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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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