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Pfac ChesttrTieid Advcrsiter Ls fftol H. Md Trad G. Hears Editors f PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY S MbeerlnUon Pites: $1.80 a Year; p p tlx m?uL^ 75 cents.?Invariably in advance. ;1 sps- ? ?? p Entered as second-class matter at the ^ poetofflce at Chesterfield, South Carolina. ' ANDREW JACKSON'S BIRTHPLACE ~ l t |r? s They had a discussion in Congress , 'f the other day about the birthplace of t Andrew Jackson. It will be remembered that seven cities claimed the old poet, Homer, as a native, but two states lay claim to p Andrew Jackson, within their borders, N. C. and S. C. In the discussion Hon. W. F. Stevenson presented the strongest evidence that General Jack> son waa born in South Carolina. It j was a copy of a letter in which Jack- , I son said he was born in South Carolina. f During: the discussion a member of congress wanted to know exactly what it was that the Governor of North Carolina said to the Governor of South Carolina. Mr. Stevenson told him that the Governor actually said: "It is a devil of a long: time between drinks." Congressman Hammer, of North CaroMna, tried to make it appear that old Andy was born in North Carolina but Mr. Stevenson floored him, showing that Andy knew where he was ' born better than anybody else. Then Congressman Byrnes of Tennessee, said: |/ "While there may be doubt as to m where Jackson was born, there was no doubt as to whore he moved once he reached his majority. He wen to the Volunteer State of Tennessee ( ^there to live and die." The hero of New Orleans died at the Hermithge near Nashville Tennessee, in 1845, aged 78 years. BILL, HE STARTED THE WAR it is notning new to assert that Germany was entirely responsible foi beginning the world war, with all of its horrors, but confirmation of this fact is now reported from high Gerjt\ man authority. Former German 1 j- \ Chancellor. Phillip Seheidemann, in a ( Pjk. public lecture before the students association of Copenhagen, said that he ^ believed the former emperor had been sufficiently punished, but he admitted ' that if Germany hud been victorious ' H^HtVilliam would naturally have v BBfl^pome a demigod; instead he was do- ' j^^^nanded as a victim by the whole na- , I ? ?- . B WARREN ON A HIGH HOKSfc. President Harding is getting to be 1 somewhat "uppity" in his dealings i with his own Senate. That solemn * body wanted the president to furnish the Senate the records of thu four * B power Pacific treaty. Harding replied ' that it was incompatible with the pub- ( lie interests to furnish to ConH gress the records and then made the rahter remarkable remark EH that no such records existed. Like the S man who was accused of whipping his 1 P-wife. He denied very positively thai ^ he had whipped his wifo, that he ' ^ would not be guilty of such outrage- 1 ^ ous conduct, that he was too much of t a gentleman \o do such a thing and ' ended by saying that he never had a 1 Wife. e - . -L- 1 t YAP BOBS UP AGAIN o -v Since the brief editorial was pub- d k lished in this paper on Yap several t H pages of the Congressiolal .Record d f have been devoted to the discussion of * the little island by eevoral Senators. t 1 Senator Underwood, of Alabama, c maao tne most enlightening statement tl in explaining conditions of t^e Jap- * anes treaty. He said the only reason S the United Stutes is involved in the F situation is that at the close of the tl Great War we acquired one of ttye ? | German cables. Our end of it had to A * land on the island of Yap in order f< Sthat some time in the future we may b , extend the cable into China. Where 01 it now rests, the cable is of no value; e' there is no business on Yap. It brings H us in contact with no part of the S world; it is not of any real service to v to the Navy; because the radio sta- < tions at other points could reach a N naval vessel that wag in-the neighbor- <>J hood of Yap; but if we acquire a ea- ei ble station at Yap we can extend the n< present cable in to China. Then it will a< be of reel end commercial value to fi; the people of the United States. tc So that all the good Yap could be to in the United 8tates is the use of a bit is of land-for the location of our cable, y < And yet pages of the Congressional ai Record and hours of d?h ?t? in r.nn. gress are given to the insignnficant J ni > island of Yap. c< OUR WASHINGTON LETTER 1.1 By Wallace Bassford Washington, D. C., Mar. 4.?