Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*» X. Wednesday, Au^st 2,19i 6# WALTERBORO BRIEFLETS Colleton Bojr (toe* to Vlrytinia. ' W. I. Breland, »on of I>. K. !?re- 'land, of 4be Bethel section, wbo has been, taking a rcurae in telegraphy in a Georgia aohool, left Friday for Huddleston. Va . where he goe* to .accept a position as assistant to th? opeiator at that pla'-e. Mr. Breiand' Is a capable young man who has ap plied himself to his studies very dil igently since he has been in the school. He has a large number of friends to wish him well in his pro fessional career. Apttointed Member of __ executive Committee. | The trustees of the VValterboro Mrs. Hugo S. Strickland has Jtfst i High School will hold a meeting'the received notification that she has J latter part of this week for the pur- ' pose of electing a teacher to fill the that there will be other drops In price in the near future. Already there hare been many persons talk ing of purchasing cars if “this thing keeps up.** o Keg. 4. M. Craven In Hraarhville. * Rev. J. M. Craven is spending this week in Branchville, conducting a revival meeting at the Baptist church there. Mr. Craven was there a portion of last week, but came home to hold his regular appoint ment Sunday. He stated that the meeting was proving a great success and up to the time he came home there had be^n 2b additions to the church membership. He is being assisted by Rev. Cohen, a young con vert from the Jewish faith, of.'Char leston. Will Kleet Teacher Latter Part of Week. The trustees of the been re-appointed as member of the State executive Committee for the, First Congressional .District, of the School Improvement association Mrs. Strickland is also county nr- g-'Ttfzer for this association, and i< active in the work of promoting the welfare of the schools in the county. vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Agnes Ravenel. As a result of a small want advertisement plac ed in two sisues of The State the board has received more jthan 10ft applications for this positfoa. \ The Foundation of a Happy Home la Laid in the Kitcnen Go behind the scenes of any happy contented family and in moat cases you’ll find the secret in the kitchen. A dependable range lifts mother's household worries and ends father’s late-meal troubles. For twenty years now Allen’S RANGES have transformed the burden of housekeeping into a pleas- *t«. la over a hundred thousand Southern home* meals are cooked quicker, better, more evenly and with lees fuel than on tho ordinary range. Besides Allen's Princess contains many exclusive and convenient features not found on say other stove. Net “Some Pumpkin.’" Hut Some Kqu**h. The largest squash ever grown It* Colleton county, in the opinion ot those who saw it. was one grown by a n^g-o woman near town this tear, ft was of the giant variety, to be one rnd weighed when fully grown tt" pounds, this squash measiited 24 inches in diameter, and was worth seeing. It was grown on the f .rm of the late Peter Dorman by il '; willow who married C. Coakley. Ci.shier Klsiibnrne fimie to New York. Cashier Irving M. Fishburne. of th*' Fafmera and Merchants Bank, vft Saturday afternoon for New I Vo k. where he will spend a week of his vacation. Returning he and Mrs Fishburne will then go t* Hen dersonville. If. C.. for another week. Mr. Finhburne sailed on the Mohawk Sunday morning. Rainbow Around • Sun at Noon. A rather remarkable phenomenon occurred Friday at noon when a pei- fectly formed rainbow appeared in a large circle around the sun, and remained there for more than a half hour. It excited considerable comment and many persons rushed to the streets to see it. The oldest inhabitants said they had never seen such a thing before. Comments have also been made on the “ball of fire” appearance of the si’n on Mon day and Tuesday. DavIck-AL.-linioak Is ItunnfhK in Greenville. David W. Smoak. formerly of Smoakn. now a practicing attorney id Greenville, is a candidate for so Heitor of that Judicial circuit. He has five opponents, and it is thought by those conversant with the politi cal situation there that Mr. Smoak lias a good chance to win. He is now engaged in the county cam paign, and is making good as 4 speaker. * Printing Nurne* of nil Voters. Thp Press and Standard Job print ing department is engaged in pub lishing a booklet containing all the names of the voters of the county, according to the recent enrollment. This booklet will prove valuable to anyone wishing to know the names, business and addresses of all the nren of the, county. This booklet will be* Completed the latter part of ♦he