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ADVEF Is Ess the Uj of the Business To the publicil ol the advertising pers is attribute consequent succe percentage ol the the present day. Advertising is prime factor in ot any class ol go article. The space usee your business it in this open le them the merits o lering, setting 1c your particular lii atfpntinn. As to A Cos The C! The average 1 figuring with th does not look at amount ol money much space in t he leels it costs t< Let us figure ' ment. Take as an e: ol circular letters postage alone v ? ?- - it not cover the c are sending out. I the lowest estim letter will cost yo reaches its destin. Now figure o For example, s you $10 per ir goes into at le Chesterfield. Ma c Mintier. ar-u is re five persons in ea 2,000 it will cost per 1,000 and the ery week for o amount. The art is obvious. 01 ' increases the cost message is larger 1 A Cheraw has increased its I ing the past year the space used gratifying to there It reaches into t class ol our peopl will be place those with money you wish to sell. The space rate are not high. V I ried, each week, t reach in the most For In and Ral the At Departr 1 Liheraw PW ? J T i (USING lE ential to jbuilding = Modern ^ Enterprise s A y gained by the use j columns ol the pa- C( A nrnu/fk Qnrl I I I K \1 It lis yiV?WI M..? ? y ss of a very large I great enterprises of B recognized as the I I hj increasing the sales u ods or manufactured b 1 in this paper is lessage to the public, n Iter you should tell f what you are ofirth the reasons why ^ ie is worthy of their q t: t t advertising * its in I hronicle t c jusincss man when c e ad. man for space F anything but the to be spent for so he paper. Usually e >o much. 1 with you for a mo- u v ..nmnln iVlO miilinH \aiiipit iiiv or booklets. The vill be either $10.00 C intirnnd . This --3 ost ol the matter you a he labor, etc. At ate each booklet or u 3c or 4c before it ition, b n Chronicle space. d ;ay your space costs 8 tonth. This paper a ;ast 2.000 homes in rlboro and Anson ad by Irom one to ch. On a basis ol c : you only 2 1-2 cent ; message is sent evne month lor this |ument thus set forth F course larger space per capita, but your and more prominent. | I Tie ! Chronicle ocal circulation durand the results Irom by advertisers are i and to the paper, he homes ol the best e and your message :d in the hands ol to buy the goods s in The Chronicle I our message is car- * jf o those you wish to J economical manner. ^ formation Ij tes call on <j Jvertising i\ tent ] ^ I Chronicle ic 139. i ij I i^vffKLt Successor to The Cheraw Reporter Established July 9, 1885 which was iritered as Second Class Matter According to Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Published Weekly by tricklin Printing Company . N. STRICKLIN1 Editors and /.J. STRICKUN j Managers Subscription price $1.00 per year idvertising rates made known on application. r? ?- ~ Can any one tell us what beomes af all the pistols captured y the police? CLeraw's automobile populaon contiuues to increase. New utos arrive at pretty regular itorvals. The electric lights have not yet eeu put up on the public squares ut just watch, they're sure to ome sooner or later. They are eeded badly. Col. W. T. Brock, assistaot adutant anc. inspector geueral, a ormer Oheraw boy, but now of Jolumbla, S. C., has announced hat he will be a candidate for he office ol: adjutant and inspec or general of South Carolina, lis many, many friends in Jheraw and Chesterfield county pish him success in his race, lere's best wishes from The Ihronicle. What has become of all the >lind tiger liquor captured in Ihesterfield county? If our oemory serves correctly the law irovides that all liquor captured q any prohibition county shall >o turned over to the sheriff of he county and by him publicly raptied out on the ground, .