I Vol. 8 No. 14 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1917 %\ oo Der vc
I Man Who Spent 18 Years ii
a Turkish Prison Tells of
Cruelty of His Captors.
(Continued from last week.)
He had never seen an auto
mobile, an electric light, a tele
phone or any other of the man]
wonders of the past 18 years
He returned to his old home
only to find that his wife anc
daughter had lived and waitec
16 years and a half and then ir
the fall of 1915 had sailed foi
America, He later found when
she had registered at the Frencl
COnsullflte nt Rnltimnro nc th<
wife of Capt. Laurene, missing
^B 16 years. She also registered ii
a hotel io that city, but from tha
^Bjpoint no trace of her has beer
^ found. He has traveled over 31
^ states, lectured all over the coun
^Btry, advertised widely, but nc
^B trace of her has been found
^ He lectures under the auspice;
of the Red Cross an other sim
ilar organizations in the largei
^B cities, and admission fees an
charged. In small places lu
B charges no tees, but the peopl<
B are allowed to pay what the:
want to. In Pageland the con
tribution amounted to abov<
| l He address was not a sermoi
f in any good sense, and stil
' many good lessons were drawi
from the experiences of tin
speaker. In giving advice t<
young men he said, "Love you
country; No better will be founc
Keep good company and tel
your troubles to God- Heed th
warning of a good woman, as i
is God's message to you." II
then told how he had failed t
listen to the warning of hi
young wife as she clung to hin
at parting and begged him nc
to CO on thp PYnpHlhAn on
i warned him ihat she saw dange
f ^fn telling of the custpms c
I the Turks he said the Turk
bathe only once a year wliic
time comes in April. Also th'j
they wear the hair long, and rt
fuse to let their prisoners cu
their hair. They wear turban
to bind the hair about the heat
The Turks, he said, are poo
marksmen, but the most expi*
swordsmen in the world. The
never shoot their prisoners bu
cut their throats.
They never cry and neve
laugh, only smile, being stoica
in their nature and training
nru? * rr*1
i uey are lauauc. i nere is n?
god but Allah. They work an<
die for their religion without :
murmur. They think it a hol<
thing to cut the throat of :
christian dog, as they term al
i followers of the Cross. Tin
religion was described as one o
bloodshed, lust and cruelty
The Turk believes he has
right to as many wifes as he cat
support. The rich obtain thei
wives in various and question
able ways. The people an
divided into seven classes, am
a man ol one class may hav*
the wife of. any man of a lowe
class for the asking. At rcgula
periods girls fioin differen
ROllrf^l'S arc mil nr? ami
w *'?.?% VI)/ (II ivi Ol/IU <1
auction to the highest bidder
The rich man keeps his wive
shut up in a harem, and the;
are watched over by eunuchs
| If a girl or woman gets the il
will oi the eunuch or the "hus
band" she is put to death am
buried in the river or lak?
with about as much ceremonj
as a civilized man would oh
serve in shooting a crow
There is absolutely no rever
ence lor woman, wife or mothei
being little more than a brute
Capt. Laurence sees in tin
present war the downfall ol
Turkish rule and cruelties. Mi
hates a Turk with an intense
and burning hatred, and longs
to see the overthrow of the
Turkish government, if such il
might be called.
/
i: Morale of French and British is
Good.
New York, Dec. 15.?What
the American mission was sent
to accomplish in the inter allied
. war conference in Paris, "has
- t *
been successfully and satisfac,
torily done," was the message
1 brought to the American people
* by Col. E. M. House, head of
the mission, who returned to the
r
* United States today with four
i of his colleagues.
j The reception of the party
y was void of ostentation. After
i advising the press of the mis
l sion's arrival Colonel House
! motored to his ho ne where he
[ later received newspaper men
. and announced that the mis>
sion's reports already had been
dispatched by special messenger
s to the state department at
- Washington.
r "In England and France the
? influence of the United States is
* paramount," said Colonel
^ House. "In both countries the
morale is splendid?the best 1
have observed on any oi my
p three trips abroad since the
beginning of the war."
l "You mean the morale of the
1 fighting forces?" Colonel
i House was asked
e "No, I mean the morale of the
d men in uniform and the people
r as a whole," he replied. "Their
I. determination to win without
11 thought of the cost is ad
e miruble."
it
e Auditor's Notice.
