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V MOB TWO THK PBESS AND STANDARD The Press and Standard HaMtrfcant 8. C. I •77. . | ‘•KARMKR" MARK'S PKRTIXKS'T INQIIKY There tn a communication in thin BYERT WRDVKsn %T week** Js«u«? of The Press and StanjJ- - £OOX RT THE PRESS AM* STANDARD, toe .. . I. : ' ► r-. # •••#*•• eae # « MAiH •• • * * % •• a ••• 1^8 U 9MOAK. fUUU'r mmi Mur. - i • - , - thr po^talTfcr nt W*I- ». 8. C„ M scToad dav tn*i> • ~ . • t ...V Subscription Rates r Owwt Year. HO tCnwth* ' * ‘ 1 ’•> * *i» •••••• • M.nth«. . . .... ••«»******• *'* * ♦ * * THK KAVR OR * HKlilVAiINti AO AIN « _ * ••••••«*•**•# #.» I wjih that \here were some won derful place _. • Called the Land 'of Hetibnin: ard aianed *‘Farmer. M which d**- nirnds* the most careful readinc ti the busings* men 't)f IH*. county, anu particularly of Walterhorq. The prohjem of,,,?he invasion bv .the'indi wee\il is a hressini;, nne'. rrld^th 1 ? solution of it will .indicate whether .or not the people o*"the count,v-wb! Buffer irtenarabie U>s«. .or w;Tietbci|' or R0t.lt wjll result- In cood to the county*. In this pohttion the fhrrn- ......8I.AO I er mus* not hf. left r.ionfvto wo-k 'it out. The banker and hu^fn* must lend a hand- The p'-osperit’: of Colleton, p. purely afcrieultura county will depend for mrtny years upon the; ntfididon of the farn-.e •. The prosperity and success of bus; ness enterprises will be governed by e S.'*' • •> . * the measur0 of prosperity qf th? farmers of the county.: " Therefore anythin*: which will cause the farm er to succeed will reflect his pros perity ipon every other businets enterprise, ih the county,. Now., as “Farmer s<\ weljlob serves: “Don't expect the fainter to produce a frop before the bust ness interests which depend upon the farmer furnish a means of turn ing thit crop inl4{ cash riKht her at home’* He then pooa on to citr Wednesday, July 24,1918, •We wish to call attention atrain to the letter of '•Farmer'* in thi§| issue of The Prefes and - Standard. We were''especially plad to yet |t. for It showed that at least one man had taken Some notice tif what , we had travelled over a ^thousand miles to learn so- that'we mitdft tell th-*; readers of Th? Press and Standard and that he hnd thought'of-It. Sr.y.o now", readefi, -hffar wbirld yon Hke to~ miblish.-a. newspaper in a count/ year’ In and yedr.s>'it. and only, me i jpirenc- over every propositjon you espos.^if? Honestly, it 'seenis v '' v at Arsin. | , • — —; Wbaro' all ourmistakes v and: all smrl* number of purely marketable-con- heartaches And 411 of our poor selfish irrjef Could he dropped like a shabby *i!d •eat at the door , And never p’st on araln. I wish we could come rja It all un aware. / ' \ Like a hunter/Sfho flnds a lost thal ,he sho ’* !, ‘P f ‘ted policy here- dltloos which must be-provided be fore the farmer-can be expected, or bffore it wrusld be profitably for him. to^beKin the diversification «o essential to his success'against-'tfc/ boll weevil. He •' correctly urp's trail. And I wish that the one whom ouv hl>trdneaa had done -reatest injustice of all the gates, like an old friend that waits For the comrade he’s gladdest to taill Minor The f rcat« Could by at ’Jr frlMH tofore followed of making a spurt at getting other crops started here I and abandoning the project hefo’-*- a full demonstration ha<f been had, will not win in this fight. Hnd the business men who started the cul- I ture of tobacco a few years ago per severed, fly row Walterboro would ..—- \ have been as good a tobacco market Hut forcot. and remembered—too | a rf Laky .Clty or Klngstree. and our •Little praises, unspoken, little prom- r * r,,,er " wou,d v£* ve be,en reaping a. Ises broken .1 mid-year haivysrNvhich would hai^e And all of the thousand amLonc spelled prosperity to all our people ttle duties netrleeteil that. S .. . . . We woul^< find, all the things we In tended to do { Little duties neglected that have perfected The day for one less fortunate. possible .