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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-06
INSIGNIA, CURTAINS,
MADE FROM SKIRTS

Blue broadcloth skirts used for or
ganization insignia and plaid summer
dresses reconstructed into window cur
tnins are after war economies of the
nine Y. w. G. A. secretaries In Arch
angel, Russia.
These secretaries have just succeed.
ed, In the face Of food and cloth short
ages, in opening Y. w. C. A. Hostess
House for American troops stationed
In Archangel, a town behind the allied
lines. 1t was necessary to hunt up a
vOlle summer dress which one of the
secretaries had discarded for heavy
winter clothes in order to have cur
tains at the windows They live on
regulation army ratiOns
Archangel Is the fourth city in Rus
sia where the Y. w. c. A. has estnb
lished work. Centers were opened
first In Petrograd and Moscow md
then In Samara, 900 miles eastward
from Moscow.
Miss Elizabeth Boics, head of Rus
sian work and one OF the few Ameri-
cans who remained in that country
throughout the revolution, is en- route
10 America by way Of England to re-
cruit workers for Russia.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-06
FIGHTING PARS0N
GETS WAR CROSS
John Clifford Wearing Y. M. c. A.
Uniform, Proves Himself
Real Hero

New York, Jan. There have
many war heroes. but there is certainly
no more conspicuously heroic figure
than John II. Clifford, Baptist minis
ter in time of peace, but real fighter
in time Of war, who has been awarded
the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary
heroism in action.
John Clifford. as Y. NJ G. A.
worker, braved the red wrath Of war.
He has been in the firing zone as
much as the hardest infantryman and
was decorated for a most unusual ex-
plot. He was one of three men who
braved incessant enemy shell fire
while rescuing Col. Albertus w. Catlin,
commanding officer of the Sixth regi-
rlent of Marines. The trio Carried the
colonel to safety on stretcher.
Mr.. Clifford went over the ton many
times and came near being killed on
several occasions. He is fifty one
years old and was born at Oxford, Eng
land, and has preached the gospel in
many parts Of the world. When given
a chance to serve with the Y. M. C.. A..
in France, he knew that 1t was a
good thing, and he jumped at 1t.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-06

'ment Of large tracts 10 necessary, bu
can bs done anywhere unaeH
the people who already own tAs LAM
are willing to sell It ct reasopabh
prices, md 70 welcome the new set
tiers. d.
We have perhaps the best an tn,
year climate In the whSss country, a.
lie shown by the location Of 20 man!
army camps in tho South. We Ger
itainly have vacant land in great abun
dance. It Is cheap only because Of th'
sparsity Of our population, and theA
use Of poor agricultural methods.
! 1t is still comparatively cheap. ant
ct prevailing prices, 10 in many part
Of the State. an attractive investment
But there ought to be In every com
munity, a committee OF the Chambe
!, of Commerce, or Of the rarner1
Union, or OF self-appointsd citixetis. q
at the least. one or two men, who's
business It is to And new settlers. b
assist them in buying their farms an,
to make them feel at home arnons ~
It is not necessary to wait upoa
State or Federal movement. We cAi
begin now by assisting those who hAr
been tenants, and wish to becom
owners, to find good farms IN ON
own neighborhood at REASONABLE
prices Certainly we can help thes
men to join q National Farm LOAF
Association, and SO obtain half tn
purchase price Of their farms at tn
most favorable rates. To have =
share in Multiplyig the prosperou
contented farm owners Of any com
munity Is to render very large serv
ice to the State and Nation, for upo;
them our civilization ultimately rests
That large service every one OF "
may perform in some measure. A fev
of us will make some financial profit
by the settlement OF our idle lands
but all Of us will be increasingly On
riched by the fuller, healthier countr:.
life consequent upon their settlemen
by farm m-owners.-W. H. Mills. Profei
sor Of Rural Sociology.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-06

