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EXPECTED TO AnEND MEETING WHERE MEN AND
Will DE DISCUSSED. CHIEF INTEREST IN
OnBNATORIAL CANDIDATES JONES AND BLEASE.
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party is cched
ths unterrified De- |
if Colleton county Saturday
tfce oddrooetns to begin shortly af- 1 ()n ^
ter the grrirel of the morning train
from Cfcarlestofi. Friday will be
lb the City by the Sea, and
there will be at night,
ice the actors in Sat-
urday’s melodrama will most likely
be yewrteh and cross, and their lines
arg likely to be a little more spicy
as * sohssguencs. However, this
win iehktlsss he what a large part
CUPT. 8AVAGK DEAD.
of CVdletonV I*rontin«nt CiU-
sen<* 1’aHM-x Away.
Walterboro was greatly shocked
shortly after noon last Thursday,
when the news came from Charlee-
ton that Capt. C. A. Sarage wit
dead. For several weeks, Capt. Sr-v-
age had been in falling health and
was taken to Charleston for treat-
ment, with a view to going subse-
of ths audience will relish, and wh»J que:« 4 .ly to the monntMne for the
Umf are toning to hear, so why
Ths asetirs will be held in a
Ml far frost ths Court House
ths speaking wae held four
ftflp la a vacant lot between
■Msacee of Messrs. D. C. L.
rang f«4 k. K. Beech. County
M. F. Howell will pre-
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Mn. J. S. Pinckney died In Char*
last Wednesday st S:Sd.
o’sloek at Roper Hospital as * re
mit af an opsratloa. Mrs. Piack-
asy had hssb ia falling
astsaal months and it wss
a to* -resort to take her to Char-
ta*ga tor surgical trsstsaeat. She
had-hem n^-weehmwd that she
uoafil not rally fNaa fhd shodk sal
expired shortly eflef .the optrr. Ion.
Ths remains were brought to Wsl-
tsrhoro Thursday morning and the
UMerlMBt took place Thursday af
gt Live Oak cemetery after
service# at the Catholic
chapel by Father Ford, of Charlee*
Mrs. Pinckney wss Miss Lila E.
Plaeknay, daughter of W. E. Pinck-
aey, of Temr^aee. She wss, mar
ried April II. 1907 and leave* be
sides her huebesd, o:o little son,
William, four-years old.
Quite a number ol relatives of
tho deceased cr.me to the funeral.
Mm. Pinckney was a member of a
largo family sad is survived by a
father, three brothers and four sis
ters. Among those r ‘tending the
fuaeral ware her father, seyeral of
her Mothers sad sisters from
Yesassee; a sister, Mrs. Bonlwmre.
aad husband, of Savannah; her aunt,
Mag, White, af Savanaah, and a
ngMhsr if the members of the
family af Mr. J. E. Pinckney. The
■>Wlkd f of the community goes
eat te the harsaved huebend and
ehUd
CO. K. VO MR GAMP.
Days
The Heyward) Regiment, Co. K.
frd 8. C. I. will leave Friday at
aeon on a epeelal train for Annis
ton. Alabama, where the 3rd Regi
ment will he la eamp for ten days.
This sompsiy expects to carry
irax. men. Capt. Joe. M.
win he la charge, gsslsted
by Lieut. Huber R. Padgett aad C.
T. Reaves. Major ■ L Ftehburne of
ths second hatsilloa will aocompsay
ths eotnpaay as will LlenL George
Prise, who is a member of Major
Flshbarns’s Staff. Tho company bn
.bean vary busy far ths past faw
days getting ready to leave on this
encampment aad h Big time is ex-
petted by all who attend.
balance of the summer. Shortly af
ter reaching Charleston. It was
found that he was growing worse,
and his eOn, Elliott, wee hastily
called to the city, after having ac
companied him to Charleston, a day
or two previous, he returned. As a
result of this cell,' he went to Ihe
dtp Thureday ard found his father
In an unconscious condition. He
did not recover and death ensued
about 12 o'clock. The immediate
cause of his death wrV an acute
attack of Bright’s Disease. The
body was brought to Walterboro oi
the evening train rrd funeral serv
ices were held at the Presbyterian
church Friday morning at 11:3A
o’clock, after which interment took
place in Lire Oak cemetery. Rev.
