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J Ol)? (El)e.sterfiel6 "^Viiverhser ' VOLUME iii? NO. 80. OHEciTERFIELD, 8. O., NOVEMBER 25 1916 $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE n ^ ' ? Enterprising Uitizens Doing Fine Wort One of the most commendable enterprises undertaken in Chesterfield township in many a day is now in progress on the road between here and the Cheraw township line. Supervisor H. F. King has gone as far as the' county funds , jmil allow in improving this road and is doing excellent work, including the erection of two steel bridges. But part of the job is too big to be accomplished without a special appropriation, which is not at hand. Now everybody who has trav j elecl between here and Cheraw i knows what Mr. King is up against. Yes, it is "The Folly." Mr. King has gone to work in earnest to take the bumps out of "The Folly," and the public-spirited citizens of the town are said to be backing him to a man. And it is baching that he needs. The county is furnishing the wo?k of the chaingaing but cannot furnish the money, therefore the aforesaid public - spirited citizens have gone and are going down into their jeans and by k public subscription are raising ) the necessary funds to change I the curses that usually rend the L air over this stretch of miserable L "toad to blessings. I Thty road is going to be raised J and tilled With gravel and made I permanently good. I J he list of contributors to be I published next week is said to ^Lumber every automoble owner |^^^|l>wn and all that illustrious Itf who are always fouud and supporting every ^ ling for the town and Hrena Events ^Jllnwing report of awards events was received jHfor publication: H Saddle Horse?L. H. and Man Saddle Horse orris Laney and L. H. Saddle Horse?Edniond re. ' Saddle Horse?Mips I Laney. and Boys' Saddle Horses I Dorris Laney and Ed (iiilledge. I's Single Uarness Horse l>. Streater. MMa^BTsDonble Harness Homes HSHlI. Laney. ^B^^Hlies' Double Harness Horses ^^^BHOyche Spencer. HHvh' Tony Kace?Edniond HH^dge. flDB^ ftfir'Arrests arrests made during the ^MflHj^Bled to be published last A. George and Fatima, unc tellers, were ar BMH^Hjj^Ltrged lalse pre exhorbitant charge. HHRBBtt raised a check as H^^RBM^B-eported, but had ac H'k written for $50.00 was intended. HKRflHESHAy and O. K, Foster) BHQH^M^ith gambling. HHHBHj^Rffi^Bfendants pleaded) allowed to put\ [KK^HRBH^Bj^knas. Net results HHIBHnnHre $90.00. H9QflH?BBM>wn police did mi^BnnHwhile the big and their BHHHEBHn|H>t, prevented jHgflBM^^M|^Bj^B>rking their 9BHH9H9n^Bto catch the WH^HHHHHwted to be between 80HHH^GBBnB^uH>on. We nHKfl^HHnHBrise for HHBHHBHaemont HHDHHile Go. & Destruction of Birds Costs U. S. Billions Destruction of birds, according to Col. G. O. Shields, president of the League of American Sportsmen, costs the United States a billion dollars a year Col. Shields made the assertion in an address before the Chicago chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently. "Cotton growers," he said, "lose $100,000,000 a year by the boll weevil. Why? Because the quails, the prairie chickens, the * meadow larks and other birds c which were formerly there in * millions have been swept away * by thoughtless men and boys." ^ The chinch bne costs growers another $100,000,000, he a said, and the Hessian fly $200,- f 000,000. r "It takes more than 24,000 c chinch bugs to weigh an ounce t and nearly 50.000 Hessian flies v to weigh the same," continued n the speaker. "A quail killed in r Ohio had in its crop 1,200 chinch a huge. Another killed in a Kan sas wheat field had 2,000 lies- ? sian flies." t Col. Shields added that potato a growers pay 17,000,000 a year " for spraying poisons and remarked that a quail slain in I'ennsyl vania had 127 potato bugs in its crop. He said that Mrs. Margaret M. Nice of the faculty of the Massachuetts state university, after long study, estimated that a quail destroyed 75,000 T bugs and 0,000.000 weed seeds je annually. ^ Diphtheria Claims Victim g rL. ... . ti inline wuuuie ?nort, the sixyear-old son of Mr. Henry Short, who lives on the place of Mr. ci James Ross, died Tuesday afternoon at about 8:0() o'clock. . The little boy had been sick b for two or three days with what ^ the parents took to be croup Monday he became much worse and Dr. Perry was sent for. He ^ found the child scarcely able to ni breathe with the larynx all but closed. He pronounced the case . , . . iri laryngeal diphtheria and spent the greater part of Monday night m at the bedside of the child, who ,j, died the following afternoon. o) The sympathy of the entire community goes to the bereaved parents, , si A Deer Hunt ai at All deer inhabiting Sandy Island are hereby notified to make themselves hard to catch, for a 01 mighty hunting party is now well on it3 way to that territory. 