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Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C., OCTOBER 21, 1915 Number 51
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PLANS LARGE INCREASE IN BOTH
ARMY AND NAVY
Administration -Scheme -for -Defense
Virtallv Completed, Contemplates
Available Military Force of
685,000 Men and Addition of
Sixteen Capital Ships
Washington, Oct. 15.?The administration
programme for national defense
to e recommended to the forthcoming
session of congress proposing
t total expenditure on the army and
uevy next year of a out $400,000,000
virtually was completed tonight
Secretary Garrison's plan, approved
by the president, calls for an increase
of $75,000,000000 in the war depart
x J
incut's annual appropriation, io inused
for augmeuing the regular army
to 140,000 men an the creation of a
new continental army of 400,000 men,
which, together with the militia of
125,000. would give the United States
a military force in time of need of
665,000.
Approval was also given today to
the proiKisal of Secretary Daniels and
the general, board of the navy for a
Ave* year naval construction tprograiume
to cost $500,000,000, giving
the navy ten new dreadnoughts and
six battle cruisers as welll as more
than 70 submarines. 50 destroyers, tei
scout cruisers and a host of auxiliary
ships.
Secretary Daniels and members ol
the general board were in conference
until late tonight discussing the exact
number of ships to be recommended
for the first year and a plan for equalizing
the expenditures over the five
year period.
After the conference of Secretary
DaJnels, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
and the general bobard adjourned at
I , midnight, it l?ecame known that the
i-*val construction p?nsr
"Minnie K r ho iirst of five years had
; l?een decid.-d upon
I Two dreadnoughts, two battle cruisers,
25 coast submarines, five seagoing
submarines, 12 destroyers, and
| increase of 8,000 in personnel and the
j augmentation by 250 of the naval
Iaccademy student body.
Secretry Garrison has guarded
f carefully his plsn for strengthening
the military establishment and organizing
a great continental army for defense,
and virtually noting was
known of it until tonight,
iThe programme proposes:
000 strong, enlisted for six years for
Second: A continental army, 400.?
nmcant establishment.
P III IUC |>ftV7vMV
First: Regular army, 140,000 men,
(an Increase of more than 50,000 men
service within the continental United
States. These men would serve two
months a year for the first three years
with the colors," undergoing a period
of intensive training. The remaining
* three years they would he on furlough
subject to call in time of need.
It is estimated that 40,000 of th?
540,000 men thus provided for would
b be non-eonihantants of the medical
r corps, or other auxiliary forces not in
i eluded in the fighting line.
1 Besides this army would ,be tlv>
National Guard, now some 125,000
strong, whose number might l>e substantially
augmentated by the organir
zation of the continental army. The
plans contemplate the transfer of such
National Guard offilcers and men as
desires, it into the continatial army.
J and more liberal treatment of the
I guardsmen will be urged and the
ft increase of these State forces enW
couraged in every possible way.
| More Regular sAIso.
F Increases in the regular establish
[ ment contemplated are:
| Infantry, ten regiments; field artilI
lery, four regiments; coast artillery.
I 52 companlnes; engineer CCOrps. 15
I companies; avatlon corps. two
L detachmenments.
| All the new commands would be
? *? -1 cfrnnfrth A fin
1 OrKJIIlWU it? in-n< r .
quate supplies of small arms and
field cans and howitzers and of reservo
ammunition for the Enlarged
establishment would lie sought.
The plan is ereeted on the theory
that the nation must depend on a
citizen armv. largely of a volunteer
character, in tide r.f war.
With six months' actual field trainIns
armv officers are confident that
the continental army would he as
thoroughly orsanizezd as is possible
with any system sliort of compulsory
service and a regular establishment
of half a million men.
Officers for the new armv would
LIST OF JURORS
Who Will Serve At Fall Terra Court
Common Pleas.
