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* # -'t-./. 'Vi'--' * v ' "'v * * ' ? j ^ ' * ^8 (filjesterfldi) 3Utoerii$tr VOLT ES?-NO 33 ""~ CHESTERFIELD. S. C.. THURSDAY ATTnn<3rr 11 1001 NEWS IN GENERAL The charge tkat "the dye monop ly, headed by the Chemical Foundation Company" has sought to influv ence three members of President Harding's cabinet in an effort to perpetuate its "present exclusive power in this country/' is made by Representative Frear, Republican of Wis. consin, in a letter to Chairman Pen\ rose, of the Senate committee considering the tariff bill. Miss Loube Parks Sloan, of Statesville, C., 21 years and Marion Avant, Wilmington, 2-1 years, lost their lives in the suff at Wrightsville Reach Sunday shortly after S o clock, having , boen . drawn beyond their depths. Both... bodits were recovered. Foity-eight persons, 36 passengers and 12 of the crew were lost Saturdav nicht whi>n the ntpntni>r A Inn ka, of the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company, southbound, from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, sank thirty minutes after crashing into the rocks at Blunt'o Reef, forty miles south of Eureka. Self-defense is the claim of C. E. Lively, Baldwin-Felts detective, held under bond in connection with the shooting and killing of Sid Hatfield and Ed. Chambers, Mingo mountaineers, in a statement to newspaper men. "I regret having had to shoot either one of these men," Lively said, "but it is a case of self-defense pure and simple," Presbyterians, particularly and other denominations generally, will be interested in the fact that South Carolina stands fourth in membership in the Southern Presbyterian Church in the fifteen states comprising that organization and is outranked by North Carolina. Virginia and Texas. Probably no synod is better organized. This and other interesting facts are available in the minutes of the meeting of the General Assembly held recently in St. Louis. All Russian news sources, Bolshevik and anti-Bolshevik alike, paint a dismal picture of Russia's economic condition this summer. Soviet newspapers themselves admit that the famine which threatens the country may be even worse than in preceding jrears of the Bolshevik regime. On th? other band, the Bolshevik govern ment contends that, notwithstanding th? great dHRcuiies attending the charge of Leninfe'a policies during what it terms as the present period of transition from civil war to peace. Russia is slowly, yet steadily advancing on the road to restitution of her economic life. ^ FINED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT Messrs. J. W. Douglass and B. E. McNair were arrested by Sheriff J. T. Grant ^recently on a charge of disorderly conduct. They were tried be fore Magistrate Teal and fined f25.00] 1_ TIF * ? - - I cava, rrararnts are out ior ttie arrest j of Bob Tucker and Thomas Syke*,| implicated in the tame disturbance. | 66 curat Chill* cud Fever. 60 Good From Wat Our buyer has Northern Markets, w stock of Merchandise The goods are now s No 01< No Hig Assortment Complete: p rr i rices unequa Our policy "sn sales is already mov lively if you want to picking is good. Suits, Hatt ^ Coatsuits, Silk Waists, Dress kinds and mar too numerous Watson * , FACULTY SELECTED FOR CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOl A full corps of teachers has beer selected for the Chesterfield High School and all indications point tc a successful school year. The fall term begins Septembei 5th. The teachers are as follows: First grade, Miss Ann Lucas, Chesterfield ; Second grade, Miss Flora Ashe, Wadesboro N. C.; Third grade, Miss Nan Atkinson, Lowryville, S. C.; Fourth grade; M-iss Mary, Evanc Brasington. Kershaw S f!.- FSvt-K I grade, Mhts Pearl Rawlinson. Manning, S. C.f Sixth grade, Miss Kntherin Hogue, Hartsville, S. C.; Seventh grade, Miss Beulah Dempster, Ker shaw, S. C; High School, Prof. F. H McKinney, Miss Lizzie Wells Thomp, son, Cleveland, N. C.; and Miss Maudt Edgeworth, Kershaw, S. <? Music teacher, Miss Mildred Sinclair, Carthage, N. C. EMMETT LOWERY ARRESTED Emmett Lowery is out on bail awaiting trial at the next term o Criminal Court. He is charged with having struck J. B. Melton with ar ax handle and having shot at F. E, Melton. AH parties are from Mt Croghan. There has been bad blood betwe^r Lowery and tho Meltons for iome time. Lowery is said to have beaten the father of the Melton boys not Ion; ago. When they met last Saturday afternoon trouble between J. B. Mel ton and Lowery quickly started, anc Lowery struck J. B. with an a; handle. At this point R. E. Meltor entered tho fray and was shot a1 and missed by Lowery. Bystander pHtve?ted Lowery from shooting Sheriir Grant was notified of th< .rouble and made the arrest. TIME TO CLEAN UP THE PEACH ORCHARE The peach grower who wishes