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I ♦ % k %XtL 37. WaLTEECORO. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 31. 1916. NO. <0. WALTERBORO HIGH SCHOOL CLOSED SESSION 1915-16 FIFTEEN PUPILS COMPLET- ED 10th GRADE AND AW- . ARDED DIPLOMAS DR. H. N. SNYDER MAKES ADDRESS Eloquent and Helpful Addre*.* to (iraduate* hy President »>f \V<»f- fonl—Other Exercises. The closing exercises of the Wal- terboro High school embraced three evenings of last week, beginning Wednesday evening with a musical MARRIAGE ENDS HAPPY ROMANCE Prosperous Widow of (ottagevillc Finds Husband on Other Side of Continent and is Happy. NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT HAMTTON SOUTHERN CAROLINA ASSO CIATION WILL MEET JUNE 15th. BARBECUE DINNER iNelightful Repast to He Prepared and & ine Speakers for the Oreaaioa Hare Been Invited. The culmination of a romance in which a well known lady of Cottag^- ville was one of the chief partici pants, was the marriage at the court ^ our .th meeting of the South- house Tuesday afternoon of Mrs. M. frn ( ' ar,, lina Association will be held K. Griffith, of Cottagevilie and M". j at H-^ifSon on the 15th of June, th'.' W. J. Moon, of California, the cere- date having been selected by the lo- WARREN TOWNSHIP WAS ORGANIZED BRANCH OFSOUTHERNCAR OLINA ASSOCIATION PERFECTED OFFICERS ELECTED A. C. Padgett President of New As- sociaiion—Fine Spirit of l <»M>p- eration Manifested.. ENLARGED FAIR MEETING FAVOR ALL THE COUNTIES IN PRO- POSED AREA ENTHU SIASTIC FOR FAIR mony being performed by Rev. G. L. Ingram. There is some mystery sur rounding the matter, which has not as yet been cleared up. The mar- arranged was met ! w ith silence or evaded by both par ties. cal members of the Hoard of Direc tors anil the Chamber of Commerce of Hampton. At this meeting the people of the four counties who attend win he served an old fash- : «»ecrt IcirbetMi*. and’ a knoi^edge o? Insures a .hearty welcome and a good tlm«' to everyone Who attends. By tie time itf the Hampton meeting there will N several hundred members n* the association, and these will be ex- others who are interer-red will also be-invited. A general Invitation v. iI' be * xlended hy tin* Hatnjdon fol’.;:i Ir. ''ue time In reference to the program e>l speakers for this occc'don the to' recital by the music pupils of Miss • , T . P ' u ' Rone* tsoT „ j riage followed within an hour after ?hurs? a “ j h elo n, d ^ ' the had met for the first time. In the mmii nf »i P ajB ' ? ne I hut all questionings as to how the>^ ie hospitality of Hampto! ind nnf Z affair had ‘ been and one by the pupils of the inter- I mediate and high school grades. The graduating and commencement ex- i . , . _ . , ... - u u , The facts'as gleaned bv a reporte*- In tho lT J n eVe , n n !; for The Press and Standard appear All these events wore well rendered . to ^ ns foll6xvs: tuesdar after- to^he present, and in additie- noon Rev. G. L. Ingram received a request from Mrs. Griffith, who is a member of his church at Cottagevilie and a most estimable lady, request ed him to bring her to Walterbnro. This the minister agreed to do. Mrs. Ingram having also heen requested to accompany them, as well ns Mrs. Griffith, a sister-in-law of the bride. They came to Walterboro and pro ceeded to Taylor's where.Mrs. Griff ith stopped. Rev. Ingram going to tho hotel and getting Mr. Moon, whom he took to Tavlor's and in troduced to Mrs. Griffith. The only ested , .. ,, ^ s. . information which had been vouch- were completing he course werr in-L afed to th<> mini ste r was that he debted to the past ages and tq those l was vvantpd to prrform tho C oremonv. t’roceeding to the Court House, in the absence of Judge O Albert .there will be no l#fk of pood speak Beach, a license was Issued by TV-|ers present. - puty Clerk of Court Mi ley. and the I in addition to the speakers there ceremony performed late in the nf-!will doubtless be present applicants ternoon in the Clerk’s off4< e. Mr. j for the