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purvuiitf • 4 • < \ .. ' f P v o v„ ^ MOB TWO the Pkm and Standard HiWMiMikc. The ftrees and Standard, Walterboro, S. CL ^ V »•••••• ••• ••••••••* *• • • *4 & O. M Lv Owo Tow !••••» r’% • JO THK C OTTO.V HITt ATlOX sf which made a start la the right dt- roetloa. Booth Carolina stands to lose all Fhdoral aid because of this action oa th« part of the House. Sooth Caro lina should be la the forefront oa this as dh# la oa many other ant tonal Questions, but It tales a loss Urn* to wakt^up the people to tbelr needs or for a State highway sys tem. They cannot think In other terms than county lines ( and unless they'fan see the rodds actually be ing botlt by their own doors they cahoot favor ^hetn. In establish ing a State highway system, one must think In State-wide terms. Better some progress somewhere than stagnation and no progress anywhere. ^ I ■ O' Wednesday, March 5, 1919. 1 limit TMES EDITOR 10 MARKS REPLY TO BMTMUAL IX JSSnC OF PKIUtTARY IJYtf, OX HOME K IX C EDITOR SMOAK ALSO MAKES REPLY Set* dale’d Overt Beotally Cc Records as a of Mr. Never have we seen greater la tersst shown than in th« cotton re duction movement ifhlch is now on in the cotton growing states farmers, bankers and business men are aroused as never before, ■ and they are in earnest. The crop this year will be reduced, and the specu lator aad cotton futures gsmblers will not be ah!* to manipulate the cotton markets in the future so as to get the money crop of the South unless they pay s fair price and a proft over the cost of production. This edict has gone forth and is be ing made the slogan for the cottou growers in the South.' It is being backed by the banker and business man. _ ‘ . If there are any weak kneed In- divlduals who have not the nerve to cut their acreage, we would remind them that the South la standing to gether in reducing cotton acreare ( and Colleton county as a part of ths Booth which produces cotton, is ox* foetod to do her part. Judging by tbo way the farmers of tho Monty Inre Rgnlng/lbe Jredaction pledges and the interest they are taking, Colleton will -not be n ■lacker county. < If you have not signed n reduc tion pledge yet cot the one out of thin paper and sign it. Then mall It to any member of the cotton com mittee or to F. W. Kinher, county agent, Walterboro. Sign at once and then stick by your pledge. Rad T**te in Your .Mouth. .When you have a bad taste in your mouth you may know that your di gestion is faulty. A dose of Cham ber Uin’d Tablets will usually cor rect the- disorder. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels. , You will find this to be one of thw 1«l ie .best medicines you have ever become 'acquainted with. Pvt. JamcM F. Item* Father. Write* His NOT JIOMHXO HKIKP Milt HIGH WAY C'OMMIHHIOXKU The Press and Standard holds no bmf for Highway ' Cotumlssioaer Ulmer, but we fee! that he It not receiving his Just dues In regard to the dlacuMlon one hears about the condition of the roads. Trjie the roads of the county are not- what they should be ( aad they will never b« till the people of the county make up their mlnda to provide funds with Which to build them of some per manent material which will stand the great amount of wear which is now being pat upon them. The ordinary earth roads of the county Will not stand up under the strain, ••peclally during the rains of win- tar. It moat be Admitted that there Are several times the amouaf of traffic oa the roads of the couaty now that there waa several yean Ago. * The automobile, the truck, the wansae and buggffa all have tarrmeed, aad tba consequent wear aa the readn la much greater. Then top. the Autaber of rood ' workers hAP decreased. Tba county chain gang In depleted, and there are ■ow but feW convicts, and they can not do the work necessary to be done to keep ip' the 1,100 miles of pub lic roads la the county. When Commissioner rimer blamed for the .condition of the rvftda. Without taking into considers tion all these things, it is hardly fair to him. He has done some good work elnce he has been In office and some that stands up well. We are told that the toads of Colleton county com pars very favorably with thoae of other counties. Now that the winter tn-epasring, may et pect the condition of jh« roads to - impYove, 'especially if Mr, rimer Will start hla crews to dragging In all direct ions and dragging inces santly. Drag, drag, and then drag, some more. A letter fronf fPvt. {James P. Kent*. Jr. of Islandton to his father ‘ d. F. Kents. prt James F. Kent*. Jr is with 81st dlvhlon now In Franee. Dec. 8th, 1918.