The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, December 05, 1906, Image 1
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VuL. XXIX.
WALTERB lRO, S. C., DECEMBER 5, IQ06.
NO. 1
rrcoentment of The Qaand Jury.
'J'l.e Slate of South (Jaroliua,
Colleton County.
Iu the Central Sessions.
To lion K O Purdy, judge presiding
ai the November term of said
Court 190(1:
’l he presentment of the grand
jury tor sue i term is as follows;
They have passed on all bills of
indictment handed to them by the
so letter tor their action and their
findings are endorsed on the same.
They have appointed a committee
for the investigation*of the books of
the public officers whose report meets
with the approbation of the grand
jury, they therefore adopt the same
and make it a part of this their pre
lenimeut and present and recommend
in accordance therewith. They have
also appointed a committee to ex
amine the poor farm whose report is
before them and adopted by them.
Such committee find as made by the
county and stored by it, about 224
busheio of corn, three bales of cotton
aggregating 1233 ‘ pounds, three
bafiks of potatoes, about 75 gallons
of syrup and fodder to feed two
horses one year. The inmates are
eight in number, two colored and six
white; two females and six males;
they all express themselves to the
committee as well taken crre of by
superintendent The fencing around
the farm is in first class condition
and about one half ot it is wire. The
committee on chain gang which was
also appointed by the grand jury have
made their report which is before the
grand jury and the same has b>en
glopted by them aad made a part and
parcel of this presentment. The chain
gang is now at work on the road to
Jacksonboro, about nine miles from
Walterboro and are 14 in number at
this time, they are well treated, by
the guards who are over them and
while the work required of them is at
times hard, they are not urged be
yond their strength. The class of
work done by thAm is excellent and
the supervisor and guards deasrve
credit for the same. Before the grand
jury leave the subject of roads and
bridges they desire to call to the at
tention of the supervisor their recom
mendation as to the building of a
new road acroes Great Swamp They
recognize the fact that the funds of
the county being niider the control
of the supervisor, they might not be
Iafficient to incur this additional ex
pense, bnt being informed that some
where in the neighborhood of $1500
was guing to be spent by that officer
in opening a new road acroes Island
Creek, which in the opinion of the
grand jury will not benefit the public
as much as the road suggested by
them across Great Swamp; they
bring to he dealt with according to S >uth Carolina, 1902, is hereto ap-
law before-him, sundry violations of
the law, who have openly violated
the eame by firing pistols in a public
place, and by carrying concealed
weapons upon their persons.
Upon investigation they find that
a circus has exhibited in the county
and haveonlv oaiU for a lie use so to
exhibit the. sum of instead of
$11<0 as required by law. T ey call
this matter to the aiteiiliou of the
clerk of the court, and recommend
that he be governed lor the lmure
accord i ugly. * ^ *
They present H 1) Padgett, clerk
the Circuit Court fur that he has as
ex officio Register of Mesne Convey
ances charged in excess of the rates
allowed by law. This matter had
been reported to them and they had
the clerk of the court before the
graudjuryto explain the same, his
explanation not being satisfactory to
them they desire to bring the matter
before the court for iuvestigatiou
in connection with their action in
presenting nearly all the courthouse
officials for non-feasance in office in
acoordauce with recommendations of
tue committee for the examination of
the books of public officers, they
dtsire to say that such presentment
for the offience involves no moral
turpitude, but that such officers have,
except iu the case of the sheriff, filed
in their own offices, the accounts re*
ferred to, bnt have nst filed them, as
required by the plain letter of the
law in the office of the supervisor.
Preceding grand juries ar appears by
their preseutmenU have again and
again referred them to the Section of
the General Statutes governing such
reports and have recommended to the
officers that they« comply with the
requirements of the same. They have
not seen fit to comply with the re
commendations given them - and the
grand j~ry think that their duty in
tho premises require that the ooiut
shall take charge of the matter, and
therefore present these officers so as
to do their duty as they see it.
In conclusion the grand jury for
190(1 at this their last official duty
deaire to say that they have felt the
necessity of some drastic maasures
on their to curb the spirit of disre
gard of law which is rife. They have
followed their duty in the premises
as they have seen it, and if their
findings has been hard upon some
persons, while they regret the samo,
they have no apology to make. Their
oaths of office have governed them,
and to that end, those alone have they
yielded obedience.
