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[ ol)e Chesterfiel6 TA^vertteer VOLUME 36?NO. 8 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY,. May 10, 1917 $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE M^egggM _ " , - ? ? iH. W. LEWIS, A . . 1 . . v/piometrisi ana Vptician k -AT^Square Deal Drug Store ^^hursday, Friday Saturday May 10, 11 and 12 . Have Your Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted by a Specialist ; ! Remember, Last Three Days of This Weak wt ??????!mB!^^=s=. Lower Than | Wholesale >- Our Entire Stock of Genen.l Merchandise is marked lower than the present -..L_l I wnoiesaie price. A large slock of Men s Women's and ^ Children's Oxfords at very low Prices Dress Check Ginghams, worth 15 cents, I, At 12 1-2 cents a Yard All kinds of Summer Hats for the Little Boys A. W. HURSEY CO. | T RAISE PEANUTS^ For Profit eL' See or V*' rite QK.iL. fc J. S, Burch, Mt. Croghan for pamphlet giving all information necessary. I will sell you Spanish seed peanuts for 9 cents Ik per pound in 100 pound lots, or 10 centll'per Army of American Engineers to fcranee Washington, May 7.?Nir.e newregiments of army engineers, to be composed exclusively of highly trail ed railway men, will be the first American troops to be sent to France. They will go "at the e -.rliest possible moment," the War Department announced to-day, for vork on communication lines, but speculation as to exactly when or t<> what points they will be sent is forbidden because of the submarine menace, j The new forces will be volunteers, raised at nine great ri ihvay centers of the country. Each regiment will ? be commanded by an -engineer col- i onel of the regular arntv, aided by an adjutant. All other o icials will be ! railroad engineers or officials. The expedition will htivc a total , strength of between 1 ,000 and 12,000 men, each regime t being com posed of two battalions of three companies each. Every branch of rail-| way workers necessary to the build ing or operation of lines will be represented in the ranks, and the War Department expects a response to the | call that will permit a careful selec-I. lion to be made and insure a force already trained to the minute, an army of experts in railway operation. . America is pre-eminent in the field , of railway engineering and the best , talent and,experience the nation can , provide in that line will go into the j new regiments, each of which would , be able to undertake all or any part of the work of building or operating , a whole railway system. Supplemented by the labor and r skill available in France, the nine regiments represent a tremendous j. power of construction that would enable the Allies to remake their j lines of communication in the shortest possible time and fit them for the increasingly heavy task of supplying millions of fighting men us the battle lines push forward. As the German forces have been beaten back every ves^ ige of the rail- ' v way lines that have supplied their ! forces have been destroyed. With ev- | i i-i jr mm; Kiimcu uom rrencn and British have faced the task of build- r ing new railroads. Each movement has meant an added strain on the ' roads leading back to the great supply "ttscs and the added task for the j communication line forces of pre- 1 vent ing congestion. The administration's action means ? that American troops carrying the American flag and in the uniform of ( the American army soon arc to be ' (I on French soil. If there is a psychological value in such a movement, as ( both French and British commissioners have urged, it will show itself with the arrival in Franc of the first ^ engineer regiment. MAKING PROGRESS ON SUBMARINE PROBLEMS Washington, May 8.?Hope is brightening .hat Americ n inventive ( genius has found the ro d that may lead to freedom of the sc. .s from Ger- v man submarines. A conference of unusual impor- ! ' tarice was held to-night at the home of Secretary Daniels, ii was called j in order that high officials of the navy might go over with members of the naval consulting board the ex- 1 periments already tried nd those in ' prospect. "They believe they arc on the right road," Mrs. Daniels said. " Thev be- !