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* ' ••v m I t " vm V • Ar VOL. XXXII. VVALTERBORO, S. C. FEBRUARY 23. 1910. NO. 27 THE LOCAL LEGISLATION AffECTING '|bmnbuknjdatsmoaks just. THREE WEEKS EROM NOW TILLMAN SERIOUSLY ILL COLLETON COUNTY IS AS FOLLOWS The following bills which were in troduced by the Colleton delegation affecting this county, passed both houses and is law. These bills came from both houses and we believe, 'will be good legislation for Colleton A Hill To Exempt Certain Portions of Colleton County From the Op- perations of the State Law. Be it enacted by the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1; The following por tions of Colleton County are hereby J. M. HIERS LOSES BARN AND CON TENTS BY EIRE-OTHER HAPPEN INGS OF INTEREST. AND THE CONTEST WILL BE HISTORY nTSrsr* Smoaks. Feb. L'l. Special: sorry to chronicle several unfortun- Only ♦hre* 1 more weeks and The Press and Standard’s Greatest Vot-, We are * ,,ntost vdll be history. In this three weeks there is much to be done ; by the candidates and the Contest man. Now is the time for the candi- AND FRIENDS Washington. Feb. Id. — Senator Tillman of South Carolina, was taken ate mishaps in this community dur- r "“ nd u |> ,h - ir '***" *•» l»v« voted for you. sm)(len| U | on the ^of-the cipi- it.lt the oast week. To he. in with f"' ,f “ ' l ' R-s . not ettrrespond with the list of those who promised to vote . . haH . ran . 1Mi in(0 County. We are publishing ver-, . ■ e , a . . , , 1 exempted from the operations of the h.t,m twobdlf the road machmery ■ , st.H.k law: > II that portion Jo!" “ S> ' 0npS1S " f Melon County bounded as fol- ! lows, to wit: North by Bamberg County, beginning at the f^listo River and running the line between of the other bills: A fiiM to Authorize the Board of County Commissioners for Colleton County to Purchase Road-Work ing Machinery and to Employ Road Engineer. Be it enacted by the General AsAem- bly of the State of South Caro lina: Section 1. That the Supervisor and County Commissioners of Colle ton County are authorized to pur chase road working machinery for use on the public roads of said coun ty at a cost not to exceed three thousand ($3,000) dollars, to be paid for on such terms and with such conditions as seems best to them, from the road funds either now available or to be available. Sec. 2. Tnat the said Supervisor and County Commissioners of Colle ton County also employ a competent road engineer, at a salary not to ex ceed one hundred $100) dollars t»er month, to have charge of the road working fdrees of the county, and to lay off. grade, superintend the con struction of permanent improve- said Counties of Colleton and Bam berg to the Little Salkehatchie River, and ddwn the run of said ^ river to the junction or inlet of Wil ing the past week. To beg... . was the tire Thursday night in which l!‘ r you ' after tho de^juents and see that they fulfill their promises. J. Meric Hiers lost his barn and sta- 1 1 , t>n co|>y of the "lailui/ 1*^ for your postoffice or for several post- bles, with contents, bv fire. The fire 0,Iu ' t * s apd *° after these subscribers for their votes We are aiding you occurred about 1! o’clock and is sup- ' n that we are now filing » U-tterto each suhscnl»er in arrears, asking posed to have been the work of in- h,n 1 1 to ,my upan,, vott ‘- See tht ‘ rn now ^fore they send in their dollars cendiarie*. The family had retired ^ ^ure their votes. Now is the time to hustle. It may mean a $400 and vvere awakened by the n.ar of p,ano R«^K H>H buggy, a Champmn Sewing Machine, a gold watch, $1o pr $.> in gold. Think of getting $400 for three weeks work! Then do the work. We have been trying to devise a means of handling the Contest busi ness for the last few days, and we have al»out decided on this plan: Place a large !k>x it will tak« a large one on the counter in our front office. the flames and the calling of the ani mals in the stales. With some ditli- cullyJdr. Hiers succeeded in liU*rat- ing the horse and the three* mules shut in the stables, not, however, be- i» ^ . iMirned. It is not thought these , Roads, and from there to Toby s , ... , : , t „ ... ,. , . burns will prove fatal. Bluff up the said pub'ic highway by Mr. Hiers had about .’