The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, August 28, 1912, Image 6
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Tfcat Um *on4
will b» hmrt tm Wal;*rboro for a
Tosc ttao jroc la cenrtir—tern# of
tbo landings andar of eonsfrvetfon
nro mooring completion, bat nlmbot j *
os soon os one Is ecmplotod onoth- 1 Chorloston, U awking
or start# ap. Tbts eoDtinaod growth Mnlnot o negro bosdlt on his plant-
*i Terygwifylo* <to th# proffer- *tlj. >»*«" »»««yO »«t
neon of Woitorboro; who so# in It
slgna of a cltjr octlro and booatlfnl.
▲ largo toreo of hands ora still at
work patting the finishing toaehss .
to ths splendid Wlchmon block ^ «*4» »o ^Ptoro
which will smbraeo tho Hotel Albert g “??*•_
two stores and the new aaarters of w ^* r * ®*nr Mr. Pennington s Green
Ana >g -—Special* Sat- th * Vermin and Merehar. s Bank. | Pond PlMtatlon threatening to kill
***■ **' Bpeeiai. (ThM* balldlnas will shortlr be com-' 1 *roprietor at ths first oppor-
atdar morning F. J. Berry’s and %1 possibly be occn- ^f
donee was burned. The fire was : inside of a month. (carrying out his threat that Mr.
about S o'clock bat It h: I The residence of Col. J. G. Pad- MisTness orooVrly as hs^al to
, gett to also nereing completion. It baslnees properly as h« has to
J. M. Pennington, a piaster and
merchant of Oiben Pond, Colleton
fctoo in
and wounded him from ambush, sad
has so terrorised the other negroes
of the rielultr that he has persist
ently foiled all the attempts that
him.
V:. Perotogtcn wss confined In
the etty for some time sf*er that,
but upon going bock to his.planta
tion yesterday he was greeted with
the message that Cato-wss stlU on
the hunt for him and was determine
In trim to seres
loh to risk such
lag time. It Is
stiff drink to bo
e boat It's fool.
parson In a tyr
ed to kill him.
It
mode eo mach headway that It was
Impossible to sr-ve any of tbo fur
niture. Hi fact the family were
aroused bp coals of fire felling In on
them while asleep. Mr. Berry and
hto eon. Joe, were tr# Walterboro,
haring been nway several days, at
tending the county campaign meet
ings. The origin of tho fire to un
known, but ft to thought to be the
not Show the man to bo
of trust lu n crisis. Tbo
Almighty never Intended that s
moa should have to "dope up" i»
order that ho. might get the heat
It'^Sust
r< m ** nnwjoa to tie to ouch a man In
hare n good bores to eeU." Bo re- |» eo it la to purchase my
piles. 'Tee, Feu got a splendid , Wend John's horse that must seeds
horse; works anywhere, and looks be "doped" to get him to go. —*
well; will not kick, bite, run I** U»‘°® Ttmeo.
away aor balk.” ”Tkat*a good.” I
the people imagine n vain thing?**
1 am la nood of n good horup.
let us tuppooe. J go to n friend of
mine who has a goad home for ■ald.| 0 * t bis mind and body.
"Friend John**, I sap, **I hoar
aaswer, "What will yon take
that bored?” "Four hundred
lars," to the reply. "That
SI. tlached the state of comple- ^cautious about remaining on his ,arB ' w “• Tn * 1
fton whk^gtoi *dea of rte « ,| ,r * nflfr d »'*••»• snd ns tU; Colleton reasonable” I reply, "I believe IH
splendid sppearsnee this hc-ndsome anthorlttos ha\e mo far fail- take him he looks to me to be a
home will present. I***? r * ,,ere situation, r|ie firgt clMg horse; I like the way
The re«ideroe being constructed 1 '.I._ W ,“ a ^u„J". ..Th"*h *1^0 h<1 hold » hl » Mrs forward, doo’t
i Then I aajr to m,
B Vt Benton A * tbe MRro dM P erc40 - whose friend: "Friend John, I'll try that
«k .1 mu. Jadfl.f Iron tkowv Th* W.l.wboro Co.«on Oil Com- toymen of°.h. llcr " 11 h » “ w «" “ h *
»• fire hurnfd. Ihe bouse must P* “ >. wor ki n 1 i aw cando nothing li> Mr. Pen- look* .I'll give you |400 for him
%ve first caught ir. the overhead- ii L?ii 1 nlnnl nlngton's behalf, so thr-t he Is look- Suppose you put on the bridle and
saddle; I'll take a ride to teat tkto
horse!" Friend John gets out brid'g
and saddle and the horse is about
the output of the mill. During
tbe past week a new boiler which
has a capacity equal to the two
old ones has been installed. This
work on H. Zalln’s brick store neat
door to the post office has been
suspended temporarily but will be
the
bivve
lag. The only article of furniture
saved was a trunk belonging
to Miss Gertrude Berry, which she
dragged ont os she was escaping.
