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Vol. 5 NO. 37 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNEmPmORNING, MAY 26, 1915 $1.00 per year
Italy Finally Takes Long Deferred
Plunge Into War
Rome, May 23.?via Paris?
Italy is at war with AustriaHungary.
With the issuance of the
general mobilization order the
Italian G overmen t issued a
proclamation declaring war on
Austria, which officially will
begin tomorrow.
Prior to thi?, /and after a
lengthy consultation, the Ministers
of War and Marine proi
11 ^ i t
enumeu uii ine provinces oordering
on Austria and the islands
and coast towns of the Adriatic
in a state ol war which was
equivalent to the establishment
of martial law, the step usually
preceding the formal declaration.
Although drastic action has
been looked for momentarily,
Italians of all classes have been
electrified by the swiftly moving
events. Early this morning
great crowds gathered around
the Quirinal to await the Ministers,
who called on the King
for the purpose of discussing the
question and signing the decree.
\Vhen Premier Salandra and
Signor Sonnino, the Foreign
Minister left the Palace the
people cheered them enthusiasti
cally. (General Zaippill, Minister
of War, and Vice Admiral Viale,
Minister of Marine, remained
with the King for a considerable
time after the others left and
later they had a conference with
Lieutenant General Cadorna,
Chief of Staff and Vice Admiral
Phaon di Revel. Chief of the
Naval Staff.
Aaistro Italian front, on the
Ilustrian side of which feverish
preparations have been going on
the last few days to make the
. pcjctcong; as possible,
and to clear the way for
effective artillery action, von
Buelow, and the Austria Ambassador,
Baron von Macchio, are
still in Rome so far as is known.
They have waited to the last
moment in the hope that some
way might be found to prevent
a clash at arms They will be
given safe conduct when they
do leave and so far as German
and Austrian residents in Italy
are concerned, every effort has
been made to see them safely
out of the country.
On the other hand, most
alarming reports have been received
from Italian border
towns that Italian residents in
the Austrian Tyrol are experiencing
great difficulty in returning
to Italy and in many
cases have been placed under
arrest.
Two Pictures.
An old farmhouse with meadows
wide,
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* And sweet with clover on each
side;
A bright eyed boy, who looks
from out
The door with woodbine wreathed
about,
And wishes his one thought all
day:
"Oh, if I could but fly away
From this dull spot, the world to
see,
How happv, happy, hunnv
How happy I should be!"
Amid the city's constant din,
A man who round the world
has been,
Who, 'mid the tumult and the
throng,
Is thinking, thinking all day
long:
"Oh, could I only tread once
more
The field path to the farmhouse
door,
The old green meadow could I
see,
How happy, happy, happy,
(low Jinppy I should be!"
Union County News.
Monroe Knquirer.
An effort is being made to or-'
gani/.ea Baptist church at Bock
Rest, four miles east of Monroe. '
If the church is organized an
attractive house of worship wiil
be built near Rock Rest school. |
The news comes that iris a;
ceitaintv that work on the new,
railroad from McBee to Monroe
will begin in the near future and
will be rushed until the road i<=
completed.
The Phifer, Price and Davis
goldmines in Vance township
have been sold to a Trenton,
New Jersey, company and this
trio of mines will again be
worked. Mr. I'.. A Armiield
says that the ore from these
mines is the richest in the
I county. Those three minus are
right near each other.
Sheriff Griffth ami Constable
Earnhardt made a raid one night
last week and found the site of a
still about half a mile otf the
Morgan Mill road and twelve
miles northeast of Monroe. I he
furnace was hot, but the slid
had been removed. .About five
hundred gallons of beer was
poured out bv the officers
McW'hirter Brothers Teeter
is the name of a new firm at
Wingate. The members of the
firm are Messrs. K. L. McW'hir-'
ter, A. B. McW'hirter and N. A.|
Tjpeter. Their place of business
the former stand of the W ingate
Supply Company. They will
carry a general stock.
The largest load of butter ever
on the streets of Monroe was a
load of 1,830 pounds?fine vel
low butter it was, too?and it
was taken from the Monroe
Creamery in t^^rstoni Rnrt_pi/!
town i uesuay anifoUu pounds I
of it was shipped to Charleston,
S. C., and 1,230 pounds to
Norfolk, Ya., The Monroe!
