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/ / ; x x / ' / ' ■ 4 S.-. . Wfc . to ; MEET MONDAY iSoninane Defaatod By Vote of 1248 to 174 • of Ix>«kum ; Tbe commlMloner* of electicn 1 met yesterday to tabulate the re George Warren •••••••■••••••••«{ to Speak Tuesday!* ' * The Civic Preparedness Commit', tee of the State held a njcvtir* suits of the bond election held April jColuibbU Tuesda 13. and declared the results. Th : sc»aker s to ?ct - “ ladies of Walterboro are issue was defeated by a vote o< !ron" to esrry • 1248 to 174. showing a total vnt* .Carolina s preparedness int** e\eiy «ounty in the St-'\ this pp.pn cu- IYFIRMARV \tm„S ##*#**•» * * ******* _ t< .Mr*- Louis C. Padgett, of Smooks* esday ard ►eie’ted • who hM been »t til « ipfirft^u.f<ji t as i* *ii|»iad-'• or * lc * 1 0 P^ r »i !on . returjo- to 130 ’.f Sout'i ' her home Saturday rtuch iniprtvvd. . € w 4 slannlng to meet and revivify their ( l,-!- icaaue A meeting for this cast of 1.422. '^JTEL been enlled for net. ,» The tabulated rrsul^ollows: Monday ■afternoon at the dub roonih PRKCl^CT ' '‘ s at which aattors of importam-e wlti i Ashton he di*ru«.«ed ■ ■ i 'Berta ...... . Tho following is the call for the Belto ;■••••• • meeting by Mrs. J. O. Padgett: ,Bentoa s Mill . A meeting of the Walterboco Civ Colleton ... . . le League will be held In tho le*!™* Cottljrevllle . -J J-or&Z K 5S« CreeiTpond . . Z 5 i.rlons reasons prevented many |^oder»«nvnie . from attending the meeting on that M* 11 • ■ * day and It being Important that W 0 ”* there be an election of officers, or JacksOflhoro . .. that disbanding anthartsation for Lodge — • • • the dispooal of fuad. • treasury be given. Mr*. Price has Petit* .... ... called a meeting of the league for Monday. April 1«. at the club rooms. Round Just St this period, when progres fjmoaks ..... .. ■ive. farsighted and patriotic wo Snider^ ... . men the world over are banding to- Tl*er f reek . .. gethor to aid In every way their £ r *f r £ ‘ __ . ‘IW and. cquntrv, it .is important -- - aad fitting that we women o7 ^ aI .^„“™" terboro reorganiie oi»r 1r,fuejuul Wiggins . . .. stand is a public spirited body. J/f* ; atch ' ’ ‘ ’ ready sad willing »«b outstretch- ed bands to grasp anj and every Ritter j.fH.Munity to help in the roan> P ^nys in which women alone can aid | ) D such times of distress ss now onn-J fronts our nation. Miss Eva Hoat« Is convalescing from an operation for append it it is and will go home shortlv. ..icrs to consist in '‘'•.'.erring tho i<- ^ No .rnrees of the cojjfiy .nnl ntotluc. It ’ i».g such crop* ns will 'k* i.oeJed ij t>" the. people In ca* “ of. f jo I SMorijge, I'tie many friends of Miss Doddie 47 t-ic. Crosby wHI be pleased to hear tha; 27 , Among the speakers appointed Rb e is rapidly Improving from a 2S at this meeting fn Columbia *ei e' d an *** rous attack of bemorrhagic •*»2 men in every walk of llte and meet- f ever , 4 f * Inr. have bee n called at the county I — 7 seats of all the eguntieg to be ad-| Mrs. Laurie Pennell has left the f* ; ! dressed bv speakers. The m^tin K infirmary much Improved by a sur- 4 4. for -Waltertforb will be held at tbc * ica l operation. 