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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
CORRESPOND
BEAR GREEK

MIR. ID. NJ. Pate is attending
court this week at Chesterfield
Mr.. j. Z. Hail, Of McBee, spent
Sunday night in our community
enroute TO Chesterfield.
Glad to report all of Bear
Creek grip victims improving.
Our school, with Mr.. F. S
Gillespie as principal, and Mrs.
l.. K. Hurst, assistant, is pro-
crossing nicely, with an enroll
ment of 1l5 students.
The infant son of MIR. and
Mrs. Jerry Mclean died last
Thursday. We extend to the
grief stricken parents.
A box supper will be given at
the Bear Greek school house Sat
urday night, March 11th.
Mr.. j. B. Goodale and Miss
Allie Gardner, of the Shiloh
community, attended services
here Sunday.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
to who fired the first shot.

to who fired the first shot.
The following jury was select
ed: E. j. Moore. foreman; j..
K Short, j q Hoffman, G A
Baker, j K Brown, @ + Snipes,
w NJ Raley, j O Smith, j K
Steen, M ID Gardner, j N Tol-
bert and d FL Brewner.
The Arants are represented
by Frank A Miller of HartsvIlle,
Geo w Brown of Darlington and
q K Laley. The Vests and
Wallaces are represented hy
Stevenson and Prince, Pollock
and Pegues. Solicitor Spears is
assisted by M j Hough.
The case is expected to con-
tinue through to day, Thursday &.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
LUCKISVILLE

Mr. Alvia Tart visited at the
home of Mr.. q. Il. Sumner Sat
urday and Sunday.
j. o. Malloy IS stepping high
now 1t is q girl-weight liz
pounds.
Mrs. M. X. Kervin is quite
sick at this writing.
Mr.. w. M. Griggs has per.
chased a new Ford.
Mr.. o. G.. Bowman is opening
up his farm, clearing new ground 1
which adds much to the improy
ing of the place.
Mr.. w. X. Parker and brother
Mr.. Ernest visited in Luckisville
Sunday.
Forest fires are playing havoc
in this part Of'the county now
running the woods land.
Grip is playing havoc In thi,
community. Several familie,
are down with it.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
They Let Him Sleep

Fl. L. Straynge, Gainesville,
Ca, Il. X. No. 3. was unable to
sleep all night without getting
up. Sometimes only few min
utes after going to bed, / would
have to get up, and tried ev-
erything l heard of for the
trouble. Finally I tried Foley
Kidney Pills and after taking
one bottle l believe l am entire
,ly curad, and i sleep soundly all
. AFoley kidney Pills tone
! ug, .sh kidneys, rid
2 r sons, give Ape
and refreshing sleep.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
Alcohol And Pneumonia.

The United States Public
Health Service brands strong
drink as the most efficient all y
Of pneumonia. 1t declares that
alcohol is the handmaiden of the
disease which produces ten per
cent of the deaths in the United
States. This is no exaggeration.
We have known for q long time
that indulgence in alcoholic
liquors lowers the individual vi
tality, and that the man who
drinks is peculiarly susceptible
to pneumina. The United States
Public Health Service is q con
servative body. IG does not en-
gage in alarmist propaganda. In
following out the line of its offici-
al duties it has brought forceful-
ly to the general public q fact
which will bear endless repeti.
tion., The liberal and continu-
Que user of alcoholic drinks will
do we'll to heed this warning,
particularly at this season of the
year when the gruesome death
toll from pneumonia is being
doubled.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
MIR. D. M. Barentine
Passes Away

