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3 3 ,%0L S7. SOUTHERN CAROLINA | DIRECTORS AT RIDGELAND WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1916. V NO. 37. VETERANS’ DINNER MUCH ENJOYED CIVIC LEAGUE HOLDS [YOUNT COTTON MIUS WILLIE BAZZEl PUBLIC MEETING BEGAN TUESDAY KILLS BROTHER ■*Q SATISFACTORY SESSION OF OFFICERS HELD LAST 1 THURSDAY WILL MEET AGAIN FRIDAY, MAY I9th Big Backet Picnic and Rail): Planned . For Next Meeting of A*Nociation at Ridge land. * TO HAVE CROPS PHOTOGRAPHED kffnrtN Being Made to Arrange a Se- rte* of Photograph, f or Exhibit at the State Fair, v NEARLY HALF HUNDRED VETERANS ENTERTAIN^ ED BY LADIES LARGE ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM MONDAY EVENING AFTER LYING IDLE MANY MONTHS COTTON MILLS ARE AGAIN ACTIVE TRAGIC DEATH OF BOY YEARS OLD OCCURRED TUESDAY MORNING GOOD SPEECHES A CLEAN-UP WEEK WILL MAKE Y ARN “ GUN WENT OFF* It ha? been definitely made known that the Southern Carolina A*eocia- tion will arrange to hare an exhibit at the annual StrA* Fair this year, representative of the section covered 'by the Southern Carolina' Associa tion. A campaign will be waged in an effort to have this exhibit surpass anything that has ever before been seen>in the State Fair. It is pro posed that N the exhibit shall cover first of all those things relative to the agricultural side of our sectior. An important place, however, will b- given for the exhibits, showing the ’‘.anufacturing Interests, together with figures and statistics showing the hoalthfulness of the section. The farmers of fhe section which comprise Hampton. Jasper. Beaufort and Colleton counties, are being ask ed to co-operate with those making these arrangements by having photo- Many Veterans aad Others Recount Incidents of the Days of ’gl-gA. Resolutions Adopted. * The Board of Directors of the S)Uthern Carolina Association met Thursday evening at Ridgeland and tranasted much business of interest to the newly organlred association. It, was decided to go ahead with the organisation, and to secure at the earliest possible moment a sufficient number of pledges^for the support of the work to insure its success. Accordingly the secretary, was in structed to prepare and have printed blank subscription blanks, calling for pledges to carry on this work. It .was decided to fix the membership annual fee at $2.r7i f one-half the amount to be paid when making sub-1 s< rlptions and the other within three?ff ra Pbs made of any fields of growing months, unless the person making cr °P s that ,hp y vruy have which will the subscription wishes to make full pho " U|> in an which has payment at the time of subscribing, i for ! ,s Purpose the advertising of the Any person may take out as man> section as a farming- community, of these annual subscriptions as de- For 'nuance it is hoped that evvdry sired, the number for arfy one per- >fl ‘ rmer in counties who has a son not being limited. j fi«dd of oat«. rye or wheat which Is As soon as a sufficient number of iaily good will have same pho- pledges have befn secured to insure ^Krapbv'd just before it is havested the Success of the work, a secretory an< I have this photograph mounted will be employed to devote his entire on a ,ance card ° f cours ** ,h * lar *- time to the work of upbuilding the Pr ,hp pbotograpji the better for the four counties of Beaufort. J Uolleton. i » >nr P os <’ want * d - Thpn - if P« ss ' b I p - Hampton, Jasper. . Already a num- ***" would like to have-th.'se farmers her of applications for this positibn I kpr P a rpror ‘l of tb< * number of harp, boon received and filed. Thw 1 -« r ** **oo® * Bd thp prodiic- Board qf Directors will not make j tlon Thw fibres will also be plac. a contract with anyone till a report ed on ,hp rard on "hlch the photo- Is-made as to the subscriptions for *raph is mounted. - An effort will memberships and it is found safe to, n,s P b e made to have these faffraers make contract fqi- a year. As soon par<> as this can be done the matter of se-' b,ind * p curing a competent and experienced po,,1P secretary, will h 0 entered into' an.l j** the best man. available employ.