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?ljeffllfpraui (Eljnmtrli ImtNor to the Cheraw Report* wWoh ?m established July 9. 18SI Mi entered u Second Claet matt* at Cheraw, 8. C. J. X. STRICKLIN. Mltor and Manager. Published on Thursday by TRICKL1N x'RINTING CO. Cheraw. S. C All Cards of Thanks, Resolutions < aspect, Obituaries, or notices of oth* nature not of public Interest, and a notices cf a personal nature is charge for at the rate of one cent per %oi Car each insertion. Such mrtter j Mt MWi Start right, boys. To be auybod, to accomplish anything for yourself < the community, you cannot be iill Don't drink?liquor destroys the miu and body. Don't swear?gentlemen c not. It Is low and vulgar. Dcu"t res trashy literature. It leads to tl see a man lying around devil. deviL Don't hang around broth* Good men are not made that wa Whenever you see a man lying aroui a brothel the devil is after him and wl get him sooner or later. People who write things which th< would jwho . write would like to see printed iu a new paper, should bear in mind that whi they write as their personal opink should be fathered by them, and wh< they write stuff that Is not tit for the to attach their names to it sbo6 nevetr be printed. Rember, th rule of all decent uewspapers and y< will never have occasion to put on t) shoe. This Is the rule which we gi' in all kindness. Never ask a new paper to do anything you are asham< to do yourself. A community torn by dissensioc rent assuder by strife and contenth ?the people ready always to fly each other's throats on account of ri airy and petty jealousies?can uev hope to succeed. The universal brot erhood of man is constantly deferri and the end of time will appear befo this great desideratum can be broug ?*? ut 'intAiMft'1 the realization of this, his tominai weakness. Let him inquire, "Who my neighbor?" There are few things that are real very hard to do. The hard part screwing up your courage to the pot of tackling them. A slandering tongue is more to 1 dreaded than the most loathsome re tile that crawls upon the face of tl earth for he will give, warning befo he stiikes you?but a slanderernever. Let a man or woman start < the downward road to ruin and we a all prone to step aside and cry 01 "slide on, slide 011 to edstruction," i stead of stretching out the hand 1 brotherly love and staying their pr gress, we stand by and let them slid He who can stoop down and lift up h fallen brother from the mire and plu< him cn his fct and whisper swe< cousel in his ear and bid him go ar lead a beter life, Is truly a benefaet< to the race. There is considerable gambling goir on in this town. It seems impossib to break it up. However, we woul like to whisper into the ear of evei young man to shun the gambling root Shall we sketch the history of tl gambler? Lured by bad company 1 finds his way into a place where hoi est men ought never to go. He sli down to his first game, but only ft pastime and the desire of being thougl sociable. The players deal They uncoi sclously play into Satan's hands wt takes all the tricks and both the playei soul for trumps?he l)eing a sharjter i the game. A slight stake is put up ju< to add Interest to the play, (lame aftt game is played. Larger stakes an still larger. They l>egin to move ne vously on their chairs. Thei.v brow lower and eyes flash until now the who win and they who lose, fired alik with passion, sit with set jaws an compressed lips and clinched fists an eyes like fire balls that seem startln from their sockets, to see the flni turn before it comes; if losing, pal with envy and tremulous with uDttei ed oaths east' back red hot upon th heart, or. winning, with hysteric laug While gambling in itself is bad enoug it is the stepping stone to all othe vices and evidence which inflict mar kind. Young man. shun the gamblin table as you would a ooisonous ser|>en It has been said that the Chicng packers utilize all of the pig evce? the squeal. It looks now as thong they would have a chance to use eve that. [ WAS IT A * DREAM? J a ? By WILLIAM CHANDLER th< _ i..... i I,, I lar I ni I am a commercial traveler. I did , lltN not In my youth receive much educa- ^ _ tion and nm lamentably Ignorant of 1 American history. These thlugs 1 11,1 mention because they bear upon the experience 1 am nbout to relate. Never having heard or read of the Char- aUl actors 1 shall mention, it is impossible yu ~ that I should have conjured them up tlu )f from memory. One autumn I left my home for a 11 tour In the middle west Reaching tll( >d Pittsburgh. I made it a starting point ha h for vlsltina Ohio river towns between ' Is It and Cincinnati. The Ohio, which I wi the early French settlers named La i,0] Belle Riviere (Beautiful