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■bmrhmmmi V- J «o> . «• ■ '« * * n •V^l / If <r VOL. XXXV. WALTERBORO, S. C, WEDNE^AV, JANUARY 22,1913. NO. 23. ; PROPOSES BUODING AND LOAN ASS’N. I. JEFFER1KH. EHQ^ KHOW8 BENEFITS OF SA\*INO. WILL PUSH ORGANIZATION CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR Aaks People of Tows to Deride How Maay Share* They Waat Before ('ailed Upoa. Editor The PreWand Standard: While I admit that it may be policy ADAM CRANE • TAKES 01 WELL KNOWN 0%EB SOUTH CAROLINA. y WBY NOT BECOi TO CROW TOBACCO H CBUlFON COUNTY? Had Bfen in III Health for Several Week* aad Had Seemed Deepoadeat. Spartanburg. Jan. 15.— Adam Crane Jones, a well known traveling of aome for new men in town to salesman of this city, committed aui- wait until they are thoroughly ac-Jfide this morning shortly after 10 quainted before beginning any move- ° clock by shooting himself in the ment in behalf of the town and coun- right temple with a 38 calibre rfcvolv- ty, yet I feel that the need here for er what I propose to place before the j The tragedy was enacted in the citisens of the town is so great that woodhouse at his home on Maple my newness in town will be excused, street About 10 o clock this morn- and I will not appear so “fresh” af-! ing Mr Jones told his w ife that he ter all. First. I recognize the fact that Wal- terboro, while It has a steady growth, needs something to further stimulate the building of the town. With that fact in view, I propose a building and loan association, and desire to briefly explain its working. The first question which would naturally suggest itself is. "Is Wai- terboro large enough to support such an association.” The answer to that question may be found in hundreds of examples of other towns In this State and other States, which' are now little cities. Associations were begun in snch towns when many of them were.smaller than Waiter- boro, and, examples at cities which owe their growth to such organixa- tlons, are numerous. Then, it is not necessary to dwell at any length up on this question. Now, let us consider the workings Of such at) organization. The best analogy which can be drawn In tils connection is non-participating life insurance. Shares of stock are paid In installments, and, after a certain pdirtod. nsually about seven years, the shares mature, after which the ,otaB«r of auch sharsa <a entitled to receive the fall face value of the atock, receiving one hundred dollars per share for an Jnvesiment in in stallments of approximately eighty four dollars. The capital stock of an Association fpr Waiterboro should be $200,000 divided in:o 2.000 shares of $l00/earh. This stocr. will be di vided into five series. * new series Iteing started each year. Thus, it will require 400 shares subscribed to begin business with. and. at the end of one year, anoiher series of 400 shares will be started, and so on until all of the stock has been taken. The main point in such an associa tion is to supply money ror people in moderate circumstances to construct '-homes. The association will loan money only upon real* estate and the build ings to be constructed thereon for security. The rate of Interest will not exceed 7 per cent per annum, and could easily be placed at six per cent For an example of the workng of the association let us take a small salaried man with a family desirous of building a home. He subscribes, we will say, to ten snares of stock, nnd pays, thereon ten dollars per month. At the end of seven years he has paid in $840 in easy install ments. As soon as possible after the organization, he borrows the sum Of one thousand dollars to build a home on the lot he already owns. He pays interest monthly at the rate of. ■ix per cent per annum, thus paying in interest during the seven years the aura of $42o as well as his install ments on his stock. At the end of •even years he has paid in $1260 for which at the beginning he. received One Thousand dollars. An easy calculation then gives us that he has paid $260 for the use of Ona Thous and Dollars for seven years « r a rate of interest of approximately H per cent per annum for building of his cottage, which after seven years he owns free of any incumbrance. Now, how cwn this be done? is