**]., * Tlie meeting Mlflnidgelantl was an 4 eventful one. After "h brief rxeefi- ero " tive session, the directors met in the ' wan,rd beautiful new court house a number • Memorial Day was fittinrgly obser\t ed In Walterboro by a dinner to t ' eterans served by ladles of th. town. This dinner was served In th*. va* ant store next door to The Press and Standa~d.. a^d .was bountiful. .Here forty-five survivor, of the'War Between the Sections ipet and spent the dinner h-.^ur most enjoyably. The Indies present slw to it that evpry veteran was supplied with a bounte ous dinner. Following thin there were severnl short speeches made by veterans. F. !*• Fishburne. Ksq.. acting as toast master. short and eloquent talks were made by the following veter ans: Kev. F. O. S; Curtis. Capt. (J. W. Way. C6I. J. T: Polk. Col, J. W. Hill. Other speakers were Rev. Her. bert F. Schroeter. Rev. J. M. Craven, Rev. C. B. Smith. Rev. 8. R. Hope. Dr. II. W. Black and Hugo S. Strick land. * ,. The Bdlowing is a partial list of those present: Rev. F. O. S. Curtis. Ptfui W. Strickland. S. I.. Breland, W. A. Kinard. A. W.-Bunton, J. H. Roberts. D. Ba Hudson. Robert Black, J. T. Polk. W. R. Smpak. T. L. Risher. J. W. RIB. A». L. Cannon. C. H. Larlscy. I. w. Dopson. F. A. Hlckenbaker. M. D. Benton, Henry Smith. M. J. Doyle. D. P. Craven. A. fc: A. Bridge J. J. t'raven, A. B. Garris. J. 8. Hickman, Jno ftentx, V I Bisbop. C. U. RmJ J. C. Ritter, W. R. Herndofl: Louis Prine. J. H. Slornan* J. H. Hiott. W. A. Black. A. A. Patterson. John O. Jaques. Sr.. C. W. Br* land. \b Mrs. Klein Chairman of Clean-up < ommittee to Clean up the Town Next Week. Ttie first public meeting of the Chip. League, following the reor l/ooms Taken that and New Yarn Making Machinery ln«Ulle«l. Name Changed. l*Rtle Boy Claims That Re Uns Try- ing to Cnhreach (inn When It Went Og. > After remaining idle for of citizens of Jasper county who came out to meet the members of the hoard and learn more of the plan, for the proposed organization. After the plans of the association had been explained by President Smoak, Vice President Christensen.. Secretary - Jefferies. Editor Seawell. potatoes, lettuce, cabbage, cucum bers, squash. tomatoes and iothe r crops. In each instance these po- tures together with the data conn?''- ted with’same may be left with tlm editors of the papers of Hampton. Jasper. Beaufort and Colleton. These editors will se to it that they are cared for and that those leavinz tl eni of the Hampton County Herald, and . , discussed by many present, and it bp *' vpn a " necessary 'nfo.’ma- vas decided by an almost unanimous jtion about same. It is suggest* *! vote, that Jasper county would go * ba * ' n photographing fields .<f ,raln into the organization, and efforts are , tbat bp done af,pr a P r - ,t being made to secure subscriptions 1 bas been harvested so that the bic- to support the movement.* The au- * ure "*** show from the harvested side, bringing out the heighHi and 'thi«kness of the grain. The editor of the Hampton Couoty Herald wishes to state that all farm ers who will have their fields photo graphed can write him and he will see that a photographer Is furnished tli.dn and carried to their farm and tlie wqrk will cos* only the actual cost of the piituros. With the co operation of the farmers Sohthern Carolina'ear. surprise the rest of the State at the next fair. Methodist Church dienee composed of about thirty of the leading citizens of the county be came enthusiastic over the proposi tion. and organized a booster’s club, electing II. -Klugh Purdy, president, and J. D. Archer, secretary. It was I'nanijnously decided to hold a public neeting aml basket picnic at Ri*\ge. land Friday. May 19th. to which''an i '.vitatlon was extended nil the mem bers of the hoard of directors it he present. It was later decided by the hoard to hold the next meeting of !* , e Association at TJidgelard on the J •• ' ove dat** and at that time to en- Children’s Day at deavor to have secured enough sub-* fcrlptlons to enable the hoard to pro. cer-d to perfect the organization and tc emplov a pormanen*. secretary. The officers and Board of Direct- rrs of the Southern Carolina Asso- f’ation present at the meeting were President W. W. Smoak. Vice Presi dent Niels Christensen Secretarv- ~reasurer R. M. Jefferies. E. T. H. Shaffer, W. E. Richardson and J. S 'VilMams. J, A. Altman, of Ridge- ^ ar ‘d. and M. M. Chisolm, were ah- f#n t. J. D. Archer was designated v Mr. Altman to* act in h)s stead. Members of the board expressed t' efflselves as highly pleased with the reception they met. and were tnuch encouraged by the interest ri*nRested. I* Is expected that there '■ill be a large attendance at th<* picnic on the 19th Inst, from Jasper 01 the other counties in and each ol the the organization. OLD RESIDENCE BURNED Smoaks, May 9.