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• *■'' / 4.1 r »» 1 3 A I v 'y ,‘v/ ^ ('H V. VOLJCXXVI. WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27,1913 NO. 2 \ RUFFIN TAKES PROGRESSIVE STRIDE MANY EVIDKNTES OF RIIVFWEO PROOKKSS IX NEARBY TOWN’. VXIOMS ARE IDEE . AT EAI IU.NH MILL Thirty->e%en Weavor^ (Juit Their 'Work—4»lije< tion to Negroes. * • ** ‘ s' >l ** Laurens. Ausr. 21r'—About 400 loon 1 .* are idle at the Laurens cotton mills because of a walk-out of 37 weavers—If women and 23 men— one or two'of whom have returned to work. The strikers were paid off fcy X FAR.MIXfi IX HAND. TENTATIVE l>lt<x;R\M Excellent Yiehl «if Cotton anil Corn lleinjt Matte In W«lterbi>ro. That, the sand lands of W*ltet>I boro may be made productive c^a be seen by a visitor to the lands of Col J. G. Padgett and Mr H. A. Francis on the eastern side of Walterboro Roth of these men. by the libera' use of fertilizer and compost; ar* l making record-breaking yield* of FIRST BALE COTTON GINNED Business Growth of the Town Good. 4 X ^ \ " Expects to Grow More into the , Future—Good Crops. the mill and in the meantime efforts fo fill the places vacated are being made by the management. According to a statement made by representatives of the part that quit their jobs, the walk-out was the direct result of the dismissal of two men who refused to work in the mill w;ifh tl$e negro help employed. Ob jection was raised to the negro"nelp in the weave room only being employed to clean off the looms and lay up filling for the use of the white weavers. This work, the weavers considered, a white per son's job and complained to the Editor The Press and Standard: Al it has been a long time since you have published anything from our town. I thought I'd drop you a few words to let you know how our town and its people are progressive. 1 management of the existing cendl- We are In the midst of a building , tijKfs. but no relief was given, so boom. t they claim. In all, about 20 negroes W. W. Carter has a nice residerice have been in the employ of the mill, nearly complete on North Street. D. p n different capacities, as scrubbers, HI Carter has begun ote and has l° om cleaners sweepers, water car- part of the framing now up. W. J. Sandifer is contemplating the erer- 'tion of a magnificent two-story build ing on the same street just south of D. M. Carter’s. J. W. Crosby has a part of the lumber of his lot. prepa ratory to beginning the erection of a nice residence on West tr Church street. All this argues well for our little town, for there is a great de mand for residence and business property in wir town, because of a great healthfulness caused by our good water. We need^more and bet ter houses. j. W. Crosby is moving out this morn ing in order that T. A. Rlack. the ef ficient R. F. D. Carrier on Route 1. might occupy the residence in which be has resided during the past sev eral years. This dwelling is also conveniently situated, it being near the store of Mi ley ,& Miley, in which T. A. Black is Interested. This ar rangement will place Mr. Black near er to the postoffice for his official work and also cau»e him tp be able to give more time and attention to the mercantile bualneaa In which he is a partner. H. D Padgett. Jr., the President of the Bank of Ruffin, figs just-ap plied a new coat of whitewash to his .buildings on different prrto of his ^business property. Hie two stores and lot on west side of North street, his ginnery and store and carriage house, together with the house now occupied by W. J. Sandifer on the east side of North street.^ This new application has added much to the looks of this part of our town and will also aid io the preservation of the property Whence jt vis useful as well as ornamental. Mr. Padgett has been the first that I have heard of in our county to gin a bale of new cotton. He has so far ginned five o' thia year’s crop. The *n»t one was for A. B. Carter of Route 3, which was brought to the «ln on F.fday. /figuat 22. Then on Baturdav Mr Carter had another and Frank Robinaon and others. The merrhsnts here are determ’n- ©d to make Ruffin one of the best cotton markets In the county. We now have our own bank and it will prevent,the cotton sellers from being bothered with checks on banks out of town, like ther had been in tfie past, and this will be a great convenience both