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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
Suffering Described AS Torture
Relieved by ack-Draught.

Rossville, Ga.-Mrs. Kate Lee Able, OF
this place, writes: "My husband is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he in
lured himself with piece of heavy ma
chinery, across the abdomen. He was
SO sore he could not bear to press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed l65 lbs, and fell off until he
weighed 1l0 lbs, in two weeks.
He became constipated and II looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle of castor oil. and drink
il two or three days in succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered SO. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
| sent and bought Thedford's Black
Draught. made him take big dose,
and whenit began 70 act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he got relief and
began to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black-Draught."
ThedEord's s Black Draught will help you
to keep III, ready for the days work
J Try III 81 AZ,
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
LIFT YOUR CORNS
OFF WITH FINGERS
Tells how to loosen a tender corn or
callus SO it lifts out without
pain.

You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once week invited an awful
death from locwjaw or blood poison
are now told by a Cincinnati author
ityto use a drug called freezone,
which the moment few drops are ap-
piled to any corn or callus the sore
ness is relieved and soon the entire
corn or callus, root and all, lifts off
with the fingers.
Freezone dries the moment is is ap-
piled, and simply shrivels the corn or
callus without inflaming or even irri-
tating the surrounding tissue or skin.
A small bottle of freezone will cost
very little at any of the drug stores,
but will positively rid ones feet of
every hard or soft corn or hardened
callus. If your druggist hasn't an
freezone he can get it at any whole
sale drug house for you. 2-Adv.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
NOT ROASTING AT ALL, BUT

No, we are not going to brag and
strut around any, but we just
want to call your attention to the
fact that Chesterfield county still
heads all the rest. She is not lead
ing by neck either, but she's so far
ahead that she is running by herself.
Leading in what?
She is leading in the most import
ant matter on the top side of dirt
educational progress.
Read an article in neighbornG
column about State aid received by
various counties for shool building
and note that Chesterfield county re-
ceived $3.50, which is $1,000 more
than the next hi. hest, which was An
derson, with S4,350.
This $3.50 represents oncfourth
of the amount spent last year in Chcs-
terfeld county for better school build
ings.
No, we are not Dragging, but per
nit us to say that we are at present
Showing more class than any other
county in South Carolina"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
INCREASING TIE FOOD SUPPL

Congressman A. i. Lever offers t.
send bulletins issued by. the Dc
partmcnt of Agriculture, nos GA7 and
8lS, to any one appl.in% for them
Ihey contain vatu,.bi" informal .on
upon the subject Of hom, yardrrin,r
and viii be an aid il Increasing The
food supply of tn" country. In this
connection President Wilson has wr.t-
ten letter in which h" says
by planting and Increasing hi.
production in every way possible, cv-
cry farmer will perform Il labor ,r po-
triot!sm for which he will be rncoy
nIzed as soldier of the cnmmissnry.
adding his share TO the food supnn
of our people"
Senator Smith, Of South Carolina
presented joint resolution to au,h-
orlZe the President to procure. or aid
In procuring, such stoc'-s of nitrate
or soda and other fertilizers and fer
tlliZer ingredients as he NAV deter
mine TO be necessary and find avail
able Tor increasing agricultural pro
'e'IiS lut calendar wear
1917 and to dispose of the same, o,
credit or otherwise, at cost in sucf
way as he deems best to facilitate
the purpose.
In support of this resolution Sen
ator Smith said: The entire Atlantic
seaboard is dependent at this time up-
on a diffusible stimulant for the grain
crop. In the last IS years the crop
of the entire Atlantic seaboard has
been more than quadrupled by the ap-
plication of nitrates in the form of
nitrate of soda. Within few miles
OF my own home the record corn crop
OF the world was made on one acre
OF land by the now famous jerry
Moore-232 bushels-by the proper
application of concentrated nitrates.
The only sources of supply of these
nitrates, or of sufficient amount to
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
EVERY AUTOMOBILE MUST BE
REGISTERED BEFORE JULY

