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The Chesterrheld Advertiser pant n and Fred G. Hearn Editors , PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY W 1 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. TUP nM/iniMP V IMC I nc. ui v luinu Since the recent discussion began about town improvements the strength shown by the opposition has created the impression in some quarters that Chesterfield is hopelessly backward and that there is no hope for further progress. This is an arroneous idea. Chesterfield is all right. She is now struggling with a problem as old as the human race. It exists wherever ther is a group of people. It is the old old fight between forces of progress and those making for stagnation. It matters not what the issue, if it be of a progressive nature a dividing line will quickly develop in any town or community. Some will fight for it and some against it. The great Ralph Waldo Emerson, physician and philosopher, said this dividing line among people is du0 to the condition of the liver. Give a man a healthy liver, said U ] tU..i M ...ill lw. iiv, eliill inai Iiivin in uv <in u|/niiu^t and a progressive; give him a diseased liver and he will he a pessimist and a reactionary. Arguments will not change many votes of that kind. Logic is always in favor of progress. If reason alone controlled there would never be a voice raised against progress. It is the old division, progress vs stagnation; optimism vs pessimism; healthy liver vs bad liver. Since the world began the progressive forces have usually had at least a slight advantage, hence a steady advance, llad this not been so we would not today he living in houses and talking of town improvements, we would be living in caves wearing fig leaves or the skins of animals and would not have progressed far enough to even use fire for cooking and warming, let alone for collecting insurance. For the discovery and use of fire was one of the first progressive steps. Its prevention we are trying to prepare for today. There was a period in th0 world's historv known as the dark aires, when progress was at a stand still. The world can never stagnate again, but individul towns and communities may for a time. We do wish every voter in Chesterfield would get his liver straight before election day. Chesterfield is a good town. If the optimists predominate at the polls in April?it will make a mighty leap forward. If not?Cod help us! AMBEER VS WATER-WORKS It has been sai.i that a man who can not chew ten cents worth of tobacco a day is not entitled to full membership in the Chesterfield Ambeer Brigade, that bis privileges are so abridged that he is not allowed to spit on the sidewalk in summer time, nor on a hot stove in the vviner. A real good spitter, with grinders going fuil speed ahead and force pump in good order can work havoc with a twenty-five cent plug. What has that to do with waterworks? Nothing much. But it is suggestive. Ten cents a (lav for the nrivileev of mvitlcrino- no the sidewalk, equals $30.">0 a year. If a man has or has not that much money to spent for that purpose it is non0 of our business?hut A whole lot of people ar0 yelling like bloody murder about an increase of taxes for water-works and sewerage when their increase in taxation could not amount to their bill for chewing. It leads us to the conclusion, ladies and ffentlemon, that a lot of this calamity howling is not sincere. These thoughts are not intended as a criticism on any man's personal privileges, but the consideration of them i outrht to have some weight with those new voters who are jroini; to votc as they see fit. One man recently stated that he j threw away on tobacco, soft drinks and chewine* cum nhmit Soon 00 nn.; nually. It is doubtful if any man in town will be required to pay that ' much increase in taxes on account of proposed improvements. Now set over against each other the , benefits derived from these two classes of expenditures and decide if MICKIE, THE PRINTl s SKN , VAN \W\F? VVixS LW hA? , e?\JT OOViT VAEWT\OKt \T J *. Ap*. the howl about taxes is worthy of attention. ^ We might have mentioned in the above expenditures money paid out for mean liquor, but we pass that up. There was a fire in Wadesboro last week, started in a store. It is said the Wadesboro fire department put it out before all the kerosene had burned behind the counter. Water-works is dangerous for some people. One of the first fires that started in Cheraw after the' installation of water-works was put out before the stock of EMPTY shoe boxes with which the shelves were filled were burned. Water will put out fire if you have it handy. A BIG LAW FIRM Wilson & Colby is a new law firm established with offices in Washington and New York. The senior member of the firm is Wood row Wilson and the junior member is Bainbridge