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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Bar to Anita

If one is housekeeping in the coun.
try and bothered by an attack Of ants
upon the bread box, take common
piece of chalk, such as children use
for writing on blackboard, and draw
a ring around the bread box with 1t.
The same kind of chalk ring will keep
them out of closets where dresses are
hanging or away from shelves.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Decision Reserved.

An English seanGtress, says the
Manchester Guardian, who was help
ing to make some costumes for a
Browning pageant, was asked If she
had ever read any Of the poet. mo-"
she replied, 1--WE never read any Of
that sort of stuff; not Browning, nor
Shakespeare neither. But then, you
know" she added, my mother has
her own opinion about Shakespeare"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Tag Day.

For the benefit of the graded school
library, Saturday, February 21st is
'tag day."
The school children will present
tags, and every one who receives this
tag is expected to give small amount
of money-a large amount will not be
refused-something to help push this
good cause along.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
DARLINGTON THEATRE.
Some Fine Plays to be Seen at Darl'
ingtOn Theatre Soon.

|
To our Patrons:-
We are pleased to be able to Sc
cure a fine line of attractions for the
Darlington Theatre during the next
few weeks. This season has been a
hard one: very few good attractions
in the South and We have had very
few good ones. However. we have
secured some fine ones for February
and we trust that our out of town pa
irons may notify us in advance and
We will see to it that they are taken
care of.
On February 3rd, "Macaria," dram
atiZed from Augusta j. Evans great
novel of the same name, will come to
Darlington. This play has been on the
road but three weeks; having opened
at Norfolk, Va, just three weeks ago.
Darlington will get the No. company
which means that real treat is IN
store for those who see this great at
traction. A full scenic equipment is
carried by this company.
On February 5th one of the greatest
actresses in America, Miss Henrietta
Grosman, will come to Darlington in
her latest play, "The Tongues OF
Men," A big guarantee had to be put
up to bring Miss Grosman here, but
the management has the assurance OF
one of the biggest houses in the his
tory of the theatre. Read any paper
or magazine and see who and what
Miss Crosman is. You cannot afford
to miss this offering, for it is not Of
ten that a town Of this size can Sc
cure an attraction of such high order.
Miss Grosman is just out of New YORK
and brings with her the original COM
pany and produationc Better get your
tickets early.
On February nth. one of the best
plays ever written, Polly of the Cir
GUS" with the celebrated ST, Leon
family, will pay Darlington an
other visit. This play has been
presented here several times to pack
ed houses. 1t is beautiful play-one
th;& will please everyone and the
company presenting it in Darlington
is an excellent one; in fact it is claim
ed to be better than ever. You will
like Polly of the Circus"
On February 18th, the greatest
play ever written-the play that has
taken the country by storm. "Within
the Law" will be. e.presented in Darl-
ington by New York cast. 1t is
needless to tell you that this attrac-
ton is guaranteed. 1t is packing the
theaVes in every town in the United
States. and will pack the Darlington
Theatre to the doors upon its visit
here. You cannot miss this great at
traction-you wang choice seats too,
so order your tickets early and you
will not be disappointed. The criti-
cisms in the state" and News and
Courier" last week, of within the
Law" should mean capacity houses
for this attraction anywhere in South
Carolina. Look up the papers and
read these criticisms.
Remember "all good roads lead to
| Darlington"
| Hewitt and Witcover, Mgrs.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Company for GEORGE,

Bobbie, aged six, asked his mother:
"You are not liar, mamma, are
you?" mo, son, l never told lie"
Bobbie hesitated, but he Was so proud
Of his mother he said: Mother, you
won't be very lonesome when you go
to heaven. cause you'll be with George
WashinQtnn"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Punished Perjury With Death.

The early Romans threw perjurers
from the Tarpeian rock, high cliff,
falling from which was certain death,
and at later period any person who
swore falsely was sentenced to have
his tongue cut out, which also was
equivalent to death.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
To Take Out Spots.

It is not generally known that
eucalyptus oil will remove grease, In
cluding machine oil, from any fabric
without injuring it in any way. Dress
makers should welcome this tip, as oil
is often split on costume in the ma
king, due to bad working machines
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Value of a Boy.