to the buyer and the teller. The merchants argue that to have th® farmers sell their cotton here will be an Inducement To have them spend their money here, as they prof fer to sell them goods as cheap as can he had anywhere elae la the county. There are several pros perous businesses here which' earrv a general tine of merchandise had all staple groceries, and there la no reaRP« why peonle In reach .of her should carry their cotton or buy their goods elsewhere. Come to our town and get some water and leave your money—either In the bank or with the merchants. You and youT money will grow by so doing. We are petitioning for an elec tion to vote,on two more mljls to Increase our school fund. Ruffin Is entitled to one of the best schools In the county and we are going to have it. Ruffin la situated la the midst of the best farming sections of Colleton County. Ruffin Is easily reachofl by dirt or railroad. It is a great place and is no farther from New York or anywhere else than ^ew York or anyw-fiere else ffc from it. Come and see us: , Respectfully. ‘•Pinkey" Ruffin. 8. C.,*Aug. 25. 1»13. riers. pickers room laborers, scaven ger drivers, boiler'' firemen, etc. Most of the negro help occupied the company's cottages. * ’ Recall is Denianileri. Following the alleged use of some offensive language by one of the negro helpers several days ago, the general manager and the superin tendent were called upon by a com mittee of operatives and asked to re move the negroes because they were creating trouble and their presence was distasteful TO white help. This was refused, according to the opera tives’ version. , The negroes, however, were ap praised ofthe situation apd graduVit ly all of them quit. A meeting of all the operatives was called by General Manager W. 8. Montgomery, who aaked them if they would assist him iA reinstating and protecting the negro help. Practically all present objected, so it la claimed. A second attempt was made and likewise it failed. Meantime the negroes remained out or off their work on the outside. The issue came to a climax w hen the management summoned two men to the office suspected of leading in the trouble and dismissed them. These two men worked in the weave room, where the negroes were employed as above described. The two men in question denied any connection with the alleged Intimidation of the ne gro help. As soon as the action of the management was learned the 37 operatlves in one of the weave rooms walked out. Concerning the dissatisfaction that arose over the employment of certain negro help In the mill and the conse quent walk-out on the part of the weavers, the mill management has stated that the company, finding it difficult to secure the best results in the employment of white men to do certain menial labor, such as sweep ing. scrubbing and cleaning off the looms, although they had held ttyese jobs open at all times to white men who were willing to give satisfactory work. The plan of putting negro help on these particular jobs was adopted several month# ago, and for some time there has been an effort on the part of certain operatives to run the negroes off. A few days ago the situation became more pronounced, when anonymous letters and personal threats were directed to the negroes Within a day or so every negro had cotton and corn this year. Col J. G. Padgett has 6 acres of cotton OA which he used SJXl lbs. of fertiliaer. This cotton i» planted In 4 1-J foot rows and the limbs of it are lapping in the middle, one especially Inter esting stalk being noticeable in the field, this stalk being fully 8 feet ih height. There is little doubt hut "that this entire field will makeover a l» tb*"negroes bale of cotton to the acre* clean off the Adjoining thi's-fieUfj, Mr • Padgett has 7 acres of corir. which is among the best which the writer of this has seen this year. It (s of the Prolific variety and many stalks have from 2 to 6 well-developed ears upon them. On this 500 lbs. of fer tilizer and 38 loads of compost was used. * Mr Francis has 18 acres of cot ton and a conservative estimate gives over a bale of cotton to the acre. His cotton, while not as tall as C61 Padgett’s, is excellently fruit ed. The field gives a striking appear- ance'to the eye and illustrates what can be grown by proper fertilize Ing, even in sand. A few years ago these fields would hardly reproduce the seed, but by careful attention they have been built to their present state^ of product ion. Mr Francis has used compost lib erally on his field and believes in placing the plant food where the plant will have ready access to It,-. In addition to being successfbl meX in their different vocations of life, both Col J. G- Padgett and Mr Fran cis have demonstrated this year that they know how to farm. Of Hm- Ctit>ji|\ s. C. < on ten Si, <u to In* Held at CiO^s Swamp Cliai-ilt. % i - v Tn.SljA'Y. A. M.. SKF*T. it. lo:^' Devotional, Rev W. P. Meadous. Jr. . y- lb: !.'