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I M ^e ^resi( . Strengthen B fi From Tfc Indept The program of preparation for the national defense set forth by President Wilson is sane, moderate and in consonance with American spirit and American traditions. The president recognizes to the full the incontestable fact that the American people hate the very thought of militarism and that they would prefer almost any risk to the establishment of a great, standing army on the European scale or to any form of compulsory military serkvice. But he realizes no less fully that our present prepartion on the military side is not comI mensurate with our national responsibilities. He proposes t hereJPPr fore, that we shall adopt a more ' comprehensive plan of national defense than we have been working upon in the past.?but that we shall not lose our heads about it or jump from the frymg pun into the fire. The President reminds the nation that the navy has ever been and must ever he itp first and chief line of defense. That navy is already a great, and efficient n ,..i i .< . . * niiur. xi. wuiy tipc118 mat its development along the lines already followed should he somewhat hastened, and that a definite policy of development "not made from year to year, but looking well into the future and planning for a definite consumma i ion," should be worked out and A Bennettsville Interview Mrs. Powers Tells Her Experi- | W enoe. * The following brief account of an interview with a Beimetts. ville woman over four years ago. M.d its sequel, will lie read with ikoen interest by every citizen. Mrs. E. Powers, Powers street, ^ vlfennettsville, S. (J.. says: "1 suffered from .lull, nagging back aches and pains through my loins, 1 didn't rest, well at night. Doan's Kidney Pills benefitted met wonderfully, relievlnc t hnnlru/?lt a u o/l *> ? vfMvn WVIM <i i i > l \)C\ t \\r> n 11 ' 1 regulating tin; action of my kid ^B neys " (Statement given DeB| cember 29th, 1910 ) B STILL USES LOAN'S About four years later, Mrs. HH Powers said: "1 still think liighIy of I) 's Kidney Pills and I I I me them when 1 need a kidney medicine. They never fail to give me relief. HH Price f>0c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy ?get Doan'sKidney i'ills?the same that. Mrs. Powers had. FosW^M ter-Milburn Co., Props.. Builalo, HI N*v ? ^ "3rain ?. B $talk % Sow Grain and let Drill made fo HBBH jHHHKgjfflJ Prepare your land HHUH Harrow. W SjBjHBB^SH That famous Mel Come in and s BRRHB Disc Harrows?50MBMMBMB and adjustable BHB| our p Right now is the HRmHH goods, so come in BBBHRHHl for the conn HHDHK i lent rfans to [ational Defense; ndcnt, New York r c adopted. In this matter there ' is no need for panic haste. VVe feel no fear, for our national se c curity is not threatened. In tho matter of the army the 1 President's proposals fall under 1 four heads. We are to be asked * to make a modest increase in a our regular army, sufficient for 1 "the performance of the neces- * Hary duties of the armv in the a Philippines, in Hawaii, in Porto s Rico, upon the borders of the * United States, at the coast fortl- * cations and at the military posts r of the interior." The national guard is to be (' put upon a better and tn< re per ' manent footing, involving more 11 definite support from the nation- ^ al government and a more defi ^ nite connection with the mili ' tary organization of the nation * A continental army is to he " created, to consist of 400,000 men. This force is to be enlisted in the next three years, it-:,, members being asked to enlist for three years with the colors j and three years on fnrlougii . During the three years with the ^ colors the members of the force r would constitute in no sense a standing army, but would merely be required to spend a period p of perhaps two months each jen.in intensive training. This trail ing would be carried out in close ^ association with the organized units of the regular army. Tli ^ national guard would also lie used as an instrumentality b ? the development and training < : > e this citizen army. The fourth part of the proh Jem involves the mnbili/:??.lnnn *.t" our national resources as may bo 81 necessary for llie national de- ^ fettsc and tbe preparation of the i u necessary munitions anu supplies for the new forces. This is a rational and carcfu. program. It is solidly bused upon the sound American principa of no great standing arm.v, but u , citizenry sulliciently trained and prepared to come promptly and t-fl'ectivlv tothe nation's d* fense should the awful contingency of ? r war arise. The country will await with ^ interest tiie more elaborate and detailed presentation of the plun which the President is to muk? to Congress upon its reassembling. It", is particularly important to know whether any steps ^ are to lie taken for the promo . tion of economy in our naval and ^ military expenditures, and especially for the elimination of ( useless navy yards and tnilitar. 