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' ^fotoertiser VOL. 39?NO 9 ~~~~ CHESTERFIELD, S. C.," THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2G, 1920 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE DEATH OF MR. J. P. JERMAN | UOod thi litrs thnf fir..! i>?? :j--i m**""/* ~ The town of Jefferson was saddened by the news of the death of Mr. J. P. Jerman, on Febuary 15th. Mr. Jerman had recently moved to Jefferson to go into business. He was stricken with influenza a few days after he arrived in Jefferson. He recovered from the influenza Lut pneumonia set in and he lived only four d^ys dying on Sunday, the 15th, at 8 o'clock P. M. Mr. Jerman at the time of his death was with his brother, Rev. M. V. Jerman. His sister, Mrs. S. F. Sellers of Greenville, N. C., was at his bedside when the end came. He leaves his wife who is very ill at this writing with pneumonia, two .little boyB; Prestion.two and one half years old, and Robert Earl, fifteen months old. Besides his wife and children he leuves his mother, Mrs. J. R. Jerman, six sisters and three brothers and n host of friends to mourn his loss. Mr. Jerman was a life lonj* member of the Methodist Church and was ready to jjo to his reward. We regret to part with him but our loss in his Rain. He is not dead but waiting for the j call of the trumpet of Cod bidding him to enter in and partake of the FARMS F Several good Farms for Rent. See DOUGLASS R? W. J. DOUGLASS, Pre blent. i). n. not;c.,.\ Champion B; Parnell CHESTERFI At LYRIC CHERA> [If r\ _ , j *. * *" ii ym i +*" . * ? 5 \ V > "'" i -! * . , r, ... |? FRIDAY and SATURDAY CHARLIE 1: "A DAY S P Registered At PUBLI lO IM K1 L Iff iz L?i., LTiarcn i tyz Orion Cherry Kinjr Jr., fith and ixcellent sons of the famous Grai Fr., are our herd hoars. 'i he off? 3rion, Pathfiinder and Colonel fun ?t Fair Grounds. If you can't all lent to Col. W. D. Scott, Auctionec ^.r Duroc-Jersey Swine Ureedern A . nan for Progressive Farmer, in ou DUROC ROC KINGH o- v.?u i mo piUVIUCU for those that love him. His remains were laid to rest in the Jefferson Cemetery, Rev. J. R. Sojourner conducted the funeral > services assisted by Rev. A. T. Stoud- c 1 cnmire. c c THE EFFECT OF THE WAR s ON GERMAN CHILDHOOD v r r Enid Abderhalden, professor of jphysiology in Halle University, in a s lecture delivered in Berlin on infant F morality said that two million babies r would have been born in Germany be- i tween 1914 and 1918 if the war had ^ not ensued. Professor Abderhalden (| declared that malnutrition, from J. which half a million children were y suffering, threatened the lives f, of 100,000 of them owing to the ex- t< tent of tuberculosis and rickets, which s diseases were raging throughout Ger- p many. p "The stunted and retarded growth p of our children," the Professor said, tj "no longer suggests itself to us, be- a cause we are so accustomed to it, but j. a commission of neutral physicians \v \ visiting Germany estimated the ages or children 12 years old at three |;1 years younger." 01 OR SALE s fi? sale. Also some for m ?s for terms. ;al estateco. C. C. IKHJtiBASS, Vice.-Pres. S, Sccy.-Treas. s it: arred Rocks J Hi My inatinijs are far hctler than ever. IpF EGGS $5 per 15 " O*- Special to Poultry Clluo **(] P >ys and Girls !^2.50 d< zPyzj Jsg^? ^cr - ,}, A Ci B Meehan tn I ELD. S. 0. Z THEATRE I V, s. c. Ill C31 ; '%es ? . r -5J- ' Si e J ... VV I ? -. I I . / w ^ . MAKC^i i> I II and 6TH CHAPLIN 2 i? LEASURE" r.i d Durocs 5 !G SALE t !0, Rockingham, N C. * Col. Orion Cherry King Jr., two nd Chai ip:on Orion Cherry King inn is rich in the blood of the uilies. Sole will be held in-doors lend in person, mail bids may be r; Hon. Kobt. J. Evans, Sec., Amss'n.; or Mr. L. R. Wyley, Fieldr care. Write for catalogue. FARMS AM, N. C. i i Is NtWS IN GENERAL Lieutenant Colonel Franklin d'( er of Philadelphia, national comm. ler of the American Legion, has g >n to the American Red Cross eve lollar of pay he received while iervice during the war. His acti vas at the suggestion of his wi nade when he enlisted at the beg ling of the war. I