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Si^4 ' A . ZTbe Cberavp jlbronicle. Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C.l JULY 22, 1915 Number 38 1?- ! i in 1? 1 1??? m ? OLD SOLDIERS TO HAVE REUNION CHESTERFIELD, AUGUST 5th. The Chronicle is requested to make the following announcement There will be an 01(1 Soldiers Re. union at Chesterfield Court House on Thursday. August 5tli. next. All the ? old soldiers of Chesterfield county are f.' Invited to be present that day and bring their wives with them, for the good ladies of the town of Chesterfield are going to furnish a free dinner to the old soldiers and their wives. Everybody is invited to attend the reunion, especially the farmers of the county on that day, Thursday. Aug ust 5th. Hon. E. J. Watson, Coinmis sioner of Agriculture of the State of South Carolina, will deliver an address to -the fanners of Chesterfield .county that will he of special interest The base ball boys will play a double header game of hall the same day. Ang. 5th. with a good team?Cheraw if they will play. * FRENCH HOUSEWIVES DO NOT WASTE iv. * The following is quoted from Mabel Potter Daggett's article "The Wor. derful French Housewife" appearing iu Pictorial Review for July, 1015. ? . Nothing in this household is alt lowed to go to waste. But when it is p utilized it must be done ingeniously A spoonful of yesterday's vegetables i , may grace the center of an omelet Knt If irill onnno* fhof thpr ivorp nut * ^ .VUV ?V ..v.v 6L# there because it was quite necessary to complete the artistic color scheme. > The garbage can elsewhere in Europe .1 found v&y small. In France it is ^^a disappearing institution. Azalie-V+ft. J^^rthas hone at all. The i>otatoes' have first been par-boile<l and are "skinned" while hot In America so many households do not take the trouble to sift the average ashes that we average fifteen ]>er >. cent of perfectly good coal carried away with our ashes. In New York's poverty district of Cherry Hill, it is thirty five per cent of the coal that goes to waste like this. But in Asilie Vinet's kitchen, when the soup meat Is finished cooking, there will be carefully collected even the dust that has fallen into the ash drawer from the charcoal fire. It is saved for the laundry where it wjll percolate through a heavy linen cloth onto the wash in the tub to give the clothes the brilliant snowy whiteness that only a French blanchisseuse may achieve. This is the housewifery that in France is cultivated instead of an annoyance incident to living, a drudgorv tn ho delegated to some for hire. A:calie Vinet has finished her duties for the day. We sat on the terrace again and Nansen passed the wine and plate of litle cakes. Below us the orange trees and the little olive trees were bathed in the depart, lug glow of a flaming sun that was setting behind the dark green pine summit of Mt St. Petra. "You see" said Madam Vinet, "it's not so much what we earn, it's what we save in France that counts." There isn't another wife in the world to equal a > French woman she told me proudly, f "She's the real helpmate. A man can | count on her all the time. Mettre la main a la pate, we say. She's not I afraid to put her own hand to the dough.'' From the French housewives the most celebrated chefs inherit their high priced art. It comes from the kitchen. Printers Fall in Line. A toast to President Wilson was drunk in sparkling wat t by the :1<mi delegates and guests at the annual ban. <pfct of the International Stereoty|>ers and Fleetrotypers Falun in Washing ton, D. C. The banquet was as 1 ???iii^r one of tli?' most strikim witnessed in the capital city in manj a ?la.v, ahoundiiijr in demonstration of patriotism. That the printer? should drink "To the success of Prcs ident Wilson in the heversisre whirl never l?eelouds judsmient or impair? efficiency shows a keen sense of fitnes? of things. Statistics show that the output ni liquor in Pennsylvania has decrease^ thirty-fhrco and one-third |>er <vnt du ring the lust year. EXPECTS VICTORY FOR PROHIBITION f< State Secretary Is Active?Urges all tj Citizens to Qualify for Parti- ei citation in Referendum. tc ? ai Columbia, July 17.?J. K. Breediu, T secretary of the business mens volun. w teer committee for Statewide prohib'- ei tion, was at his office yesterday, having [? just returned from Spartanburg and tc Fort Mill, where he spoke for prohibition. In Spurtanburg Mr. Breedin ad. dressed a large congregation of Baptists. Methodists and Presbyterians