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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.
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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,
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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
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Walterboro
Moore
Hughes
Henderson
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Hiers, J
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Smith
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Ritter
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...Griffin, P.’
Carter—..
Hiers, H
If .Crosby, H.
Copeland....
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... 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
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Creek Baptfet church Friday, June
A, H. Brant of Sniders was here
Monday on a bustnees trip.
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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.
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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
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J. M, McKenzie
... 30
FOR WARDEN.
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D. B. Black :
115
R. L, Fraser .....
... 133
M. C. Fishburne
130
Claude A. Graves
... 112 .
E. D. Lemacks ,.<r
... 130
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Jos. M. Moorer
... 122
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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.
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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«
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