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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
HOLD ELECTION

The Chesterfield County School
Trutees Association met in the court
house last Friday for the purpose Of
reorganization and discussion of
plans for the coming school year.
About 100 trustees were present
and the interest shown speaks we'll
for the future of the school SYSTEM
of Chesterfield county.
The following officers were elected:
President, Mr.. Kirby Rivers; vice
president, Mr.. Bigc C. Moore; sec
retary-treasurer, Mr.. L. H. Mccoy.
The floor was extended to Supt.
j. A. Knight who discussed briefly
the different acts of the General AS
sembly during its last session, per-
tanning to schools, and closed with
plea for the corporation of the
trustees, in making the coming year
the best year that the schools of the
county have ever had.
Mr.. j. G. Blackwell, Truant Officer
for the county, briefly outlined the
duties Of said officer and asked for the
aid of the Trustees in his work espec-
tally during the months Of July and
August while taking the census of the
children.
After some discussion by the trus-
tees as to the time for the beginning
Of the compulsory term, the follow
ing motion was introduced by DR.. w
A. CAN'T, of jefferson; That the Com
pulsory attendance term would begin
with the opening day of each school,
the opening day to be decided by each
local board of trustees.
1t was moved and passed that teach
ers of the county should be paid
for the first ten days of sickness and
substitute furnished, but for any
illness of a longer period than 10 days
the teacher must pay for substitute.
The illiteracy problem was dis
cussed and plans made for schools
to be opened during the month Of
August. Supt. j. A. Knight made a
fervent appeal for assistance of the
trustees in carrying on this work. De-
plotting the sad plight Of person
who is cut off from the privilege Of
reading the Bible and the news of the
events happening around them each
day. Several Trustees pledged them
selves to see that one of the schools
be opened in their district.
The next meeting will be held in
the month of September at date
to be later decided upon, which meet
ing will be a joint meeting of the
trustees and teachers.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
RUBY

Mrs. M. L. Raley and children Wis
tied Miss Eddie Lee Coward in
Wadesboro, this week.
Messrs. Duncan McGregor and p.
V. Threat were in Charlotte last
week on business.
Miss Eva Edgeworth, of Pageland,
visited Misses Fay and Floreid Burch
mere recently.
DR.. X. M. Newsom and Mr.. j. II.
Allen motored to Florence Monday.
Among the Ruby boys recently re-
turned from France are Messrs. Ed
Hancock, Press Gulledge, Lee Sell
ers, Jim Clark and Bennie Sellers.
Welcome home, boys!
Messrs. Ben Jackson and Johnnie
Moore, of Mt. Croghan, visited in
own Sunday afternoon.
Messrs c. A. Edgeworth and Smith
Oliver spent the weekend in Char
lottc on business.
Mr.. r. ID. McCreight and family
and Miss Alice Burch motored to
Chesterfield Monday evening.
Mr.. r. p. Gibson attended court in
Chesterfield Monday.
Baseball is waking up again in
Ruby, after a long nap. Even j. S.
McGregor is at it again. "Jule" still
has that same old wind-up that used
TO make the opposing batters rather
weak about the knees when they saw
it. The "thud" Of the ball against
leather can now be heard quite fire.
quently.
The local Boy Scout troop is plan
ming for two-weeks' camping trip
in the mountains of North Carolina.
| rhey expect to spend the first two
weeks of August in the Land Of the
Sky"
MIR. ii. c. Allen and family spent
The weekend in Polkton, N. c., Wis
ting relatives.
| st. Croghan defeated Ruby in the
irst baseball game Of the season, at
Mt. Croghan, by score of 16 to 8.
This was done accidentally when Mt.
| Croghah mistook the small Ruby
boys for large ones and played large
boys against them. The playing Of
Eddins, Thurman and Drew Threat
for Ruby was the feature Of the
game. Threat made dazzling play
in right field when he caught "hot
one" in his bare hands. Eleven
pitchers were used in the game.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
CHERAW WILL WELCOME
SOLDIER BOYS HOME

