Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I The GhesUrfieM Advertiser fiol H. and FrM O. Hetrn | Editors PUBLISHED EVERY THUR89AY Subscription Rites: $1.50 s Year; |;# Ik mou'JLi, ?Z cents?Invariably in edvance. Entered as second-class matter at the postoftiee at Chesterfield, South ^ Carolina. ? CHILD LABOR LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL The efforts of Congress to outlaw child labor in factories seem destined to failure. The Supreme Court has just rendered a decision to the effect that tax on child labor products is invalid. Another law of Congress to prohibit minors from working in factories was also declared unconstitutional. This was decided several years ago and the late decision on the same lire seems to indicate that child labor in factories cannot be interferred with unless there is an amendment to the constitution and that would be almost impossible of accomplishment, as this is a matter that should be left to the individual state and not usurped by the Federal government. Some states have laws relating to child labor in factories that seem to be effective. It is thought that under the recent decision of the Supreme Court approximately $100,000 will have to be refunded by the government on taxes paid by others, now that the law has been held unconstittuional. More than 85 per cent, of the cotton mills of the south have eliminated children from their employ. LESSONIN DRY SWIMMING They are getting correspondence schools for very near everything that can be taught. The latest is an advertisement of correspondence swimming lessons. A very appropriate solgan for this would be: "My daughter, oh my daughter, hang your clothes on a hickory limb but don't go near the water." A FARMERS' LAND BANK The State of Georgia is to have a joint Land Bank to be established under the provisions of the Federal Farm Loan act. It will be located at Atlanta and will have a capital and aurplus of $300,000, to be increased as business warrants. This institution will enable farmers to borrow money at a low rate of in terest for periods of from five to forty years, at the option of the borrower. The bank will accumulate mortgages which will be deposited with the government and bonds engraved and supplied by the government will be sold to the public for a long term of years at low rates of intest, thereby benefitting the farmer and yield to the bank a substantial profit. These bonds will not be subject to federal, state, county or city taxes. McADOO STILL AT THE BAT In an address recently delivered before the Kansas State Democratic Convention Hon. VV. G. McAdoo made a very strong appeal in behalf oi Demcratic principles and policies as against the ruinous program now being being carried out in Congress b> the Republicans. In beginning his address Mr. McAdoo said: "The question which most immediately concerns the American people is prosperity. The business man is weary of restricted trade and high taxes. The farmer is worn iu a noit^.-^zle by heavy losses inflicted upon him through the merciless processes oi so-called deflation or 'normalcy.' Labor is tired of unemployment and would like something else to do thai: hunting for a job or fighting wagt reductions. The vast army of men and women of moderate salaries or small means who are dependent on good business for the opportunity to work are anxious for better times and sufficient pay to meet the cost of living. Everybody is tired of excessive railroad rate, of bad government, and, above all, of bad politics. The recent days of Democratic prosperity shini happily by contrast with these unhappy days of Republican 'normalcy. How to regain prosperity persistent ly demands an answer. Among th< most important essentials to its res toration are not alone the preserva tion but the increase of our foreigr trade; and along with that, reduc tion of taxation, a more equitable dis tribution of the tax burden, and i tariff law that will not destroy oui foreign markets. "Republican leaders at Washingtor seem to be obsessed with the idea thai it is to our advantage to isolate our selves from Europe politically ant economically. They have not only re fused to co-operate with other nation! restoring peace and order in Europe but they are engaged in passing t tariff law which will render still mort difficult, if not impossible, the main tenance of our foreign trade." It is gratifying to know that tht great War Treasurer, the man wht managed the finances in the mos1 perilous days of the great world war is doing his bit in showing up the ruinous policy of the party in power. THE MUSCLE SHOALS PROJECT Hon. Hoke Smith, former Georgia Senator, in a recent speech at the Southern Commercial Congress opposed the proposed government operation of the property, asserting it was never intended by the framers of our system of government that it should conduct a business. Having examined all private proposals for lease and pdrchas-j ot the \;'y<SPS "> ? * ' > ' *' V" .JVj*\Y . in none of them that broad recognition of the value of the property 8b a producer of fertilizers that is contained in the proposition of Henry Ford." Further amendment to the Ford proposal