Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f* * v iS * vr- FART 6, 1915. fw V X\NS f¥‘ >U, >\'y, \\\v, 4 1 '. :» u CvS.l That’s Just WhatWs Mean li All our line of.Clothing and Hacs^n • • ‘ j ust What fchey cost us. We are goin [ o ut of the clothing business and wil handle shoes only. We want to ^lose them out quicks-cutting off all profit' and expense of handling them. Ta rning these goods into money means -saving money for. you. . - All clothing strictly cash at cost prices, a complete line of the famous Walk- 0 vers always on ha nd. SON \ i THE PRESS AND STANDARD. WALTERBORO, S. a PApE FIVE • Phone No. 1 OX Oil* V'!1 D- T * bia la4t Fri.i: iri ats here. ' X p.n«l Sunday Ht» da’'elite Mr*. UcGem KoMrtaias. Mrs. H. A. McGee entertslne4 a nds Siftu rday afternoon, tn s.honor of her sister. MitHUelnxbers- 0*^ of Charleston. Dainty refresh- meltts were senred. and sereral gam«^ypl^y“d. The afternoon was very Joyed by all^thore prX ent. e • • Mr??. Trr! LerHy “Ct4rtcined at supper ’art ThuTiulaK-n^l-’t in # hc.uc- f| ' rrtj ,Mi r . ' Mijr. Noel Ttansfori^ of Savamia!i * ^trrr.r.l • The following »lay Mr. J\E. Moore iGec c. io« u. r.rd dawrhtepi^Mj** AtalieN v cnter-1 ( tair.od U.e guests with .an auto rid \r.d that night Mle~ Moore alto r t€*rtain f d at "tea. The following guests were present: Messrs. J. E. Moore.’ IT. H. Price, MisS Noel Jtanx- ford. of Savannah and Mies Atalfe Moore. * Mrs. J. f.. Renta Entertains. One of the moet enjoyable event: of the ’season, was the card party. given by Mrs. J. L. Rents, at th r ' Hotel Albert, on New Tear’s after noon, in honor of her flster-ln-law. Mrs. Tbos W. Bunch, of Augusta Ten tables were arranged in the par lor and hall of the hotel for “Pro gressive Whist” which lasted for a couple of hours. The first prize, t. beautiful hand embroidered( hand kerchief, was awarded to Mrs. C. Cl. Padgett, who presented It to tb-j ments, consisting of .ruit st^ed, guest of honor. The guest prize was a lovely center-piece. Refresh- fruit cake, and uut cake, were daint ily served by Misses Algte Wichman and Catharine deTreville. The af ternoon passed very quickly an 1 pleasantly, and wa B thoroughly en joyed by, all present. few friends at a. luncheon Saturday morning. • • • Mr. and Mm Alvin, ffUt, of Sa vannah*, ure visiting Mr. and Mrs. j. F. t.ui as. >— ‘ -f <■ # ^ * Mr.-:. J. S. prank, of HufTIn. . i, rtoppluc at the HqicI Albert for a few dajs. .. >mcrv, r. w. homo In !» v r.'tuccoj »o. after visiUcx Mrs. K. P Cottageville with rs. P.\K. Willis. has ha.’ Savannah Knight spent their . P.\K ,• *V • Mrs. JaA St<>kes Hill, who boon visiting MT8.''Wy j. Taylor, returned to her homo in Savan * * * . . Mrs. A.- P.vjBarhes. and children, return'd Sunday, from St. George, where they have been visiting rela tives. s • • • Mr. and Mrs. Tbos. W. Bunch, who have been visiting Mrs. J. L, R'ntz, have returned to thefr homo in Augusta, Ga. • * • Mr. and Mrs. S- M Kiddle, and rhildrcn, who have l)oon visiting Mrs. E. M: Jones. haV ereturned to their home, in Sumt'T. . \Jncle *Sam Offer* All Americans a Chance to Feed Standing “Belgium - ■ ■ 1 'T-ti i •; Arrangements Made For Sanding Parcel Post Packages From Rut&l Districts. *' . How-to Aid the Stiicken Little Sister of the World = 'Ey WILL 1'RWljV = •' -V - , J4 ! ■ v Jk? I ^ .-V, ^ ''*■.. ' ' • ■ r - s'* & \\wv\v.V Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McDaniel spent Xmas with relatives In Hampton. e e • Miss Ray Jone, has returned to Aiken, and . resumed her school there. ♦ • • Mrs. Jf. M. Witsell entertained a Mi;-* Annie Von Lehe, a student at Greenville Female Collegf, re turned Tuesday, after spending -the holidays with her parents. • • • o Mies Helen Von Lehe; who has been spending the .. holidays here with her parents, has returned and resumed her school in Greer, S. C. Miss Gatherin''*D» Trevllle, has returned to Winthrop College after spending the holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Do. Trevllle. PERSONALS P. J. Lucas Cl.at I -.