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Vol. 5 NO. 3 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914 $1.00 per year
DAILY WAR REPORTS I blows at Pflrh nthar in an I ?- * -
Synopsis of War News as Reported
Daily from the Scene
Battle.
THURSDAY
London, Sept. 23.?9:40 p. m.?
The battle of the Aisne seems to
be waiting; on the outcome of
the attempt of the Allies to out
flank the German right wing.
At any rate, the French official
report late today, while it speaks
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vi uu auvance maae Dy tne Allies'
left in the region of Lassigny?an
unofficial reports say
that this advance was one of
about 12 miles?it simply records
the repulse of several violent
attacks by the Germans and the
fact that elsewhere the situation
remains unchanged. Military
experts, however, warn the public
not to ignore the German efforts
to force the French barrier
chain at its more assailable
points.
It requires a lot of natipnrp to
wait for the results of this battle
but so confident are the English
and French that their armies
will be successful that they are
not much worried.
FRIDAY
While the battles of the allies
and the Germans continues
along the entire front in France
there has been relatively no
change in the positions of the
armies. The hardest fighting
apparently is proceeding on the
eastern and western ends of the
lines the allies on the west endeavoring
to encircle the Germans,
and on the east the Ger
mans trying to break through
the allies* lines in t ie virmitv
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reported.
A* news agency dispatch reports
severe fighting south of
Antwerp and says a force of
2,000 Germans has been routed
with heavy losses by Belgians of
some unnamed place.
Futher successes of the armies
of the allies which are attempt
ing to turn the German right
wing are claimed in an official
announcement issued at Paris
yesterday afternoon. It was
stated that the allies' western
wing has edvanced considerably
and Peronne had been occupied
after desperate resistance. Peronne
is 75 miles north of Paris
and 25 miles north of Lassigny,
near wnere the advance by the
allies was announced in yesterday
afternoon's official statement.
The position of Peronne
indicates the movement of the
allies' left wing, which is Much
farther north than their main
battle line.
SATURDAY
London, Sept. 25.?9:50 p. m.?
Almost simultaneously the two
great hammer strokes in the battle
in Northern France have fallen
and some decisive result
must be announced before long.
The Allies have struck the Ger
man right wing and the Germans
have hurled themselves
against the French line between
Verdun and Toul.
The commencement of these
two attacks in earnest was disclosed
by the French official
statement issued late today, but
little is told of how they are progressing.
The motion against
the German right is described as
a violent general one, in which
the French left encountered an
army corps the Germans brought
from the center of Lorraine and
the Vosages.
SUNDAY
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tA/uuuu, oepi. zo.? i ne wings I
of the opposing armies ii) north-1
em FraQCe still are striking hard i
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to break through the respective
positions.
Both sides, according to the
French official report issued to
day, have made some progress,
the Germans on the allies* right
perhaps the greatest.
For three days or more a violent
battle has been raging in the
hills and plains between ihe
rivers Oise and Somme. Official
accounts, bo h .German and
French, are silent vis to how this
fight is going, but in the frontal
attack on the Germans' strongly
fortified and well reinforced
positions farther south, the allies
have made slight progress. The
Germans apparently are satisfied
to remain on the defensive until
the hflttlf* of tl"IO flonl/ line Knnn
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decided.
MONDAY
London, Sept. 27.?9:15 p. m.?
Along almost two-thirds ot the
great battle line across northeastern
France the armies of the Allies
and Germany fought fiercey
today, at some points with the
bayonets, and tonight's statements
from both sides are worded
with the optimism that has
characterized all these official
pronouncements. It was agreed
that the Allies had continued
ineir advance.
The French claimed "marked
progress" The German announcement
from Berlin, though
insisting that the advance had
been repulsed, nevertheless referred
to it as an advance.
Elsewhere along the battle
front neither side seems to have
achieved any notable success.
The German Emperor's illness
variously described last week as
"fl ^Sv:^iif, IS
now said to be inflammation of
the lungs, due to the Emperor
falling into a water filled trench.
To the cholera heretofore re
ported among the Austrian
troops, has been added, accord
ing to an Antwerp dispatch, typ
hus fever, which is said to be
raging in the German camps
around Brussels and nearTerrnonde.
