The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, August 02, 1916, Image 1
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CANDIDATES WILE
SPEAK MONDAY
CONGRESSIONAL AND SO
LICITOR CANDIDATES
OPEN CAMPAIGN
Candidates for the
House to Meet
COLLETON’S VOTE
HAS INCREASED
Senator Jas. G. Padgett has call’' Knrollment of Voter* Show* Decided
ed a meeting of all the candidates
for the legislature from this county
to he held in his" office Monday fol
lowing the campaign meeting, for
the purpose of discussing the mat
ter of providing money 'for Com
missioner Moore.to repair the dam-
Incrva-e in Numl»cr of t^tuili.
fled Voter*
, The enrollment of voters for the
, ., , . . ..primary elections this vear shows a
ag,. done to bridges and to roads f..,, . _ c « B
., _ i... 4i. . ,aecioed increase over two years ago.
X. ROSSER SMITH
HAS WITHDRAWN
* ' *
doling \ll<i|-ile) Dc« ide* Not to Mak-*
, lUcc for I.egislMture and
Withdraws.
OUR MEN RUNNING
_____ f
I 'k ^ • 4
J. (i, Padgett, for < ongre**. and II.
R. Padgett, for Solicitor—W ill
Draw Large Crowd.
The first \tf a series of meeting*
arranged for no 1 < ongiessional caa-
dldates from tli*V l‘iist District will
be held at WaDcrhoro Monday.
August T, heglnning\at 11 o'clock.
The speaking will he ludd at Klein's
park, and Chairman lWvw*-l| will
preside.
Hon t Hichard S. Whales- aiKJ Col
Jas. G. Padgett, candidates for con
gress are expected to he present \o
address the voters, as well as Col.
George Warren and Heber K. Pad-
gett. Ksi|.. for Solicitor for the new
14th Circuit,. It is not known deti-
•tiitely whether or not Congressman
Whaley will be aide to attend this
meeting, -as will he seen in an ad
vertisement appearing in this issue
He will he present, he states, if pos
sible* Col. Padgett is very anxious
over Hie county by the ex^esuv*
rainfall in the past few weeks.
Commissioner Moore claims that
the roads and bridges over the conn-
In the enrollment ot l!<14 a total of
>.7^1 voters was enrolled, and this
number has been increased this year
to 3.N55*. This enrollment is highly
The following is the enrollment
by polls:
ty are m a very bad condition and satisfactory to fh e officers of the
manv bridges are gone, and almost I par|y in this eftpeciaUy , n
every causeway in the county more v . ew of ^ ofj n>| d assertlon
ot less damaged Tits funds tor re-, that , h<1 ,. nrollnienf w \ uld be fa: -
pair .work are almost exhausted. , Mow wha( M was , wo vparB a o:
and he feels that unless something
is done at once the people will be
caused to suffer great inconven-
ienca Accordingly he consulted
Senator Padgett-who is also countv
attorney, and they decided that it
would he wise to call all the candi
dates for the house into con-oiltn-
tion with them to make. ar,; ‘ nc ‘’- <-|>tt a ;;evilli*
ments. if possible, to secure a I-' m ' Dr* (
tor thtsLtemporary work. Green Pond J
\shton ....
Hells .... ..
Denton’s Mill
Berea. ... ,
Colleton . . . .
Crops Have Been
Badly Injured
Hendersonville
Horse Pen . .
Hudson's Mill
, Jack sonhrn o.l .
Lodge
Maple Cane . .
Peeples ....
Rente! .. .. .
Pettis
KepPcts from various sections of
the ioumiy Indicate that crops have
bec n sertothdv injured by the recent
heavy rainsXvarious estimates
to the amountN>f the damage done | lK # ,
have been received Some s«M-tions
report a loss on cotton ot - a per
ip as high as
to meet Mr Whaley in debate and
'“xpe< ts him to h*- lin-sent at all tjie cent., others run this
meeting-! The speeches of these •!»*• per cent. < otn ha> x^e* n injitrei
candidates will be full of interest. *e* sthan cotton, ex. ept v^mg corn
and if Mr. Whaley can he present whjch in some cases, it ts
\the deltate may take on some spice, has been entirely ruined
V
idaimed.
