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The Press., 1919-04-03
HOLLAND

Mrs. Charles Smith is i'll with hear, trouble
 The schools in town closed Friday afternoon for weeks vacation.
 Mrs. William Barber is spending the week with her son, G. P. Barber. Miss Bernice Hall has been spend ing few days in South Manchester as the guest of relatives.
 The Union Mission Study class will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Samuel Simpson.
 There were no services in the Lee M. B. church Sunday on account of the pastor being at conference
 Word has been received from Pri- vate Roland Morris, who is stationed at Coblentz Metternieh, Germany.
 Mrs. Rufus Reed and children of Coventry are spending some time with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles Smith.
 The prayer meeting of the Congre- gational church will be held Thurs day evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Simpson.
 Rev. B. F. Case, pastor of the Con- gregational church, is confined to the house with severe cold and there was no service Sunday morning.
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest Fuller and daughter of Manchester have moved into Lorenzo R. Sparrow's house, known as the Underwood property.
 Miss Margery Wheeler, Miss Chris tine Fitshughs of Brooklyn, N. r., and Miss Sophia Hollister and Mrs. Rob- ert Rowley of Hartford are guests at the Steele House.
The Press., 1919-04-03
UNION Rock Meadow

The following letter was received by Miss Mary Bradway from her brother. Clarence:
 February IS, 1919.
 l feel much better and am not as blue as before the holidays I guess there were not many in my company that did very much writing for while when we saw we could not possibly get home for the holidays. I am in hopes to be home for the 4th of July, but do not know. I have just returned from St. NaZaire again, but not with a truck. I drove "Winton Six" tour will be regular chauffer when I get home. I want to get a trip into Ger many before I go home, but don't know whether I will or not Quite a number of the boys have been. Our company usually takes the money up to pay the boys. The 302 Truck Co. is the most famous in the U. s. army We are known all over France for the good work we have done. Last month in Paris we received letter from our colonel complimenting us on the good work we had done. He said no other truck company, either in France or on the Mexican border in 1914 and '15 had ever hauled as many tons in one month as we had done. I really have not much news; you see it is the same thing day after day. I have seen lots of nurses, but none from Springfield. There were a lot on the train last Fri day night that got off at Laverny. They were all from New York It is not very cold here. We had four or five days that were rather cold and a little snow, but it is all gone now. I drove nearly all the way to Paris with out an overcoat or gloves. I have had little cold, but nothing to speak of. There are few sick, but not many.
 Clarence w. Bradway, 3O2 Motor Transport Go.
The Press., 1919-04-03
ASHFORD Warrenyille

w. c. Brown was at his home here over Sunday
 Fred Pitts and family were in Willi,
 mantle on Thursday. Miss Olive Tatem of Eastford is wis. iting this week at w. L. Durkee's.
 Earl James of Colby college has teen spending a few days with his parents here.
 Miss Julia Baker, who attends 6
 boarding school in Windsor, has been home for few days.
 Large focks of wild geese were seen passing over here on their north.
 ward flight last week The women of the Mission Circle and Red Cross were entertained by
 Mrs. David Mathewson at her home or Wednesday afternoon. Eli Wood has just passed his 18th
 birthday. He has spent the winter ir
 this village, but expects soon to go tc Gurleyville on a painting job. David Mathewson will serve as chairman of the Victory Loan com.
 mittee for this town and he will re- ceive subscriptions for this next issue of bonds.
 Robert M. Balch's recent letter home was written from Bordeaux France. Though the letter was dated several weeks ago, it described the mild climate, stating that the trees were in full bloom B. H. Gardiner has sawed out sev- eral thousand of surveyor sticks al his shop this winter, while E. L. James and Arthur James, at their mill, have sawed thousands of feet of lumber and
 made handles of various kinds, thus keeping the industries of this part oi the town quite active
The Press., 1919-04-03
Profanity and War,

A contemporary opens the discus sion, "Why do soldiers swear?" The subject is worth some study. Soldiers always have sworn. Jacques in "All the Worlds Stage" characterizes the soldier as being full of strange oaths," while our Uncle Toby testi' in Flanders" Apparently they have been swearing terribly in the same locality and the philosophers ars called upon to explain what they mean by 1t. Is it routine or special per formance? Also what Is its signif. canoe Mobile Register.
The Press., 1919-04-03
HOME NEWS.
L0GAL NOTICES.

