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THE PAGELIND JOURNAL Vol. 5 NO.17 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESMAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1915 ^ ' $1.00 per year Vital Statistics Law in|Force | New Year Pardons, Paroles and I Pul Yftnr M..... n. o? - I ? The State, Friday. The vital statistics law, which was signed September 1 will become effective today, though < local registrars for about 200 I townships in the State have not l yet been appointed. A prize < will be given to the first regis- i trar correctly reportiog a birtii ( or death, with the element of time of transmission of the report taken into consideration. ( Rules and regulations for the 1 proper registration of births and 2 deaths have been promulgated f by the bureau, according to the . provisions of thft art anri forme , ?* ~*0 x have been sent all appointees, or . local registrars, who must 1 appoint deputy registrars * to serve in their places in case of f absence or disability. Under the regulations a permit for burial issued by a local s registrar must be obtained before c the body of a person can be r interred. This duty devolves f upon the undertaker, who in 1 turn has it checked by the per- s son in charge of the burying r ground. The attending physici- c. an also has to fill out a certifi- 1 cate. The attending physician or midwife at a birth must file a N certificate within ten days after [ date of birth, and in cases where neither are present this duly J devolves on the father or mother J of the child. The law provides that a local registrar snail receive 25 cents v for each birth and death certificate, properly executed and filed with the St^^^ftrar. On the tenth shall c ??1 to the thorough and eificient 1 execution of the act carried out. ! He is authorized to investigate all cases of irregularity and vio ! lation of the law, and report J such cases to the district attor- J nay, who must initiate court \ proceedings against the alleged ' offender. The law provides a < fine of from $5 to $100 or im- ^ prisonment for 30 davs or both. 1 1 Pneumonia?How to Get It and 1 How to Miss It ( < We Here give three good ) ways to encourage pneumonia: j CL) Drink lots of alcoholic ( liquors, the poorer the quality ho Kpftor*(0"\ ???- 1 ' ' %/ ?/viivij cApusu yourself ^ without sufficient clothing, particularly in extreme weathhi:(3) n live and sleep with your win dows closedIf you don't want pneumonia t heed the following ways of r avoiding it: f (1) Let all alcoholic drinks t alone. ^ (2) Dress according to the weather instead of according to the fashion. u (3) If exposed to rough weath- r er, or if you get wet and numb, undress in a warm room, rub the ^ skin with a coarse towel and go j to bed. y (4) Avoid constipation hv pai ing more fruit and less meats and pastry and drinking more water and taking more exercise. (5) Keep your feet warm and ^ your head cool. c (6) Live and sleep in the fresh 0 air all the time.?North Carolina Board of Health. 11 People who fight for a princi- * pie sometimes display poor judgment in selecting the principle. ^ The devil's bargain counter j, often shows that some supposed ly good men have been sold for 2 a song. When all others fail booze can N alwaVS Cive tho nnorilJct " fv?KaVIO| NIC knockout blow, 1 A\ 1*. Commutation rhe Slate, Thursday. Fifty-five paroles, pardons and :ommutations were granted yeserday by the governor, which irings the total number of cases if clemency up to 1,544. Durng the present week the chief ixecutive has taken action in 99 cases. D. J. Griffith, superintenlent of the penitentiary, said last light that there were a total of 104 State prisoners?some conined in tbe penitentiary, some it the State farms and others on he county chaingangs. Deductng the number liberated yesterlay, there remain in custody ibout 149 persons who may be Massed as "State prisons." Pardons were granted in ieveral instances to. restore citizenship. The sentences of 1 nany of the prisoners had ilready been reduced by comnutation from long terms. In ieveral cases the sentences were naterially reduced. Only three >f the prisoners were confined n the State penitentiary. Twenty-eight manslayers vere among ' the number to eceive clemency yesterday. There were three who had been convicted of criminal assault, several were serving terms for lighway robbery. Included in the list of clemcn;y were 16 pardons, 21 paroles ind 15 commutations. 