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' * 4 Cfet^rcss anb Stanlrart TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. W. W. SMOAK, JR. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, e ■■ , -TERMS*-,. Om trar — „..fl.00 Sim months 1 flOo VMMB NORTHS 25c ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Published every Wednesday. at Wslterboro, 8. C. Entered ft the Wslterboro, 8. C, Post office so second-olass matter March ,3 lb79, under Actol March 3, WEDNESDAY. JAN. liO. 19(K>. - - e * - i e . Here will The Pri*^ the people’s riurhtA maintain. Unawed by influence and unbrilted by tfa'n. T In the question of purchasing Glenn Sprinj? water for use of the memliers of the House last Wetlnes- day, the (Ydleton delejratien voted against the measure. Ihey have had enough of purchasing water at home. Jn. *v We pay for phone 1,0a. and would like to have it used whenerver any one in town knows of tin item which would bo of interest to our readers- a personal item, a social hap{>ening or anything of news value. We an swer the phone as soon as it rings. =T necessary for any good roads depart ment to have means to push the work of building good roads, and we commend to the support of the Col leton delegation that feature of Mr Cosgrove’s bill looking to the bond issue; and to their consideration that part of the Association's bill looking to the establishment of an expert bureau. Funds to be wisely used must be scientifically used, and this V is possible only in the hands pf ex pert, trained road builders Thinking about the plean we have all along advocated of a road en gineer, we believe the idea of Sena tor Christensen in having a district "pditor to examine the books 9/ WVoral counties, might work in this road engineer idea. Let a trained road-builder have charge, of say, four counties, and U* paid an equal amount by each county, and devote an equal amount of time to each county. This would reduce the | cost to each county and yet give ex- 1 pert su|>ervi>ion to the matter of ‘ road building in each county. We can safely lay down this pro position. Enthusiasm will not be kept up unless something is accom plished. and something cannot be accomplished without means. Let the Colleton delegation stqdy local conditions and do what to them seems best. I I To the Cotton Growers of Colleton I County: I have received an order from an Exporter for 150 bales ol good middling cotton and 75 bales of the o lower grades. This man needs the cotton to fill a contract and he needs it badly. He has made me a liberal offer if I can furnish the goods. - . o To all who have cotton to sell now I ofler top notch / prices until the above contract is filled. Yours truly, U, H. SHAFFER, COTTON BUYER. HOAD LEGISLATION. One of the things that will claim much of the attention of the legisla ture this session will be road legisla tion. Already there are several State wide measures Wing talked of —one by Representative Cosgrove of Charleston, one by the State Good Hoad’s Association, and others by other good roads enthusiasts. Mr Cosgrove would establish a state department of highwoys and furnish means for Uie improvement of roads by a state bond issue of two and a half million dollars, the legislature to advance $2oO,(KiO. for immediate use to U* replaced from the proceeds of the bond issue. Senator Dates and Representative M L Smith will introduce the Association’s bill which creates a good road’s depart ment in charge of an experienced civil engineer and assistant, whose duties are thus enumerated: The duties of the state commis sioner of highways shall be to furnish without charge upon the request of county supervisors or other county officials, who are charged with the care and management of the ex penditure of money and the building and keeping in repair of the high ways and bridges of the counties of the state, plans and specifications for concrete and reinfored concrete culverts, reinforced concrete, sti“e! and wood highway bridges, and im proved highways. He shall give expert assistance and advice on re quest to the pro|>er county olhcials on all questions pertaining to high way and bridge improvements and assist in letting contracts for such improvements. In connection with the foregoing duties, having first regard to those duties, he shall also compile statistics relating to tin* public highways of thfc'-state ami make such investljratit n thereto a; he shall deem expedient, jn ordex to secure more improved highways in the state. He slvall also, by means of maps, charts, cuts, drawings, prints, publications, printed and written articles, lectures or other wise • disseminate knowledge throughout the state concerning the best known economical methods for construeing and maintaining high- waya and bridges in the counties of the state, and particularly to impart such information in the manner aforesaid to county officials charged with the expenditure of funds used in the construction and maintenance of public highways and bridges in the several counties of the state.” Of course these getlemen are working to the same end-better public highways. Mr Cosgrove, as is pointed out by Mr Sanders in his let ter this week, has demonstrated his fitness to ’’present" a good roads measure-for he has made good in building roads in his home. It is T1LLM AN-ROOSE V ELT. To those of our readers who have not been keeping up with the Till man-Roosevelt alfair during the past two weeks, we desire to give a brief account of the trouble: It appears that large grants of public lands have been made at divers times to var.ous railroad and other corpora tions by Congress, containing con ditions that said