FIRST WEEK JURORS
Cheraw Township Old Store Township
T. W. Belk J- T C5 "
T. P. Harrall J0', n .? j P
Robt. Teal J- ? ?n??d*e '
S. W. White l'- ? Frice
L. A. Meiklejohn R D- Dee8e
Jefferson Township
Court House ... n c?.
Township ^ m xi ,p
J. T. Horton
J. M. Rivers J,. F; Mr^oum
M. M Allen W L- Cat0
p T.' Hurst" ' Alligator Township
L. Q. Lisenby J. P. Morrison
C. F. Stafford A. H. Holins
G. C Blackweil
J. W. Horton
Mt. Croghan
Township steer Pen Township
T. C. Griggs ]'u*? ?j[d
H. F. Gulledge J- R- tfriggs
D. H.BTucker | Cole HU1 Township
H. C. Gibson H. P. Rasco
H. Jackson Sellers D. L. Campbell
J. H. Rivers I W. T. ilks
SECOND WEEK JURORS
' Cheraw Township jemrson i?*uimr
I L. A. Rice D. A. Martin
, B. R. Spencer J. C. Millar
H. A. Burch J. W. Uolllr.B
Geo. M. Walters R. !. Lownry
V. H. Kendall It. H. Garland
Court House Alligator Township
1 Township
L. P. Hill
J. H. ben-rs j, d. Morrison
J. W. Burr B. H. Turaage
D. C. Thorrell \V. K. McManus
; C. C. Morgan E. C. Kdgeworth
Jim B. Rivers
A. O. Griggs
Steer Pen Township
Mt. Croghan j. E. 0. Pender
i Township j w rone#
H. "V. Lowry J. B. Chapman
?V. '1. Ratliff
? j/Grave" Cole H1U T?*nshlP
j Old Store Township Jf. H. CUrk
it. P. Smith M. A. Kelley
W. Hicks 1. C. Cassidy
| 11. 3. Mane J. E. Williams
A Growing Evil.
One of the many growing emu of
this country today is the city department
store. In our town, where *e
have the best of stores, the most honorable
merchants, and where good*
afford a respectable living to our business
men, thousands of dollars are
annually sent to the department stores
of our great cities. Farmers expect
I?nnv them a fancy
,|UUI HlCIVUauv.7 vv f-v ?
price for butter, eggs and poultry, for
their pumpkins, potatoes, apples and
tomatoes, and then they take the
. money received from our home merchants
and senl it to a city department
store. There is neither economy
or honor in such a manner of doing
business. You can write it down in
your hat that as a rule the city department
store is a swindle. Our
citizens who patronize them should
be compelled to ship their butter and
-isnq b }ou sj eaaqx 'uiaiu oi s32a
ness man in our town who will not
duplicate their prices for the same
quality of goods, anl he who turns
down his home merchants to patronize
these fakirs is far from being a
loyal, patriotic and goodcitizen.
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I
/'ie obtained from civil life almost entirely
as the West Point academy
vould lie overtaxed even to supply
vflflcers for the increased regular
army. Even at present not more
than half the officers of the army
ire West Point graduates and an
'xtenslon of the work at West Point
would be required to care for the
new regiments to Ik? created.
..Supply of Officers
For the contintal army, the plan
on templates drawing from the
National Guard and from educational
institutions where military training
:s complusory at least 1.000 officers
i year for each of the first two years.
Eventually it is hojied that all military
schools in the country can be
standardsrdbscd as to their courses
In engineering and other military sciences.
The new army would he organized
Ill lUinrilirill ^ v^uii'iin ?u *t?wnn/nn
and on the theory that its members
could he citizens of the districts in
for Regular places of mobilization
and for storage of equipment for each
company would be provided and every
man of the force would know where
to go and what he was exj>ected to
da when a eall to arms came. The
six year enlistment contract would
bind him to answer any call to the
colors regardless of personal affairs.
While under training the men of
the continental army would receive
the regular army pay.
