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v- ,yv?. ... - .T?. - ; -" - > v : :*: ; ; ; ' ' 'v' "' V "'x" ? " . ' r '.V - " * * * .. ' - . '. 's*z* * ' ' . ' Hundreds of Acres of Watermelons and Cantaloupes Will Be Planted in This Section for the Northern Markets. Seed Will Be Furnished Free by Seaboard ii THE PAGELAND JOURNAL n? v ^ .Vol.7 NO. 16 PAGELAND, S. C., WKDNESDAT MORNING, JAHUAR i 10, 1917 $1.00 per year Gov. Manning Has a Two-Third 1 Majority Columbia, S. C., Jan. 5.?Lack- 1 ing many of the political animosities customary under the surface in recent years the Seventy-second General Assembly will gather for its first session Tuesday at noon. < The House will be called to x order by J. Wilson Gibbes, the clerk of the last body. James A. Hoyt, Speaker last year, will be re-elected,' indications being without opposition. Mr. Gibbes is being opposed for clerk by Harold C. Booker, editor pf The Snarlnnhiiror Journal Speaker Hoyt will name the committees. J. T. Liles of Orangeburg: will again be chairman of the ways and means committee and J. W. Bovd of i Spartanburg, chairman of the judiciary committee. The House is overwhelmingly Manning in sentiment and the administration has a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and House. Joseph A. Berry of ( Orangeburg is unopposed for , Speaker pro, tem to succeed , George S. Mower of Newberry, who was defeated last summer in the primaries. Governor Manning will send ; his annual message to the General Assembly Tuesday. It will be short. The inauguration of Governor Manning for bis second term will take Dlace Tuesday week at noon in the presence of the joint session of the two houses. The oath of office will he adminis tered by Chief Justice Eugene B. and or ift trt Allllino I ? w?IV vutuub U1C measures which he hopes to have enacted into law. The small minorities in both houses who are classed as followers of the opposition to the present administratihn and are known as Bleaseites are almost entirely new material. In the House it is thought that less than a score of members of this fac tion will probably be. led by W. R. Richey, Jr., of Laurens of H. Clint Summers of Anderson, a brother-in-law of the former Governor. Extreme partisans are lacking and it is thought that the session will be harmonious in most respects. There are only three Blease Senators out of a total membership of 45 and they will hardly present any organized opposition to the Drovram of the administration. Cuban Bond Suit Against N. C. Revoked By Plaintiff Washington, D. C., Jan. 5.? Today the Cuban Minister here received a copy of a decree made by the President of Cuba revoking the action ot Cuba in attempting to sue North Carolina in the Supreme Court. The message came by cable this morning and was the result ot representations made to his govefnment by the minister after reading the congressional re cord account of the debate on Senator Overman's resolution asking the Secretary ot State to inquire of Cuba where she got the bonds. The decree stops the endeavor to sue the State The results were contemplated by Senator Overman when h<> infrA^ll^n^ tlm '"""1 1 -W auit vuucv? 1 lUb ivcn/iuuuu WilU his action was a subject of much comment today for its shrewdness. The morning after the record and at once cabled to his country the feeling in the Senate. Later Senator Overman called on him and learned that what he had most desired had already been accomplished. Union County Jurors; Other Items o? interest Monroe F nquirer. There was not a homicide in Union county during the- year 1916. Nothing to brag about, but the record is improving. The year 1917 is but four days old and the record made in 1916 has already been broken. Next Tuesday, January 9th, will be the 63rd anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Griffin, of east Monroe township. They