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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^
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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.'"