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‘ . ■ » V VOL. XXXIL WALTERBORd, S. C. AI’RIL 6, 1910. NO. 33 r !i COLLETON COUNTY FAIR THE ROAITTO EHRHARDT COUNTY SUMMER SCHOOL SECOND ANNUAL COUNTY PAIR WILL SOME OF THE VIEWS OF THE PRESS BE HELD TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOV. 8.9,10. To the Citizens of Colleton County: At a recent meeting of the execu tive committee of the Colleton Coun ty Fair Association it was decided that we will hold our second annual Fair Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, November 8, 9 and 10 of this year, and it is hoped that every ON THIS PROPOSED EXTENSION. All f AVON THE PROJECT. PROF. H. G. SHERIDAN OF THE WAl- TERB0R0 HIGH SCHOOL TO BE PRINCIPAL The following are a few of the ar ticles we have seen on the proposed extension of the railroad from Ehr- hardt to Denmark. It is hoped the promoters of the scheme will not al low a multitude of plans to inter fere with the movement. The ob- Following the announcement from the State board of education that there would be about *135 per coun ty available for conducting a county summer school in each county, coun ty superintendent of education, Dr. Black, has gotten busy making ar- GEN. DAVIS DEAD COMMANDER OF SOUTH CAROLINA DIV • ISIONU.C.V-PROMINENT IN MASONIC ORDER. jective point should be Denmark, rangements for the school for Colle- Charleston, March 30. -Gen. Zim merman Davis, commander of the South Carolina division of Confeder ate veterans, and prominent in his Masonic affiliations, died this after noon at his residence in this city at the age of 75 years. Stricken several weeks ago with citizen will feel and show a personal the only feasible connection that ton county. He wishes this school an attack of the grip, he never fully interest in this great undertakeg, would give the greatest good to the! to be the best the county has ever recovered his health and strength, which will immediately benefit every greatest number. 'held if possible. While the funds and yesterday he suffered a stroke of farmer in our county, either direct- i i available will hardly be sufficient tO|appoplexy which was the immediate ly or indirectly Although our first. PUSHING PRKSIDENTSTAFFORD'S plan pay instructors for both white and cause of his death. The funeral ser- {• air was a great success, both Editor W. W. Smoak, of the Wal-j colored teachers, the county bo^yd vices will be held Friday. Heissur financially and otherwise, we are a!-j terboro Press and StamfJ^rd, has | of education will possibly Jbe c&lled vived by a widow, one son ami two ready assured of an even greater taken hold of th«..,proposition origi-! upon to supplement Uie amount to daughters. success the coming season. nated by President Stafford, '•of the be received from the State. This Mr. Davis held the rank of major We have purchased the grounds, Augusta Chamber of Commerce, to the board will doubtless do, under general as commander of th»* South which we exjvect to enlarge, and extend the Green Pond and Efrrhardt i assurances from State Superintend-j Car lina veterans, having succeeded other necessary improvements will branch railroad to Denmark, pi^inig ent Swearingen. Gen. Carlisle on the latter's death, he begun at an early date. A great 1 ,, many of our progressive farmers have told me already of their inten tion of making exhibits at the com ing Fair, which will excel, by far the splendid showing made last year, and I urge that every farmer, big, little, old and young, come in with something -show your fellow friends that you have something of which you are justly proud, and let us all together, make a showing that will prove that “Old CoHeton” is the garden spot of the earth. Our premium list is now in the hands of a special committee, and will be published in the next issue of this 4>aper. And indeed, I think that this committee hits been very liberal. as will be seen when this list is published; and we will anticipate that there will be scores of contest ants for each and every prize. To the Ladies of Colleton County: I will say that your exhioirs are of as much importance and are usuallx more interesting to our visitors than those made by our men. Our ex hibits of canned fruits, jellies, pre serves, jams, pickles, soap. anr. other farm products manufactured by the ladies on the farm were not quite up to the standard last year, and I beg that everyone of you get busy right now and let us see if we cannot make a creditable showing. The officers of the Association are nowin communication with manu facturess of canning outfits, and it h out intention to have a demonstra tion if this work at the Fair for the thraa days, and this feature alone, ehowld be worth thousands of dollars to oftr fanners, for it will teach themlhow to make thair own table luxuries and thus save the thousand* of dollars we are now paying to out' Siders for the* pocenddcs. Wt hope to have other derm nitration equally as important and instructive, whkfh we were unable to secure las' year because of the very limited' time fiten ut to do this work. Last, but not least, I assure you that the attractions, such as amuse ments of all