The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, October 21, 1915, Image 1
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VOLUME 34?NO. 81. CHESTERFIELD, S. C., OCTOBER 21 1915 *i ru\ A vvau TXT ATMr..,^
Principal Scene
In Great W
Another invasion of Serbia has
begun. For the thiril time in
this war the Austrian armies are
crossing the three moat rivers
that Drotect the northern bor
pu^*?\ttg up on the station bulletin
bo\rd in far-away France a
notice \ that "Beginning today
express trains on the German
state railroads will be through
from Lille to Warsaw."
So now the German papers are
t not talking about the prospec
tive punishment of naughty little
Serbia, but are congratulating
themselves on the . probable
completion of the Hamburg-Bagi
dad Railroad.
L A German paper says : "When
I the road to Constantinople has
1 been won, connection will have
B been established between us and
A our allies on the Bosphorus. A
I single line of rails will stretch
from Hamburg to Bagdad, and
B the road will be free for the pasB
sage of German products to Tur^B
key and of Turkish products to
Germany. Then an united cornel
niercial sphere will stretch trom
B the North Sea to the Persian
Gulf, and as far as the frontiers
of India, and the rich products
of the soil of Asia Minor?especKB
ially corn and cotton?can find
their way the Central Powers
J^Bwithout England's lleet being
^^B&ble to prevent it. This, howj^^Hever,
means the final collapse of
^^^Bhe English scheme of shutting
BHB>ermany and Austria-Hungary
|^?T from all the raw products of
^H^we world, and it means for us
^^^Biaymssihility of continuing this
HR^PHHtr^an unlimited time withJ
""""outour having to impose upon
ourselves the slightest restriction."
It is evident that England rev
ali/es the importance of the issue,
for before the Teutonic forces
had crossed the three rivers to
enter Serbia from the north, the
British and French troops were
crossing Greece to enter Serbia
from the South. No attention
was paid to the protest of the
Greek Government against the
landing of Allied troops at Salonica,
for the need was urgent
^ ' the eager soldiers could not
"BWJrd to wait upon the dilatory
diplomatists.
* e can now see why it is that
Germany chooses to send her
_o_ 11 : ? A?.1 ?i
iu tiic itainaim nmti'au ui
employing them in the pursuit
of the fleeing Russians or in
strengthening her hard-pressed
line* in France. It io not sc
mucn Constantinople she covets
at* the cotton and the grair
that lie beyond in the sunns
plains of Anatolia. When bj
tue combination of Great Britain,
France and Italy she founc
herself shut from northern Afri
ca, Germany turned her eyes to
ward Asia Minor and projectec
I a railroad from the Bosphorus t<
the head of the Persian Gulf
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der of the peasant kingdom, the
/ \ Danube, the Save and the
But this new campaign diffeis
from the former attempts at conquest
in that it has German cooperation
and control. This not
only inoreases it effectiveness,
but gives it another aspect. For
Germans and Austrians, for all
their alliance, look at the world
through different eyes. The
Austrians called their invasion
oi lwi'*, otrat expedition, a mere
punitive campaign to avenge
the murder of their Archduke.
But the cold commercial eyes of
the Germans see in the present
movement the completion ot one
of their fondest dreams of railroad
extension. The conquest
of Serbia means to them the filling
in of a missing link in the
system o f German railroads
which shall eventually connect
the North Sea with the Persian
Gulf, Hamburg with Bagdad.
When the Germans captured
the capital of Poland they pro'
.claimed their achievement by
4 ' ^ V
of Action
ar Now in Serbia
But hero phe was checkmated
by the agreement of Rubbia and
Great Britain to divide Persia
between them. Only a strip
thirty miles through along the
Danube divides the Teutonic
Bowers from friendly Bulgaria
and allied Turkey. Against this,
the sole barrier between them
and Constantinople, they have
now struck.
And into this strip of territory
the French and English are
pouring their troops to aid their
ally, Serbia.
Already many thousands of
British and French troop3 who
were landed at Saloniki are on
their way to form a junction
with the Serbs or to take up
strategic positions against the
Bulgarian advance.
The advices from Athens declare
that "the fall of Strumnitza
is imminent." The dispatch
continues: "The Serbs, aided by
the allies, repulsed the Bulgarians,
who retreated on Strumnitza.
"It is learned from diplomatic
sources that Field Ma-thal von
Muckenson, the German commander,
has demanded reinforcements."
