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fOL. 39 CMNGH MEtllfiG JT MlLtE, SAM R JONES • •' KILLED TUESDAY CROWD OF SHERIDAN VOTERS, AND SftAHY SADIES, ATTEND CAMPAIGN ON TTESDAY Umeatii« FallinK Lot; Swamp Durtng Wreek on Log Train. Mother; Boy Will Never <-* “ Sre. . s t A tragic death occured in Salke- ( tie swanp near Snidefa Tuesday. SPLENDID DINNER SERVED THE CROWD tag Held at School House and i Candidate for the House Was —Other Speakers In At- Made Good Speeches. \ usual • CottagevUlc always her part well.” raid County TBnmnan Howell,Tuesday afternoor teaftosina address of day’s caiupaieu This remark was made in to the splendid dinner serv- auad good^ attendance of the.peo- nnd the evident interest and en- .n manifested in the speech es and the speakers. The speaking *at 11 o’clock, and a recess was at 1:30 o’clock tp pet mi t of ’s being served In the’school ng. after which the speaking resumed and concluded. The tes for probate judge and the candidate for senator two of . the candidates for the •spoke before, the dinner ‘B. h. Jones, candidate was absent. All the other can- were present. audience perhaps numbered > persons, and repripinited a nutn- of communities, quite .a few Wafterhoro being in attend- FWr Probate Judge and Master. The, first speaker of the day was TL M. Jefferies, the present master junty. He referred t6 the entered into two years ago people of the county when he hutchle swanrp ue»» r»uiuei a » . morning, when a log rolled off a log • train and crushed the head of Sam' M. Jones, foreman of the logging for ces of the-Colleton Cypregs Com pany. killing him instantly. It seere^ that there had beep a wreck on this logging road, and Mr. Jones^ was tberir assisting in getting the" train ; righted when‘in some*-manner one of j the heavy logs rolled off'and caught 1 him beneath it. crushing his head. j The funeral was held this morn- imnat Peniel Raptist church, the de- ’ ceased being interred with Masonic honors. Rev. J. P. Graham Walter Black conducted the servicee^^jul quite a large of Masonfe m faternal -services Representative Seeking Re-election Desires to Reach \ oters Not at Campaign Meetings and Dis cus^ Issues pf Campaign and Things for Which He Has Stood. X..K, /• /: and Rev. TO THK VOTERS OF COLLETON'Of Stxte-widei nature do not receive • religion'*• ’ /TOrNTY: • . thtit* attention. • My appointment •quite a iar*e-number /• . . ... nf Oh W«y* and Means cprnmittei' 1 foyhierly sr** ^ s r-Mrfca’tsts ^ - county relatne .to my candidacy (l»y C. C. .LYON.) t onwiiomleui AlMch.^ 1 nd To General Pershing’s Army, t* The American public can believe anything it reads or hears concern ing German atrdcitties. • During my year in France, whilv I was with the American. French and Belgian armies, a number . of instances of German mist real men: of helpless men, women and chip!- Ten Cariie under my^ notice. . For a few days, several months ft go. while an American .-Infant r” regiment to which I was attached was in reserve in a little Frenci* village a few miles behind the fir- ing line. I was billeted in a hous- occupied by a Catholi JOSEPH C. PINCKNEY, OF WAIs- - " 4 ■' + * , W TERRORO. PAYS WITH. HIS 1 ' K UFE SUPUEMK SACRIFICE ON BATTLEFIELD JOINED REGULAR ARMY FIVE YEARS AGO t / ' .... Way %mon K First t'ontlngent to go ^ Over Several Mimths Ago-Died Beovely Defendliig Post i»f Dan ger in Recent Battle. I- the mantel , Josep’i C. I'inckney, whose death • - . 1 »»* reported several days ago la ^ th,., iM-mkm of . thi. commilte.