The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, August 12, 1908, Image 1
CAMPAIGN MEETING AT SNIDERS.
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The First Meeting Somewhat Exciting in Spots-
Padgett and Murray Exchange ComplmenU.
asked him to read^iis card as publish
ed.
Mr. Padgett had favored an inves
tigation of the county office and was
Messrs ready and willing to have it made.
Here he held Mr. Murray up to ridi
cule and stated that a cheap John who
offered to do your work for nothing
i would bear watching.
The incident was allowed to rest
here for the present, but there is con
siderable feeling over the matter.
CIRCULAR ANSWERED.
very much mistaken there are hun
dreds more f>eople in this county
Certain Charge, in. Cir-^ M
cuUr of Supervisor Moore.
In the presence of about one bun- , good salary. He had done what he
dred voters and one lady, the half a could for the women, and now he
hundred candidates seeking county j desired the voters to help put his
offices were heard yesterday at' wife in jail, and he thought the peo- and it wdll not be surprising if more is
Sniders. It was a patient crowd to pie would find his wife could cook
listen to the fervid eloquence of so j as well as the wife of the present
many orators from 10:30 a, m. till incumbent. He was not a speech
nearly five o’clock. Today Rice maker, but would do his duty as
Patch has the honor- Tomorrow, best he could if elected.
Lodge Friday, Smoaks and Saturday
Bells will receive visitations. J w HILL.
Chairman M P Howell took this when he was in the legislature help- He believes he can fill it with credit
r brtunity to thank the people of ed to cut the salarv of the sheriff and ability.
county for the honor of oeing from $1500. to $1200. and he was , w rARSO N
their county chairman. While he willing to accept the same now, as
had his political friends at any other 1 he believes this amount enough. w *8 surprised that all the
man has, in the discharge of his For ten years he was the servant of candidates had ignored the one
duties as county chairman he pro- the people in the State Legislature, lady present. He had once offered
* ' ‘ ‘ * for magistrate and was beaten by
two votes, for which he was thank
ful. If he makes this speech and
two more public speeches, it will
make three. If he could get the
office by fair means he would appre
ciate it.
on
was selling, late
"They have got their eyes open to °
now" and "Pinkey" and I helped to
not heard of it.
AUDITOR.
P. M. Buckner has been for sever
al days very unwell and is hkrdly
able today to stand up. The audi-
torYoffice is an important office.
contends that this amount is exhor*
bitant and pretends to be saving the
W. W. Smoak, Jr.. Replies to j who think so and think so strongly i county hundreds of dollars per year
too, They are like the Episcopal on this contract. Why was he so
in finding this out? If it was
much in l‘.H>7, was it pot too
much in 19<)f>? It is not the dear
Supervisor J. E. Moore, has eircu- 1 open them. people’s money he wished to save,
lated oVer this county a circular let- The Supervisor says: "At the hut it was to vent his spleen against
November term of Court last year me for daring to let the people know
these slanderous insinuations were how much money he was sinking in
brought to the attention of the
grand jury and that body w’as asked
to investsgate the same. I presume
he meant investigate the cost of the
ter in which he makes a statement
concerning recent headlines in The
Pfress and Standard over Me Gruber’s
article, and concerning certain
claims presented by The Press and
Standard against the county, which
he contends were fraudulent.
the hole on the court hhuse square.
Why did the supervisor take thia
matter so much to heart? The
Town Couneil and Intendant of the
to be absolutely fair. It is a He spent more money there than he
great privile r e to meet together: had made. His services were need-
nere and to discuss the issues of the ed at home. He then accepted the
day, and every man has an equal position as dispenser, but only after
voice in choosing those who shall hit ki '
represent them. Mr Howell ap
pealed to all to conduct a clean
campaign and to give every one fair
play. If he were to offer a man
here one dollar for his vote he
woud expect a physical encounter,
bat there are men who will vote
itchen, smoke-house and potato
house, were burned, he in his did*
tress applied for the position as
dispenser, and he had filled it with
as much honor as any man ever
filled a position in a dispensary. Hia
record was before the people and he
asked an investigation. If elected
linst a man on account of preju-! he would do his duty.
