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tandari VOL. XXX. WALTHRBORO* S. C., JANUARY 29, 19^8. NO. 23 The Small Farms. yM<!, we elve you tlie eiperieur# of I>r 0 I (ireen, of roiut Peter, in Oitletborpe We like to *ee our large farmers, Oonu'y, Georgia He eoM hid fftrm thi* ft 1 tor over fifty dollar* per acre, and is srMng *0 buy him a Urg-r one. Oa a fifty acre < r >p tbi* year he produced tba following: ou to to E. prosperous sod doing good work s large scale, but oar sympathies and interest are equajly with the »mall farmers. In fact the general pros perity of our country and the de- Telopmentoi rural comities depend mate largely upon this class than any other. We have not yet learned what a few acres can be made to noe t and oar final 1 farmers must raged along three lines—1, inh their land; 2, to grow a ▼ariety of crops and 3, to and enlarge their mental scops, narrowness and poverty and person go hand in hand, before the holidays we went up a small Tilige in hall , six miles loath of Gsinsvillr, through the kindness of Mr. Hughes, one of oar subscribers* ere shown over s fertile and ;j owned and worked by a lot of land-owners. Here we found a mnch more level and fertile thought the “Hill Country” ed. The farmers are dung •oan good work, bat they are only juM' awakening to the possibilities that lie within their grasp Our fayorite poet, llobert Burns, says, “How blest the solitary’s lot. Who all*forgetting, all forgot, Within his humble cell, Tbs oarven wild with tangled roots, Bits o’er bis newly gathered fruits, Beatde his crystal well,” And so we say, “How blest the small farmer’s lot,’ whose ambition is to make fertile his' ground, and to grew snocessfully the many crops it will prodace, so that he may hav* a home indeed, and a sufficient income we 18 acres celfon made him 16 ha’e% 14 acres coru muld mm 4 j0 baahels, Wtiibed. fi acre* wheat made him 65 buitoela. 16 acr«sa onta made him :U? 1-2 b jah- els tbarvbel. Heat ice his peavioe hay off his oat and wheat land. A man can live and rear his family bv ibis kind of farming. We trust molt will be stim>ila>ed to follow alt exatopls. —Southern Cultivator. Our Cdumbia Letter • Another week’s work of the eral assembly is ended, and atd look beck over the two weeks and undefh has been,done, Ibloah for the vei small amount of actual work. Judge Gary has been relected the Supreme bench without op 1 tion and Colonel Rob’t Aldrich Henry W Grady on Whiskey The advent of prohibition in Georgia and the closing of the saloons and whiskey houses brings to memory tble prohibition speech made by Henry W Grady before 8,000 people in a ware house in Atlanta dcrfng the local option campaign in Fulton ceun*y inJSSS, \ That ^fcech of Mr Grady was peibaps the most remarkble address ever delivered United States advocating ]%lu- bition. It is known ae ^Grady’s warehouse speech.” The extract from this 8] each given below has been used from that dgy to this in placards, posters and circulars, and in every other St George Citizen Dead New Olive Drub Uniforms to be St George. January 27:—Capt. 1 Shipped Soon. L E Parler, a prominent merchant i In accordance with an order is- of this place and Confederate soldier, sueti by the newly elected comand- died in '^Columbia Sunday, and was in & officcr of the Regiment buried here this morning. In the death of Capt. Parler the town ard community loss one of its staunchest r Colonel S M Ward, drills will be resumed by all the Companies com* posing this Regiment commencing citizens and a man who will be great* ,ast week in January ^ vwu ghape | wheWT#r tb® »IOhU>ition take to give you a sketch of whdt qne§tjon has this country. been agitated * m It hat been trans lated in all language® of the world and can be aeen anywhere, got»np in beautiful effect The Capt. C. E. Sawyer. B. V. Tho who by the way it a Colleton bo; and D. B. Peufifoy were elected dt rectors of the State Penitentiary. We have had a spirited debate on a marriage license law but it failed to pass. The bill to repeal the lien law has i passed to a third reading by a ma- ! jority of three ' to one and it is thought that it will easily pass the | senate. This was the hardest fight j that *e have had or are likely to have, except the prohibit on measure. Mr Smith has offered a bill to ex tend the time for paving taxes and and to provide the penalty. Mr Goodwin has offered