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/ J . VOL. 38. IVALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6, 1917. . ' \ NO. 40. COLLETON COUNTY BANKS ARE BUSY J.AIUiK XVMBKR OK <'Kl li >IKM- BKRS ATTKNU AXI) OBSKHV- * ED TEAC HIXCiS* IjOThI liankH Are Pliwinjc Lllterty Ijo;in Willi Th«‘ii ru*»l«*nier>. much good work done County Agent* tunl State. Worker** As*ist in TearhinK Many Xe\\ ' MetUo*)" of Economy. The which week, Friday, one a Colleton county 'short course embraced three days last Wednesday. Thursday and was pronounced by every decided success. The club members worked hard and carried home with them many new ideas to applv in their home life. The at^ tendance upon the short course was good, and although not nearly the entire membership was present, a majority of the members came, and .every eluh was represented. Misses ■Pickling-and Vain worked uno^as- inalv for the success'qT the course and their plans were ali successful. Many Prominent Visitors. Ah unusually large number of jstpre and county officials were vp'--”* and rendered assistance. MHs Kdith 1.. Parrott. State agent spent Friday with the members amh made.an earnest talk to a large au dience. Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, as sistant State agent, was present two days and* led in several important demonstrations. C. C. Cleveland. State poultry agent, gavej several cheerful talks on poultry to his club members; I.. I- Baker. State agent for boys clubs, met with the boys Fridav in a helpful conference W. R. Elliott, district agent, was here .ill three days. Miss Grade Patrick. agent for Orangehnrg county; M r s. B. A. Faust. Bamberg: Miss Sallye Ham ilton. Beaufort, assisted Colleton's agents, and were of great service to them. Fish Fry Not Heid. The fish fry to have been held Thursday evening could Jiot he held on account of rain, which was a source of keen disappointme/ii. The fish which had been caught were, however, brought to Waiter- Try" held at the * < V a Big Dny. a big day for the was made the necas rnllv for the countv. The banks of the county are very busy just now securing subscribers- to liberty loan bonds. There seem:, to be a great deal of interest in the matter and it is thought there* will be no trouble ‘to place a suffi cient number to bring the cjuota for this county up to where it should be. The Bank of Smoaks. through its president, W, Henry Varn. is very much interested and will sub scribe to a liberal amount, Those customers of this bank desifing (o secure bonds *miay do so. and pay for them. °n th einstallment plan, tfie interest paid the bank being off set by the interest received on the* bonds. * . The Farmers & Merchants Bank, of Walterboro. has placed pn order for them on the installment plan, its customers have' what they desire, and will keep the balance., C. O. Padgett, vice president of the First National Bank has secured sub scriptions for $3.?>00 and he. will or der S.l.neo worth of hond-s Thl-. b, nk will lend money to Ihose wishing to-purchase bonds at a vet\ low rale of interest to be.paid back in installments. They expect to place $10:000. The\ Walterboro loan committee is composed of It. L. Fraser, chairman. ('. G. Padgett, secretary, and I. M. Kishburne. Auditor Jones .oMn a Quandary MEl CMS ~ RECEIVE DEGREES ( IfAKEKSTOX MII.ITARV ACAD- EMY (.HAIM AXES (T.AS* * (*E I»I7. THIRTEEN SERVICE Some in Marine t'orjM, IHIn-o t^fllc•e,•x• Training at — Eon Oglethro^e. in Auditor E. M. Jones is somewhat up ’in the air over orefers reclevecl. recently from the State'Tax Com mission. He had orders from this commission recently to report the valuation of all horses and mules in the county, with their number. Those at Fort Oglethmpe are: Jas boro and the school house.