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/iti "-/Br I Threifk Our Coloinns. M V M H fe (jB ^ T?mr Ad. In This Paper Irery Corner of the Town and Country B I I fl W ^ ^ A I Will Brief Business to Ton that now ? v. nrouu Vlhromrlc Volume 21 CHERAW. CHESTERFIELD PECEMBER 1<-l>U . Number 7 i I A CLOSE CALL, I u/.p+w u/kiu n. I Attorney General Brines Action for GERMANY OFFERS TO MAKE PEAlE Her Terms Will Hardly Suit Allies? If Accepted Nations Would Retain Former Possessions. New York Dec. 13?It was learned in this country yesterday that Germany had submitted certain terms of peace and while no official account of these terms have been received yet, the following, it is claimed this mornng, is the substance of the proposals made to the Allies by Germany: For the complete restoration of Belgium. For the evacuation by Germany of all territory captured in northern France during the progress of the war. For the establishment of Poland and Lithuania as independeht kingdoms. For the retention of Serbia by Austria Hungary, and the restoration to Bulgaria of all territory lost by that country in the second Bal kan war. For the restoration to Austria of j territory captured by Italy in the i neighborhood of the Adriatic sea.. I For the restoration to Germany of all her colonial possessions in j Africa, the far east and other parts of the globe. i For the retention of Constant!- < nople by Turkey. i This information was obtained today from an unquestionable authority close to the Germau embassy. < According tto (embassy lofficin^ who have kept fully advised of the 1 situation, the terms laid down rep-,1 resent the united power of all of the t central powers and were drawn up t after full exchanges of views l?e- j tween the Teutonic capitals. It is stated that no definite information has been received by these powers which would lead them to believe that the entente nations are prepared to accept them, or even to discuss them. The prime purpose of the central powers in putting them forth at this time it was learned from author!titave sources, it to "smoke out" the enemy governments and to j acquaint the inhabitants of Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria with a Kuowl- 1 , , - thay. am flc&Hnr - 4 T*V??. lr% t?Ar*A Milz-v/l AO % Aiitr iiiiii; itKaivwi u* tuuu for three reason: First. That the recent victories of the central powers in the Balkans has demonstrated from the Teutonic viewpoint that these powers cannot be crashed; that the war might go on for ten years more with neither side arriving any closer to a complete victory over the other. Second. That with the approach of winter, military operations for the next three months will be practically at a 8tandstil, with the nar tlons involved in the war compelled to see about organizing new spring and summer vimpaigns. Third That the upheaval in the British cabinet due to a popular mistrust ]of that governmentV conduct of the war, may induce the public of Great Britain and her allied nations to realize the hopelessness of carrying the struggle further. According to the views expressed in German embassy quarters there vprv little likelihood thnt the TTnited States government will be asked to take a leading part in bringing about a conference between represen- ( tatives of the warring powers, or 1 that such a conference would be held in this "ountrv. It Ls assumed in ' thef^ quarters that any confereuce of it9 kind would be held at Berne. Switzerland, or at the Hague. To James Whitcomb Riley. (After the Journey.) When he went home, who went the other day, There was an eager scamper of wee feet To welcome him, and faces small and sweet i Uplifted, and bright eyes, blue, brown and gray, Danced with delight as only child-eyes may When Joy is overflowing and complete; And he was crowded on a some shady seat, Both knees, both arms, filled in the old-time way. "Tell us a 'torv!" "Say a rhyme again!" "Oh, Little Orphant Annie, please, once more!" "No, Old John Henry!" "No, The Raggedy Man!" Was it not so, O best-beloved of men? You cannot answer from the farther whore, But so, I know, your first day home began. Robert Emmet Ward, in Scrlbuer. Cheap Fly Paper. Take a good, strong top of a shoe box cover, and lay a few pieces of newspapers In the bottom of it, and pour In it Jost enough molasses to oorer the bottom of the cover and lay It on your kitchen table. Tou will be surprised at the number of flies you: ffil C?tch, j ANNUAL MEETING BOARD OF TRADE j" Held Tuesday Night and Officers Elected for Ensuing year. The board of trade met in Council chamber Tuesday night with the largest and most enthusistic attendance of several years. The various committees