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the Pagel4|d journal? Vol. S NO. 37 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNEafigpffiiRNINr,, MAY 26, 1915 ?1.00 per year Italy Finally Takes Long Deferred Plunge Into War iv Rome, May 23.?via Paris? Italy is at war with Austria- ^ Hungary. j \Vith the issuance of the a gfeneral mobilization ^order the b Italian Goverment issued a proclamation declaring; war on Austria, which officially will r begin tomorrow. v Prior to thi?, #and after a ^ lengthy consultation, the Minis- c ters of War and Marine pro claimed all the provinces bordering on Austria and the islands 2 and coast towns of the Adriatic h in a state ot war which was ^ equivalent 10 tne establishment 11 of martial law, the step usually preceding the formal declaration. sj Although drastic action has 11 been looked for momentarily, C( Italians of all classes have been n electrified by the swiftly moving events. Early this morning E great crowds gathered around lc the Quirinal to await the Minis- si ters, who called on the King \ for the purpose of discussing the rr Question and signing the decree, fi When Premier Salandra and h Signor Sonnino, the Foreign h Minister left the Palace the p people cheered them enthusiastically. General Zuppill, Minister Of War, and Vice Admiral Viale, ^ Minister of Marine, remained fj with the King for a considerable t( time after the others left and -j 1 .1 ? ? ' ? taier iney naa a conierence witn tj Lieutenant General Cadorna, g Chief of Staff and Vice Admiral Phaon di Revel. Chief of the Naval Staff. Austro Italian front, on the ? Hustrian side of which feverish |( preparations have been going on " th^ last few days to make the " > Jy effective artillery action, von 0 Buelow, and the Austria Ambas- ^ sador, Baron von Macchio, are ^ ( still in Rome so far as is known. They have waited to the last s moment in the hope that some way might be found to prevent a clash at arms They will be S given safe conduct when they ii do leave and so far as German J and Austrian residents in Italy I are concerned, every effort has v been made to see them safely I\ out of the country. a On the other hand, most fi alarming reports have been re- C Ceived from Itnlifln hr?r/lor u towns that Italian residents in p the Austrian Tyrol are exper- L iencing great difficulty in returning to Italy and in many e cases have been placed under p arrest. p 1 n Two Picture?. u ? An old farmhouse with meadows ii wide, i A 7 , * And sweet with clover on each c side; * c A bright eyed boy, who looks r< from out . o The door with woodbine wreath- o ed about, d And wishes his one thought all a day: P *'Oh, if I could but fly away a From this dull spot, the world to see, How happv, happy, happy, How happy I should be!" a Amid the city's constant din, N A man who round the world V u?? \?? una i;ccu, " Who, 'mid the tumult and the F throng, n Is thinking, thinking all day r< long: a "Oh, could I only tread once S1 more h The field path to the farmhouse S door, h The old green meadow could I " n see, a] How happy, happy, happy, a How h?ppy I should he!" fa T i . * - Union County News. tonroc (inquirer. An effort is being made to oranize a Baptist church at Rock lest, four miles east of Monroe, f the church is organized an ttractive house of worship will ?e built near Rock Rest school. The news comes that i/is a ertainty that work on the new nilroad from McBee to Monroe /ill begin in the near future and /ill be rushed until the road is ompleted. The Phiter, Price and Davis old mines in Vance township ave been sold to a Trenton, lew Jersey, company and this io of mines will again he /orked. Mr. R. A Arm field tys that the ore from these lines is the richest in the ounty. These three mines are ght near each other. Sheriff Griffth anil Constable arnhardt made a raid one night ist week and found the site of a ill about half a mile off the lorgan Mill road and twelve liles northeast of Monroe. The lrnace was hot, but the still ad been removed. About five undred gallons of beer was oured out bv the officers McWhirter Brothers & Teeter ; the name of a new firm at Vingate. The members of the rin are Messrs. R. L. McWhirir, A. B. McWhirter and N. A. )>eter. Their place of business te former stand of the Wingate upply Company. They will arry a general stock. The largest load of butter ever n the streets of Monroe was a )ad of 1,830 pounds?fine vel dw butter it "was, too?and it /as taken from the Monroe dreamery in tWHTgtfifT Rartpii crwnr iresaay' ant! TiUO pounds ?f it was shipped to Charleston, >. C., and 1,230 pounds to Norfolk, Va., The Monroe dreamery is turning out a fine ;rade of butter and is making ots of it. The trustees of the Wingate chool have elected the'followtig faculty for next year: Prof. . G.