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np m I I VOLUME 34?NO. 50 A Weekly Review i* Af Tf r* . *M7 r v^t ine-ureat war i i Inspired by the presence of ' their Emperor and led by Crown J Prince Frederick William, the Herman troops are engaged in j cue of the greatest battles of the t war on the western front, ceti- s tering around the fortress of z Verdnn. Attack has followed ^attack against the French line t ^after bombardments incessant d and terrific, continuing)for sever- a ul days. e While the Germans have not a been able, despite the rain of i shells and furious onslaughts by t the infantry, to break the fi French line, nevertheless the I French on their right and left wings nave oeen compelled to withdraw their lines, respective- ii ly to the south of Ornes and be- t hind the town of Samogneux, 8 six miles north of the fortress. t The German attack on this 8 French stronghold his becomeone p of the chief operations of the war. d It is tho first t fl'ort since the C original drive of the German o armies to break through the G main line of the French and n strike for Faris?for there can G be little doubt, that Fans would become the objective if Verdun ei were captured and the French t< defpnse at that point broken, h The position is one of the strong- T i' est in Euiope, and, perhaps, the R strongest on the western front, tl The Germans are making a real- li ly desperate effort to capture it, w and uiready have paid a heavy m price tor the initial success they T have had, and they have made R n?? me re than a dent in the rim f I of the citadel. The cost of comI plete success on the same scale M to. ?tl/l Itn o <vrrorii.iv ^ n\ uni uui lUll^ pl I oefore that is reached, the ef- B I fort, inty he found in vain. Th6 if I chances are that it will he. For h 1 all the gallantry and terrilic *v I power of i he Germans, the cap- d B tur" of such u stronghold as Ver- ai WL dun, del emit d by some of the u best soldiers in Europe, equip ^Kted with weapons fully equal to P1 thing the GertnauR them- d |H^?lves have, is a task that may w' Ail prove impossible of achieve- t< The stake is tremendous a H^^^Kthe battle will ui questionhe one of the mightiest is of ^S^^HBtrica the French and Brit- T completed the occupa- t( ^H^^^HGertnan Kamerun, and e H Br h have undertaken the ^H|B^Bof German east Africa. operations against si HnMHEj^Bire being conducted |H^HH|^^Bpoi!ita the British [] 9^BflBH^^nu-pian and tl e CauLast fall, when the Grand ' i Duke Nicholas was removed from the supreme command of .... . .Is tne Russian armies ana sent to ~ the Caucasus, it. wus commonly (* supposed that this meant banishment in difgmce because of 1 his failure to save Poland. But , now it st'i-ms ratlur that he was being given e?i opportunity to retrieve his refutation by con- * ducting the most important cam- e paign of the winter. At any ? rate that is what, he has done, h tor his swift advance and speedy f capture of Erzerum is a brilliant e teat of arms, comparable to his 1 . ^alician campaign of a year ago wuen he captured Przemysl and a Btormed the crest of the Carpa- r thians. Iii fact- the iiussians H seem to tight, best in cold weath- c er. Erzerum was captured when * V the mercury was thirty degrees ? below zero and the mountain passes tilled with snow. Only u hundred miles north-J west of Erzerum, is the ancientjf City of Trobizond, where Xeno ji phon's Creeks first, saw the sea. 11 This has several times been . i bomba.dcd by the Russian war-' j hips and now a landing hasjt been made about fifteen miles ;| a^, the east. With this port once j \ in their possession the' Russian?) 