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vw. x: xiv. WALTERBORO. • . C, MSIRICT ENURCED r „ I OOUITTV BOARD ENLARGES WAL TER BORO SCHOOL DISTRICT. ! DEUGHTVTL PORCH PARTY. R*y EMtrttaiw Hoaor of VMUag Yomg LmUch. ENDS IN FREE A delightful afternoon was enjoy ed by a number of the younger crowd on last Friday afternoon ' when a porch party was given by 0D1UA RED LESS THAN 2 M L S Miss Ray Jones at her home on Bridge street in honor of the vis iting girls. Seven tables were ar ranged on the spacious piassa for “Progressive Peanuts” and after twelve sets were played it was found that Miss Rebecca Padgett had the highest score, so she was awarded firth prize, a box of choice stationery. Each , of the guests guessed at the number of petals on OowsUtwtiow sad Laws Violated by School District of l<e*s Thaw Nine Square Miles. The Board of Trustees of the Wal ter boro school district. No. 19, find ing that the area of the district did not conform to the Constitu- a tional wid legal requirements as to area, petitioned the county board of uducation asking that the area of, said district at once be increased to t ot less than nine square miles. , The county board of education at a meeting held Friday, decided to great the prayer of the petitioners, acd accroding established new boundaries for the district, taking in sufficient territory to gtvet the requisite area. The territory tak en from the surrounding school dis tricts will not interfere with the | schools in these districts, with the exception of Evergreen school, which has beeci absorbed The area te<ken .into the Waiter- boro school district will increase revenue of the Walterboro schools, aa well as the enrollment. Waiter- boro has a seven mill special levy for school purposes which will be assessed on the property of the new district. It is not known Just how much this will amount to as the exact amount of taxable property cannot be ascertained till th^ Coun ty Auditor bc« entered it on his books. A large number of the new pa trons petitioned the connty board of education, asking for the priv ilege of Joining the district, amd it is thought there will be no HIP jecttom to the enlargement. Petition of Trustees. The following is the petition of the trustees to the county board of education: State of South Carolina, Colleton County, To the Honorable the County Board of Education for Colleton- County. The petition of W. B. Gruber, W J. Fishburue, J. G. Padgett, M. P. Howell, B. G. Hyrne, L. M. Stokes and R. H Wichman, as trustees of Walterboro School District, No. 19, respectfully represents and ehowa: First. Tha<t Walterboro School District, No. 19, as now constituted, contains less than two square miles area, the area constituting such school district being it- the form of a circle one and one-half miles in diameter, having the same bound ary or limita as the town of Waite boro. That your petitioners are advised and believe that the said school district, as at present or ganised, is contrary to Sec. five of Article eleven of the State Constitu tion ai*d section twelve hundred an five of the code of laws of 1902, the said section of the constitution and the said section of the code of laws providing that school dis tricts shall possess an area of not less than nine square miles. Second. That the limited area possessed by the said school dis trict operates to the great prejudice aod injury of the educational in terest thereof, the funds derived from the constitutional three mill tax and the special local tax of •even mills being Insufficient and inadequate for the support and maintenance of the schools located and • operated within the said school district. That Just without the limits of the said school dis trict is a large and increasing su burban population possessing no educational "facilities other than those supplied by the schools of the said school district, That the children of this population ha.ve beeen educated in the public school of the school district No. 19, for a great many years in the past and they are now being so educated and will continue to be dependent upon the educational facilities afforded by the said school district for years to come; arvl yet on account of the ^ very limited area of the territory comprising the said school district the taxes paid by these people, re siding Just without the limits of the said area and deriving nil of dstlansd on Fata Tws, • ^ JULY 19. 