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Standard. VOL. XXXI. VVALTERBORO, S. C, JL'I.Y >S. igoy. // NO. 4 SCHOOL OFFICIALS- S. S. CONVENTION T MEMBERS OF COUNTV BOARD OF 'EDUCATION- DISTRICTS AND TRUSTEES. EVERHIIING IN READINESS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE VISITORS. PROHIBITION DEPARTMENT ? EDITED BY JAS. E. PEURIFOY AND W. W. SMOAK. JR. Ml COMMITTEE MEETS BOND ISSUE CARRIED . » THE COMMITTEE IN CttARGt Of THE BY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY* \ Below will be found the names and members of the different School Districts, together with the names and addresses of the County Board of Education, and the District Trus tees It will be well to keep this list for future reference. County Board of Educatiop—H. W. Black. Sr., Walterboro, County Superintendent; W. W. Smoak, Jr., Walterboro, and J. Rice Godley, Island ton. Members. DISTRICTS AND TRUSTEES. District No. 1—Dry Branch: C A Walker, Lodge; J W Crosby, Lodge; Robert Bennett, Lodge. District No. 2—Rum Gully: N G Connelly, Islandton; John Kicklight- er, Islandton; Georgw Walling, Is landton. » District No. 3—Williams: J J Padgett, Williams; J T Garris, Wil liams; Joseph Ramsey, Williams. District No. 4-S^Heland: F Padgett. Smoaks, R F 13 2; Jas M Strickland. Smoaks, R F D 2; J E Strickland, Smoaks, R F D 2. District No. 5—Smoaks: S P J Gar ris. Jr, Smoaks; J B Smith, Smoaks; U F Strickland, Smoaks. District No. 6—Rice Patch: F M Polk, Sr., Islandton; A E Rentz, Islandton; J M Dopson, Islandton. D District No. 7-Little Swamp: J D Miley, Smcaks, R F D 2: V E Mc Cormick, Smoaks. R F I) 2;.J R Lin der, Smoaks, R F D 2. ^ District No. 8—Edisto: J D Con nor, Smoaks, R F D 1: J R Risher, Smoaks, R F D 1; E Minus, Branch- ville. District No. U—Sheridan: Joseph Bridge. Round; Willie Ackerman, Cottageville; Joel Reeves, Cottage- ville. District No. 10—Verdier: B W Goodwin, Walterboro, R F D 1; C E Francis, Walterboro, R F D i; J C .Boats, Walterboro. R F D 1. District No. 11—Hudson’s Mill: J D Hudson, Ruffin; R F D 2; A Q Padgett, Stokes; J M Benton, Ruffin, RFD2. District No. ^^-Collins: Steve Warren, Givhans; B B Platt, Givhans; A E Martin, Givhans. District Non 13—Glover: J H Dodd, Round; R M Craven, Round; E M Reeves, Round. District No. 14—Heyward: Watty Cummings, Brant; N N Lemacks, Brant, Billy O’Quin, Walterboro. District No. 15—Adams Run: J R Fox, Adams Run; L J Messervey, Adams Run; C B Linder, Adams Run. District No. 16—Fraser: J M Padgett, Jacksonboro; Joshua Gar vin, Jacksonboro; W R Reynolds, Jacksonboro. District No. 17—Green Pond: J S Hickman, Wiggins; H M Tuten, Green Pond; T P Johnson, Green Pond. DAtrict No. 18-Blake: S A Mar- viri. White Hall; S E Boynton. Green Pond; J S Welch, Green Pond. District No. 19—Walterboro: J G Padgett, B G Hyrne, W B Gruber. W J Fishburne, Dr L M Stokes, D B Black, R H Wichman, Walterboro. District No. 20—Buck Head; O P Crosby, Smoaks, R F D No 2; E D Herndon, Smoaks, R F D No. 2; Asbury Jones, Smoaks, R F D 2. District No. 21—Weimer; J J Folk, Ehrhardt; J D - Muller, Ehrhardt; J H Yarn, Islandton. District No. 2?—Hendersonville: E H Marvin. G H Guess, J H Ham lin, G E H Moore, \Dr H A Willis. Hendersonville. District No. 23—Cottageville: Dr B G Willis. E M Redman, J A You- cnans, Cottageville. District No. 24-Horse Pen: S J Hiera, Walterboro; C E Carter, Stokes; W B Easterlin. Round. 4 District No. 25—Bells: Culbert Crosby, Ruffin; W F Copeland, Stokes; G P Jennings, Weeks. District No. 26—Ruffin: Isham Padgett, R D Carter. B B Crosby, Rumn. District No. 27—Heyward: Wal ter Ferrel. Ruffin, R? F D 2; W C Ritter. Ruffin, R F D 2; G F Cope land, Pine Grove. District No. 28-Ash ton: F N Jones, John J Miley, Frank Sense, Lodge. District No. 29-Fulk'st O J W Van. J H Those in charge of the Sunday School Convention to be held here Thursday-and Vriday of this week report that everything is in readi ness for the arrival of the delegates. Homes have been provided for all delegates and yet some. Mr. Peuri- foy has