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I I. m ? ? ) Vol. 8 No. 8 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1917 f,.n0 nPr v?.r i i X : C-1J: ?- t* i-? i - ? /iiiicuv.aii jtiuu-18 i a Ken r>v Germans Washington, Nov. 4,?Berlin's terse announcement today that "North American" soldiers had been captured by German patrols on the Rhine Marne canal on the French lront, brought the American people a step nearer to ttie heart o! the great struggle. There was no doubt here that the men referred to were members of General Pershing's torce undergoing final training with French regiments in front line ?r ? r ucu^irca. v_-vj 11 11 IIKIUOII 11(1111 General Pershing was lacking, but in due course he will trans mit the names of any men missing and this nia\ furnish some light. If, as is assumed, a small scouting party was surprised by a German patrol in No Man's Land and all captured, details ol the incident may never he fully told since only captors and captives woukl know what happen ed in the encounter under cover of darkness. This is the first report received here ol the capture ol any members of the American expeditionary forces, hut a number of naval gunners from Amen can armed ships sunk by sub marines and civilian members of the crews of other ships are held in German prison camps. Night patrolling is a vitally important part of the final training of the American forces as it. is upon these patrols that the commanding officers rely for information of activity in the enemy's front line. Kvery night the scouts creen net n-ith f - v,?.t ?? 1111 blackened against the keen vision of enemy lookouts ami a swift, deadly spurt from a ma chine gun. Thev go creeping across the shell torn ground up J to the entanglements, crawling and listening, dropping flat when a flare breaks out 111 the air above them, sometimes lying absolutely still for hours while rifles and machine guns hammer j above them. | Letter From Former Pageland Boy. Dear Mr. Fucker: I read with interest sour; account ot the tire which came1 so near distroying Hie plant ol The Journal and aside fiom the sympathy 1 feel for the loscr^ I am particularly impressed wit:? the enterprise vou have shown; in continuing without inter-; mission a publication of sour paper. Only a sense of the highest responsibility to vour subscribers could have d-iven you to the exertion that must have been necessary to issue a paper under such trying ?. , ditions. I am sure the people of Pageland and community ap ' preciate as 1 do the spirit \ou and those connected with you have shown in this crisis. I Moreover I trust your readers will show their appreciation in more substantial way than sympathy, however much that j he appreciated. The progressiveness of Mr. Sowell in planning immediatev u> tcdiiiiu me destroyed section of your city is to he commended. Assuring you of niv con ' tinned interest in vour pcisonal welfare and the success of I he1 Journal, I am. Very Respectfully Yours, H. L. lolinson. Columbia, Novcinhci * IN early One-Half Kaiser's UI Foals Have Been Lost J I.or dor, Nov. i.?Between 10 amino percent of the Herman submarines operating in tbe | North sea, the Arctic and tie* Atlantic since the hep inn in jr of the war have been stinU, said Sir l a ic Hcddes, first lord of the cdmiralty. in the house of com nions todav. M\Yc must lav plars for a lone war," continued Sir laic "1 S' e no sipns of its beincr a short one." "Durins: the last quarter the Hermans lo.d as 'mine submarines as they lost in 10lb," said Sir F.ric. The output of merchant ship pint? in the first nine months of j tliis year, he said, was l:M per | cent hiuher than in the corres ponding period lad voars. The admiralty had decided that four new shipbuilding yards would be necessary. Sir Kric sa 1 he regretted it had not been found possible to arrive nt a basis for publication of British tonnage losses by sub marine action without givinig inform n'ion to the enemy. The losses of merchantmen in October, he said, were slight ly worse than in September. Ihietnv submarines were being sunk to an increasing extent, but the Germans were building them faster than hitherto. In September, Sir Kric con tinned, there was afloat on the high seas an increase of :'() per cent in numbers and 30 per cent in tonnage of Brisish ships as compared with April. Troops of Allies Have Gone to Aid Italians. Washington, Nov. -1.?Kngland, I-ranee and Italy stands firmly united to oppose any further advance of the enem.