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%OL37. WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, Jl'XE 14, 1916. NO. 42. JOKE FEURffOT ( . BOLDS: FIRST COURT ♦ * * •.x V* JL if N * ' • w r - . «• ' 7 » MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION BY ABLE MANNER OF CONDUCTING COURT CANNING CLUB GIRLS DELIGHTED • . — Adopt Resolution* TlmnkinK Kverj- body for Their Pleasant Stay 1 ' , V . , In WallerlKtro. MADE ABLE CHARGE lodge Peurifoy tTiarges f>raa<l Jury , at Some lirnKt|ji as to Outtes and Responsibilities. _ The summer term of the Court of General Sessions completed its v. ork and adjourned sine die at the close of the session this morn- most of the cases to be tried were most of the cases to be tried Vere continued for various reasons. The Jurors, most of whom are farmers, sere anxious to get back to their farms and to their crops which need their attention lust now every day. Judge Jas. E. Peurifoy. Solicitor John H. Peurifoy. Clerk D. R. Hud son. Sheriff Ackerman. Stenographer Rodrigues and a sufficient number of bailiffs and constables were on duty to transact the business of the court. • - This was Judge Peurifoy’s first term of court in his home county, and-considerable interest was shown 'in the able manner in which he dis patched the business of the court. Quite a number of ladies and many citizens of the town went to the opening session Monday morning to hear Judge Peurifoy’s char«e to the grand jury and see the machinery of the court set in motion. This charge was an especially able one an^ a stenographic report has been furnished this paper by Stenograph er Rodrigues, and It will be publish, ed in full next week in this news paper. Judge Peurifoy’s charge to the grand jury was clear and loftical. He commented upon the representative character of a grand juror, and of the wide extent of their power and authority. He spoke of the need for strict economy In the expendi ture of public fund*, and deprecate^ the fart that it is a generally *f- cepted fact that it costs more, to administer pnblir affairs than pri vate. This should not ho and the grand juror should see to it that such. U not the case. _ Commenting upon educational conditions. Judge Peurifoy called the attention of the grand Jury to the need for good teachers in the schools of the county. The young people of this day and time should be better prepared than we have been, and this preparation depends upon the ability of the teacher There should be no teacher employ ed because of relationship and favoritism, but the best talent should be employed. This will necessitate the payment of good salaries, better than teachers usually receive, longer terms and better attendance. In this connection Judge Peurifoy came out strongly in favor of compulsory school attendance and urged the ipembers of the jury to Investigate this law, and see jf it be not feas ible to encourage the passage of compulsory • school attendance in manv of the districts. Indifference to the need* of children along edu cational lines-is largely responsible for non-attendance. Judge Peurifoy also favored voca tional training in the schools In preference to so much theoretical training, and especially in this coun ty the teaching of agriculture. This section of the Stite will have to re main an agricultural section, and the subject of agriculture should be taught in the schools. Discussing the subject of good roads. His Honor, stated lhat Col leton county is making progress, hut one error was being made and that is not keeping up the roads built.- Thi< is due largely, no doubt, to the lack of funds, and Ihe province of the grand jury is to look forward and endeavor to make provisions for supplying this deficiency Judge Peurifoy strongly urged a strict enforcement of all laws, and ode of the strongest duties of a *nind jury- is to bring into trial those guilty of crimes. There are Tiie first short course for the *irl s canning clulis which was'con cluded Thursday, was a decided suc cess from every point of view. The girls were entertained in the homes of the people of WaLterboro, and ev. eryone of them expressed the same thought that they had had a de lightful time while in Walterboro. In addition to the so^i^l feature the girls had much instruction in the matter of canning goods,and making jellies and preaerves. The ladies who assisted Miss*Connor were ex perienced and worked hard to leave instructions worth while with the girls.who seemed so eager to learn. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted upon the c-on- clusion of the short course: We, the Canning Club Girls of Colleton county, wish to express our thanks and appreciation: Pirst. To ouf County Agent for arranging for and making This course possible. Second. To Misses Edwards and Yarborough for their valuable In struction at our short course. •Third. To the ladies of Walter boro for their kind hospitality in on- tertaining us fn <heir homes. Fourth, To the trustees and pat rons for the use of the school build ing and grounds. f Fifth. To the Cottagevllle club for the lovely pdrty given us Wednesday evening of our short course. Sixth, To the men who so kfndly took us in their automobiles to CoU tageville Seventh. To Mr. John T). Glover for our free tickets to the moving picture show two nights during our stay in Walterboro Respectfully submitted. GLADYS SMITH. Cbm. IDAiM. PADGETT. LAJ^RA KINSEY. A HIOTT. CRSHIPS REPORTED The following memberships In th’ Southern Carolina Association have been received: Previously reported.., 186 W. H. Saunders. Ruffin x\ R. F. Bryan. Charleston 1 C. C. Anderson 1 Clara EsDorn Infirmarv 1 Dr. C. H. EsDorn 1 H. Hodges, .lacksonboro. ... . 1 Dr. A. J. Anderson 1 N. G. Morrall • 1 S. L. Retd. Charleston ; . 1 Through Brown Kur. Co. The Simmons Co., Baltimore. . . 2 Total WILL HOLD MEETINGS Smoaks. June 13.—There will be several meetings In this section within a few days gfven by the Orangehur K District Asbury Centen ary Campaign. These meetings will he held as follows: June 21, at Green Pond, 11 a. m. f and at Smoaks 6 p.'m. June 22. .at Little Swamp, 11 a. m.. and at Pine Grove, 3:30 p. m. The speakers will bd Rev. A. J. Cauthen. Rev. W. - A. Masse beau, Rev. E. O: Watson. Rev. E. H. Beck ham, Rev. E. P. Hutson. SECRETARY SNELL DEUGHTS AUDIENCE GIFTED SPEAKER \ FROM CHARLESTON MAKES FINE SPEECH VA \ BANQUET ENJOYED Khiquetice and Good Eat* Conspire « ; p to Make Monday Evening a De- light to Attendant*. JOINT SESSION HELD THURSDAY County Rally for Hoy* apd Girl t lull Member* a (•rand Success. \ iTI e Rst day o( the" girls snort course, JunoTith, was given as a ral ly day for all elub work in the conn, ty. Nearly all of the girls and aho’iit half, ot the hoys of the agri cultural clubs\ were present. Much Intenst was shown by the parents who attended the meeting and a great deal of enthusiasm was crea ted. v V * , fThc.exercises opened with a f*'w words by F. W. Rlsher. county agfht. who introduced Miss Jo Yar- bomugh as first speaker." She en tertained the audience with a selec tion from Unde Remus. The next talk was made by W. IJ. Elliott, dis trict agent. He spoke on the subject of club work and its object. His talk was Interesting and instructive. He impressed on every one the bene, fit of knowing the job. The last talk was made by I,. L. Baker on the ftrigin of the club work. This talk \vas very Instructive to all. The remainder of the day was spent by the boys and girls 5h a general good time, and in getting acquainted with each other. ******* * * ******* Personal Mention • * «#*#** * * **#.***♦* (,'adet R. Estes Smith returned l»ome Saturday from Clemson. where he has been attending school for the Mr_ Smith stopped over in Bamberg for a few days vis iting friends. *nd that means there were six men sent to the Great Beyond by vio lence. The certainty of punishment is one of the greatest deterrents of the commission of crime. If every riolater of law should fe^l that he w ou!