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» It I* at tk* \un. iMld —> y % lift. WaJtarboro S. 0. WEDNESDAY. JULY U. l*ll. WHAT WALTERBORO Ire Fectenr. / / 10. Re 11. A Street ud Other* W*4- Owt of Town. » Whot will be tke le*oe* la th* county eampuifn? at tke Court Houae rotor UUMO the remark while of dm caMida&ee waa cpeaklas. “Wo do uot bellere the aewroaper*/' Cm hear* aaeh remarks eh all aldee aad we suppose there are a few peo ple who really look with suspicion on wbei is seen ijr newspapers. But the above statenunt is too broad aad bat show# how little a person will cl re utterance to result of ignorance, newspapers &ul news papers Just as there sire readers and reader*, and to class ail news papers c.j purveyors of false infor mation is making rather too sweep ing a charge, and a charge which cannot be borne out by the facts. T»he voter who made that statement knew at the time it was false. How else, pray tell us, doee one get it> formation these days? Did this voter get the information that the Sensorial campaign party would speak Sit Walterboro from a news-, paper? He did not doubt this fact, did he? The newspapers repor that Woodrbw Wilson has been nom Inated by the Democratic party as its candid&te /tor the Presidency. Doe* anyone doubt that such report is truef The greatest vessel ever constructed u few weeks ago went down into the bepThs of the sea, with many hundreds of tbs past week, playing a uerlee of three garnet with the Clover 'Bill team of Charleston last week aad three game# with Bruaaoa this week.. Walterboro has also played with good lock, having woo three out of the Hvo games played ; to far. After playing this 'uftenwon. the last gaas* with Urn Brunson too. rYTfJterboro will go tw Beaufort for a series of three games to he play ed the latter part of Ahis week. This is the flint time the Whiter- boro team has. met the Beaufort team, hot the boyo are/confident they will bring hack a sculp. -The games in detail are as fol lows: vl I HOMFW Thursday—« to 4 la favor of FOR hulls for 111. ado. Wal- t-io-iot Oiy —Several alee, medium^ inlet. A. Wlchmau A 8*n. rhoro, 8. C. f 7-10-4t • e y Charleston. Buttery for Walterbo ro, Batler and Griffin; Charleston,' O'Neill and O’Neill. Fridays-Ji to S id favor of Ws^- Battery for • Walterboro. Gruber aad Grlffta; Charleston, Du» can and O’Neill. This game was pldyed while the grouads were very wet aad accounts for the large score. , Saturday—4 to S In favor of Wal terboro. Battery for Walterboro, Rrldwell and Grifflb; Charleston, O’Neill and O’Neill. Walterboro va. Biuuim Monday—4 to S in favor of Wal terboro. ©fttery for Walterboro, Bridge and Griffin, Brunson, Reid and Rivers. Tuesday—9 to 5 In favor of Bran son. Battery fon Walterboro, Brid- well and OrifflD; Branson, You- msns and Rivers. The grounds for this game Tuesday were again wet, which accounts largely for the score WANTED—Wanted to hay belt feed to saw mill. Let me h«er from you at onot., A. Q. Lyon*. Is land ton. 8. C. 7.14-24. * * - x WA&fTSD—To art! several.tons of acid aad kainlt, also some sor ghum to go with peas. Jno. H. ? Peurifoy, Walterboro, 8. C. 7-2-tf. — 9 1 e Atave an idea that there will be no vacancies In office after. the election In. Colleton county. 11 ^ 1 1 " ’ ‘ Let us In the midst of politics not forget the the employment of precious lie on board. The newspapers re- JOE O’Ql’lN DEAD. -N ■ x How abont the county' fslrf Art you gening an exhibit ready? That is n^dre important than poli tics. e trust the Bmoaks literary so- ty Will not close up our county fair, since It was decided that the fair is injurious to the county. It Is a cause of concern to many persons just what will be the ef- feet of Blesse s defeat ou Jeff Cone and Scott' Padgett. We would ad- vine that they begin now to picture tbdr sad condition end begin to get r»sdy tof it. P. S.