The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-28
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ana democrat, Orangeburg, s. O..
So5sfar the {Democra legislat tors
4 elected last fall have acted wisely in
choosing United States senators. It
is enco courl;ing g. = -
The Spartanburg Journal :hits5}the
mai! plumb on the head when it says
d no real Democrat has an thing to
fear from Mr. Bryan. tits those who
4 are Demo Gratis between elections and
vote the Republican. ticket att the
y elections who are most opposed to
Mr.. Bryan. So 1.
The Herald says "spartanburg has
built a Confed derate monument, but
she can't set anybod to write the
K Inscription & to go on it. This is
y somewhat remarka bic IS when one
thinks OF. Gne many eminent schol-
ars in spartanburg, Why not select
! a committee of them .to5perform this
I. patriotic duty j 81 ztz. " 53js
The Naws and Courier says 5athe
4 discovery Of, a vicorporodictataurus
B in the Ashley river has aroused a
y great desl: Of curiosity, some presum-
ling that 1T came in to see how, the
/ Boulevard was getting along. ~" This
: Charleston visitor must. be first
cousin - the gurguscutus that was
!: discovered out West some years ago.
:.s I'VE can't see where the .Torrens
/; law would hurt the lawyers If it was
3 enacte l. 1t would relieve them of
the responsi bility of searching for
!; and guaranteeing titles to land, as
!. under 2. the Torrens law the State
would do that. We see no reason
why any lawyer should oppose the
bill for fear Of Its hurting his bust
ness. .i.,, j.=.
X ;;i.5 The reTocation Of the, commissions
of all anotaries public was a Summary
} proceeding; and probably not neces-
sary, but. we agree, with the Sumter
,Watchman and Southron that Gov
:ernor Blease's suggestion that no.
;,taries public be hereafter comnlis-'
stoned for a limited term, instead of
for life, seems to be wise and well
considered. ,''s5 (
{ & The Columbia Record says "sthee
Sbabyish conduct of the Republican
senator's in the West Virginia gem:
eral assembly, in absenting them
selves from the sessions in order that
Democrats might. ret be elected to
THE federal senate, merely srl, zemphla-l
sizes the necessity. for the: election:
of senators by popular vote. Well
said. 3.i..: = vi. .i.g
Senator-elect MARITIME, OF New Jer-.
isey, gave out statement after his
election. in which he said his can
+ didacy "personifed an eternal truth
Sof government which was vitalized
by public opinion" The victory, 2he
said, was not that of an individual
.1but of the people and added that he
did not spend. one dollar in seek
ling his election, 81 81. &.
The Spartanburg Journal .links
about. "the best answer of the dis
pen sary winding-up commission to
Governor Blease's attack IS to point
Ito the many thousands of dollars the
commission made dishonest liquor
houses disgorge, the fruits OF over
charges allowed by Governor Blease' 8
friends who were doing the whiskey
I purchasing for the State dispensary.
A dispatch from the Philippines
says General Pershing, commander
of the department of Mindanao, has
ended the punitive campaign in sthe
Davao district, having killed or cap
tured all the marauders and dis
persed all the lawless Manabo bands.
Just such dispatches as the 'aboye
use to be sent out by Spain when
she owned the islands. We then con-
demned them. ~
Without disparaging the claims Of
any other gentleman mentioned FOL
the position, we dc not hesitate te
say if we had vote in the Associate
Justice election I'VE would cast it fol
Circuit Judge Dick Watts. He i:
not only a good, sound lawyer, bu
his long training on the circuit
bench eminently fits him for mem
bership in our highest legal tribun
al.
The State senate is right in vot
ing against appealing the merger sui:
against the Southern Railway. L
would be a useless expense to Tho
State as we'll as the Southern, ant
could not possibly do any good. W.
are now having the best railroad ser
vice in this section we have ever had