kinds, will be plentiful at the coining Fair, as we already , have assurance of having with us a class of shows and other amusementf that seldom, if ever, come to a place of this size. Now this is not my Fair, nor is it your Fair, but it is our Fair, and we want your support and co-operation to make it the greatest success, educationally, instructively , and financially, possible to human effort. If you have ttock in the Colleton County Fair Association you will never have occasion to regret it. If you have not stock in the Associa tion, you should kubscribe at onfee. If you have subscribed for stock. N*nd have not paid for it in full, you should do so now, as there are onlv * few more shares forSmte, and it is ‘our desire to dispose of tbeee within' a few weeks, after which time, a stockholders’ meeting will be called and officers elected. • l Yours truly, G.C. Brown, a through line to Augusta and Char leston. Mr. Smoak, who is making an effort to organize a chaml>er of commerce especially to push this project, says: \ Dr. Black has decided upon the was re-elected at the reunion at teachers he will recommend for ap- Chester last year. Gen. D^vis had pointment. Prof. H. (1. Sheridan.. an enviable record in the Confeder- prineipal of the Walterboro High ate service. He went into the war School, will be recommended as prin- as a member of the Sixth South Car- “Almost every day something hap- cipal of the summer school, and Miss; olina cavalry undeserved under Gens, pens that if properly used by the Effie Jones of Ashton will lie the as- Hampton and Butler, town, w’ould mean much for it in a I sistant. Both these teachers are business way. Just now there is an well known throughout the county, especially urgent case that needs im-1 Prof. D. R. McTeer of Ruffin will mediate attention. The matter of ex- conduct the school for negroes, tending our railroad to Denmark It is thought that the new high from Rhrhardt has been proposed by school building for Walterboro will be completed in time to have the the Augusta Chamber of Commerce. This would be a splendid thing for Walterboro, and the county at large. Yet Walterboro is not in a position to do anything except individually. No concerted action can lie taken * • because the town has no oganization ! of business interests to take up the proposition and push it. The town For conspicuous gallantry in battle he was promoted over two captains. ^ major and lieutenant, and made the commanding officer of the regi ment. Gen. Davis was grand treasurer of the grand lodge, A. P. M.. of South school taught therein, and it is the Carolina and general recorder of the purpose of Dr. Black to invite Supt. j grand council of Royal and Select Swearingen and W. B. West lo lie present at the o|>ening, and Prof. P. C. Garris will be invited to make an address at the close. The following is quoted from a let ter from Mr. Swearingen: council could do this but different from ttie civic never meets. What do you say, Mr. Citizen? Shall we organize and push this and other matter?’’ All along the tine of the branch road the project has created earnest enthusiasm, and among the several towns affected, Walterboro is one of the best. Mr Smoak is a powerful leader in that community, and with his spirit aroused it may safely be calculated that something material will c *me from Colleton county. - Augusta Chronicle. it is very ; “The apportionment league—it each county will WOULD HE I J* ORANGEBURG A movement is on foot to build a railroad i6 a northerly direction out from Ehrhardt, to open a section of Bamberg and Colleton counties that tara been fora long time been bot tled up. Augusta is trying to ffet the line built from Ehrhardt to Blac^viHe, while Bamberg wants the road run to Bamberg. Chairman Jennings, of the Orange burg ghambex-of goenmerpe, has be come interested in the matter and believes- that Oranbebur* should help Bamberg to get the road, and then also build the track on from Bamberg to a point between Cope and Denmark on the Atlantic Coast Line. This would be a good scheme for ghrhardt, Bamt>erg and Orangeburg and would give continuous route from here to Savannah, as the Coast Line already runs from its Charles ton and Savannah line up from Green Pond. The' distance from Ehrhardt to Bamberg is 12 miles, and ifrom Bam berg on to the Coast Line track near Cope is only 4 miles. So that with 16 miles of new road, the several towns mentioned would be greatly benefited. Chairman Jennings has appointed a committee from Orangeburg which will next week visit Bamberg and Ehrhardt and talk the matter over. —Orqpgeburg Sun. Walterboro, April 4,1910. T.G.W. t SHOWING THE RIGHT SPIRIT. How earnestly,the need of a raifr road from Bamberg to Ehrhardt h felt is illustrated by the remark of a maa'* to the Bamberg Herald that "he will give $1,600 te get the aaw raUroud"— that ha wfll r stock of thpt of .