University of South Carolina Libraries
W lie dorterfield Advertiser if * 11 m ?g fint EL Mid Fred O. Hearn Editors VUBLISHSD EVERY THURSDAY J, Subscription Rates: $1.60 a Year; 1 lx nftutL, 73 cents.?Invariably In fi t Entered as second-class matter at the ( postofllee at Chesterfield, South t Carolina. X , t THE PROPOSED TARIFF BILL * In forming an estimate of the tariff ' bill that the Republicans in Congress ; are preparing to foist upon the country there is no better source of information than the judgment of Hon. F Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama's Senior Senator. He is the author of the present tariff, the tariff that bears p his name. In a recent article in the r New York Times Senator Underwood described the proposed tariff in very plain terms. He says that it is the worst tariff in the country's history. That the ratio of taxation are higher and less defensible than any that have ever been proposed by any Congress in the history of America. A few paragraphs are quoted from Senator Underwood's severe arraignment of the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill: "It is undoubtedly the most prohibitive tariff bill that has ever been proposed in the American Congress, id the rates of taxation are higher id less defensible than any that have ever been presented to us in the past. It looks as if those charged with the responsibility of writing the bill have accepted unqualifiedly the rates proposed by the special interests desiring protection and have not given consideration to the resultant effect on the general business of the country or the burdens that must be borne by the consumers of America. Should the bill become a law, the American people will find this out in time, but it will be after they have paid the price of the experiment." Referring to the claim that the proposed tariff helps the farmer, Mr. Underwood says: "That for every dollar the farmers may derive from the bill they will pay $100 in taxes for the benefit of somebody else. In other words, for very 1 per cent, of protection they are given they pay 99 per cent, of protection ior the benefit of other p?ople. I do not think there is any question about that. "Let us examine the steel and iron schedules. I do not believe that the agricultural masses of this country will approve a tariff bill which proposes prohibitive taxes on the raw materials from which their plows, their trace chains, their agricultural Implements of all kinds are made. When the pTesent law was written it was my view that as to heavy goods in the iron and steel schedule the great American industry was full grown and able then, as now, to fight its own battles in any market in the world." As long as there is to be a prohibitive tariff, it should not be a one sided tariff, or as the Atlanta Constitution I puts it: "As enactment of an undemocratic high p.otective tariff bill apparently is inevitable the industries of the south should be placed on an even footing with those of the rest of the country in the enjoyment of the protection for which it provides. "If the bill is going to pass anyhow, why should the south be discriminated against and deprived of whatever spe*" ] cial benefits the industries of the country may derive from it?" iu iic.ninE.11 cnmtt News comes from China that General Wu Pei Fu threatens to cut ofT , """the head of the War Lord Chang Aso Lin if he persists in opposing tho unification of China. It is said that when a bank fails in China they cut off the cashier's head and it is aiso stated that there are not many hank failures in China. All of which accords with Bret Hart's lines: "For ways that are dark And tricks that are vain, The heathen Chine is peculiar." EX-KAISER BILL WRITES A BOOK While the world thought the exkaiser was sawing wood and saying nothing he has been writing a book? his autobiography. It was finished a few days ago. A remarkable fact in this connection is that publishers and ( publishers' agents raced across the ocean to put in bids for publication rights of the ex-kaiser's book. So keen ^ was the competition that it is stated that several million dollars will be realized by Kaiser Bill for his book. | Job said, "Oh that mine enemy ( would write a book." The ex-kaiser has written one and will be able to feather his nest quite ' warmly. YE FARME COSS1PE j Hard times make better farmers. t Do you like your drinkincr water "" " ~ * s fresh? So do the other animals. ( After all, the best Muscle Shoals v for the production of nitrogen is r broad fields of legumes on every farm. v _____ c It looks as if Mr. B. Weevil is get- ' ting ready to do a big "sharecrop" business with cotton farmers this u year. a it Whitewash on the farm is like a charity; it covers a multitude of ugly a i : i i ? ull of relaxation and good exercise p or the "tired business man." tl But what shall it profit a farmef a o grain a maximum yield and lose his r fhole profit through unorganized sell- r ngr? i s "There's a good time a-coming, I >oys." The State Short Course for c 'lub Boys is not far off. ? 