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1 1 - mmtm in • •• w^P • • V 0m' / I * :■». t si. ' t *5 \ . k «s Hf. [donUrocd from pact 1] to m ml Cakes, Hot Breads asty, Economical, Healthful r s X Taw’s dap. Dm. 28. Miss Yetta bp Invita- Athletic Club to of Heu- travelled 25 miles, bap- child, married a couple three sermon on New liisMS Saraband Bessie Kohr> at tended the prand opening ball -given by the H. A. C. Club in Charleston on last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Howell, and son. Judge Gage, who spent the Christmas holidays with Mrs. How ell’* parents at Chester, returned home Monday night. Twenty Suits of Cloth ing at Cost re have in stock one lot of twenty suits; rather than carry these goods over tor another season we will close them out at COST, $5.00 per suit. These clothes are well made in every particular, from good material in the latest styles. They are easily worth more than we are asking. At $5.00 per suit, they are a bargain. As Good as Gold, Brown Bros. Line of r Shoes. For men, women and children—we have them to fit’the whole family and at prices 10 suit your pocket. We guarantee every pair to be solid leather. CM. WITSELL S UP PL Y CO. Solid Gold and Silver Jewelry Go to ' l. A. WOHUBia, Jewelry Store. Main Street, Next Door to New Postoffice. WAunotaoBu, a. a I 100 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN for Biwfcbmptag BS—friphli. Oivtl Service. psiStoons now swotting Worthy yousg people m\r learn by melt if desired. Write at OflsrsadsevetlOtS tm joer eeuree The highest In the Qwetlaas or Boeth-Atiemle. OMNfftGIM SCHOOL, GUILESTON, S. C. AW.; Wimsen-Snlaan. aslishary, Wiimiegtee, M. C. In umsblng of the schools, Ackerman told thorn that if tWy would vote a special levsy they could gut satisfactory schools. Hsusud to them that the only thing that stood in the way of their having better schools was the almighty doHar. ■Senator Ackerman said that Mag istrate Towles was • nspouaible for the dissatisfaction manifested in the two townships wanting to cot loose from Colleton. He stated that he understood|Mr Towles was receiving pay for his work in the’ matter of seceding by the two townships. In endeavoring to show bow little Charleston cared for her rural dis- stricts. Senator Ackerroanft cited the invitation to inspect; the! Me* GeUanville road the other day. the Charleston delegation did not have enough interest to make the trip in automobiles. He mid just as_they treated with absolute indifference their present outlying territory, to would they treat | Adams Run and Collins townships. MAGISTRATE TOWLES SPEAKS. In prefacing his remarks. Mag istrate Towles said that though he was charged with the whole move ment, he>sp by no means the prime .factor in the agitation of the mat ter. He said that the people of Adams Run and Collins townships had asked him to do the work for them. He then read the petition framed after Msggetts meeting in September signed by quite a num ber of prominent citizens in both townships pledging themselves to pay certain sums, ranging from $1 to $100 to defray the expenses of carrying on the secession campaign. About $900 was subscribed. Mr Towles said that this money was in the hands of Mr Geraty, and that he himself had not received one cent of pay for his services. In speaklhg of land valuations of adjoining property on both sides of the county line, between Charleston and Colleton counties. Magistrate Towlee said Mr Smoak should have brought hit information before the meeting in the form of a certified statement from the auditor. He then produced a paper giving land valuations of property in Charleston county certified to by the auditor. The figureejtopwed, he claimed, that lands adjtifnmg in Charleston county were assessed much lower than the lands bordering them in Colleton county. In speaking of the poor school facilities of the dimstiified town ships, Magistrate Towlee said that he had in his pocket claims due teachers as early as December 15, which could not be collected because of lack of funds for the purpose. He said that Superintendent of Educa tion Waring had informed him that as soon as a teacher’s month was up in Charleston county, he or she re- cevied pay. Magistrate Towles said that he had investigated the matter thor oughly and was convinced that the proper, thing to do was for Adams Run Wtd Collins townships to go to Charleston. MR. PADGETT SPEAKS. Col. J G Padgett, president of the Commercial Club, of Walterboro. spoke in favor of the dissatiiied town ships remaining with Colleton coun ty. He said the gentleman making the large contributions to finance this scheme were not to be blamed, for they were working for their own interests. He said Uiat the poor man was not in their position, for they had no interest in any bank or fertilizer factory in Charleston. He mid that he did not believe that the people of