. - Address b> Pres., Rev" L. I* C. Lawton. 11:".. Tfi" S S TencJX*r. State Field Se cretary. Lutherafi Church. *W:2ri The Child. Miss Vandiver, Genera! Se< rHcry. Ktate 8. 8. Work. 11:4*. The Bible, the most inter- Death of G. Elford McTeer. The entire town was shocked on last Thursday when news reached here that G. Elford McTeer, former ly of Walterboro. had died hi At lanta. Mr ^McTeer was born and raised here and had many friends Rail eating book jn the world. 12:15- K<hoes of the 8 State Cori- 3" —Appointment of Com mittees. Enrollment of Delegates. AFTERNOONS 2:0b- -Song service, prayer. 2:ir>- r The S. 8. Organized. 2::!5 The 8. S. Missions. (a i Training the children to know about missions, tin Training the children to «ive. 3:'>.* The Organized B ! ble Class. Op* n tftscu.ssion. 3:47. -The New Graded Lessons, .Miss \ andiver. 1 Weditr<.iiiiy A» M.. Sept. IO. 1ft:3"—Prayer and Souq. 1ft 4.*.—Elementary work: The Cradle Roll. Our Beginners. Miss Vandiver The Primary Department, The Junior Department. Mrs J. f. Coifnts. 11:4.'.—Teacher Training, D. M. Varn. Presentation of Certificates to 1913 Graduates. 12:15—The Home Dept., W. A-’ Harrison, State Supt. Home p pt. Work , 12:5"—Our Finances, .las F.- Risher. ’ / * Dinner. 2 Conference of.County Of ficers and S. 8. Superintendents with Miss .Vandiver. XX' 2:45 The 8. S. and Tttmperanc^. 3:"" -The S. S. Workers’ Meeting. Rev \V. A. Kirby. 3:15— Report..of Committees. El", t ion of Officers. Awarding qf County Banner.. 3 5 5 Reaching tlie Last One. Jaa E. Peurjfpy. , . 4:15 Time and Place of next Meeting. ( K, X W hat this Convention has meant to iii", by Everybody Present. \djournment X- On Attempt* at Robbery. Saturday/night there w ere two attempts at burglary commuted in the town of Walterboro, one at the in town. Mr McTeer was the- son of store of Mr VV. V. Glover, one of Mrs L. W. McTeer and brother of Mrs J. M. Klein and^Mrs A. H. Whit man, all of whom survive him. His father died sexeral years ago. Mh McTeer left Walterboro several years ago and for many years held Walte.Vfptro’s leading merchants, and oup/at the lumber mill of the Estate y, of C. A. Savage. The burglar enter ed the Htore\qf Mr Glover In the rear and succeeciclil in securing shoes, cigars, etc. considerable value. responsible positions in Greenville, j The office of the lumber mill of the He moved to Atlanta about I Estate of C. A. Savage was entered y or given up his job and left. Nt» V«tlti®te*Ts. Mr Montgomery thereupon called a meeting and explained that he had no desire to force negro .help on them and that, he was ready to em ploy white men then and there for the several positions. He made plain his proposition, dialing that if any whites desired the places to apply and he would employ them * He fur ther asked all who thought he was making a fair and reasonable offer and a satisfactory plan for the solu tion of the maUer to indicate the same by holding . up their hands. Quite a number raided their hands, and when the reverse proposition was made, whereupon none voted. This was regarded as a final adjust ment Two days-1st er. no white help ottering for the vacated places, a negro was again placed on the work. He did not remain long.‘being given to understand that his presence was not desired by the operatives. Then followed the dismissal of two men suspected as leaders in fomcnln.g the ttouble. After the waik-out Mr Mot;t-:.