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The Chesterfield Advertiser Paul II. and Fred G. Hearn Editors PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Subscription Rutes: $1.50 a Year; aix months, 75 cents.?Invariably in advance. Entered as sccond-class matter at the postofFlce at Chesterfield, South Carolina. A BOOM FOR PALMER In a recent issue of the Atlanta Constitution there is a fine tribute to the character and qualifications of Hon. Michell Palmer, who is one of the Candidates for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. Although not leading the light for any candidate before the holding of the National Democratic Convention, the Constitution says: A man of irreproachable character, of towering strength, of marked ability for leadership and "born and bred" a democrat?and not afraid to say so?it has been generally accepted that he would figure prominently in the campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. The Constitution recalls this incident of the Baltimore Convention, in which at a critical period in the Convention Palmer might have secured the nomination. "\\ hen 11 appeared that Wilson would not be able to reach the twothirds vote necessary to nominate, representatives of other candidates who had at that time polled more than a majority vote of the convention, tendered Mitchell Palmer their suimort and his nomination would have been inevitable hail he said the word. He had led the light for Wilson in his state, whose delegation he headed, and he stood firm by his conviction. He carried the fight again to the floor and won" There is just one other instance of this unselfish action in a presidential convention. It was when William McKinley, at the head of the John Sherman delegation from Ohio, and when the tide was turning from Sherman to McKinley. It soon became evident that Sherman could not be nominated and Ben Harrison was put in,although McKinley could have had the nomination for the ashing. Palmer went to the Democratic National Convention to vote his state for Wilson as McKinley went to vote nis state for Sherman. In this connection it may not be out of place to say tnat William J. Bryan went to the Democratic Convention at Baltimore with a pledge to Champ Clark but voted for Woodrow Wilson. MOONSHINE AND CONFISCATION An article of special importance just at this time appeared :n a late issue of the Augusta Chronicle. It deals with the moonshine and land confiscation. The article was furnished the Augusta Chronicle by Mr. N. A. Willet, whose able and timely articles havt been frequently referred to by the Chesterfield Advertiser. We condense Mr. Willet's article to make room for it in this issue. Mr, Willet alludes to the statement by U. S. Court officials that hereafter under the new prohibition law, moonshine farms will be proceeded against, confiscated and sold at public auction, puts a new color upon the moonshine business and perhaps, too, puts thousands of Georgia farms in jeopardy. Mr. Willet wrote to Judge Callaway a leading lawyer of Augusta and a farmer too, by the way, asking him as to the features of the law. The gist of Judge Callaway's letter is in effect that the courts have so far upheld the Confiscation features of the law. The Judge explains. however, that the statute does n<>' undertake to confi -eate the property of an innocent owner. It is only the guilty owner who inn t uffer. If the owner has guilty knowledge of the moonshine on his farm or if he draws profit from it be will be held guilty and his land confiscated But where the property of the owner, whether land, automobiles or other .conveyances, or personal property, i.-without the knowledge or consent of the owner for the illegal manufac ture, traffic or sale of intoxicant iU.. 4..1 ..t . ... II.. ... .. iieiuirr iim? mhiuu.s 'it"rimy, inn the decisions of t!ie court would uphold the confiscation of the owner'.property. As to automobiles Judge Callaway says: If the owner of an automobile i is either using his automobile himsell or is permitting another to use his automobile with his knowledge and consent, in the illegal traffic of whiskey, and the automobile is seized, it can be sold under the law and the proceeds turned over to the government, either state or national. An advertisement of a new book called "Snake Bite" is said to deal , with the African desert. The prohibitionists have made a great desert I < in this country and no snake bite I jwnody to bo had. Ilitl - An exchange diplores the absence i>f the old time Southern spirit. Pre- . sume