University of South Carolina Libraries
the press and sx. m ND STANDARD WEDNESDAY ATTERMOON THBr The fteei and Standard, Inc. %• * P. v» • • • itarad at ilia Poetodfce at WaH«i%oro, S. C. aa mall . tnattar of the second «tlaia. ^ ': J-a, : ' A WLDNBSDAT, AUGUST 6. 1914. Fodder pnlKn*! Soon be cotton picking! . dM| 1 * . ■.—-— »—»- Making It Uaanlmoaa. Why aot iaaae a blanket pardon corering Vll ex-con- victs so they can all roteV-Columbla Record. ' -# . If a an Inalienable Right. ^ It U the Inalienable right of every citizen to vote aa he sees fit. and ft la the right of no man to question bUp- The ballot la supposed to be secret, and unless a citizen voluntarily removes that'pecreoy it la little abort of impertinence to interrogate him.-*Manning Timet. — ‘ Indication* Point to Smith. , All indications are that K‘l Smith will go back to the Senate, Cllckscales will lead in the race for gov- erpor ,and'Stevenson will make Finley know he. has been jn the contest before lie gets back to Con •Gaffney Ledger. *— r ’ ongress.- Some crag* in Colleton county this year, eh ? c * \ * WelU yea, there are corn dubs and corn cribs in CoUdton thig year. . Now, “R. M J. M did just what “W. W. S.’ wanted. He told of what was doing by the de* monstration agent in Colleton county. Keep the public posted and all will we well. , “W. W. S.” has seen much of Colleton's crops during thp past week, and they are fine, about the best he has ever seen. T"" Ere another issue of The Press and Standard comes from the -press, the political campaign will have started. Here’# hoping that it will be pitched on a high plane end that all the candi dates will be gehtlemen'bn the'stump and off. Beware of the man who begins to stir up the passions and prejudices of the peopel. / Coat-tail swingers should be eliminated. A man who cannot ;win on his merits should be left at home. « / “W. W. S.” had the very great oleasure of be ing at Carter’s E°rd Sunday and meeting there many old friends of former days. It did him good to hear the greeting of those who have been kind enod|fh to remember him, though ab sent, and the friendliness of these greetings touched him. To be worthy of this friendship is his wish. / #—*- Sabbath though it r-as, the chief topic of con versation at Carter’s Ford Sunday was politics and who will win in the many races. From what could be gathered it appears that Smith is lead* ing in the race for the United States Senate, )(• L. Smith for governor, to say nothing of Smith for representative. It appeared to be a Smith crowd. 7 Rev. J. C. Lawson is a man of strong convic tions and ideas, and is a power for good in Col leton county. „ '9 V V ' Uncle Jake Polk and Mrs. Polk were at Car ter’s Ford Sunday, as happy a pair as ever a pair of newly weds were. t- TO THE POINT. Elsewhere in this issue will be found an edi- toriai/from the Fountain Inn Trjbune, whose ed itor is one of the cleverest men in the newspa per field in South Carolina today. Mr. Quillen is making his papfer one of the leading weekly papers in the State and if one reads the edito rial reproduced, the reason for this can be plain ly seen. Without Egotism or bombast this edi tor lays before his readers a statement of the political conditions as he sees them relative to those things in which we are most vitally con cerned. Perhaps you do not agree with him in some of his statements, but that they are the convictions of an honest man cannot be doubted. ■ , ^ A ^ The epllt log drag used on the road in front of your property (and all along the way. lor that matter) will I 0 work a wonderful change in the highway Ntfter these good rains. It is not only good for the automobile, but aids the farmer and-anyone who has something to haul. The roads should be dragged often. Soembody has been unkind enough to say that fu ture trials in France of beautiful women who kill men should be held in the Theatre Krancais. But, since judges, lawyers, witnessed and mere spectators either threaten to fight duels over the cases or do really fight them, why not hold the trials on the field of honor? asks the Savannah News. This woul turn it Into a burlesque, as there la no honor to be detected la tie plot—Colombia Record. ■ 'X' -,.. . : A JackasH** Itrny. In regard to howling down at campaign meetings, the Orangeburg Times am! Democrat refers to the well known fart that a Jackass can ,bray_ louder than a man can.talk.