Ont side of this thq entire contents
of the house were burned. Fortun
ately Mr. Berry had $1500.00 insur
ance on the building, but this was
barely enough to cover the cost of
the" furniture used in this struc
ture. The uet low must have been
twenty* five hundred or three thous
and do!1r.*-s. Mr. Berry was notifi
ed at once by telegram and Immedi
ately came home and wher* seen by
your correspondent, he stated It was
his Intention to rebuild on the same
site r>. once. It Is Mr. Bprry’a In
tention to put up a two-story- resi
dence which will he more haMsome,
If possible, than the one destroyed.
In the meanwhile, bia family will
hoard. Mias Orle Wilson, of Char
leston. was a guest of Miss B»rry
at the tfme and lost practically all
the valuablee and clothing which she
had with her. (ago for Glenn Springs from thence
Mr. Joe H. Warren, who has been she will visit points In North Cor-
quite 111 for more tV.ar* a perr" died ! olina. Mrs. Smoak was to have
ing for a private detective or offl
cer of some kind who will undertak
to hu&t down and capture the fugl-
comproy Vhen this new machinery
Is placed will have double the capae- Pv* h v“ ^k-i.ii a .......
Ity of a year ago. The ginnery will | tb * hands on ^*.k p,a , n f*|! on * nd , bridle « d put my foot In the stii*
be ready for operation by FWdry of I np t0 m0UT *‘ when *uddenly my
"‘o.T/loWWa .h,„m.r. 'VS'rl™'***'
Owing to a delay in a shlpmerr k«-«- c-ii. , Then he roea into the atable and
Mrs. J. K. Graves, who has boon
t|siting relativw tn Charleston, re
turned home Wednesday.
Ths Walterboro Cottoa Mill u
now running on fuU time, and we
are In ths mnrkst for cotton at
isarkut-prtcer.' - „
We have a lot of second hand
hogging nnd tigs od hand which m e
are selling sut at' 4f and 10 cents,
the pattern. .
Call at office of Walterboro Cot.
ton Mill.
P. K. Willto, of Cottagevilie, wa-*
In town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Barry, and lit
tle daughter, Mery, of. Charleston,
who have been spending sometime
In town guests of Mrs. Barry’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Kniglit.
returned horns Saturday.
ready for me. I take hold of tbe
when Mr. Pennington was down at
. ,k. a Ki—mmni Green Pond on the plar«;e!lon and
resumed as soon as the snipment i . . ..
arrives attending to the neglected business
kept out of the hands of the Colle- j Then he goes into the stable and
ton count)^ officers. Only yesterday, brings out a little shining Instru
ment with a needle on one end &nd
of the store, several of his negroes
biought him word that Cato was
hiding in the woods nearby and was
waiting for & chance to shoot his 1
former employer. Mr. Pennlr«-?ton
has a buckshot burled under the th< ,kln of the hor * e -
a plunger on the other and starts
towards the horse. He pinches up
the skin on the horse’s back ^and
shoots in the needle and the liquid
Is forced out of the tube and under
I say to my
News From HmoaM*.
Written for last week.
Smoaks, Aug. 1».—-Special: Fod
der pulling Is well under way. nob-
wlthstrnding the frequent showers gkln of hlg fa two of | fii*r«d John: "Friend John, what
Mi* tnAAer wMthftr haa been nret- . .. 1 ... ..... ... mqjj soth
a
him
tI*fIv^rhU W * at Cot r tni M la bee oneD 1 lna ,n * * 0,1# ,n th * COrn ® r ° f hU dld > oa do thtA torV
this week.
so
that he is taking no more changes i * ln ** r ! 1* make
Mrs. J. E. Smoak left several day* on hunt j ng htm down through ths prance about and hold up his head
^ . m
at bis home Satdrday night. Mr. W $ been accompanied by her daughter.
ren Is survived by his wife and or*-*
daughter. He had outlived his al
lotted time r-nd was tbe last mem
ber of a large family to go to his
reward. He was a faithful member
of the Bi-ptlst church, having
joined many years ago.
