Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

55* Ol)e Chesterfiet6 7A6verti5cr tl??? ?????agi^???- ?-- ?-^?-f????====^^???-^ VOLUME 36?NO. 4 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, April 12, 1917 $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE rnmrn^mm Three More Ameri< Join United Sts Washington, April 10.?Much ol' the uncertainty as to Latin-America's attitude in the war between United States and Germany was cleared away to-day by definite advices that Chile and Mexico will remain neutral and increasing indications that Brazil, Gautemala and Peru will join Cuba and Panama on the side of the f, United States. The decision of Chile, the first of the American republics to announce her neutrality, caused some surprise among officials here. In many quarters it had been expected that she eventually would' break with the Berlin government but would postpone her decision until advised definitely of the course of Argentina and Brazil, the other members of the A-B-C group in South America. There are indications that Argentina also will take a place among the neutrals. Mexico's decision, on the other hand, caused no surprise and is refer garded as certain to have little influence with her sister republics. Reports that Gen. Carranza was soften- . ing to a distinct pro-American attitude have not been credited by peop'e here, and neither have they believed widely circulated stories that he was b preparing to ally himself openly with Germany. Information as to his decision reached the state department infnrmflllv tft-Hov onrl o nrnnlomofiAn *'*of neutrality ia expected after the Mexican congress meets April 15. . ELECTION OF MAYOR AND TOWN WARDENS The town election last Tuesday passed off very quietly. If there was any agitation it was under the surface. People walked up and voted " as though their minds were made up There were two candidates for mayor and fourteen candidates for Warden, all excellent men. The votes were as follows: For Mayor: L. H. Trotti, 62; J. T. Hurst, 20. For Warden: S. M. Jackson, 51; Ira Redfearn, 49; C. C. Douglass, 60; M. S. Watson, 60; D. L. Smith, 8; R. M. Myers, 10; R. T. Redfearn, 6; I. J. Davis, Jr., 7; G. W. White, 27; Thomas Huntley, 30; Charles White, 26; J. H. Bittle, 22; Floyd Kddins, 1: J. T. Hurst, 1; C. L. Hunley, 1. The officers elected are: Mayor Dr. L. H. Trotti. Wardens: S. M. Jacksdn, Ira Redfearn, C. C. Douglass, M. S. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Rouse arrtl children and Mrs. Rouse's sister, Miss Dameron,?>f Cheraw, were visitors in the city Wednesday afternoon. Civil Court convenes Monday. The jurors are not required to be present until Tuesday. FIELD DAY APRIL 27 AND 28 .Chesterfield County Field Daf wil' be held in Chesterfield on April 27th *hd 28th.. The oratorical contest will be held in the court house on Friday night, the 27th. It will be limited to high school pupils. One boy and one girl4 from each school in the county having high school grades will be admitted. There is a gold me al for the boys ' and a gold me'al for the girls. Athletic events will take place on Saturday, April 28th. YESTERDAY WAS NAVAL I RECRUITING DAY Yesterday, Wednesday, April 11th, 1 ui I l n Pji ttud ?*i"j uajr *c v aparv uy vj uvcniur Maninng as "Naval Recruiting Day" in South Carolina. But if you did 1 not enter your application on that * day, you will be welcomed to-day. 1 In presenting this call the Governor says, J4It is the call of your country for the defense of your country, and for our safety and honor. The call is urgent. Men are neded and needed now. I urge you as citizens of South Carolina to do your part. Will you, ' as loyal citizens and patriots, re- 1 spond?" According to the number expected from the State, Chesterfield county is expected to furnish 15 men for the navy. CARD OF THANKS Editor Advertiser: We desire through the columns of your paper to express our most sincere thanks and apreciation to all of ant* '"en^8 f?r tho TMMf Sadnesses shown to us during the Nflfet illness and loss by death of ltnrlB, B. Rogers. Most sincerely, 8. B. Rogers and children. NOTICE OF COURT ' The Court of Common Pleao for Chesterfield County, Spring term, will convene on Monday, April 16, 1917. Jurors and witnesses take notice. Grand Jurors need not attend. e4 ^ Jurors are not to attend until second day, which is Tuesday, April 17, as first day is devoted to equity cases. I. P. MANGUM, 1 Clark :an Nations ites Against Enemy THE SOUTH WILL LIKELY FACE STARVATION Atlanta, April 5.?Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, addressing the Southeastern States food crop conference here today, declared that unless the South increases its food crop in the event of war, the "South, like Germany, faces starvation." ."This condition will not arise because the United States will not have fnn/1 o n ninrU aL.2 ? Ai " v?