The State of Tuesday published a
group photograph of dozen young
ladies from South Carolina who are
taking training in Atlanta in Home
Service work for the Red Cross One
of these is Mrs. Frank 3. Sanders, of
Chesterfield, who will return homo
about March 1st, to take charge of
the Red Cross Home Service work in
this county for the Cheraw and Ches
(; ield Chapters.
1oung Mems Trousers in small
s.-ss. EVANS, Cheraw.
Fire on last Saturday afternoon de-
stroyed the mill property of Mr.. 1.
b. Nerriman, known as Merriman's
Mill. The grist mill, saw mill, cot
ton gin and seed house full of seed,
were all destroyed. The property
burned was total loss as no insur-
ance was carried. The damage is es-
timated at $4,000. This was said to
be the oldest mill in the county, hav-
ing been in existence for 100 wears.
Our work Gloves will make the
lazy. man smart. EVANS, Cheraw.
The Peoples Bank and Messrs. M.
S. Watson, II. w. Pusser and r. b.
| Laney have let joint contract to
Contractor J. A. Sellers to rebuild
the burned district in Chesterfield.
Five handsome one-story brick build
lngs Will be erected at cost of
S17,50O.00. Interior work, rot in
.ur.r"ct, will run the cost CT these
| uiIdings up 20 al Iut $25,G00.00.
York began yesterday morning clear
ng away the debris pre- !,aratory to
'ctual construction work. Mr.. Sell
'ors has gone to Charleston and Darl-
ington to purchase building material.
When completed the new block of
bu ldings will front 108 feet on Main
street with a depth of 80 feet.
We are now equipped with new
ou:Gt for charging storage batterie.
md are ready for business. We also
larry a line of storage batteries in
stock and can fit you up If your old
one is worn out. LUCAS AUTO CO
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-06

That proper field crop rotatio
vii! IL. .ease your farm productivity
and t,i,t your county agent will he'll
you plan ono?
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-02-06
Buy That RaincOat Now

The of
there
$500 Girls
$500 Ladies'
$500 Mems Rain Coatssae
$500 Mems
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
In the Days News

William B. Wilson, who insists
that as a first step toward the soIu-
ton of the industrial problems now
confronting America the wages OF
the working classes must be in
creased to meet the high cost of
living. has held the post OF secre
tary Of labor in President Wilson s
cabinet since 1913. Mr.. Wilson serv-
ed three terms in congress, and
for a time was chairman OF the
labor committee of the house,
Hence he came to the duties OF the
cabinet post with more technical
knowledge of the field in which he
was to work than many such Of
ficials have. Besides, he had had a
long career as an officer of miners
unions. For Is years he was score
tary and treasurer of the United
Mine workers. He is a native of
Scotland. AS a lad of 8 years he
accom- panied his parents to Amer
lea and after receiving his educa-
ton in the public schools OF Penn
sylvania he went into the mines as
a wage Garner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
The Street Car Crisis.

It. will be a great misfortune if the opera
driven to declare strike. The present situa-
ton is unique in the relations of the company
and its employees. Heretofore there always has
been found some common ground on which en-
ployes and employers could get together Fail
ure to discover one in the present controversy
seems to be due chiefly to the fact that the com
pany's affairs are mainly directed by absentee
owners. If a tie-up comes. without doubt it
will be because those who dictate the general
policies of the corporation live in other cities.
They do not understand local conditions, and
probably never will.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
The School Tax.

1t has fallen upon the shoulders of E C..
Fisher, city school superintendent. to do most
of the work behalf of the proposition for
an increase in school revenues, which will be
voted upon in Rock Island next Tuesday. The
notion may get about that it is solely Mr.. Fish
er's campaign. 1t is not, however. 1t is every
bOdys campaign.
Mr. Fisher has been spokesman for not only
the teachers and the board of education, but
also for every child who is attending or will
attend the public schools, and for the parents
of these children, as well. He has submitted,
in public addresses, and through the news
papers statistics and arguments which prove to
anyone able to grasp the situation and willing
to weigh the question on its merits that the
added revenue asked for is absolutely neces-
sary to maintain the public schools of the city
at the present standard of efficiency. He has
shown how expenses have increased without
corresponding growth in returns from taxation
to meet them, and he has made it clear that
teachers are underpaid TO such an extent that
the supply Of desirable recruits to the staff has
been so greatly reduced that the board may
be unable within the next year to fill vacancies
in the ranks. He has cited figures to show
that most cities Of Rock Islands class already
have considerably more school revenue per
pupil than this city has and that where the
question of increasing taxes has been submit
ted this spring it has carried, without excep-
ton In Moline. where the vote was taken in
April, the proposition won by an overwhelming
majority.
The necessity for increasing taxes is to be
deplored. but we must face conditions they
are, not we should like them to be. A great
deal is being said about bolshevism, which is
another name for anarchy There are 100000
illiterates in this cOuntry-about out of
every 10 of the population. Most of the an
archists are ilIiterate. Opinions differ as to
how serious the menace of anarchy really is
but may accept it as fact that so long as
there is much ignorance there will con-
tinue to be extensive misunderstanding OF
popular government, not to mention the crime,
disease and other undesirable features that
ilIiteracy fosters.
This is time to suffer the public school
system to fall into decay. If we insist upon
pinching pennies it had better be done in al
most any other direction. The schools should
be made better, not worse
Vote for the additionaI~tax
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21

