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W 11H 4</i VOL. 39?NO 40 "" CHESTERFIELTD, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2:\. 1920 ?? -? - -" - --- - COTTON CHANGING HANDS i CHESTERFIELD PROVES AN ATTRACTIVE MARKET t Local Merchants Paying A Cent Or More Above The Market Attiacts Attention Of Other Towns ' Cotton is once more King in Chesterfield. j The market has been open for the ( pust two weeks and buying has been exceptionally brisk for the last ten days. ' That Chesterfield is recognized as 1 one of the important markets in this < part of the country is proved by the fact that firms from other towns and ' other states are represented amonj; ' our buyers and cotton from North > Carolina finds its way to our scales ' with frequency and regularity. s The following firms are now regularly buying: 1 John T. Hurst. < Redfearn-Rivers Company. The Farmers' Mercantile Company, t Lineberger, Lore & Company. < J. H. Rivers & Company. Ifursey Brothers Company. Lineberger, Lore & Company are * the owners of a cotton mill located at 1 Lincolnton, North Carolina. The firm c is represented in Chesterncld by Mr. n i,ore. IJy buying direct from tho farmer this company eliminates the mid- s dlcman entirely, shipping the cotton fl direct to the looms. While prices quoted from other C places have been running from 27 ( cents to 20 cents Chesterfield buyers t have paid from 28 to 32 cents, always a cent or two above the market. .1 One farmer, who lives about halfway betweenChesterfield and North < Carolina, and who has *i three-ton > truck, has been making from $50 to n $75 a day buying cotton on the open I market in Wadesboro, Morvin and > other nearby North Carolina towns, h hauling it to Chesterfield and selling it at a profit of a cent or more a u pound. As he could haul six bales at a load and could make two trips a t day it is easy to see how his bank ac- t count is benefittted by the transac- a tions. The local buyers welcome this a business-like man and he has been a big help to the market, as he has . brought much cotton here that other- ^ wise tnis mnrKet would have missed, v Prices this week have been around s thirty cents. Texas Rowden, raised in this county from seed sold by the n Farmers' Mercantile Company, i brought 152 cents on last Tuesday, v Long staple sfild for 00 cents. v In spite of a drop from .'10 cents t to 28 cents Wednesday selling was L quite brisk. v More than 000 bales have been sold a since Weigher II. A. Watson set up t his scales on the depot platform, dis- f tributcd as follows among the buyers: n John T. Hurst 100. '1 Redfearn-Rivers Co 128. I Farmers' Mercantile Co.. .... 105. c Lineberger, Lore & Co 02. o J. H. Rivers & Co 40. t Hursey Brothers Co .'12. t Individual Buyers 14. Total, Wednesday afternoon 001. i Included in the above are 51 bales t of long staple bought by Mr. Hurst f and quite a few long staple and Tex- 1 as Rowden bought by nearly all the i buyers. t . t By the time this is published I will s have THIRTY TONS of THOROUGH- i BRED Mill Feed in White Cotton s ?ack,. W. P. ODOM. We are closing out all Silk Shirts at j Cost. Take advantage of these specials and make your pocket-book glad. Chesterfield Dry Goods Co. Draughn's Business College 1 Your business course at Draughn's ends by securing a good paying position. Right now we are able to hi! only 25 per cent, of the calls for trained business help coming daily to our employment department from all the large towns throughout the Carolines. A business course at Draughn's means a good paying position. Write for particulars. DRAUGHN'S Columbia, S. C. REPAID CAD ACE i\Lii /\ii\ unnnuLi | OPEN FOR BUSINESS The Repair Garalfe of J. R. Ratliff and W. P. Fountain ia now Ready for Buaineaa. Repairs mad* on all kinds of Cars and Trucks. We will endeavor to give satisfaction. Let us have your work. We make all kinds of repairs. ' Located back of the Bank of p Chesterfield. ^ Qfcre wMfUJ l --* WOMEN WORKING LADIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA GET INTO CAMPAIGN Will Solicit Dollar* From Democratic Women And Will Alio Call On Sterner Sex A* Occasion Warrant* The ladies of South Carolina have I taken up the work of awakening the /oters of both sexes to the necessity if securing funds with which to carry on the fight for Democracy in the coming election. The Democratic party needs funds to carry the gospel of Democracy ino doubtful states, and South Carolina has raised only one-fifth of the imount she has been asked to subicribe. Governor Cox is fighting the peoile's fight and he deserves the help >f every Democrat in the state. It is stated upon pretty good auhority that if the Republicans win >ne of the first acts will be to repeal >r modify the Federal Reserve Act ind once more concentrate the vealth of the nation in the banks of he East. This would be a national alamity, hut the South would be the Teatost suiferer. The men of the state have been low to come forward. The women re getting busy. '1 he following letter from State Chairman, Mrs. It. A. Cooper, to Chesterfield County Chairman, Mrs. V. 