1 The State, Sunday. Bringing the total number of lis cases of executive clemency ip to 1,615, the governor yesterlay granted 71 pardons, paroles tnd commutations to prisoners tentiary, on the county chaingangs and at the State farms. Thirty-three murderers, 16 persons convicted of homicide in a lesser degree, one criminal assailant, one man who attempted criminal assault, one firebug and JO men convicted of other crimes, ranging from arson and burglary to "entry of land after lotice," the last offense being punished |by a Si5 fine, were ncluded in the list to receive :lemency from the governor. Sixteen full pardons, 18 paroles ind 37 commutations made up he list of 71 sent to the office of he secretary of state. The action of the governor yesterday will result in the im 1 nediate release of 35 prisoners. There remain 133 State prison- '< irs in the State penitentiary, four ' >n county chaingangs and 58 at ' he,State farms. There are 155 ! ?egro boys in the Lexington re- 4 ormatory. Including these the i otal of State prisoners left is ( 50. ? During the present week the 1 ;overnor has granted clemencv s n 170 casts. He did not send a i egular "Christmas list" to the 1 ffice of the secretary of state. s ,ast Monday he took action in 1 4 cases, Wednesday in 55 and j esterday in 71, s : Quarterly Conference Dates 1 Below is a part of Rev. W. A. ^ 4assebeau's round of quarterly onferences for the first quarter >f 1915: Pageland Circuit, Mt Croglan, Feb. 19th. Fast Chesterfield Circuit, f Ibenezer. F<?h *>n - , - -V Ml) I' Chesterfield Circuit, St. Paul, j eb 21 -22. r Middendorf Circuit, Patrick, c eb. 26. a McBce Circuit, Ashland, Feb, 7-28. p Jefferson Circuit, Jefferson, larch 6 -7. Cherasv Station, Cheraw, larch 13-14. ? ?- - Aravuvj AAA II1C DAIIK Every farmer who has ?y 1 money on hand, even if only B, will do well to start the N?r 1 Year by opening a bank accoiMt. i We fear that iiis true tliHT ?e 1 great body of Southern fnrrJrs 1 this season have made tines ' harder than they need to hw^ J been simply by failing, eAftn i when they did sell cotton or Bo 1 bacco, to put what surplus mi^ * ey they had into circulatiofl. J Put your money in the bank Ad , check on it as needed; or if An j will not need it for six modfts^ I or a year, put it in the savinlf I department and let it be drawiw f interest. There are numerolf n advantages ot putting yolf j money in a bank: .C" . 1. It is businesslike and mole . safe. By paying bil'.j \vw * checks you escape the troufcfiffj anH PYnpnco r?f nn/\noi> ? ~vi muuv.j U1UCH k you impress the mea you da with as being: more businesslilE j and you -have the returon j. checks as receipts that can't le j, questioned. ,C| 2. You will be less likel^Ao J spend the money than if it >wK| j in your breeches pocket. xwl i will begin to want to see yof?, bank balance increase rathfi than decrease, and the first thin ^ you know you will becomejn man of thrift* You will b} it the "saving habit" and begin-tb j get interest money from o.tk& instead of paying interest moj Ji* V to others. * ;. Wt N 3. The banks help those help them. If you deposit* ei^Hj a small sum in a bank and sh^^B yourself thrifty, sober, m,v. vmi will presenile faj jIBM self able to borrowmoneP^H hold your crops or to get at six or eight per cent for DiflljP ing supplies instead of paying 8 five to ten times as much inter s est in the form of "time prices." Put your money in the bank, N and start out to be a "business 2 farmer."?Exchange. c c The Sort of Girl to Wait For The Girl who is unkind to her Mother isn't worth a tinker's ^ doggone. This isn't written in any part of the Bible, but it's t written in the history of thous- j ands and thousands of misty* homes. If one of you bays ev^ ( run across a girl with her fad r full of roses; with eyes thd would dim the lustre of a Colop ado sky, and with a voice that g would make the songs of an angel seem discordant, and she jays as she comes to the door: "I ^an't go for a few minutes; I've p {ot to help mother with the ^ Jishes," don't give her up. Stick to her like a burr to a mule's ail. Just sit down on the door j >teps and wait. If she joins you n iwo or tnree minutes, so much c he better; but if you have to Hay there on the door step for ^ lalf an hour, or an hour ,you ust wait for her. If you don't, v iomehodv else will, and in time y ou'll be sorry. Fo; o**'!l realze what you have lost. Wait for her, boy. She's vorth