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THE PAGELAND JOURNAL ^?? ????-? Voi.7NO. 26 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1917 SUM t?r Virtual State of V Between German Active Participation of America is Only Question of Time Washington, March 18.?With the announcement of the ruthless destruction of three unarmed American merchant ships by submarines, it was unofficially auimuea nere lonignt tnat virtually a state of war exists between the United States and Germany. Technically the United States remains in a position of armed neutrality. Whether this shall be changed before April 16, the date fixed for a special session of Congress, the war making branch of the Government, President Wilson has not decided. One step the President is con templating is a call for an immediate session of Congress to hear an address asking for authority to adopt aggressive measures against the submarine menace. Already American ships are being armed to defend themselves. The next move must be to send warships with orders to seek out submarines and clear the trans Atlantic lanes. Some of the highest officials of the Government hold that the Executive has the power to declare that a state of war exists and to proceed with aggressive protective steps pending the assembling of Congress. There is no indication, however, that the President will follow that course. Ot the three ships destroyed, two were unloaded and homeward bound, and all were Ameican inmr, - .icau-owued tfucr officered, and manned largely by American citizens. Meager dispatches indicate that all were sunk with complete disregard for the safety of those on board, and that many of the crew may have been lost. Today's developments brought * the Government face to face ?Viq nrnKlom nf (ni-miilni!nnr vf ii 11 uiw piv/i/ivui 1/1 ivriuiuiaiiu^; a definite policy for tne Nation in case the United States actually enters the war. This possibility was mentioned bv the President in" his inaugural address March 5. All of the conditions outlined by the President in his message announcing the diplomatic break with Germany as leading to a state of neutrality have now been fulfulled. The "overt act" described by him then has actually come if in fact it had not been committed when the President went before Congress. Since then he has established a state of armed neutrality with out the specific authority of Congress. President Wilson was out automobilingijwhen the first Asso ciated Press dispatches telling of the disasters came in quick sue cession. Through Secretary Tumulty he was given all avail able facts immediately on his return. Several hours later official re ports came from Consul Frost at Queenstown and Consul Gener al Skinner at London, telling of the sinking of the City of Mem phis, the Vigilnncia and the Illi nois. These dispatches confirmed press reports but added few details. International lawyers and con ?t i -i omuiiuuiii expend nuie snoweu no hesitancy tonight in saying that President Wilson has full authority to interpret as an act of war, and announce that this country considers that an actual state of war exists by reason of Germany's flagrant assault on American shipping. Var Exists ly and United States Wilson Asks for Settlement of Railroad Controversy Washington. March 16.?President Wilson late today sent a personal appeal to the representatives of the two sides in the railroad controversy urging that thev do everything possible to co-operate with the mediation committee. The President's appeal follows: UI deem it my duty and right to appeal to you in this time of National peril to open again the questions at issue between the railroads and their operatives with a view to accommodation or settlement. "With my approval, a committee of the Council of National Defense is about to seek a conference with you with that end in view. "A general interruption of the railway traffic of the country at this time would entail a danger to the Nation against which I have the right to enter mv most solemn and earnest protest. "It is now the duty of every patriotic man to bring matters of this sort to immediate accommo dation. The safety of the country against manifest perils at fecting its own peace and the peace of the whole world makes accommodation absolutely im perative, and seems to me to render any other choice or action inconceivable." The President's message was f. ^ ^ the couierence committee of railroad managers; L. E. Sheppard, acting head of the conductors; W. G. Lee, head of the trainmen; W. S. Stone, grand chief of the engineers, and W. S. tyaiici, fllCSlUCUl U1 lilt* IIIC'UICII and engineraen. Honey As Medicine Dr. Bonney, an Iowa physician, discovered that honey, taken in two-tablespoonful doses, for ten to twenty days, will cure rheumatism. There is but one thing to observe: The honey must be taken between meals, the last dose at bedtime, no fluids must be ingested for at least one hour after taking a dose. Either strained or combed honey will do to take. Hon ev is often recommended and prescribed by physicians for colds, coughs, etc. It is also ben eficial to patients afflicted with j kidney trouble. Dr. Gandy, of Nebraska, says that honey is a sure prevention or the dreaded Bnght's disease of the kidneys. Honey has a good effect on dispepsia, if eaten on graham gems. In case of erysipelas, immediate relief of pain is secured by spreading honey on a cloth and applying to the affected parts.? Companion. Such action would be subject to the approval of Congress. Despite the unwarned sinking of big passenger liners like the California and the Laconia, the jeopardizing of Americans on nearly a score of other vessels, and the sinking of three other American ships, the Housatonic, the Lyman M. Law, and the Algonuuin since the unrestricted warfare began, some officials, : i i? n. n?