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WALTEHBORO, 8. C. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER, 18, 1911.
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NO. IT.
STATE AID SCHOOLS
COURT OF COMMON PLEAH ENDS
Rank Ijomtw < 'hjm* A^airst Tuwlra
and SiUt>x £ CNmipauy.
Th« court of Common Pleas con-
FROM PRINTSHOP TO PLATFORM
UST OF cxjij.ktox m-HGOLH nfc “Jj” ra'iSint'wM'h.S 1 "rh? 1Q Glimp»e» of Ralph Parletle, the Kumoriit, Whole S
t'KiviNo nt,tk Aiu. ion h.. been i M .run,en<M in pine- j Sudden Leap Into Fame Wa.Not Accidental. He S
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plac
ing the Calendars of the court in
much better shape, eepecially calen-
% MASH MEETING ('ALI.ED.
•** at * -’V » r? ■■ K'- ' eaaaij v u a a. aa ^
HOLD TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS - No -- »
a case tried at an early day
* when placed upon this calendar.
The case of the Exchanae Bank
_ . .. and Trust Company vs. H. F. Towl<I
Wo Fill Xerdn of Sch<M>ls fop \al- gii rC x & Co., consumed more
\ id Teae'tn rs Ove*r ThP ^ i than, two days, a verdict being form than Kalp i’arlette, whe> will
State. brought in Friday morning in favor appear here as the third lyceum at
Has Been Getting Ready All his Life.
«N
There is no better known or bet
ter loved man on the Americj n plat
cu* bard to superintending a Sun
day school. I have been a tramp
printer and walked city streets,
hui gry and penniless, stood on
bridges and wrnted to jump in.
because my eyes are open. My at
titude toward life has changed.
When we get right, all else conies
right. Now I have friends bocausb
, of the defendants. traction December 20. His career 1 but was too big a coward Now 1
— iU T“* “ **"■ "“■* ha,,pv
Columbia. Dec. 8.—Special: The was an appeal case from Mr-iter ha !L* b ** n .
Hat high schools to receive appro- Henderson, involving a suit brought ** ** Ldifnr S ttf K r»hf/ trnuptin^
S?™ C ."„‘hv < i? 8 r' r b >- 'b. Sml'b «on» of th. I... Mr.. lo^ and f^th S rlfht. Now I hav. frlond, bo.a,..b
bd “ po " b i tb 'f'* 1 * ° r «!“- >. E Morrell to seruro poaaeaalon h * lh punched i 1 »oi friendly Now I am happy be-
cation at a meeting held here sev- of certain property in Orangeburg . “ . ?, K ‘ f ^ . cruse 1 get it from within not
sral da,« ago was announced yester and Colleton counties. The Master ° 8 > b *' 15*, from witRut
4laT by State Superintei dent of Edu decided in faver of the plaintiffs, f,* .^itt^fnuhu * k a er , symnathy will alwavs be
“^e fo'rCSeboola in Col,e,on ^ d - | •"Vh.’^Jf'^'Teprtnled . K ood .l.b'ibr^^o' 1 " 1*^^ he^
C0 " e, °" i C,S H„”.e,l and Crnber repreaenled ?«'• ™ b f, ™ «»< b “' b " 'o'- “ b '
Cottagerille 440 the plaintiffs; Brantly and Zeigler, J? r ** d,n * .\* Somebody offered
Hendersonville 390 the defendants. , him five dollars and carfare to try
Lodge.
.*.,300 a few minor appeal cases were
to make a speech. He needed the
Walterboro 7.7. 500 heard end a rumber of orders were ™ one V;. He le, J hi8 P[ intRh °P w,t , h
— - . _ />r>n<r enougrT on the cases to
i Taken Off List. | taken Friday afternoon and Satur- co P>’
Or* account of hte 2,500 population day morning. The case of Hudson
limit of the high school law. the I vs. P. K. Crosby was to have been , y
right
with God. stops snarling and keeps
on kicking.”
The Facts About Pariette.
Ralph Parlette is the son of a
Methodist minister of the Centra.)