(| suffer conviction, there would b* few>r crimes. Referring to the treatment of con- rieta. Judge Peurifoy commended * humane treatment of all prisoners bring punished by sentence* in Jail °r on the chain gang. (’a**« Disposed of. Only a few rages were tried at this term of court. The find trial *»s that of Caesar Manigault. Joe Ferguson and Jonas \Manigault. rharged with having stolen a cow frotn Jas. A. Marvin. Jr. Jonas ST. JUDE’S CHURCH Herbert F. Schroefer, Rector. June 18th. Trinity Sunday, 11:00 a. in., morning prayer and sermon; 5:3(1 p. m.. Sunday gchool; 8:3" p. in., evening prayer and sermon. Mission Study class at '5:30. and choir rehearsal at 6 o’clock every Wednesday afternoon. Manigault pleaded guilty and the other two were convicted. Each was given a sentence of 18 months on the chain gang and a fine of fl. The following cases for violation of the dispensary low which have been pending, some'of them for sev eral terms of court, were ended by the accused pleading guilty and re. ceving a sentence of six month* on the chain gang or a fin** of J20O, the sentence being suspended during good behavior. Wilier Murdaugh. Luke Warren. cases. Andrew Lawton, Joe Wig- six cases for murder awaiting trial^ 311 * George Mulligan, Palmer Thompson Cyrus Singleton, Rice Carter. Richard Middleton. Ashley Graham, 2 casts. Jack Glover. John Waring Tried. John Waring was tried for having killed John Washington, the killing occurring at Colletmi. a* a result of a negro dance on fne 13th of Feb ruary. The wound was in the leg and death resulted from hemorrhage. Waring fled tit Virginia and was cap. tured about a month after the kill ing. The trial resulted in a verdict of manslaughter. Waring was sen tenced to seven years on the chain gang. R. M. Jefferies. Esq;, appear ed for the defendant, and J. M. Moorer for the State. Motion for new trial by Mr. Jefferies was over ruled. The banquet of the local Chamber of Com pierce held at Hotel Albert Monday'evening. was one the beat gatherings gotten together in Wal- etiboro in some time! A splendid repast was prepared bj mine host Rentz. and the menu of speakers following was all that could have been deeired. Managing Secretary A. V. Snell, of the Charleston Cham ber of Commerce, was present by special Invitation and delivefed the principal address of the evening. Mr. Snell’s address was inspira tional and many who heard It pro nounced it the bpst they have ever heard. He Urged the importance of co-operation and working together for the good of the community. He said that the low country has been going forward, but while the low- country has been going forward oth er places have been going forward fotir to ten times as fast. In cop- nection with this condition is where the work of the chamber of com merce comes In. A well regulated chamber of commerce should be a thought producing factory. , Mr. Snell especially emphasized the necessity of manhood In build ing cities. “The thing that bullda cities is man.” declared the speak er. and he followed this declaration with a description of what consti tute* manhood. He urged co-opera tion and the finding out what each man can do to help, and then sub mitting to the leaderships of some other man who can lead. Crazy people cannot organize and, there fore, cannot co-operate, and . this is why so few^ men are needed to rare for and restrain those in asylums. One of the problems which Mr. Snell said was to be solved by the business men of Walterboro was the creation of a market for what the farmers in the county raise. The boll weevil is coming, the speaker said, and to prevent his damage from ruining the county it will be necessary to provide markets for the fanners to sell what th#y produce more than they can eat. 1 * Mr. Snell gave a definition of a booster as a man who does all the good he can, all the time he can and leaves the rest to Almighty God. E. T. H. Shaffer, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, acted ns toastmaster, and called upon a number v of local speakers for brief talks. Among those who responded were J, M. Moorer, Esq., W. W. Smoak. Hugo S. Strickland. M. P. Howell, R. M. Jefferies and E. L. Fishburne. -These speakers all were assigned subjects relative to the upbuilding of the communitv. rind many good