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The pagelJnd Journal Vol. 5 NO. 45 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1915 $1.00 per year Appalling Tragedy in Chicago .River Claimed Over a Thousand Lives. Chicago, >u1y 24.?More than 1,000 persons, possibly 1,300. most of them women and children, were drowned today in a few feet of land by the capsizing of the steel steamer * Eastland, as it was about to leave its wharf in the Chicago river with 2,500 relatives and friends of employes of the Western Electric Company, for an excursion across Lake Michigan. The ship rolled over on its side in 25 feet of water within five minutes after it began to list. Coroner's physician Springer^ tonight declared that artem c a i ?_ ?? v iiucarea persor* were Kiiiea, i while estimates ran as high l as 2,000, but these did not agree ( with the statement that not more than 2,500 passengers were on board the vessel. During the day more than 700 8 bodies were taken from the c river and from the hull of the t overturned steamer, whose sides c were cut open with gas flames ^ to admit divers. Several persons were taken 1 alive from the cabins of the * ship after it had lain on its side < in the river for four hours, but \ the 300 others said to be in the ( bulk are all dead. Under the glare of searchlights 1 tonight, scores of men worked in the hull of the vessel to remove the bodies. The steamer 1 lay on the bottom of the river, 1 one side protruding like -a monument to the hundreds it todet^mine whetS^the ship was tdpheavy from faulty designing, was improperly ballasted or was poorly handled in warping from the wharf. Marine architects asserted that the Eastland was faulty in design, that the top deck had been removed because of the tendency of the ship to list and also pointed to the possibility that the ship had been unevenly 1 or insufficiently ballasted. The Eastland used water ballast, so 1 that it could pump out some on i entering shallow lake harbors, < so some investigators are work- \ ing on a theory that the ballast ' tanks were not filled and the 1 rushing of passengers to one ! side of the deck caused it to roll 1 over. * < Under misty skies, 7,000 men, women and children wended their way to the Clark street dock early today to fill five 1 large lake steamers with holiday mirth in a trip to Michigan City, j The steamer Eastland, brought to Chicago from Lake Erie, i after an unsatisfactory career, i was the first to be loaded. i Rain began to fall as the < wuari superintendents lifted the I gang planks from the vessel, declaring that the government i limit of 2,500 passengers had 1 been reached. White dresses 1 peeped from raincoats along the < shore rails as those aboard 1 waved good bve to friends on 1 shore who were waiting to \ board the steamer Roosevelt 1 and other vessels. Then the passengers swarmed i to the left side of the ship, as 1 the other steamers drew up the J river towards the wharf. A tug I was hitched to the Eastland, i ropes were ordered cast off and ? the steamer engines began to i hum. The Eastland had not i budged, however. t Instead, the heavilv luHpn shin < 0m wavered sidewise, leaning first towards the river bank. The 1 lurch win ?o itartiing t^at many I I V. "V/ ' J. '^4. ,.. ' ... -* >. >assengers joined the large concourse already on the river side >f the decks. The ship never heeled back. It turned slowly but steadily to yard its left side. Children dutctetd the skirts of mothers { ind sisters to keep from fall ins:, rhe whole cargo was impelled owards the falling: side of the hip. Water began to enter low;r portholes and the hawsers ore out the piles to which the vessel was tied. Streams from passengers atracted the attention of fellow rxcursionists . on the dock (waiting the next steamer. iVharfme.i and picknickers soon ined the edge of the embanknent, reaching out helplessly owards the wavering steamer. For nearly five minutes the hip turned before it finally lived under the swift current of he river, which owing to the Irainage canal sj'stem flows rom the lake. During the nighty turning of the ship with ts cargo of humanity, lifeboats, hairs and other loose uppurenances on the decks slipped lown the sloping floors, crusting the passengers towards the ising waters. Then there was a plunge with l sigh of air escaping from the lold, mingled with crying of :hildren and shrieks of women md the ship was on the bottom >f the river, casting hundreds of iving creatures to the water. . . Many sank, entangled with ?1othir|gr a*id. nforf did lot rise bat hundreds came to he surface, seized floating chairs ind other objects. Those