The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, March 17, 1915, Image 1
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the PagelVd Journal
Vol. 5 NO. 27 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNEiS HONING, MARCH 17, 1915 $1.00 per year
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VSHE. MLLLU AINU HVt g
WOUNDED C
v r
Pistol Battle Wagged on Streets
of Psgeland Causes Death e
. and Many Wounds.
> t
frobably tb%. most deplorable s
tragedy in the annals of Chester- n
field county o^cutred here last J
Friday afternoon when a pistol
}battle raged for several minutes *
near the magistrate's Office on J
McGregor street as a result of *
trouble growing out of a trial of J
minor importance which , hnd 1
just been dismissed in the Ma^is s
trate's court, J. Wesley Aront r
was instantly killed; J. D. Wal- *
lace and Jesse Nfr. AVaot were J
seriously wounded, in the abdo {
men^Artbur West receiv^J four *
bullets in his limbs; Sheppard
; West was shot through the thigh, ?
and John E. Robertson was allot
in the arm. c
All of the participants in the s
, ^jght were citizens of the Five ?
Fork* ?ectioa of the countv and J
they .had gathered, here to attend
a tfbil in the magistrate's court v
in which Frank West was accus- *
ed of breaking a labor contract 3
with. Mrs. Wincey Threatt, sister
of th^ Arant brothers. The trial c
had been dismissed a short while ^
when a fisticuff arose near the
office of the magistrate. A shot a
was4 fired and instantly half a ^
dozen or more pistols were ^
. whipped out a id the firing began 1
ia earnest. J. Wesley Arant fell c
deaiwith a bullet hole through 1
lite Umg? and "heart; J. I}. Wal-Js
Jflrti ...I...- _1?* ^
en lit; -was isiioi
domen; J. M.
flesll wound in
very, dangerous }
run about 8:30 o'clock and coniluded
about 4 o'clock Saturday
norning. A number of witnessis
were examined" and Drs.
tfoore, Gantt'^ind I. S. Funder
>u?k made a post mortem eximination
ot the body to deternine
the nature of the wound
vnicn caused lus death. It w^s
ound that a ball had shattered
he 9th rib on the right side,
massed through the lungs and
leart and out between the 4th
md 5th. ribs on the'left side: A
>all was found just under the
kin between the 6tii and 7ih
ibs on the leftside and this gave
ise to a diversify, of opinions.
The doctors decided, however,
hat two bullets were shot from
he same gun and that tliey
intered at "4he same place, but
liverged near the tniddle-of the
?oiiy, one passing out and the
>tiier lodging just under the
kin. The jury returned a
verdict that he came to his death
>y a rifle shot wound in the
lands of Sheppnrd West. West
wis arrested Saturday morning
ind lodged in the Chesterfield
ail.
The body of J. \V. Arant was
arried home early Saturday
norning and laid to rest in the
rive Forks cemetery Saturday
ifternoon about 4 o'clock, servi:es
being conducted by Rev.
dr. White, pastor at Five Forks,
dr. Arant was about 28 years
Id, and was the eldest son of
A rc PVlOrlnftn Arnot IJ~
'*iui vuuiivyiit ilUllftlt I It* 19
urvived by his wife and 4 childen.
The prelerainary hearing has
>een s<*t for 10
vhen the
n the
Union County's Dog Law.
Monroe. Enquirer.
Union county has a dog: laufl 9
one with teeth, too?but the te^^BH
have not been used. No, it \\H|
not passed by the LegislattflBB
which adjourned last TuesdflSB
r f It.io kn..r> . 1- ? -4-1.-1
xi una uucii Oil lilt: MUUIIf
for two years, it being passed
the Legislature of 1913. . Tfl B
Union county dftg law wil^JBB
found in chapter 646, Public I^HB
cal Laws of North CafolinS, s^BBj
sion of 1913. The law providjflBS
for the annual?levy and cot^^^B
lion of one dollar tax for
mcjlo rlnnr ??nr1 /lrvllrt?n
> ). tn>f, niiu inw UUIIUT*
every female dog. It make$^^H|
the duty of every list takef-fl^H
enquire about the numbe^JH^H
doirs the tax payer owns and? B
ascertain the uumber and edHH^B
them for taxation, and toexpl|^Hl
to the tax paver how much
will have fo~he paid on each
and that, hay pers^ wishingeJjPlH
be relieved of t\j>e?dog tax dHjfl
be relieved or.&by killing
dog within ten1fa?|^iter ih<? H
ting of the list tatfefc v Fai 1 urejMjfiM
list a dog for taxalilj^pr kiliin&B
it, as the law provid?$?is' a lrfl H
demeanor aqd the pU#ift)}.men^^^H
at the discretion of tiki coi^^Bj
The .sheriff is required to
receipts for dog tax. The cld^^H
to the board of county comnflRn
sioners is required to enter up^^H
the tax book the amount of tX&8|
to be paid on dogs and there isJBlB
be on the tax book ?T sepers|BK5|
column for the dog tax.