P. Baker, assisted by«Rev. A. E.
Wallace conducting the funeral
services.
Tho following acted ss pnUhsnr-
-v»: Sea tor*. D. J. Chaplin, W, J.
Ft.'hburad. C. G. Henderson. R. K.
Wlehmas, C. C. Anderson, W E
Crater, Rfekard Bedon. U. W. ‘ Da
ria, Jnniors, Dr. Jno. M. Klein, R.
I*. Fraser, J. E. Moore, H. W.
Black, Jr., J. E. Peurlfoy, B. G.
'.lyrne, A. H. Wlchmaa, P. J. Lucks.
Opt. Savrge was one of the
nost prom! • rt eUiiere cf th
county. He was In his 14th year
aud had been a prominent figure
in this count), for cnc-third of . r
centry. His native state was A1&
>ama. but he came whr • auite r
voung men to South Carolina aad <4
gaged in planting, having acruirc*.
a large plant- “on in the low con**
try. In addition-to continuing this
work, he ran a saw mill and lumber
manufactory at Walterboro. For
mary ye .'■% Capt. Savage was mayor
cf Wa^erboro and was for several
terms a member of the State Pardo
ng Board, tut was not reappointed
by Gov. Bleaae at the expiration of
his term of office a faw months
ago. His war record and services
rendered In the reconstruction po
rted rre well remembered by the
older inhabitants. Capt Savage l?
survived hp his wife, his mother.
Mrs. A. B. Savage, on#, brother, 8.
B. Savage, of Bartow, Fla, aad
three children, Mrs. R. M. Jefferies,
of Ridgeland, Elliott, of Walterbo
ro, and Marlon, of Bchenedady. N.
Y. It was impcestble for Capt. 8ar-
r.ge’a brother from Florida and for
his sor«, Marion, to he present at
the funeral. Mrs. Jefferies and her
husband came over from Ridgeland.
A number of friends came from the
low country to pay their last
respects .
CLAUS TO BE MB PHIS IT IN HUMR
BOARD DECIDES TO PAT
FARM CLAIMS.
NEW CONTRACT WITH
The Board Agrees to Pay
Dopaon 840 per Muattt F
V»larre of Tear.
EXBtTTIVM OOMMTm BATS
OOMM1SSIORKB MUST R&K.
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MANAGERS of election
Apfkolntfces
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ElectJo,
DEST PROSPECTS IN HANT TEAM FW BElOCtATlC CARDIDATE
TOm REPWUCAN PARTY RUT AND GREAT
DEIRNe PN PROGRESSIVE.
Declaring that they did not Rad “Renolved that (he county -High-
the contract existing between IahMB\ Wuy c °nmis8ioner and the township
Dopson and the county, as supeiip*
tendent cf the poor farm a *
one, the board of county
sloners, which held their
here Monday, decided that in
of all olrcusnstancea surrounding ill
case, it would be correct to £0#
the outstanding claims against the
county which were contracted bp Mr,
Dcpson, together with his salary if
to July 1st. provided he wool* SB-
ter into a cow contract for tho
ance of thta year. TAla Mr. Off*
son decided to do and tor tho VO”
matnder of this year, ho 4a to .80-
reive 940.00 per month, tho ofoki*
ty to feed bis horse, which M tom#
used in harvesting the crop^ . •.
This decision followed an tailor 11
eating trial of the case before UhB
full beard cf county aad tonrtAii^
commlaalonen. Mr. DopeoO .gRt
represented by E. L. ftokbwMV tt|
ard the county by Col. W. B..OBfo
her. A number cf wltn
examined and short
by Messrs. Fishburne and
setting forth their e
the matter. The fello
es were examined to
the existence of oeafreet.
O. Jaques, Sr., fonoer
the hoard of county
0. Albert Bench, clerk off
D. Smoak. o member of the eoatrt^'
and Safor .supervisor
ar»l
At the 4€th ballot at the Balti
more Coaveatloa which had keen
deadlocked for several days. Gov
ernor Woodrow Wllsou ot New
Jersey, wto chosen to lead tha
ft.mmtssioner run In the primary tha B® m ocratic party to victory In No*
27th of August, 1912; the town
ship commissioners in their respec-
t;\M lownohtp and the .county high
way commissioner In the count)
pr.mwy.”
