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t It 16 certainly not a confortabh should invade your home, they could s< vaults for taking care of your money strong locks and thick walls. Wlij have PEACH OF MIND, and the.t safe hands. Do YOUR bt The First N Lost Dollars j Make a mental note of t your days. The dollar ths no more good. Hut the in this safe hank and dra compounded quarterly, is sleep and play. It is youi iness. Then, tod, there are nui an association with this hat to the voting business man THOUSANDS of dollars Come in and let us slio1 help you. Merchants & I CHE RAW SOtT War! Business dull. Now is chinery repaired and put in ready for work by the time th added to our alrer.dy experien ? pert Circular Saw Hammer not cut true let our man fix and in line with other shops c1 We will appreciate your hush Pee Dee Ii Chera\ COAL) iSs pgr. ?. ?>v REV. HENRY N. COUDEN As the gavel falls a hush descends upon the hall of the house of representatives at Wash ~ ~~ Ington. Poorkeepei.s take their places at all doors, close them, and . ^ stund facing the house to prevent y?ri8 entrance or egress S raf nt ,,l's solemn monient of the day. The hundred or more members who are on time '''i a t.' I ~ sightless eyes masked b\ colored spectacles, is led by an attendant to the .la's a step be low the speaker. His hands elasp? d. ills well modulated voice penetrating to every part of the chamber, he delivers a brief prayer. Always It Is brief, always it contains a thought, always Is it something worth hearing The "blind chaplain" of the house, Aiken Forms Club. Aiken.?A buy a bah- club has been formed In Aiken, and a limited number of bales will be taken off tho hands of small farmers who can not afford to hold, the club to pay 1<? rents a pound. Not more than one bale will ho taken from one fanner,1 and the cotton must trade middling and average f.hO pounds to the bale. While the funds of the club are limited, most of the money available at present lining ho?n w ithdrawn from savings accounts in the banks, the membership Is growing. I the bet1 ICT^HNSW^hHmJ^I arm TfcSrZ/Iw&jyTE^BM il^jfy>BHWWMiwiffWFBffi jSjflBHB^WErfflfl of ?feolIng to know that If burglars or fire joaisly find your money. Our bank has i ,, , I thei .It was built for that purpose, with ; W(), 'not put your money in the bank and insecure feeling of knowing that It is in por tha inking with US. don ational Bank 3 T | cjaj attf \re No Good X ofiic :his and remember it all nrii it is spent can bring you ^tk.(' dollar that is deposited in nf i ws 4 per cent, interest, ten making money while you JjjJj "silent partner" in bus- tun, mer inbers of ways in which ? ^ lk can be of great bene tit H(,r ; such ways as may mean but to him in a few years. has \v you wherein we can ***' kill: thai "armers Bank Hay II CAROLINA O ter ^ desi the teoi War! 5 A edri cidc T Tsla the time to have your ma- Jur J Oer good shape, then you will he e war scare is over. We have it Hor ceil force of machinists an ex- mer and Filer. If your saw does A it. Our prices are reasonable Ger loing this class of repair work. ' v less and will try to please. sue< on Works ? i ano v S C >5 porl our Rhr THE IIEST COAL MlN(E)l) . . rPtl is what wo servo to our ens- .. tomers. Whether it be for fur- the naco, stove or boiler we deliver ^ promptly the best fuel for tbo sen purposo. And we carry so much Ww in our yards that 110 order can fire . < , whl be too large lor us even as none ? is too small to receive oour at- g0n tention. noti H. L. POWE Mle ? the the I, THE BLIND CHAPLAIN & nelj Itev. Henry Noble ("oudon. Is one ot flU<" the best known figures In public life In 1 Washington. For 19 years he lias *',a1 opened the dally session of the house j In the manner described. Under four co" j speakers he Iihs served. Republicans and Democrats alike have known him a 0 as their own chaplain. J; P In all his 19 years of service he has ,fT j missed attendance ot the opening of '' the house but twice, excepting, of ^ course, the times when he was ill and furnished