-J - uispiiuu uy ino rresiaeni s an nounced reluctance to believe that Germany would carrv through her threat, have clung desperately to the hope that some slight respect for interna tional law might still be shown. \ The Law Which Allows a Bond 1 Election Here Below is printed the full text of Ihe bill recently passed by the legislature authorizing, a bond election in Pageland school district: To Authorize the Trustees of . Pageland Special School Dis trict No. 43, in Chesterfield County, to Issue Additional Bonds for the Purpose of Erect- 1 ing School Buildings and Equip i ping Same, and Purchasing a | Lot or Lots: Section 1. Be it enacted by , the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: That * the School Trustees of Pageland i Special School District No. 43, of Chesterfield County, said I school district including th^ j town of Pageland, are hereby authorized and empowered to issue ands ell coupon bonds of t said school district in an amount not exceeding six thousand five < hundred dollars, as they may I deem necessary, for the purchasing of lot or lots, erecting and :\ equipping one or more school ^ buildings in said district, as said 4 trustees shall deem advisable^ -f Provided, The question of issue- ? | ing oi said bonds, authorized in s this section, shall first be submit- t ted to the quallified voters of t said school district, at an election a to determine whether said bonds t shall be issued or not, as hereinafter provided, t Sec. 2. That for the purpose of s determining the issue of bonds, j authorized in section 1 for this 1: Act, the said Trustees shall order c an election to be held in said = school district during the yfear s 1917, on the question of \ytiethej:, j R qualified voters residing in said b district shall be allowed to vote; u and said trustees shall give no a tice of said eleclion for two fi weeks in a weekly paper pub b lished in the county of Chester- t< field; shall designate the time a and place, and appoint the man f agers of said election, and re- n ceive the returns ot the man- b agers and declare the results: s Provided, That the posting of a said notice of election in three public places in said school dis- u trict fifteen days prior said elec- / tion shall be sufficient notice of t said election if said trustees v should see fit to do so. s Sec. 3. That the said Trustees 1 shall have printed for the voters i in said election two sets of bal 1 lots, which shall be placed, an u equal number of each, poling f place; on one shall be printed the words. "For the issueing of s 1 I _ M I .1 'I uouus. ana on me oilier set oi \ which shall be printed the i words "Against the issneing ot t bonds." If a majority of the votes cast at said election shall " be for the issueing of the coupon t bonds provided for in Section 1 ( hereof, the said Trustees shall * issue said bonds, or such a- | mount, not exceeding six thous j and five hundred dollars, as they < may deem requisite for the pur- | pose set forth in Section 1 of ? this Awt, payable to bearer, to < I run for a period not exceeding i thirty years from date of issue, < bearing interest at a rate not ex- j ceeding five per centum per < annum, to be determined by said I Trustees, payable annually, and bonds executed and not sold j< shall be canceled. < Sec 4. That it shall be the \ duty of the county officers ot Chesterfield county, charged with the assessment and collec-li linn ni lovuc tn lo??,r K?- I. tMAVtf) ivyj4 uy uiit\^w | i tion of the Trustees of said1 school district, such taxes annu ally upon all property, both real I and personal, within the limits of said district, and collect the 1 Three American V By G< r i Russian Revolutionists Over| throw Government ; Petrograd, March 15.?Emper I or Nicholas of Russia has abdi. cated and Grand Duke Michael i Alexandrovitch, his younger brother, has been named as regent. The Russian ministry, 1 charged with corruption and in* competence, has been swept out s of office. One minister, Alex ander Protopoff, head of the in[ terior department, is reported to have been killed and the other . ministers, as well as the presi dent of the imperial council, are under arrest. A new national cabinet is ans nounced with Prince Lvoff as president of the council and pre, mipr cinH tho u_?j f um sufficient to ^av 4^1 iterest on all bonds issued and nder and in pursuance of this ct and to provide for a sinking und for the retirement of said >onds. The funds so collected o be applied by said Trustees nd the Treasurer of Chesterield County solely to the payment of the interest on said ionds; Provided, That any urplus or balance shall be used s hereinafter provided. Sec. 5. That all bonds issued inder and in pursuance of this ^ct shall be signed by the Trus ees of said school district: Pro uded, That the signatures of aid school Trustees may be ithographed or engraved upon he cuupons attached to said ionds, and such lithographed or ngraved signature shall be suf icient signature thereof. Sec. 6.^That the said Trustees hall have the authority to invest the sinking fund in good nterest bearing securities, when hey can do so safely. Sec. 7. That the said Board of Trustees are hereby authorized 0 adopt and make a seal for their jfficial use in the execution ol ?aid bonds and like important papers; that said bonds shall be 1 first lien on all property, pur aliased or improved with the proceeds thereof, and said bonds shall be exempt from all State county and municipal taxes, and Ihe coupons upon said bondj shall be receivable for all taxes in said school district levied foi educational purposes; that an> balance or surplus, remaining from the proceeds of said bonds after erecting and equipping said school buildings shall be invest ed as' a part of sinking func herein provided for. Sec. 8. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon it; approval by the Governor, and all acts and parts of acts incon sistent herewith are hereby re pealed. Approved the 1st day o March, A. D. 1917. Gerard Declares for Universal Training New York, March 16.?James W. Gerard, former Ambassadoi to Germany, emphasized in ? Dublic address at the city hal after his arrival here today the necessity for military and naval preparation of the United States "When I came back to this country," he"said, "it was a posi tive shock to me to find that ic the two years in which the world has been on fire we have done nothing: to prepare for even a reasonable means ol national defense. "There is only one thing:," Mr. Gerard continued, "and that s universal military training:. That Nation that stands opposite o us today has piobably not ess than 12,000.000 men under trms. I have seen the Germans ake prisoner in one afternoon pore men than there are in the JnitedJStates Army." Mr. Gerard, who had just jompleted a 7,231 mile trip trom Berlin, paid tribute to the loyalty ?f German-Americans and asertecl that he would be willing: o lead a regiment of| them in he event ot war with Germany |id "feel sure that I would not >!| shot in the back." CThe former Ambassador said le left Berlin with a clear concience tljat he had omitted lottnng: that would further rfendly relations between this ountry and Germany. arae as taxes for State, county .96;1 . , -UU IUV UI11C1 unites 11CIU by men who are close to the Russian people. For several days Petrograd has been the scene of one of the most remarkable uprisings in history. Beginning with minor food riots and labor strikes, the cry for food reached the hearts of the soldiers and one by one the ?L-ii-J ' ?cKiujcuis ieueuea unui iinally those troops that had for a time stood loyal to the government took up their arras and marched into the ranks of the revolutionists. The president of the duma, Michael V. Rodzianko, was the leading figure among the delegates who unanimously decided to oppose the imperial order for a dissolution of the house. the hour had struck when the will of the people must prevail. Even the imperial council realized the gravity of the situation and added its appeal to that of the duma that the emperor should take steps to give the people a policy and government in accordance with their desires 1 and in order that there should be no interference with carrying on the war to a victorious ending. The emperor hastened back from the front, only to find that the revolution had been successful and that a new government was in control. Thinks Negro Had Two Gallons Marshville Home. The Pageland Journal makes the startling statement that a negro?a real, sho' nuff negro, !.i_ _ t? ? _ * ? ' wim a DiacK SKin?carried a coi fin and a gallon of "licker" off from Pageland in a buggy. : When we firsi read this announcement the thought struck . us that the negro must be a : freak of nature, but upon more thorough deliberation the idea , presented itself that there was more than a gallon of "bravery , juice" in that buggy?one gallon , in the jug and another in the negro. i . Mr. Funderburk U Building Roads > r We believe Mr. T. A. Funder burk has come back home to \ stay as he says and we are , mighty glad to have him back I on the route. Mr. Funderburk found ditches 1 where his roads were when he left his farm and he is having i qune u iasK 10 inane roncis > through his place but he is maI king roads that are a credit to - his community. Here is hoping - that otheis will join in with Mr. Funderburk in having better f settlement roads. J. T. Little. essels Sunk erman Submarines; Many Americans Among the Missig; Vessele Were Unarmed London, March 18.?The sinking of the American steamers Citv of Memphis, Ulnois and Vigilancia was announced today. Fourteen from the Vigilancia are missing, as are some of the men from the City of Memphis. The crew of the Illinois was landed safely. The City of Memphis, in ballast from Cardiff for New York, was sunk by gunfire. The second officer and fifteen men of the crew have been landed, a patrol boat has gone in search of the other members of the crew. The Illinois, from London for port Arthur, Texas, in ballast, was sunk at 8 o'clock this morning. The Vigilancia was torpedoed without warning. The submarine did not appear. The captain, first and second mates, first, second and third engineers and 23 men of the crew have been landed at the Scilly Islands The fourth engineer and 13 men are missing. The American steamship City of Memphis, which left Cardiff Friday in ballast for New York, was sunk Saturday. When she left port, the City of Memphis had the Stars and Stripes painted on both sides. She encountered a submarine about 5 o'clock Saturday evening. The German fired a torpedo which struck the vessel on the starboard side, tearing: a great hole through which the sea poured. The steamer settled down quickly and foundered within a few minutes. During the night the boats became separated, and at 4 o'clock Sunday morning three boat crews were picked up by a patrol vessel and landed. These boats contained .53 men, mostly Americans. Mr. Funderburk's Small Family Mr. T. A. Fundcrburk has moved from Cheraw, S. C., where he has been living for several vears, back to bis old home near Liberty I fill church in Lancaster county, S. C., where he says that he will live until he ceases to live. Mr. Funderburk was here last Monday. He says that he has sixteen children, but that is not a large family as families are counted down on Hill's Creek in Lancaster countv. And then Mr. Funderburk said: "My grandfathers each had sixteen children; my cousin Henrv Funderburk bad sixteen and mv relative J, T. Funderburk had sixteen and 1 don't lhihk sixteen children are so many after all." ?Monroe Enquirer.) 'The above is correct in detail so far as we know except that Mr. Funderburk's home and Ti;i1'c 1-rr.rvlr or,, ,r, T nn^nclnr CI v i * vrv (II V ?I*M 111 IXIIII (ir?M I countv by a jug full. Hill's creek starts witliin the town limits of Pageland and winds around hv Crowburk and empties into Lynche's river near the Robinson ford. Mr. Funderbnrk lives right near Liberty Hill cburcb about five miles from Pageland.?The Journal.) T was taking the measurements of a dress that I had made. I said "Length of skirt 38 inches and waist 3f> inches," when Clertrude. my little girl. said. "Why mamma! If you ain't almost square!"