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Vol. 5 NO. 49 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1915 S1.00 per year
The Arabic Torpedoed.
London, Aug. 19.?The bij
White Star liner Arabic fron
Liverpool for New York: wai
torpedoed and sunk bv a Ger
man submarine at 9:15 o'c^ocfc
Thursday morning: Southeaa t o:
Fastnet.
The steamer, says a White
Star Line statement, was littacked
without warning: an d
went down in 10 minutes. O I
the 423 persons on board (18V
passengers and 242 members oi
the crew) 32 are believed to
have perished. Most of those
who have not been accounted
for belong to the crew. Only
six passengers are reported
missing.
\in if - r
yy iiemer any oi inese not
accounted for are Americans
has not yet been determined, but
there were only 26 citizens of
the United States on board, 22 in
the second cabin and four in the
steerage.
The vessel had no first class
passengers, having been turned
into a two-class liner.
The survivors who left the
steamer, in the ship's boats and
were picked up later by passing
vessels, arrived in Queenstown
tonight and are being cared for
in hotels and boarding houses in
the little town which so recently
cared for the survivors and dead
of the Lusitania.
Details of the sinking are lacking
but that the loss of life was
not great doubtless was due to
the fact that the weather was
fine and that steamers plying the
German submarine war zone
now keep their boats swung out
and otherwise are prepared for
-jsmerefencies. . A _
Arabic struck her on the starboard
side 100 feet from hei
stern. The vessel had left Liverpool
Wednesday afternoon and
taken a southerly course, well
off the Irish coast, doubtless
with a view of avoiding the
submarines which frequent the
waters nearer the shore.
When some 50 miles west ol
where the Lusitania was sunk
in May the German underwater
boat rose to the surface an<
launched a torpedo. The nrarks
manship of the Germans, as le
the case of the Lusitania, was
deadly accurate and like the
Lusitania the liner quicklv
settled and shortly disappeared
from view. Some of the sur
vivors, according to reports re
ceived here, say they had jusi
witnessed the torpedoing of s
British steamer, presumably the
Dunsley and that this hac
caused great alarm. In. theii
fright the passengers had lushed
for life-preservers and had bare
ly adjusted them when the Ger
man submarine turned it:
torpedo against the vessel side
Ten life-boats and a numbei
of liferafts were quickly gol
over the side of the steamer anc
into these a large number af the
passengers and members o< th<
crew scrambled. Many ocf the
passengers, however, fell intc
the water but got hold of raft!
and later were rescued.
One of the passengers wai
Kenneth Douglas, well-knowr
English actor. Mr. Douglass
was on the Lusitania when sh<
was sent to the bottom. Hit
good luck followed him agair
today for he is among the sur
vivors.
"Happiness," declaimed tin
philosopher pompously, "is onlj
the pursuit of something, not the
catching of it."
"Oh, I don,t know answer^
the plain citizen. "Have yoi
ever chased the last car pn i
rainy day?"?Philadelphia puhlj<
Udftt
Something About Shrapnel.
? How much copper is used in
1 the manufacture of shrapnel?
s How much steel? What other
- metals? What is the cost?
: These are the questions Wall
* street is asking,
k Expressed in the language of
Wall street, shrapnel is costing
I European countries now at war
f about $18 each on the firing line.
Manufacturers in this country
and Canada are getting from $15
. to more than $18 for each shell,
'the additional expense to the
foreign contracts being cost of
transportation and, in certain in
stances, filling: the cartridge
case wilii powder abroad.
From the point of view of engineers
shrapnel, one of the most
effectiv e agencies for the destruction
c<f human life vet devised,
is an extremely complex mechanism,
its complexity being
shown by the sub-contracting of
the order received by the Canadian
Car and Foundry company
a raong 50 concerns in the United
S totes and Canada. The company's
order called for 5,000.0
0)0 shrapnel, at an approximate
cost of $83,000,000, or $16.65
each. Close to 20,000,000 pounds
c if copper are being used in their
r nanufacture or about four
1 KMinds to each shrapnel.
The complete shrapnel is
composed of three principal
parts: The time fuse, the projectile
proper, a hollow steel
shell filled with bullets and a
bursting charge of black powder;
| and a brass cartridge case, filled
H with smokeless powder to shoot
I the projectile^ from the gun.
| ary rifle or revolver cartridge.
