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Bh BLEASE AND Frk'tuN AnncuiMf Hl<* < For C'ounnlM^xier <X)V. STAMPS AS IXFAMOrSLY FALSE, GRACH'S GHARGES. ClVES OUT LENGTHY REP!Y Give* Affldavi(n of Hit* I r «tj«irian and Hotel Man to Provo He Wan Xot Drunk. Columbia, Aug. 1 —Branding as -infamously ft.’sc” the fhnrge of Mayor Grace that he made state ments which Grace sr^d he did to him during an alleged confidential talk between them, Governor Blease today issued a statement bitterly atttacklng Mr-yor Grace and scoring the newspapers for printing what he calls “The filthiest article that has appeared in the South Caro llna newspapers In many vaara.” The governor calls Mayor Grace’s version of the alleged conversation • v* Elsewhere in this Issue of The Press and Standard you will find the card of Rev. B. R. Ulmer for road commissioner of Bells towr- ship. Mr. Ulmer was appointed to this position and has for the past few wetks, while building roads. proven bis orpacity to the perfect satisfaction of all who have good roads at heart. While he has re- Mayor l*m Tkws and l*«»lior “ _ i a » WAS HOWLED DOWNjGRACE COMES BACK CAMPAIGN opens TUESDAY. I MAYOR GRACE NOT AIJ,OWED MAYOJt RKPI.IES TO GOVERN- TO SPEAK AT SPARTAN BIRO. » EGGS THROWN AT GRACE OB'S DENIAL. Enfriea Clonm Monday at Pledge* Piled. Noon. PROVEN MORE THAN FELDER .. ....^ ..v nae re fused to run himself, he has per- ! mitted bis frkr.ds to run him for election to this position for the next two yer.-rs. This is rot a case where a man is hunting a position, but where ' the position is hunting the man. wt • • \< tiling to IVrrert Di*w»reful Proco (Unit' No Am win Motle. Do M. «M»r snys He Has 1*1 oven More Than l-VIdcr Ever Charged and Blease Meeta Him on Susst. Spartrnburg. August 3—Special: Rotten eggs were thrown. Blease me pasi oeen made men shouted and the to, suffer grer. 4 inconvenicr-:ea on failed to preserve aro Glei-n Springs, Aug 3—In a statement given out at inn<■. ..w..eu ergs were tnrown, Blease "‘ Ue have in the past been made men shouted and the police force Gi^nn Springs, where he Is staying, at these suffer erer- I" — .... The county campaign will opet> at Sniders. Tuesday, August FSth. j A great deal of interest is being manifested in the. subject of poli tics in this county just now, es pecially in regrrd to the race for Governor. Still there Is no lack of interest In local politics and the meetlrgs to be held at the differ ent places In the county will be at tended by pract'rnlly every voter who will partie pnte In the primary election Aug. 2"tb. County chair man, M. P. Howell will be present “ meeting* and will preside | BANQUET AT RITTER MERCANTILE ODMPANY ENJOYS BIG FE.ABT. MR. AND MRS- SMITH HOSTS Member* of Firm mad Employee* Meet Around Pesrtal Board Mer« and Tnaot*. The annual banquet of The Col leton Mercantile and Manufacturing aiv semblance of Maj or Grace, ef Charlestor-, replies 1 Following is the schedule of meet* ^ he,d Tue * da J 1 • v « , nln» at account of ihe deplorable condition order tonight In a theatre filled to Gov. Bler-ae’a denials of the l*’ 4 -* n " arranged: I I v _ 1 .^f*!_ ence of - 1 *- ® Smith, head of the roads In this town ship, and *'ith twelve hundred representative charge* Mr. Grace has made against Sniders '** J - inartrnhnrir k—- the Governor. He says the governor old Patrick Henry said. as “TLat foul c-nd dirty lie, 4 and plerding’’ against ir- effort to make significant alle- , _ — These, Mayor ,„ v „ vlIU ! „„ ». hearing and during thia Grace, reiterates, are as he has for the next two years, we will be 1 time speaking only about „ 1.1 • vehemently exclaims his iroocenee of efery one of the ebarzes brought | against him by the mayor of CharlM ton. Taking up first the alleged In cident of his attempted advances towards c- mulatto girl at Newberry Governor Blease says of the charge: *Tt Is so Infamously false and con temptible that I do not desire to lower myself as a gentleman to further notice it 1 could not but wonder what the mothers of this state thought when they saw that the daily papers w'ould publish such a thing, to be read by their *weet and inroeent daughters. Thl* Is but another evidence of their unfairness end meanness. Shame upon a press that would publish auch a thing.” The governor svys that teh state ment that he told Grace thr. 4 . he paid the expenses of Railroad Com- miulor-er 'Hampton's race two years ago out of money furnished by the Southern Rrilway, “I* absolutely aad maliciously false.” Continu ing. he ssys, 44 I never made such a statement to him or anyone In my life, a.