The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, August 07, 1918, Image 2
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> Th« «lltor of Tli nd SUn.!-
ard bis a cricra igt aom**-
bodjr or aomothlai luornlni:
. he and hi* wife and child
were en route to Carter*a
.. ehtpeh to attend the opening »ee-
aloa of th e annual protracted meet
lag which always becin* on the 1*t.'
Sunday in Auauat. For thla occaeidn
he- had donned hie best and any
White t>ajm beach suit, freshly clean
ed and -pressed, his wife critically
remaekinic that he looked more fi!
than udtiar so “dolled up.”
Pride* yoeth before a fall.
, ' And herewith hanKS a tale of .woe
All went merry &s a marrlace 1
bell for thy first fifteen miles or *o
of the journey, our flivver was run
ning smoothly, the children threo
ijrer* happy, th«, wife in a good hum
or, and the editor pleased at his ap
pearance, in his palm beach.
Several bad mud holes were pars
ed In volna from Stephen's Cross'
roads to Carter^ Ford. But we were
getting through them allright. t T p-
“OB rounding a curve, and there sre*y.
many, of these in this short strech of
^Toai,^* sfe espied an ' automobib*'
of Tho
an ad-
nannoBelng that the sub
There should ho a cotton market
ing association la Colleton county
Th# farmers produce cotton which Is
now their chief monoy cropland
exercise lltUe P>uelness Judgement
in marketing it. There should be an
script Ion pries of The Press and
Standard after Oetobdr 1st will be
$2.00 per year iaatead of $1.5« A. organlmtion to pool the cotton of a
at present. .We regret that we have
found ft necessary to incsease the
price of this newspaper even t.V
alight amount of fifty cents n year
but we trust that It yrill not affect
pur subscription list any mor%tha*
.the raise from $!.•• to 1.S0 did a
few months ago, and that was not;^t
at all. except to Increase tbe num
ber of renders.' * , s . *
Everything we.ha^v Jp buy has in-
creased so. mueb we fannot longer
publish tbe kind of newspaper we
do at tbi, price we hi%> been receiv-
stock has been ggain withdrawn and
we never know what ft will cost till
the bill comet, and. it ta alwaya high
er and higher, In a dry goods sto’-e
Monday we were examlng spin''
standard cloths which we had seen
sold for many yeare-at^p prle« rang
ing fropt 8 cents a'yard to 10 cents.
Now this is marked 35 cents a yard!
same advance In everything we
to buy la goticed so when thfe
is
number -of'small farmers till suffi
dent number of bales is gotten to
gether to “Induce buyers Who will
compete.’ Then too thede should be
«n official cottrfn grader at the prin
cipal selling ppintr. with the proper
grades of cotton on exh)blt so that
the farmer can grade his own cotton
and know that he is getting nil his
staple sbpdtf /rinti Nm the market.
This is purely a matter of business
for the-farmer. * nd a^lt means fnor*
mpney for tbe hanks. And for .the
farmer to spend at the stores, .it 's
log for It. Tb. price on all pap**, a‘matter which the business man
should also be Interested ln. -Oth« ! n
counties sr e orgsolkatlng these, cot
ton marketing associations. Will
not some progressive farmer do tho
same for. Colleton county?
OIR SYMPATHY TO HKKKAVEP
• The Press and Standard desires to
express the sympathy it feels for th/>
family and relatives of Miss Ijloni-'
We do not think It un* ( Goodwin, of little Swamp ser-r
reasonablex^o ask at least
price for our paper.
When the priCpN^ The Press .and’-
Standard was raised $1.50 one
subscriber'stopped his papCtL becaus>
a cost tion. at the tragic ending of th'*
voting'and already vastly useful life,
all before her Just unfoldim;
With
as tjie pytals of he rosebud unfold
ipto the full blown rose; with an op^
he could not "afford to nav the>nce “ | porthnlty for doing good in her.
^ home', her community and her
hurch. it was indeed a tragic end-
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■tindijig stock still. “Oh. Ob ” ex
claimed the wife, “An automohile
stuck.in the mud!” Sure enough an
other traveller from. Walterboro .toy
Cnrier’s Fonl. and a candidate an)^
ioua to be there earjy und late. wa ‘
here stuck fast." Being deeply symps- '
thetic. and knowing\ the keen dir-
appointment of a .candidate, unde-
such circumstances, We gpt «»ut in
our white palm beach suit and all to
assist .in extricating Candidate PrV
lum and his two pretty and attract
ive daughter*, out of their preicn-
ment, W'e did, and got into one!
removlnir.^-.fUfy from tmd»ienra*h
the car. Mr. Peiluiit . fail an >
HER SPLASH! It fell Jnto th-
blackest mud imaginable. Rratult
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white paint beach suit plastered,.