> lieve they are going to tl> *n "lit something that is worih while There will j he more experiments, further than that I do not care to say." Other officials declared the scientists were coming down to "brass tacks," that the period of reaching ( out after every suggestion was pas- ' sing anil that definite crystallization of the work upon which the foremost American experts have concentrated ' was certain to come soon. ( Reports were received from Thorn as A. Edison, who is at work on a somewhat different line of investigation. No intimation has been given owing to the nature of experiments that have caused board members and navy officials familiar with what is being done to hope that the problem is ncaring solution. None will be given, whatever the results of the new work. DEATH OF MRS. KATE OUSLEY Mrs. Kate Ousley, widow of the late Henry Ousley, of the Douglass Mill section, died Tuesday morning at 1 1 o'clock of acute indigestion. onv wars in years in ago ana is survived by three brothers and three sisj ters. I The funeral services were ronduct| ed Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. [J. It. Millard at the Douglass cemetery, near Douglass mill, at I! o'clock. She was a member of the White i Oak Presbyterian church, where she j was loved and respected by a large circle of friends. j CARD OF THANKS j We wish to thank our many frier Is who have so kindly aided us in our s.ckncss and the loss of our dwel'ins" by Are. MR. and MRS. L. J. JIAYF1ELD. ? a Will Rush Medical Men T o Europe Chicago, May 7?England and Prance are in immediate need of 2,<100 medical officers and 5,000 ambulance attendants, according to a statement issued to-day by Dr. Franklin Martin, head of the medical division of the Council of National Defense. ( Dr. Martin's appeal, addressed "to the doctors of America," says: "With our country entering the war the responsibility for which we i as doctors have been preparing now is upon us. The Englishmen and Frenchmen, now our allies, have come to tell us their problems. Their need for medical officers is acute. ^ Their civil population is without ade- < quate medical protection and the rav- ] ages of war in the fighting line have been unusually severe in the destruc- ( tion of medical officers and ambu- v lance attendants. , "Two thousand medical ofliccrs for ( France and England and r>,000 am- t bulance attendants, if immediately L Available, would scarcely fill the re- ( juirements. s "We have list ned to their appeal j ind the council is seeking to help .hem as promptly us possible. The ( Secretary of War, the Chief of Staff ind the Surgeon General have au horized and are now executing a >lan to fill this need. "Every doctor under fifty-five years b >f age who has not responded to the all to enroll in the medical officers' q eserve corps, should do so at once. "The medical profession has been i( tonored with the first call by those vho have been lighting our cause, p ..et us respond generously." BETHEL Mr. M. II. Dawkins visited in ^ ^gcland recently. Miss 01j? Ont/iu ' o|<cnt uic wccn-enu ^ vifch her parents. Mr. Will Campbell visited in Rock- b ngham recently. Mr. C. L. Crawley visited his tl tother Sunday. Mr. M. II. Dawkins went to Pat- 11 iek Sunday evening. T Mr. D. M. McNair was in this secion Sunday . Mr. A. 13. Davis visited relatives [j unday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Miss K 'ampbell visited the mountain Sun- ii ay evening. Mr. Phil Adams and Miss Lillie Mom visited the Mountain Sunday. K Rev. W. V. Jerman will fill his ovular appointments as usual at ' iethel the second Sunday night, at ' :d0 o'clock. WEXFORD s War seems to be the subject if discussion throughout the length ijnd breadth of the country. While >e regret to see our young men aving their homes, yet we know it oust be and we feel like standing L ack of them, knowing that our cause just and must earn the blessing of. ^ od. 1 t To the delight of her many friends Irs. W. W. Davis is still improving t| icely. Mr. F. W. Boatwright has been j uite sick. We hope he will soon re- t, over. i Miss Grace Davis is quite sick. We ( ope for her immediate recovery. i Mr. Albert Griggs spent Saturday ' ight and Sunday in the Friendship 1 motion. ' Mr. and Mrs. Mike Watson spent Sunday in the home of Mr. John Welsh. Mr. Willie Moore and Miss l.illio , ivere the guests of Mr. Robert and Dttis Griggs Sunday. The Wexford boys and girls met at the home of Mr. K. K. Moore and , took a straw ride to the Ruby comniencement May 4th. They enjoyed \ the trip very much. ? Miss Annie Lee Morris