- Friday ,, Friday was course. This ior. for a big of all Hub menfbers, rrndrod attended. A ~ATnt. picnic dinne’ - wa« served on the grounds, and those present were interested spec- f itn; s at (he demnnstratiotyj. Se- r.arate meetings were ,held JciT the ciiffe*ent nvembers, and a most help ful * l ay was spent. \* the conclusion of the program the members ‘.ill departed for their t'om-'s. after adopting resolutions of thanks for kindnesses shown. Adopt Ke^olutinns. T!-e following, resolutions thank ing the people for courtesies wer* adopted: W’e. the - home demonstration wrfrkftti of Colleton county, do heretiy take this opportunity to thank Mr W. W Smoak. editor of The Press and Standard, for assis taree given thyoueh the colunins of bis paper: the Colleton delegation tor tile finances that maeje our work possible; the county superintendent of e/ucation for assistance given In- helping with our finances, and sup port through the schools: Mr. Hr W.' S.yunde'rs for entertaining nur girls with'a fish fry. We especially, wish to thank the ladies and men o^ the town for entertaining the girls and hoy* of the canning and poultry clubs in their homes, and Mcvor John D Glower for entertain ing them at the Colorti^l Theatre* We wish to thank the people of Walterboro in general for hmirtesies shown, also the hovs and girls tbn helped us so faithfully. We thgttk j who helped ns with !unc h<*o*i . on the last dav Suc h assistance j we mention above have mad** out . work meet with a, certain amount of si’ceess that we feel proud of. Where They Stayed. The following is a list of homes and guests during the short course* Mis. Riddick Ackerman Pauline Willis. Mrs. Smoak. Mrs. Nita Myers. « .. Mrs. T. D. Fender Esther Willis. Mrs. W. 7. Ayer- Marvin Smith. Mac Moody. John Sam Garris. Mon gin SmyleV. Mrs. R. H Wiehman —Elise Ber ry. Effie Berry Mrs. C. T. Cummings—Pear! Cummings. Pearl Yarn. I-elia Jones. Mrs. F. B. Kinsey—X*ellie Yarley. •Mnrgarett Bailey. Mrs G^ J.. Bloc ker—Polly Barnes This he did. and to his surprise re reived an orejer from the'ehairman of the tax commission to reduce ev ery return for horses and mules In this county J5R per cent. This will mean in round numbers a reduction of the property values in this coun ty of $100,000. The inference Mr. Jones draws is that the returns for this county on horses and mules is at a higher per cent than that of other counties, or the State av erage. // ■ Mr. Jones is also worried over the matter as his work is tied up and he will be delayed in getting off bis reports. Knights '>f Pythias Initiate Candidates Ashby Farrow Lodge. No. 61, Knight of Pythias, hehl an interest ing meeting Tuesday evening ;tl the castle hall. Four candidates foCTbc ranks of 'knighthood were put through the rank of esquire, and furnished a good time to the mem bers/* present. These candidates were R. R. Miley. B H. Padgett. J. C. deTreville. and C. W. Bishop. A nuruber of applications wore reeeiv- ed at this meeting and it set-ms there will be new life injected into the order. Col. Jas. G. Padgett Delivers Address Charleston. May HI. —fn ihe pres ence of a large audienr• in the Hibernian hall, 'the annual com mem-ement exercises of the Citadel were held this morning, the annual orator being Dr. J. detfoulhac* Hamiltop of the I'niversity of Nofth Carolina. Diplomas wer* 1 presented to the graduating class by Orlando Sheppard of Edgefield, chairman of the board of visitors: Gov. Richard I. Manning was on • of the. distinguished visitors. The scholarly address of Dr. Hamilton was much enjoyed and was par ticularly appropriate. Capt. C. A. Graesar of the Citadel, faculty pre sided and made announcements. Col. Bond being afflicted with a se vere cold. Practically all of the members