1'. Pollock, is self explanatory: Columbia, S. C., Sept., 15, 1920. <ly dear Mrs. Pollock: IMease accept thanks for your aceptance of the Chairmanship ol rour County to solicit from the wonen contributions to the National )emocr&tic campaign fund. Our plan s to organize each County as follows : (1) A County Chairman, appointd by the State Chairman. (2) The County Chairman, in urn appoints an Executive Coinmitee, composed of a County Treasurer, . County Secretary and two assistnts. (2) The County Committee apmints a Captain, who, in turn, ap>umus her aub-o<ttrtmitt?uu i oting precinct or school district, as he thinks best. (4) The County Executive Committee will designate a day for an ntensive canvass of all Democratic vomcn. This campaign that we. as vomen, ale putting on is primarily o solicit contributions from the )emocratic women of our Stale, but ve do not hesitate to approach and ippeal to men who seem dereiiet in heir duty of contributing to this national need. (6) The County Treasurer will renit funds collected to the State treasurer, Mrs. James R. Cain, 1,01."> .aureus Street, Columbia, S. C. All ontributioiis should be in the hands >f the State Treasurer not later than he tenth of October for transmission o the National headquarters. The organization of your county s left largely to your discretion. The iine is too short to attempt a uniorm organization of every county. ?Vork by whatever plan you deem nost effective. For towns and cities he plan of assigning Captains with heir respective teams to the various itreets or wards in a house to house anvass has proved successful in imiliar campaigns. It would be well for you to have i conference at the Court House, pur.icipated in by women from various icctions of your county. Impress upin them the fact of our responsibiliy. That many women were opposed o the Franchise should not deter hem now in doing all within their power for the cause of Democracy. The time for discussing equal suffrage is past; we must realize that it is a fact. This thought should he impresesd on our women everywhere. We must forget past differences and look to the future in the light of our responsibilities. With best wishes for success to you und your associate workers, I am, Cordially yours, Mrs. K. A. Cooper, State Chairman. FOR SALE?24'i acres of land, 2 miles from Chesterfield on Chesterfield and McBee road, % mile from church. 3 houses ami 2 good peach orchards. For price and terms C. Jim Sellers, 40tf x Chesterfield, S. C. Sura To Mia* The scion of the family acted so badly that punishment of some sort was necessary. "Ernest," commanded his mother, "find me a switch and bring it to me." Shortly afterward the bright young man returne I. "I couldn't find a switch, mamma," he reported, ' but here's a stone that you can throy me/'?American ANARCHISTS BOMB KILLS 35 IN NEW YORK CITY On last Thursday at the noon hour a high explosive of some kind was let loose at the corner of Broad and Wall streets, the busiest spot in the financial center of New York. Thirtyfive persons, mostly men and women stenographers, clerks and employes of the big banking concerns in the neighborhood, were instantly killed and more than two hundred were injured, many of them so seriously as to be maimed for life. The buildings and contents were damaged to the extent of from one to two and a half million dollars. At first it was thought to have been an accidental blowing up of a wagon loaded with high explosives used in blasting out excavations, but the police soon had clews showing that the explosion was a prem otnrJ of loot/ AM onnioftr oomn wiwuivMvvu avvuvn vii pvvivbj ujr oviiiv band of anarchists. A one-horse dray on which the explosive was loaded and over which was thrown a tarpaulin stopped in front of the banking offices of J. P. Morpan & Company a few minutes before the explosion. The police are of the opinion that the wapon conlamed a device sot to fire the explosion as soon as the diiver could reach a safe distance. The police have announced that they are making headway hut are keeping whatever knowledge they may have pained to themselves. One arrest has been announced, an editor of an anarchistic paper. COST OF LIVING COMING DOWN Minneiiotd Leads With A Fall Of 11 Per Cent. South Carolina Shows Decrease Of Only 1 Per Cent. The Department of I,abor has made public figures for the thirty-day period from the middle of July to the middle of Aupust in nepard to the reduction in the livinp costs in all sections of America. At this time the Northwest seems to be the most desirable section in which to 'live nnd the Southeast the most undeiv.ir.iMe. iudged by the ratio in which prices have been lowered in the different parts of the United States. Of the lifty-one cities covered by WWfie. otu, led with a reduction in he cost of food stuffs of 11 per ent Charleston, S. C., was last with a reduction of only 1 per cent. Irish potatoes, which enter more largely into the diet of the average American family than any other article, except wheat, dropped 44 per cent. Cabbage was next, falling off 41 >er cent. Sugar dropped 