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PUBlilSHKD B!VKKY THt7?8DAY , Subscription, 11.00 a year. Advertising rates furnished on applination. JCntered as second-class matter at (he postofflce at Chesterfield, South Carolina. PAUL H. HEARN Kdltor ( ad Publisher. J. W. Manna, authorized representative. SHOULD BE NO DISCORD lb is a pity that Hon. Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, who has been made the leader of the Democratic party in Congress, is opposed to the President's policy as to ship purchasing legislation. The fiscal reports show that one-eight of our exports last year were carried by Americau ships. President Wilson wants the enormous exports that we a?e sending abroad to be sent in our own ships. Secretary McAdoo presents a very able series of articles on the commercial necessity of this legislation. He shows that we are shipping products amounting to two and a i r /i .xi i^ int. i uuiiuu uunaia uuij uutr eighth of which is seat in American ships. With the addition of these ships as auxiliary to the navy no nation in the world would have so mighty a navy as ours* Some one has said that whenever the Democratic party is in power it acts the fool and in the present situatiou there is a warraut for the statement. The Democratic party, through the management of President Wilson has been placed in a position of such power aud influence in the world's affairs that nothing but our own stupidity will weaken it. Let us hope that when Congress meets wisdom and not stupidity will rule. Mr. Kitchin is an able man and entitled to his convictions but should not antagonise the part** of which he is for the time, the leader in Congress. The Georgia legislature has passed stringent laws preventing the sale of liquor in thai State And in order that temptation may be removed has passed another bill preventing the advertising of whiskey in the newspapers. That's good logic, but hits the newspapers in their bread box The Louisville Post calls Mr Bryan's opposition to the administration's defense plans a war on peace. The big distilleries of Ken tucky are preparing to manufacture alcohol to supply part of the contract for -0,000 tank cars of alcohol to be used in making powder for the big American powder mills. The Allies will use this powder as fast as it can be shipped to them. CASH IN ADVANCE A good subscriber undertook the other day to prove to us that it is as just for the paper to trust the subscriber a year as for the subscriber to trust the paper by paying a year in advance. This i s very short-s'ghted reasoning. The paper must pay cash for everything that goes in to its making- The printer cannot wait a year for his salary. He must have it as fast as it falls due. The people who supply the paper and ink will not wait for their mopey. Their business is all done on a cash basis Neither will the rent umu wait. With all these people calling for cash on delivery how does Mr. Subscriber expect the paper to run a year without his dollar? As it is obviously impossible to pay for each paper as received the only method is the one universally adopted?cash in advance. We did not insist upon it in the summer or early fall when jooney was scarce. We do insist upon it now and must have it. Thrilling Aerial Adventure. A flea and n ft v ialt ftu?* Were ImprixonMl; now what eliould they do? Knid the Hj. "Let lie Hoe." Let tiM fly," Hnid the flea. And they flew torougli a flaw in tliu flu*. ? Dumb Animate. The Kind Father Used To Make. Mr. Newlywedr I wish you could make the, l>read mother used to make Mrs. Newlywed?I wish you could make the dough father used to ruakFJM 1 Decision I I I I By H. M. EGBERT I $ (Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.) Jim Bennett sat on the sand of Tan-tan island and looked out across the sea, as ho had done each day for more than a year. Everybody in Tnntau know Jim Bennett, and tho raggedest ^beachcomber sneered when his name was mentioned. It was not so much the depths to which ho had failen as the fact that he had fallen so lar. Three years ago he had loft San Francisco to make his fortune in the South seas and come br.ck to marry Elsie Dale. Hut her father was many times a millionaire, and had other ideas for Elsie's future. Everything depended, then, on Jim's making good on the copra trading trip, in which ho had sunk his little capital. At least, so far as marrying Elsie was concerned. Her father would never consent. Jim knew Jack Dale too well to hope for that. But if tho trip succeeded Jim could afford to bear the old man's enmity, and Elsie had said she would. The ship was wrecked on an uncharted reef off Tan-tan. Jim saw his little capital lost. He had barely the fare home. Despair took hold of him, then tho lethargy of the life in the little place. He had sunk down and down. He had at last written to Elsie releasing her?and had forgotten. He had quite forgotten by the time Elsie's letter arrived. She had told him that she was going to wait three years, if at tho end of that time he .CTW Sat on the Sand of Tan-tan Island. did not claim