The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, March 09, 1916, Image 4

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^Personal Mema ef $ceal Jnteredt Mr. J. Frdnk Orawley, of Ru- On next Sur.day a sermon H l>y, was in town this week. specially for men will be preachV Dr. Funderburk of Mt Orog- at Ebenrzer in the morninp ban, was in town Wednesday. a,ul at hiiendship in the ufter noon. The ladiei are invited to I Magistrate Evans, fo Cheraw, oome and brjng thejr hu>balld>. V was in town ihis week. Donald S. Matheson, etq., j Poultry Netting. all widths at formerjy an attorney at Oheraw, Connie Campbell s Hardware. row a farmer> was jn town this Frank McLod, attorney of week. Mr. Matheson's property Sampter, attended court this i8 near Montrose in the new week. t iwnship, Pee Dee. His furm Mr, T. E. Mulloy has been ap- cover G500 acres, poiuted clerk of the board of. The debating clubs of S.hiloh county commissioners. j a,Kj Stafford schools will join isMiss lone Ratliff, of Mt. Crog- sues in a debate Saturday even i ban, spent the week-end with i,,g, March 11th, at StafFoid I the Misses Jackson. school house. Subject: "lie L M. R. H. Blakeney, president solved that South Carolina A of the Pftgeland Mercantile Co- should have woman suffrage " V was in the city Wednesday. Judge Shipp has made quite a F Mr. T. M. Beattie of McBee, ; pleasant impression on v)- urt ft was seen on the streets of (hies- visitors this week by the firm, ' tor field this week. yet gentle way in which lie co ?Miss Chistine Jackson, of Che- ducts the business of the court, raw, was the guest of the Misses Judge Shipp is recognized over Jackson recently. the State as being one of the Mr. J. W. Ousley, of Midden- ablest jurists in South Carolina, dorf, was a visitor to Chester It, is supposed that Solicitor field during court. Spears will again be a candidate Mr. H- A. Jackson, an official for the office he now holds, as he of the town of Mt. Oroghan, w as has definitly announced he will in town this week. not run for congress. He will Mr S H. Long, prominent bus probably be opposed by F. A. iness man of l'ageland. was in Miller, of Hartavilla, andJ.lv. fcXto*n~this week. Owens, of Bennettsville. W Among those still suffering "The Menace of the Mute," an from the grip are Mrs. A. L. extra line 5 reel picture, starGriggs and Mrs. Leon Lisenby. ring Arnold Oaly, will be shown k liMissesRosalee and Mary Pun- at the Movies Thursday night \ derburg will entertain the V. W. (to-night). This is one or the i A Reading Club Friday evening highest class detective plays cvI t er shown. Regular price. k Mr. J. E. Williams, a promin- 'Mr. F M Cannon, who has m ent Patrick business man, was been serving as assistant clerk j A among Chesterfield's visitors to Mr 1 V Mangum, e'erk of, l^kthis week. court, w.as on Tuesday sworn in j c ,> ?r as deputy clerk of court. This j H M Mr. S. B. 1 linntons, member ? J , , i r v i i f \if is a good appointment Mr ('an- i ^^Bf the board of Aldermen ot Mt. f . . ? . fv e lion is conscientious and is a : H B'gban, was a culler at this ol- ... |B . . . hard worker lie will make al ^B^B this week. . ^^B^B good olhcer Bulift >n Rivers, esq., mem, , . ... t Mr. Hardy Ilendrix caught a BHA legislator, trom Mt. Crog * B in our city this week ^^BM .. . r usual mariier. The animal, a K. H. Nelson, mayor of ? , . i i i"u' "uck, was cnaseu ov clogs was lti Chesterfield , and became mtangled in a barbWch " wire fence. When ashed ^^^^^^^^^Bto-night at, the Mo\ ies what did he do with the deer the Mute, a wj1Cll caught, he replied, "Ate 6-reel jJ^^^^Hirst quality. him." ^^^^ derburk, one (.f ri"he Arrant-Wallace-West trial th^r .