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The pagelaIid Journal ol. 4 WO; 51 * PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY tjtORWlNG, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914 $1.00 per year Rontl Camel's Examination. | Crushed To Death Rv Riwl* I ~ ~ An examination will be held at Chesterfield on Saturday, September 26th for the appoint- ] ment of a rural carrier on the ' new route to be established ' from Pageland on October 1st. j The United States Civil Ser ( vice Commission announces an j . open competitive, examination on the date and at the examination place named above, as a t result of which it is expected to . make certification to fill the va- , cancy in the position of rural earner at the place named j above and other vacancies as ] they may occur on rural routes ; at post offices in the above nam < ed county, unless it is found to ] be in the interest of the service j to fill any vacancy by reinstate < ment, transfer, or promotion. . The compensation of a rural , carrier is based upon the lenght of the route and ranges from \ $484 to $1,200 per year. t Age, 18 to 55 on the date of < the examination. The maxi- j vmum age is waived in cases of i persons honorably discharged i from the United States military ] or naval service. < An applicant must have his t actual domicile in torritnr.. . IV1I11UIJ | supplied by a post office in \ the county for which the exami- \ nation is announced. j The examination is open to ] all male citizens of the United ] States who can comply with the j requirements. 1 Application Form 1341, and , full information concerning the requirements of the examination, j can be secured from the secre- j tary of the local examining \ Washington, D. C. 1 Applications should be properly executed and filed with the < Commission at Washington. As < examination papers are shipped j direct from #V?o ? : ..? >uv |/iavC3 Ul AilII11- ] nation, it is necessary that appli- 1 cations be received in ample < time to arrange for the exami- ( nation desired at the place indi- ] cated by the applicant. The ] Commission will therefore ar- i range to examine any applicant i whose application is received in i time to permit the shipment of i the necessary papers. An eligible register for the ] DOSition of rural 1o?or ? c~ ~ m ? . miu> ibiivi caillCI IDT j each county will be maintained. < A person must be examined for ? the county in which the post office that supplies his home is i situated. As a result of such ] examination he may become < eligible to appointment as rural \ carrier at any post office in such i county. A rural letter carrier i after one year's satisfactory ser- ] vice may be transferred to the position of clerk or carrier in a j first or second class post office, i to the position of railway mail i clerk, or to other positions in f the classified service, subject to | such examination as may be | required by the civii-service i rules. John A, Mcllhenny, i President. . Fast Train Hits Dog An incident which attracted : some interest ir. tAum l?c? c~?..- I _ ?u IV U II KIOl vjuilll " ^ day was a head on collision between the southbound mail train, j No. 5, and a yellow dog. , The train which is due to pass this place about 10:20, was some- , thing: like half an hour late and < was running like the tail of a < mm. A yellow dog seeing the } train approach tried to beat it to' i the crossing at the passenger station. The dog miscalculated < the speed of the train and both ] * arrived at the crossing at the i same instant. The dog was' i Mr. Brice Howie, son of apt. Yv. L. Howie of Monroe, was killed in a coal mine near Dante, Va., last Tuesday afternoon. The remains reached Monroe at 5:20 last night and were carried directly to the cemetery and interred. The death of the young man was marred by distressing details. The news came in a telegram late Tuesday evening. No details were given and the family were in ignorance as to the manner of death till last night on the arrival oft he body. Messrs. Sam and John Howie, brothers Of the HPPSPH loft Tliocrln.r "UVt* ? & uvouaj infill for the scene of death. They got only as far as Johnson City, where they met the remains and saw persons who gave them the distressing information. The decased had been working in the coal mine for lour yrears. On the afternoon of his death he was on the eve of coming out of the mine, where he was employed in running some kind of machinery. He was to tiave come up with the next shift flt four nVlnolr A li? I ? ? ~ il ""fit rock, estimated to be ten feet op, seven feet wide and two feet thick, fell upon him like a deadfall. His body was crushed its ull length, and he probably aever knew what hit him. The ocation of the mine is inaccessible, and hence the delay in geting the body home. The casket was not opened. . On arrival of the train the emains were met by a large lumber of friends, and the amily in closed carriages on g^^oHhe rain then falling. in tfte darkness to the cemetery where Dr. Weaver held a short but imDressive servir<v Mr. Howie was the second son >t* his