Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^^^The Chesterfield Advertiser I Paul a. and Fred G. Hears Editors PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year; six ?Z eents.?Invariably in advance. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce at Chesterfield, South Carolina. THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL Af.r laboring foo n.any months to produce n tariff bill which would please the bit; .nterests anrl fool tlie farmers r-tio resu't is now before Congress ana thj country. The New York Journal of Commerce, a paper that cannot be accused of Democratic leaning, says of the proposed tariff measure, that "it is a bill that will deal a crippling blow to American business and will hit the American consumer by increasing the cost of living. It is a bill to raise living costs and hamper trade. The rates are higher than those of the Paine Aldridge law." i Senator Simmonds, of North Carolina, the Democratic leader in Congress, made this statement: "A careful study of this bill in connection with existing conditions here and abroad makes it perfectly clear that it was framed with a view to maintaining present prices and to enable the industries which it protects to further advance these excessively high prices without incurring the risk of foreign competition." The New York Globe says: "if the bill is passed it practically makes Europe a present of the eleven million dollars she owes us." A feature of the tariff bill that seems utterly absurd and indefensible is the provision which while it plans to sell our manufactured products to Europe constructs a tariif on imports so high that buying from Europe is out of the question. The Republicans in their zeal to help certain privileged classes in this 1 1 xl muiiuj nave uvcr rt'ltcilt'U tneillselves. Any school boy knows that you cannot sell merchandise of any kind unless there is somebody to sell it to. Nations are individuals on a large scale and the rate of common sense should apply in dealing with the nations of Europe just as it applies to bartering between individuals. Of course the Republican high tariff advocates know that this is a true axiom but they ignore it in the zeal to help the big interests. ? When the election campaigns are on the big interest help the Republicans mightily, paying them for this protection. HON. BILL LOWRY TELLS A STORY While making a speech in Congress on the naval bill Congressman Bill Lowry, of Mississippi, told this anecdote: A gentleman sat in a railway train and held on his lap a tightly closed wooden box perforated with atrial! air holes, as if it contained something alive. A gentleman sitting by looked curiously at the box, and the conversation ran somewhat thusly: "What is that in your box?" "Why, it is a kill-o-ma-dee." "A kill-o-ma-dee? What is that?" "Oh, it is a little animal about as big as a rabbitt." "How does it live?" "It. hlirmwc in thn rrrnnnil liOn o ?nv ? prairie dog." '"What does it eat?" "It eats snakes; nothing but snakes." "That's funny. How do you get enough snakes to feed it?" "Why, I am a hard-drinking may and I have no trouble finding snakes. I find them all around almost every day.' "But they are imaginary snakes." "Yes, but that makes no difference. This is an imaginary kill-o-ma-dee. REDUCED FREIGHT RATES It is gratifying to know that he Interstate Commerce Commission is arranging a downward revision of railroad freight rates. As an exchange suggests, this will benefit every householder in the country, for it portends a corresponding reduction of the cost of living. It is indicative also of the near approach of normal prosperity and of a healthful condition of business generally; for, according to the press dispatches, the decision of the com* -11 1 __ ? " - vivc uuaiu iuiiuwvu un exnHUHiive investigation which has satisfied the commissioners that reduction in rates is now possible, "since the railroad earnings are increasing." MUSCLE SHOALS PROPOSITION People have been wondering why Congress has been so slow in accepting Henry Ford's offer to take over the great Alabama water proposition. It has been intimated and strongly suspected that there is a dark colored gambian in the woodpile. One gentleman who has been investigating the matter but whose name is not remembered at this writing makes the statement that those who are opposing the development do not want cheaper nitrogen for