To DUcumn Cotton Httimtioa in Col
leton Count).
Hon. D. L. Smith has .just re
ceived his appointment as chcirman
of Colleton county to reproset•: the
Governors’ cotton conference recent
ly held In New Orleans.
Acting In this capacity. Mr. Smith
has Issued a call for a general mass
meeting of r41 farmers, bunkers, an
othtr business men of the com ty. t
be he'd uf the Court House, Satur
day, December It*, at 12 o'clock. A
full attendance'of all those iiHere'*m
ed Is urged. The following is the
dull by Mr. Smith;
To All Cctton Growers and Bus
iness Men of Colletor* County: You
are requested to assemble r-t the
Court House, Saturday, I>ee. 18.
at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of
pledging a decrease In the acreage
of the cotton planted in Colleton
county during the year 1912, and
to discuss end perfect plans for
marketing same. A eounly organiz-
atloi , if effected, will extend to
the various townships, and to the
local Farmers’ Unions.
Respectfully,
D. L. Smith.
Chairm&n.
Walterboro, Dec. 13, 1911.
TRAM HELD IIP
TWO MASKED MEN HOLD
FLORIDA SPECIAL.
UP
FIFTY FIVE PACKAGES STOLEN
Amount Not Known—'lay In* WM*
ami May Be Sou.noo. No
Ulue l/oft.
last until he could get beck next Ohio conference. He was born near
He never got back. The * New Dover. Ohio, In 1870. He
following places have been stricken herrd Saturday but owing to the took him bodily. I hlah'schoo/Tt^l887 Taught school
from the list of high schools here- Illness of Judge Griffin it was con- I Wherever they run lecture couiw-'Wgh ^h^l it. J88L Taught sehwl
tofore receiving State approprlc- tinued.
tiona; Bennettsville, Cheraw, Clin- Judge Sease over-ruled every mo-
ton, Easley, Marior% Laurens and tion for a new trial.
Union. *
On Account of the law, the follov> Xrt m u (Tmm F>«.rrt*incd.
ing Places have been unable to The Trl Mu cla< , 8 of Bethel Meth-
meet the requirements and receive odist church gave a. very enjojable
no appropriations thls^year: tamer- chating di. h jarty Frida* ev
es or chautauquas today, they aaveral years. Learned the printer’
know and read Ralph Prrlette. He trade rt thirteen. Worked his way
is the editor of Lyceumlte and Tal- through the Ohio Northern Unlver-
et;t, the official organ of the Amer- aMy. graduating in 1891.
lean Ivceum, chautauqua and speech Began newspaper writing in col-
arts r-ssoclaticns. He travels thf Began lyceum work in 1897.
states and reviews the field each 1 Toured Europe and Russia in 1907.
month in the magaxine. HI* office | Became editor of Lyceumlte aid
on Fairfax” Rowesvllle "st Stenh ' ‘ V'^ r r . ,u “- is the depot or car-seat. Travel-! Tr-?ent in 1909. He Is senior mem-
.7 a i r L“:_ KOWe,Vinei 8t - Sleph - ening at Misb Flshburne s office. | , ng wri(lng> lecturing de-y by day. her of printing firm of Parlette &
The evening was spent in Pl a J H** i handling a volumii*ous correspond-| Sayder, at Ada. Ohio. He is field
Janies f.id enjoying the delightful lence helping promote the colony leecretary of Ruskin College, Rus-
refreshments ^ prepared by some and grhool at R U8kin , Flor i kin. Florida. Vice-president of Mer
Ida, btsides looking after other l^dBh Band Instrument Co . Marion
enterprises—Parlette's activities are Ohio.
ens and Swansea.
The following places mrking ap
plications for State appropriations
have been unr.ble to meet require
ments as to number of high school
pupils; Cartersvllle, Gen. Sumter
Academy, Indiantown, Lanford. Lit
tle Rock, Parksvilie and Sunnyside.
In several of these high schools
r-re teachers as yet without valid
certificates. The board ordered a
teachers’ examination to be held on
Janucry 12, 1912. These schools
arc given until this date to comply
with the school law. In sveerr.l
members of the class.
