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VOL. XXXI.
WALTERBORO, S. C, MAY ic>, 1009.
NO. 39
FOX MtMORIAL DAY OUR WHISKEY Bill
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D. B. PEURIFOT. ESQ.. ORATOR OF THE EQtALS EURY UAR FIFTEEN HIN
C. J. BEACH'S PRIZE WINNING FLOAT FOR BEST MUTUAL INSURANCE CO'S -INVESTIGATION BEGUN
OCCASION. DELIVERS TIMELY AD
DRESS - OTHER MATTERS.
DRED BALES OF COTTON AT TEN
CENTS PER POIND
AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY IN FESTIVAL PARADE, an interesting letter from inscr
ANCE COMMISSIONER, SHOWING
BISINESSDONE IN THIS STATE.
On last Thursday there assembled
at the old Fox Burial Ground f«-ur
to five hundred people to do honor to
the dead buried there. The l*eau-
tiful grove adjoining the cemetery,
where the speaking took place ami
wh re dinner was served, is one of
the most ideal spots in Codeton
County. The massive oaks, the
many beautiful granite shafts which
mark the resting place of departed
heroes, leaves an impression on the
mind of the visitor never to be for
gotten. In this sacred spot lie the
dust of the heroes of many battle
fields—men who were ever ready to
march forth to bleed and die for old
Colleton. Not onlv does this spot
mark the resting place of men who
displayed courage upon the battle
field, but in its silent portals are the
remains of men who were leaders in
the dark days of reconstruction, and
who were as great in peace as they
were in war. The j act that the
We have Jb<t three months in
whicn t«> decide what we are going
10 doom‘it tae dispensary in Colle
ton cou;iv.
If tin maj >ri?y of our citizens fa
vor the maintenance of this institu
tion, and mean to apply l.*>00 bales
of our coitoti crop annually to its
support, we ought to know it that
we may tnrew some safeguard
around it as to make it pre-eminent
and safe from all harm.
We are putting seventy-five thou
sand dollars into Colleton’s dispen
sary each year, which is equal to
fifteen hundred bales of cotton
weighing five hundred pounds at
ten cents per pound.
Now you brethem of the farmers
union, who are looking after the
interest of the farmers and intend
that the cotton crop shall be handled
to the best advantage, is it your
wish that this large percentage of
the crop shall go in this direction?
If so then vote for the dispensary
Rev. Wm Fox, the original ancestor, on the 17th of August, and if the
settled at this place was no doubt vote shows that it is indespensable
attributable to the beauty of the and worthy of this annual expendi-
place. Mr Fox came from St! ture of our money, then let us cease
George, Dorchester county and to criticize and hack it, but laud it
lived at this old place untd his death, as one of the commendable enter-
He was a man of exalted character, prises of the county, and let us es-
firm convictions, and exerted a tre- teem its adherents as philanthropists
mendous influence in forming the | who live for the good of their fel-
THE INVESTIGATION PROVIDED BY
RECENT ENACTMENT OF THE
LEGISLATURE.
ideals of his community in its early ,
days.
The program of the day was as
follows: Meeting was called to or
der by L. E. Hill who called upon
low’man, and in w’hose lives their
is no selfish motives.
And you ministers of the Gospel -
will you devote a part of your time
and thought to aid us in reaching a
BASEBALL ITINERARY
TWO GAMES BETWEEN WALTERBORO
EMHARDT-WALTERBORO 2ND
TEAM AND BEAUFORT.
Rev S W. Ackerman to open the proper solution of this problem with
meeting with prayer. Mr J. B. 1 out waiting to determine which is
Dodd was then called upon for a the popular side?
speech and responded in a few well I I he whiskey element of your
chosen remarks. He expressed his church may be among your most
pleasure in seeing so many present, liberal givers, but when you take a
and the hope that they would cort^j bold stand lor prohibition y o u
tinue to - show as they had in the
past their love aad reverence for
their dead.
The next and last speaker of the
day was Mr D. B. Peurifoy. Mr
Peurifoy spoke of the proneness of
man, in the cold selfish battle of
life, to forget the deeds of their an
cestors. He spoke at great length
of the toils and sacrifices of our
forefathers in the primitive days,
and especially of the ministers who
often risked their lives ’mongtt the
vengeful and savage Indians. In
speaking of the six Confederate sol-
diers who were buried at this place
he paid a glowing tribute tp the
Confederate soldier. The remainder
of his speech was taken up with a
plea to his audience to keep un
dimmed thelglorious memories and
traditions which their ancestors had
left.
