The Chestei field Advertiser
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PAl.'L H. HKARN
Kdttor and 1'ublisner.
GOOD OUT OF EVIL
The old, old question: "Can pood
come of evil," has been very much
to the front in discussions of the terrible
world strupple now poinp on.
The question is frequently asked,
"How can any good come from the '
terrible suffering and loss now being
enacted in Europe?" L
It may well be doubted that sufii- j J
cicnt general good can result to atone c
I u
for all the suffering entailed, save
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that the eradication of the Turk and j
his "kultured" counterpart, the Hun, j
had became necessary at whatever
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cost.
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It is becoming more and more evi- ,
dent, however, that some great and ^
permanent good is to result to the
people of the United States. I ''
The physical improvement to our
young men as the result of almost |
universal military training is becom- =
ing marked already. This training is <
supplying one of the chief needs of
the American citizen, discipline, men- |
tal, moral and physical.
The organization of our national
resources, for efficient use in concerted
action is showing to ourselves ,
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am w?'ii itM iu tllir w uiiu, vv ilit l wf i an
do. |
The sale of Liberty Bonds in small |
denominations was a groat incentive J
to thrift on the part of the man of I
small income. I
But now the treasury department j
conies forward with a plan of saving, I
and saving for a patriotic purpose, j
that will reach even the small child- !
ren. By investing 25 ents at a I
time nearly every chilu in the land I
can become the holder of United I
States Government Bonds, bearing 4 j
per cent, interest. >
Now let every person who has not ?
felt aiile to buy a small Liberty Bond
go at once to his nearest post office I
and buy his first War-Savings Stamp
for $1.12 for which the government
will pay him $5.00 in 1923.
Kneourage the children to save
their nickels and with each quarter
buy a thrift stamp, 10 of which may
i. .. i i i i it i u '
u<* ifxcriHii^uu any units nui i i o
for a War-Savings Stamp.
"A Country that is worth lighting i
for is a Country worth saving for."
Teach the chihlron thrift and pa-j ^
triotism at the same time. In years
to come every one of them will he
happy in the thought of having aided
its government to that extent.
If every child in the land thus be
taught a practical lesson of thrift and
patriotic self-denial the next generatioo
will indeed have cause to say
that some lasting good did come of I
the terrible conflict.
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It is said that Congressman Randall,
of California, will introduce a
bill in Congress to put a heavy tax 1
on all arable land that is not in cul-j
tivation. Kvery acre of untitled'
land, according to this hill, will be
taxed $."> and every uncultivated town J
or city lot $1.00 per acre.
The chairman of the American Sugar
Refiners Committee says that after
New Years sugar will he more
plentiful and, of course, cheaper. The
country will at that time begin to get ;
sugar from the West Indies and by
February, it is thought, sugar will
be plentiful and cheap. Every man,
woman and child will welcome the
end of the sugar famine.
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FOOD WILL WIN THE *
WAR.
EAT MORE CORN, OATS *
AND BARLEY PRODUCTS, *
FISH AND POULTRY.
ri A Lr r DAK A AID D IJ oi I *
UAI\r.t DWIL. /Mil/ DAW 1L.
FOODS. *
EAT LESS MEAT, WHEAT, *
SUGAR AND FATS.
FOOD WILL V/IN THE *
WAR.
HOW MISTLETOE CAME
TO MEAN KISSING
We decorate our homes with sprays
of mistletoe at Christmas time, but
few of us know the history of it as a
Yuletide symbol. Pretty girls are
kissed under it and a great deal of
fun and nonsense are carired on
apropos of it, but no one stops to
think of how ancient a decoration it
is or how sacred it was once thought
to be. The ancient Celts in their
Druidical religion had two great festivals,
one in .June and the other in
December, the latter being equivalent
to our Christmas. In both these
ureat festivals the gathering of the
mistletoe was a sacred rite.
The Druids believed that a potion
prepared from mistletoe would increase
their flocks and that the plant
vas a remedy against all poison. It
vhs believed to be a curative for
nany ills, and this belief is still to be
found in many remote places in Europe.
In Lacaune, France, for eximple,
it is always administered by
he native dwellers as an antidote
'or poison.