their services and get up to the public trough
There is no way to prevent this. Once these
INSCRIPTIONS birds land where they can deal
in public resources they quickly devise schemes
to fatten their own bank rolls.
1t is said that an enterprising band Of rene
gades got hold of the affairs OF Bosch Magnetic
company, with assets Of $16.O00,000, German
owned concern which passed through the hands
of the alien property custodian, and managed
to have it sold to their friends for about one
fourth Of its value. The charge is also made
that the big wool dealers, operating with gov
eminent sanction, bought the 1918 clip in the
grease at IS to 81 cents per pound and turned
around and sold It to the war department as
secured wool" at $3.50 to $1.S0 per pound,
cleaning up fabulous profits
These specific charges, it must be under
stood, are not yet substantiated, but on the 9TH
er hand they are not isolated instances other
allegations of like nature and involving other
lines are being offered almost daily. without
doubt there is smoke enough to indicate fire
somewhere.
If congress brings out the facts in such
cases it will be performing a real service, but
it is very likely to make things uncomfortable
for some big politicians and there will be just
as many Republicans as Democrats among
them. All should be shown up, without fear
Of favor II the investigation is to serve any
really useful purpose, the investigators must
play no favorites. either individual or party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
HQart, 1pHOmQ
: 7,!11OPODCQfT1cC
VtA MRS. ELIZABETH THOMSON

Replying to Disappointed Mo
line" Mrs. Thompson wishes to
state that she can not advise on
questions of law or legal rights.
disappointed Moline" should con-
suit a competent attorney.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 have no
questions to ask, but l do want tt
say that to read of the many living
troubles Of the unhappy couples
makes my own lot so much easier
to bear.
God in love has seen fit to take
from me my dear young wife and
baby girl, too young for my care,
and it makes my lonely heart bleed
as nothing else could. But my wife's
people are the grandest people in
the world and l love my mother-ln-
law only second to my mother, ana
her brother above all men. They
care with pride for the dear little
on.
l could write for hours of how
sad l am, but what l most wanted
to say was that your page in the
paper helps me to see that | have
so much yet to be thankful for and
wish to encourage you in your
worthy work Of giving good advice
to those so unfortunate. G.. G. W.
You do encourage me. Words of
praise are so often left unsaid that
l more than appreciate your effort
in writing. You are bearing your
trouble bravely and surely peace
and consolation will come 10 you IN
time because of your right attitude
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l would
like to attend business college. out
have to make my own way. | there
some place I could borrow the
tuition fee?
l am willing TO work for my room
and board, but | have to have the
tuition fee.
Please advise me what 10 DO. l
a mnineteen years of age.
BROWNIE.
Call at business college and talk
to the principal. He will give you
the best possible advice and will di-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
Investigating the War.

To the extent that it honestly tries to I'M
cover evidence of wrongful use of public funds
without regard to parties or men, the investt-
cation of the conduct Of the war by congress
will meet with public approval. To the ex-
tent that those in charge make it political in
its nature they will invite failure and repudia-
ton in the coming national campaign.
No one doubts for a moment that the treas
ury mulcted of millions in connection with
the purchase of materials and the handling of
big contracts. 1t has always happened in pre-
vious this country has waged and other
countries had the same thing to contend with
during this conflict. The legislative and exec
utive machinery of the government works I'M
der such pressure that there is no time to bag
gle over financial considerations to audit
claims carefully should be done. Thou
sands of men must be drawn from civil life to
help transact the governments business and
not infrequently those who are dishonest offer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
Today's Events

