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V / A , V VOL XXXIL WALTERBORO, & C. DECEMBER i. msstKYEM. YHB |T0 use safety iMTctiEslANOTHER GREAT POPULARITY CONTEST 0 *™™ s. s. wom.1 wedding in town HE BEGS THE JUDGE TO CHANGE HIS MERCHANTS Of WALTERBORO AGREE SENTENCE TO HANGING SENT TO USE SAFETT MATCHES IN T0 PEI<ITBfflA>Y - . ' i - TUTURE TO AVOID FIRE. Sobbing like a chife and begging The Editor Press and Standard: Judge.Dantzler to change his ser- j Tht* enclosed paper which 1 beg tence from twenty years in the i that you kindly publish with signa- State Penitentiary to hanging. J. W. i lures a!t:vhed thereto sjteaks lor itself. Many states have a law re- »|ui* in«r the usjof safety matches and our own {.Late should have one. In the abs.nee of such a law however there is n > reason why. for our Mewervey, the slayer of Constables Pishburne and Altman, at Ravenel. July 6, was led from the court room Thursday morning at 9:50 o’clock. The jury in whose hands the fate of J. W< Messervey rested announced j protection we should not agree upon their verdict of manslaughter and a few minutes later Judge Dantzler pronounced the sentence of the own , such a ruie fur our town and county. Records show that more than one Official directory Colleton Sunday School Association : Hugo G. Sheri- BEGINNING TODAY THE PRESS AND STANDARO BE- d “‘- FW - GINS THE GREATEST VOTING CONTEST EVER IN STITUTED IN THIS COUNTY. * ' ! Elsewhere in this issue will be found the announcement of another great voting contest by this paper —in fact the greatest voting contest not President Rev. J. P, President — J. R. Ida May Fish- First Vice Graham. I Second Vice Dodd. Secretary- Miss burne. Treasurer J. D. Utsey. Executive Ommittee Chairman. .... . . . .... ^ . . . •!. T^. Richer. Rev. Geo. A. Martin, political ever instituted in this county. The management ha.se tried to g Peurifoy, H. N. Stokes, Rev. select prizes of real value and usefulness, so that those who compete for T. P. BaktT, Miss C. E. Weekly’, Mrs. them will feel that they will win something worth while. These are very R W. Bryan, J. Rice Godley, (>)l. costly prizes and in order that this paper shall not lose heavily a large volt must be polled by the candidates. ThU U confidently exp«t«i. | Su^n^ndent^duU dlpnctment, MR J. W. LUCAS AND MISS TRACY JOINCO IN MATRIMONY. St. Jude’s Episcopal Church here Wednesday morning waa handsomely decorated with potted plants, and Southern smilax and the and entrance to the church were carpeted with white muslin in honor of the wedding, which took place at h)gh noon. The contracting parties were Miss Emma Tracy and Mr. J. Court: “That you, J. W. Messer vey, be confined in the State Peni tentiary at such labor as you are able to perform for the period of twenty years.’’ The jury had deliberated sixteen hours, and when court convened Thursday morning for the purpose of hearing their verdict, the fore man announced that the> had just but desired some instruc- > to the form of their verdict. It was learned that two of the jurors were for acquittal and the ten at first were for murder, but agreed to compromise on a verdict, of man-i the list. hflf the fm-* of so-called mysterious origin are caused by the use and misuse of non safety Matches. I believe that the greater part of cot ton gin fires will prove to be from the same cause. Walterboro is now left without any night watchman and it behoves the citizens to do all in their power this winter to prevent the outbreak of night tires. All the merchants whom I have been able to see have gladly enrolled their names upon the list of safety matchmen and I urge and beg all I whom I have not been able to s^ to; s?nd me their names to be added to t THE FIRST PRIZE-A PIANO. -or grand prize -is a $400 piano which has been purchas- The first prize ed from Brown Furniture and Hardware Company, well known dealers of Wakerboro, and will be on exhibition at this store where it is hoped every i District Vice President- W. W. person interested will call and examine it, and try it. A prize of thisiSmoak, Jr. value will be worth trying for. Think of it—the contest will last three. THIS