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? ... JLocal and tre. i The recent rains an<l the freshets lu Pee Dee have played havoc with the T river road between the bridge and the; s< cross roads, at several places in this 'i * road it is washed up so badly that it ^ 01 is almost impossible for buggies to pass ^ "I and if any one gees over it with a in loaded wagon you can safely put it ^ >v down that necessity compelled the. trip. al * m Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Mangum and It children, of Chesterfield, spent Saturday last in the city. t,: ki Master William Walters, of Oallfor- is ' uia, is visting his aunt, Mrs. R. H. 1,1 Johnson, aiul has euterod the Cheraw high school. * * * no Mrs. Eugne McGregor and children. who have been visting her mother. Mrs. Margaret Wells, have returned Li to their home in Columbia. | hi Miss Ellen Duvall is risling her cc sister? Mrs. Huliert Osteon, in Sumter. At ? * * pc w] Mr. Clyde Coward, spent Sunday in v. Morven. m b? Mr. J. W. Sanders, lias moved to 30 one of the Matheson houses on Church . dn Mr. Smythe Hinderson, has moved to the Keueth Laney house in Wilsonia. ^ I ^ wl Col. C. S. (Jadsden died Monday bli afternoon at Summerville in his 81st. an year. He had gone some time ago to ha the village in hope of bettering his ne health. He was second vice president ^ of the Atlantic Coast Line and chair-, man of the board of visitors of the Citadel. M * * j Mr. John M. Pittmnn. Who lives on ^Chesterfield Rural Delivery Route No. An 2, "tv as a ti*U?r in the city today and gave the Chronicle a pleasant call. * yoi Mr. Theodore H. Price celebrates wo the fourth anniveisary of his palter, l>e Commerce and Finance, by bringing W out an edition of more than ordinary p;,i merit. Price is a cotton man and his up paper was originally started as a cot-! q-j, ton palter, but later its scojte was j jf broadened to. include finance. He is ^ " "T strictly Southern In sentiment and makes the best of his opportunities through his New York local ion u advance the interests of the South and gtfl its cotton trade. His paper has mu HWWff^TlSWWW^WlTTin ,mii!!6s II a 1 factor of influence in that big com- p uiercial center. ** J. "At the End of the Rainbow." " '-This very entertaining play ?was presented in "the town hall last Friday ^ night by Chertertield Court House jj., talent. The hall was packed with a Fo very appreciative audience, and the Qn entire cast was well balanced and ^ vwr.v iierfoi-mer played bis or her r part in a manner that evidenced a wj good understanding of the character gc] depicted. Quite a nic-e little sum was realized which, after paying expenses. at was turned over to the "Help the 1U?1- ?? Kians committee. j Wood's Seeds ? Wood's Descriptive Cl' 'Jog for 1915 has been carefully prepared so as to enable our farmers and an marLet growers to determine Intelii- Pc gently as to the best and most prcfi- in table crops which they can undertake ' re to grow. The present agricultural conditions make it very necessary to cousi k.r the qurstio i of diversified crops, an I our catalog gives full information, both in regard to farm and ? Garden heeds that can be planted to profit and advantage. ar Write for Bescrlptlvo Cttalog and piices of any Grass and Clover Seeds, rh Seed Grain or Seed Potatoes V( " required. Catalog mailod on request. j T. W. WOOD 6 SONS. ! Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. The Succes I It* is the man who and is ready when opj Many splendid op offered to men who, I little ready money, < them. TUKN they Ih what MI<; IT haw* ! IUKI sa\l'll lllfir IUI IH'V Tnl;o IwhhI of tliis, lw> ready win>ii op| your way. Imposjt yo iu^'s in our Savings J >< tlioy will lie safe ami r interest. Merchants & Fa CHE RAW SOU! II I V / * \ I I I rsonal vfews. It is desired to m;:?;c the columns of he Chrinicle a complete mirror of the K-ial life of the community. It is not mited to Cheraw, hut our friends all *er the county are invited