received notification from enough delegates to insure a splen did attendance. A feature of the occasion will be the music. Ail the local musicians are going to assist, and the choir will be augmented by good voices from over the county. Those who will take part in the program are men and women of ability and experts in their work. No one at all interested in Sunday school work should be absent tomor row morning,- 1 (Thursday) at 10 o’clock when the Convention will be opened bj Rev. T. P. Baker. There will be three services each day at 10 a. m., 4 p. m., and 8 p. m. District No. 30- Lodge: B R Ben nett, L J Jones, Frank Stanley, Lodge District No. 31—Hill: David Godley, Islandton; Paul K Crosby, Ruffin, R F D 2; Brook Kinard, Islandton. District No, 32-Bethlehem: C P Tumbleston, AO Hiutt, I I) Crosby, Round. District No. 33 Welch Creek: G W Garris. Jas A Padgett. Rev E i D Craven, Walterboro, R F D 2. District No. 34-Hall: S W Weeks, ' V Rickenbaker, Jack Kin sey, Found. District No. 3"—St. John’s: J L Fender, Smoaks; A E Williams, Ruffin; W M Utsey. Ruffin. District No. 36—Young’s Island: E L Commins, Megget.t; I R Wilson, Young’s Island; F C Baldwin, Rave- nel. District No. 37—Jonesville: T S Jones, W A White, W C Blocker, Yemassee. District No. 38—Raysor’s: J E Hudson, Benj. Crosby, L N Carter, Ruffin, R F D 1. District No. 39-Cedar Branch: John Connelly, Islandton; Tobe Brabham, Islandton; R L Jones. Lodge. District No. 40—Bethel: Frank Bryan, J A Breland, D B Breland, Ruffin. District No. 41—Oak Grove: John Y Beach. Columbus Avant, R M Fender, Walterboro. District No. 42—Doctor’s Creek: B C Saunders, A B Chassereau, B R Hieis, Stokes. District No. 43—Snider’s: W C Brant, J B Kinard, B L Yarn, Ruffin, RFD2. District No. 44—Peniel: J W Blocker, Jasper Robertson. Wal terboro; W J O’Quin, Sr., Hende» sonvilie. District No. 45—Bridge: T B Bridge. T D Byrd, T R Risher, Round. District No. 46—Tabernacle: D E Smoak, J M Kinsey, B F Kinaey, Smoaks, R F D 2. July 20, 1909. WALTER B0R(T BEAUFORT. Walterboro’s second base ball team left here Monday morning July 19, for Beaufort, where they played three game, Monday, Tues day and Wednesday afternoons. Both teams played good ball, but unfortunately our boys lost the lint two games. The score in the first games was 8 to 5 in favor of Beau fort. Beaufort also won the second game bv 9 to 5. The third was won by the Walterboro boys. Score, 11 to 5. Walterboro’* fine up was as fol lows: Griffin c. Crosby p. Davis lb. ' Anderson 2b. Moore 3b. Price as. . Pennington rf. Hickman cf. Padgett If. rtouimoH canfami nn» i ■ _ * - y L.i*. * <•* -v* THERE IS DEATH IN THE POT.” By the prohibition question just here I am reminded of an incident that took place in the days of the prophets, which is recorded in the book of Kings, fourth chapter. A servant, or one of the sons of a prophet had gathered a quantity of green gourds and seethed them as pottage, and while they were eat ing the pottage, ope of them ex claimed, “Oh, Thou man of God, there is death in the pot!” So in the sale and use of intoxicating beverages, there is death, and the people are waking up to a realiza tion of the fact as never before. Most assuredly there is no issue be fore the people today of more burn ing interest than that of prohibition and on the seventeenth day of next month the loyalty of manhood in the interest of women, children, good morals, society, religion, yea, and the poor drunkard, will be test ed when we go to the polls to vote, i The only plea that the dispensaries can offer is that the dispensary is a source of revenue, and if we do j away with it, the revenue will not only be cut off, but there will be blind tigers galore. Not let us see what a great source of/evcnue it is tc the general public, and especially to the c«.n>unier, l*t us figure just a a little. Suppose a man buys just , one pint ot the liquid fire each week in the >eur at the very small cost of thirty c.