\Carroll, principal; Prof, lenry C. Langston, of Greenille, N. C., assistant principal; liss Bertha Johnson, intcrmodi to classes; Miss Fronie Perry, ifth and sixth grades; Miss Carolina Webster, third and ourth grades; Miss Osee Long, rimary department; Henry L. .angston, music. A rocK quarrv is being workd on Mr. G. (). Fulenwider's lace in Benton Heights for the urpose of getting rock to aacadam roads. The convicts inearthed a peculiar formation a that quarry last Monday, "hey found between the layers >f hard blue slate rock a pocket ontaining half a bushel of slate ock about the size and shape i goose eggs. Some of the val shaped rocks are em boded in the hard blue slate rock nd others are lying loose in th?> ockeL The oval slate rock re all blue slate. Big Liar A current newspaper item is s follows: "The wife of a lethodist. minister in West rirginia has been married three mes. Iler maiden name was 'artridge, her first husband was amed Robins, her second Sparow, the present Quail. There re now two young robins, one f^orr/\n? l ** iruiiuw (inn mree (juniis 111 tlie imily. One grandfather was a wan and another a Jay, but e's dead now and a bird of p.irise. They live on Hawk aveue, Eagleville, Canary Island, rid the fellow who wrote this is Lyre and a relative of the imil.v." Lx. When Will It End? j Saturday Evening Host. At Lloyd's in London-^fl cables say?tliey are ben seventeen to one that war m not end with August. Expfl ed in terms of insurance, voiia something over mnety^J pounds premium in ordej? recover a hundred pounds ital war runs to September. ReoB ly orders were placed itraH country for tools used in nvatfiS shrapnel?deliveries to run^ to August first. S Nobody at this writing/Jj fine, can see any tangible jfti mise of peace this summer; | even on tlu; proposition thi 1 war will -end this calendar yi&j Lloyd's offers less than eve money. .Nine months of continuoi] fighting has simply develope the ancient problem as to wht will happen when an irresistibl force meets am immovable both Last and west, the German lint hold about where thej- wet planted after the first victoriou rushes. Considering the fori already expended in vttS against them, pushing thos lines back across German soil i a stupendous undertaking. On the other hand, Germany colossal eflort has so far been i vain. Nowhere has she y< reached, an obiective. N< where has she definitely gaine the upper hand. The military resources \ five great Powers have bee strained to the utmost for threi quarters of a year without ai complishing anything whic ntrnn nrvtn le it* tU rv ^ %. v vii pi'iiiu in me und^iiuu settlement through militai ! meflos." 1 fTSfTttntei^ oth^ial tors of a decisive sort devek within the next three montl will probably inspire a resort 1 other means of settlement. How You Can Avoid the Pla gues of Flies This Summer. Not only are flies unpleasai when they share with us 01 front porches, kitchens and dii ing rooms, but we may be (jut sure that they are responible f< as much sickness as perhaps ar other single agency. Typho fever is very frequently carrie bv the ordinary fly, and a b; percentage of the serious sur mer ills of children are due i the same cause. On the farm more than 90 p< cent of all house flies breed i horse manure, and it is of inte est and value to know that tt United States Department < Agriculture, after a series < careful investigations, has foun that ordinary borax, whc sprinkled over the manure, pr vents the hatching of more thi 99 per cent of the eggs laid, was found also that the cmanti of borax necessary to preve flies breeding had no injuriot effect on the manure. It is recommended that aboi ten ounces of borax be used f< each eight bushels of manur and that it be sprinkled on iwii a fine sieve. Two or three ga Ions of water should then I sprinkled over the manur The cost of this treatment estimated at one cent per hors per day. In other words, tl farmer with two horses ca keep down the flies from Ma until October at a cost of jonl three dollars Isn't this wort trying.' The Government Bulletin, N 11S, giving details regardiu this method of preventing fli< may he had from the Goveri ment Printing Office, Wash in* ton, I). C, at ten cents n cop, -Progressive Farmer, ! lodes and Kills One. at Mr. George Garv mill on Mr. Lester arm in Lanes Creek ixploded last Wednes ag about 8 o'clock and ind Blakeney, colored, i Maston Gardner's in two places. The getting up steam to lays sawing and was engine when the loded and hurled him ! of 48 feet and so 11 that lie spoke only lied an hour later. Gardner was standing ither in the saw dust aw mill a short disy. One of the flues oiler struck him and ls|broke his leg as stated above, d Ifbut his father, standing less than !