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The Chesterfield Advertiser ' PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY ' Subscription, $1.00 a year. Advertising ratea furnished on application. Entered as second-class matter at the poatofllce at Chesterfield, South Carolina. PAUL H. 11KARN Editor and Publisher. Hon. W. F. Stevenson has made his maiden speech in Congress. It was a masterly effort, as we knew it would be. Mr. Stevenson supported the house bill on military service, believing it to be more democratic than the senate measure, in that it would distribute the call over wider age area. Mr. Stevenson, true to his colors, is looking out for his district to the best of his great ability, but at the same time he is standing by the administration in this crisis, just as every loyal American in the Fifth Congressional District wishes him to do. Senator Smith, of South Coralina, is making a big effort to supply the farmers of the Atlantic Seaboard with nitrates for fertilizer. Senator Smith has introduced a resolution authorizing the President to use two million dollars to get nitrates from Chile and to use, if necessary, American naval ships to transport the nitrates. That will help until we get or own nitrate plants going. The man with the hoe will he about as important a factor in winning this war as the man with the pun. Danper from the submarine has taken on a more sinister look durinp the past two weeks than usual. It is very difficult to extract any comfort from the latest fipures of tonnape sunk. It is squarely up to your Uncle Sam to save Enpland from starvation. We believe American inpenuity and American resources are equal to the occasion. If, however, we should fail, or falter, or even blunder in this preat crisis, woe be unto us. It has been said so often that we must believe it, that the British fleet is all that stands between us and Prussianism. Our own salvation therefore, clearly hanps on Enpland's ability to continue to carry on the fipht. CONFISCATED CROWN LANDS IMMENSE Petroprad, Mav 4.?The crown lands in Siberia, which the new provisional government has confiscated from the immperial family and turned over to the state, include almost the whole of the provinces of Altai and Nerchinsk, embracing a territory larger and probably richer than Germany in its natural resources. Since the eighteenth century, these lands have been the personal property of the Russian emperors who being occupied with other matters, have paid little attention to their development. Both provinces are rich in minerals, including gold, iron, zinc and lead. Included in these crown lands are also the coal fields of Kuznetck, which are said by experts to be among the richest in Europe. The Altai region includes also thousands of acres of undeveloped farm land of high fertility. The opening of these lands is expected to simplify the agrarian problem and facilitate the work of econnomic adjustment after the war. Ccmson College S. C... April? Even the smallest backyard can be made to yield a supply of fresh vegetables for the family table at but small expense if two or three crops m c ouv-tcnni vuiy ^rnvvii in KCJOp inC area occupied all the time. People who would discharge a clerk if he did not work the year round will often cultivate a garden at no little trouble and expense, then allow the soil to lie idle from the time the first crop matures until the end of the season. Where a two or three crop system is used in connection with vegetables adapted to smallareas, a space no larger than 2!> x70feet will produce enough fresh vegatables for a small family. Crops which require a lage area should not be grown in a garden of this size Half an acre properly cultivated with a careful crop rotation can be made to produce $100.00 worth of garden crops p cr year. $100 Reward, $100 The readers of thin paper will be plsased to learn that there la at leant one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all its stages. and that la catarrh. Catarrh being greatly Influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- < ture In doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith In the curative 1 powers of Hall's Catarrh Cure that , they offer One Hundred Dollars for any I case that It fails to cure. Send for list I of testimonials. < . Address: T. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, 1 1 Obi* #id by all Druggist* 76o- ( B ^ PROTECTION OF BIRDS I A FARM ASSET If one tenth of all the agricultural products raisosd an^ially in the United States were scattered over different sections of the country where 4 most needed, would it help flght the high cost of living? Statistics show * that annually there is a loss of between $800,000,000 and $900,000,- X 000 in the agricultural products of the United States, all due to the ravages of insects. This fact was cited recently by a ' leading Chicago paper, and it was further cited that the loss might be 1 materially lessened were birds proected as they should be. When one of the leading metropolitan newspapers of the land advocated that every available plot of ground be turned 1 nto a garden spot and cultivated, ' ..nd when in the same issue that same uiper urges that birds be protected l hat they might destroy insects, it is -uroly time for everyone to consider ' hat part he is to do in the work, ind, insofar as possible lend a hand in doing his mite. One insect destroyed in the spring means the desstruction of hundreds, and in some cases thousands, ere the summer is ' over. | Government statistics and personal observation show over and over again that the birds are the farmers' best 1 friends, which, in return for their j services, ask only protection that they I may bring forth more enemies of insects. Just how is this protection to be given? Happily the time is passed, or nearly so, when the farmers think that the birds must be destroyed because of the fruit they eat. In comparison with tahe amount of good they do, the amount of fruit eaten by birds during the summer is an infinitesimal matter,?a mighty good form of insurance for the farmer. But there is another way in which the birds require protection, and that is projection during their nesting season. Not only should prowling cats be restrained and egg collectors either made to see the folly of their heartless whims or else be summoned before the law, but provision should be made for the nests. Birds like company. Even the bluejay, usually termed a rascal but at heart a boon companion of the farmer, likes to have his nest near a dwelling. The robin appreciates forked sticks placed in trees for him, and the wren, bluebird and purple martin enjoy the companionship of man as soon as they learn that he is their friend. The best way to get 0*1 amicable ' terms with birds is to build and put up bird-houses and sec that such are not destroyed by boys or preyed upon by cats. Put up a single birdhouse this summer if you are skeptic land watch the wren, the bluebird, or purple martin, as it feeds its young, taking note of the kind of feed it uses and the number of trips made per hour. Keep a record of this for a few hours, estimate the good done in a day, in a week, in a month, and n a nesting season, and you will be wiser the following year. I know one farmer in particular ho lost, during one summer, three rows of corn forty rods long. The corn grew next to a fence row heavily sodded with blue grass, which produced swarms of grasshoppers. For ' 'he sake of experiment alone, for this 1 ri icr was a skeptic, last spring he at up twenty-one bird-houses, placed > .0 rods apart on the fence along ' e forty rods. The houses were 5 >me that he and the boys had made c iring the winter months, from dry- ' ods boxes obtained in town. Thir- 11 n of the twenty-one houses were 1 i. habited during the following sum- * er, six by wrens, four by bluebirds, and three by colonies of purple mar- * tins. ( Thn ?rr?i ecVirtnnnra + V,nI eurvitYirt*. 1 made a rich living for the birds, and r when the fall came, that farmer had ^ the satisfaction of gathering twen- ' ty-one bushels of corn from the three 1 rows that grew next to the fence right ' where there was no corn at all the 1 year before. With corn selling at ' fifty-five cents per bushel, it reprc- ' sented a saving of $12.fi5 for that 1 year alone, and with the same in- 1 surance for the following year with no outlay at all. Does it pay? Boys, ' get busy. Get your fathers to figure 1 with you how much corn growing next ^ to a fence row is destroyed by in- 1 sects, and then see if your fathers " will let you put up bird-houses and 1 pay you the difference for the first ' year.?"Our Dumb Animals." ' t CLIP THIS AND PIN J ON WIFE'S DRESSER . i * \ Cincinnati man tell* how to shrivel up 8 corns or calluses so they . . c lift off with fingers. r Ouch !?!?!! This kind of rough j talk will be heard less here