*-1 when he apeak* of the son of South Carolina’s grand old liero,. Wade Hampton, as a com- 1 ” moh drunkard, he speaks frJtely art * 1 " 1 ® ,ri places himself beneath the notice 1 nandfd dow n of any man with pure white blood in his veins.’* He denies ever having shown the "T. B.” letter to Mayor Grace and si 'i >that it is “to Mayor Grace and says that It is locked up In his private box in a tank vault. “As to his chr r ge,’’ says the gov ernor of Mayor Grace, “That there was csrous’ng at Wright’s Hotel the night before my Inauguration, I herewith submit str'ements which I think will prove to the public con clusively . that he is a deliberate and designing falsifier, and that the proof of this is additional evidence of his lies ir- the other Instaroea,” the statement runs, replying to the charge cf big oar- ouaal on the eva of his inr-’tgura- tion. The affidavits attached are from R. C. Wright, the hotel clerk, at* that time, which declares that Governor Blease w?s sick and not drunk, that he and his family wer" s-lwaya looked upon as “esteemr-d guests’’ every* time they camp to the hotel and that the gover.or al ways acted as a gentlemr.-n while there.- The other affidavit is from Dr. W. O. Houseat, who attended f I governor when he was Inaugurat ed, and which declares that the governor wr« desperately sick at that time, and that Governor Blease had drunk no whiskey for several weeks preceding his Inauguration Aa to the chc-rge of Mayor Grace that a certain conversation he had with the governor over the long distance telephone was tr-ken down by a stenographer In his office BUease aays: “I presume he work ed thia up in his mind read of the dictagraph . -—V« * ■ 1 iahle to boast of as good roaib | Bellg township as will exist in any township in Colleton county. The roM question has created a great deal of discussion in the past and we hope that It will con tinue to fce discussed in the fu ture as it does not concern the man, womnn or child who ride, hut those who walk as well. It Is one of the main progressive Issuts of the age. It Is the rock bid of modern civilisation, as they enable- churches and schools to thrive In the rural communities, besides ad ding grer.tly to the social features for which the human heart so yearns. There has been law after law plac ed on the statute books our prou old South Carolina concerning the roads that are trodden by her peo ple, tut we believe that the pres ent road law that exists In Colle ton county Is the best that we ev er had and we trtst thr- 4 our next legislature will let exist the present road law with one amendment add ed and that Is to nv-.ke all the ru ral delivery roada public. That is ar. amendmer< which South Caroli na seems slow to make. Other states have tt, why not wq?. Are we lacking In appreciation ef the reatest gift thr- 4 has ever been to us by the Federal oovernment? Cv are we Just care- lesrf Mr. Rural Patron, think jthls fifteen stc-ted TiiP-dp.v aueiiot 13th bookkeeper at the Ritter’ store. Pice Patch Wednesday. August from 9:10 to 12 o'clock. Mr. Smith j 4fh has recently completed his ha.nd- I-odge—Thursday, August 15th. * om * residence war Ritter and Smoaka.—Friday, August !«th. “ a < h ‘ a ho »* that the an- Ruffin—Saturday, August 17th. nua > banquet waa held. The invit*d Hendersonville—Tuesday, August f« ea ‘f composed the member, of the firm and employees e, 4 Ritter, 20th V- W* •W.lWVk. . Cottageville—Thursday. August "'alterboro and Green Pond. The niniures. the Chrrleston mayor gave i He repeats that on the night pre- j 22n, f « f h» °vTr v*o In«»• kT * * * ,erv ® t0 it up as a hopeless task, and the Reding Bleast’s inauguration there' tlalterboro — Saturday, August the very enjoyable repast furnished: —j —had'Fas a carouse of the Governor's 21th. which thfbt hur-ired mill operatives who howled him down