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'.SSilHT • PAfiSFOUR r * A * t 1HB PRESS AMD STANDARD, WALTEKBOR 0, S. C. DECEMBER 81,191C ADD MMSABD inn. kef m m PUBLISHED EVERY WED NESDAY. THE PRESS AND STANDARD, INC. R. M JEFFERIES, Editor. CLAUSE A. GRAVES, Editor. Rr^MUrod at the Poatofloa la Wal- tarboro. 8. C., as sacond-dasa mail Matter. sssaam tloa would hare placed it It ap- that the public seatlmeat la aroused now, and that the ascsaslty to spend Money ih th- next election will not tolerate 'Its electorate to be .rxist in the last. The only available remedy, for im purity in elections Is an awakened public ntiment, a sentiment which will not tolerate itf electorate.o be debauched, a sentm^nti which will bury under a heavy adverse cote the 'politician who attempts to'Aise it. Surely the last few mon‘hs have bought developments which are bound to a vaken that public senti* ment. Then with a clear d^terinina- 9 tlon for the best man to win. let us approach the next election prepared to.see that no mon a y is spgnt. that the voice of the people will rule | rather than the voice of the dollar. A HTROXCi REPORT ■MM SUBSCRIPTION RATES: year. fl-0® snaths "SO s months -* PHONE lOx. i Locals and Readers: S cents a lins sach Insertion. i: One cent a word. Newt . ■* ' u Items of deaths published free. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31. 1913 BETTER SIDEWALKS. The recent rainy'-west her brings dearly tn mind the fact that Wal- terboro suffers greatly for lack of proper sidewalks, and these fact« should result in action. In many other towns in the state sidewalks hare been built by the town paying half and the property owner half by a system of ten year bonds, the pro perty owner paying ‘iiough. faxes each year to retire the bonds when the terms of them have expired. This is a safe and sure method of construct ing aldewalke. and VValterboro’r cititens would do well to investigate the plan. It might prove to be the v'sry thing here. In order to secure Us adoption. a Constitutional amendent will have to he passed by the Legislature and submitted to the, people of the state. If we are to us" the method anytime spon. n bill should be passed at the approaching Legislature. The idea is good; sill r'-sulta follow ? WHY NOT WARDS': loon the voice of thoc" who would erve the town will be heard on the ireeta asking for the votes of the teople for Mayor and Councthnen. or thb town elections will be held n May. Would not the idea of llvldlng the town into certain wards rom which an alderman would be ■lected prove popular hero? At least, it wOuud insure that every portion of the town would have re presentation. Bdt It will be contended that th" town ik too small for that system. In oth^r lonws the alse of WaKef boro and smaller the custom is prac Heed and haa been practiced for a number o( years. Too often com plaint Is heard that certain portion! of tip town dost not receive the at tention which it should receive. This complaint would certainly be hushed if the town were d.rided into wards and an alderman selected from each ward. If the town ^ls not large enongh for six wards. It certainly is largo enough for three, and from each ward two men could be selected. This would Insure representation • ■ <j ■ . upon Council for earn section olf the town. The idea is worth careful thought, and results may follow. THE (XIXUREMMIOXAL GATION 1NVEKTI- «f up At-last, after Innumerable delay the Committee of the National House t»f Representatives decided to thro < out the protest w hich had been plai in that body against the seat of Hon R. B. Whaley. Hon. John P. Grace Mayor of Charleston, armed wtih ; large number of affidavits, had asked for a Congressional investigation th" last election, alleging that wards of 1100.000 had beeh spent by the two candidates in the seflpud r<r Mr. Whaley made reply by other.jC fldavits in which he sought to -i. prove the chsrg-s of Mr. Grace. T entire mater resolved itself .ntj r of one side affirming and the otlu denying. Henc", after much con slderatlon the Committee reported to Congress agaipst an investigation Two members of the committee, how *ver. favored