^here has been quite a lot of liqior captured in Chesterfield, but ce have never heard of any of it leiog poured out. The suggestion made in The Jhronicle a few weeks ago about rranyn^he postoffice itbjggh their mail at anr lour of the night, has met wi!h learty approval and we undertaud that a petition is going to >e gotten up and sent io to the .epartment asking that the sug;estion be put into effect. Such n arraugement would be a great onyenience to a great mauy people. 5 or G dos?js "GGG1' will cure any ase of chills and fever. Price 5c. 'hone 176. RE Qnoriol CZr ky^/vv/XMx V-PX One We April 11< Dried Apples, per poun Dried loaches, per pou Lemons, large and fresl vasma riAnn/1 x i micros pci j.'uuuu Table Peaches, per can Pie Peaches, per cm Cottolene, 4 lb. bucket Cottolene, 2 lb. bucket Flour, Excelsior brand Flour, James River Fall Flour, Dunlop Patent bi Premium Braud Salt, p Octagon Soap, 6 bars Gold Dust, G packages Starch, Lump, per pour H. & H Soda, 6 pnckag< Argo Red Salmon, per ( Pork and Beans, per ca Best Euimg Irish PetitFearless Brand Fr ii J< Old Time New Orleans Pumo Sweet Soap, G bai Rough Rider Baking Pi Parrott & Moukey Baki Fairy Soap, G bars Gr? en Cabbage, fresh ei Try a cau of our T n ( ante d to give sati>f? back. Si p nnr assortment. have tli-' :?ric*'S ri^ht f >i Yours re* Cheraw Caj Phon Id Dispensary Building. i i {: The New Form ;of City Governr^ent. Hattiesburgi Miss., and Co- J lumbia, S. C4 are ths first two 1 Southern cith? east of Texas to c try the com mi aion form of government. W1 in the Galveston : flood came sei >ral years ago the ( affairs of the city were taken out of the haDd^of the ward politi- 1 ciaas and parw bosses?who had 1 long controller there as in most ' other Ameri&n cities?and the ' government wi^s vested in a com 1 mission of abs-bodied business 1 men. The r?^Ults in the way of economy, ent.rterprlse, and effic- ' ient governmdpt were' so satis . .ti ? A; | factory tliat ice pian was con?i;jued, and the.' idea has spread 1 from city to cky until it now bids ' fair te becomrpue of the most notable devftypmeDts of twentieth century politics in America. ! Wo hope to s^ a great many other cities ado]|t the idea, and we should like tp have some plan worked out whereby the same ; principle might be applied to ' counties and ti> towns the size ofj Cheraw and e en smaller towns, j To The Reader* ol The Ch-onicle I leave this jnorning for an absence of aboutjtwo weeks in New j jYork. I go jo leara something j J about the linotype, one of whieh hns been botidht for use in the ! Chronicle office. While I am <w i avray the offic* will be in charge ! j of my son, tlT- J. Stricklin, who will do tho bfst he can to give to j you a rsadablj. paper. I ask your ; indulgence nd will appreciate any help you joaj extend to my. | F- 7 | son in getting op the news for i the paper, ifhen I return and I get the linotype in operation I i hop# to give [you the best news, paper ever published in Chesterfield county, jj Very truly, [ J. N. Stricklin. Montrose News. Mr. Callii Anderson Rpent Saturday in Chwwwith his friend, Mr. Gilbert MissJLill^Hj^^^^MUi cam'Tfffte'd henycoarse at tbe Draughon msiness College in Columbia andlhas accepted a position as bookkeeper for Mr. J. L. Anderson.l The Capital highway road is tiow in fine condition at this place and we hope eoon to see automoKiUo nacflinff to and from the North and South. Thechsin g ang is camping just below Cash's ind doing fine work on the roads. Mr. W. J. Brown was in Cheraw Tuesday-and Wednesday on business. { Phone 176. AD ocery Sale ek Only o 8,1910. d llic Dd nic it per doz. 20c llic 23c 13c 64c 33c 84c Is brand 89c racd 89c er package 4ic 24c 24c id 4c s 25c :an 18c u 14c >es, per peck 25c Fillper jar 13c Vlolassea. r>?r can 18c s 25c ivvder, per can 4$c ng Powder, per cau 4ic 24c rery day, per pound 4ic Jent Coffee. It is guariction or your money of fine Crackers. We r you. Give us a call. pectfully, sh Grocery, e 176 Points Regarding the Census The census begins April 15 and nust be completed in two weeks n