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the PageiSisid joiirnac Vol. 9 NO.12 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1914 $1.00 per year <berm?ns Sustain Heavy Losses. London; ftov. 29.?9:55 p. iri. ?Latest official Russian announcements still claim ad van tage in the fighting in Northern Poland, but depreciate exaggerated reports of their successes. Germany declares officially that the Russian attacks have been repulsed and that German counterattacks Have bepn successful. The German Emperor has joined Field Marshal von Hindenburg in the East to offer his advice and to encourage his troops. Rnormotis losses have been inflicted on the Germans, according to the Russian statement Hut ho ideation is niade of the caplure of German divisions, so freely claimed by the Petrograd correspondents of London and Paris papers. Sotiie days mtist elapse before this battle, which promises to bto^e ihfe tn^st, decisive of the war; is concluded, bo far, all that is definitely known is that t^e Cefmah acivanch has been stopped. 5ome 01 die Gerrtlatl troops have been partly or whol ly surrounded but they still are hghtihg stubbornly to break their way through the Russian lines, apparently to the northward, where they hope to join reinforcements from Thorn. In the battle before Cracow the Russians claim decisive sue CeSs* t)uring the last week they took 3040O0 prisoners In that refcioni which is taken in Petrojjrad to rpean that Cracow will not bar the Russian advance in Silesia from the South but that, with the Austrian army beaten, it wilLbe necessary only to mask The Russians also announce success on the Austrian side of the Carpathians and against the Turks in the Caucusus, although in both regions the worst of weather has prevailed. In the west, the Germans, although making an occasional infantry attack, seem content at present to bombard the allied positions with somewhat lighter guns than they have been using. This may mean either that they are troops and artillery to the east or ihai they are preparing a new attack against the Alies. - Death Of Mr. A C Guy. Mr. A. C. Guy died last Saturdav niaht oftor on ;il~ ? n... h?vi u t iiuicsa ui about two weeks at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. A. L. White. About fifteen vears ago Mr. Guy moved from Chesterfield to Elba, Ala., but came out to spend the summer and fall with his children, relatives and friends. When he left Chesterfield to go to Alabama, there was genuine regret on the part of every one. Mr. Guy was in his 75th year and he was a splendid Christian gentleman in every sense of the word. The funpral cprvi^oc ? two nuic conducted at Shiloh church Monday morning: by Revs. J. R. Millard and J. L. Tyler. Mr. Guy was a mason and he was laid to rest with masonic honors.?Chesterfield Advertiser "Yes," said Mrs. Scraggs across the fence, "we've changed all our old bed room furniture. We gave away the black walnut stuff and put in mahogany dressers and brass beds." "Single beds?" inquired Mrs. Baggs. "Yes; they're ever so much more convenient. When my husband hides under on<> of them I can reach him with a broom.'\?Cleveland Plain Dealer. .. I' -\?C' - r : " . "Stonewall's" Most Important Order. Perhaps the most important ( order that "Stonewall" Jackson , ever issued?certainly the most i vital to himself?is not in the of- I ficial war records. The order 1 Was given in person to a Northern artillery officer as he stood ] in full uniform* ready for battle beside his gun, and? strangest of all!?was at once executed by < him, with the result that the bat- , tie was lost by the Union arms. , It was on a spring morning in 1862 just before the battle of Port Republic. Jackson, in advance of his troops with only a j single escort, galloped across the i bridge, over the Shenandoah i River into the town, which stood ] on the east bank. Learning that ? the army of General Shields was < still a good many miles away, ; and confident that his own troops would be in possession j long before the enemy, he rode to a residence at the farther end ( of the village, where he spent < neatly an horn' . But meantime the erier&ettc Shields?who Jackson later declared to be his most formidable oppoiient?bad thrust forward a small, swift column to occupy Port Republic, seize the bridge and halt Jackson's advance. So i (rapidly did it move that it gain- ( ed both objects without firing a shot. More than that, Jackson was a prisoner?if anyone had known it! Jackson, in utter ignorance of the