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V > > > * • nm Standard. VOU XXXI. WALTHRBORO, S. C, DECEMBER 16. iqoS. NO. iS LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS. Dear Santa Claus: Below you, will find a number of letters from ver>-jrood little friends of yours^and ours, \tfho take this means of tejlintr you what they wish you to bring them for Christmas. Now*. Santa, it just will not do for ycu to -disappoint our little friends, so we are going to ask you as an especial favor to note carefully what each one asks for and, if possible, bring it for them. They have been good little boys and girls and we must make this the happiest Christmas they have ever had. You know, Santa, this may be the las*. Christmas some of them will ever have, and we want their parents to think back to this time as being the happiest of their little lives. God bless them. We can promise the hearty co-operation of their parents and of this paper, and we just know you are going to do your best. Now please dc not forget, Santa, that these are not nearly all of the letters we are going to publish and you must save back some of your best presents for those who write next wreck. With best wishes for your Christmas. w*e are. Very sincerely, ' The Press and Standard. TO SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLL Ruffin. Dec. 10, 1908.- Dear Santa Claus; Bring me a doll. 1 am a little dirl six years old. Maud Nettles. Green Pond, S C Dec. 3tr 1908.— Dear Santa Claus, Please sir send me for my Xmas and billy goat and wagon. Clyde Crosby. Ruffin, S. C.—Dear Santa Claus: Please oring me a wax doll and fruit if you please. Your friend. Ola Herndon. Adams Run, Dec. 8*— Dear Old Santa; I want you to bring me a doll baby in a carrage a skyrocket some fruit and candy Dennie Newton Walterboro, Dec. 6. 1908^—Dear old Santy; Please bring me hammer, tools, nails, jack rabbit, music box ■and red stockings. Hart Hiers. PSA pony and cart too. Ruffin, Dec. 10, 1908.—Dear Santa Claws; I want you to please bring me a Doll baby Carriage as I have plerty Doll babies. Affectionely yours, Flossie Yarn. Ruffin, S. C.—Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me two china vases ana aome fruit, I am a little girl eight years old in the Snider School. Lovingly youra, Urel Yarn. ' Ruffin, S C Dec. 10, 1908.—Dear Old Santa Claus. Pleas bring me an air riffle I am a little boy seven years old. Yours sincerely William Brant. Ruffin, SC Dec. 10, 1908,-Dear Old Santa Slaus; Pleas bring me a mouth organ 1 am a little boy six years old. Yours truly, . George Brant. Ruffin, SC Dec. 10, 1908-Dear Santa Claus; I want you to please send me a doll baby^cradle and chair as 1 have plenty oTdoftsr^ Affectionately yours. Lizzie Herndon. Ruffin, SC Dec. 10, 1908.-Deaf Santo Claus; I want you to please brinfj; me a toy Bureau I am a lit tle girl six years old going to school. Yours truly, Ethel Breland. Adam’s Run S C Dec. 3, 1908.— Dear Santa Claus;—Bring me fire crackers and baby a blue headed one and two apples. Pappas baby, Sarah Newton. Ruffin, Dec. 10, 1908.-Dear Old Santa Claus; 1 w*ant you to bring me an air rifle. I am a little boy ten year old going to school at the Snider school. Yours sincerely, Vonlehe Netties. Walterboro, S C Dec. 11, 1908. Dear Santa Claus; I am eight years old, and want you to bring me a work box and scissors and a lot of * Ruffin, Dec. 11,— Dear Old Santa Claus; It is almost Christmas I want you to bring me a doll baby bed stead. 1 am a tiny little tot just beginning to learn the alphabet. Pearl Breland. Ruffin. SC Dec. 10. 1908.—Dear Santa Claus; Christmas will soon be hear agaivn and 1 will be glad. I w*ant you to send me a doll baby in a carrige, Affectionately yours, Viola Nettles. Ruffin. S C Dec. 10. 1908:-My Dear Old Santa Claus. I want a toy bureau I am a little girl eleven years old going to school at the Snider school. Yours affectionately, Eva Kinard. Ruffin, Dec. 11,- Dear Old Santa Clause; Christmas is nearly here j please bring me a pair of China vases. I am a little girl going to school at Sniders. Yours truly, „ Irene Bazel. Mcneils; Dec. 11,—My Dear Old Santa; Please bring me some fruit and some fireworks a and a toy. I am 11 years, and goin* to school and in the fifth garde, Mias Edna Gooding is my teaceer. good by from. Frankie Patrick. Meggette, S C Dec. 10, 1908.- Dear Santa Claus; Do try hard to bring me a goat and harness but if you cannot please bring me some fire crackers and gun shells. Your true litUe friend. Frits Peeples. age 9 years old. Dear Santo Claus.