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The Chesterfield Advertiser ' Paul H and Fred G. fleam 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. AN ANCIENT PEACE CONFERENCE Thert. is scriptural authority for the statement that there is nothing new under the sun but when President Wilson proposed the Peace Conference for the warring nations, it was thought that a new plan for insurinir world peace had been discovered. History records however, that in 1004 there was held in London a peace conference in which England and Spain were the two rations involved and one o? the participant? in that conference was no less u person than our old friend, William Shakespeare. King James entertained the conference in his palaee and in addition to paying the commissioners a salary they were allowed according to the historical records a gallon of beet a day for each man. Now that America is dry Germany might offer a gallon of beer for each man and induce congress to send delegates to a peace confrence over there, a declaration of peace with Germany having been adopt id. An incident of the conference was that Spain got the advantage of England, robbing that country cf what it had won in war with Spain It war evidently a case of too much beer. j WORKING FOR COTTON GROWERS Senator W. J. Harris, of Georgia, has been putting up a strong fight in congress to get justice for the cot-' ton growers and has presented facts that ought to produce good results. Senator Harris brought out the information, probably new to many congressmen, that without the cotton exported in the past lift*/ years we would not have to day our large gold reserve. The exportation of cotton has done more than anything else to create that reserve.. It has brought twice as much money into this country as wheat and four times as much as corn, and that is the reason why we now have such a splendid gold reserve. which is the very foundation of our Federal reserve system. And yet, the Federal Reserve Hoard nas done less to help the cotton producers than anything else. Referring to the bear influenceand ih" foul play of those who are depressing the price of rotten, Senator Harris said: "Fast week on the New York Exchange, one man sold <50,nth) bales o; cotton and depressed the price of cotton, lie ditl not have one pound of cotton to sell, but he sold?or, rather, gambled ?on th0 New York Cotton Exchange $:5,0(Hi,000 worth. "The New York Cotton Exchange instead of being used for !< gitimat. purposes to show the real demand and price of cotton, i> u-ed by the cotton speculators and gamblers simply t > gamble on cotton raised by the sweat of the farmer's blow. Un ! less we can regulate the cotton exchange ami prevent this gambling, I favor their abolishment. They are now a curse to our farmers who raise cotton as well as to the bjsinss in terests and laboring people who are i dependent upon the farmers receiv ing a fair price for their cotton. PROGRAM The Sunday School Convention of the Chesterfield Bantist Association meets with the Provident-,} Church, 3 miles east of Page land on Saturday b fore the fourth Sunday in July. The following is the program: I'h Prayer and testimony service. 10:20. Enrollment of do leva ts and reports. 10:40, Address, "The Value of the Associational Convention," oy J E I.awson. 11:00, Discussion, "Our Rural In-I stitute Campaign," J. E. Engine. 1 1 :30, "Two Imperative Needs of i nit- .-umi.iy M-nooi,'' A. K, S'lttmnn. < Tanning and Equipment. 12:00, Dinner. 1 Devotional Service. 1 :t.r>. Address, "What Can We Do For the Boys and Girls in she Rural Sunday School," Miss Elizabeth Nut-holds. 2:20, Address, "How to Reach the People ot' the Country Sunday School," R. T. Blackmon. .'1:00, Discussion, "The B. V. P. U., How to Make it Go," J. L. Bairfjott. : P.usin.-s- and adjournme it. B. S. Funderhu.-t?. MICKIE, THE PRINTi ESS, VKA 1Y\C m-ooT ~ria?\ vc\v^ Ms\ KAE -XVJO DOLL/ t, .? t hi CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING IN SOUTH CAROLINA First Annual Mooting of a Co-operative Association The South Carolina Sweet Potato Association stands for co-operation in the State. Every person who thinks on the problems of the day should be interested in knowing what the Sweet Potato Association has accomplished in its first year in blazing the trail for the new era of co-operative marketing in the state. We want co-operative marketing to heal the wounds the farmers have received at the hands of the present grasping competitive system that thinks only of private gain and rarely if ever of public weal. We naturally look to California for guidance in a co-operative marketing system venture for the growers of that state were driven to bankruptcy by the system of outright sale to speculative buyers that prevailed in the early "80's." Then consignment upon commission basis that followed in the late "80's." and up to I 893, only deepened the gloom. Only with the