The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, January 27, 1909, Image 1
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VOL. XXXI.
YVALTERBORO, S. C, JANUARY 27, iqo 9 .
.NO. 24
THANKS TO A. P. S. WARREN ORGANIZED.
THE PRESS AND STANDARD C8MPLI ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD
MENTED. SMOAKS TO HAVE A SMOAKS BAPTIST CHURCH.
CANDIDATES CHANGE. IN THE LEGISLATURE PRAISE FOR SMOAKS.
o
AT A phenomenal week of voting some of the things engaging the plenty of hogs and handsome
RAILROAD. OTHER NEWS.
Smoaks, Jan. 25*—Editor I'ress
and Standard: In the very thres
hold of my article 1 want to con
gratulate you for the remarkable
improvement >>u have made in your
OFFICERS ELECTED.
MAKESGHANGES IN CANDIDATES.
TIME TO CLOSE CHANGED.
ATTENTION OF OUR SOLONS AND
OTHERS.
Smoaks. Jan. 25: In accordance
wiin the ,.u.jnshed notice, a meeting
was heiil .''umla|t’ afternoon at 4
o’clock at tne smoaks Baptist church
for the j-uri-ose of^orgamzing War-
was a large and enthusiastic con
gregation present, who listened
with a gaeat deal of pleasure to the
interesting program which had been
paper, notwithstanding the fact that ren township into theintenlenomina-
there have been things said and done - tional Sunuay xchool work. There
that had no tendency to aid and dis
seminate it. It has, by your hard
and efficient labor, spread and built
up which is an evidence of the fact
that you are right and that you are arranged,
gaining ahead. Today The Press
and Stahdard appears to the reader
a more beneficial and developed
paper than ever before since I have
known it. To this fact I have heard
numbers of corroi orating state
ments. _
Well Mr. Eflitor. I think the hap- Fishburne. wtiuse subject was, "Or-
penings in this section have been ganued Sunday School Work,” she
written up pretty closely. The vvas followed by Hon. James E.
farmers have turned new leaves, for Peurifoy, of Ualterboro, who de-
so far they have done more field j livered an especially able and in
work preparatory to planting than I structivv address on the subject,
ever saw before at this time of the j “Some Advantages of Organized
j ear. We'would be glad to see , Sunday School Work.” This address
everyone thus awakened. ! by Mr Peurifoy went into the object
Smoaks is on an increase, the rail- to be accomplished by the organiza-
road is nearly completed. Stores tion. Prof. Petty was called upon
are in course of construction, at the conclusion of Mr Peuritoy’s
Preachers arranging to have more address and made a few remarks
services. In fact, I believe that upon the necessity for thorough
everything looks brighter. People preparation of teachers,
seem more interested and there are A nomination committee consist-
really less melancholy clouds about ingof P. L i. irris, J. L. Lyons, and
here, however such condition of af- P. W. itishci wu> appointed, whore-
fairs must prevail before our repre-, tired, icturning shortly with the
sentatives can achieve even a good following nominations, all of whom
road law’. This enthusiam must! "ere eijeted «y
P. C. Gan i', ox
If you wish to study something of
interest, get last 'week’s pajier and
compare the vote then with the vote
in today's. You w ill see totals today
tha r will stagger you it does not
s**t m possible that candidates should |
pile up so many votes thus early in
the contest hut they did. Now
next week is going to have more
changes than this, so keep your
paper and compare thefn. Many of
STEWARDS IN WARREN TOWN
SHIP. SALARY RAISED.
This has been an un-eventful week
in the legislature. The following
synopsis of the work in thg senate
about covers the legislation up to :
now.
Th 1 senate duting the week has
accomplished the following work: j
The bill to provide for county at-1
torneys w-as killed.
