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the pageland journal Vol. 5 KO. 21 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDA^ioRNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1915 "*" Kodgers^niar is Jf year V^fAAf P-?ru. 1 :? I e " - - " 1 W vw w. w???vu% Vfil ation Bill. Washington, Jan. 28.?President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill today because of the literacy test for admission of aliens. His message was referred to the house immigration committee whose chairman, Representative Burnett, will move next Thursday that the measure be passed over the veto. Much informal discussion among members of the house followed receipt of the veto, and there were many who believed the two-thirds majority required to repass the bill could not be piuvuicu. immigration Dins containing literacy tests were vetoed by President Cleveland and by President Taft, but both times failed of repassage. In his veto message President Wilson told the house, which originated the bill, that he had no pride of opinion on the question and that he was not "foolish enough to profess to know the wishes and ideals of America better than the chosen representatives." He asked, however, whether the bill rested upon the consci ous and universal assent and desire of the \merican people, and pointed out that no political party ever had "avowed a policy of restriction in this fundamental matter, gone to the country on it and been commissioned to control its legislation.' Senate leaders insisted there would be no trouble in repassing the bill in the upper house. That was done in the Taft administration, but the lower house failed to muster a two-thirds majority. Ch&rlotte to Charleston Charlotte Observer Bonsai, the railroad builder, is one man who works more than he talks. And while he is not talking about it, so far as we have seen in the newspapers, he is heading: straight for Charlotte with a railroad that will connect this city with Charleston by a shorter line than has existed. Mr. Bonsai's road is completed to Jefferson, within 27 miles of Monroe and is being fast built to that place. When he reaches Monroe, Mr. Bonsai will have traffic arrangements with the Seaboard Air l.ine for his trains to come into this city, and a through ?u?rvir>f? inaugurated with Charleston. It is the calculation that the Charlotte-Charleston trains will be running over the Bonsai lines wiihin a little over a year, and within less than 18 months. This is one of the good things in store tor Charlotte which may be counted upon with a reasonable degree of certainty, as Bonsal has never yet made a misfire in his calculations. Cheraw Man Invents Planter Cheraw Chronicle Mr. C. K. Pegues was showing a new seed dropper on the streets this week. This dropper, or planter as it is generally called, is the invention of Mr. Pegues, and it has passed the experimental stage, he having used one of them the past season in planting his entire crop. The machine is very simple and compared to other planters is very light. Mr. Pegues claims mat it will 110 an mat any other planter will do and many things that no other planter can do, and that it will sell at about onethird the price of other planters, and one of the beauties of the machine is that it will successfully handle any kind of seed. A patent has been applied for. Mr. Pegues says he can supply these planters to all who want them. superior v,ou rt rroceedings. Monroe Enquirer. Superior court for the trial of criminal cases convened hist Monday morning, Judge George Rountree presiding and Solicti tor W. E. Brock representing the State. The following cases have been disposed of: Nol pros with leave was the entry as to Fredora Starnes for selling liquor, \V. D. Hilto for assault and battely and Henry Presson, colored, for forcible trespass Perry Wall, selling liquor, judgement of Recorder's court affirmed. Costs to be paid now and fine by March 15th next. John Duncan, selling liquor, two cases; fined $40 and cost in .one case and prayer for judgment continued for two years in the other case. Bond for $250 to be given for his appearance at each criminal term of court for two years and show good behavior on his part. Lester Ashcraft, colored, carrying concealed weapon; three months on roads. W. D. McRae, forgery; prayer for judgment continued for two years. Bond for $200 for appearance at each term of court for two years and to show good behavior. Willie Wall, assault and battery with deadly weapon; prayer for judgment continued until March term. 