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V •# :*ML wm T VOL. XXX. ~cr PROHIBITION MEETINGS WALTERBORO. S. C, APRIL 15. 1908. NO. 36 Dr. Hmw and Rev. Harley are Eloquent Speakers. Thi aeries of prohibition meetings being held ViUhe county are doing much good and are proving very in teresting. The first was held at Cottageville Monday night and these speakers addressed a large audience at the Mothodist church. Tuesday night a good sized audience heard them at the Methodist church here. To-night Dr. Hare will address the Sec. 3. Any faimre to pay said road tax shall be afriedameanor and on conviction shall be punished by fine not leas than five dollars or more than fifty dollars, or by imprison ment of not leas than ten days nor more than thirty days. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 5, That this act shall go into ef fect immediatelely upon its approval. Approved the 26th day of February A. D. 1908. Now it is up to the towmship as sessors to act first, then the super visor, and then the overseer, and CHIEF JACKSON, C. k BCKAREO people of Hendersonville and Rev.: the sooner the work begins the better Harley will go to Lodge to speak Yours truly, Thursday night, and to Smoaks Roun^, April 13. J. B. Dodd Friday night. The prohibition movement seems to be well launched in this county and these meetings will do much ^ good for the cause. No more able! or eloquent speakers could be| obtained than these gentlemen, and v [jj" every ^ one should hear t' em if poanb!e. THE ROAD LAW. Editor-Press and Standard:—your *‘Black Creek" correspondent strikes the right key when he asks for the Road Law to be published and be gins to agitate road working, for one days work on the roads in the apring is worth more than a week in the fall. The work done at this time of the year has the benefit of the summer sun to dry and harden it and then through the summer there is not so much travel over the fresh work to cut it up. Now is the time of year to do. work that will last. The Road Law as amended reads m follows: That from and after the passage ot this ret, all those persons who are liable to road duty between the ages of twenty-one and fiifty in the eounty of Colleton in lieu of performing or causing to be per formed labor upon the public high ways shall be required to pay to the Treasurer of Colleton County, an annual commutation tax of two dollars per head which shall be ex pended upon the public highways of the county end in the township from which it is collected. That the County Auditor te required to make returns of the same and the County Treasurer shall collect at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are collected- There shall also be made a levy of one mill on the dollar on all taxable property in Colleton county to sup plement the commutation tax for wbrk on the public roads. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the County Supervisor upon the recom mendation of the several towship boards of assessors to appoint one overseer in each township whose duty it shah be to employ a force of aot lew than ten able bodied men to work on the public roads for which service the said overseer shall receive not more than two dollars per day and the laborers not more than one dollar per nay. Provided that th overseer shall have the right alien ever it becomes necessary to appoint a second overseer for his township who shall do the work and provide for the pay of his men in ihe manner hereafter provided. The overseer shall at the end of each week give to each hand in his Cadets Break Camp Last Thursday morning after an ei riy breakfast camp was broken and the line of rtiarch was taken up by the Citadel Cadets for Cotage- The boys were in good trim, after their encampment in Waiter- boro, and started out at a good pace, arriving at Cottageville without mishap at 11:45 o’clock. They reached there in good shape and a picnic dinner composed of the best Cottageville can afford and that ii mighty gc od was served at 1 o’clock. After dinner the tents were pitched. They camped in front of Mr. C. K. Ackerman's residence, which is an ideal place for a camp. They were accompanied on the march back to the Citadel by Com mandant, Capt. W. H. Simons, Quartermaster. Capt. H. EL Raines, and Dr. W. C. O' Driscoll. The corps encamped Friday night atGivhans, Saturday morning left for Summerville, where they spent Sunday. They arrived at the Citadel Tuesday feeling none the worse after their long march. South Carolina can justly be proud of her State Miitary Academy. No more manly and gentlemanly behavior could be had out of any body of young men than that which characterized the Citadel Cadets during their encampment at Walterboro. One hears oh all sides only words of commendation. iey,e ot spirting.