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A. VOL. XXXIII. WALTERBORO. S. C. AUGUST 24,1910. MEETING AT LODGK s' . nN CAMPAIGN MfCtlNG AT LODGE SHOWS A UyEHING UP WITH PROMISE OF / - MORE. MEETING AT SMOAKS ture for support of thc^nitentiary. He asked the • president of the Good Roads and Draiftag^ League,! aMce A |:' what plan he had to offer as tH, bonds. QUESTION OF FINDING 400 ACNES Mr. Hrlioak replied that, he >^ould J LAND COMES UP AND FUNNIMIS submit that to the League and Wans j INTERESTING DISCUSSION. ' vtould Ik* formed and submitted\o j „ the delegation. • • j \ _ The earmuiign meeting held Thurs- Heber It. Padgett made a very v ^ earnE^st address and came outN”! GOOD ROADS COLUMN - The second meeting of the series of those arranged for the campaign, was held, Wednesday at There .were abou t 2ihi voters present He said a man w ho would not mort- and*a number*of ladies, several hav- L r age his farm for from $."> to'$10 in “V” . . . in» <mne uu on the trsin Thojruvt " r ' l ‘ r ,0 " ml<e iin ' 1 rffused to Tru ‘'-' , ; ere *??. COUI1 '. I"*' lun.ls. It is right - that this ing gone ujion the tram, ihtjnt.t- , , k „, tk „ ter fhargie along the same ones as sh „ tlJ u . done Th( . arld ,,| un . .... . , • cry \ ... get S.m,e mJ from the government Isslge. strongly in Hvor of the bond ^ ^'(.nal featurea The eageeted „; Wl , k the ^ exeityment m thedsmator,^ mni aa- e ls ais()rUn anJ ^ ditor s\ races d.d no, "Mtenalue. | rrnmrnt 5h(>u|d in drajni „ ur <*andi<iate for congress, was the last s|w?aker. Coming to a discussion of good roads ami drainage: Good; roads are a necessity, but how to THIS COLUMN WIU. CONTAIN EACH get them. I am frank to say to you.j WEEK PERTINENT REMARKS ON thihli and rnwlt "tZ 'iT^Z\ ' ««»S The R. K. D. service of the United States uses our roads and we should ^ CosTR "«' T,ONS lNVirB.-Ont SUV sfV . . • a i, _ tin (lo,t * that man ts a fyol. It is the ing was held in the ^ardof J. C. , , - >ame on a bond issue. The plan has Smoak s residence, the speakers oc- been figured out and it is shown how cupying the front piazza. ,, at ^ j t i s t() ^ ave () f The speeches were in the nature of roa4 j for no more than we are pay- The ing now. So it is go xl bu-^iness. To vote for a candidate is not a privilege: it is a duty and one every voter should perform. • surprise in some respects first was sprung w hen Mr. Buckner waded into the record of Auditor Patterson, for the purpose of, show ing his incompetency to till the office. He tad .lung list Of names whkhj .he uusstioos. He went more into he clmmed he got from the reeord* delaiOn replymg and made a splen- ■howmg that they had been dropped did , r)irument dn suliport 0 f |,j B quence me uu...u.. ... ff 0 ™ ,he cudltor s books Mr., v jews. He answered quest! m three dwindled to shout To pt the dose. B ” k “ r ““?* thllt * ri'v S ?°" ed » li«le differently from his answer 1 The latest interest centered in 457 additional names wh.oh had been at SnideK He came out as opposed : the * n * t " r '« face. J. D. Ackerman added by the treasurer from ISOM#, , 0 Slate aid in kui|di blic ^ , spoke firs,, discussing his good roads ’’ 7^5 these were in the most, Misssippi river are water* epini, and dea.t oniv k) the United Slates. We should get some aid from the government, as we are paying taxes ail the time and getting nothing in return. at Lodge friendly issues. • \ The meeting Was held-in the cedar grove near the academy and there were about 250 Voters present. County Chairman HoWll opened the 1 meeting and turned it o\er to Prof. whV presided. <ian $300,000 BoM> Isstx. NQ.i ELECTION RETURNS / - - '• THE PRESS AND STANDARD OFFICE WILL BE HEADQUARTERS FOR RE CEIVING ELECTION RETURNS. D. L. Smith began by answering Strickland, ^ -• ■■ . :_ a „ Unfortunately there was a shower during the speaking, and as a conse quence the numlier ‘rof Vearen OmrtRs