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Vol. 5 NO.ll FAGF.LAND. S. WEDNESQ^TORWING, NOVEMBER 25, 1914 $1.00
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Carolina W. M. U.
While it is fresh in my mind I
want to tell the Baptist women
of Chesterfield county something:
about the State Union held
at Newberry, S. C., last week.
Mrs. R. M. Funderbuk and myself
went to the great conven
tion. I say great because it really
is great. Until one has been
in such a meeting one cannot
even imagine its magnitude.
Think of four hundred and
thirty four women gathered into
one vnst tiorlv W^mnn trnm
? , ?w* wm r ? t v/invii livsiiJ
all over our state, from the
mountains to the sea coast, women
whom we know are some
of the best and who come together
as a vast body of sisters,
all working for the same cause
and in the same name. Indeed
and in truth could they sing
"Blest be the tie that binds."
It was indeed an inspiring
sight and one that would lead
me to visions of high things.
Well, the people at Newberry
could not have done more for us
if they had tried. They met
every train with their automobiles
and carried us to our destinations.
They had pre arranged
every thing so well that we had
no care or responsibility at all
while we were there.
Dr. B. D. Gray of Atlanta, Ga.,
spoke to the convention on the
first night. His address was certainly
worth all our efforts to
get there.
Then we had with us Missionaries
John Lake and wife in
whose presence it is a benediction
to be. They would have
been back in China ere this but
*
the European war prevented
.. their getting passage but they
'ftfpWTsxo*' As
Mrs. Lake in Chinese costume
stood before us and in her gentle
inimitable way told us of
some of the conditions that exist
a i i - ?
tu pwi uarKenea umna, How
our hearts longed to help that
deluded land. When she fold
us that it is not an extraordinary
thing to pass along the streets ol
a Chinese ci?v any dark night
and hear the wail of a poor little
cast away Chinese girl baby as
it lies out on the ground to die
and how common a thing it is to
see their little dead bodies floating
down the rivers or washed
out on its banks. How our
hearts ached and we felt like
crying out to Almighty God
"How long, O, Lord how long."
We could see them and we
understand whv that large number
of consecrated women could
leave their homes atfd come together
to find out better what
God wants them to dp. But
thanks be to our heavenly Path
he has put it into the hearts of
of us to help to send somebody
to tell them the awfulness of
doing such terrible things and
so into their sin cursed lives
there is beginning to dawn the
faint light oF,a better day. "And
the people that dwelt in darkness
saw a great light." And while
our Missionaries are not v.?t c.r
ficient in numbers to tell them
all, the great truth is being made
known to a few, and may that
number be increased as the days
no by.
One of the beautiful things of
the convention was the exercise
by the Newberry Sunbeam band
which band has during the past
vpnr motto ftio 1
?? ./coi iworu in tiie
state.
Another thing that brought
jov to my heart and made me
feel proud (and I think I may be
excused for the feeling) was that
the name of the Chesterfield
Y. W. A. was called out on the
honor roll of the state.
And when a handkerchief was
waved at me then f didn't need
uuiu ixuoot ry attempted at
Wedesboro.
VVadesboro Ansooian
One of tin boldest robberies
ever attempted here was pulled
off at the Wadesboro Hardware
Co.'s store between 8 and 9
o'clock last night when Will
Maske, a driver for the company,
entered the store and robbed the
safe and a few show cases. He
was caught in the building and
is now in iail. Mr a' It Qntio
deserves the credit tor detecting
the crime in time to ^void its
finish.
Mr. Suits was passing the store
about 8 o'clock and saw two
colored men looking in the front
door. They moved in opposite
directions, but their actions
aroused his suspicious. He went
to the rear of the store and waited.
In a few minutes Maske en
tered a back window, which he
had evidently "fixed" during the
day. He closed the window he
hind him. After awhile he came
Ko/'l/ IM cnn? \ A ~ ^ - 1 1 '*
uuiguw itii. onus, ne men
attempted to get out through a
back door, hut by this time Mr.
Suits had given the alarm and a
crowd was gathering. Mayor
Dunlap had been sent for and
also Mr. Joe Capel, who works
in the store. The building was
surrounded and Mr. Capel enter
ed with several others. Maske
was found crouching behind a
stairway and when pulled out
had no reasonable explanation
to make of his movements. He
had on his person a cheap pistol,
the only one left in the show
case, and a box of cartridges.
