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V i VOL. XXXI. WALTERBORO, S. C, AUGUST 19. 1008. NO. 1 j MiSS MKX ORGANIZE Officers Elected. Much Enthusiasm Shown. met with cries of "Sell it' Sell A FEW IDEAS ON THINGS our laws under their feet and ^ e * \\ T \ I TFRBORO BUSI" • t ,., i bauchmtf our sons and daughters, " l)L Ol Hon. J. B. bodd' had been called Political, and Otherwise as "rhS'^ing 1 eNiuoiTyear we Who homelrmn Rice Patch on account Viewed by a Citizen of live in the far off nooks and corners of the illness of his wife amd was v , , . of county have the pleasure of see- absent from this .nd the Smoak'* Young . Wand. mg the smiliing f.css and feeling w d the warm grasp of the hands of meeting. Messrs reu 7 Have you read what a certain many of the more favored sons. Jervey, canWates for solicitor were ^ ha(J ^ ab()iit who reside in the heart of the coun- t present and addressed the audience. nah . 3 b | ind ti ? , dl) not know ^“ d "ear the great metro- Wednesday night Aug. oth. the "The county c h.irman'a wild an-|There were no new envelopments m wri ter is or f™, great country in- yTc TIm t imal show” is continuing its perfor- an > the speeches. Hon. . whence he comes, but he wntes like deed, if it could supply places of organizing. It was decided to per- mances, and is attracting consider- 8mith took occasion to rea< au-.itr a rn^i wno nad seen only \\alterboro p U blK' trust for all tlu)se who are feet such an organization. W. B. able attention wherever it has been from the editor of The Press and “^^or^iina 11 tHn^ Chart^ ‘^ ,0US ^7^!% country. But! Gruber was called to the chair, and in which he apologized for 3U £l?est tor him a trip to thanes alas we hnd about four to a dozen after several ton, the metropolis of his own state : candidates for every office >to be and the recognized home of blind j filled, and if we take the past as a COUNTY CAMPAIGN CONTINUES. Meetings Held Last Week at Sniders. Rice Patch, Lodge, Smoaks and Bells. .exhibited. Some of the* have shown themselves a manageable, but the “county chair man,” so far, has been able to pre vent any of them from running amuck, and casual ties have, there fore, been absent. In fact, he has shown that he has some of them well trained and they submit to his commands gracefully. One or two area little “fractious” but it is not believed that any serious conse quences will follow. On the whole, it has been a nigh- toqgd campaign and one that has tended to a proper conception of the issues of the day. There has been a marked absence of mud-slinging and only a few references might so be construed. The meeting at Rice Patch Wednesday was one of the best held last week. At Sniders there was necessarily some stiffness and awk wardness, but this had worn off largely at the Rice Patch meeting, and some of the best speeches made so far, were made at this meeting. line in animals” ^^ An< l an I• little un- accidental omission of a the report of his Snider’s speech. The report read: *‘D. L. Smith could not set himself straight on the charges against him." The 1 words; “In the short earnest speeches by prominent business men, a commit tee on nominating officers, constitu- tigers, which have been thriving I standard, we have almost invariably 1 tion and by laws,'’was appointed under the protection, so to speak, of elected the man who we should have his honor Mayor Khett and his left at home, as he has made a poor predecessors in office, for lo, these 1 officer (es|»ecially according to his ii . , . | man y y ears - an d I don t see how' a i opposing candidates story) and has time aiiotea to man can fi ave t he temerity to ask returned home him ” were omitted. [This omis- the citizens of a State, Municipality sion is regretted, but we are sure 1 of county for their pat onage, after our readers will readily see h ; the law of the commonwealth under could happen. The correction is h j g immediate jurisdiction without gladly made—Editor.] | even making an effort to uphold the story) where he was once Friday about four hundred voters and twenty-five ladies heard the speakers in the beautiful cedar grove s&rrounding the Smoaks school house. The “animals” performed their stunts with their accustomed lase and pretty much the same man ner as at the other places. The people here were heartily in favor of “selling the well.” As supervisor Moore ascended the stand he was handed a bucket of water with the remark; 'Accept this bucket of water with our compli ments—it did not c(>st Colleton coun tv one cent,” In his The speeches were made from a little , v' 801 * ^ t>ore thanKed them for the elevation near Mr A. E. Rentz’s w *- r he hoped to be abie to residence, and the one hundred and fifty voters gave all ebsest atten- majesty of such laws. A man who is unfaithful in a few things is un worthy to be made ruler over many things; and the sooner that office