Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AMERICAN VESSELS i WILL BE ADMITTED j RELIEF FELT OVER FACT THAT I j SHIPS MAY ENTER FOREIGN | J PORTS. I { WAR NEWS IS ONLY PARTIAL * m * German Side Not Received on Ac* < count of Cables Being Cut. Look < Toward Mediation. I ^ Washington.?Observation of strict; { neutrality by the United States in the 1 f European war, especially as to the movements of foreign ships in Araeri-. ^ can waters, gave the Washington gov-, ernment concern. The department of commerce issued < special instructions which may have an important effect on the movement t of reservists from the United States.1 t What amounts to military expedition \ from American soil will be prohibited t in accordance with President Wilson's neutrality proclamation. State, treas- { Lost Dollars A Mike a m uital n ote of th yoar tl lys. foe dollar th it n > m ore g > hi. II it the d in this safe bank an 1 draw compoan le.l .4 utterly, is n sleep and play. It is your iness. Tnen, too, there ace n i t an association with this ban! to the voun* business min; THOUSANDS of dollars t Come in ani let us s!k>w help you. \ ? ^ Merctate &S ^^ RAW You May LiAccording to all the 1 However, You Wil WHAT Had you Thou Will you 0.;Vs ',e paid? Will yo as you' wife? Wiii jour eni Is the Prospects Encouraging?oi Thinking long and well?and if j for the payment of your depts ai and orphans WILL POINT THE Cheraw Insuranc And WELLS will Ladd Building Over Post lry and commerce department official? were absorbed In deciding the lumerous technicalities which have trlsen In conection with foreign-own d ships such as the Olympic and Taterland, so that it may be estabished definitely whether they are beng "converted for war purposes." Relief measures for Americans In Europe are working smoothly. The itate department cabled $100,000 to Paris and $25,000 to Rome for immeliate use of the American embassies lending the arrival of the Tennessee's told consignment. Assurances that the Tennessee ind North Carolina as well as vessels ;o bring Americans out of Europe would be admitted to ports of the 'ountries at war, brought relief to the ifficials. The two warships are )ound, it is understood, for Falmouth, England. One of the vessels then will go to Northern Continental ports ind the other to Mediterranean thores. Diplomatic dispatches contained litle information about fighting in Eu ope beyond what had been publish>d. The French and Russian governments acknowledged receipt of 'the tender of good offices" looking oward mediation, but gave no hint as o their attitude. It is not known vhether President Wilson's message o Emperor William reached him. The Chronicle is only SI per year re No Good is and remember it all is spent can bring you 1)11 ir thit is deposited in rs 4 per Cent, interest, liking money while you "silent partner" in busibers of ways in which <. can be of great benefit such ways as may mean 0 him in a few years. p you wherein we can a oners Bank 1 H CAROLINA ! ve Forever! Rules of the Game, 1 Die Some Day THEN? ght About It? i ! ui widow wear as good eMJies Idren continue in scho:' ! r is it Clouded with Gloom? on decide to make provisions id the support of your widow WAY TO THE I e & Trust Co. j tell you How 1 Office, Cheraw, S. C. i i I j WORK OF THE STORM j ** By DON LA GRANGE. I Up to the night of the 15th of December there had been no winter weather. The water in the ponds and ditches had scarcely frozen over, indeed, the highways were dry and dusty, and "the oldest inhabitant" said that the bluebirds were as numerous in the country as in June. At three o'clock the cows were out in the green pastures. At six a gale from the north was raging and the snow driving in blinding sheets that man or animal could not face. Of course, Mr. Rayburn and his wife has selected that very afternoon to i drive over to the town of Hepburn, 12 miles distant, to see about some business that should have been attend ed to a month before, and that could be attended to any time within the next month without loss to anyone. They were two miles on their way home when the storm-wolf struck them ami ran them into a farmhouse for the eight. They were only two of hundreds that had to seek strange shelter j that night. j And bark at the manor house as darkness shut down and the blizzard grew stronger, was a cook who flung her arms about and wept, and a Miss Bird Ray burn who scolded: "Yes, it's a blizzard: and father and mother can't possibly get home tonight, and maybe not tomorrow, but what of it?" "I was reading that where there was a blizzard there was always half a dozen murders with it!" persisted the ccok. "Fanny, you'd tire a cow with your | fears and your whining!" was the sharp admonition. "You go back to the kitchen and make a big pot of coffee and keep it hot. Have things ready so that you can get a. quick lunch. It's likely that some one will ask us for shelter within the next hour." Miss Bird was no heroine. She was I bluffing herself and bluffing the cook. It was a fact that she was frightened. ( There