-I. n. spent Tuesday ill T 7 \ 0 O 0 0 00000 0000 00 0 - 0 o Fu^er o r >. o ooooooooooooooo Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Crosby, of Charleston, were the guests of Mrs Crosby’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crosby of Walterboro last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ritter of ftitter ■pent the Christmas holidays wi.lh Mrs. Ritter’s parents, Mr. and'Mrs. J. M. Crosby. Mr Eddie Garvin, of Green Mead ow, and Bannle Crosby of Marshaw- rule were callers fp this section dur- * Ing Christmas. Miss Emmie Crosby and brother, “Henry, spent Christmas with relativ es at Rice Patch’. / Mrs. J .M. Craven of, Rldgeyille is , spending a few days with her sister. Mrs; 0. W. Crosby. X,' Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Ramsey, of Hendersonville, were the guests of their sister, Mrs. Edward Crosby; Mr. 8.' 0. Seigler was a ploasa.it chller in this section Sunday. The many freind* of Mr. C. L Crosby are glad to see him out again, after nine weeks of illness. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Penton were th"' guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Flske, last Saturday. ONLY ONE “lEST- ’ ’ i*i m 1 u< vlay. Waltcrlmro re.»|»lc Where Credit Give t'mlik Due. People of Walterboro who Buffer with weak kidneys and bud b?.ok» want a kidney remedy that can be depended upol; Doan’s Kidney Pills Is r. medicine for the kidnejs only, and one that is backed by wil ling testimony of Walterboro people. Here’s a case: F. M- Morris. P. O. Box No, . 2. Walterboro, says: “I had weak kid neys, nnd my. back and l'.m.bs achM and pained si! the time. I suffered constantly from rheumatic twinge' and was unable to do any work. The kidney secretions were too frequent In passage, causing me to get up a '’nmher nt #«me« ntel-t. I got Doan’s Kldnev. P‘it« ?« Ktoin’' D"*’" Stor*’ »rd they soon cured me. „'Af ter I flni'bed fen*- hoxe* I was rure,| of rheii"mtlc twinges and backache nyd mv kldnevs were tn good shane Others of my family hsve *al80 used Doan'« Kidney Pills with good re sults.” Price -SCc. at all dealprk. Don’t n k kidney remedy— ret Domi’s Kidney Pills—the sa^ie M-tI Mr. Morris b'd . Fe*cr-.jWp: hrrjv. Co.. Props.. .Puffalq. N. Y, P. P, rioud-.y. "V •: *. . - B. L. Jones, town Monday. w.-. I'm Proposals Invited. Proposals will be received at the office of the Highway Commissioner for Cqlleton county, until noon. Jan. 1«, j which is the 'third Saturday,) for .thh rent of'the county farm. The successful bidder will care, for Inmates, so far as attention and dining, at $10.00 per month;*. Farm contains 144 acre*. - Including open Itifd and wood land, renter to have accees to timbers only for th$ up- WW of the farm. Bidders < are Invited to visit the, site b-fore handing in their estimate. $an. 6-2t. . »• E. Mobre, J Highway $om. x N x Plainly Evident. Tb« climate of heaven has bean bp two yonthfal philos* Bald a little boy to hls sister: it ever rain lb haaven, does % May?” “In course It doea.” the girt milled, 'that’s where It’s all a-ooain* firom. rtet U?" _ V COTTON CONVENTION DALI At, APRIL 23 MAY L . Every man, concerned In the best tntervsts of the Southland, owes it 'o himself to atlend ;be fctg Cotton Convention' lo be held In Dallaf, April ISth to May 1st' "This will be a monster rally, at tended by thousands of people In all walks of Ufa, and from all part# el the South. *■ The Convention will dopbtlesa place prominently before the world the won* derful work being accomplished by the Southern Stsfes Cotton Corpora Uoa, in establishing a stable price for cotton, and a dependable market syw tern for the future:, , The convention will be held at''The Pair Park collienm. and 'aside from the advantages of a trip to Dallas, the broadening benefits derived by con tact with leading men of the Soutl^ concerned In cotton, capnot be pet* mated. Reduced railroad ra I h rates. of Smoaks, v.;.!, !n Mr. Ellis De Trevllle has return ed to Port Royal. Next Lyceum, Jan. 15. Brothers Male QuartetL *. 