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The Chesterheld Advertiser PAUL H. HEARN Editor and Publisher. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year; six months, 75 cents.?Invariably in advance. Entered as second-class matter at the postoflice at Chesterfield, South Carolina. LESS COTTON, MORE MONEY The reasons for reducing the cotton acreage are so urgent that farmers, bankers, merchants of the entire South are organizing for the purpose of compelling, if necessary, a reduced acreage. The arguments that cotton farmers are already familiar with, mi.I ill i ^Vi..111.1 1. ;..o i ....v* v ?? v ii'iuiii iui? v in ii uviicvh 1111 * 111 in th< y irs past are that: A smali crop will bring a better price; a small crop of cotton will permit the raising of larger r ( .! crops; will require less labor ami less expensive fertilizer; if gemr !lv practiced will mean the financial .1 pemience of the South. UTAH'S MODEST SENATOR Senator McKellar, of Tennessee, evidently < light Senator Reed Smoot, of i fail, napping. Senator Smoot had Icon making a big noise about the '.ii e number of appropriations in" ie l"y the Democratic congressnien. Senator McKellar made the stall a.en; ihat ihe Utah senator should 1 v so critical of other Sep "to. , bee > was an actual fact thai v'ei r Smoot had asked fori appro;.!; for the State of Utah a la..: mount than any other senator in 1 .1 -s. He not only made nils <li.? < but proved it by giving itemized oaount.s of these appropriations, h? ginning with $2,UOO,UOO for 11 iiiilitai . tC'tdciiiy in Utah. The total for ill the appropriations asked for by . 1 tul. Senator amounted to $!,<' a,'?!'<). It . . b recalled that the women of to filled States petitioned the gov mi to prevent the seating of I'ee.; >ot in the senate, believing han t i 1j. a Mormon and having more than i .vile. They did not consider hi a safe person to ho entrusted \\'L : la v-making powers, fearing that the American home would t> the extent of- his influence, be in jeo;a: A (Jeraian paper ays that "Evcrything is lo.-t, including honor." An exa liare.' says, "That's wrong. With tin a. iltitude of innocent women and ciiildi' ii mistreated and killed hy the (leriaar. they bad no honor to lose." Ml-.N OF SMALL VISION I'v till' time the stat.psrm>n nf rica ;tr. tlir? utrVi with the peanut politicmns at Washington, I). C., we imi?g;ne the nation and the world at lurgt will have a just appraisement of their worth. When a man of small soul and narrow vision tinds himself in an important place facing great propo. itions, his smallness and narrownt ss seem to become divided or reduced to microscopic proportions. Just row the sickening spectacle before the country is certain .Republicans nr ! Democrats, led by Senator flora!) of Idaho, who, in their littlene.s of h< ft and soul, fail to see why the I nited States sent her army of two million "peace loving fighiing" men 'o 10urope. With all the reactionary force of which they are canal.. they are endeavoring to prevent the suecessfu! realization of the results of the great victory won. Our Senator Pollock declared to those men. calling some of them by name, thai they were trifling with the blood of the people, warning them to have a care. Kx-Presidcnt Taft, the greatest Republican of them all, said hi- would not trust those men over night with the Constitution, that the ignorance of Senator Pe?rah was eollossal. DON'T rI i.'NCE IN TOBACCO, SAY1 i> PT. OF AGRICULTURE W. *o i, Feb. 20.?"Plunging" in lonae ; wing to the neglect of other c is not justified by the present t no eo situation, which the depar' . of agriculture, in a statement i i I to day, describes as difficult. . ' "ritory where tobacco is a new ?, lecently introduced to replace c >r ui dor boll weevil conditions, as in portions of South Carolina and Oeorj-.ia, the best interests of the .armors, the statement says, appear to lie in the d< < ! opnent of a safe and w< !l diversified system of farming r.