bor, alio tvould fee free. But she loved him; let him re member that every day of his life. At the end of the first year Jim re membered it occasionally. lie wai tending bar in one of the island sa loons. At the end of the second yea he had a hazy recollection. Thou h< was doing odd Jobs, in his sober mo ments, along the wliart. At the end o the third year, when lie was nothinf but a beachcomber, he remembere< again, this time more clearly. He remembered it when the month ly vessel arrived, lie expected tha it would carry a letter for him. No let ter had been at the post oilice; am yet, when Jim looked up and saw i young. athletic American, ueatl; dressed, with sun helmet and blui glasses, approaching him. he was sun that he had come upon business con cerning Elsie. Jim looked up lazily from among th little group of fellow loafers, and won dered how any man could lind th energy to walk at that gait in such : sun. The young man drew up to th group and stopped. "Any of you men know a fello> named Jim ilennett?" he inquired. The man nearest Jim nudged hit lazily; the rest did not even shift the! eyes from the far horizon. "I'm Jim Bennett," said Jim, rising He saw the astonishment upon th young man's face. "Will you please come over here? asked the stranger. I 1 rv 1a/I I, i ? *1 OA? 1 iic icu linn uuuui iiny yurua awa] out of the hearing of the others. H might have saved himself the troubh for those who were not asleep in th shade had already forgotten Jim's e: istence. When they stood together ui on the sand the young man took Jii by the shoulders and swung niui roum facing him. "Are you Jim Bennett or are yo lying?" he demanded, in crisp, nervou accents. For an instant Jim felt the res.n ment that would have come to any no ma! man at such treatment; but the he remembered that he had left h manhood behind him at the whisk bar In Tam-tam town. "I'm Jim Bennett," he answered do gedly. "What do you want with me' The other breathed hard. "Whet do you come front?" he demanded. ' must have proofs of what you sa Who is flie woman to whom you at engaged?" "You mean Miss Dale, I suppose drawled Jim, and the other let h hands drop from his shoulders ai stared at him hopelessly. "Are you drunk or sunslruck?" 1 inquired presently. "Usually both," answerod Jim trut fully. "Today, as it happens, I haver found anyone wflllng to givo me tl price. How about you?" The young man clapped him on tl shoulder. "Listen to me," he Baid quietly. "Ti must have been a man once, from t I've heard of you. 1 recognize y< now from your photograph, althouf that beard makes you look quite diffc ent. Miss Dale's father Is dead. I has left her his whole fortune. 81 panted ms & Qome and find you ai I and pride doean't count. She %owi what you must have been through. : and she's going to ask you to marry I her, once she gets you at her side, i Understand?" |/ Jim understood. The thought of the Dale millions at his command was : paralyzing; it galvanized him into life. ! He looked up, to see the young man I reading his face. "Here's ten dollars!" he said suddenly. "No?wait!" He pulled out r the pocketbook again. "Here's a huni dred. Do you think you can get J washed and cleaned and have a new suit and good linen on your back, ready to sail on the ship tomorrow?" Jim pocketed the money mechanically. "I suppose so," he muttered. "What's your hurry?" "Because," said the other gravely, "Miss Dale is on board. That's why. And the best man in the world couldn't deserve your luck." Somehow the new clothes, the luxury of a bath, had put now manhood into Jim. He lay in bed early in the morning in the hotel and speculated what he would do with the Dale millions. He would go to San Francisco, or course. He would build a palace there. He would havo automobiles, fine clothes, cigars, all the physical luxuries which ho had been denied so long. And?he would marry Elsie at the first opportunity, to keep his hold on her. x He got up and ci?cssed. He was just about .o leave the room when the young man entered. He surveyed Jim with a grimmer smile than before. "You haven't shaved off your beard," he said. "No," said Jim tnoughtfully. "It looks?more manly, J think." The other looked at him in contempt. It penetrated the man's skin. Jim winced. It was the first moment i of self-realization in many a year. "Why have you done all this for i me?" he asked, looking at the other curiously. "Do you know, I believe? I believe you are In love with Elsie i yourself." "Miss Dale from you, please," replied the other. "Yes, I am in love with her. if you wish to know it. And if I hadn't found you I think she would have married me." "Then why did you find me?" mutj tered Jim. The other choked down an expletive. "If you're ready," he said coldly, "we'll start right away." Jim went out with him. And now, surveyed by the curious inhabitants of the little settlement, the target of their sneering glances, Jim felt suddenly more ashamed than he had ever felt before in all his life. And for the first time he roaUy understood tho depths of his degradation. Ho had been a worthless