Creamery is turning out a fine
grade of butter and is making
lots Ol It.
The trustees of the Wingate
School have elected the following
faculty for next year: Prof.
J. G % Carroll, principal; Prof.
Henry C. Langston, of Green
ville, N. C.. assistant principal;1
Miss Bertha Johnson, intcrmcdi
ate classes; Miss Pronie Perry,
fifth and sixth grades; Miss
Carolina Webster, third and
fourth grades; Miss Osee Long,
primary' department; Henry 1.
Langston, music.
A rocu quarry is being work- |
ed on Mr. (J. (). Pulen wider1 sj
place in Benton Heights for the ;
purpose ol getting rock tc1
macadam roads. The convicts
unearthed a peculiar formation
in that quarry last Mond.13.
Tlli'V fnnrtd Kiiiii'.n.n 1 ?
- F . 'I.MW i/v \ vii IIR' myi'is |
of hard blue slate rock a pocket
containing half a bushel of slate j
rock about the size and shape1
of noose eggs. Some of thej
oval shaped rocks are embed '
ded in the hard blue slate rock
and others are 1\ inn loose in tin
pocket. Tile oval slate rock
are all blue slate.
BiK I .iar
A current newspaper item is
as follows: "The wife of a
Methodist minislci in West1
Virginia has been married three
times. Iler maiden name was
Partridge, her first husband was
named Robins, her second Spar
row, the present Ounil. There
are now two young robins, one
sparrow and three quails in the!
family. One grandfather was a |
swan and another a Jav, hut
lie's dead now and a bird of |?aidise.
They live on I lawk avenue,
Kujdeville, Canary Island,
and the fellow who wrote this is
a l yre and a relative <>' 'he;
familv." I- \
When Will It End? jE
S-.uiird y l'"vfiling Post. -?B
Ai Lloyd's in London?-flH|
cables say?I liev are bettiaH
seventeen to one tlval war ?D
not end wiili August. Lxprg^E
ed iii : ' ms of insurance, \ oil |WH
something over ninety-fqjra
pounds premium in order
recover a hundred pounds if
war rur.s to September. Kecegjra
Iv orders were placed in.a^H
country for tools used in makiag
sbr.?pnel ?deliveries to run dp
to August i11st.
Nobody at this writing, 'iifj/j.
fine, can see anv tangible proij
AlM
mi so of peace this summer; ad^f
even cm '.be proposition that a
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v. ;11 wm-uiiu litir* tUKiiuiti yuttl j'
Lloyd's offers less than evert jJ
money. .
.Nine months of continuous N
fi ditin^ has simply developed |
the ancient problem as to what 1
will happen when an irresistibleij
f< ree meets am immovable body. *
t"jst and west, the German lines ?
hold about where tliey were I
planted after the first victorious* \
rushes. Considering the foiCe <
already expended in vairt
against them, pushing thOSlfS;
lines back across German soil isp
a stupendous undertaking. '?
On the other hand, Germany's!!
colossal eflort has so far been iw
vain. Nowhere has she ye?
reached an objective.
where has she definitely gainedi
the upper hand. 4
The military resources onr
five great Powers have beers
strained to the utmost for three!,
(piartcrs of a year without ac*j
complishing anything which!
even points in the direction of fill
settlement through jnilitsyafc
means, i fuTCunless othefra^J
tors ot a decisive sort develoW
within the next three monthi
will probably inspire a resort tcJ
other means of settlement. f
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How You Clan Avoid the Pla-'
gues of Flies This Summer. *
Not only are flies unpleasant
when they share with us our
front porches, kitchens and dining
rooms, hut we may he <juite
sure that they are responihle for
as much sickness as perhaps any
other single agency. Typhoid,
fever is verv frequently carried/
hv the ordinary fly, and a big!
percentage of the serious summer
ills of children are due to
the same cause.
(>n the farm rnore than 90 per
cent of all house flies breed in
horse manure, and it is of interest
and value to know that the
Fnited States Department of
Agriculture, after a series ot
f..i : A? ? .- i '
i iM-iui invesug.uions. n;is lounu
tlv.it ordinary borax, when
sprinkled over the manure, prevents
the hatching of more than J
u<) per cent of the eggs laid. It
was found also that the ouantity
of borax necessary to prevent
flies breeding had no injurious
effect on the manure.