river), afforded wi ? such attractive scenery that at Mnrletta I left regular modes of travel, ^ hired a rowboat and, putting my bag- 11 )r gage In it, principally a trunk full of e- samples, drifted?there was no need of id pulling?down the river, Intending to tht lo take in the principal towns by the way. .sj(] Shortly before nightfall I came to an |1() le Island so beautiful that I was tempted . to land and inspect it Tying my boat to the point that formed Its upper end, 0 :1, I made my way through underbrush A" y- and clearings. There was no one on id this part of the island, and I was op.11 pressed by a feeling of loneliness. Re- wi turning to my boat, I supped from the frc contents of a lunch basket I had of bought for myself on the shore, wrap- R ped myself in ray blankets and turn- ,a ed in. * ' s" The night was chilly, and I failed to at keep warm. Rising to walk about tor pa >u a few minutes, looking southward I jkj ;n saw a large dwelling house, most of aj, m the windows of which were illuminat- fln U ed. I thought it strange that I had .. not seen it during my walk at night- v e fall. Hoping to secure a warm bed. I went to the house, which was perhaps n? 18 a quarter of a mile distant. As I ap- La re proached I saw that it was of colonial In build, with a pair of wings. Before it tai ->(1 was a lawn and behind It were trees. Knocking, I was admitted by an old darky, and on my asking if 1 could get a lodging for the night he called >n IS> his mistress, who came out into the lb )n spacious ball. She was a pleasant at looking lady about thirty years old ,n< v. and of courtly manners. When I ask- r( er ed her if I could be accommodated for lf) the night she replied with the accent , n of an Irish lady of high degree that 1 1111 ^ would be welcome to the best her Ive re home afforded and mvl^ me lnto tJha |^ ^ ture. which had either been there for jg a hundred years or had been purchased from some dealer In curios. There was a large fireplace In the room, In which ^ burned a cheerful blaze to take off the gr 'J chill autumn air. The lady loft me to is order some refreshment, and. all being co nt still. I could hear voices in an adjoin w] ing room separated by a thin parti- j tlon. One was the voice of the lady who had left me. the other that of a >e man with the same inflection?an Irish i),] P geutleman. by ac "I fear." he said, "that the colonel Is jn< re about to lead us all into a wild _ scheme." in )n "It can be no more visionary than re our roming across an ocean to build u> a home on this desolate island. For w' l1{ my part I have great confidence In the is n* man and his scheme. I believe he will of be able to carry It through successful- js o. lv. and we shall be verv rich." * * " " H e "It Is you. my dear/' replied the ls man. "who have beeu Infatuated by 1,1 this man who they say can win any ::ii woman. 1 am encased in a scheme u'; with one whom I bnve never seen, but id who has won you to It and through ity >r you me. Suppose some of the persons he has taken into his confidence"? I hoard no more then. Whether 1 T dozed in the interim I don't know, but 11 presently I heard voices again, one 111 the Irishman, the other a man who to 'd spoke in melodious tones. gr y "We must give out that the land iP, a speculation is our real purpose." said (Jl p the latter, "and offer a hundred acres an 10 to each and all of our adherents." "But suppose there is no war with 1 Spain?" suggested the Irishman. ts "We must bring on a war. Tbe gen>r niml" it Again there was an interim or a ,,, [). slumber from which I was awakened ,i ,p by a crash. Starting up, I went into the hall in time to see that men with 1 muskets, having broken down the'frout 1 door, were pushing into the house. Some children at the head of the main hu 'r staircase were looking down in terror ]lt. d Then fallowed a scene of destruction er r. that I shall never forget The sols dtare?for such they seemed to be? wore roaring about the house, most of u'? * them drunk and all helping themselves r to what they wanted. Then suddenly tii d the Irish lady appeared and was pro ,.,| d kwttwg, when suddenly I found my g mtt lying on the ground shivering. I: Ll was coming dawn, and 1 saw that I was amid a ruin, the only surviving ' " 6 thing being a well house. 'in y Returning to my boat I dropped ?.? down the river and at the first landing h place told my strange experience to n h man to whom I sold a bill of goods. "Owwt heavens!" he exclaimed. "You must have slept on Blennerbassett's Island-" iu "What's Blennerhassett's Island?" f "The place where Aaron Burr's codaplracy of 180Q was hatched. You have *' o experienced or dreamed sceues that if ,f were enacted more than a hundred iv () years ago. You have seen "Blnnny." ns they called him In those days, his , " wife and children, and Aaron Burr hira- . 