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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-13
CHERAW' BOARD OF TRADE
HAS ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING

Special to The Advertiser:
A very enthusiastic meeting of the
Board of Trade was held on FRIDAY
| night and new officers were elected
for the year. The town is very for
tunate in having as president Mr..
Robert Chapman, who is president of
the local cotton mills.
A great many constructive matters
were discussed and reached definite
shape. 1t was almost unanimously
decided to erect memorial building
in memory of the boys who died in
France. This building is to be three
stories high with the lower floor a
library, gymnasium and town offices.
"A theatre of seating capacity of
about one thousand will extend to
the second floor. The third floor is
to be for the secret orders of the
town. This building is to cost be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, depend
ing on location.
The question of paving next came
up and it was decided that the busi-
ness part of town be paved at once
and Mr.. Guy f. White, from Atlanta,
will talk to the Board of Trade at it,
next meeting in regard to this.
Two tobacco warehouses were as
sured for the tobacco season and
about twelve hundred acres of tobac
hointr ,,lnrfnl
its market. Buyers will be secured
from all the big tobacco companies
and Cheraw will offer the best of
inducements to the tobacco growers.
Seed will be furnished free upon re-
quest to those who anticipate grow
ing tobacco.
Another meeting of the Board of
Trade will be held in few days and
will discuss other constructive meas
urcs.
Miss Leila Huntley, the efficient
postmaster of Cheraw, suffered a dis
located shoulder in an auto accident
near Laney's on the Cheraw and
Wadesboro road on last Sunday even
ing.
Mr.. Ernest Harrall, who is con-
nected with the Baltimore Street
Railway Co., is on visit to his aunt,
Mrs. l.. d. Harrall
The Rev. A. H. McArn is enjoying
his vacation at st. Petersburg, Fla.
Mr.. Dewey Burch has returned to
Camp Jackson after seven days
furlough at home with his parents.
Mr.. Biggs, who. is with the M. w.
Duvall Co., has recovered from Sc
we're attack of the flu to the delight
of his many friends.
DR.. Lucas of West Virginia, passed
through Cheraw Monday on visit
to his parents at Chesterfield
Mrs. F. G. Walker, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. James,
has returned to Chase City, Va.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-13

All Mems and Boys Sweaters Must
60 regardless of Cost or Former
Selling Price.
All Turkish and Fancy Towels to 60
at About Two-Thirds Regular Value.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-13
WHITE GOODS

25c White Goods, ...... 1sc
35c White Goods 2sc
Soc White Goods 3sc
Soc Fancy Striped Skirting at ...... 39c
75c Fancy Striped Skirting at . 59c
1000 Yards Bleaching, Nainsook and
Long Cloth to 60 in Sale at Unheard
of Prices.
44-inch Pillow Casing at ...... 35c
SOC Silk Finish Poplin 39c
Our entire 100000 Stock of Silk.
Will be sold at GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Favor 8-Hour Law

The bill aiming to reduce the work
ing hours of women in New York
State to fortyeight week, or eight
a day, which has been introduced into
the Legislature at Albany, is sponsored
III the Senate by Senator Ross Graves
and IN the Assembly by Assemblyman
Frank j. Gardner. Once law it will
be criminal offence for employers to
work women employees more than the
stated number Of hours
There has been q belief that should
the bill become a law New York will
suffer from competition with other
states not limiting the hours of their
women workers. Miss Mary E. Dreer,
chairman of the Women's Joint Leg
lslatlve Conference, in statement
Yesterday said: "The Ford Company
has found that when hours are re
duced and wages increased cost is cut
down"
Supreme Court Justice Louis d.
Brandeis said of the eight-hour law
for workers.: "The experience of
manufacturing countries has illus
trated the evil effects OF overwork up
on the general welfare The overwork
of future mothers thus directly at
tacks the welfare of the nation"
Mrs. Florence Kelley, of the National
most impossible to overstate the ad-
vantages which are to be expected for
women and children from the adoption
by law of the eght-hour day with rest
at night"
Judge John P. Altgeld, in recent
statement, said: Labor Saving ma
chinery has so greatly increased pro-
duction that the same amount OF labor
is no longer required to equal the out
put"
Miss Rose Schneidermann, president
Of the Women's Trade Union League,
which, with the State Federation of
Labor, is Endorsing the bill, said:
"Since the >eight-hour day has been
proved to be both hcathful for the
workers and efficient for the employers
we feel that New York State should no
longer delay in obtaining these adj
vantages."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Only Discharged War Aids TO
Receive Fares TO Their Homes
Neo York frbua.

" Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. Only war
workers who are discharged are en-
titled to have their fares paid to their
homes, according to the ruling of the
assistant Controller of the Treasury.
Charles MARSHALL Force Secretary
Baker of the War Department asked
a definition of the law passed recently
in Congress and approved by the Presi-
dent allowing carfare to workers to
reach their homes
War workers who may resign in an
ticipation of the cutting down of forces
in various departments will receive no
benefit from the bill. Only those who
wait until they are discharged can col
lect their fares. They will receive
only their transportation and must
leave on the day that it is issued.
THE Adjutant General states" saws
the Controllers reference, that his
office is making every effort TO in
crease his force; that no employe has
been discharged and the service of ali
the employees who have thus far volun-
tarily resigned could have been advan-
tageously used, but acceptance of thel,.
resignations was recommended for the
benefit and convenience of enploNes ;,
Those dismissed because of illness
are not included in the ruling But
clerks who have n vacation coming and
are let off because services are no
AanGer needed will raceive THAR Taxa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Friday a Day of Service
For League for the Deaf

Friday is great day at the New
York League for the Hard of Hearing.
From 1880 to 4:30 the sunny parlor is
thronged with women, and each week
talk is delivered as part Of the rcgu
lar programme. The audience are all
deaf and yet they follow perfectly the
discourse Of the woman on the plat
form.
The lecturer is hardly using her
voice; hardly enough of it to reach the
visitor in the corner, whose faculties
are unimpaired. She looked amazedly
at the responsive audience.
GLOW do they do it," she cxclaims
They are readers of the lips. A few
OF them lost their hearing in youth;
most have been affected by the passage
Of time. Perhaps they struggled alone
for years against an increasing handi-
cap. but they have banded against it
now, and there as everywhere, union
is strength. From the various schools
for lip reading throughout the city,
and indeed throughout the country.
they come at last into the league, and
share rs benefits and help each other.
The leagues free employment bureau
operates in conf junction with the United
States Employment Service. There is
also handwork shop of which the
consignors and managers alike are hard
of hearing, an educational department
and a welfare department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
A. f. f. Is Getting
Homesick; All Are
Anxious to Return
It's Most Critical Period of
Entire War, Says Mary
E. MCDOWELL; Must Make
Sure 1t Is Lasting Peace
BY Grace Goulder

with the American Y w. C. Al
Special Correspondence
PARIS, Jan. 20.-"These present
weeks are the most critical Of the en-
tire war, both for men and women"
The speaker was white haired
woman in the blue uniform of the
American Y. ". c. A. worker in France
Mary f. Mcdowell is her name. Back
in Chicago, where she founded and still
manages her famous settlement house
in the stockyards district, they call her
the Mother of the Stockyards" For
twenty-five years and more she has de-
voted herself TO the cause of woman in
industry. For the past three months
she has been studying the situation in
which the French woman finds herself.
81 say this is the most critical time
of all, because our soldiers and good
many OF our women have little in their
hearts beyond desire to get back to
the States, now that the fighting is
over. 1t will take all the efforts. of all
the war organizations in France to keep
them contented while they wait.
In Every Corner of France
81 have put on this uniform of the
Y. w. c. A. just temporarily. OF course,
I'm going back to my settlement I've
been in nearly every corner of France
since I've been wearing it, and | want
to say that think the Y. w. c. A. has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Says Fripperies Not in Style
Y. W. c. A. Director Quotes
Figures to Show Girls
Are CHANGING