—I’m going to send you a letter to let you know, what I want you to bring me Xmas, a wagon, train, and plese bring me some fire-crackers. Your little boy. Montague Breland. Ruffin, Dec. 10. 1908.—Dear Santa Claw f s; Christmas times will soon be hear. Please bring me a tea set and bring me all kinds of fruit and candy. Yours friend, ° Little Viola Bishop. age 6 years old. Ruffin, S C Dec. 10, 1908.—Dear Santa Claus; Christmas time will soon be here and I will be glad I am a little girl ten years old 1 go to the Snider school please bring me a lit tle doll in a carriage. Lovely yours, Etha Croeby. Santy Claus, I reckon you will bring me some oranges, and apples and a little gun and a pistol and fire crackers and nuts, and good by, old Santy Claus, and bring some raisins and then I’ll have lots of things. Your friend, f Walter Hiott. Round, S C Cec. 9th, 1908. Dear Stana Claus.—I want you to bring me a Christmas tree with lots of pretty candles on it. An Air Rife, Game of Checkers, a Toy Trolly VERDIER ORGANIZED. COURT PROCEEDINGS CARNIVAL GONE ROAD AND STOCK LAW.- < pretty things. ■■■■ Emmeline Witsell Peunfoy. 4 Ruffiin, S C Dec. 10; 1908-Dear Santa Claus; I want you plea« to bring me a wax doll with curly hair And all kinds of fruits and candy. Your friend, Pollie Benton. 9 Ruffin, Dec. 10,1908-Dear Santa Claus; Please bring me a big doll 1 am a little girl eight years old in Snider School, 1 am trying to learn All I can. . , Yours lovingly. Shelhe Benton* Walterboro, Doc. 3.-De»«Stnti Ouk I bore Been • food' by this B B stay a robber and a autooobile a story Car. some nice Books, and "be sure to bring some shot for the rifle. You will find the front door unlock ed so you can gee in with the tree, , Your little friend. Ludlow Fraesr. Dec. 12,1908, Dear Santa Claus.— I want you to come to see me Xmas, and bring roe a little toy bed stead apples oranges, candy, Bannas, fire crackers, and a little doll baby. Please bring all of these to me and I will have a merry Xmas. from your little girl f Lona Breland. ■ Round. S C Dee. 9th, 1906.—Dear Santa Qaua; I want you to faring me some applet, oranges, raisins and bananaa and acme mrta. and a doO baby with blue eyea, and that comas to ‘ "*"-lTbl LARGE MEETING AT ZION. OFFICERS ELECTED. AN INTERESTING . SERVICE. An instwetive and interesting service was that held at Zion church Sunday morning, 6th inst: the occas ion being the launching of the Sun day schools of Verdier township into “organized Sunday school work.’’ It may be a matter of interest to some of our workers to know that this organization represents the largest united force in the world. It numbers among its supporties the ablest and mast consecrated talent of all the denominations; nor can any organization in existence boast of a spirit of purer helpfulness or a record of more splendid achieve ment. We are glad that our county is becoming identified with so worthy a movement to improve and extend the work of our Sunday schools ard through them to more effectually reach the people. The following is the list of officers unanimously chosen for Vedier town ship association: Pres. Jas E Peunfoy; Vice Pres. Joseph Langdale; Sec. and Treas. Mrs E B Way. Executive committee-B N Beach, L W Linder, J M Ackerman, A P Hitt, J M Drawdy, N G Morrall, C F Copeland. R L Fraser. A Sunday School Worker. COURT ADJOURNED FRIDAY NOON. SOME INTERESTING DEVELOP MENTS. THE WEEK OF CARNIVAL CRIME. FAKES. ETC. ETC. COMES TO AN END; IT IS GONE. HON. W. C. ORANT AULT DISCUSSES DOTH OF THESE MOST IMPORTANT LAWS. Round, Dec. 9th, 1908.—dear Santa Claus; 1 want you to bring me some raisins and some nuts, and apples, and oranges, and a whip, and some fire crackers, and some roman can dles. Well good by old santa claus. Your loving niend, Heber Hiott. McNeils. Dec. 10, 1908.-My dear est santa claus; I want vou to please bring me some fmit and candy, and a engine with and cab and flat car and a box eat- and I am going to school and in the third grade the teacher is miss Echa Gooding and she is a good eacher, Your fr end, Herbert Patrick. Adams Run, December, 8,—Dear Old ball head santa claus, pleat send me too box of shells I have a gun and send me some fire crackers and fcorae crackers and roman canals apples orenges cakes candy lemons Bananas If, you fll this Bill 1 will pay you when I get Rich; 50 years old J G E Newton. McNeils, Dec. 10 1908.