Fighting on Big Fronts
There has been plenty of heavy
fighting on both the Eastern and
Western fronts, but nowhere
has either side attempted a general
offensive. The Germans
still are making a great effort
between Riga and Dvinsk and
have met with some minor successes,
but thence to the Roumanian
border, wherever there
has been any fighting it iR the
Russians who are attacking, and
they, too, claim some gains.
Much the same conditions prevail
on the Western front. The
British have been attacking east
of Vermelles, according tc the
Berlin report, while the Germans
attacked the French near
Souchez and French took the offensive
in Champagne, Lorraine
and the Vosgea. None of these
attempts is making any marked
alterations in the positions of the
armies.
According to latest advices
Italy has declared war on Bulgaria
and has dispatched a
squadron under sealed orders,
presumably to join her allies in
blockading the Bulgarian coast.
Baptists Union Meeting.
The Chesterfield Baptist Union
will meet with the Tkompr\
t_ ri *. i. m. i _ / \ A
ureea napusii onurcn on ytci.
20th and 30tn.
The program follows :
Friday morning,
10:30?Devotional service, by
J. W. White.
10:45?Enrollment of dolegates.
11?Sermon by Rev. B. S. Funburg.
12?Noon.
1 :iK)?Address by C. II. Rivers
and others.
2:30?Address by Rev J. M.
Sullivan,
Saturday morning,
10:30?Address by Frank Funderburk
and others.
11 :15?Address by Rev. B. D.
Thames and B. S. Funderburg
and others.
Sunday services to be arranged
for by moderator and deacons of
. the church.
Farmer ? "Here's a letter
frdm city folks answerin' our
ad., Mirandy. They want ter
know if there's a bath in the
house. What'll 1 tell 'em?"
r His wife?"Tell'em the truth.
r Tell 'em if they need a bath,
they'd better take it before they
I come."?Ex.
Wife?"How does my new fall
- hat look, Tom?"
1 Hub?"Urn! It looks tome
> like two weeks' salary."?Bos
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The State Fair to
Be Record Breaker
What promises to be a record
breaking attendance upon the
State Fair is indicated each day
by the unusual activity in purchasing
concessions of space for
exhibits and the general report
from all sections of the State of
plans to come and bring trains,
according to reports received
from Columbia.
From Darlington-county alone,
President J. N. Kiryen predicts
an attendance of as many as
4,000 persons. The schools of
that coun.y are to be closed, and
an estimate lias been made that
more than 2.000 of the 4,000
school children in the county
will come to Columbia for one
day. Similar interest is being
manifested in other sections.
Charleston too is to bring its
"special,promoted by the Ad
Club, Charleston's commercial
organization. The City by the
Sea is to get a rapturous boost
from the effort that will be made
that day.
11 V R.fird cpcrofsrir r?f flio
Fair, says there has never been
such a crush for exhibit rooms
and such a general application
for information.
A feature, which approaches I
State Fair interest from the
local angle, will be the natural
resource parade Wednesday afternoon.
Already 17 counties
have indicated their desire t?>
enter "floats" in addition to 7
or 8 of the larger cities.
A distinct elFort will be made
to have the "floats" represent
accurately the industrial and
natural resources behind the
State's wealth producing capacity,
and some unusually spectacular
entries are being built.
"South uarohna Day," which
will be observed Thursday, will
be the "big" occasio i, and will
be characterized by the most gigantic
of all "caravans" that
will file in slow procession down
Main street.
The corn club boys are to have
an important place in the fair
week festivities this year. Recently
entry fees were cancelled
and additional prize money offered
that the youngsters might
be encouraged to come to Columbia
fair week. Previously only
$517-50 had been oiTcred in prize
money. This has been increased
to SfiH.00, distributed in three
classes. The first prize of the
the greatest yield per acre, combined
with the best written re
port of production, the best
profit paying investment and the
best 10-ear exhibit will be $15.
A second and third prize of $10
and $5 respectively are also offered.
For the 10-ear exhibits alone,
$251 will be given, these being
$10, $8 and $5. respectively.
For the single ear exhibits,
SI5 dollars worth of prizes are
offered. The first, second and
third premiums are placed at
$7. $f> and respectively.
L. L. Haker, State supervisor
of the corn clubs, believes that
he can easily produce 1(X) exhibitors.
Supplemental to this will be
the canning club girh work ol
the State. Cleinson college will
have three different "floats" indicating
the varied activities of
the institution.
(Chesterfield County's exhibit
is in competent hands, Mr. W.
T. Tiller, county demonstration
agent. Me has been very busy
the past week collecting Chesterfield's
best exhibits and reports
a fine selection. No county
in the State could surpass
(Chesterfield in variety and quality
of exhibits, it farmers in
general would assist Mr. Tiller a
little more by planting for this
fair and saving the best for this
purpose.