—And A. A. Herndon. » rted this fnet. Did they tell truth? Hundreds of homes are tourr-lng today, and not an in mate one of them blamed the newspapers for the sinking of the Titanic. We might multiply in- slance after Wtence of reports like the above, to stiow that the^poaitlon of the author of Abe *bo\VYeaiark is untenable and thM he and all others of his Ilk are saying what thoy themselves do not belivv*. Whet thert are some oih the things newspaper# He ^.ii0^^t? Is it only when they, publish undestaa? bl* ai«] unwelcome news that th*^v falsify? Let us see. Just now it is popular to say In South Cavpllna .x Ms crt>>ed Seldom have we been more de pressed over the news of the dent of anyone than wheu this sad mes- esme that Joe O’Qquin had ovt^to the other side. Young, haudseme, full of life and buoyant with the hopes of a proud c&retT, it seems to us mortals that the grim Reaper could have pjgsstd him by, but our finite u»Hirts cannot fathom th* mysteries of the infinite—the view is ao lim ited. But short though his life had been, he lived not in vain. He will, be ^meorbered. HOW DO THKY STAND? The Jones-Bleese situation In this county presents eu Interesting study and s complicated one. The re lative strength of the two candidate for governor will not be known till nfrtr the primary. Jones supporters »?y one thing and lllec-so support ers another.’ Fur lurtam-e the poll of Berea wc# reported a few days ago as being almost solid for II'csm a Jot- » man saju the ma jority will go for Jones, . nemts over a number of prominent CJtUers* nJiio are doing all they can for Jones. So it is at many otlur placts in th»* county—It depends largely upoi. whose glasses youX-'e look.bg tbrou-h. Few votes are being chungtd now, but a spirit oi tolerance btwetn fivtioti* is .»p- parent. “ The casiipuign will soon be over uuj men will laugh at their •nthusiasiu. ) ItLKAHK AND XltTIOl.s. W# ore publishing two articles this week in rtply. or dertal, to the charges made against attorney Nichols and Governor Blease We are doing this to be fair to both •idee, and regret that our space will not permit giving the *ntire testimony ‘of Nichols or the full reply of Bleasej bat ure are gjving the substance of both. We'are bjt going to comment on these re plies, except to Mgr that they are adroit, aad aro along tho lines ex pected- Of warn as accused per ron very seldom plaadr guilty, at JcMlwtU all hop#; is coke, aad puujihuut to uear. That there trill be o<her chapter* is almost SP^P pur*, aad douhttoea Attom?y Nlch- | deprived —The ProgrtMive that whatever Is said or hinted dergratory to the life, character public acts qf one Cole L. Blease are nothing but newspaper He*. Well now I* this true? Are the newspapers responsible for wbat men swear Is true before courts of Investigation? Must they refuse to give this testimony publicity be cause, forsooth, it reflects on ia Idol? The newspapers published the results of a recent hearing held In Augusta.. This wq* at once de nounced as false, and men who should have known better were heard to remark, *T don’t believe anything I see In a iwwepaper.’’ Now the papers are full of a length denial of the published testimony from the Aulusta hearing. .Is this too only “newspaper llettf’’ Wh not? If false In the one case, why not in the other f Oh, no, thl* time if is something they . want to believe, ar-J is as true a* gospel! Such Is the perversity "bf humc.n life, and such is the .Ignorance-or cupidity of those who read. . Of course the criminal does not want the reports on him believed, and to bring this to pass Me rais es the cry of “persecution by- th# newspaper*’’ and “newspaper Hes. - ' The fault Is uot with the u?ws- papers, and the falseness is with him who would cry “stop thief” if this were not campaign year, aad Cole Uleose were not a dema gogue, a ad so many of our people ignorant and willing to swallow’ anything he says because they do not ktow any better, one would hear nothing of this cry of “news- puher lies” But Cole Blease is merely an incident, as well as an accident. Newspapers are believed la “spite of r-H, and they will ever be. because the great majority of them are true. :—*x If you want e, boy to wnork well, give him the prospect of rest ahd recreation when the work is done, or even before-jt is done