This was purely a class affair,
and after the games and refresh
ments a business mertlng v as held.
It wwas decided to divide the class
into two scctlcrs to be known as
the ‘‘W. M. B's” (We Mean Busi
ness) rrd the “W.-D. T's”,. (We
Do^Things). Miss Miriam du
Bois was apointed captain of (he
•W. M. B's.’ a 1 Mi-j Pearl Min
er, cf the ”\V. 1). T's”. The defi-
of these schools deductions from the n it e object of the sectieis is to
appropriations will be made later
if' the year, on recount of failures
on the part of th<se schools to meet
Increase the membership of the
school. The section bringing in the
greatest number »f new members b
the law requirements. These deduc- first Sunday lia January will be
tiona will not be made until after
lull investigation.
Baptist Executive Ib unl M'tt*-.
The Executive Committee of the
Colleton Baptist Assetiatlcn held
the Annual meeting in the Baptist
chureh on Monday. This is ar-
Important meeting, because, all mi-*
ters pertaining to the Apportion
ment cf Finances, and Reoommendr.
tions for Aid from State Mission
Boe--d, is pasted on by this Board,
the following nr-wd rhurches were
named for Aid during the yc-’r
1912. First Baptist chureh Wn'tor
boro, Or’c Grove. Mashnwvllle
Athton, Second church and Hinder
aonvllle.
Rev. J. C. Lawson Is chalrmnr
and Rev. F. f % f'nr*«- secre
tary of the Executive Board.
A» A|*e»r wu hir Marriage.
The following Invl’atin.s ’ • « , "-
received in Walterboro Miss Gar
ris is originally from this countv
where she has many friends to wish
b°r well.
Mr, and Mrs Calvin Willlan
* Garris
request the honor of your presence
at the marriaw of their daughter
Florlde
j to
^ Mr. Flojd Clemscn Chttty
on the evening of Thursday, the
o twei-‘y-flrst cf December
nitseteeh htmdred ard eleven
at eight o’clock
Bethel Park Methodist Church
Denmark. South Carolina
entcrtclrtd at a bca<4uet b:< the
levers. Much interect Is - being
shown by the members of the sec-
tior\ and the first report was mad
Sumlay, at Which the “W. M. B's”
ht 1 live new members, tnd the *’W
D. T’s., two.
PROF. ( UKUKLL TO LKOTURE
V«fLl FdueixSor rt High HrlHS»l Au-
<Bta riilm Friday Evening
Prof. W. 8. Currell, who is in
stil etc r In English at Washington
end Lee University, will deliver one
cf his famous lectures at the High
•chccl r.*'dPorlum here Frida) - * eve
ning of this week. Prof. Currell
ccaies here through invitation by
Col. C. G. Henderson. The pro
ceeds of the evening)? will be di
vided ameng speaker and the la
dies’ societies of the four church-
s. A small admission will be charg
ed.
Prrf Currell will arrive in town
he everlrg 'cf the 14th and will
oe tilt guest cf Col Henderson.
of the Rocseveltian order.
No Lucie About It.
“There wisn’t ary luck or acci
dent about it,” says Parlette. "My
life hi-e beet-, just like everybody
rise's life, t'l course, I have had
more trcuble than anybody else.
Of course. 1 have been just aa big
a feed about It as anybody else
Now I see that every bump I got
was helping me to dodge a bigger
bump farther along. Every failure
was just a big lesson for nexjt day.
Every exertion made, every fret
stored In my memory, was just the
thing 1 needed later on.
“All the ttm# I have been *trug-
to do the thing I loved to do.
maybe with a bread and butter Job
I didn’t love. I have been about
everything from playing in a. clr-
His permanent r-ddress is
150 Michigan Ave.. Chicago
Parlette’s platform work is book
ed entirely by the various lyceum
bureaus, no private engagements
being made. A« his tragr-zine. Ly-
ceumite and Talent, is representa
tive of the entire movement, so no
bure;<u exclusively eoPtrols his
bookings, but in each state it . is
understood that some one bureau
will handle his engagements.