in Qj the auditorium of the First Baptist T church and his aldress was declared ' ri by the Spartanburg Herald to have Q) been a clear, interesting presentation of the subject, without abuse or excoriation. At Fort Mill Mr. B. address;- j ed an audience in the open, the pavil- rj lion in Confederate Park being as a a( sjieaker's stand. Mr. Breedin will speak in Barnwell p( county Sunday and has engagements ^ for some weeks ahead though he says th he will accept invitations for himself o{ or others whenever possible. "The people should register and qual- or ify to vote," said Mr. Breedin. "We ^ do not want sympathy only; we want votes, and such an expression of pop- cc ular will as shall make prohibition a w principle of our public life. Prohibi- j tion Is going to win. Every one con- (J? <x*Ies that. There are no fundamental ^ objections to prohibition that have not a(, been resolved in favor of the public welfare in other cases of like princi ^ pie, as vaccination. It is of the very t. essence of community life?and our of eomunity life?and our State is a big eommunity-that a man surrender some prerogatives because the exercise of r them contravenes the public welfare. ^ _It Is the old question of extreme-individualism against'the" idea of the. special group and all our progress has been toward developing a higher sense of social responsibility. is correct. We have no law which prohibits ^ absolutely. Neither the commandments from Sinai, nor the enactments of our legislature deter all men, or we should not require court houses and jails. But the law expresses the moral sentiment of the majority and becomes a standard for our guidance. No law, not even the divine command against murder, would receive the sanction of ^ every man. Prohibition will be the sentiment of the majority and will prevail, though it will bo opposed and circumvented for a time, as is true of other laws. But that is no argument against it; rather it .proves the need of it." ^ 100,000 Die In China Flood Washington, July 20.?From SO,000 to 100.000 lives have been lost in the I floods in the vicinity of Canton. China. ^ I aoording to a cablegram to the State I ffC I department today from Peking. Con- ' 1*0 i sul Oeneral Cheshire has appealed for ro all the assistance that can be rendered OS by the navy department. lo Delivers Ultimatum t Charlotte Observer. > Albemarle. July 18.?County Judge z' O. J. Sikes has just received an up i plication for a peace warrant by a " citizen of Stanly county, producing as grounds for demanding the same a 11 . very unusual letter, which would seem . to be somewhat in the nature of an 1 i ultimatum. In fact it can be con- ?* strued as nothing less than an ulti niatutn couched in no uncertain lan. ' guage, and had the recipient been one > with a strong military spirit the inevitable result would have been a M r 1 prompt declaration of war. Being a good Bryan democrat, however. imbued with a spirit cf peace, 11 tlie gentleman decided to let reason 11 and common sense be bis guide rather 11 time brute force and hence ap. si i peal to the strong arm of the law. " That the spirit is predominant in the : writer of this unique letter, or note. sl may lie seen in the full text of the note I given below: : "Old ("amps Cration: here i forbid you or any other pcrs son This Pnsscn on our land. Better ^ < Keep your hands off uv our paper's - Old Camps Crat.. you put not a foot i on our land for if we ceteh you one < our land Woe will hast with pow- pi < dor and shot, you old Itasoholl you." F The note is duly signed by tho party pi P nial ing tho protost. anfl while tho < < | torms aro very mandatory, tho note is fr - not intonded as a fair sample of Stanly W County diplomacy. vi THE INDIAN LEGEND. [WA Cheraw has a wealth of old Indian >lklore and legend of romantic beaur and distinctly community renown, ijoying a leading place in early his ry but nowadays nearly forgotten nd seldom recollected or retold. You hose were times when the cities P ere unknown and when the leading /ents clustered about the towns. T i it any wonder that the towns of ves) day are often the richest in history COn ' the pioneer and anti-pioneer days? Oct Those old tales ring true; they ir, bar )ire interest among the young and ful Id and arouse community pride. 