u substitute. On one occa- ... sion his attendant forgot and left him sitting in the lobby. On another occasion a great storm detained him and J caused him to arrive late und after the I .. ? hn/1 l?A Tl? lo \a I i UUUT)*; uuu ur^un no ocs^ivu. i inn ic j ft record to bo proud of. In niuriy respects Doctor <\>udon Is | j more tliaii the mery prayer-maker of congress. His relations to the mem bersblp of the house at all times have T | resembled those of the pastor of a ^ari J church, or of a chaplain of a regiment! *?ll( ! of troops. IIo visits the congressional i sick, barb s the dead, gives spiritual j ; comfort and consolation when he may' I and is often called upon. Many men BVS'' j serving in congress have no church aH I ntlllint Ions To lio< tor ( omleti tlicy K, ('? : turn naturally us their olliclul spiritual uRa' | counselor i Uea ! nios j \\ ii . . j tllH Falling Chimneys. j wj,| Tall chlf.uieys are usually destroyed ^]l(> i by r< moving part of tie masonry Just i above the base, and replacing It with Und .tiinln-rs and wooden wedges. These are soaked with inflammable oils and | _ set on fire, iteforo they are wholly | pH < 1 burned, the chimney becomes weak 1 tcrh i and falls. When a well built chimney UI!k ; falls from 'his cause, tlie motion bo- t gins at the bottom and 'lie top drags j dooi back, like ti e tip i f a whip when it la I swung o*.:i' kly. This effect of inertia ! | resells in t' 1 chin -ey's breaking long before it reaches tn? ground. at > 1 tion IOOF'5 SLEEP IN LODGED TRENCHES N MAKES ARMY LIFE WORSE THAN EVER?RIGORS OF FIGHT. ? -SHIPS ARE DESTROYED h Sides Report Losses of Vessels to the Enemy on the Seas. Italy Reported Prepared. eports differ as to the progress of great but Up in Northern France ween the Allied British and French lies and Germany. Some indicate t there is extremely heavy fighting le others tell of great masses of ips lying in Hooded trenches, many hem utterly exhausted, t some points, at least, fierce enements have been fought with the > flowing first in one direction and 11 In the other. The Allies have i a position Here ana ine uenuaus e Rained one ihere. Hut all rets, official and otherwise, agree t there is much lighting yet to ha e before any matt rial advantage be claimed by either side, 'ho British in the trenches say: e are slowly beating them back." he French official statement de es that though furiously countericko 1 by superior forces and obd to yield some ground this was lined almost immediately. Berlin dally announces that the Francotlsh forces have been obliged to b the defensive in entrenched porms and that therefore the result lie German attacks are slow. In'sting information hns been given by the British Admiralty regardBritish successes and misforf?s in various waters. The British chant cruiser Oarmanla has sunk erman merchant cruiser, supposed >o either the Cap Trafalgar, or the lin, off the coast of South America, the German cruiser Koenigsburg disabled the British cruiser Pens, while the laller was overhaul-; her machinery in Zanlbar harbor, ing 2." men and wounding more a threo times that number and the man Cruiser Knden has sunk six :ish merchant streamers in the of Bengal. i fighting around Rheims the matof greatest interest has been the I ruction of the famous cathedral, of the most noted structures in world, dating hack to the Tliirlth Century, which is reported to e first been pierced by many Cerl shells and then to have burst i flames. gainst the destruction of the oathil the French Government has de'd to send through diplomatic nnels a protest to all the Powers here has been a review off the nd of Halker, hv the Sultan, of the kish fleet, Including tlie former man cruisers, Rreslati and Goeben, r which tho warships proceeded to stantinoplp for coal, alv, according to reports from no. has more than a half million ) under arms. LLIES MAKE SLIGHT GAINS. mans Lose on Left, and Fall to Force Break In French Front aris.?Tho Frpnch war office Is1 the following communication: ")n our loft wine wo again have |p a silght advance along the right k of the River Olsp. \ division of Algerians captured ther ling. Ml efforts of the Germans, supled by strong artillery to smash front between Craonne and dins have been repulsed. War RheJms the hill of Brimont, m l ion of which we had occupied, been retaken by the enemy. In irn ve have taken possession of defenses of La Pompolle (about mile.; Kast by Southeast of Ims.) The Germans have roused themes to a condition ot such fury that liout military reason they have d on the cathedral of Rheims, ch Is In flames. On the western side of the Arne our gains are maintained In Woevre there Is nothing to anil oe. On the right wine In Lorraine the my has been driven bnck beyond frontier, evacuating in particular region of Avrlrourt (a border vll?). In the Vosges, the enemy has d to resume the offensive in the rhborhood of St. Die, but without ress. Our attacks progress slowly on I side because of the difficulty of ground, the defensive works onntered there and the bad weather. As yet we have no certain contlrmin of the reduction of the forts not liously destroyed at Maubenge. but mans report the taking of the city even indicate that its governor be Interned at Torgau (Prussia.) l'he Saxon army has been broken and its commander. General Von tsen, lias been relieved of his ennv id. The cavalry division of the ie nationality, which had Tough* Lorraine at the opening of the ipaiuit and later was sen* to K~ !?.' * she:, d the dnv nfa!l el' 11 trhiji and eiirst lave suff.e WilVMCI/ Ul cl uni II* here Is a spirit ol poetry about a a am!, unconsciously, iimn are bed by it In youth it kindles our ginution, and fosters our suscoptly to the simple beauty of common gs: daybreak?with tho fresh etness of the wet grass about us we go up the path toward the it barn still darkly silhouetted inst the brightening sky, with tho tliemxk, high up against the topt hand of pink, pointing to clear, h tho opening of the barn door day's work begins; the horse nrii?-s? at the sound, for his corn; cattle move expectantly in thetr ichion rows; the chickens rack! cluck in the hayloft, as they drop j ering to the floor. Day has begun [ ly, with all Its iie'lvitics, with all; :ummonplac m ss, with nil its mys s. Something of all this we feel, tiowingly, ?ih mi pull back t!m j vy bolt arid throw open the bum! r.?Suburban Life. Sugar Reduced, in Francisco Suuar was ipioled ! 7 a hundred weight hero, a reduc- j I |f r,(l ccllts from r??cun* j IN TH?_BEKKSHIRI By JOHN ElRROL. It was five years sin< e Henry Th( ley, then a struggling artist but r beginning to bo knows in his pro sion. had stayed at Crift Inn. It i a little place tucked away in the be of the I'.erkshlres, and kept by an couple who took boarders to eke their scanty means. And, though old Mr. and Mrs. Be were pleased to see him, there wa certain hesitation about their welco He had run down unannounced, tri ing to luck to obtain a room. To surprise and delight the houBe t nearly empty. The only other guest was a cha ing young lady named Miss March; And. though they were introduced v ! all informality, Miss Merchant?wh name, Thornley learned, was Ros did not appear enthusiastic about i coming acquainted with him. In fact, on the third morning Th( ley was so disgusted \fith his effc j to win her friendship that he had [ most decided to leave for town. TT _ ? - S lie was sirunwig aiong a euun I lane In no pleasant mood when j heard the sound of a golloplng he j behind him. He turned, to see N Marchant seated In the landlord's < fashioned buggy, while the pony, tlrely out of hand, was running at speed toward the railroad line, i a train was sounding In the distal It was the work of an Instant Thornley to spring forward and clu the pony's bridle. Knocked down i dragged for some distance though was, he brought the trembling st ' to a standstill Just as the train th dered past. He must have fainted for, when awoke, the pony was cropping gr contentedly by the wayside, while ^ Hose Marchant kneeled at his s trying tc/revlve him. | "You