The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-10-21
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY
OUR REPORTERS.
What Is Happening Here and There.
Local Items of Personal Interest


to Our Readers.
Don't fail to- make an exhibit at
the County Fair.
Miss Lewellyn Cleckley, Of Bam-
berg, is visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. R. E. Wannamaker on Ame-
liza street.
Mrs. John A. Zeigler, who has
been AWAY several weeks. has re-
turned home to the delight of her
many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs T. English Plowden,
of st. Charles, is visiting the latter's
mother, Mrs. John A. Zeigler, on
Amelia street.
Missionary service conducted by
the laymen will be held at ST. Paul's
Methodist church Sunday morning.
The public is invited.
We want a number of ladies in
each township in Orangeburg and
Calhoun counties to work for that
piano and other prizes that The
Times and Democrat will give away.
The alarm of fire Thursday even;
ing was caused by the burning of
house on Whitman street in rear
of the house Of Mr.. D. W. Suther-
land. The house was occupied by col
ored people.
The difficulty in getting cotton
picked is more serious this year than
ever before. Even at this late sea-
son there are fields of cotton in this
county that have not had a cotton
picker in them.
1t has been decided to have an
educational day at the County Fair
on Friday, Nov. IA. All the white
teachers that are conducting schools
in the county are requested to help
make this feature success.
Let us work and stimulate every
legitimate enterprise by giving it all
the friendly encouragement we can,
and unite our industry, intelligence
and capital in a common cause for
the good of our town.
The 18th annual State Fair of
the South Carolina Mechanical and
Agricultural Sc -iety will open in Co.
lumbia Oct. 80 and will close Friday
Nov3. Special rates will be given
by the railroads and thousands of
people are expected to attend.
Get together your choicest vegeta:-
bles and farm products of all descrip-
tions, your best hogs, sheep, poultry,
horses, mules, cows or anything else
that will do to exhibit at the County
Fair and send it in. See If yours is
not better than some one else's.
Two negro burglars, who entered
and robbed a store at Bowman, were
run down and captured by blood
hounds sent out by Sheriff A. NJ.
Salley. They robbed the store Thurs
day night and were lodged in Jail
Friday afternoon. That was quick
work.
When the tongue of trade is coat
ed when the eyes and limbs of the
clerk are dull and languid when the
raging fever tackles the empty vitals
of till, when the spider roosts in the
empty cash box, and bouquets Of de-
cay are on the chandeliers, it is con-
elusive that the advertising doctor
has not been consulted.
Presiding Elder Charles B. Smith
is winding up his last years work on
the Orangeburg District preparatory
to going to Conference which meets
at Bennettsville on November 29.
Having served this district four years
Mr.. Smith will not be sent back.
Who will take his place will not be
known until he is named by Bishop
Kilgo, who will preside at Confer
ence.
The Branchville Journal says: "Dr.
C. P. Perryclear has resigned his po-
sition with the Wimberly Drug Co.
to accept a similar position with the
Union Drug Co., of Columbia. He
will take up his new position on Nov.
/. Dr.. Perryclear has been located
in Branchville about a year. He and
Mrs. Perryclear have many friends
here who will regret to see them
leave"
The Branchville Journal says +.
Nipson Fairey was carried to the
Knowlton hospital in Columbia Sat
urday, where he was operated upon
for appendicitis. r. C. Smoak was
taken to the same place and was op-
Grated upon Thursday. Their many
friends will be pleased to learn that
the operations were successful and
both are expected home within two
weeks.
The time of the meeting of the
South Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will
soon be here, when the annual
change of preachers will take place.
The Orangeburg Methodists want the
Rev. II. W. Bays, D. D., returned TO
st. Paul. DR.. Bays is now winding
up his second years work here, and
he has done we'll. He is not only a
good, strong preacher, but he is a
most lovable, accomplished gentle
mali.