-nts per pint, this amounts to Jij.CiJ. Now some people are so very foolish as to think that the county will be the recipient of the whole drink bill. From whence does the county board of control obtain this liquor? From distillers, of course. Do they ship it into the State, pay the cost of transporta tion and then give it away? No. Then let us put the first cost of the whiskey at $1.20 per gallon, and that is fifteen cents per pint, just one half ©f the poor unfortunate fellow’s drink bill for one year. Bot tles must be bought to retail it in. A mixer’s wages must be paid, the dispenser must be paid, rent must be paid, etc. Do you think one cent will be given as a profit to the coun ty before all expenses are paid? Not a bit of it. And it will take at least half of what is left of the poor fellow’s drink bill, and what is there left to be divided between the town and county? Only $3.90, where is the $11.70? Gone! Out of $15.60 and the dispensary is a source of revenue to the people, so they tell us. “There is death in the pot.” Our poor unfortunate man adds very often, suffering shame by get ting drunk on one of the pints that he buys, and before leaving town he iets out to paint it red, or gets down in the gutter, and along comes a cop and gives him a free ride to the “lock up,” and the next morning he must cough up five or ten dollars for insulting and shocking the dignity of the town. I wonder if the town givds any of that money to run the public schools? Hush! The dispensary is a source of revenue, but to whom. I ask? If it is right for a town to deal out to a man that which will dethrone reason, and for which in exchange they they take his money, I say they have no moral right to arrest and doubly charge him for the effects of that which they sold to him. Of course it is not right for a fellow to make a fool of himself, but what caused it? As to having blind tigers if the dispensary is voted out, I have only to say that now we have both, and the dispen sary is feeding the blind tigers. Statistics show that 21990 persons were killed in India in 1893 by ser pents and tigers, and we, as sensible people and people who are in sym pathy with the unfortunate, say that it is a disgrace on the government of India to suffer her citizens to be thus ■lain, and not take steps towards the destruction of the serpents and tigers. But listen! In the same yaarftheliQoar traffic Idllad 60,000 in the Ualtad StafeM» TffjtQff to jail. 90,<>q0 lost their innocence in | drunkeness and 2lW,000 v-ere sent to the poor houses. What did this, our government dg? Just simply authorized the downfall of 425,000 human beings in one year by legaliz ing the sale of whiskey. Brother, have you been tampering with this destroyer? Have you voted to con tinue this great sin against God and humanity? Will you vote in its favor on the seventeenth day of August? Is is not worse than play ing with a venomous serpent? "There is death in the pot.” Then too, just think for a moment what some men have spent for drink. They and their wives and children have boen reduced to poverty and rags. Even men who have fold it may seem to prosper for a whilf, and their children may enjoy their lather's accumulated wealth for a while but sooner or later they will come to want for it is ill-gotten i gain—it is blood money. When the young prophets were poisined by eating the green gourds 1 the old prophet called for a little meal, which he threw into the pot and thus counteracted the poisin, and all ate. and those who were sick were made well. What is the remedy for the poision that is annu ally and even daily’ killing society, destroying the good morals of the homes and communities, causing friends to become foes, making thieves out of'onee honest man. rob bing girls of thier innocence and virtue, wringing the hearts of mothers with grief, and causing ut- jtk innocent children to become : orphans and to cry for food and clothing? Husbands, sons, the reme dy is your vote on the 17th day of next month. Mothers and daugh ters get on your knees and pray God that Hell’s gates may be blown out