Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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KC.IS CKUoO IVKJ k Cheruw Chronicle: iv.ety American soldier and sailor on duty overseas will receive a Christinas package from the /unerican ived Cross and as l'ar as possible the Kilts will be distributed on Christmas e.e from a Christmas tree by a Santa Claus, it was announced at headquarters of me A llan lie Division. More than 100 tons of iFLs have been sent already. Kach package contains from four to six articles, including pocket knives, trench mirrors, tobacco, puzzles, hard candies, writing pads, pencils and mouth organs. Soldiers and sailors at home will be remembered also and lor this puipuse 1,750,000 packages have been allotted to the various camps and cantonments, it was announced. The class in surgical dressings began last week with 15 members and nas already made splendid progress .Urs. Lynch hopes 10 organize another class later 011. ?t.w mtai, iiiijiui tuiao 01 mis 11110 of woi'k cannot bo to much emphasized. A Red Cross nurse recently returned irom France s.iys: "there is gr? at demand for surgical supplies and this demand is increasing every day. "bandages are being used over again, but are washed and sterilized unless impossible to use." We need very greatly at Head- I quarters a good sewing machine. In ' deed this need is becoming acute and is hindering the work. If someone will lend us a good machine it will certainly be counted a most patriotic service. Of the two machines there, one has not been in use for more than 20 years, and th<- other is no better. uuiui,v mi-re must oe someone wno will supply this much felt want. We have been busy at Headquar-1 ter fe.- some days in tfettinn off boxes to the "boys.' i nirty (!h?\. tin. s pact >e.-s were sent U.Sl v eeV to the "boys ' in franco and fifij four pa.- .utp's will be sent tiiis \.cek to the various camps at home. In addition, comfort bits were sent last week, and this v. ee?-. a package of I! <spilal bed shirts, also a p-...' (n-,. ,,f knitted articles will be sent. the school children in ..i i.-. iiitiicl Godfrey's room are sending very int"resting scrap books, nhiesi they ha.c made, t*> itit sold>ers in I* ranee. '"There art- now in th British ar tiy son Red Cross nurses from America K"ioK in units of about <><> nurses, 'JO doctors and I JO enlisted men. Tht i t arc hospitals in barracks, tents and clubs. About J,000 nurses tire to jj" from this eoulnry this winter, and tibout loo women' have H'ono for canteen v >rk at the sin irestion of (Jen. f; hinjf-" I \ nuise just fi nil ('anipaijriie says i that last winter mils tin.I ej.-;c-:' couldn't he bought there except for, the liabies and the sick and then t?y' order of the doctors. N'o but.cr was! tti tie had. Coal was $70.00 a ton,; but this was caused by mismanagement. Hot water could be had only on Saturday nivht She also says I there is constant rain over there for more than 200 out of the '{ ? "? days. j I The American women must realize now (hat they nuisl economize and that there is a tremendous amount of work to be done. | CHESTERFIELD R 4 The box slipper at Wh'ie ita', l ist week was a ^rand sure t?ur younir friends seemed t<> enjoy the, occa ion especially welt, many of * * 1 : - ... . ?. i. ~^~ i: r r.. mem laying in inrtrc -oi|?pni*H mm i uture use, apparently. Everybody had irood time. Miss Theresa McDonald and others, ??f Pond Hollow attended the box supper at White Oak. Messrs. B. C. and D. A. Clanton, of near I'atriek, were visiting on this route Saturday. Messrs. Henry and Kr? in and Miss AUie Odom and Miss .lanie Smith, of this route, motored to the Palmetto section last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. J. N. Radelilf is very sick at the present. Best wishes to The Advertiser and its many readers. CHERAW LOCALS , Special to The Advertiser. Quite a deal of excitement was stirred up on Monday when it became reported that some suspected alien enemies were on the island in Great 1 Pee Dee River that is just south and below the trestle on the main line of the Seaboard froip Hamlet to Atlanta. When the police force of ! Rockingham and the posse comitatas arrived on the scene it was found | that the parties were deserters from | Camp Greene at Charlotte. They have been returned to the military j authorities for court martial. Mr. C. II. Rivers of Chesterfield, j who is in the auto business was in I town Tuesday. One of the new Red Cross Ambulances being used by the U. S. Government passed through Cheraw on Tuesday en route to Gamp Jackson. These trucks have complete equip' tnent for field work huvini* the t stretchers, etc. in a handy place in a container on the side