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VOL. XXX.
WALTERBORO, S. C, JUNE 17, iqoS.
NO. 44
PROHIBITION DEPARTMENT-
EDITED BY
Jas. E. Peurifoy and W. W. Smoak, Jr.
A Family Reunion.
A beautiful May momintf a few
weeks auo, May I f' found a lar{fe
sratherir:^ assembled at the old
homestead of the Fox family, located
Hoifcr^H-Zachry.
A marriage of unusual beauty and
solemnity took ]>lace at the home
of Mrs Madison P Howel! at hi^rh
noon v* Wednesdav,- June 10th,
STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING.
REV. CURTIS’ ABLE ARTICLE.
Editor Press and Standard: For
several weeks past much has been
said about the "traffic”
to "life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness" and to this declaration
of the constitution of the United
Slates isadiied its bill of rights and
, , , . ‘‘to safeguard and promote
columns, and some of the arguments, the three mwn pillars o( the state ^
submitte.1 are strong statements "f niora ! :tv K ^i sion and Education,
facts, as they are called, and e S pea-_ an ,, that lvha . ever interferei with
in vour
near UoUageville. The gathering when Miss Ethel Caroline Howell
wa> for the pu r pose of caring for became the bride of Mr. Julian
the c<'netery. one of the largest in James Zachry, of Augusta. Georgia,
the county. After the duties of the The ceremony, which was witness
morning were over, we gathered ed by the relatives and a few friends
about the long table, and enjoyed an of the t.vo families, was most im-
exce.lent dinner, abd then there pressively performed by the R v.
Candidates for State Offices to Speak at Walterboro
Next Monday, June 22.
ally so when the arguments are
based upon the word of God as some
of the writers tell us.
What does God’s word teach us in
regard to the matter? Let us see. It
is expressly stated in 1 Cor. 6:10
and Gal 5:2. “that drunkards shall
not inherit the Kingdom of heaven.”
Denunciations awfully severe
are pronounced, against both the
these is condemned and must be for
bidden and prohibited by civil gov
ernment.” And if you will pardon
me for taking up so much space I
will quote from Blackstone in his
masterful treatise on the law of
nature. He says: “For as God when
he created matter and endued it
with a principle of mobility, estab-
, , •‘shwl certain rules for the perpetu-
'hat motion; S o when
is addicted to this evil, as is shown
in Isaiah 5:11, 12, and chapter 28:1-3.
God’s woe is pronounced against the
He created man and endued him
with free will to conduct himself in
all parts of life, He laid doum certain
followed an hour of delightful
social enjoyment.
In the afternoon it was resolvtfl
that the meeting be held annually
and “The Fox Memorial Associa
tion” was organized with the fol
lowing officers:
President-W. F. Hill.
Secretary and treasurer—J B Dodd
Executiveeomrnittee--Joel Reeves,
W. R. Fox. Mrs Nettie Hill and Mrs
Rebecca Gatch.
It will doubtless be interesting to
read a brief sketch of this family, a
J. L. Daniel, the pastor of the
Methodist church of this place. t
1 The oast parlor, in w’hich the cer- 1
emony was perfomed, was decorated
for the occasion with extreme taste ,
and skill, palms, ferns and cut
flowers carrying out the artistic
effect.
i • Tne bride’s g>wn was an exquisite
creation of white chiffon, madei
empire style, and elaborately trim-
med with real lace. Her veil,
which fell in graceful folds to the
! hem of her train, was daintily caught
The State Campaign party will be
in Walterboro Monday, and unless
the crowd is too large, will sjieak in
the court house. County chairman.
Howell will preside. As only a few
of the State officers have opposition,
there will Ix^ but few speakers.
The following are the candidates
for various offices:
Governor M. F. Ansel and Cole
L. Blease.
Lieutenant- governor T. G. Mc
Leod.
Attorney general J. Fraser Lyon.
Secretary of state—R. M. Mc-
Cown.
Comptroller general A. W. Jones
and N W. Brooker. . . ,
State superintendent of education
Styles R. »Melliehamp, E. (^.
Elmore, and John E. Swearingen.
Railroad commissioner—B. L.
Caughman, James Cansler, F. C.
Fishburne, J A. Summersett and H.
