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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
At The High School

The total enrolment Of the Ches-
terfield High School has now reached
235. The large percentage of these
in the High School Department speaks
well for the school, and shows that
a considerable number of both pu-
pills and patrons appreciate the value
of High School education. 1t
should be the ambition of every boy
and girl in reach of the school to
win State High School diploma.
The patrons and friends of the
school have responded generously to
the appeal for library funds. The
$50 asked for by Superintendent
Coker has already been subscribed
This enables the school to get $40
more from the State and county
funds and part of the books have al
ready been ordered from the R. l..
Bryan Co., of Columbia. This IL
brary will add greatly to the effici-
ency of the school. Some books have
been selected suitable to all differ
ent grades.
This contribution by the patrons
will also be made the basis for a re-
quest to the State for $50 with which
to buy physics and chemistry appa-
vatus.
Prof. Coker has asked the High
School pupils to act as school i'm
orovement society and they expect
to raise at least $4,000 during the
year for the improvement of the
school.
The greatest event in school life
this week was the lecture to the
school pupils by Mr.. Will D. Upshaw
the Methodist church yesterday at
Z O'Clock. The church was filled to
capacity by the children and older
people and MIR. Upshaw made an i'm
preston that will be long remember
I'd for good. His address was full of
good advice and sound moral teach
ng. Yet SO full of wit and humor
that all the children enjoyed it i'm
mensely. He asked them to take as
l motto for life, Don't be discour-
lged; never give up" And he i'm
pressed it in such way that many
will remember it when they meet the
hard places in life later on.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

Saturday and Sunday in Palmetto
sertion.
Mr.. Chapp Rhodes and Mr.. Clar-
ence Johnson, from near Hartsville,
and Miss Minnie McManus, and other
young people were pleasant callers
of Miss Bessie Clanton Saturday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. j. P. Sellers was a guest of
Miss Mollie Clanton Sunday evening.
Rev. J. d. Purvis filled his regular
appointment at Bay Springs, Palmet-
to and Middendorf. He preached
three fine sermons.
The young men of the Palmetto
section hold prayer meeting every
Wednesday night and have good
success.
Well, Dear Reader, l hope to hear
from you soon, especially from Ches-
terfield, Route d.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
Gall Term Court
OF General Sessions

The fall term of the Court of Cen
sral Session convened at Chesterfield
Courthouse Monday, last, Judge J. w.
De Wore presiding. Court adjourned
Tuesday evening after disposing of
number of cases, one of which was
,ried before jury
The first case called was J. w.
3oan, disposing of property under
ion.
}. Paul Jones, assault and battery,
With intent to Kill. Case continued.
c. w. Arant ct al, riot and murder.
Case continued. 1t will be remem-
oered that at the last term of Crimi
lai Court the Arants were acquitted
and the Vests found guilty of riot.
The Vests, John, Shepard, Arthur,
Baxter and Luther, appealed.
Garfield Brunson, assault and bat
cry, with intent to kill, and carrying
concealed weapons. Pied guilty and
sentenced to one year or fine Of 5000.
j. +. Atkinson, dsposing of prop-
'rty under lien. Continued.
NJ. c. Lancaster, breach of trust
Nollc pressed.
= }. James, disposing of property
under lien. Continued.
John Deficiency, alias John Evans.
Hsst:,t and battery, with intcn, t.
Kill. Nollc pressed.
George w. Brown, obtaining rood.
andcr false prctcnccs. Continued
Luther Dinkins and Colder Cutie.
housc-brcaking and larceny. Each
pied guilty and sentenced one year
Coot Stanley, houscbrcaking and
larceny. Plead guilty and sentenced
TO l3 months.
Joe Ihcadgill, larceny of bicycle.
Plead guilty. Sentenced to wear
hard labor and fined 81.
S. V. McManus, violating dispen-
sary law. Continued.
John Henry Brown. bigamy. Sen
fenced to six months.
Bessie McRac, larceny of bicyclc.
Plead guilty. Two years.
Fred Covington, murder. Plead
guilty to manSlaughter Two wears.
Ed Sanders. assault and battery
intent to kill. Plead guilty to assault.
Five months or fine of $50.
Vernon S. Blackburn, dcscrtion.
Plead guilty. Sentenced to one YEAR;
sentence to be suspended after three
months. Other charges dropped.
This is the gentleman recently taken
in New York City neccssitating a trim
by Sheriff Douglass. His three
months servitudc have doubtless
been rather expensive to the county.
Ben Shadd, housc-breaking and lar.
ccny. Transferred to continccn;
docket.
Ram!c jefferson. violation Of Dis.
pensary Law Tried and found gull
ty. Sentenced to one year. nine
months Of which was suspended. lie
Henry Mccall, houscbreaking and
larceny. Plead guilty.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
Monday, October I'd, Your Last
Chance to Register for Nov. Election
Without Certificate You Cannot Vote Very Important That
Every South Carolina Democrat Vote ? III, Fall

