The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, March 17, 1915, Image 2
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Vol. 5 NO. 27
ONE KILLED AND FIVE g
WOUNDED cl
Pistol Battle Waged on Streets
of Pageland Causes Death
and Many Wounds.
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Probably the most deplorable a
tragedy in the annals of Chester- n
field county occurred here last ^
Friday afternoon when a pistol
batfie raged for several minutes I
near the magistrate's office on I"
McGregor street as a result of 11
trouble growing out of a trial of j1
minor importance which had
just been dismissed in the Magis s!
trate's court. J. Wesley Arant r!
was instantly killed; J. D. Wal- "
lace and Jesse M. Vrant were ,
seriously wounded in the abdo
men; Arthur West received four ^
bullets in his limbs; Sheppard ei
West was shot through the thigh,
and John E. Robertson was shot
in the arm. ?
All of the participants in the s'
tight were citizens of the Five N
fit-- . n
i-vniva sctiiuH Ul IIIO OOliniV nT1 (!
they.had gathered here to attend
a trial in the magistrate's court u
in which Frank West was accused
of breaking a labor contract
with Mrs. Wincey Threatt, sister
of thd Arant brothers. The trial 1'
had been dismissed a short while l\
when a fisticuff arose near the
office of the magistrate. A shot ,l
was, fired and instantly half a ^
dozen or more pistols were .
whipped out a id the firing began 1
in earnest. J. Wesley Arant fell ?
dead with a bullet hole through
the httlOQ- an/t huoH. I O I SI
^?TT.?rvTlTlace.dropped
when he was shot
throuah the abdomen; J. M.
a flesh wound in l>
very dangerous
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un about 8:30 o'clock anil con
lulled about 4 o'clock Saturday
torning. A number of witncss5
were examined and Prs.
loore, Gantt and I. S. launder
urk made a post mortem exmination
ol tlie body to deter
line the nature of the wound
hich caused Ids death I? wis
Hind thai n ha!! had shattered
le *>th rih on the i i?<hi side,
assed through the lungs and
unit and out between the 1th
n<t 5th ribs on the left side: A
all was found just under the
<in between the 6th and 7th
bsoti the left sidt and this gave
se to a divcrs'.t.v of opinions,
die doctors decided, however,
lat two bullets were shot from
le same gun and that tliey
n tor/\? 1 # * K - v . ?*? ?v ?* 1 ^ A
lUCICU ill lilt; JVtUJIC DIM
iverged near thy middle of the
ody, one passing out and the
titer lodging just under the
(in. The jurv returned a
erdict that he came to his death
y a rifle shot wound in the
ards of Sheppard Wist. West
as arrested Saturday' morning
nd lodged in the Chestt rfield
til.
The body of J. \Y. Arant was
nrried home early Satui\lay
joining and laid to rest in the
tve hoiks cemetery Saturday
flernoon about 1 o'clock, serviL'S
being conducted by Rev.
Ir. White, pastor at Five Forks.
Ir. Arant was about 2S years
Id, and was the eldest son of
irs. Charlotte Arant. lie is
.irvived by his wife and 4 childi3n.
The prelem.in.try hearing has
een set for It) i/eloe^^^^iv,
the
the
GELAND, S. C., WEDNE&H
Union. County's Dor.: Law.
I Monroe
In ion county has a dog hiw-4BH
; one with teeth, too?but the teeog^j|
nave not been used. No, it \vtfH|
not missed by the I^gishitutfittHj
which adjourned hist TuesdajfiraH
It has been on the statutefor
twoyesirs, it being passed bl^ga
tile Legislature of 1913. . Tin
Union county dog law will tjSB|
Public 1?H|
jcal Law s of North Parolinh. se^BB
I sion of 1913. The law provi}lc9Rfl
j for the annual levy and coIlM^Ks
tion of one dollar tax for evetrojfc!
