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f * • TACT TWO The Press and Standard, Walterboro, S. C Wednesday, February 5, J ^.r Hie Press and Standard * C, WKDXEKDAY AFTERNOON' PRENM AND STANDARD. I*. ^ * ••• Editor aad Mgr. at tfcc nortofficr at Walterboro. ■ mall matter. M It-M ItllTION RATVA: THINK IT HAH PAID? WHAT IMI» V(H DO? RThat did you do whea nnrtortune came. And jeered that H bad you beat? Did you show the world that you still were came • And refuse to arcept defeat? ' Did you btrrkle down with a purpose grim No matter how fate auailed? Then whether you stood to lose or win. You know you hare 'neter railed. *. « ■» .\ And whea at last you had won sucre**, i Aad fortune was yours for fair. Tor the other fellow in dire distress. Did you hare a thought to spare. Did you Rise him couraxe the rare to run, Aad help him to reach the iroal? Then fortune's the smallest thing you’re won • You bare grown a man-sized soul. —Elisabeth Clark Hardy OBIT! ARIKH < HAlUiKI) FOR The Tteaa and Standard baa a rule which , has been adhered to for the laa< few yekrs of charging for puMiahing cbituariee and carda of thanks. » Jt neems that a great many peraons do not obserre this rule, and we constantly get obituaries with a request tbat they be published free. Now, please under. Maad that we are always glad for any Item of news and rather than charge for publishing these, we are this week offering to pay for them. The news of the death of a perpoa is not an obituary, but when»one tealres to write an eulogy or' publish rerses of poetry la connection with a tribute to the dressed, especially If neat la long after the demise, then this becomes rn obituary and must be paid for the same as . the vording on a tombstone or-monument. Our rate fov theee Is never leas than SO cents, bqj may be figured at one-half^a cent a word, if it amounts to nmre than | the miaimum of SO cents. WH% .NOT WRITE YOlTt YIKWH? V As a medium for' 7 expressing the views of the peo. pie, Xhe I*ress and Standard would be pleased to publish short and sane articles on'live Subjects writ, tea by readers of the paper. Every week there ar^ .a number of subjects which the people of the county should be interested in. and which your views mav kelp to enlighten, or to convince. We should be pleased to publish them, and they may not agm* with the views of the editojr, either. We would in,fact welcome articles combatting any. position we> mikht take on'any-public matter. Help us make The Press and Standard helpful to the people of Ihe county and InAresting ks well. / ' %' Just at this time there are-a number of,li\e topics We might discuss with' profit. V Suppose ^we-mention one ok jwo which could be written upon with help, fulnesa to our people: “Is the 'Canning Club Work of the county Helpful to the County? If* so will It Pay to Have One or two Home .Demonstration Agents?- ' ' “Would Colleton. County be Helped by the Proposed , Bond Issue of S2&.000.000 for Cood Hoads?” “Would The County be Helped by 4 General Stork Law. aad Why?- / “Should the People of the county be Permitted to traffic la Seed Cottoa? If not Why Not?” The above are only n few of the many questions Which might be discussed with profit by the thinkei* of the county, and t»y “thinkers” we mean those per. sons who have ideas on the subjects. • It makes no difference if you cannot write perfectly, we shall be pleated to correct any grammatical -errors, spelling , etc., but what we want is your-ideas—your view's on Ikese and other importnnl. matters. If you can agrev* with The Press and Standard.' ihe editor shall bo glad . . f aad If you cannot l*d us have >our view* anyway. If we are wrong h^tp ua .to get right"'. first to send in wn article? ft la understood Uftpt the Colleton delegation it likely to cut Ihe appropriation for canning club work It Colleton county so that It will be possible to employ only one worker for the county. , We feel aure that this is a mistake. The work has been highly profi table to the county from a purely mtfneUry standpoint. Last year, 1918, the members of the.girls, clubs in Col leton couaty canoed over 39,000 cans of tomatoes, ? 500 cans of pekrs/ and 4,140 cans of beans. Th * value of thin cafined* stuff was 120.082.05 figured at market'prices. During fh<f same year the womens clubq.of the county canned in similar products a value of Sl?.500, or a total for* the girla and women members of dubs of $33,582.65. This was done at a eoat to the county of less than 82,000. Most of this canned stuff would not have been saved but for the presence in' the county of the two fslthful workers. Now, Mr. Legislator, from a monetaty standpoint, did It pay? But the monetary is perhaps the least valuable ccnsideralioa. Great- lessons in .thrift and,economy have been taught. The pride of the Isiembers pf th ? clubs has been aroused and the result* will be seen Iji, y»ars in (he'homes of the, member*. Sparks of j ambition have been kindled which will never be ex-• njigiiished.