Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ' ^?? I TketteftcrMi Afatttfey BBfr.fr . a&S 3m* : ?I **s9 I"' ful H. ud Pre? O. Hearn r f Kditwi 1 I WBUSHED KVgRY THUBBPAY j B Subscript!cm Bates: $1.50 s Year; | I Is bou^ 75 cants.?Invariably in | P'" advance. as second-class matter at the I ] mk foatoffle* at Chesterfield, South Br Carolina. ( I A FIST FIGHT IN CONGRESS > I Congressmen get very belligerent 1 I sometimes and use language toward 1 eacn uvncr inm is naraiy paruajnen5 tary, but rrfrely come to blows. One K Congressman recently intimated to i K, another that if he would step outside p he would give him what was coming rf' to him, but the other didn't step outW aide so there was no fight. But there h have been some fights in Congress in ; the old days. In a recent issue of the New York Times is a reminiscent article dealing with a fight in Congress, that involved several members, almost causing a ; riot in that solemn body, the United r. States Senate. According to the Times etory one g night in February, 1858, Lawrenciell Keitt, of South Carolina, tried to punch Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, and was knocked down. It was 2 o'clock in the mornii^. Every Democrat sprang whole-heartedly to Keitt's assistance, and every Republican to Grow's. Covode, of Pennslvania burst into the fray with a big stoneware spitton, and even John Sherman and the old Quaker Mott got into \he fight. Elihu Washburne, after t ard Secretary of State, who was a ahort man, tackled Craig:, of North Cattrima, who was tall, and hit him in |>lhr plexus with his head, doubling hini up like a jackknife. Barksdale, of Mississippi, tried to land a right arm wing on Washburne, when that statesman's brother, Cadwalder, grabbed him by the hair. Barksdale's hair came off; it was only a wig, and the sudden revelation turned the riot into a roar of laughter. It was impossible to keep up any feeling of anger, especially when Barkedale, trying to put his wig on again, restored it hindside before. urn n 'i I HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE It was Shakspeare who said "Give the devil his due." Now don t understand The Advertiser to intimate that President Harding is even remotely related to his Satanic majesty, but when he nominated that good Democrat and able jurist, Hon. William H. Barrett, of Augusta, Georgia to succeed Hon. Beverly D. Evans, deceased, as judge of the United States Court in Georgia, it can be said that this patriotic action of President Harding, like charity, covers a multitude of sins. There were a number of Georgia Republican lawyers, who wanted this plum, but President Harding passed them all by and selected Judge Barrett. PftforriMiip * V? ?1?1' ' rs IV una wuiuiy geiecuon ' the Atlanta Journal says: ' "President Harding's action is the more commendable in that as a Republican Chief Executive he has bestowed this honor and trust upon .*? life-long Democrat. Partisanship, it is i true, ought not to figure in matters of this nature, but as a fact it frequently does. The people of Georgia arc gratefully mindful that the President in selecting Mr. Barrett from a list of - highly and deservedly recommended names, proceeded without regard to party lines, and solely in the interest of the country and the commonwealth." PAYING FOR MISTAKES Even the government makes mistakes. President Harding has asked Congress for an appropriation of $28,122,500 for refunding taxes illegally collected during the financial year ending June 30, 1921. If this Republican administration had to pay the American people besides all that it Has cost the tax payers for the deflation policy of the administration there would not be money enough left in the Treasurer to pay President Harding's salary for one month. ATII t *? /* ? aiiuu riunnnu IN CHINA Over in China they don't know that the war is over. There's a million men in the field and they are fighting each j other and they are fighting to kill. A t League of Nations might be able to , make these fool Chinamen behave t themselves. They are probably Chris- ] tian nations that have so recently tak- j en off their fighting clothes with a population of about 500,000,000 can < stand the loe sof mhny thousands. s mm i a t> ic iu JOHNfcY GET YO0R 0IME , All of the Smiths, especially the c J?fiin Smiths, are asked to contribute r 10 cents each toward erecting a statue to John Smith, of Pocahontus fame. If' all the Smiths respond to this appeal the Washington monument in j Washington would be insignificent c dm pared to the Smith monument. j The Washington Post thinks that radio religious service will never be | popular because the Women can't see each other's Hats. Well