congregated ont- p’iends. or rather “an orgy, side of the building and continued *o utterly’ disgusted him lutw i 4 " ,,,4 ‘ lor Pienge their rowdy tact'cs. Mr-yor Oracn Vhen he got hack home he told In- P*yt n k assessments will close Mon- Ouit trying with the statement that tlmate friends how loathsome |t was Au ku*t 12th, at noon. Up to he would see ^ Blease tried, con- to him. Mr. Grace says he did not f be time of golr«g to pres*. the victed and put behind the bars of ftate that the Goverror partlclpat-| candidates have filed their the State Penitentiary. j*d In this, and that as , »a matter Pledges and P*'d their assessment*: The meetlr<r opened at i.l® pf fact, he knows the governor was [ Sheriff, o’clock. O. L. Johnson, mr-yor of ill to be in the company, but T- IF Falldwell. Sr., W R. Fox, the city\ some say, was out of town, fhat the affair gave him an insight F. O. Owens, J. M. Padgett, others saY he was rot. At any rato. Into the atmosphere In which CVrk of Oowrt. Alderman C*. W. Leonard. mayor | Blease move.. J- W. Ackerman, J. E. pro tem, attemptfd to preside rad 1 ! As to his support of Blease for , ®- Hudson, made a failure. He managed aomo- Governor, Mayor Grace reneats »h«R A matter over seriously; cot* ult the men who r-"e offering themselves to make laws for us, when they come nround on the campaign, then v recording to the answer they give. Friends. ETtrt.ardt locals. A. F. H o :idtrsot*’3 dwelling scon he ready for the paint Mr will brn«h—a nic* cosy little home. Can’t sr-y who the lucky one will be as yet. Capt. Jack M. Smith has re turned to his Jcl) (conductor). He did not leave his jcviel ways be ll nd. Mrs. Aims McKeithsn is with us now, snd will tr-ke charge of the •entral office. She will be glad to serve frici-^s with promptness and lispntch.—Bamberg Herald Mayor Grace repeats that how to get through his introduction this was well recognised and can and then Mayor Grace arose. j be proved from the record, ar*J waa “Hurrah for Coley," *c-i “W* acknowledged by Blease. want Blease.” “Who are you?* 4 * 4 Go ' Regarding the governor’s "trade back to Charleston.” "Your eye* art against the press” for printing the too close together,” and the lika rw ttory told by Grace, the mayor sounded from the gallery where par- »R>s that ugly as it was, the story hsps a hundred Bler se aupportera , was . told with as delicate a touch were congregated. Mayor Grace who as he was capc-ble of giving it and - F'rtng from a cold, several that his relation of the Incident waa times got a start, only to be atopp- Chastity Itself compared with vul- ed on the completion of r sentence g»r. obscene ar«i grotesqneness He appealed to the men who lira which he (Blec-se) seemed to rel- Lwithln a stone’s throw of Cowpsna -!&h 1b telling It first hand,” and and King’s Moun'aln. where their ne exclaims at the “wonderfully ancestors fought for liberty, to ae- outraged sense of decency” which c^rd him the pr vilege of free Bier.:*- assumes ip cor<lemnlng the speech, for wh’ch their forefathers praa* for publishing the story, “af- had died. Such a plec-, of course, ter having himself excelled all rec- hnd no effect on the men In the olPds In the filth of his public ut- gallery and the Jeer* continued. terances, utterances which drove Attacks mrnrr’T Record. ladles, mortified and embarrassed, After some time. Mayor Grace was from his meetings.” Mr. Grace permitted to utter a few ser- enr*-s »ays he has spoken In practically while some of the leaders of the every county of the State r- 4 *J hun- howiing down brivrde were outride dreds of times in Charleston, but j it is said. He assaHrd IBIeaso s never has he bronght the blush of reference to the Constitution, when shame to the most modest maiden's the Governor is said hy Grace to cheek, nor has he ever told. In pub- hsve said. “To hell with the Cons’’.- He or In private, “stories which | tution.” He repealed to the mill alcken even the strongest men, | hards on this ground and poirc^d auch as the one habitually char- - out that Ira B Jones sat on the fceteristic of Blease.” Supreme Bench, which upheld a de- Of the referer- es to Railroad cisicn giving ore of their number Commissioner Hampton, Mayor a verdict of I7.h«ft ava'.nst Lewis Grace sajs he did rot make any ! W. Pr-ker’s mill because the mill charges, but merely repeated state- j blacklisted him and prevented him menta that Bleat-e had mt-de to from securing work. him. "What,” aska Mr. Grac*. I Then the howlers dow*-. returned “has Wade Hampton got tb do with Bitterness was growing fast. Th* it?”