Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I^^^TutosrrlpUon. a ^^^^^^^Karertlslng rates furnished on appll~ wB cation. / Entered as second-class matter at the postotflce at Chesterfield, South Carolina. PAUL. H. HEARN Editor ; ad Publisher. f. W. Hanna. authorized representative A police commissioner of Chattanooga has been indicted for shipping a supply of whiskey in coffins. In some respects that is a very suitable way to ship booze. After it has done its work the coffins will come in handy. J. Leonard Replogie of New York, who began his business career carrying water to mill bands, has recently paid $15,000,000 fbr 800,000 shares of stock in the Cambriar Steel Mills. He must have carried water on both shoulders. This is n trr?r>rl ot.r.?-v .w J to tell your boy when he gets tired carrying water. We may have said it before? fhe editor of The Advertiser is \a optimist. Yes, indeed an op y mist from Opville. And wo have reason to be. Look at the ChesS tcrfield Fair that has proved euch a success as we said it would. Looking over the country i at large what do you think o: this? Exports from America to foreign countries in Septeinbci 11)15 amounted to $U00,070,822, almost double the amount of oxports for the mouth of September lv?14. t , NOT THE AMERICAN WAY ' A writer in the New York World referring to the shooting . of Miss Cavell by the Germans, calls atteution to the fact that during the Civil War in this country 110 woman was shot c 11 either side, although there were two women spies very proinicnt on both sides?Belle Boyd, a Virgiuia woman, her whole soul "'rapped up in the Southern cause, was at every opportunity in the Union lines?in Maryland spying out the land and carrying messages to the Southern commanders. She was captured time and time aguiu, her messages taken from her and, when immediately released, the Union solders slapped her horse 0:1 the llauk and cheered her as she rode away. Miss Van Lew, a Northern Wo4 mau, moved to Richmond before the war and lived there through those terrible four vears, a Northern spy. Whenever the opportunity offered she communicated with J the leaders of the Union army, )' inaugurating a system of underground railway, concealing Union prisoners in her home, where she had secret places of hiding, helping the Union in every way she could The Southern authorities know all about her and she was never harmed. What a contrast is this with the murder of Miss Cavell! BOLL WEEVIL IN CHESTER Those farmers of Chesterfield vuuuij' who are planning to piani A tl\^ earth in cotton next spring would do well to pause long enough to heed a timely warning. The boll weevil is in Chester only a fe>7 miles away. It can, ? and very likely will bo here in time to ha' e some effect on the next crop. The Advertiser is not a calamity howler. It does uot believe panics and stampedes are necessary. It does not believe the presence of this pest in Chesterfield necessarily spells disaster to anybody. This county can grow other things than cotton and grow them profitably. If the boll weevil does materialize it will hurt those who have planted all cotton far worse thaa it does the wise ones who have first raised an abundance of home supplies. Made Over Again j Mrs. Jennie Miner, Davidson, f Ind., writes: "I can t/uthfullj say Foley Cathartic Tablets are the best I ever used. They are so mild in action. 1 ffcel like 1 ,/ have beer, made ovfr again." I Good health 1ms no greater ene / my than constipaliin. Foley Cathartic Tablets k^eithostom gnH^^ach sweet, liver e^Kre, bowels BflR[MkjM)lar, and ban^^^Mlionsness, headachei^^^^^Bitoinach. Of Seaboa A .special meeting of the stockhold rs of the Seaboard Air Line railway held in the offices of that com pan; in Petersburg, Va., on Monday, th( 15th instant, marked the culmlna tion of a movement which has brough about the consolidation of two grea railroad properties in the South?tin Seaboard Air Line and the Carolina Atlantic and Western railway, lly tin acquisition of this 331 miles of railroat and the construction.of 85 miles of nev railroad between Charleston and Sa vannah, now under way, the Seaboart Air Line Railway company gains en trance into two additional important south Atlantic ports?Charleston ant Georgetown?and gains a low-gradt main line from Hamlet, N. C., tt Florida points via Savannah, procur ing to the Seaboard great economief in operation and putting to its cred it the only new railroad extensioi which has been made in the Soutl since the outbreak of the Europear war?the 85 miles now being con structed between Charleston and Sa vannah. The completion of this link now rapidly under way, gives the Sea board by far the shorter line fron: the east to Florida and puts it in n commanding position for Florida