Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ The Oldest, Large Bank in Chest* * nn ? l-'cp See U h, Vice*Pre?ident. IT Your Need h i Legitl Bk within the help W/K tice, it will he * And in an mt> pleased to hav W' any business [ you. Our only e w ? n n n I I C t LA A_/LI\ UV 1 "3 11 1L Wy er; so conside fHE FARM! p ruby, south jfH. BURCH, R. M. NT.I President. V , Our Savings Plai B0KERAGE ar resent only the best co I nui Feed, Meat, Lard and Lubricating and Mote m Insurance that insures?Lift If in need of any of the good |Bti money to see me on the roat j^Bcc every Saturday and Monda; Yours for Service, A S. . SEi RUBY i^H m w / > e Pleasure v. ~tly enhanced if | ire in harmony. ^ our business I Comfortable, Nlal ? I ? ?:?l f L Farmers' Hra The Fourteenth Decennial* Census Is to be taken during the month of January, 1920. c< is " ????? J. ARTHUR KNIGHT ?' Attorney-at-Lew Office in Courthouse Cheitfrficld, S. C. ? KaNNA St HUNLEY Hr ?Attorneys? YjLJfrnna, C. L. Hunley, R||^HHp. Chesterfield Offices: HHe Courthouse, Chesterfield of Cheraw Bldg., Chsrsw ? V DR. L. H. TROTT1, v Dental Surgeon j W Chesterfield, S. C. % r Office on second floor in Ron Building. . All who desire my services will j>8?as see me st Chesterfield, as 1 Mve discontinued my visits to other Be* I L. McMANUS Bank of Chesterfield. |^^H^^Bageland ovory Tuesday; m HH^^B^kevery Wednesday. ^^^^ ^^Chesterfield. ajvap-ri-,rtrr.f-w 111' mry witho\ heaterfield ' i I i I st and Strongest srfield, S. G. ! i osits. $1.00 Starts An Account i ' I ass, Cashier. . . j D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier 11 1 D. H. Douglass A*sist. Cashier I I < ! 1 ! e 1 ( J aiciic, ol sound banking prac- * gladly met at this Bank. ; iy event we shall he I e you call on us wilhid problem that confronts * i c F xcuse for existence as J : Service we can renr us always. ' ERS BANK I I CAROLINA J VSOM M. L. RALEY, ? President Cashier. I t Is Interesting d id 'NSUSANCE ; mpanies and sell Flour, Corn, 8 Hog Products, Paints, Grease r r Oils; Monuments and Tomb- * s, Health and Accident. e ^ - - - - 1 1 ? 0 Uiuimuiicu tlUUVC It Win SclVU 1 or in my oflice. I am in the n y when in Ruby. Call and see a h LLBRS 5 , S.C. r ======^= 11 t B 0 S J B n L of Dining J a your surroundB i * :o make your ke it your busi- f (1 1( SI t( aware Co. i: a tl o ii NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS J When making inquiries by mail to jnccrning amount of taxes, etc., it essential that tax-payers name :ich separate piece of real estate 'l wnetl by them, together with its lo- d ition, in what township, school (lis- ^ ict etc. J. A. WELSH, Tr/.o....... ..VMOU.W. a t, ll If You Can 0 BUY IT AT HOME " v* tl ASHCRAFTS iondition Powders. A high-class remedy for horses id mules in poor condition and ; need of a tonic. Builds solid usele and fat; cleanses the sys " im, thereby producing a smooth lossy coat of hair. Packed ta administer t?e _ at charge. HOME AND COMMERCIAL^ ORCHARDS NEED CARE PMchci and Small Fruits to Help Fight the Boll Weevil. Clemaon College, Dec. 22.?It has been conclusively proved that the soils of South Carolina are more than ordinarily adapted to the growing of fruits, both for the home and for markets. Under our present boll weevil conditions, the home orchard and the fruit garden must play an even greater purt in reducing the L-ost of living thun it has played heretofore. The amateur fruit grower bluzes the way, as it were, for the larger operations in this industry; and It is in the commercial production ?f peaches and small fruits that the cotton farmers will find a field rich both in returns and in enjoyment, uiggeats George P. Hoffman, Extenlion Service Horticulturist. The Site and Soil Selection. It is urged that the most careful :onsidcration, combined with the best ?u6>ucui, I/O uoou iu imeuuiiK (li? >rchurd site and soil. In the hom* >rchurd the site is fully as important is the soil. The home orchard alt* should be :hosen for the following points: easy -each and protection; sufficient else to prevent divided plantings; situation to idd to general attractiveness of the | tome grounds; air circulation and atnosphrric drainage. The soil should lavo good surface and subdrainugc. nedlutn fertility and freedom from [israscd and insect-Infested trees. ' The cotmnercial orchard site should te chosen for accessibility and mar- ] ^ t outlet, community production and > tood air circulation and drainage. The toil should have drainage, fertility ind physical condition, and proved ield trial of fruit grown. Fruit and Variety Selection. Careful consideration should be liven the purpose for which fruit of he proposed orchard is being grown? tome, local or commercial consump- ' ion. In the