of the hoard of visitors attended the exercises. Thirteen members of the gradu ating class were absent oh account of military duly, a number being in the marine corps and several in at tendance upon the. officers' tralnin,; c amp at . ForY Oglethrope. , Those who are officers In the marine corps are: Julius C, Cogswell. Ar thur T. Elmore. Davis A. Holladay. Edward B. Hope, l^wla G. Merritt. TO REPRESENT THIS COUNTY Xante* of Those -Who Are Chosen to Attc-hd Winthrop Sfu*eial 'Courses Ttffs Year. COELEMS MA1H000 ENCOLLED TESIERMH ‘ ■ i *. - ’ ‘ I ’ • * j ALI. l ITI/.EXS. Ill .At K AXD bi.xca: oe i'bopkh age. **1 itlECT TO DKAET The following are the girl* and women who will go to Winthrop. College this and next moftth to take irvttm I xirV'T 1 00 “ rs08 offered there. These nt -l.I.AI EN 1 > C.K1 1-AKt*r, ladles and girls were selected from the large membership in the coun ty. and are chosen for their hard work and Interest in club work, as well as for their excelling in doing the kinds of wdVk designated. The girls canning and poultry clubs w ill go td Winthrop. from June 25 to July 7.. The ladies will attend the woman's club there from June IS to 23, inclusive. . J - The following are the represent atives from this county: / Girls Canning Clubs—Miss Padgett. Smoaks club; Miqs Morris. Tabor club. • ,. Poultry - ('Jobs — M'iss 'Adams, . Roadside club. Woman's Clubs Mrs. E. enroll which spejks well for ttv> j Moore. Hendersonville club 1 fc.- HRAYY ‘HAIL STORM HITS MANY .VSKCTIOXS OE COKXTY ISJ- IXG GREAT DAMAGE Total of Yowng Men Be- twe«*n til and SI — . * . . . ' -x * More Xcgrors. Enrollment !>ay. June 5, 1017. will go down- in history as one of the n.ost important days iu the his tory of Colleton county. On this day the young manhood of the county enlisted for service for ou> country in any capacity in which they may be called by the govern ment Tberc* N was a willingness to UPPER COLLETON HIT H ARD According to Re|M>rt» Damage Yery Great in Berea and Fine Grov* Sts-tions. Idalii Leila . Pollih E. H. Mrs. patriotism C)f the people of t'ulb ton. lend it is thought that almost every man .of proper age presented himself a* one of the enrolling sta tion- yesterday. The reports came in today for the county of which 1 nil 1.370 negroes. .1 It. Smith. Smoaks club; Mrs. .Mr-Fox. Lodge club. .IE IMttM.lt \M FOB I. \DIES' CU B MEETIXGw from the* registrars and sho.w*‘i a total of 2.3S:’, r**gistered. are of whites and The ‘ enrollment by Janies F Norwood, Morlarity. Harry .(’. Edmund Savage. Jr„ William A. Moor®. Wallace; George.* B. Jr.. Eldrtdge M. Cal- A. Clarkson. Walter • G. Whisenhpnt, phin. The scholarship medal to the first honor graduate.^which was award ed to Cadet LieutfNj. G. McRae, was presented by Hon. L G. Padgett. The ‘Smr of the West medal to the best drilled cadet in corps, won by Cadet Sergt. H. I,. Cunningham of the junior class, was presented by Maj. Gen. I^onard Wood. The W. C. White medal, awarded to the captain of the best drilled company, to Cadet (.'apt. W. Q Jef fords, Jr.. Company C. was also pre sented by Maj. G**n. Leonard W«9*d. Marksman medal, won by Cad**t -dr—C, l.\ bratuL. third cl..<s. nrc*senl ed by Lieut. Enoch B. Garc*y. cat* roandant of the Citadel. Athletic- medat. to Cadet <'apt. 1 L VVeeks. was presented by J. *11 Hammond, member of the board c»f visitors. The John O. Wilson ring, to < a dej J. A. Nichols, w.*^ presented i Mayor Tristram T. Hyde. by precincts follows: ■> White. Ar-l tpi’t , . ... 4!* Bell/ 20 Benton's Mill . . .. 27 Berea .. . 4:'. Colleton -:*. . \. V.t Cottageville . . . . J2 Dr Creek .. v ..'i}2 Gr**n Pond .. .. It Hendersonville . .. .35 Horse Pen 3k Hudson's Ml IT ... 26 Ja i k.sonboro ... . 23 Lodge .. 32 Maple Cane 5.0 Peeples . 