seekers are made to feel this, the sooner wiil we have more efficient men in office, who will he made to discharge their public duty from fear, when they lack manhood c.nd natural courage enough to do it without being driven. Chould his honor, the mayor of Charleston, be torced to take up his abode tempor arily in Warning ton, he would no doubt feel lost without his Pet Tigers. And for the information of this writer we will state that these tigers are not confined to Charles- , ton ami Savannah. They are all speech super- j OV er Code.on county, and I have no tion. a The Padgett-Murray incident was again warmly discussed. Mr Murray reading the law relating to fees for f present and made tne rirst si>e recording, Mr Padgett refuting it shortly arterwards and accusing Mr Murray with not, ^' iar ^ eston "here they return in sixty uays to the givers thirty thousand ga Ions. He din not refer to the claims of The Press and Standard in any manner. The candidates for solicitor were hes, fo! went to at- having done his duty in allowing the overcharge he claims to have been made for so many years. Col. Hill and Mr Smith had a litttle spat over a statement made concerning the salary of the sheriff’s office. Col. Hill staled he was willing to do the work of the sheriff for old salary; Mr. Smith contended that Col. Hill was not consistent, as he had accept •d a raise in his salary as dispenser. Supervisor Moore and Mr Smoak bad some words at the conclusion of Mr Moore’s speech. He made the same charge as at Sniders of the im proper items in the bills rendered to the county by The Press and Stand ard for advertising. Mr Smoak asked if he had not paid similar claims in April which he refused to pay in July. He admitted that he ’^ ie niatter had, but that he had deducted the conclusion. & amounts so paid at the first oppor- L ,a ^ er * n s P eec h clerk of court tuhity from subsequent bills. Mr Padgett he referrelto the killling Smoak contended that he had not deducted for one claim. Oairman tend a meeting. The meeting at Bells Saturday was attended by about two hundred voters, and five ladies. There was no incident worthy special attention, except that a rain snower Interrupt- e 1 tht speakers, dampened and cooled the “animals.” The usual criee of “sell the well” were heard. Hm. J. B. Dodd was present again, and in the course of his re marks, referred to an article recent ly publisneed by supervisor Moore concering the duties of the super visor as to the road law. His idea of the duties of the supervisor un der this law were different from those expressed in the article. This called for the reading of the article question, by ike chairman, but was not earned to any in Howell here interrupted and would allow no further interruptions, but offered himself to read any state ment Mr Smoak wished to make, with the understanding that Mr Moore be allowed to make any reply he saw fit. Mr Smoak presented a proof sheet of his article in last in the House SeaaU bill requiring an investigation of the county of fices. This brought a pro*test from Messrs Dodd and Smith, who asked that the speaker tell how it was killled. He did not know, but it was developed by the questions that this bill was killed as were about 1200 other second reading bills by motion of Mr Fraaer in the House doubt but wnat they are to be found Aunin toe incorporate limits of Wal- terboro, and it the writer wants to do himself proud and roaKe a name that will bo-a legacy to hand down to his duster.ty lePhim b.*ginac.ean- ing out at YValterboro, and as it goees hence it will be joined by the best element of each community until every tiger shall be driven from tne borders of the state. Our little community has appealed to the officers of tne law more than once to suppress the tigers in hiding near •by, but these officers seemed to think that tigers could not exist beyond the borders of Meggett, anU tms was tne extent of ineir effort to cap ture. It shall not be forgotten in pas sing that the present mayor of Savan nah, who is largely responsible for the deplorable condition of affairs existing in that fair city, is a Char lestonian, and is, in his dealings with the Tigers, adopting Charleston’s plan, except tnat he intends making the penalty one hundred dollars twice a year, and so publishes it in the papers, whereas L uaneston is said to have the policemen, on their several beats, call on the Tigeis quarterly and relieve them oi twenty-five dollars, thus making the price of the offence one hundred dollars a year without publicity,while Savannah thinks a little more of her name yet, and charges two hundred with publicity, for tne same offence. Either, or both of these honorable gentlemen should blush to be known as the head of such municipal gov ernments. It is pitiable beyond ex pression, to see the manner in which the laws of the land are mercilessly trodden