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f :u e X tlr'Ci-'W tm 9 * tandari » v. - f •7 ‘ VOL. XXX. WALTERBORO, S. C. DECEMBER 18, ' ■ 1907. NO. 19. CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATE ■■9 One of Colleton’* Favorite Son* Who Ho* Won o Nome end o Fame in An* other County Offer* for the Senate. Hi* Views on Current Issue* Are Given. st.'nse. if not stirred bp by those who desire to create political capital. WHY ATTACK CHARLESTON? Because we are opposed, and op- : posed in the fullest extent to "unde sirable immigration,” why pour coi^ld water on the development of any industry which would come to the port of the metropolis of our 1 effort to recitfy the fearful burden that rests on the people by indirect taxation. It will not do to allow our people to be lulled to sleep by appropria tions for local improvements, and to acquiesce in the enrichment of the Robber Barons and Trusts, who fatten, because of the existence of a FOR PEACE AND ORDER be milled by that. Let her have, any more, help her to tret lines of steamers, not only from'.Triest, but To the Democracy cf South State? The country people will not pr ^fJ lon , dut . ie8 ; Carolina: I will stand as a candidate for t ie United States Senate in the primary next summer. I do not place my candidacy on the trround alone that I have been solicited to run, but squarely state 1 would be proud to represent the Magistrate Bryan and Others Decide Upon a Plan I mu havintr quite * number of com* plaiir* hnugin to me uooui thecaryiuc ot pistol*. cur»iut( hd l rowilyum, 011 ;ue puolu: roa t, around oburciie* ami 011 Suiiitay*. a Aiy informant* for varion* reaaou* do no wish to Bigii warreut*. 1 have *«• ceutly held a oonsuliatiou with a num* It is the settled jHilicy in the Uni- her of citizau* from va-iou* nsigbbor* c. » * 1 • hood*, an 1 we have deckled on a plan of ted States to make appropriations to j W(j wUh t0 ler lh# ut f eu( i e „ maintain the rivers and harbors and know what we are going toi do so that bath as taught in the Word of God day School, J S Griffin. Sermon, Subjects—Thirty years in the pas torate, Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis. 1 The First Union Division will hold its next session with the Osborn Baptist church, on Friday before the 6fh Sunday in December 1907. j Introductory sermon bv Rev. J M Craven at 11 o’clock A. M. Or ganization. The following subjeta for discussion: 1st, The observance of the Sab- such from Bremen, from Liverpool: and i *"*• w “ ter w »>‘ 8 of *■* '«*•:. arc jas the Mississippi river, and our harbors and rivers, and every else where, especially when we told the Southern and Cost Line are ,. , jrivirjr her rates, the same as Nor- dlelate of reason jusLfies the build- folk on export.. The more lines of "*bthmiaB suggestions to enterprifu?3 at ouild up the ex]er.se people of the I’almetto State in the : »teameisohe ha,, and the <K*>W» » ,,r ™ t ^'“1 greatest Giuncil of the Nation. 1 .he gets them, the better will be the ” f 7 lau . y .?, t J th h ' am not ashamed of the canvass for i to export to Europe the that high office, which I made in cotton and other products of the 1902, and although the environ-, former? and manufacturers of the ments of that race prevented me ^tate at large, and the better prices from reaching higher than the third the producers and manufacturers place, yet the friendshijisthen fomed j v,1 ‘l Kct. ani the experience then realized, ^ induce me to apjK'ar before you aga4> ami ask your suffrage. Whether I am worthy or not is fur your determination. For over a quarter of a century 1 have been .actively engaged in the* roads. counsels of the rights of the people; ! Every i erson favors that, and any and I invite scrutiny of my record. , law that will help on |hat line, and a the sooner, exercisng those State immigration rights which We love so much, we Ihnow of no'burning “Issue” i Sta ^ 1^ to build road- the that will have to be discusser! or ^ ooner we ^^ eni 'T 0 *’ I fear fought over by those who may enter j 11 we wait for fru,t from biir Charged wkh Using Mafls to Defraud and in Misrepre senting Articles Sold. Des Monies, la. Nor. 26—fSpecisll —Sears, Roebuck and Ca, of Chicago were indicted .today, charged with using the mails to defraud. The in dictment is oh three counts. It is al-' leged that the company misrepresen ted articles in its catalogues sent through the mails. The lirst court charges that on June 1.