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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
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