week. and. will he ready to de liver. Hr. J. I*. Ilernclon Growing Weaker. The friends of Dr. J. P. Herndon w»W regret to learn that he is not improving. The latest reports from his bedside are that he is gradually growing weaker, and, while all is I being done for him possible, no hope is entertained as to his recovery: . o—— . New Candidates For Colton Weigher. The Press and Standard carries two new cards for cotton weigher for Walterbnro this week. John W. Avant, Sr., and C. M. Grace are as piring for this position. Roth these candidates^are well known citizen* of' the community and need no in troduction to the voters at Waiter-, j boro. o ******* * * ******* 4c * Personal Mention **************** Sam B Saunders, a member of the county board of education, wa* among those in town Saturday. Mi For incUnce, the handy warming closet; the spotless alunsi- nixed ovens; the triple sebeetoe lined well* which hold ell the heel iseide the range. Stop in sod let ue show you e Princem today. BROWN FURNITURE CO. F. 4. Berry and son, Joseph, ac companied by J. A. Carroll, of Smoaks, made the trip to Waiter- boro by automobile. They report the roads In fairly good condition via Cannady’s cross roads, except U»' one or two places, which were being repaired. • * ******** * * *****51 * MARRIAGES * * / ' \ * * * * * ,• •* * * *'# * U * Huzxic-t raxen. Maniod S u mi ay trig he a t the •jt’H- dencx: of Deputy Clerk ofXourt, R 'It Miiey. Ml.-; .tosh- Bui’.zlc anO My. Kssie CraWn, of tlir People# section of tin* county. Mg Mlley officiating. S. Finn Jy^elry Company has pie j sentod to the Clara F.sHorn' Intivtna-y j a hospital tlock. This Is a useful! addition to tin' equipment of the hospital, and whis especially made for suH* use, It does net strike the I hours, btu nuitelx tells the tfme of the day. \ „ . / •K- - O-O— y/ Mr and Mrs!\Josepli M. Moorer returned this morning from a visit % Jo Mrs Moorer’s’ parVints at iCdlatrc Md. - >v ' det Mrs. Irene \\>rkt r/was morning to Waye’^ess on IJt,. sc ri on saltiness df hi r H. M. Rowland. /dfJtthvMiss Riba Walker/ sufiereo a bVoU•’« :*ini > e< enll/ eq u/xi'il to hei auiU in Whyi Ga/ ij* much better and wtM die out again. t ♦ I th ■id . roc The Strong Withstand the Heat of W Summer Better Than the Weak " Old people ^rbo are feeble, and younger people who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to go through the depress ing heat of summer by taking regularly Grove’s TastelessChillTonic. It purifies and enriches the blood and build# up the whole system. 50c (Highest Award) . oiven f Dictionaries afihe Panama- Pacific Exposition^! wasgrutMfo ^ WEBSTERlS NEW INTERNATIONAL ron Superiority of Educational Merit This new creation answers with Mnal authority all kinds of puzzling questions sn«'li as ‘‘How id/V.vmvd pronouinvl 1 ’* "Where is Finn- atrtf ” *‘\V lull is a continuous toy- stgef” "What is & h i(:erf ,, * ‘What u tchitc ooalf” "How MAh* pro- hounexxi?" and thousand# of other#. Mara than 400,000 Vocabulary Terms. 30,000 Oeographtcai Subject*. 17.000 Biographical Entries. Ovor MOO Ulus-1 V tratians. 2700 Pages. The oitfy diction ary with the divided page-a stroke of: 1 genius. ■ f^^S^a Virass?- i Write for i- I Bf-n p:a- •. ii- I K | luftranou-, etc. i Free, a h t . f g " ' Pocket Majx« if E Vi ii tuxae this 2 paixr. C. AC. MERtlAM CO.. Sanmf»i4. Hu*. FOR NAI.F—Booklet .containing names, business, age and address of every voter of Colleton county. ISIS enrollment. Price $3.00.— The Pres# and Standard. - tf aQti Mr*. K. K. Jones <ione to Lpaingtun. N. <’. Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Jonea left Tuesday morning for an automobile trip to Islington. N. C^. They ex pect to be away for several weeks visiting relatives and friends in North Carolina, and in points in South Carolina. The trip is being made tsi their Overland^/ Pascal Felder accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Jones as far as Livingston, where he will visit his uncle. C. J. Butler. o Held Vunrterly / Conference Sunday, Presiding Klder G K. Kdwards. of the Charleston District, came o Wnlterboro Sunday tor the purpose of holding the third quarterly con ference /for the JoeaJ Methodist church. This conference was held ! Sunday night, following a very able sermon by Mr. Kdwards. The re- | ports of the various officers of the j church showed it to be in a sound j condition, and while the financial ' report did not show as large an amount sis it might have shown, the I officers are pot »Y sill discouraged' [ovey the prospect. \~-r- ■ - — o ! .lodge Peiirifoy i On Vacation. Judge .las K. Peurifoy. who has I been holding court in Beaufort last 'Vfek, and the first two days of this I'v.ck, .