1 will have *e secure a hold on the I southern littoral of the Black '< . >v; J ^ lonn n?ve me ra.'iroau irom vara coming wit Inn eighty miles ^ m the northeast and are likely now io have the port of Trebi- ^ ;ond on the northwest. Vl All through this part, of Ar nenia American missionaries. ,r lectors and teachers have been a' ctive for many years. In Erz. rum there is a school for boys nd another for girls. The Amer- gi can Hoard had five stationed w here, the Reverened Robert S. Itapleton and his wife, Dr. E. tl *. Case, Miss Atkins and Miss Iherman. tl Tlie Turks have been engaged pi ii clearing the Armenians out of he region into which the Rusians are now advancing because g, he Armenians favored the Rusians. In the course of these re- n( ulsions and deportations hunreds of thousands of Armenian Ihristians have been murdered r perished by the way. Oui lovernment has addressed a ote of protest to the Ottoman lovernment. In The Russian army which passd south of Erzerum is reported hi ) have reached the city of Mush, fty miles west of Lake Van. da his would indicate that the ;u88iati8 intended to push ou in ^ lis direction until they cut the lie of Turkish onmninnic?tirtno ith Bagdad and Persia, and g lay be able soon to reach the ' igris and perhaps to attack agdad from the north while 0 11 le British attack from the >uth At present the British l^1 icpedition under General Town- \n lend which attempted to reach 5:>a agdad is invested by a Turkih force at Kut-el-Amara, a u undred miles down the river, hile the relief expedition un- K1 er General Aylmer is held up *'a t Sheikh Said, about thirty-five n' liles below. co More alarming still is the re- co ortthat the third British expe- Pr ition under General Brooking, hich 11u> 1 gone up the Kuphra?s Kiver as far as Nasirjeh. is g^ lso in trouble. It seems, then that if the Britih are to be rescued trom their ^ angerous predicament on the ^ igris, the Russians must come je i their rescue. This they are vidently doing with astonishig celerity considering the haracter of the country and the)tw fate of the weather. W >r. E. W. Sikes Becomes President of Goker News has been received to the O, fleet that Dr. E. W. Sikes, 01 )ean, of Wake Forest, N. O., ju as accepted 1 he Dresidencv of he Coker College at Hartsville, in I C., and will enter upon his ut uties the coming session. 12 Dr. Sikes is a prominent Hap- in ifc in North Carolina. tl rn la if Dollar Tax on Each Package re Directors of the Columbia 'hamber of Commerce have call- cc d to council's notice an ordin- at nee lately adopted in Birming- 01 am, imposing a tax of f>0 cents fci or schoid maintenance upon g! a<h package of intoxicants w irought. into the city. E William M. i'erry introduced b< t, a meeting of the directors a y( esolution recommending that <J| uch an ordinance, if deemed e] onstitutional, oe enacted for folumbin. The resolution wan a adopted by the h.iard. f, ~ ~ " ~~ 8( Dillon County Boy Wins tl And now Dillon county comes t? orward and takes more honors d n the hoys' corn club. This w ime Carey McKenzie, of Hairier, b a awarded first prize for having C produced 104.4*2 bushels of corn u >n one acre at a cost of 9 cents g >er bushel, l'he second prize a vas awarded to James Draflin of p ifork county who produced 100.42 t jushels of corn on one acre at a n :o8t of 20 cents per bushel. | OHI CORRESPONDENCE ? VAUGHN SUHOOL HOUSE Farm work has been moving long nicely, and the farmers sem t,o think it wise to cot iieir fertilizer bills again this tui ? Grace, the little daughter of lr. and Mrs. Bill Adams, is ery sick. Those who have been afflicted i this section with the grip are II improving. We had an interesting entcrtinment here Friday night, iven by the school, after ^ hicl'. a box supper took place ? id everybody seeme 1 to enjoy ^ le occasion. We have a thriving school at lis place. There are near 100 ipils on roll. Sunday school every Sunday i 10 o'clock, except the 4th inday, at 3 o'clock. There will be a debate here ;xt Saturday night. Mr. J. M. O. Adams, is riding new Ford. PATRICK ? Miss Clara Douglass is spend- 8 g some time in Columbia. 8 Mr. O. D. Turnage is visiting Q s brother at Society Hill. Q M. W. V. Jerman spent Sun- x >y at Middendorf. x Mrs. P. T. Clark, of Carthage, g C., is visiting at the home of 8 r. J. II. Scott. 