The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-14
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.
dig for Orangeburg' is a good
motto and one that we should en-
deavor to live up to.
When the Booster Buttons" come
every man IN town should wear one
and do what the motto suggests.
Branchville seems to have been
very interested in the Jones trial as
many of her citizens attended it.
Miss Marie Beaufort, Of Augusta
Ca, is visiting Miss Minnie and
Susie Dibble at the home of their
parents on Amelia street.
It would take two weeks or more
to clear the, criminal docket of our
court. There were six or seven tc
be tried for murder alone.
The hardest fight for the improve
ment Of the Edisto river is yet tc
come, and every one should do al
he can to meet and overcome it.
Mr. and Mrs J. B. Hunt wishes tc
thank their neighbors and friends fol
their hospitality they rendered dur
ing the illness of. their little boy.
Don't be fooled by this delightful
spring weather. There are several
billiards. on cold storage out west
that are liable to be shipped us any
time.
Major W. V. Izlar has returned
home from the hospital in Richmond
much improved. His many friends
hope that he will soon be restored te
complete health.
Miss Rolnie Cooper, of Augusta
Ca, is on a visit to. Mrs. L. Bennett
Miss Cooper was once a resident Of
this city, and has many friends here
who were glad to see her again.
Up to December 13, according te
the census report, there had beer
ginned 81, ,S39 bales Of cotton OF las1
years crop. The crop will hardly
reach 100000 bales, as many thought
it would.
The Chamber of Commerce vii
request the Railroad Commissioner
to see that better accommodation!
be provided at the Southern passen
ger station for incoming and out
going passengers.
The cold wave that was on it:
way in this direction petered out be-
fore it reached the Georgia line, anc
we therefore escaped 1t. AS con
sequence we have been having some
most charming weather.
On motion of Col. w. G. Smith the
Chamber OF Commerce passed a res
olution at its meeting on "Wednesday
night extending it's hearty thank:
to Hon. A. +. Lever for his arden
labors and cooperation in working
for the Edisto River Project.
We were in hopes that with the
advent of prohibition that crime
would decrease in Orangeburg count
ty, but so far we have seen no ef
feet of the anti-whiskey law. After
some years, possibly, there may Dt
an improvement.
In order to invent new "tirt
king parlor trick with which u
amuse his friends, Charles L. Mon
tano, of New Orleans filed his mout[
with gasoline and then ignited the
fumes. How do you think fello"
like that escapes the fool killer?
We are glad Senator Lide opposes
the legislature going on all sorts o.
junketing trips. Ii the members O
the legislature want to go on these
pleasure trips with their familie:
they should pay for them out oI
t.eir own pockets and not make the
State do so.
Mr.. J. T. Wise went to Columbls
Thursday to look after the bill he
wants the legislature to pass to pro
tect the public from the rowing spec
tacle peddlars, who go around the
country selling worthless spectacle!
at high prices. Something should bt
done to protect the public.
AT the Baptist church next. Sun
day the pastor, Rev. George q. Davis
will deliver the first two of a serie!
of morning and evening sermons
In the morning Mr.. Davis will speal
on "Mr. Taft's Religious Views. A
night his subject will be, what Doe:
the Bible Teach Concerning DeatA?'
! letter was read at the Chamber
Of Commerce meeting on ThErSda!
even from the Commercial Secretary
of Charleston requesting cooperation
in the fight against the trading stanI
nuisance. The Chamber heartily en-
Gorsed the effort being made to Sc
cure the passage of law, barrin:
stamp companies from doing bushes:
in this State.
Fifteen thousand dollars has beer
appropriated for the surveE Of the
Edisto river, but no appropriate!
has been made yet for the real WOrf
Of improvements. We have no doub
but that the appropriation Will D(
MADE ii the survey pans ont ali right