Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

I' > A .tm 4. * \ ?'■ / MM VOL. XXXV. WALTERBORO, S. C. WRDMKDAV, MAY 28, 191.1 MSfENSARY ADVOCATES ADAM TIE fEimONS FOR ELECTION THIS SUMMER BUND TIGERS AND ]PROHIBITH)NIST RICHARD HENRY AUSTIN AFTER BEING CRIMINALS DEFY lAW Decide at Conference That Efforts -Would Be Made to Wipe Out Blind# Tigers. Prohibition Talk Seems Sincere IX WALTERBORO SAYS REV. T. P. H.fkKK IX STROXG AR- TirLK OX QVKSTIOX. At a meeting of a few of the ad- voc^tee of the Dispensary, held Mou- day at which were present a good number of those who have been deeply interested in this question, it was^lecided to drop the agitation for aa ejection this summer upon the qeeetion of re-tablishing the dispen- eery In ColletonTounty. and the pe titions for an electioh will not be pceeented. This means that there will be bo election on this question this year. This conclusion was reached after a careful canvass of the situa tion. and the fact that the prohibi- tionists had become very active w ithin the last few weeks had much to do with this disposition of the question. The assemblage agreed that there Booms to be s desire and an intention upon the part of those who hav% been opposed to the re-establishment of the dispensary to do something to enforce the laws which are now in force. o The gathering ail thought pro hibition enforced would be better than the dispensary and decided to give the people o f the country more time in which to do something tc correct the evils which now exist be fore further agitating this question All present agreed to co-operate in every way for the abolition of blind tigers, and the meeting resolved it self into a discussion of effective methods of ridding the town and county of these who persist in vio lating the law. Dr. W. B. Ackerman. In an inter view with a representative of this paper, stated that he as Mayor of Walterboro was ready to place maximum sentences upon those whc are convicted of violation of the whiskey laws. He expressed him self as desirous of seeing something done which would result in convic tions for violation of the laws, and there is no doubt but that the town will have a better- enforcement oi the law. I \ NEW POSTMASTER TAKES CHARGE Ob’ OFFICE Duccciailn Mr. B. Levy Who Ha^ Oc cupied this Positiou for Fifteen P. M. Murray ie now poetmapter at Walterboro. he having receded oa last Saturday aad to al ready falmllar with the many exact ing duties of the ofP.ce. The patrons of the offlee hare not been able to tell from the Service received tbmt there has been a change. Mr. Mur ry to peculiarly competent for such ft position, he having been post master at St. George for a number of years, and having become fam.liar there with the official duties. Walf*»- ^oro is indeed fortunate in havinr Mr. Murray occupy this important :k*- sition. For assistant. Mr. Murray has has shown remarkably good judg ment in the selection of Mr. Sinclair, Glover. With these two able and conscienti ous men in the office, the postal busi ness of the town will te in good hands. Mr. B. Levy, the retiring postmas ter has efficiently served the people for fifteen years, he haying been ap pointed to succeed Col. A. J. Izzard. There are numbers of people who will miss Mr.' Levy’s presence in the offlee which he has occupied for so long, and his many friends here have nothing ^ut good -voris for h.s long and faithful service. In such a posi tion, a man is liable to be criticised, but Mr. Levy has so conducted the business of the government until all all of the patrons of the office count him as their friend: NO (4ERMOX AT HIGH SCHOOL NEXT Hi'XDAV Ob AccowBt of Eye Trouble. Dr. CaBcels Hie Engage- It is with regret and disappoint ment that I have to announce that there will b® no sermon before the eat SttBdey. Dr. Thorabnry. who bad been engaged to deliver this sermon. Informs me' that on account of serious eye trouble, he is forced to cancel all engagements for at ledst two weeks This infor mation was entirely unexpected: and the time is too short now in which to secure a substitute. The omis sion oP this part of our prograjn will, however, not interfere with the other parts which