In the lH?ginning the new army
would be organized by companies and
later would lie constitutes! into regiments.
brigades, divisions and army
corps as they devek p in the vnlous
sections of country.
y n -r?m?g?-?% .-^nrxt
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CUTTING RATES OF NATIONAL
BANKS
John Skelton Williams, (comptroller
of the currency, defended last
week before the .Kentucky Bankers'
Association his efforts to force national
banks to reduce their interest
charges to borrowers during the days
of stress in the financial and business
world which followed the outKmaaI?
<v# #1?<\ ViiMAliaati ii'O??
i/nj?r\ ui 111C rimujruau na?.
Of the 7.615 national hanks in the
country, Mr. Williams declared, 1,020
have sent in detailed reixirts showing
that they have received an average of
10 i>er cent or more on loans. He cited,
without Jgiving names, instances in
which the rate ran up to 40,60,100.
|kt cent. In one case?that of a woman
who I sorrowed $3.50 for six days
?he said the hank charged one dollar,
or 2,400 per cent.
"These hanks," said Mr. Williams,
To an extent at least, they have behind
them the sanction, the prestige
and the protection of the great American
nation?and lending $3.50 for six
days to a washerwoman or a laborer's
or a fanner's wife, at 2,400 per cent.
"As somebody once said of druggists'
profits on powdered chalk, it
Deposit yoi
The Bank
CheraT
STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER
SV) compou
X *n sav^ni
gets out of the range of jtereentage in
to larcency from the person. Three
hundred i>or cent will make anarchists
silently, faster than all the I. W. W.
apostels who can bawl. When national
hanks chartere<l by the government
disnpiK)int and deprive toil of its just
reward, and stimulate resentment, we
have prepared and fertilized the soil
for a fearful crop of disaster. We can
not persuade ourselves or make others
believe that it is right or safe for
banks to charge 100 i>er cent a year,
while the producing peoplet abou
them are kept poor. I know of such
hnnk* i <].> not intend to stand for
tliem If I CHi) help it. The country
will not stand for them."
GREAT BRITAIN NEEDS THREE
MILLION MEN
Useless to Talk of Wearing Germany
Out, Says Director of Recruiting.
London, Oct. 17.?"Great Britain
needs 8,000,000 more men by spring."
This declaration was made today by
Brig. Gen. Sir Erie Swayne, director of
recruiting in the northern command,
in a speech at Hull. Gen. Swayne
estimated that Germany still has between
$.000,000 and 10.000,000 men
from the ages of IK to 45 and that,
therefore, it is useless to talk about
wearing out Germany.
In the spring, said Gen. Swayne, Ger*
* * iUn.t tLn
many woum lose inure men uum hk
allies, which would Italance the nmn1kw?
of the allies an<l the central
I towers, hut if Great Britain should
raise 3.000,0(10 men additional, Germany
probably would recognize that
jqflg oj onnijuo.) 04 ssoujujj oq pjno.u
Great Britain, he added, did not want
compulsion but unless 3.000,000 men
were recruited by spring, the military
authorities could not be responsible for
the war.
About the worst advice you can give
a fat man Is to tell him to eat less and
exercise more. Probably that's because
it's the truth.
First born children are inferior mentally.
morally and phlslcnlly, says a
scientist. A good plan then would bo
to skip the first-bborns and go right on
to the second bonis.
Home-ownership and Wages.
Representative Lever, speaking U
tbe Clemson students, bits the marl
when he tells them that "8out hCar
olina's great problem of the future 1
ruie of home-ownership. Nearly hal:
of the white voters of the State," ai
he observes, "dn^jlat'own their homes.'
The number of^fifldte tenant fanners
according! to ||st.cencus, was abou
35,000, not 25,000, and the number ?
adult male workers in the cotton mill
Is around 22,00(1 To these are to Ix
added numbers lof steam railroad am
trolley line operatives, salesmen, ar
tisans and workers In manufacture
plants other than cotton mills.