commercial orchard both . he fruit und the varieties should be tarrowed down to a minimum, and I ;reater areas plantod to those best 1 idapted to the Immediate section and mrticularly suited to tbe market eonlitions. Many orchards are unfruitful failires as u result of unwise selection md poor sources of the trees and ines. To safeguard against this, armers and amateur orchardists hould consult with their county agicultura! agent, or write to the Exension Service, Clemson College, S. C. Care of Nursery Stock When Reaelved. Immediate planting on arrival of lursery stock insures greater success, nd every effort should be made to lave things in readiness. However, t the soil and weathor conditions lo not permit immediate planting, dig . trench "i sufficient size and depth, the wrapping material from he bundle and completely cover the tock with soil. It Is very essential hat special attention be given to all hipments of trees and vines ordered r received during severe weather, as,1 a many Instances, such shipments re necessarily subjected to frost Inury, either In transit or before bang planted, and may be damaged to I uch an extent as to make them uuQt or planting. If trees are frozen upon arrival, ompletoly bury both roots and tope a moist earth, or ullow them to thaw lowly in a cellar. If treea have dr<ed out in transit, pen the bundle, cut the bottom band, arefully spread the roots and comlately bury both roots and tops. A)>w to remain osveral days and they lay resume their natural oondition. .aying Out the Orchard and Preparing the Soli. Usually ths lay of the land predeter- 1 lines the method of laying out the rohard In all instances, such meth- | ds should be employed as will preent soil washing and aocoramodate s many trees per acre as possible. The soil should bs broken deeply, ubsoiled (where a hard pan is presnt) and thoroughly harrowed. This rork should be done during the fall nd early winter, at which time a over crop of rye, clover or vetch, epcnding upon the fertility and phys al condition of the soil, may be own. The holes In which the trees are i be set may he dug. dynamited or i lowed out. However, plowing is lore econ niieal and is recommended, s more thorough cultivation between he trees can ha given. In the use f dynamite, which Is recommended i some cases, care should he taken ot to plant the trees too early alter ynamlting, and to stir the soil well ?fnrA iiotHno Planting. Time, Depth and Fertilizing.?I^atn ill and early winter planting offer added advantagea over spring lantlng, and there la no danger from old injury in this state. The planting depth of the trees nd vines should not be more than so inehoH deeper than when ntnndlng . i the nursery, and one pound (about j ne quart) of any good balanced comlorcial fertilizer or one forkful of '#11 retted Htable manure should be loroughly mixed with about a bushel f top aoil and need in filling in round the roots. Thorough mixing of ne fertiliser and soil, and packing te latter to very eseontlai; ohhorwlee, ijurioua effects might result from urnlrj- unA drying oat Preparatory to planting, the roots f tha trees and vine* should not be SILL HEAD f PRINTING 1 I on I -~3~_ ' GERMANY UNDONE BY OWN WEAPON Had Sold to Amerloa Secret of Making Explosive ^ From Air. BIG NITRATE PLANT RESULTS. Built in Eight Months It Convinces Kaiser of His Defeat By GARRET SMITH. One of the most romantic passages in the secret history of tho World War la the story of how the Ordnance Department of the United States Ariqy mndo It possible for America, Until then utterly lacking In ammunition and in facilities for mnktng It, to manufacture unlimited quantities of powerful explosives out of air and rock. It was largely the knowledge of this fact that forced Germany to surrender when she did. The secret was secured from Germany herself. It was an open business transaction between business men. wheretiy we apparently acquired muujiub imiia uiiniitrjr mini B (inici'm for mnklng a high grade fertilizer known as cynnnmld. Frank Sherman Washburn, bend of the group of business men who bought tills process, conceived the germ of the Idea In the early nineties while In Soflth America na consulting engineer fp connection with the production and shipping of Chilean nitrate of soda. Nitrogen compounds nre an essential part of all commercial fertilizers. The only available natural nitrate deposit* In large quantities are In Chile. This supply was diminishing. Germany, which Jind been taking about onethird of the Chilean nitrates, was already experimenting with processes for their artificial production. In 11107 Mr. Washburn secured In Germany the Amerlcnn rights of the cyunomld process which hud been Invented In tliut country. Turning