Peas have
and prove interesting Doth these been injured badlv. it i-
gentlemen are able speakers, and are The favoiatCfer w .‘a.i - r ot t if
well posted on National affairs and ha>i helped condit.ons verv
the needs of the district. materially, and It is hoped that
The campaign for Solicitor opened /rops win show a
at Beaufort -last night. eMr. Padgett/ ,n,pn, ■ farmers nr* »ot
went over tov v li«* present, and will P n> an,, ar, ‘ -
attend all the meetings | n the four
counties of the nevy eircuit > He and
Col. Warren will meet in debate at
Rice Patch .
Ritter . . ...
Round . . . .
Ruffin . . ...
Sidney . . ...
Smoaks . . s .
Sniders .
Tiger Creek/
Walterborn .
White Hall .
yilliams 8.".
rglns fib
WolKCreek 8."i
1816
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. . 68
. . 76
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I
. . 102
. . .18
. . Ill
. . 105
. . 68
./ 68
. . 104
. .m2
. . II
. . 67
. . 51
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.171
. . 71
. . 54
. . 48
. . . II
. . . 184
, . . 81
. ..106
. 441
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181 l
14 1
5
78
88
57
112
88
-41.
Tli,. following interesting commitn-
..ition from N. Rosser Smith, has
hc*n reecived by The Press and
Standard^ Mr. -Smith has decided
not to make the race for lh*> legis-
lature this time, for reasons which
h* -.>is forth in his comtnnt# alio.i.
but states that hV hopes to be a can-
didat.- two years, hence:
The i otnH'unicatton follow s:
TV the Democratic Voters of Colle
ton County: \
Several Weeks ago 1 announced
Married Men Can’t '
\ Play Baseball
Score by Inning*.
K.HE.
Married'0 1 0 0 u 4 1,0 0-t> 6 5
Single 10 10 12 2 <Ko—7 2 J
The above is a reproduction ot the
bcoty board at the end of thexgame
of hastdtall played la*t PriilayV^on
the local diamond between a ntr
composed of married men and on.
of single men residing in Wallet boro.
The game was hotlv contested from
beginning to end. as the scor,> indi
cates. and it was impossible to ge;
odds at’any stage of the game.
Cnforfunately we were unable to
attend this game, but judging front
the score and records of both teams,
had a stranger dropped in during
the battle it would have been hard
to hav> convinced him that he wa*
NEW BUSINESS ■
FOR WALTERBORO
NEW ENTERPRISES INDI
CATE BELIEF IN GROWTH
OF OCR CITY'
ALL STORES FULL
j t N. * ——
Local Merchant-. |j,y hi Itig stockn
anil New One* Itring Thou*and<t
of Dollar* in GimmI-. to City
that I was a candidate for the office / . . v .
of Representative from Colleton ; >'“» N *-"
Cf. intv Since thaf time the recent ! ' ^ Philadelphia league learns.
M. M. an trouble a.os,, and volunteers , “‘'j. o. course, no one wtll be st.r
‘.r. .ailed foV to fill up the South H^ed at Jhe results when it is
\
Wallet boro has ueuH s’mwu
greater activit, alon,g business lines
than at-present. It the opening of
new stores and coming of new peo-
i Molitia militia to war strength so | known that the married men's team ; pie to the town P an indication of
that it could be used on the Mexican j
bolder. Feeling that tbe nation
net ted its young men to protect its
■hrrnj’ir and to ke.ji safe the lives and
157'1‘t-op. i tv of its cfUzens, 1 f«*lt that
j4Hi jt was my .1 utv as a young man to
6} .> -.■)• tuv services. I was accepted
51 into tlie State, militia on the 28th
111 of June, and since that time have
117 ' b.-.-n mustered into the service of
(5-. th. Pniled States.