Products displayed at Colum
bia can be returned and shown
at our own County Fair. Our
exhibits at the State Fair will
show other people what we can
do up here, fhus advertising the
county's possibilities. Products
displayed at home will open vourl
neighbor's eyes, showing them
what yon are doing right next
door, and what they can do.
Thus Chesterfield County ought
to be well represented at both
Fairs. I
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Manning Says South !
Carolina Optimistic
In an interview Gov. Manning
paid: (
"There is an atmosphere of op- >
timi8m and contentmentthrough- t
out all South Oarolina that is 1
highly gratifying." The governor
had spent the night at the 1
Chiquola hotel in Anderson and i
returned to Columbia on the lj
morning train. He was return- j
ing from Pendleton where he <
had spoken at the centennial 1
meeting of the Pendleton Farm- 5
nro^ Co/iiofw J
WIO kJWiC tj I
"I spent a very pleasant day at <
Pendleton and was pleased to
note the great iuterest manifes- i
ted by the people, not only of <
the Piedmont, but by the state ]
at large, in this society and its
meetings. 1 recall that it was ]
at a meeting of this society that 1
Uleni8on College was tirst i
thought about and now this Pen- 1
dleton Farmers' Society has (
grown to be one of the greatest i
institutions for good in our 1
state- Organizations of this
kind, when the proper interest
is manifested will be of great
benefit to the state at large as t
well as the individual members t
of the organization" said the t
governor. "Our people are now t
riding on a wave of prosperity I
and this prosperity is brought (
about very largely by the high (
price of cotton. We must not 1
allow ourselves to run wild, how- j
ever, and plant the whole earth t
in cotton next year.
"I am especially gratified to \
note the growing feeling of s
brotherly love and personal in- j
terest in each other's welfare 0
among the people of south Caro- y
Ima. Men of every business, c
trade and profession are Retting i
in closer touch with each other \
and working together for the up- J
building o f our state. The j
word 'class' is gradua41y dying ?
away and the expression 'South ?
Carolinians' is being substituted *
therefor. We have a great many ^
problems before us, and in ot- j
der to solve them successfully it l
is of the greatest importance
that we put our shoulders to the 1
wheel and unite our efforts as {
South Carolinians for the up- r
buiiding of the 6tate we love so 1
well."
What about the enforcement '
of law in Charleston was asked
the governor. "Well I am continuing
the work of the special
constables there and expect to ]
continue to use every means at 1
my command to enforce all laws j
in all South Carolina at all 1
times,"' said the governor, "end ]
I am convinced that by keeping
everlastingly at it great progress ]
is being made. A report receiv- |
ed in my oflice froni the dispen- j
sary board in Charleston shows
that the special constables ap- 1
pointed by nie to work under '
Sheriff Martin have seized and
turned over to the diepensary (
board over $7,300 worth of whis- ?
key, beer and other intoxicants
within the past four and half
months. The city police during ,
the same period turned over
'about $800 worth. During the
(
same period in 1014 when the
special constables were not
working, the police seized and (
turned over to the dispensary
about $700 worth. The recent j
convictions in the circuit court
speak for themsovels. Yes, I
am sure that there is today a
greater respect for law and order 1
in South Carolina and the general
public is supporting our peace *
officers in the performance of 1
tliaii* /lnftr i
turn uu vj
"I always enjoy my visits to (
the various parts of the state.
It giv68 me the opportunity to
meet the people face to face and
liscusa with them their prob- 1
lems and needs. I find that the j
beet information I can get for (
my guidance as the servant of
the people is secured by close
personal touch with the people
themselves. My oflice is always
open to the people of South Carolina
and it is my desire for the
people to call and discuss with
me any matter looking to the
upbuilding of the state at all
times."
1... ,
&86.50 Net Per Acre
And 11Wasn't Cotton
Mr. T. W. Gaskins, living
ibout two and one half miles
vest of Chesterfield is a progresjive
farmer who is progressing in
die right direction.
This year he produced on a
diree-quarter acre patch 2500
sounds of vetch and oats, worth
?25; which was followed by corn,
fielding 50 bushels and 700 bun-'
lies of fodder. The corn is valjed
at $50 and the fodder at
P14.00. Lie used $24 worth of
fertilizer. Thus nis net profit
m X acre patch was $05.
Those farmers who think it is
necessary to depend on cotton in
Chesterfield are requested to
ponder this example for awhile.