If l| lasts •too long. If you want him to do the best work, let him be sure that he will be paid for the work he doe*, that fie will at least have, at the end of the season, something he can call hi* owig, that hi* pock et* will not bo continually) empty during th* summer. A boy needs money Just a# much ts a man— not so mnch money, of course, but some. Even mor* than money or rest, he need* to feel that he ts n partner in the farm work and that hia efforts are apyroetoted. To feel this way and to have those things ore among the tnalienntfeg rights of *Mch he caimot Justly or safely ho A prominent Young Bwrcwmtoi to lUnees. " Williams, July 24 —Special: Af ter a protracted Illness of typhoid fever, Joe D. O’Quin, a, prominent young busineee man of this place died here Sunday night at IS o’clock. Mr. O’Quin was one of the best liked young men of this com munity and his death Is quite a sad blow to his many relative* »r*d friends. He was sick of typhoid fever for severs! weeks, and It was thought that his splendid con- •tltntion would enable him to pull through. The funeral service* were held Monday afternoon and the inter ment took place at the. Williams cemetery. He was buried with Masonic honors by the Smo&ha Lodge, where.he had recently been made a Matter Mason. Rev. B. F. Halford-wssisted in the fnneral ser- vices. \Mr. O’Quin was 'a, member of the firm of J. D. O’Quin and Bro.. and ia survived by Ms father. -vc'Q’Quiu,. mother, and several sisters and brothers. Mt. J. T. O’Quin was his partner 1° basinets. ji, LOOT. I LOST—Notice to hereby given that Deposit Book No. 12S of the Col leton Bonking Co., Savings De partment ho* been lost or de stroyed and I will apply for a duplicate, Laura C. Hlera. 7-24-lt., BUSINESS LOCALS. Turnip aeede—all kinds. WaJter- bjro Drug^omptny. 7-1 * Nyal’a Cora Remover does the work—25 cents at Klein’s. Rab-My-Tism trill care you. Dr. Howard’s Specific for consti- p&ticn, dyspepsia and tick head ache. 50 cents a package—price cut in half—25 cents at Klein’s. Rub-My-Tiam am c ur « your o ^ Pinrcura Antiseptic Healing Oil, a great liniment, 50 cents a bottle- introductory Klein’s. price 25 cents, 'at Jno. W. Drarf. Jno. W. Baggottx of Hendertcn- viHe. died Id Walterboro. Monday afternon at 2 o'clock oL fhe home of Mrs E. O B Glbbes. "MK'Bag- gott was 64 years old tad had been a Kuccfseful farmer for many y*N.r» He was a devoted jneanber of the siflon of the privileged classes. v _ — * Concluding his ett-tement say*: Black Creek Baptist church and Is /But naught that can be said or survived by wife «id nine chil dren. Mr. Baggett’s health began to fall about a year ago and grad- utlly grew worse until the end came. The fuD?ral service* werr held at Mrs. Oibbes’ Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock after which the ntorment took plj*e t» , Live Oak cemetery. The funeral serv ices were ct nduised by kcv. f. O 9 Curtis. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs. L. A. Hier*. of Lodge, wa« in town this morning. P. B. Bridge, of Round, was Walterboro Tuoday. in • ’ • o'* W. O. Jeffords, of Green Pond, was in town Tuesday. • • • Miss Ella May Crosby is visitina relatives in Charleston^ 4 • • • e Mr. and Mr? H. W, Johnson of IP: mberg, are in town visiting Mrs. Johnson's brother, C D. C. Adams. • * # # • Miss Hattie Goodwin*, of Litll?’ ^wr.mp. spent Tuesday night in town. . •• Miss Louise Thomas, of Charleston, is in town visiting Miss Bell Wee- coat. • • • Senator J. D. Ackerman.* of f’ot- tageviye. was among those who had business in town Tuesday. • ♦ # J. A. Dederich, assist-»nt cashier of the Formers and Mer chants Hank, left Friday for Hen dersonville, N. C., where be will spend two weeks vacation. • • • G, O. Brown, of fhe Browrn Fur niture and Hardware company, left this morning for High Point, N. C., where he go?