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/ ; Vol. 5 NO. 27 ONE KILLED AND FIVE g WOUNDED cl Pistol Battle Waged on Streets of Pageland Causes Death and Many Wounds. b Probably the most deplorable a tragedy in the annals of Chester- n field county occurred here last ^ Friday afternoon when a pistol batfie raged for several minutes I near the magistrate's office on I" McGregor street as a result of 11 trouble growing out of a trial of j1 minor importance which had just been dismissed in the Magis s! trate's court. J. Wesley Arant r! was instantly killed; J. D. Wal- " lace and Jesse M. Vrant were , seriously wounded in the abdo men; Arthur West received four ^ bullets in his limbs; Sheppard ei West was shot through the thigh, and John E. Robertson was shot in the arm. ? All of the participants in the s' tight were citizens of the Five N fit-- . n i-vniva sctiiuH Ul IIIO OOliniV nT1 (! they.had gathered here to attend a trial in the magistrate's court u in which Frank West was accused of breaking a labor contract with Mrs. Wincey Threatt, sister of thd Arant brothers. The trial 1' had been dismissed a short while l\ when a fisticuff arose near the office of the magistrate. A shot ,l was, fired and instantly half a ^ dozen or more pistols were . whipped out a id the firing began 1 in earnest. J. Wesley Arant fell ? dead with a bullet hole through the httlOQ- an/t huoH. I O I SI ^?TT.?rvTlTlace.dropped when he was shot throuah the abdomen; J. M. a flesh wound in l> very dangerous ^^^^^^B^bdoi|^n^Arthur 1 1 ur i ni" ' f W " W MLv-t PA un about 8:30 o'clock anil con lulled about 4 o'clock Saturday torning. A number of witncss5 were examined and Prs. loore, Gantt and I. S. launder urk made a post mortem exmination ol tlie body to deter line the nature of the wound hich caused Ids death I? wis Hind thai n ha!! had shattered le *>th rih on the i i?<hi side, assed through the lungs and unit and out between the 1th n<t 5th ribs on the left side: A all was found just under the <in between the 6th and 7th bsoti the left sidt and this gave se to a divcrs'.t.v of opinions, die doctors decided, however, lat two bullets were shot from le same gun and that tliey n tor/\? 1 # * K - v . ?*? ?v ?* 1 ^ A lUCICU ill lilt; JVtUJIC DIM iverged near thy middle of the ody, one passing out and the titer lodging just under the (in. The jurv returned a erdict that he came to his death y a rifle shot wound in the ards of Sheppard Wist. West as arrested Saturday' morning nd lodged in the Chestt rfield til. The body of J. \Y. Arant was nrried home early Satui\lay joining and laid to rest in the tve hoiks cemetery Saturday flernoon about 1 o'clock, serviL'S being conducted by Rev. Ir. White, pastor at Five Forks. Ir. Arant was about 2S years Id, and was the eldest son of irs. Charlotte Arant. lie is .irvived by his wife and 4 childi3n. The prelem.in.try hearing has een set for It) i/eloe^^^^iv, the the GELAND, S. C., WEDNE&H Union. County's Dor.: Law. I Monroe In ion county has a dog hiw-4BH ; one with teeth, too?but the teeog^j| nave not been used. No, it \vtfH| not missed by the I^gishitutfittHj which adjourned hist TuesdajfiraH It has been on the statutefor twoyesirs, it being passed bl^ga tile Legislature of 1913. . Tin Union county dog law will tjSB| Public 1?H| jcal Law s of North Parolinh. se^BB I sion of 1913. The law provi}lc9Rfl j for the annual levy and coIlM^Ks tion of one dollar tax for evetrojfc! joule dog and two dollars jfEyn j every female dog. It makcS^&Mj duly >f everv li t taker enquire about the number JHSjj dogs the tax payer owns and{flS(9 ascertain tlie number and entfl^H lliem foi taxation, and toexpla^^K ! lo the tax payer how ranch i will have to he paid011 each Jogjog and that auv person wishing (dWj n'i t'av dog tax canJH be relieved of i^ hy killing J dog within len da^judtei die si^m j tine of the list taker. v [ ailure tnjM i list a dog for taxati'$;k,p|" kiliinWf ! it, as the law provides;*!is a ! demeanor and the pu.oiMunent'j^K I at the discretion of live courflBgj i In- slivriif is leipiired to givjjH j icceipts for dog tax. The clerjHj to the hoard of counl> coinmlwwBj sioners is reciuired to enter upQtt&l the lax hook the amount ol tajjMK to he paid on does and there is tifl j be on the lax book ;r sepei dfSHn i column for the doc tax. Ttraifl j sheriff can collect the do<j tax IvgH clist.ess, that is, he can sell ever$H| piece of property the dog owcvr^ J possesses to collect it, ju0/^EH jean sell ntoimi tv for th ' Eflpp m 111? I Bill?I ? II ! I I I NING, MARCH 17, BPKin't Afford to Buy Feed gBSHgl' Seven-cent Cotton. l'acmor BHHm n^iso in acreage sown nd wheat in (he Cotton equalled about 10 ot last year's eot'on (')wing to the unfavorSEbonditions !<?r growth iast R?w-lftlen'\ss of seeding and ''i win mk&yr, h'considerable part _ ?a npi! to cotton this spring. I will cannot aflord to hel of oats or corn, nor jjjniv, with tin; money from tile IVI5 cotton lis not only means that ithern farmer should [he feeds needed for his but that he should also tugh oafs, corn and hay the towns and cities of ffpkwili. Kverv dollar sent out ^milh next fall and winter aid and feedstuff's that PmVe been grown or proon Southern farms will ^H} the South just that much and reduce by just that l^^he ready cash available - iwaMrwamMMBraHDManBaMBMBBM 1915 More About Compulsory Education. Mr. Editor?As to compulsory education in our school district we desire to say that the requirements arc only 4 months in the year, i ncn mere is provision in the law for all cases where chikircn are really needed at horn" to help make support, i Then, loo, there are exceptions h take a ; to the child who is not in a rasonahle distance (a given idi ianr?a to the school building, i The enforcement of this law is lef with the trustees, men who ikro.v all the circumstances in leach individual case, and in the | exercise of their duty thev will not he oppressive? on any family. (The Jaw is for the parent who I won't and not for one who sim; ply docs not send to school, for sometimes they possibly can't. If >ve do not put this law into effect by June an election will lived to he held In hniro it \rr?ted in. Now <s the best time. Even if it i; thought we do not need it no .v, let's sign the petition, then if over we need the law in effect we will have it. Remember patriotic citizens that the ones who need it will not work it lip. We who don't need it must have enough interest in the child ; whose misfortune it is not to he sent to school to work for him. ! Let's everybody speak at once in 'next issue, talk it up for the sake i of the litile boy who when grown j will have to make his mark inj stead of signing his name unless ! we who don't need the law for | ourselves t iki; the initiative in i *1.:- * i _ - ^ ~ uiibv immei.?i urottgho^t bparItanburg county mass meetings ! held it\ the interest of HHnMntfHHclTooi districts a ? --1r Uod?evs inai ! > l 1^ L $1.00 per year Common Sense. Longfellcr could take a worthless piece of paper and write a poem on it and make it worth $(>5,000?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 States 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 SI, 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 $L?that's business. A wo man could purchase a hat for 75c but prefers one worth S27?that's foolishness. A ditch digger handles several tons of earth for Si.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 a year's subscription tov TIIE J Oil K N AL?that's t o m mon sense. Try it Yourself. 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 he disposed of the mules as follows: One-half