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< THt PAGELAND JOURNAL VoJ.7 NO. 37 PAGELAND, S. C-, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, W17 $1.00 per year ?? ? j i = Two Million Destitute and Starving People Stretch Out Their Hands in Appeal for American Aid The misery and suffering ol the literally foodless and clotheless people of Armenia and Syria have been already so vividly presented to the people ol South Carolina by its generous press that the meagre responses that have followed show thai their readers evidently have nol appreciated the scorching need of these desperate beggars Without any lurther comment of my own I shall only ask the publication of (he last appeal ol the committee, at their urgenl request. This is a heart touch ing appeal. Your patrons are urgently asked to read the ap peal carefully from the New York committee: "American consuls and missionaries are cabling for immediate help to save 2,000,000 desti tute and starving refugees in western Asia, Two cablegrams just received are typical ol many: " belief funds finished. Need unprecedented. Require $100, 000 this month' "'Request committee to as sume responsibility for 10,000 fatherless children at rate of $2 per month per child.' "The committee has no funds w -t- ? nuu niuvu IU IUCCI U1C HUUVt requests. Six million dollars monthly are needed to provide only 10 cents per day for food and all life*s necessities for each of these helpless de pendents, chiefly women and children. "Every rlnH?ronlribu ted goes to relief. The expense of col lection and disbursement is mel privately. We have positive proof that all aid is effectively distributed, and that the entrance of this country into the war will not stop relief work. "Ever increasing multitudes aggregating hundreds of thous ands, within the advancing lines ot our allies, the Russians and British, are whollv dependenl upon us for the necessities ol life. 4i\A75tH Rolnrinm ?IA ****** xvvif,iuiii piuviucu IUI by the government, private benevolence thus released should contribute the simplest necessi ties of life fur the starving wo men and children of Bible lands. "Quick, generous and sustain ed action alone can save the sur vivors. Kindly see the last page. "Yours verv truly, (Signed) "Henry Morgenthau, "Charles E. Hughes, "Cleveland H. Dodge." It may be judicious to mention in order to remove an im pression that this committee is : -i 1__.? - -? wuitviiiK luuepeuuenuy or rne American Red Cross that while not connected with the Red Cross, they are in perfect har monv with each other. The leading men of the country are in touch with both. For instance, the three signers of the appeal, Henry Morgen thau, trie recently retired United States ambassador to Turkey, Charles E, Hughes, candidate for president of the United States in 1916 and Cleveland H. Dodge, one of the most prominent mer chants and bankers in New York city, are Red Cross men to the backbone. Mayor Mitchel of New York, the president of the Armenian and Syrian committee, is team captain also of the Red Cross in New York, working for both, as is a host of represen tative men of every walk in life, thus carefully removing every suspicion of rivalry. I am proud, too, to be a member of > ' - * - To Insure Soldiers Washington, June 2.?Plans f for issuing $4,0o0 free govern, ment insurence on the life of everjr American soldier, and sailor during the war in lieu of pension arrangements will be , taken up next week bv the council of national defense. A report prepared by Assistant ' Secretary Sweet of the commerce department, ready to be t submitted, urges that the insur| ance be provided through legislation before American troops t are sent to France. The defence council took up f the question some weeks ago and turned the whole subject over the department of commerce for investigation. Thereport ready offers a long list of arguments showing the advan tage of working out a compensation system before American lives are lost in the war. The plans as prepared provid ed for a flat insurance of $4,000 on the life of every officer and ' private in the military and naval cprvirp tr* hp r?dirl tn hie hon/> WW* ? ? ww .v wrv plU\I IV ill<9 UtUf ficiaries without premiums. 