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The Pagfi and journal Vol. 5 NO. 1 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1914 $1.00 per year Leaulature to M~tl m n I - October 6th. Governor Blease has issued a call to the legislature of South Carolina to meet in extra session 1 on Tuesday October 6, 1914 for the purpose of doing something j' to relieve the present business i' conditions. The session will not ' last longer than thirty days. In j' speaking of the purposes of the ' extra session the governor said: ^ I shall, of course, when the legislature is convened, send ? them a short message, giving to them auch suggestions as I i think are proper, and leave it to J them to enact such Iciwc ac thov i deem wise. - < I think, however, that one of 1 the very first things that they 1 should do would be to appoint ] a non factional committee to I confer with a similar committee \ from the legislatures of other < cotton-growing States, as to what is best to do in reference 1 to the cotton situation, so as to 1 get together upon a proper and 1 uniform law, that the benefitsde- < rived from it will be given to aii ] of the cotton-growing people 1 and approved by the governors 1 of the cotton-growing States. . < Now, individually, I amof the i opinion that they should pass laws protecting the poor people 1 of the State from being imposed i upon by the foreclosure of either i personal or real estate mori- i gages during this panic. I am satisfied that such a law can be passed ,as will meet every con- 1 sthutional requirement. Thev ' may not call it a stay law, but it i most assurdedly can be termed 1 a law for the protection of the majorityofth ^citizen^>^he i make it a felony, punishable by i a long term of imprisonment, c without the alternative of a fine, c for any person, association or j corporation, to charge any money borrower, either by dis- c count or otherwise, any greater < rate of interest than that fixed in N the bill, so as to stop the usury, or, you might more properly say y robbery, of the man who is j compelled to have a little money. e I think they should also take _ up and give their most careful ( and serious consideration a State warehouse system, either such bill as was introduced at the last N session or such bill as will give j, the farmers proper relief. And, yet, the most important of all matters to be considered, j as I see it, is to make arrangements to finance the State during this crisis, without issuing exe } cuuuus against ine property ot the individual citizens who will not be able to meet his tax oblinations this fall." 1 The Complete Vote of The State f The total vote cast in South t Carolina's second primary on t Tuesday of last week was 118,- 1, 940 for governor, of which Rich- t ard I. Manning secured 73,739, " and John G. Richards secured g 45,091, a majority for Mr. Man- \ ning of 28,638. For lieutenant h governor the vote stood: An- \ drew Jackson Bethea 72,461; B. t Frank Kelley 45,951. a maioritv of 26,410 for Mr. Bethea. For h railroad commissionei the vote a was: Frank W. Shealy 79,168; C. \ D. Fortner 39,068, a majority for d Mr. Shealv of 40,100. b In the Third congressional S district the vote stood. Wyatt Aiken 11,591; F. H. Dominick 8,189, a majority for Mr. Aiken n of 3,402. I The later returns made but lit- j tie difference in the vote, the late boxes merely carrying out the indications from the others, s iMuiiiuc v/uupic juiciaes in Charlotte. Monroe Enquirer C. B. Howell, night foreman of the Seaboard shop here, and M iss Lizzie Griffin, formerly an operator in the Monroe Telephone Exchange, were found lead early this morning in the j lake in Lake wood Park, Charlotte. A leather strap bound the bodies together. Howell went to Chalotte last Saturday night, Miss Griffin went later. They were together in a hotel, were seen together on street cars and on suburban electric cars last Tuesday and Tuesday night. Miss Griffin's people tiere had Chief of police T. B. Laney write to the Charlotte policemen to be on the lookout for the man and woman as itwas thought that they were going pn an excursion to Richmond. Yesterday some boys found a aoat on ui<_ lake in Lakewood Park, near Charlolte, and in the boat was clothing:, a woman's coat and hat, handkerchief, handbag and powderpuff. In the man's coat pockets a gold watch, twenty-five dollars in cash and a note reading, "we are in the lake, all through love" was found. The note is in the handwriting of a woman and to it are the names C. B. Howell and Lizzie Griffin. In the woman's coat pocket a necklace and four dollais were fourd