New M present we are encamped at
5.. i st \ v, s ('.. awaiting orders to move
New 11<> the border. While the South Car-
17-j olina troops may not he ^needed for
gg holder service. a-nd we may he
gs nitf'ieied out in a few weeks, still
54 n<> one knows when we will he esnt
71
281
' 85
known that t
was compose
stonFf
1 »an ie
t
the growth of the place. the n Wal-
terboro is rapidlv growing. There
is not a vacant residence in town
and not a store on Main street with
out an occupant, and onlv <>ne or two
small places on side, streets. Sev
eral new concerns ate opening their
doors to trade, and will be ready
for the fall business. The good
prices which cotton .is sure to bring
bom*
This being Jhe case I do not
think lhat 1 would lie treating eith-
• $ .-r the people of Colleton or myself
fi.irlv if 1 remained in the race.
i< t ! Therefore I take this means of-an-
J 4 nouncing uu withdrawal from th<> ! of a delightful partv at Hotel Albert
' • t I k 1 4^ Jktil.-Ak
0 * <» I
nposed of Varnadoe. short
Geo Price, third base; Mc-
I, •’first base: G. Griffin, caleh-
Arlbui llutlef. left field: H. 11.
Padgett, center field. Gruber, pitch
er. 11. C Glover right field, and G.
C. Kirkland, second base. These
gentlemen were opposed by the fol
lowing. who represented the single
men of flu* city: K. Griffin, short
stop;’Simmons, fliird base; Williams, thl* fall coupled with the frugality
first base;’ Davis, catcher, D. Pad- of th** fanners will, mean more
gelt, Jett Held; Witsell, center field: money In spend on th*; tiecess.it--m
Hope, 'pitcher; Jon***. rig'it field, and luxuries of life
Murray, second base . Lvyi*>lNMlv** stiw*-.
Struck out tty Grubor 8; Hop.- | Kv* t \ t*odv s Sl«ire is the nan * of
]_ Hits (>ff Gniber 2. Hoji** 6 ; t n**w *nt*-i pri-•* w h i< h will op i
Ftntimatelv no one was killed oi f„i busine-s in : 'e*i future, in
seriously injured during tli** game. |»,«* sloie ot L N " •*■» Main
including the umpire. 11 G Crosby ; street, fonuerlv «** i|i i , *’,*
—(Knletptise l'itrnitur,> Comtuinv T
MRS. RLNT/ LNTKRT \I\KD
Mrs J. L. Rent/ was th** h<i'-tess
in chajge of II W.
toriu**iJv ot fills t*l m >«7 b it.
Total
*.u58
28
6.7
2791
store will be
Cohen.
nior«* recently of Cbarb ?<in. wTi***--*
he bns Im‘**ii in bip«ln« , ss for r.everal
years. Mr Coh**n hopes to fi r. e 'Iv
• MRS. PATTKRsnN KNTKRTAINS
iji debat
Walterborn Monday. and it U
thought there will be an int**r«*stinr:
discussion of tin* claim* of the can
didates for the position. /'
Corn Club Boys
Now at Clemson
The short course at Clemson Col
lege for the winners of the course
among hoys’ corn clubs of the State
is being held there this month. Col
leton has two boy(« attending this
short course. W. G. Bailey. Jr., of
Weeks, and Johnnie Hoats. of Wal-
terboro. These hoys were taken by
Demonstrator Risher to Columbia
Monday and placed safely on the
train for Clemson College. Thev will
remain there for the month of
August.
Rot It these hoys were awarded
these scholarships for the excellence
of their work last year, and for their
exhibit at the fair last fall.
Meeting of Fair
On, of Iho mo« onjoyal.14 -ocUl ! Officials Aug. lltfi
events of the season was the card
party given by Mrs. Raymond Pat
terson in honor ot Tu-i sister". Mis Secretary Smoak. of the Southern
Kthel Calhoun, of Appleton, wlyv l*, r Una Fa|r has ca „ e( ,
a in*«*ting
here o na visit. ,Thepe w *‘"" n f a u t | lf , f a j r 0 ffi ( -ia|jj and stiperyi-
tahles and the game etijiiv*** was t ,. n( j f . n j s fiopartments to b** held
■< iat«*S)-th**ir support mote than do I Ttou* sweet course during the even- j |*,,. ss Standatd. **p Main street.
set hack. During Hie evening a de
licious sweet course was serve*!, anil
after the earths singing was enjoyed.