14 per cent. Most meats dropped 2 per cent, or more, but pork chops increased 5 per cent. Eggs advanced 11 per cent. The following is a list of the various cities and the percentages of decrease : Minneapolis, Minn., 11 per cent; 't. Paul, Minn., 10 per cent; Itetroit, Mich., per cent; Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwau kce, Omaha, Peoria and Springfield, 111., 8 per cent; Denver and Memphis, 7 per cent; Butte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Newark, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Pittsburg, Salt Lake City and Seattle, 6 per cent.; Baltimore, Birmingham, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Dallas, Kail River, Louisville, Manchester, N. II., Rochester and Washington, D.C., per cent.; Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, Mobile, New Haven, Portland, Me., Portland, Ore., Providence, San Francisco, Savannah and Scranton, 4 per cent.; Little Rock, New Orleans and Norfolk, 3 per cent.; Jacksonville and Richmond, 2 per cent, and Charleston, S. C., 1 per cent. Unfortunate Comptriion When a person solemnly states that he "worked like a dog" all day it is probable he hasn't considered the correct meaning of the phrase. The Concordia (Kan.) Press says that if this were literally true the twenty-four hours would be spent thus: One hour digigng out u rat, two hours gnawing a bone, one hour waiting for neat to come down from a tree, half an hour begging to come into the house and the rest of the time sleeping on a mat in front of the door fighting fleas. NOTICE OF COURT The Court of General Sessions for yn A n A mm A 11 ^nesivnieiu v^ouiuy, i?u itrim, win convenes on Monday, September 27th, 1920, at 10 oclock A.M. Grand jurors, petit jurors and witnesses take notice. I. P. Manifum, Clerk of Court September 13th, 1820. REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN For the convenience of ladies an< men who wish to register, I will maki the following trips on the dates men tioned: September 18th, Pageland; Sept 22d, Jefferson; Sept. 24th, McBee Sept. 2vth, Patrick. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY B ENDORSES COTTON PROGRAM The cotton meeting at the Court House last Monday Was attended by h more than two-hundrod citizens and proved to be one of the most enthu- ^ siastic gatherings of the kind ever a held in this count^ r< Mr. R. B. Laney, County chairman, y presided. Speeches wire made by ^ Hon. G. K. Laney, Mr W. J. Tiller ^ nnd Hon. W. P. Pollocli C The action of the bljj cotton meet- e ing recently held in Montgomery, ^ Alabama, was taken upland discussed ^ nnd after careful consideration was endorsed I jc By this action Chesjn*field County j,s gets into line with the ifthcr progressive cotton growing flections and "" joins in the fight for better prices for n their product. J Cotton will be held off the market as far as possible until a price of forty cents or better is offered; one ^ fourth of each man's <raod crr??ir. r< ton will be kept off the market until next spring or summer, so as to spread the cotton buying and selling period over twelve months of every f< year. Cotton acreage is to be reduc- w ed one third. si From the point of adding new d; members the meeting was the most w successful of any yet held here. More b; than fifty new members were added a to the county branch of the associa- a tion. di COURT NEXT MONDAY b, Court of General Sessions convenes w here next Monday, September 27. fr Notices in last week's paper announc- n< ed the correct day of the month, but erroneously mentioned the day of the H week us Wednesday. 8( ci FUNNY EGG FROM SNOW HILL Mr. M. T. White, of the Snow Hill section, was recently presented by one of his hens with,a very large egg. Upon breaking the shell Mr. White j was sifrprisecf'to find that it contained M another, slightly smaller egg. On ci breaking the second ogg, it too, con- d tained another perfectly shaped egg. Mr. White has not been able to iden- ar tify the hen that became mixed in n. her dates and hopes thft the opera- j( tion will not be repeated until cggn bedome chetpef ?fW Inm- plentiful. w M Outing in all colors, at 25c, 30c and : 35c per yard. EVANS CO. NF.1 We are our old stand, business intri In a little mor to to one of prompt and e We mai to most inv< Our bi officers are b The bes ience. Whj THE Fi R. M. NRWSOM, F i s ? IUILD1NG AND LOAN ' N HAS ANNUAL MEETING i The first annual meeting of the lome Building and Loan Association * 'as held at the Court House last Rl 'uesday evening. The same officers h nd practically the same board of di- t? ectors were elected to serve another 1c ear. The association has not only IV ad a very successful year, but it has ti een of great benefit to the town of T hesterfield. It has made possible the t< rection of half a dozen new homes o lat otherwise may not have been d uilt. There are a number of applies- p ons on file for new stock and for ? >ans. As the entire series of stock ei sued last year has been subscribed a: was determined at last Tuesday's fi leetinp to issue a new series. This C ew stock will be open