The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, January 29, 1920, Image 1

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" P H ^ 1 I VOL. 39?NO 5 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE rrr r ^ir ctatc urine I APPCll CDAU Tlir I x- - " ?t?e Lyric CHERAV SHOWS?5, 7, i MONDAY MARGUERI" IN HER GREATEST "WIDOW B A PARAMOUNT AR SHOWS 5, 7 and 9 O'clock TUESDAY constance IN Another one as Funny as A TflMl'ERM VA1 "two v v. , IF YOU WANT TO L Also Fox Suns! SHOWS 5, 7, 9 O'Clock WEDNESDAY JOHN BAF IN "the man fr< A Paramoun ALSO L-KO A FUNNY THURSDAY A PARAMOUNT AR ROBT W "TOLD IN T ONE OF TIIE PARAMOUNT ART ALSO MUTT AND SHOWS 5, 7, and 9 O'CIock . . FRIDAY WAI I Ar IN A Perfect Screa "THE LOTH WALLACE, CHIEF PRIZE IN A MA THE WOMAN WITH ANOTHER PARAMOUNT ART C SHOWS 5, 7, and 9 O'clock SATURDAY . THE SECOND 1 ''THE INVISIE MOST EXCITING SE III. ANTONIO ALSO FLAG COMEY A REDUCH COST OF 1 We are endeavoring to aid tl the high cost of motoring, "Whh high," whether they be motoring and we are prepared to do this < FIRST?We have reduced SECOND?Wo have empl who have a personal interest in THIRD?We use only the tainable. We handle the Famous GF a difference in the running and ii We handle MICHELIN C World's Best," fully guaranteed. Also we handle LEHIGH C ?uaranteed for 5,000 miles, and ube, at a very low price?guar* lube in its place. When in need of anything ii convinced. REMEMBER?Our motto is The Chestei tftVii g" i * ^ > ?? i Theatre V, s. c. and 9 O'Clock FEBRUARY 2D YE CLARKE PICTURE YET Y PROXY" TCRAFT PICTURE ADMISSION 22c FFRRI JAP V '*r? talmadge ENTAI, WIFE ANI) A VIRTUOUS MP. \j eeks" AUGI1 COME OUT line Comedy ADMISSION 22c FEBRUARY 4TH rrymore om mexico t Picture COMEDY ONE * FEBRUARY 5TH TCRAFT SPECIAL arwick hei^ills" CRAFT GREATER PICTURES JEFF COMEDY ADMISSION 22c FEBRUARY 6TH :e reid m of a Picture ERY MAN" RRIAGE LOTTERY, HAS TO WIN LUCKY NUMBER RAFT GREATER FEATURE ADMISSION 22c FEBRUARY 7TH SPISODE OF 3LE HAND" RIAL EVER MADE IAV moreno ND OTHER PICTURES *G THE VIOTORING he motoring public in reducing :?h all will a<imit is excessively for business or for pleasure? luring the year 1920. our operating expenses. oyed only skilled mechanics the business. best parts and accessories obtEEN FLAG OIL. It makes 1 the life of any motor. ASINGS and TUBES?"The Casings, at a very low price? the GREENWOOD Red Inner inteed against defect or a new n our line give us a call and be { i to please you. rfield Auto ! r Company j \ t. . S 01A1L ncno Anderson has'been seriously cri pled by the cold wave. Mills have be? shut down for several days, causii 2,000 employes to be idle. The ci has been in darkness since Monds night and for the first time in twen years the Daily Mail failed to issu John Nelson, a policeman i Winnsboro, was struck by a fallii limb last Monday night and died ( Tuesday morning. He was passit along the sidewalk when the limb ft and struck him on the head, fractu ing his skull. David Edens was accidentally ele trocuted at Sumter Tuesday while u ing an electric drill in a garage. t died instantly. Twenty-five cases of influenza ar four cases of pneumonia have be< reported by the City Physician in C lumbia. GafFney people are soon to beg the construction of a brick makir plant that will have a capacity of million a day. OtisK . Scott, a prominent aut mobile dealer of Florence, died i Johns-Hopkins Hospital, Baltimor following an operation. Hubert McFarland, four-yt?ar-o] son of Sergeant McFarland, of Beai fort, was burned to death as the r suit of playing with matches. H clothing ignited and the child was bi yond help when his screams brougl his mother, who had stepped out. Governor Cooper has removed , Olin Sanders from the office of Sheri of Anderson County. Sheriff Sandei was charged with many improper ac and was called before the Goverm to justify himself. Failing to clet his record the Governor declared tl office vacant and appointed Charh G. King to fill the balance of tl term. Capt. James Rogers, a Confederal veteran who distinguished himself i one of Morgan's raiders, died la week at