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0 u \ 0 VOL. XXXII. VVALTHRBOKO. S. C. SEPTEMBER 15. igoy. NO. 4 COMMITTEE APPOINTED SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY' WOW PICNIC SUPT’S ELECTED ! STATESMANSHIP NEEDED GOOD ROADS COLUMN THE OFFICERS OE UW AND ORDER FOR THE PRESENT THE SCHOOl Will CHOPPERS MEET IN OUTER FOREST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF SUNDAT LEAGUE APPOINT MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE According to the provision in the constitution, the officers of the Law and Order League held a meeting at the office of the president, M P Howell, Esq., Friday morning and appointed the Executive commitee. Those present at the meeting were: |( P Howell, prsident; W W Smoak, Jr. secretary: E L Fishbume, treas urer; Jaa E Peurifoy. solicitor. J J Padgett, vice president was not present. The following appointments were made. Verdier township, A P Hiott; Warren township, P C Garris; Broxton township, Paul K Crosby; Heyward tonwship. G E H Moore; Blake township, S A Marvin; Lowndes township, A R Speights; Fraser township, J M Padgett; Sheridan township. J D Riaher; Glover township, J B Dodd; Adams Run township, S M Gibson; Collins township, J H Wood. This committee is called to meet Friday, Sept 24rd, at 11 o’clock at the office of the president. The following is the constitution which will govern the Law and Order Leage in this county: CONSTITUTION a ARTICLE fc—PURPOSE This order shall be known as the Law and Order League of Colleton county. The purpose of this Law and Or der League shall be: First: To create in this commu nity, every legitimate way, such a public sentiment as will induce a proper regard for life, liberty, prop erty and rights of our citizens, respect for our laws and observance of the customs of civilized society and to co-operate with similar leagues or organizations throughout the county for the accomplishment of the purpose for which this League is organized. Second: To lend its united aid to the passage enforcement of such laws as shall guarantee every right and privilege proivded by the laws and constitution of our country, state and city, and shall enforce every duty of citizenship. Third: To give practical and efficient aid and support to the officers entrusted with the enforce ment of law. Fourth: And more especially to cause to be enforced the law in Colleton county relative to in toxicating liquors as it now is, or may hereafter be enacted; and to cause to be brought to trial those who commit offences against said law, or those against whom there is evidence sufficient upon which to induce a reasonable belief of their guilt, and to give voluntarily, and procure when possible, evidence, which will aid in convictions. ARTICLE II—MEMBERS. a. Sec. 1. All m e m b e r s whose names are hereto or shall hereafter be subscribed, shall be members of this League: all white male residents of Colleton county who have at tained the age of eighteen years and are residents of this county shall be eligible'to membership. Sec. 2. Any member may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regularly called meeting. ARTICLE HI—OFFICERS. Sec. 1. There shall be elected as officers of the Laagoa a President, Vice-PreshhBt, Secretary, Treasurer and Solicitor. The officers shall be ex officio members of the Executive committeee; gal mid officers shall be elected feg & majority vote of the member* preamt at the regular *onual meeting, which shall be held on the first Monday in September in cadi year, and shall hold office for °ne year or until their successors •reelected. •ftnci* IV—cnctmvE committee. See. 1. There shaU be an Execu tive Committee BE TAUGHT IN GODFREY AND l.M.C. A. BUILDINGS. aod twama. < The next .session of the Walterboro High School will begin Monday. Owing to the fact that the school building formerly occupied by the school i* being torn down prepara tory to erecting a modern structure with the proceeds of the $20,000 bonds recently voted, the opening and first months of the school will be held at the Godfrey building on Railroad avenue, and at the Y. M. C. A. building. The seven higher grades will be taught in the. former ouilding and the three lower in the latter. The faculty for the present term is as follows: Prof. Hugo G. Sheridan, principal. Miss Al!ie Gray Buchanan, Taze well. Va., 1st asst. * Mias Annie Galloway,- Gastonia, N. C. 2nd asst. Miss Jessie M. Fraser, Walterboro, 3rd asst. Miss Jennie Bateman. Fort Gaines, Ga., 4th asst. Miss Leonie Padgett, Walterboro, 5th asst. Miss Clara Barr, 6th asst. Prof. Sheridan, Miss Buchanan and Miss Galloway will teach in the High school department; Miss Pad gett and Miss, Barr will teach the three lowest grades in the Y. M. C. A. building. The trustees have decided to charge a contingent; fee of $2 for the session. $1 pavabie at the opening of the school and $1 the 1st of Febru ary. Pupils outside of the district will be required to pay $1 per month tuition in advance. Already