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m 'v I / <fiJ)esferfkU> Ai>t*rtiser VOL. 39?NO 12 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, March 18, 1920 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE CAirrvi nnfl J Til A itnurn f 1 ouuin LAKUL1FIA NtW5 The investigation of the Board of Trustees of Clenison College into a "wulk out" of the entire senior and sophomore classes last week, resulted in the complete disapproval of the strike by the students. All those who left are ordered to send written withdrawals of their names from the ultimatum sent to President Riggs by 11:30 P. M., March 21. Those refusing to do so will be expelled from the college. Two sixteen year old girls of prominent families of Abbeville were assaulted by two white men near that place Sunday evening. The girls were on their way to church when invited to ride in an automobile. They agreed to ride as far as the church. The car did not stop when the church wus reached but continued several miles into the country, where the assuult tok place. Jim Wallace and Lee TJ....- r /" 1 ? * '"uuic, ui uiftnwuuu, were luier arrested charged with the crime and were placed in the penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping. They were later^released when the two girls said they were not the guilty persons. Leonard Jordan, of Lodge, Colleton County, chief machinist in the U. S. Navf, while on leave of absence fiom his ship at Los Angeles, California, was killed in a light by Chas. Orr. The body will be sent to Colleton County for burial. Dillon County has just completed the installation in every school in the county a modern sanitary toilet, with running water and a septic tank. Dillon is the only county in the state and perhaps in the South with these sanitary health measures for the protection of its school children. The epidemic of influenza is subsiding throughout the state and in nearly all of the alfected sections quarantines have been lifted and C.lw.^lc I pviiuuia upciicw NOTICE TO FARMERS We wil have a representative from B. F. Avery& Sons at the Dr. I?cdfearn place near the Fair Grounds Friday March 26 at 3 P. M. to demonstarte the Joy Rider Cultivator. If you are interested in Riding Cultivators come out and let us show you how they will cultivate your crop. Farmers Hardware Co. Mar* 20 P< We bought i tion on these pric< MEN'S DRESS SHOES, Val J MEN'S ARMY SHOES, Val / LADIES DRESS SHOES, Va LADIES DRESS SHOES, Va LADIES DRESS SHOES, Va ; LADIES DRESS SHOES, Va i LADIES DUES SHOES, Val 1 OLD LADIES' COMFORTS, jjj All Shoes or | ' 25 cents CICIIAMS AND CI I 35 cents OlITINGS (Solids t I 45 cents PERCALES for.. I 40 cents BLEACHING for. | 45 cents BLEACHING for. 8 35 cents SEA ISLAND for. fV I I ___________________________________ I Pont Mis; M l ivi II 11 tUIIUN ASSOCIATION DAY IN COLUMBIA Columbia, March 15.?Col. R. M. Mixson, President of the South Carolina Branch of the American Cotton Association issues the following invitation : The greatest gala week ever put on in South Carolina will be put on in Columbia March 22nd to 27th inclusive. Thursday, March 25to is American Cotton Association Day. We invite, want and urge every farmer, every banker, every merchant, every business man, every professional men, every school teacher, every preacher and every newspaper man in the State to be in Columbia on the date to view the most magnificent parade; to witness the greatest demonstration ever put on in the interest of the farmer, and in the interest of the upbuilding and protection of the commercial interests of the State, to take part in and help make the day a brilliant success. We want the farmers, for they are most vitally interested in perpetuating conditions which will guarantee to them a profit on their business and better living conditions ror all time to come. We want the bankers, the merchants, the business and professional men because their prosperity is interlocked upon the prosperity of the farmers. We want the teachers and preachers because they are vitally interested. Neither have been receiving adquate salaries. The American Cotton Association is striving to correct this. When the farmers get a fair price for their product, this will be corrected. We want the newspaper men because they are vitaly interested and have rendered valuable service in the fight. \ye want everybody to come and help make Thursday March 25th a