ASSOCIATION STANDS FOR and one-half months, and if a contestant should devote all of her or his | Better Attendance on CJturch Serv- time to canvassing and won, it would represent over $100 per month, and: ices there are few persons in the county making so large a salary. j Properly Equipped S. S. Buildings . W. Lucas, both of whom belong to Jas. E. Peurifoy; temperance de-lvery prominent families and are partment. Rev. F. O. S. Curtis; ele-: very popular young people The mentary. Miss C. E. Week ley ! wedding ceremony was performed THE SECOND PRIZE -A ROCK HILL BUGGY. The second prize- s guaranteed Rock Hill buggy—has been purchased from A Wichman and Son’s well known store, and is exhibited there. This buggy has a cash value of $60 and is a useful prize. There are more Rock Hill buggies in use in this county than of any other make- perhaps j all other makes, which attests its popularity. * THE THIRD PRIZE—A NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE. The third prize, a champion drop-head New Home sewing machine will be exhibited at this office as soon as it arrives, it having to be ordered Better methods of teaching Rally and decision days Interest and efficiency Daily Bible reading Intelligent grading Cradle rolls Home departments Accurate statistics County S. S. associations Graded teachers unions rltTTghtcr. Judge Dantzler n i * r^n m€ *‘ from the factory. This prize is worth nearly as much as the second prise, j Weekly teacher's meetings mrtnjcttd them »nd m .bout ten j chmt „d gmner m Colleton County ^ , f WOI) by a |k1 ^ ib , mor<1 Xowmhi s . s . minutes they returned to their seats on the list. It is for the protection; and announced that they had agreed of «®ch and every one of us, so get 1 . . I'm. i-ot kth prize a gold watch. upon a verdict. busy, show your interest and send The fourth prize, a solid gold watch, may be seen at S. Finn’s Jewelry A large crowd was eagerly await- me your name. 'Store.. This prize is valued at $30 and is one to be worn with pride and ing the announcement of the veniict. E. T. H. Shaffer. pleiu-ure. Judge Dantzler took the precaution. “ ~ THK T,MK ^ S T ART - to warn those present that no: the undersigned hireby agree; >j OA ’ t the time to start to win any of these prizes is right now. A good demonstration would be allowed.:***** ^ ** oc ' t 1 , . : star -houM be made before Christmas, and it will be easy to get votes at which‘We have on hand this day is When uked by the judge if he htd! or k< *l> in ktw; '" •“•“'except- anything to say why the sentence of in * *“ e *^ “•tfhes. Messervey betrayed no sign of emo-j wulcnW1 "■*» u *' n,a **| this lime. Wm. should feel that the paper you represent Is all that it tion as the clerk read the vefdic-. i *. we W1 no * se, . Klveaway should Lie as a Cfiunty paper, and it has tried to be. Keeling this i alioul it, then* should be no hesitancy in going after new or renewal sub- j *• ! scriUrs. The way to win ii to go right in and begin the court should not now be pro- nonuced upon him he replied: “No, except that I am not guilty.” sentence passed. The judge began to write the sen tence, but paused Jong enough to ask the prisoner: “How long have you been afflicted with your leg?” “Sixtsea or seventeen years.” he answered. After finishing the sen tence, Judge Dantzler said to the prisoner: “If you bad been con victed of murder I would not have disturbed the verdict. You have been represented by able counsel, who did alt they could for you. You hsve had a fair trial. You had no right to kill Mr. Fiahbume. I do not believe he intended to confiscate We urge upon all litizens of the county the use of safety matches and beg the Mayor and Council of the town of Walterboro to take what action they can towards the enforcement and spread this move* meat. We are prompted by the re* alizstion mat a large percentage of ad toe tires in the county are caused by the use of the common non-safety match. « Terry A Shaffer, Walterboro Drug Co, j. M. Klein, W. W. Stnoak, Jr., John K. Lucas, J. D. vonLehe, W. V. Glover, M. Kohn, Beach Bros, H. W. Buck. Jr., H. Zalin, John C- Crosby, C. D. C. Adams, J. M. Wit- sell