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B ^ ** flrv' * :jSg/ ^ naMhaanaMMMaMI>WMi The Chronicle's Ag 1 " J^E Spend Your Money Telephone is f I ^ M k? I I With pb-?n- 1 vuftmuu Vs ui?0inrlf ~ Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTYJs. C.. JANUARY 6, 1916 Number 10 The Public W The public hasn't time It is your duty to m attention. If you don't, to get the attention. The best way to beat th And the best way to adve local paper. A good local paper def f/Mi T f Uiiauus IUI OU|/|/va v* ?v m> it can give them the advei If the merchants fail t< local paper properly, the and making it possible i houses and the merchants papers that hit the towi local patronage. The local paper reaches which can be reached in ] the local paper you can story that will bring the I time he comes to town, reader likes to come to to' he likes to send away for Readers also want the a read to be attractive, to ol to trade with the advertif you're in business at the tell them through the me you have sometning seas< attractive price, they are mere fact that you are in move them to call on you valuable as yours is to ; something definite about come to town or down tot* just where to go for the g Effective advertising n< WAB SUMMARY h.verjvvuere in uie airipa awl Volli^uwu uiau cw 01 rvussia ami fe Uaiuca in.; 4.USSUIUS are ou Important nguung is ui progress, 'me itussiun war oil ice repeats tHat tHe Kussiuns Have occupied a luie of trencues uoruieast of Czeruowitz and Have repuiseU strong counter attacas. A Keuter dispatch from i'etrograd gives a rei>ort of the evacation of CzeruowiU aud the capture by the Russians *-)f a large number of prisoners, including Germans. There has been a strong advance by the Russmus on this front, although Vienna says that the Russian attacks huve t>een unsuccessful aud that Cheir losses have been appelling, in one sector six miles in width 2,300 Russian dead havh g been counted. On none of the other fronts has any chauge of Importance taken place. The Austriaus have captured an Italian trench near Tolmlno aud the Montenegrins have recaptured Bogievac from the Austriaus, inflicting upon them severe losses. Unofficial advices from Athens report 30,000 Bulgarians as having reached the region of Tirana, north's^ west of Elbassan, in Albania, and that \ Albanian irregulars, commanded by Bulgarian officers, have exchangee \>Ls with the Italian outposts nea;> Nzzo, on the Adriatic. It is asserted that there are 100,000 Serbs in Albania who will soon be ready to re enter tbe fray. Of the 5,011,441 men of military age in Eugland, Scotland and Wales 2,S3),263 were attested, ensisted or re. jected under the Earl of Derby's reeruting scheme, leaving 2,182,170 men who did not offer their services. Of the men who did come foward 428,853 were rejected by the reculting oftlcers. Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, in auswerlng the complaint of Germany respecting the destruetu.. last August of a German submarine and the killing of the crew by the British auxilary cruiser Barolong, of' fers to submit this and similar cases to officers of the United States navy or any impartial tribunal. While President Wilson has returned to Washington and takeu i?ersonal charge of the situation created by the sinking of the steamer Persia, the situation for the present is at a stand still, as uo action will be taken until the full facts as far as they can be obtained are In the hands of the Government Germans Regret Diiaetr To Persia Berlin, Jan. 4.?Regret Is universally expressed over the sinking of the Persia, just as the efforts to smoothe over the Austrian-American relations had apparently succeded. It was believed that the whole submarine controversy had been settled and the news came as a shock. Comment la withheld until fuller Information la secured by officials. - - f ' 3? ; rants to Know 1 i to seek you out. It's busy. 1 ake the, noise that attracts some other noise is going < e tomtom is by advertising. < rstise right is through your < i >ends upon the home mer3 only by being good that rtising service they require. j ) utlize the columns of the y are cheating themselves :or the distant mail order i nrlvpptisiner in the outside i to get the advantage of t i out to hundreds of homes ( ao other way; and through tell a good merchandizing reader to the store the first i And remember, the rural t wn a great deal better than j stuff. f dertising trade stories they ' ffer bargins, to induce thera jers. They probably know old