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Cf) ato Cfjr. nick |"jj yiume fifteen cheraw, chesterfield county, s. c? January 19, 1911 number twelye ____ -/ \ NEWS OF PAGELAND MR. OSCAR FUNDTRBURK HARRIED TO MISS RAILEY \. ' Two Xegrots Sent Up for Larcenj. Real Estate Transaction?Pageland Sees Good Show?Points Aboot Per sous and Things. (By John W. Quick.) A sudden change in the weather makes the preachers feel bad. Why, we can't tell?they know. A few more days like last week, and the farmers will be getting busy. Linley and Will Funderburk, colored, were up before Esquire Funderburk on Monday for larceny, and each got thirty days on the public works of the county. . We did not hear the evidence, but the case was out of the ordinary. Linley took a tool to work with?an ax?while Will was a little more careful, and took a five-dollar bill. The Union Distributing Company has purchased the corne:* at McGregor and Dearie streets, near the public well. The lot is oOxlu feet, and the price paid was $1200. Four years ago the same lot could have been bought for less than one-twelfth of the amount paid. Of course Pageland is the place to invest your money, and see it grow. Married, last Sunday afternoon, Mr. Oscar Funderburk to Miss Nettie Railey, at the residence of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Funderburk; R. H. Blakeney, Esq., officiating. A splendid dinner was served after the ceremony. A large number of friends , and relatives were present. The Florence Comedy Company I played here Monday and Tuesday Bights to full houses. The last night made the hit, when they put on the & if. tf our-act comedy-drama entitled ' The We have recently beee nasked asked why so many tax executions were out against people who had paid their tax. We are not able to say. We aie not in position, or we would find out. Let those who are in authority answer the question. ' We want to make our correspondence interesting; so, if you have any news, let us have it. If some of your friends are visiting you, let us know; if theve are any deaths .births, marriages, or any item of news, give it to us. We will -appreciate it; the public will know more of each other, feel np.irpr each other, and if we fail to mention your visitors, don't feel mean toward us- -we cannot see all but will do our best. Mr.* and Mrs. I). M. McColl, of Clio, P. C.. aie visiting at the home of Mr. McColl's parents, M:\ and Mrs. W. McColl. Miss Hessie Austin is spending the week with her sister. Mis. T. P. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. I). F. Parker "spent last Sruday with their son, Mr. L. L. Parker. Miss Moore Scruggs is visiting at the home of Dr. ;pid Mrs. II. C. Mooie. Messrs. Chester and Etbel Funderbuik. of Cheraw, spent last Sunday here and attended the marriage of their brother. Mr. Oscar Ftmderburk. Mr. J. A. Gullcdge has moved to our building. Mr. T. A. Funderburk is still suffering with rheumatism, but is still works.. I.: ill JM? in ma linn. Mr. S. A. Sellers spent Monday in Chesterfield. Messrs. (J. W. Kenninglon and H. J. Mangum spent last Sunday in Marshvilie. Messrs. Joe I'axton and Henry Mel.eod, of Matthews, spent last week here, with Mr. R. S. McLeod. Messrs. T. I'. Smith and G. M. Rodgers have changed store rooms. Mr. Smith is in the room formerly occupied by Messrs. Terry & liodgers, on the corner of McG egor and Pearle streets, and Mr. Kodgers is next door to Mr. Smith. ' N We are sor v to report the infant Mr. P. II. Evans, who has been quite sick. Mr. I". M. l-.vuns, \v:ic) nas oeeu quite sick for sonic time, wo arc glad to say is much/better at this writing. Mr. Thomas R. Mangum is quite sick at this w.iting. Rev. J. H. Turner is in very feeble health. We hope for him a speedy recovei v. Misses I'earl and .lannct Lowell spent pa i of this week in Monroe, with lliei" si.-? . Mrs. J. V. Iloster. M \ W. R. Riser killed an cightinont'.'s old pisr Monday which lipped the beam at pounds. BLEASE IS NOW GOVERNOR. Oath Administered By Magistrate Dunbar?Lieutenant Governor Smith Sworn By Chief Justice?Governor in Bad Health. Columbia, Tuesday.?Coleman Livingston Blease today succeeded Martin F. Ansel as governor of South Carolina. He was so weak from acute indigestion, with a touch of appendicitis, that he had to be supported on his way to the rostrum to take the oath j of office, which was administered by i ! \faclcfrnto TVnnrtnr. of Ellenton. in the 1 Lall of the House of Representatives, j ! before an assemblage that overflowed the hall and extended far into the : lobbies. His inaugural address, one j of the most remarkable ever made in! 