-, 'That is th«>let«ro of m y broths Roth Van., a debtor of Mr. «.d '”” V *U ”1 ^ »» ‘A“ W C -^ 1 fl/” TFrlT? >'** »' tms parish. The German army came through here in 1$14 in their- ad >' Mrs. G. J.' Yard, with tvliom they had since lived. Mrs. Jones survives. One chihli ^died about a year ago ig Elder Holds Services ha. b^ n The Rev.'G. E- Edwards. Presi ding Elder of the Charleston Dis- triet, was a welcome visitor at th-« : jority of voters I •regretthis asdo all Hon. D. L. Smith and myself the candidates for. all the offices h , vp wr { ed on lhln ini p ortitlt conj. unless there be one who wishes mince Something to be’covered up. and i ; Fr( , ytlentlv during the* legislative do not believe there is one such ^ Sf)jon Senator VA(lf , ett premded making the race this year for. any , ovn . thp a . td , .1*0 had tho ... _ . 1 honor of presiding over the HguaT • ♦ » •» X » °■ ^t!!»nthdhr Af OD occasions. So Colleton any act of mine while a member of hj|s h<H>n represented by men in the House !or the past two years,J . ^ of House .who sr* hav vance on Paris, and they beedn shelling our village when thev eame within a few miles pCH. Makfe Protest. w • in his priestly robes my brother went out to protest to the German general against It. m . My brother whs ordered shot e to ! recognized as worthy th e honors of i the spot bv, thi^Oerinan genera” I in a tew places I have heard that-, ^ | f . KiMatlve bodies. \ [They stom! ,ip ai„„ K the rnnH«i‘x., was among the very first contiqgent d Ma to go over. He was in Co. B; 3rd chine Gun Battalion, arid was killed In the recent fighting to repel the German invaders. Just how he met big depth has not been learned. ." The deceased was. born near Wal- terboro Ndvr'S, ISJh*. and Van a son' of he late Thomas M. Pinckney. H», grew to manhood (n WaRerboro. and attended the Walterboro Grad-; ed school, lie .enlisted in the regular arm}’ five years ago. He was brave, and did, not know (ear. follow in v relatives survive: his mother. and the following V there ha* been local Method,st Church last Sunday ^ ^ ebnneetiod day morning. The church was well b<>iid |s!sue and th ^ r filled to hear his inspir.ng sermon Hrcnlated ^ ^ Nhich was based on the parable '*'; b>ck to th e House I .. tb^Lost Sheep as set forth in Luke, rnji iwue on the 15: 1^0. Mr. Edwards impressed op County Uy his hearers the fact J1 je *", 8 to them Now. thptfe who know tad Christ is.)* Savior of the InjUvluaL. ^w that this i* false without niv net necessarily of the multidude * havinc to sa> ^ The P eopl ? had an The Jews were expecting'a messian j orportunltr to vote for or against that would redeem .thorn aa a nation, j smd this is the reason *. ” ... moww, ano me following _ the brothers and sisters: Thomas Pi nek- miiiar. r . i-|-me me roadside by his murder,-. 1 w ,. t4 , P | M , rn fth a’hat is going on there The. crucifix on the mantel is the!” ,9ft,,, w * ,terboro ’ w>"he in position to do more fo/ «n e he held in his hand when b.’.'*.* __ 1 ‘~ hi people than a new roan. [died.” < ' :a / | W, H. S&lind6rS ».I am standing bp my record as a ' In another French community is* vis : a ^ A ?! ro who,e - amI w ®u!d auk that voters a little blimf hoy of he n must i WO r t d " t , hp ♦xt, 1 J n *! ^omsider It as a whole. Of course and four. .Who would gn werri^i*! , ,1iatter J ; any man can pick flaws in some n-L dhaut/miHeticallr try the* the^ 1 **^ f/* 1 *.* 1 !. 0- and f ^° r , , h . PU1 pa ^!of mim>. as a legislator and as a Vflth the' over ^ , V\fh dti h K / r0m i« \ h r «i?Xco*' "Perhaps.: Bi|i what assurance .