Pt rlette is continually preparing
new lectures and addresses. But
two of his earliest subbjeots—"The
University cf Hard Knocks” and
"Pockets and Parndises’—are prob
ably nicst popular and most called
for. The public has paid more than
$75,000 for these two lectures.
"The University of Hard Knocks”
is to appes-r shortly in book form.
Mrs. Hhafflcr KntrrtAins.
One of the enjoyable'W*>ial event
of the week was a reception given
by Mrs. E. T. H. Shaffer, Tuesdr-y
afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock, in
honor of her aunt, Mrs. Joint Rus
sell, of Greenville, who is visiting
h-*r. Light refreshments were serv
ed. Those in the receiving party
were: Mrs. Shaffer, Mrs. Russell,
Mrs. Speights. Mrs. U. W. Davis,
Mrs. J. B. Liles, in the parlor; Mrs.
Jno. M. Klicn aid Mrs M. C.
Flshburne. at the front door; Miss
Essie Hyrne, and Miss Lillian Farm
er In the hall.. Mrs. L. W. Mc-
Tfcer and Mrs. M. P. Howell pour-
’ let* In the dining room, while
Mrs. A. J. Artderson. Miss Jessie
M. Fraser and Miss Katharine How
ell served. Little Misses Ruth Rus
sell i Tid JeweR;,Taylor were the
daint\. card girls who served at the
frb v \t door
The afternoon was most enjoyabl
and a large number of the Ir-llea
of the town were honored with In
vitations.
A daring hoid-up and robbery oc-
•urml Tuesday morning at Harde-
ville, S C., in which two bandits
boc-rded the train, forced the mail
clerks to turn over a “Jacket” con-
talnli'g fifty-five registered pack
ages. The i‘obbery occurred Just as
the Coast Idne Flyer left the sta
tion at Hardevllle. The engine was
cut loose, and rur. off c. short dis
tance. The two masked robbers
then entered the mall car and se
cured the registered packages* at the
point of pistols. Detectives and
blood hounds are on the tr*ll. but
so far nothing has ben heard of
the bandits.
EDITORIAL.
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by business men that they had ac
cepted notes of some of their cus-
Mr. Butler’s suggestion in last tomers in settlement of accounts
week’s paper that the county treas- end that some of them had ignored
urer sell dog tags at $1 per dog. the existence of these papers, not
the slid dog to be registered, is a paying any attention to bank no-
pretty good one. If properly enforc . ticcs, nor to letters written thenr
ed by Inspectors, such a lav would How can such persoiw expect favors
add many hundreds of dogs to our ; of a simile r nature in the future?
Is not this very poor business?
taxable property.
Magnetic, genial and Inspiring, he
'cuk iu'ireityJMe pG?><c*sicn of his au
dience ar.d held them in charm-
it g lerdage for more than an
hour.—Drily News, Meridian, Miss.
His ser-tlments were so elevat
ed; his criticisms so Just and true,
ind his hunter so delicious and re-
fretliir.e, that form first to last
It Is reported that certain of
those lr> St. Pauls are of the op
inion that they would have fared
better In old Colleton. We pass
this dhl to Blc.ke township, and we
would remind the people of this
township of the following:
"Better endure the Ills we have
Than fly to those we know not
of.”
We can understand how a man can
not meet a rote, for example, when
It ftlla due, on account of business
reverses, low prices, short crops,
etc., but this is no excuse for ig
noring its existence. The bank or
individual who holds such paper
would much prefer renewing It than
holding it without explanation in
the ’’past due” file.
But wfc r-re of the opinion that
much, of the present stringenc) is
due to r. kind of panic, and not to
real necessity. People seem to
Unity Irfxttfn Elect** £ffienn*.
Unity Lodge, No. 55. A. F. M.
held a very Interesting meeting las
night. It being their resrulrr month
ly meeting. After conferring the
ntered Apprer ice Degree on three
:oung men, the elefion and In
stallation of officers for the ensuing
year wp«s held with the following re
tits: IL R Padgett. W. M.; J. D.