farmers. They would be glad for Muscle Shoals to be owned and operated by a syndicate which would furnish nitrogen at a high price and which would not interfere with those making enormous profits out of the farmers. Henry Ford's proposition does not appeal to the monopolistic concerns "junked" or owned by them. Hie A proposition does appael to the farmer and those who are suffering because of the high price of nitrogen which is j. so essential an ingredient in fertilizer' ^ and which is now obtained principally; from Chile at an exorbitant and un-' reasonable price. Muscle Shoals is a r mighty project and should be utilized r for the good of the nation, both in s time of peace and in time of war. _ . ir & A NEW PRESIDENT c Argentina, the South American republic, has been having a presidential ? election to succeed the late president whose name is Hippolito Irigoyen. . The name of the president elected is Marcello T. de Alveau. When it conies to names, Argentina stands head. ? EMMA IS DISPLEASED ? Emma Goldman who did not ad- c mire our form of government and was sent back to Russia is mad with the Soviet government and says its the limit. Can't somebody get up a government that will please Emma? 1 \ ADAM STILL LIVES Blaming the woman has been a favorite indoor sport since the days of Adam. If one cannot blame a woman under any other pretext, put the fault upon her for having a son who does something he shouldn't. Apparently so reason those doubtless well-intentioned but short visioned occupants of pulpits who see in the economic and political rise of women from a dependent to an independent state the cause of all the ills to which modern civilization is heir. A well-known revivalist declares that "the next war" is to be caused by the "flapper." He adds that all wars have been caused by "depravity of women." A noted woman worker in social hygiene advocates more women in politics and more laws as a cure for vice and the activities of vicious women. A national legislator wants marriage laws so amended that from ten HflVa f A f\UA lirnalra mnoi nlnrto** K/i 1 umjo vv vnu ?T w i\o tiiuot tiupoc Uttween issuance of license and mar- J riage as a cure for divorce, the di- ' vorced women being one of the great 1 evils of the country. 1 It would he ? dull world if we all ! thought alike. Yet one is reminded 1 that a fundamental of the government i of what we revere as the land of the [free is tolerance; willingness to concede to the other fellow the right to his opinion, even as we hold unalien- 1 able the right to our own. 1 No good American has any objection to anyone thinking that llappers cause wars, that women are evil creatures, that hasty marriages undermine the American home, or that vice can be cured by "don't do it" laws. But there is great objection to evangelists, educators and legislators stating as facts which they wish to be the basis of legal action what are, after all, only personal opinions, the truth of which >.t is difficult to substantiate by ' any evidence. One does wonder, at times, whether these reformers who decry women really h >d ir.Oiho?s, or if, like Topsy, they "just growed." S. C'. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION MEETS IN COLUMBIA Spartanburg, S. C., May 1.?The I nrocram for the St ate rnnuontinn nf ! the South Carolina Sunday School Association to be held in oClumbia, June 20, 21 and 2 2is practically complete and it includes addresses and lectures by a number of the most noted Sunday School workers in America, according to Ix?on C. Palmer, general ( superintendent of the Association I who has his offices in the Allen & Law building here. Mr. Palmer is confident that there will be a large number of delegates from every county in ' South Carolina in attendance upon the convention in June. The convention is to be held at the University of South Carolina and President Cuirell has told Mr. Palmer that the University authorities are looking forward to its session with interest and regard this convention as one of the most valuable meetings that will be held in Columbia this1 year. Another reason why a large attendance is anticipated is because of the j central location of Columbia to all sections of the state, thus making it j easy for enthusiastic Sunday School: workers to reach the convention seat, j The South Carolina Sunday School J Association now has a complete or-' crnni7flti/\n in nvnru ' n ? ?J jr v?j lilt state and according to many religion*' leaders, it is doing the most wonder ful work for the promotion of Christ's Kingdom through enlisting the inter- [ est of so many bright boys and girls and men and women in Sunday School work. Little Girl (rushing into doctor's office)?"Please, doctor, come at once to father," said the little girl. "Mothers' taken his temperature an' its gone down." "That's all right, my dear?that's splendid," replied the doctor. "'Taint all right: its gone right down. He's swallered it." A. F. DAVIS MARKET Hi* Finest Frnsh Meats The Best Fancy Groceries High Grade Canned Goads The Best of Everything far the Tahln k CONGRESSIONAL FISH STORY The following story is by James A. lollomon, and appeared recently in ] 'he Atlanta Constitution: ^ Were Isaac Walton or contempoaries of his day in Washington tolight, they would disassociate themelves with fishmongers and would 1 rive up the reel-thrower's art in dis- < rust?such are the stories told by j ongressmen at the capital. And there is something more subtantial in all than mere fisherman's ' ales, for the stories have received " he scrutinous check. It all started like this: During the j sarlier part of the week, when con- , press declared a day's recess for cele- , >rating the Grant memorial, Repre- j tentative W. W. Larsen and a few < >ther members of the Georgia deleration gathered up the remnants of , ast year's tackle and motored up the1 , Potomac for an afternoon's outing. ( rhe next day there were fish stories j ralore, related by members whose ve- , acity is otherwise undoubted, in ( vhich individual catches of the elu- , live herring reached near the two . lundred mark, according to the narra- , ,ors. This without bait or cork. I Today?not by way of doubting, >ut to satisfy personal curiosity?oth- ] ?r members of the state delegation es:orted Juv,,e Larsen to the scene of ; lis former activities, permitted by the , weekend congressional recess. The ish were still there, and individual 1 strings ran so high?between one lundred and one hundred and fifty? ( intil members requested their names be withheld for fear of an unbe-' ieving constituency. Such is the rony of politics. ( Judge Larsen vindicated himself, ill agree, and demonstrated the art oy duplicating his former score with )ne hundred and twenty-six fish in sag, caught, as stated, without cork >r bait, and within the confines of ,hree hours. It is all explained like this: The herring season is on; they are running up the Potomac in large school*, numbering thousands; to use only one hook would retard action, to use bait would likewise take up too much time. Instead, followers of the sport attach three cluster hooks to a line with a heavy lead at the end. With this they pull up through the crowded schools, bringing in as many as three at the time at some casts, and there is plenty of action for all. Isaac Walton, it is said, never ran into a school of herring, else he would have been disgusted with the monotony of his catch. Then, too, he was an angler. QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES A huntsman called at the farmstead to settle for damage done by the hounds and found only the farmer's wife at home. "Has your good man made an examination yet?" he asked. "That he have, sir," replied Mrs. Hodge. "Rather a cursory examination, I suspect?" "Oh, dreadful, sir! Such langwidge I never neuru?never;" And the dame held up her hands at) the bare recollection. ' Stories of By Elmo I Great Scoots ' ?. Western Newspaper Union. SIMON KENTON, THE AMERICAN MAZEPPA Second only to the name of Daniel Boone?whose life he once saved?is 1 written In the annals of Kentucky the name of Slmoh Kenton. Kenton was a Virginian who served as a scout in Lord Dunroore'a war shortly before the outbreak of the Revolution and who crossed over the mountains into the "Dark and Bloody Ground" of Kentucky in search of adventure. His exploits there soon won for him the undying hatred of tl^ Indiana and no less than eight times he was captured by them and sentenced to death. In 1778 Kenton with two compnn- j ions went north into Ohio to spy upon s tribe at war with the whites. While returning, they came upon a herd of Indian horses. The Kentucklans resolved to take some of the animals along as trophies of the successful expedition. The Indians quickly discovered the theft' and overtook the scouts