The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-23
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
PICKED Up ALL OVER TOWN BE
OUR REPORTERS.
What Is Happening Here and There.
Local Items of Personal Interest to

Local Items of Personal Interest to
Our Readers.
How about that subscription you
owe us?
1t will soon be time to retire for
this season all straw hats.
The meeting at the courthouse on
Monday should be a rousing one.
If all cotton was held off the mar
ket for two weeks the price of the
staple would go to fifteen cents.
A festival for the benefit of Beth
lehem Church will be held at the res
idence of Mr.. Raysor Griffith this af-
ternoon. All are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. billiard and
their four children have all been
down with typhoid fever, but are get
ting better. They live near Branch
Vile.
In a number of cities the Binford
moving pictures were prohibited by
the authorities as being improper, In
that they made heroine of char
scterless+ woman.
Cotton went tumbling down on
Wednesday, and is now below l cts,
and pretty close to the actual cost
Of raising it. The fall in price was
caused by the heavy receipts.
The military company of this city
has been invited to attend and parti-
cipate in the military features of
the Barnwell County Fair to be held
during the latter part of October.
Merchants, bankers, lawyers, far
mers and all other classes of people
should be at the meeting on Monday
to talk over the cotton situation. Ev-
cry one of W is interested in the
price of cotton.
Our readers will be delighted to
know that the style event of the sea-
SON -KOHN'S MILLINERY OPEN
ING-will take place Thursday and
Friday Sept. % and 20. Why not
come and see the pretty hats?
Next week the Indian Fields camp
meeting will be held. This camp
meeting, which is near St. George,
and old Cattle Creek, are about the
only two grounds that are kept up
of the many that use to be scattered
over the State.
There will be preaching by the
pastor at St. Paul's Methodist
Church. Morning subject: What is
Man" Evening subject: "The In
huence of Young Life" Special
music by choir at both services. Pub
lie cordially invited.
Mr.. S. J. McCracken left Branch
willie Wednesday for New York
whence he will sail Saturday on the
;. S. Corona" for Liverpool, en-
route to London. Mr.. McCracken
will be abroad for some time visit
ing at his old home, and on the con-
tinent.
Revival services will be held at
the Branchville Baptist Church for
the next ten days rtwo weeks. The
meeting will begin on Sunday morn
ing, and will be conducted by Rev.
Mr.. Mccall of the Baptist church at
Clemson College, assisted by the
Branchville pastor, Rev. ]. R. Fizer.
The Branchville High School,
which is one of the best in the coun-
ty, will resume operations on Mon
day morning, and parents and pupils
are requested to be on hand prompt
ly. An interesting opening program
has been arranged by Professor
Byrd and all who attend the exer-
cises will be benefited.
The following students have gone
to college from Holly Hill: Misses
Louise Galphin, Desir Gilmore, Mat
tie Matheny for Winthrop College;
Mona Way for Greenville Female
College; Messrs. John Murray, Her
bert Kizer for the University; Grady
Carson, Richard Galphin and Sam
Hutto for Clemson College.
The Holly Hill school opened Mon
day with 144 pupils. This enroll
ment will be increased to 175 or
more. Many improvements have
been made in the school and an extra
levy of mills added. The Target
school has been consolidated with the
Holly Hill school and the pupils OF
that school are taken to Holly Hill