% 1907, the . „, uor Fields and located Pastors ! devised a scheme to obtain uit-u, women ami if ueceswuy childreo t i2. n riems ana locaiea 1 ““ lors ’i „ e , . ^ ^ aiiil vxuuiue them on oitb *<mI when Revs. E D Craven and John Tuton. j ® n *y false pretenses from Dr. we *et enoogb leatimony tin* wav a Missionary Sermon Sunday morn-1 C * F * of I>es monies by selling him white lead that Sears*Roebuck they miy quit betore they uel iuio „ Rev tiouble We xnow a irootl many of the*e offemter* all ready and from now on - W R Miott. wuenaiiy btxMituiK or ditorderly con- 2nd. The Benefit anet i*ri-n^»ned to me, we will bumuioa !.. “ ‘ tior. B F Halford and of Consolida- located Pastors. SEARS. ROEBUCK INDICTED war eut will ba i»sued and violator*,.. inooirht piomptly to trial, li i tiud tnai iqg by Rev B r Halford. private ; 1 uni eoqual to tna ta^ii m.it i* befora of “the ^1 ' , * g-itbi i the ts*>aiuouy nud . witnee-e* lu liie t «>ea iei>< rt t .i to ina National Govern'rent, for it wou^d anit ut ttic u<xi leun of e< nit will luae tne mutter Imion* the (baud Jury willi GOOD ROADS. There are other things we will talk al>ou as the race grows and we need not g<» into them fully now. For instance, we all want "good * the race. The present incuml>ent, Mr. Lati mer, has ingeniously endeavored to raise an "Issue” (for what purpose which we have been promised as a law’, since 1903, we will never get Federal aid. It must be rotting in .a. . 1 , T ^ (be Federal Executive should be may be learned hereafter). He ha ' Wh ’ i*ttll ir it ia nnt i enab ' e 'J u P° n an< ^ put up the Immigration question , , : even the intra State activities and to va man of straw and vociferously ai d .urgently he has torn him to pi> < es. prove todogreat a precedent to per- lietuate the tariff, and id roll up. a big fund of-money in t tie treasury, wrung from the people by indirect taxation. o FIGrlT CE! TRAI.I/.ATION ’ ^ We are also tol l by i 1‘resident that i:e has "turned on the light”, vve arc gla-I he hi<v brought t.) li-ght the rottenness that exists in high places, but we must not be deceived by the no uncertain and imperativn call ho makes to give the Federal Executive greater power, even to central jytion, He wants not only » o more power to manage and control the implements of inter-statr Com merce (and there is no objection to that!, hut he wants to trend and twist the Inter-state ' Commerce clause of the Constitution, so that llu* <ec umucuoMiiou thiu Hue vioLtoi* Of proinprty VVf* a*** uio*i' vio n«of* qnictlv to ttop •*. *lo n >t wi*h to lmv« any tiouoiv, but w« lihVtf a duty t'* |strf(V5*a and wo ire c< liu' to do it u^uhU*m the cone'(j inn ,-s W c ii'k uli goo t ci /."ii* to i u u* anti yivt* u* any inlotmb to i t^n-v lii\e wh t-li ud >rinatioa "ill be trc.»Kd co’dMudia.ly Yory res ectfaliy, .1 K Bryan. Wii’tert'or >, b C. Dec b> li J9 >?. Dec. Committee, G. W. Way Joseph I-angdale Henry Givens 16th 1907. Negros.to Meet. I'd the Colored]People of South Oarohiu :—1 lakej the liberty to c umnunicate to you through this journal—nip posing that you are cifi- claim to have made. The indictment alleges it was made by others. The second count ui on a ring bought by U. U. Miles, and the third count is the sending of another ring, alleged to have been misrepresented through the umtls. More Anon. Editor Pressed Standard:—Your kind inquiry or ‘‘More Auon” was zeu ought ttikj log county,pa per.; seen and appreciated, for kindness a subscriber to^it, jns;everj fi Officers Elected us and have it discussed, and let —, . . , , ,. x have some practical illustrations of the product* of her toil, the ~~ - wh ;- V,;: how much the people of South .Car-. the 1 lal ”' r ou, ^ t of , m '! ls TL 1 r“ .Kn. would get out of it anyhow? I ^ t ° UCh ° l ^ j * # ^ THE CI’RRENCY QUESTION THE DRAINAGE QUESTION He who may repesent the South in either house of Congress in the ne*£ future, must be reedy t rcp> with and push ur -ent issues. The present emergency on us in the mon ey market which necessarily affects come out and oppose him on that issue. Surqjy it