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VOL. XXIX.
WALTERBORO. S. Q, JULY 17, J907.
NO. 49-'
TAKEN ALL THE RIDICULE try boy »nd his keen bnsiuesi eye AN UNFORTUNATE AEFA-R
saw that he had the making of a man
F. M. Vam Statea HU In-o in , ' i,n - Iie matched him becanae he DUrepulable Conduct on the
we can to
ccnce in Pension Case.
Editor Press and Standard: Will
you be kind enough to give me spare
in your columns to say a few words
in regards to the Pension Fraud
case, as it is called. As I have not
raised my voice either way since it
has been started, 1 have taken all
the ridicule, bom all the lies, and
waited with the patience of Jobe
wanted to use him in his business
A week or two ago a woman was out
visiting friends. On her return home
she said to her husband: “Mrs Black
asked especially after you and
seemed to be interested in your
health and welfare.” Mrs Blank
was unknown to the .h'nsband, but
manlike he was flattered because a
stranger to him was watching him as
he went to and fro over the streets.
Part of Unknown Parties.
shall do all
la cV
That a copy of the.**
tions 1h* placed on the minutes
this church, ant] that a copy be sent
the Rev .1 L 1 Janiel and publised in
1 the newspapers.
Thursday night about eleven
o’clock Re • .1 L Daniel was aroused
from his slumbers by hearing noises i
around the Parsonage. The noises
consisted of a.i explosion, probably
a cannon cracker, or the discharge . , . . , •
of a msU)l, accompanied by a ram of ; • 1 1 • l 1.
mi-ssilcK on top of and aemnat the r« of meeting, .h;cl, .r, be, 0g beW
aides of the house. * for the lK ' ,u • f,, of ,,w lh,>
Rev Daniel immediately telcphon
Farmers Meeting.
The farmers throughout Colleton
uphold his A GLAD RECOGNITION. this season—unless, by the w y,
■ - it was some old bachelor who Has
rcsolu- An Old Correspondent is With nobody to hustle for, j.oi»nly to
us Again. ‘ take care of except of ins 'wn
„ 0 , 1 seltish self, whoisnot worth t..K-
Editor I res, ..id Standard:- jn . are ot _ im .
Mr and Mrs Daniel Blake and } rlc j ie i ors
little son left recently for their \
. . \ not one.
summer homo m North Carolina Cot . on conl ., nJ c
Mi,. Sadfe O’Bryan of Walter- „, is K r Bt i.,» are
boro, spent last week with the
1 here are 1 o
tliis commucit
tr
a «e
discouraging by any ii,e\
Down ou the Comh:ilice the nec
crops are considered good, t»ut
You may set it down that every ed the central office and requested -nd tomorrow it sill at Maple
have^that pleasure in a court of one •> watched by somebody and by the operator to get someone to come Cane and h ndsy at \\ alterboro.
family of I* E Ike.
Dr Harry' Cannon of White
meetings commenced at Srudera today Plains. (»a, is at his old home on t rut h to tell w hen w riling alout
a visit to hi. parent., Mr »»<1 itucll niatter ,, t | le heart behind
Mr. A L Cannon. C»“" 00 lt he b.nd i. not at all in .He
has been exceedingly ill and her'
inatiee butTailed on account of the mM 7 ^bodies. Mill hands, yonog to his assisUnce. Going back to Prominent shakers delivered ad- uccn ^111 «uu nci worlv ^ j would prefer telling y„i
money’s being refunded or indict-, *0 en 00 tb « f^ns, in stores, oflTices his room, he fired hu pistol tp give dresses today at Sniders, among these sons, Drs A B and L W Cannon how the WOO( j 8< t |, e c \ ou fo . Ul< i
ment being squashed; neither one of * ntl shops are all watched. £»- analarm. Soon crowd had col- being Hon ,A B Stocky, Hon 1)^1. 1 erry^Ha, also wer«^called ^tO; y ie tre locking new’, when
which I had anything to do with. As pecially are the idle
for the money’s being paid watched. That is the
back I knew nothing of it until the
day it was paid. I happened to be in
Walterboro and Maj Howell asked
me to come up into his office a few
minutes, and when I went he asked
me if 1 had any objection to the
e?— being settled by refunding the
money. 1 told him that it made no
difference with me as I had not got
any of the money nor did I know
who had, and I did not intend to pay
a cent oftt, which I never did. But
who paid it I am at a lorn to know
and before I left Walterboro I was
told by Mai Howell that I need not
come back to court the next week as
it was settled and everything was
all 6. K. mid that he examined the
matter mtre fully and that I was
justifiable in not paying anything,
m he could not find anything against
me in the case only when I had
drawn my mother’s pension and a
few other* which I have receipts
from,—all except Mr Henry Kinsey
who will testify that I gave his to
Kjm, and the clerk holds my receipt,
or should.