‘ Dot to b> It wouldn't be kind In the Land of -Reginhing Again* And tby ones we misjudged and th» ohes whom we grudged, - , Tbeir moments of victAry here. Would find in tby grasp of our lov ing handclaspl' More than penitent lips ,could ex- , plain. . d ^ Ftfr What had been batdt-st we'd know had Ween best. And what bad seemed loss’would be gain: ' For there isn't a iding that will n take wing ^ When we’ve faced it and lau U away; And -f think that the laug ■> most what we're after In the Land of Beginning Agafu. Po I wish that there wey^some won derful place <• Called x the Land of \lieginnin - : •••,/ >i»in. . /- Where all our m>stakes/and all our ■: JS heartacljq* -Y. / And all ofTjbur no/r, seiflsh Ril-*f, Could he dropped tfse a shabby oh; coat, ar thy door. ./ And -nqver put on again. -y 7^ V—- , , WHY YOT SEND IT Y ■ / % , The editor of . The/Tress and ■ Standard along wjtff the ^ countv farnv’agent. haj^dieeh writing a \uiyn- bef of j^esjrfptiNy articles of ta>fm< over thje'county, but on ac«Wnt of time and limjtatiiuK w cannot pf>.-sihl\ visit <y*‘ry goo*- farni, nor every good yilining see . tion of flge county yAow/ wiH no* aome good fr|yn«l of/the pap. !’, wbr sees a rood fiehjyund n goiwl fann er who has d«'ne something ofit of the ordinary./Yf it, i* only to pl.ir.t a good paten of sweet potatoes, -Or grow a fl»«- hog or co^, or. use un- to-date xbachinerx, iriiiy us n nen;* arilchy about thl*pW>d thing ddne. Pltyi botKjuet bu, \our neighboi ile he is^e? ^Jivy. He will ap reeiate it. and p-y are sure w»* shall Trill hot hflp a brother along irTiit. ■ v -74 —— RAD Yot KYKR \OTIi4:i) TH%T ,> / .- Had vou eveyhotlo’d that in sn»*’- ner ahen^Pfly Press ;>nd Sfandard haa pleryK of apace U> print rofre-:- ii'e. when t(ie aiWount of al- vertisfnr is smajl, tba'f iVsie^a- * very few ja. ws Tetters fnfm oxer th- . eounty'" Amr then, haxo you notic- fhat in /the fall when thy'adver- tfkers elaiirlnc. nearly a)| oitr space, the correspondence increasei ia HXe proporffoij/ and many of jori- ac^lWs feel they are slighted be- eause-rhejr 0 “pif-ces’’ did' nor rot 4n the paper® .All rf^J.t, hav;fiu: noticed these things, why pot Semi tl * Albr. a good news letter from ' iOOT hW. t on ?“#• Try it tflii ^feek. ■ .. * Just as it is doing in Williamsburg county today.' Now Wy know with as much cer tainty as is possible, that The botf weexfl Is headed /ifi- the cotton fields, of Colleton county. He w doubtless reach some of our ^fields late; this fall, or at least nCxb year. This means-that we slp*fl .produce ;> good rot ton rrop this year’, pi oh- ably a good oph; or may be a b.*?!,’ emp next yefir, and' probably little or nomyfhe following year. We weip^Tctld in tleoigla that it takes years to get in full readiness to meet/ the weevil condition?, w no. preparation" has been inadeyfdi him. So if our p«‘ople begin NOW To C.ET HEADY. they ” Wmy 1,.- THHKE-FOIHTHS HEAD)/WHEN HE COMES. We know this con«litton^coTifiVints »*. What will the/Wytfdo-dn fa»- mers txfThe rountxyatd the business Then of the cqeifty do’ about if Will they j^phT/iget her and organ! 7. * P«’»nuf oft mills, grain warehouse* and/riarkejrng nssoeiatinns, or xefn jthrex do as they have beeih 'itoin. oxer i^/Ceoxyia. sit down and \> ? air till tMiUr cotton has b*»*n ruineJl anE (hen scurry about.to iy, u jr® e shi.UI see,- \ word to the wl$, sutflcient. ..We have i-ixyn thal word, and "Farmer'’ lots sounded a note of wsirntng. - tota»ei irirOl tiiue^hnt the. editor of this nem- pnper must be doin^’ the “punkest newspaper work ever perpetrated o.a an. Innocent and- guileless peopje, for he never kno’Ws whether hie. wri?