1 There would be provision for a i system of insurance by which 1 officers and men desiring to do > | so could take oat amounts I , higher than the $4,000 free pol- 1 icy by paying premiums at J peace rates. * Insurance companies, it is said, J [ are ready to approve the scheme t | if assured the government will \ ] not continue in the insurance ' business after the war. War 1 hazards are so great that few 1 I companies are anxious to insure < soldiers and sailors except at < high premiums. < At the en4 of the - war i | the government, it is sug- 1 gested, could turn over to insur \ [ ance companies its premium ! war business, dropping the flat i ; $4,000 policies on all who leave i the services but continue on < men who remain in the army or ' navy. ! ! Requirements for Grain More j Than U. S. Can Supply I f Washington, June 2.?The I grain requirements of the Allies 1 - and the F.uropean neutrals were 1 . put at 971,000,000 bushels, a I i total much greater than the ? United States can supply, in a I statement by Herbert C. Hoover- < today, listing the minimum < needs of each Nation for human 1 consumption and for feed. I "It will, of cource, be impos- '< sible," said Mr Hoover, "for 1 North America to furnish all of \i this quanity, although the major < lord must fall on us. In any event it emphasizes the nects] sity for control prices and pro- j tect our supply, and the neces sitv for conservation and el imi- ] nation of waste in order to j increase the volume of our ex- , ports. I the Red Cross. Where the pre- I servation of human life is con- 1 cerned, rivalry is unthinkable. I I This is an immediate call. 1 "Feed the hungry. Clothe the J naked" is a divine command. , And then the greatest of these is i charity." The appeal in another place, 1 says, "Give now -give liberally." j I Wl 11 ln> ulnit In _ ..... uw < v. I VV.V.I tt <11 ! Charleston, in the name of the | American committee for Arme- } nian and Syrian relief, contribu 1 tions sent to feed and clothe ' these worn out, starving and j helpless pleaders for assistance. { Their lives depend upon Ameri- ? can charity. My friends and I fellow citizens of our old State, Is < will vou iiot help? A.C.Kaufman, < Charleston, May 28. I i Negro Smothered in Well rtonroc Journal. Overcome by smoke in a well n which he was working; on VIr. Bud Terrell's place a mile ind half east of Monroe, Frttnk 3raddy, colored, age 25, expired vhen finally brought up from he well after he had been down ibout an hour and a half Thurs lay morning. Mr. Terrell and ?rank had been digging the well or some time, and on last Wed lesday afternoon they had plant^d a dynamite charge which reused to explode. Hoping that he flames would ignite the :harge, thev dropped a lot of dry jrass and trash, soaked with cerosene oil into the well, and ired it. The charge would not gnite, and they quit work for he day. Thursday morning ibout eight o'clock, without any hesitation Frank went down ino the well, not dreaming that ?moke from the debris which hey had burned the day before lad accumulated in the bottom }f the well. He had no more - 1 1 .u I- _ ? uuu icuciicu nit: uuuum vvnen VIr. Terrell, who was handling he windlass, heard him struggling for breath. Mr. W. T. Hasty, who lives on the place, 'an to the well and they shouted lo the negro to catch the rope. But it seems that the smoke, or jas had rendered him unconscious, and he was unable to do so, Mr. Hasty threw water lown into the well, hoping that this would revive Frank, but this too failed. Mr. Terrell went for tielp, fearing to go down into the well with only one man to draw him up in case he became unconscious too. Help was secured, and about ten thirty the aegro was finally drawn tcT%& top. He expired in a few minutes after being rescued. It is said that Frank was a very weak negro, which probably account 2d tor the fact that he was easily nvercome by the smoke. Shark Attacks Savannah Man C I- n - * ^ oavviumui, oa., j une o.? i lie first indication of sharks along the Atlantic coast came early this afternoon when Wallace J, Pierpont, Jr, son of Mayor W. J. Pierpont of Savannah, was attacked by a man-eater while on an outing with his wife and little son about 40 miles from the :ity. The shark tore a considerable amount of flesh from Mr. Pierpont's right arm, but with the assistance of his wife he was able to scramble into their aunch and made a dash for Savannah where he was subject ed to an operation. Growing Potatoes in Barrels Uarshvillc I Ionic. A new system of growing Irish potatoes has been inaugu ated in Marshville. Those A'llO h'.nro t r ww I it r.i.t ? -> ? ?