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VOU XXXIV.
qYlC LEAGUE MEETS
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On Wndnattaj •fternooo Jnn. 18th
the Wnllerboro Gric bngi* held
ha'Dret mMtinc for tho proorot
'■ WALTERBORO, & C.'WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ij- >9“-
NO <3
APPEAL ABANDONED
J. J. JONES ABANDONS APPEAL TO
SOPNEME COURT. AND WILL
SERVE SENTENCE.
KEENEST KONTESTEVER KONHD
BYKOLLETON BOUNTY KNEWSPAPER.
WOMAN’S DEPARTMENT
un-
the
Court
to our
was the
It being the custom to Reject offi
cer! at this meeting, after thanking
the outgoing staff of officer* for
their service* and administration.
The result of the election was as
follows:
President. Mrs. Theo. G. Kershaw.
1st vice president, lira. G. C.
Brown.
2nd vice president, Mrs. T. P.
Baker. N "
Recording Secretary. Mrs. A. H
Wichman.
Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Annie Savage
Treasurer, Mrs. JamesG. Padgett.
r The reports of the various officers
for the past year were read encour-
agicgly.
During 1910. the Utgue has
dertaken and nicely tfinished
beautifying of our County
House grounds-*at a cost
treasury of $85 00. This
main work done. The treasurer s
accounts show $418 36 received with
a total expenditure of $219 69 leav
ing a balance of $198 36 in the treas
ury. The efforts of the league
were exerted ' last year, maiply
through the medium of the spring
bazaar, the moot court and the
restaurant held at the County Fair.
At this meeting many pLns were
men'ioned for the raising of funds
for civic improvement, during
this ye at. but the only determina
tion reached (*inee’ the afternoon
ww well advanced) was that at an
early date the League efcadf
gf>entertainment for the benefit oi
the Confederate monument, that
'the receipuTshall be wholly for thb
caoK, and that, if we be allowed,
we shall aee the eonsumation of tin
pu«* for the erection of this monu
ment achieved by the early epring.
Resolutions of sympathy wer
voted to those League members wh
had suffered affix tion during th
past year, and a committee was it •
atructed to frame and tender t»
same.
Tne League herein also wishes t<
express its hearty th-inx» an ‘ g****'
tude to its valuable sustaining men
berahip for both thmr financi-V »
sysMnce in regular subscription- an-
gifts and also in the supp »rr •** thei
influence in co npleting s»-v<?val >1
our plans, and in particular, m t 1 «
erection of a wat-r supnly «»n tl c
Court house groun Is withou* ‘ehi ,
our landscape gardening would fuye
been vain.
For the coming year, we also s -
licit your support, as well as tl e
suppoat of others who*may assist u>
who are officially s»rivi t g to reali e
Waiterboro Beautiful.
Columbia. January 23.—Special:
JohnO. Jones, of Orangeburg Coun
ty. is coming to the Penitentiary to
serve his sentence of ten years and
one month—or that part of it 'the
State is permitted to claim—for the
killing of Abe Pearlstine. at Branch-
ville. in December. The defence to
day abandoned the appeal to the
Supreme Court.
It was announced last week that
Jones’s counsel would apply for bail
here to-day, pending the appeal, so
that the abandoning of the appeal
created some surprise.
-MEGGETTS NEWS ITEMS.
Meggetts, January 21.—Special:
One of most enjoyable parties of the
season was a surprise party given in
honor of Miss J Carr. Among the
guests present were: Mr and Mr* W
F Carr, Mrs R Mack, Mr and Mrs J
B Shuman, Mr and Mrs W H Blitch,
Bert Smoak, Lawton Smoak, C
Smoak. Leo Blitch, Harry Bartell, J
Anderson, Miss Addie Peeples, the
Mis.-«es Sauls, Waiterboro, S C; Miss
Vinnie Shuman, Master Perry and
Aivah Carr , Master Glen Smoak,
Harry Shuman, Miss Clyde Cinnon,
Foster ami Grady Cannon and Mr
and Mrs D Smoak. Music, vocal
and instrumental, and games were
the features of the evening. At 12
o’clock delicious refreshments weie
served, a salad couneand ice*.
