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J? tj? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? + + J. PERSONAL MENTION. * * * J? ?J? 'I* ?J? Turner Waddill of Columbia spent a few days this week at home. 1 Mr. L. C. Pirie has bought the j Estes house on Kershaw street. ] Mr. James Powe, of McBee, spent 1 Tuesday In the city. I Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Stricklin spent Monday in Columbia. 1 Mr. Harmen Moise of Sumter, S. C., spent Monday in the city. Miss Lulu Harrington is visiting Mrs. Charles Emack, at Parkton, Md. Otis Ladd and Claude Sherill left this week for the Citadel. Mr. R. A. Rouse spent the weekend in Charlotte, N. C. on business. Hunter Macfarlan has returned from Petersburg, Va., where he has been at work for several weeks. Mrs. and Mrs. A. L. Evans are visiting their daughter, Mrs. C. W. Estes, in Columbia, S. C. ? C . ?_v Mrs. B. F. Pegues ana mue aaugu- ter have returned from Columbia and Darlington. Miss Willie Lee Hutchinson is attending a business college at Columbia. Mrs. Mary Powell is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charlton Law, in Darlington. Mr. Allan Macfarlan, of Columbia, spent Sunday wirh his family at Montrose. Mrs. H. L. Horton and children, of Albemarle, N. C., are visiting Mrs. Horton's sister, Mrs. L. C. Pirie. Misses Mattie Lou Smith and Ora Sherril have returned to Converse College at Spartanburg. Miss Ruth Laney left Tuesday for Columbia where she graduates at the i V Columbia College this year. ( Messrs. 3111 Thrower and Clifton r Coward havp returned to Clemson ? College. "" Miss Annie Ladd returned to Chi- j cora College Wednesday morning at , Columbia. ( Misses Nell Beckham and Gertrude Hartsell returned to Winthrop Col- * lege on Tuesday. j Mrs. Thomas Powe and daughters, ( Josephine and Grace, of St. Louis, 1 Mo., are visiting relatives here. 1 Edward Wright left on Monday for Spartanburg, where he will resume his studies in Wofford College. Campbell Laney and Henry McLeod left this week for Carlisle Fit- < ting School. ?' Mrs. H. C. Sheridan of Charlotte, 1 N. C., is the guest this week of Miss Mamie Jones. 1 Mrs. H. C. Anderson, who has been ] visiting Mrs. W. L. Stubbs for several < months, has returned to her home In 1 Columbia, S. C. I Misses Ellen Duvall, Gertrude ' Hartzell and Messrs. John Justice and William Thrower and Mrs. J. S. Hartzell spent Sunday at Rocky River Springs. o Some South Carolina Crops. ( 1 It is estimated that South Carolina 1 will produce this year 56,400,000 1 pounds of tobacco as against 20,- 1 280,000 pounds last year. South Carolina is expected to pro- ' duce from ten to fifteen mllion more bushels of corn thte year than she i did in 1916. 1 Irish potatoes have gained in popu- ] larity this year in South Carolina. |' Way over a million bushels of this;: crop are expected. The State didn't ! produce anyways near a million,: bushels last year. r The Federal Government forecasts j 1,377,000 bales of cotton for South i Carolina. The production last year i was only 031,830 bales. o ! Major Wheeler Ordered For Duty. 11 Columbia, Sept. 17?Major John A. Wheeler of Marion, ordnance depart-, ment, was today ordered by the War Department to report at Watervliet j arsenal, New York, for duty. Major i Wheeler was In the quartermaster's j department at-Camp Moore, Stvx, during the mobllzation for the Mexi-: can border patrol and was considered an efficient officer. He was appointed from civil life by Governor Manning. A SHIP THAT DID HER BIT. Minnehaha a Ship of Adventure and a Great Deal of Lack. New York Sun. If Berlin knew how many battles the Minnehaha won for the Allies there might be more German rejoicing on her reported loss than there has been over some of the artificial victories of the German arms. Twenty-six round trips since the war began was the record of the faithful old transport, and each time she was loaded to the gunwale with the luggages of Mars. Shells and airplanes and motor cars, copper and steel, nearly a billion pounds of muaitions had been ferried from America to England in this one hull. The Minnehaha was a ship of adventure and a deal of luck. She ran )n the Seal Rocks off the Scilly Isands