As soon as the clothing was found officers were notified and work of dragging the lake commenced and it was kept up until iatelast night. When searchers went to the lake early this morn- 1 ingMhey found the bodies floatm^^Bffapbuidiiig them toHowell was a native of Albe 1 marie, He was about 35 years ( )ld. He came to Monroe three * >r four years ago. He lived for J i number of years in Salisbury. < He married Miss Lessie Ponv- 1 ill, a daughter of Mr. Pink Powill, of Charlotte, in 1901, and she i vith)two little daughters survives i Mrs. Howell was sick when s ter husband left ho me. That is I ndeed a sad home out on Cro- 1 veil street from which the fatli* 1 :r and husband went out to meet '< t shameful deuth. The tragedy '? if it! Words fail. 1 Miss Griffin was about IS i ears old. She was a bright oung lady and was one who lad many friends. Her most 1 ragic death has brought sorrow 1 r\ mnnir urU/v ^ * ? *?* 1 * luunj iiu i\new nui in ner i tetter days. She was a daughter 1 >f Mr. Fulton Gritfin, formerly 1 >f Monroe hut now of Georgia. 1 ler mother died when Lizzie 1 vas a very small girl. A long story of the infatuation >f a young girl for a married nan could be written, a story of iow kind friends and relatives 1 >f the poor girl tried to break s hat infatuation?but it is useless r o write of it. "All through ' ove" was the last line of the 1 >ody of the note?and the word 1 >i~ ? ? ' iuvc was underscored, Foor * :irl?miserable, motherless, little 3 vorking girl who fell into the lands of him who went with f *ou to a shameful death. Oh, p he pity of it all. 1 The body of Miss Griffin will ' >e brought here this afternoon 1 t 5:40 o'clock and funeral ser- 1 ices will be held at the resi- t ence of Mr. A. E. Bishop. 1 he 1 >ody of Howell will be taken to J alisbury for burial. 1 "No, Willie dear," said mam- * ria, 'no more cakes tonight. * )on't you know you can not ' eep on a full stomach." "Well," replied Willie, "I can i leep on my back." i UA1LY WAK KLFOKT5 WEDNESDAY London, Sept. 9.?The allied armies continue to have the ad vantage, according to French official reports, in what only can be the preliminaries of a great battle extending from Meaux. northeast of Paris, to the fortres of Verdun, about 200 miles far ther east. The Germans, who have brought up reinforcements, are striking at the allies' left and centre between Montmirail and Vitry-le-Francois, a front offroir. 50 to 60 miles, but each time tlll'V hdvo Kn/m K .1 ~1> THURSDAY London, Sept. 10.?11 p. m.? The crucial battle of the war in France has not reached any decisive result. Field Marshal Sir John FrenchcommaJidr'r*V :eported today that the German! lad been driven back all along lie line; that the British had crossed the river Marne; that the 3ermans had suffered severely md that their men were supposid to be in an extremely exhausted condition. London, Sept. 10.?Parliament oday voted to increase the regilar army to the unprecedented strength of 1,400,<>00 men This followed the request made by Premier Asquith in a white paaer, asking that 500,000 men of ill ranks be added to the regular irmy and that Parliament show io niggardly spirit toward the nen who were rushing to join 11 England's far-flung battle line. Reports of the progress of he Russian and Austrian armies ire meager but a Petrograd disratch sajs it is believed the Gernan Crown Prince has been aplointed chief commander of the orces which are to oppose the <ussian advance. FRIDAY London, Sept.?10:25 p. ?n.? I lui Kn#fin !\/f ~ ?? ? ? *tV 1/I11UV Ul II1U ITlill lit', ilS IIIU Tench have christened the great | trugglc which has been in progess for a week in the territory between Paris and Veidun, with he Allied armies of France and Cngland on one side and the Jermans on the other, has not 'et reached a decisive result. The German right in the face )f superior forces and threatened villi an outflanking movement, ontinues to retire to the North ilong the route over which Gen ral Von Kluck made his famous ightning advance on Paris from lie Belgian border after having icfeated the Allies at Mons and igain at Cambrai and St. Quenin. Washington Sept. 11.?The ierman Embassy today received lie following wireless from Berlin: "Headquarters on Thursday n its first official report says that n a battle east of Paris the GerI This is not surprising: to military men, as the Germans have been compelled to advance through the swamps of the Petit Morin, and then over bare up lands to the extremely strong French position on the right. It is their only chance, however, and it is expected they will strike and strike again. Bordeaux,. Sept. 9.?The fol lowing official communication was issued here at 3 o'clock this afternoon: ,4On the whole the Germans appear to be beginning a movement of ret rent "The strategic position of the French troops is improving, but one can not judge of a battle extending over 100 kilometres (about 63 miles). Jury List for Fall Court. CHERAW TOWNSHIP J. A. Hall, J. F. Bennett, E. A. Spencer, T. L. Ingram, J. P. Watson. COURT HOUSE TOWNSHIP Eddie White, J.W. Privitt, J. M. Redfearn, W. T. Griggs, Andrew J. Smith, Arthur Gakley. MtCROGHAN TOWNSHIP John F. Crawley, W. A.