to contribte to it. The Chronicle has no sjhh.'1 reporter to devote his time to this ork. and hence must depend upon attributions being sent in. "When iy item does not appear it simply cans that we did not get the news. is suggested that as n matter of nirtesy to visitors it is the projier ling for the hosts to let the paper low when they have guests. This everywhere considered the proper ing now. When entertainments are veil some of the guests or the hosts louid make arrangements to get an count to the pai?er. London a Junk-Shop City. I suspect that the great charm o) rndon for us Americans is that it is not been improved yet, and is still msiderably a second-hand city. The le junk-shop atmosphere of it was a mltice to my spirit. New York, hat one sees of it, is so new. Our hole blessed country is so new?so ucb. newer than it was when I first igan to notice it. It seems as if ur-flfths of it, as I knew it 50, 40, years ago, had either been scraped idily and carted ofT, or else altered, built, planted out, built out, or aban >ned. Who can have associations ith anything in a land so tdtribly exised to improvement as ours is? hat is there left of what we had hen we were young except the Bie, the Declaration of Independence d the Constitution, and improvers ' ,ve revised the first and flouted the xt and daily denounce the last as , e chief obstacle to "progress."?E. Martin, in Scribn6r's. ANY DISORDERS COME FROM THE LIVER e You Just at Odds with Yourself? a Do You Regulate Living? 0 Vre you sometimes at odds with t irself and with the world? Do you mler what ais you? True you may eating regularly and sleeping well. ^ t something is the mater! Constiion, Headache. Nervousness and ' ions spellls indicate a Slugish Liver, e tried remedy is Dr. King's New 'e Pills. Only 25e. at your Druggist, ns. v r MASTER'S SALE. ' 1 ite of South Carolina, ( 'onnty of Chesterfield. . In Court of Common Pleas. B. Huntley, Plaintiff, vs. C. Cassidy and L. E. Bull, Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE. \ 3y virtue of an order granted by 3 Honor, Judge Spain, Judge of the uith Judicial Circuit, at Chambers, the 13th dav of January, 1915, in ; above sthted action. I, P. A. Mur- , y, Jr.. Maser of Chesterfield County, 11 offer for sale the following deribed tract of land in said State and unty, before the Court House door twelve o'clock >1 . between the le1 hours of sale on the first Monday February, 1913, terms sale cash. All that certain tract of land situe. lying and being in Cole Hill townip, in said County and State, eonining sixteen acres, more or loss, d bounded on the North, East and est by lands of Mrs. T. A. Hendrick, ;d on the Sou?h by lands of S. J. >ston (or D. P. Douglass), and be g the lands on which J. C. Cassidy sidces. P. A. MURRAY, Jr., Master. STOP THE CHILD'S COUGH 1EY OFTEN RESULT SERIOUSLY Cold's Cnmp and Whooping Cough e children's ailments which need mediate attention. Tlu? after-effects e often most serious. Don'ttake the ;k?you don't have to. I>r. King's ?\v Discovery checks the Cold, soothes i> C<audi, allays the Infiiuination. kills e C -rias and allows Nature to do r henliiiit work. at your Pru?r?t. lluv a bottle to day. ?ful Man savos his money lortumty knocks. iKirtnnities are y not having a aiuiot i?n fit l?y '^in to think of aplK'ncd if they young man. ami Mti'tunity comes nr surplus earn'partment where earn 4 per cent. irmers Bank CAROLINA t Couldn't Alarm th? ^ambling Mad "Muh po', undetuone brudder." e? verely said good old Parson Dagflter addressing Jim Dinger, the gamblinj man, "hell am full o' crap dice anc gam'lin' cyahds and nigger gin anc race hosses and dem scan'lous wenches dat powdahs twell dey looks most white In de face and plumt black on de back o* deir necks! Dar'll be weepin' ani wailin' and gnashin' o' teef!?" "Dar won't be no sich solemncholy gwines'on fun: me sah," replied the sinner, "uh-kaze l's bound to feel right at home mongst all dem 'joyable 'tractions." ?Kansas City Star. Chee'lnt'ts Will Help. A sunny tenir? r w ill penetrate .h< knotty problems of arithmetic as wel as those of til'- wordrile and wil u! litngis wie ni TicatiBs o? a loreiK" larguage c. transform a disordoret kitchen, better than a sul>n one. Th? cheery disposition is likeiy to be ' part of the victorious character. Pop ularitv may not bo a very high -ecem tnendntion; but, other 'hings betny equal, it is better to be popular tha: grouchy. The grouchy person is mos' woefully handicapped aid must need; have many excellent qualities be fore he can hop? to il.