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VOL. xxxv.
WALTERBORO, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE U, 1913.
NO. 43
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD AT
THE WALTERBORO HKH SCHOOL
«XK C'KKT I.KTTKR POSTAGE
R.%PI1»I.Y INTO FAVOR
OF HON HAMEL v
». HKNOEKSON OF AfliEN
PMtmaMer Cienrral Burl«^«n Fa* ^ lll * , Ann ‘ ; "l Hr-l ni<.r Uon-
vor* it. at <k> ' Other Prominent
Men.
Postmaster General Albe/t 9. Bnr-
lerteiate Veteran' at rhuttanouga.
i The many* friend* In this county
•f Hon. Daniel S. Henderson of Aiken
Attractive Program Gracefully Render*
ed. Cantata on Thursday Night.
Address by Rev. L. G. Wood.
* ■ *
Diplomas Awarded.
leson, recently appointed bv Preal* j Will be delighted to know that he was
dent Wilson to taki charge of‘tbe .fkostn !h“ annual orator fcr the eon-
postal affairs of the United .Vates, la federate Reunion held recently in
heartily in favor of one cert letter Chattanooga. His address
postage. He so announced himscli to
I
was "ell
v .flhasterpiece an-
a delegation reptesentine th, Nnty>a- i.
al One Cent Letter Postage • g«* nm.u :ice 1 ' t
tion which waited on him in ash- Fj[he
\ ington a few days agfl. »ra
“I am heartily in favor ono otlS
v as a
received
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ov :.c *?. a cl
«*ojra paper co-
him.
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MOVEMENT ON FOOT LOOKING TO MOKE
RIGID ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAV
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Churches of Colleton Will Unite for the
Eradication of Great Evils. Com
mittees Appointed to Look
After the Situation.
I'.vcred by the Rev
or Charleston, w‘
Lo' is (I. Woo*.
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gave, pratt c;*
The Cou.rne:. ornent if
the Walterboro IlighrSchool -
cessfully rendered i nth* Auditorium
• %*. ’ ' \ o
on Thursday and Friday nights be To re
record breaking audiences. Ou j tion. Resronsibllity. He told
Thufedv' night, the capacity of the ! wonderful resou*<eg of the South?
large Auditorium *was taxed to ac-iand advised his hearers to remain bf
commodate iho audience and -the hujne. An especially strong plea v.ns
crovtd on Friday night was nearly ma de for farm life. He advised the
\ o ’
graduates not to live in the past.
The exercised for Thursday night j but w ith the past as a foundation fo
consisted of drills and the Cantata, i build for the future. It la well to
"A Day in the Woods.” These ’ex- ^ h^ve good ancestors, but one must
ercises were brief and spirited and ; show the fruit of those ancestors,
held the attention of.,.the aud.ence ; waa the thought which was present
ed. He made a plea, not so much
cent letter postage.” derlir'’.! Uost-Ht ^
master Gtneral Burle«o.i. v bo we»t
Vil t , i:r!r.g
’ V* ,
•al
[on to explain that he !
, . # * it about as soon as ct
>«* *»<-*•%.•» •«»;*"■ .hr foment co«M ‘ f *
1 " (1 “ !l - (..jo.. .. s 8U ’ xhe postmaster ce». c»' told the. w vn ‘
dealt vith Opportunity and its re.:,- a(!vC( . aU>s of om , ront , KJ , r t. 0 < ge f Fo,
ub
n
Si:t-
untll the curtain •’ fell on the last
scene. The pupils ofthe school taking
part in these exercises showed the
result of the careful training which
for a commercial South but for one
of God-fearing men and 'women, and
asked the graduates to do something
that he had long believed that
contention was right. M< sta***.’,
{however,"that as head n f t’/' l.ipartf
men* it was hi*, business t>.» rc-e :ha|
sufficient revenue was pulsed
meet all expenses and while he ®
raitted that there was a big surplui
received" 1 from first class mall each
year he Vdded that It would be ne<*e^
sary to make such an adjustment at
rate* as would put the department to
a business hasis v
Postmaster General Burleson ta
strongly in favor of putting the pov-
•h«d been given them and conducted for the benefit of their country, and
theprselves on the stage as adepts at
thv art of entertaining.