a bill to put certain portions of the Warren to rear his Children well and educate! and Bell townships under the opera- uon ana isoionei kod t Aiancn oaf j , . - the bench of the second Circuit over ® xtr * ck following waa the perera- theas as they should be. Upou such a farm yon always find substantial barns, good pastures, grain growing and live stock of all kinds. Here you will find the land terraced, Bermuda in the pasture au orchard (or the korsts, good Jersey cows, bogs snoogh to give him plenty most, and a goodly nomber of chickens. A man may be “cropping,’’ bnt he is not farming without thsce. Be ahonld stand for all that ia good upon the (am. However poor a farmer may be and limited his acies, we want to aee him working ou the right line*—making a lew acres richer eeth yeer, terracing this field, stopping a Wash hare, draining this pie :e o(wet land, pm ting out a few fruit trees, starting s berry psteta. putting in more grain or grass, baying some better tools, getting a better strain of cows, hogs or chickens, painting bis bouse, dniag something to plant his feet firmly epo® higher ground this y ear then they were the last Oa acoout of oar having plenty of land sad the ease with which s home stead is obtained in oar country, oar farmers do not appreciate their heritage, nor do they draam of the poasibiliues within each sore of Southern soil. We mast lean more and get tq, practicing batter msthods upon oar farms. We most begin the, intensive system as our methods end thn extensive as to the variety we prodaoM. To make oar terms self-sas* mining, and then have a variety of surplus to sell is the true plan. The demands of onv market are numerous; lei’s supply them end keep the money at heme. A lot of things will bring amnay besides ootoa—con., oat#, hey, hatter, meet, chickens, eggs, honey, tpp»r‘. peaches, strawberries, raspberries blackberries, cabbage, turnips, melons, raateloapai. potatoes, and many mors. The question is how many can you grow ? While a farmer is strangling, to nolvs them problems upon his farm, he should aim be working for the educational and moral apUft ot his oommunity. We do net hold out to these smell farmers any probability of becoming wealthy or ui ohieio seine the advantages that dev and trade holds oat to ih«ir sac bat we mj •• Christ of Mary—you have chosen the part” and hava all within jonr an that gone to make "Ufa worth and H is your bounden doty to i your sod yield her fall inersast- ike yourselves a blessing to your ly, to your community, ami to nil "wffth whom yoa have to d*al and to do,' larger yield and Improving > farm*, you not only ghi • greater iiaoome. bat your lend increases md yon thereby add to year lib. As an example of turn oin bo? made to tions of the general Stock Law, and your hnmble servant has offered two bills, one to authorize the citizens of Sheridan to* nship to open a public road, which bill tne solicitor held up and advised against it and I have n amendment * the wood yrtloudriliet law in Colleton, which remodells the present law and 1 think will give us a satisfactory road system. If it be comes a law I will send you a full tion of the address that electri fied the audience and which waa followed by an ovation the like of which has never been seen in the Sonth: Tonight it enters an humble home to strike the roses from a woman’* cheek and tomorrow it challenges this re] t.Llic in the halls of congrers. Today it strikes a crust from the lips of a starving child and tomorrow levies tribute fromj ti'e government itself. I'hereo is no cottage humble enough to escape it no palace strong enough tp shut it out. It defies the Jaw when it can not coerce suffrage. It is flexible to cajole, but merciless in victory. It is the mortal enemy of pea<*e and order, the despeller of men and terror of women, the •badowa the faces of ly missed. For a number of years he served in the Legislature'of his Stat ? and then as county superinten* ent of education. Afterwards he was elected to the Constitutional Convention from Colleton County, When Dorechester County was formed he was elected treasurer and held that position for four years. He was always identified with those interests that tended to the progressiveness and upbuilding of his oommunity. county aa-f State. As a soldier in the cause of the Southern Confederacy in Hampton’s Legion he was gallant and brave and