Air Into a Weapon. By this process air, which Is a mixture of about four-fifths nitrogen gas and one-fifth oxygen, is placed 111 containers and subjected to pressure and cold until it turns to a liquid. Then the nitrogen is distilled In much the same manner as alcohol Is separated from water. But before tills nitrogen can be uged as a fertilizer It must be combined with a chemical combination of lime and carbon known as calcium carbide, produced by burning ordinary limestone in big rotary kilns and combining It in Bio electric furnace With carbon supplied In the form of ordinary coke. Cynnnmld thus produced contains the elements of ammonium nitrate, one of the most powerful of modern explosives. By one process ammonia Is extruded from the cyanamld. By another process nitric acid is extracted from another batch of this same syannmld. Then the ammonln and nitric , eld are combined and there you have ammonium nitrate reudy for packing 1 Into shells with TNT. There ure three klndn of explosives used for bursting shells in modern ! warfare ?TNT, picric acid and ammonium nitrate. The United States was equally deficient In raw materials and plants for manufacturing all thVee of these explosives. Under the best of conditions' the cost of either TNT or nitric acid is about two and one-half the cost of ammonium nitrate. But the United States was wholly dependent upon Chilean nitrate of soda as a raw material for ammonium nltrnte, with the exception of u amall produc- j tlon of nitrogen from the coking of coal. The Chttean supply was 4,.100 miles awuy from New York City by wuy of the I'unama Canal, and the route by way of the Rtrults of Magellan Is nearly twice as loitg. A Record Building Operation. Shortly after the war hegnn In Europe the Oerinnn government entered ] Into tho fixation of air nitrogen for ( military explosives on a vast scale. It , wus not, however, until the fall of 1917 ' tliHt the United States government took It up. i The < irdnance Department asked Mr. Washburn's company to organize a subsidiary corporation, known as the Air Nitrates Corporation, with Mr. Washburn us president, to act as agent of tho government for the construction and operation of the air nl- . trates plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. This corporation provided the designs, erected the equipment in the chemlcul plants and supervised all the other work. It nlso operated (lie camp, the town tfnd the plant. Other , work Is sublet to several-of (he best known organizations In the United States. Westlnghouse Church Kerr Coinpuny built the plant buildings, the camp, the permanent city and utilities. The J. (J. White Engineering Corporation designed and built the nitrate acid plant. The M. W. Kellogg Company furnished the piping und - built the chimneys. On February 16, 191H, ground wus broken, and eight months and eight days later the $60,000,000 Muscle Shouts plunt begun producing ammonium nitrate. In that brief period 23,000 men had ootnpleted the plunt and around It, where not a house stood before, had arisen a city of 25,000 Inhabitants. s. This plant when In full operation was reudy to provide 18 per cent of all explojlvetf to he used by all the allle* j on nil the allied fronts during the *x ] ported spring drive of 1919. WeDo^^V LETTERHEAD I PRINTING 1 y^MMERM/t^7 | <; *sa \fT _ ROYSTI I Where just deserts to man are shown. His life was useful in his home An earnest patriotic fiend Who sacrificed for freedom's cause Was ever loyal to the end. He faced the foe with courage strong Dn the angry battlefields of danger Still led by him who led the way Krom Bethlehem's lowly manger. God safely cared and brought him back. In freedom's honor, peace and pleasure Where justice, truth and right prevailing Are held to heart as sacred treasure. His life has closed but not in vain Were spent his years-just twenty-four Will oft recull in coming years The memory of you, Kranklin Moore. Such trials in life bring sorrow deep And fill the soul with sorrowing pain. Yet tho his life on earth is ended His soul's alive to live again. Written by a friend (M. S.) At the request of a relative of the deceased. IN CHESTERFIELD Statements of Bennettarille Citizen* Are Always of Interest to Our Readers To many of our readers the streets )f Bennettsville are almost as familiar as those of our own town, and we are naturally interested to read of fiappeninxs there. The following report from a well-known and respected resident will be helpful to numbers of men and women here in Ches- , Lerfield. F. M. Easterling, 114 Jordan St., ' Bennettsville, S. C., says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills and found them to be as represented. I used them some time ago when my back was lame and I had a tired feeling. I knew what Doan's Kidney Pills were as 1 sold them when I was a drufc clerk. 