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VOL. XXXI.
NOM DE PLUME REPLIES. BLACK’S APPOINTMENT
rtEFOS SETTLING MAJTES IN TNt MIS APPOINTMENT STANDS DESPITE
COUNTS, BUT WILL CONTINUE
CONTROVERSEY.
Smoaks, Mar. 26:—“Native” says,
“Instead of shutting up with your
permission, I put up.” What ha'
you put up? We demand o£ypu
K ut proof, or shut up. So iie must
ave decided to stop as he has shut
up and has not put up the proof.
“Native” says, “For I live in
glass house; windows and doors wide
3 »en, light and truth are found in
I corners and crevices, etc.” But
how about the inmates of this glass
house? “Let your light so shine be-
CMANGE BY SUPPORTER BEFORE
COMMISSION WAS ISSUED
Governor Ansel
page typewritten
today issued a
decision on the
,ve | Colleton county dispensary board
to; contest, concluding that his appoint
ment of Mr. H. W. Black, Jr., as a
memt**r of the board was legal and
binding, although Mr.^ Black had
not been issued a commission at the
time Mr. Caldwell, a member of the
county education board, switched
back in his recommendation to Mr.
Graves.
“The important question present-
fore men that they may see your ed itself,” says the governor’s de
good works and glorify your Father
which is in Heaven.”
You need not be worrying about
us hanging ourselves, but we dare
say that you would do like Judas or
Ananias of old, if allowed an oppor
tunity. “Judge a tree by ita fruit. ”
“A good tree cannot bring forth
evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit. Therefore
by their fruits we know them.”
We wish to give a slight synopsis
of the case the “old soldier” had
with the negro. The said negro ran
a lien or an open account with said
“old sokiief” in 1906. In 1907 when
the said negro started to work for
this old soldier entered
us, this old soldier entered suit
against the negro for -425.00 and
gets it. This was thought the end
of the aftair. but what does he (the
old soldier) do in January of this
year, 1909? He enters suit for
$58.00 on the same old 1906 debt.
What kind of business does this pre
sent to your mind? This might have
been a just debt, but this kind of
method seems dishonestlo us. There
can be no misunderstanding of the
law in a case like “old soldier” had
against the negro, for it is specific on
this point.
Now we want to refer him
(Native) to a passage of scripture
he quoted. “He that is faithful in
the least is faithful in much.” You
could not have quoted a passage
more suitable for yourself. Study
well old man and you will readily
see what you have been unfaithful
in. “For whosoever keepeth the
whole law and yet offend it in one
point, he is guilty of all.” That is
just what we have ' been trying to
get him to see. He has not even fol
lowed the laws of the state in this
particular, much leas the laws of
God. TMth hurts, so we are told,
and that is why these passages of
scripture are so vividly before his
eyes.
The last point of his article we
wish to touch on is the card playing.
It is a wonder that this big monster,
as he seems to think, had not caught
him before now as it is so close to
his gate; but perhaps he does not
know it is there. We have been in
a crowd and seen this old soldier’s
son have a har d in the game. It has
come to us pretty straight, that this
same son used to meet in a negro
church and play cards with who?—A
negro. “First cast the beam out of
thine own eye; and then shalt thou
see clearly to cast the mote out of
thy brother’s eye.” We still deny
that the negro said anything about
any fence being burnt, and will so
long as breath stays in our bodies;
for it is a lie upon its face. As for
burning your fence, we would not
v stoop for one moment to do such a
low deed.
“Why is it that Native” or
“old soldier” hangs on this case
The same day he (Native)
another law suit with a negro,
that itegro was defended by another
prominent white man, for whom this
negro is working this year just as
the first negro referred w Is work
ing for us. The two cases were
similar and settled along the same
lines; and yet we hear nothing about
this man. There is only one ex
planation that we can give, and that
is he (Native) is trying to injure our
character, as he has tried to do on
former occasions, but instead of do
ing that he injured himself. “What
soever a man aoweth that shall he
also reap.”
Now Mr Editor, we know we have
intruded upon your valuable space,
but before we close we desire to say
to “Native” that we are ready and
willing to meet him in court to set
tle this matter, and all that he has
to do is to start the ball to rolling.