—The old ^.resi- desce of the late Wylie Smoak was burned - Sunday afternoon. The home jtos occupied by the family of J. B. M Linder, and the fire occurred rs rly *n the afternoon, shortly after din- bPr * fbe house catching fire, it I# t. ought, from the stove flue. It was discovered in time to save most of fne furniture. 7^* R. Hudson, of Hudson’s ■action, was In town yesterday. Mill Sunday was observed as Children’s Day by the Methodist Sunday s* hool a special program having been ar ranged for Sunday morning at the regular preaching hour. A large at tendance of jiembers of the Sunday School and visitors was present, who enjoyed the program Many nnm- be**s on the program were imperially interesting, and the pupils of the school did their parts well. The following is the program: Processional: -The Children’s Ho, sanna.” sung by members of the school as they marc.hed into t 10 church. ' „ •’The Coming of the King, a itation by Carroll'Prow n. Cradle Roll service bv a number of girls who had their dolls ♦« ^P' resent the babes of the Cradle Hot!. Song: “Trust and Obey.” by Kntharyn Padgett, the littl- 1 year old daughter of Mr.'Ttn-l j. J. Padgett. Exe*-cises. .“Outside the Garden hv j*irls of the Intermediate’an.l Jti- nlor departments, followed bv a ie 1- tation. “N> Children’s Day. b> Thelma Padgett. Offering spec* h. by Mered'th Joije« The offering was a han.home one and went to the Sunday S*Pool Board. . , „ , Song. “The World’* Children by the school. little four Mrs. 1 .'-■naming iaie ror many ganization plans of the leaguo, was! ,non, b8. the Walterboro Cotton Mills tl^lil at the high school auditorium-*began work again Tuesday morning. These mills have been sold and re sold, and have finally been purchas ed by J. P. Yount, of Newton, N. O., or rather the final legal proceedings will be concluded at the sale of the property by Special Master D. B. Gilliland at the Court House May 23. at noon. These steps are. however, pufely formal In order to satisfy the legal requirements. After overhauling the machinery of the mill, and removing the looms therefrom, several car loads*of new machinery has been installed, or Is jh process of insta’lgtion. When completed the mill will b** converted into a yarn mill, and for the p-es- ent the product will he “tO’s 2 ply yarn.” Not only will the product of the^/nlll be changed, bt^t the name has undergone a change, and it will he kftown as the Yotint Cotton Mills The manager will be Fred H. Yount, a son of the owner, and a young man of experience and business ability. < Quite a number of the operatives of the old ntill are back at their posts.” D. E. C. Clough^former sup erintendent. is again in charge:'J. T. Knight, overseer of the carding, spinning and twtatfng. I. Q. ‘Lang- dale hack at his. old poet as engl- neor. The mill ntill run day and night, and will employ nhout’ TOR Operatives. . -• * - To make yarn the mill requires. ,x ’ irjr staple cotton. The ••fiber m i"f asure cn*' and one-sixfeepth mrb * j. There seems to l»e no trouble in curing tliis staple, the management Isrinc purchase*! fij l).aJ*».\.'*Vf cotton Tuesday. Monday evening. The attendance of nhemberg and others was most grati- fying. and the meellnfz was declare*! to be a success. Mrs. B. O. Price, the president of the league, presided, and .dispatched the business of the meeting with ease. An Interesting program had been arranged for this meeting, and this was enjoyed,by all present. The league is alive to the work if has to do in the town, and is- especially active just now in se- cuYing a clean city. Several matters of interest to the town were taken up and discussed at the meeting Mon day evening. -- The principal address of the even ing was made by Rev. Herbert F. Schroeter. who stressed the impor- bmiv^nf having everyone engaged in the work of the league. He recounf- * il w haL had been nccompllahed in I i-i home town iji Virginia by the concerted action