made rejiort showing progress along all lines, es- j peelally with reference to the cotton j mill and the Ice factory for Cheraw. The committee on streets submitted correspondence regarding paving Market street and it is thought that a little ' later something will be done along ci that line. ai The committee on City Hall reported, 0, submitting a proposition to put the hall in good shape at a cost of about 41 OOP nurl the hnnrrl liti;imiinni>lv adopted a resolution requesting Coun- J ctl. if possible, to have the work done. Offcers for the ensuing year were as follows: President?J. M. Lour. 1 j Vice?President?L. II. Melklejohn See. Treas.?J. Henry Wannamnker. In a very plain, strong, to-the-ik>int ~ speech, President Long thanked the ? hoard for the confidence shown hy re- j jj electing him. and told it that he could !|t accomplish nothing without the hearty, ;j; earnest cooperation of all the business !j| men and citizens generally of the town ;j; ?and the hoard agreeing with him. ii! I will no doubt cooperate during the coining yenr. The entertainment committee had ^ provided refreshments, which -ns a< served hy Mine Host J. D. PJ.vler, of he Ranard Hotel, and the members of 0j :he hoard and their guest did full justice to the sumptuous spread. ; tb ki From Lord Roberts to Hugh Scott tj, Great Britain has expended in this h< var an almost Incalculable treasure, lit She lnjh sacrificed by the kiutvlred l'? thousand the lives of her bravest 01 and best. She has piled ui>on the t0 shoulders of her people a colossal war |lg lebt under which they must stagger 'or generations to come. In spite" of es ill these dreadful sacrifices she has ov >f her foes is darker now-.then ever, p* She does not know whether she is to w .'merge alive from this ordeal of whetli- lu ?r tlie British Empire is on the verge of ai lismemberment and disolutlon. AVhy? The answer is very simple. These things have happened because in he years before the war th popl of Or ' ?at Britain rejected the advice and wer jn le afto the pleading of Lord Roberts jt ind the other great yupunnff :oinqfTj.. re ind the other clearsighted men who urg tv ?d day in and day out that Great Britai Ir <hould do as all the other great powers ra ihd done and adopt a system of uni- 111 rersal service. Sf rji Had Robert's advieee lieeen taken :here would probably have been no ar 'for (Jrinany would have Iweu the hope OI essness of it. And of the ar had come, m It wowuhl never have followed the . nurse which it has followed. If as England had had universal service, ai iuch for instance as France had. she h< jould have thrown a million trained ^ '.ml equipped men across the Channel Q( in the early days. The German drive ould have been stopped before it had ^ gotten fairly started, for experience k] cas proved that on the western front, q, vhere the flanks cannot be turned, ade- (j, ipiately manned defensive lines can je held against every assault That is the lesson of Verdun and of the ? Somme. If a British army of a million had been instantly available at the outset, to assist the superb but outnumbered army of France, the Germans would never have swept clear across Belgium and deep into Northern France. They might well have been stopped before they had overrun half of Belgium, Antwerp would probably bave been saved, the grleat imn-beariug lands of France ould probably not have fallen Into the hands of the enemy, Germany would now he established on the Belgian coast as a deadly menace to England, the Western Allies would not have to sacrifice nearly a million brave soldiers in a vain effort to oust the invader because they would never be able t?> carry out his invacasion. All these reflections coneerning what might have been had the people of Great Britain adopted universal service before the war came many seem barren and profitless. Perhaps they are. But Gen. Hugh G. Scott, the American chief of staff and the American soldier whose judgement the people of this country hold in highest esteem, has just urged in his annual report the adoption of a system of universal service by the United States as the only means of securing an adequate national defence. Perhaps Jt - l a rt-ill may neip a nine u win ..... reflect that what Britain has suffered and Ls suffering Ls tlie result of her refusal to do what General Scott is now urging us to do. I Origin of Word "Uhlan." The Uhlans owe their name to the Turks. It comes from the Turkish word "oglan," meaning "youth." < lilofning Sho; ^ labors of Eight Shopping If you have not ulroad.v made ; on will secure the host things in hi will relive the financial que* reulation: you will heln the mercl rtieles in demand: and you will