—The State. Former Strikes the Latter—But N eftherTarty Seriously Hurt Saturday morning, C. A. Eckardt, proprietor of the Walterboro Hotel and Chief Marshal J.j S. Jackson became involved in a personal en counter at the depot. It appears that they got into a dispute concern ing passengers for the hath line. Mr Jackson claims that Mr. Eckardt had used undue' influence to take a passenger away from his hack the night before. Mr. Eckardt denies this and claims 'hit the passenger in question had gone down with him Fii iay morning, telling him he 1 would be back in the evening and he therefore felt that be had a right to tra!.si*ort this passenger. It appears that Policeman Jack&or. had asked the mtendant to be excused from duty for the purpose of going to the depot to remonstrate with Mr. Eckardt about this matter, which resulted in Jackson strikeihg Eckardt while driving his hack. Eckardt indicted Jackaon before Magistrate Bryan for assault and battery to wliich he pleaded guilty and was fined $10.00. Eckardt has also addressed town council, asking that Jackson be discharged. This matter was taken up at a special meetingof council Monday night, but it was decided to postpone action till both parties and their witnesses could be heard Friday night. This matter has caused consider able comment on the streets and the outcome is awaited with inUrest. ^ SENATOR GRIFFIN Explains the Died in Coloumbia. Mr. Robert Padgett; a highly re-1 spected citizen of this county, died 1 at the State hospital for the Insane in Columbia last Saturday, after a i short illness of malarial fever. The i Lecture By Dr J L Dftwaon Dr J. L. Dawson of Charleston delivered a very able and interesting lecture at the Court House Friday evening, on the subject: Tuber culosis, its Prevention and Cure. Tins was a very* able and timely lecture, and it was unfortunate that heard by only about forty Dr. Dawson is an authori ty on this disease and his lecture was one of encouragement and hope for those who are under the shadow of the "Great white plague" He said that consumption was not hpn^iitaryy 'That children of con sumplive parents as a rule were not strong and th t they are thus more 1 easily susceptible to the disease than are children of strong parents. More people have the disease and ’ recover from it without knowing it than h generally imagined. If so many therefore recover without care, why ciumot more lecover with body was brought to Bamberg Sun- ^ Wb P^'P'e dK every year - > . . . . m the United btates of this disease, or 400 a day, 2000 die in South Carolina. 1-7 of all the deaths is day morning and interred the same afternoon in the Smoak burying* ground, a few miles below town,,} near Spring Branch church. Rev. T. G. Herbert, pastor of Trinity | Methodist church, of which Mr. | Padgett had been a member for a number of years, conducted the services. Mr. Padg'tt was fity-four years old, and is survived by a widow and j several daughters. He had been in bad health for some time, and his due O to this disease. Physicians should make very thorough examina tions cf patients and begin in its early stages to combat the disease. Tuberculosis is curable, 50 per cent of the cases recover under proper treatment. Patients should ha\e fresh air And proper climate. Thy shouM live in the open and and sleep in the open, as pure mind beam, rfected by Ms illnM., fr “ h " r “ ““ ““ “IL and he wu carried to Colombia '!“'** of ? bm ^ * ood - b '? n0 nearly two months ago. He was always a good friend of this news- climate is hopeless is you have proper nutrition. If possible every paper and ita editor, and Portly! f‘‘ ent J>>o«M be »ent »*> » ““- later he was tent to Columbia he ; t ‘ rlum ’ for “ le “ t • mon ‘ h - lf,or wrote us to forward his paper there, which we did until Ids death. - He was a quiet, unobtrusive man, who minded his own business, and he employ a claim against the County wa9 liked and respected by all who properly’ signed by himse.f for the kne w him—Bamberg Herald ! no other reason than to learn them | th? proper rules of health and how to take tare of youi self. , This lecture was given under the auspices of the County Medical whole amount due the said hand, but In no case shall the overseer draw money for his hands. The Supervisor shall have the right at all times to borrow money NbTICE * * The various Democratic Precinct Clubs .of Colleton county are hereby His Position on Stock Law Quktion. Editor Press and Standard:— Through thq, medium of your paper* and indulgence, I hope to reply to some recent communications which endeavor to reflect on me. I am not ovtr anxious to reach news papers notoriety, but I am exceed ingly anxious to retain my good reputation for truth and principK and when one becomes so infatuated with falsity, that he has no inclina tion to give the whole facts in justice to others, I cannot let the moment pass and my resentful pen stand still, and remain rilent. If the party to whom. 1 refer had stated facts as they were in whole 1 would have had no inclination to reply, for 1 know I have acted fair and honorably with all parties con cerned. I do not know of whom I am speaking, nor do 1 care, for tr^th is truth, it makespodifference when, or how intended, or who is concerned. I have reference to stock law" a communication pub lished in your paper April 1st 1907 which article purports to have been agned by sixteen good men from the upper portion of the county, in which the writer says "the Senator for Colleton county promised to sup port the stock law bill, but oh when he votes” Now I know these gentle men and they have truth and honor too much to have given their assent to such slanderous aspersions as a whole. I venture the assertion that the writer of his volition, without warrant or authority had the au dacity to make this statement over the signature of these gentlemen, who violated every feature of confl- deoce and principle to the extent cf giving their names. A wonderful Condition of things, a trusty fellow indeed. He surely does hot have