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Ol)e (Tfyesterfiet&'Z^.&vertiset VOL. 37.?No. CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMER 14Tl918. ' $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE rtALt in tuxurt Ai-rtK FOUR YEARS OF BLOOD SHED Victory?and peace. After more than four years of struggling the rights of mankind are served. The greatest day in the history of nations has dawned. The German militaristic classes? arrogant beyond expression?are in defeat. The kaiser and crown prince are in flight?refugees in an alien country. Germanic kings and potentates no longer hold their sway. The allied arms are triumphant. Imperialistic Germany has met the fate that ultimately must come to any country that seeks to rule the world. i Deserted by all her allies, Germany ' on her knees, is accepting terms ot' capitulation which amount virtually to abject surrender. Except i'or actual hostile invasion, the once great European, power, the ambition of the ( Monarch of which was to dominate j over all, is in complete defeat < Beaten on the field of battle, the ' edict of the allied chief command is ^ , that the German armies shall retire ir.to their own homeland from all in^ voded territory. Impotent as the ( Germain armies shall be, also as im- ; potent shall be the German fleet ' Colonies are lost, and the hand that ' sougnt to reach out and attain additional territory is withered by the 1 ruhng of the supreme war council at 1 Versailles. ( Full Compensation ' The handwriting was on the wall 1 for Germany. Her troops had fought ' valiantly throughout the more than ( four years of warfare. But what had been considered in Germany an in- < vincible army was beaten in feats of < arms by the allied powers. Even be- i fore Germany's allies deserted her r the strength of the entente allies had ( become apparent. Unprepared, they t had resisted for more than three s years the assaults of an enemy who \ had been preparing for combat since ; the Franco-Prussian War. t With a determination that could i nover recognize defeat, Belgium, j France, Italy and Serbia were over- 1 run. Hard days were experienced by t the allies, but the smile of hopeful- i ness?of satisfaction in ultimate sue- j cess?never faded. When finally the ( United States was drawn into the war I STATEMENT OF THE THE FARM! Located at Chesterfield, S. C., at the < Resources Loans and Discounts ....$70,204.92 < Overdrafts 23,544.21 ! Furniture and Fixtures . . 2,060.07 1 Other Real Estate Owned 3,413.36 Due from Banks 4 and Bankers 25,791.29 ] Currency 1,289.00 i Gold 5.00 < , Silver and Other J) Minor Coin 462.38 < Checks and i Cosh Items 1,421.18 Other Resources, viz.: Liberty Loan Bonds .... 7,250.00 i W.S.S. atnd Thrift Stamps 864.25 j TOTAL $136,305.66 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD. Before me came W. D. Campbell, C i being duly sworn, says that the above condition of said bank, as shown by owurn 10 una suDscriDea Deiore me Correct Attest: J. T. Hurst, J. B. Streater, T. D. Huntley, Directors. STATEMENT OF TH THE PEOPI Located at Chesterfield, at the clo Resources . Loans and discounts ...$122,005.00 Overdrafts 3,4(30.12 Liberty Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank . .. 7,506.00 Furniture and Fixtures. . 2,200.00 Banking house 6,000.00 Due from Bamks and Bankers 35,912.39 Currency 1,325.00 Gold 110.00 Silver and Minor Coin' 200.67 TOTAL $178,714.24 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, rOITNTY Off r.HVRTITDPII'T r? Before me came C. P. Mangum, C being duly sworn, says that the above a dition of said bank, as shown by the b Sworn to and subscribed before ^ Correct Attest: J. L. Douglass, Geo. K. Laney, J. A. Campbell, Directors K . ,/ by Germany's continued violations of P international law and of the precepts of humanity, the gleam of the dawn of victory for world democracy rose in the sky. On the field of battle in France tl and Belgium the Germans were fast c being defeated when they flew the w white flag of submission and asked