-The ixty-Seventh Congress fa just oomleting the first year of its term. It as but twelve months of existence; its latter half' leavfcs no better imression -the VoofftxT than its first, , hen certain it is that it will go down n history as one of the big disapointments, disheartening to >ts clos- ' st friends and even to its own mem>ership. Few if any, attempt to deend a Congress that has become the >utt of the jokesmiths on the state ind in the funny papers. Its efforts? f they can be called such?to relieve j he distress of the country might be omc tragic if it were not for the savng sense of humor possessed by the American people. Everyone laughs .vhen Abe Martin says that business s picking up?he quotes the proprieAJ 42 ? A * ? lvi ui ine uve ana leu cent. SX.Ol'-'1 as saying he has sold more checker)oards in the last year than during ill of Wilson's administration. And the Washington theatre rings with applause when Will Rogers, the comedian, tells of the recent fire or. the roof of the Treasury?how it stopped when it had burned down to the money, fcr the Administration had beat the lire to it. Evory test of public opinion shows that Congress has made itself intensely unpopular. If anyone had prophesied this outsome when Harding and the hif,- Renibliean majority in Congress came >.o bat last people would have laughid at him.but the public has been treated to a sucession of delays and party iplits on important matters, with increasing bewilderment and helplessness. Every Republican in Congress seems to be a party unto himself,with '.he exception of a few clear-headed j men like Jim Mann?who might bring H>me order out of this chaos had his ungratful pnrty given him the place le won, the Speakership, but it went to one who admits his own utter inability and that of his party. And yet, every cloud is said to have its silver lining, and we can reflect .vith joy that this Congress has only ;welve months more to live. Speaking of Hays recalls what Mann >aid of him in the House the other lay. His remarks make one wonder vhat sort of bargain the Movie Trust ?ot when it agreed to pay Hays H50,000 per year as a sort of Field Marshall. Mann said in the course of i debate: "He has not been worth Ivc CMits since he has been Postnaster General. He does not know inything about the Post Office De>artment; and, for one, I am mighty A C_ 4J.1 " lie in ^cLking UUl UI 11. 1118 only >bject has been to be extravagant n his own personal relations with the iovernment. Long-distance telephonng is his main long suit." The bonus question, like the coffin ?f Mohammad, remains suspended beween heaven and earth. When Ilardng asked Congress to adopt a bonus egislation and to provide a sales-tax o pay the bill, he knew the Agriculural Conference which had just been icld in Washington passed a resoluion saying: "We positively and earnstly protest against any consumpion, or sales, or manufacturers' tax, r any other tax which shifts the burens onto those least able to pay. onto he necessities of life. It has proved lisappointing financially and unjust ocially wherever tried." That roaoluion passed unanimously in a farm onference which Harding called, hen within less than three weeks he sked Congress to pass a sales-tax. Vhy? Two reasons: He knew the 'arm Bloc was against the tax and hat Labor was emphatically on recrd against it, and he could tell the merican Legion he was emphatically >r the bonus but that he was blocked y this opposition; further, everyne about the Capitol knows that ver since it became apparent that larding was to be elected the Wall treet district has flooded Congress ith letters and arguments of every >rt, directly and through the great ew York newsoaners. under control f the financial interests, urging the lactment of a sales-tax. Big busiess seeks, through Harding's recnt :tion to bring the sales-tax in to use rst on the plea that it is necessary ? pay the bonus?that for the onterig wedge. Their hope and intention that it shall be made, within a few fam to take the place of all income id corporation taxes. This has been (pressed in the Wall Street Journal id the New York Tribune rcpe.itiiy. R'S DEVIL /* ' cf||gg Nou REDUCTION OF ACREAGE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL 1 TO MASTERY OF WEEVIL b a By Jame* A. Hollomon s (Printed by permision of Atlanta a Constitution Houston, Texas, Jan. 