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Standard. v _ _ VOL. XXXI. WALTERBORO, S. C, JUNE 9. 1909. NO. 41 FAIR ASSOCIATION RICE ASSOCIATION MEETS PROHIBITION DEPARTMENT. PROGRASI OP THE jfflAMD SCHOOL CLOSES EVERYONE ENTHUSIASTICAin VORS A COUNTY FAIR. SEC. LOVE’S ADDRESS. FA ,N The public meeting held Saturday at the court house, addre^Jeol by Sec. Loye of the State Fair Society and others, was well attended, and much interest shown. That we »re to have a fair this.faii is admitted by everyone. Five hundred dollars of the capital stock ha-* already been subscribed,and a committee is secur ing other subscriptions. A feature of the meeting Saturday was the attendance in a body of the ladies of the Civic League. Their May festi val was such a success that a county fair is the natural outgrowth. Sec. Love had prepared an ad dress containing much of interest relative to county fairs. There are ten county fairs in the State. Noth ing beats a fair for creating interest and enthusiasm for better conditions ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS LOOKING TO SAFEGUARDING OF INTEREST OF EDITED BY JAS. E. PEURIFOY ANDW. W. SMOAK. JR. • GROWERS PRODUCT. j. ANNOUNCEMENT. I It is the purpose of the editors of this department to make it a factor The Coileton ( ounty Prohibition j n fj^ht for prohibition in Col.e- ton County. Ws desire to make SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF COLLETON COUNTY. INTERESTING EXERCISES AT ACADEMY FRIDAY MORNING. ADDRESS BY H J CAUTHEN. CLASS PROPHECY. The Carolina Rice Growers’ asso-i ciation held its second semi-annual meeting at the residence of W E; Haskell. Jr., at Jacksonboro last Wednesday. There were about 5o of the leading riee planters of the Carolinas ami Georgia present and much business of importance was transacted. This association was organized October 14. 1908, at the Commercial club. Charleston, and enrolled at that meeting 54 members. Several new members were enrobed Wednesday and an increasing amount of enthusiasm was shown by the members. The officers of the association are: Samuel G Stoney, of Charleston, president; S A Marvin. White Hall, vice president; Wm E Haskell. Jr., Jacksonboro, secretary , PROHIBITION EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE MEETS. an Association nu*t Monday at 11 o’clock at the office of Jas. E. Peurifoy., , „ . , An interesting and very important especially aggressive campaign from Ming was held. Plans were laid now until the election, the 17th of The following program has l»een arranged f<»r the Seventh Annual Conference of the Methodist Sunday Schools of Colleton County, which meets at Hendersonville July 2. 3. 4, 1909: and treasurer, Samuel E Stoney, S A generally. He was plad to be pres-1 Marvin. WE Haskell, Jr., W St ent and would promise to do all in Clair White and J D Leseman are his power to aid in starting a fair. ' the executive committee. Gov D C Hon. W. B. Gruber was called' Heyward was Wednesday unani- upon to express his views on the 1 mously elected a member of this advisability of a County Fair Aasocia- committee. tion. He knows of nothing that; Among the important things would mean more for the\develop-; done at Wednesday’s meeting was ment of the agricultural and all i the adoption of a resolution intro- other interests than a County Fair. In this county we have as good lands meeting for an active campaign looking to carrying the election August 17th, for prohibition. It is believed that the prohibition sentiment in this county is very strong and that there will be no doubt in carrying the county for prohibition, however those in charge of the movement do not expect to leave any stone un turned in their etforts to pile up a big prohibition majority. Resolutions were introduced by J. D. Ackerman thanking our delega tion and general assembly for secur ing the passage of a prohibition election bill for this county. Capt. G. W. Way, in behalf of the mem bers of the Lower House expressed thanks for the resolution. A com mittee of five was appointed to pre pare and distribute literature during the prohibition campaign. This FRIDAY MORNING, JULY SECOND. 