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^ VOl-. : NO 6 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1920 $1.50 A YEAH IN ADVANCE / I IWTL-D At 1 ir-r* . I 1 | 'IV F I 1 he Lyr: CHEF A WEEK OF WONDERFUL F GREAT SHOWS?5, MONDAY CHARL "THE EGG CF RAY AT HIS BEST SHOWS 5, 7 and ft O'clock . , TUESDAY . . . |\ | P ! 1 *i' w R^VEI. \| agrf.at piciu:;' ! nn:r . \ shows "), 7. and '.) o'clock | \ wednesday first natit fm ia WJF * . I - ft NORMA HA.UGHT S RATED AS ONLY 100 PER CEN DON'T H ALSO L-] P|$HOWS 5, 7, 9 O'Clock ^Thursday MARGUEF "THF GO A Pa ram AI .> <> I "IT A FRIDAY AND SAI'JRDAY DOUGLAS ^ IN HIS LATEST A "WHEN THE C II YOU L.IKE SPEF.l ALSO SATURD "THF INVIc mrnma I V V ^ REGULAR HOURS BOTH DAY' CARNIVALS NOT FOR US The State Senate has passed a I prohibiting tent shows jind earni companies t" ,, i cxhihitiiiK in Ch terfield C ount. A proviso allows i fair asHociation to permit, under r ulation, such shows to exhibit dm the fair on the fair ^toumls. DISCHARGE NOTICE On the xth of March, 11120, I \ apply t i the 1'; abate Court of t County for a d eha jre Admit tratrix m . I t.tie of II. Iv (i ledjfe, < e n ed. Pebrt; try 'J, 1920. p Aliie L. Gulledgc Adrainitttrati Ec Theatre I !AW, S. C. MCTURE5 FEATURING WORLD'S EST STARS 7, and 9 O'Clock FEBRUARY 9th. ?S RAY -IN RATE WALLOP" | IN HIS BEST PRODUCTION I ADMISSION 22c .' < FEBRUARY 10th. j MOV A ! -L\T -ATiONS" | ea'iiist actress to bring it j out i ADMISSION 22c ? i FEBRUARY 11th. ' 3nal presents { I . 1 i Spo. :?-r" j|jj | . TA.LM.ADGE EI? OF TWO 'WORLDS J t perfect picture ever made iiss this one KO COMEDY AT MISSION 30C. FEBRUARY 12th. WJE CLARK OSE GIRL" ount Picture Ni) .11 :i K (D.MKI)Y FEBRUARY I3?h And 14th. FAIRBANKS pit.* r A3ir.3l I'lC I UKt YKT LOUDS ROLL BY" ) AND DOUG SEE i HIS ONE AY?THE 3rd EPISODE >IBLE HAND" > ADMISSION 25C. BANKERS OF I'ER NEW PLAN 'i11 FOR EUROPEAN RELIEF trill ex- The Administrative Committee of the the Ai. ' i eati Bankers' Association or- hits niE t ! a new plan foi European m>; relief. It i H it Congress appropriate sin .. Uih.'K 1.1 to ai.ov, the Uui led States Grain Corporation, or other suitable ageney, to purchase and v'" export foodstuffs and other necessities to countries of Kurope, outside s" of (!i rnmny, and to Armenia. It is suggested that the eonimodities sent to these countries be sold on credit to their Government, with the Grain ? Corporation taking care of the dis"* tribution. 1 iii iii\-rtLLic.L/ ^nuKCli TO SURVEY THE COUNTS Rev. A. J. Brock, traveling reprc sentative of the Inter-Allied Churcl movement, was in Chesterfield Tues day in the interest of that organ iza tion. Mr. Brock addressed an audi ence composed of ministers and lay men of several denominations and explained the objects of the movement and enlisted the services of a committee which wiil make a church survey of this county. This survey will be used in making a religious map, which will show at a glance how each and every section of the county is covered, by which church, locations af churches and circnits and the religious and non-religious populations. In his address Mr. Brock told of Ihe work that had already been done :hroughout the world in collecting information for Christian churches of ill denominations, so that each hurch may know of the needs of its ,u .1 ? : 1 i IV.IVIIHIJ4 niciiiuurK 01 ts own sect that are not in close .ouch with churches. The Inter-AIied Movement, Mr. Brock explained, s no. an effort to interfere in any ,vay with the separate working ?f nny lenomination; hut is intended to assist all Christian churches to extend heir work into neglected fields. The hat of South Carolina is now being surveyed and the few counties that lave so far been m ipped show condiions that atounded church workers 11 those localities. For this reason a survey of ('hesterlield County will be nude. A committee composed of D. L. hiiith and C. J. Jenkins, of