It is recommended that about j
ten ounces of borax he used for j
each eight bushels of manure,!
and that it he sprinkled on iwith i
a fine sieve. Two or three gal ;
Ions of water should then he,
sprinkled over the manure. I
l he cost of this treatment is1
estimated at one cent per horse
per dav. In oilier words, the
farmer with two horses can
keep down the flies from May
until (kloher at a cost of only
three dollars Isn't this worth
trying
The Government Bulletin, No
IIS, giving details regarding
this method of preventing flies
may he had from the Governon
nt I'rinling < >ffice, Washington
I >. < it fell i e1 Is a ? op^fl
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WpfefCrnlodes and Kills One.'
ISif boiler at Mr. George GarIw's
saw mill on Mr. Lester
kfifgins' farm in Lanes Creek 1
HBn&Bbip exploded last Wednes j
JBKttlorning about S o'clock and j ,
Bed Toland Hlakenev. colored,
HUfrroke Maston (Gardner's e
leg in two {daces. The ''
Ewas getting up steam to 1
the days sawing and was .
the engine when the |
exploded and hurled him |
1 distance of IS feet and so ?
njured him that he spoke onlv '
:>nce and died an hour later.
Young Gardner was standing !
tviih his father in the saw dust ^
fit at the saw mill a short dis- ?
tit.
. fi r
lilUCC * /'IV <>I UIC IIUL'S I
rom Mn' hoiler struck him and '
stoke his leg as stated above,
but his father, standing less than
throe feet away, escaped with- t
>ut a scratch.
The boiler was" a Lidded, 20fiorse
and was old. Mr. Gard
ner considered it safe to use,
however, and says it burst because
the fireman filled it too
full of water. Me says this had
been done a few times before
and that he warned the negro
the day before the accident that
he was going to he killed by
that boiler if he didn't quit
pumping it so full of water.
The boiler ripped open from
&r.d to end and turned wrong
side out. It fell several feet
from its location, and the lead
P?pe was found 250 yards away.
Tli,o rock and brick with which
Ll. _ *
me LAoiler was lined were blown
away \\ipd a clear place was
WWRT"wneTe uie uifiTer siOOu.
The timbers and plank covering
were blown a way at.d Mr.
Gardner savs he has seen only a
piece or two of the heavy timber
and that he doesiv't know
where the other is.
The negro who was killed
was an unusnally good negro.
Mr. Gardner says he had never
heard him use a word ol pro
fane language during the many
months he hail worked for him.
The negro'> body was only
slightly bruised and it is thought
that the shock caused his death.
Mr. Gardner is preparing to
install another boilet and con
tinue to run his mill.
Homicide N f?n r
-.v...... "'K-1'
Yesterda\ morning jibont 7
o'clock Mr. A. 1'. Hammond,
who lives niidw.iv between
Pleasant Hill and Heath Springs,
shot and instantly killed a negro
employe by'the name of Jim
Gill. It appears that Mr. Ham
mond and Gill had had some
trouble and (Jill came into Mr.
Hammond's yard and renewed
the trouble, throwing a rock at
Mr. Hammond, who in defense
of himself, tired the fatal shot
with a pistol. Magistrate II. \V.
Mobley held the impiest yesterday.
There were no eye wit
nes es to the difficulty. Mr.
Hafrnnond was one of the witnesses
at the impicst. He stated
that he fired the shot in selfldefer.se.
The verdict of the
jury wii-s mat the deceased came
to his death from a gunshot
wound inflicted by Mr Hammond.
Mr. Hammond immediately
surrendered to the sheriff
and wiil make application for
bail at once.? Lancaster News.
Stranger -"What'syour name,
little boy?"
Little I toy?"Willie."
St ran ger?" Willie what ?"
Little Lo\ "Willie Don't. I
guess. That's what mama a!-;
mays t ills mi'." r \< huit/c
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Keep The Babies Well.