To mention ^those 'whq, starred
would be to name the entire per-
nonel of those taking part, but es
pecial mention must be made of
Elizabeth Jones, who, in the p?ft.
The Gypsy Girl, Won her wa>’ into
the^ hearts of those present. The
Chorda parts were exceptionally
well tendered, while Meredith Jones
showed remarkable talent in the
part of “Frank.” Edith Fraser's
.eir D * 'eftd.
bri^t r« fe*, 1
had ret
ret:*., tee
f iy rt-a 1 '!:'
the pcopi
t nation in tfee-«.arid
SOCIETY
fcer the
•»xe.
rv «
! The different churches of Walter-
n boro, ».ia’. It is unciamood. through-^
out the county. haWo decided to take
:i part ie the enforcement cf the pro
hibit on laws of Colleton. On last
nSunday, the different churches In
, Friday i . . T j .e th* 6th, | Waltt-rboro appointed certain com-
i a ,. f , ( t i : , «as the ocjcas cr. c*f ene‘of'Walter-j mlttec*? who will co-openete with
ot the great- fboro's foremost social « vents of the icach other in the endeavor to secure
' hen .ve can ; season, the Semi-Annual Ball. •gi»en-}M ! . ,ler . nnd n ‘ ore rl ^\ ^orcement
men of the to*.,n at
Vr \
a readjustment of rates as well per- i "
told them that greatness depended
on what one gives. A beautiful
tribute was paid to Southern women .. ... . ... .
. „ * , . mlt the operation of the departne
and the speaker • accredited the , . , ,,,
_ . . ’ L , in a business like mannej*.
beauty of Southern History wo the! ... .. ...
. . . It Is the purpose of the pr*sent
women who adorn it. His speed,, . _ . ......
. . , ,, [post office administration to estahlish
short and to the point, was well re
ceived. and will, easily rank as one 1
of the best of the kind ever delivered
in W'alterboro. »
k ha* k over a half ceotnry and by the young
■Umly discuss eCcnT; without f* 4 ar or Hyrne’s Hall.
and draw leSspns v.hich will Together*ittth a number, of vlsi-
ggSist to property s discharge the - tors, between thirty and forty cou-
fT8\e duties which devolve upon us ns pies were out to enjov the evening,
plx-i.s in the teeming and stirring Music was furnished by Wichman's
° and unrest in "hlch Orchestra cf Charleston. The s\ve?t
e live. And surely, for that l»u"- strains of this excellent band, brought
. we stand on hallowed ground; | ba ,. k rolden tinieg of tht , pa8t to
tal department on an efficient baa*. I** ° n 1,(3 sat red by every of the ol(ler dancing set and
He also favSr. adequate" comRe M fe.[r; mory of hPro sra: at ,h ‘
tion for postal employees, and sueh
fib. the, warring south; at the gat**-
frav of the new. pulsating and pro-
re south, with the lofty plateau
Hon. W. B. Gruber as Chairman of
the Board of Trustees in a few ap
propriate remarks awarded ‘the di-
song was long applauded. As a whole i plqmas. He traced the development
tlj^ exercises were interesting, and‘of the school, and corgratulatf'd
the large audience was well^plens-d Ifhdsewho Vere to irowr-ftr wnll
with the‘‘tceat prepared for them. 'on this occasion. In closing. h<
paid a beautiful tribute to 'he un
tiring energies and .remarkable abil
ity of Prof. C. L. Bhealy, the rrtir-
On Friday night the graduating
exercises wert^ held «tnd diplomas
awarded to five graduates. Hon. V.\
B. Gruber presided over the exercisej?, i n p principal of the tchool, and. ir»
and delightful music was rendered j behalf of the people of Walterbqro, j
^luring'the*, evening. The graduat* 3 ext tided to Prof. Shdaly the ihv.ta-
uppoaretl* Hn well prepared essavs jtion to return h^re at any time, as-
orations, and conducted th* m- soring him EhatHfe would be received
‘dvea well on the floor. All r^- with open hearts and hands. He
<c*ived ovations, and v.yre renirmlvr-[credited Prof. Shealy with having
**d by tlieir friends with handsome |accomplished much for the gro*vtli of
gifts. The .valedictorian, T>*< i In the school in every way. He alao
Bois, was esp* 'tally well. received, [ refer.ed to the excellent work nf
civil service rules throughout the de
partment. applying eventually eroa
to first class pcs*masters.
