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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
AN EMB ARGO

1t may mean to our farmers a
slightly reduced price for cotton,
corn, wheat and other farm products.
1t may mean Il slight money loss to
some shipping interests of this coun-
try.
Therefore, if the President should
proclaim a strict embargo on all pro
ducts that might possibly be of aid to
the worlds enemy, a howl will GER
tainly be heard in the land.
Whenever this selfish yell is heard
let the hearers bear this in mind.
Every bushcl of food, every pound
OF cotton, every ton of iron that we
sell to neutrals in Europe helps to
lengthen the war and to bring death
to our American soldiers"
Now that many boys from our own
county will soon be fighting in France.
there should be some potency in this
argument.
1t is we'll known that cotton seed
meal, corn, cotton, wheat, etc. ship
ped to "ncutrals" have either direct
ly or Indirectly been Of great help
to Germany in her campaign Of mur-
der, rapine, arson and pillagc.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
HARRY LADDERS SORROW

Harry Lauder, the great Scotch
vaudeville artist, lost his only son on
the French from, not long ago. His
visit to the sons grave is thus dcscrib-
ed:
The father leaned over the grave TO
read what was written there. He
knelt down, indeed he lay upon the
grave and clutched it the while his
body shook with the grief he felt.
When the storm had spent itself he
rose and prayed go God, that. T
could have but one request. 1t would
be that | might embrace my laddie
just this once and thank him for what
he has done for his country and hu-
manity."
That was all, not word of bitter
ness or complaint.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
BELIEVES 1T BETTER
THAN ANY, OTHER USED
MRS. McALISTER, OF GREEN
VILE, MAKES INTERESTING
STATEMENT
DAUGHTER AIDED MUCH
Troubles Gone, Her Daughter "Is
Back at Work Now" She Says.

"Tanlac is good medicine, and
am glad to say | think it as good or
better than any other remedy | have
ever used,' declared Mrs. J. r. Nc
.Alister, of No. 8 Bryant St., Brandon,
Greenville, in statement she gave
June 2nd. "My daughter took Tanlac
because she was suffering from a
badly weakened condition, and she
was SO sick she was just able to be out
Of bed. Her appetite had left her
and she didn't eat anything at all
hardly. All the time she complained
Of pains in her side and of headaches.
But the Tanlac soon had her
strong and well and she went back to
work and is working degularly now. 1t
gave her good appetite and built
up her entire system. Her strength
increased rapidly after she began tax
ng Tanlac, and now she never com
Diains of those pains in her side nor
Of headaches"
Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold
~ The Chesterfield Drug Co., Chcs-
,erticld, S. c.; 7. E. Wannamakcr d
sons, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Drug Co.,
Mt. Croghan, S. c.; McBce Drug Co.,
NcBee, 5. c.; Pageland Drug Co,
Pagcland, S. c.; J. T. lowers Il Sons,
Jefferson, S. G.. Adv,
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impatient If nothing very important
seems to come of 1T first. felt lit
tie ennui myself ut the getaway. But
that was certainly one thing that didn't
annoy me later.
In the latter part OF October, 1915. |
decided that the United States ought
to he fighting along with England and
France on account of the way Belgium
had been treated, If for no other reason.
As there seemed to be considerable
division of opinion on this point among
the people Mt home, came to the con-
clusion that any man who was free.
white and twcnty-onc and felt as l did
ought to 80 over and get into it single
handed on the side where his convic-
tiOns led him. If there wasn't some par
ticular reason why he couldn't. There
fore | said goodby to my parents and
friends In Lexington and started for
New York with the idea Of sailing for
France and Joining the Foreign legion
Of the French army
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
COVER THERE"
An American Boy Tells of the Thrill And the
He'll of the Trenches

laughed when they busted Off one of
those little toy trains and brought It
up to take us away In 1t. After we
were aboard of 1T we proceeded Mt tho
dizzy rate of about four miles an hour.
and our regular company humorist-
no company complete without one
suggested that they were afraid, if
they went any faster, they might run
off the island before they could stop
We were taken To BramShott camp. i'm
Hampshire, twelve miles from the
AidcrShot school OF command. The
next day we were given kings leave"
eight days, with free transportation
anywhere In the British Isles. 1t is
the invariable custom to give this sort
or leave to all colonial troops immsdi-
atcly upon their arrival in England.
However, In our case Ireland was bar
rod. Just ut that time Ireland was no
place for newly arrived Canadian
locking for sport.
After that they really began to make
soldiers of MS. We thought our train
ing I'm Canada had amounted to some
thing. We found out that we might
as well have hccn playing croquct.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
GERMANY'S DESIGN THE WAR

