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— ■ ' 1 YOU XXXIV. WALTERBORO. S. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 191®. NO S PARADE ; AT COURTV FADt WEDNESDAY A MammotK Parade for County School Children on Educational Day of Fair and Addresses by the Heads of \ School Departments. / Amni These superintendents will see to it that all exhibits are properly placed and properly cared for. The impression seems to have gone out that all persons having an exhibit of livestock will be expected to send a man to take charge of it. The Fair association does not expect this, for they will have an abundant supply of labor to care for all live stock to be exhibited. It will only be neces sary for the owners of exhibits to arrange for feed for their live stock, and of course for showing their ex hibit in the live stock ring or in the Race track. ^ X TICKET/JFFICES. The Fair Association feels that is indeed it selling at gements are rapidly innearg eomplesion for the opening of the Second County Fair, November 8th. The buildings will be very nearly epttpleted this week, and everything will be placed in readiness at least two weeks before the opening of the FJr. It has been decided by the ssso?ia-* tion to offer some additional prizes. BEST DECORATED VEHICLES. * r(r It has been thought that a parade of decorated vehicles driven by the ladies would be an attractive feature. The association has, therefore ar ranged for a first, second and third prize to be given for the best decor ated vehicle driven by a lady. This will be open for competition for the . the services entire county, and it is hoped that a ; Lemaeks to have charge of number qf ladies will enter. It will tickets at the main entrance be recalled that at the May Festival Fair grounds, last year this wa* one <»f the pret tiest features. The prizes will 1 e; first prize, silver lovin'/ cup. se*i»nd prize $5.00, third prize >2h5q. ’ SCHOOL CHILDREN'S I’AKAliX. , Wednesday, NoVeml-er l*th, is edx ucational day. Tne Courty Board of Education has set a-ide thi- day as holiday f N >r the schools <•£ ti e county and theFair &ss 'ciation l as decided to fix aiiXa^imission fee < f ten cents for.ail served children of the county who will assemble at the Walterboro school huiMirg Wednes day morning at 1" o’clock ^o take part in a grant! parale of the t ^ v children for the entire coqnty. Thi parade wi.l be led by tne bar.tl anH will march from there to the hair grounds, where they will he masked 2 _ J \ i before the Fair opens •rr.ing. The buildings will be complefed at i least two weeks before, and exhib itors may bring in their exhibits any ORGANIZED S, S. WORK DtPAITMENT FOR OMURUD SUN DAT SCHOOL WORK. CONDUCTS BT MISS I. M. FISNOURNE. “The best I ev^fy attended” was the high ecomium pronounced upon the Colleton County Sunday School Convention, held in the town of Walterboro last week, by one of the speakers who graced the pro gram. Indeed we wish that all of Colleton’s religious workers could have been present to catch^the in spiration of this gracious occasion. Bsginning with the eloquent Mis sionary address by Dr. C. E. Burts on Wednesday evening, the atten tion of the audience was easily held throughout every session of the Convention and the interest more and more marked until the closing session on Friday when from the delegate themselves came that en thusiastic burst of expression which made a most fitting climax to the two days’ service. The program had been happily ar ranged, the speakers, each a.master of the subject assigned, were at their best. We should be glad to go into de- THE WCW TEACHERS * tt StVENTKN APPLICANTS AND SI GRADES OVEN IN RECENT El AMIIUIltN. The fall teacher’s examination was conducted Friday at the court house by the County Board of Educa tion. There were 17 applicants of whom 12 were whites and five Supt. W. K. Tate Rude a short talk to the' applicants before they began their work, id which he em phasized the importance of their work, and urged that those present hold up'the professional honor. Those securing certificates are as follows: First Grade—Miss Vera L. Kerr, Ruffin; Miss Blanche Riaher, Round. Second Grade—Mrs. Lou Ellen Smoak. Williams; Miss Nan Breland, Walterboro: Miss Maggie Marvin. Hendersonville; H. L. Easterlin. Walterboro. SUPT. W. L T Air WRITES OF ' RECENT Visir TO COUEIQN - This Section or State Possesses Great Pos sibilities, Says Mr.'Tate, and the Peo ple are Awakenings Evidence of Progress. \er\ fortunate* in securing , ta jj anc i gj ve an out |j ne 0 f eac j, 0 f i ‘ eS of E E. Jones Hnd E D. i a 11 r cc i MRS BUCK'S OPENING. ,L Yesterday morning at about 9 o’clock the doors of Mrs. W. A. Black’s handsome new miiiinery! | store were ojMMed and the store was * ., ery soon alive with, the ladies of the magniheent addresses de ivered L, . ' . , , . the town-this being the firit dav of during the various sessions, buttin e tU /„•, . • , ■, .u^ . . ... ’ ; the fail and winter rmlmVry ine and space forbid.. l The delegates, numbering between SEASON TI. KKTS. Arrargements have l een made ft r t v<t sale <•; -eas >n tickets, good f< r a ind->ior. during tt.e entire F'aii. T :e<«- .i.