Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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9f)t<gl|rranM!Ufr0nirlr g?hg2^22HS225!H255555HH^HBIiB *ZZ~ MtobllriUd*lttZ jbA aland m Bical OIim aitta t Okanv, 8. GL I J. M. BTKICKLIN, Mltor tad llaugar. fvMWwd on Thuradar br #nUCXUN J*RINTINQ CD. Omt?V, 8. C All Otrda of Thank*. Resolutions of BnpMl; Obltnertss, or notices of other lAm Mt ef public Interest, and all Mm cf a personal nature Is charged Isr aft the rate of one cent per word . tsr each Insertion. Such mrtter is A short trip the last few days by the editor clearly convinces him that much more than one half of the cotton crop has opened and has been gathered ' ?especially is this true where cotton was apparently planted early, and from every where the report is heard that the crop will fall far below expectation of even a few weeks ago. Everybody is complaining of the abundance of mosquitoes in town Must be coming from the Pee Dei river. There is pretty good evidenct of this, for a certain Cheraw man sayf he was bitten the other night by r snaggle-tooth mosquito which he lm mediately recoguiged as being the sami mosquito that bit him last spriiq while he was fishing just above th< water plant. Vrancels Joseph, einperor of Austrlj and king of Hungary, 85 years old, hai resigned for almost sixty-seven years Not for thirty centuries, slpce the grea Rameses relgne<l in the land of thi Pharaohs, also for sixty-seven years has there been a sovereign who ha been so long in actual possesion of i Huoim. A No doubt life would be one granti in the \ *? Pnb^^^^^Heek in the Manu facturera^^^^^V South Carol iuj -leads all States, her increas< ' ^ ^HPent over last year'i supply. Georgia and Texas rank sec ond, each showing a net gain of 1( per cent. West Virginia shows th< inallMt irnln Whin U??f? i , . . ?- o?-- t |uto utauc Iiitieuwu its percentage by only 2. New Mex tco and Arlsona also shows an increase of 20 per cent The gain for the three 'States is Nearly three (times greater than the average increase foi the United States as a whole. If you can steer a ship of state Through {troubled {waters narrow, And save your country from a fate A BIG |A)AN UNDER WAY. Alike of European War Want To Borrow Billion Dollars The Allies asked: A credit loan of $1,000,000,000. An interest of not more than 5 per cent, Including expenses. Inclusion of all exi>orts in usee to which credit may be put. Admitting Russia into unparticpation In the benefits of the loan. America offers: A credit loan of $500,000,000. An interest rate of 5 per cent, plus, to the Investor, excluding excuses. Exclusion of purchases of munitions, restricting credit to commodities. Requiring that separate arrangements he mmle fr?r Pnoulo What the parties agree to: That no collateral shall be required for the loan, the Joint credit of (Jreat Brltlan and France being held sufficient. That the bonds shall l>e payable on maturity In dollars, not in ]>ounds sterling or francs. That the bonds shall run for Ave years, and that then they shall be convertible into fifteen or twentyyear bonds, bearing a lower rate of Interest That the money to lie raised by the credit loan shall remain in this country. ; try and be spent solely for goods purchased in this country. k A TRIP TO THE OLDEST CHURCH i IN THIS COUNTRY. [ Oeofge W. Hooks. 1 In Chdborn, N. C., Herald. A good many of yon will, no doubt, ' question, tbe truth of a few assertions that I am about to make regarding the , oldest church In this country and its t surroundings as they stand today * within a stones throw of the main line f of the leading railway comiiauy of the south and right near where one of the greatest rivers in the world with its neverendlng stream of rippling waters flow in majestic splendor toward the 1 Queen of all the waters of the earth. ' I say you will question it Never-theless I am writing as I saw it, and as it ( was told to me l>y people who claim to know. Imagine yourself on a moving train xne of the twentieth century kind, with steel cars, electrically lighted drawn by a latest model Baldwin, and playing , through Mi>ace to the time and of "a nile a minute" accompanied by the comfort and pet there idea" Imagine , ourself going over the same trail that 1 the old stage coaches from New York , 1 to New Orleans traveled dally a bund1 red years ago and more. Het It in your 1 head that you are going to stop off and , spend the night there in the same town. In the same tarven, and In all probUllties the same room where your great grand-father slep, and right where he , buckled on Ms sword ?to 'fight the Hrltlsh. Then nil at