27.?As the ^ result of my inquiries so far on boll1 a weevil conditions, I want now, and t just as emphatically as I know how,! to sound one key-note to the farmers t of the southeast as they are pitching j their crops for this year and that is j as to the absolute necessity of this j year's cotton acreage being reduced to the limit. j I have not seen a cotton grower in ^ Texas but who agrees that this is a prerequisite to overcoming the onslaught of the boll weevil. It cannot possibly be done in any other way, and any effort to plant ^ and to cultivate a normal acreage of i cotton spells ruin before a seed is ? put in the ground. Last year's cotton acreage was far < shorter than that or the year before. 1 This year's cotton acreage must be < far shorter than that of last year. 1 Otherwise the boll weevil will go on with his destructive work. 1 The man who planted for five bales i last year should plant for only half as < much this year, for by having that much less to cultivate, and being en abled thereby to give bettor attention to his reduced acreage,the probabili. I tie* are two to one that the yield on this half acreage will be greater than I the yield on double the acreage last 4 year. / 1 I have found many things about the i boll weevil so far, and I am going to find many more things before I quit his fraelt 1 But the first and foremost thing ' that I have ascertained to be abso- < ultely necessary in dealing with the ' vicious little pest is that it must be < fought in restricted quarters. The boll weevil asks nothing better ' than that he be given opportunity to < fight his way over big farm areas i that cannot possibly be cultivated in i the intensive plnn. He will whip such 1 a fight every time. s Restrict him, however, to fields that can be covered every 5by by the hu- 1 man hand, and in which every plant < can he under constant surveillance 1 and the fight against him is made just 1 that much the easier. j 1 g MADE HISTORY ? 6 By JAMES C. YOUNG. ? t (I? by McClur# Nawap&per 8yndlcata.) AN UNCROWNED QUEEN OF ' ROME. AN EXQUISITE picture In the Toeie gallery of Brescia. Italy, still preserves for us the charming face1 of Tullia d'Aragnna, the most noted beauty of Ituly In the first half of the Sixteenth century. Tullia's father was a churchman and her mother a courtesan. She grew up to be the mistress of many accomplishments, and has left j behind one of the strangest books In the world, dedicated to plntonlc love by one whose loves were anything but ' platonlc. "It Is better to be loved than to 1 love," she wrote. **fn being iuved vc- 4 are exerting Influence, while In loving 1 we are merely passive agents of a motive force." When Tullia's young loveliness be- ' gnn to attract attention In Rome, no women were permitted at the court of the Vatican. Because of Its chnrehly * character It was not deemed fitting ' that women should he admitted there. And Italian Indies of that day did not hold free Intercourse with the othet sex. This resulted to the advantage B of Indies who entertained well If not s formally. Their houses became the 1 centers of society. ? Tullia soon became the recognised mistress of this society, and the first H men of the world paid court at her ? feet. She exercised political Influence, lived lavishly, and was the uncrowned ' queen of Rome, I'oets sang of her charm<v churchmen, soldiers and b statesmen contended for her farora. So many duels were fought about her that at Inst she was compelled to * leave Rome. In Siena 8he met with what must ^ hnve been the great humiliation of her life. Duke Cosmo had Issued an order that all women of eaa.v ways must wear the Yellow Veil, which consisted r of a gold band on their headdress, a finger In width. And the proud Tul- i llu was called to account for not obey- ? tug the order. Conceive of her scorn I Bui It hns been recorded that she encnpeil this Indignity and Immediately left Siena. " c< She was famous for her dresses, par- ^ tlcularly her diamond-encrusted slip- tf pers, and the gowns she affected be- tj cuine the style of all Italy. She made ^ as great an Impression Jjj Venice aa j t| Rhe hnd In Rome, bnt alaftj In a cryp- i C( tic legal list of courtesans, preserved I jj In the Vcnetlnn archives, we find the (1 no me of Tull in. The low would not acknowledge her to he the floe l?d> i jf wlmm the world ncclwlnied By Charlc* Sughroe WMim Mwwp?otr IMm ^GTdoviy \^oo7~J ^ \S NOOfc, fcuOOtiVKi III | y MM Later on, I arti going into full details showing just how much land per toll weevil section over here, and I 4 m going to give instances of the re- I *" uits accomplished. r But it is safe here to say that six v ,cres to the plow is enough. c If one man can take oare of a cer- 1 ain acreage keeping his eye on every \ talk, ten men can take care of just v en times that much. But if one men plants and trie* o take care of the acreage that reluirea the attention of ten men, then * tin crop goes to the pot in the very 1 beginning and he will have little or | iothing left to stand for his time, ( nergy, his effort and his oney? hat is nothing but debt, for as sure is the sun shines he will wind up his ^ :rop in debt. , So early in this series I send an . argent word of caution to hold down ( he cotton acreage this year. nan wno riant* more,n**di Uuardian a The man who plants more than he ilid last year needs a guardian. He brings trouble to himself and worse than that, threatens run to his neighbors. This year it will be the man who plants the short?the very short? acreage to the plow that will stand the best chance of winning out. There is no other possible way to Jo it. Every cotton grower with whom I > have talked in Texas says this is true. They have tried every way out here i and this is the only way by which Texas has been able to meet the boll .1 weevil on the same platform to light it out with him to a finish. Do not let anybody mislead you j :his year into the planting of a large i lcreago to the plow upon the assump- J tion that this, that, or the other kind j jf treatment can be applied to do away with the boll weevil as the pest develops. The only possible specifics that can be used to advantage are those that :an be applied on the intensive plan, and to give this the required attention it is absolutly essential that there be a short acreage to each plow?the shorter the better. I want this lesson to take deep root right now, for only when this is unlerstood and our farmers are brought ;o a full realization of its importance, then the way of the solution of tho j jroblem becomes that much easier. == I I Stories of by Elmo I J I Great Scouts ?. Western Newspaper Union. CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD, THE SCOUT WHO WROTE POETRY Wtien a bit of sunshine hits ye After pasain' of a cloud. W hen & fit vi i?v?!iivr - -1 z " c An' yer spine is feel In' proud. Don't fergit to up and fling It At a soul that's feelln' blue, Ker the nilnlt that ye sling It it's a boomerang to you. That was the philosophy of Capt, lack Crawford, the poet-scout. A poet ind a scout! A strange combination, ... ... ...vncu na I'ULU, JUIIU VtSIIHCe Jrawford was an Irish boy who came o thla country shortly before the Civil var begun and enlisted In the Union irniy when he was only sixteen years Id. While lying In a hospital, a sister ?f mercy taught him to read and write. After the war Crawford drifted A'est and became a miner In the Black lllls of South Dakota. When the Fllnck lllils rungers were organized o protect the miners from hostile Jloux and bands of highway robbers, Tack was chosen chief. In one fight te killed three desperadoes. At the outbreak of the Sioux war In 876 Captain Jack enlisted as a scout ind rose to the position of chief of coutB for the Fifth cavalry. After be battle of Slim Buttes, 8. where !hlef American Horse was killed, Captain Jack, who was also correpondent for the New York Herald, uve the world the first Story of this ght. Crawford rode to Port Laramie, 50 miles away, la three days and a alf. outriding .five relays of couriers, ut he killed two horses dotng It During tlie Apache wars In Arizona Crawford was ugaln In the saddle as scout for Om. JSdward Hatch. In 881 he took the trail of the notorious hief, Victoria, and after a scout of 6 days, located hto camp In the Canelerln mountains In Meaico. Captain ark then made another remarkable Ide to the nearest poet. As a result f his news, Victorious camp was at* kcked by Mexican troops and the old hlef and many of his warriors were filed. When the Indian wars were over, sptaln Jack began writing down te verses which he had recited to his Hurodes around many a campflre on ie Indian campaigns. He went on te lecture platform and In a short me the "Poet-Scout" was one of the pst-known of the old-time scouts In >e country, second only to his old >ntnule of the Fifth cavalry, Buffalo ! 