. He (Blease) drags In I MENU. j j A dinner lubricate* business. The time for filing pledges and | 9 towe u FISH Ashepoo Breem — Corn Breed SALADS Chicken and Irish Potatoes. * Coffee — Ice Tea. Sliced Tomatoes Blanched Almonds DESQRSSS. I Cherry Cream — Nut Cake Moore. D. I cigars — Cigarette* Despatch is the soul of business. Chesterfield. IYmmU aad flpeaker* At the conclusion of the supper, the meeting was turned into a lit erary feast under the skillful management of toastmaster Paal J. M Benton, J D Buchanan. D. Sanders, who Introduced the speak- D Rhode. Ishvm Dononn ' ers after delivering his annual ad- <Y*«nty Auditor. C. N.' Langdale, D. L. Smith, x Wuperiwterrlent of Education. E H. Ulmer. Probate JMdge. J. Sinclair Glover. Onrouee. on. J. D. — Rhode, Ishatn Dopson. R. E. Jones. _ High way fk>«unia*|ouer. J- F. Addison. ■eutatlvo. B. L. Jones. J. T. Polk. dSnyvmrt.) J. B. Smoak, A. A. Yarn (Verdirr) W. A. Carter. Jno. Kkkllghter. (Broxton.) A. J. Sineath. (Bells.) Lee Givens. f FVaaer.) J. I. Gr-rvln. 4 (Glover) / A. J. Gatch. Magistrate. ^Bells TowrQdilp) H. W. Hudson, Jr. (Verdirr) J. E. Gatch. (Waltgrboro) B. J Crosby. (Fraser) H Hodges. | dress. The following is the program of lasts given: . ^ Progressive Paul Saunders Nobility of Clsrkship. .O. R. Lowery United Effort C, W, Drawdy Ths Basy Bad H. E. Avast Succeeding.. .. ..A. C. vonLeke System L. B. Smith Lights Cleveland Senders | Digestive Dr. C. I. Goodwin I Those Present. The following members of the firm and employees were present: Paul Sanders, H. E. Avant, Cleve land Sanders, Cv R. Lowery, A. C. Drawdy, L. B. Carter, C. H. Ross, |J. W. Barnhill, J. O. Crapps, A- C. I VonLehe, C. W. Drawdy. Bert Draw- dy, L. R. Smith, F. O. Lemacks, Dr. C. J. Goodwin, A. C. Sanders^ f» IB w^ ew- • _ _ r — • ”• Jr., E. D. Smoak. Miss Della Lar- Isey, Miss Drue Gibbs. Mr. 8ocrW«U Speaks. The address by Mr. Sanders was very much to the poir<t. In this address he emphasised the fact that the business had started 23 Pmhsos Medical Examlnathm. y^ars ago on a 400 dollar capital Dr E H. Ackerman, Jr. of Cot- and has forged to the front until ““ tagevllle a recer*t graduate of The It now enjoy* an unlimited credit, the —>■-- "" ’ ** \ \ \ ^ after he^ Wl || iam8 Anyone Dmih of W., C. Sin- hi|i. Is!*ndton, Aug. T^v^pcclal: Mr. ’V. C. Sineath died at home a- 4 heldoi*, S. C. t with hemorrhage fever. Mr. Sineath was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. S'nevth, of Island- ton. He leave* a wife and one child f-- 4 hcr. mother, six si*ters and two brothers, besides a host of relatives and friends. Mr. S|t*'ath was a consistent member of New Hope A. C church, of Isla-ndton. The Interment took place at Penlel funeral will •Sunday In August ty Rev. J. J. . Pouth Carolina Medical College This Mr. Sanders said, was duo would-be pres Id rg officer askel name of that most Illustrious wa , araon * a | aw ci*.,, 0 f .*«<»,*- not to the lr*l|v|dua! efforta of evep- cititen who would voluuteer man whom at the most frIUcal rntw fu , a p pIkanta for llcanw t0 prac . M r. I^macka or himself, but to the to be sworn in as a special officer ment of kla career he voted against. ^ )n th< , stata Thp f lde „t y and eo^peratlon on the to come on the stage. Hundreds i Of the incident of the campaigl Mam j na ti 0 ns were heard from last part of their employees. Mr. San responded. But the sheriff of the meeting in ( harletfou and Hleaee s W eek. Dr. Ackerman Is located r>- 4 . decs predict! a very active fall and county apperred and in ! *u of the al m* 10 denunciation of him, May- (' 0 tf a | t *> T |iie for the practice of his winter business and urged thoae police force Mid he would keep or- ° p Grace jay.: profession present to unite to make unpreced- dcr He did for a few mlnu 4 **. I «• *aid that he brmdcd my , #ri t ed t he amount of hn«in M . but ther* pandemonium a*s'n broke charges against him and Stothart lliRatm He pledged the heartv co-oners. 