uf Good Roads and Dkainace Lkauue. , W. W. Smoak. Walterboro, presi dent. J. I). Ackerman, CottageviHe. vice president. E. E. Jones. Walterboro, secretary ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ~ . t ri Adams Run—S. J. Humph, Adams Run. Bells—Paul K. Crosby, Ruffin. Blake- S. A. Marvin, White Hall. Broxton D. M.' Yarn, Islandton. Collins J. W. Meggett, Ravenel. Fraser-W. E. Haskell, Jr.. Jack- when the greatest number before was only 200. He also charged that The money.for this aid would have to be paid by the county anyway. Auditor Patterson had sent t.x and it wou|d ,^ fetter to the duplicates to wrong, ^ewons as mem- j tax # ir?ctl y. He favors a bond is- bent of township boards of assessorsJ, uei jt is tk e business like and that he had kept no records of w arran|te The Ux meeUnga of county board of asses-L;, n pav8 noK i3 ve ^ keavv A R • aors as required by law,. ! F . I carrier pays at least $t«U per Interrupted by Mr. l-atterson. he year aid others in propocti.m. was asked to whom t^ tax dupli-j foil..,on O.uniy has ..ever amount. “i« ^ ^ """toprrlv.. miJch - jn , is|aIur( . ToJ W. McggCU replied Imrk-u-ver wii, as M,gas apprentices are ner. Ideoyil. exc!aiimd I'attclson., rh , worK „ f t(w , t<i , la . u , t , •Well. sir. prov.- it. said lluckner. j, t „ n( . „ v a! ,„ utdu/; ,„ m(n . Chairman HoWell stepped between • • disputants, and called them to Patterson was anxious tore- make a ref nst‘d 'DON'T WORRY”.DOTS. An informal dance was given by Mr. Tom Black at his home on last -Monday evening in honor of the vis- ^boro! iting young ladies. The event was' Glover—W. A. Durant, Cottage- greatly enjuyed by all present, and! ville. just as the bells were chiming the . Heyward—Dr. H. A. Willis, Hen- I deraonville midnight hour we all returned home j Uwndw-H. K. Ssvsge, Green taking with us pleasant recollections; Pond dis order. ply a?)d asked permission to statement. Tlas was ~ The chairman stated he cuultl ask the speaker a questiun but'could not make an extended statement tlia\ he could ipake that at Smocks. The next surprise came when Mr Ackerman jumi>ed on ^nator Gut' tin for "doing nothing." Mr Ackerman'was the last speaker, ant* .there was i>o intimation that h* would say more tnan at Sniders, a Senator Griffin had ma le practical!) the same speech . over. But th- crowd seemed to enjoy it. and ap / peareil to favor Ackerman in tlir matter of applause. Hon. J. H. Lesesne, candidate f-» cingrejss. was present and addressei the audience. N, ' # The other candidates a!| iiihiP about the same appeals as at Sni'iei a^nl were very bri» f. Magistral Cummings has no Ujipositio.i a >, • * , not sjieak. * Senator Griffin made jirnrlica \ j the same Speech a- at S.n.M-rs.- 1>, referred t,f Captain W ay\ bijit, have exemption three month- in th year'in" Broxton. He D-und it no perhaps correct, and taking up thf , matter with Captain Way, the'bil: was continuAsi. He ans.vere<J th* questions of The I’ress and Stand ard in pretty much the same man ■ ner as at Sniders. J. D. Ackerman said that if he did v not d® more wheu in the Senate than • his friend did at the end of four years he would go back home where only theowls could hiM)t at him. A with small ideas will man live Mr. Smith took issue with the -tiitemchts made that Walterbor A'as I*, ing favored, lb: said ting vas not trie. Walterboro pa>.- ■J simi m ire ta\*'s than she reodvrs i whicn goes to the county. The re p»;rt has gone out that the pre.