In the northeast of Scotland people
ised to cut withes of mistletoe at the
lurch full moon; these they bent in
ircles and kept for a year to cure
lectic fevers and other troubles. In
Sweden on midsummer eve mistletoe
s diligently sought after, the people
lelieving it to be possessed of many
nystic qualities, and that if a sprig
f it is attached to the ceiling of the
welling house, the horse's stall or
he cow's crib, the trols will then be
owerless to injure either man
r beast.
Many German peasants also con
Buy Red Cross Chrit
Seals
The money you
pretty little teals g<
culosis in your ow
to protect you and
The True Spirit of Chn
1 hat Seal. Buy them
your mail and Christina:
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Young Man,
Scatter Y<
YOTJTH IS PRODIGAL. Freq
INOW THE VALUE OF A DOLLi
YOUTH IS NOT EVERLASTING
be foundation for their succets by <
vere young.
If You Hope to A mo
Delay Starting a Bank i
Start It Today.
The FARMI
Always Have P
w rn, tj. j\. i uuuim/iii idj^ rvrii i in:ny i
St., Memphis, Tennessee, writes: J
"I have been a friend of Peruna I
for many year*, i have used it off
and on for catarrhal complaints and j
found it a very excellent remedy. <
I have a small family of children. ]
Times arc bard with us, but 1 can '
scarcely afford to do without Peru- ,
na, especially during the season of
the year when coughs and colds
are prevalent. We always recomsiend
Peruna to our neighbors, for
the benefit It has been to ps,"
sider the mistletoe a powerful charm
against evil spirits. A familiar belief
seems to have lingered among the
Romans. When Aeneas descended
i into Hades no gathered, to protect
! himself front the infernal powers, a
branch of mvtletoe, which Vergil
calls the golden bough.
The custom of kissing under the
mistletoe goes back to the days when
Thor and Odin and all the other gods
of the Northland walked and talked
with men. Baldur, the son of Odin
and Grigga, the Apollo of Scandinavian
mythology, the flaxen-haired god
of sunshine and its attendant blessings,
was loved by all earthly and
heavenly being save one?Loki, the
god of earthly fire and its attendant
evils.
How of all the things animate and
inanimate in the world, except the j
suriy mistletoe, swore never to harm
the sun god and how Loki slew Baldur
with a branch of it, has been told
with beautiful poetic power by Mat- 1
thew Arnold.
In conciliation, hoping to soothe the
passionate sorrow of the mother,
Frigga, they dedicated the mistletoe
to her. Now sin and sorrow had
hollowed it; for henceforth it was to
grow, not as a symbol of bitterness ,
and hatred, but as a sign of tenderness
and love.
But the gods decreed that it was to
stand for these things only so long '
as it touched not Loki's kingdom, the i
soil; and for this reason it is never i
seen growing on the ground and we ,
ourselves always hang it high on the
rafters or chandeliers. And now that
it was the plant of love, the custom 1
arose for enemies to become friends j
under the mistletoe; for lovers to f
pledge their troth beneath it; and for j
those who met there to kiss as a sign
of affectionate fellowship. ^
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spend (or these f
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your family. 0
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liberally. Stick them on
s parcels.
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Don't
our Dollars!
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uently the young man DOESN'T
LR.
1. The big men of the country laid
>pening a bank account when they
urit to Anything Don't
Vccount
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Livunn
and Colds 'j(
in the
Home. Recommend
It to Our Neighbors.
Those who objoot to liquid modi*
oinea oan proouro Poruna Tab lot*.
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Oldest Bank.
We solicit your business. W
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Your Patronage wanted.
it will receive co
SAFETY DEI
OUR MOTTO: "STRENG
R. E. Rivera, President.
M. J. Hough, Vice-President.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE
The Auditor's office will be opened
for the assessment of all taxable Real
Estate and Personal property from
January 1st, 1918 to February 20th,
1918
All male citizens between the ages
af 21 and 60 years are deemed Tax
able Polls, except those who are
roained or for other causes are incaplble
of earning a support.
The law requires 50 per cenT, pen?lty
added to taxes on property subect
to taxes and not returned for aslessment
on or before the 20th of
?eruary, 1918.
I will be in the Auditor's office
lanuary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 18, 19
md 26; February, 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 12,
3, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20, and at
he following places on H&" dates
lamed i 4
Patrick; January 8, fr<> * 11 to 3
'clock. jf"
Cedar Creek ChurcK January 9,
rom 11 to 2 o'clock. ?
John H. Wallace; jtantffcry 10,
rom 11 to 3 o'clock, ajicl H. K. Luions
at nlRht. * V
Cash's: January 4, from 10 to 1
'clock.