4*1 court house Tuesday, April 17th «it | 10 11 o’clock and the. speaker desig-' Miss Doxier Orosby. of Islandton. 5^8 nated is Honorable Geo. Wkrren. o;' has left the iirfirmarv. She was in 7** Hampton. A representative of" the tod*)’ 4° u* and was much ben- Stake Department of ABricRltur*> *• fitted by the operation. 21 will *1*0 be selected and 'will be L __ 2.‘5 present to make an address. I M. H. Carter, of Ritter, who wa* i*l . In connection with*' this pie- eperated on for appendicitis Mon- 4 2 pared ness campaign the county d*m- : day I* doing well from last report*. oostration agent ha* been asked to] 117* designate a cm mitt e«v representing. l >a 'id Blocker, of Black •’<3 all interests in the county and thi* Creek section, i* recovering nirelv - - 45 With mlttfe " ifTak "beftT called tdluveT' seifanrs-opefatidu. Q at'Walterboro Tuesday, April 17th. 1*1 The follbwing are members of ih*- 28 committeer P. W. Kisher, farm -'*» demonstration agent: . H. S. Strick- KKV. SMITH AT RIIK.'KVIM.K Totals ^■hile the affect of our league In NegTO SHOOtlllg at ihe past was the civic betterment of our town, present clfcumstances are such that we are compelled to hear the call of our country’* needs, and realise that our assistance may „ _ __ Rev. C. B. Smith will speak in ’*& land, county superintendent of edu- Ridgeville Sunday under the plan *— - cation; W.W. Smoak. editor Preas of Methodists to raise an endowment 1243 a n d Standard; Rev. George K. Way. fu,,d for their educational institu- Cottageville, representing the Met ho- * ioB8 ‘ dist church; Rev. W. C. .McCuen. I _ # n j l»dge. Baptist; R*v. S. R. Hope,; KlOKXfJ vonLKH>: KKTIHVS Ml. Sinai olinday Walterboro, Presbjterian; Rev. H - * F. Scbroeter. Episcopalian; Rev 7 G. F. Outlaw.'Islandton. Christian The negro population of the com- r. h. Wichman. Walterboro, bank Eugene F. vonLebe, who has been in Bennettsville for several rears, returned *the early part of £ mSsMsTthe^IimKa' of *7he munity of Round were stirred Sun- e V; M| M fweedie FlcIrting'snd MIss th< ‘. w, T k> aad J* “ ow w|th hia fath - town^ff Wnrterboro. day by a row at the chjirch of Mt. E ram a Jane'Yarn, home demonstra- 1 er in the IJrick StoT *: 1 J. L. Smoak and son. Will'e. of ioaks. business. Home eeonomica Are being stfe**- at which one negro waa cut tl0n x^nts: ^fri. James G. pad- <i everywhere and demonitmtlon * n d a«other shot, ill sCems tha. f | Ptt# civic League. Whiterboro; Iteia^nt out by the government ne * ro men were Congregated Mrs.A.A Hern^Ji. ytuffin^ School Smoaks - '» 4«*P VeMerday ott ^d chamber, of commerce, are ap- n ** r th * church - wh ‘‘ n a n a >t«rca- improvement A*i>ciation; Mrs, K. «a.„ ..d *«*• v- o-c.. home-makera of oui* entire land and bk>0 ^ al,d ¥ 1 ^ h * 11 ’ ; ' 0, * DK ** —r •re showing how our energies^M viiich" I^Odge School District ts matorial. may be conaerved and our by K Y ?“ ,, * b, ? 