'the state, was read by Reading Clerk, j iimpkins, of the House, its delivery j | lequiring forty-five minutes. After i taking the outh, Governor Blease was ' attended in the speaker's room by Drs. ; Houseal and Kendall. His supporters cheered loudly at points in the address and the crowd generally was excep-. tionally uproarious. Lieutenant Governor Smith was sworn in by Chief Justice Jones. He is now presiding in the Senate. The illst official invitation to the new governor was extended by Senator McKown ^nd Representative Ayer | to have him welcome the North Ca* o-, lina State Press Association on its, visit to Florence. President Kohn will j call a special meeting of the South ( Carolina cress Associauon 10 welcome the North Carolina editors at. the gateway of South Carolina. ?<> you know that fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism are simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumait. and require no internal treat- J j ment whatever? Apply Chamberlain's uiiment freely and see how quickly It gives relief. For sale by all dealers. I a Ask bank! % .Jinny a man lias KEPT HIS lie lias not saved his money an was independent of liiai. Make OUR Ban 1 We pay liberal interest consisl BANK OF < Chera^ DEATH OF HH. IV. G. CLARK. I Fourier Lanen^trien Died Suddenly in Kershaw Timrsday. Lancaster Ledger, January 19. Mr. IV. G. Clark, a well known former citzen of Lancaster, late a resi- I dent of Cheraw, died suddenly Thin s-1 day afternoon in Kershaw, at the home' i of his brother-in-law, Capt. J. IV. IHamel, where he was visiting. Shortly J after eating dinner he complained of ( nausea, and going out to the rear pi-1 lazza, he had a hemorrhage, expiring in a few moments. The remains were * * * - * .*?*/! Intnt'Vnij ill ] I UVOUgOl 10 IjUllcaftLcr miu ... Side cemetery. For a number of years Mr/C'ark i was a member of the Lancaster police force, making a fearless and efficient! oTieer. He was a man of unusual in-I telligence, and being of a social, com-| uionable disposition, he made many! 'lids. His old friends and acquain-i noes here and in the county, where j ie\ed to hea'* of his untimely end. I The Chronicle costs only $1 a year. I 1 INCENDIARY AT WORK STROUD IS CIIAROED WITH BURNING BARNS Tracked to His Home By Bloodhounds, . .Slayer of the James Is Agala In JaiL Had Just Been Released on Bond. Crowd Wanted to Lynch Him. Sunday night, about 10 o'clock, the barns and stables of Messrs. J. B. treater and John Hurst, near Chesterfield, were destroyed by fire. Two horses, three cows and -five mules I were cremated; and.a large amount of I grain, feedstuffs and farming implements totally destroyed. After the fire, tracks were discov-! ered leading to and from the scene of the burning. These were carefully j coyered with boards, to protect them. Hounds were 6ent for to Columbia, and they arrived on the scene Monday j night. They were put on the scent, alter the tracks were uncovered, and in a very short while they came to bay at the home of John Stroud. When the hounds saw Stroud, who was aroused from his bed. they could with difficulty be kept from attacking him. Stroud, Chronicle readers will remember, recently shot and killed George James and his son Bunyan, at Craig's Mill, in this county. Only a fevf days ago he was released from jail on a bond of $5,0)0. When Stroud was discovered by the dogs, the crowd became furious and openly talked of lynching him on the spot. Sheriff Douglas, in order to pacify them, told them to let him go into the house- and get Stroud properly dressed. Then he, with his prisoner, [went out through a back door, and to ! Chesterfield, where Stroud was again lodged in jail. I It is alleged ^hat Stroud had been ?