*vu5m vv* ou{;|fljr II1IA bt't'llOH, asserted Mr. Vrooman, "but such a condition threatens because of a hortage of freight cars and the possibility of other sections being unable to ship foodstuff here." He called attention to the fact that .he South had been importing $6, )00,000 to $7,000,000 worth of foodstuffs annually from other sections and said the "South would go hungry without this aid." The assistant secretary who came South to open the government's suggestion for increased food crops ipoke to members of the Atlanta and Jeorgia Chambers of Com/nerce and ielegates to the Southern Cattlenen's association in convention here, .le asserted food crops must be increased because the United States .vas called upon to supply the allies .vith food and financial assistance." MEETING OF TOWNSHIP ROAD COMISSIONERS There was a meeting of the Township Commissioners of Chesterfield uuiaj, euueu logcmer Dy county Supervisor Knight, that bids fair to re.ult in much good to the county. The purpose of the meeting a3 itated by Mr. G. K. Laney was to iring about better team work in this mportant branch of the county's business, and for the discussion of iroblems arrising from time to time md for instruction in the law as it elates to the activities of the town.hip commissioners. At the request of Mr. Knight the aw as relating to this branch of the ounty work was explained by Mr. .aney and Judge M. J. Hough, coun.y attorney. Mr. Laney went into details in exilaining the working of the State Highway Commission and showed the jreat benefit that is to come to this jounty by its participation in these funds. Eighty per cent, of the tax noney raised by the new license tax m automobiles will return to the :ounty that gave it, in addition to federal funds added to this. Mr. Laney read the law relating to .he reports of the township commistioners by which they are instructed .o render quarterly reports to the supervisor and to publish same in a county paper. Mr. Knight said that they were having trouble with people throwing things into the ditches and plowing into the road. The law as read by' Mr. Laney on this subject was very Main. The minimum width of a public road, including ditches, is 16 feet. To plow into, or in any way obstruct .he ditches is a misdemeanor and may subject the offender to fine or imprisonment. Judge Hough, in calling on the men to get together in their etForts to permanently improve the road system of Chesterfield county, told of the method successfully employed in Chester county. There work of a permanent nature was undertaken by stretches of five miles at a time, radioing from the county seat. When all ihe roads had been improved for five miles out, then they were all carried, one at a time, five miles further, and it wasn't very long until every mile of road in the county was in fine shape. PJpns for keeping the roads in good condition after being repaired were discussed by Mr. Knight, who emphasized dragging the roads when in proper condition, and in doing this regularly. Many questions were asked by the township commissioners about perplexing matters and the best of legal advice was forthcoming. That great good can come from a regular meting of this nature was the opinion of all present. It was suggested that an organization be formed of the township commissioners with the Supervisor at the head, and the organization be known as the Good Roads Association of Chesterfield County. It was decided to call another meeting for the second Monday in June, at which time an engineer of the State Highways Commission will address those present. LOST Lost, on Monday, April 9th, in or between the Bank of Chesterfield and OdMaJfros tore, $80. Finder please SfigflttlM^Clerk of Court for return to The Crisis Must! The following letter was recently 1 received by Mr. W. J. Tiller, county ^ demonstration agent, from Mr. Bradford Knapp, chief of Co-operative Ex- r tension work in Agriculture, U. S. s Department of Agriculture. t Mr. Tiller, in offering it to The Ad- ' vertiser for publication, said he was greatly distressed because the farm- j ers could not see the seriousness of \ the food situation. For the first time in the history of the South so far as 1 he has been able to learn, there is a no food supply in sight for this sec- ^ tion of the country. r It isn't so much that food will soon ji be at famine prices, but worse than mat, such things as corn, corn meal, I 1 grits and hominy seem destined to dis- I appear from the market altogether. F Mr. Knapp's letter follows: Safety t For