Approaching the subject of home
nwiiprshin. it would lie as well to recoe
nire that It in chiefly n question o
wases. So long as the wages of th
white tenant fajrmer are fixed by thw
of the negro, which are In turn regu
Intel In most If?rt by his standard o
living. It will 1)^ extremely difilcult fo
the white tenaift to earn more than
livelihood. ?
If the negro firm laborer Is to remal
In the South and in his present condl
tion of Ignorance, It is practically a*
sured that he will hold the white farr
lalwrer in a similar condition. Th
or money in
of Cheraw
AT. S.-C.
y'i 5
BANKS IN (^JUNTY COMBINE!
nded quarterly
?s department 11
white man must com|iete with him. Th
negro has every advantage.
solf to the intelligence of the South I
The question that should address i
whether or not a number of white me
shall l>e held down in order that th
negro shall l>e retanued as a class c
cheap lals>rers. Not all the landle^
white men can be segregated in the teJ
tile and other industries from whic
the negroes are excluded. Moreovc
the wages even of the segraded an
protected white lalwrers are necessaril
affected to a great degree, though in a
indirect manner, by the negro waj;
which is the basis of our economl
f^vstem.
The problem ofhome ownership fc
the whites can not be solved apai
from the problem of the negro lal>ore
It would be Just as well to begin to loo
facts in the face.?The State.
SETTING AN EXAMPLE
In making a town pretty, one ran s<
an example by doing one's bit. Et
eouragement that consists of a goo
example is better than mere advio
Hence when the suestion involves prei
ty lawns, flowers, a garden or othc
means of l?eautiflcation about residenc
proi>erty, the quickest and best way t
create civic good looks is for everyon
to fall in line with his own little law
mower, garden hose and sundry utensil
This includes the owners of vacar
~i" \r\4-L3 nfo/1 nc cmnll fnrmQ
lUl^f Ul luiii ?? ....
Keeping tlio long grass from mussin
up the landscape, using vines an
shrubbery to conceal ohjcctionabl
sights , making good use of wlndo'
boxes, investing in a few flower iK?t;
and making garden truck grow whei
weeds flourished l>efore?all this is pai
of the duty of a resident who think
enough of his town to make it loo
pretty.
Another way to beautify the mun
cipality is to pick up stray bits of pai*
around one's property. And system i
the disposal of trash helps a lot.
It will l>e easy to make, and kee
Cheraw pretty if everyone help:
Successful farmers are those wb
know their business and put thei
knowledge to practical use, opines
farm expert. The same thing applic
to businesssmen off the farm.
Siil?scrib to the Chronicle.
THE COUNTY
: SUPPLY BILL
i.
AN ACT to Provlee for the Levy of Tax?
? for. School and County purposes for the
* Fiscal Year Beginning January 1st, 1915.
* and for the expenditure thereof?
, Por the County of Chesterfield, for all
, purposes, 7 1-2 mills, to be expended as
1 follows, if so much be necessary:
f Item 1. Roads and Bridges 93,200.00
Item 2. Permanent Road Ira8
provement 4.800.00
Item 3. Convicts and maintenance
s of road working ori
ganization 4,250.00
Item 4. Public buildings, including
water, fuel,
lights, insurance and
S postage 405.00
Item 5. Jail expenses, including
dieting and conveying
prisoners 400.00
Item 6. Poor house and poor.... 1,500.00
" Item 7. Court Expenses 2,000.00
f Item 8. Books, stationery and
printing 1,200.00
e Item 0. Postmortems, inquests
and lunacy 100.00
?- Item 10. Bord of Equilizs^
tion._ $250.00
Board of Edncaf
tlon 40.00
r
200.00
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Item 11. Interest on bonds 6,175.00
Item 12. Salaries:
U Clerk of Court....$ 500.00
, Sheriff 1.500.00
l* Dep't 8heriff.... 900.00
. Treasurer 433.33
Auditor 433.33
u Supt. Education.. 1,200.00
Attoney 100.00
? Physician 100.00
Coroner 200.00
^ " Constable 25.00
Janitor, of CourtHouse
100.00
3 Rural Policemen
at $900.. 2,700.00
Supervisor 1,200.00
2 County Coinrmissioners,
at
$100 each 200.00
Clerk to Board
of County Commissioners
150.00
Judge of Probate
250.00
Magit .rates and
Constablei 1,900.00
Superintendant of
Poor House 250.00
$12,141.66
' Item 13. Contingent Expenses:
Telephone and Telj|
egraph. 70.00
Total Appropriatioss....$36,531.66
The Sheriff of Chesterfield County shall
ap*p%t a deputy who shall be paid $900
ner ansnm. fne atHTTW be paid monthly.
