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F ?IK (Pjcstfrfidfo Abtocrtiser 1 _ VOL. 38.?No. 36 CHESTERFIELD. S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1919 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE FRIZES TO REWARD I SAND FRUSTRATE* I "? ' EFFORT TO IMPROVE School Improvement Association la Offarlaf Lib*ral Premium*, Rang* lag from $5.00 to $50.00. Competition Includes Betterment of Euipnent and General Conditions. The prizes to be awarded by the Rural Improvement Association have been announced. These prizes range from $6.00 to $50.00, and their object is to encoruage a spirit of rivalry among the schools of the State in the matter of improvement over past conditions. Twenty-five prizes of $40 each will be awarded to schools making the greattst improvtment between March greatest improvement between March list of these prizes will be published at an early date. Miss Fanny M. Pearcy, organizer for Chesterfield county, is urging that every rural school community in this county organize an Improvement Association. She will be glad to furnish any information concerning the organization and how to go about winning some of these valuable prizes. Her headquarters are at Chesterfield. i THE LYRIC K CHERA MONDAY A HAROLD LL AND ALSO A FIVE-RI Name Will Be I TUESDAY WILLIAM ?ii "The Mor Another Big 1 SHOWS 6:15; 7:45, and 9:15 1 WEDNESDAY A BIG L-K< With Heaps pf Fun a DUSTIN 1] "david c fciiOWS, 5, 7and 9 O'clock T.IURSDAY ENID BE 1] "a hauntec k L.OWS, 6:15; 7:45 and 9:15 ] R" ] ..IDAY r ELSIE FE 1] "a socie A PARAMOO L OWS, 6:15; 7 :4.r? and 9:15 ] &.V. . RDAY . LOUIS Bi "OH JOT Another Good Western Also Mack Se New 3 ^ve bought the building mi. j occupied by D. J. Jo I v/il! carry at all times a fi 1 ;..SH . .'EATS, ETC., GASO: Also Lubri SUPPLY OF FRUITS AN fish 1 Briwjr r.ie your EGGS, Bl pnj nigh market price. i C. A. AUTOMOBILE THIEVES On last Friday afternoon a Ford , car belongng to Mr. H. C. Wilhelm, i of Middendorf, was stolen from the J parking field outside the fair 1 grounds. ( Mr. Wilhelm promptly reported the < theft to the local authorities and the ( Carolinas Automotive Dealers Asso- | ciation. Every effort to And any 1 trace of the car or the thieves was ' unavailing Friday night and Satur- 1 dayOn Sunday morning a negro far. ' mer found the machine stuck in deep sand on one of the roads back of Ru- 4 by. The South Carolina number had been changed to one from Ohio. The f radiator was dry and the rubber tube ' leading from the pump to the cooling system was melted off, showing thut 8 the thieves had made desperate at- 8 tempts to get out of the sand before ' abandoning the car. The thieves were evidently prnfes sionals, but they failed to reckon with * the Chesterfield County roads. Mr. ^ Wilhelm believes in good roads, but admits that there is some truth in the t . old saw about it being an ill wind that r ' blows no good. * : THEATRE ; w, s. c. NOVEMBER 24TH J OYD COMEDY 1 3EL FEATURE J Announced Later i; NOVEMBER 25TH ? S. HART I * F iey Carol" ;j riART Picture h a M. Admission 22Cts. y t NOVEMBER 26TH C{ O COMEDY nd Pretty Girls?Also 11 FARNUM ; N f ARSON" I: Admission 22Cts. h e NOVEMBER 27TH } ennett p N ti ) BEDROOM" } P. M. Admission 22Cts. ? b ? NOVEMBER 28TH :rguson N 1 FY EXILE" NT PICTURE d n P. M. Admission 22Cts. a F ii NOVEMER 29TH v ENNISON i (! sINIE OH" ! I Picture, With Bennison , nnett Comedy > Store ' and stock of Koods at the stand hnson, next to the Catoe Hotel. ne line of FANCY GROCERIES, LINE, KEROSINE. eating Oils. D CANDIES ALWAYS FRESH. CE CREAM JTTER, CORN, PEAS, ETC. I IENDRIX Store munn s mill Mrs. Gee, the wife of Mr. Billie See, whs buried at Angelus Friday morning, Rev, German conducted the services. Friday morning about one o'clock, ire destroyed the Lee Mercantile Zo., together with the store building >f Jowers and Knight and a lot of :otton and Post Office fixtures. The Post office will probably be in the Jordan's store for the present. The oss to the stockholders is estimated it thirty five or forty thousand dolars, with nine thousand insurance. Xobery was the cause of the fire. Mrs. A. D. Miles, is very ill at this ;ime, hoping she will soon be well. Mr. B. T. Miller attended the Inrram Livetsock Company's sale at iCershaw, S. C., Saturday. Mr. Henry Knight who is attending chool at Chesterfield, spent Saturday ind Sunday at home with his parents dr. and Mrs. R. A. Knight. Mr. Dan Clarke, and little daught>r of Ruby, spent Sunday in this secion with his parents Mr. J. M. ylarke. Mouara .InVin Ciill5*?n? ?