The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, December 26, 1906, Image 1
VOL. XXIX.
WALTERBORO, S. C., DECEMBER 26, 1906.
NO. *■
More Anvft'fi vHft to tho Xmao I tone.
BlTtor and Standard—The
dear oid pa|^r has been oarefallj
perused, auu «|uite the roost interest
ing feature 10 me was the letters froro
the 0Uiidr.*u 10 Santa Clanst
How inrir yes will sparkle with
dehgbi wueu uey see their letters: 1
do h >pe otu “Santa’* will be able to
•oppiy ail Uieir wants, for childhood
is the nine -‘ujoy hii trisit, tho’ I
am quite sure we big folks wonldu’t
Object il in* remembered us. The
oloae appruac 1 of Christmas (which
will be uumOerod with those of the
past Oeiore this communication
Beets me readers eye) is brought
eery forcibly to our minds by the
passing of buggies, wogoos, etc, on
the way to tbr depot returning laden-
ad with the good Mi for the feast
Such preparations made for the
«ipelted gpest the school bof or
girl, the absent son or daughter, or
thooe who 'lave made a new 4 *nest’
tw tbemseP as, but oling to the old
kwiw when the, wwwtn* riute* ly
gauta Claus, as a tiny tot whtu
said, “Hang up the baby’s
•looking. She has ne'er been Christ
mas yet” i
But though many hearts are full
of joy plaonibg for tbs festivities
*tth all the ardor if JMtfc sod is
it right that it^oaMThe^ 1st «•
target the siekua
who hate meant
hmrth, those who hate tasted of life’s
surrow and for wboo^Christisas is a
season filled with meopJM
put; cheer them remind them that
tm the season of good cheer, peace on
firth, good will toward men, the
sweet Christmas anthem will bring
peace to all.
The Bet Cornish of Charleston
jfm us a fine dUoodras last Sunday.
He gate s special talk to* the chil
dren, so ee to get near them he laid.
*' Mrs * lands UHssht of Chuifos-
too is tieiting rslatieSs<
Hisses Emily and Gertrude Lt
pkt of Pen Poo, spent a few days
with their sunt, Mrs Clement
^ Motte Legare, a student of the
dpunsroiol CoUoge of UMrleston, is
up for the holiday.
His Dodd and daughfor, spent
Ohrietmae with relsHtee at Centnr
tHu
I Jenkins was bars Sunday to see
sister, Mrs Ads jfisrnwdL
Boineau of Osborn,
on Mt Pleasant^
H A Lemake of Charleston, [was
Xmas la Towa.
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Xmas wm quietly observed here and
so far no casualties have'been reported,
the day was spent in quiet home gath
ering*. The weather was very cold,
and there was therefore ample reason
for staying near the chimney side.
Kerr ices were held in only oue of the
Mr Wltsell has Decila.-d
The many friends or Re? Wm Pos-
tell Witsell will be rejoiced to learu
that be hss decided to decline the
very pressi'tg invitation to become
rector of Trinity church at Columbus,
G i This action was reached after
churches the Episcopal church in the | very matutv consideration and after
moruiug. The Methodist Sunday | * ? j tit to t ,, e Mr Witsell was
«*«>1 gar. . pret.j Xui.. ««. c.1.'! much tiStd b , be corjjality
bration ai the Methodist chnrch inesduy * - /• ?• . i . . ..
uight. Thi, aft.rnoon .h. Bp.^op.11 of b " « Oolnmba.
baudsy school will have its Xmas ex
ercises, and lonigut the Bap ist Sunoa)
school will gtvs a Xmas tiee in ih«
court house.
.140 meichauts of the town are veri
much pleased over their Xmas trade
There werar very large oiowas of peo
ple here Saturday and Monday. The
iarxest, ii is t&ulthat have btauseenut
Walterboro, in years.
▲boat Digestion.