>00 bushels low Swamp, and up the run of said , , . fficrhtfnllv hurn** \ ■ ba-k^ and sealed, with an opening in the cover like a ballot box. * In this Willow Swamp to the public high- 0?^“ mufe preuy baO^ lot the v„, ra for ..y the last l« day, be c»t. no record being kept of the way leading from Stephens ^ ross , ,, ; , names or number of those cast. Then at the close of the contest let the judges assort and mid these votes, declaring the winners. In this way, it will lx* seen, no information as to the possible standing of any candidate j the way of-•Cross Swamp Church, - Air " ,1U rs na<l aMoul . husnt ls , can l»e had. We should U* glad to have the candidates write us what thev east from the junction of Colleton of corn, not less than o.OUO pounds think cf this plan . and Bamberg Counties down the ,’ a quantity of cotton sied Remember the new schedule of votes, in which the old subscriber gets Edisto River to the A. C. L. Railroad | mea1 ’ cotto i n st ‘ ed - ^f c - } h,s 1 the same as a new one is as follows: near Jacksonhoro; South bv the was ent,rely consumed, hut about A. C. L. Railroad from the Edisto • 100 bushels of the c,,rn was ^ h<»g fee<l. ^ The loss is estimated at $1 .♦>)*>, j there being n<» insurance. It was fortunate the night was rainy and' River on the east to the Salkehatchie River on the west; bounded on the west by the Salkehatchie River be ginning at the Coast Line Railroad crossing and un the Big Salkehatchie the wind blowing in a favorable di- One year $1.00 Two years $2. , H) Three years $3.tH» Four years $4.00 Five years $5.0o Do not hesitate to write us for anything you wish 1,000 . 2,500 . 5,000 7,500 10,000 to know-. Any that ruction, otherwise the dwelling «td/ i W i#s,ions ** » n3 *' <!red River to Toby’s Bluff, except portion near Green Pond bounded by other buildings may have l»een de- the Walterboro and Western Rail- stro > e< L road, the AshepA)o Rivei running uj W. B. Sauls had a narrow escape* from the said A. C. L. Railroad to Ivanh(»e. and the Coa-t Line Rad- 'rcen Pond. Settion 2. All that portion of Colleton County situated between Friday from l>emg crushed to death t by his irTorse while driving cattle. ' His horse U*came entangled in a trie top and fell, throwing him against ihe log and mashing his leg and side. Mr. Sauls was rendered unconscious the west side of Little Salkehatchie, ind when he came to his horse was leaving Bamberg County at or neai standing over him. The accident oc-1 . | Buil Bay and running along the west eurred near the residence of H. K. side of Little Swamp to the run nl Strickland and the injured man sue- 1 LiuUtS-.ikehatehie, is hereby exempt- ceedeil in reaching his residence and, ed from tne oiH*ration of the exemp- A as taken by Mr. Strickland to Smoaks, where medical attention was secured. Mr. Sauls had no bones oroken, fortunately, and is getting \ bill to open tne public road from *1,,^ as *ell as could Ik* exjiected. ment, giving especial attention to e i .. „ j. road from Ashepoo River to (. the construction of sand clay roads; u ^ in the county. | Sec. 3. v ;jrhat the county chaingang and all other road-working forces of the .county l>e directed by trie said road engineer, under tfie sui*er- vision of the Supervisor and County Commissioners; ami that no claims fof road work be paid, if for more than five ($5) dollars until the work " .' ' : .' ‘ .' , n • . j j .; non of tne general stock law on and be personally ins|>ected and ai>iiro\ed , by said road engineer. JSeer-:47'‘'That, the road funds of the county shall l\e: (1) a commuta tion road tax of (!B2) on all males l-e-1 Ka:u<»a 1 in at Uiawciy » tween the ages of 21 and 50, unkss , . . .' , , , , , . A Lull