0f I hey are rare possessions which Che- will iw would not forfeit for any amount t ! money, but we are forfeiting them equ L' fnre-ptMnf* thorn l.r>? ' I run Here and there are cities and vil- and ges which a^e reviving their sto- ]y ( es of old, reviving their heroes and ten< ?ting in pageants and holiday cele- chi\ rations the traditions and legends T rculiar to their own localities. Eae hey hTe offering an example for of ! lis community. What do you think que: calling back the old pioneers and nea: e aborignies and letting them tread a c ice more upon the ground they sane- pho Bed? mar Instead of the ordinary holiday gra] debration now being arranged h licit hy not revive some of these old lee. gends and hold a celebration of un- subi iual nature? The attraction is cer- of t in to bring crowds of visitors and the Ivertise the town as nothing else Xtnt m do. Let's try it once and make mos reraw the hub of the universe and eacl e envy of all around us. jgvai ,CoIi HOW TO USE THE DRAG will I In tl The King split log drag is a good witl ing? when used intelligently. Dr. on * * vour rhe "Bank o Cheraw, TRONGER THAN ALL OTHER BAN ^ y /~\ compound / U in saving's >s. Hyde Pratt, the North Carolina whi tod roads enthusiast, says the only The ad this country needs is the sand clay pubi ad and the only road machinery nec- the sary to keep up the road is the split he 1 g drag, costing about $3 each. Mr. G. A 'ard King, the inventor of this ma- ?'"Ui line writes to the Good Roads maga- 15, ne: tifn "Much trouble has been caused by I>np rsciis who advise others to drag the irth road while it is muddy. The King | Aug ag does not give perfect staisfaction j : a rule, when so used. In fact. I have P'lo low 11 of many instances where a trial I"''11 that plan has so disgusted a man uit lie has thrown up the whole job i'"'1 id declared it a fake. ('1?s "The proper time to drag the earth J >a I i.-- when the soil is moist hut not you et enough to fasten itself to the slabs as ' the drag. Sou Pile idea of using the King drag wlieu ore< ic mud is like mortar is a seriously she istaken one. I trust you will assist oral e in correcting it.' thai Every earth road in South Carolina arti lonld lie given a treatment with the j tills illt log drag. The result would be will irprislng. However, for heavy traf-|she r and for permanency, heavier road hall aterial is needed to keep the drain! T re perfect. I won ! this RANK'S CONDITION APPEARS -,:'l IMPROVED 1ful ( C(1 1 Milledgeville, On., July 'JO.?Tin- j ovements in the condition of Too M. i ... 1 i. rank was announced tonignr n.v | u lysicians attending him and thcyjly < ntinued hopeful for his recovery I Hie' oin the knife wound Inflicted by J. j to 1 'illiaui Preen, a fellow life term eon-1 Kali ct, at the Georgia prison farm here. dor. MED-SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOT BE^L'TIFUL WOMAN sterfleid County Asked to Select Candidates for Queen of Harvest Jubilee. ing Women are Requested to Send hotos to The Chnnicle Office to Be Judged bj;aXommittee. he coiuinittee in charge of the Hart Jubilee, to be fold at Columbia, In junction with tb$.State Fair, from ober 25 to October 30, inclusive, e decided to croltjji the most beantiwoman in Sout^jCarolina "queen" !he Harvest JThis "queen" l>e selecte<l by a^'eferendum vote, lie young wonnjir selected will be ipped with an dlAorate trousseau, tting her royal *beauty and grace, she will sit in slpte on a handsome, lecorated "floaH In the parade, atle<l by exquisite {balds of honor, and -alric courtiers will pay her homage, he method of selection will be this: h young woman! itesesslng beauty person and grafc?|>f mind is rested to send hertjfctogrnph to her rest county papedWhich will select omralttee to dO^Be which Is the tograph of the ittNt beautiful woi in its pa^sessiBL These photo. :>hs will l>e fonvBjfed to the pub:y committee of Harvest Jubiat Columbia, in turn will, tuit them to a c<flj$lttee composed he deans of the Bjf department of lending womenH^lleges of the \o. Tills commit? jwy I select the] t beautiful yon woman from' i county and forjfiMl the 44 photo>hs to the"^ap9B^i6Hmiuttee in. imbia, and fadHwpsgfphotographs" be publish^ to'thojewling papers he State, alo/^wfth a "blank ballot, i a request eB** .Wttters vote the young jnannn among the 44 money rife ' I f Cheraw , s. c. IKS IN COUNTY COMBINED ed quarterly department. ih they think the most beautiful, so votes will lie forwarded to the licity committee in Columbia, and announcement of the "queen" will nade on Monday, October 11, 1915. li photographs must be sent to the ity pai>ers not later than August and the picture of the most beau1 young woman selected by each cr will be sent to the publicity mittee in Columbia not later than :us*t 120. The committee of art proors will then decide on the 44 tograplis, which will appear in it on the week l>cginnlng Sunday, tember 5. 