?his deputy shall have all the powers 01 a
Rural Policeman in Court House asd Cole
Hill Townships, and shall serve the Magistrates
in said towsships, together, asd shall
have criminal asd civil jurisdiction of all
processes is the said towsships, together
with his right as deputy sheriff asywhere
is the County. Pour hundred dollars is
hereby appropriated out of the ordisary
?. funds of the County of Chesterfield to aid
ip carrying on farm demonstration work in
said County, same to be paid by the County
Board of Commissioners upon the claim of
eh the County Agent for United States
demonstration work and as supplement to
[> the salary of such agent pro rated per
. month. This appropriation is conditioned
t" upon the sum of six hundred dollars being
jj furnished by the Federal government as a
part of said salary,
le A special road tax of two mills shall be
. collected in Cheraw township for the use
on roads in sa'd township only.
w. The County Board of Education is authorized
to employ a Superintendent of
C- Public Schools, if, in their judgment, it is
. wise to do so and provide for the salary of
n" such officer to be paid out of the public
,f school funds of Chesterfield County, said
salary not to exceed six hundred dollars
d per annum.
In Chesterfield School District No. 18.
J there shall be levied two and one-half mills;
jj in Mt. Croghan No. 28, there shall be a
levy of five mills, and in Ruby No. 29, there
;e shall be a levy of five mills, these levies to
. be collected as other taxes and placed to
lc' the credit of the respective school districts,
to be used by them in paying off back indebtedness
and extending school term.
?r The Rural Policemen of Chesterfield coun.
ty shall be distributed as follows: One to
serve Mt. Croghan and Old Store TownP
ships; one to serve Jefferson and Alligator
' Townships; one to serve Cheraw and Steer
k Pen Townships, and the Deputy Sheriff
herein provided for shall serve the Court
House and Cole Hill Townshiips. One-half
mill is levied on all the property of Chesterfield
County, the proceeds of which shall
be returned to each township paying same
as a special road fund for said township.
THE MAOISTR \TKS.
The salaries of Magistrates in Cluster?t
House Township, three hundred ($300.00)
dollars; Provided He attend all Courts of
General Sessions. In Cheraw and Mt. Cro
yi ghan Townships, me .uagisirturn BIIU1I a r- i
ceive two hundred and fifty ($250.0) i dole.
lurs each. The Magistrates in Cole Hill
. and Steer !* ?; "ownships ht l ruciive each
one hundre I end fifty ($1*. ??*">? dollars
,r The Magistrates ?n the p<n.!i it.w*?Vi|s in
eluding Brock's Mill, shall receive each
e two hundred ($200.00) dollars. The same
shall be in lieu of all services in criminal
O matters, including 'nq.i'vts held by them
e The Magistrates in Che3teeiit.id County shall
have jurisdiction over the entire county in
n all criminal matters arising therein; hut m
civil matters they shall ha/? jurisdiction
1H in their respective townships and in adjoining
township or townships of causes of
action arising therein.
g Morbid Appetites.
d
le Could He who promised our bur(V
denB shoud be light if we trusted in
s, Him, anl in the matchless sermon on
e the mount, wanted his desciples to
"t take no thought of what the should
;s eat, nd rebuked Martha because she
k was fretful and cross and all out of
sorts in trying to get up a feast for
i- him have any approval of the "much
r serving," the relays of china silver ^
n and the ceremonious attendance of the
present day, or a worl of commendap
tion for the cheerless, worrying Marr.
thas. who bake and brew, and fry and
stew, and wear themselves out with
imnnaed catering for morbid fippq
0 tites.
