Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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at r *• % y' -V''. lGEFOUR • ^4 THE PRESS' AND STANDARD .. ESTABLISHKl> 1*77. PiTRLiSHKD EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY THE PRESS * AND STANDARD, fNC. • • • ION m. W. SWOAK .. SAIL V. RISHER, Entered at the. hero, 8- C ;# o natter. peetofflee. Walter- i eecond claaa mall 41 •‘fi& S j, iarn. It wfta‘ pointfd out verj* force fully that intellifrrnce In poltics is one of o t ur country’s greatest neefs. Thaf Ignorance along these lines I*, perhaps, the greatest curse and men ace to oar progress. Edocatlotr atoifft political lines undoubtedly offers the opporunlty of Intelligent voting. Intelligent voting. It seetais to us. la the only mainstay which will Insur# the stability of Democratic govern- meat la Colleton county. . We wish to call attention to the fact that even though educalon along political lines Is needed and needeo Jtorely, we need education along ev ery line In Colleton county. There are many men throughout this coun ty who not only, perhaps, fall to ' mte Intelligently, but they even go REMITTANCES.- farther and fall ~to realise the re- "All checks andWrafts Yhould h* sponsiblllty that cltlsenshlp .places drawn la favor of the Press and uuo £ , t ^ 0||r d||fv Standard. * . , 'and our privilege te cast aa iatellf- Look at the printed label on you. *« Bt r t oi *- but “ duty to paper. The date . thereon. shows »*<iualnr ourselves with conditions when the subscription expires. For- both political and moral In our ward vour money In ample time for renewal. Notice date on label, care fully: and If not correct please no tify us at once. THE PRESS ANp STANDARD, WALTERBOF. 0, S. C. E MAY 6,1 urBMItimoX RATES. Tea* .SIA* Subscribers desiring tbe address of their paper changed, will piestfc state in their, communication both the old and the new addressee. , 0 The Press and Standard will pub lish brief and. t rational letters on subjeets of general Interest when they are accompanied by the flame* and addresses of the uathors and are not of a defamatory nature conymous communications will be notieed. Rejected mantis*- will opt bp returned. munit yand do nil In ear power to remedy them. We should not only ptsnd for polltlnl righteousness, but we should stand fbr enforcement of law which would result In the mor al uplift of the entire county and state. i ana f. An/ II not ctfptu WEDNESDAY, HAY 45. I5H. r.DITORIALKTH. t By W W. 8 » Watch Wflterboro r.nd move. ^ . -• ..i.. wake, shake FROM FAR OFF ^ WASHlGNTON _ e Paator ..Writes Interesting (setter .if the Urrot Pacific Northwest and Her Peojie. v Per riddle, Wash., Apr! To tho Standard: I have been idit! Press and thnklng and planning for some time to write a series of letters^to the folks at home, teliiny them some thing of the Northwest. It Is true that, however far we w’ander from couver, B. C., t'unada Mv jirirate stuudy is in the (hur'h, aud our church fiic*ia the stre*; this roa l o.>- cuptes. I have sat in my stndy .-r.j seen a successive line.. of automo biles and motorcycles following each ether that nothing in any city could compare to. many of them fly ing penantc from San rraaciwo. Los Angeles. Vancouver. Seattle, Poiv land, etc ^ . R* ar* living in,a very jr.-pres- rivv <ountry. Tti«*ie Is *»»* rf ev here, and sowethlag doing all .he time. Onr church Is natation ?id does lu work la n businesslike wav. Every Mendiy morning I retciv.> my wages for the preceding week. Car congregation hi large end !o>l- ligeat. We have firr services ever. Sunday, as follows: Id a. m . S in- day school; 11 a. m... preaching; 2:30 p. m.. Junior League; ?.*• p. m.. Epworth League, and p. m , preaching. This, keeps me busy for I ant expected to be present and take some nan i» every one of ties.