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attfi fttattharh. VOL. XXXII. WALTERBORO, S. C. MARCH 1910. NO. jt W. W. SMOAK. SR DEADjOLD PAPER DISCOVERED! ENDORSES FEATHERSTONE ORGANIZED S. S. WORK AFTER A LONG LIFC Of USEFUILNESS CHARLESTON MERCURf CONTAINING REV. L J. BRISTOW SATSHE IS LOG DEPARTMENT FOR ORGANIZED SUN ANDSERVICE FOR OTHERS THE CUR- RECLAMATION OF WAR DT CON- ICAl PROHIBITION DAT SCHOOL WORK. CONDUCTED TAIN FALLS ON FINAL ACT. FEDERATE CONGRESS. CANDIDATE. BT MISS I. M. FISHBURNE. •DISCUSSES FAIR SUPT. KERSHAW WRITES INTEREST INGLV OF'THE COUNTY FAIR. WISHES MEETING CALLED. EHRHARDT FAVORS ROAD THE PEOPLE OF EHRHARDT ARE VERT MUCH IN FAVOR OF ROAD'S GOING TO DENMARK. W. W, Smoak, Sr., one of the' I’robahiy the most interesting an<! Rev. Louis J. Bristow of William- Bejrinninjr with the month of oldest citizens of Smoaks. died at his valuable of the several old new spa-1 ston, who has been identified with April a series of Sunday school con- home t^fiere Friday morning at 4::10 p**rs which have come to li^ht re- the prohibition movement in this vent ion will be held throughout Col- o’clock after an illness of several cently in this State is a copy <rf the ! State ever since he attained citizen- leton with a view to perfecting’ the weeks. He had been confined to his Charleston Mercury for May 9, IKtil, ; ship, was in the city yesterday in the county orKanization by forming bed since February Ifi having suf- Which was found in an old house at interests of the chautauqua to be township associations, fered a slight paralytic stroke. He Beaufort and by the finder given to given in Williamston this summer. In this way it is hoped that every gradually grew weaker till the end a Columbia Newspaper man. the i>- * In view of hi*> connection’with the jschool may be reached, and directly came. He suTered little pain, and sue. singularly enough, being the prohibit on movement, he was asked allied with this movement, for the last six days of his illness one copy needed to complete his pri- w’hat the campaingn outlook prom- These meetings will consist of a was unconscious. * vs^e file of The Mercury. ises. He declared that a prohibi- morning and afternoon service with The funeral services were held The jiaper contains the full text of lion candidate will be elected. an intermission for dinner, the lat- Saturday morning at the Baptist the declaration of war by the con- “l had hoped that the prohibition- ter being served picnic fashion on 'Whurch cemetery at 10 o’clock in the gress of the Southern Confederacy ists would go into the primary this the grounds. preM^e a number of rvla- at Montgomery. The headlines over year with only one candidate for The first of these conventions will fives arid friends. Rev. J. E. Kish- the act are: governor,” said Mr. Bristow, “but I Ik? held on April 9th at (Ireen Pond ton, pastor r»Cthe Methodist church “War Declared! The Act of Con- sec by the papers that there will be Methodist church, near Smoaks. read the buriaT service, and took gress in Full, From Our Own cor- at least two in the race who will es- An interesting program is in occasion to pav a tribute to the respondent.” pouse the cause of State wide prohi- course of preparation, and will- l>e character and life of the^vieceased. TKe act “recognizes the existence bition. While 1 know prohibition published in next week's issue. Mrs Rushton and Miss Minnie of waFbetween the United States sentiment has grown greatly in Any one so desiring may attend. Daly at the conclusion of the services | and the Confederate States and con-j South Carolina during the last 12 but especially does the committee sang “In the Sweet Bye and Bye” cerning letters of marque, prizes : years, and while I da not doubt the wish to have present the Sunday with much.feeling. 