It is reported that sev
eral hundred Germans already
have succumbed to this disease.
TUESDAY
Furious fighting continues in
northern France where the Allied
French and British armies arc
at grips with the- German forces
in what is characterized as the
crucial action of the battle of
the Aisne. Beyond admitting
this fact the official statements
are vague. Few details of the
struggle which may be the turn
ing point of the Western campaign
have been given the waiting
public.
One sentence: "There is no
change in the situation," epitomizes
the official reports from
London, Paris and Berlin. The
Allies claim to have made slight
advances here and there, notably
on the heights of the Meuse.
The German official statement,
however, declares that reports
concerning a victorious advance
of the ememy are untrue.
Teachers' Examination.
The next regular Teachers Examination
will he held at the
Court House in Chesterfield on
Friday, October second. Apnlicants
will l?> ovominn/i
following sujects: Algebra, arithmetic,
English grammar, pedagogy,
geograpy, physiology, U.
S. history, civics and current
events, and agriculture. Examination
begins at 9:<>0 A. M. Applicants
for second or third grade
certificates need not take the
examintion on algej>ra.
K. A. Rouse.
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iiuw 10 increase tne Uemand
For Cotton
Monroe Journal .
The Snyder Huntly Company
of Monroe has received a very
interesting letter from J." Allen
Smith & Co., flour manufacturers
of Knoxville, Tenn., which contains
a valuable suggestion. The
letter follows:
Referring to the existing demoralization
in the cotton market
and the consequent depres
sion of business in the South, we.
believe this is an opportune time
to suggest to the trade the incon-,
sistency of accepting such a'
great number of commodities
packed in jute, wood and other
packages when such commodi-'
ties can be shipped and satisfactorily
handled in cotton packages.
We have reference particularly
to flour, meal, feed, grain of all
kinds, beans, seed, rice, cotton
seed meal and hulls, salt, sugar,
soda, fertilizer, etc. A few of
these articles are already shippr
ed in cotton packages to a large
extent, but most of them are not*
and there is no doubt in our
minds that the consumption of
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v?uuii v..jU uu materially increased
if the merchants of the South
will call for the use of cottoti
packages for every article that
can be put up in such packages?
A little figuring shows tha}
every car of the commodities
mentioned if put up in cotton
packages will represent the con*
sumption of nearly one half a
bale of cotton, and we do nqf
think it is any exaggeration to
say that . 10,000 cars of the coijfc
modities named above are ?eceived
and handled in the Soutl}
every day. Ifthiysso^i^iHA
jtn
of cotton represented bv the!
packages in each car, which will
amount to 4,000 bales per day, or
1,200,000 bales per year. This
will help wonderfully and in addition
to taking care of that
amount of cotton! will materially
inrroflsp tlio ivnrV *-i~
..... nvin VJ1 llic ICAIllC
mills in turning out this additional
yardage.
We firmly!believe this a thing
that, if carried out constantly by
the trade, will result in an in- ,
crease in consumption, the ef- ;
fects of which will be felt quick- ,
ly, and we,!|[therefore. submit it ;
for your considerat on.
"Buy a Bale."
The latest recruits on a big
scale to the Buy a Bale of Cot- !
ton Movement are the officers,
field men and agents of the i
Southern Life and Trust Company,
of Greensboro, N. C. President
A. W. McAlister, of that i
progressive life insurance ct>m- i
pany, has sent out a circular let- 1
ter to the agents stating that the i
home office men would buy <
twenty bales at ten cents a
pound, these bales to be bought
through the company's local
agents and from its policyholders.
The Southern Life and Trust
Company officials are said to be
the first life insurance men to
join this movement, certainly in
an organized way.
The Pageland Insurance & ,
Realty Company, of this place,
are the local representatives of (
the Greensboro concern, and
Mr. II. N. Askins, the manager,
stated that he would buy two
bales, one for the local company
and one for the Greensboro
men.
Why Didn't you Skip
Gaffney Ledger
We had $100,000 of perfectly !
good money in our hands the
other day, but we don't feel any
richer hv the experience.
Revenue to Meet War Losses
Washington, Sept. 25.?Thi
administration war revenue bill
imposing additional tax on beei
domestic wines and gasoline
and special taxes on theatre
and certain dealers, and stam]
taxes, estimated to produce $105,
000,000 within a yeai, was pass
ed late today bv the house, 23
to 135.