*?'' TJ..U. ww.i.i wuiiivou aim ouii xiuuiard and Daniel Jordan all of Catarah section attended services at Fork >eok Sunday afternoon. Mr. Horton and Miss Kirkley of eflferson, attended services at Fork 'reek Sunday. Rev. Jerman congratulated the hurch in sending him to conference yith a paid up-to-date report. This hould be a great encouragement in he work and inspire us to do gTeater hings in the name of Our Creator. Mr. R. B. Yates and family also Irs Lemmon visited in the Center Jrove section Sunday. Rev. JenkinB will hold Thanksgivng sendees at Long Branch church >n Thanksgiving, also services at ight. Everybody is invited. We were surprised to know that he flying man mistook Jefferson for 'ageland and took down the Raiload in a southern direction, for we bought no other town in the State ad so much cotton as Jefferson piled round the depot and in the streets. Ir. Gardner informs us that he was o go from Chester via Pageland to Jhesterfield, but mistook Jefferson or Pageland. Very sorry that he disppointed so many at the fair, but lany in this section saw him that did iOt go to the fair. We feel ourselves ongratulated at the mistake of the lan in the air. Rev. Jerman and Mr. Shute of Jef-1 erson passed through this section rom Black Creek where they spent Wednesday night hunting, they aught eight 'possums and it not a ood time to hunt. Potato digging and hog killing are ere since Jack Krost has come and verybody through gatheringMessrs Brice Sutton and Frank emby "Forded" to Lancaster Saturay night. Mr. Lofton Johnson is the latest urchaser of a Ford car in this secion. We think now is an ideal time to lay the road from Munn's Mill to elTerson. Not much to do plenty to et and idle mules. We wish every raveler would ?ay yes those sand eds need fixing. I hava th7 HICKORY (WHoraa ragon with wida lira and braka. W. P. ODOM. JNION COUNTY HONORS HER FIGHTING MEN Union County, North Carolina, mblicly honored her soldiers both ead and living, on Armistice Day. A neeting was held in the court house ,t which speeches were made by irominent men of th state. Memoral services were conducted, after vljich the Union County Memorial Association was organized. Hon. R. 1. Redwine, flop. J, N. Prices and ?lr. F. H. Wolfe were choeun as presi lent, vice-president and secretary. It was decided to biuld a monunent "To the lasting memory of all he sons of Union County who fought n the Wc.ld Wur, those who fought ind lived and those who fought and lied, to those gave much and to those vho gave all." TRUCKING I now have Two Automobile Trucks at your ser* vice. Am prepared to do Short and Long Distance Hauling Day or Night. J. M, Redfearn A Lady in Chicago Telegraphs for Rat-Snap. Read Mrs. Phillips' wire: "Youell's Exterminutor Co., Westfield, N. J. Rush $3 worth of RAT-SNAP." Later re'd following letter: "RAT-SNAP arrived. It rid our house of rats in no time. Just moved here from Pa., where I used Rat-Snap with great results." Three sizes, 26c, 60c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by A. F. Davis, The Square Deal Drug Co. and Pageland Hardware Co. Rub-My-Tism is a great pain killer. It relieves pain and soreness caused ^Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains. L.,;,' SL-i'.W : ULj. .... , ||%. a . * . jf Lunnib UUUULASS 1 LOSES HOME BY FIRE ' Within the past week Chesterfield has had four fire alarms. Two were discovered in time to be controlled by the primitive methods employtd here, but one had gained tl enough headway to render the buck- jj et brigade useless. , s On Wednesday morning the home of Mr. Lonnie Douglass, on Scotch Road, was completely destroyed by a ^ fire that started from a defective tl I chimney. As the fir? had gained some start when discovered by Mrs. y Douglass there was nothing to do but p to save some of the contents of the j house. A good part of the furniture, e. bed clothing and wearing apparel were destroyed. Mr. Douglass' loss ai is estimated at about $4,000. There 0, was $1,000 insurance. n a i- a? -x?. ? . n. wccr ngu a we siarieu in uie p barber shop of S. M. Wingate at 11 e, o'clock at night. The discovery was e timely, as a few minutes delay would ^ have allowed the blaze to gain such jj headway as to become beyond con- c, trol. As it was the hastily organized bucket brigade succeeded in putting out the flames before serious damage was