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THE PAG^INP JOURNAL Vol. 5 NO. 19 PAGELAND, S. C., Wlj^pS?AY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1915 $1.00 per year Blene Springs Another Sense-1 Thousnnft* r>i? ! lf.l" r .? ies-.o! -r " "" tion On The Public. Columbia, S; C., Jan. 14.?Cole L. Blease today retired as South Carolina's Governor five days before his second term of two vears would have ended. His resignation, sent to Secretary of State McCown, was supplemented by a brief message to the General Assembly informing the members that it also was tendered to them. Some members of the House of Representatives and Senate cheered the announcement of the Governor's resignation. No formal action was necessary and by direction of the presiding: of ficers in the two houses the message was received only as information. Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Smith was immediately sworn in as the State's Chief Executive to serve out the unexpired term, Chief Justice Gary of the State Supreme Court administering the oath of office. Mr. Blease and several State officials then accompanied Mr. Smith to the. Governor's office. Lagrand G. Walker, president of the Senate, automatically succeeded to the Lieutenant Governorship. No previous intimation of the Governor's action had been given and no reason for it was assigned. The present Legislature is chiefly composed of men who are his political opponents and ft tl'OO I? * ? ' - n was oaiu mill piupU5UiS> lO 1II" stilute impeachment proceedings night but that no action was taken. "1 hereby resign my oifice as Governor of South Carolina" was the full communication ol Governor Blease to the Secretary of Stale. It was written b> hand and in red ink. Both tile , Governor and hislriends reiuseu to add anything to the bnei statement. The message to liie General Assembly was equally terse, "1 hereby tender my resignation to you as Governor oi ine State ol South Carolina." Governor-elect Kichard i. Manning will be inaugurated next Tuesday. lie has been a political opponent oi Mr. iiicu&c aiiddeiculcd Lieutenant Govcinor bmilli, endorsed by Governor iilease tor tile Democratic nomination last August. Mr. 13iea.se, at that time, was defeated for tlie Democratic nomination lor United States Senator by jLliibou D. Smith, tile incumbent. Governor iilease, sometimes called "The Stormy Tetiol ui South Carolina" was accounted one of the most picturesque 1 inures in American public inc. Original in concep.iou and daring in execution, his adminstration has been marked by many unusual actions. Numerous 'grants of clemency to Stale prisoners, public statements which weie construed to intern that he was opposed to using State troops to prevent the lynching of negroes when they attacked white women and the recent disbanding of the South Carolina National Guard helped make his official career notable. Bishop Clark of Rhode Island once went to see one of his parishiorwTs a \ctdx, ? i?uj wnii <t prodigious family, which had recently been increased. As he rose to leave, the lady stopped with: "But you haven't seen my last baby." "No," he quickly replied, "and I never expect to!" Then he fled. \ * ' Earthquake Rome, Jan. 13.?Italy has bei visited by an earthquake of tvit extent, which, according to tl latest advices, has resulted the death of 12.000 and injury possibly 20,000 more in? towi and villages destroyed. Tl shock was the strongest Ron has felt in more than 100 years The towns of Avezzano, the Abruzzi department, 63 mil east cf Rome, has been levellc to the ground and here 8,0( persons are renortod to ha> been killed. In many small towns su rounding Rome buildings wei partially wrecked, while at Na] les a panic occurred and house fell at Caserfa, a short distanc to the east. From below Naples in ,th sotith to Fcrers in the north; distance of more than 300 mile "and across almost the width < the country, the undulatoi movement continued for a coi siderable period. In Rome it was thought ; first that two shocks had occu red, but the seismographic ii struments in the observatork showed there was only on< which, beginning at 7:55 o'cloc in me morning:, lasted from ? to 30 seconds. In the captial itself, so far i known, there was no loss of lif< but a great deal of damage w; done, churches and statues su fering most. For a time th 0g?ple vygrp stricken with ies and tfoere was a veritable pani in hospitals, monasteries an convents Buildings on both sides of th Horta del Popolo, north entrai ce to Rome, threatened to fa and the eagl de cora at the gal crashed to the ground. Th obelisk in St. Peter's square wi shaken and