The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, November 11, 1908, Image 4

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Cfot Sitss anb Stanbarb TWEMTY-WINTH YEAR. — —— W. w. SMOAK, JR. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. —TERMS— Dm TBA* flil MONTHS THAU MOSTHB 91.00 ... 80c . 25c -ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. PnblUhed every Wednesday. at Waltcrboro, H C. Emcred ft the Walterboro, 8. C., Po«t< ftice as aecond-clasa matter MArcb i y, under Actol March 3, WEDNESDAY. NOV. 11. K*)8. Here will The Press and Standard the people’s rights maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain. Our sincerest sympathly goes out to Editor Lorenz of the Aiken Jour nal and Review in the death of his wife. A sad bereavement for one so young and full of life and energy. REFERRED TO THE CIVIC LEAGUE. The remarks in last week’s issue of this paper relative to the Civic League were, of course, only pleas antry and were intended^.o try to get the ladies aroused as to some of the things they might accomplish. This weelt we desire to call upon the lieague to do something worthy their brighest endeavors and some th ing't hey can accomplish if they will work together and energetically. We would urge tne President to call a meeting and let her l>est workers take charge of it and push it to success at once. To do this piece of work will Ik* to build a monument that will redound to the ■PB Mr Towles is an enthusiast for good roads and the plan he proposes is a good one, and the people of his township are making wonderful im provements in their roads. As he says, however, there is no other sec tion of the county so well suited to such work as he is doing as Adams Run and Collins townships. Ther would lx* trouble in main taining fo many “gangs” in several parts of the county, and the main gang, already an expense, if divided up would be more of an expense. Consolidation of the road working force and the use of road working machinery w ill increase the.efficiency of the workers, and rotation, or going from one township Wj an other will give the local work need ed, or make some improvement permanent in each township eacn year. Mr Towles’ idea of a good road’s association is excellent; and such organization is necessary for tlft* townships and county. “Nemo” adds some interesting comments on Mr Sanders’ proposed law. and we get an idea from his suggestion of a license on vehicles of which wc are 4 heartily in favor. For the information of our readers, we will say, that “Nemo” is an exper ienced and able law-maker from another county, who will he of great help to!our delegation in securing the passagefof any road legislation. In reply to his argument for hav ing only a commutation tax, we would!say that this county has tried • o that and it did not work well too many persons did not pay. Then, too, perhaps at the*time the gang undent he “overseer or contractor’’ is working it^ might not suit the taxpayer to^work to make back*his tax money, hut if he had a year in w hich to do this work he might he TERRY & SHAFFER, SOLE AGENTS FOR r/f£YfEU)/aj, _ T//ATnr to result in serious harm to her, as she naturally became very nervous over the matter. Coming, too, just on the eve of the Annual Con ference when Mr Daniel is to wind up his third year, it is especially dastardly and outrageous. Rev Daniel recognized most of these* young men hut will not give out their names for publication., else they would bo published. Language vs not stong enough to express the condemnation which all right think ing fiersons should feel for such an outrageous act. These young night prowlers should Ik? dealt w ith by the lawamKmade to know that in a Wal- terhoro a man’s home is his_castle, and he is sacred therein; and especi ally, if tlfat home contain an invalid lady, or if it he a ministers home. Had Rev Daniel shot these mar- B anders down on his porch they would have "been paid for,” and no one could have condemned him. The WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? Who is my neighlior on life’s road? 1 hronged with its human freight Is it the one who proud of wealth Rides Th his coach of state? Or is it folly’s favorite Who loiters by the way And with the dance and wine cup seek My upward course* to stay? Ah! no tis he who lowly bends ‘ Beneath some heavy load VN ho needs my help my neighbor is Upon, life's rugged road My neighbor ’tis, who te mpted falls Far from the journey’s end, Wounded, discouragenj in the fight And needing most a friend. Tis them the silent clasp of hand, Or kindly w*ords of cheer, Will te> the fainting traveller be As springs in desert dre*ar. Then let us each as we press on Be neighborly and kind. That we may when