Greenwood. James R. Carpenter, of Hartsvill died at Clemson College, where 1 was in his first year. He was 18 yeai of age.. A charter has been issued ar stock is being sold in the name of tl Carolina Coastal Oil.. Devalopraai Company, of Charleston. The con pany expects to drill for oil in tl near future in Charleston county. THE SOUTH'S ADVANTAGES AS A LIVE STOCK COUNTR The last census Shows thut 01 population has increased 21 per cei in the preceding decade, while 01 meat-producing animals decrease 10 per cent. We are facing a vei serious situation. The meat-produ< ing animals must be grown on tl farm. Farmers will not long contini to grow stock at a loss. The concl tions must be such that stock-raisir is profitable, or farmers will sooner < later go out of the business entirel The South has an overwhelmiri advantage over every other sectic in livestock raising. We have grej climate advantages that permit ou door pasturing and feeding during tl whole or the greater part of the yea We can obtain large yields of oat leguminous crops, Johnson and Be mudu grasses, sorghum cane hay, ar an abundance of corn and sorghu for the making of silage, the mo economical form of carbohydrate The keeping of good cattle and the ii telligent use of thoroughly good pe manent pictures and gra/.inf crop and the economic use of the silo ar cottonseed meal will make our lan< rich, keep millions of dollars at hon that are now sent to the North ai West, and make our people prospe uu?.? j ne rrogressive farmer. I hava accepted the agency for tl Purine Chicken and Stock Feed*, shipment being on the way now. Th is the best poultry feed offered < this market. W. P. ODOP A UNIQUE ROAD CONTRACT Waxhaw (N.C.) Enterprise. The Union County Road Commi sion has let the contract to Port and Boyd, a large contracting firm 1 Charlotte, for the construction < half a million dollars worth of ir proved road in the county. The tern of the contract are unique and u usual, but it is the opinion of tho; who have studied them that this the fairest possible contract. Tl cost is figured as closely as it ci possibly be figured, and the contra I..I ?L.< 1 ? 1 - iv-l mi mni oasis pius ten per ceni. the actual cost proves greater thi the estimate, the contractor los half the difference; if it proves le than the estimate he gets half tl saving. Thus it is up to him to mal the cost as little as possible. The fir road to be worked en under this co tract is the Jackson Highway fro Monroe to Waxhaw. Work is e pected to start on this road in a ft days. 660 has proven it will cure Malari Chills and Fever, Bilious Fever, Col and LaGrippe. ] w-mm m unij r l\VRI I K~1 H. ILLITERACY COMMISSION p_ To be smothered is the only thing Jn that would give us a real appreciation of the air we thsqYalbrcathen tion of the value of the air we jy breathe. To become suddenly deaf ^y would enable UB to evaluate sound, e and* blindness would impress us with the beauties offlig'nt. The essential things of life ale the freest and the least valued. Their absence, alone, >n creates a sense of appreciation. With those <$f us whom reading is as natural as walking, there is a r" very pronounced absense of a feeling of real apprcmtion. Somehow we c- take for granted that everybody can s- read and that the blessings attendant le upon this privilege are open to all. If it were possible to deprive the j whole reading world of this ability for a space of one month, and at the end of that time to say that the gift would be restored /or a period of twelfe months upon condition that in within this time every adult in this g country should be taught to read, how " busily would we employ each waking hour, whut ardor would we show in 0_ bestowing this gift upon others, not at winy uccuuse oi me unseinsh joy that ' e we would experience in blessing oth- ' ers; but also becuuse of the selfish 1 fear that we should have of being de- 1 '(* prived of n talent that means so much ' a" to us. ?" We have urged the removal of il- ( 1S literacy upon the literate public and ' e" tive of our endeavors be to help those ' ^ that we feel in