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VOL. 40?NO. 35 . _ ^ CHESTEKF1ELD, S. C.", THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1922 ' $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE LANfcY LOSES; A BLEASE After as valient and clean a pol tical fight as was ever waged in Soul Carolina, CheBterfield's candidate f< Governor, Senator G. K. Lane^, wi defeated at the polls by a combin: tion of circumstances that wou have proven too strong for any ma Mr. Laney was the only outstandir independent candidate fighting b< tween two well organized forces. Between the Bleqse oranizatic threatening to sweep the State, an ine strong McL.eod organization M Laney had little chance. It could n< have been foreseen, however, thi Mr. Laney's chances of winnin against these odds were so sitinll, r he undoubtedly made the "best in pression on the stump of any of th candidates for governor, ami judg ing by his reception at various plact he seemed to gain strength rapidly. But unsupported by any organizi tion and in his first race for a Stat office, being unknown to many voter: his handicap was too great. The count at a late hour yealerda was: McLeod 57,18 Blease 00,07 Laney ..." 18,87 Coleman 3,62 Duncan 1.09 Cantey 1,10 In the race for lieutenant govcrr or a second ruce between E. B. Jack son, of Aiken county, and E. C. I Adams, of Columbia, is apparent. For Secretary of State, W. Bank Dove, incumbent, is I'enominated. Attorney General Sam Wolfe i renominated over two opponents fo attorney general. Walter E. Duncan, incumbent a comptroller general is renominat ed over his opponent. ^ ... office of state superinter dent of education, a close contest wa -waged. J. E. Swearingen, incumbenl is in a second race with J. H. Hop< of Union. For adjutant general Robert E Craig, of Columbia, was nominated. B. Harris was renominated as com missioner of agriculture over Georg Wightman, of Saluda. PEOPLE OF SWEDEN ARE ' ARE AGAINST PROHIBITIOl St.nrlfVlftln A nmiot 97 Tnnnm plete returns in the referundui question of prohibition indicates strong tendency against prohibitioi In the ballot thus far reported 188,00 voted against and 120,000 for sue a measure. A Genuine S Cord?30 x The same materials, co as in all other sizes of i quality, long wear, lor pendability guarantee*: ^ 9 . quality standard. Youl today and save you mo The Silvertow Ford, Maxwcl Owrlaad and A.Ji.. THE B.F.GOODRICH R\ iifAl IcLfcUD AND WILL RUN OVER i ? > j_ LUECO GUNTERr Lh CRITICALLY ILI 3r Greenville, Aug. 28.?Prof. Luece iS Gunter, for tlve past two years heac a- of the department of education al Id Furman university and well knowr n throughout South Carolina, is in e critical condition tonight and physi. 'k cians have virtually given up hope s" for his recovery. Professor Guntei has been ill for about a yehr from ,n a tumor of fhe spine, which has (j paralyzed his lower limbs. Some months ago he was taken to New r? York, where he seemed to improve under the special treatment adminis >t tered, and returned home. During the g past few weeks, however, his condiIS tion has steadily become worse. SPIRITUAL AWAKENING ABROAD IN DENMARK r_ Chicago, August 26.?A spiritual ^ awakening is abroad in Denmark and Finland which is reminiscent ol s the revival in England at the time of John Wesley, accordng to Bislv op Anton Bast, Copenhagen, in a ^ report received here by the committee of conservation and advapce of 6 the Methodist Episcopal church 3 Norway is also yielding to the reli7 gious spirit, he says, and business 8 men are tithing themselves in the 9 interest of the church. 9 "In Copenhagen in spite of a i very hard influenza epidemic, we had our churches full day aftei day," says Bishop Bast. "In spite of hard winter and sickness among the people of Sweden, the revival s meetings, churches and halls were packed. People of all classes of so8 ciety attended. The people and r pastors and other workers came from far away circuits on that large s snow covered district, which ineludes Lapland up to the arctic part of Norway, Sweden and Finland In Linkoping, the great St. X<ars Lus theran church was loaned for spet cial services. The crowds filled the pews and aisles to its capacity. "In Finland at the Finnish and , Swedish churches in Abo, Tarmerfora, and Wasa, Helsingfore, Grankula and Wibor, there is a great l" spiritual awakening. e "The state church authorities loaned the Methodists the large Lutheran church in Weborg, Finland, and when we entered it we faced a M congregation of mpre tha? 1,300 people. It was like the greatest day in the old Wesleyan revival. I saw rich and poor men together in a prayer meeting. a "In Norway 1,100 new members l. rave been received into the church, 0 1,871 children in the Sunday schools h and business men are giving a tenth of their income to the church." 