the question which you will ask. In the first place, thl^re is not. in such an aasociation a “bunch of hangers-on” at large salaries. The only salaried man will be the secretary-treasurer and legal adviser both at small sal aries, and in Waiterboro these posi tions can be combined. Secondly, the interest on every loan, while only at six per cent per annum, is paid monthly and thus compounded monthly instead of annually and semi annually. Again, all aaoociationa have small initiation fees which help to pay fi running expenses, and fines for members w'ho do not pay on time. Furthermore, there will be a few torfeitures which will help mature • stock. For every loan, the borrow er has to pay certain standard legal feoa for preparing papers gnd search- , Ing titles, all of which are paid di rect into the“ 0 association. and the lawyer jJaid by salary. Thus, we see that the running expenses are reduc ed to‘the minimum and provisions tor the payment of these made by other means than takinggtart of th* installments or interest on loans. The officers consikt of a board of directors, usually nine in number, •elected from the best ousiness men was going for an armtu! of wood and shortly after he bad left his room the telephone bell in the home rang. The party at the other end said Mr. Jones was wanted at the telephone. Mrs/Jones, who answered the tele phone. said she would call her hus band and going to the woodhouse, found Mr. Jones dead. The death of Mr. Jones, who was one of the most popular salesmen in the State, cast a gloom over the entire city. He was 38 years of afce, and was a most pleasant and affa- le man and highly esteemed. For many years he was connected with Arnold Constable & company of New York. He had been in ill health for several veexs. suffering $r*>m severe pains in his head and at times seemed despondent ituT. P. A. circles, and took an active part In the fight against the railroads for a 2 cent railroad passenger rate and to require the railroads to pull mil- •«ge on trains. He was a candidate for governor several years ago. being in the race with Former Governor M. F. Ansel and Richard I. Manning. He moved to Spartanburg from three children. Mrs. Schenck of New berry. A. C. Jones. Jr., and Miss Louise Jones. The body will be sent to Newberry tomorrow morning and the funeral will be held in the Presbyterian, church there, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Kerr. in town; a president, vice-president and Sec.-Treas., with committees from the board of directors on every loan, and to audit the books of the association. The credit of such as sociations is always good. and. after a few years, if more money than the installments is needed to meet applications for loans, the associa tion can secure the same at a still lower rate than they charge for tho saiue.i thus turning into the treasury a considerable profit on money .bor rowed, Now, you will say that such an organization will compete with banks* To rebut this. I ask your considera tion of such South Carolina towns as Gaffney and Chester, both of which have several strong associations and some of the safest banks in the State. I contend that the association will help, not injure the banks of the tow n... <i To enumerate the advantages of such an organization would be to consider every branch of business in the town. Suffice it to say that the more homes.built in the town, the more money in circulation, the bet ter business of every Industry, the higher the price of real es-.a'.e. the better the citizenship, and ti.e more b&e, '• at -J iontented tn<- population. , Systematic saving for those who do not need to build homes is one of the main features of such an under taking. A safe investment thus provided for the surplus dollars which are often thrown away. .Chil dren make excellent members, and the child of eight, by taking a few shares of stock now. will have at the time of going to college enough mon ey to pay for its education, not con sidering the moral effect upon chil dren of teaching systematic care of nickels, dimes and quarters. Con sider the movement from every angle, and you w ill be forced to see ist ad vantages from the personal, civic or any othur view-point. Now, I want you to consider the