-.'her than t'? plunge from the uncertainty of cotton production into the po .sibly still greater uncertainty of tobacco production under existing conditions. While it is impossible, the statement declares, to arrive at the quantity of tobacco Kurope will he prepared to purchase during the r vt year or two, it seems likely that any considerable mcrtm. a over th? 1:UK crop in the flue cured section wou.d be followed by a- decline in market prices. The lurgast crop of tobacco the world has ever produced is being r. ^ ? I I murketed, and while prevailing: market prices are very high for some of the leading types, such abnormal prices are said to be due primarily to war conditions. The department points out that the country has grown three large crops of tobacco in succession, with no decided shortage in production of any of the leading types. PRESIDENT WILSON DEFENDS LEAGUE TO ENSURE PEACE President Wilson, who returned last Sunday from France, in a speech in Boston, said in part: "The Europe that I left the other day was full of something that it had never felt fill its heart so full before. It was full of hope. The Europe of the second year of the war, the Europe of the third year of the war, was sinking to a sort of stubborn desperation. They did not see my great thing to be achieved even when the war should be won. They hoped there would be some salvage; they hoped that they could clear their territories of the invading armies; they hoped they could set up their homes and start their industries afresh. But they thought it would simply be the resumption of the old life that Europe had led?led in fear, led in anxiety, led in constant suspicious watchfulness. They never dreamed that it would be a Europe of settled peace and of justified hope. "And now these ideals have wrought this new magic, that all the peoples of Europe are buoyed up and confident in the spirit of hope, because they believe that we are at the eve of a new age in the world when nations will understand one another, when nations will support one another in every just cause, when nations will unite every moral and every physical strength to see that the right shall prevail. "If America were at this jucture to fail the world what would be come of it? I do not mean any disrespect I to any other great people when I say j that America is the hope of the world, and if she does not justify that hope the results are unthinkable. Men will be thrown back upon the bitterness of disappointment not only but the bitterness of despair. All nation:, will be set up as hostile camps agains* the men at the peace conference, \tho will go with their heads upon their breasts, knowing that thpy have failed?for they were bidden not to come home from there until they did something more than sifcn a treaty of peace. "Suppose we sign the treaty of peace and that is the most satisfac-. torv treaty of peace that the confusing elements of the modern world will afford and no home and think about our labors; we will know that we have left written upon the historic table at Versailles, upon which Verge nncs and Benjamin Franklin wrote their names, nothing but a modern scrap of paper. No nations united to defend it, no great forces combined to make it good. No assurance given to the downtrodden and fearful people of the world that they hall be safe. Any man who thinks that America will take part in giving (he world any such rebuff and disappointment as that does not know America. "I invite him to test the sentiments of thu -nation. We set this up to make men free and we did not confine our conception and purpose to America and now we will make men free. If we did not do that the fame of America would he gone and all her powers would be dissipated. She then would have to keep her power for those narrow, selfish, provincial purposes which seem so dear to some minds that have no sweep beyond the nearest horizon. Think of the picture of utter blackness that wouhl 1 .11 (in the* world. America has failed ! "The arrangements of the present peace cannot stand a generation unless they are guaranteed by the United forces of the civilized world. And if we do not guarantee them cannot you see the picture? Your hearts have instructed you where the burden of this war fell. It did not fall upon the national treasuries. It did not fall upon the instruments of administration; it did not fall upon the resources of the nations. It fell upon the victims' homes everywhere, where women were toiling in hope that their men would come back. "When I think of the homes upon which dull despair would settle, where th's great hope is dissipated, I -hould wish for my part never to have had America play any part whatever in this attempt to emancipate the I world. I have no more doubt of the verdict, of America in this matter than I have doubt of the hlood that is in me." DISCHARGE NOTICE On March 1st, next, we will apply to the I'robate Court of Chesterfield County for a discharge as Executors of the will of John W. Griggs, deceased. E. L. GRIGGS, and JAS. W. GRIGGS, | p Executors. B. HARRIS