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% - < t * 1 .A J ▼jl. xxxiv. COURT ADJOURNED mpAhhmiw ff iWBNTI UJKSS 9F ATTMHCYS GMT ANOUIREB MONDAY AND IK JDIftS DISHJSSCD. Althoogha ratter had been pre- pned for the third week of court eed JurdTo and witnesses summoned, As eoantj Urap being pat to a lante Court of Common montiap adjourned aaucls jury ease, emblinjr of court the held a meeting and to discontinue court for the week; the reasons being were the illness of Attorneys J 8 Grin and C C Tracy and the abtfefcee of W B Gruber, Esq , who was called to Columbia on account of the illness of hu daughter. These attorneys being connected wits practically all the cases to be' trisi. Judge Watts and the Bar As sociation decided that it would be best to adjourn court. Considerable disappointment was expresnd over the action in adjourn ing court as many of the witnesses and jurors had come great distances in order to be present, and the very object for which this third week of court was called being defeated, that is; to relieve the congestion of the calendar. ° Judge Watts remained over, how ever. until yesterday disposing of a number of appeal cases. CASES TRIED LAST WEEK -r At the time of going to prtte last Tueadqyjrvening the jury was out in the case of Meyer'versus the Wes tern Union Telegraph Company. After oeing out until one o'clock a. m- they decided upon a verdict of |300 for the plaintiff. The next case entered into was that of G L Warren, et al. versus P. J Wilson, this being a tint for the poeaesbionof farm on which Wr. Wilson resides. Mr. Wamn's con tention was that the farm on which Judge Wi:s >n has been living for 40 y«ais was a part of the Warren estate, which belonged to his sister. Miss Hettie Warren,.and that Judge Wilson had sinip'y been living on it as a tenant, having pa d rent unti. thedtyihof Miss Vtairen. Judge Wilson, in his defence, contenued; that he held tine 1 u» ihe projurt} from his mother, who had hvei given title in the division of tht estate; hts motiKi U mg a member of the Warren lamiiy. IIis " conten tio i wa- that the n ms which he had been paying were those ♦ collected from another farm adj lining his, as an agent lor Miss Warren Ihe jury were of the opinion that Judge Wilson was correct and they awaid- ed,hail the verdict. The attorneys in this case Were Peurifoy Bros, tor tile plaintiffs, and Howell & Gruber, Padgett, Le< nacks & Moorer. J b Gntftn and Fishourne A Padge.t iVu tha defendant. Tnursday the case of Mrs. Eliza beth Halford and' Mrs. Liu tiioi versus E L Lemacks for ad. ged in jury caused from fright to nors< they were driving by automobu driven by Mr. Lemacks. Upol motion of the defendant’s attorn* \ at the conclusion of the pres-niais>- of evaience Tor the plaintiffs. Judg< Watts granted a non-suit J. b Griffin, and Ftshburne A Pad get were attorneys for the pla ntiffs an- Padgett. Lemacks A M Hirer a:*< Howell A Gruber represented tn defendant. ' Dm next ease was that of Mrs Lula Zeigfer versus the A. C. L Kailmau Ganpany. This was a suit for $5(H damages for injuries to land but net off. destroying a quantity of wood, the fire being caused by a spark from the engine. The jury, after deliberating for several hours, re turned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $250 and cos is. Pad felt, Lemacks A Moorer and Howell A Gruber and J S Gritfin represented tie plaintiff, and Peunf.y Bros, the defendants. The next ea«e was that of A H Herndon against the A. C. L. - Rail- r««sd Com pan > for similar damsges The jury awarded Mr Herndon $225. The same Attorneys appeared in this case. WALTERBORG,' S. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7,191a NO 16 A LOCALS CONCERNING THE FIRE FIGHTLR5. Through the efforts of the ChAef of the local department together with the co-operation of the city fathers the town of Wslterboro was among the cities to be placed under the Firemens Pension Fund of South Carolina. The town will hereafter draw 1 per cent on all insurance premiums paid to any fire company fro^n the town of Wslterboro. This fund is to be used for the mainten ance of the department and the im provement of the fire apparatus. Owing to the completion of the Shaffer Block on Main Street it was found necessary to move the up town engine house from its former location. The building has been mqved by the town to a convenient location near the comer of Factory iand Hampton Streets. At the regular drill last Wednes day certain citizens were treated to A sudden shower hath at the hands of the nozztemen. This was entirely unintentional on the pai t of the fire men and they wish to apoiigize to i tnose who got spiinkled. The prea- i sura often causes the hote to become j very uumanagable. As the chief will be out of town ! this Wednesday and the Asst Chief is ill the practice will be postponed 'until Monday afternoon at 4 15 sharp. Firemen be prompt. Merchants should be willing to let the boys off to the few drills which are held during the year. Donl wait for the chief to phone and ask you and then conseiu as though you were doing him a favor, if you hear the bell some night and your home of store is burning you will be glad for your own sake that you lei t e uo> off for a few,minutes to fire drill. The Great Firemans Minst re. Show will Oegin pravti.'e right ultei New Year. Ur i' G Rerbhuw ha.