lis last pay chi or $2,571.19, covering nine mont ervice, has just been received by t ted Cross. Previous checks have eady been turned over to the soc yRear Admiral Robert E. Peary, i ired, discoverer of the North Po ied at his home in Washington h 'liday after an illness of nearly ti ears. On the afternoon of Sej , 1909 Admiral Peary announe :> the world that " the Stars a tripes are nailed to the North Pole t had been five months since t ole had been reached. Admit eary had made eight journeys in te Arctic regions, spent upwards half millions and many times bar r escaped th< tragic death that hi sen the fate of more than 700 e loiers before him. The body w id to rest with full military ho ?s in the Arlington Cemetery. Europe expects a threat infiux merican tourist i.uriiijr the cumii II is expected that a flood i siiors vill went to see the Imttl ill.? of France and the other fron here tin- late war v.-.s fnuj'ht. >S ;\.ii i Cotmy, pen!.injv in Stratfor i Avon, England, a few days ajr I that i' was safe to estimate thi .h,000,0(10 pounds would be spei : Aineiieans this year in Englar id in France. Northern Pnpti-t Chtireh h t April 25 to May 2 as the time fi s }s! 00,000,000 drive for "a worl reepintr five-year program." It onosed to spend $700,000 of th nney in New York City alone fi mcrica nidation work. Three ne aptirt churches for foreign-speal i; congregations are to he erecte nl a Chinese Baptist centre to co .0,000 is to be opened. One man was placed under arre Chicago and several others wei i i'dif in connection with what tl dice :;aid was : plot to flood tl nrket with low-grade spark pluj ndntr the trade-mark of a Toled hio company. The imitations, a trding to the police and compar 'P?ecentatives, have been made hicngo and disposed of by thousani ir years. The aleged swindle is sa ha.'e aelt'd more than one mill it liars. It i; reported that the farmers < c United States are to have a "pla >rm" which they will support in tl lining Preside.ilal campaign. C. arrett of (ieorpia. President of tl atianal Fanners' Union has just e ained as follows: '"I he committee, if I understar lc temper of organized agricultur ill demand a most comprehensi? id unmistakable statement of tl sition of each candidate on que itns especially relating to a.p'icu re. '1 he farmers will not submit \ intoflage. Moreover the cominitti ill try to determine, before suhmi 15 g its findings to the farmers, ju hat ability a candidate may have I rry out his pre-election hopes. \\ usi j;ei uenuui a strong, Jaithli njr-visioned man. None other wi it." NOTES FROM HOPEWELL Mrs. 1). T. Hancock, of Cherax ent the pest week in this comunit; lest of iter parents, Mr. and Mr L. Liscnby. Horn: February 11, to Mr. ar rs. Lex. Hlackmon, a boy. Mr. Mannie Sweat, of Chcraxv, ws otorinj; in our community last Sui yMrs. C. Liscnby was visiting hi iU?rhtcr, Mrs. 15. Huntley la inday. Mr. Mclvin Se!l? rs has returned e i ?> r.e of hi parents, Mr. and Mr 1''. Sellei: , a fter an absence i .cud months. ,.n.I vi .w i 'i' i ..... c guests of Mr. Lex. Blackmail Su iy. NO FLU IN CHESTERFIELD Although Chesterfield is in a sta f : emi-<|uarantinp there have be a authentic cases of influenza rep< a! in or near the town. There we o church services last Sunday a iere was no school this week. T :oies have been restricting the r.u cr of customers to two at a time. T oard of health has recommended eneral cleaning up of the town, wi pedal emphasis on the branch whi uns South of Main street, and whi cts as an open sewer. How long t L-iiools will remain closed has r eon decided. AMONG GIRLS Ediih (put out)?"Jack didn't ?i ie to sing." Maud?"Why don't you get ev rith him?" Edith?"In what way?" .Maud?"By singing anyway." loaton Transcript. - SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS Eugene F. Davis, a prominen an* oung farmer of Laurens County 'v" 5 as shot and killed by Eli Blakely, i 1Ty regro tenant on his place. Mr. Davi in had insisted upon the negro doinj 'on | ome work that he refused to do. / quarrel ensued durinp which the ne ,n~ gro drew his pistol and lired fou 8 lots at his landlord, killinp him al most instantly. ? posse quickli formed and tracked Blukely into the a'~ woods. They found the negro's dea< le" body. He had evidently comniittci suicide rather than be taken by thi re- posse. The town of W-Itorboro has let lst the contract for $80,000 worth ?1 'vu street paving, Siren paving was d? cided upon by the citizens of Walter?