REPORTS ON MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS B. Harris, Commissioner of Agri- ( culture, has returned from the great cotton conference in New Orleans and brings back the following statement showing the results of that meeting: * WHEREAS, The accumulation of large stocks of cotton in the hands of the farmers and merchants of the ' South financed by the bankers of the same section, and the drastic decline in price to figures below the cost of production, due to past war trade disorganization, to the scarcity of ocean tonnage, to the restrictions on 1 trade imposed by foreign nations, to { the every attack of interests favor- j able to low prices for cotton regardless of the welfare of producers, and to the general uneasiness in regard 4 to the uncertainties of the reconstruct ( tion period, have participated upon the cotton producing, mercantile and ? banking interests of the South, a y crisis frought with grave menace to the present welfare of the section, as * well as to the future prosperity there- i of; and, F Whereas, The cotton interests in , question, with no desire to exact any monopoly-fixing price but with the ( determined purpose of securing a remunerative return for their world- * used commodity, have within their i own hands the infallible means of ; reclitylng the abnormal, unjust and ( menacing conditions by which they arc confronted, by an intelligent ad- ' justment of the next twelve months 1 supply to a point which \Vill stimulate ] lagging demand and challenge any , ulterior efforts on the part of their adversaries through conspiracy or < other artificial means to depreciate , the price of their product and deprive ] them of the same without just com- , pensation: NOW, Therefore be it by the Cotton States Cotton Acreage Reduction Convention, assembled in the City of New Orleans, February 17th and ljfth, 1919: RESOLVED: 1st: That this Convention hereby declares that at this jucture a reduction oi at least one-third of the 1918 cotton acreage and the planting of largely increased food crops is impertively necessary for the present welfare and future prosperity of the South, and this Convention ar.J the several farmer, merchant and banker members thereof, pledge themselves in their several capacities tlyough their own actions and through their determined influence, to produce the desired end. 2d: That this Convention declares that if the foregoing acreage reduction platform is carried out there will be no necessity to sell any part of the present crop for other than remunerative prices, and the Convention hereby pledges itself and its members and affiliations not to sacrifice the present crop but to hold the same until demand calls for it at such prices. .'id: That the farmers, merchants and bankers of the South should organize their force and influence to the end that the acreage rcduotion and holding campaign shall be carried vigorously into every county and sub-division thereof in every cotton growing State; that in furtherance of ?v.:o ....oi-i.... vino 11 IV. not ? v i (iiii)iai^n VIIV/JV: uiatua which are already organized should earnestly prosecute the work so well begun, and those States which as yet are not organized should proceed at once to marshal their forces and in so doing should utilize the machinery of the State Councils of Defense, where available, and the State and County Agents of the Agricultural and Educational Departments of such States; that in all counties in which public organization meetings have not been already held, such meetings should be held on Saturday, February 22d, for the purpose of ratifying '.!?_ acreage reduction and cotton holding movement and securing the written pledges of all concerned, and it is recommended that said day or such day as may be appointed shall be declared a holiday and all stores in such meeting place be closed. 