- laken the management and the show promises to be ihe event of the year TO ORGANIZE GLOVER AND EKERIOAN A good roau meeting will bo held at C Htageville Thursday, the 15: h of D<Teint»or at 2 o’clock in tht •wfietu’njii, tor ihe puriMjfH ot* ,or- z-ihifemg a Good lioadsaml Hruinug. L’a^jo for Sin-nuau and Glover townships. The followincr gentlemen are espei.l y requested to nivc us ten minutes talk on the following sub- cts: Importance of Good Roads and Dratrage Leagu *—W W Smoak. On Good Roads—Hel>er Padgett, J M Moorer and Hon. D L Smith. , oici *0 •» ive.MMii ees—v^ol. J ’G t'a IgeU, II in J vV Hill. K iucainm - M P Howell. A g* nerai discus .ion on the above »r oth* r suhjecG by tithers who will oe present will Ite indulged in. A cull attendance L*earnestly requested (’rom ooth townships. J D Ackerman, For the Committee, Cottageville, Dec. 5. ORGANIZED S. S. WORK •V, DEPARTMENT FOR ORGANIZED SDN DAT SCHOOL WORK. CONDUCTED IT MISS I. M. FISHBURNE. MEETINGS AX BEREA AND SMOAKS. Inch interest is being shown in t meetings to be held at Kerea and oaks next Tuesday, the 13th insc. is expected that a viry Urge wd of those interested will attend h meetings. Sen .tor Ackerman 1 Representatives Smith. Hih and Ik will be present to discus-* the jes qpd proposed legislation, teral other county officers and a mber of gentlemen of VVa'terboro 1 other points will also attend. ry intertoUng discussions will be [■here will probably be a delega- a from Bamberg county present. 1D Croehiy of Roond called to see MCTLER-WICNMAN. Everything is in teadinem for the wedding of Miss Jennie SpeighU VlcTeer and Mr Albert Harvin Wich- nan. which will be solemnised to morrow afternoon at 12:30 o’clock, it ute residence *»f the bride's moth er. Mr. and Mrs. Wichman will leave on the afternoon train ^ for a wedtiirg trip, which will include many points of interest in The Land of Flowers. After the ceremony which will ‘ he witnessed by many of the relatives and friends of the bride and groom, a reception will beheld. Little Fremont Driggers, the lit* tie son of Mr and Mrs. James Drig gers died Sunday morning after an illness of two years. The little fel low was three years old and had been in had health nearly all his life The interment took place at Live Oak cemetery Monday morning. A communication signed "eitiz* ns of Berea" has been received but cannot be published, under our ru es. be cause no name accompanies, name musttbe signed to all articles intend-^ cd for publication. / MARRIED—Last Sunday at tl&v home of the bride’s parents, Mr and Mrs Dave Givens, W W Martin and Miss Liza Givens. Rev. Mr. Wav performed the ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and f 1 tends. The Alkabert Ladies Quartette d'armed a arood-sized audience at High School auditorium lust t^ie High School auditorium last n ght. This was one of the beet at- iraciiona had so far. E D Bewnger, book-keeper for C ^ R’T-er. tt<»--*r»»r>iinied W Z Aver on bis trip to Walter boro this week. Mi«a Clara Burr and Annie Sloan o' Greenville are in town visiting at the home of Mr* EW McTeer. We gladly give our space this week to the;foliowing article from the pen of Prof. Morriaon of Clem- son College which appeared in last week's issue of the Southern Christ ian Advocate: "Methodists attitude to the other denominational and interdenomina tional organizations." "The board gave out the follow ing statement regarding the relation which the Sunday school of our Church bears toward the other de nominational and interdenomination al organizations: As Sunday school representative* of our Church and official supervisors of the field of Sunday school work, we hereby ex press our hearty appreciation of the very helpful service being rendered- by the various international and interdenominational Sunday school associati.ms opening within the ter ritory of our Church; and we hereby pletige the continued support and co-operation of our Church to these forms of the organized Sunday- school work. As the servant of all evangelical Churches of America, we record' our grateful acknowledg ment of the benefits received in Sunday school