position of permanent serfe- and Mrs. Moon returned to Cottage, ville with Rev. and Mrs* Ingram. Mr. Moon gave his residence as i-un Francisco. California and claim ed In have a ranch there. He stated Hint he had been in the navy a num ber of years ago and appears to be a man shove the average in intelli- eenco. having n pleasing address He is a prosperous looking man. and gave his age as 52 years. When questioned as to 'how he came to and showed the careful training giv en the pupils by the excellent corps of ,teachers who had the school in charg" during the year. All the ox- ercf?Ps were well attended, and It was s.ul that the immense audiepc* greeting the performers Thursday evening was the largest ever assem bled at the school auditorium. Th add-ess Friday evening hy Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president of Wofford College was a rare treat and enjoyed by another immense audience. Dr. Snyder took his sub ject. “Debts and Debtors*.” and er>-- d?avor*d to convince those who : 1*1:1 oaks. May :;§.-^_Ti ie ftm or , ganuation under the auspices of the Southern Carolina Association wjs perfected Saturday afternoon when Warren township" association ti: formed at Smoaks, and plans were started for a rateer of useful ness. Officers were elected and nwm- b' miolled. Another meeting will u- held there next Saturday after- nor n and :‘t tl'is meeting additional numbers will Ik- secured and a con st irut ion and rules governing will b,> adopted. Tire or tam^aTion meeting was call ed by Farm Demonstrlion Agent F. \\. K.sher. at the s< liool auditorium ENLARGED FAIR Meeting at Hampton Will Doubtless Mark Decision as to Fatr Propositloa. The Idea of enlarging the scope of the Colleton County Fair to embrace ihv four counties included In the ap pellation, “Southern Carolina." has met with general favor at home and in the other counties. Everyone who has expressed himself on the matter thus far lias been most hear tily in fax or of the proposition, and those who have written from the other counties are heartily In favor of it. At the meeting of the South ern Carolina Association to be held aF Hampton on the '15th of June, this matter will doubtless be decid ed ort way of the other. The Col leton County Fair Association will lowing well known speakers bi v ll ‘ ' in ' r ’ > <d ln * ‘‘ ‘’oa.ks lK-en InvWe.l *• ,l; * sk^akcYs and seemed enthused :• t Smoaks. and there were a t,ont i do,lh,U ' s ' < ' ,ia V n ,U>,lnT,, ‘ I' rn t M siM ' ,n To representative farmers of the ^ "'imties. nnd township present when Mr. Itish^r • ailed the no-eting lo order at four 0 < lock. Th^, audience >vas very who have sacrificed to keep them in school, for their education up to this point, and that should they con tinue and go through college they must come back resolved to do sor’“ service for the public good, or their training had heen in vain, and tho time and money spent on their edu cation would have been wasted. There are fifteen graduatqk 7 who completed the course and who were awarded certificates of graduation. This i> flic largest Hass e)-e- to have comvleted the 10th grade. They were complimented on all sides be cause of the splendid way in which the> respond to the parts on the program which had been assigned them. The graduates were: Mary Henrietta Dandridge, Mario Louise deTreville, Jennie Lou Bas- terlin. Mazin' Lillian Francis. Beaux Neyle Fripp, Joseph Flaring Griffin. Robert A. Hope.- DeWitte Pate Jacobs. Harry Adam Knight. Collette Zelma Padgett. J. J. Padgett, Jr.. Guy S. Saunders. David Clyde Smith. Ruth Elizabeth Smith, Susie Lynah Tracy, May vonLehe. Wednesday Evening Program. Hon. W. W. Long. Stab* Aeer.t and Director of Extension Wor* f' South Carolina: Hon. E. .1. Watson. State Commissioner of Agrk-ultar- and Ind'dries. and Ried Whltfnrd J of Charleston, who is vitally inter- j in drainage and good roads i ever the work of the organization. \ddre»» by .Mr. Slimmer--. Only two speeches were delivered, l>» 'Ujes what the presiding oft'u ■ said. One of these and the firs:. v*: s i- I. W. Summer.