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11 WHHQmI. U Br J yflh? m m, ' l The Chesterfield Advertiser i c Paul H. and Fred G. Hearn j a Editors PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year; six months. 75 cents.?Invariably in advance. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Chesterfield, South Carolina. THE ABSENT MR. SMITH There has been evident an ap..!ling lack of interest on the part of the voters of South Carolina in the present campaign. Reports from all parts of the State show that the meetings have been attended by but a handful of voters and that the few present snowed utile it any eninus^sin. me j voters do not seem to realize that it is the duty of its citizens to inform themselves on the issues of the day, the shortcomings of public officials t and by intelligent voting to at least 1 attempt to correct some of the ev- i ils of which they complain bitterly, s Yet it is plain that the great majori- s ty of our voters scarcely know tin v names of all the candidates for whom t they will soon be called upon to vote. At a recent meeting of candidates ' for the United States Senate Senator " Ellison Durant Smith, who has served i twelve years and is canvassing for reelection, made the statement that he would serve the State and coun- v try in future as he had in the past. t And it is recorded that the few vot- i ers present applauded the promise. . How many of them know how Mr. . Smith has served the State and the Nation during his twelve years in of- j fice? Surely none of those who ap- t plauded. t Do they know that he has received , in salary approximately $90,000 and , that figures published in the Congressional Record show that he has been j absent more than half the time he ^ has been paid to be present and rep resent the people of his State and his | country. , Since Mr. Smith has been in the r Senate there have been 3,145 quorum- ( calls and he was absent 1,587 times, j During a part of this time much of the most important work that has ? been done in the Senate since its in- j auguration has been transacted and it is a matter of record that when , time after time measures could not ( be acted upon through lack of a quorum, Mr. Smith was one of those who t were absent. So noticeable was this lack of attention to his Senatorial duties in time of need that the New York Times, the leading Democratic y paper of America, dubbed Senator Smith as "The Absent Mr. Smith." j During the Sixty-liftii Congress j Mr. Smith was chairman of the com- , mittee which handled the railroad legislation, and it is a matter of record that under that legislation the , railroads cost the people $1)00,178,756. At the same time Mr. Smith was concerned with nitrate plants. , Nitrate plants were established at a ,, cost of $120,000,000 where not a v pound of nitrates was produced. ^ Mr. Smith's great campaign claim (1 is that he has raised the price of cot- ( ton. It has been asked, "If Senator s Smith raised the price of cotton, who a raised the price of fertilizers, coal, drugs, clothing, building materials, | farming implements and every other ,j unheard of high prices at the same ^ time that cotton advanced?" r The Saturday Evening Post says: t "We need great and honest men as leaders, men of deeds, men with r consciences; yes, but back of them ^ we need independent, educated, sober-minded citizens, who at last have realized that if the country is going wrong it is their own fault, and that if it is to get right it will be v through their own efforts, and cannot possibly be through those of any ' one else." It may not always be the voter's ? fault the first time, nor even the second or third, but when they con- ' tinue indefinately to re-elect men who either intentioally or through ab- v solute carelessness plunge the country into indebtness that their grand children will still be paying off, they should not kick when they contribute 1 their share when buying a glass of soda water or an automobile. Mr. Smith is certainly chargeable with his share of appropriating $f>7,- ' 000,000,000, or 47 times the estimat- ! ed wealth of South Carolina, during ' the year that ended June 30, 1017, whether it was done in his absents or during his attendance. Of course the war was expensive and had to be paid for; there is no complaint on that. The point is : , Why did the National debt of the i United States increase 2,000 per , cent, while England's increase was I but 1,000 per cent., France's 350 per | cent, and Germany's 075 per cent.? ' The people vote