1 In 15 Southern States 14,690 coun- s ry homes were screened agftinst flies t ind mosquitoes last year as a result i >f efforts of extension workers, i Make it 14,691 without delay. * t If we remember that most people I in South Carolina are not drinking i enough milk, maybe that will help < along our infant dairy industry, now I on its first legs. t In the case of soys you can hardly "spill the beans," for its an easy, inexpensive, safe crop to grow and has many uses. If you doubt it, write for Extension Circular 36, "Soy Beans," just issued. And finally, bretheren, don't get too busy these very busy days on the farm to lean on the fence and look at a sunset and the "quiet-colored end of evening." WANTED?1 want school teachers high school graduates to write me about our summer school and free tuition. M. H. Bowen, President Bowen's Business College, Columbia, S. C., Phone 6810. ltp SIMPLY DOING GOOD It matters not whose child you are, Nor boots it big what be your breed If you are pure and good by far, And hate to hurt and crush and mar, Your soul shines pedigreed! What matters showy pomp of place Or silly boasting of your caste? The lowly beggar win His grace If he can look Him in the face? Ah, sometimes first is last! God holds no favorite plan, but one, And that is j urs or mine at will: The Master's blessed, "Child, well done," Comes to the toiler in the sun As to the court crowned hill! I hate the fleeting shallow sham Whose soul is bittered to the poor; Who lives and breathes and struts "I am," Whose a eakling pride but lives to damn? All humble are the pui*e! The saints of God were born in toil, With fawning gift of place withstood ; Whom glided honors could not spoil, WHn urninnf ? ? *1? -1 ... u..h Uic uai vcnl J.IUII1 Lilt." SUll By simply doing good! James Edwin Kerr The State. WASHINGTON LETTER By Wallace Bassford Washington, D. C , Juno 19.?When Oscar Underwood, of Alabnia, was in the House of Representatives he Luilt up a great reputation as an expert on the tariff; he became Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means and his name became fastened on the tariff law which his committee compiled and put through the House. Under that measure the country enjoyed the greatest prosperity it ever knew, and it remained for the greed of American manufacturers to nnct fault with the law. Mr. Underwood is now the Democratic leader in the Senate. He has written for the New York Times, the greatest Democratic newspaper of this time, a long article on the proposed tariff law now before the Senate. Space forbids its use in full, but here are some of the most pertinent paragraphs: "I have always opposed in princi-| pie the theory of protection, and have leaned strongly to the idea that customs should be levied primarily in the interest of revenue for the Government, and that all rates of taxation should be so adjusted as to allow a reasonahle inflow e wj gui>ua IIUII1 abroad in order that the Custom House might have an opportunity to take its toll as they passed through and some degree of competition might be established. I have never contended that, in the interest of a revenue tariff, it is necsasry to bring about des- ' tructive competition, but a tariff that fixes the rates of taxation so high as to practically prohibit foreign goods 1 from entering the American market at 1 all has been abhorrent to my idea of the proper use of the taxing power of 1 tho Congress of the United States. 1 Outstrips All Other Bills > "The Democratic Party is often ( charged with being a free trade par- 1 ;y. So far as I know from the begin- x ting the Democratic Party has never 1 ihandoned the system of raising taxes it the Custom House. There are free raders in the Democratic Party and I 1 lave known of some in the Republican 1 'arty. As I understand it, the posi- I1 ion of the Democratic Party is that c axes levied at the Custom House v hould be for revenue purposes only, ' hat the Custom House is a place vhere revenue may be obtained to un the Government, and that it pro- ? ides a < oni'i srent way of raising a ^ ertain amount of revenue, that if a " evenue tax be levied at the Custom louse in such a way that it does not nduly stifle competition from abroad, nd the nersnn * ?" J pnyrt IV l?.-i?uy pays ; to the Government, it is a reason- a r ble way to raise revenue. But when tax levied so high that very few j nports come in?and if imports do * ofc pass through the Custom House * . 4. \ ' ' rice, which goes into the pockets of fie home producer. "The effect of protective tariff laws, , s distinguished from tariffs for revelue only, has been to rob the great ? tiass of the American people and to increase the profits ofa few. I hear of ocialism and communism condemned, do not believe in either, but it is disrimination on the part of the Gov;rnment against the masses of the leople for the benefit of the few that ows the seed from which prows the ree of discontent, and discontent ,vhen brought about by unjust laws eflects on the whole system of Gov?rnment. 