Cheraw has set July 10 as the day
of her official welcome home to our
returning soldier boys.
General Tyson has been asked to
make the address of welcome. The
city will be bedecked with flags and
bunting, free lemonade will flow like
water; there will be base ball game
and barbecue.
The Chiquola Club will be turned
into a rest room for ladies with a
matron in charge, the rooms to be
under the direct management of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The ice water and lemonade distribu-
tion will be supervised by the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
That the barbecue will be a sue
cess there can be no doubt for two of
Chesterfield county's experts will
have charge of that department.
They are Messrs. R. T. Little and
Tylor Watson.
Adequate committees, composed of
representative citizens from all over
Chesterfield county, have the ar
rangements in charge, and a grand
and glorious day is assured.
Of course there will be music and
efforts are being made to secure an
army aeroplane, and it is believed
these efforts will prove successful.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

Mr.. Evans was followed by Hon.
w. p. Pollock, who asked on behalf
of the State, that the jury. find a
verdict as charged. His appeal was
excellently worded, was based on law
and logic and was delivered in the
sure and convincing style of the vet
eran. Mr.. Pollock spoke for forty
minutes.
Judge McIver then delivered a mas
terly charge to the jury. Fifteen
minutes after retiring Sheriff Doug
lass announced that a verdict had
been found.
The prisoner was found guilty of
murder, with a recommendation for
mercy.
Judge McIver, in brief address to
Fuller, sentenced him to life impris-
onment.
The next case on the docket was
Dave Seegars, charged with rape and
incest. Upon questioning several wit
nesses the prosecution nolle pressed
the rape charge and Seegars pleaded
guilty to incest. He was sentenced
to year on the chain gang.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
LEMONS MAKE SKIN
WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR
Make this Beauty Lotion for q Few
Cents and See for Yourself

What girl or woman hasn't heard
of lemon juice to remove complexion
blemishes; to whiten the skin and to
bring out the roses, the freshness and
the hidden beauty? But lemon juice
alone is acid, therefore irritating, and
should be mixed with orchard white
this way. Strain through fine cloth
the juice Of two fresh lemons into
bottle containing about three
ounces of orchard white, then shake
well and you have a whole quarter
pint Of skin and complexion lotion at
about the cost one usually pays for a
small jar of ordinary cold cream. Be
sure to strain the lemon juice so no
pulp gets into the bottle, then this
lotion will remain pure and fresh for
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
GERMAN CREWS SINK
THEIR INTERNED SHIPS

, The officers and sailors that the allies
| had, according to the agreements of
the armistice, placed on board the
German navy,at the time of interning
those ships in the Scapa Flow, North
Of Scotland, deliberately opened the
water cocks and sank most of the
fleet last Saturday afternoon. All the
big ships, the battleships and battle
cruisers excepting the Baden, and
numerous smaller craft were sunk,
while others went ashore in a half
sunken condition.
Eighteen destroyers were beached
by tugs; four are still afoat, while
the remainder went under.
The wholesale sinking of the Ger
man ships, which were surrendered
under the terms Of the armistice,
was carefully arranged by officers and
crews. All explosives had been re-
moved and the only way of sinking
the fleet was by opening the seacocks.
The ships went down slowly, with the
German flag, which the crews had
hoisted, showing at the mastheads.
The crews composed entirely of
Germans under the terms of the arm
;stice, which did not permit of Brit
sh guards aboard, took to the boats
when the vessels began to settle.
While making for the shore the boats
were challenged and called upon to
surrender. Some of them ignored
the summons and were fired upon, a
few casualties resulting.
This move on the eve of the signing
of the peace treaty, is regarded as the
result of plan made some time ago
by the Germans whom the allies had
placed in charge Of them to sink them
rather than have them divided among
their conquerors.
The conviction in official and naval
circles that, while the scuttling of the
German ships was base treachery on
part of the skeleton crews, neverthe-
less, without intending to do so, they
really did the Allies and America a
Soou WI IL Wy SWUNG IIouDieSoHne
problem for them, The general opin-
ion among naval officers is that they
will not be raised.
When informed that the Germans
had sunk the ships Admiral Benson,
who has just returned to Washington
from Paris said:
81 favored the sinking or destruc
ton Of the German ships. There
were few reasons why they should be
kept and many why they should be
destroyed. In any distribution the
United States would have received
very few of them"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
THE COTTON ASSOCIATION