^ i OUR MONEY OWX SALARY LOW localise id shown his employeY that he k YOUR Bank. tent with safety <4 per cent. CHER.AW, w, S. C. i I heard to utter threats against Messrs.; iStereatrr and' Hurst. Tlie loss l)> me ouruing, which ians i heaviest on Mr. Streater, was about! $10,000. Ends Winter's Troubles. To many, winter is a season of rouble. The frost bitten toes and fingers. chapped hands and lips, chil1 lains, cold sores, red and rough skins prove this. Rut such troubles fly beure Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Atrial onvinces. Greatest healer of Burns, : '.oils, Piles, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and i .tprains. Only 2f>c at Theo E. Wanlamaker & Sons. FOll SALE One seven-room two-story house; good neighborhood; big lot; fine shade aiwt j fruit trees; good garden. Will sell at i a bargain, on basy payments. Only part cash necessary. Buy direct from! owner and save dealer's profit. Apply at Chronicle office for further particulars. You can get The Chronicle for $1 a year. Send it to a friend. A BIRTHDAY GREETING ' , i From a Native of Cheraw Calls Up Memories of Half a Ceutury. To the Editor of The Chronicle. Saturday, January 14, 1854. Saturday, January 14, 1911. Fifty-seven years J As we look at these words and fig- ' ures, do they seem^o represent a long measure of time? To the writer, whose lot it was?at least, so the "old folks" tell me?on the afternoon of the former date, to 1 first open baby eyes to look upon the ' beauties and wonders of God's handiwork as set forth in dear old Cheraw, the answer comes both "Yes" and 1 "No". * To no subscriber, I am sure, does the weekly visit of The Chronicle 1 bring more pleasure on the one hand or more sorrow on the other hand than to me. Being the one constant messenger from "home", the one unfailing correspondent from the people nmnrnr whnm I first lived and loved, 1 and from the scene of the happy, carefree boyhood days, do you wonder that I say the local page has an ever-Increasing faclnation for the dweiler In the smoke and grime and noise of the far-off great city, where from dawn to dark the day brings only visions of bricks and mortar, white marble doorsteps and black asphalt pavements, end instead of the joyo-u songs of i the birds ,only the coustaat anJ nerve racking rumble of the trolley car is heard? Thank (Jod, however, when the wind blows strong enough to clear the at-j mosphere of smoke, the bright blue dome of the heavens is visible?if one looks up. From 1854 until early in 1869?except for a period of three months Just after the close of the war in 1865? Cheraw was my dwelling place, and today, although the great majority of those prominent in her daily life at that time are sweetly sleeping either, in old St David's churchyard or other, "cltlea of the dead", and myy school-J ory are in widely scattered parts or^ the world fighting life's battles; Che-) raw is still cherished as "home", and nn thoco hirthdavs which now seem to come so frequently, and which are, so relentlessly checking up the added years, the heart yearns for a sight of t^e old place, the ears to hear the j voices of old friends, and the eyes to J look upon the old familiar scenes. i But, alas! so many of the old faces have gone former; so many of the old voices called hence to help swell the cholrus of the host of the redeemed, that a day quietly passed incog., and with a camera, in the old town a few years ago, brought through the eyes a greater measure of sadness than of joy. Thank God, however, The Chronicle shows me a few of the "Old Guard" still remain, or worthy sons succeed worthy fathers, and Cheraw leans upon them in triumphant faith and confidence: to wit, the Malloys, Mathcsons, Godfreys, Reids, and others. Of those who have "gone on ahead", the Greggs, Princes, Kollocks, Wilsons, Coits, McLeans, Powes, Mclvers, ' Waddills, Grahams, and Sanderses the latter two of schoolhoue days), many blessed memories remain. tv, thncfl u'hn still live nermit me to extend a fraternal hand, and to express the hope, as thoughts of. the old i days flit across their memories, that they may reciprocate with kindly feel- : iiig for one who, though absent for i forty-two long years, still delights to be numbered as among the "boys of i Cheraw" in the days of "auld lang i syne". ' Articles in recent issues of The , Chronicle in reference to the work i of the Civic League, "Charming Cheraw" and Mr. A. G. Kollock's reprinted letter about the "Cheraw and Coal ' Fields Railroad" have turned loose a flood tide of memories and feelings which must find vent in this birth-! day greeting