our beloved State, and ' it is just that we should have this ' J. pride. It is right that we should at- \ ff tempt to make our State hold an en- 1 rs viable place among her sister States. ' ts But after all should the actuating mo)r tiv of our ndeavors be to enable those ir who through misfortune, or through io neglect, have been deprived of this ;s transcedent gift, to open themselves ' ie the beauties and practical blessings * that the printed page presents to 1 those who are able to read? At this season of the year, when ' IS <j the hearts of all of us respond most * readily to the call of others, we de- 1 sire to give somebody something. Are y e, there not very few earthly gifts ' ie whose blessings are more lasting than A fs the power of reading? We are able, either directly of indirectly, to pass 1 l(j this gift on to those who need it most. ' ie Shall we not 4o it now? LETTERS FRoll 1 ie FORMER ILLITERATES ' Miss Wil Lou Gray, who has been t and is still conducting the campaign , against illiteracy in South Carolina, ( Y is in possession of some verv interest ? . injj literature in the form of letters , jr received by herself and teachers who j it assisted her in last Surmer's "lay by" ] ir schools. Two of these letters were , >d dictated by aged ex-slaves who have ( -y since learned to write. Below are < c- printed a number of these appreciaat- , ie >ve missives: t ie Chester, S. C., Oct. 2?J, 1010 j |i- Dear Miss Gray: I am Klad to come to the afternoon j >r school I work in the mill at niKht. 1 i y. am K'ad to Ret the opportuniny to , iK come to school and I am K?inK to . >n try my best to lurn if there is any for t it me this is one of the first letters i f t- ever tryed to write I no you will find t ie a lot of mistakes j r. yours respctfully, j s, ) r. Cherokee Falls ,S. C., . id AuKUst, HO, 10 m Dear Brother, I will write you a/ew lines to show ' s you how well I have learned to write. n_ I have learned to read also. Have r_ been k<>">tf to a niKht school for one s month and have not missed a sinKlc * ,,1 niKht, money could not buy what I ,' ls have learned if it could be possible I j ' u, ant so Klad 1 come to this school 1 (( uj wish you were here to k<> with me ?!. -- .w. ?. ... r. ['."t-ni, ajfi* -!' liad | ' never been to school before.) ( _____ ( ie July 10, 1919 1 m Dear Miss (Jray ' 1 am tfointf to school for adult )n pupils. I have learned to writo some ' and can work arithmetic some and ' 1 think the school is a jjood thain I fore old men as you see 1 am not ' but fifty two years old and I am 1 j,. farming and have a store and do a ' (.r fourty five thousands dollars wrth of ; r,f business and you see I need some 1 jf education. 1 n. P. S. before I could not even write ' as a check to carie on my binis now n I tuink I onn writ o Kiunio *u:.. se will be n (cood help to me. is ie H 1 Seaboard Alloy, m Columbia, S. C., ct D"c. 22, 1919 If Dear Miss Gray, m I am writing a few lines to tell you cn about the night school. I enjoy comS8 ing to school again. Ihave not missed < one night since school began in No- I <e vember. I am so anxious to learn English that I hope the night school n. will sart again early in January and m continue all winter < x. I am, i >w (Signed) A Foreigner. i (Letter dictated by Aunt I.ucindty a, Fernandera, about 100 years old.) ds I like the slhool very murh. I am 11 glad to hav tho priviledgo to i u 10 scnooi. l never dream or had Jea if ever get the chance to go to chool. I am not going to school so >uch to learn but I am agoing because it is grand priviledge the state has offer us older ones. I know I caii't learn very much but it may be that 1 can learn to write my own name ind spell a little and read. Lord a nercy, I would not take nothing in .he world for dat. I believe the Good Lord has sent such a blessing on us alder ones. I am happy to enjoy >uch blessin'. Teacher ask, "Aunt Lucindy, how old are you?' Lord a nercy, I cant tell you. I was a young oman the dry year. I am getting an upwards of a hundred years old ar over, but I am going to come to school every day I am able. 1 almost feel like shouting for this grand privledge. (Letter dictated by student 74 years aid.) Vlr. Teacher: Dear Brother and Sis*or, I am up before on this grand sol.'nin occasion, the grand priviledge [ am now enjoying. 