nearly three years I have done a my best to warn you to prepare for n .he present emergency. For years we have tried to encourage diversiti- c cation in the South as a basis for g greater safety, both agricultural and tl economic. Since the war began in c Europe we have urged SAFE FARM- ( b ING. When prices were low you <1 id c well and made progress. When cot- h ton went to eighteen cents and over v you made large profits because of n your progress in SAFE FARMING. Ll but some were tempted to go back to fi cotton. In common with many other a men, I have tried to warn you of Ci ihat danger. Cotton has not been s! "Service For AD'1 From Wednesday's State: |b "Service For All!" This slogan was ? adopted yesterday at a conference ? bfetWeen members of the South Caros Una commission for civic prepared- j, ness for war and the auxiliary com- si mitteo recently named by Gov. Manning. The machinery for arousing the pe- a oplc of the State to the absolute ne- a cessity for economic and agricultural tl preparedness was set in motion and n definite plans were made for car- 11 rying the message of preparedness to T every person in South Carolina. It n was a kind of round table conference, n at which the problems confronting li the State were considered freely and S frankly. I). R. Coker, of llartsville, S chairman of the commission, presid- e ed and presented a general scheme fi for the organization of the State. Joe Sparks, of Columbia, was elected p secretary to the commission. It was it decided to open headquarters in Co- si lumbia from which the campaign for p agricultural preparedness will be g [ waged. o ii was decided to hold meetings in p every county in South Carolina, at which members of the auxiliary com- n mittee will discuss the situation and f; urge upon the farmers co-operation ti to meet the unusual demands that V must necessarily follow the beginning a of war. . The appeal by the commission is b universal. The members realize that to win the war universal scrv- 2 ice must prevail. The farmer, the Ii VAUGHN SCHOOL HOUSE The school at this place is progress-' ing nicely. j ^ Sowing bottom seed and planting v corn is the order of the day. t Mrs. Sallie Campbell remains quite feeble. s Mr. Dane Vaughn and his son li John Vaughn and family visited Mr. Doc Vaughn at Badin, N. C., Satur- 6 day and Sunday. The many friends throughout this 8 community of Mr. Dan Johnson, of ? : 1 ' * ' muircii, wcic Kiii'vt'u iu neur 01 nis j sudden death. The writer was per- j( sonally acquainted with Mr. Johnson and classed him as one of the finest j men he ever knew. _ Uev. J. D. Purvis will preach here 0 the third Sunday at 3 o'clock. Sun- ^ day school at 2 o'clock sharp. The small grain crop is looking fine and we trust 20 cent cotton is not ? cutting the corn acreage short. j Mr. Jessie Smith continues in poor j. health. Hope he will soon be able to c attend his affairs ugain. r] 8 Men's Dress Shirts, 50 cents to 1 $1.00. Old prices. Chesterfield Dry t Goods Co. fi NOTICE OF DISCHARGE i On the 14th day of May next, 1 will apply to the Probate Court of ] Chesterfield County for a discharge j i as guardian of Duncan and Angus , Martin. W. J. ODOM, , Guardian, i Is Here; T vaise Fooc ligh, BUT HAS ONLY INCREASED [N SOMEWHAT LESS PROPORriON TIIAN FOOD AND FEED. \ NOW THE CRISIS IS HERE! rhis jrreat nation must arouse he- | iclf for a mighty struggle for lil> rty. People without food and arm- ! cs without rations are conquered be- j 'ore they can begin to fight. ()ur rreatest safety now lies in FOOD PRODUCTION and in saving the vaste products. | If the South is to be STRONG she nust have FOOD. If this country is ' o be STRONG she must be well fed . t . . . i ma nave an aDunoar.ee to sustain hose friendly people who are even io\v fighting our battles for liberty ind democracy. Transportation may be disturbed four own defense requires you to 'RODUCE and CONSERVE your :OOD supply. DON'T FAIL NOW!. It is a naional problem of defense as importnt as men and guns, ships and canion. BUSINESS MEN?If seed is short, anvass the situation like patriots and et the seed for farmers. Arrange he credits. Furnish farmers seed orn, soy beans, cowpeas, velvet eans, peanuts, sorghum, etc., at ost. See that all things necessary to ! elp farmers are done. Of course, ! rc must produce cotton, but with a loderatc acreage and a good season here will be enough. Do not sacri- i ce acres of FOOD to increase your creage in cotton. LOOK AHEAD! let the warehouses, the feed mills, j hellers, cleaning stations, creamerIs The Slogan usiness man, the banker, the labor r and men from every class of citi enship must join in the campaign luring the day Mr. Coker issued tatenient to the merchants in which e stressed the necessity of providing t*ed. Food Crops The farmers will be urged to turn s much land as possible to food crops nd one of the big problems will be hat of securing good seed. Some lerchants of the State have already lade the offer to sell seed at cost, 'his patriotic act was highly .corntended by the members of thertomlittee. It was pointed out that ntilons of dollars are being spent by outh Carolina each year out of the tate and for food crops. The farmrs will be urged to produce their ood at home. Gov. Manning will this wek issue a rnelomofiitn /.ollI?.