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Successor to the Cheraw Reporter which was established July y. LvX.'i. and entered as Secona Class matter In accordance with Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. s Published Weekly by ?trichlin Printing Company. Subscription Price $1.00 per year. Advertising rates made on request. There is talk of coining half cents again. This would encourage many people -to go to oiiurch and put up a bold front to the contribution box. Hon. W. F. Stevenson has introduced a bill in the legislature to provide for a summer term of the court of .common pleas for the counties of the Fourth judiciary circuit. A bill to provide for marriage licenses in South Carolina has passed to its third reading in the Senate. The bill provides for the issuance of the license by the probate judge. Senator Stewart, of York county, has introduced a bill asking for an appropriation of $60,000 to establish a school of* industrial arts at Winthrop college. The Chronicle hopes this bill will be summarily killed. The Chronicle is very much disappointed in Governor Blease's inaugw-1 ral address. It had thought the man that is in .him would'"rise equal to the . occasion, and show to the world at large that it was his intention to be the governor of the whole people of South Carolina. j> A town is judged by its newspapers, much as a salesman is sized up by his clothes. The whole community is thus a partner in its journa'istic enterprises. If you want your city to put its best foot forward, give the home paper the support it needs to keep on expanding and growing more attractive. Governor Blease's friends are predicting great things for him. He unquestionable has an opportunity such Ms few men who have "gone through ^mill" as he has, of confuting his ^fc^s and making a name foj^fmBfc' mIBm S^^May he "make good" in every every respect, is the earnest wish of The Chronicle. A bill has been introduced in the legislature to limit the amount that Clemson college can receive from the A 3 , Kill tag tax to $o,uuu. aiiu u u?i y..vhibit members of the legislatu 'e from serving as attorneys for railroads and ether public service corporations has ilso beeri introduced. Both of these bills are good ones, in the opinion of The Chronicle, and we hope they will vi /\nan> t\ low DUVViac IU w Are our merchants ready for the competition of those alluring spring catalogues from the metropolitan department stores? Of course the bargains at home are better, when you consider that the home merchant gives you his personal attention and the opportunity to return goods that are not what was represented. But the public forgets this. Trade has to be drummed; and the only efficient salesman is the home newspaper. L A Good Bill. Anderson Mail, It seems to us that those who really want prohibition should be much interested in a bill introduced in the legislature by Mr. Doar, of Georgetown. Mr. Doar proposes an inspection tax of 20 cents a gallon on whisky ship* ped into dry counties. The idea is to furnish protection to the people, by requiring all whisky to come up to a certain standard. Such a law would bar the chemicalmade whiskies which are so poisonous and would tend to decrease the concumption of whisky. It would also make it harder for blind tigers to get their supplies. There can be no question that such a law. requiring inspection of whisky, would be constitutional. It would come unde the head of police and health protection, things which every state has the right to regulate. _ But we think the law should apply those counties having dispensaries as well as to the dry counties. The people of the wet counties are entitled to just as much protection as the dry | UUUUUKO. i We have wondered why the prohibitionists have not demanded a law of this kind before now. The prohibition HL law can be made to prohibit, if the people want it to prohibit If the legs^^L isiature will pass a law declaring whisky a poison, and permitting it to be shipped into the state only aa a poison, we will have real prohibition. Such a law would stand the test of the courts, and it would be effective. There! a no doubt about ttdt. yg See the B/S. K The Aviator. The birdman's life is like a sor:g: He gets both fame and cash (Except when his machine goes wrong And breaks him all to smash); He soars in the cerulean vault And circles 'round and 'round (And gets sores from the somersault That brings ki:n to the ground); On winged steed, with lightning speed He dies where'er his bent - ? - * (i.'ut oneji ae reuirus, hjuccu, Much quicker than he went). This man so brave to do and dare. In joy he his life spent (So that a castle in the a'r May be his monument)! e ? # "Why do Augusta poker players outclass those of Charlotte?" asks The Record. Augusta has more Irish citizens, and naturally more Pat hands. * # "The avocation of about half the people in this country seems to be trying cures for indigestion."