This man is just as guilty asi * t pmir
one who sells his vote' The time
passed when campaign meetings had never been a public servant, but
dice.
well. If the grand jury did investi- town were equally responsible and we
This circular letter purports to be was a purely one-sided inves- ^ ave n< >t heard that they became of-
tigation. In fact, their report shows fended at our giving the people the
that they simply had the evidence facts in connection with the well,
offered by the Supervisor. The in- The fact of the matter is that the
ference is plain from their present- supervisor is using his high office to
in justification of his course in re
ference to the waterworks. There
is so little in it worthy of attention
that, ordinarily, I should refuse to
H. w. DUBOIS
cannot be accused of running for
the office because the salary has been
raised, as hejhas been a candidate
several times. He hoped to go in
this time as he * ished to pay the ex
pense of the numerous campaigns.
should result in personal encounter.
It should be intellect against intel
lect, principle against principle.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDU
CATION
T B Caldwell thinks the
he had been
three years.
a confederate soldier
He only in this did his
E. M. JONES
made his first attempt at speech-
duty. He asked for the office and he I making. His platform is efficient
wanted the people if they thought he a*™ 0 * and long service as a book-
was suited to be sheriff, to vote for keeper, which qualifies him for the
! him. He did not know, the meaning He lived next door to the
most of fear, but he did know the meaning eour ‘t house and could thus give
important thing today is education.; of love. The sheriff should he a
Teachers should be jer»coura«ied to lamb and a lion. His competitors
educate the head and the heart, and were all his friends. The county
this should be done at home. He chairman has starteti out with the
explained the high school Act. He biggest animal show on earth, and
will visit if elected, every school in he did wise to exhibit them one at a
the county. His eight years ex- time,
perience will help him to see that j G - OWFNS
the branches are properly taught.
He will palcesffiooi hooks in every four years ago a«ked the poop'* for
the same thing he aspires for today.
He has been sheriff twelve years.
He is in and his opponents are try-
His opponents are,
his best friends. If
more of his time than any other
candidate.
A. A. PATTERSON
thought that it tnere was a lot of
work in the office, as Mr. Buckner
says, he" wa; gal of it. for there
would t*e more pay. His big home
Aould tie open and he could promise
his friends would not be waked early
by children crying.,,
reply to it. but for the fact that this
is intendetTto do me injury on the
eve of election. Of course, I do not
believe anyone will attach impor
tance to these vapid utterances.
They will be recognized as a desper
ate effort of “your Supervisor" to
retain his hold on the public pap. It
is a kind of "drowning man catch
ing at a straw" act.
He evidently thinks the people of
Colleton County the biggest fools in
the world.
His contention in this circular is
that the headlines in the article of
Mr Gruber published in our issue of
July 22, are false and that there is
nothing in Mr Grubei’s article to
justify the use of such headlines.
These headlines were: "A Perpetual
| Contract. Colleton County Pays
ment that the grand jury did not
approve of the well. They say:
"We may not approve of the town
and county owning a well together.
We are of the opinion that if a
mistake was made it was one of
judgment and not one of bad faith."
I never charged the Supervisor with
bad faith but I have held from the
beginning that his entering into this
contract with the town was bad
judgment. As a public officer his
public acts are subject to criticism.
And the fact that he is so sensitive
to such criticism is evidence that
vent personal spite, thus prostituting
it. Because of this he has forbidden
the county officers from getting any
supplies for their offices from The
Press ane Standard, and has sent off
all the job printing of the county
officers and had it done out of the
county, when it has been done here
tofore at home. In addition to thia
he has not done any advertising
from his office since Dec. 1906 for
bids for supplies nor for contracts
etc.
If his desire is to save the people
money, why d ^es he not let out this
county work on s competitive basis?
SAM B SAUNDERS
can say that hU competitors are good
men. He was ejected ten years ago
the people thought him the best man county superintendent of educa
tion, and he did his duty there. If
| elected, he shall do his duty as audi-
TREASURER. ' tor.
township if possible
Hugo S Strickland would not
make a personal campaign. Two
years ago he made his first speech ing to get in.
here. The county superintendent | some of them,
of education should visit the schools.