talk* were made. Those present at the banquet wer#: . ' s /' /, • President E T. H. Shaffer. E. L. Flshburne, Laurent Utsey, S. B. Saunders. Dr. A. J, Anderson. F. W Richer. W. J, Taylor; If. S. Striek- land> T. J. McDaniel. M. Knhn. E. D. Remarks. W. W. Smoak. K Huh- ster, p;. E. Jones, D. E. Martin. !,. D r - H. M. Carter aitd Enoch Ritier C. Padgett, E. M. Jones, s. M ,)f D 1 ** Colleton Cypress. .Company, Crosby. A. H. Wfchman. Jno. (’. "' p< ‘ in attendance upon court the Good w in. J. H. Roger. M. P. Howell. I* “rly P*rt pMfc* M N. Stokes. G. t. Blocker. W. 11 —^o-o OtAND JURY MAKES FINAL PRESENTMENT SCORES OFFICIALS FOR BAD CONDITION OF THE \ COUNTY JAIL \ CANT BE SCOURED Jailer Padgett states Kloof Ix-ak* and' Water W ould Ruin Apart- nientx Undefoenth. - l Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Lucas and Ht- Ue daughter. Carey, are enjoying a houxe party at Grahantvjlle, as the' guests of Miss Emmie Burnett. They will he away two weeks. Miss Susie Tracy has returned from a visit to friends in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Hyrne left Monday for their summer home in North Carolina. - where .they wjll he for the remainder of the summer. They were accompanied by their daughter. Miss Essie Hyrne. Mrs. John D. Warren. Jr., and lit tle daughter, of Monroe, N. U.', are spending sometime in town as the guests of her mother. Mis. P. M. Murray. /V ~ ft Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Riser, of Ut ile Rock, Ark., are here on a visit to his mother, Mrs. J. B. Riser, and sister, Mrsr' M. C. Flshburne. Over the time thou hast no power; to redeem a world sunk in dishon esty has not been given to thee; sole ly over one man therein thou hast a quite absolute, uncontrollable pow er; him redeem, him make honest:— (arlyle. Miss Edith Fraser has gone to Cuthbert, C.a.. when* She will be bride’s maid for a friend. Miss T«*l- lle Atkins, who will he married in a few days. From there Miss Frdser will visit other friends before re turning to Walterboro. Mis* Marian Fraser. ,whp has been teaching at Marion, ts nt home for the holiday’s. Miss Fraser was re elected for next term, and is ex tremely populafyin the little city of Marion. \ Saunders. <’. F. Neyle, R. M. Jeffer ies. J. M. Moorer. P. J. Lucas. N. G. Morrall. f. M. Fishburne, H. \V Blaeft. Jr., p. M. Murray. C- G. Pad gett. L. IJ. Houck. F. P. Wichman. BOX SUPPER AT WILLIAMS Mrs. H. M. Howell andNfon. Thomas, are vtsiPng relatives at Kllenton for the summer Cadet J. T. Corbet, who lias been attending Porter’s Military Academy, has returned' for his summer vaca tion. —o-o— John (’. Goodwin, of Little Swamp, was in town the early part of the week. Mr. Goodwin Is a can- Williams, June 1«.—There will h a box supper given by the ladies oi the Marion Baptist church at Wil liams on June 17. There will also be some speeches made by some of 'Ddate for the House of Itepresenfa- the Sunday school workers of Me county, also some recitations by j —o-o— Sunday school scholars. The public j - w « G- « n d Richard Hlers, of is cordially Invited. This means all. ! • Sm0 * kBi Mere awong those who had The proceeds will go for the benefit 1 in town Tuesday of this of the church, m * week. The Grand Jury finishedvits pre- selitimnt at noon Ttiesday tfad had it reft before the open court By Ex pert H. R. Padgett. The main ffa lure of this presentment was t why in which the Grand Jury sco the condition of tne Jail. . Unless It is improved they say there shall be dire’consequences including a special presentment to the court of the of ficials whose duty It ts to took af ter the sanitary condition of the jail. . At the conclusion of the reading of the presentment Deputy Sheriff L. (’. Padgett, who is the -jailer, arose and explained to the court that it was not feasible to scour. jail.' as D?