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or COLLETON , 9 , • ' Ireaa NOW IN [*• - WALTKRBOBO, B. a >AY, NOVEMBER «, IMS. NO. IB. •5 i' ^ FOURTH ANNUAT COLLETON FAIR IN SESSION CONTEST TOTALS GROW. My of Exhibits Showing Colleton County’s Progressive Tendencies ’ I are splendid advertisements, ! v 'I '( Chillion” painted an ancestor WOMEN LEADING NO BETTER EXHIBIT COULD BE MADETHANTHAT IN WOXAN’S BUILDING. GOTTEN TOGETHER BY COLLETON S FAIR SEX. While the oj eaing day of th« county fair was semev. hat of a dis appointment to the fair association, on account of the small attendance, yet opening days ftajfe never been popular at a«y county fair, and there is strong talk by the officers of doing away with opening day in the future. This idea was advanced by • - Bil Stumpz*’ in conversation with a reporter for The Press and Standard yesterday. His idea is simply to have the other daya. which may not be a bad idea after all # If It can he arranged. We feel sore the association will adopt "Birs” suggestion. If he can show how it can'be done. But let It b? understood that the attendance is s!i that has been abort atHthe fair so fnr. and w« doubt if there will ever be a better display of exhibits In some of the departments than has be« ! n gotten together for this fair. For instance it ts hard to conceive of a beter display of poultry products than the house wives of the county have sent to the fair. This collection has neen the admiration of’all wh<j have seen it. There are more than five hundred entries under this department, a* d they are all good, and to splendidly displayed by tue PLt»rtnf>^|ft, Mrs. Baker. Historical Hrlics Department. The Historical exhibit is one of un usual Interest. The exhibits are ar, ranged in a colonial drawing mens which is carried out perfectly from the high old mantle and the rpln- nlng wheel in the corner to gr-at old brass andirons and bei ow« on the hearth. Some one was h»-vrd to exclaim. "If Washington .'onld e ep in here, how much at home he weld On? of the f.rst editions of tne old Wesley Test&mer.*. over lito years old. A copy of Bloom’s History of the Bible. ItlfcT. Mrs K. L*. Lucas. Ac oil spinning whet! owned by Mrs. J. E. Black is pet caps among the most interesting relics. being iewed by thousands. The Brown Furniture and Hardware Co., A Wichmaa & Son. Terry & Shaffer. Walterboro Live Stock & Vehicle Co., aad the Walterboro Cotton'Oil Company are the exhibitors. A most interesting exhibit is that made by the Waiterboro Cotton Oil Co., ar ranged by Supt. Summerall. It shows every stage of the manufac ture of cotton seed products and is arranged to advantage. Fireless Cooker Ik'inonstrwted. Miss Mary E. Frayser, in charge of the extension work for Winthrop Colego, is here to Judge the wo man's department, and Is taking ad* vaatage-of the opportunity to demo** Cv — No. 27 is Ahead This Week and To tals Still Grow. Standing of Contestants In The $40O.<|© Piano Content, Week Endtaz Oft. 30th, 101S. ' ‘FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR J. L McLAURH SPOKE etrate a home-made Tireless cooker. Other rare ntrd valued relics of The cooker brought by Miss Frayaer is m a little barrel, and consists of former days are here displayed to the wonder of the modern specta tor. and to convince the skeptic that J. M. T'.OORER, Superintendent County Fair. w the wonder of the modern sperta- a Bmal * ,ard can - 80me , cal ° rlc he * t : ers. and a parking of cotton aeed , hulls—fhe entire outfit costing |1. j This is shown along with a firelesa ; cooker which can be purchased for ! about $10.00. A home-made ice box is also shown by M:ss Frayser. Hor little demonstration ;s attracting much attention. Trotting Ostrich Not Here. A disappointment to all is tho failure of the ostrich man to show up. He claimed that his bird haft his foot at one of the North CaroIK na fairs and that he was Therefore afraid to trot him here. For 'that reason he claimed he could hot bring him to Walterboro. Judging Live Stock. Profs. Mason and Haddon, of Clemson College are here to Judgo the live stock exhibits and those In the agricultural building. Theoo gentlemen are connected with th»; Clemson College extension work, vat