Wall, we finally, after holding ^t
war council, decided that there wp'i
nothing else to do tint go on t«> the
aervice. We did. and w P cut a pretty
■orrr figure, yort' can well Imagine.
We thought it would look bettor
when It dried, - it dld'nt. Anyw«'
We enjoyed tbe meeting, and so dbl
Candidate Pellotn.
The question now 'uppermost is
whether or not a suit lies against
<!!. W, Pell tint candidate, for on*:-
pair of wh)te trouaers. and mentiil
rytlnguish or, against Commissioner
Turner for allowing, penpfttjng and
fostering such cess pools of in
ItjUity. I tetter roads? Of course w*
need them. Bo >«tt ^iot think' r«*
gentle reader?
This same subscriber was in Walt!
boro a few days ago and offered to
sell the editor some syrup. “At what
price?”, w e asked. “$1.50 per gal
lon,” he answered. PY.ou are Joking,“
we remonstrated. “Yott,stopped tak
ing The' I’jess ^Efcl standard when
we went itp. 50-cents wyegr, and
here you have goa e up 150 per eent
on the price of your syrup, you
should be consistent^’ We will sit^
that- Ifti* farmer could not see it
that way, as It depended‘upon whose
ox was gored. ’ • ,
We trust that We shall not lose g
single subscriber. The opportunitx
Exists for everbne of them to read
the paper for two years at the prjre
of a subscription now, and doubtless
many of them will take advantage
of this opportunity now, or before
the 1st of October. „ .
in>s<)f a life of great promise.
iave their time to fall,’’ - ‘
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>rs to wither at th^
. North Vlad’s breath,
And stars to set>but;all— .„ - .
Thou has all seanqh* for thihr
owHt & Death!
Youth and th e opening rdsy •
May seem like things too glorious
r* for decay ' >
.And smile at thee, but thou art
of those
Who wait the ripened grain to
seize their prey.
Colleton .must pay -for $20. per
capit»of War Saxings Stamps dur
ing 191JL So far she has purchased
41 cents! >
Mr. and Mrs. ,-James Dandridgc
spent the week-end with friends at
Yonges Island.
GET READY EDIT THE Ml WEEVIL
BY S. L. REID
^Agricultural Agent, Seaboard Air Line
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The dreaded boll weevil. was !n xvrittjr recently visitetl JJW "farm/ f
a few prhsp >»o)is fa*-mej^fn this seelio-t
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South Carolinay last year,' a few i p
having heeti found near HardeexjUe | ftf , ho S(at> , a mKbought for Mm I,*
and one of islands near Beau fort: lone hottr>iOrt worth of registered
hut-yerv few of 4Jh* farmers of i p^.,, mon , h , ol d. Thi.
hotyth f arollna knew It. | nun Wd to he a hu
This long talked of and
cotton
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terrioi.' Rn ,| -price of cotton dete.rntlnr<!
a fexr
velvet
>ii« prostierttv He now has
brood sows.Njores of corn,
heaps, sex'' b*np^, etc.. Jiut b e all’ll
makev : rut’*' eottoP v It-makes prae*-;J
ic.-tllv no difference To, him wheth*»-'j
cotton brings thlrtv cents of fl/.'
cents no- pound. He knows jitsf
there Is always a demand fbr his,
rige and people come to his place [|
to httv them. If cotton brings tM-
tv.cents a pound he has a few more/]
hundred to his credft. but if 0
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pest is now at our very door.^nui
yet some do not belie\> tbaf he is
ever coming.
If these doubtful ones would take
the time and make the best invest
ment of their lives by going to opr
sister Hi ate Georgia and j«ee ' foe
themselxes the havoc that he has
wrought they would doubt no Ling
er, but would rush home and begin
to get-their land ready for othe-
crops besides cotton and perhaps
they would make another coml *n- brings on,» cent per pound he *ttfl
vest menf by buying several regis- buys a new automobile and a great
tered brood sows. many more liberty hondp 7 thar
Some few of th? .rar-cighted fanr- the cotton man with thirty cent-
jera In the Inwcv part of the Sate cotton. /
know and realize th e danger that in How nltpy cotton men ca-n point
before us and they are ' preparing *° $**ttd eeming to him in the mlt'.-
the bolt weev*! die of Jply? Sounds like a fairy
when heNarrives.Ih sections where tale, hot it is a fact,
this pest ha* route *t ha*, taken, th*' The writer'on the same day wen*
Jdlinrrs t nd,: business it ten from oty'io another fartti. the owner H
three to five yeafk yo re j list tffent- yfhich also used to he a big cot to*, {j
jSelxes to the hew coitditions. yet we ’*»an httf he is jujxt tike the - othe-;||
who ate fortunate enough to ifttfl »ian. he knows^lihat the boll weevil
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- , , . , . . haxe time to prepare are dhing Ver# Cotuini: andf he is ready for him.