- Watson, W. A. Rivers, I. R. Melton, W. J. Moore. OLD STORE TOWNSHIP i T. L. Hicks, C. W. Arant, J. C. Mangum, B. F. Clark, T. W. Gregory. JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP R. A. Knight, B. N. Cato, J. H. Johnson, C. L. Miles. ALLIGATOR TOWNSHIP L. R. McNair, L. N. Johnson, J. A- Sullivan, II. C. Hall. STEER PEE TOWNSHIP W. J. Teal, J no. A. Williams, T. J. Sumner, J. Warren Johnson. COLE Hit 1. TOWNSHIP J. A. Honevcutt, O. H. Douglass, S. D. Odom. mans held their own in a heavy two days fight/against superior forces attacking between Meaux, Montmirail and from the direction of Paris. "We captured 50 guns and several thousands prisoners but ; retired the flank when the adj vance of the strong hostile col. umns was reported. The enemy 1 failed to pursue. L SAUTRDAY ing official communication was issued by the French war office: "Notwithstanding the inces sant fighting, our troops are vigorously pursuing the enemy, which is in general retreat. This retreat appears to have been more rapid than the advance. This has been so precipitate at certain points that rtiir trr?r?r\? (rnilinro/l nr* nt the general quarters charts, documents and personal papers abandoned bv the enemy, and also packages of letters which i had been received and were ] ready to be forwarded." ] Paris, Sept. 12.?A Petrograd dispatch says: 'Russian successes are report- I ed every where in the theater of < operations. Notwithstanding ! brilliant efforts of the Hungarian < cavairy and the ability of the < Austriansto entrench themselves in a clever manner, the Russians have crushed the bulk of the op- i posing armies and are occupying more territory every day. j SUNDAY ! lx>ndon, Sept. 13.?The sixth | week of the war between Ger- , many and France, Great Britain i and Belgium has brought a vast \ transformation. The pursued . are now the pursuers. The ir- | resistible sweep of seven German armies through Belgium | into France met an immovable | force at the river Marne. . The army of Gen. von Kluck, j which so lonf. battled to turn the | allies' western flank, was slowly j and steadily outflanked. Its re- . tirement before the small but | hardy British army turned the , tide of battle. < Today, if French official re- , ports are correct, all the German . armies except that facing Verdun and a few miles southwest are retreating. Gen. von Kluck's army, i which a week ago was a few 1 miles southeast of Paris, has , retired more than (>0 miles to the 'continued on page two> i New Road Nears Completion Charleston, Sept. 11.?That the Carolina, Atlantic and Wes | tern railway, commonly known as the Bonsai lines, will be open for traffic by the first of November, is the confident expectation of the engineers supervising the construction. The work is going ahead with vim and there is no indication of abatement because of the war situation. This was the encouraging information contained in a statement obtained this morning. The Holston corporation, en gaged in the construction of the Clinchfield terminals, is also pushing its work steadily and plans to complete the road into Charleston by the end of 1915. No cur/ailment of the work is anticipated at this time, and officials here are of the opinion that the progress will not be interrupted. The operation of trains over the Carolina, Atlantic and Western railway by the early part of November will be of great benefit to trade conditions this winter, and persons acquainted with the situation foresee an era of prosperity. With the near completion of the physical work, preparations are going forward in the traffic department. The road yesterday received authorization from < the interstate commerce commission to establish, without regard to lomr and short haul " ? f"II class and commodity rates .rom New York, Louisville and New Orleans, to Charleston, the same ' as those in effect on like traffic i on the Southern and Atlantic ] Coast Line and their co nect- i tr.-ix- , .?