did good service for the cause that was always'dear to his heart. Hi# funeral this morning Was At tended- by a large concourse of friends and relatives. His burial was under the Masonic Order, assis ted by the Knights of Pythias. He was a loyal member of these organi zations. - News and Courier. The Heyward Riflemen, being In this Command, will hold their next drill on Friday the 31st Inst. This Regiment was highly complimented by Gen. Boyd, in hit annual report for their good work during the last encampment on Sullivans Island, where they learned to handle the big mortar guna at the Forts. Through the efforts of Captain Fishbume, a Rifl# Benge is to be constructed here’ for the use of the local company. Arrangements have been made with the authorities in Columbia and the wofk commenced immediately. This frill, no doubt, he of greet behiftt tip ,the men, whs ere enthosi&etie over 4hq prospect end it will ensbte ttefokm compete successfully witfc other rifle teems when shooting tor places on the State Rifle Teemin'Cheiles- ton. 0 ^ The Range will be constructed on land owned by Hon. J. E. Peurifoy, who has generously loaned it for this purpose. This site will render News From Smoaks 'Editor Press and Standard:—It is very evident tha the people dont like the commutation tax law. It ia the best puddle hole supporting law we know of. I say this without any ^ntent to cast a reflection on any body 1 believe our legislatora did what they thoght was best, but if it is to be executed in future like it < has been in past, it won’t do much for the upbuilding of the public roads. Some sfw mill men have said that the saw mill men should be made pay for tearing up the roads. But in order to pull the man who has not any property by commutation tax they let the property owner go free if the man who has the property cant pay anything for the upbuild ing of roAds how can the man Who hasn’t any propeftyT—l dont mean to say that 1 am in favor of the foot roadster going free. He should pay* in pnopartipn to his ps&of row). The law .semis (deficient in that it hae. no means of execution. . Some oay it is the treasurers duty -to send Cut executions and be says maybe it ia some dneelse's duty; ’’ Eveidently this law wil( be amend ed, There is room for all Amendment. The roads are very boggy and mu cilaginous, almost impossible. This miserable condition of the roads has Program For Toachors Mooting, The following is the program of the teachen meeting. Feb. 8. 1908. Opening prayer—Rev. F. O. 8. Curtis. Paper—Arithmetic in the Rum I gome time ago, will be shipped in the Schools—Prof L P. Kilgore. course of the next two months, so • AMrew-Rev. TO. 8. Curtl. that when thig company leaves Wal- k ethrxls for a Model School—Prof- . . • r i r o n .. terboro in July for the Summer It-PON n( .....I m.ftio? Encampment t o oe held on Sullivan, Island, they will present as neat and target shooting perfectly safe, the : been brought almost wholly by the balls losing themselves in the swamp, saw mill and timber men yet they The Olive Drab Uniforms, for j go free. Is it right? It seems to which measurements were taken 1 ftie the property should be taxed. But the lean lank horse should not be made pull more than his quota. If I’m wrong I am open to conviction and willing to redroa School Improvement Association. children, the demon that has dog more graves and sent more souls unshived ,o judgment them all , the pestilences that have wasted text of the bill, which I .JioDe you,^ •M , , ’ , , Y life since God rent the plagues will publish for the benefit of your j, ^ to Egypt, and ail the wars since re Mr Goodwin has also offered a Jo8bua etood Jericho * )ill to require the board of registra- It come# to ruin and it shall tion to open their books one day at profit mainly by the ruih of your each voting precinct, that is more sons and mine, than teu miles form the county seat. It comes to mislead human A New Firm. H. A. Bailry of Weeks, and T. K. Buchan;'u have leased the bottling works, plant and building formerly occupied by the. walterboro Bottling ; f or while these encampments work, .ml wiil oowIdci ther. the mina. invo j ve work and attention to duty fnctnre and rale ot soft drinks. Mr. Bailey has moved his family to town. These young men will doubt lees make soldierly appearance as any in the State. : The enlistment of some of the men expeires tl is