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-ml' vm < ’'i VOL. XXXII. WALTERBORO, S. C. FEBRUARY 2. 1910 NO. 24 S9E M. J. KEARSE DEAD MAJOR MOISE A SUICIDE LfAIMNG SUMTER LAWYER AWL DIS TINGUISHED CITIZEN FOUND ' DEAD IN HIS OFFICE. Sumter. Jan. 30,—Special: Maj. Marion Moiae, a leading lawyer and financier of this place, killed himself j hy ~^ hv nf . W8 lhat M j. with a Colt’s reYolver in his office Kearse was Mr. Kearse had this afternoon about 6 o’clock. He I been ailinvr for several weeks, and ONE OE LODGE'S MOST PROMINENT CITIZENS PASSED AWAT LAST THURSDAY NIGHT. ONLY SIX WEEKS MORE IN WHICH - CANDIDATES HAVE TO WORK. I<od(re, Jan. Although it ;s the be^innin^ of the home stretch two new candidates — 1 have eYiti-r^ this w<*ek, Mrs. M. M. Corbett of lalandton and Mr. K. S. Thursday' night | Bailey of Weeks. While these candidates are a little late in entering they about 1U o i this community wa." . known to In* hustlers, and it is safe to say that they will he to reckon with the final round of votes. A mjrr!>er of changes have taken place in the standing of the .'andidates ; this wee k and nearly every one of tnem has gotton some votes. They had been in bad health recently and *hii** the end was not : seem to be taking to heart our remarks in last week’s paper and are bo th is is supposed to have luen the i , I ‘ U ^ a s ^ r>c ^ to * n j ginning to-hu^tle. The air is filled with the contest excitement, and the •ause of the tragedy community. ^ ,j , contest i» m >re talked of now in the county than any other one thing. -community Mr. Knars*-was S5 years old and Shortly'after 6 o clock this even-; on** of tiif In-st loved and most mg, Dozier Leo. son of R. D. Ia*e,, r ^p4vtn<l of th«* county. Hei Maj. MoiaeV partner, went into the. j s surv j vt .,j ;t who was Miss office and discovere<l the majors Mary St* von-; they were mar- dead body on a settee in the c*'ntre ried s*Ame Uo v« hrs ago. Mr. Kearse of the office. In his right hand, w'as twice married - the first time to j which re»te<l *>n his hip, was a Colt’s Miss Stokes, a sister of Col. J. R.' revolver and in his right temple was Stokes, fie whs a successful farmer a bullet wound that showed conclu- ant j recognized everywhere as an up- sively the cause of his d**ath. right, honorable Christian gentle-1 It is thought the'burning of his rnan beautifu* house leeently an<l the ac- was int**rred Friday at the new cidental shooting by his s*>n of a Methodist church cemetery at Lodge cousin, which though not serious with Masonic honors. Rev. G. P, preyed on his mind, had reduced; Watson, pastor of the Methodist him to such a nervous state as to church, conducted the funeral ser-1 cause him to take his life. vices J. M. BENNETT SHOT AT WHILE CLOSING STORE RITTER NEWS Ritter, Jan. 29. Special - Mrs C W Warren of Charleston, is visiting her suiter Mrs M J Cone. John Carter visited relatives and friends at Ix>dge last week. New-) han just IxHn received here J H Thomas has returned toS*van-; of a 'Instandy attempt upon the life nah after spending a very pleasant ^ • P«*nnett of Stokes, last vacation with his parent here. ! niRhl aUut 9 o’clock as he was cloe- Miss Flarrie Carter is visiting Miss ingstore. Som<H*no concealed outride Ruby Stanley at Lodge. C W Drawdy and family will move to Green Pond next week. Mr Draw dy having gone into the mercantile business tTjere. , We are glad to have Mr J D 0 1 clue is r.i 1 a- fired two ^hot.-, at him with a gun Fortunareb ii-u her shot Ithyk etfe< t. Sheriff K' \ gone t<t Stokes o * and a pair of la^un'ls helong- t*> Mr. Ityaii >.}».