—My Dear Father. —On Nov. 4th all the boys were supposed to write their fathers. I did not write on that day aa duties would not liermit, and since then have not had’ n chance to write, but dad. your letter will be some later than other boys fathers, but it la coming just the name, ami I would have been writing you nil along but opfortualties to write have not boon coming very often aad ten I had a chance I wrote to •‘Pally” knowing'you^ all would hear from me la that way Just the me. ^ Dad I have thought of you all, through my experiences oyer her? and I feel that your “love” aad the strength .of your prayers, have had all to do with the success I’ve made In getting through this game unit. Jured. and I long for the time to come when we can nil nit down to gether at our dear old home aad thank the Good Lord for the many, many blessings. I am doing nicely at present only cold. We have had no celebration of peace yet every thing has gone on as before. But the celebration 1 am looking forward to Is when I get back home. Truly hope all are well and doin.r nicely. Give all my love. • Tell Tope I am using the paper she sent We to write to you. I wrote to Tolly Just after hostili. ties ceased. Hope she got the leli ter alright. Tell Tolly I will write her today too if 1 can scare up some more paper and envelopes. Love to all. Your devoted son always. Tvf James' F. Kent*, Jr. The -following letter was received from Representative Columbus X. Langdale. Saturday. March 1 : Columbia, Feb. 21, 1919.' Mr. W’. W. Smoak. Walterboro. S. C. Dear Mr. Smoak.—I am writing you Juat a few lines in regards to your editorial of the 12th inst. If you eee fit to publish same you can do so, but don’f publish a part of it and leave off any. If yon publish any be sure to publish nil of It. , (Letter unsigned. > The Pfesa and Standard gives space gladly to Mr. Laagdale. Noth ing Is left out. The eommunlcatio-i follows: - «n *■*•/ ' Home Demonstration Work. Columbia, Feb. 18 1919. Editor Press and Standard:— After rending you? editorial in The Trees and Standard of Feb. 12, 1919 headed "For the People of the County,” L noticed that you have •loner at all for accept!ag it, but why not tall thef people about At, aad could not} that -amount have go«e to Pay a demonstration agent, or part of her aalary? How about tbo large amount appropriated by the delegatloA to have tie officers of the county examinedl/ - Hive the people of the county ever gotten anything out-of it? No. not even the saLafaction of knowing any thing of tho results of each exam ination. Why- not let the people know something about what they have been taxed to pay for? la it not a fact that Mrs. Way, one of the Jemonatration agents for CoIletoiKcounty, left the county on or about the 15th of. December, 1918 and was paid for the whole mont\ and twenty-seven dollars and twenty seven cents for travelling expenses, for work t*> be performed in Colle ton? This was handed me by ono of the county officers of Colleton. It is not my intention, Mr UditOr, to enter into any controversy at all, but I Just wanted to let the people know that 1 had been misrepresent ed in a statement published in yo ir paper. # ’.Yours truly, C. N. LANGDALE. W. W. SMOAK IX REPLY. The above letter from Represen tative Columbus N. Langdale ap pears to have been written Febru ary 18, but was received Saturday March 1st. W’e do not understand why it waa not mailed sooner. Teo- pie,forget what JC written sometimes and three weeks is long enough for many persons to forget the entire paragraph of editorial of February ying that with] 1 - , h- Here is the paragraph .n full as it appeared then: "Representative Lgngdale says that he thinks that with three years of the work, it should be able to is Forint What He Needed. From the Republican, Mt. ('.Iliad, Ohio: The editor had an Interesting experience some time ago, when a young gentleman came to this office and naked for a copy of the .Morrow County Republican. He scrutinised it carefully when a copy was handed him. and then said: "Now 1 know!” “What In It you are looking for,” we Inquired. "My wife cent me after a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy, and I forgot the name. I went to several stores and the clerka named over everything in the line on the ahelf except ‘Chamberlain's.' I’ll try again, and I’ll never go horn* witbout Chamberlain's Cough Rem •dy.” The Republican woold nog gent to the proprietore of stores, that they poet their clerks, and lever let them substitute. Customers lose faith in stores where substituting is permitted, to say nothing of the tn justice to makers of good goods aad the disappointment of customers. TO Ml WOMEN WHO ARE ILL THU Womnn Recommend LEGIMLATIKK DOFs NOTHING S'" FOR ROADS It wan with a feeling of keen dis appointment that it was learned the tafflalature had defeated all plans looking to the establishment ofyper* maAeat roads, and creating a good roads sentiment. - It was hoped Uiht this matter would receive at tention in the dosing hours, and it did—Just enough for theL Rouse to kill the good roads measure. Governor Cooper made a masterly *PP*aJ for the enactment of good ronda legislation and the Senate pas- iod • good roada bill, at least one Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vege- 4 table Compound—Her ' • McLean. Neb.