11:00 Devotional Exercises Rev. August,to that end we earnestly re- 1 quest the co-operation of the friends of prohibition. The fight is a great one. The re turns will be worth the efforts it takes to get them. It is not the fight of any one man, or set of men. j but should be t he fight of our entire j people. It is afight for your boy, > for the young men of the country,; for the wives and mothers. W’ill you not assist us? Yours for prohibition, The Editors. The closing execises of the Walter- boro Graded School were held Friday morning at 10 o’clock at the Acad emy. A goodly number of the people of the town were present and the seat ing capacity of the building was taxed to its utmost. The program which had been arranged for the oc- k. Rhode. casion was verv good and thoroughly 11:15—Addre* of Welcome-1>ewis enjoved by those present, b ray see. The school, for the past session, 11- Response- D. B. Peurifoy. has been taught by Prof. L. S. Betty, 11:45 Enrollment of Delegates. Principal, assisted by Misses Afinie 12:00—Report of President J. D. Galloway, Mildred Padgett, Jessie Risher. Fraser, Leone Paget and Annie 12:15-Report of Secretary and Sloan. These teachers are all ^Corn- Treasurer. Miss Fated Marvin. petent and thoroughly interested in as at least four-fifths of the counties, though our resources are as yet un developed, and our lands are worth as little as those anywhere else in the State. This is due to the fact that our agricultural resources are undeveloped. It is a source of su- { >reme gratification that for the ast few years there has been an awakening on better methods, pull ing up stumps, using better imple ments and wire fencing. Nothing would do more in the' furtherance of this development than a County Fair. He has purchased agricultur al implements that his experience shows were unsuited, but if we had a County Fair, farmers could see them exhibited at the fair and run by experts. Another advantage would be the interest of the good house-wives, who would learn so much of how to make home more attractive. So far as the costs, it seems to him that the results would be so vast in comparison to the results to be obtained that it would seem in significant. He would be eager to subscribe to stock. Rev Henry Cauthen, the next speaker, was surprised to be called upon. Hr had observed that this county has the best soil that he has ever seen, but he believes that there is more in the man than there is in the land, and that intelligence is a good fertilizer. The social« side would be valuable, as would the competition. He was in favor of duced by Gov. Heyward providing j committee consisted of Rev. F. O. S. for the appointment of a committee Curtis, Chairman, Rev. H. J. Cauth- to recommend the kind of package. e n, W. W. Smoak, Jr., Jas. E. Peuri- 1 of pact drum or bag in wtych Carolina rice may be marketed, and providing for a copyrighted trade mark to be used on every package of rice ship ped. The idea of this resolution is to prevent rice grown in other States from being sold as Carolina rice, it being conceded ,that South Carolina grows the best rice pro duced in the United States, if not in the world. The president appointed Messrs A B Murray, C N Roberts, and A C Tobias as a committee. Prof Chas E Chambliss of the de- foy and J. B. Dodd. The matter of raising funds for defraying expenses of this campaign ! was discussed, and it was finally decided mat contributions be re- | ceived for this purpose through The Press and Standard, and a collection was taken up for this purpose, re sulting in the contribution of $47.50 by those present. On motion of Jas. F. Peurifoy the ."unday schools of the county were requested to observe the fourth Sunday in June as prohibition Sunday, and that the PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN FUND. The following contributions have been received for the prohibition campaign fund of Colleton county. Everyone interes ted in the cause of prohibition is urged to make contri butions through these columns. In order to conduct a proper campaign it is absolutely necessary that certain expenses in connection therewith be met. The committee in charge Exercises. earnestly request that the friends of b i Vva * /*a« 104.1 malm liTuxrol , v>OV riOD. «J&S. E*. I t^lirilOy. 12:30 Get acquainted. Assign ment of Homes. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 4:30—Song Service. 4:45—Our Sunday School Work- Rev. J. W. Arial. 5:10—0 pen Discussion — Five minute Talks. Reports from Superintendents. FRIDAY EVENING. 7:30—Song Sendee. 7:45—Devotional Exercises—Rev. C. W. Burgess. 8:00 -Organized Class Work Rev J. M. Lawson. 8:30—Reports from Superintend ents. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY THIRD. 