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/ * •jr .stSte&urSg X ♦•‘v f., » ’♦ •‘ ■ •V. Wj -'VJ. ■'"*/ > • • • ’>.• V»1 VOL WALTERBORO, S. C, WED! IDSSnSHBURNE WRirES OF s. s. c. WALTERBORO TO SOME DRAWBACKS ,APRIL 23, , , « MODEL Id PLANT NOCai HAVE SEWERAGETO TOBACCO COLTORE esthvhiastic mkktina; hui.h j ^ im.xivs i.vid at .M>:irn\twof RIMT5NTLY IN WEIA ATTENDED. hl’MTER TOWN fOl NTIL LAhT WEEK. PREVAIL s COLLETON COUNTY PROMOTED i Me ProgreMt ia Sunday flcbool Work Entitle* Thi* ioonty to “front line** nates Attend from Colleton. The 1913 convention of our State Sunday School Association has ta event of history. It marks mileatoae passed in South Carolina's Sunday School^ procreoa. It should mark the commencement of more sealous effort in this cause than has ever yet characterized our aaonle W'—'-'W • - f T|e program curried out during the receat convention days was so splendid and inspiring that we wish it had hen pomible for a much larger Colleton delegation to have been pres ent. Pour of our townships this year were represented, as follows: Bell Township, Broxton 3. Verdier 2. Warren 3. . * ^ Immense audiences were present every session, evidencing not only a large delegation from the various sections of the State, hut due appre ciation of the occasion upon the part of the people of Sumter. ^ Many of the State's choicest reli gions leaders were present who con tributed no littl* to the richness of the program and the help!uInee»^ot' the conference discussions. / BUSINESS MEN INTERESTED With the Beaded ladehtedae** of the Town Well in Line for Pay- meat People are Now Talking Sewerage. again mdde South Carolina his debtor by • a _ his delightful messages and the en thusiasm for service which he suc ceeds so well iu sharing with his au ditors. When the roll of counties was call ed. a huge map of South Carolina was displayed showing every’county with two or three exceptions to be organ ised. It should give a Mttle patriotic pleasure to our people to know that Colleton again bore off the palm of victory. Four counties this year were recognised as having reached the "Banner Standard" and were award ed banners by the Association. Colle- ever, In being the only* county in South cYrolinn to attain the “Front - lAne" goal. The banner swarded her is therefore the most benutifal of all. It bears jibe words, "Colleton 1913 / Front Line County." A new year now opens before us, a* we from time to time during this new convention year have occasion to survey our progress, fellow Sunday school worker, by lifting the stand ard of personal consecration to this cause, let us work together to make the record one of more indefatigable service, more willing sacrifice, and more splendid achievement. A Front Line County. 1. An Annual County Convention. X. An Annual Convention iu Each Township 3. Statistics Osthered Annually sad sent, to the State Office. '* 4. Pledge Made to State Asso ciation and Paid. S. County Represented in State Qonveation. f. Fifty Per cent, of Schools Hav ing Cradle Rolls. 7. Thirty Per cent, of Schools Having Home Departments. t. Twenty Per Cent, ot Schools Having Teacher Training Classes. 9. Forty Per cent, of Schools Having Organised Bible Classen. Ida M. Fishburne, Co. 8. 8. Secretary. At the last regular meeting of Town Council, held Friday night, several business men of the town ap peared before the City Fathers, and made convincing arguihenta fn favor of installing at once a sewerage system tot the town. Aa a reuult of these arguments, a committee : ef three consisting of M. C. FiaAburuo and David Black of Council and R. H. Wiebman from the busineea mep were appointed to employ ' an en gineer to make a thorough survey of the town in order that eatimntea of the coat of Installation may be made. This committee will take immediate action and something definite is to be expected .at once. At the mbeting of Council it was pointed out that the tow-n was in good shape to install sewerage at this time. The bonded indetberfness of the town is only $20,000 for the payment of which $6,000 is already in the sinking fund. The interest on the bonded indebtedness is being paid