to cherished friends still remaining in the place where my first birthday was celebrated. Yes, it does seem a long time. God bless us all, each boy and girl of the then, each man and woman of the now, and prepare ns for tlie summons which sooner or later must come to each; and may it he the happy lot of us all to hear Him say to us, "Well ! done, pood and faithful servant." So, it does not seem lonp. RORICRT M. MACKAY. j Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 14. lftll. *000'0l$ oj 000'<:? mojj .Cud .Cantn pnu 'JBOA tl OOO'OoJ S.M11-P'0P JIOIJJ A ltd OlJ.tt k.ioiiuj ms\* euros a.in a.ioqj, "sj9u6is8q ,sjo||b_l SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT STATE I % 1 I 1 Woodmen of the World To Meet la Columbia?Thirteen Blind Tlges la One Day?Jones Convicted for KIUing Pearlstlne Jn Orangeburg. The state convention of the Woodmen of the World wll meet in Colum- ' bia March 14 and 15. Thirteen alleged blind tigers?all colored?were before the mayor of Marion on Wednesday, as the result of the work of a detective. All either* pleaded guilty or were found guilty, the total of the fines imposed being $725. Three white men and ten negroes were arrested in Sumter Friday on the llnnAr on/1 aavavnl UUlli Ul DCUIlig lllJUVl ( UUU BVT V?M* were tried the same day. Those who pleaded guilty got $75 or thirty days, but those who went to trial and were found guilty got $100 or thirty days. __? i Annie Lee Suber was found guilty, in Columbia on Friday, of murdering Hattie Suber?both colqred?October 10. The Jury having recommended \ her to mercy, she was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Capt. D. J. Grijth, the superintend- "~~^j ent of the penitentiary, has turned into J the state treasury $70,000 profits for 1 the year. ' Comptroller General Jones says the state is losing taxes on a million acres ^ of land in South Carolina because Jj there is no accurate map of the state. ' John J. Jones, a lawyer of Branch- V ville, was convicted in Orangeburg on J Friday of killing Abe Pearlstine, ihe postofflce at iBrancbvllle feteki ago, and wgs sentquced^^^^^H The twelve-year-old" son ""\>r Mr. Charles Brown, of Barnwell, shot a ne-'^H gro girl on Saturday,' with a parlor rifle, making a wound that may prove fatal. He was shooting at a negro boy. ,,y ? and missed him and hit th egirl. 4 Sj The Bamberg town council/ which J goes out of oflice in four months, em- I ployed men with axes and in the dead of night caused the trees in Main I street to be cut down, choosing the cover of darkness to do the deed. I G. Raymond Berry, a defaulting county officer, who was convicted in Marion county in 1907 oh the charge of embezzlement, and sentenced to a term of six y^ears in the penitentiary, has been paroled by Govern?/ Ansel during good behavior. WoodroW Wilson, governor of New Jersey, and generally discussed as a democratic presidential possibility in 1912, will be asked to deliver an add ess before the South Carolina general assembly on the occasion of the \ presentation of the portrait of Col. John Laurens. In the lower partof Marlboro counhv OotufHou evonlnp Harrison Sam L J 1 uabuiuuj V ? . uels, a negro, shot and killed another negro, Sneed Thompson. Thompson i and Samuels were playing "skin", and -I Samuels accused Thompson of having fen cetns beloj/glng to him. Thompson denied it; Samuels called him a liar. Thompson returned the compliment, and told Samuels, who had already drawn his pistol, to shoot if he wanted to. Samuels immediately fired, the ball taking effect in the head of 'jj Thompson, killing him almost instant- ^ ly. Samuels made his escape. 1_ . SJ Saved at Death's Poor. , I The door of death seemed ready to open for Murray W. Ayers, of Transit i Bridge, N. Y., when his life was won- "j derfully saved. "I was ina dreadful condition," he writes; "my skirt was almost yellow; eyes sunken; tongue coated; emaciated from . losing 4? pounds, growing weaker daily. viru lent li\ei* trouble pulling me down to I death in spite of doctors. Them that matchless medicine, Electric Bitters, cured me. I regained the 40 pounds lost "ni now am well and strong." all stomach, liver ana Kianey iruuuie^^n thev're.supreme,'i 50c at T. E.Wann&m^^^l leer & Sons' and L-add's Drug Store. Von can get The Chronicle for^^^^H year. Send it tia friend.