26 Petits . . V 15 Re a Patc h 5* TBtteT 20 Round 22 Ruffin ...12 Sidnev . . ..... . . .>* 26 Smoaks k 1 * Sniders 33 Tiger Creek .... 22 Waltei hot cr . . ..161 Williams -22 Wiggins . . . . .„ . 26 Wolfe Ctc**k .... It White Hpll 7 appoint- women’s 6. «•; 31 The following are the ments for meetings of clubs, with county agents: . . Roadside, Wednesday. June Edisto, Thursday, June 7. Smoaks, Friday. June 8. • Weimer, Monday, June 18. *■ Ashton..Tuescjay, June It*. Bethlehem. Wecfnesday, June 2<*. Cottageville. Thursday, June 21. Tabor. Thursday. June 28. latclge. Friday.. June 24. .At these meetings demonstrations in the drying of fruits ami veg**-, tables and the canning of fruits will he given. The public is cordiallv 1 invited to be present at these mcet- 8*' \ I ihgs as we want a large crowd. Quite ;* number of ladies were at 1 our short course and saw these demonstrations, but we ..want ail th<* - ladies to got the benefit of them,. 1 There will be no regular meet- | Ing* of poultry and canning clubs as both agents will be away from the county a large part of the* time. It appears that the hail storm which visited the county Sunday af ternoon did great damage in somn sections. It was a very heavy hail, and fell at WaRerboro thick and fast for a brief time. Fortunately this did ncM keep up but a few mo ments! or there woufd have been little left of vegetation. From re ports received there was hail gen erally over a large part of the coun ty. At Islandton am: that section ihere was none, and Hendersonville Ritter and points in lower Colleton escaped, lint not so with Smoaks, lierea and Pine Grove. There tM damage clone was very great. The following letter front Mj B. I,. Jones will tell scf the divnag * wrought in that section of th* county: »' ' „‘ v Smoaks. June 4 Sunday : noon about 5: 30 o'Moc’! we had tb-* most destructive bail ••■m that has Visited this section of Collet sine** July, |S72. There are a goo! ly number of us who haven’t any crop \ef». or at least it looks that "ay. , today- Df course, 1 think, some cotton will come out, but ther* ate ’acres that will not make anv thing unless it is planted over. Som** of the corn. I think, will come out. hut I hn\e seen some today that can't-make anything. I had a ver - -* fine peach crop, hut they are nearly all on the ground^, , But I am very thankful that it wasn't any worse, lads of chickens were killed or drowned. l,ots of window panes were broken. W< are in a very serious condition. TOTAL X tol: \ 3.7 ON 2383 * I lit SEED vz it. * it. * WANTED XO\Y * Col. Jas. G. Padgett w.*>: ttu* ora- ter of the occasion at the annual meeting of the Association of Grad uates of the Citadel, at the banquet following the meeting of the asso ciation Thursday night.. Col. Pad gett delivered a carefully prepared and eloquent address on the im portance of law. and the prevalence of law in all the realms of life*. Col. Padgett was listened Mo with rapt aitentlon. and was roundly applaud ed when lie concluded his address. The people of the Pine Grove and Lftlle Swamp' **$- lions of our county are in need of seed for planting their crops over. Sey I am- takinc this opportunity to make an appeal to the good people of Colleton to help supply .thosy storm stiJTerers with seed, such as corn, cotton, peas.* beans or any vegetable seed or plants. Send direct to \V. H. Vain. Smoaks. or to The Press and Standard at Walterboro. 1 will try and have them dis tributed. F. \V. RISHER. Countv Agent Anyone whoTas'-tHttmt'to -rgr-y-- for any treason 'musf pt one** piak** it known to J. M Mooter,, the chan man of tii*- registration board at Walterboro. who is • empower*. ! to register all-.delinquents. Those vh-* have rot wilfully failed to regi-t<X will not l*e punished provided that i they make registration at once The following telegram has been received f'om Governor Manning Columbia. June 6. | -y. J. M. Mooter. . . * Walterboro,‘S C. - Reference- -sertion , nbil.M-; scrunity -houlil t*e maile of each j •>:• case to determine whether punitiv v- action is required, it is desired fo* j * the next few d;v>.