abide together in a green old age and are well and vigorous. Mr. Gntfin is 85 years old and Mrs. Griffin is 79. This fine old couple have lived together longer, perhaps, than any other now living in the State A robber with so much nerve and daring about his work pulled off a stunt in Charlotte last Sunday at 11 o'clock that so "phimgustulated" those who saw him commit the crime that they Ipt him (TPt.QUJQV A mom < ? HfVMJI AM uiau UU~ known to the dozen or more people who saw him, took a good sized rock, smashed a large plate glass window in the Southern Hardware Company's store on West Trade street and took a fine pistol and a five dol lar razor and ran, making good his escape. The toploftical boldness' of the thing simply took away the very breath of the onlookers. On account of.the inauguration of Governor T. W. Bickett " in Raleigh next week the Seaboard Air Line Railroad will sell round trip tickets at Monroe for $4.85. It has not been definitely decided what day the inauguration will come off as the governor-elect, who is now Attorney General, is in Washington looking after the State's interest in the case in which Cuba has brought suit for the re covery of a big sum of money for repudiated bonds issued during the reconstruction period. It is thought that Governor Bickett will be inaugurated on the 11th. Mr. T. W. Maness, manager of the Lee Park Dairy, lost a purse yesterday containing $36 in bills a.id $16.50 in checks. A little negro girl, Rosa Williams, found the money and took it to her .1 W-. ^ ? muuier. ronceman Lanev was notified by the mother of the girl who had found the money and he went last nigh* ~?.t it, Mr. Mcness having given him a description of it, but before Mrf Laney reached the house three white men and twocolorod men had been there and had tried to convince the* old woman that the money her little girl had found was the very money they had lost. . The following named were drawn as jurors for a term of one week beginning Monday, January 29th, for the trial of criminal cases: R. E. Rorie, W. F. Benton, L. F. Howie, L. F. Austin, W. V. Cuthbertson, C. C. Robinson, A. F. Baucom, C. D. Benton, F. L. Harrell, Jas. C, Broom, J. P. Smith, T. M. Helms, T. A. Rogers, S. P. McBride, C. P. Win cuesier, JL.ee L/rooir, J. 5. Braswell, J. R. Shute, D. A. Simpson, J. P. Marsh, Jas. E. Neal,). T. Marks, R. L. Smith, Sanford Smith, S. V. Godfrey, W. B. Tray wick, Martin Privett, I. L. Russel, L. L. Moore, R. L. Howie, L. L. Greene, J. S. Harkey, D. W.4 Austin, C. M. Rogers, Geo. A. Long, lack Riggins. ' % (Continued from last week.) .Report of County Commissioners *for 4th Quarter ot 1915 and 1st Quarter of 1916 Chesterfield Telephone Company, rent 6.00 Chesterfield Grocery Company, chaining 454.21 H, J. Jones, R. and B, 6.50 Walker Evans and Cogshall, printing 89,00 ?? ?? t?, tt 1* n 4.00 W ft tt ft It * s # 19.50 If ff It H " N 8.25 j W. E, Johnson, outside aid f'r 3.00 Sarah Rogers, outside aid 2.50 W. L. Boone, outside aid * 2.50 D. M. Barentine, clerk - 12.50 W. J. Petry, physician 63.75 W. M. Redfearn, coffin poorhou&e 12.50 D. A.. Stafford, outside aid 5.00 T. E. Mulloy, salary clerk ; 25.00 L. A. Campbell, jail ^ 6.13 T. B. Watson, commissioner * 98.00 Caesor Pegues, outside aid 2.50 j A. Blakeney, janitor 12.50 Wm. McBride, outside aid . 2.50 J. R. Odom, R. & B. 20.00 H. F. King, supplies for chaingang 29.80 Jno, W. Knight, superintending gang 50.00 Lonnie Sellers, guarding gang . " 25.00 Charles Moore, guarding chaingang 25.00 H. F. King, salary and stamps 101.00 G. M. Rodgers, magistrate . 16.66 H. T. Atkinson, coroner ? 20.83 Walker, Evans & Cogshall, printing 8.15 W. J. Odom, R. & B.' ) 3.87 McGregor & Raley, outside aid, Mrs. Lvon 15.00 T 11T T> - - - * * j. w. Koscoe, magistrate fy ' 12.50 Cheraw Insurance and Trust Co., premium on policy 30.00 A. Sullivan, poorhouse j 72.57 J. W. Griggs, feeding jurors j * 10.00 J. O. Edwards, outside aid 2.50 Alfred McRay, ? ? j 2.50 Amanda Sutton, ? ? ; . 