The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, January 11, 1917, Image 3
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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||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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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:
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Today's Magazine
Woman's World
Home Life
Belter Farming
Regular price
Our price to you
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Center .
Wexford
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Plains
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Long Branch
Green Hill
Middendorf
Sand/ Run
Bay Springs School
Lewis
Black Creek
Center Grove .
Cat I'ond
Cash's
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Zion
Bethcsdn
Harris Creek
Snow Hill
Patrick
Parker
Pajrcland
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Oranjje Hill
Spencer
Cross Roads
New Hope
Jefferson
Mc.Bee
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Mt. Croghan
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toad Bonds, Jefferson Township
toad Bonds, Cheraw Township
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