The above resolution was unan'-
mously adopted by the county* axe-
cudve committee at its session held
here Friday. There was considers hi
discussion when this matter waa
brought op, which was, wheo con
sidering the matter as to whether
or not the township commlaaioners
should run In the primary the aaao
as the inaglBtioZci;^ There was not.
however, my voice raised in oppo
sition to placing both the township
commissioners aad the eoutfy high*
way commissioner In the primary.
Hon. J. T. Polk, , who was pres
ent. arose and stated that tho adopt
ion of the office of township comr
missioner was a compromise, which
he introduced aad favored; that ka
was unalterably opposed at the
time, and, la yet, to ray appoint
ment by delcgattoD or others of of
fice holders- This action bp tho
county cxecutivo committee will
doubtless precipitate a lively race la
the primary for this position. Col.
Hill has toted several wuehi. ago
» wttti net naa la the prt-
Jb* foat whot Ms move wiff
oonaeetjoa therewith la the
of this reeolntioa remains to be
The sobntance of the testimony
given* was te the effect that Su
pervisor J. O. Griffin had entered
into a contract with Mr. Dopson in
January 1911, which contract stip
ulated that Mr- Dopaoi* wca to re
ceive a salary of 921.00 per month; SBteokere and tha following «nem
day Behoola la
All Sactloaal Vlaitotlon SupeHa-
from the Snn-
Shevldaa township
to meet Mr. J. D.
-f ,-tendeU of vlslta-
tiea of this tewmshlp, in the eonnty
efflee si Walterbore
Broken' InCO.
On Friday night June 2tth the
store of G. L. Brant was broken in
to and entered by some one. Od
Saturday night, Hallle Brown, col
ored, was arrested by the clUsens of
Mewville, taftn before Magistrate
R, O. W. Bryan who committed him
to Joil on the charge of burglary
and larceny. 'The negro carried a
suit case in which was found moat
of the articles missed by Mr. Bi^at.
Several other stores have been brok
en into recentlp and It seems prob
able that this la the culprit who has
to have previsions for himself and
family; hares to be fed, and to be
paid for aooklag, sewing, washing.
*tc., for inmates, with the privilege
of buying whenever waa needed for
the poor farm from the merchants
!n Walterboro or elsewhere and
haring It charged to the county
to he paid for every three mon-ihs
on atatomenta filed by the mer
chants from whom purchrsea had
xaeBa. This waa purely a ver
bal oeaTract and no reoord was
In any mlnmtas nt a hoard
This contract waa verbally
ratified by Bnpenrlaor D. E. Smoak
aad Commissioner J, O. Jequec, Sr.,
!:• Jan.. 1912 to remain la force un
til Jan. 1913.
No record was made of this eith
er. but It was understood that Mr.
waa to continue la the
aapeetty aad andbr the same
eoadttioas.
It waa brought oat on cross ex-
•minajica of Mr. Beach by Mr.
Oraber that he kept no minutes of
the Hoard meeting at wktek this
contract waa entered Into and
Dm coutty axecatlYC committee
at 11 o’etoek tad wee called te
by M. P. Howell, county chalt
There were preseat a nttm-
of candidates and interested
vember. Speaker Clark had
WUsoa'a strongest oppoaeat.
It waa feared that the eoaveatlou
would hare to ehoose a dark home,
or be hopelessly deadlocked. hat
the unexpected happened Taeeday
afternoon, and Wilson got tha nom
ination, aithoagh Clark kad many
tlmea received a majority vote of
tke Coaveatloa. Tha two-thlrdc
elm nee saved the day for WUcog.
S Candidate Wilsons’ running mate
ea the Demodratle ticket for vice
praeldeat will k* Governor. Thos.
R. Marshall of tadlaala. With
Governor Wilson this mnhna a
team which will be hard to heat.