-, r-pre nfinc the hv< lock industrx being agent in for this section of the state. Others 1 '’ ' 0< ,i ’“ ' vo,k in snv, ra ’ lo v will doubtless be added to this lb !'“■"«'> 'ountu* Mr. Summers later, but the names above mention ' poke at soiae bngih fjl t!i.- cimi" ed xxill be sufficient to indicate that ' f "eevil. and what would be the condition of the section tary for the association, who will during ti c day confer v kh th of ficers of the; association. It • v- peet< d that by this time pract enllv the entire amount of monev’n 1 ** d^d will tiave been raised, and the Hoard of Directors "ill be in position to talk contract with the prop. : man for the position of permanent co re! ary. Another matter which will doubt less come In for consideration at from the tenor of the letters reodv ed. these counties will.be in favor of the consolidation. Tiie Beaufort Gazette said editor I ally last week: , “A Southern Carolina Fair is (im posed by Coileton ('• nnty. They have conducted n county fair for several seasons and h»Ve acromoda- tions. they pay, to take care of the four counties Tho date aet follows t! State Fair so that the exhibits sent t.. Columbia can be hroiigh* l ack to be used In Waiterlxoro where t! ousnnds wiio cannot get to the cap Hal eitv can s-x 1 them l.ot us have g fair for the four counties by all means. It ip one ■>' the things that the Southern Caro- STATE CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE MADE COUNTY TO COUNTY CAN- VAS FIXED BY DEMO- CRATIC COMMITTEE SPEAK HERE JULY 22 ft Campaign 0|K-ns at Hportanburg on June 20 and t’lose* at Winax- boro August 20. V know of his bride.ct* evaded the this meeting is the matter of the question, and did not answer. He is well travelled, having heen over a good portion of the earth’s surface. Mrs. Griffith is a widow, her hu*- : hand having died a nnmber of years ago. It Is understood that she has a splendid farm near Cottagevilie where she has made a home for her three children the eldest of whom Is j a young man almost in his majority. There are two other boys. Mrs Grif- NEW INFIRMARY HAS OPENED Gathering Flowers—- M. Schell-. fjth gave her age as 4fi x’ears and Louise Glover and Rosalie Hnhster. . sp4 . m0(! ^. f , irt iv happv over the out Jack O’Lantern R. Morrison— , romo of , u . r rnn , ar)rP . Athlete Risher. Dance of the Wood Sprites—R. Forman—Ethel Padgett. Serenade—S. Wiolles — Gladys Corbett. Gnomes Dress Parade — Loeb Evans—Louise Glover. On the Plantation—D. Trenn—Do- Lisle Black. Gaiety Polka—F. Wnhlfart—Ruth ."’•own and Helen Searson. Springtime—-E. Mack—Verncll Riaher. ; Rose Petals—P. Lawson—Hazel Felder. .-^ .. . « Walt?—M Greenwaid—-Vir ginia Riddle. Signs of Spring—R. Rome—Dor- othv Padgett. Bo-Peep Polka—C. Krogman— Norton Jacobs. Jolly Jokers—B. Antony—Riddick Ackerman. Military March—H. Flnglemann— Lillian Price. Song: Listen to Mv Tale of Woe— -e-Smith—Lillian Price. Ruth Brown, Ethej Padgett Vernell Risher. 'Purple Pansies — Feris — Reha Carter. N. ' Clown—C. Kero — Bessie Southern Carolina Fair. If this plan meets with general favor it will possibly be decided on that rtnt- to go ahead with the arrangement- for staging this fair. At any rate the Hampton meeting will be one of much importance, and there will be considerable busi ness attended To by the association. Jester—G. Schuler—Audrey The Stoke# The Jones. Me'ndv nf Love—Engleman— Pau- litm Williams Throwing Kisses —- C He'ns — Edith Black. M T TItarv March—Flaggler—"nr- roll Brown nftd Lennls Brown. Plnv hv Prims»-v Grades. The following !e ‘ijxe cast of ehar arters in the nlav clv^en hv th* i- ms-v Grades Thursday evening: ^shrv Kin*—Monroe RlveTg. ^alrv Oueen -Reba Roger. Btardusf—Virginia Riddle. F’airv Bahv—Cor'' Mav DnP.ots Eairv Doctor—Atkinson M>'Cee. Lost Child—Monroe McKenzie Mother—Hazel Felder The EsDorn Infirmary. Waiter- boro’s nexx and up-to-date hospital, has opened mo^t auspiciously. Even