1? ? wmm 11: lie /rum | , utters I > arrow# |. as sell you the best r the money, * i A^ith a good Disce have them, <ay Stalk Cutter. S ii ee for yourself. I * i I tooth, two sections S Investigate >rices. I | * ti time to buy these * and lets get right ling seasonHARDWARE j i P A N Y ! , )ost8 maintained for purely poli ical reaaous. Until we have topped spending unwisely and mprudently the vast sums vliich we now appropriate for lational defense we should be cautious about entering upon arge and costly innovationsThe President's proposals will loubtlees be opposed by two ilafses of people?those who will lot. be satisfied with so modest a , neasure of preparation, and hose like Mr. Bryan?who has dready let himself be heard ipon the point? who believe hat the evils of warfare to be voided not by preparation to re 1st aggression and injustice but >y some other means. Hut jelieve that the majority of easonable and clear thinking Americans will rind in the Fresilent's proposals or something ' ide them the American way of ; meeting the danger which the j Ireat War has shown to lie in 1 /ait for even the most peace- 1 oving of peoples. Jfficial Statement | Of Fair Association I There were 8,825 paid adtnis- J ions to the County Fair grounds , ist week amounting to $1981.40. 'rom the Carnival Company and Jonceseions the Fair Association ? ealized $811. Total Fair re eipts $2242.40. The expenses of the County t 'air will amount to nround lmwu.uu, rnus leaving a nice rolifc which will bij used to imrove the Fair for next year, he Chesterfield County Fair iSROciation does not pay any ividends to its stockholders; very dollar over and above oprating expenses goes into fujre Fairs. The largest attendance for any ingle day at, the County Fair as Wednesday, 10th. On that ay 3,.'111 tickets were sold. As il small children were admitted ? the Fair grounds free it is esimated o"er four thou-and per uis were ? n the Fair grounds a Wednesday. The crowd on hursduv nearly equalled that of Wednesday. The hair management desires ? thank the Press of the County , ).* their aid in helping make the i 'air a success. Printers' ink \ ays; we have tried it; we know. t Thanks are extended to al! < upe*iutendents of departments f nd their assistants and all other < inployes tor their services. ? The people of Chesterfield j nunt.y ? ' iv debt of gratitude < i L. 11. Trotti, the founder and l ither of the Chesterfield Couny Fair, for lie it was who first , laugurated the movement for u 1 Jounty Fair and lias been the apable president of the Fair ( Association evoi since its organnation tliree years ago. 1 It is sincerely hoped that ev- t ry one who attended the Coun- t y Fair was well pleased?that i hey will net soon forget liud i lary,-the aviator, who proved to hem that muii can fly and fly 1 nceessfully?and that ull the 1 eopie of Chesterfield County 1 \ ill pull together and make next ! ear's Fair greater than ever. C. L HUN LEY, (Secretary The Chesterfield County T Fair Association ( " <3 " ^?rTT ifiniiri TTWTwwnnwFinj t Rubbing Eases Pain d r Rubbing sends the liniment t tingling through the flesh and ? quickly tftops pain. Demand a ,, liniment that you can rub with. 1 he be$t rubbing liniment is MUSTANG! LINIMENT I C\ * Good for the Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. | Good for your own A ches, Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, > Cuts, Burns, Etc. 2Sc. 50c. $1. At all Dealer*. 