Mias Addie Peeples entertainec
Monday evening in honor of hei
cousins. Misses Ethel and Rebecca
Saul*, from Waiterboro.
Mias J Carr, of Orangeburg, I*
visiting Mr and Mrs W K Carr.
Mr and Mra E L Commina spent
Wednesday in Charleston, shopping
' Mrs J Devereux is spending a few
day' with her daughter, Mra M St.
J Biitch, at Meggetta.
John Commina has returned from
Edisto laland. after a succem.ui
qua!ness trip.
Harry Bartell. private telgraph
operator of the N H Blitch Com
pany, has returned to Meggetta.
Mr and Mra H Carlton and Matter
Dexter, spent a few day* in Charles
ton last week.
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MASQUERADE SKATE. -
The mw-querade skate held Mon
day evening at Taylor’* hall was a
roost enjoyable affair. There were
quite a number of skaters on the
floor, representing various .ancies of
the wearers. Two prize?, given to
the most orignal masqueraders,
were won by Misi Atalie Moore,
who was dressed in colors of the
United States flag; and Lucien • Pat
terson who \epieaenU-d a Colonial
gentleman.
ih.* sroceeds of this skate will be
used by the ladns of the Parsonage . , ^
Aid society of tho Me.hodist church,^ High ftchoo. auditorium by thr
. . . ; 4ladies uf the Parson .ge aid society
by whom k Km*. of t|)e M( . t|10 , llllt c(mreh .. u u,-
DCMITAN BICHAD a doll parade by the little gi. ls of
HtPIIUn ^nur. the towiu Each person in the
Sunday afternoon at Supervis-ir au ,jj ence *iu pe given two votes -
Griffin’s re.'idene»* nea ,p town. Melvin I tne j of t ^ e mwt a ttractive little
bish-.p and M.ssCarrie Benton were! for do u arH ] Cttr .
marrieil, Mr. Griffin' P er f orm ’ n AA | r i a4e . Besides this doll parade i
the ceremony. Miss Benton ip the I music will be furni^lied.
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Afl 15 Ctfntj , w ,|| te
0.ATQ Uf J. HUGGINS JOGER.
Mr Roger died at, his home neai
Corioin enured Jan. 15. He was a
naliv* ot Coiieton county and in hi»
69th ye.r.
He has Eieen in failing health for
several y •»!*■«, hot was only confined
to his bed about two weeks.
When merely a boy he joined Fort
Mode vyouipafly E, first
regiment d-u h Carolina, volunteer
company, Capi. J 1) Tresevant and
Col. John L riiack, his leaders.
He spent four years hard service
in t »e war an 1 made himself a
soldi *r t * be praised by hte country.
Afte the war he marned Miss Hat
tie pell, to wnom were given two
children, C H and Liuda. Alter the
death of rus first wife he married
Mi s Rebeccas Baily, to whom was
given three chiicren, J W, R L and J
Huggins Jr. Ail of his children
were with him during bis illness.
Ht* was laid to rest at Laurel Hill •
cemetery. Rev. B A Adams conduct-j
lug burial services.
A DOLL PARADE.
Quite a unique entertainment will
be given next Tuesday evening at
What m proving ts bsths'llvelieat contest ever conducted by any
newspaper in .Colleton county is the one now being run by«The Press sq4
Standard. One would think by the way votes’are being piled up that the
last week of the contest is on, when as a matter of fact it has been in opera
tion only three sreeks. So te very lively doings are expected in the near
future. There are a number of candidates who have expressed their in
tention to aee why they should not^be up somewhere near the top, and
they are hustling with this in view. So there may be some very radical
changes in the next few days. .There have been some this week. A care
ful study of the list will show that several of the candidates have changed
places, and that an unusual r umber of them have been voted for this
week. Then there are several new ones this week.
A DOUBLE VOTE DAY—MONDAY. JANUARY 30.
In order to stimulate the filing of votes we have decided to make next
Monday, January 30ih. a double vote day. This means that all subscrip
tions paid that day will count just twice as much as on any other day.
. Kiir instance a subscriber who pays $1 on subscription next Monday will
S receive 2.000 votes instead of 1 000; $2, 5,000 instead of 2,500 and so on.
