The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, June 03, 1914, Image 1

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The Pageland journal V I ??| ii . j _____ Vel. 4 NO. 38 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1914 $1.00 per year Prim to Be GmnfwSrh^llTW^.4^1 w * J ' - - - " " 1 Improvement To the patrons and trustees of the rural schools of Chesterfield county: Through the support of the State Department of Education the South Carolina School Improvement Association is able to offer $1250.00 in prizes to. be awarded in 1914. This amount has been divided into 40 prizes and will be given to the schools in the State showing the greatest improvement during the given length of time. There Will Kp ton firot nvioao /vf tit*.. .. . . ?~ SWU 11181 piilAO VI 111 l_y dollars each and thirty second prizes of twenty-five dollars each. Regulations concerning the award of these prizes are as follows: 1. Improvements must be made between October 1st, 1913 and Dec. 1st, 1914. 2. Only rural schools can compete for these prizes. Districts barred by the State High School Act or the Rural Graded School Act are ineligible to enter the competiton. 3. Prizes will be awarded by the State Executive Committee of the State school Improvement Association immediately after the entries close. 4. All applications must be sent through your county superintendent or rural school supervisor. 5. Prizes will be awarded in checks sent from the office of the State Superintendent of Ed ucation. The money will be deposited to the credit of the ' dia^kt in which the prize-win|^^^wool is located. This be used for the fur6jNFirreports must be made on^ffhe printed blanks sent by thelAssociation. 7? In making application for a flrize, the Clean-Up Dav Score Csrd, a brief description, a photograph, and any evidence of improvements should accompany the regular prize score card. Now is the time for patrons and trustees to begin to interest themselves in competing for these cash prizes. Let us have a good number of applications irom unesterfield Co., and better still, let us claim some of the prizes. For any further information drop me a card and I will be glad to help you in an}- way I can. Respectfully yours, Alexina W. Evans Cheraw, S. C. Rural School Supervisor of Chesterfield Co. Walt Mason On Flies The early fly's the one to swat. It comes before the weather's hot, and sits around and files its legs, and lays at least ten million eggs, and every egg will bring a fly to drive us crazy by and by. Oh, every fly that skips our swatters will have five million sons and daughters, and countless first and second cousins, and aunts and uncles, scores of dozens and fifty-seven billion nieces; so knock the blamed thing all to pieces. And every niece and every aunt,?unless we swat them so they can't?will lay enough dodgasted eggs to fill up ten five gallon kegs, and all these eggs, ere summer hies, will bring forth twentv trillion w ? ? ? & I IV/Oi And thus it goes, an endless chain, so all our swatting is in vain, unless we do that swatting soon, in Maytime and in early June. So men and brothers, let us rise, gird up our loins and Swat the flies! And sisters, leave vour cozy bowers, where you have wasted golden hour; with ardor in your souls and eyes, roll up vour sleeves and swat the fliat.?W?U Mason. wuivuivu iTvuian jumpea in LH Well Monroe Journal SGI Early this morning when some one went to the well at the 4. cfn county home they heard the . . sound of a human voice coming 'r therefrom, and investigation quickly showed that a woman VI. was in the well. It was Mrs. Jane Deese, who had been re- sp< tained in the asylum at the home eAA for about a month waiting for ca. entrance to the State Hospital. . Mr. Stewart, the keeper of the 5 home, had come to town but was soon reached bv telephone and told that some one was in ' the wefl. He ran to the Hard- ~ ware store, got some ropes, and * with Messrs. Frank Williams and ?1 J. V. Griffith, quickly got to the ' ' home. Cleve Hurt was let down _' into the well and fastened the ropes about the body of the wo- 1 man and she was soon drawn ' out. She was cold and some of 1 the hair had been knocked off the head, but there was no seri- p ous injury. How she got in the p well or how long she had been c there cannot be told. She has "e not been dangerous and on ac- a count of the intense heat had .c. been given the privilege of the 1 hall, and some time last night a prized open a window and got out. The well was curbed ' up tightly with a hole only large enough for the bucket to pass J through. How the woman sue- p ceeded in working herself thru this small