MT. ~. M. BArentlno former
owner Of The Chesterfield Ad-
vertiser and one OF Chesterfield's
most prominent and respected
citizens, died at his home on
Green st. near midnight of last
Thursday night. The death of
this good man was not unex-
pected, as he had lowered be-
tween life and death for several
days before the end came.
About three weeks ago Mr..
Barentine suffered an attack Of
the grip. From this he seemed
on the road to recovery and was
on the street two weeks ago
from o-day. He suffered a re-
lapse, however, which, compli-
Gated with arterio sclerosis, was
the cause Of his death.
A marked sense of sadness
prevailed throughout the town
for two days, mAnifesting the
universally IF esteem in which
Mr. Barentine was held.
Mr.. Barentine was born in
1850 and was married in 1873 to
Miss Mamie McOreight. There
were five children, all of whom
are living. They are Mrs. d.
FL. Laney, Mrs. B. F. Robeson,
Mr.. 0. L. Barentine and Miss
Annie Barentine, of this com
munity, and Mr.. Walter E. Bar
entine. of Moultrie, Ga. He is
also survived by a brother, Mr..
John Barentine, of Clio, and q
sister, Mrs. Ella burlington, of
Baltimore.
Mr.. Barentlne always took
lively interest il the affairs of
his county and State. For sew
eral years he was auditor of Ches-
tertield county, after which he
served several terms as probate
judge. AT the time of his death
he was clerk of the Board of
County commissioners.
For n good many years Mr..
Barentine was owner and editor
of The Chesterfield Advertiser.
In this work he was recognized
as a man of positive convictions
and of great breadth of mind.
The upbuilding of the county
was always his first thought.
Mr.. Barentine was q member
of the Methodist church. To
the church he gave literally of
his time and means. For almost
forty years he was steward in
St. Paul church and for years
was chairman of the board of
trustees. His church honored
him by sending him to the Dist
rict Conference from year to
year, and often he was dele
gate to the Annual Conference.
ae always stood loyalty by his
duty to his church.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted Saturday afternoon by
his pastor, Rev. j. l.. Tyler, and
the body laid to rest in the Ches-
Gerfield cemetery.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
Has Eight Children

Mrs. z. Rehkamp, 2404 Her
man st. Covington, KY, writes !:
II have been nsing Foley's Hon
ey and Tar for nearly two years
and can find no better cough
syrup. l lave eight children
and give it to allof them. They
all were subject to Group from
babies on" 1t is a safe and re-
liable medicine for men and
women as we'll as children
Don't let the cough that fllo ws
Grippe hang on and wesks you.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09

in four or five miles of Verdun
they could bonn bard the town at
any time. But that alone would
be of little use, for their object
Is not TO take Verdun but to dis
lodge the French army from this
region. A heavy fall of snow has
added to the difficulty and dis
comfort of the campaign.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
Paeeland Fight Case
In Criminal Court

uoJ uoIulnS, "A record CrOWQ
was in attendance on account of
Pageland war cases being SCI for
trial. For three days now the
interest has remained una bated
on the pending case of South
Carolina against Lo less than
ten separate defendants for the
murder of Dock Wallace on March
18th last during the riot at
Pageland. The town of Chester
deld has been over-run by the
numerous witnesses and others
who are in Chesterfield to hear
the trials. From the opening
day of Court. Monday, through
Wednesday, the court house
has been crowded at all times.
Good order prevails and while
there is an under-current of
feeling the officers believe that
whatever the outcome of the
trials there will not be any out
break like that at Pageland last
year.
When court convened Monday
morning, the fist case called
was that of the State against
o. w. Arant and j. M. Arant,
IL. 81. West, Luther West, Bax-
ter West, Arthur West, Shep-
herd West, John West, Luther
Wallace and Walter Wallace
for the murder of Dock Wallace
and Wesley Arant. The solici-
tor has indicted all defendants
jointly for two separate mur-
ders. AS predicted in this pa
per several weeks ago the attor-
neys reprepresenting the var
ious defendants Immediately
moved to quash the lniictme mt
on the ground that the defend
ants could not be charged in the
same Indictment with two Sep
arate murders-that separate
trials were necessary. After
considerable argument rhe sol
icitor stated that he was going
to be frank with the court-that
he was in error-and to remedy
matters he was going to strike
off the name of Wesley Arant
from the Indictment and let
same stand against the Defend
ants for the murder of Dock
Wallace alone. The solicitor
gave notice, however, that he
was going to hand to the Grand
Jury a new Indictment against
all the defendants for the mur-
der of Wesley Arant.
The Judge then ordered the
case to trial, the situation being
as follows: The ten defendants
above named are being tried
under joint Indictment alleg-
ing that they are all guilty of
riot and the murder of Dock
Wallace. The solicitor takes
the position and 50 charges in
the indictment that all the de-
PENDANTS, the Arants and the
Vests Wallaces-both factions
met at Pageland and by a
preconceived agreement, either
expressed or implied, agreed to
fight it out. The solicitor alleges
that the riot was nothing more
nor less tfan a mutual com bat.
that 1T is immaterlal who fred
the fatal shot that killed Wal
lace. that all were engaged IN a
mutual com bat, that the hand
of one was the hand of all.
The state relied principally
upon Rural Policement James
Grant and former policeman
Funderburk of Pageland, Bert
Funderburk and J. w. Quick to
prove its case. The evidence of
the State was that Dock Wal
lace was killed by Walker Arant
and that Wesley Arant was
killed by Sheppard West. How
ever both men were killed DUR
ing the free for all fight while
shots were flying in every di-
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
Grand Jury Report.

