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Read The ADS. | X HE PAGELAND JOURNAL lReadTheAPS????????r -'^' Vol.6 NO. 46 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1916 $1.00 per year Manhattan Shaken By Myste- ( rious Explosions New York, July 30.?All Manhattan Island, Brooklyn and cit- 1 ies in New lersevwere shaken 1 shortly after 2 o'clock this morn t ing by a terrific explosion. Fran- i tic effort were made by the police to locate the scene of the 1 evident disaster. i ' i "Ko mrvpf rol?nk1/\ r/\vw%?*4 V jl. iiv umvoi l^nauiC lvpui I 1C i ceived up lo 2:30 o'clock was t that the Eagle Oil Works located < on a peainsula extending from t Communipaw, N. J., into New f York Bay, had blown up. s The force of the explosion \ was so great that thousands of ] heavy plate glass windows in 1 office buildings in lower Man- ? hattan and Brooklyn were shat- * tered. Streets for many blocks 1 in the downtown section were j literally strewn with broken ] glass. i Thousands of persons swarm- ' cd into the streets in all parts of 1 the city from buildings, subway , exits and railroad stations, run- , ning about in a panic. Many , women became hysterical. Po- \ lice whistles were blown frantic- , ally, but the police themselves , did not know what it was all < about. , The first explosion was follow ed by a second at 2:39, slightly , less violent but which again , shook all New York and shatter- j ed many more buildings. I Nearly all the fire apparatus | in Brooklyn was called out in , the belief that somewhere in that , part of the city there was a great , -. fir*, hut -no trade of one was to , be found. I Police headquarters in all bor- , oughs received reports of disas , ters of all kinds both on the ] New York and New Jersey side. ] One report was that an oil ship , was blown up near the Statue of ] Liberty. , A report received at 2:40 was j that several carloads of shrapnel j consigned to the Entente Allies , and lying on the Black Tom, , where the Eagle Oil Works are , located, had exploded. So far ] oc lr n/Mtm /* iL/v ? ? uj nuunu ai iuc 11UUI 11U OUC j had been injured. Brooklyn police headquarters , reported that 10 persons had , been killed in an explosion in ] the subway at Washington street ^ and Myrtle avenue but the re j port apparently was unfounded. , Flames which lighted the sky , for miles around apparently are in the Black Tom district, near Commumpaw, which is a part ] of lersey City. The New York telephone company announced at 2:48 that all telephone lines leading from New York to nearby points in ( Jersey City were blown down 4 and communication was almost impossible. Children'* Day at Five Forks Childrens' Day at Five Forks M. E. church on last Saturday, was a great success. The children had been in training for several weeks by painstaking teach ers and under the guidance of ( their efficient Superintendent, ( Mr. John Arant, did credit to , themselves. j After a bountiful dinner, such l as they know how to prepare, they returned to the church i where speeches were made by \ Mr. Rouse, Rev. John W. Elkins and Mr. U. A. McManus. 1 Several from Pageland attend- \ ed the exercises amongst whom < were Rev. and Mrs. I. VV. Elk-1 ins, Mr. and Mrs. Ivd Agerton, Mr. W. 0. Tucker and others. ] One Present. jriggt Writes of the Rains in ( the Mountains Mr. J. L. Griggs, formerly of 'ageland but now of Plumtree, c C., writes The Journal about \ he rain and the damage it did * a - n me mountains: l Just a few lines to let you < mow what is going on ud here 1 n the hill country. We have < tad rain almost continuously for ( he past two weeks, and on last Sunday the Toe river reached ] he danger stage so that many 1 amilies were compelled to de;ert their homes and go higher ip the mountains. The Tar rleel Mica company and the /ance company were forced to tbandon work in the mills as >oth are in the banks of the iver. General uneasiness has been :elt by every class, even those iving high up on the mountain sides. This danger is from land slides. One of these highland residents told me today that if the rains begin to fall again he would desert his home and the country. I expect there is wislom in his dicision. Land slides have been numerous. A dozen Dr more occurred, to my knowledge, Saturday night, the largest af which was right here where I am at the base of the Spear Tops. It broke out about a mile up the mountain and came down , with such force that trees two feet in diameter were uprooted and broken in pieces. One must be familiar with such disasters to realize the force with which they come. There is something pe culiar about them. Yesterday a man toWme h<rfcad seen one burst