W. Richardson.
Adjutant general,—J. C. Boyd, H.
T. Thompson.
State treasurer R. H. Jennings.
Chairman Howell hopes as many
of the voters of the county as pos
sible will be present to hear these
candidates. The meeting will be
called to order promptly at 11
o’clock.
family characterized by . its sterling in herjiair by a spray'of orange
qualities and excellent citizenship. ! blossoms. She carried a lovely
individual land if on him why not jmmutable laws o( human nature
on the commumty or government! W|lereby That Frce Wj|1 ^ jn
that aids the individual to obtain , , a __. ,
..... , . , , a au ,A regulated and restrained,
intoxicating drink, for at the 10 . , . , u ’
. . / u u 11 i j o-au and £ ave him also the faculty of
chapter of Habakkuk and 2oth i _ ,, a .
H j ...ir * l• u rea8on to discover the purport of
L er !f: I e . *««• The* Are The Eternal
griveth his neighbor drink, that put
test thy bottle to him, and makest
him druken also, thet thou mayest
look on their nakedness.” Again
our Savior Jesus Christ, in the
picture He has given us in Matt 24:
49-51, clearly sets forth the certain
doom of the drunkard, and if this
article would permit, pages could
be filled from God’s word in regard
tojthis matter; ..ords of warning,
reproof, caution and denunciation,
and in no single instance does it pro
tect or sustain the evil in any wise.
I cannot think that a sane man
would for a moment make the Holy
and good Son of God, a party to the
drink evil, either in its support or
otherwise, in an attempt to prove
this by the incident when Jesus
made wine at the marriage at Cana;
it seems to me s man’s heart must
be exceedingly vile to encourage
such s thought. The fruitage of the
drink traffic is too clearly known for
me to spend s moment of time in its
discussion, all over our land is seen
its awful trail, and its curse follows
«s truly as it moves in the home,
or the church, yea in the streets, or
highways, any where and every
where the blight of heart and home
is seen. Verily its fruitage is the
fruitage of the pit. But not only
has the word of God declared against
this awful and tremenduous foe to
man and his interests, but the high
tribunals of our country over and
over again have spoke against it.
The New York court of appeals the
highest court in the Empire State
says: “Sound morality is the cor
ner store of the social edifice.
Whatever disturbs that is condemn
ed under the fundamental rule.”
The declaration of independence
[our Chort Manual] declares that
■“Governments are instituted among
men” to secure to them their right
Immutable Laws Of Good And Evil
to which’ the Creator Himself in all
His dispensations, conforms^ and
which He has enabled human reason
to discover, so far as they are neces
sary for the conduct of human
action,” Now, in view of these
great truths and principles spoken
and set forth by God and man, is it
right that w’e individual or com
munity, nay government, local or
otherwise, to so injure humani y, or
humanity’s charge as to put in his
way a means so deadly and destruc
tive to his best and truest interests?
Is it right to put temptation in the
way of the weak? Is it right to get
him into trouble by an overt act of
ours, and thus punish him because
he gets into trouble, and let the
sorrow and burden of misfortune
fall upon the innocent, his wife and
children. Is it not Christ-like and
man-like (the. true and good in
manly life) to throttle this evil, and
forever wrest its fangs from the
body social, for whatever effect*
that paralyzes the world. The
remedy for this evil (in its suppres
sion) is the home. Yes I clearly
understand that, the education must
be there, but our neglect has
brought upon us this great shame
and sorrow. Our Neglect Must Be
Atoned For At The Ballot-Box and
every citizen who truly loves the
home and its betterment with his
conscience awakened by God’s word
cannot do otherwise than put his
hand on the throttle and stop the
down-grade. God knows the abyss
is deep and wide! Mothers, sisters,
wives, children, your cry ought to be
nightly to God for rescue and salava-
tion from this worst of evils.
Respectfully yours,
F. 0. S. Curtis.
Walterboro, June 16.
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Rev W m. Fox and his wif», Rebecca,
removed from "St. Georges” to the
old homestead in 1844, where they
lived to a good old age. and their
bodies rest in the cemetery near the
old homestead. Father Fox’s life
was one of toil. His life was given
to the minist y, and besides preach
ing to four churches he worked
continuously in his field, and those
boquetof white roses and lillies of
the valley.
