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VOL. XXXI. &he r m i. V.'ALTHRBORCX S. C;.UCTOBKR it. iqo*. NO. 10. GRIffIN WINS A FOURTH HE. \ _______ MOORE’S m CHANCE. US SUPREME COURT DECIDES THAT HE COMPLIED WITH THE LAW, IN FILING HIS PLEDGES. * „ ., . , . w i Hon. J S Griffin came next. He the eonteet cue of Moore ; spoke of the who|c thj „ .. Much vj^f.nlBm tMs heard hy the s, ipreme; >( | 0 ^ nothin?/ - and < , ain)ed *f * h 0 conte9tant& shifted ° 0 i their grounds constantly and raised Ct» eton new eac j, t j me j, ave been heard. There has been no fraud charge*^and the Constitution says that the action of the State Executive committee in all contest TON GINNED AT LODGE. away all technicalities certainly man* i . ner and form should not be allowed , to defeat the undoubted will of the j People clearly expressed. This ; EIGHT HUNDRED BALES OF COT would be indeed subordinating and ; '.sacrificing the subsiance to ,the r —' shadow.** ’ * Quoting further Irom 76 S. C. "Unless the result of an election is changed or rendered doubtful it will not be set aside on account of ; mere irregularities or illegalities.” The Judges followed Mr Padgett j argument very closely and seemed j to be convinced by it. INTERESTING LETTER. Jchainganc a dead enxense. SQ S.US PAIL K. CR0SB1 IN! THE F(MOWING ARTICLE. One of the ^ripcipal reasons for COUNTY BOARDS DECISION SEVERAL PETITIONS HEARD AND DECISIONS RENDERED. Court with the result that Griffrin remains the nominee of the democratic party for caunty. The decision is as follows: The State of South Carolina, in the Supreme court, April Term 190S. fth Circuit, Colleton county. J E Moore, Contestant, vs J O Griffin, Contestee. Petition for Certiorari.- REV. E W. PEEPLES HAS RESIGNED THE PASTORATE OF CARTER S FORD CHURCH; OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST Lodge, Oct. 19. Editor Press and Standard: It is no easy task to give the news of a town or other vicinity often, as ther? n a fear of comment- township supervisors, equal distribution of is to obtain' The County Board Jijf*Education the county’s h a, I a very busy day Friday. In resources, its advantages and disad vantages. The chain gang must be operated, and under our present law, there is no designation as to how nor when. Now experience has taught us that the chain gang is not a profita- addjtion to the examination there were several appeal cases to be heard, concerning differences in school dis tricts. Among these cases were ap peals from Adams Run and ^Bethle hem schools. It appeared from the testimony in these cast's that the Adams Run ble institution, that it is not selfsus- ... taining, when we compare the work school trustees had decided to leave ing on some subject which may, done wi(h (he actua | of its the matter of the selection of a naturally, receive severe criticism;: operation hut we can find no better., teacner to a petition of the patrons. cases shall be final Every pledge or statement required to be filed had been filed and one more. "In •rdor Her Curiam. Cpon the peti- th{ . ^ at ^ thp cle( . ti(>n WM fair Kon hereir a writ of certiorari was , 0I) , he part of th( . c . int( , ste( . the issued by Associate Justice t. A con t P «;t an t po t he at and that is all Woods, directed to the State '•‘■mo. thm , js jn the caS( . .. Mr Grjffin cratic executive committee, requir ing that committee to certify to this Court their proceedings in. the mat ter of the contest between J E Moore and J O Griffin, candidates for the office of supervisor in the county of Colleton. The committee cited numerous authorities to sustain his position. yet, we pencil pushers should not finally cease this work, for the rea son that 1 enjoy any article about a place and people with whom I am acquainted. No doubt it will Ik* a surprise and regret to many people to learn that Rev E. W. Feeples, the pastor of Carter’s Ford Baptist church (known as Little Salkehatehie church) has resigned the w’ork of that church, after a continuous pastorate of 34 years. Mr Feeples is yet in very Messrs Fishburne and Nelson, for ; health* but says the distance is the contestant contended that there, to ° ^ ar f° r t0 Con tinue his work were two campaigns, one conclud-j at ^ arter s ^ or ‘* church. He lives ing just prior to the first primary i at V'arnville. ... election and the other just prior to! Rev G *o A Mai tin of VV illiamston, having certified their breedings. the primar> . election Thal has been called to succeed Mr to this Court, the Court having the law contemplated the prevention ! ^Plt-s uml u ivecurcrH^, Carter’s heard argument thereon, is of the j of fraud or the impror)er influenc . j Ford, St. John's and Smoaks •pinion that the contestee, J 0 Griffin inK of vote8 b y candidates. That in ! list cnurches have s ecured Mr complied with the .statute of the use for our convicted criminals, and and that when a meeting of the so have adopted this mode of utiliz-! Trustees was held to select the ing tljem while they are serving out; teacher for the Adams{ Run school their term of punishment, if such it {the petitions were eliminated and be. {the trustees made the selection. Baptist to one. The State of Georgia has recently j ch**osing Rev. Finch, a spent forty thousand dollars, trying preacher by a vote of two to solve the convict problem, with The other applicant was Miss Edith Ware who had been teacher the last term. From Miss Ware’s petition but little improvement, on its for mer perplexing problems, and even now their system seems as unsatis-J were eliminated the names of those factory as ours, when viewed from ^patrons of the school who had not a financial stand point. j been regularly sending to the school, Th ct-'' unfortunate "perverters of i thus reducing.it to below^that of right”, are a menance to us from.; Rev. Finch. A motion was then their arrest to their release. It costs made to eliminate the petitions and something to capture them it costs select the teacher. This was carriad V . , , i the two weeks be tween Suite, and the constitutiou and rules primarie9 would a .,„ >U , «f the Democratic party in filing his corrupl lhe voler: pledge and statement of expenses, and that no error of law was com mitted by the State Democratic executive committee. The Court, therefore, adjudges that the return to the writ is suffi- cieitt and that the proceedings here in be dismissed. Y J Pope, C J Ira B Jones, A J > -C A Woods, A J. October. 17th 1908. In the hearing Friday before the in | the two time t«i ■ of the entire county and theie being no ple.ig* filed between the elections would 1 give the voter no chance to find out the mischief done, if the candidate had been successful he would then { file his statement, and if defeated he would not file a statement at all. There would thus be absolutely no chance to prevent an unworthy can didate from becoming an officer, the only remedy at law being to prosecute him for a misdemeanor. And this being true, aud bearing primary election was just as essential as first.” the Supreme Court at Columbia Moore mjnd the mjs( , hj( . f t0 1m , was represented by Rshbume *; ^ ^ the remedy to be advanced, FiAbume, Nelson A Nelson, The Ms s|atement undc . r oath at the Aral ol Howell & Cruber assisted in conc | us j on 0 f ^. cond eampaggn the preparation of the argument i and prior t0 the Griffin was represented by Pad gett A Lemack and J S Griffin. The legal battle was a warm one and every point was closely contest ed. 7 The victory for the attorneys in this case is only second to that of the nominee of the party. The ef fort to thwart the will of the people has been a bitter one, but it could not avail for VOX POPULI, VOX B0I. which is tc say: The voice of the people is the voice of God. (t is unfortunate that lack of apace will not permit the arguments •f counsel to be gfiven in full—only a brief synopsis will nowbeattemj.t- ed. Col. J G Padgett, who has been associated with the case from the beginning and, who has made BIDDING EOR TRADE. RAILROAD FARE REFUNDS. ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS MEN FORMED. BEFUND ON PURCHASES OF $20.v The cormpittee of the Business League having in charge the trade conditions in Walterboro of which W J Taylor is chariman has scured the adoption of the following method of pulling trade to Walter boro. It is a progressive step in the * ; right direction and will doubtless careful and painstaking research, help Walterboro trade. argued that the statutory provisions _ ’.J"‘he interest of increasing the trade in Walterboro, by maugur^- argued and the rules of the Democratic . ting a rail mad lare refund based party had all been complied with, in on S pecific total purchases from the that, Griffin had filed statements at retail merchants of Walterboro, we the ••conclusion of the campaign" ' the undersigned acree to enter into and before the primary election, but 1 ? n organization tor tins purpose and aim oeiore me i»t in o j ^ ear our proportionate amount of that it w as only necessary to nle a expense incident to the opera- statement before the first primary tion of such a system; individual ami after the second, for the reason proportions to be determined by that the two primaries constituted trade coupons issued by each . ...... merchant on purenases made from qniy one election and that the dif- him ferc-nt ballots were only parts'of Railroad fare refunds to be paid tins election as would be the case in from Yemasst e, Jacksenboro, Ehrh- haiioting in it convention, the time ardt and all point, between on total . , • . „ aww purchases of not less than $20. for between ballots not beint, a • which all coupons must bear one He explained the object of this date Act of the Lv^wlature and argued G N Taylor, Brown Furniture and that such object had been fulfilled Hartwa« Co Colleton Newa. B G u r* ir.- f ru 0 Timmi.op px&ctcd fci Hubstcr % ,J M Klein, * r Cj by Mr Griffin. The promise *xactca Kershaw, M D., Col. Mer. and Mfg. Co., of Walterboro, H W Cohen, 8. Finn, Walterboro Drug Co., J W Canon, Terry & Shaffer, The Press , . ..a, n-im-riea M ne “wl Standard, M Kuhn, H Zalin, C not apply to lx)th P D C Adams, A C vonLehe, Beach could not file a pledge before enter- BrQ ^ H w Black Jr ing on his second campaign and at the same time file it before the first Bap- Mar- Un’s services lor cue >«ar. It is very likely trial the minister will 0e stationed in oui »• wn tor which we all are hoping. The harvesting of cotton is nearly over here, and the price is still be low nine cents. Yet, trade/is fairly good, and, collections likewise. The two ginneries here have been very ousy. The one owned by the firm of Bennett & Fox has ginned seven hundred bales and the one owned by T. P. Kizer about one hundred. It is expected that about two hundred more will be ginned during this season here. Our town is still on a boom. Ben nett & Fox have completed their cotton seed house at the tract of the A. C. L. Railway and are buying all seed for sale here. F. B. Folk is building him a beau- more to convict them, and continues to cost, as long as we retain, and operat • them. Those costs are necessary to pro tect our institutions of government and even society demands, that we ami Rev. Finch elected. The County Board of education decided that MUs Ware shuld have the school and ordered that it be opened at once. M. P. Howell represented Messers Platt and Fox, bear tins expense, in order to insure , trustees, who favored Rev. Finch, to us our right to enjoy the benefits J. H Peurifoy appeared for the of our great democracy. So while petitioners representing Miss Ware, we are called upon to do this for j The olher case was from the them it is but right that they should Bethlehem school. This school was be used to best repay to our state,! situated at Bethlehem church near whose laws, they have violated any advantag* s wmch may be derived from them during their term, of penal servitude, and for the present, at least, it seems that their employ ment upon the public roads comes nearest doing justice to all concerned. But while we as a county compos ed of twelve component parts must bear our respective part of the ex pense, we should have our respective part of the advantages. The cost to maintain and operate the chain ganjThas been as much as six thousand dollars a year, and the WRITE UP Of TAYLOR’S. The subject of our sketch this week is Taylor’s. Mr Taylor started this business just four years ago. w^h a stock of less than one thous and dollars. This business has grown by leaps and bounds, until now Taylor’s is recognized as of the leading dry goods stores of Colleton county. They pull trade by mail orders, form five or six counties around Colleton. The line of goods carried by