\ in the Italian sector, says the war dep-ai tment's weekly review of milit.ii v op ,T ms. The state ment suggests 111 *?i the Teutons probably thought Italy would he lot? to her fate, or that the allies would be unable to tlis patch the necessarv forces in time, hut declares that Fnglanu land hrance already have sent ! large 1'cinlorcenicnts anil the | western front today stretches from the North sea to the Adriatic. 1 O.i'y hare mention of the i American hoops in France is I made hy the department. In pointing out that the moment ous events >n Italy must not /Mead us to forget that the principal battle front of the war I remains" in hrance and Man I ders. the statement says, "here lour forces are fig-ding." i ~ _ German Batt. ries Display Uuusual Activity Against American !-*oops Willi ilio Ameiican Armv in ! ranee, Silturtl.i\", \'o. A. ?Miy the Associated I'ress. >? Not withstanding the rains- weather I-iiilas niahl and earls' Saturd >y, the Cennan batteries displaced more ; ctivi'v lh n normal on the part ?>l the breach line occn pied hv lira Anna ieau troops* (ictman s ells v. ore distributed nnpa tiaii.x . mon<? the trenches, iIs*i Ameiican !i atei iesj'iepls iny in the same lashion. I he enei is is rising hoth hieh explorive and shrapnel in semi nm lsional u minders of the war losvar I the Americans. !<? ports teaching Itcathpr irleis, Imwcvci, -are thai the bombard nu-.d couM in no sense be considen I ' iiveis," merely boinj* a depaue.rc from the normal stale J of (piietude at r.ieht on that par ! tit ular set tot . Italian Relieat Has Compensations. Italian Headquarters in North cm Italy, Friday, Nov. 2 <hv the Associated Press).? From the strategic standpoint the Italian retreat in Nothern Italy has certain comp* nsations. It has shortened the Italian front from an irregular curve of 7<i miles to a compact, straight line. The former front, just ahan doned, stretched Irom Ple/.zo southward to the Gulf of driest which is M) miles in an airline, and more than 70 utiles, iticlud ing the zigzags over the mountains. Phis was an exceptionally long front for either offensive or defensive operations and it was continually threatened with incursions at weak points. The old line, moivovei, had no rivers as natural defenses. Now, however the l out is greatly shortened with the en tire army massed and hacked by iinuui.n iien. rises. But the strategic issues are not confined the bearing upon the situation eastward in Yenetia, Theie must also be taken into con si d ; tion the Trentino tront which ' as heretofore been distinct and seperate in the war operations. The Venetian front runs perpendicularly from the Adriatic, whereas the Trentino front runs horizontally eastward from Lake Gardia and is little more than 30 miles away to the north. Reports coining in today were of a reassuring character, show ing the Italian rear guard still holding the enemy east of the Tagliamento. t i #?* 1 Two German Warships and, Five Armed Trawlers Sunk > Off Sweedish Coast by British Destroyers x London, Nov. 3?Thirty men on the German auxiliary cruiser Marie of Flensburg, were killed in an engagement with British destroyers, according to an Ex change Telegram despatch from Copenhagen 1 he Marie, a 3,000-ton vessel, met the British destroyers twelve miles north of Kullen. She immediately opened fire, which was answered by the do st rovers, In ten minutes the M trie was abla/.e. ()l the eighty one members of her crew, the dispatch says, 30 were killed and the others took to the boats. Seven wounded j riiLunBh| wcnitolw patn.H S*T*<?tirrti.ki,? dry cell J w.e.<at ron eimt. / / / ; GNIRAL IGNITION I /j a t?JtnuifAc 1 urt'<l > >j?i ) '< / ' 1?NALCM&0NCO; \ AL' vri.Aiyt> otfi?y ^ ' -i'm' ^ There are two reas sell you Columbia Bat bell, telephone, auto, er First -It's a lively Second?It's so well-kn er, and for that reason fresh stock oftener. Freshness is impx Don't accept inferior, i rated batteries ? buy them here, FRRSH. .1. D. Re< i % Millions of Families P'edge t< Save Food. ,Washington. Nov. I. ? Mori than a million families *.\en added to the food adnvmistra t'on's pledge enrollment 1>\ to day's reports of activities vcs terday throughout the country 7 he total as officially recorder litre now stands at 0,109, 107 am officials of the admimstr ttioi think that Splodges for at leas ten million families will haybeen signed before the close o this week. Because work in some sec tions has only fairly gotten under way, the campaign whicl darted a week ago has been e\ tended until next Saturda1 night. Vermont, with 5d,7N5 piedgc signed, is the first state to pas its goal. Its apportionment w.i r>0,000. North Carolina turnei in the banner report todav jumping from !65,0>o to 2i! I. 910. California still leads tin states with 446,502. r> ?