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The pageiInd Journal Vol. 5 NO. 47 PAGELAND. S. C.. WEDNBfigjW MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1915 $1.00 per year Warsaw . Falls Into Hands of Germans. Berlin, Aug. 5.?By wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.?Warsaw was taken this morning by German troops, according to official announcement made at German Army headquarters. Yesterday and today Bavarian troops under the command of Prince Leopold broke through the forts of the outer and inner lines of the city's defenses where the rear guards of the Russian troops made a tenacious resistance. Continuing the report from headquarters says: "The German armies under General al von Sceolz and General von Callwitz advanced in the direction of ttie road between Lomza, Ostrov, and Vi zkow and fought a number ot violent engagements. The brave and desperate resistance of the Russians on both sides of the road between Ostrov and Rozan was without success. "Twenty-two Russian officers and 4,840 soldiers were taken prisoners. The Germans also captured 17 machine guns. "German cavalry yesterday . and the day before defeated in Courland detachments of Russian cavalry at points near Genaize, Birschi and Oniskszahty. A total of 2,225 Russians prisoners were taken. "The situation near and to the north of Ivangorod remains unchanged. "The campaign is being continued between the upper Vistula River and the River Bug, German a?valiymeaJM| with meJTOstaKdrSsHSHI last mfrht's nffirial mmmnni/vi. tion that the Russian forces defending the Blonie front had been withdrawn all hope that Warsaw could be saved was abandoned. The outer line of forts to which the Russians withdrew are only six miles from the cen ter of the capital and these defenses apparently were carried last night, the inner line ol defenses being captured in time to enable the victors to enter the city early this morning. The statement from Petrograd that the Russian retirement to the Blonie-Nadzary front had been carried out unhindered was taken here to indicate that Grand Duke Nicholas had evervthinc in rwHi rtpoc fAf tVio . ^ 0 *vri IUV evacuation of Warsaw itself and the announcement in Berlin's statement that only a stubborn rear guard blocked the advance of the Germans seems to confirm that the main armv with its guns had escaped being caught in the citadel.' What part of the army of Grand Duke Nicholas was able to extricate itself from the enfolding line of Field Marshal von Hindenburg coming from the north is increasingly problematical. It is believed that this pressure from the north was one of the chief reasons for compelling the final abandonment of War oilvt 111 uiuci permu me Grand Duke to send reinforcements to save his right wing. The occupation of Warsaw also will have the effect of releasing large German forces, concentrated on the (eduction of the city and permit them to ( turn westward for renewed operations against the AngloFrench Allies. The British military authorities agree that the fall of the "w Tr -friiliThmi 'W city will have far-reaching effects on the Eastern and Western war teaters. The first determined drive against Warsaw from the West occurred last October. With in a short time the German advance guards penetrated to within 19 miles of the city. Russian reinforcements from Galicia, were brought up and the Germans were swept back ot their borders. Shortly afterward a second attempt was launched from the same direction and a great battle developed along the Rivers Warta and Vistula which i It .1 n iuiucu ili iuvui ui iue i\u?mus. Later pitched battles were fought around Lodz which the Germans captured on December 6. Another attempt at Warsaw occurred in February after the Russians had for the second time been driven out of East Prussia. This time the attack came from the north and Field Marshal. von Hindenburg's forces reached and captured Przasnysz with 10,000 prisoners February 25. Three days later, however, the Russians re captured it and put the Germans on the defensive. The fall of Warsaw marks tffe culmination of the greatest sustained offensive movement of the European war. Messrs. Joel and Raymond Griffin have ope hundred and tjy^gjgiincorn right around were didn t wait till bed time to get on his knees to thank the Lord, but ' began right then to thank him [ standing up. ! _____ One Good Reason During the lessons one afternoon in a public school a thun, derstorm arose,and seeking to I lessen the fright of the children, the teacher began an entertaining discorse on the wonder of , the elements. "Jimmy, "said she, finally turning to a bright little youngster. "can you tell me what lightning is?" "Yes, ma'am," was the ready rejoinder of little Jimmv, "lightn ing is streaks of electricity." "That's right," smiled the teacher, encouragingly. "Now tell me why it is that lightning never strikes twice in the same place." "Because," answered Jimmy, quite easily, "after it hits once the same place ain't there any more." ?Ex. A Tragic Likeness a - - rv gentleman gave an address on temperance at the local halls* says, The New York Journal. The next day he received an invitation from an old lady to come and see her. "Oh, sir, pray forgive me for worrying you," began the old dame eagerly. "I heard you speak last night, and you reminded me so much of my poor brother, who was took from me, that I felt I must see you again." The gentlem&n looked very sympathetic. "Dear, dear," he murmured. "I'm sorry to hear of your loss. How long ago did your brother die?