to perfect the plan of operation perhaps should be made, the speaker declared, "but I say without hesitation that I have more confidence in its successful operation bringing service to all the people, if it is leased to Henry Ford, who is to be aided in his work by Thomas A. Edison, than I have in any other disposition of it." SENATOR LANEY IS FOR RIGID ECONOMY ! The following appeared in a recent : issue of The Charleston News and Courier: Senator George K. Laney, of Chesterfield, announced candidate for Gov, ernor, today authorized the following is his platform of principles: 1' "In my announcement, recenitly made for Governor of South Carolina I stated that I would give to the people of South Carolina some of the propositions for which I stand. "In the first place?South Carolina is an agricultural State, and today we find the farmer in financial distress, and facing problems which are difficult of solution. This financial distress on the part of the farmer has caused stagnation along all business lines, therefore, it behooves all good citizens of whatever occupation, to contribute their best thoughts and energy to aid the farmer in the successful solution of these problems that confront him. A great many of them, along with other persons, are unable to pay their taxes at this time. "The thought that is uppermost in the minds of the people today in our State is rigid economy in the spending of the money of the taxpayers and the reform and readjustment of our system of taxation. As to the first proposition: I stand for an honest, economical, fair and righteous administration of the affairs of the government. We all know our govrnment and her institutions and schools must be reasonably maintained, but at the same time, in these distressing times, when the , farming interests of our State are so seriously threatened with disaster and ruin.it is necessary that rigid economy be exercised in the administration of i the affairs of our State government, and I pledge myself to such administration, if I should be the choice of the people for Governor. "As to the second proposition: I favor reform and readjustment of govern vi Atiiiuu in sucn a manner as to relieve as far as possible the , burden of taxation from real and personal property, and the distribution of this tax burden among all classes of property equally, and I also favor seeking other sources of revenue than real and personal property for means upon which to operate our government, maintain our schools and institutions and build our roads. In my opinion, new sources of revenue can be ascertained and worked out to such , extent that *ntr State government can be maintained almost, if not entirely, from such sources thus relieving land and personal property from taxation for State purposes, and it may be possible to extend this principle toward the assistance of running the county governments. The last General Assembly made great progress in that direction and broke the ice as it were in reforming our system of taxation breaking away, to a considerable ex, tent from the old method of the simrle tax system, and thus reducing the j State levy very considerably. Thif system needs to be worked out, and 1 continued along conservative lines j It is not right that real estate anc I personal properity shall continue tc I bear the burden of running the State, county, town and city governments, and maintaining our educational system and building roads, and such a system should no longer be continued. Other classes of property escaping ' taxation must bear their part of burden, and other sources of revenue should be found, and then the monej , thus derived should be spent in economical and conservative manner, consistent with the welfare of the State. "I favor the enforcement of law Without the enforcement of law, oui firesides are not safe, life, liberitj and property are not safe, and civilzation would vanish form our midst. r "I further favor the co-ordinatior of our State agencies as much as if possible in order to bring about ef ^ ficiency in the administration of the affairs of our government, j "I favor encouraging a friendly re lationship between labor and capital Each is dependent upon the other and whatever brings about a bettei ' understanding between the two, re dounds to the benefit of both and tc the public. "I stand for an adminstration that will be fair and just to all our people and to every interest in our State, and , may we have a resolute spirit, and a ' faith in ourselves, and in the future, that we may be victors over the troubles and crises that confront us." An unbroken flint arrowhead was 1 found imbedded three-quarters of an inch in the dorsal vertebra of an Indian skeleton found near Dublin, i Ohio, recently. This is proof that In arrows were fatal and caused more than flesh wounds. Another example found -in this region showed that an arrowhead had penetrated in en In MATTRESS UNSAFE FOR MONEY I The bank is the woman's (food ' friend and she should open an account and keep adding to it. The habit of tucking a few dollars here and a few there is bad. A thousand things may happen to it. The following is taken from this morning's paper but it might just as well be about your savings as his if . B you keep your money at home. 0 "Will Jones, an industrious man, a who work a farm just outside of town 1 i r and his wife, Maude, are poorer but (| wiser today from the loss of $810 that v went up in smoke when their house " burned last nicrht. "They had worked hard and saved their money, gradually adding a dolla ar or two to the pile, until quite a tidy t sum had been stuffed in the old mat- e tress, which was the only bank they I trusted. 