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~ - I n * The Chesterfield Advertiser i? Paul II. and Fred G. Ilearn j (l Editors ; y PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY J Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year; A six months, 75 cents.?Invariably in h advance. ? Entered as second-class matter at the 0 postoffice at Chesterfield, South j Carolina. c TRIBUTE TO / W1LLARD RAGSDALE At a recent Sunday Session of r Congress in memory of deceased f members a number of Congressmen expressed profound sadness and regret at the death of the late Con- % gressman, Hon. J. Willard Ragsdale. 1 Those who spoke were Congressman t Dominiek, Whaley, Nicholas, Mann, and Stevenson of South Carolina, and Champ Clarke and Leonidas Dyer, of ^ Missouri. Hx-Speaker Clarke closed his tribute to Mr. Ragsdale in these 1 words: x "At the time of his death he was one of the rising men in the House, apparently destined for a long and * high career. c "I was appointed by the Speaker to attend his burial at Florence, S. C. It t was a lovely day in early summer. The little city was in mourning. A large concourse of people, old and 1 young, high and humble, white and 1 black, attended. 1 have never seen more evidences of love and sot row j exhibited at any time or place. H? . seemed to be universally beloved." From the remarks of his friend and colleague Hon. \V. F. Stevenson, our own Congressman, we make these extracts, regretting that lack of space prevents publication of the speech entire. The distinguishing characteristic of Willard Ragsdale was that he could see and annalyze a situating more quickly that ninety men of a hundred and reach a conclusion which in a large majority of cases would be sound conclusion, while many men were still considering, but when a conclusion was reached there was ab solutely no swerving him from re taining the position in which that conclusion placed him. Consequently he became a leader of the men of his generation. I have come in contact with him a great deal practicing for .10 years at I have, at the same bars with him, he having begun, however, 10 years after I did. I learned to know hint mere, and what !>? ! t? r piacu is there to lind <-ut whether a man is a gentleman than in the hot eonte.-is in the courthouse where jjreat stakes are bein^ foutrhl for? He was not a plodding lawyer. His whole temperament was action. He could not rely upon the technicalities of construction. Trained at a bar that was overshadowed until his advent by some of the most eminent lawyers in South Carolina?yea, in the South? he soon came to measure up with them when it came to the contests in court. His takinjr away was one of the wrenches of my public life. I could hardly conceive that he was jrone, and < that leads me to close by sayinjj that we arc here to-day paying a last tri ] bute to two of cur comrades who went west without warning, who went 1 in the twinkling of an eye,who it seems to me just simply stepped through the invisible barrier that stands between us and an unknown eternity, leaving us remembering their virtues, their powers, their lovable qualities, and < yet separated from them by this invisible barrier, wholly without know- injr when it may come our time to Sten throiieh the snme hnrriov mwl lw separated from our fellows and reunited with them. MR. HEFLIN'S ELEQUENT APPEAL In a recent speech in Congress fav- j orinjr the League of Nations, Hon. J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, ably and eloquently urjjed the necessity of preventing future wars by the estab- ' lishment of an international tribunal whose duty it should be to prevent the outlaw nation from arming and equipping itself so that it would become a menace and a danger to the peace of the world. In this connection Mr. Heflin used t this favorable illustration: "One niirht many years aj;o down in the Mississippi Valley, when in the immediate vicinitv there was no sion i of rain, a flood came down from the e streams above and the Father of Wat- \ ers swept over the valley beyond. 