School officials in Beverly, Mass
calculated the money gain for their
pupils in vocational education. They
found that an expediture Of $500 per
boy in industrial training had raised
the capitalization of the boys econom-
ic value from $4,000 to $4,000 or $751;
900.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Handy.

Mrs. Knicker-"I suppose you've
missed your husband terribly since
he's been away?" Mrs. Bocker-'Oh,
dreadfully! He makes such a splen-
did fourth at bridge"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Inslde Information.

Callow Sportsman-You remember
when you guided me five years ago,
Jake? What calliber rifle was using
that year?" Guide-"I don't know, sir;
the doctor amt never dug out the bull
let."-Puck.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
Emerson,s Advice.

There should be on every tower
watchers set to observe and report OF
every new ray Of light, in what quar-
ter eoever Of heaven it should appear,
and their report should be eagerly
and reverently received.-Emerson.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
He Got His

"Sirrah;" thundered her father,
were YOU kissing my daughter when
I came in just now?" "You bet!"
chirped up the unabashed sHitoT, and
it's up to you to apologize for butting
I'M"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29
v AN s

FOR RENT-5 room cottage in Kin
land. Electric lights and other con-
veniences. Apply Maynard-Raley
Realty & Trust Co.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-01-29

FOR SALE-A lot of skates, in good
order. Apply to j. N. StrlcKlln at
Chronicle office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
INVENTION Is TOO ARDUoUs

Sometimes peaceful man thinks
this world invents too many things,
and signs as he reflects what COM
paratiyely care-free life Moses, De-
mosthenes and Julius Caesar led.
Such thoughts are we'll expressed BY
the New York Evening Sun, when i
says:
When Jonah in his whale went bob
hing thru the brine
He wasn't worried with the Thought
that he might bit a mine.
When Lijah in his chariot Wen'
awaiting up
He wasn'1 bothered with the guns o.
Busy Bertha Krupp.
Navigation pioneers, whether ali
or ocean,
Missed a lot of modern thrills AMI
latter-day emotion!
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
THE G. A. CARMICHAEL WILL
GO TO JACKSONVILLE

The Big freight boat at Silver
Springs. the G A. Carmichael. II
lease SUNDAY for Jacksonville II
charge OF a eapTain and pilot Tllsse
she will be aftlciails measured End
entered IN the custom Edlse
and licensed as freight carried,
This big Vessel, bailt recently by tho
silver Springs Transpo Gem:
papy TO carry freight between sIIset
Springs and Jacksonville for Dsaia
merchants viii carry a handred cons
Of freight, and Is eaaipped with high
power gasoline engines OF The nlasi
improved type. She ~ill not only ~
the best locking freight boat on the
0klawaha and sapper SC Johns, bul
the fastest
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
siR. BRYAN VISITING HIS
WINTER HOME IT MIMI

Times-U Union. 18th: William 5
Bryan, secretary Of state for the
United States, passed through Jack
sonville last night en- route to Nj
ami, where he has winter home,
for the purpose of getting a few days
rest and change Of scene and to at
tend to some business about the es-
tate which he has there.
The secretary made no stop in this
city beyond that necessary to catch
the first train for the East Coast,
and seemed to be travelling alone.
He was looking remarkably well
considering the strenuousness of the
past few months. which he, with ali
others OF Mr. Wilson's cabinet, have
gone through with since the Euro
pean war began.
EMr. Bryan il expected in Washing.
ton again by Tuesday
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
RUSSIANS ACT LIKE
a DIFFERENT RACE
Excellent Results from Prohibition
In the Great White Cars
Empire