for terms of peace. Everywhere, J< from the Belgian coast to the Moselle River, the allies were pressing them. w It was only a matter of time when tl their armies would be decisively beaten on the battle field. Their great ^ fortified lines of resistance had crumbled successively under the impetus ( of the attacks of their foes. They sj were being harried everywhere from pillar to post. Even the great Rhine fortifications, it was foreseen, would c< prove no barrier to the onward rush of the victorious armies. Hence Germany, deserted by her allies, rec- tc ognized that defeat stared her in the lj face, and capitulated. ei Hope for Nation , j For Germany as a nation?shorn of her imperialistic and militaristic ^ ideas?the defeat may not prove in the long run of disadvantage. Al- <*1 ready the revolutions throughout the w country are tending toward demo- S( :ratization which may prove the snl- p: /ation of a country once controlled by war lords. u' Fighting on the battle fronts etid- 01 ;d at (J o'clock Monday morning, Eas.ern time, in the United States. The U armies of the allied forces at that g ;ime?even to the second?were hard u, larrying the enemy. m The British troops were fighting .heir foes across the Belgian frontier n Belgium. The French had all but 01 cleared the Germans from northern cj France Tre Americans were driving lorthward up the Meuse and Moselle ^ Rivers, threatening the onemy with xvj :apitulation by envelopment. ol The hostilities ended on the elev- <1i ?nth hour of the eleventh day of the w deventh month of 1918. The Ame- si ican infantrymen, in true sports- lu nunlike fashion, kept the time. Their :yes were an their wrist watches as ie hey advanced up the Meusc and Mo- Ll >elle sectors in the fear that they in vould fire a shot after the stipulat- Li id time for the cessation of hostili- ai ,ies arrived. Not one whit less exict in their sportsmanship were the is \merican artillerymen behind the ei ines, who awaited to the second the o ;ime for the calling off of the fight- il ng and then loosed from their big in juns?a thousand of them?a rain a >f shells as a parting salute to the de- ,v feated foe. ir ?????.?m b CONDITION OF 01 :rs bank CloBe of business November 1, 1918. Liabilities d Capital Stock Paid in ... $7,750.00 y Surplus Fund 2,500.00 S( Undivided Profits, less Cum t Expenses and \ Taxes paid 418.17 Individual Deposits \ subject to :heck $89,171.14 Time certificates I, jf Deposit .... 6,222.33 q Cashier's Checks 1,744.02 $97,137.49 t( Bills Payable, including Certificates for \ Money borrowed 28,500.00 n TOTAL $136,305.66 a S Q ishier of the above-named bank, who, and foreKoin^ statement is a true j. the books of said bank. W. D. CAMPBELL, Cashier. v this 12th day of November, 1918. C. C. DOUGLASS, Notary Public a >) c E CONDITION OF ( -ES BANK f se of business November 1st, 1918. 1 c Liabilities J Capital Stock paid in . . . $25,000.00 ' Surplus Fund 2,000.00 Undivided profits, less Current expenses and Taxes paid 34.77 Due to Banks and Bunkers 21,039.91 ' Individual deposits < subject to ch'k$96,765.98 Time Certificates of Deposit . . 18,636.11 Cashier's checks 237.47 t $115,639.56 ,* Bills payable, including ^ certificates for Money borrowed 15,000.00 TQTAL $178,714.24 j f ashier of the above named bank, who, i ind foregoing statement is a true con- < ooka of said bank. . < C. P. MANGUM. ) this 18th day of November, 1918. f. M. CANNON, Deputy Clerk of Ct. i 1 U... ? ? RSIDENT WILSON ANNOUNCES 1 GERMANY'S FINAL DEFEAT Washington, Nov. 11?Signing of i fie armistice with Germany was pro- ' (aimed to-day by President Wilson, 'ho also announced its terms at a , )int session of congress. j The terms ehrald the end of the 1 -ar because they take from Germany le power to renew it. Just before he went to the capitol le President in a proclamation adressed to his fellow countrymdn, t lid: f "The armistice was signed this < lorning. Everything has been ac-.? implished for which America fought, j ] ; will now be our fortunate duty t > assist