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If y . ' \ 4 Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. jC.. APRIL lQ 1915 Number 29 HOW ADMINISTRATION HELPED SOUTH IN NEED Secretary McAdoo's Energy and Ability, According to W. I', (i. Harding, Rescued This Section From Most Desperate Situation in Years?CottonLoan FundYaluable P. II. MctJowan, in The State. Washington; April 2U.?|\V. P. CJ. Harding, member of the federal reserve board, in a letter to J. I,. Hughes, of the Southern club, of Chicago, a copy of which was made public here tonight, tells at length what the Wil son administration, through Secretary McAdoo. did for the South during the . past nine months, which he characterized as one of the most "desperate" situations that he had ever seen in his 28 years of hanking exj>erience. Among the things done by Mr. MoAdoo. as enumerated by Mr. Harding, were his recommendation of a bureau of war risk insurance, his work for a government owned merchant marine and his indorsement of the establishment of a cash fund of $100,000,000 to lie subscribed by the banks throughout the non-cotton producing States, out of which loans should be made on cotton. "Under the conditions that prevailed last fall/' said Mr. Hardin?, ''the creation of a fund of this magnitude to he loaned upon a comnuKlity which were then argued as unmarketable, was a tremendous undertaking, but *. 4ewful and as soon as it became evi dent' that he would succeed in raising the fund a demand for cotton, at prices slightly above the loan values fixed, sprung up. and this demand has continued without intermission, so that the best grades are now selling in the South at around 10 cents jteC i?ound, a price, which, in the opinion of experts. is as great as would have obtained had there been no war. While the beta lit of the cotton loan fund was therefore eiidiiied to its moral effect, it was unquestionably a great factor iu restoring conlidene. and iu initiating a inurement of eotton which lias dovclujM'd beyond all expectations. "Having lived iu the South all my life, and having been engaged iu the hanking business years before coming t>> Washington last summer. I feel warranted iu saying that 1 have never seen a situation in the South apparently so desperate as that which existed last fall, that was worked out so rapidly and as satisfactorily, and I wish to say that never before within my rccolleeiioH lias a secretary of the treasury devoted as much time and energy to the solution of Southern problems, nor shown such knowledge of and sympathetic interest in the necessities of that section. The relief afforded the South by Secretary McAd"o was intelligent and effective and his spirit of holpfuleucss was restrained < :ii\ Ity (ho limitati* ns of law ami the old matioii< of lii^ oath of olfiro. The deeds an*! motives of (he administration will Ik* more and more appreciated in tjp* Smith with the passing of time.'' MEHOJUAL DAY? MAY lOtli. The citizens of the town and surrounding country aic requested to assemble at the Presbyterian church at a quarter to live o'clock on Monday afternoon. May loth, to take part in the Memorial exercises. The proetssion, escorted by the military company. will leave tae Presbyt -rial, church promptly at live o'clock lor St. David's cemetery. t oi ij\ere scs Prayer by Rev. A. S. Thomas. Son?, "We Cannot Forget." Children Decorate. Song by Quartette. Ladies Decorate. Song, ' When the Mists Have Roiled Away." i;.:v. ? >i ai *. f . -:-a .* T*?? rate. *-' Ir *sf 1; .V" ^" tf *>f C ' I ? ?>": ilojry. Renediction i?y !.' v. a. m. MeAru. (I. & P. ROAI) SOLD TO THE SE.l BOA r* Georgetown. April L'fi.?The (?eor^< town and Western railway lias bee sold to the Seaboard Air Line. Pres dent Clifford, of the Atlantic Coa> Lumber Corporation, went to Ne^ York last Saturday to meet the Se; hoard people, and wires froiu that cit to officials Ijere con Arm recent ruuioi of the sale. The sales includes a properties of the Georgetown an Western?the line, to Lanes and froi Andrews to Poston. The Seahoar will take up the oiieration of the ne' property at once. When seen. SuiHM'iiitehdent Etuai of the Georgetown and Western, coi tinned the sale. Mr Kmart assert that the property will ho greatly in proved