The General Congregational as
sociation of Illinois is 10 years old
today.
Halifax. y. s.. keeps a holiday TO-
day in celebration of the l70th an
niversary of its founding.
The tenth anniversary conference
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, as
sembIed today at Cleveland.
According to official procIama-
ton the legislative elections
throughout the new Armenian re-
public are to begin today and con-
tinue until Monday
The campaign for the New jersey
sovernorship was formally launch
ed today at the meeting of the
State League of Republican Clubs
at Trenton.
Congressman Joseph W. Fordney
of Michigan, chairman Of the house
ways and means committee is to
speak on the subject of tariff re-
vision at banquet to be given IN
Boston tonight under the auspices
of the National Association Of Cot
ton Manufacturers.
Summer camps for the training OF
officers for the United States army
were opened today at Camps Gus
ter, Michigan, Devens, Mass
achusetts; Funston, Kansas; Pre-
sido, California; Lee, Virginia, and
Taylor, Kentucky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
Mon Wont Like This.

Five hundred women in Tampa,
Fla, have formed the Woman )
Protective league and say they pro-
pose to clean up org anized vice By
direct sction-that they propose to
undermine its support.
By the establishment OF a sort ~
moral credit bureau this orgau,Za-
ton proposed to furnish any woman
a confidential report on the double
life" of her husband if she WAnts
one. The inquirer does not even
need to give her own name in max
ing the inquiry; she may designate
postoffice box address or any
place where an agent of the league
may deposit the report on its inves-
LEGATION.
Organizers of the bureau say that
seventy Of their number have
pledged to do the investigating
work in the open, while the remain
der will work In secret
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
Today's Anniversaries

1646-Leibnitz, the famous German
philosopher, founder of Ber-
lin academy of sciences, born
in Leipsic Died at Hanover,
Nov IA, 1716.
1775-GeOrge Washington left Phil
adelphia to take command of
the colonial forces.
1796-Vermont Congregational con-
ventiOn was organized.
1S94-Goyernor of Pennsylvania or
dered out the militia to sup
press strike disorders in JEFF
ferson county.
national conven-
ton at Philadelphia nominat-
ed Mckinley and Roosevelt.
1910-The Paris academy of medi-
cine announced the discovery
of an anti-typhoid vaccine.
1915-General de Wet. leader of the
rebellion in South Africa,
convicted of treason and SEN
fenced to six years imprls-
onment and a fine of so, 900.
1916-German forces halted the
Russian drive in Volhynia.
1917-Italians extended their Of
fensive in the Tyrol to great
proportions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
BraRs Bit O. Verse



like the month of June. A
peach, a bird, a boon, she helps
the weary bard, who has to work
so hard to make ding-busted
rhymes and fiabbergasted chimes.
June is the month of brides, Of
whispering moonlit tides, of lanes
and looms and strands, and cooks
and harvest hands. No month so
sweet as she, true lovers all agree,
no season, We aver, has anything
on her; from reveries to puds. she's
there with all the goods. The CHG
ger wakes from sleep and burrows
long and deep; the pert and pesky
flea infests the dreamland tree; the
frogs tune up their croak, We start
the skeeter smoke. June is a full
blown rose, the month of palm
beach clothes, the jolly farmers
friend, The years delightful
blend. Sweet day dreams fill our
eyes the while We swat the flies.
How languid is the breeze, how
good the cottage cheese! In June
we never feel the blizZeT1's iron
heel; there comes no haunting
fear of frosted nose or ear. We
sit beneath our vine and watch the
day decline, and josh the friendly
stars and count the motor cars.
and gaze upon the moon. | like
the month of June.
- LEM BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21

Don't forget Thrift week, which opens next
Monday. Carriers from the Rock Island post
Office will be supplied on their rounds with
thrift and savings stamps, as they were
during previous drives, and it will thus be
made convenient for the public to invest. The
thrift lesson taught to millions during the
should not be forgotten. Once thoroughly in
culcated it will do as much as any other one
factor to keep the United States in its proud
position as the most wealthy and most power
full nation on earth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
Eg EsAlIIFI TAl XG
By WILLIAM BRADY nd.