glorious day. The parade will reach for miles. Five floats, banners without end, magnificent music rendered by the best bands in the South, splendid speakers, E. T. Meridith, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, and Senator Ellison Durant Smith mill speak. And Ellison Du rant when he gets after the cotton gamblers and the other enemies of the farmers. After the speaking there will be magnificent free entertainments. This day will be glorious. We want everybody to come and have a big time. Don't miss it. This is the one opportunity of your life. COME! 1^11 ? ir Cent, off Ol our Ginghams, Chambr 2S you will know the sa ue $8.50- Sale Pri< ue $7.50 Sala Pric lue $0.90 SALE PRIC lue 5.90 SALE PRIC lue 4.90 SALE PRIC lue 3.90 . .. SALE PRIC lue 3.50 SALE PRIC , Value $4.25 SALE PRK i same basis, 1-5 1AMBRAY for ind Fancies) for These Sale Pr .1 # /\ > this Upporti LEVA SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR LACK OF TEACHERS CI According to reports of the United Bureau of Education, the country is faced with a serious shortage of school teachers, chiefly through failure to provide adequate salaries. Bl Based on returns from State school officials, the reports show that on Feb. 13 last 18,299 schools were closed because of lack of teachers and 41,980 were being taught by teachers characterized as "below standard, but taken on temporarily in an emergen- b> cy." Greater shortage of teachers are of shown is the Southern than in the Northern States. se Here is another alarming phase of the situation: nt In 190 State, county, city and pri- be vate normal schools, representing: 60 per cent, of the total normal schools m in the country, there were 11,593 cu fewer students enrolled Nov. 1 1919, tM than the pre-war period. A similiar fulling: off is shown in teacher-train- 111 ing departments in colleges, while other departments show great in- r<? creases in enrollment. til si< ROOF OF STATION MAY BE ?t USED FOR LANDING FIELD hi Plans for converting the roof of m the proposed new Union Station in ?1 Chicago into a landing field for air- he planes are being considered by the hi Chicago Air Board. The plans were vc presented by William J. 1L Strong to of the American Association of En- ca ginecrs. The station roof will have an area of more than two city blocks, th Mr. Strong said, affording adequate S? room for low speed planes to lund. th It would be particularly valuable for ?* ' the use of mail planes he stated, adding that the high speed ships could st transfer their cargo to the slower cr planes in mid-air outside the city limits. CI at DEATH OF MRS. ED. LOWERY to fr Mrs. Ed. Lowery passed away last ac week at her home near the Wexford al school and was buried at Elizabeth te Church. Mrs. Lowery was about 49 e> years of age and was well known and so loved in the community in which she th lived. Besides her husband she leaves th four daughters to niourn their loss, bi Sympathy is extended the bereaved w husband and children by many sincere friends throughout the county, at rth to n everything in ays, Percales, White Goo ving offered here is very :e $6.80 MEN'S SINGLE SO ce $6.00 MEN'S WORK SHC E $5.52 CHILDREN'S SKU :E ^4 72 CHILDREN'S SKU E $3.92 |3 ,2 CHILDREN'S SKU ;E $2.80 CHILDREN'S SKU ^E $3.40 CHILDREN'S SKU off. 20 cent* 28 cent* 36 cent* 32 cent* 36 cent* 28 cent* 1.. L L itis <ippiy uniy iu tdMi pu mity; Sale lasts JMSCC ANOTHER FIRE HESTERFIELD HOTEL AN! HENDR1X GROCERY STORE GO UP IN SMOKE MONDAY MORNING laze Starts on Second Floor Whil Guests Are At Breakfast?Part of Furnishings And Grocery Stock Saved Chesterfield has sixain been visile r a disastrous fire and again crowd helpless people have had to stun r and see the conflagration burn i If out, knowing that when there wji thing more to burn the fire woul s over. Shortly after eight o'clock las onday morning flames were dis vered on the second floor of th 1 ester field Hotel. Half a dozen c ore guests were having breakfa: id most of these rushed to thei oms and succeeded in saving thei fects. Several, however, lost col ierable wearing apparel and, om least, lost the entire contents < s room. When discovered the flames ha ade very little headway and ha most any provision for fire figh >en available there is no doubt th lildings could have been saved wit ry little damage. As it was, th wn turned out and devoted itself t Trying out furniture from the h< 1 