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w m\ ' - ^ v # v? f ! THE PAGELANI) JOURNAL Vol.6 NO. 11 i^AGfeLAWDj Si C*j WEDNESDAY MORNINGj DECEMBER 1, 1915 $1.00 per year Former Marshville Man Commits Suicide Mr. Simeon R Marsh, a form ' er citizen of Marshville township, Union county, committed 1 suicide in Thomasville, N. C. i last Wednesday by drinking carbolic acid. He was the oldest , son of the late James A. Marsh, and is survived by his wite, several children and several brothers 1 and sisters. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. The | body was buried at Marshville < Thursday. A special frotii ThomasVtlle to the Charlotte Observer stated L? 1 ~ i - i i. i tnai Mr. Marsh* who was local 1 agent for the Southern Express 1 Company; was found in his room j at 11 o'clock by Mrs. Thomas, a , Clerk in the express office. He was dying when found and an j empty carbolic acid bottle was ( Iving near indicating that he had swallowed the. contents. A ( physician was called but the | dose was so large that nothing ( could be done to save life. He j died at 2 o'clock. "Ill health is the only reason assigned for the rash act. Inti . mate friends knew that his con { dition at times was quite serious. Auditor York of the Express J Company arrived early this j morning on his regular itinerary . of auditing the books of his j route. When he went to work , this morning Mr. Marsh told him ^ that he thought there was a shortage of S50 or in tVi -? mmm ?MV UVWUUO ^^^^office. After the work of dition stated above. "A letter was found in the 1 room directing that his remains ) be sent to his home in Charlotte J and stating that he hoped the people would forget him. ( "Mr. York continued the audit ] of the books all day and late to* ' night no shortage had been found * and it is hardly expected that there will be any and the audit- 1 ing is nearly complete. No one 1 knows the reason Mr. Marsh had 1 in mind when he made the state ' ment about the shortage *to Mr. 1 York this morning. "Mr Marsh came to Thomas ville in April of this year from C harlotte to succeed Mr. A. C. Moten as agent. He never moved his family but frequently visited them in Charlotte. A young son spent awhile with him this summer and three weeks ago Mrs. Marsh come and spent several days with him. He was a most likable man and had won the friendship of the business men of the town by hit courteous manner of handling the express office.*' Moved and Seconded Paul Armstrong savs a lawyer acquaintance of his, who lives in Seattle, was retained to defend a darkey accused of absconding with the funds of a colored de bating society. The outlook for ine aeiendant was rather black. At the trial the attorney for the defense arose, as soon as the charge had been read, and said: "Your Honor, I move that this indictment be dismissed?" Before he could proceed further his client was on his feet, too, addressing the Bench without a trace of embarrassment. | "Your Honah," said the defendant briskly, "I second dat motion." WE -have saving banks for your boys and girls. They are free when you deposit a dollar to start an account, and the dollar is returned to vou when the bank is returned in good condition. BANK OF PAGELAND I*hree Fires in Cheraw in a ] Week. Cheraw Chronicle. Sunday night about 11 o'clock the dwelling house on High street extension, the property of Mr. C. S. Bruner, was discovered iu Humes. The fire boys responded but the fire had made such headway that nothing could be saved except surrounding property. The loss is pretty well covered by insurance, it is reported. While the boys were fighting it- ' me oruner lire; n cottage near ' the Oil Mill was discovered on fire. A few buckets of water succeeded in putting this fire out; so it was supposed. A short time afterward, however, the [ire sprang up again, and was again put out. This time it was thought, it was put out for good, but about 4 o'clock the fire flash 2d out again, and this time the tiouse was burned to the ground. The house was occupied by a negro woman and there was no insuance so far as can be learned. Yesterday morning about 1 n'clock the bakery of Mr. Benno DeElbe was discovered on fire, rhe fire boys