matter and l* prepared to tell me next week, when I call to see you how many shares you will take In the first series. Remember that it is a good investment. thoroughly safe, in a company w here the treasurer will be heavily bonded, that a liberal sub- scription to stork will make you as- in the making of a better town in which you live, ami a wealthier county to held^ up before people seeking homes jThe stock will not be limited to the\town. but anyone, man, woman or chlh: ;n Colleton county may take shares. Finally, after you have considered EDITOR THE PRESS AND STANDARD: — Several years ago carta in counties in the Northweste’-n portion of South Carolina were reduced to the last degree of pov erty so far as the agricultural Interacts went, and the agricultural interests are the life of any county. The farmers were hopeless ly in debt, the lands depreciated In value and could not be sold in many cases at any price and the towns either remained statlonar.' or lost ground. Today this section is the Garden oi Prosperity of the State. Why? What brought the change? Tobacco Plant ing. Where formerly there was one and only money crop, cotton, the farmers now have two cosh cropa, tobacco and cotton. I*and8 have risen one hundred to three hundred per cent, in value, towns have become cities, croea road settlements :ia\e aecome thriving towns. Ox-cart farmers have become automobile own- ers. Now, why not have two crops In Colluton, dounle the income of her farmers, attraf 1 ^ white settlers to her fields and vastly more than double the value of her fertile acres? Some years back it was demonstrated that Tobacco could he successfully grown near Waiterboro. A company was organized and a good crop of fine weed wan gathered and marketed. The experiment was an absolute success as it was demonstrated what it was intended to demonstrate, that.Colleton can be made a to bacco county. However as the year the experiment was tried was the one and only y««R; that the pfriee of toL*a*co fell below the cost of production the company disbgnded and the enterprise was killed in the cradle. Suppose those stockholders instead of be coming discouraged because there were no profits that first year had persisted, hung on and stuck together vvoul 1 nnt their invest ment have paid a hundred fold by now in increasec: prosperity of their county in making two crops grow whe.re one grows now. I^et us now 1 -get together with the determination to make of old Colleton a cotton anil Tobacco County. Some say you can not starr because there are no buyers here. »oitties had to start. If enough organize and plant the weed the buyers will come, l^et us get State and government aid. Other sections get it, why not ours. Get the farm expert, and our county Demonscn.tion Agent interested and then don’t expect them to do it all but encourage them with public interest and back them up with public subscrip tions and the thing can be done. E. T. Ii. SHAITLU. Waiterboro. Jan. 20, ION DISCUSSES WAREHOUSE BILL FARMERS OF STATE MEET (XBLUMB1A. IN SPEAKER NAMES . fflS COMMITTEES MEETING AT UNIVERSITY Prewldeat Dabbs Preseat* Plan For Storing Cotton—Visited Expo sition Ground*. FOLLOWS SENIORITY RULE /■ WHENEVER POSSIBLE ELECT JUDGES THIS WEEK Joint AsaemMy Will be Held for Bal loting on January 89 at Noon In Hall of Hou*e. \ \ Columbia. Jan. 17.—The report Columbia. Jan. 17.—A flood of of the special committee on bills, which were referred to the ' measure providing for n »he various committees, poured into State svstetn of cotton warehouses, the house yesterday morning. The which will be introduced in the gen- house agreed to a concurrent resolu-. era! assembly, was discussed at the tion from the senate providing for a first meeting of the South Carolina J^nt assembly next Wednesday. Jan- State Farmers Union held vesterdav uary 22. at noon to bahot for judges afternoon in LeConte college at the 1 »r the First. Fifth and Seventh Ju- Uuiversity of South Carolina. The dlcial circuits, a superintendent of second session of the union will be ' penitentiary and three members held this morning, beginning at 9:30 of the board of directors of the peni- ! o’clock. The address of welcome to tentiary. The appointments on near- the members of the State union was Jy all the house committees were j delivered yesterday by Dr. 8. C. announced yesterday by Speaker Mitchell, president of the university. Smith. ! The warehouse bWI was taken up ‘ The house received yesterday from I by the union yesterday afternoon the governor a special Inessage “In and was discussed by sections. re conduct of newspapers. Senator B | A visit to the grounds of ib F fth R. Tillman and W. E. Gonzales, and amuBunoiK REC&YEB FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPERT National Corn exposiCot will bo a teature of the pro*, .n.i.ie tnis uorn- • ••q »r the union .i.i.v in s*-.