there's no reference in this to the dry law. i In the trial of the I. \V. W. in Washington on the charge of murder on'v one of the ten on trial made the plea of insanity. Why not the nine? Here is a patriot with a capital "P." In Chicago William J. Graham was elected Comptroller at a salary of $15600. But it was proposed, as the office was a very responisble one to add $900, making the salary $7500. Mr. Graham said that was too much and would not accept the increase. If Diogones were living he would find an honest man in Chicago and would not need hi? lantern to locate him. A FIELD DAY IN CONGRESS Although there is a great deal of Serious, even Solemn talk in Congress, they do have fun occassionally. Production of corn was under discussion the other day whon the Congressman from Missouri, Mr. Rubey, (not Rube) began to extol the wonderful productive capucity of hi? State. He said one Missourian had got a prize from a farm paper of $5000 for the best five acres of corn. The yield was 127 Vfe bushels per acre. Then up jumped Mr. Wood, of Indiana, who claimed that was not so much and that Indiana could beat that. Then Congressman Bankhcad, of Alabama, popped up and said that I'M 'A bushels was the record in that State. Then Congressman Claud Kitchen, of North Carolina, the leader of the Democrats on the floor of Congress said: I am glad the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Rubey) has called attention to the great yield in Missouri, and tVat the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bankhcad) has referred to the yield of 237 va bushels in his State. I want to say if they continue to encourage these farmers in Misouri and in Alabama they may posibly get up to the record, eventually, of North Carolina, which holds a record of 250 buhels per acre, the largest in the history of the country. (Laughter.) Then this interchange of corn talk took place: Mr. Rubey. Mr. Chairman, 1 hope no more of the gentlemen wiil interrupt mi', because if they do there is ao tolling how large this yield is going to get to be. (Laughter.) Mr. Blnnton. Mr. Chairman, the :entleman from Missouri will admit that the State of Texas is in a class !>y itself, and it not involved in this ontroversy. Mr. Mann of Illinois: Mr. Speaker, :n connection with what has been said it was reported the other day that a former Member of this House, Jos ph C. Sibley, had raised on 12 acres of ground 3111 bushels of corn to the lcre. (Laughter and applause.) Mr. Rubey. They are still going up, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Mann of illionis. It shows the effect of being a Member of Congress. Then Mr. Thomas, a Democratic Congressman from Kentucky boasted that he had plowed 12 hours a day for 50 cents a day, but he did not want to talk about corn, hut about the barberry bush. Mr. Thomas said; Some Republican Congressman from Missouri?I do not know who? laid we needed $190,000 for barberry bushes, because they caused ruj.t on wheat. There never was a barberry bush in the world, in my opinion, that made rust on wheat, and yet in the name of economy this Republican Congress gave $190,000 to eradicate barberry bushes, when the way to eradicate a Darnerry nusn is 10 taxe a hoe and cut it down. They never discovered but one barberry bush, I am informed, in the district that this Congressman comes from. IBANEZ IS WRONG The Spanish author, Biasc-o lbanoz, who wrote the popular book, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a recent interview expressed some strange ideas about the domestic relations of American husbands and wives, lie said: "Every American man is afraid of his wife. He has a mental picture of (lis wife si Hiding behind the door with a rolling pin, either literally or figuratively, according to social standards. What this country needs is a econd emancipation. I ban "V. has evidently been reading 'Brinj ng up Father" and takes Mr. liggs too seriously. Few American women use the roiling pin even to lit their husband. Wi'T AND DRY IN POITICS In Ji.i interview recently the Anti.Saloon l.eigue of America, through Wnyin H. Wheeler, general counsel, leelnred that th?* prohibition forces .vill e.