Adams Run and Collins townships had.been treated as fairly as they deserved to be treated, but that one reason for that was because they were constitutionally a kicking people. He died as an instance of their error that they voted solidly in any primary election, allowing a few men to do their thinking. Speaking to the “thinking few,” Mr Padgett told them that they were not native born Colleton county men and did not have the interest of the whole county attheart. Mr Padgett said that he believed the people of the two townships were entitled to good roads and that he thought every dollar collected in a township for good roads should revert to that township, and that this has been sanctioned by the Col leton county legislative delegation. In speaking of comparisons of as sessed property vaiuations. Mr Pod* lower hr county in leton’a Overage was $2 y*r acre, while Charleston’* was $4.60. He said if the two townships were to secede, it|would take off at leeast $1,000,000, from the taxes of the county and necessarily cause an in crease in the levy. In conclusion, the speaker said: “If you people would work as hard to build up Col- eton county as you do to tear it down, twe would have the finest county in the South.” J. W. GERATY. MrJ W Geraty, a j well known truck grower, said there were four reasons for Adams Run and Collins townships withdrawing from Colle ton and annexing to Charleston: First, for better roads; second, bet ter schools; third, conveniences for transacting business; fourth because land valuations in Charleston county 1 are considerably less. He also ad ded ihat.for the past fifteen years the people’of the two townships had not been satisfied with the adminis tration of funds in Colleton county. Mr Geraty produced a copy of the Walterboro Press and ^Standard _of December 21, antTseverely criticised an editorial on the situation in Adams Run and Collins townships. He said that the editor had evidently not troubled himself about getting at the facts before writing the article. Mr Geraty said that there was absolutely no foundation for the re port that Mr Towlea was responsible for the movement looking to the seceding of two townships from Col leton counts. He said that he him- aelf had been agitating the move ment for the past four years, princi pally for the reason tfcat he bad children to-educate and wanted to be in a position to give them the best advantages for schooling. He compared the schools in Wadmalaw township and Young’s Island. Colle- ton county.f By a comparison of avmags salaries paid teachers,Tin Charleston and Colleton counties, Mr Geraty endeavored to show that it waa impossible to secure competent instructors in the schools of the two dissatisfied townships. In speaking of land valuations, Mr Geraty said that Mr Smoak. in get ting up his figures had picked the high assessments of Charleston coun ty and the low assessments of Colle ton county, while he had taken the whole assessments of property along the dividing line of the counties. In speaking of roods, Mr Geraty Said they had been promieed better road* for years, but as long as the law stood as it now does, requiring roads to be worked from the county •eat outward, the grand-children of the present generation would never see better roads in Adams Run and Collins townships. In reference to the sssertion made by Mr Sinaok that Charleston couhty did not want new territory. Mr Geraty read a paper to the effect that the two townships would be gladly! received. This paper was signed by a number of business men of Charleston. \ CANDIDATES CARDS I hereby announce myself s candi date for probate judge, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. A. A. Patterson. Sr. Walterboro, S. C. I am a candidate for the office of probate judge for Colleton county, subject to the rules of the Demo cratic party, and pledge myself to support the nominee thereof.' Respectfully. - J. S. Griffin. I respectfully announce myself 0 candidate for the office of probate judge for Colletonjcounty, to fill the unexpired term of the late John D. Edwards, Ekq.. subject to the rules of the Democratic party. C. M. Grace. To the Demoaratic voters of Colle ton County: I announce myself a candidate for Probate Judge to fill the office left vacant by the death of Mr. J. D. Edwards. . Yoqp most respectfully, H. H. Hiott. Auditor-Elect H. W. DuBois left town yesterday mornieg to make the appointments of the county auditor throughout the county for the pur- pose of taking tax returns. Mr. DuBois has not been commissioned yet, and is making this tour for Auditor Patterson, who has been uite sick for several .weeks. Mr. ras at Hendertofurilte yes- day and at Petits today.' See audi tor’s notice elsewhere in this isoue two dates have been changed. New Line Ladies and Mens’ (Molds Just in. All Sizes and Prices to Please. 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