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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-04-11
PATRIOTIC RALLIES

A few people braved the elements
Tuesday evening and attended the
patriotic rally staged at the Court
house on that occasion. Those who
were present felt we'll repaid for their
presence and they returned to their
homes better American citizens than
ever before.
The members Of the Liberty Loan
Committees and the County and
Township Councils of Defense are
determined that Chesterfield County
shall realize that the nation is calling
to her to do her part-that those not
in the army are being called upon to
do their part. The members of the
Liberty Loan Committees and the
Council of Defense are going to give
their time in part during this month
toward aiding the government in
placing in Chesterfield County the
right proportion of the third Liberty
Loan.
Chairman George K. Laney of the
Liberty Loan Committee and Chair
man Charles l.. Hunley of the Coun-
ty Council of Defense are going to
appeal to the people to sacrifice their
time and work for the Liberty Loan
in order that Chesterfield County cit
liens shall prove their loyalty to their
country. These gentlement are
ready to give all their time at a per-
sonal sacrifice in order that the Lii
berty Loan may be over-subscribed.
Patriotic rallies will be sta-ed this
week as follows: Mt Croghan,
Thursday night; Pageland, Friday
night. And next week there will be
rallies at Jefferson on Monday night,
18th: McBee, Tuesday night, 10th;
Patrick. Wednesday night, 18th;
Montrose, Thursday night, 18th, and
Chesterfield, Saturday the goth, II
o'clock.
All these meetings are for loyal
American men and women who love
their country and are willing to do
their part in the wining Of the war.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-04-11
TEAL'S MILL,

Rev. Philips preached an interest
ing sermon Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Sander Morgan, of Montrose
was visitor in this community Sum-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Addie Hunt and children visit
ed Mrs. Will Brown Sunday.
Miss Mary Johnson spen. Tuesday
in Cheraw at the home of Miss Eva
Caulder.
Miss Martha Duke spent Sunday
with Miss Maybel Turnage.
Mr.. Oscar Hurst visited at the
home of Mr.. J. E. Jordan Wednes.
day afternoon.
Mr.. c. F. Stafford of Cheraw spent
Sunday at the home of his mother.
Mrs. E. H. Stafford.
Mr.. Willie Parker, of Camp Jack
son is at home on furlough.
Miss Florence Belk spent Saturday
at the home of Mrs. J. E. johnson.
Mr.. E. H. Stafford celebrated his
birthday Sunday. He was 70 years
old.
Mr.. S. M. Hicks is seriously i'll. We
hope for him a speedy recovery.
Wonder what has become of Ches-
terhe!d Rout 3. Come again, we are
all ways glad to hear from you.
Mrs. Nezzie Stafford is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Riley Teal.
Preaching Sunday morning al
Macedonia everybody invited to come
Come again cradle roll we are all
ways pleased to hear from YOU.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-04-11
A CALL TO BUY LIBERTY BOND.
To the Editor of The Advertiser,

10 the Eoftor or iho Advertiser:
desire to say just word to the
people Of Chesterfield County on the
$S,ooO,oo0,O00 Liberty Loan Bond
Issue which is now being offered by
our government. We should all be
especially anxious that our County
subscribe her whole allotment. We
cannot afford to do less. We cam
not afford to be put into position
which would allow our loyalty to be
even questioned. Our fathers
from the time they first set foot ON
American soil were 1oyal to the core.
They won for US the civil and reli-
gious liberty which we now enioy
and which are at stake in this war
Our boys who are going from our
midst every day to defend our rights
and to defend our firesides from the
vicious German, are true and loyal.
Now the people back here are loyal
but we must prove our loyalty by
backing up the boys who have gone
into the camps and to the front to
do their all for their country, and we
must back them up by doing our all
for thcir efficient equipment and for
their comfort. We can back them
I'M nr Sup,,arf;p,, o,,r rroyor,.~S.o...
we c2n support our government by
purchasing bonds. l especially want
to appeal to the loyalty of the peo-
pie of our county. 1t will not look
good aG all unless we come up with
subscriptions for our share of these
bonds and the way to do this is to
let every one Of US get busy and
subscribe for them.
The method is easy. If you have
not the ready cash, you can borrow
the money to put into them from any
bank. You can pay for them in
weekly installments. Then you can
pay for them as follows: per cent.
first installment payment; second in
stallment, 20 per cent, payable May
18th; third installment, payable July
18th, 35 per cent; fourth installment,
payable August 18th, 40 per cent. All
cash may be paid with the subscrip-
tion on or before May 4.
The campaign closes May 4th. Our
patriotism is calling upon us to take
these bonds. The President of the
United States is expec ng the far
mers to be liberal subscribers to
them. He has faith in the farmer,
who is profiting by this war, and our
president. is expecting the farmer to
invest some of those profits in the
support of his government. do
trust that our County will come up
with our share. Other counties are
going to do it. You read the papers,
know, and you there see what is
going on. Let every one of US get
busy and swing Chesterfield County
into the column of full subscription.
Duty, patriotism and pride impel
us to do this.
GEO. X. LANEY, Chairman of
Liberty Loan Committee for
Chesterfield County.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-04-11
PALMETTO

