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Vol. 5 NO. 7 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1914 $1.00 per year
cotton Will Be Allowed To Fass
even To Germany.
Washington, Oct. 25.?Sir Edward
Grey, British Foreign Minister,
has assured the United
States that England will not interfere
with American cotton <
shipments as contraband of war.
Sir Edward's assurance reached
the State Department today
through Ambassador Page, who 1
also reported that the British
ship Camperdoon, laden with
American cotton and products,
had been detained at St. Ornaway,
Scotland, not because of
her manifest, but on account of
a disagreement between her
owners and the charter party.
The newly announced attitude
of the British Government will
permit safe movement of American
cotton to anv point, includ
ing Germany, where a market
may be found. Sir Edward's
statement is construed in some
quarters as meaning also that
there is to be no interferencewith
any noncontraband cargoes
from a neutral country, carried
in neutral ships, even when consigned
directly to a belligerent.
The - British announcement
forestalled action by the State
Department upon a request
made yesterday by Southern
Senators that the belligerents be
asked to give assurances that
shipments of the cotton from the
United States to neutral or belligerent
countries would not be
seized or detained.
Cotton never has been listed
as either absolute or conditional
contraband but some cargoes
have been detained, and certain
marine insurance companies
y? policiesT A fail market for cot- t
ton is said to exist in Germany,
although most of the mills in. <
England and France are closed, i
Germans Are Not Scared 1
Berlin. Oct. 9.?(Correspondence
of the Associated Press). ,
An American, recently arrived
from London, was surprised to
find that the Germans capital
showed less outward changes ,
due to the war than London. He
remarked that there was less
nervous anxiety here which was
evidenced in the fact that Berlin
still shows its usual hla/o of oI*?r
trie lamps at night, while Lon
don, fearing a Zeppelin visit, has
greatly reduced its illumination.
Another cause for comment
was the number of men capable
of doing military dutv still engaged
in their customary work
here. As a matter of fact most
of the military barracks of the
Empire still are well filled with
soldiers who are to receive
further drilling before going to
the front.
Another class of soldiers now
frequently seen on the streets are
the convalescent wounded. The
life ot Berlin, in fact, centers just
nnui oKnnf llwi
as well as the soldier still in the
field. Social life is dominated
by benevolence for him.
The theaters and concerts
halls are all open as usual, but
the attendance is not large. The
war figures largely in the light
musical farces and in the productions
at the variety theaters
and the movinr, picture places
present military films of many
kinds.
The Same Each Day
London, Oct. 25.?Each day is
but a repetition of the previous
clay in the battles being fought
out in West Flanders, Northern
France and Poland between the
Germans and the Allies. One
side gains a little at one point
only to lose at another.
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Chesterfield County Fair.
Nov. 10, 11, 12, 13.
Tuesday, November 10th, will
be opening day at the county
Fair and all exhibits must be
placed, either that day, or the
day before. No exhibit will be
received after Tuesday, 10th.
Wednesday, November 11th,
will be school day, and on this
day there will be a parade of all
the schools in the county, who
wish to participate. A special
prize of $5.00 cash has been offered
by the Fair Association for
the best Float iu the parade.
The parade will form on the
grounds of the Chesterfield High
School at 10 o'clock. Schools
desiring to participate in the parade
should write to, Prof. S. L.
Duckett, Chesterfield, S. C.
Thursday, November 12th, will
be farmer's day. Every iarmer|
in tne county is urged to attend
upon that day, as there will be
an address to the farmers of the
county on that day, by Mr. W.
W. Long, Superintendent of
Farm Extension Work in South
Carolina.
On both Wednesday, 11th, and
Thursday 12th, Mr. Frank J.
Terrill will make "flights in his
Areoplane, a 75 horse power
Curtiss Biplane, flying at the
speed of 75 miles an hour. This
is the first time an Areoplane has
made flights in Chesterfield
county.