The bride entered the room with
her sister. Miss Sarah Catharine
Hcwell, who as maid of honor,
wore a pretty costume of white lin-
grie, and carried American Beauty
Roses.
Mr. W’illiam W. Zachry, of Jack
sonville* Florida, the brother of the
days were not as these, of improved ; groom, was the best man.
and
roads
“Charlotte L. S ” Comes to Life.
Mewville June 9.-Editor Press
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Standard: Concerning bad
I have something to Ull,
namely, the causeway near Black
Creek church is almost impassable,
and the road from here toCombahee
is positively terriffic. Some of our
citizens have to go to their business
every day over these roads, and
journeying ov-r these roads is every
tiresome.
Concerning the Veteran’s picnic
that occurred lately and which you,
good editor, wrote an account, and
called it “Veteran’s Meeting and
Fish-fry:” I too wrote an account,
but yours was printed before mine
was even posted, for which I am
sorry because, please pardon me I
believe that mine wss better than
jours. However it is an ill wind
that blows nobody, good, for I know
the compositor was glad, for I judge
from the careless way in which my
letters are most si ways printed, put
ting them into type affords him 1
little enjoyment. In fact, I infer that
be spuldstflk out of it altogether
if he could, just as, you yourself,
editor, skulk out of reading them
in proof and having the typographi
cal errors corrected: My letters
used to be printed niediy when the
“Poet-Soul” was editor there. He
was never too lazy to overlook them.
But, understand* me please, 1 am not
saying that you yourself are too
lazy (often for the sake of politenees
we cannot say what we think.)
Charlotte L. S.
[Here follows an account of the
“V teran’s Picnic,” written in the
inimitable style of this good cor
respondent, and we are sorry not to
be able to reproduce this week for
lack of space. We do not lay any
claims to being a “Poet-Soul” but
we can appreciate a good write-up.
We are s jrry the wrath of this cor
respondent has been poured out on
our “defenseless head” (poetry,)
and we most respectfully plead “not
guilty.” Try us again and see if
any errors are found. Editor]
After a woman marries a man
to save him sheusullj has all
she can do to taka cate of herself.
machinery and labor-saving farm
implements. The family consisted
of two sons and six daughters, omy
four of this family now remain,
these being daughters. The sons
were the Hon J. R. Fox and Col 1.1.
Fox, who was a prominent lawyer
at the Walterboro bar. Both of
these brothers were gallant officers
in the Confederate Army, the first
named also represented his county
in the legislature for three terms.
Among the grandsons may be
named: Rev M. H. Ackerman, now
deceased, who graduated with dis
tinction at Furman University, and
whose life wss given to the cause of
education. Hon J. R. Fox, who
served two terms as representative
from his county, and Hon J. B.
Dodd, who is now one of the mem
bers of the house from Colleton
county. Mention should be made
of i)rs I. L. and S. A. Reeves, the
last named was a prominent drug
gist in Orangeburg, and his younger
brother now one of the leading den
tists in the same city. Among the
grand-nieces we mention with
pleasure Miss Georgia Ackerman,
who is a member of the faculty
(having charge of the chair of Math-
imatics) in the Greenville Female
College, the Baptist college of the
State: Both Dr W.- B. Ackerman
and Jno. M. Ackerman, are among
the grand sons, the latter gentleman
being the deputy clerk of court of
our county. The daughters of Rev
Mr Fox are: Mrs Temperance Hill,
Mrs S. W. Ackerman, Mrs John Hill,
Mrs Wm. Hill and Mrs Arch Wil
liams, as ha* been stated only four
of these estimable ladies are now
living. There is probably no family
in Colleton county that has so large
a number of representatives. It
consists of four children, 51 grand
children, 183 great-grand children,
and 20 great-greac-grand children,
making a total cf 258.
It is a gracious privilege given, to
a family, a yearly gathering of its
membership, for there “is a tie that
binds our hearts in sacred love.”
God in His love instituted the
family, and it is the dearest and
most sacred tie that can be formed
by human hearts. Would that it
Immediately after the ceremony
Mrs. Howell tendered the wedding
guests a reception in honor of the
bride and groom, during which
time refreshments of the most in
viting and dainty nature were
served.
