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I Come ■* , . / • Southern Carolina Fair, November 7-10 VOL. 38. WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1916. NO. 7. TABOR FAIR WAS A SUCCESS FROM EVERY POINT OF VEIW exhibit^ first class and NUMEROCS—ATTE ANCE GOO people deserve GREAT PRAISE PRESIBING ELDER AT THIRTY-ONE Officers and (Ttiarns of ('onunanity Worked Hard and Intelligently For Success of Fair. DcmonstratMifc what a community can do the people in it will pull together. Tabor, Friday, staged the first commupity fair ever held in this county. It was a success from Vverv point of view, and was the occasion of many complln/entnry re marks about the spirit of the com munity which in less than two y c.-s has cofiie into such prominence in the county as an educational and progressive renter. The officers of the Tnhor Com- mumiy . Fair Association. H. A. Herndon, president: ;T. I. Itreiand. REV. J. C. HARRISON HAS GREAT HONOR THRUST UPON HIM \ A EX-COLLETON HOY horn and Reared in Little Swamp Section—Remarkable Rise in Ado|»te«| Sftite. The City of Walter boro Invites You To The Southern Carolina Fair The City of Walterbori issues a most cordial invitation to you, every one of you, to stteud the Soutjtern Carolina Fair which will be held here «■ , Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday November 7, 8, 9, and 10. Thtf Southern CaroUna Fair Association is one of Wal- tfrboro’s most highly prised institutions. It is an or ganization striving to upbuild this section of South Car olina. It has done and is doing a wonderful amount of good by stimulating and encouraging the breeding of bet ter horses and mules, cattle, bogs and poultry and at the same time creating m desire to raise better agricultural products, and among the ladies is promoting an interest in canning, preserving, baking, fancy work, art and various other lines of endeavor. Suck an institution, doing such work as this, merits the hearty approval and energetic support of al good citizens. The City of Walterboro is Anxious to do its part in such a cause and we appeal to you and to every citizen of Southern Carolina to come to the fair, bring your exhibits and encourage your friends, neighbors and acquaintances to do likewise. JOHN D. GLOVER, Mayor of Walterboro. DELEGATION HOLDS IMPORTANT MEETING One of the proudest men who ha« in Walterboro for sometime - .J. Z. Harrison, of Little Swamp, w ho was-recently JO town telling th-' good news that his son who has been living in Washington for sev- eraJ years had recently been made a presiding elder of the Methodist secretary, and the superintend-j church. “Jahers” Harrison will be enls of the ^ various department:-. | remembered by many people of this (In charge*of Leila Morris and Vera | county, and ail of his friends here Mor- 1st. Mae Berry; 2nd. Leila ''Mae Berry: 2nd I^*ila Morris. \The handsome two-room school building was utilized for placing the ■»ln-doivr exhibits, one room being used bV.the ladies and the canning club girl*, and the other by the men and the bbvs corn club members. Every available space was decorat ed and filledNvith the products of the home and tlW.farm. Good taste was shown in the Arrangement of the exhibits, and the display would have done credit to a cotnky fair. The‘exercises for the\day consist ed of *n address on liveXstook by Paul Galvin, of Clemson College: an address by State Agent L. L.XRaker. In charge of the Boys’ Pig Clubs of the State: and a short talk by S\L Rerd. executive secretary of the Soc them Carolina Association. F. W. Rlsher.' county farm demonstration aecnt. presided over the exercises, which were held from the rear porefi. . The exhibit of poultry was good. /The coops for'this were loaned by the Colleton County Fair Associa tion. Only two small pigs compos ed the hog exhibit, hut there were seven cattle and a number of hors^sr and mules. The farm exhibit was splendid. The booth of tl)e can ning eluh girls was especially at tractive. as were tho^C/ of the wo men’s canned goods, and the bread department.