' The bill to increase the term of
prisoners w’ho may Ik* allowed to!
the candidates are working quietly work on the county chaingangs to 20
j The meeting was presided over by but are getting votes just the same, years instead of 11) years, as is now
! Re^v G A Martin, the new pastor of and these will co^nt when cast. Do the case, was killed,
the Bapi^t church, and was opened not think because the totals of some The bill to provide for capital pun-
with prayer u> Prof. W. O. Petty, candidates are not large, that they ishment for attempt to rape was
principal of. the Williams High are despondent not a bit of it.
! School. afterVhich a very interest- There are several who are just get-
ing paj>er was road by Miss Ida" M. ting busy and their votes will begin
to come m soon.
Saturday was the biggest day of
the contest so far. That day there
were 28,425 votes cast and we added
just 2b new names to our subscrip
tion list. This was to be
for no more popular contestants
have ever entered a contest in Col
leton county than those who are try
ing for the prizes in the contest of
The Press and Standard.
Now to stimulate new subscribers
we are going to continue the offer of
500 extra votes for a new subscriber
at lea>-’t thirty days longer. So get
bu-v and let them come in.
passed and sent to the house.
The Governor’s salary was raised
to $4,000 from $3,000; State officer’s '
salaries arises from $1,000 to $2,250,
this bill being passed rnd sent to the
house.
During the coming w’eek the sen-1
ate will be busy Tuesday with the |
expected, j election of a United States senator.
Wednesday both houses meet in j(*int
session for the election of associate
justice to succeed Judge Ira B. Jones,
who was made Chief Justice last |
( week. This will likely take some time
as there will be several candidates.
These elections will break into the |
; work of the week.
The following bills have been in-1
rtoduced by the Colleton delegation:
start as a local lire and spread to
every perimeter in our county. No
doubt, good plans have been men
tioned with regard to good roads,
but they must be prepared for exe
cution and then get people inter
ested.
Mr Editor, you said I believe, not
to name hard times. I have given
the optimistic side, and want to say
that the old fellow is about here
and there. Really there is very
little* hard times. Italy has been
amitten by hard times, and surely
we would not say we have hard
times, for our times compared to
Italy’s is more different than the
owla screech and the symphony.
So ear times are good times.
One of tne best entertainments of
the holidays was given at Black
School hou e. Prof. P. C. Garris
and his assistant. Miss Leila, cer
tainly merit the praise of all who
were present for the efficient and
successful manner in wRifch they
conducted the services. No one can
but say that everyone connected
with the entertainment did his or
her share, both teachers and pupils
to make it what they did, a success.
Before closing 1 would like to say
that I certainly enjoy news from
Mt. Carmel, Sniders and other
points. Write every chance.
With best wishes to The Press and
Standard. A. P. S.
A CORRECTION.
The program furnished us of the
meeting of the Union for the Second
Division of the Colleton Baptist As
sociation was incorrect in two par
ticulars. Sunday at 10 a. m. “Our
Sunday School Work and What
About It” will be spoken to by Rev.
J. P. Graham instead of Rev. F- 0.
S. Curtis. Rev. Mr. Curtis will
preach the Missionary sermon at 11
o’clock Sunday.
Another change: Instead of clos-, The bill by Mr. Robertson relative
ing the contest April 15th, we are to repeal of the seed cotton law. in
going to put forward this time just, this county was killed,
nine ihivs and close it Tuesday April Mr. Griffin To provide for bien-
acclamatioh: Pres: tP h at 2 o’clock P. M. Deducting ten * nial sessions of the general assembly,
the Methodist Sun- days ioi the Sundays this leaves 58 Mr. Griffin Totaxcertaintimbor
day school at Smoak; Vice Pres. A. jda\ > in which to work. Time , or land.