-e to equallj high esteem with his less gifted but Bore cheeiful comrades. Real po dteness is the kindly expression of ? kindly intent. Til nati r-s and polite less are antagonistic. end canno dwell together for long in the same individual. Po'iteneus v., its genuine essence contributes :c* vard the wellbeing of all, even to long life; while Impoliteness and Uvscible temper may *i>-ir?en life.?M*;i.lier's J.Iagir.ine Pollock & Pegues. PItff's Attys. TRUSTEE'S SALE In the town of Ruby. Chesterfield County, South Carolina- on January the 29th, A. D. 1915, at t'iie hour of one 1() afternoon, before the storehouse of A. P. Smith, Bankrupt, I will sell at public auction to the highest lidder for cash the stock of general nerchandise and store fixtures of the 3ankrupt estate of A. P. Smith. At the same place, day and hour, ind on terms as above written, I will ell the open accounts due and owing he aforesaid bankrupt estate. B. F. PEGUES, Trustee. fanuary 13th, 1915. So. 9342 Report of the Condition of The First National Bank, at Cberaw, in tinState of South Carolina, at the Close of Business, Dec. 31, 1914. RESOURCES [J. S. bonds to secure circulation (par value) 50,000.00[.oans and discounts 102,584.50 Dverdrafts 609.08 Subscription to stock of . Federal Reserve ?anri 3,300.00 Less amount un paid 2 750.00 550.00 Furniture and Fixtures 2 126.70 Other real estate owned 5,681.88 Pue from Federal Reserve Bank 850.00 Due from approved reserve agents in central reserve cities 2,217.0 T)nc from annroved re serve agents in other reserve cities 3.984 74 ti,201.su Due from Banks and Bankers (other than above) 3.28081 Fractional currency 259.37 Checks on banks in the same town as reporting bank 324.06 Notes of otS i national banks 539 CO Lawful money reserve in bank: Specie 2180.00 Legal tender notes 330.00 2.5.30.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (not more than 5 per cent of circulation) 400.00 Total 175.428 20 LIABILITIES Capita] stock paid in 50,000.00 Surplus fund 4,500.00 Undivided Profits 1,353.IS Reserve for taxes 750.00 2,103. tS Clrnnlatinir nnfr>? ."O 00(1 00 c Less amount on hand and in Treasury for redemption or in transit 2,100.00 47,900.00 Due o banks and bankers (other than above 24.21 Demand deposits: Individual deposits bsuject to check 38,220.96 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days 4T2.3.7 Cashier's checks outstand'-g 207.50 3S.900.S1 Hills payable, including obligations representing money borrowed 32,5000.00 Total 175.928 2.1 State of South Carolina, County of Cuestcrfield. ss. I. S. G. Godfrey, Cashier of tho above named bank, do solemnly sweat that the above statement is true t( the best of my knowledge and belief S. G. GODFRKY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before m< this ."tli clay of January, 191.1. J. 0. RALEY. Notary Public. Correct?Attest: Tlios. M. Knight, Edward Mclvcr, G. M. Walters, Directors. > V t' - I ~-"l ALLIES DRAWING RING FOH CRASHING STROKE AGAINST TWO EMPIRES* J Operations Thus Far Hoarded A \ Oriy prepntwy To Real I .... Struggle ?-? 1 London. Jan. 11?There fife iucreaf ing indications of Rumania'.sJparly pai I tieipation in the war thaw bringin . nto play another party to ,the eombi i nation against the Teutonic power 1 vi item plated by Great Britain, Franc ' and Russia. The Obstacle which hitherto ha Mocked full Rumanian mob/.izatior >?? 1.0011 removed with the arrival ii hat country of the requisite suppliej ! 