are scheduled for June 5 and €. . C. L- 8HEALY. Principal. May. 28. Think* able Writer -Puts tion up to the People Who Take Action. WWTES OF VISION SHOT BY POSSE IS CAPTURED IN GEHRGU IN WHM i! DEVIL PROMPTED HIM TO WHITE IX PAYOR v OF WHI*kE\. ISSUE LAW 'ENFORCEMENT THINKS DISPENSARY BAD ‘ < ^ Neither Prohibition nor DUpeiiJMWfr}M r - Vuumler* in lnlere*Hng Article ora- Bring- New Viet* Point mend- Smoak and l.aw-on for the The* have Taken. Officers Coming Suddenly Upon Him Shoot and Negro’s Life is Despair ed of. Fugitive Found Near Home of Farmer BASEBALL. Walterboro boys and the Cotton Mill boys played a very interesting game of baseball Friday. May IMrd. Score 7 to * in favor of the Cotton Mill. „ Batteries. (Walterboro) \\ .treil. Griffin, and DuBois. tCoUon Mill'. O’Neal and Benton. B. Levy spent Sunday In Beaufort, and will leave this week for an ex tended visit to New York. Dr. Klein is having installed this week an excellent concrete side walk in front of his drug store, which will materially add to the beauty of that section of town. M. C. Fishburne is beginning the (onstruction_of a beautiful dwelling on Hampton street to take the plape of that which was recenely destroy ed by fire. D. J. Chaplin and family hai^ikov- ed to town for the summer. The Methodist church nas under gone a general cleaning this week and the Church furniture has also been rearranged. i Messrs Paul Saunders and L. R. Smith, of Hitter, were In town on Monday. Campbell Sanders. Jr., who has been attending the University of the South, will take charge of the of fice of the Colleton Mercantile and Manufacturing company of Hitter within the near future. Mr. Editor: I have no desire in this article Ip discuss the merits or demerits of tbB‘ Dispensary or of Prohibition. The question to which I would call the attention of the citizens at this town concerns a more important matter. Are not existing condition here as regards the free and unlim ited sale of liquor promoting s con tempt for law which It is frightfnl to realize? Is it not the common tsdt that in this town there are eight rum shops to every church nad about ten hell-broth venders to 00- ery minister, dispensing their liquoiV like cold poison from the purple Ilf* of venomed reptiles? The present situation seems to bo this: Freedom for the whiskey sot ler, liquor for those who want It* prohibition for the prohibltionipti and lawlessness for all of us. Is It any wonder that it is sometimes charged that our State reeka wfti moral, political and social vice. whOB the anarchy yre condone among m makes s comnfbn prostitute of tho very name of the law? Is the mayor of a town respecting his oath of office and disc' his duty to the people. wLen log to his sweet will he chooses which laws he shall respect and which he shall igitore? When such coaditiona as these exist “does it not set up the reckless and destructive standard of tyrannous personal power, as.every mayor, every police, man. every little or big officer of the law arrogates unto himself th- de cision as to whether or not the pro hibition law shkli—as far as hi* agency in law- enforcement, goes— be respected or set aside?”' The question, then, for us is not the wisdom or unwisdom of- prohibi tion. or the expediency as to the res toration of the Dispensary, but whe ther we still believe In law. When these rum sellers open up^ within a few feet of our doors, ip full sight of our wiles and little children, (or them to see the drunkards as they reel out the back-doors, shocking ai' decency by their dirty profanity. Editor of The Press and Standard: For sometime my attention has been directed to quite a number of very interesting communications pub lished in your paper, so I at last came to the conclusion that you might pub lish a short sketch for me. * I cannot‘tmagidb just what influ ence was brought to bear on me that piner teterr lore i 1 should undertake to write, but 1 must have had a vision or something pf the kind: for I feel very much like I have been in direct contact with the devil himself, and at his In stigation and dictation will write Just a few line^. I do not feel that I have altogether surrendered to his Satanic majesty, but