The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-03-01
Short items Of 4ccal Qnterest

Mr.. G. R. Knight, of Pageland, was
in Chesterfield Tuesday. q
Mr.. Henry Jackson, of Cheraw,
was in town Wednesday.
! Messrs. w. M. and J. H. Ratliff, of
Mt. Croghan, were in town Monday.
Several Chesterfeldians will 90 to
Washington to take in the Inaugural
ton March 5th.
Miss Pearl Turner has returned to
Chesterfield after spending the week
END with her parents in Columbia.
Mr.. w. L. Mccoy, a prominent citi-
zen of McBee, was in Chesterfield
| Tuesday. As
A bond issue of $4,000 will be
voted on by the people OF Jefferson
for the purpose of installing water
| works.
Chesterfield will, in the near fu-
| ture, vote on the question of bonds
for waterworks and sewerage and for
additional school facilities.
The Pageland school district will
vote on the question of additional
bonds for the purpose of increasing
their school facilities, according to an
act of the legislature.
DR.. E. T. Barentine, a prominent
physician of Society Hill, died at his
home last Monday morning. DR.. and
Mrs. D. H. Laney and son Dan, and
Miss Annie Barentine, of this place,
attended the funeral.
Messrs. d. E. Redfearn and J. A.
Sellers went to Albemarl, N. c.. to
purchase building supplies for two
| new buildings soon to be erected
Drs. James T. Ladd, and L. E. Bull
and Mr.. c. K. Waddell were in Ches-
terfeld yesterday on business.
Our party of tourists, who have re-
turned from Florida, state that the
best two stretches of road that they
found on their trip were in Alligator
Township, this county, and just be-
yond Macon Ga. 1t is feather in
the cap of the people of Alligator
Township to know how we'll their
roads compare with roads in other
parts of the South.
Hon. w. F. Stevenson, Congress
man-elect, was in Chesterfield Tues
day. Mr.. Stevenson will go to Wash
ington Saturday, March Sd, prepara-
tory to taking his seat in Congress on
March 5th, if an extra session il.
called by President Wilson.
The Automobile License Tax Law
goes into effect July 1st. For this
year the owners of "Tin Lizzics" will
have to pay tax for only six months.
Applications will have to be made to
the State Highway Commission for
license number before July /. Auto
mobile dealers will have to paw an
annual license of SIS for every make
Of car that they sell. Only half IL
cense fee will be required for this
year, that is, for the period after
July 1st.
Governor Manning, on Saturday,
signed the "Quart-a-month" liouor
law for medical purposes This law
goes into effect April 25; and after
that date it will be necessary to make
an affidavit to the Probate Judge in
order to secure your quart for med;-
cal purposes. Tie Probate Judge
will issue certificate upon the paw
ment of fee Of ten cents, provided
he is satisfied as to the truth of the
affidavit that the quart is for medical
purposes only.
We understand that a solution to
the deadlock now pending in the of
flee of constable of Courthouse Town
ship has been suggested by Sheriff
Douglass, which suggestion is to allow
the sheriff deputy sheriff to do the
criminal work of this township and
allow the deputy sheriff to continue to
draw his present salary. This would
be saving to the county, and we
suppose this plan will be agreed upon.