Chesterield, L. M. Evans, of Cheraw, and .. Ij. Parker, of Pageland, with W. J. filler as chairman, will undertake to lave this survey made. WADSWORTH?BURCH On Thursday, January 2'J, Magisrate T. II. Douglass performed the ereniony that united for life Mr. .ewis Wadsworth and Miss Gussie lurch, both of the Shiloh community. >lr. Wadsworth is the son of Mr. Tom Yadsworth and is well and favorably mown throughout the Shiloh section. VIrs. Wadsworth is an orphan and revious to her marriage lived at the ionic of her brother, Mr. Ned Burch. >he is a very popular young lady and >oth the young people have the good vishes,of many friends. They will reside in the Shiloh neighborhood. ?. C. CAMPBELL FLAYS ANT1-SALOON LEAGUE From Mr. P. C. Campbell, of Angeus, comes t! is heavily loaded epistle "or the enlightenment of readers of The Advertiser: "The Anti-Saloon League has the ;ound of anarchism, anti-Christ, anteleluvianism, anti-preparedness; is opposed to liberty, against Americanism. iliriiiiwt nounn ?? 1 j/vwvv ) <? nil uni tit II H inanity, a foe to freedom and a menire to the welfare of our country. Its aims seem to be to stir up the same strife that split the Union in lH(?f>. Stand by the Stars and Stripes, stand for Liberty. Liberty belong to the United States, Liberty is the true American ideal. SHORTEN THE DISTANCE between your farm and the market for your cotton, tobacco, produce and lumber by usin^ an Indiana Farm Truck in place of slow, plodding teams. A farm located within one or two hours hauling distance is far mori valuable than one where it ttikes otu or two days to make the same trip. This shortening of distance between f;n m and mark"t brinies about other important results to the farm ers besides incretisiiiie the money value of farm lands. For one thing:, it tvrmits the farmer to give much more of his persona attention to the supervision of hifarm. In these times of lahor short aire, the farmer must adopt means ti make up for this labor seareity. he must vet more time somehow for his plouirhinir, planting and har vesting In the last few years he ha; learned to save much time in his haul inK. The Indiana Farm Truck takes the place of three teams, carries as mucl as all three, makes it trip of twentj miles and return in a few hours co ts one-third as much its the horst feed, requires no barn, and is read] to travel regardless of road or wea ther conditions. For sawing wood, cutting, ensilage pumping water, mixing concrete, run ning a feed grinder, pump jack churn, peanut picker, washing ma chine, corn sheller, hay hoist an< lighting the farm, the Indiana Farn Truck with its portable power units gives the farmer all the labor assist since he ever requirs. Th special construction of this In diana Truck for farm purposes is m tti r of great interest to every pro gressive farmer in the country. Details can be obtained from th Carolina Motor Company, at State? ville, N. C., the State Distributors. STRINGING HIM Jack?"Did you hear of the darin hold-up last night in my back yard. Jim?"No. What happened?" Jack?"Two clothes pins held up shirt."?Boys Life. . NEWS IN GENERAL The Bureau of Internal Revenue 1 has announced that intoxicating liq" uors may be kept in stock and sold " by druggists for medicinal purposes under certain conditions. All liquor seized by the department prior to last October 28 will be sold and dist tributed to those having rights to sell it in accordance with the new regu lations. Any praticing physician may I obtain a permit to prescribe intoxi eating liquors, which the patient may 1 have filled by the druggist, who in 1 turn must have a government permit 1 to sell. All prescriptions for intoxi- j eating liquors must be written on j blanks supplied by the Internal Revenue Bureau except in cases of emer- ( gency, when the physician may use | his regular blanks. A record of every ^ prescription filled must be kept and no preson may receive more than one , pint in one period of ten days. I'hy- ( sicians will be allowed to have folr ( emergencies not more than six quarts on hand. I The trial of U. S. Senator New- I berry, of Micnigan, and 122 confed- I crates ^n a number of criminal i c surges in connection with Newber- < ry's election is under way at Grand < Rapids. . 