done. rj On last Saturday fire was discovered in some bales of cotton at the C. &. Station. This was another for- 0 tunate discovery, as the smouldering r. fire was extinguished before it had gained enough headway to become j dangerous. p( On Thursday morning five hay- et stucks belonging to Hon. G. K. Laney cj were destroyed by fire. st M I have no fin# brick store with a m plate glass front and its attendant sv expense, but I stor# my goods in a rji homely warehouse on the railroad c( traclc 1 keep the highest grade of heavy groceries, feeds, grain, flour etc, and as my overhead expense is light 1 make the prices very close. It w will pay you to see me. W. P. ODOM, w BOB WATKINS* HARD LUCK ht Judge M. J. Hough has placed an fit attachmnt on the Chalmers car of ni Bob Watkins, colored. The writ is d< to satisfy a claim for damages ngainat e> Bob, which another colored irutoist th claims he is entitled to as a result of U> Watkins wreckless driving. At any sc rate the two cars came together and the claimant contends that he sustain- vi ed much damage through no fault of ai his. The merits of the case will be pi threshed out in court. Meanwhile pi the Chalmers will ermain in "hock" ji on a $1,000 attachment. K m ixu i ik, r_ lusiutK- u i HOLDERS OF HURSTSTREATER COMPANY bi Notice is hereby given that a meet- w ing of the Stockholders of Hurst- ni Streater Compuny will be held at the to office of the Corporation, Chesterfield Si South Carolina, Suturday 29th day of o\ Novniber 1919, at 10 o'clock A. M., su for the purpose of considering a reso- m lution to liquidate, wind up the affairs and dissolve said corporation to agreeable to the laws of the State. or October, 27, 1919. fe , . J. II. Streater. . at John T. Hurst st Directors pf Hw**t-Streater Co. bi Tl STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, K< County of Chesterfield. ju Court of Common Pleas. el W. W. Moore, et al, Plaintiffs, vs. is W. II. Moore, F Defendant. w NOTICE OF SALE ' ot By virtue of an order granted by tli His Honor W. H. Townsend, presiding judge of court of Common Pleas, m Oct. 30th, 1919, in the abo''e stated [V case, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, before the Court e: House door at Chesterfield, South Carolina, on the first Monday in Deppmhpr 1010 Kptu/pon fUo 1,,,#o1 h' hours of sulc, the following described ^ tract of land: All that tract of land in said State and County containing eighty acres more or less and bounded by Excelsior Farm Co. land, J. R. Moore land, Robert Tucker land and ' Deep Creek., known as Maggie E. * Hamilton land, and also one lot in town of Mt. Crughan, C. P. MANQUM. Geo. K. Laney, Atty. NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS When making inquiries by mail concerning amount of taxes, etc., it is essential that tax-payers name u each separate piece of real estate b owned by them, together with its lo- j, cation, in what township, school die- a trict etc. J. A. WELSH, c, Treasurer- f, TAX PAYERS TAKE NOTICE g I will be at the following places for the collection of taxes from 9 :30 A.M. to 3 P.M., except Ousleydale from 9:30 to 12 and at H. K. Lin-, ton's from 1:30 to 3:30: K Nov. 21, Angelus Nov. 24, Jefferson r Nov. 26, Pageland 0 Nov. 26 Mt. Croghan. t J. A. WELSH, Treeeurer of Chesterfield County. rHE FAIR WAS A GRATIFYING SUCCESS ? boi The Seventh Annual Exhibition of aru he Chesterfield County Fair AssociaWa ion was just as much better than the j xth as the secon 1 war belter than f le first, the third than the second,the I aurth than the third and the fifth ' han the fourth. The improvement from year to ear has been gradual, but certain. ^ or this the (Association and their s^0 irectors deserve much credit. Howver, these gentlemen putting forth ^us leir best efforts could not have ehieved such gratifying results with- -j-|^ ut the hearty cooperation of the fariers of Chesterfield County, for a ounty Fair in a farming county is ^ lsentially a farmers' enterprise. ^or ach year has witnessed a deeper in- Qn srest by the farmers and their famies, and this year the wholehearted ^ . nthusiasm resulted in by far the ^ lost successful of all the fairs so far. r) The exhibits prove 1 that the counr can successfully compete with ag- jey culturul sections throughout the su"|t 'nited States that have made repu- gt.p itions for the successful growing ^ f various crops and the profitable ^ lising of stock and poultry. J j i?i r. wewion c,osn, of