Ir
a They say that college bred women
;s do not raise large families. Perhaps
it's because they need most of their
time In remembering what they
learned.
A PEN PICTURE OF OUR TOWN
A Few Facts and a Little Free Advice,
Which,, if. Followed,- will. Make
This- Year- a- Record- Breaker,
In all probability tbls is the next
state to l>ecome densely populated.
Many of its spirited little cities will become
centers of trade, and of those
which do, it will be because of the uuited
efforts of the citizens in encouraging
trade and other interests necessary
to the growth of a town. We believe we
are i>ecullarly well situated to be
caught up In the tide and ride proudly
forward on the top-most wave of prosperity.
We should clear the shore of
the breakwater of Jealousy, discontent
and discouragement. We should have
strong faith In its possibilities and pull
together with even and steady stroke.
Our splendid school privileges, if advanced
and maintained as they should
be, will prove an incentive to draw.
Another important feature is to advertise
your city, speak good concerning It
and show forth its excellencies. Save
your money and when you, spend it
sjieud it at home. Some of it will be
sure to come bback to you. When able . *
to build, build at home and encourage
our friends to do the same. Encourage >
everyone to come and live with us.
During the past few years many
strangers have settled with us through
the encouragement of friends here.
Thty are good citizens; they buiid or
11 \ substantial 1 omes, and take an
active interest in the town. Keep your
business to the front, and every interest
of the town on the observatory, to
be seen by the world.
Wf. presume that every citizen of our
town is, or ought to be, desirous to see
it advance, to see it improve, to see it
advance in all the interests that pertain
to a town of thrift and enterprise.
Again we presume that if you, who live
in jour town, make no effort in this
direction, who, if there* are any benefits
accruing therefrom would bbe the
recipients thereof, we do not believe our
neighbors, who have no particular interest
in our welfare, would bbe so very
mindful of us as to give us a boost by
investing a few thousand dollars for
our especial good, or stratlng any enterprise
that would be for the upbuilding
of our town. If a town is ever built
up and placed in a growing condition it
will be directly or indirectly due to
those who live In it and if you wish to
know the steps to be taken we will cite
a few. Talk it up, its interests, its facilities
and various adaptilities to different
branches of industry. Write about
it, beautify its streets, invest your
money in it, patronize its merchants
and every enterprise started as far as
it is at all consistent, elect good men to
office, advertise in its newspapers, be
courteous to those who come among you
and never let an opportunity to speak
a good word about it pass. Remember
that every dollar you invest in a permanent
improvement; is that mcub money
at interest and is that much toward
I building up your town.
There is no quicker way to take 'the
life, growth, and energy out of a town
i than for its citizens to be constantly
holding up the dark side of the picture
to the gaze of the inquirer. The word
"if" keeps everyone in doubt, and doubt
keeps every man from improvements he
would otherwise make. There is noth
ing like confidence to make a success
of anything and if you haven't got any
of it. don't communicate the fact to
vour neighbor, much less to a stranger
and if the bent of your mind is to continually
go against every interest of the
town in whieeh you live for the sake of
the town get out and go to some place
that is already lifeless and has no interests
at stake, where you, like the old
lady's root beer, if you don't do any
good you won't do any hurt
As a wheat producer Kansas sets
the pace. |n 1914 it sacked more
wheat than Great Britian, Belgiifip,
Japan. Switzerland^ the Netherlands,
Denmark and Bulgaria combined, and
then had 16 million bushels to spare.
Neither Canada, Argentina nor Australia
raised as much wheat as this
one state, which last year was 180 000OoO
bushels. The money for this
wheat can support an automobile
salesman for every inch In the state,
according to an estimate made more
or less off-hand.
Europe demostrated that preparedness
for war dosen't prevent it. But
neither does unpreparedness.