1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm < | A Stray | | Chance J ft By & JESSIE E.SHERWIN ?5 | g (Copyright, 1916, by W. Q. Chapman.) j "To plungo into the wilderness and forget, or to ransack the mountains and gain great wealth, the only thing, it seems, that will buy me my happiness!" Thus mused Arden Vaile, and he looked grim, desperate, determined all at once. His case was a prototype of the common variety of the poor, struggling man of genius, loving and beloved in turn hv )<? ~ _ ?? vuu uaufeutci KJL a Croesus. He was too honorable and sensible to ask pretty iiettina Royce to engage herself to him until he had made some kind of a hopeful financial start in life. Then, too, her father, while neither tyrannical nor snobbish, was a stickler for prudence and what was iue his daughter socially. There was only a mutual, tacit unlerstanding between Bcttina and Arien at their parting interview. Ho spoke of going forth to win the world. Her mute lips, framed to an expression of real mental pain, assured him hat his love was her world, and she spoke of his return in a gladsome, lopeful way that sent him on his jourley happy. "Mr. ltoyce made his fortune at miring in a day," ruminated Arden. "If [ lay the more formation for ono In i year I will bo thankful." The district had seen some great 'finds" of late?gold, always gold. \rden started for the Bonanza dis rict on foot. It was three hundred ! Mtoii.,, Hi'. i I 'Make It Big, and Lots of Color in It." ni'.es away, out of the reach of even ;ood roads. He had little but his outit and a few cherished belongings. There was his cornet, for ho was something of a musician; his artist's :ase, a few favorite books. It was at Cross Cut Gully that ho ?. ..i ~..i > i/uuu ii Hiini'ii n'-ui uui in iimus. jood fortune, however, stepped in and saved the day. A rugged, half-tipsy niner discovered him whiling awaj a onoly hour near the edge of a stream, liscoursing some old fumiliar tunes on lis cornet. "The very thing, boss!" he hailed Vrden heartily, "tfee here," and ho Irew out a buckskin bag. It was illed with nuggets. "How much to give us some patriotic and dance music up at the lulcli?" was his next ready challenge. "I'll do it for a good meal," replied Vrden accommodatingly. "But you won't!" dissented his new icquaintance. "Here, and hero, and here!" and Anion's eyes sparkled as learly threo ounces of dust was >oured into his palm. They meant new Life for the penniess wanderer; they helped him on lis way, as far as Quartzville. Here i frontier circus was in progress, dixing with the crowd, Arden was obbed of what was left of his stake." His funds ran so low that ho relainted a tavern sign for flvo dollars. )ne of the habitues of the place came icross him thus engaged. Ho was a ough card-playing rustler, and "Can you paint picters, too?" ho inluircd. "You moan portraits?" asked Arlen. "That's It- I want one done. When 'ou're through with tiiat sign, como nslde and ask for Broncho Jim." This Arden did. lie found his prosjectivo client in a duly hilarious state, vith a wealth of poker chips at his ilbow. Broncho Jim passed him over i mint slab, validated for half a hunIred, "Double that when you get her lone," was the announcement. "Her?whom?" asked Arden wonleringly. "Ziatina, down at tho circus. She's to use for me, but I've hit tho fancy hat I'd like her picter. Make it big, utd lots of color in it. Take me!" "1 think I do," assented Arden, and let out on his queer mission. Ziatina was a popular name at the ittle settlement just then. She was i halt-breed, graceful as a gazelle, vith great black eyes and a willowy orm. She was the star of the show, tnd her appearance in a sketch bringng in scouts, cowboys and the usual personnel of a frontier drama, carried the very poor rest of tho daily tent entertainment. Sho had been toasted and cheered and made love to by the rude rustlers and miners, but she was as stone, as Ice to fulsome praise, and In her forbidding eyes there was evor a faraway glow, as though her thoughts were with somo dusky lover she could not forget. Arden sketched Ziatina, unnoticed. In one of her most graceful poses. He made a studio for two days of his little, obscure room at the settlement tavern. Tfee canvas finished, was a k 1 1 somewhat florid, but very recognizable portrait of the star of the circus. Arden went after Jim. He had not mounted the canvas, but carried It on a roller. He sought out Jim at his usual haunts. "He's gone," was the report he got from the proprietor of the principal gaming place of the settlement. "Gone, when? Where?" questioned