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. ___ ..... - Ml m I II mm MI ill III I WW * -am p % Ol)e Cfyesferfietd "^Advertiser > VOL. 38.?No. 3 CHESTERFIELD, S. C.? THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE I BTTPB4 PDDM ?ni nlCDO I ?* ?? I ? I Prt. William E. Huntley To James B. Huntley: I wonder how you are getting on tonight. Allo.k I hope. I am doing ( fine, and having a real good time. With two of my friends I went for a walk a few Sundays ago. We < went up a long hill to an old French ' church that was erected Vi 1681. \ It was built of large stones, the walls being nearly three feet thick. The ] roof was made of large slate rock, ' that had been gathered up and cut J by hand. On our return we met on ' old Frenchman who had been hunt- ' ing." He had killed two wild hogs J and had them on a wheelbarrow j bringing them home. ' The French people don't build : their homes as we do in the States. 1 They build them all together as little towns are built in the States. There- * fore there is plenty of vacant land between the villages, where game 1 is found. The country is very hilly. ? I am sending you a list showing 3 how the divisions will embark for the ^ States. I will close by asking you to ^ writp real anrtn (n vnur affortinnata ' brother, William E. Huntley. J ? Frank P. Vaughn ' To Mr. Thos. F. Curtis: < Mayschoss, Germany. I received your card yesterday and was indeed glad to hear from you and to know you are all well. I am well and having a good time. Evan is off on a fourteen-day leave. ' He left Sunday. I hope he will have a good time and from the reports of other boys returning from leave, I don't see how he can avoid a good | time. I don't know whether 1 will " get a leave or not. I have been on several short passes up and down the ' Rhine. I have been from Coblenz to Coin and you may bet your life it ' was some trip. I wish you could have 1 been with me. Believe me, boy, there is something to be seen on the River Rhine. I first took a.trip from Remargen to Coblenz on the train. We went up the banks of the Rhine all the I enjoyed that trip fine, but nothing like the one down the river. I got a round trip from Remargen to Coin on a sight-seing boat. You may talk about your sigh-seeing trip, but that one beat any I have ever MlkCIl* It is hard to tell when we will sail 1 for they change orders so often, but we hope to be home by the Fourth of July. We are now scheduled to < sail in April, and here is hoping that t order wont be changed unless it is i changed to an earlier date. < You spoke of having lots of chick- { ens. Old boy, I must say you have the right idea, unless I have forgotten 1 the taste of them. But to tell the i truth a soldier doesn't know what he i wants to eat. He is not very choosy 1 about his eats, nor little does he care < about where he sleeps. I have slept in all kinds of places and have seen the ?ime I would refuse no kind of eats.' Give my love to Bessie and all j the children. ( Your brother-in-law, i Frank P. Vaughn 1 ^ nil mt H Champio 1 Chesl I jf I Eggs: $1.50 per Special to Po Club Boys an $1.00 per . ?. 11 %r. vtufnn To Mr. David Vaughn, Sr.: Nancy, France, March 3. I am well and enjoying life. Trust this finds you well.- I am on a 14lay leave and am having the time of :ny life. I went to La Mans, France and out to the Forwarding Camp. Spent one lay ond night with the boys of old Company I. While there I saw Isaiah l'arlton, John Bittle, ^falterman and Press Adams and a good many more from mound home. I was surprised o find them. I felt as though I was lonie again. These were the first, joys I have seen that I knew since [ left the States, so you may bet I vug pivfuseu. x sure wibii rranK could iave been with me, though he did lot know I was going to get a leave intil I had received it. I spent some time in Paris while >n my way to La Mans. I went to L'ouro, then to Bordeaux and back to ?aris. Spent one night and day there :nd then here to Nancy. I shall tell fou of my trip when I get home and i think that won't be long. Think ve will leave some time in April or J he first part of May. Only a short | vhile, so rest easy and we will be tome soon. Then