( boro ubout three weeks ago and the nJ, entire work will be completed in four ' months from the time the project was first publicly discussed. at to At a pood roads meeting at Union of last week the counties of Union, Car c> lisle, Shelton and Newberry decided id upon jointly building a highway from x. Union to Columbia. ??s A good roads institute will be he'd at the University of South Carolina Ion March -'1 ami 1. The University, of ho Citadel, Clenison College and the ig State llighwav Commission m-e !>< - i?r hind the movement. County Supcrvisors, County Engineers, Commissionts ers and all others interested in ron ! building and maintenance ere urg?*d il- to attend. Expert road men from all 0, parts of the country will be in attennt | dance. 11 j i Allie and Aubrey Cone, cousins agu ed 20 and 17,were killed Sunday evening in the parlor of John Phillipps' s home near Allendale, Barnwell County, by John Brant and his brother Earl. The Cone boys were calling ls on the daughters of Phillipps when ' the I--ants entered and begun firing. Jl' Jealously is thought to have been the w cause of the tragedy. The Brants, k- who are both under twenty, were jail('? ed. All parties were well to do and st prominent. A number of bakers in Greenville, Spartanburg, Chester and other cities ro of Sou'h Carolina have been indicted 11 on Federal warrants charging them u> wi .h, profiteering in bread. They all deny the? charges, claiming the cost ?' jf l iLor and hour made the high prices necessary. ?y jn Last Saturday night a two-weeksjs old b:.by was found on a door step in 1,| Croe villc. The infant, which was a m girl, was wrapped in expensive clothes. it was turned over to the tp Salvation Army. Thirteen families t have asked that it be given them for R. adopti*... S. W. E. I?es.-inger, a prosperous u* young farmer of Fail fax, was crushx ed io death Monday wiien a tractor he was driving toppled over on hint. 1(' The Moheley Millinery store, Main 4 ' Stri ct, Columbia, was entered by bur,l glur.i Sunday night and robbed of 1 about v'lJ'OO worth of shirtwaists, 1 suits and hats. The thieves made an 1 entrance by tearing a hole through the brick wall in the rear of the buildiC . t st Julius Sitgreaves, a well known to young man of Laurins, attempted ft- suicide by shooting himself in the ul chest last Saturday night. His ill chances for recovery are said to be slight. No reason was given for the attempt. East week State Constables and v> Prohibition agents captured ten y* stills in Darlington County and issued S. . u:i ?> n I I ? i VO I ? ' I 1,111 vv: > > 11 I I I" 111 V 11 (IIKI Lieut. Kelvin \V. Maynard, "The Flying I'm son," fk'\v into Columbia Saturday, on his tour in the interest of recruiting the U. S. Air Service. On account of a boil on the hack of ?r ^ hi nee' he i confined to a hospital for several weeks. [(, t\t" (lame Warden V. II. Cibbes ,s : I < 111 ef of Police Richardson, of ?f A o u.eoia, are preparing to waj^e war I air Mist li e filters of robins in and n .* that city. State and County o'licers throughout South Carolina are u.'ytcd to see that the law proivc' .ip, these birds he enforced. Ilu^h F. Warren was arrested Satite urd ly in his room in a Columbia hotel en and six gallons were found in his >r- suit case and hand batf. re 'j here are cases of influenza at n<l Clemson CoIIcrc. None are regarded he as serious and there is no pneumonia "i- Clemson also has a number of case: he of mumps. a ? -.1 i . . ith OUSLEYDALE SCHOOL ch On March f?, beginning at 7:!