by the revenue from the' water rents, and the - licensee and other moneys are going to the retirement oi wortwr. Mr W. r. P«»rce ant a * d » , U»uul hariah.p. -ilw town can install the sewerage systeih The plans involve the erection of another pumping plant and the plac ing of another well in another part of the city. After the survey is made, the coat of installation erf the sew erage plant can be determined and borne decided action taken The matter has been approached ih the right way and there is no question but that it^a a Step in the right direc tion. New FIRE DKP'T. REORGANIZED. for (oming .1. Ball The Walter boro Cotton Mill base hull team played the Cottagevllle team an interesting game hare on last«fieturday afternoon. The scent .peMr.eerwfttjr .urge thsftown to 1m Moulted t to 7 in fnvor of Cottage- vtlle The batterieo for Walterboro were: 3nlley, O'Bryan end WU- Uares; for Cottagevllle, Bridge and Ackerman.. The same team will Play another game here Saturday week. This was the first game of the eeeaon la Walterboro and quite n nice crowd witqpeoed It M. K. Lemacks, of piack Creek, was in town Saturday. J. C. Welch, of Rldgeville, spent sometime in tl)e city last week. officers were elected: B. H. Graves. Chief. L. C. Padgett. Aaaimnt Chl*-f Dr McAlhaney, Secretary. ‘S. G. Price, "reir.t 'ci*. compa'w no l. . M. C. Rivers, Lician Patterson. Lieutenant. COMFAA i NO. 2. fS. M. Crosby Captain Grade Griffin. Lieutenant. Trustees: H. A. Patterson. F Lucas, H. G. Crosby. The company has been very sue- cessfnl in the past year in saving much property, and much interest is being manifested by both the citi zens and the members. The boys deserve credit for their herioc work, and it is hoped that they will con tinue to merit the support and co operation of the city. Recognising the work accomplish ed by the fir,6 department already and realising that it needs better facili ties, Che Town Council has recently bought a large supply of new hose. The companies held several drills lately and are now in good ahape for effective fire fighting, with the in stallation of the new tank which la being planned In connection with the ftewerage, the work of the depart ment will be materially enhanced. The members of the. fire com- Mlt HOWELL WRITES OF SOME OF THE EVIKS AND HOW TO '•■qi CORRECT THEM. DEATH TO INSECTS Able Writer Disru*'** Yield from Acre of Tobacco, Hbow» Its Many Advantages Cotton. To the Editor of Thq Press and Standard: Sir:—It seema to be likely that quite n few Colleton farnmrs wilt “tackle”^ tobacco culture next yeuf. I Judge by (he interest manifested in the beginning I am endeavoring In make in that line near Waltsrbpcn “this season, with a view of familiar^ iziag intending tobacco growera with some of the ups and downs of the crop, it ia well to call attention to the evils that beset It as well an to its advantages. Some weeka age I sowed some sed in nicely prepared beds, and in due time the tiny, delL cate plants were up by the many thousands I thought the location of the beds was out of the range of leaf, eating or biting insect^ if It is at all possible to find sucb a place —a spot of poor soil where vegeta tion had^ been scant, where the flea- beetl<* and the black cricket would be ditcoi*raged by the looks of things, but they were not. ' In short ordpr they foupd me out: aud then I had to fed them out. I reckon that these ^ V — —yu/miiiUM two pests in the course of ten day# bundle the denramd* »f the eounty, WAI.TEitn:':;.» <« »; A\J| LR.HT CO. wil l. liEt.lN TO MANCFAC. Ti RE U E AT ONCE. DESPERATENEGRO READY TO OPERATE KILLED AT CALDWELL PLAKT WfU EQUIPPED V A. GRIFFIN .SHOOTS NEGRO /•"s. AFTER TRYING TO GET • •v* HIM To LEAVE STORE NEWSLETTER FRM WINTHROP COLLEGE /' NEGRO ATTEMPTS TO CUT lighting System Will be laMnlied f *Thi» Fall—I.arge Order* for Ice Already Received—Fii>t Ice .To- 4 Home-made ice will be mad'* ia Walterboro tomorrow. This an nouncement will be enthusiastically fpceived by the many citizens of Wal- t-rboro who have felt the incon venience hitherto existent in the •uppiy of th* town. . The experts from the factory haX finished installing the machinery and the plai^. the heat that can be sup plied. and it will be turned over .to the company at once. L. C. Lewie, •n expert ice mechanician, will have charge of the mechanical part of the plant. Mr Lewis has been engaged kith the factory at York. Pa., and knows the ice business from begin ning to end. h* The Ice tompany is distinctly a Joca! one. and has for its officers, Mesn-s G. C. Brown and J. D. Glov-r, two of Walterboro’* well known busi ness men. The company will be operated oa a strictly business basis • ••id y.