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-»» T. • * j / . k .. ♦ , VOL. XXXV. WALTERBORO, S. C, WED NESlJAY, 5% MAY 14,1913. NO. 39 Vf-' REV. J. C LAWSON FAVORS PROHIBITION PKOHPtVTs FOR TOBACCO C ROP XKAR WAI.TKRBORO CiOOD. V ... % t INKS BLIND TICiFRS Wrtl l.D v EXIST I1KOARDLF.SS OF DISPENSARY. TO FIGHT TILL THE LAST jaiTt the Re-e^tabli'bment of Di» p«Mir>' in Colleton County—No Government Should Sell Whiskey, Thinks the Writer. r Lodge. S. C.. May I Jth. Speeja!: Bditor of The Press and Standard: As announced in n;v ar' <•!■.* in the last issue of your paper I :n in the fight to the tinish against the re establishment of the Dispensary in Colleton County. Reiterating what I said In that article, the question is a uiora" ques- toa and not a political one. the matter thir^. it seems to me that it is the bounden duty a^ well as the high privilege of the Minis ters of the Gospel to ' take a brave uncompromising stand it favor •( right as against the wrong. There fore with perfect good-will toward all, but without fear or favor. I pro- poae to stand against the thing to the end of the chapter. I am®aware that conditions in regard" to ’ blind tigers” are bad in many places in the County. That the • tigers” do a nourishing business cannot be vhoaied. but do not the same ‘•Ggers” nourish in Charleston and in other places where the Dispensary is in Tocae? I* not true tlxat t0 ewer extent the Dispensary restricts. the illicit dealers take advantage of srho by the terms of the law cannot get their dring from the Dispensary? Did illict dealers anywhere ever have any fear of any Dispensary sys tem? If. for example, an habitual grunkard cannot get his drink from the Dispensary, is It conceivable that he will do without it when he can wnaily order it or get it from an illicit Coaler 4 Take another case Suppose a minor wants whiskey and cannot get it from the Dispensary, provideo, the law carried out How easy it In for some "friend” to get it for him. I am not afraid to say that however noil the law is carried out. any man. he he drunkard or whatever he may ’iuy* Mr. Howell. Who b» Conducting DemonM ration Crop. Editor of Press and Standard: For the satisfaction of many friends who manifest a natural and proper interest in my unostentatious enterprise In undertaking a demon stration of tobacco culture near Wal- terboro. allow me to say that the prospects at this writing are very good. There are many “ifs” in all farming, and a lot of devilment can happen in the next few months, but there is every reason for the hope that I will have an "object lesson” tru;,. anl in the ,-nd I think marv of our people will se tobacco grow ing in a new light. I claim that m> ways of doing things are up-to-date. My plants are young, but tally as early as I desire them for a late summer crop: and notwithstanding the horrible weather of the past month or more, I am. I am sure, justified in feeling cheerful over the prospect. „ Yours truly. A.*, M. Howell. or may be able to buy from whiskey Dispensaries. Nobody knows this better Than those men who drink whiskev/ hence their hypocritical talk aboqr the re establishment ot the /dispensary system to better conditions. If I drank intoxicating/liquors I would be in favor of th^dispensary system. If I "wanted a sk^ r i**d position in cdu- aection with the liquor, business. I would vote for it. If I wanted to make the business as respectable as Event* at Parker** Ferry. Parker’s Ferry. May 10.—Special. Editor of The Press and Stnadard— As I never see any news in your pa per from this section, thought I would write a few lines. The crops in th.s county are look ing very well, considering the dry weather ^ The Big Run school closed April ’.oth. having been successfully taught by Miss Elizabeth Scott of Williston. S. C. The patrons of this school gave a picnic Tuesday, May 6th, in honor of Miss Scott. There was sot a very large attendance, but everyone seemed to enjoy the out ing. The young folks amused them selves with boat-riding, etc., while the older ones, enjoyed a quiet’ so cial chat. “the young folks retired to the home of Mr and Mrs W. S. Weeks, where they were en tertained at a birthday party In hon or of Mrs J. W. Chaplin, eldest daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Weeks. Among those present were: Mr and Mrs Wm Cordry. Mr and Mrs J. W. Chap lin, Mr S. G. Chaplin and daugh- ,ers. Misses Eva and Julia and Mr and Mrs J. D. Cordry, Misses Ruth. Sarah and Evig. Weeks and Miss Elizabeth Scott. Messrs W. L. and B. W. Caddin, Robert Perry. S. Lyons. Robert Cordry, Allen Canady and Neil Murray of Parker’s Ferry; ■Grover and Charles Chaplin of Ran- towles and Robert Chaplin of Char- .