t< raise a crop of unblemished peachet next year should not neglect a cartful cleaning up of the orchard thii year. Brown rot, our most serious dis ease, and black spot, which is als< serious in some places af* carrfttt over the winter on infected refus* and especially on cankered twigs. I is not to be expected that these trou blea can be controlled if infecting mi terial is allowed to remain in the field until next^season. As soon as the crop is picked ii not too soon to clean up and destroy the diseased and cull peaches and t< trim and destroy all dead and diseas cd twigs .suggests Dr. C. A. Ludwig associate plant pathologist. If it it put off until later, much infected ma kerial will have escaped and many o: the weakened twigs will have beei attacked and damaged by pin holt borers, so that in the long run mor .vork will' be required than the e* tra attention would take. News tson Bros. ; returned from the here he bought a large 5 at a very low price, irriving daily. i Stock [h Prices Quality Unsurpassed mt 47A ****** ' lall profits and quick ing these goods. Step get yours while the 3, Caps, Shirts, Dresses, Silk t Goods of all \y other things to mention. Brothers 1^1 w+J M" HOME DEMONSTRATION L SHORT COURSE BREAKS STATE ATTENDANCE RECOR1 i \ i The short course in Home Demoi ? | stration, held at Chesterfield la: 'week was an unqualified success. j In attendance Chesterfield count broke the State record. Twenty-tw clubs were represented. From a tot* membfcrship of 179 girls, 08 rcgistei t ed for the course. There were 8 > women to register from the Women' Home Demonstration clubs, beside { many visitors. An exceptionally fine program o ... ?? 1 J i caj/ iv ivtvuicio ttiiu ucinun^iravur i hnd been arranged by Miss Hayni and the course was declared by man to be of great value. Great cnthus *vm for the work was shown by a > the young ladies in attendance. * Miss Haynie is to be congratulatt . on her fine work with the home dem onstration clubs of the county. Th g od attendance and deep interest o the part of all these young ladies wa not spontaneous, but is the result o f excellent organization and good wor , throughout the year. , The beneficient effect of the wor will be felt in. the home of Chester field county in years to come. * MT. CROGHAN TANGLE BEING STRAIQHTENEI r The County Board Commissioner * have about straightened out the tar gle in which the Mt. Croghan Towr j- ship road bonds have been involved It is the plan of the commissioner , to build a standard highway fror t Clttraw to Pageland on which Stat s and Federal aid are expected. It i r believed the way has been found t release some of the Mt. Crogha c Township money to apply on the roa passing through that townsh'p HOW THE SPREAD , OF PELLAGRA MAY BE PREVENTEI While it has been proven that ther is no danger of an epidemc of pe! , lagra in (he South, still the advice o . Dr. McCallum, of Johns Hopkins, i ) timely because of the new interes I aroused in this disease. . ' "It seems almost certain that pe t legra is a contagious disease, but tha . faulty diet is the chief predisposin j cause. The well fed do not have il , Those who live during the winte months on a food supply limited et . sentially to bolted wheat tlour, degei r minatd corn meal, polished ric< j starch, sugar, molasses and fat pqrl . and take little or no milk or leaf vegetables, furnish the victims o s this dreaded disease in the sprin . when their vitality is low. Such a die f seems to make them susceptible t infection, P Of the three diseases, caused froi e improper diet, beri-beri, scurvy, an . pellegra, pellegra is the one foun most prevalent in the S?Uth. Th cause of pellegra has been attribute to many things, first the spoiled maiz theory, the bad hygiene and poor sev erage disposal theory, the infection theory, and the faulty diett heory. C these theories, the faulty diet, due t lack of growth promoing substance seems to be the most possible i keeping with what Dr. McCollum hi said. Dr. Golriberger, who has done sue an extended amount of experimen ing with pellegra patient says, is caused by eating a faulty or unba anced diet and that people who coi sume a mixed, well balanced and var ed diet, such, for example, as thi furnished to our soldiers and sailoi do not have the disease. In oth< words, if all persons provided ther selves, and ate a well selected ar properly varied diet there would 1 pllegra. It is very important to reali; that having good food on the fami! table is of itself not enough to kec one from having pellegra. There mi be plenty of milk or eg^cs or mea but if you don't eat them, or ity< just pick at them and prefer to rl^ as the convicts in the experimen lived, mainly on cereals, starcl foods, and sweets, the milk and eg| will do you no good, and 'f your pe sist long enough pellagra may r