Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, April 23, 1914, Image 4

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r (Eljeraro ffitfrontrk Published on Thursday ' X b>" STRICKLIN PRINTING CO. Cneraw. S. C J. N. STRICKLIN, Editor and Manager. I Successor to the Cheraw Reporter! which was established July 9, 1885, and entered as Second Class matter at Cheraw, S. C. KEKI* A-GOING. In looking back over the winter, there are things we as a community have accomplished; looking forward into the. spring and summer, there are other things we contemplate and pl^n, but the main thing is? Keep a-going! Season in and season out, we find something to do for the town's progress. Smaller communities are just as ambitious as the larger ones, and there are just as ambitious as the larger ones, an dthere just as many things to do and just as many which can be done. So we must Keep a-going! Spurts of action, such as town boosting, planting trees, repairing and building a strip of road, setting out a few flowers, putting up a iew extra hitcheing posts for the customers from the country, must Keep a-going! Occasional campaigns to arouse civic pride are not enough. Half successful endeavors should not rest until complete success comes. Things * are not accomplished for the good of a town in a moment and when such things are once accomplished, there are other things to do. So? Keep a-going! Communities can grow in size or else in goodness and beauty. It takes continuous cumulation. Once used and laid aside until some other time stimulation loses its power. It will deteriorate and lose its force unless Cheraw keeps it working on town development all the time. We B|HBTliave'gOt to . Keep a-going! We can have something doing here all the time; something for the people to talk about, something for the people to help along, if Cheraw is to is i I\wp <JL~gUlllg^ A WORKING MOTTO. v. "Leave the summer more beautiful than you found it " Here is a working moUo for Cheraw people. It should be memorized by the individual and inscribed by the civic organization whose summer's work is devoted largely to the successful beautihcation of the community. Recite it in the schools and talk it on the streets. Introduce it to laboiers. mechanics, clerks, merchants, preachers, physicians and * lawyers. You may "leave the world more beautiful than you found it" by putting off your plans until 1915 but the motto here given means this year, here and uow. It means playgrounds and more playgrounds this year, it means more gardens and more vacant lot cultivation now, it means planting trees and shrubs and beautification of the home yards this summer. . Jt is work for everybody; particu i&jkrly for community welfare societies. Ifris work to bring joy and satisfaction, and not disappointment, to the workers and to those who nrofit in happiness from (he work. It is easy to put off work until another year, to plan too late, to fail to get into action despite best-made ' desire and best-laid plans. Many other times, tasks are only partially completed for lack of stimulus. Here we have a "Do It Now" slogan which embraces everything from the pictures on the walls at home to ornamental lighting on the streets. It means more shade trees planted this spring, more flower gardens down town as well as in the residence districts, more flower boxes, improved streets, cleaner streets and alleys, more attractive school yards, better housing, more beautiful factory surroundings. a clean-up campaign, a more efficient citizenship. Good intention is not enough; making of plans is not sufficient; action is essential Is this to be a 6ummer of better things? A summer of beautification? Beautification of public ?TW*ty and t&^^^tfcres. ot Pri" c . vr. .vate possessions, of- business-bouses and residences, of life itself? Then let us adopt and remember our motto to "leave the summer more beautiful than we .-found it." For one The Chronicle intends to "leave the summer more beautiful tlmn it found it" if it is possible. Will every citizen of and society in Cheraw pledge themselves to do the same? LOOKING AHEAD. In little things we must look ahead and think of the future. Perhaps the little deed of kindness, the loving word, the sweet smile, orthewrong act, idle word or angry frown, may not effect our lives nor the lives of anyone else today. Let us not only think of the present, but looking into the hereafter, see what the influence i will be there. It is more suitable, and so to j , speak, higher affairs than these that the wisdom of looking ahead asserts ! itself. When Esau.coming in weary and ' i I spent from the hunting field, sold to j crafty Jacob, for a mess of pottage, | ; the birthright which belonged to fhe j I elder brother, he simply did what j | hosts of men have been doing ever ! j since. H/? d:J not look ahead but act- I I ed on 'he moment's impulse. For a J temporary pleasure, an apparent pres-1 lent advantage, he bartered his heav- . i en bestowed right to dignity, consid- j | eration and manhood. And yet to| day, many of us, to gratify ourselves ' for the present, indulged in some plea- ' sure which perhaps may be our ruin, j It is done without thought for the ' i future. In Easu was exemplified the fatal weakness which is the