He had loaded the pistol. He
a'i Act Vrtra "sv>uK <tniiljcv? C.Ty
and $11.77, which he had taken
fronvibe safe. It seems that Mr.
i t* ' *
uiiu icii me sare unlocked,
expecting to do some book work.
Maske had a small key, which
unlocked the cash drawer in the
safe. It is a mystery where he
got this key. He had tru.d to
open other drawers in the safe
with a screw driver, but failed.
He had torn the cash drawer
i open, but got only a few cents.
There is no doubt but that others
> are connected with the attempted
robbery. Maske gave the
name of one colored man, but
he had no trouble in proving an
alibi.
Citv Guy?What kind of a dog
do you call that?
Farmer?That's a huntin' setter.
City Guy?Whatddeya mean,
huntin* setter?
Farmer?He hunts hones, and
then sets and eats'em.
a photographer to tell me to look
pleasant. And now though that
isn't half, perhaps I have said
enough for one time.
Our trip home was pleasant
indeeu.
It is good to go upon the
mountain tops once in a while
and see the great things hut it is
sweet also to come hack down
into the calm restful valley and
take up our dear old every day
life.? Fdna V. Funderburk.
P. S. Let me relate an inci
dent that happened on our way
home. Husband and I came by
a house the lady of which had
kindly kept the baby for us.
After getting the baby and rousing
the boy who rubbing his
sloonv r?v??c ?
, , vuiiituiii we started
home tliron^li a dark piece of
woods when crash went the surry
against a tree, so there we
were with a sleeping bahy,
a woman's grip a bucket of supper
and-4wo horses to lead. But
we got here all right if we did
lhave to walk.
'Simmons Are Ripe
Monroe Enquirer
It is persimmon time. A well
ripened persimmon -after the 1
frost has touched and sweetened j
it?don't say it's "nice" that's not ,
the word?it's "good," that what ,
it is. I Over go out by the edge
of the old field on a warm sunshiny
afternoon 'long about this *
time of the .ear and pick up t
persimmons from the clean \
broom sedge under the trees? 1
If you have not you are city ,
bred and don't know what good
living Js anyhow. Never turn 1
up your nose at the lowly \sim- <
mon, for after all it is an aristo i
crat in the fruit family. It is ^
akin to the date that you go to ^
the store and pay a good big .
price for?fact. The persimmoir *
has more seed in it than has the *
dale that you buy at'the confec- i
tionerv store, but the persim- 1
mon is of the same familv tho j
imported date?and if you had to
net your persimmons at the h
store and pay a quarter for a
handful you would be a plum
fool about 'em.
Get Ready for It !
J
Progressive Farmer
What about your plans for ,
next year, Mr. Progressive Farm- "
or? Are they made? Have you |}
a definite, clear-cut system al-j^
ready outlined and to which you j
mean to adhere? Above all,^
have you agreed with yourself.,
that next year your cotton acreage
will be reduced and that you-.i
will give yourself, your family,
your stock, and your land" a |
chance by planting liberally oiP
food, feed and soil building^
crops? v rlf1
We want to make this an ual'
W v.*, individual
I for we believe that it is onlylV
the individual grower realized
that all cotton another yean^
means ruin Ihot wu ^.Ii
. . ?_ cl u IV*
achieve any real results in acre- 1
age reduction. Let's see what !
the facts in the case are and theiy4
look them squarely in the face: )
1. Cotton is now selling all
seven cents, or from three to
three and one-half cents a pound J
below the cost of production. It 1
is, of course, always unsafe td
attempt to prophesy, but we are ;
only stating a truth when we say
that to base our 1915 operations
on any higher price is to court '
financial disaster. '
2. Undoubtfully the coming
season will see the almost entire
withdrawal of the credit usually 1
extended to the cotton grower.
This is merely good business on
the part of the merchant and
banker, for they will see that advancing
money on a crop for
which there may be no market
is too dangerous a risk to take.
3. Corn, oats, hay, meat, butter
and eggs?in fact, food and
feedstuffs of every kind, because
of the vast destruction wrought
in Kurope, will be in enormous
demand and at higher average
prices than for years.
With these facts before us, it is
nothing more than sound business
sense to plat l iv ss cotton
another year. And let us t.ot 1
forget we are not cutting the
cotton acreage to git a higher
price for cotton, but simply i>o- 1
cause we can't afford to grow it
at present prices?prices that in
all likelihood will pievail next
year.