ThitC <|t test ton is a searching on*! Iutl< . lie ohsoIxiK-iy refused, to sell hi-
on a most impressive poster^ gotten] The « , rx of , silver-tongued ora- for/the simple reason that l/'l
. out by the Government printing o'-’ tors has t heen .‘■'Prepare for the boll did pot want or need the mop^". i
Offt^ 'in connection with the*n>atte- *-** < ‘ v ‘l-" xer^ few of them hax • ThipK.if it. Mr. Cotton Farmer, t-. |
ever ptented out to t>e fartuer et- .f*'*! m>>pey in July! Sounds lik--
of redemption of Mar Savings aptly how he ran prepare, and the*, another fairy tale, but it ts anoth-i
atup* plexlges. ^Xicle Sam i;- staod^roffer him no market K’r the crop ~
log witfl\on« arm around d^veTttnfc ' •
*oldier nmlvtfte otper aporfnd a eiti-
Stam wL - ,
around it.,ytfung ^ they tell him he xMigbtv to prow.
i What the fariupt wants to lujo'v an*i
•' | 0 j„ some real rash ntoiiev eottt
ten holding d M’: S. pledge rard
in bis Jrfirtd. I^tiCie Sam exrlpinis:
”Our bviys mak 0 good their pledge,
»t> yod keeptttgXuynr
This reminda rta thajt
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Ftill-tdrtod«?tJ pigs hit ten , , n .
ob! are n.>w siltinc at front twCntx *'
to fifty dollars and as I said hefb* •
the demand far exceed* the Htipplx.
There has been placed fn this see
gers of CoHeton county dt> not Uu
prox;> they will have a hardNjtnuf
die to bring Colleton over the topsjn
the matter of- her W. S. puyinent
For tlte week ending July 27 Col
leton Htan'ds mvxt to tbe boton\ b?
the ll'** ''''ll’ « total sales repotted
of $299.25. Qn the total sales re
ported up to thap'date for the coun
ty Colleton stands next to bor-
tojn with a total snips of W S. S, of
inc in besides the few bales of-rot
ton he *eH* (n the fair X.
There are many Ways of doing' tion of the State in the pa$t si-,
this, bill the writer desires to call .H on ib* <*ver 400 registered Duror-
attention to only one and to mPn- Jebttey pigs. Thousands of jilollax
the pled- tion a few coberpte Instances^whoro have been sent Jo Georgia and t\>
$ 1 f. 0.'57 25. When it i* recalled that; to replenish them with good hogs
pledges were taken in the ratnphicn and <mtle. Some.tuay say that »
X yS , ^ # . <.ftaFlftX<k# xA> •* > ft ft^T i— -*
recently conducted for almost $18'!,
tWP, it would seem that some at
least of Ihe the pledgers are not
keeping theif pjedcft. HOW ABOl T
YOCRS?
farmers are ready for the boll we«'- Florida,for these pigp when tjtfi J
vll and wo longer dependent on cot- money could haxe just as well jdixyC
ton to determine their prosperity «'d at homK ■ / ■ /'\
for. tbe coming year. ^ - • Th^ banks' Uiroughnut tXe Slate.
/In the State of Smith Carolina are. very anxiotht to bavp r /fheir c:i.<-
is only one Itog to every txra tiMiigts liegin to diversify- mui are
and you could hardly call c willing to lend Just /a* readily ou^
-hack a hop, one thin 1 ?, fiilI-h!o«>4l«Ml boua an th^y are on eo*-
that tTu* farmer can do that/will ton. The boll weevil ,is Coming and
^is hi ^ uiontb in the ^ „ ow counl by the nnvqth b.^
year is by rgistog of pure-bred live. e „
MOck. The |t vest or k of th^ WatW.s [Z V
nothing wooTd p: v th« farmers any
tM«»r tVn by investing in a fe<-
ro*'d 4»rofvd sows., and if they d->
rotMn-t ';Be Vbex w(M bh nartlfl',
'•Xp U' . ’ r 'p» besf -’ end this ot.j
'$1*+* wal no.lopcX'- •brve*the dis-
yet fewxverv-
across th,. water has terriblv de- ar, ‘ . l ' oUini: readv.fnr. althoHe'. i
- . . . ... ■ . * nastVx!w*«b *•«>., >>l a. «. tU
creased and we will he called uprm
i on not wait until the" war is over,
but the answer to that is very sin
pie.
The demand for ptire=bsed hogs
ur e^bsed !
cede tne
this coutirry far exceeds the supp’y
and from ail appearances will con-
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^ . fve'/»ei11 xve doing »)ttr-?*•*•.>
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