* to purchase furni. ture., ‘ i •• • • ' *B.R. Ulmer, oC Ruffin, wra in town Tuesday. Mr. Ulmer is .being urged to make th* race for r't legislature, i * * * Imported Ginger, all at Klein’s. Burdock Tonic Compound, for kid ney disease and stomach trouble. Price 11.00. Introductory price 25 cents at Klein’s. ** o' Our. new stock turnip seeds— Our Bulats Improved Rutabaga arxl 2other turnip seeds to arrive this week at Klein’x No flies in our house—we use “Death to Flics” sure death to them at Klein’s.; S or 6 doses 666 will break any case of Chills and Fever; end if taken then os a tonic the fever will not return. Price 25c. 5-22-3m . GOV. BLEASE MAKES REPLY TO THOMV B FELDER CHARGES Continued from pt-ge one. done, as long as 1^ shall live, will prevent me from going on lr« the fight t have been making for your rights rh«l I believe that In this battle 1 have the hopes, the assist ance and the prayers of a great majority of the .white men fid women of Sooth Carolina.” 'S, E. Boney. More Prom Fekleiv Atlanta. Ga.. July 20.—Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, tonight made the foliowiDg reply ?o r. statement made by rthe Governor today. ‘“He (Bkase) substantiates hl« statement by the affidavits of men who be.ve been convicted of fel onies and pardoned by him and by mer. who are under indictment for grafting In South Carolina, furth er than that the reply that will lie attention I the following prices of Groceries: your RJee per 100 Ibe. It 60; |S 96; $5.15; $6.80 v Hice per peek. OOp; Tie and 90e Flour/the very beet, per bbl. $6.26 Coffee, 17 end 20 pounds for $1.00 Canned Offee, 10c, 25c and SOe per can Best But Meat and Qg Sides 11c per !b Side Meat, per lb. 14<L. t , Alfalfa Hay. No. 1, per 100 lbs. $1.75 ‘ We always carry a Rill line of all staple aud up- to-date groceries, shoes, clothing, dry goods and notions. Anything you.wish can be found in our upvto-date department store. We thank our customers throughout the county for an increasing business. (MON FARKKS BARGAIN HOUSE F.C. BENNETT, Manager J ft* THE BLACHSTONE SCHOOL FORGll.TS ^ LEADING TRAlNnerf BCBOOC. FOR GIRLS Df VIRGINIA ' I - a.. . REV. THOS. KO88ER KEEVE8, B. A., Principal.’ J. BLACKSTONE, VA. . “ S. S. Convention Continued from pah* one. Eds Padgett and Gertrude Padgett. Green Pond—Misses Rebecca Thomas and Aline Risher. P. W. Risher Jr. 4 Hie People Fed. ‘ In no way did the people of the community show hospitable w»l- | of. the come more than in the bounteous picnic dinners furnished each day of the convention. The long picnic tables were covered with things good to eat. ftteport of County Visitation. The following figures Utker- from a report of the county visltDtlon work will be of Interest to the peo- tion of the generous welcome ami ho?pUr*hle entertainment by ih*- good people of Lodge—the elastici’;. of their homes is wonderful, w- cannot se& how they did it, bu* they did. 2. That we shall ever, hold j:. fond memory, as a picture of epi^'i rean gratification the groEjiing, ur chirruping, tables, so bounteou?iy provided by the good housen jv-- community, and pay t tribute to their abtlity to teuip’ thesappetite and to that of th**” husbands as providers, and our thar-ks are due especially to »h*- eommittee on entertainment, of wh:'* Mr. P. M. Johns is chairmf.n, ;<>: their untiring efforts. 3. That we express our appreci ation to those who so kindly asslst- ple of the county. This report covers e d in the program, especially, ft- v all the townships except that of jj Lawson, pastor of the church 1 a . i.T , , No. church letteraNinpIaced. . made to b:m will he as soon as he Vn q ^ x « Heyward, which township did not send in a report. It shows with what care the work was done. The following are,the figures for all the towrAshipe visited except Heyward. Nof of records 1992 No. of people visited .. ..5895 lTr«der 3 yeers of age.. .. 648 3 to 12- Boys 1000 \ Girls, r . . 871 U <p 19— « Young men 605 Young, women 506 Over 19— Men.. . X. T. 1511 Women., /x ..1763 No Church meritbers. . .,. ..3538 74 Is relieved of his Gubernatorial robes. , “It is just as certain that he will No. 9. S. Members,V . . ..‘3416 KU < tM»n of Offbotw Rev. D. D. Jodcb, of Union; Rev. \ E. Wallace, of Walterboro, Rev P. Meadows, and others, and the:!!, them for what they said and wh ’ little they left unsMd. Paul K. Crosbv, W. W. Smoak J. Rice God ley. Committee. County WM Worker’s R« |>< it. Miss Flshburr.e gave a most in’ r- esting talk, giving the resnl*.