4 * and prize goods.” election of a prohibitionist to be school workers of Warren. Mr Smoak was in his seventy- The article begins: “The follow- governor, yet I woe Id like to sec: The following week Sheridan seventh year, having first seen the ing act has been passed by the con-'only one candidate, that the total ( township will b** organized then lightofday Jan. 21, 1834, at his gress ot the Confederate States in prohibition.vote might l»e cast for will follow the organization of Brox- seeret session. The injunction of him. Furthermore 1 would like to ton. Bell. Heyward, Verdier and secrecy has been removed there-, see that candidate-be C. C. Feather- Adams Run from.” stone. He is the logical exponent of Any school desiring the conven- The act is then given in full. I prohibition, l>eing the most promi- tion for its township to be held at Under the caption, “The War,” nent prohibitionist in the State, and its church may send such mforma- one of whose sincerity there can Ik* tion to Miss Ida M. Fishburue, Wal- time no question, and of whose ability and : rerhoro. Secretary of the County Association, and the same will re record on the ; ceive due considei^ttion by the corn- father’s home near Howell's old mill in Bamberg (then Barnwell) county. He received a liberal education having attended college at -o Macon, Ga., after which he devoted many years to teaching. He has probably taught a greater number of boys and girls in Col’eton than any teacher has ever taught, and all of the Mercury .-ays: “It is no easy matter at this to keep pace* with the w ar move- j fl tness no om . doubts, ments going on in every State from •‘Mr. Feaiherstone’* the Gulf to the Lakes. The North- pjosti<*n is long and consistent. 1 mittee. ern patters contain not) ing but war j Ae j ve y eal> awo he ran for govern- them have only kind words for their teacher. On account of age and feebleness he was forced to give up! n ^ ws an( | l>!<>**d> editoiia's. the sub teaching several years ago since j s ^ a, ‘ oe generabx snlici- whifrh time he has lived with his 1 kw^e^^dv Then is given daughter. Mrs J B Smith at his old , a number of clippings from various hav £ tna d e him governor. He has home near Smoaks. | P a Pe« throughout the country. 1 hrmly and f.mght well ever At the beginning of the War be- The * mother-in-law of Abraham sinw Four years ago he was urged tween the State*, he enlisted in Com- Lincoln was in s\ moat by with the to ru|1 at?a j n> but he felt that first of pany D. 1st S. C. artillery, and dur-! ^uth, judging from the following , a || lhe 0 jd Sute dispensary’ should be ing the war was stationed at the in the Mercur >’ : ' destroyed, to accomplish which was forts near the entrance to Charles- Mother-in-law of Lincoln Mrs. ne eded the combined strength of all ton harbor. He did his duty well, j Kentucky, the mother-in- and was held in high esteem by all 1 of Lirco,n - trough his comrades in arms. Montgomery on Monday en route for Mr Smoak was twice married, the j -Selma. She was accompanied b> one first time to Miss Janie Crosby; the a* ^er daughters, it is said that last to Mrs Jane Strickland. Of the 1 ^e very decidedly refused to accept latter union three chil Iren Tucviye: ! the proiTerefi hospitality of the white MrsG B Herndon of Eutawville house-at \\ ashirgton. not admiring policy for Sute-wide prohibitionists Mrs J BSmitFvof Smoaks and W W | he tenet* of (he political of | to pursue Smoak Jr. of Walterboro. These : the hybrid‘head of the family.’ Her j -Mr. Featherstone is preeminently or on the prohibition platform when fRQM BLACK. it was not popular in the State, andy We wish it were , H>ssib i e to ** a change of 1,votes then wouid u <■ c • i u i; u., “ L K ’ i each of our friends who so kindly ! and generously aided me in winning. its opponents. Two years ago his noble correspondence with Gov. Ansel revealed the governor’s in tention to advocate and recommend the reversed local option, which was, in effect, what Mr. Featherstonehad outlined as. at that time a desirable were all present when he died. We shall rest, and faith we shal need it. Lie down for an aeon or two Till theMaster-f all good woikmcn. Shall set us to work anew. And only the Master shall 1 prai<»* s, And only the Master shall name And no one shall work for m >i **v And no om* shall work for fam* But only for the joy of the wo king -v mpaihies are with the South Fhcie are many other things nUre-t ift Th ist»l. 4h • fiuht hr -uH ct for the correction of sev- •ral ii accuracies in the preceding if- ur* of the paper. < Cotton a-> King at that time, too. -or ther'c i- an article called “The iealm of < o-ton” from '"our Bfus^ -e!