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yt (El)<isterfiet6 TA6v(trtvs<tr VOL. 38.?No. 10 CHESTERFIELD. S. c".,"THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE THE EMPIRE THAT WAS TIME IS UP FOR GERMANS; | CENTENARY DRIVE TO DATE , JULIUS STANLEY RETURNS ' "The Independent," of New York, has published in an editorial, the following: excellent summary, of what has happened to Germany. The Peace Treaty is a stern document. The condition which it im* poses on the German nation are terrible in their severity. But the sternness is the sternness of righteousness, the severity is the severity of justice. To the German nation and the German people is being meted out not vengeance but retribution. The rulers of the German Empire, with the fierce approval and the unstinted co-operation of the German people set out to impose the will of German autocracy upon the world by ruthless force. But there was a moral power in the world which, working through other peoples, would nnf U k. TL- r> 17" nvi ivv iv ut. a iic uci man umpire is no more. Its people sinned the unforgiveable sins of unrighteous ambition and the rejection of every moral standard. The punishment was long in coming; at times it almost looked as though it might not come at all. But the moral law will not be 'denied. The righteousness which exalteth a nation is deliberately reject ed at a people's peril. The German Empire was a great power. It was steadily becoming greater. But it desired to be not merely great, but omnipotent. What is the German Empire now? In 1914 the German Empire included an area of nearly a million and a quarter bquurc miles. Over a million square miles of territory were outside of Europe, some 200,000 square miles on the European continent. When the peace treaty is signed?for it will be signed practically without change?the German Empire will have shrunk to an area of 160,000 square miles. It will have been stripped of every possession beyond the limits of Europe. It will have lost Alsac-Lorraine with two great cities, Strasburg and Metz; parts of B'lesia, West Prussia, Posen and East Prussia with the prosperous port of Danzig; an<J bits along the Belgian frontier. There will be taken way in Europe nearly 5U.UU0 square miles, and in the rest of the world .over a million square miles. The German army and the German navy, the instruments which were to have put the neck of the world be neath the heel of German autocrncy. are to become mere shadows of their former flaunting power. Germany may have an army of only 100,000 officers and men and a navy of six mall battleships, six light cruisers, twelve torpedo boats and no submarines. Germany must abolish conscription, destroy the fortifications of the tronghold of the 'German navy, Heligoland, build no forts overlooking the Baltic or within thirty miles of the French and Belgian frontier, maintain no military or naval air forces, import or export no munitions of war and manufacture only a specified minimum of such materials, open the Kiel Canal to the merchant end war ships of all nations. German militarism is no more. It was overwhelmingly defeated on the field of battle by the armed forces of the defenders of humanity. It is now, with merciless logic, rendered impotent to make another attempt to dominate the world by force. The world has been made safe from that particular manifestation of autocracy. Germany is compelled to accept full responsibility for all the loss and damage to which the Allied nations have been subjected and to pay the bill for reparation and restitution which the Allies will assess. The bill will be as large as Germany can pay. The first payment alone will amount to five billion dollars. It will require all the energy and industry of the German people for a long time to co?.ie to liquidate that portentous indebtedness; there will Le little energy left for the renewal of plans of aggression. Germany is forced to rep'ace the merchant shipping destroyed by the unholy submarine campaign by handing over all its merchant ships of large sis&o and building others to the amount of a million tons also to be delivered to the Allied powers. So Germany must begin all over again if it will seek to reconquer the trade of the world. Germany must agree to the trial 1 by an international tribunal of the^ j former German Kaiser for "a su? preme offense against international fj morality and the sanctity of treaties.' rihe mighty prince, whose mailed fist and shining armor were the symbols of the arrogant pretensions of the German Empire, becomes, with the consent of those at whose head hetook the held, an indicted criminal at i the bar of the world's justice, n The retribution, which the