The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, January 15, 1908, Image 4
TWENTY JMNTM YCAIt
W. W. SMOAK, JR.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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ALWAYS II AOVAICE.
Published every Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15, 1908.
It’s 1000 feet and a little more, and
Hughey’s gone, “Pinkey . He’ll be
back though, we hope, ank expect.
We wish to assure <>ur law-makers
that they are l>eing watched and
we trust their acts will bear scrutiny.
Wt believe they will.
ATTENTION, DEUNQUENTS:
The folic w ing rulings of the Post
master General jvill be of interest to
our readers;
RENEWALS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
j statement of our judgment as to
the re^f friends and enemies of the
lien law*, The reasons actuating
tho.-e who have opposed A or favored
the law have been in both ca»es self
A rcasonab.e time wj!! be allowed interest. It goes without saying
publishers to secure renew a!s of sub- that if men who require liens were
scriptions, but unless subscriptions
are expressly renewed, after the
term for which they are paid, wifhin
such friends of the farmers of w horn
they required them, they would
extend the credit without the- col-
There are two articles on the lien
law elsewhere in this issue, which
we trust will be read by every
reader of th» paper. One is a hte-
tory of the repeal, and the other
an editorial in the Union Times.
Both are well written.
The Charter for Walterboro expires
this year, and will have to bertt&w*
the legislature. L’txier the
law as it now stands our cheif execu
tive will be called “Mayor” instead
of **Intendant.” And also the t.mm
of the present cbhneil aspires this
year. Thfe election will > hsM in
May. Every citixen should register
so as to be able to vote in this elec-
tioeu
We are in receipt of a complimen
tary copy of Tlte Cotton 'Mills of
Soabi Carolina bj August Kohn.
ThkWaB a series' of letters written
taTW News and Courier from Octo
ber ^ December, a 190T.
Now
three months, triweeklies within six lateral. Almost invariably the
the following period dailies within merchant has wanted to give the
monts, semiweeklies within nine credit and expt»cted to profit by it.
months, weeklies within one year, but has been unwilling to do so
they shall not kbe counted in the withrut collateral. The only reason
legitimate list of subscriber^, and why any farmer ever gave a lien
c opies mailed on account thereof was necessity, the only reason any
shall not be accepted for mailing farmer ever favored the law wa s
at the second class’postage i ate of 1 necessity.
cent a pound, but may be mailed at As to ..the subject itself, apart
the transient second class postage from those who favor or oppose it
rate 1 cent for each four ounces or and their motiv< s for so doing, we
fraction therof, prepaid by stamps w i s h to say some things,
affixtd. The right of a publisher 1. The lien law is an insult to the
to extend credit for subscriptions to manhood and integrity of the
his publication is not denied or It'was devised for slaves
questioned, but his compliance or j ^ of it were unconacious ;
noncompliance with this regulation l y extending the slavery of the blacks
w ill betaken into cosideration in de
termining whether the publication
is entitled Ito transmission at the
second class postage rates,
The time tot this to go into effect
was fike<i fob JaA. i, \ 1908 but.f in
order to allow newspapers to have
titoe to get ready for the new condi
tion of affairs the time will be ex
tended to April 1,1908.
and at the same tune fastening it on
to the poor whites. It was the first
in South Carolina from f ’ e old time
financial system in which hocor was
the basis of credit. Every farmer
who had any sense of honor has felt
humiliated when he was required
to give a lien. To this day the man
who comes down to giving a hen
resi zes and his neighbors realise that
While our mailing list shows as I he has sunk to the bottom at last
eo
•at M
V . \
di
ten
tW
many paid up and in advance sub
scriptions as any paper in the state
not adhering strictly to the cash-in-
advanoe system there are some sub
scribers who will have to be drop
ped from our list unless remittance
be received by April 1st We trust
that each subscriber on reading this
“ '•“* " d **
If any ttwia arrears
from April tet, wa
trwritr
tM*U worth reading nad
In
Hon.
J. B»
froia
of tha
i posted
Legislature. He will keep
as to the doings of bur 1
. Re eure to read
teep
posicu %rm *iW work deaa hr
legislature. Wa shaU be gMd
yon. Mr
please not consider this as coming
from this paper for we have absol
utely nothing to do with it and ao
alteraativf in tha matter. Tbs
Postmaster General did act eotfsott
m about Ibis change, bet we jgree
with him, . and shall tndaaver
coanplr with his ruling.