once your hear , the muffed sound of the engine whistle , the door opens?narkey In a blue unls form with a dinky cap, enters and calls i out "Chernw!" Instantly you catch . up your traveling bag and make a bolt > *or the door. You want to he on the *i>ot when the train halts, and you are. ? You deeend a flight of step out on to the conductors footstool, one more step md you hit the plain hard ground, so j there you are confronted with a typleal southern town, of thirty-five hun| dred people, with streets a hundred feet I wlede with three rows of trees eight miles of them, and styled as "the ! nrettlest town in Dixie." B You go down to the dining room?a . clear flowing signature down on the 111 register, aide of that you put the name! 1 of the state and the name of. ttMOHU I In which you lire. I^oTJBIW right the You go down to the dinning room?a 1 large comfortable dining room with 1 walls that rise high with pictures and * flowers and you get one of the l>est 1 meals the south affords. The cake# ; are just the thing, the biscuits and * eofTec are the same as mother makes " at home, the corn flakes, the eggs, the * ham and the everything else that it f takes to satisfy the appetite of a hungry man. Your cai>aclty having been reached, J and probably expended a little, you turn ayay at the same time you may notice a little sticker on the wnll as an Idle curiosity seeker, you proceed to rend it Probably it reads "Visit Col. McArthur's fSrnve" nr it- mow "See the Hartzell house 1800?headquarters of Gen. Sherman 1865 while on his march through this Rectlon," but the largest one?the one arresting your attention for good, Is the one Inviting you to see "St. Davids Episcopal * church of England?the oldest original church In this jmrt of the uountry. Your curiosity Is aroused at that. The little house on Huger stree In whlhh .Tames Thornwell the great Presbyterian divlness was brought up and educated loses Its charm. You are determined to see that church. You hike out down a winding street, with hungry eyes Going up to the buluetln hoard at the depot you find the trnln by which vou will depart due at eight-fifty Is reported one hpur and forty-five mln- 1 utes Inte. Any one with two days road efperlenee knows that to mean two hours, a tleast, so you have plenty of time, or I did. 1 Yes sir It was an old church when 1 was a child and I am sivty now, said a nut looking ruddy complexionod man 1 to me in answer to my inquiry, as he 1 struggled his shoulders and tried to { draw his Iron gray head deep in his 1 over coat collar, a long yellow coat that covered htm right down to the ground. lie gazed at the wooden cross that seems to be the last piece of | material nailed up and which It takes to complete the job. It overlooks everything else around It. High up 011 the very top af the steeple it stands. It has stood there for a century and a half, do there a thousand years frtwi now and you will see it. Yes sir, we look at It, and the longer we look, the higher it seems to aim. We stand there nnd gaze in its direction till we are tired. We want to see what its like. We thin': wc have seen something like S / aake It but we havn't No we couldn't 0 nuke one liye it either. It* a type of he original, the one designed by the LI mighty Himself, the ooe ou which ** lie son Jestis was crucifled more than V ilnteen hundred years ago, and in its ? >resence you lose sight of your own b leraonallty. Plain as day?Just as it b vawttfter the din of battle, and exactly J; he same as when Coruwallis' soldiers t< mder Col. McArthur used it as a hos- J [>ital?this church stands?its ?very o lay the sauie. We get right up at it, u ve forget who we are, we don't care v inythlng about that What we want L s to see all there is to it, so we take a t ittle view of the cross up up yonder, j; [t Is just so long from where it leaves he top to Its extremity? i piece that traverses the horizontal i haft Is the very same at both ends * here's no difference. Opening the t loor and going inside Wo came to spot \ svhere some of our i?r??nt-eront crand- i fathers worshlpi>cd. We see the ualls > they drove with their own hands, and i the benches where there their wives,? jur great-grand mothers sat with old i ?rny bonnet covered hekds and eagerly I listened to the truth a: i it was told in ] the good old days. Yes and we see the i ipot where they kneeled down away back yonder in seven! pen sirty-elgbt I when tlioy dedicated 11 to Him?the i great Rector of all the churches in the i world, and in that hoi r hush we pay homage to those who proceeded us. There is 110 pulpit You could not make n gold one and ?rry it inside. The main object is to k jep it as it is? the very heart of longreaf pine. If a board decays there is another put in Its place, nailed Just precisely where the other was; and so complete is the job that you couhl'nt tell tlint any change had been made. Going outside where the tombs are almost too thickly placed to step, nil proceeds to view them and tike n few intjcriptlons. They are absolutely nil round the building everywhere. Over at (he gate under .? brick mound is the gi Te of Col. McArthnr?commander of mo 71st Scotch Regiment in the Revoi(ion. He was second in command of Clrnwallis' army at Oowpens and Gullflf"d Courthouse. His last resting placet 1. marked with a birch tomb. On the I ith side is the first Confederate moiiaent ever erected. We go there an^ftok at it, it is nmncwi lugr UUKSII lUKt'3 Until honor In keeping allnft deeds, and I IKL^'J tncnrw Mlshdji ffSF ne was rector of this church #t?*he received this npi>oiiitment Then lwe are at tracted by the tomb of (liief Justice Henry Mclver right a bout) in the path >f the skirmish of Gen. li>gan of the Federal army and Gen. Hirdee of the Confederates on March 3rl 1865 and here we And the last rstiiK place of alKMit fifty Confederates wh? fell. Directly in front, the largee*, the one bringing tears to the dryesl eyes is where fifty English soldiers, after dying in the church" while it serve<l as a hospital, are hurried in one gitive. We move over to the corner of the clinrch vard and view the place where Mr. William Rohblns?the great philanthropist whose old home was in Roston?sleeps his last sleep. On his I tomb we read the epitaph written by his own hand. I get down on my knees 1 and rend every word. I am careful to 1 get in every word-and mnrk them Jnst ' like he made them: < "My name?my country?what are 1 they to thee. What?whether high or low my 1 pedigree. 1 Perhaps?I far {surpass all (other 1 men! Perhaps?I fell below them all? 1 what then? Suffice is Htrnnger, thou seest a TOM II? Thou knowest its use?it hides?no matter whom." So gentle reader, as I view these tilings, and have viewed them?perfect ipiiet?when the shadows of night with ' the glimmer of the moon made one scene too glorious to last?and as heretofore stated?I am not suprlsed at my and my reasoning jxiwer becoming vocabulary shrinking into nothingness worked and as I think of them I l?e rnuiv unit' i itriMiKiil.v Clllivmewl tlUlt ' the task of describing tliem is too 1 difficult a problem for a lone man to 1 nolve. 1 ??? l JAMES TOY ; Handwork Laundry , I ^ I WORK CALLED FOR AND ' DELIVERED I All Work Must Re Paid For On ' Delivery \ reat Struggle of War Now Going On. ( The r.v.nt day of tlie grout struggle etweeu the All lew and Germans in the ^est la still in progress. The trltlsli lost one vessel in a sea battle ^ eguu at the same time as the laud attle. The forces of England and 'rauce are inuking a mighty effort j drive Gerinuus back, while Lussla is apparently holding her own n the other side. The next few duys jay bring forth decisive results in the world's mightiest war. The following s a synopsis of yesterday's news and here is nothing special in today's dislutches: , Twenty thousand uuwounded Gernuu prisioners and an uuestimated lumber of dead and wounded on both ] tides is the toll taken in the lirst two lays drive of the Anglo-French forces vho have begun a great offensive inoveneut along the western buttle Hue, fliiolt ikvtmiilu frnm tint Vni'tli tn it U1VU A*V4U 44VAU VUV 4tvt vu tJt-U IV .be Swiss frontier. Two distlctive operation are under way, one north of Arras and the other , in the Champagne region, while there . baa been an incessant bombardment along almost the entire front Both the British and French have , been successful, currying trenches extending over a distance of 20 - miles and a depth varying up to two and a half miles. It is officially reported Imth from Purls and London that the advantage is still beiug continued, and tliut the ground gained in large measure lius been held and consolidated. Berlin ndmits the retirement of the German force at various points but minimizes the result of tho engagements. For several weeks the British and French artMery have been pouuding liercely and continously at the German line. The foward movement of the infantry itegan Saturday movnuig when thousands of Allied troor- threw themselves against German trenches in which, thought battered and toorn by heavy shells, the Germnns waited, having long exiiected the onslaught Much ?f the fighting wus at close range, hand tc hand encounters being carried from trench to trench. The heavy artillery jontinued