ways from this great interdenominational agency. At the same time, we advise strongly that all those in authority as Sunday school leaders. Conference buard, pastor*, superintendents, an^ others snail strenuously push the Sunday ichool work of our Church in all parts of the field by all means that will advance the interests of our Church, by Sunday school confer ences, conventions, training clashes, sp cial Sunday school meetings, etc. While we gladly take our place and do our part in the general Sunday school work of all the Churches, we hold more strongly than ever to the conviegion that a denomination owes its fust duty to its own Sunday achiMtl work, and tfipt. while helping to bear the burden of other Churches and fields, it is called of God is periallv to care for its own field and work.’” This quotation, Mr. Editor, is from the Southhrn MethodistHand Hook. 1910 In view of the 41 et ing in .Spartanburg next March of the State Sunday school convention (interdenominational) and of that of the international Sunday school con vent ion in San Francisco next June, it seems to be in order to ask you to publish in the Advocate the extract named. Its publication may serve to remind some of your readers, and possibly inform others, of the at citude of Methodism toward its own Sunday school work and that of 01 her Churches and organizations. The Sunday school wo* kera of the State would be glad to haw the county papers which have Method ists on their subscription lists (and it ia very likely that means every county paper in South Carolina) re print the ex trait enclosed, ao that Carolinians from Caesar’s Head to Sullivan’s Island may know how the "a. M. vr IN REP1Y. No. Mr. Editor, 1 am not a "Land Mark" of Colleton Countv. and I do not wish any one to think so. If I should have been so fortuate, I can assure you that 1 would have been 1 heard from ere this. As a matter of fact, 1 have not' been in this county (with the excep tion of two yeaiw-in early childhood) but a few months. Though during this time, from observation, have been convinced that the eecedersare on the right track Mr COMMf RCIAHILUB TK NEIK MEETING Of- THE C# :- NEKUL CUII THE KIN MON DAY EVENING. NEC. I2TN. Next meeting of the Commercial Club will be held Monday evening, December 12th instead of Tuesday evening. December 13th, as origina lly appointed; the reason for this torJ??h e people of thi. * . n “” 1 b !r of ‘ h * community desire to annex them- members desire to attend the meet ings to be held at Berea and Smoaks to Ramheerer nfhv oonnAt fKov I '"a* lU ^ ne,U HereS SnU AmOSKS "tZ : ^ wSj 3 "**- Colle “ n? Y “ I noticed in your comment that the , present law has been in effect nine J c»:n — o:„« the committees have on Tues- that months. Good. Still my question goes unanswered. Where has the money paid by Warren township for road purposes gone? They say "but little has been put back/’ Even as it now stands, how many roads lead ing out of Walterbore have been worked? How far? Now if ‘roads are worked —— miles in nine mouths (under present law), how many months ere this portion of the county will be under repair? Why does not our editor some times recommend that the work on roads be begun at the extremities instead of the center. It seems that this should be possible since our ed itor and others love (or it looks so) this portion of the county so dearly. Even though 1 have not been taught the abe's of the recent history if Colleton County, a* you seem to think. 1 have been taught and gained considerable knowledge concerning public sentiment of tht upper part of the county—Warren township. Speaking of history, Mr. Editor, perhaps Colleton will yet have some. Secession generally makes history. Whose bread I eat. His song I sing. The bread I eat is mine—no one ever pa\s for it, and I sing my own song. I am Pot a graphophone record which speaks the voice of others, v It is my interest here to serve the community to the best of my ability, end when such sn imoo-’ant issn* c mes up, and when 1 see clearly that 1 am right, tht-n you find me at the front trying to carry the banner of victory across the line. M. M W several of foot plans to engage the attention of the Club and that much real work for the members will be given out at this meeting. The executive committee will bold a meeting this week for the purpose of selecting a home for the Club, notice of which selection will be given to the members before the meeting. This committee will also decide several other matters- of im portance to the Club. It is understood that the com mittee on Home* Industries and Manufacturers will have an interest ing report. This committee’is com posed of E T H Shaffer. J B Liles. jos W Lucas, A H Wichman and G C