4 HeeMSb Silvertown WUHU 1IKK "BEST IN THE LONO RUN* ILVERTOWN 3'/3 for $13.50 nsmiction and workmanship iilvertowns. The same high ig service and complete deI by the GOODRICH one* tire dealer will supply you ney. n 30 x }!4. For tht I, Chevrolet, Willy** other light can. CHESTERFIELD TO HAVE N COMMERCIAL POULTRY PLANT 1, A movement is now on foot which, 's if successfully carrfld through will K place Chesterfield Cointy in the very j fore front among thfl counties of the d State in the mattel^f poultry raisi ing. y j A stock company now being or" ganized for the establishment of a IS ' ?| large poultry plant. The movement is 11 I - - - ADULT SCHOOL COMMENCEME1 As The Advc:tiser is being printec k Thursday morning, the Adult School of Chesterfield County are holdin commencement exercises in the Cour House at Chesterfield. Twelve schools were organize with an enrollment of nearly 300 pu ' pils. The session has been marked b much enthusiasm on the part of pu ^ pils and teachers and great progres 1 in the elementary courses has bee 1 made. At least 250 pupils are expected t attend these erfercisesr in which rep sentatives from each school wil 1 participate. 1 The Misses Melton^and Moore gen ' erously consented to render a musica program for the occasion. A picnic dinner on the grounds wil close the entertainment. VAUGHAN The farmers are about throug pulling fodder and cotton picking i started up in good fashion, which i * unusually early.. Since going to pick ing some of the farmers say they ca [ not hope for more than half a crop. Mr. David Vauhan, Sr., is very sic p at this writing. Hope he may soon b , well again. Rev. Chewning closed a series o t meetings at Friendship Sunday morn ing. There were three additions t i the church by baptism and the churc greatly revived it seemed. Mi Chewning did some faithful and ear , nest preaching. , Our lay-by school will close Au gust the 3()th. Miss Pcarcy sure is t { be congratulated for the painstakinj , energy that she has put forth in thi . school. , Mr. W. H. Crawford of Snow Hil . section was visiting in this sectioi [ Sunday. 1 ANTI-SCANDAL CLUB -TO WAR ON GOSSIP! London, August, 26.?"Turn th< key on scandle." That is the motto of the latest soc iety in England. You hold a padlock in tfie hand . with duo solemnity turn the key, ant pronounce these words: "I promise to do my utmost nevei to say an unkind thing about any. one, whether true or untrue." And having said, henceforth yo\ are admitted a member of th< "Padlock society." Dr. Armstrong Smith, of Letch, worth, England, is the founder of th< movement and his ambition will no rest until millions of people in everj country in the world have enlistet under the banner. "In the course of a few weeks tei countries have joined us," says Dr Armstrong Smith, "and in anothei month we hope to have a millioi members. Our adherents are scat , tered over Britain, United States Hungary, Finland, Spain and Switz. i erland. "What gives me most satisfactioi is that two of our first member: were respectively a policeman anc a hotel keeper." The rules of the society are sim. pie and must be accepted whole, heartedly by every member. The] are: 1. Get a padlock and unlock it. 2. Repeat the pledge in the pros ence of three witnesses and lock tht padlock. 