Colby. The first the ex-President, the other ex-Secretary of State. A recent decision of the U. S. Supreme Court upholds the act of exPostmaster General Burleson in exeluding from the mails publications that violate the espionage act by printing articles tending to create insubordination or disloyalty in the army or navy. Burleson got a great deal of abuse for this act, but the highest court of the land vindicates him. TURKEY CARVED BY THE ALLIES The land of Turkey has been as completely carved as an American turkey is carved on Thanksgiving Day. Three-fourths of its territory and one-half of its population being taken away. England, France, Italy and Greece, all take slices off the old Turkish empire until not even the drum sticks and the breast are left, rhe Turks will be confined to a small area in Asia Minor and a few square miles near Constantinople. The Turks are getting paid in part for the cruel treatment of the Armenians. "Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet." Thus has many a sweet girl graduate spoken on her commencement day. And thus stands Chesterfield on her great commencement day, the 5th day of April. Will she decide to remain a small stream or become a river? \ SLATS' DIARY" ^ ^ Friday?I am afrade my home is going 2 be kinda unhappy frum now on in the future as the dr. advised ma 2 take more exercise. A nother man died from probishun today he bought a lot of themomaters &, drunk them which had alkahol in. The alkahol was named after one of are big generels which sum people asys is a going 2 run for pres. Sunday?Washington's birthday & j no skoo) 2 miss, even had 2 go 2 church besides. The preecher cum 2! are house this afternoon & I was j reeding in the Testament. He sed he' was glad 2 ketch me reeding such1 books. He diddent ketch me tho. 1 seen him a comeing. .Monday?pa had a acksidenl today a pritty bad 1. He set on a peace of broke glass cut hisself. It was a bottle which he had in his hippockct & he will not disclose what wasin the contense excep that it was Very valuble. Ma seems angry about it. Tuesday?The teecher ast Blisters [what animal was man's best frend Blis' ters rcplv< d an answer & sed The dog. Then she ast Jane what 1 was tho next best fred of man she sed Woman. I call that very egotickle. Wednesday?Had a little trubbel with the teecher in skool today. I was unbuttoning sum peanuts in skool & she supprized me & requested me to remane after the rest of the kids had went home. Which I did. They was sum work at home I should of done but I got home 21 ate. Ma ast me to let her see the marks I got in skool today but I politely declined i showing tin m. Thursday?ma eernly is clost with her money with pa & me. pa is not working now and he needs the money. I ast him what makes ma so ecomical here of lately. Iie sed She is saveinfr \ up for a raney day. I think she must i expect a reglar Hood. Pa sed the $ is ealied the all mitely $ on acet. it is so all mitely hard 2 fret & keep. The Dear Girl*. Horn- I>i?! y>ui see the uav that man smiled at no? I >. * t- -Yes, dear. Let rue have a look at vour face. Perhaps you've got a smut on your nose! <R'S DEVIL ) / \9 NOO \S\>W*9S<?\>4% A O&UfcE AW 0\ S TELUVV a\)E ^ TOVWW m4 matter, and leave it to the courts to S< decide. We are not in position to speak for M the women of South Carolina,' or ? Georgia, either for that matter, but O we venture the opinion that the same Si reasons which led the women to ask ^ for the ballot, will influence them also to be willing, and ,in many instances, x eager to serve on the juries. There are so many things which a la jury has to decide which are of par- tl ticular interest to women and which . we believe they will wish to have a voice in deciding, and after all, there C1 seems to be no real reason, except ti in special cases which could be easily ol handled, why women should not serve on juries. 01 In matters of investigation especially, they would be well fitted, and in c reply to the charge that they lack the judicial temperament, some of the ir fair sex have already hinted that juries composed of altogether men have ^ been known to be lacking in that very desirable chnrasteristic, when the plaintiff was of the Cleopatra type, b; Any way we feel quite safe in prophe- tl sying that women will serve on the j, jury, if they want to, and feel that it tl is their duty to do so. The third measure, which was in- tl troduced by Representative Sapp, of, ja Kichland county, raises the age of I e: consent from 14 to 16 years in South d< Carolina. This is a splendid piece of si legislation. Georgia has only recently j Sj redeemed herself in the eyes of the t? country, for having such a low age of a consent law, and now South Carolina a does still better. It marks a step forward and we congratulate the legislature of that state for such a con- e( structive