lands should be Isold back to actual settlers at so j much per acre. In 1mW Congress granted to the State of Oregon H'U.ooq acres of valuable timber land ‘to aid in the cons trite lion of a mili tary * wagon road from navigable waters of Coos Day to Roseburg. ’ ; One of the provisions of said grant being “that the lands shall U* sold ’ c> to any one person in quantities not greater than one quarter section, and for a price not exceeding $L\f>0 l»er acre.” Shortly after this the State of Oregan confirmed this grant on the same terms to the Coos Ray Wagon iioad Company. This Com pany constructed a very defective road through this territory but re fused to sell this valuable timber land as prescribed but sold all the land to the Southern Oregon Com pany presumably themselves to evade the terms of the grant. \\ hile on a lecturing tour through the West Senator Tillman fail of oDH>7, learned that the firm of Reeder & Watkins of Marshfield. Oregon, were engaged by a number of ap- I plicants for quarter sections of this I land to make offer of k $2.50 per acre $ hHUHl for 160 acres to the South ern Oregan Company. This was being done through Rryan R. Dorr a real estate agent. Tillman at once made application lor nine quater sections, eight for himself and members of his family who were of age, and one for Wm E. L x?, his agent. Dorr used this fact in a cit- cular he sent broadcast over the country to induce others to make ap- 1 ■ plication for some of the land. This was the basis of a resolution intro duced in the “Senate Feb. lif, 1908 by Senator Tillman denouncing Dorr for thus using his name and calling for an investigation. In Tillman’s remarks at this time he sasd; “As a matter of fact, 1 have not bought any land anywhere in the West, nor undertaken to buy any. I have made some inquiries, aaone naturally would in roaming through the West.’’ Jan. 31,1908 Tillman introduced a resolution in the Senate calling for the Department of Justice to in vestigate these land grsnti, and to force the companies impiftpt'ly re taining the land, to comply with the j terms of the grant. Jan. .">, 1909, President Roosevelt, who had had all the above matters investigated sent them to Senator Hale, and given to the press. This at once created a profound sensa tion, and was the talk in every gathering. Monday, Jan. 11, Till* man rose to a question of personal provilege, in which, as had been previously announced he replied to the President. The Senate cham ber was packed, and intense interest manifested throughout the country. It was an unusual thing for a President to have secret service men investigate a Senator, and make such charges, but it will be remem-1 bered that Tillman and Roosevelt have been at outs for years, and this personal enmity furnishes the animus for this action. There was nothing wrong per se in Tillman’s trying to obtain some of this valua ble land, and the only criticism to which he can lx* subject is that he used his official postion to further NOTICE OF HIGH SCHOOL ELEC HON. DOT TO 60 ■*r a « rat trash STOVfS In Stock, which must -go Regardless of \Vht*rea°, applic&’ion hm bce.i mat!** so th 1 * County Hoatd of K luoalion for Colleton coanty t > order an eleefiou in Heii<1tr*onvi le School District No 22. 0:1 the question of et»tibli*hing a ilufh School coiitprisir.g said School Di-idcr, ( and a pethian preten ed signed hv more than forty per cent, ol the free nolders in -aid District, praying tbai it lie made a High School District, It is ordered, under Section 120s’ of the Code of Civil Laws l9<*2, that an election be held on Tuesday Keb 2, at Hendersonville (iraded School house, or other convenient place within said district, and that only those per sons who return real or personal proper ty for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general election, be al ioweu to vote AM said election, each elector favoring the proposed High School shall cast a ballot containing tbe words “For High School” printed or writteirthereon, and each elector op posed to said High School shall vote a ballot contuning the words, “Agains* High Schoor’ printed or written there on. a Polls will be opened at 8 o’clock a, m. and closed at 4 o’clock p. m. E A Marvin, G H Guess, J H Hamlin, W W Speights, G E H Moore, trustees of said District are hereby appoint ed managers to conduct said election, “It the majoaity of the votes cast in saiti School District shall he “For High Sc ool,’ and not ‘Against High School,’ the High School shall be established and become a body corporate under the imme arid style of High School District No. of Colleton Count v as we positively will not carry them OVER. • / s We also have full line of other heaters, Cook Stoves, etc, all guaranteed. A. Wichman & Son THE LEADING HARDWARE STORE. I*,is private interests, and when thv ruirirud honestv and frankness of the otdei of its establishment 1.1 theparudu ^ * Ur county “ !(ihe State Hoard to insert the nmntrer in ^ 0 REDUCTION SALE FOR MONTH OF JANUARY. I man is considered, this will be oil’ of the question. The press of the nation is rife with explanation and comment on this affair, some di v - /endin.? and some condemning the Senator, but the great mass of the American people will still have faith and confidence in the honesty of “Old Den.” There is something wrong with that teacher of any school who can not raise $10, in a session to estab lish a library. He or she needs investigating— Referred to the trustees in charge of a school where no library is established. One of the Acts by the General Assembly which it occurs to us would be yvise legislation, is to abol ish the State farm, or most of it. and require all the able-bodied con victs to work on the public roads, either in a central State gang, or in county gangs. Thi- would remove the competition the State furnishes the farmers, and procure a market for some farm products. Within t n <lnys after the p'ec’iun, the Slovenam l mairng* rs chah u ort to C.! this Board th^ lesiilt of the election, | j Hinl furnish them wi h the poll lUr, the i u b*If t b' x uud all papers apporuiniiig ej t hereto H \V BLAt’K. S|{. <’ .1 f) CALDWELL, W W SMOAK. JR. Co. Hd. of Educati >n (Tolietnn County Walterboro.SC Jan 12,1909. 