Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Office over Bank of Chesterfield. At Law Office in Courthouse Wi" J1811, PaKel?"d evepr Tuesday; Other days in Chesterfield. BANNA $> HUNL.E V Prices reasonable. All work guar- J ?ATTORNEYS? anteed. , It. E. Hamia C L Huo1??n DR. L. H. TROTTI, N Oheatsinfbid. 8. (), p. . . c ft. nmc? .CPeoDles Bank Bmldinu D.nt.l Sur,? ^ . Chesterfield, S. C. HBk off'ck of Office on second floor in Ross COUNTY SUPERINTENDED Buildin*H QJC EDUCATION All who desire my services will K. A. KOU8K please see mc at Chesterfield, as I Offlqe oj>en every Saturday aud tl.* have discontinued my visits to other nrm Monday of each month. | towns. I IT Candiesl H. II Assorted Chocolates | | Mixed Candies f I FRESH FROM THE CANDY MAKERS I I We are now unpacking a large assortment I of the most delicious Assorted Chocolates im8 aginable. They are not only fresh, but they are g PURE AND WHOLESOME?perfectly safe for I i the children as well as yourself to eat. B | WHEN YOU THINK OF CANDY THINK OF j II A. F. Dayis Market 41 | a1 JE3 L. Bank of Ghesterfield I i Oldest Bank In Chesterfield f [ ti/e Solicit Your Business. Pay Interests J I \ "On TIME DEPOSITS. 1 U We Invite You lo Visit Vs $ W ' SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES I W V fifTf* Patronage wanted, whether large or I i AMUL small Both receive courteous attention. g J OUT Motto: Strength Security. g | g R. E. Rivers, Pres. C. C. Douglass ( ashier t tt ? m.j. Hough, V. Pres D. L. Smith, Asst. Cashier m " - * * - ?- ~ The Children's Xmas Gift W 1 Nine out of every ten studies you are to-day teaching your chil | dren, they will never use in after life. The knowledge of how to ac* j cunilate money you arc not teaching them. Yet without that knowledge they cannot succeed in life. Give each child this Christmas a Bank Book?$1.00?$5.00?$10.00?any sum you choose. It's the ^ only kind of education which costs money whore they get the education and still keep the money. BANK OF RUBY AND MT. CROGHAN Mt. CROGHAN, S. O. Branch at RUBY, S. O. R. E. Rivers, Pres., P. M. Therrell, Cashier. I -_l iL ZJl _ ^Bm*. AjpH JMQ^v J* j||H*-^^^i Aj?\ y_v / j Your Little Ones! A17 parent charged with neglect of hit children naturally will become indignant. Still there are tome parents who, through oarelessaess, neglect to provide for their welfare. The little ones mutt be pro too ted. There is no better protection than a bank account. If You Haven't an Account Open One Today For the Children's Sake The FARMERS' BANK POULTRY WANTED Do not forget to renew your luhW'LL BUY Chickens, Hens, Geese, ?riptio* ?? The Progre..ire Farmer Duoks or Guineas. W.J. HANNA. , . ?? r. . , . . through The Chesterfield Advertiser. Doomed to Bachelorhood Add *? ceBt* to our P'ice and He I shall never marry unless I ? ? th* ?"><? Progressive find a womnr^who is my exact oppo- fer ona yonr. Thie is far and away ^ BK(j[^^^|fever find so per- th# P^li.he* ? m south. The Chesterfield Advertise ' PUBLISHKD EVERY THURSDAY Subscription, $1.00 a year. Advertising rates furnished on application. Entered as second-class matter at the postofllce at Chesterfield, South Carolina. PAUL H. 11KARN Editor and Publisher. I A NEW YEAR'S MEDITATION The earth was brown and bare and I cold Another year had swiftly rolled Its twelve months round, and as its life went out it seemed To bring to mind all the fond hopes that man had dreamed, Which in the waking never were fulfilled, Every disappointment that had chilled A single heart, every broken vow Each day had known, and now The year was going, with bowed and neuvy head. The whole earth sad And nature, too, seemed dead. The heavens looked with pity on the earth below And to hide its desolation sent the snow. All that long night the soft white flakes were whirled, And when the morning came their innocence and purity had clothed the world. A bright New Year had dawned, which did not know The sin and sadness that had come a year ago. The past was covered. God had sent this untried year to give Another chance to man, that he might wake and hope and live. The Outlook. "Safety First!" That means waterworks. NOT THE LORD'S DOINGS In a recent address to his soldiers Emperor William referred to his peace prospects in these words. After stating that he had made such proposals he said: "Whether they will accept I do not know and the result is uncertain. The act is in God's hands as is our whole struggle. He will decide upon it and we will leave it to Him. We must not argue with what He orders." It takes a very peculiar faith to believe that the Lord ordered the cruelties that were practiced upon the innocent Belgians, the victims of the Lucitania and all the barbarous and brutal acts of Germany. In assuming that the Lord was ordering these horrible deeds of blood the