4 ion loose worse than ever. This con- aa falsehood, to my face ar.J that I ^” P^S^the hearty co-operBtlo« tinned until Mayor Grace stop- did nothing in the presence of my ped trying. K«Xtrti Frgs ‘ninwra wiu uuiuius m me presence oi my | ■ ,,<r 1 •“ u *• uarvin, oi jars- **7 me onicers or the firm to ! Police force, but sit there r-nd * on boro. wrho Is a candidate for every faithful act of the employ- 'srln. Again he lies His state- commissioner of Fraser , - townshiD annears In this Issue of The other addresses delivered at On one occasion, some one thr<*w ment in Charleston, after having ^ ^PP standard. ,h * b > n d»»*t w**’® all timely and ar> over-ripe egg on the atage Thia aald a great deaMr. apprecic. 4 ion of ( Mr Carvln , a 62 years of age and eloquent. was quickly followed by another. /J* 1 7,^ i* a has been a res dent of Fraser town- Mayor Grace dared the “nigger” ,Bted that he was a grafter was a s *« who threw It to com# on the maJlciou* character Thief and, cow- eV and* raUeXf * IDe stage. He then apologised to the Brdly liar, and when he said It he frrm * r and ra,,#r 11 Thy the changf(? and say I am now talking to so people are not fooled. They KherifTs Holes. . -- Sheriff Fox sold two tracts of i :r «ni’T iiT mo"but he 8to< ‘ k and *" well-known in his sec- | and Monday for taxes, both being ilel cemetery His several negroes In the grJlery for ^ a mthat tlon of the county. in Blake towrshl p be preached the third referring to the monster who threw , ™ i not I Mr Garvin made the race for The Margaret Simmons tract 3f ‘ ~ ‘ the egg as a member of their race, j * hav ® eTer ” b|lt , county commlshsloncr a few j’ears 32 acres was bought by J. C. Lem- Grace assailed IBleese . rerord ’, 'A nnina and' whv I n *° and ln ^ ,,, ‘ rond race af ' *<'*•• atty. for $100, the sale being but only got him aa far a. 4 the waa Rt from gr.nntng and why I „ — to t|tle . " " James Staggers. 14 acres, — _ t %mm ^ , . * •*wm* ••eaeaegM^ enuu en U J * w ' * could alt down in his office, tr-Ve a i | r . the eyea.of Gonrrles, I^ithan, leged stolen essay In college before bore It I have already fully explair-j l * r a " pat<>d campaigr., stenographer, pick up a ’phone. and others. Why th? chang*!? The ! he wa« howled <Rr,w« *r».« o--“ r,/4 ***“ 1 * _ he was howled down - — —-—- *ee hurg police force came lr* for mu^h universal i-pproval t • • ... - The Spartan- ®d and my explanation has met with I had gone | Estes Shepherd, c. prominent bl^ It* by CapL^H * D' pldV-tt 7m? "* A11 1H Fcsa H 4 I ar V rt 11 fl O’ f n FfTI t Q a I IS o R* — _ _ . _ _ * IJUA take down a supposed conversation and, of course, Grace is low down enough to do tljat, and I have no doubt but that he eould employ son 4 * on Rhett he was a terror and a bed I could readily young farmer of Saluda, spent sev- The. Cht^rleston Mayor reiterated have stayed away. I was the May- eral days In town recently w-lth man, but when he lies on Blease, jthat this could never happen In his or of Ch&rleaton. The entire Police hi* brother, D. E. Shepherd, he Is a gentleman and a scholar, city, and on more occasions th;<n force was under my supreme control returned to his home this I hope that I w ill rot be one advised Mayor Pro Tem Leonard and orders. The hall was filled , Ing. stenographer who could be r* equal- bothered further with noticing any-^to resign. He ac-id the Spartanburg with intense partisans and frieDis | ly as low as himself. I am very j thing that conics from this filthy police were worse than those in of mine, and the slightest loss of sorry to have to pay any attention - source. 