Brown. Another committee which will make an interesting report is the committee on Advertising and Statis tics. W B Porcher ia chairman of this committee. He has been in touch for some time with several commercifit organizations, having been ciuaeiy idenlined with the recent organization in Charleston, and is conversant with the plans used in advertising other towns and cities. Mr Porrhec^ will make an interesting talk on this subject, * hieh should be heard by every member of the Club. J C Lemacks and W W Smoak are the other mem bers of this committee. An imiMtrtaiit committee, who EDITORIAL CULUNN. The New Colleton —a greater Cot* leton. Loet wealth may be replaced bp industry, loet knowledge by study, lost health by temperaee or medi cine;' but lost time is gone forever* —Smiles. The Hampton County News in Its Isst issue contains a cartoon which la quite clever. "Hoptwice," whose cleverness hss been seen in several cartoons in The Press and Standard* is the cartoonist. In this cartoon a little girl (Broxton township) ia playing alone, disconsolately, when she is associated by a little bop (Hampton county) with and invita tion to come over the line and plap with him. From the expression on the giii'a face, we do not think she accepted the invitation: "M. M. W’S" REPLY. Elsewhere in this issue we'are pub lishing a reply (?) from "M. M. W.’* to our editorial comment of last week sneqt his position in reference to the secession of WarrenXtown- ship to Bamberg'countv. v The position we have taken is that tq annex herself to Bamberg county will not help the condition of the people of Warren township, because conditions in that county are?no bet ter than in Colleton, if as good. Then the people of this section are affiliated more or less closely % with will doubtless have an inteiesting *1. * .... * reiNirl. is th.t of Road. »n.l lira/ of the rest of the.county. ATTENDED FUNERAL AT SPART ANBURG- Mankger J B Liles of the Walter boro Cotton Oil Company while on a brief visit to Spartanburg last week, attended the funeral of his wife’s brother, Alfred Dean. Mr. Dean was taken very suddenly ill Friday, and died Saturday morning. The cause of hi* death was an at tack of meningitis, followed by ap- poplexy. He was only thirty-three years of age, and had all his life been a picture of health. Mr. Liles went with the expecta tion of bringing Mrs. Liles back suinyan s isiaira may snow now me ^th him, but owing to the death of Methodists stand as to Sunday school her brother, she did not accompany work—denominational, interdenomi national, and international. EDITOR JfFFERIES IN TOWN. Prof. R. M. Jefferies of Ridgeland was in town Saturday and Sunday, combining business and pleasure on his visit. Mr. Jefferies is principal of the Ridgeland graded school, and is a young man of pleating address and splendid ability. He has just been elected editor and manager of The Jasper Herald, a new paper to be publi hed at Ridge land. Mr. Jefferies spoke intere>t- ingly of the new county to be formed out of portions of Beaufort ard Hampton counties, to he known as J&qier county. He thinks there will be little trouble in carrying the election when ordered, as nearly' everyone in the proposed territory is in favor of the new county. Tne Herald will boo>t the new county, and will doubtb'ss be quite an im poftant factor in securing it. MR. ROWELL IN TOWN. R. W. D. Rowell, County Super intendent of Education for Bamberg County, was in Walterboro Monday investigating the records at the court house showing the amount of taxable property in Warren and Btoxion townships and in the entire county. Mr Rowell was sent here by the Busine.v* League of Bamberg to se cure tnese figures presumably for use in the efforts to secure the an nexation of lAarren township to Bamberg County. him on his retrm. about/wo weeks. Shp will come in ST. PAUL’S PEOPLE HERE. A special train waa run from Young’s Island to Walterboro Mon day for the purpose of bringing a number of the voters of this section who wish to secure registration certificates in order that they may vote on the annexation of that sec tion to Charleston county, when the e.ection is ordered. Those who came are advocates of the annexa tion very largely, but there were a good many persons from there wfio had opposite views. The advocates seem to thiuk that there will be no trouble in securing the necessary majority. The election has not yet been ordered, and it is" not known when it will be held. Elf red McTeer of Atlanta arrived in town gm uniay afternoon to st- Prof. H A Crosby of Rufiiin, route tend the mar iage of his sister, Mias ,8. was in town Sttiwfey. Ufaafe. Thundiy. BAZAAR DEC 8TH. The ladies of the Episcopal church are working very hard to make the bazaar