this investigation. The matter is now apparently end *d, and the district appears to b PAtiaffed with the outcome. It ,is unquestionably trne that money w spent in the last elect.one. out in an probabUity ,he stir which was made about it before Conger** an.! *i, other places will result in the prac tiee being considerably limited foi the next election. Many have con tended, that although considerablf ttonoy had been spent. It w»re bet tor to allow the ma*ter tr rest rather wap to put the district into the. aaoet tJod oooditioo in which the invest.ga- The Annual Report of the State Department of Education which will be submitted by State Superinten dent, J. E. Swearingen to the Legis lature w hen it meets , the Second Tuesday in the pew year is a very strong one in every particular. Thoroughly familiar with the educa tional system of the state as a whole Mr. Swearingen has made a parti cular study of the b^hc^ri needs, and in his annual report he makes several recomendations to the General As sembly. many of which if put into effect would t e, *d to increase the educational advantages of the state. The Report gives many lnt"reHting tables and comparisons, and shows exactly what is being done in every county of the state. The Table which shows the con dition of small schools throughout the state is full with food for thought and should result in something being c ne to remedy the situation. For example in the entire state there are 148 white schools which had last year enrolKi fewer than 12 pupils, while 375 while schools had a regu lar attendance fewer than 12 pupils This demonstrates that too much money is being spent to run small schools which should be combined md th" money now used for small schools which run only a short whih* fould be available for longer terms and better teachers. 134 whit" schools in the state ran for a term of less than 60 days last year. In <’o!- leton, lh"re are four schools with an enrollment of less than 12 puplU, while 14 schools had a regular at tendance of less than 12 pupils. This means that about half of the money spent for teachers in tbes* schools * practically thrown axvgy. for half the number of teacheda employed in these schools could easily teach the total enrolIm"nt of the schools. In Colleton, 24 schools ran less than 60 days, while 19 ran less than 79 dgys. The latter figures are proba bly the result of too many smafl schools, mailing the. available money to be spread put over too large an tree These facts should be full of meaning to our people, and should cause them to consider if the very best results are being secured by the schools. But fight here. In advocat ing consolidation of schools we rua across the old snag that every man wants the school house at h.s door. I’ntil this desire for a school house near the home is bam»h"d. small schools will continue, aud efficiency will b« sacrificed. The table showing the per capita expenditure of money for "duca- tioual puposes is also very interest* tng> In white •rhooia' Beaufort Coupty |"d, probably because ot the small enrollment in th" white schools of that County. Beaufort spent 836.89 on each white pffpil la the schools of the county, while Barn well spent 829.82 on each white pu pil. Of the 44. counties of th* state, Colleton ranks 4 2nd in ex penditure with a per capita expend! ture of 87.40 per white pupil, tb* two counties below h"r being Green ville with an enormous ptibl.c school enrollment and Horry. These facts are sufficient sorely to excise our peo pie to rise and N se a > that their « htid- ren are given better educational ad- 'vantageV.It must be said, how ever. by way of mitigation that since these figur-s were piepared several school disrricts in Cofletcn hs. voted special taxes which will, by collected this year for the firf-; time. Rut mor*' of this work must be done, if Colleton is to take her 'Ctnnd in the forefront of counties in ^ state along educational lines, ■ v 'he Oaiiyral Assembly voted last r a tax of one mill upon all pro perty in the state for edu.ationai purposes. I * provided that one half of the t •' me sjtotild V\ spent in the countir 'romrMfhich It wa*. deriv