poor, brave man!" she said he opened his eyes. It was not the words, but sometb In her tone that staftTSd Thorn Miss Marchant was addressing 1 distinctly as though he were an 1: "You Be from Old Man^^Kh'sl rlor. And Thornley did not like It. rose rather Btiflly to his feet. "Will you permit me id drive ; back?" he asked. "I understand a tie about horses, and my Wjflst may stronger than yours." Ho saw Miss Marchant's eyes wli In either consternation or terror. "O, no, no!" she cried, jtnd spri Into the buggy. Thornley was not used to be treated with contemnt, and his si bornncss rose. He caugbj^-the pi by the bridle. "i am sorry my compan^ls bo tasteful to you," he said, 'put I m Insist. You may come to some har Miss Marchant scredmed i slashed the pony across the flank, started off, flinging him afde, and rolled In the dust, to sec, when rose to hi3 feet again, Mlsk March and tlm ponv and tho bugs! far In distance. p A grinning countryman cpne by i stopped to stare at Thornjiy, who, no good humor, asked hip what v*as looking at. \ ou bo from old man lJeacn asked tlio folio*.-, still grinning. "Well, what If I am? Is there a J thing amusii.g in that?" Thornley ( m:inded. The yokel scratched hia head. "XV I guess there la," he drawled. "Ev< body seems to find old man Beach i hia mentals amusing." "His what?" demanded Thornle] "Ills mentals. Ills bugs?crazy I pie, you know. I guess ycu'ro one j 'em, ain't you?" Suddenly the explanation flasl I across Thornky's mind. Old Bench, who had been unable to mi much headway with his boarders I years before, had had the obsess that ho could increase his income c sldcrahly by catering to those m tally afflicted. N'o wonder he and wife had appeared embarrassed wl he appeared upon the scene so ur pectedly. And Miss Marchant?" He groaned. What a fool he 1 been! He had mistaken the poor i for a condescending and not very v bred woman, when she s-as only to pitted. Doubtless sho had sufferc nervous bieakdown, ^nd?with t pony? Ho loft the grinning yokel In rood and started back aB hard as could go. At the top of the hill he found pony grazing, the buggy behind empty. Beside tho road Miss A chant was seated, looking about In a dazed manner. There was n on her dress. Thornley hurried up her. He aided her to her feet. "Now you must let nie seo you ho at once," ho said, and, taking her resisting arm In his hand, he pla? the other hand upon the pony's brii end tho party proceeded hoinewr All tho way Thornley caught M Merchant watching him In tho sa singular manner. Mr. Bench was profuse In his ap< pies, lie would never have let >1 Marchant havo tho ponyi If ho 1 known It was going to dct In t manner. Thornley cut hlrii short. "Have Mrs. Bench help Ml6s M chant to lo r room," he said. "The want to talk to you." When they were ulone he broke < angrily: , "What do you mean by letting tl r i 77" poor, atlllcted young lady go out drlv jng aicne?" Old Mr. Toach stared at him. "A( fllcted? Sho ain't no more afflictta rj than you arc," he answered. "Hut you take cases of mental break down," cried Thornlcy. "Only one year," said Mr. Fleacl ?. grimly. "Year after you left. I ha< enough of them. Now I'm trying ti )rn* build up a regular burlness again. Flu l0W It's hard. When once a man has tn leB" ken mentals all his guests are suj ,vaB posed to bo mentals. Sho thinks you r 'ar* one." old "What!" cried Thorn ley* "\Yh; out didn't you tell her? That accounts fo the way sho has been treating me." ach "What's the use?" asked Mr. Ilea eh 3 a "She wouldn't have believed me. One me. a man takes mentals, everybody suj us** pects all his guests aro mentals They'll bo calling me a mental soer >vas I hoped you'd find each other out, bu if I'd tried to speak it would onl rna" have made things worse than wha int. they tverc." ith Thornley's anger soon passed. Fror 080 his point of view the old man wa O? richf- If Iim b.nd pvnlntnpd to each 0 be" his guests that the other was not "mental" would they have believe m- him? ?rts He chafed and fumed the rest of th al- day, because