we will live in PEACE. Give my love to mama and all the ithers. Your loving son, Evan. HONOR ROLL CROSS ROADS GRADED SCHOOL First grade: Ola Odom. Second grade: Nolan Hancock. Third grade: Lucy Oliver. Fourth grade: Gary Hancock, Met,ie Hancock, Pierce Gulledge, Sarah Smith, Rufus Odom. Fifth grade: Elsie Smith, Morris '-owery, Vara Waddell. Sixth grade: Min?rva Hancock, L,essie Gulledge, Thomas Smith, Car ie Woodward. Seventh grade: Smith Woodward. NOTICE OF COURT The Court of Common Pleas for Chesterfield county, Spring Term, vill convene on Monday, April 14th, 1919. Jurors and witnesses take lotice. Grand Jurors need not attend. I. P. MANGUM, Clerk of Court. April 1, 1919. INTERSTATE CHECKER TOURNAMENT On Tuesday, April 22d, at the Chijuola Club in Cheraw, at 10 A.M., .he Inter-State Checker Tournament vill be held. A cordial invitation is extended to all exponents of the ?ame to attend. Copies of this letter are being sent x> some of the best playera in the States of North and South Carolina ind there is sure to be a good attendance, from the replies already revived. Farmer to Use Airplaae A prominent manufacturer has lust completed for delivery a plane lo be used by the owner of a Western *heat ranch to carry him about his large properties. I HAVE THE n n 1 11 JLJCLL 1CU J terfield Co M And fl| Have th setting rnel Meeh ChemtfGmki, S. C. v J? / ' ... -. aittalitiiiiiiiiiiiiilriii IUMM1L MUN I tHttKhUL IN SPITE OF PERMANENT INJURY First-Class Private William T. Hunt, who is now home from Fort McPhereon Hospital, where he has ' been for some time, following the amputation of his left leg in England, as the result of a wound received in battle in France, Oct. 8th, last, is ' one of the most cheerful soldiers that has returned from overseas. Mr. Hunt talks very interestingly of his ' experiences and is loud in his praises 1 of the Red Cross. Mr. Hunt says that Company I, of J which he was a member, arrived overseas in late May of last year and, af ler a short stay in a rest camp in England they went to France, whore j they went into training behind the British army. ? The fourth of July last year -vilf ever be memorable to the 30th Divis- * ion for on that day they had tlieir tirst baptism of fire, while moving up to the front lines. Mr. Hunt says that Co. I went into the front line ^ trench for the first tin*c July 14th . 4-U^mw 4. 1 Al l.l_ J oiiu uicji iuiu nut ueen mere tmny minutes before a British corporal j touched him on the shoulder and mo- . tioncd him to follow?and over the top they went, out into a dark "No . Man's Land." ] Company I was later moved toward the south and Mr Hunt witnessed the re-capture of Kemmell j Hill by the British, a pood many of the Americans volunteered to go ( over the top."" In September the 30th Division was ^ moved to the south and underwent intensive training, preparing for the . smashing of the Hindenburg line, which attack took piece on Sept. 2li)h and 30th. On Oct. 8th a new drive was made ' beyond the Hindenburg line and it ^ was that day that a machine gun bullet knocked Mr. Hunt down. He managed to get up and into a shell hole, where he was later picked up. Mr. Hunt says 1st Lieut. Brooks ] Malloy was an ideal officer and that ( all the men determined to back up , Lieut. Malloy to the limit; that he was always cool and collected and as { brave as they make them. , Mr. Hunt is a married man, with a ] wife and a child that was born while ( Mr. Hunt was overseas offering his , life for their protection, and he today carries with him the distinguishing high mark, a wound that forever handicaps him in life. All honor to Tommie Hunt and the men like him who made sacrifices for the cause of humnity. THE ELECTION IN MT. CROC.HAN Indications point to a complete victory for good roads in the forthcoming bond election in Mt. Croghan Township, to be held Friday, April 1 11th. The good-roads spirit is moving the people everywhere, but we congratulate Mt. Croghan on taking 1 the lead in this business-like manner. ( It is believed that an increase m ' the taxes of only ten per cent, will take care of the interest on these 1 bonds and retire same in due course. The good people of that township ; do not need to be told that property ; values will rise for above the cost of the good roads. 