—** I want «o recom mend Lydia EL Plnkham's Vegetable Compound to a41 women who suffei from any functional disturbance, as it has done me more food than all the Aoetor’a medicine. Since taking it I have n line healthy bahg firl and have gained in beahh and strength. My hus band and I both Praise your tned- „ M _ IcinetonU suffering women. —Mra. John Koptbliumn, R. No. 1, McLean, Nebraska. - > This famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkbam’s VegetebEcS: pound, has basa restoring women of America to health Tor more than forty yaera and it will wall pay any woman who suffers from displacements, in- itammatioo, ulceration, ir jpularities. backache, headaches, nervousness or ’’the blaee" to give this successful remedy atrial me quoted three years of work, it shoul^ be able to continue of ite own voli tion.” Aa a matter of fact, you know t^at t I did not make any sach atatement. I continue of Its own volition. He I said this: t’That it seemed tc.^ccois to think that the fact that certain girls have been taught, car ries-with, their teaching enougiv im petus to continue the work even without an agent at all. but for fear that) it might lag h> favors one agent.” Of course in this we did not use quotation marks and did not pre tend to quote Mr. Langdale exactlv as to phraseology, but if one will read the above paragraph in full and what he says that he said, he will find that the difference is That be tween "tweedle-dum” and "tweedle- dee.” Now, the editor of The Tress and Standard has been in the newspaper business for a number of jears, -ind he does not misquote statements. Mr. Langdale was cor rectly quoted above. Now we do not care to make any lenghty answer to tne communica tion of the representative, but he seems to take delight in bringing up several matters connected with the legislative experience Jof the editor. We desire to keep the re cord straight, and ahall notice one or two things says. • •Let ua se^’ if this legislator is consistent. He says: ”1 have received two requests to keep two girls nt this work in Colleton county where oa the ether hand I have re ceived over two hundred to cut both out.” Just before thin he aaya: ”1 am in the House of Representative'' to represent the people of. my coun ty and State.” So why did not Re presentative (?) Langdale fAvor rutting both ••glrte'* out. as the peo ple demanded this * in the ratio of IBA to L We would like to eee thoee two hundred letters. No, Mr. Langdale, you are not to blame for the 'appropriation of 830,000 for roods and bridges made in 1918. Nor am I to blame for the 837.000 appropriated In 1919 for similar purposes.' As a mas ter of fact only a very email portion of the appropriation for court ex penses .'or 1918 has been used, and I hope only a small portion of that for 1919 will be used. Trohibltion has knocked out courts and court expenses, and it will be necessary to use only a small amount to pay eourt expenses from now on. I alsn helped ’o bring this to pass while in the legislature. Yea, I helped to make the appro priation for the support of the honv' demonstration work in 'Colleton coupty, and I have no excuses to offer nor apologies / to fuake tut doing It, and if I had been a mem me that with three years work along this line hy the ladies who had charge of It. that they should have had the county no well organised that one demonstration agent could han dle the work very satisfactorily and profitably for thp girls.” You any that the conclusion reached by the legislator is faulty, k am in the House of Representa tives to represent the people of my county and stai*. and 1 have re ceived two requests to keeft the girls at their work in Colleton coun ty, where on the other band 1 received over two hundred to sut both out. So according, to your leaching, the conclusion reach*- i by most of the people cf the comity i faulty. You said tbit the county ‘s abundantly able to pay for th<s work. It looks very much like it when th? people of Colleton liavv* got Jo pay this year nearly thre,* thousand dollars interest on monev. How can you say that the county is abundantly able to nay for it? ■You saik that the delegation thinks nothing of appropriating thirty to forty thounand dollar* •very year for roada and bridges. There never has been over thirty Thousand dollars appropriated