1 never dream if anything like this. I am so overjoyed to think I am now 74 years ige. Only had one wee chance in life ,o go to school. How proud I am to he Good Master that I can write my lame and can read and a spell a lit:le and make figures too. May Good Master bless our teacher. May he rown him with great success and rive him home up yonder. 1 have lecn come every day to school. I beieve this is some of the Lord's work. Don't you brothers and sisters? May dod bless these white folks for thinkng so much of us old slavery time Folks. KEEP WAR RISK INSURANCE It is regrettable that so many for11 or service men nre nnl ? % U|> heir Government life insurance issu.'<1 through the Bureau of War Risk insurance in Washington. The fact ieems to be due largely to widespread confusion and lack of infornation as to the right of former service men to permanent Government ife insurance, and the process by vhich this insurance may be retained. The demobilization of our armed forces was so rapid and was attended jy such uncertainty on the part of service men as to future civil occupations and permanent places of ibode that it was not surprising that nany of the men gave little thought -o the matter of insurance. Others loubtless thought the original term nsurance (War Time Insurance) eased when they were demobilized ind did not know it might be concerted into any one of the several 'orms of permanent Government Life Insurance (Converted Insurance). Still others, immediately up>n their return to civil life, felt finan. ially unable too continue the insurance. They should now take advanage of the liberal provisions for renstatemcnt. Mrs. F. B. Sanders, secretary of he Home Service Section of the \meican Red Coss has all the blanks iccessary for tiling reinstatement applications and is more than anxious .o assist any cx-soldicr in Chcsterield (founty in any possible manner oward reinsuring. Mrs. Sanders pas discontinued her visits to other owns, but has an office in the court louse, where she invites any one incrested to call and talk matters over. INFLUENZA NOW EP'DEMIC IN NEW YORK CITY It is announced by Health Commissioner Copoland of New York that inlenza is now epidemic in that city, lie is said to have reached this conclusion after examining reports received by the health department, ivhirh indicated that there was a very considerable increase over the 1,.'5.'12 cases reported during the twenty'our hours ending at ten o'clock last Saturday morning. Dr. Copeland stated Hint ineu .1.injury - there have been, in New York Jity, tod deaths fron influenza and tneumonia. He furtl r stu'cd, however, that there is no imlWion that he influenza epidemi \ ill ; each the proportions that it d: ! i i t v intci ind expressed the ! !i- f that the turning point has <-t ri p:?s-<d and Lhat there is likelv to - a (juiek de Mint* ir the n.nub r ??t* P"\v c.i. os. 1 liu.e 'no more c.-v of that 81C barrel* of (lour, and when it i* Rone, the Lord have mercy on you. Be wi*e ind get your (lour NOW. W. P. ODOM. BOLSHEVIKI DECREE 84 WORKING HOUR WEEK Here is a curious comment on the ffect of Holshcvikism as applied to labor: A dispatch from Helsintffors Russia, coming by way of London, states that Bolsheviki are undertaking to compel the entire population of Russia to work twelve hours a day seven days a week. This report would seem to confirm information heretofore coming from Russia to the effect that the Soviet Government is nn autocratic and not a popular government. i i ii ?I ? THINGS IN GENERAL I Diamonds in large quantities ( have been found in the trackless desert of South Africa, about 100 miles North of Kimberly, and thousands are flocking there to stake out claims. Germany has evacuated the city of , Danzig, which under the terms of the Peace Treaty becomes a free city on February 8. A statue nearly as large as the Statue of Liberty is to be