-k •t- will be sold .f .r $1 (m aid are i»ot tran.*!traine. Holder.- wid by permitted to enter the grou.-X' at an.v time during the Fair. JXJtfBlTS PLAT'KD. The ^uperint^o lent desires to re- quest that aii per-ons who wish t< make exnii«:t.s. to haw* nhem at the grounds if possible by Saturday. November b:n. This, of course, will not apply to perishab e exhibits, for can be brought in Monday .after or if very perishalde, Tuesday ‘Xmomirg earlv. This is necessary in ohier mat the work of arranging exhibits in the Fair building may be around the speakers stand ar. i ad com pi^ ’dressed by County Supernuendent of Education. [>r. H. W. Black. Statate Superintendent of Educ. - tion, J. E. Swearingen, an! S m---. visor of Rural Schools, W. K. Tate These children will be exppc'ed to join in singing Ame-ica. l i i j an. The Star Spangled Banner, durin. the exeijci-es. There sn*»u d r* several thousand sen ol chi'drer <f the county in line and tr.is sh'>u'd t e one of the m>st impressive ft utur« s of the Fair. DEPARTMENT Sr?ERINTENL'FNT'. The following deoartment super intendents hav ^ been appointed t* take charge of the different build- ings on the Fair grounds, ar. i have charge of placing the evhibrs in these buildings: Woman’s Building—Mrs. J. C. Padgett and Mrs’ Gebrge R. Fra«er. Merchant’s and Manufacturer’s Building—G.-N. Taylor. FarmJSdchjbits Building—D. C. L. Hiei fegro Building- Rev. C. J. Bal er, Poultry Building— E. A. Marvin fifty and sixty, and "f every section representative of the countv. the completion of the Live Stock Exhibits vin. W. S. Mar- enough applicants. \bDITIONAL PREMIUMS. Owing to an oversight, no premi ums are offered in the premium Irat o: the Colleton County Fair Assocta- t >n as published for Barred Plym- oith Rocks. Black Leghorns, Pit Gimes. or Game Bantams, in the poultry department. We beg to a ivise that the same prizes will be awarded for these as are offered for other poultry. Any other articles in other departments omitted will be classed and given premiums as in this. * •ime after buildings. MERCHANTS, ATTENTION! Merchants who desire to apply for place in the merchants’ apd manu- faotur-rs’ building will pleaae do so at once. This space fa being rapidly taken up and if any delay is had in the application there may not be , .. .. . n~rafo accomodate all th. V * n ? ,v ' r V ““I .?“*! iJToyed themselves an earnest body, j Over SI4'>. were pledged for the State and County work for the com-! ing year and more than one hundred days of sei vice. Twenty-five of the fifty-tight schools in the County sent in a sta tistical report of the year's work. fi s / BROXTON WINS BANNER. One of the most interesting feat ures of the occasion was the award ing of a banner to township report ing greatest progress in its work. Upon a large map of. the county had been placed at their respective lo cations, colored circles, indicating the County Sunday Schools >and its denominational allegiance. Enthu siasm ran high when at a call from the chair W. W. §Hioak his place be fore the map and began to add to the circles the stars as the various township associations rendered their report. The wide-awake workers of Broxton proudly carried off the prize. For the short period since organization this township has made a most corpmendable advance in Bible School work and furnished through the secretary a most grati fying report. This part of our program so winter mi fmvry open ing The s* >rt* was beautifuly loco rat ed with vvers. pa::> - ami ferns, and \\1 i th'* tasteful ;, arranged hits it made a va ry attractive dis-1 play. The hat- this season afe especially 1 beautiful ar.d Incoming - 'heleading color Ily!11g b.ue and gold. Then too, there i- a great deal "f >de 1‘er- j sian trimmings l*eing used. The large w nbirds ami plumes which will be seen on the hats at Mrs. • Black’s are exceedingly l*eautiful i and are very tempting to the lovers of pretpzbead gear. This is'the first season that Mrs. Black has consented to carry the Gage hats, and the selection which she has on h&nd-is all that one could wish for in this line. Several of the 1 i large black hats, with the drooping effect are especially handsome. Editor Preai and Standard: Al low me, through the* columns of your paper to express to the people of Colleton County my appreciation of the new interest which they are f exhibiting in the development of t he rural schools of the county. Colle ton, is as vet, one of the undevelop ed counties. This section of the State, however, possesses great pos sibilities. and with a system of drainage, and a greater attention to good roads, will soon