3. To remain a member repeal the promise with an open padlocl in the presence of three member: every New Year's day. , There are no fees, no forms anc no inquiries. All the society insists on is a promise to try to be more tolerant. You Had Better Not Teacher?Johnny, if you don't be have, I'll have to send a note to youi father. Johnny?You'd better not. Ma's a: jealous as a cat.?The American Le. gion Weekly. CLERK'S SALE In obedience to an order of Judg< T. J. Mauldin, presiding, dated th? 17th day of April, 1922, in the casi of the Bank of- Cheraw, as asisgnei of J. Sanford Teal against R. M Gardner, I will offer for sale befon the Court House door at Chesterfieb within the legal hours of sale on Mon day, September 4th, 1922, to the high est bidder the following real estate Lots Four (4) and Five (5) situate lying and being in the State am County aforesaid, and within th Town of Jefferson; each lot having i frontage on the East side of Mail street of twenty-five (25) feet am running back one hundred (100) feef the same being the lost deeded to F M. Gardner by J. Sanford Teal, De cember 22nd, 1919. Terms of sal one-half ash and the balance in on year with interest at rate of seve per cent, to be secured by note o purchaser and a mortgage upon th premises sold. Purchaser to pay to | lowered by Mr. J. A. Welsh, who has 0 the backing of a large number of - poultry lovers and business people. Subscription books, we understand, are now open. 1 The plant will handle Write Leghorns exclusively, the best commer11 cial bird in the world! A well-drained location has been .'red that will accommodate 5,000 living hens, and 12,000 growing chickf All buildings are to be of the most modern scien8 | tific construction, ant^ electric lights ing will be utilized to prolong the " winter day. n A brooder house 125 f eet in length with heatihg system electrically con^ trolled, will accommodate 6,000 baby e chicks at one time. An incubator that will hqld 25,000 eggs will be used. ^ The company will sell eggs the year ~ round and broilers and baby chicks ? in season. ^ A canning plant is also contempjat' ed, where all non-layers and old " fowls will be killed,canir d and placed on the market direct, thus turning ~ into a good profit a by-product. 0 Mr. L. W. Wertheim, a man of ? twenty-five years' successful experi8 ence in the commercial poultry business, has been selected as manager. ' He is familiar with various sections 1 of the country and states that South Carolina is the most ideal poultry raising state in the United States. He turther says that South Carolina has ? no location more suited to the raisb ing of poultry than this section of Chesterfield County. RUBY ROUTE 2 j Fodder pulling and ^otton picking is the order of the day in this section. Mr. Carson Allen was the guest of Mr. Bryant Railings Sunday. Mrs. Bessie Allen visited at the home of Mrs. L. V. Railings Sunday. Mrs. Pearl Railings and daughters, Misses Leila, Dora,Maude,Ethel,Ruth Lee and Mildred attended the water~ melon and apple feast at the home of " Mr. C. W. Railings' last Friday afternoon. A nice time was had by all. j Mr. Calvin Railings is very sick at. this writing but we hope for him a :ipi"*cuy recovery. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Huntley visited Mrs. Huntlev's parents, Mr. and Mrs. iL r % J. Sellers Saturday and Sunday. Miss Angie Allen was the guest of Miss Ethel Railings Sunday after' noon. AMERICAN LEGION WILL BE J WELL CARED FOR IN 1 NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, August 30.? Ships, - Pullman'cars, tents, and Army sup/ ply base building, private homes and hotels will house the thousands of delegates and visitors expected at the - American Legion national convention i in New Orleans, Oct. 10-20. A preliminary canvass by the cont vention hotels and housing committee i has demonstrated the fact that New 5 Orleans will be able to house 150,000 guests. i i assenger uncrs win do (iockco and 5 former "gobs" and marines will be ; alloted first cabin accommodations on them. A pullman city of hundreds of cars to be established in three large yards - will care for 14,000 visitors, the conr vention committee has announced. The "hotels on wheels" will be pro5 -vided with all the conveniences of a - modern hostelry. Inning car service will be maintained, shower bath will be erected and all equipment will be electrically lighted while parked. 