> c<;rr»-sj*oi def.t. in which he the piano in The Press and Stand ard’s recent contest, so that we might thank them o personally. As this is impossible, we want to ex press our gratitude through the colmuns of this paper. We wish to thank the management of The Press and Standard for their fairness and the many courtesies ex tended to us throughout the contest; and especially do we wish to thank Mr Graves, the foreman of The Press and Standard’s force and Miss Connor, the stenographer. We sincerely believe that the editor con ducted the contest in all fairness, and we assure him that at all times he had our entire confidence. We To the Editor of The Press and Standard As an officer of the Colleton County Fair Asso. and a citizen of the county who wishes to see something done for the ment of the county, 1 desire to say something cn the subject county fair. When the idea of a fair was launched, and w hen discussing the feasibility of such a scheme, it was thoroughly discussed an< seemed to Ik* the idea among those of us who had a hand in the thing that the association, if it ? were formed, should not merely ha a one year affair, but should Ik* a thing that was permanent, and 1 am satisfied that those v^ho took stock in the concern were of the same mind, as it was distinctly told them ai the i time they were asked to subscribe to the stock that it was not going to Ik* j like so many other things that are started here, that come up with a wave of enthusiasm, rock along for a short and stormy career and quietly sink int o innocuous desuetude (?) and Ik* no more hejprd of by men, that this was to Ik* a thing that would go on from year to year, getting larger and better every year, until the permanency of it would be demanded bv the people of the county and this, I may say in passing, is what should and will, I hope be done. At the called meeting of the stock holders and others who were interest ed in the project held in the court house sufficient stock was represent-1 ed and subscribed to allow of the fair being held, the funds for it be ing kssured and an election of of ficers who were to serve till the first Monday in January was held the fol lowing week, resulting in the elec tion of a full personal of officer^and Ehrhardt, Mar. 21. Special - That the people of this place are heartily in favor of the extension of the rail road from here to Denmark goes without saying. letter-1 ()n * Satur ^ av ** v ** n ' n K a meeting of , the citizens of town was held in Dan- of ' t he j nelly Hal!.. J U Kinard was made I chairman and S W Copeland secre tary. The following named gentle men were appointed committees and j instructed to begin the discharge of their several duties at once. C inimittee of confer with the Augusta Chamber of Commerce; S W Copeland. A F Henderson. E P Copeland. Committee to confer with the rail road commissioners: The Rev. J L Freeman, Dr S H Rol>ert8, 1* H Copland. Committee to confer with citizens of the towns between Ehrhardt and Wa!terl»oro: W B Moore, W H Rit ter. J C Hiers, Jr. Committee to confer with the Travellers’ Protective Association and the Mutual Commercial Travel lers: Dr S VV Copeland, F E Robison. As stated atxTve there was much enthusiasm and feelings of good fellowship evidenced at the meet ing, and whatever the people here may Ik* able to do in develop ing the object of the meeting will sur**lv be done. ! the man for the prohibitionists ” continued Mr. Bristow. “He is a ^ ^ Iirtu , jui e Mercury of May 9. | S p| en ,fid ca mpaigne r , as was shown in ' h. »( Kort Sumter i. when he opposed j»me of the 0ur frfends must ^ specially mentioned also, for through them I received many a vote. This .. was especially gratifying to us. the second term sentiment in his favor, as well as the dispensary at his back.” Mr. Bristow declared that Mr. r-r be|t speakers in the State, ami sue c«*>sful politicians, and defeated them all save Gov. Ellerbe, who had THE EMILY TAYLOR CASE ENDS. March, 21:—The Errily Taylor case t came to a close Friday morning when the jury returned a verdict in favpr of the plaintiff in the sum of $060. / This action was begun in July ( 1904, and at the first trial in 190fi a lury, in a few minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $10,00 The railroad company carried the case to the supreme court holding that the facts in the case did not warrant the verdict. Counsel for the plaintiff then amend ed their complaint. The case was tried again in Januiary last