Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JtfeflHferatn^ljrimirlr i .v an iMMNir to tf Cktriw Barter fflal wa? aatebltoked Julj 9, 1IM, I wtered m B?cond Clua matter t Gberaw, B. a " , """ ~ __ <1 J. N. 8TXICKL.IN. t DAI tor and Huaiar. o _ - -i -TJ ? Published on Thursday % br ; OTIUCKUN i'RINTINQ CO. Caerpw. g. C , . I < All Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of i Baapeet, Obituaries, or notices of other I attars aet #f public Interest, and all ' aattesa cf a personal nature Is charged 1 far at the rate of one cent per word . isr each Insertion. Such mrtter Is at aasra A snort, trip Ulf HIM ish Iinj n uj the editor clearly convinces lilin that much more than one half of the cotton crop has opened and lias Ihmmi 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 l>e coming from the Pee Dee river. There is pretty good evidence of this, for a certain Cheraw man says he was bitten tho other night by a snaggle-tooth mosquito which he immediately recoguigcd as being the same mosquito that bit him last spring while he was Ashing just above the water plant Francels Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungnry, X5 years old, has resigned for almost sixty-seven years. Not for thirty centuries, since the great Rameses reigned In the land of the Pharaohs, also for sixty-seven years, has there been a sovereign who has been so long In actual possesion of a throne. - ? ... No doubt life would be one grand, I IKmI. in the are publ^^^^^^^Kek in the facturera^^^^^^F South Carolina . leads all States, her increase being 20 ^^Hsent over last year's supply. Georgia anil Texas rank second, each showing a net gain of 10 per cent. West Virginia shows the smallest gain; ^hls State increased its percentage by only 2. New Mexico and Arizona also shows an increase of 20 per cent The gain for the three 'States 1h ^nearly three ftlmes greater than the average increase for the United States as n whole. If you can steer a ship of state Through ^troubled ^waters narrow, And save your country from a fate A BIG J.OAN UNDER WAY. Allies 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 i>er cent, including expenses. Inclusion of all ex|R?rts in uses to ( which credit may be put. , Admitting Russia into unparticpa- , tlon 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 exitenses. i Exclusion of purchases of muni- i tions, restricting credit to commodities. Requiring that sepurutc arrangements be made for Russia. ; What the parties agree to: > That no collateral shall he required . for the loan, the joint credit of Croat < Britian and France being held suffi- t clent. l That the bonds shall he payable on c maturity in dollars, not in ]>ounds n sterling or francs. t That the bonds shall run for five e years, and thnt then they slial1 1k? t convertible into itftoon * v.. I." Clll^ - J 1 year bonds, bearing a lower rate of li interest n That the money to be raised by the l< credit loan shall remain in this conn- h tfy. J a try and be spent solely for goods pur- t chased In this country. V s m { TRIP TO THE OLDEST CHURCH mi IN THIS COUNTRY. "J ' A1 Ceofge W. Hooks. H In Chdbora, N. C., Herald. pc A good many of you will, uo doubt, u th luestlon, the truth of a few assertions u| hat I am nbout to make regarding the j,| ldest church ill this country aud Its dt urroiiudtngs as they stand today w vitliln a stones throw of the mala line ai is >f the leading railway company of the touth and right near where one of the rreatest rivers in the world with Its 14 levereinllng stream of rippling waters 11 low in majestic splendor toward the 1,1 :jueen of all the waters of the earth. I soy you will question it Never-theess I nm writing as I sow It, and as it ivhs told to me by people who claim to w fr know. tl Imagine yourself on a moving train tl uie of the twentieth century kind, with iteel oars, electrically lighted drawn by n latest model Baldwin, and playing through space to the time and of "a nilo n minute" accorai>anied by the sj 'comfort and get there idea" Imagine ourself going over the same trail that vv 'lie ohl stage coaches from New York ^ to New Orleans traveled daily a hundred years ago and more, set it in your j head that you are going to stop off and spend the night there in the same town, in the same tarven, and In all prob- rj< Mllties the same room where your groat ^ rraml-father slop, and right where he jy buckled on Ms sword >to 'fight the ^ British. Then all at once your hoar t| the muffed sound of the engine whistle j( fho door opens?nnrkey