? The Auditor's office will be
s opened for the assessment of all
n tsxable Real Estate and Personal
al property from January 1st,
1918 to February 20th, 1918.
1 All male citizens between the
f -aifaflhrflf ?l aod 60 years are
deemed Taxable Polls, except
(s those who are maimed or for
1 other causes are incapable of
v/tuiiiuj; <1 stip(JUll.
The law requires 50 per cent,
* penalty added to taxes on props
erty subject to taxes and no re
' turned tor assessment on or
r before the 20in ol February,
1 1918.
v I will be in the Auditor's
1 oflice January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
12, 18, 19 and 26; February, 1, 2,
r 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19,
1 and 20, and at the following
places on the dales named:
J Patrick; January 8, from 11 to
1 3 o'clock.
1 Cedar Creek.Church; January
k 19, from U to 2 o'clock.
li John H. Wallace; January 10,
^' from 11 to 3 o'clock and U.K.
I lmuons iii nignt.
M Cash's: January 4, from 10 lo
1 o'clock.
1 Westfield Creek, at new
1 school house January 12, from
r, 10 to 12 o'clock.
j Cross Koads; January 14, from
L> | 1 to 3 o'clock.
lefferson; January 15 and 16,
J to 11 o'clock
r Catarrh, at J. G. Holly's;
r J January 16. from 1 to 4 o'clock.
Plains, -at J. W. Hicks; Jan
1 nary 17, 10 lo 1 o'clock.
J Grant's Mill; January 12, from
s j 10 li> In o'clock.
G Augelus; January 22, from 11
to 3 o clock.
I
1 Mcliee; Januar> 23 and 24.
'} Middendori; January 25, from
! ! I I ... I ..'..I I
I i i n) ii i) ?C K.
Ruby; January 28. from 11 to
' 3 o'clock.
Pngelaud; January 29 and 30.
i Dudley; January 31, from 10
to 1 o'clock.
Ml. Croghao; February 5,
from 12 to 1 o'clock.
1 Guess; February 5, from 12 to
5 j 3 o'clock, n
!i Cheraw; February 7 and 8th.
! T. W. EDDINS, Auditor.
[I Other County papers please
copy.
More Men lo Camp Jackson
The following: men, who had
been exempted until December
1st by the local and district
boatds, were notified to reported
at Cheraw Monday afternoon,
and to leave for Camp/Jackson
yesterday morning:.
Sanford Campbell
William M. Gathings /
Hoyt H. Grant
, Chester Griggs
Preston P. Hurst
Thomas L. Ingram I
(~1 11 Korl IT T/\Ur?f?Akw I
Vjlltrvil JL\J* J WlilldUU
Robert J. Matheson
John S. Oliver
Joseph K. Pegues
Frank Tavlor
Minor H. Watson
Robert L. Watts
Horace C. Wilhelm
The Monroe Journal says
when the war began betvveen
the North and the South the
expression, ' One Southern man
can lick five Yankees wit.i corn
stalks," was employed# in tile
South to stimulate recruiting,
and that it had its effect just like
similar expressions are used in
Germany. This reminds us o!
an experience Zeb Vance once
ran up against while ir king a
speech in a Northern -Vile a
short while after the Ci\ii war
closed. The speaker made a
statement that didn't suit one ot
his Yankee hearers and he was
interrupted with these words:
"Aren't you the fellow who told
the rebels that one Southern
man could lick live Yankees
with corn talks?" But Vance's
ready wit saved the day when
he made the following reply:
"Yes, but they wouldn't fight
with corn stalks."
"This question has two sides,"
said Senator Newlands in a
recent argument. "It's like the
youa^lai^s^VtrifBotiial argument.
'
"I, said the first young woman,
don't intend to marry till
I'm thirty."
" 'And I,' said the second,
'don't intend to be thirty till I'm
married.' "
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Jury Declares Means Innocent
| Concord, N. C., Dec. ir? ?