Just before they crossed the Ohio river. One of the Kentucklans was killed, another escaped but Keuton was taken prisoner. "You steal Injun boss?" they taunted him. "All right, we give you ride on him I" So they tied the scout on a wild young horse and set It free in the forest. He Anally was taken from the horse's back more dead than alive. At the first village the Indians reached, they condemned the scout to run the gantlet. When the signal was given, Kenton sprang through the line of warriors, armed with cluba and hatchet*, and reached the council house, his goal, almost untouched. Near Zanesfleld preparations were made to burn him at the stake, but the arrival of Simon Glrty, the "white renegade," who recognized Kenton as an old friend, saved him. His freedom was short-lived. Three weeks later the Indians again voted to put hlro to death. Again he was saved by a friend?Chief Logan, the noted orator of the Cayugas. When the Sandsky towns were reached, the Indians held a council and once more decree*) the death penalty. Kenton was tied to the stake. Just as the torch was being applied, a British officer appeared and demanded the surrender of their prlsonet to his commander at Detroit Kenton was kept captao la Detroit until 1775, when through w? aid of an 1 WHITE OAK CLUB MEETS Miss Haynie met with the Indies' Domestic Club at the home of Mrs. B. 3. Wadesworth Tuesday afternoon, \pril the 25th. There were about twenty members present also there were a good many :hildren present. Miss Haynie gave an nteresting lesson on "Marketable Products." She also gave a demonstration on making blackberry jam. jam. There were three new members added to our club Tuesday at the meeting. This making about thirty-five members on roll. The club will meet again some time in May. (The date wo nui, uccn sci; hi mi; nome 01 xvirs. Wadsworth. We will have with us at our next meeting Mrs. Dora Dee Walker and she will give us some interesting talks on gardening, canning and different things about the home that we all need to know. Let's all try to be present and hear Mrs. Walker's talk because she is a lady who is capable of making interesting talks. We also invite any one who is not a club mem-, ber to come and be with us in the meeting. We enjoy having any of the ladies present. We are glad to say that all the ladies are very enthusiastic over the club work. And we appreciate Miss Haynie taking so much interest in the club out here. All club members will receive cards giving the date of the next meeting. And we hope for every member to be present. * * * ODD AND INTERESTING ITEMS IN DAILY PRESS Washington, May 4. (Capital News Service).?Twenty-five thousand families of Chicago will move from houses and apartments to tents for the summer in a fight against prohibitive rents, according to an announcement of the Tenants' Protective League of that city. Ninety dollars is set as the price of the camping equipment. Dogs are not allowed, but children are welcomed. Murder by telephone was the charge preferred against a citizen of Berlin, Germany. Bernard Kobler was accused of telenhoninc everv dav anonymously, to a man suffering from tuberculosis and speaking discouragingly to him of his symptoms and offering advice to commit suicide. The man suffered a colapse and died and Kobler was tried for murder. He escaped penalty through a legal technicality. Magistrate Black of New York set free Samuel E. Malcolm, 55 ycar3 old, married for 28 yenrs, when he celebrated the birth of hi? son by getting drunk. The magistrate held that, Volstead law or no Volstead law, there are occasions when a man simply must celebrate, and that the end of 28 fatherless years was such an occasion ! WANTED?Chickens and eggs. We v.'i!! pay highest cash prices. Wire us for prices. Owens Fruit and Produce Co., Tampa, Fla. 4t-18 I "VAMPS" WHO 8 ? MADE HISTORY ? # By JAMES C. YOUNG. ? 