The German defense Of the war as
stated by a greet German writer and
politician, Professor Won FiuSscn, is
very blunt-almOst brutal "Gf Ger
many wins it will prove that she is
on the right way, and that The rest Of
the world is on the wrong way and
should, for the sake of the right cvol-
ution Of the human race be stopped
and put on the right way-or else be
destroyed" And yet there are pco-
pie who say il is all right to fight Ger
many, if her armies and navics come
u our shores, but it is all wrong to 90
over the sea to fight that country. DO
such people realize that if Germany is
allowed to whip the Allies it would be
only matter Of Il few weeks or
months when we would have to FIGHT
Germany without the aid Of the Allies.
Our cities, our towns, our homes
would be at the mercy of the Kaiser
and the Kaiser has no mercy.
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the German headquarters opposite N.
One Of the dulles Of u detail Of our
men soon after that was to stand these
two burgomasters up against . wall
and shoot them. S
In concluding this first article want
to say frankly that any man who.
claims he Is not afraid when for the
first time he goes into that hell Of fire
on the western front Is liar, and III
tell him so to his face. Later we be-
came impervious, but that first day
1 prayed, and would have bent down
and prayed only my knees shook so.
The five remaining articles in this
remarkable series will appear one each
week. They are rs follows:
No. 2.-The Bomb Raid.
The great preparations and rehearsing
for this attack. Volunteers for the Job
taken behind the line where the German
trenches are exactly reproduced. The
ten detail Of modern trench raids This
article concludes with the men going out
to their job.
No. a.-"over tho Top and Give EN-
He'll"
The English Tommy's battle cry as he
breaks from his trench. The bomb raid
and what happened. OF sixty that start
ed forty-six failed to return because the
Germans had prepared and mined the
trench Graphic description Of Sergeant
McClintock's terrible experience.
No. 4.-Shfted to the Somme.
Sergeant McClintock takes part IN the
greatest of all battles and tells OF tn.
hell OF 1t. rhe front I'm Belgium was
really rest sector in comparison with
1t" he says. The extensive prepare tions
OF the allies for open warfare uftvrward
abandoned because OF the failure OF ex-
pected developments.
No. 5.-Wounded In Action.
This article describes the terrible fight.
the dead and dying. the loss Of n pal and
the final falling OF McClintock In No
Mans Land. Simply told 1t IS one OF the
most remarkable descriptions OF a battle
by participant ever put together
No. 6.-Deoorated For Bravery: Home
and Uncle Sam.
This concluding article OF the series re-
iatcs I'm detail how England cares for thu,
worndcd. How the king and queen canlj
to the bed Of nm American boy and de-
Grated him In "A London hospital for gal
ianlry. Interesting. intimate and amus-
ing incidents told by and OF the wounded
Tommcs. Trying to fight for Uncle Sam.
from now on the fence between pa
triotism and pacifism is made of barb
ed wire.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
A Call For Volunteers.

