The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, November 25, 1920, Image 1
VOL. 39?NO 49 " CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25 1920 . $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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>The Strand
FRIDAY
November 26
WALLACE REED
?In?
"WHAT'S YOUR HURRY"
HONOR. ROLL OF RUBY
. HIGH SCHOOL
v Adv. 1st grade: Thomas Burch,
Emma Gulledge, Florence Hancock,
Harrold Steen, Connie Tucker, Nellie
Watson, Leander Allen.
Second grade: Raymond Hancock,
Andrew Gulledge, Lloyd Sellers.
Third grade: Virginia Crawley, Alvin
Edgeworth, Dorothy Belle Huntley,
Frank Allen, Knox Thurman,
Fourth grade: Katie Lee Griggs,
Carrison Threatt.
Fifth grade: Willie Edgeworth,
Madge Thurman.
Sixth grade: Estelle Thurman.
Ninth grade: Iris McNair, Georgia
Mae Griggs.
DON'T
28S King St., The Hallmi
Establishes
Men's Clot
$45.00 Suits reduced to.
40.00^Suits reduced to
10.00 Pants now
7-50 Pants now
7.00 Pants now
0 5.50 Pants now
2.00 Values
. BOYS' CLOTH 1
$13.00 Suits reduced to
10.00 Suits reduced to
o.uu buits reduced to
4.00 Suits reduced to
s Boys' Pants were $3.50
$4.00 Values for only
5.00 Values for only
MEN'S HAT
$6.50 Hats reduced to
6.00 Hats reduced to
5.00. Hats reduced to
jj/-; UNDERWEA
Men's 2-Piece Fleeced-I
wear was $1.50 no'
Hanes Underwear now
PRISONER HAS BRIEF VACATION
Sam Moseley, colored, escaped
from the jail at Dillon last Thursday
evening. As Sam lived, whfen at home,
in this county Deputy Sheriff Grant
was wired, to be on the lookout for
him in case he was foolish enough to
come into Mr. Grant's domain. Mr.
Grawt took a trip into the territory in
which he thought it most likely his
man would visit and soon got wind of
him. He spent qn entire night following
elllns nrwl trnplra hut i?o?
D i/wv rruo aivvajro
just a little behind hand! However, on
Saturday morning he was able to head
off and capture the fugitive. Moseley
seemed glad to be caught, for, as he
explained, he had walked ever since4
he got out of jail and he wanted to
gel into jail or anywhere so he could
take off his shoes and rest his feet. He
is now resting his feet in the Dillon
jail.
NOTICE
I have purchased a Stearns Clothes
Press for the purpose of cleaning and
pressing the clothes of all customers.
The price is right and your trade will
be appreciated.
P. P. Hu?-st.
DELAY
Xmas
Is Drawind Near
For ]
Watches, Jewelry
And Silverwear
THAT YOU CAN'T GET AT HOME
WRITE TO US.
We Have A Truly Wonderful Stock.
Goods Sent on Approval where satisfactory
References Arc Given.
vl & COMPANY
irk Jewelers Charleston, S. C.
1 65 Years
f
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p. our firs
m have sol
k g hand, ar
yil should \
m friends,
W we did
r going to
day fror
/ Ir
t
DRE
Were 40c no
50 c Ginghai
60c Ginghai
MEN'S
$30.48 i
27.48 $2.50 Value
750
6.00 * SPE<
, . .. . 5.00 \ye have a
, . .. . 3.50 aU ftha(
125 while t
ING APR
..'...$8.50 That were 2
7.50 35c values,
575
3.00 B?y8 Heav
for . . 1.98 Suit8 w
2.50 E. Z. Union
3.98 Ladies' Sets
.g were $
iron ?11 1
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GUARD KILLS PRISONER
ROBERT ATKINSON SHOOTS
NEGRO IN SELF DEFENSE
1
James Lewis Had But Two More Days
To Serve On Chain Gang?Became
Unruly And Lost His Life
James Lewis, who was also known i
as James Rivers, negro about 25
years of age was shot and instarCtly 1
killed "Tuesday morning when he attempted
to attack Robert Atkinson.
Lewis was a prisoner on the county ]
chain gang and Mr. Atkinson was the ]
guard in charge. 1
Magistrate Gulledge, of Mt. Crogh- i
an, held an inquest and exhonorated
Mr. Atkinson from all blame, as it'i
was clearly shown that the killing was i
in self defense.