of South Carolina. Hear ye the cry of the drunkard’s child: “Who knows the curse of a drunk ard’s life? A drunkard’s child and a drunkard’s wife, O, is there a being anywhere Who knows such utter dread and despair? “TYie birds find homes in the forest trees, But the drunkard’s child can no where flee. O the curse, the awful curse they bear, And rags of poverty they wear. PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN HELD IMPORTANT MEETING. THE ISSUE OF $20,000 BONDS WAS CARRIED. They spend their days in misery. And never gladsome faces see, O friends so gentle, kind and mild, PUy the drunkard’s wretched child.” “There is death m the pot.” J. R. Smith. NR FEATHERSTONETOBEHERE. It will be the rare good fortune of the people of Walterboro and the adjoining country to hear C. C. Featherstone. Esq. of Laurens lec ture on prohibition at the Methodist church here Sunday at 11 o’clock. Mr. Featherstone is an orator of great ability and is one of the brain iest men of the entire State, whose efforts are now being used in the in terest of prohibition. No one who can pombly get here should fail to hear him, especially those who are opposed to prohibition. An invitation is extended to every one in town and out of town to come out to hear this address. EXECUTIVE CONNITTEE TO NEET The executive committee and township chairmen and others inter ested in the prohibition movement are requested to meet at the Court House Saturday. August 7th, at 11 o’clock, for the purpose of complet ing the arrangements, in detail, for the prohibition election. A full attendance is necemary and is urged by the committee, as busi ness of utmost importance is to be transacted. Friday morning a majority of the committee, in charge of the prohi bition campaign for this county, held an important meeting at the .office of Jas. E. Peurifoy. A schedule of prohibition sermons and rallies was mapped out, beginning Sunday’. Au gust 1st, and continuing until Mon day, August 16th. Prominent speakers have been secured for these occasions, and it is hoped that every body will avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing them. As the special term of court will be in session at this time it was thought it a good place to have one or two pro hibition lectures during the week at the court house. The committee does not wish the impression to get out that only pro hibitionists are invited to attend these meetings, but it is their pur pose to convert the non-prohibition- ists, so let everybody in the com munity attend and give the speakers a royal welcome. The following is a schedule of the meetings. SUNDAY, AUGUST 1ST. Rev. J. L. Harley, of Spartanburg, will preach the 11 o’clock sermon at Carter’s Ford Baptist Church, and will address a meeting at Lodge at 8 o’clock the same evening. At Walterl>oro, C. C. Feather- stone, of Laurens, will address the combined congregations of the town in the Methodist Church, at 11 o’clock. At Shiloh, Rev. F. O. V S. Cur tis will preach the 11 o’clock sermon. At Pine Grove, Rev. F. O. S. Curtis will preach at 4 o’clock in the after noon, MONDAY AUGUST 2ND. Rev. J. L. Harley will deliver a prohibition address at the Court House at Walterboro at 8:30 p. m. THURSDAY AUGUST 5TH. Miss Moore, a celebrated W. C. T. U. lecturer, will deliver a prohibi tion address at the Court House. Rev. B. Lacy Hoge, of Charleston, leader of the prohibition force in that city, will also be present at this time. The meetings will begin at 8:30 o’clock. Everybody in and out of towm is cordially invited to present. FRIDAY, AUGUST 0TH. Rev. B. Lacy Hoge and Miss Moore will attend a big prohibition picnic at Cottageville, where they will deliver addresses. SUNDAY, AUGUST 8TH. Rev. F. O. S. Curtis will preach at Drs. Creek at 11 o’clock. Rev. J. P. Graham will preach to the combined congregations of Wal terboro, at 11 o'clock. Rev. H. J. Cauthen will deliver the 11 o'clock sermon at Bethel. PROHIBITION RALLIES. Tuesday, August 10th, at Smoaks Baptist Church. Wednesday, August 