Gaston B. Means was acquitted
here today of the murder of
Mrs. Maude A. King, a
wealthy widow of New York
whose business affairs he had
handled. The case-went to the
jury last night at 7 o'clock and
as presiding Judge Cline had
1 ? J if- "
iiiiL-u mat a vcrctict might be
rendered on Sunday, the jurors
sent for him today and returned
the verdict shortly after 10
o'clock.
After the foreman of the jury
I had formally pronounced the
verdict of "not guilty" counsel
of Means asked the court if it
j had anv other charges against
means Judge Cline replied
i there was none and Means was
given his freedom for the first
time since last September, when
he was arrested on a warrant
charging him with having shot
the woman, who met death neai
here in August. Means always
asserted she shot herself acci
dentallv
New York, Dec. 16. ? GasW
B. Means, acquitted of the mur
der of Mrs. Maude A. King
faces indictment in the eount\
for foigery and embezzlement
District Attorney Swann an
nounced tonight.
"There is concrete eviderct
in om hanus to show that Mean:
forged many documents 01
which he el -mined large sum:
of mono from Mrs. King's es
tate," said Mr. Swann, "ant
there is evidence pointing k
e:? i- t 1 <
111 ui us me iimimn'r 01 me ma
jor portion of Mrs. King'
wealth.
Mass Meeting December 270
Notice is hereby given that i
mass, meeting will be held 01
Thursday, December 27|Jjl fo
the^ptirp'ose-of nomiTriitilfj^fc*^
intendant and four wardens fo
the Town of Pageland for tin
year 1918. Every citi/.en of tlu
town is asked to attend and ha vt
a voice in the meeting.
J. E. AGER PON. Intendent,
S. A. SELLERS, Clerk.
Bsm?asE&> $Mt
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a;r^io I
Year you will wanl g (
r heads, bill beads, | 1
)es, cards or olher jjp
>vv is I he lime to j
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Iceland f
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i Save All Manure, Straw a> 1
Leaves for Fertilizer
With commercial fertilize s
scarce and high priced, evei v
1 pound of home-made fertilize: s
should be carefully saved ar 1
; used in 1918. With nitrogen ; t
35 cents, phosphoric 6 cents an 1
i potash 30 cents a pound when
bought in commercial fertilizers,
it is of interest and value to
calculate the plant food values
- of the materials commonly
found around the average
Southern farm.
Slablf1 nv.innrii
: Hoover Tells How We Can
Save
Organization if being oerfectbv
the United States Food Ad
ministration in South Carolina
for the placing of a supplemer.
tal food card in every one of the
four hundred thousand homes
of the State.
The supplemental card bears
: a message from Herbert Hoover
; United States Food Administra
lion to the American|people.
i The card contains the follow
ing specific appeals to every
home in South Caroliua.
"The Food Administration
I asks every one to maintain rigid
ly a minimum of at least:
'One wheatless day each v. uek
I and one wheatless meal
i da}; ilie wheatless day to ??
I Wednesday, By wheatless wt
i mean to eat noj wheat produces
II "One MEATLESS day each
t week which, shall be Tuesday
- and one meatless meal each
; day. By meatless we mean tc
- eat no red meat, beef, pork, mut
ton, veal, lamb; no preserve*.
i meat, beef bacon ham or lard.
"One PORKLESS day each
, week in addition to Tuesday
which shall be Saturday. B3
. porklesw we mean no fresh 01
. salted pork, bacon, lard or ham
"SUGAR?You can material
? ly reduce sugar by reducing tin
s use of candy and sweet drinks
1 We will make every endeavoi
5 10 see that|the country is pro
. vided with a supply of house
1 hold sugar on the basis of three
-> pounds of sugar for each persoi
per month? Do not consume
s more.
"Human foodstuffs comprise
three principal elements:
1 "PROTEIN: Mainlv presen
1 in meat, beans, fish, poultry
i ?:n, ?1
. milti , ana 10 soasc extent it
r grains.
J "FATS: That is, butter, cream
.? lard, bacon, margarine, cooking
i fais, beans, cotton seed oil ant
J other vegetable oils.