Senator Theodore E. Burton frotfi
Ohio, and Reprrsentatiove Charles U-
\ Bartlett from Georgia, have rc-int
jduced one cent letter per-tage biilj.
tha semaa &hu ‘house of re; r«*s*:.
lives. These’ bills call fpr the i^^K-
guratior of one rent letter fostag r.y
July 1 of .this year. ., /
Sepator Burton has long champ
ioned the battle for one cent l«*'sL *r
postage, while Heprosehtat.vc Bart-
iPpf M'ssictxiry Ridge on one **.«!»• and
the towering front of Lookout moun
tain on the other:, while to the south
flo.v the waters of the red t'hirki*-
piattga."
Th? ce; Tal thought of the ad dr? >s |
was that the surcivoH of the eon- I
fej' fate ariair* and their descend-I
burs have received a call to dUchari^F
l umber of political duties, chi* f
mong which was to resist the many
w-ffmgled ideas-of government for
Vhkh “ten.; orjMjy p./titlcians”
and bade farewell to her classmates
with appropriate words. *
The address of the'evening \*as de-.
every member of the .faculty.
The following is the program
■rendered: ° 1
Tbur-dny., June .Ntb.
PART I.
The Sifter Drill ' “1 .Primary Girls
The Farmer (Action Song* ^ Primary Boys
PART II.
•*A Hay InGtlte \I'«hhI«."
CHARACTERS: ' S. .
Or&adma, In song Chase Blacks,
Flossy, the queen Martha Baker
Morn, In recitation Ethel Francis
Dolly, in rocltation Beaaie Sander*
Nollie, In recitation ..•••** PelIum
Maade, la recitation • • Annie McCanta
14^ ) Ruth Fairy
) In duet
Hay . ) * Susie Tracy
Gypsy Olrl, in song Elisabeth Jones
. , PLANETS.
Vaaaa .✓- + *. < Marie deTreville
' Mayste Francis
..... Janelle Sanders
Graaaa D ® H Hlott
JWlter . !! Harold Sanders
Neptune ; * * Guy Sanders
* Winaton .Pearcy
Clyde Smith
Arthur Fairy
*! DeWItte Jacobs
clamor; r r.
The
speak
;rr- s^d: “In
*Iebd ai.d in
fa* t.
the t
'me will have
come. \ » rilv
has
«onto
rlrea- 1 :-, row
•at this r et.;
eht
and
a* tii!^ hrdv
shrill-. w!i“~
, \7 I •
are p
;*th» r* a'oi.y
the bsinUs <>
! the
fl w
K Ternene*
that not mil
y* h<
*.»• ** •,
;\o:b o; the
cou.f* dyra; y
but thos" i
ra*’.
th* r
d* sectuiants
th*
blue
n>: w.-ll. lihall
alike cor •
>£• I b
e’ art]
he* d the i Ji
which is l)re
ttV:
e t hri
'ii2h. k i;“ hind
to save tin
nn*
; • >:, 'i
ro:r. the ism-?
and nostrut
«. of
th* t-
m;.entry poi*-
tioiar.s of th
r day
'. who
is f !'■ in t
uame^of (h*
:>* 9|
le a?*
d-vrivine the
people ard
for t
h‘-k’
!»< r:onai r.u-
vancem?r.t i.
re m
• king
to emtisculr.'e
o|^the law. It is underflood that
those committees will unite and
form a joint committee”for the en
forcement of the prohibition laws.