According toClemsou experts,
Mr. Gaskin's corn .vould have
been 20 per cent heavier had he
not stripped the fodder. If
Cletnson is right, Mr. Gaskin
could have added at least $10
wore to this very profitable ventre.
Unique Linen Shower.
Miss Nan Laney was hostess
o a cute linen shower on Saturrurday
morning, complimenting
he bride-to-be, Miss Myrtle L\;son,
whose marriage to Mr. Ira
ted fear n is tc be solemnized
)ct. 28th. The guests were received
by Misses Laney aud
rVelsh, and welcomed into the
jarlors where lovely ferns made
ho decorations.
Several games of heart dice
vere played, and some fine violi n
(elections by Miss Anna-liell
3rock were very much enjoyed,
is also were the piano selections !
>y Miss Gaddy, after which a
lainty salad course, with sand- j
viches and cocoa were served j
ly Misses Mary Belle Welsh and
Doris Laney.
Then in came Masters Ross
?orter and Bill Laney, made up
is little negro boys, and placed
i huge clothes basket at the hon- ,
>r guest's feet. Very much to 1
ler surprise, when the basket
,vas opened it was found to con- j
;ain several pieces of exquisite'
inen and dainty lingerie.
Those who enjoyed this charmng
affair were: Misses Maude |
ledfearn, Ruth Ilanna. Ger.rude
Meehan, Claude Sullivan,
Theo Ortman, lone Rowell. Vioet
Welsh, Anna Bell Brock;
drs. R. E. lianna, and Miss
Vlattie Gaddy.
Sellers?Moore
Miss Clara Moore, daughter of
Mr. U. W. Moore, of Mt. Croglan,
was married on October 17th
io Mr. Luther Sellers of the
Wexfotd section, iiev. J. I).
L'urvis performing the ceremony.
Both young people are very
popular in this community and
the best wishes of their friends
go with them.
Improving Good Seed
A basket of unusually large
cotton bolls was brought to the
State ollice by L. A. Moore, of
Bishopville.
One year ago Mr. Moore's attention
was directed to an exceptionally
well fruited stalk of
cotton in a field of the Webber
variety. In addition to the quantity
of bolls it was noticed also
that the fibre was of extraordinary
length, much of it measuring
as much as one and a half
inches.
From the seed of this stalk,
five rows 70 yards in length,
were planted last spring, Kecent.lv
Mr. Moore refused ftnOft
for the five rows. lie is selling
the seed at one cent each, with
% limit of 250 seed to each purchaser.
The cotton was planted in rows
ten feet apart, with the seed five
feet in the drill. No commercial
fertilizer was used and the
fruitage this year approximates
150 bolls to the stalk. An exhibit
of the cotton will be brought
to the State Fair?The State.
Cotton Market
Cotton 12.50; Seed 62.
Tragedy Follow j
In Charleston;
The bitterness engendered in
Charleston during a hot political i
campaign culminated last Friday
afternoon in a pistol battle in i
which one man was killed and
about six wounded. <
Charleston had been prepared 1
for trouble since Monday night <
preceding the election, when i
Governor Manning ordered four
companies of State guardsmen ,
and three divisions of naval militia
held in their armories.
Tuesday, primary day, passed 1
quietly, however, and at 7:00 ,
o'clock Wednesday mornine the
guardsmen withdrew. Follow I
ers of Mayor .John P. Grace, an
aspirant for re-election, charged
that Governor Manning was unnecessarily
tiying to interfere
with the primary.
Unofficial returns showed that
Hyde had been nominated by a
majority of 19 votes out of more
than (1,000 cast. More than 100 1
votes were contested by the
Grace adherents and the city executive
committee met Friday 1
to canvass the returns.
Just as the meeting was to be
called to order, a fight started in
a hallway adjoining the commit- 1
tec room. During the shouting, *
scuffling and jamming in the 1
hallway some one in the com- 1
mittee room fired a shot and the 1
r^al fight was on. Sereral pie (
tols were brought into play and 1
as the firing continued amid the !
scramble to escape, yelling and '
cries of the wounded, some one 1
inrew three boxes out of the
window. - <
The man killed was Sydney .1 <
Cohen, a reporter for the Eve- 1
uing Post. He was shot through I
the lung. \V. A. Turner, an in- I
surance agent, and VV. E. Win- ?
gate, superintendent of the city i
chaingang, were seriously hurt.