3 Messrs. B. L). Thames and W- O Wilks 6pent Monoav in Che- O w. O Rev. Peter Stokes, presiding x ier of the Florence district, x 11 hold quarterly conference x the Patrick Methodist church turday, March 18th. and will each on that date and on Sun- ID y the 19th. E The Shiloh Comedy Club will = ve an entertainment at the 2 itrick school house Friday = ght, March Od. The club is = mposed of home talent and = toes highly recommended. Wo = edict a good attendance. Columbia College News 2 ?ecial to The Advertiser. ? Columbia College Feb. 22, S '10.?The Pedagogy Class of = irolina was entertained by the = ?dagogy Class of Columbia Col- E ge Friday night Feb. 18th. ;= The literary socities are pre- E iring for the annual debate be- E jeen representatives of junior E ass at commencement. The E hitman society hae chosen E isses Ruth Arial and Lucile E (AlUCJf . ? The Columbia College Y. W. E , A. and the Y. W. C. A. from E hichora College observed the E ibilee celebration of the fif- ?i enth aniversity of the begin _ g of the Y. W. C. A., at Col nbia College, Saturday Feb, !th. The C. C. girls rejoiced I this opportunity to entertain * ieir sisters at Chichora and ingle wit h them in a social und a digious spirit. in Arbor day was observed at the tl liiege itiiday Feb. 17th- The ftl udents of each class in its c<>1- v p, marched and wound in beau- tt tul drills over the campus, and w ouped in classes about places H here trees were to be planted, o: aeh class planted a tree with ft eautiful ceremony, class song, "J ^ 1 Is, and an appropriate ad* b reus by a representative of each B1 roup n.ade up the program for * le setting of the trees. Again t< i a student body the gay and u olicsome girls sang college 1 mgs and gave lusty yells for tie college and those most in'rested in the observance of the ay. This exercise initiated the rrrk planned and undertaken y the Columbia College Ulob of 'olumbia to beautify the canips. Mr. Raldwin, the landcape ardener, has been employed nd an elaborate and attractive lan is to be carried out to make he institution's surroundings \ore beautiful. I Pkarl Mb^TON. | rfiel6 *2Vdv C3TERFIKLD, S. 0., MAROH 2, 1916 a ~ c DRESS - GOODS Fresh line of Ci-inorhnms Pprra1p?a Plaids, etc- Prices are right. Also fine lot of Silks and Satins by March 10th- See them before buying. A. W. HUHSKT GO. > ==t rour Orders for fresh Meat# and freeerie# Telephoned to the >i. fr S)avi# Market The Old Reliable win Keceive prompt ana conscientious Attention. 9kcne Tie. 6 Cheraw Civic League ? PRESENTS 0 "FI-FI T??'B TOY SHOP" WITH 8 100?IN CAST?lOO 8 CHERAW TOWN HALL 8 MONDAY-TUESDAY March 6 and 7 8 35, 50, 75 Cents PRICES 35, 50, 75 Centt ? Reserved Seats od sale at Ladd's Drug Store X on and after MARCH 3d. 8 )lllllll!|i||||||||||lllltlllllllllllll|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||MIIII!llllllll!lllllllll^ I Springtime Is Paint-Time | E Don't plan to go through the summer environed EE E with those dark, dingy and depressing walls, floors and EE E ceilings. Hn 1 Go to work now on that old furniture and make it EE E new again. EE Paint and Varnish Rill Germs ?| = The most efficient sanitation for the home is a coat of EE E l i-l .l .l . -l_ l i_ i ?_ ? , . , . _ ueinonsirauon agents. u siau9tics ual reports of the county demonstra- . ... * . t for this were obtainable, It is ceron agents which have been received taj? ^at they would be vastly greater I Cleinson College by State Agent than those for the demonstrators f. W. Long. ThiB annual report is alone. ibulated from a weekly report sheet Uelow are given some of the more hich the agent Alls out at the end striking statistics from the annual f each week. On these sheets the demonstration reports for this state, gents report the statistical results In the case of cotton, it should be nott practically every line of work they ed that the yield of demonstrators re engaged in. In thlH way It is pos- wai 479 pounds per acre, as against Ible to obtain each year an accurate the state's 1914 average of 256 pounds, nmmary of the results accomplished and probably a much lower average y the whole organization. At the for 1915. In the case of corn, the tme time, one reading a report of demonstration yield was 29.4 bushels, ie work should bear In mind that the as against the state's 1914 average gents report only on the demonstra- of 18.5 bushels. The Items quoted >rs, or farmers who work directly below are only one-fourth of those nder the supervision of the agents, reported on, but they are among the 'hey do not Include any estimate of most interesting. icreage In corn 19,530 'otal yield of corn (bushels) 674,779 ?