The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, February 05, 1919, Image 2
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TACT TWO
The Press and Standard, Walterboro, S. C
Wednesday, February 5,
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Hie Press and Standard
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WKDXEKDAY AFTERNOON'
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Editor aad Mgr.
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■ 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. *.
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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?
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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
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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?
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WA\XEDv—t.tKID MmitKSlN>NDE\1>
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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
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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. * ”•
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/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
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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
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when/'SHUBtHT’ Is paying such extremely high prices.
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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
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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
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