by example, by sober, friend- ? ' counsel and by material aid in the stablishment of just democracy * iroughout the world." ^ Stripped of its malicious power, j le military autocracy, its masters t riven to exile, stands before the i orld's court of justice, having sub:ribed to terms of surrender which | robably will be recorded in history j 5 the niost drastic and complete ev- t r measured out to a defeated foe. i Reading of the full text of the 1 ;rms discloses measures the United tates and the allied governments s ave taken to gurantee that Ger- a mny's acceptance shall not be a i :rap of paper, and to insure the deruction of the military caste which t tice could secretly and of its single ; loicy distrub the peace of the world. \ When President Wilson concluded i is exchange of notes with Prince lax, then chancellor, administration t [ficials declared that if his course c id not bring about what they hoped f ould be more than an unconditional a irrcnder, it might bring about revoition in Germany. f Pdtnting to-day to the Hohenzolrn dynasty, dethroned and exiled, r le people's revolution sweeping Ger- ( any .and the terms of the armistice, \ lese officials felt their predictions e mply fulfilled. r Having lifted the yoke of militar- \ m from the peoples of the central moires the allies now turn to tasks 5 f humanity and mercy, to bind up i leir wounds and feed the hungry, leanwhile seeking to guide them to place in the family of nations from 1 hich they can take a part in assur- 1 ig that another such 1,600 days of < lood and horror need never come j gain. i ????? t RUBY ROUT 2 < Mrs. W. L. Melton visited Mrs. B. . Wadsworth Sunday. i A large crowd attended the birth- j ay dinner of Mrs. J. P. Melton j Wednesday, Nov. Gth-, and everybody i eemed to enjoy the occasion. Miss Jessie Melton visited Misses i lamie and Essie Wadsworth Sunday. ] Mrs. J. P. Melton and. daughter, liss Roxie, visited at the home of i tie Rev. J. D. Purvis Sunday. i Mr. J. P. Melton has received many iteresting letters from his son, Kir- < y, since he has arrived overseas. ] Mr. B. C. Wadsworth was in Ches- < srfield Monday on business. 1 Mr. Roy Melton visited his sister, i Irs. N. C. Jones, Saturday after- i oon 1 Mr. and Mrs. Joel Melton visited < t the home of Mr. B. C. Wadsworth j Saturday night. Mrs. B. C. Wadsworth was in Chesterfield shonninv last week. Little Miss Odell Melton visited i ittle Minus Ruth und Grace Wads/orth. CHESTER I ELD, R 4 , The farmers in this community are bout through gathering and are lanting large crops of wheat. There is not much sickness in this ommunity now. Mr. James Sutton, of the White )ak community died on Monday, Jov. 4th, at 7:15 p.m. and was laid o rest on Wednesday at Fork Creek hurch cemetery. Mr. Sutton was 74 rears of age. He leaves a wife, one >rot.her, two sisters, one daughter ind two sons to mourn his death. )ur heartfelt sympathy goes out to he bereaved ones. Mr. B. C. Clanton and family of he Sugar Loaf section, were motorng on this route Sunday. Miss Janie Smith visited in the Shiloh section last Sunday. School has opened at White Oak vith three teachers. Mrs. J W. Jordan, of our communiy, had an unusual experience last veek when a large hawk attacked ?L: ~\. iin _i? J : i icr I'liicnt'iiA. r* nun omv uiscovereu he bird he was so busy with the chickens that he did not see her and ihe laid him to rest with a scrub >room. We fellows down here in the sticks ihowed each other how expensive it vas to burn high priced ammunition >n Monday night when we all heard >f the end 'of Germany. TOWN TAX BOOKS OPEN Town Tax Books are now open tar the payment of taxes. See me it the store of W. A. Rivers T. E. MULLOY, , Clerk. LETTERS FORM OUR SOLDIERS Capt. W. L. Gillespie The following letter was recently received from Capt~ W. L. Gillespie, jf Company I, and was published last tveek in The Cheraw Chronicle. It fives some idea of the terrible strain jnder which our soldiers lived and fought during the last days of the terrible war. American Expeditionary Forces, France, Oct. 14, 1918 Fight, fight, fight, and then fight igain, and rush on, and on and on to ight more. This is the way we have lone now for almost a month. You limply cannot take in all. It is too nuch for the average man's brain to .ake in It is just one mad rush all he time. I cannot tell you or even (tart, it is beyond my ability to tell ?at least to write it now wihle my >rain is in a whirl. I cannot tell you >f the killed orgwounded yet awhile. 