white men as are those who con-
temptuously stigmatize the bone and
slnew of this State as 'Bleasites' and
for the further purpose of increasing
our faith in and consecrating our eff
forts to the continuance of the strug-
gle for the principles upon which we
stand.
\ suggest that each Democratic
club send one true and tried Re-
former as delegate to the convention.
"All newspapers who have any of
the kind of people as subscribers.
please publish one time.
(S!gned) 'W. A. JAMES"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
REFORM FACTION" CALLED
TO MEETIN COLUMBIA.
From The State.

rom L ne OCaCe.
Members of the Reform Faction"
in South Carolina have been called
to attend a Convention in Columbia,
October 1S. John X. Aull, Columbia
correspondent, yesterday sent to the
Charleston American the following
dispatch, copies of viii, he furnished
to other newspapers:
Columbia, S. c., Sept 26-After
consultation with prominent members
of the Reform faction in Coiumbi?
to-day, Col. w. A. James, of Bishop
vile, one of the leaders oc the Re.
form Party in Lee County, to-day is
sued the following call for convcn-
ton of the Reform Faction to be
held in Columbia on Tuesday, Octo-
Der 1S:
Il hereby call for q convention of
the Reform Faction of the Demo
cratic Party, to be held on Tuesday
October IS, in Columbia During the
campaign just passed, appeals were
made to save civilization as was
done in 1876, when negro domination
vas the issue. Men have been heard
to Justify questionable methods at
the ballot box upon the same grounds
as when dealing with negroes in 1876.
and now it is up to us, and is our
duty, to hold a great convention and
demonstrate that we are as good
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

A petition is being circulated in
Alligator and Jefferson townships ask
ing the legislature to retain for those
sections of the county the present
rural police system. The contention
is that these townships gave ma
jority vote in favor of the rural DO
lice system now in force and that they
need the police protection thus af-
forded.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
The next session of St, Paul I,

The next session of st. Paul Insti-
tute will be open on the First Mon
day in November (the 6tf), 1916.
instruction thorough, competent fac
ulty; terms moderate; healthful loca-
ton. Make application at once. For
furthsr information write Rev. ]. A..
Little, Prin., Chesterfield, s. C. 4t.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
HOLD OVER GRAND JURORS

The Grand Jurors who hold over
ana serve for another year are:
}. W. Blackwell, John ID. Smith, f.
v '.anRy, }, a. Arant, =. \. Horton
a"d W. l., Shaw.
Mr.. Allan Cassidy, son Of Mr.. War
rem Cassidy, of near Bay Springs.
was kicked by mule one day last
wee, He had a close call. as the
mA!. 3 hoof landed over his right
eye, almost circling it. Apparently
n" permanent damage was done and
he is recovering nicely.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
Yocal items

wrist watches, chains, cavaliers, cam
eos, scarf pins, cuff links, bracelets
rings. Birthday gifts of every de-
scrption for every member of the
family. Call and see them.
The educational campaign. of the
Baptist church in Chesterfield toun.y.
known as the Associational carnpairn.
will be held at Dudley and Wolf Pond
on October 25th. These dates were
inadvertently omitted in tn sched-
ule as recently published in The Ad-
vertiser.
The following members of the
East Chesterfield Quarterly Confc-
cnce dincd with the pastor, the Rev.
Paul 7. Wood, on Tuesday: Mcssrs.
'saac Davis, w. j. St~eater, Spencer
Vaughn, R. A. Melton, ]. M. Watson.
0. |. Pitman, Minor Rainwater and
!. J. Lidc.
Friends of the Hon. w. F. Steven
son say he will make the race again
'''' 'C".c iol oAited States
Congress, and this brings to mind the
SsCrtlons made by the friends of Mr..
Finley during the recent campaign
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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