disastrous charge, mounted horse, and ambled down the mam street to the bridge. What was the astonishment to see busi?y throwing -tfp intrench- ' ment and fortifications. Planted on a little knoll that corm manded the bridge and its approaches, was a formidable field gun. Fortunateb' for Jackson, the recent campaigns up and down the valleys had faded both blue | and grey into a nondescript drab. As Jackson sat on his horse and watch the busv scene. he formed his plans swiftly. He must not go back; he must cross that bridge; that was his only chance. It was the frowning field gun that he feared. Fie must put it out of commission long enough to get beyond its range. Throwing up his hand to attract attention, he shouted to the officer in command of the gun: "What are you doing with lint (run im 1 - ...... ftvt.i nf/ uicic.r i uuin i order it there and I don't want it there!" There was authority and petulance in his voice as he! added, "Limber up, and run it over on that knoh over there!" The officer at the gun, thinking that he had to deal with some superior officer recently arrived, hastened to obey without question, explaining in self defense that he had understood his orders otherwise. Sitting on Little Sorrel while the Federal troops worked busily about him, Jackson calmly waited until the gun was lumbering off to its new position. Then he rode quietly across the bridge, and up the other hank until he<vas well out of musket range. Then he turned, waved i his hand to the astonished Fed erals, and putting spurs to his horse, galloped away from the rain of bullets that pattered harmlessly in the rear. Had he been captured, the Confederate victory at Port Republic which he won a few hours later would * not have happened; the'able and ' energetic Shields would have i defeated his troops, stunned by his loss. I' Mahjr Pardons Granted Governor Bleasc late WedtiQB-1 driy granted pardons, paroles oj commutation > to tot prisoners then serving sentences in the South Carolina penitentiary or in the county convict squads.* There will be fewer than 50 prisoners in the. State prison at Columbia. Clemency now lias been expended iq 1,430 prisoners by the Governor since he asstfnted the office in January, 1911. His sec ond term as the State's Chief Executive will expire January 12, 1915. i Included in the list of prisoner^ released were 16 serving lite sentences for murder, 31 sentenced io from two to 39 years imprisonment for manslaughter, and 54 serving terms for minor offenses. f)ne miin rnnvirtpH of irmrrtor unci sentenced to be electrocuted was given a commutation to five years imprisonment. Fifty-four of the number given clemency are white men. Fortysix are negfoes and one Indian A Simple Prayer. Homer Mckee in i\ P. A. Magazine. Teach me that 60 minutes make one hour, 16 ounces one pound,- and 100 cents one dollar. Help me io live so that 1 call lie down at night with a dear , conscience, without a gun under my pillow? and unhuunted by the faces of those to whom I have brought paid, Grant, I beseech Thee* that I may earn my meal ticket on the square, and in doing thereof that I may not stick the grrff where it does not-b^long. ' Deafen jneJ^to the jingle ofij fainted money and the rusile" oi'i unholy skirts. Blind me to the faults of the other fellow, but reveal to me mine owti. Guide me so that each night when I look across the dinner table at my wife who has been a blessing to me, I will have nothing to conceal. Keep me young enough to laugh with my children and to lose myself in their play. And then when comes the sinell of flowers, and the tread of soft steps, and the crushing of the hearse's wheels in the grave out in tront of my place, make the ceremony short and the epitaph simple; "HERE LIES A MAN." Big Job For Gregory The Kershaw Era has the following to say of conditions in Kershaw and the task before Policeman Gregory, who recently moved from Pegeland to Kershaw: Policeman Gregory will do the town a great favor if he succeeds in ridding it of the blind tiger pest. It is not always prac tical to give the concrete evidence cf the sale but the facts are patent tnat whiskey is flowing too freely here. The people who usually patronize blind tigers can ill afford to spc.i J money tor such rot in times liLe these And then the whiskey tiger is not wanted in the community. Explains Itself Stanley, N. C., Nov. 26.?Lorn at Lucas, Gaston county, on Thanksgiving night to Mr. and Mrs. Dan F. Little a son. All parties doing well, except Dan. Yours truly Dan Little. Doctor?"You have a bad case r>f gout. The best course for vou is to take no wine, no beer, no alcohol in anv form, no cigars ?" Patient?"Hold on, (loetor: what's next best?"