1 When the people on the hills round about awoke in the morning they saw i that the houses of the people in the d valley were covered with water, and i they knew that the people in those houses were drowned while they [i slept. When the flood receded they I buried the dead, and then some of the o people said, 'We ought not to permit any one else to live in the valley.' j I Then an old patriarch said," God ere- li atod this rich valley to be used and c enjoyed by the people, and there e ought t" be a way to control the 'I flood/ and then a civil engineer came j forward and said, 'There is a way to I: Control the flood. I can build a levee b or wall that will hold that river a i its course until the flood has spent f s force." He built the walls, and now when le river rises and rages in its fury p lese walls stand there holding the rivr to its course, and they protect om danger and death the people in le valley beyond. So, gentlemen of g le House, the League of Nations roposes to erect between the lives F human beings and the cruel slaugh rhouse of war the humane walls f peaeiful arbitration. And when dis- ^ utes arise and the angry passions of c ations rise and rage these walls of c rbitration will hold them to the (j ourse of peaceful settlenint marked v ut by the League of Nations. They ^ ill hold these angry passions in heck and prevent them from reach- t lg the sward in the valley beyond. g ind to achieve such an end ought to >e the burning desire and ambition t f every civilized nation on the blobe. The speech of Mr. Heflin was vigrously applauded in Congress during ? ts delivery and at its eloquent con- l lusion. , ? 1 t SOUTH CAROLINA PRECEDENT s Congressman Eagle, of Texas, while naking a speech in the House in the ' ase of Victor Berger, had his at- j ention called by Congressman Ste- i enson to a case in South Carolina. ' t was claimed that as Berger was lected by the people of Wisconsin he j ould not be deprived of his office by Congress. , < Mr. Stevenson cited the case of ! H. K. Wbittemore, a carpet bagger vho was elected to the House, who old his appointment to West Point , uul Anapolis, who was about to be xpelled by a Republican House and vho, to avoid expulsion, resigned. He hen was reelected by the same Remblicnn vote, came back to the douse and was expelled by a Repubican Congress. Mr. Stevenson said that no stronger irecedent should be required for auhority of the house to unseat a mem?er if at any time he should be dislualified. Wbittemore, he said, came .vith the necessary certificates from he Governor of South Carolina and iccording to conditions prevailing in hat state at that time every thing onected with his election was reguir but even a Republican House would lot let him sit because of his moral iisqunlifications, after he had been 'ound guilty of selling his appointments to West Point and Annapolis nd after he once resigned to prevent dm from being expelled. He said hat no stronger authority pould be ited to prove that Berger, who was onvicted and is now under a sonenee of twenty years for violation >f the laws of the United States vhile we were at war, should not be >ermitted to sit in the House of Repesentatives. The hotels and boarding house of uba are said to be so crowded with uosts that there are hundreds of Vineri ins there who cannot find acommodation. It is not the delightful limate of Cuba that caused this sud!en and remarkable hegira to the island of Cuba but the ship loads of liquor that went out of the United dates when prohibition came in was he attraction. Many of those ships landed at Havana and at other Cuban harbors. .'RECIOUS MF.TAI S HFPP DECREASE $15,000,000 IN JAN. | Stocks of precious mutals in this ountry decreased $">1,000,000 in January, according to figures made >uhlic hy the Federal Reserve Hoard. Exports of K<dd amounted to $17,k 1(5,878 and imports to $ 12,017,551. Silver exports were $24,(527,678 and imports $8,8(58,251. Argentina, ac ording to the reports took $ 18,550,>00 of the exported gold, other l??rge mounts going to Honk-kong, China, did Japan. The hulk of the silver -hipment went to China. DOUGLASS REAL ESTATE CO. W. J. Douglass C. C. Douglass. INFLUENZA WEAKENS THE BLOOD Breaks Your Vitality Leaves You Helpless When Exposed To Other Germs i'HF.SE ARE bANGEROUS DAYS f In Doubt About Your Blood Take Pepto-Mangan, Famous Red Blood Build** If you art' just recovering from a ght with the "Flu," it will be weeks efore you're really out of danger. Your blood has exhausted its trengtl ?it is in no condition to ght other disease germs it may be xposed to. That is why doctors adise staying away from crowds as ong as possible. You can help your blood get back s strength ?its stability to fight off lisease by taking that splendid ton , I'epto-Mangan. 'I he famous blood builder will suply the iion and other properties your lood lacks and help you regain your 1?1 time vigor and enthusiasm. (Jet I'epto-Mangan today. It may e had at any drug store in either quid or tablet form. Make your own hoice as to liquid or tablet. They are xactly the same in medicinal value, ake whi^h ever y?u prefer. But be', sure you get the genuine I 'epto-Munkao. Ask for "Quae's" and e sure thX name in on the peck.