His remains were Interred Monday days vacation, from thence
Mrs. H. M. Carter, but Mrs. Car
ter was not In position to mr-ke
the visit at the time designated for
vMrs. Sraoak’a departure for the
Springs.
Miss Florrle Jones left for her
morning at IS o'clock at Smoaks.
cemetery In the presence of a large
concourse of sorrowing friends and
relatives. , *
Fodder pulling to nearly done and
attention Is being directed toward
the gr-*hertng of the fleecy staple.
There to aa old maxim to the ef
fect’ that a short horse to easy to
eurry. This to true of the cotton
crop. The bolls are small and rery
few of them, while the weed
large.
A. P. S.
Stokes. Aug 37—Bpeclnl: -Miss
woods single-handed, but hr.* deter
mined to get the desparado some
way.
It was only two weeks ago that
Cato was a hand on the Penning
ton piece. It came to the propri
etor’s notice, however, that the
man was systematicelly stealing
clothing and food from the store.
- - — - d u r lng the night. One day Mr.
home at Aahtcn to spenH a f£ | P( , nnln>ttotl went armed t0 ' the n#-
*" gro’s cabin and made him bring out
and switch his tall.” "Yes. Friend
John, but do you have to do that
to mc-ke this horse go?” "Oh yee,
that’s the way to get the best out
of him.” "Well, friend John, you
just keep that horse; I’ll keep my
$400. I’m looking for a horse
that does not have to be doped to
get him to do well.”
Gentle reader, would I be a fool
will visit the millinery markets of nf Bn< < ,
A.lr-rt. .. purrt... thli S. ^ ‘ *»"■* o “ t , “»*
llnery stock. Hiss^Jones will be warrant for Cato . B arrMt and Mk .jthe horse had to be doped to get
away about one mojyh. Then she ^ the congUbla t0 , t on him.’blm to go. Not much.* You would
ri' fimllw. 0 ,,MI rMUC ’ e bu,lno •• but the matter wm clumsily hrfhdhd say I would be a fool If I bought
J. 8. Padgett has about complet-' to hld [n* wltb th * knowledge that I’d hava
ed his capacious store on Railroad J,™*” T |** ““ 5J* n w ®‘“J to administer some sUmulsnt' each
brought to Mr. Pennington and Ca- I wished to take a ride. Yet
there are men In all professions who
art thought to be very smart fel
lows, chiefly because they dope up
A lL r ^ U .! 0 .E Urrh K *“ < turn them. He thelT obU4ned
on Railroad
Avenue
E * ^ Pndfnt* kn* ( to hr? sworn to shoot him In re
race for cotton a ‘ s ; noaka ’ l venge for his attempted arrest. So
ram! ' that ,y * ,ht upon be ft rl«g a noise
outside, the merchant left hto house
P Th• 1-nmmnnUv 2hL-k*d hr ^ bjr th * <r ° nt Way ' ,talked Around
dJth of R W** Matthews Jt ^ ,OUnd Cfcto at tb ® back With a
hlr i ° 5-Ji *un leveled on the back door which
* i »*o. Mrs. Matthews, was sixty year. a?d when* 8taU « h * dld not drink. As It is
Clytle Sanders It visiting her broth- old. She was sick only a few days tb e negro fled to the woods he^nur- b * •msrtest' one In these re-*
er in Savannah. before succumbing to her various »i| ,S* d n# 5, r ° hl , t w k* ^ siom
Miss Marie Vamadoe of the Comments. She leaves a husband and * U * d h,m ’ but When the ,Uf,f,ve gI ° M
on whiskey. “Whgt a smart man
lawyer A to” says one. He would
be ths biggest lawyer tn the
nto Maxwell Orphanage spent last two daughters to mourn her loss. •i,.-ton had dronood tint in tim* — •'
Saturday sight with Mto. Rena The Interment took place at Taber- ^ only oneof^he^hM lns!eai ° r h# Wl11 mUe tb * do ^ t0 ° bl *'
fugitive glow.” Yea, but some day he will*
got to cover he fired, and Mr. Pen- not have the dope Just at hand;
Fender. Inacle church, of which she was *
Rev. J. R. Funderburk delivered consistent member for a wimber of
an able aermon at Doctors Creek years.
last Sundry afternoon. It was en
joyed by all who were present.
