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f. LOCAL ITEMS ] Mr. H. Frank King is still Supev visor of Chesterfield County as Mr. E. E. Knight's commission has not yet arrived from the Governor. * , Mrs. H. E. Gulledge and family dre now at home to their many friends in the Sheriff Douglass old home place one mile south of Chesterfield. The Sheriff has one of the nicest places in the county and always makes good crops, and with two hard-working boys out there like Bill and Ed. we look for this to be the model farm of 1917. * * The farmers of Chesterfield and vicinity who care to join the Chesterfield National Farm Association are called to meet in the Courthouse at Chesterfield on Saturday, January 13, ID 17, at 3:00 p.m., as organization will be perfected at that time. * We have heard, by way of rumorL that several distracted families were in town on last Saturday hunting for the head of the house. One influen- | tial farmer was last seen as he was I driving his team into the west end of the quick sand in front of Hursey Bros. Co's. store. Excavation will be .^started as soon as a dredge can be 4M"'4ired from the government and effort will be made to rescue the party. The assitance of the officials of the town is assured. One of the local Barney Oldfields was frightened out of 4 % years' growth the other night down in East h /1 Chesterfield when he ran over and 7 mortally wounded Mr. Jonothan r Scarecrow. We call it a mean trick, even if it was a good one. It seems that some of the boys in that end of town rigged up a "dummy" with a shirt, a coat and a pair of trousers. This they propped in the middle of the road just around the curve that ^ motorists use for speeding- The crowd of boys would play in the road until the car was upon them and then all but one would run. The automobile invariably ran over the victim and there were no lack of low deep moans as the cars would back up and the driver alight to see who was killed. It seemed that the climax of fun was reached when one of our speed deamons raced on into town and sent a colored gentleman back to investigate the daniages. * Mr. J. N. Campbell, of the Zoar section, was in town Saturday and reported the perfection of the organization of the Parker School National Fartn Loan Association. Mr. Campbell was elected secretary-treasurer; Mr. Arch J. McRae, president. Mr. Fred Miller, Mr. John W. Davis and Mr. E. J. Moore were elected Loan Prtmmittnn T'Kn Tnon ?? busily engaged appraising the property offered for loan and will make their report to the directors of the Association on next Wednesday. 0 Over three score rats were killed when the stock of the Chesterfield Drug Co. was moved to its new home. Merchants of our town should get together on some plan to exterminate these pests as the damage done by them is incalculable. It muy be of interest to some to know of the fact that in some cities buildings are now erected so as to be rat-proof. If hard times ever come to our people it will be because of waste; and the waste caused by rats is preventable if gone about in the rigjit way. i * Chesterfield should worry about supposed deportation of negroes I from our community. Into the house vacated by Will Williams und family (P. C.8.) came Massey Robinson, who weighs more than Will and his entire family. But such is the congestion of the nnffpn r?r?rniln*ir,n ahouts that, while Aunt Massey and her four sizeable daughters were en- | tering by the front door, Jake, Judge Hough's Old Reliable, made a triumphant entry into the back door; and, by reason of such flank movement, Aunt Massey spent the balance of the day hunting for another house, * which she finally secured after much toil and tribulation, we are glad to say, just ofttsidc the incorporate limits of the town. < Admiral Welsh and his party of explorers have just passed Augusta in their dash to the South Pole if the official map, as shown in the Head- , quarters of the Independent Order ( of Sons of Rest is telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Chesterfield will watch with interest tho efforts of this party to climb the South Pole in a John Henry No. 248. It was at first thought that : the Panama Canal would prove an : obstacle to the progress of this val- ' iant crew, but after much argument ( it has