5 The railroads have established a b charge of $12 for parking in addition b to the $ '>4 for daily l'ullman rental, e The average cost to the I'ullman guest . will be about $2' a day. e If the size of the convention crowd i warrents it, tents will be erected on - the parquets of some of the more - centrally located boulva?ds. A model : barracks, patterned after those of !, cantonment days, will be establishi ed in the Army Supply Base, a fife teen million dollar structure on the a river front. Private honus will be a thrown open to the veteran who d brings his wife to the convention. ; rsiew Urieana hotel men nave agro-ed upon a uniform rate schedule of $1.50 - day without bath and $'2.50 with bath, e Charges in the tent cities and improve ised hotels will be from fifty to sevn enty cents a day and the cost in prif vate homes will compare favorably with the hotel rates, f All reservations for rooms during McBEE SCHOOL TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 4TH The McBce school will begin its 1922-1923 session next Monday, September 4th. The trustees have just completed centralization with Providence and Leland schools, thus bringing in more pupils and more state aid to the,high school. A large enrollment is expected on the first day. In addition to the regular courses, several new courses will be offered in the high scliool. There will be no graduating class in 1923 as the eleventh grade will be added in the 1923-24 session. The corps of teachers is as follows: 1st grade, Miss Mertice Woodberry, Winthrop; 2nd. grade, Miss Carrie Sue Fields, University? of Georgia; | 3rd and 5th grades, Miss Ellen Smith, Lander; 4th grade, Miss Sara Sheridan, Lander; 6th and 7th grades, Mrs. S. P. Clemmons, Anderson; music, Miss Elease Buchanan, Winthrop. High school, Mrs; E. L. Bolin, Lander; Miss Beatrice Merrit, Winthrop and Mr. S. P. demons, principal, Clemson. The trustees and principal believe that with the cooperation of the patrons and the corps jK teachers the year can be mad? very successful one. , . * ' ? | Says Jews of World Will Back League Calsbad, Aufc. 27, (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).?"The League of nations is a Jewish idea, and Jerusalem some day will become the capital of the world's peace," declared Dr. ' Nahum Sokolow, Chairman of the ' Zionist Executive Committee, at a snecial meetinc of the 7.innia? n^r> ference today. "The League has recognized our rights to our ancient home," Dr. Sokolow continued. "We Jews through- ] out the world will make the League's ( struggle our own and will not rest until there is ultimate victory." WEXFORD Messers. Waiter and Jasper Eddens , the Cason Oldtieid, were the guests ) of Mr. Leak Griggs Sunday P. M. Mrs. Mettie Jenkins, and mother Mrs. Rollins of Jefferson, were visit- 1 ing in this community lust week. 1 Miss Annie Jenkins, and brother Oitt of Pageland, were visiting rel- ' itives here last week. Messrs. Walter and Jasper Eddins j of Ancon N. C. attended Sunday School here Sunday afternoon. Mr. May Jenkins and family of < Lancaster, S. C., spent the past week here the Kuenl of Mr. D. W. Coker. Misses Mammie Jenkins and Grace Coker, Messrs . Frank Jenkin^ and Hoil Griggs spent a very enjoyable week-end near Jefferson, at the home of Mr. J. A. Jenkins'. Mr. J. L. Davidson happened to the misftfctune of losing a fine cow Monday. Married on last Friday night at Friendship Church, Mr. Fred Jenkins to Miss Lydia Tucker, both our community, by Rev. C. P. Chewning of the east Chesterfield circut. We wish the young couple long and happy life. The Rev. J. D. Purvis closed a glorious meeting at Thompson Creek Church last Saturday with an adition of 25 to the church and the community at large was greatly revived. Mr. Purvis did some old time Gosple preaching. The Sunday School and the services Sunday night was largly attended and the Rev. Mayron Smith preached a very interesting sermon, he spoke on the subject of love, this is a subject that we all "hould be interested in. The chapter for next Sunday night ^ in the prayer services, is the tenth " of Proverbs, selected by Mrs. S. J. Smith. | Mr. and Mrs. Wade King spent Sat- j urday and Sunday with Mr. King's j parents Mr. and Mrs. James King, j near Chesterfield, S. C. Mrs. Lucey Sellers was visiting ' Mrs. Walter Gaddy of the Hopewell ! section Saturday and