- i \ M*. 1 OUGHT HER ILLS QUARTER CENTURY ! I OUND TANLAC RELIEVED HER i AS QUICKLY AS <IT DID FRIENDS Ipeaking From Experience, Anderson j i Women Seys She Is Glad To Recommend Teniae ( Twenty-five years is a long time or anyone to contend with a physi- ! al ailment, but Mrs. A. C. Allison, 1 j >f 32 Market St., Anderson, says that luring that many years she suffered vith a number of troubles before she >egun taking Tanlac, which she said oon gave her relief. Now, in her en- | lorsement of Tanlac, Mrs. Allison , ;ays "it is a fine medicine." Discussing her troubles, her efforts , o find relief and the results Tanlac * cave her, Mrs. Allison says: ' "I suffered indigestion, sleepless- ( less and nervous troubles. I had no ( ippetite and was broken down genjrally. I would huve bad spells of I lervousness at times and I lacked itrength and energy. I had been this way for twenty.five* years and had <pent a small fortune trying to find ' permanent relief, but failed. I am (jetting well along in years and 11 needed a general tonic. My friends i had told me so much about Tanlac and the relief it gave them, so I beon taking Tanlap myself. Tanlac krrtL-a .... ..... -w.V.* ......... ? ?.?? U|( JliJ |..?.gV?VIUI. ' .?"? n"UJl just as I was told it had done for others. My nerves became steady ?nd I began to pain strength. After taking a bottle or so of Tanlac I could sleep well. In all, I took four bottles of Tanlac. I know from my own experience that Tanlac is good for such ailments us I had, and I am glad to recommend it .It is a fine medicine." Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold by The Chesterfield Drug Co., Chesterfield, S. C.; T. E. Wanamnker A Mt. Croghan, S. C.; McBee Drug Co., Sons, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Drug Co* McBee, S. C.; Pageland Drug Co., Pageland, S. C.; J. T. Jowers & Sons. Jefferson, S. C. Adv FOR POLITICAL UNION OF FARMERS It is the purpose of the All-American Farmcr-I,abor Co-operative Congress that has been in session in Chicago to get together the conservatives and liberals, tho reactionaries and radicals, in farmers' organizations, with an aggregate membership of 1,500,000 for a political drive in the agricultural states next November. The plan is to get both the conservative and liberal elements to gether in the meeting at Des Moines. It js intended, if a consolidation can be made between these groups, to push the program of the farmers and laborers by means of the existing political parties without forming a third party. It would follow lines similar to those urged upon organized labor by Samuel (Jumpers and also similar to the house followed by the Anti-Saloon League in pushing the "Dry America" amendment. Congress in particular is aimed at the idea of i consolidation promoters being to line up all candidates for the Senate and House, work for those supporting the program and fight those opposing it. George Hampton, Managing Director of the Farmers' (National Council,) denied that there was any possibility of a farmers' strike. "The farmers will never go on a strike," Mr. Hampton declared. The chief aim of the convention, he said, is the perfection of plans for uniform action by all co-operative societies in the United States and for information of a practical method of co-operative banking and credits. Although politics was banned at 'the convention, E. A. Tyler of the Fnuttv Co?onerative I.ifm ln.nr.. ? " """" vi Company of St. Paul, took occasion during his address to point out the tremendous possibilities for political power In the organization. "Not Democratic, nor Republican, nor nonpartisan," Mr. Tyler said, "but an unknown quantity?on economic party without a platform but with an organization that can step in at the eleventh hour and cannot be defeatI'd by any class of politicians." BEAUFORT COUNTY SAYS, "NO COTTON" Clcmson College, Feb. 16- -Beaufort County farmers have taken a definite stand against cotton end in favor of diversification. At a safe farming conference which was he'd in Beaufort recently, a program suggesting a maximum of five bales of cotton per plow was turned down emphatically by a committee if representative farmers and business men, who realize that Beaufort County farmers need not fear the boll weevil, and that they can succeed without cotton. In 1919 Beaufort County produced only about 300 bales of cotton as opposed to about 9000 in 191H, and this big decrease in one year