in town if a people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati ^ aumoruy, wno claims that a few drops of a drug called freezone when f applied to a tender, aching corn or hardened callus stops soreness at c once, and soon the corn or callus V dries up and lifts right off without r pain. He says freezone dries immediately a and never inflames or even irritates '< the surrounding skin. A small bottle f' of frezone will cost very little at any 3( drug store, but will positively remove ^ every hard or soft corn or callus from n one's feet. Millions of American a' women will welcome this announce- tt mi nt since the inauguration of high m leels. If your druggist dosn't have w 'reezone tell him to order a small bot~ Je for you. ^ St * UG EASTERN RAILROADS PLAN TO USE WOMEN Ney York, May 1.?Many big astern railroads stated making arangements to employ women in place >f men called to arms by the draft. Among the railroads which are takng these steps are the New Haven, Lehigh Valley, Erie, New York Cen;ral the Pennsylvania and the Long Island. The Central Railroad of New Jersey has not made plans yet, but by experiments already conducted on its systems it feels sure that woman can jo the work of large number of men. All roads made it plain that no men would be displaced by women unless actually drafted. The women will be used in departments not actually engaged in physical operation of trains. At the offices of the Lehigh Valley road it was stated that women are now being given proference in the hireing of new employes, in departments where they can do the work, as the management expects many men will be called to the colois within a few months. The Lehigh is already employing women as car cleaners and las made some experiments with them us train despatchers. The New York Central also employing women as car cleaners. The New Haven offices declare there was no doubt steps would be taken to have women take the place of drafted men. The Long Island is preparing to employ a large number of women in clerical departments. This road has already given work to scores of women and the experiment is declared to be a success. Between 300 and 400 men employes of the Grand Trunk terminal are members of the national guard and are momentarily expecting a summons to duty. All are being rushed to put women in their places Some have already left, and women are doing their work. The Erie offices stated an actual famine in male clerical work was a!readv beinir faced. Women are be ing called wherever possible. "They may also be used to sell tickets?and collect tickets also, for that matter," said one official. The Central Railroad of New Jersey has not taken any actual steps yet, but experiments which have been conducted show that the employment of women as clerks, ticket agents, telegraphers and in similar positions is "entirely feasible." "This is a situation," it was said, "which every railroad and every industry must face. We might as well get ready in time." The Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg have planned to place many women in clerical positions and will later try them in other and more important posts. | SAYS WAR PROHIBITION WILL MEET FOOD CRISIS Boston, May 1.?"War prohibition will solve America's food problem more quickly than feverish gardening in park and yard and dismantled lawn,"in the belief of former Governor Eugene N. Foss, of Massachusetts. In a statement today Governor Foss declared that "war prohibition is the only path that will bring civilization out of the woods." He asserted national prohibition is the biggest isue before the nation today, and favored , its extension to our European allies. "The United States could make rood the whole world's deficit and I lave millions of bushels of grain to j iparc for the better feeding of its >\vn people if it should put out the ires in the breweries and distilleries ind pour into the bakeries grain hith rto used in making fire water," said Vjss. i England's capital mistake has been j he feeble, temporizing, nerveless way 1 Irink menace. A dry England could < lave snapped her fingers at the subliarines. The question is up to us I vhether we shall follow England's 'oily or Russia's wisdom. It is the hildren's food which is being rotted nto beer and then carried in great | lutomobile trucks every morning 'rorn suburban breweries to city saloons. That's the English way in vartime. IIow long shall it be the Ymerican