It is not the quantity of food taker
bnt the amout h-gested and assimilated
that gives strength and vi-aHiy to (he
system.. Chamberlain’s Stomach sad
Liver Tablet* IsVlgorate the stomach
Sad liver and enable them to perform
their fenetioos. The resalt ia a rells*
for your foox.’ increased strength asd
waigLt, greater enda ranee and a clear
bead. Price, 2b cents. Semples
Ppeaelekf JMpi M Klein.
9 i * —♦4awsS~^—■—«
LeaU
free.
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ihaee
around the
Cotiau it Co.
It was oar pleasure while in
a last week to visit the store of Loots
en Sc Co whose advertsement we
have been running for e long time.
This is (me of the largest dry good
•tores in Charleston, extending from
King St 212 feet back, three stories,
high, ev^ry story of which ia filled
with a choice selection of the goods we
advertise. The third story le given op
entirely to Holiday goods. _We are sore
thoee of qor readers who contemplate
ordering dtmatiiing ia their line from
liHsrlSMeh win do well to oranmnnkials
with this fitm. Or if yon are in the
oily they will toke pleasure ia lowing
you round.
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A Miracnlons Cure.
The following stnteiaent by H X
▲dams and wife, Henrliu.Pn., will ln^
lere#tparsnUando«bsrs.“ ▲ mijncn’otis
euro bn* tnkea pines In our homo. Oar
on need Incnrable, s^sn^we reed
He
retu hed to Columbi i yesterday ami
was not long i<■ arriving at decision.
The parish at Colnmbua is one of the
moot attretivein the South and the
invitation was ^wrgeut ^ad sincere,
but Mr Witsell decide*! that there is
more work for him to Jo, and more
to lie accomplished in hie present
station.
The ministry of Mr Witsell hss
been brief, and the Church of the
Good bbepherd is the only parish,
which be has served. When he came
here he found that parish holding
services in a frame church in the nor
thern part of the city. Now they
have a beautiful and commodious
ehnreh oa Blending street almost
in the heart of the city and m ad
ditkm have a very handsome resi-
drne efor the rector oo the same lot
K Bkten, sad concluded
be ssoaad tot*le wee all
after taking
eared.** It's the ep-to a
ieiaeaad body heildlng tonic.
m* wsr pane-
re reed ebodl
laded to try it.
wee nil inked
be batter, aa|
we a toted a ehaagefor the better,
T boiue* he wm completely
to date blood tned-
Go
iema and Body kaUdlog tonic. Cnnmm
tend. 50c and $LS0 at John X Kleia.
drag
ITOTIUB.
XU* Sloaa'e art clues will meet in thi
studio in T M 0 A building every Mom
day and Tbnreday afternoons. Open at
4 o’clock. Visitors wsiooma. 12 5 X
with the church. Tqsse material dgr *
velopmeats are not in<
selves and yet the iatevest in
Booing them oousists prinoipally in
the fact that the erectimi of church
property has but kept pace with ihe
growth of the congregation itself.
The membership is very much lar
ger than Hwss when Mr Witsell
cams here, aad he himself has grown
sThfo vork \m developed.
The membsrt of the vostrj whan
apprised of Mr Witsell’s dscisiott sx*
prmssd a great deal of gratifisatiaa
hat uigbL * They are vary fund of
the fester aad there has haver been a
ripple on the torfaoe of the equan
imity vltfoh has charaoterised all of
the work if the vestry. Aad the
aoponnaamaat will be of great inter
sX to the public at forge for Mr Wit
sell ia very popular fo Columbia aad
in all of ths work whieh he has un
dertaken has received the cordial sup-
port of people to uoiumota irrespeo
live of creed or Shmeti aflUfonoo.
^ The dsaMan of Mr Witsell meaos
that the other amt In which he ia
engaged will not lag—notably the
editorail dinotfon of The Diooese.
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NOTICE.
wpihmdaj.
Mhs Em
Emmie Platt of Ml, is
^folding some Urns with her sister,
Ms Jos Cordry.
