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anb #tmtbarb VOt. XXXIL WALTERBORO, S. C. MAY 18. 1910. NO. 39 l T. H. SHAFFER GUILTY' MEMORIAL DAY J0i W. LUCAS HURT ! W. J. SUPT. . FROM WASHINGTON MOOT COURT FINDS MR. SHAFFER THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEMORIAL EXER- GUILTY. AND SENTENCES HIM TO CISES AT IREUND CREEK WERE * USE LYRE TO CURA FT. WELL ATTENDED SATURDAY. I *• | - ' — One of the most enjoyable events. Beginning eight years ago a few by local talent was that -on Friday persons assembled in memorial exer- evening in the form of a moot court cises at thhrhistoric spot, and each held under the auspices of the Civic, year since the custom has been ob- t/eague and participated in by a served and has grown in popularity, number of the young men and wo- The occasion is looked forward to by men of Walterboro. The court was the people of the community as one) held in the court house, there being of the most pleasant days in the the largest audience ever gathered 1 year, and right royally do the peo- therein to witness the trial. The net pie of the community entertain their proceeds of the undertaking amoun -1 visitors on this occasion, cd to $112, w’hich will be used in the The cemetery is situated in a beau-! work now r being carried on by the | tiful grove near a natural spring, ladies of the Civic League. and through the efforts of the The feature of the evening’s en- NAD HIS LEG BIOKEN AT GLENN PRESIDENT BROWN APPOINTS W. J. SPRINGS WHILE LOOKING AT THE COMET. tertainment was the breach of promise suit, in which Miss Lucy Kilgo Williams brought action against Mr. Edward Terry Hendrick Shaffer for ten thousand. dollars damages, and what is known in law as “specific performance.” Prior to this, however, three minor cases were called by Solicitor Peuri- man- ager, the grounds are well kept. The program Saturday at the memorial consisted of opening prayer by Rev. J. M. Craven, ad-1 dresses by Dr. H. W. Black, Rev. J.; M. Craven, and W, Wh Smoak. A. J. Linder presided over the meeting, and appropriate music was rendered j by a well trained choir. Dr. Black : again discussed the monument fund. foy, but were postponed by reasons an( j suggested that the appoint- valid to the attorneys concerned but m ent of several young ladies be not patent to the audience. Much merit was provoked by the prosecu tion of Mesrs. C. A. Eckardt and E made to take charge of this commu nity. Mr. °Linder appointwh, the ... following committee: Misses May P. Knight for operating blind tigers Linder, Doris Linder, Dora Lang- and selling their goods to-Capt. H. j ( ] a j e an d Hattie Carter. These young D. Padgett, Hon. Jas. E. Peurifoy | a dies went to work with a determi- and W. W. Smoak, three of the; nation, and soon had a considerable fawn’s mast ardent and consistent amount contributed. prohibitionists. Another case in which clever hits were made posed in her supposed fiancee. One that against Messrs J-A. Dietlrich, G f the evening was the J. A. W esterberg and ( . W. Lth- a ^ or ney for the defense, ridge, it being alleged that the music j ohn H peurifoy, to the court, ask- furnished by these, that is, playing; jpg,that the witness be forced to an- t f cornet, flute, etc., in the variousj gwpr a certain question.* The court’s church choirs was a distinct distufb- ru !j n j; was t h a t if counsel could not ance to the peaceful frame of mind con trol this witness it was useless to of church worship. All the minis- a ppeal to the court. Variou^other ters of the city were summoned as witnesses to testify against the cul prits. A great local hit was made in the indictment of Postmaster D. Lew and express agent. N. C. A. Sauls, for undue haste and exceed ing the speed limit in the perform ance of their several duties. The preliminaries dispatched, the principal event of the evening wa.- opened by the reading of the com plaint setting forth the grounds un der which Misa Lucy ‘Williams claim ed actual and punitive damages against the defendant, Mr. 1. H Shaffer. Miss Williams was repre sented by Messrs M ; P. Howell and JrMx Bloorer, while Mr ShaflVi’s case was championed by Measis Jno H. and Daniel B. Peurifoy. C •!. J G. Padgett/took the part of juug. while the other offices were fiacd b: the regular court officers. After much sparring oetweer. tl « attorneys and many objectioiiftmfcd . a jury composed of the follows g eight men was drawn: C. D. May, E. P. Knight, W. W. Smoak. A. K Beach, A. C. von Lehe, S. G. Price, Prentiss Griffin and H. W. Black, Jr. Misa Williaihs. the plaintiff, was the first witness for the £roeecution. She testified to her ardent love for the amiable and worthy defendant; to the fact that he had wooed and won her young heart through the wiles and seductive devices prevalent among the young men of Walterboro, and that after wringing from her the promise to wed, had ruthlessly cast her aside and had trampled her affection in the dust. Probably the most amusing part of the testimony of Miss Williams was her feciting of the many