- - ivcihjiis 01 attempts to tutor lore with the food pledges cum paign continue to come in. / fake letter signed "Ilerher Hoover" and announcing tha a government inspector wouit take over a percentage of horn* canned goods was circulated it Connecticut, and in Iowa fakt pledge cards informing house wives that the govcrnmen would take all in excess oi" I'M jars of their canned goods wen out out. sailors subsequently were res cued by the Danish steamshq i>dgas. Another man w a s Thcvc'e-.l up by the sb ainsii'q Troondhejm. They were land ed last night. The other mem bers of the crew are believed U have been rescued by tin destroyers. It is understood that tin Marie was accompanying number of patrol boats, including the Crocodile, which sanl> after an explosion. According to the ( openh:.ge;i correspondent of the Centra V ? 1 w * /V a, mi: v.?i'i nr.in vessels ucm displaying no Hags. W hen lhi llrilisb signalled tin in to show their colors, the German cruisi ooened i'ire, at the same unu breaking out the German en sign. The bodies oi many Gel mans have already been \v -.diet! ashore on the Swedish coast. __ t|k ? ~ ? ^ 0\ ??s ) Sy\ -4*> " " ~ ons why v/e'd ml her terics lor your door igine or tractor. 7, full-pow rod cell, lown that it sells la: we are able to boy >rtant in dry cells, mknown or detcri Columbian and buy [Ifearn. I ? Quaricrly Report of CourUionse Township Petiod, Aptil 1 t.? October 1, 1 | I'M7. 'Continued from Inst week.* I j M Sellers, 1 2 day .Fib 1 M i Rhine, 1 2 day .at) ' j I) \j l\al, ' b. tram 1 2 day 1.50 I M L Teal. melt. 1 1 2 ds. 10.7?0 II M I, Teal, w.i^ort 1 2 day l.r.O 1 | l.eon Marmoti, 1-2 dav .50 ''i 1\ T Teai, team 1 2 day 1.50 1" T. 1'eal oversee! I 1-2 ds. 2.2.5 ^ li 1" Kin;;, team 5 I dav 2.00 Kin;; Skipper, 5 1 dav ..V". Walter SUiuper, 5 1 day .55 ^ i 1 lenry KoliocU ! dav .75 ' j 1, T Wltii* , overseer 3 -1 day 1.05 <; R \ auplm, I day l.oo v j Jim Liltt'e 1 day 1 .<>:> | Daniel \'au;;han, 0 hours .On s j Rob ( lampbeli, 1 day l.itO s Juke Morris, 2 days 2.00 ! j I'i p. Rkkets, I 2 day ,5<> * j 11>e Selle'.s, I dav 1 .<>0 ' NT Allen, 1 dav l.0c? A N Stroud, ov's'r 1 1 2 ds 2.25 Jim Rivers. \ 2 dav .5(1 j Press '1 iminons. 2 days 2 (to | Pul Ratlill', 1 1 2 davs 1.5" i Will Melton, 1 day 1.00 | A C Melton, i 2 dav .50 j ! ' 11 P>oat \ i i;;bt, ov'rs'r 1 d. 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D Mullov, 2 days 2.00 Charley llassell, 2 days 2.00 Dock Johnson, 2 1 2 days 2.50 Sam Johnson, 2 1-2 days 2 50 Archie Sellers, 3 days 3 00 W. A Sellers. 3 day 3 00 Alec Watson 1 dnv i nn , - ?. ? X \J\I A (j Webster, 3 days 4.50 A G Webster, overseer 2.00 R. P. James, 1 3 4 days 1.75 Turn Adams, 1 3 1 days 2.75 P.oss Adams, I day l.Oo Will Kddins, 1 3 I days 1.75 Andrew Adams, 1 3 1 days 1.75 BT Adams, l dav 1.00 B. R Adams, 1 3 4 days 1 25 A J Adams, i 3 4 d.ivs? ?-K-25 Johnnie I lough, 3-4 day .75 John 1 lough, 3 1 dav .50 \Vil! Campbell, 1 3 4 day 1.75 C 1. Kddins, overseer 2 ds, 3.<)() K J Morris, "2 days 2.0o ' ' B Morris, 2 days 2.00 John Merriman, 2 days 2.0o Jack Gardiner, 2 days 2.00 Will McCoy, 2 d.ivs 2 <><? Grady Watson, 2 davs 2.00 M T Teal. 2 days 2.00 Zonk Jackson, 2 days 2.0() lorn Melton, 2 davs 2.o0 j II Streater. i day L.OO I wo shovels 3.00 W I Streater, ov'rs'r 2 days 2.'mi Charlie Grofford, 3 days 3.0<> Page (. rotford, 3 days 3.0o Randolph Minn, 3 days 3.00 (Jeorj>e Crofford, I 1-2 ds. 1.50 Lester Dixon, 2 days 2.o0 ()ne mule, 2 ilavs 1.50 Two muh s, 1 day 1,50 W T McBride, 3 davs 3.00 Mellon Bennett, 2 lis. 1-2 il 1.50 II \V White, l day .75 Jerome Lddins, ' day l.Oo Baxter Warner, 1 dav 1.00 Bud Rivers, 1 dav 1.00 Bud Hammond, 1 2 day .50 Sou ire Broek, 1-2 dav ,50 L 1' White, overseer I day 1.50 I (/.tdilv, 1 I 2 days l..r?0 R \\ (kiddy, I 1 2 days 1.50 R \\ Ckiddy, timber 2.00 It a I i.m is, I dav 1 Jim I'm vis, 3 days 3.0<> Luke Purvis, 2 days 2.00 IPC ,i day 1.00 ( > 1< I )av is, 2 davs 2.00 ('ary I )a\ is, ! day l.Oo ( am i Davis, 3 days 3.00 May Davis, 2 days 2.0'> 1 !i Davis, overseer 3 days 3.0<? \dams, learn 1 dav 3.0o L 1 Adams, I day 1.00 (Juv Wadswortli, I 1-2 days 1.50 P I Katlifl, 1 dav t.00 James Kivers, I day l.OO isuck Kallilt, 1 t 2 days 2.50 H I (iritis, I 2 day 1.50 \\ 1 (in ijjjs, ov'rs'r 2 12 ds. 3.75 \ I Moore, 2 1). team 2 ds. 6.00 DC' Smith, 2 h. team 2 ds. f>.00 l< (i Moore, 2 days 2.00 I. 1). .Smith, overseer, ids 3.00 Krvm Kittle, 1 days 4.00 << 'ontinned next week*