-. Nearly e or/ Ir^ay some on* ‘<1 ■« the chnrch. and tbu work is grad ually growing. We have aa excel lent chnrch bnildlng with Sunday school rooms, basement sad moder.v fixtures. Personally. I am in Western Washington to stay.' The climate Is very healthful, the soil Is fertile, the people ere kind-hearted and ^eaei - ous. the schools ere very fine; ; our laws ere excellent end well kept and we are satisfied. But from time to time, even in tbe busy rush of the ministry. It does me good to rend In the Press and Standard tbe nines of tboee I love and am deeply Interested In. t shall write again when time permit* end take some definite subject that n-ill do you good. J. C. HARRISON. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR STATE SENATOR. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of state Scant or from ('olleton county, pledging myself to our childhood associations, there are ab ‘ de ,he of th * many things wblrit tie uh to rela-! P rira,,, 7. * nd lo " u PP° rt ,he nom - Of course Walterboro Is in Coll** too county. many things which tie uh to rela- jtlves and friends that cannot be for- ; gotten. I The Press and Standard reache* me onTuesday afternoon: ahd. hon- CKtly, I had rather have h^tlhai Colleton county is a part of South Carollra—a very important part. The Press and Standard oestren the growth in "grace, grit and gumption," and in material things by Walterborians, Colletians and South Carolinians. The boy will stand on the’’’burn ing deck in many a noolC^nd corner of South Carolina during the next few weeks. / , -a£. an my supper. If I had to do without one. From a recent editorial, 1 conclude that the editor has been criticised for not puttin gout a better paper. nees thereof. J. G. PADGETT. X U*_ What Supervisor of Rural Schoolv W. K Tate was to South Carolina. Miss Georgle E. Ackerman is to.Col leton county.-» Propose Farmers Oil Mill. Cniou.—A fanner* oil mill may probably be established in this city ! during this year, if the movement j . — . launched recently meet* with the sue* i PerHonally I have no criticism whnt- ee*s tint the prosent prospects seeing e ' er : T’y f * fl .e*! I «•»■< k^-p In- ^I lo s - ■» . - V“T «“• > l °“- *-*» >*<k '•ounty. with their movements for . , . . the better, and with their ideals and. P' orgnn, ?‘V “ nother ^ mitt hw * to ! principles which will in time.work , ^ 0 '‘ neU * nd b ? »»?• farm >ut for good, pays me a hundred'* 1 * of th>s rouft'F. and this plan took ‘U I !?ld more than my subscription* to [ definite form at a meeting of the the paper costs. ^ v 'County Farmers* Cnion meeting held' In this first letter I shall tell you 'at the court house a few days ago. something of my work here, aince 1 (; T here were abottt ^ representa .u he p,ace , °! my , tive farmers present at tMs meeting h r ’ or t, | f> , ° pw * 1 and there was a thorough discussion however, that you will not site me : - , .. , .. .. , . kup as two negro men did a politi-! Iuatter from M ot "*'* clan. Thev walked up to the outer ° ff * r * of **** for th * P 1 * 01 * wer * edge of a large crowd where a can- ®ade by weveral parties representing •nte v was making a political ad- different sectiofts „ of the county, dress; ahd stood for a few moments though the egner^l opinion seema that Then Jlmbo said: "Sam-; R should be located, in Cnion Let the politiral pot boil.. Aa an JI Hl *n*np. , . . .... , j . ! b °. ^’bo am' >4at man? Sambo, educator in political government L ftrn#l|(tIy rep||ed: doan there is nothing equal to a general interest in the science of governing by the people. V • -3' WeTcofne. Williams, to ftlte realm of towndom., .May y“ou grow and h*'- '•ome a leader in purity of manhood and an example for other towns in the county. know what his name am. but he eertanly '*o recommend hisself most highly Some State Chartera.- Cloumhiu. Gray lamd and improve- It is not Helf-exaltkttoh. or even to ' tnent Company cf Spartanburg has X. Walterboro needs electr’c lights, and needs them badly.. It Is time that the town get out of the ante bellum r(it and try Wizard Edison's ' is situated oh the ban get my name before the people of Colleton county that prompt's me in writing. Hut I hope froae—time to time to give you letters telling the progresBive movements and plea which make Washington .