Supply Co. Meir Jaffa, Colleton Mer A Mtg Co Walterboro and Rit ters, E. H abater. Cash Merc Co, G. N. Taylor. B o. Hyme. fcl R. Mc- Teer, H. S. Glover, J. E. Moore The Colleton News, A. Wichman A Son. Walterboro Hotel C. A., Eckardt, no favorites. Thus paper is going to have no favorites. Every contestant will be treated in exactly the same manner. No one connected with this office will be allowed to enter the race, either to receive the votes or to cast votes for any cannidate. There will he no favoritism -and the personal guarantee of every member of the force goes with this statement. Every candidate will receive the same treatment §xactly. This the third voting eonte-. t this paper has conducted and the management has learned some thing atiout how to conduct a campaign with absolute fairness to all can didates. and we have to hear the first kick on any of our rulings. We have endeavored to be fair, and we believe we have been. So this will be out guarantee to you. « SMITH DECLARED WINNER. The following is the revised tabu lation of the vote in the special elec tion held last week: duties, without ' VJ your horse and wagon. In consider- j * * wn * adon of-the condition of your leg, 1 ' ~~ will not sentence you to hard labor legally perform his in the penitentiary, but will sen- the filing cf such bond. -Shis was tence you to perform such labor as t h e main issue in the case from a le- you are able to perform. The sen- gal point of view. Judge Dantzler tence of the court is that you be promptly overruled the motion, confined in the State Penitentiary at, Ths verdict kl this case is consid- such labor as you sre able to per- em j m great victory for counsel for fornv|or the period of 20 years.” | the defence, Messrs J. G. Padgett Unmoved through all the trial, s 'emmgly not affected by any of the testimony, when the words ‘‘for the mur( fc r w ith a period of twenty years” were utter-■ ed tfes prisoner broke down and wepWke a child, hegping the judge andJ. M. Moorer. A verdict of murder was expected, or at least recommendation to mercy. The verdict of manslaugh. ter was not thought of, either mur der or mistrial was -expected. The t • change the verdict to hanging, j prosecution also made a very able saying: “I would rather die than j pj-esentation of their side. The have my life wasted in this way. | prosecuting attorneys were the Hon. Judge change to hanging. Let me'^LlL Gruber, Solicitor John H. die. Ibdge change it to hanging. J Peurifoy and his brother, the Hon. IPs not right. I’m not guilty.” ! James E. Peurifoy. Their case was The judge ordered the sheriff to , * we ii prepared and ably presented, remand the prisoner to jail. Sheriff i another chapter.' Fox told him to come with him, but | ^ ^ Ka£ in Meeaervey, not heedm* him, eon-, ^ hi(itnry of ^ Me88ervey CMe in tinued to cry to the -judge to hang ^ f ar m, thi* county is concerned him instead. The judge again or-1 w hen Saturday morning Messervey dered him remanded to jail. It was (was taken to Columbia by Guard a pathetic a^tacie-thia -for- tunate poung man, blind m one eye,. | cav j n g the Court House Tuesday and a cripple, with his father on one j morn i n g he became a little more side and brother on the other, sob-1 reconciled and appeared willing to bmgly pleading with the b^hid“b^T? : have him hanged. A sigh of relief; hy sheriff fox to spend most broke from the crowd as the sheriff ■ o j ^ j ftyg ^th him since Thursday, led him from the room, still sobbing. On leaving the jail » handcuff was motion tor new trial overklled. placed onthearm^ * Colonel Pidgett moved for a new trial on the ground that bad erred ia holding that it waa not for a liquor constable un- Carey-Cothran law to file bond with the clerk of Court, and that, therefore, a constable could Smith T-wU. Adam* Run 18 7 Ashton 5 25 Bell* J4 25° CotUyovillo Doctor ’s Cn*ek 26 11 25 14 Green Pond 1 •°*4_ Hudson’* Mill 10 21 Maple Cane 10 :to Peon|.*’H 9 22 Ravoi id 0 16 Rice Patch 11 22 Ritter 7 15 11 Smoaks 06 Sidney 16 8 Sniders 8 29 Tiger Creek ...... . 38 1 Walterboro Williams 158 23 58 23 Wolfe Creek Young’s Istahd 10 1 7 52 Horse Pen Colleton ■>.. 