After the speaking the members
of the association had a business
meeting; elected officers, and made
arrangements for the next meeting
which will be held sometime in May
of next year. The association gave
to all present who were not mem
bers. an invitation to join the as
sociation. Quite a large number
joined.
The afternoon
pleasantly spent.
strengthen the confidence of all
classes, for the most Godless man
you can find admires a bold stand
for righteousness on the part of the
minister.
And you Christians, what may we
expect of you? Can you go to the
poTl on Tuesday and vote for rum
and then go to church the following
Sunday and sing, “Stand up, Stand
up for Jesus, Ye Soldiers of the
Cross’”
Who are these “Soldiers of the
Cross,” does it not include all
Christians, or only the preachers
and elderly women?
And you women, may we count
on you to lend your influence in the
right direction in this fight?
It is a sad fact, but a fact never
theless, that there are women, good
women, Christian women in Colleton
county who are opposed to prohibi
tion, and why, oh, why is this true?
Have they no sons or brothers; have
they no sympathy for their unfor
tunate sisters who have drunken
husbands or dissipated sons? Ans
wer this question for yourself elect
lady, or send me a post card and 1
will answer it for you.
If dispe.nsary and whiskey and
murder, suicide,
The two games of ball between
Ehrhardt and WViterboro played on
ia&i Tnursday on the former’s dia
mond were not as interesting as one
would have expected, in that they
showed up plainly the lack of ginger.
Although the home team was in
good trim before leaving, there
was little evidence of it at Ehrhardt.
It is plainly seen that with practice
this !
ine up
would be one of the
WHERE WERE THEY?
TWO PROMINENT CITIZENS OF WAL
TERBORO, WENT OUT FISHING.
GOT LOST. TRAMPED. SLEPT.
tK*st ameteur teams on the daimond.
Crosby is rather light for Butler’s
twining*,but he is the man behind
the home plate. The support in the
field was not up to the standard the
bn\s being handicapped on account
of the out field being so unlevel.
The Ehrhardt boys have a right
to be joyful over their victories.
All the boys played together. As for
Kinsey he needs a pat on the should
er for two star catches in the field.
The score in the first game was
Ehrhardt 12, Walterboro 9. In the
second, Ehrhardt 6, Walterboro 3.
A few nights ago a well known
diaciple of Esculapius, and a young
druggist, who has been married a
little over a year, went fishing in
Stobo Lake, about two and one half
miles fr^tu the town, starting on
their excursion about twelve o’clock
of the day l>efore.. Time passed on, about 33 c«*ts per one hundred
and dark began to fall, but still the
families of the piscatorial i.d\ent-
urers did not allow Lad thoughts to
arise, hut when ten o’clock came and
still they failed to put an appear-
ace, frantic thoughts commenced to
seethe and ferment in the bosoms of
the home folks of these two. These
Columbia, May 1.*, Sfiocial: Editor
■The Cress and Standard: I am
taking the liberty of asking you to
I call to the attention of your readers
some facts concerning mutual tire
insurance companies in South Caro
lina.
I make no argument to show the
advisability of such a company in
your county but will allow your
1 readers to judge for themselves
from the records. The following
named mutual fire insurance com
panies an; licensed to do business in
this State and of each one is given
certain data.
Abbeville-Green wood Mutual In
surance Association. J. R. Blake,
Secretary, Abbeville, S. C. Organiz
ed 1892. Licensed for Greenwood
and Abbeville counties. Losses paid
for 1907, $7817.73 Expenses includ
ing salaries etc. $1849.41. The cost
of insurance has averagrd 60 to 90
cents per hundred dollars of insur
ance per snnum. Insurance in force,
2055 policies, imount, $1,413,538.
Anderson Mutual F'ire Insurance
Co., *J. R. Vandiver, President,
Anderson, S. C. Organized 1896.
Licensed for Anderson county. Loss
es paid for year ending Octobor 1,
1909, $3659.76. All expenses, $2761-
33. Average cost per hundred dol
lars of insurance is about 67 cents.
Corolina Mutual Insurance Co. C.
G. Ducker, President, Charleston,
S. C. Organized 1850. Licensed for
city of Charleston. Losses for year
ending July 31, 1908. $2409.98. All
expenses, $6178.73. Average cost
dol
lars of insurance. Insurance in
force to the amount of $4,404,090
Assets accumulated, $130,093.
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., J. J. Neil Treas. W’innsboro, S.
C. Organized 1894. Licensed for
Fairfield county. Losses for year
ending August, 1, 1909, $793. All
I’nder a recent Act of the legisla
ture providing for an investigation
of the county offices of Colleton
county fur the last ten years past.