•fltorvv 7 thoughAerv- light the pco- have yOM ihM any - n , an hn 8end up ‘ During between three grope his wav ! rying to ,pla* Attended Meeting: • W.. H. Zanders, rhairnmn of the <Hher chilflren: Here is hG OoHeUta ^«nty iaibor hoard, has elected for a four y?ar’s t*nr.. ^d this is the reason thoy legislature had seen fit to con.-* je, u s Christ.. The Christian this office with that of the pro- not be d*seo,traced if his work is judge fof whiffnbd has no cri‘ 1 not rewarded bv response from .but tsks for the combined po : ; magS es. hut he must rejoice although Aerj’ Hght. the'pco- *'Y\TZ TTenr,',^''During ,h r ^ /f returned from^ meeting of th* in order ^complete his con-1 th e fjndtag of qne lost »Mep. Be-: not wish roads built with, a.^ 50 ’' ^ „nv,^ nc ^ aT Ibri i vb,me Si adva " M ‘> «untv chairman^ the State, which — r . . isid^s the showing the worly of tnoj ^,,,,1j*eing a democrat., and vj |. , , things von do not delivered of '1 **" held ip Coiumhia. Mr. Sander au,,n« he neither ji^Wi.h Wr .he .inner, rte ^rn.o., V eon.^enr ene I eeri.ini, ho no. J^Jw *2!^ ^ n^e ">*• >•'*"’ »«• WlM ni.d., ii ronnr-cl u. um ,... _ t®k@ /l l4 ^.-hrisfianfhrthesinner^rte sermon v v con8l5ten/one x do m>t i ik p-Ti ik ,,« Vdilicai gam nor 4oss from it. MV. , waS qne that made the'ctmgreeation • thfKk ,, ^ ul( , be riall1 (o po OV er K »->K«wise -KHeries said thkt a man who aTwayiv , k j nk 0 f the responsibility of sqttlttL } th<> ^ y , itaroed bis Hand and it being an 1s- »n the race, he would vote Riy th#> pennle aftfl enact a an exemple in the borne that is wo«--j road boXd. issue which tiicy etnpbat ■ 1 m Y\\t •Vva-x rfsKltsl WAfl l •• a' > s\ a • a a. a t l. .. . , v«»e care of the labor situation. So ronuesl ^as made thaf a . that |h ., n , emhern nf ihe ^ me vn the, race, he would vote fajr thy of emulation by the children °f j rally said th«v »ti<i Mr Dial fbr the rpired States Senafc ,t,e home. X .. ‘ | ne*er thouchV,. in ■mM •*, ek r' W* • -1 f ♦ ex m le —x ex £ a* « - • .a e a” * e a a. _ _ : . . v«t h; Wther no ct iticism to make of/'any lan’a^vote. / ^rt Beach, the present pro- followed. He reiterated wtatement that he performed 'strictness every duty in eon mi with his office. He stat^thp.t ■opponent's claim to twq 'years re service was not well founded i this was an appointive office, and permitted to run- In the''office . jm* as magistrates are permitted. Mk. ’Begch raid he had purchased Id- herT' ponds., war savings stamps, and wks on*, of the first members of Bad Cross had in the county. He promised, the ^ame faithful perforn-.- o'duty should he be elected. \ ‘.Henitfor Jas. G. Padgett. not want. I.have tht',. InHmatod nor said At thq,'conclusion of th e sermon j F wbuld do anX thirty of the kirn:, the quarterly conference was held/ and th e person Xh 0 !, tKead.this*re- The presiding Elder says the report for this quarter is the best showr.rng made oy Bethel Methodist Church in the past three years. / ave Monday Five .men. the balance of Clast 1 of the l!*li draft, who are physical ly qualified, have been ordered to_ appear a» Walterboro Sunday after noon. Aivgua 18. at 5 o’clock to leave for Camp Jackson Monday moraine. -J—— e. .The^next call of negroes which will Col. Padgett, candidate for made the latter part.of this '•Aatw .Semite who is making the ur-■ rgontiririH-exhaust t vtaposed. began by thanking the pen liv of the county fpr permitting hipri triukc this race unopposed. He es- MwtalBy thanke<r\V. E. Wiltff) fo- withdrawing from the race, after he had about concluded to entefC and h* port did so knowi (Tie Road it tb be false. I»M«e. nick some flaws in YGl’R career, lace ix'lng orl> human as you and I both firman . surgeon attend