8< Messrs. J. A. Welsh, Joe Culberson, D. fl. Laney and R. E. 8< IIanna left yesterday for Georgetown, from which place they will go forth to bag the elusive 111 venison. Each of these hunters e.' bears a reputation gained on pre- ^ vious hunts, that is calculated to w make a deer either groan or t( laugh, according to his humor. ^ There is no need to mention ^ names, but it is said that one of 11 these huntsmen usually forgets to take along his ammunition, 11 another forgets to shoot, and another forgets to take aim and a another is happy when the deer ^ is kind enough to run around " and not over him. It is said that special < ars are ^ being taken to bring back the J* game. " If luck smiles upon them this n time and they will remember ye editor is very fond of venison steak or roast, a solemn promise is made not to roast the hunt ei era w Advertiser Of fc To Every With this issae The Chesterfield Advertise) throws open its subscript')n'busi ness to the public schools, Sunday schools and religious organizations of the county. Every man, woman or child ii he county who is interested ii me of the three causes can o this extent consider him o lerself a subscription agent fo his paper. For every dollar so collectet nd turned in, the institutioi or which you are working wil eceive 15 cents. When th< ollectious for one institution to al $25.00, that institution whether school, Sunday school missionary or parsonage aid wil eceive a bonus of $2.50, making total of $d 25 to go to the caust mr which you are working lach $25.00 thereafter receiving he same bonus of $2 50 over anc bove the 15 per cent commission ntil $100 has been collected OUR NATIONAI From The This is no time for a World'* lianksgiving. For the world il i a long period for humiliation, isting and prayer. For the nited States alone among the reater nations of Christendom lis is a day and a year for unsu&lly f rvent thankegyiing. And yet for us it will seem difli lit for our thanksgiving to esipe a tinge of selfishness and a unt of vanity. Are we so much et.er than the other nations lat we may rejoice in peace rid prosperity, in home unbrokn, in the abundant rewards ol usiness, while as for our sister ations their lands are devasted, leir cities are bombaided, their ion are driven like sheep to the rambles, and every household lourns a husband or .1 brother^ his is the most hor*ible year f the world's history, fire and aughter carrying ruin over sea ad land and showering death awn from the skies, while we t untroubled in happy peace ad thank Qod that we are not i other nations are. Are we sc luch better than they? Is it lat the lust of blood is not in ir veins that we are not greedy ) rob our neighbors of their posipsions, or is it that the accient of our position and the die vering ocean have made it easy >r us to escape their fate? Even oar gratitude to God light be a sin if with it we faili to do all in our power to reeve the sufferings of those horn this crnel war has driver > despair. Think not of Belium only, nor of Poland or Seria, but of the millions of famie8 in Great Britain and France nd Russia and Italy and Gertany and Austria that are in tourning. Think in Germany nd Austria alone of 900,00C oys that have grown big enough lis year to be drafted into the rray, and as many more every ear to be fed into the cannon't louth so long as this war shall ist, and an equal or greatei umber from the allied nationc ragged from their homes by inscription equally to slay and e slain. The world has nevei nown such horror. All this we Bcape. Consider that in the orld's fairest provinces, in the mpire where our Lord was borr t?e Prince of Peace, where Con ^antine proclaimed Christianity be religion of the world, a whole ationality of Christians hat een brntally annihilated, then len massacred, their womer ud girls stripped and sold a) ublic auction, to be buried ir orkish harems. Thw's is what ar has done, a war tyiweeo the hristian nations of Europe# ?nc irs Liberal Share * School And Chi The Advertiser is a county institution, working in ao* cord with the schools and churches of all denominations. It is, and should be considered a part of them. a I when an extra bonus of $5.00 is II given, making the total naid to , your organization 130.00. r Fuither, while this offer is in r force, every subscriber who voluntarily comes to this office to 1 pay $1 00 or more on subscription i has *he privilege of directing 15 1 pei cent of the same to the in3 stitucion indicated by him and - every subscription credited to , your institution will count for , bonuses. For instance, if mem1 bers of a certain Sunday school 5 collected $10.00 and fifteen sub 5 scribers should pay in $1.00 each . at this office requesting credit to j that Sunday school, this will 1 count $25.00 to the credit of said , Sunday school, entitling it to , the $2.50 bonus. . THANKSGIVING Independent. 1 Christendom has boasted its civ; ilization, enlightenment and cul, ture. , Yet may we not only with all , humility rejoice before God that in His g'iod providence and in the wisdom ot our people and rulers we have preserved the blessings of peace in midst of war about us, but may we not also believe and be glad that ours is the happiest, the most fortuni ate nation on the face of the globe, as well as the most pros perous? It such be the case it ? is our duty, this day and during . many days that will follow, to stretch out liberal hands to feed . the famishing, to heal the , wounded, and to welcome the I refugee. This will evidence the raeas , ure of our thanksgiving and will i ensure the ancient blessing: He hath dispersed, he hath given to ! the needy; his righteousness en, dureth forever. ! Interesting Service at , St. Paul's Tonight - There will be a Union Thanksi giving service at St. Paul Metho ' (list (Jhurch tonight at 7 o'clock, to which everybody is invited. It is rumored that immediate' ly preceding the services there ' will be a marriage. The wedding couple are young people 1 from the Friendship community, and ceremony will be performed by ttev T. B. Owen of the East > Chesterfield Charge. i The men of 8t. Paul will be called together in a "Windup" - meeting immediately following ' the Thanksgiving service. These ! three feature? should bring a ' large and interested congrega>1 tion. 