stand, but unless you dium of printer's ink that >nable to offer them at an likely to conclude that the i business isn't sufficent to . To them their time is as you. They want to know you, so that when they rn they know ahead of time oods they want to buy. ever fails to be effective. ] i Negro Wanted For the Alleged Killing t of White Mao in 1906 Brought 1 Back From Pensylvania. c 8 Columbia, Jan. 2? Joe Grant, the & from Pennsylvania, was brought to 0 Columbia last night uuder heavy guard 0 Und lodged in the state penitentiary. a ihe negro arrived at 7:40 on a special a pesseuger train which was running in 1 the piace of 31, the Augusta Special, s which was in a wreck yesterday mora- * ing. Grant was brought from Penn- u sylvania to Columbia by Sheriff Sweariugen of Edgefield county. At the sta* ' tion he was met by two guards from * the state penitentiary aud they a brought him up to the state house oil A street car where he was transferred to another car and taken to the state ^ peuitentiary. The tight to get the negro Grant back to this stute has been waged for several years. He was accused of klil- 11 nig Mr. Minis at Johnston in Edge- c ueid county in HRKi and tied to Peun- e syivama. A reward was offered for e nis capture and he was recognized by 2 a detective while working in a barber 11 shop in Philadelphia. After his ar- v rest, he interi>osed every legal obstacle 11 possible and fought pxtradiction to South Carolina. The then governor a of Pennsylvania, Teuer, honored the ^ requisition papers from the goveuor c of South Carolina, but an appeal was tuken to the courts, the case finally reaching the United States supreme a court. That tribunal as all others up- 11 t held the requistiou and then the new govenor of Pennsylvania suddenly an- v uounced that he would not honor re quistion papers. The negro Grant in H his appeal to the United States su- n preme court made sensational charges ^ to the effect that he could not get a 0 fair trial iu South Carolina owing to n race prejudice. Attorney General Peeples and Solicitor Timmerman made several trips to Pennsylvania to get the negro, and have used every effort to this end. Govenor Manning book the matter up actively and in a letter to Govenor Brumbaugh set forth that Grunt could get a fair trial in this state and he called m the Pennsylvania govenor In the name of juctice to surrender the negro to the South Carolina authorities. Nothing was kucwn of the matter again until Grant was brought here last night. He was Id the wreck of K the Augusta Special in Virginia Frlday night nud his name as well as that of Sheriff Swearingen of Edgefield were sent out on press reports as i' among tne numDer injura. meir in- ? Juries are said to bav been only allgbt, to however. 1 Grant w&g very talkative when be- to lng brought from the union station to S the penitentiary and mentioned his to trip and the wreck. He was well to dressed, wore a neat looking brown suit, overcoat and hat with black shoes t which were freshly polished. He were v gold spectacles and appeared to be In to good health. He eomplalned of being y tired from his long trip. t The govenor's office last Bight re- c fused to make knows anything reftrd- f - .. J PROPOSES LAW WITH TEETH. So Opportunity to Escape Personal Punishment by Payment at Fine. A bill which provides that every lerson convicted of violating the pro libition law shall be sent to the chaining and 9hall not be given the oppor:uulty to escape such personal punish, nent by paying a fine will be Introluced at the coming session of the gen?ral assembly by J. T. Llles, member )f the house from Orangeburg county j tnd chairman of the ways and means . ommittee. "I hope and believe," said Mr. Llles, 'I shall be successful in securing the lassage of this bill and Rs enforcement as a law in my opinion pratically ids South Carolina of the evils of the lquor traffic. The failure of the prohibition laws of this and other States las been due largely to the fact that the penalties imposed did not suficiently punish. This will not be the ase under this bill. Fear of Punishment. An 4Ua AMlmlnnlln 4 nnl (nA^ ou iai ai UIC uiuiiuanj iULHircu ire concerned, fear of punishment Is he greatest Incentive to respect and regard for law. And If conviction of ;elllng alcorollc liquors means as this measure provides, a chalngang senenee without the option of a fine, all >f which the circuit judges cannot un? ler any circumstances suspend, blind Igers will soon become consplcioua for heir