Let's not expect the other fel- j
low to do it, for experience has
shown that he can't be depended|
V i
t?n. iv.uner we, you and 1, my
friend, must do this thing, and
prepare for it now. Otherwise
the hard times we are now experiencing
will be doubly, trebly
severe a year from now. l or
the all cotton farmer the hand*
writing is on the wall.
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^AlkKSricans Have Left Vera
Cruz.
Washington, Nov. 22.?Gen.
Boston's infantry and marines,
lumbering about 6,000 men, tomorrow
will haul dawn the
Stars and Stripes which have
5een flying over Vera Cruz
iince last April, and evacuate
he Mexican port in accordance
.vith instructions from President
sVilson. The five battleships at
Pern Cruz and Tampico and
:iie string of vessels on the west
x>ast will remain in Mexican
waters to afford protection to
Americans and be in readiness
b meet emergencies. It was
,1 . .
ust seven months ago when the
bluejackets and marines under
itear Admiral Fletcher seized
Vera Cruz as an act of reprisal
for affronts to the American
rlag at Tampico, where a boatload
of American bluejackets
were arrested Gen. Huerta,
who controlled the forces at
Tampico, had refused to comply
with the demand of Admiral
Mayo for a salute of 21 guns.
Advices from Mexico today
still were confusing, but the
\merican government's determination
is to withdraw its
iroops and to remove from
Mexican territory a possible
:ause of international friction as
well as a potential lactor that
might become a domestic issue
between factions in Mexico.
Three Big Battles Raging
London, Nov. 20.?Two big
i i - .1 ' ?
jutues, oom or wnicn may nave
decisive results, are raging in
Roland, and iLJta^^^^most
RftJal importanc^^proCTWlftg^
in East Prussia.
?f the three battles that now
at its height between the Vistula
find Warta, in which the Russians
claim partial success is
exciting the most interest. The
Germans, it is believed, have
brought by their line of strategic
railways in Posen and Silesia at
least half a million men in an
effort to break the Russian lines.
Weather conditions, the frozen
ground and the situation of the
battlefield favor a battle decisive
to a degree not yet attained on
any other field. Each side
It In ?? '* e
L/uuiuo 11 is |)hmuiliii^ sausiac
torily.
In East Prussia the Russian
advance is moving slowly
through the country surrounding
Mazurian lakes.
In Grtlicia fighting is centinuing
and the attack on Pr/.emyd
is said to he developing in a
manner to indicate the end is
near.
There is an absence of infantry
fighting in the western arena
and the artillery fighting is much
less violent. All that region
about Dixmude through which
the Yser flows is inundated and
fighting appears to he taking
place south of Ypres, where cannonading
is in progress.
There has been no important
action on the French centre, but
in the Argonne region the Ger
mans have made vigorous
attacks which the French say
were repulse.
Many at War
London, Nov. 21.?With the
addition of Turkey and
Portugal to the ranks of
the belligerents, the area of hostilities
has been extended to
approximately 58 per cent, of
the land surface of the globe,
and about 56 per cent, of the
total population of the earth
must be classed as technically
belligerent, says the London
Daily Chronicle.
A New Automobile Fuel
It is reported that a Portuguese
in Pennsylvania has discovered
a method of breaking down *
water into its constituent parts ^
without heat and with the ad- (
dition of a few simple chemicals, >
making an automobile tuel
which is more effective and effi- 1
cient than gasoline. It is also 4
reported that this mixture can
be made at the cost of one and 4
one-half cents a gallon. Then J
goodbye Standard Oil company. 4
Since the invention of efficient 1
automobiles, the question of fuel
has beeq one of the biggest to be
considered. As the number of ^
automobiles have increased, the 1
price of gasoline has increased,
until now fuel bills vie with repair
bills to pester the poor auto
ist who has a slender pocketbook.
Gasoline is just as neces
sary as the car is, and the gaso- 1
line bill is one that cannot be
dodged.
If the new fuel can be made
for one and a half cents and sold
for three cents a gallon the
whole fuel question will be settled.
There will be no futher
consideration of the matter, and
autoists will have to take iin the
cost of other parts of pleasure
for discussion and remedy.
Of higher consideration than
the autoist, however, is the farmer,
who does the greater part of
his work with gasoline engines.
His saving will mean profit or
loss, and the cheaper fuel will be
a real Godsend to him.