a number of pupils from outside have applied for admission, but they are experiencing some diffi culty in securing hoard. The next move will be for a dormitory to ac commodate the boarding pupils. WITH POPLAR CAMP. NO 415. THE HIERS. BIRTHDAY DINNER. It was on Saturday, the 4th of Sept, the day looked to by the many friends and relatives of “Uncle” Solomon Hiers. ''Tlim» dinner was served in the grove in front of his son’s residence, S. J. Hiers, which grove has been designated for this purpose and a long picnic table built. The day was lovely and the first ar rivals began the making of lemon ade which was served all day and plenty left. Mr. Hier’s deceodanta number 11 children 100 grandchil dren and 53 great grand children, The dinner w as served at 1 o’clock to about two hundred. Those from a distance were Launie Hiers, Mias Claudie Hiers, Mrs. Ben Beach and children of Savannah, Mr. and Mra. Willie Hiers and child, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Groves and children, M*. and Charlie Cook, Sam Hiers, Miss Clara and Iva Hiers of Charleston; Mra. Caleb Carter of Lodge, Mr. and Mra. Easterlin and child of Beaufort, and C n a good many others. All enjoyed themselves very much and wish to see many such celebrations in the future. Grandaughter. members, any five of whom, when a meeting has been renularly called, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Said twelve members shall be appointed by the officers of the League, one from each township. Sec. 2. The duties of > a ijl Executive Committee shall be to set that the, purpose for which the League was organized be aocom plished. ARTICLE V—MEETINGS’. Sec. L Meetings of the League shall be held upon the call of the President, or in hie absence of the Vice-Ereeideat or at the request of a<iy three members of Executive Committee. ARTICLE VI—AMEMPMEMTE. Sec. 1. This Constitutioa may bs amended by a two-thirds vote of HMahhswHMiM RARaaranatfag .?*» . -• ' iwr-,' Th? picnic given last Thursday at Hiott’s Grove.by Poplar Camp. No, 415, Woodmen of the W’orld, was a most enjoyable affair. There were between four and five hundred per sons present, all of whom enjoyed a most delight ul day. Among these were representatives from the Campa at Lodge, Cottageville, Givhans and W’alterboro. The spot on which the picnic was held is one of the most beautiful in Hiottville. being located just in front of the residence of Cleveland Hiott. Here were erected a speak ers stand with a number of seats ar ranged on large saw logs, all in true Woodmen’s style, with an adjacent table a hundred feet in length, upon which was placed a feast for body after the feast for mind had been concluded. Ice cold lemonade was dispensed during the day. The program for the occasion con sisted of several addresses, the meet ing being presided over by Counsel lor Commander, A. V. Rickenbaker. The first speaker was Editor Smoak of The Press and Standard whose theme was the value of organ ization. He showed what Could be 1 accomplished by united effort in a community, and that fraternal orders were of value in that they brought the citizens of the commu nity together and engendered a com munity interest. He called upon the people of the community to unite in the efforts being made for civic righteousness, and to make in this CDunty such an ideal state of affairs that our sons will be willing and anxious to make it their home. D. B. Peurifoy, Esq, of Walter boro, an able and rising young attor ney of the Walterboro bar was next introduced. He said this was a pro pitious time for coming together— "The North Pole has been discov ered. the dispensary voted out and Sheriff Owens has the best crops he has had in forty years.’’ Mr. Peurifoy address was on the importance of education. He la mented the fact that we have so many white citizens who cannot even j write their names. “The brightest jewels we have,” said the speaker, “are our boys and girls—the men and women of the future. How im portant. therefore, that they be edu cated to fill their responsible posi tions.” Senator J. S. Griffin was next in troduced. He said he had not been notified previously that he was ex pected to make a speech, and he guessed the reason his young friends were given invitations was that they might prepare, but that his grey hairs indicate that he should always be ready. Reference had been made to “Wood Choppers,” and he was sor ry for the reason that the little negro he had had whose duty it was to chop the wood had left and now he heard nothing from his wife but “chop wood.” Senator Griffin's address was pleasing and well received by the audience. Dr. H. W. Black, the bcunty superintendent of education, was the last speaker. He was glad of the privilege of addressing an audience at Hiottville as he wishes the privi lege of telling them how much he appreciated the friendship and good will of the people of this section of the county. ‘To give the rising generation an education is,” he said, “a duty which we