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BIG BOLSTER CHAUTAUQUA FEBRUARY 14, 15, 16 | I31)e Chesterfield ^Advertiser I V )LUME 85?NO. 47 0HK6TERFIKLD, 3. O. FEBRUARY 8, 1917 *1 00 A YEAR IN AT)V A NCJR \ r Hon. W. F. S > Candidate it- H Br * 1 w % IB _ m ;. | ^v ^ 9flHB9|L HON. W. F. ST % Once more Opportunity knocks at the door of Chesterfield county. Once more is the chance offered her to have one of her own citizens represent the Fifth Congressional District at Washington. This county has been organized as a county for nearly 145 years and the Ffth District has been organized for about thirty-four years but in all that time no man from Chesterfield county has ever been sent to Washington. But our time has arrived. If ChesPAIintif -1"A" ? , .... vva.iv; uuci, lid UUiy ill. U1C 1 Br polls at the coming primary there is I i very little doubt but tnat she will send I 1 to Washington her own most iltusI trous citizen, who has no peer in the I State. B This is a trying time for the DemoI cratic Party in Washington. The . House is divided about evenly, with I'l 215 Democrats and 215 Republicans, k with 5 Independents. In such a time as this one vote may mean everything. We are on the brink of war and the HP country's crisis is great. It becomes HP your solemn duty to vote for your W MIDDENDORF I F The program given by the school children Friday afternoon was quite good. Mr. W. J. Tiller made an interesting and instructive talk to the boys and men present. A number of boys joined the corn and pig clubs. They H may not win any prizes, but the inH struction and help given them by Mr. H Tiller will make them better farmers when the time comes for them to run farms of their own. Better farmers ^HL will make our county the best in the State. Miss Alma G. Perry spent the week-end with Mrs. W. R. Johnson. Miss Irene Rowe spent Tueudiiy in Cheraw with her sister, Mrs. H. T. McManus. HA Messrs. Horace and Fred Wilhelm H m and Ernest Sims went to Hartsville H H Friday and failed to return until Saturday on account of a breakdown. Messrs. L. O. Johnson and A. L. HHflj^HE*tVaters were in Hartsville Monday. H^^^H Margaret Rowe has been sick for ^^^H the past few days. Mrs. W. T. Stricklin spent the |^BH week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rowe. PATRICK Mrs. J. A. Harrington, of Rockingham, N. C., spent Wednesday and Thursday with relatives in Patrick. Mr. G. F. Davidson, of Cheraw, spent Friday in town. Mrs. S. L. Gillespie is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Harrington, near Rockingham. Mr. A. D. Turnage spent Saturday in McBee. The ladies of Patrick will give a * f Y/Ox supper and serve oysters at the i school house Friday night, February ) 16th, for the benefit of the piano ) fund. They will have one or two ( good speaker* and some fine music, j Everybody is invited to come out and \ have a Rood. time. Charles Ingram, who has a position with the Hardaway Construction Co., at Electric, N. C., spent Sunday and Monday at the home of his mother in L Patrick. | f WEXFORD Our school is progressing nicely. To the delight of her many friends, Mrs. W. W. Davis is improving nicely. Mrs. Tom Watson and wife spent HMl Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. M. K. Jenkins. Mr. Eugene Teal and Willie Teal and Mrs. C. W. Teal were visitors at " the home of Mr. W. W. Davis Sunday. tevenson For Congress i * * ;:' ; : .... : < :V"-: ; '< : * * E. V LI13UIX , , Nation, to vote for your Sfate, to vote J for your County. Break the long spell of silence, that has kept upheard the voice of Ches- V terfielu county in the halls of Con- . gress. . . We would hardly be found pleading the cause of just any citizen of this ^ county, but in this instance Chester- p held boasts of a candidate in this race . who at least is the equal of any of V the other candidates. lie is admitted by all to be a man of unusual intellectual attainments. His ability has ? been recognized in the State Legislature, where he was Speaker of the s House and when on the floor the ac- ? cnow'.odged leader. His reputation as a lawyer