—My dear est Cant Class; 1 want vou to please bring me somv* oranges and apples, and candy, and, some fire works and air gun, ami some shot, and 1 aM going to school at McNeils school and in the thired grade, and the teacher is Miss Edna Gooding and she is a good teacher, Your friend, Raymond Stone. Walterboro, Dec. 3, 1908.— Dear Santa Claus; 1 want you to oring me two dolls one with a rose dress and the other with a white white one with blue ribbon one little tea set a butterfly with real golden wings a glass pitcher and tin coffee pot and a babby carriage and every thing that you can think oi that a little girl like roe wants. Your true, little gij-1. Reba Hiers. Meggetts, S C Dec. 10, 1908.— Dear Santa Claus; Do please bring me a little dressed doll and some fire crackers but if you cannot find them you can bring me a pretty little white dog with a long chain to tie him with, Your little friend, Maybell Peeples, age 7 years old. Ruffin, S C Dec. 10. 1903.—Dear Santa Claus; Christmas time will soon be here you were so kind to me last year hope you will remember me again. Well Santa I was eight years old last Christmas and will be nine this Christmas. Santa will you please bring me a little doll in a carriage. 1 would be so glad if you would. I live in the same house I did last Christmas, near the Sniders school. Yours affectionately, . Sarah Getsinger. Round, S C Dec. 7, 1908.—Dear Old Santa Claus;—I am a little girl of fito>eras, and think you might bring me what I want so had, and thatis a sleeping dollie with back hair, and a little toy Piano, for my brail tr to nlav on. I want allkindsof fruit, "Naanas” "hfckray nuts’* candy, and oranges. Now don’t laugh Old Santa for much, bat I know if yea you were at the wUllaughlcttaM r*S After a session lasting three weeks and five days, court-adjourned Fri- <b.v at the noon recess sine die. Quite a number of cases have been disposed of and one has a reasonable hope now that when suit is brought it will be heard before all the wit nesses are dead. It is thought that another session such as the one just closed will clear the Common Pleas docket of all cases. An effort - will probably be made during the next year to get another extra term for this purpose. The case of Carter against the Colleton Cypress Com pony which was being tried as we went to press last week, resulted in a verdict of for the plaintiff. This was the last jury case tried and the jury was dismissed. Thurs day and Friday was taken up in hearing appeals and in equity cases. Attorneys for the railroad gave notice of appeal in the case that had been decided against them except that of Benton et al. Judge Prince did not grant any new trials. An interesting development at this term was a matter not direct ly connected with the proceedings of court. It was a charge brought against G. S. Arnett, formerly deputy sheriff, but acting at this term as bailiff. It *as charged in affidavits that Mr. Arnett had farm ed out the positions of bailiff at the rate of fifty cents a day. In other words that the law allows each bail iff $2. per day for his services, but that Mr. Arnett had made bargains with several of those who served that he would give them the jobs if they would give him fifty cents a day back. This alleged agreement leaked out early in the last week of court, and Clerk of Court, Padgett, hearing the rumor investigated the matter and secured the following affidavits from some of the bailiffs. He went to Mr. Arnett and told him that if the money were not paid back to the bailiffs the matter would be brought up in Court. Mr. Ar nett agreed to do so, and has given the money bock. The mem ben of the bar held a meeting and appoint ed a committee to officially notify the Judge- This committee was Wm. J. Fhhburne, chairman, W. B. Gruber, Jas. E. Peurifoy and Jas. G. Padgett. They went before Judge Prince Thursday and he issu ed an order against Arnett taappe&r before him at 11 o’clock Friday to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt of court. Mr. Arnett could not be found to serve the warrant, so another order was left by Judge Prince made re turnable the first day of the next succeeding term of court at 10 o’clock. The following are the affidavits: State of South Cirolina Col'etoh County. Personally appeared Eugene Hill and Paul Herndon, who first being duly sworn, say that at the fall term of the court for Colleton county they were two of the Bailiffs, that under the law he was entitled to receive for his services as bailiff, the sum of two dollars per day. That they served for three weeks, and for every day they