1911. NO. 4!. OLD UK STYLE ZE1GLER CA8E HA8 ENDING. ABRUPT NOT AN ARREST WAS MAK Arm of Law Hertned Powerless Be fore The Violators sad Nothing 4 Was Dose to Vindicate it. Ending in a free-for-all fight, the Zelgier case was continued Mon- a large red xema and Mr Gadsden j day. at which time an attempt wan made to try it before Judge Chnp- Padgett came nearest to the cor rect number and won the consola tion prize, a box of candy. As the guests arrived they were served with punch by Misses Nan- lin, before whom it had deen taksn There was a skirmish between ths lawyers, whether or not Jurisdic- cy .Minus ar-d Julia Howell, Later t| on f, a( j t }een transferred by Mag- refreshments consisting of riaret | 8t rate Bryan to Magistrate Chaplin. and strawberry ice cream and cake were served. The guests were: Misses Theodo ra and Frances Hayne of Greenville Miss Rebecca Padgett, of Gainesvill Fla.; and Misses Helen Lucas, I)oll\ Price, Pearl Price, Miriam du Bois, Ella du Bois, Claudia Butler, Mes- dames E. T. H. Shaffer and Irving M FJshburne. Messrs Johnnie! Lu cas, Perry Murphy, Christoph von Lehe, Rhett Simons, Jake Padgett, Henry Glover, Joel Padgett, Gadsde Padgett, Hughes Murray, Vernon Padgett, Harry Anderson, Bennie Sanders, Edgar Jones, Sherwood Price and Anderson Sanders. Everyone reports^a^most pleasant afternoon. - V “Big league” RaM*hall. Ths game of the season will be played at the FVir Grounds or- Friday, July 21st. The ‘ Down Town Rounders” will mop up the “Up-Town Hoosiers.” Don’t fail to ass this groat sensational lins-up ot “ex-leaguers” everyone of whom Ik a bad “desparado" oa'the ball linnrHtd. A >tnail cn*-*re of 10 tnd 15 conre win S* charged tn see this great gagie, the proceeds of which will be used to benefit the local ball team. A great time is i# store for all who are present. Everybody come out and laugh. The colors for the “Down-town Rounders" are red &nd white and for the “Cp-town .Hoosiers” blue nd >■=* > ' Rooters for each aggregation of ‘•ex-lerguers" are requested to wear the respective colors. The line-up is as follows: “Down-town Rounders"—P. J. Lu cas c: A. J. Anderson, p: I. M. Fishburne, lb; C. L. Fishburne, 2b: 1 C. Fishbunie, 3b; G. C. Brown, s; Ooznrt Blnns, If; L. M. Stokes, ;f; C. D €. Adams rf; M. G. Gru ber, umpire. “Up-town Hoosiers”—E. E. Jonee ■; H. Murrr.y, p; W E. Jones, lb; D B. Black, 2b; D. Campbell, 3b; I Glover, ss; H. R. Padgett. If; A. Karesh, ,c; J M. Moorer, rf; T. G. Kershaw, umpire. All the merchants and business men of the towr- have agreed to close their places of business dur ing the game > closing at 4:30 ©•clock PICNIC AT 8MOAKH. Big Educational Rally am* 1*1 (Vic B Ing Held at Smoaks To-day. Smoaks, July 18,—Special: A big educational rally and picinc will be held at Smoaks Wednesday of this week. Prof. W. K. Tate, State superintendent of rural chools, will be present and make z-n address. and about the time the arguments were In on this point, L. H. Zelg ier who had been .more or leas unruly during the proceedings brok loose and applied a very ugly epi thet to S. N. Hlott, one of the officers of the church and a prose cuting witness. T’ ’s Mr. Hlott would not stand and he went for Zelgier. It seems that Hlott knock ed Zeigler down and got on him. Soon there was a general mix-up in which Errett Hlott, a brother of S. N. , A. H. Herndon. Willie Zeig ler, “Uncle Duffle" Hlers, Paul, Herndon and some others whose names cannot be’learned, were en gaged. The result of this encoutstqp was a few bruised faces—and the continuance of the case. Magistrate Chaplin seemed to be powerless t# preserve order In ila court, or at least nothing was done to bring about this result. No arrests were made either by him. Magistrate Bryan, iu whose office the trial was being held, or by cj^lf Ackerman who was present. 'Hr * ih In THE WALTERBORO BOYS GO AF TER RIDGKLAND’8 SCALP. FINiR POINTS OF BASEBALL lllaMtrsted by Aviation Manta and • No-Hit System of Throwing Circles Around The Batter. Not satisfied with the accomplish ments rA this pltce Zeigler went up town to hunt up the editor of The Prees and Standard, who had Incurred his displeasure by publish ing the fact that he had broken up a religious service and profaned the church. aDd against whom he had several times made threats, chuck ling with glee as to bow he w.is ?.c‘ f to dlafgure the aforesaid edl- tor’r visage, and how sorry he (the editor) would be when he (Zeigler) got through with him for oaring Lo print anything; about him in iiis paper. He did not have far to go, as the aforeeald ed itor was