The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-03-15

The boy scouts are so proud of
their kahki uniforms that they are
wearing them every day and imagine
themselves embryonic soldiers.
Town Clerk R. M. Myers has a FLAIR
ing sign out stating that the penalty
will be collected on all town taxes
paid after March 18th.
The many friends of Bunk Myers
are glad to see him on the streets
again after wrestling with Col.
Measles.
Court of Common Pleas will con-
vene at Chesterfield for two weeks
session on Monday, April 16. Judge
G.. E. Prince will preside. The civil
docket is, as usual, badly contested
and there will be full two weeks
Court in order to try to relieve the
contested calendar.
Under a new law, Just passed by
the General Assembly, whiskey ad-
vertisements in newspapers will soon
be prohibited. This law goes into
effect tomorrow, and this is the last
week that these whiskey ads can be
| published. This law does not worry
The Advertiser, however, because we
do not carry that class of advertising
anyway.
| Judge Prince stated that during the
last term of court that there was
more noise in the Chesterfield Court
House than in any other court room
he knew. Several times the grand
l9ury has recommended that the aisles
Of the Court House be carpcted, but
for some reason or other this has new
er been done, but it is not too late
yet.
The new magistrate, John G. Hur-
sey, has been very busy Of late hold
ing court. One case tried Tuesday
was that of J. Fl. johnson VS.. Chap
Jones, the court reserving it's decision.
Another interesting case held by Mag
istrates Hursey and Douglass, was
Habias Corpus proceeding for pos.
session of six colored children. The
\ court showed common sense and gave
three of the children to one party and
three to the other.
Hon. w. F. Stevenson, member of
Congress, has returned to Cheraw af-
ter spending some time in Washing
ton. Mr.. Stevenson is very busily
engaged now preparatory to leaving
for Washington to attend the extra
session of Congress which convenes
April 10th. 1t IS predicted by Speak
er Champ Clark that Congress will
be in continuous session from April
1G, 1917 to August, 1918. Mr.. Ste
venson will therefore be engaged in
Washington for the next fifteen
months.
Time for payment of taxes with
the per cent. penalty added expires
today, and the County Treasurer, un-
der the law, will have to place execu-
tions in the hands fthe sheriff now
! for all unpaid taxes. In this connec-
; ton we will state for the information
J of the public that Treasurer w. A.
, Douglass does not go out of office un-
til July 1st. A good many people
have been mailing checks to j. A.
Welch, Treasurer-elect when they
should have been sent to Treasurer
!. Douglass. Mr.. Welch does not as
, sumo the Office of county treasurer
until July 1st.
. In the United States Court at Flor
ence last week the Germans who sank
n of hay y-la IN hn l,+t
of February in an attempt to block
ade the channel to the United States
: government Navy Yards, were CON
: victed. Messrs. A. w. Hursey and
Ems. G.. Ingram were on the jury,
: which recommended mercy. United
Judge II. A. NJ. Smith sentenced the
defendants to pay fine of $500
each and serve one year in the Fed
eral penitentiary in Atlanta. They
are now out on bond of $4,000 each,
pending appeal to the U. S. Circuit
Court
Work will soon be started on the
power plant on Pee Dee River near
McFarlan. The retaining wall-or,
III olhtI "oIuS, Jlc udHl-"Hl De
60 feet high, and the back water
will run almost to Blueitt Falls. 1t
will be of interest to remember that
this. dam is right on the line between
North and South Carolina. The
Gradys at one time conducted large
resort hotel near these falls, this be-
ing one of the most picturesque sec
tions in the State. A fortune was
spent on canal around the falls so
: as to open the river to navigation.
: This was done about 1850, when
Cheraw was the head Of navigation
: on the Pee Dee. The North Carolina
: towns on the Pee Dee were very jeal-
Gus of the large amount of trade
: that moved to Cheraw on that ac-
count. The canal was never COM
: pleted because of the war coming
on. These falls are about Ia miles
from Chesterfield in an air line.