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-f j- V? -w jp the pageland journal Vol. 5 NO. 44 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1915 $1.00 per year Death of Mrs. John W. Threatt. I All deaths are sad and all funerals solemnizing but we attend ed a burial on last Sunday aflernoo 1 that touched our hearts in a way not common to all such i occasions. t Mr. John Wilson Threatt was t born in' the northern part of Chesterfield county on March 24, 1836, died July 9,1915 and 1 was buried luly 11, at Zoar 1 church. Rev. Daniel Jenkins conducted the funeral services. 9 The war record of Mr. Threatt i is peculiarly interesting. If ever there was a man who laid his J life on the altar of sacrifice for our beautiful southland with < out expecting any reward that man was John W. Threatt. He , didn't possess a foot of land, he ( never owned a slave and I reckon never expected to own one but when the call came for * volunteers he forgot everything ^ and fought for the land that he s called home as bravely and as j heroically as did the man who had his thousands at stake To ray mind such as he was deserve a special place in our hearts and memories, and special { honor is due them. At the be- ' ginning of the war between the i states he enlisted in company 3 , 8th South Carolina regiment ' under Capt. M. J. Hough, at Florence. He was in the jollow- ; ing battles: both battles of 1 t 1 luauaoaao, ucilJ'SUUlKi LiCCSUUrKt 1 _ Lynchburg, Petersburg, Harpers i ^ JFetfrf? Cold Harbor, (Gravel i Hill, Deep Bottom, Spotsylvania, i Battle of the Wilderness, Seven i Days Fight around^^hmond, 4 he to be one of the bravest of the brave. It was at Berryville, Va. The flag was in the hands of Aaron Plyler when a Yankee shot broke his wrist, but the flag did not fall for just as it was half way down John W. Threatt caught it, and rushed up to where the shot was raining like hail stones he shouted "Rally to your flag, boys, follow your colors!'* Follow them they did and captured the Yankee breastworks, putting them to flight. There were 18 holes shot through that flag in 15 minutes, as was learned afterward by actual count. ~ At the war's beginning his regiment numbered 1,350, but it was reduced to 107. He was married March 11, - 1862 to Miss Emiline Arant, who died 42 years afterward, leaving a son, Mr. J. S. Threatt, of Belleville, Ga., and a daughter, Mrs. Minor Melton, of Union county. He married the second time to Miss Rebecca Munn, who with his children survive him. He joined th* Methodist church in 1866 and died in the christian faith. The following Confederate Veterans attended the burial, the first seven acting &s pall bearers: W. H. Funderburk, I. M. Funderburk, Willis Jenkins, Moses Home, Elec Osborne, H. H. West, James Cox, V. T. Chears, Thomas Rorie. As we stood there and saw those old soldiors place the still cold form of their comrade beneath the sod, we didn't wonder at the tears they shed as they thought of the hard days and the dreary nights they had spent together away from home and loved ones in their fight for "The Lost Cause." We believe that if ever a man deserved a monument erected to his memory J. W, Threatt was one of them, and some sweet day when tb? HUli o( Hsavua ihall burst "X -, > Frank Attacked And Cut By Prisoner. Milledeeville, Ga., July 17.? Leo M. Frank, whose death jentence for the murder of Mary Phagan recently was commuted o life imprisonment, was attacked by another prisoner at the State prison farm here tolight and seriously injured by jeing cut in the throat. Prison officials said that the attack on Frank was made by William Green, who also is serving a life term for murder. Frank's recovery is said to be loubtful. The at tack on Frank, which vas made shortly after eleven j'clock, was made from behind, i butcher knife being the weax?n used. Frank's left juglar /ein was cut, but neither the spinal cord nor wind pipe were njured. To Protect Children. For protecting children against accidents from fire, a widely approved plan consists in soakng their clothing for five minates in a solution of one pound af ammonium phosphate in a galon of cold water. This fireproofng is nonpoisonous, keeps indefiaitely does no more harm to the material than ordinary water and is recommended for treating not only light clothing but curtains and , other . inflammable and the edge vvas then held in the flame of a wax taper for one minute. The edge was simply blackened, the gauze remaining whole in substance. A piece of untreated gauze touched to the flame was completely burned in four seconds, and the ash remaining was scarcely visible to the unaided eye. uu wui sik"i we expect to sec the brave true spirit of John W Threatt there resting in the light and the love of the God who never forgets. Sleep on thou brave heroic dead Beneath an azure southern sky While o'er thy lovely, humble bed The breezes mingle with e sigh. 01 ?