hefor* the finishlnc touches xvere put upon the building patients began to arrive and for the past two week- overy room has been occupied. Pa tients have come from ail over the • county, and the capacity of the hos- j'ital has been taxedN. Dr ■ EsDorn l.R'5'hnd a rrumber of pnf-t»*n«e c ome to him for surgical treatment and others for various oau-o-s. Rexeral have been cured and discharged, but others come to take their places ns readily as they go. Mrs. EsDorn Is in charge of the Infirmary as matron and head nurse She is assisted at present by Miss Lucy Ham. of Sampit. who has had sex-eral months experience as a nurse. Later the number xxill be Increased till six, the maximum number for training is reached. A trained nurse is expected in a few days to assist Mrs. EsDorn in her duties and in training the girls. Among those xvho have had treat ment at the Infirmary are Mrs. Lloyd Rich. Colleton: Mrs. O’Quin. of near town; Miss Blanche Cony us. rtf Wal- terboro; Mrs. D. M. Saunders. Stokes; Little Nina Davis, the first King’s Daughter potirmf Dare Davis of Hendersonville; Will McMillan, who has taken the Pasteur treat ment. he having been bitten hv a do* with rabies. Dr. EeDorn exnresses him«e!f ?« dflighted with the patronage re ceived and expects that the institu tion will be a great success He states that he has assurance of hear ty snonort on the pa-t of phx-sleians ox-or tfiWvcounty, and he wishes the hogs cattle or other livestock to market. President Smnak S|»enkv - W. W president of th^ Southern Carolina Asooelatiop was next introduced and spoke of the organization of xvhich he is the head. Mr. Smuak told of the organization of this as sociation and its objects. He re counted some of the assurances of assistance in working out the pur poses of the association on the part of officials In position fn do some thing. “Commissioner E. J. Mat- son.” said Mr. Smoak. “has promised us hi* personal and official suppoit. and has gone into detail as to how his Office will assist in putting over a drainage proposition covering the four counties of the association " The same promise. ML Smoak said, had been made by Stab- Agef.t and Director of Extension. Hon. W . . Long, and the association propo ed to utilize these great agencies, in xxoik’ng out its purposes At the couclunion of this address blanks xxerr passed out to th-* au dience apd a number of those* pres- *»dt s'^recl the applications foi m i.i- chamber this evening. After a ht i'f • ber * hl P* , * , , Eh-ction of Officers. At this juncture Mr. lilshei called for the nomination of. offlceis. tla- xvhen the weevil finally reached Colleton countv. He explained hoxx the* ra'k- . , - , ... mg of livestoc k and the cous.-qm-n; fi:i ^ ..^V' , dhert-ifieriti 0 n of crops would •>. m fit the tamers and prevent the Hampton ( ounH' Merabi wrot naniial panic Which xxoiild sur- ecu if the people were not prepar- j ...... -v, , . , 11. ;'u x. .t> of cuq.s He w t ;! ive ,0 .! 1 ": '•.«"*.P»-OPo.^ao.. I x at some length into the benefits. t< hi: dc rived fro^' tiie Orangeburg packing house, and showed Kovv-it * ' 11 . would help every farmer who had ! V‘ r > <>< Tlios. M Senxvell. ecHtdr of T • n- folloxvs; / “Youf l< tter has just com-' i hi vc* to the Fair proposilloh. t-i say that tl'is lias liepn in tax mi*' ; lor sorm time* and I am glad th t lax** mentioned it 1 lirHicn* NEW COUNCIL GOES IN TODAY Itast Meeting of Old Council ami Kiisf of Nexx Will Be He ld ri Council Hall Tonight. The last meeting of the old t wn councU and the first meeting of the nexx xx ill, be held at the C- incil session of tiie old council, pn-nled over by the re tiring mayor. Dr W. U. Ackerman, the new mem Lei* x-Ul be sworn in and Ma.vor-ele< t .lohp D. Glover, will then take charge. It is expected that there will be a num ber of the citizens of the town out tonight to witness this change in th-.