we need it most True Christian friendship find. And when the march of life is done May we a welcome me*et Within the gate?s a Saviours smile, And rest at a Saviours feet. G. W. O. Rirvers! honor of these* ladies forever, at the* same time filling our greatest nc*ed. Will you do it, Madam Frsident and ladic*s of the League? Is your organization one for real “civic im- j»roveme*nt” or are* you willing to let your energies he expended in planting a dozen flowers here or there? We* believe the higher work ^rill appe*al to you more. Referred to the League: The matter of a new school building for able to find a suitable time to do it. We endorse heartily Nemo’s state ment that "he w ho wishes to do the o right and to benefit his people, must never let his thoughts ramble off to the next primary.” This fear of the consequences kills more good legislation than any other cause. Keep up the discussion. I^et us have your thoughts We all shall he benefitted by them. citizens of Walterboro,v irrespective of denominational beliefs, should let ,.r it he known that they condemn such outrageous acts, and brand the pv r- IK*trators as worse than crimnials. EDUCATION HELPS TRADE ' "The;more we know*, the more we want.” Did you ever think about that? The more we know abont music, the more we want to hear it, to have it in our homes; that means NOTICES. NOTICE—The tax books lor the town of v\ alt<>> boro will l»e Opm for the collection of town tftx< s my office from November 1 to 30, 100b, from 0 o’clock a. ui , to ii o’clock,p. m. J. C. L KM A OKS, Cleric Hiid Treas. 10 14 to 11 25 Notfce is hereby Riven that on November the 16,1*03. the undersigned will file with the Secretary of State at Columbia. S C, a petition for the in corporation ( f the Western Star under the provtalrns of Article II, Chapter XLY11I of Yolamc* one of South Caro lina. Walterboro. The proposition to the Civic League is to take a petition we have on which are more than one hundred signatures of free holders and to secure the remaining number of signatures. This petition can be finished in a short while by these ladies we are sure, and we trust they will take it and finish it up so that we may have a new school building by next session. Now, here is work for the Civic League to do, and work needed. That old school building is an eye sore and a disgrace to Walterboro —let the ladiesfremove it. The time to do it is now for if the new building is to be ready for the aext session the details must be worked out in the near future. This is an opportuity for the League to show it serious purpose its reason to be. Will it measure up to its responsibilities? We believe it will. OUR GOOD ROAD’S DISCUSSION Seldom have we we seen more hlter^A in a discussion of public Matters than in the discussion of the road problem going on through our columns. The people are alive to this question as never before, and we believe a law or plan will be evolved that will suit our county better than anything we have ever had. We commend this friendly and able discussion to the considers- tion of all our readers, ani if any one has an idea he believes will be better than any advanced so far, let ua have it. Remember that «n a multitude of counsel there is wisdom, and we believe the people of the „ o county have elected men to their law-making bodies who will try to be their servants and not their basi * ■ •*—»« fU> A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR. Saturday night about midinght «> six young men of this town went to the street comer, at the methodist parsortage, three of them going into the yard and up on the porch and three remaining outside the gate, and in an offensive manner sang. These young men according to Mr Daniel's statement had the appearance of ‘being intoxicated, and evidently went to the parsonage for the purpose of insulting the pastor, Rev. J L Daniel. Nearly two years ago Rev Daniel ( in the course of a sermon remarked that he had heard a song—Sweet o . * Adeline—so often that he would not mind if Sweet Adeline were dead. Shortly after that time several boys and young men went to the parson age and in a boisterous manner threw missiles at the parsonage and sang and used profane language, greatly to the mortification and insult of Rev Daniel and family. Mrs Daniel^ being a sufferer from a nervous malady, was terribly upset, ard for a time the family were apprehensive as to their safety. Mrs Daniel was so shocked that it was necessary for her to go away for sometime. This matter finally blew over and it was thought no more would be heard it but since this recent outrage, Rev Daniel says there hav<» been one or two boys or young men, who have not missed a chance in passing the parsonage to sing “Sweet