{( ch there. will be a play, "Our Awfu he Aunt", given by the students of Ous ?ot leydale School. After the play a bo. upper will be enjoyed. The proceed: are to go to the piano which recur.Ilj installed. Several improvements hav< isk Several improvements have latelj been put in the school. Among then 'en ure some new desks and lights. Teachers and pupils are hard dowi , at work; with n full school like w< 1? have, the best work can't be don< | but we have a good school. || 1M J. CLIFTON RIVERS ELECTED STATE WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER t \ ? Mr. J. Clifton Rivers, Member of 1 the House of Representatives from s Chesterfield County, was elected; * J.tate Warehouse Commissioner, with- j t < ut opposition last Thursday. Mr. Rivers' election required but a! i" | ew minutes, there being no dissen-' - ion. He will fill the unexpired term! l >f Capt. W. G. Smith, who died a few i weeks ago, and will serve for four 1 ears. The salary of the State WareI e^'se Commissioner is $;},00U a year. | 1 he new commissioner was born in vlt. Croghan and is a graduate of the ^ chesterfield High School. He finished 1 f his education at Wotford. He served i the county as a magistrate for fif- < ecu years before being elected to the , House. He is the ranking member of . he ways and means committee and < as established a reputation for be- < ng one of the most industrious members of that body. At the earnest soicitulion of the members of the low- i er house he consented to enter the 1 race for Warehouse Commissioner ] and it is a great compliment to him that he was unopposed. Mr. Rivers is known as a progres- ' sive and during his tenure of office; has secured much progressive legislation for his constituents, among 5 which may be mentioned the Mt. < Croghan Township bond election, by which that township has forged sevral years ahead of the County seat ^ a id other communities in the matter 11 of constructing roads. i Mr. Rivers was born in 1<S7'5; was I narried to Miss Mary E. Allen of Mt. Crophan, in 1?)02 and is the father of j en children. p a EUROPEAN AIR 1 TRAFFIC TREATY j Ilere in America people seem to i think, as a result of aviation-scuttle j policy of Congress in withholding ap- t propriat ions to maintain our Feder- t al Air Service, that air travel is a i ; meie dream and that airplanes and dirigibles are nothing but playthings. ; The people of Europe, however, are i aboring under no such delusion,for al- s ready their countries are covered with c a network of regular commercial air- c lines, ' essels are rapidly being con- o structed by Germany, as well as our e recent Allies, for merchant service through out the world. v It is not surprising, then, to read t the announcement that Switzerland d bar. just signed a privisional conven- > tion with France and Great H.itain ? deaiing with air traffic. Some >if tiie more interesting provisions of this pact, which go into ef- j feci, on March 1, are as follows: a Each country agrees to grant free o passage over its territories and terri- b torial waters during peace time to f registered aircraft which comply with j the conditions of the convention. Air c machines must not carry wireless a without special license from their t Stales, and must cross frontiers only j: at certain points which arc to be specified. Each of the Slates will name a one or more airdromes on its terri p lory which must be used for the arrival and departure of machines. s ALIENS CANNOT CONTROL SOCIALIST PARTY SAYS LEADERS !< Socialist party leaders, testifying before the Assembly Judiciary Com- a inittce at Albany yesterday, said that v a large majority of the dues-paying f members of the party were nativeborn or naturalized citizens of the r country and that, therefore, aliens ^ could not control parly ; that the provision of the party constitution re-' quiring a blank resignation from So-! ci'dist e.indioiates he fori they took : office bad been a dead letter for ten : yeni , and Hint w'niic Hie party might j deem a strike ,.dc; a le and iu.-tifi aide to had never officially endoised such a strike. , '' The j'oiu ral strike, : a weapon," ' one of the officials sa! I, ' i is never ( been ollicially endor- ! ! y the So- j cialisl Party of the Ui 1 >ti .es. ?