This will test the hustling capacity of candidates, and show what they are
willing to do. Remember that any subscription paid on that day will
count just twice as much as on any other cay, but it will be for just that
day.
A TALK ON THE PRIZES OFFERED.
Elsewhere in this issus will be found a new page adv. showing cuts of
all the prizes but that of the buggy-which has not yet been received. We
were in Charleston a few days aga and went round to select the piano from
the Cable Company, and we have chosen a beauty. The cut will only
faintly show how desirable it is, but we shall have the real piano on exhi
bition at some central place in town in a few day* where it may be seen by
the contestants, and where they m .y try it. It is worth all the effort any
person in the contest can possibly make between now and the 15th of
April when thecontest closes. The buggy has been ordered and will be
p'ace i on exhibit at Tne Waiterboro Live Stock and Vehicle Campany s
place of business as soon as it arrives. This is a carefully selected, made-
t • order Taylor-Cannady top buggy, and will be a aplen 'id second prize
The Imperiil Princess Range purchased from Brown Furniture & Hard
ware Company is being made in Nashville according to order, and if it haa^
not yet been shipped out will be in a day or so, and when it arrives will be
CKhibited at their store. This is not the Princess range which retails at
$15. but it is the “Imperial” Princess, one of the finest stove ever seen in
tiese parts. The machine will be ordered from the New Home Searing
Machine Company, and is otte of the beat machines on the market today.
Dmae-won by other cqntsafntiin the previous contests have given per
fect satisfaction. 1 This prize is well worthItbe effort It will take to win it.
NOW IS IBB TIMS TO WlimM PIANO. - <* -
‘ The tlm? to win any of these bea«tiful Wnd useful prises is NOW, not
the next week or thi next year. There is po time like the present. Sub
scribers really wish to help candidates bat they like to be asked for their
votes. For instance a lady came into our office Monday and paid for two
years subscription. When asked to whom she wished the votes to go, she
replied: ‘T do not care—no one has asked me for my votes.” 2^00 votes
any candidate could here hyd for the asking! There are ptaaty such over
the county. Do YOU Wish them? Go after them if you dm Are YOU
doing it? If not. do not blame anybody but yourself when the prises go
to the other persona.
“How did you win?” Thev asked the man.
Who with defeat had tussled.
“Three things I did.” he answered them,
** “Rudtled, bustled, hustled.”
CONTESTANTS-WHO WILL WIN?
Miss Gertrude Craven, Waiterboro .. 34 300
Mias Annie Padgett, Waiterboro, R F. D 2 29 530
Mrs. Annie Clough, W Iterboro 21,160
Mirs Carrie Smoak, Smoaks, R. F. D. 1 17,780
Miss Nan Breland, Waiterboro. R. F. D. 3 16.680
Miss Gertrude Rogers. Ravenel .✓ ^ 11.010
' Miss Addie Bishop, Ruffin, R. F D 2 10 570
. Cottageville High School. Cottageville 8.800
Miss'Della Bishop. Smoaks, R F. D. 1 8.150
Mr. C. C. Crosby. Waiterboro, R F. D. 1 7.000
Mr. H W. Breiand. Waiterboro, R F. D. 4 6.560
Ruffin Graded School. Ruffin 4,500
Miss Carrie Ackerman. Cottageville 4,100
Mrs. W. M. Sauls, Waiterboro. R F. D. 1 4.000
Sniders School Ruffin, R F. D 2 3 510
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MISS H. E. MALONE
MRS. VIRGINIA DURANT YOUNG.
It was the pleasure and privilege
of the writer to count Mrs. Young
as one of hr .'ersonal friends, al
though w> never met face to face.
A correspondence begun on some
slight literary matter in connection
with the issuance of “Poems by
Peter J. Malone.” grew between ua.
and continued uninterruptedly fy
one or two yean, up to within a few
days of her sudden death. The very
last letter 1 received from her re
ferred to an address which she had
delivered not long before on oc
casion at a meeting ol the Press As
sociation at the Isle of Palms in July.
It was reminiscent of her connection
with the Association, and aroused
Vteat interest. This was her last
public appearance; and it is pleasant
to remember that she then received
“the ovation that is always so grate
ful ms coming from one's own
people.”