-enj road law provides for .working a radius of five miles from Walterboro Tnis is not true. In fact Wallet l»oro loes not get ni*ar justice. No county •vork is done in town, and save for v*»rk on causeway over Jones' vAamp and this recent road work, he cnain gang had no£ l*een near iValteriioro in many venrs. Hon. J. L. R<jbertson la-gan by an < venng The Press and Standard’s lydstions. He made the statement nat it u;ts vkrt.f.g for thej'onviets o make cotton on the State farm It’was ail right for them to make provisions but he did not think we i. i I'li cotton tht;y make. Col. .b T, 1’oik \\Hw not far frf>m 1 - hi line, s,n*l feh he w as nmong his r'rienls. II" n ude practically th* a ne speech as at Stiiders. ' , - i i for' inup-'y the crowd which iad ii*‘< n patient up to this time be gin to break u.vay in search of dir.; ner, and did not get back together i apt G W. Wav was glad to be at l /\ilge and in knswering (die gues 1 ions w ished to change his re oiy a« to i he w trk of convicts on the oublic roads. He thinks the peni- t ntiary pays too much money into the treasury, and he does not want to ad*l any burden to the tax payer J. Goodwin saul there were something like I2('u bills introduced in the legislature, and yet hire are a set of seven questions intended to show a man’s titnes.- for the job. scheme. He repeated what he said at Lodge as to Senator Griffin’s having done nothing. Mr. Griffin asked him to state what he had failed to. do. Mr. Ackerman cited the Senator’s refusal to vote on the lien law when the measure came up. stating that he would not vote be cause he did not know w hat his peo- j weeks, pie at home thought of the retx*al. Senator Griffin, in his sjjeech. refer red to this and a.>ked why Mr. Ackerman did not have his lien law lull here? The question as to wheth er or not the new r<>ad Urtv re|»ealed the law as to St. Paul’s came up, Mr. Ackerman twiitTing the Senator for not knowing the "effect of the legislation passed. Senator Griffin made the “state ment. as a lawyer, that the law as to St. Paul’s was not repealed- He had looked it up and was sure of it. The Senator proposed that Mr. Ackerman select a lawyer and let him decide, with a third, as to who was right. * HortflX L. Smith in his speech, stated that the new road law re pealed all acts, pot consistent with the new road law. The delegation, he said, intended that ail inconsist ent be re|>ealed, and that Adams Run and Coffins share alike with other townships. In the matter of applause, Heber R. Padgett appeared to have the crowd.with him. He came out boldly,for Mr. Ackerman’s U»nd is- -ue, and thought stockiaw a dead is sue. ’ • of a most delightful time spent. We are glad-to welcome among our visitors this week Mrs -Willie Dittman and little daughter of Sa vannah. Mrs W. W. Carter and two little daughters left Wednesday for Hen- dersinville, N. C., to spend several B. R. Smith, Cottage- Sheridan ville. , - Warren—F. J. Berry, Smoaks. Walterboro—E. T. H. Shaffer, Walterboro. Verdier—Paul Sanders, Ritter. OPR NEW ROAp LAW. It seems that the new road law unjjer which Colleton County, is now operating is not fatniHar_to many of The office of this paper will be a lively'place Tuesday night. It will be the headquarters for the returns of the election, and there will doubt less be a large crowd present to read the bulletins of the results of County and State elections as they come in over the wires. We* have'made ar rangements to get the returns of both State and County, and we shall try to have a nearly total vote before closing for the night. To this end we have addressed a letter to each set of managers urging them to get us the returns at whatever cost some time Tuesday night. We trust they will exert themselves as it is very important that we get the returns promptly and remember we wish State as well as county votes. / The public is cordfally invited to be present at the office and hear the results. We shall be there feus late as there is any need to be, and Wed nesday’s paper will carry the news. . our people and it is*reprinted: Miss.Sara E. Jenkins of Columbia » . a 4 * . a u • . , . . • » « u .An Act to Authorize the Board of is the charming guest of her cousin.] (Wnty Commissioners for Colie- Miss Rena Wolfe, this week. The young folks are indebted to Mr Ib-rliert Carter for quite a novel tMi. County to Purchase Road Working Machinery and to Em-j ‘-ploy Road Engineer. * " Section I. lie it enacted Ijg (he m at which »•«> Iti«m .