A. P.
Va he
Jnly r Special
the editor of The f
Btandard aald that State poltcfeaas
eoaaldered "Blecaseiam” the mmt
Importard la tkla eampaiga. The
writer stated he did a* view ta that
lisht. He still heHevee that Up
county eamphfga weald be
ducted on a higher plane If
personalities aad mud allagiag of
the gubernatorial candldatce ‘ were
entirely eHmlaated. If I knew t
had to follow tke example of Mate
or aarioaal peitttea, aow, I' would
■■aimeindKg (•
but we
tee a eampuli
moral sad lees akualve glam - Ife
ta the peiple of
that (tMvu has
aadcraft
at the Hr*
nailmial
withdraw
A very tateresuag farmers laatltn tho rium —
u will be held at Walterhore Friday
July 19th * the Courthooasv Clem* ' te tha
eon Agricultural College aad tha
Farmers Co-operative Pemeaatratlea
work of tha Ualted ttatca Depart
ment of Agricutttare have *j|^jMd
their Held femes ami the Farmer| t
atitute te he held thfc year will ha
bees were present:
Ash too—J. T. Polk.
Sells—
Colleton—J. N. Frank.
Oottagevtllc—
Dm. Creek—M. W. BrelaM.
Green Pond—C. W. Drawdy.
Hendenonville—O. W. Bweat.
Hone Fen—Jos. Langdal*
Hudson’s Mill—J. M. 9eat;n.
Juekaenboro—
Ledge—C. j. Cone.
Maple Cane—J. O. Jaques:
Peeples—Jno. Kick Ugh tar.
Rttee Fateh—E. C. Polk.
Ritter— o
Raffia—W. W. Carter.
W. Kloiey.
Tiger Creek—E. 0. Beach.
Walterboro—E. L. Fishburne.
White Hall—A- J- Sanders.
ty will ha la charge af tha
aaeat for tnatitates la his county.
This agent ia CeUetoa eeuaty ta B-
O. Fries, who la beading every ef
fort to have a record-breaking at
tendance at the institute to be held
here on the 19h last.
The following speakers will be la
the party who will treat of tho sub
ject* aaatgaed:
T. F. Jackson. Lira Stock-
C. B. Haddon, Cora Culture, Boys
Corn CI(F>s
Dr. R. O. Feely, Hog Cholera.
J. G. Hatl, Plaat Diseases.
W. B. West. Fsrttllser Uws.
W. R. Elliott, Cover crops and
rotation.
8. F. Howard, farm motive power
and water supply.
J. N. Harper, Forage crepe.
The institute wUI he held at the
Courthouse aad will he sailed to or
der by 10 o’clock ia order that the
speakers may pet threagh and
leave on the afternoon train If deelr
ed. These laatltaies will prove
moot helpful te these who atteud. 9
la hoped that every fanner wlthta i
reach of Walterboro will bo present
oa this occasion, especially the
ben of the Boys Com Club.
the muddy wakere at graft.
Ia love ter purity art
tke leakoutf la putrioffm
tfeaktag ta
our «| 1
that a pure brotherly i»t>tai
not to aoudnutodr It U tvwethal
this gevmamaat. la ta the haaia of
the vulgar ttmooerviag
•ervee rt epa
a*
are put j*
who arty
htaaaalff If m
tree, that
by aa
of which they are a
representative? What shall we iff
Arouse the indifferent eltlean, ft
la with you that public purity rente
Interest yourself ia the fight for
peace aad political purity,
tie la not to ha fought by
and bullet, but
art primaries,
greet art defeat tho fee of
home aad eoaatry.
Who te Masking the great uproar
over nolitlca Ja hmmiea today. In
It the good cltMdu, wheoe laellaa*
tiona are. to peace naff perity; or ia
it the oppoeite party, wto ton
peraoaal end to
cltises who read# the
dowa at Ihe petts
'ton meat
it the fee i
•Ita braetagly hack and aaya what \
we need la good men jk pettties it
net helptBc aa aajq. We toed me*
whe will vote for fight. The ladtf-
feraat cltMBa should pat bmar la
behalf of etvie rightseumnaa. The'
WllUffo-
Wolfe Creek—L. H. %eigler.
There were three precincts which
not reorganised aad the coun-
paaaed a
resolution authorisieg these to
meet and organiae following call
by eouaty chainaaa, which Is pub
lished la this iaaae of The Press
aad Stan deed.