ed. Then, .he half which w** turned into the state was made ,v* protect the appropratontv which had been made formally for term • "x- tension, better buildings qtc.. Then the. state levy waa^reduced.', ThiM defeated the purposes of the tax to a large extent. It \was desired that th tax be collected^a* a whole from the entire state, and turned over to the State Board of Education for them to use it where it wit needed. If such had been the case., thooe povoti**, like Colleton, which have not sufficient school revenu-a, would WHEREVER TOO REED A RERERAL TOfllC - IE GROVE’S The OlJ Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is'Equally Valuable as a General Tonic because it Acts on the Liver, Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System* For Grown People and Children; a , — Too know what yoo art taking when yon take Grove’* Tasteless chill Tonic •s the formnla is printed oa every label showing that it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It is as strong as the strongest bitter took and is in Tasteless Form. It has no equal for Malaria, Chills and Fever, Weakness, general debility and loss of appetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursing Mathers and Pale, Sickly Children. Removes Biliousness without purging. Relieves nervous depression and low spirits. Arouses the liver to action and purifies the blood. A Trne Tonic and Sure Appetizer. A Complete Strengthcner. Mo family should be withoot it. Guaranteed by your Druggist. We mean it. 30c. New Times, New Things The old fertilizer formulas are giving way to the new. At every farmers’ meeting tone subject should be the fertilizer formula timt will furnish a balanced ration to th<* crop and keep up the fertility of tlxe soil To do this the fertilizer should contain at least as much as Phosphoric Acid. Our note book has condensed facts essential in farmers meetings and plenty of space to record the new things that you hear. Let us send one to you before your Institute meets. ‘“PPfy “I i» furnished by request to every institute held in several states. We will be glad to send a supply delivered free of charge to every Institute, Grange or farmers Club Officer on request. It contains no advertising matter. German Kail Works, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York X 8a. WMtwf Csstral laik IMf Ira Irtait, U. 28 Califera » St.. Sat Fraansw ' «sw irporrs this t\the next have bwn i^renghtened by stato up- | propriation*. Jn auch counties .j, 1 Beaufort. Charleston. Richland Spartanburg, etr., whv-re th > revenues are sufficient fot> all p.y r p money is not needed. biiK.... „ legislature cpuld amend this act that those counties iu th" state wit it ■mall revenues, notably those , feed dispensaries in other countieaS may secure, a portion of this ntonev ' for the "duration of their children. ■ who are citizens of the state just as j much as in those counties where suf- ! flrieat moneys are realized. .The state*/durational system 1st bound to be improved by the clear} p-«sentatiou of needs as is done in ■ the report of Superintendent S\\"an- jngen, J . . . . — —. X OTIC K. On January tint, 1914. the present Law Firm of Padgett. Lcmacks and Moorer will be dissolved bv mutual i consent. Col. J. G. Padgett and J. M. Moor"r, Eiq., will rontiuue the ! practice of law under the firm name } of Padgett and Moorer. at the present office. J. C. Lemacks. Esq., will 1 continue the practice of law in his own name at his law offices, formerly | Lie offices oLthe late Col. C. G. Hen dersotj.f rVr i G. Padgett. C. HC r » i2-2U-*IVi_; J. M. Lemacks. Mogrer. V fa. To Fertilizer Notice. the people of CoUq^eville and community; '. 1 desirfe to inform you that during toe fertilizer season I will sell all kinds of fertilieera. representing Wilburn Fertiliser Co.;. Charleston. 8. C. ! solicit your business. B. H. .WILLIS. CoitagevUle. 8. C; 12-17-tf. ' s— v FOR RENT. I I\AL IMM HAlUiE. , On the ?t1t day bf January, 1914* at ten o’clock In the forenoon. I will file with the Probat" Judge of CoL leton Cpbat^. at his office in Wal- terboro, Douth Carolina, my final return a« Executor of the estate of Jesse H. Jones, deceased, and will iMmejdiat"ly thereafter apply for a final distharge. Warde E. Karnes. Executor. * Hampton. 