for subscrip- f< ons from October 10 to November ti 0. ci Messrs. G. L. Smith and George VV. o< ddins were added to the board of diictors. i THE OFFICIAL COUNT The official tabulation of the vote ( >r county officers, published in this eek's Advertiser, shows an unusual n milarity in the figures; of the candi- w ates for the first three offices. It ill be seen that Mr. Douglass won y a majority of 494; Mr. Sellers by majority of 43G and Mr. Your.j* by majority of 473. In the coroners' race it was quite iflfercnt, both candidates seeming to 2 elected up to the very last minute, hen Mr. Pate established a lead of |)( ve votes which Mr. Gulled^e could t.t i>t overcome. For Weigher of Chesterfield Mr. . A. Watson won by a majority of ) votes, receiving 506 to Mr. Huney- ju itt's 426. e( T EFFERSON SENDS $33 TO HELP ELECT COX Jefferson, S. C., Sept., 18, 1920. jrj r. C. C. Douglass, Treasurer, L>( hesterficld, S. C. sf ear Sir: ]( Check inclosed for $23.00 is the p, nount collected for the Presidential Cl ampaign Fund by the managers at n< ;fferson in the second primary. aI Hoping this small amount, together g< Ith others will be sufficient to elect a, r. Cox, I am, Yours very truly, E. J. Clark. i m bb mmam N QU now located in our new We have ample space jsted to us and we are i *e than two years we h; good size proportions ; (Ticient service, intain a savings departr estments ottered to the hiding, safe, etc. are ins onded for your safety, it business men of the c< / not you? \RMERS BA1 Vesidenl, JNO. F. CRAWLKY tC ( 1R. W. J. TILLER IS BACK ON THE JOB Since the resignation of County demonstration A^ent W. J. Tiller, ome time ago, Chesterfield County as been without an a^ent. The exjnsion department of Clemson Col'Ke has made several attempts to get Ir. Tiller to reconsider his resiginaon and return to the field, but until 'uesday he remained firm in his de-l >rmination to devote his time to his wn agricultural interests. On Tuesay, however, he decided to place his crsonai altairs in the background nd wired his acceptance. On Octobr 1 Mr. Tiller will resume his duties s demonstration agent of Chestereld County. Together with Clemson o'.lego he is now mapping out plans>r the coming full. The first imporint work before him is the coverpop campaign, which is being waged ver the state. COUNTY FAIR PREMIUM LIST In this issue of the Advertiser is rinted an in.it.due nt of the Cl.cs.tereld County Fair premium list. The uuainder of the 1; t will folio \ next eek. The list is being printed in boo! >rm and will be issued in a few eeks. It will be noticed that the remiums have been tub: Lantially inleased over those of any previous ears and the fair will be increased roportionately in every other vay. The list of free attractions will not i exceeded either in number or evidence by many state fairs and cerlinly not by any county fair in the >untry. Persons wishing complete premim lists in book form may be suppli1 by either applying to Secretary homas E. Mulloy or the Advertiser. HOME BUILDING & LOAN NEW SERIES: Notice is hereby ven that a new series will be open1 by the Home Building is. Loan Asiciation of Chesterfield C1..I iKi.i ) and will close on November 10. | ersons who have been unable to so-1 ire stock in the Association may jw be accommodated. I'lear.e call id place your subscription with the icretary, who will explain the plans id workings of the association. J. C. Rivers, President. James Ross, Vice-President. C. C. Douglass, Sec'y-Trea. tf. ? ARTE r home just across the and equipment to take as close to you as your ave grown from a wee and still we grow, the nent that offers possih public. You should ured for your protec mntry use banks for tli NK, RUBY, , Vice-President, M. L.* 9 <pi.;)U I1!<AK 1JN AUVANUlfi WM SQUIRREL SEASON , H OPENS NEXT MONTH The hunting season for squirrels, H rabbits, musk-rats, oppossums, rac- H coons and skunks opens October 1. H All persons contemplating doing any B hunting of these animals will do well B lo procure hunting licenses now. No B hunting without license. Licenses muy B he procured at Laney's Pharmacy, fl Chesterfield Hardware Co., and the b Clerk's Office, in Chesterfield, and at V every town in the county. ,B I have the agency for the Ralston 'I Purina Checkerboard line of Horse, ^ Cow, Hog and Chicken Feeds. There I is none other sold here in its class. ( I W. P. ODOM. IB American Beauty Bread fresh from the haker in Monroe every other | day. A. F. Davis Market. I BELCOUSHT <jr y&r ^vcrjy JFaxrn "' v ELECTRICITY FOR I Anyone, Anywhere ' i Delco-Li^ht users are scattered jf throughout the world?some of them in most out-of-the-way places. No matter where located?in any climate and under adverse conditions?Delco-L i ri h t / Rives dependable, 24-hours a-day electric service. Write for Catalog Ji Funderburk Electric 1 Service Co. J PaKeland, S. C. J Dealer for Chesterfield County. Complete Electric Service V J | \ 1 o street Ironi care of all mail box. N small potaanswer is il 1 lies equal investigate, lion. Our leir conven , s. c. 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