0 r , J, 11 *,;, MUcb ; rewourees increaaed. an d "fanged , ’ him. To save him all. the Importance, of wlf he cu { Jo8h Mitchell on th- WaJRerboro. donTlets fold onr ^ \ k “f' ^ M ‘ tchp, ‘ hands in sleep while other wide- palled.hlu ^tol to shoot Young- awake women are preparing by v. - h « r ‘n bodies tq, Intel- - f ^ he -tom* ch.l edging in the back pressed a cet-tog* *n*un.on**thenT jT^nith " and ^ ^ of thi. wound the negro held theje ’ yesterday no more launched locally than the reorgani ration of the Walterboro * Civic blood, 1* *i reported, and the ball L^dcd school will be taught in a struck his brother, Simon, in the pi, «»•* Ymllding, if the sentiment ex-j banding together l n bodies Intel- th<> atotMrh lodrinr ln 1hf . hack pressed ' gt a ge-.-togeth<' meeting Mrs. Rosa Padgett, of^ Smoak*. who has bee n viWUng her son. Dr. B. L. Padgett, of Hastings. Fla.. A r D MJ* i passed through Walterboro Friday 10 oOnd lOr Ktllldingf en route home. •15he was tne^ hetv \ A -iby her sons, L.C. >nd A.c!, and y . daughter Miss Lizzie, l^odge, April 9.—Lodge Rural- CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE - • mean.* any died ‘Wednesday morning Sheriff » hin K- The people who were present ’ c|>;\ KI.A.ND »1H; BOLL V r Padgett and Deputy Sheriff Weck^ mer « heartily in favor of raising; Wannamakei strain/ g went to the scene of the shooting fund * b >- a bond issue to build a new i and returned with several of th<-> building, and petitions asking for an j negroes engaged in the fuss, incliu’ election will be circulated at once, ing Youngblood and Mitchell, who Prof. ( lenrton Garris presided • are now in the Jail. ►. Over the meeting and made tV | opening address, urging the .peopi * .j * # -t. ,fo realize the necessity (or l>ette ^ education for their children. Th RESPKt'T :r n * v< speaker was Corrnty Agent K W . ltj-h* r! who spoke on industrial r chemist a ti>l reports league, Monday, April 18. J917. when an inritation will be extended , all the women of Walterboro to unite in one body" whose purpose ill be to promote the interest of each other and further the inter est of town. State and Nation. MRS. JAMES C. PADGETT’ * * * * * * * * i * * * RESOU TIONS <»E of the town and ginned on those tarpt? where ten hundred and fifty acres planted in Cleveland came tip In June last rear i nd under adverse weather ( < ondit ion< yielded seven hundred! rnd fi./ty,/'bales Litf,^ same per-1 cenUgc/as best little boll varieties. | The*/seed are not loo per cent /fuiK.. bu, ate r.* ;.\ir. Vs J ran i! Civic League Will Build Play Ground \shlor« M*'thcdist Sunday X An interesting conterenee .of th. ladies of the Civic league hind pf' B. F. Lamb. ChMutMtotita dirKi-tor. Resolve: was .held Monday afternoon a, the First, Tim, we share w>tfi tliem conclusion of the program. Tlu in the soi r«»w occasioned by th<* purpose of the conference \v;fs to absence of their angel, Pauline, discuss with |)r, Lamb some teas Second, That we deeply symp. - ible plans for activity on the part thizc with them and their little of the Cixlc League. After discuss- daughter* in their bereavement and ing the field of activities, it was de- pray for the Holy Comforter to elded that the establishment on the speak balm to their bleeding heart*, school grounds of a children’* play i Third, That our secretary dona, ground* equipped with modern ap- a page on out class iccord book ;■* paratws. would be a good thing on a permanent testimon.ai of our ,.p which to start. This suggestion wa* predation and affection towaru t eager!)' ad»>ptedj aad a committee them, and that we send a copy of ; consisting of Mrs. Jno. M. Klein, Ihese resolutions to the bereave.i Mrs. F. P. Wichman aid Mrs. E family and to The Press and Stand E. Jones wa* appointed to hate the ard ,, , * .kept *pd grown under-genera! ' T * * * * ****** •* education for tpf7 youth of Colleton farm •-yr'ilition*. State Whei ,:ts. our Hea’venlv Father it county. .