A motion prevailed that the of-
iflce of Master be placed in the pri
mary and that the same rule for
magistrate he followed z* was oh-
whi*!f two T®*™ ago, that Is, that
tbs following magistrates be
that the beard seldom kept any
minutes of any meeting except som * t ty executive committee
times the mlaatsa were .jotted
down oa a slip o{ peper, which was
placed oa tha keek, bat at the end
of each year, thla waa torn up and
they started over.
The expeadltave during 1911 frr
the support of the poor farm wis
between $900 agd «1000 and about
9900 for tie first six months of
thla year. The new contract in
Mr. Dopaon has entered, provld***
for the payment Of a salary of $40
per month aad ha to support his'
family Independent of tMq,
AH Mrsrtiste off Board Pveeeea.
Bethel MethodMt Saaday School
Sunday afternoon elected the follow
ing delegatee to attend the eouaty
Puaday school coaveatloa te he held
at Carter’s Ford chereh Thursday
aad Friday July II aad 19, 1913
Mias Miriam ffu Bole, C. M. Grace
*Ad J. J. Padgett.
; striving la grind aa aae, are never
Idle. Hence the obligation ea the
iadMfereat ettlsea la the mare
imperative te ooeM forward aad
im politics. What will the re
salt bet Two things me knew, oer-
raptioa can only tog* eemiptioof
virtue alone can eeeeuer vice.
A*. P. Smith.
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RUNNING.
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In this laeae off The Preen aad
Standard .appears the card of F. J.
Berry as a candidate for Highway
Commissioner for Colletoa county
Mr. Berry ia looked upon as one of
J. W. Hill, who presided over the
at 9 e‘
Saturday
tB 999e9fo v ,
sards, etc. ft
•DlhB L9tk.
lag, J«Ur
tor the
beea committing these Crimea. Abet I meeting art the followiag township
two yean ago he left Headerseavlll« |
aad went to Savannah to live, wheta
Blake; O.
elect-
Broxtoa township, one; Warren
township, one; Fraser township, one
Lotradss aad Blake townships, one
Glover aad Sheridan townships, one J
little- Mine JrtM
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. H. Shaffer art
receiving the coogratulaJ lone of
their friends over the arrival of lit- ,
tie Miss Jane Shaffer, who came to , the leading cutset* of Colleton coun-
hless their home la* Friday at ,»y «®d la considered a splendid
Greenville. Mr, Shaffer Is repotted buaUeae man. He was born 52
to he hitting oply the high plaeea’ | years tgo at ReevesvUle. which was
Greerwllle where he west post
haste.
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it la said he has a family^
* Mnk'W. H- Padgett*
Mr. aaA Mrs. R. L. Tarry., of
i tThravHle, are U town iMItiag^At
the hakte * Mm. Twtr*a
tarn B. w Lrtav -
Wolfe Creek and Ritter precincts,
Bella township south of tho
C. L. -Railroad, including the *a-
•yy gwea*,' tire precla* of Raffia, one;■ I
p.'iaad Tiger Creek preemets north of
the A. C. L> lallraed
to
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Rev. B. F. Halford has Jest clos
ed a very aaceeesfal meetlcp with
the Bowman Baptist ehurah of wlil'4 1011 “d for the la*
then a portion of Coll*oa eouaty.
He moved to what le now Colleton
county St years ago had was In the
naval stores .business practically
an the time stoce, having ran thta
business at Bella, Drs- Creek, Ash-
fife years af
he la pastor. Rev. M. J. Kiser, se
riated Rev. Halford. The visible
results ef the mcetlag were twenty
rtdftloas te the church.'alrtaeo by
>2 B. R. Ulmer.
Yaffdler
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geaeralli*
cam told Ih tBb
to ffRlftofJ ft* MW
•tHttoa*:
#o
Mr. Berry kse never been
la pellttes before, havlag sever
offered for sap politic* Job*'' Ho
has, however, beea a trnefee to
the Bmoaks graded reheat. Af pare-
cut Mr. Berry la prgaldrBf to Dto,
fmrnrnm 0%. aad Mtor
to Tto
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