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the pageIand journal Vol.7 NO. 22 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDfljpaAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1917 $1.00 per year Why the Trouble With Germany? The Columbia State in writing about the necessary departure of the German Ambassador Bernstorff, the plight of the German people and the course of it. says among other things: The departure of this ambassador is none the less necessary. A war for the existence oi American liberties on the high seas may be none the less enevitable. If war it be, it will be war for the prevention of cruelty, war for the prevention of the secret killing of women and children with torpedoes while they sleep. That is a hard way to put it, yet it is a perfectly true way. We do not forget the plight of the German people. From the best information available they are in distress for food. It is quite true, doubtless, that their little children are starving by reason of the "iron ring" by sea and land that the entente has forged. Food from the outside world they must have. To find the solution of this puzzling problem, it is required that we go back to the begin ning of this war. Why are the Germans in this sorry plight and why must an American policy essential to the preservation of American freedom contribute to the sharpening of their miseries? Because the German government was wrong from the start. Because the German people are not free, are subject to the infatuated blunders of a dynasty and a military class. Because the German empire was like a bully armed to the teeth and therefore in constant dread of attack. That sort of hllllv alwavc shoots too Quickly. He imagines enemies, behind doors or trees, making faces. This imperial bully lived in fear of a blow from Russia and inspired in the German people a terror of it?notwithstanding that the Russian war with Japan and the events of the present war, too, have proved that nothing was to be apprehended from that quarter. So the bully with his guns fired on unoffending Belgium and strode over her cornse to wards Paris and at the same time towards Russia, spitting on treaties, calling them "scraps ot paper" and flouting in his fury , every established and accepted rule of the game of war. So Britian, cool, calculating, suave , and levelheaded Britian, with all her faults, with her selfishness and land greed not denied even , by her friends, conscious that as an island empire her existence depended on upholding treaties and the rules of the intemationn 1 lYOtYlO nr> 1 UI iiiiV) tlllCICU II1C WUI illlU with her mighty fleet so far has 1 dictated and channeled its ^ course. Therefore, the miseries 1 of the German people. The German imperial system, with all its efficiency, its educa- 1 tion, its science, art and manu- ' farMlirPC itc uroll fnd nnd ...^.11 I t a %%J vv via IVU <111VI VV VI 1 housed population, is a system of slavery?a sublimated slavery. 1 Had the German people been 1 free, Belgium would not have ' been assailed and this world wa. I would not have begun. Half 1 the German people, the social democrats, were opposed to war, but in a night, in an hour, under the glittering sword waved over '' their heads by their "superiors" ' in rank, birth, property and so- < cial position, forward they were I flung upon Belgium to be hurl < ed back a little later from the i gates of Paris. Now the well 1 fed and obedient, brave but ser-j! vile soldiers, fearful more of11 their officers than of the enemy, i stand or die in the trenches i while the women and children 1< ( -.X < ,. ' } Bodies of Three Americans, Slain by Mexicans, Found by Pershing Scout Just Across Border Hachita, N. M., Feb. 15.? Three bodies, later identified as those of Andrew P. Peterson, Hugh Accord and Burton Jensen, late today were found by Lem Spillsbury, the Pershing scout, one mile west of Interna tional Monument No. 53, situated three miles west of the Corner Ranch. The bodies of the three Americans were found about 50 feet apart, according to Spillsbury. Each victim had been shot many times in the head. The spot where they were found is on the Mezican side of the border. Hugh Accord's head was mutilated with a machete, accoiding to Spillsbury. All of the bodies were stripped of clothing, hats and shoes, Spillsbury said. Spillsbury found the raiders' trails early this morning and followed them during the day, coming upon the abandoned bodies late this afternoon. From what he could learn, the Mor mon scout said he was convinced that the three murdered men had been taken into Mexico from American soil and theD killed. A Government agent, alter an investigation of the raid, reported