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(CKEN THIEVES
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several weeks there seems to
been an organized effort on
»Tt—of-a ahremF-rhiekea-
icken thieves, to make a rec-
t Walterboro. Quite a num-
( chicken roosts have been
d, and Just before Christmas
• ncy of the thief or thieves
d to run to turkeys. E. T.
iaffer lost .two fine Christmas
vs. Dr. L. M. Stokes, one; M
>well. a 22 pound gobbler;
Padgett, one. and several oth-
Iso had chicken for dinner
mas when they thought they
eat turkey. Not content
thus despoiling Christmas
OEM) RIDER FOUND
ISIRI0E.0E10 HORSE
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W. D. Thomas, Wood Rider for
Hunting: Club, Slain
in Woods.
ON TRAIL OF POACHERS'
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Dead l>eer Discovered Near Scene.
Ik-lieved Hunters Shot Home
and Kider. •
Uidgeland, Dec. 24 —Mr. W. D.
Thontas. one of the worNl riders- for
the Okeetee Club, was found dead
about ten milws from here late Fri*
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is. tlie thief, or thieves, also day afternoon In Savannah river
(1 the hen ropsts. S Finn was swamps wjtb three buckshot wounds
ps the heaviest sufferer, hay- ! in his head. Wednesday afternoon
»d stolen from his coop in one |,.f, f,is home to make his usual
-4 fine fowls. I>. i |. Hi -r- rounds in the woods to try and keep
uffered some such losses. :.u<! n f| poachers and as he had at times
H. Shaffer lost his tine pri/- , jjj jjj,. habit of spending the
tig white wyandotfe ■ ock and night at the iluh house, nothing was
,*•!»*. but w ith bis usual Ro >d , , ho ' nKht of his f ai , u ie to
Mr. Snafier was fortunate
h to secure them by payment
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1> E. Martin, who pun has.-1
from a negro boy for table
»sday night the same five hens
were stolen from M\ Shaffer
«oId to Mrs. Martin vt>re re
and sohl to Morris Rugeslov
l.OA. The hens were sold by
:ro boy. who was later identl-
itwl placed i n jail.. Mr. Shaf-
t gain the proud po'-eisor of
Iiopttlar hens, having stured
from Mr. Hugeslov f,. • the
sum of ll.firt cash,
s wholesale robbery of fowls
rot the people of Walterboro
ing. It seems to be the work
we|| organized gang of chicken
*s, and it is thought they
te an automobile, for on one
o occasions blood hounds have
brought into u:»e. and have
t the trail only to lose it .at
urbing. where it seemed an
die was In waiting
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t'hffn he f;
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, formed
, swamps.
return.
fat led to return Thursday
became alarmed at his
an<l searching parties were
to look for him in the
Late Friday afternoon ht3
body was found stilt astride of the
hots** that he h;.d b< en riding, the
horse also having o. ? killed with
buckshot. From all appearances It
I seems that he rod* 1 upon poachers
who had Ju«t killed a f.ne <1 -er. the
dead d -er being found witlvtn about
lo« yards of. where Thomas* body
was found That rather than Cv
submit to being arrested the tbu'fy
or parties fired a load of Imckahot
at Mr. Thomas’ head, kilting him
and his horse instantly,' was shown
by the etidence at the imtuest Sat
urday tyorntng dluckshot had pen
etrated the hi-ain of both man and
horse. Kydilently Mr. Thomas was
unawave'^of the presence of the
parly-'or parties, as the gun he car-
was still in a small bag that he
always carri**! tied to Ids saddle.
Mr. Thomas was a man of fine
charart««t and known and liked by
almost * \err man in ihe county. He
\(| was about fifty lit* r.-at- of age and
leaves" ;• wTf- ahd severt ebtMre:!.
The funeral Services were held at
White O.ik cemetery fhitj morning.
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The Mystery of the Causeway 9 *- By B. Fletcher Robinson
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sei tetary is very desirous of|
ig in toui it with any farmers
are interested in the formation
National Farm Loan assoria
n order that It*- may send them
ilde literature and assist them
orming jtssfii ititions SevH-ral
already been formed and full
mat ion can be obtained bv
ng or seeing the secretary.
Miss Louise ('arson
Elected Teacher
August, a biological survey will he
made to determine the amount of
.anopheles mosquitoes breeding
The letter from President Smoak,
of the Southern Carolina Associa
tion. is as follows:
“Dear Mr. Haynef We have noted
with considerable interest a num
ber of articles in reference to the
type of* malaria which is proving
very deadly in this county. As a re
sult of this publicity we find that
oeople every v here at e com ing t )
th n conclusion that the entire coun
ty is affected, which, as you know,
is not the case The news articles
also stat > that 1h ! < f^er is in Rrox-
to n to vi .;h p. A.; v.o undet •tun
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the cypress timber of this swamp.