have been here in capacity of judgoo before. They will ^conclude their judging tomorrow. Knees Were Good Tuesday. There were only running races of the fair Tuesday afternoon but tha? were very good. There were six oa* tries and this was run in two heats, the first heat was run as follows; Joe Garris with W. W. Carter; L Blocker with F. Beach; J. 8. Padgftf with H. A. Francis. :n the aecosB heat. Garris, Blocker and Francfk ran, Garris first, Blocker second. _i The race thia afternoon and (o» morrow will include sot only run- jig nlng but trotting race* and a avor- ber of entries have already bee$ made for these races. Today at the Fair. The attendance todhy at the fair grounds is vefy gratifying there be ing a large crowd of visitors to the grounds. The shows are all going in full blast and the crowd seem delighted with what they see. Miss Frayser is engaged In Judg ing the Womans Department and Profs. English and Haddon, of Cieni- son College Extension Work are judg ing the agricultural exhibits and will judge the live slock tomorrow morn ing. Dr. Scharlock has nearly com pleted Judging the poultry. Every thing points to a big day tomorrow, educational day. A petition is being circulated and signed by nearly all the merchants of the town agreeing to (.lose their places of business from 10 to 3:30 o’clock tomorrow in or der that their employees may enjoy a portion of the fair. W. B. GRtTBKR. President foamy Fair feel.” And it was true for every article spoke of C'd-nuil lays. Among the most irteresting r»-l- ics are: An old mahoganv table belonging to Mrs. E. L. Godfre i»«w in possession of Mrs. B. p. Jlyrre. This table is mounted^ in brass ai d th<* "world do move", are shown in department by the superinten dent. Miss Belle Sanders. Scbooi Exhibits. A section cf the woman’s building is set aside for the senool exhibits, aad these aro most interesting. The largest assortment of really splen did articles la this exhibit is from Oak Grove school taught by Miss Alma Huifraan. This exhibit shows careful planning by Miss Huffman. It embraces not only work done in ;he schooL room, be: specimens of the handicraft of the pupils, such as axe handles, book shelves, door mats; rakes, etc. and some splendid botanical selections. Other exhib its are also good. Agrirnltmal Building Di-.-ipp'dnting. Perhaps the greatest disappoint ment St the fair is the exhibit of agricultural products. Colleton county .s and always \\;U be pecul iarly an agriculturat county, but judging from the exhibits displayed at the fa.r one would think agriru!- ttir¥ in Colleton is a very small side !in*. True this has Pecn a hard year for the farmer ;a Cotieton. but •be agricultural building docs not do cudit to the splendid farms of Colleton. Still the.e a r e perhaps more exhibitors this . • ar than for merly. and the articles exhibited arc good. Tlie \egrc* Department. In no depart no ut of the fair has greater prog:ess been made tnan in the exhibit^ inline aegro building, jit. B. Chisolm, of Round, has been this year's superintendent, and he has gotten up an exhibit that does credit to the fair. Tt.e exhibits em brace all the xlepartments trom nee dle work to cakes and pies and the heavy agricultural prouucrs. The Poultry Department. Dr. T. M. Scharlock. who is here judging the poultry exhibits says he has never seen greate; advancement made than in the class of poultry- shown this year as compared with . No. Amt. No. Amt. 1 102350 2 248825 3 216100 V 323295 5 Z82505 6 2^0325 7 58000 8 224940 v 222560 10 251340 11 268000 12 260675 13 52400 14 2000 15 202400 16 52250 17 102250 18 253945 It! 62710 20 290990 21 129570 22 305820 2» 298000 24 218995 25 256730 26 227980 27 356272 26 102250 29 52000 30 2000 31 177000 32 244466 33 272190 o 4 53450 35 210000 56 52595 n - 215296 38 266755 39 229530 40 231965 41 216235 42 282977 42 139855 44 *52000 45 263800 4C , 233675 47 52500 48 130994 49 202375 60 247930 51 275175 62 218300 53 183895 54 249416 55 62350 56 186830 57 14000 58 103550 59 53560 60 213700 Cl 198280 62 353690 €3 59475 G4 303040 €5 254570 66 102500 „ «• 14400 68 62400 69 58000 70 210200 71 279230 72 108000 73 15500 74 2000 75 217000 76 189785 • 4 4 103025 78 302868 78 353500 SO 65000 81 205960 62 212176 83 102000 84 227670 85 213119 86 202550 87 53015 88 310116 88 ,. 