>IV 1IU ? V IV\I II V/lll illC I'llitiusiastic in their claims that the results are more than satisfac lory and they gladly furnish in formation to others who desire o "turn the trick." The potatoes ire planted in the bottom of a. barrel, the head of which has >een knocked out, in a bed of well-prepared and enriched soil, when the plants are a few inch s above the ground more dirt is idded and the potatoes keep arrowing out of the ground and he process of adding more dirt or wheat straw is repeated every few days until the potatoes ;row out at the top of the barrel ind bear potatoes all the way rom the bottom to the top. \ rf llli r I ? ft 111 in uiiidvii iiu: i v\ ii<iiici> n which potatoes were planted i few weeks ago and the tops ire now out of the barrel. One jentleman states that he has teen as high as two bushels jrown in one barrel. The wri :er is trying the proposition out ind expects to be able to make a first-hand report next fall. / / < Many Lives Are Lost on Storms i in Middle-West Kansas City Mo., June 1.? Twentv-one known deaths, more ^ than one hundred injured and 1 unestimated property damage 1 resulted from a series of torna- i does that swept several towns 1 and sections of southeastern i Kansas, north central Oklahoma J and southern Missouri late to- ' day and tonight. I With 400 houses reported destroyed at Coalgate, Okla., a town of 3,000 inhabitants, and . possibly 200 at Coffeyville, Kan., it was feared that the death total J at these two places would be high. One message said that 13 * bodies had been counted at ' Coalgate, and that the business section of the town was virtually destroyed. 1 Three persons were killed, several seriously injured and much property was damaged by a tornado which struck Moore, five miles southeast of Olathe, . Kan. 1 News Items from the Jefferson Section The Jcffcrsoniaa. . Frank Taylor, a young white man of Rock Hill, while admir ing the landscape on Monday morning was fined for allowing the hilt of a pistol to show to ?. the alert eye of chief Hilton. The pistol was a "38" and he j was relieved of it and discharf* ed with a warning. One of the largest cotton deals that has been pulled of in some 1 time occurred on Saturday. Mr. ' A. S. Mungo of near town sold { i)4 bales at 21 cents making his ( ,check about $6,500 He runs 60 \ 'plows and the cotton sold was ' last years crop. 1 A negro, Lonnie Mungo, was 1 badly cut up with a knife in a 1 dispute on last Saturday near 1 Flat Creek church at about 10 5 o'clock in the evening. His < wounds about the head and I body were dressed at the Drug ' store at Jefferson. J Whiteford Mungo who lives 1 on route 2, lost his barn by fire 1 at about 10:30 o'clock on last 1 Friday morning. Very little ' r i - ' * ? ieeu was in me Darn wnen tlie fire started. Tlie origin of the 1 fire is unknown and there was ^ no insurance. 1 Mrs. Clarence Black well, of I Flat Creek section died on last 1 Friday at about 11 o'clock in her '? 26th year, after a short illness. 1 She was buried on Saturday at < 4 o'clock at the*church ceme ' jtery. She was a daughter of Mr. George Hilton of this sec ( tion and surviving her are three i small children and her husband After a lingering illness of 5 eight weeks, Mr. R. M. Mungo J died of cancer of the stomach at 1 his home on route 2, Jefferson, i on last Sunday morning at nine < o'clock. The deceased is sur < vived bv his wife, two daughtrs ? Mrs. W. T. Helms, and Mrs. W. 1 I. Mangum of Charlotte, and t one son, Joe, who were at the bedside. Two sisters and two i brothers survive. \ Several times in the past < month droves of cattle have i passed through this town bound i lor the slaughter pen. Heef is i scares and a fat millr o*r??r? 1 ? -- .... TT v v Vll if it is a scrub and lias gone dry < is well worth savin?, foi next s winters supply of meat. The I price may be higher then than it is now, and the farmer may 1 have to pay $100 for a cow < that he sells now for $10. One concern in Pageland has recent ly bought over a hundred head ' of cattle Irom farmers in this i section. A farmers who sells his beef now must need the coin 1 badly. < \nother Revolution Brewing in China Peking, June 3.?Eleven Provinces of China, including the province Chi Lik, in which Peeing is situated, now no longer ecognize the authority of the Peking Government. The Provnces of Kwang Tung. Kwang >i, and Yan Nan are supporting President Li Yuan Hung. The jrovisonal assembly of Kwang Tung, in assuring its loyal supjort to the President and Parlia nent, demands that the military jovernors be dismissed and lunished. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, ormer Premier Tang Shao Yi, ind other revolutionary leaders ire proceeding hurriedly to Can on. It seems probably ttiat ihould the military governors )ersist in their revolutionary course that the three loyal South Dhin.i Provinces named, Kwang Tung, Kwang Si and Yun Nan will rise in support of the Presilent. At present, the situation s serious and the President vir ually powerless. According to official'informaion todav President Li Yuan riung intends tomorrow to inroduce a bill taking in a de duration of war against GerTl'iniT Jf ? uxiir ii iiicic is u quorum presint in Parliament. The pres mce of a quorum, however, seems doubtful. Eat Christmas Dinner Somewhere in France Columbia, S. C., June 2.?The National Guard of the United States "will eat Christmas dinner somewheie in France," is the opinion of the officer of the Uuard in this State. The opm ion was also expressed that the two regiment in South Carolina will be put through with a pe ricd of intensive training during the Fall months before being sent to France. When the Suard has been called, other provision will have to be made for guarding the railway trestles ind Government and private property. About 1,200 men are rtriiif of n 1 ?