So w** would be umjer obligations
to you if you would give out a news
story in connection with conditions
in the portion of the county adja
cent to this stream
“We are ip deed glad to note that
you contemplate inv* sijgaCng con
dition-* with a view to iluproving the
! health of this section. «■> F it it may
become habitable again. For the
idea to heconi*' extant that thU?
deadly type o{ t* v> r exists in Col
leton county a\ ill do the work our
association is undertaking to do in
calculable harm unless it can be
made clear that it is very confined
in area."
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The following mutations have
been issued for the marriage of.pop
ular young fedks whose* many
friends will be interested:
Mr. John K, Moore
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expended for waterworks for the
town of Smoaks. was recently sold
at par. the purchasers being C. It
Sawyer & Co., of Columbia. The
proceeds of tins bond sale* will be
iitilizml to sink an artesian well and
requests the honor of your pn s* nce pipe the town, so that its cilizc*ns
at the marriage of his cMunMiler may enjoy the benefits of pure water
Attalee and the luxufy of having it in their
to homes. is IJifiufrbt that the e orn-
# Mr. Oscar Maivin tminifyfs on tin same sft*.ua
on Wednesday evening, .lanuaiv the l.pd'ge. and that a flow can he sc
lent!). one- thousand, nin* in- ^dutc-d sufficient to force wate r o\.er
died and seventeen at the entire town.
W.* Henry Van\ is chairman of
tho coniniisfjioners. P»*rcy l^erry and
l! F. Caticdl. members of tin* boarf^
cretary Reid has received a re-
i from a party, at Tampa. Fla.,
who is desirous of exchanging be
tween f.on and a looft acres of land
(e is very eager to settle in this
section and wishes to purchase tin*
above amount if he cannot ex
change. If you have any property
for sale or to exchange please write
to t he secret a rv.
and seven te. n at
six o’clock.
M. K. Church
(OIO, Solltll VMOljIi.i.
Five hundred letters have been
sent to wcstym farpiers who are in
developed and nndexcloped lands
;n this section. These men are com
ing to tlic- -outh and South <,'ar<«-
lina should receive her share All
those haying lands foi -ale w 11 do
well to list them with the secretary 1 "f
The board of trustees of the Wal
let Intro High school unanimously
elected \lis< Louise Carson, teacher
for the seventh gtade to succeed
Mi-S Tweedie Fbkling. who recent
ly resigned to become home dem
onstration agent for Colleton coun
tv. MKs Carson lu a graduate of
wintlirop College in the class of
15*12 having complet'd the normal
course with music In that institu
tion Since then she has taught In
thy St Charles graded school, and
since then she has travelled rather
extensively in the West.
Miss Carson was in school wifi!
twd of the other teacher^Jn the
Waite i hoi o school, Mi.-s Timer
Fi hhuinc. and Miss Jane Rivers
She is al-o relate,! to Prof W. <\
Hodge-, the principal of the school..
She v. .11 come to Walterboro In
rime to begin tea.Mng Immediately
fft, r It - tcli.lay . upon the opening
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Greetings From
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Farmers and Merchants
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WALTERBORO, S. C.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude for good will extended us, ihat
we look back on our past years of successful dealings.
Your patronage and friend ship have aided us in our grow th.
We thank you and extend greetings and best wishes for your
;^continued health and prosperily during the year of 1917.
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R. H. WTCHMAN; A. H. WTCHMAN, I. M. FISHBl RNE.
President ' * ce Presi^^nL Cashier.
WE INVITE YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR STATEMENT BELOW
STATEMENT DECEMBER 13th, 1916
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Resources
Loans and Discounts $223,307.98
Real Estate, Furniture
and Fixtures .... 10,514.00
Cash and Due From
Banks 92,855.56
x 1 —- r ” $326,677.54
Liabilities
Capital $ 50,000.00
Surplus and Undivided
Profits •. 15,689.55
Deposits 245,987.99
Bills Payable .... .. 15,000.00
$326,677.54
Now is the time to open a Savings Account with Colleton County’s
STRONGEST BANK
NO ACCOUNT TOO LARGE, NONE TOO SMALL.
Deposits Dec. 13,1916 $245,987.99 Resources Dec. 13, ’16 $326,677.54
Deposits Dec. 13,1915 132,118.31
Increase in one year $113,869.68
Resources Dec. 13,15 209,593.70
Increase in one year $117,083.84