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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been withdrawn all hope that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
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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.