to Washington that the Mexicans under Prudencio Miranda were eating dinner at a ranch house on the American side when Peterson, Jensen and Accord rode up, unarmed. The Americans were made prisoners. His report also confirmed previous reports of the Corner Ranch raid. From later advices to military officers, the reported raid on Lang's ranch and the killing of two American ranchmen, was believed to be baseless. Ed ("Bunk") Spencer, the American negro ranch foreman for the E. K. Warren & Sons interests, who reached the border late Tuesday with Salazar's demand for $5,000 in gold, also brought with him a verbal statement which he declared Salazar made to him at Ojitos, Chihuahua, the purpose of which was that Salazar intended to raid an American town on the border which would surpass Villa's raid at Golumbus, N. M., and in which all "men of gringo land will have to take care" but that women and children would be protected. Stop Liquor Advertising and Circulars The DuRant liquor advertising bill, prohibiting the advertisement ot or solicitation of orders for alcoholic liquors and hcvcroooc nnr) nrntn'Hinn ?V.r- tlm I unu pivmuui); IUI lilC removal of such advertisements in defined cases, also providing for the prevention of continuation and repetition of the acts nade unlawful, was passed for the third time by the house Thursday. As the senate had previously passed the bill, it was ordered enrolled for ratification. [jack home toil and suffer and welcome the Pale Horse and His Rider as a friend in need. These things the Kaiser sees and his advisers see; the svstem totters; the throne totters; the Crown Prince at Verdun has failed and, unless something be done; in universal collapse the most splendid system of benevo lent slavery that the world has seen will fall and the freedom of the German people will emerge, and in the wretchedness of the national defeat, be ascendant over the Hoheniollern dynasty, i Notice o! Special General Election STATE OF SOUTH CARO LINA, County oi Chesterfield. Notice is hereby given that a Special Election for a Member of Congress from the Fifth Con gressional District, in the above State for the full term and also for an unexpired term will be held at me various precincts in Chesterfield County, on Wednesday, the 21st day of February, next, and thai the polls will open at 7 o'clock a. m. and dose at 4 o'clock p. m. This election will be Conducted according to the laws governing General Elections in this State. w Carry your registration certificates and your tax receipts to the polls. A manager from each pre cinct is requested to call for box, tickets, instructions, etc, on or before the 20th day of February, next, and same may be obtained in the Court House from Mr. J. W. Hanna, clerk. The following clerks and managers have been appointed to conduct said election: Cheraw: J. S. Huntley, G. A. Malloy and C. A. Lynch; clerk, D. L. Tillman. Place, Town Hall. Bethel: J. F. Rowe, J. R. Burn and J. T. Chapman; clerk, T. G. Matheson. Place, usual voting place. Pee Dee: D. G. Mcintosh, D. F. Jamison and J. H. Wallace; clerk, Wm. Hickson. Place, usual voting place Brock's Mill: D. F. Bi5ck,'f: I A. Lee and A. B. Parker; cleik, J. E. Short. Place, Brock's MiH school house. Patrick: J. C, Baker, D. F. Buie, O. D. Turnage; clerk, D. M. Williams. Place, usual votting place. Middendorf: W. R. Johnson, E. T. McManus and Boykin \ir:n.?. ~1?i- r\ * * r* ? t imca, Lit'ih, YJ. iVI. rvowe. Place, usual voting place. Cat Pond: W. M. Teal, W. D. Parker and T. J. Sumner; clerk, J. W. Ruthven. Place, usual voting place. Grant's Mill: W. T. McBride, J. N. Johnson and W. F. Turnage; clerk, W. T. Rivers. Usual voting place. Snow Hill: W. E. Cason, W. B. Duncan and A. J. Smith; clerk, Carroll W.* Davis. Usual voting place. Odom's Mill: J. W. Rascoe, Paul Odom and D. A. Smith; clerk, Miles Watson. Usual voting place. Douglass' Mill; B. C. 'Wadsworth, I. R. Sutton and D. A. Douglass; clerk, Biles Watson. Usual voting place. Wexford: P. A. Gulledge, Hen rv Lisenby and Andrew Moore; clerk, E. J. Moore. Usual voting place. U11 hv M I Pulmr T r1 ? - ? J *?