They desire to thank yonr Honor
for the diligent research which has
aided their labors and for the uniform
urbanity and courtesy which has
pended; ^
As applied to Colleton Countv;
Sec. 3103. “Kor recording and copy
ing deeds and other p pers, per copy
bheet of one hundred words, ten
cents; for entering satisfaction on
inorigages, twenty live cents; lor re
cording or copying plats of not more
than sixcorueis, one dollar; for every
corner more than six, six cenis; lor
every probate in writing, twenty-five
cent*; lor every certificate other than
that mentioned iu Section 3Inti,
twenty five cents; for filing, indexing
and cer.if)ing any bill of .-ale, chat
tel monga'e, or other instrument iu
ttie n itme of lieu or personal proper-
ey, a here the amount secured is not
more tuau one hundred dollars, fif
teen cents.”
i'ec. 3Inti “Whenever any in
strument in writing required by law
to be filed and recorded has been so
recorded, the Clerk or Register shall
endorse on said instrument a certifi
cate showing the date of filing and
tue book and ' page where recorded,
and for this certificate no fee shall be
charged or collected.”
▲ Miraculous Cura.
The following statement by H M
Adams and wife, Heorlua, Fa., will in
terest paieotsaod oibers." A miracu nus
curst bss taken place in our home. Our
child bad eczema 5 years anJ was pron
ounced incurable, when we read about
Electric Bit tars, and concluded to try fi.
Before the secoad tot'le was all taken
*e n tcied a change for the better, and
after taking 7 bottles he was completely
cured H It’s the up-to-date blood med
iciue and body building tonic. Guaran
teed. 00c and $1.90 at John M Klein,
drug stoie.
» «
Miaa Henderson Private Stenograph
er for Gov-Gleet Aneel.
The following quotation from
the t olumbia correspondent will be
of interest to all our readers:
^Gov-eleot Martin F Ansel an
nounced today the appointment ot A
J Bothr-a, of Darlington, the private
secretary to the governor, and Miss
Alice Hendenon, the private ste
nographer to the governor.
“Miss Henderson is at present the
stenographer of Governor Heyward,
and she has been capable at all
times, and the appointment is de
serted. She has many friends all
over South Carolina, who will have
ciuse to congratulate her.”
We desire to congratulate Gov
Ansel on appointing Miss Henderson
for it has been a mooted question
with us who has been governor for
the last four years. Gov Heyward
has made the speehes and governess
Henderson has done the work.
Another Killing.
* Monday morning af ab >ut 10 o’clock
Richard Gantt wa« shot and seriously
wounded by W iRiara Rivers near Round
It seems that several negroes hail as
sembled and were engaged in playing
with each other. Gantt pretended tQ
cut Rivers and then ran off. Rivers
picked up a gun that was leaning on
the gate havti g been told that it was
nulo&ded and fired at Gantt. Gantt
lived nntil Tuesday afternoon. Rivers
was brought to jail Tuesday li ght by
Deputy Sheriff Harter. Magistrate J. h
Aryan is holding the inquest this morn
ing.
Dr J K ENNIS
of Atlan’a^Gz, Addresses the
People of Walierboro on a
Matt> r of Health.
“To Whom It May Concern: Of
late ahere haa been a good deal ofdia
cussion in regard to advertised med
icines, (heir value and power to cure.
“I want to say co the people of
Walterboro tha r I believe the most
valuable ooJ liver oil preparation, the
best bodybuilder, health' restorer and
strength creator known to medicine
to day is Vinol.
“While Vim 1 does not contain the
system c'og^ing oil-fashioned cod
liver oil and etuulsionr, it actually
does cont tin all the curative med
icinal principles of the cod,s liver in
a highly ooncentrated form, with
tonic iron added, and it is delicious to
take.
*T advise Virol in mv practice,
and find it haa no equal for healing
coughs, colds, bronchial troubles
aid sore lungs.
“1 have med Vinol in many cases
of indigestion, mal assimilation, and
for patients who Were anaemic and
r tndown with splendid resnlts. I
nave also found Vinol to be a boon
to the aged. “I believe Vinol to be
well worthy of any boueet physician,s
endorsement.”—We sell Vinol to the
people of Walterboro on an offer to
refund money if it fails to benefit J.
M Klein Druggist
Note-While we are sole agents
for Vinol in Walterbnro, it is now for
sale at the leading drug store in nearly
every town and c ty iu the countn.
Look for the Vinol agency in your
town.
l
Th« Original Porous Plaster.