Lewis "had been on the gang for <
twenty-eight days and had but two
days more to serve. Ho was sent, nn
for thirty days for larceny. For sev- ,
oral days he had been sulking and ,
impudent both to the guard and to ,
the foreman or the gang. He had
sworn several times when
ordered to do his work. Know- j
ing that the negro's^ time ,
was about up and that he would soon ,
be rid or him Mr. Atkinson did not
pay much attention to his behaVior. }
On Tuesday morning Lewis failed to ,
get up for breakfast and Mr. Atkin- |
son went to him and inquired if he
was sick. The negro replied that he (
was not sick, but that he was tired of
working for nothing, or some such .
words, accompanied by oaths. Mr. At- ^
kinson ordered him to harness a team
and get to work, also to cut out the
swearing and back talk. It was at this 1
point that Lewis left his team and
rushed for the guard. Mr. Atkinson '
fired three shots, all of which took effect.
Lewis fell dead.
Witnesses at the inquest testified
to the bad disposition of Lewis and of 1
his cursing and threatening attitude
toward the guard. The foreman also 1
told of considerable trouble that had '
been given him by the negro, who
seemed intent upon having trouble '
before he left the camp. J
The negro was a large man against
whom Mr. Atkinson would have had >
little chance had the negro laid hands 1
upon him.
The camp where the killing occurred
is located on the Wadesboro and
Mt. Croghan road about five miles
from Mt. Croirhan.
To
vish to thank each and e>
t big sale ever run sine
Id an immense amount <
id since it is impossible
lave just at this time, it
I am going to put a pric<
for Percals Friday and E
' do something like this e^
ii now on and you will fi
nust sell these goods and
SS GINGHAMS 5
w 24c yd. (
ms reduced to . .29c yd.
ns reduced to ..39cyd.
HEAVY COTTON <
SWEATERS
a reduced to . . . .$1.50- I
:iAL BARGAIN
nice lot of Silk Poplina. J
lea that are going to sell
hey last for only 98c yd. <
ON GINGHAMS
!5c reduced to . . 19c yd. ,
now 25c yd. ]
ry Fleeced-lined Union ]
rere $150 for .... 1.19
i Suits 1.10
nug Vest and Pants
il.50 now 98 !
sterhel
SOUTH CAROUNA NEWS "
Phillip W. Love, formerly chief of
police of i'ork for 25 years, commit- ^
ted suicide after returning home from s,
Sunday School last Sunday morning. c]
111 health is thought to have been his ?
reason for self destruction. He shot ^
- L
himself in the head and evidently
died instantly. He was 55 years of
age and was married. f.
Webber Edwards, a deputy sheriff a
of Saluda county, was shot and killed tl
last Saturday night by a negro naced tl
Elliot Culbraith. The officer had gone a
to the negro's house to arrest and the
negro opened fire from inside the ri
house, a bullet entering the chest and o
causing death. Culbraith escaped, but ii
is being followed by a posse. o
M. J. Smith is under arrest at Brus- tl
sels, Georgia, for passing bogus ii
checks in Rt>ek Hill. Smith succeeded
in victimizing a number of persons L
out of $700. He will be brought to h
Rock Hill to face trial. w
Frank and Floyd Kirby, aged six v
and eight years, were brutally murdered
and their bodies thrown into a ?
creek last Saturday. The children had ^
gone hunting with a neighbor, Roy
Henderson, aged 16, and Henderson ^
is in mil rhnrjrod with thr? HnnWn b
murder. One of the children was shot xv
and the other was beaten to death. e
Henderson denied the crime, but gave n
a very unsatisfactory account of him- n
self during the time the children had s
been missed from home. s'
The average yield of corn in South *
Carolina this year is given as 19 bush- n
els to the acre, as against 10 bushels
in 1919. The total production is upward
of 42,500,000 bushels. 11
Marion Hagood, a Richland coun-! C
ty farmer who disapepared from Co- j n
lumbia last Saturday after dispos- j tl
ing of $500 worth of cotton and I F
whose automobile was found in a t<
lonely spot with a note in it saying tl
that Hagood had been murdered, S
turned up Monday morning in A
Jacksonville, Florida, with a strange c;
tale explaining his disappearance. He V
claims to have been kidnapped by
"burglars" who relieved him of all h,
his money and took him to Florida in
a motor car, releasing him in the
woods six miles from Jacksonville, j
Some people doubt the truth of his
explanation. j
FARMS TO LET?Several good
farms to let on shares.
T. C. Johnson, tl
2n-50 Morven. N. C.. Route 1.
Our Friei
eery one of you for the p
:e I have been in busines
:>f merchandise, but we s
for me to give my bus
is my desire to sell this
3 on these goods that wil
5ed Ticking Saturday; an
d Dry
/ery day. Form the liar
nd something of interest
i 1 am going to put a pric
Oc Outing, Reduced to 24 Cen
Children's White Hose, were 50c,
Going at, TWO Pair for 2!