Petrograd, Nov. 20.-Actual and
complete prohibition is in force to-
day throughout the entire Russian
empire and not drop of vodka.
whisky, brandy, gin or any other
strong drink ds obtainable from one
end to the other of an area popnlat-
ed by 750, O00,0O0 people and com
prising one-sixth OF the habitable
globe.
In every foot of Russian territory
the word prohibition is taken liter
ally 1t does not mean partially
successful attempt to curtail liquor
consumption resulting in drinking in
secret pieces, abuse of medical IL
censes and general evasion and sub
terfuges. 1T does mean that vast
population who consumed 1,00O.-
900 900 worth of vodka a year.
whose ordinary condition has been
described by Russians themselves as
ranging from slight degree of slim
ulation upward, has been lifted al
most in one day to sobriety.
Not Difficult to Enforce
On that day when the mobiliza-
ton began policemen visited every
public place where vodka is sold
locked up the supply of the liquor,
which is almost pure alcohol, and
placed in the shop the imperial seal
Since the manufacture and sale Of
vodka is a government monopoly, Il
is not difficult to enforce prohibition
and from the day the shops were
closed drunkenness vanished.
The results already are seen in tn.
peasantry. They are beginning Il
] look like different race. Marks o
suffering, the pinched looks OF Hines
i and Improper nourishment have gon'
from their faces. Their clothes ar
cleaner and both men and WOmel
appear more neatly and better dress
ed. Homes of the poor, fOrmerl
destitute, now present somethin
like order and thrift.
In Petrograd and Moscow the Ell
feet is fairly startling On holiday
: inebriates always filed the police sta
: tions and often lay about in tn
: streets. Today unattended wome
may pass at night through portion
1 of these cities where it formerly Wa
e dangerous for men Minor crime
1 and misdemeanors have almost van
r ished.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

1t is going the rounds or the press
that the city council of Wauchula has
passed an ordinance by which fine
of 800 can be imposed on anyone
who speaks evil of the town. 1T is
Intended to knock out the knockers,
so to speak. If the city council oil
Wauchula really has passed such an
ordinance. its members are entitled
ITO blue ribbons at donkey show. No
magistrate above the rank of a Dog
berry would impose fine based on
ssBch a law Knockers are often an
evil, but sometimes a benefit. and al
any rate trying to punish them by
statute would both be foolish and un-
constitutional.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

For the next few years, FLORIDA
parents will be likely to prefer that
their hayward sons go to perdition
by the roundabout way, rather than
that they take short cut thru the
reform school. If all fathers and
mothers performed the consistent du-
ties required by civilization for their
children, there would he but small
need for reform schools. "A good
proportion of the boys in them are
sent by parents who are too weak or
too lazy to give their children proper
instruction from the cradle up.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

lives in the fire. was well known
here. He was the son of Fred Weth-
erbee. Day and Highway avenues.
who is connected with the Seahoard
Air Line Railway He vas but II
years old. and was considered one OF
the most promising boys ever sent to
the industrial school The atcion was
taken By the authorities mere 10 keep
him out Of bad company, than any
other He had gone practically vol
UNFAIRLY TO the school. The father
had just secured passes from Mr..
Lanier to make visit to Mariana
next sunday to see. his boy jack
sonyille Metropolis.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

Sam Fackler, the we'll known per-
dpatetic journalist of Florida. has ac-
qufred the Eau Gallie Record and has
brought out beautiful boost edition
by way of starter in his new field.
Sam is a quaint old fellow linked to
the fast-fading days of hand compo-
sition. G. Washington and other
forms OF the simple life in FLORIDA
print shops, but yon can't keep him
down and he will bob up unexpected
ly in unexpected places. Our best
wishes are with him in his latest ven
ture.-LakeIand Telegram.
The Star is afraid Sam Facklel
will never he rich until he is dead
but while he lives he will with un
faltering optimism and an unbound
ed love for his fellow men. go on lay
ing up treasures in Heaven.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
FEARFUL STORY OF
THE MARIANNE FIRE

A. special to the Times-Union gives
the following information regarding
the burning OF the reform school at
Mariana, in which ten lives we're
lost:
Building No. ! of the school was
destroyed and ten boys and men
burned to death in the building at an
early hour.
The fire was discovered only after
it had gained great Roadway and
nothing could be done to stop its
progress. 1t is supposed to have orig
mated in the Office on the first floor
of the building from which it crept
to the upper floors. The building was
occupied by about 100 boys. besides
Superintendent Bell and several
guards.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
FRIEND or VILLA IN FLORIDA
Says the Mexican Chieftain has No
Idea Of Leaving Hds Country