It's Allcock’s, first introduced to
people sixty years ago, and to-day
doubiedly baa me largest sale of any
id
the
un-
ex
ternal remedy—millions being sold an
nually Ibroughont tbe whole civilized
world. There bare been Imitations, to
be sure, but ne*er bat tbeie been one
*o even compare with Allcock'*—the
world’s standard external remedf.
For a weak back, cold on the chest or
any local pain, tbs 'esult of taking cold
or overstrain, there’s nothing we know
of to compare with ibis famous plaster.
recommend that such road and the characterized your dealings with
expenditures therefor be discontinued them. They aLo in this the severing
until the supervisor follows their
recommendation as to a road across ! t0 express
Great Swamp. ? court, their sense of the aid which i
of official relations with them, desiie
1 qvjo different officers of
They presentSthe public road lead
ing from Delemar’s X Roads to the
station on the Atlantic Coast Line
Btilioad kuown os Haveners station,
as being in an almost impassible con
dition, the recommend that the at*
tention of tbe supervisor be im
mediately directed to the working of
this road. The road is known as
Caw Caw Swamp Road.
They present Eli Benton and Lillie
Nettles as living in ado]tery and
same as witnesses to prove the facts
oonstitnting snch offence, vis: H E
Nettles, Dowling Nettles, Cal Ben
ton, Moses Avant, Gary Thompson
and Harmon Benton. -
They present B F Huggins, magis
trate at Green Pond for con fra—nos
U duty, in this; that ho has tailed to
R A. Adams Sentenced.
R A Adnm^wa* brought to Waiter-
boro Wednesday night from Columbia
wtiere he had been confined in the peni.
tantiary since his recapture about a year
, ago Friday morning he was re-senten
ced by Jndge Purdy to be banged tht
the hours of 10 in tbe morning and 2 in
the afternoon.
they have received irom them, the . fl Friday in January next between
courtesy and kindness with which
they have been treated.
The grand jury also desires to ex
press to the expert, O C Tracy, their
appreciation of the efficient services
A Cutting Scrape.
Friday night Billy McCormick anegio
- . . , , , from Wiggins got into a fuss with bis
which he h« rendered to the grand : wU , he „ „ DI , cat h , r Hr ioGd T . - She
jury in carrying out their judgment, hid been snmmcned to Walterboro as a
J B Dodd,
. Foreman.
t>
The report of the committee on
public offices which is a part of the
above present men t r -wUL appear next
week.
| THINK MORE—SPEND LESS |
WHY isrit that tbe average man is
worth so much less in money and
property than we have a right to ex
pect him to be?
It isn’t because he doesn’t make
the money, for the average min is in-
dnstrions and has earned from $500<’
to $15,<i00 in the past ten years It is
because be doesn’t give mnch serious
thought either to his income or to hi*
outgo. Serious thought would teach
him the true value of a dollar; then
he would spend carefully and savr
steadily. That system soon places a
man ahead oi others.
A bank account helps you to realize
tbe value of mouey—makes it easier
to handle your financial affairs, and
to have a growing balance after pay
ing your necessary expenses.
We invite your account in our
savings department, and will help
you to save. We jiay 4 per cent and
compound interest quarterly.
COLLETON BANKING CO.,
Under State Supervision.
Walterboro, S. C.
Fees of Cleric of Oowrt.
As tbers has been oonsideruble dis
cussion as to the* proper fees in the
clerk of court’s office, the etntute as
fairn from the Code of Laws of
witness in the trial of William Lowry.
Probably jealously was at the bottom of
the affair. After catting his .wife Mc
Cormick started to ion. He was or
dered to stop and not heeding the con
stable be shot him inflicting a wound
in his leg. He then stopped and Wi
placed in jail. >
Local Market Report for Today.
Cotton—middling 10 1-8
Cdrn—new 80 cents per bushel.
Peas $110 per bnshel.
Sweet potatoes 60c per bushel.
, Rice, ruff, $1 per busheL
Syrup, 85c per gal
Eggs, 80c perdcs. .
Chickens $1.80 to $4 per doa.
Hens $3.60 to per do*.
Wax. 85c per pound
Wool, 88 to 85ots pc
per ponnl.
Floods the body with warm, glowiag
vitally, makes the nerves strong, .quiet
en'circulation, re*tores i aural vigor,
makes yon feel like erne boro aga’a.