?News and Courier. Didn't think the Charleston waffle had such a wide circulation. ? * # The South Carolina legislature has been in session for more than a week and the siesmograph has marked no alarming rumblings. * # # Served Kim Right. Said a certain young Vian from Florence: "For marriage I have an abhorrence." He finally got smitten: She gave him the' mitten.? And now the cuss words fall in torrents. * # ? The legisaltme lies \oted an appropriation to buy mineral water for the members. Knew they would spring something. * # # Rockingham has grown more in the last three years than it has in twenty years.?Rockingham Post. Then Rockingham was bigger twenty years ago than it is now. * * If It is proposed to remove the chairs and desks from the hall of the House of Representatives and put the Congressmen on bencaes, like country schoolboys. Throwing paper pellets will he eschewed. # * * "A New Yorker says that every time Hundreds of Chcraw Readers Know What It Means. The kidneys are overtaxed; Have too much to do. They tell about it in many aches and pains? Backache, hip pains, headache. Early symptoms of kidney ills. Urinary troubles, diabetes, Bright'* disease follow. The statement below shows you what to do. Mrs. N. R. Pate, Cook and Marlboro [Sts., Bennettsville, S. C., says: "I have no reason to change my opinion of I Doan's Kidney Pills, that I publicly expressed some years ago. I have I v?*e mmoflv to hp a snlpndid 1UU1IU LUIO 1 VW one for the back and kidneys. I had i pains in my back and shoulders, and finally came to the conclusion that the trouble was caused by my kidj neys. Doan's Kidney Pills not only strengthened my kidneys, but relieved all my aches and pains and toned up my system." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 I cents. Foster-Milaurn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole ag?nts for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. 5 The Passing of the Texas. Cha'>nite Observer. Not a litle sentimental interest attaches to the recent order from the navy department that the battleship Texas be stripped and converted into a ta -get for the gunnery practice of ho Yr?rth Atlantic fleet. SEAL-SHIP" (Only Seal-Shipt ( We sell them from a round white shipt case. Casters sold from ship, no matter who says so. And our line of FANCY Gl Home Made Water Gl L.. U. W/ "Th* Pur* CHER. A Point ? m . Freeman he goes to Xorfolk he gets such a taste for oysters that he comes right on down to Charleston, where they have tae tinest flavor in the world. That's because we feed them on native shrimp."?News and Courier. If he be'ieves that he's a lobster. * # * A Wise <;irl. "Oh, do be mine!" the young man cried: "You're guardian of my soul." "if that's the case," the maid replied, "How big ife your bank roll?" ? # # ween vjoinmanuer bims promised Great Britain "every man, every dollar, and every drop of blood", in the United States, he knew that nothing less would satisfy the avarice of J. Bull, Esq. * n * "Pa, who is Miss Nomer?" "Sho's the person who calls a persecuted parent a fond father. Now git!" ? # * Jim Corbett is doing a monologue stunt wtih a theatrical company. Bank clerk, bruiser, buffoon! # # Answer to a Corespondent. Beatrice?No; that "dark browai taste" you hear the young man speak of does not come from eating chocolate caramels. Oh, dear, no! =? # # The State says Columbia has only gulden days, or clouds with silver lining. This should give her a coign of vantage. # * * "There's no place like Charleston." ?News and Courier. Let us pray. # * * Chronics. ?No man is a fool who thinks he is. ?Truth is a greater stranger than fiction. ?"Ships that pass in a night"? friendships. ?'Tis better to die in sin than not I to ^die at all., ?"Down ami out!" said ttie gosling, as he kicked open the shell. ?"Love laughs at locksmntks."? and suffers the consequences. ?A uine-dol'ar clerk accepts a situation and a thi.'ty-dollar mechanic gets a job. ?Ask a smart boy to repeat somethinghe has saifl, aud he wont stop tiir down. iixTL; LS 1'OoTT" CoinriiJttee of Senate Reports Favorably ou Measure. A measure providing for a limited parcels post on rural free delivery routes has been reported-favorably to the United States Senate from the ommittee on postoffices and post roads. 4 The measure provides, In substance, that for the year beginning April 1, j 1911. the postmaster general may authorize postmasters and carriers, on such rural routes as he shall select, j to accept for delivery by ca rier, at * * ~ Ary i suuii I intra ui pusiugt* as uc ouau uc- i ! termine, packages not exceeding elev: en pounds in weight, containing no 'mail matter of the first class, and no | matter that is declared by law to be I unmailable. The postmaster general is directed to report to Congress the resu't of this experiment, at its next session. Mr. Hitchcock, the postmaster general, has j already pointed out the immense value of such a step. flietsertield Real Estate Values. Lancaster Ledger. Real estate values in our neighboring county of Chesterfield seem to advancing by leaps and bounds. Two years ago our fellow townsman, Mr. W. J. Cunningham, bought at public auction in Charlotte a tract of land containing sixty-seven and a tfalf acres, in Chesterfield county, for which he paid only $50. Mr. Cunningham has just sold the place to a Chesterfield man for $325. rOYSTERS Oysters in Town.) porcelain refrigerator or Sealanj other receptacle are not SealROCERIES is always complete. rousd Meal a Specialty U>D1L.L Food Storo W. 3. C. RECEIVERS APPOINTED. ! Hoover Lumber Company Placed in Hands of Receivers. United States Circuit Judge J. C. Pritcliard has appointed Messrs. John E. DuBoise and George