for men who are J to represent them. Some of them do so . Others do not. The Senator who ( fails to answer the roll call more ' than half the time for which he is , paid can scarcely be classed among the former. ^ l' ,1 - . _C_. . ..AL. WIRELESS TELEPHONING Telephoning without wires to a flip in mid ocean was accomplished hen wireless telephone communica- 1 ion between the signal station ut \ it. Johns, N. F., and the Steamer 1 rictorian was established. Communi- f ation between the station and the hip was kept up for several minutes. ' Plans are on foot to put 100 Demoratic women speakers in the field or Cox and Roosevelt.Mrs. George lass, Chairman of the VVomans' BuLau <>f iu Mo?;o.,ai n.,,,, i Committee says: "It is going to be 1 ,n aggressive campaign." WATTERSON'S UP BRINGING The London Times has a review of Ienry Watterson's autobiography, a took that was published in two large 'olumes and that sells at $5.00 per | 'olumc. The book is a reprint from he Saturday Evening Post, which )ublish*ed "Marse Henry's" biography in weekly installments. This comment thiows light upon Patterson's rather odd family hisory. Says the Times: llis upbringing was not calculated o make him a bigot.,"! was born." le says, "in the Presbyterian Church, laptized in the Roman Catholic Church, educated in the Church of England in America, and married ino the Church of the Disciples." rHE INEFFICIENCY OF ONE-TEACHER SCHOOLS AS SHOWN BY THE ARMY' The United States Army during he war taught us a most valuable esson with regard to literacy and ducation. The army didn't call a oldier literate provided he could tign his name and spell out a few vords in print. They tried out eviry man to find out iwu things about tint: (1) Could he read an ordinary lewspaper article readily and understandingly? (li) Could be write a >assably good letter to a friend or ibout business. And judged by these two tests, ,vhat did the army find? It found hat thouasnds and thousands of jrave boys turned out by our one uul two-teacher schools here in the south were not literate. Judged by jractical results they were il'iterate. '^or it's no use for a man to be able 0 write a few words if he can't write 1 letter. It's no use to be able to spell >ut a few words if he can't read a j >apor or a book with understanding! ind pleasure. A long- time ago Henry j J. Thoreau said something all of us t ihould remember: 'I confess that I do not make any I j road distinction between the illit-1 .*a ten ess of my townmen who can-J lot read at all and the illiterateness ! >f him who has learned to rea<i what ' s for children and feeble intellects." As Dr. Charles \V. Elliot has well ;aid: "The school must teach not on\r iix <. 1.1 Kut vvhiit tn rend, anil it nusl develop a taste for wholesome J eading." This is what the one-teach- ! r schoool has never done?and can j lever do. In teaching reading no j eacher trying to teach all grades and ; tges can do more than go through j nonotonous drill in nronunciation j ind punctuation?a monotonous drill vhich often makes the child hate eading. He thinks of it as a task to >e shunned rather than a privilege to ie enjoyed. And so or. with regard o all other studies. Our one-teacher schools are not eally educating children. It is true hat in a one-teacher or two-teacher chool a bright hoy or girl may mange to educate himself or herself to a legree. But even the biirli'.>r boys or rirls in most cases will never be vhat they might have been with beter nurture, training, help and ouragen.era while thousands and ens of thousands of others w.'l leave chool actually illiterate, judged by < miy tests. , Of course we hate to ?iuit having a ittle one-teacher school right at our oors. But isn't it ten times better to ???'" *lw? /. V> 11 !? .??? not I ! f?t i?Hi ide farther?and get a real education instead of wasting their time and ven though these one-teaeher schools nay he within hollering distance of ionie.1?The Progressive Farmer. PIE EATING IN AKRON Men have a "sweeter tooth" than /omen. Male workers at tne Goodyear 'ire & Rubber Company,especially in he factory, generally eat two pieces f pie at each meal. More than 1,200 pies are baked laily at the four cafeterias of the ompany for consumption of 9,000 Yorkers fed every twenty four hours. Estimating that each pie s cut in ix pieces, 80 pe cent, of the thouands fed daily at Goodyear call for he New England desert That means that 300,000 pies are onsumed annually?1,800,00 t! ccs. As a tip to housewives- -"open" >ies with but one crust, such neans