-sioit. At i the session yesterday, the orgat-ixe- !tion accepted an invitation from the I exposition management extended (through President E. W. Dabbs, to i visit the grounds and see the prepar ations which are being made for this great agricultural event which opens on January 27. Many of the members who are here this week in attenuance upon the State meeting of the union will prob ably return to Columbia on January 3o. when a great meeting of repre sentatives of the union throughout the country will be held in connec tion with the Fifth National Corn exposition, This day. January 30, has been set aside as National Farm ers Union day. and a special pro gramme being arranged by officers Journal. rging restrictions upon newspaper* The message in a pamphlet of 17 pages was distributed among the members ot the house. After the reading of the message. Mr. Hembert of Richland moved that it be receltrAd as iniormation anO ordered printed IS the journal. Mr. Courtnerttf Edgefield gave no tice that, il Senior Tillman desired to reply to anything contained in fne message, he intended to make a mo tion that the senator's answer be printed in the journal. To Amend Motion. Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield, moved to onugid Mr. Remberf’s mo tion to the effect that the message be received os information, a copy sent to Senator Tillman, and. If he wished to reply, that the meaaage and his answer be printed in the In the last issue of The Cress and Standard, rh" irm^ortanco of this county raising a suiticient tund to secure an airitultci-i t:,pert was stressed. It was shown that a sub scription of $1,000.00 by those in terested in the county, would secure an additional $1,000.00 frpm the outside, which would employ an agri cultural expert, who would move to this county, giving his entire time to the farmers of the county, with a view to improving the agricultural conditions. As a result of that ar ticle, a number of volunteer contri- of the Slate and national organisa- ijtions. Member* Pre*env The following officers were pres ent: E. W. Dabbs, president; B. F. Keller, president. J. Whitner Reid, tuitions have been made to this fund. |secretary; \V. K. Ilodie. chaplain; C. Tiie list published this week is not at all complete. There will be doubt less other additions in the near fu ture. ^ The Press and Standard will take pleasure in publishing the amounts of such contributions as handed in. The following amounts have been • outributed so far: The Press and Standard.... $10.00 TOWNSHIP N. S. CONVENTION. Heyward Township Convention Held at Hendersonville Baptist Church The Heyward Township Sunday school convention waa held Sunday at Hendersonville Baptist church af ter the usual morning Sunday school exercises. Thti meeting was most interesting and profitable to those present. The exercises vvefe presid ed over by L. Bellinger and the speeches were to the point and caus ed many favorable comments. A side from the remarks made by the presiding officers, several interesting addresses were delivered. Prof T. V. Farrow, principal of the Hendersonville High school, de lighted the audience with some per tinent remarks on the value of prop er training for boys. lie was follow ed by W. W. Smoak, editor of Tint Press and Standard, wnose speech was on the value of organization it township and county rumiay schoo' work. This was followed by ai> able address by R. M. Jefferies. Esq., whose theme was “The Unity of Pur pose, Irrespective of Denominational Affiliation.’’ Mr. Jeffeyteg stressed the importance of teaching the Bible in Sunday school rather than denom ination. The last speaker was Misr Ida May Fishburne, county secretary, whose address was full .of helpful suggestions. She spoke of the im portance of'organized Sunday school work, and urged the schools of Hey ward township to stick together with a view to make the township Sun day schools each a standard school. At the conclusion of the addresses, a roll of the township was called and the delegates enrolled. - , Rev. G. A. Martin was theiv in-' 1 vited to deliver his sermon, but o*- ing to the lateness of the hour, de clined to do so and extended an in vitation to those present' to return to the church for evening service. The delegates and visitors were en tertained at the homes of the good people of Hendersonville. W. Suber, conductor; R. M. Uooper, executive committee. The roll of counties was then call ed and the following delegates were found to be present. Anderson. J. P. Johnson. Barnwell. R. E. Woodward; Chester, J. G. L. White?': Chesterfield, F. W. Rivers. L. C. Rivers; Clarendon, C A. McFad- din; Dorchester. Cyrus Minis. J. B. First National Bank $DM'ii j Whetsell; Florence. R. E. Cutrin. W. K. T. H. Shatter JDi.oii p. Gause; Greenville. A R.'Black; .his. E. Peurifoy $10.00 FLaurens, O PrGoodwin; Lee. W. A. W. H. Saunders $Jo.ud Stuckey; Lexington. T. II Shull. V. W. Smith; Marion. Rev. G. T. Gres- m PFHIVTI. VIII. VT Ttti.’i hanu . ,M,u * las McIntyre; Newberry. M PhKINTKMBKM TATI. (OMING jA!an J 0 i 1!iatone ; Oconee. T. D. Aiex- j under; Orangeburg. J. H. Claffy. L. Will S|M*tnl Four Day* in Colleton ’A. Carson. W. W. Culler; Pickens, Next Month |J. F. Hendricks: Richland. C. W. Su- ber; Saluda. M. D. Miller, W. E. Bodie; Spartanburg, Enoch Lawrence Sumter, J. M. Broguen. J. F. Wil liams; Union. L. J. Browning. Supt. W. K. Tate. State Supervis or of Rural Schools v.rii be in Col leton four days about the middle of February. Prof. Tate comes upon the invitation of Miss Georgia Acker man and the county board of edu-i Mr. Jeflerie* Ojien* loixv Office cation, and will spen* several <la>» | fh „ uew arr , vala in town visiting the schools of the county. Mr am , Mn , R M Jefferies, of The following Is the Itinerary map- Kidgeland. Mr. Jefferies has opened ped out for I rot. Tat«*. i a law office here for the practice of W ednesday, Feb. 18th W illiams i | ( j H p ro f t . RH j l)n He was the first graded school. i county superintenden: of education Thursda), Feb. 19th Lodge High ; j- or county, having just turn- Sl I <w..» U .ui U I ed the office over to his successor. Mr. i i Jefferies possesses enterprise and and Bndge Schools. J abundant energy, and it was largely haturdav, Feb. 2lst. Waiterboro jj^oiigi, pi* efforts that the rounty tlign ■ c “ 00 *- of Jasper was formed. He also es- All the adjoining schools •’‘nd j talilished the Jasper Herald, and was those visited are expectec to attend fl(lifor of thiH for it „ a whlIe and it is earnest y noped that all H e was the member of the State exe- the Patrons will be present during . ..th-e committee from Jasper county. Mr Tates visit to the school. On ! am , complimented by being ap- ,s.i urday the J 1st of February, t..e p 0 j n tpd a member of the committee meeting will be held at the ( our , a pojnlod to lllVfi-t i gat< , th „ t . hhrK es House and every tea. her, trustee and of frail(1 in , ho rH(f . nt pr]Iuary H ec patron of the county is urged to be ; tion for ^o^rnor present. The effort wiil he made at Mr Mr „ j„ ff ,. rU . 8 wUI this meeting to reorganize a, county | roIm , d a8 rf . 8i<1 cnt* G f Waiterboro. teachers’ association and set ion foot some plan looking to ::s mainten ance. Mr. Tate who has recently vis ited Switzerland will deliver and address on educational conditions as they exist in that country. The exercises of the day will begin at 11 o’clock, and it is hoped that tlie court house wilj be filled with those persons interested. Mrs. Jefferies was Miss Annie K. Sav age and, has numerous friends here who are delighted to have her re turn to Walterborb. They are stop- 'ping at the borne of .Mis. Jefferies' mother, Mrs. Ira D Savage.* Mr. Jefferies’ office is over The Press r.nd Standard. New Finn in Town. carefully this matter. I am sure that you wllrrdkdily pardon any forward ness upon the part of your latest cit izen. Respectfully, R. M. Jefferies. Waiterboro. Jan. 20, 1913. 