formation of the co-operative marketing organization in 1893 did light begin to break. In 1895 the Southern California Fruit Exchange was incorporated and from this time on ('O-nnPrAtivo mnfL-ntinu ?" on from one victory to another until today we know it is right in principle. Co-operation protected the grower, it reduced the cost of marketing, it standardized the product, it increased the demand, it eliminated loss? from bad debts, it cut down transportation losses, and all these thing? made money for the grower and incidentally made the state of California famous and wealthy. The South Carolina Sweet Potato Association has operated one season and it is worth while to learn what it has accomplished and how it faces the future. The Association from its experience this yiar has laid some foundation stones on which to erect a successful business. It is sure that only the best grade of potatoes should be stored for it costs as much to handle transport and market poor stock as | it does to handle prime quality. The j returns from poor stock are less and | it does not build up the business. Don't attempt to stor,? potatoes dug after the killing frost. One prominent member of the Association recommends nailing up the doors of curing house so the good hearted manager cannot store just a few crates more. In this connection it is V. "3 G be Prince Albert la sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tine, f j handsome pound and half pound tin oil humidors and in the pound crystal glass e-,. humidor with sponge molstener rv top. * Copyright 1921 HJ by R. J. Reynolds * Tobacco Co. Wina tori-Salem. N.C. ER'S DEVIL .. - i ( Ovl ) VKA VOO {= ) WOULD < ' SSESf^ ~~^j 'S3 unfortunate the work of Professor Starcher of Auburn, Ala., on the j subject of storing- potatoes dug freeze has not been given greater publicity, for his work when carefully studied means cutting down losses in 1 the curing house. There is a suggestion in the report the Association has not had much money to use, and has* not had the confidence of some interests. In this connection it must not be forgotten nit- 11 uy tu?(jfriiuvei association l handling: members accounts does not have a big: bank account, and the history of the California cooperators repeatedly mention the lack of con- i fidence on the part of bankers and business men, and in some instances active antagonism. 1 When the Association was formed it asked all the curing houses in th State to join in the marketing. For some reason the response was disap- , pointing for only fifteen houses marketed through the Association, while there are ovor one hundred houses in 1 the state. The Association sold its potatoes . :vl-r a bmn 1 it did lot own or con- . trol and in this way lost one year of good advertising. It is to be hoped , the product of South Carolina can be J handled in a manner to bring renown to the state and attractive returns to growers. The attitude of the railroads in making rates for sweet potatoes has not been satisfactory, and this doubtless due to lack of clear understanding that the interests of the grower and railroad are identical. The Association broke new ground in the matter of adopting contract i forms to be used in handling the 1921 crop. There is a contract between i grower and curing house and one be tween curing house and Association. . The legislation necessary for the working of the Association was look1 ed after by Senators Christensen and i Kennedy. The subject of the purchase for use i the coming season has been carefully studied and the Association will undertake the purchase as the agent of the curing houses. Some numbers have balked at pooling grades Dut it is incomprehensible how to operate a cooperative marketing association without pools. It may be the pools should run for a shorter period and this point will be studied. A word as to the future. During the past year the Association aimed at operating: under a modified California plan and it^ officers believe the sweet potato industry can be successful only by full cooperation of the growers through the local curinghouses and these in turn through the let the joy that': We print it right here that if feel" and the friendship of a jc O GET ONE! And ? get som< ing a howdy-do on the big smol For, Prince Albert's quality ? agrance?is in a class of its own ich tobacco! Why?figure out i your tongue and temper whc rince Albert can't bite, can't pa itented process fixes that! Prince Albert is a revelation in .yt but how that delightful fla nd, how it does answer that 1 lbert rolls easy and stays put b it. And, say?oh, go on and get t o it right now! RINGEAl the national joy si By Charlrs Sughroe Vntctn Nrtripaprr Uniaa >F LOVAJ KANSeA-Fj / ^ 3ue rz-? YOUR TOWN f you want to live tn the kind of j town Like the kind of a town you like, fou needn't slip your clothes in a firrip And start on a long, long hike: fou'll only find what you left behind, For there's