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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

aoiy city, Coos temple. and concern
ing the Jews who had returned from
RabyIaa. The sad stery Of their trials
aud the desolation Of the city and Its
exposure to enemies touched his heart
and led him prayer. That prayer Is
the subject OF this lesson.
Undoubtedly the recorded prayer OF
Nehemiah IL merely an epitomlzed
statement. fer we read that he made
the matter a subject Of earnest prayer
for four months before he reached the
point Of action where God used him
In the fufllment of his own petition.
Tho Soure Sincere Desire.
The Poet has well defined prayer as
being 1.-The souls sincere desire. utter
ed or une1pressed." Another has well
declared that it .'is the Christians
vital breath: that Is to say. Christian
character cannot be maintained with
out prayer any more than a human
life could be maintained without
breathing. Who has not noticed that
all the great Bible characters used OF
the Almighty were accustomed to go
to Him regularly In prayer and to
seek for guidance from Him in re-
spect to every matter? Ever the great
Redeemer. holy. harmless, undefed
and separate from sinners. needed to
pray to the Father-needed His fel'
gowship and communion-needed to be
IN aouch with the Infinite One. Sew
eraI Of His prayers are recorded. and
we are, told that He spent the entirt
utght IN prayer on some occasions.
Some may ask. Would the Almighty
change Hts plans In answer to our pc
Stdons? A.ssuredly He would not.
Indeed. On the contrary. we are eau
toned IN the Scriptures to ask only
according to Els will We aSe warned
that II we ask amiss our petitions VIII
not b. answered Hence the necessity
for studying Coos Word and being
enlightened thereby.
The Redeemer gave as the. Keynote
to this. saying. ''If ye abide Ia Me and
My words abide in you. ye may ask
what ye will and 1t shall be done
unto you." John xv. a. Alas! how
few seem to note the two limitations
OF this promise:
~ The one asking must be IN Christ
abiding In Him. This means that
the petitioner has turned from sin. has
accepted Christ and the terms OF dis
cipleship. It implies that he has made
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
About Broadcioths.

Though fashions may come and CO.
though weaves vary and dress goods
OF many and various kinds be adopt
ed by that whimsical parsonage
Dame Fashion. broadcloth Is always
in favor. 1t is one of the aristocrats
of the dress goods realm and Its place
Is always assured.
This year the tendency In broad
cloths is toward those with a very
high !uster-the more brilliant and
sat!ry the sheen. tie better madame
will like her cloth.
Smart autumn suits are OF broad
cloth, elaborAte!y acknowledgement
" with handsome silk braids. often
with rich and deep-tcned velvets.
But rot alone for suits and tailored
costumes is broadcloth In demand.
For handsome wrars. street Goa s
evening garments and afternoon tot
le.tes broadclo,hs will be fashionable
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

80 KNOWING

Tulle over satin is much IL evidence
for evening costumes.
Pale gid laces are much in evidence
on both afternoon and evening gowns.
An almost normal wa!stline is one
OF the features OF the newly imported
dresses. ..a
A new idea in habits is a foundation
OF astrakhan cloth with thics and
silky curis.
Fur .s to be prominent in the win
ter millinery and mole and seal Will
lead in popularity.
Worsted enbroideries done in bright
coiored crewels are used ELS enlivenlng
touches on costumes, suits and wraps.
Wool embroidery on the separate
blouse 10 the latest thing: and will
doubtless supersede the beading OF
the year.
Lace and chiffon f1ifls at the bottom
OF long sleeves and finishing on the
elbow variety are to be much IN vogue
for all sorts OF dresses.
Lace as a trimming is to be exten.
sively used for bodice and skirt. ap-
pearing in odd places. and often the
lace Itself will be richly ornamented
with beads and embroidery.
A new evening sleeve is tiny Wlreo
hoop of some soft shirred fabric. usu'
ally chiffon. This is arranged to stand
out from the shoulder, the material
being shirred over the wire.
The gown OF snces is to be popular
this winter and this will rejoice many
for while q whole lace gown can be
the most ruinously expensive costume
It can also be created on cheaper
lines with eoug! effectiveness. Lace
GOWNS are almost inveriably becom'
ing
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
Misuse Of Via.