tn he given Thursday at Tavlor’s Hail a big success. This will he something unique and enter- tsining. In addition to numerous Christmas presents to be sold. - there will be a candy booth, hot oyster*, coffee and sandwiches, with ice ert-am and cakes One of the feat ure* wiM tie a fortune telling gipsy's tent. Music will be furnished. IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services in Presbyterian church, D«*c. 11. morning and night. Services also at Corinth in after noon at 3 p. m. All cordially invit ed. . , Theo. Hunter. age, of w hich Senator J 1) Acker- inunlii chairman. D I. Smith, J E Moore, H W Black, Jr., and Paul S<*n*lers are the other members of ^ dances would hardly be beneficial ihi* commutes. Tne following are the other com mittees of the Club: Agriculture—W. B. Gruber, J.I). Ackerman, and Jos. E. Peurifoy. Transportation—Joseph M. Moor er. N. G. Morrall, and W. J-. Tailor. Public Improvements—W. J. Fish- burne. Dr. L. M. Stokes, D. C. L. Hiera, W, V. Glover and Dr. W. B. Ackerman. Entertainment—Dr. T. G. Ker shaw, Abe S. Karesh, Jno. M Klein, E. D. Lemacks and I. M. Fishburne. Rules M P. Howell. C.G Pad gett and D. B. Peurifoy. OFF FOR CONFERENCE. The Methodist ministers of the County left yesterday for Charles ton where they will be in attendance upoq the session of the annual con ference which meets with Bethel church of that city this morning. The ministers of this denomina tion attending conference from this county are Rev. H. J. Cauthen, of Walterboro, Rev. J. P. Inabinent of Cottageville, Rev. J. H. Montgom ery of Hendersonville, Rev. V Saa- surd of Youngs Island. Rev. George K. Way of Bethel, Rev. J. E. Rush- ton of Smoaks. and Rev.. A. B. Wat son of , Ehrhardt. These ministers have airbeen very successful in their ministerial work this year, and are carrying splendid reports to confer ence. J L Fender of Smoaks a cal- P BOARD OF STEWARDS MEET. The Board of Stewards of Bethel Methodist church held their last meeting for the conference year at the residence of Jas. E. Peurifoy Monday evening, at which meeting the work of the year was gone over. The stewards were pleased to report that the charge had paid up every cent of its obligations and are send ing a clean sheet to conference by Jtev. Cauthen. During the meeting the stewards took occasion to adopt resolutions as to the work done bv Rev Cauthen, and unanimously asked for his re turn. A — The executive committee of the Colleton Baptist Association, met in their Annual Meeting in the Bap tist cbpreh on Mon^av morning Th»» sessii n was presided over by Chairman. J U bhrid, and important business was transacted fur the work of 1611. ** Revs F 0 S Curtis. J M Craven and B F Halford attended the meet ing of the Baptist ‘convention re cently held in Laurens, as delegatee from the Colleton Aasodatioa, they retuzaui Friday sight. z' * * • ;it and at the county seat, andjto^sever these connections and make new al to ' them. This is'all. xWe do pot with to retain this section as ^“hostagea for taxation" as has been'so flippant ly asserted by cert&in of, the Bam berg advocates, who knew such statement was misleading’and wide of the truth. The editor of this paper has always advocated what ha believed to ba the beat for every section of Col leton. and if "M. M. W.’’j>ere fa miliar with his efforts 2to build up Colleton, he would hardly be trying to destroy the effect of these efforts in any section of the county. In stead he would join hands with hire and work for the New Colleton. It is hardly patriotic, to>ay the least, to hold a public position, school teacher, for instance, and at tha same time knife the^county paying for the services. Now, "M. M. W." is it? Who, for instance, is better quali fied to judge the needs of Warren township? An editor reared in tha, heart of the territory practically all his childhood and a portion of hie young manhood, whose home and people are there, or a transient professional man who may be here to-day and yonder tomorrow? But we have no fear of this sea- tion leaving the New Colleton. ^ ' CANNON-BAKER- t The following invitations have ‘ been received in town. Mr Baker the groom iitfa brother of L>r. J H Baker of Walterboro, whose home ia at Willist n. Mr and Mrs George Carl Latimer request the honor of your cofifipany at the marriage of their sister Elizabeth Leigh Cannon . O to Mr Augustus Baker on Decern rx-r fourteenth, nineteen hundreo arid ten at eight oVi.wt. n m at the Cannon home. Liifii 1*hi, .1 \j. ig ti ”} i £ 1% '}/ ; Dr and M s J Lemacks Stokes of North Augusta. Ga. are in twoa visiting at the home of their sister, Mrs A J Lemacks. Dr. Stokes left Monday for Charleston to uttend the Methodist Conference whiefc- nmets there ijus week.