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Vol.7 NO. 14 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1916 $1.00 per year _ ?? , 4 j - i Anti-Liquor Bills Flood Two Houses of Congress Washington, Dec. 15.?Legis lative measures aimed at destruction of the liquor traffic continue to accumulate in Congress a$ ? both houses are deluged wttfejjgg The House Postoffice Committee opened the door to an- h other phase of the problem to- e day in reporting favorably a bill J designed to close the mails ab / solutely to advertising of anv in- r toxicating liquors and to deny 1< mail order houses the right to o go into either "wet or dry" territory to solicit sales through the o medium of the mails. tl No move was made during i< the day by prohibition leaders in the House regarding the con- r stitutiocal amendment reported s yesterday from the judiciary c committee, but Representative Webb, chairman oiithe commit- n too nlana in a air tfio* ruloc onm. mittee, for a special rule to t .1?got the resolution beferethe a House soon after the holidays, e The consensus of opinion in the House seemted to be that the v resolution cannot get the neces- t sary two thirds majority in the d Sixty-fourth Congress. Even Representative Webb is not san- v guine of the success now, but he ^ is confident that the amendment will receive more votes than it i did in the last Congress when it had thirteen votes more than a majority. By the time the next rV\nnrrocc Koo />/\?r?J 2 ? wu^ivi? UUJ VUUOIUCICU 1UC 15 ,J sue, he believes the victory can k be won. ' ii h Bloodhound at Cheraw J' Policeman Jacobs has bought n a bloodhound. The dog is a J fine specimen and is said to be ? well trained. Hereafter there ^ need be no long wait for the a dogs to be brought from Colum h bia or other points to run down j? law-breakers.?Cheraw Chronicle. ? v The busy old lady was calling c ing at the wounded soldier's ^ oome. "now did it happen, ~ William?" she inquired. v "Shell, mum." u "A shell? Dear me. Did it ex- tl plode?" c "Explode, mum?" replied Wi!- ~ liam weanlv. "Oh, I wouldn't say that, mum. It just crept up quietly be'ind me?and bit me." n Everyone could see that they were Newlyweds, and as they f sat at adjoining desks in the big hotel and wrote post cards to all ' their friends and relatives their lovey-dovey questions and ans wers provoked an old gentleman near by almost to apoplexy. Soon the bridegroom left the room. Unaware that she had been deserted, the little bride got stuck on a word and asked: "How do you spell Cincinnati, honey," she asked. "C-i n-c-i-n n-a t-i ho n e-y," re sponrfed the grouch. # * V Germany Offers to Make Li Peace New York, Dec. 13.?It was turned in this country yesterday Qf aat Germany had submitted cj, ertain terms of peace and while b official account of these have been received vet, nc HBipowing, it is claimed this jKiPg, is the substance of the cc Pposals made to the Allies by \ Jermany: ' ^ For the complete restoration . f Belgium. 1 For the evacuatfon by Ger- _ aany of all territory captured in lis Jorthern France during the rogress of the war. Sc For the establishment of Po- in ind and Lithuania as independ- al nt kingdoms. th For the retention* of?Serbia by C. Austria Hungary, and the resto- ui ation to Bulgaria of|all territory ui ast by that country in the sec yc nd Balkan war. sts For the restoration to Austria sii f territory captured by Italy in its ae neighborhood of the Adriat- th c sea. tr: For the restoration to Ger- S< nany of all her calonial posses- Hi ions in Africa, the far east and pi ither parts of the globe. he For the retention of Constanti- fa lople by Turkey. Thisicforaiationwas obtained mbassy. ci Accordineitolembassy officials f0 vho have kept fully advised of Cc he situation, the terms laid ct lown represent ihe united pow- gj r of all the central powers and e vere drawn up after full ex- , hac?cs of view between the f Teutonic capitals. bt at "here's Hope for the One-Horse cr Farmer CC "What hope is there for a j!1 ne horse farmer, if any?" asks ll< reader. It all depends on the ch ind of man he is. While hav- bl ae only one work animal is a n( landicap, there are worse. For astance, we'd rather risk makncr a oavino- rrnn ??? Sti . n """ \J11C aule on rich land tha.i to try it al >n poor land with a dozen mules, pi ^as, beans and the clovers can ht >e grown as well by the onelorsc farmer as by the larger, nd crop rotations that will tiild up the land are just as th asily possible with the same hi ellow. Get out of the one horse ar lass as soon as you can, of ourse; but the mere fact that Jj ou are a one-horse farmer by . o means shuts the door of hope, ni )ne of the most successful farm l"c rs we know, a man rated at th 300,000, started thirty years ago in vilh a single gray mare