been decided that by the time ( this party reaches the canal the ther- , mometer will be at zero and the canal . < will be frozen over so that they can ] cross on the ice. | i An old fashioned square dance was given in East Chesterfield last Fri-1 1 * day evening. Quite a number of ( young people participated in the gai- 1 ties, among whom were Miss Mary , j Pusser, Miss Millie Douglass, Mr. and | Mrs. John Welsh, Miss Stella Melton, , Miss Katharine Burch, of Dallas, Tex- j as; Miss Janie Douglass, Miss Pearl i i Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gulledge, \ Mrs. King, Messrs. Ben Gulledge, Ed. 1 4 Gulledge, Bill Gulledge, Wilson ?g Laney, John Womack, Thomas Huntr Charlie White, Walter, Henry a A Douglass, E. Arrnfield. Dr. Rigby and *** host and 1 ) . ^ ^ HlNTtRtSTINO INFORMATION ABOUT THEtlff 5 SUPPLIED BY THE BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL \S 0 SURVEY OF THE^UNITEO STATES DEPART.? ROBIN (Planeaticu* migrator! u?) Length, ten inches. Range: Breeds in the United Statei (except the gulf Btatcs), Canada Alaska and Mexico; winters in most of the United States and south t< Guatemala. Habits and economic status: In the North and some parts of the WcBt th< robin is among the most cherished o our native birds. Should it ever bo come rare where now common, it> joyous summer song and familial presence will bo sadly miased in man] a homestead. The robin is an omnlvor ous feeder, and its food includes man; orders of insects, with no very pro nounced preference for any. It is verj fond of earthworms, but its real eco nomlc status is determined by th< vegetable food, which amounts t( about 58 per cent of all. Thn nrin clpal Item is fruit, which forms more than 61 per cent of the total food The fact that In the examination ol over 1,200 stomachs the percentage of wild fruit was found to bo flv? times that of tho cultivated varletlei suggests that berry-bearing shrubs, i! planted near the orchard, will serv? to protect mpre valuable fruits. Ir California In certain years It has beer peBslble to save the olive crop fron hungry robins only by the most strenu ouh exertions and considerable ex pense. The bird's general usefulnest is such, however, that all reasonable means of protecting orchard fruit should bo tried before killing the birds. BROWN THRASHER 1 CToxoatoma rut am) Length, about elevon inches. Brownish red above, heavily streaked with blark below. Range: Breeds from the gulf states to southern Canada and west to Colorado, Wyoming and Montana; winters in the southern half of the eastern United States. Habits and economic status: The brown thrasher is more retiring than either the mocking bird or catbird, nui use mom is a splendid singer. Not lnfrequontly, indeed, Its song Is taken for that of Its more famed cousin, the mocking bird. It Is partial to thickets and gets much of Its food from the ground. Its search for this Is usually accompanied by much scratching and scattering of leaves; whence Its common name. Its call note Is a sharp sound llko the smacking of Hps, which Is useful In identifying this long tailed, thicket-haunting bird, which does not much relish close scrutiny. The hrown thrasher Is not so fond of fruit as the cathlrd and mocker, but devours a much larger percentage of animal food. Beetles form one-half of the animal food, grasshoppers and crickets one-fifth, caterpillars, Including cutworms, somewhat less than one-fifth, and bugs, spiders, and millipede comprise most of the remainder. The brown thrashsr feeds on such coleoptorous pests is wireworms, May beetles, rice weevils, rose beetles, and flgeaters. Hy Its destruction of these and other insects, which constitute more than 60 per cent of its food, the thrasher mnch more than compensates for that por tlon (about one-tenth) of its diet derived from cultivated crops. Kathryn: Of course, this story ibout Kate is just u* two. Kittye: Sure! JttffiRveen us two t ought to nyj^B wide cMhulaion. , ||AnMlfai imiwi aad 8curo?lki negUcta WffWM I Length, about ton and threo-fourths inches. Range: Breed generally In the United States, southern Canada, and Mexico to Costa Rica; winter from the Ohio and Potomac valleys and 1 British Columbia southward. ' Habits and economic status: Our 1 two meadowlarks, though differing * much in song, resemble each other closely in plumage and habits. Grassy 5 plains and uplands covered with a ' thick growth of grass or weeds, with nearby water, furnish the conditions beBt suited to the meadowlark's taste. 