‘One Of the very best »fat“s in the Pnlon ; n nolities. business, farming, Schools and churches. ^ 1 served the Methodst church in Nooksack for two years/and transferred to Ferndale. 7 This town '* of the Nook- en commissioned by the secretary".] f state with a capital stock of 95.000. ; Petitioners are Lucius Gray and Lew- j is Gray. Hose Hill corporation of Charleston has been chaptered with a capital ■ stock of $11',000. Tlfe ofTicera are. ' i John McCrady, president; W. S.- Me- : y Crady, treasurer, and M. S. Saint- ( "as Apaand, secretary. j mod** of lighting. nh* trroi Know thyself- said a wise phH- osopher. Know thy neighbor is al most a* important and perhaps you will find him a right decent sort of fellow If he does vote differently from you. - s’M'k river and has abound it some of the most fertile soil In the United Slates -land which raises 15ft hush Cotton Exports -Large. Charleston.—Contrary to the most sanguine expectations of thoHe wi.o **ls of oats to the acre, or if proper- t wont at tbe beginning of every ly seeded will yield seven Tons oi cotton season to estimate the amount timothy hav to the acre. There arc of business Charleston will do m tiiia line during the year, the receipts'-of Yes. the moral ton* of a comn^j- nity is Just what its people make it or rather what they desire It. But it sometimes becomes necessary to vote the why one resolutes in pub lic meetings and Walterboro voters do not sometimes do this. Every issue of the Press and Stan dard should carry in its columns newsy letters from a score of ’polntii la the efttinty. Friends, five na the news of your section of the eonnty. Let us have your name so we Cen ■end you stationer and write some thing ^very week. Rev. Baker la right. Christian men —even ministers—-should be .vitally Concerned over the character of men elevated to official position. One man ir high official position eaa un do what every mlnistfrRn a city has done. two *aw mills, several shingle mills, a fruit cannery, and. soon- to he a condensery, beside* several large d<*. partment stores and all manner of smaller business establishments and banka. Our school system here is the best 1 h,ave ever seen. No teacher in the high or graded achool gets less than f“ft a month, and the average sal ary is 990 for the Ferndale teacher*. We have compulsory education anl all country schools run eight months in the year. (Later on I shall write a letter on Washington’s school sys tem). There are In Ferndale and vicinity nlii» churches and every one Is sup plied with n pastor. We have here the Baptist, the Methodist Episcopal. the>Coagregatlonal, the Catholic, the Menonlte, the Sweedish Baptist, tbe Lutheran, the Free Lutheran and the Seventh Day Advent is. And then hot half of the people ever go What an example Charleston's mayor has set quite recently. Pity that newspaper man could not hve ’’licked the stuffin' ’’ out of him—•> he needed to be instructed that a mayor's place i* not going ‘round ’'cusein' out folks,’’ and hunting for trouble, as he was doing. \ • KIHTATTOS IS <lK*«RAI.. a In the JJemcoratic conventiop which waH held in Walterboro on Mbnday, some of the speakers in their addresses touched upon what seems to be the keynotb to ourcoun- Fty’s greatest need. T^ey^cglied at tention to that' indissoluble union boween education and the useful clt- Wo have In this tow* two noted to church at nil own places: First, the "Camp around." where ths member* of different de nominations meet, annually and camp for a ten-day meeting, and they are equal to the negroes in the South when it comes to shouting and loudness. Second, "The Pioneer Pic nlc Ground" Is a very cotton al the port of Charleston, have already gone beyond the tftft.Oftft mark which is more than any one believed the receipts wquld amount to for the etrtirey ear. V. nh six' months of the flsi al year yet to paK* by. it ts now- thought that the receipts for the sea son will go beyond a half million. • Tomato Clubs For Mxrion. Marlon.