that feature of purity and truth as ha ought, or he would not have made the statement without giving the whole facts pro and con. If this statement is the whole truth then I am a liar, and one given to mislead ing and false promises. Let me say here and now that the writer when he made this statement, knew it was misleading and said it with a wilful and deliberate purpose to mislead the public and voice their prejudice against me, and he knows it. The following are the facts: When I was in the rush of busi- new to get ready to go away to the Senate, I piet up with Mr J D Miley near the Court House when he told me that section between the Little Salkehatchie River and Little Swamp wanted the stock law, that they are all in favor of it. I said all right, 1 think you ought to have it, and will help you look after it, or words to that end. When I reached the Senate I repeated about the same language to Mr Goodwin, who was pushing the bill for all it was worth. Notice the words, help you to look after it, that is see if it is proper- and ought to be done. I then thought possibly it was the thing to do. I had not examined into the conditions and surroundings to determine what I waa going to do. I knew about six votes had been cast for it to remain as it was, but I was willing and even anxious for them to have stock law if it did not injure others, but I was not willing for them to have stock law at the down fall and injury of more people than it would help. The sacrifice for •then was too great. 1 did not no plan of settlement and said that stock law for this section would never do, in which I concurred after his explana ion. Now I ask any fair minded man. how could I have done more. 1 could not get Mr Goodwin who was pushing this bill to make a single concession. It was stock law for his section or noth ing. I changed my mind knowing I had not taken advantage of Mr J D Miley, that 1 ha 1 not placed him in worse condition than he was already in, and knowing I had not wronged him nor any one else by my statement to him, I sat down and wrote him before the bill reached the Senate or before it came up in the Senate, if I was under any obligation to him or he thought so to excuse me I wanted to act free and independent. Mind you I had n t acted falsely, unjustly o- im properly with Mr Miley and surely thought I would be excused, but when I saw nothing could be done with Mr Goodwin the bill was killed in the Senate without sign or cere monies, I have no regrets and would do it again. Where is the wrong when I sat down like a gentleman, before acting, and wrote the only man I had talked to about it to excuse me if I was under any obliga tion to him. Could 1 have done more? Have 1 not acted the honora ble man? But "stock law" in his article did have enough truth and* honor in his bones to state this he said "oh my when he voted," and 1 wonder if it wont be "oh my" for him sometime later. We know God rights all wrongs. The man who wrote the article knows 1 would not wilfully tell him an untruth or mislead him. To my surprise whan the bill reached the Senate it proposed to cut of three and a half miles next to the Ediato River and put it in stock law, and this was one of the potent reasoni also for my actions. If I know my self I tried to do what was right and just, yet I am held up by the writer, at a falsifier and one un worthy of trust and confidence, making false promises because I stuck to the mas8.*s. ‘ I am glad in deed I have established a reputation for truth and honesty. I am and always have been anti stock law and expect to die so yid my people can understand that as long a« they vote six to one, their interest shall never trail in the the dust as long as 1 represent them. 1 wonder who wrote^he notorious communication above the signatures of these gentlemen. Is it an act of independentism, an outlawishness, or what is the matter? One man has a right te act independently, but when it is done by a crowd it is bordering on conspiracy and may be indictable. But that is all right so far as I am concerned, so long as they do not try to injure me by falsity. Hon. J. C. Goodwin says: In your paper in his exposition on March 25th, 1908 speaking of the stock law and Senafbr Griffin "the whole delegation were conferring together and he Senator Griffin led some petitioners to believe that if the house did not do something he would" I have a very high regard for Mr Goodwin, b^t when he goes out of his way to jump on me he must surely be careful with his facts. The whole delegation never did confer and Mr Goodwin knew it when: he made the statement that it was untrue and my witnesses to prov* i are Hons. D. L. Smith and Injure me, and because you lost year little pet in the Senate. I very much to reach the that Hon. J. C. Goodwin to injure me in his know he is sore’ and there Is some excuse for him, but surely he intended to injure me without rhyme or reeeon, or got moat woefully m’xed up with his facts to my knowledge except to kill his dear little pet in the Senate. When the truth comes and all of it you will not find me kicking. 