*.th the „field that already ex ins here there Is every indication of a s;'cce*oful enterprise. The com- ^ my has already received many out town order*, and it is in position Officer* Elected Year. At a (recent meeting of the Walterboro Fire Department for the purpose of electing new officers for the ensuing year. The following siognomy and phyaicue according to or po ate up something like plants enough for three or four ac*-e' I made up a supply of Emulsion o Carbolic and tar Eoyp and kerosene oil, into which I soaked some plugs of the meanest chewing tobacco 1 could And. and this decoction con stituted a mixture that proved very offensive to the -bugs” and tVy "cleared," though not before they had done much havoc Every funn er should learn the wily ways of these interloopers. The flea-beetle ip a small black ahell-back. and eats young tobacco plants up bodiy. Th-* black cricket is, universally known and does the same thing. Hia loot*, as every one knows are decidely dia bolical. Even ^suggestive of "old nick,” homely in hia persona phy prove and extend the mains, so they cna do greeter work In the future. It is their deeire to. have the co operation of the entire council and citizens. District Coefereawe to Meet. The Charleston District Conference will meet with the Hpmatead Square Methodist church, pf Charleston on Wednesday (this) eYqntng; and will continue through the week. Rev W. A. Fairey and J. J. Padgett will rep resent Bethel Church o9 Walterboro at this meetfng. the imagination of some. J can only suggest now that if a policy ot extermination be pursued this year they will not be numerous^ in the same place next year. - Some folke have asked me son^e very hard queqtions. One of these is how much tobacco ia produced on 'aa acre; and some shApe the query differently—how much' do you make to the acre. "How to answer these questions in a degree correctly re quires some differentation. Let ns suppose two perfectly feasible cas Mr. A grows an acre of the best variety of the tobacco plant. His toil ia rich land; he plants &<>')•• plants on his acxe. or nearly a plant to the aqaare yard of soil. He rur- tivatea, harvests and cures in tlu cid fashioned ways, makes 600 or 700 lbs. of beavy brown cured leaf and sella it for from 4 to 6 or $ cents per lb. ‘That the average pere of cot ton under like culture. Mr B. plants on# acre. His soil ia a rather poor sand or sandy loam, ligbt In color, requiring manure. He plants 10 t^pnsand plants on the acre, manures intelllngntly, makes leaf Ot fine tex ture. harvest and caret in an up-to- date barn by artificial heat, applying modern processes, produces a ton of leaf of fine texture of lemon yel low color, does It up in axcellent mar ket ahape and .Mils hia crop at an bvorage of SO tents a lb., or $1000 for the product of his acre. These am practical fignrea, indicating that the wide awake farmer should hope for with good reason, the mention i|,of this data will for the presnt, give farmers something to think about. In thfe Virginia markets last season the best tobarco sold at from 70c to SSc a lb. and there were sales in this state-at. $1.00 per pound iffore later on.