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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
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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.
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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.
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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 ?
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Catherine Talbert - ?
Hannah Grant ?
Rilla Melton 3
Massey Jordan H
M E McQuarig
Harrett Stanley a
Mary Goodwin A
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Nelson Johnson ,
Adline Gainey ,
5 John Poison ,
r Charles Levatt ,
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Mushroom Powder City in A
Virginia.
Vaxahaw Enterprise. P
At City Point, Virginia, is one
>f the biggest powder plants in r<
he world. 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
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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.
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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.
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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.