« r.™ P rai"^.emblj;' oT IhVsute of d y evening at th* home if W. W. t ^ ut h Garolina-, That t’he Supervisor Cart* r namely: A Tangle Foot Party, j-and County'Commissioners of Colle- Promptlv at P o’clock the tickets ^ County are authorized and hery- wvre s-lecu-l and t-iven to each cou- !*>' ''''’f' wl to Porcho^at onw toM ,, , . . . working machinery for use cm the pie. After the cards were matched , p u i t || P ru ads of said c*)ur;ty, at a there was much amusement over the icost ndt to exceed thre#* thousand winding of the yarn balls, at the dollars, to be paid for on such terms ends of which each one found his or i?^ with.such conditions as seem . . « , best to them, from the road funds her present. The hearty laughs which were heard from all parts of o- •' f y genuine proof of, a most enjoyable eithi*r now availaule or to be availa ble. the house and grounds were indee<l |- Sec. 2. That the said Supervisor :— —t „ —, t a> n ; nv .hia>|aiid t'ounty Commivibhen of Colle- D»n Ounty also employ a competent time. AMU* ten-t-hirty all repaired ,5';^ S5T5'i» to the dining ri*om where cake ami ofH . hundred dollars per month, cream was served. The out of town to have charge of the road working ’ forces of the county, and-to .Jay off, * * f 1 _ _ _1a. —£*_ _ BUCKNER AND PATTERSON. ’ Auditor Patterson spoke first exulained again how . double tries could be made, and bow it guests were:’Misses Nellie Kinsey. Ruth, Audrey and Pearle Gtfrris of Williams; lone and Florrie Carter of Hurds. Fla.; Annie and Barbara Wil- Sana of Armstrong, Ha., and Sara Jenkins of Columbia. Messrs Her bert Carter of Hurds, Fla.; I. Kohn. Heber and Harvey Padgett of Wal- terboro; Dr C. I. G mlwin,. Enoch an«l Ffank Ritter of Colleton. W. J. , Berry and D. E. Sauls of Smoaks; M. B. Garris an/l Prof W. Campbell an ^of Williams, and John I'Vank of Col leton. en- ^ wa ' -The community regrets very much pqaelWe for omisxiuns *o nave oorur-, tu ^ of t|H> j||nwj of Mias wlmthebmoAawhq.4 d«lric, as Wolf, whose briKhi sri.ilo has l«-n tne books had been wmten up whey. miaMd amonK ^ many W ends for V WILUAMS. , Williams, Aug. 2(L—Hardly had I realized the fact that such a space of tim(* had elapsed since I had planned my last coromunicatibn to The Press and Standard till dear little "Ruffin’- so kindly inquired as to my where- uts. In answer to her inquiry of week I will now try to give you a few items from our worthy little town, so that my comrades and oth ers will know that I hive not ypt sailed for an isol^te<l island the sea. hut am sfill at the poted little "City on the Hill.’’ / Many changes have occurre*l since my last writing. Death has entered our community and claimed as its . victim one of our highly ‘respected citizens. Of late we have had a great deal of sickness. Measles is raging aroUnd us, but we are glad to report that those who have fallen victim to it are recovering aa rapidly as can be expected. The many friends of. Dr C. K. Kin sey will he glad to learn that he is now able to resume bis practice. It will lie remembered that Dr Kinae; was seriously wounded by a gun ahdt some time hack by Joe Freeman. Mr and Mrs Willie Dittman little daughter, Sadie, of St Augus tine, Fla., were guests of the family of Dr C. E. Kinsey last week/' Mr Frank Kinsey left us August 1st to take a position in Khrhardt. We are very sorry to lose Mr Kinsey from «»ur .midst and then—one little bluKeyed an^ black-haired girl looks somewhat lonely since "Frankie’s " / of the county shall be (11 a commuta tion road tax of two ($2) dollars on all males between the age of twenty- one and fifty, unless excused legally. the special levy had been vvted. ■pO . days, and we h.,pe soon *« I £d ‘ttxS'To'*£ “^Sed'bv"’the luaccmmodate the pdopie h.