Governor Ansel has appointed the
investigators, who arrived yesterday
, and l>egan work.
He has appointed R E Hill. Master
of Abl*e\ ille county, to conduct the
| investigation, who has with him, as
his accountant, W W Bradley, of
Abbeville, who has tilled the posi
tions of Auditor and Treasurer of
Abbeville county, and is at present
private Secretary to (Congressman D
Wyatt Aiken.
The investigation will be very
thorough, and their findings will be
reported from time to time to Gov.
Ansel, and published in a newspaper
of the countv.
They have begun work in the
Auditor’s office and will make a
thorough examination of that and
the Treasurer’s office first.
It is not known.how long it will
take these gentlemen to complete
their work, but they will continue
until they have made a thorough
investigation of every office in the
county.
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The Walterboro second team and
the Beaufort second team played two
interesting games of ball on last
Saturday. The Beaufort boys came
over at 10 o’clock in the morning
and immediately repaired to the
field and played a game. In the af
ternoon another was played which
was a decidedly better game than
the first.
The first game was won by Wal
terboro in a score of 13 to 3. In the
second game was a victory for Beau
fort in a score of 9 to 8.
Crosby, J. and Griffin, G. for the
battery were well matched. Crosby
fanned 14 men in the first game.
began to depict the bodies of the
two, without sense or motion rocked
on the tiny billows which occasional
ly arise on the bosom of that lake
famed in local lore, or swelled be
yond knowledge from the bite of
the deadly rattlesnake, and lying
encased in filthy mud.
At 11 o’clock they had still failed
to put in an appearance, and the
families well nigh distraught, called
on the young men of the town to
seek for their bodies, at least to
save the dear remains, and to give
them Christian burial. The young
men of the town arose and sought
those graceless men all night, nut
with the daylight and sunrise they
came quietly back into town, having
heard the uproar, traveled away
from instead of towards the sound,
never found the lake, lost their way.
got well scratched by briars, ana
finally waited for daylight so that
they could see where they were.
Seriously however the young men
of the town, among whom may be
named our worthy Sheriff, our
expenses. $2u4.29. Cost of insurance
per hundred dollars per annum 40 to
60 cents. Insurance in force, 281
in
>licies. Amount $196,839 cash
on
polici
hand $623.30.
Farmers Mutual Insurance As
sociation, W. H. Simpson, Treas.
Cheater, S. C. Licensed lor Chaster
county. Losses paid year ending
October 1. 1909, $488.05. All ex
penses, $312.70 cash on hand $1897.-
44. Insurance in force $350,000.
Farmers Mutual Insurance As
sociation. W WMaffney, Secy. Gaff
ney. S. C. Organized 1898. Licensed
for Cherokee and Spartanburg
counties. Losses paid for vear end
ing August 1, 1998. $1062.12. All
expense^ $288.23 assets in hand
$2466.80 cost of insurance has
averaged about 25 to 30 cents per
hundred dollars per annum. Insur
ance in force 813 policies. Amount,
$530,458.
Fanners Mutual Insurance As
sociation, J D Isbell, Treas. Wal-
halla, S. C. Organized 1896. Licens
ed lor Oconee county. Losses paid
1 drunkenness, murder, suicide, in-
was quietly and sanity, poverty, rags and women’s
Due no doubt to tears are better than prohibition
the romantic atmosphere which per- then by all means let us vote for
vaded the place, the fancy of lovers whiskey. But unless you can lay
lightly tnrned to thoughts of love, you»’ hand upon your heart and call
which was strongly evidenced by the , on God to witness with your con-
rapidity with which they paired off. science that you believe these condi-
The older people with their children tions to be best for you and your
gathered about in groups and talked children, let me advise you be care-
of the experiences and deeds of their ful how you vote.
youth until the evening w as far spent
when the crowd dispersed and de
parted for their homes.
Stop! Look!
Listen!
J. B. Dodd.
FISHERMEN LOST
Considerable excitement w a s
caused in town Thursday when it
became known that Dr Riddick Ack
erman and Dr. A. P. Barnes, accom
panied by a negro boy, who had
gone fishing in the afternoon
had not returned. Searching parties
were organized and spent the night
in the swamp near Stobo Lake where
it was kown they went to fish, but
not trace could be found, though,
their horse and buggy was located
where they had left it. Not a little
uneasiness was caused, and it was
with feelings of relief that these
young men were seen making their
way home next morning.
