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The Chesterfield Advertiser PAUL H. HEARN Editor and Publisher. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year; six months, 76 cents.?Invariably in advance. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Chesterfield, South Carolina. GERMAN JUSTICE Referring to the terms imposed upon Germany by the peace treaty Count von Brochdorff-Rantzau said, "the punishment is more than the German people can bear." We read in the book of Genesis that Cain, the first murderer, said, "My punishment is greater than I can bear." The Atlanta Constitution comments acutely upon another statement of the German reply in whieh official said: "Even in her need, justice for Germany is too sacred a thing to allow her to stoop to achieve conditions which she cannot undertake to cary out." The Constitution replies: "Justice was not too sacred to Germany when the Huns, at Germany's orders, were pillaging Belgium and devastating the countryside; violating Belgian women and little girls; carrying the ablebodied women and children away to slavery or worse and butchering others in their burning homes; ruthlessly killing cripples, invalids and old men for no offense save that they were Belgians. "It was not so 'sacred' when the Germans went into France, made slaves of the women and children in their pathway, ravaged whole communities and pillaged vast disticts, while they razed French factories, spiked and flooded their mines, and devastated their hospitals, schools and churches! "Justice was not such a sacred thing then! "Now for Germany to come whining about the 'sacredness of justice' is but the act of an unrepentant and unregenerate assassin and coward." NEW YORK WANTS TO SECEDE The city of New York is being agitated by the idea of forming a separate State with two or three adjoining counties added. The reason for wanting to secede is that the city of New York has a larger population than all the rest of the State. It is also contended that with a population as large as a dozen other States, New York has only two United States Senators. New York is evidently big enough to be divided into several States but whether the other counties are willing to be divorced from the gTeat city is u question for them to decide. A POLITICAL RAILROAD Respecting the government control of railroads there is a joke on the State of North Carolina in this connection. It is said that several years ago North Carolina built a railroad but it proved to be a political railroad. It had to go by the home of Gov. Morehead, at Goldsboro, had to go by Hillsboro, the home of the Secretary of the Navy; it had to go by the home of United States Senator Graham; had to take the State Capital in its route, and was compelled to terminate in the midst of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration. When finished, it was in the shape of a horseshoe. Probably that was about the time the Governor nf Mnrth rnrtilinti mjwlo fumAnc remark to the Governor of South Carolina. A GREAT RECORD It s a wonderful tribute to the wise and careful management of the country's finances by the Democratic administration that in the last four months there was only one bank failure and that was a bank with only $25,000 capital. To emerge from the greatest war that the world has ever known with such a record as this is a tribute to the financial ability of former Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAddo and the present Secretary, Carter Glass. Speaking of Texas, that State has t/. _ u 11 ucu wi vvu^i c.'va a m i. utu. iifrf will be found defenseless pray for many a punster. This Tennessee editor is envious of Kentucky. He says sarcastically: "The moon shines bright on the old Kentucky stills." Amid all the harsh criticisms of Postmaster General Burleson The Advertiser has failed to notice that any newspaper critic has called him the burley son of Texas. The fact that farm property in the United States increased in value during the past ten years thirty millions of dollars makes the optimist grin with delight and the pessimist growl pain. Putting Hon. W. F. Stevenson on the big committe on Banking and Currency is quite an honor to our member of Congress and is proper recognition of his ability as a legislator. The honor is all the greater as Mr. Stevenson is comparatively a new member. An exchange says it is an obvious contradiction for the closing exercises of a college to be called a commencement and it is equally odd that a lawyer's long legal argument should be ealeld a brief. And when the political speaker or preacher, for that matter, says, "Just one word on that point," and then talks for half an hour longer, what do you call that? The Common Average No stronger evidence of the important fact that the Ford Motor car has become a veritable part of the 'ife of the people, could be asked for than is given in the registration records of the various States which comprise our country. For instance, in the month of January there were 11,450 cars of all makes registered in the State of Montana, of which 5,700 were Ford cars. This means one Ford car for every other car, of every make and 130 over. This proportion is very evenly maintained in the other forty seven