'CARBOHYDRATES: Grains
sugar, potatoes and other vege
tables.
"As a nation we eat and wash
| 80 per cent, more protein thai
we require to maintain health
Therefore, we can reduce th<
! amount of meat we eat withou
; harm.
' "We eat and waste .240 pe
:. cent, more fat than is necessary
Of the carbohydrates we car
; just as well consume corn, oat:
and other cereals as wheat am
! the other cereals as wheat am
\ . we have abundant supplies o
potatoes and vegetables.
"Do not limit votir supplies o
milk and table butter, but con
; sume it all. Don't waste anv.
"You can reduce the consunip
tion of fats by reducing pastrj
anil lrled loods.
"Remember the gospel of th<
clean plate, the serving of smal
portions, the purchase of les:
I supplies.
"HOARDING?Any person it
the United States who buy!
more food stuffs than he custom
iii i 1 y keeps at home in peac*
times is defeating the Food Ad
ministration in its purpose to se
cure a just distribution of fooc
and in its great endeavors to re
duce prices. The hoarding o
food in households is not onlj
unnecessary, as the Govern men
is protecting the food supply o
our people, but it is selfish anc
!\ cnitct' (tf liiirll i\no"o
I "'h"
Tommy had been playinj.
truant from school, and ha?
opent a Ion/2, beautiful day fish
in};. On his way hack he me
one of liia voting cronies, whe
accosted him with the usual
question. "Catch anything?"
At this, Tommy in all the con
K sciousnets of guilt, quickly reft
ponded: "Ain't been home
jj yet."?Tit-bits.
i
~ ...uuuav, Ul H 1IIV.II YVt
waste a tremendous amount,
contains in each ton about ten
pounds ot nitrogen, worth $3.50;
five pounds of phosphoric acid,
worth $.30; and ten pounds of
potash, worth $3, or a total of
$6.80 per ton. To this we
^ would add a value of at least $3
^ per ton for the humus value of
the manure and because of its
j I promotion of beneficial bacterial
activities. Thus, where .
potash is needed, as is the case
over much of the Southeast, a
' ton of manure is worth about
$10, while in those sections
where potash is not needed, a
ton of manure is well worth
about $7. When we consider
that an animal weighing l,0uU
pounds will in a year produce
eight to ten tons of manure, we
can begin to see the importance
ot saving every possible pound
of this material, in do ibis,
cheap sheds for housing lire
stock at night-should be provided,
plenty of straw, leaves or
other absorbent materials should
t be used in the stables and bain
yard, and all manure should be
' put on the fields as soon as
practicable after it is made.
Straw and leaves are another
' source of plant food and humus
J that should not be overlooked.
These will probably average
higher than stable manure in
' nitrogen, and fully as high in
phosphoric acid and potash.
Moreover, since they contain
-k
less water than the average
manure, their humus making
value will be considerably
1 greater. When other work is
not pressing, several days may
well be devoted to hauling these
materials out oi the woods and
^ putting; them on the fields. In
the meantime, keep fire out the
s
j woods. lertilizing material
j worth $10 s lould not he sent up
j in smoke,
We are not surest me that
^ these materials he used to take
1 the place ol commercial fertilizers,
but rather than one he
used to supplement the other.
^ As a matter of fact, present
prices for practically everything
we raise justify heavier fertilij
i/.ation than evei lose So we
would not oni\ ..ve all the
manure, straw and leaves, but
^ would go rather strong on coms
mercial fertilizers as well. It is
a time for making every ounce
of plant foqd do its duty.?Pro.
gressive Parmer.
I c /
lciici rrom a convict.
Chesterfield County Chain
f Gang, Dec. 17, 1 *>17?Gentlemen
j and Friends of i'agclnnd and
t Old Store township who believe
f in good roads. We have been
] in your township but a short
while, but have been trying to
make traveling easier lor cveryr
one who has a John Henry or
s other vehicle. \\V ask you
. for a Christmas dinner,
t We would like a turkey, or
> other good things to eat. An>
11 one who wishes to give us anything
mav just give it to Capt.
|G. C. Smith, and oblige the
, members of this camp.
Eugene Henhow.