besetting dani ger of strength. Not one of us who forgets to look ahead when accepting J some compromise with conscience or j venturing in'o some doubtful path is the least nobler or wiser than Esau. ' j Let us look even farther,*yea. be-I yond this transient life to the etirni- j ty beyond and, looking above in 1 throughtfulness and, looking anove in tihoiightfiilness and prayer, piepare ourselves for The beautiful home over there Where flowers eternal bloom, And loved ones watching a land so fair For others to join them soon. GET THE HAPPY HABITS "I have no domestic troubles and no financial troubles to speak of. I am not in love with anybody clse'a wife and nobody else'a wife is in love with me I have no tapeworm and I have not lost the recipe for rose 1 beads, orange marmalade or peanuts i butter. No one has swindled me and j my neighbors don't keep chickens or I goats. 1 get along first rate with the | whole bunch, and last all, I have no } fault to find with yen. I am writing without special motive except to say. "Bully for you! I thought it might be a pleasant supiise for you to get a letter of the other sort for a change from *he en erna! whine." Thus runs a recent to to .hi; iltor from a subset tier who 01 git to have a front seat in ."coven. Lo you want to know Lew i' made i him feel? Like a boy wi h Irs first pair of galluses or a maiden with her first sweetheart. The sky had been murkoy, but it seemed as if the sun had sudefhtly burst through, flooding the ear..a with glory. so snines a kuki woru in a naugn y world. Then he thought of the millions of walking gronches who go through life radiating discomfort upon their fellow workers and he wondered what would be the effect if, on a given day at a set hour, every one of them could be converted into a glad hand jollier. Kind words are really very cheap? we don.t know of a thing that's cheaper and at the same time more valuable. They simply reflect a habit of mind. Why not get the habit? "English as She Is Spoke." In a select private school where the English spoken?even by the youngest ?would delight Ilenry .lames, one of the fifth grade teachers chanced to meet one of her former pupils who had been promoted to a higher grade, and she said: "IIow do you do. Harold? Are you getting on well?" "Yep!" answered Harold. "My. Harold! Is that the way you are tnuglit to speak?" And Harold most unconcernedly answered, "Nope!" ?Exchange. The Chronicle i* only SI per year CARANZA DISPLEASED WITH SEIZl'RE OF VERA CRUZ Continued from page 1 Foreign Minister, planned the Tampico incident with a view of bringing on armed intervention and uniting the Mexican factions with him." The same official expressed the view that Huerta had delayed his answer tc the United States for a salute'of flag pending the arrival of the big shipment of ammunition on the German vessel. If Flag Goes Up Across Rio Grnndf It Will No4, Conic Down, Says Waterson. Louisville. Ky.. April 22.?Undei the caption "All Aboard for Panama" Henry Watterson will say in Tht Courier-Journal tomorrow. "Let us not decieve ourselves, no! be deceived. It is war. The cant o1 the hour makes protestations; that we have no quarrel with the Mexican people, that we want no foot o! Mexican territory, that we seek onlj good neighborhood, (fiat piece am order are ou** sole objective points "Throughout t.:e ages, the historic But all the same, if the flag goes ;ir across tne mo uranae 11 win ue\ei conic down. "Throughout the ages the historic rule has been to appeal to God foi the justice of the cause. The 'cause is always the prevailing idea, sometimes of selfish interest clad in patriotic raiment and sometimes of ambition robing itself in religious pretension^ Occasionally blood 'has been sprinkled in the face of the people to goad them on. Bi^, usually the ear of corn has been put in evidence. the bridle hid behind until the issue has been completely joined and the parties to the conflict committed beyond recall. So will it be in the Odyssey which the Yankee Greeks arc preparing for themselves and precipitating upon the foolish Trojans 01 Mexico. Not Too Important. "I hear Brown's beeu promoted again." "Yes." "That's splendid! lie must be quite an importunt member yf the i-oncerr now." >' , "Oh. I guess not. The office boy stil calls him by his first nauie."-I)etroil Free Press. I have bought out the up-town store of The Evans Co. and will operate same Under my own name. To carry out an idea that I will announce later. All men's suits now priced at $25.00 down will be sold at a uniform price of SI5.00. You know the class of clothing I sell, so why not take advantage of this wonderful saving. John C. Evans Next to Post Office The Chronicle is $1 per year. Subscribe now before the price i* raised - c ?A-SA^-eASE Some Reparation Should he Made tc Innocent Man Punished The Augusta Chronicle publishes the following: The case of George Boucher is now , attracting attention. What are w< going to do about it?" is asked Boucher was convicted of a murdei ' committed at Benton Harbor, Mich. fifteen years ago. He was ordered t< 1 the penitentiary for life. The othe: day, dying, Horace Condon confesset that he committed the murder. Hi gave particulars which, on invest! gation, proved that he told the trurtl that