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The U&estertieid Advertiser Paul R. and Fred O. Hearn 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. TAX AND EXPENDITURE No subject is attracting more attention right now than that of taxes anH annrnnrinHnna Thn _rl A ic<n try 13 for economy in expenditures and reduced taxation, while the great and pressing need is more and better schools with more and better paid teachers, and better roads We have no solution to offer for this perplexing question, but unless we miss our guess we can suggest a line of action for our legislators that will help some. The burden of taxation should be equally distributed?not talked about, but done. There are vast tracts of lands throughout the state going untaxed, and there are still greater tracts which are bearing only a stS|H part of their just tax. HH And on the other hand not tax payers would complain if t^^H could see some results for tl9H money, especially in the mattei^Hj road improvement. j^B So me offer these two suggest^ffl for first attention: Equalization of burden, and soniw pviHunro m , .< <imi iuuk tne oath and was made president without any fuss or feathers. If Mr. Harding will imitate Thomas Jefferson from 1921 to 1925 the nation will rise up and call him blessed. PERU WILL CELEBRATE The republic of Peru is one hundred years old and proposes to celebrate the centennial July next, that being the month in which it decleared its independence of Spanish rule. The new republic had to fight Spain four years before gaining freedom, but it was worth it. One by one has Spain lost her colonies. The United States helped her to lose Cuba, Porto Rico, the Phillippines, Zulu Islands and Guam. Before that time Spain sold to the United States the island of Cagayan and Sibutu for $100,000. Spain has no colonies now except a few in Africa. Peru is a rich country abounding in vast mineral riches. The Republic has sent an invitation to President in vuinp: trip United States to take part in the Centennial Celebration in July. 'MCKIE, THE PRINT Li ll received. There is excitement in some tions of the county over a bill bcf^H the legislature to re-establish the lB ral police system in Chesterfi^H County. This question was voted ^H9 by the people recently and the ri^H| police system was exchanged for Magistrate's Constables. We are in position to say how well or ba^H the present system is working, there is a strong contention that question should again be submit^H to the voters before being acted u^H by the delegates to the legislature^H r - j^H From a communication recer^M received we are led to believe t^H there is a growing interest in this st^H in a new divorce law, taking a lenient attitude toward the yrant^H of divorces in South Carolina. In <^H course this question, will, no doi^H be threshed out. HI HARDING'S INAUGURATION Refei*ring to President-elect Harding's opposition to a grand and expensive inauguration on the fourth of March the New York Independent has this unique reference to the event: "President-elect Harding was offered a grand church wedding to Miss Columbia, with brides maids and ushers and decorations and everything. Being a man of simple tastes he has preferred a quiet home wedding, and even expresed a willingness, so far as he was concerned, to be married without any ceremony at all before the justice of the peace. We hope Warren will have a happy honey-moon and that the next four years will be full of bless for both him and Miss Columbia. Any how, it's a good sign that hubby is setting out to be economical." Perhaps Mr. Harding has in mind the example of that great Democrat, Thomas Jefferson, who rode to the capital on horse back, hitched his nag tO a DOSt- Wf>r>t ,'r. ? Uncle Walfs XX SURE fllRFC <4^XLD JINOLESON says he can V-r cure any disease by drinking hot water," announced the bald boarder. "lie has had every disease that is officially recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and has banished vLe?w cotues a curative agent If a man bethe almanacs, and nothing did him any good until lie got i^iors^hestnu^am^MUjriecW^irou n d raMgHramsnn H^HHn^BHat Honn^BH m I BHH^^^H|HHf B^BBB^Bi In H>< BB,I'd compound something that could be put up In bottles and sold nt a dollar a throw. The man who Invents a fresh nlr cure Is running benevolence Into the ground. "His cure was so cheap that I decided to try It. as I was suffering from a broken heart and a sluggish liver nt that period. I set my alarm clock for an hour before sunrise, and pot op in the pale, bleak dawn, and put my head out of the window to Inlinie the prescribed hundred breaths. I had reached the twenty-seventh breath when a dissipated bee or wasp, on its way home from a night of revelry. stung me on the nose, and I was In sucli haste to put a porous plaster on that organ that I didn't finish rtie treatment, and never trle<l it again. "But I knew many people who clnimed they were cured of everything from the mumps, hoof and mouth dls ease, by the hundred-breaths treat- ' ment. "There wus a spring