^ "Bless ye, sir, he ain't dead," replied the old woman, "He was 0 ok to an asylum." Union County Court ProceednjP. ? Monroe Journal Mr. J. M. Keziah was acqmttgf this morning of the charge] criminal offense in the killing^ , Frank Crook. The jury refute# I a verdict of not guilty in a ftjlf 1 minutes after receiving the calf and Mr. Keziah immediately s iff*.' went home. f The case of Mr. J. M. Ketiaftl1 who, on the fifteenth of i&4|; December, shot and killed Fran? Crook, on the letter's premise! during a dispute about rents, wafl taken up Wednesday. The fiflf indictment was for murder, hu J the representatives of the Staff announced that they would nci seek a verdict for murder, bui < for murder in the second degret' 1 or manslaughter, as it might ap i pear to the jury. From a special I venire of fifty men which had i been summoned, the following jury was selected and empannel , led: C. A. Arant, C. F. Moore, J! \ M T nncr W A rhonov Tamot . ?? juiuvc | A. Lowery, Ed. W. Griffin, J. Hurley Griffin, W. H. Collins, J:' F. Pressley, J. W. Hamilton, J. J , Perry, J. L^x Helms. The argu-i , ment was begun Thursday ] morning and concluded ihtu afternoon. This morning' the,, Judge delivered his charge to ffea The case against Will Bloual who was charged with havinV assaulted and shot Mr. W. R1 Outen from ambush in January of last year, was nonsuited.^ Tmm public is familiar with the stc / of how Mr. Outen was knocked senseless and shot while on his' j way home early in how he remained for fc Blount was immecP^^H circumstances preceding and1 immediately after the assault. All the evidence was circumstantial and Judge Carter felt compelled to grant the motion for a non suit after the evidence of the State had been heard, and Blount was discharged. f,VA ca$e which was tried Tuesday afternoon presented evidence of so dirty details that Judge Carter cleared the courtroom of all persons under eighteen years of age. A negro named Bill McCullers was found guilty of incest and unlawful marriage with his niece and was sentenced to the roads for two years. The grand jury reported that thev had visited the jail, the county home, the chain gang and the county officers and found everything in each case in satis factory condition. How To Use Crimson Clover In Crop Rotations. A THREE-YEAR ROTATION First year: Corn, with peas sown in corn at the last cultivation. Second year: Cotton, with oats sown in cotton middles in fall. Third year: Oats sown in cotton middles in fall of second year, as above, peas sown after oats, and clover sown on pea stubble after peas are cut off in September. Fourth year: Back to corn and peas again, same as first year, beginning the rotation anew. A TWO YRAR ROTATION First year: Corn, with peas sown in corn at last cultivation. Second year: Cotton, witholover sown in cotton middles in September, to be plowed under for corn in April. Third year: Corn on clover sod, beginning rotation anew.? Progressive Farmer. _..... Jefferson Has New Chief ant New Drayman. rhe Jeffcrsonian Material has been placed 01 the grounds at the oil mill witl which to make an extension t< the gin and work is now unde way. Mr. E. R. Miller, who has re signed his position at Estill t< accept a more lucrative on< here with his brother, Mr. J. C Miller, arrived vesterday to tak< up his new duties. Mr. Mille has numerous friends who ar< elad to see him back. Mr. Hazel Funderburk ha recently sold his dray business "lock, stock and barrel" to Mi Walter Ogburn, and the peopl uf Jefferson will be served ii that capacity by him in th< future. Mr. Ogburn has em ployed Mr. Edward Griffith a active manager of the business At a meeting of the citizens o the town Wednesday afternooi it was decided that there woul< be no old soldier's re union a Jefferson this summer. It wa decided however, that the re union will be held next summe and everybody is to lend i helping hand to make it one o the best and most enjovabl occasion ever pulled off ii Jefferson. ijMr. "Bob" White has accepte le position as chief of Jeffei son's police force to fill th vacancy caused bv the resig nation of former Chief Jes beBruhl, who had been weai ing the badge very successfull; for the past number of month! but, owing to his efforts to er mm lioth in years and in expericnc as a police officer, but it is blie1 ed that he is fully able to handl the position and will wear tli badge in a manner that will r< fleet credit upon himself and th town. rw Oats And Wheat" Wi Again Be Advice. Clemson College, August 6."Sow oats and wheat" will one more be the advice urged upo the farmers of South Carolic for their fall practice. On th theory that general condition this fall will be very similar t those of last fall, especially ins< far as need for economizing an for diversification is concerne< the extension forces of Clemso College will devote themselve as last year, to urging the sowin of the winter grain crops. The Extension Division i i<iSllinor turn nnctorc ??r. ?? Vf |/VUIV10 VV11IV11 VV I be distributed about the stab One poster gives advice for th seeding of oats and wheat. Th other urges farmers to tare "The Second Step?Livestock, These posters will be place conspicuously. This will be th first act of the fall campaign. Clemson College urges farn ers to sow large areas to oal this fall. To this advice i added the warning that farmer should get their oats in th ground early and not wait unt late, as so many did last yea The seeding of oats should begi about the end of September. Farmers are advised to so^ enough wheat for home cor sumption. The state has ever reason to feel satisfied with th experiment of last fall. Toda there are probablv more flot mills in South Carolina tha ever before and the railroat! . 