is Statewide and he has . gone in and out before the Chester- J, field people for 30 years and they know that his private life is above reproach. ? Hence he has legislative training, intellectual ability and moral charac- . ter. Now is the time for all patriotic f citizens to lay aside small and personal differences and vote for a man who can and will do the most for ? Chesterfield county. J I a Mrs. D. H. Tucker has ben on the ! * sick list the past week. ^ Mrs. Allie Gardner spent Saturday q night at the home of Mr. John Gardner, at Friendship. d This community was certainly shocked to learn of the death of Miss a Nancy Clark. She was well-known here an dloved by all who knew her. 1 Why not every correspondent write ^ for good roads, good schools and j good friends? I PATRICK, ROUTE 2 C s Mrs. Niven Poison visited Mr. and 1 Mrs. W. B. Brown Sunday. Mr. Harvey Poison went to Cheraw ^ last Tuesday. Misses Maggie and Esther Poison visited Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Hurst and Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Quick, of Bethesda, section last Monday evening. Mr. J. B. C. Hunt, of Grant's Mill section, was down on Juniper creek Monday on business. Mr. S. C. Hunt is back on the job with Mr. M. H. D.awkin ------ I Mr. Niven Poison and son Charlie, t went to Chesterfield Monday. ? c SNOW HILL t Farmers are about through hauling e fertilizer and I do not think there will * be any more used in this section than I last year. Small grain and young cabbage have been damaged by the recent cold. Mrs. Jeff Sellers spent the week- ( end visiting in the Ebenezer section. . Mr. John Griggs spent last Wednesday at the home of Mr. J. F. Gaddy. 1 Mr. William Sowell is very sick. The mumps seem to be interfering with the Friendship Sunday school. The Friendship Sunday school wishes much success to Sunday school No. 2. We do not believe there is going to be any more cotton planted in this 1 section than usual. Our farmers are Our week-day school is progressing Mr. L. B. Davis has eleven or twelve gcres in wheat. * The Friendship W. M. U. meets f next Saturday at the home of Mrs. j James Rivers. i , Our week-day schol is progressing ' nicely and Mrs. Wright and Mis* Eth- \ el Duncan are doing some faithful j work. On January 29th four pupils I were promoted from the third to the j fourth grade. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duncan. a flne boy. Preaching at Snow Hill next Sun- . day at 11 o'clook ^ the Rev. Paul T. , Wood. at 10 aM. and ! tFriemjjj1 Democratic Primary Notice is hereby given that on Friday, February 16th, next, a primary election for a Representative in Congress from the 5th District, will be held in Chesterfield County, and thai at that time un election will be held for a Township Road Commissionci for Court House Township. This election will be held under the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Those who were properly enrolled for the last primary will be entitled uO vote in this election as the rule* da not require re-enrollment for a special election. Thore will be no second primary foi Congress and in the event that no one of the five candidates receives a majority of the vote cast in the primary, the two receiving the highesi number of votes will run in the Gen jrui election, wnich will be held on February 22d, next. It is hoped that i full vote will be polled at this election. Spread the news. The time is ihort?Friday, February 16th. The polls will open at 8 a.m. and dose at 4 p.m. The following clerks and managers nave been appointed to conduct said jlection: Cheraw: I: S. Huntley, G. A. Maloy and C. A. Lynch; clerk, D. L. Tillnan. Place, Town 11 a 11. Bethel: J. F. Rowe, J. R. Burn and 1. T. Chapman; v^ork, T. G. Mathelon. Place, usual \fotkig place. Pee De'e: I). G. Mcintosh, D. F. Janison and J. H. Wallace; clerk, Wm. dickson. Place, usual voting place. Brock's Mill: D. F. Brock, T. A. Lee ind A. B. Parker; clerk, J. E. Short, dace, Brock's Mill'school house. Patrick: J. Baker, D. F. Buie.'O. ). Turnage; clerk, D. M. Williams, dace, usual voting place. Middgndorf: W. R Johnson, E. T. dcManus and Boykip Wilkes; clerk, >. M. Rowe. Place, , uSual voting dace. Cat Pond: W. M. Teal, W. D. Par:ct and T. J. Sumner: olerk, J. W. tuthven. Place, usual vdting place. Grant's Mill: W. T. MgBride, Jt N. ohnson and \Y. E. Tirrnuee: clerk. V. T. Rivers. Usual voting place. Snow Hill! VV. E.. Gason, W. B.. )uncan and A. J. Smith; clerk, Caroil W. "Dfcivis. Usual voting place. Odon^'s Mill: J. W. Rascoe, Paul )dom and D. A. Smith'; clerk Miles Vatson. Usual voting place. Douglass' MiH,:\B. C. Wadsworth, . U. Sutton and D. A. 