed to harden. When
the hardening and curing process is
complete the persevering Inhabitants
have really serviceable weapon.
One of these homemade wood and
rawhide cannon used during the last
Cuban insurrectiOn is said to have
withstood 104 charges of powder be-
fore becoming useless. The projectiles
for it were made of scrap iron, broken
stone aud fire hardened clay balls
St Louis Republic.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
As to the Eireplace.

The sides OF fireplace should be
well splayed or beveed In order to re-
feet the heat. says Arts and DecOra-
tiOn. The back should lean forward at
the top for the same purpose. and the
fireplace should not be too deep. A
projecting chimney produces an effect
OF pushing the guest away. whereas a
recedipg one beckons him nearer to
enjoy the hospitality of the open fire.
For this reason the ingienuok kthat Is.
the fireplace built into the wall Of the
roOm-is especially cozy and attractive.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
Ghosts without Heads,

Speaking of ghosts. the London
Chronicle says that "headless coaches
are fairly numerous in England. The
most famous is the one that drives
<Cnce year, on the anniversary of
Anne Eoleyn's execution, up the ave-
nue. at Blickling. her Norfolk home.
The coachman and the four horses
have not head between them. and
Anne's own is not upon her shoulders,
but she holds it in her lap as she sits
IN the coach all in white. At the hall
door the whole apparition vanishes.
Anne's father. Sir Thomas. also rides
In a coach drawn by headless horses
once year. and his ride is much more
exciting than his daughters. He has
to cross forty county bridges during
the night and a company Of yelling de-
mons pursues the coach to keep the
horses going. But how do the horses
hear the noise II they have no ears?
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
WALL STREET.
The Human Side Of New York's Great
Financial Quarter

Financial Quarter.
To the man VINO looks from without
upon Wall street IL seems place of
deep and dangerous mystery. region
of dens ana caves and iabyrinths full
Of perils which threaten loss ana per-
haps ruin to him who enters there.
And such in too many instances 1t has
proved to be- But nevertheless there
fs a decided human side to Wall
street. 1t Is perhaps the most two
faced" street In the world. Here men
who occupy the highest pinnacle OF
financial success and who are power
ful kings. in fact. daily brush elbows
with Office boys and bank messengers.
"get-rich-quick" higbwaymen. silly and
pretty girl stenographers, curb brokers
and curb merchants and sharp tongued
and ready witted "newsies"-with all
the motley tide that flows into ''the
street" each morning and ebbs back
again at night,
Wall street may be said to be the
most democratic street in the world.
for all its vast wealth. There is no
street where crowd viii gather more
quickly than there. even upon the
smallest pretext. 1t may be a street
faker selling some newfangled toy or
man gliding the ball on 6agpoie 500
feet mp in the air. A suffragette max
ing a speech would transfer practical
" the entire population from a dozen
skyscrapers to the standing room
only" In her immediate vicinity. But
unless one hurries be will not get a
good view OF the fair creature. for
soon she is lost from view In tangles
of ticker tape tossed In reels from the
nearby Office windows. favOrite sport
among the brokerage house clerks.
This sort of thing usually takes place
during the noon hour. and at that
time all work is suspended at the first
sound of a band In the distance.
Everybody flies to the curb. Business
can wait in this busiest OF streets for
most anything before O'Clock. when
the chimes OF Trinity sound the after
noon session and "the street. settles
down to it's serious business of max
ing financial history.
Such Is the everyday outside lit
tie crooked street. with the river at
one end and cemetery at the other,"
which has sent scores upon scores to
one or the other-the street with q
destiny.-Strand Magazine.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
lnuuisitixanAM

:
zone half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives" quoted the
wise guy.
THAT'S right" agreed the simple
mug. "Men are not 40 iBquisitive as
women. Philadelphia Record.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
Too Much Fer Him.

Voltaire conld not speak much Eng
hsh. The reason why he refused to
study the language IL this: 1t was
drilled into him that plague" was
pronounced "paaig." which he thought
very pretty and acceptable. But hight
on top Of 1t he wAs introduced to
''ague." which his teacher said must
be called "a.gue." Finding It imp0s.
sible to reconcile the difference. he
went o0 into philosophical tAntrum
and dropped the study.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
0eeerxiMQ Of Pity.

"There Poes Roxham Every time ]
think Of that man's onaacial embar-
rassment 1t makes me yearn to help
him"
"Financtal embavvsasmentr'
SYes. Hes got 80 much money be
doesn't know wtnt to Dc with IT,
Catholic Standard and Times.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
A Bird Mvsferv.

After years OF study devoted to the
topic Professor Alfred Newton Of Cam
bridge stated that without doubt bird
migration is the greatest mystery in
>the entire animal Kingdom. "a mys
tery." he added "that can be no more
explained by the modern man of SCI
ence than by the simple minded saw
age of antiquity"
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-06
A hit Of Q RraQ.

Lawyer-Are you. acquainted With
any OF the men on the juryY Witness
Yes. sir; more than haif Of them.
iLawyer-Are you willing to swear that
you know more than half Of them I
Witness Say. II It. comes to that I'm
willing to swear that ] know more
than all OF them put togethee.-Aii.
waukee Journal