absence. The following Is the bill which Mr. jlles will lntroduct: "Section 1. That section 811, vol lme 2, criminal code, 1912, be, and the ;aine Is hereby stricken out, and the oilowing inserted in lieu thereof to >e kuown and designated as section ill: "Sectiou 811. Any person who vloates any of the provisions of sections "94 to 803 inclusive shall be guilty of i misdemeanor and upon conviction hereof, shall be imprisoned at hard nbor for not less than six months, nor aore than five years, and for any subequent offense, upon conviction, shall e imprisoned for a term of not less han one year, nor more than five f such imprisonment except three lonths uiwn such terms and conditions a he may see fit to impose, but in each nd every case any person convicted of he violation of any of said sections hall be required to serve at least hree months of the sentence Imposed ipon him." "Sec. 2. That this act shall take ef* ect immediately upon its approval by he govenor, and all acts, or parts of icts, inconsistent with this act, be, nd the same are hereby repealed." MEXICO MAY SEE NEW REVOLUTION El Paso, Texas, Jan. 1.?Birth of a iew revolution in Mexico to overthrow he recently recofnized Carranza govrnment was announced today. Genrals Fracisio Villa and Emiliano iapata will be the chief actors in the iew movement, according to handbills rhlch are being secretly distributed a Mexican circles. This manifesto, which was drafted t Pachuca on December 25, is signed y Antonio Sotoy Gama, recently prolaime<l president of Mexico by Genral Zapntu. Gama, who has been Zapata's chief idviser since the revolution started ive years ago, is one of Mexico's most alented lawyers and ?i>eakers. He >as Zapata's i>ersoual representative t the revolutionary convention held t Aguas Calientes a year ago and lade himself famous by calling the lexicau flag a "dirty rag", causing riot at one of the sessions which early cost hlin his life. Aged Inventor Dead Manistee, Mich, Jauuary 4.?George L. Kay, inventor of vacuum pans for Lie production of salt and chemicals, led at his home here yesterday. He as 7G years old. Tillman's Bill up. Washington, Jan. 4.?Senator Tillmn's bill for a federal armor plant as considered today, The naval prorain will begin tomorrow while the irmory program will be considered Thursday. tig the Grant matter of what developoents bad taken place which resulted n bringing him back to this state. ?he govenor of Pennsylvania certainly lad to honor the requisition for the Sheriff of Edgefield to get the negro, lut his reasons for doing so are not mown. Grant will be taken to Edgefield and rled on an Indictment charging hlra rlth murder, the indictment having een returned against him several ears ago. It is presumed that he will >e kept In the penitentiary until court if general sessions convenes at Edgei?a. j* BIG BRITISH I UNER TMMOED WAS SUNK WITHOUTWARNING Several Americans Lost-lu. S. Coo- ; sul at Aden Has Not Bp" Heard From.?In East MedJwranean. Advices to the StatewDcpnrtmont i American Consul QtrrBs at Alex- ] andria, Egypt, Indicate tpt Robert N. McXeely, American CVraJpl at Aden, < Arabia, who was on the *|enmer Persia when she was sunk In A? Mediterra- i nean was lost He ifualtst soon In i the water after the fjPfsti sank. < No submarine was seW by survivors according to Garrebf rlport, but an I officer of the Persia tbb wake of I the torpedo which striie&tbe ship. She i sank In five minutes.'? \ London.?Dispatched HMn Cairo say i the British steamer Piwia sunk on I Thursday, December 90 pas torpedoed i without warning and sank in five < minutes. Between lSOJUid 160 sur- I vlvors have been landodmt Alexandria, : Baron Erich ZwiedincArfJ^re of the I Austro.Hungarlan emli^Heikre, says that the Vienna Gover^B ^Wcnld b*? quick to "satlsfactorff^?iust" the matter should It develop that an Ana trlan submarine o?mr?