The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-19
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BIZ
OUR REPORTERS.
What lis Happening Here and There.
Local Items Of Personal Interest to


Our Readers. ;..,-..s;
10000 by 1920.
There will probably be a dance
next Wednesday night.
Mr I. w. Mordecai has gone on a
trip to New York for a few days.
'Cotton pickers and small change
will soon be in demand.
Misses Claudine Wannamaker and
Wilhelmina Antley left Wednesday
for Waynesville for ceveral weeks.
Col. M o. Dantzler has gone for a
few days to Montreal, N c., where he
will join his family
Several people from here went on
the excursion to Washington, D c.,
on Thursday. .... - ro~.
Preparations are being made now
for tho County Fair to be held here
neft November. Attractions are be-
ing looked for to entertain. s.
Al cotton market Orangeburg
was all right last year The very
highest price possible was paid for
the staple by the cotton men here.
Under the circumstances the
Springfield boys would be justified
in claiming that the Orangeburg boys
lodged good licking .".-...s-.
Crangeburg must boost her cotton
market by paying the very highest
price for the staple possible. This
city ought to handle twenty-five
thousand bales of cotton this season.
St. Matthews must have had all
her pretty girls and n4atrons on
dress parade when the Orangeburg
Boosters were up there, as we did not
see any other kind while there.
On Saturday night the angel of
death visited the home of MIR. and
Mrs. William Staley at Lone Star and
too therefrom their little infant son,
Sidney, about two years old.
( In considering the prices paid for
cotton at Orangeburg it must always
kept in mind that the prices nam
ed are in hard cash and not on lien
accounts as in some places.
Miss Minnie Godfrey and brother,
T. M. Godfrey, left for the Northern
markets Wednesday morning to yet
ary establishment -,.,
Two classical and clever rag-time
comedians will appear at the "popu-
lar Photo Play House tonight. The
Theato. No extra charge. Herbert L.
Gambati, prop. "nF
The Editor of the Times and DEM
ocrat Is under obligation to Brother
Prickett, of the Advance, for courte-
sizes while on the Booster Trip" to
st Matthews.
At St. Matthews one day last week
the horse of Mr.. M Jarecky took
fright at an automobile and turned
the buggy over, throwing him and
his little grand daughter out. Luck
lily they escaped unhurt.
George Prophet, fifteen year old
negro boy, living on the place of Mr..
J. E Wannamaker, near st. Mat
thews, shot himself while projecting
with a pistol a few days ago in the
hand.
Wade Hampton Cobb, Esq, of Co.
lumbia, was in the city Thursday
night. He is Solicitor Of the Eigth
Circuit and Past Grand Master OF
the Odd Fellows of South Carolina.
While here he attended the local
lodge and gave the members talk.
On the Booster trip to St. Mat
thews on Monday afternoon we rode
in an Oakland machine, driven by
MIR. Richard McMichael, who is an
expert when it comes to handing au-
tos. We made splendid time going
and returning without the slightest
mishap.
The Editor of The Times and DEM
ocrat only went on the Booster trip
to St. Matthews. On the other trips
The Times and Democrat was repre-
sented by her young men. If all the
trips we're as pleasant as the one to
St Matthews their POPULARITY can
easily be accounted for.
If people would only abstain from
throwing banana peeling, paper and
other litter into the street, fewer
towns would have that slovenly'
down-at-heel appearance which mars
their attractiveness. How about you?
Do you ever do any of these things?
If YOU do, stop it, and help the looks
of the town out.
The Calhoun Advance says: MIR
AMI Mrs. Jas. NJ Haigler spent sew
eral days last week at Marshallville,
Ga. It is rumored that friend Haig-
ler is figuring on. buying him a
home in Georgia and moving out
there. We hope that the rumor Is
false and that he will remain in Cal
houn with us
The st. Matthews correspondent Of
The News and Courier claims that the
first county school Trustee Assocla
ton in this State was organized II
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