1?> nui juDi ouy my ucsi iriena is pone, de died leadinp Company I in the; % nost desperate fipht that has taken 1 dace this year. I have commanded the 3d Bripade N hrouph all the fiphtinp. This bat;alion has taken more prisoners and cilled more Germans and liberated nore French people thaln any other n this Division, and this Division has 1 nade a name for itself that it may C veil be proud of. Some of my men t limply went wild, mad, almost in- t lane. Some men in Company I killed c is many as 7, 9 10 and dne man 13 r lien.. j Great God, you should have seen i he dead, the wounded, the dyinp! t den foupht on for hours with severe I vounds, just simply would not pive j. lp as lonp as they were needed. i The ripht kind of men have no f ime to think of self, to think of fear i >r any thinp, but simply to push the j. ipht and to have but one thoupht, t ind that is to win. n Cheraw may be proud of her men, t or not a man failed to do his part, v John Tracey, the best amonpst the t nen, next McDonald, Corp. Bundy, Jorp Womaek and Corp Terrell?all vere shininp liphts There were oth- ty rs from Chesterfield county who did j. lobly but I name the Cheraw boys j vho stuck up in the ripht way. r Of course Mulloy did well, and ^ Serpt. Coward, too, until he left us r 'or school. i li. is iiu loiiKtr iun, 11 is too serious, i When you find an old lady killed ? jy the hand of the dogs your blood j joils, alnd it is hard to hold men i lown, and onesself too. Oh, I tell ? fou it is hard to keep from killing ill you come across. You should see i he countenances of some of the pri?- c >ners. i I am feeling well and can eat al- . nost anything from a horse down to j i rat, but I have not tried the rat fet. Horse is good eating when one i s hungry,but it is very seldom issued. . I feel that I am going back home i ind then I will tell you all that 1 can remember. Some of the first wounded are back i n the line again and one Company I ma3i has just had his second dose or wound. In some sense of physical courage I am more like a brute than buman, but when I look at the faces :>f the dead men that I loved I can't 1 help but cry, but the next moment i the burning hatred in my heart, and my ungovernable temper, have dried ( the tears and nothing at that moment would I hesitate to do if the Boche ' should come my way. My best friend is gone, and I hope that God will spare me long enough ? to avenge his death We left them \ dead and dying in heaps, but how many lives of Germans was Mulloy's worth? I am not just able to say. He is not the only one, but he was so loyal, so true to me. Of late he leaned unon me so. and had looked upon my words as law. Not for a j second questioning one little thing. He always went olf with "Alright, my Captain, you are right." "You aivalways right." I hope to get Clyde lmck, as he is a tresure, too, and he would be worth his weight in gold right now to nie. 1 cannot tell you all about a battle. I would not know which way to start or where to stop. Andrew R. Phillip* The following letter is from Andrew R. Phillips, Jr., son of the Rev. A. R. Phillips, of Chesterfield. Since the receipt of this letter word has been received that Mr. Phillips was wounded by a shell which burst in the air right over him. He is now in a hostpital in France. Dear Father: Sinco I arrived in France some months ago, we have been on two different fronts, and are now in reserve waiting the order to go forward, | which may come at any time of night or day. Since I have been over here, I have covered a great deal of France, and have