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WALTERBORO, S. C. DECEMBER 8. 1009.
NO. 16
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ORGANIZED S. S. WORK LOCAL AND PERSONAL
DEPARTMENT FOR ORGANIZED SUN
DAY SCHOOL WORK. CONDUCTED
DY MISS IDA M. FISMBURNE.
'The Sunday-school Association is
an organization of Sunday schools
banded together for the develop
ment of denominational loyalty.
International fellowship, exchange
of ideaa, co-operation in effort^ of
common interest and inspiration, to
do the best work as measured by
one's own denominational stand
ards."
."The Organized Sunday school
Iferement is a voluntray, organized
InteraationalSco-operation to' awaken
Sunday school workers who seek to
popularise and make more effective
the Sunday schools of the world."
"Our Organised Sunday school
work is a system of giving to Sun
der schools and Sunday school
wsricers what other Sunday schools
aul Sunday schools workers have
gefead through experience." S. S.
Promoter.
The next State Convention wiil be
held at Rock Hill, Feb. 15. Id, and
17.1910. At the Orangeburg Con-
vencion last February our county
was represented by five delegates.
This year we hope to send our full
quota
Let us resolve to send by these a
good report.
PERSONAL AND OTHER IffcMS GATHER
ED ROUND TOWN DURING THE
WEEK.
CONTEST AROUSES YERY GREAT MST: PRINCIPLES DISCUSSED
E B Bennett
town Frirav.
of Lodge was in
This week statistic blanks are be
ing sent to every Sunday school
Suoerintendent in our county whose
name we could attain. We trust it
is not asking too much of our Super
intendents to fill in these blanks and
return to is at an early date. This
matter of securing a corret statis
tical report *ould be ao easy if c^ch
Superintendent or Secretary would
do his share.
The following w* give as the ex
perience of one enthusiastic school:
■OW THEY DID IT.
Ife. towh gf Jackson. No., with a
population of 2,400, with rfkPiotest-
ant and one Roman Catholic church,
has a Methodist Sunday school with
a total earoUmcnt of 1,100. To bring
the school up to the .1,000 mark, the
superintendent, R. M. McCombs,
called its regiment to be organized
into companies. There were com
panies of artillery, infantry, cavalry,
chariots, and reserves from the
Home Department and Cradle Roll.
Each company was inspired with the
idea of securing its full quota of
members by a given day. and on
that day there was a great Sunday
school procession, with drums- and
S. A. Martin of Smttaks v as in
town yesietday.
. Mrs B N Dewitt of Smoaks was in
town Monday shopping. •
A J and D M Sfnoak of Smoaks
had business in town Monday.
H F Brsland of Ruffin paid our I
office a pleasant call Monday.
J. H. Bishop and son of Island Lon
were in to ;ee us yesterday.
J. C. Nettles of Ruffin was a pleas
ant caller at our office yesterday.
P W Strickland of Williams was
among the prominent visitors to
Walter boro Monday.
Col. J W Hill of CottageviHe was
among those who came to see us
Monday while in town.
Mr and Mrs Leon Reed of St.
George are in town visiting at the
home of Dr. and Mrs Parker Barnet.
Mrs J M Padgett of Jacksonboro
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with her brother, deputy sheriff r
M Buckner.
MARRIED. Nov. 25th. - Mia
Blanche Hiers and Mr Arthur Beach,
both of Walterboro, by Rev H J
Cauthen. at the residence of the
bride's parents.
Mrs. J. Willie Beach of Armstrong
Fla. is on a ten days visit to her
father J. A. Linder who is very sick,
she wiil be glad to see her friends
and relatives while here.
Jos. M. Moorer. who has been
reading law, here with the firm,
Padgett & Lamacks, will go to Col
umbia the lattfr part of tbf week to
stand the examioution for admission
> examination fu
j*. aT -
to the bar.
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The several committee* of the
Ladies Bazaar request that the con
tributions of fancy work etc, so
chbofully. promised, will be sent to
theNethodist parsonage, on or be
fore Friday the 10th inst.