Mrs. Virginia Durant Young was
born and reared in Georgetown, and
was a member of the well-known
Durant family of the Pee-Dee section
ancestors of which were distinguish
ed soldiers in the Revolution.
Intellectually, Mrs. Young was an
unusually bright woman, and what
is known aa an “advanced thinker.”
She became early in life an advocate
of suffrage for women, and later on
received enthusiastically the "new
thought” principles, which'ta some
ing and a sense of innate superiority
that would never take advantage of
those to whom nature and fortaae
had been lees kind. He was vary
fluent in speech, and when he eon-
eluded an argument with his favor
ite phrase. ’By the eternal. Sir/ It
seemed aa if it must be the ftnal
word.”
Mra. Yqung not only pulished
several novels and pamphlets, but
was a frequent contributor to peri
odicals, writing chiefly on woman
suffrage and related topics. In 1890
or 1891, she established her own
newsoaper, the Fairfax Enterprise.
It was a local paper, containing
principally the news of the vicinity
hut always interspersed with some
of Mrs. Young's bright or humorous
paragraphs, in many of which were
references to the woman question
packed in a nut shell.
At the time of her death she had
>een married many years to Dr.
William J. Young, a prominent
ihysician. Theft'home was in Fair-
ax, and it was an ideal one, Mra.
Toung delighting to exemplify m
avorite theory of hers, that intel-
eclual pursuits and professional en
gagements do not necessarily hinder
a woman from being an excellent
housekeeper. * ‘There is al ways Urn*
enough for everything” was one of
ter pithy sayings, breathing an at-
Inosphere of “new thought” philoso
phy, which was,quite characteristic.
extent, have found expremioff in the. * 'The end came very suddenly. In
most characteristic of her books.
One of the Blue Ijtar* Chickens.”
So lifelike and evidently aiaeere is
this beok in spirit 4*ad portraitu
ihatitishsurdto beNere that it is
not largely an autobiography—that
“Rigpah” b not substantially Mrs.
Yeung’s own self, and the “Gener
at” b not actually her father, at
least some character studied from
the life. Who, for instance, would
not recognise such a sketch as thb?
It b from Rigpah's story of herself.
“I was at thb time, one of the
most bashful, selfconacious. awk
ward young women in the country
and with my faculty of mindreading,
1 knew people not only drew com
parisens to my disadvantage. be
tween me and my sister, but won
dered how I could be the daughter
of snch a father, as the polite and
polished General Norton. For ifly
father’s manners were very fine,—
marked by a certain grace of bear
Paul Walter, Waiterboro...! 3.260
Mi?s Daisy Ackerman. R »und 3,020
Misa Alice S>k»-8. Waiterboro - 3.020
Mias Beatron Reynolds. Round 3 000
Mias Pet Rentz, iaiandton 3.000
Misa Rubye Johns, Stokes 3.000
Miss Pearl Garris, Williams.. 2.500
Waiterboro High School, Waiterboro '2 450
Miss HetlieVacm Brant * 2,UK)
Mias Dora Langdale, Waiterboro . ?: 2.080
Misa Ani.ie Dandndge, Cottageville ; ... 2.010
Misa Ali<N? Hiott. Walu-rtniro 2.000
Mrs Carrie Robertson, Hendersonville 2,000
Misa Lillian Varnadoe; Hendersonville 2.000
Misa Lelha Brant, Walierboro, R K. D. 4 1.000
Misa Annie Weeks, R iuo t 1,070
Mit-s Nellie Bat nea. Smoaks, R. F. D. 2 1.020
Miss Aieen Jones, Lodge. R. F. D 1 1,000
Mr. H. J. O’Bryan Hendersonville... 1,000
spired by an encouraging and appre
ciative criticism of hsr wprk by a
Noe^mrn critic, aha was pbaniag to
write a new book the belt by
far,” she seii. “that I have ever at
tempted.” The bet letter wsa re,
fall of plane, of bright hopes,
forward-looking thoughts!
idea that one would have.
with it was death—and yet death
waa even then at the door. AfUg
the briefeat illness she pasted away,
and as if to remind that all thinge
earthly are vanity, clooely following
upon that message of life, warm
with intellectual and physical vital
ity, came the chill funeral notice.