So12 GVA vSAontCV2ps
On June 2, after the third battle Of
Ypres, while Mcfarland and 1 were
sitting wearily on our hunks during
strange hour In the afternoon when
nobody had thought Of anything for
us to do. soldier came In with
message from headquarters which put
sudden stop to the discussion we
were having about the possibility of
getting leave to go up to London. The
message was that the First, Second
and Third divisions of the Canadians
had lost 40 per cent Of their men In the
third fight at Yprcs and that 300 volun-
teers were wanted from each Of our
battalions to ill up the gaps.
Forty per cent" said Mcfarland,
getting up quickly. "My God. think Of
1t! Well I'm off to tell 'em I'll GO"
l told him | was with him, and we
started for headquarters, expecting to
be received with applause and pointed
out as heroic examples. We couldn't
even get up to give in our names. The
whole battalion had gone up ahead OF
us. They heard about it first. That
was the spirit of the Canadians. 1t
was about this time that II story went
round concerning an English colonel
who had been called upon to furnish
volunteers from his outfit to replace
casualties. He backed his regiment up
against barrack wall and said:
Now, all who don't want to volun-
teer step three PAGES to the rear"
In our battalion sergeants and even
oiiicers offered to go as prlvates. Nc
farland and l were not accepted; our
volunteers went at once, and we were
rc'cntorced up to strength by drafts
from the Fifth Canadian division.
which was then forming I'm England.
In July, when we were being kept
on the rifle ranges most of the time,
all leave was stopped. and we were
ordered to hold ourselves in readiness
to 90 overseas. In the latter part OF
tn" month we started. We sailed from
Southampton to IIavrc on Il big trans
p'rt, escorted al the way by destroy.
"rS. As W" Landed we got our first
sight of the harvest of war. A big hos
p!tal on the quay was filed with
wounded men. We had twcnty-four
hours in what they called crest
camp We slept on cObblcStoncS In
ShackS which were SO utterly comfort
less that 1t would he an insult to n
Kentucky thoroughbred to call them
stables Then we were on the way to
the EclGian town Of Poperinghc. which
Is 100 miles from IIavrc and was at
tha: time the rail head Of the Yprcs
salient. We made the trip I'm box cars
which were marked In French, Eight
horses or forty men," and we had to
draw StrawS to decide who should lie
down
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WELCOME,
EIGHTY SEVENTH CANADIANS

We were n new battalion. We had
boon less than Scvcnty-two hours ON
the continent OF Europe. and the Ger
mans were not supposed to know any
thihg that was going OH behind our
lines,
We learned aftcrward that concealed
telephones In the houses OF the Bel
T!an lur%omaStcrs OF tho villages of
DinkichCSch and Ecnninghclst. near
our position. gave communication
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
Make a Breekw

Through my training in the V. NJ
H. was able 10 read scmaphorc sig
nails, and | caught the message from
the destroyer which escorted us. II
read:
Each ship for herself now. Make
break.'
We beat the other steamers OF our
convoy eight hours in getting to tba
dock in Liverpool, and. according to
what seemed to be the regular system
or our operations at that time. we
were the last to dlscmbark.
The majority Of our fellows had new.
er been In England before, and they
looked on our travels at that time as
hne lark. Everybody cheered and
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
In the Front Trenches.

We got into rOpcr,n-hc at n. m,
and the scouts had led us into the
front trcn hes ut - the next morning
Cur position WAS TO the left of st Eloi
and WAS known as "thr island" be-
cause II had no support on cit her flank.
On the left were the User canal and
the blUff which forms its bank. On
the right were 300 yards Of battered
down trenches, which had been rebuilt
twice and blown in again each time
10y the German guns. For some rea-
son. which | never quite understood
the Germans were able To drop what
seemed tolcrably large proportion OF
a." output of the krupp works on this
particular spot whenever they wanted
To. our high command had concluded
that IL was unpcnablc. aud so we, on
one SIC" of il. and the British. on the
other, had To just keep It secuted and
protect our separate ilankS Another
nam" they had for that position was
the bird cage" That WAS bccause
the ErSt fellows who moved into II
made themselves nice and comfy and
put up wire ncttings to prevent any
one from tossing bombs I'm on them.
IhuS. when the Germans stirred up
the spot with nn accurate shower OF
"wliiZ bangs and "Cual hoycS." the
snme b"in" thirteen Founders and six
inch shells. that wire rctting presented
u spectacle of utter iuadcQuacy which
hasn't been rqualed In this war.
IIi"y called the position which we
were assigned to defend "the grnve-
yard or Canada" That was because
OF the fearful losses of the Canadians
here In the second battle OF Ypres.
from April 81 to June l. 1915. when
the first gas attack In the worlds hls
tory was launched by the Germans,
and. although the French OH the left
and the British on the right fell back.
the Canadians stayed where they were
put.
klEht here | can mention something
which VIII give you an idea why de-
SclIplohS OF this war don't describe it,
During The first gas attack the Cnuu
dianS, choking To death and falling
over each other in II f"ht AGAINST
new and unhcard Of terror I'm warfare
found way-thc Lord only knows
who first discovered il and how he
happened To do ito stay through a
gas cloud and come out alive. It isn't
pretty 10 think Of. and it's like many
other things in this war which YOU
can't even tell Of in print, because the
simple dcS' r.pti0n would violate the
nice ethics about reading matter for
tn" public eye which have grown up I'm
long years Of peace ana traditional de-
I,Dt Ills tl'up WhiEl, van Ton't
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about things which straightway put
fear of God In our hearts. At day
break one OF our Fourteenth platoon
men, standing on the firing step. push
cd back his trench helmet and remark
cd that he thought it was about time
for coffee, He didn't get any. A Ger
man sharpShootcr. firing the first time
that day. got him under the rim Of his
helmet, and his career with the Cana
dian forces was over right there. And
then, as the dawn broke. we made out
big painted sign raised above the
German front trench. - read:
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
Decides to Go to Canada.