in n idue uniform with a dinky cap. enters and calls ?nt "Ohernw!" Instantly you catch up your traveling hag and make a bolt t or the door. You want to lie 011 the ,t <|Hit when the train halts, and you are. n You deeeud a flight of step out on to , the conductors footstool, one more step 1 ind you hit flic plain hard ground, so j there you are confronted with a typ- ^ leal southern town, of thirty-five hun Ired people. with stroots a hundred feet \ wiede with three rows of trees eight miles of them, and styled as "the f nrettlest town In Dixie." ? You go down to the dining room?a x clear flowing signature down on the 1 register, side of that you put the name i | of the state and the name of the town < ,!n which you live. You draw a luk tMfl right the r You go down to the dinning room?a f large comfortahle dining rim with * walls that rise high with pictures and 1 flowers and you get one of the l?est * meals the south affords. The cake# f are just the thing, the biscuits and '' "offeo are the same as mother makes '? 'it home, the corn flakes, the eggs, the r ham and the everything else that It h takes to satisfy the appetite of a hun- v gr.v man. b Your capacity having been reached, ^ and probably expended a little, you " turn ayay at the same time vou may x 4I _ 1IA41 A, . .. V ?>mr it 1111 it* sucKer on tne wall as nil ' Idle curiosity seeker, you proceed to a rend It. Prohalily It rends "Visit Col. ^ McArthur's (.rave" or It may rend "Sis? the Hartzell house 1800?head- ^ quarters of (Jen. Shermnn 1805 while " 011 his march through tills section," hut c the largest one?the one arresting your '' attention for good. Is the one Inviting you to see "St. Davids Episcopal rhurch of England?the oldest orlginnl rhurch In this jmrt of the uountry. P Your curiosity Is aroused at that. The little house on linger stree in wlilhh 11 Tnmes Thornwell the grent Presbyterian diviness was hrought up and edu- w ?nted loses its clinrm. You are determined to see that church. You hike ^ nit down a winding street, with hungry ?yes doing up to the huluetin hoard at n the dejwt you find the train hy which rou will depnrt due at eight-fifty Is re tl Mirted one hpur and forty-five mill- M ites late. Any one with two days road 1' 'fjierlence kuows that to mean two si lours, a tlcnst, so you have plenty of t? Ime, or I dhl. ?11 Yes sir it was an old church when I v' vav a child and I am slvty now, said w i lint looking ruddy complexioned man ? me in answer to my in<|uiry, as lie Irc.ggled Ills shoulders and tried to ' I raw his iron gray head deep in his ?ver eoat collar, a long yellow coat hat covered him right down to the Xt.uud. lie gazed at the wooden ross that seems to lie the last piece of naterial nailed up and wlilch it takes o complete the job. It overlooks >very thing else around It. High up oil lie very top af the steeple it stands, t has stood there for a century and a inlf. (Jo there a thousand years from mw and you will see it. Yes sir, we Dok at It, and the longer we look, the iglier it seems to aim. We stand there nd gaze in Its direction till we are Ired. We want to see what its like. Vc thin': we have seen something like ake It but we havu't No wo couldn't ake one llye it either. lt? u *yiH! ?* e original, the one designed by the [mighty Himself, the one on which is son Jesus was crucified more than nteen hundred years ago, and in its esence you loso sight of your own >rsonality. iMaln as day?Just as it as-after the din of little, and exactly ie same as when Cornwallis' soldiers ider Col. McArthur used it us a hosItul?tills church stands?its ?very ly the suine. We get right up at it, e forget who we ure, we don't care lythlug ubout that. What we want to see all there is to it, so we take a ttie view of the cross up up yonder. ; is just so long from where it leaves ie top to its extremity? ie<-e that traverses the horizontal in ft is the very same at both ends lore a no difference. Opening the :>or niu] going inside Wo came to Hi?ot here some of our great-great granditliers worshlpixxl. We see the nails ley drove with their own hands, and le lienehes where there their wives,? ur great-grand mothers sat with old ray bonnet covered hearts and eagerly stoned to the truth a; It was told In le good old days. Yes and we see the riot where tlie.v kneeled down away nek yonder in seven) een sixty-eight hen they dedicated 11 to Him?the rent Hector of all the churches in the orld, and in that liol r hush we pay omage to those who proceeded us. "here is no pulpit. You could not inke