in 1910. In July 1915, when three days out from New York with i cargo of explosives, she caught fire, 'rom what was undoubtedly a bomb jet by the German associates or Frank Holt, the would-be assassin; but Capt. Claret took her into Halfax and saved her, just as Capt. Leyland had saved her from the Seal Rocks. Claret was the Minnehahas skipper in all her fine war service. "Its aervous work taking a ship down the :hannel\ he said in November, 1914, Probably he did not find it so nervous ifter the policy of frightfulness at sea began, for doubt no longer remained as to whether the German jubmarines would strike the transport if they could. It was irony that :he old single stacker should have slipped through the perils of sea war'are month after month without es:ort, only to be reported lost on her irsi trip with convoy. This was the most useful member )f a sturdy family of ships. The MinaeaDolis lies in the deeps of Malta; :he Minnewaska off Crete. The minletonka is affoat, but shifted to Medi;erranean service. The Minnehaha vas familiar to the Jersey commuter, vho saw her come and go in the tforth river as regularly as if war vas unknown. o Wilson's Prayer for the Soldiers. A soul-stirring message was sent >y President Wilson to the men chosm by the selective draft to serve in he National Army in the fight to nake the world "safe for democracy" ind to "make democracy safe for the fforld." The President voiced the noblest ideal that could be set before such a yast army on the eve of its entry into this world conflict for freedom. On the day before the first continent of soldiers that will compose the acw army of 687,000 men 1 ft their aomes for the training camps, Presilent Wilson welcomed them into the nation's service with a message of affectionate confidence and a prayer that God will keep and guide them, rhe heart of many a mother and father will be touched by his sincere personal interest and confidence in their sons. The prayer will be repeated again and again by many anxious parents and their loved ones as these soldiers go forth to serve their country and the world. There is no self-serving in the war plans of our nation as led by President Wilson but an unselfish pur pose to free the world from its worst enemy?the ruler of an autocracy that would enslaves all nations in the grasp of militarism with the slogan that "might makes right." President Wilson's message and prayer will be read and preserved in many homes. It is as follows: "The White House, Washington: To the soldiers of the National Army: You are undertaking a great duty. The heart of the whole country is with you. Everything that you do will be watched with the deepest solicitude, not only by those near and dear to you, but by the whole nation besides. For this great war draws us all together, makes us all comrades and brothers, as all true Americans felt themselves to be when we first made good our national independence. The eyes of all the world will be upon you because you are in some special sense the soldiers of freedom. Let it be your pride there Tore, to show all men, everywhere, what pood soldiers you are, and what good men you are, keeping yourselves fit and straight and rure and clean through and through. Let us set for ourselves a standard so high that it will be a glory to live up to it and add a new laurel to the crown of America. My affectionate confidence goes with you in every hattie and every test. God keep and guide you. Woodrow Wilson." O Married. At the Methodist parsonage, Rev, E. H. Beckham officiating, Mr. Edgar Lee and Miss Lura Shankle, both of Rockingham, N. C., were united in matrimony last Sunday night. THOMAS E. WATSON. 