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The pageland journalVol. S NO. 46 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDA^ MORNING, AUGUST 4. 1915 $1.00 per year Trading In The Trenches. I War has occasional amenities that modify its horrors, as the following story, told by one of 1' the actors therein, goes to show. e The tale appeared in the?Lon- 8 don Daily News. Its truth is f vouched for by that newspaper: t( A white tlag rose slowly from a a German trench, and moved itself about to attact attention. J British rifles in the trench across the way were at once fixed on it. A hand appeared beneath > the flag. Then came an arm b and a bead, and presently tbeir c owner, a German captain of in^ ^ fantry, clambered from the r trench. He flapped the white c flag, and advanced slowly but r confidently. When he was E twenty yards away, he was E ordered to halt. He did, and a * British officer inquired his business. ( The German answered in per feet English, "I want to have a c few words with you chaos. I J want to ask a favor." i "What are those parcels under 1 your arms, then? What are they 1 for?" im i. i - H uvn i worry aooui mem," ? said the German. He was * warned that rifles covered him. 1 The defenders of the trench * could not risk having explosives < hurled among them. 1 The German captain reached 1 the British trench and jumped ' down. 4 I've come to beg some ( tea,** he explained. "We Ibaven't had a cup of tea for a fortnight. ' been in the business for more than a dozen years in London, in a sho? oh Bond Street.** So they made him welcome, and invited him to have tea with them then and there,?they were just preparing it,?and he stayed, and they all talked of London, and nothing about the war. Afterward, they gave him a pound or two of tea, and he got out of the trench and was returning to his own. A few yards off, he turned back and called out, "Any of you likely to be seeing London shortly?" A soldier replied, "Yes, I expect to go home there on leave in a day or two." "Well, would you mind calling 011 my wife?she's there with our six children?and telling her how you saw me, and that I am unhurt and well? You know how hard it would be for me to get a letter through. She hasn't heard from me." T :ii .L. vci imuiy, x win. vvnai 9 iiic address?" "Number?Holloway Road." "Did vou call?" asked a friend of the soldier, when he related the story here in London. "Of course. It was no trouble. His wife lived next door to my mother in Holloway Road." Telling the Time Midnight is his nickname and although it fits him exactly as far as his color is concerned he is not always pleased to hear someone refer to him by that name. He had been sulking in a corner of the playground for some time the other day when another ? 11 _i . ~ coioreu ooy unuust us uiuck us "himself called out, "Come on over here and play, Midnight." Midnight stared at the speaker a moment and then answered scornfully, "Go 'long you black rascal, you look like fcalf past eleven yourself." Resistance of Russia No Longer Can Endure Warsaw, the goal of the Teuonic armies in the east is being ivacuated by the Russian forces, iccording to advices received rom Laibach, Austria, transmitted through Geneva. German viators returning from observaions over the Polish Capital, eported that the troops of Grand )uke Nicholas could be seen etiring to the eastward. A hundred miles southeast of Varsaw, Austro German cavalry Lave entered Lublin, one of the :hief cities of Poland. The lustro-German military comnandcrs have thus succeeded in :utting the Lublin-Chelm Rail oad, an important line of comnunication, with the Russians nassed between the Vistula and lug Rivers. To the north of Warsaw, the Germans are making a determinid effort to reach Vilna, with the >bject of severing the Warsaw'etrograd Railway and of makng more hazardous the retirenent of the Russian forces in the egion of the Polish Capital. Military operations in the wesern theater were confined to irtillery duels, the explosion of nines and attacks by aeroplanes. German aviators dropped bombs ??' r> ju iuc i'icuv^u iuwas ui vjriavclines, Pol Sur-Mar and Nancy, but according to the French official communication no great damage was done. The British steamship Iberian, of 5,223 tons gross burden, and I.e viand line, carwer? saved but seven, including on< American, are reported to hav< lost their lives. The captain o the Iberian, according to thi report of the American Consu at Queenstown, attempted t< escape and was shelled by tin submarine. The crew was givei time to enter the lifeboats befor< the vessel was torpedoed am sent to the bottom. Germany's reply to the Ameri can note of June 24 regardinj the sinking of the Americai wheat ship William P. Frye by i German commerce raider in th< South Atlantic has been des mo /\*4 4/\ \i7neui?