I never In all my life received but
$8.00 Pension money and that v
giver to me as a present by Capt.
John L Irfel for assisting him in get
ting his person for being in the
Seminole War in Florida in 1864. In
regards to the conspiracy part of
the caw* that is as grand a lie as has
ever been told or published. I never
knew that Henry J DuBois drew
pension until the day I went down
1 for my mother and he was in the
Cleric’s office. I was asked to identify
him to the clerk, Mr. Padgett, which
I did, end I told the clerk
that i knew nothing about
the order he had for the
money and 1 never knew that my
brother, G P Vam had ever approved
a pension paper in his life till this
■se was started. The Liar that
aad vicious
wa? reputa
tious are made. Bj this watching
process the the faithful young man is
promoted. In the same way the
young woman is watched in school,
on the street, at her home, every
where. it does not take long watch
ing for the people to pot a label on
her. To all people in any sort of
business, or in no business, we want
to say—Walk in an npiight, circum
spect mannet; work diligently, cheer-
felly, honeetly. The people are
watching you day and night—Caro
lina Spartan.
dis- Smith sod W W Smoak, Jr. Mr. her bedside. They took their de- tl>e worlt j i# ^ beautify
the Stuckey will be at the other t#o partcre last Thursday. j O L.B
Master Harry Ike, who has „
lected, but the offenders had
persed. Fortunately among
first arrivals, when the alarm was mee tings. lion VV C Brant will pre.
given, were Drs EsDom and Acker- iWei>v * r these meetings. It is hoped
the attendance at (he other places
On the question of how to adver
tise the Asheville Gitissn has some,
thing to say which has thought for
the advertiser who believes in doing
things spesmodioally. In this con
nection it might be well to beer in
mind that Prats, the femous msnu
lecturer of soap, left off advertising
last year for a period of feme months
In has than sixty day* he aays he
noticed a decrease in sales; this kept
up for six months. He statee that it
cost the firm more than one-half mil
lion dollars to bring the sales back
where they were originally.
M The higeet authorities on adver
tiring unite in declaring that of all
forms of advertising that which is
periodica], or rather spasmodic, is-
the most costly, for the reason that it
brings the least result There are
man Mrs Daniel, who is almost an
invalid and a great sufferer
from nervousness, was thrown into
a condition, and but for the timely
arrival of the physicians there is no
telling what might have been the
result. The guilty parties have not
yet been apprehended. The entire
town regardless of denominational
affinities, are severe in t|ieir con
demnation of this ottack upon the
home of one our citixens. Resolutions
were adopted Sunday morning at
the close of ssrvicss by the congrega
tion of the Methodist church of
which Rev Daniel is pastor. The
Board of Stewards held a meeting
Friday in which they took some act
ion, it is understood. For some
reasons they have given out nothing
to what they did, but it is under
stood that they have the names of
several boys and youhg men they
think guilty. Their names are kept
secret. It is not known what action,
if any, will be taken. The effort
seems to be to keep the matter as
quiet as possible and to settle it out
of court.
This trouble fids been brewing for
some time. The corner at the par
sonage is a popular place for boys
and young men to congregate.
will be as larg* as at Suiders today. A
picnic dinner was served at Sniders.
Hon sod Mrs J 8 Griffin, Mr and
Mrs H W DuBois, D C L Hiers and
Miss Hiers, Mr and Mrs A Blocker
were there from Walterboro.
businees world, commonly known
“dull seasons’’ when jome merchants
deem it advisable to stop advertising;
others advertise by fits and starts as
the spirit move them, and there is no
occasion for surprise if the results
are disappoibting. “Keeping ever-
lasing at it,” holds good in the adver-
certain eeaeons of the year in the _ ., ...