* * nun diauuucu ui me larger railway bridges in South Carolina. The suggestion has been made :o Col. P. K. McCully of the First Regiment that he recom nend the creation of a home juard. Col. McCully looks favorably upon the proposition md will later take the matier up with General Leonard Wood, :ommanding the Southeastern Department. Capt. Heath Wears Snake Belt Monroe Journal. The thought of wearing a make belt might be repulsive to iome, but not to Capt. W. C. Heath. He is wearing one nade from the skin of a large :opperhead snake which he kill jd on his farm several weeks tgo. He had the hide tanned, while Mr. H. J. Hinson made he belt for him. A runnaway box car crushed inio Crow Brother's warehouse it the cotton platform Thursday morning, almost demolish ing it. The car was loaded with material for the Gulf Paving people, and a little negro jov had released it from some Mher cars, loosing control of it is it gained momentum down the grade. Nobody was hurt. The damage to the warehouse will amount to about five hundred dollars, it is said. "Well." asked the doctor, 'how did you find yourself this morning?" "Oh, easy enough," answered the patient. "I just opened my iiyes and here I was," Two Submarines Attackc d Steamer New York, June3.?Two German submarines made a concerted attack on the America i Line steamship Kroonland on her last voyage from this pori, firing four torpedoes, two of which hit the liner glancing blows, but did not explode, according to a report brought here today bv an American, who said he was told of the attack by an officer on the ship. The liner was nearing the British coast, the American was informed, When two torpedoes, fired from opposites of the vessel from submerged U-boats were seen. Both torpedoes missed the bow of the ship by less than twenty teet. The Kroonland was already going at high speed and the navigating officer on the bridge gave orders to zig zag. Quickly two more torpedoes were launched. This time the aim of the Germans was better, for the missies actually touched the sides of the liner, but the blows were not sufficiently dij rect to explode the contact I detonators in the torpedoes. The naval gunner on the Kroonland opened fire at the unseen targets, sending explosive shells into the water at the point >yhere it was judged the submarines were when the torpedoes were launched, but so far as known no hits were recorded. Training Camps To Be Repeated Washingtion, June 2.?A second series of officers' training camps will be held between August 27 and November 26 in eight locations, to develop officers for the second increment of 500,000 men to be called into service by the selective draft, Adjt. Gen. McCain announced today. In general, qualifications for admission to these camps will be the same as for the first series, but a strong effort will be made to obtain men above 31 years of age and the number adImifttwl trninin/v ...III 1 1 * iu iiiiiiiiu^ will uc smaller. Applications must be sent to the commanding generals of the department in which the applicant lives between June 15 and July 15. Some of the present ten officers' training camps will be abandoned in the series and all selected for the second training courses are located in the Southern part of the country Almost Unanimous Baltimore Sun. WnorKr ? ^^.A 1... 1 ? nv44iif tvvij Will lUilU ICUUS to Berlin these days. Brazil is assuming a hostile attitude' to Germany. Chile is becoming fighting mad with her, the Span ish people are getting their blood up, and even the patient and pacific Chinese are meditating an expression of displeasure. Before long the vote against Prussianism will be almost unanimous. Very likely Turkey and Bulgaria wish thev had not cast in their lot with the Kaiser. It has rarely, if ever, 1 ? t f_- ' uappeneu oeiore nrai practical iv the sentiment of the whole world was united in condemnation of one Nation. Is it diffi cult to find the reason? Someone noticed that Pat used both hands equally well. "When I was a boy," he explained, "me father always said to me: Tat learn to cut yer finger nails wid yer left hand, for some day ye might lose yer right hand."* *