14175 90 52700 91 52150 92 273634 93 287765 94 312916 95 300110 96 220715 97 52720 98 52825 99 52000 100' 211360 101 236820 202 2000 103 234425 104 210690 105 52950 106 140500 107 225382 108 243385 109 62000 110 15050 111 204276 112 277815 113 2000 114 52890 115 104485 114 16110 117 193421 118 2000 11» 52000 120 14210 121 14000 122 '124 62200 123 267110 ' 5330Q' 178660 125 126 205000 127 55770 128 14000 129 2000 130 15710 131 284300" 132 52390 1S3 .15910 134 54100 135 2*27826 134 204285 137 , 2000 15S 2000 139 2000 140 52250 141 202000 * 142 53400 143 64490 144 354580 145 283518 146 52000 147 149 290220 398120. 148 283485 TODAY Former United State* Senator, John L. MrLaurln, of UeanettariU*. who was to have spoken Tuesday at the fsir. delivered a most eloquent and helpful addresr today Instead. Mr. McLaurln was ioud in hi* prais es of the low country, and waa liber al In his praise cf the showing made by the people cf the county at the fair He urges the importance of breath the pure air of Heaven. What better life ia there on thia earth, than f6r a man to Hr* with his family' and friends, cultivating lke x eoil. asking food and raiment for the caked and :.ungry, out ot the mad race for ino.;ey place and power far from the dusty roau where fools fight ami struggle for the hollow praise of otiier fools. v«r* Wmm has dolphin feet. Another table o* rich mahoganv and claw feet is ex-! previous fairs. The poultry exhibit hlbited by Mrs. W. K. Fraser. A I this year is displayed to advantage mahogany writing desk over 100 in new coops and attracting consid. r- years old, owned bv Mi>. L. J*.*Wit-!»Me attention. The number and va- tell. An old bronz candelabra of rare ; riety of fowls shown is all that could beauty, over 75 years old. Mrs. W.jb* desired. A rather unique exhibit J. Fishburne. Medallion picture on :vory. 200 years old, of Mrs. Postell. great- great-grandmother of Mrs. Jas. E. PeurUoy. An old knee buckle worn I accord ing to tradition I at the Court of George HI, exhibited by Mrs. B. JU. Hyrne. Curious little glass plates used during the time of Benjamin Frank lin to ait the cups in uh.le you drank coffee from the saucer, seat by Mrs. T. P. Baker and said to be iaft years old. The beautiful pieces ot old stone ware sent in by Mrs. V*'. C. Giover and Mrs. J. A. Roger are greatly ad mired. An old English weight bearing the date 16jS8 picked up near the old Snip* Hoad supposed to have been dropped by the British while in pur- »uit of Gen. Snipe, exhibited by Mrs. B. K. Sanders. Letters written by William Gil more Simms from his plantation. Woodland, to Dr. William Fuller, of Walterboro. Papers of interest, nearing datos of the early sixties, sent in by J. M. Moorer. An old oil painting of “The Casr.e in this department is by Hon. A. C Sanders, of Ritter. R. D. Robinson, of White Hail, is the superintendent of tins depart ment, and he is one of the largest exhibitors. Phil M. Padgett. Jas. A. Padgett. R. L. Fraser, C. J. Beach T. P. Murray, C. G. SaqnderF. A. C. Breland and numerous other.fan ciers have birds on exhibition/ Live Stock Department. D. G. Hiott is superintendent of this department, ai.d when this is raid it means that there is a goodly number of the county’s ix^st horses, m,^les, cattle, hogs and sheep exhib ited. The horse exhibit is perhaps better than last year especially in the roubty raised jlass. and the sin gle buggy and saddle. The cattle and hog,, exhibits are only fair. Mcrrfoant* sad Mauulart arena) Building. * The appearance of the merchants and manufacturers building is dis appointing. ‘ Evef^ space was sub scribed last week but exhibits are made by only very few of the mer chants. Thene booths are tastily arranged and show off to advantage. The progressiveness of these mer chants will doubtless result in in creased business, as these displays The restaurant at the fair ground this year is being run by H. H. Hick man and C. N. Dmwdy, assisted by Miss Jennie Muse and Miss Annie Hooker. The shows of the F. S. Wolcott company are very good and are be ing libt rally patronized by those at tending the fair. Sen. J. D. Ackerman, of