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VOL. 40 NQ^ 52 CHESTERFIELD, 8C.~ THUR3DAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 $1.60 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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PROGRESSIVE I
r ROSPERTTY I
I By
I CHRISTOPHER
I G. HAZARD
tfe lMt, WMttra Mawapzpw Union.)
A8 WE -look into the Immediate
future and greet a New Year
there la one figure that we
want to aee upon the field of
history, the figure *t prosperity.
It inay be ttfU we think that
we do see It while we are really
gazing upon a, mirage. Hoqe always
telle a fluttering tale and Is
ready to be the father of thoughts.
Imagination is akin to faith, but
requires no real basis. If our optimistic
outlook is warranted It Is
no because we can believe In a
prosperity that is to be real because
It will be the product and
the possession of us all.
U civilization la the a am of oo-op'erative
Intelligence. All the capital
In the world could not mine coal
without miners, and all the miners
In the world could not do It without
capital. Idle wealth has proved
no more than accumulated uselessness
In eastern countries; men
have starved to death In the midst
of vast but unappreciated natural
resources. While the employment
of money and the wise direction of
labor have given to the West Its
Immense advantages of social and
economic riches and well being.
?v Russia Is perishing under the In- I
^ cubus of a stagnant communism
that takes away the Incentives of
progress, banishes leadership, lives
npon past accumulations while
last' an<* starves afterwards.
The interchange of abilities Is cut
. 1 .off, the social circulation of necessary
differences In peopie Is arrested,
the rewards of a genius for
affairs are withheld, production Is
ended and prosperity lynched. It
Is like a vast body wherein there
Is no circulation of sodal life
blood. ,
{ America has thrived and must
up0n the largest encourage
MBt of Individualism that a true
collectivism admits of. When the
?acw cMVMt navigate |hn ship
there )s no advantage In killing
the captain. It Isn't necessary to
have tyranny In order to have a
certain, hut society and business
must have leaders and governors,
and there cannot be two captains
en, any ship.
A After all, men hardly expect to
pass for more than they are worth.
The real kick In our democracy Is
against false differences. Ours Is
the land of a fair chance. It is
the home of opportunity. No crust
keeps merit down. In sn Inter
cnange or values srery one here
has had and must have a chance
te make the most of himself,
flln doing this he will need and
*eee his fellows. No one ever succeeded
yet In being great or prosperous
as a hermit. We climb up
upon each other. It takes us all to
; make and to keep civilisation. A
man owes himself and his fortune
to Society In a very large degree.
Are we not all members of a great
end wealthy body politic, wherein
as one can live to himself or die
without loss to ths rest!
?? M UVMVU catu uian uw
* Ing hi* neighbor five dollars, alt la
a circle. Let one of these take a
five-dollar bill from bis pocket and
pay hi* debt to the man next to
him. Let this man pay his neighbor
and the next man pay hla until
the bill shall have gone round the
circle and returned to the man
who started It on Its round. This
man may return the bill to his
pocket with the happy conscious
1 ness that he has paid his dabt and
also received what was dne htm,
and that every other man In the
group has the same satisfaction.
- But If the first man had not started
the bill going there would have
been no such results. He would
then have Illustrated Instead
of America.
JJThe secret of civilisation Is the
Irculatlon of ability. It Is th?
secret of prosperity. Let every
iumu iircumie imh wonn to society,
so shall there be a true communism,
also a true capitalism. There
Is a conundrum which asks why
one should prefer a dollar bill to
a gold dollar. The answer Is, "Berceuse,
when you put It Into your
pocket you double It, and when
you take It out you And It In
creases." Prosperity progresses as
we pass on what we are and hare.
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A TIMELY RESOLUTION
"Ralph," Mid hla father, "what |wd
reeolutlona are you going to make for
the new year!"
T? not going to ftght with Prank
Reef any more,'' replied Ralph.
T? glad te tiear that, my boy,"
aald Ma tattler; "hat why did yon
nmhe that reaoletianl"
-" Oanaa,*V iraa the anawer, "I always
gat Ueked."
COMES AND GOES
TIm record chows that the old year
fosa Mt and tha now year comas ta
istsiiliss of who la looklnt 99 yah
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DRIEST NEW YEAR
EVE IN HISTORY
Chicdfco, December 22.? The cold
' *: > , ?
gray dawn of the morning after New
Year's Ove will find several million
American citizens peering outj
through the bars of the Hoosegow.
"Oh, how wc wish we had obeyed
the prohibition laws," they will chorus.