suit." Th^ saying, "An ounce of preve tion is worth a pound of cure' ce tainly holds true in this case. Whet er we are in danger of contractu pellegra or any other disease, it the safe plan to guard our food sele tion carefully. See that each daj diet contains a liberal supply of sor one of each of the following food Milk, eggs, some meat, generous hel ings of green vegetables (green,s tu nips, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, c< lards, string beans) ai fruits that we get the all importan growth promoting and protect! subaances, and minerals, particular iron, calcium and phosphorus, tl (three moat essential for the prop growth and development of the bo<j "l i " * i i i ONCE MORE CHI VOTES FO iFor the second time within fou y months Chesterfield has declared b; o an overwhelming majority in favor o: il waterworks and sewerage. : At the election held on Tuesday 0 August 9th the vote -was 89 to 48 's lacking or.ly seven votes of beinj, 8 two to one. This seven would prob ably have been attained had not som< f voters neglected, their registration. s The first election on this questior e was held April the 5th when the vot? y x . was 96 to 43, two to one and ten tc jj spare. The following week on April the 12th an election for town off.cials d was held, in which waterworks figuri ed as an issue. This vote was 98 tc e 56 in favor of officials known to favoi n carrying out the wishes of the peois pie as expressed at the nnlla tKo nr-a. f ceding week. Thus about the full k voting strength of both sides seems to have been registered in the municipal k election. There is no indication that at any time have any considerable number of voters changed their views on the subject. This bears out the assertion of The Advertiser early in the spring } that in all communities there is a natural line of clearvage between s those committed to progress and dei velopment and those against it, and t- ?mmm^^ I. g VAUGHAN n Sorry to report Mr. James Griggs e seriously ill at this writing. } Mrs. Roy Lee Melton has been R quite sick for the past few days, but d glad to report she is better at this time. Every one that is interested is invited to meet at David's Grove Church Friday, Aueust 12 at 2 o'clock to [> clean off the church yard'. The days of meeting at David's * Grove will begin Sunday, August 14. I- at 1 lo'clock. f Mrs. Earle Adams has returned is home after a visit to her parents, it Mr. and Mrs. Weslie Hancock. Mr. Spencer ^pughan was marI ried to Miss Ruby Vaughan Sunday it afternoon at the home of Misi g Vaughan. Rev. C. P. Chewning officiating. lr QJETTING A DRINK IN StMIN 8 This is a true story of an advenc, ture of two lady artists in sunnj y Spain. They were walking and arrivec if at a little country inn, hot, dus*y anc g thirsty. They couldn't talk Spanis} >t but wanted some milk badly, so ont q of them drew a most beautiful highart cow, while the other jingled romi n coins. The Spaniards looked, and i d boy was sent off post haste. In hall d an hour the boy returned, hot and tri ,e umphant?with two tickets for a bul d fight.?London Town Topics. ;e r- ESTATE NOTICE is All persons holding claims agans If the estate of S. M. Jordan, deceased X) are given notice to present sam< b, itemized and sworn to and those wh< n owe the estate must settle at onci is with the undersigned. W. L. Jordan, h J. M. Jordan, t- W. N. Lee, Executors, [t July 19, 1921 iltp-3: 1 i- NOTICE i- Notice is hereby given th&t tb it books of subscription to the Ruby s, Mt. Croghan Telephone Co., of Rub; jr and Mt. Croghan, S. C., will be opei n- at the Hank of Mt. Croghan on Mor id day. August 8th, 1921 at 10 o'clock >e M. L. Raley, te P. M. Therrell, Executor.?. [y .p RECEIVER'S SALE iy The District Court )*' the Unite ;t, States, >u For the eastern Distr-cr of Sout Carolina, ts IN BANKRW1CY iy In the matter of Che.-.terfieW r>r gg Goods Co., Bankrupt. r- In pursuance to an order directe e- to me in the matter of the bnnkruptc of Chesterfield Dry Goods Co., in th n. District Court of the United State r. for the Eastern District of Soul * \ h- Carolina, I will receive bids for th ig purchase of the stock of goods, coi jg sisting of dry goods, notion :, shoe c. clothing, millinery, all furniture on r'g fixtures; and all notes and account ne receivable and all chose* in actior |8: of every description belonging to th p. above bankrupt estate, at the stoj iT. building where the abo?