Vineland, N. jJeaj , who is amonp the most expert of wj aultry judges in America, pronounc- t i 1 the Chesterfield County exhibit of m ^ lickens one of the best he had ever a(jo ?en from any one community, while yuj r. A. A. McKeown, of Rock Hill, a W()r ost eminent authority on blooded c| vine, said no finer hops could be lised than were produced in this jj >unty. . cov The exhibits of the Home Demoni proi ration Club were the center of at- ^ ation to the ladies as it was the omen's department, conducted by omen und judped by women. Many ho attended the State Fair did not ^sitate to affirm that the Ch.'sfr;ld exhibits in this department,while ^ iturally not as larpe, showed many amj ;cided advantapes over the s'ate :hibit and, in fact the only part of ' lr le State Fair's showinp that uqual- j ,p d the county's was that which was tnt there from this county. j car This department was under super-; . sion of Misses Mary Cuddie Haynie | id Floride McCelvey. In this de- j>)(n irtnient were shown canned poods, c reserves and fancy sewinp. The idpes, Misses Juanita Neeley and lfreda Poad, both of Lancaster,were ( ost apreeably surprised at the size i id quality of the displays. I y Throuphout the lonp list of exhi- , ^ ts a hiph standard of excellence as maintained and it is quite rearkable that the judpes were able . . make such satisfactory decisions. , ich satisfaction has been expressed 'er the results that it is hoped all of me judpes may be secured for the j j ?xt fair. i jon The attendence was very satisfac- . ry to the Fair Association. While curr le cloudy and one cold day interrred to some extent it was prob >ly all made up on Friday, which inead of Thursday proved to be the p day. A circus in the county u? hursday drew heavily on the fair >inp population and no doubt inired the receipts for that day consid ably. | rfl The failure of Aviator Merrill to i I -rive was the one disappointment of J JJ le fair. That this was unavoidable clearly shown in a letter from Mr. . E. Young, Merrill's manager, in hich he explains to Secretary T. E. ulloy how hard he tried to get an.her flyer. This letter appears in lis week's Advertiser. The heads of the various depart-1 ents are preparing their lists of rize winners and those will bo pubsod in next week's Advertisor. The one community to prepare an (hibit was the Macedonia Communi. r. Its exhibit was most praiseworly and sets an example that should i* followed by every community in J le county. I AUCTION SALE Beginning at 10 A.M., Dec. 2,1019, ~ L:_I a L :ii ? it. vrill nl'll IU UIV IHgOl'Sl UKKItr illO I (Mowing: All my forming tools; bugy, wagon, hogs, corn, hay, potatoes, ousehold and kitchen furniture, etc. = AUu h?ve for sale one mulo, weight i ^ 250 pounds, and one Ford touring' M tr in excellent condition; these will > e sold either btfore or at sale. I 7 J. R- Crawley. NOTICE On Saturday, Nov. 29th, 1919, I 'ill sell at public sale, to tho highest vjjj idder, one 5-rqpp\ dwelling and lot, ? the t?wn of Jstferson, S. C., known "I s the J. A. Bird home place. The lot ontnins one and one-half acres ronting on Baker and Humpton Sts. !ood well on place. Sale to begin at P.M. on said property. Terms Cash. C. A. BIRD, Executor. Stl FOR SALE 37 Acres of good farming land; ood dwelling and barn; some good est imberjone horse farm in cultivation; lear good school and church; Also ? ne Ford Touring Car in A-l condi- H ion. Will sell at a bargain. fr B. C. WADSWORTH, Ruby, Route 2. IESTERFIELD PASSES THE 7,000 BALE MARK "?otton buyers in Cheterfield hnv< ight over 7,000 b..les this seasor I the buying is not ov -r yei. Kig. s furnished by Weigh/ H. A itson, up to Thursday a*e: lurst-Streator C. . I'.TSt1 ''armers' Mercantile Co.... 1,541 lursey Brothers HOJ) i. A. Threatt 20<i 1. C. Moore 11" al 7,27.1 *ong staple brought 70 cents and rt was sold for 118 on Thursday. ;ton seed was worth $1.25 per hel. X?EN QUICK USES KNIFE ON JOHN WESLEY CHAVERS 'wo well know citizens of Mari0 indulged in a light a week ago a circus- lot near Cheraw that ely tn.rsed resulting in a tragedy, lingular coincidence is noted in fact, that Tilden Quick one of the ticipants, was the recent purehas?f a larg-' part of the Lurch Kirkfarm, a dispute over which reed in the killing of Kirk ley last tember. It seems that John \Vesfact that Tilden Quick, one of the ing to a friend and by way of riendly salutation bumped their lis together. This angered Quick, 1 "cussed