The bill now goes to thi
senate.
All the Republicans and all th<
Progressives, except Representa
tive Copley of Illinois, vote<
against the bill, and they wen
joined by 11. Democrats: Repre
sentatives Calloway, Texas
Church, California; Hobson
Alabama; O'Hair, Illinois; Rags
dale, Oouth Carolina; Sisson
.QtanViono nnA \171.1
?.vruvua ?iivi w liuerspuon
Mississippi;*Stevens, NewHamp
shire; Thompson, Oklahoma
and Wingo, Arkansas.
Representative Hobson, j
Democrat declared the temper
ance forces opposed any ta x or
beer on the principal that th<
government should not be de
pendent in any way on alcohol.
The bill would impose an ad
ditional tax of 50 cents a barre
on beer, 2 cents a gallon an gasoline,
20 cents a gallon on sweei
wines and 12 cents on dry wines
stamp taxes on railway and
steamboat tickets, brokers' con
tracts, insurance policies, mortgages,
telegraph and telephone
messages, and special taxes on
theatres, brokers, bankers, tobacco
dealers'and others.
Secretary McAdoo wrote Representative
Underwood today
that total treasury receipts for
the present fiscal year up to
Wednesday exceeded those for
WtC d ?4 ja/ui wgtr
$734,904, but that the increase
was accounted for by the $12,AAA
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vvu.sahj aerivea irom the sale ot
two battleships to Greece and by
the fact that $5,732,255 of the corporation
and income tax for the
previous fiscal year was not paid
until the first ten days of July,
1914.
The actual increase in ordinary
internal revenue collections
for this fiscal year to August 31,
compared with a year ago, was
$2,139,643. There was a decrease
of $588,166 in July, of which
$429,336 was on distilled spirits.
In August there was an increase
of $2,727,809 over the corres
ponding' period, the increase in
revenue from distilled spirits aggergating
$3,326,602.
"The increased revenue on
distilled spirits in August," Secretary
McAdoo added, "following
decreases in preceding
months, unquestionably was due
to the expectation or fear of distillers
that the rate of tax on distillers
spirits would be increased."
Cold Service.
Texas now has a refrigerated
church. The building is a handsome
stone edifice, not large according
to metropolitan standards,
but of good size for a small
city. In a separate building at
the rear an ice machine, exactly
like those used for ice making
or for cold-storage warehouses,
takes air that has first been washed
and cools it rapidly.
The cooled air is forced into
the church through ventilators
under the seats at a rate that will
change all the air in the church
in less man len minutes. In hot
weather it has been found best
to keep the air in the building
about twenty degrees cooler
than the air outside. A greater
degree of cold is easily obtained,
but it makes too much of a
change for the congregation,?
Saturday ICvening Post.
i. Winter Eggs Will Bring Rich
c Returns
1, Clemson College, Sept. 26?
, With a dearth of of cash on ev
!, erv hand, indications are that the
s business of raising poultry will
p have more stimulus this fall and
winter than for any time in years,
r The reason for this is that the
\ poultry business is one of the
most easily and quickly profitae
ble industries for South Carolina,
with good prices for eggs and
e poultry and small expense for
i- food. There is reason to believe
1 that the industrious hen is about
e to come into her own in this
- State and that, once established
;; as a moneymaker on South Car,
olina farms, she will never be
r forsaken.
, F. C. Hare, poultry husband,
man of Clemson College, urges
- the raising of poultry now as
, a quick source of revenue. Hens,
he states, will lay in this State
i all winter if fed an egg mash of
. cottonseed and grain. Their
i eggs find ready sale anywhere
i and there is no reason why the
. value of the industry in this
State cannot be inci eased to
. compare favorably with its vall
ue in nearby States.
"Our hens do not now prot
duce sufficient eggs for our own
, tables," according to Mr. Hare,
I "hilt U70 n rn 4
, ^ ... v* V.VJU1 ptucu IU IIII"
. port eggs from as far off as Kan.
sas. North Carolina and Teni
nesse ship us thousands of cases.
! All this, though we can have in
our poultty a revenue-maker for
the farmer's family that does not
demand time or money from
cotton, stock^or farm."