Sunday. | KAN'T KILL KUGEL'S KANDIDACY WITH KKK I New York, August 26. ? Louis | Kugel, candidate for the assembly j from the seventh district, in Brook- | lyn, got into a peck of trouble when his ambitious, though some-' wha.t ill-advised friends, created a ' the Kugel Konsolation Klub. People who didn't know the detials I thought he was a "Ku Klux Klan Kandidate." "They will have to kan the KKK klatter," said a friend of Kugel's, "if they want to elect a Democrat in a Republican stronghold like the seventh district." CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for the kindness shown us during the illness and death of our dear mother, M.J. HOUGH AN! ELECTED C The Democratic Primary electioi held over the State of South Caro Una August 29th for the election o State and County officers passed of quietly in Chesterfield County though interest was intense. The County officers to be electe< on the first ballot are Mr. J. A. Spruil for State Senate and Mr. M. J. Hougl for Probate Judge. It appears at time of going t< press, when all but four of the coun ty precincts have been reported, tha Dr. Perry, Mr. W. L. McCoy, Mr. A F. Funderburk, and Mr. A. W. Hur sey will make the second race fo State legislature. For Cotton Weigher, for Chester field Messrs. H. A. Watson and W It. Huneycutt will run over. Magistrate Teal was re-elected a luagusraie ol Courthouse Towrlshij The following is the total vot cast according to best available re ports yesterday afternoon. Tablate< returned will be published after tin official count. For State Senate J. A. Spruill 2,18< I. A. Knight 1,27< S. J. Sellers 50! MIDDINDORF Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Maynard, o1 Dunn, N. C., have returned home af. :er spending a few days at Mrs. May> lard's fathar's, Mr. W. G. Hoffman. Mr. Clarence Crawley, Mr. Robert Driggors and Mr. f.uick of Benetts. dlle, were the dinner guests at Mr V. C. Bullard's Sunday. Mr. Clarence Catoe, of Columbia, s spending some time with his fath. ;r, Mr. J. C. Catoe. Mrs. I. S. Hoffman is very sick, but lope her a speedy recovery. Mr. W. L. Dixon spent some time it Mr. E. T. McManus' Sunday. There will be preaching at the Bapi?t rkimxk ai 11 o ciucK ana Sunday School at 10. Let's everybody come out. WE i This C To tel! you tha fine line of Fall Mi line of dry goods and are benefitted depend advantage of your < other fellow gets the g Priced right, the and tide waiteth not. M. H. Lo\ jj i SATURDAY I | Begitining Sat | 2nd we will offer | Harness, Bridles, t | ly reduced prices. ! stock ot these go regardless of cost. | Don't Forget Saturday Sepi FARMERS ) J. A. SPRU1LL J IN FIRST BALLOT 1 H State Legislature Dr. W. J. Perry 1,782 > W. L. McCoy 1,289 * A. F. Funderburk ......1,214 r]A. W. Hursey 1,196 C. L. Thomas 968 ' C. H. Spencer 698 F. M. Moore 396 j C. C. Horton 206 P. C. Campbell 72 ' Probate Juge t! M. J. Hough 2,464 W. T. Hunt 941 Magistrate 3 T. L. Teal 380 C. B. Brock 78 t J. H. Bittle 121 Cotton Weigher ' H. A. Watson 378 - W. R. Huneycutt 309 r R. E. Rivers. Jr 186 J.T. D. Fincher 104 How the County Voted For Governor ' G. K. Laney ..1,643 C. L. Blease 747 s J. T. Duncan 10 K Cantey 8 e William Coleman 4 Only thirteen boxes out of the twenty-eight had been counted on ^ this office. e! How Courthouse Voted for Governor Laney 293 Blease .' 145 1 RlcLeod . 81 > { Duncan 6 2 Coleman 2 SOUTHERN STATES f . IMPROVING ROADS AT TOPMOST SPEED Chicago, August 27.?Southern ' states have added $40,000,000 " tc their highway improvement funds this summer, according to report* to Chicago automcble associations. Improvement work is going forward at top speed in every state south of the ; Mason and Dixon line. Roads formerly impassible when the tourist traffic turned southward this fall will be ready to carry their burden, because ^ the reports indicate, bond issues and r paving projects have met with public approval. rAKE Ihance t we have on display a illinery and a great bignotion samples. If you s on whether you take >pportunity before the oods you would prefer. ods will go while time vry & Co. / T : : SPECIAL! I , urday morning Sept. our entire stock of tnd Collars at greatWe have an over ods that must move The Date! I i HPW. CO. 1L