■ ' Santa Claus wiirhe'tt ThrBaxaar.
Children. Write your Christmas let
ters to him, and bring them with
you, Wednesday evsning. Meet roe
at "The Bazaar." Everything
good to eat at "The Bazaar."
THE CONTEST DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY WORKING
OVERTIME TO KEEP UP WJIH RUSH. AND TO
ANSWER INQUIRIES- THE ENTRIES TO DATE/
Mix Chase Black! Walterboro 4,260
Mr H. LeeChassereau, Walterboro, R. F. D. 3 3,750
Mr H. J. DuBois, Islandton 3,000
Rev. B. R. Ulmer. Ruffin 1,800
Miss Jennie Connor, Smoiks 1,635
Miss Jennie Addison, Cottageville 1,510
Miss Lucile Hiers. Walterboro 1,020
Master Estes Smith, Walterboro 1,020
Prof. H. G. Sheridan, Walterboro 1,010
Miss Viola Connelly, Walterboro 1,000
Miss Nell deTreville, Walterboro 1,000
Miss Maggie Ramsey, Williams 1,000
Mr Lee B. Hudson, Ruffin 1,000
Miss Darling EL Smith, Islandton 1,000
Mrs Sallle Smith, Islandton 1,000
Miss Ruth Brant, Brant .”. 1,000
Mrs Eva Brant, Ruffin 1,000
Ordinarily the people of Colleton county are a little slow to take hold of
a new proposition, and they are right to be. But theasarisrwf the con
test being started by this paper seems to be an exception to the rule,
possibly the exception which proves the rule. In addition to the candi
dates whose names are published this week, numerous inquiries have been
received from others whose names will appear later. It is going to be a
"warm” race, and full of exciting incidents. The people of Colleton
county love voting contests and campaigns, whether .olitical or other
than political. But who does not enjoy a.race when the contestants are
evenly matched and intensely interested? All the world loves a lover,
we are told, and this is true. It is equally true that all men admire pluck,
nerve, courage, ambition, in boy or girl, man or woman. It requires all
these to enter a contest such as this will be, and enter to win.
Now. there will be other candidates—many others. The race has only
just begun. Write us, telephone us, come to yee us, send word to us. talk
to us, and if there is anything you wfah to have explained, let us explain.
Any question will Le answered. And now.is the time!
The niano is on exhibition at Brown Fundturq Company's store; the
Rock Hill buggy at A. Wichmanand Sons; tfcaw^tcb at S. Finn's Jewelry
Store: the New Home Sewing Machine will be hdre in good time. ' Seein’s
beleevin,"8o see and believe. f
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PINKtr DISCUSSES THE' PRIN
CIPLES Of FARMERS UNION. AND
DRAWS SOME CONCLUSIONS.
HAL” DAGOT DEAD
PROMINENT YOUNG COLLETON NEWS
PAPER MAN DIED IN C0LUNIIA
SUNDAY NIGHT.
RUffINITEIS.
*Ruffin, Dec. 6,- Sptetal: ' Mr. and
Mrs. Quillie Breland of Ruffin visted
Walterboro Saturday.'
George Ulmer and wife spent last
week with his parents.
0 T. A. Black passed through our
midst Saturday afternoon.
Miss Nellie Ulmer visited her sis-
flags and decorated wagons, en route i ter • Mias Felder, a few days ago.
for a picnic for the thousand.
Then the school war. qigwdzqd. to
euliat the interest of every member.
The **8et the Pace Class" waa for
men, "The Lydias" for
women. “The Gleaners"
faryoung women is r the look-out
niwirifttan for the Sunday school,
each member being "watchman"
over a certain district of the town.
Teachers’ meetings are held Fri
day evenings at the homes of the
teachers, taken in alphabetical
order.—S. S. Magazine.
May we not hope to have our
■schools so awakened to their oppor
tunities that they will adopt as their
mottoes: v '
'"Everybody in the community a
member of the Sunday school."
"Every member df the Sunday
school a member of the church."
Pastors, fellow-teachers, is this
too high?