The Fair Association has gone
to heavy expense to afford this
free attraction for the benefit ot
those who attend the Fair.
Friday, Novembes 13th, will
be given over entirely to the
colored people, a committee of
he program,, for that day.
The following will have
:harge of the various depart
nents at the county Fair:
Farm Department, Ik J. Dougass.
Boys Corn Club, W.J. Tiller.
Grounds and Buildings, L. II.
Trotti.
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/\rena iwenis, J. A. vveisn.
Poultry, J. \V. Hanna.
Stock, Cattle and Swine, F.
W. Rivers.
Kitchen, Mrs. T. B. Owens.
Fancy Work, Mrs. J.W. Ilanna
School Parade, S. L. Duckett.
Mercantile Parade, Emsley
Armfield.
All those who wish to make
exhibit in the various departments
are requested to confer
with heads of departments, as
above.
C. L. Hunley, Secretary.
10-Cent Cotton Wanted. .
We are authorized to say that,
until January 1, 1915, cotton at
1" cents a pound will be accepted
by Draughon's College in
exchange for tuition at college
or for a Home-Study Course.
Jno. F. Draughon, founder of the
Draughon Colleges and a "booster"
of the buy a bale move
ment, has .-already shown his
faith by his works: he has paid
cash lor one bale. All who have
cotton to sell under the above
proposition should write Draughon's
Practical Business College,
Nashville, Tenn.
Suprising Father
Once upon a time Daughter
found an' old love-letter that father
had written to mother when
they were courting. Daughter
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name to it and mailed it to herself.
Then she showed it to
Father, and he nearly busted a
lung denouncing the dog \vazzled,
ding-busted fat headed idiot
who would dare write such a
mess of sillv, sickly hog-wash to
I any girl.?Kx.
Heroic Rescue of a Child From
a Well
A special to the Charlotte Observer
from Marshville ?ttys:
With a leg which hjjd been 1>roken
the day before when he*fell
from a scaffold an* *.
rib, in addition to the limb, H.
J. Ilolliman, a machinist of this
place, rolled out of his bed today
and in some way managed' to
rescue his wife from a well -into
which she had plunged to save a
neighbor's six-year old son-.
The neighbor's child, Tom
Caudle, fell head downward into
the well, which was not com
pieieci out nad in it eight feet of
water. Mrs. Hcllman saw Jhat
the child would drown fend
jumped after him. At this junc
ture a five-year-old son of Mr.
Holliman ran into the room
where his father lay with his ieg
encased in plaster of Palis and
told him something of what hnd
happened. '(*
Mr. Holliman cannot explain
how he managed to roll out ^of
bed and get to the well, but ^et
there he did, and, crippled as tie
was, got them both out. j
Mrs. Holliman savs thar voting
Caudle was at the bottom of J the
10 foot well, head down, When
she reached him and tloated htpa
to the surface. She was th/en
able to make sufficiently strong
leaps from the bottom of the
well to get air enough to hold
out until her husbapd came. (
It has been hard for the community
to understand how ne
rescue was effected, but opinion
is undivided that both Mr. avid
Mrs. Holliman should receive! a
Carnegie medal. \
Washington, Oct. 2b.?Tpe
second session of the SixjvThird
Congress adjourned yesterday.
It extended from December
1, 1913, to October 24,
1914, and made a record for
length of lime in continuous session,
and important work - done.
The legislation enacted during
the eecond session of the SixtyThird
Congress covered a wide
range and will affect all the
peopie.
Here are some of the important
acts of the second session Of
the Sixty-Third Congress: The
Federal Reserve Act, which revises
the antiquated currency
laws of the United States; the
creation of a Federal Trade
Commission, to suipervisc the
trade practices of the country;
and act to supplement the Shermans
anti-trust law; provision
for a Government railroad in
\laska. for the admission of for
ei^n built ships to American
registry, and the sale of cotton
fdr future delivery.