to poor forth a rain of heavy projectiles, while nviators took the uir to direct the fighting and themselves engaged in many combats. in addition to Having captured scu hez, a much disputed point of vantage, the French have succeded In miles to the rear. This offensive Is still In progress. The British gains have been made to the north of Arras. They have tukcn the town of Loos and the quarries northwest of llalluch, and have complied the Germans to draw on their reserves to check to advance. For the time lieing the dramatic development of events in the West have overshawoded those in the Eastern theatre, where the Russians have stayed the progress of the AustroCermans at many pints, and have apperentl.v succeeded in getting themselves well In hand for futlier offensive and defensive aperatlons. The quick answers of Greece to Bulgarians moblization lias probably been a factor in clearing the atmosphere with resjKH't to Bulgaria's Intentions. The Bulgarian Government has notified the Powers that the mohltzntion of the Bulgarian army was ordered in the National interests and that It was not Intended as an offensive measure. Individual mebers of the Bulgarian Government also have i?xpresse<l themselves to the same effect. Nevertheless, both Greee and Roumania continue to make ready for iny eventuality. lute Wins Over Cotton In Postoffice Department. Washington, Sept, 27.?Jute instead tf cotton twine will 1h? used bby the I'ostofTiee Department during the year leginning November 1, for tying leters. The contract for furnishing jute ius been awarded the Ludlow mauu'acturing Association of Boston, Mass., it $<M)PP a iHUind deemed to l>e the owest bid for furnishing either jute i?r cotton submitted to the Department. Cotton is being used this year it *0.132.'$. The cotton twine (bidders jwere: l ten uniont Manufacturing Company,, Spartanburg, S. C., at *0.1687; Glencoe 'otton Mills. (\ilunil>ia, S. at *0-165 mil the Lancaster Cotton Mills, Lnn iister. S. (\, at $0.15875. Subsequent to the opening of the l?ids the Lancaster Mills was iH'rmittod upon Its repiest to withdraw its Idd. During the year 2,500,000 |x>unds of into twine will l?e used by the Do- . artnient. Cotton now is heing used. The jute contract amounts to $217. 00. i Subscribe To The C'nro!ilcle iasoline Explosion Kills 31 and Injures 200. ^ war aot Ardomore, Okla., Sept 26?At leas/ Hi >1 persons were killed and injured serl- tUr >usly here this afternoon when n 250 kno' tabrrel tank ear of gasoline exploded n the heart of the business district P*W rhe (force of the explosion shook lown many buildings and threw buru- Cnr< ng gasoline In every direction. A few Seal ninutes Ardimore was at the inercy >f score of fires. At 8 o'cloek the F. ires were under control and the city Bq1 vas under martial law. The proi>erty loss Is estimated at Iw t| 1500,000. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE ti, UNITED STATES FOK THE tary EASTERN DISTRICT OF has SOUTH CAROLINA elfJ? In The Matter Of R. Mcl Watts, CQrs Bankrupt. ' ChetTo the creditors of R. Mcl Watts, of it w Cheraw, in the county of Chesterfield out and District uforesald, a Bankrupt coun Notice is hereby given that on the of tl 21st day of Septeinl?cr A. D. 1015, the said R. Mcl Watts was duly adjudicated a Bankrupt and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held ut the office of Stevenson & Prince, Cheraw S. C., 011 the (>th day of October A. D.. 0< 1015, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon at which time the said Creditors may at- a roc tend, prove their claims, appoint a Oct*) Trustee, examine the bankrupt and Coui transact such other business as may fron pr<?i>erly come before said meeting. Ing Robert J. Kirk Ri Referee in Bankruptcy .Teff? September 23. 1015. and nine HOW ABOUT YOUR MARKET? Jj1 trip I>o You Get Fresh Meat AT All "Bo< hum Times. Ei the thai DO YOU GET CHOICE CUTS AT sho, Fall 18 CENTS. IF NOT TRY So You J. A. HALL THE MARKET MAN day He Will Do All Of This For You = . STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, (_ County of Chesterfield. ^ Pursuant ^ to a decree heretofore granted in the case of W. F. Phillips against J. I. Viek, I will offer for sale Tl before the Court House door at Ches- tion tertield, S. C., on the first Monday in Frid October, same being the 4th, between at 9 the legal hours of sale, to the highest Tl bidder for cash, the following de- lowl scribed real estate, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or GraJ tract of land, in the above State and Civi< County bounded North by the Mon- ture roe and Chesterfield Public Rnnri A( East by