** flo °r l* old and not tier iug water tight it would ruin the compartments underneath if water were applied to the floor above. Thc^ presentment follows: Wo. tfie grand Jury 4 for Colleton county, herewith submit our gen era! presetument for the summer term of li*16: We deeply appreciate the able and instructive charge of Your Honor, and feel that it helped us materially in undertaking the general duties and the immediate duties of our body. We have passed upon all bills and indictments handed u* by the Solicitor and disposed of all the im mediate busineia of the court. We have visited the Jail. In a body, and find that it is in an even worse condition, if possible, than i: w as the last Mme^ue .examined .}it- We wfifald urgerTf possible that the same, he remodeled and that Irani r diut** steps by the proper officers'In* taken to have the walls white yGirii- ed and some provision made for the scouring of the floors as it ie^now in an unsanitary, disgraceful con-' dition and no human being can »n--, ter these rooms and cell* without lieing horriblv shocked. One mem ber of the grand jury, on ouf visit, expressed "himself as foUdws: * ’ 1 had* rather he the man killed than serve the term in this jail.” W« recommend also that benches or some seals be provided for the In mates of the jaB and we recommend further lhal some provision be made so that ip case a white woman was placed to this jail that she might he properly taken care of as there is no room now available. We hav** made these recommendations before and they have been constantly over looked and the grand Jury, as a whole, instruet the committee on of fice and officers to the proper of ficers and instruct them that unless the above work is carried out with in a reasonable time that a meeting of the gram! jury .will l*e called and the said officers presented to the court by a spcsjal^presentmcnt. It has been brought to our atien- tinn that the public road at <’ilH Swamp Is in a very dangerous con dition and it Is extremely necessary that the same have some grading done Jhere at once, as one side of the mad has deep and dangerous ditch which should be taken care of immediately. All of which Is respectfully sub mitted. W. C. Saunders. Foreman. Walterboro. S. <\. June 12. Iblfi S|*c< ini Presentment. We. the gfxrnd jury for (’olleton county, specially present William Samuel for assault ami battery with intent to kill and wife beating on dr about January t. 1916; and that Lizzie Samuel. Dr. J. D. Connor, IV J'. Liston and Philip Bryan are witnesses to prove the same. W. C. Saunders. Foremast. Walterboro, S. C., June 13, 1914. MRS. J. H. O’QUI.N, Chairman of Committee. GRADUATED WITH HONORS Smoaks, June 10.—Among the graduates from the Carlisle school of Bamberg may be mentioned Misses Ibbie and Lida Calvert Ly ons. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. Leek Lyons. These young ladies took prominent stands in their X* \ . M. it Sam B. Saunders, of Stoke*, had ftuslnesft in town the early part of tile week. Mrs. H. C. Bruns, of Asheville, was a visitor to Walterboro the latter part of the week, having come oyer to visit her father,- J. C. Brown, during his last illness. She return ed to her home Sunday. Master Mitchell Witsell entertain. classes, and graduated with distinc-ted a number of his friends at a tion. Miss Ibbie Lyons was the val- birthday party Tuesday afternoon, edlctorian of her class, and she and Mitchell has reacheiT hi* ninth year her sister are reported as distln- and proved himself a-splendid host guished in trigonometry. ito his many friends. . * P. P. Hiott for Magistrate. The card of 1*. P. Hiott, of Jack- sonhoro, as a candidate for th»» of fice of Magistrate for Fraser town ship., appear* in this issue of The Press and Standard. Mr. Hiott Is well known in his section and in the. entire county, having been In pub lic life for many years. Mr. Hiott is owner of the site of old Jackson., tmro, near the center of the town ship. and he states that If elected he will he easy of access at all times. Mj\ Hiott has many friends who are supporting his candidacy and they claim they are giving their support to a wTfitier. - picnr: at ixrdge — Lodge. June 12.