FOX SALE-Two-year-old colt; bred
from registered Percheron, and
VIII make good work horse. See
him at Armfeld-Porter Co.'S. sta
bles. Bargain price for quic!; sale
u w. p. COKER.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
CARD OF THANKS

l wish to thank the people Of Ches-
terheld county for the splendid vote
given me and pledge you my best
services. j. ARTHUR KNIGHT.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
CORRESPON
PATRICK

Miss Mary Ingram left last We'd
nesday for Ceder Springs, where she
will resume her college work.
Mr.. B. P. Hancock, of Hamlet, was
in Patrickk one day last week.
Mr.. B. F. Covington and family
are spending some time in North
Carolina.
Mr.. j. G. Copeland returned Fri
day from visit to his old home in
Bamburg County.
Mr.. Steve Huntley and his sister,
Miss Lexie, passed through Patrick
last Wednesday to Columbia, where
they will continue their college work.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Thames re-
turned Saturday from a visit to rela-
tives in Sumter.
Mr.. G. F. Davidson went to Colum-
bia Sunday to accompany Mrs. David
son home from the hospital.
Mrs. p. E. Tracy and her mother,
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Mrs. J. A. Winburn.
Mr.. j. w. Winburn, of Hamlet,
spent Sunday in Patrick.
DR.. ]. w. Williamson, of Darling
ton County, was in Patrick Sunday
and Monday.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
For safety and service, send or
bring your deposit to The Peoples
Bank. c. p. Mangum, Cashier.
CHESTERFIELD, ROUTE a

Thanks for such beautiful weather
to gather our crops and for such good
prices.
Mr.. Thomas Crawley, of Patrick,
Poute 2, died Sunday morning, after
an illness of something over two
months. Fever was assigned as the
cause of his death. He was young
man of about 20 years. He was the
eldest son of Mr.. P. C. Crawley.
We certainly regretted to hear of
the death of Mr.. J. d. Douglass. He
was 4 good man and neighbor. Now
that he is gone, there is no one who
can fill his place in our community.
Mr.. G. N. Clanton and family Wis
tied at Mr.. j. N. Clanton's Saturday
and Sunday.
Several from this section attended
the picnic at Bay Springs Saturday,
and report gne time; lots of good
things to eat and some to drink. 4
Messrs Guss Clanton and Efvin
Odom were pleasant callers at Mr.. j.
R. Sutton's Sunday evening.
DR.. and Mrs. R. M. Newsom were
on this route Sunday and seemed to
enjoy visit to Mr.. w. D. Odom's
scupernong vineyard.
One Of Mr.. d. L. Browns mules
died last Friday night.
Any one that wishes to may men,
tion the date for the good roads day
in Chesterfield County and we will do
our part or more, if necessary.
How about a long g-staple automo-
bile?
The first touch of autumn makes us
look at the woodpile and weep. 4
The man who never makes any mis-
takes never does anything else worth
while.
If you want to find out how little
regard some people have for the Ten
Commandments just run for office.
The highest praise our competitors
can give to their shoes is to say they
are just as good as the WALK
OVERS. Do not be fooled in buy
ing something "just as good"; be
wise and buy the Genuine WALK
OVER. ODOM BROS. CO.
Save your tickets for Coffee, and
present them to The City Market.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

When in town don't fail to call on
Mrs. A. L. Griggs. Her Millinery is
new and up-to-date.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

Save your tickets for Coffee, and
present them to The City Market.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

The Best is the Cheapest. Singer
and Wheeler Wilson Machines. The
best by the worlds test Sold cheap
tor cash, or on easy payments. Three
vars time. Rebuilt machines for
So and up.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28
ERNEST M MELTON
~ Hotel, Chesterfield, S. c.