under foot, without even an effort to arrest it on the part of those whose sworn duty it is to en force them. This prohibition law honored, with his hands, once clean, I all besmirched from handling dirty | politics, and his heart which once swelled his bosom lor the love of his fellow man whom he wanted to serve, not that he cared for the office, or the revenue, all lacerated and shrivelled. Our politics it appears to me are awfully perverted any way. The intent of the Government seems to have l>eon originally, for the citizens to come together and select a man whom they thought capable to fill and suitable for a certainfotfice, and then elect him. Under these condi tions ihat man was under obligations to his countrymen, put ip office by them to do their bidding, which gives rise to the much misapplied term “Public Servant” But in this day of reforms, or rather deforms, about every other man you meet seems to think that he is peculiarly suited to a certain office, and from his point of view the country can not jaell get along without his valu able services, and so they start out in droves and campaign parties all jG. Padgett, T. P. Baker, over the county and States, spend- Stokes, W. J. Fishburne This committee was composed of: J. W. Hammond. Jas. E. Peurifov, W. J. Taylor, G. C. Brown, B. G. Hyrne. The meeting was then organized to meet again at the court house Monday night Aug. 10th, at 8:30 o’clock. The first business was the report of the committee. It was decided to name the organization the Waiter- boro Business Men’s Association. R. H. Wichman. was then elected president; Jas. E. Peurifoy, vice president; D. B. Black treasurer; Tohn W. Hammond, secretary; Ajj members of the Executive committee of nine: B. G. Hyrne, G. C. Brown. W. J. Taylor. E. T. H. Shaffer. W. W. Smoak, Jr., A. K. Beach, A. Karesh, M. P Howell, and Paul Sanders. The President shall be ex-otficio chairman of the executive commit tee. Each member of the execu tive committee shall be chairman of one sub committee to be composed of three to five members. Railroad Rates and Transportation G. C. Brown. N. G. Morrall, Julius Lemacks Education—W. W. Smoak. Jr., J! Dr L. M. ing some body’s money [hunting votes, and by and by those who are triumphant begin to count the cost and wind up by figuring out that they have spent their valuable time and money in getting the office and are really under no obligations to anyone (and they are not) and at once begin to look around to see in what way and by what means they ! can re-imburse themselves. Then! comes “Graft” formerly known as j stealing, and the once honored and , loved citizen returns home with, not ; only, disgrace upon himself, but upon his innocent family also. Theo are still a few things which it would be better to have run on j the “old fogy” style, and two of them impress themselves upon me , at this moment: Politics which we have, in a rambling way been discus sing, and Women. The Lord deliver me from the “New Woman” who wants to ride astride and vote at public polls and do everything un der the sun which God never intend- ed that she should do, but give me th«* old time women who loved their home, husband and children above everything: upon these depend the future of our country. Georgian. S. Rarest J. A Lucas. E. Hub- Membership W. Commerce—A. Westerberg, P. J. ster, B. Levy. Advertising and Membership J. Taylor, J. E. Moore, E. D. LemacKs, S. Finn, M. C- Fishburne. Public Highways- Paul Sanders, J. F. Lucas, 1); L. Smith, Dr Rid- diCft. Ackerman, W. B. Gruber. Civic Improvement—B. G. Hyrne, j E. E. Jones, T. J Blanchard, F. S. j Dixon, S. N. Haws, i Entertainment H. W. Black, Jr., : Jos. W. Lucas, Dr Theo. G. Ker shaw, J. T. McGregor, C. A. Eckardt. Trade E. T. H. Shaffer, C. D. C. Adams, K. L. Fraser, E. M. Jones, W. W. Speights. Agricultural Development A. K. Beach, R. E. Jones, J. M. McKinzie, Dr A. J. Anderson. Legislative M. P. Howell. E. L. Fishburne. Jno. H. Peurifoy. I Trade committee called to meet in ! office of E. T. H. Shaffer next Men day evening at 8.30 o’clock. Mr Smoak Explains. There seems to be a rumor over the county that in my road ’plan, 1 , favor an $8.00 commutation tax IN MEMORIAM. j instead of the $2.00 tax as now As a testimony of our grief at the i levied. I desire to state that such death of our late member, Mrs H. a rumor does me an injustice, as I S. Glover, and of our high apprecia- have not nor do I favor such tax. tion "f her worth, we offer the fol-, This was suggested at Rice Patch lowing resolutions: meeting, and seemed to be the choice Whereas Almighty God, in His j of that meeting. At Lodge the wisdom has seen fit to take unto meeting seemed to favor a $4.00 Campaign Meeting at Hender sonville Hendersonville, Aug. 18—Special: The county campaign meeting was held here today in the presence of about two hundred voters and 25 ladies. The meeting