a gold one and mrry It inside. Tie main object Is to k ?ep it ns It Is? tie very heart of longl'eaf pine. If a onrd (lcays there is another put In rs place, nailed just precisely where lie other was; and so complete is the nli that you eould'nt tell that any hange had been made, tiding outside here the tombs are almost too thickly laced to step, all proceeds to view hem and take n few imjeriptions. They re absolutely all round the building verywliere. Over at the gate under brick mound Is the gi ve of Col. MeIrtliur?commander of pie 71st Scotch tcgimcnt in the Kevotiion. He was ivi piiiiiimi ml i\t riiPtiwollk-' ortiiv it Cowpens and Cullfltl Courthouse, lis last resting piacefli inarke<l with i hlrch tomb. On the loth side is the irst Confederate moilftent ever er>cted. We go there an^ftok at it. it is milked any others h8 takes first lonor in keeping allve^K deeds, and nemory of the meQ wj^Btfved in t \>nfederate arnw^JB fctontof fnstn?nr^Blshop oflMU. He was ector of this church whn he received his api>olntment. Then twe are at ractcd hy the tomb of (jiief Justice lenry Mclver right about jin the path f the skirmish of (len. Lagan of the federal army and Oen. Hirdee of the Y>n federates on March 3ri 1865 and lere we find the last rsting plaice of lmnt fifty Confederates whb fell. I)ieetl.v in front, the largeesi, the one ringing tears to the dry est eyes is .here fifty English soldiers, after dy ng In the church" while it served as a ospitnl. are hurried in one grtive. We tove over to the corner of tlie church ard and view the place where Mr. nillani Itohhins?the great plillnthropist whose old home was in Coston?sleeps his last sleep. On his ;>nib we read the epitaph written hy is own hand. I get down on my knees nd read every word. I ant careful to et In every word and mark them just ke he made them: Of. - * ? lining?my country?wnat ure liey to thee. What?whether high or low my edigree. Perhaps?I far Jsurpuss all father len! Perhaps?I fell Ik?1ow them all? hat then? Suffice Is stranger, thou seest a (>MH? Tliou knowest Its use?it hides?110 latter whom." So gentle reader, as I view these lings, and have viewed them?perfect uiet?when the shadows of night with in glimmer of the moon made one one too glorious to last?and as here fore stated?I am not suprlsed at my nd my reasoning power becoming nonbiliary shrinking into nothingness orkcd and as I think of them I be me more throughly convinced that ie task of describing them is too IfT.cnlt :i prohlom for 11 1o?p man to >1 vp. JAMES TOY Handwork Laundry WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED All Work MuHt Bp Raid For On Delivery Great Struggle of War Now Going On. Gi The third buy of the grout struggle between the Allies and Germans in the West la still In progress. The British lost oue vessel in a sea battle begun at the same time as the laud <ni buttle. The forces of England and ^ France are muking u mighty effort T] to drive Germans buck, while ^ ltussiu is apparently holding her own on the other side. The next few days ! 111! may bring forth decisive results in the . world's mightiest war. The following ^ Is a synopsis of yesterday's news and there is nothing special in today's disputches: Twenty thousand unwouuded German prlsioners and an unestimated number of deud and wounded on both i> sides is the toll taken in the lirst two ilnvs ili'ivo of tile Aliiflo-Fr??iii*h fnrpw-j , who have begun a great offensive movement along the western battle line, which extends from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier. Two distietive operation are under way, one north of Arras and the other in the Champagne region, while there n, has been an incessant bombardment along almost the entire front. 2] Both the British and French have S1 lieen successful, carrying trenches ex- u tending over a distance of 20 miles o] and a depth varying up to two and a j, half miles. It is officially rei?orted both from Burls and London that the j< advantage is still being continued, and w that the ground gained in large rneas- tl tire litis been held ami consolidated. q Berlin admits the retirement of the tl (ierinau force at various i?oints but j, minimizes the result of the engagements. For several weeks the British and French art'dery have been lKtuuding liercely and continously at the (Jeriuan line. Tlte foward movement of the in- 1 fantry began Saturday mo.