Hohlstsr’s Rocky , Mountain Tea. 85
A Safe Headache Cure.
our rnsiom^.s to try Ake-Ir -
the-Head tablets lor nsurt Igia aad kmd
acbe< with tha u iderraodiag that jm
moat get Immediate relief or yonr mm- y
back. Safa, sunned six cures for bn
owls. 4 M Klein,
Court Proceidlng*
The court of General Session* has
been continued from last week for th©
pnrpo-e o^ trying nil Jail cases.Consider.
able progress has been made Tbe grand
jary finitbed their session Saturday
moruiog when its presentment, portaou
of which is published elsewhere in thio
icsoe, was read Ihey handed iu ih©
following tru- bills in addition to tho&o
reported last weekr
James Lad:on—assault with in eut ft*
ravish.
Lriel White—assault and battery
with intent to kill and ca r rying con
cealed weapons.
zekiei Campbell—assault nn 1 bat
tery with intent to kill and carrying
concealed weapons.
Emma Grant and Maggie Tncaer—
violation of the dispensary law.
Nelsen Davis—murder.
Moses Davis—assault and btttery
with iu'ent to kill and carrying con
cealed weapons
William Kinsey—assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Henry Dingle pleaded guilty of lar
ceny of live stock and was fenteuced k>
one year on the chain gang.
At the conclusion of the p-esentinen*
of the grand jary the following
jurors were drawn for next year: O
Eckardt, b H Griffin. R L Addison. J r
Beach and G J Netties. Before dismiss'
ing tbe grand jary his honor, Jorig©
Purdy, commended them for their cell'
scieutioas performance of doty. He
commented upon their report ns to th©
poiiionof their presentment referring
to excessive charges by the clerk of
court and their presentment of liagi*'.j
trate Buggies. Be sai l that in both
cases their pre entment amount©) to n
nullity as tbey did not»mentioo any
specific charge nor offer any witness fax
substantial ion thereof.
llrGrnber, attorney tor tho county,
stated to the court ti at it w as by hi©
advice that that the clerk or ciurt, Mr
ftdgett, charged only 160 to fth; c rcos.
He also contended that there w^s no
over charge in fees.
There bave been several murder cae> v
at this term of court The first of thee©
ned was Sam Matthe**, who killed
John Singleton, Sunday afternoon mar
Green Pond March 11. The jury, after
being out all night, failed to agree to n
verdict. Messrs Howell & Gruber wor©
counsel for the defendant; the solicitor
appeared for the prosecution.
Tony Bishop was tried for the tiding’
of Mittie Spell on W A Strickland’s
plantation, near emoaks Sept 1. Tb©
verdict was gnilty, witn recommenda
tion to mercy. J M .Walker appeared
fur tbe defence; Solicitor Jervty for tb©
prosecution
Next case Monday morning wa©
William Lowry, who killed Virginia.
Brown at Riverside on September 80.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty
with tbe recommendation to msrc>
Howell & Gruber were defendant’©
attorneys. Solicitor Jervey appeared
for tbe prosecution.
In the case of I M TLomas, disposing
of property under lieu, tbe jury failed
to agree as to a verdict.
lorn Singleton and Orange Ready
were found guilty cf housebreaking and
larceny and sentenced to six years ou
ho chain gang.
f Ben Danner, who shot and kileii Jock -
sou Grant in Ferguson lot here ab am
ice cream festival Sept 6, was found
guilty of manslaughter and sentenced u>
four)ears on the chain gang. Bowed
& G»uber were his attorneys. Tb©
solicitor was aided by FishbaroeUnd
Griffin.
Nelson Davis who shot and killed
Jame* Goodine at the Cohetoo Cypr »*
Go’s plant the night of Oct 27, was tried
this morning. The solicitor consented
to a verdict of “not gnilty.’’ Howell As
Gruber were attorneys for defence.
About Digestion.
£
It ixnot tbe quantity of food takenr
but tbe amout digested and assimilated
bat gives strength aid vi'ality to lb©
-ystem. CbambeiIain’s Stomach sod
Liver Tablets Invigorate tbe etomadx
and liver sod eiable them to perfonm
their functions. The result is a retislx
for your foow* increased strength and
weight, greater endurance nod n dear
bend. Price,.25 cents. Samples freeu
For sale by Jobs M Klein, r
I For any of the ordlna j dlotsso ©f
the skfai Chamberlain's Salvo Is tiobSeBb
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