U. L. Wilensky, a city meter in- ]
wpector and Jeremiah O'ttrian,
inspector of weights and nieas- 1
ures and a member of the execu- I
tive committee received minor
bullet wounds. Six arrests were 1
made. <
The police formally charged
&ert*cnal ftems e\
A contiact has been closed by
the Chesterfield County Fair Association
with the Hig Four
Amusement Company. This company
plays this week at Greenwood.
and the next week at Anderson,
S. C. This is a first-class
amusement company, compris
ing one hundred people and is
sure to please.
Rev. B. 8. Funderburg closed
his meeting at the Chesterfield
Baptist church Sunday night.
Large congregations attended
every service, and Mr. Funderburgf's
sermons were greatly enjoyed.
The year 3015 marks Mr.
Funderburg's 17th year of ministry
in this town and this has
been the best year in the history
of the Chesterfield church.
Little Eddie Abbctt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Anbott celebrated
his ninth birthday Tuesday
afternoon. He invited a
large mumberof his little friends
to spend the afternoon with him.
Refreshments were served and
the little ones enjoyed themselves
greatly and they all left
wishing for Mapter Eddie many
happy returns of the day.
Messrp. C. L. Hunley and J. L.
Tyler have been appointed by the
State Hoard of Charities and
I Corrections to the local hoard for
Chesterfield county. These gentlemen
have ulready manifested
an interest in and fitness for this
kind of work and the State authorities
as well as Chesterfield
county are to he congratulated
on this choice.
The fourth quarterly conference
for Chesterfield Charge M.
E. Church, South, will convene
on Friday Nov. 5th at 2>30 P. M.,
u ?uau ill ilUY AilUJDi
3 Election
; 1 Dead; 6 Hurt
I'lenry J. Brown, ore of the men
arrested at the shooting, with
murder. Edward It. McDonald,
also arrested after the shooting,
wa8 charged with conspiracy to
commit murder, assault and battery
with intent to kill. No
conspiracy charges were made
against Brown.
It was indicated that Mayor
John I', Grace would tK?
decision of the executive committee
which declared Tristram
T. Jtlyde, the Democratic nominee
for mayor.
Examination by the coroner of
eight witnesses cleared up but
slightly the question in what
manner Sydney J. Cohen received
his mortal wound.
About all that was accomplished
was to set up the likelihood
that the young newspaper
man was laid low by a bullet
proceeding from one of three
distinct eruptions of gunfire.
The consensus of the testimony
30 far adduced seems to be that
in the center of the room was a
man some witnesses identify as
Henry J. Brown, shooting several
times, more or less promiscously
while struggles for possession
of revolvers held by Committeeman
McDonald and by
Uhief Cantwell resulted in the
discharge of those weapons. Evidence
up to now leaves the possibility
open that Mr. Cohen may
have met his death by a bullet
P?'Am a *.** ^ * *
L.uiu unj uuc ui tiirue sources.
To-day will probably see the
dose of the inquest into the death
jf Mr. Cohen. Little headway
lias been made, according to the
latest advices, into establishing
the identity of Mr. Cohen's slayer.
The most direct teetimony
idduced was that of Jerry W.
Dunn, who said he saw Edward
11. McDonald shoot Mr. Cohen.
A local interest is added to
this tragedy by the fact that
Mr. Cohen was a classmate of
Mr. It. E. Hanna at Charleston
College. Mr. Hanna says that
Cohen was a man of exceptionally
fine character.
F Steal interest
Itev. W. A. Massebeau, presiding
elder of the Florence District
will preside. Mr. Massebt?u
will pay his last official visit to
this charge on the second Sun- '?
'jay in ivovemDer. The Annual
Conference meets in Charleston
December the first.
All property ownersof Chesterfield
are advised to look to
the validity of the deeds to their
property. A family by the name
of Cheshire, now living in Chicklahah,
Ark., claims title to every
inch of giound on which the
town is built. Their ownership,
they claim dates from many
years before the Civil War. That
they are going after the property
ie evidenced by the fact that
ihey have turned the case over
to one of the most aggressive
law firms in town. There is a
rumor connected with this case
about burried treasure under a
big oak near where the court
house now stands.
The County Fair
Will Be a Hummer
If you miss it this year you'll
niK-c r\f f I.a 1~1 ?>
inion wnu w? mu i/coi?yidunuiy
t lie best?ever held here-a-bouts.
Interesting and instructive exhibits
in great variety. Lusty
livestock, marvelous machinery,
famous fruits, vigorous vegatables,
household hints, attractive
art; everything the best
this section affords. Twould be
folly to stay away; every one
else will be there. Yoh might
as well come, too.
The Chesterfield County Fair, ?
Novetaber, 9 to 12th.
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