Warren^i. W.; J. R. Halford. J. W.
J. E. Moore, Tre-'s.; N. G. Morrall,
Sec ; E. T. H. Shaffer. 8. D.; A.
M. Summerall, J. D.; B. Hlott, Tiler
Dr. W B. Ackerman and S. Finn,
Stewards; Rev. F. O. . Curtis, Chap
lain. A delightful oyster sper, serv
ed In excellent style was enjoyed by
the large number present. Unity
Lodge is in excellent working order,
the membership reaching up to
ninety.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Dr. W. B. Ackermrgi had business
at Jacksonboro Saturday afternoon.
• • •
Hon. G W. ’ Way, of Mt. Carmel,
was in town- on business Saturday.
• • •
Miss Mamie Cominings, of Rldge-
vllle, it* spel ling sometime with
Mrs. Nettie Sellers on Cam Street.
Mrs. Edna Felder Is visiting re
latives at. Strawberry, 8. C.
We have been informed that an-
other._of those periodic county
cutting projects v has struck, this have g 0 hen demoralized, and the
time in the lower section of the jnan who ^as money ahead is a-frali!
N°« «*“•!'• ii> Ulak* t...n»hip ' l.t K be k.o.n. There ha.
f,. rr It is reported that A movement is , b#H>11 averv large crop of every kind
on foot to have the section below I ,u a (i < » ti,i s year in Colleton county.
Mrs R. Clement, of Lutchen
I a., accompanied by her sister. Mbs
Mamie Dell Garris, sp* nt Sunday
In town as the guests of Mrs. J J
Padgett
• • •
Mr% H. M. Carter, and little son
J. K.. of SnMhaks, accompanied. Dr
TOWNSHIP CONVENTIONS HELD
Sewkw of Very KnJo>wble Sunday
School Conn* nthuts Doing Held. ?
Miss Grace W. Vandiver, the
State Field Seeretar) of the South
Carolina Sundc-y School Association
•s assisting Miss Ida M. Flshburne,
Field worker for Colleton county
In a series of conventions this week.
Monday the first convention was
held at Lodge. Broxton township.,
The Warren Township convention
was held at Smor-ks Tuesday. Bells ^,
township convention is being held
at Bet h* I today. TJie last, will be
at Zlqn for Verdler township Thurs-
dr y. These convert ions are proving
very helpful, and much Interest is
being shown In the work. Fuller
reports of these conventions Will be
given next week.
BUILDING ADDITION TO STORE
TIm- Farmer** Mercantile and Ware*
house t^onipun Enlarging Ht«tro
The Farmers Mercantile and
Warehouse company is now engag
ed in erecting an addition to the
rear of Its store next to The Press
rnd Standard, and also cornectlng
this building with the store of the
J. M. Wltsell Supply Co., which bus
iness Is to be fallen over by this
new concern. This addition Is to
be constructed of sheet Iron, as
there le an ordinance forbidding the
cotetruction of wooden buildings on
Main street. »■
This company will begin business
January 1. ^
A Pair
There will be la/dellghtfully en
tertaining play given by local tab
cr-t, at the High school auditorium,
Thursdiy evening of this week. Tho
play 's entitled "A Pair of Idiots,’*
and is full of tun. There will doubt
less be a lar^e wudience
A Pteastant Episode of Use Courts.
At the close of the court .»n
Saturday last, Col. C. G. Henderson
the aenlor member of the Bar, In
behalf of the Bar, offered to the
court resolutions complimentary of
Judge T. S. Sease, which were sec
onded by Messrs. W. B. Gruber, J.
S. Griffith, Jrs. G. Padgett. J. M.
Moorer and M. P. Howell in 'elo
quent terms.
„ ,, , . „ ... . r. » . ! ' , . Carter to Charleston this
Professor Currell has r personal Greet: Pond go to Ber ufort coun-i a , )d the large cotton crop has to a wh „ n , |u , ls attending, the
magnetism that Is irresistible, a j,y \y e understand that the arttu-’ certain extent offset the short
mind stored with knowledge^ nients advanced are high taxes, a»d prices. And our people have
au
Mr«. Sin Bit mad.
