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Volume^ CHERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C? OCTOBER 9, 1913 Number 48
The Modei
Installation of Mo
completed and now i
your cotton ginned 1
. only one of its kind i
ty, also the most c
modern one.
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Has cleaning feed(
bed huller gins.
Also we have in c<
Combined Cotton C]
This is found only ii
The Moder
Cheravs
Corner Front anc
Special Meeting; of Board of Trade.
A special meeting of the board of
trade was held last Thursday night
to hear reports from the committee
r ? StppT)IhT?iEf-^0'fhvesilgate fFe feftsfbfpity
of introducing tobacco culture in
this section.
Mr. Wm. Godfrey, who had investigated
at Mullins, said that there were
tobacco planted in the Mullins section;
about two acres of cotton to one of
that the tobacco crop sold for $750,000,
and the cotton crop will not bring
over $450,000. The cost of production
per acre was no more for tobacco than
for cotton, though as much land can
not be cultivated with the same labor
on account oi the the work having to
be done in sush a short time. Mr.
Godfrey said he hun'ed for somebody
who would talk unfavorably about
tobacco, but could not find him. The
minimum amount received "by any
farmer for his tobacco was over one
hundred dollars per acre. The aver
age price at Mullins was a little over
If. cents per pound.
Mr. R. T. Caston made a similar report
from Lake City and Florence.
Mr. Caston laid stress upon the fact
that there was no secret in making or
curing tobacco. He said he was told
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STRONGEB THAN ALL OTHEB BJ
40 compoi
0 in savir
n Ginnery J
itor and Machinery
in operation. Have
)y this system?the 1
n Chesterfield counromplete
and most
have
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;rs and double rib*
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)nnecnon witn same
leaner and Separator
n above system.
n Ginnery
r. s. c.
1 Market Streets
of one old negro who did not have a
thermometer, but who hung up a pair
of draw scales in his barn and got
good prices for his tobacco.
The Cheraw board of trade endorses
t!fe proposition to riliSr tobacco !rt
this section another year and will
build warehouses in Cheraw for the
convenience of the farmers and will
secure buyers. Anybody thinking of
going into the business would do well
to communicate with the Cheraw
board of trade at once and receive
all information.
Snail 8hel!s In Demand.
More than 600,000 pounds of snail
shells are shipped out of Malaysia
every year to Europe and America to
be used in the making of buttons and
novelties. The shells, when of good
quality, bring about 16 cents a pound
in New York. The shells are taken
from the ocean by fishermen and sold
through Chinese collectors to European
firms at Singapore.
River of Time.
Time Is a sort of river of passing
events, and strong Is Its current; no
sooner is a thing brought into sight
than it is swept by and another takes
Its place and this, too will be swept
away.?Marcus Antoninus. (
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INNUAL FALL
FLOWER SHOW
JADEH Al'SPICES OF THE I'. D. C
fchxact Date Will He Announced Latei
?Short Sketch of Origination of
Flowers?Premium List.
Best White Chrysanthemum
Best Red Chrysanthemum
Best Yellow Chrysanthemum
Best Bronze Chrysanthemum
Best Pink Chrysanthemum
Best Mrs. H. D. Malloy Chrysanthe
num
Best collection Chrysanthemums
2nd best collection Chrysanthemum
Best White Rose
Best Red Rose
Best Pink Rose
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DCDL *Tiail'9LIiai iiuill liUOi;
Best collection Roses
2nd best collection Roses
Best Red Dahlias
Best Pink Dahlias
Best Yellow Dahlias
Best White Dahlias
Best collection Dahlias
2nd best collection Dahlias
Best Begonia
Best specimen Geranium
Best Scented Geranium
Best ebrteCtf rtrf^eraniums '
2nd best collection Geraniums
Best cut Flowers
2nd best cut Flowers
Best Palm
Best Asparagus Fern
Best Sprengiri Fern
Best Ostrich Plume Fern
Best Boston Fern
Best Maidenhair Fern
Best Baby'sbreath Fern
Best Tarrytown Fern
Best Climbing Fer;i
Best Undesignated Fern
Best Floral Design
2nd best Floral Design
Best Pears
Best Japanese Persimmon
Best Pecans
Best quart Pecans
Best Japanese Walnuts
Best Native Walnuts
Best Hickory Nuts
Best Lettuce
Best Bell Peppers?also Hot
Best Potatoes?Irish and Sweet
The above "looks good'* to the flow
sr lovers of Chcraw. After the Civi
League lost out so dismally, it seemei
it one time as if there would be ni
Flower Show, but fortunately the I
I). C. will furnish us that pleasure thi
Fall and then, when the Civic Leagu
reorganizes after a year of perfec
rest, it will be glad to work up th<
Show into a permanent Spring am
Fall attraction.