Chora" Company 'I' is making q
rood record on the border. This COM
?"ny has won the baseball champion
iAip for the First South Carolina
H'gimcnt. Among all the companies
now at the border this one ranked
third in efficiency.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

The following members of the
East Chesterfield Quarterly Confc--
cncc dined with the pastor, the Rev.
PAUL 7. Wood, on Tuesday: Mcssrs.
iSaac Davis, w. j. St"eater, Spencer
vaughn, K. A. Melton, j. M. Watson,
0. |. Pitman, Minor Rainwater and
!. J. Lidc.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Melton, of Nc
Bee, spent several days in town this
week.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-09-28

The educational campaign, of the
Baptist church in Chesterfield county.
known as the Associational carnpairn,
Will be held at Dudley and Wolf Pond
on October 25th. These dates were
inadvertently omitted in th, sched-
ule as recently published in The Ad-
vertiser.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-23

the United States, but the abolition
, lists had already unsheathed their
. hammers" William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Sum
ner and hundreds of others Hammer
ed" the great evil until the slave hold
ers' rebellion came, when hammers
we're exchanged for guns, and with
the assistance of nearly 100000 former
slaves, who fought nobly, the great
blot was wiped from the escutcheon.
The work of the hammer is not yet
complete. Thousands of social wrongs
still exist which must be hammered
until they disappear.
Thousands of men, such as women.
slavers, jimcrowists and their ilk, men
who would barter their birthrights
must be hammered until they beg for
mercy and reform or are knocked into
hell.
Great is the hammer! Long may it
exist to knock down the Wrong: to
build up Right.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-23

Charter was discussed, agreed to, and
signed in single day. Thus modern
democracy and liberty had their origin
in hammer" work.
In the sixteenth century the Cath.
olic Church had grown corrupt. The
priests were guilty of immortality, ex-
tortion and all the other crimes in the
decalogue. The Inquisition was work
ing overtime. When conditions were
at their worst, Martin Luther appeared
on the scene armed with Hammer"
and he battered down the Devil so
strongly entrenched in the church.
Thus began the Reformation which
separated the Protestant church from
the Romish See, and conferred in
estimable benefits on mankind.
For many years the American col
onies had been oppressed by England,
the mother country. The colonies
protested against taxation without
representation. Mother England re-
fused to heed the cries of her children,
so in ITS, the colonists revolted, the
first blood shed being that of Crispus
Attacks, mulatto, whose valor the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts has
in enduring granite
and bronze on Boston Common. The
continued "hammering" of the Colon
lists finally brought the liberty which
was proclaimed, July 4, Its.
In the seventeenth century, African
slavery was inaugurated in America.
William Wilberforce and others "ham-
mered' at the vile wrong in England.
The agitation was continued until the
year 1884 saw the abolition of slavery
in all British colonies.
Bond-service had a strong hold in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-23
ANNIVERSARY OF ATLANTA'S
SHAME,

Ten years have passed since
Atlanta, Georgia, was the scene of
one of the most uncalled for and
bloodiest riots ever recorded in his.
tory. Colored men and women were
ruthlessly slaughtered because of race
hatred; not a single one killed had
been guilty of any crime whatever.
The massacre was caused by the in
cendiary editorials of the Atlanta
News and Journal, owned by Hoke
Smith, since governor of Georgia and
now United States senator from that
state.
In his gubernatorial canvass Smith
also made incendiary speeches incit.
ing the Caucasians against colored
people and demanding that the race
be disfranchised.
Senator Hoke Smith is said to be
the author of the jim-crow policy of
the present administration and he has
the active support of Vardaman, John
Sharpe Williams and nearly every
Southerner in Congress.
THE APPEAL reprints in this is
sue "A Litany of Atlanta" by DR.. w
E. Burghardt Du Bots, editor of The
Crisis. 1t was written just after the
riot, the author being at that time a
resident of Atlanta.
September, 1916, being the tenth
anniversary of the massacre and the
recent renaissance of burnings and
lynchings in Georgia render the pub
~lication timely.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-23
Y. S. WARNS TURKEY!