9 6 Petits Hickory Hill 24 0 Jacksonboro' 18 1 Berea 18 24 Lodge 22 18 Hendersonville .... 10 32 Ruffin 22 , D 9 | ! Totals i *79 521 THE LADIES BAZAAR. Preparations are going forward to have everything in readiness for the bazaar to be given by the ladies of the Methodist and Baptist churches December 16 and 17. It is the pur pose of the ladies of these churches to furnish numerous Xmas presents i for sale, and to use the money thus obtained to make some needed im provements in the church buildings. Just what this will be has not yet been fully determined. An adver tisement for this bazaar appears else where in this issue and will prove interesting reading. A CARD. TO THE VOTEl^J OF COLLETON Organized adult Bible classes Teacher training in every S. school j Teaching of temperance and missions THE STATE BANNER. The Orangeburg Convention fixed the conditions on w’hich the State Sunday'school b urner will beaward- at its next annual convention as fol lows; Largest 1 percentage of JpvnshipM organized. * 2. Best statistical report of County Secretary. 3. Contribution to State Association. 4. Percentage of allotted delegation at State Convention. 5. Percentage of S. S. enrollment studying approved Teacher Training courses. 6. Percentage of white population enrolled in Sunday schools. 7. Largest number of subscribers to The Promoter. 8. Best general result in Sunday school work. The next State Convention will be held in Rock Hill. The people of York are making extensive prepara tion to make this the most success ful Convention ever held in our State. They are thoroughly organ izing their forces and declare their ntention, at all hazards, of wrest ing the State banner from Horry, the plucky little county which proud ly carried for the last two years. I and which on its part boldly asserta j the expectation of repeating her vie : tory unless out-done by some pretty ; hard work. With a view to stimulate those counties which have not yet attained i a standard of excellence sufficiently high to encourage them to believe “A Melody of the ^beautiful in a most beautiful and 'imp manner by the Rev T. P. Baker. Just before the bridal party en- i tered Mrs H. G. Leiding sang vary j sweetly the song. Love.” Then to strains of the “Wedding March” on the organ, with a Vrolin accompani ment, the bridal party entered. First came the dame of honor. Mrs. Samuel E. Boney, nee Mias Emily Bellinger, of this dty, beautifully gowned in a creation of crepe de chine trimmed in cluny lace, carry ing an armful of beautiful heliotrope chrysanthemums. She in|tum was followed by the attendants, Mias Edith Lucas with* Mr I. M. Fiah bume, and Mias Annie Savage with Dr A. J. Anderson.BfThe bridesmaids were dressed in white broadcloth coat suits trimmed in jet, with large black picture hats trimmed in willow ostrich plumes, carrying large bou quets of white chrysanthemums. The wedding party entered the church from the vestry room, march ing to the front door to meet the bride, thence up the centre aisle to the chancel, the bride coming in last on the arm of her father, Capt C. C. Tracy. She was met at the chancel by the groom, who with his best man, Mr. John Lucas, Jr. the grooms brother, had entered the church from the vestry room. The young couple took their stand, under M beautiful arch of Southern smilax, in which was hung n horse shoe of wh*te chrysanthemums, in the centre of which were the initials “T. L..” wrought in golden colon. It was here beneath this beautiful emblem of good lock that these two young souls entered the compact that shall hold till “death them do part.” The bride was beautifully attired in a magnificent creation of white satin elaborately hand-embroidered in white nves and draped with real lace which had been worn by her greatgrandmother for a wedding veil, and she carried an exquisite shower bouquet of bride’s roses and lillies of the *alley. The procession was then led by the young married couple and those who were invited repaired to the home, but a short distance from the church, where a delightful recep tion was served. The house was beautifully decorated with Southern smilaX and potted plants. After the that they might successfully com- .. . ,. . ■ „ j -» P.U in thence for ,heSU te b.n*r||r^ 0 l?!!