year but the offi cers of the company feel well assur ed that there will be no gaps in the Mr Dowling of Hampton has a till to repeal the “Seed Cotton Li- cens” law. Mr Smith will introduce a bill to abolish the “Bureau of Immigra tion.” The city Charleston was represent ed a few days ago by a committee with a petition praying to the Legia- atureto grant to that city the right to regulate the sale of whiskey by a license system. This petition will be promptly knocked out of course. We have had some trouble with the matter of the North Augusta dispensary, a resolution condemning it passed the house one day and the next day it was reconsidered and killed. It remains to be seen what will be done with with it. There is a whole batch of prohibi tion bilb and amendments to the Cary-Cothran law now on the calen dar and the house will take up the question of prohibition in the next few days and I will report this as it develops. The Hon. J. E. Peurifoy, Hon. J. M. Smith, Cap’t. E. L. Fishburne andJ. C. Hiott $K|. have visited Columbia during the tension. Yours trutet J* B. Dodd. * Columbia, Jan. 27. Mr and Mrs H. B. Yarn of Savan nah have leased the old tobeeco farm near town and have moved there. Mr Yarn has been in the em ploy of the railroad, but his wife’s health demanded a change of climate. The Merry-Go-Round that has been here for sometime, will continue to run, while the other parts of the shews are not in performance.. The Merry-Go-Round will be here for three Peek’s. They will nm on fair days and Saturdays; listen for Che whistle. souls and to crush human hearts under its rumbling wheels. •It comes to bring gray-haired mothers down in shame and sor row to their graves. It comes to change the wife’s love „into despair snd her pride into shame. It comes to still the laughter on the lips of little children. It comes to stifle all the music of the home and fill it with silence and desolation. It comes to rain your body and mind, to wrech your home, and it knows it must measure its prosperity by the swiftness and certainty with which it wrecks the world. In the soft and dreary twilight Memories sweet of long ago. Like forgotten strains of music Come bock to me soft smljow. Once kg*in, I bear their voices See the loved ones as of yore. And their songs and foots cheer me For I loved them keg ago. Sweet to foot that they who loved ns From their blest abode on high. Waft to ns a benediction And oa wings of love draw nigh. Once again in borne celestial They will greet me as of yore. When the household reunited Will be broken never more. a «. * —R Walterboro Jan nary 29 1908. The Brown Furniture and Hard ware Co, have added sevUral feet to the aide of their hardware depart ment on growth in quite a success of their business. Serious Fire At Hampton Hampton, January 27:—One’of the most disastrous fires that has ever visited Hampton occurred last night between 10 and 11 o’clock, totally destroying the building, pressesandnearly allof the material of Ithe Hampton County Guardian, owned by Fx-Governor Miles B. Mc- Sweeney, the offices of Robert R Sizer & Co. owned by Senator W S Smith, twO'Sma’l stores and two small dwellings, all on Lee avenue, the principal street. The loss is estimated at $10,000. About half of this is covered by insurance. The fire originated in one of the small buildings, and its origin is unknown. —News and Courier. they combine a great deal that is enjoyable and highly interesting. There will be two South Carolina Regiments on the encampment this Summer which will make possible manoeuvres which were impossible last year because of the small num ber ol men. Saturday night after attending a hot supper on Mr Gruber’s farm near town, a crowd of negro men and boys returning began, it is claimed, to shoot at a tree with their pistols, In some way Fred Bailey got shot in the hip by Jimmie Als ton. Alston claimes it was acciden tal, but it seems the two liad had some words and there is some doubt as to its beieng accidental, so much so that magistrate Bryan committed him to jail, to await developments. The ball is still in Byiley’n hip. It will be recalled that Alston stabbed and killed Gilbert Jenkins Honor Roll. The following subscribers have started the New Year right by pay ing thir subscription. Is your name on this i oil? every wrong. Mr Editor I havent much news to write; the negroes had a prank near Smoaks