The American embassy in Constan-
tinople has been instructed by the
state department to make representa-
lions to the porte in behalf of Ar
menians who are threatened by the
Turkish advance into Persia.
| The representations call on the
Turkish government, 'in the name of
humanity" not to permit any mas
, sacre of Armenians in Persia. The
! purpose is said to be to forewarn
Turkey against any such situation as
prevailed in Asia Minor.
The Turks will not pay any atten-
ton to any representation in the
name of humanity" because they know
! that they are hypocritical, and that
humanity" has little place in the
United States.
The Turks know that colored men
and women and children are mas
sacred without mercy and lynched
without trial in the Southern murder
oelt' They know that the colored
people who are not killed are cowed
and disseminated against and meet
i with injustice from the cradle to the
grave.
The Turks know that the worst
j enemy the colored people have in this
country is the so-called Christian
church, which is continually denounc-
ing the Turks as barbarians. The
treatment of their brethren of darker
hue by the Caucasian Christians rep.
resents the very refinement of hellish
brutality rather than human brother.
hood.
Instead of making hypocritical rep
reservations to the Turkish govern
ment, the United States government
ought to stop segregation of citizens
in the civil service and 'in the name
of humanity" President Wilson, Sec
rotary Lansing ct al ought to tel
Texas, Georgia, South Carolina an6
the other hellocracies of the South
! that the ruthless murder of coloreG
Christians must cease within the Dor
ders of this Christian CD land.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-23

land and for that reason, the colored
members in the United States enjoy
the fellowship Of millions of men of
every race. scattered all over the
civilized globe.
Edward H. Morris of Chicago, is the
foremost colored lawyer of the world.
His career reads like romance. Com
ing from the depths of poverty, his
tattered overcoat, barely covered the
ragged suit he wore when he took the
examination for the bar. Now he is
one of the leaders of the Illinois Bar
and there are few who are anxious
to battle with him in the forum. Those
VINO are competent to Judge estimate
that he has accumulated fortune of
more than million dollars.
Master of sarcasm, ridicule is one
OF his most powerful weapons when
addressing jury Keen in analysis
and versed in precedents, he seldom
loses case, for after examination
If he decides that it has no merit, he
will not accept it no matter how allur-
ing the retainer offered.
Morris is clean cut, thinking man,
who knows that he is an American
and who not only demands but re-
CelVeS treatment as an American
When he was a member of the Illinois
legislature he secured the passage of
a strong civil rights bill, to safeguard
the rights of all American citizens.
AS there are many jimcrow men
among the 100000 members of the
Odd Fellows in this country, the ad-
vantage of having a man at it's head
Who believes in manhood, should be
apparent to the most casual observer,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-23
BEAUTIFUL, BUT BUNK.

President Wilson, speaking before
the citizenship convention, urged a
square deal'' for the immigrant and
demanded that America be kept the
! finest example of the objects and ideals
that go to promote the standards of the
world.
I'VE ought to be careful to maintain
government at which the immigrant
can look with the closest scrutiny and
to which he should be at liberty to
address this question: You declare
this to be a land of liberty and of
equality and of justice; have you made
it so by your law
II believe America should exalt
above everything else the sover-
eighty of thoughtfulness and sympathy
and vision, as against the grosser i'm
pulses of mankind. No nation can live
without vision, and no vision will exalt
a nation except the vision of real lib
>erty and real justice and purity of
conduct
Natural born Americans were
warned by the president to examine
themselves carefully to see whether
they have burning in them the true
light Of America which they expect
to show to these foreigners.
If a square deal" for the immigrant
why not square deal for 100000
AMERICAN BORN citizens who are
bounded and Inundated, Disseminated
against and often mob-murdered be-
cause more or less African blood flows
in their veins?
The president is the leader of the
Democratic party which has DISPLAYED
the greatest zeal in enacting discrim-
mating legislation and the president
himself has sanctioned the most in
famous racial determinations which
were wholly outside the law.
The presidents rhetoric is perfect.
but those who have suffered from the
enactments' Of the Democratic party
and the presidents approval Of un-
just and unlawful and UNAMERICAN