.J The time fuse is a very com
1 plicated mechanical devisee
I which may be set to burst the
[ steel projectile any number of
5 seconds or feet after it has left
; the muzzle of the gun. It is as
5 delicately constructed as a watch
or a safe lock and is made large
I ly of biass and alloys of allumi
num.
r The time fuse is screwed into
I the point of the steel projectile,
. the projectile is filled with small
( bullets, usually about 250 in
. number, and is exploded by
, means of a charge of black
. powder seated at the opposite
[ end from tbe time fuse. When
. it explodes the bullets are hurled
. over a range of about 250 square
I yards. The bullets are 88 per
i cent lead and 12 per cent an5
timonv.
I The cartridge case is from a
r foot to almost two feet long and
[ is made of sheet brass and filled
. with smokeless powder. It is set
. off bv a percussion cap and will
j hurl the projectile up to 6,000
yards, making that distance in a
. trifle less than 20 seconds.?Ex.
t
| Jefferson Graded School Opens
s September Sixth.
} Jeffersonian
i The trustees have secured a
> strong corps of teachers, namely
5 Mr. J. C. Pate, who for the past
five years has been superinten5
dent of Downer Institute, Beech
i Island, and who comes to us
i highly recommended as a gentle?
man of the highest type and a
i teacher of experience and ability,
i He is a graduate of the Citadel.
Miss Mattie James of Greenville,
who has been an assistant
in ine Kidgeland High School,
; comes highly recommended;
/ Mi&s Kate Agnew will again be
a af l>er post with the fourth and
fiftji grades: and Miss Mamie
1 Etheredge, of Leesville, will
j have charge of the Primary
a Department. She has had six
C years experience in this work
tad bat b??n quilt twMtitful.
Program Woman's Missionary
Union?September 9.
The following program has
been ananged for the Baptisl
Woman's Missionary Union
Convention which is to be held
at Thomson's Creek church
Thursday, September 9:
10, a. m. Devotional services
Mrs. Wm. Coker.
Roll call of churches.
Recognition of visitors.
"Why We Wanted You," Miss
Marie Smith.
"Why We Came," Miss Maude
Funderburk.
"Scriptural Authority for Woman's
Missionary Work," Mrs.
B. S. Funderburk.
A *
rvppointmen 101 committees.
Noon hour.
2, p. m. Devotional service,
Mrs. E. K. Smith.
Reading of Associational policy,
Mrs. J. W. Miller.
Message from president of the
Southern Union.
"Why Support the Training
School," Miss Mary Adams.
"What the Society has Done
tor me," Mrs. J. H. Ratliff.
Obituary report, Mrs. J. E.
King.
Adjourn.
8, p. m. Address on Statewide
prohibition.
Friday, 10 a. m. Devotional
service, Mrs. D. E. Clark.
"What the Society Should
Mean to the Church and Com-*
munity," Mrs. S. A. Funderburk.
"Teaching the Bible in the
Society," Mrs. B. D. Thames, i
r? rin bP. r
"How I Earned Some Money
for the Work," open discussion.
'Noon hour.
2 p. m. "The Importance of
Sunbeam Work," Mrs. A. F.
Funderburk.
Reports from societies.
Report of committees on
changes, on time and place, on
awarding the Banner, on resolutions,
on nominations.
Adjournment.
\\7 o Vl Ano
II V nuuiai cvcijf U'dyiisi
church in the Chesterfield Asso
ciation will send representatives
to this meeting. We will have
some of our best speakers there.
Every Sunbeam society in the
association will be expected to
report at this meeting so that the
banner may be given to the one
making the best report.
I want to ask that we all go to
this meeting very simply dressed.
We want to show to each other
and to the world that we are not
on a dress parade but are in
earnest about our Master's business.
We don't want any woman
to stay away because she
hasn't anything fine to wear.
Edva V. Funderburk.
Left a Towel In Him
Toms River, N. J.?An unusual
condition has been discovered
as the cause of the unaccountable
illness of Dr. J. Rdgar Todd.
On December 7 he was operated
on for kidney trouble at a hospital
in Loner Island.
Poponfltr rot r/\r?
iwvvuuj, OLVtll I1IVJI1IIIS itliciward,
Mrs. Todd was dressing
the wound that never had healed
and she saw something white
projecting. She took hold of it
with a pair of forceps and working
at it for an hour and a half,
she succeeded in extracting from
the wound a surgeon's towel
about 10 inches square. It had
been left in the body at the time
of the operation.
Doctor Todd has had several
setbacks since the operation, but
since the towel has been removed
he hag shown signs of im?
provemenl, .