was not necessary to take a free trip at the expense of the people, and upon the appoint- ‘ v AM r Rcoaei elt, across the briny dec7> to ascertain the fact that vthe good people of South Carolina, ’"native and to the manor bom;”, . . .. , ... ^ • the price of cotton and manufetured and also our good Citizens of Vods as we,! as stocks shows the ••Foreign Birth.” are opposed ^ *«>d». «well »sl^to. show, th« indiscriminate and pauper immigra- 1 neceSiilLy tion. o Why then howl about it? Better let more work be done in Congress to pass stricter laws to safeguard the exclusion of the “Undesirable,” such as are now a menace to the North and West. Give us such Federal law’s as will The irrigation of arid lands in the W’est by Federal aid, seems to have become a fixod policy, like the im provement of the great arteries and harbors of trade, and logically ' it follows that the South ought to be placed upon same basis. We should not hesitate.to invoke Federal aid to of prompt* “Currency exterminate materia and tv develop It is a shame that some the agricultural wet lands, lieeause A< the regnlar convention of Ashby Fanow Lo.ltfe No &l, K. of 1*. The folio" in4 oftioera were elected to *erve for the ensuing ye*i: M. P. Howell, O. c ; K. D. Ltranck*, j Tuesday, January V. C ; J. M. Walker, PieUte; E E tinue in session Fishbnine, M. of W.; P, M. K. ot It. mid S.: H. W. Black, of F ; John M. Klein, M. of E ; t. M. Ackerman, M. at A., J. C. Leiiiack*, 1. G ; W L. Eaiterlin, O. G. "* R. 1^. Fraser was elected for 3 years on the committee ol widow* and or phans fnnd. ^J. S. (Jrilln wa* elee'ed for 3. yeais as a tinatee of the lodge. •jltie following delegates were elected The Heirro Race Conference was a <4Jrtt success l^st year.^The speeches by both white and color ed were inspiring and uplifting. 1 he delegation w’aj ivory largo. Ihe conference will meet again .4 and con- uutil Fritl iy Mn rr a > 'I January !<, 1908. The speakers •i r i M for this conference are even stronger than last year. We will have prominent women and men, among them Mrs. Booker T Washington. Due. day, Thurs day, will be set apart a* woman's day. We want the bestithinkiug ir.embers of the, race to come, to attend the district couveutio . which especially the. farmers, teachers rneea Wilh Elmwood Lod<«. No.5s st preacher*, mechanics, etc. W f propntejo orgauiwjjut Viis j}t. (Jeorge. on January bib: E. 1). I<<m* acka, M. P. Hov alt, W L FishborriKj I). L. Smith. J. E. Moore, Reform Federal statutes is not enacted al lowing the banks to issue emergency currency on an efficient and safe basis. It is a terrible spectacle to behold the entire business of the United States to the mercy of the meeting A Negro State Fair Association.' The board;of direc- Auditor* AppointmcnU I ,ors of tho F “ 1 Association hare I W,„ b. ...Tonowi,,* I , laM >^i«d |;^rO ! .;U, 5 _ftur named t«low for the purpose of taking Grounds, free to^encoursge us, magnates of Wall Street, and the ■enable tlleSouthTo p7operly adv^, S-*creUry of the T«»sury. on the tise its resources, and bring to us home-seekers; with right principles and capable to build up our waste question of putting currency into circulation. The government ought to rule Wall Street, and not allow it places; and not interfere w’ith our labor on the farms and in the and keep out the undesirable. health as well as prosperity is In- vdlved, and the Federal precedent is established. We should insist on the minimum of cost to the land owners. ' These are some of the Questions which will interest the people in the Senatorial canvass. I have ho particular organ among the papers of the repected Press of the State, to sound my praises and I simply ask and hope to rewive a labor on the farms and to the mills.l intlasl,cit - van<i » f gling practitioner I have lead an ac tive ami busy life, and have endeav- ti rule the people any longe-. The the square deal from them all, and the ; Currency system is ai great a detri-1 same 1 ask of the people. Ever ment to business, as a failure of since 1 began life as a poor, strug- that is what we want ! c™!