Have you an embroidered towel in
your home? Save it as pre-war
relic. They're going out of style.
Such is the prediction of Miss
Jeanette Hamill, director of the Bal
lard School OF the New York City Y
W. c. A., who declares that only
eleven per cent Of those enrolled in
classes in the school this year are
giving attention to feminine "trip
peries" such as millinery, embroidery,
cooking: dressmaking and allied home
arts. This is against something like
fifty per cent before the war.
Girls are leaving the domestic life
for business and for trades hitherto
occupied by men, That's the reason
embroidelies and feminine frirperies'
must GO says Miss Hamll. who en-
rolled ATOP girls in New York City in
classes in 1918 and who propheses a
great increase over that number this
year.
Over fifty per cent of the students
are studying commercial subjects. This
number includes those who have
registered for a new course in foreign
trade relations, in which the Y. W. c.
A. is attempting to back up the gov
eminent in helping to open bigger
trade with other countries and with
South America in particular.
Of jobs open to the alert and studious
American girls who want to get ahead
both in the expert houses in this
country and in the trade centres in
South America and cher countries,
and that the Y. w. c. A. wants to
provide a means for American girls
to get these jobs is the reason Miss
Hamill gives for the addition Of such
courses at the Central Branch Y. W.
C. A.. 610 Lexington Avenue, as those
which deal with consular invoices.
insurance and mail order trades.
Besides the technical courses in
trade relations, classes in French
Spanish and Italian, that will give
particular attention to such knowledge
as will be needed by those going to
foreign countries in trade work, are
included in the courses now opened
at the Y. W. C. A.
There are two classes for girls. who
wish to learn how to become aids to
therapeutic workers. One of the
most popular of these is the class
where they are taught how to make
brushes. Miss Hamill has discovered
that an invalided o. wounded man may
earn $50 week by making brushes
Weaving classes in which the girls
are learning to work over what are
known as bed-looms, or those that
will be easily manipulated on the bed
Of those inactive. are popular. and
they are learnin. how to teach men
to make blankets, shopping bags and
smocks These arc a few Of the
articles that are easily made on these
looms.
"The Y. W. C. A. is not trying" says
Miss Hamill, "to 90 into the occupa-
tional therapy work on any extensive
scale, or to compete with the schools
started in this work, but is merely
training women who will want to do
volunteer work us aids when the time
comes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

The hospital entertainment commit
tee took thirty-four men to the thea
ire durlng~thc week. On Tuesday
afternoon en- entertainment was given
at Base Hospital No. |. in which a
number Of professionals took part
The work Of the General Informa-
non bureau has increased noticeably
during the week, which is possibly due
10 the'arrlval of many transports. De-
talls OF the return of soldiers are
sought by relatives and friends, and
through the courtesy and prompt CO.
operation of the War Department in
Wash ineton, and of the authorities in
Hoboken, the bureau is able to get def
mite information about the movements
OF army units in France and their ar
rivals in this country. as well as de-
tailed news Of individuals.
On Thursday / 1000 men were served
lunch in five OF the canteens.
The Reclamation Shop has had a
very active week, and in response to
the appeal made by Mrs. Whitman for
Discarded mems clothing. many dona-
tions have been received. The mems
suits are repaired and cleaned in the
shop and sold to sailors and soldiers
returning to civil life. Mrs. Whitman
reports the need of more second hand
women's and chidren's clothing.
Duringthe month of January the can
teen of the Jamaica Division served
more. than 1000 meals to sailors and
soldiers. The Cincinnati branch Of the
league has organized motor corps.
The frat class in occupational thera-
Ply at the Philadelphia School of Occu-
pational Thearapy started for women
through the efforts OF the Philadelphia
branch of the league, viii be graduated
next week, There are thirty-hve women
in Che class. The school has issued its
prospectus of second course. which
will baGin immediately.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
New Plans Under
Way for Jewish
Big Sister Drive
Want Nursery for Every
Square Block Supported
by the NeigIlborhood for
Poor Young of East Side