- ines are being read, or whethe’rthev are doing anybody any epod. About the only times we feel that the pa per is being read is when sort* reader get* miad” because pre got ■ 1 * \ his or her Initials wrong or made some mistake in printing Some per sonal mention or other. The things we really try to write about to go* th e people thinking “ and to help them to-'think, are never mentioned. Then,, too. there are persons, men and women, in Colleton eounty whose opinions would have as muc»» or more ‘weight than 'those of this editor,.* Yet they are so busy with their own affairs - that the» never think it worth while to ysic down and wrie.an article, to the pa per and tell our readers of what they think ibout some of the important happenings of the day, or of some of the things the people should think. Do you not think it time for more readers and thinkers in this county to do as "Farmer” did this week® The columns of The Press and Stand ard ar^ open to you and free of charge. Try it once, anyway.’ HOOD, imOTHKK ItltOUA What .ye vou golng^lo (iW’about it. Mr. Hiif-iuevs M an a pd Mi. Fan * - » It II Ft Its | IKE 1*01 l.tH K \li{lo-i State, xx e 'Try It, friend, and see if u- ,h *‘ r ,ni,u,s fbF whom ibex xx/f A a ^ . - % OtfV itffstVawl exeix nexxspaper in JN 1 mean the xxTt-klx pscxvspi- pCrs. seem t.<» think that VT|\ l'n\- bxck,, of f'heiKw. is tq-Vot.* for ?«» till the mpe^xpired jerm for the I’oitcd /Status S.-itaN*. Th ■ ^ITess .an^HaPda,,! f e ,.| s tbaT th - p«‘opl*/1f the’eounty should Sye aspiiants foi ofllee ami jbmk ote. PolliM’k oflenHi brniSidT/lis. -a sacrifice four years ago. wfid then is little doubt that Color would hav been in tft^^t nitexl States Senatt* to hax,. x«»ted agaiftst the war. and have'’co-operated with Congr.-ssman Dominick *itt his -opposition to the Covetniitent in our National cris' it it had not been for Mi IV>K Those *Uo fxH-I that this ^a/a thing to do, feel a debt of gratitudie t<» the CUcraxC candidate for '' this aefion. ahd feel like paying, fit with .ttyeii- ebtu ?*n hinf no*, cmirsp "flieiv are Others xx ho feel some re- scntuiert it this action of the can didate four xejyrs ago, and 1h‘«-se xviM urttltallx candidates. Come to ^he /p,, kir: at ihe.rouYt hobs*’"tqniojToxx and see for xovn- «>e4f. ■ > . The following is clipped from artidr- appearing in the last bofiiVof The Baptist Courlef, and,iXfrcu i n 1 tl’.e pen of that'gifted xpflter, flex, C. C. ftroxvn, so •W’eJK^ and ^favorably' know n to tna^r^Tof our yeadenyX li is/Sp goxyKanil so imich alofig th- ‘-t / ■ r ■ v ~ ‘iixje been /i>reacbihg. 1 ®y many years, tlyft we pass it or. Isn’t it good? “Most men dj4 and are hnried. th XV j lids sweep it way the lit He mound above thcSn/and very soon no on-> knoxvs that they have ever lived. E.xeftqtho«* xvho knew them soor/ rctfi-e to/forget them: In fact, the’r- *s n«*t/niuch connected with/thetu. that/Ts worth being- reiyjembere.!. Tb/ added n. little Ir.nd to -their fi. oi th ef the w'orliKthey ’added nntli im:. They were good nroxiderTT they Pil'd tbHr.debts, hut no on oxer thought.of them as benefactoy*/ in the community xxhere they JtAei and died-. When they did die. if Was a dean sweep their name, their memory, all weof with them, and the cqmmunity jogged tlon/ iusf'as in tho other veari. In sue 1 men we find/f' fulfillment of that hat’d sounding couplet - ' The mkq who alone Lixeu, for the » known” Ifxes for' hi tu sol . - v '' meanest No governor, no matter what his name, no matter What his faction, can reduce taxes. The general as sembly votes the appropriations ami fixes the levies. Thp general assem bly makes the laws relating to as sessment*. The <most that the gov ernor can do is to advise, recom mend an.d veto.' The vFto is of no value if* jwo-tbirds of the members vote to pass'the bill over. it. ■ The Aoters hear tirades ' from Candidates!, for governor AT regard to taxes, but the caquidatcs do no; fell what they will do because th-x .well kn.'ov that they can.do little or nothing. ‘ : T ' ' • . - The xoice of a strong and able legislator of character, of a, menibcv or senator commanding confidence