badlv rlnmnorw ^ ? while the statue ot St. John La eran and the statues of the Apo ties surmounting the basilica ai in danger of collapsing. Til famous colonnade decorating S Peter's square was lowered for | feet and the adjacent houS? once occupied by the sisters c Pope Pins X, was badly crackec Rome, Jan. 11.?The toll c dead and injured in the grej earthquake that swept over cer iral and southern Italy has nc been made up, but advices read ing Rome indicate the evt growing extent of the disastei Towns with thousands of inhat itants have been overthrown and from some of thefn com details which show an immens loss of life. Estimates ran tc night from 25,000 to 50,000 dea and injured, and yet there ar several sections which undoub edly felt the earthquake in fu measure from which no est mates can be obtained. In th ancient territory of Marsi, whic includes Avezzano, the victim are placed at -0,000. Only small minority is left of the ir habitants of Avc/zano, wll numbered -approximately 10,0( Fifteen other towns and villa ges in that section have beei laid waste. Kin^ Victor Km manuel is at Avezzano and 30.00 soldiers have been dispatched t various centres where the fore of the disturbance was creates Italy as a nation has arise again to tfive succor, as she di at the time of the Messina eartl quake six years a^o, to tlios who have fallen in this late* catastrophe from which th country has sulfcred. "While the creates part of th damage was done by the fin earthquake which occurre Wednesday morning at 7:5 there has been at least on mr. rvivers 1 eJIB W Hat ^HBM| islators Are Don^ | Cfl Special to The Journal de Columbia, S. C., Van. 15^-H^ lie mg promised you to write son| ih of the doings in the present sty to sion of the Genera! Assemble ns vvill attempt to give you ie the workings up todafe.^Thl le session was called to order Tue! 1 day, Jan. 12th by the retiring 'n Clerk, Jas. A. Hoyte. The mem GS >u bers present elected Mr. LileSyji )0 Orangebiifg, chairman prOqgMl, ;e who upon inning nis sedPBn nouneed that those of the mem r" bers present appear before hi rp desk and present their credenti als and be sworn in; this beinj :e done the body went into th< election of a speaker. James A ie Hovt was unaminously electee a to that position. After severa ^ ballots, J. Wilson Gibbes wa . elected clerk, Hutchison wa 1 elected reading clerk, Wilson, o Lancaster, was elected sergean at arms. r The usual formalities of open r ing the session and getting the KnH 1* in urnrHnnr ? iTviniiif; OHUflC WVlC}{UUt E through with Wednesday, anc / Thursday the 14th at noon wa: >2 set for the election of Judge o the 5th Judicial Circuit. While ls in joint session it was whispered e about that Governor Blease hat ^ resigned. Lieut. Gov. Smith C_ was notified and he immediately e was sworn in and assumed the ^ office of Governor, not. Jj?^ lc ' bverftJTitn the"election of"jucL< j had been disposed of. Hop Mendel L. Smith of Camden ie was elected Judge without op 1 position. The whole city was jj stirred by the resignation of Gov e Blease and various theories havt ie been expressed as to his inten 1S tions in resignirtg. He has no j yet given out any reason ant t' they are still guessing. Fridaj s Gov. Charles A. Smith deliverec his inaugural address in the hall e of representatives. He spoke ol I the short time he was to be Gov ernor, and expressed as his wish , that the State go forward wit! J a progressive spirit, and that the j General Assembly pass such measures as tend to economy in ^ 'government, and that it pass the lt referendum licpior bill. 1 Mr. Odom was appointed )l chairman of the agricultural 1 committee and also chairman ol :r the committee on claims, two r- very important committees ol ' the body and his being appoint b e<l chairman is a very distinctive L" honor. The speaker appointed e me on ways and means commit> tee, which you all Know is the d most important committee of the v body, as it has charge of all the 1- financial Legislation and is inII tended to be composed of the i- best business members of the e house. L am proud of the ap h pointment, as it is coveted b^ s every one, almost, elected as a a member. i- Governor elect M "ining will o be inaugurated i.i aI ."tmsd ?y, ). 10th and next Wednesday the i- 20th the legislature will go to n Rock Hill to inspect Winthrop i" Female College. 