irried by the elerks and shop ix fforts to mnko Christmas buying i lave a Kind Thougt Do Your C !X1> SPIXD YOUR MONEY M THE BEGINNING By SUSAN E. CLAGETT. "When did it begin?" The girl upon the lower step hugg zr knees jih she looked refleetivt :toss the hills to the forest beyoi lieu she turned her eyes to the fa ! the older woman. "I don't know. It just earae." "It sometimes does come Just li iat, all in a moment, but I didi tow there was a young man within lousaud miles of this place." "I knew you would think it odd ?ar of one In this forlorn spot, yel ive never regarded the place in th ght. It is quiet, however, and I ha ten longed for something interest! come into my life. Of course, wl young girl the most interesting thl: thut form of amusement in whi >ung men have a part and the your t man here is Uncle Henry, wi vns to sixty and is eighty if he's irVW, Mr , a .trldav-'i ho Is crippled with rheumatism ai is asthma, and Mr. Aiden, who is o id deaf." "Of course, It Is none of the thret "Scarcely." Rachel Warren a vered with a certain degree of indl ition. "I said truly I do not knc hen it began. Really there was i ginning. The nearest I can Come is that subconsciously I must ha talned a memory of him. We m 10 summers ago on that northe ip. You know that 1 was sick ai tlier unhappy. I had no wish ake friends, no heart to talk, but une way he interested me. It w itlier lonesome, especially when t g shut us in, and after two days g I was a little glad to have son ic take the vacant chair next in?'. It had been empty until th( "1 think he must have felt a lit! i I did?averse to making acquaii ices?for he would sit near me f mrs, saying only a word now a ion. Rut he was congenial, and issed him !f he did not come to I truer for companionship. "We took a good many little tri gether after we landed, and came aow each other fairly well. For t ays or more, we saw each other eve ay, but upon" my return home E'iOTIHO -A PRES'rENT 10 M \ '' '3 Buchanai * ' if tW Defeated Ps First x J ;episb!icai .A > l' n ri/l! 'I nta VUllUIUUll BUCHANAN. TIIK election- of - 1K"0 was the Qrst contest between the two parties as they exist teilay.. Buchanan. Benou-rat. of I'ontisylvutiiu. opposed .lohn C. Fremont, IJipliidioaii. of Now York.. The Repiililo aji party had just Ijcou erouted. Slavery' was the principal issiie. and sijrtis of tho ui'proaohTiiA 1 Utastfoplfe were plainly visible Buchanan was elected, re eivinj; a popular vote of l.MlS.ldit to l.rril.inil for his opponent. .Millard Fillmore of Now York, who \yas tho < an didate of the ..American party, received S7l."?ii8 votes. J. C. Breckinridge, heinocrat. pf Kentucky. was chosen- vice president > pping Iightei||the S le people.! J ; a " Days Till Christmas. \ rou r Christmas purchases, beg^? once. ^ th e stores, which will be if* kter; j *tlon for many by putting fB<mey 111 ? laut to sell early and replaoe'u necessary \ help to nake lighter the, **' load * fop le, who are putting foTttUK^^ j i pleasure for you. f* 1 it for Others , hristmas Shopping ^ I s*. civic leagukmeHL i The Civic League i planting trees on- the str^^^^BPfs needed, and giving away I | Mvrthe to those who wb^^HK? t ^ ; plant in yards. Miss t has them to distribute to i sire them. | e<* ' Good work is being dJ^^HREi green, the hedge whichjg^H^HF j ce planted in the bare spots^^NBSr j straightened. ^^Hnggj I The Flower Show Comjaij^^^^HL ^ be that those who have not alw^HHRRt ^ a't Sweet Peas for the Show rfS|jl!PHK? i a should do so now. Mlas given 100 jmpers of Sweet t0 many school children,? : * them should make a good' at the Show next Spring. Tb^F^^HR 1,0 a special table for blooms ?hseed- iHHEa Qg To make the town rh * holiday visitors, nothing ig- more than fur each^honajB^S^^^RSS ho clean the jsLde 'walk a smooth the r~nrh >** ii <i^T\:ii i-fnrctr 3(* not only make th?r ptacsi^fcK attract' I ^ Ive now, but will be gettingf things In } ? shape for spring so that *hf k &ra? _ "nm beglnis tio get green, ?e'f will be Ig. nothing to mar its look^kjM^o binder t0 slipped from my memorfi' Dfouhd my > life too full of duties -Area to recall e the enchanting days of thai first trip r" away from home. Then all at once -j l|o I remembered. I ln i "I had gone to my morning's work : as with my soul ln revolt i I fairly h : loathed my duties. I was tired?tired oj from a constant striving to? do cheer- | )o fully what I hate to do with every ( tLQ fiber of my being. I remember I had , 1Q cakes for breakfast that morning, and tie wIth each cake * turned 01 P"1^* lt_ i die I added one thousand y ?rs to my . , life. As there were seven I' rould soon nd have rivaled Methusela but i hat my Inj ner consciousness