8. B. Sanders, and daughter. Jan-
•He. were among those who at
tended the camptJgn picnic at C»t-
tagevtlle last Thursday. Also Bill
Breland and Ijincy Crosby attended
this picnic.
Mr. and Mn. W. H. Breland r id
little tor*. Roycle, of Ruffin, visited
the former's parents last wp*k.
Rufus Herndon, formerly of this
place, but now of Florida, has been
at home this week.
Mrs. M. J. Sanders spent the
latter part of laat wek mtth her
mother near Doctors Creek.
Mlses Wilma and Susie Breland
paid Ashton a visit a few dr-ys ago.
Mto Vlrgie Kinsey, of Zion, was
the guest of Mrs M. W. Sowers
last Thursday
Julius BremM. who Is a success
ful book ageat. U at home for r- few
days, looking after hU farm. We
are glad to wetoome him back
SMin. \
Mrs. B. A. HerndoF spent Satur
day with her sister. Mrs. J. Q
Kei rfer.
Misses Lillian Fender and Eri>
Crosby paid their frlenda at Ruffin
a short visit a^few StiMays ago.
We are gird to report that Mrs
M W. Brelan^ and Mr*. Qultlie
Herndon are at home again, after
being £.♦ the hospital In Charleston.
■ | _ e
lalaodton Item*.
Islandton, Aug 37.—Special: The
protracted meeting will begin at
Adnah Chapel Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Md Mrs. George McGill/ of
Charleotop, are visiting relatives
sad frlenda at tolaMton and Ruffin
Mrs.. McGill wf« formerly Mlsa
Effie Walker, of Rnffin.
Mrs. Ruth Slneath to teaching a
private school at New Hope church.
We wish her much success.
Quite « number of young people
from this section attended Cross
fwamp picnic Aurust 32nd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bir**ath. of
Hampton. Visited the former’s broth-,
er. J. CV Slneath tost Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Walker, of Ruf
fin, visited the former's si
Mrs. H. Stone lest Sunday
Mrs. Ruth Slsssth sad/little
r, Maude. urrlved/Friday.
will he with th# former's
r*. Mrs. J. C. Slnsaik for •
A. P. Smith had business In Wal
terboro last week.
Miss Hattie Smith returned last
week from Columbia Hospital,
where she had been for treatment
for one month. She has made con
siderable Improvement.
A. P. 3.
of the whble charge. Two or three and yott * k,a cll * nt ’ wl11 ban * bJ *
days after that, when sitting out-- the lack of s lawyer. Certainly I
aide the store In the evening, there don’t feel like entrusting my life
i Wa ^ ! ro,n tbe , wood * &nd a to a "doped" lawyer; nor to a
load of btrdshot nearly put out one .
eye. Inflicting a dangerous and d ° I * d doctor * nor t0 a dop * d dru *-
pamfui wound. ■' S 1 * 1 Dor 10 “J other mortal man
>eAt
4 ter
Ravcocl News.
Rat’enel, Aug. 27.—Special: Miss
Ijella McTeer of Early Branch. Is
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs
(Butler.
Miss Mm Rodgers jias returr»-»d
home, after a pleasant visit of two
weeks in North Carolina.
Misses Amber and Grynelle Row-
elf have been visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. C. Adams of
Walterboro.
Mrs Thadd Altman, of Charleston
visited relatives here recently. ^
Miss Eva Perry, who hr.« beer
visiting her uncle In Charleston
la- retu-red home. /
\\ lih Andersm to vta'tiug \w«
«- • r* B B. Ander < -r
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Towles spe
Sunday with the latter’s slstel
Mrs H. Towles, of Green Pond.
Miss Willie Towles, of Savannah./
Is visiting Mrs. Fred Towles
Mrs. J. W. Bivens gave a pa4 , t> 7 ’
Saturday night. There was a large
crowd present and everybody /eport
a v«ry pleroant time. Deli/fnua re
freshments were served touring the
evening.
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