«• Is***n m nt f»»r. No the guilty partn-s. u> hut no * •I’-* V a i .l b»* spans! to find I <;Ut tr.e vu 1 ''’ Flasterlin and family buck with again. ‘ > • Our Sunday School is progre-sing nicely now under the efficient man agement of B G Cone. A nice heater, v, has been placed in th** church, which 7^,. Wymra-n r. PENNY NUISANCE Jan 2o. 1910. will make the building mueh rrorf corafortahle for the balance of tn»‘ winter. Mi-s Jessie Thomas is at hnn.e again after si ab>«*iice < f s**v ial weeks. Coy am| Klliotl Thomas of Varn- ville. s|H*r 4 t several days with rela tives here last wo«-k. Mrs T IT Spell v.-as rai!*d t<» Sum merville last Satunlav "*1 a-'C-.nnt ».f the dei.th «»f her h isband. wl t.-h sad event oecunrs-d 1.1 > olumhia is-* Fri day H C Carter of Ft. Miche N V. spent th** holidays here with his i*«r ents. On January fith hts parente gave a recent ion in his honor. He Sir: - in \i*-u of the extent toj which the p;attire of placing loow coins in f oxes by rural patrons has grow r, and the delay in the delivery I and collection of mail and th** hard- hip imp***-1 on rural carriers inci lent thereto. >ou are infi^rrr.e*! that, commencii g February lb, pn>xim*>. runtl cani'-is will not Ihi required to colUs*t loos*- r ans from rural mail t O <**S. Patrons “hoidd enclose coins in an * nvelope. w rat> them 9e<*urely in a op**'** of pat>er, pr dep*M|it them in a «>in holding receptacle, wo they can »- «*asily and quudcly taken from the »oxcs, an*! carrier® shall be required ui iift such coins, and, where accom- cont(-st i» m >re talked of now in the county than any other Now is the time for the candidates to do their best work. Six w.-eics more of BUSTLE. RUSTLE, HUSTLE. “How did you win?” they asked the man Who with defeat had tussled; "Three things l did,” h answered them, “Bustlec, Rustled, Hustled!” . s Miss Chase Black. Walterhoro ... 10.26<^ Miss Jennie Addison, (kvttageville . . .. ..39,030 Misa Jennie Connor. Smoaks, . 25.00T» Mrs. (»ertrude Stricklatui, Smoaks, R. F. D. 2 19.TJb Mi ss Janie ('rojjipy, I/xlge . ...Id.Y^T Mr. S. W. Linder. Walterhoro 14,730 Dr. M. R. Campbell, Walterhoro Mr. L. C. Padgett. Smoaks .. Miss Ruby Hill, Round Mr. W. P. Smoak, Ruffin, R. F. D. 2 Miss Lillian RedLsh, Weeks . ... Mr H. LeeChassereau, W’alterboro, R. F. I). 3 Mr, L. G. Drawdy, Week* Mrs. Mamie O’Quin. Hendersonville Master Estes Smith, W’aJterbT*ro Mr. J. A Saunders. Walterhoro Ales Lizzie Delie Blocker, W’alterboru. R. F. 1). 2 Prof. H A*. Sheridan. Walterboro ... Mr H. J. i>uBois. Isiandton , Mi.-s .-\ii*'*- Sykes, Walterboro. R. F. D. 3 Mis Eva Brant. Ruffin ML.-. Addie Peeples, Meggett Mi* Koiii Brunt, Brant Mi L*-«* 1*. Hudson, Ruffin Mi.-vs Viola Connelly, Walterhoro .Mi-s Maggie Graves, W’alterboro Mi-s Maggie Ramsey, Williams Mts. Mal>el Catch, Early Branch Miss Mary Ann Myers. Badham Mrs. M. M. Corln-tt, lalandton .... Miss J*-Hsie D*vld, Round Mias Nancy Newton. Adams Run Miss Lucile Hiers. Wa!P*rla'ro Miss Belle W’eseoHt, Walt»-rlM>ro Rev. B. R. Ulmer. Ruffin ’ <? Miss Father L:n*l**r, Waiter bo 1*0 Mr T L. Hudson, Ruffin. R. F. D. 2 II. S. Bailey, Weeks Mr. Jehu H. Wilson, Smoaks. ML* I)<*ra I-uigdale, Walterbom Mr J W Baggett, Jr.. Hendersonville ML- Blanche Griffin, KuiHn o. Mis. bene Bryan, Ruffin > Mn.>. Darling U. Smith, l.-lamlton 1.000 ALs.Saliie Smith, Islandt*»n 1,000 MLs Zn!a (barter, Ruffin, 1,000 Mis.- N**li tU-Trtjville, Walterboro 1,0<X> Jii-s A«ldie Lmder, W’aiterbor«>. R. F. D. 3 1,000 ORGANIZED S. S. WORK ' LIVE AT HOME . ] DEPARTMENT FOR ORGANIZED SUN I SNIDERS CORRESPONDENT BELIEVES DAY SCHOOL WORK. CONDUCTED BY MISS I. M. FISHOURNE. IT IS BETTER TO RAISE PLENTY OF HOG AND HOMINY. We publish this week the pledge made at our last county convention for State and county Sunday .School work; by whom given, and payments male. APAM.*? Kt'N TOWNSHIP S. S. ^ Pledge Pd Osborn I I Fox .. $ f><H) $ 5 00 AdanjsRun CB Linder 10 00 Ravenel W A Gilmore . 