took a ser es of somersaults and I found myself standing upon the deck of the old Trinidad as she plowed through the G ulf of St pa Lawrence. eQ "However, my mental itymnastles served a good purpose. Llf i had been . J trying all through the week. For days I bad been pricked until X : elt as full of holes as an old plncosb on. Then Is the time for me to get lnl t> the open I if I can. It Is not alwayi possible. But I did get away from th* doom ror a little while. Just for a v alk to the mail-box and back, but 1: was far enough away for the rapli walk to send the blood tingling tl trough my veins and change my vlewp< >lnt of life. "I think, perhaps, the leti er I found there helped as much as th e crisp air 1 to change the current of m;' thoughts. It was from the man of v horn I am speaking. He had never wi Itten to me before and the letter was 1 he merest, friendliest little note. Heme mber, Harriet. I had not thought of t ie man for two years. Can you explal a the coincidence? Was It telepathy'1 "Be that as it may, there was noth1 lug in the letter to suggest anything but a kindly interest Could he call! , He was coming to Washington "Glad as I was to hear from him again, my first Impulse Was to dnd some excuse to prevent his coming. I didn't have a decent dress to my name. I cannot keep up with the) styles and have little use for up-to-d^te clothes. I am a little ashamed of myself as I look back upon that moment of hesitancy. But nevertheless I] wrote and told him to come. "He did not wait for my ^eply, Harriet. He came the following day and found me in a faded calico dress In i uie uqnus ui u ouuuuuucu * nm m* the garden gathering beans for dinner, and did not see him until I heard a voice that made me Jump to my feet What do you think that man did? Be put his hand under my chlb, lifted up my face and kissed me. "Of course, by all the conventions and modesty and outraged feeling, I should have resented that kiss. I did nothing of the kind. I merely stared up ipto his face. Then, before I realized what I was doing, I burled my face against his coat sleeve. "That was the beginning and ths end "O of my courtship,. AfJajwar^ I .-1 Kenneth Funderburk, eon of Mr. T. Funderburk, of our city, had a :k>se call yesterday when a saaall iron :ube with which he and a amnber of >ther boys were experimenting exploled. As it la h* loot one eye completely ?d. Aalt is he lost one eye eompleily ind it ^feared he will lose the other. i number of school boys had gotten < he iron tube and had packed it with ] (run cartclges, pistol cartridges aijd i oose powder and had placed a string n it for a fuse, closing both ends of he tube with corks. They had failed , Ln their efforts to explode it when ' [long came Kenneth who decided he ^ could try his hand. About this time he school bell rang and the school >07s went Into the school leaving i Kenneth alone. H? took the tube in ( lis hand to examine it and just as he licked it up it exploded. He was right badly burned and the j >all of one eye was blown oat, the >ther eye being badly burned. He was gken to a hospital as quickly as possl>le and It is hoped that the damaged ye may be saved. Watch out for your chcken roosts ind your turkey pen and your home t is reported that a number of suarfclous looking strangers have been een dodging about the letie frequented Mtrts of the town the past few days, esldes there is still with us several of he "old standbys." . By virtue of a decree rendered in he case of J. C. Wall, Plaintiff against X-H. Spencer, Defendant, dated Dec ?t, 1916, I will offer for sale before ba Court House door at Chesterfield, L C., on January 1st, 1917, > within Httr' hours of sale, the following Bteibed real estate, to wit: 9b. that certain piece, parcel or H&f land, containing ninety acres, BBr less, being a part of the estate UMt B. J. Spencer and bounded as nftft by landa of C. H. Spencer; J. F. Spencer's lgnd;. South t lobeson Mill Creek." I c Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to ( <ay for all necessary papers. P. A. MURRAY, JR., t Master Chesterfield County. a m alone, I felt so ashamed. And I f was tortured by doubt. X bad a ter ( thought lore could come all la a mo> neut I was overwhelmed aad afraid. Bo afraid It might not be true. But 1 when X told him my fee re a tittle later ? 1 knew that I had been making a | mountain out of a molehill. ( "So you see, Harriet, the greet eveat bore down upon me without beginning or end. It had to be, and was." f (Copyright. 