it.?Bulletin. Notice si rsouce is hereby give that the 0 rown council of Pageland asks * or applications for town Policenan for 1915 at a salary of $35 >er month. Said application k nay be handed to the clerk on >r before Thursday, January 7th. it 4 o'clock p. in.' b Let it be understood that said c xd iceman will be expected to lo street service and other work. A. F Funderburk, Mayor. n C. M. Tucker, Clerk, ti (Advertisement) n now we Uet t he New#. Wadesboro Anson inn v The other day a perfectly nice lady called us up and with tears in her voice reproved us for not mentioning the fact that she had had a friend visiting her last week. We told her th^t she had jot ict.'js kpjfig anything about t and ther^re^N^sbd not know hat she h?da visitor. Then she laid, "Well, you should have tnown. I thonght you were running a - newspaper.*! Wouldi't that slats? Some Twelve Things To Do This , - ont^ i , 1. Qet out over the fields dur- 1 ig trie winter rains and see if j Our soil is staying at home. If ] : isn't, try some persuasion in l fcJorn^fbroad, cultivated ter- 1 MBn^^^rsow n < ttunted through lack of feed and ihelter. 4. Visit your school and learn vhether there is plenty of fuel 1 ? ? ? luui a guuu water supply; use me >pportunit> to get better ac[uainted with the teacher. 5. Get your boy interested in he Corn and Pip Clubs, and mur daughter in the Canning Dlub work. 6. Look to your subscriptions o your favorite farm papers, ocal newspapers, and a few :ood magazines. Remember i hat "the man who reads is the nan who leads." s 7. Examine the cotton you i re hnlHinor fnr Kotlor nri/./io 1 ? ? >x/j //viivi |/i auu ' ee to it that it is perfectly dry i nd not rotting, i 8. Begin getting prices on i ommercial fertilizers, and ar- < ange with your neighbors to 1 uy cooperatively in car lots. i 9. See to it that the farm im lements not in use are ali under t helter. ] 10. Tackle the stumps every s hance you get; remember that t tumpy fields and really good i arming don't go together. i 1 i \r ii. rveep 3rour eye on ine i food pile and see to it that 1 lother always has on hand s lenty of good dry material. < \L Make a King road drag < nd try dragging that piece of < luddy road that has been giving i ou so much trouble; you'll be ^ Lirprised how much good it will 1 o.?Prof. Massey in Progressive 1 ormnr ??1 lllVI I Bobbie's mother had just ta- < en out her winter garments. 1 "Ma," said the observant little I idlow, "what did moths live on efore Adam and Eve wore i lothcs?"?Exchange. The school of experience is < ot a "pay-as you enter" institu ion, but collections are always rvade somewhere along the line.' Is it Right pr Is it Law On July the 3rd, 1914, Dr. J. Monroe Railings, a legally and lawfully appointed cattle inspec tor of Chesterfield county, appointed bv the State Authorities, came to my home and he and myself with the assistance of one or two others, sprayed 19 head of my cattle. The following day they began to die and continued until 10 head of the 19 sprayed died. Dr. Railings was instructed by the State authorities how to s * aiiute trie medicine for spraying: and how the cattle should be handled, and if they gave him the correct information he carted it out to the letter; he was even more careful than I would have been had I been preparing the medicine. He measured the medicine and water each and every "time, and prepared only enough to spray one cow each time. >Dr. Railings and others had told me that the proportion was 1 to 9. To see if he was preparing it that way I counted after him several times, and his counts were correct. Dr. Earle of Cheraw orepared the barrel of medicine, from which Dr. Railings sprayed my cattle. Dr. Railings was working under the instructions of Dr. Earle. Dr. Railings knew nothing of the real strength of the solution; that was none of his business. It was his businees to take the 1 solution as Dr. Earle had pre- i pared it, dilute it 1 of medicine ; to 9 of water, and apply it^^^| 1 le 1 *HW*^*mattes, which he diTTHf the 4th day follow ing the spraying. He saw some of the live ones that were "affected" and made an "autopsy" of one of the dead ones. After Dr. Earle had satisfied himself, as to the conditions and cause of the death of the cattle, I asked him what he thought. He replied that it must be a case of arsenical poisoning. The cattle were all well and hearty prior to being sprayed The government furnishes Dr. Earle with an apparatus for the iCMiilg