-mng when thousands of A11 ied troor. threw themselves against Cerman trenches in which, thought battered and toorn by q heavy shells, the (iermans waited, having long expected the ouslunght. Much >f the lighting was at close range, hand tc hand encounters being carried from trench to trench. The heavy artillery 'ontinued to poor forth a ruin of heavy projectiles, while aviators took the air to direct the lighting ami themselves engaged in many combats. In addition to having captured Scu hez, a much disputed point of vantage, the French have sueceded hi MBOKmrn w trenches, two or three miles to the rear. This offensive is still in progress. The British gains have been made to the north of Arras. They have K taken the town of Loos and the quar- a ries northwest of Ilalluch, and have '' coiuitclled the Germans to draw on *( their reserves to check to advaueo. ^ For the time being the dramatic " development of events in the West ^ have oversliawoded those in the Fast- s ern theatre, where the Russians hare stayed the progress <,f the AustroGermans at many points, and have *apperently succeeded in getting them- r selves well In hand for father olTen- ? sive and defensive alterations. a The quick answers of Greece to 11 Bulgarians mohlization has prohahly been a factor in clearing the atmosphere with res|tect to Bulgaria's Intentions. The Bulgarian Government has notified the Powers that the innblization of the Bulgarian army was ordered in the National interests and that it was not Intended as an offensive measure. Individual melters of the Bulgarian Government also have ? expressed themselves to the same of- ^ feet. Nevertheless, hoth Greco and ^ Itoumanin continue to make ready for any eventuality. ^ 1( o ?Iute Wins Over Cotton In rostofTiee el Department. a1 C Washington, Sept, i!7.?.Jute instead :l1 of cotton twine will he used hliy the ^ I'ostoft'ice Department during the year ?' he^innin^ November 1, for tyinj; let- 01 ters. The contract for furnishing jute has lieen awarded the Ludlow luanufacturin^ Association of Doston, Mass., ?' at .<().(??> a pound deemed to he the ^ lowest hid for furnishing either jute ^ or cotton submitted to the Depart- 8! nient. Cotton is heiiiK used this year at $0.13?J. The cotton twine '.bidders (were: ' I tea union t Manufacturing; Company^ 1 Spartanburg. S. at |0.1(JS7; Olencoe |Cotton Mills. Columbia, S. C? at $0-10T? : unl tin* I.ancaster Cotton Mills, I.an I caster. S. C? at 2?0.15S7i?. Subseipient 1 I to (he opening of the bids the Iat liens t??r Mills was |ierniittod upon its re <1 liest to withdraw its hid. ,, nl During th?' year 2,.?<MUHM> |Miunds of jute twine will Ik? used hy the De- j ^ partmeiit. Cotton now is being used. The jute oontraet amounts to $217.- . (KX>. iv in Subscribe To Tiie Chronh'lo 1 tsoliiie Explosion Kills 31 and Injures 200. Anlomore, Okia., Sept 20?At least persons were killed anil Injured aerlsly here this afternoon when a 250 hrrel tank ear of gascdine exploded the heart of the business district lie (force of the explosion shook un mono Imi1.ll.wru ..iwl ? IUUIIJ UUIIMJIIH^ * *? U1|U? IIU1I1' g gasoline in every direction. A few Unites Ardiiuore was at the mercy score of tires. At 8 o'clock the es were under control and the city tis under martial law. The projierty loss is estimated at >00,000. C Till] DISTRICT COURT OF THK UNITED STATES FOR TUB EASTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Matter Of R. Mcl Watts, Bankrupt. To the creditors of R. Mcl Watts, of beraw, in the county of Chestertield id District aforesaid, a Bankrupt Notice is hereby given tliut on the 1st day of September A. 1). 1015, the lid R. Mcl Watts was duly adjudicated Bankrupt, and tliut the lirst meeting f ills creditors will he held at the olT e of Stevenson & Prince, Cheraw S. '., on tin' <?th day of October A. I)., !)15, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon at hick time th?' said Creditors may atiMid, prove their claims, appoint a 'rustee, examine the bankrupt and ransact such other business as may roperly come before said meeting. Robert J. Kirk Referee in Bankruptcy September 1015. I0W ABOUT YOUR MARKET? Do You Get Fresli Meat AT AH Mines. I)() YOU C.ET CHOICE CUTS AT IS CENTS. IF NOT THY J. A. HALL THE MARKET MAN He Will Do All Of This For You Phone 188 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Chesterfield. Pursuant to a decree heretofore ranted in the case of \V. F. Phillips gainst J. I. Yick, I will offer for sale efore the Court House door at Chesprtield, S. ('., on the first Monday ill ictober, same being the 1th, between he legal hours of sale, to the highest lidder for cash, the following decribed real estate, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or ract of land, in the above State and 'ounty bounded North by the Monoe and Chesterfield Public Road; last by land of Annie Vick; South nd West by W. J. Brewer, same confining 16 acres, more or less. P. A. MURRAY. Jr., Master Chesterfield County. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Chesterfield. In obedience to the order of Court f Common Please for Chesterfield ounty, S. C., in the case of Hank of Iheraw, Plaintiff, vs. J. R. Teal, jr., tefendant, I will offer for sale ut hesterfleld Court House within the ?gal hours of sale on Monday, 4tti f September, 191 r?, the follo'ving real state: All that certain tract of land, situte, lying and being in said State and ounty, containing, one hundred cres, more or less, bounded on the orth by land of Alex. Wilks* estate, a the West by land of J. P. Poison, a the South by run of Juniper rucK. ami on tno La^t by Cow Branch -the same beinp about three-quarters r a mile South-West of Patrick on Dth sides of the Seaboard Air Line lailway and was conveyed to the lid J. R. Teal, Jr., by John ('. WMks y deed dated 26th of January. 1911. Terms of sale?Cash, purchaser to ay for papers. P. A. MURRAY. Jr., Master Chesterfield County. September 10th, 1915. EALTII AND HAPPINESS DEPEND UPON YOUR LIVER. That slupplisli liver with Its slavish o\v of bile Is what makes the world ok so dark at times. I")r. Kind's Now ife l'lils po straight to the root of the fTleulty by wakinp up the action of the rer and iucreasinp the bile. Dr. Klnp's ew Life TMIIs cause the bowels to act ore freely and drive away those noody days." 25c. a bottle. How's This P We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the Poison from the Blood and healing tho diseased portions. After you have taken Hall's Catarrh Cure for a short time you will see a great improvement In your general health. Btart taking Hall's Catarrh Cure at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio, Bold by all Druggists, 75c. In the Matter of the Chesterfield County Fair The following letter from the secretary of the Chesterfield Comity Fair has been received and Hjieaks for Itself: The Chronicle hopes to see Cheraw ears turn out enmass, and help Chesterfield boost the Fair.. Besides, it will do Cheraw people go<nl to get out and see something of the great county of Chesterfield, and meet some of the best jieople on earth. Chesterfield S. C., Sept. HI, 1015. Editor The Chronicle Cheraw, S. C., Dear Sir: There will be a "Bcwting "trip around Chesterfield County on Tuesday, Ortolier 5th, in the interest of the County Fair. The start will lie made from Chesterfield at 0 a. m. The following towns will be visited: Ruby, Mt Croghan, Pagelaiul, Jefferson. McBee, Middendorf, Patrick and Cheraw. This will be a grand ninety mile parade around the County. Every automobile owner in Chesterfield County is invited to go on this trip, ami to carry several of their "Boosting", friends with them. "One hundred ears in line" is the slogan. ID IUUUC U1 lllf llH'L lUllt the Fair is a COUNTY FAIR,?all , that Hit* name pmplif>s. Every one should he interested in the County Fair to lie held November 9, 10, 11, 12. So pet ready to join the "Boosters". You are invited to go on this trip Tuesday, October 5th. C. L. II UN LEY, Secretary. DR. O. H. TURVIS Physician and Surgeon Hotel CovingtonlBuMtoB 11" - IIMB "m* * -mmmm1 TEACHER'S EXAMINATION. The semi-annual teacher's examination will be held at the court house Friday, Oct. 1st. beginning promptly at U o'clock. The examination will cover the following branches: Algebra, Arithmetic\ History Geography, English Grammar, J'hysiology and Hygiene, Civics and Current Events. Agriculture and Pedagogy. According to the rules governing this examination, as laid down by the State Board of Education, an average of 80-per cent on the nine subjects and not less than 50-per cent on any branch entitles the applicant to a first grade certificate. A 70 per cent average on all the subjects and not less than 45 per cent on any one entitles the applicant to a second grade certificate. A general average of 60 per cent with not less than 40 per cent on any branch secures a third grade certiticate to the applicant. Under the regulations one branch is as important as another. Algebra is as important as Agriculture, Pedagogy us important as Arithmetic. R. A. ROUSE, County Supte. of Education. rh The Fuller-Johnson Write for special catalogue. The Bailey-Lebby Co. Machinery and Supplies Charleston, S. C. . .i " <i ?ii ?J