The Jewish Big Sisters, an crganiza.
ton Of women trained in child ana
adult psychology which is working pri.
MARTY among the young girls of tho
East Side to prevent the increase O..
Juvenile delinquency, is planning to en-
large its activities within the next few
months. Among the projects tc be un-
dertaken are square block drive for
play nursery on every block, CAM
paign for volunteer workers and a
back to the school" movement, which
VIII put back in the schoolro oms the
child who is illegally employed
New Crusade Started
Harassed Mrs. Samuel Cohsn didn't
realize in the least, when she dragged
her protesting little Becky to the Chill
dren's Court, that she was launching
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

The February Study Glass of the
New York Browning Society will be
held on Wednesday, February S, at 2
o'clock, at 1863 West Seventy fifth
Street.
Knickerbocker Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, celebrated its
twenty-second anniversary last Friday
afternoon.
On Wednesday February 5, from A
to 7, the. National Society Patriotic
Women of America will hold recep-
ton at the home of the president, Mrs.
William r. Stewart, 125 Riverside
Drive.
The Government Club will hold it's
regular monthly meeting tomorrow at
2:30 p. m. at the Hotel Aston, with Mrs.
Frederick Edey speaker of the day.
Subject, "The Betterment of Women"
The first monthly mass meeting Of
the Wall Street Women's Clubs was
held Tuesday evening. This is an or
ganization, authorized by the staff of
the Right About" n paper published
weekly by the soldiers of Debarkation
Hospitals No. and No. to circularize
this paper in the financial district
The club has only been in existence
since the end of December, but has
already done great deal of practical
hospital work for soldiers and sailors.
National League for Women's Service
During the month of January the can.
the National League for Women's Ser
wee answered 145 calls. Over 900
men were transported in the ambu
lances.
The Sailors, Soldiers and Marines
Club has had large attendance this
week. and all Of the beds have beon
onnilniAd aparv nisht 'ue''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Miss Mary t. Mcdowell, investi-
eating French industrial con-
ditions for the Y. w. c. A.

a real job here. Everybody in the
States and over here is wondering when
It's workers are going home | answer
that question by saying they should
stay just as long as they are needed
by the American women war workers,
ana until the French women can get
their frightful war burden adjusted
so as to carry the work themselves.
THE other night at Toul. which is
strategic point for all American work
because of the great number of our
boys there, a lot Of us descended on the
Y. w. c. A. hostess house unexpected
~. There weren't quite enough beds
for us. A couple of US found we could
sleep double, and it looked as if we all
were getting to be placed. Then our
chauffeur came in just before bedtime,
and announced that he had no place to
sleep. Mary Fulton, the director. had
kept, as her bedroom for the night a
corner of what had been the wine
cellar; but she promptly gave it up
TO the driver, and as far as I could
learn. sat up all night
lust Have Their Fudge
AT Neufchateau, near there, there is
a nurses club. Flora Curtis, the secre-
tary in charge, discovered that what
her nurses wanted was a place where
they could wash and iron their clothes
and make fudge. 1t wasn't part Of her
plan, and cooking ranges are hard to
find in France. But they've got one
now, and it is always in use.
AT another Y w. c. A. hostess house
where l visited they told me that at
first they had lot of trouble getting
it into shape fer use. Workmen are
almost impossible to get. A Russian
born member of the A. E. F. from New
York, who had been cited for gallantry
and who was corvalescing from severe
wounds at hospital near by. came
over and papercd the walls. After
ward he confessed that at the time he
was nearly crazy with Inconsistencies
After the walls were papered he re-
cruited bunch Of boys and they did
the scrubbing.
That's one 'need-tryng TO keer
things going and normal now. when
Americans are impatient to 20 home
Another is the need for us to rcmem-
Der what war means-the necessity for
US TO realize that there need be no
more war I've been at Verdun. The
picture Of that frightful desolatior
Will stay with me always.
81 done care whether the way to keey
it fresh memory viii be through a
league Of nations or what name VIC
viii give IT.: but our men will have
died in vain, the mutations Of ths
others will be OF no avail, II we DOM
see 10 it that this is the last war.
That's part Of the work the Amcri.
can women can do over fherc-it Is
women's work 10 help make men re-
member"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK AMONG WOMEN