Taylor’s, is always, fashionable, stylish, and they invariably, share the price just as low as is consistent with legitimate merchandising. Mr Taylor believes, in advertising, and says it is the only "Tonic” to pre scribe when business gets that tired feeling. He keeps up the tonic at aN times hence his business never, lagfc. Always on the hustle. Mr Taylor is recognized by ail of his competi tors as the best posted dry good* man in the county, and the succqp of his business only goes to prote that this very essential to business success. tiful dwelling, and it seem# to be, w ork done, worth perhaps less than nearing completion, and several half that amount, a.td should each other enterprises are progressing in tow nship, be granted an equal part and around our town. uf the years work, it would be but Mrs P. M. Johns is visiting her 1 j us t, seeing that we are required to parents, Mr and Mrs R. E. Jones of, pear an equal part of the burden and Walterboro. j responsibility. And under such We were glad to see your genial plan we would receive an equal editor on our streets last week, but i distribution of rights and insure a he did not tarry long. more equal distribution of advan- County Treasurer R. E. Jones was U ^ L . 3 and disadvantages. Not that up here several day# last week. any township would desire to have It is rumored that wedding bells them all the time if it necessitatech location and the build one good Round. It seems that Mr. Hiott and Mr. Tumbleston two ‘of the Trus tees had agreed witb^the County Supt. of Education tbSmove the school to a place near^Mr. Hiotts about tnree miles from the church pai ties j site. This was done and Miss Bdrtie [ Glover employed as teacher by Mr. Hiott- She taught a month and when presenting her claim for ap proval Rev. Ackerman and Mr. Tumble-ton refused to approve it on the ground that they did not recog nizo that as the . Bethlehem school. The matter was appealed to the. County Board by Mr. Hiott. They decided that the new site was the proper place for the school and that Miss Glover be the teacher, and be paid for the time she had already taught. There has also been considerable trouble in the Young’s Island school district over the matter of consoli dation of the school in that district. The desire on the part of nearly all the patrons has been to bring all these schools together at a central buili^in^ and have a graded school. This was satisfactory to all concern ed. The only trouble being the loca- are soon to ring-so we are carefully ^ township to bedr all expenses, listening! We’ll let you know later. a u the tirne> but that each should Our school is doing fine under the bl . ar( and receive its pro rata share supervision of Prof J. H. A. Carter, l j n ro utine. Any one township would I lion of the new school building, assisted by Prof R. R. Miley. We be g| a( | to rtce i Ve its snare, in cash; Finally a majority of the patrons predict for the faculty a most sue- as it would thereby be enabled, to j decided “to build at the Baptist cessful year, and trust that ail pat- aceomp ish more work by cotract, | church, eliminating one school - the rons may co-operate as they should. bul as before stated, these convicts 1 ,llin * s V^ 0o l }* . Th ® se . who wished MrsK. E. Junes or' Wa.terboro; „. U s t l w dealt with, afid thes-expen- p<*sseu through town last rruiay on , borne; hence the need of^equaiiz- n ia ler was appealed to the County her way to he r parents, Mr and Mrs i njf them. i B< .u*d of Education, but was later I. N. Kizer. Givis. I ttp wuncr ns now used, does not wiihdiawn.* It is not known "h it decision the parties came to, but it ci st a much .as formerly but it is as yet not a desirable asset, to any people, except the benefit of its work, which it accomplishes, and j which we should all appreciate, to; is undeistood that the matter is still being uiseussed. Meanwhile the scii -d building is nearing comple tion. JudgeS. H. Rodgers of Beaufort. •District Deputy Grand Master of ..... will visit Unity Lodge day night. The first degree will be by the pledge to tile a statement be- ^fore the primary election at the o .conclusion of the campaign could as he ilr Padgett quoted from 20 S C,— Triaunier va Bomar: “In elections tfcejreat matter is the wault. when J&firdMriy memtMimd it BRYAN CAMPAIGN FUND. Previously acknowledged, $13.50 C. S. Anderson, c 1.00 Rev. T. P. Baker, 1.00 R. R. Bryan, IjOO HQN. D. C. SANDERS IN TOWN. Hon. D. C. Sanders of Adams Run spent from Thursday to Saturday in town on a business and pleasure trip wincu wv enuuiu an L » Mr. Sanders is working on several the extent of seeing to it, that they D. D. ROGERS TO VISIT UNITY LODGE. ro^“ ch t!;: •***«■* * -r: .