Times-Union, 18th: Col. r. II.
Titus, villa aid and agent. who has
been In Jacksonville for some weeks
past, yesterday morning received
dispatches from Villa in Mexico de-
nying the statements made by the
Associated Press morning dispatches
that Villa would leave the country,
or that he would retire rs command
er of the north until every promise
made has been fulfilled and Presi-
dent Gutierrez is nrmly established
in his rule.
He declares that II villa should
leave now there would be twenty
new aspirants for the presidency
within twenty-forr hours. and that
no one knows this better than Villa.
Carranza, he declares, hopes TO
get villa from the country, that he
may again attempt the dictation Of
affairs
Villa. he declares, Is determined
that nothing shall interfere with the
administration OF General Gutierrez,
at least until the general election,
after which the people should have
made known what they wish In the
matter,
He says that Villa is in complete
control OF the situation now. and
that Earranza knows this: and u
any further delay there viii be fight
ing within twenty-four hours, and
when 1T does begin practically every
general in Carranza's army viii rush
to Villa and help him crush the for
mer quickly and completely.
Villa. he declared, is in Mexico e
stay until peace IS an assured faci
and until every promise made Il
carried out to the letter, and in the
spirit of which it was made.
So far as General Villas leayins
the country is concerned, Col. Titri
says: Why, If he should propost
such a thing he would be urged e
stay and advise government proceed
ings, since every man knows he hai
the confidence Of the people mor'
than any other man n Mexico. /"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
SUPERINTENDENT HAS MADE
HIMSELF SCARCE
Evidence that Marianne Fire Was the
Work of an Incendiary

Mariana, Nov 20.-vDiscorery Of
clues leading to the belief that the
fire which destroyed the main dorm
itory OF the Florida State Industrial
School. and caused the death Of ten.
people was of incendiary origin: the
arrival OF Acting Chairman Sheriff.
and three members Of the board of
trustees, together with Attorney Gen
eral West. to begin an investigation
of the holocaust under the COVER
nors orders. the failure of officials
to locate Superin+ endent Putnam,
who has been absent for q month or
more, and the search for evidence
that might lead to clearing up the
question as to the fate of young
Waldo Drew, of st. PETERSBURG. were
yesterdays outstanding features in
the Developments growing out of the
fire of Wednesday morning
Because every evidence pointed so
strongly to the destruction of the
main dormitory of the school, and
the death of eight students and two
officials as the work of fre4bugs, the
coroner's Jury. which was empaneled
yesterday morning. was recessed un-
til next Monday. The recess was or
dered SO that further investigation
into the several clues unearthed
might be made before decision 10 rem
dered. SO far no arrests have been
made
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
oCALA HOUSE ARRIVALS

G. S. Bauman, ST. Petersburg; o.
C. Lucius, Tampa; E. X. Butler, A.
G. l.. R. r.; Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ.
Scott, Newark, n. j.; C. Soarbach
New York; ID. E. Ridgell, Jackson
Vile; NJ. N. iMcRae, iMoultrie, Ga;
r.. L. 1yey. Jacksonville; w. j. Har-
ris. Jacksonville; J. NJ. Houston
Beaver Falls. Pa; a. A Case, Buf-
falo, n. Y; "A. j. Case, Buffalo, N
Y; NJ. b. Fisher. Jacksonville; F. NJ
Patterson. Cleveland. Ohio.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
HAD NO FRIEND TO GUIDE HIM

There is a whole sermon in the
following brief paragraphs written
by Powell of the Clearwater Sun
about clifford Jeffords, one of the
boys burned to death in the fire trap
at Mariana:
The Mariana reformatory, a state
institution, took fire this morning
and was burned to the ground. Ten
inmates lost their lives, among the
number being Clifford Jeffords Of
this city. son of Mrs. s. A. Jeffords,
a widow.
The remains of the lad were SO
charred that they are beyond recog-
milton. The mother and brothers and
other relatives will go to Mariana
this evening.
1T was only two weeks ago that
Clifford was sent to the institution.
Clifford Jeffords was not a vicious
boy, but was delinquent only so far
that he would not attend school, and
It was thought that a season at Mar
ianna would turn his mind along
other channels than having a good
time" He carried the Sun on one OF
the routes for some weeks and the
Sun would not desire a more faith
full or honest or businesslike employee
He was simply a healthy, vigorou:
lad 70 whom the call Of the woods OF
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