fount/ for -jnore in tti Q {natter of al-in than all the-power of the exdt\ii;xe. Sta>v taxes hax'e increased becaus,. the people nsy spending tnotY* on public ehaYUies. public heahh, pub lic schools Confederate pensions: The treater of the. benefit of the*** expenditures goes to the poor people and the working people. The wealthy man sendsJKs child, if h- wishes, to a private school or h** sends the a^icted member of his family td a private hospital. All of the public schools, colleges and charitable institutions of^tjie State might be blotted out of e., istence and families of wealth xyquld not be inconvenienced—but would saxe money. ... ^ The cost of- government in strict sen**, thyt is to say. the co«; of maintaining courts and adndnis- tiative offices^ has not ohly not io- ereased in. South Carolina, but it is too'low. Most of the publif officers as a rule, except certain county- of ficer? who receive Dwq; are paid niggardly salaries for tfhdr services. It* will be interesting fu observe whether or hot voluble candidates shouting, for economy will assail the fee system when They speak in iic;i and populous counties whose she iffs are paid two or. three times as much .as the/State . pays its gover nor or its chief Justice. They usu ally know when and wh^re to kee;» their months shut. , " If th/ people will send thetr best men ui the legislature and keep then/there, the people will rule thi/ugh th*, legislature and the gov- epfabr>^po*er will not be magnified. Rt throiigh the abuse of execu- fve clemency, even a vicious- gov ernor can do*,little harm, much as he may bo;/f and bawl and .make a spec laci/d' himself befofe gods afia men.,-provided the legislature be; hqarost and independent. ^ The purse strings ar^ alwavd in the hands of the legislature/irnd if us grip be, firm the uion^y is safe. The legislature elects tlu^judges and if-'it be honest the lodges will be honest and the trqfh jg that in 011 *• worst periods qKTnisgovernniipnt ij • he lAgt 42 years the people have been protected by a judiciary fa: b»*tter Umn the people what, they have paid for/if ip sal aries be eoh^idered. / / When the peop! 0 send we&k.iiien to the legislature tj/- pe*iple abdi cate and build up om* man powerJ-a the governor’s office. , *■ *. A- new leguda/dte is about to be chosen.. The /people _ h*av* the tax, •iiiestiosr in their'own hands. Th^ constitution/and the laws do dot 'jeleitate it / to the governor. If ih'/ people no not perceix,, .that they can rule themselves through’ the legis lature. if they neglect to force o ihyir strong men'to Accept office in the general assembly, if -thex in- “good fellow” and the hand shak er.” if they set aside men because their ability has been demonstrated by success, the fault is" their own. i They will get nowhere.by listening to the popxcockxOf,. candidates wh.» know that they can not reduce taxes niort'h or b - v *'l*T lt hg good natured ne>r- .do-wells to perforin legislative Jobs , bevfTpd th^ir caparrty.' The State. B^ X \ r r— Are* Yota One of Them? peopj N'oxv. sc** here, niy brother, if xx ' croxx at all. xx'i* are bound to grow - with the groxx ing x ears. The wfs j . ' : is h«> xvfio builds for the-flitii*- ' There are\a great many We must hii'e better Uercfiers fo who vrould bevery much hx-nefitted our-public schools, better ediicat* ;i . b / takin * : f'hamb^lain's Tablets fo men- tn our legislatures, beltet. nroKcHerh fn our pulpits, /nd Ur-» - ou ono wr.y *to brillg this about biu!.) s *’ arl - Baldwinsxllle. NX^I^relates order to make rcom for fall fooos. 