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Vol. S NO. 5 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1914 $1.00 per year
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Synopsis of War News as Reported
Daily from the Scene
Battle.
THURSDAY
The battle in the north o* France
continues with tremendous
violence. Neither side has made
material gains so far as known.
The French war office in its
afternoon statement says the bat^
tie front extends virtually to the
Belgian frontier. The fighting
is described as violent but no
claim of advantage is made.
Owing to the approach of the
German besieging army, the
Belgian government has been
v removed from \ntwpm trw He.
lend. German advices sav the
besiegers have made progress.
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FRIDAY
London, Oct. 8.?10 p. m.?
"While the immence armies of
the belligerent powers of Europe
are engaged in a death grapple
along lines hundreds of miles in
extent in battles which for fierceness
and stubborness have no
precedent in liistoiyy^he little
army of Belgium is making a
last stand behind the forts of Antwerp,
one of the strongest fortified
positions in the world.
For the moment at least the
struggle around the chief port of
Belgium attracts the most attention
for the result of the engagement
there must have a considerable
effect on the big German
battle between the Anglo-French
and German forces which extends
from the Swiss frontier
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v^^MM^flB0|KTfhrnTans winTe
cross the Schedit,
^PKmuvest of Antwerp, made
their attack irom the east and
broke some days ago, with the
aid of their 16-inch guns, through
the first line of forts. Between
the first and second belt of forts,
according to their own accounts,
they defeated the Belr.ian army
N and captured a number of guns.
Last night shells began to fall
in the city itselftind from reports
coming through Holland, the
railway stations, the Palace of
Justice and several oil tanks
been damaged.
At the same time six Zeppelin
dirigibles flew over the city,
dropping bombs, but it has been
impossible as yet to ascertain the
damage they have done.
SATURDAY
The war chancellories of the
allies and the Germans have not
seen fit to lift the curtain of secrecy
high enough for the public
to obtain an jn&ight into the conditions
which prevail along the
battle line in France.
"There is nothing to report,"
savs the French war office, "except
that there has been a lively
engagement in the region of
Roye, where in the last two days
we have captured 1,600 prisoners.
Of the situation in the east the
Austrian general staff, in a dispatch
coming by way of Berlin,
reported a complete breakup of
the Russian invasion in Hungary
and said that the Russian emperor's
forces had been cleat ed
from a portion of the Carpathians.
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The Russians, in their tirrn,
declare that near the East Prus
sian frontier in Russian Poland
they still were pressing the Germans
hard and at several points
had gained success over them.
1 Sunday
I^ondon, Oct. 10, 9:35 p. m.?
Antwerp and the forts surrounding
the city are in complete possessions
of the Germans, but the
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Stand Up Straight and Avoid
Tuberculosis.
The first essential in the avoidance
of tuberculosis of the lungs
or consumption is to keep the <
lungs strong, so that if the germs
are breathed in they can do no
harm. One of the most impor- ]
tant things in keeping the lungs
strong is to keep the chest wide
open so that the lungs can be <
properly used. If the body is i
drooped or stoops, or if the
shoulders are allowed to drag !
forward (round shoulders), or if 1
the head is carried forward in- 1
stead of well back over the
shoulders, the chest must be flattened,
the breathing must be
shallow, and the lungs, not being
freelv used, become weak. It is .
in this type of chest that tuber- <
culosis usually begins. The
consumptive is usually narrow
chested, with rlrnon Qlir?ii1<ti?rc I
and with head craned farvvard. 1
While the development of a
strong, well formed chest is one
of the most important factors in
preventing tuberculosis, the
same thing is to be desired if the
disease has once started. Not
only should we live in the open,
but we should stand up straight
and learn to "throw a big chest,"
so that the lungs can grow s.rong
and the fresh air be taken in.
The runner, the singer, or any
one who is obliged to make sus
tained effort is taught to stand
and sit with the chest high so
that the lungs can bexised to the
best advantage, and if every one
would do the same thing there
would be less tuberculosis, because
there would be fewer
weak lungs.? America Medical
Association. . " - T
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Children Pick Bale of Cotton in
a Single Day. j
The five childien of Mr. and
Mrs. James Baker, living now at
Patrick, S. C., picked a bale of '
cotton a few days ago, according i
to a report made to this paper.
