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j . . , * ? t - ! urn! ini i ii i tmm i i i ,| ?a HflH * i ? ? Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C.. APRIL 8. 1915 Number 22 i .. _ . . - - - v sas^g^i ag^agg5gg^BBggEggfggHg ^ Ffor compulsory attendant* Superintendent Swearingen Picks Oi the Important Feature of the Sinkler-Hawkins Bill. It is highly iKJssible that election may be held in some of the school dii triets of Chesterfield county this sun mer on the question of compulsor school attendance, 'the election belli held under the Sinkler-Hawkins bil which was passel by the recent get eml assembly. Following are the important fen tuiec of the law as picked out b Vatv Superintendent Swearingen: i. The,adoption of compulsory a tendance in air-' district depends al Kithiieiv uDon the ci.-operatiou of th !<eople. This law simply moans thr all children between the apes of si M.d twenty-one years of ape have tl' right to attend th< Iccwl ?fliool of the C. tr'ct. Lut in district's adopting the pr< t'sions of this act. ''hlldren l>etwee the apes of eipht and fourteen yeai district. b. Upon election after petition I one-fourth of the qualified electors n sidinp in any district c. Upon election after pelit'on by majority of the board of trustees t any district containing an incorporate town of 1,500 inhabitants. (Sec. 9. Elections shall be held upon the o der of the county l>oard of educatic on thee second Tuesday in June. Pet tion either from the State super! litem cut or from the county super oteuden 3. Every dlstrlbt already voting local school tax under section 1'iM >? the code will have no dldiculty i adopting and er.n rcing compulsory a tendance under this act. On June 3 1914, there were 1,887 school ..district If1 Every local tax district should ci culate its compulsory attendance pet tion at once, should hold its eleotk on the second Tuesday in June, ai: should put every child in school d ring 1915-10. 4. There remain 529 districts whic have neglected or refused to vote local school tax. Some tvf these do m need additional money, but nearly e * ery one needs greater interest in o ucation. Some two score of these distric without a local tax have voted in f; vor of an extra levy since July 1st. 1 least oue hundred new levies will ce tainly l?e voted during the scholast year 1915-10. The trustees and teachers in the; 529 districts now have a double o] portunity to ask for a local tax and f< compulsory attendance. The legislature in enacting this la has also made liberal appropriate for the public schools. A fair chain and a free field are thus offered 1 every locality. Every progressive district Ls urge to take advantage of the law. Respectfully. J. E. Swearingen, State Supt. of Education. McFARLAN SEWS. Messrs. Hoss Davis and Lester D; vis, of Rockingham, spent Easter wil homefolks near here. Miss Mary Rrooks is spending tl week in Cheraw with the family of M Jas. T. Gainey. Prof. Fred 0. Scroggs with a larr number of the school children attem ed the county commencement at \Va< fesboro last Friday. They report most pleasant and profiitable time 1 spite of the rain. Julius Carr, the little son of Mr. ar Mrs. W. X. Xorthcptt. has been sic for several days but is better, we ai glad to learn. The Ladies' Aid Society held the regular meeting at the home of Mr H. E. Braswell Wednesday afternoo a large number of the members wei present and the society is planning i '*? ~ liiaKe some lutpiuvinuis ui ua- .w. i church. Misses Bertha and Christine Tei spent the weekend in Wadesboro wil relatives. Miss Annie Grant, of Rockinghai is visiting the family of Mr. V. T. Kei dull. Misses Sadie, Sophia, and Lea Kendall spent the weekend in Wade boro with Mrs C. C. Bowan. A good any of the farmers hei planted corn before the snow and the are afraid they will have to pla: again. From the amount of fertil r6 that is being hauled it would n< D. BACK WITH A BUSH. it The Return ?f Business -With the' Advent of Spring. 'Boston Dispatch. It was figured a few months ago IS that the advantage that the United s' States would get from the war would he almost wholly in war orders from v 'the belligerents, as cotton was sell" ing $300,000,000 below its normal val' ue, offseting the advance in wheat by the same sum of $300,000 000. And as for securities, it was flgl* ured that it would be a fair thing if 'we held our own and were able to absorb the billion a year that Europe must send back to us during the year. H Inv<f?