Prosecution, sentences and fines
in ? ** ...
win ioiiow, and tne several irtillions
will serve time as an example to the
world that America can enforce th3
eighteenth amendment to her constitution.
No other picture of the dawn of
1923 than this can be drawn from the
promises of federal, and city prohibition
agents from coast to coast to
make New Year's eve the driest in all
listory to arrest all bootleggers and
all hip-pocket celebrants alike, and
to prosecute them most vigorously
for drinking, toting, selling and donating
booze.
Big Drive Prcmlic<l
The big drive against holiday
ckinking will start in many places on
Christmas eve, but all enforcers agree
that they will coneentrnt i on > ?.\v
Year's rvo, for the big killing. M'ian.vhile
federal agents along the Mexican
and Canadian borders and the
seabbards, are acting at watchdogs
of civilization in attempts to plug
the annual inland flood of holiday
hootch.
MR. SMITH JOHNSON
Mr. Smith Johnson, of the Center
Point section, died at his home on
Monday, Dec. 18th, of typhoid fever.
He was 33 years of age, and
leaves A widow and six small chil
dren.
Funeral services were conducted
the following Tuesday at Hopewell.
MRS ELLA WILKERSON
Mrs. Ella Wilketsonrwife of Mr.
J. W. Wilkerson, otf^ the Bay
Springs section, died at her home on
Monday, Doc. 25th and was buried
at 4 P^M. Tuesday the 26th, at the
home place.
Mrs. Wilkerson was 50 years of
age and is .survived by six children
apd her husband.
BefQre her marriage she was Miss
Linton, daughter of Mr. Bilhe Liatoiu
DEATHS
The two-year-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Johnson died on Friday,
Dec. 22d and was buried at Douglass
Mill Cemetery on the 23d.
J. Curtis Poison, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. P. Poison, of Bear Creek,
died Dec. 2d and was buried at Bear
Creek cemetary on the 3d. The child
/as born May 27th, 1920.
His infant of Mr. and Mrs. Fur.nan
Oliver, of near Hopewell, died
Thursday, Dec. 21st, and was buried
at Hopewell cemetery on the 22d.
WEXFORD
Xmas day passed" off quiet in this
section and no one hurt as wo know
of.
There is still a lot of sickness in
our community yet.
The entire family of J. L. Jenkins j
have been confined to their room with (
the flu. |
The Rev. A. B. Smith and family j
have been quite sick for the past.
week. i
'Mr. and Mrs. Claudus Hunneycutt (
j*nu cnuaren oi Stanly County, N. C.,
npent the holidays here with Mr. Hunneycutt's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Hunneycutt.
Miss Marie Smith spent Xmas with
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. B.
Smith.
Mr. Alma Hunneycutt and family
,of Union county, N. C., spent the
holidays at the home of Mr. Stanmoore
Sellers.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. K. Jordan is quite sick at this
writing but we hope the little one will
soon be better.
Miss Linnie Burch , of Cheraw is
'.pending the holidays at home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
Burch.
Mr. Laumis Hunneycutt, of Union,
N. C. ,upent Xmas at home with his
parent, Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Hunnevutt.
Mr."and Mrs. Wade Ring is visiting
-
mr. King's parents, Mr, and Mrs.
James King, near Chesterfield, 8. C.
Miss Grace Coker is at home dur|
ing the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Coker.
Rev Marion Smith is spending the
Xmas at home with his parents, Rev. I
and Mn. A. B. Smith. |
.
mod
ill ^
VrjOOMYB,
Old Year I?tl
Pursues another Flam
And Tunc.?the ruthless, ch
Will now erase your nai
And yet your younger riva
His aspect bright and m
Is but an unread version ol
The hopes we had in voi
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The.apple-blossoms of his i
The little aet4jMh
Deep buried in the Heart <
Will live again?and die.
He, too, will give the warm)
And days of slanting rah
As he deals out our yearly i
Of happiness and pain.
"LET'S GO!"
By J. Gilmore Smith
The future's looking mighty bright,
Let's Go!
Things are working out all right, 1
Let's Go!
Wheels ure turning, smokestacks
show, i
Fires are blazing high below,
Traffic signal's green, and so
Let's Go!
Hard times? They are in the past. !
Let's Go!
Setbacks came but couldn't last.
Let's Go!
Gloom has held its last parade,
Grab the hammer, grab the spade,
There's a fortune to be made,
Let's Go!