1 ? ] ilocks of unty i I never | : I had fine matings lis season. &tk an . . ? ... ?. ..., .... .?? i | **& m* T ^T"" JURORS First Week Cheraw: J. W. Covington, J. L. Crofford, L. C. Reid, Charlie Rivers, Sr., C- B. Kirkley, Joe Lindsay. Courthouse: G. F. Davidson, W. L. Teal, G. W. Eddins, C. C. Lisenby, A.. F. Teal, W. A. Brock, G. W. Rivers, Sr. Mt. Croghan: R. E. Burch, S. E. Woodard, J. F. Hancock, Lance Ratliff, J. F. Wadsworth, Luke Hunter, C. A. Edgeworth. Old Store: Thomas Jordan, G. M. Rogers, J. D. Redfearn, N. W. Pigg, Jefferson: John Sutton, R. W. Shannon, J. A. Kirkley, W. W. Miller. Cole Hill: S. L. Thomas, G. W. Boan. Alligator: H. W. Horton, L. O. Johnson, H. F. Blackwell. Steer Pen: Neil Perdue, Jr., B. G. Sregg. Pee Dee: P. E. Freeman. Second Week Cheraw: J. E. Wilson, C. L. EdvjtrHv R r firnv I. A Kerr H P Duvall, Jr. Courthouse: W. M. Redfeam, N. ?. Allen, B. F. Griggs, R- A. Sellers, F. F. Spencer, J. P. White. Mt. Croghan: A. S. Crowley, H. K. Ftfnkins, Jasper Copeland, W. A. Burch, T. B. Watts. Old Store: W. T. Rutledge, T. E. Catoe, W. J. Hicks, R. B. Railings, It. H. Williams. Jefferson: Lee Bud, C. L. Miles, [). M. Middleton, R. L. Horton. Alligator: E. T. McMailus, J. B.J Northcutt, J. D. Sexton. Steer Pen: Boykin Wilks, Clarence Fohnson. Cole Hill: J. R. Henderson, J. A. Casady, W. H. Stafford, W. S. Carpenter. Pee Dee: C. C.. Chapman, Jessie Keith. EARLY CLOSING AGREEMENT Following is the agreement circulated and signed by the marchants >f Chesterfield, with reference to in early closing hour for Summer: We, the undersinged, merchants of Chesterfield, agree to close our places }f business at 7 o'clock (new time) beginning Monday, April 14th, and continue until Sept. 1st, Saturdays excepted. Chesterfield Hardware Co. A. W. Huraey Co. Farmers Hardware Co. Teal-Jones Co. Chesterfield Dry Goods Co. Craig & Co. Hurst-Streater Co. A. L. Griggs. H. W. Pusser & Sons. Bank of Chesterfield. W. M. Redfearn. HAYDEN HEARS MOTHER'S VOICE FIRST OVER PHONE Charleston, S. C., March 27.?One of the first overseas veterans of the Old Hickory Division to come off the transport Mercury this morning was Private A. H. Hayden, Jr., of Chesterfield, S. C. "I've been with the medical detachment of the 118th Infantry," said Hayden, "and we've had a busy time [ can tell you. But it's been a wonderful experience. Do you know, I just got in touch with home. That Y.M.C.A. secretary over there" ?and he indicated the general Charleston camp secretary, Mr. C. C. McNeill? "got my mother over the telephone for me and believe me nothing ever sounded better than her voice." QUARTERLY MEETING~OF PATRICK DIVISION W.M.U. The Quarterly Meeting of the Patrick Division of the Woman's Missionary Union, Chesterfield Baptist Association, will be held at Lower Macedonia Church, Sunday, April 27th, 1919. Following is the program: 10 A.M., Devotional, by Supt. of W. M. U. 10:30, "The Church's Duty to Her Young People," by Mrs. Ben Turnage. Special song: "Over the Sea." 11, "The Duty of the Young Christians to the Church," by Miss Mary G. Adams. Song: "Ready." Address by pastor of Macedonia Church. 12:30. Dinner. Afternoon Saitioa 1 o'clock, "Foreign Missions," by Mrs. B. S. Funderburg. 1:30, "Home Missions," by Miss Mary G. Adams. Song: "Love Lifted Me." 2:00, "Some Hindrances in Woman's Work, and How to Overcome Them." Open discussion, lead by Mrs. Benjamin McBride. 3:00, "Religious Periodicals," by Mrs. B. S. Funderburg. 3:30, "Time and Place for Next Meeting." Business. Adjournment. (Mra.) J. O. BAGGOTT, For Comittee DISCHARG7E NOTICE On the 80th of April next at 12 o'clock I will apply to the Probate Court of Chesterfield county for a discharge as administrator of the estate of J. R. Teal, deceased. W. 8. Teal, p * - Administrator. 2ft March, 1219. VAUGHN The farmers in this sections are almost ready for planting* Mr. W. W. Davis is sick at this writing. Hope he will soon be out again. Miss Edna Gardner spent a few hours Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. Spencer Vaughn. Mr. Lester Adams, who has had the measles, is able to be out again. Mr. Jadie Adams, Misses Ethel and Mary Freeman, Elma Duncan, Nottie and Mary Freeman, motored to Ebenezer Sunday to attend preaching. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Moore to our community. Mr. Doll Adams went to Columbia Friday afternoon to meet his brothers, Walterman and Preston Adams, who returned from France with the 118th Inf., 30th Division. Little Clara and Ruth Lee Douglass, from Wamble Hill, spent the week-end with their teacher, Miss Griggs. There will be a dinner at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, of Ebenezer section, in honor of Mrs. Adams' brothers, Walterman and Preston Adams, who have lately returned from France, where they served their country on the battlefields for twelve months. Mrs. Adams will invite all the soldier boys to come and eat with her brothers. And all of her friends will be invited to come and bring well-filled boxes. The date of this big dinner will be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Gardner, of Cheraw, spent the day Sunduy with Mrs. Gardner's father, Mr. W. W. Davis, of Ebenezer section. MIDDENDORF The people of this section are preparing to plant corn. They have had some pretty weather to prepare for planting. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brown were the guests recently of Mr. M. J. Sims. Mr. J. W. Steen's grandson, Bob, has returned from Camp Jackson. Mrs. L. N. Roberts and family visited recently at the home of Mrs. J. B. Sims. Mr. W. L. Sims visited his parents Sunday. The storm in this town last Friday was a little rapid. Wo learn that the wind blew one of Mr. J. W. Steen's buggies off down the little brook. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Clanton are the proud parents of a little son, which arrived March 19th. Mr. Ernest Sims made a business trip to Cheraw Saturday. ONLY ONE TREACHEROUS LETTER Out of 50,700 suspected letters of the American Expeditionary Forces only one case of treachery was found, according to the records of the Base Censor which have just been made public by the War Loan Organization. These 50,700 letters were held up on suspicions of various natures and were then subjected to the most thorough and efficient tests to determine whether or not they carried information of value to the enemy. In the examination of letters a secret chemical test infallible in its detection of invisible ink is used. The search for codes constitutes a laborious task and requires men skilled in the work. AlthmicrVi fVtorn Uforn noonu in twKinV* information was accidentally disclosed which might have been of value to the enemy, only one instance of actual treachery on the part of a member of the A.E.F. was discovered. The details of this case are of course secret. Such universal loyalty might well serve as an inspiration to all defenders of liberty and spur all men and women on to do their full share toward the completion of the task which these patriotic boys went across the ocean to accomplish. To finish the job the Victory Liberty Loan will be offered next month and the government looks to the people to show again that speed and enthusiasm for which America is known the world over. War Garden Book The instructive and well illustraed book on War Gardening and Household storage of Vegetables, "Victory Edition for 1919," published by the National War Garden Committee, affiliated with the \mericun Forestry Association, is in populat demand from many sections of the country. It is an exceptional publication and will be of great interest and benefit to all who are planning gardens for the coming season. The t>ook has been approved by the Wai urpanmcnt ana r>y tne u. s. rood Administration, and may be obtain ed free, upon request, toother wit! a two-cent stamp to cover cost ol mailing, by 'adressing the Nationa War Garden Committee, Marylanc Building, Washington, p. C. TOWN ELECTION There will be an election held ii the town of Chesterfield on Tuesday April 8, 1810, for the purpose ol electing an intendent and four war dens for the year 1910. L. H. TROTTI, Mayor Managers: A. W. Horsey, C. 8. P * Meehan, Thurman B. White. MIDDLETON?HURST A wedding which wbb