joule dog and two dollars jfEyn
j every female dog. It makcS^&Mj
duly >f everv li t taker
enquire about the number JHSjj
dogs the tax payer owns and{flS(9
ascertain tlie number and entfl^H
lliem foi taxation, and toexpla^^K
! lo the tax payer how ranch
i will have to he paid011 each Jogjog
and that auv person wishing (dWj
n'i t'av dog tax canJH
be relieved of i^ hy killing
J dog within len da^judtei die si^m
j tine of the list taker. v [ ailure tnjM
i list a dog for taxati'$;k,p|" kiliinWf
! it, as the law provides;*!is a
! demeanor and the pu.oiMunent'j^K
I at the discretion of live courflBgj
i In- slivriif is leipiired to givjjH
j icceipts for dog tax. The clerjHj
to the hoard of counl> coinmlwwBj
sioners is reciuired to enter upQtt&l
the lax hook the amount ol tajjMK
to he paid on does and there is tifl
j be on the lax book ;r sepei dfSHn
i column for the doc tax. Ttraifl
j sheriff can collect the do<j tax IvgH
clist.ess, that is, he can sell ever$H|
piece of property the dog owcvr^
J possesses to collect it, ju0/^EH
jean sell ntoimi tv for th '
Eflpp
m
111? I Bill?I ? II ! I I I
NING, MARCH 17,
BPKin't Afford to Buy Feed
gBSHgl' Seven-cent Cotton.
l'acmor
BHHm n^iso in acreage sown
nd wheat in (he Cotton
equalled about 10
ot last year's eot'on
(')wing to the unfavorSEbonditions
!<?r growth iast
R?w-lftlen'\ss of seeding and
''i win
mk&yr, h'considerable part
_ ?a
npi! to cotton this spring.
I will cannot aflord to
hel of oats or corn, nor
jjjniv, with tin; money
from tile IVI5 cotton
lis not only means that
ithern farmer should
[he feeds needed for his
but that he should also
tugh oafs, corn and hay
the towns and cities of
ffpkwili. Kverv dollar sent out
^milh next fall and winter
aid and feedstuff's that
PmVe been grown or proon
Southern farms will
^H} the South just that much
and reduce by just that
l^^he ready cash available
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1915
More About Compulsory
Education.
Mr. Editor?As to compulsory
education in our school district
we desire to say that the requirements
arc only 4 months in the
year, i ncn mere is provision
in the law for all cases where
chikircn are really needed at
horn" to help make support,
i Then, loo, there are exceptions
h take a ; to the child who is not
in a rasonahle distance (a given
idi ianr?a to the school building,
i The enforcement of this law is
lef with the trustees, men who
ikro.v all the circumstances in
leach individual case, and in the
| exercise of their duty thev will
not he oppressive? on any family.
(The Jaw is for the parent who
I won't and not for one who sim;
ply docs not send to school, for
sometimes they possibly can't.
If >ve do not put this law into effect
by June an election will
lived to he held In hniro it \rr?ted
in. Now <s the best time. Even
if it i; thought we do not need
it no .v, let's sign the petition, then
if over we need the law in effect
we will have it. Remember patriotic
citizens that the ones who
need it will not work it lip. We
who don't need it must have
enough interest in the child
; whose misfortune it is not to he
sent to school to work for him.
! Let's everybody speak at once in
'next issue, talk it up for the sake
i of the litile boy who when grown
j will have to make his mark inj
stead of signing his name unless
! we who don't need the law for
| ourselves t iki; the initiative in
i *1.:- * i _ - ^ ~
uiibv immei.?i urottgho^t bparItanburg
county mass meetings
! held it\ the interest of
HHnMntfHHclTooi districts
a ? --1r
Uod?evs inai ! >
l 1^
L
$1.00 per year
Common Sense.
Longfellcr could take a worthless
piece of paper and write a
poem on it and make it worth
$(>5,000?that's genius. There
are some men who could write a
few words on a piece of paper
and make it worth $8,000,000?
that's capital. The United States
can take an ounce and a quarter
of gold and make it worth $20? ^.v
that's money. A mechanic can
take material worth $5 and make
it into watch springs worth SI,
000?that's skill. There is a man
in Chicago who can take a fifty
cents piece of canvas, paint a
picture on it, and make it worth
$1,000?that's art. A Greek can
take an article worth 75c and sell
it for $L?that's business. A wo
man could purchase a hat for 75c
but prefers one worth S27?that's
foolishness. A ditch digger handles
several tons of earth for
Si.50 a day?that's labor. The
author of this can write a check
for $9,000,000, but it wouldn't be
worth a dime?that's rough.
There are people who tell vou
that other papers are as good as
this?that's nerve. Take $1.00
and get a year's subscription tov
TIIE J Oil K N AL?that's t o m
mon sense.
Try it Yourself.
In Missouri, where they raise
more mules and children than
in any other place in the world,
a certain resident died possessed
of seventeen mules and three : .....
sons. In his will he disposed of
the mules as follows: One-half