Skies are clear, that once were
dark,
Let's Go!
Everbody on the mark,
Let's Go!
We have done . with frown and
whine,
Get set now and on the line,
Every thing is looking fine,
Let's Go!
We're a Nation, free from hate,
Let's Go!
We can keep it strong and great,
L.et 8 UO! \
Land of freedom, land of mirth,
Happiest land upon the earth,
Let us show her what we're worth,
Let's Go!
Bone Meal end Sheep Manure for
Lawn*. The Pure Seed Co.,
4i-52 Cheraw, S. C.
UPSHAW SUGGESTS
PROHIBITION START
AMONG OFFICIALS
Washington, December 22.?In a
sensational speech made on the floor
of the house this afternoon Congressman
William D. Upshaw, of the At
lanta district, severely attacked Governor
Parker, of Louisiana, criticized
governors who meet in the interest of
prohibition enforcement who do not
personally practice prohibition, and
called upon the president to issue a
yuletide proclamation calling every
citizen and especially every state and
federal official to total abstinence for
common good, and upon the civic
clubs of all cities and towns to enforce
the president's call.
be fickle World The big round
e, That lighte<
langing Time? . Will shine upc
ne. - In just as in
1 with j And he will bi
rw When crim?
T And hurry thi
To flaunt rf
Spring, The painted p
* Will be with
>f Earth, Because his W
The Portal;
th of Suiv ?^Gfcod-byc, CMd
i, We fbtmd y
share But you have <
And so?Lc
CLAIMS STARS PORTEND EVIL
Ilobokeu, N. J., Dec. 24. ?
Death, murder and horror will
dominate mortal affairs during the
coming year, for the planet-, are
planning to hand us a rotten deal.
At least, that is what Professor
Gustave Meyer said today thatj
the stars indicate. And Professor
Meyer claims to have an intimate
knowledge of stellar plans.
"It's a great game ? heavenly
politics ? but it certainly plays put
and take with human schemes."
So if you look at the quiet qnd
twinkling stars tonight, do not be too
sure all is right with the world, for
life will not be all honey and roses
during the next twelve months.
It is like this, the professor said:
"The minute a person is born certain
planets put their heads together
and decide on the life activities
of that person. From then on the
events, the woes and successes of
that individual are fixed, and connwhat
may, one cannot change the predetermined
course of life one whit.
"Some may have supreme confidence
in the power of their own will
tq guide them through the difficulties.
Some may take unto themselves cred
it for their achievements, but they
I are placing credit where it is not
due."
By way of (jetting acquainted Professor
Meyer predicted a rosy future
for the interviewer?that is, he said,
it would be rosy if the interviewer
did not drink himself to death or,
gamble himself unto the poor house. |
At any rate, he added, the next 12
months will be happy for the writer.
rri l x j ?
men ne gox auwn xo nusiness and
said:
"The coming- year will be the most
eventful year in many^robably the
most eventful in history. On the
one hand business will be good; on
the other, earthquakes, disasters and
strikes will be rampant and all becattse
the evil planet Saturn will rule
the first mansion of the sky."
AH kinds of Lawn Grasses. We
by the Government Agriculture Department
of Washington for this section.
The Pure Seed Co.,
4t*M Choraw, S C.
$ Yearl".
IRSI
t
I moon and silver stars i
i up your skies q
>n as many loves s
any eyes. ^
"tnp the frauMiif fun.
C i O- J
son roses nod, 1;
ough the Summertime ?
ie goldenxtxL I
- . 3
ithway of tils Fall r
cioua8 o'ercast, Y
inter footsteps reach d
you have passed. f,
... '*** ' r\ n
Year I?we loved you well; 4 ,f ?
our treasures dear, t
died as monarchs die< a
>ng live the Year! u
fian Terrell %ed, m S. Y. Thnes 0
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, "SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS" GRIPS 1
N. Y. WITH ALL "
j OLDTIME FERVOR li
I
v\
Now York, Dec. 23.?A Salvation p
Army lassie climbed the rickety stairs
of a tenement in the Lower East Side
today, to a room where an aged blind
I n
woman sat alone. jj
"The Salvation Army wishes you
a merry Xmas and leaves this little tl
gift to help you enjoy the spirit of ?
the day," she said, placing a huge bap:
in the old woman's lap.