Miss Ma reliant did no appear. Hut when, on the next mori itry lng, they met in the pleasant ground: ho there was a smile on her lips, irse "Mrs. Beach has told mo all, Mi [lss Thornley," she said. "How you mus old- have hated me. Can you forgive me? en> Thornley locked at her. fioinethln full in his glance lent the blood luto he Vnd cheeks. ice. "On condition that you?stay a Ion for time," he stammered, tch And, long before their holiday ha f.nd elapsed, it was recognized that M ho Beach had a new kind of mental cas oed In his house, which could only b iun- cured?as this one was?by a Ion white veil and orange blossoms, he (Copyright. 1P14, hv TV. G. Chapman.) ass jl?* Air Hardens Steel. Steel hardening by a spray < I afl | compressed air is the plan adopted f( certain special work in a German e . tablishment. For hardening only i parts?such as the surface of rails an iirri P0^n,9 ^or sidings?the local quenci ufe- *ng in oi' or water 6ets UP dangeroi tension, and a new means has bee ? sought for giving a safe transitic ! from the hardened to the unhardenc material. The compressed air spra .fe is found to give the desired result *5, The air reaches tho metal throug jT special nozzles, and accurately grade degrees of hardness are obtained t regulating tho number and arrang ment of holes in the nozzle. Whe 1 these are wide apart the surface I ? much affected, openings closer togetl ty er giving thinner skin. PHP1 pprrvx Anl \ C| a I t-k ~GIRCUS 7/ ^ - MENAGERIE f HI^ODROM^ ? iHiill '"st ant the 7?7 , ?2F~~x^fl and <^. B?" ny- } C 7?/)V\ '- > d6' V C V;/"^ ;ry- ? and '"" : mswgk ? ??:r- '-7,? i^fe ?n- Ow , ^.b ien" r \0 "Hs.. ^ Ms VVW^ lien " * ' " - lex the ? it, lar5 One Dj me ? Afternoon lie, ird. ~*~"" 1188 : SATURDA llss lad hat The Only Bij DUt w hat cus Coming I Bird Farming for Revenue. It is fjuito within tho bounds of posj B'bility that within a very few years j bird farming will bo practiced in tho tropics, beeauso tho least civilized of men respond to the possibility of ^ making money; and, whatever our perI sonal views may be, it cannot ba de0 nied that the demand for the skins and t feathers of birds is an ever-increasing L. | one, and is following the growth of national wealth. With committees for " e economic preservation in the great cap- g : Hals of Europe, and with a trado willy ing to accept thf-ir findings and givo I r prompt effect to them we may look in j a little time for the end of a reckless J g I killing and the recognition of the sim-1 r>: pie truth that a live bird capable of i i- | reproducing its species and renewing! i. ' its plumes is far more valuable than i. a dead one. t j y I t! IM1VT MISTAKE THE ( VI SE n ! Many Clicrau People Hate Kidney s | Trouble And Do Not Know It. ' Do you have baokaehe? a j Are vou tired and worn out? J ! j Feel diz/.v, nervous and depressed? I Are the kidnv -secretions irrigular ' e i * ^ Highly colored; contain sediment? j. ; l.ikelv your kidneys tire at fault. i Weak kidneys give warning of (lis- ' itress. I ^ Heed the warning; don't delay? \" r- I se a tested kidney remedy, it Read this Darlington testimony. " Mrs. J. (J. James, K. Itroad St , Darg lington, S. C.* says: "For a long time j ,r I suffered from severe backaches, : symptoms of kidney complaints. I : used two boxes of Dean's ?<idney ? I Pills as directed and they not only relieved theaches and pains, but red tin ved the I re u hie with the kidney r. secretions." e Mrs. James Is only one of many in;' e j this vicinity wl.r have tratefully en-J - j don cd Dean's. If your ha : aches# I? i' your kidneys bother you, don't I simply ask for a kiflnev remedy - asa j distinctly for Loan's Ki.mev Cil's, the same that Mrs. James hail. f?0c. till stores. Fostor-.Milburn Co., Crops., dneqcaspo..LokindBuffalo, N. Y. 3f Buffalo, X. Y. No. C. )r ?AdverMseent. sFOR BEST QUALITY i BEEF n and for.Chickens, Eggs and Country ,n Produce be sure and .give me a call. 1(1 Am better prepared than ever to serve l/ you. Located next door to Express ^ office on Market street, and I will appreciate your business, and if good iy stuff and good service Is what you e. are looking for I am sure you yill m continue with me once you give me a Is trial. Yours for business, 1 C. M. BOGAN _ t Rt * i <y-?