- the cake and candy booth and the Vegetable booth, to SNv nothing of the baby booth. Miss Nellie Ray.' home demonstra tion agent from Barnwell, judged the ladies exhibits: Mr. Baker, the agriculture, and Mr. Calvin, the pouliry and live stock. The awards were a c follows, blue ribbons iwing given fbr first, and red ribbons for second premiums, there being no cash prizes offered: Club Girls ilnoth. (In charge of Lula Morris and Vera * Crosby. I Best collection canned in tin — First, May Herrv; second. Leila Mor- ris. Best collection of preserves—1st Mi« Berry: 2nd Leila Morris. Best collection of\ielly IfU Vera Crosby: 2nd Lojs Breland. Best fig preserves—Mae Bey nr. Best apple preserves - 1 Ttyrry; 2nd Leila Morris. Best pumpkin chips Map It* t ry. Best watermelon preserves—1st Mae Bertv; 2nd Leila Morris. Best .pear presetves 1st Vera Proshy; 2nd Mae Berry Best canned tomatoes 1st Mae Berry: ‘2nd LoliV Morris; Hest fig marmalade—1st Ixtis Breland; 2nd Mae Berry. Best collection of pickles—Leila Morris. Best beet pickle—Mae Berry. Best pear pickle—1st Vera Cros- br* Iftul lints ttreiund. Rest green *tomato pickle—1st Leila Morris; 2nd Mae Berry. Best cucumber pickle—Leila Mor ris. Best grape eat*up—Lois Breland. Best eanned peaehes—1st Blanch Phassereau; 2nd Mae Berry. Befit canned pears—1st Blanch Phassereau: 2nd Leila Morris. x Be»t string beans—Leila Morris. Best butter beans—Lelia Morris. Best blackberry wine—I^ois Bre land. Best grape will be delighted to learn -of his good fortune and of his rapid rise. This appointment came as a surprise to him. and he is the youngest presid ing elder in the State of Washing ton. if not in the I’nlted States. The following account of his ap pointment. as published in the Pa cific Advocate will be read with in terest by the readers of The Press and Standard, all of w honr J w ill join in congratulations to this worthy young minister: f . Our Youngest Superintendent, There may have been several aur- prles when the list of appointments were read at the Puget Sound Ton- LAWS ON LIQUOR STAND ACID TEST AFFIRMED IN DECISION OF COURT EN BANC AFTER FULL DISCUSSION^ COURT CONVENES NEXT MONDAY AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS TO BORROW MONEY TO • 'PAY BILLS $10,000 AT 5 PER CENT Kntimated That This Amount Will Pay All Rills Approved at Oc tober Meeting of Hoard TWO DRAINAGE DISTRICTS FORMED SOU. CAROLINA ASSN. AN* NOUNCES FORMATION OF TWO DISTRICTS PETITIONS READY Signature* of One Already Sec a red and Other lairk* only a Fevf Be fore Relng Sent In. GALLON A MONTH ; . ' / Webb-Kenyon Art la Alan LI die Id Important IDeclatnn* Filed Saturday. •X, Columbia, Oct. 15.—Both the gal- 1 on-a-month act and the Webb-Ken yon law are upheld In derisions of the-supreme court en banc filed yes- „ . .. tetday. K. J. Brennen of Coltfhv- ference. but no assignment wag quite ^. a M an aet|on , n {he R j, () . so unexpected as the selection of^/ |and rllTllit ( . ourt to upf , pt (he ^i. r Harrison for the .superintepdepCv , on . a . month aof am , on losing there TERM OF COURT OF GEN ERAL SESSIONS—JUDGE SEASE PRESIDING ROSTER OF CASES A conference of the (’olleton coupty delegation was held Friday night and Saturday morning with a view to going into the financial con dition of the county, and arranging for meeting some of thd pressing fi nancial obligations of the county, and making it possible for th** high way