1 The song of the western bird Is loud, r clear, and melodious. That of Its eastr ern relative is feebler and loses much by comparison. In many localities r the moadowlark Is classed and shot as a game bird. From the farmer's r standpoint this a mistake, since Its value as an Insect naior in tnr &*<><**** O'1-"" than as an object of pursuit by tho sportsman. Iloth tho boll weevil, tho foo of the cotton grower, and tho alfalfa weevil are among tho beetles It habitually eats. Twenty-live per cent of tho diet of this bird Is beetles, half of which are predaceous ground beetles, accounted useful insects, and onetifth are destructive weevils. Caterpillars form 11 per cent of the food and are eaten in every month in the year. Among these are many cutworms and tho well-known army worm. Grasshoppers are favorite food and are eaten In every month and almost every day. The vogctable food (24 per cent of the whole) consists of grain and weed seeds. | YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER | ^ (Spbynplcus ^ ^ ^ Length, about eight and one-halt Inches. Only woodpecker having top of head from baso of bill red, combined with a black patch on breast. Range: Breeds in northern half of the United States and southern half of Canada; winters in most of the states and south to Costa Rica. Habits and economic status: The yellow-bellied sapsuckcr is rather silent and suspicious and generally manages to have a tree between himself and tho observer. Honco the bird Is i much bettor known by its work than its appearance. The regular girdles of holes made by this bird are common on a great variety of trees; in all about 2f>0 kinds arc known to be attacked. Occasionally younsr trees ?ir? killed outright, hut more loss is caused by stains and other blemishes in the wood which result from sapsucker punctures. These blemishes, which are | known an bird peeks, are especially numerous in hickory, oak, cypress, and yellow poplar. Defects duo to sapsucker work cause an annual loss to the lumber industry estimated at $1,2r>0.000. Tho food of the yellow-bellied sapsucker is about half animal and half vegetable. Its fondness for ants counts slightly In its favor. It eats also wasps, beetles (Including, however, very few wood-boring species), bugs, and spiders. The two principal components of the vegetable food are wild fruits of no Importance and cambium (the layer Just beneath the bark of trees). In securing the cambium the bird does the damage above described. Tho yellow bellied sapsucker, unlike other woodpeckers, thus docs comparatively little good i and much harm. Contractor Weaver has excited a great deal of comment by the rapid ? and workmanlike manner in which he r has erected the brick sales room and garage of the Itivers Auto Co. A half i dozen such contractors such as Mr. . Weaver could come near building Rome in a day. Says She Would Drop In Her Tracks Columbia Woman Says Sha Lived * ' in Continual Dread. SPENT-AWFUL YEAR. Mrs. Stukes Tells of Her Experience ..in Hope Others Sufferers May.. Profit. Regarding the truly wonderful results she said she had obtained from he use of Tanlac, "The National Tonic," Mrs. Carrie Stukes, of 113 Huger St., Columbia, gave" the followng highly interesting statement: "I suffered, from stomach trouble ind indigestion for two or three years, and had bad spells of some cind of trouble. They were awful. 1 was in such bad condition at one ,ime that I would have to crawl, for 1 could not bear my weight on my feet. "For a year or more I lived on a diet of milk and crackers and during .hat time I did not eat a bite of solid food. I could not sleep at night and and I was in a dread all the time, chough I did not know what I was dreading. I had fourteen doctors to treat me at different times, and I was told an operation was the only thing that would do me any good. "When those awful attacks came I would just draw up and drop where-, ever I was, and just about the same as' any one who is crazy when I had one of these terrible spells I felt lasy and sick and tired all the time, and even after a night's rest I