and an ,. nlimited supply ot spunk. Yes, lie one horse farmer has a ar hance, and a good one.?Ex. gs The first Christnas was a jewel- ,*|| y Christmas? A Jewelry Christmas a. d. ~ i ; ne From McBee to Monroe Will Be Built Chester, Dec. 15.?It has been ficially learned from an offial high up in Seaboard Air ' ,ne railway circles that the ;w railroad surveyed from Mere to Monroe, N. C., will begin instruction at an early date, s is well known this line has sen run by surveyors several nes, and it is a fact that the st line made will be the estab>hed route. It is reliably stated that the aboard will have a controlling terest in this new line. Sever stations will be established on is road. It will enter South r? i__j aiunua V lit II IS iderstood that the road will be ' ider construction early in the sar. Work will probably be arted at McBee and Monroe nultaneously in order to facil ite the rapid construction of i e road, it is stated. The coun 1 y to be traversed by this new l >uth dnd North Carolina short le is rich not only in farm i oducts, but timber as well, and < is long needed transportational : cilities. < Stop "Matching" for Drink* : > saroe Enquirer. _ - -gt j Down in Lumberton the offi?fJ als are trying to stamp out that 1 rm of gambling?matching >ins for soft drinks, cigars, garettes, etc. That species of imbling is going on around rery soft drink fountain and gar stand the country over, it nobody seems to pav any tention to it. If a nigger shoots aps he is up against it in the >urts, but every day here and every town in this State gen ?men whose names are on lurch rolls walk up and game for drinks or cigars and >thing is done about it, when a little nigger in the barn loft akes a nickle on a crap game j 1 the machinery of the law isi it in motion to arrest him, and ? is brought before the court id is fined or sent to the chain ing. It is just as much against e law for the gentleman who is his name on the church roll id who stands in with the earliPT tr? '? ?r* .? W1IIS 1(11 SU1 I inks and cigars as it is for the gger to stake his money on a kin'* game, but at the hands of e law the little nigger gets it the neck while the respectae church man goes on his way id nothing is said about his imbling. 3i Zeb Vance Fought Monroe Chinches Monroe Journal. Bryan's visit to Monroe caus ed an old-timer to recall an interesting conversation he overheard nearly fortv years ago be tween Zeb Vance and the late Bill Trott, who kept the old ho tel which used to stand on the entire site now occupied by the Loan & Trust buiiding. Vance had spent the night in the hotel, and on descending to the office next morning, he was met with solicitous enquiries from his host regarding the manner in which lie slept during the night. "Didn't sleep much," respond ed North Carolina's War Governor, who was always willing and ready to tell some waggish tale. "What was the matter?" asked his host in an an anxious tone. "The chinch bugs were on a raid in my 100m," retaliated the Governor, "I fought them single handed until midnight, when [ went after some reinforcements. I got a gallon of molass es and poured it in a circle around my bed. Thinking I was lirmly entrenched from the enemy, I fell asleep. But along about two o'clock in the morning,^ T was disturbed by them ag^it?T"They had ~bu7 ffiSHbuv7 erea me by climbing up the walls and dropping on my bed froiti the ceiling." Charged Against the Mnnn Below is a comment by Prof. Massey in the Progressive Farmer with which a ^rcat many of our readers will not agree. Tell Mr. Massey what you know about such matters: "One of my neighbors says that if you kill hogs when the moon is increasing the meat will not turn out as much lard as it would if you kill on the decrease of the moon. What do you think?" I think that if the hogs have plenty of rat that no stage of the moon can rob them of any. The amount of lard depends entirely on the condition of the hog, and the state of the moon has nothing to do with it. Get the hogs into good condition and kill them when the weather cuifc ow..*, vTiuiuui any aiiention to the moon, for if the fat is there, the moon cannot make it any less. The feeding has more to do with it than the moon ft is time tli&^the intelligent men were getting rid of these old superstitions. "AND THE WISE MEN PRESENTED UNTO HIM GIFTS OF GOLO" MATT. 2-11A Jewelry Christmas A. D. - 1916 BUY FROM B. B. FUBANKS.