The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-01-11
LOCAL ITEMS

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Mr.. H. Frank King is still Super
visor Of Chesterfield County as Nj.
e. r. Knights commission has not
yet arrived from the Governor.
Mrs. III. E. Gulledge and family are
now at home to their many friends
in the Sheriff Douglass old home place
one mile south of Chesterfield. The
Sheriff has one of the incest places in
the county and always makes good
crops, and with two Woodworking
boys out there like Bill and Ed. we
look for this to be the model farm
of 1917.
The farmers of Chesterfield and
vicinity who care to join the Chester
field National Farm Association are
called to meet in the Courthouse at
Chesterfield on Saturday, January
49,, 1917, at 800 PM, as organiza-
tion will be perfected at that time.
We have heard, by way of rumor,
that several distracted families were
in town on last Saturday hunting for
the head of the house. One influen-
tial farmer was last seen as he was
driving his team into the west end
of the quick sand in front of Hursey
Bros. Co.'S. store. Excavation will be
started as soon as a dredge can be
- hred from the government and eff
fort will be made to rescue the party
=. The assistance of the officials of the
town is assured
One of the local Barney Oldfelds
was frightened out of Az years
growth the other night down in East
Chesterfield when he ran over and
mortally wounded Mr.. Jonothan
Scarecrow. We call it mean trick,
even if it was a good one. 1t seems
that some of the boys in that end of
town rugged up dummy with
shirt, coat and pair of trousers
This they propped in the middle of
the road just around the curve that
motorists use for speeding. The
crowd of boys would play in the road
until the car was upon them and then
all but one would run. The automo-
bile invariably ran over the victim
and there were no lack of low deep
means as the cars would back up and
the driver alight to see who was
killed. 1t seemed that the climax of
fun was reached when one of our
speed deamons raced on into town
and sent colored gentleman back
to investigate the damages.
Mr.. j. N. Campbell, of the Zoar sec
ton, was in town Saturday and re-
ported the perfection of the organiza-
ton Of the Parker School National
Farm Loan Association. Mr.. Camp
bell was elected secretary-treasurer
Mr.. Arch ]. McRae, president. Mr..
Fred Miller, Mr.. John w. Davis and
Mr.. E. j. Moore were elected Loan
Committee. The Loan Committee is
busily engaged appraising the prop
erty offered for loan and will make
their report to the directors of the
Association on next Wednesday.
Over three score rats were killed
when the stock of the Chesterfield
Drug Co. was moved to its new home.
Merchants of our town should get to-
gether on some plan to exterminate
these pests as the damage done by
them is incalculable. 1t may be of
interest to some to know of the fact
that in some cities buildings are now
erected so as to be rat-proof. If
hard times ever come to our people
1t will be because Of waste; and the
waste caused by rats is preventable
II gone about in the right way.
Chesterfield should worry about
the supposed deportation Of negroes
from our community. Into the house
vacated by Will Williams and family
: (P. C.s.) came Massey Robinson,
who weighs more than Will and his
entire family. But such is the con-
gestion of the negro population here
abouts that, while Aunt Massey and
her four sizeable daughters were en-
tering by the front door, Jake, Judge
Hough's Old Reliable, made a tri-
umphant entry into the back door;
and, by reason Of such flank move
ment, Aunt Massey spent the balance
I of the day hunting for another house,
: which she finally secured after much
toll and tribulation, we are glad to
say, just outside the incorporate linn
its of the town.
Admiral Welsh and his party of ex-
plorers have just passed Augusta in
their dash to the South Pole if the
official map, as shown in the Head
quarters of the Independent Order
OF Sons of Rest is telling the truth,