1 believe that the great pow;rs of the Government are intended to j >e used only for the benefit of all the >eople, not for the promotion of special interests, and I care not whether those special interests come out of .he fields of agriculture or arise from ihe smokestacks of a steel mill. "When the present law was written not only were all kinds of fertilizer, which are imported into the United States and are valuable in the development of agriculture, placed on the free list, but binding twine for the man who raises wheat in the west and ties and bagging for the farmer whose , basic crop is cotton were likewise placed on the free list. Under this bill they propose to put these things back on the tax list and there is no evidence that either of these industries has suffered from outside competition under the existing law. Some of the fertilizers coming into this market and many of the commodities from j which fertilizers are made also will be taxed, under the proposed law. I | am confident that the farmer will not be long in finding out these things. The items 1 have cited are simply illustrative. Others which concern the welfare of agriculture can be found all through the bill." AMERICAN LEGION NOTES As the time for the State Convention of the American Legion draws near the members of the various posts are laying plans to attend. It is expected that some very novel features will be staged in connection with the State Convention. Mr. J. P. Gibson, Jr., of Bennettsville, advises that his post will send a large delegation to the State Convetnion and that they expect to go over in a box car. This is a good idea and should result in a large attendance from Bennettsville. It is hoped that other Posts in the otate will cievise some novel scnemes for attending the convention and thereby help to create more interest in Legion matters. The second annual June festival staged at Bennettsville for the benefit of the Legion was a pronounced success from every angle. All elements tend toward a real event were present, as evidence by the cosmopolitan gathings and the holiday spirit prevailing. The festival was arranged by the ladies of Bennettsville for the benefit of the Legion. Following the big event Bennettsville Post adopted a resolution thanking the ladies for the splendid success of the affair. Mr. N. W. Eddens, Commander and Mr. C. G. White, Adjutant, are loud in their praise of the manner in which the festival was carried out. Miss Isadore Hamer was elected and crowned Duchess of Marlboro. It was one of the most attractive features of the festival and created much interest. A meeting of the State executive committee will be held at the department headquarters in Columbia, in the near future according to advice Department Adjutant. Ex-service men and women who should be considered for medals of honor, distinguished service crosses and distinguished medals for meritorious services during the world war will be considered for these awards until April l!)2:i, by a special act of Congress passed upon the recommendation of the Military Affairs Committee of the American Legion. RpIWtl't g futmimr ! n L\ notiAnnl T n *V|/X/1 V>J VWUIIII^ II1LU lltl llUIItll Lit*" tcion headquarters from every section of the country indicate that American Legion Membership Day, July 1, will be eminently successful. Each Legionnaire has been asked by National Commander Hanford McNider to get at least one new member for the services men's organization on that day. A squad of her comrades of the American Legion fired a last volley over the grave of Lillian Russell,world famous opera star, at her burial in Pittsburg. By official warrant in the vorld war, Miss Rusell held the rating of gunnery sergeant. The names of soldier dead from various states of the Union will be buried in Mammoth Cave near Glasgow, Kentucky, by the Kentucky American Legion. It will place a monunent in the cave, at the base of which vill be a sealed stone box containing he names of the dead. A sheet, pillow case or towel was l < ? rit* price oi admission to an enterainment given by the American Lecion Auxiliary at Wildwood, N. J., to icquire needed linen for sick and vounded soldiers confined in a New ersey hospital. Planning to cover a total distance f 4,500 miles, Donald F. Chase, rominent American Legion worker f Reno, Nev., has started to New 'ork on a bicycle. He expects to visit ,merican Legion posts on the way. Doughboys, gobs, and marines, who ttend the American Legion national lonventior. in New Orleans October 6 to 21, may obtain a "bunk" for 1.50 a day, as a r< suit of an agree* tent between representatives of aev- < aaiaii .'JPE-1'1!" 1 ini ' ii Making Honey Few people realize the enormous effort required to make a single pound of honey. In a pound jar, a recnt authority tells us, there is concentrat ed essence of 60,000 flowers. To make a pound of clover honey the bees must take nectar from 62,000 blossoms and make 2,700,000 visits in getting it. Often the journey from the hive to the flower and back is as much as two miles, so that the making of a pound of honey. In a pound jar, a recent aggregate more than 5,000,000 miles. 