'T*^ V* mVvu 4 *• . \fiworvC t Vn 4 ‘ I
at Walterborn Friday, August 11th.
At this meeting it is planned to ar
range the premium list and definite-
Those present were Misses Ethel , v „ s# . v , n , iUt , M> in
« t . t • k.'* . 1 1 • 1% O 4 1 *
Miss MautUJ’alker. of Florida. i<
visiting her sister. Mrs E. H. Ack
erman. at Cottagevlllt*.
CalhouW"of Appleton: Edith and
Millip >'raser. Mabel Wichman. Chase
Rlai k. Catharine deTrevUle. Fhu-
cnee Anderson, May Patterson. Th '
gentlemen players were Merrs. Hen
derson Fraser. J**sse deTreville. Har
old Fripp. Dr. Gilberson. Lucien
Patterson. R H Patlerson. Harrv
Patterson \ ^
TRIMMINti I P TREES IN TOWN.
^ %l
Mayor Glover has a force of hands j
connection with the holding ot the
fair,this fall. Representatives from
the other counties will also be In
vited to he present a'nd tak* puvtAn
the meeting. /
Plans are being made fotyrne big
gest fair ever held in this section of
the State. Beaufort, Hampton and
Jasper counties are already making
preparations for their exhibits, and
ate planning to mak*- a fin** showing
at the fair this fait.
work trimming up the trees HAIkl'I/A'V
i*ral of tho main streets of the • *1 /V 1^1/vyix
at
several
town Since the electrie lights wer*»
turned on the low hanging limbs
have interferred with fhe propef
diffusion of the light; and it was nec
essary to cut off some of th**/|ower
limbs.
/
WILL NOT SERVE
X
■ v x \ ’
liter \* cppttng Secret a tv -liip He
D*‘*iile<l to Itenuiin In Pr«****nt
, %
Po*iti«*n.
X \ •
S111 oH < 11
■Hj**,
President W W
Southern Ciitolina \<sociaj-run, i
just in r«*«ajlpt of a b-tter from * R
llaiblon. of Ocean Spring Mi .
it**< lining to accept the po-utio- ‘if
sei tvfaiy fot tin associatiiVp T i.-v
«i*tnes v *■! \v npicli as u stirprC*- -ef.
'll/ Had don has aceeptrd ami ! "I
keen Instructed to t«pOtt tie d \
•e. th** Jii-t of \ugtisf
Mr. ILiddon is wot king for t r
S: D> parthient ,of Aeri* tilttir*
the t
uad
r.
itbd
vv* loath'to give him up. He
y-inanx-j .from them that 1 s
nrp-peefs \4.ie bright if ..he .r* ruain
j <1 ith th* m, an<1 tliis top* flu r "1
th,- fa< t that Mm-is-ippi wa > n.i-
) Mve. State *a:is*‘d hint to deebb fo
renmin in that state anjl neti* 1 old
home.
Presilient Stuirak -kaoul
'hat Hh vyottld ‘ all the board t.,ac.th* r
•if on* e and an effort .would be o atl-
% to -*-i ur** another man t*i tak* Mr.
' !|*a*ldon’s iilae*-. He has televaph-
*«| Dr. W W Long, of Mr ItuddmX
r< -'ignation find asked fm hi-
Mr
mat let.
oak stated furHi
"
X.
Oil a
" ilrs ofHke assoi iatioijXver- m
‘ri:*!it<’ itfiij that t)mt'< will I"