beautiful in ' its simplicity was that of Miss Pauline Middleton to Mr. J. Oscar Hurst, which was solemnized last Thursday evening, Marh 27th, at the home of the bride. Promptly at 7:30 the bridal paity approached the doors to the strains of Mendellshon's wedding march, played by Mrs. Myrtle Turnage. The bride entered on the arm of her sister, Miss Dora Middleton, while the groom, with his best man, Mr. Dewey Watson, entered by the opposite door. Facing the friends and relatives of the contracting couple, the Rev. .1. H. Hildreth performed the ceremony, while Mrs. Turnage softly played "A Wild Rose." The bride was dressed in a blue messaline with accessories to match. The groom was attired in conventional black. rtiier me wedding the guests were invited to the dining room where they were served with delicious ice cream and cake. Mrs. Ilurst is a talented young woman of unusual attractiveness. Mr. Hurst is a prosperous young planter. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY'S FEDERAL ALLOTMENT FOR GOOD ROADS IS $80,481.93 Columbia, March 24.?Chesterfield county's apportionment of Federal money for building roads amounts to $80,481.93. Under present conditions this money will become available when Chesterfield county covers it dollar for dollar. When this done, the county will have for road building the sum of $160,963.86, which it can use on projects approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture. With its apportionment of Federal funds which it must provide before the Federal omney is available, Chesterfield county can build about 7.3 miles of concrete roads or about 46 miles of top-soil or sand-clay road. These figures on mileage are based on the assumption that grading, culverts, etc., will cost $2,000 per mile; top-soil or sand-clay surfacing will cost $1,500 per mile; and concrete surfacing will cost $20,000 per mile. These estimates are based on averages and will not hold good for all cases. Therefore, the figures on mileage stated above are approximations only and are given for purposes of comparison. The above named type? of roads are used because they are typical. It is not meant that Federal Aid will be given to building only these types or that only theso three types are recommended. Chesterfield county's apportionment of Federal funds for road building does not include the funds from this source which can be had for bridge building. The State Highway Commission now has at its disposal for building bridges enough money to build practically all the important bridges needed in the State. This money will be available when the county or counties served by the bridges cover it dollar for dollar and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture approves the project. Never was this old county so full of joy as it has been during the past week. On every hand is heard the exclamation or its equivalent, "The boys are coming." Ever since the armistice was signed the boys have been corning home, first from nearby camps and then from scattered overseas contingents, but this week Chesterfield county's own company, Co. I, is coming. Their welcome is too deep for words at this time. They will be warmly received and at a date soon to be decided upon may we all join in an effort to let all the boys who went from this county realize how sincere and how universal is our gratitude to them and our pride in them. CALOMEL SALIVATES AND MAKES YOU SICK Acta like dynamite on a sluggish liver and you lose a day's work There's no reason why a person i should take sickening, salivating cal' omel when a few cents buys a large s bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone?a > perfect substitute for calomel. ; It is a pleasant, vegetable liquid ; which will start your liver just as > surely as calomel, but it doesn't make ' you sick and can not salivate. I Children and grown folks can take Dodson's Liver Tone, because it is > perfectly harmless. 1 Calomel is a dangerous drug. It is I mercury and attacks your bonesr I Take a dose of nasty calomel today and you will feel weak, sick and nauseated tomorrow. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of Dodson's i Liver Tone instead and you will wake , up feeling great. No more billiousf ness, constipation, sluggishness, head ache, coated tongue or sour stomach. Your druggist says if you don't find . Dodson's Liver Tone set better than . horrible calothsl your money is waiting for you. _ Adv. a. FRIENDSHIP Miss Grace Hammond spent the past week here the guest of her sisters, Mrs. Herman Sowell. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Melton spent Saturday night and Sunday in Anson county, the guests of Mrs. Eliza Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Davidson, of the Wexford section, spent Sunday here with relatives and friends. Miss Edna Jordan and her little brother spent Saturday and Sunday in Anson county, N. C. Mr. Doll Adams spent Saturday in Columbia, where he went to meet his brothers. He found them in tine health. The Rev. F. M. Cannon, of Ches terneia, preacnea a nne sermon nere Sunday. Miss Annie King and brother were the guests of the Misses Hunt Sunday. ? Mr. Dewey Duncan, of the Snow Hill section, spent Sufiday in our community. The many friends of Mr. John Parker will be glad to know that he is home again. The Rev. Jules Campbell will preach at Mt. Olive Sunday, at 3:30 p.m. This church is near Teal's Mill. Mr. Albert Swinney has returned home from the hospital. Misses Lexie and Annie Rivers visited their sister, Mrs. Tommie Melton, one day last week. According to all reports, there will be lots of the boys home soon, and they will find a warm welcome for them. . a GUARD AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE Clemson College.?The Extension Service live stock specialists desire to call to the attention of farmers and live stock men in the State to a bulletin of the Bureau of Plant Industry entitled "Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis in Cattle," which contains a list of all accredited herds in the State and the United States and those that are tested without reactors. An accredited herd is one which has been tested and officially accredited as free from tuberculosis, and every buyer of cattle should protect himself by consulting this bulletin and by correspondence with the State office of the Bureau, i Dr. W. K. Lev/is, 901 Union Na tional hank Building, Columbia, is in charge of the work in South Carolina. From him can be had copies of the bulletin mentioned above and also names of breeders added to the official list since publication of the bulletin. SAVE THE PEACHES Clemson College.?It not only pays to spray, says Extension Horticulturist Geo. P. Hoffman; it is necessary to spray, if you want good fruit. Successful spraying calls for careful thorough use of particular sprays for particular purposes at particular times. The time is at hand for the first sulphur spray against worms. Spray your fruit and eat it yourself or leave it unsprnyed and let the worms eat it. First Sulphur Spray: This application is for the purpose of combatting and controlling worms in peaches, plums and apples. Kind and Preparation: An arsenate of lead, or a poison spray made of a mixture of arsenate of lead, quick lime and water mixed as follows: /\raenuve 01 leuu ^puwavr, see note) 1 pound * Quick lime 2 pounds Water 50 gallons Make a thin paste of the arsenate of lead, and slake the lime to a whitewash (warm water giving best results in slaking the lime) and pour together and dilute to fifty gallons. This mixture should be well stirred during process of spraying. Note: In the use of the wet paste form of arsenate of lead, two pounds should be used instead of one pound. Tim* of Applying: Apply when about three fourths of the shucks have slipped (which is about 12 to 15 days after the tree is in full bloom) in case of the peach and the plum; and after the bloom parts have fallen and before the blossom cup closes, in case of the apple. Seventy thousand pounds of garden seed have been shipped to France by the United States Army through the Department of Agriculaure, to be used in reseeding shell-torn land. t I rww * ? n I inn DiLOI OfEverything TO EAT At Lowest Prices A. F. Davis Market ; j Will pay high?t ?Hut pviaa tmm HUat. wmw t II I IIMIII I ill I - I Mil H1IH?I Ml | m< } ..j. - it - '* naj&M