U1 an SOIUUODS. Dr. Earle tested the medicine after my cattle had been sprayed and part of them were dead and lie told Dr. Railings that he had made it a little too strong. After making the barrel of solution he i should have tested it before any 1 3f it was used but he didn't do it. ' He told Dr. Railings that he did i lot test it after he prepared it. ' Still Dr. Earle is allowed to reain his place. Ill the beginning Dr. Earle talked very fair and jeemed willing to do the right 1 hing about the matter, realizing i is he did that it was his carelessless that caused the death of 1 ny cattle, and not Dr. Railings. Drs. Lewis and Earle came to see me one day recently con- , :erning the matter and they , (i i Pr* /> r\rt?f tsx.? ? uov/ iu \tay uic ivji my u>l 111 e | >r to assist me in any way to get , E>ay for them. From their con- , yersation I am lead to believe ( [hat Dr. Earle has or is trying to . ay the blame on Dr. Railings, , who is perfectly innocent. , It really seems that proficien- \ zy and honest conscientious i work does not count for any- ' Ihing in the tick eradication work in Chesterfield county. If uviiiv v/i mb unco wiiusc advices have terminated would have been retained, while some of the others' services would have terminated. No man in the State has had as much trouble to coutend with this year as Dr. Railings. Notwithstanding, he seemed equal to the task, and has accomplished as much or perhaps more than any other man could under the existing circumstunces. I believe he has done as much if not more work than any man in the State. I know Dr. Railings intimately and I say this because 1 think it 1 is deserving. I Insfpnrt of - - ? v>a uianiuK I I1CI111CS US I some of the inspectors do, he \ has added still more names to his already long list of friends. This is written for the benefit of the public that the facts in the case may be known just as lhc> are. I have endeavored to be quiet and reasonable about the matter. All I want is pay lor my cattle that died. The nine head that lived are badly damaged but i I am not asking for an> tiling J for that. I . ?J. A. ARAN F. J Stole Copper From Church And H| Made Still Out Of ll Southern Pines, Dec. M\.? Aberdeen is debating a question these merry Yulelide days and does not know whether it is serious, funny, sacriligious, or just plain stealing and ingenious vio jH lation of the revenue laws. I Last year Henry A. Page built ^ in A ? c' >u iiuciuct'ii a imecnuroll which was provided with everything fl necessary to make a model ec clesiastical structure. A lot of sheet copper was used for the roof and dome, and the came in boxes in consid^HH9|m quantities. It was noticed by the contrac m ^^^^ye^he copper wa^ taken ~fl Keyoncn^aH wondenn^iovv the copper faih ed to match the quantity that came and the quantity that seemed to go on the roof not much thoucht WAR crivon 1/. <!>? ? - nv. I1IHUV.I, and more was bought to make up for what looked like a miscount in the supplies. The other day the hard-hearten authorities of Moore Counh caught up with the foot prints of old John Barleycorn out in the sandhills to the west of \berdeen, and they followed the trail to the swamps. There the\ found one of the neatest little home-made copper stills \ou ? i ?- - c?ti saw, ill til W lie II llie> the equipment before the : i:nI inquisition it wns discovered that Mr. Page's copper li-.ui been purloined to be c<)nverted ii.io e still to satisfy the wants ol the thirsty throats of the bill conn try. The job of making the still was well done, showing 11.? hand of some one capable 01 working in copper, but lie ha lot made known his identity. Five Months Brinf? No Victory I ^ _ ,1 T"\ ? liUimuii, uur. oi. i in- \e\\ Vear finds beligcrenls in l.uioju after five months of war fighting as strongly as at the beginning, but seemingly without prospe< ts of immediate victorv. I lie Atistrians again have been driven out of the greater part ol < iulii 1.1, and according to a Vienna state ment, the Russians ha\e c rossed the Caroathins for the thud time but in Poland, where an impor tant battle is in progress, tinarmies of the Russian and <?Yi man emperors still are fiphlmn for the banks of the rivers w hnh intersect the country between the upper Vistula and Piliea rivers. In Flanders and Fran re there has been a lull in the fi^htinj; on most of the front, distui bed o< casionally, however, h\ .iriilU i \ fire, infantry attacks and < .umi erattacks.