States. There are more than 0,000,000 motor cars in operation in the United States, more than one half of which are Fords. Truly, Henry Ford has ben a great factor of benefit to humanity as he has brought the most economical solution. to the great problems of transportation, and by the fruits of his genius has linked town and country, community to community, and made the whole country a common meeting place for all the people. Spreading Over the World Brimming full of that confidence which brings success, and that activ? energy which creates success, the Ford Motor Company are establishing assembling plants in Copenhagen, Denmark, and in Cadiz, Spain. The Ford Motor Company believes the war is over, that a new dispensation has been established, and that the sooner American manufacturers can align themselves to the new conditions and reach out to meet the great demands of the world, why, the quicker the havoc wrought by war will have been effaced. The quicker we can get international business at work, the sooner the horrors of this war disappeared and the earlier we can reach out our hand of trade to help, the earlier will be the disappearance of hate and enmity between people. The Ford Motor Company believes if you want foreign market, go to it. Don't wait for it to come to you. TmL O Wli:?t \'ini huvo 11\ coll t/\ thn market, and there show its advantages to the people who visit that market and to the people who buy in that market. If you wish foreign trade, become an active, living part in the red blood of that trade. The whole world is a market today for American enterprise, and who realize this truth and make honest efforts to get that trade, will have it. Counting By Million* On the loth day December at 1:55 P. M. in the year ID 15, the Ford Motor Company cast the one millionth Ford Model T Motor, the famous power plant of the famous Ford car, It makes a great achievement when 1,000,000 motors hail been cast consecutively, without a hair's breadth of change from the original design On April Hth, at 1:50 P. M. in the year 1010, the Ford Motor Company east the three millionth Model T Motor, and it was identically the same in every detail, without a change ol a hair's breadth in any particular as the first Ford Model T Motor thai was cast. ?.,000,000 of one piece of mechanism cast, one after the other without a change, is certainly about as strong evidence of perfection as it would be possible to conceive. Already now more than .'1,000,000 Fort cars in daily service, and more thar 3,000,000 alone carrying this famous Model T power plant. A further pressing fact is that thert has not been a day in the past thret years when the Ford Motor Company has not more than 100,000 cars behind orders for immediate delive'ry and the output at the present timt is in excess of 3,000 per day. Adv MINISTER SHOOTS JAY BIRD DURING CHURCH SERVICE Sandersville, (?a., June .?W. A VV'ray pastor of the Baptist Church here, created a mild sensation at hit morning services yesterday morning when he stopped in the midst of his sermon, obtained a shotgun and killed a jay bird that had been flying around the auditorium and singing while the services were in progress. Mr. Wray announced just before the congregation sang a hymn that he would kill the bird if it sang again. The moment the congregation stopped singing, the jay began. The preacher immediately stopped the services, went to his home near the church, got his gifh, returned to the church and took his stand in the center of the building. He fired once, the bird tumbled to the floor and services were resumed after the powder and smoke had cleared away. Always BUY IT AT HOME If Yon Caa I ir ? ?trail - IN JUSTICE TO THE THIRTIETH The boys of the Thirtieth and public generally will be interested in ac count which gives the Old Hickor> Division the place of honor as thi first to break through the Hindehburg line. Before, and since the return of the Seventy- Seventh Division, which was organized in New York City, the pa ! pers of that city have given consid erable circulation to the report thai it was that division which first crossed the Hindenburg line. In calling attention to the error in this statement Mr. W. T. Aycock, in The Columbia State, says: "All of our soldiers fought well in Europe, and we are all gratified for their splendid record. It is nol pleasing to draw comparisons or tc seek to establish what has been dont by individual units that excel or enual the performance of others, but it is sometimes necessary to do so for thi sake of history, for it frequently happens that untruth finds its way into history, where it is accepted as truth merely because its partizans vociferously and more loudly proclaim it, There is great danger that the claim made on behalf of the Twenty-Seventh Division as 'first to smash the Hindenburg line* may be established as the truth merely because the home of that division is the State and city of New York with its great newspapers possesing millions of readers, which are consequently in a position merely by reiteration alone to spread that claim until a large part of the country adopts it as truth. That is most particularly true for the reason that the only possible claimant to to ihe honor is