^^^Wgest land own- this week will cost the county a era, o* W WHS 'n town this grea^ (jeui Qf money. All the week* time of the court officials, 36 Mr. Walker Rivers who has pv?t11 jurors, and more than a been suffering severly with an hundred witnesses for four days attach of rheumatism is slightly It is estimated roughly that improved. these trials will cost the taxMrs. O. F. Brasington, of Che- pavers of Chesterfield County raw, is visiting her sister Mrs. over one thousand dollars. D. E. Wood at the home of Mrs. One day not long ago London L Wood. Craig was gathering few robins Claude N. Sapp, esq., of the ban- for a pie when he noticed an caster bar, who is in the race for aluminum band on the leg of one office of railroad comrmssoner, of the birds. This band boro was in town Tuesday. the number .'Ji'dOli and the words Mr. E II. Knight, former "Notify American Museum, N. county supervisor, now member ' ?ty- When the history of of road commission of J dfersoo *"'s particular bird can be learntownship, was in Chesterfield. <d from the American Museum, k Judge S. WO. Shipp and \% wiU <\oub*,e8S make Interest^ court, stenographer J. P. Kilp.o mk racing. were entertained Tuesday even Among the pleasant callers at ingatthe home of Mr. P. A. this office recently was Mr L. Murray, Jr Ij Spencer, of near town, Mr. . I SlW>nri'lv hv tl.n wnw i Mr. r. H. Huntley, live stock *<-*.> dealer of Cheraw, and one of the 'tt e o\e foi <?ieat Britian. His few men of the county paying an ,4n ' '^hei* helped lick them income tax. was in Chesterfield ce and he fears we may have this week. to Job H" ovor aKain* We f ,, , - ,, hope his fears are groundless Messrs. J. C. Sanders, of rage* , ;f , , 7 , , , , ,1 . .... - hut if it should come to so bad a Bland and Jyler Watson, of t h - , , . .. HBi . i pass, here is one who believes BS^Si members of the cojr.ty HBH .* we can do it again. KH^Hi of commissioners, were in ,, ^H^BMonday .Mr. N. M. Johnson, of Mid. . . ... dondorf in another column annHH^Bprice of metal roofing is . , . ... . HbBSB . i. , i7 i i. iV r, ^ounces his candidacy for the of B^HH^Brcach, but Rubber Roof- r. r . BBB. L. r . lice or county supervisor. Among BBHI^Vlurable and satisfactory ,, T , HEKHhA r . . . *"r? .Johnson's achievements to purposes. I have lots ... ..... ~ which he points with justifiable BBI^V r^onme Campbell. r? A. L pride is a 10 mile stretch of the KBB^Bsrs Cleveland and Nan Hartsville and Middcndorf road, Hj^Bj^H), well known men of 1 ag< - running between the ChesterMMBbhe proprietors of the firm fiold ftnd Bishopville road and n^B^Bj^Bros. were in the city the county Hue. He invites all voters to inspect this work. Pauline will a new Chesterfield County inSfl8^^nRn9|B twice a week, dustry that deserves special rday nights, notice is that recently instituhe the ninth ted hy Messrs. P. J. Douglass the and Kd. Until |^HH^B^HH^^ftiese pictures these gentlemen proved the intensity. to he otherwise it was rural po- thought that cabbage plants nDMHMn resigns his coiild not be properly started Mr. bee here. People of this territory will had looke^^^^Jharloston HHHn^n^,ti that, cabbage ?" ?> ?^ It is skid that much pressure is being brought to bear -t)n\ Mr G. K, Lauey to prevail upoqJbim to enter the race against Mr. Peoples for the office of attorney general. Mr. Laney hai/ an enviable record of four yearn in the joWer branch of the general assembly and ten years in the senate. Those who have measured lengths with him respect his lighting qualities. Ranse Gordon is probably the oldest man in this section of the State. He is undoubtedly the oldest darkey in the county and is one of the "spryest." Randa 1 Hammonds a decrepit old blackmiith, is known to be 80 years of age and he declares that Kanse Gordon was a grown young man when he, Randall, was a very small boy. lianse is apparently good for many years to cc me. Probably the most famous! trial in this County heretofore ! was that of Merrinian for killing j Douglass. Merriman was tried twice, convicted each time, and thrice sentenced to be hanged. After many months in prison? several years without bail?after his last appeal had been decided against him, Merriman escaped and was never captured. He is supposed to have died shortly after escaping. Mr. J W. Wallace who liv?s on Chesterfield-Cheraw road is a living rebuke to the grouch. He has had his share of life's pain and has not been able to walk for four years but keeps his mod on