The oldest of them, Eugene,
about 17 years of age, picked 408
pounds; Carl, a few years young- 1
er, 405; Hester, a little girl, 275 '
pounds; Boyce, a boy of ten, 200 5
pounds; and the baby, only seven 1
years of age, 165 pounds. That *
is more than some people put in !
a bale and it was all picked by 1
these little folks. The boys and
girls who are not ashamed of 1
work^tnd are willing to do their !
part are going to make the sue |1
cessiui men and. women of the
future, and you mav watch this 1
particular family.?Wadesboro '
Ansonian.
Conscientious.
1
The custom of military service ?
requires officers to visit the ,
kitchens during cooking hours
to see that the soldiers' food is j
properly prepared. One old col- ,
onel, who let it he pretty gener- ,
ally known that his orders must j
he obeyed without question or ,
explanation, once stopped two ^
soldiers carrying a soifp kettle ,
out of a kitchen.
"Mere, vou." lip ornwlnH .
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me a taste of that." 1
One of the soldiers l^in, fetched
A ladle and p;ave the colonel |
the desired taste. The colonel t
spat and sputtered. "Good heav- i
ens, man! You don't call that
stuff soup; do you?"
"No, sir," replied the soldier '
meekly, "it's dish water we was 1
empty in', sir."?Kx.
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"Why, Johnny," said his moth- I
er, "I do believe von're teaching i
that parrot to swear!" i
"No, I'm not, neither," the boy
replied. "I'm just telling it what I
it musn't say."?Ex. 11
Jurdrs for Civil Court
FIRST WEEK
Cheraw Township: Lucas
Parker, E. T. Melton, J. C. Keniell,
E. W. Duvall, Joe Lindsay.
Court Ho'nse Township: T. C.
Webster, J. W. Douglass, J. J.
Brock, W. P. Allen, A. L. White,
f. C. Baker, D. L Douglass.
Mt. Croghan Township: C.C.
Osborne, B. B. Stecn, D. F. Gibson,
Luther Sellers, S. H. Oliver.
Old Store Township: G. W.
Sanders, J. R. New, H. J. Ogburn,
W. C. Agerton, J. E. Wallace.
Jefferson Township: O. J.
Threatt, J. L. Clark, E. R. Knight,
W. D. Wadkins.
Alligator Township: B. C.
Alexander, J. C. Grant, C. B.
Coward, L. H. McCoy,
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enter ren township: J. I.
Lewis, R. H. Kirven, J. C. Wilks.
Cole Hill Township: J. P.
Odom, John B. Rivers, G. W.
Boarr.
, SECOND WEEK
Cheraw Township: A. B.
Davis, T. R. White, W. A. Rice,
E. L. Stubbs.
Court House Township: J. M.
C. Adams, W. A. Sellers Sr., J.
Brock, G. W. Rivers Sr., L. J.
Ravfield, T. W. Caskins.
Mt. Croghan Township:, J.
T. Gulledge, L. C. Jarr.es, T. G.
Griggs, W. H. Sellers, Charlie
Rivers, i
Old Store Township: B. S?
Taylor, J. T. Threatt, J. M.
Arant, R. B. Rollings.
Jefferson Township: L. <?,
Sullivan, \\'. M. Raley, C. W.
Griffith, C. L. Middleton, J. T.
Horton. i
-^Ujg^tor Townshin: ft
Seegars, W. A. Blackwell, P. Sr
Campbell, A. G. Hoffntan. '
'itPPr Ppn 'I'AnrncViir.. T-I 1
^ wm A * Vf "? liOUljp. il? l-i?
Chapman, W. E. Freeman, W.
A. Johnson.
Cole Hill Township: W. E.
Tiller, A. J. Willians, I. C. Turnage,
J. P. Poison, J. L. Douglass.
The propensity that some
people have for asking foolish
questions came up for discussion
it a recent, social session, and
Congressman Henry G. Dan forth
:>f New York was rerpinded of
in incident that happened down
in the country.
One day a city man happened
in a small country community,
md while rambling around
found a depression in the earth
covering several acres. Some
perplexed, ne questioned a native
close by, and was told that it
was the bed of a lost Jake.
"You don't really mean it!" exclaimed
the city man, again running
his eye over the depression.
'What ever became of all the
water?"
"ty was this way,", explained
[he native. "There was a German
picnic here once, and when
night came they had almost a
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i i-i im uieiii prer/.eis len over
which they didn't want to take
to me, so they chucked 'em in
the lake."
"Yes," responded the city man
tts the other paused, "but what,
had that to do with it?"
"Everything," was the smiling
rejoinder of the native. "Salt
3ii 'em made the fish so thirsty
hat they drank all the water
ip."