1 would not have said a single word about the facts, but I have truth and no man, be he rich or poor, high or low, can reflect on me without resentment with all the power of my soul. "Wi en a man steals my purse he steals trash, but when he steals my good name for truth he steals ail I have." When one endeavors to hold me up as void of truth and full of deception and false promises, he is surely building on a sandy found ation, he don't know his man. If there is one thing in this world I love and esteem, it ia truth. Why did Hon. J. C. Goodwin and stock law withhold from the public the fact that Senator Griffin before act ing in the Senate wrote Mr Miley that il he even thought Senator Griffin waa under obligations from what was said to excuse him. Could Senator Griffin have done more? J S. Griffin. ca lled\o meet at theiT respective I tWnlf ***** right, nor do I yet think J. B. Dodd. Mr Smith and myself b> other lecture, on popular .nd ^ ^ . petition. 1 never .poke more tiun . h^f dozen but I never raw it. The thought or dozen words about it and Mr. then te mv mind was to get them Dodd and myself did not coifer together, and I proposed to Mr.! about it at, any time. Then why ht-althfu! subjects. MeU's To the Editor of The State:—In re ply to your invitation I make the following comments concerning the troubles brought ofrClemeon college by the outbreak of a large number of the cadets on April 1: Thedimia- sion of these cadets by the dladpHne committee has emphasised the im portant fact that conspiracy oc the tart of the college stadents against authority, it makes no difference how large the number may be, can not stand against law impartially adminiatered. The i*eue was made at damson* "Wbe shall rule; the i cadets or the authorities?" The discipline committee has answered in terms which cannot be misunder stood in the future. The morning after the breakoat against the regu lations the discipline committee was called in session by myself to calmly and thoroughly investigate the entire matter. The committee was in ses sion morning, afternoon and night from Wednesday, April I, until Tuesday night, April 7. Kaeh boy was given a fair and impartial ex amination aad was allowed to state his case as fully as he desired, all testimony being taken down by a stenographer. No one waa diamkaed who did not admit his part in the violation of the regulations and that of his own free will and accord hp had entered into the conspiracy to oreak the laws of the college. Thu students who were sent out from Clemaon college were dimlimed for the following offences: 1. Holding a mam meeting in violations of the college regulations and defying the seme by ab—nting themselves from all coDeje duties. 2. Defiantly pending in the presence of end again* the orders of the eommaudant end the officers, after having refused to re port to morning drifiL 3. Deserting the college end going to the neighboring townnf Pendleton, where they spent the day. 4. Binding themselves by a sworn document to stand together and. pledging that in erne any oC the number were dismissed they “ all desert the college and go h 1 desire to extend pithy to the parents upon V- - Goodwin in behalf of the stock law should Hon. J. C. Goodwin have 1 been brougnt this sad W. N. JONES TO RUN. Eiitor The Frees and Stadard: for necessary work on the roads and | place of meeting on the 25th day j Weil, Mr. Editor, cards are coming and anti stock law people to come made this statement unless there} md in this message to *•»—n pledge the next collection of this of April 1908 for the purpose of lively but hope you will have space^togetneir and build a fence up. the was a wilfal and deliberate purpose the other authorities of the tax for the same. | electing delegates to the County: f <»r mine. 1 shall stick to the old Little Swamp to Bamberg line, but to misrepresent me. The anxious. | join. P. H. Mell, Provided that in Collins and Democratic convention to he hold at' rule and let mine come about or Run Township all per sens Waltertapo on May 4, 1908, a full i after the County Convention. I aubject to ro id duty shall pay an attendance ta necessary at the Nub j haV< 2 *een thinking who wpuld comutation tax of two dot- , meeting and each club should be support Moore, Griffin. Jaques, or I shall stick to the old Little Swamp to Bamberg line, but to misrepresent me. The anxious. | join. this he refused to do, saying the fleeting witness he became to testify stock law people would not help, that it was being done, that it was being done for the anti stock law Clemson College, April 8. against me apen hearsay testimony when he Mjrj: “H. W eome of peti- j A n anm.rriedhi^op, ineLMfc. tioners to believe , and, brother of ^ very heavy hurt each on or before March the fully represented at the convention. | Johnson, nod I think the best thing people. This point I failed to see. Goodwin, what do you know about; tax on bachelorai sud,*"** Ari$ in each year or perform eight: Cluba will send one 'delegate for ts do is to make the race myrelf for ipHe had previously told me Hon J M what l reused petitioners to beti?ve? it'a worth it,” This is hi work on. the public roods in, each 25 members re majority ftrac- Supervisor. I will treat them all i SNith favored the stock law, for You surely don.t know whether I led evidence, however.—ihe The Republican ttoicn all the Lana now ‘ the said townships, subject te the j tion,, in charge and ** iIur * m ; Nike, as friends loek out for old this station. I thet ss a last resort s>me of petitioners to believe or nor. shall be aubjectoo th: iter provided. April 71908 ‘NuteV ;Ashton, April U. the Arif fully. N.'Jones. to him that we leave it , for settlement, and not prreaut. Then why