step.?The Augusta Chroni- ^ cle. 8< si ORDER FOR SPECIAL ELECTION State of South Carolina, ^ County of Chesterfield, ^ Town of Chesterfield, ^ WHEREAS, it is provided by the laws of the State of South Carolina ? that it shall be the duty of the Muni- ^ cipal Authorities of any incorporate city or town of this state upon a petition of the majority of the freehold- ^ ers of the said city or town, as shown ^ by the tax books of said city or town, ^ to order a special election in said city or town for the purpose of issuing , bonds, for any corporate purpose set forth in said petition. p AND WHEREAS, a petition has l( been filed with the Town Council of ^ the town of Chesterfield, S. C., signed ,, uy u majority ox xne ireenoiaers ol said town, as shown by the tax j. books of said town, requesting the j Town Council of the town of Chester- q field, S. C., te order an election there- 0 in submitting the question of issuing bonds to the amount Not exceeding thirty thousand ($110,000.00) dollars for the establishment and installing s, of a sewerage system for said town. . Said bonds to mature thirty years SJ from the date of same, to bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per , cent, per annum, payable simi-annual- ^ ly" t NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolv- ' a ed by the Town Council of the town of Chesterfield, in CouncM Assembled n and by the authority of the san\f. that ^ special election he, and the same is j, heibv h ied, in the townof Chester- "! field, to be held on the fifth day of J. April, 1921, according to the laws of j th State of South Carolin x respecting said election, at which election the ^ registered qualified electors of the ? town of Chesterfield, S. C., shall be entitled to vote on the question or issue, "For the issue of thirty thousand ($30,000.00) dollars in bonds for installing a sewerage system in the town of Chesterfield" or "Against the issue of thirty thousand ($30,000.00) for installing a sewerage sys- ^ tern in the town of Chesterfield." ? The said special election shall be d held in the Grand Jury room of the tl court house in the said town orf Chesterfield and the polls shall be open at ^ eights o'clock in the forenoon and 0 closed at four o'clock in the after- 81 noon. That at tho said snecial eWt.inn P A. W. Ilursey, T. E. White and I. J. Davis, Jr., shall act as Managers. That sl the said Managers shall give due no- 0 tice of the said election as required by 'r law. m L. H. Trotti, di Mayor of town of Chesterfield. Ira C. Redfearn, M. S. Watson, C. C. Douglass and S. M. Jackson, Wardens of the town of Chesterfield. tc Done and ratified by the Town Council of the town of Chesterfield, S. C., this March 1, 1921. ct In pursuance of above Resolution, e* Ordinance and orders therein contained we will hold the said special elec- '< tion in the Grand Jury room, of the court house, Chesterfield, S. C., on the fifth day of April, 1921. A. W. Ilursey, T. E. White and I. ('r J. Davis, Jr, 1 anagers of Specinl Election for ' By Charles S* Wvttra Nmp| WW TYV ?R\XE &D0fc, , GOOD VteVWS \XEKK JfcfStXo] Jc. <oeASSO*&\U- VslVAO vs ^ ( * SLMSOON "TUM\wV\Nf TVWS] \ 1 V4^9-OS V* A GOOD / \ -> \ ( AU_~tW "OVK9. we J swerage System Bonds. Dated at Chesterfield, S. C., this arch 1, 1921. RDER FOR SPECIAL ELECTION tate of South Carolina, ounty of Chesterfield, own of Chesterfield, WHEREAS, it is provided by the ws of the State of South Carolina lat it shall be the duty of the Munipal Authorities of any incorporated tv or town of stota nnnr <> tmli -- ?U ww?wW " ^VV1_ on of the majority of the freeholders f the said city or town, as shown by le tax books of said city or town, to rdor a special election in said city or >wn for the purpose of issuing bonds, >r any corporate purpose set forth i said petition. AND WHEREAS, A petition has een filed with the Town Council of le town of Chesterfield, S.C., signed y a majority of the freeholders of te said town as shown by the tax ooks of the said town, requesting le Town Council of the town of Ches?rfield, ft. C., to order an election lerein, submitting the question of isuing bonds to the amount not to icceed forty-five thousand ($45,000) ollars, for the establishment and incalling of waterworks for said town, ?id bonds to mature thirty years af)r date of same, to bear interest at rate not exceeding six per cent, per nnum, payable semi-annually. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolv1 by the Town Council of the town of hesterfield, S. C., in Council Asjmbled and by the authority of the j ime that a special election be, and j le same is hereby ordered, in the ; )wn of Chesterfield, S. C., to be held | n the fifth day of April 1921, accord lg to the laws of the State of South Carolina respecting said election, at hich election the registered, qualified lectors of the said town of Chcstereld shall be entitled to vote on the uestion or issue "For issue of fortyve thousand ($45,000.00) dollars in onds for establishing and installing aterworks" or "Against teh issue of orty-five thousand ($45,000.00 dollrs in bonds for establishing and intailing waterworks." That F. M. Cannon, Supervisor of legistration of thc said town of Chcserlield is hereby directed to open the iooks of Registration twenty days rior to said election, to wit on the fif2enth day of March 1921 and to eep them open for a period of ten ays in the Clerk of Court's office for Ihesterficld County, in the said town f Chesterfield, from eight o'clock in he forenoon until four o'clock in the fternoon, for the purpose of regisering the qualified electors of the aid town of Chesterfield and that he o give due notice of the opening of aid Books of Registration. That the said special election shall e held in the Grand Jury room of the ourt house, in the said town of Chessrfield, and the polls shall be open t eight o'clock in the forenoon and losed at four o'clock in the after0011. That at said special election l. W. Hursey, T. E. White and 1. avis, Jr., shall act as Managers. That tie said Managers shall give due noice of said election as required by iw Done and ratified by the Town louncil of the Town of Chesterfie'd, . C., this March 1st, 1921. L. H. TROTTI, Mayor of Town of Chesterfield ra C. Redfearn, M. S. Watson, C. C. Douglass and S. M. Jackson, Wardens of Town of Chesterfield. In pursuance of the direction conlined in the above ordinance I will pen Books of Registration twenty ays prior to the special election lerein ordered. The said books will e opened on the fifteenth day of larch, 1921, in the Clerk of Court's fltice for Chesterfield County, in the lid town of Chesterfield for the purose of registering names of the qualied electors of the said town. The lid books will b? ooened from oiirVit i 'clock in the forenoon until 4 o'clock i the afternoon. The hooks will reain open for a period of ten days, ays. March 1, 1921. F. M. Cannon, Supervisor of Registration for the >wn of Chesterfield, S. C. In pursuance of the above resoluons, ordinances and orders therein >ntained we will hold said special ection in the Grand Jury room of the >urt house, in said town of Chester?ld, on the fifth day of April 1921. A. W. Hursey, T. E. White and I. J. avis, Jr., Managers Special Election for Watworks Bonds. Dated at Chesterfield, S. C., March 1921. ' ughrot x* 'Jruom NVtf \AC V\?\)E,R SPEWT fc cwnr \MVTH OS- us ngmbr RV? ftPTQ, uvft patvmt&a t>r? OUT O? / &ORfcO\US *TYV / S? ToMy Customers Jna Friends You will find me in my ware house back of the old Swinnie house. Bring me your cotton and seed. I will nav vou the hiirh est market price for same, and will sell you bagging and ties* flour, seed oats and shoes, household and such other goods as I will have room to carry until I can build my new store. I will sell tnem cheap as any one. Don't expect to carry very much on these declining i>rices, so us to be able to give you best prices all the time. No war prices will hold, and you may expect them to decline. John T. Hurst 2he Peoples' iftatik OF CHESTERFIELD Will Appreciate Your Business. Total Resources Over | il?nAA AAA AA I I 3>ZUU,UUU.UU | Our customers and friends helped us to do this. When in j I ntet! t ' accommodation or you have money to deposit, come | to see us. vjuar^n.ecd burglar proof and fire proof safe. I Let us show yon this wonder. A co.dia' ome awaits you f R. B. I.ANEY, President G. K. LANEY, V.-President CHAS. P. MANGUM, ?). A. CAMPBELL, i Cashier Assist. Cashier ji = . . j) | $$ank of Che4terfield j I The Oldest, Largest and Strongest ! B?k in GhetfterLeld, S. G. I;i i " *r Cent. Paid Snvings Deposits. $1.00 Str "ts An Account See Us I '!! IC. C. Douglass, Cashier. Ij R. E. Rivet*, President. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier i | M. J. Hough, Vice-Presidant. D. H. Douglass A*sist. Cashier A VALUABLE ASSET One of the most valuable assets of this bank?an asset that cannot be estimated in dollars and cents but which is most important in enabling us to 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 disposal. THE FARMERS BANK RUBY, SOUTH CAROLINA r. H. BUP.CH, R. M. NEWSOM ' M. L. RALEY, President. V.-President Cashier. 5TER CENT ON THE BANK OF SAVINGS COURTEOUS SERVICE | The Best Family Remedy 1 Because it works when ?l( other remedies ha ve ceased to work Is Life Insurance I Chesterfield Loan B Ins. Co. D. H. DOUGLASS, President C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y & Mgr. W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer. ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HEALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK U INSURANCE We Buy end Sell Real Estate Money Loaned The Boy Is RightJ V 7 NKUN, \>0g.Yu) ^ ) CT ) VE\)E* GO GWUfc V\\VK ^G/ Hi I \ fcoo^tG mm* *>M>?L?J HH t V)Mt\L VIE l 31 , ; * % ^ % . ' "4 Five Minute Chats ? a? D? UII vui * ?????