1 His Strange Career and its Lamentable Conclusion. Americus (Ga.) Times-Recorder. Just beyond the little town of Thompsbn, in a magnificent, old-fashioned Southern home, there lives a man whose very name should, by all rights, be blazing brightly on the halls of fame. Today this man is in the depths of despair, burdened with woes unextinguishable, eating the bitter fruit of remorse and tasting the drugs of grief. To him, as it were, "When sorrows came, they came not single spies, "But in battalions." Born with an innate pride which lashe<? his ambition like the whip of a task master and spurred him on and on to heights which the average country youth would not dare to scale, this man cultivated himself, developed his I to Ion to onH made himself a man among men. He became as good a lawyer, In at least one particular branch of the profession, as there was in Georgia. He exhibited qualities of statesmanship seldom seen in these shallow times. With his pen he employed, "Choice words and measured phrase above the reach. "Of ordinary men." His essays rank with those of Lamb and Macaulay. His histories are the ablest ever written in this country?his "Story of France" being a classic and his "Napolean" the most comprehensive one-volume study of the most famous man of history. His "Jeffersonian" and "Jackson," his "Mexico,' his "The Hohenzollerns',' even his "Roman Catholic Hierarchry," are works which prove him an historical writer of the highest order. His editorial expression burns with the fire of a Marat and the powerful eloquence of Brann or may soothe like the tender gentleness of a woman. Forensically, he is even yet, with the possible exception of Judge Speer, the most superb orator In the South^ Certain it is, he is without a peer in this State as a political stumpJ speaker. I Yet this man has? ' 1 "Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, A And welt'ring in his own bloodj^ However, it may be said that-^fl " Twaji no foeman'g arms that^J| ed him. 'Twas his own that struck tiie blow." Today, instead - of being honored by his people, an inspiration to the youth of the land, his name the proud boast of his countrymen, he is dJ spised by decent-thinking citizens practically prescribed by his govern] ment, a pariah among patriots. While others less gifted but more devoted to democracy are giving their unselfish service to their nation, this man is sowing the seeds of sedition. His writings are denied i the mails, and a prosecution for an offense akin to treason hangs heavy, heavy over his head. "PAPA JOFFRE." Great French General "Just an Ordinary Man." "At last there was a stir among the people in the hall, and we all rose expectantly," writes George P. Ludlam in St. Nicholas. "Then, walking with a firm tread beside Lieut, de Tessan, clad in a blue uniform, with his familiar red and gold cap, came Marshal Joffre. "Threading his way through the crowd with a dignified step, he made his way to the room in which we were. Although well along in years, the marshal is still hale and hearty. He was introduced to all the other guests and finally he came to me. For an instant the famous general's kindly face and keen eyes looked into mine; then I bowed slightly, took his hand and murmured: 'Bon jour, Monsieur le Marechal.' He said something in reply?I never knew what? , and then passed on to Kennedy. That young man filled his little chest, passed up his flowers and shouted in a voic^ which could have been heard to Third avenue; 'B-hon jour, Monsieur I-le Marechal, v-veux-tu accepter ce petit bouguet de moi?' The marshal's face broke into a smile as he stooped down, kissed him on the forehead and answered: 'Merci, mon petit enfant!' and all the other guests laughed with him. "Then he took the flowers and, nodding to us, went out with the officer. I went out in a daze; I had actually shaken hands with the famous Marshal Joffre, the savior of France! Why, it was like our greatgrandmother's being kissed by Lafayette! It seemed too good to be true. "Kennedy was not impressed that il. wrt ?%-\ #> o r? Via rrr\i way, l I1UU&II , llU icnnuncu ao uc fevi ' Into the taxi that he thought 'Papa Joffre* looked just like ony other man!" r Bank No. 18 Statement of the Condition of j THE, BANK OF CHERAW, located at Cheraw, 8. C., at the clos( oj business September 11th, 1917. RESOURCES: Ltoans and Discounts, . .$348,691.2! Overdrafts 3,182.6( Bpnds and Stocks owned j by- the Bank .... 93,985.0( Furniture and Fixtures . 5,671.6! Banking House 30,000.0( Other Real Estate Owned 4,000.0( biie from Banks and 1 Bankers 29,539.71 Currency -. 4,418.OC Gjld , 35.OC Silver and Other Minor Coin . . 2.017.0C Checks and Cash Items . 4,080.44 Liberty Loan Bond A-c. 12.060.If Gtold Certificates .... 