- H*y showed how We haip* : te«,^<J-' genphu-tic n His dltlbe’wisdom called amto IL; , neglect* 1 >*1liie siilfl of our ••I’Udi’s!. ninety p* r Six dollais fn- th*- precious lutby of/t>ui b*do\* * educafit*n. by compairing wit..; our four buslicf •».?<■ k. Two dollrr.- da^ri* mates. Mr. and Mrs. .1 New s'dioots' w*-i*■ doing with thp- N'ort’ j y > ; ng ( J< ».u-«he1 .1 K.ard \V ton Jones, Cjrfolina Agricultural High *chooK ! n MayfU-M, Demiari;. c. \Ye. Hie W. sl.-y Adult Class Supt H S >Str4ekl»nd/- was th* 4 4-.'tp. next speaker. Jle Jold h*tw tii: rufa‘1 graded sphOld- buildim; couli l>e erected iiy aid from the State fttK S.t l.L— >>1 busive{s Toole; Inj- proved t ottou fl.i.io '■ >e erected t>y aid from the Mate t l, upplemepp foesrf funds. -Me urged I ll *"" * ,d ' * • pan)-h hat mote v.o.K uPd ].-s talk I, n " V, ‘X s pound'. 1 gptrt Jone / / ' | sadd *« horse, and 8 do. -n/ * ; | Vffeiv^e -ueaklttg a puoic dfh- ^ ini '« ba 'o>'- ^ M-XliSellJ' neX ^served. Manager. /"xX U.\ — - - LOR SALK—5Qft bush>dk\Iong s,?.-! Charleston Presbytery Will Meet Here ■ 1C. matter in chargtv A. meeting of fii.. Civic League'' win be called to Ka: the report of this committee County Committee on Medical Preparedness i Ashton, 8 E \Y.JONES, Sc C.. April 8. 1917. Walterboro Pres’byterian* will be the host* of the meeting of 1he Charleston Presbytery, which is scheduled to meet here Tuesday of next weekv The Prestf>*tery com- prlw-s a number of counties and is composed of about 25 churches, all of which will send a delegate as wyll as the pastor The opening session will be held Lieutenant Bellvill, a lieutenant Tuesday evening at the church. RECRUITING of the G« neral session. The public is inyited to at tend all these services II .1 N .. Keoruiting servlc? - with a sermon b Rev. Dr. YL^Queen. Dr Cha*. H. EsDom has beTti w a* in Walterboro this morning for pastor of the Westminster Presbx- designated by Dr. C. \Y. Kollock. the purpose of conferring with ;• terian church. Charleston. There °> f .. rh * r,< ** tOD ' ** , hali nu ‘ n t ' f « h r "umber of young men w ho w iij b e services al 11 o’clock in the C olleton county comtnitaee on mo<ii, thinking of eijllsling ip the army, morning and at 8 o'clock in the cal preparedness, and Dr. C. E. xon- Lieut. Bellvill is in charge of th*- re- «x,-nin r while the Presbvterv i« in Leb«. of Coltageville. secretarv cruitin K work in seven counties, and * Dp. W. B. Ackerman has also l** * i stated to a rt-porter for .The Prc cr named as a member of the commit and Standard that anyone desiring. Among the distinguished visitor-- too. There exists a ahortage in th*- to enlist can notify Post master Mur- w rj p*. Dr.S.C.Byrd, president c- f number of physician* for the aemv. »ay. and a n officer wilj he sent here i;hicora College, t'olumb.a. who is and the idea i- to recruit thi- num- to make the physical examination ^1*0 a member of thi« Presbvte v her from the rank* of practicing and all railroad fare* will he ,,»♦.