A stroll through the shipping dis
trict gives many 4 wrench to the pur-
lists soul ''in tro.~' of all the com
mission houses" "u sa,:,. 7 see bales
and barrels labeled via boat "r via
train. Why does not somebody -"
the shipping clerks that every tint
they write that they are insulting the
English and every other language?
Via can be applied properly only to
the place through which parcel
passes. not to the means of transpor-
tation."
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
DRESS FOR OUTDOOR WEAR
Attractive cootume Made Up In Tweed
is Practical in Style and Very
Servtceable.

: Tweed has been chosen for this cos
tune, which is practical in style 1t
has the skirt made with panel back
and front laid on in wide wrapped
seams.
The coat is cut to correspond with
this, and has a double breasted front
fastening below revers by two but
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
Fashion Note.

Ladies who are interested in the
subject may take trip to Washing
ton and examine in the Bureau OF
Manufa :tures samples Of the wood
which the African Angochc bellies use
for a face stain and paste. which have
hcen sent over here by our Vice-consnl
at Lourenco Marquee in the Interest
Of American beauty.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

ested in the land
Of his fathers.
While walking
one day he over
heard two maci
tallEing in the He-
brew tongue. and
accosted them.
They had been 10
JerpSaleR ana
had returned. He
gladly Inquired
respecting che
hnly land t;na
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

q full conSecra.
ton Of his life to
the Lord and be-
come q new crea-
ture In 9 b r | s t
J 9 s u s. Such.
a b | d | n 6 In
Christ, may pray
to the Father.
e, After hav-
Ing com e into
membership and
fellowship with
the II G q d. the
Messiah, t h e S e
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
Gjvce Nctp Of Color.

All embroidered linen and mousse
line dresses show the band Of velvet,
e.'ir, q9h mcussetire. The. note or
co.or seen at the hem Is Frequently
49, cd 1t he waist or about the
corSaSe.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
rhe Frankness of Women.

The Frankness of Women.
Though the male was never tahen
at his own valuation by women. for
the first time in modern history won-
en- are beginning to say ao.-Merley
Roberts IN "TboEpe's Way"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

For seve1~l ye2rs there has been
law forbiGding the running of bulls
loose on the streets. This law has
not been enotrccd for several years.
but il does seem that it should now
be enforced. rs there are several such
aniroa!s now at large.-Blackshear
.cs.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

Office of County Treasrer, Orange
burg County, S. c., October End,
1911.
The Regular Tax Duplicate will be
open for collection Of all taxes due:
Office of County Treasurer, Orange
burg County, from the 18th day of
October to the 31st day of Decem-
Der, 1911.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

Wouldn't Be Quite Proper.
Modern Young Person fshewtnG
friend round Paris)-This place 10
rather jolly at night: but OF course.
it's not the sort OF place 30 tahs yetar
mother to-
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
FOR SALE

so acre farm on Branch
vile road, just outside city
limits, with buildings thereon,
also ~ acre farm on Ken.
nerly road 10. miles Of Or.
aneeburg. Apply to
L. E. RILEY
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

from me- must ask in har
mony with Gods Wog and promises:
In order to know whit things to ask
for they must search the Scriptures.
which are sufficient. that the ma" et
God may be thoroughly fur: h, l."
God is pleased to r''"" lSe OF the
little talents PCS 81 I'd b! His con-
secrated reople. Those who pay for
'opnc II. lille, to serve the Lord and
l.; cIuse and who watch for the full
Ilment Of their prayers in the open
doors of opportunity will surely have
them. "He that Seeketh fndeth.
What to Pray For.
Those in Christ may pray for earth
~ necessities. az in the Lords s7S es.
"Give US this day our daily oread:
but we are not to pray for more than
the bread and water which the Lord
has authorized His people to pray for.
The true Christian. instead Of think
ing about what he shall eat. what he
shall drink. and whelewithal he shall
be clothed instead Of making earthly
things the subject Of his prayers, will
be thinking Of and praying about his
higher. his heavenly interests. -
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25
Good Advice.

Don't hrag before you make good,
and after you've made good you won't
need to.-Llle.
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Where He Is Wrong.