9 "I am grieved to hear,my boy," said father, "that you have been telling falsehoods. Always tell the truth,even if it would bring trouble upon you. Will you promise to do that?" "Yes, father," replied the boy. "All right. Now go and see who ii thumping and banging at the door. II its the landlord tell him I'm out." CARD OF THANKS We take this method of thanking oui friends for their many kindnesses shown us during the sickness ant death of our baby, David Gerald. Mat the Lord in His greatness bles asm comfort each and every one. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Huntley. 1 "VAMPS" WHO I | MADE HISTORY | By JAMES C. YOUNG. | t? by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) THE QUEEN OF GEW-GAWS. WHEN Napoleon returned from It aly after the campaign of 1797 which made hliu famous, a group o the prettiest women in Paris gatliorei around the new conqueror. None o them were more bewitching than hi own sister, Pnulette. When man; women were striving to reach hlgl station, Paulette had Just one mlssloi ?tine clothes and a gay time. She turned so many heads that tin account has been lost. Then Napoleoi forced General Leclere to marry her The little Paulette continued to he he same had eelf. Leclere failed In i campaign against Portugal. Napoleoi saw his chance and packed both o them off to Santo Domingo, nlthougl Pnulette rolled at Ills feet and tor her hair. Leclere died In Santo Domingo, am back came Paulette to Paris. Napoh on provided her with a husband b force a second Wine, lie was Prlnc Camilla Borghese of Koine. But she and the prince did not ge on well. In Rome Paulette met th great sculptor Cauova, and posed fo his reclining statue of Venus. Napoleon had himself proclaimed emperor and Pnulette hastened bac to take her place near him. The prlnc had become insufferable to her. Nil poleon kindly sent him off to a dli tnnt army command. And Paulett threw herself into a succession of lov affairs. Generals, actors, musician! even a valet, were numbered anion her intimates. This conduct cause so much talk that she and Napoleo constantly were at outs. On one o< caslon he dressed her down with cane. She wa? said to have originate the idea of milk baths, and her batl room became familiarly known n "Paillette's dairy." But the traged of 1814 cut short her gay ways an she accompanied Napoleon to Elbi Paulette had one stanch love In In life?for Napoleon. When he lie from Elba in 1815 she Insisted that 1 take her Jewels, and even sold hi j drosses lo help raise muds. The jewe ' were In Napoleon's carriage at Wnte loo. Then lie went to Helena. I'auleti lived until 1825, dying at forty-fou When the end came she called for mlivji. looked at herself, and sui "I am ready to die. 1 aui still beuul ful." HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS DE OLE OMAN MOPPED UP WID ME D?S MAWNIM' EN DEN SAY SHE THU WID ME, EN AHLL TELL D? WORL' AH 5UTNV LO_OKS LAK AHS THU wid ?????J CopyrtgM, 1920 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate A. F. .DAVIS MARKET Th<- Finest Fresh Meats The Best Fancy Groceries High Grade Canned Goods The Best of Everything for the Table A. F.DAVIS MARKET EYES EXAMINED Neglect mny prove serious. Have your eyes examined and glasses fitted. Office in place of residence en Green street. N" f", ,TT fflMMftei.?I t Every Ounce of Power Needed So does other work such as heavy hauling or plowing. But you can't get the most work from your mules and horses unless they are fed right. What is it worth to you to have your horses or mules in the "pink" of condition. Their skins will be glossy, their eyes bright and they'll stand erect and firm. You get the extra ^,-* : power you need for heavy work. Thousands of teamsters and 'g BLB jd"i| 1 farmersevery where have found that ^?TpS^rvlH f Purina O-Molene feed actually puts ^lH^URIN^UIu 1 horses in just such condition de- - A.Mfij rufr scribed to haul heavier loads, and it for /a* costs no more to feed. O^horsesX^i 1 Call up today and learn more R ' about this specially prepared feed. fLgajfe'K.A-5i Lots of people you know are using iYim A O-Molene feed. ' W. P. ODOM ; I THE REAL TEST 3 ! I y Not what you get by chance or inheritance, not what you start with 11 in life, but what you gain by honesty is what will make you truly ' successful. What are you doing to better conditions? Accumulate a funds for future ne-ds by starting a savings account HERE NOW. j THE FARMERS BANK, RUBY,S.C. ! M. L. RALEY. J. S. McGREGOR, MISS ALICE BURCH f President Vice-President Asristawt1 Cashier fi I B DIRECTORS F. D. Seller, * J. S. Smith, J. S. McGregor j I T. H. Burch, M. L. Raley, I y j c _ j ffhe S'eepUif' iftank OF CHESTERFIELD i- Will Appreciate Your Business. Total Resources Over ; ! $200,000.00 s Our customers and friends helped us to do this. When in ?. need of accommodation or you have money to deposit, come to see us. Guaranteed burglar proof and fire proof safe. ,] Let us show you this wonder. A cordial welcome awaita von iR. B. LANEY, President G. K. LANEY, V.