valuable presenU and love tokens given ter by the defendant, aoiot of which were produced in court. These were a five cent organ, a fan of uncertain stick candy and all-day suckers, whose value the street wsggers know. Frequently Miss Williams bunt into fits of waepftur at the re membrance of tl Corroborating DoUyu Price contributed much to, icea in ;moikh vahV. Lint she had witnessed a very con- rfnefag scene between the defendant md plaintiff. Ufa. Jehu HL Pueri- foy,another: testified as to the witnesses were called, who testified to the circumstances and events which established the case made out by plaintiff. Mr. Shaffer took the stand in his own defence; admitted that he was of uncertain age, and that his home- iijess might be a fact, but that he was not aware of it; that he had oeen “pleasant and courteous to the lefendant”- merely that and noth ing more. It was wrung from him, niiwever. that on a certain occasion when the fair plaintiff, frightened by the caperingsof a diminutive rod ent, had fainted and fallen conven- enti.v into his aims, he, thinking to k.* ga lant and chivalrous, had pro- *-'sed matrimony, and was forthwith aferty accepted. He contended, .mever, that the circumstances >u!d hardly make such contract bi ding. Miss Cora Cornor, in be- iatf of the d fendant, testified to •ertain conversations with plaintiff vhich calculated to show that she vas herself playing the part of a heart less flirt. This was corrobora ted also by other witnesses. Messrs C. T. Cummit gs, Paul Baxley, Irving Fishbume and others testified also that Miss Williams was engaged to each of them during the period in which she was supposed to be the fiancee of the defendant. Messrs J. M. Moorer and D. B. Peurifoy, representing the plaintiff and defendant, addressed the jury for ten minutes each, making elo quent appeals in behalf ‘ of their clients. After a brief charge from the judge, in which the jury were in structed not to consider the clause claiming specific performance, the eight jurors retired, apd after due deliberation, rendered the following verdict: "We And that plaintiff should have returned to her all nickels loaned defendant on way to church, and that she be given a five pound box of Nmmally’i by defend ant. and that the VcmitiaB lyre be returned to defendant that he may nee it to ‘Qara-fy' the atmoephere. C D. May. Farcmn).” The entertainment on a whole was onret the moet enjoyable and plea* h« '«frer held in Walterboro. this be ing the firet moot court trial ever Friday morning at Glenn Springs, while looking at Hailey’s comet, at about 3 o’clock, Jos. W. Lucas stepped off an embankment and fall ing heavily, broke his left leg just above the ankle and dislocated the ankle joint. Mr. Lucas was taken to Spartan burg at once and carried from there to his home at Greenwood, where his leg was set. lie sent a telegram to his father here, John F. Lucas, who together with Dr. L. M.Stokes, immediately left for Greenwood. On their arrival there it was decided to bring Mr. Lucas to Walterborc, and they arrived here with him late Sunday afternoon. While in Char leston Dr. Baker was called in for consultation, and by use of the X-ray it was found that only one bone of the leg was broken, but that the ankle was out of joint. Dr. Baker eccompanied Mr. Lucas to Walter boro and assisted Dr. Stokes Sunday evening in resetting the broken limb. Mr. Lucas is now at his father’s, where he is doing as wtll as could be expected. mr. Lucas is a traveling represen tative. selling acetylene gas plants, having his headquarters at Green wood. Mrs. Lucas accompanied her husband home. DOTS FROM OSBORN. Osborn, May 14. On May <! the neighborhood people had a lish fry at Hickory Hill, which waalenjoyed by all. The young people had a jolly good time, which was spent in boat riding, while the older ones «n- TAYLOR SUPERINTENDENT OF COLLETON COUNTY FAIR. At the recent annual meeting of the stockholders of the (olleton County Fair Association authority was given the president to appoint his superintendpdt. This, the presi dent has done; W. J. Taylor being the appointee. Mr. Taylor is the proprietor of Taylor’s Popular Dry Goods Store, and iKissesses many qualifications for the office to which he has been appointed. It is his intention to de vote all the time and energy neces sary to this, in order to make the fair a grand success. To this end he asks the eo-oixeration of all per sons throughout the county inter ested in this association. He has taken hold of the work with much energy, and has placed a fence around the newly acquired fair property, and is now engaged in erecting a fence around the old fair ground*. Work will begin at once in putting in a quarter mile race track, which will be clayed at once, in order that it may be harden ed in time for use at the fair. New and larger buildings w’ill be erected at once, so that everything will be i in readiness by November. We congratulate the stockholders i of this association as their stock is going to l>e very valuable, r MR LESESNE IN