If it is true that the inventor
has invented the new fuel he will
have done the world a great
good, and should have a higher
place in the hall of fame than
the men who lead armies.
Time Will
Wadesboro Ansonian
When a boy cuts loose from
his selfrespect and chooses as
his companions men who are as
debased morally as a human be
injj can be, there is little hope
for him. "Be sure your sins will
find you out" were words of a
wise teacher many centuries ago
and they are so true today.
Business men know the habits
of the boys of this and all other
towns. They know the boy
who has moral charactef and
they also know the moral degenerates.
Money counts with
the business man, but character
goes farther when he is looking
for an employe. Society, of a
certain class, may hold on to a
morally debased character for avvhile
but sooner or later such a
degenerate must go down in
failure, never to hope for any
peace or pleasure in this world.
It is an unchangeable law of
nature that a man reaps what he i
sows, even in this world, and 1
though ho mnv havo nr? mcnoot
n? .. V .....J .<?? ? v/ V>U|/Wl
for the opinions of those around
him nor fear the penalties of a i
sinful life, he cannot for his own :
chance of success in this world ;
afford to throw his life away. j
A tourist in the mountains of 1
Tennessee had dinner with a i
querulous old mountaineer who >
yawned about hard times 15 <
minutes at a stretch.
"Why, man," said the tourist, ,
"you ought to be able to make
lots of money, shipping green 1
corn to the Northern markets."
Yes, I orter," was the sullen '
replv. i
"You have the land, I supose, ,
and can get the seed."
"Yes, 1 guess so."
"Then why don't you go into
the speculation?"
"No use, stranger," sadly replied
the cracker, "the old woman
is too lazy to do the plowin'
and plantinV?Ex.
New Nut Raised In Georgia
Bainbridge (Ga.) Dispatch
Ilickftn is the name of a new
nit which is grown by E. D.
jainey in Decatur county,
.vhich is a cross between a hick>ry
nut that grows wild in this
ricinity and a paper shell pecan.
It is round like a hickory nut,
las a shell colored like a pecan,
ind the shell is but slightly
hicker than the paper shell pe:an.
The meat is colored and
ihaped like a peach, but the
conformation is entirely similar
to the hickory.
The tree on which it is grown
s a pecan seedling and looks
like any other pecan tree, but
it is surrounded by hickory trees.
Chief of police W. D. Pegues
is able to be out although forced
to use crutches. The negro
that shot him has not been
caught yet but sheriff Douglass
is still looking out for him and
as sheriff'Douglass hardly ever
fails to land his man, we will not
be surprised at any time, to
leain that this negro has been
picked up.?Cheraw Chronicle.
Little Jim, though he attended
Sunday school every week, did
not know quite so much about
Scriptural history as he ought to
have known, but when his sister
asked:
"Where was Solomon's temple?"
he was rather angry that
she should think him unable to
answer a simple question like
that.
"Don't you think I know anything?"
he asked.
"Well, where is it then?" his
sister repeated; and then he informed
her:
"On the side of his forehead,
of course?the ^ same
loftts. 'Do ^yoti think I'm a
dunce?"
Mistress (indignantly)?Jane,
what ever did you mean by
wearing my low-necked even
ing dress at the busdrivers' hall
last night? Really, you ought
to have been ashamed of yourself!
Jane (meekly)?I was, mum.
You never 'card such remarks
as thev made!?London Sketch.
Traveler (in Southern hotel)
?Can I get anything to eat
here?
Sambo?Yes, sail.
Traveler?Such as what?
Sambo?Such as it is, sail.?
Ex.
Magistrate's Summons And
Complaint by Publication
State ot South Carolina, county
of Chesterfield.
By G. M. Rodgers, Magistrate
i ? .u~ ?:J
in ami n.?i me s.iiu con my ami
the said Stale:
To C. F. Whitley.
Complaint having been made
unto me by Thomas Jowers that
you are indebted to him in the
>um of three dollars and seventy
two cents for labor performed,
that the said sum is due and
tnveing and has not been paid,
and also that you are a nonresident
of this state.
These are, therefore, to require
vou, the said defendant, to ap
pear before me in my office, in
Pageland, S. C., on the 22nd day
after service hereof A. I). 1914,
at 10 o clock a. mM to answer the
said complaint, or judgment will
be given against you by default.
Given under my Hand and
Seal, at Pageland, S. C. the 21th
day of Nov. A. D. 1914.
G. M. Hodgers, | L. S.|
Magistrate.
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