seen many things that would seem odd in the United States. The people here are the hardest working people in the world, I believe. They are busy from daylight to dark, and then to bed. Most of the little towns are headquarters for the farmers. In other words there are no houses in the I country at all. Everybody Uvea in the I A ? __ . t a little villages and works the farms that surround it. Going back again to the war, I am now in a camp on the side of a hill :amoulflaged by the trees. You can jee a long distance from here and :an almost see where the shells are litting that come from the guns. Our ?uns have been roaring continually now for days and nights; it seems it vill never end. I can't say that I like the war and ( [ don't believe anyone else does, but [ can say that I am glad I am over t lere doing all I can for the country hat I serve. The motto of the Ame ican soldier is to do or die, and the nost of them do what is put up for hem to do or die in the attempt, have been through gas and artillery, >ut the worst I believe I have ever 'elt is the first night I was patrolling 'Mr. M I 1 ?? ^? ' n uaim. x ne iirst ieeiing >ne has when he first realizes where le is is something awful, but that 'eeling dies away, and he is soon as nuch at home out there as he is in ine of the many hay lofts in France, vhere 1 have spent enough nights to -all home. Will close now, hoping that all are veil at home. Love to all. Your son, Andrew. The War Department has canceled all draft calls for the present. Questionnaires will not be sent out o the men over thirty-six years old, >ut will be sent to the oighteen-year>ld boys at once. Examination of nen in Class 1 will continue to comiletion. The men in France will :ome home gradually for the next wo years, it being necessary for Jncle Sam to keep a large army to garrison the German forts and cities intil the former kaiser's hirlings paj 'or damage done in France, Belgium ind Serbia. It is thought that a rroat many of those in the army in his country will be sent to France md the boys now "ever there" be irought home, but if th;s is done it vill take many months to carry out he program. The many friends of Lieut. W. A. rtulloy regretted to hear that he was ailed in action on Oct. 11th, in eading Company I agaisnc the Gernans. Lieut. Mulloy's death has not ret been reported olfioiaiJy but the jews reached America in a letter 'rom Capt. Gillespie. Brooks Muloy was raised in the town of Chcserfield, the only child of the late E. Mulloy, who was County Auditor 'or several terms. He is a cousin of dr. T. E. Mulloy and Messrs. W. D. ind T. P. Craig. He is survived by lis widowed mother, who has the jympathy of a large circle of friends. 3rooks was a promising young man, in officer in the army with a future, le having refused promotion to a :aptaincy because he did not wish to eave Company I. He died leading .hose brave boys in a charge against he Hindenburg line. \ MEETING OF TANKSGIVING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON God havinc eraciouslv cmntml tr> he American and Allied armies victory over our foes and blessed all nankind with peace after moru than four years of horror, it is fitting that the people of Chesterfield County gather together and extend thanks to the Divine Ruler for his mercies. I hereby call upon the people" to assemble at the Courthouse Sunday afternoon, November 17th, at II o'clock, to hold a Thanksgiving service of praise to God for peace and victory. CHARLES L. IIUNLEY, Chm. County Council of Defense. CITATION NOTICE STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Chesterfield. By M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereas Mrs. Minnie B. Rivers made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of tht> Estate and effects of James B. Rivers, deceased, These ar(. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said James B. Rive deceased, that they be ami appear oeiore mo in tne Court of I'robate, to be hold at Chesterfield, S. C., on 27th November next, after publication hereof, at 1 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 12th day of November, Anno Domini, 1918. M. J. HOUGH, Probate Judge. THE BEST OfEverything TO EAT At Lowest Prices A. F. Davis Market Will pmy highest market pric* Ur Hid**. SNOWH1LL CONTRIBUTIONS TA The following contributions to the Second Red Cross War fund huve 1 come from the Snow Hill community, the ! B. P. Griggs, $1.00; Jus P. Teal, 'pa$1.00; G. T. White, $1.00; Mrs. Sa- ' rah Eddins, 50 cents. I FARMS FOR RENT ( 9 a A Two-horse and a One-horse j farm for rent; both within one-half | t mile of school at Mt. Croghan. Ap- j ply at once. 2p W. M. RATLIFF j j CARD OF THANKS 1 We wish to express our heartfelt J thanks to our many friends for their kindness shown us in our recent sickness. C. H. White and Family. TAX BOOKS OPEN J Tax books are open, beginning wisl Oct 15th, for the payment of taxes, the J. A. WELSH, nesi ? , dea CLOSING OUT SALE Mrs Big lot of Crimson Clover Seed at 12% cents per pound in the rough, F.O.B. Silver St., Newberry, S. C. J. J. DAVIS, Chesterfield, S. C. Adr NOTICE We h ave sold our entire stock of I hardware to Farmer's Hardware Co. ^ Please come in and pay your accounts promptly. Your credit will be known as you pay. We thank you for the ^ patronage you gave us while we were his in business. of \ 2tp MOORE & MOORE RABBITS FOR SALE Dec New Zealand lied Rabbits;4 months old $5.00 per pair. ! J. L. CRAWFORD, Cheraw.S.C. est f. ?S BUY? 1 WAR SAYINGS w STAMPS i i pap CONSTANTLY A- *" (iCO Bring Your Bun Problems To Us f Just at this time, pro lems of peace must b man should watch his and shoulc} form bankir upon. Make THIS your ba whatever might develoj ^ efficient co-operation. 1 you throw around you safeguards. Isn't this THE FARME ruby, south T. H. BURCH, R,. M. NEW: President. - V.-Pr Come to Hnrsit -Strf i Whether you wish t will give you the to your cotton and w soon as they can room. Have on he :Good Western Rede at $1.25 a hnsht Lime, the cheapest $6.75 a ton. Bring the Ladies. Miwill sell them Dry i*j anyone, quaiuy consi Will Have Seed Whe And you can aid by growing your ov freight room for t Hurst-Strea ,J ' ,X COLLECTOR'S ITINERARY [ will be at the following places on dates named for the collection of ices: 3heraw, November 25th 'atrick, November 26th. )usleydale, November 27th, .m. to 12 m. 1. K. Linton's, November 27th, o 4 p.m. klcBee, November 28th. Vngelus, Dec. 9th. lefTerson, Dec. 10th. 'ageland, Dec. 11th. rtt. Croghan, Dec. 12th. J. A. WELSH, Treasurer CARD OF THANKS Irs. M. F. Sellers and family h to thank their many friends of Angclus community for the kinds shown during the illness aifcid th of their daughter and sister, i. T. A. Johnson. NOTICE OF SALE hur Hurst in his own right and as ninistrator et al. Plaintiffs vs a Brown et al, Defendants, ty virtue of an order granted by Honor, Edward Mclver, Judge ;he Fourth Judicial Circuit, I will r for sale on the first Monday in ember between the legal hours sale before the Court House door said Coutny and State to the highbidder for cash: All that tract of land in said itate and County containing hirty-six acres more or less ounded on the North by Joiah Odom Lands, on the East y I'ress White Land, on the outh by Evans land, and on tie West by land of A. L. t'hite. urchaser to pay for all "necessary ers. I. P. MANGUM, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. . K. Laney, Atty. king blems of war?and perhaps probe faced. This means that every business more closely than ever. >g connections that he can RELY nk, and you can be certain that >, you can rely upon prompt and Furthermore, our officers will help r business the strongest possible worth considering? :rs bank CAROLINA SOM M. L. RALEY, esident Cashier. ^ater Co. o huy or sell. They p of the market for ill huy your seed as sell some and make ind 2,000 Bushels of aned Seed Oats il, and Agricultural grain Fertilizer, at ss Leiland Douglass Goods as cheap as dered at Soon your government by vn supplies and save he boys over seas. ter Co.