Mrs. J. W. Preacher and daugh
ter, Miss Lula, were at J. M. Gas
kin’s Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. John Ulmer spent a few
days with her parents last week, '
Allen Padgett p—ed through oar
midst one day last week.
Belle.
acakd
I desire to inform my friends that
my little daughter. Cham, is a ca
didate in The Press and Standard'*! Mot
voting contest, and 1 will appreciatej^ove
anything that anyone may do in the
interest of her candidacy. Remember
her when paying your subscription
amt if not obligated to anyone elm
cast your votes for her please.
. Respectfully.
Dr. H. W. Black.
Waltrrboro, Dec. 7,
ASSESSMENTS CALLED FOR
,To the Sunday School Superin
tendents of Colleton County:
Superintendents or representa-
tivsa of the various Sqnday schools
of the county, who, at the First An-
nuaHMpncsntkxi of the County gin-
day School Association held in Wal-
terboro in July last, and who pledged
certain amounts to aid the Associa
tion in its noble work; which amounts
to be paid in by the first of January,
1910. Permit me to call attention
to tha fact that that time is near at
hand, and only one brother, Bro. J.
RiceGodlay of Islandton, ( has sent
ia tha iBMant for Ms stool ujrto thfe
Mam. % ’
-J. D. Utasy, Trsasurer.
Dae. 7.
SPECIAL TEACHERS EXAMINA
• THIN-
The State board of education at a
meeting held last week at Columbia,
decided to order a special examina
tion for teachers to be held Friday,
Jan. 7, the first Friday in the new
year. All teachers, therefore aot
havinf certificates will be enabled to
secure them.
A OOrYeCTION
Please correct this error fat nams
in card of thanks as published last
week. The asm* should have -bdaa
Janh&yron iasteed otJank
RmpeetfaUy.
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DEATH IF m J. R- BAKHL
Ruffin. Dee. 2, Special:—It was
with bleeding hearts that We heard
the sad news of the death of Mrs J
R Baker who died on theevening of
October 30th at the Roper Hospital
Charleston.
Mrs Baker will be remembered
here as Miss Jessie Carter. She
was married on April 29th 1909 to
Mr J ft Baker, one of Hampton’s
most prominent young men.
She was bom September, 15th
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The writer as one of Jessie’s most
intimate friends, knew her to pos
sets many sterling qualities. She
was of such a loving aimable disposi
tion, shedding rays of sunshine where
ever she went. To know her was to
love her. How hard it is for us
under*', and why God called her
home so soon! $ne waa? so young
and her life was so full of brilliant
promises, but God knows what it
beat for us. and while we toll miss
Jessie’s sweet face and her bright
■nan/ smile ao wnch we know that
Gbd needed it to shine in Parstoe.
He plucked to flower before a
leottad faded for the adorn-
of hk v everlasting garden
meat lead* in the end. when .life's
toilsome work* is -ever. That God
will say to each of us, welt done,
thou good and faithful servant.
May theiVoung husband find com
fort in thff thought that she has
only gone leforeto await his com
ing and thgt ere long ha can be with
her where changes never come.
Cora V. Burgess.
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OFF FOR CONFERENCE-
The Methodist ministers of the
county are now in attendance upon
the session of the Annual conference
in session at Abbeville. They will
be gone till early next week, the
appointments being made Monday
morning. The ministers of this
denomination from this county are:
Rat. H. J. Cauthen, WaHerbbro
Rav. J. P. inehhiai CottegevBtr.
Rif. a W. BurMfeRuA* Rev. J.
Rif? P. I
Rhode, Hendersonville; Rev.* J
SurnUrd, Young<Island; Rev. G. 1
Penny, Walterboro.
Ruffin. Dec. 6.-Editor Press and
Standard: Allow me space in your
columns to express'a tew thoughta
which should be of interest to at
least some of your readers. .
There are several important
jects. which need our continual
cussion. and should be ever, kept,'
before our fieople, by the pubHi
prints, and speakers or writers. Chief
among them, may be mentioned,
good roads, the Farmers’ Union and
higher education.