Cott-age- vilie. was among those who attended the Fair Friday. Hon J. L. P.obertson and family, of Round, are in town today attend ing the lair. fC G. Kershaw, of North Augusta, is here shaking hands with his many friends and enjoying the fair. There is no lack of music at the fair there being two bands—the Wal terboro braes band and F. S. Wol cott's Italian band. Mrs. P. M. Buckner, of Ravenel, ia the guest of Mrs. J. M. Padgejt during fair week. i. JL McLAUBlX, of protectfng~tl»e”rtesT intfastryf is one of our coantry’s most tmpor taut crops. His remarks wars lis tened to with marked attention and elicited much favorable comment. His address follows. Ladies and Gentlemen: — I am glad to be with you today, especialy so. as Walterboro is the only County seat that I have never visited before. Your excellent ho tel and beautiful town were a reve lation and a surprise, .while the spleh did exhibits at your fair show the energy and thrift of your people, both white and colored. I am speaking to you .as a farm er talking to farmers, for 1 was born on a big plantation thirty miles from a railroad on the Little Pee I>ee Riv-ischedile was fixed up and did all er. 1 claim to know something ' that 1 could to licip you, but that af>but the cultivation of the soil, and ^heduie wan designed to help tho yfJStv who - ,l|X ** 1 hick The Rice fsMhMtry nacT LoajpStapfe CnUoa It may sound like presumption for a Marlboro man to talk about rice to a Colleton county audience. You stand in rice culture ma pre-em inent as Marlboro does in cotton. Tbe finest quality of rice in the wostd comes from this county, but in spite of the fact, your rice plant ers are losing energy and unless something is done to nelp you, you will be driven finally out of the buriness. I thin kl can tell you the great cause and popsibly point out a remedy. The secret of your troubles in the Drlgley tariff law. I was a member of the Ways and Means Committee when the rice WILSON AND MARSHALL ELECTED TO NATION’S HIGHEST OFFICES The Democratic Ticket Captures Nearly Hondred Electroal Votes. Four New York. November 5—With the election of Woodrow Wilson to the Presidency and Thomas'r. Marshall to the VioFrpresidency assured by tin* cat Her returns tonight, the re ports up to midnight gave indica tions that the electoral vote of rhe Itemocratic candidates would pans the 3f0 mark. The size of the popular majority given the Democratic National tick et. or the States outside of Illinois that might give electoral xotuii to cither Taft or Roosevelt, were mat ters of conjecture at midnight. It was certain, however, that Illinois would give anxoverwhelming major ity to Roosevelt, while tho race in Pennsylvania was so close as to bring alt three candidates within range of success. , Early returns gave Governor Wil son and Governor Marshall the Sol id South and the States of Connec ticut. Delewsre. Kentucky, Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts, New York’, West Virginia. Indiana and Miaou- rl. As the night advanced and re turns from the West began to come in, these earlier estimates were con firmed, and Montana, New Jersey and New Mexico were added to those that seemed certain for the Democratic candidates, while ferat- tering returns from San Francisco and Los Angeles made it probable that California might Join the Wil son and Marshall column. Woodrow Wilson carried 37 states as follows: „ Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas. Cali fornia. Colorado, Connecticut, Dele- ware. Florida Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine Maryland, Massa chusetts. Minesota. Mississippi, Mis souri, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico. New York. North Carolina, North Dakota. Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregan, Rhode Island, South Carolina , Tennessee, Texas! Virginia, West Virginia. Wisconsin. Roosevelt carried 6 states as fol: lows: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michi gan, Pennsylvania. Washington. Taft carried 2 States, as follows: Utah and Vermont. Idaho and Wyoming are not heard from and New Hampehlra and South Dakota doubtful. what is of more importance, after the turmoil and strife of politics, I am learning to get happiness, as well as-cotton and corn out of the ground. I took a trip of several hundred miles in North and South Carolina this summer in an automobile and with some knowledge from observa tion of.nearly every State in the Un ion. I can truthfully say thatjn my judgment, there is not a State for whom God has done more than South Carolina. The New England States have a hard, stony soil, with long cold winters. Th$ far west is a natural desert., where a man haa redeemed it at vast expense by irri gation. Our mountains are clothed with trees and flowers the valleys rich and fertile while the Rockies are bare rocka devoid of vegetation The only portion ’of the United States which in a state of nature, can be compared to our country, ia the middle weaf, and tney are re stricted to grain and stock, which they make in competition with the whole world. If you would give the same attention to stock, you have right here in Colleton county advan tages that Illinois or Iow§ do not possess. Your lands are as rich. 1 have seen sugar cane here $ or 7 feet high and that takes rich land. There is enough grass going to waste between here and Charleston to make beef to feed half of the State. You cannot raise beef though, and rattle ticks at the same time. The 'irk is coEt'ng your county a fortune each year, and 1 am gla.l to know from your President. Mr. Ghruber. the energetic efforts you are mak ing to rfd yourselves or th'a pest. Our Piedmont region has a develop ed and ant.undeveloped water, that equals that of Massachusetts, aad In addition to these advantages, God has set apart as a "chosen people”; by giving us with 12 other states a monopoly production. ^In even this he has especially favored South Car olina because there ts no place in the entire world that ran make our Sea ‘Island. I had rather be on my plantation, free and Independent than to be President of the United States without freedom of thought and action. L have formed a co-partnership with nature, as every true son of the soil does, and with the cotton blooms, the trees and flowers big brewers of the country, not South Carolina rice planteni. On the lace o # it. it reaos all right, but they let ia free of duty rice ’flour and the cracked rice i.iat will pasa through a number eight seive and you are competing with the cheap labor of the Sandwich. Haiwaian Is lands and Japan. The high grade rice you make need fear no competi tion on anything like equal terms as a food with any rice in the world. The Louisiana and Texas rice is far superior to your rtce. There ia a great furor about reducing the cost •f living, by cutting down the tar iff on the neccesaanez of life. Let your representatives agree to a re duction In duty of fine table rice and place the duty ou the paddy rice and the rice at the same rate as tbe finer grade. Beer ia not a necessity, it is a luxury. Besides It is supposed to be maoe of hops and this cheap rice is helping nobody but big brewers of tbe West and North. Send your delegation to x Washington and demand a "squaro deal” on the rice schedule'and you planters will reap the harvest. 'If you will look over the statements from the Treasury department on imports you will be surprised at the amount of cracked rice and flour that ia shipped in here. Another thing, if we are going to have tariff duties at all. I say that they should be fairly adjusted. Why should long staple cotton he imported into the United States from Egjpt free of duty. This is absolutely at the ex pense of the producer or iong staple in South Carolina. If the mill la to be protected from competition abroad. I say that the farmer who grows the cotton should also be protected from competition with the cheap laboi of Egypt. I say that the doctrine of* free raw material for tbe manufacturer and protected goods, is entirely at th«F expense of the producer of long sta ple cotton. In these United States, we have had from the very founda tion of the government obtained our revenue from customs duties. Both Democrats and Republics ns favor thia indirect method of taxation. The theory of protection I do not believe In. hut as a practical man.jl reco gnise the fact, that in flxlag theee<- (Continued on Page Five.) r