^?hree feet away, escaped with^jbut a scratch. The boiler was" a Liddell, 20fefplorsb and was old. Mr. Gard aJjpcr considered ii safe to use, '*SjBOwever, and says it burst beBfeause the fireman filled it too [s 2ull of water. He says this had *lbeen done a few times before 'sland that he warned the negro rfthe day before the accident that ?lie was going to be killed by OTtfiat' boiler if he didn't quit 4fpumping it so full of water. The boiler ripped open from EJfcnd to end and turned wrong ^rflside out. It fell several feet eKfrom its location, and the lead CMPfpe was found 250 yards away. ifctTh-e rock and brick .with which igithe f>oiler was lined were blown jjjkflway v?qpd a clear place was WBWfRf^-neie me boner atOOu. W The timbers and plank covering hi were blown away and Mr. tcj Gardner says he has seen only a | piece or two of the heavy tim| ber and that he doesiVt know where the other is. ^ The negro \yho was killed ^ was an unusnally good negro. r< Mr. Gardner says he had never heard him use a word of pro te fane language during the many )r months he had worked for him. The negro's body was only slightly bruised and it is thought ,J that the shock caused his death, iffil ^r' Gardner *s preparing to n3 install-another boiler and con to tinue to run his mill. cj.' Homicide Near Heath Springs. in Yesterday morning about 7 t*! o'clock Mr. A. F. Hammond, te; who lives midwav between nf< Pleasant Hill and Heath Springs, )t shot and instantly killed a negro /! K.. ?? e T * ?.? vuiyiuj v uy me mime 01 j ini in Gill. It appears that Mr. Hame mono and Gill had had some in trouble and Gill came into Mr. It Hammond's yard and renewed ty the trouble, throwing a rock at nt Mr. Hammond, who in defense js of himself, fired the fatal shot with a pistol. Magistrate II. \V. Lit Mobley held the inquest vesteror day. There were no eye wite, nes.es to the difficulty. Mr. th Hafbmond was one of the witil nesses at the inquest. He stated >e thatjie tired the shot in selfe. idefer.se. The verdict of the is jury was that the deceased came :p to hie /I..<i?l. 1--' UVUIM IIVIII <1 ^UIISIIUI ie wound inflicted by Mr Hamin mond. Mr. Hammond immedily ately surrendered to the sheriff ly and wiil make application for :h bail at once.?Lancaster News. o Stranger?"What's your name, ig little boy?" 28 f Little Boy?"Willie." ti- i Stranger?"Willie what?" *>J Little Boy?"Willie Don't, 1 guess. That's what mama alTwftys calls me." -Kxehunge. Lr Keep The Babies Well. During the months ot May and June the baby death rate begins to climb, reaching its height in July and August. It should not be forgotten that this is the season when babies should be given the greatest care and attention in order to Keep uiein wen. i nere are two causes demanding this: heat and flies. Heat is depressing. It increases every danger that baby is lack of cleanliness about baby or baby's tilings, heat increases it and makes it harder to bear; if baby lives in foul and stuffy air, heat makes it sickening and unendurable if its food is not handled with greatest cleanliness and care, heat makes greater its infection and therefore increases its danger to baby's health and life. Then there are flies. Flies are baby's greatest enemy. They should never be allowed to come in contact with baby itself, or its food, or any of its playthings. They carry numerous diseases but are the main carriers of diarrhoeal diseases, commonly known as "baby summer complaint." The baby death rate from this disease climbs especially high during these months. And strange as it may seem to some mothers this is a preventable disease. It is mainly a fly-borne disease, though it may some limes be carried in impure milk i and water. The mother theref nr/1 ttrr\n1/l Ki* on ? ri t n nr b nr 1WIV )t UUIU Ut OII1C 111 (JIT 'lift u*-l child only pasteurized milk and an abundance of cooled boiled water, and in keeping it from flies and fly infected food. To keep the baby well will be worth all the pains and more.? ? A Circular Screwdriver. The simple idea that