^ Two Deaths I The Jeffersonian 1 Mr George Williams an old and respected Veteran passed 1 away Monday night, after an ill- 3 ness of several months, Mr. Wil- ^ liams, was between 75 and 80 s years of age. He is survived by c his wife and several children, he s was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon, at Cross Hill cemetery. ? Mrs. Albert Lear, wife of Mr. y Albert Lear died in the Hospital ^ at Columbia Saturday. Mrs Lear had been in poor health for the past several months. Mrs. Lear . was a daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. : Matthew Jordan, she is survived by her husband and several children. Her body was laid to rest Sunday morning at Macedonia Church bv her pastor Rev. Mr. Caston. How to Hold Your Cotton Monroe Knquircr. Mr. Frank Armfieid has a plan for holding cotton. Here is his plan: Hold cotton. No matter what anybody says, just hold 011 to that cotton until the sheriff Domes for it,?and hold that cotton. When the dav is set for trial comes ask for time to file inswer to complaint and hold the cottou until next court. When your case is called state that your wife, a material wit ness in ine case, is sick ana get i continuance of the case?and hold the cotton. At the next ( term of the court, if you are forced to trial and the case goes j igainst you, appeal to the supreme court?and hold on to the cotton, If the case goes against you in the higher court, sell the cotton, divide with the lawyer J ind pay up your account. An American who desired to 1 go to Mexico as a soldier was ? rejected on account of his poor teeth. i "What's the idea?" he said to < the recruiting officer. "Have < we got to eat the greasers after i we kill 'em?" How "Yankees" Do It J. A. Martin in Home and Farm. My little sister married a Yankee farmer and he is some "lazy." He won't do a tiling he can keep from doing. The other dav I was up there on the back porch romping with Judith?their ten-year old girl. All of a sudden we heard a voice, near yet far away, and Judith jumped up, grabbed a big megaphone hanging on the wall and stood at "attention." I followed her eyes and there down at the dairy house?a hundred yards away?stood her "lazy" daddy, also with a megaphone. The folio wintr conversation took place: "Judith, tell your mother to get ready. While she's dressing, you run down to the shop and start the engine. The Water's getting low and we won't get back tor some time. And while you are at it call up Mr. and ask him to have that flour ready when we come by in the machine. And, Judith, call up Mr. and tell him we'll bring some butter on our way by." "Yes, sir?I will, Daddy." And would you believe it? that little snipe of a girl ran out, pressed a button and the gasolene engine started to pump. About that time my sister came out, attached a belt to her washing machine and churn and started in the house to put dinner on in the fireless cooker. AJ1 this tickled me a lot and while the women folks were getting ready I went down to watch them milk. I say "them," expecting t<? find four or five men / milking. All I found in th^|^ / see' brother-in-law sitting Tft>wn eading a paper. The milking nachine was doing the work. When the machine got through nv brother-in-law grabbed aline ranked down, and the cows vere all released at once. He swung another lever, the barn loor was opened and the cows strolled out to ihe pasure. Going into the milk house he started another little engine vhich ran the milk cooler and he cream separator, filled the >ottles and cleansed the milk ;ans. "Oo-hoo" from the house and udith was saying, "We are waitng, Dad." When all was ready ny "lazy" brother did go to the rouble to crank his little Ford :ar?and off we went for a "joy ide." Late that evening I asked my >rother if the engine wouldn't un the water tank over. He eplied: "What if it does! Overlow pipes water the orchard and garden and also carry water to he cows in the pasture." Getting no consolation there 1 urned to my sister in the back >f the car and asked her who vould look after the supper in he tireless cooker. She sawed ne off with . "Why, goosie? it :an't burn up in a 'tireless' cook;r. Quit worrying and enjoy he great fresh air. 1 quit worying long ago." And yet they are not rich. ru^.. i?- ? i ney arc jusi goou, every-day Dhio farmfolks. If that's "lazy"?me for a lazy ife. A Moonscraper Pat had gone hack home to reland and was telling about Vcw York. "Have you such tall buildings n American as they say, Pat?" isked the parish priest. "Tall buildings, ye ask, sur?" eplied Pat. "Faith, sur, the last >ne 1 worked on we had to lay >n our stomach to let the moon >ass."?Pittsburgh Chroniclerelegraph.