11th, at Bells Cross Roads. Thursday, August 12th, at Island- ton. Friday, August ’ 13th, at Black Creek. SUNDAY AUGUST 15TH. Rev. Geo. A. Martin, of Lodge, will preach at Smoaks Baptist Church. Rev. F. O. S. Cihtis, will preach to the combined congregations at Wal terboro. Rev. H. J. Cauthen will preach at Bethlehem. There will also be a combined ser vice at Adams Run to be arranged by the pastors of the different churches at that place. • MONDAY, AUGUST IffTH. A general rally and mass meeting will be held at Walterboro, to be ad dressed by some of the most promi nent prohibition speakers in the country. The committee hope to be able to S iht services of Mr. Will D. «r t v of Atlanta, and one or two prombMBt flpeafctrs. An in- the people of The election for issuing $20,n<*i worth of bonds for a n^w school building, held Friday, resulted in an overwhelming majority in favor of the bond issue. The vote was H4 in favor of to 31 against. This was a . phenomenally large percentage of the registered vote, there being only 129 voters holding town registration certificates. 115 of these voting. The managers were E. E. Jones. J. A. Diederich. and M. P. Howell. Capt. C. C. Tracy representing the opposition filed a protest as to the validity of the election, contending that the election should have been held at the Court House; that the managers should have been different as all those serving were in favor of the bond issue and that the town registration certificate was not suffi cient evidence that the voter was qualified. He challenged a number of voters on these grounds. The protest will not amount to much, and it is thought no more will be heard of it. The Town Council met last night and received the report of the man agers. Ordinances were introduced and given a first reading looking to an early sale of the bonds, and the appointment of a building commit tee. These ordinances will be rushed through, and work started on the new building at the earliest possible moment. The work of building the new school will probably be in the hands of a building committee to l* com posed of members of Council and of the Board of Trustees. «■» *- TRUSTEES ORGANIZE. The new board of Trustees for the Walterboro school district met Mon day afternoon and organized by electing Hon. W. B. Gruber, as chairman and Capt. D. B. Black as secretary and treasurer. The ques tion of the high school was discussed at some lengthMLnd left open for de cision, pending further information. The Trustees hope to make the high school feature one of the most im portant of the school. They will be a little handicapped at the stprt on bejaccount of the need for the new building. However, they hope this will be only temporary and that the new building will be ready for oc cupancy by the 1st to 15th of Jaor uary next. SPECIAL TERM OF COURT. The special term of court ordered by JudgeS. W. G. Shipp for the purpose of trying John W. lesser- vey, for the murder of Constable C. P. Fishburne and J. D. Altman, which occurred on the evening of July 6 at Ravenel defx>t, will meet next Monday. August 2. The fol lowing gentlemen have been drawn as jurors: D W Griffin CJ Beach W O Barnes H W Hudson Jr. P Larsen George Geraty R D Carter H S Crosby P M Murray H P Williams H C Price J F Scott A A Youmans Jesae Drew J M Smith Jr. B C Strickland LH Yarn W F Robertson W J Taylor J T Benton R R Miley D J White J J Sineath J A Herndon G O Stanfield C F Butler H E Savage W R McTeer P S Hill J C Goodwin J D Platt J B Stanfield W A Black W R Givens E C Reeves A P Davis. TO TRY MESSERVEY. " o The extra term of court to be held here next week bids fair to be one of unusual interest. Judge S. W. G. Shipp of Florence, who called the extra term will preside. The grand jury will be present to pass upon any indictment to be presented. The chief interest centers m the trial of J. W. Messervey charged with the killing of Constables nshburne and Altman. Solicitor Peurifoy will be tfc*. pro««euaon._in ttu. cms by HowatlA Gruber, Peurifoy J W 9