\o < admit the possibility of t e general strike, and, uftidi r c ions which ( mitrht possibly arise, s > beinjf even j lesiro.ble. That doe., i. <t me in we nave advocated it." MTDENMOkf ONOrt JtOLL ' . In,. a l.e;tin:ii:i};-Jj.n. t.(Jth, ending Feb. 20 1st jrrade: Casey Johnson I Adv. 1st grade: Ebbie Hoffman, Creola (fancy, Willie Johnson. 2nd grade, Alma McManus, Thay I lodges. 3rd grade: Ellen Bullard, Maggie Hoffman, Harry Weldon, Carl Hodges. > 4th grade: Lola Hodges, Marie Mc! Manus, Willie Hoffman. 5th grade: Margaret Rowe, Ophelia Johnson, Mary Johnson. Gth grade: Elsie Johnson. I CREEK?ODOM ; On Wednesday evening. February i 18, at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. F. M. Cannon, Mr. Caro1 dine C. Creek and Miss Helen Odom q were mirried. Both are from Marl-' o boro County where they will make | their future home. 1 - THE REAL ISSUE The most troublesome problem which confronts the two great American political parties today seems to e that of finding an issue over which hey can make a real fight at the online Presidental elections. No longer can political battles be ought over the old questions of taiflf, sound money, imperialism, etc. O'he liquor question has been disposd of, and woman suffrage will soon e an accomplishment. For months the Senate at Washngton has been wrangling over the ..cague of Nations problem and many have doubtless hoped that it would furnish a campaign issue, but it is so clearly manifest that at least nine; enths of the people of the country avor the League plan, with some sort >f reservations, that neither party :an afford to make a real fight ovei he matter at the polls. Efforts of various kinds are being nade to prepare "model platforms,' jut the proposed platforms of both jarties are so much alike that unle.-a hey are conspicuously labeled with the party name, it is difficult to determine for which party they are blended. For example, the New York State lit.It...... f mi in ;i> jum uiiniiunc i ad. oeates ilit- following: Speedy rat ideation of the woman ufi'r hi : vigorous mea ires to prevent spread of radicalism, i national budg t system; return of ailronds to the!;* owne's; a privately iwned Ameiiean Merchant -Marine; nforcement of immigration laws; a onstructive policy of co-operation to irevent war, and the reduction oi irmaments; a sjuall standing army rith a trained citizen reserve for use n time of war; reorganization of 'ederal Trade Commission; estahlishlent of international high court of ustice to decide disputes anions naions and an international conference o promote and revise international aws; establishment of a commission n industrial relations to make trikes increasingly unnecessary and nfrequent, with the right given to ibor to share in determining the cirumstances under which it shall be mployed; and immediate ratification f the peace treaty with Senate re.rvations. If we should eliminate the single /ord, "Senate," from the last line of his statement, we would have left a | eclaration so conservative and nonartisan that it might well lie used as part of the platform of either the eniocratic or the Republican party. , Of course each party will, in its latform, promise to give the country wise and economic administration f public atrairs and accuse the nn\..iers of the opposite party of wasteul expenditures and genera! bad judgment in public matter; and such hargcs may at times carry considerible weight, but they alone by no ueans constitute an adeijuate cuminign issue. The truth is that the Repuolicans ind Democrats alike are, in the main, latriotic Americans, and between hem there is no great outstanding isue. On the other hand, however, hey are of one mind in their desire o support our American Government ml Democratic institutions in theii trength and purity, and they have no >a tie nee with the so-called "direetction" methods by which minorities ire seeking, by means of strikes and iolence, to throttle industry and orce their will upon t!w majority. Here then is the real issue and the iced is not for a basis on which Relublicans and Democrats can fight ach other but one on which they can et together and fight, at the noli , he groat conflict for the mainten nee of majority rule. U.D CROSS WORK IN SOUTHERN STATES Atlanta, (la., Fob. 2 1 During tin rear 101!