« to pursue a lihetul | * policy in this regard in order thai | ^ the registration may tie made com 1 plete at the 'earliest possible too 'meet. Abuse of this libcrtil'-poli'i ********** .•’>* * 'v. smoaks ; i ********** Smoaks. June X Matp fNetjd* , , of Miss Dibit* Lyoti> w ill tie grieved .* to know that she lias beep critical 1 ill tor several days at Rherside lu ll' firmary in Charleston. - 1 Master t William Smoak. fetbnro.t-is visiting his-aii.n B. Smith. . ’ Amoni}- those who are in tii* , Siuo. k ttimatV) <T’.iT» and a Trended of W NO JURY CASES , TRIED NEXT WEEK •* ’ . Jurors ami Witnesses Xtvd X«*t Report at Cottrf Xext vt Week. X io*t course were; Misses t.e Hit't . Gladys .Smith. Dolly C beij. Gertin.i!e Lintler, fVinnie i ■.. M i' - '. M>t i s, Ift imie Ro s lie Max-'V, Mack Moodv. V, * * ***** * * * * * * * TAKE THE LOAN * * t Bv Eifward Everett Hale F I Of ^11 e. f reetlonY ,(•. meet tiie * in art and Take tM". tile t(Opes s.a w X' X" ' sword *71 taw*, libertv and Tike tin tbexfand. idpthand. ♦‘H hand. I cm n' the pm'pjiets The members of ttie- local BaX. i Judge I'eiitsToy. SoTJrftof Wifrfer gnd ttie CouiXifliXals at n consul ta\ion this wv<-)v agreed to call of all juitiiitls at court next w# ek < 'on11\w ilk < om eric Monday morn ing foX<n#* <iii«*stion Af conKiderinc E»|inj5 iiinfteis onh. ft was d**cil- »<! that owiftg to^Die f;ii tiling condi- ons it would tie ties! for 1 the court not t<» he held. There ate tb» jail eases of piesmng importance. X T *d patriot ism demanded IhaXnothUH^ demanded that be done to interfere wjUi farm wot at this time Jurors aitd witness, ■ rn -i/kr-d to mktT Tint toe or rhts n lion and not report for serv \ ^ i (\ M. Viard is your brothersMt »» ■■ « nadlv Burned will call for ******** * * I l.ittle Child Swallows Lye P. B. Sanders— Kathryn Smoak J. D voni^ehe—Alary Minnie Myers, Lticile Reeves. Estelle Mrs. Hogan. R. E. Jones- Audry ' Sim- Little, lullian Steedley. daughter of Mrs. Rice Smoak, who lives near Sandy Dam. last Thursday swallow ed a quantity of lye. The mother was getting clothes ready to wash and had a can of liquid lye which she Intended using. Turning her back for a moment, shh heard th«* child cry and on turning round saw that she had swallowed lye. A physician was, hastily summoned af ter home remedies were adTiiinistAr- ed. Th» little girl, who is only a year and a half old. is doing as well as can be expected Her mouth and throat are bad)* burned - W E F raser is quite proud of his success with early vegetables. He announces that be has ripe to matoes several days ago Telling this to .low Moorm* he was aston ished when Joe replied that he had also been eating ripe tomatoes for several weeks. I^ater it developed Miss Ethel Reeves District Secretary Miss Ethel Reeves. CotRfgeyPll‘\ ha« been appointed Dtemcj See;** tary for Charleston District The District Conference will lie held June 14-15 at Cottageville Each league is urged to send two d*-l*' Kites and churches without a |e ( gne are asked to send one delegate. All of the pastors of the Charleston Disrriot are especially requested to ire prySent. Miss Rerves is taking up h'e'r new work with much earnestness With the co-operation of each league we fee| sure much good can be accom plished in the Charleston District — Southern Christian Advocate more stringent iffiiory M W’NING. Grivetrycr X--. Lidb-1 ve lov of till • t he • bind. Ifaltfl nt Uund ( Al.l. MEETIXIi. I . D. ( .'