the Thirtieth Division, composed mainly of men from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, States which are now and have for many years been unhappily more or less obscure in the public affairs of the nation. In the state of the official records it is not possible to deny the claim made for the Twenty-seventh without claiming the precious distinction for the Thirtieth, and I am fully aware that I may be charged with 'sectionalism' in setting forth th efoundation of the Thirtieth Division's claim to the honor. I hope not, however, for no one can be in reason offended at the truth, as shown by the official records. On the records these conflicting claims must he judged; the records made by those in a position to know, possessing no prejudice either for or against either of these gallant divisions. Official reports made by officers of those divisions arc disregarded. "The following quotation from General Ilaig's official report appeared ir the American newspapers on January 7, 1919: " 'North of Bellinglse the Thirtieti ; American Division, Maj. Gen. E. M Lewis have broken through the deej defenses of the Hindenburg line stormed Bellicourt and seized Nau roy. On their left the Twenty-seven th American Division, Major Genera O'Ryan met with very heavy infillad ing machine gun fire, but pressed or with great gallantry as far as Boney where a bitter struggle took place foi possession of the village. The fight ing on the whole front of the Secorn . American Corps was severe, and ir Bellicourt, Nauroy, (iillemont Farn and a number of other points of th< llindenburg line, strong bodies of tin . enemy held out with great obstinac; ! for many hours. These points of re ( sistance were gradually overcomi either by the support troops of tin i American divisions or by the Fifil . and Third Australian divisions." l "This is all Gen. Ilaig reported witl regard to demolition of the Ilinden . burg line, so far as American troop r are concerned. "A few days later the report o , General Pershing was published. Thi f following quotation is all that he re ported with regard to that operation I " 'It was the fortune of our secom f Array Corps, composed of the Twen ty-seventh and Thirtieth Divisions t which had remained with the Brit 4 ish, to have a place of honor in co-op . eration with the Australian corps 01 [ September 29 and October 1 in tin , assault on the Hindenburg line when i the St. Quentin Canal passed throug! a tunnel under a bridge. The Thir . tieth Divison speedly broke througl . the main line of defense for all ob r jectives, while the Twenty-seventl . pushed on impetuously through thi main line until some of it . elements reached Bony. li , the midst of'maze tranches am OUR NEIGHBORS IN FLORENCI Tell New* of Interest to Cheaterfieh Reader* 1 ______ l| Florence is not far away. All tha happens there is of interest to u ' here. Read what this Florence resi ' dent says about Doan's Kidney I'ills ' and prolit by her experience. Ches terfield readers cannot ask for rnon convincing testimony. Mrs. W. N. 1 light, 1013 E. Evan ' St., Florence, S. ('., says: "Doan'i Kidney Fills have been used in oui family and I have always found then to do excellent work. About thre< years ago I had a bad case of kid ney trouble and tried different kind! J of medicines but Doan's Kidney Filli were the only one that relieved me We always have a box in the hous< ! and when kidney trouble appears, i | few doses rid us of the trouble. ] j can recommend Doan's from the re suits of their use." _ I'rice GOc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Hight had. Foster-Milburr Co., Mfgra., Buffalo, N. Y. Ad.f ! I shell craters and under cross fire from machine guns, the other elements fought desperately against odds.' "These quotations furnish the high est possible evidence of this great r achievement and there is very little , difference between them. It is yuitc plain and can not be questioned that both reports fail utterly to show that .he Twenty-seventh went through "first." That must be accepted as s clearly established. Neither of these reports attempts in plain terms to say whether either of these gallant divisions, broke through ahead of the other, but I subint with confidence that I the plain intent and meaning of the v:ords used leave very little to the ; imagination." i Mr. Aycock goes much further by quoting from General Ilaig, Col. I Frederick Palmer and General PerI shing, all of whom, >n official re. iorts. clearly and unmistakally confer ? the distinction and glory of being the ! fir^t J.o break the Ilindenburg line, I upon ;'ic Thirtieth, i " There is a further fact that is sigi i(leant," continued Mr. Aycock, and while it is not conclusive it furn? ishes excellent evidence of the characi ter of services rendered by the Thir tieth. The most highly prized decoration issued to American soldiers is i the congressional medal. Only 48 have been issued, a fact that determ1 ines the value placed upon them and 1 the care with which they are conferred. Of that number ten have been won by lumbers of te Thirtieth Division, six of which have been conferred on mc n of the One Hundred and Eghteemh Infantry, which was formei lv known :ts the First. South' Carolina National Guard. No