trav el and traffic from the east. It is understood that the Seaboard stockholders' meeting "will ratify the proposed plan, which has already beei: ratified by the stockholders of the Carolina-Atlantic and Western rail way, which becomes a part of the Seaboard Air Line railway system. A very large percentage of the total capital stock of the Seaboard if already in hand to be voted by proxy at the special stockholders' meeting Work Of Warfleld. Three years ago, S. Davics Warfleld, the Baltimore financier, a native of the South, and closely related to its tra dition and history, conceived and put into execution the plan for the acqui siiion of the large holdings of Sea board stocks then in the hands of New York interests, Mr. Warfleld becoming the largest individual stockholder and chairman of the board of directors This was far-reaching in its purpose not oillv nroviriimr ft\r lnratinir o>? control of the stock in the hands ol the people of the South, but the intraduction into the board of directory of leading business men of this sec tion, the removal of the executive of iiees from New Vork to the South and the selection of a Southern-born rail road president whose successful ca reer insured to the system an expert enced operating head, W. J. Hanahac being chosen. At the head of the traf lie department as vice president is an other native of the South, Charles R Capps, who for over twenty-five years has been identified with this property successfully advancing from a ininoi position to the important place lie now occupies. When this was accomplished Mr Warfield undertook plans for perma nently financing the property and lib erally taking care of its needs for the development of the territory which il traverses. The Southern directors are RobertF. Maddox and Mills 13. I-ane ol Georgia, A. H. Woodward of Alabama J. P. Taliaferro of Florida, George W Watts of North Carolina, Fergus Iteid W. J. Harahan and Charles 13. Cappy of Virginia. In the board are also J William Middendorff and Townsenc Scott of Baltimore and Mr. Warfield chairman of the board and of the ex ecutive and finance committees. Scope Of The Plans The plans which were worked oul and prepared by Mr. Warfield ant unanimously approved by the board ol directors in August last are far-reach ing in their results. Not only are tht financial requirements of the propert3 cared for, but the financial structure is simplified. The mileage is increasec by 416 miles of new railroad, includ ing the entrance into two additiona Konnortfl ?ntl a raob important part of the system. The new company to be. formed bj this consoldiation will execute a mort gage authorizing an issue of $300, 000,000 of bonds, of which there wil now be issued $25,643,000, designatec as series "A." This issue will be th< only portion of tho new mortgag< brought out at this time, and leavei over 90 per cent of the authorizet issue to take care of the future needs of the consolidated system. This in dicates the permanent character o this financing. ' In connection with thfc present issu? Mr. Warfiehl has brought together i strong syndicate of investors, the new issue of bonds being sold to a bankint syndicate headed by the Guaranty Trust company. National City bank Cliase National bank and Bankeru Tmst Company of New YorK tin Conti'ier.ial Trust Company o.? Valt? morn and other financial institution! in New York, Ilaltimore. Chicago, Ilo* to*.,, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Savan nah, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Binning fiam, Tampa, Norfolk, Charlotte, Hal eigh, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati San Francisco, Milwaukee, Detroit Louisville, Columbus, Seattle, Denver New Orleans, Buffalo, Syracuse, Itoch ester, Wilmington, Newark and A1 bany. Mr. Warfleld's plan to have the Sea board a strong Southern property ha; been followed with such success tha the wisdonl of this policy Is rocognizv and indorsed by the investment whicl these bankers have agreed to make it thlH property. This is a striking am eventiul chapter in the development o a railroad in the South attracting widespread attention Lecauso of th< magnitude of this financial undertak ing completed by Mr. Warflold in tin face of the conditions at tho tim brought about by the European war Mr. Warfleld's Statement At ti . ... directors of the Sea rd Airline R. R. ^ board approved the plans submitted by the chairman, Mr. Warfleld said: ' "The Seaboard Air Line railway will be consolidated with the Carolina-AtB lantic and Western railway under the corporate name-of the Seaboard Air i Lino Railway company. The Carolinat Atlantic and Western Railway is a rei cent consolidation of the North and , South Carolina, Charleston Northern ; and South Carolina