- - - oieep on, ana lake thy needed rest, At this the end of life's long day, For never in a southern breast Beat braver heart 'neath coat of gray. No printed page records thy name, No writer tells thy noble worth But what thou did'st was not foi fame Nor any thing that comes of earth. Sleep now and on this hallowed spot A southern sun shall ever MI1UC And Heaven will though earth could not, Give thee the rest that should be thine. And we while on life's hurried way, Shall pause a while to shed a tear For the who in the southern gray Fought for the land to us so dear. fidna V. Funderburd. t m Second Qnartely Repoi Of Claims Audll Sarah Brown On Isabella Johnson C D Boan Adam McFarland W H Smith Catherine Baker Cynthia Catoe John Goodwin D A Wilkerson Martha Leary W N Brantley V A Purvis Carolina Patrick Nancy Sullivan W E Johnson William Miles Gradille Mills Eliza Axum Louisa Melton A M J Davis J Allice Muggins , L D Robinson , Eliza Ann Brown i Elmira Welsh ? J O Edwards ? Alfred McRae ^ Lewis Johnson ? Amanda Sutton ? Bettie Rollings ? Mary Jackson M Randall Hammons ? Mary Brown J Catherine Talbert - ? Hannah Grant ? Rilla Melton 3 Massey Jordan H M E McQuarig Harrett Stanley a Mary Goodwin A Hnldfl Rodgers^ _ JH r< 1 i Nancy Cassidv , Nelson Johnson , Adline Gainey , 5 John Poison , r Charles Levatt , r Harriett McFarland , ! Eliza Welsh ; W P Tucker , M D Johnson v , Sohia Sellers ? , J D Grooms t Isaac Gibson , . Corend Streata ? ; Charles Evans ? , W A Adam ? nt* * * > iMiza tiarp ? I D M Barentine R E Rivers R & 1 J A Davis Cha i J E Agertou R & Walker Evans Cogswells i A G Caston & Co Gulf & Atlantic Ins. Co i The Jeffersonian Pr W J Tiller Fa I A B Cassidy Ch Chesterfield Merc. Co CI ' Hugh Bales CI W H Hilton CI P C McLaurin Ru H F King Sal H F King Sta C L Gulledge Sp< John W Knight Ch Mt Croedian Mprrv rv* r-h *" ^v vu Jesse Gaddy R ( C W Hancock Ch F W Rivers Co A M Moore Ch W J Odom Chi Polly Simpson Po< T W Eddins B< R A Rouse Sa T W Eddins ?a S B Rodgers Ma H W Pusser . Ch: D P Douglass Jail D P Douglass Sal: D P Douglass Ad J R Abbott Salt J R Abbott EX{ E M Moore R p I S Funderburk p I S Funderburk p C M Hunt p M Radfearn . p, (Continue! j > ii % . 0 V* pi County Supervisor * w fcfl ami Approved. 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It is a plant that has o :rown up like a mushroom, so to f, peak. Its growth and developnent is traceable to the great var in Europe. Its employees ire drawn from all over Ameri- u a and nearly all nationalities r txcepting Germany are repre- p ented. The lowest wages for / abor at this plant is $2.50 per t! lay. Carpenters who are fairly t< >roficient draw over $6 per day. t ^ity Point is near Petersburg r ind the big powder plant has p wo boat landings on the river. The stories told in this commun- e ty by some of the employees a joing hither and thither sounds x ike some of the Arabian tales, t t is said that 22,000 laborers are l low at work in the plant and v hat 6,000 carpenters are work- e ng with all haste to erect a g >lant of equal capacity to the t >ne now in operation. The city r s protected from invasion by a s mrbed wire fence eleven feet h ligh arranged so that a rabbit t :annot get through. The labor- \ its are all numbered and wear t ladges and enter and leave the \ ;ity only with consent of the c >osses and by the use of many f >ass words, countersigns etc. 1 Some five or ten people are s rilled dailjjjfv accident. Those > vhose remt&as can be located 1 ^AjispaicSfc, to tjle piace from c whence lae^Vcame, but those s who allow_ yfemselves to tumble > into t e J tanks containing t tyaul a^s^are immeih the manufacture nf nftnrHar I At the landings boats are always being, loaded with the death dealing products for the destruction of our hfothers across the waters. It is said that England i has giyen Mr. DuPont a contract for all the powder he can make in two years at three times i the regular price. What does Mr. DuPont care how many millions are killed with the pow der just so he gets the money? ' It may be according to neutrali ty for this country to allow such j plants to be operated on her soil, but it is unjustifiable when it comes to the question of right. 