served, G. S. Arnett, Deputy Sheriff, forced them to pay to him the sum of fifty cents, amounting in all to $18.00 dollars. That this matter being brought to the attention of H. D. Padgett, Clerk of Court, he compelled Mr. Arnett to refund the said sum of nine dollars each. A. E. Hill His P. S. X Herndon Mark ’ Sworn to before me this 10th day of December, A. D., 1908. H. D. Padgett C. C. P. & G. S. The Penn Yaa Carnival Company was run out of Bishopville two weeks ago, disgusted Manning one week ago and ditto Walterboro last week. The correspondent of the Manning Times writes it up so well that the article in that paper is reproduced here to give a picture of what it is like. Of course this article does not say that the company stayed in Walterboro till Tuesday morning or that warrants were sworn out against the manager and some of the gamblers for cheating some of our people out of their money, and that one of them was locked up Saturday night in the jail, being re leased only when restitution had been made, or that several of them left forgetting to pay board bills, or that the treasurer of the Old Plant ation shows’decamped with all the money he had, forgetting to pay off even the players of his show, or that scattered over Walterboro and the county are numerous poorer but wiser men who “played the wheels” and won—enperience at so much per win, but the article from the Man ning Times does, tell us t'nat the “gaming concerns” were closed Saturday afternoon, and that carni vals are no good,” but it does not tell us that possibly Walterboro has had ckrnival enough to last it a thousand years—at least enough of the Penn-Van to last that long. But let the Manning Times speak, “The Pen Yan Carnival Company came to Manning last Monday unher- raided, and left last Sunday night un mourned. It was without doubt the measliest aggregation of tented fakes that ever inflicted an unsop histicated, and virtuous community. It was simply r-r-r-r-rotten. The city authorites opened wide its'gates and bade this sorry bunch of human social sores to come in for the sum of one hundred bucks, and they, came, some 150 strong, mostly strong. Men, women, and cane racks, merry-go-rounds, gambling devices, candy manafacturing, pea nut stands, together with all sorts of other things which go to make up a scheme to attract people and induce them to part with the coin of the realm. Bat this amusement com pany did not even have a band of music, it had the oriental dancing girls, the confetti, the wild man, and fat Eva, but nothing to furnish any amusement except to those who wanted to try the wheels and get skinned. The authorities had a vir tuous awakening on Saturday after noon, after allowing the gaming con cerns to run all the week, they ordered gambling to. stop. It was awfully considerate of them to permit gambling five days and stop it on the sjxth. It made a good im pression, and showed to an anxious constituency that the custodians of law. the guardians of peace, law and order, did finally awake from a trance to do their duty. The carnival company made no money here, but they succeeded in convincing the business men that carnivals are no good as a trade drawing scheme, and we hope Man ning’s city fathers will not again be enticed to allow another company here again anytime soon.” of December, 1908. E. L. Fishbume (L. S) Not. Pub. S. C. South Corolina Colleton County Personally appeared J. M. Avant who first being duly sworn deposes and says: That at the Fall term of the court for.the aforesaid county, he was appointed a bailiff thereof by deputy sheriff G. S. Arnett: That the law allows for said services as bailiff $2.00 per day. That before is appointment, l$r. Arnett re- uired as a condition precedent to ame, that the said J.M. Avant should agree to pay the said Arnett fifty cents per day out of his pay. That as hit appointment depended upon his agreement to comply with these terms, he agreed to same. That at aferanwnoenad term he m days, for iwenijr-iwo hM agrama he tmtaed c edollenand He his he of his <1 Mr. Arnett came to town shortly after the adjournmedt of court, and the warrant was served on him. He has given bail in the sum of $500. When seen bv a representative of this paper Mr. Arnett stated that he had a full explanation of his connec tion with the matter, and was sorry that he had not gotten in before the adjournment of court so that he could have had it cleared up. claimed ne had been down to farm at Green Pond and that came in just as soon as he heard the trouble. He