■If our paper is worth taki^S from
wyd leading it is worth
paring for, and thtfe all
say to aa honest man—he wfl! pay
up.
THB LIEN LAW.
This law, which has beta a
1, Ameadmeat sr repeal af read-
law.
2, AmbdvsteiarprahihitlOa.
• a mmtod mm fer reasal el Has
law.
A, Conervathm and good judg-
smtlnMl
MAMON AND MURDER.
lamaMmaaga in psfpariag hit
hmee to fhs grand jury of a law
legUaturs fer yearn, is Uhsly he be
the esuse af a real fight hi tha asxt
Wa want to yva oar «g
Theoae lone argument
at
ited to-
f the theory is thus, how much
worse! has been the practical work-
ng of’the law te this f respect. As
soon'as the merchant takes a lien on
a fanner he begins to crack his whip
end the’fanner begins to danee to
thefmusic. If tho firmer 'labels
he is haltered and dragged to court;
if he doesn't work he is remonstrat
ed with just in the spirit which the
old slave holder dvowed toward hit
4*vea,
the working of this lien law
years it has occurrad to him that
the" chief difference between thd 1h&
merchant and the old slavt holder
has been that the former differed
from the latter mainly in that .the
he waa witoout the sense of
sibility and afiection for his slaves.
Wa knowTthere "have' been many
to this rule; but
insist that the exceptions have been
doe aa mosh the dutifulness af tha
slaves as to ths** goodness of the
If a merchant had a set
of lienors who wtofted well ahd paid
well ha same to have toward
soom ssaaa af rssponsihittty and
assM sort af affection. If his liners
rwmuAOUPi im
But
*» tl fafiponibt, to Jwlce the
International Clothes by the
1 price. There is nothing about
them that is similar to .others—so comparison fi got
place. Ther stand alone. Though popular priced they"
are Car in advance ff those that coat you double. Tha
difference lies in the fact that the International Tailoring Cow,
ff New York and Chicago have different methods and
are able to render service the highest order at a price
that none can imitate. \< >< n<
The tl. W; Cohen Store
* * j • a _____ -
“Th* Stem That AlwAyi Makes flood.”
I »s^—ay^—
Master’s Sales .
The state of fiouth Osrolf aa
Oolletoa Coaaty.
la ths Ootmasa naas..
OMBlalNv. Aadaam
■ O Black, #. ah
By rirtoe of the Dscrss af above Couit
ftisAa» l wIIL sell st sabUe salary to-
Heoss la Waltertoto. sa
fsbrsary ant (Sriasy),
al hMUS.ttoMtowtnaae>
St^iutSSi
tittotoa MmT Tm, Md it
was dus to their goodness that the
.it, H
The State of teeth Oare>iaa
TWf result was tha
> ef aa storming tnefasss in
taking af kwman Ilfs.
in tha
ia the poor man’s oaly collateral for
credit.
WKh ref crease to tMs point ws
hove obsorvsd this plea has never
i onerea oy ms poor man nue-
sslf. It waa not dsvfltod by tha
poor man for himself. Wa
this or any other reason in its fetor
The tow allowed
as we have mid
Bale by Order af the
By VMM of m ord
ate court. will mil at paMIe eatery,
.efteu the Court Moose la Witter bars
es tola Day ia February asxi(tid (dag)
of
in
m. % 1he tendency of the
was to harden a man. We
a lien
chant who saespod with much
—ny af bmm left
him.
As ta the mcrite of tha lien as a
collateral much may be said, but ws
fosboar tomy it, ansept this, vis:
Itfe vary pear csBatsral. It ntiks
One It Hons Baglas and Boiler.
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O W Rayser.
OsUatso Oonnty
In tha Oommon Pleas
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tarpapers. - ’
C. G. Header son ;
Master.
Jan. Uth.1906.
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OolUten County » i
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hi the Common Pleas >
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Ito Batata of Q, W. Bavaor, dana—d
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tela A A Hadsou sad Baa B Urasby
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