1 t ? < nave ^milieu very ravorani shipping rates. South Carolin is now in a position to rais enough wheat tor her ow bread and this is what should h done. . Ki\ 1 Who Can Vole in the Prohibition Election. The Attorney general in a 1 letter to Representative Bailes, * of Lancaster county gives the r following information as to the requirements for voting in the approaching prohibition elec3 tion: a Dear Sir:?I am in receipt of vours of the 29th of July, in e which you ask for the require K ments to vote in the prohibition election to be held on the 14th. of September, 1915. You say 0 ? that you find that some of the \ voters are under the impression e that registration certificates of 1 1915 are necessary. Others think e that if they have registered since g 1908 they can vote, and still ; others think that any registraf tion certificate of whatever date, a will qualify them to vote. i In reply thereto, I will say t that in order to vote in this s election a registration certificate " will be required that has been _ issued during the year 1908 or d ,f some year thereafter, e Bv Section 209 of the Code of q 1912, a re-enrollment of all the electors is provided to be made j in the year 1908, and the same . general enrollment of electors is ' to be made every tenth year r thereafter. js If a voter has been registered !. in the year 1908, or since that y time, a registration certificate , for the year 1915 is not necesj] sary. Of course, in order to be ,e Trusting that this gives you the desired information, I am, le Yours very truly, ie * THOS. H. PEEPLES, p. Attorney General. ie . Might Need Them. "After de sarmint, t'mor' night 11 Brudder Simmons," said old Deacon Whang, "we'all is gwine _ to have a rousin' hozanner .e meetin', and burn up yo* 'n paragraphs, bless de Lawd!" ia "Burn up which, sah?" returne ed Goat Simmons, the recently 1S convicted gambling man, in 0 considerable astonishment, says The Kansas City Star, d "Yo' gamblin' paragraphs, j sah. When a spo'tin man gits n converted and washed whiter s dan snow dey alius burns up his g kyards and dice and sich scan'lous stuff as dat 'midst loud [s shouts o' praise. De Lawd is H wid 'em and de gamblin' e brudder steps fo'th and flings e his paragraphs on de fiah and e stands with bowed head e whilst?" ? "Not me, sah! I ain't gwine j to do no sich-uh thing!" e ''But, muh goodness, brudder, yo' am converted, isn't you, j. and?" ts "Yassahr! I's sho* converted, }s but dat don't make me a blame s fool! I might backslide an' e need dat stuff." il | r> The Difference n An Anderson county farmer quit raising cotton some years w ago and has been raising nothing i- but food crops and livestock ever y since. e u? ~i.. il. ~.i ne wua 111 me euy me uiuci jj day, consulting time tables and Q arranging to take his wife and Is children on a pleasure trip to le New York. We have not heard of any farmer who raises nothing but ie cotton doing this.-=rAnderson Mail. " ' Do Not Pull Fodder. Clemson College, August 6.? One of the most costly mistakes of Southern farmers is fodderpulling. Pulling fodder not only reduces the yield of corn but also seriously injuries the vitality of the seed for the following year. Experiments conducted in South Carolina on the Coker farm in Darlington County, proved that when fodder was pulled when the bottom leaves began to turn, there was a loss of at least 24 per cent in the yield of corn. It pulled when three fourths of the leaves were dry, the decrease in yield was about 10 per cent. But this is not the only loss from fodder-pulling. Pulling a fodder has a serious effect upon the next year's crop by lowering the vitality of the seed produced on stalks from which fodder is pulled. By pulling fodder, therefore, a man not only loses on his current crop, but also damages his chances of producing a good crop the following year. A good authority on the sub- * ject advises that if a farmer feels he must pull fodder, he should leave at least two or three acres of his crop unpulled and from this select his seed corn. In this way he can keep up the quality of his seed and ?ot suffer the second loss from fodder-pulling, that which comes through planting inferior seed. Deer C*me up With' Cows PHMK^ville, Aug. 4.?A 1 PhotiylnetMgp to thp Ppp Dpp Advocate on Tuesday told of the capture of a fine deer in the upper part of Dillon county by A. H., W. D., C. M. and E. G. Webster^SOns of Robert Webster. Mr. Webster has a river pasture on the Little Pee Dee, and the young man found the deer herding with the cows Tuesday. They drove the deer and cows into the lot, where they now have the deer in confinement. Numbers of people have been to see it and they invite all their friends to come and see the deer. Last week deer tracks were seen crossing the new Cheraw road which was being built across the plantation of E. D. Graham, in Smithville township. It seems that deer are increasing in this section, and if the game laws are enforced, there may soon be mnnv of th??m in tVio lowlands of the Pee Dees. Naturally A boy was coming back from his shooting trip, looking rather dejected. "Not much luck, eh?" asked a man. "Shoot anything at all?" "Shot my dog," laconically answered the boy. "Shot your dog?" repeated the man. "Was he mad?" "Well," answered the boy, "he didn't seem particularly pleased." r? i _ t tl - - i v~aiu or i nanxs. We take this method of expressing as best we may our appreciation of the many acts of kindness our good neighbors and friends have shown us during our recent misfortune. Words fail us when we try to tell how thankful we are to one and all. Sincerely, E. R. McKay and Family. Possible Employer?H*m So you want a job, eh. Do you ever toll lips' Applicant?No, sir, but I kin learn.