'Douglass; lerlt, 'Biles Watson. Usual voting ilace. Wexford: P. A. Gulledge, Henry iisenby and Andrew Moore; clerk, E. . Moore. Usual voting place. Ruby: M. L. Raley, T. G. Griggs nd A. P. Smith; clerk, ,R. D. M<.-, freight. Usual voting place. Cross Roads: J. P. Allen, J. L. Itancil and G. K. Sowell; clerk, V. B. Vnddell. Usual noting place. Mt. Croghan: J. H. Rivers, W. H. lenrdick and W. C. Baker: clerk, V. W. Lowry. Usual voting place. Winzo: J. P. Anderson, G. F. Evans nd Lester Rivers; clerk, H. Z. Outen. Isual voting place. Pageland: W. J. Blakeney, R. M. irmstrong and S. H. Laney; clerk, '. M. Arant. Usual voting place. Plains: W. J. Hicks, G. W. Hinson nd W. B. Evans; clerk, J. A. Hicks, r. Usual voting place. Dudley: W. J. Jenkins, O. B. Jones nd H. I. Funderburk; clerk, T. D. 'underburk. Usual voting -f, Jefferson: L. E. Gardner, E. C. Clark and J. W. Miller; clerk, L. E. igburn. Usual voting place. Catarrh: C. C. Horton, G. H. Midleton and J. G. Sowell; clerk, D. E. "underburk. Usual voting place. Angelus: W. P. Young, J. E. Lee nd lJ. A. Clark; clerk, J. C. Jowers. Ousleydale: F. J. Johnson, W. J. 'eal and Cordy Winburn; clerk, J. G. Vilhelm. Usual voting place. Court House: L. L. Spencer, A. W. lursey and J. D. Smith; clerk, J. F. 'orter. Place: In the Court House. Candidates for Township Road Commissioner for Court House Townhip have until Monday, February 2th, to file their pledges. Managers will please call or send or boxes, tickets, etc. C. L. PRINCE, Secretary. M. J. HOUGH, Chairman Democratic Executive Committee. Announcements W. F. STEVENSON Mr. W. F. Stevenson announces hat he is running for Congress in his District on the platform of liberal kid for country road*, liberal *upport f the rural mail facilities, rigid econ mijr in kuver 11 inrniai anairi, judici>u? preparation for national defense ind loyal aupport of the President in ceeping ua out of war. THOS. B. BUTLER I am a candidate for Congress from ,he Fifth District, subject to the rules if the Democratic Primary and pledge nysclf to abide by the result of same THOS. B. BUTLER, Gaffney, S. C. A. L. GASTON I announce myself as a candidate 'or Congress from this District in the Primary to be held on Friday, February 16th, next. A. L. GASTON, Chester, S. C. There are seven counties in the 6th Pongregsional District: Chester, York, Fairfield, Cherokee, Lancaster, Kerihaw and Chesterfield. Chesterfield tas an enrollment of 4071 and of this lumber approximately 3,700 voted in :he last primary and there is but one ounty in the district that has a larger Kite. That is York. Our voting itrength according to these figures, tas about doubled in the last 15 years ?nd our county, therefore, is "moving beautifully forward." SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST I am in the subscription contest of The Rural Weekly ana am well in the lead to win a prise of $1,000. Your ubscription .may heln me to win. 26 cents "our lawmaker r Senator G. K. Laney and Repre" sentative J. Clifton Rivers were in town Mono ly. They report that the [ General Assembly is now busy at hard work and that all bills are being disposed of promptly either by passage or by death. Last Friday the House of Represen[ tatives passed what is known as the [ Richey "bone-dry" prohibition law by , a record vote of 78 to 28. Represen. tative McFarlan voted in favor of this law; Representative Rivers was not . recorded as voting. Tuesday of this , 1 week the House reversed itself and t voted to kill this bill by a close