'or the equipment and provisioning o I he 000,000 men which she is al>le t< nit into tlie field. Arrangements'ha v< een completed for financing these op rations. I.ack of stirring battles now is at rihuted by British commentator! argely to determination of the nlliei omnianders to hold present position! mtil the projected ring of armies i.< ansUlered suficiently stronj to striki i blow wliicli they hc'pe will prove de isive. The British idea that operations uj o the present are only preparatory t< ig events fits in with gossip now heard here to the effect that Lore \1tchcner asked concerning the war'} irohalde duration, said! "I dont know when it will end, t. 1 ' do know when it will he^in, that 1. hi the month of May... ? Opinion is expressed in apine quarters. however, that the inauguration of more general movements will he on an arller date than is generally exacted, although persons in close touch with fhe army believe the real crisis will not he reached until summer. Russia continues sending enormous masses of men to within ensy reach of various jioii ts on her long fighting line. The levies of 1914 amounting to 1,200.000 men are just leaving the training camp which will be occupied Immediately by the 1915 leves now called out. Germany's newest levy amounts to 000.000 men ofi-19 years, and her reserves already uLder arms liable her to rush heavy, Reinforcements wherever required wit lout withdrawing troops already enga ?ed at the front For the moment the cente r of inter>?st in the west isr' ^-~here railroads there are' frMTfv*"imjxirtant to the German and French. Fighting in Poland recentl y has been nnrely of local character. The Germans are said to be con ten plating an attack at new point Appi rently the Russians are temporriy c ntent .to maintain their straight line)north and south without attomnHn^Ltfl^anah westward. i Further south, simultaneously with the Russian progress in Bufcowina. an advance on Cracow once imlre apjicars imminent Doubt is expressed in sonle quarters whether Germans whc are veiwrted to have Rone south supposedlj to assist Austria in the campniRu arainst Servia. are actually destined for that ser\U-e. It is siiRRested their .?hjecti\* i?. Tluiifrnry, which is represented as niu h upset, by ft?? Russiaji ndvanrf :/ :i list Transylvit i a and activities ol Rumania. t Hope is expressed here 11ml Sir Edward Greys reply to the American shippiui; note will prove acceptable to the T'nited States. There is some disposi tion to rcRard statistics in the reply as an indication that Great Britain lias been derlict in its duty, in permitting larire quantities of commodities tc reach hostile nations. TAKE IT IN TIME lust as Scores of Cher aw People Have WatiiiR doesen't pay. ? ? I?.* 1.1.1..?l.nnl,/v H 1 II >uu iir^ifri I\IUIIC\V imvixuv iic> xi you nofrleet kidney Imcknclie, Urinary i troubles often follow. 1 loan's Kidney Pills are for kidney backache, and for other kidney ills, Cheraw citizens endorse them. Mrs. J. W. Kskrldjte, High St., Cheraw. says: "I had an awful lot of trouble from dull pains !in my back and I felt weak and tired all the time. My head ached and I had bail spells of dizziness when I stooped, Sometimes the dizziness was so bad, I could hardly walk. When I read of Dean's Kidney Pills, I p?t some and they soon relieved all the ailments. Price ."lie. at all dealer.:. Don't amply ask for a kidney remedy?get Moan's Kidney Pills?the same 41iat Mrs. Kskridp* had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Prop.. Ituffalo. X. Y. 2 TAX TIME EXTENDED Can be Paid by First of February Without Penalty received a telegram l-riuay irum uu Comity Treasurer. W. A. Douglas Inn received a telegram Friday from tlu comptroller general. saying that tin lime for paying taxes had been ex tended to Feb. 1. without penalty This, of eourse. does not apply t( town taxes. The State says: "The Stat*' tax money his hcen coming in very slowly as < omparei with past years. Several lays agi S. T. Carter. Several days ago S. T Carter. State treasurer, a inouneet that Ik* had sufficient funds to meet tin interest on the bonded (leb of tin State government. The solariof tin state < lTicers have been paid for Dec ember"' . 