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Chesterfiet6 ^c^vertlser VOLUME 36?NO. 7 CHESTBRFJELD, S. C., THURSDAY, May 3, 1917 $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE f) RUBY Lester Gibson hr.s returned from school for the summer vacation. James Millard has returned from a visit to his aunt at Sumter, S. C. Mrs. Wright, of Cheraw, visited her daughter, Miss Eloise, recently. Mr. Gua Huntley, of Wadesboro, spent Sund..y at Mr. M. K. Burch's. We are sorry to report Dr. K. M. Newsom on the sick list. * Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ralcy motored , to Jefferson Tuesday. Mr. Souder, of Philadelphia, was V the guest of Mr. T. G. Griggs Monday. Mr. W. D. Baker, of Mt. Croghant visited in town Sunday. The scouts are planning a hike for Friday. VAUGHN SCHOOL HOUSE The school closed here last Friday. Mrs. Holland and Miss Griggs deserve the gratitude of the community for the energy and the painstaking labor they have put into the conduct of this school during the term past. ] Many of our farmers had to lick I the calf over again, resowing costly cotton seed, as a result of having planted too soon. Good stands of corn are reported i -MU ?nM.? i ? i M i? ? i ?n ? ri ? n?i,? SPEC To Rj>ea The Chesterfie This Guarant $15 13.00 With Order, Blickensderfer M< 709 Chestnut St. Write for Ca fep- j,,,.,, ? M , M M| |B |t |M Lower Whol - ' Our Entire Stock ol dise is marked lowe wholesaf , A large stock of IV Children's Oxfords Dress Check Gingha At 12 1-2 o All kinds of Sum Little A. W, HU1 & RAISE F For 1 See or J. S. Burch, ; ' (or pamphlet giving all I will sll you Spanish s per pound in 100 pour nouncLmj MVU4l\j MMuL J everywhere. The little two-year-old girl of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Stroud is very sick at this writing. The Rev. W. J. F. Stubbs, of Red Springs, N. C., was visiting friends in this community last week. PATRICK Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Davidson, of Cheraw, spent Thursday in Patrick. The Rev. W. H. Whaley, who assisted the Rev. B. D. Thames in a meeting last week, returned to his home in Blaney Friday night. Rev. A. C. Sherwood, of Bennettsville, is assisting in the meeting this week. 1 Mr. C. H. Campbell, of Hartsvillc, 1 spent Sunday with relatives in and ] near Patrick. , The Rev. A. W. White, of Jefferson, , filled his regular appointments Sun- , day morning and evening at the Bupjtist church. , Mr. C. C. Ingram, of Electric, N. , | C., is visiting at the home of his ] 1 ^ii ?r nil _ r muuit'i, iurs. xtiiia Ingram. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank my many friends who have so kindly aided me in sua- j taining the loss of a mule. Gratefully, JOHN H. GARDNER. 4 t 1 * i ^ial I: iders of ild Advertiser i a eed Machine J 1.00 & 12,00 in 30 Days I uiufacturing Co. Philadelphia, Pa. italogue M2 s > ?* C . Than : i lesale r r E General Merchan- ] :r than the present { e price. 1 lerTs Women's and > at very low Prices ; ms, worth 15 cents, 1 ents a Yard I I mer Hats for the ] Boys RSEY CO. i >17 A KIT TT" LirtilU 1 >rofit Write Mt. Croghan information necessary. ;eed peanuts for 9 cents id lots, or 10 cents per Conscription I AgeLim Washington, D. C., April 28.? 1 The fundamental provisions of the army bill as passed by the house are ? as follows: The President is authorized to c raise the regular army to its maxi- t mum strength of 287,000 men and to u organize, officer and equip it. Simi- c lar authority is given to increase the q national guard to its maximum p strength of approximately 625,000 g men. c Enlistments in the regular army i< inu national guard are to be under existing laws; that is, voluntary en- v istments. c The President is further author- is zed to draft into the military service s> in additional force of 500,000 men n ind to provide the necessary officers, ti ine and staff, for the drafted urmy. c; At such time as the President may r< leem proper he is authorized to draft in additional force of 500,000 men, b linking 1,000,000 subject to the sc- fi ective draft. c< The total armed forces authorized n the bill aggregate approximately t< CHESTERFIELD, ROUTE 4 ? Small grain is looking much better ifter the rain Monday night. The fish fry picnic and speaking ,t White Oak last Friday was largely ttended. We farmers heard some ;ood advice, if we will only take it, nd it seems the time is here for us o do that. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Odom visited at fr. Joseph Johnson's Sunday. j f< Mr. G. N. Clanton visited his moher at Patrick Sunday. Mr. J. F. Dentis, of this route, has I n< teen sick for the past few davs. but I - 3 about well attain. ^ Several of the young people at- j,( ended the entertainment at Shiloh ' n] Friday night. e, Messrs. Henry and Ervin Odom m isited at Mr. Wesley Hancock's n< Sunday. c< m SHILOH The Shiloh farmers are progress- si ng nicely and the grass is moving ti cautifully forward. F Mrs. L. E. Watson and daughter T pent Monday afternoon at the home 8* ?f Mr. D. C. Smith. w g Miss Shellie Hall is visiting friends ^ n this community. ^ Mrs. Mary Sellers spent Sunday at ej he home of Mr. W. A. Sellers. | It is getting most as common for a S >oy to give a ten cent girl a 75 cent U >ox of candy as it is to see a 2 \<? c< jreachcr smoking a 5 cent cigar. t< li TEALS MILL ' 01 Stafford school closed Friday night, o rhc children were given a picnic Frilay and the school gave an entertain- r< nent Friday night. The prize win- E lers were the Misses Mary Johnson, S vCtha Johnson, Margie Rainwater tnd Bessie Whaters. ti Miss Mary Johnson gave the young C1 joople of Teal's Mill community an c< ce cream supper Tuesday night. All w eport a fine time. w Mr. Melton Morgan left Saturday norning for Marshville, where he Ci vill make his future home. a Mr. John Wallace was a guest at ^ he home of Miss Nettie Hicks Sunlay. s' Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hunt and famiy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. 1. E. Johnson. V Miss Sallie Cnulder spent Sunday 11 with Miss Mabel Turnage. Prayer meeting at Mount Olive ^ church every Thursday night. Every 8 body is invited to come. 8 IN MEMOR1UM ' Jady Rayfield f At all times and under all circum- t stances death is sad, but when it c comes like a thunderbolt from a clear fc BKy and preys upon the young man c who is just launching into a great ? and useful life it is doubly sad. u On the morning of April 16th, just \ as the beautiful day was dawning up- r on a world that had been enshrouded ? in the blackness of night and every- c thing looking to the bright future, r the gentle and loving spirit of Jady \ Rayfleld took its flight into the world c beyond. c Jady was an industrious young farmer and a young man of noble < chnracter. Those who have had busi- < ness transactions with him say he was ^ as honest as the sun. i We sometimes wonder why such t noble young men are called to lay i down their precious lives, but we re- j member it has been said "death loves 1 a shining mark." 1 And again we would, remember < that the Good Lord does all things for ] the honor and glory of mankind. y Jady leaves a widow and Jhree small children and a large host of i relatives and frienad to mourn his un- j timely death. i Bills Pass Bol it Only Quest ,900,000 men. s All male citizens and male perT i ons who have declared their inten- f ion to become citizens, between the^ t ges of 21 and 40 years, inclusive ac- r ording to the house, are subject to 1 he draft, which is to be conducted i nder regulations prescribed by the r resident. Quotas for the several p Itntes, territories and the District of s !olumbin shall be determined in pro- I ortion to population, credit being d iven each State for the number of its itizens already in the military serv- d :e. f The recruiting and maintaining by r oluntary enlistment or draft, of speial and technical troops is author- " sed. Where the interests