way? 1 "There is no doubt of it. War pro- 1 libition is the burning issue of the mmediate present. We are bound to lave it, and when it conies we should nsist on a 'rider' to it. No Amercan grain should be shipped for brewng or distilling in English, French, Scandinavian, even Belgian malt eel- ' ars and mash tubs. We should in his particular instance place an unyielding embargo on Europe. "There are two way3 of raising the ' mmense food supply we need?either j >V feverish trardenini' in nark nrwl I " I ind yard and dismantled lawn, or by JosnR a few hundred breweries. iVhich is the simpler? It is estinated that the foodstuffs used in I nakinR liquor annually in the United \ >tates would feed seven million men , year." 4RS. WILSON TO GIVE MADAME JOFFRE HAM Washington, May 4.?Madame Jofre, wife of the marshal of France, s RoinR to f?et a fine, biR, sugarured Virginia ham, a Rift from Mrs. Voodrow Wilson, when the marshal eturns to Paris. ^ DurinR one of the marshal's calls t the White House Mrs. Wilson earned that Madame Joffre was very ond of American ham, which is very [ arce there. Mrs. Wilson sent to irRinia and procured an extraordiarily fine ham and sent it to Marlal Joffre, askinR him to take it back > Madame Joffre with her complilents. The ham, carefully packed, ill ro with the marshal's personal j Tects when he leaves the United j tatea. I V "5' " I ' TELLS FRIENDS THEY CAN FEEL LIVELY TOO MRS. THOMPSON, OF SPARTANBURG, FINDS NEW PLEASURES WERE FIVE HARD YEARS In Interview She Explains How She Overcame Obstacles to Happiness "I suffered from asthma for about live years and I also had indigestion badly for several years, but I took Tanlac last fall and I have not had an attack of asthma since, and I enjoy my meals now?something I did not do before I took Tanlac," declared Mrs. A. J. Thompson, of Spartanburg, whose husband is an electrician employed at the Spartanburg City Power plant. * a - t m v -- - ueiure i iook laniac, everything I ate caused me to hurt and feel queer," continued Mrs. Thompson, "and I felt puffed up at meals. I also felt tired and worn out and I was so weak I just had to drag myself around. I was also troubled with nervousness and headaches. "Since taking the Tanlac I sure do feel well and strong, and I tell my friends if they want to feel smart and lively, just take Tanlac. It sure was a fine medicine for me and it got my nerves in fine shape, relieved the headaches and certainly did build up my system. I gained a good deal of weight, too." Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold by The Chesterfield Drug Co., Chesterfield, S. C.; T. E. Wannamaker & Sons, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Drug Co., \It. Croghan, S. C.; McBee Drug Co., McBce, S. C.; Pageland Drug Co., Pageland, S. C.; J. T. Jowers & Sons, Jefferson, S. C. Adv. NIGHT SCHOOLS AND PATRIOTISM In a state where more than onefourth of the people are illiterate, and as many more, little better than illiterates; one can scarcely do more patriotic work than help train thi3 great mass of men and women, and the most effective way to reach them is through the night schools. Fifty per cent, of South Carolina is not under cultivation, and much that is produced only a small portion of what it is capable. In this day when patriotism is needed in garden and in field; when the whole world is looking to America for food, and thousands of lives depend on our ability to furnish it; since illiterates are not accepted in | the army, now is the time to train for the battle of life, teaching how| ever to save and produce rather than to destroy. While teaching illiterates to read and write, they and thousands of others, can be brought together two or three times a week to study Government or Clemson Extenssion Built tins, on truck farming, fruit growing, canning, good roads, sanitation, forestry, etc., and so learn how best to supply the needs of the country. The first thing in organizing night schools is, after securing teachers, to call a community meeting and have a speaker outline the work. The people have already been told of the desperate need for food over the whole worid, but they have not been organised into schools to learn how best to supply this need. At the end of the meeting pupils should be enrolled and school begun at once. Later in the summer when the crops are "laid by" schoiols will be found successful in rural districts if held from 2:30 to 5:00 p. m. Literary Digest Clubs might do good for illiterates where a copy is subscribed for every six members who will each keep it one day and pass it on, then will meet once a week to discuss topics of most interest. Night schools are equally effective in city, town, mill or rural community, and to help with this work should, now more than ever, be considered an act of patriotism. For every man and women not actively employed in the Army. Navy, or Red Cross; here is your chance to serve. E. Julia Selden, Spartanburg, S. C. 75 NORWEGIAN VESSELS SUNK IN ONE MONTH Christiania, Mny 2.? (Via London.)