for roads and bridges and that was in 1111 when you ware in the House. Ho I am not to blame for that. The courts will not hare but three thous and dollar* his year Instead of four or five thousand aa published In your editorial. You aald 0hat JRewaratagjre Langdale would cut off the 1 teens* for selling seed cotton, and this alone would pay for the second heme demonstration agent. Why gag at this?' How many times has the income from selling license to traffic in seed cotton been us^d to pay a, demonstration agent? Did the members of the House law year, 1918, not set aside in tie county sup ply bill seventeen hundred and sixty-five dollars to pay two agents in Collelcn county, and an extra on- hundred d« liars to pay foff short course? Yes. I have gotten my bill through, and 1 feel proud of it. for I know it is what the people of my county want. • As to the fifth wheel to the county government, I hope that it wtli ,ie a front wheel instead and ! believe it will because the burden if too great for one man to look after -all the roads, building bridge* and fin ances of the county. r special softs* tk>os ailment writ*. Lydia ofita You were very quick to Jump on her of the House this y>*r, Colleton me through your paper for my acta in the Houpe at the present time. You need not be vexed with me be cause of your defeat. I am not to Mamet • i am not ashamed of anything that I do. nor am I going to try to keep anything hidden from the peo ple of Colleton, the people who elected me. Why did you not tell .-the people 6t Colleton, cbi _ty that the del-gation in 191T when you were in the House, that' they had set aside enough of the tax payers money to buy a car and give the county highway commissioner. Of course 1 do not blame- the- fommis- ✓ i county would hare had two agenfa again, and would have thus, been in position to help the numerous girls aad women of the county. Let me ask this question of Mr. Lanv- dale: ,|f tberp. is so much opposi tion to this work In Colleton county why has Miss Yarn been able to en roll to many members in ■ portion 61 the county? Here are girla and wotnep making aid of Qplleton county^ and our latrniakers in whose hands the matter rested turned a deaf ear to their cry. heeding raiher the vo»e«* of the opponent to progress who can vote. * As a matter of |act Mr. Lang* dal» r were you not tied by prom tees made when you were a candidate not to support this work? Would yon not, if you bad not been so bound, have voted for continuing the two workera? Bless your, soul, Columbus, I am not vexed with yon because of my defeat. » I am not vexed with any one. You did not vote against me because you were not la the county in the last election; yuo would have done so If you had been herei I know that, and I know the reason why. But 1 am not “vexed” because of It No, no, Columbus, you are not ashamed of anything you did in the legislature, and you do not wish to keep anything hidden, although you v did not tend The Press and Standard n copy of the two acta you introduced . so that they might be published and let 'the people know what you were trying to legislate for them. Now, Columbus, you evidently do not read The Treat and Standard regularly, or your memory is very short. Everything which waa done while I was in the legislature of iu- terest or coucern to the people irf Colleton county, was published. The purchase of a Ford car for U>e high way commissioner was a simple act ! of justice, and was an expenditure of 8410.00 for the good of the county. It proved a good invest- . ment and has made more than that fdT Colletou., I have seen that car taking convicts here and there in the che county to repair bridges and quickly open up roads for travel when without the car they could not have gone. This appro priation was not hidden, and th* record was completed whep the highway commissioner published the following in his quarterly report April 11, 1917:. - ‘‘Riser A Ayer, Ford Car 8410.00” Again Cdlumbus you havg for- gotterf. The Grand Jury made a contract with C. L. Vann, expert ac countant. to examinq^the hooka of the county whlcn contract was duly signed and approved by order of tip) Court. The Grand Jury had aV^er- fect right to do this, and in perfor mance of the terms of this contract, Mr. Vann came U> Walterboro and spent several months with an as- eistant checking the books of the county. ' As a legislator I favored paying him the money he had earned, because he had a valid contract witn the county and I would not be a party to having, the county repudiate its contracts. Besides Mr. Vann could have collected this money by law. If any blame attaches to anyone it Is to the Grand Jury. As to the matter of giving publi city to the finding of these exper's I would refer Mr. Langdale to the issues of The Tress and Standard 9 January 16th and January 23, 1918. In these are published the full re port of Mr. Vann as given out by the Grand Jury. Reference Is made to this In several other later issues, particularly, March 13, 1918 and June 26. 