In accordance with the act, ap-
proved February 10th, 1917, creating
a State Highway Department, every
owner of a motor vehicle and every
dealer in motor vehicles is required
TO register with the State Highway
Engineer on or before the first of
July 1917. The law provides that
each owner of a motor vehicle an.
each dealer in motor vehicles shall
make application to the State High
way Engineer for REGISTRATION and
license. The State Highway Eng:-
ncer will furnish these application
blanks on request.
The law further provides that on
and after the first of July that any
person who drives a motor vehicle on.
or along, or across any public road,
or street, or highway, in the State of
South Carolinawithout such license.
snail be deemed of misdemeanor
and shall be punished by fine of not
more than $500, or imprisonment
for not more than Is days for each
ana every offcnSe.
The State Highway Engineer is
anxious to register these motor vehi-
clcs as fast as possible, and to cause
as little inconvenience to the public
as is possible, however, there are
about 10000 cars in this State to be
registered, and to register this num-
Der of cars will take at least two
months of time. AS there are now
only about two months between now
and the first of July, and no one will
be allowed to drive a motor vehicle
on the public highways after the first
of July unless duly licensed and regis
tered, the State Highway Engineer
desires to urge every owner of a mo-
tor vehicle and every dealer in motor
vehicles to make application for re-
gistration at once in order that his
office may be able to complete the re-
Gistration of motor vehicles by the
first of July.
The registration fee for owners of
motor vehicles will be IL " cents per
horse power, based on A. l.. A. M.
rating. The registration fees for
dealers in motor vehicles will be SIS
for each make of motor vehicle sold.
1t will not cost any more to register
car now than it will to register the
same car during the last part of June.
Every owner of a motor vehicle is
urgently requested to write to the
State Highway Engineer at once re-
questing application blanks.
The registration and license fees
paid to the State Highway Enginec~
are in lieu of all other State, Munich
pal and County licenses for the en-
tire year of 1917.
j. Roy Pennel,
State Highway Engineer
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
OUR BRITISH AND
FRENCH VISITORS

The arrival in Washington Of MIR.
Balfour, the British minister for for
eign affairs and his party, was one OF
the great incidents Of the war L
was a matter of much satisfaction tina,
the distinguished representatives o.
England arrived safely and escaped
the fate of Lord Kitchener, who went
down when the ship was sunk by the
Germans.
The British commissioners stole
secretly away from England Aprj
l on fast cruiser protected in cvcry
possible way from German spies wh,
might have got out word to lurkin,
submarines.
Mr.. Balfour, while unwilling t
speculate on what form America
participation in the war might take
said he had no doubt that America
efforts would astonish the WORLD
particularly Germany.
Mr.. Balfour expressed himself Il
having come to America ''to make co
operation easy and effective bctwec.
those who are striving with all tha
power, to bring about lasting peace
by the only means that can secure it
namely successful war"
For the same purpose Frencl
commission has arrived in Washing
ton. The delegates consist of tn,
distinguished Marshal Joffrc, Rem.
Viviani, Minister of Justice, and
number Of the leading French oil
cials, including a grandson Of La
Fayette. Marshal joifrc said in al
interview.
First of all, l shall meet you,
president, whom we have learned t,
look upon in France as one of tn,
greatest statesman Of our time, gr2at
in his gift of leadership, in his prac,
tical everyday wisdom and in HI.
vision of what the future might and
may be-"
The visit of the English and French
commissions to America will, doubt
less, bring about some important and
far reaching results in connection
with the world war
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
Open Your Account With Us
The FARMER s. BANK
NATURE TELLS YOU
As Many Chesterfield Reader
Knows Too Well.

When the kidneys are weak.
Nature tells you about it.
The urine is natures index.
Infrequent or too frequent passage,
Other disorders suggest kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for disor-
dered kidneys.
People in this vicinity testify to
their worth.
]. w. Bundy, Marion St., Cheraw,
S. c., says: "My kidneys were disor-
dered and caused such terrible pains
through my back that could hardly
keep going. Mornings, I was sore and
lame. My head ached and / had diz-
zy spells. The kidney secretions were
too frequent in passage, although the
flow was scanty. Deans Kidney Pills
relieved all signs of kidney COM
plant"
Price so cents at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Pills-the same that
Mr. Bundy had. Foster-M -Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
Says Attack Came
Without Warming
TELLS OF AWFUL FIVE WEEKS
HER DAUGHTER SPENT
REMARKABLE INTERVIEW
Mother Says Young Greenville
Woman Seems None The Worse
For Her Experiences.