The most exciting event In town
fotsly was the advaot of Norman
BBteb’i autotnobils. The little
dwkfes raohar* sod there, lumping
toes, shouting, "ate the gate! abet
the gate! get out the way, thu dat
chicken! don’t you fee the an to-mo
I0T, sol a coming, 'da ort-to mo- 1
esml&povsr- ^
houses add make a
•Weep generally, destruction was sure
aad certain.*, The horses did not taka
Jb ly either to tlw snorting carriage.
Wearing the kind editor may ob
jeatto nek A lengthy epistle and
make a clean <4 «weep” of my menu-
•Wipt, I taka my departure, wishing
Up raadera. editor sod atsi^down fo
Mi printer’s -deril.” (founds like a
maty word eh?) a very merry Chrtat-
aaw year.
.. More Anon.
January 9
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Walterboro, S. C, Dec. 16th, 1906.
I will be at the following places on dates named below for
the pappose of taking tax returns for all personal property and
polls for die year 1907:
Hendersonville
FetitV morning ^
P. M. Yarn's Store, afternoon
Williams
* Bells
Rice Patch
Folks Store morning
Ashton, afternoon ^
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wells, afternoon
Mileys, morning
Berea, afternoon
Smoalcs °
J ohnston School House
lemleys Store, morniqg
Jordan Store, aftemoofr
Cottageville
Centreville
Ravenels . .
Warrens
Meggetts
Adams Run
Jacksonboro
Green Pond
’ Comty Auditor.
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Qctsnlger rtappoalafs.
Iteresting things are always hap
pening at Getsingerr whether it is re
ported or not
Miss Kstell Hudson snd Mr Cleve
land Benton were moiried last Sun
day afternoon. ▲ sister of Mr Ben
ton, MissOlie Benton and Mr Julius
Kir.ard ‘were married at the home of
the brides parent^ Mr and Mrs Geo
Benton bv the lion W C Brunt. The
many friends of these two couples
extend to them congratulations and
ben wishes. It is rumored, aad we
half believe the rumor, that another
of Mr Benton's sons is to be married
Suppose Mr Benton thinks “it never
rains, bat it pours.”
We are soon to have a saw mill in
operation near t >e store of Dr J B
Padgett Perhaps it will he known
as the Snider Lumber Co. The
manager is W C Brant. We predict
that the mill in such an important
oealer will do well, and will help to
develop our ooflntry. Several al
ready are talkin., of AufldiBg, among
those are Dr r. Volt and am Brant,
Quite a number from our section
are attending court this week as
lursrasr witnesses.
Tbs general Health of our commu
nity at present is qnite good, hat it is
dan bled that it will be so good after
the holidays, judging from the ample
provisions that are being made in the
Wij of ’‘eatables’* for Xmas.
fitting the attractions to be at
GeUfoger Xmas is tbs nsual Thanks-
gfeiogaervioe* at Pine Grove Bap
tist sharch on the fost Sunday fo the
ywtt An interesting program is to
be'iefidered by the ahildrea of the
Sabtog School and one or mare oa-
disttss delivvfU by speakers from a
dxftkfiee. Dinner is to be served at
thyaabdusion of the exercises at tbs
okuish. Everybody is cordially in-
vifesdto attend.
At flue Grove in tbb count of a
day or two, aft rwards Rev J O'
Moore the g st-- undmy School Se
cretary Ik to con duet a Sunday school
Isstilwte - Neighboring churches
aid all intereftedjs expected to take
pirt in these —srofossi
Editor Lsae^ns in town
T ptLeaesne, ass »ci*te euiU)r of the
Charleston Revenin< P*)et spent sev
eral days in town this week as tbs
guest of Mr C 3 Andersju* Mr Lee-
esue graduated from the Citadel iu
1901 and has since been engaged in
newspiper w tk in Charles'on.
tie has rapidly risen iu his profes
sion to position as associate editor om
Miss popular evening pa|*er. Mr Lw-
eme is a young man o( pleasing ad
dress and has line ability * writ-
ter and news paper man. He is
loyal to his Alma Mater and its said
(hat recently, w returning from
a bouquet ov { * ch be presided as
Toast Master he was mistaken for
an automobile.