/y4/v? ^aiV/iicu i\s ? aoiuu^iuiii Adti-American outbreaks ar< repotted by travelers arriving a Zurich, Switzerland, to hav< taken place in Berlin. Student are said to have gathered in fron of the American Embassy build ing, hooting and yelling unti dispersed by the police. The Joy of Giving Malviny, who was coal-blacl and weighed upward of tw< hundred pounds, for long ha< coveted a white evening gowi belonging to her employer, i clubwoman in a Southern towr In spite of the fact that th mistress was scarcely half th bulk of the maid, the mail nevertheless dreamed of the da; when that wondrous frocl would come into her possession At what she regarded as th proper moment she approachei the lady on the subject. "Miss Nita," she said, 41 suttinly does wish't you' gimme dat white dress wid d gold spangles on hit, now da you done wore hit out and qui wearin* hit." t4Why, Malvina," said th owner, 44you could't get inside c that gown; you're too large." "Jes* try me?dat's all I astsjes' try me," said Malviny. 44 kin git inside of hit. Yessum, knows I'm fleshy?but I gives.' yaPSffi * __ ? Free Bulletins You Need. 1 - W-g The United States Depart J V mant of Agriculture published f many useful bulletins and fur* Jf nishes them free to -those who 7 ask tor them. Below we give A ,1 list of bulletins that are helpful, h These will be sent to you fof J the asking. A postal card ad-jl' dressed to the Department afflj Washington giving the name l and number of the bulletin you j want will bring it. 1 142. Principles of Nutrition I and Nutritive Value of Food. 11 34. Meats: Composition an^| Cooking. 85. Fish as Food. "% I 128. Eggs and Their Uses as Food.- jj 256. Preparation of Vegeta^jl bles for the Table. ' ^ 3 289. Beans. J 293. Use of Fruit as Food. | 298. Food Value of Corn andU Corn Products. 1 332. Nuts and Their Uses asH Food. [1 363. The Use of Milk an Food. H 553. Popcorn for the Homdfl 610. Honey. ^BH| 375. Care of Food in Home. fcflH 183. Meat on the Fai^^| Butchering, Curing and KeejHj 203. Canned Fruits, Presenriiil and Jellies. j| 359. Canning Vegetables aH the Home. 5 389. Bread and Bread Making^! 391. Economical Use of Mesa in iI^bc. Jm ^Tan^^he^kabbits. ^ g 521. Canning Tomatoes and g in Clnb Work. g 594. Shipping Eggs by Parf eel Post. e 64. Ducks and Geese. 1 154. The Home Fruit Garden: a Preparation and Care. A g 255. TheJ Home VegetabJ i Garden. g 185. Beautifying the Home i Grounds. 474. Use of Paint on the i- Farm. I 607. The Farm Kitchen as a a Workshop. a 270. Modern Conveniences e of the Farm Home. i- 54. Some Common Birds. 609. Bird Houses and How to e Build Them. t 393. Habit-forming Agents, e 450. Some Facts About s Malaria. t 459. House Flies. 449. Rabies or Hydrophobia. 1 473. Tuberculosis. German Newspapers Take Stock of Year's Warfare t Berlin, Aug. 1.?By wireless to 3 Sayville?Among the news items i given out today by the Overseas a News Agency was the follow a ing: i. "Reviewing the first year of e the war, the Berlin newspapers e point out that the territory of the d Central Powers is free from y invaders except for small strips k in Alsace and Gnlicia, while the i. German armies in the West e occupy 53,000 square kilometers d (a kilometer is two-thirds of a mile) including Belgium and the I most valuable part of France. In d addition to this territory the o Aiifitrn.nprmon AIHpc nrpnnu it 150,000 square kilmeters in the it East, including the Governments of Kovno, Sunwalki, Courland, e Ix>mza, Plock, Kalicz, Piotrkow, if Radom and Kielce, as well as large parts of the Governments - of Warsaw and Lublin. The 1 total conquered territory is twice I the area of the Kingdom o uu vaiia* . '? i Monroe Boys in Wheat Fields. ' Monroe, ?uly 29.?There are 9tir Monroe Boys,-Messrs. Joe ^udson, - Morehead Stack, Andrew Monroe and Archie r?irley, in the Southwest help pg the farmers to gather their iheat. It seems, according to ie letters