The farmers of this community are
through planting corn and are pre-
D:.riug their cotton.
Mr.. &. N. Clcnton and Mr.. Will
DLom were in this community Thurs
tay on business.
Messrs. 3. c., Carl and Guss Clan
on and Will Brown made a business
rip to Chesterfield last Saturday.
A.rs. j. n. Clanton spent Wednes-
= Vt the home of Mr.. B. C. Clan
ton.
Nlr. B. G. Clanton is on the sick
ST now bat we hope he will soon
-ecover.
-.-.--f.sses Carrie Hendrix and Rosie
!nTaagc were the weekend guests
+ Miss Bessie Clanton.
he fruit supper at the home Of
In. Rcece Clanton's last Saturday
was great success and was heartily
enjoyed by az those present.
Mrs. Duncan Clanton has been very
SEX for the last few days with, the
German rneasles, but is on the road
o recovery.
Messrs. j. A. Davis and B. C. Clan
.on were in Ruby last Tuesday on
business
Mr.. John M. Brown and family and
Misses Irene Steen and Annabelle
-unn were visiting in this section
.atuTday and Sunday.
Mr.. L. o. Sellers and family, Of
near Cheraw, spent the weekend
With the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. j. Sellers.
We are glad that Mr.. D. E. John
son is able to be up again from a
bad attack of pneumonia.
Some of the young people from
Ruby and Mt. Croghan attended the
fruit supper at Mr.. w. X. Clanton's
Saturday night.
Listen, all you correspondents and
see if you can beat this one: l heard
fellow say that he was flying in the
air one time and caught hold Of
hawks tail. He felt the tail feathers
pulling out and so caught it by the
leg to keep from falling. He said he
wished for string to tie to him q.
ne felt that every little bit would
help in time Of need.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-04-11
CHESTERFIELD ROUTE a

Mrs. Leonard Watson is on the
sick list this week
Mss Ella Johnson is s~cr ling III
weekend With her sister, Mrs. Leo
nara Watson.
Little Aase! Johnson the son cf
MIR. and Mrs. T. r. johnson died
thursday morning and the little BODY
was LAID to rest in the family burying
ground near Shiloh. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev.
Phillips.
Mr.. Vance Davis is sick at this
time.
MIR. j.. N. Johnson and daughter,
Miss Ella, have been visiting rela-
tives at Hartsville recently.
Mr.. Willie Parker, of Camp Jack.
son, is home on a few days furlough
Miss Ruth Chavis spent Saturday
afternoon with Miss Ella johnson.
Entertainment. q. Bethesda schoo
house Friday night April 10Th. Eve
rybody invited to come.
1t seems that winter is not Owe,
yet for the frost Thursday nigh
killed lot of our early garden.
Miss Icy Watson spent the week
end with Mrs. Leonard Watson.
Some Of the young folks on thi
Route enjoyed their ride on the Bob
cat through the rain Sunday after
noon.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-04-11
MR.. B. N. RALEY DROWNED

Jefferson, April 6.-News has JUS.
been received here Of the death b,
accidental drowning Of B. N. Raley,
OF the navy. Mr.. Raley enlisted abou
two years ago and has been on HI.
'hip continuously since. except O
one Oh two occasions when he cam
home on furlough. He was 21 year,
of age and is survived by his mother
mrs. T.. N. Raley, two sisters and si.,
brothers, one of the latter also BEING
m the naval service. Before enlist
ing Mr.. Raley was cashier at RUBY
OF the branch bank Of the Bank Of
Mount Croghan. He was born and
resrni at Jefferson.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-04-11
LEMON JUICE IS
FRECKLE REMOVER
Girls Make this Cheap Beauty Lo.
ton to Clear and Whitsn your


ton to Clear and Whitsn your
Skin.
Squeeze the Juice Of two lemons
into a bottle containing three ounces
Of orchard white, shake we'll, and you
have a quarter pint of the best free
kle and tan lotion, and complexion
beautifier, at very, very small cost.
Adv. 8.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces Of orchard white
for q few cents. Massage this sweet
~ fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how cler, soft and white the skin be-
comes. Yes! It is harmless. Adv. 8.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
SENDS K. CT c. GREETING.
Gen. PeTshing Remembers Organization
Active in War Relief