The movement Is the result ' of the
ftcent agitation of the subject and la
expected to do much to free the town
and county of open violators of it#
whiskey lews.
It is planned, it Is understood, that
this idea will be followed up through
out the connty and all of the churches
naked to co-operate. The leadera-Aa
the movement believe that through
the aroused church members, prohi
bition can readily be’ made the ef
fective law which is desired.
Mayor ff. B. Ackerman when ^
asked what he thought of this move- i
meat, expressed his willingness to co
operate. and only asks that the maU >
ter be brought in an official ^ay” be
fore him. He stated that Town
Council would meet on Friday night
to elect a new Chief of Police and
with new methods ot procedure Coun* *
cil will expect much of the ncwvGhlef
of Police aloyg the llne*of
w “•‘ l *>iorceanft:t. • Especially,
Mrs L. B. Smith. Mr and Mrs PnWr pTWs the Idea that the /few Chief
Sanders and Mias Panline Sanders, would be Instructed to steps to
Of Ritter: Mr* * ftcLertl and “Mr. eradicateRfce blind tigi
many of them were present, if not
to participate, for old time sake, and
to see the young folks enjoy the
"ahuffie of heel and toe to the tuneful
time of fiddle and bow.” The even
ing passed off very pleasantly,, no' an
incident happened to mpretbe’occa
sion.
About the mid-night houf lunch
was served. Dancing was soot, te-
surn* d and continued till the wee
{hours of the mourn.
Among those present were the f d-
lowing: Misses Dolly, Minnie r: *1
Ruth Pries, Helen Lucas, Kathleen
Ha .* i ll. Fni'TyTTf'chfe, Martha'Vance
vor. Lehe. Julia dohestone. arid Caro-
l!n* Voigt: KtoadtoM'tttbb*. Mr and
lett has favored the cheapet* rates for
many yeare. / /
A strong advctcate for the lower
irate has appeared in th* person of
Hon. James J. Britt, of Asheville. X.
C. Mr. Britt recently retired from
'.the position of third anei^tant post
master general. Upon ,being ask»»d
'or his opinion of one cent, letter
i postage, he expressed it in r.o un-
•ctrtain tone. ,
“I am heartily Jn favor.” derla*-oj»
Mr. Britt, “of the Immediate reduc- a t»d destroy the \*t> law and spirit
tion of letter postage from two of our written constitution, handed’ Moorfr - . J * (
cents an ounce to one cent per ounce j down > 0 ll8 bv thf4 (0 mbined wisdom ]. Pri< ' e ' "
of Alexander' Ham,Ron. Benjamin I* The following committees artang-
Franklln,, James Wilson. Governcnr for t, ’'’ ,Ian,e:
Deas. of Stiniter: and Mis Jack
Smith of 1'hrhardt: Mrs J:. W.
Lucas. .Mr> Tom Murray and Mrs Joe
i Lucas: Messrs T. P.-Murray, J, \V.
Lucas. II. f.-Glover, M. Ji. Epps,
W. P. Murphy, <\ If. Fraser., L. B
Patterson. Up nip Sanders. Jas Rodg-
< rs. Dan Anderson Dan Peurifoy. M.
C. Glover, Anderson *Marvin, M. G.
Gruber, T. .1. McDaniels. Eugene Mc-
; Sweeney, of Hampton. D. JTA.McEI-
haney, Harry Andersipi. B. St L.
,aonin.*rlyn, J. r. von Lehe, Jew
Lemacks and S. G.
for these reasons: ■
1 “It will promote general intelli
gence, and will improve the social
relations of the people;
“It will advance the business inter
ests of the country, by lowering the
coat of communication;
“The rate of one cent an ounce
for letters, with the increase of mail-
matter which the reduction will in
duce, will defray the cost of handl
ing mod transportation.