'I u./l w,., om..... diu wvDDnuR ourrLi CHE Bip lot of cabbage at the Chesterfield Mercantile Co. One cent a pound. Will probably I last till Saturday night. Influence of Automobiles. , In spite of much lingering prejudice against automobiles their Influence In Improving roads Is everyI where In evidence In a way which r cannot be denied. Help 8tr*wberry Plants. ! If strawberry runners are not root) tng well throir a little dirt over ends of the runners or places at which plantlets have started. r Supplement the Pastures. Loss, expense and risk hasten In the wake of withered pastures, unless sup' plemontal feeds are promptly supplied. The Ore at est Tax. It costs the American farmer more k to feed his insect fuss than it does to i educate his chlldrew. i Bl&MffitBS . I / 1 J Of Its Income arch In County To all of them needing funds for . building or repairs, for home or foreign missionary purposes The A dvertiser today offers an easy method of raising funds. The Advertiser ought to be in every home in the county. It is possible to put it there. That means at least four or five thousand dollars can be collected within the next few weeks. At least 25 per cent of this can be directed to the churches and schools of the county. This is the most lihftr^l made by one local institution to another. The Advertiser hasonly begun to improve and as its support grows, other and greater improvements will be made. Help it to grow, thereby aiding some church or public school at the same time. For further instructions write or call at this office. Seaboard Offers Low Rates to Charleston During the Southern Commercial Congress at Uharleston the Seaboard Air Line offers special low rates to and from that city ? December lit tn 18. This is to be Charleston's biggest event since the great exposition There will be a great battleship fleet in the harbor, military parade, carnival and athletic sports. Westfield Greek School Barns A fire destroyed Westfield Creek school house No. 2 last Monday morning at about 11 o'clock. Fire started from a defective flue while school was in session, and as there was no means at hand to fight the flames, the building was burned to the ground. Mr. Ward Ingram, of Cheraw was the teacher in charge, and by his efforts, assisted by the pupils, many of the fixtures were saved. The building valued at about $800, carried no insurance. Westfield Church was also a heavy loser by the fire as about zuuu ieeL oi select luraber be longing to that church was stored in a vacant room of the school building. It is not likely that this building will be repalced as there is another school two miles away in the same district. It is said that a larger house may be built nearer the center of the district to displace both schools. Mr. Peter A. Moore Mr. I*eter A. Moore, for a long time a resident of Chesterfield county, died in Celina, Texas on Oct. 28th. He was the son of Mr. Moses Moore, whose plantation was about two miles from town on Thompson Creek, He is survived by two brothers, Mr. Jim t? -? ? ^ moore 01 incr ariand and Henry Moore of Ruby and many relatives and friends in thiR county, to whom his death will be sad news. In 1889, Mr. Moore moved to Arkansas, and five years later he took up his residence in Collin county, Texas. Mr. Moore was an old Confederate soldier, having served through the entire war. CABBAGE?for your krout. A carload at Chesterfield Mercantile Co. Going at lc a pound. Going fast. May last 'till Satdav night. McCall carries in stock from the dollar Ingerroll to the very best standard rat kes of watches. I They are going at bargains. I Tonah a Great Man Says Rev. Funderburg Rev, Funderburg preached an inspiring sermon last Sunday morning at the Chesterfield Baptist church. His subject jvas "The Divine Side of Jonah." His text, "Then I said I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple."?Jonah. Mr. Funderburg said in part: "We are familiar with the human or man side of Jonah. His shortcomings are the subject of many jokes; and the idea prevails that there is not much to this man. But when we look at him in an unfavorable light we misplace the man. In mv nnin ? J "f" ion, Jonah is a real man, worthy of much appreciation. He was a representative man. who typified in himself the Jewish lite and purpose. He was a man who had his hand on the pulse of the people. He was a great character, who reflected Jewish sentiment. He was a spiritually minded man. "We are inclined to magnify his mistakes, but if by careful study you will learn to breathe the atmopphere he breathed you will excuee some of his errors. "Jonah realized that he must keep God in his heart. He knew that while he kept God in his heart he was safe. This is the lesbon I would have you learn from his life. It is the lesson every man ot God should remember. Only as you have a sense of the presence of God can you see things as they really are ?only in this manner can you weign things rightly. "You think you can see truly with your own eyes?Jonah says you are blind as a bat. "God and Jonah tell us the only way we can recognize sin and shun its consequences is by keeping the presence of G?.d. "Losing the presence of God vou lose the consciousness of sin. The nearer you are to God the more conscious you are of sin. If you feel that you can't be the man that you want to be, do not be despondent. It is the presence of God that shows your shortcomings. If you can see sin in your life you are percieving things from God's view point. "Jonah teaches us our safetv is in keeping close to God. He got away from God deliberately by turning away from duty. 'Duty' is our measuring rod. If you are trying to do your duty you are very close to God. As you neglect or evade duty's call yt u withdraw frcm His presence. If you want to be near God keep your head on your duty. "Another lesson to learn from the life of this great man is that he came to consciousness that he was away from God. He knew that God was taking note. When this came to him away down j there in the water he said to himself, 'will God take notice of | a worthless thina?' With this I thought came hope anil then faith arose. His prayer inspired by hope and faith pulled him out of the depths and sent him on his way to Nineveh, where he took up his work and was marvelously successful. "gome of the best things of life that come your way are the hardest. When these troubles cr r. e, get on your knees and thank God. Then you can go about your duty with renewed hope and faith." Not Boll Weevil At Chester Last week an alarming story went the rounds of the newspapers to the effect that boll weevils were found in great numbers on the farm of J. W. Wilson in Chester County, wli6re about two acres of cotton were ruined. The disease, however, has more recently been pronounced anthracnose by Mr. Berley, of Clemson. The editorial on another page dealing with this subject was printed bef >re this latter information was received. This dreadful pest is, nevertheless, on tho t way here and farmers will do well to heed the advice of the authorities on this subject and plan to be to some extent independent of cotton and its uncertainties. Pathfinders in Medicine. Each of the fifteen chapters of Dr. Victor Robinson's "Pathfinders in Medicine" (published bv the Medical Review of Reviews, New York) deserves a separate review. Not that there is lack of connection, for the personality of the author unifies them, moreover, the Pathfinders belong all to the noble company of scientists; but the life story of each so enthralls the reader that he would wish to bring others under its spell. The first paper is of Greek medicine and Galen, who was nourished on the nonpareil diet of Greek philosophy. "The OO K Kn /?/v/vl* J ' ' ? 1? 1 1 cuiuii ut*o twieu, remarKS ine author; "so has the human mind. The ancient Greeks will forever remain the intellectual wondere of the world." The scholars of the Dark Ages did not catch the "Greek spirit of free inquiry," and during the 1600 years that the world was too indolent to think for itself Galen was its. undisputed authority." , "1 defy any biographer to v write an interesting sketch of Llenry Cavendish," says Dr. Itobinson, who straight oir writes a most interesting sketch of the methodical chemist whose function in life was "to weigh things and measure them and analyze them." It is his mania for methou?the verv thine that in a lesser degree would repel? which proves so attractive. Imagine a man who would not borrow a book from his own library without signing a receipt! When a man makes apple-pie order the be-ull and end-all of his terrestrial existence people with some sense of the ludicrous will take note of him. His life will not be dull, having passed through dullness and come out on the - ^ other side of it. The book is full of light. The incidental references are illuminating. "After Copernicus there was no more excuse for astrology"?millions have not yt t discovered that, and Corpernicus has been dead more than three and a half centuries. It is not necessary to bo in complete accord with Longfellow as to what lives of great men oft remind us; one can, nevertheless, have a wholesome respect for humanity when reminded that the race has produced these immortal pathfinders, They a.c Galen, Ar. taeus, L'ara^elsus, Servetus, Vesalius, 1'are, Seheele, Canvendish, Hunter, Jenner, Laennec, Simpson, Sommel we is, Sch lei den, Schwann and?last and greatest?Darwin, "Saint of Science." The man to whom those names mean nothing has a lifetime of intellectual pleasure before him. It could not well be behind him. J. E. H. There is a nice present at our I store for every ^>oy and girl in the neighborhood. T1"* Majestic J man brought th^Land will expect all the to visit and afteruBn9HE8H9Bffi9H^nH