UTICA, \. Y, Jan. ,. Walter N h.r-
nan, the Knights Of Columbus commits
sioncr, who has just returned from
France to organize 4 staff for overseas re-
LET work. received the following Nov
\ 1"ar's greetings from Gen pcr>hins yes
terday
Please accept tor the member, q
Your organization my most cordial hol-
day greetings. Let US enter the new year
with fun confidence Of the righteousness
OF our cause and the success Of our
arms
Mr. Herman cablcd the following reply:
The knights OF Columbus deeply ap-
preciate and sincerely thank you for your
message. With hcartiest New Year
greetings and best wishes to you and the
troops under your command, accept tho
assurance that each member OF the order
| pledges his individual sacrifice and effort
to aid and support You, 10 the end that
! the new Year will see complete iulhllment
, ot your confidence in the victory OF oui
arms in the cause OF democracy, thereby
( sccurin. to the world an enduring peace
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
GAS ESCAPED FROM
LARGE CONTAINER
Tank Of $4,000 Gallons Capacity Tips
When Supports Give Way-Pco-
pie Without Gas for Time.

ire0plc soIel. dependent upon gas ior
illuminating their homes or places ;;
hu~inc>s were eteatlv Inconvenience
la~, night becaus., of an accident which
Unopened at the generating plant al
the Twin State Gas Electric Co.
For q slort time between and 6.3o
o clock absolute dapknce rcvallcd =
tan a. gaS was concerned aud there was
= general s'turry III hunting up dis
cardcd kerosene lamps, while hundreds
resoltcd 10 tha u.s. Of grandmother $
tallow candles.
At the pas plant there was another
hus lc going on, for two Of the iron
guides which support and regulate the
| .iSa and fall Of the largest holder
/ broke which caused the tank TO tip
to one side and IN doing so allowed ev-
/ cry cubic foot Of gas it contained 70
escape This lett only TWO small tanks
from which to supply the town and as
these contain no booster it VA" impos
s.;ble to get enough pressure, but tht
best poseibla vas done under the cir
cuma;anres ana during the evening
some light was available.
This tank. when filled, contains -.
GOO feet Of gaa 1t is sealed on tb,
FOItbnl Win N6lUf Nnlcn His 4 PIT -
feet deep. When the holder tiTped tn,
lower part was raised from the waite
which car I'D the gas to escape. /
was 50 sitting IN the building tha
work was out Of the question for scv
eral hours Au effort is being madn t,
jack il up into place today. In TIL
meantime the company is making "a
for tho other two containers It ]
hoped that the trouble viii BE- remedin
ty tonight.
This forenoon il was impossible fo
men to work in the building bccau-
! Of the effects Of escaped gas, and "a
masks were ordered from Springfield
Mass, which were expected to reac
here this afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
MUST RUSH TROOPS
That is Chief Rccommer dation cf Del
cgatcs TO Resent War
Council.

WASHINGTON Ham .Coe-.au.
.,.4 ....1.. 5sso,fes ,s american
-. =, -. ,.,'r,~.a, t,.lafr.,,. :.
,r... ..-,,.;,.et r.,o,,laapda.i .ioa raaae -
,no .o,sr1.nsa. tv tho Aa,ar.ea, dsl
80. ,,i, r..an.f,. r..nTDs3 from lh.
- ou..d ,..or ..o,,,,.;l o.. I.aris S...,d.
;, -. ,oa,.ho,, lin brii,,;n,
..,,.-,., an4 .r,... .,.n...,.a,;a, o.;.1
,.....,,.,l:......,.. 49,. a., ..t.,- ,.r,g
mi ....,. o...,'f.,ions
Ttt. ,-a. aisa,o.aa t-aay hv tba s4ase
s..,.,,,,r,,+ ,,hi., r.a8. npblip . s,,,a
mary of the result, II the conference.
rl...,,.h , ,.,, intsre1liei araauila,io5
.,or na.ardjnatinn shia...ne rcsenrcc4 ar
,.o,s,nert, have bcan ,na1o - dcvos,
t...t. s,reo,e,t amount Of tenaage ra4
/ ~. e., -. .r.,,e,o,.a,;r,, ~ Ar,.,;.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
KEENE VISITED
BY $1,000 FIRE
Oil Pipe Bursts in Boston & Maine
Blacksmith Shop in Which Forges
Were Being Operated
Special 10 The Reformer.