2.50 Hulda-Rodgers, ? A " 2.50 Bettie Rollings, ? , " 2.50 Mary Jackson, ? 2.50 Raudo' Hammonds, Ma# ^rown, ? * 2.50 ' Catherine Tolbert ? ? 2.50 Handah Grant, outside aid 2,50 Rilla Melton, m 9.00 Massey Jordon, ? ? j* ; 2.50 M. E. McQuage, ? \ " ? j 2.50 Harriet Stanley, ? ? | - 2.50 Mary Goodwin, ? ? J 2.50 Henry Steen, ? ? "j _ / 5.00 Thorsday Brewer, ? ? ' 2.50 Nancy McFarlaa, ? 2.50 Nancy Cassidy, ? ? \ 2.75 Nelson Johnson, ? ? i 2.75 Adeline Gainey, ? ? 2.50 John Poison, ? ? 6.00 Charles Levat, ? ? 7 ^ ??i/v Harriet McFarlan, ? ? ' v ~ 2.50 W. J. Tucker, ? 2.50 M. D. Johnson, ? ? 5.00 Sophia Sellers, ? ,, I 2.50 J. D. Groom, ? ? ; 2.50 Isaac Gibson, ? ? \ 2.00 Corena Streater, ? ? f 2.50 Charles Evans, ? ? j 3.00 Eliza Harp, ? ? * 2.50 Cynthia Wilkinson ? ? ; 2,50 Thos. Vanblockovan ? ? J 2.00 * John Lager, ? ? * 2.50 Jesse Turner, ? ? \ 2.50 Thomas Horn, ? ? ; 2.50 W. 1?, Cronn, ? ?, \ 2.50 Lewis Brewer, ? ? \ 2.50 Martha Leary, ? ? \ - 2.50 Cvnthia Funderburk, ? ? \ 2.50 Georsre McNair. -- - ? ?CA _ ? , 6.JV Sarah Rodgers, ? M j 2.50 W. L. Boone, ? J* 2.50 D. A. Stafford, ? ? . ? 5.00 Caesar Pegues, ? , 2.50 . William McBride ? ? , 2.50 Miles Ingram? ? ? 2.50 ^ G. M. Rodgers, magistrate 16.66 H. T. Atkinson, coroner 29.43 Cary Calder, outside aid 3.00 CM. Hunt ,r P. A. Nicholson, 1-2 mill special 156.43 P. A. Nicholson, commutation 384.00 P. A Nicholson, R. & B. 10.64 P. A. Nicholson, chaingang ' ' 8.00 W. N. Lee, magistrate " # 16.66 Threatt Bros., chaingang 81.06 A. C. Douglass, rural police an d expenses 79.75 P. M. Newsom, physician 5.00 W. R. Evans, magistrate 20.83 W. J. Tiller, demonstrator . 146.67 Teal Jones Co., poorhousc 3.60 W. D. Craig, lights 30.00 (Continued < ?n last page.) - 'C v ... ?'i nM *itT' ' ' ' 4- ' Shot Himself in His Room at ! Charlotte Sanitorium Charlotte Observer. T. R. Thompson, aged 47 a , prominent merchant .of Van , Wyck, S. C., died at the Charlotte Sanatorium shortly after 4 o'clock Saturdav afternoon from a gunshot wound in the head, thought ij have been self inflicted with suicidal intent during a fit of despondency brought on by protracted illness, Mr. Thompson came to Char lotte three or four weeks ago for treatment. He went to the santorium and had been staying , there, although not confined to his room. Saturday morning, , according to reports from the hospital, Mr, Thompson went up town. He returned to the sanatorium shortly afterwards and went to a room which he was occupying on the the third floor of the building. Within a few minutes the renorf nf a nictAi ? ?- ? ? - v* ?* ptutvfl was heard and hospital attaches, running to the scene, found the merchant in a dying condition with the revolver on the floor near him. He died 40 minutes later. Cordiality of Relation* Between U. S. and Germany Berlin., Jan. 7t?Via Sayville? A large number of the leading personages of Germany, says the Overseas News Agency, were present at the dinner given last night in honor of James W. Gerard, the Ainerican Ambassador t^^^rmany, by the American ^^^Mtiocr of Trade and Commerce of Berlin. The diners were addressed by Ambassador Gerard, by Vice Chancellor Helfferich, by Foreign Secretary Zimmerman and bv Arthur von Gwinner, the director of the Deutsche Bank, and in all the speeches the cordial relationships existing between the Governments of the United States and Germany were emphasized. Ambassador Gerard, who was likened bv Director von Gwinner to the "peace dove of Noah,s Art, ?? 