spent Sat- i urday night in the home of Miss 1 Grace Davis. j IVYica TKoof \I7-.4.. +*- ' ... t ,.cci if K.uM'ii was me guest of Mis^ Mary Morgan Sunday. Mr. C. P. Moore and son, Charlie, ' spent Saturday in the Mt. Croatian section. Mr. E. T. Boatwright was the guest | of his brother Sunday. I Mr. Standford Moore was the guest of Mr. Willie Moore Saturday night. Mrs. R. L. Gardner was at the home of Mr. John Gardner Saturday. The community was greatly shocked by the death of little Ethel John- 1 son, of Chesterfield. Our sincerest sympathies go out to the bereaved, .she will be greatly missed by her many friends here. Her bright and cheery disposition made her loved by ill who knew her. The Wexford boys and girls will give an entertainment at Vaughn . jhool house Saturday night, May 12. I.et everybody come and see the fun. I \dmission 10 cents. And we guar- I intee this play to be worth the I money. RUBY Burn: To Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Sol-I lers, a daughter, Saturday, May Oth. | Mr. M. L. Haley has opened a new store in Ruby. He carries a line of general merchandise. Mr. Lester Gibson who has been in school at Sylva, N. C., is clerking for Mr. M. L. ltaley. j The naval recruiting officer was in town Monday. Misss Eloise Wright has gone to Columbia. Prof. W. E. Wilson has returned to his home in Alabama. Miss Wylie has left for her home at Seneca. Quite a ni mber of people from i Chesterfield a d Mt. Croghan attended commenc< aent here last Thurs-; day and Friday nights. The sixth a <1 seventh grades had a picnic last S .urday. Their guests j n e ti ' nviv i roi. w son's grade and other : friends. The school oinmcncenient exercises Thursday a <1 Friday nights of last ' ,vee!c were 1 at succo.*. Friday ' 1 ij;ht Senator K. Laney, of Ches- ! erlield, delive red an address before ' he classes of the seventh and ninth 1 ;radcs. These grades were presented iroinotion certificates by Prof. Wil- ' on. The following program was reniered on Thuisday night: I Song: "Columbia, the Gem of the )eean," by the school. ^ Piano I)uet, by Fay and Floreid j lurch. Recitation: "Going to Grandpa's," , y Bob Tucker. j Recitation: "A Little Boy's Solilouy," by Duncan Smith. l Piano Solo: "In Gay Seville," by ' da Crowley. 1 Reading: "A Refractory Cow," by Ileanor Sellers. Sketch: "Mary's Garden," by secnd and third grades. Recitation: "Five Little Brothers," , y wiine migeworth. Piano Solo: "La CI race," by Miss , llice Burch. < Recitation: "Too Young to Know," y Jasper Crawley. Recitation: "Charlie's Opinion of tie Baby," by Maurice Sellers. j Dialogue: "Medical Advice," by j rst grade. I Piano Solo: "The Drum Corps," by j 'insley Griggs. Song: "Swing Song." < Duet: "Eleanor Sellers and Miss ' lesChainps. Sketch: "What Became of the littcn?" by Estelle Smith and Le- c a Rollings. Sketch: "May Day Festival." ^ Piano Solo: "Primrose Waltz," .ola Griggs. Reading: "Modern Education," by | la Crawley. Sketch: "Tell Tales," hy David , larrell and Minnie Crawley. Dialogue: "A Slight Misunder- , tanding." ( Piano Solo: Ethel Griggs. Oration: By Marion Smith. BEAR CREEK The Civic Preparedness Commitee met at the school house at Bear 'reek Tuesday morning at It) o'clock, /ith a large crowd present, Mr. John ). Williams ac ing as chairman of he committee. Rev. B. 1) Thnm?o f Patrick, male a very interesting ddress on why it is necessary for is to make preparation for the comntf crisis. He told them to "plant very nook an corner in something hat can be u i?d as food; that the 'ivic Prepare > <s Campaign could ,ot be success. .1 in the conservation f food stuffs ...thout the co-opera:on of every ass of our citizens, 'ollowinj; Mr. Thames' speech Miss Telia Minis nave a very interesting; alk on eeono' iy and the cai.ninp: of ruit and vegetables. We certainly ipprcciatc the interest Miss Minis las tal:en in the yiris over here and incerely wish them success in the anniny clut) work. The school closed here last Wedneslay after a very successsful term of lix months. Prof. W. B. Ingram and lis asssitant, Mrs. L. K. Hurst, dolervc the gratitude of the entire comnunity for the faithful work they lave done here during the past ses>ion. '1 hey have by their faithful ivork and many acts of courtesy and kindness won a place in each student's and all the patrons' hearts which old father Time will never he able to erase. We