commissioner to go on with the work of the chain gang 'Following this conference the del egation decided to adopt a resolution pledging themselves to provide In appropriate legislation for the pay ment of a loan to the county of $ 1 P.ftOrt.un |p pay approved claims audited at th" October meeting of I the highw ay < ommissioners for the county, CommtssiQner Moore had prepared and presented for the oon- sideration of the delegation a com plete statement of the financial con dition of the county. It was found that there wap nothing in the^treas- ury to pay any claim, and that the county-wlfs^jn debt October 1st ap proximately It was esti- Many Interesting Suits Kxiiected to / / / * Ik' Tried nt Fall Term Begin ning Next Monday.” May>- of the Olympia District. Tl>flt a iJishop would personally select a niXn whom he had not kne/vn. who han\not ( been “suggested/ and who has hhen only six yenpa in the con- ference\and jlist on/ year ago or- dained «mer is, yb sa> v the least, sonjewhat Hnrtling. But nfter the fieM /shock"N?nd the brethren were given an opportunity to consider, th** appointment wdVe received Vith uArmliearted appmvaI Tlie new superintendent was horn ^ on a plantation near \h a Heston. B- »':. May if.. 18S5. Hi\ education was acouired at tlic StaV f’oilcg-' anB. at. Meridian f’ollege. Mississippi, he having graduated from thXlatter institution. He was converted a student and .felt that the mfnl^vrv must he his life-work. Therefore licence to preach was given to him at Laio Charles. La.-—the Gulf Con fercnce—in Ififift. The following fill he moved to the Budget Sound Conference and was stationed at Nooksack In 1!*11 he was received ! or, tri ll in the conference. waS taken into Hi!! membership and prdained deacon in Ifil.T. and graduated fro^v the course of st"d\- and ovrlalncvl elder in rPl.V This. In hriefr is the story of ids life; • . At Nooksack. Brothrer' Harrison hegp.n to do thingaf^and the-outsid- . ■ •'non realtoedf that a “doer” was among thepi During his two vears th- re uv'Tiv wf ie conve-te*! an<l tIK* SunjJey Si-hnc-i and Kpwnrth I^'^gue lafgelv augmented in n^-mbef-ehip. For three years he was pastor k.t Ferndale and a^ain his intense en ergy and Live of hard work greatlv strengthened the cau<e of Christ in that plage. Last year Brother Ha*-- fiSon \yas sent 1o Calvary church, Seattle, and during the year the re vival tiros tvere kept burning and large numbers were received into the membership. Among I he youn c people of the leagues anti Sunday schools. Broth er Harrison is a prime favorite, and for three years he was the active and efficient president of the Bellingham District Kpworth League. The con ventions held under his direction were eminently successful and at tended by large delegations- Scores of young people dedicated their lives to God at these services, and nurtt- y hers were converted at every cooS vention He has also rendered val uable service as a member of the Conference Commission of Epworth league Institutes. Brother Harrison Is intensely evangelistic and his services as an took an appeal. The Webb-Kenyon law was brought into question in action brought in Greehwood by tb«* Charleston A- Western Carolina rail way against Reuben Gosnell. chb'f of the county rural police, and otti ers.' The court on banc held that a dis crimination complained of in tli<' Brennan ease did exist under the dispertsary system in force at the time ...e suit was begpn. but that State being "dry” now., no di*- crKnination existed. In the Gosnell case the court sii'j mined the right of peace officers to seize liqHprs in transit for unlawful purposes, without awaiting either actual or constructive delivery. Th - shipment 'n question was shipped “order notify” and on its being s< iz l thf 4 railway sought to recover it unxh'r claim and delivery proceeit- ing.