of the p ervice will not suffer, the President C lay keep together local organiza- w ions, with officers from the same lo- tl ulitics. This does not apply to the si egular army. si The pay of enlisted men in all a ranches of the service is increased rom $15 to $.'10 a month during the . f< mtinuance of the war. j t< Provisional exemptions, to be de- ei irmined by the President, apply, d iovernor Calls For Volunteers To Train ? For Officers Reservea H b Governor Manning has issued the s1 illowing statement to the people of ]( outh Carolina: p "An officers training camp in conection with the officers reserve corp3 ill be held at Fort Oglethrope, Ga., >r the States of North Carolina, outh Carolina and Tennesse. Men 81 etween the ages of 20 years and 9 ^ lonths and 44years are invited to iter this camp for service of three N ionths, beginning May 8, and it is B ecessary that men desiring to seek S >mmissions set about applying im- d lediately. "I desire to emphasize the neces- p ty for quick action in this matter, as a me is short. s The training camp at ort Oglethrope will open M?v 8. ? ? - ~ - t* hose wishing to enter the camp n lould communicate without delay ith Capt. J. M. Graham, Columbia, . C. ;Capt.R. A. Jones, Clcmson Colge; Lieut. E. B. Garey the Citadel, harleston; Lieut. G. C. Bomen, Bail- 3 r Military institute, Greedwood, S. C. ^ "South Carolina should be the first tate in any display of patriotism, s nless men who want to serve their tl juntry as officers at once take steps > enter this training qamp theyare ti kely to find that they have been shut tl ut of such training and the prospect f the commission sought. R "The following telegram has been E jceived from the headquarters of the astern department of the United S tates army: " 'When commanding officers of A "aining camp prepare final list of P indidates to be notified to proceed to imp he will exclude all candidate! S ho reside beyond the divisional area if hich the camp represesnts unless the )tal number of reserve officers and fi andidates who are residents of the rea is less than 2,500, in which case e may supply the deficiency by seating certified applicants who re- p ide elsewhere.' a Officer* Chosen. "From the men trained about 10,- tl 00 will be selected to officer the first a ncrement of 500,000 troops which s ongress is expected to authorize, len trained but not chosen for this b ervice will, if found fit, be commis- n ioned in the officers' reserve corps r or service with their increments of f roops. fi "The camps will be open to the ollowing classes: Reserve officers of v he line (infantry, cavalry, field and b oast artillery) and engineers; mem- b icrs of any reserve officers' training c orps unit over 20 years and 9 months b ind other cadet students of the same ? ige; members of tho National Guard i vhen duly authorized; graduates of nilitnry schools between 20 years and \ I months and 44 years; and other citizens between 20 years and 0 t nonths and 44 years of age, with or <| vithout previous military experiincc, provided they are otherwise g lualiOed. , I "Men are eligible provided they arc :ollege graduates or undergraduates { >r fairly well educated men, and prodded they have demonstrated in busi- t less, athletics or other activities that \ hey possess to an unusual degree .he ability to handle men. All applicants must be citizens of the United States, of good moral character and sound physical condition and :apable of undergoing the severe j physical work of drill and maneuvers tvith full infantry equipment. 