hole into the well is * a mystery. But she did, for the r />iirK moo #t/\4 J - -4 1 J yum ttno nui ui viii uisiuroea. ... Neither could it be guessed whether she went in head first . or feet first. When found she a was standing with her feet bracedagainst the sides of the well thus saving herself from drowning. ^ Water With Meals. ^ La Tests on a poison squad have Qr recently shown that the com- ^ raon belief that drinking much ^\r water at mealtimes tends to vv make one fat is apparently with- pj( out foundation. Students were Qr given carefully controlled diets for fixed periods, and every drop ^ of watet and ounce of food was carefully measured and recorded. Qr After a preliminary period they were required to drink waier copiously at every meal; ^ and then followed another pe period during which they had rj little or nothing to drink with jp4 their meals. Ba The compared results showed ga that in some instances there was a very slight increase in the utilization of fat in the food during La the water-drinking period; but yc this was about balanced by nogative results in other cases, so that the final conclusion was jji that the ammount of fat and ^ carbohydrates utilized by the body from food eaten was apparently uninfluenced by the Al amount of water taken at meal- Ai times. \V Pi "Daughter" said the father, ^ "your young man Rowlingi, stays j ^ until a very late hour. Has not ^ your mother said something to j you about this habit of his?" res, t< at tier," replied the daughter sweetly. "Mother says men Ed haven't altered a bit."?Ex. Ai Cfl Tommy came out of a room in CI1 which his farther was tacking Be down a carpet. He was crying Di lustily. Bi: "Why,Tom my, what's the mat- Fit ter?" asked his mother. Di P-p-p-papa hit his finger with Mi the hammer," sobbed Tommy. Cc "Well. VOtl noortn't f>rti (i? ' ^' ? ?^vuu i vsj 111 it iimiik rvi like that" comforted the mother. Gc "Why didn't you laugh?" M< "I did," sobbed Tommy,disconso- Ms lately.?Ex. Su H ites for Campaign Meetings. The itineraries of the state and natorial candidates have been 1 nounced. The candidates for ite offices will make their inal bow at Sumter June 17 and 1 ike their last pleas at Greenle August 20. The senatorial aspirants will ! eak to the voters at St. Matthrs on June 17 and close their mpaign at Sumter August 20. The engagements arranged by, 2 state Democratic executive 1 mmittee follows: \ 1 mter, Wednesday, June 17. anning, Thursday, June 18. onck's Corner, Friday June 19. 1 ;orgetown, Saturday, June 20. ngstree, Tuesday, June 23. ~ 1 arsnce, Wednesday, June 24. ' arion, Thursday, June 25. ! >nway, Friday, June 26. 1 llion, Saturday, June 27. lrlinrlfnn T.. ? ? numivu) mv/iiuav, juilC 07, shopville, Tuesday, June 30. ' innettsville, Wednesday July 1. lesterfield, Thursday, July 2. imden, Friday, July 3 >lumbia, Saturday, July 4. *ington, Thursday, July 9. luda, Friday, July 10. Igefield, Saturday, July 11. ' ken, Tuesday, July 14. imberg, Wednesday, July r. \ irnwell, Thursday, July 16. _ 1 impton, Friday, July, 17. fr aufort, Saturday, July 18. ' dgeland, Wednesday, July 22. alterboro, Thursday, July 23. 1 larleston, Friday, July 24. George, Tuesday, July 28. angeburg,Wednesday, Tuly 29. Matthews, Thursday July 30. 1 innsboro, Monday, August 7r. ! lester, Tuesday, August 4. . ] ncaster, Wednesday. Augogt 5! >rkyilje. Thursday, iffney, Friday, August 7. artanburg, Saturday, August 8. lion, Tuesday, August 11. 1 jwberry Wednesday August 12 1 Tl 1 - ? ' - " uicub, inuisuay, A.UgUSt Id. eenwood, Friday, August 14 1 )beville, Saturday, August 15. '' iderson, Monda}', August 17. alhalla, Tuesdayx August, 18. J ckens, Wednesday, August 19. eenville, Thursday, August 20 i Following is the itinerary for 1 * senatorial campaign: Matthews Wednesday June 17 J angeburg, Thursday, June 18. George, Friday, June 19. J larleston, Saturday, June 20. alterboro, Monday, June 22. 1 aufort, Tuesday, J une 23. J dgeland, Wednesday, June 24. 1 impton, Thursday, June 25. irnwell, Friday, June 26. ! imberg, Saturday, June 27. innsboro, Monday, June 29. ' lester, Tuesday, June 30. incaster, Wednesday, July 1. ! >rkville, Thursday, July 2. jffncy, Friday, July 3. artanburg, Saturday, July 4. ( lion, Wednesday, July 8. iwberry. Fridnv. Inlv 1ft / r J ? J - V *W* eenwood, Sarurday, July 11. ] )bevi!1e, Tuesday, July 14. j iderson, Wednesday, July 15. alhalla, Thursday, July 16. ckens, Friday, July 17. eenville, Saturday, July 18. iurens, Wednesday, July 22. >lumbia, Thursday, July 23. xington, Friday, July 24. 