?Seventy-five Norwegian vessels were sunk by German submarines in April and more than 100 sailors lost their lives. If such a monthly loss was maintained Norway's merchant navy would be destroyed in a year and a half. Hl8 8Sg SmI'd j J arrtlPER UNA EXPl It does more?!t builds up the w? tion, removes the inflammation, over viRorates all over. Forty-four years which thousands gladly testify. Accept the verdict of two general prejudice, when your health is at sta Liquid or tablet form, whichever I COUNTY SUPERINTENDED OP EDUCATION r a. rouse Office open every SmInr-'ay aud the flr?t Monday of each month. ? . i DR. R. L. MoMANUS Dentist Office over Bank of Chesterfield. Will visit Pageland every Tuesday; Other days in Chesterfield. Prices reasonable. All work guaranteed. DR. L. H. TROTTI, Dental Surgeon rhnstorfiplil. S fl. Oflice on second floor in Ross Building. All who desire my services wili please see me at Chesterfield, as I have discontinued my visits to other towns. G P. A. MURRAY, ]r Attorney and Counsellor At Law Oflice in Courthouse HANNA & HUNLE V ?ATTORNEYS? R. E. Hanna C L HuuleChesterfield, S. C. Oflice ir Peoples Hank Building GIRLS HAVE PRETY FACE AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION An Atlanta man makes new discovery that makes an old face look years younger. If your skin is dark, brown, or covered with freckles or blemishes, just use a little Cocotone Skin Whitenor; it's made with cocoanut oil and is perfectly harmless. A few day's use will improve your looks 100 per cent. The wornout skin comes off evenly, leaving no evidence of the treatment, the new healthy underskin appearing as a lovely new complexion. Just ask your druggist for an ounce of Cocotone Skin Whitener, and if he will not supply you send 25 cents to The Cocotone Co., Atlanta. Ga.. and thev will send vnn o K#w by return mail. If your hair is hard to comb, is kinky, natppy and will never stay straight, just use Cocotone Hair Dressing and it will become straight, long, soft, glossy and beautiful in a few days. Mail orders filled, 25 c for large box.?Adv. MISS PREPAREDNESS Ilcro is our 1017 girl?Miss Pre- p paivdness. Her costume Is of army 0 cloth, from head to her well turned li aiiUe. v The remnrkuble feature of the cos- c tunie la the cnpe or poncho, as you prefer It, thrown over her shoulders. It B, will surprise you to learn thut this Is c really her skirt which buttons up the front. In time of need It serves the 1 puritose of an ndequate body covering. | When necessity or convention demands a skirt our charming MIhs loosens the , fastenings at the throut and binds It about the waist. If tramping or shootlug Is the program she wears It as u pictured above. u Should this young lady Join an arm e of our Hervlce this garb would be most E utilitarian. Within a moment she could n climb over the sides of her nero and " soar upward or mount her horse or . motorcycle as necessity may demund and speed away. Cap, Jacket, trousers, and puttees ^ are of the same material as the poncho. ? Positive Proof.?A quack doctor was holding forth his medicines to a rural audience. "Yes, gentlemen," he said ."I have t sold these pills for twenty-five years, r and never heard a word of complaint. ^ Now what does that prove?" 6 Voice in crowd?"That dead men tell no tales."?Exchange. t imerColdsWeaken \ re even more dangerous than winter 1 or they hang on bo long that they behronic catarrh. Heat and dust ag- , i them, cause the infected surface to ) and fill the body with systemic cat- j Neglect costs health ana energy. vLS CATARRH. - 1 iakened system, regulates the dlges- < comes the poisons of catarrh, ana in- \ of success proves its great value, of \ dons yourself. Don't be swayed by 1 ke. Take Peruna and get well j Is the more convenient. , OU# I | Rank ef X?