sheriff can collect the dog tax 0%
distress, that is, he can sell eveflEfflS
piece oi property me aog ow^njfl
possesses to collect it, gvH
can selljiMiMyor
I't^$ford to Buy Feec
lS<S%en-cent Cotton.
pft?ase in acreage sowr
\d wheat in the Cottor
bxi-1 equalled about J(
KV* *
Jast year's cottor
/XDwing to the unfavor
litions for pro will Ins
r r
BftttE?teness of seeding anc
^^^K)i3d*(e or severe win
considerable par
flHwHs sown were winter
RnpBphie of this winter kill
BnK has been re seeded tc
H&tbut we fear a con
HflHloss in the acreage ir
w8jBpxi$ts, compared witl
Klld have been in oat;
HHMpfrinter-kiiled.
tlt'lt Q iar.ro nor
14 sown to oats last fall,
ere winter-killed, vvil
i to cotton this spring
I be a serious mistake
if it leads to the grow
3 feedstuff in 1915 thai
pmplnted last fall.
[>uth cannot aftord t<
|hel of oats or ec?;i,
lav, with the monei
^from tiie 1915 cottoi
his not onlv niptirtc llv.i
I hern farmer shoulr
V feeds needed for hi:
ut that he should nls<
gh oats, corn and ha:
lie towns and cities o
Every dollar sent on
h next fall and winte
and feedstuffs tha
sbeen grown or pro
Southern farms wil
s .i. : 4u.. * 1
m uic juuui jusi uiui inuci
B^vju^^^ce by just tha
1 More About Compulsory
Education.
Mr. Editor?As to compulsory
1 education in our school district
1 we desire to say that the require*
meets are only 4 months in the
1 year. Then there is provision
' in the law for all cases where
wvuiiui vii 1u(; ICclll\ I1CCUCU Ul
^Thome to help make support.
" Theti, too, there are exceptions
Lrnvjdce as to the child who is not
^Ln a resonable distance (a given
. dis'nnce) to the school building.
^ The enforcement of this law is
left with the trustees, men who
kr ow all the circumstances in
1 each individual case, and in the
1 exercise of their duty they will
5 not be oppressive on any family.
The law is for the parent who
I won't and not for one who simply
does not send to school, for
i sometimes they possibly can't.
If we do not put this law into effort
Ki' luno or* ?.511
-w^? ./J JMHV uu Will
?
. need to be ludd to have it voted
j in. Now is the best time. Even
if it is thought we do not need
> i t no w, let's sign the petition, then
r if ever we need the law in effect
; we will have it. Remember pa1
triotic citizens that the ones who
t need it will not work it up. We
I who don't need it must have
s enough interest in the child
-> whose misfortune it is not to be
1 sent to school to work for him.
[ Let's everybody speak at once in
t next issue, talk it up for the sake
r of the litile boy who when grown
t will have to make his mark instead
of signing his name unless
i we who don't need the law for
1 ourselves' tak<* the initiative in
t this matter. Throughout Spar2
tanburg county mass njfifilinjg
of
nManHoo! pcMi
Common Sense.
Longfeller could take a worthless
piece of paper and write a
poem on it and make it worth
$65,000?that's genius. There
are some men who could write a
few words on a piece of paper
and make it worth $8,000,000?
that's capital. The United Stales
can take an ounce and a quarter
of gold and make it worth $20? ^ v
that's money. A mechanic can
take material worth $5 and make
it into watch springs worth $1,
000?that's skill. There is a man
in Chicago who can take a fifty
cents piece of canvas, paint a
picture on it, and make it worth
$1,000?that's art. A Greek can
take an article worth 75c and sell
it for $1?that's business. A woman
could purchase a hat for 75c
but Drefers one worth S77?that'c
foolishness. A ditch digger handles
several tons of earth for
$1.50 a day?that's labor. The
author of this can write a check
for $9,000,000, but it wouldn't be
worth a dime?that's rough.
There are people who tell vou
, that other papers are as good as
this?that's nerve. Take $1.00
and get p year's subscription tc^
THE JOURNAL?that's com
mon sense.
Try it Yourself.
1 In Missouri, where they raise .
more mules and children than
' in any other place in the world,
a certain resident died possessed
of seventeen mules and three
sons. In his will hft rlisnnsoH of