of every citizen to make their civic iengu*' a factor for the (.rowth and development of the'r town. This addres* by Mr. Schroe ter was followed with great interest by those presenf. I? was nnnonnred by Mrs. Piic** that next week. May 1R-20, should be observed as clean-u|fi week for Wkitferboro. and that every person in tow n proceed to place their premises in apple pie order for the inspection to follow tho cleaning up. ,Mrs. Jno. M- Klein is general chairman of the Clo«fii-un I'ommittep. and she will Schroeter. Dr. II. W. Black, K I.. Fishburne. Hugo S. Strickland. E. M. Jones. E. E. Jones. W. W ?moak. The following ladies scrv*d at the dinner: Mesdames E. M. .tones. E E. Jones. Riddick Arkeprfian. H S. Strickland. H. W. Black. Sr . Sam Riddle.. ' *’ Prior to the dinner the vet* rans assembled in the Court Hous.. and jn an informal way discussed the cause of their organization in the county, and pledged themselves to renew interest in the work of keep ing alive their organization. After the dinner mad speeches the veterans were taken to the Colonial theatre where they were guests of the management at a special, p>og r am Y>f pictures arranged for the occav ion. •Among the ladies present at the veterans dinner, wives of v* t- -'ns were. Mrs. G. \Y Way. Mrs E S. Hickman, Mrs. Geo. FVe. Mrs. A I. A. Bridge. • • ... v The following resolution- '■ < re adopted: Whereas, the United Conf* .h "''e Veterans of (’olleton county, lave enjoyed the dellghtful'hospIt^lM of the ladies of the United .Daught. - of th*> Confederacy, and the gooil p ie of Whlterboro. an*l. Whereas, we have seen in thi- *n evidence of their- kindly feelinc ’ r the remaining reir.nai\t of the I.* c on of Gray, therefore. * Be It Resolved, That we exf .)<! to the United Daughters of th> 1 federaev our heartfel ^ thank 1 ,r their kind thoughts 'fcf us ; ” ! i- their hospitality, and to th*- - "'4 people of Walterboro ^for th* ' • 0- tertainment of us during th< <1 and we feel that this will ling- ' 1 * “a page in Memory’s hook for tli* E reinainine years to hrigliten our fi nal march to the Grand Reunion G. W WAY BYRNES IS ORATOR CongrcsHnmn Speaks at Bridge Celebration. Iti»*r** Bamberg. May fi.—Cengr* - man James F. Byrnes was the orator of the day at the Rivers Bridge npmi":* ial exercise» held Thuoday. t' i- ,-i an annual gathering of the p.-oph of Baniherg, Barnwell. Hampton and Colleton counties, held wear the i'l- tp r .,*Ktion of the four counti* - nr.- der the auspices of the Rivers B'jdge Memorial society, and alwayi*»at* tracts k large numt>er of people A big pi< nly>dinner was served. t I.eonnrd Herndon, of the Hud- son’* Mill section, was In Walterbor» Monday -open efforts to make the town a -ch an one, and -they will be at the service of those who have trash or garbage to be hauled off. A resolution was passe*] at this meeting requesting Town Council to pass an ordinance requiring all fruit and Vegetables offered for sale to be properly screened from (lies anil In sects. Mrs. G. C. Brown‘was appointed chairman of a broom committee to look Into the feasibility of purchas ing eight dozen brooms at n very low figure and selling them at a profit J for Die benefit of the league. The next public meeting of the league is called for the second'Aton- «b»y In June, and Mrs E. E. Jones w;as named a** chalrmsfn of the pro-, gram cbmmltt* e. < - tMON S. H. Pit NIC An awful tragedy occurred at the home of Richard Bazzel. about four miles from Walterboro. earlv Tues day morning when hi 8 little son Laurie keven years old* waa shot and killed by bis brother. Willie, nine J-eara old. It seem* that the father and mother had arisen early and had F*ten breakfast, going to the field to work, the father plowing and the toother hoeing. The two boys were le*ft at home to eat breakfast when they awoke. About 8 o'clock the mother, who was near the house, heard the ropoM of a gun at the house. Bushing to the house she saw the eldest boy placing his father’s gun back into the rack. When he saw his mother he ran to her crvlng: "Little Brother is killed.” The lit tle fellow was- standing in a chair at the window and his brother came in with the gun.- and as he claims, was trying to unhreach it when it went off. the load entering behind the right ear, tearing off the entire back part of the head. The father came in and turned the boy on his back, but life was extinct. Magistrate T. J.