A meeting Of the Board of Direc-
tors of the American Cotton Asso-
citation will be held in New Orleans
on July LIST, End and 3rd, 1919.
Special committees have been appoin-
ted for handling matters of vital i'm
portance to the entire cotton belt.
Among the important business to
be settled is the matter of State cor
porations for the marketing of the
cotton crop and standard warehouse
system for the entire cotton belt.
There are special committees active
1y at work on banking and legislation,
finance and organization, cotton tare,
marketing and taking of the cotton
reports. all Of which will make the
report at the meeting Of the Board at
New Orleans.
At the New Orleans meeting a
wkirlwind campaign for membership
in the association will be launched,
80 that every single, solitary farmer,
merchant, banker, business and pro-
fessional man, who has the best inter-
est of the cotton grower at heart,
throughout the length and breadth
of the cotton belt will be solicited for
membership. Many of the states
have already put on this campaign,
as the rivalry between the states to
complete their organization first win
be very intense.
Cotton will never be sold again
for less than a profitable price as a
result of the work of the American
Cotton Association" says j. Skot-
tow Wannamaker, president of the
Association. "A standard warehouse
system to be controlled by produc-
ers throughout the entire cotton belt
is one of the primary objects Of the
Association. A marketing corporation
which will enable the producer to sell
cotton at the highest possible price is
one of the important matters which
is being worked out. At the the New
Orleans meeting plans will be per-
fected for the checking of crop re-
ports. Arrangements are being made
t. have representatives in every cot
ton consuming country in the world
to secure direct information as to the
need for cotton. The best experts
in the South will be secured for hand
ling crop reports, the Association to
isue such crop reports twice monthly.
"The organization of the Export
Corporation is being energetically
pushed to prompt completion. This
corporation will revolutionize the en-
tire business interests of the South"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
WILL SIGN
THE PEACE TREATY

Germany will sign the peace treaty
of the Allies and Associated Powers.
The National Assembly, at Weimar,
on last Sunday afternoon by a vote
Of 237 to 1873 decided to sign the trea-
ty.
Before the vote was taken, Herr
Bauer, the new Premier, dechred
that the government would sign the
treaty, but without acknowledging
he responsibility Of the German peo-
lie for the war and without accepting
The obligation in the treaty of the
trial of the former Emperor and the
extradition of other German person
gees.
This question seemed to be the one
On which dead lock was inevitable,
as all three parties, the Conserva-
tives, the Centrists and the Demo-
Gratis objected to signing the treaty
while it contained the paragraphs de-
manding the extradition and trial by
the Allies of the Ex-Kaiser, Won Hin
denburg and other Germans whom
It was sought to punish for the insti-
cation of the war.
This was the stumbling block, for
the Democrats could mot be budged
from the attitude>which they held
through forlorn pride in the former
War Lord and the belief that a rev.
olution would break out in protest
by the people should Won Hindenburg
Ludendorf and other idols also be
humiliated.
Later in the day the Centrists drop
ped their demand for modification of
terms and expressed their willingness
to sign. The Democrats also weak
ened to such an extent that fifteen
of their thirty five members in the
Assembly went over to the side in
favor of the signature.
The actual signing of the peace
treaty is scheduled to take place on
Friday.
Herr Bauer, the new Premier,
is rated as long-headed, conserva-
tive Socialist, who is reputed to have
much influence with the workingmen.
He was originally the choice of the
Socialist groups.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WELL
REPRESENTED AT WINTHROP