About the same time, on upper
Fifth Avenue an indulgent father was n
trying to sneak a $15,000 silver trim- al
med roadster into the garage to help a
his only daughter "enjoy the spirit of p
the day." "
Somewhere in between these inci- 01
dpnta norliano 1?.. . V~.~. tt
IHJ nit jiHill Alimn
.spirit. It is certain that the "spirit
of the day" descended on New York n'
early and with all its old time fervor. ^
"Crowds swarmed through Fifth 1
Avenue and the other shopping dis- w
tricts intent on adding u few more
millions to thd quarter billion Christ- '*
mas bill that the merchants reported
FatheP Knickerbocker as having already
run up. Salvation Army work|
ers distributed about 25,000 Christmas
bags of food, clothing, goodies
and toys. The Knights of Columbus
distributed 2,300 baskets and workers e
for other organization were busy on *
similiar missions.
Street vendors did a heavy business
in cedar trees, holly, toys, cards and ^
other yuletide miscellany. The Hu- w
mane Society had a Christmas tree ^
for doprs at its headquarters. On
it were hung fancy neck bands and a
dog biscuit and sweet rakes galore for
every mongrel that could be ,j,
found. I
Woman workers from the Humane i
aociuty stopped every team that pas- |
sed on Seventh Avenue and fed the
horses apples. Then they presented
the drivers with gloves and bags of
.pecially prepared feed for the horses'
Christmas dinners.
Many organizations including city
departments gave Christmas parties
for poor children and many more
planned for tomorrow and Monday.
Many a man will spend a dollar for
cigars without thinking twice, and'
then swell up in admiration of him-|
I self when he blows in a dollar fori j
candy for the family. ' |
IRE COLLEGE DEGREES
ASSETS OR LIABILITIES?
i
Washington, Dec. 26.?The Direct- ,
r of the District of Columbia Public
Employment Department has pubished
statistics showing that comlaratively
few college men who ap- (
ily for positions are capable of earnng
more than ten,or twelve dollars
i week, and that employers prefer
ion-degree men for clerical work. ]
"ii is almost impossible to place a |
ollege graduate in a position owing
o the lack of qualifications needed in i 1
he business and industrial world to- J j
lay," said the director. "These ap- .
ilicants want executive positions for.
/hich they are not fitted and which |
re very few.
"On the other hand, the employers j
lon't want college graduates. They
tate that employees of this kind are j
infitted for the work and are always
ixpecting increases, which they are
lot deserving. They are very unatisfactory,
and it is a rarity that
hey lust any length of time."
Records of a week show that more
han 100 persons the department was
mable to place had received degrees
rom some of the most prominent coledges
in the country. The few whom
he department accommodated acepted
positions of a clerical nature
aluiies beginning at $5 a week. Apdicunts
with a business or technical
raining and those willing to accept
aboring or domestic positions were
luickly placed.
Educators who discuss the report
ay that the fault is not with the coleges
or the degTees, but the man.
^hoy contend that n Hu?ri.o Jo
n indication of its possessor having 1
pent a certain amount of time, and 1
obtained a certain number of scho- '
astic credits by acquiring a certain
.mrur.t of knowledge, but not neces
arily knowledge desired bv business
louses in employing clerks It was 1
uggestvd by jm? authoitiy that the 1
riost expert bookkeeper, typest, and
tenogTapher in the world would not
?e worth five dollars a week us a
loctor, a lawycr, a chemist, or nr
ugmeer. "vv ny, men," he continued,
blame the college;* 'which prepare a
ian, at hi& own r??*Xiast^ for academic <
nd\ philosophical fctifsiuts, because
is knowledge is'-not'thaV desired by
hose who would employ'vbeekkecpeis
nd stenographers? ' ,, *
The fault,-contended the educators i
' 9
i in the sending of boys and girls to '
ollege to study abstract subjects, 1
rhen in future they will have to earn >
heir living by practical effort, and *
ot in the college which does but give
o its customers the goods they deland.
There are plenty of insti
uuons teaching the art of making a
ving, it is pointed out, for those who
'ish to put in their college years in
reparation for money making.
MR. AL. PARKER
Mr. Al. Parker died at his home
ear McFarlan cn Sunday, Dec. 17thJ
!e was about 47 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted
le following day by the Rev. D. A.
irown. .