railroads, operatj ing a total of 416 miles. The CarolinaAtlantic and Western railway recently ' acquired the Georgetown and Western railroad, operating from Lanes to 1 Georgetown, S. C., and from Andrews to the Pee Dee river, South Carolina, ( a distance of 70 miles. The Charleston 1 Northern railway is the line recently > completed, connecting the North and , South Carolina railroad with the city of Charleston, giving the Seaboard en iictiiuu in to imarutsion, ana now becoming a part of the main line of the consolidated system. The new terminals at Charleston are admirable, both as to location and facilities. "The line will be extended from Charleston to Savannah by the immediate construction of 85 miles of rail, road with a maximum grade of only . 3-10 of 1 per cent. This new lino will j also become part of the main line of ^ the consolidated system. "This will give the Seaboard Air Line Railway company?the new company growing out of the consolidation ' of the above-mentioned properties?a ' low grade line from Hamlet, N. C., to i Savannah, Ga. By this new line tho j Seaboard will reach Georgetown, S. C., . Charleston, S. C., and Savannah; will , tap a rich and fertile territory, highly productive in cotton and tobacco; will admit of the Seaboard's running time ! to the South being shortened; will cre! ate a line with maximum grade of only ' % of 1 per cent, as compared with 1% per cent?the maximum grade of the present line to Savannah?and will permit the increase of the full train [ load 137% per cent In effect, this will give the Seaboard, through South Carolina, from Hamlet, N. C., to Savannah, Ga., two lines (the other lines running via Columbia) each one selfsupporting in its own territory. In this way, also will be obviated the necessity of doubie-tracking the Hamlet-Co' lumbia line, where traffic is becoming congested. The territory to be opened ' up between Charleston and Savannah | is generally well adapted to the growing of vegetables, corn, rice and sea island cotton, and will put the Seai , j . J. _ ?. . uuMiu I'liuieuinteiy into vaiarieston's heaviest vegetable-producing section. "Tlio Seaboard Air Line Railway company?the new company?will have a first and consolidated mortage securing an authorised issue of $300,000,000 bonds, of variable interest rates and maturities. This mortgage will he immediately a first lien on the 41G miles of main line track between Hamlet and Savannah, via Charleston, Lanes and Georgetown, S. C., located on the Hamlet-Columbia line, to Florence, Boston, Sumter and Tinimonsville, S. C. There will be pledged as collateral under the new mortgage a ' majority??22,3G1,000?of the outstanding refunding 4 per cent bonds of the Seaboard Air Line railway "There will be issued presently un, der the new first and consolidated j mortgage 522,893,000 G per cent 30year gold bonds. A part is to be used in exchange for underlying bonds of constituent companies. The balance has been sold, the proceeds to be used for the construction of the new j line from Charleston io Savannah; for the retirement of equipment trust ob [ ligations falling due during the year ending June 30, 1916; for the retire ment of the 16,000,000 3-year notes due March 1. 1916: for th#? arnni?iiinn t of certain new property, and for lm' proventents, betterments, etc. c *It was believed to be to the best * interests of the property to make im 5 mediate arrangements for the near fu ' ?ure, a" well as for present financial * requirements. In the financing of th? ' nations at war, Interest rates have al - ready materially increased, necessitat 1 ing the procuring of large amounts ol i money for American enterprises on ar increasing interest basis." ' Securities Already Advanced As outlined in the foregoing state " ment by Mr. Warfield, it is pointed oul that under the new financial plane and consolidation all classes of securi 1 ties of the Seaboard Air Line railway would tbe greatly benefited, not onl> * the bonds of the railway and its con stituent properties, but both issues ol * ^preferred and common s'ock would bf * made more valuable. That this is gen ' erally recognized is evidenced by thf large increase in the market quota i tions of the stocks, and all Seaboard t securities, resulting after the knowl >' edge on the part of the stockholders I f\t t lin VnlilA "A/...' * ? ?. ? >muc iu llic nciuriin;!! 1111(1(11 >' tho proposed financial arrangements and as additional evidence of the man ner in which the plans have been re e ceived by the stockholders. Rubbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends tbe liniment tingling through the flesh and quickly rftops pain. Demand a liniment that you can rub with. The be?t rubbing liniment is MUSTANG LINIMENT (? * Good for the Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. f Qood for your own Aches, Pains, Rheumatism^ Sprains, Cuts, Burns, jcltc. 