- ?~ ~ ? *' ?1 uvxiimuvii/u laiiimk u|1u|| II1C* milliters of South Carolina to deliver ermons in their churches, urging the eople to give attention to the proram of preparation which is to he utlined from day tp day by the prcaredness committee. "The South Carolina grain crop was ever more unpromising and our ; armers seem determined to plant a remendous acreage in cotton," said V. W. Long, State Demonstration gent. I The first gun of the campaign will e fired at Spartanburg Friday. Chesterfield's day will be April I Oth. The speakers are Rev. Hugh ' t. Murchjson and Mr. E. W. Dabbs. SNOW HILL t Mr. Ren Davis, a student of Columia college, spent Easter at home rith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. 5. Davis. Mrs. James VV. Perkins has been pending the week-end in North Caroina with relatives. Mrs. M. Campbell has been quite ick the past few weeks. Mr. L. B. Davis has been on the ick list the past week. Messrs Fred Huneycutt and Alfred livers, of Chesterfield, attended servres here Sunday. Kf! Ai il 1 t? miss i>ainieen sellers has a class n the Snow Hill Sunday school that lumbers 26. This class is composed if little ones up to six years of age. diss Sellers is a successful worker imong the little ones. There will be a box supper at 5now Hill school house Friday night, Vpril 13. At the same time there will >e a meeting to discuss the question if building a church at Snow Hill. The Rev. Paul T. Wood will attend md will give a talk on this subject. The public is cordially invited to atond. The girls are asked to bring food full boxes. Mr. Jesse Smith is ill at this writng, but we hope he will soon recover. We are glad to report Mr. Willie Boan is improving after an attack of ippendicitis. Mrs. R. W. (laddy has been quite iick, but glad to say she is sofne better at this time. ! he South 1 or Suffer ies, packing plants, ete. ready. You must do your share and co-operate with farmers. They must do their share and tend the crops faithfully. FARMERS, in your unions, clubs and other organizations, resolve to u?e the best methods now. When the nation faces a crisis we must have the best farming in its history. Labor is short, hence the best tools and all labor-saving devices must be used to make it possible for every farm laborer to cover as much ground as possible and do the most efficient work. r?rm women and girls have important work to do in the garden, the orchard, in raising poultry, and especially in canning, preserving and conserving our food supply. Your County Agent and Home Demonstration Agent become more important officers now than ever before. Your State Extension Division at the Agricultural College will have still more important duties. Look to these for counsel and advice in this new burden of extra work. The County Agent will, without doubt, have new duties and responsibilities in the near future. FARMERS and BUSINESS MEN suve^tiie breeding stock. Don't sel1 cowaTndtfVrs. mares, sows, gilts, ewes or hens. Keep them for breeding. It the breeding stock is sold where will you get the meuns to supply themeat of this country? Let u* all join in a mighty effort to feed the South. What can you do in the next sixty day?? Rpinoct fill I vmirc BRADFORD KNAIT Agricultural Preparedness Campaign Organized Here County Farm Demonstration Agent Major W. J. Tiller held a consultation in his office Wednesday afternoon with the following gentlemen of Chesterfield: J. C. Rivers, W. V. Odom, John T. Hurst, . C. Douglass, C. L. Ilunley, F. W. Rivers and the Revs. B. S. Funderburg, J. L. Tyler and J. K. Hair. -These men met with Major Tiller m his requets to suggest names for appointment on the Agricultural Prcp'aredness Committee for Chesterfield County. This committee is to be named by Major Tiller and they are to undertake a complete canvass of the food situation in Chesterfield county and undertake to carry through an agricultural propaganda which will reach every school district and every community in the countv. Major Tiller asked those present to assist him in every way possible to advertise the Agricultural Preparedness meeting that will be held