$136 to not defray the necessary expense, but neither the State superintendent of education nor the State boaid of education has the right to authorize or require that it be supplemented from county funds. In former years it was the practice, among county boards of education, to pay some part of the instructor’s salary. In 1909 several counties conducted summer schools independent of State support and the policy was not questioned. v - “This practice seems to me the only means of making county sum mer schools efficient, and each coun ty superintendent and county board must determine the expediency of such a sapplementary~'expen3iture. “Summer school instructors will be appointed and their compensation fixed by the county superintendent with the approval of the State super intendent. It is most earnestly re commended that the session continue four weeks if possible.’’ ' MASTER'S SAIL Col. C. G. Henderson, as master, had only one tract to sell Monday, 53 3-4 acres, Bellinger vs. Herndon et al. Was purchased by plaintiff for $575. _ MASS NOTING CALLED. A number of citizens have asked that we publish a call for a mass meeting at the courthouse for Fri day evening of this week at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of discussing the situation as to town politics. This is a matter of very vital concern just now and the meeting should be well attended by those who have the best interests of the town at heart. the sum. This gentleman, so The Herald says, goes further and de clares that he will give twice as much as any othef man in Bamberg to get the road.’’ The distance from Bamberg to Ehrhardt is 16 milps and if the gen tleman quoted by The Herald is rep resentative of the prevailing senti ment about the undertaking, the road will be built.' It ought to be built The section of country that it would penetrate ie too fertile and it le inhabited kg people too intelM- Masons. He was a past master of Orange l^xlge. No. 14. A. F. M. He served two terms as alderman and was at the time of his death a mem ber of the tree commission of the city of Charleston. He was president of the South Carolina Society of Sons of Revolu tion and a member of the South Car olina society. He was also a promi nent member of the Citadel Square Baptist church. ORGANIZEJLU. WORK DEPARTMENT FON ORGANIZED SUN DAT SCHOOL WORK. CONDUCTED IT MISS I. M. FISHBURNE. COUNTY CONVENTION DEMOCRATIC CLUBS TO MEET APRIL 23 TO ElfCT DELEGATES TO COUNTY CONVENTION. Program first annual convention of Warren Township Sunday School Association to be held at Green Pond church Saturday, April 9,1910. MORNING SESSION. 11:00 Devotional exercises. 11:15 — Importance of Sunday School work, J. B. Dodd. 11-30 Relation of the child to the church. Rev. A. P. Boyd. 11:50 Teacher training depart ment. Rev. Henry Cauthen. 12:15- Organized Bible class work, Rev. John H. Graves. 12:35 Open discussion. I,od by Prrff. H. G. Sheridan. 12:45 Appointment of commit- fees. Song service. UK) Basket dinner. u ■ u AFTERNOON SESSION. - 0 2:00 Report of nominating com- mittee and election of officers. 2:30 How to run a township as sociation, Rev. John H. Graves. 2:50 Open discussion. 3:10 The world wide Sunday School movement, Jas. E. Peurifoy. Arrangements are being completed by State Chairman Willie Jones for the meeting of the State Democratic executive committee on April 6. At this meeting the formal call for the State Democratic convention on May IK. will be issued and other matters will be discussed for the primary held in August. As this is the year for the nomination and election of all State officers there will be con siderable interest in the meeting, al though the committee will have very little to do until the convention has finished business, when dates for the Campaign meetings and assess ments will be arranged. The various Democratic clubs in each county will meet on April 23 and elect delegates to the county convention to lx* held on May 2. At the county conventions the delegates will be elected to the State conven tion. Col. J. W. Hill of Cottageville is the member of the State Executive Committee from this coqnty. On April 8-10 the Baraca-Philathea Union of South Carolina will hold its annual convention at Newberry, S. C. An interesting program will be carried out and we trust that it will be the good fortune of some of Col leton’s schools to have representa tion on this occasion. a. i “BONUS AMICUS” WRITES. Cordova, \pril 2.—Mr. Editor: I appreciate very much your favorable attitude for The Press and Standard picnic. I have been waiting patiently for expressions from your various correspondents, but their expressions have been conspicuously absent in your paper, save two, who seem to be heartily iniavor of it. Now, Mr. Editor, four of us might do a right good deal of “pickin," but I am afraid there would not be an over-production of “nicking" to be picked, and as we are in the hope less minority we will be democratic enough to yiekPto the wishes of the great majority. Of course we will have it to do. Things up here In the forks of the Edisto are moving on in the usual tenor of their way. save there is not quite so much sickneM now as there was a few weeks ago. Small grain and gardens are much in need of rain, and the indications for rain are no better now than for several days past. The month of March was unusually quiet and dry. The sun has not even •hone with wonted brightness. T guess the dost from the tail of the approaching comet is having a ten dency to diminish Old Sol’s bright-, ness. I want to ask the letter writers for ■—* , The Press and Standard this ques tion. Why ia that broad belt of whitish lustre which stretches around the whole sky called the “Milky way,’’ and of what does it consist? More again ere long. Bonus Amicus. » » t " MASONIC SERMON BY REV FO S CURTIS. Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis of the Bap tist church here frill preach on the subject of Masonry next Sunday morning, April 10th. for the will be pc md the The world’s invention of Sunday School workers willl be heKj in the city 6f Washington May 19-24. This convention met in 1907 in the city of Rome, Italy. Three years before that time the association met in Jerusalem. It is therefore a*rare privilege to have this gathering of the world’s choicest workers within such easy reach of our people. Some 2,000 delegates are expected from the United States and Canada, and more than 500 from foreign lands, including from 250 to 300 missionaries, representing fifty coun tries outside of America. Every important country in the world will be represented and some delegates will come from points far thest removed from the United States, and will encircle the globe in their journey. From India there will be a number who will make the journey with the one purpose of at tending the convention. NEWS FROM THE FIELD. British Columbia—The general sec retary reports a great wave of re- vivaLin better methods and more definite efforts among the aaall schools in out-of-the-way places. In California (north) the last boun ty has been finally organised, 187 dult dames enYoHed, and 1,500 are registered with tha State amodation as taking ths teacher training coons. In Colorado the State association asaRdsdanotlNr helper tote ofltoi force and will add another field worker April 1. They have set the mark of 109,090 new sehelars to be added to their schools in the next three years. Two new departments have been added to their work, one on "out-station schools’’ and the other on “collegesand high schools.’’ Fifteen out of 48 counties in Flor ida are organized. Eight nAonths ago there were only three. Eleven hundred dollars were recently pledged to keep a man in the field full time, A State paper will be started next month. Since the recent organization of Florence county. South Carolina is able to report twenty-nine of her counties organised. This marks a fine advance since 1906. EASTER AT ST JUDE'S The Easter at St. Jude's Episcopal Sunday school last Sunday was very good and much enjoped by the large congregation present. A number of prizes were offered, which were competed for eagerly by the children and much interest was shown in the- awarding of them. Splendid music was arranged for on the program, with Miss Arline Sand ers as organist, assisted by G. W. Ethridge on his cornet. The Easter offei ing by the children showed an increase of over 50 i»er cent over 1909. A new organ has just been purchased from the Brown Furni ture Company for use in the Sunday School. Dr. T. G. Kershaw is the popular superintendent with MissLizze Fish- burnc secretary. The superintendent’s prize, for perfect attendance during the year, ■s won by O’Hair Fraser. The prize from Mrs. G. W. O. Rivers class for general excellence, lessons, attendance and deportment, was won by Beulah Hickman. For best les sons in Mrs. H. W. Black’s class the prize was won by jPostell Witsell; conduct, O’Hair Fraser. The prize offered by Mrs. E. J. Witsell's class for general sxcellenoe was won by Reaux Fripp. In this class there would have been three to tie for this prize but was cut down by sick ness. Mias Lizzie Fishbume’s prize for general aKceOence was won by AlHflter Wltoril Miss May Neyle’s class prize for general excellence #i* WMi by Amrie Fripp. No prize waa offered in the ifant clasa as It haa just tecenHy 5 been formed. School work, to give information — Seafojrill be. laaov. Bpaotol i • THE raESIDENT’a TOUR. During the next two mootha,from March 15 to ths that of the world's convention in Warrington, a group fjT ImZnOllB odllOMw odlOOa mrug'm.dv will vfait eighteen of the tage dtias of Aamrica* itoaring tha tote corning the Sunday School problem. Perhaps rather to show Jhem^that-’' instead of a problem. U h a wonder ful door of opportunity whMi the Lord has opened before them. As the leader of the pasty ia the Rev. F. B. Meyer of London, the president v of the world’s Sunday School associ ation, this is generally spoken of as the president’s tour. With Mr. Meyer will be Mr. Lawrence, the secretary of the world’s Sunday School executive committee, and Prof. Excell, who will have charge of the music during the entire tour. Bishop Hartzell will join the party ' April 20 at Chicago for the last month. E. K. Warren. W. N. Harts horn, Fred A. Wells and Dr. G. W. Bailev will join the party at different 3 times., Mr. Meyer, during the past two years, has been making a rimilar tour on the other side of the world, visiting South Africa md sevfral Oriental couhtries. He Intenda to ' virit Canada after \be world's eon- M.B. Mttvta ^ v fw iii&i 1 -Y* V to”; ■m