would feel so tired I could hardly move. "For a long time I could not do a bit of work around the house and 1 had to have some one do it for me. My nerves were so bad I would jump and cry out if a door slammed and I could not stand to have children around. "My husband read of the great relief Tanlac had given so many peo pie ana nc Dougnt it lor me. 1 am now taking my fourth botttle. During the first two weeks that I took Tanlac I gained ten pounds in weight and I am now doing all my house work. The Tanlac has helped me wonderfully in every way and has built up and regulated my stomach so that I can now eat anything I care to and my food is digested properly. I do not suffer at all with stomach trouble now. "The Tanlac increased my strength so much that I can compare my strength with that of any two women my size, and reipember that it has not been so long ago that I was too weak to walk. I have had only one of those bad spells since I began taking Tanlac and that came just a few days after I began taking Tanlac. I really feel like a new woman now, so great has been the relief Tanlac gave me My nerves now are fine and strong, and I am not troubled with nervousness. "I sure can recommend Tanlac, and I am glad to do so, and I hope that some sufferer will profit from what I have said. Tanlac is a truly wonderful medicine I think, and it prov vu liiul uy wnai 11 ?u? ior me. It just made a new woman of me. I tell everyone I can of what Tanlac did for me." Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold by The Chesterfield Drug Co., Chesterfield, S. C.; T. E. Wannamaker & Sons, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Drug Co., Mt. Croghan, S. C.; McBee Drug Co., McBee, S. C.; Pageland Drug Co., 1'ageland, S. C.; J. T. Jowers & Sons, Jefferson, S. C. Adv. IDEAL AMERICAN FOWL IN MAKING New York Jan. 4.?An ideal american fowl, in which will be centered all the good points of all the good breeds of hens, is the object of experiments being conducted by the United States government at its farm at Beltsville, Md. Harry M. Lamon, head husbandman of the government farm, has been working for the last five years on the new American product. He explained his experiments at the annual poultry show at Madison Square Garden. According to Mr. I.amon the new hen will have white plumage, yellow legs, red ear lobes and a moderatesized comb. In laying qualities and the size of its egg it will resemble the; I ?..rh?rr. If mill 1 V mil HHYV an uiuiii IIIUHl on its body as a Wyandotte, Barred Hock or I'lymoth Hock. The governnient farmer, Mr. Lamon, plans to have a bin exhibit of the new hen at the poultry show next season. It is suggested that paper must he cheap in Mexico, as Villa continues to print his money on it. ASHCRAFT'S Condition Powders A high-class remedy for horses and mules in poor condition and in need of a tonic. 'Builds solic muscle and fat; cleanses the syx tern, thereby producing a smooth glossy coat of hair. Packed if) ios?8 25c. box. Sold by 1 P. I-^LANEY^^ A LittU and a Few. ? r From The Marion Star: Plant a little wheat, a little oats, a little tobacco, a little corn and a little cotton. Raise a few pigs, a few colts, a few chickens, and you will always be able to have a few eggs for breakfast, even when they are worth 40 cents a dozen. Of course we know that we are foolish to make any such suggestions and that the front yards and the back yards in Marion county will be planted in cotton in 1917? but if some fellows will clip this article, paste it on the wall and look it over in 1920 he will be constrained ^ to say "The ed was right, after all." t Shakespeare had another guess : coming when he said, "What's in a name?" as one of our old reliable t friends is here in Chesterfield and in f others towns in the State completely disguisedin name and appearence. ' We refer to "Dust-down," which is J used to collect the dust when sweep- < ing. Although colored to a beautiful dark green and heavily oiled, this * is none other than our old friend, Col. Sawdust, who was for so long considered as worthless and having no place in municipal life. Now that he has changed his name and color he readily brings three cents per pound. KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL Health Is Worth Saving and Some Chesterfield