-O The Southern Carolina Associa tion has begun. In this county, one of the most important things for the advancement of this section of the State In the formation of two drainage districts only a few miles from Walterbpro. As the readers will recall, drainage was one of the principal items in the formation of the Association, and it was in the opinion of those in authority that ‘t was one of the greatest needs of Colleton^ county. Consequently th«* secretary lias proceeded to form two <Ustriets. the signatures of one of which have already been secu-ed requesting the Cnited States gov ernment to have one of their engi neers come and make a preliminary survey and give the land owfers an estimate on the cost of the proposed work. / The districts hr "' beep- named No. l and No. 2, and >’ ‘rrih/l as follows: District No. I b< gin* two miles south of Waltevaoro apd mated by Commissioner Moore that! n,n? Li o southernly direction ,il'»ng ’evangelist have l»cen in demand in juice—1st Lois Tire- , all parts of Ik* conference. The land: 2nd Mae*Berry. new superintendent t is what is Best canned pimentoes—Mae Ber-. known in common parlance as i ry. ; ■'Rve wire” and Olympia District Toadies Ronth l n Canned Good*. ; its growing commercial activ- iia charge of Mrs. T. L. Breland and , iU<b* and its wonderful undeveloped Mias Etta Breland.} Beat fig preserves—Mrs. C. Berry. (Continued on Page Eight.) . material resources will furnish an U. adequate outlet for the auper-abun- • dant energy of our youngest sub bishop. of the church.. May With his charming wife and fam-'richly bless his labors. AN\OYSTER St PPKK /An oystorNsupper will he giv»n on Thursday Vfternoon and even ing of ne’xt week\October 26, in th- vacant store huildAng on Railroivl avenue, ’Adjoining tlhi office of tli< Singer Sewing Machine Conipanv. this building being kindly loaned b\ Mr Paniotti. Oysters w iR tie se: \ ed in any way desired, and with the^ usual con<llnients. Home-made < au dies will also he sold. This sale is given under the an pices of the Parsonage Aid Society of the Methodist church for the pur pose of raising funds to purchaf runners for the church, and will be gin at .*i o’clock in^ the afternoon, eontinuipg during the evening ic fall term of the Court of Com- Pleas for Colleton county will fne at Walterboro Monday morning, and w ill be in session for two weeks. Judge „Thos. S. Sease win be the presiding Judge, and tt is expected that a full two week’.* court will he held. Jurors have been drawn for both weeks and a roster of npes to he tried arranged which will take up all the time of the court, 4 Roster of Cases. The following is a roster of the eases to lie tried: Monday, OcIoIhv 1M. American Cotton nil Co. vs. Wal- i. > boro Cotton Oil Co. Drake-Inness Green Shoe Co., vs. 5v Finn, et al. .1 ones Bros/' vs. J . V F . Strickland. Iteh Johns v.* t Fed Padgett. Tuesday* Ociolter -I. Mutual Fertilizer Co., vs. W. W. Carter. ,H. M. Friendly vs. Lilly Savage, ei al, , \ J. E. Bryan vs, Jkiuthern Express ( nmpany. Mutual Fertilizer Co., vs. D. E. Smoak. fombahee Faretiliz.er Co.. \s. !’. M Thomas. Wednesday. October SJ-Y W. G. Hiott \s. James Singleton, et al . Colleton County vs. Betty Ben- m M. et al. Colleton County ,vs. f*. Ben nett. ^ Betsey Fields vs. Botdle \ I.ant*. Robert MeNeij vs C . I*. Fislitiurne. Tluns4lav. Oi-totwr LItt. M./C., Kiser (Xi-. Vs. J. B. i’ad- tt.- it would take $6.IM»0 more to run the county till the end of the pres ent quarter. So the delegation agreed to provide for this amount, if so much he needed to pny actual expenses of the county government during the present quarter. Commissioner Moore’s statement to the delegation showed that there were $18,DM.86 due of 1815 ex penditures, which was paid out of the funds for 1816. The payment of this amount left him with le.