the disappointed Arden. "Last night?cleaned out, and made for the mines to get a new stake." Arden took the portrait back to his room, and shoved it in his kit, and forgot all about it. He had money enough as it was to buy a horse, but he made the mistako of starting off on the trail alone and ' unguided. He blundered in following it, got lost in a desolate wilderness. For six days he had no sight of habitation or human being. The morning of the seventh he was awakened from a sound sleep on a bed of green in a ravine to the arfnmnnnlmfint ff cnw. : age yells. Half-a-dozen dusky warriors surrounded him. Their fierceness was emphasized by the way in which they brandished knives, riiles and tomahawks at him. His horse had been appropriated by one savage, another was ransacking his traveling kit. His despoiler passed around to his comrades article after article. Finally ho came to the rolled-up portrait. . It came looso in his hand, and he j stared agape at the picture of the halfbreed circus star. Arden had noticed a stalwart young brave who seemed to be the loader of the party. He had a certain princely and dignified mien and took no part in the pilfering going on. Just at this juncture, however, as two of the savages, in turn, with mocking laughter drew each a knife and poised it for a fling, as if to see how near they could graze tho ear of the bound and helpless Arden, this young Indian j rushed forward with a tumultuous j cry. 1 Ho halted the two sanguinary braves with a gesture. Ho snatched the portrait from tho hand of the man who held it. Ho stared at it, his face betraying the most sentient emotions. He waved his companions away, ho relaxed the bonds securing Arden. Then in an animated pantomime he ^uiiiiEu iihj yuinuii, iiu crossed nis hands upon his heart as though seeking to express a mute vivid adoration for the fair half-breed girl it counterfeited. Not a word of his jargon could Arden understand, but he guessed out tho riddle from the expressive pantoniimo of the young brave. Ziatina had been his lovo. they had quarreled, he had sought her vainly. if Anion couhl lead him to the vanished girl he should be enriched, and the young chief led him from the spot into a deep cave and showed him a vast treasure house of gold gathered up by the tribe for their leader. He summoned a member of his tribe. A horse was ^brought. Two stout buckskin bags were filled with gold and slung across the back of tho animal. "Ziatina," he said simply, indicating that if Arden should lead him to his lost lovo tho gold should be his. Arden Vaile's eyes brightened?they expressed more than hope and courage?assurance positive. For to find Ziatina was an easy task, and the reward for the same meant the start of a fortune, and, therefore, Bettina. Hard Work, Indeed. A young woman who pounds the typewriter all day figures that her hands travel about five miles during her working hours, "if a girl writes the word 'then,'" she says, "figure how much ground she covers. Tak ing mo rour letters 111 order, her hands travel altogether a distance of no less than 4V& inches. Suppose that the word conies at the end of a line. Slio raises her hand to shift her paper up a notch and she has covered 5 inches raising her hand and as much coming back to the space bar. There are 14 Vi inches of motion just over the circumstanco of writing a word of four letters at the end of a line. Studying the amount of travel done by the hands in the course of an extended article written by the typewriter, it runs up into large fractions of miles in tho course of tho day. Tho forearms are kept always at right angles to tho upper arm, and that throws a certain strain on the biceps muscles. They and tho muscles of the forearms ought to bo strengthened greatly by a course of typewriting, but th>s ?s the sort of exercise that is too near home, like housework, sweeping and the like, to bo attractive." Back Broken Thrice, Lives. Ily means of a delicate operation in tho Cooper hospital Dominick l'erallo may live, although his spine was broken in three places when he was buried under a slide of coal. Porallo was partially paralyzed by the bones touching on the vital cord, and their removal restored the sense of touch In the limbs. The hospital doctors cay that the patient is almost sure to recover.?Philadelphia North