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PAGEFQUR t6e PRESS A-\'D standard, walterboro, s. c. APRIL 29, J914 OgrD STANDARD ESTABLISHED IST7. PUBLISHED EAKRY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY THE PRESS . ANQ STANDARD. INC. ' cially daring this year of political | ally comes to our minds is how en- turmoll that our readers will, per- , during are these resolutions. IT | haps, be greatly divided in political opinions, and it is no more than common Justice for this paper to !•* they endure the moral standard, the religious standard and the social standard of Walterboro and the stand ^Orm and give fair play to all | surrounding community will certain* lates w. W. HMOAK JAS. F. RISHER, Editor Entered at the postofflce. Walter boro. 8. C., as second class mail matter. UBTR#TION RATES. One Year • • Rl.w* Mi Months •«» REMITTANCES. All checks and drafts should »** drawn in favor of the Press ar.d Standard. Look at the printed label on your paper. The date thereon shows •*he n the subscription expires For- candidates and all sides of. any is sue as far as It is consistent ^rith the principles of right and Justice. Wo do not. however, mean to con vey the impression that we think it erpedlent or right for us .to keep silent when it comes to a matter of right and wrong. We reserve at all time* the right to speak out con cerning any wrong when our re sponsibility to the public welfare de- ‘tian'l'. W# Mpe to always have 1 wisdom sufficient to discern right f.«*m wrong srd it is our purpose :o Hand for and uphold at all times the right. This paper shall always stand for those thing 1 * whlh wH* tend to build up the moral standard In both the municipal and public so- cie*v oi Colleton county. | We sincerely hnpo that our res! i •xard your money In ample time for er* will aKe-s pjve us their co-op- renewal. Notice date on label care- fiilly, and if not correct please no tify us at once. • erMlon in this work. That they will not be too quick to condemn our views, hut treat us on th'- same too*- Subscribers desiring the address ; !n K * n >' Individ'.al that .s, al o- of their paper changed, will please | us to have ou~ own opM'.ion ::pAn state in their communication both any matter, even If they happen rot the old and the new addresses. fo a jf r ae with those of someone else. The Press and Standard will pub lish brief and rational letters on subjects of general Interest when they are accompanied by the name A WOK II PERSON A |„ With this issue The Press anti Standard has jgKaln passed into my and addresses of 4he uathors and hands and will be edited by Mr. Jas are not of a defamatory nature. An- nonymous communications will nor be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. 1914. OCR DECLARATION. It is generally assume*; of one who has newly assumed the duties as editor of a paper that he should make his first rttempt in an el ib- orate pronunciation of great prem ise* and elegnt expressions of the wonderful things which he expe.-s to accomplish in that capacity. 1 presume that the present editor io no exception to this rule, but he has -thought It better to begin by a si^i pie declaration of the policy which he expects to pursue in his work, thus avoiding the great error of raising the expectation of the gen eral public and being forced to al low them to be disappointed, lie thinks it better to begin by giving some disappointments, with ^he hop-' of afterwarda raining the paper 4n the estimation of its readers, rather than with some attempt at high- flown elegance of which he Is Inca pable, and thus exposing himself and tfti, paper to the fiery darts of public criticism. In regard to the policy which w.i intend to pursue, we wish to say that it shall always be the purpose of The Press and Standard to dis cuss In as interesting msnner *s possible the vltsl issues of the day. It shall be our purpose to uphold and stand for principle rather than for the individual. It may some times happen that our candidate for political offices will not be boost ed as you would wish, but the edi tor has come to believe that It 'a the duty of a newspaper to discuss principles rather than engage in un due exultation or defamation of any particticular individual who should happen tn be offering himself as a candidate rtir any political office, ft-shall be our purpose, further, to make The Press and Standard a messenger of truth in any home to w'hich It may be sent, conveying, facta rather than expressing opinion. This, after all. seems to be the true mission of any country newspaper It- shall not be the purpose or the desire of this paper to dictate to anyone the opinion or the creed which they should follow, but