Following is the report of the
Grand Jury submitted to the
presiding Judge:
To His Honor S. w. G. Shipp,
Presiding Judge:
The Grand Jury having passed
on all bills and other matters
submitted to it by the Court, be g
to make The following report:
We recommend that the prop
er authorities take what steps
they deem best for the care Of
the family of Jim Teal, who is
in the asy lum and whose family
is In a destitute condition.
We have had the books of the
county officers examined and
have had report made up. How
ever, this audit is not complete
from an accounting standpoint on
account of executions in tho
Sheriff's hands thai hare no
been proven valid assets.
The reasons for passing
above executions for the or.
OF the treasurer in this c.
tion are: First, he states
check against his receiptsf
not show the facts, on acGt
the receipts being issuedrd
paid, he having kept hk-
of these unpaid receiptSec-
ed the duplicates canq -
ond, as there has
been kept, and the
ceipts being carbo
badly blurred fri
would make a check
ly difficult, if possl
quently they were or
ed, to be proven by til
efforts to collect, and ~
to be resumed and con
that time.
We recommend that tn
with any necessary .ssls
proceed at once to collect
executions and report tae sal
at the next term of court.
We further recommend that
each officer handling funds Of the
county or trust funds as county
officials, keep such books as will
enable them to make trial bal
ance each month and that trial
balance be taken off monthly.
We also recommend: That
each officer receiving fees and
commissions open an account in
books, of fees and commissions
received, and keep a true and
accurate account of same. This
is necessary as the law requires
1t, and specifies that should this
amount exceed three thousand
dollars the amount over three
Thousand dollars goes to the
county, a report of the sam1h
be made to the Supervisor. Un-
der these conditions we do not
ti.iok it proper for officials to re.
bate tn !ir fees and instruct that
they dc not do SO.
We also recommend as next
lmprovem nnts that vaults be
built for the treasurer and audi
tor, also for the sheriff and su-
pervisor, which will necessitate
the building of two vaults. ~
also recommend that toi
put in. as the seweI
ready been compleg
We recommend
countant be paid I'll
dollars due him
hundred having
the total amoun
having cost 81 300
We wish % tha
sng Judge atSS
the Court for tb !
4ended and h
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-09
A Weekly Review
OF The Great War

The significance of the Ger
man attack upon Verdun ma,
be seen from any map or history
Of France. A straight line is the
shortest distance between two
points. On the line between
Metz and Paris stands the fort
ress of Verdun. The reason why
the Germans did not 60 straight
from Metz to Paris is because
Verdun was IN the way. They
weQt to the north of it instead,
through Belgium, though that
act made it certain that
England would be coun te d
among her enemies and that
neutral nations would be alien
ated.
This was bad policy from a po-
litical point of view and it may
now be questioned whether it
was good policy from q military
point of view.
The Verdun forts before the
war were constructed on the
same general plans as those of
Liege and Namar. The guns
were placed in movable steel Gu
polas, shaped like saucer, and
protected by ring of concrete
so heavy us to be invulnerab Bile
to the artillery of,the time. Bnt
shell fired with q modern high
explosive dropt on one Of these
cupolas does not glance off, but
expIodes. The concrete and
steel structure is blasted to
pieces and the gunners crushed
Sl focated by the gas evolved.
fs is why Liege and Namur
taken within two davs af.
he twenty -eight-centimeter
had been brought to- bear
them.
is understood that General
when he was in com
at Verdun, took many of
I,ns from the cupolas and
khem in the ravines and
!mong the trees and behind the
rocks of the hill round about
The artillery mounted on trucks
can be moved back and forth
along o track whenever the enc.
nv gets their range and, On the
other hand, they can drop their
shells on any point of accurately
! mapped area through which the
Aehemy must advance.
The Germans adhered to their
tactics of mass formation
assigned ten mon to every
of front. The machine guns
4 them down like grass but
ot.tire fast enough to stop
rge. According to the
report the Germans have
poo men, but such esti.
notor iously unreliab BILE.
G16ls1sport states that
normal" and
g much greater.
laim the capture
Gsoners and many
IN drive came straight
ward Verdun and was
all along the front.
end OF the week the
hac gained about four
reater shift in the line
been made bv either
year. The German
advanced up the east
bf the Meuse from Con.
Brab abant and later on
>euville. The center
Forest of Caures and
beyond Beamont; the
ped from GremIlly to
attacked the fortifica
the Cote de Poivre
lge).
hting their way thru
one the Germans en-
he most northerly of
ent forts Douon IN ont
the rppcrafa a,d no,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-18
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
SATURDAYS MARKET
Bethlehem Steel Made a Recovery o1 25 Points During Short Session.