cities and in thirty days in all >ther areas. The enumerators will wear a i badge inscribed "United States jensus, 1910." The law requires every adult! person to furnish the prescribedl nformation, but also provides that It shall be treated confidentially, so that no injury can come to any person from answering the questions. The presideut has issued a proclamation calling on all citizens to co-operate with the census and insuring them that it has j nothing to do with taxation, army | or jury service, compulsory | school attendance, regulation of immigration or enforcement of! any law and that no one can be; ir.4ur.ur] Kb onBirofinif thp infilli-! 111J U 1 CU KJJ ?? ?.* ?un j I ries. It is of the utmost importance! that the census of population aud; agriculture in this state be com plete and correct. Therefore every person should promptly, accurately and completely answer the census questions asked by the enumerators. CORTRIC 'T'HEY will not burn. Will not -1 Will not crack and roll off like like plain tin. Neither will they They never need repairs and last f of all, they make the handsomest: Cheraw Hardwa The A^e of Electricity Mr. Edison and his associates lately celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of o'ie of the most important inventions the world has ever known ? the incandscent electric light. fluid of Metric j-eseajjfifr and invention may almost be said to be contemporaneous with the present generation. Men not yet old can remember when the first arc lights appeared, and what a wonder they were; and the incandescent light was of later creation. One thing has followed another so rapidly, indeed, that the real marvel of electric development has hardly been realized by the generation which hM<i witnps.?-f>d it. In the public lighting stations of the United States upward of forty thousand persons are now employed, at wages which aggregate more than thirty million dollars, and it is estimated that one huudred thousand private plants employ thirty-five thousand more, at wages which t->tal about seventeen millions. Even this, however, represents but oue department of tho held of electrical industry as it is today. The lighting stations are dependent upon factories where thousands of other persons are employed. The making of poles, both iron and wood; the manufac-1 ture of porcelain, wire, glass, j rubber, mica and mauy other ! ^ ^ ! (bilious?^ i constipated?! headache? IT ^ 9 F?R I SPEEDY_RELIEF.j i Nearly Ever\Jbod\J I j TAKES I i SIMMONS LIVER RECULATOR I ' ra'oiYou,?!!; GENERAL NEWS Roosevelt has reached Naples. Congressman Ellerbe has been invited to address the Farmers' union meeting in St. Louis. There was mistrial in the Harris case In Anderson Saturday. Smallpox has broken out in Anderson and the board of health of that city has ordered that everybody be vaccinated. Mary Comor, a ten-year-old child of McCormick, was accidentally shot and seriously wounded by a boy school male Friday afternoon, at which time a crowd of the childreu were strolling through the woodsShe was taken to Augusta for treatment. Two young automobiiists running their machine at high speed in Savannah yesterday run over a negro girl and then a cow and went on and struck anotner cow and dually turned over in a ditch injuring one of the occupants. The cotton market declined 16 points yesterday. Preparations are being made for a conference between this country and Canada within two months to discuse and settle some questions affecting tariff regulation. ntlTMETAL rlllSHINGlES split or curl like wood shingles, slate. Will not rip at the seams rattle during high wind storms, is long as the building. And last roof and are not expensive. J re & Supply Co. things is enormously stimulated by this industry, which was not in existence a generntion ago. The development of the el cfcric railway, the telephone, and the I transmission of power for all sorts of purposes from distant waterfalls are among the marvels 