NGE-NI, y IL, Jan :.
oil caught fire in the blacksmith shop
81 the Boston & Maine railroad repair
plant IN this city about 500 O'Clock this
forenoon and the building was destroyed
causing 4 loss of about $500
One oi the oil pipes burst in one corner
oi the luilding. in which about . folecs
arc located. and AZ many 81 them We're
flaming Tia" oil soon iGnited and almost
Instantly the interior OF the building was
on lire.
some 20 mon wclc employed there, and
all got out without being burned. as the
building was a large structure with no
floors or partitions,
The hIe department va, on hand
quicl>ly, rs the building was located only
/ atou, id0 yards from the railroad station
in the heart OF he city and while there
was little delay in getting water il would
have been impossible ta save the building
III ans event
i The most the dcpaitmoa; could do wa>
! to save surrounding property, which wa>
done. although some wooden structure,
+ were only Is to 20 ieot away The
spring shop was but about three IeeI
away. hut il is built oi brick. with m
wall next 10 the blacksmith shop. and i
did not burn.
Clothing Of the hramen WAS eovere,
with lee before the fire vas cxtingujshcd
but the mon did not suffer severely
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
HOUSE OCCUPIED BY
MARTIN DAMAGED
Plumbing and Fixtures Torn Out at
Time of Fire Yesterday-Second
Alarm. but No More Fire.

While the blaze at West Brattleboro
Yesterday practically was confined ia
the house occupied by T. IL. Metealf.
considerable damage was done 10 the
adjoinino house occupied by Frank IT,
Martin. who owned both. It was nee
essarv to break out windows and tear
up the plumbing, the latter causing wa
ter TO flow freely through Some Of the
rooms Tn electric wires also were re-
moved and il doing this much Of the
pla@,crine was torn away.
In the evening it was thought that
/ the fire had broken ont anew and 4
church bell alarm was given, but a
thorough investigation failed to locate
any evidences Of any further fire
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
DRAFT MEN CALLED.
Canadian Government Acts Under New
Service Law

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. > The first
draft under the military service act
will Join the colors Thursday. Every
man called has received from his dis
trict registrar notification to report to
his depot battalion. As rapidly as dis
trict headquarters can handle and equip
the men the remainder Of the first draft
will be called up.
full preparations have been made fot
giving the draft its preliminary train
ing. Commissioned aud non-commis
stoned officers with actual war expo
reEcc have been secured and the men
will thus be familiarized from the out
SCI with warfare under modern condi
tions It i expected, however, that
/ the greater part of the training viii
BE- given overseas. transportation diff
hculties are being rapidly met.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
CHATTANOOGA MYSTIFIED.
Heavy Explosion This Morning SHOOK
Buildings and Lighted Up City.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Jan "a
terrific cXl losion shook this city early
TODAY. The sky was lighted for sever-
al seconds and was followed by loud
reports which shook buildings. The aa-
thoritics were mvstifed. Although the
police telephoned to all parts of the
city It had not been determined three
hours after it occurred what had blown
up. y theory that a meteor had
dropped south Of the city was adj
vanced, but no traces were discoverels
Several people about 8 clock this
morning saw a bright light in the Sky
a. if large meteor were passing. This
Wa followed by a loud explosion whien
was heard at various POINTS in a radi-
Us OF p or 30 miles around Chatta
, nooga
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
THIS MORNING
COOLEST OF ALL
In Spite of Better Predic.
tiOns Mercury Hit
a New Mark
lS BELOW ZERO
AT B. n. pHELPSS
T. r. Vaughan's Recording Thernome-
ter Showed q Below-4o Was Low
est Depths Reached at Warren Walk
cr' Br-r r-r r.