Other things which should not be
entirely lost sight of, and which
shall in tbe not distant future, need
attention, are the draining of our
low lands; the improvement of our
worn out, lands, and reclaiming ef
our abandoned fields. All of these,
should receive attention, in due time,
and under the principles of the
Farmers’ Educational and eo-opera-
j tive Union; much good can be ac
complished if each one will do his
part.
Bui my purpose in this article is te
apeak of the Farmers' Union, its,
privielges, its opportunities and
its duties. There was never, an or
ganization formed, since the history
of man which had power to accom
plished so much good as is possible
for our farmers union. There are a
great many "class" organizations
and "orders’’ and "brotherhooda";
but most of them are either direct!
or indirectly, a hindrance, to to
best interest of the producer, and
so threatened their own existence by
paralizing, the source from which
their support must come. Not so
with the Fanners’ Union. It seeks
to so conduct itself that its tenets
will be benefited by educational and
co-operative Union; by laer—ed
prndutoawhr wise di verification; 1>y
the best cultivation, and so be a help
to all elamea of legitimate trade, in
stead of a few privileged dames, or
honored (?) sect.
The fanner, is the support of tha
world, his products, are more essen
tial than all other products com
bined. The mines, the railroads,
the factories and mills, are all use
ful and serve to give employment to
great numbers of our people; but if
their products were their only means
for food it would require the inter
vention of miraculous power, to con
vert these "stones" into bread.
Not ao with those engaged in till
ing the toil; they must not only pro
duce enough for themselvea, but
must feed the rest of the world. Bo
It was with sadness that the news
of the sudden death of James Hamil
ton Bagot, whicn occurred in Colum
bia Sunday night, was received here
.Monday morning. He was the
son of the late J. H. and
nia Dougherty Bagot and was
bora in the city of New York, July
1L 1880, but when very youiar his
parents moved to South Carolina,
making their home on Rose HOI
Plantation in this cdunty.
Mr. Bagot graduated from the
South Carolina College in 1901, mid
the following year entered the law
etaases and took up postgraduate
work. He was a young man of many
gifts of mind and person. He was
at one time associated with Mr. W. Z.
McGhee 1* the publfoition of "The
Educational,” a monthly journal for
tiie benefit of the school teachers of
the State, after which he became a
member of the stall of The State,
and at the time of his death he wan
secretary te thepreaenteditor. Capt.
Wm. E. Gonzales. His mind was
wdl trained and thousands of readers*
have spent many hours in pleas
ant pastime reading the editorials
and editorial essays of this noble
youth. .
His college career was a moat
tgilNant one, taking a leading part
flk everything, as well as carrying off
trophies. The interment
held at Elmwood* cemetery.
Tuesday- His uncle Henry and
Jmea jBesrson attending. Mrs
Dated was unable to go being quite
111 at her home.
M. F. HOWELL ESQ. n WED.
I The following invitations have
bMa reeelvad,!.iniv tamn. The many
friends of'the groom, in the county*
will be pleased to know that he is so
soon to join tha
Gage, is very pJeomntiy i
here, having been a visitor
home,of Mrs. Howell several
Hr. and Mrs. Oeorgs William* Oaga
raqnssi tbe honor of
yoar prresooe *t its marriage of their
daughter Martha Williams
to
Mr. Madison Peyton Howell
on -'ineeday, tbe twenty-first day of
December nineteen hand red and nine
at five o'clock la the afternoon
at their rssklwore In Chester Booth
Carolina
Ulmer. Dec. 6,—Special:
prosperity to the fanner means pros- No. 236 A. F. M. held
perity to every other
Death is a dragon; the grave is a
den; a place ef dread and terror, but
Christ goes into the due, there.
He overcomes and disarms the
dragon and takes away all its terror.
We need not fear it any longer for
God has said "Fear not; when thou
passeth through the rivers they shall
not overflow thee." Death to God’s
people is, but a ferryboat and they
can say like D L Moody did "Oh,
death where is thy sting; Oh. grave
where is thy victory!