nothing that's really new; t's a knock at yourself when knock your town? It isn't your town?it's you. teal towns are not made by men afraid Lest somebdy else gets ahead: Yhen every one works and nobody shirks You can raise a town from the dead; \nd, if while you make your personal stake Your neighbor can make one, too, four town will be what you want to see, It isn't your town?its you. ?Minerva in O. C. Store News. State Association. Success will only be assured when the pure California system is adopted and used, no modifications will do the work the grower wants done. The Association has received the loyal support of the S. C. Development Board, which looks upon the Association as a favorite child, the Extension Service of Clemson College, the Agricultural Commissioners of the railroads. Great praise is due those men who had the courage to start the cooperative ball rolling pooling their potatoes. Chalk up one for the natives of northern India when it comes to flashes of inventive genius, for they are using weather-proof bags in wh'.ch auto mobile tubes are packed, for every purpose from carrying wate.' to nifty head coverings. D. H. Harper, representative of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com pany, declares that dusky chauffeurs use the bags for carrying water while filling radiators on the road, while il is a common sight to see rice-filled tube bags in the hands of natives Perhaps the most unique use to which they are put is as caps whilt working in the shops. Harper sees the time approaching when the native Indian women wi'l bt using them as vanity cases despite the words, "heavy tourists" lettered prominently on the sides. Girls will be girls, race, colo*- or geographical location notwithstanding. ' a pipe? some P. A. s due you! you don't know the >y'us jimmy pipe ? i Prince Albert and ke-gong! flavor?coolness ? i! You never tasted cvhat it alone means m we tell you that rch! Our exclusive a makin's cigarette! vor makes a dent! lankering! Prince ecause it is crimped he papers or a pipe! I QCDT ukni moke ( V40VJ n<00 ST\U| owe Me owe /rS^ ? _ ? * ; THE REAL TEST ? Not what you get by chance or inheritance, not what you start with , in life, but what .you gain by honesty is what will make you truly successful. What are 'you doing to better conditions? Accumulate I funds for future ne ds by starting a savings account HERE NOW. THE FARMERS BANK, RUBY,S.C. M. L. RALEY. J. S. McGREGOR, MISS ALICE BURCH President Vice-President Assistant Cashier i DIRECTORS F. D. Seller, J. S. Smith, J. S. McGregor . T. H. Burch, M. L. Raley, She {Peopled' ifrank OF CHESTERFIELD Will Appreciate Your Business. Total Resources Over : $200,000.00 Our customers and friends helped us to do this. When in | need of accommodation or you have money to deposit, come I to see us. Guaranteed burglar proof and fire proof safe. I Let us show you this wonder. A cordial welcome awa*'i you : [ R. B. LANEY, President G. K. LANEY, V.-President ntrsn r\ - ? , * v>nAo. r. MAiNUum, J. A. CAMPBELL, | ( i Cashier Assist. Cashier J :ll ~ %>ank ef 'Chesterfield r The Oldest, Largest and Strongest i Bank in Chesterfield, S. C. 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings 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 Assist. Cashier GREENWOOD BUSINESS COLLEGE GREENWOOD. SOUTH CAROLINA HOW MAY I SECURE A PROFITABLE POSITION THIS FALL? This is a question that many young people are asking at this time. Our answer is, SPECIALIZE. Become expert SECRETARY, STENOGRAPHER or BOOKKEEPER and success is yours. There are plenty of positions for those who are comnetent W? nff..:-- ? ?i?r..i - ? ? .....nunuci ui u?mcr courses at such low rates that anyone interested can afford a business education. THREE months of your time and a very small amount of cost will bring to you the success that about which you have dreamed and thought. If interested, write us today for our catalogue and full particulars. Address: resident W. S. Peterson, Dept. B, Greenwood. S. C. The Best Family Remedy Because it works when ull other remedies have ceased to work I Is Life Insurance (Chesterfield Loan & Ins. Co. D. H. DOUGLASS, President C. C. DOUGLASS. Sec'y & M^r. W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer. ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HEALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK INSURANCE Wa Buy aad Sell Real Eatate?Money Loaned Folks, Meet ffPonzi, the Second" )SeP - X OVJE NOO ?I *? ~ ? ? " ?^___? SPECIAL APPEAL TO THE MINISTERS OP ALL CHURCHES The Journal of the National Education Association, which is distributed throughout the United States, publishes statistics, derived from the United States Bureau of Education for 1918, showing, as compared with all other States in the Union: 1. That South Carolina has the smallest number of citizens who car. read, with the single exception of Louisiana. 