\i haiikiU] >1. was engaged in business in the tow nd of Chesterfield, S. C., 12 o'cloc ce noon, Tuesday, August 23rd, 192 ve Terms of sale, cash. A complete ii >ly ventory of the property to be sol he together with a list of accounts r ?r ceivable can b? seen upon applie*ti4 ly. to tho undersigned. > August 3rd, 1921. * vui XX, x .'tl X ESTERFIELD |R WATERWORKS r no amount of argument will change ^ that situation, and fortunate is the ^ small town that has a large number of progressives. This election was marked by an in, teresting campaign in which advertis, ing space was used to appeal to the r voters. On Monday evening before the election an anonymous circular appeared on the streets attacking the i editor of The Advtrtiser, charging gross misrepresentation of Incts in i his editorial of the week before. To , this, of course, The Advertiser re( plied the following morning, eltction , day proving all figures were safely ' conservative, And thus the voters ? went to the polls, not influenced in our opinion, by either circular, but > voting according to thtir conviction as to whether or not waterworks is a necessity or a luxury. A very large majority consider it a 1 necessity. '( An incident of tho * il- - Vtvvvivii n?B tlic ! challenging' of about eighteen voters and the requiring of many to chow ' tax receipts and registration certifi- ] ' cates. ' After the election in April an in- 1 i junction was asked to stay the sale ! of the bonds. The town oflicials de- < i cided it would be cheaper and save i time to call another election rather ; than contest the matter in court. 1 Therefore the second election. DAVIS?GADDY i On last Sunday evening at the , home of Mr. J. F. Gaddy, Miss Ber- i nice Gaddy becamt tha bride of Mr. ! ; Johnnie F. Davis. The wedding was a i complete surprise to the many friends of the young couple. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C. P. Chewning in the presence of only a few of the relatives and friends of l the contracting parties. The bride is the pretty and charm^ ing daughter of Mr. L. W. Gaddy. "of the Cason Oldfield community. The groom is one of Chesterfield's rising young business men. He is the r son of Mr. A. F, Davis, j The happy couple has a host of friends who wish them bon voyage on the sea of matrimony. BIG THING FOR THE STATE All Columbia, as well as South Carolina at large, will wc'comi the | news that the federal government has issued a permit for the construction of the Cooper and Santee rivers 1 canal. The permit covers only navigation matters, but this devtlopment, as a result of a drop of 30 feet in the river will insure a great water pow* er. This .accounts for the advocates t n.* ?v. ~ I J - ? - vi >/iic idimi uicaiiiliig CO construe', j an electric roud connecting Columbia with Greenwood. Once such a connection is made the capital c:ty will be in electric touch with Greenwood, Greenville, Spartanburg a.-.d way stations. ' Our fellow citizen, G. A. Gu'raid 2 and other Columbians who are nack b of the canal program, declare that its establishment will be of untold benefit in making South Carolina a vichei and more attractive commonwealth, i We think so, too. In addition to the j I freight rate values that the canal would insure for this city and for al communities of the State, the !arge amount of extra power generated and the probable linking of Columbia with Upper Carolina by eleetri? line, the ^ canal will drain thousands of acres of fertile soil not now usable. The canal will run from l-'erguson on the Santee to Monck's Corner cn the Cooper, these points being the approximate ends. Plans submiterf to the government call for a canal ten | j feet deep and 200 feet wide. It is to be 20 miles long. . Mr. Guignard, president of the Columbia Railway & Navigation Company, which will build the canal, says .hat work cn> the project will b; start* d as soon as practicable. It wi'l take ^ considerable time to complete the job. From every angle such a statement * is good pews to South Carolir.a. The ' fact that work will begin at once on ^ the groat canal, meuns much to labor circles, assuring all men who arj able ^ to work, plenty to do urtil nor^ nalcy has become an old inhabitant. "j I The canal wil lplace Columb;a 70 I miles nearer tidewater than U is at present and will open this city the unmatched port of Charhstn-i, with its regular schedule of sailinirs and ^ its larger volume of ocean business to ^ all parts of the globs, tl will insure k 1 regular sailings for freight and pas^ j sengers from the sub-port of Colum. bia. It is, indeed, good news f-om all ^ points of tho compass. A few steps of this bort will emphasize the fact n that Columbia will have its 100,000 quota of citlaens long before 1020. ?Cohwftbia Record. BETTER SOILS NEEDED FOR ECONOMICAL CROP PRODUCTIOJ "The man who now farms i piece of poor dirt for ten years o longer and leaves it in no bette; conditioni to produce crops than i was when he found it, is not livinj up to his possibilities as a citizen ohis community and state, as a fathei to his children, or as a Christian be fore his God." So says N. E. Winters Extension Service agronomist ir preaching the doctrine of soil fertili ty and crop production. The