* *-# * %UIVJ f A. VJ. Griggs and A. P. Smith; clerk, R. D. McCreight. Usual voting place. Cross Roads: J. P. Allen, J. L. Stancil and G. K. Sowell; clerk, V. B. Waddell. Usual voting place. Mt. Croghan: J. H, Rivers, W, H. Hendrick and W. C, Baker; clerk, W. W. Lowry. Usual voting place. Winzo: J. P. Anderson, G. F. Evans and Lester Rivers; clerk, H. Z. Outen. Usual voting place. Pageland: W. J. Blakeney, R. M. Armstrong and S. H. Laney; clerk, P. M. Arant. Usual voting place. Plains; W. J. Hicks, G. W. Hinson and W. B. Evans; clerk, J. A. Flicks, Jr. Usual voting place. Dudley: W. C. Jenkins, O. B. Jones and H. J, Funderburk; . af - Ten Persons Are Injured When 1 Fire Department Motor Truck and Street Car Run Together Charlotte Observer. Eight members of the Charlotte fire department and two passengers aboard a street car of the local street railway system were injured, three of them seriously, in a collision between a street car and a motor truck of the fire department at the corner of Park avenue and South Boulevard at 12:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. At a late hour Friday night, very little hope was entertained for the recovery of Fireman George Spittle, and Firemen W. F. Simpson and James Morris were also reported in a serious condition, as the result of injuries sustained in accident when the big six cylinder American LaFrance truck of the Charlotte fire department collided with an in-bound Fourth ward car. Firemen Robert Barnes, Wade Phillips, Reid Barkley, Calvin Grier, Raymond Long and J. V. Duncan, who were also on the truck, were slightly injured, and Miss Georgia Albright, stenograr>ht?r for tllf> Snntliom , WVUIIIVIU V^UIIV/11 | Oil Campany. and Julius Nor- ] man, a negro employed at the ] home of W. N. Foreacre, were j slightly bruised. Miss Albright \ and the negro were on the street car. ] Husbands Must Do Better The Marshville Home gives ' the following advice to North i Carolina husbands since the en- 1 actment of the new statue in 1 -scgard-4? causes for divorce:"-? * "Now, "hubbies," just listen: 1 If vou don't look out, you are J goin' to liaye to be as good as 1 your wives. The Legislature has enacted a law providing for 1 equal footing for men and their wives when it comes to the di- < vorce proposition. One breach 5 of fidelity on the husband will 1 henceforth serve as grounds for i divorce for the wife, just as one < breach on the part of the wife 1 has served for claims in favor of ( the husband in the nasi. c Man" is losing his advantages over the fair sex and this is fair warning to the trouser brigade to be good. John Is "Skeered" Bad As evidence that John Beasley is frightened read the following from his pencil: "ICditor Tucker accuses us being "skeeied" on the war proposition. 'Tis not true. It was purely an economic solution. Kill the young men and the country goes to the dogs. Send the old men to the front, and you not only save the young men and the country, but save c the funeral expenses of the old men as well." ^ Now, did you ever hear words like that from the lips of a man f in his right mind. He must be . scared worse than we thought. s clerk, T. D. Funderburk. Usual ' voting place. Jefferson: L. E. Gardner, E. C. ? Clark and J. W. Miller; clerk, L. i E. Ogburn. Usual voting place, n t^atarrn: u. U. Norton, G. H. j Middle ton and J. G. Sowell; . clerk, B. E. Funderburk. Usual 1 voting place. ^ Angel us: W. P. Young, J. E. Lee and D. A Clark; clerk, J. C. c lowers. Usual voting place. c Ousleydale: F. J. Johnson, W. J. Peal and Cordy Winburn; clerk, 4 J. G. Wilhelm. Usual voting c place. r Court House: L. L.Spencer, A. W. Hursey and J. D. Smith; f, clerk, J. F. Porter. Place: In the Court House. W. J.ODOM. J. W. MILLER c and R. B, KING, Commissioner? o of Federal Election, Chesterfield j< County, South Carolina. ii Mr. W. J. Tiller Talks of Home Orchards To the Farmers of Chesterfield County: There are a great many questions that should be brought to the minds of the farmer at this time, but the most important is the care of the home orchard, There have been shipped into this county this year several hundred dollars worth of fruil trees and if they are not properly cared for it will be money thrown away. Quite frequently we are asked why fruit trees die, especially peach trees. The two worst enemies of the peach tree art the San Jose Scale and the peach tree borer. Nine times out oi ten when you find your peach tree showing signs of death you can lay it to either the San Jose Scale or the peach tree borer, There is only one logical meth od of destroying the scale and that is to spray. Spray with lime sulphur wash. This can be applied to all trees as the scale will attack nearly aH fruit trees. This solution can be boughl from vour dealer ready prepared, or you can make it at home by boiling 15 pounds of lump lirrifc* and If* nnnndc r>f ? ???. |/vruuuu VI OUipilUl for one hour and then add to this enough water to make 50 gallons. Apply this to the trees t>y means of a spray pump or wash. This pest is very easy to control if it is begun in time, and low is the time tor this work to le done. You can secure this solution ready prepared at Odom Nttl* Co., Chesterfield; Page and Drug Co., Pageland, and f. \V. Black