become one of thq^fiost prosperous counties of the State. My visit last week, and the cordial reception which was given me in Walterboro and in the rural districts, has caused me to become genuinely attached to the county. The visit, in company with the County Superintendent^ If. W. Black. W. W. Smoak and Rev. F. O. S. Curtis to Cottageville^ revealed social advantages. The advantafw may be ootaihed in two waya. Ha may move to town and leave his farm to deteriorate in the hands of tenants, or he may build a good church mid a good school in the neighborhood itself. The Bethlehem people are completing a church of which they may well be proud. Somewhere near the center of this c immunity there should be a cor- •ilidated school, with the JMilding large enough to accommodate all the pupils now attending the four small schools near the Bethlehem Church. We met the representative citizens of the community at Bethle hem church on Wednesday, and dis- enssed plans with them. A com mittee was appointed to canvass the, matter with the patrons of the four schools in question, and by the be ginning ef next year, we shall hope to have a good school a.^ a result t f w hat a community can accomplish | their efforts; when all interests work topether for the Cnrnjjtbn good. The Cottageville v'hoql building is one of the best rural school buildings in the State. I am very much pleased with the attitude of the ministers whom I hav® met in Colleton County. They realize with unusual clearness that ty seats in the State which tfo not possess such a building. The class rooms are large, well finished anil THE SONG I HEARD LAST NIGHT! | And stUI Buards >0,, ‘* ml mo Nothing but leaves! the spirit grieves The leaves of* time were backward The voice so sweet did render; — turned The singer’s heart breathed in each To the weary years of blight! no t e i Unveiling life’s unfruitfulness A prayer sublimly tender. By the song I heard last night! 1 thought of the years of wasted God bless the singer where’er he life, . 1 roams Of manheod’s ideals broken. And grant him his heart’s desire Of weary years and misspent days. Full many a sheaf at harvest time And evil thoughts unspoken. leaves! have I no Nothing but sheaves! At the throne of love to tender? Mukt I for all God’s gifts to me Have naught but leaves to render? / * ■ ^ 4 The years will pass and things may- change But in my memory bright. Will linger still the sweet refrain Of the song I heard last night. 1 thought of childhood’s innocence Of the prayer at a mother's knee! Of the love that guarded my way- ” ward feet. And immortal souls for hire. G. W. 0. Rivers. Walterboro. Oct. I, 1B10. NEW ROAD EXPERT. fhe county is indeed fortunate in having two good •ypads experts at work on the demonstration road. W. H. Rhode, Jr., has been assigned here to assist Mr. Wells. The road is progressing nicely, there being more than a quarter of a mile clayed. representative, that she declared that Colleton must see that this map 4 is exhibited at the State Convention which meets at Spartanburg the latter part of March, 19il. This will be quite an honor and should be something of an inspiration to our township associations. This is a good time for all associations thst have not met to complete their or- ganization to come together and plan systematic work for the future. We trust the delegates who had the privilege of attending the Con* en- tion of last week will not fail to take somP of the good things home with them, but will make a worthy en deavor to bring their school up to a high standard of excellence. NEW OFFICERS. The following constitute, the offb cers elected by the County Associa tion for the new year: President. James E. Peurifoy. 1st Vice-President, M. R. Stone. 2nd Vice-President, J. D. Acker man. Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Ida May Fishburne. EXECUTIVE committee Chairman, J. T. Polk, C. G. Hen STREET LIGHT BOUGHT. Council has purchased a 500-can dle power arc light from-the Subur ban Lighting .Co., of Savannah, which company is represented by W. Be wan, vice-president. Mr. Bewan himself installed the light, which is indeed a wonderful light. This lamp burnp gasoline—the gasoline going through a hollow wire from the tank—then through a filter. The process is simple, but perfect. It is located on the Terry A Shaffer cor ner. This company has installed this light in several towns in the state of Georgia and it is giving per fect satisfaction. (We saw the testi monials ) Council is we’l pleased with their arc light and we hope the town will purchase several more lights in the near future. A BROKEN ARM. Monday night while skating at the rink little O’Hair Fraser’ son of Mr ! and Mrs. W. E. Fraser, fell and broke both bones in his left arm well lighted, -and the furniture is adapted to school purposes. The auditorium wil become the center f<»r the intellectual and social life of