10.0C I t Total $537,690.7( j LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid In . ,$110.000.0C Surplus 50.000.0C Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid ....... 1,946.11 Due to Banks and Bankers ........ . 3,422.6< Individual Deposits subject to Check 232,008.8$ Cashier's Checks .... 773.8$ Notes and Bills Rediscounted 24,539.21 Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed 115,000.0( Total $537,690.76 State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield, ss: Before me came G. W. Duvall Cashier of the above named bank who, being duly sworn, says that the ibove and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shows l|y the books of said bank. G. W. DUVALL, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of September, 1917. J. L. CRAIG, J ? X T-?._ t- 1 1 ^ XNOiary ruonc fjorrect Attest: A M. W. Duvall, Edward Mclver, ^KR. T. Caston, Directors. HnOTICE OF BRIDGE LETTING. | Contract for building a bridge dross Thompson Creek betweex ears Mill and Cheraw. ^WMonday, the 24th day of Sep-tip^to k o'-rtocK, p. m., 1 wTi' receive sealed bids for the contrac fr.-_-_-_-L-.-ju1 New Cb I The Dm Goi I 11111 1 Next L B I Be sure i . I to furnish lumber ahd build the above flea named bridge. Adi I reserve the right to reject any see ? and all bids, contractor to give good Ban: and sufficient bond in double the Sep amount of his bid. Plans and speci- 2t. ! the heaviest car is ri ; without danger and i ! Every motorist has dreaded using the ord tlon, to say the least, and constantly fraugl , work. Now all the unpleasant, disagree alimlnatadby the Weed Chain-Jack. With car, you are always oat of harm'e way?1 clothes against springs or other projections I ing up of a "handle"?No chariot ofihaea serious bodily injury?Infinitely easier to op . To operate a Weed Chain-Jack H U not On, > necessary to get down in a cramped, Wei strained position and arovd In mud, grease cra? or dust under a car to work a "handle' that the Is apt to fly up, with unpleasant results, hau To lift a ear with the Weed Chain-Jack, cha! simply give a few pulls on Its endless chain utlli while you stand eaact-dcar from springs, tire carriers and other projections. To y ' lower d ear pall the chain In opposite ; direction. Up or down?there's no labor. *nj Weed Che Powerful?Safe?Ec I Hat a efront cap, providing the kind of support I broad bate prevents the jack from upsetting on ui Is submitted to a lifting test and will support over I Never mete oat of order. Gears and chain wheel Chain heavily plated to prevent rusting. MADE IN FOU1 .. Height When He Lowered 8 inch 8 inches 12] 10 inch 10 Inches 16] 12 ineh 12 inches 18 12 Inch frock 12 Inches 18] The 8 inch and 10 Inch sties are made with an When In operative position this step adds ti Come in and try ; W. L. TO Cheraw Motor Sa t = Dry Goods FOR IERA Battery has open* full line of ods, Notions, nil to w )oor to "*ainv fo call, as the Pr a sensation. ttona will "be xin eSfHt in The ertiser office. Any one wishing to them can call on Mr. Hearn for ie. E. R. KNIGHT, t. 10th, 1917. Co. Supervisor. spMH ?n its chain and lised or lowered without exertion. inary jack?an unpleasant 6pm- > it with danger and much tiresome able features have been entirely it, whether raising or lowering the sio knocking of head, or soiling of ?No thinning of knuckle* or flyr coming down, often resulting in eratethananyjavkon the market. re in place you never have to touch a id Chain-Jack. You do not have to vl underneath to cither raise or tower car and after the car is lowered, you 1 the jack out from under the car by the In. Much laperior in safety, economy, ity, simplicity and construction. u will never be satisfied with ! r other if once you use a j tin-Jack isily Operated From which an axle will not slip, while a t neven roads. Eoary Waad Chain-Jack j :wice the weight it is ever required to lift i s protected by a stamped-steel housing. icht When |Hei?at Wk?? Raised j-Ji-fx inches 1414 Inches fa inches 17* inches fx Inches No Aux. Step k inches No Anx. Step auxiliary step as Illustrated above. ho Inches to the height of the Jad. it yourself >LSON lea Company ... A ed a I Shoes j 1 /ater's j ices are ff