^’ S. S. Association has by No election was held at Warren, Colleton or Petits. . i chain to acuff on a negro pria- p. also being taken to the Peni- the judge itentiary. This brought a remon strance from Miessrrry, who swore to the officer that he wouH give hta no trouble if allowed to go without being chained to the .Megro., This the guard would aot alkm, riaimlng hewaa*“ DR. CAMPBELL TO RETURN. Dr. M. R. Campbell oculist who for the past month has had an office here for the practice of his profes sion, left Monday morning for Island ton. his former home, where he will be until about the first of January completing some work he has in that neighborhood. Dr Camp bell will return to Walterboro in a month’s time, where it b understood he has practically decided to locate permanently. While here Dr. Camp bell made many friends, who will be gtad to know that he expects to lo cate •here permanently after Jaa. UL COUNTY- ^ prie in ujit rucir iur me outi*: ujmiww |, . ~ . lA/uni i. ~ o 0 * • .. , . !in her going-away costume which 1 wi«h to CTtCTd my thylai to ytm , ^ ^ C. S. S. Wation hv hy | browlcloth. with tat all for your support at the polls in the following Resolution arranged ^ . .. . . .. it*, ttat EVERY COUNTY MAY *" d ' ,OVM ^ n ““ h ' * h * br,<U ' WIN A BANNER: “Any county as sociation which holds an annual con vention, pays its pledge to the State Association in full, has all its town ships organized and holds at least one convention in each township dur ing the year, will be known as a Banner County fend will receive a banner.” Why not then, friends, enter Col-1 leton in a Banner race? Simply the 1 effort for improvement will htve an j untold effect for good ..upon our , schools. Superintendent, what have you to say? Let us have expression from some of you in our next coU X umn. my beludf on November the 9th and 23rd, for Member of the legislature for the unexpired term of the late D, C. Sanders. 1 am confident that the people wish to carry out their promise of the Convention a year and a halt' ago for St. Paul’s Parish to have a Representative, but like all other special jeteciiooe, it is a hard matter to get the masses to turn out, there fore, their wishes have been defeated but look for me. or some one amongst us later. Thanking you all, I remain. Yours Respectfully. D. H. Towles. Meggett, S. C. Nov. 28, 1909. TO BUY LOT FOR SCHOOL Smoaks, Nov. 29,—Special: petition is being circulated here for the purpose of raising funds to pur chase the four acre lot on which the school house stands. This lot is ad vertised to sell in a few days, and the Trustees wish to be in a position to purchase. This lot comprises a beautiful cedar grove and it would be a pity to have it used for anything else than a school ground. and gloves to match, the party retired to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lucas. Mr. and Mrs. Iaicss left on the afternoon train for Jacksonville. Ha. After visiting several points of interest in the Land of Flowers, they will go on to Havana. Cuba, for a brief stay before returning to Wal terboro where they will reside. APPOINTED MAGISTRATL Owing to the continued illness of Magistrate L. G. Ulmer of Bells, he has tendered his resignation, and re quested that his son Rev. B. R. Ul mer, be appointed in his stead. Cover* ISTCI • m * nor M. F. AnsH referred the matter Bethel Methodist Sunday School! to the delegatldn from this county, of this place is tr»\be commended for j who held a iDCctuuf Monday and place Jts revival of Zeal. It has lately been reorganized with a strong corp of officers and teachers for the com- mg year. The school is fortunate fh securing the services, as Superin tendent, of Prof. Hugo ia thoroughly in [Continuedoutage eight.] recommended to the Governor Rev B. R. Ulmer be appointed! trato in placeof his father. T . pointment will neat with favor the county. The friends of Magistrate Ulmer, and they are kefon. will regret to barn that Mr/UUner ia not doing Wry well being aftetad with pft- 4 m\ I H vyt ;vi M. I : I ■ I ill y# ! .'■rM