does not care to go into his defense in full at this time but when the proper time comes he will have full explanation to make. The affair has caused considerable comment, and not a little of the blame attaches to the baliffs^who ac cepted the terms. They claim they had nothing particular to do at home and that they had rather make a dollar and a half at court than stay at home and make nothing; that they did not fed they were ching any thing wrong in accepting such terms. At any rate it is probable that this _ up will make all court offi- more careful in the future. Editor Press and Standard: With much interest I have been reading the numerous articles published in each of our county papers on the road question, and wonder what will satisfy our people or what will be the best solution of the question. Too much cannot be said for good roads; but saying to the point is the big question. Every man has his idea, but the best idea is the thing wanted and needed to solve the question of building and maintain ing good roads. I believe that any law that will equalize the burden of building roads will settle the ques tion. It would not be equal rights to the poor man who owns no pro perty, for him to pay $4 or $6, or work four or sjx days in the year, when the property holders are the people who wear out the roads, and few of them subject to commutation tax. Let us have a property tax that will equal a commutation tax and let the commutation tax be optional. If ’ a man prefers working four or six days to payment of $4 or $6. Let him render ten hours good service per day under a competent overseer or superintendent for said time, as the case may be. We must have better appropria tions for road building. We need the roads for we cannot progres sively advance without better roads. It may be burdensome to the tax payers for awhile, but with judicious management by way of expending road money, the wealth, of our county will be rapidly increased that no one will regret the output for good roads. Let us continue the chain gang, well furniahed with the modern implements for road building. It may be well to divide the county into three divisions and let each member of the county board have his division to look after and apportion the chain gang work equally to each section and thereby bring about competition^for good work on the part of each member of the county board. But Mr Editor, there are other questions that confront oar people, one of which it the stock law ques tion. A large percentage of the voters two years ago expressed themselves at the ballot box for a continuation of the exemption law. with such amendments SB would give each section of the country the thing that beat suits each section. That is, let each township or portion of township that wants stock law, have what they want and let those that prefer the exemption law have what they want. Now because the temporary exemption law that we have blen operating under, by mutual agreement, has failed to satisfy and been declared unconsti tutional, is no reason why we can’t havg a law that will stand the test. We can have it and should have it. It will Sdd thousands of dollars to the stock raisers interest in certain portions of this county and help thousands of people to get cheaper beef to eat. The question is then how are you going to get this law and in what wav can, and will it satisfy the masses. Now this is the testing question and what shall the answer be? Well let’s see. We elect men to go to the legislature for what? To make law, for what, to govern the people, what people? The whole people, and to help them live. Not only make general law, but to make such local law as is needed and will be to the interest of Iqcal sections. Such law not to effect the legal in terest of other sections and must be in sympathy with prevailing senti ment. Now the first thing needful is broad minded representatives to ma^e the law, and we have them, for each of these distinguished gen tlemen declared themselves on this question before election. Now the kind of bill needed that will stand the test and satisfy and protect the rights of all the people is the thing wanted. W. C. Brant. [To be continued] KING’S DAUGHTERS AND SONS. The December meeting of the Kings Daughters and Sons will be held in the Baptist church next Mon- dap afternoon at four o’clock. Eacn member is requested to bring a package of Xmas cheer for the four poor women under the care of the ' ha to the Thormveil Or* ge. Will each one try to bring *