pioneer farmers of a century or more ago, Mr. Winters explains could hardly be blamed for theii system of farming which graduallj depleted the then fertile soils. The power of those soils to produce large and profitable crops made possible the construction of roads, the building of cities lyid railways and the development of a great civilization with the modern conveniences of living which we in this generation are enjoying; but in the light now before us shed abroad by modern schools and scientific investigation and the results of our best practical farmers wVir* Viq vo K!o'?n?l * 1% - * * " 1 * ? ?v viuacu tut' trail ilir US, 'here is no excuse for us to continue ndefintely the practice of farming on poor, depleted soils. We have a wonderful opportunity here in South Carolina for soil building and more economical crop production. Nitrogen and humus are the limiting materials in our soils for crop production, and we have been trying to supply too much of this needed nitrogen in expensive nitrogen fertilizers. Too much money has been going for nitrogen fertilizers in proportion ot the value of our staple field crops, and too little attention' has been given to summer and winter legumes for pasture and for plowing under to build up the nitrogen and the humus supply in the soil. The valuable humus which is the foundation of soil fertility, holds and supplies 95 per cent, of the available nitrogen in a well managed soil. A soil rich in humus and lime is always rich in nitrogen, and without any exception is a productive soil. Hence legumes for green manuring, lime and mineral will, if rightfully used, improve our poor soils from year to year and give us the maximum crops at a minimum cost. ?Clemscn College. BRIDGE CONTRACT LET The contract has been let oy the County Board of Commissioners for the building of the bridge across SixMile Branch on the Chesiertield-Cheraw RoadMr. Theodore McArn is 'he successful bidder for this work. The bridge is to be built of concrete at a cost to the county of $1,501.05. This estimate is considered very low. The bridge is to conform to State Highway specifications. An ancient adage has it: "Whojr the gods would destroy they lirst make mad." Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatiim. 4C Low Coj For the Every Fisk antee that mileage at J For satisfa | and econo | a "sure thir | buy Fisk 1 I You are sa 1 buy a kno1 | table prod j price I - Sold only I $1.50 A YEAR IN AD VAN CI STATE NEWS J Approximately six thousand ball s a of cotton have been signed up in the r cotton cooperative marketing camr paign in this State and the canvass t for signatures has really just begun ? according to Harry G. Kaminer. pres f ident ?>f the South Carolina Cotton r Growers Cooperative Association, - who has issued a statement reviewing . the progress of the campaign to date. 1 Complete satisfaction with the prog ress which is being made was expressed in the statement. ' Dr. James A. Hayne, state health ' officer, returned to his office from Washington where he att?nded a conference of health officials last week in regard To the statements sent out over the country ten days ago picturing ih.? South in the grip of famine and pi llagra. "We exonerated the South ompletely," Dr. Hayne said 1 upon hi.t return, "and to the public ? ? * * ..v.1.11h nvivitc ami uhums responsioie for the statements of famine and destitution that no occasion had arisen for such statements to have been sent out." K. J. Kirby, C. O. Fox, and Jesse Gappins, three white men of Columbia, are in jail in Augusta, Ga.t charged with the murder of William Brazell, 19 year old taxi driver of Columbia, and, according to Sheriff J. T. Plunkett, of Richmond county, a confessin was made in the jail where the men were lodged shortly after their arrest 20 miles south of Augusta last Monday. According to the confession, Brazoll was killed early Monday morning at a point in Leington county, on the Augusta-Columbia highway, between Leesville and Gilbert. He was blackjacked and stabbed in the heart with a pocket knife and the body then dragged to a secluded spot near the highway, the confession stated. The Strand FRIDAY "THE FURNACE" A Super-Special Reelart picture SATURDAY ZZZZZZL EDDIE POLO ?In? .. "KING OF THE CIRCUS" Episode No. 5 of the Big Serial now running at this theatre Also Comedy & World News Reel MONDAY "THE LAW OF YUKON" A Paramount Picture TUESDAY "HEART OF TWENTY" | A Robertson Cole Production | ~ WEDNESDAY "CHICKEN IN CASE" A Good Select Comedy And CHARLIE CHAPLIN ?In? ! "THE FLOORWALKER" 1st Show r> :!!0 P. M. and 2nd Show Immediately after close of meeting in t tent 53l njKpr Fabrics >t Mileage Big Car Tire is a guar- j you will get > a low cost. ction,* safety my you buy ig" when you "ires. fe when you svn and repu uct at a low j! by Dealers I