American. OVR JITNEY OFFER This a.nd 5c DON'T MISt2 THIS. Out out this slip, enclose with be and mail it to Foley & Oo., Chicago, Illinois, writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Fills, for pain in sides and hark, rheu rnatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathar tic, for constipation, biliousness, headache and sluggish bowels.? Square Deal Drug Store. FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS, to* BAOKACKC KI0NKY9 ABO B' AOOfcB | & 1 . * v. ; MWB?? Neyv Road 8urf*clng. Tt ! reported that an experiment I being made with a material which heretofore ha a been a waste product of glass factories, for road-making. This is a thick, slrupy liquid that hardens when exposed to the atmosphere, forming a substance that somewhat resembles glass. A quantity of thie material is mixed with crushed stone and used to surface a stretch of highway in Illinois, forming a surface that is as smooth as concrete. How this surface will stand uo under weather and wear will bo watched with Interest. Road Dragging. Good roads save money, because: They cheapen transportation to the markets: they reduce the drain upon capital invested in horses; they prevent waste of time, and "time is money;" they add to the Joy of living, and Joy adds to the effectiveness of life; good roads may bo had by dragging; use tho drag. There is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It incurable. Catarrh is a iocai disease, greatly Influenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is taken internally and acts thru the Illood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any case that Hall's Catarrh Cure falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Fills for constipation. When you come t Hurst-Stn Before you Cotton ( They will give you appreciate your trade : Groceries, Wagons, E ing, Cyprus Shingles i i anyuJiDg you WISH lO L quality considered, as whereliilRST-SIREAT COLD 1 We aro not running a sale in front of our store wrapped u is printed in all the gorgeo something purporting to set er have we these little [lass 1 which is printed something t these contr ptions cost >11011 pay this bill. Now that we have a stock of nana ana other siloes that \v much less than the standard the WALK OVER Shoe, an The prices run ?3.50, ?4.0'>, > We will sel ?3.00, $3.50, $3.' Other makes will he soh O'DOM . COMI SAFETY Now in these gwod times around twelve, cents, why have been putting off so lonj. protect your wife and childr now?" .... J~i yf -TH IT y 17 LAKY . Chesterfield, S Nor Write me and I will 03 dayh of a severe case of Piles out pain, knife or detention 1 suffer from this disease when right here in South Carolina. 20t-o3 ?ATTORNEYS-R. E. Hanr.a C Ii Hunley Chesterfield, S. O. Office it PeoDleB Bank Buildin I)R L H TROTTI Dental Surgeon Chesterfield, 8. C. Office on second floor in Ross Building. All who desire my services will please see me at Chesterfield, as I have discontinued my visits to other towns Office of County Supt. Educa tionOffice open every Sulnrdny and the first Monday of each month. null r? iuui>CY The mint makes it and under tlin terms of the I'ONTi N ANTAL MOHTtiAtilO I'OXil'ANY you can secure it at (> per cent for any lejral purpose on approved real estate. Terms easy, tell us your wants and we will co-operate with you. 908-9 Munsey Bldg , Baltimore. In watch and jewelry repairine you want the best. You will make no mistake if you carry them to McUall for repair. 0 Chesterfield see >ater Co. ,r'" 1 selPyour oi Seed top prices and will m Dry Goods, Shoes, Suggies, Wire Fenc?, and in fact most )uv at as close prices, > you can get any[R COMPANY FACTS_ I lie sense that we have the p in white cloth on which us colors of the rainbow forth great bargains; neithlung around in the store on ') catch the unwary. All S ey, and somebody has to WALKOVER SHOESon e are willing to sell for price. Everybody knows (1 knows the price ol' them. i>4.f>0 and $5.00 1 them for 7.">, and $-1.00. il correspondingly low. Yours truly, ~>ANY MWi?????????<W??B?WW?? ! I first wlion cotton is bringing \ not buy thai policy you ' * f. A policy with me will en- "Eventually, why not HUNLEY. outh Carolina ICE ;plain how 1 was cured in 4 of 40 years (standing, withfrom business- No cr ? need this humane cure can ' ? had R. M. J()8KY, Lama- S. 0.