1915. The voting will i commence and the polls will e at mhinignr, September .ju. "his is an opportunity for some ii? woman not only to he known the "most beautiful woman in tli Carolina," one who will he hon1 by the chivalry of the State, hut will become the possessor of scvhundred dollars' worth of raiment i will delijrlrt the soul of the most stic and particular. In addition to , her railway fare and excuses, le in Columbia, will he paid, and will he the envied star of the State he Chronicle requests all the young nen who desire to participate in contest to send it their pliotoiilis at once, and the most beautiKirl in this territory will be selectliy a committee of ladies that will selected lat^ 'ashiugton.^Kly 21.?John H. Gilif the rie^^Bit Iron Works at knry X. ('..^Hoinp to pet n contract nnke sli(-l^B[ the Government. A eipli conci^^Bs been piven an or HOGWALLOW NEWS | f I While business 'a so dull, Dock Hocks, our tonsorlal artist, has been endeavoring to induce Tobe Moseley to have his whiskers cut off. The corners of the foundation un tier the Hog Ford church are missing ^ and Columbus Allsop and Atlos Peck, two pillars of the church, have been appointed a committee to hold up the C building until the foundation can be replaced. Miss Rosyola Moseley came to the poKtoffice yesterday expecting a letter and was so dissappointed at not getting one that she let her mule go in a slow walk all the way home. The protracted meeting the Dog Hill church has wrought a wonderful 0 change in this community. Even the b fish will not bite on Sunday now, anl t( a movement has been started to stop t Gander Creek from running on the Sabbath. Hckness has about died out in this a community. ! c Tube Moseley has been hauling dirt u and putting it in the bottom of his pond L this week in order to make the water h rise high enough for his geese to swim. 8' Elliek Hellwanger has swapped for a new pistol and it is believed that hei P is preparing to shoot a man as soon ai a he can get his witness together. I Little Flddity Flinders got hold of * Mrs. Isaac Hellwanger's hat the oth-< tl er day at church and devoured sever-, tl ai hunches of artificial cherries. Staying with a thing may tend to, tl make something out of that thing, but; fl Mrs. Sim Flinders does not believe so, s as she has remained with Sim now forj b going on thirty years. j it The congregation of the Hog Ford r. chureh was thrown into a spell of ner-J tl -VTJUS excitement Tfcjt Sunday morning, t through the carelessness of the preach-; . er. During the sermon a fly lit on the; B preacher's nose and the congregation oxpected any minute to see him shoo it off, but he neglected to do so, and j very soon the crowd rose up in a fit of .( nervousness and the preacher was not t THipwed to continue until the fly had g movoo. (j The Wild Onion School Teacher. 5 While it is not grtod policy to laud p any public man at less than regular advertising rates," on account of the c possibility of jealously arising we feel a it is cur duty to say something in favor Q of the teacher of the Wild Onion ^ school. There are many shrewd men j, in our midst, hut none who can hold a candle to the subject of this sketch. He has gradually grown to be a smart , man, and like all other self-made persons. he started out at birth without c knowing anything at all. The Teacher jj is a gentleman of very keen foresight, and had he thought about it in time, he might have become a great detective. P For an illustration, two weeks ago, he , li learned, through some mysterious source that the school building had become infested with fleas. Where they come from he could not tell, but thay f probably got In one night when the1 door was left standing open. Not to be (Inunted by them or their determin- j, ed conduct, the teacher immediately t launchel a campaign to rid the premi- ^ ses of their presence, and after having ^ tried several kinds of patent flea ex- ^ terminators with no apparent avail he H hit upon a very happy plan, which culminated in great success.. The Wild Onion school is very popular j' over a large scope of country, and the ^ teacher's plan was to get the people s aroused ovei some public question and then call a mass meeting at the school building. Fearing this migh' f | cause arguments to arise, he dropped ( i 1 hat idea, and