Matter under thls head IF cente p T line.
 - Furnishings, headquarters for ex- service men at the Youngfellow Style Store. the Modern Toggery Shop.
 Pure Worsted Pants, $6.0O value now $4. 37 pair. 100 pair on sale. S. Katzowitz & Go.
 Our Spring line of Coats, Suits, Capes, Dolmans, Dresses, Waists, etc. are ready for your inspection. j.. WaSSerman
The Press., 1919-04-03
DON'T and REMEDY--NO. 2

DON uHu N1NNDN-NO.L
 Don't attach m Electric Vacuum Cleaner to your brackets or ceiling fix. lures. It will loosen the fixture, overtax its wiring, and be a source Of trouble with all your lamp sockets.
 REMEDY: Have one or more of our baseboard receptacles installed, where more than one room can be served. Send word by phone or postal and we will see that your home is properly and efficiently equipped.
 GILBERT A. WAGNER, Contractor for Everything Electrical.
 Tel. 102-I3.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

but they could not find out what it
was that seemed to give the Allied
ships charmed life. Not even the
pro-Germans in the United States,
the spies that were numerous and
vigilant, were able to discover the
secret, 50 well was the envention
guarded.
Some noted English engineers
came to this country and joined the
the American engineers in preparing
for the production of the paravanes
on a large scale, which reached its
highest mark in the early part of
1918.
A German mine off the coast of
Maryland would have destroyed the
American superdreadnaugh North
Carolina, had it not been for the
use by that vessel of the paravane.
The Germans had the reputation of
being great inventors and discoverers,
particularly of poison gas and meth
DDS of torture, but they were not
able to discover what it was that
made their mines useless.
There will be a great many after
the-war revelations but none, per-
haps, of more Importance than the
paravane.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
THE BIvoUAC OF THE DEAD

The muffled drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more on Life's parade shall meet
That brave and allen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumor of the foes advance
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight
haunts
Of loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrow's strife
The warriors dream alarms;
No braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with
rust;
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their hauty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud.
And plenteous funeral tears have
washed
The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms, by battle
gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing
blade,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout, are past;
Nor wars wild note, nor glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that nevcrmore may
The rapture of the fight.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your story be forgot,
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowcd spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone
In deathlcss song shall tell,
When many vanished age hath
flown,
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winters
blight,
Nor times remorscless doom,
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb.
Theodore O'Hara.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

Because of the nature Of the coun-
try ever which the American troops
fought in the Meuse-Argonne. offen-
sive, the Germans found it easy at
times on our field telephone wires.
The commander of our brigade of
artillery attached to an American
division was particularly annoyed by
enemy wire tappers i'm heavily
wooded section of Argonne. Code
messages from artillery observers
were being intercepted by boch lis
teners-in and the commander knew
as all armies know, that no code is
impregnable when experts get work
ing on it.
The artillery commander took up
with the colonels one of the line reg
iments the question of Huns wire
tapping activities. And the colonel
hit upon an idea
Two Indians, both of proud Sioux
lineage, members of one of his COM
panies, were assigned as telephone
with the artillery observer, the 9TH
er to remain at the brigade-receiv-
ing end of the wire which the artill-
cry was certain the Germans had
that day tapped somewhere along the
line.
Now, when two Sioux Indians get
talking together in their own tongue
what they say sounds very much like
code, but isn't. Anyway it raised hob
with the code experts of certain Prus-
sian units.
The Sioux stuck on their jobs for
three days and nights. They and the
artillery commander and their own
colonel enjoyed the situation immen-
sely. If the Germans got any fun out
of it they kept it to themselves.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