1 Garden Fawcett Hamby, murderer, ^ bank robber and train bandit was ! electrocuted at Sing Sing prison last ; Friday night. Hamby had committed J robberies, hold-ups and murders 1 from coast to coast. The crime for 1 which he paid the capital penalty 1 was the holding up und robbing of a bank in Brooklyn in December 11)18. * In this robbery two bank employees ' were killed. The epidemic of influenza contiues throughout the United States. In Chi- ^ cago 26,888 cases and 1,0G8 deaths are reported to date. Boston has 5,- t 070 cases. New York has a total of ( to date of 30,000 cases of influenza and 6,031 of pneumonia, with 545 deaths from the "flu" and 1,608 from ^ pneumonia. Richmond reports 2,351 t cases and ten deaths. Newport News has 1,200 cases and three deaths. ^ Roanoke has 500 cases and ten deaths. Control and operation of the railroads has cost the government $700,- i 000,000, according to figures made i public^bj^ .^he Railroad Administra 1 Lieuts. E. F. Davis ami , G. K Grimes, United States aviators who, on account of exhausting their supply of gasoline, made a forced landing at ( Guerro, Mexico, last week and who 1 wevre being held by the Mexican au- ' thorities in spite of protests by this ' government, were released Sunday ' and allowed to return to Laredo, Tex. ' < An unknown vessel has been < wrecked off the Georgia coast. Five , bodies and pieces of wreckage have been washed ashore at Jekyl Island, ; A life preserver bore the name "For- : tune." The Harvard Comittee on Economic Research predicts an early re- 1 duction in the cost of living. Abnormal conditions resulting from the '< war will soon pass restoring normal production and this will tend l toward normal prices, the committee i finds. ' Capt. F. E. Kindley, American Ace and Commander of the Ninety' Fourth Air Squadron, was instantly ' killed at Kelly Field, No. 2, in Texas, ' Sunday afternoon when his plane fell fifty feet. Seven persons lost their lives in a tenement lire in Newark, N. J., Sunday. The fire started on the ground floor destroying the stairway,trapping Mrs. Johanna Petty, a widow, and her four children and two men. A number of others were saved by 'I jumping into nets held by firemen. iii ty niuru umirrMiiiDir.s arrt'su'u in Newark, N. J., Sunday. They were . alleged to be leaders of the Communist party and will be deported if . found guilty. Joe Roland has confessed to killing James and Charles Cannon at a coun. try dance near Kastman, Ga., Satur, day ni^ht. Roland claims that the Canf nuns, who had been drinking, attack-^ ed his son and that he shot them in) . self defense. / . SHIPPING BOARD REFUSES TO SELL GERMAN SHIPS AS A UNIT Chairman Payne of the Shipping . Hoard has refused an offer made by I the International Mercantile Corporn ation to buy all the former German i passenger ships put on the market by . the Shipping Board. "We will not sell all the ships to any one corporation or combination, but will sell them so u that there will be a fair distribution i. among the various shipping companies," Mr. Payne said. Chairman e Payne said that two policies had been !. laid down by the Shipping Hoard, designed to prevent sales to big combinations. One was that ships sold must fly the American flag, and the other g that some of the designated ships " must run in certain trade routes. The I Shipping Board will net sell ships if a these conditions are not agreed to by bidders. 