12 0o ItKOXTON TOWNSHIP I j Ashton Miss Sannie Jones $ 5 00 Cross Swamp J Ric** God ley 5 00 WValey Chapel Miss Annie Yarn 5 no HKLI.’S TOWNSHIP Bethel K H Klmet $ 5 (X) Tabor J K Benton 3 5 5 001 14,430 * HKYWARF) TOWNSHIP 12,230 Salom I. A Fraysee,J r $15 (X) 15 00 i 10,820 Shiloh PW Connelly.. 5 00 9,870 Tabernacle -B L Jone^ 5 00 9,860 ... 9.360 SHKR1DAN TOWNSHIP . .." 9,340 Bethlehem- BG Weeks $ 5 (X) 5 00 •9,080 Providence J D Risher 5 00 8.140 Organized Bible Clash. 7,970 Pro v i d en cc- H N 3,, 290 Stokes 5 (N> 5 00 6,520 Riverside JC Canady 5 00 -.. 5,750 VKRDIKK TOWNSHIP 5,760 Kbenezer- J C Drawdy $ 5 00 5 00 5,315 Pleasant Grove — Jos 4,870 Langdale 5 00 4.510 Presbyterian ( WaJ) — 4.020 Col C G Henderson... - 3,600 Bethel (Wall HWDu- V-* 3.200 3,2f)0 3,020 3,010 3,000 ... 2,835' 2.700 2,620 2.500 2,300 2.020 2,010 2,000 1.510 1.510 1.500 1,080 1,030 Bo is and Jas K Peun- foy 15 00 Organized Bible Class Jas E Peurifoy ... . Mt Carmel Miss Ida 5 (X) 500 May Fi-hhunie 6 00 5 00 Zion W F Cdpeland 2 00 WARKKN TOWNSHIP Gr****n P«»nd 'F W Risher Cetiar Grove Smoaks 6 <N) 5 00 Ira Maxcy 5 (X> 5 00 Williams J I) Utsey 5 <X) INDIVIIMIAI. PUilKYI-JS Mrs K G W Bryan $ 1 00 Mrs K(i Huggins 5o Sometimes your correspondent thinks that perhapa his friends art beginning to think that he haa for gotten them, as he has not written in auch a long time, but he haa been so busy of late. The writer wonders some times if other people have a# much an do as he does, hut isn’t it a great blessing to have plenty to do and then be able to do it? Everybody around Sniders X Roads seems to Ih* up and doing; hedge rows are being cleaned out ami a lot of new- wire fencing is be ing put up. Our farmers are begin ning to realize that it is better to fence with wire than with rails, though we have a plenty of timber. The most of our farmers are also turning the soil for their next crop, 2 (X) and are not worrying about supplies to makeHhc crop with, for w« have more feed stuff among our farmers this year than we have had for many years past. Cotton may sell for ific next fall, but our farmers will plant a plenty of feed crops, as they have found that to farm in the South and have their corn and smoke hduaes in the far west, does not pay. It pay* better to sell hogs at 7c per pound gross, as some of my neighbors have done this winter, than to raise cot ton at 15c and buy 1 com and bacon at the present prices. 0 Our fanners will try to use some fertilizers this year, but will not try to buy all the mills make. Some men may have gotten rich by using or dealing in fertilizers, but we can not find the farmer around Snidere who has made a fortune by using it. We can find plenty of them who have helped the other fellow to get rich; they have bought fertilizer at a good profit to the other fellow, and helped themselves to a work harder to make and harvest more cotton for the other fellow to buy cheap and speculate on, with very little, if any, profit to themselves. Now, the trou ble is that the most of us do not make enough compost, and wf> hava plenty of available stuff for making 1 it. We should burn nothing in our fields that will rot quick. If we hava ! too many cornstalks or iieavines to plow in. cut the stalks with a cutter WITH OUR LEGISLATORS Not having heard directly fromj an ^ ra l tt ‘ them up with a horse raka left on the afternoon train for N*-w ponied by 'nail for v dispatch, attach York, where he has an »th«-r >* ar to | the requisite (-tamps, aerye in the army. , hLsnon'd 1 c promptly announced B<» Cone visited Charleston lust j to rural patrons through wbat- Saturday and Sunday. * 1 ever mean- you may employ, without QJirer Drawdy is erecting a neat expense to the department, and vou cottage on his place ne-ir Drawdy’*. a - H t u ^-rty to give the informa- — • tion embodied h* rein to your local * UNION AT MARION. I pafK*rs for publication, if they so dt- waiter™. J«n.