In reality anything IS good enough
fo- the man wno thinks nothing is too
good for him.
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's'The eJectual ferpcnt prayer Of righteous
mein ncdilcth nuch."-Jomes o, I6.
AZ ETRTEEN years after Ezra's
a company returned to Jerusa-
W lem. Nehemiah went thither
with an escort and full author
ity fren tle king of Persia to rebuild
the wall of Jerusalem and to restore
its gates. It would appear that Ezra's
reformation. while very helpful to the
people. brought against them the vio-
lent opposition Of their neighbors. as
was to have been expected. The Jews.
now considerable in numbers. were
despised by their ne!ghbors. who wish
ed to drive them out Of the land The
wall Of the city was poor and did not
withstand the attack.
Josephus says that Nehemiah, wealthy
and favored of the king Of Persia, re-
sided in the kings palace at Shushan.
Ee was pious man and deeply inter
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

tons: velvet is used for facing coiiar
and pocket flaps. ..:..
Sailor hat OF black straw. trimmed
with satin ribbon aad buckle.
Materials required: Four and one
half yards tweed IS inches wide, one
fourth yard velvet. two buttons, AZ
Yards silk or satin for lining coat.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-25

Raisins, 12c; currents, 12c; eitron,
1Sc, at Prescott's.
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TIE VALUE OF PRAYER.

Nehemiah's Petition For Israel.
Nehemiah NOV. 26
sfThe efTectual. ferpcnt prayer Of righteous
MON saco!lcth much."-Jomes o, 16.
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Also the following local Special
Taxes:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-08
Singular Career of Joseph c. Robin Once Robnovtch Who
Started with Nothing and Rose so High That
He Is Now Accused of Bank Wrecking.

l. was over Robinovitch was out OF
Job. He could not have gone back To
The Recorder" and he did not wish TO.
He was born to play lone hand lie
was too keen and too sure of himself TO
fit we'll into any institution. HIS way
was to fit institutions to himself
For a while he drifted about New
York. turning over his money in petty
schemes of different sorts. And then he
learned the bitter lesson that so many
young men learn here every year-that
the stranger is not wanted. just because
he is a stranger. New York is not al
WAYS respectable, but il must have
varnish of responsibility on the things
for which il spends its money. Robino-
witch determined to prove his respecta-
biity beyond all reasonable doubt.
A man who had been with him on THE
Recorder" staff met him one day stand
ing on a Broadway corner with two
men. They looked like prosperous livery
stable keepers. Robinovitch stopped the
reporter to shake his hand effusively-
he always had bluff, hail-fellow-well-
met way about him--and dragged him
into the group He named mining
stock which he had been peddlng sew
oral months before. and urged him. with
verbal slap on the back, to get next
to good thing"
The reporter suspected that he was
boine exhibited as a specimen of the
Young mans acquaintance.
"As regards that stock, RobinOvitch'
he began.
The other spread out his hands in a
gesture of irritation.
"Tye changed my name" he said
hastily. q call myself Robinson now"
Harder and harder the lesson was
driven home to him that there was a
wall built straight through the struct-
ure of New York affairs on one side
we're money and credit and work for
sharp wits; on the other side were Rob
irovitch and q million or 50 of others.
Tho name of the wall was Indifference.
and its doors were locked with chilled
seeI called Suspicion. There was only
.,ne that the boy had ever seen opened.
That led through the office Of the Char
tiles Commissioner.
60 one day Robinovitch came To Cen
oval lanes r. O'Beirne and made his
proposal bluntlE.
rye got a philanthropic scheme, gen
..raI 3, he said that | think you'l be in
tcrested in. It's plan for helping poo
ala with small incomes 10 build their
own homes. They viii help each other.
OF course, the General knew about
huilding and loan associations before
pobinovitch told him about them. but he
u anted To- help Robinoyitcfr to go ON in a
course that was unquestonably good
orc So the General took up the plan,
introduced Robinoviich Ia q number Of
non Who had money and some things
that money does not always bring and
ar,one them they organized a mutual
building and loan association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-08