victorI \ ious champions of humanity are ex\ acting from the downfallen aggres 1 sors against the peace of the world, ^ is full-measured, but it does not pass the bounds of justice and right. The A punishment, as all proper punish\ menta ought to be, is the logical se\\quel to the crime and the indispensable guarantee against tte repetition. MUST FILE ANSWER TO-DAY | Before Thursday of the present ', .veek (to-day) shall have passed the ' erman peace plenipotentiaries at'. /crsailles are to make known in full' Lo the delegates of the allied and as- j jociated powers on what points of the ;>eace treaty they acquiesce and what ' .joints they object to, and desire mod- < ified. ] No extension has been granted the Germans who are expected to prcent to the members of the peace -or.gress a voluminous record of objections and of acceptances of the clauses of the document. Although the leaders throughout Germahy have declared that the reaty as framed unacceptable and t will Viot be signed without modification for opinion in Paris seems to prevail that after the representatves of the allied and associated governments have considered the objections raised by the German plenipo- v ;.itiaries and formulated their final j reply the Germans will affix their sig- -j natures to the compact. j OF THREE AMERICAN PLANES TO START ACROSS ATLANTIC e ONLY ONE STILL IN THE RACE d S Washington.?Tugging at anchor f fh the harbor of Ponta Del Gadft, the 'f seaplane NC4, the lone survivor of ^ the American navy for first trans-At- ^ lantic flight honors, awaits only fa- :< .'orable weather for the start of the 1 dOO mile dash to Lisbon, Portugal. P After three days at Porta, where she landed on completion of the rec- " ord-breaking flight from Newfound- " land, Lieut. Commander A. C. Rcid's ' big ship flew to Po'nta Del Gada to- ' lay in remarkable fast time, covering d the 150 miles in one hour and 4>1 v minutes. The flight to Lisbon should 11 not require more than ten hours. Af- * cor replenishing fuel supplies and be- m jig overhauled in Portugal, the NC4 A'ill undertake the last leg of the U voyage to Plymouth, England. Commander Towers' report to Washington on the condition of the g three planes ahd their crews is as follows: NC-1 sank at sea, all persons re- . j scued. NC-3 at moorings in Ponta t,j Del Gada in very badly dumaged conlit ion. Is being disassembled rind will be sent to New York. ' til NC-4 at moorings in Ponta Del jj Gada bay in excellent condition and .v il proceed to Lisbon soon as (jj weather conditions permit. Naval experts said that the perforinances thus far in the trans-At ? ... lantic flight have demonstrated that ^ groat strides in aviation have been uj .nide from an engineering stand- eI point but that the development of yj seaplanes has not yet reached the itages where they are of demonstrated commercial value. All apparently ire agreed that bigger ships are ^ .ffccessary for trans-Atlantic flying. Officials emphasized, however, that ^he work of commander Towers' squadron had been highly satisfactory ir:d they are convinced that fog alone prevented all three of the flying craft from reaching the Azores through the = rir. The value of the design also was < demonstrated they-said, by the ability show?n by the NC-3 to ride through a storm. SANDY PLAINS The Rev. S. T. Barber preached an intersting sermon Sunday on the Centenary Methodist Missions and the World's Need. Sandy Plains will go over the top in the big Centenary Drive. The Rev. Julius Campbell will preach here next Sunday evening at o'clock. Everybody be on time. Mr. R. F. Smith says "Woe ye, to the man who has no geese to eat the grass." Miss Carrie Stroud is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. C. Campbell. Mr. Mae Stroud was in this section Sunday afternoon. i?i r. ij. w. v.ampDcii was in Mor I ven Thursday on business. Mr. J. M. Campbell- was out working fos the big Centenary Drive Monday. Sunday school next Sunday at , 2 o'clock. Best wishes to you all. HONOR ROLL CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL vj^First grade: William Perry, Bert Laney, Mhrte Lee Pusser. S cond grade: J. D. Watson. Third grade: Mary Inglia Mangum. Fifth grade: Hester Griggs, David Harrall, Lewis Rivers, Jack Trotti. Sixth grade: Virginia Watson, Margaret Trotti, Jamie Cannon. Seventh grude: Lillie Rivers, Kathleen Ellis. Ninth grade: Bessie Hursey. TOWN LICENSE MUST BE PAID BY JUNE FIRST Notice is hereby given that if town license is not paid by June 1st, those subject to license tax and so failing to pay, will be required to show cause >yhy they are doing business without a license. L. H. TROTTI, Mayor. ' - ..I. ii nMfcfc Following are apportionments o some of the churches of the Florenc< District in the Centenary Drive anc the amounts they have raised as re ported up to 12 o'clock, May 20th The figures in the first column art .he quotas expected; the seconc :olumn the amounts raised. dennettsville $12,280 $36,06? \ntioch 1,665 1,00C 3oykin 5,219 7,289 tiethel 3,663 3,630 Jheraw 9,824 9,908 Jarlington 12,280 16,000 Florence 15,350 45,465 iartsville 10,152 3,120 ^amar 2,615 3,000 ilcDee 1,811 1,420 Jnion 3,315 2,035 lebron 2,916 1,205 tlcCall 10,470 20,100 lerea -581 300 'ageland 2,138 825 :oar . 