now We had n6t thought of that, but there's some- 9 thing in it. & Soil weevil work in wet Weather, so * . ^. - ... , __t a imnt the cotton planter. L * wWASHfN^TOh coAdM Rmeatori and scientists have paid. PSparatively little attention to the! self-arranged controversy which Mr. \ Bryan has staged between himself and the demonstrated facts of evolution, >ut the ends of education appear hardly well-served by attempting refutation of Mr. Bryan's idea largely t>y ridicule. Mr. Bryan has no power to alter the facts of nature, and what he believes or does not believe does not in the least affect the progress of science. But his abilities and his prominence have given him a large following and as many worthy people let iiim to their political and moral thinking for them, it is of some interest to see that they, do not also permit him to do their educational and scientific thinking, too. Mr. Bryan has demonstrated himself as perhaps the ablest orator in the country. He has a reputation as a speaker, due to hia knowledge and outlook and experience as much, perhaps, as to his voice, his magnetic personality and his personal charm. But political, platform and oratorical ability do not constitute authority to say what is and what is not true in science. Nor does a personal interpre tation of the Bible constitute such authority. It is but a few hundred years since men were burned at the stake for heresy; and not much later that it was considered heresy to say the earth was round, not the center of the universe, or that the "six days" of creation could mean anything else than one hundred and forty-four hours! , With literally thousands of able divines and learned noinntiota nnifro I content with their ability to see only parallelism and not a conflict between the Bible and the theories of modern science it would appear wise at least, for any who attempt to follow Mr. Bryan all the way to ask themselves whether they are lead because Mr. Bryan is really a leader in either science or religion, or whether they have not thrown his political and oratorical mantle over his attempt to arrogate to himself a final authority in matters of science! Senator Borah has added one more to his many services to the country. In a public letter he has stated: "year after year Congress is lashed into passing laws which are manifestly unconstitutional, and it has come to be a settled principal apparently that Congress should disregard the Constitution and leave the Supreme Court ilone to protect it. "To my mind such a rule is so utterly shameless, so utterly intolerable that it is startling that it should be uven spasmodically urged. j 44 If the people of this country | iave made up their minds to deal with *11 these matters (anti-lynching, child abor, etc.) through Congress, then why not give Congress the power to io so rather than urge a course which nvolves the lowest form of constituonal immorality. Americans honor no virtue above courage. Courage in any form makes i mighty appeal to the people whose whole existence, from the time of .he pioneers to the present day, has seen founded upon courage; courage :o dare, to do, to think, to stand up ind call the trust aloud. The great national heroes, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt are venerated first for their courage. It is a non-courageous act to vote for a law which the voter knows is not constitutional merely to placate or win the favor of "the folks back lome." And it is insulting to the intelligence of these same folks back lome?Americans all, intelligent, able to sift the wheat from the chaff?to iuppose that they regard as courageous a man who votes for the law which sonflicts with the Constitution merely because the intent of the law voted 'or is good. Senator Borah hita th? **o;i n- *? ? . >? null VII U1C lead when he calls the practice 'shameless." Senator Borah has a moderation of speech which is admirable, but many will add "cowardly" ;o "shameless" and express their opinion freely?at the polls. Couldn't Fool Him A young country chap got a job n a city grocery. He was very cau-ious in his new berth?they told him it home that the city people would ;ry to josh him because he was green, fie kept a sharp lookout accordingly 'or joshers. A sober old maid entered the gro:ery one morning. "I want some bird teed, please," she said. The new clerk sneered and answerid scornfully: "No, ye don't lady.. Ye :an't string me. Birds come from eggs lot seeds." Village Grocer?What are you runilng for, sonny? Boy?Fm trying to keep two felows from flhtln'. Village Grocer?Who are the felows? Boy?Bill Perkins and me. PROTRACTED MEETING AT METHODIST CHURCH The protracted meeting at the dethodist