1 k.. 4k- S\ inn, 13 huuicu uy ilie uverseas News Agency as saying that "never since the beginning of the war have relations between Germany and the United States been so cordial" and that he had "brought back an olive branch from President Wilson. Vice Chancellor Helfferich said he was pleased to know that Ambassador Gerard had visited the United States "where he had an opportunity of describing the real state of affairs in Germany," and Foreign Minister'*Zimmerman declared he "felt sure the friendly and truest future relations between both countries as enunciated by Mr. Gerard will continue." State Institutions Ask for $3, 159,691.57 Columbia, S. C., Jan 6.?Re quests for appropriations aggregating $3,159,691.57 are asked for by the various departments and institutions supported by the State for the present year as disclosed by the annual budget made up today by Carlton W. Sawyer, Comptroller General. This would require a levy of ten mill. These estimated will be transmitted to the Ways and Means Committee of the House Irt hp lifipH in malrinm ? ?W xuvu 1U uiuniui^ up IUC nil nual appropriation bill. The appropriations for last year amounted to a little over $2,500,000, and the levy was 6 i -2 mills. The State closes the year with a deficit of $295,000, practically one mill levy, i Second Big Dam Will be Built at Falls of Yadkin: That work on the second big dam to be built by the American Aluminum company at the tails of the Yadkin about three miles below Badin is to commence upon a big scale is evidenced by the fact that a double track of railway is to be continued down the river from Badin to the falls. It is reported upon good authority that the final survey for this road is now being made and that stakes are being driven preparatory to active construction work of the road. The fact that the road is to be double tracked from Badin to the falls is conclusive proof that the work is considered to be exceedingly heavv. It is reportelT ~ ~" that work on the construction-^ this new extension ol railway will be commenced immediately and that trains will be running three miles farther down the Yadkin just as quick as labor and material can place the track in order. This will mean no doubt the addition of several hundred additional workers on the big development which is literally tearing up the woods for several miles up and down the Yadkin river just east of the city; Took "Honesty" Census Cleveland Moffett, u New York magazine writer, recently took his lantern in hand, figuratively speaking, and like Diogenes of old went out hunting for honest mon?nad r/crncn. 1 Desiring to know whether New Yorkers reallv were honest as he believed them, he mailed 100 one dollar bills to a carefully se lected list of 50 men and 50 wo men, all apparently addressed to the wrong parties. Each envelope also carried a return address, which would enable the recipient to send back the money. The result was most illuminating. One widely known millionaire was among the men who "swiped" the dollar. Women were shown to be more nonest than men, for 33 out of them returned the money, but onlv 31 men did so. Only one saloon-keeper out of five "came across," and all the groups of five into which the lists were divided, none but "successful business women" made a perfect score for honesty. Those who kept the money were: Wom^u?Two wives of prosperous citizens, two actresses, two stenographers, two trained nurses, oi\e teacher two housekeepers, two working girls, two 1 , - ? women aociors ana two women lawyers. Men?Two successful merchants, one rich man, one lawyer, four saloon men, two plumbers, two aldermen, one newspaper man, one actor, three doctors and two policemen. Warehouse Commissioner Besigns Columbia, S, C., Jan. 7?John Lowndes McLaurin, State Warehouse Commissioner, in presenting his resignation to the General Assembly, in connection with his annual report, said he felt he could no longer give the position justice because of political aiiiuuiiuus. A Card of Thanks I thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness shown us during the illness of my wife.^^^flH