insteal, arranged a big basket supper to be held in the bulld'ing on the coming second Saturday j1 1 night, and invited everybody within ' several niile3. The house, of course, was filled to overflowing, and the eve- f nicer unshod nff with the best of order ' j! ! and when the throng departed they i took with them, not only the best 1 j wishes of the teacher, but also all f 1 the fleas without knowing it. Columbia, S. C., July 21.?Special, v I Annual meeting of the Farmers Union E of South Carolina will be held here t | July U8. aeordlug to unouncemcnt to- n j day by Secretary .T. Whitney Roid. t V j Mr. W. II. Funderburk, of the Dud- y | ley section, will be 81 years old in Sep- d | tember and lie has plowed 13 acres this V | year. He is the oldest Confederate ve. ternn in Old Store twonship and may E be the oldest in the county for all we P konw. He is remarkably strong and 3 healthy for a man of his age.? Page- t | land Journal. t mi TO GERMANY NOT AN ULTIMATUM ITLL BE FBIENDLY IX , TONE abinet Unanimously Endorses Poll* cy as Outlined In Bongh Draft on Document Washington, July 20.?President /ilson and his Cabinet today decided n the general principles of the note to e sent to Germany renewing efforts 3 secure for American citizens proectlon "on the high seas. The President read to the Cabinet tentative draft of the note. On its haracter and purposes there was nanimous agreement, and Secretary pansing was at work tonight putting 1 more precise language the-'Ideas et forth. Members of the C&blnet generally reserved secrecy regarding the probble contents of the communication, t was made clear, however, that It rould not be an ultiamatum or ma1 treats as to the future purposes of le United States. At the same time, they pointed out hat it probably would have an air of nality curtailing the held of dlscufcion and negotiation and. placing quarely on Germany the responsibll;y for any actions that-might'nubseuently endanger friendly relations'of tie two countries. The .conmanlca* Ion will be couched tn< friendly isms. Today's conference .was -devecoa omewhat to a discussion of what.the imerican people really want add and one. So far as Cabinet officers oould udge by labile expressions.. the-, union has voiced an insistent desire that he honor and dignity of the United >tates be upheld ln> the corrceponence with Germany, but that a coarse e followed which will- maintain eace. On Germany's next reply- and the rystallzation of public opinion therefter will depend to a large- extent, fflcials Intimated, the motion of . the Fnited States concerning ftttare vloations of American rights. Secretary LanBlng said tdday that o complete report of the eno^fcartir rtween th5 British liner Ordunamid German submarine bad reached the Itate department. An investigation as been Instituted through the treas-, ry department and a report Is- oxected in a few days, but the dispatch f the note to Germany will not 'be delyed . . THE FRENCH IN THE WAR Jbarlotte Observer. The Observer some days ago expressed the opinion that the war in ]uroi>e Is going to be 'determined by he Germans and the French. Great iritain, Itself appears to be ready to dmit that fact, for the opinion Is ditorially given In the London Ob. 4V-4.. Iiliniina tanae PW+nriv thl> fiVt-1 inai/ A* lauvv ?uvw n igic of the war." The London paer says further, that "France wills he ends and the meaas. She plays er own game, not the German game, lis months hence for instance, she rill be stronger and stronger, both In leu and mechanism. Britain will he ivice as strong. By comparison wftli Jermany it is France that will do the rearing out" It is a fact that with ut the aid of France, England would jug since have been in a sorry plight nd it is now England's reliance on he French troops that gives the on rage to boast of the impregnabflty of the Allies' line in the West nd to defy the German's "to break hat barier if they can." At the first Bapitst church in.Greenille Sunday night, Gordon Poteat and 3. M. Poteat Jr., were ordained as BapIsf ministers. The ordination ser ion, a scholarly dissertation upon he answer to the riddle of life, was po.>nhoi hv the father nf the two V(IVUV* "J ?v oiuig men, Br. E. M. Potuat, present of Furmau university. Dr. C. V. Quick, pastor of the church,.ddlvd the address lo the candidates, ;*n?l )r. Z. T. Cody offered the ordination raver: Tlie services were very Imprei ive. Each of the two young minis'. rs will go to the foreign field -mm o China and the other to Africa.