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THE MARCH ON JERUSALEM General Allenby's present campaign in Palestine is causing something like a panic in Turkish military circles. The British have not advanced far into the enemy's country but they have advanced over and thru Turkish armies sent to bar their passage and, unless Germany comes to the rescue of her hard-prest ally, the Jews and Syrians will soon be un der the shelter of the Union Jack and no longer subject to the tyranny of the Cresent. The British army is advancing northward with cavalry, artillery, "tanks" and airplanes; supported on the Mediterranean coast by detachments of the British and French navies. While engaged in this work of co-operation a British destroyer and a monitor were sunk by an enemy submarine. On November 9 the British army took the city of Askalon and with it 700 Turkish prisoners and thirteen cannon. 'Ihe retreating Turks, who were supported Dy Austrian artillerymen, fell back on Hebron, about twenty miles south of Jerusalem. During the whole campaign the Turks are estimated to have suffered more than 10,000 casualties, exclusive of their loss in prisoners. , Foreign Secretary Balfour promised British favor for the establishment of a Jewish nationality in Palestine. %The Brtish stipulate, however, "that nothing shall be do/ie to preudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine ot the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country." NORTHCLFFE ASSAILS BRITISH GOVERMENT * S Lord Northcliffe, who has returned to England from his war mission to the United States, has rejected the position of Minister of Air Operations, offered to him by Premier 4 Lloyd George. The tone of his let, tor is one of marked discontent with the present British Goverment and seems to foreshadow an attempt to overturn the cabinet. This is by no means an impossibility, for Lord Northcliffe's opposition, voiced Ly the chain of newspapers which he controls, was largely responsible for the overthrow of the Asquith ministry and the elevation of Premier Lloyd George to his present post. In his letter Lord Northcliffe praised the war preparations of the United States and Canada "little understood on this side of the Atlantic" and contrasted them with the mismanagement prevalent in England where "there are still in office here those who dally with urgent questions as that of the unity of war control, the eradication of sedition, the mobilization of the whole man and woman power of the country and the introduction of compulsory food rations." He also criticized the censorship and "the absurd secrecy about the war which is still prevalent." "Unless," he declares, "there is swift improvement in our methods here the United States will rightly take into its own hands the entire management of u great part of the war. It will not sacrifice its blood and treasure to the incompetent handling of attain in Europe." SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY On Thursday December, the 6th 11)17, I will sell for cash to the high' est bidder, at the old residence of the late I. J. Davis, Sr., known as Perkins place, one mile south of Chesterfield, Court House, S. C. all of the personal property belonging to the estate, consisting of farming implements, one mule, a lot of corn, fodder, hay, oats, etc and many other things too numerous to mention. Sale will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning. It M. S. WATSON, Adm. MASS MEETING ACCEPTS MORE EFFICIENT METHOD OF FINANCING ROAD WORK The mass meeting announced in last week's issue of The Chesterfield Advertiser, was held according to schedule on'Wednesday, Nov. 28th. Though the attendance was not ns large as so important a matter merits, yet there were enough people interested in the County's welfare present to institute some of the reforms offered by the advisory committee to .1 O i 1 me ouperviaur. The proposition as outlined in last week's Advertiser was adopted with | but one dissenting vote. I Those townships that have not voted for bonds will be called upon to pay a 5 mill levy and a capputation tax of $3.00 for road improvement. All road work will be more directly under the supervision of the Supervisor, who will be empowered to keep a gang of men employed in each township continually, or as long as the available funds will permit. A WAR FOR YOUR HOME For the sake of your family, yourself, your neighbors, and the millions who are sick, J>uy Red Cross Seals today to extend this war against tuberlosis. tMLbltKHELD DISTRICT JUNIOR ORDER MEETS THURSDAY, DEC. 13TH There will be a meeting of the Chesterfield District, Junior Order U. A. M., at Ruby, S.C., Thursday, Dec. 13th. The program follows: Secret Session at 2 o'clock P. M. Public meeting at 7 P. M. In School auditorium. Program for Speaking. Address, "Virtue," Rev. J. D. Purvis. Address, "Liberty," W. P. Odom. Address "Patriotism," Hon. G. K. Laney. Address "Good of the Order," R. S. Steward. Master Ceremonies, W. R. Huneycutt. FORD WANTED ] Wanted?A Ford racer or car suit- 1 able to strip down. Must be cheap 1 for cash. Address? < D. B. INGRAM, , Cheraw, S. C., Route 1. Bov 32. < 1 "Some un sick at yo' house, Miss 1 Carter?" inquired Lila. "Ah seed ; de doctah's cyar eroun dar yesterdv." s "It was my brother, Lila." I "Sho! What's he done got de mat- ] ter of 'm?" ] "Nobody seems to know what the ? disease is. He can eat an' sleep as j well as ever, he stays out all day < long on the veranda in the sun and | seems as well as any one, but he can't do any work at all." t "He cain't?yo' says he cain't | work?" < "Not a stroke." "Law, Miss Carter, <lat ain't no dis- , ease what yo' broth' got. Dat's a gif !"?Everybody's. j HEALTH PROTECTION Health Protection is needed no less than Fire and Police Protection. Red Cross Seals bring this Protection I to your*home and your neightbors' homes . I THE BEST i J Of Everything j JL V> LM. 1 At Lowest Prices , A. F. Davis Market Will pay highest market price for Hides. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Pursuant to and in compliance with terms and conditions set forth in a deed, of trust of Arthur Oakley to me, dated 23d of November, 1917, I will sell at public auction before the Court House door at Chesterfield, South Carolina, at 12 o'clock M. on the 15th of December, 1917, the following described real estate: All those certain two tracts of land, situate in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, and descrbied as follows, to wit: 1st. tract, containing one hundred and forty (140) acres, more or less, / known as the "Billy Smith place"; bounded on the north by lands of T. P. Harrall; on the east by lands of Ida Ellison, formerly lands of J. B. Weldon, B. Finlayson and John R. Parker; on the south by lands of E. H. Stafford, and on the west by landi of E. H. Stafford. This being the same tract of land conveyed to Arthur Oakley by W. L. Gillespie by deed, dated 22d of November, 1913 and recorded in the office of th? Clerk of Court for Chesterfield Coun ly, o. in ueea ttook No. ay, page 190. 2d. tract, containing one hundred and sixty-five (165) acres, more or less, known as a part of the Ainsley Poison estate lands; bounded by lands of the estate of Andrew McFurlan, lands of the Blue estate, now owned by Brasington or Gillespie, lands of W. L. Gillespie, lands of Joseph McQueen and lands of P. B. Poison. The ?aid lands lying near the S. A. L. Ry. Company's right of way and on Bog<y branch, and a plat of same made jy J. I). Evans, surveyor, September 30, 1911, will more fully show description and location of the said ands. This being the same tract of and conveyed to Arthur Oakley by Pressley B. Poison by deeed, dated i2d of November 1911, and recorded n Deed Book No. 33, pa^e 93, in the >lfice of the Clerk of Court for Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Terms of sale: One-fourth cash ind the balance in four equal annual payments with interest froip date of sale on deferred payments at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum. Purchas[?r to pay for necessary papers. This land is sold free of liens and purchaser will receive a jr?od and sufficient title in fee simple. C. K. WADDILL, Trustee. "What made you ask William ? ra, ~i u o?? <'aa i m i rwmr "I want to he able to say Billy Sunday." > "aM