^^f had disobeyed lnstructlona h? Begard to torpedoing passenger-ca^rftu? ships with, out warning. -Mr Gen. Vlctoriano Ifcrta, reported J dangerously 111, has Jfsn taken from prison at El Paso, VMS, and placed in a private house K*r guard. Ht. was the man who, wh in power In Mexico, refused to the American dag. Huerta has iMn In prison In 1 Texas for some tiAycliarged with 1 /conspiracy agatnstrKjMcan neutra- 1 Jity. His old cpenft^fun, is now i at the head of Government. \ ^^^^TJBosityou The ^ank< Cnerav STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER B 4/l/ iri saving 1 ? ( hLEP TAB ON NEW COMET. __ Astronomers Figure It Wil| Make Passage Around Sun on January 28. j Cambridge, Mass., ^Fridaf-?Taylor's comet, discovered early in' the month and visible through small tfelescopes in 1 the northwestern skies, will make its passage around the sun on January 28, ? according to calculations received at \ the Harvard Observatory today from j Professor A. 0. Leuscher, 'director of the Students' Observatory, ait Berkeley, California. The orbit of the comet lis a very short one, requiring not moif than five t years to make the journey td and from the sun. It was stated that tjpe light of j the comet was decreasing gradually. READY FOR CHICKMAUGA "If in the summer the whi>le guard 1 will attend," said W. W. Moore, ad- * jutant general, in a message yesterday to the Chicago Tribune, wl|ich had t asked for an opinion on thej plan to i mobilize the National Guard 4* Chickamauga Park, Senator Chamberlain j has introduced a bill in congiess pro j riding for an appropriation tol provide funds to show congress how effective ? the whole guard is now." ( ( Since the organization of top rural ? police in place of the former magistrate's constables, the entire lalaries up to Dec. 15th, 1915, amoui ted to $8,100. The cash brought ln*> the treasury through fines paid, lue to ' - ? - arrests oy tne rural ponce, sumuuicu to $8,244.50. Number of days worked on the chain pang, 7,380. Th$ eBti- i mated value of a day's work dn the t gang Is 60 cents. This makes the to- 1 tal value to the county of said (work, t $4,428. Thus the Income through the ( activity of the rural police has beer ? $12,672.10, at an expense of $8,100. j I . DOINGS IN CONGRESS Washington, January 4. Senate. Met at noon and adjourned at noon out of respect for the late Justloe T Lamar until noon to-morrow. An ax. pec ted attack on the Administration's foreign policy thus failed to material- 1 Ize. House. Met at noon. Secretary McAdoo asked a rush appropration of $100,D00 for rural sanitation and fighting ei pellagra and typhoid. ? The Administration rural credits blh aas introduced. bl The naval affairs committee arranged to begin public hearings to- ti morrow, starting with yards and di locks.. Representative Campbell, of Eansaa, 01 Introduced a resolution for the crea- S' tloa of an international federation of P1 motions to preserve international law. Representative Sherwood, of Ohio, In P1 i speech denounced preparedness as 111 instigated by the "armament makers ind militarists" and favored reduction >f the standing army to 60,000 men, R jo save the Government $50,000,000 a K rear. 0' Tributes were paid by several mem- t0 >ers to the late Governor Hammond. ** In Commits Suicide BY Lancasteh, Jan. 4.?Special: John hi Crawford, one of Lancaster's most ^ proment citizens, committed suicide o 1 lere this morning at his home in the d< lorthern part of town by shooting him. B jelf through the heart He had been ol u poor health for several months. re ????? U1 Destroyed by Fire. ^ Information reaches us that Mr. J. cc 3. Thornwell, who lives at Klmberly, ost his home and the entire contents >y fire on Tuesday night Although ^ ve could not learn, still we hope he ? vas protected by some insurance. ^ i?r- " sbl- r money in D of Cheraw: ol /, s. c. : to ______ 11? at ANKS IN COUNTY COMBINED ? ta yl sc m ided quarterly s department. T1 Gl th McBEE ITEMS cH Q' Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough of 3ethune were In town Friday. 311 Mr. Roy Smith of Patrick spent tl( Sunday in town. Miss Mollie Raley of Jefferson tb spent Saturday night and Sunday vith her cousins, Misses Myrtle and , tt liable Raley. Jt Miss Jaunlta Sowell of Monroe Is 111 rp hn mioef nf palaHvM harn lu Miss Mamie Liles of Route 1. is the e}. piest of her aunt, Mrs. J. G. Grant nt M. M. Johnson of Jefferson was in ai own Friday afternoon. lK tL Sheriff Douglas of Chesterfield was n town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Adger King and child- m *en spent the holidays with relatives y( it Stokes Bridge. ^ Miss Nannie Hough of Camden 1* pi he guest of Miss Agnes Evans thU w; veek. m Mr. Hampton Burch and family of Etuby visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. w Hiddleton Sunday. ar The friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. ?