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VOL. 39?NO 84 CHESTERFIELD, S.^C., THURSDAY, August 19 1020 ^ $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE CHILD DIES FROM SCALDING Uufu.; Sellers, aged five, died last Friday at 7 P. M. l'*om the eFects of L-'ing -scalded at his father's saw null ;i the Hopewell community the day before. The child was watching his father, Mr. W. A. Sellers, and some workmen who were tightening a steam connection on the boiler. The pipe burst throwing a stream of boiling water and steam which struck the little one squarely in the face. Mr. Sellers seized him and in doing so was himself very seriously burned. The suffering child was hurried to his home nearby and a pnysician was summoned, but it was seen that he was fatally injured, 'do lingered until the next evening when death endel his suffering The remains were laid to rest at Hopewell beside those of a brother who met a tragic death some years ago, the victim of accidental burning. NOTICE TO CANDIDATES AND OTHERS Campaign meetings will be held as follows: Ruby Friday August 20th, at night; i Mt. Croghan, Saturday August 21st; Pageland, Monday, August 23rd; Jefferson, Tuesday, August 24th; Catarrh, Wednesday August 25th; McBee, Thursday, August 26th; Patrick, Friday, August, 27th; Cheraw, Friday, August 27th at night; CiiesC terfield, Saturday, August 28th. D. F. Brock, M. J. Hough, Secretary, Chm. Exe. Com.' r ?~ What Is a H n i o^pB?kS Z; ANTI-FfRMfNl Dolla ui mmhmh. S j CHILDREN Mai j* i mmmuna* during t I fw rhirlin ef tke I stomach us bowels! against Pj. Z7Z S stomach Z! r>7?*nUrT. DitnkMC iw}r .. ^ ? i! cZw.i accompa j: Dur j| should I j; pjfoOtotoidt*#: Give it 11 "tzzszzzzz-.'zz- Anti-Fer *k mai!ktr?nmi each fee i """"t ( "!"'<? Wmla*. [LJ | ?ock hiluL.c_ Jj ach and gist has "Ask those who Campbell's AN For mild disorders of th< \ I Mr We are t Pic t We have on hand, two, half and three pound bagginj New Arrow Cotton Tie: cotton picking sheets. We have the largest shi ii above ever received by one Chesterfield. You know it pays to us t ging. Come in and let us sh( there are dollars in your pock Our large warehouses ar pacity. Talking About We made a live marke ? ? Farmers I SK-, ' ' > - # r ft HEALTH CAMPAIGN FOR E CHESTERFIELD COUNTY ! j The Department of County Health I Work, of the South Carolina Board of Health has arranged a campaign for Chesterfield County to begin g Friday night. This campaign will be cj carried on with the cooperation of Miss Mary Caddie Haynic, County Home Demonstrator andwill not on- g ly be of an instructive but also entertaining nature. Two splendid moving pictures, illustrating the subject, w will be shown. Projecting machines will be carried for the purpose. Dr. L. A. Riser, of the State Board of Health will talk and Hon. . to G. K. aney will deliver an address at each meetim* Rvpwhndt/ i? , " "" g{ | vited ami there will be neither admission nor collection. All meetings ? will begin prompty at 8:30 in the ^ evening ^ The following is a schedule of meetings: ^ McBee School building, Friday, tQ August 20. Jefferson School building,Saturday ' August 21. Pagcland School building, Monday, ^ August 23. wj Patrick School building, Tuesday, August 24. lo Chesterfield, at Court House, Wednesday, August 25. in Received a new shipment of Stet- ,, son Hats in the new colors and ^ blocks. Teal-Jones Co. . I"! ^ in] ealthy Baby I er Worth? ati Ni rs don't count, do they? ke sure your baby is healthy he teething age. Protect it te, the derangement of the and bowels which usually cc ,nies teething. 