- had have her with ua again, aaahe lawn- Uotmly Audilokrind colleeted aa are had to scratch up his book for the valeacing. - ^ r township. He referred to 400 acres) Mi?ses} ' Uena Wo | fe a nd v cousin, of land, on which no taxes had been ^ ar a Jenkins*, spent a few days very paid for many years, which he found ^ pleasantly with the Misses Garris, of and put on the tax hooks. i Colleton last week, where they were Mr. Buckner reiterated his charge L de , iffhtfully entertained. K. P. W of inconqietency. and read again his lists of names w hich had been dn.j*- grade and superintend the construe tion of permanent improvement, giving special attention tp the con struction of sand-clay roads in the county. Sec. 3. That the county chain- gang and all other' road working forces of the county Ik* directed bv the sail! road engineer, under the supemsinn of the Supervisor and County Comuussipners. and that no claim for road work he paid, if for more than five ($5> dollars, until the w’°rk be l*erson«lly.inspected and ap-) iie^i-ture. We all wish Mr Kmsey proved by said road engineer or m uch success in his new work. , .vup"r\isor Miss Maggie Ramsey entertained >ec. 4. I hat the t;oad funds of a 0 f. ^er friends at her hum? ped by Auditor Patterson from the _ .. . books. Referring to the 4U0 acre small things. We a\e »ttn pajing j ansW ered them pretty much as tract, he explained that Harry Pat- $40,0(HJ every year as taxes ot a ( Sniders, and wasesiiecially, terson, a brother of the auditor, had salaries, roads, etc., an wo lavt f ori . e j- 0 | j n r( .^ ar( j to compulsory put it on in January to have it sold gotten nothing but saa.u > ’ ai ■' tK ] lK . a ti on , "Xobodv don’t favor for taxes, intending to buv it in and This bond issue should be discussed comnulsory educaUon anJ they ! get a sheriff’^le for it. He < Buck- Kutfin, S. C. -Z- other taxes. Sec. 5. That the public roads of the county lie made as straight and direct as possible, and the work done be of a permanent and scienti fic nature, and that the first roads worked shall lie from the county seat to the boundary line of the county, and shall intersect as nearly as possible at right angles, the'roads to be first Worked being selected by near here Saturday evening in cele bration of her birthday. A very pleasant evening is reported. Mis* Ramsey’s many friends wish her many more happy birthdays. Milton B. Garris has tsju returned from an extended visit to friends in Virginia. Miss Kena Wolfe of Ruffin, accom panied by Mi-w Sara Jenkins, visited the home of J. T. Garris Wednesday. Mrs Rachel Kedish, Misses Polly, Pearle and Audrey Garris, accom panied by Mr George Brannon, were* among those of our community that attended the Crocketville picnic. We are glad to note that Mr Wil liam Kinsey, who was injured in a th«- Supervisor an! Cuunly Commix- » • . . Savannah, Ga , and Jiad t»/ have his LMi. /ti C utxiriiit ut amI ie iiitu*’ nF Wi*l had any. and by men of ability. If the peo-,, . ^ . . j * » * i *i. . i haint got no right to. pie do not think I am the man to do these things, send my competitor back and let him do a^bc has been doing. ^ ' Mr. Ackerman ma*le an earnest speech and was liberally applauded when he concluded. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. ner I had been asked to go into it MRS C D C ADAMS ENTERTAINS Mrs. C. D. C. Adams entertained sloru>re M*»nday afternoon from five to seven Sec. *’». That n'dhmg in mis *ci j e f t f oot ampuUted. is nbw at his o’clock with a "Linen Shower” in . shall be construed as prohibiting the fatht . r ’, and ls doing gpUndidly. honor of Miss Birdie Owens, who j,Supervisor and (ounty Oomminsion- Mrs Sallie Carter and children of • . : a , the tni and County Road Engineer from n„ r d 8i Riy _ a n<l Misses Barbara and ■i me ——2 ““‘''"’ Annie Williams «t Armstrong, Fla., was married this morning hi me home of her aunt. Mra M. J. Mima, Tm'.fhTl '/ r*»a<l. either by Use of portion of got nO right tO." . vlOer! IH»U a«rvr.. a»<tv^a Ail C' ' «> , * . — He favert'd goo<l roads. NoT that w ith him, but had refused, because ,°^ un3 * er ' chaingang, or by contract. %—Ml ~ ~ Kor4 rv*v*v*irk!icl v i After the guests had all arrived ’ Sec. 7. That this Act shall or—a :a„ „l l... we know what they are for we never George Cone had previously asked £<> were pleasant visitors to our com munity this week. .