* Observer Building at Charlotte Bums Charlotte Observer. Fire of unknown origin visitedThe Observer Building at 5:30 o'clock Saturday morning j with the result that the greater ( part of the plant of The Observ j er Printing tiouse was completely destroyed and the property of i The Charlotte Daily Observer was so seriously damaged, chief- 1 ly by water, that for the comin g week the paper will be issued from the presses of The Char- ( lotte News, President and Gen- < eral Manager W. C. Dowd hav s ing very generously tendered the use of his plant pending the time when The Observer will be able to restore its equipment. It is hoped that this will be by : the latter part of the week, everv ' means having been invoked to hasten the time to the end that ] Observer readers may suffer , just as slight inconveniences as . possible. The fire was discovered during the early houra Saturday ' morning in the rear section of the third floor of The Observer building, this being the five storv structure behind the Observer building proper, in which . departments^of Daily Observer and The Obser- ' ver Printing House. Harold ' Lewis, a 12 year-old carrier boy ' was the first to detect the blaze and he quickly gave the alarm. ! The night shiftjin the composing 1 room had just finished their ( work of getting ready for the big Sunday issue and the city 1 edition of Saiuiday's paper had * just been run off from the press * in the basement. Everything and everybody were about ready to i go home. j A Thought for the Week T~V , , . 1 Do not let us wait to be just t and pitiful or demonstrative toward those we love until they t ur we are struck down by illness < or threatened with death* Life is short, and we gave never too j much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travel ing the dark journey with us. Oh! be swift of love, make haste ( to be kind -Amiel. j i Dear Santa Claus?I am a boy j six years old. Please bring me t a cap, candy and some fruit. Remember sister and little brother. Merry Christmas to you t James Lee Baker. ^ Jefferson, R. 1. j Jim Smith was notoriously * slow pay. He owed quite a bill at the grocery ior pork. One t day, as his credit was becoming strained, he walked calmly into the grocery and said: Mr. Black, ?. I want to pay you for the pork I have had, and 1 want some , ? * c more. "Certainly," said the delighted t proprietor; as he hastened to wait on his customer. TaUinnr tV.? - I3 i lining me ^aLiwa^c Ul pUI K, ?i Jim Smith started to go. "Wait a minute," said the pro- j, prietor "I thought you wanted ^ to pay for the pork." "I do," remarked Jim, as he resumed his homeward wa\* * but I can't."?Ex. a Peace Note Fixes Terms Says Teuton Diplomatist Berlin, Dec' 17, via Sayville. "Some sections of the foreign press and especially newspapers in hostile countries," says the Overseas News Agency, "having declared that the Central Powers ought to have added aeiiu'te peace proposals to then peace offer, the Overseas Agon cy asked a distinguished German diplomatist for his opinion on this point. His answer was: "'The German note Kntente Governments contains a very definite communication as to the spirit of the peace conditions which the Central Powers would bring to the propose negotiations "'The Central ^Powers base these proposals on the conviction that tllpir own r11* 11?o nr.. I ...W. V ?? II llwlllO < I I 1 V 1 just claims today are not in con tridiction to the rights of other Nations, in addition, the Central Powers declare they do not # want to annihilate or destroy anybody and that the peace proposals will be of such a nature as to guarantee the establishment of a lasting peace. Mr Taylor Building at Mt. Croghan Mt. Croghan, December 18. ^ody getting especially the smpJl children, all of whom are looking for Santa Claus. The oyster supper at the school building recently was fine, nineteen dollars being raised for the school. Mr. J. O. Taylor is building a fine brick building near the corner, and it will help the looks nf Mt. Croghan verv much. The Mt. Croghan hoys and jirls are beginning to arrive lome from college to spend the holidays. Mr. Arthur Crowlev who has eeen in the navy returned home .'otrnro 1 /In ua> a <1^U. .Miss Bessie Gaddy is our :eacher, and she is a good o i She tries to treat al! alike, and ill like her because she is so Itind. Abe and Jake, He was scorching through the :ountry at a mile a minute elip Round a bend in the road be sped straight into a hum h o| owls?and a lerriffie clucking old him that something was wrong. He pulled up and jlanced back. Two birds lav lead in the road; two others were fleeing, squawking, back tome, and a burly man in overills was striding toward the tutomobile. *4 That'll he twelve dollai - hree dollars apiece for the lour," aid the man. "Four!" gasped the motorist. 'But I killed only two." "That's right," agreed the >wner; "but them other two will tever lay a blessed egg after his." "I'm sorry," said the motorist ,s he handed over the mone\ Due to the fright, 1 suppose." 1 lie countryman shook his lead as he pushed the hills into 11s pocket and started away "Partly fright," lie agreed slowy, "but mainly it's because they lin't hens!"