was held in the grove adjoining the Club House. The people of the community were hospitable hosts, and had prepared a picnic dinner which was served in the upper room of the Club House by the ladies. This thoughtfulness was very much appreciated by the candidates. They were called to gether after the meeting had ad journed and after some remarks by Chairman Howell, the following resolutioas presented by Mr Smoak, were adopt^i with applause: Whereas, the people of Hender sonville have been to considerable trouble and expense in providing so bounteous a dinner for the county campaign party and for their enter tainment, and Whereas, We, the candidates of Colleton, appreciate this kind hos pitality, therefore be it resolved 1. That we express our heartfelt thanks for this manifestation of their historic and noted hospitality. 2. That a copy of these resolu tions be published in the county papers. The speeches today were along the same fines as at the other meetings. The Padgett-Murray incident still continues to be interesting. Mr Murray still makes the same state ment as contained in his article an<f reads from the Acts to prove his contention. Mr Padgett defends his charges and claims that Mr Mur ray as auditor knew what they were for twelve years and has said noth ing till he wanted the office himself and that ne (Padgett) had courted an investigation oi his office by an expert. They have each made pro positions to withdraw from the race if their contentions would not be sustained by three disinterested law yers. There was a littie tilt between Senator Griffin and Mr Dodd as to the resposibility for the mistake in the Act providing for the dispensary election. Mr Dodd claims the mis take was Senator Griffin’s, in that he changed the time of holding Uu? election from April to August. Sena tor Griffin contended that there were other defects that prevented the election. He asked for five minutes to reply to Mr Dodd in to day’s meeting. The chairman has the matter under advisement. The speakers are improving in their speech-making capacities, and the audience was very attentive. Almost the first applause of the campaign was given here to several of the candidates. C. H. Platt and J, B. Padgett, candidates for o#un- ty commissioner, were absent. Messrs Bryan, KinardandSlomhn, candidates for magistrate, made short speeches at the conclusion of the meeting. The meeting today is at Ravenei. tomorrow it will be at Adams Ran, Friday at Cottageville and Saturday at Walterboro. The campaign party fared well last week in upper Colleton—plenty to eat, etc. Himself our well-beloved member and sister, who being found an earnest and faithful worker in the church militant, has been transfer- V JTu,, Tr^uTdi to the church triumphant. tZL i, »i» ’ Resolved, Th»t in the death of ^i. Mrs H. S. Glover, St. Jude's Guild Georgia bered, passed both legislature bodies in the State Capitol by a vote of 139 to 39,'Tnese ref resentatives express ed the will of the people of the various counties and districts over the State and we are fully persuad ed that if put to a popular vote of the state practically , this same ratio would be shown at tne polls. The truth is that the prohibition senti ment is sweeping the country, as is evidenced by almost every election calling for an expi'esion on this subject; but the laws will never be enforced until we are able to put men of “Back-bone” in office, or when the prohibitionists are* suffi ciently strong to elect and cause to be appointed from the President of the United States and Judges on the Supreme bench, down to the smallest elective and appointive office in tne land. This time is coming. May God speed the day. A noteworthy feature about this army of offenders, in prohioition territory, is that 72 to 90 per cent of them are of foreign birth, or of parents of foreign birth, and it seems to us that our imigration laws should be changed sq as to take this class of people on probation for ten or twenty years, and 1/ found viola- ting the laws during that time they Ahold be^ rejected as citizens and compelled to return to their native People who areinot Ung to eiww ■ntothoir living whithout week’s issue and asked that the por- that on acertaia daU' all "B’ond tion of it referring to these claims reading bills be killed. Mr Smith be read, which was done. No re^ly was mail*- by M: " ■ i' ■'*'** Patoh. The a i ; be sold* proposit ' Col. C i, H< - * from this meeting. The meeting at Lodg~ bast attended of last week s meet ings. There were possibly five hundred persons in the audience, about fifty of them being ladies. The meeting was held in the front yard of Capt Geo Brunson’s resi- and Mr Padgett had a sharp ex change of words over tbs matter, hut Mr Padgett disclaimed any , tention to reflect on aay of the < rnbers of the House, and the .tier repo ted hero. - vorai candidates from a distance *p..ke at the opening of tbs meet- ii,gin order that they jnigbt return their homes to spend Sunday. local whero he has Capt Fiahl Capt. E. L. Fishbure. si Jhp military eompaatf. fetartdt Ai 8, Irom CharisgMb, been practicing target dAoting. dence,. and was without incident. | He »* <>!