'Cost to be paid now. J. E. Doster, retailing two cases, fined $100 and costs. Paul Cooper, colored, forgery; six momns on roads. John Keep, failure to list property for taxation; prayer for term. 1. M. Carnes buiwP^^uilding; not guilty. The cases of A. C. Funderburk for killing Luther Tray wick, and J. M. Keziah for killing Frank Crook have been continued until the March term. Funderburk gave bond and was released from jail last Friday. The grand jury finished its work yesterday afternoon and made its report. There was complaint on the part of a convict cn the chain gang that *he had been > 11UI1III1IIIV.U <11111 I1US11 Citlt'U. 1 1)13 report of the grand jury called attention to the matter and it will be investigated. Monroe Journal Stafford Belk was cleared o* the charge of murder in the killing of Babe McManus in Buford township last Christmas. J. M. Carnes of Monroe was cleared of the charge of having set tile fire which destroyed the Houston old block last December. Roy A. Traywick plead guilty to five cases of forgery, a total of SHOO, for which he forged i.:. * uiv iiuiiiva ui ms miner, ivir. J. M Little,anil others. The notes were made in autumn of 1914. One was to the Hank of Union for $150, one on Farmers and Merchants' Bank for $-25, one discounted at Farmers and Merchants' for $100. This note was made to J. W. Dean and was discounted by him at the bank. One was for $250, payable to R. A. Travwick and discounted by him at the First National Bank. The other was for $150 made to Traywick, and discounted by the S;ivir.os I t\<in K, / v r-,"i .-w?.? n. i i ti3i V/U, All these notes have various signatures, all forgeries. Roy A. Traywick plead guilty of forging five papers and was given thirty months in the State's prison, six months in each case. As it was a submission there wil' he no appeal and he will < serve the sentence. Traywick Slow But Sure Advances For Allies In The West Paris, Jan. 30.?The following official "eyewitness" account of operations in France between lanuary 16 and 26 was made public today by the war office: "Our advance has been slight but regular. Under cover of night, troopers protected by portable bucklers slip along the dunes and roads, rapidly improvising, new defenses with sacks, baskets and cases filled with earth; for deep trenches are impossible in the sandy ground. The artillery supporting these operations has made many German trenches in the dunes untenable. "The only infantry action around Ypres occurred at dawn January 25 when a German infantry company deployed 150 yards from our lines and charg- < ed at doublequick. Three companies followed, supported by an entire brigade. This attack was instantly checked. "The officer commanding the leading company was the first to fall and in a few minutes the ground was covered with more than 300 Germans dead while many became entangled in the < barbed wire and were made prisoners. Anson Court Is Repealed Messenger and Intelligencer. Last Saturday the bill to abolish the Recorder's- Court passed the Senate, having been introduced by Mr. F. E. Thomas anil passed by the House several days before. It v. II hetx.me ' effective March 1st, and at th.V time the court will cease to ex-lj ist Thrr^ was oonstdprnM??ai / ^ ? ? M^iftg against the bill in the Senate, and at one time petitions favoring the continuance of the court were circulated in the county, but the Senate decided , that, in view of the will of the people expressed at the polls that the court be abolished, it could not do otherwise than pass ] the bill. There is some_lalk of re establishing the court but it is , not thought that this will be j done. The bill establishing the court , was passed at the 1911 session of ' the General Asembly, while Air. T. C. Coxe was Anson's repre- \ sentative. and the first session r?f ihe court was held in March, ] 1911. Mr. W. E. Brock was the first recorder, and Mr. Frank L. | Dunlap was solicitor. The clerk < of the Superior Court was the first clerk, but as soon as poss?- ; ble this was changed and Mr. J. A. Little was made clerk. Mr. < J. II. Benton succeeded Mr. Brock vz recorder, and he was ( in turn succeeded last month by Mr. D. W. Smith I "Do you ever wake up your \ wife getting in late nights?" "in ever." "How the deuce do you man l age it?" / "She is never ash", p."