"a severe kind of rheumatism sud-
denly attacked my daughter last Au-
gust and she had to stay in bed or in
a rocking chair for five weeks. She
had an awful pain in the back of heI
neck, around her shoulders and across
her back" said Mrs. Mamie Alexan-
der, of SO Ninth St., Sampson, Green
vile, as she began on March 21st to
tell Of The remarkable results Tanlac
gave her daughter. "She was so ner-
vous she would jump at the least
noise. Often she rcied out during
the night and seldom did she get q
good nights rest. From the time
the rheumatism attacked her until
she began taking Tanlac, she did not
get single good nights sleep.
"She had no appetite and also suf-
fered Il great deal with indigestion.
She was under treatmeant for good
while but the medicine seemed to do
her no good.
"But in a week after she began tax
ing Tanlac, she had been made a diff
ferent woman, and now she is in fine
health. The Tanlac restored her APP
petite, she is not troubled with indi-
gcstion now, and those rheumatic
pains have left her. She improved
wonderfully after she began taking
Tanlac. 1t certainly is the fines,
medicine I know Of for rheumatism
and she is back at work now. Tanlac
is responsible for her being able tc
work now, and her income stops wher
she stops work. She is so thankful
for what Tanlac did for her, and we
all recommend it as the best remedy
we know Of"
Tanlac, the Master Medicine. is solo
by The Chesterfield Drug Co., Ches
terfeld, S. c.; 7. f. Wannamaker {
Sons, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Drug Co.
Mt. Croghan, S. c.. McBee Drug Co.
McBee, S. c.; Pageland Drug Co.
Pageland, S. c.; j. T. lowers & Sons
Jefferson, S. C. Adv
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
500 Reward, 500

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
surfaces Of the System thereby de-
stroylns the foundation of the disease.
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing it's work. The proprie-
tors nave so much faith In the curative
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that IT falls to cure. Send for lat
sAadrss.; !. cHENny 200. xslsas.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
WILL PAY SALARIES OF
EMPLOYEES WHO ENLIST

New York.--Many of the big
corporations here will pay sal
aries 10 employees cnllSting in
Ill" army or navy. Others Will
give employees families the diff
ference between their salaries
ana whdH they get from the gov
crnmcnt. This provision for de-
p"ndents of soldiers and sailors
follows the line OF action pur-
sued at the time OF the recent
border mobilization.
The American Telephone and
Telegraph company paid out I'm
salaries to men serving on the
border $2S4,194; the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit company,
SCI 800; the New York Railways
company. $34,212, and the Con-
solidated Gas company, $4,000
u month.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
Cour Children, Trapped, Die in Fire

Saginaw, Mich.-FOur children were
burned to death in fire which de-
~troycd the farm home of William
.lartStein, near Merrill, Saginaw
county. Mr.. and Mrs. Hartstein and
two children escaped. The victims
were trapped in q bedroom on the sec
Ond floor.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03

meet the absolute need of the entire
Atlantic seaboard, are Argentina and
Chile, the blood coming from Argen-
tina and the soda from Chile On ac-
count of the vessels having been ta-
ken out from the carrying trade in
cident to the European war there has
been a scarcity of vessels available.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03

There will be an immense amount
of grain saved if national prohibition
prevails in this country. 1t is said
that six hundred million bushels of
wheat are used annually in the manu-
facture of whisky in the United
States besides large quantities of corn
and other grain.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
INTERNAL CONDITIONS IN
GERMANY DESPERATE