he killed the victim and that Bou cher is innocent. Boucher has been ordered released ;i But is that to be all? He is now <>< years of age. Has he no recompense through law? It seems not. Tin ' Detroit Journal says: > "All we can do. under the presen state of the law, to recompense Bou ' cher for depriving him of the bes ' years of his life, is to grant him a frei I pardon for the crime ho neve: eommi ted and turn him out to earn a living He is now CO years of age. and tfc< ) prison routine has become part of fcii ' life. He cannot compete wi.ii young er, stronger and more active men : not to speak of making provisions foi his old age, and it cannot be long bo ' for his earning pow,er will have lef him. There will be nothing for hi:i then but the workhouse, the jail or tin - open road down which he may totte; asking alms. The slate has. althougi unwittingly, done htm the greatest in Justice by branding him as a crimina . and herding him with criminals. It is cruelty to turn him out now > on his own resources when all powei I of initiative has been taken from hiir I ' by his prison experience, his friends ;! scattered or dead and no one to lent ?' him a helping hand. It would be ths . | scantiest measure of justice for th< j I state to pension him for the rest o his life and to grant him a new trial t< officially declare his innocence. The case is a sad one. It will b< I used prominently by those who oppost capital punishment. The Journal is right. The state should not permit ? Boucher to suffer for the mistake , which the state made. I Check Your April Cough f Thawing ffost and April rains chil you to th very marrow, you catch colc Head and lungs stuffed?You are feve rish?cough continually and feel miserable?You need Dr King's Xev Discovery. It soothes inflamed anc irritated throat and lungs, stops cough, your head clears up, fevei leaves, and you feel fine. Mr. J. T Davis, of Stickney Corner. Me, "Was cured of a dreadful cough after doc^o treatment and all other lemedies fail ed. Relief or money back. PleasantChildren like it. Get a bottle to-day oOc. and $1.00, at your Druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for A1 Sores. Preparing I nsrr.seivca. "Poifnn tu i f r..ther unpopuini with Ills fellow clerl s." "Yes. There's nobody here who .ikei lil.<i."* "Wlmt's the tmutde'r" "Ok. lie n I wit \s urn inures to he tin first one here in the inorninj:. iind in always sticks around it ml keep* work ill# until they ju t ready to lock tin doors at nf.*:iit." "1 see. The rest of you are pt'o Intf so you will lie able to cordi-ill. hat him when he trets to be your boss." Chicago Itccord Herald. Small I laughter It's row se|?i?? time and I've mislaid-my j:eie.rrcipii>. Cultured Mother- Well, tell me wlial the lessen Is jilxmt nml I'll .vr'.te ?U1 the iinsuvr for you to learn. II !>iiuj:hter The hikes of Afrleji (*11 Itiir?il Mother I'm- er if yotfvi mlsliilil your geography. you careless child, you i*mii just hunt till you tiui It.?Phihidelphia I uipiiier. We used So Joke on woman's rights And Fashion's strange displays. We i'?ked <>f dangerous airrnip flights And statesmen's de' ious ways. But now we're feeling rather blue. Like many other folks. For all the jokes are coming true Ar.d serious things are Jokes. ?Washington Star. FOR REM Two connecting office rooms in new Post Office building, fre lights, water and heat. See us for rates. fheraw Insurance & Trust Co. j " ! , iWAHAMAKER. I m - ; DEALERS IX ' i Pure Drugs j AN'D Medicines ! ' .Ilave just received a large line of ; Sterling Silverware, Cut Glass, Fine China, Salad Sets, Chocolate ! Sets, Cake Plates, Nut Sets, Bread ' and Butter Plates, Lamps and lots ; 01' other tilings selected from the' I largest New York houses. # "! We stork Lime Sulphur Wash for j Spraying fruit trees. T 1 11 Fresh Garden Seed and Cabbage 11 Plants. Wo buy only such va2 j rJties of seed as have proven suep ressful In this section. CAT WANNAMAKER'S j Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Cash Books, Time Books r Trial Balances, Bills Payable 1 Memorandum and Orde* 5 Books, always on hand. Inks 1 Inkstands, Typewriter PaJ pers, Lead Pencils, Writing * Tablets. f ) AT WANN AM AKER'S ' i Box Papers, 10e. to 50c. each. '! Pound Paper, 15c., 25c., 35c. Envelopes to match. I 1 WANNAMAKER'S i j FEVER MIXTURE [ I The most reliable remedy for Chills and Fever?stops the " j chills and stops them at once t ?only twenty five cents per ' j bottle. Large bottle for family use for fifty cents and one 31 dollar. r 5 WANNAMAKER'S i LIVER TONIC j Have you forgotten how 'j much good it -.did you? | , Only 25 cents. WANNAMAKER'S r COLD TABLETS , The best thing we know of for a fresh cold. Only 10 cents a box. * ? " . WAltNAMA&3K S TONIC MIXTURE for weakness and poor appe. tite. It will do you good. It is a fine tonic. Only 35 cents a bottle. 1 AT WANN AM AKER'S 1 Window Glass for Windows or Pictures. 4 * AT WANN AM AKER 'S Paints?in large or small quantities. AT WANNAMAKSR'S [ We are exclusive agents for Eastman Kodaks and Films. j I 'AT WANNAMAKEE'S Agents for Iluyler's Candies. I A T WANNAMAKEE'S ' Agent for L. E. Waterman's 1 T .1 ?? 1 Pnn OaI ^ An IJLUettl ruuilbaiu x vu oviu uu positive guarantee to give satisfaction, or your money I tack on request