on shore threw out ropes and dragged in those who could hold hese life line*. - Employes of ximmission firms along the iver threw crates, chicken :oops and other floating things nto the current, but most of hese were swept away by the stream, which runs five miles in nour. Boats put out, tugs rushed to :he scene with shrieking whistles and many men snatched >ff coats and shoes and sprang nto the river to aid the drownng. With thousands of spectaors ready to aid and the wharf within grasp, hundreds went to death despite every effort at rescue. Two Anson Stills Captured in a Week. Wadeaboro Ansonian. T* ?irA of alio nfArA -f%.s A * ? M. nw OIIIIO VTCIC V^apiU 1CU III \nson County, last week?one rhursday morning by Richmond County officers near the railroad bridge over Pee Dee river and another at Smith's :reek, just above Blewett Falls, t>y Anson officers. The one captured Saturday night was found by Deputy Sheriff J. T. May, Chief of Police I. Flake Martin and Mr. C. D. Porter. Mr. May had gotten wind of the booze plant, and leaving here at a late hour Saturday night with his two men, found the outfit about t2o*clock. Thef furnace was still hot and it appeared that a run had just been finished. The still was a S5-gallon home-made outfit but the still proper was made of jneei copper. I ne cap consist ed of a galvanized bucket. No maso or whiskey was found and it appeared from the slops that the plant had been making whiskey out of brown sugar. The still was brought to Wadestx>ra No one was feen about the plant. < ^((, Final Statement of Counter Stand in German Contro ver?y. Washington, July 21.?Pte dent Wilson and Secretary Lt sing, conferring at the Wb House tonigbt, completed i new note to Germany warni her that repetition of a disas such as that visited upon 1 Lusitania or any violation American rights on the hi seas resulting in loss of Am< can lives will be regarded "unfriendly." It will be < patched tomorrow. The note is in the nature oi final statement by the Unit States of the interpretation ti will be placed by this gove ment on future transgressions American rights, and repe that the American governm will leave nothing undone stand bv the position it 1 previously declared. Among the points in the n note are: 1* The assumption by 1 United States that Germany, declaring her submarine vi fare to be a retaliatory measi against the alleged unlawful s of her enemies, has admit that the destruction of ut sisting merchantment with* warning is illegal. 2. German submarine cc manders already have pro' that thev can save this^pasg gers and crews of vessels can act in conformity with laws of humanity in mak war on enemy ships. 3. The United States can -j allow the relations between ; belligerents to operate inj way as an abbreviation of. >riqrbtft ofoe?i?ra1*--and^liflM( any violation of the princii for which the American gove ment contends, resulting ir loss of American lives, will viewed as "unfriendly." 4. The representations wh the American government j made - in previous notes ^ disavowal of the intention' sink the Lusitania with Am cans aboard and tbe request reparation are reiterated v renewed insistence. 5. The American gov* ment Realize the unusual j abnormal condition which present conflict had created tbe conduct of maritime war! and is willing to act as an in mediary as between the bel erents to arrange a modus viv di or fin v ntVior tpmnnr arrangement which does not volve a surrender bv the Uni States of its rights. 6. The proposal made Germany to give immunity American ships not carry contraband, and to four bel erents* ships under the Ameri< flag, are rejected with the < phatic assertion that to acc such suggestion would be admit Germany's right to aside the American content based on fundamental princii in international law?that r trals may travel anywhere the high seas on unresist tVi i r\0 r\4 anir nn(?Annli<it ??./?? oui|/o vra anj uaiiv/tiaiiiy cvci carrying contraband' The note is about 1,2()0 wc long. While nowhere in i there any indirect intimation the course with the Uni States will pursue in the ev of another disaster similar to Lusitania tragedy, there are < phatic statements throughout communication pointing that the discussion of the prii pies involved has been virtui concluded and that future c duct of German submarine c< manders will determine the sponsibility for the continua of friendly relations between two countries. y*? Note Arouses German Scowls 4? , Berlin, July 25 (Overseas News " Agency Dispatch to Say ville, N. V.)