of the truck. Chester Kirby (very colored) was j the recipient of a free ride to Page! land and return on the Chesterfield land Lancaster Roalroad jitney at the I expense of the town authorities on \ Monday. Chester who is black and l'ttle allowed his fingers to come in contact with something that was ; some one's own and the usual result i < > .. - - - I 01 conesive attraction followed which I was in turn followed by arrest and a ! plaster of ten or ten applied by Ma- i yor Spruil. Chester very reluctant- | ly took that part of the sentence | which has 240 hours and was sent | to Pagcland to assist Supervisor j Knight as an engineering expert or , water boy as the need might arise, j In the mean time the ancestors of which he' is possesed raised the 1000 cents necessary and so Chester caught the next Cheraw bound train looking r?00 per cent, whiter than when he left as his mouth was open showing his teeth. Mr. Jim Rivers was in town on Monday en route to Chesterfield from his plantation at Thompsons Siding. Mr. Rivers has recently become a I great admirer of the efficiency of our i country's railroads having ordered a | c.w of h .y for e\pe i a! February delivery and receiving same in about ? a week after ordering. I Mr. Wilson McCreighi, was in Chesterfield on business Tuesday. j Miss Annie Darentine and Mrs. I), i I!. Laney of Chesterfield wt re in Cheraw on Monday afternoon being accompanied by Mrs. James Barer.I tine of Wilmington, X. C. Mrs. Bni rentine will spend the winter in BosI tun. 1 All trains passing through Cheraw are running late and very much crowded. It is reported that the ! railroads will not sell any holiday ex- ! cursion tickets this year as all their equipment will he husy in Uovernment service. A rm at many fruit trees are bein j? delivered from this point t?> the fin.cms of the surrounding country. Only trees from hm'h jjrade nurseries should he purchased for the best results and the trees now leinjj deliver e<| have the appearance of line stock. The Chcraw Cotton Mill will soon be in full operation. The power line is hcinft huilt as the juice will he furnished by the Yadkin Kiver Power Co. This will mean an addition of about two thousand to the town in population, when the employees and their families are all here. Miss Mautfie Moore, who lived with her sister, Miss Olivia Moore, near Kollocks, was found dead in the yard of their home sit K o'clock Tuesday I night. These two ladies, now grown ' old, lived together in the home of their father, Mr. Henry Moore. On | the night of her death Miss Maggie ' had stepped into the yard and had j heen gone only a short time when j found dead l>y her sister. She was j hild in the highest esteem by all who knew her. BROCK'S MILL Our box supper at Brock's Mill, school house, will be held Tuesday night, Dec. 1 lib. Everybody is invited. i Prayer meeting every Wednesday night and Sunday school every Sunday at s'iO p.m. NOTICE All those indebted to the estate.of the late I. J. Davis arc requested to call and settle at once. All who have claims against the said estate should present the same' duly verified, ni once. It M. H. WATSON, Adm'nistrfu ?i\ I COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK An enthusiastic meeting was held in the Court House Monday, by quite a number of our citizens when it wus determined that the capital stock of the County Fair Association should be increased to $5000.00 in order that funds might be on hand with which to construct necessary buildings and fence the new fair ground. Every one present was of the opinion that the County Fair was accom- ' plishing a good deal along agricul- ! tural lines, and in the raising of bet- ' ter live sloe1-, swine and poultry, j The subscription will be open until January the first, in order to give every one in the Cuonty a chance to come in. If you have not already subscribed, kindly mail your check to me secretary or the County Fair, and certificate of stock wil be forwarded to yotj. Shares are $1.00 each. The following new stock has | already been subscribed. , One Hundred Shares J. A. Welsh, J. C. Rivers, M. J. Hough, I. P. Mnngum, A. W. Hursey, L. II. Trotti, D. P. Douglass, C. L. Hunley, J. G. Hursey. Fifty Shares. J. II. Bittle, Chesterfield Dry Goods . Co., I). II. Laney, W. P. Odom, C. C. Douglass, It. E. Rivers. Twenty-five Shares. ~ I J. W. Hanna, W. J. Tiller, T. E. Mulloy. |r Twenty, Shares. '1 F. W. Rivers. Ten Shares. A. F. Davis, J. II. Johnson, Joe H. Culberson, Ira C. Redfearn, W. J. Hanna, T. L. Ilanna, L. B. Rivers, R. T. Redfearn, D. E. Redfearn, W. M. Redfearn, W. J. Odom. Five Shares L. A. Campbell. HONOR ROLL Shiloh School First Grade?Velma Douglass, , Irene Kelly, Gatha