< e<-,>t the challenge of wets at the conventions of the political paries. If they try to force a wet plank in he platforms they will meet the uni d opposition of the dry forces. Mr. Wheeler said: The united dry forces representing all the National Prohibition organizations, agreed not to ask the political parties to take sides on the merits of Prohibition, If the wets raise the issue they will start something that may change the plans of the drys not to ask for a prohibition plank. It was decided to request the platform comdittees to declare in no mistak'en terms for law and order. The candidate or party that sidesteps this issue or declares for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment i? doomed to fall. APi We beg to ann Grac Our F V Style ( J. I TRUTH IN ADVERTISING That it pays to tell the truth in advertising is illustrated by this inci dent: In a big department store the advertising manager was sick and the proprietor called a new clerk to prepare an advertisement. He said to the young man: "I want you to stir up some interest in the waterproof garment department. The fact is, we have a l??i ?>:' rotten raincoats we've got to gut rid of. They are shopworn, and some of them are cracked, and we'll el' thorn for little or nothing. Now j we've got to get the people here to ( buy'efh. There are some good ones1 in the lot, but if we can't sell V;i,| we might as well dump 'em in the river." The young man assu.'ed "the 1 he knew exactly how to do it. The next morning when the merchant opened his paper to read his advertisement for that day, he came pretty near having a lit, for on the page opposite the editorials was tin* raincoat advertisement away across the page bold-face type, and it read this way. "To tell the truth, we have a lot of rotten raincoats we've got to get rid of. They are shopworn, ami some of them are cracked, and we will sell them for little or nothing." Down went his fist on the table, rattling the dishes and spilling the coflfee. He read on: "There are some good ones in the lot, but if we can't sell them, we might as well dump them into the river." Without waiting to eat breakfast he jammed his hat on close to his HEADQUA1 furn: We have on display this > Rugs we have ever shown in C 9X12 Rugs 27X36 Rugs 36X54 Rugs 3 and 5 piece parlor Our stock of iron beds, w tables and chairs, buffet kitchei | tit the lowest possible price. Farmers' Hard As Dead a "m 1 ! JgplOMET I Every druggist in town?your gist has noticed a great falling o all give the same reason. Doi place. "Calomel is dangerous and f Liver Tone is perfectly safe ai prominent locai druggist. Take "Dodson's Li Dodson's Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it. A large bottle costs but a few cents, and if it fails to give easy in every case of liver sluggishness and constipation, you have only to ask for your money back. Dodaon'e Liver Tone is a pleasanttesting, purely vegetable remedy, kernlaai both AiMm ead flW ^FW||v IV W WWS ef wwwffF* i... ?^? 1 ounce that datin excluj Idocfc Tei In rirst Shipment is h Will Be Able )f Shoe, Size or .MOO ears and started olF down town, an I hour ahead of his usual time, to disI charge the youth who had written the advertisement. Red in the face, he ! headed straight for the advertising manager's office. His partner met him on the way and asked: ' Do you l.no'V about the ruini coats?" I '"l)o 1 know? Yes! I'm on my way ^ to kick that fool out of tiie store." | "Then you don't know!" said his n .-; nor. "There was the biggest o vd in the rail oat ilios itmcnt we; ever hr.d. FJvery garnvnt was sold! 1 out thirty minui -s afier we opened | morning. 'j'ait r.l was a would r. Seemed to please the people by' i-iis absolute frsoi ness." , The merlinnl paused, and then J i' iie I Ivs ton low: id his otlice. He j j ) f ?r the d\c.tisin -man. ' Y 'U.i;; nian," l.e s. id "how did it : .el 11.:.L y u u d ; y ? ::* ? t v. ord.i .hi: ?I ' ' e. :< :t .a", morning?" ! 'V'j ;.? hi iiie tret!, .?? imply and ?.ii eeily that I eouddn't improve on yeur way <>f saying was the answer "Well." mid tho merchant. "Hut you were right and I was wrong. You may run the advertising department in your own way from now on." That big department house became noted not only because of the truth and frankness of Its advertisements but because of its honesty and fair dealing with the public. PROHIBITION AND MORTALITY The lurge number of deaths recently caused by the drinking of wood-alcohol should not, says The Journal of the American Medical Association (Chicago), lead the public to overlook the important drop in the death- ^ I *TERS FOR ITURE veek the most complete line of i hesterfield. $7.50 to $60.00 ...... $3.50 to $8.50 $5.00 to $12.50 suits $50.00 to $75.00 ooden beds, washstands, dining! . n cabinets and sofas is complete ware Companyj lithe Dodo I druggist and everybody's drug- | fT in the sale of calomel. They ison's Liver Tone is taking its >cople