Westfield Creek, at new school
louse January 12, froqa 10 to 12
'clock. ?
Cross Roads: January 14, from 1
w o u
Jefferson: Junuary 15 and 16, to
1 o'clock.
Catarrh, at J. G. Holly's: January
6, from 1 to 4 o'clock.
Plains, at J. W. Hicks: January 17,
rom 10 to 1 o'clock.
Grant's Mill: January 21, from 10
o 12 o' clock. (
Angelus: January 22, from 11 to 3
'clock.
McBee: January 23; and 24th.
Middendorf: January 25, from 11
o 3 o'clock.
Ruby: January 28, from 11 to 3
i'clock.
PaKcland: January 29 and 30th.
Dudley: January 31, from 10 to
o'clock.
Mt. Crophan: February 5, from
2 to 1 o'clock.
Guess: February 0, from 12 to 3
i'clock.
Cheraw: February 7 and 8th.
T. W. EDD1NS, Auditor.
Other County papers please copy.
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e pay interest on time deposit*
m to Visit Us 1
Whether large or small ^ /
urteous attention
POSIT BOXES
TH AND SECURITY."
C. C. Douglass, Cashier.
D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier. J
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LAND POSTED $ M
We the undersigned, do hereby ,T fl
servo notice that all hunting, cutting H
and hauling of wood, or otherwise. >'
trespassing on our lands is forbid?
den, under penalty of the law.
R. A. REDFEARN,
W. T. OWENS,
J. G. HURSEY, ??
C. R. PITTS, ^ V
J. T. DAVIS, 39-p
MASTER'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Chesterfield.
In Common Pleas.
J. A. Shaw, et al, plaintiffs, vs. W.
L. McCoy, defendent.
In obedience to a decree made in ^
the above case of His Honor Thos.
H. Spain, Judge of 4th circuit, I will
offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash before the Courhouse door V. ~
at Chesterfield, S. C., within the le.
gal hours, on the first Monday in "
January next (same being 7th.,)
"that tract of land in Alligator Township.
Chesterfield Countv. South
Carolina, containing 300 acres, mora
or less, bounded now or formerly by
lands of Mrs. J. E. Minter, Chesterfield
Land and Development Company,
Estate lands'of Munlock Shaw
and others."
A |*
Purchaser or purchasers to pay for - ^
all necessary papers.
P. A. MURRAY, JR.,
Master for Chesterfield County,
South Carolina.
DISCHARGE NOTICE
On 15th January, at 11 A. M.,
next, I will apply to the Probate
Court of Chesterfield County for a
discharge as administrator of the Estate
of Clement Griggs, deceased.
J. A. GRIGGS, Administrator.
CLERK'S SALE ^
State of South Carolina,
County of Chesterfield.
In Common Plens.
J. C. Adams, Jr., and G. W. Adams
as Administrators of the Estate of
J. C. Adams, Sr., deceased, plaintiffs,
vs. James T. Adams, et al., defen
dents.
Under and by virtue of a decretal
order signed by his honor, Judge
Memminger in the above entitled action,
dated Nov. 2, 1917, I will offer
for sale to the highest bidder for
?cash in front of the Courthouse door
in Chesterfield, S. C., during the legal
hours of sale on Monday January
7th, 1918, (same being the first Mon- $2
day) that tract of land situate in
Chesterfield County, South Carolina,
and containing 70 acres, more or .
less, and known as the home placa
of J. C. Adams, Sr., deceased?the
same to be divided into three tract#
and plats of same to be exhibited on
day of sale. Said land being bounded
by lands of J. C. Adams, Jr.,
Crawford and lands and others.
Purchaser or purchasers to pay for
all necessary papers.
I. P. MANGUM,
Clerk of Court.
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Notice To The Stockholder* Of The
Cheaterfield County Fair
Association.
The annual meeting of the Chenterfteld
County Fair Association will
be held in the rooms of the Commercial
Clubs, Chesterfield, S. C., 7:3#
p. m., Thursday, January 4, 1918,
and at the said time and place a resolution
will be voted upon to in|
crease the capital stock of the Chea(
terfield County Fuir Association te
96,000.00.
C. L. HUNLKY, Sec. & Trcaa. h>
L. II. TROTTI, Pec. & Treas. >
Dec. 7, 1917. i -