was In the reinforcement company OF
Princess Pats regiment OF the Cana
dian forces. After my talk with him
| decided tn 20 up to Canada and look
things over. I arrived ut the Windsor
hotel, in Montreal, ut o'clock in the
morning Il couple Of days later, and mt
10 o'clock that morning | was sworn
in uS IA private in the Canadian GrCna-
dicr guards, Eighty-Srvcnth overseas
battalion, Lieutenant Colonel +. S.
M"i"h"n commanding. They were just
getting under way, making soldiers out
Of thc troops | enlisted with, and dis
ciplinc WAS quite lax.
They at once gave me n weeks leave
to como down To New York and settle
up some personal affairs, and | over
stayed it five days. All that my com
pany commander said To me when !
got back was that ! seemed to have
picked up Canadian habits very quick
ly. At Il review one day In our train
Ing camp heard Il major say:
Boys. for Gods sake don't call mo
Harry or spit I'm the ranks. Here comes
the general"
We found ont eventually that there
was Il reason for the SlaCkncSs of dis
"ip'inc. TIL" trouble was that men
would enlist to get Sl.lO day with
out working for it and would desert
aS soon nS amy one made it unpleasant
for them. our officers knew what they
were about. Conditions changed in
stantly we went ON Shphoard. piSci
rlinc frightened up on us lik" tie rope
on colt.
We trained in sort of casual. easy
way in Canada from Nov. 4 To the fol-
lowing April We had II good deal Of
trouble keeping our battalion up to
strength, and | was sent out several
times with other "noncomS" on n re-
cruiting detail. While we were in the
trimming camp ut st. Johns | made the
acquaintance Of II young Canadian who
became my pal" He was Campbell
Mcfarland, nephew OF George McFnr-
land, the actor who il SO well known
on the American musical stage. He
was sergeant. When | first knew
him he was one Of the most delight full
and amusing young fellows you could
imagine.
The war changed him entirely. He
became extremely quiet and seemed to
be borne down with ihr sense OF the
terrible things which hc saw. IIc ncv-
cr lost the good fellowship which was
Inherent In him and was always ready
to DO anything To ohligc me. but he
formed the habit of sitting. alone and
silent. for hours at time. Just think.
ing. 1t seemed rs If he had II Fremont
ton about himself, though he never
showed fear and never spoke of the
,lnn%"rS W" were going into. ~ the
other fellows did. He was Killed In
the S"mmc action in which was
wounded.
| also had been mad. Il sergeant ON
account "l me ia't that | had been
a. S'i!""I IA III" virginia Military In
N'i'"'' lH"t Is, WAS an r"'InG ser
-''i'' ~ was explained I" me that
MY ahp"hlln'nt would have 10 be
"'"T.''" III lh@Ihuu hHd then recon
.i"''' "'I'F '"E'" months service in
T""'c. 'hH"T Ia" regulations of the
"''''''h forces h"iL'"ihnlSSlon"d
''' = "''"r hillI '"iIiirInhti"H In his
~'I'''' IAN u" F''u'"h I" -" ranks
''"H 'H S''"r"i court martial. though
Nv q" ',"i"' court martial when
%. '""''' WIN 'har@"S, hI r"v"rtinG
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
From the Boarding House.