Br-r-r-l-r-r.
Gripping cold hat pierced the mar.
row greeted Brattleboro people again
tbis morning and Ferris Il. Vaughan 5
standard thermometer recorded = de
crecs below zero, the eoldcst get. Lis
ten 10 the report which vas whispered
o>cr thr telephone from West Brat
tleloro T.. ~ Phcil7 declared thar
+. was 4s below. ana at $50 with the
suns shining oA the tube the fluid had
risen only feur degrees, u Warsen
Walkers, which is generally the most
fr;si. spot in that chilly burg, it was
only 80 below thia morning. In
tnpa there were all sorts Of stories n,
diat.ng between thcsn figures.
Al TINS comes in spite OF cncourac-
in ,mi~as from weather bureaus ali
over New England that the severe cold
wave was passing out to sea and lac
Freet va going 10 be more mcrciful
! For Il JcN hours ts.crdav the atmoS
phcrc was Quit" hcaIahle, bat = alGlt
/ tail the mercury began 70 shp toward
the lower region Of its containers oncs
more with the r. 1t that it MAS by ai
, means the toughest night experienced
/ People we've obliged to ct ZIP mans
times during the night to keep fire
.hu.uiu2 and then he biting air worhe,
lis way through cracks. UndcI doors al,
, around windows 80 that 4 comfortahl
house MAS 4n EXCEPTION rat4ar-inaI
tllc rulr
This morning the frost which hun,
L l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
Loss of $4,000 in Building
Owned by Twin State
Company
ORIGINATED ON
SECOND FLOOR
That Floor Occupied by Island Park Co..
but Was Closed-Machine Shop Wet
Down-Chimney Fire on South Main
Street

Shortly after noon today fire broke out
in the upper lloor Of the two-story brick
building on Arch street, lust of Main
street. occupied on the ground floor by
l.. II. Stcllman < Son a q machine shop
The upper floor was furnished for pool
billiard, bowling and general amusement
parlor~ and before the fire had been eN-
tincuished damage 10 the amount OF
5000 was done that in the machine sl.op
being confined to water. The l.Iand Park
Co owned the furnishings on The second
floor. but the place was closed. The
Twin State Gas & Electric Co. owns the
building.
When the blaze was discovered Mr.
Stellman was eating dinner in Hoadley'S
restaurant, which Is directly in front and
! his attention was called to il by the chef
there. He Immediately tclephoned TO the
fire station and then used pony cxtin-
guisher@ where he could see the fire eat
ing its way between the first and ~ecoud
floors.
Several lines OF hose were laid and a
deluge Of water was turned into the place.
which found a way quickly To the machine
shop below. Nj OF the machinery was
thoroughly wet down and many patterns
hanging close TO the ceiling were dam
aged. but plenty of elbow grease and
hard labor will prevent a very heavy loss
there II Is question merely Of cleaning
.up the place and contents. although 10 an
outsider the task looks TO bc-H heavy
one Mr.. Stellman could not se, any csti-
mate OF what this work will cost lie i,
covered by an insurance of 5000.
pstairs the fire was confined mostly
10 one corner Of the main 1oor. where the
desk was located and il looks a. if II
might have started i'll a large bundle OF
documents which were stored there
For 4 time il created big smudgr, and
smoke poured out of the windows in vol
umes, which attracted a crowd
: The wood work or the upper hoor wa,
badly burned. although none Of The parti
tions were eaten through by flames "
II. Richardson, manager OF the Twin
State Gas & Electric Co. stated this ait
crnoon that $1,000 would about cover the
damage e the building and that this wa,
covered by insurance. although he could
not state Just how much was carried
Early this afternoon fremen werr
called 70 - South Main street, where a
chimney burned ont in the house occupie,
by Mrs. Flora Bennett 1t did not sprea,
IL amy OF the partitions and the damae,
VA, slight. The fire truck responded to ;
telephone call.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-02
TO REBUILD HALIFAX.
Canadian Government VIII Com
mandeer Supplies Needed.

HALIFAX, \. s, Jan. p. OF
fetal announcement was made here
today that the Canadian govern
mcnt had passed an order ln-coun-
eli authorizing the Communicating
Of lumber, timber ana building ma
tcrial for reconstruction Of the soc
tion Of Halifax destroyed By the
explosion Of i munition ship and
fire on Dee T. Reports from the
hospitals today showed 600 wounded
patients under treatment. A. 5.
Barnstead, chairman Of the mortualy
committee, estimated the total mum
bcr Of dead al LOO, taking into &C.
count the bodies Of POO victims ba
hcyed to be in the ruins.