tjie mother afe. but I try and VOL should try He. did so the baby boy was horn to have the good predominate. X Grateful Too Soiwi. \ ^ Some >|enMirex SupiMirted. / ' The- grateful young neither and 'IZi I voted for bone dry prohibition. * lKl relatives thanked the Genuan ^ and worked for H' I favored IjpXsurgepii profusely. e” /But K /y are nojr empowered to enfe tain restrictionV in'the bor. Oher restrictions wi il the state legislature gleet* in Janur-/ i ft , '\ ary. unless a special session be ca _ _ •• th> ! ' 0,ne f lA^r. whew th\ . that t j ni 4> T he other Perhaps it might not be amiss to ""»* ^xnce which brings h^khon^^man re *‘^nt had.moved on. theN^ Qf thia {or cotletonXOun- sgv a few things about this roan some of^youi taxes. 1 siiprprfcd ^ _ ^ .! rom _ tr\are C. J. mass-ColletonXnd W. ; eral appropr fat ion's for sch* \ he full It Win to say that If th^jnegro regis- Irants-Of 1917 ifnrfL,There will be 93 of these. „ Those leaving Monday are: . Lemuel Luther jCraven.^ Walter boro. Route 3. . • ' \ Ben Ijiufie Hendon, Walterbon-. bond issue: The bill was prepared by Senator Padftett and numerous conferences were held by the delegation on the matter finally introduced >s a delegatioi measur®. all the members sgreein.: on it as it was finally shaped up be fore it was introduced. It was decid ed that a campaign would b^ had ijy the county the delegation alou-r with the menibers^pf the'road cop.i-j •'"■■/e . — - mission, were .to go to various com-1 tbfs^reat sciencecan be obtain-' A no ‘n«M' day 1 visited- / “ - - X ... * K - T»A ty are C. J. Kras* Colleton^ H. Broughttm Walterbpro/' for Gli IiK& C. Fixed !"^a meaw,”"; The unspeakable cur had* a ^nt 1 jg ^adr / *MBmted he would -rather surrender »wwt«rrial place to W. E. WillD than almost any orker man in t!:e ’WtaBty. X Benalor Padjfett referi-ed to the 'Htadibond is?de. He told of the wrpC ^ewt requests received hy the defe- g*tion to^. entet the road bond tfS' c ■wtllioujt, submitting it to a vote '<? tbe people. Th(, delegation got to- er and often consulting togeth- was requested to nrepare-the .bond ISHim bill which he did. and th/ A *‘ w ’“tion unanimouslv decided to 1 to h- Route 3. Barney Langdale. Walterboro. Route 3, Benjamin Kolila Banders. Lodge. Jasper Lepn Btrickland. Colleton. the oppriipriation for/(he Cohfeder- German surgeon, and in It said: at P soldier, that fast dirappearing " Too .thanked me too soon fwr ’ legion of grey, wfu> ' hajed the 1 ^ attending you during the birth of! breasts in defense of the Bouthlan' 1 , V°" r baby ton. I am a German, an 1 just os our brave Boys are doing now Germany is at war with your coon- j Xnm* there.” I was a joint autho- try. so I took cqre thajl, your son of <he Bmoiik-Rector bill for teach->, wnu ld never become* a soldier. H« I injr OOriotilture in 1he A>mmdn wl !i L never 9<>e!,, * K r»lumbia /4uw\ 11 The i<chpOla x of th** State, a measure The unspeakable cur had bliwdy. w whlclF^bHngs to, the with the irietabers^pf the'road com- j 8R tae kin mission. were 4 to go to various com-j tbl8 , ’^reat scfraceXs can be obtain-' -snorner nay i visited-" a muniti^s of th e county and explain,<d by the better equipped town the area th.-it wa^ evacuated b> 7 the provisions of the Act'to the peo- 1 school*. ColIetoK county has thre*- Hindenburg a vear ago lakt spring. . f „ pie Wbfore the election was held/ I l schools now taking advantage of w hen v he wasXorced 4o shorten hlv^X ( . , ' h , nt . , attended all these meetings as did the provisions . P f Vi« ^ »nt cotton or lew,. *3.50 two.or thre e members of themmm s-1 hope to sw many more before the, peopn. Tpe Germans. Mu onnirmnai iaa -sipn. Senator Padgett attended onely^r. ends These and taany «SlherX^ | theC left It. sv^emactidM*4x n . ■ ^ ^, h nn ‘ meeting. Mr Goodwin, 1 think, two [(natters of importance weYe thing^, 8 . 