4th: That any man who because his neighbors and the cotton producers generally are reducing cotton acreage, shall for selfish ends undertake to profit through such general action by increasing his own acreage or by refusing to reduce the same, uch man shall be deemed to lacking in public spirit and good citizenship as to forfeit the confidence and support of the community in which he lives. r.tU . Tl 4 si 1 f1i_i ! tun . i nut tn? scvurai oiaie orKam- b /.utions in charge of the movement) should in the near future, at a time! and place to be designated by the Chairman of this Convention, send delegates to a meeting called by the said Chairman for the purpose of reporting upon the work accomplished 1 and considering the formation of a permanent organization of the farm- j ers, merchants and bankers of the South dedicated to the purpose of securing for the cotton producer a just return upon his investment of money ' or toil. One On Him The lawyer was cros*-e\amining a. witness to a robbery: k."When did the robbery take' place?" he asked. "I think?" began the witness. "We don't care what you think, sir. We want to know what you know." i "Then if you dont' want to know what I think I may as well leave the i stand. I can't talk'without think|ing. I'm no lawyer," I TWENTY MISERABLE T YEAR^ HE PASSED GOT TO PLACE WI.iRE HE FELT c< HE WAS NO LONGER ANY fi GOOD TO THE WORLD si pi WAS SHAKY AND NERVOUS tc a] \ . si S?yi Tanlac Not Only Relieved His C( Suffering But Caused 15 P1 Pounds Increase ^ di "It's worth a thousand dollars to pCel like I do now, since Tanlac has t\ aken away the trouble that kept me ct n misery for the last twenty years," es ;aid M. B. Daniel,'a well known farm- ^ ?r living on Route No. 3, Abbeville, tu 3a., a few days ago. el "Whenever a man suffers as long ,n is I did he gets to the place where f* 1 le feels he is no longer any good in he world," he continued, "and that jn s just the way I felt. Long ago I rc jot so weak I could not carry on my c? vork, for spells of stomach trouble ind nervousness just made it torure for me to try to cat, and the rouble I had would ;>t let me sic U| it all. Many a nigi ! h:.ve sta'1 ^ iwako until mornin; . ' > % ; ^ lervous I could not even doze. My g, leart would flutter and act queer un- r< ill I Was afraid it would stop, and w [ became so blue 1 fell like 1 did not ^ nuch care if it did. "I would have been well enouj. i j. iatisfied to have my suffering relieved, but that was not all that Tanlac has done for me. I have gained 1) r< pounds in weight since I started lal - ^ ing it. I can eat as hearty a meal as if I never had stomach trouble, ^ and my strength has come bats to the extent that 1 can do as much work in a day now as 1 could before y I became sick. I feel like a new man ^ all over, and I am glad to tell any- ^ body just what this wonderful Tan- r lac has done for me." v Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold by The Chesterfield Drug Co., Chesterfield, S. C.; T. E. Wanamaker A Sons, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Drug Co., ^ Mt. Croghan, S. C.; MoBee Drug Co.. j1 McBee, S. C.; Pageland Drug Co.. u Pageland, S. C.; J. T. Jo\?ers &. Sons, j Jefferson, S. C. Adv C - 'Usro' X. 7 read mmA. jA The More You 1 The More You N Your car's usefulness is ii It is becoir.'n j lore y \d to you?both in your i>? sin For that very reason- you more than ever. The out-and-out depend tremendous a demand for timet of war is just as desir It reduces tire troubles t< multiplying the usefulness < the cost of operation on a i United States 'Nobby', 'C are the most popular fabric all the strength and stamina have taught us to put into 1 There is also the Unite the finest built for pass< Our nearest Sales and Se exactly the treads you neei roads you travel. He will gladly help you ] United St< are gogc .... :i , HE COTTON BELT IS ORGANIZING Columbia,?Throughout the entire )tton belt it has been determined to irnish the names of all farmers who gn the pledge of reduction in acre?e and fertilizer to the county for ublication and to State headqaarrrs for publication in the daily press, so all names of those who refuse to gn are to be in like manner furnish1 to the county papers for jblication and also to the State jadquarters for publication in the lily press. There is a race on between each of ie States of the cotton belt and hereon each county of the States to implete the securing of these pledgi as quickly as possible. All of the representatives of each ' the States are to meet from time i time for the purpose of, not only lecking the work done in the securg of pledges for reduction in acre?e and fertilizer in their own State, Jt each State of the cotton belt. It has been arranged to hold regur meetings of the State officials at Kuiur .inwrvais ior me purpose of invassing the work throughout the itire belt and at the completion of ic work a regular meeting of repre ntatives of each of the States will i held for the purpose of checking p the pledges of each State, so that 5 icre will be no possibility to leave at any section in the entire belt, and , , ic plan for reduction of acreage of 3 1-3 per gent, and 50 per