vote ?f 48 to 47. Representative Rivers voted to kill the bill and Representaiive McFarlan to sustain same. If Kilt ?h,v..i,i i i " --- ?i.t0 win oiiuuki urvuniu u iclw ull 1 iiiportutions of alcohol, whiskey, wines and beers would be prohibited from oeing shipped into this State. It is lot believed, however, that this drasic law will be enacted, but, on the >ther hand, that the present gallon-a! month law will be amended, the >mount allowed to be received in each calendar month to be reduced and greater restrictions will be thrown iround this law in Order to aid the officers in enf arcing same. The House of Representatives has passed a bill reducing the legal rate >f interest in South Carolina to six per cent, and by special contract to seven per cent. This will be hardfought in the Senate by the banks and building and loan associations, especially the latter. Several bills to create a highway commission and to place a license tax upon Uu'tomobiles are now debated in the General Assembly,iand it is believed that one of them wilT be enacted into law. The yl. S. Govern' ment appropriation wjll be doubled the State of South Carolina for good roads just as soon as the State creates Important Meeting t> Everyone realizing the necessity of forming an Association of Cantaloupe and Watermelon planters, it has been arranged to hold a meeting in the Masonic Hall, Pageland, Jb. C., at noon, Tuesday, February 13^h, for the purpose of organizing such Association in order to get the benefit of larger . marketing facilities, etc. It is important that every one be t present. Other matters of vital interest to growers of these crops will also be discussed. W. J. TILLER ' County Demonstration Agent. T. S. EVANS, ! Agricultural Agent. i - TAX NOTICE 1 ( This is to notify all persons that | have not paid their tax for 1915 to 1 settle at once with Earl Griffith at 1 PaKeland; C. L. Melton, McBce; J. T. ' Grant," Chesterfield, and P. C. Mc- ' Laurin at Cheraw. I am compelled to ] collect-or advertise and sell. This notice is final. D. P. DOUGLASS. Sheriff. All county papers please copy and , send me bill. , r~ | o t iveareti on a far 1907, part of this expei Carolina in 1911, whcr He 4as heen Co He A The contir farmers may get possible to own represented Lancaster C The ertaalishmer other commodities in tii The perfecting fair profit for his labor consamer to the end tlu Adequate ernment in the f \ Stands for Is opposed S AT COLUMBIA a highway commission and appropriates an equal amount. The government apropriation will be doubled each year for the next five years. What is known as the "Seven Sisters" Insurance Bills will probably be passed by the General Assembly this week. Senator Laney was one of the committee which formed these bills and they straighten out the present insurance tangle in South Carolina. An attempt is being made to repeal the "valued policy" law which is, at present, in force. The local delegation will fight this attempt of the insurance companies who wish to value a building after it is burned instead of as the law requires at present, when the policy of insurance is issued. After 1G ballots had been taken the General Assembly has elected Col. W. G. Smith, of Orangeburg, a former cotton manufacturer and lately a cotton buver. MS Wnrnhonvo ( sioner to succeed John L. McLaurin, who resigned recently. Gov. Manning has had introduced into the Goneral Assembly several bills to clear up the tax assessment proposition in South Carolina. One of the bills provides for a survey of all the lands in this State so that no lands shall escape taxation, it being estimated that at least ten per cent of the land in this State is not returned for taxation. Another very important bill before the General Assembly is*one requiring all who hold mortgages to return same for taxation; and requiring the* county officers to search the records in the clerk's office to see that this is done. This bill provides that mortgaged lands shall not be doubly taxed, but that the man who has given a mortgage on same shall only pay taxes on an assessment lover and