1 13 3 Children’s Stockings were 10c and 12 1-20 now 8c. Ladies. Kid Gloves were $1.00,-now 90c. All winter stock in Dress Goods and Millinery <» greatly reduced during January. NOTICE- Bidsjwill be received atthH office for a County Physician to attend all in mate* of tbe poor farm, and jail for iho year Ipny- Thia#ill include »ll inmates of the poor farm, ail prisoners and con vict* while lodged in jail for treatment Snnl phyeiciiiu to furnish all medicines, and Attend all convicts 111 chain gang while Rationed at Wnherboro. Bids will be received up to 12 o'clock m, Jan. 2mh Ifiijii- J O GRIl FfN. County Supervisor. Jan 11th, IftO'l 1 13 3». MRS. W. A. BLACK Fine Millinery. Walterboro, Sr 6. I Hendersonville school district is to be congratulated on thus early get- NOTICE. Bids will be received at this rffice foi supplies for the poor farm, and jchain garigj payable quarterly: Corn tiy the bushel. May or fodder by the hundred. Syrup by the barrel. Bacon by the hundred. -And all other supplies in proportion Bid* will he received up to 12 o’clock m, January 28th,J1909. J. O GRIFFIN, County Supervisor. Jan, 11th, Iftpy. ' 118 3t — "■■■ -- - C ABBAGE PLANTS I am the cabbage plant man. I lave had several yean experience in the plant business at Green Pond. I know the kind to plant for gardening and have them at usual prices Send me your orders. Lots of >000 at $1.25. Special price; on larger lots. Shipped C. O. D. NOTICE. G. S. ARNETT. GREEN POND. . : S. C. Bids will be received for ferrymen for i’atker's Fet-rr, Jacksonboro and Ashspoo Ferries by the month, pava- b o quarterly, t <r the year lO'ty Bids ting to work to secure h high school., r ' ceive i-.f fhit office up to 12 m, the CITATION If this election goes in favor of a high school, as it surely will, then the district will vote to issue bonds to erect a modern school building. Prof. Fat row is a hustler, and. he announces that if he is to remain in this district another term it has to « do something— make some advance ment educationalIy. v Other sections and teachers will do we’l to follow this example. Will Walterboro? Unity Lodge No. 55, A F M holds its regular communications ith Friday in each month at 8.30 o’cloc, o 0 p m. All visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend. E T H SHAFFER, W M. N.G. MORRALL, Sec’j. 28th day ot January, 1909 J.’O. GRIFFIN. County bupcrvi*nr. Jan 11th. fiiOO- 1 13 3t CITATION For letters of Administration STATE OF ^OUfH CAROLINA, County of Colletuu. NOTICES. NOTICE—A. O Hiott detircs to inform Ilia Iricmts that he ha* moved hi* store irom the old place a* his home to the s’and t imt slv ‘occupied by M. H. Hiott. where ho will«1*11 up a larger' lineif bu.-inet»«, and would urge his iriends to continue the-r l atron- uge. “ For Letters of Administration, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Colleton. By John D £dwards. Enquire, Probate , By Jao D Edwftrd8i E , quir e, Proba ■* U( *£ e * Judge. WHEREAS Ella L Rents, made suit 1 Whereaa. J T Metta made sc to me to grant her letters of Admin- to me to grant him Letters of Admini ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. On the Hub of February. 19"9 1 will raske my tiual return as administrator of the csia.e of C VY Bennett and im mediately thereafter will apply to Pro bate Judge for mv Letters Dismissory as said administrator / UR Brnnett, -- . ~ Administrator. Jan. 19,1909 . ^ Heavy, impure blood makes a muddy, pimply compo inn, headaches, nausea, indigestion. Ttin blood maxes you weak, pule, -ickly. Burdock Blood Bit> ters matty* tbe blood rich, red. pure— ttstoiee perfect health. stration of tbe Estate and effects of George 8 Rentz, deceased. » THESE are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said George S Rentz, deceased, that they he and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to he held at Walterboro 8. O., on Feb. 1. 1909, after publication hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cau«e, if anv they have why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my band, this 16th day January, Anno Domini 1909. Published on the 20th and 27th days of Jan. 1909, iu The Ptess and Stand ard. , -j JNO. D. EDWARDS. „ Probate Judge. Do you want a beautiful and durable Rock Hill buggy free? If so, enter The Press ana Standard’s Great Contest. See our ad else where in this issue. Estate and effect! A T Metts and Mary E Metts. THESE ARE. THEREFORE, to cl and admonish mil and singular the ki dredand Creditors of the said A T Mel and Mary E Metts, deceased, that they and appear before me, in the Oonrt Probate, to be held at Wslterboro, S. ( on Jan. 30,1909, next, after publR tion hereof, at 11 o’clock in the foresee to show cause, if any they have, w tM said Administration should not granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 15th d of January, A D, 1909. Published on the 20th and 37th di of Jan. 1909, in The Prase a Standard. JNO D. EDWARDS, Probate Judge, C. Q There are two things that w •end a man to hell by a shorter roi than anything else: selfishness l ingratitude. 'J. - i , ' \ V. Yf; .\ \ . A ,