on my father's farm, and I doped it with sulphuric i acid and a few other wholesome ingredients, and then began selling the water to the afflicted for ten cents a Jug. Some marvelous cures were ef- | fected. Men hobbled there on crutches to buy the healing fluid, and when they left they threw thefn crutches away. "For a brief session I had more ' small change than any boy in the county, but my father returned home i from a visit, and when he found out what I had been doing, he Inters 1 viewed me with a hickory pole, and for a year or two I was busy paying back the money I had collected from sufferers. The people who had been healed suffered a relapse as soon as they heard the water was faked; which goes to show, Mrs. Jiggers, that *rr ni t; cuin iru iu n m*n?r quiiiii^v ui butter on this table." Way of Escape. Flntbu.sh?"That's a funny thlnf? about n bowlegped mnn. Itensonhurst?What's thnt? "Why, when he meets n mad dop In a narrow alley he's more bow-lopped than ever." JUNIOR ORDER CHANGES MEETING DATES The Junior Order U. A. M., meets hereafter on the first and third Saturday niphts of each month. 4t-8 R'S DEVIL NWEGOTAVttC/ I AD LEFT Wi "KW\1 ^VMXIXNOOTAV. " J in.. fr . ;* c .* , . ' <: ? , HliMilttilBMI Dcrtmi OTTVFtKN nrreiNATlOKAL SDNMTSOIOOL Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.. HVaoher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) <?. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 20 THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIR1INS. LESSON TEXT-Matt. 25:1-13. GOLDEN TEXT?Watch therefore: for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.?Matt 25:13. REFERENCE MATERIAL ? Matt. 7:24-27 ; 24:1-61; Eph. 6:10-20; I Tim. 6:17-19. PRIMARY TOPIC?Being.Ready. JUNIOR TOPIC?Being Ready. fVTL'DUPni A m*-% . ... . lb AH I I SHiJN 1UK TOKIU , ?l'repar?d for Emergencies. YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ?Christian Watchfulness. This lesson Is a part of the well known Olivet discourse, giving a prophetic view of the course of time from Its utterance, Just before the crucifixion to the second advent of Christ. The order of events in that time are. roughly speaking, as follows: 1. The moral condition of the world during Christ's absence (24:1-14). This is the period covered by the parable of chapter 13. 2. The appearance of the Antichrist (24:15-26). 3. The great advent (24:27-31), 'n which there will be mighty convulsions of nature, the mourning of the earth's tribes, and tbe gathering of the elect. 4. Warnings to God's people In view of the great advent (24:32-51), the time of advent unknown and unexpected. 5. Instructions to saints In view of the unexpectedness of His coming (25: 1-80). 0. The Judgment of the nations (25: 31-40). The present lesson is one of the two parables designed for the instruction of the saints In view of the coming of the Christ. It has a continuous application in the present time (I Thess. 4:10-18; Titus 2:11-131 I. The Foolish Virgins Took Lamps But No Oil With Them. (v. 3). 1. Lamps signify Christian profession (Matt. 5:10), and oil. the Holy Spirit (Zech. 4). Having the lamps ami no oil shows that tiny were professors of religion without possessing Its reality. As soon as a man is regenerated the Holy Spirit takes up His abode with Him. The proof that one Is a child of God 1r that he has the Holy Spirit dwelling within him. "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." (Item. 8:9). The foolish virgins may have been of good moral character, but they were unrcgenerated. 2. The wise virgins possessed both lamps and oil (v. 4). They made a profession and hacked It with a real life of righteousness. These are the true believers. Both the wise and the foolish virgins slumbered and slept. Their eyes had grown heavy and they fell under the spell of sleep (v. 5). This shows that as the Christian nge lengthened the real and professing church would cense looking for tthe condng of the I.ord. It is unspeakably sad that so many even of God's saints, wise virgins, should give up the expectancy of the return of the Lord. II. The Comi*s Bridegroom (vv. 612). 1. The midnight rry (v. 0). Tn the midst of the night when all were asleep the cry was made. "Heboid the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him." How sad It Is that the church has lost her hope, is not waking and watching for the return of her Lord! 2. Activity of the virgins (v. 7). They all arose and trimmed their lamps. There will he great activity when the Lord comes, on the part of both the real Christians and those who only make a profession. The professing Christians will then realize that they lack that which Is essential to entrance to the marriage feast. 3 .The foolish request the wise to share their oil (vv. 8, 9). The revelation of Christ will make manifest the genuineness of our religion and expose the folly of mere profession. NVhen the Lord comes It will be too late to mend one's ways. 4. The wise enter to the marriage (v. 10). While the foolish were seeking to amend their ways trying to buy oil, the bridegroom came and those who were ready were admitted to the marnnpe. 