The tragedy at Mariana is a dis
grace to the state. The men in charge
of the institution are guilty of Grim
anal carelessness in allowing a condi-
tdon of affairs to exist by which fire
escape could not he used when need
ed. If 1t had to be locked, watch
man should have been stationed by
it, to see that 1t could be thrown
open instantly when necessary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

Administration officials are said to
believe that the shots fired at the
1'ennessee's launch at Smyrna were
intended as a friendly warning thai
the harbor was mined. Perhaps they
were, and an eight-inch shell from
the cruiser, planted in the middle of
the Turkish battery. would have
been a most appropriate acknowl-
edgement.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

the Veter appealed more than books.
Ths-sun extends sympathy to the
motha and brothers and is sorry
that c. h could not have been spared
to show them that he was made of
good stuff and would come out all
right-and the writer who was in
close touch with the lad knows that
he would have done so.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
BURNED TO DEATH
FOR STEALING A BIKE

Tampa. Nov 2O.-Walter Fisher,
one of the victims of the fire at Mar
ianna, was 16 years of age and was
sent from this county after having
stolen a bicycle.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

Just exactly what use the Ger
mans would have for wireless sta
tfon in South Florida is something
that the Stars military expert is UNI
able to discover.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

During the four days OF the Mar.
ion-sumter Fair we will give 10 pei
cent discount on every purchase
made. Little's Shoe ParIor. 9-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

Why worry about your Thanksgiv
ing cakes when you can have us bake
them for you to your order? Carter
Bakery. list
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
Fire Burned Rapidly

All sleeping apartments were on
the second and third floors. The
building was of brick, SO by $50 feet,
with two wings fifty feet in length.
1t was finished inside in pine, all par
tftions and floors being of wood. This
had recently been painted and the
oils in the paint made the wood burn
rapidly, so that, it is said, that within
thirty minutes after the fire was dis
covered. the building was in ruins.
When superintendent Bell was
awakened the stairways were in
flames. The two fire escapes being
looked, he could only make his es-
cape through the roof, and this he
did Climbing to the tower, he
jumped to the roof, and from this to
the fire escape from (which he reach
ed the ground and tried to enter the
Office to obtain the keys to the fire
escapes.
The Office being in flames. he pro-
cured an ak and with the assistance
of Mr.. ALLEN, one of the guards, he
Il
escape at the second floor. where
three men were trying to make their
escape. He succeeded in breaking
the locks of the barred grating to the
window, but was unable to get the
metal frame out of the window. In
the meantime, the floors gave way
and the inmates were hurled to their
doom.
The men at the window were R. B
Evans, carpenter; C. M. Evans, his
son, a guard and one other who was
an inmate. The seven others who
persisted are supposed to have beer
suffocated lbefore they were burned
!. as their charred bodies were found
on the bed springs of their beds. Al
were in the same ward in the north
: wing of the building.
: The charred bodies of the unfortu
nate victims of the awful holocaus
were dragged from the bed of coal
1 and ashes inside the walls OF tn
burned building and placed under
e tree at the rear of the building tina
n had been killed by the fire.
n OF most of the bodies nothing re
e manned but charred Jumps of fIes
D and bone, representing the bodie
and organs that had been roasted t
e an unrecognizable blackened mass.
p Two of the larger ones, howeve,
n retained the shape of the huma
q body with all the vital organs e,
# posed. In none was there the Sigh
$ est semblance of a possibility of re
ognition. The guards, however, /
u being familiar with the location
p the beds of each of the boys, wei
a able to identity their remains, ar
q the two men were identified by the
size.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20
KEPT HIM OUT
OF BAD COMPANY

Joe Wetherbee. the younger of the
two Jacksonville boys who lost their
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-20

Novels, the very latest. at The
Murray Company. 1896