If he prefers a newspaoer combat,
we are in it to the finish, but per
sonally we prefer the former, for we
do not like this semi-personal nature
that we always find ’ in newspaper
the
so?
had
and
cision, “as lo whether the issuing
of the commission was necessary to
perfect the title to the office of the
appointee, and also whether I had
authority to withdraw same after it
was made. There are many authori
ties upon the question cited by the
learned counsel in the case, and af
ter a careful conaideration of the
same 1 am satisfied that the title to
the office went to Mr. Black upon
my appointment, and that the issu
ing of a commission was not neces
sary to a perfecting of the title.”
Following is the governor’s ^decis
ion in full:
’In the matter of the appoinment
of one member of the county dispen
sary board for Colleton county:
‘In this matter I made the ap
pointment of H. W. Black, Jr., as a
member of the county dispensary
board of Colleton county, on the 5th
day of March, 1909, two days after
receiving a telegram fiom Mr. Cald
well that he withdrew his recom
mendation of Mr. Graves and joined
with the county superintendent of
education in recommending Mr.
Black. Notice of appointment was
i sent to the secretary of state and by
him to Mr. Black. Two days after
making the appointment of Mr.
Black 1 received a telegram from
Mi. Caldwell that he changed his
recommendation back to Mr. Graves.
The question then came before me as
to whether, after making the ap
pointment on the 5th day of March,
I could withdraw the same and ap
point Mr. Graves.
“I notified the parties interested
to come before me on the 16th day
of March, instant, on which day
they appeared by their counsel and
the matter was fully and ably argu
ed.
“The important question present
ed itself as to whether the issuing of
the commisnon was necessary to per
fect the title to the office in the ap
pointee, and slso whether 1 had au
thority to withdraw same after it
was made. ’There are many author -
ties upon the question cited by the
learned counsel in the case and after
a careful consideration of the same I
am satisfied that the title to the
office went to Mr. Black upon my
appoiittment, and that the issuing of
a commission was not necessary to a
perfecting of the title.
“The case of McCoy versus Curtis,
14 S..C. 371, is full upon this point,
and the authorities cited in that case
are conclusive to my mind of the
question in issue here.
“The question as to the title to the
office, which was made in argument,
is one for the courts and net for me.
“I therefore order that the com
mission do issue to the said H. W.
Black. Jr.,in aceordance with the
appointment heretofore made.
“M. F. Ansel.
“Governor.
“Columbia. S. C., March 25, 1909.”
Columbia Record.
VVALTERBORO, S. C, MARCH 31. 1009.
«lf m 11 TO void!
CANDIDATES AND FRIENDS ARE DUSY, SO IS THE
CONTEST MAN. _V0TE FOR YOUR FAVORITE.
Lee F. Berry. Smoaks 76,340
Miss Sallie McTeer Waiterboro ., 74,250
Phil M. Padgett, Williams 70,835
Miss Willie Miller Cottageville 57,385
C. P. Fishburne. Waiterboro 35,650
Rev. C. W. Burgess Ruffin 26.250
Miss Pearl Berry Ruffin No 1 ..20,925
Miss Mattie Herndon Stokes 18,6%
Miss Eva Ihley. Hendersonville 12,550
Miss Laurie Drummond. Waiterboro 11,520
Miss Dora Bishop, Ruffin r 9135
G. L. Smoak. Ruffin No. 2 8000
J. B. DuBois. Islandton 8200
Mias Mamie Lane, Bryan 7730
D. L. Smith, Waiterboro, 6500
Miss Kate Ramsey Green Pond, 6200
T L Martin, Ruffin 5180
M A Crosby, Ruffin, 2 * 5200
Harvey Griffin. Ruffin No. 1 4755
John M. Crosby, Waiterboro 4500
Miss Pearl Beach. Stokes 4006
Calvin G. Saunders, Stokes 4000
Mrs. Mabel Hiers, Stokes, 3600
W. D. Givens, Islandton *. 3200
P. W. Leach, Waiterboro ; 2550
Miss Dollye Price, Waiterboro 2500
T. H. Caldwell, Lodge., 2700
Paul K. Crosby, Ruffin 2000
Mias Barbara Jaques, Cottageville 2500
Miss Lillie Halford, Waiterboro 2000
Andrew Walker, Ruffin 1700
Miss Susie Hiott, Walteiboro 1700
P. S. Hill, Round..f 1700
Miss Viola Connelly, Waiterboro, 1500
Mrs. J'. F. Chassereau, Ehrhardt 1500
Mrs. Mamie Crosby, Ruffin 1500
Mis* Ora Yarn. Ruffin f. 1250
A. A. Yarn. Brant 1000
W. W. Bryan. Ruffin 1000
Mrs. J no. A. Carter, Smoaks ; 515
Mirf. Ki'a Herndon, Ruffin 515
J. Fierce Getsinger, Ruffin.... 505
Andrew Bunton. Hendersonville 500
F. S. Dixon. Waiterboro 500
Mrs. C. E- Kinsey, Ehrhardt 500
Isham Padgett, Jr., Varnville 500
AN INTERESTING PROGRAM BY THE
SCHOOL AND ADDRESSES BY
SPEAKERS FROM WAITERBORO.