Mrs. Young possessed not only •
gifted mind, but a sincere and lov
ing nature. She had a great capacity
for friendship, and it was her special
delight to help those who stood ui
need of assistance. For true sisterly
feeling toward the sex, we have few
women who can be compared to her.
JOHN MCKNIGHT KILLED.
John McKnuht. who was employ
ed by Mike Fox to work round his
-av mid. near Rantowlm, while re-
turning from hauling umber Satur-
G. A. Benton and a bdy °t charged and adlitional votes sold 2 lav’Sftei noon, waa thrown from the
lor 5 cents. !•*agon and had hia neck broken.
^T*. .. . -h mutes became fngntened and
F L Kinsey of the Waiterboro
Live Stock and Vehicte Company w
in the West Um wee^ purchasing a
itimable qualuie*. Mr. Bishop is a
prosperous your.g farmer, a son of
Mr. and Mra. W. 1. Bishop of near
Waiterboro. .
The heat wishes of a large number
of friends go with thb young couple.
dragged two hundred yardj but for
tunately escaped injury. None of
the others w** hurt.
Coroner Rhode was notified and
held i he inquest Sunday morning
McKni.'lu was a very good negro,
and was rabed by the late J K P
Fox. and waa about 50 veara of age.
There will be preaching at r Great
THE OLD AND THE NEW
The old year b dying, dying, a
few short momenta and 1910 with
all its joys and sorrows will have
passed away and 1911 pure aud spot
less as a Virgin, will be given to us.
even as a book pla *ed before us, by
a loving God, leaving it with ua.
whether we keep its leaflets pure
and bright or stained with careieaa
hands
The old year is dying and the
heavena are thidhg their pearly
tear drops in aorrow o’er each blot
ted page of in yearly record. To
morrow i* New Year’s day. commenc
ing a* it dix s on God’s nio»t holy
day. the one day out of seven, may
it prove to us indeed a happy New
Year, crowned with Jehovah’s rich
est blessings. May each and every
heart’s record when we return them
at the close 1911 be as free from
blot ir stain as when we rectived
them. 'J w^lve o’clock: The New
year has arrived and . though’<is
ushered m with tears, may the Sun
shine nf God’s love aoide in each
heart, lighting utf life’* rough road
> with its cheering rays and as the
days, the weeks and the months pa-a
by, may eacn leave its inipresa of
pleasant memorie* of some good
deed performed and kind words
spoken in his name.
Thoughts tha. wit! intrude as the
years »peed by.
I stand beside life’s rapid stream.
How many blighted hopea sail by
On the bosom of that stream,
Drifting on out to ocean wide.
Like fragments of a dream?
Twill not be long, the tireless ebb.
Surges almost o’er my feet,
And soon another bark will float.
Soon one more left to weep.
A few short days the ceaseless flow.
Will sweep me from the strand,
The stream’s strong, draw near Oh!
God,
And hold thy servant’s hand.
G. W. O. Rivera.
Jan. 1. 1911.
^’h mutes became fngntened
rno away. Mr Fox himself Swamp the firm Saturday and Sun- And gase at ihie no*’* I know,
driving, and there an re three other ‘(foy in Feb at 11 o’clock by Rev. {Aa down the cbn these* vavreprem,
u the wagoa. Mr Fox was ^Georgs A Martin, i With never a backward flow.
AWARDED TO J M. WITSELL
SUPPIYCO.
The committee from the County
Farmers Union, who bad charge of
arranging for pureha-ing fertilizers
etc. for the union, met yesterday
and after considering a numlwr of
bids decided to award the husinere
to the J. M Witseil Supply Co., this',
company having made the lowest
bid. «
A SMALL BLAZE.
The fire bell aroused rh<» town
ee.riy Monday afternoon, and. on re
sponding it was found that Dr. La-
Dorn’s residence was on fire. There
was only a amah biaz-j, however.* n
the roof which was ^extiaguiancd
with little damage.
Mrs El M Jones and li’tle snn,
Meredith, are visiting at the home
of her daughter, Mrs S M Ridle to
Sumter. Ttiey left Wectorefey. af
!tat week.