German emperor is placing upon our Heavenly Father a responsibility that more properly belongs to his Satanic Majesty. ROBERT E. GONZALES Robert E. Gonzales, only son of Wm. E. Gonzales, former editor or the Columbia State and now United States minister to Cuba, died at F,1 Paso, Tex., last Tuesday night December 19th, at 11 o'clock of pneumonia. Young Gonzales was not quite 28 years of age. He was a graduate of the South Carolina University and for several years past has been one of the editors of the Columbia State. His specialty was editorial paragraphing and his work was brilliant to a degree that won for him wide recognition throughout the country and the distinction of being near the top of his profession. Responding to the call of the National Guard for duty last summer, young C 1 ? \junzaies volunteered for service as a private in a machine gun company. He was not long in winning a promotion to sergeancy, and seemed in a fair way to a commission. News of his (Teath comes as a profound shock to his many friends and especially to the newspaper people of South Carolina. Young thoug'h he was, it is doubtflii if the sudden death of any other man in the State could have caused so much genuine sorrow. The South Carolina press feels thai it has suffered an irreparable loss. WHY SHOULD WE WORRY ? Uncle Sam is a good old uncle. He looks after his one hundred million neices and nephews more like a father than an uncle. The American people in their haste to get money are bocoming nervous and are shortening their lives by too much worry. So Uncle Sam has issued through his public health service a bulletin in which he says: "So far as is known no bird ever tried to build more nests than its neighbor; no fox ever fretted because he had only one hole in which to hide; no squirrel ever died of anxiety lest he should not lay by enough nuts for two winters instead of for one. and no ?I<?K ever lost any sleep over the fact that he did not have enough bones laid aside for his declining years." Villa must have heard from Germany. Fie is also making peace proposals. Congressman Adamson, author of the eight-hour law says the railroads and the strikers both need spanking. Better take a steam shovel to them, Charles. 111 > In California a man aged 80 and a lady aged 76 ran away and got married. It is not stated how fast they ran. Wonder how young or how old California laws require people to be to get married. It does begin to look like worldwide prohibition. France is the latest nation to enforce total prohibition. Premier Brjpnd sak^, that war makes prohibition more r.ikwisary? j that upon it depends the Itf^of the ' r".M #'VJ' |l% "11 ' ' " II ? III Boll Weevil in Georgia As it is the intention of The Advertiser to publish from time to time the most reliable matter it can obtain on the subject of the boll weevil, it is herewith presenting some conclusions of the Georgia State Board of Entomology as an introduction to other articles to follow. The climatic and other conditions of the two States are so similar that it may be safely assumed that what applies to Georgia also applies to South Carolina. Our best opportunity to profit by the other fellow's experience is to pay strict hed to what the Georgia experts have to say. The boll weevil is the most serious pest now known to the cotton industry. Some arc inclined to consider it a blessing in disguise. If it is a blessing we are sure it is pretty well disguised. The South, in our opinion, will continue to produce the greater part of the world's cotton crop in spite of boll weevil, but it will be at considerably greater cost, and it will be fai more difficult for the average farmer to succeed under boll weevil conditions. This insect will force a complete revolution of agricultural methods in the South. The man who will succeed best is the man who adapts himself most quickly to the new conditions. Nature has been exceedingly kind to Georgia. She has made it possible for us to grow almost every kind ol crop that can be grown in ay part of the United States. An imprtanl phase of successful boll weevil fight ' is diversification. In selecting other crops, let us select those that have been tried and found best adapted tc our particular section, choosing those ' that will produce good yields, those ' for which a market is assured. Man) i farmer has deserted cotton and put in all corn, hay, peanuts or sugai (cane to fine! at the end of the yeai that there was no demand for his products. We do not advise anyone to quit cotton. This is the one crop foi which a market is always assured. Re duce your acreage in cotton and plant the very best seed you can obtain ' Put in varieties well adapted to youi ' section, varieties that are pedipreed ! seed that came from a sinple stalk I and has been carefully selected for