?Kx, Another Battle at Waxhaw ^JUxhaw Enterprise. rousing rough and tumble figpt was pulled off on the streets Of J Waxhaw between two militant sons of Ham Monday morniutf, the performers being John Simmons and Rob Montgomery. Ripb Owed John a certain sum of money for the "building of a cltfmney and these being hard ti;pies John naturally wanted wliat was coming to him. l&erefore, John decided that the best wav to get it was to ask for 'V So lie approached Rob in front of the A. W. Ileath Co. store and requested the cash. H? made Rob mad because he didn't like to be dunned on the st?;eet. Then John let fly a huge b<iulder at Rob's. dome. The rc|:k went wild and the boys clijnched. After some lively scuffling they fell to the ground with John on top. Having this advantage In position John put one hand about Rob's throat and slugged him savagely with his fist. Under this condition Rob soon called for the calf rope, Shoftly after the fight Rob's face looked like he had gone through a wasp nest. Yesterday morning hostilities between the beligerents were renewed with much more serious consequences. Early in the UnK onmn to frvtim uii 7 ?.aiiiv. iv/ iv/ (t 11 aillicu I with artillery. While perambulating the streets and yearning fdr the sweetness of revenge he carrie face to face with his hated tfnemy, John Simmons, in front ^LMf. J. L. Rodman's office. fcy on bis shoulder Wtobhad a thirty-eight in his pocket. Without exchange Of greetings both sides prepared for the battle. Rob pulled his pistol and began to fire while John waded in with his pick John got shot twice, one bullet taking effect in the left breast and the other in the right leg. Neither wound is considered fatal. Rob received a heavy blow from the pick on cranium. After the clash John withdrew from the battle and sought reinforcements in the shape of a shot gun. Rob reloaded his revolver on the battle ground and began his retreat through town. John made a vigorous pursuit, but neutral powers intercepted him and held in check while Rob, without interruption, walked out of town, carrying his pistol in his hand. John's wounds were dressed by Dr. Thomas E. Craig. Rob's < whereabouts are unknown. "J can't stay long," said the : chairman of the committee from ; the colored church. "I just came t5 see if yo' wouldn' join de mission band." ? "Fo' de lan' sakes, honey," replied the old mammv, "doan' come to me! I can't even play a mouforgan." Two college students were arraigned before the magistrate charged with hurdling the low onAt. .1 1 ojajis 111 mc ruiui in uieir motor car. "Have von a lawyer?" asked the magistrate. "We're not going to have any lawyer," answered the elder of the students. We've decided to tell the truth."?Ex. An insurance agent was filling out an application blank. "Have you ever had annendi citfe?" he asked. "Well," answered the applicant, "I was operated on, but I have never felt quite sure whether it was appendicitis or professional curiosity." -r Concealed Barrel in Load of Wood Ed Decamp, {of Gatfney, j thinks there are farmers who are t about as tricky as the average f town guy, and he says so in the ] following language: t "We have heard a great deal \ of talk in our dav about the ^ "honest farrtief" but it appears ^ to us that the average farmer?s 1 a*>out as tricky as the average 1 city chap. We are acquainted 1 with one farmer who sold us "e several cords of wood and so 1 honey combed it when racking ( ii that a 'possum could have run i throught it in a hundred places. 1 We have heard of another 1 farmer who brought a load of * wood to town with an empty j barrel concealed in the wood t and sold the entire load as wood. 1 We know of another who, rather < than sell his butter at less than t the price he puts on it, will take ^ it home keep it until it becomes * rancid and then mix it with fresh a butter and sell it all as fresh but- ? ter. We know of another who 2 came to Gaffney and bought t *'fat back," took it home and g ground it up into sausage and c sold the mixture for fresh coun- l try sausage. Dbn't talk to us about the heathen Chinese and tricks that are vain. He has his counterpart in the farmer of this v Christian country. But then all v farmers are not of this class, and ( thank God for that." 1 C _ . c Presidents Ejected by Minorities A Philadelphia Ledger ^ One on God's