1 only took Doan's a short time and was permanently jur^d." Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't limply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pill?~?the same that Mr. Eaatcrlins: had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mficrs., I I ."Have stoc have alwa pert chem I material e j nothing h the practi vigorous splendid i Iditional n "have sto . F.S. ROYS I Norfolk, Va, Richmond, Va. I Washington, N. C. S Montgomer I TO THE MEMORY OF FRANK MOORE In the midst of life we are in death ? No truer words could be One hour here, the next may find Us somewhere in eternity. We may not always realize As to our own dependent being Until our faith, tho often small, Is lost to finall seeing. The life span is but brittle thread But oh how quick can sever And leave behind a memory still The life is gone forever. 'Tis said "when death decides his mark He's never once to pass it by" Who knows what hour may bring the I scythe And reap the life of you or 1. lust as he reaps the life of others Thru sicknes, age or accident We too may on th morrow fall By some sharp arrow far misspent. As this our friend whose life has vanished And passed beyond to realms unknown Where face tfo face he met his muster TRADE MARK R?0ISTCR?D >d the test" of time, be iys first stood the test lists. 3 great laboratoi ntering Royster bran larmful to crops can p cal experience of 35 and progressive metl manufacturing facility iasons why Roysters od the test." ;ter guano < Lynchburg, Va. Tarboro, N. C. CI partanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Macoi y, Ala. Baltimore, Md. Toledo, Ohii TAX SALES By virtue of authority contained in ' certain Tax Executions issued by J. J A. Welsh, County Treasurer, for the ' year 1918, and directed to me, I will golfer for sule the following real es- 1 'tate, to wit: 1 1 house and lot in town of Cheraw, Known us the Sarah E. Wilson estate. 98 acres of land in Bcthcsda School * District, known us J. C. Itivers land. 39 Acres and two buildings in Shi- 1 loh School District, known as E. J. and W. A. Smith property. Parker School DUtrict - 1 .r>0 acres of land known as Mrs. ' Elizabeth Brock land. ? Pine Grove School I 5 Acres of land known as Jethro Davis land. ( Cat Pond School i 110 acres of land known as L. A. t r>. i? i? > viuwivy liinu. 1 Providence School District I 1 lot known as A. W. MeCall lot. {shipthis bundle i \ The Highest Prict That's What You'll Gel WE WANT 'EM NOW?AND WILL fh'KXIPA IA KGF I N'llAUGF Pi I I <f A 11/ ' rtAOl | f?|ft A TO / / I o?Qg || >1 I RACC iBIack 113.00 tc 14.00112.00 to 10.001 ! Heavy Furred 12.00 to 10.00 9.00 to 8.00 Ordinary 9.00to 8.00 700to 6.00 ! Ml? IF ine. Dark 22.00 to 18.00 16.00 to 13.00 1 Usual Color 15.00 to 12.C0 11.00 to 9.00 I (Pale 11.00 to 9-09 1 8.00 to 7.00 I MUSK IWinter 6.00 to 5.00 4.75 to 3.75 ! Fall 4.50to 3.751 3^0to 2.75 ! These extremely high prices for Sou the well-known "SHUBERT" liberal g diate shipment. No. 3, No. 4 and ot market value. Ship your Furs now? "more money" and get it "quicker" t< 44SHUBERT" RETURNS WI SHIP TODAY ?AND KEEE 'ILEERS I I I cause they I of our ex- ] ries test all ds so that I ?ass. Then I years, the . lods, and I es are ad- I Fertilizers . COMPANY larlotte, N. C. Columbia, S. C, g a, Ga. Columbus, Ga. I o C6) J m mmmmrnrnm HJ 173 acres and 2 bldgs. known as [{. J. W. "Redfearn land. >00 acres of land known as R. J. W. [tedfearn land. N.B.?On the last two named .racts of land tax will be collected 'or HI 17 also. Pageland School District 1 lot and 1 bldg., known as Henry 3havis lot. 1 lot and 1 bldg., known as Baxter Doster lot. McBee School District 2 lots and bldg., known as H. H. Rogers lots. 1 acre and 1 bid}?, in Chesterfield School District known as A. W. Redfearn estate. All of which I will sell before the :ourt house door in Chesterfield ounty on the 2d day of Feb., 11120, he same being the first Monday in February, for cash, to the highest >idder. D. P. DOUGLASS, Sheriff. o"S^^^^00 is Ever Known t from "SHUBERT" PA V TIIF PDIfX TA tcm> M?l MIDIUM I N ISMAIL N? 2 I a* TO |< Ml* to AVH?*6C |*S TO Wt *QV*UTf oon 9.00 to 8.001 7.50 to 6.50 1 7.00 to 4.00 7.00 to 6.00 5.00 to J.50 5.00 to 3.50 5.00 to 4.501 4.00 to 3.50 4.00 to 3.00 i ic 1.00 to 9.001 8.00 to 6.50 1 8.00 to 4.C 3.00 to Sf.O 6.00 to 5.00 6.00 to 3.00k 5.00 to 5.001 4-50 to 4.00 4.50 to 2.501 ;rat J.50 to 2.751 2.50 to 1.751 2^0 to 1.50 Z.501O 2.001 1.75 to 1.501 1.75 to 1.25 ith Carolina Furs are based on rading and are quoted for immeherwise inferior skins at highest when we want 'em. You'll get JO. LL MAKE YOU HAPPY ? 'EM COMING FAST v