1 ) ,p< e\er> bujfding in 1J# lilt..- . f? _ r . H ’ d When Senator Padgett said /e realized which I actively supported. i' ’ ‘ n nf hLliU ^nd ^ies’ire f.irnishJd ^ that the people were opposed tp the , record is open for your Inspection. ] cno ThX story waXtold me by * . dlti , Th bond issue, and he was mot goingYni Now. a word as to>*fie need Tor 0,(1 0'“ n 1 foimd wandering • •’ nrlviledge of fur -* “» ^ *Ar.o k ..... | SuoHXMje *£%: . " r.ftSHIKR »T IftHHiE administration for Bout! Caroiii e price-for ginning in South hlina is fixed bt the fPod admin- \ X. THE QITrTBR beateh It’s ea.iy to cry that you’re and die. It’s easy to crawfish and crawl. Tint to fight and fight when hop^s-f 1 and he. therefo^ri, did not feel that there was any nse for him to attend all these meetings. - T felt th|U . it tur* at this fill of the ages is^now may end soon or it may would not . do fpr some member, of • for many years. In either event the population all the able.- Imen and girls and • sent! Lode**. Aug. 13.— B. K. Bandera. the deJagation not to go around with | law making bodies of the State and/,. , ‘ x;, ; , -—. - ■ „ . K „ n r ..ht»r the people and meet the appoint-j Nation are vastly important. wX ,hp '''' ,ea \ f ! ltr on,T ° ,rl ' r „LLr. nl n w f^ thl' inents made, so I went and made [know not wHat crisis may ' “I* children. Then the I/Coplew Bank of I^odge. for .the peon1<» who'^sked whtt had/be°n me oij . . J| Dbeeu tXX: • *h*ue. He told them the deleratlou f JnM "have on e more <jr> It’s 'h»d passed the bond Issue, and it wa«4 " lo ■musing to see the change conviric; H'* |hc keeping on living that’s these people who then felt it hard, perhans unwise to place a bond lh»-.b«., flfh. I kftftv how in f.vM'U«ai.« tho lirMftft. of - m/lar ;'Ti PV '•» l»/J™* Wooh* im* toto >pf good roads . : making bodies Pertain there willy 4 " lht ‘ v Werp ^ing. td blow up the to Die colors. tende.sA hia resignation it^rns to me it wodld be| ^^y^iemstpraXt rtf’™*- b "‘ ‘ h «* blocks we W M«ffch was accepted by the official, out Of sight. I manifestly unfair for any voter, people as war measures. \VhJ fb.f. Ikft ho,. ft,j»» of .)ror,|!o «.< Mftlll^ kMM^-1'MMfftrti™. m ? ..uro, / T.^..w.-q a „ a .il thh 1 -- *« mo« offlotent In h.ndllhh I >—* .v- * -ewr. »Y__ retird.;!. .* i’lc affairs of the hank, and made or manv friends here who- rdgret to A» hroftrt .„d hoa.on and «ftr-joo.m ft|U hro^.«.. ,Th„ „ o„,.o ! ho moro XlL / | of my connection witlhthis tapftpr. j with them and get/or snbihH the hiatter to a vote" of tv» * And though you come ' opt each I Seitqtor Padgejt. the’author of th'»‘ the best there is geeds . people. ^Vhen he came ho try on on*-1 rrudUiUc- Wit • . bill, ta running unopposed, and of j perlenre and. aWHty. yf’i vwvmiiSnn he-was accosted hr some of, All brokdi and beaten and scar-i course W N iU bo elected. This Is quite ! »>♦> mor«> rr ’ J " rod-—-. j a complirtvent to bin*, and he Is,Jo -^ver before. in would be sparedv. the hank with regret, to become rapp’e . “ our plaro* in the Sparod* , effective a tew days ago. Mr ; S«_Mnd- of e\ rest of the town. Then roe,ess wm i ^ iu, w ' h '‘ n h^M, ‘ ron, ‘ now on than ^ over the count’-. They were lav- (■T Tor Padrett and Smoak and Wt thh, was the opooriunitv thev ’■^lu-d. He .then corrected the state- -'•"2^7 * n< * Icld them the pequle would ? 