1 luda, Saturday, July 25. Igefield, Wednesday, July 29. ken, Thursday, July 30. imden, Tuesday, August 4. lesterfieldWednesday August 5 innpttcvillo CriJn.. A ' " woutkiv, rnuilY, /\UgUSI / irlington, Saturday, August 8. ihopville, Monday, August 1(0. ( irence, Tuesday. August 11. , llion, Wednesday, August 12. arion, Thursday, August 13., nway, Friday, August 14. 1 , ngstree, Saturday, August 11 > lorgetown, Monday August 17. Micks Corner Tuesday Aug. 18 inning, Wednesday, Aug. 1 mter, Thursday, August 201 k NEARLY 1,000 DROWNEl Huge Ship Sinks in St. Lawrenc River?Many Lives are Lost Rimousk, Quebec, May 29.Of a total of 1,387 persons oi board the Canadian Pacific line; Empress of Ireland when sh sailed yesterday from Quebec fo Liverpool, 954 were lost whe the liner was rammed by th< Danish collier Storstand and sanl 15 minutes later off Father Poin in the St.Lawrence river befor< daylight today, according t< revised figures late tonight. Onl; 433 are known to have beei saved. Of the 87 first cabin passenger the late figures show 29 to hav< been saved.. Of the 153 in th second cabin 20 were rescuec of the 715 third class passenger there were 101 survivors, whil< 237 of the crew of 432 wer brought ashore. These figures account for th 396 Survivors landed here an taken by train to Quebec, wher il : 1 * ? mcy umveu lomgm. i nere re mained here 37 rescued person; unclassified, completing: the tota of 433 known survivors. About 300 bodies of dead fron the Empress of Irland lie tonigh in the shed at the wharf hert Some have been identified an< claimed. One of the bodies i that of a woman, a child tightl; clasped in her arms. . , Looming up through the rive ?^he crash occurred not raHM luciciuii*, aiuiuajD'np-iiner wa [leading for the s??9B the collie :oming in from it, the disaste was not one of the ocean but o the river. Unlike the Titanic' victims, the Empress of Ireland' lost their lives within sight o shore?in landlocked waters. Immediately the ship's crev recovered from the shock of tin collision and it was seen that tin liner had received a vital blow ? wireless "S, O. S." call wa sounded. The hurried appeal was picket 1 - up uy me government mail tende Ladv Evelyn here and th< government pilot boat Eureka a Father point, and both sent out t< the rescue. So deep was the hur the Empress, however, and sr fast fhe inrush af waters, tha long before either of the rescut boats could reach the scene tht liner had gone down. Only float ing wreckage and a few lifeboat: and rafts from the steamer, buoy ing up less than a third of thos< who had set sail on her, were t< be found. The rest had sun! with the liner, had been force* from exposure in the ice chille< waters to lose their hold o.i bit of wreckage and had drnwnpH Only a few persons were pick ed up by the Storstad, which wa badly crippled herself, and thesi were brought here by the Collie together with those saved by tin T~> ? - ? E,ureKa and Lady Evelyn Twenty-two of the rescued die< from injuries or exposure. Th< others, most of whom had jump ed into the boats or plunged int< the water from the sinking linei scantily clad, were grven sucl clothing as the town could sup ply, and later those that coult travel were placed on board j train and started for Quebec where they arrived tonignt. Accounts agree that in th< J l brief space of time?not more < 7 than 14 minutes?between the e shock of the collision and the sinking of the liner, there was , _ little chance for systematic j a marshalling of the passengers. , ;r Everything indicates that hund e reds probably never reached the < r decks. Few women were among n the saved, not more than a dozen . 1 the lists make it appear. , k "The stewards did not have , t time to rouse the people from . 2 their berths," one survivor told , o Capt. Bollinger of the rescue , y ship Eureka. Those who heard a the frenzitd calls of the officers for passengers to hurry on deck s and rushed up piled into the , 2 boats, which were rapidly lower- , e ed and rowed away. Many who 4 1; waited to dress were drowned." 1 s , The horror of the interval s during the time the Empress was e rapidly filling and the frightened throngs on board her were hure rying every effort to escape be- ( a lore sne sank was added to by j e an explosion which quickly fol- < i- lowed the collision. According >, to one of the rescued, the explo- , 1 sion, probably caused by the water reaching the boilers, bulg- , i ed the liner's sides and catapultt ed persons from her decks out i. into the sea. i d The ship's heavy list as water s poured in made the work of y launching boats increasingly difficult and when she sank r scores still left on her decks d were carried down, only a few ? being able to clear her sides and h find support on wreckage, i