•> x fc\ leston. ter in the evening refreshments , can get all th*» liquor he may want" w^yfe served, consisting of ice cream nd cake Miss Ruth Weeks, who has been visiting relatives and friends at Cot- tageville and Round, has returned home She reports having a very pleasant t:m*v,She was accompanied home by her brothel", Mr? J. W/ Weeks. Miss Elizabeth Scott, after spend ing sometime with friends in this section, returned home Wednesday, May 7th. "Jolly Kid.” A. H. HOWELL RE- PERSONAL ITEMS OF PLIES TO EAGERTON LOCAL IMPORTANCE V ANSWERS LETTER FROM BNl©. FATHERED AND ARRANGED Fol: MOI.OGIST PUBLISHED LAST WEEK. > THE BENEFIT OF THE ’ HASTY READER. ADVISES EAGERTON ON SCIBKE WHAT S WHAT IN WALTERBORO Think* That the Entomologist Learn Mdre Before Attempting 6b Write on Such Subject* n* deau\ Mixture • Matter* of IntereM from the Borne*, from the Street*, from the Hu*) Mart* of the Town. Briefly Pre- *ented. To the Editor of The Press and Star «. K ard: I have read in your last weel issue the two ebullitions of Mr. H. Eagerton in which he volunteers suj v 7 gestions to me on the flea beetle sul ject and enlarges with a homily Bordeaux mixture, fungi, etc. assumes large proportions, and ml rogates to himself a superior know- edge of such things. The bli and most conspicuous idea in h efforts is the Eagerton himself. The Ego covers and permeates bis every utterance. He says not a word la criticism of my methods of combat ting the flea beetle with an Emulsieh of kerosene oil and soap with tohnccfc added, while all the world know* that such a decoction is the standaM remedy for fighting ins»' > *s that have to be fought by bringing a deathly ' i.uS'-u ii.to imn.culatc oo.tact their bodies. If be knows anything about tobacco growing, he ought to know that the exceeding smallMss of tobacco plants that are just earn ing up. or are just up, makes tfc* spraying of beds of them with a thla| heavy liquid like Bordeaux Impracticable or haaardous^ The many friends of Mrs A. A. Patterson. Jr., will l>“ delighted to | know that she is recovering from au operation undergone at the Baker- jrraig Infirmary in. Charleston last week * • • Miss Emmie Strobe!, who has been employed as stenographer by XT. Q Towles. Youngs jsland. has returned to Walterboro and has accepted a position with The Pre$g and Stand ard. /'<? D. L. Smith returned Thursday from a meeting of the State Board of Equilization at Columbia. Mr Smith represents Colleton on this board. He reports that the assessments of the cotton /And cotton oil mills and fer- tilizer plants have been raised. / Mrs. Memorial Service* at lalaad Creek. Tbe Annual Memorial service of Island Creek cemetery w^s held last Saturday, with a large.rrowd in attendance Mr Jos Langdaie pre sided and introduced as the first speaker the Hon. G. W. Way. Capt Way made a strong and impressive address appropriate to the occasion and was well received. Hon J. L. Robertson was next introduced. Mr Kobervson spoke eloquently about tb« lives of those buried in the Island Creek cemetery, and made a strong plea for benefit from their lives. Rev J. M. Craven was the third and last speaker, and made a strong address based on the following words from 1st Samuel, 13:14: "The Lord hath sought him a plan like untp hU own heart." The speaker impressed the point of fairiifulnest to duty, as cribing this as the cause of David’s replacing Skill. He urged his hearers not to depend on ancestry and ap pearance but to valiantly strive for right. He impressed his audience with the importance of never shirk* mg a duty but of doing what was to be done in a manly way. At th*» conclusion of the exercises, a fine momoriai dinner was served. R. LIANNHG STOIE AT RIVERS’ BRIDGE < ANDIDATK FOR GOVERNOR DE LIVERS kijoqubnt Address TO LARGE CROUD. CONFEDERATE DEAD HONORED • • • J. M. Tuten and children. Leola and little Arthur of Ravenel. S. C.. left last SUgurday for Troy. Ala. w here they ^Ml spend sometime with Mr. Tuten., He is engaged in business there for the Coast Line Railroad Co. *» » Rev Mr Collum, of Klein’s, 9. C., preach at the First extreme length of tobacco plants at- church in Walterboro. Sunday, May it could be made I would vote for it, ! living it a place on the front street to h them so that the thirsty on**s will have to Come to the dram-shops which we ourselves may bring into .existence. We w.i! t .l.e the •'efarious work out ef the hands of my towji and let it do its destruct ive work under the sanction of law. I do not wonder that men.wjo are. controlled bv appetite ratl:«r thah by reason and enl filtered conscience <> f these people and we will impover- ftre in favor of it. But it is rather a M sh and murder in the dignified guise marvel that some men who a!