1918. For Mr. Lang- dale's information, will say that this matter <• now up to the Grand Jury, aad I have no more to do with it than he has, or any other cltixen of the county. ' If this matter has not been hand; led in a manner satisfactory o Mr? Langdale, why did he not secure the passage of a law while In the legis lature compelling whatever action he felt wan necessary to protect the In terest# of the people of the couaty? Surely he has the best interente of the people at heart, ^nd thin would have been A fine lime for him to •how that latoroat Perhaps Mr. Langdale does not know that while I was a member of the Houee a law waa enacted to compel a checking of the books of the county every two years by, an expert—unless. Mr. Langdale repealed It—he seems to be something of a "repealer,” and not a constructive statesman. In reference to Mrs. Way and the pay for her work. I know nothing except what 1 heard Mr. rimer say in Mr. Langdsle's presence, Again, why did not Mr. Langdale order an investigation of this and it . this money was not rightfully paid out, why did he not set on toot proceed ings to have the county reimbursed? But perhaps Mr. Langdale was too busy in the legislature trying to get himself more pay than the consti tution allows. For five times the House tried to get throbgh legis lation paying themselves from 9T00 per day to 8100 per session additional compensation, and the Journal 1 shows Mr. Langdale's name* as hav- ' Ing voted in favor of this. He has not told the people of the county this, ailhough he says: “Nor ani I going to try to keep anything hid from the people of Colleton." Resi dents of glass houses should be care- 'til how they shy rocks. No. Columbua, a careful study cf the House Journal and the p:t>ceed- ings as published, would indicate that you belonged to the ineffectual minority who tried to obstruct many bita of useful and essential legisla tion. You did vote for compulsory Beware of Counterfeits t Some are Talcum Powder. “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin.’' Quick Relief—with Safety! For Headache * Colds •I'icuralgh Earache - Toothache Achy Gums’ Lumbago Rheumatism Grippe Influenzal Co\|L Neuritis Lame Back Joint-Pains Pain! Pain! Adults—Take one or two tablets anytime, with water. If necessary, repeat dose three times a day, after meals. e Since the original introduction of “Uayer Tablets of Aspirin” millions upon million* of these genuine tab Igts have been prescribed by physi cians and taken by the people each year, with perfect safety. “Bayer Crow” on genuine Tablet* J Buy only “Bayer” Aepirin <• the trade mark of Bayer Maaefar. luxe «( Maeoaceticacideaur of SaHcyHcacM • " Ask for and Insist Upon "B*yer Tablets of Aapirm.* American Owned, Entirely, tO cent package—Larger aisra dbd< TMsCmWH PnI Rirbt Off! “Otto-Itr Kskts Way! Why have to flop on the floor, aqueeae youraalf up Ilka tba letter **2”, and with bulging eyea draw your face up Into a wrinkly knot while you gouge and pull at'She “quick" of a tender corn? That** e-Tw* - * Xm MV VMb vwww WW#e ■ ■ ■■ the modern, petal—a staple Lean ever and sat two Are •NJeta-ir on the oora. put •taekla# and oboe right on i Ionia* •aver »«*»- Yeufll ate A »g •• th* side of ydur tee*. ..JK.nSeSS i-MiaMMSSS. UM'd.u-a. Wfkcpro- smntaad. eeete but a trifl# at any . irfdby JB. Lawreaee 4k Co*< .14. 3»M IB WsRerbore sad' recommend ed an th# world’s bent corn remedy byFlRB HILL MHRC. CO. ' f K)0 Rwwmrd, $100 Catarrh l# a local dleaaa* greatly taflu* •nesdby eonaututtonal «endttloaa It ,^^aTs*fasa u i&ia# t » . the foundation of th# dlaaaea fjvae the patient strength by tnapravtag taf fseafslhaalth and asalrt* nature In to2 * Taatimenlala fra*. OWN Chaney A Co., Toledo. educating and Thd iTress an f •Standard complimented you for T st th# time. All w# regret la that the welfar* of the girla of Colleton county an'i the boy* too. for that matter, ha lo b,. made the football of politics On# agent cannot handle the work of the county. o Tw© can do verr w#ll for the present. It ia a con structive and educational force In the county, and goodnesa knows w - need all of thea* at work soon and late. Irrespective of jjie opinion of KeprenentatlveLangdale htyL his iN advlaed counsellors, the work is needed, and the letter from the girl in this Issue of The Tress and Stand ard, makes ua say with Clay. “I had rather b* right thkh President.” or paraphrased: *T had rath«r bo right than Representative.” a •W. F. SMOAK. 'm v .