|igations, however, the past ie month, showed the ability of the United States to absorb at least a A 'billion of its own securities at the) 0 rate of a billion per annum as long J 1 as they are able to fight, and give us half a billion war orders per an>_ num. 11 Conservative bankers figure that 8 'beginning last May, when the real 'selling of American securities in an' Mcipation of the war was begun in e 'Europe, there will have been shipped to this side for the first year about ^ 'one billion of our securities. It is now figured that for the year ' 'to end May first, we not only have absorbed this billion of American rsecurities but established a foreign . credit of very many billions. ' This has been easily accomplished < { almost from our own savings, but a* 'we have been assisted by the cutting out of American travelling expenses .< 'in Europe amounting to about $250,'' 000,000 per annum, and by a few < ^ hundred million of orders for war ^ 'material. . We have also been assisted by the ? colter 1b cjsng Into its own anuj .. the soutn is aoxe 10 reauze a prum >n 'instead of a* loss from its staple I product. u In other words the West has realized its profits from wheat, and corn and the South is not going to lose any $300,000,000 from its cotton crop. ^ Indeed, the financial surprise of the v_ world has come from the South tak.1 ing less than $50,000 of loans to carry cotton from that $135,000,000 of pooled ts assistance that was offered. It was a. onlly moral support the South needed. Now, comes the reaction for the r_ South. The past week the New Engj(. land boot and shoe manufacturers have begun to receive increasing or;e ders where a few months ago collectp. ions were opor. the orders were nil, )r and the conditions discouraging. Shoe manufacturers now reoprt that vv tho delayed orders from the South are ls coming with a rush, e ???? t(> surprise the writer if the corn patches k1 were planted over in cotton. The price of cotton most always gets liigh-| erer about planting time*- so as to insure the speculators a large crop. 1 Mr. J. H. Miller planted part of his cotton crop Tuesday. Misses Sora and Rosa Caudle, of Bethel, visited the familv of Mr. W. A. a^fPegues Tuesday. Mr. H. E. Braswell has qualified as justice of the peace for Morvon township and is ready to serve the public whenever needed. Dr. J. B. Gunter went to Chera ^ Tuesday on business. ia >"ew Advertisements i:; this Issue, in j Special attention is directed to the l(j 'following new advertisements in this 'issue: re1 Johr. C. Evans?Special sale on Mens| Made-to-Order Coat and Pants Suits, r J. F. Hunter?Moved to New Build's. ;ing 011 Second street. I 11 j" G. W. Lewis?New Store ami Newt ro'Goods. tf> j County Supervisor--Notice of E'ec! tlon. Town of Chcraw?Commutation Tax jj now due. Madame Eldon?Clairvoyant, n,; 15. F. Pegues, Administrator?Notice l- to debtors ami creditors estate M. W. j Wright. h s-j .Mrs. Kingbniirn. of ltuchcstcr, N.Y., lis visting her daughter, Mrs. Henry c' Mclver. .y it Mr. Mini Mrs. \\. M. Godfrey. are i-; spending a few day in Chrlestou and: )t| Savanah, (1. A., I< Iv ' . '* I I am now in She j | on Second streefep i Mercantile CoJgL I Groceries isse$nd | Thanking you fc I solicit a continuaoc< * SUMMARY OF THE IN THIS ISSUE ;/? ? American note to Nearly 100 lives t/re United States again aiks Cai^^E to respect foreign flags. Big storm plays havoc on A^^Hic American manufacturers are S^irgent need of dyestuffs. ' Russians have assumed off ensive along entire front in Poland. German submarine sink three trawlers. Washington proposes plan for safety in Mexico City. Federal department reports foot and mouth disease has been conquerstcamcrs. Washington considers death of threaslrer a grave matter. Reports of price paid for <*)tton, corn, wheat, etc. during the past week, ed. Germans sink two more British 1 i I Deposit yoi The Bank Chera\ STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER A QL comp?ui / {Jin saving i DEFINES ADVERTISING. I i ! Clear Definition of Word Given by C. C. Thompson. , Clyde S. Thompson, who is president of the Thompson-Carroll company, Cleveland. <>., Is credited with this terse definition of advertising: *Adver j tisinj; is telling; people what yuju have| tluit they want in such a way th!at tlicy come to you for it." Vi * mpsoii jo'Cs further ami explains !luit advertising often gives peope v.'hal tlicy need. lint did u re ilize it i n.i. it was ad.ertised. Tie savs thai asiii" from "paying" that advertising facilitates business ami promotes