in the Court House at Chesterfield, Friday, April 20th. The State Committee is sending to Chesterfield for this meet- ! ing two able speakers, K. YV. Dabbs, I of Maysville, former president of the i State Farmers Union, and the Rev. Mr. Murchison, of Lancaster. The South must grow its food crops, says the United States Department of Agriculture. A food crisis faces the South in the near future and the idea of the meeting at Chesterfield the 20th is to put the situation before the people. Let everyone attend the meeting at Chesterfield Friday, April th 20th. BRITTSV1LLE School is out and the children had a most enjoyable picnic and egg hunt ' Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Tiller were with us on that day and after dinner, Mr. Tiller made a splendid talk to many interested hearers. He urged people to plant more foodstuffs, as food would he needed worse than cotton, especially in the coming conflict. We hope every farmer in this community will take his good advice. We are glad to see Mr. Tom Kendall back among his friends, after spending several months in the hospital at Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Clanton visited their daughter, Mrs. 11. I,. Rivers, of this place, last week. Miss Lina Little, of Morvon, visited at the home of Mr. R. J. Gulledge Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. B. C. Moore is on the sick list, hut we hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Liles spent Friday in Cheraw. BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Kddins, Friday, the Gth, a girl. To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rivers, Aprii [4th, a boy. Anglo-Saxons Show Teutons; Tal i From The State: "On to the Douai-Cnmbrai line" evidently is the slogan of the Hritish forces fighting in France. Notwithstanding strong resistance by the Germans and the added handicap of a heavy snowstorm, King George's forces, notable amoni; them the Canadians, have again hit the German line hard at several points for good gains along the front from Vimy southward and also to the west of Cambrai. Five miles east of Arras the Hritish have reached the suburbs of Monchy-le-Prex and northeast of Arras have cleared out the Germans from the village of Farbus and Farbus wood. \vhili> t<? tlx. . ? j ~ iiiiuvuiiii.i: norm of this sector the Canadians in hard fighting took additional important positions on the famous Vimy ridg and captured prisoners and machine guns. Ten miles west of Cambrai the Iiritish have established their line to the north of the village of Louveral. In the two days fighting along the front from Lens to the southeast of j Arras the Germans have suffered 1 great losses in men and guns. More than 11,000 prisoners, among j Explosion In Ammi Kills Five Scon Chester, I'a., April 10.?One hundred and twelve persons, most of them women and girls, are known to have lost their lives and 121 were injured by a series of terrific explosions to-dav in the shrnnnel huildimr of the Eddystone Ammunition Cor- j poration at Eddystone, one mile from 1 Chester. Many of the injured were ' fatally hurt and it is feared the final j death list will reach 150. How so many of the .'100 or more employes in the building in, which were stored approximately .'10,000 . shells, escaped is a mystery, as there : was scarcely a fragment of the strucRUBY Miss Lucy Gilmer, of Cokor College, spent 'Easter with her sister. Mrs. M. L. Haley. Mr. Jack Douglass, of Chesterfield, was in town Monday. Saturday, April 14th, is Scout clean-up day in Ituhy. Misses Atha and Willie Threatt and Ethel Oliver, of the "suburb," were in town Monday. Ruby is quite patriotic. Nearly everywhere you look you see the "Stars and Stripes." Miss Kloise Wright and Master David llarrall made a trip to Cheraw, Saturday. The many friends of Mrs. It. M. Newsom are glad to hear she is recovering from her recent illness. Master Hugh McCreight enter...i .. ............ ..r l:.. i * i / _: - : uiihvu <> t>i ni> mm- i rn'ims at an egg hunt Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Huntley, Sr . and their daughter, Miss Majorie, were week-end visitors at the home of Mr. James Huntley near Merriman's Mill. Miss Ruth Smith spent the weekend at the home of her unele, Rev. A. B. Smith, at Wexford. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Raley motore l t<? Hartsville Saturday. They wer<accompanied by Misses Wylie and DesChamps, of the school faculty. The pupils of the sixth and seventh grades and their teacher. Miss Marie Smith, took a delightful stroll last Friday afternoon. The students of the upper grades accompanied them and all enjoyed the walk and the refreshments which had been provided. Kgg hunts have been the order of the day. The Sunbeam Society of the Baptist church and the Methodist Sunday school held their egg hunts on Saturday afternoon and the Presbyterian Sunday school on Monday. All were enjoyable to those who attended. Mr. Arthur Rivers was a Sunday visitor in our town. ' The Rev. J. R. Millard and Klder I). H. McClregor art- representing the Ruby Presbyterian church at the Pee Dee Presbytery, which is hold- j Inj* its session at Clio. Miss Wright entertained the pupils] of her room Friday afternoon. The j younn folks had the pleasure of hunt- I injr for Faster ejrtfs and other fun and found plenty of both. IN MF.MORIAM Mr. H. G. Hendrick. Mt. Crophan, S. C. Whereas; It has pleased Almighty God, the Great Architect of the Universe, to remove from our midst Brother II. G. Hendrick, who depart ed this life on the 25th day of Janutry 1917; And, v he :>nr., by his death cur 1 r Superiority Over :e 11,000 Prisoners them 235 officers, have been taken, and 100 guns, CO trench motars and 103 machine guns have fallen into the hands of the British. Some of the larger guns are of 8-inch calibre. '1 he advance of the British over the entire front was made to a depth of from two to six miles, the penetration being greatest east and southeast of Arras. Again the British and Russian forces report success over the Turks in Mesopotamia and along the Caucasus front. The Russians operating against the Ottomans in Mesopotamia from the Khanikin district, near the I'erso-Mesopotamia n frontier, have captured the village of Kizil Robar, NO miles northeast of Bagdad, and to the north of this region have driven back the Turks in the district of Ranch, which lies about 100 miles east of Mosul. Fifty miles northwest of Bagdad the British troops have captured the villages of Bagdad and Herbe from the Turks and made prisoner nine officers and 200 men. Two machino guns and railway material were taken by the British. On none of the other fronts have there been engagements of any importance. _ S inition Plant e Girls and Women I ture left intact. Fire added to the horror and most of the bodies were so badly charred that identification was impossible. Rumors of plots and a**rcsts were numerous after the disaster, but lacked confirmation. The explosion occurred about <o o'clock in what is known as the "10F" building, a two story structure To by .'100 feet. In this building live fuses were prepared, more than HO per cent of the workers beinjc women and tfirls. Probably f>0 men and boys were employed in the building at the time of the blast and most of them escaped. Lodjre has lost, one of its most faithful members, and Masonry in general one of its most ardent supporters, and the community in which he lived a tfood neighbor and friend; And whereas, we deplore his loss, but bow in humble submission to thu will of (iod, remembering that in life we are in the midst of death, and ihat we too will soon be called from labor, to join our friend in that Coun til, where all our shortcomings anil weaknesses will he forgotten. Therefore he it resolved, That Mt. Croghan Lodge A.F.M. has lost one of its strongest pillars in the death of Brother Hendrick, and that our community has suffered a great loss; Be it further resolved, That wi mourn the loss of our brother, but how in humhle submission ti? the will of (lod. That a page in our minute book be dedicated to the memory of our deceased brother, and that resolutions he spread thereon ; That a copy he sent the family of the deceased brother, and a copy be sent The Chesterfield Advertiser. PERRY M. TI1ERRELL, I. S. FUNDERBURK, .1. II. RATL1FK," Committee. MT. CROGHAN Miss Lucy Gardner is the guest of Miss Sudie Lurch. Mr. Joyce Baker spent Tuesday in NVadesboro. Messrs. Bryan Huntley and Arthur Rivers were in Ruby a short while Sunday. Misses Veil Kin:.r.l an.l A Osborne and Mr. J. (). Taylor motored to Clio Sunday. Dr. I S. Funderburk spent Monday niirht in Cheraw. Misses l.ucy Ilendrick and Bessie Gaddy and Messrs. Bryan Huntley, Andrew Huntley and Andrew Bureh attended commencement exercises at. Center Point school Friday ni^ht. Mr. Robert Therrell, of Chesterftehl, was in town Sunday. Mr. K. (i. Kdward spent the weekend in Chesterfield. | JACK LONDON'S LAST STORY The last story Jack London ever I wrote hiis been uoci r...l C vu IV/I VU9IIIUpolitan. It is a story with a gripping interest throughout. "Michael, Brother of Jerry," is the name of this corking dog-hero story. Unlike most of Jack London's stories which have | their settings in the bleak north country, "Michael, Brother of Jerry," is set in the South Sea Isles?place of cruel adventure. You'll he interested in Michael's wonderful adventures and he will And a place in ynur