The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, December 19, 1917, Image 1

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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.' " "iViTTifff "^jlT I For Til 1 Ne1 OZ=3S I J \ For the New : | neatly printed lettei <:M statements, enveloj ' 5 printed forms. Nc 1 ') place your order w || The Pa ii Jou marri 1 ?~~ ---? ? ?: I 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 ie I w Year |j 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 ilh j acr- \\u Iceland f rnal I ? ? j y 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.