cent. 1 eduction of commercial fertilizers ill he uniform throughout the belt, his is the most complete, systematic nd thoroughly organized plan for ie reduction of acreage and fertizers ever put on in the cotton belt. The entire South realizes the normous task it has on hand and ealizes that the loss of this fight will e one of the greatest disasters that ver struck the cotton country. The outh is determined to win. Do your full duty by holding the Var Savings Stamps after you buy hem. The government receives no ienefit if you immediately demand edemption. Buy all you can. Keep /hat you buy. TRESPASSING FORBIDDEN I hereby forbid all tresspassing or auling of wood, lightwood, or other iroperty from the estate of W. C. 'urvis without permission from the indersigned. (Miss) IDA PURVIS )r, D. F. DOUGLASS, Agt. tf Use Your Car eed Good Tires ncreasing every day. more of a real necessity ess and home life. i need good tires, now, lability that created so United States Tires in able today. o the vanishing point? of your car and putting *eal thrift basis. hain\4Usco\and 'Plain* tires built. They have our years of experience tires. d States 'Royal Cord', ( enger car use. rvice Depot dealer has A for your car and the pick them out. ites Tires I Tires h;f - ' Jfafa1 , i surpassed raised a family of eight in her story | remarkable. Thousands of families | are larger. The history of the Koch family In unique In that the mother, with all her loving care, pinned her faith to a simple home remedy'and never had a doctor for her children. Here Is what she says: "Peruna has done my children good. I have a family of eight and never had a doctor, only, your medicine. We all think Peruna a splendid tonic." So far as we have learned. Peruna is the only known remedy for which such a wonderful claim can be made. Like Mrs. Koch, there are thousands noon tHounnnria n* mothers who place their entire dependence upon Peruno. That Peruna has merited this conlldence is attested by the words NOTICE OF SALE \ State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield. Court of Common Pleas. E. M. Railings, plaintiff, V8 W. M. B aylor, defendant. Pursuant to order of foreclosure and sale made and signed in the above entitled action on the 12th day of February, 1919, by Hon, Edward Mclver, resident Judge of the Fourth Circuit, I will sell during the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Monday in March, 1919, the same bei(pg the third duy of the same month, at public auction, before the Courthouse door at Chesterfield, S. C., to the highest bidder for cash,-the following described premises: "Lot number E, containing fourteen (14) acres, more or less, of one tract, Commission Land in Chesterfield County, South Carolina as per plat recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. Said lands being tract conveyed to the said W. M. Taylor by M. F. Ansel, et al, in deed of April 23d, 1907 and recorded in Book 24, page 750, office of Clerk of Court Chesterfield County." Purchaser or purchasers to pay for necessary papers and pay all taxes due upon said premises. I. P. MANGUM, Clerk of Court. DISCHARGE NOTICE On the 27th day of February next, I will apply to the Probate Court of Chesterfield County for a discharge as Executor of the will of John James, deceased. B. D. McCOY, Executor., Jan. 27, 1919. DISCHARGE NOTICE On the 27th day of February 1919 at 11 a.m. we will apply to the Prorv 4 - r r*I A n i i /s uuic i,uun ui ^numiT|iei(i county, S. C., for a discharge aa( exec jtors of the will of E. N. Redfearn, <'. ceased., A. M. REpFEARN, Z. T. REDFEARN. Executors Jan. 27, 1919. KEPT HER AWAKE The Terrible Paint in Back and Sides. Cardui Gave Relief. ' I Mark?ville, La.?Mrs. Alice Johnson, of this Mace, writes: "For one year I suffered with an awful misery in my back and sides. My left side was hurting me all the time. The misery was something awful. 