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' Jewish \New Year To Be Kei>t
Soon. ^ f
. Roshl Hdshanah, the Hebrew
1 New Year, will be celebrated
this y?ar September 9 and 10 a
days latter, September 19, Yom 1
Kippnj, the day of atonement, J
will be | observed. As is the custom
special services will be held 1
in the Jewish Synagogues. Jews a
all ovejr the world observe these
holy davs. Rosli Hashanab is *
one ofItr? p\as>? oui'ewrn feasts c >f 1
the Hftrew religion.
In the Jewish traditions, the c
Rosh 'Jashanah marks the an- 11
niversary of the creation of thje '
world, supposed to have taken ?
place 5,676 years ago. Th'e *
preseijt Rosh Hashannah, therd- s
fore, i rill mark the beginning ojf
the y< ar 5676. J
Tin change of date, however, Jj
is of we or no importance, an 1
if theflewish New Year's Day *(
had am further significance, its 0
appenlto the Jew would be vefv e
faint indeed. It is not the change
of yeir, but the change of life, a
that tlis day stresses, that make?
it stand out as one of the holiest v
days I in the Jewish calendar. u
Herel^t radically differs froriji j3
the cyH New Year; it is a day
set roart for introspection and u
self-examination.
Tjfc sacred character of this p
day if implied in the two othejr 8
names by which it is known, vifc a
the day of memorial and the day t(
of tbh blowing of the trumpets. e
In tlje first place it is the day of 11
memorial, or remembrance. As e
such.it calls upon the Jew to e
remember the divine purposes 0
of his life; secondly, it is the day
oi^lLblovving of the trumpets;
its purpose is an rouse Israel
stir him to high resolves and e
nobler deeds.?Ex.
v
High Cost of Living. ^
A good deal is being said these t]
days about the high cost of living.
It would be nearer the truth ^
to speak of the high cost of ^
high living, or more accurately
still, the high cost of losv living. ^
As a side-light on this assertion, v
idKe tne toilowing tacts clipped
from an exchange, touching the
expenditures last year in this ^
country:
Eighty million gallons of w
whiskey were made in the
United States last year. Who S)
drank it all? 5
Fifteen Hillion cigaretts were S)
manufactured in the United j
States last year. Who smoked p
them all? j
Thirty-two million pounds of s]
snuff were manufactured in the
United states last year. Who gj
did all the sneezing?
Two hundered and twenty
million pounds of smoking tobacco
were made in the United
States last year. Who had all J
the pipe dreams?
Eight and a half billion cigars J1
were made in the United States "
last year. Who made all the a
smoke? Half
a billon packages of
chewing gum were manufactur- n
ea last year in the United States. 1
Who worked their jaws? s
Ttveniy thousand moving pictureltheatres
paid $25,000,000 for v
filmi last year and ll,0t)0,000
persons saw the moving pictures, h
Where did they all get the
dim^s and nickles *
"Ck> animals posess the senti- |
merit of affection?" asked the
teacher, according to The Liter- r
[ ary (Digest. x
"Yes, ma'am, almost always."
"Correct," said the teacher. r
I Tuning to young Harold: "And c
now tell me what animal has the
greatest natural fondness for t
man ?" t
With but a slight pause the
little fellow answered!"Woman," c
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Say Britain Has New Gun.
"Jew York Special to Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Recent arrivals from England _
ire able to afford some explana
ion of the delayed British ad- *
ranee," which as muctt in Eng- F
and as throughout the rest of s
he world, has caused consider- v
ible bewilderment
Their explanation is that Lord
Citchener has been waiting to '
aunch "his great surprise." r<
And this surprise lies in the
ompletion of new guns and a f
tew type of shell which it is be- (
ieved will revolutionize artillery ^
operations and make the path of
he Allies to Berlin more pos- ?
ible than hitherto. '
Soon after the beginning of the
var, when it became patent that
liffh eXDlosivPK wprp to ho tho 0
ominating factor in the struggle '
or victory, the combined efforts
>f British chemists and ordnance n
xperts invented a shell unquesionably
more powerful than *
nv perviously used.
In destructive power it was ^
vithout superior to any previo- .
isly known. A variation in ex *
losive composition rendered it
ikely to supersede all types in }
se. "
The Government ordered ex- .1
>erimeats to be made with big i
uns then being manufactured c.
t Wool which Arsenal. These .
ook place, with a result that 11
very gun so used was either al- n
lost blown to pieces or render- r
d unfit for service for a consid- .
radle period. The only way S1
>ut was to find guns suitable for e<
tie task. NV
As far back as November
tovernment experts were at
this problem. They
xpenmenieuT"WTtu. at
jys of steel, try to find one that G
/ould stand the strain of such a V
hell. Finally they succeeded, j*
"hey produced a 17 inch gun it
tiat would suit this purpose. 2(
Various experiments have
een made, and are believed to C
ave been actually successful. a:
It is stated that the shell will
e carried 2h miles and will a
/ork havoc ou a scale entirely k
nprecedented. ft
it
Ir. A. C Funderburk Has Ty- P
phoid Fever
lonroe inquirer ?