5. The pitiful position of the foolish (v. 11). They begged the Lord to open the door that they might enter to the marriage fenst. No one can open that door but the Lord. 6. The awful Judgment (v. 12). The I*ord declares "I know you not." Those who put off the personal contact with .Testis until that day shall he shut out from tlie presence of Christ. III. The Solemn Obligation (v. 13). "Watch, for ye know not the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." t I 666 Breaks a cold quicker than any remedy we know. By Charlr* > Wejtem Net ?? 7 n I SLATS' DIARY ] Friday?I was tawking about peopul flirting and ma sed it was wrong for 2 flirt & peopul genrelly was puninished for doing so. Pa he started kidding her & sed Dont you recoleek how you used 2 flirt with me when we seetn' each other at the batheing rezorts & picnicks. ma smiled laftingly & then she sed Yes I did flirt with you when I was a young woman and I shurely got my punishment. Pa sed no more on the subjeck. Saturday?I toar my pance as I was a playing with Brizz (which is my dogs naim) & I ast ma 2 so them up but she was bizzy & give me a i needle & thred & sed Fix it yure own ! self. So I started 2 thred the needle but when ever I tried 2 put the thred wv its eye it kinda winked so I got Jakes ma 2 thred it. I sowed it fast ] 2 sum clothing which was underneath. j Sunday?saw a couple of yung fokes which was just married & I sed 2 pa Dont you hate 2 watch yung fokes which is so much in love & pa replyed & sed No I dont mind it much it aint my fault. Monday?They was a woman at skool today to lecksure on teeth She looked at all our teeth & sed they was only two boys in the room which kep there teeth nice. They wasfcent me neether. Tuesday?Jane sent me a pome rot-e on a pence of paper today. Tt sed I am dreeming of the fellow Which has stole my hart away But he has a streak of yellow Which is wide as hudson bay. She aint getting enny more of my candy. Nor gum neether. | Wednesday?I went home from skool owning a black eye today ma j ast me how did it happen Sr. 1 sed ' it was because I told Pug Stevens 2 cum out in the yard. Thats what I j t* Id her. Pug sed 2 me if he caut I j me he was going ? punch my face in. . i sed Come on out do it & he done 1 it Did not go to Bl'stirses party. T.n.rsday?S;v .Tartu at skool ! sed to her I was sorry 1 had 2 miss the party & site sed Oh. wassent. vou there. So I pre-oom she diddent miss me. Very much. ? Recommended By Every User "I have had my Delco-Light for i more than three years and it has given such satisfaction that 1 do not hesitate to recommend it to anyone wanting good, dependable electric service."?Mr. J. F. Marshall, Bryon Center, Mich, Write for Catalog Funderburk Electric Service Co. PaKeland, S. C. Dealer for Chesterfield County. MlillfiOT ?/!? o&Jd<jr /&r &rsroTy farm" There's a Satisfied User Near "You V * HE NEEDS EDUCATING Why is it that a man who thw?:s he is a busines man will get up ii? the i morning off an advertised macttress, I lather his face with an advertised | brush from an advertised soap, shave himself with an advertised razor, take off advertised pajamas, put on advertised underwear, advertised hose, advertised shirt., advertised tie and adj vertised suit, light an advertised cipr' ar, drinks an advertised beverage on j his way down town, and go to his store when he turns down an adver! Using solicitor for his home paper on i the ground that advertising doesn't pay?and then sits down an 1 wonders why busines is dull? E. MAE EDGEWORTH Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fitted rsciciinnci*liy. Office hours 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Of-1 fice upstairs in Ross building. Sugi.roe rtpftprr Union T shovsi KKE. 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A cordial welcome awaits you f R. B. LANEY, President G. K. LANEY, V.-President ICHAS. P. MANGUM, J. A. CAMPBELL, Cashier Assist. Cashier ii 2$ank of Chesterfield ? The Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank in Ghesterf eld, S. G. 4 Her Cent. Paid on Saving* Deposits. $1.00 Starts An Account See Us C. C. Douglass, Cashier. ! R. E. Rivers, President. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier M. J. Hough, Vice-President. D. H. Douglass A*sist. Cashier t A VALUABLE ASSET One of the most valuable assets of this bank?an asset that cannot be i i*s1 i mated in dollars and cents but which is most important in enabling us to I understand the banking needs of the people of this community and to furnish them absolute security and satisfactory service?is the continuous success which this institution has enjoyed. We will appreciate an opportunity of placing our facilities at your disport 1. TUr T? A DlVylUDO D AMLT JL JL 1U JL Ai\lYl?iI\0 DMlllV RUBY, SOUTH CAROLINA I". H. BURCH, R. M. NEWSOM M. L. RALEY, President. V.-President Cashier. 