pies with hut one crust, such is the cream and custad \arities. What's the most called-for kind? None?evidently pie ;s pie ?and ill kinds ?r?. "lick inir'' irmul There I* more Catarrh In thin section pf the country than all other diseases put together, and for years It was supposed to he incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable Catarrh Is a local disease, j greatly Influenced by constitutional conlit Ions and therefore requires constltu- I tlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, manufactured by F. J Cheney & I Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is a constitutional i remedy. Is taken Internally and acta thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces pf the System. One Hundred Dollars reward Is offered for any case that Hall's' Catarrh Medicine falls to cure. Send for zircul&rs and testimonials. F. J. CHKNEY A CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggist#. 76c. HaU'a Family PUla for ooMtlaytaa. ? ^r-rtp^ ir. v Improved Mathmotic* The teacher had been explaining factions to her class. When she had liscussed the subject at length, wishng to see how much light had been <hed, she inquired: "Now, Boby, which would you rather have, one apple or two halves?" The little chap promptly replied: 'Two halves." Oh, Bobby," exclaimed the young woman, a little disappointedly," why would you prefer two halves?" "Because Ihen I could see if it was bad inside."?London Opinion. A Ladylike Descent "Frances," said the little jrirl's Come to I Want All M; Have Good W Still have soin Will buy your Will do Busir.e Will treat you to be done by J, Attenl PK11H extend a most cordi visit Charleston am line of high class m pense. We will pay cm fall goods from us, and we have the go we can save you mo larger markets and freight and much w We ofFer the f lected for your trail we believe, will po> days, as we look foi 27 and i Staple ( Wool S< Novelty Plain ai Plaids i Domest Comple Small V Towels, Neckwe Underw Dress S Raincoa Work F IF YOU CAN 'Phone at Our Fxp v av \ line <4 11% LET'S GET TC Pring 43-45-47 HAYNE | Over 30 | Speal ! __ ! ~ i | z | iANTI-FfRMENT UJ; ? ? S CHILDREN ' ' fiC ?ico?ot * U . tm Dwfai^tU W - STOMACH I0WELS ? jii ??J I y ' ' Dyiimtorj, DUnko?k Aflr | CKo4*r? MnrJutMK. r Gripn| FtinmLUKimef. | y fUr*o*$ I 2 i ^SKW1 , j| -saassg ) < * nu omuiwk m? | U } ANTI.fCRMlNT | w j j lUYMRMI (IMKM (0 ) ROCK HILL J. C j fcei1 ,r=Ji Get a bottle from y Kuyk Campbe For Mild "i I irtf 111 aHti* I irtf ii lit -,!j nhM r i mother, who was entertaining callers, "you come downstairs so noisly that you could be heard all over the house. Now go back and come downstairs like a lady." After a few moments Frances reentered the room. "Did you hear me come downstairs this time, mother?" she asked, according to the Philadelphia Bulletin. "No, dear; I am glad you came down quietly. Tell these ladies how -you managed to come down like a lady the second time, when the first time you made such a noise." "The second time I slid down the banisters," explained Frances. ?Youth's Companion. oee LTie y Customers to Call on Me at M Kite Corn, Feed Oats, e Bargains in Shoes and Hats. ' Cotton at best prices !ss on the Live and Let Live basi bv the Golden Rule and do yoi . T. Hur ion Mei i W i iLK BKU al invitation and are exeeedingl 1 inspect their stock of the best erchandise on the South Atlanti /cry expense of your trip if you if not in excess of one per cent oils, prices and terms which wi ney and bring you trade. We a you will get your goods prom orry. ollowing standard and attractiv le. Buy now as some lines that i iitively be considerably advance r cotton to be much higher: 32-inch Dress Ginghams iiinghams and Chambrays irges and Flannels Dress Goods and Silks ad Fancy Outings ind Cheviots ics and Sheetings te line of Hosiery?Men's, \ dren's?in Silk and Cotton l/ares, Laces and Embroideries Damask and Napkins :ar, Suspenders and Collars rear?Mens,' Ladies.' Boys,' M Ribbed, Wool and Cotton hirts?Dress Pants its, Parasols. Umbrellas *ants, Overalls and a complete il/rvntr n unnrn vrui\i\ jnmio NOT TAY A PERSONAL VIS ense and our salesman will cal ? will convince you we are right ) GET HER FOR OUR MUTUAI Respei le Brc STREET 106-108-11 CHARLESTON, S. C. Years Old r - . f iti &ing ror r onest, Effective arid Growing The latte fari all on a. FERMENT has never (befo the public, f. spite of this year than the year precedi mended it to !l;. ir friends claims and its etfeetivness 'hat it is Recommc :ic? 3d for That form of Dyspepsi; or