Corn prices on April 25 advanced
more than 6 cents a bushel, and July
deliveries in Chicago were $1.70 a
bushel. Northern farmers are cut
ting down their corn acreage to sow
more wheat, and their is no prospect
that corn will be materially cheaper
during the next twelve months. Here
is a lesson for our cotton, tobacco.
and peanut growers, and it is this
Foods and feeds are certain to be
high, while cotton, tobacco and pea
nut prices may be low, comparatively.
We can't afford to buy food and feed
with cheap cotton, tobacco and pea
nuts. Make food and feed on your
farm this year. A sure way to do
this is to plant an ample acreage to
corn.-The Progressive Farmer.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
Use sealdinr Water to Wash Di.h..

Use Scaldins Water to Wash Dishes
There seems to be an almost uni
versal belief that lukewarm water,
little soap and any kind of an old
rag clean dishes. People do not seem
to know that to actually clean dishes,
particularly cups, glasses, forks and
spoons, Of dangerous mouth secre-
tions, which are the means of spread
ing most of our contagious diseases,
from tuberculosis to whooping cough,
that it is necessary to scald them.
Some people, for fear of breaking
their glasses, never scald them. They
do not know that if they are rolled
or submerged quickly into hot water,
so that the glass expands evenly,
there is no danger of breaking them.
Recently helped a friend wash her
dishes after she had given a party to
sixty people. Several women in the
crowd had bad colds, and some of the
gossip of the afternoon was that two
others had tuberculosis. All that my
friend did was to wash them through
dirty water and gave them to me to
dry with much used drying towel.
| When demonstrated with her for not
scalding them, she called me a crank.
1t is not only practicable but it saves
labor to have a pan or pot of boiling
water in which to dip the dishes, es.
pecially the cups, knives, forks and
spoons, after they have been washed.
This makes the drying of them easy
and leaves them clean and glistening
it is easily done by arranging them in
wire baskets and using a clean, soft
cloth for wiping them:
Perhaps the worst of dangerous
dirty dishes are those served at soda
and some quick lunch counters.-Se-
lected.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
Why Take CaIomeI?
DR.. Thacher's Liver & Blood Syrup
will do all that calomel will do and
without the "after effects"

Years ago, when people were bilious,
when the liver got lazy and failed to do
its work or the stomach was out Of
condition, calomel was the standby.
BY and by the users of calomel found
that the "after effects" OF taking the
drug were as bad and more often worse
than the ailment for which 10 was
taken.
DR.. Thacher, in seeking q medicine
TO take the place Of calomel-one that
would do all the good that calouel
would do, and yet leave none Of its evil
effects perfected DIR. Thacher's Liver &
each year since has added to the conf.
lence of those who have used ID.
Miss Susie Brewer, Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, tried calomel. She was suffer.
ing with very serious cold and grippe
the calomel failed she tried DR.. Thach-
.r's Liver & Blood Syrup. She felt
better after taking three doses and she
soon got entirely we'll. 81 think DIR.
Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup is Q
wonderful medicine" she said, "and ]
am very thankful I tried IT,"
For nearly three quarters Of q century
his sterling preparation has been an
told stand-byn I'm thousands Of homes
IN treating rheumatism, dyspepsia, in
digestion and other stomach and liver
complaints. It's q powerful tonic and
blood purifier and can be used with
the utmost confidence.
Write Thacher Medicine Co., Chat.
tanooga, Tenn. for copy Of "Thachera
Family Doctor" book giving cause,
symptoms and treatment OF Al COM
DR.. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup
for sale by dealers In medicines every.
Whare.
The CHESTERFIELD DRUG CO.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

Have you read that letter from
Middendorf? Then read it at once,
from start to finish. The writer was
afraid she was using too much space.
But if she only knew how hungry this
paper is for just such letters! We
want the news not only of the little
goings and comings, but the real
news-what are your people think
ing? In the meantime, keep your eye
on Middendorf. The spirit of prog
ress is stirring down there. When a
community like that begins to think
and talk education the future for
the boys and girls begins at once to
grow brighter.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