1 could not do anything, not even sleep at night. It kept me awake most of the night... I took different medicines, but nothing did me any good or relieved me until I took Cardui. . . f was not able to do any of my work for one year and I got worse all the time, was confined to my bed off and on. I got so bad with my back that when I stooped down I was not able to straighten up again ... I decided I would try Cardui ... By time I had taken the entire bottle I was feeling pretty good and could straighten up and my pains were nearly all gone. I shall alwavs oraise Cardui. I con Unucd taking it until I wu strong and well." If you suffer from pains due to female complaints, Cardul may be just what you need. Thousands of women who once suffered in this way now praise , Cardui for their present good health. Hive it a trial. NC-133 Catarrh Cannot Be Cured With LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, at they cannot reach tha Beat of the disease. i Catarrh la a local diseaae, greatly in- | fluenccd by conatitutlonal condltlona, and in order to oura It you muat taka an intarnal remedy. Hall'a Catarrh Cure la taken Internally and acta thru the bloed on the mucoua surfaces of the ayatem. Haifa Catarrh Cure was prencrlbed by one of the baat physicians In thla country for yaara. It la composed of aome of the beat tonlca known, combined with aoma of tha beat blood purifier*. The perfect combination or the Ingredients In Haifa Catarrh Cora la what producea auch wonderful results In catarrhal conditions. Bond for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENBY * CO., Props., Toledo, a 1 All T>rus(>ota. 7Sc. .1 Hall's Family Pills (or constipation, j ? *> I?H fojynacf <t Doctor ^ Reared Her Family WITH IPLE HOME REMEDY i American Mother Beats Them All Eire few families in which the Mrs. Gustave Koch, Box 24, * Ceokuk County, Iowa, has been L Not in the fact that she from such mothers Us Mrs. Gustavo. Koch. Long life to her! Peruna Is Indicated for coughs, colds, catarrh of the head, nose and throat, or disorder of the stomach, bowels or other organs due to catarrhal tnilammution of the mucous linings. If you ore sick and suffering, write the Peruna Company, Dept. S-80, Columbus, Ohio, for Dr. Hartman's Health Book. It Is free and you may find that Peruna Is what you need..Dr. Hartman's World Famous Peruna Tonic comes In either liquid or tablet form. Ask your dealer. If you are seeking health, do not accept "something Just as good." Insist upon Peruna Tour dealer will give you a Peruna Almanac. State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield. # Court of Common P1??? A. M. Sompayrac, Plaintiff, ( vs. NOTICE OF SALE T. S. Sweat, et al, Defendants. Pursuant to order of foreclosure and sale made and signed in the above entitled action on the 11th day i _ of February, 1919, by Hon. Edward Mclver, resident Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, I will sell, between the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Monday in March, 1919, the same being the 3d day of the said month, ? at public auction, before the doors of the Couft House at Chetserfield, South Carolina, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described premises: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the State and County, aforesaid, containing one hundred and thirty-six (136) acres, more or less, known as the Stooping Pine Tract, which was conveyed to the said Annis P. Floyd by W. J. Hanna, Clerk of Court, by deed dated 23d of November, 1891, duly recorded." "Also all of that certain tract, piece or parcel of land in the County and State aforesaid, containing four hundred and eighty-six (486) acres, known as the Sweat tract and is further described as bounded: North by land of Frank Wilkes; south by land of John Brown; west by land of Lock Brown and east by Innd of W. J. Johnson." Purchaser or nurchasers to rinv for necessary papers and pay all taxes due upon said premises. I. P. MANGUM, Clerk of Court for Chesterfield County, Acting as Master. Pollock & Pcrucs for Plaintiff. ? DISCHARGE NOTICE On the 10th day of March next, I will apply for a discharge as administrator of the estate of G. L. Z. Horton. J. R. HORTON, p Administrator. DR. L. H. TROTTI, 4 Dental Surgeon Chesterfield, S. C. | Office on second floor in Rosi Building. All who desire my services will please see me at Chesterfield, as I have discontinued my visits to other towns. DR. R. L. McMANUS Dentist Office over Bank of Chesterfield. Will visit Pageland every Tuesday; Mt. Croghan every Wednesday. Other days in Chesterfield. Prices reasonable. All work guar . anteed ? J. ARTHUR KNIGHT Attorney-at-Law Office in Courthouse Chesterfield, S. C. . HANNA A HUNLEY ?Attorneys? n. Hi. iianna, C. L. Hunley, Cheraw. Chesterfield Office*: Peoples' Bank Bldg., Chesterfield Bank of Cheraw Bldg., Cheraw ^s* ASHCRAFTS Condition Powders ; A high-class remedy for horses 9 ! and mules in poor condition and I in nr ed of a tonic, builds soli* ' 4 muscle and fpt; cleanses the sy.t i tern, thereby prodvftins: a smooth glossy coat of hair. Packed is * doeea.25c.bo*. 8ott bf . r f- ?auiin ?..? :4^S.