- ?14 (SIR Li'rrufttt HI tunuii. * 'otal yield of cotton (pounds lint) 7,004,066 luahels of vetch and grain seed (mixed) harvested 16,038 'ounds of bur clover seed saved 67,372 Lcres of alfalfa sown in fall of 1916 16,799 (umber of purchasing or marketing clubs started 68 (umber of fruit trees pruned and sprayed 66,486 (umber of people co-operating with fly traps 1,016 (umber of hogs vaccinated against cholera , 7,323 falue of hogs vaccinated against cholera $62,168 (umber of pastures started J 627 'ercentage of demonstrators killing home raised meat 90% (umber of tons of fertilizer homo-mixed 26&24 (umber of tons of fertilizer bought co-operatively 7,^44 'ercentag* of demonstrator* shallow-cultivating 17% 'ercentag* of demonstrators fleld-selectlng^ecd ii% ertise Fleeing Youth Shot By Rural Policeman Last Thursday afternoon while running from Rural Policeman E. W. Moore, stationed at Mc Bee, Jonn Boan, a youth of 17 years, was shot through the face and seriouslay injured. It seems that young Boan had bought a bicycle in Camden and moved from there to Chesterfield county before payments on the wheel were completed. A warrant for his arrest was issued and forwarded for execution to Mr. Moore. When Moore was looking for the lad he is said to have met him in the road and not knowing him, asked him where young Boan could be found. Receiving an evasive reply, Moore asked a woman nearby the same question and was told that that was Boan to whom he was talkMoore is said to have turned and started after the boy, who took to his heels, when the policeman is alleged to have fired, and Boan fell seriously wounded. In extenuation Mr. Moore. ? pauu auu tatmsii uiruuyiiuui 111c iiuu5c* in uu^iny iiicbc sss 5 goods the best is always cheapest. WE HAVE THE BEST. EE I HEATH-MILLIGAN PAINT | = The Best to be had ?For Both Inside and Out == I STAG VARNISH and STAINS | : Ready Mixed?Easy to Apply EE i r i i i?7 n . "= Alabastine?L<old Water raint = E Also Turpentine and Linseed Oil. :1 I The Chesterfeld Drug^Go. | iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiii DEMONSTRATION STATISTICS FOR 1915 | The year 1915 was a moat aucceaa- the great increaae In the wealth of II one fbr the demonstration work in the Btato through the work of farmers outh Carolina, according to the an- who aro Indirectly influenced by the W..WV v/? wJ , mwo icni^uru I lir editorship of that paper to g< . we trust, to a richer field. Mr. C. M. Tucker, of the 1'agelatid Journal, is advertising his paper and other property for sale. Mr. Tucker has endeared him self to his constituents by good service and fair dealing. We are glad to have known these gentlemen as fellow-workers. Our best wishes go with them. Entertainment at Stafford There will be an entertainment at Stafford school house on Friday night, March 10th. Admission 10 and 15 cents. Proceeds go to benefit of school. says he only fired to frighten the youth,that boy turned his head in time to receive the ball in his lower jaw. It took an upward course and emerged through the opposite cheek. The boy received first aid from Dr. Gregory and was then sent to the hospital at Columbia, where he was visited by Sheriff D. P. Douglass, who says the doctors report him in a fair way to recover. ( Chesterfield Baptist Church The eastern division of the W. M. U. will meet with the Westfield Creek church March 2d. A good meeting is anticipated. The Y. W. As. held a fine meeting last Friday night at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Perry. Miss Mattie Gaddy is leader. They are doing fine work. The reading circle is directed by Mrs. B. 8. Funderburg. Let