—Oreenvlile Piedmont D, WALTZT.ZOr.0, S. C. present conditions. Wo may expect that crime will go unpunished; that law violation will bo fostered and encouraged; that the children of poor people ifill bo 'allowed to grow up la ignorance without a decent fight-' 4ng chance In this hard *or!d; and that life and prop- eft? will continue to be unsafe. That is logical and sincere reasoning. it la not overdrawn. It in not written In bitterness. It la a simple statement of fact. ; Can any sane man doubt that the great problem be fore us today la the election of a good man as gov ernor, rather than the elimination of Blease, the man? And. now I want to say a word to those Tribune readers who are avowed Bleaseites. I beg of you. consider the matter calmly and cour ageously as you would consider any other question thst involved your future prosperity end the welfare of your children. - ' Don’t think cf me as an eneAy, as an opponent. I have no personal interest in this political campaign. You, my neighbor, mean more to me than alt tire Phase ,pnd Smith tribes from Ajldm’s day to the pres en'. » , I am pleading with you for jottr-'own interests, for th» sake of '-our children, tor the moral and intellect ual advancement of your state. Vote as you choose in the Senatorial race, if you admire * , (’oley” and want to see him in the Senate, vote for him. If you thibk Smith has helped you to a better condition in life by raising the price of cotton, vote for him. ' But when you cast a vote for a gubernatorial candi- <Tatc; in the name of Reason and Cleanness ana Kight- ecusners, I beg of you vote for. a man who will enforce the laws, who will give your children a fair chance i-. the world, anA who will discourage murder'and ct'.tne/ Please do not think I am selfish in this. You are my neighbors. You are my one present interest in life. I would serve you in any way possible/ And with all the earnestness I am capable of feeling. I plead with you to serve yourselves and jojf children by nominating a safe candidate for governor. AUGUST 5, 1914. Charleston more deeply H gay interests Taao the cot ton business. The exportntiep of cotton Is the prin- cipal outgoing bnsiaess of this,city sod not only .will tho brokero of cotton bo hit but the farmers of th-i South will bo in danger,of.aortpna money loss. “The war has arisen just when the cotton season was on the verge df opening, September 1 being con sidered thg beginning of the cotton season. From that date during hte remaindeO of the calendar year the cotton business is brisk, aa is shown by figures. Under present conditions it will be impossible for the • cotton crop to be‘moved, sufficient bottoms being una vailable. ^ » ' y ' . . ...f. “Aa long as there is a general waMn Europe the market for cotton will be practically nil in any of the countries of,the war-torn,region, and Germany an i England are both large purchtfsers of totton from th» United States. Of course the cotton will be move I some time, but in the time intervening the stagnation of the movement is bound to result in hardships to thousands of Southerners. , # “The threatened stagnation of- the cotton market and damage to ♦.he fertilizer business will be primn rily due to the lack of-a merchant marine in whfc'i products may b3 exported and imported. The great**! portion of the merchant vessels of the world now il. the flags of some one of the countries at war, an I these vessels must either change their papers and f!y the flag of a neutral port to escape capture by an en emy.” ‘ . Locating South Carolina. South Carolina, properly speaking. Is bounded by the Devil and the Deep .Blue Sea—chiefly by the Devil.—Marion Star. —* Not a Xew Issue. ^ By the way, this Richey case has no right to a hang over. If was a n Issue two, years ago. W. R, Richey of Laurens at the campaign meeting at Abbeville got up and made a warm denial of a rumor that he had been promised a pardon for his brother if he would help Governor Biease in his election.