-SI. Sp«H«J:-Tt« »"■ Vmin. rapectfully. union of the second division of the * * ra ^' Colleton RoptU Wmiion .»< h«d; ?»»«!>•'*«. PootmfcWr Gnn. her® Saturday and Sunday, and wa*j * ~ • one of th» mast aiiWfcful ms.' ira- ROBBERY AT HENDERSONVILLE- e»tr held at this place. The at tend -, HMdenmnvi |, e> 30. Speciol- aoee was unusually larin- ami much Sun , iay nula lhe 3lor . of mtereat eras shown ... the aemee.. I lu „ in |, roken jnt0 by u nknown Rev. F. O. S. Curtta was the only, r , )kbed The thief minister present, and prearh.-d a tered lhrou ^ h a w i„ dow . having number bf Very able sermons. - It was decided to hold a Sunday School institute at the union meet-' bored an auger hole and lifted the bolt fastening the window. Mr Mar- . . . vin has in* idea of the extent of the ingaherefter. which it ih th, w hi hurplarv. though he haa mimed, will be ot more benefit than the us- 0 f jrrist, tw’o pairs of shoes and ual services held at union meetings, some bacon. The next meeting for this division 5010NS RE ELECT JUDGES. P’or Judges -First circuit, C G OJuniEiia, Jan 25. Special:- To- l> a ntzler of Orangeburg; second cir- day was eUction da- in the legisla- cuit, Robert Aldrich of Bamwel; ture, and a^. a result there was a third circuit, John S Wilson of Man- joint session of the house and senate held in the hall of the house of rep- ning; fourth circuit, R C Watts of Cheraw; sixth circuit, George W will be held at Penile Baptist church, embracing the fifth Sunday in May. J. F. STRICKLAND BETTER The friends of Jas. F, Strickland of Stokes, who was shot some time ago hv a negro, Charlie Murdaugh, are glad to know that he la so very’ SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIAL * ^ ___ A meeting of the entertainment much improved. He la up*now able to go aroand. being carried ye»* terday morning from Dr. Carter**, where he has been since the shoot ing. to his father**. J. C. committee of the Philathea and Ba- raca classes of the Bethel Sunday School, Widterboro, was held at the parsonage here Monday evening. January 21, to arrange for a joint aociai to be.given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Peurifoy next Wednesday night, February 9. of Stokes, been found. The negro has not yet Jofin F. Lucas, Colit fra Banking 4 been sick, is out again. reaentntives. The remarkable fea- Gage; eighth circuit, J C Klugh of ture about the elections today was Abbeville. that there was not a contest in a sin- State Librarian -Lavinia H La- gle case. This does not apply to the horde of Columbia. ^ * trustees of colleges. Elections are These are re-elections in every always interesting and the one today case in the joint assembly. In only proved no exception. There was one instance was there a contest, lively interest and the voting con- For the two vacancies on the peni- tinued until the a f ternoon. tentiary board. Dr W C McMillan of The election was held for the pur- this county was also entered. This pose of electing an associate justice, did not change the result, although six circuit judges. «n insurance com- Dr McMillan received a very com missioner. a state librarian and trus- piimentary vote, tee of several of the state institu- The balloting, although conducted tions. as rapidly as possible, took nearly The elections continued tonight five hours, it being required that in and the following were elected: joint assembly the roll be called on Insurance Commissioner—F H Me- every election. Master of Columbia. -» Penitentiary Direwra-J D De« WALTERBORO REAL ESTATE ofKerHhaw. and W H Gtenn of An- . of ^ ^ of Clemaon College Truetee«-L M boro r ** 1 th : In- Mauldin of Pickena: W D Evan, of ew-.tovMoetethelartfewjrMn Cheraw. and B H Rawl of Lexington, may be illustrated by the foll.