C. Hiers, o; the Smoaks Baptist Sun- enough t,» get enough votes to win Colleton County Delegation To
day school; Secretary and Treasurer The result of the contest with the j amend or act relating to the office
J. C. Goodwin, of the Little Swamp j names of the Winners will be pub-
Sunday senoul; Executive com- lish.il in our regular issue of Apii
mittee J. L i.yuns, J. J. Padgett, P. Till. Now do not get the idea that
Dear Advocate: I had been rather
skeptical of the wonderful reports
of our preachers as to the unbound
ed hospitality of the people of the
Orangeburg district, but should the
whole district be like Smoaks circuit
1 am now prepared to vouch for the
truthfulness of such reports.
Although my family is still detained
in the up-country, these people’s
smokehouses and pantries have over
flowed into the parsonage already.
The hogs, and hogs (four-legginl
king only), 1 had no idea there was
as many hogs in the State as I have
already seen around Smoaks. The
crops are abundant and signs of
prosperity everywhere.
The stewards (as handsome and
intelligent body of Christian gentle
men as I have ever seen) met yester
day, and in order to put Smoaks in
the front rank (as one steward ex
pressed it) and not have the
pre&cher looking up Smoaks on the
map. *hen read out to it, as former
ly, hut to make Smoaks known and
looked at with longing eyes by the
preachers, determined to raise the
salary for the preacher in charge
from $400 to $1,000. One would in
deed be an ingrate if such treatment
did not bring forth the best that is
in him in the service of God and
sue a people. Yours truly.
Jas. M. Lawson.
Smoaks, January 8.—Southern
Christian Advocate.
CANDIDATES ENTERED.
THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS
HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE
CONTEST.
schools
Baptist
A. C.
W. Risher, J. J. Jones, and B. B.
Go-idwin.
There are seven Sunday
in this townsnip. Smoaks
Sunday School, Professor
HidVs and J. L. Lyons, super
intendents; Smoaks Methodist Sun
day school, P. C. Garris superinten
dent; Tabernacle Sunday school,
Asbury Jones superintendent; St
JohnrSunday school, J. D. Utaey
superintendent Williams Sunday
schocl, J. J.* Padgett superintendent;
Green Pond Sunday school P. W.
Thomas superintendent; Little,
Swamp, Sunday school J. C. Good-1
win superintendent.
This township therefore, is a
splendid held tor an interdenomina
tional Sunday school work, and it is
safe to predict a roost successful
organization.
we are going to change this time
again, for we are not. The close
will positively be at 2 o’clock Tues
day afternoon April 6th.
Get your friends to get busy for
voii. If you need blanks or anything
kindly let us know and we shall at
once furnish them.
r
HIS RECIPE.
they
LITTLE MISS EULALEE WICHMAN
DEAD.
After an illness of nearly two
weeks little M ss Eulalee Wichman ,
the seven year old daughter of Mr.!
and Mrs. R. H. Wichman died Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock. Two
weeks ago she contracted a severe
cold wnich developed into pneu
monia. A [ hysician from Charles
ton was called for consultation a
week before her death and confirmed
Dr Kershaw’s diagnosis. A trained
nurse was summoned, and all done
lor her that was possible but it was
of no avail. A fatal termination
was not looked for, and the attend
ing physician thought the crisis had
passed and that recovery would be
complete. So the news of her death
was a shock to everyone.
“How did you win':
asked the man,
Who with defeat had tussled;
“Three things 1 did,” he an
swered them,
“Bustled,
v Rustled.
Hustled!”
of Master for Colleton county.
Mr. Sanders To declare a new
pension law for the State of South
Carolina.
Mr. Griffin: A joint rsolution to
authorize and empower the Governor
to appoint a commission to investi
gate and report upon the financial
condition of the county of Colleton
and to provide for the compensation
of said commission.
RHODEGRUBER.
Round, Jan. 26,—Special: Thurs
day afternoon the /friends of Mrs.
Mary Rhode and Mr. N. B. Gruber
of Maple Cane were suprised to
learn of their marriage, which took
place at the home of the bride, in
the presence of a few relatives and
friends. Rev. L. B. Ackerman per
formed the ceremony.
