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a t . Cfet Httss anti Stantrartr THSTY-SSCOMO YIAft. w. W. SMOAK. JR. BEXTOft AND PBOrWETOR. Istrred rt tb« ^Bh«rboro, 8. C. PaMoAcc m McnDii-clM* matter March 8. 1879. under Act of March S. 1f*7V —TERMS— Six Murras L vnsa MONTHC ALWAYS II ADVANCE. . Pab’lahed erarr Wedaaaday at Walterboro, 8. C. WEDNESDAY. NOV. 24. XMAS LETTERS FROM LITTLE FOLKS. Again this year we desire to ffive the young readers of this paper tht chance to send a Xmas letter to Santa Claus, telling him what they would like him to bring them for Xmas presents. We have arranged with Uncle Sam to let us have a very big box at Santa Claus’ poetoffice, and a special postman to deliver each little letter direct intoSanU Claus' hands. Now, li.tle folks, let your letters come in and tell Santa Claus any thing you wish to tell him. He is a good friend of this paper and its editor, and every year we have helped him to choose gift* * for many little ones. Tnis year we will do as much or more than ever before. Just address your letters to “Santa Claus, care of The Press and Stand, ard and we will deliver them for you. a , NETTLES SMOAK. Miss Lily Nettles and Mr. Jacob Smoak of the Black Creek section were married Sunday, by Rotary Public, G. L. Smoak at hit residence. The groom is a prosperous young farmer of that neighborhood. The iride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Nettles. or- It appears that committees charged with specific duties were appointed and their reports em bodied in the presentment; One of these committees was on “Officers and Offices,” and we find in their report this statement: “All of the offices are apparently well kept and according to law” a little later we find: Before concluding this report we deem it our duty to express our unqualified disapproval of the un businesslike method being pursued by the Supervisor and the County Board of Commissioners in the award of the public printing. The law requires that bids shall be in vited and the contracts awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. This provisi jn has been entirely ignored, •etc/’ Now’ this is a contradiction it seems to us. The committee w ho examined the offices reports: “All of the offices are apparently well IN RE. OUR JURORS. In last week’s issue w’e took casion to make some remarks npon A. • i “maintaining the honor and integri ty of our courts of justice” through a proper realization of their duties . Kl ”, ,, K ^ , tm • 1 an< ' according to law. The l.v iiiru»< and Court officials. 1 hlS i ff ' . presentment says: This provision (of law) has been entirely ignored.” But has the law been violated? Standard was the only paper in the county that had any circulation to speak of, and for that reason he chose it. as his medium lor the county advertising. The above remarks are rm.de with a view to impressing the grand jury with the fact that as a whole it should be very careful and accurate in the subject matter of its present ment. No one or two members should be allowed to incorporate in the presentment statements that are » • •J representative of their private or political views. This is a good way to destroy the influence for good of what is in tender! to be the highest official body of the county. The following letter and reply need no comment save that The Press and Standard w f as given no opportunity to bid on or do any of the county advertising: FOR SALE. A tract of land in Colleton (bounty, known as “Rum Gully Place.” form erly owned by J. J. Cummings, con taining seven hundred and sixty acres more or less, bounded north by lands formerly of A. B. Stephens and others, east by Vamadore and Martin, south by Nelson Crosby, Pounds, Henry Jones and others, of fered subjeet to timber leases. Rea- onable terms can he arranged. Place unimproved. Address WOODWARD LUMBER CO., AUGUSTA. GA. motioe. All persons who w ish to get chairs '‘tliat will last twenty or more years should order now. If you can’t sea me leave orders with Mr. R. H. Wichman, C. D. C. Aqkams or Witsell & Padgett, and get the improved handmade chairs madfe by J. C. STANB1LL. by juries and court officials editorial has been severely criticised . as an attempt to force our jurors in to bringing in improper verdicts, that is verdict* of guilty when the o testimony, etc., warrants a verdict of not guilty. We feel that such a meaning must lie read into editorial which we have carefully read not being able to find in it such infiammatory utterances. We sim ply stated a condition which every thinking person-in the county will admit, and which will be proved by reference to the criminal dockets of the county, to wit: “There is too much disregard paid to estabHahgd law and order in this county,’.’ Another statement in this connec tion was: “It is the function of our courts to correct this growing dis regard for the rights of others.” We fail to see in this anything to stir up the juror to wrong verdicts. Just here we desire to incorporate a paragraph from the Yorkville En quirer which we heartily endorse: “Of course, it must be understood that innocent men should not be convicted. There' is good, sound sense behind the proposition that it is better to let a thousand guilty es cape than to punish one w’ho is in nocent; but at the same time it is very well to remember that this proposition is susceptible of being badly overworked, as a result of which there seems to be a tendency to allow the thousand guilty to es cape, whether the innocent one is punished or not.” Will the grand jury please refer us to the Statute which says the Super visor and Board of County Com missioners must let out the contract I for county printing by competitive re~l* •bid? If such Statute exists, the * present Supervisor and Board of County Commissioners are not the only ones guilty of its violation. Why, then, is the present Super visor and Board of County Commis- aioners the only ones the grand jury ^ > Jias seen fit to present? The ap- • 0 a tended correspondence will show that the law was previously ignored. Why was ft not made the subject of a presentment? Then, again, why has .this matter been ignored till now by the grand jury? The county might have been saved “several hundred doHars,” if the grand jury had presented tfca Super visor and Board of County Com mis- * Ay sionera at the spring term of eourt, for axample, or even at the summer terra. It must have known of the G^AND JURY PRESENTMENT. Elsewhere will be found the pre sentment of the grand jury read Thursday morning in open court. This document is a little remarkable in that this body of men allowed a presentment to be made containing statements that everyone at all familiar with conditions in this county will know is political. Such presentments as these are what ren ders the opinions of the grand jury pratkally of no conaequenee. The dignity of this body Mould be maim tained. We daaire briefly t*/*fer to. this part of the presentment and little chance is left for this charitably (?) inclined newspaper to earn its dollar! This statement is not true: “The Colleton News offered to put up a substantial bond for the proper*‘ex- ecution of the work.” No mention was made of bond till in October, and the former offer waa regarded as a Muff. Supervisor Griffin waa asked by the editor of this paper since this presentment waa made if he cared to make any statement as to why the bid of the Colleton' News was |Mt accepted in January. He re plied that his desire in advertising was to place the business of the jaunty, and that he had information to the effect that The Premand Supr. C. C. ▲cckkota wll happen, bat the beet regelated families keep Dr Thomaa' Eclectic Oil for eaeh eaergenoir*. It subdues the pate aed heals the bar.*. Lame back comae on seddecW sad Is extremely painful. It i* enteed by rhenmatlsm of tbe maeck*. Q tick re lief is afforded by applviar Ibamher- laln’a Liniment. Sold by all dsaleia. ■" As near as it is Mncik uniui VITEK VUE FEME Cash oron Time. Come round and see ; • f P a us before you purchase. July 16, 19U8. Mr. J. E. Moore, County Supervisor, Walterboro, S. C. Dear Sir: Since there are now two newspapers in the county, will you kindly advise us whether-or notit is the intention to award county ad- veitiaing and job printing by com petitive bid? If so, we desire to submit bids on county advertising and county job printing. An early reply will be appreciated. Yours very truly, The Press and Standard. Walterboro, S. C., July 20, 1908. The Press and Standard, Walterboro, S. C.; Your letter of the y 16th inst. re ceived. In reply thereto, I beg to say that it is the purpose of the county to award its contracts for printing aud job work in such man ner as shall appear best for the wel fare of the county. This has ever been the desire of the present Su pervisor, and “since these are no# two newspapers in the county,” he 1 hopes to be able to accornplWi for the good of the county that which heretofore has been rendered im possible by lack of competition in this line of business. As soon as it becomes necessary, the Supervisor will take such steps as seem to him best to have the ■offer by the Colleton News,* for one ‘ countie’s work done along the lines of this paper’s chief stock-holders | a ^ ove outlined, having in view, in wa*a member of the ^and'Jury.! lhe ^ - This particular action on the part of; The ^ty doea not necd „ y the grand jury seems to us to need work done just at this time, hence explanation, especially in view of the Supervisor does not at this time the fact that the year is almost gone! ( ^ es * re s®? more. Respectfully, J. E. Moore, for us to do so, we trace every piano sold by us, and protect our customers from the misrep resentations of unscrupulous and incompetent tuners and re pairer* of pianos. If you own a STEIFF PIANO, be very care ful who tampers with it. We maintain a corps of competent men in this line, and will fur nish one to look after your in strument any time it needs at tention. Our representatives are duly accredited, and if a chance caller represents that he is from the house or sniff 4> insist that he show you author ity. We stand back of every representation made by our representatives, and that fact has tempted dishonest persons to masquerade as being our representatives. If your vis itor can show the proper en dorsement, ^trust him; if he, cannot, the chances -are you’ve caught a swindler, in which case we’d thank you to let us know—we’ll look after him. We don’t propose that the peo ple shall be mulcted at the cost of our reputation. Ohaa. 1C. Stieff MANUFACTURER OF