e period of years. It is just as import ant for you to have pedipreed cottor seed as it is to have pedipreed horses cattle, hops, chickens, or dops. In ad dition to this, prow all the meat and all the food crops you need for youi farm. Move your smokehouse and your corn crib from the Middle West to Georpia. Whatever you do, don't become panic stricken. Don't become discouraped and sell out. Don't move from one place to another tryinp to find a place where the boll weevil will never occur. Don't let your labor leave. If you will profit by the experience of the man who has suffered and recovered, there will be no excuse for demoralization, the decrease in land values, etc., that sometimes follow in the track of the boll weevil. Do not waste your time in experimentinp. The Government and the different infested States have conducted and are still conducting a vast number of experiments under the direction of well-trained experts. It consumes much time and costs real money for the righ kind of experimental work. Do not waste time with agents selling boll weevil machines, traps or specific remedies of any kind. Beware also of agents who have a cotton resistant to boll weevil, there is not any such plant. Make up your mind to fight and call on the State and Government forces for the aid they are in position to give you and you will win. Under its new prohibition law old Virginia discriminates against bachelors in the matter of securing liquors. It provides that unmarried men, not living with their parents, cannot have shipped to them the quart of whiskey a month allowed to be shipped. This law may help Dan Cupid's cause as some confirmed old bachelors rather than give up their bottle will take a bride?that is, if they can get one. Build Up Clear out the congt m breathing and wea! invigorate all the to share in cold weath to perfect health. PERUNA 1 J It Is a tonic that reetoree tha be y#' away the waatn matter in your a; ed effort and better health. For have found it a valuable aid In al experience point* the way for y teet that proves ita value. Tat tv5>^W quick administration. Pleasant with you. I Manafla Tablets are the Ideal 17/ the habit of conatipa'ion. arouse kidney's. Vour druggist has that Th; Psruna Company, 4 k-J- ?Subscri] The Ad Are Payable Have Y< i i')ii t\\\ i''"la?tt?mbh? NOT ALONE ON NEW YEAR | Of course it is customary to make | New Year's day a day of new resolu- 5 tions, but there is no particular rea- | son why we should confine this work > to this one day of the year. In fact, % the very best resolution we can make f on New Year's day is to resolve that 5 during the coming year we will use z every endeavor to make each day a $ day of self improvement; that not a 5 single day shall pass upon which we c have not attempted to speak a good 5 word or do a kind deed for somebody; < that not a day shall pass upon which 5 we will not try to weed out some of | the tares and brambles of character $ that now offend others or some of the I bad habits that offend even ourselves. j ... < TESTING THE FUTURE I With the exception of All Saint's 5 < Day there is no time in the whole ! twelve-month about which so many j superstitions cluster as New Year's. ; Some form of divination to foretell j the future is practiced in almost ev- ; ery land on January 1. This, of j course, is generally the case with I . young people who desire to know < . whether they will get married during ' the coming year or soon thereafter. j In the country district of.England and J Germany there is a tea and coffee test which is most satisfactory. A teaspoon is balanced carefully on the edge of a cup. Then tea or coffee, as I the case may be, is dropped into it drop by drop. Every drop that the spoon will hold without losing its balance means another year before the I wedding. One or two large drops will usually upset the spoon, and so this . is a very popular way of looking into the future. t CORROBORATION t Of Interest to Chesterfield Readers. For months Chesterfield citizens f have seen in these columns enthusias* tic praise of Doan's Kidney Pills, by ? residents of this locality. Would these prominent people rer pnmmpnH n rn\r M * viiivwj vital uau iiui prot ven reliable? Would they confirm their statements after years had elapsed if per5 sonal experience had not shown the remedy to be worthy of endorsement? t The following statement should carry conviction to the mind of every Chesterfield reader: t W. A. McCormac, Dillon, S. C., says: "I suffered from backache almost constantly. The kidney secre- J > tions were discolored and filled with 1 : sediment. Nothing gave me relief j 1 until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. They stopped the backache, strengthened ; 1 my kidneys and cleared up the kidney . secretions." (Statement given March 6th, 1908). I Over Six Years Later, Mr. McCormac said: "I still take Doan's Kidney I Pills accasionally when my back aches - or I have any other signs of kidney trouble and they never fail to re- j ! lieve me." j Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't 1 simply ask for a kidney remedy? ? 