New York, Dec. 16.-Additiona1 re. coveries today Of 2 to , points il stocks recently under pressure, witl rally of 25 points in Bethlehem Stee movement by the shorts and no little buying, particularly of rails by in. vestors and operators who seemed t1 feel that the hysteria of the last few days had run it's course.
 A more potent factor in the rise o1 peace negotiations between the war ring nations of Europe are yet some time off Today's further rallies in. cluded United States and Lackawanna Steels, the former making an extreme gain of 2 1-2 points on it's uscual large overturn, to almost 5 points in ship pings, as much and more for leading equipments such as American and Baldwin Locomotives and New York Air Brake, 2 to 3 points in coppers and other metals and to points in Central Leather, Industrial Alcohol and International Paper.
 Far more convincing, however, was the sustained movement in rails, low grade issues of the roads traversing southern and southwestern states be- ing the foremost features. Southern Railway common and preferred, Sea Bas and Texas issues, Missouri, Kan sas iCty Southern and Texas Pacific were to 1-2 points higher on steady accumulation.
 Standard shares were relatively less active but strong. Reading and other coalers. Atchison, New York Central, Union Pacific, Illinois Central, Atlan- tic Coast Line and New Haven mak- ing extreme gains of 1 to 2 points. Total sales amounted to 50,000 shares.
 The bank statement was in keeping with general estimates. showing a e1, expansion of reserves, of more than $20, 900, 900, a total of over $53, ,000, ,090 in the past fortnight.
 The markets for foreign exchange were nominal but mainly lower, re- hecting latest peace discussions.
 Bonds were irregular on limited dealings. Total sales par value az gregated $1 ,975, 900.
 U. s. bonds were unchanged on call during the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-18

New York, Dec. 17.-Fourteen teams of the fastest bicycle riders in the world were entered for the midnight tonight in Madison Square Garden. The field is smaller than in any pre- vious contest, as the. management wished to avoid accidents through crowding by inexperienced riders.
 This year the Berlin or point sys- tenn for places gained in five mile sprints, ten of which will take place each evening between 8 and 10 o'clock. will have a hearing on the placing .of the final winners of cash prizes. The points gained in these daily SpT1ntS will be added to the scores in the f1nal nal sprint Saturday night. The pickup rule will be strictly enforced and ev- cry rider will be compelled to come to @ full stop alongside the track, before entering the contest to relieve his team mate.
 Following is a list of the names and makeup of the contesting teams:
 American Australian, Goulet and Brenda; Australian, McNamara and Spears; SwtsS-French, Egg and Du- puy; New England, Hill and Drobach; New York, Root and Madden; Long Kaiser and Cameron; Dixie-Belgian, Walthour and De Baltes; Newark, Smith and Kopsizy; Rocky Mountain, Lawson and Mitten; New Jersey Ea- ton and Ryan; Belgian-Italian, F., Ohrt and Bello; Boston San Francis co, H. Ohrt and Thomas; Canadian, Spencer and Carroll
 With fl teams in the field, the an- nual six day bicycle race began in Madison Square Garden at 12.O2 o'clock this morning before crowd which packed the building.
 Walthout was leading at the end oi the first lap.
 The leaders at the end of the first mile, Root, Mitten and Carman. The time was two minutes flat.
 At the end of the first hour the teams had travelled 25 miles and nc laps with De Baetes leading. The rec ord for the first hour is 26 miles and six laps, made by Kaiser and Cam eron in 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-18
CORNELL REPLACES HARVARD
 ON coRNELEs SCHEDULE
Seven Games to Be Played on Home
 Field.