the caps. together with the caps them
selves. at a handsome profit.
Now. naturally, such scheme could
not grow forever AS soon as majority
of the BOYS in the square were equipped
with the caps there would no longer be
any distinction in wearing them. Robino-
witch chose the psychological moment TO
withdraw. He had kept secret the names
of the halter and the craftsman who
did the lettering. and he sold the infor-
nation 10 his partners. In three weeks
more there was hardly one Of the let
tered caps To he seen on the square.
In his intense determination to learn
English. young Robinovitch fastened
himself upon the police reporters who
regularly covered" the East Side. lie
talked with them. persuaded them TO
read the things he wrote, begged chances
10 follow news stories with them and
went out to buy them coffee and cigars.
So. when a new paper, The Recorder"
was started on the most advanced lines
of yellow" journalism, Robinovitch was
mentioned as an intelligent young fellow
with a bad case of news fever" and
got chance on the staff.
Here his knowledge Of Europe stood
him i'm good stead He read the foreign
exchanges and wrote weekly column
os transatlantic scandal. signing HIM
self Gus Podin." His other duties con-
sisted chiefly Of working mp sensational
articles for the Sunday edition He did
odd jobs Of writing for the women's de-
rartment He wrote a novel And all
the while he was keeping half dozen
side irons in the fire-schemcs for plat
ing silverware. for starting a song pub
fishing house, for running a loan fund
in the office and the like.
He was shabby when he came to the
paper. but he drew a good salary and
soon made rather a smart figure. He
talked a great deal, mostly about finance
and economies and his own ambitions.
He spoke fast and vehCnently. with a
rapid flow of ideas. He was always
picking arguments, in which he aired
his knowledge of Adam Smith and Henry
George. and spoke so boastfully of what
he meant to do in the financial game"
that the other reporters looked upon him
as more or less Of a fool who had
booked up on money more than was
good for him.
lie had been some two years on "The
Recorder" when his sister in the asylum
complained of certain abuses in the
treatment Of patients there. She quar-
relied with one of the officers of the in
sttution and then told her brother the
whole story He saw the possibilities Of
an expose wrote an article attacking
the system and sold it TO a rival news
paper for $500 Also. he c0ntriyed mat
ters so that he was taken on the staff Of
the paper 10 write articles for the cru
SADIE" witch followed.
The sensation lasted for weeks. When
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-08
The Roobac Who Made Almost Million Out of Niagara Falls

3 They rented a small Office in lower
Broadway; General O'Beirne was made
president and Robinovitch became gen
eraI manager and did practically all the
active wOrk-on a salary OF fifteen dol
lars a week. That. with a raise" which
came a few months later, was all the
money Robinovitch ever got out OF the
association. The directors were upright
and able business men; Robinovitch was
almost a genius at finance, and they
built up a substantial and very conscr-
vative business.
Robinovitch was -scruplously honest
In all his dealings with his company. He
was by no means ungrateful, and he saw
besides what his position meant to his
future Here was his one chance TO es-
tablsh himself, TO become known as a
keeper of good company: to study the
inner workings of a corporation; TO
watch the ways Of directors and under
lings, and the cracks in the corporate
structure through which responsibility Is
apt TO leak away and be lost.
He kept turning over the few hundred
dollars that his newspaper experiences
had netted him, and he saved a part OF
his salary. He must have had thousand
dollars or so when, after a few years
with the building and loan association.
he saw a chance at Niagara. His name
was now Joseph c. Robin. He told Cen
eral OBeirne that he had changed Il
because he was a fugitive from Russia
and was afraid that Russian spies would
follow him.
Niagara waterpower had been ex-
plotted for many years. but on a small
scale. 1t was in the beginning OF the
present enormous development that
Robin turned his attention TO the Falls
He had used his building association
we'll and ii had used him we'll in re-
turn, for now he did not go down TO
Niagara as a lonely adventurous pro-
moter, but as an experienced, reputable
business man, well introduced.
He studied the engineering problems AT
! the Falls till he had the whole AFFAIR at
his fingers ends. and then he set out 10
talk power company. ne ldih'u ~ "'i'
| for he had a good proposition. lie in
/ terested" capital and took part I'm tho
organization of the Niagara, Lockport
and Ontario Power Company. He still
| had his liking for respectable names
/ Cassius NJ Wicker and George Westing-
! house were deeply interested in the com.
pany. When Robin sold out few years
later he realized profit of Sl.WD.Wn
! From the organizing of the Niagara
company. the story of Robins life has
been told too many times To need repeat
ing. ANY new information as TO how he
manipulated the Northern Bank. the
Washington Savings Bank and his vari-
Gus insurance and loan companies viii
have To come from the courts.
"Ho would have made great lawyer"
said a banker who has known him in
recent years his mind works like
lightning. He knows a lot. and he has all
his knowledge on the tip If his tongue.
~ ron sat down with him for eight
r,inu,es he would have YOU admitting
,ba, white was black. He speaks fast
ana erctedly. and his manner 10 ire
mendously convincing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-08

