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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.-
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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 ‘
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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
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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
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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
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