responded promptly and the fire was put out? with very little damage to the property' -ft Feminine Con venation , Ohio State Journal. I Whoever of the male persua- i sion h$s heard five or six charm- < gonraiSSt/Srltfit0?L it once* would conclude no one t vould understand what any one a vas saying but herselfi But that J s a mistake. A woman can ? :alk in a crowd when all the f others are talking and she will t mderstand what all the others ire saying. It is like a fine piece 1 of music, where not a note is 1 lost. If the conversation were 1 photographed, it would appear 1 is Concentric circles, all so hap- 1 pily involved in Hogarth's lines 1 of beauty as to make a scene of ' the loveliest symmetry. It is all I as bewitching as a piece of dainty lace* each thread a necessary part to the beautiful whole. If il . A.n . mey were men a mixing, it would seem like a conglomeration of violent chugs of several locomotives hauling trains of coal up a steep incline. Ray Sinlmes Accidentally Rilled on Thanksgiving The Monroe Journal publish ed on Friday gives the following account of the killing of a boy in Buford township: Ray Simms, thirteen years old, was accidentally shot and killed yesterday at the home of his grandfather, Mr. Ellison Austin, in Buford township. The child had been hunting with others and returned to the house. Some one laid a gun flat on the piazza floor, unbreeched, but with the shell still in it. Ray was stand ing on the ground near the muz zle of the gun. Some way the gun was exploded within two feet of him and the load went in one side just above the hip and out at the other. The bowels were simply torn to pieces. The [accident took place at four o'clock and he died at eight. A doctor was sent for but nothing could be done for him except to reduce the suffering. The child was a son of Mr. Whitney Simms of Jackscn township, who travels for a harvester company. Since last summer he had been with mother at Mr. Austin's. The remains were buried today at Smyrna. Heavy Fighting In Dafdanellei Paris, Nov. 25.?Heavy fight ing has been in progress the last tl few davs in Gallipoli, where a \ strong Turkish offensive was reJ a pulsed by the combined fire oi / fhe British and French guns. Allied aeroplanes have bonn ( Warded the railway between h Constantinople and Deadeag natch, damaging the bridgts, c md warships have bombarded! 1< a..:- us ' me v\mai ui noiu ivilliur* IJ This information is contained h in tonight's war office com: tl mm ication, which also reports v jiiite on the Western front. The tl statement reads: "There is no important ot-. C :urrenfce (in the Western fheatre) R :o report. ^ o "The Belgian official cortlnunication reads: 'Except for Ifl i short bombardment of Noord- a cheote, the calm along the froftt h las been almost complete. Our b catteries dispersed enemy group* g o the southeast of the Chateau C ie Vicogne, in the direction of c Drel Grachten and towards t< Luchen.* j. fi "Army of the East: On No ii /ember 23 our troops had. an n engagement near Brusnik, to :he east of Krivolak, with the h Bulgarian forces. These were 2 repulsed. I "Expeditionary corps of thft.ii Dardanelles: The enemy has t iisplayed during the last few lays an increasing activity* On i he 21st after d violent bombard' a neni ne attempted three sue- i: :essive attacks against the Brit- t ish front for the purpose of ret- c rapturing trenches lost oh th| t I5?t Hjs^eKorts he fire of the British infanlfy ind artillery to which had been t{ oined the artillery and machine c ;uns of the neighboring French q orces. He retired* leaving on he field numbers of dead. ^ "On both sides the subter- a anean warfare continues with q he same activity. On the 21st e ive Successfully exploded a ca- ^ nouflet. On the 22nd our sap- ^ pers came upon a Turkish trench tj tunnel and put to fight the en- t) emy workers. We immediately r prepared and exploded a mine* which shattered the enemy ^ works. i "The entire day of the 23rd c was marked by rifle firing, an a intense bombardment and a j, stream of grenades from the side % of the Turks, who, although replenished with munitions, displayed ttbrVou&ness harassed as they were by our aeroplanes, which bombarded the railway