Church will begin next lunday. Rev. H. A. Buddin of Kershaw will asist in the meeting. Mr. Buddin will rrive in Cheaterfldld Monday and will ???msmsmm 1.1 11 MT. CROGH AN I; (Delayed Letter) I, Miss Margaret Jordan of Gastonia, , N. C.f is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. O. j Taylor. ( Misses Mary Huntley, Nell Burch and Alleine Gibson Itft Monday for the summer school at Winthrop. |, Miss Beatrice Rivers has returned , home from school. I Dr. W. F. McCown spent a part of last week at his old home in Branchville, S. C. He returned Friday, bringing his family with him. Misses Alexander of York, are spending some time with their sister, i Mrs. B. J. Burch of this place. , HOME OF D. A. CLANTON DESTROYED BY FIRE The home of Mr. D. A. Clanton was , completely destroyed by fire last Sat- < urday night. The house and its conntents were a ' complete loss, leaving Mr. Clanton ! and his family in desperate circumstances. The origin of the fire is unknown. Any issistance will be greatly appreciated. Natur* Lor* The spider spun his web across A merchant's lonely door, And said while he was spinning there: "This is the only store Where I can safely build my house And watch for buzzing flies, | But here I'm safe; this is the firm That doesn't advertise."?Ex. [THIRTY MILLIONS IN THIRTY MINUTES Thirty million dollars in thirty minutes is the world record established I by the directors of the largest cooperative marketing association of America who met with Eugene Meyer, Jr., and officials of the War Finance Corporation in Washing,ton, D. C., last week. The committee of directors from the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association secured approval of the loan for the 75,000 tobacco farmers of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, which, now assures the success of their association beyond a doubt. Officers of the War Finance Corporation were so familiar with the management of the Association, and so confident of its success that they took only 30 minutes to signify approval of the greatest loan ever made to organized farmers, in the history of the United States. Following the example of the Burley Tobacco Growers Association of Kentucky, which after securing a similar credit from the War Finance Corporation was enabled to gain all necessary credit from State and local banks, and to repay their 90 day loans of $6,000,000 within 40 days. Officials of the Virginia-Carolina Association are confident of obtaining the support of State and local bankers for whom the offer of the War Finance Corporation opens a new field of profitable cooperation with tobacco farmers throughout the belt. A whirlwind campaign among tobacco farmers of South Carolina began Monday, June 26th, and will continue until every one of the38 cooperative marketing points of the South Carolina belt has been reached with a mass meeting. Leaders of the movement from Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina will join this campaign which will mark the last opportunity for South Carolina farmers to market this year's crop with the giant cooperative association. OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER CLEMSON COLLEGE TUa off ? - <ii.vcnuuii ui young men interested in a technical education is directed to the Clemson scholarship announcement appearing elsewhere in this issue. Chesterfield county is entitled to three four-year scholarships and 1 one-year scholarship. Last session L. H. Thrower from this county, was at Clemson on a scholarship. For the session of 1922-1923 there are two four-year scholarships and one one-year Agricultural Course scholarships vacant in this county. A college education, viewed merely as an investment of time and of money, is equal to as estate worth thousands of dollars. Viewed, however, from its highest sense such an education prepares a young man for greatest service to his country antf places hini in a position to enjoy some of the good things of life. Education fits one for a life whose possibilities are limited only by his capacity. CLEMSON COLLEGE Scholarship Examination* for Cheaterc-l j ** - - n?ia v,oumy Examinations to fill 2 vacant fouryear scholarships and one vacant oneyear scholarship will be held at the County Seat on Friday, July 14th, beginning at 9 a. m., under the supervision of the County Superintendent of Education. 