'v Morrow H. D .Padgett, Jr.,\ of Ruffin, spent Tuesday in town. • * Y'j. of Columbia, Lemacks last •V'- • Mr. visited week. Hugh Mrs. nna. Mr. C. Binns, Mr. A. P. and Miss Pauline Williams, Sunday In St. George. Barnes, spent Mr. Julian De Trevltie Tvas return ed to Evansville, Ind., afted spend ing, the holidays with his parents. Morgan De Trevllle has returned to the Presbyterian College; at ton, after spending the holidays O'*, home. Next Lyceum, Jan.. 15. Brothers Male Quartett. Morrow Glover Hubsti Estes Smith, and .Dewey to Clemson College, after speaking the holidays here. The many friertds of Supt. H. 8. Strickland will be glad to learn that h’ Is Improving, after a spell, of illness. ' Next Lyceum. Jan. 15. Brothers Male Quartett. Morrow Next Lyceum, Jan. J15 Brothers Male Qh§rtetL ' Morrow Adolphus Jonea has returned to Wofford College, after spending the holidays here with* his parents, Mr. .and Mrs. E. M. Jones. . > * Jas. De Trevllle, Principal Smoaks (Graded School, returned to Smoaks Sunday, after spending two weeks vacation ,in town with, his parents. ' ; , - b ' Next Lyceum, Jan. 15. Morrow Brothers Male Quartett. CORN GUIB PRIZES me for 1915 Scholarships and Cash Given by H. liauinga in Sau'.h Carolina and Other States At’ants, G’a.—'(Special.)—Corn club prises for Southern boys l:i South Car olinu aj.d nine outer corn-growing states of this section liavo been r* hew ed for lf.15 by 11 G. llastings, g* n eral chairman of the G-airgia corn allow committee and chairman of the agricultural committee of the Atlanta chamber of commerce. The prizes amount in all to $1,200, in cash and scholarships, and will be awarded under the direction of the government corn club agents In each state In South Carolina Mr. Hastings has offered.$p0 to be,divided into three cash prizes'Of $50. $30 and $20,.or to ..be awarded in scholarship form, ac cording to the wishes of the South Carolina corn club authorities. In Florida. Alabama, Mississippi. liOnisiann. Texas and North Carolina. Mr. Hastings offers $100 In each stajO, either in cash or scholarships, accord Ing to local arrangement. In Georgia, his home state, he offers a $250 schol arship In the State College of Agrl culture and two Additional cash prizes of $29 and $20. respectively. The great educational value and eonctructive force of the corn club contests, In addition to the marvels they are acscoinpllshlnn in Increased corn productions, are emphasized In an' Interview given out by ,Mr. Hast ing:; in connection with Ids' announce ment o^ prixes. Mr. Hastings said: “The Interest now being taken In corn production, by the federal gov grnment, by s'ate officials, hj' leading organbutions and individual-;. Is, in my opinion, the gr«at(Est cr>jistru«:tv^ force now operative' In agricultural affairs In America. For too long tr.e tendency cf education In the rural HOMELLESS BELGIAN WOMEN ON THE WAY TO THE DREAD LINE. t V * OR the J>r*t time hr It*'history th? postiffRce department has l»ecn en listed in a vharltable uu-l'Ttakhig. ^rom this time Khtli any Am«*r- teau wini w ishes to.,^ivc food to the Ntarvlug |M'<»|»le of Belgium has only to stamp his parcel in the regular way and hui<1 It tlicongh tbo parcel post. It will go as straight anti fast as rail and water will carry it to the doors of the starving Belgians, and the money he has pXl I fc» "damps wlH ln> n f.a.ilisl t** the doimr tiy Hie American -Commission F< r \ln\Jt In Belgium, the « \e< uiive ottices of which are at 71 Broadway, New York < My. Seven invUion |Msq*lc, mostly women, children and old men. are still stmt HP in Belgium. Industry stopped w-hen the Germans came; the moneyogavo tmt ttirough tiie .ja.violent of tines and in>b*niuitii‘s; tiie crops were mainly ([ui.insi With ill? jrinsts cut off, Belgiuin, wbi.ch im|M»rtH tlir«v-d>iurters of Ueiv wnppiy in normal times. c»uld import no inoiv.° Work Is g.me; money Is g'tnie; most Important of all. food is gone. The German eonquemr*. win need all their own supplies to guard ngalAwLthe proposiHi “siege of Gertuany’’ by the allies, can not and will not feed them. The aiUes^fearing that tho Gcrnn)iis will seize any food coming fr<*m a hostile souree, ettnnot or will not feed them. America mpst feed them or they will starve. There Is no other way. Seven uiilliou |»eop!e, until last year the most Industrious, pence’!hie and prosperous nation in Europe, will go to their graves this winter unless America gives as never natioii gave before. While Belgium nerds everything, she .needs most of all Just food—non- perishable food which'will stand the test of ocean transportation, such aa flour of finy kind, pens, beans and preserved ipests.XThe donor has only to put up his gift In packages of amt less than twenty-five t*outuhi uur more than fifty pounds, stamp Jt In the usual way and mall It at the nearest postofflee. If the donof odds his ow n name and address, TOGETHER WITH THE LET- THU “R,” the money he has paid for stuwim will tie refunded to him by the commission. \ : , t Paekagts mailedi from BOCTH CAROLINA should he addressed tp SOUTHEASTERN WAREHOl’SE COMPANY, CirAcRI KSTON; MANUFAC TURERS’ WAREHOUSE COMPANY, GltEENYlLLfe; who are collecting agents for this district. =X- v. i^ms oagoTLienume •200 PERUVIAN GUANO 200 !5 ECfcOAL TO ' OVER 3 TONS OF BARNYARD MANURE Nature's Soil' Builder, The Richest Natural ^erti- ^ lizer. The Greatest Truck Producer. x ME-M1X YOUR FERTILIZER ’ BiRger Crops . .Earlier Crops . .Better Crops GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO With Nitrate of Soda, Acid Phosphate and Potash Save $4,000 to $12.00 Per Ton. 1 NITRATE AGENCIES CO., Savannah, Ga. S. T. Miras, Walterboro, S. C. Special Representative Send for ■ . FREE SAMPLE ahd^ Formula Book Pndvett have returned- M* 001 was Jo draw boys away from Padgett, ha%e r .iurne.i-j ^ fRTO ^ lhe corn club8 are now- combining with true agricultural e«Hi cation to Influence the boys form new Ideas and new ideals of farm life. The corn club work Is growing tn value and Importance with each successive yea^.“ rtOO LBS PERUVIAN GUANO mraATt Aexacics] | HkAfinONiA =5 fr. 9ZAV.MI PSOJ ACIO 2 V, POTASH - ..A-.-ta. ta-. J- Tag on Bag The N. 'A. C. '• is your assur ance o» U X Spying on ttetfenta. The manager of a detective recently established la the ’ ■niverslty town of Lowraln Mat n Mr* cular letter to tho parents of a of atadeats offering to tend t$MS monthly reports of the behaviof of ■one for a small fixed fas. TM its heard of this, and aereral hundreds of them marched to th# of* flees of the detective agency and broke' loads, all the windows. They then made a demonstration at Ure house of the vice- rector of the university, who had ap proved of the .scheme of monthly ro* porta. The students state that they will not cease their protests until th# vtoe-ractor has resigned. MM IS BIG com com IT. DttUS, IFUL MTI A monster rally that will inaugurate In full effect the campaign for the coming season for a tegiUmate sals* for King Cottoa. Long held in subjugation by the arbitrary band of “finance,” It la pro posed noje to liberate the fleecy staple from the low price. The plan of the Southern States Cottoa Corporation no experiment, but is already In ac tive operation In more than 250 cot ton growing counties, and has afford ed relief to th^psands of farmers. The contention will be held st the Fair Park coliaeum, and thousands of people in all walks of life will be in atteudauce. Reduced rates oa rail* Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Howling and children of Waycross. Oa.. have re lumed to their home afl«r spending several days with Mn*. Jre.v? Walker near town. Mrs. B. I^vy of New York Is visit ing her son, Mr. Philip Bogoslow. Mr. and Mns. H. M. Rowling were the guests of Mrs. J. 8. Griff;ln Saturday ^ ' Mr. Morris Bogoslow of New York Is visiting friends in Walterboro. Mrs. Irene Walker and children have-returned home after'spending t^e holidays gt Palmetto Block. -? „ To Prevent Blood Pofeonioff , of ^ man . •rrl" at one*; Ihg wvndetful oM rellabte DR. j . .. I'OKTKR'S ANTl^KFTIC HEALING OIL. asiir* , Iu, l n * r r:e«! dres»l«c Hial pehr-m lain ■odhrals at , Hon ary ? ul vune lime. Ryta llaimcoL 25c. 30c. li^J. ^ ' Felt Slighted. On# of the newly-rich, John John^ son by jiame, to establish » sort of literary character, had bought n lot of books, among them n copy of n rare old dietionary. It was somewhat out of repair, and be took it to the bind* er’s. When finished, he noticed thal the word “Johnson's Dictionary” had been stamped on the back. He fell into a furious passion, and demandsd I ^’Wby didn’t you pot tho full name on—John Johnson’s Dte» rV /° -X' • ( ’ V V > ■ . - • - . * , - • - .