1 i Confederate Reunion At Jefferson. ' Jeffersonian. At a meeting ot the citizens |of the town Wednesday afternoon it was decided that the Annual Confederate Soldiers' reunion picnic would be held on August 11th in the groye at the Baptist church. Much interest was manifested at the meeting and it is expected that the reunion this year will surpass anything of its kind ever pulled off in Jefferson. A number of prominent speakers will be here and make addresses to the veterans and their friends. A barbecue and basket picnic dinner will be served on the grounds. If ?i ? neamen everywhere. A San Francisco clergyman recently at the close of bis sermon announced that in the ( course of the week he expected i to go on a mission to the 1 tieathen. One of the parishioners exclaimed: "Why, mv dear < ioctor, you have never told us i sne word of this before. It leaves us unprepared. What i shall we do?" "Rrother," said the minister j jolemnlv, "I shall not leave t town."?Exchange. ; . ' t ire Your Farm Implements Under Shelter. regressive Farmer. The breaking plows, the harows, the planters and many A Iher implements used about the I arm have largely finished their vork for this season, and one of he most useful economy measires that can be put into practice ight now is to see that they are erfectly housed and cared for. Attention to such matters marks he good farmer, and inattention o them shows a carelessness hat is sure to be reflected in a un-down farm' and decreased profits. Depreciation is the biggest xpense connected with j pearly - ill farm implements, and the I vise farmer will see that it is leld down to a minimum. We lave known farmers who have ised grain binders ten or a dozm years and that are still in :ood condition; on the hand, we lave seen other farmers buy a nachine almost identically the ame and put it on the junk leap in three years* time. In he first instance the machine vas carefully handled while in he field, and as soon as its work vas done it was carefully cleanid up and overhauled, all broken >arts repaired, and carefully ~ a-.. ?i T ? iL. 1UU3CU iu u uiy aucu. ill lllC second case the farmer's binder vent to pieces becausfe lost or >roken parts were never attendid to and because its only shelter from June till June again vas a spreading oak in front of he house. Nor isf this all. We have seen plows, in fact, every kind of implement used about the farm, lying out, season after season, with apparently never a thought given to the hard dollars they cost. Look to these things. Brother Farmer, and look to them now. It's a dollars-andcents, bread-and-meat proposition. Jeffersoif Strengthens Uncle Sam's Navy. feffersonian Messrs Wavland Raley and William A. Kirkley, two of Jefferson's young and most patriotic men left early Monday morning for Charlotte, N. C., where they went to enlist in the United States navy. They passed the examination and left the city that afternoon for Portsmouth, Va., where they will be in the training station for the aext several months, afterwhich ihey will board one of Uncle Sam's large war vessels and remain there for the remainder of :heir 4-year enlistment. We congratulate Uncle Sam upon adding this efficient and substantial material to his navv right at this time, and we feel jure that when the Kaiser reads this issue of the Jeffersonian and sees how our Uncle Sam is being so well backed up he will mmediately take steps to settle the submarine proposition to )ur entire satisfaction. Hit Definition. A witty judge of the municipal court of Boston stoutly de:lared that "a patriot was a man who refused to button his wife's ingcrie waist." "A martvr," he went on, "is me who attempts and fails, vhile a hero tries and succeeds." "Then what is a coward?" isked a curious bystander. "Oh, a coward," replied the udge, "is a man who remains angle so he won't have to trjO -Youth'i Companion.