The fail of a banker who has misman-
aged his bank is no new story. Like the
mothcr-in-law joke. it hardly changes
with an the years. And while there Is a
vital. pungcnt story in the great tangle
o. circumstances that brought Joseph u.
Robin a prisoner To the bar, it IS not
about the rich banker Robins downfall
II is the story Of the lonely boy Robino-
witch and how ne ate his way like an
acid through the thickly folded fabric OF
, New York affairs. 1t would take Balzac
or Tom Lawson to tell that story with
tho heavy-handed strokes that it de-
serves
Robin. according to his own account
came 10 this country boy of fifteen,
about twenty years ago. Enemies say
H. was four or five years older. With
him was his sister, an earnest, brilliant
girl. who had studied medicine and re-
coived her doctors degree. They had
lived i'm Russia. in Germany. and then
for several years i'm Paris. They were
very poor Louise Robnoyitch obtained
an appointment as inferno in the Man
haitian state Hospital for the Insane on
Wards Island The position hardly pro-
yidod for her own wants. Her brother
was left 10 shift for himself in the
strange city Of New York
His equipment for the battle consisted
q. q good knowledge of French and Rus
sian. a broad general reading. an UNI
usual understanding Of mathematics-he
knew differcntia calculus-a little bad
English and no money. He saw that the
first thing 10 do was 10 make himself
master of the language. He threw him
self on il like a starving man on tempt
ing edible. He entered a night school
and refused TO take his place with the
beginners i'm English. insisting on recit-
Ing and writing the work Of the schools
with the students who were born 10 the
tongue. Within eight months he wrote
automatically nucntly and with almost
perfect correctness, and he spoke without
an accent.
Meanwhile he was starving half the
time. He ran errands; he shOvelled snow;
he wrote letters IN Russian and English
for East Side merchants 1t is said that
one day h bought the outfit Of retiring
bcOtblack and started shining shoes in
Union Square. The competition was very
keen IT took Robinovitch only a week
to work out a scheme to fit the situa-
ton.
lie got an old messenger boys cap and
fitted il with a neatly lettcred legend.
"One Minute Shine" lie was able Ia
make tho advertisement good. and his
trade doubled and trcbled. I'm few
days hc took two other bootblacks into
partnership. selling each Of them "A
cap The three OF them formed q close
corporation. strong enough e. suppress
any imitator by force Of arms. and they
sold other newsboys the right 10 wear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-08

WrIQnt, mounting ner dTHldU plpIdHo
which she has named the Blue Bird.
and all that sort Of thing. Many brave
hearts that are only weak In those matters
where womankind are concerned may find
ere long that the easiest way 10 win the
divine object of their hopes will be to
aviate with cher" through the rose
purple" of a summer evenings sunset.
Count Jacques de Lesseps scared through
the sunset oranges and reds at Belmont
PARK a few times with Miss Grace Nc
Kenzie. of Toronto. Promptly thereafter
their engagement was announced by the
Countess de la Bergassiere, sister OF the
fortunate aviator. lie used Bleriot
Glade Grahame-White Farman. But Mr..
White still retains the lead as he is re-
peatedly credited with being engaged to
both Miss Sears and Pauline Chase, the
actress
one thing does seen be manifest, how
ever that the man at the wheel of an
aeroplane that is travelling at the rate of
sixty-five miles an hour has many advan-
tages over the earthbound lover. The
motor thunders so continuously that If his
art of conversation is poor it fails of notice
at the time. TO keep the machine on its
heavenly course he must work both arms
the while his feet and head are busy so
that in the very nature Of the case the
girl he would win for his own sees him
under the most favorable guise II she be
the sort that yearns for man OF daring
and GOODNESS. It would spoil everything
we're man to talk under such circum-