to one-third of former Dfoduction due chiefly to the ravages of the weevil. The recommendation of the committee adopted by the conference contains the following points (1). Cotton cannot compete except on a small scale with other crops that are grown here or may be grown here. These crops are truck, peanuts, corn and velvet beans. (2). Sufficient acreage of sweet potatoees should be planted to warrant the building of a string of storage houses. (.1). Attention is especially called to the growing of peanuta as a quick money crop. (4). It is necessary to provide markets for everything grown here - -1 - , IMPBOVtB UfflFOlM IHTEIIMTIOSU. i fj SUNMfSdWOL LESSON 1 iBy RBV. P. B. FITZ WATER, D. D? Teacher of English Bibl* In the lloody Bible Institute of Chicago.) ! (Copyright. UK, Western Newspaper Union) LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 22 PETER'S DELIVERANCE FROM PRI80N. LESSON TEXT?Acta 12:1-19. GOLDEN TEXT?The angel of the Lord encainpeth round about them that fear htm, and delivereth them.?Pe. 34:7, ADDITIONAL, MATERIAIr- II Kings 1:17; Luke 23:33-46; Acta 16:36, 36; Heb. 1:14; James 6:16-11. PRIMARY TOPIC ?How an Angel Helped Peter. JUNIOR TOPIC?Peter Delivered From Prison. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC ?How Prayer Helps. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ?"rttlngs Wrought by Prayer. I. Pater's Imprisonment (w, 1-4). 1. By whom (v. 1). Herod, the grandson of the winked Herod who slew the Innocent children at Bethlehem. 2. The reason (v. 8). It was to gain the favor of the Jews. Herod was not a Jew, uud therefore knew that his uccess was dependent upon having the good will of the Jews. He did not particularly hate the Church, but loved popularity, Herod, for the sake of popularity, assumed a deep sympathy for degenerate Judaism. Since the Church had developed Into a successful rival of Judaism?Indeed was already displacing It?he saw an opportunity to curry favor with the Jews by putting his hand forth against it. 3. The method (v. 4). Peter was arrested, put Into prison and guarded by four quaternions of soldiers. A quaternion Is a guard of four soldiers on duty at the same time. Four quaterpious meant that a special group whs on duty each watch of the night. Jt Was the custom for two soldiers to bo Ip the prison, one on each side of tho prisoner, hound to his urms with ' chains (v. G), fhe third one to watch outside tho door and the fourth to ho near tho outside gate. Humanly speaking It was impossible to escape. However, they made one fatal mistake; they left out (lod. II. The Church of God In Prayer (v. r?). The Church was In a crisis; her situation was most grave. James, one of the pillars of the Church, was dead, and Peter, the most prominent of ull, was In prison. In this desperate strait they did the wise thing; they betook themselves to prayer. There Is nothing too hard for God. Theirs was a noteworthy prayer: 1. It was unto God, not unto men to be heard of men. This Is a very common fault today. All true prayer Is unto God. 2. It was united prayer. It was made by the Church. God hears the prayers of Individuals, but there Is peculiar power in the united prayer pf God's people. 3. It was an intensely enrnest prayer. It was more than unceasing prayer; It was the yearning desire of the soul as It stretched Itself out toi ward Got). I 4. ft was definite prayer. They specifically Interceded for Peter. Their prayer was concentrated, definite and specific. III. Peter Delivered by an Angel (vv. 0-11). This occurred the night before Herod's plan to make a public dlspluy of htm. | 1. Peter sleeping (v. 0). The angel found Peter asleep. The Lord keeps j In perfect peace those whose minds are stayed on him (Isu. 26:3). Again. he gives his beloved sleep (Psalm < 127:2). 2. Peter leaving the prison (vv. 7-10). The heavenly light shone In the prison, i The angel smote Peter on the side, | the rhalns fell olT, Peter put on his clothes, pussed by one guurd after another, through the Irou gute out iuto the city. I 3. The pffept upon Peter (v. 11). Al- 1 though the pvetjt was so wonderful to Peter, and at first lie thought It a vision, wfiep fie came to himself he was assured beyond peradveuture of a doubt that Oofl hftd miraculously delivered him fr<>m Herod's wicked hands, IV. Unconscious UnboJfef (vv- 12-10). 1. The behavior of Peter and the Church (vv. 12-17). Peter went to the house of Mary and knocked. The I knock was answered by Ithoda, who J was so overjoyed on hearing Peter's voice that she forgot to open the gate und ran In and told them that Peter was at the gate. 2. The behavior of the soldiers (vv. 18, 10). There was great agitation among them over Peter's disappearance. This was a serious matter, nill< ?r 11117 WITC r?