The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-26
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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What Is Happening Here and There.
Local Items Of Personal Interest to
Our Readers.
Kr. Iverson Minis has left Elloree
to go in the hardware business at
ST. George.
The people should all be vacci-
mated and Ii us remove all danger OF
small pox spreading.
Orders will be taken at Sims
Book Store for Gen. Hagood's Me
molrs. They are sold for $500 de-
livered. -
It is announced that Gov. Blease
will address the negro race confer
ence now in session in this city this
evening.
According to the weather bureau
now the temperature will rise, and
for the balance OF the week it will
be warmer.
Orangeburg has no room for a
fire bug, and If there is one here
the quicker ne Is caught and his neck
broken the better.
There will be a benefit at the
Cosy Theato on Friday afternoon and
night for the Juvenile Missionary
Society of st. PauTs church.
Carnivals and Gypsies scatter
small pox and other diseases .wher-
ever they go. We. wish they would
stay away from Orangeburg.
We congratulate Judge Copes on
| his elevation to the Circuit Bench
He is a worthy successor to the late
llamented Judge C. G. Dantzler.
Words may count with strangers
or even with neighbors but with our
children, who see Us live, they stand
for naught. They judge us by our
acts.
Messrs. Dukes & ,Rhoads will open
up a marble yard in this city soon,
It will fill a long felt want, and we
wish them success in the new ven
ture.
An oyster supper will be, given at
the residence of Mr.. A. c. Smith on
Friday evening for the benefit OF
Midway school. All are invited to
attend.
The health officers have the small
pox situation we'll in hand, and the
disease Is not likely to- spread from
the few who now have 1t in and near
this city.
We suppose a primary will. be or
dered to fill the office of Special Ref
cree and Probate Judge made va
cant by the election to the Circuit
Bench Of Mr.. Copes.
About one-half of the cotton that
was stored in Mr.. Carts warehouse
when it was burned will be saved.
1t will have to be picked over and
rebaled before it is marketed.
Prof. Webber has resigned as SUI
perintendent of the Elloree graded
school, and a dispatch says the peo-
ple there are very much grieved over
his going. Prof. Webber is, a fine
young man as well as a good teacher.
Messrs. Fairey & Weeks lost a
quantity of bagging and ties that
were stored in shed near the ware
house of Messrs. Jennings & Smoak
that was burned Monday night. As
they had no insurance. it was total
loss,
Major A. G. Dibble announces him
self as a candidate for Special Ref.
cree and Probate Judge to succeed
Judge Copes. Major Dibble filled
this position some years ago, and
was considered one of the best Spec
ial Referees in the State.
If we. are unstable and deceitful
our children know it and despise us
If we are cruel and critical, our chill
dren know it and fear US. If we are
tender and honest, our children
know it and love US. If we are wise
and noble hearted, our children
know it and worship us.
There is no danger Of contracting
the small pox by visiting this city.
Only one case is in the city and that
was contracted at the Gypsy camp,
The house where this case exists, is
quarantined. No one is allowed 10
come from it or visit it, except the
attending physician. 1t is a light
case, and no serious consequences
are anticipated from it.
A dispatch from Elloree says:
cdr. John A. Brunson, who was op-
Grated on at the Knowlton Infirmary
last week, is doing quite we'll. DR..
Brunson is now the pastor of the St.
Matthews Baptist church. His wife
Is a practicing physician, of unusual
skill and intellect, and it is due in
large measure to her prompt dag
nosis and decision that his life was