# tin' American Red Cms it Iped 1 T1#,(?(?7 .orviee men ami thei ' families in the southern division, com i?risii'v the tc- of North ami South Carolina, (ieorgia, T? nne-M'e and Flo I'ida, according to a report made l?y division headquarters today. The cases included only those under the jurisdiction of Red Cross Home Service, and did not include Red Cross work at canteens, camps and other military centers. The majority of cases were those of service men who needed help. This service was of varied kinds all the wav from fmdirur :i li>?? in France for his family in (he states, to helping men to get their Liberty Bond allotments; and from looking out for the folks at home while the hoy was in uniform, to getting in touch with the boy when he came back and aiding him to take hospital treatment or vocational training of the government. NOTICE OF ELECTION An election upon the question of voting on additional mills for school purposes will he held at school house in Bethosdn District No. J4, on Saturday March hth. G. W. Brown, J. A. Crowley, J. H. Johnson. . UL GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION OF PACKERS RECOMMENDED Senator Gronna of North Dakota, Republican, in leporting favorably the Kenyon-Kendrick bill as redrafted by the Agriculture Committee recnnmended increased Government su>ervision over the packing industry. Under the provisions of the KenyonKendrick bill a Federal Live Stock Commission would be created to supervise the packers, live stock markets and market agencies, and the packers would be prohibited from dealing in foodstuffs other than live stock products where competition would be lessened, from apportioning territory or purchases or arranging or agreeing to control prices, and from driving comeptitors out of business It would also require them, within two years after the final passage of the bill to relinquish ownership of intcvt m stock yards. The enactment of this bill is recomended by its supporters on the rouint that ihe great public markets ire public utilities. I A:j'\ ASTCR TO HELP AMERICAN COLLEGE !. .-! \ i r, the only wonman ever electcu in tin House of Commons, h - :ed the Alumni of Sweet Briu ( oni-m iii Vi ; iiiiu that she will accent < hmioiaiy chairmanship of the l,u?l > .inent hand Committee in its can. | ..ti^-n to raise $ l,0l>0,000. In ter letter accepting the chairmanship, Lady Astor, who was Nancy Langitorne of Virginia, pleads for closer relations between America and Great Britain-, saying: N " vVe have all got to try and create a better world out of the ruins the war has left. You and I and a great many other people believe that society has suffered in the past by leaving women out of account in the conduct of Government and in the administration of affairs. "Less than ever now, when the war has removed such a heavy proportion of the keenest brains, can the world afford to do without the help of women in the work of reeonstructin. It is to lit them for this that they need the very best education." Ttie Ly ric SHOWS ? 7, and !> O'clock MONDAY MARCH 1st A L AKAMOUN i - ARI CRAl T SPECIAL "THE TEETH OF THE TIGER" Most Exciting Detective Story Ever Filmed. A Real Thriller. TUESDAY MARCH 2nd CHARLES RAY ??In "CROOKED STRAIGHT" ! Ray Makes Another Hit lu This One A Parainount-Artcraf t Picture Also Fox Sunshine Comedy Wednesday March 3rd CLEO MADISON AND WILFRED LUCAS "A GIRL FROM NOWHERE' A REAL WESTERN Al.SO L-KO COMEDY THURSDAY MARCH 4th DOROTHY GISH In "TURNING THE TABLES" \ GOOD . I i.NV COMEDY DRAMA A PAKAMOUN T-ARTCRAFT SPECIAL FRIDAY MARCH 5th BIG DOUBLE BILL DAY CHARLES CHAPLIN In "A DAY'S PLEASURE" DOROTHY DALTON IN "L'APACHE" SHOWS 5, 7 and 9 ADMISSION 30F SATURDAY MARCH 6th CHARLES CHAPLIN In "a day's pleasure' FUNNIF.R THAN A DOC'S LIFE AND SHOULDER ARMS YOU'LL SAY SO COME AND SEE CHARLEY AND HIS FLIVVER ON BROAWAY ALSO ANTONIO MORENO in "the invisible hand'4 15c 3 to 6 25c 6 to 11