0 There are lots of bills now o before us and ere another week e the mill will begin to grind: t. With best wishes to all the n readers of your paper, 1 am d Yours, very truly i- ?J. Clifton Rivers, e ... >t severe shock since then which e resulted in the collapse of many striirturoc MihirtK 1 *1 .... <tuiv.ii C3C<t|)CU IMC e first, and it is estimated that ;t more than 100 shocks, for the d most pari of a minor nature, oc 5 curred during the 24 hours after e the disaster. . f* V . Hard Time#, Sure Mr. Ionah Poplin, a farmer o New Salem township, met wit! ^ tough luck recently. Jonah hac a bale of cotton he had savec bacV 'to start off the new yeai with.. He went to Marshvillt * and sold the eotton and puttins if the. money in his pocket set oui a for hp>me. He was happy ovei t&e bewitching jingle of the coir L lb- his wagon jostled over the rough roads leading to his Nevs Salem home. However, he nevei 'f had the pleasure of showing thai money to the wife and kids. Foi - just as he reached a place where _ the road was mighty rough and where the surrounding wood ' a 1. t.i?i. yyao wiy uuuv ivvu uik urath men held him up at the point ol ' deadly weapons. Jonah was call ed on to shell out and he did it, . He forked over 37 plunks tovthe 1 colored strangers. There are t wo j banks in Marshvtlle that would have been glad to cared for Jo s nah's money, but no doubt he s thought that it would not do to f trust banks these hard times.? 1 Waxhaw Enterprise. The Undying Flame In a certain Kentucky town I Uncle Ike, a local character ol , color, was doing odd jobs for a ( gentleman when he was seized k with colic in its most violent I and painful form. His employer j went to his relief with the only ! aid in liquid form he could find r on the premises, the same being , a bottle of tobasco sauce. Uncle Ike swallowed a l^rge !^SpOuiiiUl Of ike stuff ami returned to work, weeping copiously. A few minutes later the gen' tleman went to look for him and found him doubled up in the hayloft. "Ike," he inquired, "how do you feel now?" t - "Mos' daid, boss!" was the I plaintive answer. r "Better let me give you anothi er dose of that medicine, then." I "Boss," said Uncle Ike, "I'd p hate to die on yoah hands; but I don't never agin specv io take ( nothin' whut water won't ( squench."?Saturday Evening , Post. ' 77 77 iour nome raper. . Gaffney Ledger It is your home paper that records your birlhs, publishes your [ marriage and chronicles your [ death. To these journals, the , 4o page compendiums of the ! daily happenings of the world, you are not even a cipher. To i get the least notice from them , you must steal $100,000, commit . "an atrocious murder or have half a dozen living wives. But your local paper watches over you with loving solicitude all the lime. If you are sick, it is sorry, and hopes you will soon be well. It tells when you come and when you go; when your house burns down and when you build a new one; when your Johnnie has the measles and when your Mary has the mumps, and how much little Pete weighs on his arrival. Stick to your home paper like it sticks to you. A dairyman and farmer personally applied to a town housekeeper for a transfer of her custom to himself. "I hear dot you haf a lot ol drouble with dot dairyman of yours," he said. "You must give me vour nistnm nnrt itaro ? *??,! be no drouble." "Are your eggs always fresh?" asked the woman. "Fresh!" repeated the man, in an indignate tone. "Let me dell you, madam, dot my hens nefer, nefer lay anything but fresh e^gs!"?New York Globe. - Bill to Minimize Tarheel Kissing. f Monroe Journal . A bill has been introduced in j the legislature to abolish "kissing r the book" in court. It ought to j pass. It does no good. A witt ness who will tell a plain lie will 1 swear to one, and one who will r tell a lie after putting his hand 1 on the bible and swearing to tell ' the truth is not prevented from lying by having kissed the sacred volume. Such a one would 1 tell his lie right along after having swallowed the whole book, - much less kissed it. And no clean-mouth man wants to put his lip on the greasy lid that thousands of hands have passed 1 over. And in fact, nobody really kisses thp wv/vriV ttUJ VV iiy They merely make a swipe : across the face and pass it about | two inches from the lips. So 1 what's the use to keep up a custom which does no good, even ! if people carried it out right? ) * ( Wood row Wilson Has Grandson Washington, Jan. 17.?A son was born at the White House to Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, Presf ; dent Wilson's daughter.At 6 o'clock tonight Secretary 1 Tumulty gave out this state- i ment: "Dr. Gravson, the White House physician, states that at i 4:30 o'clock Mrs. Say re gave i birth to a fine boy. Everything < went perfectly and both are do- I ing well." < Th-_? bov weighed seven and a ' half pounds. 