1 "Transportation, clothing and food will be provided; the matter of pay is now being determined in Washington." . th Houses; tion to Settle imong others to persons engaged in ndustries including agriculture, bund to be necessary for the mainenance of the military establishnent; persons with dependant famiies, where such dependency makes it nadvisable to draft the supporting nale; those found to be mentally and diysically deficient, and such perons employed in the service of the Jnited States as the President may lesignate. Persons evading registration and Iraft are subject to imprisonment Vom three months to one year and to egistration. Strong house opposition to a young man's war" was shown by the rompt rejection of an amendment by fonirressman Milli?r nf Mlnnonnniio ho moved to make the age limits for lie draft 19 to 25 years as originally uggested by the war department and Lihstantially as provided in the Sentc bill. If the senate "adheres to its plan jr the conscription of men from 21 > 27 years only a delay in confernce is probable. This is the chief itTerence in the two bills. ' MT. CROCHAN. Mr. J. H. Hendrick spent Tuesday l Hickory, N. C. Miss Mary Burch and niece, Edo, of uby, are visiting at the home of Mr. nd Mrs. Sinclair Burch. Mr. Ed Osborne, of the Piedmont ligh School faculty, at Piedmont, 1. C., and Miss Bessie Osborne, a tudent in the school, arrived here ist week to spent a while with their arcnts. Miss Nell Kinard spent the weeknd in Chesterfield. Mr. Mack Gibson, who has been in chool at Sylva. N. C.. returned homo unday, to spend the vacation. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stewart, Miss [ary Perry Stewart and Mr. C. W. iaucon, of Wingate, N. C., spent unday at the home of Dr. I. S. Funerburg. Quite a number of people of this lacc attended the oratorical contest t Chesterfield last Friday night. Messrs. Bryan Huntley and Ross itkinson attended the commencclent at Wexford Thursday night. Mr. J. H. Rivers spent a short rhile in Cheraw Friday afternoon. Miss Nathalie Burch, of Cheraw, is pending some time with relatives ere. Mr. W. M. Burch, who has been ick for some time, is improving at his writing. The farmers of this section are enrely dedicated to their farming at tie present. Misses Arie and Ruth Smith, of uby, spent Saturday with Miss Idith Oliver here. Miss Elanor Sellers, of Ruby, spent aturday with Mrs. T. A. Threatt. Messrs. W. N. RatlifTe and S. V. .tkinson spent Tuesday afternoon in ageland. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Therrell spent unday with Mrs. Therrell's parents 1 Jefferson, Ga. Mr. E. G. Edwards was in Chestereld Monday afternoon. WEXFORD The farmers are about through lanting and are ready for picnics nd entertainments. Several from this section attended he picnic at Wamble Hill last Friday nd all report plenty to eat, Rood muic and a merry Rood time. On last Wednesday the Friendship oys and girls met at Mr. John Gardiers at 6 o'clock and took a straw ide to Ballard and Igram fishery on 'ee Dee River, where they enjoyed a sh-fry and a fine dinner. The Wexford school closed last yeek with an interesting program iy our boys and girls. There was u arge crowd present, who seemed to njoy the exercises. The community b grateful to Prof. Fincher and Miss lowell for their excellent work durng the past term. Mr. John Griggs' little daughter is ery sick at this writing. Mr. Willie Moore and sister were U^v ~ * mMi w? f -? ? iic KucniB ul miHH riv? unggs sunlay. Mr. Tom Watson and wife were the quests of Mr. Mack Jenkins one day ast week. i Mr. Clarence Sowell is at his home prom Spartanburg on a vacation. Mr. John Gardner lost a mule at he river last Wednesday. The mule vas found dead where tied. VITAL STATISTICS Physicians and other parties reiponsible under the law, are notified lereby that all records of births and ieaths must be recorded with the regstrar of vftal statistics. A penalty is >reacribed for failure to attend to this natter and those failing to make reporta will be reported to the State authorities. O. W. EDDINS, Registrar. CHERAW COMPANY IN CHARLESTON * From News and Courier. Company I, First South Carolina Infantry, Capt. W. L. Gillespie, Cheraw, arrived in Charleston yesterday, from Styx, and will immediately undertake certain guard duty in this vicinity, for which they have been detailed. Whether or not any other i companies will be sent to Charleston is unannounced. Thn infont.. : ? I < ..wi.iivi y iiiuii urnvcu nere yes- 1 tcrady morning. They proceeded to i a large building, for the use of which ] arrangements had been made for i them, and were soon snugly at home . in their new quarters. They were , met at the union station by Mayor | Hyde, and John P. Thomas, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce com- 1 mittee on military afFairs; Capt. H. , O. Withington, of Washington Light ] Infantry, and Capt. J. L. Grant, of i the Sumter Guards. < Through the courtesy of Seider.