know it, while Dodson's id gives better results," said a ver Tone" Instead I Take a spoonful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick headache, acid stomach or constipated bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all the next day like violent calomel. Take a dose of calomel today and tomorrow you will feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's wprkl Take Dodson's Liver Tone instead and (eel lae, (all ft vigor and klttrn * m as w "^wvwv^ ., ?aiikiiirasi'steartii i ivfrt J i JNCI g from March U sive agents to ha cry and C Morven, N. HERE and REA 1 to Supply Any Price; for Men RE & C that has followed the legal pro- j hibition of alcoholic beverages. It j goes on: Recent statistics show that for July, Augu t and September 1911), the inr ii.e< of deaths in Boston from alcol? d'Siu mounted to only 7 as coinpa: ,i with .11, -10, .'IK and :U for the c pam:ia;r ne'iod of the f >ur pieceding ye,.rs. Similarly, accidents diminished from 1 52 in 11)15, 17(5 in 191(1, 197 in 11)17 and lal m 15'Is <? lit: for the corre<f!'?ndii?f. three months of 191S). - Suii id-.M also diminished to a very marked degree. On tie o'ncr hand, h mnieides showed in' mute nl d re a o, a fact thai h 1m : retired i.i other eili s. It .ce.us ;t I p., however, that certain Ui> vmu.il fa lars are m work In ir.crease the u .da r of iiMtniers. As is u ! after a great war, fumilarit\ >:ih means of violence and r a lin*'s.-> i > li'.ori to such mee.i . are ciiiinnstanees that nri t he reckoned wi'h during the slow return to law and or- 1 dir. The diminution in the d-ath ; from alcohol! -an, accident, and suicide that has occurred in Boston has been | observed in many other large American cities and the sa.ing of life fioni these causes probably fur exceeds ! the increased number of deaths from ' wood-alcohol. JUST GOT OVER A COLD? Look out for kidney troubles and backache. Colds overtax the kidneys and often leave them weak, For weak kidneys?well read what a faithful user says: A. J. Scarborough, 2.77 Syracuse St., Durlngton, S. C., says: "Some years ago I caught cold from exposure and it settled in my kidneys and made my back lame and sore. I could hardly hend over and when I did so, my back pained terribly. I felt tired and languid and my nerves were in awful shape. At times I would be dizzy and my sight would blur. Nights the kidney secretions would pass too often, although they were scanty and caused a burniing sensation. When 1 )iear;j qf Loan's Kidney Pills, I used thesa. After I had taken the first box, I had fine relief and four boxes cured me of all the kidney complaint." Price GOc., at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Scarborough had. Foster Milburn Co., Mffs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv. TO MY Custom* You w Store in fron I hose seed? WML I horn is oy your pay. Drill;/ store; all the Have in Shoes Have Cotton Seed j. MEF ie first We have I indie ompany S c. DY for INSPECT Need, Either In , Women or Ch :ompai Anfnmnm An< MERCHANTS' T COLUft March 22 Positively tii- t G,.! tory. $20,000 worth of feature body, including nine free i o?va The World's Arthur Pry. IilG STREET PAR A WONDERFUL Fj MAMMOUTH CANVA AUTO EXHIBITS, Tl ASSEMBLY OF AME BIG HOME COIV Thousonds Wil For further information w bia Auto Association or Chamber of Commerce. DISCHARGE NOTICE On the 8th of March, 1920, I will n apply to the Probate Court of this t< County for u discharge ns Adminis- $ tratrix for the Estate of II. E. Gul- cl ledge, deceased. T February 2, 1920. ir p Allie L. Gulledge, p Administratrix, h ers And 'ill find me in Mr. W. H it of his stables. who have always sola ;h them over cii the L seed house, come aver your cotton over in froi buyers arc over here no i some special Ba ? about 150 bushels Loi for sale at $2.50 a bush< T. Huts irffitaiii'tlft -- 'V I'A.If*.-.??!'?? M-. d . mH Jt Deen appointed noes I /"\ K I I^IN I ildren MY / re Show d RADE WEEK 1BIA S to 27 , h in Columbia's hisj attractions free to everyrl s b> Famous or's Band ADES DAILY V3HION SHOW SS AUDITORIUM EiADE EXHIBITS RICAN LEGION IING WEEK 11 Meet Here rite Secretary ColumSecretary Columbia ? 'v Good-bye free garden seed. The \ f e\v Secretary of Agriculture, ex-edi>r Meridith, recommends cutting qut 240,000 that was to be used foe put; basing and distributing free seeds, he Senate acted upon this recomlendation but at time of going to ress the lower house had not been eard from. Friends P i ' . I or lor a ine their )epot, put and <*et d < A iKo i VI 11IVw. rgains "i * lg Staple