1 PRISONER TOO SICK TO COME HER Deputy Sheriff J. T. Grant has r< turned from the snow-covered, ic< bound North, where he went on whi turned out to be, through no fault c his nor of mortal man, a wild-goos chase. The story is a long one and had it opening chapters in Chesterfiel County away back in 1913. A negr known both as William Moore an Doc McCoy broke into and robbed store in Patrick and was subsequent ly apprehended and lodge n the Chesterfield jail He managed to make his escape an fled to parts unknown. He enjoye (lis freedom for nearly five years, bu finally broke into a prison that h wouldn't break out of. This was th Southern Prison of the State of In liana, located at Michigan City, oi .lie shores of Lake Michigan. He wa lent up for four years for trying hi land at his old game of burglary flaving served two years of that sen ence he was about to be released 01 larole for good behavior, thus indi rating that lie had not attempted t< jscape from the Indiana institution In some way, known only to thos vhose business it is to know, Sheril L). I*. Douglass knew that Moore, o McCoy, was the negro who brok ail here in ID 111 and as he was abou o be released Deputy Grant was sen o Michigan City with a requisition t< neet him as he should be freed. Arriving at the big penal institu ion Mr. Grant was informed that hi nan was in the hospital dangerous!; 11 with influenza, in fact not expectei o get well. So, in view of these facts Mr [>rant returned to await the negro* ecovery or otherwise. Mr. Gran says he is just as willing that it b< >therwise so far as he is concerned jnless the weather in that part of th< :ountry moderates considerably be 'ore he has to go back for the prison ?r. CONTROVERSY OVER A FLAG STATIOf There is a siding and flag statioi it Catoe on the C. & L. railroad ibout two miles West of Chesterfield There is a siding but no flag statioi it the cotton gin and store of Mr W. C. Sellers, about a mile and i lalf further West on the same road The advantages of atlag station ov ;r a siding not so distinguished an hat trains may be flagged at the for mer and will then stop to take oi passengers, freight or express, whil in order to have trains stop at a sid ing requires orders from the trail dispatcher. Thus a passenger, a con sigment of freight or express ma; arrive at a flag station a few minute before train time and be takel aboard. At the siding trains wil stop to set off a freight car bille for that place and will stop to pic up a car if the train dispatcher has s ordered but not otherwise. Realizing the advantages of havin a flag station in their community th citizens livimr nosir Mr. Sellers' have for some time been petitionin him to urjce the C. &. L. to make thu point s station. This Mr. Sellers dir representing that the community sui rounding his place, bcinj^ situated aj proxinmtelf half way between Chi-: terlield and Ruby, was entitled t this service and he earnestly requesl ed the road to consider the needs o his section. Mr. Sellers had n thought of working any inquiry t the Catoe community. Recently a commision from th Seaboard came alone; ami looked ovi the field. They examined the statio at Catoe, made careful inquiry as t the business done, the number u people served and such other matter fts seemed pertinent and proceeded o to the Sellers siding and there mad similiar investigation. The commi: sion then announced that two fla stations between Chesterfield and Ri by were not warranted, and that, i case they decided on pivinir the Sel ers siding a Havr station they woul remove the flag from the station s Catoe. Now, the j^ood citiz-ns front aroun Catoe are up in arm at tin- prosper of losing the distinction and bent ins ??i in ijIv a nag muiiou and ar openly accusing the residents fr<n around Sellers' siding of conspirin to derive them of this blessing. Man of them have blamed Mr. Sellers f( using his influence with the Seaboar to have their community demoted i order that Sellers' siding may be pri muted. Mr. Sellers does not deny that 1 has made honest endeavor to ha> his community benefitted by the re ognition