J They would while away a time
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Death of Mrs. Paul
Mrs. Paul Sloman waa taken very
suddenly UI on Wednsday night, and
died (ha next morning about 6 o’
clock at her residence In Mewville
She wai buried at Black Creek Bap
tist church Friday morning. The fu
neral services were conducted by
Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis. Three daugh-
tefs and Wo sons mourn the Ion of
a good mother. Mrs. Sloman was
maknber of Black Creek and was a
faithful and excellent woman.
Opposition to New County.
Ex-Congressman Samuel Dibble
of Oranget^akg was in Walterboro
for a few hours Tuesday and while
here met a few of the business men
of Walterboro and had a conference
relative to the proposed formation
of Branchville county. Mr. Dibble
is opposed to the dismemberment of
especially at night. Several weeks ; Orangeburg county, and the pur-
ago a crowd of boys and young men P 086 ^ v ' 8 ^ Walterboro was
b?gan assembling there before dis
persing for the night, some of these
sofnetime more or less intoxicated.
er
t*an working in Savannah, ha*
roturned home for an indefinite
stay.
Mrs Perry E Ike and little
In Msarory.
Entered into resC at Savannah, G v
May 31st. 190?, Paul Walter Riv«r«,
daughters, Panaey and Rubye fourth son of G W 0 and Susaa K
are viaiting frienda in Walter- Hivers iu the 29th year of his age.
boro. A loving and dutiful sou, true
On the gtoruin. Fourth a f«wS&“ n<1 “» kithlnl commie. Ii«
folk, from here went out p).„. nnnner. woo for him ■ frieoJ.
•ore .eeking, but returned home I ““'J *“ » i ‘ h wlwm be<»u>e in
the case I consider a very tisng field perhaps more thsn auy
dangerous person to be out of the other. It is the name of the merchant
brick walls in Columbia. aud the goods he sells kept con.
Mr Editor, it seems as if some gtantly before the public which wins
the Public Presses of South Carolina in t he long run. A w ell known ad-
> glad that somethin* had hap-1 epert tayi:
poned so that they mieht get some- “SpMtnodic advertising ii the
thing to telk abont. Yes, a lot more 00|t{|e<t kin(1 o( To
ftm, was pabliahed about President efr(i|e>toM(eMoii of the
SSS2.T ^ “ .nd stop all advertising at another
thousand from the farms of the «*«»> » * <«1«* w«K> •* >»«> *>-*
South through the government. I anJ rnone J’
have not even v-n his name in ’‘Without doubt many an advertis-
tt or his es c i a county paper. in K campaign has been stopped just
lot that I have .. n thin* against »» it was beginning to pay. In these
the public press 0/ S-vith Crrolina. days of strenuous competition, when
Mr Editor. I woui i ” • h w-? writ- almost every line is being pushed by
ten the above piece, Lu t do not others, it takes the first* half dozen
feel that I would be treating my 1 insertions of an advertisement to
Mends at large justice if I did not acquaint the public with the dealer
my voice in defence of myself an( i bis goods, and it is only by long
M you know it would be useless for aniboontinned advertising that he
to ascertain the sentirfient existing
in this county, and discussed at the
conference matters pertaining to the
proposed taking off of a portion of
Colleton county and some work in
opposition thereto was done.
There was a unanimous request by
to request them to desist, they were those in the meeting that A. J. Lem-
so boisterous, and his wife having ^ a PP°* n ted by the delegation
one of her bad attacks of nervous- 88 one the commissioners opposed
ness at the time. These midnight 11° the dismemberment of Colleton
melodies continued, and Rev Daniel county. Mr. Lemacks being a sur-
took occasion to rebuke it from the ve y° r * anf I being in posession of a
pulpit. This seemingly incensed the 8 rea t ^ ea ^ information respecting
singing, often sacred songs, inter
spersed with oaths. On one occas
ion, Rev Daniel found it neccessary
about mid day drenched as a
caught rat relentless house
keeper’! pail.