for heavy sen-ice. The lin from Andrews to Polstivi will he link in the through line from llanih to Charleston, and will he put in tt host of condition for fast and lieav trains. The heaviest rail will ho lai and the grades red nets 1 to a minimi The same improvement will be iua<l on the line frwu Georgetown to At drews. The Seaboard will put (Jcorgetow iti miles nearer Charleston, and sue schedules will he made as will uinl the trip between the two cities vei much more convenient and quicke Mr Kmart says that the introductio of passenger business on the Seaborn to Charleston will probably follow in mediately the completion of the cm ncctioii with the union station in tin city. Very probably, in the opinio of Mr. Kmart, Georgetown will hav a special train tc\ unaneston iu auu I j^hrop^h tBalij^ fmm. Ha^ lot. A gas-elect lie car service bptwee the cities is iu contemplation. No information as to any cluingt iu the officials of the line is availahl 11. .1. Clifford has been president; V II. Andrews, general manager, and . A. Kmart, superintendent. Very probably new terminal facil ties will ciene with the change* 'I'll Seaboard now lias this port to itsel The Atlantic Coast Line, wbiell h; had a free hand for all these year ill be completely shut out if it do< not build its own line. I NGLE SAM BOASTS BIG THAI) B \LANCE EXCESS OF EXPORTS OVER IN PORTS DURING MARCH. . t fbe Complete i'iscal Year May Sho a Total Exporution of A!;Out $2,730.(100,000. Washington. April \.'L\?lixopss < \meri< an exports over imjx?rts i . larch this year was $14n,!Ki!i..*S47,* tl largest favorable trade balance f< March in tiie history of American con r..\|:in-|N ior nr.* iim.-uii ?vi .-"JpS.tMiP'.'titS iiiitl imports $lf>S,040.21 "For the nine mouths endiui: wit March.'' says a tl?>psirtmi'iit of ?*??n merce statement tonight. imparl 5 ace increased from $1,401.^4 i.lX't i to in lPis-i-i an S t.2h"?t'Tl.M.'l iii the current year. E: I .rtx. \vlii? li receded from Sl.P0s.ll."X,.'li iii the first nine months of t|i<> liseis 'y.nr H?12-i:i to in l!Hi 1!. Jiave now reached the unpuralh total of ITo.oso. indicating tli: t!ie iMtinp' te tisejil year tuny show i titl evporation of approximatel TotMKKMKMt." t.v'd imports durum March ajrsrr t..! : |<;7. avainst S7.si2.2f in March IP! t. Exports Were $02.*! V I1. a'.'ain-t !?<i.(t:'.2.o IP in March. 101 LEAVES CHICAGO. O adrjuarters j Congress Ordered Hi moved to Coltinihia. < "nic.April 2d.?1*. J. Watsoi ooiiissloner of agriculture, commen ai ! itnlu-tries of South ('aroliti, v.iis tyelc tod president today of || \atioua! !>raiuai:e congress at i: et'ie; of the oumress' hoard i directors. Mt ;nl'|?l:?rt of tin* niisriyss wci ?ivmovctl from ('irn-:i.ro I ? ('? I:iiiiI?'m. S. The ImijitiI <l(<oiilo?! to lml<1 tin* li t <-n it !oll:l I 11 I'M 111.-I LTl1 Mini tlooll lift I . volition i-outrro** ;it Smii r nuioisc Intor this vmmr l- LOWER DEALERS IN HUGE Y COMBINE v_ r n Extensive Legal Attack on dAllege . Conspiracy to Keep Up Trices ^ ^ Contemplated. A l\ II. Mc(lowan, in The State. I Washington. April 2'2.?Wholesale y prosecutions of retail lumber dealers s ill all sections of the United States 1 II may he the result of a federal in ' , vest igat ion just completed of abnorU T, nial increases in tlie pride of lmnher 1 used chiefly for building [purposes. The iinjuiry was (jopducted by the 1 ,v bureau of corporations, which the new federal trade commission recently ah- 1 t sorhed. 'the report, now being prepared, will be submitted within a 1 month. The investigation was orS i!<%? ?*?I !i" *i ciiiinfo piwoliiHtm nntl .is: " tin* linn! chapter in the quiz that ex ,e tended thr?miltIi several ndminlstrn- * n tlons into every phase of the luuiehr " q industry. s |(> From an authoritive source it was n learned today that the report will * ' make these startling disclosures: ^ National Organization. * 11. Retail lunihcr dealers have a na- n Ip t.iomvide conihination In violation of * t the Sherman anti trust law and in 11 restraint of trade. , The combination fixes prices, r& 11 stricts trade territory and complete- * h ly stifles competition. ;o The retail dealers, by means of hoy- ^ ... cotts against mail Order houses, tic- * J f< partment stores and the mills, mase 11 