The swamp where they went to
fish is viry dense with undergrowth,
and there are several streams in the
vicinity. They had gone into the
swamp following the stream, as
they thought going to Stobo Lake,
but which they found went in a dif
ferent direction. Night overtook
them and they decided to remain
quietly by a camp lire till morning*
realizing how useless it would be to
try toget out by night. Several of
the searching parties passed peer
them, but were mistaken for hun
ters.
Their friends have enjoyed tea*?
these piscatorial artists, mid it >>
«*1 they Mi
P. S. We shall be g!a<i to hear
from J. J. Padgett on this sub?ect.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
A Wichman & Son —Car load
wire.
Brown Fur. & Hardware Co.—
Furniture. ^ , ,
Brown Hardware Co—Tacks and
Hammer. .
The H W Cohen Store—Moving
Carson—Cash, No Credit.
Terry & Shaffer-Up! Up!! Up!!!
Chas M Stieff—Pianos.
S. Finn’s Jewelry Store-Jewelry
Surroundings.
Southern Railway—Ex c u r s 1 0 n
Rates.
Jss E Peurifoy—Oats to Sell.
J W Dean, Wanted Salesman.
Gill Land ft Lumber Co.. Notice
to Corporators. _
Business Locals, Etc., Etc.
FISHING EXPEDITION
Rev H J Cauthen, C D C Adams
Brown met a party of gen-
from YbrkfiHe at White
and GJ
«01 «jor >nmp
men from Yorkvflie
B Jennings, R E
IN HONOR OF MRS. BONEY
Several social functions have been
given duung the week m honor of
, Mrs Samuel Elmore Boney <?f Lau
rens. Mrs Boney was very popular
here as Miss Emily Bellinger, and
her friends have striven to make her
! first visit here to her old home (as
I Mrs Boney) enjoyable
! Thursday Miss Ella Terry enter
tained at cards in honor of Mrs
' Boney. Progressive whist was the
game played. The first prize was
won by Miss Lily Henderson, a lx»x
of fancy stationery. The gentle
man’s prize was won by Prof. L. S.
Betty, which was a handsome deck
of cards.
Delicious ice cream and cake were
served as relreshments.
Those invited were Misses Annie
Savage, Emma Tracy, Jessie Fraser,
Lilv Henderson, Lillian Murphy,
Jennie McTeer, Mrs. Samuel Elmore
Boney, Mr and Mrs M. C. Fishburne
Mr and Mrs P J Lucas, Messrs E.
Ladson, Fishburne. 1^. S. Betty, I.
M. Fishburne, A. J. Anderson and
Mj P. Howell. „
Mr and Mrs C. A. Savage and Miss
Annie Savage entertained a launch
party in honoJ of Mrs Samuel E.
Boney of Laurens.
The party left on the early morn
ing train for Ivanhoe, where they
boar d e d Commodore Savage’s
launch, The Annie Keith, and went
down the Aahepoo, landing atJShell
Beach, where a delightful picnic
dinner was served. After enjoying
a rest on this beach, the party re
turned to Ivanhoe in time to catch
the afternoon tndn.
Besides Mr and Mrs Savage and
Mia Annie Savage them composing
the uartr ware, Mra. 8. E. ^Booey.
County Treasurtr, who is a grand- for year ertding August 4. 1908,
father, and whose son was in the $1165. AM expenses, $146.50. \s-
search party, and the senior member sets in hand $282.40. Insurance in
of a prominent firm of attorneys force, 425 policies. Amount $280,-
among us, deserve a great deal of ! 000.
credit for their exertions. Our! Farmers’ Mutual Insurance An-
Treasurer, who is one of our infor- sociation, H Lide Law, Secy. Harts-
mants, says he waded in mud nearly 1 ville, S. C. Organized 1894. Licens-
waistdeep, and that the attorney | ed for Darlington county. Losses
wanted to halt for a consultation 1 paid for year ending December 31,
when he came to water, and finally ' 190t, $319.14. All expenses, $134.96
when he found that no one would Average cost per hundred dollars of
wait for him, took the water, j insuran-e is from 16 to 33 cents,
grumbling something about some 1 Insurance^ in force, 349 policies,
writ with an outlandish name, and ' amount $,165,030. Cash on hand
cross examined in superb style a,$3,183.11.
Mn. P. i. Locm. Prof. L. S.
poor unfortunate colored man who
had come out with the search party.
Our informant says, that such at
torney never had time to think of
all the questions he put to, that
colored man, in the Court House, as
he found time while he was resting,
cooling and drying off on the never
to be forgotten search for the lost
ones, on the night of May 13.