Charlie Woods of Jacksonboro
oro paid Mowville a flying visit
Sunday.
, The King’s Daughter! here
will give an entertainment toon.
The public will be invited and
everybody will receive a nor dial
welcome—cave those dropping
in with. *9 empty puno. Farther
announcement will be made u
soon as the date ia decided upon.
Smile* were wreathed over the
features of the writer of ibis ar
ticle when ybnr correspondent at
“Oentreville” rang her np some
time ago—which after all is not
a’long time ago, except to child
ren and parted lovers. Said cor
respondent asked me then for a
feast of news a whole column in
length, or so 1 understood, and 1
listened with a great deal of
amuneement to that request, but
when recollecting that to gather
sufficient news, if indeed I gath
ered auy at all, would involve a
very great atruggle, I grew grave
—as k grave almost as a
sculptured nun. ^
At any rate I determined a
hard struggle or not to grant the
request, if by any means it could
be granted for to make a very
contact, either in social or bosiweai
life, and the tender, loving syprikhy
of his triends hss been indeed a sweri
cobsolaUou to his bereaved ones.
He leaves a wife and infant ts*t
father, mother and brother to mourn
hit loss Three brothers had guns
before him, one in infancy 'and two
in the pride of their early msnhwd.
The air is filled with our larewulfe
and the welcome of the angels, aa4 if
w« hear the one and not the other it
1 --—e ^
is because our faith is weak and oar
ears are dull. We are so apt to tagpt
when the form we loved so well ifeu
still and cold, and the coffin lid hi4»*
from us the dear familiar feoa. Ik*
lips w* used to kiss, that ’tis God’s
band and He knows best, and that
although sorrow broods beside onr
hearthstone now, some day,
time, the family circle broken
ou earth will be reunited iu
sweet home eternal
“Where those angel faces smile
That we have loved long since
And lost awhile.”
Father.
that
boys or young men, and it is sup- P£«° n «® be «lt off, it was iu tUjct >aoort .
posed, tins attack of Thursday night ™ thl8 e " mmu ' I ance with what I deeraed quite
was a consequence. Sunday morning 8,on wouia 06 mvaJuaoJe. | M
before services Rev Daniel took There were other committees ap-
occasion to comment on the occur-, P°i nte< ! w ho are to take up the work ^ ro y thoughts imme Lately
rence. He said that he had arecord lo °k»ng to a vigorous pro- be g* n ♦<> watiQ like bees around
r News From Sumtn«rvlli«.
Sheriff M M. Lim?house of
Dorchester County visited Mr L
C Boyle of Summerville today
on business. -
Mr Scott M Boyle of Youngs
Island, S C is spending a week
with his parents at Summerville.
Sheriff M M Limehous expects
to be a candidate for sheriff i*
the next race. He will probably
1 win.
, . _ . . r The crops around Younrs
of 16 years in the ministry and he! affamst the dismemberment of all matters m my own commum- Ig]anJ afe v promising
had nevor had any trmible in any oW Colleton. ty and indeed throughout adjoin- Mita Dora Uarri.'-n of Charlea-
of his charges. He did not think any — ln * commumties, but bless you ton „ Tj , itin Mr< A w j, .
Mod reader, whoaoever you arc, I Youuga lelaud.
word of his in the pulpit
the cause of this trouble,
he should continue to preach the people around here are getting ready mused
gospel as he saw fearlessly. At for the protracted meeting at Little
to undertake to correct every-
| body that his been learning about
I the above die and I defy anyone to
| dispute the above cast- Very truly
>. M. Yarn. July 15,1907 Ruffin SC.
f 7%' —
[ Tfea Paopla Are Watching You.
Uukui you torn hermit and go ont
tiva in a hollow tree or a gaily
lyis always watching you.
idle cariosity that prompts
to do so, but the scrutiny of
lyuur Hfe and conduct is caused by a
to use you in their business or
F i& some way to your
Some time ago a business
inquiries about a
t been in town very
his place of buri-
can hope for profit.
“And even after the merchant hiu
his business will established, let him.
discontinue his advertising and im-
mediately he loses his trade, which
goes to some hustling competitor who
never lets up in his advertising.