- I ( h* av ’ most horrified by the work o: th;- this stage is an eighth of an inch or less, and at this time there is no tend erer or more delicate plant on the farm or in the flower garden than the tobacco plant, just merged from the nascent state. It is at this time that beetle#, crickets, grasshoppers and oth«r pests eat the plants bodily, wholesale. Just at this time the plants are so small that spraying even with clear water has to be very gently done, except through coarse cloth lying flat upon th^rp. else they are washed under, or out of the soil and destroyed. Especi ally is this so if the plant beds are in sandy soil, as mine are. M>' critic dilates at length on Bor- deraux mixture and gives himself ompletely away In showing his ignor ance of it and its action in killing out plant diseases, such as mildew, blight etc.. He seems to be unaware of the fact that in making it by tiie preserved formulae, the iim*» decom poses the sulphate of ^Jppper. neu tralizing the sulphuric acid it con tains; and the reaction that enstm# brings about the formation of cupric hydroxide. Further, Mr. Eagerton ought to in form himself, if he will hold himself down long enough to study what tlo* authorities say on .the matter, that it js held that a further chemical a<- tlpn takes place after the liquor ha been sprayed upon tjie plants, when 25. morning and night. Every mem ber of the church is especially urged to be present at these servises. Pub lic also cordially invited to attend. • * * M?ss Helen Luias. who has bee*, visiting her sister. Mrs J. C. -:r- Leod. in Sumtqy. is expected to re turn home for a brief visit to her parents. Mr and Mrs John F. Luca*. She will be accompanied by Mrs Mc Leod. who will spend the summer here. specimens of the wire worm, and has not yet been able to identify it. How does he know this’ 1 would remind him that Govemm-nr officials and specialists are not in the habit of shouting from the house-tops the findings of facts concerning their work, and that "Assistant Entomolo gists in charge” of remote country places are not expected to voice the business of the National Govern ment. or of even a college that dir ects e3M>.erlraental work. I will suggest to Mr. Eagerton that he be not so »*ager. lest he get In to his own light. When he get* older, and has had larger experience, he will find that tbe world, with ail its cold (ieifishness. will treat him rightly: I suggest also that he be gin at the beginning ami familiarize himself with primitive entomology. Some of the old fogies of a former Round New*. Round. May 7.—Special: , Miss' Ruth Weeks, of Parkers Ferry, has returned home after a pleasant visit of a week with her rouSin. Miss Win nie Weeks, and other relatives and .friends. •' Miss Jess e W’eeks visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Misses Essie and Addis Bridge; Jennie. Florrie and Bessie Gruber and Annie Robertson s&nt Sunday with Misses Winnie and *Ruth Weeks. Misses Addle and Essie Bridge en tertained a large number last Sat urday night and all report a grand time. Misers. TaImage Robertson and Charlie Byrd spent Inst Sunday at Cottage ville. t Meaan. Qi Canady visited this section last urday night and Sunday. J. W. Gruber, of St. George, paid us a pleasant call this week. Misses Ruth and Winnie Weeks spent last Wednesday with Miss Ells Bridge, and that night with Misses Essie and Addie Bridge. ■Mrs S. W. Weeks spent last Wed nesday with her parents. Mr and Mrs Joseph Bridge. Mrs^* V.*. Bridge has just re turned from a visit to her parents at Givhans. Miss Estelle Brownlee has return ed to her home at Givhans after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends in thisjiection. Misses Winnie and Ruth Weeks spent last Friday with the Misses Gruber. Mr J. W. Gruber, of St. George, will preach at Bethamy Baptist hunh at 11 o'clock on the fourth Sunday in May. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Exercise* Held at Place Where Geae. Sherman and Wheeler Met—AB- * dre**e* Dealt of Real Cause* of the War. Ehrhardt, S. C. May 9 —Special: The greatest social event of the season in this section occured yester day at River's Bridge. In Sherman’s march from the sea the Confederates under Gen. Wheeler QPPOMd him at this point. The IfFmorisl exercises, held yesterdsy. were in honor of the Confeiterate soldiers who lost their lives in this engagement It is not unusual for 1,500 or 2.000 p eople to gather here each year to take part in these exercises, coming from a wide area, including sections of several counties. The day is speav. mostly in quiet social. Intercourse of friend with freind. including a charac terlstfc low-country dinner, in all of which the greatest hospitality ana good-will abound. The memorial exercises were in charge of Dr. W. F. Kirkland, an honored veteran of the war, who cal- led npott the Rev. E. A. McDowell to open the exercises with prayer. After a brief aldress by himaelf. In which he reviewed the history of the annual event in which we were tak ing pert, Dr. Kirkland Introduced the speaker of the dey, Hon. Richard I. Manning of funster who was re matter of Mr. Manning’s address deelt with the reel cause# of the war of secession, end for a short oae hour he held his audience in rapt at tention. The speaker was clear, forceful and eloquent, and the hearty applause that he received at the cloee indicated in seme degree tbe pleasure with which he had been heard. Tn*^'Souther*, idem*, strong in his cori'vfdttons. strong is character, the embodiment of honor. Mr. Manning is representtatlve of the tree type of Southern gentlemen. We heard one miyi say that he would be the next Governor of South Carolina. May Godgrantthatour State, by such as he. might be delivered from the present shame. At the conclusion of Mr. Manning's address a number of Confederate veterans formed a column and march ed to the grave-yard and solemnly stood around the graves of their dead comrades, while the ladles decorated them with flowers. This would b*' at: evil part- The s-eaf' 1 ? "blind tigers,” teem to think that drink would no longer fee a t erse werv the sale of it legalized. Further more. it should br said that wh.skey j isacu r »e and not a < onnrodity in uny true s**nse of the word.. Were,it only •a‘commodity it would need neithei restriction nor prohibiten. No govern *n»*nt has. therefore, any rght to legalize u curse. For any govern- * meat, therefore, to sell intoxicating liquors js to declare itself in league with the Devil. For if itds criminal tor un individual to sell it. it is no less criminal for a government tt do sc. The government itself is responsible for nothing, for it is tsspersonal. but the creators of the government, the people, are reeplbn- aible. Here. then, w the forbidding btt true view of the case. The peo ple of ^Colleton County propose to g- •ato the liqnor business. Some ‘blind tigers” sre selling »lt. We ’all* sell it ourselves and send cor.- lership and only evil, parr at least of those,, ung£ who con stitute Ihe t obies’, and be.-: element ii our citizenship can never give it .k*■.r endorsement. It tius' stand, eiefore," as a < onde.mi.ed .work Of evil t::en. together with such .ns are shortsighted or misguided. The Lhbie condemns it. The entire genius and spirit of that sublime message from Heaven condemns it. God’s chosen ministers almost without exception have stood against it, and every true' messenger from Heaven among them will stand against It today. The whole face of fundamental moralj^w i.- against i\. Every principal of righteousness forbids it. If it comes it wii! be a signal victory for Satan and his hosts. By all that is reason able and right, by all that makes for the upbilding of our people, by si! that is high aad Holy. y and by a pro found realization of the responsibili ty that r*sts upon us in th : s crises, let us rise up and defeat it. J. C. Lawson. it unites with extravasated sap. or era might give him valuable points. Two of their methods of killing in sects may be ssefui to him now-a- days. One was. first cateh your bug; place him on a shingle and hit him, slam, with another shingle. When this was not practicable they resort- Bordeaux mixture as a medium or led to the following: Secure the e.