1° pess noon the bond issue. Tt defeated and as loec as he Is in Senaite Polleton will not have a d lasn^ placed over It. The coiir- !^^rill have to build roads this wa v thp peoole of the county have yet gotten to the point where r can see it, * that way. >**nator Padgett then referred to •• *tee scholarship bill his contr:- dead he congratirtated 6ft it. but to makei going to m,. a goat on this road bond issue see thin obert \Y. Servic* and use it piarnst me is not th * xfraight (.bfng to op, and any votVr who desires to be fair, will have j ... ... rqlr. ,. , NLGRO 4 SOLDIER WRITES something else against me, or l-r tjo- good thipgs after the war is back, and the four other candidate*- vears PnrnoJat Hnrrv Tracv who is n W ‘R n°t oppose my"re-election, -.- /over and the young, »d strong men-i can-contest - for his, place Send - ’/T. Activities in the Hooro. A who are now fighting for us come i whichever one of them you wis** I was very active as a meinl>Jp of, i.ack home, and bring with them hack and. Senator Padgett and I the House.-a£,Mr. Goodwin, Jlftiiator ' others. I see those things, and I do the beat we can with film. Padgett or any other person krhn ^mx willing V> forego the comforts o* had,occasion to .obaotye\ifiy woik life at home, in order to render this ^ __ __ , there '■iB "*>’• I »o/onCy interest- patriotic service to my people, as I, you do not understand any po- home, which’he dispatched with a ed myself on locad niatters. but T have tried to do at home. | sltion I may have taken, please lot, rail. This snake wa? eix feet In took a lively in^eire^jt In matters of Bo, should the people send me! me-^have an opportunity to. evplnin State-wide importoace, for 1 real-,;J»aek to represent them again, I j *L s a uepresentatiye not would be greatly heartened to per- Sincerely. n county but o: form my tasks, if they wilLglve me • W. W. SMOAK. __ There are dozer.*; a vote of ronfldeneea ^enator Pad-! Walterboro, August 10, 1918., ?<S: Th^ St. George EaglA/ells of ti of mat* elpcted to the StatO legist- eett is. going back withlfiit oppos' number of highly so mit to* sit down and < 1,focks ' vh ‘ re the old folks and , »he Huns am licked rk ♦he.niselves ou ng periods of time, hut list be done now. and our stands to .receive many n r . i ren we* .-sheltered, and mor«» iiko- hundred of them were killed. WISH -etqra Mr.. Saunders' place has beerfsJUlod v G. R. Barker, of Olar, . a young mAn of merit, who has been in the banking business there fur serernl>\ / (Continued on Five.) member of Co. A. 304tJXLabpr ba*- taliori. A. E. F. has written his mo ther from “Somewhere „ in France that he is well, apd getting on all •righr. He saysj^ hopes to see her soon. It toojr Collefon a long time to dlscovor that tobacco could V' i Z ed that 1 grown porfitably in that county. • only of NqW Dorchester if find! Kmed Hage Rattle Snake. Charier NeHjes. of Omega, oft I- shall thank you for your interest ’| M | Thutsday raiKupon a very larce in. my behalf, and also If you feel snake in the'road» near his \ / ments which have .- ear.—News and On ag it out al- ! South Jells of a of m« experi-j tujpe w he seem to think that the., it ion, and I lik« to thinl/I also a'n made this are tbyte only to secure a few little a candidate for re-eleet|kJh. *;Rhout! [mttt/vft their county, and matte,/ opposition ‘ * The Wglterboro Press and ard announces a raise of 25 per , in fts tmhscripffon price. It wiU plenty of company if things keep on ^lr. add Mrs. R. M. Csrter spent‘as they are headed. — The News Goodwin Is not'going.last week at th* Isle of Palms. 1 Courier. « » /