land of Annie Vick; South and West by W. J. Brewer, same containing 16 acres, more or less. Qf g P. A. MURRAY. Jr., and Master Chesterfield County. bran grad MASTER'S SALE. raSe than the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, tlflc) County of Chesterfield. ^ In obedience to the order of Court ^ of Common Please for Chesterfield brail County, S. C., in the case of Bank of Cheraw., Plaintiff, vs. J. R. Teal, jr., C' Defendant, I will offer for sale at Chesterfield Court House within the *s a legal hours of sale on Monday, 4th '8 ai of September, 1915, the following real gog3 estate: All that certain tract of land, situate, lying and being in said State and County, containing^ one hundred acres, more or less, bounded on the North by land of Alex. Willis' estate, on the West by land of J. P. Polann. on the South by run of Juniper Creek, and on the East by Cow Branch ?the same being about three-quarters of a mile South-West of I'atrlck on both sides of the Seaboard Air Line Railway and was conveyed to the Bnid J. R. Teal, Jr., by John C. Wilks by deed dated 26th of January, 1911. Terms of sale?Cash, purchaser to flM pay for papers. P. A. MURRAY. Jr., V Master Chesterfield County. j September 10th, 1915. J ir ?t nrww ? ? H<;ii/in AilU n.irrini!i99 Ultil'liMU ** UPON YOUR LIVER. Tliat slugglish liver with its sluggish Wl Mow of bile is what makes the world ook so dark at times. Dr. King's New Life I'llls go straight to the root of the 'JPJ] iffieult.v by waking up the action of the iver and increasing the Idle. Dr. King's New Life Pills cause the Iwnvels to act more freely and drive away those 'moody days." 25c. a l>ottle. How's This? ' offer One Hundred Dollars Re< d for any case of Catarrh that canbe cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, all's Catarrh Cure has been taken oatarrh sufferers for the past ty-flve years, and has become irn as the most reliable remedy for irrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thrn Blood on the Mucous surfaces, exInf the Poison from the Blood and Ins the diseased portions. (ter you have taken Hall's Catarrh ? for a short time you will see a it Improvement in your general th. Start taking Hall's Catarrh a at once and get rid of catarrh. 1 for testimonials, tree. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio, d by all Druggists. 75c, le matter oi tne utiesiertjeia VQUQty Fair le following letter from the secreof the Chesterfield County Fair been received and Bjieaks for itale Chronicle hopes to see Che raw turn out enmass, and help iterfield boost the Fair.. Besides, 111 do Cheraw people good to get '' and see something of the great ty of Chesterfield, and meet some le best i>eople on earth. Chesterfield S. C., Sept 21, 1015. Editor The Chronicle Cheraw, S. C., ?ar Sir: There will be a "Bcostlng "trip ind Cliesterlleld County on Tuesday, iber 5th, in the interest of the nty Fair. The start will lie made i Chesterfield at 9 a. m. The follow towns will be visited: uby, Mt Croghan, Pageland, rson. MeBee, Middendorf, Patrick Cheraw. This will be a grand ty mile parade around the County, ry automobile owner in ChesterCoutity is invited to go on this , and to carry several of their osting'. friends with them. "One dred cars in line" is the slogan, mphasis is made of the fact that Fair is a COUNTY FAIR,?all . t the name pmpli^s. Every one lid be interested in the County r to be held Novemlier 9, 10, 11, 12. gee reaaj' to join tne "uoostere". are invited to go on this trip Tues, October 5 th. C. L. HUNLEY, Secretary. DR. O. H. PURVIS * Physician and Surgeon TEACHER'S EXAMINATION. y sm ie semi-annual teacher's examlnawill be held at the court house ay, Oct. 1st, beginning promptly o'clock. ie examination will cover the folng branches: Algebra, ArithmeHistor^ Geography, English mrnar, physiology and Hygiene, cs and Current Events, Agriculand Pedagogy, icording to the rules governing examination, as laid down by the e Board of Education, an average iO-per cent on the nine subjects not less than 50-per cent on any ich entitles the applicant to a first le certificate. A 70 per cent ave; on all the subjects and not less i 45 per cent on any one entitles applicant to a second grade cerate. general average of 60 per cent uot less man su per cent on any ich secures a third grade cerite to the applicant, ider tlie regulations one branch s important as another. Algebra 3 important as Agriculture, Pedar as important as Arithmetic. R. A. ROUSE, County Supte. of Education. Farm lliH; Engine World ullei-Johnson 'ite for special catalogue. ie Bailey-Lebby Co. Machinery and Supplies Charleston, S. C.