?The latest American note ^ So Germany concerning subl,*? Marine warfare was received the mo st unfavorably by the Gerinfljj ^xan newspapers, in which it was iter grunted Sunday, ijm *The Vossische Zeitung in a of Uen^thy editorial says: igl|l The refusal to accept GerBH? pinny's practical proposal to aakrotect American passengers ii^j shows an absolute lack of readiJ ncss to understand the German f ajstandpoint. It is true that beltedljigerents must respect neutral hativights but only provided neutrals flgpo everything to prevent their bracitizens getting into situations atswvhere protection is impossible. enilL "Victory over the enemy is the tb-ftupreme law for every belligerlasfent. Those who render more jJRlifficult this task than does interew'Jpational law support the enemy. ^!Jfl person who remains within a theffMeagiired fortress or walks into by B gunfire zone risks his life with'5f-?>ut the right of protection from iirents home government. The ictdfcune also is true of naval warted&re in spite of the mistaken ireJBjbrase 'freedom of the seas.' It oujjBftgranted that the ocean is free :S peaceful travel, but naval >Ol|mttles also take place on it. MdBfeutral ships sailing between en jKfeting battleships run the risk ^^^Btting hit by shells and also of mHs struck by mines. i^^Hprhose who demand that Ger^Hhany should conduct the war i^Mocording to rules laid down by tfegome academic professor, expect I^HBmnany either to endanger her tklasu^tBarines or to give up this which means the^ )EMV? akemng of Germany in the interest of her enemy. - This is i ajaot neutrality but partisanship belmsainst Germany. IK^We know today that the pas icjMftngers (of the Lusitania) could hj^Bwe been saved, but that they flXBre neglected. Germany retSIP&s their death, but she has a eri- clear conscience and has no rea for aon to disapprove of the conduct dth of her submarine commanders. "President Wilson considers >rn- the further torpedoing of British ind warships carrying American the passengers a deliberately unin friendly act. While Germany are always is glad to respect Amerter ican friendship, she has conceded lig everything that can be conceded, en- One bit more would be considerary ad humiliating." in- lHe 1 aglicbe Kundfchau and ted *he Kruez Zeitung similarly declare that the American note by calls for decided opposition and to that it requires Great Britain to ing show at least an equal respect lig for the spirit of international law san ?s the president demands from em- Germany. :ept to DeCamp Guesses Cotton Will set Stay Low. ion Gaffney Ledger. ?les Of course we are only guessleu ing, but at the same time we on hazard this guess: Cotton will ing continue to decline until Decem1 if ber, after which time it will commence to advance until >rds March, when it will reach the t is neighborhood of ten cents, reof main there until the cottontots ited have planted all they can and ent then begin to go down again, the The system certainly works em- beautifully for everybody except the the poor devil who has mortgagout ed his cotton crop before he has nci- made it, and it gives him h?1. ally on- Tommy?Pop, what is a pessimal mist? re- Tommy's Pop?A pessimist, nee ray son, is a person who looks the for germs in the milk of human kindness.?Ex. Irreparably Ripped They were trying a darky, in a small town on the Lower Cumberland River, for cutting another negro with a razor. The prisoner at the bar was the porter of the local hotel and a general favorite with the white population. So the presiding judge and the prosecutor entered into a conspiracy between themselves to save the accused. The judge appointed the leading lawyer ot the district to represent the darky, and at the close of the trial His Honor charged the jury in such fashion that it would have been little short of contempt of court upon their part to fail to acquit. Nevertheless, the jurors, to the surprise of all present, especially the defendant, came in very promptly with a verdict of guilty. "Jerry," said the jude regretfully, having in mind the memory of many superior 'mint juleps which Jerry had mixed for liim, "it is my painful duty to pronounce sentence upon you. Haye you anything to say before I fix your punishment?" "Well, suh, Jedge," said Jerry, "I been sort of tuck up short and I reckin dey ain't much use of me talkin' now. But, Jedge, I will say jest dis: I don't bear vou no gredge. Seems lak to me you tried fur to let me off mighty light. And de gen'l' man dat you 'pinted to 'fend me he done hisse'f proud and I thonlrc Vlirn I?iran An i ?? >?? uiuji juv vu uc l^iacuuilll attorney gimme a good work. is done tore its pants wid me!"Saturday Evening Post. The Old Home Town. Do you remember the lazy fellow who