the health and happiness of 'leoplo. lie p<mts to the a. toinobile as out of the l.o.t "examples' of what adv .wiisuiy i ?'i do. I i [ave. I ved I d / I * Irage brick building * door to Cheraw I "t, and my stock of I ; to none in town. I ir oast oatronaee I I ' * * . o e of same. I >ly' 8 ^ HUNTER. | :SAYS DECISIVE BLOW HAS BEEN f ) STRUCK AT CAUSE OF CARRA- 1 ? t Bp* t ANZA / ? I jj Prtso, Tex?H,^ April S.?By t|io de^ ^ said Obregon's force was .retreating ] southward from a i>olnt midway be- ( tween Queretaro and Irapuato. Villa ( personally is directing the pnrsuit j Each side had from 20,000 to 2o,000 ( men, according to reports. j Afalloy Will be Elect rosuted. The United States Supreme Court has rendereu a decision in the Joe Malloy case, in which it says that the changing of the method of applying the the death penalty does not render the ] law inoiKjrative, consequently the ne- , gro who was convicted of the killing , of young Prentice Moore, near Bennettsville, more than two years ago , will he electrocuted unless the gover- , nor commutes his sentence. ? i I Subscribe to The Chronicle. ir money in of Cheraw; fj. s. c. ' w y BANKS IS GOUflTY COMBINED, "idscf quarterly l's department. I [ BALL GAME YESTERDAY ! rJhe F. II. S. team played Cheraw ] yesterday afternoon and was again i def 'ated l?y score of 4 to (>. The game I win interesting from start to finish i and some mighty good work was done ; on I loth sides. Thrower for Clieraw i made a good twirler, striking out 10, i wli'le Ihnvell for the Florence team i did splendid work, fanning out J) of the 1 vis tors. F.atteries?For Cheruw Thrower and ] Wright. For Florence?Howell and Inmuu.? Florence Daily Times. These two teams will play here to 1 morrow afternoon, at 11.30. 'opiuojto oiix 0} .)t|i.i.)S(|nx ' L/\f 'MAIAIAlAlAIAlAI/? lAIAI/VAtAIAiAIAtAiAIAlAlAIAIAl/ OBSERVATIONS 5Y OUE MAN ABOUT TOWN. Why make such a hurrah about the tegro crap game, while the white man 3 allowed to "shoot" without hinIrance? Is it possible that tbe police 0 not know where "the room" is at? Llraost any boy In the town could tell. expect to have something more to ay on this subject just as soon as I ;ct over an attack of grippe I am now wrestling with. Are you swatting the fly? Have you een any Alios to swat? If not, be oh ruard and massacre the first one that hows himself. Scientists tell us that every fly w< till now means that there will Ik nillldns less to kill later in th: eason. And others, who were paid by ouiiuissions to pay attention to the car waged upon this pest last year are Inn in their helief that the nation is in the right track to exterminate the ittle nuisance. Last year was really he first when any determined Effort vas made, shaking broadly. Housevives all over the United States toot inns against it as a common foe, and he result was that many communities eported even a distinctly visible iecrease in the number of flies hroughout the summer, and in some nstances reports stated the exterminaion was almost complete. Think of thirty million women with >erhaps as mauy children swatting i dozen flies a day! It is plptn'y een tbe war can Jbe won. All thai is ecded is deterrahied effort In every ivork \vill go forward much mob1 rapidly. It's a case worthy of your . operation. At first, the Idea of ex terminating 'the fly by killing them individually was ridiculed, but a <eafbn's determined effort proved that it is not impossible, and the coming oimmer will give even more positive iroof. But all must h'olp. Do your swattiug ?arly. Let a young man of twenty years of lge put twenty dollars at interest, instead of expending it for tobacco, riien, at the begining Of the next year repeat it. and Include also the principal ami interest of the proceeding year, and thus continue to do so from year to rear until he shall have reached the ige of seventy the amount he would 1 i"" ".""',1 avnaail f >, i vfr thnmsqnd I t'lUUiC ? I'UIVi c.ucwu tuiJLij dollars. How many of our young men will try it? 0. come now! Don't rush the postiffice people. You should understand hat "the kid" must be looked after iven if you do have to wait for your nail! Only n short time ago I was a visitor in a home where a little girl had just recovered from what her parents ind the family physician had feared would he a fatal illness. The conversation between the mother and the physician on his last visit was, I think, well worthy of recording here. The mother had told the doctor die felt so thankful that he had saved ler