to provide excused legally, and a property t.ix j of two (2) mills, saul taxes to be 'as-* sessed by the County Auditor and collected as are other taxes. Sec. 5. That tm* public rod 1911. , Great Swamp church to the A. C. I* t>eing prettv badly bruised. Little Rena Sue Reeves, the little for a cotton 3-year-old niece of Mrs. Henry W. we’gher at Smoak>, Lodge and V\al- Smoak, was badly burned Saturday, terboro. She had lx*en in the garden with Mrs. A oil! to abolish the constabulary Smoak. returning ahead of her, and ,f of Colleton County and devolve their, going too near the open fire place l-«r dress caught and before it could ( be extinguished by Mrs. Smoak her I face and hands were badly burned. The little girl is doing as well as the county he made as straigf.t ar d » upon sheriff, magistrates and , direct as possible, and the work ina>or». 1 done be <jf a permanent ar.d >cier.-. A hill to authorize the supervisor tihe nature, and tha; the first ioa Is of Colleton County to buy road ma worked shall lx- irvjin the c»»ur.ty c linery and employ a road engineer, seat to the boundary line of the A bill to authorize the County- county. and shall intersect as near y Supervisor and County' Treasurer to as possible at right angles, tne ioa is borrow money to run the county to be first worked being selected by .government. the Supervisor and County Commis sioners. Sec. 6. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting the Supervisor and Couniy Commisbion-1 . .. , f rom of Colleton County from the general A hul to authorize the County Supervisor to borrow money on the road levy for the aid of public roads. A bill to exempt certain portions ers and county road engineer reparing any bridge or impassalde road, either by use of portion of chatngang or by contract. Sec. 7. That this Act shall go in to effect upon its approval by the Governot and that all Acts or pai ts> of Acts not consistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed. stock ta a\ A bill to permit the people of could be expected. The Smoaks school, which has been ably conducted by Prof-- L. C. Pad gett assisted by »«iiss Minnie Daly, will probably close this week, the public funds being exhausted. The trustees w ill make application for aid under the Garris act. and failing in this, will endeavor to conduct a pay school for a few weeks longer. The handsome residence of LA. Sauls is nearing completion. This will be one of the handsomest resi- HEYWARD RIFLEMEN DRILLING. The local military company is busi ly preparing for the annual inspec- li n which will take place on March 21st. Last year this company made an excellent showing, as was shown by the annual report of the Adju tant General to the legislature, in which he says, among other things, “Physique of officers and men is generally good; all are of good character, intelligent and reliable. In the event of a call of the Presi• dent it is probable that 100 per cent would respond. Discipline is good. Public property appears to be as well cared for as po«ibta under the circumstances. Books are kept as required; records well kept; papers and records are kept as required." It has been announced from the Adjutant General’s office that the encampments this year will be held Ga. From a hia- Broxton township to turn the stock dences in £own and will be quite an at large for three months. ! ornament to the town. A bill to re-index the records of The residence of C. M. Rogers at Colleton CountV- Garrisville near here is also about A bill to w u.d up the affairs of the completed. But for the fact that countv dispensary of Colleton Countv one ot the rooms waa bad,y burned * having cau ht from a pile of shav-, ings carelessly left by some work-, man, it would have been ready for torical standpoint no more interest ing place could have been selected. Within a radius of ten miles aie the battle fields of Lookout Mountain ' and Chattanooga and Chickamauga. i. Captain Fishburne has issued an ’ ' order