HERIFF'S NOTICE OF :
TAX EXECUTIONS <
This is to notify all who have
ot paid their 1921 taxes to come in 1
nd settle for them. I have sent out
statement to every delinquent tax
ayer. I did this to save everyone 1
le mileage, but if you do not come
r send the required amount of your
ix I will have to come for it. Then c
ou will have to pay the cost. Do J
ot wait, you know that they are due. c
am going to put a collector in each <
ownship to collect them. Then you 1
ill have to pay the milage from the 1
U?n.. *- ...? "
v vjvui u uuuw n? wncrv y JU .'ive. SO <
will pay you to get busy at once. i
J. T. GRANT. i
c
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1
MEET i
f
The County Board of Commission- i
rs will meet Friday, Dec. 2Dth. All 1
i)22 claims must be filed Thursday, 1
iec. 28th. Commissioners will at 1
lie t i m o Ki/1? '?? j
.... . VVV.IT t ULU.1 1ui 1uwii?i1i|) i
ormen for the year 1923. Foremen
ill receive pay only for active work j
one.
J. A. TEAL,
Clerk. '
FOR :
HENDI
Tlir A rvi IMnrr
i nk. -rviLinvcr
Just Overhauled anc
A Bargain Ai
E. H.G
Advertist
HANCOCK?SELLERS
Mr. Clyde Sellers, of Ruby, S. C.,
?nd Mrs. Nora Hancock, of Mt. .Croghan,
were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony last Sunday at high
noon.
The popualr young couple came to
the home of the officiating minister,
Rev. F. M. Cannon, where the ?*eie.
inony was performed in the presence
of a large number of their friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Sellers have a large
number of friends in this town to extend
them good wishes for a long and
happy life.
HAMMOND?WHITE
One of the prettiest weddings of
the holiday season was solemnized at
the home of the olficiating minister,
Kev. F. M. Cannon, Suturday evening,
Dec. 23d, when Mr. Edward N.
^
.....? oou miss urace uammond
were united in marriage in the presnece
of a number of relatives and
friends.
The decorations were ferns, holly,
narcibsus and Ch >:ttnt?s ben'ijs, ta-1ily
arranged with here and there a
Christmas candle.
Mr. White is one of our most popular
young business men, holding a
responsible position w th the Farmers
Hardware Co., of Chesterfield, while
his bride is one of the most popular ?
young ladies of our community.
Just after the ceremony the happy
couple left for Cheraw under a
shower of good wishes, and boarded
the train for Columbia and other
points to spend a few days on their
bridal tuor before being at home to
bridal tour before being at home to
their friends in Chesterfield.
CLERK'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
r.nnnff A/
vvMiivjf VA VllCOiClUCiU.
Lucy Rollins, in her own right and as *
Guardian ad litem, Emma Carruway
Bulah Holt, YV. L. Rollins,
Walter Rollins,
PLAINTIFFS,
Against
J. C- Cams, Administrator of the estate
of R. B. Rollins,
DEFENDANT.
By virtue of an order granted by
ins nonor, a. w. U. JShipp in the
above stated case, I will offer for sale
lo the highest bidder for cash, before
the Court House door in said county
and State, between the legal hours of
>ale on the first Monday in January,
1923, being the first day of January,
All that tract of land in sa.a
State and County containing Fifty-four
and one-half acres, more
or less, and bounded on the North
by McRay Brothers lands, on the
East by A. M. Blackburn lands, on
tUn CJ/v.aL U-- ? -1- i- ^ " *
Hi*; ouuui uy minis ui c>. xi. x^aney,
and others, and on the West by
lands of R. H. Hunter and others,
being the estate lands of R. B.
Rollins.
W. J. DOUGLASS,
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas.
,i
CLERK'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
bounty of Chesterfield.
T? n-v. i- - -C n?
in vyuun 01 common i'leas.
Bank of Chesterfield,
PLAINTIFF,
Against
Mrs. Lula Porter, et als.,
DEFENDANTS.
In obedience to an order of Foreclosure
made by Hon. S. W. G. Shipp,
rudge presiding in the Fourth Judical
Circuit, in the case of Bank of
Chesterfield, plaintiff, vs. Mrs. Lula
Porter, pt als., Defendants, I will of"er
for sale to the highest bidder for
;ash before the Court House door
it Chesterfield, South Carolina, withn
the legal hours, on the first Monlay
in January next, same being the
irst day of the said month, that lot
n the town of Chesterfield, Chesterield
County, South Carolina, containng
one-half acre, more or less,
lounded North by lot of W. P. Odom,
Sast by lot of W. P. Odom, South by
Vlain street, and West by lot of C. B.
Covington.
Purchaser or purchasers to pay for
ill necessary papers.
W. J. DOUGLASS,. .
Clerk of Court,
Chetserfield County, South Carolina.
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