Mrs. Rhode was Miss Mary Jaques,
daughter of 0. W. Jaques, Mrs.
Jaques is Mr. Gruber’s sister, his
seebnd wne. Mr. Gruber has also
been married twice—his first wife
being Mr. Jaques daughter. This
makes Mr. Gruber Mr. J aqua's son-
in-law. and brother-in-law. Will
some one kindly inform us what re
lation their children will be?
The commamity al! wish Mr. and
Mrs. Gruber the very best of suemss.
Wt RAVE FIRE LAHMES.
Little Eulalee would have been
seven years of age at her birth day,
July 6th. She was a general favorite
among her playmates, and was loved
by all who knew her for her cheerful
disposition and kindness of heart.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
met Sunday afternoon, adopted ap
propriate resolutions and adjourned
out of respect for its faithful little
member. Among the many beauti
ful floral tributes was one from this
Sunday school.
The funeral ^ras conducted at the
residence of her parents Monday
morning at 10:90 o’clock^ by Rev. F.
A. Drennan
church, after
arga n umber
1 friends of the family) The remains
n to the cemetery in-
The pall bearers ware
B. G. Hyne, W. A. Gruber.
R. L. Fraser," P. J. Lucas, B. B.
Benton and I. M. Ftshbuxne.
Mim Gladys, her aistar. who bed
been attending the coH—e for
Women in
CLOSING A DISPUTE.
Editor Press and Standard: W’e
regret very much to have to intrude
upon your space in the columns of
your paper, inasmuch as we said we
would have no more to say to Mr.
Breland, however because of the
criticism and personal abuse that he
uses, we cannot refrain from giving
him some information. He seeks to
evade the question involved and
tries to exonerate himself with the
fact that one of us, J. S. Jordan, had
a little unfortunate accident to be
fall him several years age, which he
puts as his adage. We heard of
another adage when the doctor
wanted tc make a nice little bill and
keep his patient sick so that he could
km o ciock oy xvev. r.
of tfcr. Presbyterian
which, followed by a
er of miatfres ’ and
la;
derddta
T|wf.
idf
it’s
firs, w
the fob
firs-fighton
summoned
Monday msnta
The satin UR
deeply with the <
of their 1
” w
home
make several more visits, and Bre
land wanted a little pocket change
and lost his papers and made several
more visits to Waltjerboro, and pays
himself out of the little manager's
pay ,in their absence, and says that
if we will have the State to pay him
for this he would return our money.
If he can with his excessive overflow
of brains, explain or even say, that
the managers are any more respon
sible for his losing his papers than
the State we will send him the little
he has not already taken. His los
ing the.papers proved to be a paying
business for Mr. Breland, as he was
only entitled to $1.00 per day for the
work he agreed to do, but for his
extra tix days he pays himself $2.00
per day, but then how could a man
of Mr, Breland,s brains and ability
afford to even work for that much.
He would have you believe that Jor
dan is *n jdiot. Suppoeeheis canyou
conceive of a worse thing than a
real mnart man like Breland t# r ^ f *g
from a hmatic. 10 doubt the first
S blac pap be had over had. Now
min the beginning we asked for
1, out wfcrt d
•A. -
ptmtoMthAI
lfTh>ffpgr
jy j —^— —a.
did Wf get,
snation that
counting up his trips to Walterboro;
so many because the boxes were
stolen, wjiose fault was that? We
suppose ne was the man to have
the keys or if he was doing his duty,
he would have seen that they were
*ecure. Any rate they were stolen
and put on six extra diys. Then
for this extra time, because of his
carelessness, the managers and
clerks of the various precincts of
the county had to pay him some
$12.00, He lays great stress oh .our
hasty response in sending our claims
again after they had been stolen,
then jumps the other way and seems
to be very much annoyed because of
the fact that the managers at Ruffin
were late in sending their claims, so
any man with an ounce of sense
would readily see that we put him to
as little trouble as any of the mana
gers by his own words.