the boys are writing fne, that they have struck up nth something more than the} tended. One of the boys forehead Stacks, the son of exolicitor A. M. Stack, writing ome said: "If I ever get out ol mi* God-forsaken hole, I'll nevei to go to church twice or fcttfay." The boys are running arounc n pairs, Messrs. Hudson anc itack being together and Messrs Monroe and Fairly together Vudrew Monroe wrote recently i good yarn about the way tin rain crews treat the "bos." H< laid that about 15 of them wen ding a little dinky passenge lain one day when the con wctor discovered them and pu em off at a little waysid Btion. Now as the trains di< Bt stop at this little station ex fept when flagged, they were it I predicament. Taking stocl fcey found that in all the crow hey possessed only one littl Bile. Chances were the Ben to see who would buy Hict with this sum and the 1c Hi to Archie Fairley. Afte Egging the train, Archie climl fed'up in the train while the rei Swung on the blinds and th j^st of the secure places thi HfcftrartoUhe he^rt of the h( Mraefirounu and ' secure Archie's little measly 10 cei fare, he broke out in a big laug and ask him how many boj fcrere riding on his ticke Archie replied good-humoredl about 15: The conductor mer klaughed and said "he reckoi he could make his run wit ^that ballast swinging on b lind." Every Summer for the pa ew years there has been a ixodus of Monroe and Unic | county youths for the who ields. But it has been a peci iar thing, the ones who haA >een never go back. Brudder Bill. Dinah had not seen her o iiystress for two or three yeai Slays The Woman's Home Con Panion. "For de lan sake, misi I sure is glad to see you agai How's all de folks?" ? "All just about the same, *ce Bill. You 'members my bru cjer Bill? Well, he sure, hi growed. Lor', missy, you je ought to see him! So big an tall, folks all think for sure 1 am older dan what he is?" ; "Is that so?" "Yas'm, dat's de livin' tru! He sure does look older dj what he is; but he ain't." Trade in War Time. Soon after the war broke ot says the London Telegraph, friend called on an English mt c iant, who did a large Conti e ital business. , "This war must have hit y< ha^d, he ventured. ^Very hard," said the mere atft. "I've over $10,000 own me in Germany, and it's touc ahd-go whether I ever get Pfcnny of it. Still, we've got nn# itf\ titi#Tt orvmoiKinnr 4r\w # f in u\f wiiii ovFiiiciiiiiij; tui i Country." "I'm glad you take it so che< fully," said the friend. "Well, of course there's pre aqd loss in war time. I o^ $18,000 in Germany." or." I / ( Things to do in August 1. Continue cultivation in all < late planted crops, maintaining: a , dust mulch to conserve mois i ture. 2. Go after the weeds every- < where about the farm; don't let i any of them make seed to stock : the place another year. ? 3. Select your seed corn from among: the best stalks and ears, , and plan to have, next year, a . special seed corn patch, r 4. Make the turnip patch rich [ and make an extra big sowing r for fall and winter greens. i 5. Order your clover seed if you did not save them; plant 1 crimson clover in the extreme 1 nrvrtVi^rn *V?^ O?1 A ? liui luciil pail. \J 1 UIC V/UllUll DClla 6. Keep the farm canner ' going: on all surplus fruits and / s vegetables, that grocery bills may , be cut to a minimum next e winter. r 7. Plan now for putting in a l* big fall oat crop; get seed if you * haven't them already. \ 8. Keep up with the opening cotton; see your local banker a about helping you to hold your c, crop if prices are not right, d 9. Watch the livestock, and if e pastures get short supplement n their feed. a 10. Clean up, paint up, repair >t the rotting fences and buildings, r aud put the place to rights for > another year. st 11. Keep up the fight against _ J - - - - ? ie me.s ana mosqunoes ana tnus it avoid doctors' bills.?Progressive >. Farmer. U Wbat to do tor Kod 3pid?T" As the Red Spider has shown h up in several sections of this 's county it is very important that d. you look over your farm and l.y destroy all weeds, such as vioe lets beds, polk weeds, blackberry, Gimpson weed and other h such weeds as grow on old e- hedge rows, and as for the treat ment, pull and burn all infected st plants and spray all plants thai m are adjoining those infected, n Where the insects have iust at started it is best to pull up and 11- burn, but where