Round, Dec. 8,—Death peter
ed our home on fie 30th of Novem
ber and took from us onr dear ^ humor
^ ^“o^nnely In his inures, and that this section feels it hr* abundance of foodstuffs. They can
one sister Mrs Sarah E Ackerman, keeping his audieroe in intimate not had a square deal in the mat-. jj ve at home for a year t-r least,
and six children" Mrs W B Adamr. tout’!' with him every one payR-g Ur ot road building. We^shall re- . u8> theretore. be optimistic.
Mr,. Robert Hill. Jerele. M M . rlcre . , te»llo , i. not onl, to *M h, hlve thl. portion of the
“i*—«>■ w-->'»«-
Bother . ,be infectious wit of the jokes.— dation in the report. There are a
The funerr-1 services were por- Charlotte News. ; number of level headed
men down there, and we expect j a! l peopl
j* Charley Till Dead.
Williams, Dee. 9.—Special: No
vember 23, Charley Till, one of our
well known )oiing business men
died at his home here, of hemor-
rhr-gie fever Mr Till leaves a
wife and two children. He was
twice married. the second time' to,
week Miss Ramie Williams The Inter-
Grand ment was at Carter’s Ford cemetery.
Lodge meeting.
\ l ii'que Window Display.
Terry & Shaffer has a very uni-
ducted by Rev. Stephen Ackerman.
T|._ foHowfnK^welMtnowri^RiinonR them to move only after a tatef.,1 and noble., of tlahta. ,«.d It 1, 'he ;|lon)e ;-
,T amonv thone attendiok 'the eon.lder.tlon of Ihe pro, end eon,, i'»* » rlaht to try the ertmln.l. not Jno fl. Pen
For him we are not concerned. ) his daughter. Miss Claudle Mae.
Rut the law that we have set up • • •
business! in God’s name, and in the name of J F. Griffith and family, of Cot.*-
this has the highest I" 11 2’ SBl ! ,d * ^°»«<.>•, can.e to Wal
terboro last week to make bis
Griffith will cultivate
Mr A A. Youmart* has returned
to his home at (Nittageville, t-'tcrlqiwa window display a farm at
spending the week-end with hi* j Christinas This shows in a real-
fath^r. Mr. R. M. Youmans of Ear-! istlc manner, the log cabin, sti.bl«*s.
ly Branch He was accompanied by j cribs, w ith horses and hogs. An
old negro la dm wing water at the
well iislng an old fashlot'*d sweep
and pole. The scene la realistic and
artistic.
Rev. CNr • is* laast Sunday.
Oh ShDday. lha p„.oret, of R,v,.r, ;"' bb * '"rcm'rlvmm"’' t'hT,
v n q Pnrfia clones with the Bao- Ormd Lodge in t naneHioii nii> ,
T* ? ? c urti* cloaeswitn^ne p- week . j no . H. Feurifoj and J. M The farmers cf the county,
coatlnaou@ly S 'ln^ *»'» ""fn'r' - h"'m'c.TvV •'smiah," 1 "* —"' b !|f *" otbbr b “*"' M r*„
position. The morning termo* , and. Dr. H M aa ’ d j! have been hard hit by the low price w , tn|e peop , have lnveat(K , ln 0 ur
will be on Chrtstirn Ut'-ion.. The • j Lodge; of cotton this >oar. Not only are ,. ourt8 of justice. We need to
.me : i » r b r„< b :„i ^ S: H ni.* .ai i s. Ii- ,w.«««..«.««. "•» ^ ^i <«•. «. *.«
, Mrs. J. W. Osteen, of Savannah
eurifoy a farm for the pre«* j H visiting her parents, Engineer and
the criminal’s right to a lawful ; ent, his intention being to purchase Mpa K Hrmer
• ria., thr-t is violated whenever a home in the nerr future. ' Mr.