* administration. Of the old council there an only- two members who were re-elected. R. L. F'rriser and D. B. Black The others will be n?w men. as folloxvs: A. K. Beach, O. C. Brown, Di C H. EsDorn and E. L. F’lshburn* Among the first duties of the Council will be the election of a clerk and treasurer, and of a chief of police. It is not thought that there xxill be anv applicant tot the position of clerk and treasurer ex cept the present clerk and trea-urer. D. B. Black, .who has so efficiently held this position for a nunibef of years. For chief of police there »U1 be several applicants. It Is under stood that C. W. Pellum, S. G. Price. T. K. Buchanan. J. B Ack*rman and Claiborne Price xvill be appli cant# for this position. Council will elect, the mayor not voting except In case of a tie. Mayor Glover will also make an- pointments of members of commit tees and will outline t.he polic ies of his administration. Tt is conceded that the new- council is a strong one. lest Steps we can ever take. \V ought to do it and then work fee exhibits that are x*.cutii something Smoak. of Walterfooro. the| :tn<! ;, ' u ' r "'" k r '" »’»"nd :*nc« c>t every man. woman and child in th** four counties.” W. E. Richardson, a prominent banker of Beaufort and Hampton, and a director in the Southern Car olina Association, writes: “The suggestion contained in your letter of the 2.Ud meets with my hearty approval and is In line with conversations held by me with two or three parties on our return from tli** meeting we held In your town last month. I feel quite sure that it would b/^to the advantage of all four counties to come together on this fair proposition instead of un dertaking to have each one separ ate.” J. S. Williams, of Hampton, vice president of the Bank rf Hampton, and a prominent busim-ss imm. also a meijiber of the Board of Directors «>f tii* Southern Car*»Unh Associa tion. writes:. “Your tetter of the i’-'ird of May has also been carefully read nnd your suggestion about corn* binieg tiie Colleton County F'nir v-ith I he fair of tiie association seem t*. be a nice Idea? I have talked this oxer ix Ith a fexv others here and ev erybody seems to think xvell of it. ancj I hope wv cap, cam' the plan through.” election tot xx Hell Hi-ultcd jr# fel lows: A. C. Padgett, president; C. M. “Hodges, vice president; A. P. Smith, secretary and treasurer: F. J. Ber ry, It. K. Campbell. I). B. Connor. L. M. Padgett, members of tf.e execu tive committed. This committee is called to m**et and prepare a constitution and by laws. and make plans for the work in time lo report at the next meet ing to be held at Smoaks Saturda. afternoon at 5 o'clock. It Is egp-«t- ed that there will be* a Urge dumber of farmers and business men P rp *' ent at this meeting public to fed that this U their in-j and they will donhtles, earrv on th“ DR. W. W. DANIEL RKSIG.NH President of Columbia Female Col- lege for sixteen Years. Columbia. May 29—W. W. Daniel. D. D., for the past 16 years president of Columbia Female College, a Meth odist Institution of higher education, hfts resigned the presidency of the college, according to an announce ment made this affernooa.. by the board of directors 111 health Is giv en as the cause. It Is understood that Dr. Daniel will not completed sever his connec tion with the college, hut will be made financial agent. His successor will b r * cnnsfde-ed at a meeting of — I stltutfon and to come to him or it j progressive measures started by the j the boa-d of directors of the colleg? (Continued on Page Sit) for anything they w ish or need | members of the old council^ Thursday. IN HONOR OF .MISS GRACE On Monday afternoon Mrs. Charity B. Gahagan delightfully entertain ed at a miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Rhame (*race, who 's lo Ik* married in the near future t*> Mr. Edgar Jaycocks. In the lino of entertainment, an interesting guess ing contest was carried out. aft-*r which refreshments. *onsisting of fruit rake and pound cake and pine apple ice cream, xvere served by Misses Mildred Grace and Colette Padgett. The gifts presented to Miss Grace were both beautiful nnd use ful. Among the “beautiful” was a handsome luncheon set. handpalnted on chiffon. This set was Imported from Honolulu. Among the “use ful” were a feather duster and j bag of clothes pins, presented hy “Cncle Harry Patterson.” CHILDREN’B DAY POHTPOXKB The Children’s Day exercises nnd special sermon for the children by their pastor, which were to be held at Peniel Baptist church the first Sunday in June, has been Postponed till a later date. Joseph M. Moorer. Esq , had pro fessional business in Hampton Tues- of this week. Columbia, May 29.