'AGreen Pond l*oMmaMrr Named. Washington. Jan. 18.— Special: Boland F\ Huggins was today ap pointed postmaster at Green Pond Pond. Colleton County, South Caro lina. a fourth class office, succeeding H. F. Towles, resigned. Pine Grove Appointment*. Rev. F\ O. S. Curtis, preached on last Sunday morning at Pine Grove | tain of Co. A. at the s. C. C. I church. No 1.' Mr. Curtis will preach at this church on tlfe third Sunday morning and Saturday before at 11 o’clock in each month, the public ig cordially invited to attend. V" ¥he Coca Cola Bottling Coj^orm- erly of Hampton, has leased the store next door to the Walw rbon Drug Company, for the purpose of conducting a general bottling p’ant. This company has the ex:l.is : ve coca cola right for Uolletoi. county, and will doubtless, therefoie. d") a big business. The turn t conpcgswl of two young men who ar® brothers, T. J. and W. A. M'D*o'“l. , W. H. Padgett v h‘/ oc**upfnd this he .'tinir with h -t han’t iq plant has his return after spending the boll- j moved to the building od Raiirord days here with his parents. , Avenue occupied by H. G. Crosby. — - ■ j Mr. Crosby in turn, will occupy the Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Martin, of ! lower story of the Fraternal Realty Islandtou, were in town today. | Co., when completed. His many frfends will be glad to learn that Cadet James Huggitis has been promoted to the rank of Cap since AY Mr. RemberP* inggestloq, Mr. Stevenson moved as a substitute for the whole (patter that the special message be referred to the judiciary committee with Mr. Rembert'a com- anlon bill and that Senator Tillman’* reply, if he made one, be printed in the journal when the juessage and the bill were' reporte/r l»y the com mittee. The house passed this mo tion. Mr. James of Darlington, on be half of the faculty and trustees of the university, extended an mvlta- ^ tion to the members of the house to attend the exercises incident to Founders’ day. The House accepted. The joint assembly convened at 1 o'clock to. open, ranvass and publish the election return*. -Senator Law- son of Darlington, Mr. McCravey, of Pickens and Mr. Pyatt of George town were appointed tellers. Mr. Whaley, acting as speaker pro tem pore, announced that the Democrat ic nominees had been elected. The Democratic vote for governor was 44.330 and for lieutenant governor 44.202. The Socialist vote for gov ernor was 208 arrt for lieutenant governor 203.* A committee \ygs ap pointed to notify the successful cad- didates. • Before the house adjourned at 1:35 o’clock to meet at noon today,® Speaker Smith announced his ap pointments on the committees. - He said that in making them he had been governed as nearly as possible by the seniority rule. The members of six of the more important committees are given be low : Way* and Mean* Committee. Geo. W. Dick, chairman; W. H. Nicholson. Arthur Kibier, *W. E. James. Geo. R. Rembert; R. H. Kel- lehan, R. Keith Charles. P. L. Bethea, Donald McQueen. W. I\ Odom. E. P. McCravey. M. A. Moseley. J. R. Haile, F\ C. Robinson, J. T. Liles, H. B. Tindal, J. P. Del^augnter, C. O. Goodwin. John C. D. Schroder, J. Mack King, A. M. Lumkin, Claude N. Sapp. H. S. Blackwell. Judiciary Committee. A. Vander Horst, chairman; A. G. Brice, W. F. Stevenson. Geo. S. Mow er, Pringle T. Youmans. J. J. Evans. R. S Whaley. J. VV. Boyd. J. How ard Moore. N. W. Hardin. C. T. Wyrhe. C. F: Haynsworth.t R. J. Kirk. B. W. Miley, W. Claude Mar tin. FT D. FIpps, J. •€.' Massey, J. F’rost Walker. Jr., George Warren, FT J. Sherwood, A. E. Hutchison, S. O Quinn. M. R. McDonald. Committee on Agriculture. '‘J. W. Ashley, chairman; J. H. Courtney, R. B. Reiser. F. P. B. Pegues. J. A. Harvey, M. J. Ashley, Fred Wtlliagis, J. L. Robertson, R.* r>. Atkinson, R. M. Mixson. Newton Kelly. Thomas W. Zeigler, H. F. Har- relson, Sam Clowney, E. M. Kennedy. Committee on Education < C. T. Wyche, chairman; Clprence D. Lee. J. A. Hunter, Harvey W. Mitchum, J. A. Harvey. Walter M. Scott. N. B. Barnwell, W. A. James. R. II. Welch. C. Jackson GMkque, T. F. Nelson. J. C. Riley, Edward B. Friday. W. J. Smiley. Public School* Committee. Harvey W. Mitchum, chairman; W. \ /i Continued on Page Two. • .A ?