A. C. Funderburk, who is ?
erving a three years term in u
tate prison for homicide, has a
evere attack of typhoid fever, d
le is on the State farm on the e'
Loanoke river. Mr. W. E. Fun- a!
erburk, of east Monroe townliip,
left last Thursday to be by e<
le bedside of his son. The
ick man is recovering:.
ir
His Version. ^
The small boy came home
om Sunday school looking so f
loucavcicu illlU UUSiy II1Q1 II1C ^
lother had grave suspicions of
is having been at Sunday shool
t all, says The National Month/.
He explained his disarray by
lie fact that he had stopped at a
eighbor's house to see some
uppies, and had climed into a y
table in order to be able to find
hem.
"What is the Golden Text?"
nquired the parent. "
" 4 Don't worry, you'll get the
danket,, was the answer.
"There's nothing like that in f(
he Rible,' declared the mother, ^
"Yes, there is. I guess I Know
he Golden Text. Our class said v
t over and over." 0
To settle her doubts the
?i ? - *
IIUI1ICI IClCl'llUllCU IU lilt' DOV 8 {
eacher.
"Harry tells me that the Gold- ?
in Text today was: T)on*t wor- 1
v you'll get the blanket.' What t
lose he mean?'
With a peal of laughter the
eacher explained the boy's statenent,
giving the text correctly:
"Fear not, the Comforter shall 1
wine unto you."
Italy, Provoked by Turk, Declares
War on Ottoman
London, Aug. 21.?Marquis
)i Garroni, Italian Ambassador
3 Turkey, today handed to the
*orte a note declaring Italy conidered
herself in a state of war
irith Turkey and demanded his
assports, according to an official
elegram from Constantinople
eceived at Amsterdam and
ransmitted to the Central News.
The reason given in the note
3r Italy's declaration of war
krere the support given by
*urkey to the revolt in Libya
nd the prevention of the deparure
of Italian residents from
yria.
Although Italy declared war
n Austria on May 24 and hostities
between the two Powers
egan immediately, there has
ever been any declaration of
k'ar between Italy and Germany,
/hile until now Ttalv "Fur.
ey nominally have been at
eace.
Friction between Turkey and
taly however, has been in evience
since shortly after the
itter's entry into the war. Early
1 June there were reports that
talian Consuls were gradually
saving Turkey and that Amerian
officials were taking over
le task of looking out for Italian
iterests. Later charges were
tade that the Ottoman Governtent
was preventing these
lonsuls from leaving and that
milar coercion was being exertd
over Italian civilians who
'ished to quit Turkish soil.
Death Toll From Flood.
Houston. Texas^Aue. 19.Monday
night's
Vest Indian hurricane accord?g
to reports here tonight. Missig
outside of Galveston total
)5. Of the missing list it was
sared more than half were dead,
lommunication with Galveston
nd Texas City, a distance of 60
dies from here, continued to be
matter of many hours. It was
nown that Galvestion's loss of
fe was comparatively light and
was not rushing out any apeals
for aid.
Remote points on Galveston
ay began to report today, some
f them bringing small quotas of
nidentified dead. At Anahuac
te loss of the United States
redge boat No. 12 was confirmed
but there was no loss of life
5 reported from Beaumont. The
>ss of life at Anahuac was placi
at five.
Two men had been arrested
1 a dry town for drinking, and
te prosecuting witness was on
te stand, relates Judge.
"You say," said the attorney
>r the defense, "that you saw
vo men drinking in the field? *
"Yes. sir; I did."
"Was the field fenced?"
"Yes, sir."
"Where were you?"
"On the far side of the fence."
"Was there a board off that
ou could see through?"
"No, sir."
"Was there a knothole in the
ence?"
"No, sir."
The attorney braced himself
or the crushing question that he
lad ready to launch at the victim
vhom he thought he had so
idroitlv cornered.
"Now," he said, banging the
able, will you tell the court how
'ou could see two men drinking
n a field surrounded by a fence
vith no boards off and never a
mothole in it?"
"Yes, sir," said the witness,
"Well, tell it," commanded
lie attorney impatiently.
"It wii ? barbed wire leans"
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