The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-28
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN By
OUR REPORTERS.
What I1 Happening Here and TheTe.
Local Items of Personal Interest to

business trip to Houston, Texas.
The weather is still quite summer
lish and straw hats are still in fashion.
The heavy receipts is what knock
ed the bottom out of the price Of cot
ton.
Miss Pet Brunson ha zone to Spar
tanburg, where she en.ered Converse
college.
| Some interesting cotton statistics
are published on this page. Read
them over.
Mr. Paschal Albergotti, now of
Georgetown, Is in the city for visit
to relatives.
Mrs. w. H. Rousseau and children
of Albany, Ca, are in the city visit
ing relatives.
w. A. Axson has returned to the
University of Tennessee to finish his
course in law.
Miss Merle Smoak left Monday for
Spartanburg, where she is student
OF converse Cu-IeSe.
On account Of religious holiday
KOHN'S STORE will be closed all
day Monday, October End.
If we had cotton to sell and could
make arrangements to hold it not a
pound would be sold now.
Miss Angie McClees has gone to
New Orleans, where she will enter
college to complete her education.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W.. Fielder, former
residents of this county, but now of
Nashville, are visiting relatives in the
county. =
B. B. Axson will leave on the 3Oth
for Maryland to enter the University
of Maryland to take up the study of
medicine.
The Orangeburg College has about
as many boys and girls now as they
ever can well take care of. This
school needs more room.
There will be an ice cream festival
at the East Orange School house Sat-
urday afternoon. The public Is cord
tally invited to be present at this oc-
casion.
The devotional exercises Of the
Womans Missionary Union to be held
with the Four holes Baptist Church
will begin promptly at eleven o'clock
today and FRIDAY.
The Standard Warehouse of this
city will store your cotton at mod
crate charge. See Mr.. Geo. A. Schif-
fley, the Manager, and he will give
you all the particulars.
Tnirty-five dinner sets of one hun
dren prices each will be given away
in addition ito other more valuable
prizes in The Times and Democrat
voting contest which will be put on
in November.
Mr.. O. M. Roberts, of Athens, Ca,
is here on visit. Mr.. Roberts was
at one time in charge Of the city
water and lighting system, and has
many friends here who were glad to
see him again.
A free barbecue will be given at
North Providence School house on
Saturday September goth. Several
distinguished speakers are expected.
Hon. A. F. Lever, Prof. Hand and
others. Public cordially invited.
An invitation was received by the
local Ad Club from Secretary
McKeand, of the Charleston Chamber
of Commerce and Ad Club to be pres
ent on the evening of Sept. 2S at
| banquet to be rendered in that city.
On September "a, 1911 Mr.. Leroy
Powers was married to Miss Pearl
Stokes at the residence Of Rev. D. d.
| Dantzler, the officiating minister. At
ter the ceremony refreshments were
served at the home Of the bride on
Doyle Street.
The gin house of Mr.. ]. ]. Ross,
Just across the Santee in the Remini
section was destroyed by fire Monday
| morning. Mr.. Ross says everything
points to the fact it was robbed and
set on fire. The loss is about $1,000
with no insurance.
Express rates in South Carolina
will be reduced materially, accord
| ing to announcement by j. B. Hook
aday, general manager of the South
ern Express, at Columbia Tuesday
night. The company has accepted the
rates prepared by the state railroad
| commission.
Frank Jones and Frank Connor
| were drowned on the Cooper River
while racccon hunting. The inquest
was held over the negroes By Mag
istrate Behrens. Goose creek has a
dangerous whirl just where it emp
ties into Cooper river, and here the
men met their death.
The Sumter Watchman and South
ron says Mr. l.. B. Bradford of this
county states that he has recently
sold a SOW and pigs of his own rails
| ing to Mr.. w. w. McCutcheon of
| Wisacky for SIS. The SOW was a
full blood Essex and the pigs were
mixed Essex and Berkshire.
Mrs. James J.. Sims and Mrs. Rich
| ie McMichael have been elected dele
gates to represent the Home Mission
Society and the Young Ladies Mis-
sion Society respectively Of st. Paul