- ] berg & Co., the infantrymen will have 1 the use of varioi * conveniences. I The kind of duty, and the districts i to be patrolled by the guardsmen, i can not be published, owing to the re- 1 quest censorship, which is operative. 1 Roll of Company "I" f Captain, William L. Gillespie. 1 1st Lt., William A. Malloy. I 2d Lt., Claude G. Hammond. i 1st Sgt., Willi.:".! II. Laughrige. ' Supply Sgt., John F. Davidson. j Proclamation I, D. P. Doug! iss, Sheriff of Chesterfield County, deem it wise in the { present crisis in tit Is formal proclania- c tion to assure all residents of foreign 1 birth that even in the event of the r ITnitnil Cl?t I 5 -? - viiuvu uvutvo urrumiiig actively in- j volved in the great European war, no citizen of any foreign power, resi- t dent in Chesterfield county, need fear ' any invasion of his personal proper- ( ty rights so long as he goes peaceably about his business and conducts him- , self in a law-abiding manner. \ The United States has never, in any war confiscated the property of any foreign resident unless by his own hostile acts he made it necessary. ' I take this formal means of declaring to all foreign-born residents that , they will be protected in the owner- ' ship of their property and money, 1 and that they will be free from personal molestation, so long as they obey the laws of the State and nation and ordinances of the towns. I urgently request that all our people refrain from public discussions of questions involved in the present crisis and maintain a calm and considerate attitude toward all without regard to their nationality. Let it be understood that every citizen owes undivided allegiance to the Flag, that he is expected to loyally fulfill all obligations which citizenship and residence impose upon him, and that any act, however sligh*. tending to give aid or comfort to the enemy, is treason, for which severe penalties are provided in addition to that punishment which public opinion inflicts upon the memory of all traitors in all lands. D. P. DOUGLASS, SherilT of Chesterfield County. DEATH OF MR. J. C. SMITH Mr. Jesse C. Smith, one of Chester- j held county's best known and most 1 highly respected farmers, died at his 1 home in the Pine Grove community at 2:17 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was not unexpected, as Mr. Smith had suffered for a long time from paralysis and lately had grown | steadily worse. < He was a member of the Pine } Grove Baptist Church and was a Ma- , son. He was 72 years of aire. The < funeral services will be conducted at , the Pine Grove cemetery by the Rev. | B. S. Funderburg for the chiureh and Mr. B. F. Teal, W.M., for the Masons. Mr. Smith is survived by two j daughters, Miss Lilon Smith and Mrs. i Linnie Allen; one son, Mr. Henry C. , Smith; three brothers, Andrew, Al- , bert and Klisha; two sisters, Mrs. Joe , Brock and Mrs. Kusha Horn, of Rock- , ingham. The death of Mr. Smith will be mourned by a host of friends in j the county. ( EXPERT WILL AID | IN FOOD CAMPAIGN "Tkor.1 i 11 hn a inprnffiih in food crops in Chesterfield county," aid E. Walker Duvall of Cheraw, who was anions the visitors in Columbia yesterday. He said that the civic preparedness campaign had been very effective. The people, he said, are thoroughly aroused and will do everything to produce more food. The conservation of the food produced this year is one of the big problems to be decided. To