and the stock of groceries froi e C. A. Hendrix store next doo > slow was the progress of the fir at practically everything was cai i'd out of the hotel and the entii ocery stock was safely across th reet long before the walls began t umble. The wind was most favorable t iresterfield and to this fact alone tributable the confining of the fn the two buildings. Iron roofin oni the Farmers' Hardware stoi ross the street was set up in front c 1 the nearby store windows, pre cting them from the heat to a grei [tent and undoubtedly preventin me further damage, but there is li u doubt that had the high winds < e previous Saturday prevailed th isiness section would have bee iped out. As it was there was a serious mei :e at one time when sparks wei April our Store, ii ids, Etc. last Fall at ] attractive. Below LE PLOW SHOES, Value $4.25. )ES, Value $3.90 FFERS, Value $3.90 FFERS, Value $3.50 : . . FFKRS, Value $2.90 FFERS, Value $2.50 FFKRS, Value $2.25 $2.25 OVERALLS, for $1 $2.50 OVERALLS, for $J $1.25 WORK SHIRTS, for $1 $1.50 WORK SHIRTS, for ...$1 irchases and only to i two weeks K - carried to the roof of the Bank of fore Chesterfield and started a blaze the i niongst some leaves that had collect- Gper D (d on the roof of that structure. This q ^ wi s quickly extinguished without loss. The hotel building, which was valu- fast ed at $10,000 carried $3,500 insur- (ire ur.co, with an additional $1,500 on the tel 1 I contents. effec The Mendrix grocery building, with M a value of $5,500 carried $1,750 in- arrii surance, with another $1,000 on the out stock. On the two buildings, there- clot! fore,the actual loss to the owners is and I $0,250, Mr. Joel Catoe losing $7,- T1 1^ 500 on the hotel and Mr. C. A. lien- trag drix suffering a loss of $1,750 on of t '' the store building. From these figures Grai t- it will not require a college professor poss is to determine whether it is cheaper to thro ,1 install water works or depend upon whei insurance for protection. beer Just what proportion of the insurance on the contents of the building will be collectable depends upon r" , ie the damage suffered by the hotel fur- e >r nishings and the grocery stock. ^.ra% Cinq a Mr. Hendrix lost no time in his fron ii business but moved at once into a jj ir building at I'agc and Railroad streets s.m()| i- and opened up for trade. rush ' Mr. Catoe is said to be contein- frus| plating selling his lot, either cut into smaller buildiiur nlots or as n whole. c (' I at auction in the near future. ,| my ' ^ Chesterfield is now without u liotel and those who had been making the ^ Catoe establisment their home were ?uc^ hard put to find even temporary quar- *ny 1 ters. So far as known all have man- and aged to get under shatter for the time |,cfo 11 being, but the absence in the town of pa sufficient living quarters works a particular hardship in the present einerr_ gency. Dr. W. J. Perry, who had his office W. I K> on the first floor of the hotel, has established temporary headquarters at the Chesterfield Drug store. Mr. A. qv .f. Rohr has set up his chair and is eiec, js mowing whispers and lilocks in the tjle . front of the Farmers' Mercantile. gt g 'tore. Prei e It is now something over three prey years since experts surveyed the field Qf y y_ and estimated that Chesterfield could Supi have had at that time a complete and sUpi j, efficient water works system for $33,- man 000. Since the time that this system city, ,f could have been in operation Chester- secr le I field has lost, by conservative esti- jnj, ,n mate, $85,000 by fires that could have Trei been stopped with a trifling loss had q* i- water been available. | socii re' Among the hotel guests who suf- thirl r~ioth ncluding New Spi prices much below to-day's i we give you a few articles t . . . Sale Price $3.40 SHIRTS a . . . Sale Price $3.12 SHIRTS a SALE PRICE $3.12 ROYS' SI . SALE PRICE $2.80 ,!