March 7, 1900
P.W. Rivers offers a choice line of groceries.
Pickled pig’s feet are 7 cents a pound.
Gold Band Hams are 14 cents.
8 O’Clock Coffee is always freshly ground.
Just arrived: buckwheat, oatmeal, and preserves in glass jars. Standard tomatoes are 80 cents a dozen.
March 4, 1908
Dear Editor:
I suppose the political pot will soon be boiling. One important question before the people of Colleton is Dispensary or no Dispensary. The whiskey question has been an important one for ages past. I know that fifty years ago Judge O’Neal was very much commended for his Christian principles and he was for temperance and prohibition, and all Christians should take the same stand. Why they should sacrifice principle for the revenue on politics, it is difficult to see. We have tried the whiskey business in the groggery, High License, State Dispensary, now County Dispensary, with what results? See how it has corrupted our State. Has it made our people any better citizens? After all, is there any material improvement with those who use or those who sell it? Nothing good can be said in its favor. By God’s help we will drive this monster of evil from our county.
J.D. Ackerman
Cottageville
March 5, 1919
The new offices and display rooms of the Overland Palmetto Company have been completed and are now being occupied. They are arranged in the building formerly used for the Colonial Theatre which place has been splendidly arranged for the purpose of this automobile concern. There is a large display room and a repair department as well as a supply room for storing parts of cars sold.
Manager A.H. Wichman has his office in this building and is supported by J.C. Tunno, Lucia Patterson, J.D. Rainey, Clifton Buchanan, and J.L. Berry.
March 4, 1925
W.W. Cone of Lodge has been appointed by Sheriff Lucas C. Padgett as a special deputy to have charge of collecting delinquent taxes. He will have an office in the Court House and will hold office for six months. His sole duty will be to handle almost $90,000 of executions for four years of delinquent taxes.
March 2, 1932
In the presence of nearly 1,000 people, a magnolia tree was dedicated Friday afternoon to the memory of George Washington. The program was part of the Walterboro civic league observance of the bicentennial and was presided over by Mrs. A.C VonLehe. The committee in charge of the program was Mrs. C.H. EsDorn, Mrs. J.M. Klein, Mrs. H.M. Kinsey, and Miss Beulah Glover. Mrs. A.W. Skardon was in charge of the decorating of the speaker’s stand. The exercises took place on the court square, the balcony of the court house being used for the speakers and members of the high school orchestra.
Between 700-800 school children marched in sections from the two schools with a teacher, carrying banners and led by the boy scouts in uniform.