>m- ery made anotl^*r talk to the re mainder operatives In these Ejtecial departments and thanked them for their loyalty and assured them he was ready and willing to dispense with negros altogether whenever the white men felt they could take their Jobs and give the company satisfac tory work: that the mill could not be run without the looms being kept in condition and other sanitary regu lations scrupulously adhered to,, and than If white help could not be ob tained for these places he had no al- ■V. Miss Luclle Jacocks underwent an operation in one of the Charlestqfl hospitals on Thursday -night for ap pendicitis. Her many friends here will be delighted to .know that the operation was In every way a sutv cess, and her fhyslcian. Dr L. M. Stokes, speaks In enthusiastic terms of her immediate recovery. There will be no services at Bethel Methodist church■» for two weeks, the pastor. Rev. W A. Fairy, .having been given a vacation. years ago. and while there held po sitions with two^ of the largest de-" payment stores of that city. At the time of his death, he was salesman for Keeley Company In th" carpet department, the * Atlanta papers speaking of him as one of the most popular salesman in the city lb- attended closely-'to the duties of ins inlpo 'ii u ;>* , titi?n ami was h • 1 in high esteem by his employers. / His death was sudden, Apoplexy being the cause attributed. While he had been feeling badly for some time, he had not quit his work and had not called In A„phyaiclan.’• On the day of hia death, he had plan ned going to the ^Theatre at night. Some of his friends left him in his room at 5:30 in the afternoon, and returning at 6:30 found him dead. A. -H. Wiehman left on Thursday for Atlanta and returned Friday night with the body. An impressive funeral service was held at the house on Saturday morping, with Rev. W. A. Fairy, presiding. A large as semblage of friends were present, showing the' high esteem in whidh Mr. McTeer was held here. The fol lowing boyhood friends of Mr. Mc Teer served as pall bearers: N. G. Morrall, A. J. Anderson, M. P. How ell. A. P. Barnes, J. C. Lemaeks. A. S. Karesh, H. E. Savage and A. 7 Searson. Interment ' took place at Live Oak Cemetery. The tribute paid to his memory In flowers was magnificent the florist’s art being used lavishly to bedeck the grave of the young man. cut down by all wis«* Providence just at the dawn of the. prime of his life, Mr McTeer was 29 years old. The sorrowing family has the sympathy of a large cirri* of fnendij who pray that He who knoweth all will heal the wcuncfs tetuae.; by the early death fif this dear relative. through a wHidow and an attempt was made at safe-breaking. The amateur thugs succeeded in wrench ing the combination knob from the pafe. hut did not succeed In entering the safe. At the time of the robbery there wan very little money li^ the -safe.- and hence little damage could have resulted had It been broken open. As yfct no clue leading to the identity of the robbers has been dis covered, though the police depart ment have been on the alert, and It is not likely that the criminals will be apprehended. 44 Pound Wntermelon. J. W. Larlsey, owner of the Fair- view Farm at Mishaw-vllle. and one of th®v roost-up-to-date farmers in Colleton County, brought us last "r* 11 enormous watermelon which tipped the scales at 44 pounds. The editor of this paper and hia entire force are Indebted to Mr. l^arisey for this melon. This is the largest melon that we have had information about this year and feel sure that It has established the record for this coun ty. Mr Larisey Is one of the bp-tt farmers ot the county, and his suc cess as a farmer is not confined to the growing of watermelons. BIRTHS. Born—to Mr an<j Mrs Palmer Cros by. of Round, a fine boy. He arrived Friday night. ^ ternative in the matter. He had no desire whatever -to force upon the white help persons objectionable to them, and stood ready to protect and ro-oMtfate with them for the best In terest* of all concerned. News from Sandy Dam. V. B. Yarnadoe of , Sandy Dam spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Inez Pyice. K. E. Price and sisters. Misses Ethel and Eula, were the guests of Miss Luna Vartradoe Sunday night. Miltpn Fletcher and Mieses Hattie and Lillie.Graves were the guests of MisS -Luna,Yarnadoe last Friday. Mr anil Mrs J. B. Rishe’r and children of Walterboro spent several days in Charleston with relatives and friends. Miss Jessie Yarnadoe Sandy Dam is visiting relatives and frii*£ids at Peniel. 'V-- Blue Eyed Girl. * The Making of a Rig l.engue l*l*>rr. In the August American' Magazine Hugh S. Fullerton writes an article entitled ’ The Making of a Big Leag uer.” It ia a trne story of the de velopment of one of the greatest hall players in the Cnited States as told by himself to Mr Fullerton, This player, qf course.