- * Respectfully, A. M. Howell. At present, the plant will have a ca pacity of 12 tone which will be in- crease-i to 2 I when ti.e den:anti war rants r. The plant will be lighted by p ':nu.ll electric lighrjng nuV. whirl: .vill a!ro supply '•.ights to the depot * Z, , u ** - For Th“ benefit "f customers, the company wii sell Coupon Books good for 1.000 pounds of ice, the coupons bearing different denominations* The company, in order to give'the cus tomers the besj service and the low est prices, will run a strictly cash-in- advance business This company also bolds i. fran chise from the town of Walterboro for the installation of an electric lighting plant. In an interview, the President of the company. G. c. Brown, stated ^at work would be started this fall, is that Walterboro grops. on. this Thus it MEETING OF CO. EX. COMMITTEE MeM at Court House Last Thurelay s to CauvaMM Votes. A meeting of the County Democrat ic Executive Committee^was held at the Court House on Thursday last for the purpose of canvassing the vote cast in the primary election for Congress of April 15th.. A quorum being present the committee found that the following was a correct ac count of the vote: R. S. Whaley received 1.055 E. W. Hughes received 7.52. At the request of the Chairman apd Treasurer it is slated that the money baa not yet been received to pay the managers and members of the Ex ecutive committee. It appears that the letter containing the check for this money never rached its desti nation, and a duplicate check will have to-^e sent. As soon as this is received, the money will be forward ed to the various members of the Ex ecutive Committee whose duty it will be to pay the managers. In this district, Mr Whaley received a majority of over 500 votqq and was declared the nominee by the State BxecttUve Committee. Two hundred and forty eight votes were challeng ed In the city of Charleston and of.- thla number about half were count* Entering Store Where Mr* Griffin Wa*. Negro Start* Difficulty Which lied to Hi* Death—Mr Griffin Suf Chunk Jones, colored, was shot and killed by a. A. Griffin, a promi nent merchant of Caldwells on Sat urday last, a shot gua being ubed. It seems that the negro had been out for trouble all day and went Into Mr Griffin’s store for that purpose. When Jones cau|e in Mr Griffia and his wife were in the store, and ionea announced his arrival by cursing. Mr Griffin asked him to leave, but the negro advanced with, hia hand la hia pocket aa if to draw something therefrom. Mr Griffia then got hia •hot gua. ^ Returning with the gun. the negro was still there, cursing madly. He was asked to leave again by Mr Griffin, but did not heed. Mr Grif fin then advanced upon him. where upon the negro attempted to drAw. Then. Mr Griffin shot hfin in the leg. The negro ran out. and went to the back door where he again found M| Griffin. Then. h«* ran to the front door again and tried to affect a:i *m- trauce. whereupon Mr Griffin -shot him again. The negro then w u nt about 100 yurda where he died. Immediately after the shoo!lug Mr Crtfffir ter employing the* firm of Padgett. Lemark* and Mofirpr b) represent him. gave up r» the Sheriff ami was lodged iu jaii. Application lor bail will he made at oner. N Mr Urirtim is well ai i favorably Ur'#'.\.i in V\aIt<rbore and Htandn well in i. < immunity, llfy uuui> friend j I.ne. that* he will kooi be acu u ie i. WHAT THE GIRLS ARE DOING AT RfHE HILL. WRITTEN BY A , >• '’ ' • a | ’ * ■ . ( OLLLEGE GIRL. PAGEANT TO Fin** of Vlxite the F< Day Exerciee* Elaborate ration* for OM FagB»h Early la May. Winthrop College.) April 2r.—Bps- * clal: The aMual field day arrirriatt were celebrated at Wiatfcrap / on April 7. The various contents were catered into by the clow repreeenta- tlvee. At the cloee of the athlotic ex ercises the Judges of the day awarded the banner to the Claw uf 19IS, for the championship of their basket- ball team over those of other claw teams. The Senior Glow also won the cup for the highest score la the •ther gymnastic exercises. Thu Junior and Sophomore Claaaes tied for score honors. On April 13th. more than a thou sand people from York County at- ende.: ti e York County Field Igxy ex ercises on our college campus. Be cause of the rain, a few athletic con tests had to be omitted from the day’s program. However, with thw_ use of the college gymnasium, the day's exercises were thoroughly en joyed in-doors. A party of fifty distiaguished . guests visited Winthrop op last Fri day night. The party was compos ed of graduates of the Class Ot 1985 of Yale. These gentlemen have been 2 the “DKKNTRIFK SKILL”’ • Auto