France.
The paravene is described as a
metal cylinder, twelve feet long,
weighing 1925 pounds. Each para
vane was fitted with set of teeth
which cut the mine mooring as east
ly as a knife cuts a piece of cheese.
The mine thus released from it's an
chorage, would come to the surface,
and was destroyed. The towing cable
of each paravane was about fifty-six
yards long, so ample sway was pro-
vided for catching a mine.
The Germans were kept guessing
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

surely as calomel, but it doesn't make
you sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson's Liver Tone, because it is
perfectly harmless.
Calomel is dangerous drug. It is
mercury and attacks your bones.
Take dose Of nasty calomel today
and you will feel weak, sick and nau-
seated tomorrow. Don't lose days
work. Take a spoonful Of Dodson's 8
Liver Tone instead and you will wake
up feeling great. No more bilious
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
RICE DIDN'T FLY

The first person in Louisville, Ken
lucky, to ask permission to make a
flight with Victory Loan aviators was
lady. Among others who wanted
to fly was Cole Young Rice, whose
wife is the author of "Mrs. Wiggs of
the Cabbage Patch" He coupled
with his request, however, the pro-
viso that he would not fly without his
wife's consent. He didn't fly.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

Lieut.. Vincent Astor, whose father
was lost on the Lusitania, made the
statement on entering the war, that
he would not come back until he
brought a German submarine. Vim
cent arrived in New York few days
ago and sure enough he brought a
German submarine with him, being
himself at the wheel of a u boat.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

Herbert Hoover, who is in charge
of the food distribution in Europe,
sent message to Germany to the
effect that unless the strikes and dis
orders in that country ceased they
might find their food supply cut off.
He did not propose to send food over
there that might be seized by rioters.
The better class of German papers
approve Of Mr.. Hoover's ultimatum
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

Senator Johnson, of California,
who has been regarded as an oppon-
emit to the League of Nations, has
come out in a statement endorsing
President Wilson's attitude toward
Italy and Japan. He said, "The pres
ent is the supreme test of the profess
sion of our purposes which the Presi-
dent has so often voiced"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

The three sea plans that will cross
the Atlantic this month will be COM
manded by John Towers, of Rome,
Ga. His name has an appropriate
sound for one whose life will de-
pend upon his ability to remain high
in air for several days on a stretch.
May it sustain him well above the
sea on his perilous trip.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

The amendment to legalize the sale
of wine and beer in Michigan was de-
feated in the recent election by ma
Jority of 2O6,936. Michigan was one
of the States counted on by the brew
ers as sure to go wet.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
CALOMEL SALIVATES
AND MAKES YOU SICK
Acts like dynamite on q sluggish liver
and you lose a days work

There's no reason why a person
should take sickening, salivating cal
omel when few cents buys large
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone-a
perfect substitute for calomel
1t is a pleasant, vegetable nnu.a
which will start your liver just a.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

An exchange says: "Give farmers a
fair price or they will quit farming"
And when farmers quit farming eat
ers will quit eating.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

AS soon as the Pocahontas Memoir
lal Association can raise $1,000 they
will place a splendid bronze statue
of Pocahontas on jamestown Island
The famous Indian maiden has been
a long time dead but it is hever too
late to do good deed even for an
Indian.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

ness, constipation, sluggishness, head
ache, coated tongue or sour stomach.
Your druggist says if you don't find
Dodson's Liver Tone act better than
horrible calomel your money is wait
ing for you. Adv. 8.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

The Victory Loan got a good boost
in Henry Waterson's town, Louisville,
Kentucky. $2,5O0,OOO.OO was sub
scribed in thirty minutes.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
HOW OUR SHIPS WERE SAVED

There were some things that could
not be told while the war was in prog
ress, but they are coming out now.
One of the most important of these
was an invention called "paravane,
to protect the allied ships from the
German mines that were sown in the
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

Entered AZ second-class matter at the
postoffice at Chesterfield, South
Carolina.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
$1,302.0o