'intr t.his sstixro h-.iKv'o t>e carefully looked after. ^ from five to ten drops of . wo ment for '"Children" after ' st. ding. or cit i-Ferment is absolutely un \ to even baby's little stomvery effective. Your drujy., toi rt- tin have used it." he! TI-FERMENT W? e stomach and bowels. / . F arm< alking abc ies, and C king Snee two and one field last fall f. We are her < and 80X80 vice. nr _ mi i- . wi1 win na pment of the staple buyer, merchant in ^ headquarters. e heavy bag- TftlKlll| )w you when We will bu et to use it. We will bi e filled to ca- as on cotton. Mr. Farme your seed to th ^OlCOIl them along wii t in Chester- give you a start Mercantile ( v 9 ND OF BASE BALL K SEASON APPROACHES p The Chesterfield team plays here )day and tomorrow. The Chesterfield boys go to Cheraw aturday to meet the Darlington HI ub for a single game. It is probable that the season will id with the game with Darlingtoti aturday. Unsuccessful efforts have been ade to secure games next week be ith Darlington, Belmont and Salis- mi ary-Spencer. or Chesterfield has won one ami lost ^ le with Lamar and Lamar refuses i play off the tie. Last week the Chesterfield aggre- er ition won two out of three tight an inies with the host tenm in K?.n?h arolina. In Lamar Thursday Ches- jt>u rfield won from the team that has le best record n the state hy a score ^ 3 to 2. Next day Lamar won,6 to pt After the game Chesterfield tried ^ arrange to play off the tie, but p. iimar admitted that they didn't ?r ant to play Chesterfied any more. y. Saturday Chesterfield went to artsville and outplayed that team, innng by a score of 3 to ! G1 Monday and Tuesday Chesterfield p^j st to Monroe on the Monroe ounds. The first game went only .r> p(, nings, being stopped by rain. When e game was called off the score was ^jj to 0 in Monroe's favor. Tuesday ar on roe, won,5 to 0, Chesterfield be- a g unable to hit Lefty Hilton,pitchg for Monroe. ,. Very disgraceful scenes were ented in Monroe at Tuesday's game, jm le fans several times swarmed over ct,: e diamond, threatening to start a ;ht if the umpire did not decide evything in Monroe's favor. The Mon- n e payers behaved well under the p*r cumstances and did al in tin ir CO) wer to restore order. 'Ihey wore jn^ isfied with the umpire's decisions. .)n > police potection was afforded. Wednesday's game between Ches- ap rfield and McBee resulted in a >re of 17 to 2, in favor of the Ches- j rfield team. j j )UNTY CAMPAIGN on] WARMING UP 34 The unofficial campaivpi meeting Id at Brock's Mill this week was 11 attended and all the candidates re on hand. In one or more in- ntr mces the speaking took on a more ! U less personal aspect and some ex- ('()l ement was experienced, but no mt' toward events occurred and the *'u1 (eting ended peacefully. col The regular campaign starts again 1 norrow night at Ruby and con- ')(l iucs daily thereafter until August c'a , when the final meeting will he ma Id in Chesterfield. Ion Our Fall Tailoring Lines are Here, s will deliver suits in one week. Call u'r and look the lines over. Teal-Jones Co. ^ ( *. 'n ... ?V 1 St? a re I hoi 11* Eg em A ^ tea Mi: stu pat ut Bad-i j hot otton I :;i j tea ts '? rej eoi wii e to tfive you the same ser- t an wr I he ve with us an expert Ion# i>? II of Our store will be cotton mt I 's ad j About Seed II" tir v indonpnrl<>nt v rt*i id on your Heed the same sel il Pe th ir you are entitled to sell ei ie highest bidder, so bring th your cotton and let us ha in sit T. Company ? I ai DULT SCHOOLS AT WORK iVENTY-TWO CLASSES IN FULL SWING IN COUNTY literacy Get* A Swat Between The Eye* As Pupil* Quickly Learn To Read And Write Twenty-two schools for adults have en opened up in this county this onth. These schoos have been well ganized by Supt. J. A. Knigt and iss Fanny M. Pearcy, county organ?r. The fallowing schools with teachs as named have been organized d are doing excellent work: Bay Springs, Miss Ola Davis; Manim, Mrs. W. R. Evans; JelTerson, iss Camilla Kirkley; Cat Pond, iss Sudie Burch; White Oak, Miss hel Griggs; Wamble Hill, Miss] yrtle Rayfteld; Plains, Miss Mollie iley; Clark, Mist Grace Blackwell; oss Roads, Mrs. S. J. Fincher; lughan, Miss Minnie Smith; Pat-1 ;k, Miss Lexie Huntley; Leland, | iss Marie Newsom; Center, Miss adys Rayfield; Bear Creek, Miss iza Oliver; Mt. Croghan, Miss