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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.
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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 ’
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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
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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
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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.
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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...
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