10:00—Song Sendee — Devotional Large the prohibition cause make liberal contributions in order that an active campaign may the drink etfil: 10:45 The Duty of be waged against ^ un day School Work J Parents in D. Acker- rtment of agriculture of the i contributions that dav be for the par |L T nited States, in charge , of rice | prohibition cause, with the under investigation and grain investigation. standing that the amount contribut- was present and made a talk, ex plaining what the department is doing for rice culture in this State. An agreement was entered into by whichjthe association will furnish a seed laboratory, a sufficient amount of land, tools and machinery for planting and harvesting, in return for an expert who will stay perma nently on this plantation and con duct experiments to determine the resistance of all varieties of rice to what is known as rice blast; to select and breed for resistance to this disease, and to ascertain how differ ent drainage may effect the control of rice blast. Five acres have been planted this year in about 300 varie ties of rice. Last year 187 varieties were planted and 42 of these resisted i the blast. Another important matter taken the organization, and he believed it up was that of insuring rice crops in would bring results we have never fields. This work was undertaken by dreamed of. : Mr Edwin G Seib’es of Columbia at Mayor Fishburne heartily joins in the suggestion of Gov Heyward. He the refrain, and can say4hat he be- went to London and took the matter lieves the fair in conjunction with up with the London Lloyds and as a the ladies of the’Civic League would result he now has over $100,000 iiv ed by each Sunday school with the names of the contributors be published in this paper. An active campaign will be waged and at the proper time speakers of wide reputa tion will be invited to discuss prohi bition at mass meetings in different parts of the county. J. D. Ackerman ....... $10.00 Jas. E. Peurifoy 10.00 W. W. Smoak, Jr 10.00 J. D, Risher Rev. F. O. S. Curtis ... 2.50 Rev. H. J Cauthen 2.50 Rev. G. P. Penny 2.50 Hon. G. W. Way 2.00 J. B. Dodd 1.00 Paul K. Crosby 1.00 Joseph Langdale 1.00 Total $47.50 man. 11:15-0 n Discussion, rom Superintendents. pe Ire EHRHARDT BASE BALL TEAM.' w.lterboro won, can bo justly ailed a comedy of errors. Look at the be of untold importance. The cent May Festival shows what the ladies could do, but he believes the eyes of the crowd, especially the farmers, were on the agricultural exhibits. The fair would advertise us to the outside world as a com munity alive to our resources. Rev F O S Curtis noted that the Law and the Gospel had already been given, and was heartily in favor of the fair. Col. J G Padgett said it was ex pected in a meeting of this kind that everyone present favor the organiza tion. He believed that Mr Gruber had, several years ago. sug 'ested the idea of a County Fair. He re- surance on rice p'anted with aboiit $75,000 applications. This will en able those planting to be reasonably sure of a return for their labor as the insurance protects against wind, weather and tides. Dinner was served at 2 o’clock in picnic style and cold drinks dispensed all day. A delightful day was spent, thanks to the efforts of Messrs Haskell, others. Bissell, Leseman, and CENTREVILLE KICKS. We are glad to give space to the Ehrhardt Base Ball team for the following article purporting to cor rect errors in the write up of the recent game betw’een Ehrhardt and Walterborg as appeared in our last issue. desire to assure this team that we strive for accuracy in all reports. We did not attend this game, much as we wrould have liked to do so, and the article which was published last week was given us by one of the players. Editor The Press and Standard, Walter boro, S. C. Dear Sir: We feel that an injus tice has been done the Ehrhardt ball team and people of Ehrhardt who supported the team, and we feel that the erroi s which appeared in ast week’s issues of the two news papers of Walterboro should be cor rected. The Press and Standard is in error line-up. Moore, Hiers, J. and Hiers, W. are left entirely out. Butler i* credited with nine ^trike-outs and Hiers only three. Hiers gave two men their base, and Henderson played IB. This ia what the official score tells according’ to the account as given by this paper. They over looked the fact that Hiers struck out two men more than Butler, that he did not give a man his base, and that Henderson was not in the first game at all. Butler was batted freely and had it not been for the fine work of the outfield Walterboro would have been defeated by a large score. Ehrhardt is given only five hits, while Moore and Hiers W. each secured a hit and Hiers, J. two. We believe we have the better team. If Walterboro ia not con- Reporta SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 4:30-Song Service. 4:45- Round Table-Home Depart ment-Rev. W. I. Herbert. 5:15 - Election of Officers-Select ing Place of Meeting—Reports of Committees. SATURDAY EVENING. Service — Devotional Man unday 7;30—Song Exercises. 7:46—Why Should a Young or Young Woman Join the Si School?—Rev. H. J. Cauthen. 8:15—Needs of Methodism in Col leton County—Rev. A. Sassard. 8:45 - Open Discussion —Five Minute Talks by Superintendents of All Schools. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY FOURTH. . 10:30—Song Service. 