* ° A Mimber of poroon. fro„ WMur-! boro came up en the train, and en-1 ^^ulating him on his success. He joyed about two hours of the meet ing, as did many from Bamberg town and county. A public dinner was served at the academy, greatly to the enjoyment of ths “ammals” etal. The magni- •«mt supply of water from the arto- Mau well was a source of delight. SmMrvisor Moore’s proposition that fca~eould sail the Walterboro well gratuiating him on ms si left yesterday for Camp DIED--Let- TiKHBpaoa. sm of H B Thompson, jn his *3rd year, at a hospital in CbarleslML Hs was operated on for appendicitis and died soon after. His remains wertbosught home Neodev and laid 10 Ml JM- terday at Pins Gmve Oimitsry. He leaves ivoang wife children to moura has lost one of its much loved mem bers. Resolved, That a page in the min ute book of the Guild be set apart for the reception of these resolu tions. i Resolved, That a copy of resolutions be qpnt to the bereaved family of our lamented sister, as a token of our heartfelt sympathy and to The Press and Standard for pub lication. ' . * „ Mrs W. W. Smoak, " Mrii G. W. O. Rivers, Mrs Thomas P. Baker, Committee. commutation tax; At Smoaks a $2.00 tax, and discussion with repre sentatives at the other places would indicate that the commutation tax of $2.00 is high enough. I started out with the avowed purpose of find ing out what the people want in road legislation and not for the pur pose of forcing a burdensome tax on them. This I have stated in sub stance at each meeting, and any rumor to the contrary is gratuitioua. My plan of a road engineer, perm- these i anent work in each township, and an optonal commutation tax seems to be meeting with general favor. I trust tnis will correct this erron eous rumor. Respectfully. W W Smoak, Jr., -CARD FROM MR. ROBERTSON. 4' 'i. Editor Press and Standard: Please make the following correction' in reference to colored schools: I am in favor of them having every cent due them for their schools. . Respectfully, - J. L. Robertson. Death of Mrs Annie Polk. After an illness of about three weeks, Mrs Annie Polk, wife of Cal vin Polk, died Wednesday evening, July 15th. She was fifty-eight years and a few months of age and had lived a oeeful Christian fife. She is survived bv five children and bests of losing Mods. Funeral services ‘ iy Rev Pat Mean ade in Polk Cam- ^ Attention Mnnngor* we desire to request the managers at each poll in the county to get us a report of the election at their poll at the earliest possible moment. The people of the county are very an xious to get a full report of the election as soon as possible and it will be a great favor to us and them if we can get the reports as soon as possible, To this end we have pre pared some blanks for the use of the managers which we have sent to each set St managers, and we would urge that they try to get us a report, for county and State officers as soon as posrible. we desire to thank the managers in advance for this information. Next Tuesday. Aug 25, at 12 t’clock M, The Press and Standard's voting contert will dost. Vote today and gat tha $2S. Candidate For Solicitor Several hundred voters ef Ward 11 assembled in Carpenter’s Hall Friday night at 8:30 o’clock to attend the meeting held in the interest of Mr Jno H Peurifoy, candidate for solicitor for 9th judicial circuit. The proceedings were orderly and the various speakers were roundly applauded after each effort. Ctuur- man H. L. Harwood presided over the meeting with ability and grace and introduced the speakers. The following citizens were seated on the stage and made addressee of sho.t duration: Messrs Jno JH Peurifov, H L Harwood, (chairman) Frank F Herndon, G M Heape, Sam Padgett. F S Dixon and others. The addresKs were timely and well received. Candidate Peurifoy was received with enthusiasm. The ad dress made by Mr Peurifoy besides being very much to the point, was conspicuous by the lack of any sort of attack upon anyone, his one plea being that the voters of Ward 11 and those ef the rest of the city p^re „ him a chance to show his ability apd fitness for the office for which he was a candidate. The presence apd playing of the Woodman Band ad ded much te the success and enter tainment of the meeting. v < ^ t A Latter lo Brown FartHiro And Hardware Co. Stokes, 3 C April 1st. 1906.- Sirs.—we purchased one of the 1 cem Ranges from you about thipa months ago and It ghtes perteet {■faction. It bakes wall every and they are ao reoasy yon can allyanwaatat once, we are tainly weUplaaaad with it aa and eonld net do withpat one more. Yours truly, Mrs J i 1 .V a