and re sulted in a mistrial. ' This case started its third trial Tuesday morning. The case was fought hard. It is thought that the .oliloqmzes upon “Kmg Kotton.” J Keatherstone’s record on prohibition From the c >url of ap|K*als 11^ Uo-Q>j s ^ we j| known that this will be but lumbia the news is given that ^v-1 a 8ma n ^ campaign this eral lawyers were admitted to the !summer> that Mr. Featherstone will devote his time to the discussion bar. The list w a<: B. P. Barron. I C. M. Cress well. C. G. Henderson, J. 1 B. Logan, A. M. Lowry. T. P. Mc- ! Queen acd R. W. Shand. It is mentioned in the personal list that Ex-Governor Manning of South | Carolina was one of the visitors at the time in Montgomery. The trainffrom Charleston to Co- i lumbia left at p. m. and arrived in Columbia at 5:20 a. m. Colum bia Record. of matters relating to the material development of the State.” After paying a compliment to Mr. Featerstane. who has worked his way in the world from printer’s apprentice to special judge, sitting in numerous courts and a citizen of known integrity and success, Mr. Bristow concluded: We now have the piano in our home, and we assure our friends that it is a source of great pleasure to all of us, not only because of the piano itself, but because of our friends wbo helped me to win it. We aprreciate it and we thank them. (Little Miss) Chase Black. March, 21st. BOND ISSUE THE SOLUTION. Mr Editor:—We see the advantage of good roads demonstrated here by the work done by the changang-work that will stand for mafty years with only a little repairs. Why not have five hundred miles of good roads forty or r* c' t1 ii 1111 ■ ,i111 n n iu tKo built in Colleton county Yos, C/» C/. r 62ivn<?rston6 is t>nc « • » l • 1 . , 4. tt^ fifty miles average to each townshio logical prohibition candidate. He is . * 4 . . 1 with average cost say of $300.00 per not a novice; not a recent convert to, ,, . _ „ , directors, committees were appoint ed. An option was secured on a size for the fair grounds which if feasible was to be purchased for the associa tion. Things went along with a whoop. Well, the fair was pulled off in great shape. I will give a few figures showing just what a great big thing it regUy was. Some people have the idea that after all it was a small affair, but for a county, fair, it will compare favorably with any held in this or neighboring states. For instance, how many people know that we had exhibits from over two hundred and sixty differ ent people or that we had eight hundred and sixty articles exhibited. The secretary of a corporation should make his report to the board of directors of the corjx*ration, and my report has been ready since the twenty first of last November, but there has been no meeting of the directors or officers, although I have requested several of the board to call a meeting that the. report might be made.' It strikes me 'Qiat we are going to run afoul of the very mis take that was made last year, put ting this thing off till the last minute, then having to work like beavers to make it a go at all. Let the directors call a meeting of the stockholders, and if we are ito have another fair this year, let us set about it now, when SUPERVISOR GOES TO BEAUFORT. Supervisor Griffin leaves thismorn*’ ing for Beaufort, where he will go to inspect the work being done thete-^ by the traction engine and other road working machinery now used e** by Beaufort county. Mr Griffin has asked the other members of the Board to meet him and inspect this machinery with him. He states in this connection that his visit to Beaufort will be some what like that of the man who was going to New York, and stated to a friend before leaving, that if he liked New York he would buy it. NEWS FROM WILLIAMS. * the cause. He is able and fearless, of a clear record and a cle^fc life; Williams, March 21: The *npp' >nd I Mleve will ^ nextloWrn- has made its appearance here and there have been quite a numlier real sick. Among those so very sick or of South Carolina. -The State. railroad company will not appeal ' re; j h O'Quin, Lyler • O’Quin. i from the verdict of $500. as it is con- ^ Frank j oneSf an d Willie O’Quin. sidered a victory for the railroad. , We are glad to we | come again in Padgett. Lemacks . & Moorer. ; our mid8t Mr otsinger O’Quin. Howell & Gruber, C C