“But few public questions are of
such vast concern to the great body
of the American people, pad I earn
estly hope It may receive the early
sad serious Attention of the con-
Mer^jlith Jones
oinas Hht
Mercury -
Mars *
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" BOYS.
Prank •„••••■
Sam Thonjss Hfewell
Joe . « ‘ ! Howell Jones
Chorus of twenty voices.
Friday. June Hth.
Music “Soring Song.” (Mendelssohn*. Duet.'(’base Black aad v
Edith Fraser
Invocation T ‘
Oration, “America’s Forward Step . ^
Oration y" T -**v
Essay, “WomsnV.Sph^e” '' ‘' •*
Music, Melody In F (Rtibinstein* Duet, Miss Johnstone and May von Lehe
Oration, “The Public Duty of Edurs'ed Men” Clinton du Bois
“Education as an Uplift” A “ B [« von L* he
*'We Must Move On”: L ^‘ l * du Bo ‘*
. "A Perfect Day.” (Bondi. So’o. ..
Awiaal Address
HeaantaUoa bf Diplomas.
Benediction . * • • •
» Postell Wltaell
America's Forward Step
. . Martha Baker •
Miss Johnstone
Rev. Louis G. Wood
Rev. W. A. Fairy
, Children's Day at lion.
Children’s Day exercises were
held, at Zion on Sunday afternoon,
Inst, n Urge crowd being at
tendance. The exerciseb consisted
of songs, dialogues and recitations
and those taking part conducted
themselves ns having been well
trained. Several prises were of
fered to the members of the Sun
beam Band who would raise the
largest amount of money In their con
tribution boxes, the results being as
follows:; Ray Beach, first prlje;
Louise Beach,.second prise; Leroy.
Sykes, third price sndJewel Kinard,
fourth prize. MJm** Alice Sykes,
Claudia beach and Kathleen Fogarty
are the managers of the. Sunbeam
Band, and are responsible for the
success of the occasion.
D. P. Campbell, book-keeper for A
Wichmah’lk Son, j. A. Diedrich. assis
tant cashier of the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank, and A. C. von Lehe
will leave today for New York Citv,
where they will spend two. weeks.
The trip will be made by water.
taklorAbe Clyde Liner from Charles
ton. Ifcr. von Lehe will purchase
goods for his new store while there.
Morris, James Madison and Charles
Pinckney: and to substitute in its
stead and place laws hewn in preju
dice and passion and to meet every
heated emergency. God save the land
and imbue us with wisdom to meet
the outlook.”
The speaker here made a some
what lengthy and powerful appeal
to the men of all sections of*the union
to aland for the basic principles of
the federal constitution hnd insist
such changes .In tbf r form of our
government ss s great many people
are clamoring for under the leader
ship of "temporary politicians.” His
evident purpose was to combat the
Initiative and referendum and recall,
and some other new ideas of govern-
moat of like character.
Farmers Union to Meet.
To the Members of the Farmers
Union Throughout Colleton Coun-
ty:
You will please take notice that
the County Union will meet again on
the first Saturday-. in July at 11
o'clock. We had a good meeting on
the first Monday, k good speech de
livered on cotton grading proved
very instructive to every one pres
ent.
C. (N. Langdale of Weeks, S. C.,
was'elected Secretary and Treasure
er.,' He is a farmer and believes in
“stlckability'’ among farmers. He
vHU be glad'to have the names aad
addresses of every Secretary and
Treasurer in the County representing
Locals at different places. -' v
The President of each Local is
requested to get their members, to
gether at once and appoint delegates
to meet at the next County Union.
Bo® sura to appoint men that will
Jos W. Lucas—Chairman.
Invitation Committee—W. P. Mur
phy. L. B. Patterson. * B. K. San
ders.