"Yes," said the determinedookinPr
vvnmnn "I inioh* mnn.
?ge to hand you a bite to eat if
/ou'll saw and chop a good pile
)f wood and bring in a few
Mickets of water and pick the
yecds out of the garden and fix
ip the fence."
"Lady," replied Meandering
VIike, "I'm only/a hungry wayfarer;
I ain't yer husband."?Ex.
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Not "Fitten"
Monroe Enquirer
A mai\ went to Salisbury some
weeks ago and took subscriptions
to a paper. He never sent
the paper, although a number of
people paid him for it. They
got in behind the man, found
him in Savannah, Ga., took him
to Salisbury, kept him in jail
until court and last week they
tried him in court and sentenced
him to two years on the chain
gang. He got what was coming
to him, and you will agree with
us in saying that the rascally
newspaper man who got the
hard-earnings of citizens and put
that money down in his pocket
and never sent a copy of the
publication he took subscriptions
for to the subscribers deserves to
break rock on a chain gang.
And we know that you will join
us in saying, "served him right."
Hut, folks, in all fairness, how
ahout the man who nrH<>r? ihn
newspaper man to send him a
paper and the newspaper man
fills that order in good faith,
sends the paper every time it is
published, goes to great expense
to do so and then the fellow who
subscribed absolutely refuses to
pay for it? How about that man,
and how much better is he than
J. H. Mays, the convicted man,
who got the hard-earnings of
citizens and gave nothing in
return? We have sat with you,
kind reader, in the jury box and
in the high court of public opinion
have found Mays guilty. The
court of law has -tried him and
fourd him guilty. The case of
the newspaper man who gets a
thing of value from his fellow
^ettieens and -gives - aoihia&. in
return has been disposed of. The
accused has been found guilty
and is out younder on the roads
making a smooth highway for
the man who does not pay for
his paper to ride over. Now call
the mext case. Bring into the
court the man who got the paper
and would not give up his
mnniiv nnvv flint tlm r>oc?
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man who got the money and
would not send his paper has
been disposed of and let him be
tried. Right here we leave the
jur>r box. We are not "bitten"
to sit in judgment on the case.
Try him and render your verdict.
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Another Holdup.
Country constables and the
auto game were being discussed,
and Mayor-elect John P. Mitchel
of New York, said he was reminded
of a recent New Jersey
incident.
Some time ago a Gotham man
was driving an automobile over
one of Jersey's smooth, hard
roads, when a man suddenly ap
peareu in tne lngnway and held
up a warning hand.
"Halt!" he exclaimed, in a
voice that had the ring of authority.
"You are exceeding the
speed limit."
"What are you talking about?"
indignantly cried the autoist,
bringing his machine to a stop.
"I wasn't going 15 miles an
hour."
"That's vvhat they all say.
You can tell your story to the
justice of peace. It's just seyen
miles beyond. Drive on, please."
There was no help for it, and
seven miles for the autoist were
slowly traversed. Finally the
town came in sight.
"Much obliged to you, pard,"
said the man. jumping from the
car and starting away. "I hated,
like blaze to take advantage of
you, but I was so darned tired I
couldn't walk another step."?
Exjfi,
Dr. Knapp's Ten Commandments
for Southern Farmers.'
M41. Prepare a deep and
thoroughly pulverized seed bed,
well drained; break in the fall to
the depth of 8, 10 or 12 inches,
with implements that will not
bring too muclrof the subsoil to
the surface. The foregoing
depth should be reached gradually.
"'2. Use seed of the best vari
ety, intelligently selected and
carefully stored.
" '3. In cultivated crops give
the rows and the plants in the
tuwa ? space suueu 10 ine plant,
the soil and the climate.
"'4. Use 'intensive tillage
during the growing period of the
crops.
44 *5. Secure a high content of
humus in the soil by the use of
legumes, barnyard manure, farm
refuse, and commercial fertilizers.
44 46. Carry out a systematic
crDp rotation with a winter
cover crop.
44 47. Accomplish more work
in a. day by using more horsepower
and better implements.
44 48. Increase the farm stock
to the extent of utilizing all the
waste products and idle lands of
the farm.
44 *9. Produce all the food required
for the men'and the animals
on the farm.
44 410. Keep an account of
each tarm product, in order to
know from which the gain or
oss arises.'"
"Brawling Bill's" Labor Lost.
Some years ago there lived in
Wolfboro, N. H., a man who was
welf known as the possessor of a
very loud voice, which gave him
the title of "Brawling Bill."