makes the inventor successful is illustrated by a new vest-pocket screwdriver capable of fitting screws of any size. It is nothing but disk of metal about the size of a large coin. The edge of the disk is put into the slot of a screw like the blade of an ordinary screwdriver. One edge is thin, for small screws, and another is thick, with a graduated thickness uetween the two extremes for the purpose of having an edge mat will fit any slot. A hole in the middle of the disK gives a chance to slip in a nail or pocketknife, or anything else handy, to be used as a lever on tight screws. F.lpflrir FIvTalrliAi' ' - -J Catching flies with an electric motor has been proved entirely practicable, and such machines nave now appeared on the market. The motor does not chase the flies round the room, but induces them to come near and then captures them. The machine operates like a suction cleaner, a fan creating a strong suction. Round the pipe through which the air is sucked in, some sweets?such as moistened sugar?are spread. Any fly that comes near the pipe will be quickly sucked in and dropped into a steel cage for future attention. Killed by Lighting. I,V..nlr 1 I 1 1 l Kiurv l I nil I till, LUlUlfU, WilS struck and instantly killed by lightning at his home at Ches terfield Tuesday afternoon. He was sitting on a reaper under a shelter near his home when the bolt struck him. Scarcely a mark could be found on his person and there was but little damage to the building, -("lies terfield Advertiser, Italy Votes to Enter War. Rome' May 21 (via Paris).? Italian senate today by a vote of 262 to 2 passed Premier Salandra's bill granting plenary powers to the government in dealing with the situation that has arisen through the inability of Italy and Austria to reach an agreement concerning Italy's demands. When the vote, which virtually assures Italy's entry into the war, was announced there was a great demonstration of enthusiasm inside the senate chamber. Shouts of "Long live Italv!" intermingled with the cheering and handclapping of the senators, the ministers, army and navy officers and the people in the gallery. King Victor Emmanuel and members of the roval Household witnessed the <|pmnnctratir*nc Prince Colonna, mayor of Rome, had been chosen to present the bill to the senate, and his speech was frequently interrupted by applause. The mayor said he was proud to address the senate on an occasion so mo- j mentous for the country.. In ^ the name of the people, he asked the king and the parliament of country to make a just war in \ order to deliver their oppressed brothers. The bill was referred to a committee. Meanwhile the senate took a recess. When the senate again convened the committee reported the bill favorable and it passed almost unanimously. An Old World. I Scientists hesitate to estimate I geologic time in terms of years.. m Such estimates haye, however, A Ajeennnads, and oLa pubU&nl. by Prof. Charles Schuchert in "V 1910 states that about 12,000,000 years have elapsed since the close of the Carboniferous age, an age, as the name suggests, in which great deposits of carbon, in r?nci1 ururn Koin? - ? ... II VIV Ukltl^ 1VJ1 II1CU lil many parts of the world. This age has been divided by geologist into the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian epochs, of which the Mississippian is the oldest and the Permian the youngest. The P^nnsylvanian epoch alone is estimated by Schuchert to have covered 2,160,000 years, and animal life is supposed to have existed on the earth for over 14,000,000 years before that time.?Press Bulletin. Stopping The Paper. "I've stopped my paper, yes, I have; I didn't like to, do it, But the editor got too smart And I allow he'll rue it. I'm a man as pays my debts, An' I wont be insulted, So when an editor gets smart I want to be consulted. I took his paper 'leven years. An' helped him all I could, sir, An' when it comes to dunnin' II1L', 1 didn't think he would, sir; But that he did, an' you can bet It made me hot as thunder Says I, I'll stop that sheet I will If the cussed tiling goes under! I hunted up the measly whelp, And for his cunnin' caper, I paid them 'leven years an' quit! Yes sir, I've stopped his paper!" The small son of a Washing, ton official was asked by his mother what he intended to he when he became a man. "I think I shall be a burglar," . he replied. "Why, Willie," his shocked 1 mother pretested, "that isn't 1 nice." i "Oh, it will bo all right," he assured his mother. I shan't steal anything from you "