announcing the appointment of-N. C. A. Sauls as 1st Sergeant. Mr. Sauls i s a graduate o f t h e , « Porter Military Academy and was long connected with the militia, he| will no doubt make an excellent man for tne position. . Drills are being held every Thurs day-night at the Armory and much enthusiasm >8 being shown. Recent ly another target carrier has been installed at the Rifle Range. AN ENTERTAINMENT. The Rayaor’s school which is now being conducted by Him Com Black, doses with an entertainment on Wednesday night, March 2nd. The public is cordially invited to attend. How did you win?” they asked the man V\ ho with defeat had tussled; “Three things I did," hi answered them. “Bustled. Rustled. Hustled!” - Mrs. M. MvCorbett, Islandton 67,750 Miss Chase Black. Walterboro 63,220 Miss Jennie Connor, Smoaks, 60,175 Dr. M. R. Campbell, Walterboro . .. 57,445 Miss Jennie Addison, Cottageviile 50,020 Mrs. Gertrude Strickland, Smoaks, R. F. D. 2 46,445 Mrs. Mamie O’tiuin, Hendersonville 32,210 Miss Janie Crosby, Lodge . 27,350 Mr. L. C. Padgett. Smoaks 22,170 Mr. S. W. Linder, Walterboro ,...’ 17,150 Mr. L. (i. Drawily, Works 14,430 Miss Lillian Redish, Weeks ...., 13,720 . Miss Lizzie Delle Blocker, Walterboro, R. F. 1). 2 ....12,7*90 Miss Ruby Hill, Round 11,340 Mr., W. P. Smoak, Ruffin, R. F. D. 2 10,980 Mr H. LeeChassereau, Walterboro, R. F. D. 3 ,...10,960 Mr. Jasper A. Saunders, Walterboro ... ’ ... 9,095 Master Estes Smith, Walterboro 8,Oil) Miss Ruth Brant. Brant 8,180 Mrs Eva Brant, Ruffin 6,915 Prof. H. G. Sheridan, W’aiterboro 6,520 Mr H. J. DuBois, Islandton 5,750 Miss Alice Sykes, Walterboro, R. F. D. 3 ! 5,750 Mr Lee B. Hudson, Ruffin 5,050 Miss Nell deTreville, Walterboro 4,900 Miss Addie Peeples, Meggett .* 4,880 Miss Maggie Ramsey. W'illiams %....r 4,200 Miss Viola Connelly, W’aiterboro 3,600 M iss Nancy Newton, Adams Run 3,760 Mrs. Mabel Gatch, Early Bra/ich 3,520 Rev. B. R. Ulmer, Ruffin 3,300 Miss Maggie Graves, Walterboro 3,260 Miss Mary Ann’Myers. Badham. 3,010 Miss Jessie Dodd, Round 2,835 Miss 'Lucile Hiers, Walterboro 2,620 Miss Belle W f esifcoat, Walterboro 2,500 Miss Blanche Griffin, Ruffin 2,080 Miss Addie Linder, Walterboro! R. F. D. 3 2,020 Miss Father Linder, Walterboro 2,020 Mr. T. L. Hudson. Ruffin, R. F. D. 2 2,010 Mr, John H. Wilson, Smoaks 1,510 Miss Dora I^angdale, W’aiterboro 1,510 Mr. J. W. Baggett. Jr., Hendersonville 1,500 Mrs. Irene Bryan, Ruffin .- 1/J30 Miss Darling E. Smith, Islandton .% 1,000 Mrs Sallie Smith, Islandton 1,000 Miss Zula Carter, Ruffin 1,000 tol today and had to* be carried into his room by two capitol employees, loiter he was carried to his room, where he is now under the care of a physician. The attack today is said to have lx*en due to a recurrence of the senator’s old troubles, hardening of the arteries. Dr. Pickford said that he did not regard this attack as serious. Late in the day at Senator Tillman’s home it was said the sena tor was feeling much better. Washington. Feb. 17. United • States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina is seriously ill and possibly will be unable to participate in any active deliberations of the senate for the remainder of this ses sion. t. Dr. E. F. Pickford, Senator Till man’s physician said tonight, after he had made a careful examination of the patient, that the senator is suf fering from slight progressive par alysis, due to a leakage of blood in the brain, caused by calcification of the arteries. Washington, Feb. 18. At mid night Dr. Pickford. who is attending Senator Tillman, stated that there were slight indications of improve ment in the patient’s condition, but that there had been no c nsiderable change. .. * Washington, Feb. 18. — Senat* r Tillman's condition tonight is serious and his family ami friends are un easy about him, but since 2 o’cloak this morning, when there was a sud den turn for the worse and he be came unable to speak, there has been no unfavorable symptoms. At 2 o’clock this morning