?Ex- ? change. is a young man who stood high , before this matter caine up. He ( had been a student at the Uni- ^ versity, and went into the life , c insurance business last summer. \ His explanation was that he and t other agents had collected money for the insurance com pany and failed to turn it over 1 and that when it came due he i nau lo raise some money. He f also used some of it to pay his expenses at school last fall before the matter was discovered. 1 I le i* a brother of the man who was killed by A. C. Funderburk, whose trial is now pending. Mr. i 1). F. Traywick of Marshville township, the father, elicited a 1 good deal of sympathy on account of the troubles of his boys. I .? r ..KjjBonsal Road to Charleston ** j Opened j > ^Charleston, Jan. 30.?The first freight train to come in over the t Charleston Northern railroad f'^Hamlet this morning at 6 j ock and arrived at 9 o'clock the terminals of the road at 1 foot of Hasell street. It was * stated at the offices here of the a road that the train was bringing, c among other freight, 20 carloads f of cotton and two cars of household goods. The first freight to r leave this city is scheduled to c leave Monday night at 9 o'clock t fcr Hamlet. This will he the 1 regular hour of freights leaving jthe city over the new line at present. v The offices in the capacious Q freight depot at the foDt of Hasell * aid Went worth streets were t bfing gotten in readiness for occ rpalion by the agents today. . T . t * " l aoorers were employed in put- n ti ig the final touches to the j, ti ick work which covers the ^ b'g yard and in leaving and re- ? moving all debris. A large force is pushing the construction of the warehouse and pier to be p:;ed in connection with the freight depot. The framework of this structure is already up aad the weatlierboarding will be * started in a few days. F No statement has been given s out in regard to the formal open- F ing of the line which is expected * to take place when passenger * service is inaugurated. It is * believed that passenger sched- * ules will be announced before F the middle of next month, and it 1 seems assured that within the s next 60 days ships will be load- F i^gand unloading freight at the s jP^ofjhe company. e Proverbs From Ancient D Armer'a. 1 "A devil at home, a parson 11 abroad." 3 "Observe the mother ere you * take the daughter." a "Make friend with a dog, but keep a stick ih your hand." e "He who speaks the truth 8 must have one foot in the stir- 11 rup." n "If bread tastes good, it is all *3ne to me whether a Jew or a e Turk bakes it." ^ "The house that a woman ^ guilds God will not destroy. But ^ i woman is likely to destroy a a touse that God has built." a "If a brother was really good or anything God would have ? :>ne." "God turns away his face ^ rom a shameless man." a "Every man's own trouble is n is large as a camel." "When I have honey the flies ^ :omc even from Bagdad." " "When everything is cweap " he customer has no conscience." a " The wound of a dagger heals, )ut that of the tongue, never." "One hand cannot clap alone." "If you lose half and then w eave off, something is gained." ?W. B. D. in Wadesboro Ani- g ?onan. v f, The moving picture director C ,vas having trouble in getting e >ne of the scenes right. The C ;irl was supposed to resist an n ittempt to kiss her, but the re- I learsal was far from satisfac- tl ory. a "Think, now," said the direc- h or, coaching her; "haven't you n iver tried to stop a young man h rom kissing you?" d "No" was the girl's frank b eply.?Exchange. e "Why did you leave vour last " dace?" ti "The master kissed me, :< num." "And you didn'- like it, eh?" . "Oh, 1 like it all right, mum; >? jut the missus didn't."?Ex. g - Bale of Cotton By Mail. Monroe Journal, 26th Mr. T. L. Love, who carriei he mail on route two from Mon oe, always has big loads, for h< las to carry all the pouches foi he two big Unionville route: tnd the Unionville postoffice it iddition to his own But the >ther morning he had a piece ol nail that made his eyes jump, ind also made his faithful old :!aybank horse turn white, foi hat piece of mail was nothing ess than a bale of cotton. A tale of cotton on a two horse vagon is a load now, but here vas Mr. Love with his buggy ilready sunk to the hubs with nail matter?and a bale of coton on top of that. The bale vas perfectly packed, with good tagging and ties, and came from Tallapoosa, Ga. But?and this s what saved Mr. Love?that tale of cottnn woitrlio<l -- - - leven ounces. It was a souvenir >f the buy-a-bale movement, ind was sent out by a nevvs>aper. Cotton pickers need not apply o W. S. Lee for any more work his season. His last week's ex>erience was enough. He