Adeline.” No notice was taken of this, however, and he hoped then* would be no futher un- pleasantineas. Last Tuesday Mrs Daniel had a surgical operation and has since been very ill, and this af- SaturdaJ night was calculated a sale for pianos. The more we know about poetry, the more we want to own copies of Tennyson and Longfellow; that means the sale of books. The more we know about domestic architecture, the better homes we build and the more churches and libraries and public halls. That keeps contractors and carpenters and stonemasons busy. The more we know about outdoors and landscape gardening, the more we buy plants and shrubs and flow ering vines, and the nursery man has his prosperity. The more pretty gowns and bonnets women set their eyes on, the the busier we keep the milliners and dressmakers. You see! It pays in good round dollars to educate the town. School, libraries, lecture courses, anything that teaches us more than we know now, reacts on the business pros perity of the town. This is not guess work or theory; it is a problem worked out and proved every year in every town. As an instance, look up the records in the communities that have the lecture course habit. There is Elk- h^rt, Ind. They held their first lec ture course there in the winter of 1875-6, when they were a little village of 400 people. They have had a course every season since. Now Elkhart is a town of 20,000. It is primarily an industrial center; it boasts of that, and mentions cas ually that it has the best schools and public library in the state, and more churches than saloons. In another Indiana town, Topeka, there has been a Lyceum lecture every Friday night for twenty-eight years. Topeka is a tiny little villager*} f, but it has a Lyceum hall that cost over $12,000; it draws audiences to each lecture of over 600 people, and it has neither a saloonkeeper, gam bler, (trunkard nor pauper among its citizens. Put this bee in your bonnet. The live, wideawake up-and-doing indus trial towns of this country Lyceum courses every year. run (leorge Smalls, President, Beauregard Powell, Yice-Prest. 11 11 It ■■ii i ■ NEEDFUL KNOWLEDGE, Walterboro People Should Learn to Detect the Approach of Kidney Disease. The symptoms of Kidney trouble are so unmiataksble that they leave do ground for doubt. Sick kidneys excrete s thick, cloudy, offensive urine, fnll of sediment, irregular of pesMge or attended by s sensation of scalding. The back aches constant ly, headaches and dizzy spells may occur and the victim is often weighed down by a feeling of languor and tatigue. Neglect these warnings and there is danger of dropsy, Bright’s Disease, or dishestes. Any one of these symptoms is warning enough to beg : n treating the kidneys at once. Delay often proves fatal. You can use no better remedy than Doan’s Kidney Pills. Here’s Walterboro proof: W. R. Hickman, Police Officer, Walterboro^. C., says: “I bad such severe pains through my back and loins that if 1 sat down for a short tune I would have to grasp some thing when getting up. I could not rest wed at night and felt miserable in the morning. My kidneys were weak and the secretions contained a heavy sediment. Since using Doan’s Kidney Pills procured from the Walterbor Drug Go., I have been ree from tee above mentioned annoy ances. My wife usmI Doan’s Kidney Pills and the results in her case were just as satisfactory.” For sale by alt dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. DIE Mil HR 4 . BREAKS HIS LAND IN THE FALL AND THEN CL'TS IT WITH A Ay i i V Wc have a full line of the Celebrated International Co’s Reliable Disc Harrows always in stock. Car load of wire fencing just received—any height you wish. Full and up-to-date line ol all kinds of hardware, tools, farm Implements, Plows, Buggies, Wagons, Saddles, * .*<- - i)\ «.* Harness, etc. ♦ 1 Have you a Stove? Let us quote you prices on Heaters « # or Cook Stoves. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. A. Wichman & Son j Complete Stock | Mast complete stock of dry goods ever gotten togeth er in Walterboro. We have just finished getting together the most choice stock of dry jj^oods, shoes, Gents Furnishings, Ladies Dress Goods, and other things too numerous to mention, ever shown in Wal terboro. These goods were bought at the right time of the market, and can, therefore, be sold at the pro per figures to cuit low-priced cotton. Our friends will be cordially welcomed. Come and look over oiir stock whether you buy or not. If there's anything you want, you will find it at TAYLOR’S WALTERBORO’S POPULAR STORE. CALL AND GET i Seeded Raisins in Pck. - Currents in Pck, Citron, • * t ^ o Buck Wheat, Oat Meal, j Full Line of Fancy and l Heavy Groceries^ l Grace & Warren. 4 A