[ , >v s p. Hope is pastor of the lo. physicians. / by the government. H* also >tated {a j v h„ ic h. -——— .... - that negro reoruita will alsp b/ re /_ 1 DEATH OF MR* H P-MARTIN <eived for infantry and oifynhy * 1 Mrt 'H.P.Martin «lied Thtirsdav tween the ago limits morning, following an illness of sov-t - ■ . ' pie upland cotton sy*<l. price $1.5 * \» per bushel. First National Ha ok. i Walterboro, S/C* '/ 4-H-2t FOR RKNT—The old po-toffic** Aand. with all modern conven iences. Rent very treasonable. Dry Goot^s and i lothing ^ st r* preferred. Apply to .1. Frack. j Waltorboro. S.C. FOR SALF—Cotton Seed Meal and I Hulls for sale. Meal $35.00 per ton. Hulls, $18.00 per ton. -V. Wichman A- Son. ?f. Jr till sALF—Keiec,*-d. home-grown cotton seed ,7or. planting, $l.(»o per bushel. Wa!t**rborg Cotton Oil C*r. ,f FOR SAI.li——Ford cars for -ale ■i>heap. YYalterboro Garage, tf. FOR New cook *tov* inc! pair portiers. Reason for sale, leaving for New Y'ork. Apply to Mi*. .V!. J. Hurcslov at Mrs. |) Levy’s. 3.14-tf. FOR sit.I'—Ho'*-**}! r.,1 Mules for j *i.!e « heap .. Wh i A- Son tf. ] FoR sAl.F—Fe<-oml ' an«l sunie* for ‘.1 A.* 1 , in an *v Son .>Ht! - <heap buffffif s 1 . 1 h*- or 17 and 4<>. ) P:ul get • • Rlu**!«‘s. WANTED in-, .taticr.- KLKtTlONS \T ST. JI DF’S I £ / 1 ; eral months. Mrs. Martin recently •pent sotuefFme af Grecnvllle in th*-; ———=• ■anitorium in the hop*- of-restoring The Easter elections at St. .Iiiil*-’s her health, hut she did no, respond LpiscnpaI rbUrch werd.heh! .Mop to the treatmein ther«- and return dit * nigh, and tesuhe*! in th- • ed to Walterboro a mtonth ; go <f election of the old officers a* lol ter which she gradualD gi - v .. htw*: Wardens. C .c . And* j-- Mrs. M.«r,ir.. who w.u Mlv< Lou Jn d D. Warren; vestrymen I< <; .* 1»e Leach. '*a- ir her .‘7:’i year and If) K I. Fishburne, P .1 I. had been m a* tied three v*-ar< sv M . C. Fish bn rut* and J. Al W !* si^iviv *d by her l U*brnd. , h-*vfb ‘ leveland Banders a.pf Fred * CT. Lotv4' L»-arh. of F< r* BHs*/T*' ele.-ted new meurbei ftQc) t o ^ \i vs . .lohTt Hiuoiik w -- of 4he Bandy Dnm --stiott .-rd \i- O. A .' .'strop**, of Beaufort Tie JuKenJ wn- field a* th. ihip- Tell* Hnw To n . •!*• <«..«. Kn.l,> (oil... To Cum Chronic Ctu«h interment at Live Oak cemc- aQ(! thr /wJfX. ‘ nm a . ' ar ^ "ter, tos. o, ■ - t , nJ ■I! JACKSON, MISS., MAN T e lollcwing b* er received: Mrs. N'a:i..y E. Padg* 1 .• <;t|f <tw the Pi* astir* <> >i-r p.ui' th* marriage «S..ucht* : L- t-n •' ELsc t*' ■ M- Leon Thorn, s v". Thursde ■ it.--1;, ->i let r. i; « • Asp I. r • ' M ' , w o c' loci/ \- i! ( \Ya'.!i-ilxi ;! Sr-.;t I'.i’ttj • 'It- s F;*;L-e» s- :* \ . ]! V p- i-«'*P'ila. r m • V* -| and .f ♦ • ■ • -1* join 'n be®? wi-he halh:, married lif- WANTED—To -buihi -r :r lev rs*s refrigerator and sav*- ice bills dur-4j ing the sum mar, SUm i>tod**| and I get prnes ,t Kn.;. < .shop. WrI-U ; ** ’bo . . It. M'WTLi.D—M* -h;i.. :,.;*r'yon HiKht /Students in shoitifutuL typ^ifaie. -i-rtBffp an 1 . 4*>rnctwin r.. A’ o iltirie 8".- • , -t .d'-nts. Y-’ y/’y phlef , What E'.p- t ■ - - « rl.ir i*. • ?v.