Chesterfield county was well rep
resented among the scholarship men,
bers of the Home Demonstration
Clubs, who attended the short course
at Winthrop College, during the early
part of this month.
The State short courses for men,
bers of the Home Demonstration
Clubs, of South Carolina, have been
held at Winthrop College for the past
six years. At the first Of these short
terms, held in 1914, there were forty
eight canning club girls in attendance.
At the short course this year there
were 45O members, 225 girls and the
same number Of women, in atten-
dence. These $50 members represent
the various Home Demonstration
Clubs in the country, mills, towns and
cities of the State, and were selected
on account of their leadership and
good work in their communities.
The course given this year is con-
sidered the best ever given in South
Carolina and each member who took
advantage of it is better equipped to
make her home better in every way
and there is no doubt that those who
attended fully appreciated the oppor-
tunities offered by this short course
at Winthrop.
Members of Chesterfield County
who were in attendance are:
Mrs. l.. T. Stewart, Pageland Miss
Grace Rivers, Chesterfield, Route a
| Miss Lille Rhines, McFarlin, Route
l; Miss Ruth Sellers, Chesterfield,
Route |; Miss Mae Kirkley, Cheraw
and Miss Allie Lisenby, Chesterfield,
The following members won the
scholarships but couldn't attend:
Mrs. NJ. II. Tadlock, Pageland; Mrs.
d. F. Buie, Patrick; Miss Bessie Ri
vers, MtCroghan and Miss Hessie
Arant, Pageland.
| Among the County Home Demon
stration agents who assisted in pre-.
senting the work at the State short
course are:
Miss Mary Caddie Haynie, County
| Home Demonstration agent of Ches-
terfield County and Miss Floride Nc
Elvy, Assistant Emergency Home
| Demonstration agent Of Chesterfield
| County.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
STATE WAREHOUSES WILL
SOON PAY FOR THEMSELVES

Columbia, June 23.-Fully alive
to the protection State Warehouses
afford against loss on their cotton by
weather damage or by fire, a number
of farmers are planning to build plan
tation or community warehouses )
which will be taken in the State sys-
tenn. w. G. Smith, State Warehouse
Commissioner, who is anxious to see
enough warehouses built and put in
the State warehouse system to take
care of at least an additional 100000
bales of cotton, said yesterday that
he would send from his Office in CO.
lumbia the necessary plans and speci-
fications free of charge to farmers
who build warehouses this summer to
be units of the State system.
According to one statement, "coun-
try damage"alone cost the farmers of
South Carolina $14,175,OOO on the
1918 crop of cotton. For this sum. the
States entire 1918 crop could have
been housed for over Is months in
the State Warehouse System had
"aiShouSSS DSSl dNdlldDle.
Commissioner Smith said yesier-
day that there was no red tape about
getting State system.
"First, build the warehouse, said
Commissioner Smith. "Then apply for
its admission into the State system.
Then the State Warehouse Commits
sion will lease the warehouse .or
S1.OO year and issue to the owner OF
owners license to operate it as a
unit in the State system on payment
of fee of $500. Next the law au-
thorizes the Commissioner to name Il
suitable person as a warehousemau
and bond him for from $1,000 TO
$4,000, according to the size of the
warehouse. AS soon as the ware.
house is ready for business the Com
missioner keeps its contents fully COW
cred by insurance against fire. The
warehouseman issues receipts for
each bale of cotton stored, which re-
ceipts after being recorded in the
Commissioners Office and sealed with
the State seal, are negotiable as Sc
curity for loans at all banks"
A cotton warehouse with capac-
ity of 200 to 500 bales can be built
for less than a dollar bale, if farm
ers will adopt Commissioner Smiths
suggestion and use their field hands
on the construction during wet spells.
The fire underwriters have laid
down the fl lowing directions for
warehouse bIilding which must be
followed:
For a warehouse to hold 500 bales,
the building must be 100 feet long by
As feet wide by IL feet high at the
caves. The roof may be of compo-
sition material or metal, the sides and
ends of boards of metal and the floor
of cement or dirt. There must be one
door in each end of the building and
three on each side (for 500 bale
warehouse). "No smoking" signs
must displayed and a barrel of water
and two buckets provided for each
100 bales of cotton to be stored. No
cotton can be stored in the warehouse
until four days after it is ginned.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
CANADIAN SOLDIERS
RIOT IN ENGLAND