*. f° r it reduces the value of all THE BUREAU AT COLUMBIA crops, and Congress ought to pro- '—' ceed quickly to furnish some remedy j ored by industry’ and orderly method Why should an attack be made on for the relief of the recent depres- in work to conduct my affairs. If the Bureau at Columbia, and why j sion in prices in. the country. And elected by your votes to the Senate, should it be abolished, because the some permanent method ought to I shall strive by that same endeavor be adopted to meet future trouble, and orderly work to deserve your Congress should rise above partisan “well done.” politics in this matter. It will not; I shall not seek this office through do to say’ that a remedy cannot be ; abuse and mud slinging as to other found, as announed by Mr.' Latimer candidates, nor shall I strive to feed in his last interview, the people a PERMANENT REMEDY. Many of the States, notably South Carolina and Georgia, by stringent statutes have demolished the buis- 27 is is 29 29 Junior Senator and all of those who may oppose him are in favor of only "desirable immigrants?” Even if the good men in charge of it desire to bring in pauper immi grants, they could not do so, be cause the Federal law s, as well as the Act creating the Bureau rest ricts iL The effort to decry the Bureau is simply an effort to create you on “Almanac jokes,” but h« jin issue; but such abortive efforts ness of the Bucket Shops Within our will not mislead the people. They borders, and kept a good deal of will'think, and they have a plenty of. money at home for legitimate pur time to think by next August. ?e poses. Congress by Federal sta- That Bureau was formed for more tutes, even to the extent of fine and ..t* things than to look for immigration. The Act ’desirable imprisonment ought to demolish the greatest of Bucket Shops and divert “That a State De- ( the money, which goes into illegal partment of Agriculture, Commerce gtock gambling, to the avenues of *nd Immigration If hereby created, | honest trade, which shall be charged as far as pos sible with the Execution of the work usually devolved upon a bureau of Immigration, a bureau of Agricul- ^ ture and a burewi of Publicity, , •GIVE IT A TRIAL. BEFORE TEARING HTDOWN The people , ly solving the ♦>* they will sol' question too, >uth are calm- uestion; and immigration good common TARIFF reform. We have heard of “the tariff’* all our days; but if there ever was * time when the Democrats, and especially those of the South should move forward and demand tariff reform, and that immediately, now is the time. All throughout the North, there are many people inside of the Republican party, Who are ready to join the Democrats in an shall old myself ready to meet all legit imate argument that may be made aiid to conduct the canvass on that high plane which should become gentlemen who seek to represent the proud old State in the United States Senate. Respectfully, D. S. Henderson. * . I > Islandton Items ’ * I want just a little space in the columns of the dear Press and Standard to Write to all the readers of this paper about a' most delight ful birthday dinner that was a very lux return* for 1908 Cottageville Wed Jan Jordan’* *tore Tue* morning Reraiey *tore Toes evening Hendersonville Monday “ Petita Tuwday “ Sniders Wednesday " William* Tbnr*day - “ Dell* Friday Ravenel* Monday Warren* X Roads Tuesday " Young* Island Wednesday “ Adorn* Run Thursday *• JacLsonboro Friday " „ “ R ce Patch Monday Folk Store Tuesday more ins “ A-ht'-u Tuesday afterr.oon “ Lodge Wednesday horning Ualdwel) Wednesday afternoon “ M Leys Thursday morning “ Hen a Thursday afternoon “ Smoaks Friday “ Johnoiau School House Sat Feb .1 H Dodds Tuesdby “ Green Pond Thursday AH other days not mentioned abuse from January 1st to February SOth kt Walter boro. b. O. P. M. MURRAY, December 16th Oo. Andltor. Baptist Union Meets. The Second Union Division of the Colleton Association will hold, its next session with Doctor’s Creek Baptist qhurch on Saturday before the fifth Sunday InDecember 1£07 The order of the service will be of a special character, on account, of the SOth anniversary of the ordina tion of Rev. F O S Curtis to the ministry.' Introductory sermon by Rev S W Ackerman, at 11 A.M. Organization of the Union. An- 0ffi . wr8 ' Addr surprised her with s bountiful lot of on the following subjects. surprised very nice presents on November 25th her 6$th birthday. > ; Forty-two. persons