11:00—Temperance Sermon—Rev. H. J: Cauthen. STATE ENTOMOLOGIST their work, and as a consequence the session just closed has been suc cessful. The graduating class consisted of seven members, two boys and -five B ’rls, as follows: Misses Katherine owell, Vivian Price, Sallie Huff man, Claudia Butler, and Florrie Howell, Messrs Vernon Padgett and Hughes Murray. The address for the occasion was delivered by Rev. Henry J. Cauthen, of the Methodist Church, and was a timely and scholarly productionjMr. Cauthen is a fluent and easy speaker and always says something worth bearing. He was at his best in this address. The papers read by the students were all well prepared, showing careful training and prepa ration. The class prophecy by Miss Sallie 1 Huffman shows a varied career for ' the members of the class. While 1 she has not made a prophecy for her self what she foresees for the others is so well told that a literary career may be prophesied for her. The following is the program: Invocation, by Rev. F. O. S. Curtis. Song -School Welcome Address -Vernon Pad gett. Essay—“Henry Timrod”, Claudia Butler. Reading—Florrie Howell. Address—Rev. H. J. Cauthen. Song—School. Reading—Vivian Price. ing Enay—Katherine Howell. Valedictory—Hugh« Murray. Delivery of Diplomas, by Prof. Betty. “America”^-School. It irill be source of regret to their many friends in town that Prof. Betty will not be an aMUcantfor re- election as principal of the school, nor will Misses Annie Sloan and Mildred Padgett. The trustees have not yet elected the teachers for next term. GLOVER MONTGOMERY. A social event of no small impor tance in our town and one of the prettiest and pleasantest affairs of SNIDERS INVESTIGATING the j sea f )n - waa the wedding on NOW AT WIRE WORM PEST DISCOVERED 15 YEARS AGO. vinced yet that this is true, after ; mologist, is now located at the home losing three games out of four, we ' of Hon. W. C. Brant for the purpose are willing to play them again if of investigating thefwirr worm pest, .u . l-u u i. * e t t they will promise to send all of Wal-! and will be in this neighborhood a in saying that hhrhardt forfeited terboro’s newspaper reporters to; few days. The wire worm is the second game when they, refused Coi u mbia and keep the Walterboro stranger to most of the people off the diamond. In conclusion we wish to thank the Dear Mr. Editor.-I am one bit was surprised that the Walterboro boys in favonof a fair, but if he subscrib- should go to crowing over their 8 ®j|b opo gets the gfcme 9 to 0 ed to the capital stock he would not called victory over Centreville . expect to get any returns from it. that little jumped-up game of ball He also regarded Mr Gruber as the in your issue of last week. The fact pioneer in improved farming. We is *ve were not expecting any game, have a fine .soil and it produces as One of them sent us a phone much as any other in the county. We must be careful in selecting a man to have charge of it. What are we going to call it? An impractical man would make a failuie. To select -a man familiar with farming and ■aid him in a financial way. free from •polities, would make a success of it. A A Patterson, auditor, said that df Mr. Peurifoy had five acres of land as productive as three-fourths acre in town, purchased from his brother, he would make a living out of it. He was going to exhibit the best colt m the county. S B Saunders was called upon and favored the County Fair. It was on the principle of the strong helping the weak.. It brings together the best in the county, snd he will do all he can to aid the fair. FIRST ONTW Jibe first ootton age a week before, challenging us for a match game, but we declined the challenge on the ground that the fanner boys were too busy to pre pare for it, and to our surprise, they came at the time named. Being our guests, we determined that we would not disappoint them, but would use such material as we could catch up and play the best we could. So we sent out hastily and called together an untrained team and played them with no hope of success. Now we want to aMt the Walterboro boys to keep cool, “don’t be too proud, nor don’t crow too loud’’, but wait until our crops afC laid by and we get our team to gether. and we will gladly play you a game, with the understanding, however, that we select an Umpire, who has at least some idea of the rules governing a game of bad. Younv^Tcwiwctfgl^ ^ “It coats awre to e»eaft • wrong than it doaa to latit 0*br dofaalk” to play more than five innings. The agreement was that the game was to go only five innings. When these were played Ehrhardt had scored kjnd treatment us . four runs to Walterboro one. Wal- s terboro was fairly and decisively House* whipped. Ehrhardt won and it is a doI1e for to show gross injustice to say that the game was forfeited, which means Walter- 1 Thii, ac cording to the agreement