Now that everyone's attention i
Lurning to flowers, it might be inter
;sting to give some little persona
history of some of our standard flow
jrs. Cheraw, for so long the home o
flower lovers, is full of many beauti
ful flowers, plants and shrubs tha
'belong" here: when and where the;
:ame form, and by whom introduced
nake quite an interesting little chap
:er of our local Flower history, and i
s a beautiful idea that many of ou
people, now gone, left a legacy to th<
:own that is a lasting joy that stil
irings pleasure into the lives of many
:hough they themselves, may havi
ieen long forgotten.
Beginning with the grandest bloom
ng tree that has ever been produce!
n any country, the Magnolia: Th<
irst ones brought to Cheraw wen
he three, still growing, at what usei
o be called "The Homestead." th<
old home of the Powe family. M-.
Henry Harrington, father of Mrs. L.
D. Harrall and Mrs. T. E. Wanna?
maker, brought these three trees to
I his sister. Mrs. Dr. Powe, when he
was a boy at college, more than 73
years ago. When he brought them
here they had only 3 or 4 leaves?
were growing in tiny pots. The soil
and climate suited them, and others
seeing how well the little trees grew,
bought Magnolias. So now many old
homes here have grand old trees that
are priceless treasures. Could any
one have left a more beautiful monument
"Sacred to his Memory?"
The "purple magnolia," of which
there are some beautiful specimens
at Mrs. J. 0. Raley's, Mrs. M. W. Duval
l's, Mrs. Jas. Powe's and others,
was first introduced here by Mrs.
Gillespie, great grand mother of Mrs.
- E. A. McClellan and of Mr. Wi. L. Gillespie,
who lived on what is now
Mrs. Jas. Powe's place. The old tree
s Is still standing that she planted sometime
about 1830. She likewise planted
nUnuK wKInK hao
lilt; IIIDI UcUiailcl QUI uu, nuiiu nuo
since been the early spring joy of hundreds
of children. No child has ever
cone to school in Cheraw (since 1830)
but has carried every spring a bundle
of these tiny magnolias tied tight in
its handkerchief.
The largest "sweet olive" known
to the "older inhabitant" grew in the
beautiful gardens of Col. Allan McFarlan.
It was cut down at least 40
years ago, and then it measured 5 or
6 inches in diameter. If it were still
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planted here.
There are many large Japonlca
bushes in Cheraw now, but no one
knew they were hardy here till Mrs.
John H. Mclver experimented so successfully
with them. Until she planted
her's out of doors, a few people had
one, or at most, two plants in pots,
and no one ever had a Japonica blossom
to hold in the hand?that was
unheard of: but now there are bushes
18 or 20 feet high, covered, in season,
with hundreds and hundreds of
beautiful blooms.
Mrs. Henry Mclver was the first one
who discovered that Hydrangeas
could be grown out of door here.
To her initiative we owe such sights
as Mrs. C. F. Moore's hedge of blue
hydrangeas, and Mrs. Jas. Harrell's
grand specimens.
Mrs. Mclver also introduced the
white clematis.
Of our vines perhaps the most beautiful
and satisfactory is the "Con
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federate Jassimine" (Rynchospermum)
Mrs. Wm. Vereen introduced i that.
For years she kept it in the greenhouse
in the winter: it grew so dense
that it overshadowed and crowded all
of her beautiful pot plants: so one
fall when it was so large and the
growth so rank, she left it out in the
yard, expecting it to die during the
cold weather. To this we owe the
shade of many of our piazzas?great,
beautiful, rank-growing vines, covered
in May with deliciously sweet, snowwhite
blossoms. These vines make
! bowers of loveliness for Mrs. T. P.
I Harrall, Mrs. E. A. McClellan, Miss
Lynch, Mrs. Hendrix. Another graceful
vine is the one on Mrs. Barbie's
porch. We do not know the name of
this. It came here in a barrel of
Azalias that were sent to Dr. C. Kollock.
The azalea roots were tied in
bundles, wrapped around with this
little vine. Mrs. Ellen Waddill, noMriner
the lacv. delicate leaves, plant
ed a root?from that all these vines
in town came. They called it Phosphate
Vine, because it came from the
phosphate works near Charleston,
but a few years after one of our
citizens was in the low country, and
seeing this vine, a perfect tangle,
along the wayside, asked an (Old negro
what it was. The old man said
"Hud bittle" (Bird Vitual) so Bud
Another exquisite vine is the climb- ' ' ;.d?
ing fern introduced by Mrs. Robbine
many years ago. Thls^DOTfMMiM
absolutely no trouble tbl^A^|
should be in every yard in Cheira^KMR^H
(To be continued.)
Long Life of Clocks. VH
Of all machines made by man nang^|HP
can compare for long life with thg .T;
clock. The life of a clock is as much '
longer than that of any other map
chlnery as the life of a man is longer
than that of a dog. The French city
of Rouen has a great clock which wag
built in the year 13M and is still keep?
ing good time. Except for cleaning;
and a few necessary repairs it bagnever
stopped during a period of moTm?
than five centuries. It strikes tltw
hours and chimes the quarters.
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