out as he was standing at the base of the Spear some years ago. He said he heard a rumbling noise like thunder, and looking up the mountain he saw a volume of water and dirt as large as an ordinary house spurt upward high above tbe trees and fall back to earth and roll down the mountain. The damage to crops, dwellings and highways j will ot course run into thousands ] Df dollars here. So far as I have < heard only one person has been ( injured in this immediate section. This one was a woman who ] was struck by a rock or other ] object when the chimney to her , tiouse was knocked down by j timber broken off bv one of the land slides I have already mentioned. She is said to be in a very serious condition. Jas. L. Griggs. Notice to Members of the Counto Executive Committee and AH Others inieresied. Notice is hereby given that the County Executive Committee is called to meet at Chesterfield Court House on Monday, Aug- j jsi /in, nib, ai iu o'clock a. m , * For the purpose of examining the :lub rolls and doing such other things in reference thereto as required by the rules of the Democratic party. All persons interested may ap i oear before the Committee at i he time and place named and 1 :omplain of any irregularities, jrrors etc, and the Committee s will Hear complaints, if anv. as :o names being improperly en- 1 rolled or left off. 1 It is hoped that each club will be represent by it's member of < the Executive Committee. The rules of the party require that the Secretary of the respect- 1 ive clubs shall transmit to the 1 County Chairman the club roll within three (3) days from Julvli 25th. " ~ < M. J. Hough, Countv Chairman, i C. L. Prince, Secretary. < Cotton Buyers Can't Be made to $ Pay License From time to time the matte? >f collecting: license from cotton>uyers arises. Some have said 1* t is lawful, others that it is not? v ion. C. N. Sapp, assistant attor- s ley general, in rendering an a ipinion on this subject for the t >enefit of Winnsboro and Lan-* c raster cites the following section s >f the Code and comments there- } >n: 1 Section 2947, Code of Law of c 1912, Volume 1, provides as foL t ows: 1 "Licenses?Purchase and sale] i >f Cotton Exempt.?Said city or. t own council may, and they are r lereby authorized annually to equiie by ordinance the pay- f nent of such reasonable sums of [c nonev as a license by any per- s ?on or persons, corporation or ? corporotions, engaged or intend- t ng to engage in any calling, s business, occupation or profes- c don, in whole or in part, within \ he limits of said cities or towns, i except those engaged in the call- f ng or profession of teachers or ministers of the gospel. Pro" f rided, that said license shall be c > ran ted according to the gross c income of the persons, firms or \ corporations required to pay i such license, or upon the amount ' )f capital invested in said busi- < aess. They shall have power to] H collect license or taxes from all f [>ersons representing publicity \ within the limits of said city or 1 town, for gain or reward, and c plays or shows of whatever n?u f ture or kind snpver- onH ar%*A t ? ? - ?? www V VI j uuv? OUAVI II :ity or town council are hereby authorized and empowered toj;l jive full force and effect to thisj* I Section and to punish delim, quents thereunder: Provided? *1 that no city, town or village t within this State shall collect t any occupation license or tax i from any person or persons en- c jaged in the busines of buving 2 >r selling cotton in bales or cot- f ton seed in any such city, town < ar village. Nothing herein contained shall ? apply to cities of more than 50,- i )00 population. This Act shall j aot apply to the counties of 1 Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeburg >r Greenville." Mayors and councilmen of iiunicipal corporations have on- j \7 C11 r>Vl lomclntiirn r,/,.../,./, nr* 7 uuvn av^iiiiail W JIUHCI3 il5 mc , specifically delegated to them j iy the legislature, and I am of j he opinion from a construction j if the Section above quoted that ] m ordinance by a town council 1 seeking to impose an occupation icense or tax upon any person j ir persons engaged in the busi- ] less of buying or selling cotton n bales or cotton seed would be < lull and void, as no such power s granted them by the Legisla- j ure, but on the contrary it is specifically provided that they shall not have the right to oxer- ^ :ise such power. , Yours very truly, C. N. SAPP, A A ? - A - ^ - * Assistant Attorney uenerai. Hostess (at party)?Does your ^ nother allow you to have two \ >ieces of pie when you are at tome, Willie? 