Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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: ifhcrt Mema of 4 Messrs. Bert S. Hurst and Frank J. JackBon spent Saturday in Char- I lotte on business. _ % All indebted to Armfield Hardware Co. and Chesterfield Motor Co. are Notified to calTand settle at oi.ee, at Armfield-Porter stables. A party of deer hunters have jrone | . down in Marion county hunting. . Amonf? the number J. A. Welsh, W. , H. Craij?, Thurman White, Maxey | Jackson and others. First Lieut. Frank R. Sanders, of the Medical Corps, stationed at Camp 1 Lee, Petersburg, Va., spent the week- i 1 *nd in Chesterfield. I 1 ?m7T Greer Robinson, of Chester-1 i field, has been appointed a corporal. 1 He is stationed at Camp Jackson, ] near Columbia. Mr. W. J. Hanna has been sum- ( moned to serve as a juror in the Uni- . ted States court for the week of Nov. ] 6th. We are requested to call to the at- 1 tention of the County Supervisor and the road overseer the condition of the j' ^^proad from Ruby to Chesterfield. Congressman Asbury F. Lever, the Chairman of the Committe of Agriculture of the House of Representatives, has been secured by the Fair Association to address the farmers of A.?c.u n A__ vjiieaicmeiu ^oumy on me opening day of the County Fair, Nov. 7th. Mr. Lever is one of the ablest repre- i sentatives in Congress and ho will speak on the war and its relation to the farmers of South Carolina. *JkW. The Mam Refuge Style-Plu They are com Models, Regulars, I? E) We have some not damaged, we wi! night, in order to sa' that store of its go destroyed and some are going to offer t you. Come and get Jul \\y i - It? ?: ii<i\ r j u?i r? and 6 to 12. made o $7.49, $6.50, $4.98, ! ()vercoats for tl and defy the cold w We arc sti ic made of dependable Bijf line of Men Union Suits for "Wonderful line 4 ^4 arrive about the las f ^ Ladies' Coats fi ^ Coat Suits from New line of Lai play t his week ' II II. w. 1 I jilorc good* I f , F ' ' BJ . - ? ; Mm %eeal Jnterejt Mrs. R. L. Gardner visited in Co lumbia this week. Thomas II. Tatuw, Esq., of Bish opville, was in attendance of Court >n Monday. Quite a number of 'Chesterfield jeople are taking in the State Fail it Columbia this week. There is s >ood deal of interest locally in tht mtcome of the Carolina-Clcmsor football game. Mr. Horace Douglass, of Chesterfield County, enlisted in the U. S Navy at the age of 18 years. He ha< not been heard from by his family since May until last week. His per manent address is now "Horac< Douglass, U. S. S., Pittsburg, can Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif." An interesting letter has been re ceived from Mr. Charles R. Cason sergeant in 17th Engineers Corps Mr. Cason is now in France. He ha: seen the king and queen of Englan< and says his regiment was royall; entertained. He is oninvinir life n a member of Pershing's forces. The new parsonage for Chesterleli Charge is going up rapidly and wil in all probability be ready for occu pancy when the new preacher come after Conference. All members o the churches of the Charge are bein; urged to make at least partial pa> ments to the building fund at an earl date. Payments may be made to Mi C. P. Mangum, at the Peoples Banl to the pastor, the Rev J. L. Tyler, o to any of the Stewards of the Chargt P usser < 1V? Atll itiLFii! uy^pa.i nil in the Stoim of h is Guaranteed Suits, $17.00 an iny: in freely now?Conserv onps and Stouts. ctra Spec two or three hundred pairs of II have to sell at a loss. Durin ve our stock in the Gent's Stor ods. Consequently many of of the shoes slightly scratched hese shoes at a loss to us ai your pick. tenile Departn ceived a new lino of little ho f Blue Sertfo and Cassimere, 1* $3.50, $2.50, down to $1.98. ie Boys, all sizes. Get your h< inter rains. Prices, $2.98 t on Boys' and Youths' School material. 's Dress and Work Shirts. Men and Boys. of Ladies' and Misses' Coat t of this week, rom $30.00 down to $7.48. i $35.00 down. lies' Silk and Crepe de Cheno Pusser c or the tame money; the lame n?o<li ? ^?.?; i T " - , ?FOR? SURVEYING | .! Making Plats Blue Prints See or 'Phone ; MELTON & MULLOZ ! Chesterfield, S. C. ????? ??? | Court of Common Pleas convened Monday morning, Judtfc MnminKcr, i of Charleston, presiding, Stenograph- j . or Kilgore at his post. The first case : tried was llnrst-Strontor Cn aiminut ! Teal, resulting in a verdict for Hurst- 1 , Streater Co., for the amount sued , for. The next case tried, was that of , Merriman against Rayfield, which re- 1 | suited in a verdict for the plaintiff, | . for the property in question. The I > i Court is now engaged in the trial of Gulledge against Hancock which is a s suit involving title of land. The | cases of Teal Real Estate against y Teal & Hunt will come up for trial j 3'Monday of next week, provided all, i cases set for this week, and Monday ' of next week are disposed of. Sev- I :1 eral cases have been settled, among ' !l the number being the case of Wallace ' - against Bank of Ruby and Mt. Cros ghan, Mr. Wallace receiving the sum f , of $300.00 in settlement of this matg ! ter. Court will probably extend into r- next week. On the equity side of the y Court, Judge Meminger rendered a decree ip the Adams Estate matter, c, i reducing the land values, and chargr , ing some of the heirs with addition>. I al interest. SSons I tent Stores g Ugh Prices 1 d $21.00 ! & rativc. Young Men's 1 ial | shoes, which though 1 g the fire last Sunday I c> we utmost emptied the shoe boxes were I from handling' We id a great saving to ten ys' Suits, sizes .