“i “ r* - of ^ SHp amlt‘o' “".{o ~ I Unity Ux^Frl tering land deeds. township seems to me the J conierac-d and refreshments served. feasible. All this and my other I he l/*dg* will open at eight o’clock W. I. L. I. CO. CHANGES HANDS. articles I si bmit to the consideration promp l’« and the members are noti- J. E. Bryan has acquired a major of our people, and would like to see ^‘ li . ot , ity of the stock in the W.lterlAo ;m expreiio from .tome one. or;^, r »^“Sd ^ Industrial Life Insurance Co. and wh# have ghxn it Mme , ludy .; 11 " ‘equated- has assumed the management of the .. ., . . u^Ninracau nutmvpi i company. Mr. Bryan is the presi- ^ ur ,< * cias are have] HcNDFRBON ^RADWELL# dent and general manager and ex- a right to express them pects to begin an an active campaign for new business. "" ' • 1 Col. Bob Seeds will be at the Court House Thursday evening in his masterful role of entertainer. Mrs.J. J. Zachery of Augusta is spending u a short while with her W M. P. HewalL Paul K. Crosby. BUSINESS LEAGUE TO MEET. There will be an important meet ing of the Business League Friday aftergoon at aix o’clock at the court house. A full attendance is urged as a matter Of importance is to up. News ><was received here Monday that Miss Alice Henderson was mar ried to Mr. J. C. Bradwell of Dar. ling ton M onday morning in Charles ton. Mrs. Bradwell is well known in this county, her home having been Walterboro before she accepted the position of stenographer to Govern or Heyward. Everyone who knew Mias Henderson will join The Press MR. W. J. TAYLOR. Mr Tavlor has just put up 79 miles of mile pasts on the 7 road leading out of Walterboro. On these posts, he has, an advertisement of his business. This add cost him a considerable sum, and the result has been wonderful. He also has up a great many large road signs, which help to keep his name before the people. Mr Taylor has wonderful succe* j in the selection of hia selling force. j He always succeeds in getting help who are thoroughly loyal to his busi ness, and they in all cases join him In every effort for the upbuilding of the business. . MISS SADIE O’BRYAtf. His popular leading clerk is - Mias Sadie O'Bryan. Miss O’Bryan has been connected with this store threu years, she justly enjoys the reputa* tion of being one of the most effi cient lady clerks in Walterboro and has hosts of friends and customers, who under no consideration will trade with any one else. She has helped in no small degree in the advancement of this business. MISS SUE ELLA SANDERS. Miss Sanders has been with Mr Taylor over two years, and came to him with no experience in the dry goods business she is now "second to none” and has her regular line of customers which always ask for "Sue Ella” when they come in. She is both loyal to the business, and is a bundle of energy, who never luvs, in dispensing the big values in mer chandise handled by Taylor’s. \iI3S MARIE GOOLEY. Miss Gov.ley, is from (’harle.(ton and before joining the sal& forces of Taylor’s had considerable exper ience with the large retail stores of that city, hence camo well fitted for the position she now occupies. Sne is efficient, patient, and never tires in trying to please the most particu lar customers, her success with the trade of this town a county has been wonderful and she has been a great addition to the energetic salesladies, at Taylor’s. MISS RUBY JOHNSON. Miss Ruby Johnson has been con nected with Taylor’s for two years, and has made wonderful progress in the art of selling merchandise, she is accurate patient, energetic, and is always ready and willing to do any thing that will tend to the succees and upbuilding of the business. Johnson has hosts of friends and customers who delight in haste her wait on them when shopping at Taylors.