1 Willie (who has asked for a iccond piece)?No ma'am. 1 "Well, do vou think that she'd ike you to have two pieces lere?" "Oh," confidently, she won't :are. This isn't her pie." "How useless girls are today. [ don't believe they know what ] leedles are for." i How absurd you are, grand- J tna," protested the girl. "Of | course, I know what'needles arc for. They're to make the graph jphone play." y >25,000,000 Damage By Ammunition Explosions and Flames at New York New York, July 30?Property osses estimated at $25,000,000 vere caused earlv today by a eries of terrific explosions of immunilion awaiting shipment o the Entente Allies and stored >n Black Tom island, a small trip of land jutting into New fork Bay off Jersey Citv. The oss of life still was problemati:al tonight. It will not be de ermined definitely until there las been opportunity to check ip the workmen employed on he island and on boats moored learby. The detonations, which were elt in five States, began with a :ontinous rapid-fire of small hells, then the blowing up of jreat quantities of dynamite, rinttoltunine and other exploives, followed by the bursting >f thousands of shrapnel shells vhich literally showered the urroundmg country and waters or many miles around. Fire that started soon after the irst great crash which spread leath and desolation in it wake, lestroyed thirteen of the huge varehouses of the National itorage Company on Black Tom Island, in which were storJ k- ? 4 ? ? ? .u iTiciv,uauuisc vuiucu ueiween U2,000,000 and $15,000,000. The lames, shooting into the clouds, vere reflecting against New fork's "sky line" and towering >ffice buildings, which only a ew moments before were shaken o their, foundations as by an earthquake. Miles of streets in Manhattan were strewn with >roken glass and shattered signs. Early reports of heavy loss of ife were impossible of verit'icaion, and the authorities asserted he number of deaths probably vould be small. It was said that wing to the extent of the wreck ige, it might be several days beore the exact figures could be ibtained. Three are known to be dead ind at least two more are missng. Scores of persons were inured, some of them probably nortally. De Mixup The following was written by Sir. DeWitt Sanders who is now i reporter for the Spartanburg flerald. A copy was mailed to lis mother here: rv_ ?- - 1 - * j>e co n is grow in nugnty las', Oe cotton's all in bloom, \n' tho' de rains keep comin' down Oey don't cast any gloom, B'kasede Good Lawd said to dem: 'Jes' water all de yearth, >o when de harbest time come roun' Oar won't be any dearth." Ob course, de grass is growin', too. But don't you mourn 'bout dat; fes' get yo' hoe an' go, fin' out where mos' de grass is at. Oen dig away between de show ers Until de end ob day, \n' you will fin' de wu'k you do W'ill take vo' grouch away. \n den jes' member dis, mv deah, [t can't rain all de time, \n' God jes' sends de showers to make Oe weather kind o' rhyme. It takes de dnvs.ill f nil ob gloom, ~ .1... .1... ? - k> iiiiiivv i;ic 'miii st'nn \n* somehow he jes' mixes up [)e rain and sunshine light, w'hv, I>lesj vo' livid' soul, my chile, It's jes like dat in life; Dar's sunshine all aroun' one day, De next is full oh strife. De flower garden when it rains Will smell de mos' like musk, \n' dar you'll fin' de sweetest rest When comes the ebening dusk. Don't Borrow Your* Neighbor's I Paper Brownvlllc Bugle. I There are still quite a few important persons in Brownville j and vicinity who are not reading the Bugle, or who, if they are . reading it, are doing so at the 1 expense of some one else. If ! such be the case, let them take ! warning from the following dis ] tressful tale which we have clip- , ped from the editorial laments of a brother editor. There's a moral to the tale which the read- ' er will discover in due time. Read on: i We once knew a man who i was too stingy to take the news , paper in his home town and al ways sent over to borrow his neighbor's paper. ' One evening he sent his son over to borrow the paper and i while the son was on the way , he ran into a large stand of bees and in a few minutes his face looked like a summer squash. Hearing the agonized cries of 1 the son, the father ran to his asaistance, and in doing so ran in- ] to a barbed wire fence, cutting : out a handful of flesh from his anatomy and ruining a $4 pair , of trousers. j The old cow took advantage of the hole in the fence, got into ; the corn field and killed herself i eating green corn. Hearing the racket, the stingy man's wife ran out of the house, upsetting a four-gallon churn full of cream into a basket of kittens, drown ing the whole flock. She slipped on the cream and fell downstairs, breaking her leg and a $19 set of false teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled thru the snill ed cream into the parlor and ruined a $40 carpet.