imie Oliver; Shiloh, Miss Dora arcy; Stafford, Mrs. B. H. Turne and Mis Ethel Gainey; Bethel, sses Pearl Raley and Sarah Seeg*; Pleasant Grove, Misses Rebecca d Dallos Ingram. Some of these schools have just gently been organized and no rerts of the work done is available t excellent reports have been roved from some. Bear Creek has enrolled '28 and ? class is showing much interest d is making steady progress. On iday, August G, the Bear Creek nmunity gave a watermelon slic; for the class, a large crowd being ;sent. After the people had gorged sniselves with the "negro paradise pie," short talks were made by C. G. Morgan, of Pageland, Supt. A. Knight, Mr. Kirby Rivers and ss Fanny M. Pearcy. Mt. Croghan so far has the banner rollment for one teacher, having in attendance. Miss Gaddy reports an enrollment 12 at Ruby. This cla^ while not at the organizers honed for in mber is making thrrfbr the SmaTT" mher by the high grade of work ne. One man G8 years old is a mber of this class. Me could read t could not write, but without a iy wrote his name the first day. Shiloh has enrolled 20 pupils. Miss ra Pearcy, who has charge of this ss reports it working hard. One 11 who had been to school only a v days, has in two weeks, reached g division. Vaughan organized Tuesday, ar.d eady have planned a big waterIon feast for Saturday evening at 10. One of the most interesting schools the county is that taught on the vail Farm in connection with the ifford Adult School. The sessions held in the old Tom Roscoe lse, hence the school's name, "Tom liege." There are 17 earnest pui between the ag -s of 17 and 02 oiled there. On last Friday the 1 chers, Mrs. B. II. Gulledge and is Eleanor Gainey, rewarded these dents for their good work of the >t week by giving them a social jr. Games and contests caused ich merriment. After the games idy, Cracker Jack and waterIons were very much enjoyed by ,h pupils and teachers. i ? ii- ? ? *' jiuiiuui mis an unrunmeni 01 I > pils, ranging in ages from 15 to Mrs. Cull edge uiui Miss Gainey arc idling at Stafford as well as at om College." A prize of $20 has been offered by C. C. Douglass to the teacher it teaches the largest number to id and write. It is now up to the nmunities to help its teacher to a this prize. The Columbia State is realizing d meeting the need for a paper itten in such a language as even beginners can read and enjoy. The per will be used during the term j the "Lay-by" Schools as a supple>nt to the text book. Its content educational throughout,even ro the vertisements. More than all, it is tting thankfullness into the heart every pupil who, for the first ne enjoys the free man's right to ltd the newspaper. This is the high rvice to good citizenship. These pars are read with interest by all e pupils in this county. >GEWORTHS WILL BUILD ON MAIN ST. The Edgeworth Jewelry Company is announced its intention of erectK a building on Main Street. A Le has been secured next to the J. Hurst property near the comer of iige Avenue. It is intended to start lildintr operations at once, with ie intention of openinpr the jewelry id optical busines for the fall and inter trade. * \ J : t . - . I . ? -1 At The Strand TODAY DOROTHY GISH ?in? i "REMODELING A HU5BAND" FRIDAY ENID BENNETT , ?in? "HAIR PINS" ?And? "SHIP A HOY" i Two Reel Al St. John Comedy SATURDAY ! WALLACE REID 1 ?In? "EXCUSE MY DUST" MONDAY | 4 big western reels ?Also? A 2-Reel Comedy tuesday "what happened to jones" a Five-Reel Comedy > ?Also? Two-Reel Mack Sennett Comedy ( wednesday BILLIE BURK ?In- "Away goes prudence" 1 j coming WALLACE REID ?In? "sick abed" ( 1 for sale?1 IS new Ford Tourinjy | ^ Cars with starter. Shippecr in. Never been run a mile. $875. Gary W. Teal, McFarlaii, N. C. I ROCK l-MINEl i ! The Famous I oi I TO BE SOLI I AUG' | I Pursuant to an ( [ will expose to sale a | Springs Company, of i day, August 23rd, 1! j valuable property, c | story, Dining Room <i electric light