child's life. "That may be," said the physician, 'but your own training of that child Ls what has more likely saved her life, reaching her how to gargle, to have her temperature taken to have her throat examined, and to take even badtaking medicine when necessary has made it much easier for me and far bettor for the child. Many of my littlfe patients have a fear of a doctor and think i f him with as as much horror as thought lie were a big, black policeman coming 'to get them. Then they resist every effort we make to help them. Consequently, they raise their temjierature. excite their nerves and tints get little benefit from our treatment. I wish every mother would teach her children that the family prysfcinn is their friend and that his wishes must bw obeyed." Turning to me. the physician continued : "It is because all parents love tbeir ehidren that they feel they must humor them in every way possible wh"ii they are ill. but they often make a mistake In this. Then, too, if the child has been brought up with an understanding of what medicines ana physicians are for, they will not expect humored?will not even want to be? when they do fall ill." ? The United States of Texas. How long will Texas remain one? . The question has been revised by agitations growing ... of% tiie conflicting interests of the different sections of the vast empire in which the entire population of Germany could Ye located without crowding. Even The Houston Post is inclined to give serious consideration to the' plan of making three or four States out of the one. "The Prohibition' Panhandle *ith its economic problems, affecting vitally the welfare of a people largely drawn from other States is -beginning to despair of land and railroad legislation upon which its prosperity and development dej>ei)d," says The Post "South Texas with its heavy anti-prchibition. preiwnderauce drawn largely from Europe, Ls weary of the constantly tightening coil that the prohibitionists ??" <1?nmlnn oh/Mlf It Woat Ten*. UIU uiair lUh uuvuv .t I like the Panhandle, has its peculiar problems, which fail to exact the interest or the sympathy of the other sections of the State." When Texas, the independent republic, joined the Union, it reserved to itself the right to divide itself into any number of States not exceeding five without consulting Congress or other authority. If therefore, Texas should decide that its motto shall be "We are Gve," and thereby secures for itself ten .United States Senators Instead of two, * y .?j| nobody could object, however dlspleas- , ing the prospect would be to the Repub- Y* Means and Progressives hWOongresa, One somehow harbors American flag. From time to time other Commonwealths hate met the yS some question and have sacr (!? ?! ^ bigness to efficiency in government A i>oet wrote of the Old North State: 1 "North Carolina was once so large she thought it wouldn't do; She touched the Atlantic Ocean, and * Vjtj the Mississippi, too," and Tennessee was given her independence, not without maternal and filial . y: pangs at the parting. But it will take J?i heroism for any portion of Texas to relinquish that ^>roud name.?Charlotte Observer. Program Eastern Division Institute, Timmonsville, S. C. April 13tb and 14th, TUESDAY MORNING. 10.30 Song Service?Mrs J. S. Sowers. Greetings. 10.50 W. M. U. Training Class?Mrs J. R. Figer. 12.15 Devotional s?Mrs John Lake. 12.45 Systematic Giving. I.00 Adjournment TUESDAY AFTERNOON 3.00 Royal Ambassador Hour, Mrs Carpenter. 4.15 Sunbeam Hour, Miss Mary Adams. 5.30 Adjournment TUESDAY EVENING , S.OO Rev. Josiah Crudup presiding. Addresses, Mr and Mrs John Lake. WEDNESDAY MORNING 10.00 Song Services, Mrs Sowers. 10.15 Mission Study, Mrs J. T. Rice, II.10 Personal Service, Miss Sue Wilson. 11.40 Talk, Mr John Lake. 12.40 Use of charts, maps, etc., Miss Ui'th Pettigrew. 1.00 Adjournment. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 3.00 Devotional. 3.10 Training School. 3.20 Y. W. A. Hour, Miss Ruth Allen. 4.50 Reports of Committees. 5.00 How Conserve Results. 5.15 Closing Praise Service. ^ 5.24 Adjournment Every association officer, society president (or representative) Auxilary * * * L. MMMAil ntton<4 jiikI Itanu leaner is uiscu Send your name at once to Mrs Alice Cole. Timmonsville. Be on time for the first meeting and stay through the last. Bring any questions you wish discussed. Let every one do her best to make this. Eastern Division's first Institute a great sucess. . ^ Bring note book and pencil, you will i need them. 5