it has gained e headway it is best to spray aftei ourning an mieciea pianis. l ne spray to us should be potassium sulphite, 3 pounds to 100 gallons Id of water; Also, lime sulphur, Sf one gallon to 30 gallons ol n. water. jy I will assist you as far as posn! sible in the fight on this or any other insect if you will only call pt on me. d- The dry weather at present is as very favorable to the spread o] >st the Red Spider. ,d W. J. Tiller, ie Local-Demonstration Agent Russians Are Clinging To War fe. saw's Fortress. m Warsaw is ready for th< evacuation intimated by th< Russian War Minister in his ad dress in the Duma. For days it, there has been an exodus of th? a population. Factories, Govern sr- ment institutions and hospital n- have been moved and the cit] has hnen strinned of evervthim ? ? ? ? r i ? r 3u that might be of military value to the Teutons. :h- While the situation immediate ig ly before Warsaw is reported h Berlin as unchanged, additions a gains by the forces of th< to Teutonic Allies are claimed b he Berlin along the Narew in th Lomza region and on the re gr- mainder of that front to th< Vistula, before Ivangored and ii >fit numerous sectors in the south we east between the Vistulg and th Bug. The German Success. Charlotte Observer. The Russian disaster at Warsaw need not be taken as a sign of impending defeat for the Allies. It is of immenst encouragement to Germany, but it is in no way decisive, as The Observer said yesterday and it may be the last great victory for the German arms. It might possibly be the climax, the turning point from which German success begins to wane. There are some mighty good memories in the North, and one of these is in possession of the editor of The New York Post. He recalls the tact which will be in appreciaa! 1 # t ? uon oy ^omeaerate readers, that at the close of the first 14 months of the Civil War, "de- i pression throughout the North J was intense; Ball's Bluff had I followed hard upon Bull Run, ^ and the failure of McClellan's A Peninsula campaign had far off- A set the capture of Port Royal and New Orleans, on top of which there came Pope's disastrous campaign in Virginia and the loss of the second Bull Run. The Southern generals had shown their superiority in handling their troops whenever the armies met, and European opinion was as convinced as all Germany is today as to its own Ltiuac, IUUI uuiuiuk LUUIU pic* vent the speedv triumph of the Confederates. But the blockade, and the later Northern strategy based upon the blockade**?and the Forth*s tremendous super- ^ iority in men and resources, proved their undoing. The out- look for the Allies at no time ?to Qettysbiirg, we might say. Becker Pays Price For Deed Of Blood; Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N; Y., July 30.?Charles Becker was put to death in the electric chair here this morning for the killing of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler. The former New York police lieutenant retained his composure and protested his innocence to the last. He went ; to his death with a photograph ' of his wife pinned on his shirt over his heart. Three shocks were given before the prison | physician pronounced Becker ' dead at 5:55 o'clock. ! Becker led the way to his own execution. He sat up all night on the edge of his cot, | calmly talking to Deputy Warden Charles H. Johnson. "I have got to face it," said Becker, "and I am going to * meet it quietly and without trouble to any one." The deputy warden left Becker about an hour before the * time set for the execution and when the priests, Father W. E. Cashin. the nrison nriest. and Father Curry of New York, i came to administer the last rites J they found the condemned man - with his face resting on his hand ? gazing at the prison floor. The s priests remained with him to the end. s / Jonny Made Good. * In instructing a youthful class ' in mathematics the pretty young teacher turned to Johnny Jones. ! "Johnny," she remarked, "can y you tell me what an average is?" {\ "Yes, ma'am," was the prompt response of Johnny, "an average is what a hen lays eggs on." y "What?" exclaimed the amaze ed teacher. "What on earth are i- you talking about?" q "That's right, Miss Mary," .. was the rejoinder of Johnny. , 4,Most everv lesson in our ' 'rithmetic starts off 'if a ben lays e two eges a day on an everage!' ! ?Philadelphia Telegraph.