The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-10

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an faIone iwill never, get even sight
los. the ipsarly gates;.I
e3mosts unfortunate thing about
!. the, return of DR.. Cock is the prob
ability; ia revival oi the ,cook-Peary
I controversy. T
53s Tho surest and Et;uickest remedy
! for the carnival: iof crime that Is;
sweeping over this country Is for the
people,to fear God aid keep his COM
mandnlents- = .:.,.. = ::-Szs.
The only advice we have to give
/ the legislature Is ato pass only sucn
{, laws as are absolutely necessary. ad-
journ and come home The quicker,
this lis done, the. better.
Should Judge Ccpes or. Solicitor.
HAdebrand, be, electnd .5udgeof rthls,
circuit by the Legislature. q good Of.
flee viii be vacant. for which no,
doubt there will be q a,scramble.
No; matter how strong the habit
maybe. that one has formed, 1t. can
be broken. And 1t Is a bad habit
the sooner It Is broken the better.
The getting rid OF fit is simply mat
Z ter OF will and persistence. 5 .5,
u. sr- . . }. ~.
IN differing with others. even when
We$know We: are right. courtesy and
regard for. their feelings ought; all
ways to be shown. Too often the
sensibilities :of others are hurt by
5rudeness or violence Of speech. .i6
ii5 it;s The we = in which some members
OF so o-called society managed to spend
The: last hours OF the old year. and
the early, hours Of the new shows
Chat. many people have an unlimited,
for doing foolish things, and
thsnga worse than foolish:
Il The record Of entertainments, for
.geries and bank: wrecking for 1910
shows q material increase over 1909,
being in round numbers about $685..
900 .0f0S as compared with $4,000
900 In 1905 and 3s1a 300, 900 in 1soSt
What "a record for rascality.
TIE Legislatures assemblies today.
we hope the nepotiam that was prac-
tlced In the hast legislature will be
cut out OF this one. Neither the mem-
bers ;pf. Gthe House or the Senate
should ELL the Office Of page or any
other position with their sons, neph-
sews orScousins.
Government exports say that tbs
bon weavil is ssrlous menace 70
tbe$$v,hole cotton belt claiming thai
It Will eventually reach its most
snorthernmost and easternmost poE-
tions: IT will beboove the farm era
of South Carolina to begin to pre-
pare to give these pests warm re
ceptlon when they reach this State.
i Tie statement made by a Spartan
burg newspaper that. MI. Johnson Is
theionly South Carolina Coma FRESHMAN
/ in favor. oc taking from the Speaker
the power 10 appoint committees Is
rnistaie. Mr.. Lever Is and always
has 'tcol q strong: advocate OF hav-
Ing the committees named By the
House Itself and not by the Speaker
No son, nephew, cousin. or othel
7 relative OF mem Der of the legisla-
ture should be eligible to any ap
pointive or elective office In either
the Senate or the House. In the last
Legislature some of these positions
were "hogged" by meu bers for some
of their family. Such nepotism
should be prohibited by Law. and
these places awarded by merit instead
Of political pull.
We are glad to know that an effort
will be made to have the National
Corn Exposition held In Colum b!a in
connection with the South Atlantic
States Corn Exposition next winter.
South. Carolina Is the champion corn
raiser Jof the world. and her capital
city would be a most appropriate
meeting place for the champion corn
show of the wo>ld. BY all means
bring It to Colun bia.
Some Of the Wall street organs
are insisting that Mt. Bryan should
not be allowed t. dictate to the DEM
ocratic party. 's'he Conm oacr says
'they need not be afraid Of his try
ing to dictate: what they really fear
Is that he will use his knowledge OF
men and political history to prevent
the playing Of bunco game on the
voters--and there Is good ground for
the fear; they can count on It as q
certainty"
Senator Robert L. Owen. Of Okla
homa, warns tie Dem ocratic party
He very truly. says the Democrats
cannot afford tc, be reactionary. and
goes on to say that "the peoples rule
doctrine Is the great doctrine with
which the Democrats can sweep tne
countrr.. IF. thay fail to make this