C. Looinis, receivers of the N. L. Hoover Lumber Comany, and, as will be seen by otficial notice in another column of The Chronicle, they have taken charge of the plant and effects. Work at the Hoover lumber plant, located at Cash, S .C., on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, about >our miles below Cheraw, has been suspended for some time. The plant of this company is one of the finest of its kind in the country. It is located conveniently to one of the finest tracts of timber in the country and should be a moneymaking proposition. The Chronicle learns that dissensions among the stockholders have brought on the trouble. It seems that some of the larger stockholders know nothing about saw mills, lumber or timber, and therefore can't understand why it takes so much money to get a lumber plant going. As a result, dissensions arose almost from the beginning of the placing of the machinery, culminating soon thereafter in the shutting down of the plant, and now the placing of same in the hands of receivers. What will be done as yet is unknown but if the receivers decide to operate the plant, in the hands of competent mill men, there is money in it; shou'd they decide to sell, there will be given a chance to some one to buy a proposition out of which good money can be made. ' CLEMENTS SUCCEEDS KNAPP. Georgian May Head Interstate Com, .merce Commission. The nominations of 'the two ipembers of th< interstate commerce com mission, C C. McChord and V. H. Meyer, have been confirmed by the senate. Within the next two or three weeks the commission will organize and thf probability is that Judson.C. Clements, of Georgia, will bo elected chairman of the commission, to succeed Judge Martin S. Knapp, who goes to the new court of commerce. Judge Clements is now the senioi member of the commission and according to usual custom would be the logical chairman. As he is very popular with his associates, his election is considered a foregone conclusion A Bad Egg. "He has tricked me for the last time." "What Is his latest roguery?" "He borowed my revolver, ostensibly to commit suicide, and then went and pawned It." ? Louisville Courier Journal. NOTICE OF EXECUTORS. Having qualified as executors of the 1 will of the late George W. Spencer, we hereby potify all persons havjng claims against the estate of our said testator to present the same to us for I payment on or before the 15th day of I January, 1912, or this notice will bar their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate of the said testator must pay the same at once. This the 14th day of January, 1911. W. W. SPENCER, | T. M. SPENCER, Executors of the late George W. Spencer. NOTICE. I __ On Monday, January 30, 1911, the Town Council will elect the following officers to serve the ensuing year: [ Clerk of Council, salary to be fixed by Council. Chief of Police, salary $65 per month. Two Policemen, salary to be fixed by Council. Applications for the above must be handed to some member of Council or to the undersigned, not later than 12 o'clock M., January 30, 1911. By order of Council. L. D. HARRALL, Clerk. Cheraw, S. C., Jan. 16, 1911. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that on and after February 1, 1911, the electric current will be cut off from all persons who are in arrears for two , months or more. By order of Council. L. D. HARRALL, 0 Cheraw. S. C., Jan. 16, 1911. vnTirp 11 V * &VUI The undersigned having been duly j appointed a Board of Corporatora by the Secretary of State, notice is hereby given that Books of Subscription to the Capital Stock of Teal Real Estate Company will be open at tue law office atA.nnonn Mafhoann ?r Prince. Che Ul kJld? UUHU4J, ? raw. South Carolina, on the 15th day j of January, 1911, at It o'clock If. D. T. TEAL, W. A. TEAL, and M. J. ROUGH. ( Board of Corporators. I. E. a ai n ?n ai I SONS DEALERS IX / I ? Pur; Drugs. and Medicines : Garden heeds, Onion Sets, Millet, EtcWe have received a fresh supply. They fiave been selected because they suit this climate. Nearly every variety has been tested here around Cheraw. AT IVANNAMAKER'S? Cabbage Plants! Cabubge Plants! We are now receiving fresh Plants every few days. The earlier you get them out now, thesooner you will have hard heads. i AT WA3NAMAKEK'H? Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals.. r?gh ?f'umr ? Balances, Bills Payable, Memoran- . dum and Order Books always on \ hand. Inks, Inkstands, Typewriter Papers, Lead Pencils, Writing Tablets. , ' AT WANNAHA KKH\S? Box Papers, 10c to 50c each. Pound Paper, 15c, 25c, 35c. Envelopes to match. AT WAXX AHA liKH'S? Spring Cleaning?For a good wait finish, try Mureco?all tints and colors. A good Furniture Polish. "Hygiea" Will suit you, at 15c and 25c a bottle. Liquid Veneer, 25c and 50c. For cleaning glass and metals, use Bon Ami Sapolio and Liquid Brass Pdlish. AT WtVVAVAKFH'S? Paints in large or small quantities ?only the very best. Also Varnish, Stains for Chairs, Bedsteads, and any Furniture, Doors, etc. IT WA>'NAMAKER'S? Window Glass, for Windows or Pictures. 4T WAN.NAMAKEH'N? We are exclusive agents for Eastman Kodaks and Fi'ms. IT WAJiJAMAKIIPS? Agents for Huyler's Candles. iT WATfJIAMAIIM'H? * bv? I. < Waterman'* UuT ?V? M. ^ Fountata Pans, sold an pesitiva gaarantaa to gl>? Battefaaktoa, ar aam kt raturaad. *