Artistic Stieff Shaw and Self player i: Soothers Virenon 5 W. TradaSt Charlotte, « N, C. CH. WILMOTH, MENTION THIS PAPER. A. Wichman & Son. MASTER'S SALE STATE OF SOt’TS CAROLINA, Colleton County, Common Picas C. M. Grace, Guardian, < vg. John White, et al. By xirnie of tbe decree of above court therein 1 will §eil at public outet f before the court bouse in Wal terboro on talesday in December next (6th day), within the legal hours, the following described realty, both tracts situate in the county and state afore said* All that parcel or tract of land lying and being on Cbessy Creek wa ters of Asbepoo River, known as part of the Neyle Plantation, containing 116 acres,-nd founded as follows; North by Cbessy Creek, south by lands of Newton Lariaey, east by Asbepoo River and Cbessey Creek, and west by part of same tract. As per plat of Campbell & Lemacks, surveyors, of date April u, 1887. No. a. All that certain tract of land, containing thirty-four and a half (34i) acres; and bounded on tbe north by tbe Ashland tract, east by Cbessy Creek, south and west by CbeSsy road to Walterboro. ’ Terms of sale cash, purchasers to pay for'papers. 0. G. HENDERSON, Master. November 17,19'w. a COME AND SEE US, IT U TO BOTH OE US. C. E. DURANT Civil Eng'r and Land Surveyor. I will be in my office on Sat urdays and all other days when not at work in field. Office between Klien's and Farmers’ and Merchants' Bank Phone 27B, Walterboro, S. C. MS FOII KfllEf. (Complaint not Served ) THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Colleton. Court of Common Fleas Felicia H Chisolm, Plaintiff against Kate L Trentaolm, Defendant TO THE DEFENDANT, Kate L Tren- holm. Yon a'-e hereby >nmmoned and re- to ahssrer the complaint in this action which waa tiled in the office of 1 he Clerk of ibe Court of Common Plea*, tor the'Conuty of Cclle'on on the Pith day of October, A D. 1909. sad to aerven opy • f roar answer to the said complaint on the •nh«crihera at their nftW No. ‘Al, UtoaU street. Charleston, S C . wi'htn twenty day* after tbe ser vice beteof, exclusive of tbe day of eoch oervtce; and i'yon tall to answer the oomplaiu* wi’hin the tim* sforeeaid, the olatmiff lu ibis actlou will apply to ibe Court fer the relief demanded in tbe complaint. Cbnrieaton, 8. C, Ifi'h October, A. D. 1909 > •, M1TCHEL A KMITH. Plaintiff’s Attorney. NOTICE—Notice is hereby given that tbe tax books of tbe town will be open at ray office for the collection of town taxes till Nov 90th, after which time the penalty will he added J. C. LEMACKS, Town Clerk and Treasurer. Nov. <t. 1909. *■ NOTICE—I still want to sell my store site at Meggett, 5 acres of two crop Unde, all wired in ready for cultiva tion and jnet enough 10 keep the'store- keeper when not busy in store busy outside. Apply to b M Butler, 10 27 4t - Meggett, 8. C. We can save you money and we have the goods to do it with. We have just received a large stock of Dry'Ctoods, Notions and Shoos. We have what you want and will make the Prices RIGHT. It will cost you nothing to look and it will give us pleasure to show you whether you buy or not We handle the A* Celebrated Brown * Shoe Bros. line of Shoes. We can fit your whole family and will give you a guarantee with each pair. Our price will surprise you - when you figure with us. J M WITSELL SUPPLY 00. EXECUTOR’S NOTICE. All persons andnbted to aatntn of Oaorgn W Petit. docaoMd. late of OcUe- <00 County, will prawn I tbnir dntinn rtnly attested to, and those dn» anld en> stntu will make peymoet *' onou. A W Petit, *nt 52*2 Kins tt.. CbarWton, S. O., or D L Walker, E-q . at Rnfllu, CoHeton Canuty, Qualified Executors. Walterboro, 8. C., Oct. 21, .1908. 10 27 41 cmmoR for otters of IdmiaistrotioR, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Conntv of Colleton. By John D Edwards, Esquire, Probate Judge. flEREAS, A P .-Washington made suit to me to grant him letters of Admin istration of the Estate and effects of Christopher G Washington. THESE ara therefore to dte and nd- wonlah nil and singular the kindred and creditors of the aaid Christopher G Woehington, deceased, that they he and appear before aw, la the oonrt of |.ro- bate, to he hold at Walterboro. 8 C. on “ ‘ aa, MASTER’S SALE STATE CF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Colleton, Common Plena. Charlotte R. Parler, (Jtt&lilied Ad- mi niatratrix of the Katate of L- K* Parler, Deceased, Plainifff. v«. G. P. Jennings, Defendant. Bv virtue of a decree herein made in the above stated case and dated Nov II tb, 1909, to me directed, I will sell at the court house in Wal terboro, 8. C., on the first Monday in December next, being the 6th day of •aid month, < tiring the legal houn of •ale, tbe fr'lowing described real es tate, to-vri* ; All of t- at tract of land in Colleton county, iiell'a townphip, and state •form* *1. measuring and containing twenty uve (25) acres, more or lew, r. after publication nod L •mded on tbe north and east Waraaf. at 11 o’clock iu the foremvio, to by 1 ...is of a P. Jennings, on tbe “ U** 'son ii by lands ef Ben Bennett, and o*. .me sooth by lands of Wnddy GIVEN under my baad,thU 5th day M«uldin. - * Nor. Anno Domini 1909. Terms of sale cash. Pnwjhsser to ^ M ” ,er ‘VSTwkKKfc. JNO. D. EDWARDS. 1* ; x Probate Jodgu. « Nov. IStb, 1909. , ■aid Administration should ard.