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Vol. 5 KO. 21 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDA^ioRNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1915 "*" Kodgers^niar is Jf year
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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
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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.