I)111 in?jt the months ot May
iiul June the baby death rate
egitis to climb, reaching its
leight in July and August. It
hould not be forgotten that
his is the season when babies
hould be given the greatest
are and attention in order to
;ee|> them well. There are two
auses demanding this: heat and
lies. Ileal is depressing. It
ncreases every danger that
>alw is lack of cleanliness about
>aby or !> iby*s things, heat in scascs
it and makes it harder to
>enr; if baby lives in foul and
uiiiv ;ur, I lent makes it sickenwg
and unendurable if its food
s not handled with greatest
deanliness and care, heat makes
;renter its infection and thereore
increases its danger to
why's health and life.
Then there are flies. Flies
ire baby's greatest enemy,
rhev should never be allowed
o come in contact with baby
tself, or its food, or any of its
daythings. They carry numerous
diseases but are the main
carriers of diarrhoeal diseases,
commonly known as "baby
itimmer complaint."
The baby death rate from this
lisease climbs especially high
luring these months. And
strange as it may seem to some
mothers this is a preventable
lisease. It is mainly a fly borne
lisease, though it may somelimes
be carried in impure milk
anil water. The mother therelore
would be safe in giving her
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.?
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A Circular Screwdriver.
The simple idea that makes
the inventor successful is illustrated
bv 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 net ween the two
extremes for the purpose of
having an edge that will fit any
slot.
A hole in the middle of the
disu gives a chance to slip in a
nail or pocketknife, or anytlt+ng
else hand**, to be used as a lever
on tight screws.
Electric Fly-Catcher.
Catching flies with an electric
motor has been proved entirely
pi at/livable, and such machines
have now appeared on the
market. The motor does not
chase the flies round the room,
hut 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 flv that comes near the
pipe will he quickly sucked in
and dropped into a steel cage
for future attention.
Killed by Lighting.
I rank 1 lildreth, colored, was
struck and instantly killed In
lightning at his home at Chcs
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u'liicui : uuMiti\ auernoon. 11 o
was sitliiii; on a reaper under a
shelter near his home when tin
holt struck him. Scarcely ti
mark could he found on liis
person and there was but little
damage to the. building. < lies
pi held \ * I "* ej Usel.
Italy Votes to Enter War.
Rome, May 21 (via Paris).?
Italian senate today by a vote of
2(>2 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
. i -
me war, was announced there
was a great demonstration of
enthusiasm inside the senate
chamber. Shouts of "Long live
Italy!" intermingled with the
cheering and liandclapping of
the senators, the ministers, armband
navy officers and the peoi
pie in the gallery. King Victor
Kmmanuel and members of the
roval Household witnessed the
demonstrations.
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 momentous
for the country.. In ^H|
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. v,
The bill was referred to a
committee. Meanwhile the
senate took a recess. When the
senate again convened the committee
reported the hill favor- .
able and it passed almost unani- fl
mously. I
An Old World. M
Scientists hesitate to estimate
geologic time in terms of years..
Such estimates have, however,
-bcen-madv:, ami pubr,isfcirA?
by Prof. Charles Schuchert in
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 coal, were being formed in
many parts of the world. This
age has been divided by geoloj
gist into the Mississippian, Penn!
sylvanian, and Permian epochs,
I of which the Mississippian is the
oldest and the Permian the
voungest. The Pennsylvanian
epoch alone is estimated by
Schuchert to have covered 2,100,00'>
years, and animal life is
supposed to have existed on the
earth for over 1 1,000,000 years
before that time.?Press Bulletin.
Stopping The Paper.
"I've stopped my paper, yes. 1
have;
1 didn't like to do it,
But the editor got too smart
And I allow he'll rue it.
1 I'm a man as pays my debts,
An* I wont be insulted,
So when an editor nets smart
1 want to be consulted.
I took his paper 'levon years,
An' helped him all 1 could, sir,
An' when it comes to dunnin'
me,
! 1 didn't think he would, sir;
Hut that he did, an' you can bet
It made me hot as thunder
Says 1, I'll stop that sheet I will
If the cussed thinn noes under!
1 hunted up the measly whelp.
Anil for h<? iMinnin' rnnnr
I paid them'leven years an' quit!
Yes sir, I've stopped his paper!"
The small son of a Washington
official was asked by his
I mother what he intended to be
when he became a man.
"I think I shall be a burglar,"
, he replied.
"Why, Willie," his shocked
11 mother pretested, "that isn't
1 nice."
"Oh, it will be all right," he
assured his mother. "1 shan't
steal anything tiom you "