cording to a letter received by the
Americas Allies Cooperative Commit
tee from the Contessa di Robilant, wife
OF one of ltaly's generals. Her letter
contains an urgent appeal for civil aid,
for clothes and all kinds Of household
goods.
The committee is conducting drive
for 10000 comfort bags for the Italian
women of the devastated region. These
bags contain a warm garment, such as a
sweater or skirt, chemise, apron,
waist or pair of stockings. Added to
this are a pair of scissors, needles,
spool Of thread thmble, soap, pins and
other small articles
Donations of any kind will be re-
ceived and forwarded by the America S
Allies Cooperative Committee. shipping
department, / East Thirtieth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

wheye evidences Of the cooperation
and good sill between the Two great
English-sqeaking peoples. Rumofs OF
dissenslons between English and Ameri-
can soldiers. and among tho civilian
population OF Notwithstanding people,
y simply German propaganda. be
lieve it is more rife to-day than ever
Ere: From the very bottom OF her
heart England acknowledges and appre-
ciates the part we played in the war
and We reciprocate in acclamation of
all that England did and particularly
Jne magnificent work of the British
Grand Fleet.
Il believe England and America are
closer in feeling than ever before. and
that just as the two countries worked
together to en0 the var, so they Will
work together to build a constructive
peace"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
City-St0fe-Nuti0n
estate Suffrage Party Bulletin)


. Int. No. 24l provides for female trial
jurors, the male and female jurors to
be selected, as far as possible, in equal
numbers in each jury panel. Referred
to Committee on Codes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

at p. M, at the Hotel Aston. The
proceeds will be for the support Of their
Endowment Bed at Noully, France.
Tickets are 81, and may be had of Mrs.
Frank Merrill Seamans, chairman. 32O
Central Park West
Inc Beethoven Society," Nine. Aida
Tanini- Tagliavio, PRESIDENT will hold
the next afternoon musicale Saturday.
February 8, in the ballroom of the
Plaza.
Mrs. Albert Garfield Sage has been
elected president of the Eclectic Club
to fill the unexpired term Of the rate
Miss Florence Guernsey.
The club will hold the first meeting
SINCE the death of Miss Guernsey. on
February II at the Waldorf Astoria.
Mrs. Darwin Walter Truss will be
chairman of the day Mrs. Charles G..
braSmar Will present the musical pro-
gramme.
Helen Keller to Speak
Miss Helen Keller. The famous blind
deaf mute, will be the principal guest
Of honor and speaker at the next
luncheon and meeting Of the Athene
Club on Thursday, February 6, at the
Waldorf Astoria.
The Daughters of Indiana, Miss Mary
Garrett Hay, president, will give card
party for the war relief funo on Mon
day afternoon, February II, at the
Hotel Astor.
Mrs. Lewis Nixon on Tuesday even
y iast entertained the members OF the
Women's Democratic League Of the
State Of New York. Of which Mrs John
Sherwin Crosby Is president, at The
Nixon home in East l'ifty-third Street
Mayor Hylan was umonr tha anaakara.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
10000 Comfort Bags Wanted
For Women Of Vortlieru Italy

Ho~ would you Ike TO pay $500 for
suit Of everyday clothes? That is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
VeaC York State Senate
Eight-Iour Day for Women,

Int No. 204, introduced by Senator
Graves, limits the hours of labor for
women and female minors under TWEEN
ty-one to forty eight hours week, and
to not over EIGHT hours in any one dav.
Hours for children under sixteen in
factories are limited to forty-eight
hours week, and for male minors I'M
der eighteen to forty-eight hours 3
week, or not over eight hours in any
one day. Referred to Labor Commit
tee.