other; division or regiment can excel that record. j , WINGED V/EATHER PROPHETS Undoubtedly one of the most elusive birds in all the United States is the rain crow or cuckoo. I have followed his steadily retreating call for hours and not once discovered him. He seemed to mock me and taunt me and jeer at me because he knew how to glide away on silent wings and because he was a ventriloquist. There are old men who never have seen a cuckoo. Yes, they have heard him many times. They will tell you ! that he sounds his mournful call be| fore a rain. Therefore he has acquir- ! j ed a considerable reputation as a weather prophet, and that explains . why he is commonly known as a rain crow. About three months elapsed between the time 1 tried to see the cue- j koo and the time that I succeeded, j ( Instead of chasing him, I secreted myr self in his neighborhood and waited for him to come within sight. He i j glides so swiftly and so noislessly j that you must be very sharpeyed and j alert to catch a glimpse of him. When, you have located a cuckoo, _ you can sometimes get beneath the tree in which he perches if yoir will 1 approach him from the rear and match your stealth with his. Act as ' 1 if you were endeavoring to catch a crimnal. After you have seen a eucr koo, you will more readily find others. . | Two species, the yellow-hilled j and black-billed are common in the 1 United States east of the Great 1 ' Plains. The California cuckoo, a rel,, . ative of the yellow-billed ranges from L> Colorado and Texas to the Pacific y coast. _ i The yellow-billed cuckoo has a prom^ inent distinguishing mark. His back L, and upper parts are brown and the i underparts are creamy white. His tail is edged with white-tipped feathj ers so that in looking at him from above or below it seems to be borders ' ed with thunb marks. j The black-billed birds are generally f brown above and white below. They do not possess the exquisite tail serrations of the yellowbillcd. The lat. ter measures twelve and one-fourth j inches from the tip of its beak to the tip of its tail, whereas the black-billed is one-half inch shorter. The cuckoos, or rain crows, are very valuable froni an economic stand point. Probably no other birds sur(1 pass them in the amount of distructp ive insects and larvae that they ac^ count for. In 1909 stomachs of the yellow-billed the following assorl;1 meats of crop-killers was found: caterpillars, l,86.r?; beetles, 93; grassj hoppers, 214; bugs, G9; spiders, 8G; c, sawflies, 37; other flies, 6. A single wheel-bug was the only useful insect ^ eaten. I Examination of the black-billed birds disclosed the fact that they like - the sai le menu as the yellow-billed and that they have a stronger appetite foi squash-bugs, which are particularly harmful. Of the two vari ones oi tnese nying friends of the farmers the Bureau of Biological 1 Survey says: "These species* are much 8 given to eating caterpillars, and, un" !i!<e most birds, do not reject those '? covered with hair. In fact, euck >os " eat > many hairy caterpillars that L* the hairs pierce the inner lining of he stomach and remain there. ' 8 The preservation of our birds i.? our 8 patriotic duty. Tney eat the pt stj r which eat cue pi t in and plants t.Yil 1 are needed for our boys in khaki, the 5 people of the allied nations, and our" selves.- Our Dumb Animals, s 3 Here is a tribute to the Japanese . from an unexpected source. A Los ? Angeles paper says: "The skill of the i Japanese truck farmers has made I truck lands worth $1,000 an acre in - the vicinity of California cities as against $.'100 or $400 near large L eastern cities." The effort of some I' Californians to exclude Japanese t from that State looks a little peculiar > in view of this admission by the Los | I Angeles newspaper. ^ - ' - aHfaiK . ... LIFT OFF CORTiB! / Apply few drops then iift sore, touchy corns off with fingers V|rak^l1: Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little F roe zone on an aching corn, instantly that corn stops hurting, then you lift it right out. Yes, magic! A tiny drop of Freezone costs but o few cents at any drug store, but is sufficient to remove every hard / am cnff /?r*Y*r? ar knftttnAM * V>n toes, and the calluses, without soreness or irritution. Freezone is the sensational discovery of a Cincinnati genius. It is wonderful. A PLEA FOR MORE BEAUTY ? ON SOUTHERN FARMS From The Progressive Farmer: In our fight for better methods, ever desirable these may be, let us not forget that, along with these, if Sou'.hern rural life is to be developed to its be^t, must come attention to the mailt r of making more beautiful and attractive our farm homes and their surroundings. Sountheia farm women have a right to green lawns, shrubbery, and Southern farmers owe it f.s a duy to help provide for them. The normal woman loves flowers and pretty surroundings, and the normal man is a better man for knowing them. A sweep of green lawn, with flower-bordered walks at the sides with masses of flowering shrubbery, goes far toward making a beautiful home of the humblest cottage; but a mansion, without such a setting of beauty, may be a poor sort of place indeed. With Bermuda and bluegrass for our lawns, and cape jessamines, dogwoods, magnolias