'u USING DAMAGE IN GERMAN LINES Paris, Sept. 21.?Tonight's war ofi statement reads: 'The artillery actions continue with same iutesity in Artols, particu'ly in the uighborhood of the caba; ltouge and Bretencourt. Shells of nvy calibre have been thrown bv ; enemy on the suburbs of Arras il the nighmorhood of the old citadel. "Our tire has caused in the German es important damages. Between Roye d the Oise a combat with trench as and a violent cannonade against ; works and cantonment of the ene have ocured. On the canal from the Aisne to ; Murnc, fresh counterattacks ve all been repulsed. 'In Champagne the Germans have th shells of all tubnrded several of our positions tli shells of all ealibrese and profiles causing Irritation of the eyes, ir artillery vigorously replied against i trenches and enemy batteries. 'In the Argonne and in the Woevre ire was a bombardment from bobtl les. in the course of which our eann silenced several of the opposing tterles. A German blockhouse was stroyed in the forest of Apremont d a train seriously damaged in the ition of Thiaucourt. 'Very violent artillery actions likese have occurred on the Lorraine >nt, where we have taken a portion the enemy i>ositions at Eply and lucourt as well as German works in ? region of Lelntrey and Halmoville. "We were able to locate works prered for the installation near Ham nt of heavy artillery of long range le to reach the region of Nancy el Luneville. An efficacious, destmce fire prevented this attempt. "In the Itan <le Sapt a fire directed ainst German 'blockhouse :netr muds provoked an artillery actbn which we maintained the advmge. "A fire kindled by the projectileaof e enemy was given back by the wnd their trenches and caused precejt!c damage. "A group of 19 aeroplanes tMs timing bombarded the division it jsenstorf, east of Morhang. A bit 0 shells were dropped on the b A I gs and stationary trains, which ry seriously hit" jfcjl All signslndicate thut we are atxat I emark ui?on a jieriod of prosperiy eater than any in recent years. From the rural districts all over tie untry come reports of bumper cr?ps ' lile the factories In the cities ire miming day and night While a great part of this increased 1 ibsiness activity lias brought about war orders from Eurojie, there are dieations that the country at large els more confident. Hundreds of ? ?...! .-IMS* . Will" v? CI C U 1U1UUI. twin 1 ar aw are today making money, and liere money and money is made money ' spent. One of the sure signs that businesf better is the great increase of adrtising this year over last year'? nount. This applies not only to ugazlnes, hut to. newspapers, particnrly couty newspapers. Where a few months ago the ealam; howler was abroad in the land, ere today is the man with money to end. for business and for pleasure. view of this fact it will be interestg to know what the merchant is doing reap some of the money harvest The eatest crop that ever was, was worth<s unless the farmer gnthered it. By e same token money may be to right id to left of you and and will pass \i unless v?u reach out end try to get me of it. In oilier words, it is a good time for e merchants to sit down and figure it how he is going to get a few of 4 tltn + A.A.. :'M.' I'M HI iii-nurn i iuil uivg HI nig ound. It can't be done by "knocking, at much is certain, but it must be me by going out and getting after isiness. Tlie merchant, no matteav l?usy lie is. should devote a considable part of each week in talking 1 e farmers or his locality about the oils lie has to sell. The summer is over. People are get- ' ug back into harness. The dollar ill is grinding steadily. Times were vi r more suitable for the merchant io wants to sell goods and make his d'less grow, and t his can be had with creased efforts, this be a bigger than or" year for all of us. SALTH AMI HAPPINESS DEPEND I'PON YOUR LIVER. That sluggltsh liver with its sluggish ?\v <if bile is what makes the world >k so dark at times. Dr. King's New fe Pills go straight to the root of the Virility l?y waking np the action ef the or and increasing the bile. Dr. King's w Life Pills cause the bowels to act ire freely anil drive away those, loody days." 'Joe. a bottle. $1.00 Ladies $1.25 Ladies 50 and 65c C 10c Outing $1.00 Corset! $1.00 Long 1 75c Ladies V $1.25 and $1 $2.50 Silk W <JHEK At Lj> ^ . :arranza brings order : mexico Restores Normal Conditions in I Territory. Washington, Sfcpt. 