business rather than trouble. lie has no children ex cept time in school ami is therefore dependent, on himself only. He has directed his business from wheel chair and bed, planning his own affairs without help or favor, and is one of Chesterfield county's successful and progressive farm- rs. Mr. Wallace attended the preaching service at I'leasant drove Sunday. Of [Course he had to have other hands to unload hi3 wheel chair but the broad smile he brought I with him was well wort I) going | to church for. Rheumatism has put this man out of businers from shirt collar downward but from shirt collar up is in fine working order. When the news hunter walked into the Square Deal Drug store ! the other evening he immediateI ly sensed an air of excitement. II ? found the doctors and chief drug compounder and head soda squirter all puzzling over such questions as why does a cat love | nip and why is catnip anyway? I It seems that some one had left I some catnip on a lower shelf and a door was left open for only a few minutes when a big Thomas | who was supposed at that mo! raent to be peacefully purring at the fireside of his happy home away up near the court house suddenly dushed through the open door, and leaping to the lower shelf, seized a boundle of the dried leaves and without so much assaying, "If you please." began frantically trying to open same. When the aforementioned occupants of the store recovered from their surprise they began to discuss the questions referred to. Thanks We take this means of thanking our subscribers who have promptly responded to the statements sent out for subscription dues. This convinces us that at least a small per rentage of onr subscribers appreciate the efforts we are making to build up a good paper. This percentage, however is too small. We have heard from enly about 10 per cent of those in arrears. If every man on the list paid I.is dollar promply, the subscription list would still be carried at a loss, hut when a large promotion of subscribers insist that * he local paper should wait a year or two for its money and then make a liberal discount in the way ofWemiums etc.,?well, we can't see it that way To send ;hese statements cost us aboutfthiee cents each, so please dor'fc wait for a lother one, but tfalk up like a man and 1 blank down the pljnk! ^ j Pure 8. tl. C >mb Kiode Isfoj^Ktthir.g, Afj/usU Is Sale A report is being circulated to w the t-ffect that the floor of the 11 AmusU Theatre is unsafe. This ? report is entirely erronewus. F The floor has been carefully ^ tested and its sustaining power * is found to be three rime as 1 great as the weight of the largest crowd that can be packed in- d to the ball. 11 There is absolutely no danger 1 of a collapse. 1 The wi ow8 on the east side of the building open directly 5 onto the roofs of adjoining hous F 8, lurnishing safe and handy h exits in case of tire, so that in u very respect the AmueU Thea t tre is safe. ? The AmusU Theatre. e i Caution! d a The Conference of Cotton ? .States Bankers issues the follow- j ing warning: R With a shortage of ships to move our cotton to foreign t shores; with no indication of the | end of the war; with the Nation stirred over preparedness forig eventualities; with the buying, power of the entire world gradually lessening day by day, it be- g comes our duty to issue this * formal warning as the time of planting cotton is at hand. j Let every farmer be on the suft* fci'lo hv rftiaiurr nlontw r\f ~ J t..U.lib I ( feed and food for the communi-|j fcy as well aB for himself, his family and his live stock. (A calf, a pig, chickens, and a gar- . den often mean the d fference beiween want and money ahead.) Economical and safe living for \ all as well as "safe farming" j must b the rule if prosperity is j to abide with us. < ?Six-cent cotton this fall would spell disaster in the cotton States. Low price follows over- 1 supply as certainly as tne night the day. l'ligh prices and pros- , perity over the South this year p-oves what voluntary reduction j of cotton acreage does. Any marked increase in acreage