-rier,'for arsenical poisons f r worm, place him between two insects, but only as a carrier of th» -f , smoothe blocks of woo l, and squeeze poisons. It had been found that the; slowly, but firmly-gu r e. These ways mixture did iljot chemically change | are old. but guaranteed, them-—Paris giS?en for in^ance-and j Now. then. Mr. Editor, the space reaches the sap of the grooving plant. The intricasies of all this seem to be beyond Mr. Eagerton. He suggests Bordeaux Arsenical as a remedy, but, does not explain what that is. Full twenty years ago. 1 with others, used j dav it came to light in U^ose days that t • i in your columns is too valuable for anything other than useful informa tion or the discussion of the how and tiie wlTy of whatever people are dic ing. or intending to do. I wish to say- to Mr. Eagerton. in conclusion, that. I am a native horn rrtizen of t’olle- mixing the two, both insec ts and fun gus diseases could be eff •etlvcdy c >n- quered in one act. It w «s kp«, n from the first that Bor oau< mixtire was. in soihe cases, an Insect deter rent. 'rnTu*. In the*- .".ays. mixed or by itself.\is an old • otntron* tu-- Sr*»\ Teacher* Examination. <3 The following is the result of the Teachers' Examination held at Wai- t?rboro. Friday. May 2nd. There were seven white applicants and three colored that received certificates as follows: Miss (’lytic* Saunders, first grade. Miss Mabel Campbell, first grade. Percy W. Garris, third grade. Miss Idelle E. Williams, first grade. Miss Maggie Lee Jaques. first grade. Miss Rebecca A. Dandridge. first grade. Miss Ruth Higher, second grade. K. ('. Farr, third grade. Sadie Brown, third tirade. Minnie L. Geiger, third grade. ton County, and in the course or tom known\ajyd practiced in fields nay life i htt\e filled several honor- orchards and gardens throughout the’able and responsible positions un- * or ld. der the National and State Govern- If Mi. Eatefton anvthirg n- «v [ ment. eac h of wjijch eame to me un- that will be -of use to farmers, he should let us have it. Everybody yeanas 'or the earps life w death-knell* of ■ the wife worm. Is Mr. Eagerton‘holding hick the secret of Its destruction.. new fie says the United States Depart- * meat of Agriculture has long ago baJ sought. Finally, when Mr. Eagerton "goes ofT” again, let ns hope that he .twill’entertain us with something good and useful. Tell us something Very truly. A. M. Howell. Mr. Strickland Attend* Conference. ‘ County Superintendent-elect. Hugo S Strickland, left Monday afternoon \j v — for Clemson Colle>ge, -where tie will hl?tc*nd the* ConfcTemce of the County Superintendents. Each County in the Slat/ 1 will be ;epresc-nted at this (inference, and Mr. Strickland hopc^tp bring bark some new ideas which will be of oenef\t to our people. Mr. Strickland enters upon the du- t es of his office in July. *H. A. Francis, keeper of a first class butch* r establishment, has recently purchased through the Brown Furniture Company an enor mous and handsome refrigerator, Mr Francis intends to keep a large sup ply of fresh meats on band at all times. Stoke* News. Stokes. May 12.—Spesial: Dear Editor of The Press and Standard: As it has been quite a while since I have heard anything from around here thought I would write a few dots. The farmers in this section are busy planting and preparing for a very bright harvest. Miss Eva Beach of laxlgc, who la visiting her cousins. Misses Ida anl Lucy Beach, will return home Tues day. accompanied by her coustn, Miss Ida Beach. Mr and Mrs. J. W. Beach of this section spent the day very pleasaht- ly at the- home of Mr. Abram Beach, of Stokes. Misses Ibhie and Senic* Goodwin o' Lodge, who have been spending a time here with friends ard relatives, returned home Saturday. % T. P. Belch visited Mr. Grifilln Saunders yesterday. Mr. and Mrs J. W. Saunders and little son. Bruce, visited Mr and Mrs Abram Beach yesterday afternoon. Little Miss Lucy Beach, of this place, who ha! been visiting her sis ter, Mrp Mark Haddocks, of Ehr hardt. returned Saturday Ira* Linder and Hill Beach were seen passing through t^is section Monday. I I. J. Herndon, of Lodge, attended the Zion Memorial., Misses Lucy and Pearle Beach visit ed Miss Ida Beach Sunday afternoon. Miss Eva Beach visited her uncle, J. H. Beach and family Saturday and Sunday. Two Violeta. 'm' " A