erected by Americans on the River Marne, in 1 France, to commemorate the great stand of the French there in 1011. A fund of $250,000 will be raised in 1 this country by popular subscription. ^ The statue will be of stone. d Ilenry P. Fletcher, American Ambassador to Mexico, has resigned. Mr. , Fletcher lias been in diplomatic scr- >, vice for 18 years. It is said the hope- ,, lessness of bringing the Carranza ,, Government into accord with the Uni- u teil States in many issues involving c lives and property of American citi- ,j zens in Mexico, is tin- reason for Mi. Fletcher's resignation. Nearly 300 whiskey stills have ' been destroyed since the list of tin year in the Gulf district, which com- v prises the states of Alabama, Florida, M ississinni ami St..ml. f I . < the lirst of January. The churches of America have V shown a gain in membership since . 101') of nearly .'1,000,000. There has been a very decided falling otf in members in Sundaf school attendance for the same period. Fifteen persons were killed and a n number injured when two sections oi . a Canadian l'ucilic train came twgeth- h er in a rear-end collision near North- > bay, Oiiiurio, in.-a JuiUidu> nigh,. t The Irst section stalled and was overtaken hi the second which was run- f ning a few minutes behind. The en o gine of the second crashed through a the rear sleeper of section one. ? n FURMAN HAS ATHLETIC COACH r An item of interest in the plans of "l Furman University for the next ses- ;; sion is the employment of Mr. Wil- i, liam Ij. Laval as coach for the University. "Billy' Laval is one of the best known baseball players and man- j, agers in the South. He has been eon- j nected as player with a numoer of the leading Southern baseball clubs, t and has for sometime la n the ni.u.a- ' ger*of the (ireenville club. In those positions he has helped to produce j good clubs, and lias . uslnincd line, high toned, clean playing . While working during summt r villi those professional clubs, he has been spending a part of the winter in coaching at Furman University. This , last season he produced one of the best football teams in the State, the 1 Furman team having tied Clemson , for the championship of the state, and having defeated all other teams in South Carolina with which it played. Mr. Laval now gives up professional hal! altogether and will devote his ?.-ii11if nine i<? mi* iniiTcsl - ol I' ur I man. He will coach football .baseball, and basketball teams, ami will < also assist in the general mass plays i of th student body. This mass play- s iny is an important feature ->f the life of the University. Kverj man who is able to do so is required to ,| take ;t certain amount < f exercise i eaeh day under supervision. 'I hi y not only < ifords nece sory cxcreic for all tin- nn n but o a <> provides an or^ani/.at ion which includes ar the students of the institution. Th< hoys have great fun stnd also reeeiva | many other .advantages. Mr. Lava! has done this work admirably thi ,| yettr. That he will mak" an admirahle t haseball team goes without saying. His own experience in this gsinie and his success in professional ball make j it certain that he will use all the ma , terial at his disposal to the va ry best r advantage. The fri? ad. of lTtrmtu rt'Ktirtl the acquisition of Mr. Laval by the University as its cosieh sis par tieularlv fortunate. It assures clean, high toned si tide tics and sucessfu' playing 'n all departments of the ath- > letie life of the institution. There has been organized in the University a chapter of the Amerie; Legion, composed of hoys who saw service' on the either side of the seas. It is a line> group of spleneliel young > men. I am a bad man on Tobacco, and ] can save you some money on your chewing. Try me an be convinced. | W. P. ODOM. CHURCH SURVEY Or CHESTERFIELD COUNTY There will be a meeting he-Id at the Court House Cheste-rfield ne-xt Tuesday, February .'Ird, at 1 1 o'clock. Representative ministers and laymn 1 and women who desire to know more , of the- Rural Church Survey which is being conducted in South Carolina are especially invited to attend this , meeting. ANOTHER GET-TOGETHER :hesterfield's progressives OF BOTH SEXES will * BANQUET NEXT 1 WEEK 1 Yiday Evening, February 6, Date Of J The Next Gathering At The Court House Arrangement have been made for he next banquet of Chesterfield's > 'Get Together Club." 