-and the futufe of the members will be brighter and’ the future of the cotiny will be better because of the work these workers have donei, Let ys look at this from another point of view. The people generally get'lfttle enough for their tax money. Mr. Tax payer you get direct returns for very little nl the money you have to pay to support the govern, mknt, do you not? Y6u will admit that you g‘*t‘ very little, even from the large turns spent yearly on the roads of the county, will you not? Your roads are but little better thAD they have been in the past —some of 'you say they are. not as good. We vould not say. anything to detract from, the really good, work'being done In this county on the roads, but facts are atubborn things, are they not?- / Well, where is It that you can see some of your money coming hack? • The achools? Yes, this is about the only tangible thing you have of where your money come* back. And in many communities in the county, pre cious little good is being done through the agency of the schools again no fault perhaps< of those in charge Of the schools. ' But the average Igw abiding citizen of the county gets more back in, the schools than through any other agency. But little of the work done in the average school room in Collteou county has any bearing upon the making of more use ful ciiizens—we mean by this that the' training given in the oidinary school branches does not fit the pupi for a practical citizenKtiip. ’ Now here i* an agency which works' through and with the. schools'of the'county, to give this touch of practically - ihls Idea of usefulness. TJie taxpayer is shosSjfc. above that twenty time* the money cost comes l»s>k ‘nr&.the homes in (lie value of the product saved. In other words here is something tangible which thk taxpayer gets for the tax money he pays out. We •consider an investment w-hich returnft 820 for $1 a pretty good one,'do you not ? We have not mention ed here the value of the.larger ideas which this work under proper leadership engenders, and this is not the least valuable. ^ ' ■'Hut.” say our legislators, “orte person can do this work and thus suv** to the county h few hundreds of dollars.”. But, can she? Last year there was at enrollment of more than ■MRU members in the clubt of the ediftity. The wbrk of the clubs must be done ii a few months Is it not. .therefore, a practical im possibility for one, person to reach that number of club members? • Some phase of tjie work wiil have Ah he. neglected. The work will suffer, and'the ,re. suit will be disastrous. The few- hundred dollars in. vested will' not bring the returns which have shown a profit. It will he going backward, will it not? Doc* Cplleton county really desire this? We do not believe It, •and if they are thus.conforming to the views of ihe people, we honestly think they are mistaken.. So we trust^hat a saner view wxll prevail and that the appropriation-'will be restored to an amount sufficient to secure the best there »»• for the county along these lines. The State and the National government* arc back of this work, nnd our lexers in State and Nation insist that every thought possible he given to | 'eduction. Colleton county has met other demands alontf these lines—will she not meet this one? The work is educational. It is uplifting. It is 1 ncessary. It Is progressive. It is worth while,. It is for the poople'of the county. It gives help whefe help is' needed. The County is able to pay for thv work. What other demands should there be »o in awe it sane legislation? * . Z' Who will be the WHY AIIOM*!« THE T%\ COMMISSION? X WA\XEDv—t.tKID MmitKSlN>NDE\1> / The We noU* that the legislature Is again making frantic efforts to abolish the ti_v commission. There, is very little real *« und reasoning back pf this, but rather a •elfish and personal interest attaches to the desire on the part oT the legislators who are fathering th1« movement. The tax commission has done, good work. 1' has t< •• n of great value to the State, and hujl added t" the tax values df Ihe State mucb in^altle whio'i vtherwise would «-*cape tptath n. ItsA' 0 *' < * r, * have l>“en very limited.* Instead of the legislature's mak. lag an effort to kill the lav commission^ it should strengthen its powers so that it could dc a work worth while. Of couse the conuuisklon is not popular. Nobody ever thought it would be As a rule megj. hate to pay taxes. ^’.