I am just stand ing nesr-by. watching his shrewd (movement'’ as he endeavors to push forward his greatest enterprise. You know. Mr. Editor, the devil is ally a better looking old fellow than ost folks would judge him to be. nywsy: Judging from his general putstion. though, on my-Y.first ap- roach I noticed he had one black ye and one or two bruises on the pther cheek. I then ventured some terrogaiion as to why these bruises pa hdr fsee, and he. seeing my ng friendship Towards him, went on to explain, saying that there was a man who used to live in Col leton County. S. C., but now in an other State, had recently dealt him a dreadful blow on the cheek and hac stunned him somewhat, but said he he was on his feet again. He also went on tofetate that for the good of his cause here he thought it would be best for that man to continue away from Colleton. Then I ventured to ask about that black eye. and the reply of the devil was: That a man living at Lodge 8. C.. had hit him a lick that counted for true. He said It came very near putting his eye out; so he left that mnn immediately, for he was prepar ing to give him another bjow. said he. His majesty informed me also that his leading business would fall unless that man at Lodge would leave the county too. The devil also added that there are quite a numbet Newington, Ga.. May 27.—Rich ard Henry Austin, slayer of Dr. S. C. Moore. Magistrate Edenfleld and Vic tor Bowers, was captured at dusk to night near the residence of Mr. Mar vin Giles, seven miles above Newing ton. The negro was shot down by two members of the posse making the arrest, which was headed by Sheriff Morris of Barnwell. S. C. To night Austin lies desperately wound ed and his life is despaired of. For days Austin has been skulk ing in the Savannah river swamps, fed and aided bv members of his own race. For several days past the relentless band of the law has been closing in on him. slowly but surely, until It became but a ques tion of time before Austin found him self a prisoner of the lepresentativ^ Mt. Carmel New*. Mt. Carmel. May 2« —Special: Mr. B. N. Beach of this section happen ed to a painful though not serious ac cident Saturday afternoon. While out riding through the woqds hia*roule became frightened at a hog and threw him off. bruiaing him on his head. Rev. R. C. Boulware filled hie ap pointment at Mt. Carmef church Sun day afternoon. He preqehed a very when these law-breakers flaunt tn* of men in Colleton County who are red flag of their anarchy in the faces of law-abiding citizens of our town, la it not time to ask. Where will all this end? trying to overthrow his greatest en* terprise. Just at this point of -hi* 7 v'onveraqtlon I gave him a took of sympathy because of his look or patn To call such a community "Chris- , and worry: whereupon he asked me tiana” while these things are true, is j if i *oultf write a short p.ece for him and have same published in The Press and Standard, and ray reply was that I would do so provided he would dictate the whole thing. To tent lye congregation. YA ' Mr. John Welch and daughter, df Ridgeway. spent Saturday and Sunday very pleasantly in our sec- ion. He is very attentive to a certain young lady here. Misses Minnie and Reba Carter have returned after spending a week with friends and relatives at Ehrhardt. ‘Miss Addie Linder is visiting her sister. Mrs. A. T. L’tsey of Round. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Padgett and children visited Mr. Padgett’s sister. Mrs. D. H. Seigler. of Round. Satur day night and Sunday. Rev. J. S. M. Finch, pastor of Zion Baptist church near here spent Saturday uight'with W. H Beach of this section. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Garris, of Round, visited Mrs. Garris' parets, Mr. aad Mrs L. A. Linder the third Sunday. , v Ftill Reach and sister Maggie and Laurie Beach spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. Perry Fox near Walterboro. Runaway Accident. What might have been a fatal ac cident, was the runway of a mule on ( Railroad Avenue last Sunday, T*e Walterbof'o Cotton Mill boys vs buggy was occupied by the son and CottBgeville on Cottageville diamend: j,j a nghter of W. Evans of near Wa’ Score: 9 to J in favor o«' ( ottagn: tt>rhoro j. n eems that after leaving ’"iT.tt.ri-.: Bridge and A.'k-rman , t»- depu. .he nmle beeame trigh.en- for Cottagevllle* O’Neal and Menton for Cotton Mill. Redon's and Walterboro Cotton Mill boy» will play a game of basebell at Bedon’s on Saturday afternoon- May 31st. The report comes from some <Af the members of a fishing party which has been recently engaged in this sport near Otter. Island, that Otter bland has the world’s record for high tides, the tide there during th% fishing trip being 25 feet high. While responsible parties vouch for this there are a large unmber who w:ll not accept such a sttatment ed in some ‘manner, and broke and ran. When the corner in front of Dr. Klein’s was reached the turn threw the occupants of the buggy out. inflicting painful but not seri ous wounds. * Berth occupants are able to be out at this time.' . Card of Thanks. To The Press and Standard: I wish to thank the many friends and subscribers*, who helped me in the contest It was with their help that I was able to win the Wardrobe Thanking you again. Sincerelv, (Miss) Inez Price. May 2?. 1?13. to tell a guilded lie and slander our blessed religion. A Christianity that takes things easy has no mark of Calvary upon it. It is a counterfeit and a humbug. The history of the this he very readily agreed, so ,t roi- liquor traffic proves it the enemy of lows: law. order, morality, Christianity and Editor of The Pre*# and Standard: civilization. Let not my people in Colleton I have stated briefly the ca^e; be-'! County go down in despair because fore the people (ff aur townj present Ithp churches and all the so-called the indictment and say to the liquor uhHstian peop!« are doing such sellers: Come Into the Court of the ,|(rty work to prevent the roo-stab- people and plead. lishment of the Dispensary in on# Of course th£ liquor dealer com midst, for as f see It. tins is the mencesyto whimper and says: "These greatest of our institution:. Bat fel- tem;erance people gre all hypocrites low-country men. let us fik*- on in w .and ) can get plenty of your chtfrch courage, seeing that we shall have g >ing lawyers to defend me. They another opportunity of bringing back wiM stand between me and Justice, so to our grand old court) »h«» Disp. n if you say I shall not sell, I will sell sary, which is the foundation '-of in defiance of law. You never have peace and order. Why. my country- stopped the sale and never can stop men. that thing we <a!l prohibition it When you say I shall not do it. is g farce, for all the so-calb-d I will hoist the flag of rebellion on Christian people have joined hand* tlr? hand of a whiskey barrel and wltli the blind-tigers and we can’t dafy you to stop roc. *• afford to give opr support to any Fellow ^tftzeus of Walterboro, this I such measure; but w hat we want is seems to be the situation: this is the (good and lawful men to deal out the The many friewds of Jonss will regx*t to know that he Id confined to his home with sick- Fd*ar E E T H 8haffer returned from ‘ Greenville where he went to escort Mrs Shaffer and their young daugh ter. Mrs. Shaffer will spend several months in Greenville. defiant and insulting attitude of thrise cess-pools of moral leprosy which mock us as we walk t;b«* streets of our town. It is. the enemy of God and the foe to every human good. It threatens the public safe ty. It destroys the public health. It corrupts the public morals. It ir the only business whose raw material is boys and girls and whose finished product is the lost and ruined soul. What Are we going to do about it? ' T. P. Baker. pure rum, such as will not make men drunk, but will enable us to sit to gether with all of our high-toned friends and drink from the cups that which to authorized by law for us. The County orders the genuine goods that will not make us drunk, but will enable ns to bask, as It were. In the aunshine of happinea Poverty will then be a thing of the past and Illiteracy will not abound la Colletoa County, for tho 1 revenue wo get from the sale of this pure day afternoon. He preached a very ™ uaa instructive sermon to a large and at- * •UvttUBTBl Pen lei