*r jsa ^>^1 %#?? my^-yjh ?* . ^ ' -^r" ^?i l$Z<\ y 4>\ H^^J " ^ r;..^ r;-" y-r-i'Vrt^ kx># ^fV"";-' "' '- % .' ;(' " "r'X//*T~? "- A ( ' ^ -$\ ;j ,<? rr a ' ''' "\>sjflJtfy* '-v0. >. . ?? ' ;\ -. /' 1-^1?L p/7l y ' '_' > " .' *r- !: '. ' ,. : -;Mi" 'f .. "< >-= (lf^ . ^ C A / *, ,;.; :; J \ *y Only - Evening yTsepTS l 3 Ring Cirfhis Season. Fresh Reef, Pork and T H. A. BURCH PH0K1 Covington Hotel Hld| CHERA> Professional Cards Hit. .1. K. FC.MlKKIiritK ] Dental Snrgenn Phones: Office 13S. Residence 174 1 Office over M. & F. Hank bnilditip ' DR. G. A. HI XCII, JK. | Dental Surgeon I Office Honrs: 9 to 1 and 2 to C J Phones: Office 222. Resident 72 j ? POLLOCK & PEGl'ES Attorneys-at-Law r\tn r>i,,K riniMin<r wiuvv. vm^uuia wim# uuuuiug. One member of firm will be at Chesterfield every Monday A. D. CHAPMAN Livery and Feed Stables Sand and GraTel for sale. CHE RAW, S. C. Next to Ranard Hotel Reasonable prices. Prompt Service r FOR RENT Two connecting office rooms In new Post Office building, fre lights, water and heat. See us for rates. Cheraw Insurance & Trust Co. ^??^wmmJ ?? ???? Protecting Telegraph Poles. To protect telegraph pc'es from roting in the eruuud a new French praoice is to riir-ound their ends with ;arthwane pipes and fill the pipes i*ith melted resin and sand, which olldlfies and becomes waterprooL. You May Li Aecording to all 'the However, You Wi WHAT Had you Thoi Will you duMs be paid? Will y as your wife? Will jour ci Is the Prospects Encouraging?< Thinking long and well?and If for the payment of your depts t and orphans p ^ ; WILL POINT THE Cheraw Insuranc And WELLS will Ladd Building Over Post Guaranty Loan CHERAV Real Estat All Kinds of Insurs ll will hp mir n ii ?T in uv/ veil j; Prompt attention at all Give us your FIR1 represent the strongest s Phone 192 I 'ork Saussage S MARKET i 8* * j...Second Street V, s. c. Value of Honey. Honey Is as wholesome and nourish* r>g as concentrated refined cane sugar s unwholesome and lacking In nourahment Honey is a medicine as well is a food. Give It to the children In place of candy. Be sure, however, that rou get pure honey. Glucose is more ( harmful than sugar. There are lmpor:ant differences even in pure hov&j, icording to the conditions under which It Is made, just as there is a great difference in fruit, according to the soil on which It is grown. Dark red honey is much the best, although the people demand light yellow honey, Just as they insist on light colored dried fruit, because they eat with their oyes and do not think. 100 ' BEST QUALITY ENVELOPES with your name and retnm address print* ed on tliem, sent post paid for only 35 cents No matter who you are, what your business, or where you live, you shoul? use an envelope with your name and return address for every letter you mall. The envelopes we give you are the best quality white. The return card will appear &b follows: After five days return to JOHN HOWARD JACKSON R. F. D. N. 1, CHESTERFIELD, S. C. You may clip the following blank and write Just what you want on the lines, and return to us with 35c In silver or stamps, and the envelope* will be mailed to you the day after the order Is received. After five days return to Write your name on first line; rural route or box number on second, and postoffice address on third line, and mail to THE CHERAW CHRONICLE, CHSRAW. S. C. ve Forever! | Rules of the Game, ^ * - tMj ill Die Some Day ( j THEN? % ight About It? ?. our widow wear as good clothes i.ldren continue in sclio or Is It Clouded with Glooint you decide to make provisions ind the support of your widow WAY TO THE ;e & Trust Co. 1 tell you How A : Office, C h < n v , f. C . ^ & Trust Co. V, S. C. e, iguana, ance, Bonds, etc. -M, ? leasure to serve you. Ja times. i INSURANCE. We I itandard companies . j "M Office; Finlay son Bldg Jt fl -wq Jt, li 18