side is a majority... Sa>ld WendelPhilipSj^Lu5J!?UV lv for Amel^JpWHMWTs ma- j jorities are not required, else a pood many of them never would have reached the White House. Pennsylvania's only President, Jas. Buchanan, had nearly 40,000 fewer votes than his competitors. Old Rough and Ready Taylor * landed this job with only 47 per cent of all the ballots cast. Lincoln was a decisive minority President, and he went to the White House with only 40 out t of every 100 voles that were ' polled. Woodrow Wilson got r into ottice by an almost equally slim majority, having a trifle I more than 10 per cent of all tl ballots. s Neither time he was chosen President did Grover Cleveland li have half the voters of the u United States with him. Strange- I* enough, the other time he was nominated and when he was j beaten by Harrison, Cleveland, n although the loser, had the v greater number of votes by ]< nearly 100,000. S Hence Cleveland won twice r on a minority and lost once with s r% rvl 1? fn llitr u K'UIUIIIJ. Tilden had not only more votes than Hays, but more than all his competitors combined, yet he wasn't President. Garfield > like Hayes, was a minority win- c ner. There seems to be as great c luck in a minority as in the di- r vine right of majorities. "Where does Miss DeMar get her complexion?" "It's a gift. w Her sister married a druggist."? Ex. 1 When a married woman goos t forth to look after her rights, her husband stays at home and nur- < ses his wrongs.?Life. "You think that man has more ^ money than brains?" "Yes," rpnliprl Mice PoirannA. ? .1 I 1 r - V/UJ tunc, <11J VI l ] don't believe he has mach i money, at that."?Ex. I Shut Up About Hard Times It is really disgusting to hear >eople talk about hard times in his day when crops are plentiiil and peace reigns o'er the and. One has to go back to the period from 1865 to 1875 to realze what hard times are. The vriter well remembers when it ,vas a rare thing to have "wheat 5read" except on Sunday mornng for breakfast. Parched corn 'ye and and wheat were a subititute for coffee in many homes, ind this was sweetened with nolasses. The clothes of the children were in most cases nade from the worn-out garnents of the grown folks. One >air of shoes was all anyone ev;r had during the entire year, md they were of the coarsest cind. The children of twohirHs Of tllo foniilino ASA iv 1UII1I11VO U1U 1IU1 enow what money looked like )r what it was used for. Condiions in those days were far ,vorse than they are today, and t may be because we were mail but really we did not hear inything like the complaint tbout hard times that we hear hese days. We are a set of inmates and should be ashamed of mrselves that we are so thankess.?Gaffney Ledger. The literal minded foreigner vho had been touring the United States for weeks breathed a sigh >f relief as he stepped off the rain in Boston, relates the Philidelphia Ledger. His face was vreathed in smiles as he walked ip to a ragged, dirty urchin and aid: "Vf.. t:??u T -- i?i_y jiiiiic UlUli, 1 W1S1I IU US- _ :cffai5~^<1ri6^ocalitl*B^hhh68k*eJl lostelry in your municipality, ind also I shall consider it an deemosynary action on your >art if you will furnish me with nstructions as the most expediious method of reaching it." "G'wan,' said the boy. "Yuh jotta mouth full of teeth. Ask lh cop." Mt. Croghan R. 1. Items Prayer services will he held at he home of Mr. W. A. Steen, Tuesday night, who is very seiously afflicted. Miss Sue Sellers, of near Cross loads church, is at this writing bought to be improving. She uffered a stroke of paralysis bout 8 months n<*o. with no n? ief until a few days ago- She 3 under treatment of Dr. K. M. >Je\vsom of Ruby. Mr. B. B. Steen will fill Rev. . D. Purvis' regular appointment at Cross Roads next Satirday and Sunday and at Bcthihem at 3 o'clock the second lunday. Rev. J. D. Purvis has eturned for a few month's chool at Wake Forest college. News Notes From Route 1 Prayer meeting at Salem on Wednesday night has been discontinued, tor a time at least. Mr. J. F. Richardson visited >ld schoolmates, friends and elatives at Matthews last week. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Phillips ind Mr. W. F. Phillips spent >unday in Charlotte. Mrs. Mattie and Miss Annie .ee Lovvry, of Altan, spent rhanksgiving in this communiy Preaching at Mt. Moriah next Saturday and Sunday. J. L. Griggs is still suffering ,vith that sore foot. Leek Brewer, colored, is in a lospital in Charlotte where he ecently underwent an operation or rupture. (?.