over last year is going to result in a great loss to Southern cotton producers, merchants, and bankers, and will similarly afect all allied busines and professions. Announcements j For Supervisor We are authorized to a. ice Mr. N. M. Johnson as a .udi date for County Supervisor subject to the action of the Democratic primary. Announcements Kates for campaign announce- , ments are as follows: $3 00 for all offices save weigher and IT. S. Congress; charge for the latter is $5 00, for weigher, $1.00. The fees are pavable before or at time of first insertion. Accounts will not be carried lot ger than two weeks. Campaign advertising at regular commercial rate. When in need of Fancy or Heavy Groceries, Fresh Meat or Canned Goods, s?e A. F. Davis for the best on the market. Take This for LaGrippe Coughs The danger of lagrippe lies in its tendency to develop pneu monia, and the March death record from Dnenmonia is annall. ing Stop your colds before it reaches the danger point, and take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Mr. W P. Kowen, .Imps, lb., writes: "I had a ter rible attack of lagrippe, aches and pains all over my body, and a dry hacking lagrippe cough. 1 began taking Foley's Honey and Car and when I had taken one bottle my cough was cured, iny cold was well.'' Square Deal Drug Store. 500 Bi Chinese Co $2.00 Pe The original seed lock of cotton accide China ten years ago 1 missionary^ Bgy^sha||^^ple] Mrs. Ellen Douglass Brantly. Mrs. Ellen Douglass Brantly, ite of Mr. J. P. Brantly, rural sail carrier of Route No. 1, died t the home of her husband last riday, Marcn 8 1. She had sufcred from typhoid pneumonia, rhich had followei an attack of he grip. The funeral service was conucted on the following day by er paster, Rev. Paul T. Wood nd the body was buried in Lopewell cemetery. Mrs. Brantly was born on May tb, 1880. She was a member nf Ibeuezer Methodist church from er youth and made her faith iracticai in h> r every day life riends who h^ave known her nice childhood held her in high st esteem for Ihe grace and dil uence with which she laced ?he luties of daughter and sister nd finally as wife and mother. With an unassuming Christian nodvisty she faced all the probi-ms of her earthly life in a contant spirit of heroiatn. Mrs Brantly was the daugh er of D. D. and Lucy Ann j Douglass and her aged mother till lives to mourn her loss. She is survived by three broth!rs. three sisters and a four-year>ld son. She was a sister of Mr. sidney Douglass of Chesterfield, dr. Lucas Douglass, of Florida, dr. Oarl Douglass, of Uhesterield, Mrs. J. O. Pick, of Richuond, Va., Mrs. J. R. Newell, >f Pageland, and Mrs. Kate Rayield. The bereaved family have the lympathy of many friends. Notice All citizens of the town nad aetter register in order to vote n the town election to be held n April. See. F. M. Cannon at Ulerk's office. F. M. Cannon, Registrar. Registration Books Open Registration books will be -pen every first. Monday at the \uditor's office until 510 days before the general election. S. B. Timmons, Chm. E. T. White, Clerk, W. M. Belk. Scrap Iron and Brass I buy scrap iron and brass at higest market price. James Crosby, tf at Odom Bros., store. ?Ringlet Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching. $2 00 for Betting of 15 Fine strain, beautiful fowls. 4tp W. A. Douglass. Single Comb White Leghorns? Won three first- prizes at County Fair. Eggs, 75 cents per IP 1 i jo, parcel post, prtpud. H. B. Grave?, 2t p Pageland, S. ()., R. 2. SEVERE PUNISHMENT Of Mrs. Cbappell, of Five Tears' Standing, Relieved by Cardni. Mt. Airy, N. C.?Mrs. Sarah M. ChanJiell of this town, says: "I suffered for ive years with womanly troubles, also stomach troubles, and my punishment was more than any one coula tell. 1 triad mo-it every kind of medicine, but none did me any good. I read one day about Cardul, the woman's tonic, and 1 decided to try it. I had rot taken but about six bottles until I was almost cured. It did me more good than all the other medicines 1 had tried, put together. My friends began asking me why I looked so well, and 1 tola them about Cardui. Several are now taking it." Do you, lady reader, suffer from any of the ailments due to womanly trouble, such as headache, backache, sideache. sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired feeling? If so. let us urge you to give Cardul a rial XVa fn?l :? ? ....... .. v wviiuutiii u win ncip you, iust as it has a million other women in .he past half century. Begin taking Cardul to-day. You won't regret it. All druggists. Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladles' Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn., for Sten.il 'netm. dent on your case and 64 page book, "Home I reatment for Women," in pialn wrapper. N.C. 134 .ishels itton Seed I r Bushel came from a single ntally brought from by Rev. B. D. Lucas, Uses and Abuses of l By Prof. R. J. H. Ot Loach, Director of Georgia Experiment 8tatlon. I 1. THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS?HISTORY. * The Flret of a Series of Six Articles. We would not be disposed to try to give a complete history of the use of commercial fertilizers, but only to bIiow how this great industry began and grew in the Southern United States. Generally speaking, the farmers of this generation inherited the habit of applying fertilizers to soils, but have not been taught the underlying principles of the industry. The use of some kind of manures on soils with crops for the purpose of increasing the yields goes back to ancient times. We know that many ancient people applied animal manures to their soils for this purpose. Tho Chinese, centuries ago, applied manures of various kinds to their soils and gardens and with phenomenal results. In Von Tshudi's Travels in Peru we find that as early as the middle of the last century notes were being taken on the actual , value of Guano by the Peruvians. Bousingault speaks of seeing fields in Peru on which wheat grew every year for two centuries, and the yield still high and the growers prosperous. The practice of using mineral fertilizers was introduced direct from Pewti TT~ti I rii-i - i? ... u >.w mc uuueu oiaies in ine year i?4t>, ana was based on such reports as we And above. It had already been used in England before it found its way into the United States, but Peru seems to be the country in which the application of minerals to soils as plant food originated. We do not know this is true, but all evidence points to this. It is of greater interest to us therefore that we know about the customs in Peru. The First Use of Peruvian Guano. The Arst man in the Southern States to use this Peruvian guano was David Dickson, of Sparta, Ua., who saw an advertisement of it in the old American Farmer published in Baltimore. The South has perhaps never had a more successful farmer thai David Dixon, who made many millions of dollars farming, and who was a pioneer in many other lines as well as in the use of mineral fertilizers. In the year 1846, the year after it was introduced into the United States, he bought three sacks and used it, and on Anding that it paid him, bought it in increasing quantities till the year 1855 and 1856, when he "went into it fully." As is suggested above this is no doubt the Arst instance of the use of a concentrated mineral fertilizer orf y* cotton in the United States The universal success with which Mr. Dickson met in the use of this Peruvian guano led many other prominent farmers to follow his example, and in every reported case, success followed its use. We are constrained to believe that the application of this mineral fertilizer to the cotton and other crops in the South could not possibly have been an accident. Its success was unquestionably based on the actual needs of the soil. A quickly available manure was what the crop needed, and when this was once applied results were evident. After a time it was found that the Peruvian guano, which contained principally nitrogen, produced too much stalk and not much increase in tho yield of fruit, and hence its use was somewhat discouraged for a season. The First Use of German