^ During the excitement the daught er eloped with the hired man, taking the family savings with them. 1 The moral is that every man 1 should be a subscriber to his home newspaper. Value of a Smile. Some one has said that a smile is the cheapest thing you can wear. It is, and yet it is your most valuable possession. . Nothing else is more becoming. It suits every complexion. No matter how rich your clothes may be, they are ill-fitting un less your face wears a smile. Even though your clothes be plain, they take on a richness and a beauty that attracts when the tace wears a happy smile. Smile, for even though your face be fair it will be fairer still if it wears a smile. Smile, because it will make vour own road easier, and will help those you meet. If vou smile, you will feel ihe stones iess and see few thorns. If you smile, the fellow you meet?the one who is discouraged and blue?will begin to see more of the roses by the way. Smile, because it is good for the health. No one can be completely healthy who wears a frown. In the world there is no 1 medicine as good as a smile. It is contagious?your smile. Oth- 1 ers "catch it" and still others 1 "catch it" from them. Nothing ' multiplies quite so fast as a smile. Start one, and see others quickly sian. Would you crush the rose that ! is worn over the heart of a hap- 1 py stranger or friend? Then 1 don't frown! For ftowns are crushing things. Smile, and that ' rose so happilv worn will shed even greater beauty and glory. "Smile a while, and while you smile another smiles, and soon there are just miles and miles of , smiles!" If you've never cultivated the smiling habit, start it today. That's right, smile!?Grit, Snakes and Strange Birds in Union Monroe Knquirer. Following the storm of the L4th instant, Mr. Banks McCain, Df the Walkersville community in Jackson townstiip, within about a mile of Wilson's Old Store, found p stormy petrel that liad evidently gone out of his usual range. The bird was dead when discoyered. The stormy petrel is an inhabitant of the salt waters and mostly seen in the midst of the worst storms, hence their name. There is a legend among sailors that these birds cause the storms, as they are seldom seen except in stormy weather. A bird of this type has never been reported in Union county. It was about the size of a half grown chicken. A number of Union county boys have returned home from Hopewell, Va., and report that the recently thriving powder and munition city is the "deadest" town in tne country. Hundreds of men have been laid off for indefinite periods. Rumor has it that the company has lost'a 5190,000,000 order from the entente allies in Europe. Mr. S. A. Lathan, of Buford township, killed and old mother moccasin and her young ones, ninety snakes in all, a few days ago. The old snake was as large as a man's arm?a good sized arm, too, and weighed ten and half pounds. "The Only Respectable Disease Is Old A?e"^ Dr. Harvey W. Wiley speak in Kansas <jity recently said that old age is the only respectable disease to die of. "Hardly one hundred of you here to night will die of old age," Doctor Wiley said, "the only respectable disease of which man may die. The rest of you are going to die before your time. "1 mean it. You men are burning yourselves up with tobacco and with business cares. You women are trying to shorten you. liyes by drinking tea, dancing the tango and playing bridge. "Diseases that could be avoided are going to carry you off. You wait for an ache before you go to the dentist. You ought to go twice a year. The dentist will find a cavity or he will prevent one fcom coming. Every tooth is worth .51,000. "The average life is 14 years. Why, a man is just getting into his best years then. Just getting: where he can pay back a little interest on the investment he has cost. It is not unreasonable that the average life should be advanced to 88 years." One Editor Doubts Another J. N. Strickland, editor of the Cheraw Chronicle, has a peach tree and an apple tree growing close together at his home in Cheraw. This ) ear the apple tree is full of small apples; but when the apples are opened they are all found to contain peach kernels; while the fruit on the peach tree has no kernels. This is a peculiar freak of nature and should be investigated by the State and national departments of horticulture, and reported to Luther IJurbanks.?Pee Dee Advocate. The new editor of the leffor soman at Jefferson makes the following comment: Sounds too much like some of Strick's old timers. W'e are from Missouri, brother.