A PARALLEL
It has been suggested that Theo
dore Roosevelt is doing a naughtv
thing by cavorting round over Af
rica, for he incites our people at
hofpe to similar deeds. For instance
it has been suggested that the re
cent adventure near Stobo Lake has
a parallel in the distinguished party
near Victoria-Nyanza lake in the
wikis of Africa The young physi
cian may be likened to Prewient
Rooeevelt, the druggist takes the
roie of Kermit, leaving Henry to be
Booker T. Washington.
Farmers Mutual lire Insurance
Company, J M Greer. Secretary,
Union, S. C. Organized 1896.
Licensed for Union. Los&es paid
for year ending May 1, 1908, $581.00
All expenses, $702.24. Cost of in
surance pier hundred pier annum
about 25 to 50 cents. Insurance in
ending Dec. 31, 1907, $2,961.40. All
expenses, $5489.85. Assets in hand,
$37,739.74. Insurance in force,
1,150 policies amount $1547.90.
Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance
Com pay, Zimmerman Davis, Secy.
Charleston, S C. Licensed for Char-
leston. Losses paid for the year
ending Dec. 31, 1907, $73. All ex
penses, $566.79.
Pee Dee Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, R B Harrelson, Secy. Mul
lins, S C. Organized 1906. Licens
ed for Marion and Horry counties.
Losses for year ending Oct. 1, 1908
$265940. All expesnses, $1369.37.
Average cost atiout 79 to 84 cents
per annum per hundred dollars of
insurance. Insurance in force $323,-
000.
With the exception of the com
panies organized and doing business
exclusively in the city of Charleston*
the oompsnies nameo above practi
cally confine their badness to coun
try dwellings. Only limited risk in
carried on each, generally not more
than $1,000. As a general rule the
company has a director in each
township who passes upon the value
of the property and upon the desira
bility of the applicant for insurance
from a moral standpoint and who
makes the adjustments of loss.
Generally these directors receive
small compensation for their ser
vices. As is seen from the small ex
penses at which the majority of the
companies run, there is little com
pensation tor any one. With these
companies the cost of insurance is
wonderfully low. Even in those
esses in which reasonable compensa
tion is paid the officers, the cost of
insurance is far below that of the
old line companies, Of course it
mast t)e understood that such com
panies are not put to anything like
the expense of the old line com-
panies. The risks are inspected by
an officer of the company and the
losses are adjusted in the same man
ner. But the fact remains that such
companies when properly managed
may be to pay reasonable compensa
tion to the officers and to give insur
ance to those who frequently are
unable to get it otherwise and at a
cost much less than it may be had
from the old line companies. The
majority of companies do not levy
assessments until after losses, but it
is thought by many that the wisest
plan is to levy before loss, so"* that
there may be funds in hand with
which to settle promptly, and then
levy an additional assessment before
another loss.
As will be seen a number of the
companies have been doing business
TEACHETS EXAMINATIIN
At the teecbtr’a examination held
Friday, there were fifteen white
end one negro.
Grnee*
utual Insurance As
sociation, D E Boney, Treas. York-
ville, S C Organized 1894. Licensed
for York County Lueses paid for
year ending July, 31, 1908, $1230.90.
All expenses, $793 84. Insurance in
force, 916 policies, amount $751,125
Balance on hand. $1331.19.
Fanners Mutual Insurance As
sociation, L I Epting. Secretary.
Newberry, S. C. Organized 1897.
Licensed for Newberry county.
ee paid for year ending July 1,
1906, $1065.60. All expenaea, $154.-
76 Coat per hundred doiian of
insurance per annum 10 to 70 cents.
Insurance in force, $397,783. Cash
on hand. $564.18.
Germania Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. A A Kroeg, Charleston.
Lomea paid for year ending October
7,1906, $402. All expensee* $2^66.-
69. Insurance id force, 798 policies,
amount $1*19,900. Assets in hand,
$29,406.78.
‘Fire
force $338,000 cash on hand, $996.75 # f or a sufficient number of years to
Farmers Mi
mnenuan Mutual
be considered as well established.
A few have accumulated considera
ble surplus funds, but pa a general
rule no effort is made at accumula
tion.
The rule seems to be that wl
ever a company has confined its hi
ness to one county that the com
panies have been universally, almost,
successful. It is only when a corn-
pay has attempted to do a general
State business that failures have
occurred. The saving principle ii the
management of a company by the
policy holders, the fact of mutual
Insurmncs is then apprecited. It is
only when companies have passed
into the hands of a few individuals,
and the prospect of gain from initial
premiums, anth percentages
protection that failures have
lowed.
Vary truly, D
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