21.?Conditio n Mexican territory controlled ten. Carranza are rapidly becomi lorrnal, according to advice s to 1 date department today from Amt an Couusul Blocker at Piedras 2 gra.s, Telegraphic communication io\v open to Mexico City, Saltil Montgomery, Zacatescas, San Luis 1 tosi, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes a intervening stations. Railroad icoi animation is rapidly being restor nccording to official advices. Dispatching of mails to Mex flm nnofnfF City nas i>een rtauuicu, mc department announced here today Manuel Chao, recently In the fit with Gen. Villa, today joined Ror Gonzales Garaza and others anxious lay their viewpoints before Secret? Lansing and the Pan-American c ferees. They will be received at 1 date department on the return of t secretary next week. Meanwhile Villa military activit ,ire being watched with considera interest. According to official inf mat ion Villa has ordered a gene withdrawal toward Juarez, the p pose apparently being to transfer force to Sonora. The Villa agei here emphatically contradicted ports that the mobilization of VI troops at Juaraz had any sinister iKM-t with respect to relations with I United States. As a precaution, h( ever, Acting Secretary iireckliirh i)f the war department, after a c ference with President Wilson, onl ->d the Seventh infantry and fourth field artillery regiments fr riolveston to strenghen the gurri: ;it El Paso. C,en. Villa, it is said, intends to e cent rate his men in Sonara and wi vigorous warfare against ("Jen. Callc Both ('alios and Maytorena, the VI commander, claim successes In * <1nvo .iisr. < ?,<... \\"i? are pleased to see many of < r!| ijceos taking active interest in proving their homes and grounds, little effort on the part of each citi: would give our town a prominent p< tlon upon the map. Nature has d< much for us in pietuesque scene ? nm 1 i I ^ * SPECIAL for ^ TTTR n ' I ! * i k I * 4 \ \ ' Dresses ' Dresses Children's Dresses ' i ' f . ? 5 Simonas Waists .50 Ladies' Waists raists A *W "W "V* A v AW SAL Evans Yellow; IN now let us do much for ourselves along the Improvement line. Reports Finding New North Land 1S Ottawa, Out., Sept. 20 Anofficial report from Vilhjalmur Stefunsson, the explorer, that he had disns covered new land in the northern by waters of Canada reached the minister ,ng; of naval affairs here tdoay in a mes ;he sage from Nome. ri- seliribes his journey in the North, nn?fe nounces the dsieovery of new land is and states that 011 August 23 he Ho, sailed from Hersehel island in the [?o- Polar Rear, which he chartered to nd establish a base 011 Prince Patrick m- island. From this point he will oQiied, tinue exploration or newly discovered land. ? ico * ',v ice THE NEXTBES C THING TO THE PINE FOREST FOR COLDS ISeld Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey which goo< iue to the very root of cold troubles. II to dears the very root; of cold troubles. Ii iry clears the throat j ad-gives relief froit on- that clogged and stuffed f(eling. T'i; the pines have ever beorujhe friend of mat :he in driving away e<fl$v Moreover, th< pine-honey qualities are peculiar^ ies effective in fight irg children's cohl ble Remember that a bold broken at tin i v or- start greatly renn.-psthe possibility o] ral complications. 23. '4 u r- -- ^ 'ds \nv Quantity of Beer Legally Can Bi icy Sold in the City of Charleston. re din Columbia, Sept. 23.?Eecr in Cliar as- leston can be sold i)i any si^' quf.n the tities according to an amendment) t iw the criminal code of 1912 which pro lg'e vided that "in the county of Charles on- ton the county dispenseary board ina ler sell beer in sealed packages in a ifite the arger than one-eighth keg." Tbi om mattr was brought out in a correspor sou dence passing betxveen the Charlestoi dispensary board and Gov. Mauniuj on- which was made public this inomin; ige by the governor. He, in letters to th ns. board, had insicted that sale of bee ilia n^.'st be made in accordance vith th the law ar.d "that delivery by these br^\ ?vs to any cfl ois thafl the Chanesioi county dispeusi-.rv .is a plain v.e atji?ur of the law." ira- ?? ; Shark a Long-Distance Swimmer, wn The shark holds the record fo. >si- icng-dlstance sw?mming. A shark hat mo: been known to cover 800 miles ir ,rv< Uareo days. s kY 50c 79c 39c 8c 79c 79c 49c 89c 1.79 ES CO. -rtv/l t/ ;5 / ? * DR. O. H. PURVIS * * Physician and Surgeon * Hotel Covington Building * Phones Office 243 Residence 244 S FOR SALE. I offer for sale one tract of land containing 50 acres, more or less, in . , Cole Hill township adjoining lands , of Juniper Plantation, Pressley Boan and others. Any one interested ap! ply to J. T. DAVIS, ChOraw, S. C., . \ ; R. F. D. No. 1. JAMES TOY ; Handwork Laundry t * 1 WORK CALLED FOR AND j DELIVERED ? i All Work Must Be Paid For On t Delivery ; World ? Fuller-Johnson \ i Write for special catalogue. i The Bailey-Lebby Co. Machinery and Supplies Charleston, S. C. I