The landlady rang the dinner bell.
An old dog howled diSmally.
what are you bowling for?" said
/ bOardcr. "You don't have to eat
t. t."COuntry Gentleman
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23
La Toilette Et FL, Take NoticeI

About the best patriotic service that
can be expected from some men now
is that they would keep their mouths
shut.-The State.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23

In the midst OF the drill, when I see
you handle your rifles feel like fall
ing on my knees and thanking God
that we've got navy"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23

From now on the fence between pa
triotism and pacifism is made of barb
ed wire.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-23

The Manufacturers Record re-
marks: Germany and he'll are sy-
nomymous."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-18
Removing Stains

For Iron Mold.-Spread the stained
part on pewter plate set over basin
Of boiling water and rub the spots with
bruised sorrel leaves. then wash the
article with soft warm suds or cover
the spot with paste made of lemon
juice and salt, powdered starch and
soft soap. Expose to the sun.
Mildew can be removed by the above
or by wetting the spots with powdered
chalk, bleaching OH the grass.
For Paint.-Equal parts Of ammonia
and spirits of turpentine. Saturate
well. wash in soapsuds.
Precipitation spots may be removed
with diluted oxalic acid.
Scorched linen can be restored If the
threads are not injured. Peel, slice and
extract the juice of two onions, add
one-half pint Of vinegar, one-half ounce
of curd soap, two ounces of fuller's
earth. Boil well. then cool and spread
over the scorch. Let it dry, then wash.
Tar can be taken off with petroleum.
Tea stains can be taken out with boil
ing water or glycerin.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-18
Harvey and Watterson Reconverted.

Colonel Harvey, editor of the North
American Review, who did so much to
elect President Wilson in 1912, and
worked fully as hard to defeat him in
1916, now proclaims unstinted recogni-
ton of the leadership of the president.
Asserting as TO the presidents adj
dress to congress in behalf of recog-
nizing that Germany had brought war
upon the United States. that the great
declaration will live as no less striking
than that of Jefferson" the editorial
colonel adds that
This is much to say, butnot too much
Reflect upon the constantly changing
conditions and the swing of opinion
the last two and half years. Recall
the lack of personal interest and the
sense of aloofness which prevailed
America the first few months. Imag
inc the disastrous consequences, which
for time would have attended sudden
entrance in response to passion
Reckon the enormous gain derived
from unprecedented patience. Calcu
late the inestmable advantages which
accrued from the great enhancement
of our resources and the opportunity
to profit from (Other's) mistakes
Note the gentle guiding of public sen
timent into the channel of righteous
ness and building up a conviction in
the common consciousness that there
was no escape from a duty essential
to the salvation of liberty. Watch the
realization of the unity of America
at the physiological moment. Study
the results of the presidents course
Then accord honor and praise to the
man who not only was chosen and re
chosen by the people. but to our mind
was predestined by God to meet the
greatest emergency in history.
The Harveyan confession not only
is good for his own soul but shows
'open-eyed and large-hearted recOgni
ton of the policy pursued by Woodrow
Wilson to put the nation into the white
light Of purpose to serve and hell
humanity. Watterson Of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal, who has hat
reasons of his own for not loving Mr.
Wilson, now heads Harvey's confes
sion with these Sunday words: "Har
vey hits the TRAIL" and himself adds
that wilson's opportunity is as great
as was the opportunity of Washington
or of Lincoln. We can conceive only
of triumph for him, for our country, fol
that principle for which Washington
and Lincoln contended and which viii
son has made his own" The end i.
not yet. The verdict Of history upor
Woodrow Wilson can not be rendered
for long years. But already his April
address to congress has been welcom
ed by lovers Of liberty the world ovel
as the logical sequel to our nationa
Declaration of Independence and tC
Lincoln's proclamation of emancipa
ton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-18

these, which might we'll be made re-
payable within a year, no necessity for
bonds exists.
The taxation policy and no other
will enable the country TO escape the
enormous evils of further initiation.
The present high level of prices in
Europe and America is primarily due
10 the war bonds and the paper money
issued abroad. ii the United States
joins on huge scale in this policy OF
borrowing, prices are bound to be-
come far higher still.
Price initiation is harmful even in
times of peace. During war it is
disastrous. 1t increases the cost OF
conducting the war. 1t postpones vic
tory and thus adds to the wars toll
of lives as we'll as to its money eX
penditures. By every bond issue the
Government enhances the prices 1t
must pay, and thus creates the need
of more bonds. The policy works
against itself.
Moreover, initiation of prices works
Injustice between different classes OF
society. The burden rests chiefly up
on wage earners and salary receivers
whose pay never rises as fast as prices
and upon those who received fixed or
contractual incomes. The hardship
which millions of our people are al
ready suffering from the increased
cost of living will be made many fold
greater if the Government issues bill
lions of dollars of bonds to finance the
war