With the British Armies in the
Field, April.-(By Mail. .)-From in
formation Systematically gathered by
,hG various means at the disposal of
/ great army, there seems every rca-
son to believe Germany's desperate
measures resorted to since the levee
m masse four months ago are the re-
suit of an absolute necessity to end
the war one way or another before
,he coming summer wanes.
From letters found on the dead
bodies Of soldiers; by the confessions
If prisoners and deserters, and
through numerous other channels
which, taken on an average, are sell
dom misleading, the at home situa-
.ion in Germany is far more critical
vhan the outside world even suspects.
despite the revelation of neutral OBJ
Scrvors.
The scarcity of food, according to
this testimony, is rapidly flattcning
he Germany belly. The battle-f fronts
are just as long us ever and, owing to
the 81 months drain on the kaiscr's
cannon fodder, it is only by throwing
in physically unfit men that the lines
are kept even numerically garnishcd
1t has come to the point, one woman
writes to her boy, where every one,
man, woman and child, has been call
I'd on to serve the fathcrland," and
still the allied armies, opposing Pru-
| Ila and her partners, are waxing big
Tcr and stronger. Raw materials are
| lacking, reducing Gcrmany's output
| Of munitions and war machinery yet
thc need today for these things are
| beyond all estimate more pressing
than since the first shell smashed its
way into Licge.
Here is a letter from a mother tc
her son, written from Dusseldorf
Ihc boy met his death on a froZcr
battle field covered with four inche
Of snow the day he received it. |
reads:
"lf only the war would end soon
Candidly, dear Hans, we are suffcrin
hunger. We have not had potatoc
'oi c'Eht GAYS only swedish turnip
oe"'E aV'i'aoie ana theSc not goo'
The shops look as if they had bee
iwcpt out and though 90 myself t
see If | can find something, it is il
vain. Yesterday did find some bar
-! ''.''' - It '''''iN e'SnVy-!Fe 'aD0u
t"u"" an" pought some
,.,. W '''''>e Sup VI II "y aoo'h
','', '"'1' anu " 'l''le sugar ou'
'a'',I ,'9' nNe op''o'S'e' ; paste an
"'' 'e eaten lou can no
'',' p'iE"' VIC are IN. AS
-, no pay e',' VIII not SCI
VIII P"! E""'
.s> ',' ,', s,o u '''''' myself mere
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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
lack In lunas for Years

Marion, O.-Mrs. Floyd Orahood,
twcnty-cight years old of Agosta, the
other day Spat up tack which she
had swallowed when nine years old,
according to her mother. The tack
had lodged I'm her lungs and had made
her an invalid for years.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03

Turkey has finally notified us that
she is mad at us. Well, we will light
into Turkey about Thanksgiving, if
not before.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-03
DIR. x. l. Nom ANUS

Dentist
Office over Bank of Chesterfield.
Will visit Pageland every Tuesday;
Other days in Chesterfield.
Prices reasonable. All work guar
anteed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-21
LIVING IN Cities
Residents Are Not as NeighborIy
as in Country.
Life In Metropolitan municipalities 10
a Battle for Existence, With NO
Time for Sociability.