2^ - \. %% , < \\*k . >. %u y \\ \h f ^ *i ir : - N|l ; Ir . ?jj ill ! II Extra Hi ; 3 WITH a ] I house | happen to ] \ PE | 1 SM01 Cold snaps have H extra heat needed I comfortable. Bur i Perfection Heaters At hardware, furni Triangle Trade-M STAND Washington, D. C. Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. ~ 1 BANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR DIS DISCHARGE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF S. C. In the matter of Horace C. Wilhelm, J. W. Steen and Louisa S. Rowe, as individuals and J. W. Steen and Louisa S. Rowe as co-partners under the name and style of J. W. Steen & Co., and Horace C. Wil: helm, J. W. Steen and Louisa S. T Rowe co-partners as H. C. Wilhelm & Co. 1 To the Honorable H. A. M. Smith, Judge oi the District Court of the j United States for the District of South , Cavolina: 11 Horace C. Wilhelm, J. W. Steen and Louisa S. Rowe, of MiddendorT, in the fountv u>' Chesterfield and State of Sontli Carolina, in said District, re sccctftiily represents that on the 241 i ' dny of ..anirar.v. mi I, last past, they | were duly adjudged Bankrupts under , the Acts of Congress relating to Bankruptcy; that they have duly surrendered all their property and rights of property, and have fully complied with all the requirements of said Acts i and of the orders of the Court touching their Bankruptcy. Wherefore, they pray that they may be. declared by the Court to have a : full discharge from all debts provable against t'heir estates under said Bankrupt Acts, except such debts a3 are excepted by law from such discharge. Dated this 9th day of December A. D. 1914. Horace C, Wilhelm J. W. Steen, Louisa S .Rowe, r Bankrupts. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. i DISTRICT OF S. C?ss: On this 12th day of January A. D. 1; 1915, on reading the foregoing peti tion, it is? Ordered by the Court, that a hear1; ing be 'had upon the same on the 13th I day of February A. D. 1915, before the said Court at Charleston, S. C., in said District, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice thereof be published in The Cheraw Chronicle, a newspaper printed in said District, and that all known creditors and. other persons in interest may appear at j the said time and place ami Show j cause if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be !, granted. And it is Further Ordered by the : Court, that the Clerk shall send by r mail to all known creditors copies of said petition and this order, address. cd to t'hem, at their places of resi, dence as stated. ?| Witness the Honorable H. A. M. ? Smith, Judge of the said Court, and . the Seal thereof at Charleston, S. (\, in said District on the 12ih of Janu, ary A. D. 1915. (Seal of the Rich. W. Hutson. Court) Clerk. 1 > Right Road to Knowledge. '. He that studies only men will got 1 the bony cf knowledge without the B soul and ho that studies only books, the soul without the body, lie that to p what he sees adds observation and to e what he reads .'eilection in in the right - road to knowledge, provided that in scrutin'rng the hearts of others he neglecia not his own. ?Colton . 