/ Oldest Bank In C We solicit your business. We p We Jhtvite Z{cu Your Patronage wanted. ^ it will receive court SAFETY DEPO OUR MOTTO: "STRENGTH R. E. Rivers, President. M. J. Hough, Vice-President. 3 i 2he People i t ESTABLISHE1 > [ Capital Stock ) 11. 15. LiAINliY, rr?8. C G. K. LANEY, J Vice Pres. & Atty. Wo want your business an When you come to Chesterfield, pay interest on saving deposits per anuin. 'Chesterfield,- i Sentinels of There it a deal of talk on prepared ABE YOU PEEP ABED t This wor be in the best of health today, with fin come a tiege of illness. There may 001 Start a bank account Open Your Acc The FARME :OLORED PEOPLE DELIGHTED WITH NEW DISCOVERY TO BLEACH THE SKIN p Atlanta, Gn.?Says that recent csts have proven without douht " hat swarthy or sallow complexions an be made light by a new treat- _ >ent recently discovered by a man n Atlanta. Just ask your druggist or Cocotone Skin Whitener. People /ho have used it are amazed at its / nderful effect. Rid your face of / hat awful -dark color or greasy apearnnce in a few minutes. It costs tl o little that you can't afford to be ^ /ithout it. Just think how much rettier you would look with that 9 Id dark skin gone and new soft, " gnt sKin m its place. Men and y romen today must care for their y omplexions to enter society. . If your druggist will not supply ou with Cocotone Skin Whitener, j end 25c for a large package to Co- J otone Co., Atlanta, Ga.?Adv. " ,000 SURGEONS TO BE SENT TO. FRANCE AS FIRST U. S. FORCE Washington, May 1.?One thou- j and surgeons, wearing the American niform and despatched as a military nit, will be the first United States xpeditionary force to be sent to the _ European battlefields, the war depart- P lent announced this afternoon. "A SPLENDID TONIC" Lj iays Hixson Lady Who, On Doc- ? tor's Advice, Took Csrdai And Is Now Well Hixson, Tenn.?"About 10 years ago was..." says Mrs. J. B. Gadd, of nis pi ace. "i surierea witn a pain m 1 iy left aide, could not aleep at night | vlth thla pain, alwaya In the left lde... , My doctor told me to uae Cardni. I J ook one bottle, which helped me and * ifter my baby came, I waa atronger ind better, but the pain waa still A here. * I at first let It go, but began to get " reak and In a run-down condition, ' o I decided to try aome more Cardul, f rhlch I did. I Thla last Cardul which I took made ^ ne much better. In fact, cured me. It iaa been a number of years, atlll I mve no return of thla trouble. hi I feel It waa Cardul that cured me, in ind I recommend It aa a splendid fe- m nala tonic." . Don't allow youraelf to become lc ireak and run-down from womanly K roubles. Take Cardul. It phould sure- & y help you, as It has ao many thoulaudaqf other women In the past 40 renrs. Headache, backache, sideache, ? nevrouaneas, sleeplessness, tlred-oct eeilng, are all sl?ns of womanly&rotfc isL >le. Other women get relief by UUflM Outni. Why notyogi^l Kitterfiekl .? * ' .;JH^B Ktorterfleld ay interest on time deposit to Visit Us j Whether large or small JjH eous attention SIT BOXES [ AND SECURITY." C. C. Douglass, Cashier. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier. imm P 9 ^7\ 6 Xiank ? m 0 IN 1911 $25,000 | !. P. MANGUM, Cashier 2 J r. A. CAMPBELL, 2 A Assistant Casheir jfl d will treat you right. 2 A J come in to see us. We * Jbm| at the rate of per cent 2 icuth 'Carolina jj/^a . the Home! i neat. I Id i? full of vicissitudes. Yon mag e prospects in business. There mag me a loss of position. Be preparti? ount With Us ] jg RS' BANK Watch the label on your aper It tells when your me is out j| WLm Reserve Your Complexion V le easy, pleasing way by using 1 4 i:_ b_i_ t t i r. * laguuna uaim Dcrore ana alter "'? uting8. You can fearlessly face \e sun, wind and duit because ou know Magnolia Balm keeps ou safe from Sunburn and Tan. * This fragrant lotion is wonderfully soothing, cooling an<^ a com* ? ^orj a'ter a ^ay J Magnolia Balm is ? the skin-saving *HPf / VI beauty secret which is regularly **//i ft/>^0,used when once 7 tried. 4 Magnolia Balm LIQUID FACE POWDER. Pink. WhlU. "Ron-ReJ. 75c. at 'Dnigglett or by mall direct Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp. 'on Mi*.Co., 40 South Fifth St., Brooklyn.N. Y. ^as -. ASHCRAFTS jondition Powder* j A high-class remedy for horsea <Wflj id mules in poor condition end Y] i nred of a tonic. Bdilds soli: \ luscle and fat; cleanses the aya ' i m, thereby producing a smooth 1 lossy coat of hair. Packed in J Mes. 25c. box. Sold by j D. H. LANEY POULTRY WANTED ji