LADIES' DRESSES
Vere $20.00, now $12.1
; 18.00 Middy Suits, now 11.1
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT
,adies Lisle Hose, Buster Brown
and Wonderhose that were
50c now 3
>ilk Lisle Hose, were $1.00,. . . .5
~ .i: 9 o:11. li oa
.huh.'n ouiv nu?e, wt'ic ?p*i, nuvv
. .$21!
?2.00 Values reduced to .... . 9
1.25 Values reduced to 6
MEN'S HOSIERY
?5c Hose now two pair for ... .2
Lisle Hose were 50c now 3
Lisle Hose were $1.00, now ... .5
Silk Hose $1.50 Values 9
CHILDREN'S HOSE
Worth 25c now two pair for . . .2
50c Hose now 3
IORTH CAROLINA TOWN
MAKES RED CROSS RECORD
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23.?Thomas- 1
ille, N. C., has won the honor for the
outheast of being the first Rod Cross
hapter in the United States to go ^
over the top" in the Fourth Red
Iross Roll Call.
OfliPinl pnnfii?mn4ir??? 4
V vvinii IIIUV1VII \j l Lite ltlCl
iat Thomasville was first to raise its
uil quota of members was received
t southern division headquarters of
ie Red Cross today in a telegram to
lis effect from national headquarters
t Washington. tl
Thomasville's record is the more ?
emarkable in that it was also "first t?
ver the top" in the nation last year ri
i the Third Red Cross Roll Call. No si
ther city in the country has equalled
lis feat of being the first two years tl
1 succession. j?
Thomasville, states Chairman C. F. f
ambeth, of the Thomasville chapter, ri
ad a "before breakfast campaign" g
hen the Fourth Roll Call began No- w
ember 11. Territories and quotas n
rere assigned to the different teams r<
n the day before, and at dawn of a
irmistice Day the workers were on
ie streets. Citizens of Thomasville r<
ad been informed beforehand what c<
o expect, with the result that the n
workers were given a cordial welcome o
very where and the full quota of p
lembers was secured before the milkrnn
arrived. News of Thomasville's fi
uccess was flashed in a telegram to w
outhcrn division headquarters and is
hence to Washington early that c<
lorning. ir
si
STROUD?HUGG1NS
Mr. David Calvin Stroud and Miss 's'
t<
!ornelia Ifuggins surprised their
lany friends last Sunday night when j)
hey were united in marriage *in the u
'atrick Methodist Church by the pas- ^
ar, Rev. H. T. Morrison, following
he regular preaching service. Mr. *|
troud is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. t|
i. Stroud and Mrs. Stroud is the
harming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ^
V. S. Huggins it
Their friends wish them a long and
appy life.
THE WAY IT REALLY IS t,
used to think I knew I knew, a
But now, I must confess, B
he more I know I know I know n
I know I know the less. ii
E
r i i~-i- o 1- 1 1;
v/uiiic niiu ivuk uvcr ine buuus >iuu 11
lie prices?you'll buy. t1
A. W. Hursey Co.
ids
atronage given us duri
s. Results were gooc
;till have a tremendous s
>iness the personal att<
> stock as soon as possil
1 move them. You S<
d they moved well. \
)it of coming to our stor
to you.
e on them that will mov
H.M. ODOM.
ts LADIES' COv
$50.00 Coats now onl>
40 00 Coats now only
35.00 Coats now onlj
30.00 Coats now only
)g 25.00 Coats now only
)8 MISSES' CO/
$25.00 Coats reduced t
17.00 Coats reduced t
13.00 Coats reduced
9c
9c CHILDREN'S C
$13.50 Values now . .
10.00 Values now . . ,
oC
9c LADIES' SWE/
$13.50 Sweaters, now
5c 8.50 Sweaters now
9c 7.00 Sweaters now
Oc
8c UNION SU
Ladies SetsnuK Union
;5c were $8.00
>9c Union Suits were $3.0
Goods
? s ' *
SBmSSSSSt
A ROAD OR NO ROAD
HAT IS THE QUESTION IN MT.
CROGHAN TOWNSHIP
kfter Voting Bonds To Construct
Permanent Highway Reactionary
Element Wants To Renig
Mt. Croatian Township is split into
A'o tactions. j
Faction number one is known as ^
te progressive party and is in favor i
f building a new road through the t
jwnship with the money that has alL-ady
been raised through a bond is- t
lie and government assistance. (
Faction number two is known as I
10 reactionary party and has en- I
lined the Board of Public Works I
rom paying out the money for the r
r>ad improvement as approved by i
ovcrnment engineers. This faction i
ants to give up claim to government s
ssistance and would take the money
cali/.cd on the bonds and put it into 1
11 the roads in the township.