Therrell, Perry Sellers, Sarah Belle Rivers. ! Advanced First Grade?Edwin Da- | vidson, Rhetle Sellers, Ruth Sowell, rjster Sowell, Basel Funderburk. | Second Grade?Mattic Lua Gardner, Davis Rivers, Virginia Davidson 'lhird Gruilc?Nelson Gardner, Herman Gastrins, Leslie Rivers, Leo- t ua Therrell. i ' Fourth Grade Terry Gaskins, * Virginia Middleton. Fifth Grade -Odessa Sellers. Seventh Grade?Blanche Gaskins, 1 Cora Ilurst, Mary Hurst, Tonnnie ! Sowell. Eighth Grade?Laban Brown, Minor Gaskins, Hurley Irby, Claude Rivers. Ninth Grade?Leonard Gardner, Minnie Smith. i SNOW HILL I Mrs. I. R. Mellon and son I'aul spent Saturday and Sunday in the Wexford section. Little Ernes! on I Virgil and Gordon Gardner wore tain n to th<* Char- t lotto hosnital b .i v.-...Lr ?- ?? ' "I"-'"- ' tion on the tonsils, ''hey arc til get- I tinvr along nicely at ihis time. ?lrs. Thomas Sinus, of Richmond, ( Va., is spending a f ?\v week:' here with relatives and friends. Remember, preaching at Snow Hill Sunday at 1 1 o'clock by the Rev. Julian Campbell and at Friendship at 11 o'clock Mr. Isaac Davis and daughters' spent So'..I ?y in Columbia visiting Mr I) v son Clinton. Mr. lien Davis, assistant cashier of = the Farmers' Hank, spent Sunday at the borne of his parents, Mr. and """" Mrs. I.. B. Davis. MAY STILL ENLIST IN ARMY AND NAVY Recruiting Station, IJ. S. Army, Cfieraw. The following is a copy of a telegram sent to the Savannah headquarters for this recruiting district: Washington, I). Dec. 1. Between now and December 15th, it is desired to atrord registrants as wide an opportunity as possible to enlist in both Army and Navy. Therefore, any registrants, even though he has been called by his local board to report for physical examination may enlist until Decerni ber 15th, upon presentation to the 1 recruiting oflicer of a certificate i from his local board that he will not j be needed to fill any deferred per centagc of the quota of the board. Voluntary enlistments of all registered men is pr< hibiled .m and after 12 o'clock noon, Decmber 15, 1917. McCAIN, i.-.it ic Gil. > ti F. Army. JW /J) ^Vbui Back i^^Dsay j lUZIANNt Luzianneh @ V No, Ma'am. J2tcrX\ > J * to the jud| )\WA y\\ old coffee ha? table or not* "*"* "wi that Luzianne !!>? R?ihr-T"vt<*rC* better than an; ^""'"T,|.pi>. ^ near the pric "L- ? you back ever The Luzianne Guarantee: grumbling ab If, after using the contents Give Luziann of a can, you are not satisfied . , in every respect, your gro- JUSt how gOO cer will refund your money. for profit-shar ine Taylor Compan "'V ? : Zfrank of %kti Oldest Bank In Oheitc We solicit your business. Wc pay inti We Jnvite X(ou to Your Patronage wanted. Who it will receive courteous SAFETY DEPOSIT OUR MOTTO: "STRENGTH A ND R. E. Rivera, President. ( M. J. Hough, Vice-Preaident. D. L. fDELOHJ ru-t-i-ii t? t? sg luicviriuiy r or cvw At last a complete electric plant tha able and economical, that electric are now available anywhere and f< M Now you may have the comfort and convei in your home and out-buitdinjs?brilliau 0 Delco-Light will do most of your chores power for the smaller machines. ^ ; / Let us bhow you bow it will pay for itae! ?J| saved. |Hjh&l Home Light & J CHARLOTTE, I Dtico light- V V3sK^aEaH5Lzet^F 3fssf. *smi "The Joy of the Oj Is never better n in a Hudson bup< Whether it ^ is f( ride on the boulc to the co mtrv or continei t, t ie Six will >,ivc you HUDSON t^TLT* W tl n/vM V, w C2? lint" - ???' ?*!" WUUCI -UIA UftJl A 1C4or / j vow . . V. to be plcasar.t. as the i tper-Si: vital if.y< ur tiip i; by mech nical sb Phnel. 7-rv m. J1C50 Cabriole' iu, 1950 Touring ..j,. i - 2179 Spwdittr, 1750 (All Prlcaa f. I J. O. TAYl.OS MT. CROGHAN, SOUTH ( 'Money W^ : if you ; i su - ; as nothing up its sleeve. ~ You yourself are going ge of whether this fine, \ ? a right on your family If you are not satisfied ( goes farther and tastes pother coffee at anywhere e, your grocer will give y penny you paid. Stop out your present coffee. ie a chance to show you d a coffee can be. Ask ing catalog. Eirnffno y, New Orleans ^ 4 I iter Held rfield crefl cn timt deposits Visit Us thrr large or small attention ^ BOXES J I 4 SECURITY." 2. C. Douglas*, Cashier. Smith, Assist. Cashier. II _____ w kSTI Z y Farm I t is so simple, reli* m light and power m or any purpose. r, cool, safe. jW because it provides H ^ ? f in time and labor |1 Wer Co. I jen Road" jJk> ppreciatcd than ei-Six. , or an e^cnujfc 6 :vard, a run out a t: ip across the Hudson Superconfidence cl a : Pits Suf.rr:al if your trio is Endurance such k has shown is s to be unmarred lortcomings. Town Cur - - 2925 Town Car Land. 3025 Llmouilrw - 2925 Limouiine Land. 3025 o. b. Detroit) j Agent 3AR0I/NA 1 *4