parents, and was 33 years if age. Another touching fact n connection with the sad event s that he was planning to come iome at once. His mother revived a letter from him the very lay of his death telling her that le would be home in a few days. He had been sick and last week lis brothers Hoyte and Robert went to see him. His mother would have gone hut was presented by the condition of her irm which was recently broken. His brothers came home Sunday ind reported that he would :ome in a few days to spend ?ome time. The shock of his death was a errible blow to his family, who have the sympathy of hundreds of friends in the. sad hour of [heir affliction? The strain of waiting for news and for the arival of the body was an added burden upon them. The deceased wa? a young nan of excellent traits and popjlar among his comrades. He s survived by his parents and our brothers and three sisters. He had not been in eood health 'or some time anil they were solcitous about him before the lews of his terrible death came ?Monroe Journal. :aught up by the cow catcher and hurled like a football many yards from the track. Immediately afterwards a joodsized crowd of people re paired to the seene of carnage to view the mangled remains of the jnfortlinate rnninn Km! ? I/UI 111V :rowd had hardly assembled when the dog arose, harking and jrowling and took to his heels. r\lso several persons, who dislike :lose proximity with things supernatural, departed in great laste. The dog was a stranger in town and was apparently uninjured by the experience. fierce - hightk Terrific fighting continues on the Austro-Russian frontier. Both the combined Austrian and German forces and the Russian armies claim an advantage.. Berlin reports the capture of 30,000 Russians. From Austrian sources it is stated that the Russians are being pursued in the direction of Lublin, in Russian Poland. Earlier advices from St. Peters burg stated that the Austrians were active chiefly in the vicinity of Lublin. A news dispatch from St. Petersburg says the Russian advance in East Prussia is proceeding and repeats an earlier Russian claim of successes in Galicin. London, Aug. 31.?Taking the French official announcement issued late today, which mentions that the progress of the German right wing has forced the allies to yield further ground would seem to indicate that Germans, notwithstanding repulses, are making steady advances toward Paris. London, Aug. 29.?Though appalled by the terrific loss of life on the French-Belgain frontier, England today shook off its gloom and took heart. The reverses in France, indicated by dispatches reporting that the Germans had reached San Quentin in the department of Aisnes, less than 90 miles from Paris, disclosing that the allies had been forced to retreat much! farther into France than had' been admitted, were offset byl the day's dispatches from Copeju <Ae?-AY.? t.Wi. X- ** *- -* i laiiz-iu^ lue perilous SlluauOQ of their army on the east front because of the steady Russian aggression, were transporting H. HOUSE C Mr. Askins came from I has been actively identified w ularity is attested by the hanc has resided since he came to dates received the following p H. N. Askins 711 L. C. Wanamaker 69 W.P. Odom 59 J. C. Rivers 49 aKrvUn rrvmrwj^ienn * lAiyvy f Vy V Viupui lOUU ifications of any man in the s< an evidence of the standing o Mr. Askins was raised < actively engaged in farming t ience as a business man, and y He will appreciate your i4 In European \ [heir troops from the west to eastern Prussia. The dispatch related that all ordinary transportation on railroads in Germany had been suspended for the time being: because of the urgency of the demands. > Although it has behn admitted the French and British troops have been forced back since Thursday, it is now declared that the allies' line of defense on the Belgian French frontier now rests on strongly entrenched positions where they can stand like a stone wall against the German advance into the heart i\( ITrn?/*? London, Aug. 18.?It is 'an nounced that the British fleet ihas sunk two German cruisers and two German torpedo boat destroyers off Heligoland. A J ! fchird German cruiser was set afire and was left sinking. No British ships were lost in the battle, it was added and the ^British loss of life was not heavy. In addition to the two torpedo boat destroyers and three cruisers ,many others of the German tor'pedo boat destroyers were damaged. Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty commanded the British forces and with a strong array of torpedo boat destroyers, battle jpruisers and light cruisers and submarines attacked the Germans in Heligoland early this -TM ujvsiuiug. i tie proieciea cruiser Mainz was sent to the bottom in an engagement with the light cruiser squadron while the battle ^imidron sank another cruiser of H?a<dn clas& In the general fignung two oY <116 oenxmu destroyers were riddled and sunk while many others were badly damaged. IV. ASKIJ CANDIDATE FOR >F REPRESEN Darlington county in April, 1 ith the business interests of Cli Isome vote given him by Old the county. In the first prii >ercentages of the total votes in ier cent o! the total vote 99 ?9 99 is not made for the Durnose of A 1 icond race, for they are all go f Mr. Askins among people w m the farm, and while engage o the present time. He has 1 will make Chesterfield county Vote in the second primary. Var Continues One cruiser, battle scarred and on fire, drifted away in thef mist J and was lost sight of. Most significant is the official announcement by the French War Office that the Military ' Governor of Paris has ordered all residents within the zone of action of the forts around Paris to evacuate and raze their houses ' within four days. Another significant official announcement from Pari9 is that the German forces are advancing in the direction of La Fere, ai .out 80 miles northeast of i Paric Tim ? ? ?: ?t .1 tub "gui wiuk ui me French troops operating in this region has driven back the Germans on the town of Guise, but < the left wing was unable to hold the advance of the German troops. Both French and the British are calling on all their men to i | join in the detense of the French uucs, which apparenuy are drop- i ping back gradually. A campaign has been started in Lon- ; don and other English centers to < induce all Englishmen of proper age to join the colors. ! Field Marshal Lord Roberts in < a stirring address declared that the country was in great danger j and defeat would mean "ruin, i shame and slavery." British cruisers and destroyers i which were in the engagement i of Helgoland have arrived at various English ports and some members of the crew assert that j at least eleven German vessels of various sire were sunk. A German army corps, which * has been engaged along the line j of the Meuse, has been vttthdravTH ana nus l/lUUUUau* iu J northeast, presumably to rein- ' force troops stnving to check ( the advance of the Russian army >^s ' I TATIVES I 91 0; and since that time he lesterfield county. His popl Store township, in which he . nary the four leading candi- i i their respective townships: 1 of Old Store township. '{ Cheraw ? ( Chesterfield ? Mt. Croghan ? casting doubt upon the qual?od men; but is submitted as i rho know him best. i ed in other business, has been 1 i lad ten years successful expe I a good representative. I (Advertisement) The Vote for State Officers The executive committee met in Colunbia yesterday to declare the results of the primary. The vote as reported up to Monday was as follows; For the Senate: E. D. Smith 72,256, C. L. Blease 55,906, L. D. Jennings 2,401, W. P. Pollock 1,626. For Governor: Richards 26,744, Manning 25,360, Cooper 25,024, Clinkscales 17,057, Irby 15,330, M. L. Smith 9,824, C. A. Smith 5,744, Simms 2,800, T> * ~ ? Drowning i?9r/? Duncan 832, Mullally 676. For lieutenant governor: Bethea 50,560, Kelley 46,152, Hunter 20,645, Hamer 14,552. Bethea and Kelly enter the secorfd race. For comptroller general: , A. W. Jones 79,831, Summerset 46, 198. For adjutant general: Moore 80,551, Willis 51,618. For attorney general: Peeples 58,094, Brice 62,423. For railroad commissioner: Shealy 32,305, Fortner 28,141, Cansler 22,734, Wharton 20,804 Witherspoon 16,554, Fairly 10,864. Shealy and Fortner will enter the second race. In the race for congressman in the fifth district Finley has about 10,179, Stevenson 8,783. John G. Richards and Richard I Manning are in the second race for governor. nri ? - i" * itc correct i lme. Montreal Standard. Professor Turner had been spending: the Christmas vacation in Eg^pt to supervise the erection o^.a telescope at Helouan. MFohsr . jtojato that he had found that at noon every day a gun was fired, and was anxious to know how the system worked. Accordingly he interviewed the gunner and asked how he knew when he gave the signal. "Oh, I look at my watch," said the official. "And how do you correct your watch?" asked the captain. "I take it to the maker in , Cairo, and he tells me the error." Forthwith Captain Lyons interviewed the watchmaker, and asked him how he checked the error on the watch. "I get the correct time from the gun," said the simple craftsman, and thus the time was told in Egypt. through East Prussia. An Athens despatch gives as a semi-official statement, news from "a trustworthy source in Constantinople" that German officers and sailors have passed through Bulgaria on their way to Constantinople. There has been some question as to the attitude Turkey intends to assume in the present war, some previous reports declaring Turkey hoH rt ctrAnnr I i^aiiiu^ luVYiiiu Germany. London, Aug, 29, 11:10 p. m.? The French and British are gathering every man and gun available in northwestern France in an attempt to stop the German advance on the road to Paris. How far the Allies have succeeded in getting across the German path is not disclosed, for the outside world is ignorant to?u.. - i ? - uiKiu ui winti is Happening on the battlefield. There is considerable uneasiness over the attitude of Turkey. Athens tonight repeated the report that German naval officers and sailors are on the way to Constantinople.