It is his duty and is absolutely neces- vote for him
sary. In reference to the school
books, he believed they should lie
placed in different sections of the: A. Q. Lyons is a candidate for F0U t ^e legislature
county. Great care should be taken Treasurer and is in the race for husi-j w
in the granting of certificates to ness. He wnll not make a long ^ ^ “rant whs at home at
teachers. i speech. * Sniders. It elected he would try to
Dr H W Black, the {^ent in- ' ' matvin | be a servant of ihe people, and no law
cumbent, explained that on his cam- ' he could help pass would effect others
paign, he had promised that "if the gets on the stand to allow the people differentlv from him, as he was one
people desired it" he v.ou d hav th' to look at their next treasurer. He of the peop'e.
the books placed in more than one had no speech to make. gtoofi squarely on Democratic
place. For the reason that the R c j ()NKS principles. He believes »e nave too
things are not as they should be.
The Supervisor refers in his cir- if t^e people of the county are en-
cular to certain claims which he has titled to know certain things now by
filed in his office, and w'hich he con- ^ public advertising, and they are,
tends are fraudulent. w hy t hoy not been entitled to
l am informed by a member of same knowledge since "Your
One-half the Exjiense of Operating this grand jury that on examining Supervisor" became offended at tho
the Town’s Waterworks.-Mr Gru- the vouchers turned over by the i tH j itor of The p re ss and Standard?
her Explains." sapervisor to them they were in- 'php above are the consideration*
Does it matter what the headlines formed there were some claims vvhich have actuated the supervisor
were? Mr Gruber’s article was , ^ ert ‘ w hich were for more than was j n prostituting his high office, and
there to speak for itself, and anyone 'lue, and which he (the supervisor) b^ause I would not bow’ down and
reading it could judge as to whether | had refused to pay. That the [ have been made the
supervisor did not say which claims j object of his slander and invective.
or not the headlines were correct, j
But they were "contained in Mr i they were, and they did not know
Gruber’s article."
Now words either mean something
or they do not. If they mean any
thing then when Mr Gruber says:
“and it will also pay one-haL the
expense of operating and maintain- I desire to
ing the steel tank and tower here- paid me
till after the presentment was read
that r ference was made to the
claims presented by The Press and
Standard.
In reference to these claims
state that he has
for similar claims.
He has not nor can he offer one fact
in contradiction of the facts I have
presented a* to the well, and he
knows it, therefore he is trying to
cover the main issue with vindictive
statements that contain meaningless
i nothings.
I regret exc«*edingly this, to me.
after,"he says the tow r n and county These claims were for advertising distasteful controversy. The people
are now in possession of the facts and
1 shall refuse tube made a party to
any mud-slinging campaign, and I
^ , , , ... . , R. E. JONES
school fund was so small, being omy i
$300. if divided, it would give only desired to thank the people
$25, for each township, he therefore . votes received here two y
ranged with The Press and Stand- ’ It is impossible to give t
for the
ears ago.
every man
ard to handle them so that every perfect satisfaction in a public office
one could get hooks whenever they i such as the treasurer’s. The longer
desired. He organized a county ! a man serves the better he is quali-
teachers association. He promises ; tied,
that if re-elected to visit every j clerk of court.
school in the county.
have entered into "a perpetual con-. given me by county officers as ad-
tract." Then, again. I would like vertising and done for the county,
to know if this same quotation does and I presented in good faith. I
not mean ‘operating” the “towm’s have nothing to hide in reference to believe the people of the county will
waterworks” as well as thecounty’s, these claims and would like for the vindicate my efforts to serve their
for wHere will there l*e any “o|>era- people of the county to investigate interests. Respectfully,
ting" to do except at the "tower and them. Upon the refusal of the W. W. Smoak Jr.,
tank?" So it will be seen that the] county supervisor to pay these August, 10th.
labor is not what it tCiouid be, but headline "A Perpetual Contract, claims I, at the advice of my attor- ,„,
1 . fi ’ l ^ D i a0 l , “ b ° r Colleton County Pays One-half the neys, and by appointment appeared
Town’s before the county supervisor and
principles,
much law, as some are worthless and
conflicting. He. thinks the luuni
gration question a serious one. 'i he
FOR SHERIFF.