—*The Anderson Intelligencer. ' ’ . . i .. . ^ • » Poor Paris. It has been said that in the even* of a war with Germany, Paris would be in a stale of famine within sixty hours, due to the fact thHjhe rural pbpulatiqn which produces and brings to the,city its food , would be drafted for military service. We shall see very shortly whether or not this predicti n is to be verified. —News and Courier. " : * THE WRONG THREE. From the Fountain Inn Tribune: There are men in South Carolina, editorr. among them, who are working very ha^d to defeat Cole L. Blease for the United States Senate. Many of these men, editors among them, feel a bitter, personal ha tred for Blease. They desire to drag him down, toy riously hindered owing to the fact that it wiy be un- r ; *7- LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE COTTON BUSINESS MOST AFFECTED. • ' / The Charleston News and Courier of yester day* sums up' the cotton situation at length, in view of the present war clouds in Europe. It states the case very concisely, v:e Mieve, and is reproduced herewi| •‘Effects of the war/in Europe on the cotton busi ness here are being/felt-to some extent. The banks of the city have not been affected by the situation, and leading bankers/yesterday were optimiatlc over th.* prospect as f&Xas local banks are concerned'. No in terference wRh shipping harf yet teen reported, but It is possible that the business of this port will feel the results of the war In *ta exports and imports in the near future. “.yanufacturers of, fertilizers are expected to suf fer from the war. Importation of materials used in. the manufacture of commercial fertilizers will be r-e- humiliate him, to trample him out of political exist ence, and when the job is finished they will stand above him with the taunt: You are beaten—crushed —and I did it. * • Y' *" * A Theae men have allowed their hatred for Cole Blease, the man, to blind them to the greaCfact in this present crisis. 'Y f It does not matter much whether lllease does or does not go to the Senate. If elected, he cannot do South Carolina more harm than he has already done. He can >n<l will humiliate and shame us in the eyes of the-wovld but he has already done that . It la not conceivable that he can pass any Iniquitous legisla tion, for he will be absolutely without influence in pie Senate. Neither can he make hfany' hurtful appoint ments. for he la an enemy of the President and wlHf get nothing at the chief executive's hands. V It la of course trne that Smith la doing good work for tko farmers of this state, and It la true that Bleaae cannot, nndnr the ctrcnmatances, continue that good work. ' la that particular the state would suffer loea. But Bleaae. aa Senator, coald net make your prop erty worth lees, year Hvee lees safe than they are to day. In the Senate he would be u negligible quan tity. / / All reasoning men know these things, and yet be cause they hate Bleeae, personally, many men are de voting nil tholr energies to the defeat of Bleaaa, for getting. In their passion, that tho gubernatolal race Is the ealy one that vitally coacerns all the people and nil the interests of th# state. The great question l n this criata^ls not: ahnll we de feat Blease for the Senate? butr shall we. put a Bleaae men la office aa our hlghee^ state official? What harm, you aak, hr electing a Bleaae man aa governor? Must a map be evil merely because he is a Bleaae man? • X r \ It is a hard quoktion. Only fools divide the people of the world Info good people and bad people. V7hpt. then .la«a Blease man? la he a gentleman? He may be. Thousands of avowed Blease supporters are gentlemen In the com mon acceptance of (he meaning of that word. Is be a Christian? He may be. Thousandfe of Bleaae fol lowers worship the true God. By their fruits ye shall know them. What is a- Democrat? One who believes In state rights, in a tariff for revenue only, in a government of. by apd for th* people. What is a Christian? One who loves Jesus, the Christ, believes in Him and follows His teachings. What is a Bleaseite? One who respects Blease, be lieves In Blease. amk*.approve* of the things Blease has done. > Is not that true? It must be true. Consider, then, what Blease is and has done: He has liberated Irom the''penitentiary over twelve hundred criminals, white and black. These crimin als were tried by juries composed of 14,400 