1 four-year scholarship. Open to students desiring to pursure Agriculture or Textile Engineering. Subjects for examination; English, including grammar, literature, composition and rhetoric; Algebra, including quadratic equations; American and European History; and practical Agriculture. prepared to meet also the requirements for admision of the Association of Colleges of South Carolina. The examinations may be taken for entrance credits by those not applying for scholarship. The value of each scholarship* is $100 per session and free tuition of $40. Membership in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps?R. O. T. C.?is I ilso equivalent in money to a scholarship during the last two years in College. 2 one-year short course scholarships. Open to students 18 years of age^ or over desiring to pursue the one-year course in Agriculture. Common school education sufficient. 3.No previous application to the college necessary to stand scholarship examinations. For catalogue, application blanks and other information write to The Registrar, 2t-27 Clemson College, S. C. HEMSTITCHING and Picoting attachments, works on any machine; easily adjuated. Price $2; full instructions and sample. Marsh Bros., Wilmington. Ohio. 5tp-30 i "VAMPS" WHO i g MADE HISTORY By JAMES C. YOUNG. > <? by McClure Newapapar Syndicate.) THE "TRUE" LOVE OF LOUI8 XIV. WHEN rumor linked the name of Louis XIV with Henrietta, the * newly wedded wife of his brother, the king cast about for a means of I continuing his attentions to her, which would at the same time silence the voice of criticism. Historians of his day assert that he and his sister- I In-law decided Louis should feign an j affection for Iyer maid of honor, which would enable him often to be near the renl object of his regard. This maid of honor was a slender I girl of sweet face and fine blood. Con trary to tl\e usual conception of the j vampire, she was a blond, with milk- I white skin, and almost childish ways. I But the heart of Louise de la Valllere j was that of a woman, and the king : soon found that the tender things he whispered in hear ear came from his AWn hnn Da TT _.... ..vutk uc luuicu iruiu iiriint'ilH, whom he had loved for the moment, to a burning passion for Louise. This was said to have been the only genu- * lne love of "La Grande Monarque." ; Maria Theresa, royal daughtaa of < Spain and the Queen of Louis, \vW In- | furlated at Louise. But the plans of the queen and other enemies of the king's favorite did. not prevail. Instead the king's passion grew deeper. I When Fouquet, his gr?at minister. Joined the enemies of the girl, Louis brought about bis downfall and thrust him Into prison. That was an object lesson which needed no second teaching. Louise was the real power behind the throne. Louis seems to nave been devoted to La Valllere for a long while. She | ho/>ti r>i? th? mother of four children j by him, one of whom was recognized as his own daughter and made the Duchess of Blols. After the death of j Anne of Austria, mother of Louis, he ( became bolder and forced his queen to attend church beside Louise. Such ' conspicuous attentions were not the | choice of Louise, according to all ob- 1 servers. 8he was content to rule in ' a different way, quietly, without show. ; But even a king's love Is not a thing to last forever, and Louis began to tire of La Valllere. He was Just com- I lng under the Influence of Madame de Montespan, his second mistress, and Louise attempted to leave court. She was compelled to return and for a while to share the same apartment with her rival. She secretly left court a second time and again was brought back. But Louis no doubt became thoroughly tired of her whims and may have accepted with some relief her plea to enter a convent. This she did In 1674, after 15 eventful years i as the king's mistress. There she lived until 1710. ensmeod in ninn? I works and memories of her former almost regal station. HAMBOWE'S MEDITATIONS Boss 6WINE ROUN* TALKI** BOUT HE JES' EECHIN' T' STAHT A GYAHDEN YA5SUH, AH KNOWS SUMPN |. BOUT DAT-- HE DOOES DE EE CHIN' EN AH DOOES Dfc sckatchin'.' f ~y 1*21 by McClur* N?w*pap*f Syndicate. A. F. DAVIS MARKET Tb# Fiatrt Froth MuU Tli* Bad Faacjr Grocarfei High Grade. CtfMa Goods The Boat of Everything for the " I i _ MORE EGGS ... _ _ 111, ??arantf?ii %/y . Purina Chicken Chowder and Purina Hen Chow will be delivered to you" on the following baste? 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ALSO PIKE, ACCIDENT, HEALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK << INflUSLAMCB v* ?? C?<0?????