r' it almost impossible for the'consumer 1 " to buy lumber without paying the d combinations percentage. * ii- Lumber mills are prohibited by the ^ j. combine form selling their products * lt direct to the public unless they pay ft the retailer of the district 10 periccnt s 11 of the purchase price. t 3 e Mills that refuse to recognize *1 price schedule are subject to attach*: ? n The report will show, it is assorted. ^ that thw price of lumber to the nltimate i ser lias steadily el lined he- ^ cause ?.f the retailors' combine and e, i that the mills have been powerless to e; regulate the market on the basis ,of n supply and demand. Iii great details the investigation i- will rovail the luetliiHls employed by n io jhe middlemen lo control the lumber I f. output sectionnlly ns well ns generalis silly. v s. Cheeks -Competition ;s Competition is olu^okFd. according i ? t]i? ioforimitioii gathered, by as- " signing trade territory to the dealers. ' K \n retailer eiicreaches ujion the territory of another and any mill that 11 oo!<s. through selling agents or I- saleanen to enter the field of the re- 11 Deposit you: - The Bank < in : Cherav "0 - STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER B ts ....... A {y compcun : VO in saving; it n t:i?!?*r 'imiiciliatfly is blaeklistoil. \ p. "Frightful" was the term uso.l by, 10 I Me government official ill summing tip 11!-.? lVstiH of t||e ,Investigation. j t. flu- situation iii!.!?ly will bo rc- ; viewo-l liy tin' federal trade <'?miinis4-. > ion ii!i<l?*r (In' "unfair competition" J i'- "-ijiuse of iii.- now not ami as well will < ! - ii'j'.'otoil to scrutiny by the <l?>|iart-' ( n. nioiit of ju-lioo under the anti trust | ^ o statutes, | 0 % >i. ri\*? *!l.tT V\ iMiils :i!s.? will l?e suh- .. 11 i" mil toil by Iho bureau of corporation# I a on re-all of inquiries autli?>ri/.oi| | , >f l-H. iv llif liurcnii v:i< uicrinil with llif trailf ?t?Miiiiissit?ii . (> limy will tli'sil \vil|i tin* farm mai f'liiM'ry trailc. fXflnsivn t?f llu? Intcr- ^ > :11 i? 11:11 I la rv?'?tt'P rnmpauy. n<?w 1h?- v i ii:proM't-i.It'll l?y llif ilcpartnifiit of J'i-1 i-": llif loliaffti iinlnstry; flic o lit :Itil !i <>:l roliipaity of Oklulioiun ,, ami others, i i BENCH ANNOUNCE FOES' AE VANCE CHECKED. i nth Ending of First Phase, Entem Annies Far? Necesity of Driving Invaders Back to Former Position. London, April- 2S.?"Our operatioi i conjunction with the French hai efinitely stopjted the German a nck.Mi Field Marshal Sir Jol 'rencn, commander-in-chief of tl trit'.sh fort-es on the continent, tin unounces the conclusion of anotln lerman1 attempt to haerk through tl Hied Jines around Ypres and aloi lie Cset canal, which brought ahoi ne~T?f jhe most sanguinary battles < lie wa$ Thls^j; however, only brings to r nd thqr first phase of the liattlo, f lie allies have yet to win- hack tl Tounif;.lQst Jn the great Germi weep.7. For this purpose they a ow delivering counterattacks again lie GeVjpan tines. To. ltold these lines the Genual lave llrought tip further rein fore ients,ji|?nd Belgium. liehfnd thei tas bflSh denuded of troopd. Tli as ;l>Mp denude<l of troops. T1 owndijpi villages In Belgium are 1 ng goKbeil by only a handful Ffgl^K also continues in Thai acii^Kere the Germans claim t ho of a strong French positii n tfcfiMfcorine and 'the Woeyre, who lie Fi@ch say they are progresslr mb'fnifhe Vosges. where both sid lo^h .? - he In possession of Hai aan^femellerkopf. It is prohahal hafcfBw - mountain, which coman htr?9p of Alsac, has changed han this would account f Sj^Hifp^ans and. AnstrcvGerma bjk?- y engaged in the region emptlis being made to strike at t (usslBn communications. Betfci correspondents give tl Lustrl ns .credit for tlie capture i nu^ ?ber important heights ne Tzsok pass and also assert that th inve t riven the Russians out of Br wind. Thei e has been a renewal of acti ty on the East Prussian front rhieh the Germans report minor si ess for their trops. It ti expected that the operatlo gains: the Dardenelles will proco lnivlr n ?tlu? Tnrhs ore stmiifflv f tench h1 and their wire entnnj;' nents and trenches will have to helled heavily before the traps a rialce any serious attempt to advam r money in of CheraM /, s. c. MS IN COUNTY COMBINE