697 260 'amlico 1,925 2,428 'immonsvillc. ... 4,912 4,050 'isgah 3,684 4,750 This great movement now gives *ciy promise 01 success, .me eightay drive, during which time the Southern church is attempting to sise thirty-five millions of dollars, i pow on. Reports from Nashville inicate that by last Tuesday night iventy million dollars had been sub:ribed. In South Carolina the full uota of two million has already been lodged. Chesterfield county's quo1 is nearly fifty thousand dollars and is believed that it will be subscrib[1 in full. St. Paul's church at Chcs?rfield has a quota of about five viusand and it is believed that when le reports are all in this church will ave taken its full quota. Reports Com the country are to the effect lat they will take their share and in uiny cases more. NION MEETING AND SALVATION ARMY RALLY There will be a union meeting and ulvation Army Rally at the big hautauqua tent Sunday night. In iSl- the tent is not erected in time le rally will be held in t*ne of the lurches. One of the Chautauqua speakers is <pected to be here at that time to Jdress the audience. The famous unt boys?Tom and Boyce?will be i the program. Other returned solers will also make talks, telling of le good work done by the Salvation rmy in France. These boys will 11 how the Salvation Army lassies imc to their aid and fed and worked nong them when death lurked ev ywhere. The general public is inted to this meeting Sunday night. Cotton Sead Meal, 3816 per cent, otein, and sacked hulls, always at r. P. Odom's. If you want Early Amber Cane sed, tee me. W. P. ODOM. The greatest religeon i.s service. An Tl of all < uniting M great I The su| strengtl not nar T and abr munity, odist C :'.a# 'j * * v ' S' WITH LOVELY FRENCH BRIDE r Mr. Julius Stanley, brother of Mr. j L. M. Stanley, depot agent for Chesterfield, returned from overseas service last week, reaching home on Fri> day. Mr. Stanley is one of Uncle ' Sam's boys who had no fear of the drey Hun, and yet fell a victim to the charms of a French maiden, lie > returned to his country a willing capI tive. Mr. Stanley had not been long in I France when he met Miss Audre, > whose home was in Paris. A romance i quickly developed that led to the , altar last January. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are now at i home at the Catoe Hotel. SOLDIERS RELEASED rpi ^ n * iiiu ionowing soldiers have been recently released from the Army and have returned to Chesterfield county: Frank Powe, Cheraw; Henry Moore, Chesterfield; Henry Lowrey.l Page land; John Hancock, Ruby; Henry Davidson, Ruby; Anguish Dickson, Middendorf; James Clark, Patrick; Eslie Campbell, McBee. Leroy King, Patrick; Julius Stanley, Chesterfield; Lawrence Hopkins, Chesterfield; James White, Chesterfield; Elliott Byrd, Cheraw; Adams Elwin, Mt. Croghan; James Itatcliff, Chesterfield; Frank Malloy, Cheraw. James Mills, Pageland; Tadlock Whitford, Pageland; Ben Douglass, McBee; David Johnson, Pageland; Maxie McDowell, Pageland; Walter Finleyson, Charew; Andrew Huntley, Mt. Croghan; Lee Home, Ruby; Mongo Lawson, Jefferson. TEAL'S MILL The Rev. Wright, of Cheraw, preached a fine sermon at Mt. Olive Sunday night. There will be preaching at Macedonia Sunday morning at 11:30. Everybody is invited to come. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Davis visited at the home of Mr. Ran Rainwater Sunday. Mr. Craig Odom and Mr. Early Sowell, of the Shiloh section, visited Mr. John Odom Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Jasper Goodale and Henry ' Martin were in this community SunI day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark, of Che' raw, visited the hitter's parents Sun| day. I M I ..IS? '-k j una. a UIK'B UWUIl 3J>CIll U part OI last week with her mother, Mrs. Belton Smith. Misses Ena and Sallie Caulder, of Cheraw, visited Miss Kezzie Caulder Sunday. Misses Davis and Llora Bell Harden were guests of Miss Allean Iiuney' eutt Sunday. ! Mr. Allie Caulder has returned home from France. Messrs. Elmore and Mazell Coward were in the community Sunday, j Prayer meeting at Macedonia every Sunday night. ( Best wishes to The Advertiser. Appeal t< le Methodist Episcopal Christian churdhes to u a world Christianity wit len are realizing as nevei Dulwark of the social and pport oi the Methodist C hen, fortify and expand tl row, hut believes the "V he surest way to get faroad, the surest way to be , is to send a contributioi 'hurch. I\UU I Surah Dell Allen, the 16-inonths old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Allen, died last Saturday night, af ter a few days' illness, and was buried 011 Sunday afternoon at Hopewell church. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. J. D. Purvis. The people of Ruby and vicinity extend their fullest sympathy to the bereaved parents. Mrs. J. S. McGregor and children are visiting her parents at Clinton. Messrs. R. D. McCreight, M. L. Raley and C. A. Edgeworth motored to Chcraw Monday afternoon. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Milner and children, of Danville, Va., who have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. IP. G. Griggs, for some time, returned M 1" " iviiiv mvuuojr, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Milnor, of Danville, Va., visited at the home of Mr. W. J. Griggs last week. They returned home Monday. Mr. ami Mrs. Allen Cooper and children, of Bennettsville, visited Mrs. Cooper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Burch, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. J. S. McGregor spent the weekend in Norfolk, Va. Mrs. J. S. Smith and Estelle Smith, Misses Adaline Wyly and Bessie Gaddy, and Mr. Hen Oliver motored to Pageland Sunday. The county chairman of the Salvation Army appointed a meeting here for last Sunday night, with the Hon. VV. P. Pollock as speaker for the occasion. The crowd assembled but the speaker did not materialize. Everybody in the ltuby school district who has not already contributed to the Salvation Army Home Service Fund is urged to do so at once. Send all contributions to Mrs. J. R. Millard, county treasurer, Ruby, S.C. Mrs. Lomas and children, of Columbia, visited her daughter, Miss Addie Laurie Lomas, here Sunday. Mr. Alex Harral, of Charew, was in town Monday afternoon. Mr. H. H. Harrall and son, David, of Chesterfield, were in town Monday afternoon. Messrs. R. 1). McCreight, M. L. Raley and Duncan McGregor motored to Charlotte Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Redfearn and son Floyd, of Chesterfield, visited ut I the home of Mrs. A. M. Pinkston Sun- j day. | A play in four acts, entitled "Standing By," will be presented by the pupils of the Uuby High School, on next Friday evening, May 23d, beginning promptly at 9 o'clock. This is an up-to-date, 15)19, war-time play, .he synopsis of which follows: The "going over" of an American soldier; Patriotic sweethearts; Propaganda of slacker to win patriotic girl and gain property; home coming. This play is one of the "full-o*pep" kind and ought to draw a large attendance. It marks the closing of i very sucessful year in the school. Everybody invited, so come out and enjoy yourself. o Method Church, South, is th< ndertake the responsipi h a world Democracy, r before that the Church I moral life of the comr Centenary is the surest \ le sphere of the Church ^orld is its Parish.' reaching good for citizer a moral influence in yoi i to the Treasurer of the FRIENDSHIP i Miss Athlce Lowery, of Deep : Creek, N. C., spent a part of the week here with her many little f riends. Mr. T. R. Rivers, of Mt. Croghan, spent Saturday night and Sunday the guest of Mr. Pierce Melton. Mr. Jess Lowery, of Anson county, was the truest of Mr. J. F. Gaddy Saturday night. Mr. W. J. Tiller, of Chesterfield, made a fine address at Friendship Sunday afternoon on the subject of i he Methodist Centenary. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gaddy visited :n the Deep Creek section Sunday. Ltttle Buddie Curtis was the guest of Little Robert Melton Sunday. Mr. Walter Duncan and family spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mrs. Lucy Adams. FOR TEN DAYS ONLY?On all Automobile Casings and Tubes and Screen Doors and Windows, we will give 20 per cent off For CASH SALES ONLY. The FARMERS' HARDWARE Co. I I : ? ?? -l: note juai vtcivcu auoincr 5Hl|l* mrnt of that good Blue Ribbon Molasses in five and ten gallon kegs. See me for your good "sopping." W. P. ODOM BURR S RIDGE The farmers have been very busy for the past few adsy, after so much rain. Miss Minnie Streater spent Saturday night with Miss Kna Griggs. Mr. and Mrs. R. I'\ Smith spent Saturday night and Sunday in Polkton and Wadesboro. We are glad to have Messrs. Frank and Evan Vaughn home with us again. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Griggs spent Saturday in Chesterfield. Misses Lula and Mollie Griggs spent the wek-end at the home of their brother-in-law, Mr. Rufus ('rawford. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Campbell motored up to Mr. (J. II. Campbell's Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jadie Campbell took a flying trip Sunday. Come on, Sandy Plains. Don't let Burr's Ridge trass vou. Mr. arid Mrs. (). II. Campbell spent Saturday niyht with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Adams. Our enemies have to live with their had qualities- so let 'em alone. Penitentiaries are provided for .nen who are unfortunate in their seection of lawyers. 1)11) YOU ever notice that children m the averaye are better dressed ban their parents? and all of which is the spirit by which thinys are yettiny better in spite of h? , war and hiyh water? ists j * lirs* i-. r mty ol i is the nunity. /vay to i. It is is here jr comMeth j wM k MIDDENDORF Mr. Harvey Johnson, of the Rain how Division, came home last Monj flay. He has been none nearly two , years and is now kept busy trying to answer the questions asked of the I boys who have been to France. The Rev. Shuler, presiding elder ^ <>f the Methodist church, preached a splenflid sermon Saturday night at Ilehron. Mr. Sharp Johnson, of Alabama, is here on a visit with his father, Mr. Alfred Johnson. x&ijH Hon. G. K. l.aney, with his usual fl ihility, gave the people of Hebron a -tB helpful and inspiring talk on the great Centenary drive that is being conducted by the Methodist church. Mr. \V. K. Johnson, who has been W very sick for the past two weeks is ?l some better. Mrs. W. R. Johnson a id children attended a family reunion Saturday, given iu honor of her brother Gady, who has just returned from the servce of Uncle Sam. The Juniors, of this community, who always unhold their order ?>* good they do and l?y helping one anther, spent the day Tuesday plow- g. nir and hoeing the crop of Mr. \V. ? " K. Johnson. ^ T he young people, or anyone else willing to h< It) sinjr in the choir for ''hihTren's Day. will please be at the Hap* i t church Sunday afternoon at ! o'clock. Sunday school at 3:30, after which the children will practice. Will he glad to have all children in the community take part. There will he speaking at the .? -v school house Saturday night at eight o'clock in interest of the Salvation \ ri: y Drive, which is being conducted his week throughout the United States. I have enjoyed the debate immensely that has been carried on by 'he young lady and young man in our paper. lloth have given excellent points, hut let me give the young man i warning. While your argument is ( * ? food you will have to keep still or do i little better or the young lady will trove her point by the papers she is publishing. After all it is not a question of inferiority or superiority, I?ut one of utility. Is there tiny man who iouhls that his mother, who hits resir d him and his sisters, and taught hem right from wrong, is capable of asting just as intelligent a vote as ~~ he himself, even though she may be 'coking in advantages she has given t,:... o 211111 . 1 could never see why u woman should fail in her home duties if she vere given a chance to vote. Does a nan give up tlx- business that he is n to go to the polls? I have voted, and although 1 was at housekeeping at the time, I have Miown many mothers that I know vere rood home makers, to cast their etc, which only took about 15 ntini".is, and go on about their business. There is no one who likes to keep !i'>use or loves their childitr. letter than 1 do, . ut I feel just as .enable of casting a vote as the many, not only in this community, hut throughout the United States who can not read tor write and who ei'her sell their vote or vote fot anyone, pot really knowing why they east their vote. 1 have even heard some voters say they didn't see any use n all this 'volin* business" .any way. Of course there will be women who by circumstances, and some by choice have to earn their own living, will he in position to hold public otlicc, but the majority of us will stay at our home jobs of housekeeping, for such is th" nature of all women. XuUrage is < oniinir and we might as well accept iL with good grace. There is not a mother living who does not want to see her daughter stand on an equality with her son, knowing that one is as intelligent as the other and that onlv tradition holds the girl hack. We had hotter make our voting a matter of intelligence rather than a question of sex. The reason we like children is that they are natural, and the reason they are natural is that they are sure of dinner. tea" For a Delightfully Refreshing Drink, Hot or Cold, Try Our ' | BANQUET India and Ceylon Tea ' A. F. Davis Market ^ i.J