The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-04-19

Mrs. w. w. Davis, of Deep Creek
section, is very ill.
DR.. S. M. Carter has accepted a
position at Baden, N. c.
Ethel Johnson, who has been quite
sick, is now able to sit up.
Mr.. /. P. Mangum is successfully
raising strawberries in barrel.
Mr.. H. D. Tiller and Mrs. G. X.
Laney spent Tuesday in Cheraw.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Weathersby are
guests Of their daughter, Mrs. R. l..
Gardner.
Mr.. N. M. Johnson, leading citi-
zen of the Middendorf section, was
here Wednesday.
Mrs. P A. Murray, Jr., and little
Sarah Page spent part of last week
with relatives in Cheraw.
Mr.. Ashcraft, of Monroe, N. c..
was shaking hands with his many
friends in Chesterfield yesterday.
DIR. and Mrs. D. H. Laney and chill
dren spent Wednesday at the home
of DR.. Laney's mother near Cheraw
Among the recent recruits fron,
Chesterfield to Company 81" are Mes
Sis. Ed Gulledge and Harry Wingate.
Mr.. J. C. Smith, one of the grand
old men of Chesterfield county, is
seriously sick at his home in the
Vaughn community.
Miss Minis left on Tuesday morn
ing for Albemarl to attend the fune,
raj of her brother-in-law, Mr.. Crog-
gins, who died suddenly.
Mr.. A. D. Oliphant, Field Secre-
tary of State Board of Charities, in
spected the Jail, the chain gang and
the aims house Monday.
Mr.. F. C. Newman, the man who
sells hundreds of bushels of corn
every year from his farm near Society
Hill, was in town Wednesday.
Mr.. Eli Melton, formerly of Ches-
terfield, but now one of the promi-
nent farmers of the Macedonia sec
ton, was in town Wednesday.
Reference was held in G. F. Moore
estate matter on Wednesday. Moore
left legacy to the son of his over
seer, to educate the boy at Clemson
Mrs. Peter Rayficld, mother of j
ID. Rayfield, who recently died of
pneumonia, is now very seriously i'll
of the same malady. She nursed her
son until his death.
The Rev. B. d. Thames will begin
series of meetings at his church on
Monday after the fourth Sunday. He
will be assisted by the Rev A. C
Sherwood, pastor of First Church al
Bennettsville.
There will be good baseball game
on Friday afternoon at o'clock.
when Chesterfield High School will
cross bats with McBee High School.
at the Fair Grounds. Admission Is
and 20 yu2:--. Ladies free.
Mr.. N B. Dial, president of tn,
Reedy River Power Co., of Laurens
has offered the use of 1900 acres o.
land in Chesterfield county near Nc
Bee, to Secretary Houston to be usec
by immigrants for planting.
Patrick Graded School closes thi.
week. There will be appropriate ex
ercises on Friday night. The Hon
w. p. Odom will address the the chill
dren and patrons on Education.
There will be music, and first -clas
entertainment is assured all who at
tend.
The State Board of Education thi
week elected members of the count,
boards Of education. The list wa
announced Tuesday by J. f. Swear
ingen, State Superintendent of Edu
cation. The following is the boar;
for Chesterfield County: w. p. Pol
lock and J. O. Taylor.
The Spring Term of Civil Court
came to close Wednesday, after
having spent two days on equity mat
ters and hearing one civil case The
case tried was Wallace VS.. Bank OF
Ruby and Mt. Croghan, Judge Primo,
presiding. Jury, it seems, could MOI
agree on the amount Of the aware
and mistral was granted
Mr.. j. d. Rayfeld, young farm.
er, of the Thompson Greek Church
section, died on Monday and wa:
buried on Tuesday at Thompson
Creek church, of which he was de
voted member. The funeral service.
were conducted by the Rev J. D
Purvis and the Rev. A. b. Smith Mr.
Rayfield was married a few years age
to Miss Eta Welsh of this county
She and three children survive him