ONE WEEK MORE.
THE TIME FOR CLOSING IS ONLY SIX
DAYS OFF. PRIZES AU READY
TO DELIVER. *
WHISKEY AND TOBACCO.
Doctor’s Creek, Mar. 29:—Special.
I want to speak about tobacco and
whiskey, the things that I hate so,
and 1 think every other boy ought
t^ dislike the bad habits too, but it
seems to me that they like it very
much.
You can notice wherever you go
boys with a cigarette stuck
mouth or a big chew of tobacco in
one corner of their mouth, which
they think looks very nice but I do
not think so, they will alao smoke in
the presence of young ladies, which
is such an impolite thing to do.
And then they will drink .whiskey
and get drunk, and use all kinds of
profane language, which is sending
their souls to ruin. ...
If all the boys would heed to this
it would please me very much.
With best wfahes to The Press and
Standard. „ . « .
(i S. J. Fisk.
When the management of this
paper decided to inaugurate a vot
ing contest, it was never thought it
would create the interest it has
created, and that the results would
be so satisfactory as they have been.
The candidates and tlieir friends
have been active in season and out
of season and have consequently
piled up votes. The six days yet to
c.me are the biggest days yet. It is
known that several candidates are
holding back votes, and that the re
sults of the campaign are yet doubt
ful. It will be impossible to pick
out the winners till next Tuesday
night after the last mail is delivered.
Monday and Tuesday of next week
are going to be busy days for us,
but we are ready for them* Invita
tions will be sent to each candidate
to be present the last day of the
contest, Tuesday, and if they care to
lemaintili the votes are counted
Tuesday night, we will be able to
tell them who the winners will be.
The pnzes will be delivered any
time after the judges declare the
winners, and the full vote wi'l be
published Wednesday morning.
VOTE TO-DAY.
To the aubecribers of The Press
and Standard who have not yet voted
we would say that it is not yet too
late to vote. Statements have been
mailed to each subscriber whose
subscription expires before June 1909
in order that they may vote for
some of the candidates. A great
many of these have not yet voted,
and we would urge them to do so at
once.
AT A WICHMAN & SONS.
The beautiful Rock Hill buggy
given away as a First Prize is on ex
hibition at A Wichman & Son’s
hardware store and may be seen at
any time. Subscribers wrlb be con
ferring a favor on any of the candi
dates by voting to help one of them
win this buggy. Your votes will
help, so cast tnem.
AT THE PRESS AND STANDARD.
The elegant drop head bull-bear-
Home 1
given to
greatest
candidate winning this prize can as- [
semble friends around this table at |
dinner and recount the experiences
of the voting contest when it was
won.
AT BROWN FURNITURE CO.
The magnificent Karpen couch to
be given as a Fourth Price is at the
store of the Brown Furniture and
Hardware Co. and is thought by
those who have seen it to be one of
the most desirable of the prices. It
is an elegant and comfortable couch.
One of the candidates says it is the
only price he really wants. Call and
see it and then vote.
AT S. FINN’S.
The Special Prize to be
the candidate getting the
number of votes between March 6th
and April 6th and not winning one
of the four prizes is a 20 year guar
anteed ladies or gentleman’s gold
watch and may be seen at S. Finn’s
jewelry store. There are more con
testants after this prize than any of
the others, and it will be won by a
hard struggle.
NO INFORMATION.
Positivelv no information will be
given out from now to close of con
test as to standing of any candidate.
The~vote of any candidate will be
E ’ven to that candidate on request,
it to no ane else. No change in
any rule will be made from now to
close of contest.
COMPETITIVE DRILL
At the competitive drill
The closing of the Roadside school,
taught by Miss Laurie Drummond,
was made the occasion for a delight
ful program by the school, followed
by a picnic dinner.
Miss Drummond, by her efficiency
as a teacher, has made wonderful
progress along educational lines in
this community. Being a thorough
disciplinarian she has been able to
accomplish much for the school.