\n> agency which plkecs property on the tax books w'hich, has teen dodging taxes, will be unpopular. The new board of assessors proposed will also be* unpopular. If it s«tuvh<nts to an> thing it will have to do the same things the present tax com. mission Is doing If St does not, then there is no ex. cus« for creating It. Then, the present tax com mis. Sion has learned how to do justice throughout the St%te. nnd its membtr* are entirely familiar with tax values. • A new board mill have to take ye^rs .to leafn the same things. So where t*' the sense <u making a change? / Dress und Standard desires a nuufber of good writers to'serve as correspondents for/their respec tive communities. We- have tried/the voluntary cot respondent, huf it -seems that / is hard to got »ew$ when it is new- this. way.'/So vve have decided to « itet to pay one i>< rsun/ from each of the • everaf important centers of/lie county for . a- weekly If interest rtr we shall be’glid'tb hear who desu/- to seive a .a fe-repres*'nfa. , nve of the papr^r in the sows line and also m a husi. | ness way. Our pi/»position will appeal to a brigV 1 end indtlstfidus yoiti^' man or womnn in niunity in the count: , LCt ns h>.\» and a sampl*/tiews letter c, r<ws letter, trom any on*' • in si jour community. every cym. your application the Mnppeblngs of . must be a c< ncrefe road • s 'tate is a step ONK (aOOD VOTE FOR COLLETON Representative Langdsle voted for the compulsory school cttecdaccw hill which passed the House last week. We commend Representative Langdale for this vote. Only live members of the House voted it. * ”• — j- * • • • ... /NEED tiHEAT Ftm HETTFJ; conditicp of Out road*} ,yf this countrv i- -ncit travel is almost out of the question. To cart;, the business of the country much ttavelling-Hnu* be done, and .this is needed more and- more as Mh* 1 commerce increases Th“ pfsvnt mad^Tantiof ttan! the strain on‘ them. Some other quality 1 uilt. The proposed plan of buildijur t*» connect all Ute county sea 1*^01 the in the right direction atrd a few-arteries «'f commer«‘e can thus he const run'*»d. I'sing cnl> the revenue » eriv*H| from tb<' ntitotnobiles of th«‘ State will leave ' vs.- w * ether vehicles and othur property free to constru-'' oihor v permanent roads to connect with the mam arteries. We do not know if the proposition x will meet with general favor. bnt it Ts well worth study, ipg. Our people an* not favorably inclined to a bond Issue Just now, hut they will come to favor it more and more as they become familiar with the work to be done and the coat of doing it. d Play Safe ORDER NOWP A - wirrs UTILIZERS / /. / laafegl A ;/ Best for Cotton, . ■ / *- " '' ■* * and All *n the BEST Manufactured by SWIFT and COMPANY (Fertilizer Works) Office: ATLANTA, GA. SEARSON WALTERBORO S. C. / u H ^^toFlUltEP [RACCOON ITIEITM URGE VO SVtfiiCt N«l. LARGE I mss to XVt B461 N°l. MEDIUM CrrOA TO AVERAGE NnSMALl EITRA TO AVERAGE N92 AS TO SITE IQUUITY 3 AS TO SHE t QUALITY 15.001* 12jOO S.OOt* 6.00 : 630 to 530 . lO.OOto 8.00 i75in 5.25 4.75i* 425 7.00t* 6.00 430t* 3.75 3.7510 3.00 5.001* 4.00 325(* 2.75 230to 200 5.00to 100 3.00 fo 200 2501* 130 • / 2.00 to 125 0 125to .75 1.00t* .60 flNE DAnK mink» “ PALE 11.001* 9.0C / 8.W10 7.0C 7.00 to 6.00 8.00tc 7.00 6.50lo 5.75 5.75to 5.00 6.09to 5.00 4.751* 3.75 4.00(0^325 430to 330 325(o 275 2.75(o 225 4.50to 250 325to 225 3 00to 1.75 130(o 1.00 1.00(* .75 30to J .60 MUSKRAT w,Nrd! f FALL * 2301» 230 2.401*230 230i* 2.00 130 to 1.70 1.80to 1.60 130to US 130to 120 1.10(o 25 1.30to 30 l.OOlo 60 301* .40 35lo 25* DON'T SELL YOUR S;URS AT “ANY OLD PRICE" when/'SHUBtHT’ Is paying such extremely high prices. * “SHUBERT” Wants South Carolina Furs—All Yon Call Ship F«r more tbaa Uurty-fi. c \ exr« ‘ 3HUBERT” h*v been giving Fur Shippers an hoeaat and liberal auortment payiac the bigbast ^ ‘ ' "batter aarvica"—“qriieker.” marbrt prio A “SHU lot >our A -tk r.st: * \ r,\ ship vo ur furs — - - - - • w w - w a O J R E C T . f O A .B. S HUBERT/Arc: THE HUGEST H0USC IN THE WRU) DEALING EXCUISIVELY IN AMERICAN RAW FURS 25-27. W. Austin Ave. Dept i8t2Chicaqo, U. S.A r .»• , «V tiOUTiO*S MCvt ’iwnUiaTt- SSIPHilU ABA." NOTICE! All persons are forbidden to hunt, eut wood or in any way to treapaas on iny land*. • . 3. STEVE RQBERTSON. . Stoke*. S. C. A Word to the Wise BUY YOUR WOOD NOW AT YOUR SERVICE MARVIN’S WOOD YARD ’PhcRC 15Y, tf No WorMi in n Healthy Child All children tnmbM with werma hare an un healthy dolor, which iuAratr* pour Wood, aad o» o rale, there to more or loao atomoch dioturbancr GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC tfvoa regularly lor two or three week* will oerttk the Wood, im- provo the dWoodon. aad act ao a 1 estajTeak to the whole orotam. Naans wttll— threwo*or dlopol the worms, sod tbeChnd w01 bo rsgy** ? ! r - .