«ing Winthrop College—D W MeLaurin * t ° ry: “ . . of Dillon; B RTillman of Trenton. ! Two year, ago a lotwaa purchased . University of South Carolina True* ■* the torvn for 41.000. tence that teea—RP Itamer. Jr. of Marion.j k,t , h “ ^ and C E Spencer of Yorkvllle. »»•<«>• ** * 70 ° State Colpred College Trustee*- '“V!* L!" *■ °" ?7 , . 1 ’f h,Ch 7^ J W Floyd of Kenhaw; G B White has been erectedjMjddingB. the of Chester. and haul them to your stables. They make a find compost. Now experi ment a little and find out what kind of commercial fertilizer suits your soil, and then be sure that you are not getting all dirt when you buy. Send some of it to Clemson College and have it tested. It will not coat you anything but to send it. Brother Farmer, do not buy so much ferti lizer to make so much cotton, and then buy cotton seed lard atvp high j price. A plenty of good homemade hog lard will suit you better. The farmers of Sniders are rapidly enrolling into a big school known aa the Farmers’ Union, and they ar* learning their lessons too. Of course there will be some numbskulls in every school, but we haven’t many of them in Sniders’ local. Our farm ers want to learn every good thing about better farming and better liv ing. Every farmer should join the Fanners’ Union and stand by ita principles. Old Scribe. our delegation, the only report that can 1m* given of their doings in the legislature has to he taken from the dailv papers, and is necessarily brief. The following bils have been intro duced: By D L Smith and T P (Mthran— Relating to powers and duties of county treasurer and the collection and assessment of taxes. Mr Griffin—Forbidding any perse n from buying cotton from certain states. Mr Griffin—Relating to stock law Colleton county. Mr Way—To allow the resident* of Broxton township to turn their stock at large during the months of December. January and February of each year. DEATH OF AN INFANT. The infant daughter , of Mr and Mrs P M Buckner died Thursday at Cottageville. She was three months old and had been a very delicate, child from her birth, the parents en- ’ MORE BUILDINGS. tortaining n., hope thot ah. would. Wll | terboro indeMl j 9 epjoymg a reach maturity. The interment took bujldill(t boom |t prewnt . In cost of which were $6,260, so the property which was sold for $750 is today worth $6,350. or a gain in Jnitkra D E Hyd-1 ***** within 12 months of $6,600, or IS&pereent. Dm joint session elected the fol riekjof r place at Cottageville cemetry Friday. LAW FIRM CHANGES. The well known law firm of Pad gett A Lemacks has undergone another change in name since the admission of Joe M Moorer, Esq. to the bar. The name of the firm is now Padgett, Lemacks A Moorer. Mr Moorer having been taken in the partnership by Padgett A Lemacks. Mr Moorer will be a valuable ad dition to this firm, having built his law education on a broad foundation. He ia a graduate of the Citadel end is a scodtnt of discrimination and ability. r / y* > - tion to the new buildings which were mentioned some days ago, E T H Shaffer will shortly begin the erec tion of three handsome concrete store buildings, removing Mrs J S Jones millinery store for one and S Finn's jewelry store for the other two. These buildings will be of concrete blocks and will be modern in every particular. HONUMEKI FUND Previously acknowledged ...$ 277.8V MimldaM Ftshbunw......... IM Mia Cora L Connor....^,..... t L$i Mia Annie Galloway... • * Total..v ~...w ? *..‘,....nri > tl Hi - •; , 9 , "V.*. ^ 1 i—■ riUHSiMft ‘ ilLj,.;• . - > \ ■ Y '_ ,. • Y }1i V. - r