of that government he haa defied amt whose officers he has shot down. This morning Austin was aeon to skulk up the river and the vigilant posse soon was in pursuit. Austin formerly worked for Mr. Giles had it is thought he went that way, be ing in hopes of obtaining food or shelter. Familiar with the groand. he evaded his pursue!? ajl day hot at duzk^ Sheriff Morris aad Officer Starender came suddenly upon their man. Their guns spoke and Austin dropped. The long chase was en<t- ed. - Austin was shot in the breast aad stomach and is in s precarious con dition. Sheriff Morris decided tonight to take his prisoner to Savannah tomor row morning on the Brinson rail road. ’\ EHRHARDT SCHOOL CLOSES WITH INTERESTING EAERCMBS VI I aad School Program ■ttrrtag Addresses the Fetor The closing exercises of the hardt Graded School were hold 4b the town hall Monday and Tuesday evenings of this week. There was a large attendance of natrons and friends from the tows aad country round about. Tho school haa ctaaaft W t Barber aaft. Ml Monday evening and Blue— School Open* on Monday, May aoth. Peniel began an extra-summer ses sion with Miss }da Lee Wren of Mc Cormick, S. C.. as teacher. Miss Wrenn has splendid ability, -being highly recommended by Supt. of Edu cation of Hampton, Mr. J. C. House- She has taught for several years in Hampton County and is also high!* educated in tn"sic. We hope for Miss Wreti a success ful term, as we, consider 1‘eniel on* of the best country schools in Colle ton County. ‘'Am^h^s.' , OMISSIONS. On account of lack of space this week. We ^mve been forced to ofitii several'good articles on prohibition Willie Kinard of Mt. Carmel Is In tow n today. * stuff will enable us to educate all our sons and daughters. Just at this point my patience ceased fo be a virtue, and I said to the devil: "I am growing very tiredi’* 1 whereupon he thank«d me kindly and suggested to j tion of Prof J aaalatants. — The program for was as followa: Song. Red. White School. Prayer—Rev. J. C. Hutchinson. Housewives Drill—Girls of Pri mary Department. Declamation Contest—Boys of tha High Scheol. Hay, “Too Much of a Good Thing” —Pupils of the High and Interme diate Department. Clown Drill—Boys of the High and Intermediate Department. Wand Song—Girls of the School. At the conclusion of this well ren dered program the decision of the Judges, the Messrs. 3. C. Hutchi son, N. H. Fender and Frank Robert son. in the declamation contest was rendered. The following boys of the High School competed for the gold medal offered by the trustees: Clyde Herndon. Wilson Clayton. Har ry Hiers, Edward McDowell. Peter and ^llie Kinard. The- medal was won by Edward McDowell, whose ora tion "Cassius to Brutas against Cae sar” proved the young contestant an orktor of no mean ability. All of the young men acquitted themselvee admirably. Rev. J. C. Hutchison, in a very happy manner, presented (Jie medal. Tuesday evening the graduating exercise* were held. There were four to finish in the High School depart ment:. Misses Clara Copeland aad Ethel Smith, who both had appro priate essays. Mis* Annie Rents and Rlon Clayton. Rev. E. A. Mc Dowell and Rev. D B. Grow lose made stirring addresses on the need of a better and more modern school building. The awards of honor for the year were made by Prof Barber. The scholarship medal in the High Schofft -offered by Prof. Berber wa* won by Clyde Herndon. ‘ The prtxea for the highest average* In the inter mediate and Primary Departments were won respectively by Misses Inez Hutson and Marguerite Cope land. The program wa* concluded with a "Fairy Dance” by the gins of the High School and Intermediate Department. A 1'nrrectioa. Editor The Press and Standard: In last week's issue of your me to add anything I desired to what j paper you had ms say ”It cannot bs he had for publication, so I added these words: All that I have written for you, you old dsvll, to a black lie and you know it. Aa soon as the devil read my postscript I looked around and hs was gone. Sam B. Saunders. Sworn that tb» dispensary cuts out the tiger." while I used the wsrd "Shown.” Please make ths corrso- tion. S» A. Marvin. We acknowledge our error. —: i \ ’ J /