0 "At last they had enough for their '' supreme purpose?that of building J another floor and remodeling their house. Today Will intended taking f the money to M. G. Brown for lumb- 0 er, but providence acts in queer and ^ mysterious ways, especially for Will a and Maude for last night a blaze took a their entire savings and they now sad- a ly regret that they had not put it in 0 the bank, where 'money is safe from ? fire' or least where some one else is responsible." Had Will and Maude put their t money in the bank it would have { grown to the extent of $160 to $200. s It would have been practically safe from fire. a Their lives would have been safer, * for thieves are often desperate men. 1 It would have been a pleasant ex- Jj cuse to go to town to deposit the ^ money. l; It would have been an incentive to ^ save for others to help them. 2 Will and Maude would have had a b little home for their declining years. "It is a wise person who profits by o the mistakes of others."?The Pro- c gressive Farmer. 6 TURKEY IN THE COTTON 8 Mr. W. W. Pusser, of New Salem township, has discovered that turkeys ^ are the best machines yet invented t with which to fight the boll weevil. Mr. Pusser states that last year he |< had 35 or 40 turkeys on his farm and b that in the fields in which the turkeys u operated there were no boll weevils ' to be found, while in his other fields J there were plenty of them. This year s he will raise many more than last f year. He also says that a few years ago the army worm hit a corq field and for a time it appeared as though they would ruin it, but when the turkeys learned what was going on they made a charge upon the worm and put thpm ontirnlv nuf nf Knoinnoo ? * ?? ? * v*j vmv vta. uuoiuvoa nun an < a short time.?Monroe Enquirer. S. C. S. S. A. AT COLUMBIA I MONDAY, JUNE 19 i Spartanburg, June 14.?Watson B. . Duncan, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Cheraw, is expected to be the principal speaker at a County Offii cer's banquet for state, county and district Sunday School Association officials which is to be given at the Jefferson Hotel in Columbia on Monday | evning, June 19, the day preceding i the opening of the annual convention > of the South Carolina Sunday School . Association at the University of South Carolina. It is announced at headquarters of , the South Carolina Sunday School ? Association in Spartanburg, that a banner will be given to the county . with the largest number of delegates ! present in proportion to the distance . traveled to the State Convention. The 5 number present is multiplied by miles | in arriving at the winner of the ban, ner. Keen competition iamong the | counties of the state for this banner , will be had. Spartanburg, Greenville, ( Hampton, Dorchester and Berkeley ( were among the leading counties in . the competition last year. Marshall Woodson, one of the mn?t popular loaders of convention chorus music in the state is to lead the music . at the state Sunday School convention | ; this year. It is stated that all register- | r ed delegates will be furnished with i . the official convention song-book , which will contain the old and famil? iar gospel hymns that everybody knows and loves. BOB-WHITE AN ENEMY r OF CORN ROOTWORM The bob-white eats; the adults or beetles of the corn root worm which i lay the egg1? that later bee,me larv?> i or worms and infect, the corn. As . many as 1? of the beetles, according i ; of the Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agricul. ture, have been found in the stomach . of one bob-white. The red-headed , woodpecker, nighthawk, cardinal, kingbird and phoebe also eat the bee. ties and reduce the damage by the ^ > ouumerii curn rooiworm. ; JAIL SENTENCE IMPOSED i FOR VIOLATING BIRD LAWS That there are strong teeth in the ^ , law protecting migratory birds was , demonstrated recently by the Federal judge of the eastern district of Arkansas when he sentenced to four months in jail a violator brought bei fore him on the charge of selling wild ducks. This is the twelfth jail sentence imposed for infraction of the migrutory bird treaty act, the sen- * tences ranging from five days to six months. The States where jail sentences had' previously been imposed are Arkansas, Connecticutt, Florida, > Illinois, New Jersey, South Carolina * and Virginia. The act is admin if tered Stories of . Great Scouts "-<?