of the flag at his sidin but strongly avers that he has nevi suggested that Catoc be the losi by such an arrangement. Meantime, the commission has n rendered u decision. CARD OF THANKS I wish to take this method of e pressing my thanks to my mar friends for the kindness shown n during my recent illness. M. A. Sellers. E SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS 01 E ,, The Senate has passed the bill appropriating $150,000 to be used in Ighting the boll weevil. It will go the House soon. ge The first serious effort to strike oil un ie in South Carolina is marked by the . th< erection of a derrick near Summer-1 wi s ville. Maurice C. Burton, a Texas oil alll man is at the head of the company j that will make the experiment. The ?* company is prepared to spend $50,d 000 and will drill to a depth of 4,000 his a feet, if necessary before abandoning tui the undertaking. ha d Schools, churches and other public ')e< ' meeting places in York County have (I been ordered closed cn account of "c d the influenza epidemic. It is estimated f that there are five-hundred cases in w'' e the county. ',U! e " u Statistics show that there are 07,801 motor cars in South Carolina, ac- sj1( s cording to the 1010 registration roc- t|u ords. This is an increase of 2'.I per , . s 1 poi cent, over 1018, when the total was eM : 55,000. mi ii Dr. Louis I). Barbot, a widely I*. - known physician of Charleston, has ass 0 been found guilty of unlawfully sell- all i. ing drugs to addicts, and the Federal for e Court has sentenced him to pay a T fine of $1,000 and costs and to spend DC r three months in the Florence County u jail. The doctor was found guilty t on fourteen counts. His lawyer was t John 1'. Crace, of Charleston. ' Greenville has established a strict * ' quarantine on account of tin- influenza epidemic. All public meeting ' s places, such as churches, schools, and ' ' ^ theaters will be closed until further 1 . ofh notice. res Mason Bratton, a leading citizen |U| <>i ione, uieu sucieniy of heart failt ure Monday morning. lie was 0f? . u ytars of ?*?? too ( There are 357 cases of influenza g in Charleston. SE Saluda has fifty cases of influenza. - The schools have been closed until the epidemic shall subside. CapL. Russell A. Babcock, of the ' Forty-fourth Coast Artillery, Camp ' Jackson, is dead at Columbia as the tl'1' result of an auto and motorcycle col1 lision. ('apt. Babcock was riding in lo the side car of a motorcycle when struck by anautomobile. lie suffered am 1 injuries to his head which caused his co1 death. trV 1 Owing to strike of employees on the street car lines Columbia has been without car service for over a L" week. There is little probability of an (l early settlement. ',u Beaufort has decided to make its leisurely class go to work. A law has recently been enacted by the city fathers compelling every person, y white or black, male or female, found loitering around on the streets to (je| i, show cause why they should not be j a U sent to the work-house as vagrants. ^ i| wo k ADDITION TO THE fn ? TILLER GUERNSEY FAMILY t.r? nu Godolphin Margaret, the prize-wint. ning Guernsey heifer recently pur- be c. chased by Mr. W. J. Tiller, has pre- c(J ^ sented her owner with a male calf. th< ^ The other si<le of this calf's ant es- Vo b try is equally distinguished. The nU p. Grand Sire of Godolphin Margaret, ,a N'e Plus Ultra l.VJtin, recently partly ec changed owners, a half interest sell in, ? ing for $lf?,000. rel t- in) ,f ERROR IN NOTICE OF SALE ,,r u A typographical error occurred in en ? the Notice of Sale advertisement in -t; the matter of ('. A. Baker and W. A. (i Gantt, appearing in The Atlvertiser <,t' last week. The date of sale should So ii have read "Monday, tlu* "'5d of Feb- th o ruary" instead of "Monday, the third tu ,f of February." This error \va not in cr< s the copy, but was made in this no n office. of REDUCIN COST OF R d t Wo are