at Glover’s comer, taJking to several gentlemen about the row that had Just occurred. Com ing up, Zeigler began to abuse the ed.’tor and state that certain facts pul '.ished were not true. The ed itor explrloed to Zeigler that the story of the profanation at the church was obtained from himself. This Zeigler characterized as a lie, ard was struck by the editor. A brief fisticuff followed, in which’ the editor landed several telling blows, receiving only one slight blow In return. Zeigler, be coming exasperated, Jumped back and attempted to draw his pistol Jos. M. Moorer, Esq., and Capt. H. D Padgett who were standing there took it away from him. and, friends Intervening, the rombatwits --Were separated, the editor going to his office. But the story does not end here. Zeigler, reinforced by some of his friends, was making his way to ward The Press ard Standard office as also will W. \\. Smoak, editor and had reached the Witsell store, j of The Press and Standard. The Claude A. Graves, foreman of The public is cordially invited to be ] p r e* B s«d Standard, who had been present. A game of ball between a t dinner and missed the first fra the Smoaks and Walterboro teams ras, came up, and having been told will be played in the afternoon. that the editor had been "ganged’’ -— did not stop to reason why. but wa ‘•Uncle Jack” in Town. ed right in* The first person to It was the pleasare of the edit- Ret In his way was Zeigler, who wa tor last Friday to enjoy a call from knocked backward against the brick Whoop la! , Walterboro has redeemed herself. The young men who have been en deavoring to hold up the sporting spirits of this wideawake burg have har-ded out a big chunk of en thusiasm to baseball fandom. •» It almost seems like a dream, hut IPs true. Too true, in fact, to suit the young ball tosaers of that little hamlet which aspires to countjvseat honors in the formation of Jasper county—Ridgeland. W hen our own home boys steppe off the train at Ridgeland last Fri day they were met by the very jouc* men from down the road and each of them was marked for slaughter .^That’s the way they nix ed up our boys. But according to the old Scotch saving, The best laid plans of mind amt men aft*' gang aglee.” and In •his case this saying was aptly ful filled. The two games played developed record and a fact heretofore un known. in the morning game Cros by. who occupied the box for Wal terboro, put them over in a way to keep Kidgeland from making a (ingle hit. It was a record, for a no-hit game is almost unknown among amateur teams. The score in the game was 4 to 0 in favor of the Walterboro Wallopera, acd the batteries were Crosby sad Grif- M Rivers aa4 tbs alUraooa gams, eves the DANCE AT BYRNE’S HALL. I« Hoaor of the Misses Haras, Giv es by Mr. Mrs. Shaffer. FLEAFOR STABHIIT Ou Friday eveain», Hycae’s Hell was the seen of one of the Summer season’a most pleasing entertain ments, tb« occasion being • deacs aad German, glvea by Mr. acd Mrs. Shaffer In honor of their charming guests. Misses Frances and Theo dors Hayne of Greenville, General dancing was indulged In from ala until twelve, when, after a short intermission the German waa start ed, which kept up until at two o'clock the familiar strains of "Home Sweet Home” announced that the evenings entertainment was over. Among those present were: Mr 1 , and Mrs. Shaffer, the Misses Hayne, Mr. and tyrs. I. M. Fishburne, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. U. W. Davis, Mrs. J. F. Lucas. Mrs. E J Witsell. Mrs W. E. Fraser, Mrs. T. P. Baker, Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Anderson, Miss Molly Chaplin, Mias Jannle Ervin, Mrs. C. C Anderson, Mrs. H, W. Black, Jr., Mrs. B. O. Hyrne. Mrs. 8. E. -BortteyS Miss Wilhelmina Strobe), Dollye Price, Edith and Helen Lucas, Ray Jones, Eunice Glover, Florence Black. Es sie Hyrne Pearl Price, Ulmer Fish burne, and others. Mqssrs Angus Patterson, Heber Padgett, Hughes Murrayv Dr. Rhett Simons, Henderson, Fraser, Chris. 