Qne day his wife put the cream
in the churn, which by the way,
was the old-fashioned kind.
After supper she asked him to do
the churning. He replied: "No,
I'm going to see Uncle Tom,'
and went out.
His conscience troubled him,
and about ^8 o'clock he returned.
The churn still stood where it
had been, and he immediately
set to work.. After working
nearly two hours and seeing no
smns of huttor. ho shnntoH- "I'll
be cussed if I don't sell that
cow,"
Ilis wife, who sat near, quietly
mending, said:
"You need not. I churned as
soon as you went out and put
the butter away. That is the
buttermilk you have been working
on."?Exchange.
Spenser-Watson
Chesterfield, Oct. 10.?DeWitt
F. Watson of Cheraw and Miss
Willie Spenser of Chesterfield
were married at the home of the
bride's father, L. L. Spenser, last
Thursday evening. Only the
immediate family witnessed the
ceremony, which was performed
by the Rev. J. L. Tyler, pastor of
the Chesterfield circuit of the
Methodist church.
Mr. Watson is a "prominent
young: farmer. Mrs. Watson is
the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. Spenser.
The Goods Returned.
Once an old darky visited a
doctor and-was given definate
instructions as to what he should
do. Shaking his head he started
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io leave me omce, wnen tlie
doctor said:
"Here, Rastus, you forgot to
pay me."
"Pay yo for what, boss?"
"For my advice," replied the
doctor.
"Naw, suh; naw, suh; I ain't
gwine take it," and Rastus suffled
out.?Fx.
Panoramic Pictures.
An Automatic camera is now
iu use tha tfrom an aeroplane will
take a panoramic picture of the
entire route of a flight. It is not
ri m/Mrinnr ^ ^ ^
U Uivtiui; I'lClUiC, Ulll <1 Stl It's U1
photographs taken one after the
other at proper intervals, so that
when the pictures are printed
they may be fitted together in
one long strip, showing the
ground passed over. The pilot
of the aeroplane pays no attention
to the camera after starting,
for a little wind motor on the
front of the camera operates the
machinery and keeps the fresh
films coming along at the right
intervals.
Before starting, however, it is
necessary to estimate the speed
of the wind that may be blowing,
and set the camera accordingly;
for, of course, the speed of an
aeroplane is dependent not only
on its actual push forward but
also on anv added or lessened
rate of speed due to the \vind.
Dudley News.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Lanty, of
Pageland, visited Mrs. Laney's
father, '.Mr. J. T. Eunderdurk,
Saturday and Sunday, and attended
church.
Mr. Edwin Gordan, of the
Tradesville comunity, attended
church here Sunday.
Misses Edith and Marietta
Plyler spent some time in Monroe
last week, and stood the examination
for teacher's certificates
Kev. J. Frank Funderburk filled
the appointment at Liberty
Hill church Saturday. The pas
tor w as unable to be there oe ?
cause of illness.
The Dudley Sunday school
will reorganize Sunday October
18th. Every member who possible
can is requested to be present
and join the Sunday school
and endeavor to make it the
best year in its history. You
can do it if you try.
Mrs. J. M. Funderburk who
has had another serious illness is
recovering slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Funderburk,
of Pageland, visited at the home
of Mr. II. A. Funderburk Sunday.
Mrs. S. A. Funderburk is able
to attend church again after an
attack of Malaria fever.
Mrs. R. M. Funderburk is on
an extended visit to Rock Hill,
S. C.
Mrs. Dr. D. A. Funderburk,
has been spending several days
with her sister, Mrs. W. Henry
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V^IHIIUS., ill VVilXllilVV, iM .
Very few people in this section
are selling cotton, possibly
because they have had such a
very little to open. N F
A teacher was questioning a
class of boys on the subject of
birds. Having received correct
answers to the questions about
feathers, bills, feet and wings, he
put the question: "What is it a
bird can do that I cannot?"
Fly, was the answer Jliat he
hoped to get. For some moments
the boys thought, but no
answer. At last one boy held
up nis nana.
"My lad, what is it?
"Lay an eg?, sir."
"Well, Baby," said ihe minister
to the small son of one of his
deacons, "what is the news?"
"Popper's got a new set of*
false teeth."
"Indeed," said the minister, restraining
a desire to laugh, "and
what will he do with the old
set?"
"Oh, I supose," replied Bobby,
"they'll cut 'em down and make
me wear 'em.?Ex.
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