Unrest among Canadian soldiers
in England because of continued
postponement of homeward sailings
eliminated in an attack by 400 Ca
madam soldiers at the police station
at EPSON. Several policemen were
wounded, one seriously The pur-
pose of the attack was to release a
Canadian soldier who had been ar
rested.
To avoid further trouble the police
released another Canadian in whom
the mob was not interested.
During the last few days there has
been trouble in the Canadian camp
1t Whitley where the soldiers burned
huts and did other damage, according
to reports.
There was much sympathy for
the Canadians who repeatedly have
been given dates for homeward sail
lngs, only to be told that further
rostponement was necessary owing
to strikes of dock workers at Liver
pool and other ports, or to lack of
transports.
There also have been protests by
Australians and New Zealanders.
Some Scottish units, composed of vet
Grams, recently held a demonstration
against being sent back to France
while men who had not seen active
service remained in England or are
demobiliZed.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

The South Carolina Dentists Asso-
citation, in session at Columbia, have
passed resolutions calling on the state
medical association to cooperate with
them in having laws passed compell-
ing school children to have their
mouths examined and their teeth put
in order, when so required. If this
movement is carried to successful
finish children Of this state with de-
fective teeth will not be allowed to
attend school until they have receiv-
ed treatment.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

United States marines will guard
the thousand or so German prisoners
who will sail from Charleston on the
transport Martha Washington, bound
for Rotterdam, on their way to Ger
many Hundreds of prisoners are
now on their way to Charleston from
Atlanta, Salt Lake City and other
points on special trains and under
heavy guard. They will detrain at
the port terminals and board the
waiting ship at once.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

months. When applied daily to the
face, neck, arms and hands it should
help to bleach, clear, smother and
beautify the skin.
Any druggist will suppy three
ounces of orchard white at very lit
tie cost and the grocer has the le-
mons. Adv g.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

Robert Cockfeld of the Lake
City section, died in Florence from
injuries received week ago when he
fell from a wagon and struck the
the prongs of a pitch-fork.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

In Lorretto, Italy, celebrated re-
sort for pilgrims, priests have gon on
strike, refusing to say mass or per-
form other duties unless the church
betters their financial condition.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

Hunter Glover, of Cleveland, Ohio,
has purchased a 90O-acre farm at
Georgetown and will Immediately
convert it into hog ranch.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

On the initiative of the French Gov
ernment there will be monster Demon
strations in Paris July q in honor of
anniversary of the United States.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
NEWS IN GENERAL

A torando swept over Fergus Falls,
Minnesota, last Sunday night, kill
ing 60 and wounding $50 people, be-
sides destroying many homes.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

The French Chief of Naval
Operations has issued orders re-
ducing the naval service to a peace
footing. The order disbands the
Mediterranean minesweeper fotilla,
except that few vessels will remain
in service to pick up stray mines.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

Col. Thomas Moffat of Columbia,
was sent to Newport News to act as
the personal representative of Cover
nor Cooper at the homecoming cele-
bration in that city in honor of the
"Wild Cat" Division boys returning
from overseas service.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26
STATE NEWS

A resolution of great interest to cot
ton growers adopted at the recent
meeting Of the South Carolina Bank
ers' Association at Tybee was one urg-
ing change in existing laws so that
cotton stored in standard warehouses,
fully insured, should be handled as
Liberty bonds without charging cred
it against the line to be extended to
the producer.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

Capt. William E. Gonzales, of
Columbia has been nominated by the
president as ambassador extraor-
dinary and plenipotentiary to Pc
ru. Capt. Gonzales is at present min
lister to Cuba.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

Representative Osborne, Republi-
can, of California, introduced a bill
to create government department to
have charge of federal highway con-
struction and directing it to build
three east and west and four north
and south trunk line roads within
the next nine months for which work
$1,70O,00O,000 would be appropria-
ted by annual intallments.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-06-26

Julius Barnes United States wheat
director, announced that President
Wilson has signed proclamation
putting under license of the wheat
director personally, firms, corpora
tions and associations dealing in
wheat, wheat flour, or baking pro-
ducts made from wheat -four. The
only exceptions are farmers and small
bakers.