was not another house within | half a mile. The telephone had "gone dead." The first move was to Bee that every door and window was secure, and then the sentinel sat down to wait. After half an hour or so she began to wonder j whether she had really locked the out- j side doors of tho vestibule. Of course she had. Perhaps not. It would take only a minute to make sure, but she did not move. There came what she . thought was a shout or a cry for help from the highway. Was it a cry or the wail of the gale? What Miss Bird did was to go to one of the front windows and raise the shade and let the light shine forth into the storm for a beacon. Five minutee after she had taken her seat again the front door opened and a man of snow j staggered Into the room. She had not locked the doors after all. The unbidden .guest staggered about until he could clutch the back of a chair for support. The snow had piled on him Inches thick, and his battle with the storm had exhausted him. It i was a full minute before he spoke, and then a nervous laugh preceded his words: "In two or three minutes I shall be able to ask you to excuse this intrution." The girl was holding a revolver in ber hand. She kept her eyes on him, but made no reply. "Sorry to bring this snowbank into the house, but I was that done up that I had to crawl from the gate to the I house." Still no answer. "If your father is here I beg the privilege of introducing myself. Mr. , Deering, my father, is in public life!" ! *Tht? railroad maenate?" queried Miss Hird. "The newspapers refer to him as such. I myself am generally spoken j of as Ted Deering, the son of his ( father." "Neither of my parents is at home and it is doubtful if they get hero through this f.torm. I shall accept you as .Mr. Ted Deering, however, and there is hot coffee awaiting you. 1 had the cook prepare for just such an emergency." j "And you'll lay aside the revolver?" "I am not afraid." Miss, Hird and Mr. Deering were j good Samaritans that long, fierce l night Two wayfarers were admitted, j thawed out and put to bed, and they would have done the same by others had the storm drifted them that way. i When Mr. and Mrs. Kayburn finally j reached home there was a good deal of talk about blizzards, but it was raid- \ summer before Miss Hint's father j closed a conversation by observing: "Why. if you and Hird love each other, I see no reason to object, but if you live with us I shall expect you to keep the walks clear of snow in the winter!" GRADED BEGGARS OF MEXICO Ten-Cert Mendicant Held Himself i Prouc'y Above His Brothers Who Struggled for Coppers. In his book on Mexico, Mr. W. E. Carson discourses amusingly on the , beggars he met. On one occasion he | proffered u five-cent piece to a doleful, but picturesque street mffslclan. , "To my astonishment, he politely ] declined my humble offering. " "Senor,' Said he, in choice Span- i Ish, with some emotion, 'you must pardon me for being unable to accept your gift, but 1 am a ten-cent beggar, senor (un mendigo de diez centavos), and never accept a smaller gratuity.' "Drawing himself up with an air of pride,'he continuec', 'I shall be honored to sing for your entertainment; a song of old Spain or one of our noble Mexican airs, but alwayr for a fee of ten cents, never for less, for I am a tencent beggar, senor, poor as I am.' "It was impossible to resist this touching protest, so with an apology I handed the courtly vagrant his proper fee, which he acknowledged with 'a thousand thanks' (Mil gracias, senor) and a graceful bow. At the other end of the car the mob of beggars were scrambling for copper coins thrown to them by my fellow-passengers. The melancholy minptrel glanced at them, shrugged his shoulders and waved his hand deprecatingly. " 'Ah, senor,' he observed, 'those poor people, they have to work hard for their bread; good folk, worthy folk, well deserving of your charity, ' but they give you a very bad impres- '' sion of Mexico. Pray, senor, do not < class them with poor musicians like I myself.'" ' i | GATHER AT LINCOLN'S STATUE J _____ 1 Children Seem to Recognize Companion sr.d friend in Bronze Repre- t sentation of President. I In the city of Newark, N. J., there ( stands cn the plaza in front of the j j courthouse a bronze statue of AbraI ham Lincoln. The figure of Lincoln T is seated on a bench on which rests * the tall hat that the president was ac- ' customed to wear. Frequently you see 1 men standing there, looking at this j remarkable statue, afid it seems as j if they were in confidential chat with $ thp figure of bronze, so natural Is its ( pose. . Every day the little children play about the statue. To them it is the figure of a companion and friend. It is not unusual to see a child nestled in the arm of the statue, or clambering over it. Recently, a passer-by < saw three children there. One little girl sat on one of Lincoln's knees; another little girl leaned with crossed arms cn the other knee and looked up intp the great benevolent face; and | the third child, a little colored boy, ( stocd