South < arolipa citizens. The juries convicted because the ^| 0 y ( ] | W ere gueats of Mr. and Mrs. _ _ • w w . / evidence showed the men guilty. v \ Blease appointed on his staff a man.who conduct* gambling dives and saloons in open violation of South Carolina lam. • $ Blease opposes compulsory education. IHease has promised pardons In, advance to men m ho murder under certain circumstances. ^X * ThaCis enough. No needf to consider details. •Now a Bleaseite must and doea approve of those things. A true Bleaseite. approving of those things. would, if placed la power, follow the example of hii ; . X ' * chief. If. therefore, a Bleaae hnao of South Catalina, we may n tk elected expect a coi as governor continuation of safe for merchantmen of- the warring natio^w to ven ture upon'the high seas. “Steamships flying* the flags of Britain and Germany, according to reports from other places, have been ordered to remain in port and not to venture out on the open seas, until further notice. The British steamer Mobile arrived here last night from Pomaron with a cargo of pyrites, and it is said to be not un likely that she will stay here or in some other neutral port, until the situation in Europe has been clarified. It was Impossible last night to ascertain whether or not her/Ciptaln had received any orders to this effect. owinR to the late hour when she came in-, No other foreign ships are now in port, but the Belgian steam ship Iris la expected today. The Norwegian steamer Alfred Dumoia sailed from here yesterday, but aa Nor way is not concerned in the European war, thia fruiter will not be affected by thf developments In Europe. The atatna of Belgium la undecided, and it is not known what effect the war will have on merchantmen flying the Belgium flag. . < “But It la Improballe that the war will be felt in- Editor Pi4ss and Standard: > There is an honest man who doern’t want tc b*.* sat isfied. He warts ;o go to Her.ven mainly because h » thinks he can’t get there, but if Saint Peter should suddenly open tho door and say, “Walk In. I’ve foun t a seat for you £t last,” this sam? fellow would har^ around the gate end argue that the seat might not b-> good enough. So now when it is clear that an average o' sis mor-! pupils in each school in South Carolina would take care of the 40,000 children that a compulsory educa tion law would put into the schools .everybody will admit that our schools ere ready for them now, unless perhaps it *bc the ntan who would stop outside thh Pearly Gates in the rain to make sure that the seats wewrjust right and that there wxsvno leak in the roof of Heave^. ' Those' Parents who love their children most are th*» kind who would rather see them sit on dry goods boxes or nail kegs, learn something, until benches or desks could be made, than to think of their children sitting at the rock pile later on. through ignorance, or at best sweating for a lifetime as the laborer of the playmate who got more education. But,'Mr. Editor, why argue when nearly all our people are now' agreeing that we must have'compulsory education? Our Southern neighbors in Tennessee passed a state wide law last year and here is what ‘Stajte Superinten dent Samuel H. Thompson says about U in a letter of July 10th: * . * - ”1 do believe that education in Tennessee has mad** greater progress under the compulsory education law. However, thla has been in effect only one year. Many of our county superintendents have reported to this office that their average daily atteiMance was increas ed during the year about 25 per cent. "I am unable to say, ait this time, about the attend ance of the negroes, but I am inclined to. think that the increase In average daHy attendance was greater proportionately among the whites than it was amont the negroes. ’ / “Our people .in general, seem very well pleased with the compulsory law and are not trying to get it repealed.” ' i . ** , B. H. BLAKE. B. C., August 1. jp - y 1 1 Greenwood, i /. / Dots From Stokes. Stokes, Aug. 4.