plant, buildings, buildings s with an area of land or less. Situated on this | four famous Minora I and Arsenic Springs. | specific for ex/.oma, and blood diseases. I Water from the i .. * i l.i.. .1 -1 - ? i i I an uiamu-r ami K 1(1 | colitis and all "run-( ' All the waters ; ^ are unsurpassed. | | This property i? ! miles from Charlotti I Pines, 24 miles from i Improved sand| directions. I This sale afTor i U UL -i * i ? I iifiuui resort in mo | All parties seek | spection. Terms cai For further inf< T. L. CA [l ELECTION NOTICE al mil Quulilied electors of Patrick School distric District No. 33, will take notice that contrc an election will be held at the school L. ] bouse on Thursday, August 26th, Her 1920, upon the question of voting J. E i<n seven additional mills for school Distru purposes in said district. General election rule to govern election. Jusi T. P. Campbell, barbe< D. S. Brewer, while J. P. Poison, Trustees of Patrick District No. 33. The ELECTION NOTICE Missio The qualified electors of Union ' ''unl School Ditrict No. 10, will take notice *1' ' ? Lhat an election will be held at the Rev school house in said district on Thurs- not til lay, August 26th, 1920, upon the pointn luestion of voting on seven addition- in Sep n. V'/'V /A TIT /"\ r \ I).,-! U1CC11WUUU UUMJ GREENWOOD, SOUTH The South's Most Progressive Bus Wonderful courses of study arrar :>f ambitious young people who wanl n the Business World. Enter with us at our fall openi a*i 11 prepare you for a good paying po Positions absolutely guaranteed t ites, or your money back. Write us today about the courses id. We teach Bookkeeping, Stenogr nanship, Business, Law, English. R graphing, Letter-writing, etc. Address: Presic fRIVER RAL SPR Health Resort In : North Carolina D AT PUBLIC A UST 23D, 1< ?>? i>l' i In. (Viui'i 4 V-... ..... a ? i - ^ w? uiv vyuui I, I III- UIIUUI M^IK'U \ t public auction, at the Hotel of the Aquadale, Stanly County, North Care )20, at 12 o'clock. M., the entire ho onsistinjr of Hotel of forty-two (12 inil Kitchen, all Hotel Kquipment am pavillion, barns, ice house and all i upplied with electric lights and sev. ei of (1<>">) One Hundred and Sixty-fm property one hundred yards from the 1 Springs, known as the Iron, Sulph The water from the Arsenic Springs rheumatism, trout, old running sores other Sprinjrs possess remarkable ) ney troubles, indigestion, dyspepsia, lown" conditions. ire pleasant to the taste and for nie< % situated on the Norfolk & Southern a, 7 miles from Norwood, <?() miles t Wadesboro and SO miles from Aioni clay and jrravel roads lead to the pro ) ds you an opportunity to buy the State of North Carolina. :inK information are invited to th" p ri be made to suit purchaser, irmation address DDLE, Commis VVa ===i Is for school purposes in said t, General election laws to il said election. H. McCoy, try Watkins, !. Northcutt, Trustees of Union t No. 10. 1 t received carload nails and I wire at old price. Get yours the getting is good Farmers' Hardware Co. Lower Circle of the VVomans' nary Society of the Huptist ii will meet Friday afternoon 'clock. . .1. It. Millard, of Kuby, will I any more of his regular aplents until the second Sunday tember. less College CAROLINA incss Training School lged to meet the demands t l<> prepare for positions ng in September and we sition by January 1st. o every one of our graduin which you are interestaphy, Typewriting. Penapid Calculation, Multilent W. S. Peterson, Box K. Greenwood. S. C. INGS The Hills I UGTION | )20 | I rommissioner * Rocky River j . i:.. .tv f a >n lui. on ;\i 011- | ldintfs of this ) rooms, two lI furnishings, I nceessai"' out . 'ajro, together | Acres, more I \ I Hotel are the | mr, Maynosia | is an absolute , . and all skin | f >roperities for | constipation, j i licinal virtues | i i Railroad. ;>7 1 rom Southern . roe. I perty from all j I finest natural I i reportv for in- j I I j sioner j desboro, N. C. . ,,a. 11