beachcomber, while she had waited for him, believed in him. lie was utterly worthless. He could not degrade that pure life to the level of his own. He had thought of nothing but the Dale millions, nothing at all of tho love that had been true to him. Unconsciously lie held his head higher and flung back the scornful gestures, the looks, tho thinly veiled jeers. They should icnrn some day that there was that spark of manhood in him which would kindle the old 1 lires! He knew that his past was utterly dead. And so. walking at the side- of " his companion, lio boarded the boat. 1 There was a delay, a brief delay. * The young man turned to him and r said: 3 "Remember, Bennett, my lips are " sealed forever. You have your own * future and hers to make or mar. 1 5 know her love for you, and that is * why 1 shall remain silent. Can you honor it? Promise me that from this " day forward you will strive with might 1 und main to be worthy of her." * "J promise," answered Jim humbly 1 and the man at his side looked at him 1 strangely. This seemed to bo a new man?he had known nothing of him Along the deck came a white-robed 0 figure, tripping gladly. Jim knew het 1 at once. All his heart went out tc her. Elsie had not changed a bit dur u ing those three years, except that 1 there was more of the woman in hei u poise, her thoughtful eyes, and jusas much of the happy girl in her smil ing face. v "John!" she exclaimed. "Where? where is Jim, then? And who Is this gentleman?" r Suddenly Jim realized that she hat not recognized him. llis tan, hh beard, the ineffaceable marks of thosi e three years on his face. . . . Ho turned a little away. jim aiea iast week," lio said qui etly. "Wo didn't dare to broak th< news to you at once. He died?I wai ^ his friend?he wanted me to tell you.' He turned and walked with stead; 0 steps to the ship's gangway, and aloni the wharf. I'll An Interrogatory Authority. "I>o you regard liliggins as an au thority on financial questions?" u "I do," replied Mr. Dustin Stan is "He hive made inquiries in every pot slble form as to how to horrov t. money.' OignMBHHMBflBMHi y [ Rubbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends the liniment 'rc tingling through the flesh and "I quickly rflops pain. Demand a y liniment that you can rub with. r< The bc?t rubbing liniment is MUSTANG LINIMENT ie f? 1 Coo J for the Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Qood for your own Aches, >u Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, ;h Cuts, Burns, Etc. iris 25c. 50c. $1. At *11 Dealers. 10 J id ftank of 'Cheraw CHE RAW, S. C. \ Designated As United dtates Bepesitcrif Oldest, Largest Lnd Strongest Bank in the County 4 PER CENT COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS. $100 STARTS AN ACCOUNi|| If FROST PROOF if 8* CABBAGE PLANTS || Fcur varieties: Early Jersey Wake- ??? field, Early Charleston, Succession, ?S%r| and Early Summer. mm 1 now have ready for shipment very yjjjK I, feS Hne plants that will give absolute satisfac- fcS Mm tion. Count guaranteed. My Plants Grow Perfect Cabbage. ^ ItggW Prices F. 0. B. Chesterfield. S. C. yW1. 1.000 to 3,000 per thousand - - $1.25 4.000 to 0,000 per thousand - 1 00 f&tsl SV-V 7,000 to 9,000 per thousand - - .90 V**V ISS 10 ,000 or more - - - - .85 reVftl 1 I Larger quantities at special prices. I will I ll^l n.eet any reputable comp ntion. gj^jll ?K p f nmrr?f J??!! | J%Vdr Box 45 Chestei tied. S. C. g isxw waraun rMOMBHMBnaanMMMa IhJ Tax Notice. The Tax Books will be open for the collection of taxe from 15th October umil 511st day of December, 1915 Tax levy for State 7 mills Ordinary County 7/4 mills Constitutional school 51 mills County Koad- x/i mills i Total levy 18 mills i Special Local Bonds Cheraw Graded School 51 mills 4 mills 1 Marburg 51 1 Orange Hill 8 " 1 Pat's Branch 4 Pee Dee 3 StalFord 4 " "iVi Oheraw (Outside) 2 I Bethel 4 Center Point 4 44 l Chesterfield 4 44 3 Parker 4 ? Pine Grove 3 44 Shiloh 3 44 C t Snow Hill 4 Kuby 5 44 4J4 Vaughan 3 41 2 W amble Hill 4 White Oak 4 Black Creek T? Cross Road* (5 1 Center 4 } Mt. Croghan 3 44 4 a Mew Hope 7 Wexford 4 44 5 Winzo '2 Zion 2 Mt. Croghan (Outside) 2 ' Bufla'.o 2 iiuaiey a Five Forks 2 Mangum 51 Pageland 0 " 5 Plains 4 i. (Center Grove 5 Frier, dship 8 JefFerson 5 44 4 ? Long Branch 4 v JetFerson (Outside) 2 44 Green Hill 4 Middendorf 51 44 5 McBee 8 4% Sandy Run 4 44 Union 8 ,4 Aligator (Outside) 2 Bay Springs 4 Bear Greek 2 44 Sethesda 2 Juniper 51 44 Patrick 51 44 4 Oat. Pond 2 44 | L*wis 51 44 IOusley 7 44 Palmetto 51 44 Wallace 51 I Steer P n 5 44 For Back indebtedness and Extending School Terms, Specii School: Chesr.ertield School District, 2J4 mills; Mt. Croghan, mills, and Ruby, 5 mills. Oh*-raw Towrifthio, special levy of 2 mills for Roads; Alligato 7 mills for Road Bonds. W. A. DOUGLASS County Treasurer. Sept. 15, 1915 FOLEY KIDNEY PHIS I FOLEY KIDNEY PILL! HW BACKACHE KIDNEYS ANO B LAD OEM j FOB BACKACHE KIDNEYS AND BLAODfc " hi II ' f iteiiifcffiri'i'' Wnen >oti come\^Chesterfield see ? Hurst-Streater Co. 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