which was that the game wy to go only five innings so that the team could re turn that evening, is untrue. WjI- terboro was outclassed in the first game, scoring their first run on an error and the third and last can be credited, not to the team but to the Walterboro people, who rushexF in on third base line and prevented Kinsey from making an accurate throw in home, which would have prevented the score. A couple of errors and this interference by the people, after Moore Tad been injured and taken out of the game, caused Walterboro to win, but Ehrhardt made no kick, and would make none now, had The Press and Standard riven a correct report of the game. Let it be said however, that a part of The Press and Standard’s account i , fair and impartial. Some good I entertaining them. things was said about the team and those who went with It We appre* thimps and fuel sure that The Press ami Standard wBi correct its error as to Ehrhardt fortmtieg Walterboro management for the ture. They were discovered by the We were | farmers of this section nbout fifteen taken good care of at the Williams i House. We appreciate all that was show that we are sincere m our thanks we will give the team some advied free of charge. We advise the team to win its games on the diamond, and not depend on printers’ ink to give them victories. E. P. Copeland, Manager. W. F. Hiers, Captain. Ehrhardt, S. C. June 5, 1909. LITTLE GENTLEMEN. The Beaufort Gazette in writing of the recent visit to that city of our second baseball team uses the follow ing language: The visiting aggregation was com posed of thorough little gentlemen and although it was the fortune of war that Beaufort should meet de feat at their hands, it is to be hoped that we will have the pleasure of Wednesday evening last of Mias Bert a* Glover and Mr. Matthew S. Montgomery of Kingstree, C. The ceremony took place at the Mr W. A. Thomas, the State Ento- h ome 0 f bride’s parents, the Rev. Henry J. Cauthen, officiating. The affair was quite informal yet such a nicety of arrangement was evident in every detail that the oc casion will ever be remembered as a most felicitous one. The home dec orations were unpretentious, yet tasty and well carried out. The color scheme being green and white. Banks of beautiful Ferns and daisies formed a lovely setting for the bri dal crypt. people a in stranger to most of Colleton county, and is not known by the State department of agricul- years ago the grswing of corn and cotton as an insect destrutive to and are rapidly spreading in their des tructive work. Watermelons and sweet potatoes are the only things that will grow where the soil is in fested with this pest. The boll weevil only effects cotton, but) neither corn nor cotton will grow among wire worms, Something must be done by way of checking this destructive insect to crops, or the fanners will be done. Mr Thomas is at work trying to learn all about this worm. He be lieves that the parent of this worm is a beetle or fly and deposits an egg at the same time that makes the worm, but if this is true, when or where doea all of this take place is the question. We hope for the solv ing of this perplexing question, and that a remedy may be found for this distressing evil. Correspondent. Sniders, June 2. MUSK ALE nUBAYNICIT. The music cbm of Mia N. G. Mor- rall will bold its at the Court Hoorn ts closing mmkale at loom Friday evening Mrs MorraU has had is apt all. The report ia your it owngh to teke oort Its no- .—we m the one NO GLUE YET Magistrate ^. J. Wilson of Smoeks of this in town yesterday. He reports a large class of pupils who I that no doe hue yet been diaooverodfmodc wonderful advenamiuot m to the murderer of J. “ The inquest which wee to Kui till next Saturday ia eetor The bride’s costume consisted of a charming gown of white silk with real Irish point lace, fashioned a la princess. Orange blossoms were her simple and becoming adornment. The bride’s attendants: Miss Beulah Glover and Mr. LaMar Montgomery, Miss Odessa Montgomery and Mr. W. H. Glover, Miss Marion Glover and Miss Eunice Glover. After many congratulations fol lowing the ceremony the company was invited to the veranda where re freshments were served. Among the out of town guests may be mentioned Mr. and Miss Montgomery, brother and sister of the groom, Mrs. G. C. Brown, who is spending the summer in Beaufort, but returned home in order to be t, Mrs. H. N. Stokes, of and Mias Ida May Fishburne Stokes. The bride is the accomplished daughter of Mr. A. Y. Glover, and comes from an old family. The groom is a popular and pro- gremive burinem man of Kingstree, 5. C. The numerous and costly presents reesived by this coupti, well attest tosir popularity. Mr. snd Mrs. Montgomery left tovftitKieteond gstogtel ^Mthrir they will % *4 t I ■