every church in the association make a strong effort to raise its apportionment for Home Missions during March. P. 8. Funderburg, Pastor. Huntley?Clark The marriage Mrs. Ella Clark to Mr. James A Huntley at the home of Mr. W A. Douglass last Thursday afternoon was quite a surprise to their many friends. Mrs. Huntley is the daughter of Mr. li. E. Sowell, and is a leader in the social and church life of her community, and a young lady of veiy attractive personality. Mr. Huntley is one of the most progressive young farmers of the county. Soon after the ceremony the happy couple left for Charlotte and other points in N. C. Upon their return they will mak<' their homo on Mr. Hunt leys farm a few miles south of town. Newspaper Changes. It is with a sense of deep regret that we note the recent changes taking place in Chesterfield journalism. Mr. E. E. Goodson, of The Jelf'ersonian, an ex cellent young man and a journftlisf of uhllltv liaa rftoinnn.l \Akv ^ ^ 1 $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE M At The Movies 1 Tonight at 7 :45 will be shown j "The Ridgeway of Moutanna," an exciting three reel picture. Saturday night another fine entertainment will be given. The story of a fat girl who grows some whiie her father is lost?a >jnlon<1i(l nna-rnnl f/.n A w^iVMuiu uug i V/A/1 1C/CIUU1U? il laughable two-reel picture, "Wanted, a Chaperon, Does She Need It?" Then follows a com dy-drania of exceptional qualit;, A entitled "The Father's Money.'' 4 This is a story of lore and fren- flj zied finance, played by some of most popular screen performers. 4 You can't all'ord to miss Saturday night's bill. Tuesday night is Pauline's night. The scenes for this episode are among the Sioux Indians. The pictures are rugged, magnificent and highly dramatic There seems to be no limit to the sensational predicaments in which Pauline is placed by the men who are after her fortune. They are so resourceful in their i ^ villainy and have schemes' meet almost any situation. episode will keep you on the^^H^IB edge of your seat right up to the^^^^H Incf. I *- orv.?t? ? i? ? ' ? |/.VVUIC. it ^rriiuilllj 1 a llili ^ B Quarterly Conference B H The first quarterly Conference for Chesterfield Charge was held j at St. Paul last Monday Morning. The attendance of officials B of the charge was good. The re ports were very gratifyiug to all M concerned. The outlook for the I year is bright. Kev. Peter [ Stokes, presiding elder of the m Florence District, has made a fine impression on this his first official visit to Chesterfield. The mH sermons which he?preached St. Paul on Sunday were instructive and inspiring, and were listened to by large and attentive congregation. Three lay delegates were elected to tin4 district conference to be held in Darlington next May. The" are 1 Messrs. Uradly F. Tea', Thur- . * mau Teal, and VV. J. Odom. ILook For Increase ^ In Immigratipn C After the \^r '( By Professor JEREMIAH W. JENKS V \ of New York University \ T UK.demand for inon to restore destroyed property and to keep armies up to l'ull strength was great at the end of the Balkan war Of 1912. One would expect, ii the arguments now made for a permanently decreased immigra- Jm- * tion are sound, ; t to find almost & n o immigra- \ | tion after its <M close. The fact ^ . > is that the W A number of im- ~ migrants from ^ Servia, Bulga- . ^ ill 11114 in- Photo American Preu creused to up- AMoclatlon. proximately PRO? 'EJEMIAH that of 1910? W" 'ENKSnamely, 15,084. It is curious to note that even the Boor war of j 1800-1901 seems to have resulted in n greatly increased English emigration. SUMMARIZING THE TACTS, WE ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT WAR GENERALLY MAKES FOR AN IM- j MEDIATE AND TEMPORARY DE 1 CREASE I^^MWjlATION. FOL- ' f\ LOWED A o^B9nBkAs^ 8ooN cjAMHinnH 3t)e d Sea us they have on the north- { ;rri and eastern. There seems ittle chance of the Turks retakng Eizerum, for it is oyer Bix lundred miles from Uonstanti)op!e and there are no railroads a eading 'toward it, while Rus' ? t t . 1 .. -i e H