- of . 1 year’s work in conivjcrion with h-r duties as county secretary Sonic of the things attained by Miss F burne were the visiting of Sundry schools during nine mo: :i she ha? been In office.’ Prepai v ot the exhibit at the coor-/. p holding a ntouher cf institutes .r 1 township conventions; winning. The follow’ing are the neX the State bihner and the cre'it be k-nded in the penitentiary as It l.i that ‘Sc Ohio crafters, ’the At- lhr**t!c City grafters, the McNamaras Abe R'tief, of San Frricieco. and Th*» land r«*hbers of Oregan were placed behind the bars. 1 / We have barter and more con clusive proof agiinst Blease r.*nd his aaeoctate* than Detective, William j J. Burns had against any of tho*e people w ho are now serriDg term*‘j in various petrltenticTics of United States.”—The News Courier. elected by the convention toXserv’e for next year:. \ Presidcnl—Rev. J. c. Lawsor*. \ 1st vice-president—P- M. Johns. 2nd vice-president—A. 0. Pad gett. Secretary—Miss Ida M. Fish- burne Treasurer—Jas. E. Peurifoy. Statistical Secretary—P. K. Cros by. . >, * Executive Committee— M. R. Stone, chairman; D. T. Strickland, a » a M. W Pryor. J, T. Polk. J. D. Ut- ’ Isey; Ernest Conror. H. R. Padgett. J W Avant, F. J. Berry. Leland, Hiers. *— Department Officers: j Orgtniied Bible Class—J. F. RUh • • • . |6r. -1 *> Mr. and 1 Mrs. R. Lucas Black. • Elementary—Miss Ruby Stanley, of Highland. Fla., are visiting rel-i Home Department—Mrs. C. T. atives In and neer town. From here Cummings. H. T. Herndon, of Per/el, here i tunrtiE'g the Farmers lute Friday. was In->ti they will go north to spend summer.*, * * * the „ Robert Black, of Ruffin, was Id town Tuesday, having com* to see his little grandson, Guy Sanders, a ho has typhoid fbver. the Little Miss Gladys Smith, of am oak*, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. J. B. Smith, to spending a while to town a* a gutst at the horn* of her ancle, W. W. Smoak: He*. J, T. Folk, of latondten. who to a candidate for re-election to the toftototue. was to town Tm* *•7 ' x,l ~ . Teacher Training—D. M. Yarn. Missionary—Rev. A. E. Wallace. Temperance—Rev. J. C Lawson. . Visitation—J. R. Godley. Reenlutloto* «»< Tluuik*. The following resolutions were unanlmonsly adopted by a standing vote near the close of the session Friday: , • Whefera, the fcesslont' of the fourth annual convention of the Colleton cour.’y Sunday school asae elation had the good fortune to be Holden in the Carter* Ford Baptist church, and wLereaa, I been am Thl* session ha* bees among <he best ever held and the attendance larger than at any previont con vention. tad the •ntertainment wholeeouled aad hospitable, There for* be it resolved, !.* That w* express our apprecia- cess of the house to hou?e, Vaitatjon. At the conelu- of Miss Fishbume’s interesting • e following resolutions were ed\rnd unanimoufly adopted: Rewolvcd. That the thanks of asso^laHnn is due the untiring * faithful \t\>rk done by Mi.-* M • Flshburne, ix county field w and secretary/>D»ring the ' and that we hopKhcr plans w: ; low her to 7>e wiin^s ano'her \ To C\>nt4nue'W<.Tker. It wc* the unanimoulKopin:..n the cbr.'erence of the f*ecb<!ve . *.* mittce wl4h a number of- Trt'l• 1 - Bifhday school workers ir, the 0x1 - ty that the services of the con”/ field worker. Miss Fishborne. continued. Her work "was commended, arvi the opinion v ' freely expressed that for her :<* discontinue her work would be <1!- - trous. Picnic at ftstoadton. There will be a childrens day pK* nlc at Islandton on August 1, The public is Invited to come and the people and the'exercises of th/ SuMay school scholars. W* certainly expect the candidates to call on us that day. One Interested. J. L. LycsM, one ©f Btuoak*. bi^* pero^s merrhaats, was among iJiom* Who attraded the Harmern Inetitutu to tywu Saturday., i • a * E. r. H. Shaffer, Wh© ha* been 00 fc visit to hto wife and baby Greenville has returned home. ... - x'..