Potash. About this time the war between the States began, and at the same time the discovery of the potash beds of Germany, also, the offering on the market of various kinds of mineral fertilizers resulting from the teachings of Von L?iebig of Germany, who was at that time the greatest champion in the world of agriculture and its possibilities. As a result the popularity of Peruvian guano subsided and more sludy was given to the general qnestion of the use ot mineral manures, both by farmers themselves and the students of agriculture. Two great contributing factors to the rise of the fertiliz " tra't in the South are first the abolition of slavery, and second, . he j *g o: agricultural education. Before the war the question f land vas con -ry. if growing farm crops in the South "wo-e tl > land out." tL;< e \ -re pienty of slaves to "take in more land" It v .. cheaper to take i i land than to pay for any artificial manure. In 180", the Morrill Bill passed CongTess, creating agricultural colleges in the various states, after which there began a campaign for improving meth^as in agriculture. Experiments at public expense were begun on a small scale, and the public was induced mak<* greater use of plant foods of all kinds, as well as to iipyr'.c methods of tillage. This, of course, caused an immediate incre^ttse fn the use of rain- \ eral plant foods, and out of which grew demands for great quantities of fertilizers. From this great demand there sprang up fertilizer factories in J ' ' all parts of the country. All kinds of materials were tried out, some was \ M good, and some was not, but much of both kinds used. The factories had \ 1 no restrictlcns and many of them palmed off on the farmers anything that x 1 would smell strong and that could be put fn "acks. This condition on nccount of state iaws did not last long. We begin the next article by giving u resume of the part taken in the riso of the trade by the states themselves. Our Greatest Offer! A YEAR'S READING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY MADE FOR YOU ,luieifiniittwcMf&i : _ Ihi.Pro'rcnlyv Fjrmer ,s mn,1?to povor SS-. g.^/. vuiiuiiiom ni iney tiro in tli? South. Yc?, '? '"' 8'r?n>aJlJ *or y?u-?and If you will read / ^ 1111,1 hood Its teachings you will raise more I * ..?.^ . - cotton per acre, mare corn per acre, more A ... an.; l>< 11?r livestock, and make a money .producing factory out of your farm. ,-$0*'' " MADE FOR YOUR WIFE The Progressive Parmer lias the strongf practical hour. hold d? pertinent V 'j'. .. of any agricultural paper in the South. Its | inui-y features make a special appeal to ^^^^AA ' j. our women readers and hel*? them as It f / j": . . .. -f dot s tfc men. ,r PI^A'-ac [<ir-^^yit-|r) MADE FOR YOUR CHILDREN I ' (ffrc*;. s' -/?7j department for farm hoys ami girls, and n^. j^rfll serial story for hot), young and old. 'fy. fa< t It is a paper for every member of th^ 1?? "' " ?^ i^tUA The Best Two for All the Family?Both Leade^^H^HH^ in Their THE HOUSEWIFE J 1 11 , ,v We are happy Indeed to introduce and to be THE HQUSMBnm aide make . .in arrangement that .. | our readcra to have The Housewife the The high-class every way? stories that will aopeal to and please AN. raj) many with gripping excitement and Interest- \\vT vl/?X holding qualities. VA V\. Particular attention In given by The House- /ATov>*^ ~fj f wife to neusonahle, sensible cooking, household / f \V\(Y( J J J ^ " hints, and matters 'of particular Interest to / / ^V'NbWV/Z'vfc" mother anil child. ' j { \vT)m/7li~'i i ' The Housewife In a large, well printed maga- j a \ elne; nuhncrli>tlon price, r.O cents per year. It V Is only because the publishers arc anxious to 1 \ fr-XliiAM.Jr^j* develop their subscription list In the South that '. 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Mail or bring four uhtciptione at once to THE CHESTERFIELD ADVERTISER CHESTERFIELD, S. C. = ? ==u NOTICE Write me and I will explain how 1 was cored 4 days of a aeverr^^se of Piles of 40 years standing, aitU- a cot piin t' i?.11 from business No ? li J |OMj|||^d I11!)1 '' I I