DL Smith could not set himself
straight on the charges aganist him.
in the Legislature he voted for $50,
000. more as confederate pensions;
$48,000. for dormitory at Winthrop;
voted against the old soldiers home
in Columbia, against $500. increase
in judge’s salary; against Bureau of
Immigration; for 2 per cent flat in
crease in taxes instead of 1, 2, and 5
per cent; for more funds for militia;
against compulsary education and
against marriage licenses; for more
money for schools. Charged with
‘Changing position. He has ambition.
Favored road law’, and believed jt
right. With raising the sheriffs
•MUary. He wished to prove by
Senator Griffin, if this be true.
Senator Griffin, asked if he were
present at a conference at the city
hotel? Mr Smith said he wail pre
sent but took no part in the confer
ence. In reference to the question
of Mr Smith, he said he. Senator
Griffin had made the suggestion that
the salary of the sheriff be raised be
cause other sheriffs were getting 30
'Cent* a day for dieting prisoners and
Colleton sheriff was getting only 2o
Mr Smith here denounced the
author of the report as being be
neath the notice of any democratic
voter. Time was called snd Mr
Smith stopped in the midst of his
P. M. Murray is not a stranger
here, having been here time after
time for twelve years as a candidate
! for auditor. He had announced two
years ago that he would not offer for
re-election, hut that it was his pur
pose to run for the clerk of court.
His card in the j>aper last week is
we could im|K)rr. The road question
is one of th*» most important. Bid
roads cost u« dearly, lie favors the
commutation ax, but thinks mauy
people would prefer to leave u op
tion as to whether or n •; h** pay it.
He is in favor of any helpful solution
of the road law.
The question of euucation is im-
Expea^e of Operating the
»\ aterworks" IS contained
in Mr
Gruber’s article. The balance of
the headline “Mr Gruber Explains"
"Your Supervisor" does not quote.
Supervisor Moore pronounces these
headlines false, hut later makes the
same statement himself, when he
portant, CompuUury etiucaiion is .....
needed, but he doubts the wisdom And the county would
thereby save one-half the cost of
per hundred words ; doing all they can for their children.' digging, equipping and operating
e law says the fee , of such a law, as mauy parents arc
j BROOK FUNDER.
minute of
ocfupitd Only about one
hJetimeby Writing .piece of poetry
md by
he wanted every one
him md tho. fit;
-‘'KKJW
^Wltrofthe
J BOBS FOX
ef St. Pauli hade right
office whkh paid a
his platform,
of ten cents
shall be charged for recording papers
and he promises to follow the law.
D. B. HUDSON
was here four years ago. He is no
speaker, but a good thinker uid a
good looker, though hi? looks do not
show it. He would like to have the
job of keeping the public records.
e. R. mcteer
has been sick for several weeks and
is very glad he is able to come here
today! He was elected eight years
ago to this office. He found the
customs and charges the same as
they had been for yean and had
never had any kick on our charges.
If elected, he would have this matter
examined and he would do the work
as cheap as any other.
CAPT. H. D. PADGETT
has never called the name of any
man in a campaign. He is sorry to
have to do so at this time. If die
gentleman has known for so long a
time that the charges were too large
wJgrdM
JOHN J. JONES
the well THEREAFTER:"
He further says; "to have refused
had been to this historic spot beforf. L . - . ... .
While a .tiuleot of l.« with Gnffi. toenler >nto thie agreement - -
& Padgett be c*me here in company wou ^ ^ ave shown that I was either
with a young lady, aud ii is s^fe to a fool or utterly disregardful of the
ssy he aaked her to marry him for Julies' of my office.” THE FACT
reed oat the fee biU which al
lowed 10 centa for even hundred
words, and for even ptobete md
certificate 25 centa. There ia never
e feeling
Ml He
Mr. Marray
that there
Padgett Jbept
every mile ol the way. She promised
him to think of it on the last "pop."
He favor* the two dollar com mutation
tax, but is opposed to any pioperty
tax.nnles* the .people desire it. He
itoeived his education in the country
schools and is in favor of better
schools. He is in favor of lower taxa
tion. He would favor amending the
vagraney law, so that the negio
should be forced to work on the farm.