4. - * ' 1 V \k eat, Just When You Perfection Smokeless Oil H you are safeguarded whe four heating system. JRFjfcTK KELE&^QIJ^ HEA1 no terror for you, for the Perfection to make bedroom, bathroom or sitting ns keroserie?easy to handle and inexpens are portable, heat quickly and are smoke! ture dealers and general stores everywhe ark. ARD OIL COIV (NEW JERSEY) BALTIMORE ! |" WANTS I FOR SALE Pigs for next Fall Meat?healthy and thrifty three months old pigs by j I registered Poland China boar, grade ; I ? vt:?a /LJlniKi noli* Snnoroflf : j MI\V. 11U1U uwiiuin |fun wwmv?ww | j Farm, John Hickson, Prop., Chernw, ! is-_c- | r FOR RENT Nice 5 room dwelling liotise on Ker1 shaw street. Apply to Capt. T. F. ( Malloy. < __ I ,, try this for neirnlgj v j 1 Thosands of people keep-on suffer- ( i ing with Neuralgia because they do 1 | not know what to do for.it. Neuralgia j is a pain in the nerves. What you want to do is to soothe the nerve it: self. Apply Sloan's Liniment to the surface over the painful part?do not j rub it in. Sloan's Liniment penetrates , very quickly to the sore, irritated ( nerve and allays the inflammation., j Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment 25' of any druggist and have it in the house?against Colds, Sore and Swol-' len .'oints, Lumbago, Sciatica and like ' ailments. Your money back if not sa-| i ti f cd, but it does yive almost instant. 1 r.'itf. i 'notice of meeting of'stockholders. : ? , II I Tliere will ue a meeting ui mc. 'stockholders of THB CHERAW WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANY, at the office of said company in Che-1 raw, S. C., at 11 o'clock a. m,. on tlio j 29t'a day of January, 1915, for the " purpose of considering a resolution to . reduce the capital stock of said com-1 1 j pany from $13,'100.00 to a sum not! i less than. $10,000,00. M. Jl. SMITH President. T. L. SMITH, Secretary. ' Dog Surely Reasoned. In Germany a short -me ago a boy i fell into ? pond. A r ewfoutdland leaped Into the wate* dragged the boy out and displayed ? gns of pleasure. In order to slwv how n was i done ane what a wciderful d.:/ he ! had, this Hoy took his parents dov? n-to I the same spot and pu posely fell ;nto , the water and was rescued. lie did . this several times, 1 ut at last the . Newfoundland, after bringing hlii to I ( snore, stsii nciu mm iy me ciu.mng i ; and proceeded to give him a tho- ?ugh : shaking as a punlshmlnt for hir foolishness. Despite thu tho bo-, purI posely fell in again, but the d .g sat on the shore watching him. maj.ng no move, however, to In? rescm Per- . haps this might be jusi. a little eason. Then He Bought the Ring. Affable Widow?"Do you know, Mr. Ohlboy, my daughter Maud has set her eyes most lovingly on you?" Mr. Oldibov (much flattered)?"Has she, real Iv? I have always considered her a 3weet air!." Affable Widow?"Ves, only today pli" said 'that's the sort of gentleman 1 should like for my pap!'" The Chronicle $1 a year ' * v . * s -i , . . . * - 4 \* 4 +*> V '. '/u. f. Need It Ij n [eater in the n accidents ? . irERS supplies just the room warm and \ ive. less and odorless, re. Look fot the IPANY Charlotte, N. C. - * Charleston, W.Va. Charleston, S. C. II ,w>l rHE COAL THAT PROVIDES COMFORT >rder a supply of our coal now and ompare results with the coal you've , ? KH'ii uslnp. We know you'll note the lifToroiico in the amount of heat comnued to consumption. Our coal is lust-clean coal that burns to an ash? 10 bothersome clinkers?no slate. H. L. POWE,' Cheraw, S. C. % " FOR RENT Two connecting office rooms in , new Post Office building, fre lights, water and heat. See us for rates. Cheraw Insurance & Trust Co. I ^ / 4 i'OLLOCK & PEGUE8 Attorneys-at-Law Office: Chiquola Club Building. One member or nrm win De ai Chesterfield every Monday DR. G. A. BUNCH, JR. Dental Surgeon Office Hours: 9 to 1 and 2 to 6 Phones: Office 222. Resident 72 A. D. CHAPMAN Livery and Feed Stables Sand and Gravel for sale. cheraw, s. c. Next to Ranard Hotel Reasonable prices. Prompt Service DK. J. E. fTSDERBURK Dental Scrs:?nn Phones: Office 13$. Residence 174 Office over M. & F. Dank building Children's Coughs?Children's Colds Doth Are Serious When one of your little ones shows symptoms of an approaching Cold, give it Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey at once. It acts quickly, and prevents the Cold growing worse. Very 'healing? ioothes the Lungs, loosens the mucous, strengthens the system. It's guaranteed. Only 25c. at your Druggist. Buy a bottle to-day. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Sores. ? ' - u ?