For any of the ordinary dtaues of
the ••ktu Gbsmbsrisln’s Halve is excellent
u not only allays ibe itching and •mart
in? but effects s care. For eale by John
M Klein.
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A Letter.
Chsrbstaw g O Dec 10 1901. A
Mr J E Tbamsa, Xenager.
U 8 Industrial Life Ins. Oa,
Walterboro. 8 O. . ^
Dear Sir:—I beg to
receipt of check made ta my
mms befog fo payment of Ices
policy No 572 of tbe United SUtsa
dnetrioi Life loan ranee Company,
rand to my draghter Faastlne
i thank yon for thin prompt pa;
mme haying beta made with In
four honrs after the death of my
1 take pleasure in recommending thi
Company to any of my friends. $
Yours very trul?, 5
Panliue Vender.
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How* Diphtheria te ContraetaA, »
Ons often bean lit expre«kn,**Mir
child ttSffht a seveve raid which dev ‘
ed mtn ciphtheMV when the truth
that the cold had eimply left thu
one partimforfe eneenptIble fo foe
ering diphtheria germ. ~
Iain's Coogh Remedy t given It qnfofcl#
caret the cold sod lesMoe foe danger gt
diphtheria or nay other
foiog coo tret ed. For sale
ihe danmr si
germ mmm
1 by John 1
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Frr mcr Baektlp—1 vrsat tna
mth 0* etamps.
▲ieok jmlth (foe new clerk)—Whs*
te Baptii but I
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New Care for Bpilepey.
J B Watermen, of Watertown, O,
Rnral frne delB err, writes; * Jty daeifoter,
sflieted for years with npllep y, was
cared by Dr K ng*s New Llfo Pills. She
hss not had an attack favorer two yen re.
Beet body clenoeevs a ad Ufa giriog tonic
pfile on earth. 24« at John X Kleiu drug
aJLlP IS OFFERED
0 vroKTHT toumo rson«
'ipSLi
»taln a thm*
oa. to writ* l y ftret'wiaO far
TCT,
rehable frit—
Pnsit Dinner at Peniofl
The Chritmue oefebration si Peniel
Baptist church yerterdaj wee quite
atuoaees. On account ef Ihe cold
weather the crowd sroe tmall, Bat
thoee preeeut were benefited. We
bap* yik “ 4 kegginiug of a more ap
proprate observance of the birth of
Christ
Floods the body with warn, glowing
vitally, makes the aervee strong, qnlek-
•as ctieolation, re-turns nstarsl vigor,
makes you feel like one born again.
Hollister’s Reeky Mountain Tea. 85
cents. J M Klein.
Osa’tddar.
*>e Ca.«dla. Cnefne-v CeOeita, Hacea.
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NOTHING WORKS SO HARD
FOR A MAN AS HIS MONET,
Bro J P Graham, recently pastor
at Walterboro, has accepted Pour
Holes and Cameron churches ia Or
angeburg county. This is an excel
lent field, and *% congratulate the
happy pastor. We are glad that Bra
Graham Jiaa decided to remain in
South Carolina.
. We cam not how joe sojfered,
whet foiled to onre yon HoliLitr** Rocky
Moeetata Tea makes the penleet,
of men or worn
IS come. JX
NOTICE
mm mih iwr iwv jm
m. 1-1 ■efofon
J1 MOOR*
NOTHING
COMES SO
EASY
AS THE
DOLLAR
REPRODUCED
OF ITS
• KIND. .
MAKE
YOUR MONEY
WORK
FOR YOU.
WE
WILL TELL
YOU HOW.
Depnit jqp bom, in oar B«at
vwklj or laoothlj and *H It grow.
Money a Bonk work, how S*9**
ond hood nirfata oven vooL
We pay four per ant ialnttk aad
thaaam
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