and roses, to nam* only a few of our ornamentals, there is really no excuse for not having beautiful grounds about our homes. At this season, when many of these are a riot of bloom and color, we may have an opportunity to select the flowers, shrubs and trees that best fit into our home beautifying plans and arrange to plant them when the proper time comes. And we insist in providing these finer things the farmer himself should be a co-worker with his wife and duu| ghters. Pretty surroundings are just a little less essential than fine crops and fine livestock. Let us all join in helping make the South the beautiful land it ought to be. UGH!CALOMEL MAKES YOU DEATHLY SICK : Stop uting dangerous drug before it salivates jrou! It's horrible! You're bilious, sluggish, constipated and believe you need vile, dangerous calomel to start your liver and clean your bowels. Here's my guarantee! Ask your druggist for a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone and take a spoonful tonight. If it doesn't start your liver and straighten you right up better than calomel and without griping or making you sick I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Take calomel and tomorrow you will feel weak and sick and nauseatd. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of harmless, vegetable Dodson's Liver Tone tonight and wake up feeling great. It's perfectly harmless, so give it to your children any time. It can't salivate, so let them eat anything afterwards. Adv. 2. WINTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 4th, at 9 A.M., and also on Saturday, July 5th, at 9 A.M., for those who wish to make ujr by examinations additional units required for full admission to the Freshman ('lass of this institution. The examination on Saturday, July 5th, will be used only for making admission units. The scholarships will be uwarded upon the examination held on Friday, July 4th. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 4th, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships snould write to President Johnson for scholarship examination blanks. These blanks, properly filled out by applicant, should be fil ed with President Johnson by July 1st. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 17, 1919. For further information and catalogue, address Prosidomt D. B. Johnson, Rock HUI, 3. C. p I" sealed bave also WR That m tectlon Imltatlo sealed tectlon The 6r to Goo< Flavor* Lasts i CONSTIPATION Aud Sour Stomach Caused This Lady Much Suffering. BlackDraught Relieved. Meadorsville, Ky.?Mrs. Pearl Pat? rick, of this place, writes: "1 vai very constipated. I had sour stomach 1 and was so uncomfortable. I went to | the doctor. He gave mo some pills. They weakened nie and seemed to tear up my digestion. They would gripe me and afterwards It seemed I was more constipated than before. I heard of Black-Draught and decided to try It. I found it Just what I n? dcd. It was an easy laxative, and not bad to swallow. My digestion soon Improved. I got well of the sour stomach, my bowels soon Beemed normal, no more griping, and I would take a do:;e now and then, and was In good shape. | 1 cannot say too much for Black. ' Draught for It is the finest laxative one can use." Thedford's Black-Draught has for many years been found of great value In the treatment of stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle and reliable in ita action, leaving uo bad after-effects, it has won the praise of thousands of people who have ur :d It NC-131 4 W 5.1 Ii you don't b g| pays ask your banl y There is a Southern I H for every need. I Chesterfield L B C. C. DOUG! ra ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, H y insu H W? Bur mmd S.l] R?. package, but tgl ao eye out Ifp 'or the name ill IGLEYS I ime Is your proatfalnst Inferior ||j| ns. Just as the iBl package Is pro- ?|jr aaalnst Impurity. Jjujjj eatest Name |ji|: LOVE FOR ANIMALS Fiom a leading editorial with the above caption, i.i the Times, of Beverly, IWass., we quote this paragraph:? It is r.r. excellent training for a boy to have charge of a pen of rabbits, a dog, or other pets, and be made responsible for their care and comfort. If he can learn to fulfil that obligations, he has taken one step toward assuming the responsibilities of ma'nhood. The boy who has learned humanity toward animuls, will be more thoughtful of the needs of hu- # man beings and better fitted to have control over them. TO AID HIGH SCHOOLS The committee on extension work of the University of South Carolina held a meeting recently to discuss plans for the department next session. The committee will inaugurate a policy that will mean a real service to the State and the educational forces of the State, especially the high schools. This department has always been one of the most important of the university and will increase in its importance next session. On thj committee meeting were I August Xohn and S. A. Graham, of the boaid of trustees. Reed Smith unu oiner mcmiii'rs 01 me iacuity. hould Insure? . ? V ' . elieve Life Insurance .; * ': <er. jJj&gB ,ife ft Trust Company Policy ' >. " T> ' &" ????? ioan & Ins. Co. LASS, Manager EALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK (t RANCE 1 Kit?td -Money Loaned