sim ply to send forth facta which should serve as material from which the readers may form their own opln-. ions. This Is. perhaps, one of the greatest needs of our country: We want men In Colleton county who are capable of forming their own opinions from the facta which ther rather than men whose opin ions are influenced by every little expression of the opinion of some other Individual. Of course, it sometimes happens that we are brought fare t© face with the opin ions of one man and are sometimes led to adopt them, mbif-e perhaps from the personality of the person who has set them forth than from the facts which would warrant such an opinion. This should not be the case with any newspaper, however, because it should attempt to Influ ence phtdic op nion by setting forth tacts. It Is our sincere hope that our silence in regard to political candidates and some political issues will not be construed as meaning that we are on, the e and either ashanted or afraid to express our views. 1 But simply that we feel It to be our duty rather to act as the medium through which our subscrib- ers may receive informtion rather than to attempt to unduly influence either the, supporter'of"'the policy which we would uphold or the op ponent of it. Wu realise fully that most espu- F. Msher of Smoaks, a young nmn wno has had splendid training for this work, and who will be able to place The Press ami Standard among the foremost country newspapers of the state. The policy of tlrit* paper under the present regime will be to act with absolut" fairness in all mat ters coming to Its attention an«i proper to be discussed. In matters political, measures will l»o discussed and not men. There has been en tirely too much strife and discord and it shall be our endeavor to bring together, if possible, the different factions of the county, or at least to prevent any further breach. Noth ing can be accomplished in a local or state way by stirring up strife and prejudice. The Press and Standard will stand for the upbuilding of Walterboro and t'olleton county In an industrial and educational way. We hope to be a factor In the moral uplift of the town and county, and with that end In »lew we ask the earpastand hear ty co-operation of all our people. Of course the town and county in judg ed largely by the kind of paper which In issued. It Is, in fart, the only herald which the town or coun ty can have and its voice :s the only one to proclaim the virtue! or vices of the community. We shall do all in our power to make this represen tative of the town and county stand out pre-eminently as a builder and moral agent, giving to the world the news of one of the best counties In the state. In return- we ask the hearty co operation of all good citizens. If you like the paper, tell your friends, get them to subscribe and to patron ize our businem department. If you wait a good paper, show It by the support you give. A word final: During the past few days I have been the reclpien* of many kind expressions of friend ship from the cltixens of the town and county. They have, with one accord, insisted upon my returning to my former home and assuming again the active charge of this news paper. I am deeply grateful for these kind words of appreciation, and wrere I to follow- the dictates of sen timent I should, perhaps, be here al most at once. As It is, the matter shall have - my most careful consid eration. and If I can feel that my duty would be to return to Walter boro and (tolleton county. I shall do so and continue to give the best ef forts of Which 1 am capable to holp In the forward march of progress of which the town and county shows so many signs. At any rate, my best wishes are with the people whom 1 know better than I shall ev«r know the people of any section. I will state In this connection that The Press and Standard la not for •ale and I ahall continue to hold it as an apehor to windward in case the storms should lash the waves of pjipr sea of life so that should our bat& stand in danger of destruction, we may be able to land in safety Sincerely, W. W SMOAK. * WHAT DOES IT MEAN. l^ist week Walterboro seems to have behn stirred from center to clr cumfferance by the series of strong addresses on moral subjects by Dr. Wilder of i^avonnah. At a meeting held in the court house on Friday afternoon there was a demonstra tion of.determination on the part of the citizens to raise the moral stand ard of this community, the like of which has jiever before, perhaps, taken place in this town. AJmo.it .every man pledged his support to the bettering of social conditions in this town. The great question which natur- ly be uplifted. While we do not doubt that this