—John Gary Evans, State chairman, today an nounced th#* 1916' schedule of the Stat** Democratic campaign meeting.x for South Carolina. The county to county canvas opens at Spartanburg. Tuesday, June 20. and closes at ttfinnsboro. Saturday, August 26. the Saturday before the primary. The itinerary follows; Spartan burg June 20. Greenville June 21, Pickens June 22. Walhalla June 25. Anderson June 24. Greenxvood Junx>- 27, Abbeville June 28, McCormick June 29, Laurens June 30, dewber ry Jtily 1, Columbia July 4. L ■xtng- ton July 5. Saluda July 15, Edg' 1 field July 7, Aiken July S, Barnwell Ju!v HT Hampton li*. Beaufort July 2 '. Ridgeland July 21 Walterboro Julv 0 9 '**' * ft* , Charleston July 2.7, yy. —"•* JqlV 26. Bamberg July 2.7. Ora.: burg July 28. St. Metthews July 2’,*. Sumter August 1. Manning August 2. Mnnekf Corner August 6. Ma-'o ■ August 9. Conway August 1b, DRJ i August 11, Darlington Augu-t t2, Blshopville August 15, UonT.*»tt«- vllle August 16. Chesterfield A ico * 17., Camden August 18. Kim a t August 21. York August 24. CheM r August 25. Winnshoro August 26. H. ZAUN HAS CQ^IE BACK HOME After n Stay of Several Week., iu Cleveland, <».. Mr. Zaliu and Family l{«*tiirn. Mr. and Mrs. II. Zalin and el.il- dren. xvho have been for g>v.*r::! xvdeks in Cleveland. Ohio, r turn'* 1 last Thursday and xvill again m:.k Walterboro th**ir home. Mr. Zalin came to Walterboro twelve yean ago and began Hie mercantile bus! ness He was successful from tin beginning and *«* "oon one of the leading merchants in this section. His friends regretted his determina tion to leave Walterbosp. nnd will all be equally glad to welcome him Unfortunately for Mr. Zalin he had leased his residence and store next door to the postoffice, the resi dence now being occupied by t ie. family of Mr. and Mrs B. Levy, and the “More hv the Colleton Barga n House. Mr Zalin has. however, leased from K. T. H. Shaffer the ston* formerly occupied by S. F nn Jewelrv Company, next door to Beach Bros., and will begin business there in a few weeks, or as soon as his stock of goods arrive. For a residence Mr Zalin has leased Mrs. A C. vonLehe’s home and xxill nxov * in there in a few days. A. A. Patterson, Jr., Lands Good Job A A Patterson, Jr., who has been chief of police for Walterboro for several* years, has tendered bis res ignation to become effective after to day to accept a position as assistant to Dr. Boyd, agent in charge of ti'k eradication in tills county. Dr. Boyd has recently had so great demands upon his time that it has become Im possible for him to attend to the duties of his office alone, and he has had to call in the assistance of a helper. Mr. Patterson has received the appointment, and will begin his new duties on the first of June. The work of tic* eradication in this county is progressing nicely, and a great many new dipping vats are being constructed over the coun ty. These ’‘-bax-e to be built under the supervision of the agent in charge, and the appointment of Mr. Patterson to assist Mr. Boyd will greatly facilitate the building of these vats. It is possible that the vork of eradicating the cattle tick will have progressed so far by the end of the year that this county will he declared under quarantine. When this Is done It will be essential that every community be provided with vats. Dr. Boyd or Mr. Patterson either will be pleased to hear from anyone contemplating the installa tion of a rat.