well, Jefferson, Route So. 1. The peach tree borer attacks he tree at or near the ground. That is noticed by the gum dis:harge from the tree. The tree should be cleaned and the borer ooked for with a piece of fine wire. This insect can be sue :essfully fought by mounding jp the earth around the trunk if the tree about eigM inches luring the 1st days of July and aken away the first days of October. To get the best results from ,'our trees they should be pruned. Vlost any one can do that by hinning out the growth each rear and cutting back about one ourth the growth from the previous vear. I will be glad to assist any :ommunity by instructing them n the care of the orchard, and n order that I may reach the nost people, if the different :ommunities will come together it some one farm I will gladly neet with them and give all the lelp I can. Don't hesitate to rail on me. It is very important that the armer should take care of the >rchard as it will be one of the neans to meet the boll weevil. ?very community should have a pray pump, as they are useful n a great many other wavs. I :an assist you in securing a tump. I would not advise buyng anything but a barrel pump, rhey will cost from twelve to wenty-five dollars and will last anger and give far better ser ice than the smaller ones. I can help all the people by ommunity co-operation, but annot visit every one personlly. So let all communities ome together and lets do some eal community work. I have a few bulletins left on ruit culture for South Carolina nd anyone interested can get a opy by the asking. I also have ther bulletins and different sut> sets that I would be glad to put a the hands ot farmers. Nigger Was Afraid of Dead Man John Beasley, the Monroe Journal's yarn spinner, tells the following: Ventriloquists have played ' many pranks on natives in ' years gone by, but it is very improbable that many have had ' such a hair-raising experience with these almost-magic men as ' did Walter Davis, the right-hand darkey at Dillon's furniture store. A ventriloquist happened to be in the store when a dead man was brought in to be fitted with a coffin. Mr. Walter ! Laney put the voice-thrower 1 wise to Walter, when he summoned the latter to carry the 1 dead man down the elevator 1 into the basement. * Walter, withont hesitation, ' lifted the corps on the elevator. , He reached for the rope, when the ventriloquist made the dead 1 man say: "Let me down easy; 1 I'm 1 - ? *1" m. in nut utuu )ui: waner turned white around the eves. He didn't say anything: for fear the men would laugh at him. ' His knees trembled, but being a faithful darkey, he obediently cariied the corps down the elevator. "Take off his shoes," shouted | Mr. Laney to the frightened darkey. Walter made a motion to obey, when the ventriloquist interceded once more, and made the corps sa>-, "Easy with my shoes, nigger!" The poor darkey was terrifiedHe is really intelligent, which made it worse for him. He knew that the man was really dead, but the superstition of his race came very near predominating his common sense when the ventriiloquist made the corps say further: "Be careful with that right foot, nigger, because it is sore." Walter made a break for the office, when he asked in a querelous tone: "Did you call mah, Mister Dillon?" The ventriloquist and several spec tators, unable to control their laughter anv longer, "spilled the beans." That little experience added months to Walter's life. Boy Found Dead In Cotton Seed Lancaster News. The dead body of Waddell Mackey, a negro youth about 18 years of age, was discovered in a pile of cotton seed at the Lancaster Cotton Oil Company Saturday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock Saturday morning. The most natural conclusion is that the boy lay down and went to sleep Saturday morning and that the cotton seed caved in on him. If he made any attempt to get out, he evidently went in the wrong direction and was suffocated. The body was brought to his home in this city and the funeral was held Sunday. In Memory of Mrs. Annie Funderburk In the mhlst of life we are in death. This loving woman was stricken with a violent disease that no earthly power could ar A ' icm, :;nu aner a lew weeks drifted to the life eternal. Her death caused sorrow to all who knew her. And her christian life was an example to all. Her life was one of unselfishness. We feel assured that her heavenly Father had a place in His Kingdom for her, and chose her as one of His jewels for the everlasting home. She has gone to the fair land of rest and sunshine, where with unclouded vision she has seen the "King in His beauty" and will be walking and watching to welconu. her loved ones home.