c between Constantinople and * Deadeaghatch and damaged the engineering works, and by the monitors and smaller warcraft 1 which frequently bombarded the < coast of Asia. They are uo- < ceasingly kept on the alert and ] are obliged to oppose against us important forces. A GIFT FROM ????? At Christn What brings back the goo youth to our minds and heart! our imagination in the prival each member of the family s own rooms and there inscribii ping their dainty packages. A Watch for Brother Jac An elegent Fob for I A Pendant for L And Mother While E prise, but you may know jewelrv. JEWELRY! The soul in man never fashioned, bo says in fact, every individual pieo they can speak, and they an "A Gift From the Heart". B. B. El Page land, ? School House Burns The following items, including he account of the burning of Vestfield creek school house, ' re taken from the Chesterfield ^ Advertiser: I Mrs. W. P. Odom went to i Charlotte one day last week and 1 lad her tonsils removed. t During the severe wind storm i ?f last Thursday Mr. Joe Sowell I ost a fine horse. He was on a i lunting trip near McBee, where ( lis horse was in a stable, when 1 he building was wrecked by the i vind, resulting in the death of he animal. i A fire destroyed West field 1 2reek school house No. 2 last i Monday morning at about 11 < 'clock. s nresiariea irom a detective lue while school was in session, s nd as there was no means at t and to fight the flames, the i uilding was burned to the round. Mr. Ward Ingram, of i heraw was the teacher in i harge, and by his efforts, assis i ed by the pupils, many of the 1 ixtures were saved. The build- ( ng valued at about $300, carried j 10 insurance. c Westfield Church was also a t leavy loser bv the fire as about 000 feet of select lumber be i onging to that church was stored ( n a vacant room of the school j >uilding. < It is not likely that this build ng will be replaced as there is i mother school two miles away ' n the same district. It is said hat a larger house may be built l learer the center of the district 1 o displace both schools. ] ?c 7" 71 :?1 . Mr. Peter A. Moore, for a long * me a resident of Chesterfield s ountv, died in Celina, Texas on 11 let. 28th. He was the son of Mr Moses foore, whose plantation was bout two miles from town on x "hompson Creek. He is surviv ^ d by two brothers, Mr. Jim 1 ioore of McFarland and Henry doore of Ruby and many fela- ^ ives and friends in this county, o whom his death will be sad lews. In 1889, Mr. Moore moved to 1 Arkansas, and five years later he i ook up his residence in Collin t ounty, Texas. Mr. Moore was i in old Confederate soldier, hav- 1 ng served through the entire ? var.?Chesteriield Advertiser t i Not to Blame < A teacher was instructing her ' lass in geography from a large ' nap on the wall. "Horace," she said to a small * ] pupil, "when you stand in Eu ope facing the north vou have >n your right hand the great ' :ontinent of Asia. What have ^ou on your left hand, Horace?" "A wart," whimpered Horace, ' 'but I can't help it,teacher." THE HEART. nas Time ****** 'd old Christmasv spirit of l? This is what: To see in e dwelling on the avenue :eking the privacy of their ng their gift cards and wrap k Jill t ny a Sparkling Brooch lad's to gel?well it's a surthis much, it's a piece of Metal form! A better gift s every Ring, Watch, Brooch, e of iewelry in my shop. For s ever and ever whispering, ubanks - ?? S. C. " 1 ? rwo North Carolina Boys Shot By Villa Soldiers Nogales, Ariz., Nov. 26.? rhree United States soldiers were wounded, two of them srobablv fatallj', and a score of Mexicans are reported to have icen killed today when Villa roopers evacuated Nogales, Solora, across the border from lere, before the advance of Caranza troops under Gen. Alvaro Ubregon, exchanged shots with United States troops across the nternational boundary line. Tonight General Obregon was n Nogales and measures were >eing taken to restore order last light's looting and rioting. All aipplies of liquor were being de itroyed by Obregon's order. o i\umors mat iwo American soldiers bad been killed during he exchange of ?hots tonight emained unverified. Carlos Randall, Villa Goverlor of Sonora, and General \costa, a