used to sit around in the implement store and the barber shop in the old home town and predict the failure of every boy who tried to poke his nose above the common herd? Up in the village of Salem they used to crack lots of jokes at the expense of a lank and ungainly young fellow who clerked in the village grocery, poled flat boats on the river and split rails for a living. They called him Abe in those days. He became the President of the United States and thousands from fai places on the earth have visited his tomb at Springfield to do him honor. They used to make fun of Bill McAdoo back in the home town. He dug a tunnel under the Hudson River and is Secretary of the Treasury now But there are a lot of old tad: back in the old home town whc sort of hope that Bill will fall over something yet and land ir the consomme. And Orville Wright was a regular joke in hi! old home town. It is the ok home town itself that is the joke ?Selected. Davit Mine to be Worked. Monroe lournal. The company which some time ago bought the Davis Mine nine miles northwest of Monroe is rapidly preparing to work or a large scale* Mr. J. F. Thomp son who has a hauling contraci for the company, has alread> hauled four car loads of heav\ machinery from Matthews, the shipping point. He hauled 4hc ore mill which weighed within a few pounds of 20,000, and it required eight mules to pull it The mill is for the purpose ol grinding the surface rock and has a capacity of two hundred tons per day. A Fighting Parson. A good story is told of Parson McCorquodale, one of the oldfashion preachers in the early days of North Carolina. He lived in Chatham county. At one of his appointments was a big, burley bluffer, named Sandy ! Murchison, who, from some cause, had said that he intended to thrash the preacher when he put in his appearance at that particular place. Parson McCorquodale came and began his services. In the middle of the ? exercises the preacher, in a deep sonorous voice, without the least sign of emotion or excitement, said: "Brother Murphy, will you please line out a hymn, while I go out and whip big Sflndv Mtirrhicnn Hnn't !? ^ VII I 1^1 the congregation be disturbed i in the least." They began to sign with a heartiness marked with unusual enthusiasm. The parson walked singing as he went, and finding his man, let into Murchison with a vim and vigor that wound up in his giving the bully a sound and genteel thrashing. All the time he was putting in his licks, like beating iron on an anvil (for he was once a blacksmith) the Parson was singingt "An' He Rolled on the Cloud, Hallelu-ah." The services went on as if nothing had happened and the parson preached a powerful sermon on, "Sure, we must Fight if we would Win." This is no joke. It is true. Old citizens of Chatham county speak of it in these days.? Everything. Waxh&w People Eat a Muskrat. The Waxhaw correspondent ul the Cuariotie Obotrm suys that one dav last week a party composed of preachers, physicians and other prominent citizens of the town, with their wives and a good many young i people went over on the pleasant banks of the Twelve Mile Creek i tor a picnic. The men spent the ' morning fishing while the ladies ! prepared a sumptuous "campmeeting" dinner. All of which is common enough. But what ! follows "ain't." The men caught r a large fat musk-rat, and one of i the preachers remarked casual t like; "They eat em' in Viri ginia." That was sufficient, i The rat was skinned, cleaned * and put to cook. How this was I accomplished none sayeth, for it r is a pertinent fact that a musk 1 , i rat has an odor attached to him v ? that is in a class with cheap ( cologne. But the rat was cooks ed and eaten and the stoutl hearted members of the party i who ate declared that it was . very good. j > Mr. and Mrs. Mungo Entertain. ' One of the most enjoyable 1 events of the season was a con* test party last Thursday evening, | given by Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Mungo in honor of Misses * Georgia and Ethel Cook. There were a goodly number of the young people present, and several contests were engaged in. The successful con* testants were Misses Ruth Cha ? vis, wuma Lingie, and Messrs. ? Robert Turner, Boyd Eubanks 1 and Irwin Gale. The guests were ' then ushered into the dining 1 hall where ice cream, cake and r other dainties were served, r which proved the climax of the * evening. 5 The crowd gathered back i into the parlor, where some t simple vet delightful games were engaged in, after which the j crowd departed expressing to Mr. and Mrs. Mungo their 1 gratefulness for affording them 1 the delightful evening. One Present,