2. That South Carolina spends the smallest amount' per capita for the education of the children ?n public schools. 3. That South Carolina ha3 its public schools in operation the smallest number of days in the year?110. 4. That South Carolina has the smallest percentage of boys and girls attending high schools?2.2 per cent 5. That South Carolina has the smallest number of free public libraries?1.9 per cent. G. That in all educational lines South Carolina averages tho lowest in the country?occupies 'he 48th place. Thus is our beloved State advertised to the entire world. If thi3 condition is not true, we ought to prove it; if it is true, we ought to correct it. The churches are doing great things in higher education; ltt them also rallv to the imnrovement of the public schools, which make The col leges and universities possible. The Baptist State Convention last winter took the lead and memorialized the Legislature to make larger appropriations to the public schools. Let all the churches co-operate, and do it now. We ask every member of every denomination in South Carolina to read the following invitation to his congregation and urge them to accept it: At a mass meeting of the citizens of Spartanburg, held under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, May 12, 1921, the following resolution was adopted,: "We, the citizens of Spartanburg, ;rofoundly impressed by the inade quate facilities provided by our present public school system for the boys and girls of South Carolina, realizing the low position in popular education we occupy as compared with other States in the Union, and believing that this condition can be remedied >nly by a united effort on the part of all the citizens of our commonwealth hereby invite the peoplti of South Carolina to meet in Spartanburg on July 15 for the purpose of organizing a state-wide Citizens' Education:! .Association to devise and execute plans for arousing public sentiment and to take steps to promote through legislative action such constructive neasures as are necessary to meet our educational obligations to our children of our State." ine Conference will assemble in the Converse College Auditorium at 11 A. M.. on July 15, and will continue until the late afternoon with an intermission for a public luncheon on the college grounds for visitors This will enable you to reach thc city on the morning trains in time to attend, and also to leave on the evening trains. Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce, R. P. Pell, Chairman E. Com. BEEF CATTLE DEVELOPMENT IN SALUDA Clemson Colelge, July 3.?A i.um ber of Saluda County farmers under ^ he leadership of County Agent J. M. Eleazer and Extension Livestock Specialist W. J. Sheeley are establishing foundation for a good beef cattld development as a sideline in that county. For sevral years these extpnsian UfAfbnor. 1' 4 <T?iiKia imvf ivu mai some Saluda county farmers were in position as to pastures, etc.. to go into s beef cattlc on a small scale. Recently a trip made by leading farmrs to eximine the sweet potato curing house it Aiken was used as an opportunity to visit the polled Hereford herd of Mr. C. B. WolliSey. Immediately, says the county agent, four of the farm| era became much interested in polled Herefords and decided to start purebred herds. At their reques:, Messrs. Eleazer and Sheeley arranged a trip mto Georgia to select breeding stock. Six farmers went on this trip, and one of these purchased a foundation herd of one bull and four cows and heifers and the other five are now negotiating for similar deals. Those are to serve as foundation for sideline work, says the county agent, to be pushed on most farms in the county. It is figured that those having good pasture lands can prepare them with grasses and clovers for permanent pastures and grow velvet beans in the corn fields is a temporary pasture, so that this sideline cattle can be carried practically the year round without the necessity of stall feeding. This plan should net . onsidcrable profit on good soil and s bound to build up the land. It is a dan "which can be adopted with proit in many other counties in the state. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured frltti LOCAL APPLICATIONS, aa they annul reach the a?at of the diseace. 'atarrh la a local disease, greatly Inluenced by constitutional conditions, and n order to cure It you must take aa nterna! remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medline Is taken Internally and acts thru he blood on the mucous surfaces of the lystem. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was described by one of the beet phyrlctan* n this country for years. It (a com>?sed of some of the best tonics known, 'onablned with some of the best blood >u rlflers Tbs perfect combination of id he Ingredients In Hall's Catarrh Msdl >lne Is what produces such wot-derful esults in catarrhal conditions Send for " CO.. Props., Toledo, a RdH'g ^lly PW (or ci uM^dUlP.