“With so many clamoring for a
share of their patronage, it does not
take tne public long to forget. ~
Is is when enstomers are conspicuous
by their absence that the merchant
needs to go'out after them, and this
he can best do by a liberal use of
printers ink.
• — • ^ ,
Col. Goatbals continues to dig
the Panama Canal just as though
half the papers in the country
Ibis green coon- had not retired him already.
could be
and that.
Uttie Swamp Clut.
Editor Press and Standard:—Tne
g “ hered , ootWng .» ; .ll, II Miw Daily llderton of SSand*
lived and mused. I nonderpdT 1 1 . . .
the conclusion of the services a con
gregational meeting was held,
presided over by H W Black, the
chairman of the Board of Stewards,
at which the following resoutions
were unanimously adopted: “Where
as, we have heard withjmuch chagrin
not unmixed with indignation, of
a recent and unfortunate occurrence
whioh was calculated to annoy and
injure our^pastor. Rev J L Daniel,
and his family, not ont only in His
home souctity, but personally, aad
whereas., We have been much con-
Swamp, which will begin the 25th
inst Everybody is invited to attend
the meeting. Rev T L Belvin of
Ehrhardt circuit, will be with us.
Mr D Tiller Strickland is te^hing
the Omega sohooL
Mrs I X Rents and daughter, Miss
Lizzie, of Pleasant Hill visited Mrs B
B Goodwin this week.
Among those that attended the
Green Podd picnic were Misses Lix-
zie and Mindell Smith and Ijpris
Miley, Messrs J 0 Harrison, Quin
... * nd ma rl' * P°“ »ill« willle.™ home Clair It
ull my brow. «hed tlmoM, bat for Glenn Spriag. where'.he
coaid find nothing mce tho coir -! wiJl8peIHl Ihe re.t of the summer,
.irg and going of a few folks anL ...
cemed at this demonstration which Miley, Norman Bennett, Steve, Bob
seemed to be intended to offend our and Charlie ‘Strickland. All report
pastqa, tlierefore, be it resolved by a goejl time,
t je congregation. .Mr E Loyfecs Goodwin will levve
That we condemn such dem- Monday to finish his school at Stokes,
onstrations on .the part of those Miss Mamie. Miley and brother,
guilty «s being unworthy our et- Mr Q H Miley, epent Satord.v with
hghtened community. Mr. J W K.amj.
That we ccmmenu nev Dmiel for j Mr B B Goodwin had bnunm. in
and assure him of our esteem and
said correspondent had stated iu
substance, that he thinks per
sonals are not worth printing—it
is plain that he is. in this matter
at least, greatly in the minority,
bat scared nearly to death am I,
I’m sorry 1 said that because he
Cottage III* Cull lags.
Editor Frets and Standard:-*
t hey had an ice cream festival at
the Cottageville school boose oft.
the evening of the Fourth to iaM»
money to finish paying for tks
may get after this scribbler with l*'^* } n churc ^ an( l F ar *®«*
c(i a*e. I understand they realised
about~$122.00 enough to pay oat.
in
his glowing pen dipped
hot lead.
No, there was not at tha*> time
Misses Lizzie Sheridan
any nnw. to toll, not that J£ew- sim, ot Orangeburg aad
ville was then in a trance or is:
Lucille and Sadie Sheridan of
high regard, and that we are in foil
accord and sympathy with his ef-
f orfe^for right-Uving and that we
The farmers aro‘having nice wea
ther to lay by their crops.
With best wishes to The Pros and
Standard. ^ 8. M.
ever taking m nap, every one i.j^ reenwood visiting Mrs J D
always up and doing—is always Ackerman of Red Oak.
wide awake, and there is a good ^ e?sie Ackerman of Riw-
that I might tell you today but con » ‘ 8 on a v > ait to relatives
it is nothing but what ought to at P**® 6 *
go without saying. For instance A U Williams of Lake City
I might mention the fanners are ^ aine t0 olt * k Qi y
busy working their crops, but
who in all the land would sup-
Saturday to see his sister,
B Ackerman, wher was quite ML
' ‘si.'
pace that a farmer would be do
ing otherwise than^huitling at
iiili.. L i in sesr.ifiTR. n 11 r.
Crops are looking fine 1
rain.
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