Griffith was one of the substantial
citisens of iSaluda county.
service, and the sermon will be on
all Dodd, Round.
the "Pastoral Relation.” A cqr-, rrerr; A. V. Rlckenbaker and J. B.
dial Invitjitftn is extended to
who may desire to attend.
Cradle Roll Exercises Postponed.
The cradle roll exercises to have
been held nt the Methodist Sunday
-nchool next Sunday will be post-
poned on account of tho indiaposi-
tion. of Mrs. Graves, the superinten
dent. She will have this Interesting
exercise in the near future.
Btrera Lanum Broken,
ant onlay night n number of street
lamps were broken by unknown vms
dais. Thera were eleven broken,
two of which were nrc light*. Thin
oecnrred after midnight. No clue
-wm left aa to the perpetrator*.
Carnival Itmipeny <*>niing.
The Miller Uflted Shows will be
here on the Godfrey lot for the
week beginning Monday Dec. 18.
This carnival company carries the
usuf-1 shows, such as merry-go-roun | nar<1 > ear
, „ ... Kllt w , fl h . #-.1. lummit a crime, we should try
ing felt now. but they will be Jelt ^ in forin _ not for ,
equally strong next year. The ba- t gake but for the Mlke of law and
sis of credit by banks r-nd iisdlvid-j order and civlllaatloD; not that he
uals is not a* stj-ong as.it was, and tfould have the right to a court
h- hard- trial, but that our courts alone
as a consequence it will be h WO nki have the right to try him;
er for some men to tide over me e4ld th|U trlal by any oth#r body u.
and will ever be, usurpation and
vaudeville, high dive, and various , times, hpwever to tesY a man’s hon
coreesetons. The advance ag^ nt . e«ty. If -the man who could not
was here last week arrroging for I meet b j # obligations went to his
the license and for advertising the and got thelr COI . #ent for
* OW- - carrying over the balance be could
The Sniders school. Miss Aqnie
Dear, tescher. will give an oyster
supper Friday evening. December
22 for the benefit of the school.
The public is cordially invited.
if be had. kept away and let bis
paper default. We have been told
minority rule—un-American, unde
mocratic. and unendurable, a break
In the dikes that if fostered and
encouraged would sweep away the
achievments of the ages and engulf
us *11 In primitive anarchy.—The
Progressive Farmer. ~v '
not pay, he will stand a much bet- _
ter chance to get ahTtbis year than, ^ Mn H (^ Dnon daughter.
of White Hall were pleasant callers
at our office while la town Friday..
• • •
Gerald Wescoat, who !*• a mem
ber of the marine corps, spent
Monday night in town with his sis
ters at Mr. Brown’s* Mr. Westooat
wc.s detailed to take some prisoners
to Port Royal, ap<i returned to Phil
adelphla Tuesday morning. His
term of enlistment, four years, will
be out In January, r-t which time
he will return to Walterboro for a
longer visit.
• • •
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hon
ey, this week, are Mr. snd Mrs.
Edward Shaffer, of Walterboro, wh
cams to attend the presentation
of "Tbs Girl of the Goldeb West.”
Mr, Shaffer will be better remem
bered by his college mates as “Bob
by Sbafto,” the name he was al
ways called.—Friday’s Charleston
Eveaing Post.
y ” ,
F. L. Kinsey hr-« gone to the West
this week to purchase a car loed
of horses. '
Mrs. O. R. Brown and son, Os
born. of Red Springs, N. C., who
have been visiting her mother. En
gineer and Mrs. Farmer, returned to
their home Monday.,
Dr. Theodore Kershaw, who or
iginally went to Walterboro for the
climatic benefits of the place, has
decided that with his growing fam
ily It is best to settle in *• place
where his bo>« can have every mod
ern advantage for children, there
fore has located In North Augusta,
where Mrs. Kershaw ard her com
panion, Miss Irving, now are. Dr
Kershaw has remained In Walterbo
ro fo assist In ’ a play next week,
which w*a gotten up by the prinri-
p*J of the Walterboro graded school
to raise money for the echool’s new '
piano. A fur the play he will join
his family in North Augusta. —
Friday * Charlesto* Evening Poet*