25c. 50z. $t. At (11 Dealers. Siank ef %keraw CHER AW, S. C. Designated As United dtates ^Depository I|| Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank in the County 4 PER CENT COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS. $100 STARTS AN ACCOUNT.. sb' prost proof h 1 n CABBAGE PLANTS g* Pi 7 ??-r? ?? W1. F our varieties: Early Jersey Wake?field, Early Charleston. Succession. 1 JJJjJ anc* Early Summer. Sfii?,' I now have ready for shipment very fine plants that will give absolute satisfacKm tion. Count guaranteed. ijSRft My Plants Crow Perfect Cabbage. Vf'Vfi yr^M Prices F. 0. B. Chesterfield, S. C. MNl| 1.000 to 8,000 per thousand - - $1.25 j&CS 4.000 to 6,000 per thousand - 1 00 mm 7,000 to 9,0C0 per thousand - - .90 a*>*| fijsl 10,000 or more .85 Sgji I HSii Larger quantities at special nriees. I will 1 meet any reputable conip tition. f?Y$S II B.J.DOUGLASS H | **ox Chesterfield. S. C. Tax Notice. The Tax Books will be open for the collection of tax from 15ih October uniil 31st day of December, 1915 Tux levy for State 7 mills Ordinary County 7'A mills Constitutional school 3 mills Co?. iv itoad^ 'A nulls Total levy 18 miLs ; Special Local Bonds i Cheraw Graded School 3 mills 4 mills i Marburg 3 44 Orange 11 i 11 H 44 Pat's Branch- 4 44 Pee Dee 3 *% Stafford 4 44 2'A Cheraw (Outside) 2 1 Bethel 4 ! Center Point 4 44 9 Chesterfield 4 44 3 Parker 4 Pine Grove 3 * Shiloh 3 44 5 I Snow Hill 4 i Ruby 5 44 4'A Vaughan 3 44 2 Wamble Hill 4 White Oak 4 Ulnnlr Hruplr K " Cross Roads 0 44 Center 4 " Mt. Croghan 8 44 4 Mew Hope 7 44 Wexford 4 44 5 ; Winzo 2 Zion 2 Mt. Croghan (Outside) 2 44 I Buffalo 2 s Dudley 3 Five Forks 2 *44 ! Manguin 8 44 l'agelund 0 44 5 1 l'lains 4 Center Grove o 44 Friendship 8 44 , Jefferson 6 44 4 liOng Branch 4 Jefferson (Outside) 2 44 Green Hill 4 44 , Middendorf 8 44 8 McBoe 8 44 4'A Sandy Run 4 44 Union 8 '* Aligator (Outside) 2 Bay Springs 4 44 U 11 ? L .1 ? jifttr vrrt-n 2 Bethesda 2 Juniper 8 44 Patrick 8 44 4 Oat Pond 2 Lewis 8 44 i Ousley 7 44 I Palmetto 8 44 Wallace ? 8 4* Steer Pen 5 44 For Pack Indebtedness an:l Extending School Terms, Speci School: Chesterlield School District, 2/4 mills; Mfc. Oroghan, mills, and Ruby, 5 mill?. < h?-raw Township, special levy of 2 mills fpr Roads; AlligaL 7 mills for Koud Bonds. ^ W. A. DOUGLASS County Treasurer. jsept. 15, imr> FOLEY KIDNEY PIUS FOLEY KIDNEY PILL lOl BACKACH* KI0NKY8 ANO BIADDBR 70S BACAACNf Kipfyrs ANO BLAOPI When >0 u come to Chesterfield see Hurst-Streater Co. I Before you sell your ? Cotton 01 Seed 1 ^ u They will give you top prices and will appreciate your trade in Dry Goods, Shoes, Groceries, Wagons, Buggies, Wire Fencing, Cyprus Shingles, and in fact most , 1 1^1 - ? I OtlTTrhin rv - u A " yuu wish co Duy at as close prices, quality considered, as you can get anyv\ here- ^ t HURST-STREATER COMPANY ^.lllllllilllllll!llll!llllllll!IIU!llllllllllilil!!!illlllll!ll!llllii!l!;i;ill!illl!1llilllllll^ I Chesterfield Drug Co. p == Has a most complete line of those goods you ex- E5 ?= pect to find at a first-class drug store. H Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Patent Medicines, || EE Drugs, Stationery and sundries EE == are a creait to stores in much larger places, and you == will be surprised at our stock, pleased with our prices |J == and delighted with our prompt service. EE Our Fountain drinks are == = Clean?1'ure?Sanitary EES and you will greatly enjoy them, EE = We will be delighted to attend to your wants. =n , | Chesterfield Drug Co. /1^ ! Our Prescription Department is in charge of a S , . EE competent Pharmacist, and we solicit your prescrip- EE J K I l|| tion work. (2^(tTd<253-. | e.f For Insurance See Us f & I Wh tllu a " ' " * -p. -- - -?i-?i..v unuii^roi uuu uuu .raesL ^lci-mne I ?j INSURANCE Companys' in the World. ^ See us for all kinds of Insurance $ F !? Chesterfield Loan & Ins Co ?5 i? i W. J. Douglass, ManagerIBank of (Bhestei field | Oldest Bank In Chesterfield 4 ? \A/e Solicit Your Business. Pay Interests ? | YV On TIME DEPOSITS. J , 9 m?r m . ^ i - ? - | We Invite You to Visit Vs> I ? V |"||-||? Patronage wanted, whether largi or m S small both receive courteous attention. t Our Motto: Strength Security. IR. E. Rivers, Pres. C. C. Douglass Cashier M. J. Hough, V. Pres. P. M. Therrel, Asst. Cashier. | R e//abUjT^^k ^T,*rrrr*3K w Is the chief I *er*?WSm a Bank,g fiStik-A ?E STAMPED weaamam VTrTH THE* Depositors | &VR+ they know i Jifi thAHH| l ||j| IX I? I?EMftJBW}. A the stiflMK|^HE9H9HH Bank. Our depositors are very nn meroflKHHHn^nH $ include the best people in the vicinity, n^^RraHH^H^^HBBNH ^ gence know our ahsolu te ^ ?> mUBR