^?M????MMW? ? bTrue live Stories:: OF THE AIR : MMMMMMMOt Odmtrlskt ' by Th? WkMitr ajrmdtests, toe qOMBWHERB, somehow, the GerJ mans were getting m esse Res through from rae United States to the fatherland. That much was certain. Washlngtoo knew It beyond the shadow of a doubt, but the way In which the messages were transmitted was a mvnterr tiu< an parently unfathomable. This was In the days before America entered the war. In the days when the United 8tates was, theoretically at least, a neutral nation. But Von Bernstorff, Von Pnpen and the rest of the emh^sy at Washington were doing everything they could to further their schemes from this side of the Atlantic. But not even the secret service could penetrate the mystery of the messages. That these were flashed from the huge wireless towers on this side of^tie Atlantic, or relayed from the German radio stations, seemed fnlrly obvious. But how? "The.v must he sending the stuff through the air," argued the chief of the secret service to Talbot, one of his hest men, "for the simple reason that we've closed all their other channels." "Any Idea as to the code they are using?" aftked Talbot. t "None at ull, but It's probahjy concealed somewhere In the messages which they send out to the ships at sea?press bulletins, stock quotations, and the like. We've studied them carefully, birt haven't been able to And a thing." "How about ' the outburst from Nauen every morning?" "Tlie only explanation for that seems to be that It's an attempt to 'fog the ulr' so that ships and other towers can't get anything through." 4 "Yes, but in that case would the Germans send It for an hour early every morning? Why not all day long? And why that hash of language that doesn't mean a thing? If they were trying to fog things they'd wireless the Bible or Nietzsche or excerpts from some other long book Instead of that mess of meaningless rot." "All right," retorted the chief, "if j you think there's a clue there, go to It." i But Talbot didn't begin his Inves- 1 ligations with a study of the Nauen "hast." He made his way at first to the laboratory of Charles K. Apgar, a deep student of wireless telegraphy. It was to Apgar thut he told his troubles and, when he had finished, the expert leaned forward and picked up something from the table In front of him. "See that?" Apgar asked. Tnlbot nodded. "Looks like an old-fashioned cylindrical phonograph record," he said. "Just what It la," admitted the expert, "only you use It In connection with a wireless phonograph." "A wireless phonograph?" and the government operative's voice showed that he had never heard of such a contrivance. "Yes, a phonograph attached to the receiving end of a radio station. I finished working on It a few days ago, and I think it's just what you need for this Job. It will record and keep track of every sound that comes miv the station, enabling you to 'listen la' on messages months after they have been sent. With a supply of these records and the necessary patience you ought to be able to figure out the system the Huns are using, without their being any the wiser. It may take weeks or even months, but It's Just a question of being everlastingly at It." Apgar was right. Talbot found that It took him nearly four months to get on to the system?four months >f ceaseless llstenlng-ln at the end of a I?p Forest audlon detector which picks up sound waves from thousands of miles away, and even then he would never have locnted the secret had It not been for the wax cylinders. But with the aid of these automatic detectives he was able to repeat each m?e nape until he had It almost by heart* trying out the various combinations and symbols until he stumbled across the right one. Then, one morning, when the chief f the secret service least expected dm. he burst into the office with the exclamation: "I've got It?the fifth, tenth and fifteenth flashes! See?" and he held >ut a sheet of paper on which were row upon row of figures and letters, . ommeuclng with "fl?8?K?14?B." "Looks Interesting," admitted ths 'hlef, "hut what does it mean?" "Clot a fJerman dictionary here? N'o?well, I have. Luckily It's an old >dltlon?Just the one they're using for the code. The letters give the numbers of the |>ages, and the tlgures designate the words, the big ones In hold type. Five and eight K means the fifth and eighth words on page eleven, 14 B means the fourteenth word on page two, and so on. By spacing 'em n> i?> n|i? i urn meaningless wireless messages?or even In the press bulletins sent out from thin tide? they are able to All In with lots of duff to throw you off the scent. But the code's simple enough?that's what makes It such a wonder!" And ft wasn't until Von Rernstorff received his sailing orders tluit he knew the secret service had been ,-ilucklug his messages and his Instructions >>i** of the air, through the In<ehtone use of a wax phonograph trllndar. L*?a i? i. . sre? J. ARTHUR KNIGHT Attormey-aVLaw Office la Courtbavaa ChaatarheUL S. C. R. L. McMANUS DsatUt Cheraw, 8. G. At Chestereld, Monday A Page land, Tuesday, it Mt. Croghan, Wednesday marninn Xoby. Wirttnssdar afternoon HKhmhh