Mr. and Mrs. Zachry. left on the
3:30 P. M. train for a prolonged
tour of nortnern cities, after which
they will go to /Augusta, Georgia,
where they will make their future
home. *
Mrs. Zachry is the daughter of the
lata Hon, M. P. Howell. She ia a
blond 0. most beautiful type, and is
eoduwad with many personal
charms and accomplishments.
For several jraars she has been
one of the leaders of Walter-
boro’s social set and has a large
number of friends in this and
other sections of the State*
Mr Zachry is a prosperous
and successful young lawyer of
Agusta, and is regarded as one of
most popular and promising
young men of his profehaion in
that city.
Approaching Weddings
Tomorrow there will be two wed
dings in Walterboro of popular
young people. The first will be at
noon at the h ome of Mr and Mrs
John F. Lucas when their daughter
Miss Ruby, will become the bride of
Thomas P Murray son of Auditor
P. M. Murray. This will be s quiet
home wedding in the presence of
only the relatives and a few of their
| most intimate friends. Rev. F. A.
| Drennan of the Presbyterian church
' will perform the ceremony,
i The second will be that of Miss
Mary Grace and Rev. H. B. Hardy,
which will take place at 2:30 o’clock
in the afternoon, at the home of the
bride’s father, C. M. Grace. Rev.
J. L. Daniel will be the officiatin?
clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy
will leave on the afternoon train,
and after a short wedding trip will
return to his home at Clover, S. C.
where he has a charge as a Methodist
minis ier.
School Commencement
Adams Run, May 13 Special:
Yesterday was a big day for our
quiet little village. It was the oc
casion of the closing of the village
school, which has been under the
efficient management of Miss Edith
Ware for two terms. A picnic din
ner had been prepared and was
much enjoyed by the good-sized
crowd present. Iced lemonade was
served in abundance. The patrons
of the school all united to make the
affair a success, and it was.
County Supt. of Education, Dr.
H. W. Black avss present and made
an address, as did W. W. Smo»k, Jr.
a member of the County Board of
Education. Hon t. W. Harley
was called on and made a short
speech.
Miss for are deserves much praise
for the able manner in which she
has conducted the school. She will
probably be re-elected for another
term.
The following is the program as
carried out by the children:
Song “ tmerica,” School;
Prayer, D. G. Vaughn;
’’Mother Goose’s Rhymes,” by
the Small Pupils;
“No Peddle s wanted,” Eugene
Platt, Otey Newton, Delmar Platt:
“The Four Wishes” Nettie Fox, •
Dennie Newton, Mamie Lou Fox,
Gertrude Legare;
“In the Land of Once Upon a
Time.” Gary Fox, Riggs Martin.
Alfred Tavel, Greely Harley,
Henry Tavel, Pinckney Platt, Del-
mar Platt;
Recitation, “Just a Little Girl”
Mabelle Platt;
Dialogue, ‘The Pretty Preacher”
Ethel Fox ’ and Gladys Mellard;
ReciUtion, “Queen of the May”
Nonie Dodd and Gladys Mellard;
Dialogue, “Only Joe or Badly
Spoiled Plan”, Ethel and Nellie
Fox, Lucia Newton, Nonie Dodd,
Claudia Legare;
Dialogue, “Taking Census’’,
Nonie Dodd and Robbie Platt;
Song, “Star-spangled Banner”
Entire School.
After the exercises the speakers
above were heard, and then a mag
nificent picnic dinner was spread on
a long table under the oaks, to
which the crowd of two hundred
persons did ample justice.
After dinner Dr Black again took
the stand and urged the installation
of a library in the school. He ap
pointed Misses Ethel Fox, Lucia
Newton, Nonie Dodd and Mamie
Platt, a committee to raise the
necessary funds.
These .young people are all well
....... .known and popular and their many
IT ^ m *PP rec '» t 1 ' 0 "' friend. wUh them much happinee.
Urn..bhme and holy order of life, I in w hich wiah The Pretaand Shmd-
then we would not hear of that
worst enemy to the home and com
munity. “thedivorce.” Thank God
our gi$pd old commonwealth is
clear and pure, and may it ever be,
that her fair name will remain the
spotless, among the states of our
nation. * '-Visitor.