9K6C8O6C8O6CeO6O8O6CeC8O6OeO6C6C83eO0OeC6OeC8C8:t$ (Q by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) THE WOMAN WHO USED MAQIC TO WIN A KING. SHE was a haughty beauty who cast her eyes upon Louts XIV and aspired to win a place beside him. Bur the "Grande Monarque" would seem to have paid but little attention to her. So the Marquise de Montespan determined to win him by the use of magic, m which she was a believer. She paid "witches" to help her, bought "love powders," which she secretly dropped into the king's wine, and resorted to many other foolish means. Then, in 16C6, she had the "black mass" said over her, a degrading and somewhat horrible ceremony which alleged priests of magic had Invented. No doubt the marquise thought that this mass was successful, for the next year she became mistress of the king. Louis, the lover of many women, came under the complete subjection of the marquise. She dabbled in statecraft, obtained high honors for her favorites, and generally comported herself as king's mistresses have been wont to do In all ages. She coupled an Imperious terupejr with her beauty, and no doubt Louis spent many a bad quarter hour in her company, especially as the marquise and his queen, Marlu Theresa, were at sword's nolnt. De Montespan became the mother of several children. She selected Madam Scurron, afterward the Marquise de Malntenon, to direct their education. This threw Louis Into the company of De Malntenon, nud It soon became apparent that his love was wavering. When De Montespan found her power dwindling site resorted to magic, and It mpy he believed that she tried every conceivable means to maintain her hold on Louis. "Love powders" again came into play and one of these made the king so ill that she was suspected of trying to poison him. Tills led to an open rupture and not long afterward she left court, much to the delight of the queen, who had been long held in subjection. Maria Theresa was of a devout character, a simple, unpretentious woman, who never could cope with the marquise. But her new hopes were destined to be disappointed. When De Montespan died in 1707 Louis forbade her children by him to wear mourning, proving once more his callous heart. There were aeven < of these children, an leglUmatlsed. and It L_ cig^^^s \ " * y They are Good! t Buy this Cigareit EYES EXAMINED Neglect may prove serious. Have your eyes examined and glasses fitted. Office in place of residence on Green street. Mrs. C. B. Edgeworth, Optometrist. THE RE. Not what you get by chance or ii in life, but what you gain by hoi successful. What are you doing t< I funds for future ne ds by slarvii THE FARMERS 1 M. L. RALEY, J. S. McGRE President Vice-] J DIRE ' F. D. Seller, J. S. I J T. H. Burch, I *71- - H) i i zreopi OF GHES Will Appreciate Your Basil ;! $200,( Oar customers and friends lii need of accommodation or yo I to see as. Guaranteed burj Let as show yoa this wonder. R. B. LANEY, President CHAS. P. MANGUM, Cashier I. I Rank ef X The Oldest, Larg Bank in Ghes 4 Par Cant. Paid on Savings D< Saa C. C. Doug] R. E. Rivars, Prasidant. M. J. Hough, Vica-Prasidant. IThe Best Familv Rer 9 Because it woi u remedies have c< I IsL I Chesterfield 1 9 D. H. DOUGLASS, President W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. 9 ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, F 10 e and Save Money I MANAGER WANTED?Exclusive contract, resident representative, ' (farmer preferred) advertising farm agicultural equipment for( large manufacturer. No investment required. Must have highest bank referencs. Box 212, Atlanta, Ga. AL TEST I lheritance, not what you start with | testy is what will make you truly i > bettei condition*? Accumulate j j ig a savings account HERE NOW. SANK, RUBY,S.C. I GOR, MISS ALICE BURCH ?resident Assistant Cashier CTORS j Smith, J, S. McGregor j M. L. Raley, les' ifyank j, TBRFIBLD ] less. Total Resources Oyer j moo ! r slped as to do this. When in a have money to deposit, come jlar proof and fire proof safe. j A cordial welcome awaits yon G. K. LANEY, V?President J. A. CAMPBELL, Assist. Cashier il Iheaterfield [est and Strongest terf eld, S. C. i ipoiiti $1.00 Starts An Account U. | lass, Cashiar. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashiar R. T. Redfearn, Tiller I nedy rks when all other eased to work ife Insurance Loan $ Ins. Go. C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr. GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer. IEALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK I True | Detective Stories | J; TOEApRINTS | ^pyrifhl by The jwbealtr Syndicate, Inc. UD^T *'m n<T tsklng any chance* |j Jen! I kii>w that house like I know theVmside of this room. What do you suppose i Kut that Job as * furnace man for'M you don't think I like the work, do y0uV Just ten mlnates?thut's all I'li need. The safe's ?ver In one corner >of the bedroom, and the combination's ane j could work In