$1,S02.0o
This farm should produce under
average conditions in this county Of
Calhoun, s. c.. food sufficient to feed
the horse that piows II and twelve
400-pound bales Of cotton Cthree bales
Of which shall be taken for rent r"
lsnd) and 276 bushels OF cotton seed
This makes balance and leaves
the farmer nothing for his time and
attention.
have been farming for the pact
forty years and am thoroughly
familiar with cotton production, have
also had many years experience In
general merchandise business supply.
ing fertilizers and supplies to farm
ers. also have had twenty-five to
thirty years experience as a banker.
being engaged during this period in
farming. merchandising. operating
sales stables and furnishing live
stock
The above is correct steteme =
illustrating the cost Of production of
cotton. J. A. Banks.
Cost Of Cotton Production illustrated
on a one-Horse Farm Of Twenty
seven Acres (ts Acres Cotton
and 9 Acres Corn and
Hay). BY T. A. Amaker.
Fertilizer.
SN tons fertilizer S.3-2 at
$5s ................S 3e1 IN
1 ton nitrate soda .......... 5000
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
TREsPAsSING FORBIDDEN

This is to notify all parties con-
cerned that trespassing on my lands
is forbidden, especially the hauling of
straw, wood and lightwood.
8-p 8. M. JACKSON.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08

pohARA0SOAs WIN AAgW 0OAa6 oOhS WhA
provide basis for estimate in few
weeks. Would be glad for your as
sociation to select committee OF three.
TO be in Washington April 81, for
special conference on factors to be
considered in estimating cost OF pro-
ducing cotton"
For the purpose OF estimating the
cost Of production by the producer,
by the experienced business man and
by the experienced banker. have
selected various men from onr state.
The result Is aptly furnished by the
following statements, which are in
line with the various statements re-
:eived. These statements are from
three men Of unquestioned veracity,
ane business judgment, long business
experience and men who have been
actively engaged in farming for over
q quarter Of century; men who
would not purposely make q mislesd-
ing statement, even though they felt
satisfied 1t would result in assisting
rs to win this campaign, rega rdless Of
the deep interest they feel in the sue
cess Of this movement for the COM
Cost Of Production Illustrated on
One-Horse Farm Of Fifteen Acres,
Planted by }. n. Holman.
Tho production Of this farm Is kased
on a ten-year average production OF
Calhoun county.
have been farming for thirty.fve
years, and have also been actively en-
gagged in cotton for the past ten years.
All past years must be left out OF any
calculation in finding the cost OF the
1919 crop, for the reason that all val.
ues have advanced ont Of all reason
Labor and fertilizers cost three times
as much as thoy did at the beginning
OF the war.
The calculations herein arc made
with the actual cotton planted on this
one-horse farm, and the expenses are
figured only for the actual working
period, my only object being to find
out what it will actually cost to pro-
duce pound Of cotton. The owner Of
this farm gets nothing for himself out
OF this farm except his profit OF 500 30
and he will not get this profit IL his
cotton is damaged by storm or other
wise and Is reduced In grade, also pro-
vided he gets thirty cents for his cot
ton and $50 for his seed have not
charged this farm with any expense
for hOeing. expect the plowman to
have time to do this work.
Expenses.
Is bushels planting seed. 81 1900
tons high grade fertilizers 10000
$50 pounds rent paid. at 30c.. 225.0
Ginning. bagging and ties, Z
bales cotton ........... $500
Wages one man. eight months
at $40 $4,000
Feed OF mule eight MONTHS. 10000
Rent Of mule ............. 5000
Picking 5000 pounds Of cot
ton at 81 5000
Hauling to gin and market. =. p 90
Expense handling seed...... 1900
Wear and tear tools and fix
lures 1900
$1OG6.OO
Income.
3.375 pounds cotton at soc. ST. so
5000 pounds seed at SEQ. 10000
Expense ................ 1.066.o0
Proft $3.50
esTnat nor Mound n S9
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31.3O2.5o

Income.
s76 bu. cotton SEED at 81 bus 27s.00
$500 lbs. cotton at 2Shc h.. 10000