5PER CENT ON THE BANK OF SAVINGS COURTEOUS SERVICE I The Best Family Remedy Because it works when all! other ' remedies have ceased to work I Is Life Insurence Chesterfield Loan & Ins. Co. D. H. DOUGLASS, President C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y & Mgr. W. d. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer. 'ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HEALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK INSURANCE We Buy and Sell Real Estate?Money Loaned And There Are Others OUST 0>4? c ~X^ " v ^dvier.TIS\UG g <^/y r I1 &6WU?C Five Minute Chats || on Our Presidents I ?##########! 11 | By JAMES MORGAN || (Copyright. 1920. by Jamea Morgan.) A MAN AFOOT O I -C 1797-1801?Vice president 1801?Inaugurated third president aged *57. 1803?Purchased Louisiana. 1807?Enforced Embargo act 1809?Retired to Monticello. 1828?July 4, died, aged 83. > ?Q THE furious storm aroused by the combat between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, the greatest gladiators to face each other in the arena of American politics, makes our recent campaigns seem like sunshowera. Hamlltonlans scorned to eat and drink, and sometimes even to pray, with the JefTersonlans. To give a daughter In marriage with one of them was almost abhorred as mis L^t'iiaiiuu, Nothing else so stirs the angry passions as a conflict of classes or of sections. This was both doubly bitter. An almost solid South united with the Northern masses In a common dread of a strong government and In a common hostility to the old ruling caste In the middle states and New England. The new parties called themselves Federalists and Republicans. In the first battle, when those pnrties fought for the chair of Washington In 1796, the result was so close that Jefferson came within two elec Thomas Jefferson. toral votes of winning the presidency against Adams. In the second buttle, which was waged in 1800, he heal Adams. Contrary to the familiar story of hlg hitching ills horse to the capltol fence. Jefferson walked to his Inauguration and afterward walked back to hit hoarding house, which was only a few hundred yards aw?y. This man afoot dreamer and theorist, quietly ushered in that day a more lasting revolutloc than a man on horseback could havt wrought with a sword and whiff ol grapeshot. Believing that revolutions should begin at home Jefferson revolutionized the White House by casting aside the ceremonials which had been adopted in a feeble imitation of kingly courts Opening the doors to all, without re gard to social classifications and with out order of precedence, his rule wa? "first come, first served." Determined that the president, as he said, shoulo cease to be a personage, he stopped the custom of celebrating a president'! birthday, never made a public tour did his own marketing nnd went and came like any other citizen. Althougt no successor lias thrown a British minister Into a fit of Indignation by re celvlng him in slippered feet, Jeffersonlan simplicity rather more thar. Washlngtonlan courtliness remains the standard of presidential conduct. It wag the strange fortune of thl? most thoroughgoing pacifist to find himself at the helm in the midst 'of a world at war. When the globe wai f bristling with bayonets until it looked like a porcupine, he calmly announces! that pence was his passion, nnd start- . ed out by cutting down his little army one-half and by talking of hauling up his seven warships. His only Interest in iii*- Napoleonic struggle was to keep out of It. Nevertheless while the military powers were fighting over little Islands and provinces and drenching Europe with their blood, this most nnmllifary president, without firing a shot, gathered in far richer spoils than the victors In twenty-five years of warfare divided ninong themselves at the congress of Vienna. As Jefferson's elee- , tlon was a bloodless revolution, his purchase of the Immense empire of Louisiana, which doubled the territory of the United States, was a bloodless , conquest, the greatest peaceable annexation the world ever saw. Having ijiflde it, the flag was no more than hoisted on the further l.nelr *? imim my Mississippi than he dispatched Lewis and Clark and Captain JMke boldly to spy out the .unexplored rivers and mountains of the new soil, so honestly won, and from wlileh so many free states were to sprint;, Jefferson is the only president who remained the lender of his party after lenv't.g the White House. Indeed, the Democrats never have ceased to wear allegiance to his spirit. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other dUeases put together, and for years It wai supposed to be Incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to curs with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh Is a local disease, greatly Influenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, manufactured by P. J. Cheney * Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, la taken Internally and acts thru the Bloo-l on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward Is offered for any oaae that Hall's' Catarrh lfedlclne falls to cure. Send for olrculars and testimonials. ^j?j. ~ Toledo, Ohio.