* Dauthen, were sorry to hear of the rr leath of the latter's father Rev. J. C. tb Crouch which occured Saturday night ** hf it his home in Charleston. er Mr. J. C. Blackwell of Pageland va8 in town last week. Mr. L. P. Davidson of Patrick, waa n town Wednesday. ar te The Ford party has been given per- A* mission to travel through Germany ai \n the way to The Hague. There is or lttle likelihood that any of them will dc itray from the main body en-route, pi dther. It will be one party that will sasily go on the "atlck together" irfndpla* It .EGISUTURE TO ? MEET NEXT WEEK Z sent violi HERB IS MUCH WORK AHEAD ^ : to ] for lie Compulsory School Law Prohibi- prla tion and Warehouse Law Expected coui to Develope Some Politics ttie doul Tho second session of the 71st gen- r ral assembly of South Carolina will vote jnvene in Columbia on Tuesday, ing anuary the 11th, at noon. Both cre(] ouses are organized and the prelim- gen* laries should consume very little son me. The house will be called to or- mor er by Speaker James A. Hoyt and in a le senate by Lieut Gov. A. J. Bethea ,ed t r, in his absence, by Senator Le- <iesli rand Walker, of Georgetown, the the resident 'pro tern. The lieutenant dent jvenor went to Europe with Henry agal ord's pacification expedition and he ay not get back until after the open- Gi ig day of the session. The annual message of Govenor Lc ichard I. Manning will probably be reju sad In both branches on the opening mun ly. The referring of this message Jans > the proper committees will likely trifle i all that is accomplished at the lines iltial meeting. # fron Three New House Members. and There will be three new members a ha vorn in by Speaker Hoyt in the ,wha ouse of ^representatives. J. Terry been rood of Greenville takes the place ,cial ! A. M. Hawkins, who resigned to grad ?vote his time to teaching; R. B. vant elser of Cumter will occupy the seat The ! George W. Dick of Sumter, who atta< (signed to become postmaster of his with ltlve city; R. H. Hicks of Spartan- in lrg succeeds W. G. Querry on that prep elegation, Mr. Querry resigning to for j ;cept a position on the State tax ing immission. Bess There will be only one new face in fac le senate. Charlton DuR&nt will prat ike the oath of office as Senator from Last lareudon county, succeeding to the light (at made vacant by the death of hav< ouls Appelt, which occured after the wy rW sedMwrtffiSt y&T. "' "~C< The resignation of Representative ick of Sumter left vacant the chair- Ti anship of the ways aud means com. mos] ilttee and Speaker Hoyt appointed Anci epresentative J. T. Liles of Orange- stori irg to the vacancy. men There are no indications on the eve with ! the session of any matters of un- sitai mal interest to come up. There may pttlc i considerable discussion of the pro- the )sed amendments and changes in the fact( x commission act, but it Is not b?- demi ?ved that any considerable alter- cuu dons will be made. It has been in- he c mated that a fight may be made In as n le senate on the confirmation of the Gerr x commissioners, for the act pro- fact< ded that they should be appointed Aral 7 the govenor by and with the con- AJ >nt of the senate. It has been ru- Thei ored that because of opposition of that irtaln ones to the actions of the com. Lam ission in assessing the banks a high jht might be made when they coime hen ) before the senate for confirmation, ami lie names which will be sent in by seas, oveuor Manning as the members of aban ie commission are: A .W. Jones, note luirinan, J. P. Derham and W. G. demi uerry. the < Williams Appointment. uego Another appointment which will be Lusl ibinitted to the senate for conflrma- to b jii by the govenor is that of Dr. C. red Williams us superintendant of Rurf ,e State Hospital for the Insane. The most interesting election will be Was lat of warehouse commissioner, ition din L. McLaurin is the present com- toda, issioner and he will be opposed for duce election by John J. McMahan of Co- Gc inbiu, at present member of the del- woul ;ution from Kichlaud county. This of fl :ht is beginning ta attract attention ten 1 id may take on considerable of a to ft ilitical significance before It is bank irougb. dlsti Au effort to strengthen the local op- $500 ju compulsory school attendance law gove ay be made in the legislature, scril ime of the advocates of compulsory Tfc lucation are not satisfied with the mers esent act, but want to make it state- borr< Ide Immediately. Others propose to asso< ake the change gradually. be r< One of the recommendations which ciati ill be made by the govenor In his the inual message will be the passage ! the Torrens system of land regis- Fat atlon and there are indications that ils may be done. The govenor will ilnt out that this step Is necessary