-*-^There will b» a a picnic at Lodge Thursday, June 15. PACKING HOUSE ’ MEETING FRIDAY , A Number of Person* Become Stock* holder* in the New ‘ t ,\f.' " • * Enterprise. * '* A lisit to VYulterboro was Friday by the promoters «• dado x of the Orangeburg packing plant. These - , men came to Waltemoro lo Interest the people of Colleton in the live . stock industry, and to explain the - purposes of the packing plant. Mr. Dantzier, chairman of the packing house, spoke in a very forceful man ner Uf the coming of the boll weevil and thJN good the pavking house would do the farmers when this now pest arrives. He said that some farmers would say, ’’Oh,' bosh! I have heard about the weevil all my life and. he has not gotten here yet. 1 will plant cotton right on.” He showed that this pest fifteen years ago was fifteen hundred miles away, Xpw he is only 160 miles away, and hi* ruined the farmers all along his pat ft of 1500 miles. This packing housoXwill give a market nt nil sea sons for N our hogs and cattle. The better grade the stoCk^the better the price. TheK;'efforts are meeting with success. Hor over $150,000 has been subsrribedNhy farmers and oth ers for the erectiiXj of this plant. Mr. Dantzier saldMhat in one y*ar the county of (’olloDxn. ns well as all Eastern South Carolina. will have a market for all -hogs nnd cat- t\*. Tv \ goodly amount of stork, was subscribed ! the. \Valterhoro\olks nnd the peopi • nt ‘S* '•np* \ BIG MASONIC MEETING \ The largest Masonic meellng ever held in Walterboro was -field at the U>dge r*«>nis Tuesday evening, when Unity Lodge. No. 55. conferred tho Master’s degree upon Rev. Herbert F. Scproeter and Rev. (’. W. Jc»res, two popular young minister* of WaL i»ro. The lecture was given by Past Master J. B. Williams, ot Branchyule. and he wnjr'at his heat, hundred. J. E. Ileach for Master. Tho card of/J. E. Bench for Mas ter came iq too tale last week for ■* the custobjary write-up usually giv en candfdutes. Mr. Beach is well known over the county and is on' of the county's popular citizens. He was born and reared in thfs county, but spent a few\years iff Florida re turning three years ago lo his for- |g’*T home near Walterboro. He Is at pre'sep( engaged in farming and writing insurance.' Mr. Beach ha* held the office of magistrate in Walterboro, nnd was for several years a successful teach er In the public school* of the coun ty; 1 He is an affable and courteous gentleman, and has a pleasant word for everyone. His friends feel that he will succeed in his ambitions and he the next master of the county. p4 — y* ENJOYABLE DA Ml: The young men of the town gave a very enjoyable dance at Hyrne’s, hall Tuesday evejrlng. Metz’ orches. fra from Charleston furnished the music, and an unusually large crowd of yonng folks enjoyed the dances till an early hour in the morning. The dance was well chaperoned and the'committee in charge deserves credit for the manner in which the danco was conducted. ! SMALL BI.A/E TODAY At one o’clock this afternoon tho fire alarm sounded and upon re sponding it was found that a small cottage, belonging to James Wood, occupied by the family of Llnwood Branch, was in flames. Nothing could be done to save the house, but practically all the furniture was saved. The fire caught near the stove flue. \ PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES The' Republican National Conven tion on Saturday at Chicago nomi nated Associate Justice of the Su preme Court (X E. Hughes, of New York, for the Presidency and (’has. W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, for Vico President. The Progressives nominated Theo dore Roosevelt . as candidate for President, and John M. Parker, of Louisiana, as Vice President. Mr. Roosevelt has announced that ha would not'accept the nomination. The DemocraticConvention is no^ in session In St. Louis and will doubtless nominate Woodrow Wil son for re-election without opposl- Hpn. X ^ / 8. L. Reid, of Charleston, a grad uate of the Citadel. Class ’15, fs In town today. Mr. Reid will attend the meeting‘Of the Southe/h Caro lina Association at Hampton tomor row. ~ ^ Mr. and Mrs. I). J. Chaplin have moved to their summer home here from Green Pond where they have been on the plantation since fall. * . 7