—Fodder polling la the order of the day around here now and it will aoon be cotton plclf- Ing* —. . Richard Croaby and son, Emlon, of Rulfin, were guests of W. F. Rob ertson Saturday and Sunday. G. W. Beach has ^returned to his home In Port Tampa, Fla., after ending a few days with relatives around here. Mrs. O. W. Beach, of Port Tampa, Fla., and her sister. Miss Donnie Robertson, paid Mrs. W. A._J5n;oak a visit Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. E. B. Bennett visit ed relatives and friends in and near Lodge the past week* Rev. and Mr*. F. 6. Burnett were guests of Mr. and &?:*. W. F. Rob ertson last Saturday. Mrs. F. O. Burnett and Miss Don nie Robertson paid Ruffin a visit Saturday afternoon. Mrs. S. P. Carter and Mrs. E. B. Bennett were in Walterboro shop ping Saturday. ✓ Lee Roy and Donnteuhue Smoak, of Smoaks, aye spending this week with Franklin and Herbert Robert- ' ( X .. son. * Miss Annie Carter* and brother. —— F unday night. Rev. Mr. Guess of Charleston, assisted tho pastor un til Friday night Tho nennona wore very forceful and the attendance large. It waa qutla a good meeting and several members were added to the church. Franklin Robertson, son of W. F. .abertaon, mot with the accident of freaking . hta arm Tuesday. It is hoped that the little fellow will aoon be all right again. ISLAXDTON > HMS. Islandton, August 4.—The people around her are busy pulling fuller. We ar* having some rsln lately. W. N. Croaby, formerly of this section, but now of Grand Crossing, Fla., is ^felting his father. Mr. 8. A. L r s avwt ewt I 8* P. Carter Thursday. Misses Donnie and Lillian Robert son dined kith Miss Mae Berry of Tabor section Wednesday. We are sorry to state that W. F. Robertson Is very sick now. lie has Crosby and other relatives. Miss Ivaree Harvely has return ed home after a brief visit to Hamp ton and Varnvllle. Mlsa Ollie Murdaugh dined with Miss Mae Croaby a few days ago. Mrs. Nettie Crosby is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bishop. The marriage of Mr. Nathan Cros by to Miss Mary Sineath was quite a surprise. The marriage took place at the home of the bride’s father, Mr. A. J. Sineath, Wednesday, at 5 o'clock ,q the afternoon. \li. Ed Benton performed the ceremony. The attendants' were Mr. Doxier Crosby with Miss Nellie Mears, Mr. Dave Crosby with Miss OlUe Mur daugh. Mr. Dobbie Murdaugh with Miss Mae Croaby. The bride wore * satin wedd!ng**own trimmed with Croaby wart tha recipients of many bountiful prevents. They left Mon day morning for Jacksonville where - they will maka their homo. Mr. W. N. Crosby visited Charles ton and Columbia recently. Mr. Doaler Croaby is visiting in Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Fils Mulligan of Savannah, Ga., las been apendi* g some time with Mias Pearl Harvlev. Mr. Raaoh of Varnville is visiting at the home of Mr. G. A. Harvley. Mlsa Leia Croaby of Ruffin hai beea spending some time at this place with M-s. D. E. W. Crosby. 'Mr. and Mrs. Joe Benton are spending some time with their mo ther, Mrs. Hannah Sineath. Mrs. H. 8. Crosby is very sick, but we hope she'will soon be well. Messrs Iv* Sinea'h a-d Wilbur Croaby had business in Olar a few days ago. • - ^ X Mr. Ben Sineath i? very slcl^ Mr. A. J. Sineath and Mr. W. N. Crosby were in V|rnville on busi- n-»s last weea. / . The ice cream supper given at Mr. E. H. D pson’s it loror of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Crosby waa very much enjoyed by all J .ss*? whosij who attended Mr. and Mrs. D. E. W. Crosby ‘dined with Mr. and Mrs. Star Pon3 a few days ago. ^Miss Lillie Godley hts. rcturne ! to Walt^boro after visiting at the home of Mrs. D. S. Godley. Mr. S A. Crosby was In Yeniese* on businise Monday, been in failing nealth since under-> lr.ee and ribbon and the ihaids were* going an operation three years ago. all dressed in white. The wedding Mrs. Harriet Robertson of Mt. march was played by Mrs. John Sin- Cartnel, who is ninety-six years of eath. The bride was lovely i n her e f I# spending this weelit at the’bridal robes. Her traveling dress bedside of her son, W. F. Robert- waa a beautiful changeable* green *on. ’—X The protracted i Yfoiling in Waltertaoro. Mr. and Mrs. Ira, G. Beach and li|- jjfo s -n. La Prince, of Charleston Tire visitirg in and around WV** - boro. Mr, Beach I* business nr.ar- ' ager of the Underwood Brother boo l slk. There were a large crowd if j of Carpenters and Joiners of Ame: - meetinf closed frieeda present and Mr. and Mrs. lea. / , - X x * «