—With/tbo visit of Ml»e Edith Farrott. state agent of the girls’ tomato club work and also agent of the United States depart meat of agriculture, to this city, where she conferred with the county, hoard of education and the directors' of the ’’Marion Boosters.’’ It Is now certain *hat Marion oonrty win have girls tomato clubs for 1924. Tbo requisite amount of money for the support of tbo r.ovement. Includ ing nine months’ alary for a local •gent and her expenses, raised. Child CroM? Keverinh? Sick* A cross, peevish, listless child, with coated tongue, pale, doesn’t ___ sleep; jpnts sometimes very little, beautiful ,h * n ravenously; stomach sour places where all the old tmers who !‘"i P** 01 ln .* ,on, “ b * capie here, and settled the country , * lth « r,,,d * * sleep, and starts up with terror- all suggest a Worm Killer some thing that expels worms and almost every child has them. Get a box to day. .Start - *t once. _You won’t 111 meet annually for a.- three-day^ plr nin, They camp on the ground, haye speaking, dancing.' drinking, revelling and everything that hu. •nan ingenuity can think of. Th-re - . v* cr eirne thousand .M'ople here' ->chave tb coax, as Klcaapo (Jav hist year to the picnic. A •-ll ; Killer Is a candy confection Worm Expels \ .’r c up is Im Id by the oldest olor>ct»r * h * »orms. the cause of your child's «»re«r j in Western Washington, and when he dlea It goes to the next oldest. We have ji nt a f*** - n.lles avr,iv ^u Indian reservation. I have' *»»ea over five hundred of them to ihlx picnic at one time. They enter *n»o all the sport* and win roany'of the prises. . « *" / Ferndale Is fortunate to have the Pacific Highway run throagn it. This turnpiked. graveled road rinning from Old .Mexico to Van- trouble. 25c. at your druggist. RUB-MY-TISM *Will cure your Rhetunatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramj s, Colic, Sprains, bruises. Cats gnd Burns, Old Sores, Stings of In sect e Etc. Anlisepfic Aao^jmw, used in ternally an j externally. Brice 25c We Count On For ’ V - • c * - Investigate our methods of dmng business and our volume qrf business and you will ' 0 see why it is possible for us to give you goods of the quality we furnish^ at the prices we make. " . ' x Otur percentage of expense is very small for * ■ x /, our vdume is very large. Our losses from bad credits is not over one per cent. It will pay you before you buy to investigate our goods and our prices. • / ■' / ’ .'' ' ** / ■ ' / ' ‘; v C' See us when you are : n the market for viz.: Ice Cream Freezers, Butter Churns, Screen Doors and Windows, Screen Wire, Poultry ' "•«* • and Garden Wire, Incubators,' Basefealland Tennis Goods, Fishing Tackle and all oth er sporting goods. Kerosene Stoves of all kinds. Stoves and Ranges, Ironware, EnaiRglware, Tinware, Glassware. Crock ery and China, Hardware Of all kinds. Paints, Vara&h, Brushes, Oils, Buggies. Wagons, Harness, Plumbing Supplies Cul- ft tivating and Harvesting Implements of all kinds, and Fence Wire. Our stock is / x / the largest in this section of the state. Wichman & Son * ■»== - • ■m q^iR Like To Show You THE SUPERIORITY OF OUR WORK . .There is none better to be had at anything like the price, qual- ity considered. Our plant is the best equipped in this county ami every workman in our employ is a master of his art. We use the .»• * _ best materials to be had, and with the modern equipment of cur , , A * . " / plant, we are in a position to give you better grade of work on X.. x ■ / short notice than you can possibly get elsewhere. We Will appre caate it immensely if you will let us do the next)order you con-i template placing for GOOD PRINTING. Good Printing, like ev- 1 * * / erything else good,) is the cheapest in the long run, and when it comes to work of quality, we can talk to you intelligently. “WE’RE NOT STUCK UP," , j«st proud of the kind of work we are doing. And of the fact that we are adding daily new, satisfied patrons, to the hundreds of boosters for “GOOD PRINTING” already on our list. Let us do your work. / The Press and Standard lob Printing Department Phone 10X / / ,r