1 get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. McCormac has twice public' ly recommended. Foster - Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv FAMILY AVOIDS SERIOUS SICKNESS I Ci J By Being Constantly Supplied Witk it Thedford's Black-Draugkt k ti McDuff. Va.?"I suffered for serera! years," says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, ol litis place, "with sick headache, and stomach trouble. Ten years ago a friend told me to try Thedford's Black-Draught, which 1 dia, t< and 1 found it to be the best family medicine for young and old. a I keep Black-Draught on hand all the time now, and when my children feel a c< little bad, they ask me for a dose, and il; y does them more good than any medicine they ever tried. We never have a long spell of sickness in our family, since we commenced C) using Black-Draught." c; Thedford's Black-Draught la purely vegetable, and has been found to regulate weak stomachs, aid digestion, re lieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea, i headache, sick stomach, and similar symptoms. i It has been in constant use for mora than 70 years, and has benefited mora than a million people. Your druggist sells and recommends Black-Draught. Prica only 25c. Oct a trackage to-day. N. C at for Wintei] ?stion thftt VtAH rliafiirK?/f I kened your digestion, and reodily processes to do their full er, and thus build yourself up S INVIGORATION lane* to your bodily function*, rlran ratem, and k*y* you up to increaenearly half a century tbouaanda A ? I catarrhal condition*. Their // I Ft ./ ou. PF.RITNA haaatood tho //* /?/jl ilet form ia convenient for Iffiytw, to take and eaay to carry MFJj'JF^ laxative. They correct >7/ jny Jf/Vi the liver and halp the //jF aS% (C-tFSr ptions to VERTISER : in Advance. I We Invite J ^ Comparison I We Laugh at j||| K J Competition! Quality considered ||| Our buyer, Mr. W. H. Porter, *||| has returned from the West |||| where he has bought for our stable- We th in , with his 16 years' experience here that he |j|| I> knows how to pick horses and <||| I mules for this section. 5j||j From now until the end of I the season you will find in our $||| | barn from 25 to 5o head of fine ||j|| I young animals. Every horse | and mule guaranteed to be as <||? i represented. Our terms will I suit anybody. Will sell or trade- Sgl | Buggies || I The famous Tyson & Jones, the George Bel- ?|| I ker, Rowland, and Capital. Will get any ||| $ make you wish. Any grade of harness. <||| t?aii on us when in need of anything in our j| Armfield-Porter Co. S Nearly Everybody Knows the Tremendous Success Saxon "Six" HAS WON Nearly everybody knows that Saxon "Six" is the finest ar for less than $1,000. - " _ Owners, of course, were the first to find out this superiory. But it did not long remain merely a matter of owner nowledge. For from them, thousands of them, all over this country, ame reports of its speed, its smoothness, its power, its aceelera on. Saxon Roadster i now a complete and finished automobile to the very latest etail. No car at any pirce carries more conveniences. New style body; bigger, roomier and more completely fimfortable. Electric starter and lighting?two unit system by /agner. There's none better to be had. ^ Demountable rims with 30-inch x 3-inch Goodyear tires. . a New style top with Grecian rear bow. Electric horn. Tire arricr. Speedometer, stadnard equipment. New design of arburetor, which gives greater efficiency and easier starting. PRICE, $495, F.O.B. DETROIT. John T. Hurst Chesterfield, S. C. ? four monthly m16azines i|m| And Omr Paper?All One Year I it Oil T^Mo^For Yoar Money By taking advantage of this rtmrkabl* tfkr mow, you mki a each savin* el $1.10. Yon fyst a year's subscription se onr paper and to these font splendid asafteainas a total valae of $2.5$ for only $12). This oflhr Is m to old end new eahessibasa. If von are already a sobtori ber to any of these asa$atlnaa, yonr subscription will be extended ene year froas date of expiration. Tide efW also fascludee a FREE drees pattern. When yon raoeive yonr first oepy af Today's, sal eat any dress pattern yon desire, send yonr order to Today's Malarias, $ivin$ them the sire and aonnar of the pattern and they win seam it to yon free of charfrs. Mover before has any aewspepw been able to oflhr mafiatinas of snob hixh , character at^ this prion. We are proud of this oflhr and wo mho yon to take ^ $1.25 StndYoir Ordir Before You FerptH || 25 * TU Hipilm NIK It* Pnatftj WkM TSn It Of JLssss