> O. WMttrn Newspaper Union. MAJOR SAM McCULLOUGH'S LEAP FOR LIFE Fort Henry was a little stockade ullt for tbe protection of the settlers f West Virginia against the British nd Indians during tbe War of the (evolution. It stood on the Ohio Iver near the present site of Wheeltig. In the summer of 1777 when It t'ss besieged by a strong force of savges, MaJ. Sam McCullough, a noted order lender, left Fort Pitt at the end of 40 men to raise the siege. Coming In sight of the fort, McCulough's men made a dash for the gates nd passed through them In safety, albough the Indians made a desperate ffort to cut them off. Major McCulough held back to cover the retreat f his men until they were safely wlthn Its walls and delayed so long that he redskins succeeded In getting beween him and the fort. Setting* spurs to his horse, the anger leader dashed for a hill back f the fort. At Its top he met another iand of Indians and at the same time i third group approacjied him from mother direction. The Indians were iow on three sides of him. On the ither was a high precipice projecting ?ver Wheeling creek, 300 feet below, rhe ranger was cornered. The Indians raised a yell of triumph is they closed In on him. But when hey saw McCullough turn his horse ownrd the clIfT, they stopped In imazement. Urging his horse to a dead run, the cout dashed toward the precipice. At he brink of the chasm he drove honfe he spurs and as his mount flew Into he air braced himself In the saddle. The first leap was a clear drop of 50 eet, but both horse and rider were inlnjured as they landed on the steep >ank. Then slipping and sliding for ' 150 feet more, They came to the creek iottom. As the Indluns rushed to the edge f the precipice expecting to see the rushed forms of horse and man far >elow, they were nstonlshed at the lght of the major, still upright In the addle, plunging Into the creek and Iding up the other side to safety. Vlthln n few hours he was back at 'ort Pitt, organizing n larger expedlIon to march to Fort Henry. Five years later as Major McCulough and his brother were riding long a road near Van Metre'R fort, insuspectlng danger, they rode director Into an Indian ambush. This time ' IcCullough's horsemanship could do ilm no good. A dozen Indian rifle hots rang out and Sam McCullough ell dead. I "VAMPS" WHO I MADE HISTORY 2 Br JAMES C. YOUNG. ? l(fc) by McClure Newapapar Syndicate.) FROM TAVERN MAID TO EMPRE88. PICTURE to yourself a tenth century wineshop lu Constantinople, '.lien called Byzuntlum. Imagine that the door Is flung open and a party of jay blades enter. They are led by Romanus, son of the emperor. They Irtnk, and Romanus admires the tavern teener's rltincrliter In 950 this same girl, Theophano, was married to Komanus, his Imperial rather being an indulgent man who apparently cured little whom Ills son wed. Hut the mother and five sisters of llomanus scorned the tavern maid. In 50 the emperor died, supposedly of poison administered through the agency of his son and Theophano. now become greedy of honors. Romanus wus a profligate and Theophano evidently suspected that she might be put aside. So she cast her pyes upon Nlcephorus T'hocas the greatest soldier of his time and a power in the state. The two conspired together. Komanus died In 9d3, at the uge of twenty-four, and the historians hint that Ills wife poisoned him. Then she had Pbocas proclaimed emperor, and a second time became empress of Byzantium. This brought on a contest with the church, which refused to sanction the marriage. But the vampire wus a woman of wit as well as seduction, mid she helped her new lmperlnl husband to nmlntuln himself. Phocas won notable victories against the Saracens and greatly extended the power of Byzantium. Theophano tired of him and looked about for new conquests. She cast her favor upon Zlinlskes, nephew of the emperor, and a gurtant young soldier. Once more her conspiracy took shape, and Phocas was assas- i slnated. Then the church demanded | imii /..niiiHKt's utive xueopnano roriii from the palace before his self-proclaimed accession to the purple would be recognized. To the consternation of Theophano, he promptly agreed and she was bundled off to a prison. But the wily vampire who had risen from the tavern to a throne still preserved her cunning, and It was not long until Zlmiskea also passed away, a poison victim. Theophano's two sons by her first husbrnl divided the empire and she returned to the palace. History falls to i-ecord further activities on her part L F. 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G. t i i a 4 Per Cent. Paid oa Saving* Deposit*. $1.00 Start* An Account Sea U* C. C. Douglas*, Cashiar. R. E. Rivera, President. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashiar M. J. Hough, Vice-President. R. T. Redfearn, Tiller ? I The Best Family Remedy Because it works when all other S remedies hare ceased to work I Is Life Insurance 5S * ' mm I Chesterfield Loan 8 Ins. Co. I D. H. DOUGLASS, President C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr. W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice. Pres. GEO. W. EDD1N8, Treasurer. M ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT. HEALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK B , . INSURANCE figure* and tin* Roroll dfd not form a i>nrt of any government currency or bond Issue and tbat, as federal funds could not be used except In the Rearch for counterfeiters of money or government bonds, Drummond could not be permitted to handle the corp. Accordingly, all the data was tur % >d over to the New York police, and Brockwny dropped out of sight for nearly a year, until a rumor was passed along from Washington that the master counterfeiter was working on some coup which would be the biggest of his career. Drummond knew where to And Brnckvray, hut the secret service men had to work under a handicap, because the ex-eonvlct appeared to nave an uncanny way of knowing Just when he was being followed. Then he wouhJ slip and twist nnd turn and lose himself, no matter how many men wers trailing him. As a last resort Drummond enlisted the services of his son, a hoy of ten, whom he sent to the elevated station at Twenty-eighth and Sixth avenue, with Instruction to play around there untii he received a signal frcrn trro of the operatives. Brockway, not dreaming tliut the secret service had begun to use children as detectives, waa unsuspicious and the boy followed him until he entered the St. James, hotel, at tut* corner or i weniy-sixtn ana Broadway. With that much of tha trail already blazed, It wa* easy ta pick up the rent, and within a few days Dmmmond was notified that tha counterfeiter divided hla time between the St. James and a house on Lexln* ton avenue. His associates were tws men of about his own age, men whom Drummond recognised an Lewis Martin and Nathan Foster, both of them proficient In nil branches of the work connected with the manufacture and i passing of counterfeit money. But even then Chief Brookes of tha secret service, declined to allow Drummond to handle the case officially, h? cause all the Indications pointed to a plot to counterfeit railroad bonds, rather than United States currency, f nmo At.l.. Y~ ?A ? i i. IIP .MIIJT TOUCH ???i?|?*Tvii?r nyrim of the New York police force. askd permission to use Prummond hr * private agent that Washington permitted him to continue with the c?Re. Using the proof of the "$1,000 j ?croil" as a foundation, Drummon J sen relied through all the prominent bond iRsuea listed on Wall street. untM he found Its counterpart?the central portion of the honds of jhe Centra! Pacific railroad. Armed with this Information, which wns essential to the securing of a definite and specific warrant, Drumtnond raided the house on Lexington avenue and Martin's room at the St, James' hotel. There, In addition to dies, seals and tracing paper, he found fifty-seven counterfelt $1,000 Central Paclfls honds, all of which were so perfectly executed that one of the officers of the company snld he would not have had the least hesitation of cashing the coupons. 11 rock wry had slipped up on only one detail, the choice of a printer to pull the proofs, but this slip cost hlra five years In the penitentiary I J. ARTHUR KNIGHT Alt*rM7>?t-La? Office in CcwtkMM Chesterfield. ft. C. R. L. McMANUS Dentist Cheraw, 8. G. At Cheatereld, Monday A Pageland, Tncaday. At Mt. Crogfean, Wednesday msmlng ???W???0?^M?OM?<M? ? -" True i: "| Detective Stories : THE FINAL DETAIL ;; ?prrl(bt by Tk* Whitlir Syndloat*. Inc. w rHE annals of crime disclose a surprisingly large percentage of cases In which the criminal, havng spent months or even years In luilding up the superstructure of his icheiue, makes a fatal blunder In conlection with some apparently unim>ortant detail?a blunder which vrecks his entire plan and brings his Operations to the attention otf the luthorltles. ' For example, the chances were more :han a thousand to one that William Jrockway, counterfeiter, being desirous >f securing a proof of a plate on which he was working, would select i printer who was not a personal friend of a prominent detective. But -hnnce, which so often plays a leading role even In true detective stories, directed htm to a man who knew AL#. Drummond, of the United States Secret Service, well enough to call him by hts first name. "This man came Into my place yesterday afternoon," reported the printer, "and wanted some proofs pulled of a plate which he had with him. I took one look at the plate and told him to come back today?said my machinery was out of order. He didn't leave the plate, but he didn't have ?o. I saw what It was?the figure 91,000, surrounded by a lot of scroll work, "If he returns today," directed Prummond, "pull his proofs for him and hold one of them for me. A couple of my men will be oqtslde your shop, so signal them and they will follow your customer," The plan worked according to schedule and, shortly after receiving a proof of the mysterious plate, Drummond got word from his operatives that they had trailed the suspect to a house on Greenwich street. In addition, one of the government agents had recognized him as William F. Brockxvay known to be the most expert counterfeiter In the country and the man who had achieved fame by manufacturing $10(1.000 worth of bonds which the Treasury department had accepted as genuine?only to reverse Its opinion some weeks tater. Druiiunond accordingly made a report of the entire matter to Washington, nnd forwarded a proof of the plate which Brock way had In his possession. To his amazement, the treasury officials stated that the