People Know How to Save It. ? Many Chesterfield people take their lives in their hands by neglecting the kidneys when they knew these organs need help. Weak kidneys are responsible for a vast amount of suffering and ill health, but there is no need to suffer nor to ( remain in danger. Use Doan's Kid [ ney Pills?a remedy that has helped thounsands of kidney sufferers. t The following statement leaves no " ground for doubt. Mrs. E. J. Wicker, King St., feennettsville, S. C., says: "I had pains in my back all the time and in the morning I was so lame and sore that I could hardly get out of bed. The kidney secretions were irregular in passage and I had other kidney disorders. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me in eevry way." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Wicker had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., BufTalo, N. Y. adv. AUDITOR'S NOTICE The Auditor's office will be opened ! for the assessment of personal prop- i erty from January 1st, 1917 to February 20th, 1917. All male citizens between the age of 21 and 00 years are deemed Tax- ? able Polls, except those who are maimed or for other causes are incapable of earning a support. The law requires 50 per cent, penjalty added to taxes on property subject to taxes and not returned for assessment on or before the 20th day of ' I February, 1917. , I will be in the Auditor's office ------ January 1, 13, 18, 20, 27 and 21); February 1, 2, 3, 5, G, 7, 8, '.), 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1G, 17, 10, and 20, and at the following places on the dates named: Patrick: January 2, from 11 to 3 o'clock. Cedar Creek Church: January 3, from 11 to 2 o'clock. John H. Wallace: January 4, from 11 to 3 o'clock. Cash's: January 5, from 10 to 2 o'clock. Westfield Creek, at new school, January 6, from 10 to 12 o'clock. Cross Roads: January 8, from 11 to 2 o'clock. i JelTerson: January 9 and 10, to o'clock. Catarrh, at J. G. Holly's: January 10, from 1 to 3 o'clock. Plains, at J. W. Hicks: January 11, from 11 to 1 o'clock. Grant's Mill: January 12, from 1 to 3 o'clock. Ar.prelus: January 15, from 11 to 3 o'clock. McBee: January 15 at ni^ht; and 16 to 5 o'clock. KO/IJ.-'U-r. I ? n c ?. I miMuvuuvi x . uuuuury i t , irom I i to 3'clock. Ituby: January 19, from 11 to J o'clock. Dudley: January 22, from 1 to 1 o'clock. Pageland: January 22 and 24, to 12 o'clock. Mt. Croghan: January 2.r>, from 12 to 4 o'clock. Cheraw: January 20 and 21st. T. W. EDDINS, Auditor. faraift T y 11 n Rubhir.ff r'nses Pain I Rubbing sculls tbe liniment | I tingling through the flesh and J quickly Stops pain. Demand a j liniment that you can rub with. ' ! The beSt ltibbing liniment is j MUSTANG LINIMENT Good for the Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Good for your own Aches, Paint, Rheumatism, Sprains, p Cuts, Burns, Etc. p I 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealer*^ 11 MfliBL i rhe Time is Drawing Nea All Subscri The Ach Must Be While papers all around us are r ?ack to the cheaper ready-prin ng every week to improve our :ies, and our mechanical equiprr inually by the addition of ne1 neans added expense- Nobod jrice of print paper is threatei small newspaper in the land, ive and continue to improve, Every Subscri Be Paid Pi Note this liberal offer: Progressive Farmer Housewife Advertiser Total value 3ur Price to you rhen consider this: The Advertiser Today's Magazine Woman's World Home Life Belter Farming Regular price Our price to you TAX ~N< The Tax Hooks will be open for the mr I.,.- ... *11 ??i i 1 ^ ..jr w. un u.-iiu Liu- .?i nay <>i j iccei Tax Levy for the Statu Ordinary County Constitutional School County Road Total Levy SPECIAL LC Cheraw Graded School..% Marburg Pee Dee Pine Grove . 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All of this y needs to be told that the ling the very life of every It follows that if we are to \ v ption Must fomptly $1.00 ^ .50 ^ 1.00 1 ocn ' L.O\J $lluO M.OO .50 .35 .25 . .25 &2.35 $1.2,0 3TICE collection of Taxes from the lfitii liber, 191G. f> ',4 mills 7 % ^ ? tt " | IT ^ mills I ICAL I Local 1 School {Bonds ' 8 4 . . . 8 3 4 3 8 2 i i i hi 4 6 4 5 6 ::::::::::::: I r< 6 2 5 5 5 ::::::::::::: I f" BH .4.. 6 6 7 7 7 . 8 n 8 8 8 4 8 4 V4 8 8 4 8H 8 10 i% 3 4 t m uM U DQUGI^^ I