feel sure we voi<;e I he sentiment of the entire community when we say wo hope to be so fortunate as to secure their services for the session of 11)17 and 11)IK. Miss Mollic Poston, of McBee, *pent several days last .veek with her sister there, Mrs. I). M. Pate. Capt. W. F. Pate accompanied by his daughters, Misses Odie and Mattie, spent Tuesday with home-folks here. Prof. Wan! B. Ingram left Wednesday for his home at Cheraw. Mrs. Winston Roscoe has returned home after an extended visit to her parents near Bennettsville. Mr. I. C. Turnage, accompanied by Messrs. Walker Turiape, J. H. llendrix and Misses Rossic Turnage and Carrie Heitdrix spent Friday at the fishery near Cheraw. They report plenty of lish t.nd a royal good time. I 1 MUCH INTEREST IS BEING MANIFESTED IN THE TABERNACLE REVIVAL The? tabernacle meeting which is being conducted by the Rev. Charlie D. Tillman, of Atlanta, is being well attended. Services are held twice each day, at 10:30 in the morning and at 8 at night. In spite of the j cold rain which has fallen from time J to time during the past few days each service finds a large and inter- ! ested congregation present. The co-] operation of the various churches of the town is all that could be desired. ' The excellent choir contains members of each denomination in Chesterfield, j Mr. Tillman does not indulge in ) the abusive style of the average avan- i gelist, hut is a man of gentle and attractive spirit. The sermons are plain, heart to heart tali s. Not onlv % I is Mr. Tillman a j*ood speaker, hut! a singer who charms till who hoar him. Mr. Tillman has with him Mr. Staploton, who is the choir director, and Miss East, pianist. These gifted rouni? people have on their way into he hearts of ail th people of til" :own. One of the most t.ltniotive feature: I >f the meeting is the Junior Choir.! I he children .scom de'ight. <! with tin : >art they are tahir * in the wori:. ' On Sunday aft -moon at J :"0 M>\ rillnian will joe.o h t" he :...n. No, ess than live, hu re 1 o> -e .. hott1>! lear this tu'k. /'u t..e ie ho Mrs. It. L. Kirk. ?od, of lJennetts/ille, and Miss East will hold a service for ladies in the Baptist church. Friday afternoon at Mr. Tillman will preach a special sermon to the children. Everyone who attends is required t<> I>i*t:.;r a load pencil. He calls this his i.ead Pencil Meet- < ing." MERRIMAN'S MILL Mr. Joe Sowell nent over to Coumbia last Sunday. .Mr. W. li. Middleton and daughter Virginia visited in llartsville last 1 Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. James Huntley is sick, but ve hope for her speedy recovery. ' Mr. J. \V. Merriman and Mr. ami 1 drs. F. I?. Poole motored over to ' Hamlet last Monday, where Mrs. Poole was called to the bedside of icr father. We are glad to report that Mr. Sandy Odom's little son, Lawrence, vho has been sick with pneumonia, is mproving at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Greene, of ' Jpartanhurg, after visiting in our ' community returned home last ' Wednesday. 1 Messrs. J. W. Merriman, A. L. 1 lohnson, J. B. Rivers attended con- x Terence at Zoar last Sunday. % Prof. E. O. Green, principal of ! shiloh school, returned to his horv 1 it Spartanburg last Wednesday, and ve hope he will return for the next term. PATRICK The Rev. A. <\ Sherwood left Wednesday for his home in liennetlsville. Mrs. S. L. Gillespie left Thursday morning for llartsville where she will spend some time with her son, Mr. R. P. Gillespie. ( Mr. J. G. Copeland spent several! uays last wool; at his old homo in Erhardt. Mr. '1'. S. I?uio canto in Saturday from Clontsort College and will spond a fow days at homo boforo going to tho rosorvo oflicors training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. A number of tho citizen* joined Rural !'oliooitian t'rant i 'osday . toinoi n in iin oi. i- of .Jot i'ht'oa i *~Ci 1J, who oso!'p"d f!' in ilf clrii noar iiuby'i'tn lay morn;: . ii \\ \ captured lalo in <lay ..bout 01. ( niilo no?ih of t .< ! !?lr. D. I"'. :>"io . , ) 1 -Funic iv- ; lui nod Tuesday if." ; i!a;> visit to North Cat" Mr. .1. O. i. . nd!>-j: fow days in Saluda. 