‘ f up till a < oi parent .1 r*
* er*-*! and t!r< /work v* II
: ic -
1 He.
ver
no
is
Ia ,,. for this office. j Monday ev«*n1ng/»Riv.*n in honor .of
I wish to thank my friends Mis<* Virginia Reynolds, th** charm-. Ktore r*-a<D for **pening bv tb<* 15th
throughout the county for the in- J mg guest ofAlliss Milli** Fraser. Dttr ! (1 f August**
Iciest they hav** shown in tny *am 1 inu th** evening games and dancing Sample Sj**:«- 0|m*oc*I
paign. aid I wish to ajcstir** them* were indulged in hv.those present | Among W.ilteit*or*»’>. n**vv sior'es is
and a mos’t delightful evening "O'* tlu v 'C<ill'-ton Sample Store. .irJii ii iv
Mrs. Rent/ served a delic lo<-rui>ying th** t< re m yt to Th**
that there is not a man in tin* emut
ty. be he young or old. who apple- * spent
This store ha** for tpc proprietor H
invited vve 1 <• Miss*-- \ it yj Ftomherg. of Char!es|<»n. who
is well and Providence permits. | ginia ReVnolds. aif Columhi:* Mil j s c-ondti* lipg ;y<tnt«* in charleston,
gain let in** thank tny friends for ip- and Edith Fraser. \f
I shall again h** a candidate for j ing
tins office two years from now, if j Tims*
all
Ag
I
M ih-d A\ ic!i f,,,. V.-v*yfil years .one a H vriunt-
their tnany promises of support and 'man'. Ethel Calhoun, of Appleton,
for the kimtly int«*re*il in my iac«*s, Katharin** deTreville.' Florence An
both* is year axrtl two years ago Icb rson, Chase IHac k. Ruth Smith
lsab**ll** Smith. Haiti*,* v on I .*-h*'*. atiU inc finnoumu-inent in Hi'-- i> < 't**.
>' * Sue Byrd. Th** gentlemen w.-r* ! X M,t*..l»\ Clothing M*.iv. *
men ill.- Me derided to bring tho
: tot** fipfit Summetville to Walter-
bmo yOP Eninibeig Im- .an open-
t
Camp Moor*
11 1916.
.V'HOSSER SMITH
Stvx. S. C.. July
Planning a Big
Time at Meetings
Preparations are being made,ov« r
•he county for holding the county
| U f * |vvi«i. ill* ^t»i« | - lotbing
I Messrs . Hencl**tson Fias**t . LucienX (; 0 cids at** claiTy airivipg fot th«
( Patjejson. jess** deTreville. J 1‘ Clotliing stor, «•! M I. Shopb. w!* ; >
Vount. Harold Fript* \V I. Ufmii wt || p,. jp tb«* stand .formet/ly o<* u--
Tlmnthv Hardin Dr G^lb**r: nj,.,! | n the Colb-ton D:7 gain IJ^ius^.
fot in* 1 h w as in Savan
glles.
hv Hardin. Dr U’IImti by Ho* <
son.. Wllllie Fripp. JoeNMovy/ t'H lil y, .S’- .„b f
Fraser, Adolphus Jones.^/
campaign meetings. It Is understoo-l
that their will he a (lumber of pic
nics at th,. placjc fot the meetings,
and that the people expect to turn
nab. where he conducted ar similar
stoic He lias been in New York
for s* vi tal week* purc>a-ing goods
for hi** stor^
X card front Mr^. Li/.zie Fleming
from Highland. l'/i\ to Xgent D. E
MR. \ND MRS. KAIcEisH RETf GN
Mr. and Mrs. Abe ,S Karesli w I.*-
have been soeadlng a iiionth in
Votk and other Northern points, a*
___ rived in Walterborn th*. earlv wait
out in great-numheAt for the pur t of the Ver It. Mr- Ka-esh was Mtx MaiHn. infdrtux bTtn that she at
pose of hc-nring the candidates The 1 Minnie Lo«*b of Ch! rlestnn. and u urv**d then ?gife|\ after a pleasant
meetings wj begin at Sniders on ' young laiiv of many accomnli/b/r trip. r**a< hyog h**» *1* stinatlon July
tire 15th. at a big farmers picnic at t mentr. \s Mrs Kat**sh sh,* "ill l***|15. Mi-, Flemming was here re
weleomej to Walterhcvtn •'For thMcentl' at-sistirg (J*-v S W Goocl"
iu* s»-nt they are rc'sliffnir'n the’Shat- *n a /erle- of n'*“*ting ’ in<l ma*!**
f.*r rcsblence. opposite Hit*, po,* *> f * *‘ti/ f*/* :** 1 >vtio will b*> pleased t*i
fli e
wfildj it is expected there will he
more than a thousand voters and
others present.