*s than enough to run the county.-on during, the present year, and as a the waters of the (ireat Swamp for five miles, east for approximately three miles, (hence north for two miles, and thence west ha* k to the starting J point for a disvnpc^ of about three miles, which are* con tains from seven to ten rhoieand acres and owned by perhapx thirty to thirty-live persons. Tim dis trict t« ideal on, account o' the streams of water which flow through it and or the ample fall towards Great Swamp. District No. 2 is situated about 10 miles from Walterboro in a consequence the funds of the coun-, north * w<^K, direction, and takes in 1y were copipletelv exhausted when a portion of Delis township and a the claims for the. April /nd J uh-: Portion of I ted Bank school district, meetings amounting/to <21,852.17 Kdlsto river forms one of the boun- were. paid daries for this district and the land It is estimated Hint the taxes will »’a s « natural, inclination to drain amount to about enough this year towards thV river In this district to liquid/** the amounts due for’ifberjr are about .non acres and it borrowocf" money. The delegation is owned h> about thirty people. lias alien I> pi* dged itself to provid fupds to pay the court expenses- When the engineers of the gov- ernnient have looked' into the mat- ( olleton Mercantile <v Mfg. Co.^ats. FOR WILSON FIND Previously acknowledged ,..$12.be L. B. Houck, Walterboro. . . . l.nu E. C« Beach. Stokefi-. . . . . . l.tto T. R. Hisher, Roupd l.ou Scotland Lumber' Co. Stokes Ijmi Total $16 uti Fridpy, Oct. 13th. The Press and Standard remitted to The State. Co- dumbia. $13.00. NEW PRESSING CLUB H. R. Smith and S-.M-W^onard have formed a partnership for the purpose of conducting a tailoring and pressing rlub. The name of the firm will be The Walterboro Tailor ing Club.- and It will be conducted at the rear of Smith’s Barber shop on Main street. Mr. Leonard has been in the business for seven years and is an experienced tailor. He win be In charge of the work end. ■ ■ — i—■ ■ ily. Brother Harrison goes to his new field with the prayers and best wishes of the church.. May God W (i Jones. JevfiUe M C A Ry. I M. Stri. kland D. M.< Carter vi . t al. Rank of Lodge Strickland. Combahee fN'rtillzer (’•< . N. Langdnle, et al. Phillips Boyd Pub. Co., vs. .1 R.ivtand, et al. Friday, (Dct«>lN*r -7. Rebecca Smith vs. A. C. L. i 'ompany. A. R. Speiglfts vA. It. H. Knox, et al. II. M. Wood vs. Yarn Bros. Co. J, I. Case Threshing Machine Co., vs. P. J. f.iston Monday. October :Ml. W. Gordon M’cG’abf Co., v*. Col let o„ M A- M Co. Stonehill A Nott vs II. Zalin S.„ H. Smoak vs. Thayer Lumber Company. TueNlay, Oclobe:- .*11. Davison A Fargo vs. H. M.. Woqd. Kchlson Hat Co, vs. Sanders A Jones. The McMurphy Co., vs. J. S. San ders. Bessie Carterton vs. Colleton Cy press Co. • We«lne*<lay. November I. \J. Q. Stillwell vs. F, N. Jones. Ehrhardt Banking Co., vs. W. W. Carter. Farmers A Merchants Bank vs. W. C. Drawdy, J. D. Padgett vs. Colleton Cy press “ . * amounting to approximuleh fl,KUb.,( pr they will detuij an engineer to There wiM possiMv i»e a shortage of $2.00b in taxes, and Dus with, the $10,000 and $6,00b mentioned above will leave the county in debt at the end of the year at least $20,0b0. These figures .'are given as taken from the report compiled by Com missioner Moore, and will prove in teresting to the ■ readers of The Press* and Standard. Minute* of Meeting, Tlie following minutes of the meeting of the delegation h'‘|,| Sat urday morning at Senator Padgett's office