*?#? By JAMES MORGAN - - (Copyright, 1920, by James Morgan.) A DIPLOMAT AT 14 ( 1767?July 11, John .Quincy Adams born In Bralntree, now part of Quincy, Mass. 1781?Secretary of Legation at St Petersburg. L 1787?Qraduated at Harvard. 1700?Admitted to the Bar. 1704-7?Minister to The Hague. 1707?Married Louise Catherine Johnson. 1707-1801?Minister to Prussia. 1802?In Massachusetts Senate. 1803-8?in National Senate. 1800-14?Minister to Russia. 1014?Peace Commissioner at Ghent. 1815-17?Minister to England. 1817-25?Secretary of State. O ? =< A MONO the president**, John Quincy Adams holds the record of having been the youngest and oldest public servant. From boyhood, when he was a secretary of legation at the ex traorcunnry nj?e or iourteen unui ne fell at his post fn the halls of congress in his eighty-first year, he was In the service of his country 55 of those 81 years. A president and the son of a president, all the other 15 presidents from Washington to Johnson were Ids associates. From the doy he climbed a height near his Massachusetts birthplace to see the battle of Bunker Hill, 15 miles away, he was a witness to nearly every great event In the history of the nation until the close of the Mexican war. With John Adams In congress the child had to he the man of the family, and at nine he regularly rode his horse to Boston to fetch the mall. At ten ids father took him with hint on his mission to France. By twelve he had crossed tlie Atlantic four times, running the British blockade in lcjrky tubs At fourteen, an American minister appointed the "mature youngster" his secretary of legation. By seventeen, the youth had traveled over much of John Qulncy Adams at 16. > Europe, anil he came home to entei Harvurd. After graduation, he opened a law office In Boston. But business was only beginning when th? young attorney wus appointed by Washington, minister at The Hague where the govermpent to which he was accredited fled before the armlet of France and left him in the mldsl of the trlumphunt revolutionists Meeting the duughter of the American consul in London, a Marylutuler, she and the young diplomat were married on the eve of his departure for Berlin, to vvlilch capital he had been promoted Among his lust acts as president John Adams removed his son from office to deprive Jefferson of the ma 1IaI/?i? .1 -? i IIV1UU3 naliaiucuuil U1 UlMlllimillg mill When the recalled diplomat was elected to the senate he displayed his family trait of Independence by taking sides with his father's hated rival and supporting the Jefferson adminlstra tlon. The Infuriated federalists of Massa chusetts savagely turned upon him at a traitor to hW pnrty and a renegade from his class. They drove him frorc the senate, and when he enme bona he found himself In his Boston house which stood where the Hotel Touraint now stands, a social outcast on e .onely Island entirely surrounded by Ice With his name erased forever fronr the Boston blue book, John Qulncj Adams was no longer a gentleman, and the Jeffersonlnns, who were not gentlemen, but only Democrats, took him up By their favor he became minister t< Kussln, a negotiator of the pence ol flhent In 1814, and minister to England From London, John Quincy Adams was called home to be secretary of state In the Monroe administration. In that post he played the leading part In shaping the Monroe doctrine. In his retirement John Adams had watched with fond admiration the ris< of John Qulncy until ho waR only oafrung from the top. Although. In hh crabbedncsR, he complained that "my UAti will n/itr/** a - wm TTtn am* I3i (CI U VllillltT flL TIt presidency until the last Virginian it In hie grave," fortune agreeably sur prised the aged ox-presldent In nexl ti> th<* I'.flt of hl? ninety years, wher he hihv the scepter ol die republic pau. to a lineal hand. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Bo Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of tha ear. There Is I only one way to cure catarrhal deafness, and thut Is by a constitutional remedy. [ Catarrhal Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tuba la inflamed you have a rumbling ound or Imperfect hearing, and when It la entirely cloaed, Prafnees la the result. Unless the Inflammation can he reduced and this tubo restored to Its normal condition, hearing ill be destroyed forever. Many cases of doafu?aa are caused by catarrh, which Is aa Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Mall's Catarrh Medicine acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. We will give One Hundred Pollers fot ? any ease of Catarrhal DewfodM that oaanst cured by Haire Cetarrh Medicine. Clrgulsrs lrt?< x ^11. Si A