The session just closed covered
only three and one half months, but
in that time. Miss Drummond has
made rapid progress and the chil
dren have advanced satisfactorily.
After dinner, in a few minutes,
Miss Drummond raised ten dollars-
for a library which will be ordered
at once.
Jos. Langdale, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees, presided over the
meeting.
The addresses were well made and
carefully listened to. Mr. Smoak’s
address dealt with educational con
ditions, and the necessity for parents
to give their children educational
advantages. Mr. Peurifoy made a
very eloquent and timely speech, in
which he pictured the importance
of the work to be done by educated
men and women, contrasting the
conditions in many cases where in
difference ruled.
A party was given Friday evening
at L. N. Yon’s in honor of Miss Drum
mond, before she left on Saturday
morning for her home in Aiken
County.
The program was as follows:
Song - “Work for the Night is
Coming”, by School.
“Address of Welcome”, by C. N.
Langdale.
Recitation -“Greeting”
thui^TCoger.
Dialogue -“Taking the Census
by Fred Koger, and Esther Lang
dale.
Recitation—“Studying”, by Juan
ita Donnelly.
Recitation—“Somebody”, by
Laura May Yon and Pinkney Lang
dale.
“Backward”—A Charade in three
Acts, by Halsie Langdale, Eula
Hickman and Clinton Langdale.
Recitation—"An Awful Blunder-
buss”, by Mias Della Langdale.
Recitation—“Swearing’ ’, Chris
toph Donnelly.
Recitation—“The Conquered Ban
ner”. by Eula Hickman.
America”, by the school,
tation—“Mamma’s Bargain”,
by Willie Langdale.
Dialogue—“Always too late”, by
Clinton Langdale, Cleveland Lang
dale, Esther Langdale, Evelena
Langdale, Claudia Langdale, Halsie
Langdale, Eula Hickman and Albert
Langdale.
Recitation—“Guess”, by Heyward
Langdale.
Recitation—“SmalTBoys”, by Mae
Belle Langdale.
Dailogue—“The Dolly Show”, by
Juanita Donnelly, Lillian Redish,
Annie Mae Koger, Laura Mae Yon,
Pinkney Langdale. Willie Koger,
by Ar
II giver
the Heyward Riflemen Friday
We quoted from Longfellow s
“Ptahn of life” to show ^Native”
that life la not an empty dream, but
MCe It what we make it, and that it
te'saarwT'H
of the Ihtl# «rty
Nom
SMUHKPKRD*
*
Klay 1
herd, who iaa
Frid _ _
Pooler, Ga., RLSmIdSo*
Ephriam Shop
man living in
here by Bee. H. J.
This
Sm fa
■afah.
ing standard New
chine to be given as a Second
is on exhibition now at The Frees
end Standard office. The candidate
winning this machine will have
something to feel proud of for many
years. It ban ornament and a nee-
ful neeeebty. Call and sac it.
AT TERRY 4 SHAFFER'S.
ven by
and
competed for by those who were
present at the inspection Monday, in
which a saddle, bridle, subscription
to the Colleton News and Press and
Standard were the prizes competed
for and resulted as follows: First
£ rize, saddle, won by G. E. H.
loore, second prize, bridle, won by
George Hiott; the subscription to
The Colleton News and The Press
and Standard was a tie between Jno
M. Campbell, H. W. Standflll. ana
Herman Crosby. Shooting over the
and Gracie Langdale.
Recitation -‘‘His Call”, bj Ben
nie Davis.
Recitation in Concert—“Little
Gretchen”. by Esther Langdale,
Evelena Langdale, Claudia Langdale,
Fred Koger, and Willie Koger.
Recitation—“Little Tommie”, by
Joseph Langdale.
Drill, by Eula Hickman,
Evelena Langdale, Esther Langdale,
May Belle Langdale, Lillian Redish,
and Claudia Langdale.
Address”, by W. W. Smoak, Jr.
Address on Ed
Peurifoy.
Recitation—“Good-bye”, by An
nie Mae Koger.
Song—“God be with you till we
meet again”, by School.
Cordova, Mari 26. Editor Press
and Standard:—Recently I walked
down to the depot here and had a
little chat with our genial agent, or
rather the Railroad’s Company’s
agent. From him I learned that
during the present month to date,
there has been shippcKl to this place
one and one half million pounds of
commercial fertilizer. The freight
on this am mount was about fifteen
hundred dollars. The receipts are
far in excess of all previous years. ,
Now, the strange thing about the
matter is this, the fanners claim to
be organized, and are fighting the
trusts and combines, and fearfully
abusing the speculators and manu
facturing enterprises; yea, and men
abuse the local cotton buyers about
the low prices of cotton, and try
every year to make more cotton
than they did the proceeding year.