7 , ^ We Offer Mens Palm Beach Suits In Light Colors Only a weak or disordered stomach. Afe of them.? v .Mrs. 11 R. Up mi* schools and Cnlh>/rs. -X_ DOCTOR WD (her experience in the of the*/ Tablets: "1 had a haiKspell with iny stomach about si*tXionths agd. ahii vras trotibbsl tnt'tieo of tbrft* weeks 4ith gas apd severe pains, in th/ of :;>y stomach,. : Our druggist rue to take Oi.anihcrUtinsX ia}>lets. I took" a. bottle honte n*rd ie 11 rst dose relie x ed - nyX* jMfder- 00 \1111lv. amf®l k« pr on ink-in^/jnei hj I whs cured.” Th^y tabb nqY-'relTexe pain, hur^/ftcr th- /fas h*-eri reliex etjlX -there ein un- -ts do / the pako* pr*n-* ntXts KETl’Mx AT /.ION nieeti Sapoli Instead I look Lydia E. ka , n , 8 Vegetable Compound and » HOTRAy flKII I suffered from Organic troubl.*/^5- | * 1 nn 11 X« -'"l Xlotv Baptist j month Sun ^ av V \: m mn would ha | o’clock A u> Th e pastor. L I doing its work. Scouring Marine Corps recruits. * * -/’•.* ■*''* *■ Join Nowl BHOCN MOaCAtrt •oas ca APPLY AT ANY POST OFFICE \ fir SERVICE UNDER THIS EMBLEM Who wear this — — i — cmoiem •re U.S - MAMNCS i j *» v, f v 1% 4 ins' . ef nian /vitt. i*,* a.ssis’tedXv Vat- - x --' \r. Jld I ^ understand that ♦wIT? i -»h**1 preacher §ljB*er. . Both of the P;*. stay in bed the tinvx ments me^fdt a fime but, »? doctor was al says Urging me ,n * r « «P< :ation/of II lave an ooetaiito/l an<i ,he Co,m1 P'^Ply^f the cominHn- ity we hope -for /a .revixaf indee., The public fs ctu/ially inxit»»-i to m*- tond thwe services. t/.o Pc*' . :'ni C(l\ !»ih-*|k the > X r g*t I toe’- V ( '.ote tor on.’/>f the other fivf’bo/fjX^itari it has completely cut/d me atvKmy tell qll-nw friemts !e of this kind xchst Vegetable' Cot-.- ILLIE ft Ba m r M This? ''One Hundred Delian Rewi -ease of Catarrh that cannot Halt's Catarrh Medicine' sTOP. LOOK AND READ Tills H‘a man Iotm a girl, that hi* Wr tf a Ctrl lores a Baa that’s Per ius’ jM thee set married that's toe • ) businsss. . / v . ‘ * j 80. H you want your aut.onnMip •e* | corcreda and clothes cleaned The New York Pre««dn* C’.uh: »/.* i 'hat’s their business. X. l»if* )KI.Et;E of CllAI\LESTON SouH»\|®aroll»n’s Oldest College, l&lth Year Begins Septembc-r *!7. Entrance^qvnminntions at all the s Fyiday, July 12 seats at •) hr I's Catarrh Medk-tn.- has been taken ay"' vwtyX itarrh * utter* m for the past thirty- i I\PW Y Al ears, and ha* became known as the a ’ v? 1 VI work ts p pleasure, who hav e any tie: Lydia E. Pinkharffa Vegetable i*rttmd has donx/fe? me. ”-,n’eli Brittincf Oolv/rtou Rd., mere, Md. ^ 1 naturjil for any womdr to ur ad the thought of »n bp^ratata. So f M'di- tee for A *■• - y • ca srin se« a many wom-’ii have WR reyton-fl r » **mv**tr*r'Jm nealth by this famous r*mexi/lyd;- ' Ukir: ... I inkhnm's Vce-oteble CH)in/ound an oporation nns. boon ^nvix.yj ’ttjjf? ; * pay'any woman \yfio surrer* j'-,.X such at*menu u» considi-r trying k ! - fore Sttbmitung to such a Uyn./ordc^ reltaMe nsmedv foir Catarrh. Hairs MtalUlne acts tl’.ru the Blood on the^Baehus serf acts, expelling the Tol- ron from ihe Blood and healtes the d»-»- eas-d portk*ftf After you lu\r.' trVeu TTxU> Catxrrh Medi.-ine for a shoar u xci',1 sea a '-- 7 ifenerali rrh mtr Club cine <*t once and % f.-— testimonials{-»*• F J CHI-NET **.- C.. Y fleld by all ilcwss^ts. 7^: fc -arrh. Send t «*ca» Ohio. J H MWENFOKT; Munsiur f>r. A. J. ArintTson . * Dental Surjre«^H county a. m. Four year count* lead to the n. A, end B. degrees. (A two-year ' „ ' pre-niedicalcourse is gKon. Military*' , training fn all courses. v A free tuition. sehola?i*hfp, Ts as- . . ficrcd to each count.win Ahe^tafe.' • Spacious hulldinf grounds, ,ies» une> - .... Exnouses noderate. For terms • nd cr.talogne, address jSAHniSON UANDOLPH. 7 . President: "xX - —- ■ fl>9 Cuinlns T it Dots Kjt Affect the Her (o each county in The Nutate, ijtis huihlinpA and athletic . well eunipped la i boyitfX x xcelled library facilities x; •■ViCtf orhorr*. Offbe iiours, y a. R- ro.-i rerft:i«e.c| i'l 1 : lc pn-l Jgsetlve effect. LAX A 1 ivX u«t»iO L-UiNira; i«’.*tter than oroinarv t>\a ” ~ , ' ' -- -- - v • » •» a * a a vaswas Qiiu -ne atxl^l.^a c^Yauae netvouMies.* vat ' 1: . ;: * . * l;r:reail>er the full ninic a»4 — the > jntgi-:! 01 U. XV. Xi/GVi*. --V \<K ’ iV / X V- X •X .ill™