111. In a little over a month after I uffalo Bill's death. Captain Jack folnved him on the Long Trail. He died t New York February 28, 1917. y ^\UG5 i p< uue A&ovrt ]_^Lj BETTER TIMES COMING i The vice-president of the American I >ugar Refining Company, Mr. Fred 1 riason, in a recent interview took a 'ery hopeful view of business conlitions. He said that the miracle of ifter-war depression is that there ^ vere so few financial failures. Coniin- , ling Mr. Mason said.: 1 "Today it is rare that one hears of < i great bank failure, and as for the ugar industry, it is booming. In Cu- J )a alone 168 mills are running at full t dast, and everybody is making money . lespite the fact that BUgar is selling it a very low price. '1 am forced to acknowledge that ' the democrats did a great thing 1 when they gave us the federal reserve system. It has stabilized the financial { condition of the country and gives a THE RE^ Not what you get by chance or in! in life, but what you gain by hone successful. What are you doing to funds for future no -da by-starting THE FARMERS B I M. L. RALEY. J. S. MrfiRRR President Vice-Pt DIREC F. P. Seller, J. S. Si T. H. Burch, ,?? She SecpL OF CHEST Will Appreciate Your Busine $200,0 Oar customers and friends hel| need of accommodation or you I to see as. Guaranteed hargl, I Let as show yoa this wonder, t R. B. LANEY, President CHAS. P. MANGUM, I Cashier I Qank of % The Oldest, Large Bank in Ghe$t< 4 Per Cant. Paid on Savings Dap Saa U I* C. C. Dougia R. E. Rivera, President. M. J. Hough, Vice-Preaident. IThe Best Family Reno Because it wort remedies Have oes Is Li Chesterfield L D. II. DOUGLASS, President Ivy. j. UUUU1.A53, Vice- rres. Al,*C Fliifc, ACCIDENT, Hi INSUB W. Boy mmd S?ll RmI The I V me* oue ?>ssM fcuwasB-v nan the oportunity at all times to J ret money at a decent interest if he < > las the necessary collateral." ! I The Shipfpng Board is paying ; \ (9,000 per year to one Matthew B. 1 * ^laussen as advertising manager. This ! ) ,8 the same man who had charge of the advertising propaganda for Oer- 00 many after the war began in Eur- ^ jpe, the friend of Captain Boy-ed, Dr. Albert and Von Bernstortf. Great pity the man who sunk the Lusitania r? All :nn't be found?the President might ^ lind a flat job for him. th NOTICE No extension of time for payment ?f Town Taxes. A 7 per cent, penalty a\ will be in force on and after March th 1st, as required by Town Ordinance ^ on all unpaid taxes that date. Wl J. Andy Teal, Town Clerk. at n'.t ii 1 " i 1 1 'i i = hi VL TEST . ? leritance, not what you start with at sty is what will make you truly te better conditions? Accumulate Kt : a savings account HERE NOW. -if ANK,RUBY,S.C. is OR, MISS ALICE BURCH JJJ esident Asristant Cashier to TORS oj mith, J. S. McGregor j m M T. WnUir I w ? ? 1, I in . ? U ?I. ?I .? u?<? III Z4f flank !,: ! Bt ERFIELD ' I ot ss. Total Resources Over j tn th 00.00 ::: i pl ped us to do this. When in hare money to deposit, come j m ar proof and fire proof safe. ' ! i cordial welcome awaits you in G. K. LANEY, V.-President m J. A. CAMPBELL, 11, Assist. Cashier in ? ^ * lis kesterfield IIpi th ye st and Strongest "M erf eld, S. G. ' bt to m osits. $1.00 Starts An Account *r t. ,n wi to >S, Cashier. . Rfi D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier R. T. Redfearn, Tiller tn I f "1 o t on fo rl| th en iedy I he wi K?" I II .1 ls vrnen ail aotner seel to work ^ let eh fe Insurance I he ' he oan S Ins. Go, 5 C'. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A M*r. he GEO. W. EDDIN8, Treasurer. ^fJ 2ALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK ?? ANCE is, Moatjr Loaned vo ??m jmbm ? loss^ Sneaks Up Quietly ^ ? ^UWi I I - -~~TI . ? ._^? True Detective Stories! >. MIDNIGHT MURDER |> pyrUrhl bjr Th? VkMtor lj?aii?l?, la*. f' J 'HEN the only thing yen have | to go on Is the fact that several people In Q raft on street call having heard a cry a few nights ;o, and the old man hasnt been seen nee?" "That's all, chief. If U weren't for e scream In the night?and they all jree that It was a blood-curdling cry It would look like a plain cane of dle>pea ranee. We've been all through e house, but of course we eouldn*t arch It thoroughly without a regular arrant, and there's no ground for 1Stlng one. Epstein may have wanted off somewhere to get away from s -wife. She's a regular hellion, they y?though she was nice as pie to u" joon Kane, etUef inspector of Scotnd Yard, rubbed bis chin thoughtilly. "HI take a run down to Grafton reet myself aa soon as I have gotn these reports out of the way," ated Kane. "In the meantime keep i eye on the house, and let me know anything develops.