Though it is possible to obtain
i profitable winter egg production
from any mature pullets and
_ ynTP, pt Konc jin<4ar.{n.unroKlo /vim.
i ditions, the two breeds selected
bv the poultry clubs in South
: Carolina are the Barred Plymouth
Rocks for meat and
brown shelled eggs, and the Single
Comb White Leghorns for
white shelled eggs.
By following directions which
Clemson College will gladly
give to any who are interested,
it is a simple matter to have eggs
io sen mis winter without materially
increasing the expense of
feeding the fowls. After paying
for food, a breeder at Prosperity,
in Newberry county, made a
clear profit of $258.75 from his
hens last winter simply bv selling
eggs at market prices.
The raising of poultry is one
of the practices which Clemson
College is endeavoring to have
farmers carry out now in order
that they may not only carry
their families over this winter
but may also have some readymoney
for the work of next
| spring. Any question about any
phase of the poultry .business
will be answered promptly by
F. C. Hare, Poultry Husbandman,
Clemson College.
Protecting Pipes
Electricity is now being used
to keep water in pipes from
freezing during the very cold
weather. A Canadian company
that was forced to use water
pipes aboveground for several
n una red leet last winter had
i continual trouble until electricity
was tried.
Wires were connected with
the pipes and a current sent
through the water continuously.
By this means, even when the
thermometer dropped as low as
twenly-seven degrees below
, zero, the water in these pipes
was kept from freezing. For
several winters electricity has
been generally used in large
cities for thawing out frozen
pipes. .
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Pump Is Safer Than Open Well.
A few years ago we used to be
inclined to believe that a great
lot of our pollution of wells went
through the ground, "Mr. Warren
H. Booker of the North Carolina
Board of Health writes us:
"Now, we are coming to change
our minds and we believe that a
great source of difficulty with
these open wells is on account
of people carrying filth on their
boots and shoes and washing it
off on the well platform nearby,
and then rinsing it back into the
well by means of waste water or
by means of actual contact with
the bucket or rope and human
hands and lips.
Another means of polluting
our farm wells is by means of
dust, dirt, trash, insects, etc., getting
in at the open top. The
health officers are coming to believe
now that hv nil nHHc tlio
greatest protection to ordinary
farm wells is to close the top up
tight and install a pump and
trough. This protects the top of
the well and carries the waste
water away so that there is much
less danger than we formerly
thought there was by pollution
reaching the well after traveling
through from twenty-five to one
hundred feet of soil."
Fire in Cheraw.
Chcraw Chronicle.
The. home rif Mr Q A A/f~
v^. A. 11. iVitManus
formerly the home of
Mr. C. E. Horn was destroyed
by fire Saturday night. This
house was just beyond the city
limits and could not be reached
by the fire laddies consequently
all that could be done was to
save as much of the contents as
possible and then watch ^he
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carried insurance on both building
and contents. The family
were up town taking in the show
when the fire was discovered.
Traveling Man Said Peeples
Whipped Blease.
The last issue of the Waxhaw
Enterprise contained the following
item:
"A traveling man in town last
Saturday gave out some news
very interesting here to people
who actively participate in South
Carolina politics. The said
traveling man told that \ttorney
General Peeples whipped Governor
Blease last week in the office
of the chief executive. The alleged
scrap came about in this'
manner: Peeples was in Blease's
office bragging in a gentle manner
about being the only Bleaselte
to land an office. The governor
was not in fit humor to be
jostled on the subject and he told
the attorney general some things.
He accused Peeples of carrying
water on both shoulders. He
said that Peeples bartered and
traded with the enemy and played
traitor to his friends. The
governor also cursed the attorney
genenal. Peeples could not
take the. insinuations so he jumped
on the governor and! soundly
walloped him. The papers did
not publish an account of the interview
owing to the prominence
of the principals. The drummer
said it was certainly so. He
told this to Henry Collins. Collins
said that since hearing this
he no longer regrets the election
of Peeples."
Cheaper To Buy It
Lancaster News.
Mr. Farmer, sit down and
count the cost and you will find
mat insieuu 01 piannng couon
next year, it will pay you better,
if you are still wedded to the
staple, to buy what you want of ]
this year's cropjit seven or eight m
cents.