1 hrve called him a char- New York. self-possession on my part would to this fellow’s filthy Insinuations ‘ acter thief and a liar to his face, j Several FigLta. have mec^t riot and ruin. I could henchmen^and is his own city, r..nd .Several fights occurred outside -1$ easily say that I did mot take when he Was surrounded by his building. One young man sonk*-d those remarks to myself because he did not resent 1!, hut st->aked a Bleraeit* in the fare and bo’h they were addressed to anyone visiting relr-Mves before returr/ng. off in the dark and lW>x^n to pour were arrested The young man put who said he was a grafter, and I forth his Infamous lies in order to U p bond and the friends of the othe one-half of the people of South Car- | n South Carolina, evidently to do Injure me." : contributed to his bor.J and th*-n ollnc-have already said so ar*J more him some personal Injury, because newnpap^rs paraded him around the afreets as than half will say so on election he coupled his offer of a thousand us fight r . hero, while-the police department day. But I am not eve-ding the dollars reward with on him the governor says th . h p | looked on. - Charging that the ’‘villainous and would rot do so but for fee-r some might misconstrue my abso lutely ignoring him.” The governor proceeds to give h|s opinion of the mayor of Charleston in bitter language: “I am satis fied. from his recent conduct, that his mind is diseased, and I would are making r *>'■>» ho surprised, r- 4 ar*v time bear,-of him being committed to a . can hardly keep up with all the sanitarium. It Is strange, howev-] cr-mpalgn lice which are being so that when Grace wa* following he says, clrt-ulafed cn him He R. Q Rhett «ll over this Stste say* he is the target of a bitter hounding him down In the United , fight, but that he believes thr-t his States senate race that he (Grace) |cause will triumph He says the In the ey?s of The Columbia Btc-te *nd New* and Courier editor*, and He morn- Mrs. D. B. Blrck and children are visiting relatives near Bam berg. Mr. Black left this morn ing to Join them. They will spend several days there and ta Bamberg opponents are going to try to count him ouY If they can’t defeat him ®*ny others of my enemle*. waa * liar, a blatherskite, and a slan- ***** bat-mw, since he has begun to abas* me aad belch forth bis nnhy Ilea, be becomes a great MB U4 a klfh-toned and he warns all his friends to bs’ on their guard, closing thus: “Mana«ers of South Carolina, ar* yon thieves? 1 do not boiler* it. so giro mo a fair count. Friends, set that tt la done.” the str.te- man ment that when Felder waa brought w*> on this side of the Savannah river specifically that he meant me, I he must be there, issue. \Yhi!e he was not enough In that instance to ('itariel t'tutiinaii. « Wide*- j *P«clf leal ly that he meant me, i he must be there. Now, I am ’n The examinsHoD for schoUro/ip ‘LwTha.^he^^ C * ro '\ r '* sr V h *; e at the Citr-del, the Military College “® wr.S. .".T v* „ haV '‘ of South Carolina will he l-e!H at ard and that h * |B afraW to “PP 1 ! 1 b«blicly said that I thought he wa* * Court ^ of 11 to m ® sp®clflce.lljr we met on the a thief and a Bar. and I hare seen hf. »ik It ?. atr ^ that d “y H * Baw and 1 resolutely no etldence that he U hi . 7™ anmhir i ^h.,.7 I aaw b,m - and h ® bad absolutely S dangerous man except from hla cs h/tiAFfthtn •••id about him and nava proTan it, j him again* many tlmaa, aDd I am scooiors ip* as much as what Felder has said absolutely unrffraid, not only of If Folder hasn’t him, bat of all the thugs and akes a groat pro- thieve* and assassins that ar# 4 tense of wanting la got rofder over |his boon companions,. It was ic-ter found that taxes been paid on this property Katie Brown. I about him. even .. Miss Gertrud* Hudtoa. of Ruffin, proven it. He makes a gnmt pro-1 thisres aad -.*«.. ^ to fa Tuesday. . . k tense of wanting U> got Folder <»«»ne to R( rkvBle Race*. A number of the members of the Ashepoo club have gone In their launch to Rockville where they will take in the races this week. They left Tuesday morning rid will be gor*j till Friday of this week. Those In the party were: H R. Padgett, J. F. Farmer. Harold and Fuller Frlpp, Herbert Larsen, M. O. Gruber, and H. F. TOWles. Dr. B. Luke Padgett, of Hastlwa Fla., passed through town Tuesday morning on his way to visit hie mother. Mrs. Rosa Padgett, at Smoaks. Dr. Padgett is one of the most successful young business men and farmers In that section of the Land of Flowers. ~\The can* of Col. W. J. Flshburn# for Master was handed The Press soft Standard Just before going to press, and. therefor*, the custom ary write-up Is wltbald till sect issue. Tb* sum* is true of A. J- Gatch (or township coast <1 I > I i - « fM ill