0T cbe present classical age' and ! wireless telegraphy is soj^cwrf sthat it has not yojx-eaSed to att,hp cnrWwTt.w which is al I ways bestowed upon the latest scientific wonder. In all this work the United States has been a leader. No! only aro the mo9t important electrical inventions to be credited to this country, but the volume of electrical manufactures and export is greater than that o 1 any other nation. The post office department is endeavoring to impress upon the county officials the propriety and the necessity of putting up posts at the different road crossings iD the various counties and painting thereon the names of the towns or villages to which the crossroads leads, with an indicatoi showing the direction. This is along the line that has UaM a /""Ilinof Utrcu auvuiftuu^ Aft county for several years. Marburg Dots. Wei!, Mr. Editor; some remarks; Little S;ar failed to shine for the last two week*, but I think it will shine bright this week. We are still having beautiful weather and the farmers are making good use of it. But 1 thiuk everybody would be glad to see some refreshing showers. Our hearts were made glad Sunday to see such good attendance at Sunday school. Our school is getting better ever.v Sunday. Rev. A. H. McArn will preach at Marbug April 10th, at 3 o'clock p. m. Hope everybody will come that can. Mr. H. B. Russand Mr. H. 8. Melton attended church at Cheraw Sunday morning. Mrs. Neal Graham, who has been spending some time with ber daughter. Mrs. J. J. Bundy, hoc rolnrnarl tft VlPr hliTTIP nf. 1 Lilesville, N. C. A certain young man in our neighborhood says he is going to; ;ako a flying trip over to Ciio i some time soon. I think there's | some attraction over there. Misses Ida and Lizzie Nesbit went down to Cheraw Monday a shopping expedition. Little Star. Wmmhr'!! Column. 1st?Pure Drugs and Medicines. I buy my drugs only from Manufacturers of established reliability. Every article is warranted to be absolutely pure and full strength. 2nd.?Prescriptions. My prescription department is carefully looked after. Purity, accuracy and moderate prices are points we aim for. 3rd.?Patent Medicines. I keep all the leading kinds mrl 0111 rnnsHnHw oH/Hmor n a u; UIIU UNI VUllJlUlill J UUUIil^ IJV TT ones to my stock. Some 1 buy|in large quantities and will be glad to furnish in 3, 6 or 12 bottle lots at special prices. 4th.?Soda Water and Ice Cream. Flavored with pure fruit juices. Very refreshing. 5th.?Wedding Presents Sterling Silver Teaspoons and all odd pieces. I personally warrant all to be Solid Stealing Silver. 1 have also Rogers Platey Knives and Forks (The 1847 Rogers). None better on the marketChina Ware, Cut Glass. A large assortment at all prices from one dollar to ten dollars. 6th.?Stationery. Box Paper, Pound Paper, Envelopes, Writing Tablets, Lead Pencils, Ink, Carbon Paper, etc. 7th. Blank Books, Ledgers, Time Books, Cash Books, Day Books, Memorandum Books, Order Books, etc., etc. 8th.?Talcum Powder. Powder.. 9th.?Toilet Soaps. A large assortment. All prices. 5c. 10c to 25c a cake. 10th.?Hair Brushes. The largest assortment ever brought to Cheraw. Carefullv selected. Everv brush full value, 10c to ?2.50. Combs, All Prices. Extra heavy ones. Last forever with ordinary care. Prices range from 5c to one dollar each. 11th.?Lamps. Glass Lamps, 25cents to 60 cents. Burners, Wicks, chimneys, kerosene oil, etc. 12th.?Paints, Varnishes, etc. I carry Lucas' Line. They look good longer, last longer, and cost no more than others. 13th.?Wall Finishes. Such as Muresco, and Alabastine. All colors and easy tn rtnt nn IV V4 V VIII Theo. E. Wannamaker, Dealer in Pure Drngs and Medicines, Cheraw. S. C. This is what our forefathers used for a wagon. They got along with it, So could you? If you had to. You could get along with a cheaply constructed, hard running wagon, too, If you had to. But you don't have to, Because We sell the easy running The Finest Wagon Ever Built P. B. HUNTLEY CHERAW