\pe,t< in leave with his fam- dv for the mountains of North Car I'dina the latter part of th,. week for a stay of a week. Vindge Peurifov will then return and remain till af ter the primary, when he will go to Pnion to hold court. -y^o-a—- j Mr. Yarn t alks of Crops and Things, J D Varn. of Shiloh, was in jtown Tuesday and stated that tht} j crops’ In hl» section wiHe very badly" .damaged as a result, of tNe excessive j rainfall of the past few wiH;ks. t!*» j i sfiriatcs that cor* in the\^hiloh pntlon is fulh 2.’ peKyent off. and lottnn from oft per centyto 6ft per jivnt off The pen crop Is Vlso.badlv J.’.im.ignl. h.- si; ted He-.dso- said itiiaf tlief,. were a number of s of t. vcr In hi.y'section, caused he •hip^x. by cutting timber in the p Bki'taryhie swamp. Mr. and Mrs. C. Gadsden Padgett and little, child will leave this week for their vacation trip to the moun tains. Mr. Padgett is cashier of the First National Bank, and this is his 'first vacation in two years. They expect to bp away about two weeks. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Walterboro, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. I live near the depot so can always give you prompt service. C. M. GRACE. Miss Grace Martin is spending a couple of weeks with relatives and friends aFWayrWoss. Ga . and Lake City. Fla . ' Ga-oUtML LaUk... _ One Cent n Gallon. The welcotxje new s of - the reduc tion in Ihe selling prite of gasoline was received in Walterboro Satur day, at which time the price was cut one cent a gallon. \jt Is expected Lieutenant Walter c Hilland. of the Washington Light Infantry, was in- Walterboro Monday in charge of a recruiting; squad. He was to meet some reel Hits here, hut it is no» thought’ar.v came.. They left Mon day afternoon for St. George. %(r T R. Risher. of Richmond. \a.. is here spending sometime with ] her sister. Mrs. W. O Guess — o-o— j H M Crgsby. qf Ruffin, was among tho«e who had business in town Monday of this week. — -eo - - Miss Blanche Chassejreau, presi dent of the Stokes’ canning club, has dur-thanks for a basket of very fine tpmatoes.' 0-0 Mr and Mrs. J. H. Hatfield have given up the Paniot^ie residence and are boarding at Mrs. Williams on Railroad avenue, * . S —0-0 ^ K. \\ . \arn. .1 s. Sanders, and 1 rank Polk. S’ - . *^f Islandtoix Vere among those who had hindness in town Tuesday of this week. * ^ . Prof, Spencer Connor, of Smoak- eve* a busfnesr vi«jroy to Walterboro this morning -o^o— .Tamos d^Trexdlle. who has ben •rt llartsyltie foi the past month, wbrkin/r'tn the Southern Express of fice during the vacation of the" agent: returned T’ies«lav e\enlng. amj will the hiPvncV of his vacation at home. • /. ■ .1 Lawrepce Smoak. of Smocks cur -•{ accompanied hr his daughters, M-ss M'ttie, Mrs Richard fliers, and Mrs. Willie Smoak came to Walterboro todar. combining business with pica stir r. Where you can meet your friends buying their clothing, shoes, dry goods and millinery at greatly re- < V \ * - -V * duced prices. Everything nothing but BARGAINS, a^, they all say that we dan get more goods for* less money and better goods for same money at surprisingly low prices. The Charleston Surprise Bargain House Next Door to Express Office. J. FRANK, Manager. 31^ THERE ARE PURE DRUGS AND OTHER KINDS ' Bring Yqur Prescriptions to Glover’s Pharmacy s. , P. ' . , * THE HOME OF / PURE DRUGS Where Courteous Treatment Awaits Every Visitor Glover’s Pharmacy ■y-,/,.. i.. i...... ——— ’ • "« / HENRY C. GLOVER, Manager. Walterboro, S. C. r X Buchanan’s Resta u rant 1 -I' I " “ - ' ' ~ ' ' / ~ ~ We invite the public to visit our Restaurant on Bridge street, near the Express Office, ana try our service, which we promise shall be the best. Our location is central, near the Court House square, we shall try to merit your patronage. TRY OUR REGULAR DINNER Announcement! y V I he Colleton Sample Store- whose stock consists of Shoes, Ladies', Gents and Children’s Furnishing Goods. Clothing, etc., announces its opening. The manager of this store has had 25 years of ex perience in business, and has built up his reputation in different places in buying samples and jobs at gr,entf^ reduced prices, in order to.enable him to sell them at very low prices. ) .This store will be open Mondav. August 7. in the >tore next door to The First National Bank, on Main street. I he public is cordially invited in order to con- x ince themselves of the benefits to be derived from buy ing at this store. x 5 ours for Honest Service arfirl Fair Dealings. H. M. Fromberg * > Walterboro, S. C.