A dime in the hand is better
than a dollar mark on paper.
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Men Lie Down and Dig Up the
Earth From One Side.
In the reports of the war in
Europe it is frequently stated
that the advance lines of the
armies threw up intrenchments,
and it is difficult for the ordinary
reader to understand how this is
done, for to him anything like a
fortification appears to be a matter
of considerable time and
labor which could not be accomplished
with the enemy raining
shot and shell. What tfiese
protections are and how they are
formed is clearly explained in
the special war issue of the Scientific
American of October 3,
by a military expert in an interesting
story about fortifications
generally.
The advancing line may have
suffered great losses, or the ammunition
may be running low.
At all events it linds itself unable
to gain ground to the front. To
retreat would be fatal. It must
remain where it is?some of the
men find natural cover, but
many must provide artificial protection
from the enemy's rifle
fire. The men are lying down
as flat as they can. To arise,
even to a kneeling position
means death or a disabling
wound. The necessity for cover
under these circumstances caused
men to devise the lying down
trencll, sometimes called the
skirmishers trench. It gives
cover from a rifle fire to a man
lying down but is absolutely no
protection from shrapnel bullets.
The height of the Darnoet should
.not exceed one foot. The trench
itself is about two and a half feet
wide and about six feet long. It
?an be,constructed by one man
Tn"SOfr gTonuxTTTsn-g purraoie intrenching
tools in about 20 min
utes. Under fire, as outlined in
the foregoing, the man being
compelled to remain in the pruned
position, he can mask himself
from view in from 10 to 15 minutes
and complete the trench in
40 to 45 minutes. In this propo
sition, and in view of the small
number of portable intrenching
tools carried by the company,
the man would be obliged to use
his knife bayonet to lot sen the
earth and the cover ot his meat
can to shovel it in front of him.
One of the methods of working
suggested by the text books, is
to dig a trench 18 inches wide as
far back as the knees; roll into it
and dig 12 inches wide along
side of it and down to the feet;
then roll into the socond cut and
extend the first one back to the
feet. This trench was seldom
used in the Manchurian war.
The best that can be said for it is
that men can obtain slight cover
under a hot fire with a minimum
of casulties because it involves
less digging, and they are partially
protected from the very beginning
of the work.
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Esau Quits the Job.
Esau was in the act of reach
ing for the fattest rooster on the
perch when his employer, who
had been waiting for his opportunity,
and who was a ventriloquist,
made the rooster say:
"Turn thjit leg loose." Esau
complied instantly. The next
morning he tendered his resignation
as man-of-all-work about
the place.
"Why, Esau," said his employer,
"don't you like this place?
Haven't we treated you well?"
"Oh, yes sah, dis am a good
place; but ah wants to get a job
closer to where mah ole woman
works."
Just then the rooster came
walking around the corner of
the house.
"An' sav, Boss, ef dat rooster
say anything about me arter
Ahse gone, ah wants you to
know it am a lie."?Ex.
Early Judgment.
Ir a southern county of. Missouri
years ago, when the form
of questioning was slightly different
from now, much trouble
was experieuced in getting a
jury in a murder trial.
Finally an old fellow answered
every question satisfactorily;
he had no prejudices, was not
opposed to capital punishment,
and was generally considered a
valuable find. Then the prosecutor
said solemnly:
"Juror, look upon the prisoner;
prisoner, look upon the juror."
The old man adjusted his
spectacles and peered at the
prisoner for a full half minute.
Then, turning to the court, he
said:
.. ? - r ? - V ? f- * +relieve
he's guilty.'
George Washington was very 1
small, very black, and very new
to the life of the public school :
which he had just entered. His :
family had emigrated to the city
from some unknown wilderness,
and the officials of the school
beard had discovered little
George, and brought him into
line with the prospects of a
higher education. It was his
first day, and the teacher was
trying to make him feel at
home.
"And so your name is George
Washington," said the teacher.