8. C.. December 3rd, 1913. 12-10-41 WANTS.. JDST ARRIVED • A Car Load of Extra Fine HORSES AND MULES „ if * Which Must Be V Sold At Once. PRICES • . AND TERMS RIGHT WALTERBORO UVE STOCK & VEHICLE COMPANY — Black, Jr. Manager. CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—ON ACCOUNT OF ENLARGING OUR BUSI NESS. THE S. FINN CLOTH ING CO., WILL SELL 200 SHARES OF STOCK WITH GUARANTEE OF AN- UAL DIVIDENS OF NOT LESS THAN 10 PER CENT. APPLY TO S. FINN PRES: AND TR^AS. M»R SALE—Lot and eight-room liouse in central portion of the town. Terms to »vit purchaser.' Mrs. E. O’B. Gibbs. Walterboro, S. C. 12-24-2tp. . . N FOB SALT! One good niare'at a r"asonable price and good t*Tois. Apply to A. W. Hudson, M. 1)7 x Ruffin, S. C. 12-54—2ip. FOB SALE—140 acres of land situat ed two miles from Court House. 35 acres cleared; fertil" soil. Has a good six-room house. barns and stablds. Nearly all Under wire. Price 830 per acre. HARMON V. CROSBY Ritter, 8. C. 12-24-3tp. il LOST. J L08T— In Walterboro December 24. a gold band ring with words "Solid Gold" inside. Reward if returned to Mrs. Ivey H. Beach. Walterboro, 8. C. R. F. D. 3. 12-31-lt FOR RENT—ONE store'building on Main Street .opposite Court House. Apply to Jas. E. Peurlfoy, Walter boro. It" V COUNTRY PRODUCE WANTED: Wo want to buy eggs, chickens, and home-cured hams, and arc willing to pay the highest price# for tho asm#. The Hotel Albert. l-27-tf I am tbs RED DEVIL thst yt» Uk gyms bsfocs tbs ffiwx tvt ttw begs. •’oL ' . On* uhlM|ft»afwI of Kog tWvU Lv. ciuolvt-4 ID s pint of wsu-r. thm to IS. stop or soft f«*d for trn bog*. M to hogn night sad mo«B>-.v thruachoat th. yosr. will PtCVEWT Cislsrs aod —irnu l at ■OBM worm*, and worms Sick. Giv. m« a tsnas sad worms and I'll SAVE YOt’ff BOOS I am Red Devil Lye. IN BIO CAN# cost yoa only BUSINESS LOCALS. Flowering Bulbs Narcissus. Hya cinth. Tulips pnd other Bulba, a new line at Klein’s. 11.75. 82 00 and 82.25 . Men's Pants—Sale Price, 81.50. at Frank’s Dr. Padgett’s Old Stand. Special for this week. Ladies all wool sweaters $1.39 each at Franks Dr. Padgett Old Stand. School Books and School Supplies at Klein's Carolina paper shell peacan*. cx- \Jra large, finest flavor. 25 cents p"r pound. A. H. Wichnutn. If you want some good blankets and comforters call at Franks, Dr. Padgett Old Stand. 83.50. 84.00 and $4.50 Men’s Pants.—Sale Price. 81.97 at Frank’s Dr. Padgetfa Old Stand. 82.00. and $2.50 Ladies all-wool Sweaters. Sale Price. 81.39 at Frank’s. Dr. Padgett’s Old Stand., Foley’s Kidney Remedy ot Klein’s Flowering Bulbs Narcisau*, Hya clnth. Tulips and other Bulbs, a new line at Klein’s. Dry Goods Dept.. Te-rv & Shaffer. ■ Surelock” stove pip" requires no tools—no rivets—no maHeting— ^uss words. For s*le at A. C. ven L-He's./ Turnip Seeds at Klein's. ’ Flowering Bulbs Naicissus. Hya cinth. Tulips and other Bulbs, a new line at Klein’s. Fresh iltron, crystalized orange and lemon peel..^etded ralains, cur rants. dates, figs and powdered sugar for cakes at Anderson’s. Cash Prices for Don’t give your profits away—ship direct to us by express and get your money next day. We pay highest prices for green and dry hides of all kinds , Tallow and old Metals, old Rubber and Fun. Try us with a ship- Send for Price List CAROLINA HIDE A JUNK CO. CHARLESTON 3. C Beeswax ment now. ETIWAN ALMANACS, CALENDARS and Memorandum Books, \ FREE Ask Your Dealer or Write ETIWAN FERTILIZER COMPANY, Charleston, S. G ETIWAN FERTILIZERS FOR ALL CROPS and FOR BIG CROPS A Fresh Load of fine Horses and Mules will be on hand at our stables for next Monday, Salesday. We also carry a full line of bugles, wagons, lap Robe*/ whips, etc.. We will also sell next Monday about 15 head of horse* and mules at public outcry to the highest bidders. Rizer & Ayer Th« worat cave*, waist _ •re cured by the waaderfal, aid reliable Dr. Forter'e Aatieertk HeeHa^J>U. It relieve* Pata aa4 Heal* at the i ac.90c.8tm To Preveat Blood ■* eace the an eS* if el aid reliabl Aimaamc hkauncoil. ~tag that relieve* paia a ad be ■s. Net a hancaC 29c. 90c