-;t*fii LICE : LEGE. Third room 7 07.-/ t Phone 5* V. WTF.n -t, r -.'.muf’ • < nc/rb - . /{!*'s!.;dy in H \\> Tit \DP II STOKES » V I k i| n<,,, ot r ” u,;h a .vnipH without L \ I |S I El ) 11 v \ , T R ‘ , “ 1 P « read about Vinol and dsvid.-d p, r„.N I I I,i / H /alj. an-. B Lew h a v, trad. ! iiry it. Before I-had taken a bottle I I >!<»*. The 'building where Mi , f» it better, and after taking two Littles l *' 0n ^ ir - v. vv va former I v conducting Hi*- «c,v cough is mtin-lv cured, and I have Hermtcrn CfotT r.g St •’> >1 StOpC! r> Colleton^ Ba-gain House is the prop erty of Mr. Zalln. M: 1^-vy had l«at*ed this store for « term of years but recently it was found that these merchants .could trade/stores and each be better pleased, so thi* has been done. the exchacgc taking place tally this week. gained new via and energy.”—John L Drxxir ^ 11 ir.n fo'r <om«-time. T it *d»y decid*'- i t*> enliM a* g recruit for the ri iv* v in*d ia a delicious non-accret tonic and left this fiaortung for 8t.tJ.<vc which is guaranteed for ix>ugl.a. c^.lds and bronchitis and for all weak, run down conditions. John M Klein, boro, S. C. Druggist, Wnlter- wdiere h« boarded the train f jt * lumbla to stand the necessav i*’ v«7 ical examination today. Mr. <m j« a son of Mr. iuJ Mr^. J M 8mith, of Fmoaks. three sumuH-; - * V to v*ork .Ft* 1 !• "''i. ence furuisbi ! ’hen v. Answer :n *.t • TUv Pres- :>.ad Stand.* rd. 4-4 W \NTFl»—Th- Ere ci,.,: ty to’ kno-v t' , ! hi I* -1. n V* a/ terboro ami ..n. • : all t pie-’ to repair yon: c : olin •■'rgSj;,. All work gu r;;a'- •eJ Datuf- ridge. WalterLuo. 8 < '4-4-2t. mantf:*»‘ rititcken* i * ■ ... al.J • ggR. TOP price* paid. Hotel Al'j.-rt 4-4-4, Don't Get Excited About «. • * % ' ' ■ • p _ ° i - * c WAR Belt at the same time do not fail to pro^t by- the ex- ■ * . ample of the people^In the other Marring nations. Buy enough .staple food supplies NOW to last you through the summer, as far as this is possible. We have laige stocks on hand noM-, and Mill gladly jjtfoic JL’QJi^tuv iase^t cash^prigsAj 4 'Nr - «• V Rice* Sugar, Flour, . Coffee, Meat. * . 0 » / X Also complete assortment x of Canned Goods cf cy- ' * ' ' 0 . , . ery descrfption. . X .* w ' *7 » * . ‘ •* * * ' ^ ^ , ■ X, * », ” ‘ ’• We offer each tlay the highest possible market price for EGGS. X We offer this Meek $1.50 per bushel for corn. X Z/ . / • • * t • We offer 25c per pound for WAX X/X • ■ • We SELL all you have to BUY We BUY all you have to SELL TERRY & SHAFFER WALTERBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA. ' NEW ARRIVALS / Tf Spring Arrivals of Suits and Gents’ Furnishings Coining in Daily. Let us shew you before you buy, and will sell you when you spe. It pays to buy dependable goods and it pays to be well dressed. Let us fit you up. SHOES FOR ALL ^ o. • X/ / * . / Also, our stock ot ladies’, menX and children's shoes is most complete. Herndon Gothing Store C. H. HERNDON, Proprietor. WALTERBORO, S. C. 7. ,^*i •iXnVVi? CHEVROLET CARS We have just received a car load of touring cars and roadsters: W e hfi\c r. tsw ()2K.l2nflb6n?ib' i 6 Six 0ar$ in stock FISK TIRES asd INNER TUBES L^t us give you a^Demonstration. Walterboro Motor Sales Co.