* When Kane approached the house on rofton street later In the evening, te of his men reported that there ere Indications of activity Inside the ace. "Looks ifUe they were getting ready i go away or something," said the' lerutlve. "There's a dray coming up iw. Wouldn't be surprised If the nmnn, alarmed /at our snooping ound, Is preparing lor a getaway." Kane said nothing, but edged closeri the house. From the meagor lpforntlon at his disposal, he was not at: 1 Inclined to credit the theory that. crime had been committed. But lore would he no harm In lookingilngs over, particularly If Mrs. Kp-ein was Intending to move. From the driver of the dray, Kane' tallied the Information that the lugvse was to he taken to Chartng Cross: lenee to he shipped across the chansl. The tags were on the various: "tides, and It was not until the last: ece was brought out of the house* at Kane noted anything out of the: rdlnnry. Than he motioned to hln en to close In. "Take thitf chest back Into the> use," he ordered. "Let's see what's; i it !" "What right hnve you to give such; ders?" demuiuled a voice from theairway, and the Scotland Yard mao;. oklng up, caught a glimpse of a tall,, lunt woman glaring down at hlmi om the threshold. "The right of an officer of the crowa? ' Investigate suspicious clrcutnances," retorted Kane. "I happen; lie the chief Inspector of Scotland*, ard, and, as yonr husband recently.* . sappeared, I desire to know what la> that box." It !r. the Sir, trrrly trior of the house that Kane dlrectsdl e chest to be placed. The flickering; illow light of a single gas Jet cast: ghostly Illumination over the acena;. id even Kane's Iron nerves werti locked when the lid of the box wast rown hack, and what appeared to? i a ghost sat up and leered out lathe room! It was the body of the Isslng ntan, the upper portion of tha> unk attached to the lid of the box such a manner that, when the toi* as thrown hack, the body sprang ln> a sitting posture, as If U w?i? alivo rain. Even Mrs. Epstein, hardened as shw ns, cried out at the apparition and ien fainted away. "Quick!" directed Kane. "Find out >w the man was killed!'* "A thruat of Home long. thin lnatrtr- , ent through the beprt," reported on* 1 the detectives. "A drop of blood i Ilia cheat Is the only Indication of ul play, bnt that's what did It, all ght. Not a stiletto or a dogger* ongh. The pnncture isn't largo lough for that." The chief inspector examined the ound for a moment carefully, and en, stepping across to where the Inting woman lay, began to fumble Ith something In her hair. "Throw some water In her face," i ordered, "and then stand buck. I fint to find out something before she >ts a chance to recover her nerve." As the woman's eyes opened, she heme aware, first, of the body of her ad hushnnd staring at her with slghfkh, accusing eyes. Then she saw the lief inspector, standing in front of x, examining under a pocket magnting glass?something that shona id glittered in the light of the Jet dlctly above It. An Instunt inter Kane stood over r, his finger indicating the thing he> iid in liis hand. "Why did you kill your hushnnd at' Idulght, four days ago?" lie demand. "Yes, you ?li?l! There's no usenying It! We have witnesses who ard the scream. We have proof that >u were alone in the house with him. e know that ho had a considerable ni of money concealed on the prein ?* and"?hore his voice became the Ice of (loom?"I have here the weapwith which the murder was coinItted?your hatpin, with a tiny bit the dead man'a blood clotted close the head where you neglected to pe It off!" Some months later, Mrs. Epstein ts sentenced to penal servitude for e, <v_.ie the hatpin was added to #t griteHome collection which adorns t Archives of Scotland Yard. What DM They MeanT )n Christmas morning the children the house were spreading out the a that Santa had put tn their stock's. 'Father." said Willie. "1 wish 1 had' : a dictionary In my stocking aa.j II as these toys." Whit," wjiat did yoo want that1 r So that 1 could And out the metin-' of words I heard Santa Claus say i en he stepped on the teres 1 spreads the carpet last night." J 1