'on Lebe, Israel Kohn, Harvey Pnd- get‘, George and Sherwood Price, i.iirlaii Patterson Julius Lemacks, Mr. La Bruce. Mr McCant, Mr. Mc Leod, Hasrry Anderson, oGdfrey 4yrne D. B Peurlfoy, James de Trevllle, Anderson Marvin, and oth ers. Delightful fruit punch was served during the evening. Ths Misses layr.e have been the recipients ot many dellt/.tful attentions during their short stay In Walterboro, and seldom has Walterboro society had the opportvnlt;' of enUrtaUiag two mmam ovr mnn> ro« FOUNDATION. MADE BY STATE SUP9VMR Uncle Jack of Bell Hr.ll, Cope. He is down or* a visit to relatives and friends at aod near Round. "Cncle Jack" seems to be in the pink of condition, and when we saw him he was “sporting’’ a mighty pretty wall of Witsellfs store, having a pretty bad gaah cut in hia heed. Then several of Zeigler’s henchmen came to his rescue and attempted t “double team*' Mr. Graves. but but they* had not reckoned on young lady. We are surprised that | ^heir man, and several of them will he did not get a marriage license remember coming in contact with from the Clerk of Court while him. Completely worsted, Zeigler here, but he is probably awaitittg a^d his crowd sought refuge in the return of “Bonus Amicus.” j WltseU’s store, and soon peace restored. Mr. Ellis de Trevllle of Port Roy al 8. C„ after an extended trip to Chief of police Ackerman was al io present at this encounter and Weehlngton, Baltimore, and other assisted in gettiag quiet, but made cities, is her* with hia parents tor a low 4ays. ^ H B iHawtoo* that '/** Walterboro boys were treated to a surprise whea Anderson demons trated his ability as an aviator or bird man. It was ‘n the fifth in ning when Llpman knocked the bail up in the clouds. Did Ander son wait for it to come down? Not much. He simply buckled on his wiiigs and went after It. Did be get it? Well, didn’t he? And it was one of the prettiest captures ever seen in Ridgeland. It waa a play which will do the young men of the Ridgeland team much good. It was the old style Walterboro Pl a y—the kind of play our home people were accustomed to earlier in the season. But why continue the atory of the slaughter? These scores speak plainer than words can—First game 4 to 0 In favor of Walterboro; sec ond game 5 to 3 in favor of our own invincibles—the young men who say they are going to give Smoaks and Ehrhardt a lesson in the finer points of the game before very long. ~ \ At ths afternoon game the bat teries were Gruber, Crosby and Grlf fin and Harris and Rivers. To Meet oa IslaiuL The next meeting of ths District Grand Lodge. K of P., District, No. will be held at the Ocean Hotel an the Isle of Palms, July 19th at ten o'clock, a. in. The following delegates from Ashby Farrow Lodg No 63, left on Tuesday afternooi:> to attend the meeting. ' Rev. F.^O. 8. Curtis. J. M. Moore ex officio; E D. Lemacks, A. A. Pat terson. Jr., W. E Jones. S. G. Price and J. B. Ackerman. Each dele gate to appoint his own alternate. Mr Curtis Is K o' R. and 8. of the District Grand Lodge. — • r batants in the various encounters have been summoned to appear be fore Mayor Ackerman r«t an early day and show cause. If any they can, why they should not be dealt with according to law. „ The consequences growing out of thjg church e/fair are very much re fretted, and It is hoped that noth ing further will grow out of It. There was much comment heard on the streets during the fcfternoon about the various phases of the af fair, and considerable surprise was shown that none of the officers of the town was able or inclined to malts arrests of those responsi ble for the difficulties. Hatf two or three arrests bees made after Com only be Hat* by Good al Offgaalastlna or*. Sauldam, July 16.—Special: Mtap Janie Bivins Is spending a whits with her sister, near Charleston. Miss Nell Fox of Walterboro spen few days with her friends and relatives at this place last week. T. D. Miickenfuss and Oscar Cone were the guests of J. H. Tuten .last Wednesday. Miss Katie Davis of Charleston has returned home, after spending a few days with her sister rear this place. R. A. Postell and J. A. Peeples had business In Charleston last Wednesday. Charlie Muckenfuss is very* ill. His many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. We are glad to say that our lit tle Sunday school is still progress ing A very enjoyable picnic was given here by the Sunday school on July (th. It was enjoyed by all who at tended. Plenty of Ice cream, lem onade and cake was’served during the day beside a bountiful table was zpread at noon. Burial Kvrnta in Walterboro. The following Is taken from the social correspondence of the Sun day News: On Tuesdr.y night Miss Miriam d Bois gave a delightful whist party. At the conclusion! of the games ice cream and cake was served. Mrs. D. B. Black ertertalned Wed nesday afternoon in honor of her sister. Miss Mamye Ayer, of Bam berg. A large number of Invited guests accepted but only a small crowd enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. Black, owing to the Midden down pour of rain Fruit punch wrs served. Little Miss May Pat terson recited for the party. After the games, a saled course was served by Misses Ethel Mae Black and May Patterson. Friday evening was one-long to be remembered by the young folk of Walterboro, If enjoyment and hospitality count for anything. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. H. Shr-ffer gave a delightful dance In honor of their guests, the Misses Hayne, of rGeen- ville. Everyone present enjoyed the evening to the fullest. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shaffer are giving a house party this week. Those composingv the party are: Ths Hayde, of Greenville; Mas. ft. B. Bosejr, ot Chari—tea; j. th« first difficulty, the— would I Wati— Waring; ot CtarlesUs. mH taTo fcbM bMta of tbo MdMd. 1 Dr. HcM K. Masyofc, of I il t ■ To the Editor of The State: A few weeks ago I made through the columns of the pi « plea for stability In the t« Ing profession of the State. The ^ numerous responses which this plea brought forth hers convinced me that a great many people in South Carolina realise that we must make stability possible If we are to im prove materially the educational sta- v tus of tbp country school. Many peo ple have suggested tUrt this effort toward stability should begin with some improvements la ths education al organisatloa of ths State. The report sfr the educational commission on the revision of| tho reboot law, which was submitted to the last general assembly, contain ed -many admirable suggestions. There is a feeling In the State how ever, that In one or two respects these recommendations did not reach the heart of the matter. The only way by which we may ar rive at a modification which would be satisfactory to the people of the State is through a full discussion of conditions and needs. The sug gestions which fallow are not made In any dogmatic spirit, tor shall I be offended if they provoke a wide disagreement. It is —id that there are threw stages In public opinion, the poealhll ity of Ignorance and irdlffsrswoe; dissensions of the inquiring; and the unanimmlty of wisdom. We from the first stags by ROMf of the Mshimy in O—• Hi^bw The colleges aad universities of tbs State have for years been organ- lied upon a basis which insures sta bility aad allows a continuous pro gressive developmert For exam ple, the legislature, every two years, electa certain members of the board or trustees of the University of South Carolina, which body Includes certain members ex officio. This board of trustees Is a continuing body. At least two-thlrda of Its members, at any time, have been In office for at least two years. A disastrous revolution In Its manage- mect la impossible. It is po—ible for this board of trustees to make plans which look years ahead for their consummation.'’ Tho board of trustees elects a president of tho inatitution assures his tnuro of position and grants to him a largo measure of freedom in the direction of the affaln of the university. The same may be —Id of every, other State Inatitution ard of the private and denominational colleges of South Carolina and of tho United States The University of South Carollca has a student- body of 400. In the common school, of the State there were enrolled last year over 340,000 children. Is there any reason for assuring sta bility and progressive development In the higher Institutions of the State which wuold not apply with multiplied force to the schools which hold In their hards the edu cational destinies of all our peo ple? Is there any reason why the State board of education, which has charge of the school system of the entire State, should be sub ject to complete change at the end of four years, or should be subject to appointment or dismissal by any ore man, no matter how wise or patriotic ho might be? If ths legis lature of South Carolina, In Joint assembly, gnd with due dignity and solemnity, elects the members of a continuous board to have charge of the affairs fo the State institu- tlobti of higher learning, should not the members of the State board of education be elected by this same body of representatives of the people, whose schools they adminls- • ter? Would It not be wise to have the legislature, each jvar, elect one member of*the State board of education from one of the seven congressional districts, and to give this body a continuous existsnee with an official term of seven years? One of the great functioaa of ia “insurance