TOWN. ,]. H. Lesesne of Manning, who is | a candidate for congress, was in tow n last week makir g acquaint ances ami friends. Mr. I/esesne ex presses himself as being very much gratified at thtf outlook, and thinks 1 LETTER FROM C0LLET0N1AN NOW RE SIDING AT THE NATION S CAPITOL. joyed themselves under the beauti-! ht* has a good chance to be elected, ful green oaks. Some of the visit-1 He proposes to make an aggressive ors from off were H. B. Sanders of i campaign, and is going to do all he Young’s Island and Harmon Cadden can, aided by many strong friends, of Orangeburg County. News reached here a few days ago of the sad accident at the saw mill plant of J. D. Ackerman & Bro.» near Jac^sonboro. A man by the name of John Bunch was in the wodds cutting logs, and by some reason unknown to the writer, he was severely hurt by a falling tree. He is now under the care of Dr. Taylor, and the last news is that he is improving. Henry Reeves of Dorchester County lost his corn house with its contents by fire a few days ago. The origin of the fire is unknown so far. This, of course, is a total loss as no insurance was carried. w. s. w. EHRHARDT-WALTERBORO. The first game of ball p’ayed on the local diamond this season was that between Ehrhardt and Walter boro Friday afternoon of last week. The Ehrhardt team, and quite a number of supporters from Ehrhardt and Lodge* came down in the after noon to witness the game, remaining over until after the moot court at the court house Friday evening, the train not returning to Ehrhardt un til after then. The Ehrhardt team outclassed Walterboro and as a con sequence the score was 17 to 5. The Walterboro battery did good work, but were very poorly supported. Moore, for Ehrhajdt team, struck out seven giving three bases on balls. Gruber struck out twelve and gave one base on balls. The game was umpired by Dr.TT. G. Kershaw. The line-up of the teams was as to be the next congressman from the first congressional district. REV. A. P. BOYD TO LEAVE. We regret to learn that Rev. A. P. Boyd has n signed his pastoral charge of the Walterboro end Cor inth Presbyterian churches. He will leave here abcut the first of June for the city of Tacoma. Washington, about 50 miles from the Pacific coast. Mr. Boyd is a minister of great ora- •o torical powers, a clear thinker and popular with all denominations. He preaches with great force, earnest- Fiess and power. He will be missed by the people of Walterboro. REV. H. J. CAUTHEN IN DILLON Rev. Henry CaUthen will preach the commencement sermon at the Dillon High School next Sunday. There will be no services at the Methodist church on this account. - Mr. Cauthen at one time served the pastorate at this place, and is very glad to this opportunity to re new his acquaintance in that pro gressive little city. follows: Ehrhardt ■ s • Walterboro Moore Hughes Henderson lb Hiers, J 2b Smith 3b Ritter SA ...Griffin, P.’ Carter—.. Hiers, H If .Crosby, H. Copeland.... cf ... Y ....Hyrne MULES ARRIVED. The mules purchased by Supervisor Griffin on his recent visit to Atlanta, arrived Monday morning. They are a lot of as fine mules as there are in the county, and will be able to do some good work when the wagons arrive^ which will be by the 20th inst. the supervisor thinks. RECEPTION BY CIVIC LEAOUL The ladies of the Civic League will give a reception to the honorary members at the residence of Mrs. James E, Peurifoy Friday evening of this weak from 9 to 12 o’clock. TB MST ATBLICX CREEK. The next township Sunday school conventkm will be held at Black The score by inaings: Ehrhardt 0 1104407 0-17 Walterboro ...2 00010 110—5 ♦ Creek Baptfet church Friday, June A, H. Brant of Sniders was here Monday on a bustnees trip. ^ u * Married Suoda) afternoon by J. O. Griffin, notary public, Mhn Geor gia Daria to Jamas Lemacka. The Washington, D. C., May 12.—To The Press and Standard: A pause, hence I’m goirg to write a word to my home paper, of which I’ve thought of so many times since my arrival here. There is much that would interest you, but 1 want to tell you a little about our work here in the census. I’m considered lucky to get into the manufacturers department. Hun dreds are employed in it. Of the other'departments I know little. Nine-tenths of us are ex-school teachers, and ages vary from twenty to about sixty years of age. Really the number of gray heads surprised me. People are here from every State—Yankees, Southerners, West erners. Easterners, all on a level, and the surprising part of it is the social congeniality. The many dif ferent dialects is taken as a joke. The a’s and r’s are the most confus ing and amusing to me. No south erner would recognize—butter with its train of r’s tacked to the end of R- We work from 9 to 4:30 with a half hour for lunch. _We_dine at 6 o’clock. These hours are not trying to a school teacher. Really the work is so much lighter than! expected to find it. I fear our schools would feel somewhat of a desertion if the cen sus work could last that is the special force. It seems that the ma jority came here for a change in work and to see Washington. Our bosses and chiefs are as nice, kind, thoughtful, and in fact all that we could ask for in such men. Our sal aries are good, and the fact of raises constantly makes them more inter esting. Yesterday was a great day here for the Russians and "Poles. Grand monuments were unveiled in honor of Kosciuszko and Pulaski. The cer emonies, parades, etc., were great. Such throngs! Policemen were kept busy avoiding blocks. y Barnum and'Bailey were here this week. Washington gets enthused as much as Walterboro at a circus. Fourteen thousand got in the first night' to say nothing of the count less numbers in the side shows and surroundings.