above the mortgage and the person holding the mortgage to pay taxes on his mortgage. CARD OF THANJCS Whereas I was under bond of the United States Government in the car pacity of sub-rural mail carrier, and have been called upon to fill a vacancy in that position, I find it impossible for me to fill the office of township commissioner to which I was recently elected. I wish to thank my friends and fellow citizens for the confidence they reposed in me when I was elected to that oflice. Sincerely, G. W. BRANTLEY. TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONER By this notice I announce myself a candidate for Township Commissioner of Courthouse Township for the-unexpired term, of G. W. Brantly, resigned. It may be of interest to some to know that although I have had operations for a disease of the bones and am unable to do ordinary manual labor, I am able to travel and to perform all the duties of Township Commissioner. Your support will be appreciated and if elected will nc<> amy and impartiality in the expenditure of all funds passing through my hands. Respectfully, R. A. MELTON. CORN WANTED GOOD, SELECT CORN, for meal, wanted. Will pay highest cash price. 18p W. J. DAVIS, Chesterfield. VOTE Claud T For Co m in Lancaster County, worked h nee beinjJ borue by workinb in a < e he paid bis own expenses. ... A yi ' * " uniy /morncy lor Lancaster lioui dvocates Govei iuation and perfection ; cheap money and to toeir own farms. bounty in the Legislature, and is m it of a Government Warehonse Sy mes of depression and against the i of a Bureau of Marketing and and that the enormous profits of it the cost of living he reduced. preparedness to guarai uture. rigid economp in the ex Whirlwind Cs Opened He The initial campaign meeting for i i the voters to have an opporturtity to | ' hear the aspirants for Congress was i J held in the Court House in Chester- j v field yesterday. As the primary elec- I 1 tion will be held Friday, the 16th, | i very little notice had been given of ] s the meeting to be held yesterday and J only about a couple of hundred voters i 1 were present to hear the five candi- I t dates. ! t The meeting was called to order by j t County Chairman, the Hon. M. J. } Hough, and the speakers were intro- I t duced in alphabetical order, the first i being Col. T. B. Butler, of Calfney. 1 Col. Butler stated that he had been | I honored by his n itive county, Chen- i kee, by representing them in the b?IU 1 of Legislation at Columbia and that c six years ago when he made the race 1 for Congress lie received over 1,0(10 1 votes in Clio.-'orfield, which he appro- I ciated very riuch. Col. Ilutler be- 1 lieves that war with Germany should t be avoided if possible, and should t only be declared if no way of honor- 1 able escape is found. t The second speaker was Col. Ar- t thur L. Gaston, of Chester, who in j. reciting his qualifications for Con- t Kress, told of the loyal support al- I ways he heretofore had in his home I county; of the encouraKement he had 1 received from all parts of the district c in making this racv. Col. Gaston was 1 in favor of the government building < up our public roads and extending our t ruriM free delivery. t The third speaker was Col. J. Lyles < Glenn, of Chester, who referred to 1 the fact that he had been honored by < his home county and had been elected ii to every ofliee to which he had ever i: aspired; that tnis was the first time he r had ever asked anything at the hands v of the voters of the Fifth District, t Col. Glenn stated that all the candi- v I dates were able, but he belived that l he was better qualified than any of if the others, lie was proud of the fact s that he was one of the delegates to t the historical Baltimore Convention t and that he voted day and night for t that wonderfully wise man, Woodrow h Wilson. v The fourth speaker was Mr. C. M. Sapp, of Lancaster, who is now As- c sistant Atorney General of South a Carolina. Mr. Sapp stated that ordi- n CHESTERFIELD, ROUTE 4 e Wheat and oats along this route is practically all killed. | K Mr. Billie Pittman, of near White ' <G*A, was taken to the hosoital at I Hamlet, N. C., last . he was operated on for appendic. and we are .glad to hear that he is doing well. . Mr. J. A. Clanton, of near Patrick, was married to Miss Minnie McManus g, of near Middendorf last Sunday, by | r. J. W. Itoscoe, esq., magistrate. Messrs. B. C. and Charlie and Cor- n bett Clanton spent Saturday night at G. N. Clantdn's. n The Woodmen had a cool time for tneir meeting inst Saturday night. ti Messrs. Ciuss Clanton, Ervin and hi Henry Odom were callers at the home d of Mr. J. R. Sutton Sunday evening. i> Mr. Hobson Dalrymple visited at Mr. John Dees' Sunday afternoon. a Mr. Smith Ellis was a visitor at the home of Mr. William Oliver's Sunday m FOR Sapp ngress is way through Wofford CiiUc^e, wh :otton mill, llraduatcd in Law fron ity, City Attorney for the Town of nment Aid to R of the Rf/ral Credit Aci enable the greatest numt ow Assistant Attorney General, stem inorder to protect the prodi ravages of the spcculalor. Girtribution in order that the Pro< the middle man may be reduced fo itee the peace and secur pend!.tzo impaign re Yesterday d uirily he was opposed to war but the ,ime had arrived when there could lot be any further delay und that 'ully cognizant of all the horrors of var, he wanted to shake hands with Ben Tillman, who said that the Ame- n ican government had the right to " lend her ships anywhere she damn jleased. Mr. Sapp was opposed to European emigration and in favor of ural credits laws and believes that he masses of the people should have hat proper representation in Conrress which has not been theirs hereofore. * The last speaker was the Hon. W. ?. Stevenson, our own "Red Head." Vlr. Stevenson said that he had lived n Chesterfield county for thirty-two ^ears and that the people ol tins ounty had never yet failed to give lim a majority of their votes to any losition to which he aspired. He referred to the fact that a rural credit aw had already been enacted and ti-.t : i :n * ..w .... nuuii uiu u> restrict 'migration hail been enacted into law. rhal he wanted government money to sxpend on oar highways, hut same ouid not he secured until the people tot after the members of the legisinure and made them create a State lighway commission or its equivalent. cH ilr. Stevenson slated that he was in V "avor of peace and hoped that war ^ ould be avoided. He referred to the J act that at the present time the situition was freighted with peril and hat if war came, he would be opposed I o conscription to send our boys to lie upon the battle-fields of Europe. le called attention to the fact that >ne of the greatest problems that s confronting Congress in case of war s the raising of sufficient money or evenue with which to prosecute the var. If elected he promised to see hat the great burden of taxation vould be thrown upon those able to >ay and that he would ever look out or the interests of the Ffth Congresional District. Mr. Stevenson said , his was Chesterfield county's chance o have a Congressman for the first ime in her history and as he closed is eloquent speech he was greeted /ith prolonged applause. It is worthy of mention that all five andidates for Congress are attorneys nd that no other profession or busiess is represented. vening. It seems that we can get neither a ood roads day nor a doctor, so we rill have to call them all bad roads ays and make .no mistake. ..#\n'S mill "Messrs. Carl and Claude Newsomc ^ isited their uncle, Mr. W. H. Middle- . >n, recently. Prof. E. O. Greene and Mr. J. E. owell spent the week-end near Cheiw. Mr. I. B. Merriman is erecting a ice new cottage on his farm. Miss Clara Watson spent, last Wedesday night with Miss Lillie Rivers. Mr. W. 11. Middlcton has just relrned from Richmond, Va? where he as been with his son, S. Owen Midleton at Johnson and Willis Hosital. Mr. I. C. Turnage has purchased new car. Miss Dora Middleton is visiting ear Darlington. ere he graduated in j t Universit of South t Lancaster, and has oads : t in order that x*r of farmers jeers of cotton and lucer may receive a r the benefit of thC ity of the gov- ^