(n S SI ROYS SUI SALE PRICE $2.32 ROYS' SI . SALE PRICE $2.00 ROYS' SI . SALE PRICE $1.80 ROYS' SI Bi| We wa items listed "?? ular selling .00 l.arlini I 1.20 ' Ready To ______ I r _ purchases amounting to mor > .?. ?, .,? r^_ li the Jose of personal effects in fire Mr. W. G. Allen, telegraph ator and assistant agent at the i L. station, was the hardest hit. Allen had hail an early breakand was at the depot when the rj occurred. In his room at the ho- m were all of his wearing apparel ;ts except what he wore. f, rs. C. B. Edge worth, the newly j. fed optician, succeeded in getting m her trunk and a good part of her t.j ting but lost several suits, shoes hats that were in a closet. k, ne fire came near resulting in a af edy. During the early progress m he flames Deputy Sheriff J. T. ro it, after searching the rooms for jn ible late sleepers, had climbed t ^ ugh a scuttle hole into the attic, m re possibly a servant might have |a i sleeping. While making a hur- ft, search of this part of the build- m the smoke became so dense that j. Grant was unable to find the scut- jj he had entered and he was in e danger of being overcome, ting about blindly and suffering i suffocation he managed to stum- r. through the dense volumes of ol ke to his point of entrance and ca ed down the burning stairs to ti air and safety. >me people who have been into warehouse laiely say they had no I kept such a stock and sold at '' prices. They bought from me and J." they will always see me hereafter, S( were sorry they had not seen me re. I am no piker by a horn full. (I: me a visit and be convinced. W. P. ODOM. NV IX M. S. OF ST. PAUL'S ! la ELECT OFFICERS M he following officers have been ni led to serve during this year in Woman's Missionary Society of V' Paul's Church: c< tident, Mrs. A. W. Hursey; Vice M iident, Mrs. A. L. Griggs; Supt. foung People Mrs. B. J. Guess; I. of Juniors, Mrs. G. K. Laney; t. of Social Service, Mrs. ThurTeal; Supt. of Study and Publi- oi Mrs. C. K. Curtis; Corresponding nt etary, Mrs. L. H. Trotti; Record- si Secretary, Mrs. W. A. Rivers; in isurer, Mrs. R. I.. McManus. J e\ here will be a meeting of this! u: L-ty Thursday afternoon at four n< ,y o'clock at the church. TWO WE Inclu ring Goods no market, and with a 20 0 show you the value ixl DKAWKRS, Value $1.2. nd I)RA\VKRS, Value $l.f>n UTS, Value $ll.ix>... 'ITS, Value $12.fill ITS, Value $i:i.<X) UTS, Value $14.1X1 !ITS, Value $17.fill 1ITS, Value $1S.;>0 1 line of Boys' P nt to emphasize that everything L~I \ --1.1 J. .i LKIUW; 13 IU UC SUIU UUIlll^ IIICM: price. Ready To Wear, previously ma Wear and J. B. Stetson Hats no e than ftl.OO. April 10th is Chest< NEWS IN GENERAL Germany has had a revolution that , first was said to be bloodless, but oting later supplied the missiing eleent. The Royalist party, said to be nt upon returning to a monarchial >rm of government, on last Saturly drove President Ebert and cabi t from the palace in Berlin and proaimed Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, the new :ad of the government. It is not yet town exactly what the new state of fairs really portends. The Ebert adinistration claims the Kapp party present the former ruling class and tends to restore an emperior to the irone. Kapp denies this, saying Gerany will remain a Republic. At st acounts the two parties were con rring and there is talk of a comproise. Bill Iluhenzolern is saying nothg, but continues to saw wood in olland. My Shipments of hay are delayed little, but it will pay you to wait on i a little as I can save you money i your hay needs. I am looking for a ir ol INo. 1 I imothy and one of hnice Michigan. W. P. ODOM. MAYSVILLE Roy, (lie small son of Mr. and Mrs. . II. P.urch is able to walk after beg confined to iiis room for the past < weeks with a broken leg. Roy al had influenza while in bed. Mrs. \V. P. (lullcdgc is better toly we are glad to report. Mr. I). K. Burch and boys were in radesboro. N'. ('., Saturday afterion on business. Mrs. L. W. Tucker spent one night st week at the home of her mother rs. J. T. Davis. Mr. W. P. (Julledgo is sick with unips at his home near here. Messrs Earl Adams and Frank aughn of near the Vaughn school immunity spent several hours with r. J. Wesley Adams Sunday CARD OF THANKS We take this method of expressing jr gratitude to our friends and eighghbors for the many kindnesses lown us during the recent illness i our family. We thank each and rcryone who thoughtfully cared for i and assure them that their kindess will never be forgottn. Mr. and Mrs. Donn Adams. :eks isive w in. per Cent, reduo o! this reduction. ...... sai.k run k $1.00 .... SAI.K PRICK, $ 1.20 SAI.K PRICE $9.52 SAI.K PRICK $10.00 .... SAI.K PRICK $11.12 SAI.K PRICK $1 1.92 SAI.K PRICK $14.00 SAI.K PRICE $14.80 ants 1-5 off. in our store (except a few two weeks at I -5 off reg_L.1 I - P? M? H incu uur* II, Lflllll'K i'CH | I t included in this sale. I S last day. I srfield I