"Who, then, is my neighbour the
man sin the city pent'' asks himself,
as he regards a row of similar mouse
fronts and reflects on the fact that ne
has only a nodding acquaintance at
best with the majority'O of the inmates
Interdependence is fostered by the
conditions of living in the country.
Ordinarily we do not need the help
of the next house, near or far. But
let fire come, or destructive storm, or
a predatory visitor, or serious III
ness, and the neighbor may be as Wei
come as angels, says writer in Phila-
delphia Ledger.
City life is often a battle or the
strong, because there are crowds ana
there are many mouths to feed and
many shutting feet 10 be Shod. Ii we
let ourselves think of it, the vast null
titude of Identities striving to establish
themselves is almost terrifying. Where
did so many people come from! Where
are they all going? How are they to
find a lodging for the night? Each
of the moving swarm is the center OF
a circle of friends. The humblest, I'M
less deeply unfortunate, has ties that
bind him to earth and make life-in
degree-dear to him.
Out of the pagan wilderness to the
urban lights and roarings comes bu-
collie youth. What will the city do to
that unsophistication? Or in what
way will it's rugged, innocent power
in time come to prevail upon the cityf
Your shrewdest, hardest captain OF
business closes his eyes at his desk
and is taken back to murmurous water
brooks and bees, to the aroma of hay,
of kline, of burning leaves, to the
sound of the whetted scythe or the
sight of baked apples in the window OF
the wOOdShed.
Why can't they brown flapjacks or
bake beans or concoct apple sauce or
cook oatmeal as they did down on the
farm?
The table was always big enough
for the unexpected guest. An egg or
quart of milk was no such great event
as it is in a city. There used to be
time, too, to settle the affairs of the
borough and the nation, to discuss
Horace Greeley and to wind the clock,
between supper and early bedtime.
We have filtration, and the vacuum
cleaner and the servant question, and
all the other city advantages. But 1t
was something to know the neighbors,
and somehow or other "the men that
were boys when / was a boy" mean
something in a lifetime that the brisk,
ambitious, clean-Shaven, up-push1ng
generation does not convey. 1t would
do these take-it-or-leave-it fellows good
to study the large, leisurely, tranquil
izing ways of their fOrebears in the
days when "civilization" was not on a
tear from the cheap lunch to the barr
gain counter, and home was not a way
station betwixt the jOyride and the
moving pictures.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-21
Dispersinn a Crowd.

"I have just come back from forty
eight hours duty in Paris" writes an
officer in a Highland regiment. "My.
servant and !, both in the kilt, were
buying some stuff outside a shop, as
one does in Paris, when a crowd of
about twenty people gathered round,
and simply stared-sOme amused, some
Open-mouthed, and some doubtless in
admiration. / was amused at first,
but it got bit too much of a good
thing, and my servant, who is q wag,,
said: Shall I hand round the hat,
sir?
So, not thinking he would, I said ::
Yes, do and-if he didn't whip off his
Balmoral and take it round perfectly
seriously, with a childlike expression
on his face. They cleared off all
right, some grinning, and others look
ing very sheepish. But we got Moth
ing"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-21
Prepare to Care for Themselves.

Nowhere have the French shown
their remarkable national vitality more
striking than in the way they have
kept up the pursuits of peace while
bearing the brunt of the most exacting
war in history. SO far from having
their industries broken by conflict they
have developed scores of new ones,
writes a correspondent. An exhibit
now being held in Paris is given over
entirely to products manufactured in
France, which were formerly imported.
The first division consists of articles
formerly brought from foreign nations,
largely from Germany, while the sec
ond is made up of articles formerly
made in the northern French districts
now occupied by the invader, which
are now being manufactured in south
ern France.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-21
Interesting Experiment.

Experiments just completed by two
French scientists have reopened the
controversy whether rudimentary man.
ifestations of life can be produced in
inorganic matter. These men took q
glass tube containing a solution of col
loidal silica, sealed it by melting the
glass and subjected tube and contents
to a high temperature, long enough to
sterilize them thoroughly, according
to all current ideas of sterilization.
The tube was then kept moderately
warm for two months, and when
opened the contents were full of living
bacteria. Directors contend that the
cOllOidal silica probably operates to
protect bacteria originally in the So
luton from the effects of the heat
sterilization.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-21
Porcelain. Feather, Fur Money.

Porcelain money is used in Burma
and Siam; and feather money, manu-
featured from the short red feathers
from beneath the wings of a species
of parrot, is the ordinary currency of
the Santa Cruz islanders. The Loyalty
islands, which lie in the Pacific to the
east of Australia, are famous for their
fur money. The fur, which is taken
from behind the ears of the so-called
flying fox" in reality a large fruit
eating bat, is woven into cords of vari-
Gus lengths, and these constitute the
ordinary currency of the islanders.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-21
Heel Mot TO Bear WEIGHT.

The weight of the body must never
be borne on the heels. In walking
the leg is thrown forward from the
hip, knee acting in harmony, heel
touching the ground first; but the
weight should be so quickly trans
ferred to TIE ball of the foot that the
heel makes 20 noise. One who walks
noisily is always walking Incorrectly
and of course cannot be graceful.