-?|M?unillHf iur mm. Nnt being utile to account for Peter's escape, Ilorod commanded thut they lie put to death. Be Not Too 8ure. He not too presumptuously sure In ' any business; for things of this world ' depend on such a train of unseen I chances that If It were In man's hands I to see the tallies, still he would not be certain to win the game.?Herbert. Car? of Today. The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow; and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our trv.'oles, "Ye have done your worst, and we shall sue you no mora." ?KJowper. jT ywfeD<r\ STATIONERY I PRINTINGS V BOND II I ! I I .1 I ? .in. ? THE UNIVER * Sixteen Years' For Sixteen years, a corps of metallur perfecting the steel that got^s int<^every pai Truck. Each separate part has been studied it. Parts receiving constant surface-wear subjected to great vibration or resilience a part is made according to its use?that is, e^ 4 But there are also counterfeit "Ford" pa cerns in no way connected with the Ford \ by Mail-order houses, down-town stores, ant tomcr accepts them because they are called the genuine Ford-made parts, buy them onl wise bring or take your Fard car to our garu "tuning up." We are Authorized Ford Dealers. Wc either passenger ear or truck. And our sho all repair work. If It* a Part of a Fo Cheraw Motor I Cheraw Insist on Genuirt BUILDING P * Owing to delay in rece WINDOW SASH I cann these materials until the ship days overdue and I will tak .t gets here. 1 I am selling beautif MANTLES at right prices. Also have new building to see me if you intend buildi J. AA1 SOUTH IS TURNING I "Calomel is dan* AGAINST CALOMEL konw il " Dodson personally guarantc Mr. Dodson, the "Liver Tone" Man, gist who sells il. Responsible for Change for doesn't cost Very m The Better. to give easy relief | liver sluggishness Every druggist in town has noticed 1 just ask for your r n gerat falling off in the sale of calo- Dodson's Liver T mel. They all give the same reason. tastinkr> purely -v. ^ ? 23 i uur var BUi There's a lot of difference betwet is put together from the products of represents just that m:ir\y standards of likely to be exactly the same. B RIS 2"* nn o? *-? ?mi i>vuc v^a a arc: rer LCn Briscoe Engineers not only desig over every process of pianufacture, an quirements. That is why Briscoe Cars set unr economy, of consistent performance, c why, too, when you need a spare part ; delay and at a moderate expense. WE ARE BRISCOE DISTRIBUTORS We have Two TOURING CARS HAVE ADVANCED $100.00 on eacl these at the old price. Farmers Me % =T1 SAL CAR Experience . gists have been studying and constantly t of the Ford car and, the Ford One Ton I to learn the type of steel best fitted for nre made of hard, flint-like metal; parts re made of softer, springy steel. Every /ery Genuine Ford part is. rts. These imitations are made by conlotor Company and retailed as side-lines J many garage3. The unsuspecting cus"Ford" parts. To make sure of getting ly from Authorized Ford Dealers. Likeijto for reoairs. runlaonmcnts nn/i i??nn?ii can supply you with nil Ford parts for p is equipped to give real Ford service in rd C?*r We Have It Sales Company ? S. O. e Ford Parte MATERIAL \ \ :ivii g car of DOOR and ? ot supply the demand for ment arrives. It is several a :e care of all orders when i.l QUE?N QUALITY ' materials. It will pay you ing, RON SELLERS jerous and people I harmless to both childrn and adults. i's Liver Tone is Take a spoonful at night and wake ed by every drug- up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick A large bottle headache, acid stomach or constipatuch but if it fails ed bowels. It doesn't />? ?? _ _ ? f_, ?J/C VI vu use in every case of inconvenience all the next day like and constipation, violent calomel. Take a dose of calonoeny back. mel today and tomorrow you will feel one is a pleasant- weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose Btfetable remedy, a day. f L T Or Just Put Together n tbe two methods. The car that a score or more of parts-makers construction, no two of which are GOE t. Built in Briscoe Plants n the car, but they stand guard id see that it is up to Briscoe renatchable standards of operating >f all-round satisfaction. That is you can get it with a minimum of FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY on hand and although PRICES i car January 1, we are selling rcantile Co. *