'i he last affair was so successful hat it was decided to arrange anothr at the earliest convenient time and L was also decided to invite the laOn account of the large number if applicants for reservations tho 1 icxt banquet will be held on the sec- I nd floor of the court house instead 1 if the main corridor which was ! iiiib.ed as a dining room on the formi occasion. '1 he bill of fare has been a ecided upon and will be as follows: J O.v-tor Stew, Roast Turbcy, Pork, |>9 I'd rouitoes, Itico Pudding, Sauce, *i?. . Cake and Coffee. (jj I" sides the general good time that k ill be hud the meeting will have its erious side. This will consist of dis- Lu -ions as to the best methods for Jm iiasing ( hestorheld a better place in " j k hieh to live and a better place in .. khieh to rear our children, both ' nun a moral and healthful stand'i,int. I'ron, these get-togethers bete?* friend." and better neighbors are natural result. Projects for many needed public mpt-oveni' nts will receive attention. 1 tniong these are water works and vV-*-* euor streets. Also the encourage- [ neiit of home building to relieve I .iiUu.t diaie im lis of the town. Mr. P. J. Zounis is the club's ofeial chef and will have full charge f all details pertaining to preparing mi serving the dinner. Dr. A. li. llayden, the master ioastlaster will ofliciate in that capacity. Those who experienced rather nor than their share of excitement ? tnc 1. >t banquet are promised that hei .v 11 be no "gun play" this time i'd the selection of the upper floor s then, l ore considered safe. BETHESDA Mrs. Julia Shoemake and son, who * lave been on the sick list, are imiroving. Mrs. J. I). Thcrrel and little daugher Gladys are visiting Mrs. Julia ihoemak e. Mr. Early Boan and Mr. Preston 'liavis vi.-ited Mr. J. A. Crawley Sunlav. Miss Ruth Mangrum, the principal f the Bclhcsdu school, has been very ick but we are glad to report is im- ^ >ro\ ing. On account <>f the rain Rev. J. W. iuick failed to till bis regular aplointment at Betbesda. .nr. i.eanoer jioatritfht has moved <> his new home in the Bethesda secion. If lhe early hauling of fertilizer is 01 indication, some of the farmers nasi lie jjoinir to litfht the boll weevil vith an early crop. MIDDF.NDGRF HONOR ROLL 1st tirade: lles.sii Alexander, iladys t'atoe, tirettie Johnson, Casey ohn. on, l ay Me.Manus, Louise Johnon, Othnieade Johnson. Advanced 1st: Ilussel Shaw. L'd tirade: I.e.-sie Johnson, Ruth ohnson, t'ynihia Johnson. Malonc loiVman, Thelma llofTinan, Alma Mc1 a n us. .'{<1 tirade: F.llen Bullard, Maggie lotf.aan, Harry Wehlon, Isabella Widen, Ida Belle Johnson. ( 'Hi Cr.de: Willie IIolTman, Lola L i e , Marie .Me.Manus, Sallie Shaw '!i tirade. Ophelia Johnson, Mary 'ohnson. 'iili tirade: Hlsie Johnson, David d Iode.es. Call on nie for all Kinds of feeds. can save you some money. A car of nill feed and a car of Sweet Feed low rolling. W. P. ODOM. UNION SCHOOL HONOR ROLL For month ending; Dec. 19th 1919. m!i irrade: Fannye Camphelle, I tn'lma Blarkwell, Howard and Anno I.ou M< -Donald. * Till jrrade: Mary !?. Kin^, Rubye Vortlirul, Henry Camphelle, Wheeler Mr! emion. <>th yraile: C.illette and Ilallic New;om, Lillio, (Jraee and (Jrettie Black\rll, lb ssie McCoy and Lillic Kin*?. J r?th jjrade: I.eroy and Connie Blarkwell, Colon Kin^ and Sallie M irkson. lib jrrade: Blanch and Burnice Mc- / 'oy. Alma. Charlie and llalton Blackwell, Henry Wat kins, Helen Mickson, Lee Stern, Annie and Bruce Northcut. I... I I... M : ~ "I!"'- - ...,i Kic?<iv-. tuniiiit.-, ? niie ana Annie Steon, Boss and Ronton Blackwell, Blanch Norris. 2nd Troy Belt. Adv., 1st Juanita and Annie Belt, Tommie Leo, Tom, Earnoat and Lucas Blackwoll, Clco and Isudore McDonald. j i.' ,1 1 t ^rade: Wood row Newaom, Rob- - i ert Northcut, Burnice Watkins, Eddie Blackwoll. - -'t~. 11M