It seems to me that the sensible
thing for the farmers to do is to
make all the corn, oats, peas, pota
toes, syrup- in fact, a plenty of ho?
and hominy to run them from one
year to the harvesting of the next
crop, and then plant about as much
cotton as they now plant corn and
then we would not need “Farmer’s
Unions” to control the price of cot
ton. They would realize just as
much for what cotton they would
make as they now get for a thirteen
milhon bale crop, and the cost of
production would not be near so
great.»The fanner would not suffer
so much because of low prices and
over production if their banes and
smoke-houses were only moved from
the West to their own plantations.
Quite a severe storm swept over
Orangeburg County one night this
week. It did much- damage to
property, but no loss of life has yet
been reported.
James Smoak of Florida is quite
sick at the home of his brother-in-
law, J. P. Smoak.
Mrs. Ellen Jones of North Caro
lina is visiting at the home of her
uncle. Dr. W. J. Mack.
Miss Lottie Givens of Bryaa is
visiting friends here. By her charm
ing personality she has made many
friends hero who who will regret
very much to see her leave.
Mr. Editor, it is a wonder to roe
how I have managed to write this
long letter hereby the fireside. Did
you ever try to write a letter in the
lobby of m hotel when it was well
•nigh full of men, all of them talking’
out in the meeting, and at the same
time a stringed band in the centre
of the room playing “Fishers Home
Life”, and a brassband at the door
playing “Dixie”? Then you have
some idea what a time I have had,
surrounded by^by-by a crowd of
noisy children and talking women,
of course 1 mention the latter at
low breath.
Mr. Editor, I suggest that for
your local correspondents, you have
a quiz column in your paper. Let
all the questions be of such a char
acter that the answers will be edu-
is tenden
cations! in
say you?
lency.
What
Bonus Amicus.
lucation’’, by D. B.
tie Mr. Crosby dropped out and Mr.
ipbell selected the s
The Colleton News and Mr. Stanfill
Carar
bell selected the subsription to
ton News and
that of The Frees and Standard.
Much interest was shown in this
contest and several splendid shots
were made.
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NEW BUILDINGS.
The store being erected on Main
Street by Terry A Shrffer, which
will ba occupied by H. W. Cohen
Ctothhig Store, is programing rapid
ly. This building will be completed
in a abort while. _ ..
W. J. Taylor’s residence on Bridge
Street is nearing completion “ ’
building will be one the
■kfaaeesfa town whss
U la rumored that E.B'
WEDDING BELLS.
Mar. £9, Special:—The wedding
bells are still ringing. Mr. Ned
Benton and Miss Martha Breland
were happily married Sunday after
noon, and we are expecting another
couple in th • very near future.
Min Dollie Hiott of Waiterboro
visited her mother Saturday and
Sunday.
Miaa Susie Herndon and her Aunt
visited Mna M. L. Kinsey recently.
Mim Beatrice Kinsey visited Miss
Lillian Fender last Sunday night.
SportingBoy.
This
will
ML MILL SWT DOWN,
Having
the wmi an hand tha < Waiterboro
Cotton Oil Co., dooid down Monday.
This has been asueoosMul year for
this eompany. Thme were over 600
this year
than ever before in a season. The
mill has has
TRADES DISPLAY AND FLORAL
FESTIVAL
The ladies of the Civic League are
engaged just now in the laudable
undertaking of getting up a Trades
Display and Floral Festival for Wai
terboro, to be given either the first
or third day of May.
The scope of this display is intend
ed for not only the town but the en
tire county,
At the meeting of the Civic
League yesterday aiternoon commit
tees were appointed to take char ire
of this work, to solicit funds to pay
for prizes and to ask for floats to be
uged in the parade. A prominent
lady in each neighborhood will be
asked to take charge of the* matter
in her neighborhood and secure
exhibits.
L. C. Padgett of . Smoaks, Presi
dent of the County Farther’s Union,
will have charge of the out-of-town
exhibits.
It is the aiahes of the ladies, who
are members of the Civic League
that the entire county shall be well
represented at this display, and the
earnest co-operation of the people
of the county is asked.
The weather at that time should
be ideal, and there is no reason why
the people of this county should not
get up a creditable Trades and
Floral Display as any people in the
state.
There will
queen for
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