Now then Mr. Breland, we will
tell you something that you had too
much brain to understand; we have
written to the Comptroller General
and submit here with a copy of his
letter:
Columbia. Jan. 18, 1909.
Gentlemen,—I am in receipt of
your letter of the 17th in which you
ask to he advised if the Board of
Election Commissioners have any
right to deduct pay from the mana
gers and clerka of General Election.
I be£ to say that they have no au
thority to charge for service unless
it is a matter of agreement between
the managers and commissioners,
except the exchange charged by the
bank for collection.
Very truly.
A. W. Jones.
Comptroller General.
Now then Mr. Breland, a man
with as much brain * as you have
ought to understand the Comptroller
Gen. words, and you cannot say that
you had any such agreement with
os, if you were to say so you would
be untrue. Now then Mr. Breland,
you tried to intimate that we could
not understand or did not have
sense enough to underfland your
frivolous explanation, but hope you
will gather your witaandyou will find
that we were seeking by what au
thority you could diacount our
claims.
We do not suppose that the Comp-
troUgr General has lost any of Ms
HENDERSONVILLE CHIPS.
Hendersonville, Jan. 25,—
Special ?—Editor Press and Stan
dard :—It may not be amiss for
one to aive a few items of inter
est in and around our progressive
little town.
Hendersonville has long been
a noted summer resort, it being
the nearest point to Combahee
nee planters living on their
plantains in winter, can iisk to
build summer homes. Hence at
thia season of the year the popu
lation ta somewhat thinned out.
Hut aside from the migratory
part of the population, then is a
good by number of permanent
residents here.
i'he spirit of progress is in evi-
deuce. There has recently b;en
put iu operation oue Saw-mill,
cotton gins and grist-mill com
bined. Also a machine shop
with grist-mill.
We have four stores, two black
smith shops, post office, one
church, and a graded school with
an efficient, progressive teacher,
who by his earnestness is work
ing *0 make it a High School,
two doctors, one preacher and
a magistrate.
Among the new buildings near
ing completion, l would mention
that of our hustling young mer
chant, Mr. T. S. Boynton, whose
hou*e will soon be ready for oc
cupancy. Also the Methodist
parsonage on an adjoining lo; to
the church,promises to be a plain,
but commodious, comfortable
building.
The building committee, con
sisting of Dr. H. A. Willis Chair
man, and Mr. $• A. and E. A.
Marvin, have raised iu cash and
by subscription material suffici
ent for the building and are
pushing to completion the work,
which when finished, will not
only be a credit to the Hender
sonville circuit, but an acquisi
tion to the town, a comfot table
home for the pastor, and a valu
able piece of property.
Correspoudent.
The following are the first to en
ter The Press and Standard’s great
contest. Of course* this is but a
starter there will be many others.
Now is the time to start:
Lee F. Berry. Smoaks 24,990
Miss Willie Miller Cottagoville.22,845
Rev. U. W. Burgess Ruffin 11 ; 135
Miss Sal lie McTeer Walter 10,925
Miss Pearl Berry, Ruffin No 1 . 7000
Miss I^iurie Drummond. Wal. . 6500
(’. P. Fishburne. Walterboro,... 5250
I). L. Smith. Walterboro 4000
G. L. Smoak. Ruffin No. 2 4000
Harvey Griffin. Ruffin No. 1... 3750
J. B. DuBois. Islandton, 3200
Miss Mamie I^ne, Bryan 3200
T L Martin. Ruffin,.. 3085
Miss Kate Ramsey Green Pond, 2700
Miss Dora Bishop. Ruffin. 2560
P. W. Leach. Walterboro 2055
Phil M. Padgett. Williams, 2000
Miss Lillie Halford, Wal 2000
Miss Mattie Herndon, Stores .. 1950
Miss Susie Hiott. Walterboro,.. 1700
P. S. Hill, Round, 1700
Miss Pearl Beach, Stoves 1505
Paul K. Crosby, Ruffin 1500
Andrew W’alker, Ruffin, 1500
Miss Barbara Jaques, Cot’ville.. 1500
W. D. Givens. Islandton, 1500
Mrs. Mabel Hiers, Stokes 1250
Miss Dollye Price. Walterboro, 1200
Miss Eva Ihley, Hend’vlle, 1160
Miss Cora Yarn. Ruffin 1045
W. W. Bryan, Ruffin 1000
Mrs Mamie Crosby, Ruffin 1000
Calvin G. Saunders, Stokes 1000
Mrs J no A Carter. Smoaks. 515
Mrs. Ella Herndon, Ruffin 505
J Kierce Getsinger. Ruffin 505
Andrew Bunton, Hend’ville,.... 500
F. S. Dixon, Walterboro, 500
J. S. Jordin and Pals.
ENTERTABUKRT
SriSSrH
dadkflhank JkS&MK aod 10
HONOR ROLL FOR THE RENDER
SONVILLE GRADED SCHOOL
Hendersonville, Jan 26th:—
Editor Frew and Standard: The
following it the honor roll for
the month doaJng Jan- 16th, in
Handaiaonville Graded School:
0th grade, Heggie Marvin, 06:
0th gradt, Laland Draw, 06; 7th
grade, Myrtle itarfiji, 06; 6th
grade, Mclver McTher, 06; 8th
grade Vera Marvin, 06; 8th grade
Rena Mafrin, 06; 8th grade.
Both 'Marvin, 06: M grade.
Van Bam*.' H; M grade.
Gledia fStfe
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RUFFIN ITEMS.
Ruffin, Jan. 26, Editor Press
and Standard:—Please allow me
space in your valuable papei and I
will give you a few dots.
The farmers of this section are
preparing for another crop.
Baas Walker was in our communi
ty last Sunday.
Arthur Herndon visited friends in
oar neighborhood last week.
Mr. sod Mrs. Lee Herndon snd
children spent last Saturday and
Sunday with Mr. A. Walker at Pine
Grove.
v\ e are very sorry to say that Mrs.
Hetty Hudson is not improving.
J E. Herndon happened to a very
bad accident last week by turning
ovei a keg of nails and finrt his leg
very badly. However he Is getting
along nicely.
Little Essie Herndon who was
very ill last week is better now.
Mrs. J. E. Hudson spent Wednes
day very pleasantly with Mrs Ella
Herndon.
Janie Hudson spent last Sunday
with Alma and Marie Carter
Mrs. Dunnie Breland and chil
dren visited Mrs. Mary Carter last
week.
Wishing you a happy N?w Year,
Brown Eyes.
DOTS FROM ROUND.
Round, Jan. 24, Special: Allow
me spaoe in your paper for a few
items.
Mrs. W. F. Hill visited Walterboro
last Saturday.
Mr. Joe Kogcr and daughter, Miss
Edith visited Cottageville last week.
Tilman Utaey and sister spent
Sunday with friends at Givbani.
Mr. Nathan Gruber and Mrs. Mary
Rboad were happily married Thurs
day afternoon.
Miss Mena Reynolds and brother
spent Sunday with Miss Dora Saun
ders.
Rev. Inabnet preached a very good
sermon st Rebobotn Sunday after
noon. There was a large congrega
tion present.
With best wishes to the Press snd
Standard,
Brown Eyes.
Visdiift
ialmatj*
mA* kr
CANIE BRANCH SCHOOL
To The Press and Standard; The
Gsnie Branch school under the
management of Pro! W. B. Nettles
has given perfect aetisfiftotion to nil
of the patrons, nd we hope to secure
him to tenoh oar school next yenr.
Mr. Eli Smith of Hons Pen has
moved into bis estnhllahnmnt In this
tkm.
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