1911. by th? MeChtro Wewms por grnUlcate.) iil i iim I si9 I BB y ir jW ^ MflkeiGoUCc Ml ~" r?Ifa Motet In tfbr fcrtteMf c comfort wtemi Intel mom, bat Carry h anywtoc; i a half tmwu fvy^j Qaaa, feraMa, 90 any af tte Uaa AbMhi 8mq raouhm. BHfl aTAMDAKP eq S5t ? - ?.? ? a ^ wi MI ??im? ^Hvifliiun?? "Noble disappointment, noble selftotal are not to be admired, not even to be pardoned. If they brlnf bitterness gentleness and cheerfuluo, tk?M come before all morality; they art the perfect duties."?:Robert Loata Stevenson. The recent slump in the price of cotton of about $10 a bale is said to havd caught some Cheraw people on the losing side. Some of the merchants of Cheraw have "handsomely and appropriately "rigged" up their show windows with holiday goods. eee miss Mary Bene Held, woo nas been making her home in Texas an Massachusetts for a number of years, is expected to arrive in a few day for an extended visit with relatives in this, wr old home. MASTER S SALE. Itate of South Carolina, bounty of Chesterfield. Pursuant to a decree heretofore granted in the case of Mrs. Eliza McIfcskill, plaintiff, aganst Mrs. R. C. Imith, Mrs. W. J. Stricklin, Thomas McCaskill, Lois McCaskill and the leffereon Bank, I will offer for sale tefore the Court House door in Jhesterleld, S. 0., on the first Monday n January, same being the first, within he legal hours of Rale, to the highest >ldder for cash, the following real atate to wit; All that tract of land in Chesterfield bounty, in said stale, containing one tundred and seventy-nine (179) acres, do re or less, abourt four miles from he town of Jefferson, bounded on the wrth by the estate lands of E. J. lowie, and W. P. McCaskill, on the ast by lands of J. R. Campbell, on be south by lands of W. K. Knight, md on the west by estate lands of taseph Demby, this being the same ract of land conveyed to M. McCaskill >y Esther McCaskill, at al, on or about fflce of the Clerk of Court Chesterfield bounty. | j^[ Also ell that tract of land In the own of Jefferson, county and state iforesatd, bounded on the north by W. 1 McMillan, on the east by Jefferson itreet, on the south by D. H. Moore, tnd on the west by estate lands of lire. Elisabeth Miller the said lot fronting on Jefferson Street 100 feet md running back at right angles thereto 10S feet, the same being the lot xmveyed to M. McCaskill by Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, and upon which is ritnated a six room dwelling. P. A. MURRAY. JR., Master Chesterfield County. k irnera Cozy pay?and la cheap- W| M soul fir*. Sprwdi \# * yoa w?nt h? hroom or pantry. V \ It walgka laas than \ I *4 IwHi Ask \J 1 10 asera, or your [ or deportment I rtty Ofl?tor bett I J7 [L COi .PAKY HH Back Taxes Columbia, l)ec. 9.?Attorney General Peeples has brought suit against the city of Columbia for $1,467.22 back taxes due the State on the city J hall property, it being alleged that part of this property is used for theater purposes. The tax is for ten years. The Secretary of State fixed the evaluation of the property taxable at $11,000 and it is for this that the suit is brought. The suit will be defended by the city attorney, Colin S. Moutietb. MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of a decree rendered by his Honor Judge J. W. DeVore at the Ootober, 1910 term of court in the case of W. S. Blakeney, as assignee, Plaintiff vs. R. M. Arm trong Defendant, I will offer for sale before the Court House door at Chesterfield, S. C., on January 1st, 1917, within the legal hours of sale, the following described real estate, to wit: "All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situated, lying and being in the County of Cheseterfleld, State of South Carolna containing 200 acres, more or less, l>ounded North by Cheraw & Lancaster ' public road; East by Shop branch; South by land of John Armstrong, and West by laud of W. E. Thompson, as shown by deed of R. E. Rivers Clerk to R. M. Armstrong and plat therein referred to, being lands sold in the case of H. H. Newton, et al, vs. Hugn Aiassey, ?t ai." Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. P. A. MURRAY, JR., Master Chesterfield County MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Pursuant to a decree heretofore , granted in the case of T. P. Harrall, ? dant, I will offer for sale before the door of the Court House in Chesterfield, S. C.f on the first Monday in January, 1917 the same being the 1st day of said month, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash: All that certain tract of land, situated in State an'*. County aforesaid, containing two and one-half j (2 1-2 ) acres of land and house thereon ; bound on the North by lauds of ; C. A. Kirkley; East by lands of Wm. | McDonald and West by lands of John S. Brigman. Purchaser to pay taxes and to pay for all necessary papers. P. A. MURRAY, JR., Master Chesterfield County.