Mra] Tillman sent for Dr. Pickford, the family physician. Then it was that Mrs. Tillman sent for the remaining members of the family, Henry C. Tillman and MissSallie May Tillman, both of Greenwood, who are expect ed here early tomorrow- morning. Washington, Feb. 20. — “Hello, Dr. Babcock.” These were the first words Senator Tillman had spoken rinoe early Thursday morning. He greeted thus his friend and physician this afternoon. Dr. White came in a moment later. “Do you know who this is, Sena- tor?M The single eye gleamed. “Dri White,” he said. The physicians then shut off fur ther efforts at speech, directing that the patient should hot exert himself. Nevertheless the fact that speech is returning was a source of great grat ification. The senator has be;n improving all day. He had a good night last night and has been dozing peacefully most of the day. After the consultation this after noon a most favorable bulletin was given out and the family began to consider plans for the future. They expect the senator to sit up in bed tomorrow. occupancy. account of the illness of her father, Ira M. Maxey attended the Sunday VV. W. Smoak. Sr. School convention at Rock Hill last Your correspondent w-as very much week and reports having had a de- mistaken as to fhe number of recent lightful time. marriages to have taken place near Hon. G. W. Way passed through Tabernacle. This correspondent was town Saturday on his way home from drawing on the imagination, as many Columbia, where his duties as legis- c f the reported marriages have never lator was ended. been thought of. Correspondents Considerable interest is being taken should confine themselves at all times here in the voting contest being con- to the truth And not engage m in ducted by your valuable paper. We jurious gossip. are glad to see tke Smoaks candi dates! are standing so high. Beginning today the mail will reach here from Brapchville at 11 o’clock. This will neeenitate a change in the leaving time of the R. F. D. routes and will enable patrons to get their mail the same day it Mra. G. W. Herndon of Eutawville is here, having been sommooed on Mrs. B. X. Minus of Branchville, visited her mother, Mrs. J. E. Rush- ton, here last week, returning Sun day. Jaa. F. Strickland of Weeks, who was shot by a negro at Ashton a few weeks ago, was in town Friday and called to aea us. “Jim” is improv ing, hot his left arm is still in a bed condttfen. Bat Ida phyridan says be wiD ha able te ose it toon. THE GARR1S-SMITH FIGHT* One of the interesting little fights of the session is that of D. L. Smith to amend the stock law for Colleton County. C. W. Garris did not want the bill passed as presented by D. L. Smith, and Senator Griffin. Mr. Robertson came to the rescue of Mr. Smith, but it was a long and a hard fight between D. L. Smith and Mr. Garris as to the rights .,of Bamberg County. D. L. Smith (finally had the bill pasted exactly as it was pre sented, and without any amendment. It appears that the bill was neces sary in view of a recent decision of the coarts relative to stock law fences. y Mr. Campbell Henderson of ML inLTcnn. with and brother Charley eversl dqys in town. AN OLD BURNED. Sumter, Feb. 20.-Old Mt. Zion church at St. Charles, in this county, was de&troyed by fire today about 1 o’clock, wiping out one of the most historic landmark? of the State of South Carolina. Mt. .Zion is one of the oldest churches of the State and the congre gation has been in existence for as long as 125 years. The building that was destroyed by flames today was 85 years old and in its walls have been heard the eloquence of many distinguished preachers. Many noted men have been pro duced from this congregation in yean past, among whom none were more distinguished than John Leigh ton Wilson, one of the foremost mis sionaries of the world. Mn. M. M. Corbett, accompanied by her father, J. T. Polk, ef Ion, were pUaeent caUen at oAee while in town *• dirties \ , >\ * ’ * A- v Y. u . v.^.ririiiiWahiir