Reception Committee—T. J. Mc
Daniels, M. H. Epps. James R.
Rogers.
Music and Decoration—S. G. Price
* Floor Manager—Henry C. Glover.
Chaperones—Mr and Mrs A. C.
von Lehe. Mr and Mrs B. G. Hyrne,
Dr and Mrs M. C. Flshburne. Mr and
Mrs Jos. W. Lucas.
Bsnqoei to Graduates.
•The Graduates of the Walterboro
High School were tendered a banquet
at the Hotel Albert on Monday night
by the meatbera of the Ith and 9th
grades, which was attended by the
pupils in those-grades-together with
the graduates. A delightful spread
was furaished^Aad the young people
enjoyed themselves to the fullest.
Col. Peurifoy ns presiding officer de
livered an excellent speech to young
people, after which others spoke. At
the conclusion of the supper, the
young people retired to the parlors of
the hotel where many interesting
games were participated in. At n
late hour the assemblage adjourntd,
voting the 8th and 9th grades as
idea] hosts.
Hrmlcr*>««JVj(fle Note*..
Dear lilkip+^Tit-a?** permit me
through your valued, columns to
thank tho:«* who Were so kind and
«
considerable of me during my ex
treme illness. To the lad’es especial
ly who sent me so many n'ce things
1 am grateful. May God watch
over them and bring them, much hap
piness. ^
Opr farmers are having just now
too much raln f/ and we have had
some hail, hut none as big ns hen
eggs, as iWual. Cotton is late nnd
not up to the usual standard: corn
is looking fine and clean and bur
farmers are hard at work keeping*
out Uncle .Green. May their labors
be blessed, as they deeCtve to hava
an abundant yield.
Our high school haa just closed,
and our chifdren are all smiles, a*
it Is now all play and no work.
We have juat had a delightful
meeting of our Church Salem herb,
held 1 by the Rev. Mr. Jones, of
Greenville, who came here to aaalat
our dear pastor. Dr. Kirby, who to
In charge, and in doing a grand work
In our midst. He la a very refined,
consecrated Christian gentleauui and
a faithful ambaaaador of the Maator
aad la much loved by everybody.
May the Master give him akeai
hla labor that his heart may ho
glad as hs shall ass the .work prao»
pertng la hla hands. Th* Baptkks
also hsvs a very flourtshlag chareh
sad Sunday school here uadeif (ho
charge of Rev. Martin. Iho is doiag 1
good work. i -
With beet wishes for your paper.
W. E. Capon.
Hendersonville, 8. C. Jbne 7, 191*.
B. G. Price, Pres.
C. N. I-sagdals, Secy, sad Trass.
Mr». f*. J. Flmer Head
Mr* C. J. Ulmer died at her home
in Ruffin last Saturday. June 7th,
after an illness of three years. She
was :.l years of age, and had been s
great sufferer and be®* her troubles
wlthout-s single complaint.
The retrains were laid to rest at
Bethel Cemetery Sunday afternoon
in the preaencjP of a.large crowd of
sorrowing relatives sad friends. Mrs
Ulmer leavag a husband who was de
voted to her. s and two daughters.
Misses Lizzie sad Laura. ft*
New* from GiUlsoayllle.
GillisonviUe. June Z.-^-Speclal:
The people of this section are get
ting along very nice with their crop*.
Miss Sadie* Jlobertg'returned home^
from Charleston Friday afternoon,
after a long visit to her sunt. Mrs.
John B. White.
Mrs. J. . Roberts spent Friday ta
Charleston.
Miss Mattie Manual, of Gillisbi^
ville spent a felF days with her
friend. Miss Carrie Mathis at Early
Branch.
Mrs. fl! F. Horton Is spending a
few days with her son, Mr. R. F.
Heston.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Horton spent
Ssndsy afternoon with Mr. Horton's
brother, R. P. Horton.
W* are very glad to see the rata.
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