- Beeves Impanel led a Jury, who after viewing the body r\j»dere*l the following verdict: • We fin,| that Laurie (lassie came to his death by gunshot at the hands of his brother. Willie Razzle. and that the shooting was accidental.” Mr and Mm. Hassle are living on the Jns. A. Padgett place In the home formerly occupied by Lewis Padgett. This place ia. now owned by II M Hiott and Mr Bazzle Is niifkiug a ‘crop o * the'“pla*'e this year. The awful tragedy .has cast a gloom over the i-orumuaity. t>n<l the parents have-the sympathy of all their *• lend* ati'l neighbors. The remains Of the dead b*»> were interred at tk'don’« r'Kt' t* ’.> this imuning at, 11 o’clock. The picnic held Saturday at Un ion church in Maple Cane sect Ion was one of the enjoyable event* of tlie week in that porro.n of th<- county. There were present about r.oo persons, the occasions being n Union Sunday school picnic. Hev. L. B. Ackerman presided over the exercises. A picnic dinner was serv ed and the llternrv program was good. Addresses were made by Prof. E. O. Garris, Supt. II S Strickland and Hev. Sexton. Noth ing occurred to mar the pleasure of th*' day. 'V-*— ■ ‘ LODGE SCHOOL CLOSES SOO.V Big Foreat Fire ’ Near Smoaks Lodge, May-Db—Tie* Lodg^Hur- -7. ill Graded school will .lose the la*t Mr. an*l Mrs. G. J. .W* ***>at and ,,f we« k. The rommcnceinient Mrs. Roht, Kearse. of CM 11. spent exercises will he held Friday and Sunday in town as tlV' git‘-«t* «>f M*-. j.Saturday * venings and Sunday m<un- ing. -I and Mrs. G.'C. Brown. News has bi-en rec*lv« i d here that a disastrous fire swept over several thousand a* res of land near Smoaks Saturday and Sundav gam ore gun on the farmotC, W. 1! Tho.ua.^ and spread from there to the w^ood lands of .:oe Williams and many oth er small owners of lands The area burned extends three mile. b Jr t»o mile* and dirt great .damage to the woodland, and practically d ‘ T ^ 0 - e rattle range. Theen engaged in th w a* hog and rwSS'sraa tlmated that n ay, ^ fl|{Min g the gotten under i'u«>n were engage*! fire before. H eould be w * nntrol. Q»l* p a ,0 « ‘* f ^ n< ‘ n ' t burned. Subscription Form for Membership In Southern Carolina Association c To fa* ilitatc the v^Yurk <»f s*u tiring subscriptions to the ^*.uth* in Caro lina Association in ( olb-top county the form of subscription is apje-nd *d hereto, and as many persons «s are interested to the extent of on •or more memberships, ar* requested to fill in the blank and forward ttie subscription to any of the local im jir- bers of the Board of Directors, who are It. M. .'cfferies. K. T. ,11 Shaffct sml W. W. Smoak all 6f"AValter boro. A remittance covering on" , lialf of ttie amount represented- b> (th*- numbtr of shares subscrllH*! b nec.saary, an*! an «>ffieial re«-eipt will be forwator’d at rtnee. An appeal Is made to the ctlizen* ot tli.i%rotint> to make a liberal suti- r<riplion io this wmk, with tb*' a* sutaii**' tbat It Is tlie biggest thing attempted fot the development of ttds section of the State It is n<' essary tbat Hits be don*, at on*e, ■*• tiial the - representatives from this county may know that they will lie supported,by ••»*• people of the conn ty It Is proi •*l each week to pub lisli the names ami i^umtM r **f ment- bei: hips subscritH il so that the peo ple may know the amount of inter est manifested.* There are a number of well wish- «is for this section residing out of ttie State temporarily and an appeal is made to these also to make a sub-' script ion to assist Ip pushing for ward this great work for the up building of the four countie* Inter ested. and especially the county of Colleton -V. The official subscription blank follows: NO. .V MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION ^ * * 9 . ... Southern Carolina Association ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE S2.60 I hereby ^subscribe for ^ABjhiuI Memberships in the SOUTHERN CAR OLINA ASSOCIATION, anti ........ promiae to pay to the Southern Carolina Association, or v-. ' • order, one-half of said membership fees on demand and Ihe balance in^three months from date N » . a? ' *• hereof, said balance beintr the sum of $.. PAYMENTS ; ,..191 , $• 'jY Y Signed 191 Date P. 0. ■ v v*