^ The rulings are no better, just carried on in a grander scale—betting, gambling, faintings, suicides all happening during per formances. It was my pleasure to take in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night last evening. The scenery, costumes, music, etc., were all of theShakes- pearen age-.too grand for my hum ble pen to dare attempt a description. President and Mrs. Taft were there in all their glory. I sat facing them. He clapped his hands same as the others. (He goes to the baseball games and eats peanuts with the boys.) It must be annoying to have hundreds of opera glasses trained on you at once. I can’t blame him for often slipping (?) the back way into the White House. Just a word as to the World’s S. S. Convention here next week. I’m delighted to know I’ll not only see some South Carolinians but Colleton- ians. Quite a treat! Great prepara tions are going on—music, exhibi tions, parades, etc., in fact every thing to make it a success. Mint are giving personally hundreds of dollars to defray its expenses. I feel sure that no one will regret his trip here. * If this escapes the, rubbish box- the fate of the last—you might ex pect mother. Don’t forget me, your daughter in this great city* Would fore to see any visitors from home while here and render' them any Mristmnr in my power. With best wishes/ Effie Jones, 1113,11th St., N.W*. Washington, n. u. [We trust we rimU he** often from this corrsspondsnt. Her lei* ters are a treat.—Editor.] MAYOR W. B. ACKERMAN. a ” • BY AH OVERWHELMING MAJORIYY, DR: ACKERMAN IS MADE INYEND- ANY OF WALYERBORO The result of the town’s primary election is that Dr. W. B. Acker man has been elected mayor by an overwhelming mAjority 'over J. M. McKenzie. Of the seven candidates for warden, six of whom were to be elected, E. T. H. Shaffer received the lowest number of votes and was therefore defeated; the other six being elected. Intendant-Elect Ackerman is a practicing physician of the town, and has been for a number of years. He is a son of Rev. S. W. Ackerman of Round. Dr. Ackerman had many strong friends working for his elec tion. The wardens are all young energetic men and will doubtless give earnest support to their admin istration. The result is as follows; FOR INTEND ANT. W. B. Ackerman ... 101 jfi J. M, McKenzie ... 30 FOR WARDEN. * gfj D. B. Black : 115 R. L, Fraser ..... ... 133 M. C. Fishburne 130 Claude A. Graves ... 112 . E. D. Lemacks ,.<r ... 130 j :J| Jos. M. Moorer ... 122 1 E. T. H. Shaffer ... 73 SECOND DIVISION UNION TO MEET The meeting of the Second Union Division will be held with the Peniel Baptist church on Satuiday morning. May 2Sth. The committee on ar rangements at the last meeting, so far as the committee on program is informed, reported as follsws: Introductory sermon, Rev. Geo. A Martin. Sunday’s sermon, Rev. F. O. S. Curtis. The introductory sermon will be preached on Saturday morning at 11 o’clock. The order of exerciaes following: Organization. Subjects for dis cussion. Q 1st. The Superintendent and his school. v Best Methods to Obtain Greatest Results. Speakers, C V Farrow, Alternate, A C Hiers. 2nd. - The Teacher and his Bible, Speakers. Rev. Qeo. A Martin, Alternate, S. B. Saunders. 3ni. The teacher and his Class, Speakers, Rev JPGraham, Alter-, nate Hon. J S Griffin! 4th. Equipment Essential to Efficiency: Economy Detrimental to best Results, Speakers, W. C. Brant, Alternate H J Givens. Miscellaneous Business. Appointment of Committees. Sunday morning. Meet at 10 o’clock. Organized 7 Work. A Demonina- tional Necessity, Speaker, Rev. F O S Curtis Sermon at 11 o’clock, as reported by committee. It is earnstly requested that the churches send full delegations, and of course this includes the churches which have been organized since the ast meeting of our —nristion. Especially it is requested, that the Sunday schools in the bounds of out Union Division send delegations of their Sunday school workers. FO SCurtis J P Graham ^ WC Brant Committee on Program. _ ^ ■ - 0 LEG BROKEN BY HORSf T. R. RUmt of Round went into the stables Monday eventegto feed his borsea; and for some unaceount- abie reason out of them kicked^ striking him on the right leg just below ths tope, tweaking both bones in tbs for m4 inffietiiig besides a very painful (fob wound. Dra. W. mi *■» to wt tb« bntaHab. WMfeitk.TC?. *- ,/K -X A i i fi | m