1 WIN1HR0P COLLEGE I Scholarship Eiilraooe EXAMINATION The oxamination for tho award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College ami for tho admission of new students will he hel l at the County Court House on Friday, July 6 at Or. ? A i i ? /?j/| n/uno mur>t IK'U 1)1' ll'h > than sixteen years of ape. When scholarships are vacant after .1 u 1 y <> they will l>e awarded to those making the highest average at this exainina- ! tion, provided they meet the condilions governing the award. Appl raids for scholarships should write to President Johnson for Scholarship examination blanks. These blank.-, properly filled out by the applicant should he filed with President John son by July 1st. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 10, 1017. For further information and catalogue, adi dress 1 PRESIDENT D. B. JOHNSON, Jtock Hill, S.C , L Business Boom Is Sure As Result Of War i | St. Elmo Messengule, president of the Messengule Advertising agency of Atlanta, Ga., sees not only no falling ofF in the volume of advertising as a result of the war, but a greatlv in creased national prosperity. "The commercial effect of the United States going into the war will be good," he said, "even better than the prosperity we have enjoyed during the three years of war abroad, provided, of course, that our country is not invaded, and invasion is unlikely. To Be Spent at Home. "Within a few hours after congress authorized the declaration of war plans were under way to appropriate $5,000,000,000 as an initial war appropriation. Of this about $3,000,000,000 will be turned over to our allies, and the other $2,000,000,000 will be spent for national defense. And this means something more than buying cannons and guns and cartridges. Jt means millions of dollars in ;> y for ' e sol lies. It means the put eh so of <-\ or. onceivable kind of i e i I by the men in i . men and women . In the navy yards, ard aboard the i things will be N ".< :< - n people, *3,000,000, e allies will also be spent lu re. it v " ? "If iiy proof v .v needed in support of tho argument that war w'th Germany wit improve business conditions it could be found almost at our >wn door?in Canada. In apt.; of the withdrawal of -1.>0,000 men fron peaceful industries ihat country was never so prosper . There is a ready market for everything the farmer can prow, for all the lumberman can produce, for all the fish$r can draw out of the sea and streams. "The only business interests to suffer in this war will he those conilucted by ultra conservative men who fret afflicted with cold feet when it i' >nies to advertising or other lines of ^ort that have prov <1 successful and profitable ;ii tranquil times. Busincts Will Hum "In a con. > ercia' use war is pomp to ma I. thinp.- hum for all business nv n !.?< i'Ut for h the ripht kind >f effort a'onp publicity lines. The idvcrtisers who c >.<tinue their adver'.'"sinp will do e\en better business ban usual on account of the defec,ion and witl Jrawal into oblivion of hose who tret cold feet. There never vas a*time in ail history when people vcre reading as much and when newspapers were taken into the home so jniwrsnlly. 1 believe Shakespeare -aid. 'Our doubts are traitors, and most of us lose the pood we oft mipht wit. by foarinp to attempt.' " CAPTURED ONE \ /' - - " ' ' ,\ vn.Tiiiaii jfvinjr ms name as .John Bdwcii was captured on tho S. A. L. railroad 'netwcmi Me Bee and Bethune Saturday afternoVi hy Private Osi\ir Doyle, who i: a member of a s.|iiad from Company K of the S. C. National Guard detailed to capture ihis (lorman, who had aroused the suspicions of the citizens of the lower part of this county. lie was carried Sunday to Columbia to he held for investigation. Examination of Bowen's personal effects showed that he had several maps of th - section but they were v. . >n : McNaliy prints > 'a! a. *rks or notations. of c!>:hintf in a . o . ! . . more nan $49 in ! >'. . ?d Bowen na German ' . natural. . ie was on , v . .. he hoped > lii : -iii >. o ,.,s a raili*'?ad s.a t no !)? .<1 i'co . .'or. V'a., uii m /mi: m i , > . p'ml 1'.- \ . v" (JlSfhan? d "without ivasoi ." P.ov en was muchly dressed, his atire Iti-iiur much Ii! i that *>f the or'liuary trail!?'- Ho i about -1") years >f Hire ami spoil's Kcvli h imperfectly.?The Pa^-eland .Journal. MCNi IN SCRAP IRON Turn your o!<i sera;. iron, brass, copper ami rubber into cash. 1 pay highest < : . h price. Hrintc your old metal to nic on l-r-day ami Saturday, May II and 1 'J. back of Odom Bros. Co. store. II. COHEN. iTHE BEST | Oi Everything 1 TO EAT A( I owes! I Vices ! } A. F. Pavis Market | Will pay highest market pri<? j