Ithaca, N. Y, Dec. 17.-The addition of Colgate and the absence of Har- yard are the outstanding features of the new Cornell schedule, announced today. All but two of the nine games will be played at home, the ex- captions being the Michigan game at Ann Arbor and the contest with Penn sylvania at Philadelphia
 The game with Colgate will be the first between the two universities since 1913 and it promises to become one of the biggest football battles of the year in upstate New York.
 Rochester is added to the schedule after a long absence and F'ordham gets the game between the Michigan and Pennsylvania contests that last fall was filled by the Massachusetts Ag- gies. The schedule follows:
 September g. Rochester at Ithaca; October S. Oberlin at Ithaca; October 13. Williams at Ithaca; October 20, Colgate at Ithaca; October 27, Buck nell at Ithaca; November 8, Carnegie Technical at Ithaca; November 10, Michigan at Ann Arbor; November IT, Fordham at Ithaca; | November 29, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-18
DEATH OF GIL KINNEY.
 FORMER VALE STAR.
Kinney Was Third Sacker for 1907 Team-Coach of Basketball Team.

The news of the death of Gilbert Kinney, former star third sacker on the Yale baseball team, captain Of the 1907 nine and just entering upon his fourth year as basketball coach at Yale, came as a great surprise to the undergraduate body and a shock to his players, but not to those who talked with him when he was at New Haven coaching the basket tossers Wednesday night
 At that time Gil, as he was generally known in athletic circles, complained of weakness and said that he intended to go up into northern New York state or the Canadian woods and see if he could regain some of his strength. He talked over plans for getting the equip ment of the team together for the Christmas trip and intended to return this week.
 He returned to New York Wednes- day night, and yesterday word was sent here that he had died suddenly following ap attack of acute Bright's disease at his home in New York city. He hadSbeen in business for some time at Bayonne, N. J.
 While at Yale Kinney was a great baseball player and also one of the best basketball players who has ever represented the Blue upon the court After Clarence Foster resigned as Kinney was placed in the position of coach of the team, and he has been directing the play generally for the past three seasons.
 v As a third baseman Kinney shone brilliantly, and his election to the captaincy of the 1907 nine was, we'll deserved.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-18

That is your business, not ours," was the sum and substance of the reply
 Thanksgiving Game.
 One of the two propositions that have been sent to Cambridge is that Harvard and Yale meet on Thanks giving day., with the Yale Princeton contest being held 10 days before this date, and the Harvard-Princeton match about a fortnight before the Tigers and Blue clash.
 The most practical. proposition is one where each Of the three colleges will be given equal consideration. sAs it is now Harvard each season enjoys a fortnight's rest between her crucial games: this advantage under the ar rangement Yale and Princeton have in mind would be equally divided. One year Harvard would have the fortnight advantage. then Princeton, then Yale. It is a mighty. fair propo- sal and no man with an open mind can deny it. Harvard in insisting in its present advantage seems to allow its sense of fair play to be shrouded by desire to win at any cost
 Has Chance Now.
 Yale has her chance now and is ex- pected to make the most of it. liar yard is going ahead. however. on the belief that the arrangement that has ruled for several years will still con- tinue in force. If the Ellis have for warded hints that they believe more friendly feeling between the Crimson and it's two great rivals would be the result of some such arrangement. they are not saying anything about it here Harvard is marking time and will continue to do so undess brought to a sudden halt by some combined objec- ton to the present arrangement that handicaps Yale and Princeton to the advantage of the Crimson.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-18
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New London, Dec. 15.-Beeves, re- eeipts 1000 head; 20 cars on sale. Steers firm on light supply. Bulls and medium and common cows steady; fat cows strong. Inferior to choice steers sold at $7@10.s5 per 100 pounds. Oxen at $6.50 @7.75: cows at $3.75@6.50; 1 extra at s750 Dressed beef slow at -1@15 1-2c per pound.
 Caaves-Receipts 596 head; 375 on sale. Veals were firm and in good de- mand; other calves full steady. Com mon to prime vea1s sold at s10@15 per 100 pounds; culls at $8@9; medium calves at $7@9. City dressed veals firm at 18@22c; country dressed at 16@19 1-2c.
 Sheep and 1ambs-Receipts, 1860 head: 1-2 cars on sale. Sheep were firm; lambs higher on limited receipts Common to prime sheep sold at $500 @S.00 per 100 pounds; culls at $500: medium to choice lambs at S13.00M 14.00: yearifngs at $9.50. Dressed nut ton steady at n@14c: choice wethers I4 1-2c; dressed lambs slow at r 1-2 @19 1-2; hog dressed at higher fig ures; country dressed hot-house lambs, steady at $1000@12.0o per car cass.
 Hogs Receipts 3,40o head; half a car on sale. Market higher. Light to