determ-"'^ti on the part of the citizens o' *"-»;ter- boro to aland out for higl^r •'torsi and better aortal condlt«''i'- rtn- cere and Arm. .but we do wi‘- % 'o give a word of warning. Ie«* * -Mf- ference which seems to be the r~et- '«t enemy to progress should under mine these strong resolutions. Let us remember our *’ tc "ifr-. boro. I^t fs remember our duty ns citizens, and let us not forget that its future progress depends almost entirely upon the standard of mor ality which we today uphold. |H IT KUiH.T TO ADVER TISE tXM'A <X>LA* Men who pl«y the wily game of politics have discovered that the- best way t-J distract the attention of the public from their own short comings is t;> mitk' a loud-moufted sensational attacks upon some one else. As the cuttle :.*h c’udes its pursuer by clouding th"' 'vat?r with t'le corienK of Its ink •:<'*. so t’ e political adventurer'akes advantage of the ignorance and prejudice of the people to escape from his,inde fensible position by muddying the wa ers of public opinion. \ ca :e in point is t!i • *• ><•: n( j.f tack mde upon the religious press for carrying ('oca Colo advertising. This atta< K was T.;de by a cian who was supposed to be an ex pert chemist but who, having brought bu t avainst the Coci-t oil Company, wn* hun.ted bv naving to acknowledge that he could not qualify as an expert. The court o*» cioed.ln favor of the Coca-Cola Co . as it was clearly shown that the on ly ess‘*ntinl difference between *’o- ca-Cola and coffee ortea is that ihe 'former contains onlv bout n t’f as nuxh caffeine as the latter amt the flavor is different. The question as to whether it is right to advertise (’oca-CoIfi seems to resolve itself therefore into the question as to whether it is right to advertise coffee, tea. chocolate and other beverages of the caffeine group. THE MKC'RET OK WILSON’S EXTRA! >KDI N ARY SI C'< ESS In the May American Magazine Ray Stannard Baker writes a valua ble and highly entertaining article about Woodrow Wilson, in which he gives his explanation of the President’s success. He goes back and shows how Mr. Roosevelt pick ed Taft because, he thought/ Taft would give legal definition to the moral Impulse which was then sweeping the country. Mr. Roose velt believed that Taft, because he had been a great lawyer would be a vreat president. This, iyir. Baker thinks was a er-v« mistake. What • country needed was not a great lawyer but a great thinker. Law yers look backward, thinkers look forward. Mr. Baker goes on in P*rt as follows; . ••In Mr. Wilson the country has at last given birth to a,thinker. • Most men are half-minded, most congressmen are half-mtnded. the> believe that a problem has only one ond But a thinker knows that a problem I. HI.. I charged at both ends. Where there is a centrifugal force at work he knows that there is a force equally at work. He hoows that new forms of decentralisation in government must alway * check by new forms of centr^ll- ■ --« .'-to. a democracy can he BUY CRADDOCK-TERRY SHOES BECAUSE You Get in Them Always a Double Value STYLE- PLUS - QUALITY * Every pair sold with a personal * m * guarantee from E. T. H. Shaffer. in tat Ion.' Only trusted with an autocrat. •Now, a thinker is so rare. ellher n the White House or outside of it. .hat it is difficult to know just how ♦o take him Washington has not been so puzzled over anyone in years as It is over Mr. Wilson. i chanced to come across two men who had recently been up to the White House to call on the Pres ent. The first one told me he thought Wilson extremely difficult of approatch—not so much pUyrt* call) aa intellectually—that he was distant, uncommunicative, likely to parry inquiries with pleasing Iron ies I should say that this was the dominant view at Washington of those who go rather frequently to see Mr. Wilson. While he meets visitors with a smile he rarely vol unteers anything. He stands and waits patiently, aa though preserv ing‘both his physical and mental strength. Borne visitors, remem bering the vital impact of that tre mendous energtser of a Roosevelt, or the robust good humor x>f Taft, come away from the quiet thinker of thu White Houee pussled and dts- appointed. “The other visitor I talked with ' himself a thinker, and personal ly rather shy. He aaw something in the currency bill that he thought was wrong. He worked it out care fully. It preyed upon him." He felt that the country must be saved. (I 'nve to meet a man who feels that he must save the country.il Well, he went up to see Mr. Wilson and from the rather Incoherent report he. gives u for he came away much (plighted Wilson appears one of • he most affable, enthusiastic and appreciative of men. “What happened was this: My j friend had a real and important idea : • nd he and it were received by the President with that joy and enthu siasm with which a true thinker e\er welcomes an ideaa. Here was a man who could halp him. and help' •hp country! ^ “Most men who go to the White House and claim a share of the President's time have no business whatever there.’ They ant to see the President; they want to touch his hand, or hear his voice; so that afterward they may exhale faintly We offer some reductions for April only in LADIES’ OXFORDS AND PUMPS Ladies’ White Duck Oxford, “Surf,” regular $1.60, April* price $1.33 Child’s White Duck - Oxford, “Peach,” regular $1.00, April price .... 89c Ladies’ Patent Oxford, “Spe cial,” regular $2.50; April’ price .. ; ;. .. $1.98 Ladies’ Gun Metal Oxford, “Special,” regular $2.50, April price .. $1.98 Ladies’ Patent 1-strap Pump, “Southern Girl,” regular $3.00. April price $2.33 Ladies’ Patent Button Oxford. “Southern Girl,” regular $3.00, April price .. $2.33 Ladies’ Gun M,etal Button Ox ford, “Southern Girl,” regular $3.00, April price $2.33 Ladies* Tan 1-strap Pump, “Southern Girl,” regular $3; April price $2.33 Ladies’ Patent 1-strap Pump, “Coronet,” regular $2; April price ,$1.65 Terry & Shaffer Department Ladies’ Shoes MAKES RHEUMATISM PROMPTLY DISAPPEAR ('hHMair, Crippled-up Sufferer* Kind Relief After Few Ihtae* of New Remedy Are Taken. It la needless to suffer any longer with rheumatism and be all crippled up and bent out of shape with its heart-wrenching pains when you can surely avoid it. Rheumatism cornea from weak, in active kidneys, that fail to filter from the blood the poisonoue waste matter and uric acid; and it is use less to rub on liniments or take ordf- nary remedies to relieve the pain. This only prolongs the misery and can’t possibly cure you. ' The only way to cure rheumatism : is to remove the cause. The new j discovery, Croxone, does this because ! it neutralizes and dissolves all the ' poiaonoiis substances and uric acid ! that loage in the joints and muscles, | to scratch and irritate and cause rheumatism, and cleans out -and i strengthens the stopped-up, Inactive kidneys, so they can Tilter all the poisons from the blood and drive it on and out of the system. Croxone is the most wonderful medicine ever made for curing chronic rheumatism, kidney troubles and bladder disorders. You will And it different from all other remedies. There is nothing else on earth like it. It matters not how old you sre. or how long you have suffered, it is practically impossible to take it into ■ the human system without results. | You will find relief from the first . few doees and . you will be surprised low quickly all your misery and suf fering wll| end. An original package, of Croxone costs but a trifle at any first class drug store. All druggists are au thorised to sell it on a positive mon ey back guarantee. Three doses a day for a few days is often all that is ever needed to cure the worst backache or overcome urinary disor ders. 4-25. 5-27, 6-24 i THIS BEAUTIFUL DRESS In Solid and Fancy Lin- ene Pearl Buttons, neat ly embroidered and fin ished. A great bargain, the world over for $1.75 Our Special '•’X Price Is Only 98 Q& For anything in the line of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats^and Notions come and see us. so*jb;el & BOGOSLOW i , “Where the Dollar does its Duty.” TO mNFEDERATE REUNION. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Fender are visiting the former's parents. Mr. LOW RATES OFFERED and Mrs. G. C. Fender, of this place. • * • ' Mrs. G. C. Fender and father. R. Breland, spent last week in Charleston visiting relatives. They -eport a fine time. , Mrs. E- McKenzie, of Detroit. Mich., is spending the s mmer in Walterboro. She is stopping at the Albert Hotel. something of the aroma of the great place.’ They go to get something, not to give something, and Mr. Wil- work before him, appears reserved, distant.” Atlantic Coast Line Will Give Peo ple Service at low Rat*. For National Confederate Reunion which will be hc!d in Jacksonville, Fle., May 4th to 7th the Atlantic Coat Line is offering greatly reduced rates. The Fare of $5.30 Tor the Round trip will prevail, and these lew prices will give many »£ excel lent chance to visit Flordia at a *on, conserving every ounce of his good time in the year. At ten‘ion .s none too robust energy for the~-celled to their advertisement which cipeire in other coiua:~s. 4, 1, 3t. LEDGERS AND BLANK BOOKS. typewriter ribbons. A full upply just received at The Press and Standard. Prices low, quality Good. Also a full fine of pencils. Inks, Pen Staffs and Points, Writing Paper, and small office supplies. SEE IS i