"Yessum. Jorge Washin'ton."
"And I suppose you try to be
as much like him as a little boy
can, don't you?"
"Lak who, ma'am?" peering
inquiringly about the room.
"Like George Washington, of
course."
The youngster looked puzzled.
"Ah kain't help bein' lak Jorge
Washin'ton," he replied stoiftly,
"cos tha's who Ah am."
A youg lady took down the
receiver of the telephone one
day and discovered that the
party line was in use.
"I've Just put on a pan of
beans for dinner," she heard one
woman complacently inform the
other.
She hung: up the receiver and
waited for the conversation to
end. Upon returning: to the
telephone she found the woman
still talking. Three times she
waited, and then at last, becoming:
exasperated, she broke into
the conversation:
"Madam, I smell vour beans
burning" she announced crisply.
A horrified scream greeted the
remark, and the young lady was
able to put in her call.?Ex.
It takes a city man to figure
out a fortune from raising chickens,
but his figures are apt to go
wrong because bens are not
mathematicians.
Destroy the Flies Now
This is the time of the year
when the most effectual work
against the fly may be done.
Destroy the breeding places, and
kill the flies off, and do not allow
them to become stow-aways in
your nome.
The following facts about the
fly were written by Eugene
Thwing:
This busy, buzzing little beast,
the common house fly, is the
most dangerous and deadly wild
animal in all the world. More
persons are killed by it every
year than all the other poisonous
insects, all the snakes, and all the
beasts of prey combined. More
persons fall victim each year to
the common house fly than are
killed on all the fields of battle
throughout the world. The fearful
carnage now being wrought
by the armies of Europe in the
greater war the world has ever
seen is not as wide nor wholesale
a devastation as that which
is being inflicted upon mankind
by the little black house fly and
his myriads of tin}- comrades-in
arms, as they invade the homes
of rich and poor, where no bugles
are sounded for the charge
and no flags announce their regiments.
Capture one of the most insingificant
looking flies buzzing
around your baby's head as she
lies sleeping, put the fly under a
microscope, and at once its character
is revealed. You can hardly
refrain from starting back in
horror at the thought that your
baby is constantly being attacked
by so terrible a beast. Each
foot of the fly is covered with
j claws and little sticky hairs. You
ffy*^r^ontiiTifalIy "Tu bhi^r ii]>??
feet together. He does this to
scrane off everything thnt nH.
heres to his feet and legs. These
sticky feet are loaded with germs
and microbes deadlier than bullets,
and the fly industriously
wipes them off on your baby's
face or on your food.
Flies feed on filth. Thev
flourish only where refuse or
filth of some kind exists. They
bring typhoid germs from sewage
and deposit them in the
home. Intestinal diseases which
afflict so many thousands of persons
come from the feet of the
nouse ny, as tliev bring the poisonus
germs and microbes in
direct contact with their human
victims. Carefully prepared
statistics of the United States
Department of Agriculture show
that the house fly, the ever present,
industrious pest, has been
proven guiliy of carrying the
bacilli of typhoid, summer diarrhoea,
Asiatic cholera, tuberculosis
and the bacillus of green pus;
and he is charged with spreading
gangrene, bubonic plague and
opthalmia (sore eyes). Every fly
is a potential agent of infection
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"Behold, how great a
matter a little fire kindleth."
Man made the fly by carelessness
in the disposal of filth.
Flies inhabit the dwelling places
of man, finding more to encourage
them than to discourage.
Now man must unmake the fly.
The place to "swat" the fly is
at his source, his breeding place.
Father of 25 Meets President
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Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 2-.?President
Wilson today congratulated
J. E. Duckworth, a North Caro nAimtniiinor
AO lltC rOPAnl
as the father of 25 children and
for having voted the Democratic
ticket for 65 years. Mr. Duckworth,
who had never seen a
president before, was introduced
to Mr. Wilson by Senator Overman.
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