sours, before it is fully di; rise in that or< in to Folic, !I lence and many other fami This sour, han-oitfest"d fo< acts as a foreign irritating b Dysentery or Flux, intlamm (These disorders are comn rhy it is Recommended ANTI-FLRMENT help condition of the contents .11 * /] J 1 !i A sooine innameu arm irrnai the secretory glands into no our druggist today. If he can't .endal Chemical Co., Rock Hill, ll's ANTI-FI Disorders of the Stomach and 1 \sk Those Who Have Used It." f -,-r?r**",Jv *-'V ' ' The H. C. of L. "Look here, Mulvina," cried the old man, shaking the bills the R. F. D. carirer has just left, "You must think I'm made of money! Mustard piasters from Druggs' 50 cents; six teeth pulled at Dr. Polard's, $3.00. i There's $3.50 spent in one week for your own private pleasure!"?New York Central Magazine. GASOLINE SYSTEMS j Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Compressors, Computing Scales : Floor Scales, Show Cases, Account Registers, Rebuilt Cash I Registers. Safps. Stnre Fivturpa HAMILTON SALES CO. Columbia, S. C. r. Porter's Store, s. j like we would like cnants y anxious for you to assorted wholesale c Coast, at their exdecide to buy your . of your purchases, 11 convince you that re cheaper than the ptly and save time. e line especially scire very low priced, d in the next thirty Vomen's and Chilisses,' Fleeced and, line of RELIANCE IT: Write, Wire or 1 and show you our . ADVANTAGE, ctfully, tners 0 MARKET STREET and ! irst Time i . count of the first two. ANTI?ro) been advertised direct to t fact more has been sold every ng. Its friends have recombecause oi the honesty of its when used as directed. a in which the food ferments, anted by the stomach; giving eartburn, Distention or Flatuliar but distressing symptons. ?o passing into the intestines ody, and produces Diarrhoea, story and dangerous diseases, lonly known as indigestion.) s Nature neutralize the acid of the stomach and bowels, ed surfaces, and stimmulate rmal and easy action. supply you, address , s. c. lRMENT Bowels. A Mile is t< to Measi Figuring the service of tho General Tire measure the ocean with a teacup. Users ,of the General Tiro get so many tl tires that after they pass a certain point i surplus General Service means as it is to the 93 million miles to the sun. Yesterday peoplo talked in millions?todr a few years ago 5,COO miles wus a big tii Cords arc greedy for 20,000 miles and mi extra service they get out of General Tires f The average General Cord Tire v/ill pues they were laid end to end they would mi than ten miles long in itself. Isn't thai one that is measured by the miles of mil duj ana iry a ueaerai i ire louay. a Joz/fiX x XJ^ way to make \ % friends ifriii.lonal Built in .Ikron, Olio, by The Gcnerul Tire nnd Rubber Co. iCity Service Stat j | The Best ! ?2 IT? al 1 family Kemc Because it works ' rent eel ies ia ve ceasec Is Lift Chesterfield Lo, D. II. DOUGLASS, President C. W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. GE ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT. I1KAI 1NSUKA> We Buy tad Sell Real Ei wmmmmtwrnBtsammz I WAN1 Four-Foot CHERAW C0T1 8t-33 CHERAW. S $$ank of %h T!?e Oldest, Largest n* r /w Hank in Uhetfterl \ i i 4 Per Cent. Paid on Saving* Deposil See Us C. C. Douglass, R. E. Rivers, President. I M. J. Hough, Vice-President. D. She OF CHESTER Will1 Appreciate Your Business. $200,001 Our customers and friends helped need of accommodation or you hat I to sec us. Guaranteed burglar | Let us show you this wonder. A c< R. B. LANEY, President G CHAS. P. MANGUM, | Cashier oo Small II ire by i by the mile ia like trying to 3S lousanda of milea out of their ^y t's na hard to realize what thia comprehend die immensity of ly it1* billiona?and where only c record, today usera of General are?little realizing what a lot of or the money they pay ior (hem. enough milestones?so that if ike nn endless stone track more t the kind of tire you want? wswwm ion, Cheraw ! * ;dy when ail other I to uork 5 Insurance an fS Ins. Go. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y & M^r. IO. W. EDDils'S, Treasurer. /HI, HAIL, LIVE STOCK JCE itate Money Lonned | * L SLtl-J Wood H rON MILLS . c. .eMeriield and Strongest field, S. G. l?. $1.00 Start* An Account 1 Cashier. ). L. Smith, Assist. Cashier H. Douglas* A*sist. Cashier i' jfyank | FIELD i Total Resources Over ().()() i I us to do this. When in re money to deposit, come i proof and fire proof safe. i irdial welcome awaits you . K. LANEY, V.-Presider^ J. A. CAMPBELL, Assist. Cashier "