owe our children for which God will bold every parent responsible.” He hoped his health would permit his visiting every school ifi the county and he hoped to be able to say something that would cause some young man .to be come enthused with a deainp for an education. At .this point the meeting ad journed for dinner, after which a goodly number of the farmers again assembled and by medal req weroaddr—id by W. W. SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ELECT SUPERINTENDENTS. The executive committee of the Colleton County Sunday School As sociation met here Monday to map out the work of the association in this county. Those present were IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF SAVING THE BIRDS. FISH AND GAME. The proposition of saving the birds, fish and game of South Caro lina is one of those questions of practical statemesmanship that J. D. Riaher. president. Miss Ida M. ! • Hhou,(1 occupy front rank until set- Fishbume. secretary, J. D. Utaey, L. A. Frayssee, H. N. Stokes, J. Rice Godlcy, Jas. E. Peurifoy and W. W. Smoak, Jr.. The most important matter to come up was the election of superin tendents, for the various depart ments in the county. The following were elected: Jas. E. Pebrifoy, adult depart ment. Mias Carrie E. Weekley, elemen tary department. Rev. F. O. S. Curtis, temperance department. Mias S Louise Marvin, home de partment. A committee consisting of Jas. E. Peurifoy, Miss ids M. Fishbume and W. W. Smoak, Jr., was appointed to arrange dates for township meet ings. The work of organizing will be pushed and the two lownsh'ps not yet organized will be in the near future. NEW CITIZENS. Dorchester is giving Colleton two good citizens, and they are to locate near Walterboro. Titles have been passed arej these good citizens will remove to their new homes as soon “ lhey ] * e ‘ throu * h L Wtherin* their old Homes. They are Perry Fox a brother of our Sheriff Fox, and hia son. Barney. They have been living not far from Ravenel, in Dorchester county. The father has purclu&ed a farm about two and one-half miles from town from R H Wichman; the son has secured the farm owned by Capt H D Padgett about the same distance out. Wc weclome these gentlemen and their families, and trust they may be the means of bringing others to locate near town. JAMES BEDON PERRY SCHOLAR SHIP. It will be a source of pride and gratification to the many relatives and friends of Rev, Josiah B. Perry in Colleton county, to know that the Episcopal church of Natchez, Miss, has established a scholarship at Sewanee University to be known aa the Josiah Bedon Perry Scholarship. Mr. Perry was pastor of this church for a number of* years prior to his death and this is a mark of the es teem in which he was held by his congregation. CARD OF THANKS. As we cannot see each one person- ally, we take this method of thank ing thoee who kindly assisted us dur ing the illness and death of our deac little one and feel deeply grateful to them all. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Simmons. Islandton, Sept. 5. TEACHER’S ASSOCIATION. Tha Collctoo Oounty Teacher's A sec tion will meet at the C< art Hoase in Walterboro Saturday, October Wth at 11:90 a m for the purpose of reorgaois- lux and planning the work for the year There will be several short addressee by proniueDt epeekert. Every teeober In the county U Invited to be preeent. C K Weakley, Vice Pres. Miee Acoie Galloway, Sec. Sept 10,1909. of the local camp. W. O. W. which ia om.of tha most HtfuMahhig in the Rkkaobaker, C. C; C. C. Hiott, A. U J. S. Jordan, P. C. C; E. C. Outer, B; J. % Dodd, Escort; B. G. Weeks, Watchman; J. P. Bemley, Sentry. tied. Every government exists for the sole purpose of promoting the happiness of its citizens. Otherwise there is no reason for the people to delegate power to representatives. A legislative assembly must be able to show that it has done' something to promote the general good, some thing to advance the welfare of the individual citizen, or the aaMtnbly in question has failed of its purpose. Now this general good may be promoted in two ways, first by restraining the lawless against at tacks on life and property, second by conserving the general resources of the commonwealth. Most legislative assemblies have done somsthing toward safeguard ing life and property; not one has done anything to preseve the re sources of South Carolina within recent memory, but the average has devoted time and attention to those things which would make reputa tion for himself and friends in a popular election. There have been exceptions to this rule but it has been the rule, none the less. The destruction of the forests, the wiping out of the shellfish and shad of the coast, the pollution of the streams, by mills and otherwise, the provide remedies for the preservation of birds, game fish, are all cases in point to show that noth ing substantial has been done along this line of constructive statesman- shir . The Audubon Society has under taken to save