aay sleep?one of those old-fashioned iff airs where you \an hear the tumblers drop clear across the room. "Besides," continued tlae mau known to his accomplices a^, "Lefty Joe," and to the police as one 0f the cleverest second-story men A the business, "this'U be the last lob I'll tackle. I promise you that. Wle'ii sink the stuff down at Uncle Able's\aru] make a getaway before the bullw know the place has been cleaned out.'l "It sounds all rlgh^n admltted the girl to whom the huri^jar was speak tng, "nut I've got a hufech that t^ere.g a allp-up somewhere, you'll be careful to wear those rubbfer gloves?" "Sure 1 will,' answered (|l(, other. "Foro, or whatever he^ caIhj i,iniseif, ain't goln' to find any! my pn^er marks all over the plactl jjo, nor any footprints either. 1 tell V, ou> jen, this Is a cinch. This time nSj^ wept we-u bo out In the sticks?soinL^yiigj-g where they don't know us?lantuD> a decent Job with no fear of built. Hurry up with those socks, will 1 y0U7 Don't bother to finish them. It tin't the first time that I've worn 'em f?n 0' holes." Shortly after ten o'clock! anyone who might have been watchlnL the fence which marked the end of jthe Phipps' property, would have seetV a shado^^l balance Itself for a moment, silhoutffflH ted against the dark gray then drop, noiselessly, lna^^H^^^H tfl the burglar-alarm wires which^^^^^^H previously charted. Lefty toward the house. the work of a jimmy open one of the wlndow^^^^^^^^ floor, and In almost less it takes to It, Joe was in room, spinning the combinatioi^^^^^|^| wall safe, sensitive ears for the click of the tumblers dropped into positiou. Less an hour later he was back in pouring his loot into Jennie's lmv# to Jay low for of days or he informed H H the pom-e skipped, theytt suspect me rlglHEMBB and try to ft Aic somethlng^^^^^JH a hard tmie proving it had my glove* on and my a soul saw me. So wt>l H girl, und I'm thVmgh?at least^H^^^H find another criln as easy as Ilut even as J?ie was speal^^BH^^H spector Joseph .A. Kaurot of Y ork detective fmee, was on o PhtppS'ltiBfrreturning early, had notfl H t'hlpps. The latter, after a ainliiutlon of the rlficd pnoned for the police, and some $10,000 bcciB B to bring Faurot, the flnger-i^^^^9|B pert, to the scene of the crlm^BB^^^f "Whoever broke In here kn^^^^^^Bj he was doing/' Match the it^B^^^^^ after he had examine^} the ho^^^^^^B the grounds. "It wasn't trick to open the safe, land ou^BH^B took good care to use 'rubber^H^^^E No linger prints anywhere house. Anything outside? B "Nothing at all, chief," rcpll^^^^|B| of the policemen who had nled the inspector. "Wlires aHHH and no footprints in sighk." B B "Hmmm," mused FaurVt, hlH B fixed meditatively on th| floor of the bedroom. ThAi he his head suddenly to one side^^^B^B trying to catch a clearer gllm^^^BB the light reflected from ahove. B B stant later he wus on his knees,^^^^^| Ing the floor with a powder wh^^^H^H produced from his pocket?a cot^^B^B | tion of mercury and chalk. strokes of a camel's huir bniB B eliminate the surplus powde^^^^^^B photographed the smudge pocket camera which he invarla^^B^^H "This an expert's job," \fl B nounced as he arose. "Hound up^Bn^B second-story mun in town, and gi^^^^^B ders that no one's to leave th^B^^^H without my itermisslon?iin>mu-fl B record, One by one, sis they were ^^^^B^B into headquarters, the suspect^^^^^^f were put through a strange After removing their shoes unifl^B prints of their toes were tnkei^^^^^B cisely us their finger prints viously been recorded. It took spec-tor less than five seconds to ol^B^B the release of each man, until he amitied the prints of the sixteenth prisoner. "Bring him In!" he ordered. Then, as Lefty Joe faced him defiantly, Faurot inquired mildly, "Where's the stuff you got from the I'hfpps' place last night, Joe? Oh, It's no use to register innocence. We've got the goods on you tills time. You wore rubber gloves, but you forgot that the humnn toe leaves a mark just us individual and distinct as the fingers. Your right sock had a hole In It lust night, so we found your visiting curd on the floor *1.^ * vi mc oiiuniy :iufr VOll Jeft." "l>ru .rttioit!" growled the prisoner. "Why didn't I let Jciin'o finish her darning?" J *RTHuR KNir.H1 Attora?T-*t-l Office in Courthouse CkoiUrAald. 9 C R. L. McMANUS ^ Dentist Cheraw, S. C. At Cbestereld, Monday A Pageland, Tuesday. At Mt. Croirhan, Wednesday morning