At nresent a tomnorarir injunction !
estrains the contractors from pro-1 c
ceding with the work on the one t
sad project, and, to spend the money s
n all the roads in the township would a
robably require another election. jj
At any rate there is considerable t
eeling among the two factions. Just i
hat the reactionaries will accomplish
t hard to foretell, but one thing is t
ertain; they have delayed the build- ?
lg of a good road through the town- t
lip for an indefinate period. s
In April 1011? Mt. Croghan town- r
lip voted in favor of issuing bonds I
) the amount of $10,000 for the pur- s
ose of building a gravel-clay road e
irough the township. The bonds t
rere sold at a premium to a linn of t
tlanta brokers and the government
urveyors made maps and approved c
le plan for rebuilding the main road v
irough the township. This approval r
leant that the government would
ive dollar for dollar toward build- t
lg, under the government supervis- <
>n, of the main highway. In other
'ords the sum of $80,000 would be
vailable if used in accordance with
le government plan. This plan as
greed upon by the Mt. Croghan t
oard of Public Woks and the govern- i i
lent engineers provided for rebuild- j t
ig the present road from Cru/.e'su
.ranch to the Old Store Township
ne, a distance of between eleven and i
uvolve miles. i
After election bids were advertis-! j
ng this, Jgj
itock on . '|(f |
sntion it jCr^
lie, and
3e what \W \1
Ve are ill!
e every
re them. ln3U.
\TS
r ... . $39.00 ~ MEJV
29.50 _
7 ... . 26.98 $1.50 Shirt
22.98 2-75 Shir
18 98 Madras Sh
Silk Shirts
^TS
o ... .$17.98 Evervtli
o 13.98 y ll J
to .. 9.98 No relu
OATS* C.O.D.
$9 98 . .
j ? 7.50 ing this
^TERS SI
$998 EXTRA II
5.98 iritf was 3;
... 4.98 for it just
ITS foronly .
Suits, Woo ?>r
i 98 X.as *r,c 1
... ..1.98 Was 40c l
lor . . 1.98 1'eat her I
g* la
We have
V/0.
W now
?d for and in the first batch of bids
'eceived the lowest was $93,000. This
jeing in excess of the total amount
"ealized from the honda and tho
government, bids were again called
ror and the second batch brought
? iL 1 Li J _ * OOO AAA A
orin a iuw uiu ui 900,wu. a uuru
;ime bids were asked for and the
hird time was a charm as a bid of
575,000 was received and accepted.
It was about this time that the reictionary
party began to object to
Hitting the money into one road,
liany of them claiming that they had
'oted for bonds with the understandng
that all roads in the county were \
o be rebuilt.
The commissioners who received
he bids were Messrs. C. E. Baker, T.
I. Griggs, and J. A. Taylor. Messrs.
laker ami Taylor signed the contract
>ut Mr. Griggs refused. It is said that
dr. Gridgs now leads the reactiontries
in the tight against building a
oad and favors spending $40,000 in
epairing all the roads in the town^
hip.
Engineers and all who have a
tnowledge of such things state that
140,000 spent on all the roads in the
nwnshin would ho of no use what- I
I'S DRESS SHIRTS
s reduced to $-.75 j
Is reduced to 1.98
lirts, $4.00 Values . 2.98
, $?.")() Values .... 4.00
ling strictly cash,
nds, no charges, no ? i
or approvals dursale.
?ECIAL VALUES
EAVY Unbleached Sheet>c
per yard. We paid 26 Va
a few weeks ago, going
19c yd.
BED TICKING
educed to only . . . 19c yd.
educed to only . . .29c yd. I
kicking, $1.00 Value,
59c Yd.
DIES, READ THIS
? ^
iniiiit'u (.{uauuty OI UUl- I
Night Gowns that cost x A
)0 per dozen, wholesale, I
going for only x
. . . . $1.79 !
;ver and might as well be thrown into >
lie lire as so squandered, while the
a me amount together with an equal
iniount from the government would
rive the township 12 miles of permalent
thoroughfare and where most
leeded.
The reactionaries recently sought
o strenghten their case by electing
dr. R. A. Burch, one of their number,
o succeed Mr. Baker on the connmision.
Mr. Baker was a candidate for
( election. Mr. Burch apparently won
>y a large majority, but the progresiveness
contested the election. The
lection, board, after a careful review,
hrcw out the Burch election and coninued
Mr. Baker in office.
Meanwhile the injunction is still
>n. The contractors have only this
veek looked over the road and are
eady to start work.
However, before this can be done
he injunction will have to be dissolved
and as yet 110 application to this
'nd has been made.
If the injunction should be made
lermanent it is said that the progresives
will sue for an annullment of
he bond election and have the bond
noney returned to the voters rather
han have it thrown away in lepairing
ill the roads in the township.
In spite of all this there are those
.vho still hope to live to see a good
oad in Chesterfield County. Such
icople deserve the title of optimists.