the insect eating and song birds of te State, and to pre serve the gome and fish for the peo ple. In this campaign, which has attracted attention throughout the country, in the press and on the rostrum, the society has had only* such aid as it could get from its members—men and women who were willing to pay the six dollars mem bership fee and the dollar a year due*. That this work has not been per fect, nobody knows better than the society itself. But it has done all it could. Last year it convicted one hundred and four men and had over four hundred sign confessions of guilt, not prosecuting them because the offense was believed to have been committed through ignorance of the laws. This record may be safely compar- ep with similar work in other States. To accomplish this and to keep the secretary in the field all the year, the society had a total income of $4,188.59 (forty-one hundred and eighty-eight dollars. The State of California had one hundred and twenty-four convictions (124) but spent $50,000 (fity thousand dollars) to get them; hence to get twenty more convictions than were secured in this State by the Audubon Society California ban to spend nearly $46,- 000 more. This is convincing evi dence of the high moral character of the work done by the society. In its three years’ experience the society has acquired ah efficient organization. Now what is needed is sufficient revenue to provide for salarying wardens. To meet this aad to provide revenue the society has asked the general assembly to impose a shooting license of one dok» lor on everyhunter in the State. This would raise enough revenue and would give the officers of the law grip oh the situation, sspesially grip on the individual huh ter, is absolutely neeemary. This license system prevails throughout the United Staten and hfes proved a psrfsct m tried, than befam 1ms than a dossn States that dTnot have The British empire h«s adopted it • v' • > CONTRIBUTIONS INVITED EACH WEEK FOR THIS COLUMN. BE BRIEF AND PITHY. OUR SLOGAN ISSUE. $300 000, BOND Instead of pulling {your horse to death on our heavy sand roads with one bale of cotton,]how nice would it be to hitch up to your wagon and haul two with ease. Good^roads is the secret. We have received much encourage ment to proceed with our campaign for Good Roads in Colleton—and everyone seem« to favor the $300,000 bond issue. „ Do you? A good road is a (1) hard, (2) smooth rood, (3) free from heavy rades. Any road which answers to there requirements will insure easy quick travelling, and permit of the hauling of large loads—and that is all that is required of a road.—The Progressive Fanner. Over a large section of the? South sand-clay roads could be built at a very small cost, indeed, compared to what they would be worth to the communities through which (they run. Thousands and thousands of miles of earth roads could be| re deemed from their chronic state of badness by the persistent use of the split-log road drag, and the Jcost of doing the work would be |so small that no one would feel it.—The Pro gressive Farmer. The great question of ing is drainage.—The Farmer. road mak- Progressive AUDUBON SOCIETY ORGANIZED- Wednesday evening a meeting of the Audubon socitey was held at the Court House and the matter of elect ing officers and a game warden was gone into. There is a membership of 22 in this portion of the county, as a result of the recent visit of the State Secretary, James Henry Rice, Jr. The following are the officers: Paul Sanders’ Ritter, President; P M Buckner. Walterboro, secre tary and treasurer; T K Buchanan, Walterboro. game warden* TO START. NEWSPAPER- Supt. J. L. Harley, State super intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, is to be the editor of “The South Carolina Voice” a newspaper to be published by the League. Mias Emma Gary will be associate editor. The League and the Voice will stand for a State wide prohibition law at the next session of the general assembly. but have proved unsatisfactory. The low license hits the mark. The form of the license is like this: —On its face it permits the bearer, who is named and described, to hunt for one year according to theftlaws of the State; a stub in the warden’s book contains a duplicate of the description and name. - On the other side are printed in full the laws of the State, so that every man that hunts must know the law. This license is signed by the chief game official of the State and countersign ed by the wanden. Licenses are issued to the clerks of courts in books containing bos hundred each. The warden is bonded for $500 and hence the clerk may safely turn over to him at least two books. The penalty for hunting without liceoae is a fine of $25 or one month’s itn- prisonmsnt. The penalty being so great and-the license so small tew will try to evade payment. Such a license would provide suffi cient revenue te enforce all the fish and game laws of the State and within a few years the State would again rejoice ia theee nobte 'T