He opposes the immigration bureau,
and will strive to have this law re
pealed and in ita place be would
erect an institution to treat those bit
ten by mad dogs free of charge.
He is a prohibitionist by birth, hot
if elected will try to repreeeot the
■ejonty of the people, u the p
tiooieti • in or lose he would
■eat the majority vote. In reference
fee his oitiseoeaip, he bee
out ef the county six
ttmei i “
is in flavor of keeping op
J. L.
miahy that
- If
prjhi-
Mr. Mum* InUrrupm Mffi mi 9
the
at a
He
■ eulmhfeeoad ege m
us. U reference Is
the county Board of
with witnesses to prove the correct
ness of these claims. They refused
to even allW us a hearing. From
this decision ami acting on the ad
vice of my attorneys, who believe
in the justness of my claims. I ap
pealed to the circuit court. This case
is now pending and 1 hope it will be
heard as soon as possible. I
make the statement here thaf!
every claim The Press and Standard
has presented against Colleton coun- i
ty since my connection with it is
THAT HE DID ENTER INTO IT
SHOWS THIS CONCLUSIVELY, or
it shows that the county supervisors
of Beaufort, Sumter, Greenwood,
Union, Anderson, Darlington, Ches
ter and other counties, who furnish
their county buildings with wafer at
a cost ranging from $60.00 to $150.00
per year by renting water from the
town, as shown in last week's issue
ofl^The Press and Standard, are
either fools or diaregardful of the
duties of their office." To think of
this is to laugh.
Am editor of The Prem and Stand
ard! only kept the people informed
as to the program befog made on tha
well by telling "Pinkey" each weak
how deep it waa. This “Your Super-
The following is the itinerary
of the campaign party. Speak-
Commsssioners ing will begin promptly At 10
o’clock.
Sniders, Tuesday Aug. 11;
rice Patch, Wednesday Aug.
12;
I/xlge, Thursday, Aug. 13;
Smoaks, Fridry, Au£. 14;
Bells, Saturday Aug.'15;
Ilendeiscnville, Tuesday, Aug.
18; }
Kavenel, Wednesday, Aug. 19;
I Adams Run, Thursday, Aug.
20;
Cottageville, Friday, Aug. 21;
Walterboro, Satuoday, Aug.
22.
just and proper and legitimate, and
by proper and legitimate—except in
the case of the two first supervisors j ^umlay, August 2nd, at eleven
reports which were for more ^han o’clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
$15. what the law allows, and then I J. R. Reynolds, a very pretty mari-
was ignorant of the proper charge, ^ waa celebrated, when their
visor" is
tie
to cull “» systenm-
»»
of insinustion and
Were not the people en- ^
titled to tUt information? Was it Ik ptiutiog came up. The
-i-u w, 1 ft Isgiri—kl BMW lor which thsgr kkord^riidedthkcontract on every
|«| that thw *-—^
^WStltBBOffidri ^
as was the supervisor any
sUtement to the contrary by
anyone is false. These matters are
now before the courts and I do not
care to discuss them further at this
time. In fact it is not proper for
either the Supervisor or me to dis
cuss them to try to shape sentiment
on these matters that will cpme up
before jurors. The supervisor
states: “In January, 1907,1 refused
to award him a contract to furnish
the county advertHing at $600.00 a
year. All advertising should be paid
for “at so much per inch." Two
yean ago the supervisor made a
campaign for ra-etectfon and the
question of paying $000.00 for pub-
wan
daughter, Miss Zule Reynolds, be
came the bride of Mr. Eddie Gatch.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. S. W. Ackerman, in the pres
ence of a host of friends and rela
tives. The first to enter was Miss
Ruby Gatch, maid of honor, and Mr.
Willie Reynolds, as best man.
After the ceremony a reception
was held, at which rake and wine
ware served.
We wish for Mr. and Mrs. Ghtch a
long and happy life.
A Friend.
August 5th. 1908.
and just, and that
printing dona waa wall worth what
he had paid for It Now, in
akaM ha
On account of the rampaigfi
will have to omit oui
tors this week
our via-
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