endeavoring to aid lh< - the high cost of motoring, "Whici e high," whether they bo motoring f n and we are prepared to do this di k FIRST?We have reduced o SECOND?We have employ >r who have a personal interest in II THIRD?We use only the b !" tainable. We handle the Famous GR1 K. a difTerence in the running and in We handle MICHELIN C/ c- World's Best," fully guaranteed, r. Also we handle LEHIGH Co 11 guaranteed tor 1>,UUU miles, and t it Tube, at a very low price?guarai tube in its place. When in need of anything in convinced. REMEMBER?Our motto is V The Chester ne And Supply ET TOGETHER PREPARATIONS COMPLETE All arrangements for the second nquet of Chesterfield's "Get Tother Club" have been completed <1 at eight o'clock Friday evening i oyster soup will be served. This 11 be followed by the roast turkey d the various courses comprising j menu. Dr. A. II. Hayden, toastmaster, has i program 111 hand and those fornate enough to be in attendance ve a most pleasant evening in proslit. An innovation will be the lirst pubappearance of the Chesterfield ass Band. This organization, lich has been in practice for the tw.. >i iiuct- iiiuiitn.'s, win piay several m he i s. Mr. John T. Hurst, upon whose millers falls the task of most of urrungcrents for this affair reels upward of a hundred seats takwith the prospect of many last nute decisions to attend. Caterer J. /.out) is has engaged his corps of islants and is preparing to outdo former efforts in providing a feast the "get-togetherors." > CABINET OFFICERS EAT TOO MUCH? speaking in the House last Friday opposition to a hill appropriating i.ntKi for repair and upkeep of aunohiles used by the de Department ollieials, Representee Rucker, of Missouri, said that hinet ollieials eat too much. "These cers and their chief clerks," Repentative said, "are always at ich. You call at 11 A. M. and they at lunch. You return at .'I P. M. I they are still at 'lunch. They eat much." CRETARY LANE APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO STOP GAS WASTE Secretary of the Interior FrankK. Lane has appointed a commitof ten, headed by Van II. Mang, Director of the Bureau of Mines take up the question of wastage natural gas to inadequate appli es for its handling and use. The nmittee representative of indus, the public, and the Government, an outgrowth of the recent conenee of the Interior Department, which it wjik jivwio't? ?! ill"! r.n ...... > V V VI vaiut *J\J 1'^ * it. of America's natural gas outL is being wasted. dLROAD MAN DENIES GOMPERS' STATEMENT ABOUT FREIGHT RATES Recently Samuel (lumpers, Presint of the American Federation of l?or made the statement that the urn of the roads to their owners uld be folowed by an increase in ight rates that would cause an in ase in the cost of living. The state>nt reads as follows: "Director General Mines and memrs of the Interstate Commerce mmission have shown clearly that t' return of the railroads will inlve an increase rn freight revee of close to a billi ?n dollars, the les being increased 25 to 50 per nt. This increase in rates, accordX to these same authorities, will be Heeled in an increased cost of livr of at least $1,000,000,000 a year, obably $5,ooo,ooo,(ioo. The Amerin people cannot arid should not ind such increases." Julius Kruttsehnitt, Chairman of tie* Executive Committee of the uthern Pacific Company, denied i- statement, saying that the rein of the commodities, and incased freight rates, would t be followed by an increased cost living. G THE 10T0RING ; motoring public in reducing 1 all will a<Imit is excessively or business or for pleasure? iring the year 1920. ur operating expenses, yed only skilled mechanics ie business. est parts and accessories obpfn fl at: on ? V It IIlitKt'S the life of any motor. ^SINGS and TUBES?"The isin^s, at a very low price? he GREENWOOD Red Inner riteed against defect or a new our line give us a call and be to please you. field Auto Company i