Wi >fore a rural credits system can be dicla lacted and it is believed that he will Javo: ake strong recommendations towards Smlt e passage of a system of rural credits, the The recommendations to strengthen al f< id perfect the State warehouse sys- retlr m, education, rural credits, diversl- Tl k1 farming, and economy will be some nong the main points in the govern- to tl 's message. He will devote a good com] ial of his remarks to the public ap- the I oprlatlons. To Tighten Up Law. Ad It Is believed that more stringent mj|M tvs for the punishment of violators Kila lie prohibition laws win oe ma as ills session. Representative Lilee . Introduce a measure doing away i the option of fines and requlr* judgess tto give straight ohslfigsng ences to all persons convicted of iting the prohibition laws. It will lecessary for the general assembly provide the govenor with a fond enforcing the law for the appro* tions heretofore made by the ltles for this purpose came oat of dispensary profits and will united ly be discontinued, umors that the lawmakers will de? i a big part of their time to playpolltlce are discounted and little lence Is given to such reports. The ?ral assembly has very little reafor playing politics?that is any e politics than Is always vlsstMO ill legislative bodies. It Is belidthat the spirit of harmony and a re for constructive legislation tor good of the state which was evi; throughout the last session will n prevail. illeia Is Sceoe of Hard Flgfcttoy tndon, Jan. 1.?The Russian amy, venated {by fresh equipment of ltious from America, England and in, is reported engaged In a tor* attack on the Austin-Hungarian i in Galicia. A Reuter dispatch i Petrograd says that Austrian! Germans numbering a million and If are engaged. This dispatch says tever changes have occurred have In favor of the Russians. Offlreports from Vienna and Petrofail to make any claims of adage for their respective armies. Austrian report says the Russian ;k8 have been repulsed everywhere i heavy losses. dicatlons are that Russia has been a ring for these gigantic operations' i long time. Lack of news gatherstrength of the movement in the arablan region is attributed to the' t that communication has been tcally suspended for a month. ; Wednesday, the censorship was tened somewhat and dispatches i now begun coming through. ?unt voeTftenuloftfs iking advantage of the reported at* phere of official optimism over the ma "settlement," Count von Bernff hastened to the State Depart* t yesterday and was in conference i Secretary Lansing over the Lu* lia case. If It is true that high ials of the administration see in Austro-Hungarlan note ^ satis>ry and complete acceptance of the Einds of the United States nobody blame Count von Bernstorff lor an give juse as nign sounaing ana leaulugless assurances in behalf of any. He gave much more satis* >ry assurances in the case of the >ic. 11 depends upon Washington, e has seemed no reason to brieve President Wilson and Secretary sing were ready to abandon the position this government has tain behalf of the rights of neutrals non-Combatants upon the high but there will certainly be such donmeut if this Austro-Hungarian is taken as meeting the -American mds or if is permitted to become entering wedge for long drawn out tlations similar to those over the tanla that it is evidently designed e.?New York Herald. il Credits Bill Introduced In Hmm hlngton, Jan. 4.?The adminlstrarural credits bill was introduced y in the house. It will be intro* d in the senate tomorrow, wernment control of the austem id be in a federal farm loan board ve appointed by the president for fears each. Loans would be made irmers by 12 or more federal land ;s, each operating in a separate' let with capital of not less than ,000, which would be taken by the rnment, if not privately subied. le land banlu would loan to t > through local associations of 3wcrs, called national farm loan sladons. Every borrower would squired to take stock In the aaeo* on to the amount of 5 per cent of stock subscribed. orable Report On Hoke Smith's Measure ashington, Jan. 4.?The senate Jd* try committee today voted votedrable report on Saator Hoke' h's bill for the appointment, la president's discretion, of addition* ederal judges who had failed to e. ie bill was favorably reported s time ago, but a question arose at be presence of a quorum in the' nlttqes and Senator Smith had bin recommitted. lam had hie troubles, but hi ed the dressmaking and millinery' .... | * r t ** Jli'