ded quarterly s department. KDKRATED ('M I! HOLD CONVE TION Unsu ttsvii'e Ker.rty lo Receive Del gates. hm'IjiI t"? The Stale, l'.cuuettsvill. April L'|^?The S??nt 'aruliiiat Federation of Woiua 'luhs will eon veiie. in Henettsvil Vednexiny nierniiiu*. The entire tov ml community lias made every pre ration ssiMe for tlie reception tu ntertainmeiit of these delegates ai very mic is hhikiiik iorwaru \vi groat deal <>f pleasure to their vis Do not forgot the MITE BOXES i lio Kith of May. Several little ho till be on hand at the cemetery ga t'ith boxes. Go prei>aroil to make ontribution. This is the' inly tii liat the Daughters ever ask for a ribution from the public. c. I- LIEUTENANT BELLINGER BREA WORLD RECORD. te Lieut. Bellinger or Chcraw Reacl 10,000 Feet. FLIES AT PENSACOLA |S Climb Requires Hour and Twe* ' Minutes hut Sixteen Minutes SufTices for Descent, in 1P Lieut. P. X. L. Bellinger, U. S. IS :i native of Cheraw, made Friday f>r die naval acrontutie station at P le acola what is helieved to he a n world's record for altitude in a liyd ( -i emplane. lie attained a height 10.(101) feet. Tile ascent consumed hour and l!0 minutes. When his 1,1 driuucnts reaches the hclghest re; ing he could attain, he shut off llP motor ami glided to earth, descendi 1,1 -in 10 minutes. 1*0 Lieut Bellinger lias been some ti !n tlie navy flying corps, but first ca into public notice as an aviator by I1S 'xtyiisive reconnaissance? fights 0 Vera Cruz. He is said to lmve g< ,n" iloft more often and to have flo further in that campaign than c '1( ither of the airmen who were rusl ,e "<> Mexico following the Tampico cident Richard Harding Davis, the 11 mous war corresiiondent and wri of adventure stores, saw Bellin; in f in action at Vera Cruz and in his c I( respondence from that part at I lf" time mentioned him in these terms os "lie has a very young face, tani rtto the color of a MoClellan army s |1a die. his hair Is yellow, eyes blue i always smilling. Ho is the picture (^s health. Clean living, clean think Or and the daily exercise of taking chance with death have given him Hs look of a Greek god or one of Ley ?* dicker's captains. He is much "gftOd.tfl lo?e^_Were_he my son, and 1 is young enough. I would give hin *,p good talking to for taking such ri and in order to keep him out of <1 ',e ger would make him a paymaster of an admiral." ar r.ieut. Bellinger was born Oeto 0,v 5. 1 ss."?, in Clieraw. lie was oointed to the Naval academy in 11 Since his graudation he lias seen o * six years of spa service. ITo has h in . . - *" ntracpeu ror some* ruin* u? iu'j mi K'" aeronautical station at Pensae. Th French have lost the crni !l> Leon Gambetta, which as torped 0I' by the Austrian submarine U-5 wl 11' leaving the Adriatic soa for Ma 1Only a small part of her crew w saved, all the officers, including 1,1 admiral, being drowned. v eports as to the intentions of ,'t ~ are as varied as they are i'iimere at the Italian embassy at London authorized the statement that noth is known there of any impend change in the Italian policy. Nothing further has been heared J the German fleet in the North sea, i it is contended in official quarters h that it has never left the mine fle off Heligoland. In the Baltic, h< ever. German warships are busy i have stopped a number of Swed steamers carrying coal from Engl ports to Sweden. D Miss Lillie Norwood Meets Death MeBee M. Bee. April 24.?Miss Lillie N wwend <>f this place was run over f Instantly killed here this afternoon (5 o'clock by the Seaboard Air I? trpiu No. 18. Great Heat Wave Coming Washington. April 2P?A scorch ~ beat wave is hovering over the East, v half of the United States from Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic cot causing suffering in the; cities ti I serious damage to wheat and ot crops in the agricultural districts. jj <>n of t?n? r-oiitfniKMi inn us Tlio Chronicle Is Issi II4I :i t'i'lle late this week'. We desire r|( ''iiliik those nf our friends who hi inside It possible for us to Issue n pa . "f :iny kind lliis week. We hope to |(), ? { sind ;it it attain the comin;; we til jt Iteports to the wesrther bureau i ! itrlif tolil of teni|>er;itures ex<*eeil the hiirhest ever recorded in Ap nil vs 11 dTlei.