-began the game as a boy and passed through all the stage* Lrom amateur to minor league teams and thpn into the big league. In this early experience he became a great victim of the "swelled head,” and finally lost hts position on the big league team. After many vicls- itudes he lost his ‘‘swelled head" and got into the big league again, w here, today, at thirty-four years of age, he is.one of the'great veterans of the game. Of his final entrance Into the big league, he says: "In June. I was purchased for a large sum by the club which then was the strongest in the country. I didn’t say a word about money, although thq club paid oyer four thousand dol lars for me.. The new manager sat down with me in the hotel Hie night I joined his team. ‘All I want.’ he said, ‘is for you to got out there and hustle, and be have yourself. I’ve heard you're 'hard to , handle, hot I’ll take a chance.’ “ m “ You won’t: have any trouble w ith me.’ I assured him. All I want is a chance to show that 1 can play.’ ‘Ion’ll get all the ehanee you want.’ he said quietly. ’You’re in the liue-up°tomorrow.’ . "Stage fright! Did you ever suf- fet it I did that night. My nerves were jumping and a thousand time? I figured ouj play*—-yes. and made them—in planning what I would do the next day, ' .• s' "We were playing a-game against a team which we figured we would have to heat out (o winvfhe champ ionship. I pictured ^myjelf biting home runs and making triple plays, and when I awqke in the morning I was nervous, a shaky,’ffneertain and scared hall player. In practice be- foye the game everything hit my way I either fumbled, or threw wild, as mV' nerves were rags. The crowd seemed to be uorry for me—when th*y weren’t mocking. It was a re lief w hen the-game started. „ "1 was second at bat in the line up. on a foreign field and with a hostile crowd roaring. The first man Hied out. Wait him out. Take two.* said the manager as I picked a bat. The first pitched „ ball cut the heart of the plate. • 1 saw it all the way up and knew it would have been'easy to bit it hard, yet I let it go. 'Strike one,’ the um pire yelled, and the crowd howled. I was cool as a Boston uakt wind. The second ball came w.hlzing up. straight over the plater w ith nothing on it, and I itched, to hit it. yet let it go for the se< olid strike. Then 1 set tled-to hit. expecting a curve ball. The curve went wild, a fast one went high and wid<;. I figured that the pitched thought he bad a sucker at hat and would curve one’ over. He came with a fast ball a foot high and I swung at it and struck out./ My heart nearly got spiked as It sank into my toes going back to the bench. . .* ’That’a the boy.’ said the man ager, Wait hint out. Make him pitch ’ ''l could have kisaed him for those words. 1 went to short with my nerves steady and mjugystem full of confitfbttre. The first baTT hit was a sizzler over second. I got the hall with one hand and there wasn’t a chance to. throw the runner out if | stopped to straighten up. so I threw without looking and without wait ing. and plunged forward onto my face. The yell from the crowd told me the first baseman had caught it, and as 1 scraped the dual out of my eyes and trotted back to position I felt at home. I wasn’t excited nor elated, but the confidence that had carried me through the minor leagues came back with a rush and all fear was gone. 1 was a big leaguer and knew ^ft. The next time at bat I crowded the plate, jockeyed, with the pitcher, and watched. He whipped a curve inside the plate. I pretended to dodge and let the hall hit tne-- 'ft hit hard and I squirmed, but- as the man ager be,nt over me. I winked at him and. 'letting hhh lift me. I limped down to first—and stole second on the -first ball pitched, sliding clear Ground the baseman. Qn my third trip to the plate I cracked a clean hit over second base and. after being sacrificed to second, stole third be cause I figured no otie would expect a recruit to do that. In the club house that night the manager said: "You’ll do. kid. if you don’t get swelled.’ And 1 replied, ‘I’ve gone through that.’ ” LODGE IN THE RANKS OF PROGRESS MANY NEW HOFfiES BEING CON ST BITTED IX THAT TOWN. NEW DWELLING HOUSES BUILT Writer Tell* of What Ruflla In Do- •ng*—To Vote Additional School lievy—Much Progrefts. ^ Editor The Preps and Standard: „Your Madlsonville, Ky . corres pondent is such a forceful writer that his tact would cguse the most dor mant scribe to wake up and ex claim, "No. we are still on the map!” when he asked last week whether Lodge is still on tHh map. .We enjoy his letters 1 nyour paper so thorough ly that it has made us feel dishonest and selfish, to fail to send In our Jots regularly. We shall do better now. $ " There has been so many evidences of progress in and- about our little town Vince H has been our pleasure to write yoiT* letter that we cannot go into details this time. The paint brush has been so freely used that our,Jhwn Is now one of painted bulld- IpfitT Several residences have recent ly been bu*lt and the community la really ertjoying marked progreaa along many lines. The Methodist Parsonage Is nearly completed. Business is livening up now. as Colleton’s first bale of new cotton was sold here on the 21st by Mr C\ IT. Caldwell to the firm of Lodge Mer cantile Co., for 113 per lb. On the 22nd‘two bales were sold and on the 23rd, six were sold here, and there are about fifteen more ready to gin. The farmers report a very favorable season for this year, saying that corn and cotton have a plentious yield. Five general stores, via: J. B. Ml* ley, J. D. Miley. E- R Bishop & Co.. W. Pop and Lodge Merc. Co. ana t*o mminery ntoree, that of Mr* 3. A. Smoak and Miss Pheobe Risher. do the principal trade of the town. This about summaries the passing hews locally. , We iould write much in a general wav on the subjefrt of the sarv elections and 1 their results, but we will await your solicitations on this subject, as R requires some space, to do the subject Justice at times. We are so sorry that our sts- ter county. Bamberg, has sanctioned the sale of whiskey in her county, especially as we are so close tq the county line. However, it l* still our hope that the council of the Town of Ehrhardt will oppose the opening of a liquor dive, called as a term of of elevation, dispensary. Our hearts desire and prayer for ( olleton 1* that her people shall never even acqui esce in making her a whiskey seller. With best wishes for our county paper and for our county In general. 1 am ’ Cl via. Ranks Chm* .Sept. 1st. Monday, September |st. being a le gal holiday, the banks of the city will b* dosed. Maro citizens of Colleton County will be interested to know, that the Supreme Court of this State has re- cently announced its decision in the case of Smyly Ts. Colleton Cypress Co. The Supreme Court affirms the decision of the Circuit Court It will he remembered that Mr. Smyly was awarded the verdict of |4,ftoft.oq by a Colleton jury. Friday, Aug. 29th. is work day at Doctor's Creek, to clean up the cem etery. All persons interested are earnestly requested to come and give a day’s work. > New* from Berea. Berea, August 25.-/Special: As I have not seen anything in your valu able columns from thfs community recently I will send you a few items. Fodder pulling Is about over and cotton picking ia the order of the day. Messrs Lyons and Hagan paid Ix>dge a flying visit Saturday. W. A. Strickland, one of our in fluential business men, had business at Walterboro. recently. We are glad to note that H. B. Linder, who has been Indisposed, la recuperating. The many friends of Mrs Hattie Hineath are glad to see her home again after spending several days with her sister. Mrl DuRoise, of Summerville. Mr and Mrs Sam Hagan of Norway are the honored guests of Mrs M. H. Wilder. Mrs Hattie Kinsey of Orangeburg is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs •J..B. M. Linder. Mr and Mrs Q. W. M, Lyons vis ited friends and relatives in the vicinity of Lodge rhcently. » M. L. Ba'rpes, one qf our up-to- date farmers, visited Rranehvllle on husinessTuesday. / A Near Fire on Railroad Ave. ■ -WhAt ca^ro* near being a serious fire occurred at the home of Mrs Bianca Padgett on Railroad Avenue Monday morning last. The family was awakened at an early hour by the smell of smoke an^an Investiga tion revealed the fact -that a closet containing winter clothing .was on fire. By hard work the fire was put out, having caused a damage of about 950.00. It is supposed that the fire originated by rata carrying matches into the closet.