out" Chavers, whereupLTiavcrs, just to show there was nn a-ill, repeated (he bumping opern. A fight ensued in which ck, being the smaller was getting sled, when he drew a keen bladed ket knife and plunged it into vers left side, barely missing the rt. ('havers was taken to . h? ington Hotel, in ('hi raw, wh r apt medicai uid prevented his ding to death. He was able to be oved to his home last Tuesday. TT RIVERS PAINFULLY HURT IN COLUMBIA latt Rivers, 11-year son of Mr. Mrs. B. R. Rivers, wlio moved n Chesterfield to Columbia, was ck by a Ford car in that city last sday and painfully injured. The was riding on a bicycle when the struck him and knocked him m. Two wheels passed over his i, but he escaped any broker, es. The autoist speedd up and < ?I'd. PTIES SHOT GUN IN NEGRO'S DCDY /ill Holly, colored, is in the Chesield County jail awaiting the ouie of wounds inPdcted by him on tiler negro named Jackson. Holly ins that Jackson attempted to it him with a pistol, whereupon procured a shot *run ami shot tson. A load of allot oaten, d cson's stomach and it v a; th >ni?;of the diotor that he h-'d but a t time to live. lhe shooting oc ed near Cheraw. Not ' k-t. 1 u /\uiomoK If you are thinking of bu Car, don't forget that we GOOE The TIRE with a SIX THO Come around and get ATTA'S Al ACCES closing 1 Wo aro tfoiriK to close out c OES. HARDWARE, FARM our Store and Warehouse. Have not space to name pr Some of our prices on > amen will astound you. We This sale is made to win eater Co. It will run for til We will continue to buy y : market price. iurst-Str AVIATOR MERRILL TRIED : HARD BUT DIDN'T GET HERE s When Aviator Merrill was forced j to lan?l in a field near Mcliee last veo!., while on his way to the Ches- J\ Urfield County Fuir, he made every possible effort to (jet his machine ir> i <hnpe to ;jet here, but was unable to do so as parts had to be supplied i from Memphis, Tenn. Mr. T. E. Mul; loy, secretary of the Fair Association, immediately jjot in touch with F. E, Younjft of Memphis, who had made the contract to furnish a flyer for the fair. Mr. Younjc wired in all directions for flying men and neither effort nor expense was spared in attempting to replace Merrill and his machine, but the time was too short, the fair was over before a flyer could be obtained. The following letter from Mr. Younjj to Mr. Mulloy will show the efforts both were making to provide an aeronaut for the Chesterfield Fair patrons: Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1919. Mr. T. E. Mulloy, Secy., Chesterfield, S. C. Hear Mr. Mulloy: I have your several telegrams to which I replied as per enclosures. It is certainly touph that Merrill was unable to net to you, as I know the boy tried and tried hard, but this is part of the name and it had to happen to you instead of to some one else. Combs was to fly at Madison, (iu., and when he could not pet there I sent Aviator Miller to replace him, so that when Merrill failed to net to Chesterfield I had no one to send you, but thounht I could net a man from North Carolina, but the time was too *hort. I spent nearly all ninht tryii t to pet you a man, but had to pive i;.i. I hope to be in your section shortly with some ships doinn commercial flyinn, and if so, will run in and see you. Yours very truly F. E. Younq: D. A. R. CONVENTION HELD IN CHERAW The State Convention of the Daui phters of the American Revolution | was held in Chernw last week. Melopates from every Chapter in I the State were present and were welcomed by Hon. W. P. Pollock, whoi was authorized to speak for the town of <'l' raw. Mrs. J. A. Spriull, repent, welcomed the delepates on behalf of Old Cheraw's Chapter. Notable visitors who were present woT": Mrs. Georpe Thatcher Guernsey, President of the National Society 01 the l>. A. R.; Miss Emma Crowell, National Secretary of the D. A. R.; Mrs. Kufus Fant, President of the Federation of Women's Clubs of S. C. ' AM the officers were re-elected and 1 a new office added, that of librarian, to which Mrs. Frank Cain, of St Mattin \vs, was elected. Anderson was chosen as the place in which to hold the next unnual ! Convention. tice rile Owners ying new TIRES for that handle the )RICH USAND MILE Guarantee, our pricca. JTO& 1S0RY SHOP Out Sale itir entire Stock of DRY GOODS, IN(i TOOLS, in fact everything ices. Come and see for yourself. Vearing Apparel for Men and have lota of Underwear. d up the Corporation of Hurstle next 30 days. our cotton and seed at the higheater Go.