* (Continued on >apc Five.) J that Mr. Mirer's were canned. | Micah Jenkins Chapter. U I) will h'avc a call meeting Fridav af ternoon at 6 o’clock, at the resi dence of Mrs. Idles, to arrange some definite war relief k for the simmer months. be present, as this call is urgent s ' k- ANVIE n LILEjf. Corresponding Secretary. Board of Viewers Held Meeting The Board of Vie work of the Wal- tCrboro drainage „/listrict held ,i meeting this morning for the pur- nose of confuting with engineer S. V. Bean, of the V L. railroad company in reference to khe jnatter of the ditches of the drainage dis trict crossing Die light of way of the railroad company. The’con ferenre was held at the* office of the Southern Carolina Association and w*as most satisfactory and agree able. While in pieeting the board took oecasion to fAmiliarize themselves with the blue prints furnished by the government They also mad* plans for beginning next Tuesdav the matthr of visiting the land with a view of appraising them, and fixing fhe cosfi: , per acre for the drainage. Those present nt the conference this morning were John McOradv. engineer. . .of Cbarlestor.: B. G. Price and Cleveland Sanders Sec retary Reid, of the Southern Caro lina Association, was also present Miss Colette Padgett. who has been a student at Coker roUege, is at home for fhe< hptfiRtys.- She reached home last week. •- Who have dr;: v. n a rddi' i ’s * Vr -- 'hr::nd, ■L Take the |o; n* * Who would bring them what * * „ she could. M. * Who would give the SOllltf‘1 * food. * * Who would staunch her brotb- * * er’s Idood, * * Take the loan* * All who saw her hosts | ass by M. * All who joined fhe parting <tv. * * When we bade them do or die. * M. \ inrd. propi telor of Viar.i's barb«*i shop., was badly burned Mombu afternoon, when he attempt ed to Ihrbt the burner of the press ing machine inNidie work shop of th<* Economy Pressing Club. Mr. Viard was pollring alc<th(jl into the ingifioii eup. thinking the fianie had been eytingiiished. when the liquid caught on fire ami blazed up. badly burning Die hands and face. Mr. Viard was taken home, and while bis burns are very painful, it is not thought that any serious conse quences will follow. Take-the Joan' A'*- >e ,wish«*d their triiimph . then.^ A* ve hope to meet again. And to meet jtheir gaze as men. Take the loan! ***** I. \TEST * * * WAR * * * * * NEWS t Who could press the great ap- # i peal * t Of our ranks of serried steel. * t I’nt your, shoulders to the * f wheeRv * i Take the loan' i* That our prayers in truth may * ^ rise, * t Which we press with stream- * i ing eyes * s- On the Lord of earth and *dftes. * > Take the loan* j * f Writ ten In May. 1861, at the * J* out bread of the Civil War. > \ * ******** * ******* C. W Pellum had fhe misfortune to lose a fine Jersey cow Monday of this week. Mr. Pellum states that she wa s easily worth a hundred dol lars. Ther*. has not been much * activity in war circles in Eu- * rope during lhe past week. * Yesterdav a great ^artillery fire * developed on a large seetor of * the Western front, which is * taken to mean another great * offensive on the part of Gen- * eral Haig and the soldiers of * Du* allied forces. A German * airplane raid over the court- * ties of Essex and Kent. Eng- * land, took place yesterday and * the dead are reported at 28 * Russia is still inactive. amU* it is thought there will be lit- * tie doing on the Eastern front * till the internal affairs are * straightened ont. A commis- * sion from fhe United States- is * now in Russia and will begin * a series of conferences on the * IItii inst., at which time it is * thoqght there may be gome- * thing developed which will put * Russia back into the fighting. * ****** * * ******* ’ A-*..