Th** following is th** schedule of
meetings: .
Sniders. Tuesday. August 15
Rice Patch, Wednesday. Aug 16
Lodge. ..Thursday. August 17. . !
Smoaks. Friday, August Ik.
Williams. Saturday. August'18
Hudson's Mill, Tuesda\. Aug 22
Pend* 1. W<*dnc s.dav. Augu-f 21
X , onag«*viH**. Thiirsclay. Aug 2t
WaJt* i boro. Sat u 1 day, Angu-t 2<.
SE< (JN D \\ » LI Mio EEET Dl l P ,
I'noer \rr;>ne*'iiM nfs with H' :
Hllgll* - Well'diol inc Cotfio; n\ w I:
11 a a e bad th, tivatt* r of boiir. t 1
w* II under-eontrabi. it was ileydd*
i- al
’ ' 1 l.c t * 4»» v »
|. :-/n jot •>* 1 .1
<-‘-ks ;i go Jo Yebjy**
fi!">
\\y
a f*-'
Hu- i|*‘pt!) of fiiN 5 \ -Hst 1
'•< ct' witli a \vi**tl oi cc/nlx, 1 ' ! * : -
vvitt t ii> “ :;l <' r alCc;id\ • < • *er*«l '
other strata- ^ T! V- ha- l**\i*
aceofttrdi^h*'! arul
and vest erits ■ X". /
■■:h h* d a 'dept!: of ,TX r /.
second well re
otait.i Cnde* tb. ;«i 1 ape n** t'^-'X
•ills was to b< a six inch w* II. >*in'
it ha^ b< * n bored onh four ami 1
half in<h* X soon it if b**' ’
out.to the reciulr**<l si/e a t. t ,\*'*ij
be mad**. an<l it is hoped the
v\ ilb prove satisfactory
INSTXI.MAD LLEflRD
t o/.a
Iil>Mit .-tat* -
i, P.l
that, tluto-a* - *
Xt.il rciihs of \the vl*-c t rie
r ’ plant, whh lt h. ’ on4*l* is a 'b^e -Uait
Almost every day new paiDm , aie
installing **l«*<fhc lights,/and it is
•bought that th*- nearer,winter chuks
1TREMEN 1< 1 MU I
There will' h»* a rn****ting of
AVpItc rbotci department at
Town Coitm il Hall T!iii-sola •' -
irip at 8: It/o’cloek. Covvrtcil
by,Id a ni**elitig at the same 1X1.
will cliseii 1 -- wilh th** (lie d*-paiH,oe ~t•
• b. noeds of il , ■ * 1 v i‘ **. arb ‘
caiijm .J. .ie fo 1 !*, 1 nipiov«'in< > 1 \o
C v <b parttoont M th*' -a!n< ti.
I I * • 11 I ** I H,,. I, iiu- ' !■ <l*-» :*'■!’ d* i-i -J
fitnoti. . !t i- pt itH 'd to o''.Me;/,
••• 1 •' * while and m p;•* t< am', tli* up to.*.
hov*/. ' |<c! to In ip , !, ig< of lb
light i tig
&
COL. J AS. G. PAINGETT
, in. Th«* public Is generally mHrhty
| well pleased with the Improvements
*in the street lighting tevstem. which
the
Candidate for Cookm*** who will make «»iwnin* *i»*e* h M*>n*Uy at AVaL * is such an Improvement over
terhom. 'old oil lamps.
AT 4
MRS. JOHNS ILL \
P X!.Nihn . of Lodg**-, '■
been ouite til fo'r Severn I week h ;
Jjccdrdfing to last reports, sh*
the niote homes will have light-: puK niueh ImpYov* <1 'XD R. E. Jon< .
hpr mother. I« with her An aVta<V
*>f malarial fever and the birth of 1
little girl was a severe strain upon
Mrs. John’s physical strength, hut
she Is much improved.
n.-y 1 c 11
MERER R. PADGETT
Candidate for s *li iti.r, w!i<» will •»! : .ik '^.tlll^^)• at M.«l(ert*oro.