-ils ssiid no importsiut elian were Indicated for any reirioii lief to' | Wednesday nkrht and that tempi i tores above the seasonal average wo DO I i eontinite generally east of the It in-' j Mountains. KS rraxicixioroimxcKrocKxmxcK* OBSERVATIONS ies 0 BY OUR MAN ABOJJT TOWN. xrjcmxt: m ::i^:txioicmmoi( Some wise fellow once said: Yesterday is dead?forget it. Tomorrow ^ does not exist?don't worry. Today is here?use it. A very true saying and worth remembering. I don't agree env n?/.iu iviMi u-Uo an vine however. at I teen use I don't think you should enpn* tlrely forget yesterday, hut it should ew he rememltered for the good that It ()f may do in the recollection, and the an lesson which such recollection teaches, in- NY.t to pine over. Not to whine ;,<1" But rather to rejoice in the deeds that , s ?\ -re done and to profit by the experling nee which it carries. Tomorrow may mo never come. Don't worry is good. The me j>oint of the whole thing is to use to 111 ' ' ,lls the very I est advantage the opiwrtunlties that are here before you right wii ,,,w?this very moment. It will never my onie again. That is this moment You ted .an only pass down this way once. And iu the point is to get the most out of it as you go along. Forget the rocks fa ter over which you stumbled yesterday, so rer that you may be on the look-out for ?r he bigger ones that are just ahead of y'ou .Don't whine about what may hap, 'ten tomorrow, because you may never led a(j. 'each tomorrow, and then the thing md vou dioad may not happen at all and of .011 will have, in addition to, your worry, disappointment Use today ? n ind make the most of it # the That reminds me of a little 'thing I -ead the other day in some paper cred- Sw? t0? .. . _ -imsLi he led to the New York sks "What u cheerful woman Mrs. , ^ ' an Smiley is!" or "Isn't she? Why, do you .know, hat woman can have a good time I,or hlnking what a good time she would np. lave if she were having it" M.'l. Tliere you are. There's your optimvoi -m. And really after all a great deal L?on >f tlie trouiile and the misery and the vni ain and the pleasure and the fun and dy. he good things, are after all in large 5p, ueasure a state of mind. I am an op0ed imist myself I am glad that I am. ille ' am sorter like Mrs. Smiley. I can Hy. uive a good time thinking what a good ere :iine I would have if I were having it an Mieve it was President Wilson who aid in a speech that he made somaty .here not so many months ago that tiio, i?e hard times that we were all talkhas ag about and the scarcity of money Ing mmI all that sort of thing was after all ing i state of mind. Well, a fellow who is letting $75,000 a year and his ui -keep of an afford to talk that way, but a poor and "ollow who has si>ent his las: penny ere Mid doesn't know where the next crust .Ids ''read is coining from knows that it JW_ s something else. But what I nican ind s that most of us borrow trouiile and ish :,ave a lot of imaginary things that ish uwer happen. In other words, i am "ryinjr to^ preach that same oh] doc rine of smile and be hapupy, whether at t. is a state of mind or not You can make it such if you will. You will :?r. 'eel lK'tter and every one about you ind "h-hmllc, mid the vortl seluuile mit ine J?u 5 Laugh und the vorld vill roar; Howl, und the vorld will leaf you Undt nefer come back any more; jng For all of us couldn't i>eeu handsome, prn Nor all us voar Root clohts; tj,P I'ut a sclunile vas not expensive, I'nilt covers a vorld < f woes. i ml l,PI. NEW SENTIMENT THROUGHOUT S. C. Jas. A. Hoyt. president of the Peopss ilc's National bank and sjieaker of the led bouse ??f representatives of South fn t'aro.Mna, has been one of the closest jve -Indents of conditions affecting the |H>r :?eo| do of the State and from the cont,p litioiis illustrated by the depositors of PK- his bank as well as by information from (lie State at large, he feels that to- there is a new sentiment throughout ? -a - -1 fn^r the State and that the lieopie are ieei,ril. big more ready t<> attack tlie problems }ies 'f the future. Mr. Iloyt feels that the ore "'"a of depression is over and that ra uroperty is ahead for those who will take hold of the situation and go to ock work as if there had been nothing to disturb the normal.?Columbia Record \