t the community. The people of this neighborhood have now at Cottage ville a commodious church, a good parsonage and an excellent school building. The only addition which I might propose would be a home for the teacher ^surrounded by a small farm, similar to that which is furnished the pastor of the church. Brother Inabinet has distinguished himself in this community, not* only in his pastoral work, but in his ability to design a school building and his skill in the production of a good cotton crop. The little farm which might be connected with the leader’s home, could be used as a demonstration farm in the teaching of agriculture. If the right man be secured as a principal, this school farm can vie with the pastor’s farm as a stimulus to agricultural inter ests of the community. If agricul ture is to be taught successfully in our rural schools. I am convinced that it must be approached from the practical side, somewhat after the manner of the farm demonstration work in South Carolina. What has been done bs the Cot tageville people may also be done by the Bethlehem neighborhood. One has only to pass through this section to realize the productivity of the soil and the prosperity of the people- Mere materia! prosperity, however, will not pnxiuce contentment. As just above the wrist. Dr. W. B. 1 the South Carolina farmer becomes Ackerman, who happened to,be at ‘ rnore P ros P erous ' an '^ f,na ^y a, ‘^' ev ^ s the rink, immediately came to his competence, he will demand for his i State Supervisor, Elementary Rural assistance, took him out and put him on the cot of the night telephone central, whose office is in the same building, and set the broken limb. This was a very painful, accident, but he seems to be getting along as well as cou'd be expected. children greater educational and' and 1 have visited at leas* two coun-1 the spiritual welfare of the com- munty is bound up with its intellect ual advancement, and to* some ex tent, with it* material prosperity. They are actively co-oj>crating in the educational movements of the Or* „ •' 7-9 county. The State Department of Educa tion under the School Building Act, has granted aid in the construction of five school buildings in Colleton County this year, viz:. At 'Walter boro, Cottageville, Hendersonville, Ruffin and Lodge. While in the county, I. also visited Lodge ar.d Ruffin and Inspected the unfinished school buildings. They will be com pleted in the very near future and will furnish adequate accommoda tions for the children of the conr- munities in which they are situated. The organized Sunday School movement ini Colleton County can be of immense educational service. The thoroughness with which this work has been done upder the lead ership of Mr. Peurifoy and Mia Fishburne, shows what can ba done in organization when the true ^drit is behind a movement. County Superintendent Black, Mr. Smoak and Rev. Mr. Curtis are all thorough ly imbued with the progreaive idea, and make excellent educatior- al campaigners. The senator and members of the house from Colle ton County are enthusiastic sup porters of the rural echools and will render valuable service at the com ing session of the legislature, in securing desirable educational legis lation. 1 have had numerous invitation* to visit other sections of Colleton County, and hope later in the jear to have the privilege of ac cepting some of these invitations. W. K. Tkte, WALTERBORO COTTON MARKET IN COMPARISON with ones • /A The claim that Walterboro^ is as! DISAPPOINTED BY MISS RUDD. . Dr. Black was very much disap- good a cotton market as any in the i 5We have on hand coroner inquest pointed Monday wheu Miss Rudd. Sute ,s made b y the buyer* here j blank. which we printed for Coroner derson, H. N. Stokes, Frank Polk. Jr., L, A- Fraysee, Jr.. Miss to Snider’s school yesterday C. E. Weekley. Mrs. R. G. W. Bryan.; Mh» Rudd come in she will Should fill the DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENTS. Teacher Training, Rev.. G. A. Martin. Elementary, Mias C. El Weekley. Home, Mrs. M. M. Corbett. Adult, Jama E. Peurifoy. u Temperance, Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis. other engagements. The Sunday schedule between Green Pond and Ehrhart is meeting the approval of a majoritv of our citi zens. This train n aka; the same schedule as in the ek. price* paid Monday: Anderson, 14 1-4; Branchviile, 14.43 3-4 to 14 52 1-2; Camden. 14.15; Columbia. 14 1-8; Florence. 14.06 1-4 to 14 20; Greenville, 14; Hartsville, 14 5-16 to 14 3-8; Laurens. 14 25 to 14.35; Lexington. 14; Orangeburg. 14 1-8 tp 14 5-16; Spartanburg 14 1-8. Walterboro 14.31 1-4 urd office and get some oi luv-e blank* free of charge. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Benton. <f Savannah, were call to the bed.-i ! * of the former’s father, Judge B. (* Benton. Monday. We are glad t * state, however, that Mr. Benton is some better.