We are reminded by Jessie’s death
of a late rosebud that it just ready
to burst with all its beauty into a
full blown rose when it is snatched
by the icy hand of writer, and its
pure, beautiful petals fall withering
and dying to the earth. Jessie, like
tha rosebud, was just entering upon
young womahhood when the icy
hand of death snapped tbe cords
that held her to this life and her
pure soul took it* everlasting flight
to Uv*
SCHOOL DONDS RESOLD-
Owing torn failure on the part of
tiie original purchasers of the Wal-
terbore School-bonds to^ cdmply. it
waa found necessary to retell. The
entire issue of $20,000 has been placed
a second time, and with purchases,
whom, it is thought, will comply at
once. It is confidently expected
that the erection of the building will
begin not later than Jan 1st. It will
be remembered that the firm of
Johnson A Matthews are the con
tractors.
W M U ASSOCIATION
The Quarterly Meeting of the
W. M. U. of the Colieton Association
will meet with the Doctors' Creak
Baptist Church on Saturday before
the Second Sunday in December.
( Delegates wishing to come by
! rail to stokes will be met Friday
afternoon and Saturday morning,
December 10th sod 11th.
ELECTION Of OfnCERS.
Ulmer
ita an
nual communication Saturday, De-
inemwed production , matantir eonberdth. 190*. After initietinf
MR GRAVES BETTER.
,The many friends of Claude A.
Graves, foreihan of The Prsss and
Standard, will be pleased to know
that he is much better. For aarer
al days last
MotU
{ U of tetoaus, feUowim
atoCMRWtoQ mJW nSwlilff INM
after tha Oeuaty Erir.
following tha injury
foot hurt just
means a cheaper commodity^. , bcnoa
the need of wise diverrificaloa,
economical ^cultivation, and aquM
distribution.
? Union’s privileges* art also
unlimited; We might as a das*
adoptatOM very unwise and itltoftot
mode-Of procedure, something that
would aot only, work a hardship
upon ourselves, but bring a ealmity
to bur people who depend upon us
for their supply of food-studs. I
say our privileges are such that we
can give our entire attention to pro
ducing one commodity to such ex
tent as to render its salable value
far below its cost of production,
while the scarcity of some other pro
duct sends its price far above ita
cost or value. This would be un
wise. yet we may do it. wehavedone
it and without care and considera
tion we will do it again.
• "Educational” the first word,'
needs to be looked after, sought out,
and applied, first^ last and all the
time. "Co-operative," will natur
ally follow, as sure as the night fol
lows the day, because education has
already taught us the need of Co*
operation. And sod to say if was
compulsory education, education
forced upon us by an iron hand. Last
but not least, I mention "Its duties."
And under their head I halt, and
ask vou to think how vast the field.
Look where you wtU, and you ace re
forms whkh need our ea opatotito
to inaugurate, we aa* arils axiatiag
two into the E. A.
ftfring the F. C. Degree on one, the
election of officers was taken up.
which resulted in the election of the
following officers to serve for the en-
aojng Masonic year: Jamas F.
Rants, W. M.; Gao. f. Copeland,
8. W.* K J. Berry Hudson, J. W.; D. B.
Brelped. Tress.; E.H. Ulmer, See.
The instillation of officers will taka
pines Dee. 27th at 12 o’clock M. Tha
public k cordially invited toatttend
mid bring baskets filled with eat
ables for a pknic.
James F. Rents, W. M.
E. H. Ulmer, See.
whidi need <ftir co-operation to sup
press. we see differences caused by
misunderstandings, which need our
union to adjust,—in fact so vast the
field, so wide the expanse, ao grerit
the need, that when I think of our
inactivity I wonder if we realize our
"doty." Is it not our duty to edu
cate? b it not our duty to eo-opar-
ate? Think of the many things that
we can do, and must do, and you
will have some conception, of our
duty. I shall not name them, but
bake it to you, dear readers, to
think for yourself. What b your
duty to the Union? And what b the
Union'* duty to itself, to its
and to the world at large? Mar"
bt Educational and Cooperativu
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