W hen eveiybody says a man ia
(t all right** it means that he is
wrong somewhere.
Moat of the self-made men we
ase apeud a great deal of their
timi on their pride.
ard joins.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray will leave
on the afterroon train for Savannah
Asheville, N. C. and will spend
some time with Mr and Mrs. G.
Frank Martin at Winston-Salem.
n. c:
Many brave men become per
turbed at the sight of a black
clond.
Credit ia a goad thing until
stretched to far it bits a man on
tha rebound.
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In the Police Court
The case against H- A. Francis
charged with exceeding speed limit
and reckless driving on Railroad
Avenbe and Main street Monday
afternoon was called Tuesday morn
ing but continued on account of
absence of attorney for defendant
Monday was a red letter day for
the enforcement of the ordinance
against cows running at large within
town limits. Eight eows were pen
ned. Their owners were forced to
pay one dollar each. Mayor Fish
burne intends to enforce this law
and cow owners had as well realize
this and keep their cows off the
streets.
At TIm Methodiat Church.
Believing that those who attend
church should sometimes have the
same publicity as those who go to
card parties and dances, your repor
ter will endeavor to give from
memory the names of those who
were present at the Methodist
church Sunday morning. If any
naihe is left out it is purely an over
sight and a defect of memory.
Rev. Daniel preached one of his
usually able sermons showing the
necessity for constant work and the
relationship between God and man.
His theme was that if a person were
reaally a Christian he would not be
contaminated by association jwith
evil, which was ably developed.
Doubtless some who stayed away
would have been benefitted by
listening to this discourse.
Those present were; Mr and Mrs
W. A. Black, Mr and Mrs A. J. Lem-
acks, Mr and Mrs E. D. Lemacks,
Mr and Mrs C. A. Eckardt, Mr and
Mrs W. J. Taylor, Mr and Mrs W.
W. Smoak, Jr., Mesdames M. J.
Mims. L. G. Owens. W. P. FUder.
Henrietta Sellers, B. K. Sanders, E.
M. Jones, R. E. Jones. M. P. Howell,
0. G. Henderson,; Misses Helen
Malone, Lillie Kate Stokes, Belle
Sanders, Ray Jones, Sallie, Viola and
Alma Huffman, Katharine Howell,
Laura Hankinaon of Augusta Ethel
and Cecil Arnett, Ada Butler^ Ella
DnBois, Beulah Glover, Julia Howell,
Marion Daniel and: Messrs C. T.
Cummings, E. P. Knight, Jno D.
Warren, E. A. Terry, J. M. Smith,
Jr.. C. M. Grace, H. W. Black. H. D.
Padgett, J. E. Peurifoy, D. B.
Peurifoy, J. M. Garter, E. Hnbster.
W. C. Glover, Henry, Glover, R. L.
Fraser, Willie end Postell Witeell,
Anderson and Bennie Sanders, H.
W. DuBois, C. D. C. Adams, Brawley
Black. McTyiere Daniel and a
stranger. In the Choir Miss Lillie
Henderson, organist, Mrs J. L.
Daniel, Mrs 0. D. C. Adams, Misses
Mamie Stokes, Edna Stokes, Flor
ence Black, Eunice Glover, Mesne.
Edgar Penninhgton and Johnnie
Crosby.
J- B D. Says “Hands Off."
Editor of The Press and Standard; -
I don’t propose to be pulled into the
Goodwin-Griffin controversy.
When, by request, I gave them the
facte of the queatiion in dispute, 1
did so with pure motives, hoping to
aid two friends in adjusting a differ
ence. But instead of oil upon the
troubled waters, it proved to be fuel
to fire.
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As. to that “phone conversation,'
I made no statement to Senator
Griffin, which could possibly be con
strued to modify my statement to
Mr Goodwin, and his misquoting me
as he does, shows a very defective
memory, and it is not surpising that
he fails to recall that delegation
conference.
But that is allright. Senator, we
will not fall oat this time, bat please
to he more careful when yon quote
me in the future.
Yours with hands off.
J. B. Dodd.
[By an oversight the above
not published last wedt-Ed.]
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Having faith in God
having faith ia your Csllowa.
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