Truck. The progreeaiveneM of the Brown Farntture Company is demonstrated by their recent purebaag. of a latest Improved I. H. C. auto truck. The Company has an excellent machine, and one that will prove valuable in their business. It has arrived and ta in service. T«» be Presented at High Mcbooi Au- ditoriur^ V-xt Tuemlii} Mylit The "Destrick Skule” will be pre sented at the Bc'Hui audtiu m Tues day Night. April 29th. at eight O'clock. This play is a very laughable repre- mentation of ye old ^ne skule. with costumes and manners as if they were fifty years ago. An evening of solid fun is promised to all. The following well known j'M'ple will be in the cast: J. J. Padgett, aa "Skule Master " Miss Mamie Stokes aa "Mrs Honey- suckle" and also "Patience Peter- kin." V, B. B. Benton—"Ezekial Jedefiiah Honeysuckle." r ‘ ' Lucian Patten»oti-~*'Mik** O’ Flynn.” Mrs J. D. Glover—“Prudence Honeysuckle." Mrs E. E. Jones—"Mary Pridgett O'Flynn." Mrs . John Peurifoy—"Martha Washington Be Careful." Mrs J. G. Padgett—"Hanna Maria Honeysuckle." ' Sherwood Price—"Absalom , Cu cumber." Miss Ataline Moore—•“Temper ance Hartshorn." Dan Campbell—"Expienee Brad ford Truluck.” Mrs G. C. Brown—"Dolly Madison Hayseed.” Allen Searaon—“Timothy Truck.” Mlaa Dell Hlott—"Charity Snod grass.” * Harry Patterson—"Grover Cleve land.” E. E. Jones—"Sam Randall." Mr* Allen Searaon—"Matilda Jane Periwinkle.” Mrs Henry Stokea—"Priscilla Jane Honeycutt.” Arthur C. Fairy—"Johnnie Harts horn.” * Skule Committee: J. O. Pad gett, H- s. Strickland. Price of admlasion:, Adulte* 24— Children 15c at Town Hall. There will be. a meeting of the fire department on the 24th, Thurs day night, of this week. Every mem ber is requested to attend this meet Inf. B. H Graves, Chief. | Mrs Rachel Redish spent Sunday at her home a*. Colleton. lumbia, who was’ Class, on a tour through the State of South Carolina. Our guests were received by Dr. Johnson and repre sentatives from the facufty and stu dent body. Dinner was served in our dining-hall. Afterwasd a musical program was rendered in the Win- thop Society Hall by the n|usic diror- tors of the college, and the college chorus. Before the guests of the evening left they wererheered by the Winthrop students who gave hearty yells for Yale, and for the clasa of ’$5. Although our guests have boon out of college for some few years, pot we learned that they hatLjiot lost the power to raise their yells, for their cheers for Winthrop wore strong and loud. The last yell given by the students ended with the worda "Cqme again" and the Class of '86 answered, as one man "We will.” So ended a very delightful evening for Winthrop. The students of Winthrop College are working enthusiastically upon he Old English pageant, representing the visit of Queen Elixabeth to Ken ilworth Castle./which ia to be giren on the campus, on the afternoon aa4 evening of Tuesday, May 13. Every student in the college will take part n the afternoon, also a large num ber* of children from the training school. The pageant will open with the ap pearance of a mounted herald who invokes the Past. From that mo ment till the close of the performance the field will present a moat picture sque appearance. Knights, soldiers, ladies, Jesters, and country folk In holiday attire will mingle on the green with groups of fantastic dress, who have come to provide entertain ment for Her Majesty. The Queen and her train escorted by the Earl of Leicester, will arrive on horse back, and will be welcomed by a joyous multitude. The Hears "and Graces will conduct the Queen to a pavilion, from which she will view the sports provided for her pleasure. Theee will consist of old-time Morris dances, a revel of shepherds and., shepherdesses, an old Bagliah Mas que, a fairy story In pantomiae, an exhibition of trained bears, a dance by tbfc vllllage children, and other pictnreeque and bbautiful features. The afternoon program will cloee with a grand march of all the per formers. Miss Margaret Ctaepne will take the* part of Queen, and Mias Carrie Jerome Johnson will appear aa the Earl of Leiceater. r In the evening, the beautiful. Rob- / Continued on .Page Five