meet this situation the Cheraw Chamber of Commerce will engage an expert for two months to teach the people the boot methods of canning and drying State. ============5=H=9BS /J Mess Sgt., Harvey L. Burnett?. Sergeants: Charles I. Pegues, William C. Coward, Herbert F. Jones, J William E. Sellers. Corporals: Edward M. Hancock, John J. Tracy, Robert M. McDonald, JH William B. McAllister, Richard W. Seegers, William C. Baker, Harrison H. Hatfield, William G. Camlin. Cooks: John S. Douglas, Parrott W. Bell. Buglers: Samuel H. Cato, Malcolm C. Baker. Mechanic, John Holton. First Class Privates: John E. Baker, Alger Blackwell, Harry H. Bryant, Dewey H. Burch, Allie Caulder, Paul Davis, William V. Gibson, Lenjon C. Graves, Tarlton B. Harley, \ndrew J. Huntley, Fred Huneycutt, Julian A. McLeod, Barnwell E. Pe^ sues, Evan D. Vaughn. * ? Privates: Wade C. Armfield, Lon- - *.T lie E. Blakeney, Thomas A. Bundy, John D. Cato, Samuel W. Camlin, Lawrence E. Caulder, Elbert B. Cow- | ard, Arthur F. Crawley, Frederick O. CJnskina, Ed Griffith, Earl Groom, f Edward T r... 11. ? _. vviHi numer, Vlaxie H. Johnson, Levy Kirkley, Baxter Knight, Lonnie Linton, Jasper W. VlcEride, Thomas McCaskill, Dona/an McManus, John W. Marsh, Roy L. Melton, Walter II. Munson, Ben L. Odom, Carlton L. Phillips, Lee T. Poison, Frank Rivers, Henry M. Riv rs, John P. Rivers, James F. Rollings, r Dewey B. Shehane, Charles P. Skip>er, Marter B. Smith, Hubert P. Ter ell, Frank P. Vaughn, Will White, Theodore A. White, Harry L. Win*ate, John M. Womack. REVIVAL SERVICES WILL BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY 11 A.M. The Rev. Charlie D. Tillman, ac ompanied by his daughter, Miss Jewd, and Miss Mary East, will reach own Saturday morning. Mr. Tillnan has recently closed a very successful meeting at Little Rock, in Dillon county. The first service of the meeting icre will be held Sunday morning at 11. Services will be held twice each lay, 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. for the lext two weeks. Mr. Tillman is a good preacher, ilain and practical, and is a singer of vide fame. His daughter, Miss Jewel, pianist, las a sweet soprano voice, and Miss East, with her charming sub-contral o, delights the large audiences which rather at the services conducted by VIr. Tillman. The big tent will be pitched on . Vlain St., in the vacant lot just east >f the jail. MOTOR CAR ON THE JOB The long promised motor car is now >n the job and running regularly be:ween Cheraw and Pageland. It will make one round trip each day, running opposite to the regular train, whose schedule will not be effected, ?xccpt for the better. The regular 2. & L. train will no longer wait on he Seaboard train at Cheraw when he latter is late, as the motor car, caving Cheraw at 1 :30 p.m., will >ring the morning papers up the line. This service will be a big accomnodation to the people living on the & L. line and their appreciation vill no doubt be manifest by liberal atronage. The Schedule E?atKAiinil .cave Pageland 6:00 A.M. A'ave Chesterfield 7:05 A.M. Vrrive Cheraw 8:00 A.M. Westbound .cave Cheraw 1:30 P.M. .cave Chesterfield 2:25^*.M. Vrrive Pageland 4:10P.M. BOY SCOUTS By Scout Scribe. No, we have not quit, but we have jeen having a little trouble. Out M'out Master having accepted a portion in Baden, N. C., we were very riuch confused, but the assistant icout Master has taken up the work jnd we will have our meetings as before on Friday nights. The Hike On Friday, April 27th we went to Evan's Mill to spend the afternoon. \fter reaching our destination we jet out in search of a place to swim, which we soon found. After a nice jwim we went back to the mill where we prepared supper. We soon had our fires going and in a few minutes our minnor Mtnm ironc. We then enjoyed ourselves until about sundown, when we returned to Chesterfield. THE BEST Of Everything . .v TO EAT a At Lowest Prices ^ A. F. Davis Market Will pay highest market pries , \0 for ftkdas. . ^