*> to H anging in price from s 3y one of these Coats 3 o $4.50. | and Work Suit^. all ^ rJ i; s and Coat Suits to L Waists to k<> <>?> "lis- rj U >' Sons. 8 for len money | MBBMHMBnMMk ! I PIT FO RM jQSSrL** | JLClollics Car\oun^,Mcn i The "look" c | Clothe I i j After all, it's the looks that | your clothes. | This season's fashions refit | spirit. In suits, a squaring o | a hit of flare to the coat, a i !in overcoats, the belt, fulln skirt, wide collars, added I generous patch pockets. T j | are shown best in Fitform c ' I men. | WE HAVE a full line of 1 our sierc and can fit you i and see our stock now, beft ^ broken into. j L. M. Evans ( | CHERAW, S. i TO BRING SUIT ON , iunofi OFFICIAL 'BOND banks f hi. t<a , tinue r rom I no State: I Comptroller General Sawyer yester- u"r'' <lay requested the attorney general 1 'm,t ' to hring action on the bond of W. A. ! Ur< r' Douglass, treasurer of Chesiertield s')( .' County, to recover an alleged short-j w^'c^ a tie (,f $10,r?:i7.UO. Mr. Sawyer has ,u" s"1 had made a thorough audit of the ac- 1 an's counts through his representative, L. ^nn,|s A. Searson, certified public accountant, and the following; is an abstract ^aw* ' of the detailed report as filed with t N('''|d the attorney general: ctl "CK* "Owing to the unsatisfactory con- to dition of the county treasurer's roc- ur, r H ords. it has bi?on voru /I ifT*i<-ult i,, ,,? hy llin rive at conclusions. It has heen nee- * ' cs.su ry to extend tin- investigation t""'" N over a period of four years next j>re- ' | cedir.K July 1, 1 ?1 7, in onhr to j ' ' ho'ed iht treasure,* the bene1. ; f the cur '<*>'< r.. ? , ^ v t f i 4 oi ucn errors : . . ,y ha. oceurcd prio. lo Lhc past ii.sc.tl yea?'. , \ft .* dil eent r. searches with an ef 1" fo.'t to locate discrepancies, the li^- ' 1 J ' j ures herewith presented are correct, ' so fr.r as can he determined through " the records availsthle. "lie treasurer has laded t < h.ep *' *'* certain very important records, nota- '"tobf l?ly cash and hank accounts, t was ror ' I* iiri<I that he failed to keep stubs ij'iit I or any other record of checks drawn a s""r on the various hanks in which the ^J,s Ollhlic funds wcr<> 'I'n..^.. "> oddi were no passbooks to show deposits, '' so it is readily seen that the only ' * source of information with regard to u'hieh hank accounts were the hank records r''nd< n a number of canceled checks were " I hi on file, hut nothing definite could be ' *"<* ha learned through reference to such executi i' ;ns, except in ri few instance.- ft treasur w necessary to make a visit to the nnd at var us hanks of Chesterfield County eomptr in order to audit the hank accounts. been d Some of the h.i'.i.s !i ne li tail o I" the u i y H> d < :< d < ' ims in 'tie sa i.e ..a'liier av c ice s, eliar^iiip the items difec t? i'n t re i.er'i . , m OWII coiinlM. this is a very unbusinesslike method hoth on the p.rt of the w*'r<* 1 ire,.surer and of the hank, eausinp basket much confusion with out the least | \ !| )f your ' S : matter most in !ct the military j if the shoulders, I narrower waist; j ess of back and i length, slash or . 'hese tendencies . lothes for young I this Clothing at n a suit. Come >re our sizes are 11 I I Company ; c. X t to any party concerned. Th? have been requested to disconthe practice. County and school nls, properly approved, are y orders on the county trcaslo he paid l>y him out of funds eally provided i> r purposes , in accordance with law, must forth on the face of such warami the segregation of public should he kept by the public I and not by the hanks. Hanks 10 authority to pay out deposits . on a properly executes bank Spcciut attention is u.i?c:U'd number of items in th? treassafe uhich have been counted 11 as cash. It will be observed here are numerous postofTice orders which should have been ed years n^o. Other items inin this schedu'e are bank alt of which ha. been held treasurer for mm v months, ea uirer will he held accointar all of these each items until lave been collected and paid th treasury. Th so its ins I to $ i, I I i!.7K. ier a th'.rourb imv t i>. - t i? n of i e r< corns a.at ev? ry re ! effort to locate any possible iv omission that in any dej- r< a ser\ e to adjust these account s, tatfc in the sum of .f'.t, 11 7. 52 en found in the ti?>n to this, the (louhtful items d aliove amounting to $1,rnake a total of $ I 0,ad7.'J0 for the county treasurer has not I'd a proper account inx hooks and records of this ofve heen irrossly neglected, tax ions ha\ e heen collected hy the er in open violation of the law cain.st the instructions of the oiler general, and the law has isrejrarded in many respects as records of the olTice." LAUNDRY ill to the disasterous fire, we inahle to obtain the laundry this week. It will he here for -!i.VL.