had ome patches that had not been >icked and some darkies wanted he job, which he gave them, elling them to go ahead and sell he cotton in the seed and bring lim his part after paving for the >icking. After the job was over hey ligured that after they had old the cotton and kept all the iroceeds Mr. Lee still owed them ome. He decided to quit gath:ring right there. ~ivrr. yam 6 s t UmfSrotirR; tguui 4r. Wesley Funderburk of Tradesville, died this morning ' Li mourue ai ine nome 01 nis ister, Mrs. George Porterfield. le had been sick since iast June nd had suffered a great deal, lie disease, which was diagnosd both as tuberculosis of the lands and as cancer was located i the throat. He had spent luch time in hospitals, both in Charlotte and Baltimore. About ight weeks ago he returned rom John Hopkins, where he ad been told that nothing could e done for him. He bore his ffliction with bravery and made 1 / -1- - uiuve ngni. The deceased was 33 years old n the 11th of last November. He is survived by his wife and vo daughters. He was getting long well and was a young tan of bright prospects before is health failed. He lived at Tadesville, about a mile from le home of his father. The reinins were carried home today, nd the interment will perhaps ike place tomorrow morning. Wanted to Get Back lonroe Journal Edging up to Chief Laney and iving a confidential tone to his oice, a strange young white illovv yesterday said, "Say, ihief, if you want to make an asy arrest, just phone over to ioncord and tell them you got le?I'm wanted over there." "lie Chief phoned and found lat the boy was wanted, wheret the boy was very glad. But efore he could be sent back ews came that the authorities ad changed their minds and idn't care to have him sent ack at all. This put the strangr out a good deal for he wanted > get back. "Chief," said he, I'm tired of running away; avelling about in the weather > too tough. Why, a fellow icked me off a car this mornig. I certainly would like to et back otf the road." Do You Want Alligator Township to Have all the s Good Roads? Cheraw, S. C., Feb. 1, 1915? j Dear good Road Men: I have a r fine plan to put every "Man and 5 mule" in Chesterfield county to t word in 60 days. I know that ; you will "sit up and take notice" [ and if you are a ''live one" meet , me without fail at Chesterfield I Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 3. at 11 o'clock and "let's start ; the wheel to moving." We , cannot put off the date the "time s of time" is now. i Yours truly, LaCoste Evans. Good Roads Pusher. i City Engineer Is Proud Father. Martinsburg, (\V. Ya.) Herald i If City Engineer A. F. Fundcr' burk, cannot give one the proper street grade today or appears to be unduly nervous and exhilcrated, do not ascribe it to any untoward cause. He is naturally jubilant over the advent of an eight-pound girl that was brought to his home on North Maple avenue early this morning by the stork. (Mr. Funderburk is a son of Mr \Trc A 17 T? 1?1 1 4'A?. M14V4 1* J 1 U* li. I t 1 UllUUlinilK of Pageland?The Journal ) It is often literally true that "the weak things of the world" are able to "confound the things which are mighty." Not long ago a former Congressman was caught napping by his littj^ granddaughter light offhei of her grandfather, according to The Pathfinder. She came before him, her face wreathed in smiles, and said: "Grandpa, I saw something running across the kitchen floor this morning without any legs. What do you think it was?" He studied for awhile, but finally was obliged to give it up. "What was it?" he asked. "Water." answered the little 1 _1 1 -1 raay inumpnaniiy. "I want to be excused," said the worried-looking juryman, addressing the judge. "I owe a man $25 that 1 borrowed, and as he is leaving town today for some years 1 want to catch him before he gets to the train and pay him the money." "You are excused," returned his honor, in icv tones. "I don't want anybody on the jury who can lie like that."?Ex. "In the early days," said the instructive person, "they used to go out and shoot a turkev for Thanksgiving dinner." "An, at de present time," said Erastus Pinklev, "if you goes provvlin, look in' foil a loose turkey you's liable to git shot yose'f." Eat plenty of good fresh beef and pork,and you can do so much more in a day you will hardly know there is a war in progress- Don't be afraid the supply will he exhausted. There is no scarcity yet. Kat all von want, and you will soon want more if you buy from 11. B. Graves* Market.