Tracy, and J M ' r ^ Martin spent the day S Griffin were attorneys for the. .plaintiff. W H Fitsimmons and Jas. mile? This would give us fine roads through all the business centers, cutting out many of the spur roads, which are called public roads. But this work shouVib* dupe by expert road builders, and done as early as possible. How to raise the money? LECTURE AT SMOAKS. PC Garris will lecture at the Bond issue is the only solution, and school housf4ext Friday night Mar. by depositing seventy-five per cent. 25th at 7:30 o’clock. After the of the money that is raised now for lecture is over refreshments will be; rotufo and bridges as a reserve fund, with Mrs J H O’Quin Sunday. sold for the benefit of the Smoaks wu uld almost pay bonds at maturity. The Baptist church will .soon be j j I The other one fourth could be applied E Peurifoy represented the defend- cornp | eted 0 r we are very much in j j t i/hoped thatT'Sge 'crowd win ; on repairs of roads and bridges. ant. ANNIAESSAY MEETING. Horae Pen local fanner* union will bold an anniversary celebration Fri day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Several speakers have been invited to ad dress the meeting and the public is cordially invited. the hope thst it will be as it is very j be present, much needed. Rev. B. F. Halford has certainly been doing all he could to accom plish it. Will try and write more next time. Cor. There will Committee. There will be an Egg Hunt given by the Civic League Saturday after- i. April 26. Admiasion 10 eents. children are re M. C. The at the Y. to meet A. at 4 o'clock. If Colleton county wants good roads we must follow after the counties doing the class of work along this line. J D Ackerman. Cottageville, Mar. 21. M ^ — O'Riley M coming. TOWN POLITICS. This is the year for the election of a new Mayof and new Wardens for the town of Walterboro; the election for which will be held Tuesday. May 24. Very little talk has been heard yet as to the probable candidates for these position*, and it is not known whether the present incumbent. Mayor E L Fishburne. will have any opposition. It is not known if he offer for re-election. were patriotic enough to put money into the enterprise the 40 per cent or what the money in the treasury will do. There is now on hand quite a fair little balance to the Associa tion credit, and to give some idea as the amount of money handled. I will sute that the total cash receipts from all sources was fifteen’hundred and some odd dollars, with the ex penditures something over twelve hundred, the exact amounU will be shown as soon .as,.the treasurer makes his report to the proper par ties and is allowed to print it. For myself, 1 hope that the pro arrangements ject will be carried on. There is no can be made for the bringing of valid reason why it.should not be, it outside exhibits here, building a brings the people of the couqty in short (1-2 mile) race track for Col r leton owned horses, making arrange ments for putting up another build ing for the accommodating of the exhibits that are sure to be offered, and letting the ladies have the present'msin building for the show ing of household things and work, let us see about providing more ample stable room for horses, a larger show ring. : a grand stand, better hog peps, engaging shows, selling of the concessions, buying of the grounds, for this last is a roost important item. People will put money into a thing when they know that t^ere is some real estate as aecurit^ for the money. Or if wears not going to keep up the association, then let os declare a dividend on the stock, and pay hack to those who ' touch with each other, they meet so to speak on neutral ground. They * have an opportunity to see and get the best that the town affords and that the folks from other parts of the county show and have; it stimu lates a friendly spirit of rivalry and competition amongst the people; the premiums are attractive enough to pay in part for the trouble it takea to get the articles ready. There has not been s single complaint lodged with the secretary about any lost articles. I do not know of any articles that were seriously damaged, and in fact there is every* reason why we should not let the thing die. TheodorwG. Kershaw. Walterboro, March, 21. 1 ' % ? If rj O'Rfieyia coming. . ; . ...vU A.