From all accounts Capt. H. G. , q Kendell of the Empress of Ireijdand bore himself like a true jHailor^ He retained such comthe Slorstad's^em SfasH hung in the gash it had 9 Jffcade in the Empress' side, Capt. P' Kendall begged the master of the collier to keep his propellers 1 going so that the hole might re^ main plugged. The Storstad, r however, dropped back and the r Empress filled and foundered, f Capt. Kendall stood on his s bridge as the ship went down. ? A boat picked him up and he directed its work of saving v others until the craft was loaded. ? The captain was injured but his i hurts are not dangerous. i s A Neglected Evil Despite the efforts of press and pulpit the cigarette evil is e growing. This fact is manifest t in the last report of the Ameri> can Tobacco Company. This 1 report shows that the sales of } cigarettes last year increased to ; the extent of 374.000.000. Do ? not mistake. The fiaiirocHrk nrxt "VI - represent the consumption of s cigarettes made by this company " in a year. They stand for the in2 crease in number sold to the 3 trade. The fact is that during c 12 months past cigarette smoking ^ in this country increased 20 per * cent. Instead of the evil abating s it is becoming more of a menace and more than ever a problem in the social life. It has fattened s and grown strong under cover c of diverted attention. The rer formers have been paying too _ i . ... - inucn attention to wniskey and > too little to the cigarette. And V further, the dope habit has been 3 keeping pace with the cigarette. " ?Charlotte Observer. > r "Mary, you told me that the 1 man I found in the kitchen with j you last night is your twin brothj er, and now you says he is your . step brother." "Yes, mum; you see we are step-twins, mum."? e Ex. Generally Fair Weather This Week, Washington, May 31.?General fair skies, with temperatures near or above normal were forecast by the Weather Bureau tonight for the entire country this week. ''Rainfall during the week will be generally light and local," said the bulletin. " The next disturbance of importance will appear in the Far West Tuesday or Wednesday, reach the Great Central Vallevs ThursHnv or Friday and the Eastern States near the end of the week. This disturbance will be attended by showers and thunderstorms and be followed by a change to cooler weather over the Northern States East of the Rocky Mountains. Labor unions are strong in the West and especially strong in a city where, on Halloween, the boys pulled a lot of pickets off the fence belonging to a house in which a union barber lived N and made a bonfire of them. The darber bought some new pickets anq nailed them on his fence himself. Whereupon he was promptly fined fifty dollars by the council for doing carpenter work which should have been done by a union carpenter. The barber thought over this for some time. Then he presentthe Carpenters' Union with a bill for thirteen hundred and seventy- ^ five dollars> "What's this for?" asked the chief of the Carpenters' union. "Why," the barber replied, "that's what's due the barbers because _the carpenters shave themselves." His fine was remitted. Divorce'T eamwork A Kansas woman, weighing two hundred pounds and as strong as a female White Hope, came before a Kansas lawjer with her puny, one-hundred-andtVlirtr.nAiin^ V?n?Vn-.-?A ? 1 ?* 4 luii ij - pv/uuu illldUULJU U11U S31Q they desired to get a divorce. "On what grounds?" asked the lawyer. "Extream cruelty," said the woman. "But," said the lawyer, "that is absurd. Here you are, big and brawny, and you say this little, weak man has been tyrannical and cruel to you. You must do better than that. You could turn him over your knee and spank him and not half try!" "That's all right. Mister Lawyer," broke in the husband. "I agreed to let her have an extra thousand dollars in alimony if she would put that in. You see, I want to send the petition back to my folks in Ohio. When they read it they'll think I have spunked up to beat the band since I came West." "Speaking about prosperity," said Fred B- Lynch, Democratic National rnmmittpomon ftwn ? w...?>*??vvtiauu iiv/lll Minnesota, "I have the prize story. "A merchant who runs a general store in a town in the middle of my state came in to see me one dav. "'How are things, Bill?' I asked him. "'Fine,' he replied. 'I've just closed up the season's business and I've made twenty-two thousand dollars. I had some extra expense this year too.' "'What extra expense?' I asked. '"Why,* the merchant replied, 'I had to hire a footman to stand outside the store to open the dogrs of the automobiles in which the farmers' wives brought their produce.'"