1 President Wilson made no ef- 1 fort to conceal his joy when in- < lormed that the child was a boy 1 v and that Mrs. Savre was doing i well. His face^was wreathed in J smiles. The baby is his first 1 grandchild and the first boy in 1 t?m ai.o unci.i luiiiuy. ivianv congra-1* tulatory messages poured in at the White House tonight. I 1 Hit on the Head With a Crosstie ' Charles Varnado, colored, who | has a job on the Seaboard work train was hit on the head with a C crosstie last Friday morning and j it is thought that he was right , seriously hurt. Varnado was loading ties in the big cut south of the ware- s houses. The hands would slide j a tie down the bank, letting it N fall in the cut on its end. While ^ Varnado was bending to place a j tie on the car, one of the ties ^ standing nearly vertical in the j. cut toppled and struck him j square on the head. He was knocked unconscious f and it is not known how serious his wound may prove. Or it ,, may be that he will be all right j in a few days. He was taken to Cula, Ga., on the local train.? ^ Waxhaw Enterprise. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but a soft snap is surer. ^ Civilization is alright as far as s it goes, but it doesn't seem to go v far enough. e To the average hobo there's a h lol rt( rl i f for.inVw*. ? ' .v/, u>iivivuvc ociwit'ii iree soap and free soup. !\ Not all of us can get cream, so s let's be satisfied with the inilk of 11 human kindness. c Some people are always talk- n ing about how square they are, S) and we don't notice any corners sticking out of them at that. i;hc tool who rocked the boat si last summer now amuses himj n self l?y jumping 011 the ice to c make it crack and scare the skaters. b "lie's an advertising writer of a, the old school." "You mean a liar!"?Judge. J g Easier to Get Money Out of a Hog Pen Than a Cotton Field Says a Chester, S. C., correspondent of the Columbia State: "A colored farmer living in Rossville township recently brought one bale of cotton and one hog, prepared for market, To Chester, which he sold as lollows: "The bale of cotton for $l'S, the hog for $33.15. With the latter he paid a balance due on a good young horse. "Another colored farmer, Leonidas Ware, living near Hodman, had two hogs, which, after they were killed and dressed, weighed 70S pounds. This, at 11 cents, would be $77.SS. "The cost of raising one large hog, when properly done, is not more man the cost of fertilizer used hi making one bale of cotton. From this the small farmer may. learn that he can more chedply and with a great deal less labor get the value <:f a bale of cotton out of a hog pen than out of a cotton field." Taking Off The Chill This story is probably a lie but . it has the merit of being suitable midwinter reading. Maclyn Arbuckle says a dftrky in Galveston got an offer of a iob in Minneapolis and, having " i'esire to visit the North, started for his new place in the middle of January. Texas was balmy* when vyhetLhe. icfb-Uut he strji ped off the steam-heated train at tiis destination into the middle of the worst blizzard in fifteen ^ears. In his cotton shirt and -agged overalls the new arrival daggered along for perhaps a nindred yards, then stiffened ike a board and rolled over into i snowdrift. There, according to Arbuckle, .1 policeman found him some time ater and, with the aid of two lardy citizens, carried the body o the morgue, where the ;oroner diagnosed the case as >ne of death by exposure; and. iince the earth was frozen so lard that burials were impossi>le, the unknown was sent to he crematory. On arrival there, an attendant ilid the body into the white hot nterior of the receptacle and vent off to bed. Next morning mother body was brought to urn. As lie opened the steel loor of the crematory and drew rack from the gush of terrilic teat that shot out into his lace, i complaining voice came lord, rom the inside, saying: "Who is dat openin' dat do' lid lettin' all dat cold air in teah 011 me?" J * m ' ' loung man ot Anson County Shoots Himself Ansonville, Jan. !:>.?Luke Vail, son of Maj..and Mrs. J. M. Vail died at his home four miles outli of Ansonville at 10 o'c loc k esterday afternoon from tiic ffects of a pistol shot fired by imself an hour previous. The family had noticed that Ir. Wall was suffering from a evere attack of meloncholia, lit no serious fears were arousd. He belonged to One of the tost prominent families ol An 3n County. "Papa," queried the minister's nail son, "is it true that we uist be born again belore we ,?? ? i>ii lieu veil.' "So the scriptures teach us, my ov," was the reply. "Well, I don't want to bo horn gain," said the little U ov1 I'm afraid I might be born a irl thy next time,"?bx.