diminishing the intake of food and
so reducing weight gradually and
with distinct benefit to health,
strength and endurance is by
FletcheriZing. In order to Fletch-
erie inteiligently read Horace
F1etcher's The New GlUtton or
Epicure" published by Frederick
A. Stokes Co.. New York, and
available in most libraTiesl.
Fletcher reduced his own weight
some fifty or more pounds.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Ole Doctor COddIe Still in Practice.
My husband had a bad attack cf
bronchial trouble last fall, and the
doctor had US apply a pneumonia
jacket. He was in bed six days.
He got over his cough in a few
weeks, but the doctor has warned
him not 10 remove the jacket until
next summer. 1t gives him much
discomfort, and we wonder
whether there would be any dan
ger in taking it off now. IF. M
Answer.-The danger would be
that the old doctor would be much
shocked. Aside from that. of
course, the danger is wholly mag
mary. Another month or so ard
the health board will start some
thing.
Diagnosis OF Tuberculosis.
Can the presence of tubercu
losis be determined by a blood
test? Has tuberculosis ever been
successfully treated with a serum?
ID. H. Ed
Answer know of no blood
test for tuberculosis. The tubcr-
culin test, in which tuberculin,
substance obtained from killed tu-
berculosis germs, is administered
either by hypodermic injection, or
by injunction after scratching the
skin, as for vaccination, or by in
stillation in one eye, is a positive
test for the presence of tubercu-
losiS, but does not necessarily sig
Nifty that the tuberculosis is active
or accountable for the present dis
turbance of health. 1 know of no
serum which has been successfully
used in the treatment OF tubercu
losis.
4 Case of II. B. p.
What is the normal blood pres
sure for woman of II years? Can
high blood pressure be cured by
diet alone? Is il dangerous IN
time? Does it affect the heart?
MRS. X r.
Answer.-The normal systolic
pressure for a woman of Al years
old is somewhere between 120 and
135 millimeters mercury. High
blood pressure is not a disease, but
a sign of various disease condi-
tons. Its cure, therefore, would
depend on the nature of the dis
ease of which it happens to be one
symptom. Often regulation OF the
diet will reduce an excessive blood
pressure. High blood pressure is
in itself a load or strain upon the
heart; that is. if the pressure is
constantly above normal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-21
kOTE
The Old. Old Sforr-

L me- OIus Uio StOEgs
Dear Old Doctor Brady, writes a
reader. can you please advise me
how to keep from getting fat? l
am so large and zeal short of
breath. My weight is now 220
pounds and l think l am getting
stouter. l have taken so much
dope-spent a lot of money fool
ishlE, so l thought | would write
you for some honest advice. Re
spectfully, Mrs. NameIess One.
A young couple once started out
to gee married suddenly. They
reached the Methodist ministers
house about IL p. m, but he asked
$40 and they had only 1925 in hand
Next they visited the house of the
Catholic priest. No luck there. SO
they routed out the Baptist pastor
at 1:30 a. m. What the blue blink
ing blazes do you want?" de-
manded the reverend gentleman, in
seemly language to that effect.
eWanta git married, Brfdgit and
meself, sOr." well, then. why in
thunder and lightning didn't you go
to the priest?" Sure, we did, sor,
and he told us to go to the diviI,
so we decided to come to you"
While the influenza epidemic was
going strong, a certain irregular
school" of healing seized the mo-
ment for some effective propagan-
da ITO date not a single patient
under treatment by a member Of
our school has died of influenza"
True. When the illness began 20
look serious the irregular healer
was dropped and the family ply
sician called in to make out the
death certificate When the ready
cash is used up and the romance
of speculation, and adventure has
about burned out. then the stray
sheep returns, shOrn but wiser.
Note that Mrs. Nameless One
wants HONEST advice. What does
she mean by that, | wonder?
Well, whatever she means, let's
try to give her what she needs. but
probably will not want
No one is overweight unless he
or she eats too much. No matter
about the circumstances. This rule
has no exceptions; at least we
have never encountered an excep-
ton.
There are only two ways to
avoid growing fat or to reduce su-
perfuous weight. First, by con
Stunning a diminished amount Of
each and every kind of food taken:
and second, by burning up more
fat in daily exercise. In certain
cases of obesity it is possible and
advisable to reduce by medicine,
but that is wholly a professional
problem which no one but the vic
TINS own physician is capable OF
managing effectively and safely.
Reduction of weight by control OF
the diet. by fasting or restraint OF
the appetite, and by exercise, is
safe enough for anyone to manage
without any medical supervision
One of the simplest methods Of