atended tfye dinner, twenty-four of the forty- two being her grand children. Some of those who attended were: Mr and Mrs H W Stoue of McNeil, and Mr L N Stone of Black Dreek section. The day was very pleas antly spent, music was furnished in the afternoon by Mrs Mamie Mur- daugh of Islandton. ~-- Fhis is very apt to be the^last race conference to be held in the State and you"cannot afford to inissjt. Let u delegates come from Sunday, schools, (societies, is churches or] any business organi zation. Come whether you are appointed or not. JjG 'Ihose who expect to come, jg please write Mr I N Nesbitt, 231 K)18 Washington Street, Coluni- 24 bis, S. 0., lie will arrange board for you at reasonable rates. Among the promihent speakers are Dr. U. T. Walker, of Ga. Dr A. W. Lunar, (white) Tenn., 80! Dr D Webster Davis, Va. 80 licftpectfully, Rickard Carroll. 4 ! Columbia, S. U. Dec. 12th. w — 1 r Citizen. W 1 The Minister J B Dodd. 2 The Minister R Stone. * 3 The Minister C Brant. • * SUNDAY MORNING ‘ 10 o'clock. Service of, song, con ducted by M R Stone. Address, The Ministers relation to Sun- Crosby-Thomas On Wednesday Dec 11 Miss Annie Crosby and W. li. Thomas were uni ted in the holy bonds of wedlock by Rev. Craven at the brides residence, Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Crosby’s, near Redoes. The attendants were Miss Dora Beach with Palmer Crosby Mils Florrie Carter with Ben Crosby,. Mjss Mamie Crosby with Ben Carter, M^ss Isabel Thomas sister of the groom with Melvin Crosby, theP Brides brother, the Brides Maids were beautifully dressed in while. The bride wore a jumper suit of cream voile trimmed in laces and ribbons, one white silk, after the ceremony cake and wine were served in abnnd^poe and all expressed themselves as having enjoyed the affair very much. We wigh for the happy oonple a long happy and pros- perons life. “One Who wis present. Ritter, Deo, 14. and tbouglitfnllness appeal much to me whether always directed to me or not. Perhaps you wonder, “If so much value*!, why did not you, rasjwnd ere this?” Hell “More Anon” has been in the slough of disjiond. \ ou are familiar with Longfellow’s poem, “Rainy Day”, in which he says, “Into each life some rain must fall. Some days be dark and dreary’VIt just seemed to me that I was leaving more rain than was needful, and in my sihfui way was questioning the goodness of Him who doeth all things well. Of course I was in no condition to write for our paper for my clouds would have over shallowed every roader, and I k»9W jqr 'JfcUtQf hft* no fancy for being drowned. Bat enough of the rains and olonds. Our community has a great epi demic (don’t get scaaed, no danger for you, you are au immune) tha matrimonial fever. We have four brides and there are to be some more later on. Oar handsome little bache lor is counting the days between now and But I’d better not toll yet. The members of bur Guild are busy planning for an entertainment to take place the last night of the. old yeah It prCiUiiej to ba a great success, Of course with ou? president, treasurer, and general at the helm, who would dare to doubt iL Wont you come dowif Mr. Editor? Briug a dinner, or better still we will lurnwh you one, and you can have a fine time with our pretty girls and 1 no one “will leii on yon” either. I hear the married ladies, also the “hubbies” are building huge air cas- • ties as to the little jokes they intend to play ou each other. 1 cannot close without some personals. Miss Lottie Willis has returned to her home aP cottageville, after a very pleasant visit to her sister Mrs. Dodd. Borne oue looks quite lovely too. Miss Eliuot Gregg of Marion, S. U., is visiting Mrs. S. J. itnraph, Bhe is a charming young lady, and has made maqy friends da ring her stay witlTukf Mias Florenc*' Barnwell has re turned home from a visit to her sister Mrs. Lee cf Scranton^. 0., Miss Barnwell of Charleatoa is visiting Mrs. Brum. J Every one la busy fixing op far 4. 1 the holidays. May each y ^ach and ell realize their hopes, is the wish of More Anon. (The Editor appreciates the kind invitation and. wishes he could be presents.) It seems with the mafoh of modern pfbgress, airships are the next things that will find their why into the. loet and found ooinmn.