on the same knee, wound his ( arm lovingly nbout the neck of the stfltuo, and laid his cheek against the , great bronze nose. ^ These spontaneous tributes of affection from the childreri|ffhust surely gratify the artist who designed the statue, for they show how remarkably he has brought out the great Jove for humanity that was perhaps the most striking characteristic of Abraham Lincoln.?Youth's Compan- I ion. Wanted a Little Praise Himself. Following a disastrous tire in a western city, many men and women gathered to look at the ruins. Some of the men, seeing that a wall near which i they were standing was toppling, made haste to get out of the way, and narrowly escaped being crushed. Johnny Brabison, a good Irish cltl- ( zen, was so near the wall that he could not escape with the others. So, whirling about, he made for a door In the r wall, burst through it, and came out r on the other side safe, and evidently very proud of his exploit. Women 1 who had shut their eyes and shrieked \ when they saw his danger now gathered round him in great joy, and cried out: i ' Praise heaven, Johnny Brabison, down on your knees, and thank heaven!" "Yis yis," said he, "and I will, but a wasn't It injaneyous inn me, now?"? ' Vrmth'a fomnanlon. s V Has Your Child Worms t Most children do. A Coated, Furred Tongue; Strong Breath; Stomach Paine; Circles under Eyes; Pale, Sallow Complexion; Nervous, Fretful; Grinding of Teeth; Tossing in Sleep: Peculiar Dreams?any one of these indicate Child has Worms. Get a box ' of Kickapon Worm Killer at once. It kills the Worms?the cause of your child's condition. Is Laxative and aids Nature to expel the Worms. r Supplied in candy form. Easy for I children to take. 2."., at your Drug- 11 gist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Cuts, LURE OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS Unci* Mote Could Not B* Satisfied While He Felt Himself Out of "Public Life." A negro waiter named Mose had served with a measure of distinction for several years in a downtown New York restaurant with a large patronage among business men. One day last spring a customer offered him a good position as servant at his country home. He was to have a nice uniform with brass buttons, and the pay was to be much better than he was getting. Mose accepted?envied by his white-coated associates. One morning recently Mose turned up at the restaurant and startled the proprietor by asking for his old Job. "Why have you left Mr. Brown's service?" asked the proprietor. "Did he discharge you? Didn't he treat you well?" "No, sir, I ain't been discharged, and they certainly did treat me all right," responded Mose promptly. "Then why in tne wona come uac*. here? The pay 1b less and the work is harder." Mose paused, looked vacantly out of the window for a moment, and with, a broad grin on his face, whispered: "I wants mah ole Job here again, 'cause I'se got to get back In public life, dat's all!" Constipation Causes Suckness Don't permit yourself to become constipated, as your system immediately begins to absorb poison from the backedup waste matter. Use Dr. m king's New Life Pills and keep well. B There is no better safeguard again t llness. Just take one dose tonight. !5c. at your Druggist. nfection and Insect Bites Dangerous ^^HB Mosquitos, flies and other insects, vhich breed quickly in garbage pailai fl I rnnds of stangnant water, barns, nusty places, etc., are carriers of dls-^^^^^B >ase. Every time they bite you, they^^^M^B nject poison into your system fron^^^H^H vhich some dread disease may resu^^H^BH }et a bottle of Sloan's Liniment. H s antiseptic and a few drops leutralize the infection caused byJ^^BH^H bites rusty sells. jinlment disinfects Cuts, Bruises^^^^^^^H Sores. You cannot afford in your "home, "i'v H Futurist Window Display. An Oxford street store has turnet^^^^^H one of its windows into a futurlsf^^H^^Q boudoir, whlsh is a regular "Mldsura*^^^^^H mer Night's Dream." There is an oxydized bed with black sheets and pillows, black and white striped wall paper, spruce and orange cushions scattered about at randov ^^^B on sofae or on the floor, and finally one of these very green china parrots, the reason of which is not ap- B parent.?Washington Herald. + 1 100 flEST QUALITY ENVELOPES with your name and return address printed on them, sent post paid for only 35 cents No matter who you are, what your Misiness, or where you live, you should ise an envelope with your name and eturn address for every letter you nail. The envelopes we give you are the >est quality white. The return card vilj appear as follows: After five days return to JOHN HOWARD JACKSOX R. F. D. N. 1, CHESTERFIELD, S. C.' You may clip the following blank ind write just what you want on the ines, and return to us with 35c in ilver or stamps, and the envelopes vill be mailed to you the day after lit? UlUtti 10 ictcn^u. After five days return to Write your name on first line; rural oute or box number on second, and >ostoffice address on third line, and nail to THE CHERAW CHRONICLE, CHSRAW. 3. C.