Saturday night. It result ed in two being shot before the chaotic uproar ceased. One being futaliy wounded the other being burnt badly by a ball stiking chin making a desagreeable chin wound. APS. C K Breland, W P Gatch, J C Harrison. W A Smith, J E J Crosby, Jesse Drew, Alonza Elliott, J M Crosby, BLVarn. J I Garvin, J A Willis, P M Padgett, BN Beech, G w Ackerman, C w Drawdy, J. F. Kinsey, Mrs G. A. Sauls, Mrs E H Dowling, Miss Mamie Rice, Mrs M«f‘Kearse, Mrs J E Smith, C K Hiers, H A Crosby, L C Smith, A C Sanders, S M Clayton, J E Kinsey, H W Saunders, B B Avant, W S Weeks, B P Hooker, J Thom ley, A. N. Smoak E. Mitchell Baas w. williams,J. E. Benton Rdklie AckennanA. A. Yam, S. w. Bridge. C. J. Reynolds, F. F. Rivers, L. N. Yon, Robt Kohn. G. W. Crosby. F. M. Thomas, R. E. Hickman, C. W. Breland. R. B. Kinard, B. H. Drawdy, J. F. Strickland. T. W. Reeves, A. P. Washington W. J. Newton, B. W. Goodwin, Rev. I. Crosby, C. C. Harrison, tfc of Mrs E E Cannon . How it saddens our hearts to bear of the deaths of so raup!’ of our dear old brethren wHoae lives have b^en swell brilliant lights to tho worldt And now we think of the dear sister above mention who after 41 years, in the happy honn of her hnsband, with her six children, was called to pass over the river on the Ilth inst in the C£th year of her age. She was a devoted ;wife, a loving mother, a kind neighbor, and in all, and above all was a faithful Christian. It was my privelega to be her pastor for about 27 years and to know her as a Christian was a blessing to anyone. Wecannotbut sympa thize with those of her loved ones left behind. And yet we have the blessed assurance that their loss, is her everlasting gain; so let us not weep as those who have no hope. 8 W A. seeking space, it in this section ou Hon. J. S. Griffin,H. R. Martin, E. C. Beach. J. K. Beech, in Feb. 1904, for which he was ac-. A*. W. Thompson, J. B. Beach, quitted. Both negroes eighteen years old. C. Singleton, J. D. Connor, r«s om rstholirlfy On Thursday evening at 8 o’clock a lecture course on subjects ot Uatbslic belief will open at the Catholic are about jw • R* Hoff, R. F. Carter, T. P. Riser, W. W. Driggers, E. F. Wilson. J* Z. Harrison, JJO. Griffin, T. W. Benton, Rev. J. R. Smith, J. M. Reynolds, CTP. Fishbume, C. P. Hiers, Chapel. Thei lecturer will be Rev. Jot. F. Mahogney, ApostObite liiasioary. He ia an eloquent talker and bis hearers will be mach pleased no doubt with him. Father Mahogany has lectured in many of our huge cities, and no doubt the most of ns have read the feroibis comments ol the press Thepublic is aameettyinvited. The leetores wiU he firee, and the subject#, such at to give i a formation. Tbs fol lowing subjects will be treated; Thursday, Is ene ChTirch as good as anochsrf Friday, Confession, or can iveSstordiv. Shall Bible Game Us? Bat* sy, W hy I am a Catholic. ° $ ■ G. S. Clark, T. R. Maher, C. W. PeHum, T. J. Reeves. J. F. Hiott, CM.Walter. F Padgett, H S Ackerman. J D Ackerman. Jule M Avant, MW. W. Cone was a very happy man Saturday. He enjoys a bliss Washington neve ‘ of bring father of a 9 lb. boy. The boy's grandfather, R. E. Jones, feels about as important as the real father. These little rosebuds of happiness do bring joy to any home—and cares. spent Sunday • the guest in tiie D. J. P. J. Lucas low count: Chaplin. Mrs Lucas and who have been visiting Mr Chaplin Dote, From Sidney Editor Press and Standard- Here comes mure newt ■ rained abundance last Saturday. Roads an^ahnost im passable m this section. Mr Charley Grace, of WiJterbeie spent to day with friends in this sss- tionacd went banting and carried plenty of game bach with him. ■ Rev JM Craven of Walterboro will preach at Bethany on Saturday at eleven o’clock before the fourth Sun day in" each month and on Sunday at four o'clock P. M. - Mrs C Mr J aquas of Oottsgevitte visited relatives, in this section an . Tuesday. D B tad Jahn Hill vis>ts(| vela, lives at BesvcsviUe on last Bnadary. Mr B G Weeks of Round was ip M this wevwti last Sunday. Several from this tbs Smith big show, at bt George last Weak. Messrs land 0 G Bridge nad botineas ia Wattsrbero on Sat. turday. B L Beach want to on Thursday, Mr and Mrs Berry visited the ’formerufttberamr. Brsncbville last Saturday. Wo are expecting wedding balls tdt again soon. Willi bent Press and Standard. v3ssl Bound Jan. 19th* His! ri-' ac.i'S V V mM.u