will prove interesfing j /' J. G. Padgett, senator, and W. | W. Smoak and* J. C. Gqt«Twin,|Nk ♦ members elect of the l/giskilur* ♦ from Colleton eounty/ myi today * with the view of Considerfhc the ii * nancial eonditiop in whi/ft tlie eoun * ty is now ojKeed. and to do whaL An their /rifgment. >f the Ik:! thing survey and report and then Fhe as sist a nee that will"be secured will he based upon his report. ^Tho Asso ciation desires to do this work as nuieMy as possible, but wishes to emphasize the fact that matters of 11)is kind must be gone into thor- oughly and cannot be completed' In as short a time as they would like. The secretary desires to hear from any persons who are interested In these distrjpfs or who may have suggestii*u< to offer for the fnrma- tif>h aif others. * lUXisTFR TRIP SI HKfH l.E -'.t The folio wingyvf the sclie- * dul<> of the Kafr Booster trip * to lie tak* n 'fliuVsilay and Frl- fdr tl/ inttjrcq of tlie county and * day of this week. It is # x fm/fhose v.tin/ have fifed claims * i'bctc«j that (here will he not J<1 gainst the Ci/unty. / * fexyeflhan 15 cars or» x thi.s trip. After cijn-ifterlng vari«>u.s met »i*art will tic mad" from tors, and after consulting \Y. i'. J,/ *\V aiterfio-n Fhiirsdiiy Saunders. fonnian of fhe Grarydi Jurvof tin* eburtty, and Heh»q/R . I’adgett. tlie grand jury’s experi. Senator Pa.dgett liolught/ft would brated sfor tiie .trip (Conlfcued on Page Five.) tie unwise at thi.« time to authoiiz.e the issuance of a not/wifh which t > pay he ajiproved .Unpaid claims ex isting to date,- ffitt rather that we should waij/until the l.egislatrr-e meets and until tiie grand jury had acted upon their presentment where by tiiey were going to investigate the flnanelal affairs of Colleton county (the foreman of the grand Jury stating to us that this investigation and report would he made in ad vance of the meeting of the Legis lature)—Jn view of all this. Senator Padgett was of the opinion*that we should wait until the Legislature meets in order to take up that par ticular matter, and until the grand jury had made its report. Mr. Goodwin made a motion that the $lb,0(M>.00 claims be paid, and that the highway commissioner and county treasurer be requested to draw their Joint note, payable on or before February 1. 1917, with a rate of interest not exceeding five (5) per cent, per annum. This mo tion was seconded by Mr. Smoak. and the motion was carried. In pursuance of this motion the delegation has contemporaneously herewith drafted resolutions, in con formity. with these views. It was also unanimously agreed mot n- * ing at S.bb o'clock sharp. Jf Tlie cars will assemble at Tay- bit's at 7:3b o’clock to he dec- orated ,{<ir the trip, and will then proceed to the Court (Continued on Page Five.) * Home*' square uhore/Kie start * * Will be made - pt'ijfijitly at 8 * * o'clock * X Itinerary Thursday. * Leave- Waifciho o 8:0b a. m .* * Leave Bells 8: oo a . m . * * 1 ,e;» ve Ruffin 8:15 n.m. * * Leave Smoaks 10:00 a.m. * * la'a Ve Lodge Vb:45 a.m. # * Leave Khrhardt 11:30 a.m. * * Leave Olar 12:3b p.m * * Arrive -Allendale 1:30 p.m. * * DinfHT. * * Leave Allendale 2.30 p.m. * * I-cave Fairfax 3:0b p.m. * * Leave Brunson 3:30 p.m. * * I/C« ve Hompton 4:15 p.m. * # iJa-ave Varnville 4:30 p.m. * ■# Arrive Estill 6 00 p.m:. * * Itinerary Friday. * * Leave Estill 8:jl0 a.m. * * Leave Scotia 8:15 a.m. * * Leave Garnett 9:30 a.m . 41 * I/eave Tillman 10:30 a.m. * * la’ave Ridgeland 11:30 a . ra . * * Arrive Beaufort 1:30 p.m. * * IMnner. * * Leave Beaufort 2:30 p.m. * * !,eave Port Hoyal 3:1)0 p.m. * * Leave Beaufort 3:tf5 p.m. * * I^eave Yemassee 4:4 5 p.m. * I/eave Hendersonville 5:45 * ♦ Arrive Walterboro. 6:30 p.m. * « * « * # * * »********«4t