-President CHAS. P. MANGUM, J. A. CAMPBELL, | . Cashier Assist. Cashier '?! == ; ii ?:?i . jftank of 'Chesterfield (1 The Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank in Chesterfield, S. G. 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits. $1.00 Starts An Account See Us C. C. Douglass, Cashier. R. E. Rivers, President. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier M. J. Hough, Vice-President. R! T. Redfearn, Tiller i " " ~ II I The Best Family Remedy I Because it works when all other , I remedies have ceased to work I Is Life Insurance I Chesterfield Loan & Ins. Co. 9 D. H. DOUGLASS, President C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr. 9 W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. GEO. W. EDD1NS, Treasurer. 9 ALSO FUtK, ACCIDENT. HEALTH. HAIL, LIVE STOCK 9 - f I'n'i si iV57?;' * $* ' ???mm?oM?MMOM#<>?v .1! ' True ' : \\ i! Detective Stories : ; FOURTH DEGREE : Copyright by th? WhMbr yidbdt, l? TJBRK web but little doubt la tbe mind of Thomas Byrnes, superintendent of police in New York city, that Louis Hanler had been murdered for the sake of the money that he was carrying \tlth him at the time. The little Frenchman had been the proprietor of a cafe, and, haying a ^ fear of the banks of America, had'tfoe habit of carrying hundred* of dollars in his wallet until the opportunity presented .ltsejf of purchasing an international money order. One morning he was found dead in the vestibule of his home, a J8 caliber bullet through his heart, and his pocketbook missing. That was all Byrnes had to work upon, for there were no Indications whatever of the persons who had committed the crime. The dispatch with which the matter had been handled, :t appeared to point to a .professional i . criminal, sb Byrnes gave .prdera that all the pawnshops in New York were to he closely watched, and reports made to him of the pawning of any .38 caliber revolvers. Investigation of the doaen or mora 88's pawned during the week which followed the Hanler shooting, showed that all but one of them had been pledged by persons who very evidently had no connection with the murder. The single exception was one Michael MeGloln, whom the pawnbroker In question Identified by means of his photograph In the Rouges' gallery. McGloln's gun had been pawned on the morning after the murder, gnd, - while the police had little difficulty I, In locating (he man himself, there was not a shred of evidepce to connect j him with the Ilanler case, beyond the g ; fact that he hu^l been absent from j home on the night of the shooting In ! the company of four of his boon companions. Quietly, ami without allowing a word of his Intentions to leak out, Byrnes rounded up the quintet one Iat n time, none of them knowing that the others were being arrested. Bach of them was lodged In a cell hy himself and questioned closely ns to his | actions and his whereabouts at the time of the murder. In spite of the fact that Byrnes had definite Information that the five men had been together. each of them told a different story, and each claimed to have been alone, at n considerable distance from the Hauler house. "It's no use, inspector," said one of ^ the policemen who had been working on the case about a week after the five men had been picked up, "you jj can't get a thing out of 'em. They | know, all right, but you can't convict ? ' any of 'cm without a confession?and I we've tried everything, Including the /'third degree.'" "Very we!!," said Byrnes nnletlr. "we'll have to try the fourth degree." "Fourth degree? What's that?" I "Just u little was of getting at the truth when u man wants to hoid out on you," was Bymea' answer. "You think there's no doubt that McGloln's the inun? Have him brought to this office tomorrow m?*rnlng, promptly at ten o'clock." MctilWn. sullen the wllfl >n"^HH^^M||j^M| in 1'J^H^^V Srfl it )'!< ?i'H||H^H|^BH a ^BBBV^BKHl^^^nHpO^^^^^1 riKJ^^aldMcOloln's funo^Tn^ln-^ * spebtor's desk and walked out. "Neat little boy," remarked Byrne*, picking up the revolver. "Ever aee It before?" "Never," growled McQloIn. , "I thought not," was the reply. "It's the gun that Hanler, the Frenchman, was shot with. We've Anally got a line on that case, after working on It ; for over a month. Found a man who was a witness of the ahootlng?" II At this moment, by a prearranged I signal, one of Mcfiloln's partners was I inarched past the corridor window. m. trr?, fonunuen ttyrnes, appearing not to notice ttie gunman's agitation, "and we've also found a man who was present"?at which the second of the quintet was ushered past the window? "and two others who have confessed their part In the robbery but who claim that the man who flred the shot was ..." "Stop It, for God's sake, chief1" cried the hnlf-crazed man In the chair, his nerves shattered by the solitary confinement and the marshalling of evidence under his very eyes. "Stop It! 1 didn't mean to do It, but?I shot him 5** ' "Score one for thf 'fourth degree' * mused Byrnes. J. ARTHUR KNIGHT n Attoraay?t4j? q Office In CovtkosM jj ChMterftaU. 0. C * R. L. MeMANUsfj j? * D*nti*t Cheraw, 8. C. , At Chestareld, Monday A Pageland, Tuesday. ' At Mt. Crogfcaa, WodAMdayt mw**m