‘‘Uncle Pete." THE SUMMEK SCHOOL- The County Summer school is pro-! grossing very nicely, with the excep tion, that Prof. .Sheridan has been | j & AV'I V* »V- %av ■ ■— a» i the different j»ackages were distrib- e ^ reft u P" n approval by the ' 1 nti>d wmomr them and when Miss ^* ov< ‘ rnor \ ar, d th* 1 * *11 Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed mem- . €«'■•> W - •"“** * unable to be prevent but two days along the same lines w at bmdere. 0 „ account of a , udden „ d XKVe He d.«u»8ed the road aw. pro- i|lneM Mi „ Wwkley has , however hibition. He had .old liquor a. a| ^ , on , he work jn dispenser, but he w*>uld never do it *fpun if he had to beg for bread. In answering the questions, he thought be would perhaps not favor putting State convicts pn the public roads, for he would not like to have to make a deficit good in the expends satisfactory manner. Prof. Sheri dan wilt resume his duties today. The enrollment has increased and the students are doing a very high ly satisfactory work. The new stu dents are Misses Katharine DeTre- vilie and Mary Breland, Walterboro and Charity Strickland, Smoaks. him to assist him and he would not, i — , : -. - . u u j7j a ,. , . . , a uted among them and Liecause he did not think it r, Eht.. (j| oVer p| ay j n g a wed- Cone had then asked hiriTto say ,ii n g march Miss Owens entered, nothing of it. "-Subsequently attor- 1 only to have all the packages thrown neys for the real owners entered the tract-eh the tax books, and then Au ditor Patterson had inquired of Sinking Fund Commission * a* to amount of taxes. The audience listened very atten tively to the speech of Mr. Buckner, and were amused by Mr. Du Bo is who suggested that the proper “thing Jessie Fraser. Marion Fraser. Helen Lucas. Edith Lucas, Eva Mace. Cora jor'the*voterat«dojr»tu vote for: him and let Patterson and Buckner ]^ BeUe Sanders. Ethel Sundews. at her. which crested much ment among the crowd. During the afternoon delightful refreshments were served, consist ing of fruit punch and cake. The invited guests were as fol- lows: Miapes Ethe' Gruber, Leonie' see all the voters of my township. I Padgett. Jule Finlay son. Ilollye take this method of asking >our sup- Price, Helen vonLehe. Edith*Fraser. port in the coming election. If I am " ' ~ ♦,..,.^.1,;^ JO FURNISH SCHOOL Approved the 2»ith day of Febru I rJ h £ Hrown Fu ^ nitu re & Hardware vy, A. D. 1910. “ * rel,ru " U., have secured the contract for Ifurnshing the "'-“--Ezru™ f ine Walterboro,. High his contract covers desks ra nn FDAM MD f!DAVF6 “ s^ats for class .rooms, opera Iwlllll iKUM MR IlKAYEo. chairs for auditorium and pianos. To the Democratic voters of Hey-! This contract was secured ever sev- ward township: Not being able to eral competitive bids. this afterward. Hon. J. H. of Manning. Catherine Howell. Ray lffeTeer,.and Nellie Me Jones. cTeer. Edna elected magistrate of your township I assure you. one and all, that I will discharge the duties of said office im partially. Very truly yours, J. Edgar Graces. Hendersonville, Aug. 23. *•» MRS HENRY HIOH DEAD Mrs. Henry Hiott died last night at her home near Walterboro alter an illness of several weeks. She is a sister of Senator and Supervisor Griffin, and the mother of a large family. She will be buried this af ternoon at Doctor’s Creek Cemetery.