Villa subordinate, to light remain under guard at a ocal hotel. Randall and Acosta :rossed the international boundiry line last night when it was lecided to evacuate the Mexicao own. Major General Funston commanding the United States forces >n the border, is expected to irrive here tomorrow to take ;harge of the situation Three American soldiers were vounded, two probably fatally. They were: Stephen Littles, 23, shot hrough head, probably die, inr.ip T7<iirmnnt NJ P Pnlioto/1 a Uia lAJVfU If A. V V/I X^LIUOIVU February, 1914. . HerbgrJ L, Cates--, 25, shot wlty tfonbtfuf. Honrs SwCtH1 onville, N. C., second enlist- j nent. Arthur L. Saupe, 19, shot right oot. Home Vernon, Ind. Five Mexicans, including a voman, also were wounded. Whether any were killed was tndetermined. r welve Lose Lives in Arkansas Storm Little Rock, Afk.* Nov. 25? rwelve persons are known to lave been killed and 30 injured n a tornado which swept hrottgh a thickly settled farmng section about a mile east ot riot Springs, Ark., late today, tccording to reports brought to his citv by messenger tonight. Ml wires to Hot Springs are out )f commission and only meager u! vices had been received up to l late houf. It was establish-d, however, that the citv of Hoi Springs was lot damaged by the storm and no one was injured within the city limits. All of the dead, 11 of whom were white persons, were farmers. The property loss was confined principally to the destruction of farm houses, althrough the country home of W. H. Maurice and the club house of the Hot Springs Country club were damaged. Treasurer'# Itinerary Will collect at toiiowing places on dates named below: Dudley . . Mon. Nov. 22 Pageland . . Tues. Nov. 23 Jefferson . . Wed. Nov. 24 McBee . . . Fri. Nov. 26 j Cedar Creek . Mon. Nov. 29 Patrick . , Tues. Nov. 30 Cheraw . . Wed. Dec. 1 . Thurs. Dec 1 Cashs . . . Fri. Dec. i Ruby . . . Tues. Dec. ' John Wallace . Wed. Dec. 1 Mt. Croghan . Thurs. Dec. ( Angelas . . Fri Dec. t< W. A. DOUGLASS, County Treasurer M'Adoo Wants Taxes Rather Than Bonds Washington, Nov. 25.?Increase in internal taxation rather than issue of bonds to meet the first year's expenses of the administration's defence programme are advocated by Secretary McAdoo of the treasury in a formal statement issued tonight giving an estimate of the federal government's revenues and expenditures up to the end ot the fiscal year beginning next July. Assuming that congress will continue in effect the present emergency tax law and customs duty on sugar, the secretary estimates that $112,806, 394 in additional revenue will be needed for the expenditures for 1917, innnr QAA AAA t - f/v,uvv,vvv iui iir ? measures for national defense, "This amount," says the statement, "can easily be raised by internal taxation without appreciable burdens upon the American people." Mr. McAdoo suggests a reduction in the income tax law ex emption on single person from $3,000 to $2,000 and on married persons from $4,000 to $3,000; change in the surtax imposed on incomes above a certain figure and new taxes on gasoline, crued and refined oil, horse power of automobile and other internal combustion engine and various other things. Pains From The Grave. About three weeks ago Anderson Pugh, a workman at McAlester, Ukla., had his leg amputated as the result of an accident. The leg was wrapp^_i^ a cloth sexton ofa local cSnietery. What ' hnnnpnpH qftpr that time ic tnM by Mr. Burt in his own way and affirmed bv Mrs. Burt, who was a witness to all that transpired. "A few days ago'" says Mr Burt, ''Anderson Pugh came to me and said, Burt, you have buried my leg in a cramped position, leaving a crease in the bottom of the foot, and it is giving me so much pain that I want you to take it up, straighten it out and bury it again.* He described the crease< telling just how it ran across the bottom of the foot. "Well, I went to the cemetery the next day and dug up the limb, and sure enough I found that I had buried it so that it was cramp ed, leaving a crease in the foot as Mr, Pugh had described. 1 straightened the member out, wrapped it in new cloths and replaced it in the grave. Mr. Pugli says that since that time he has not suffered the slightest pain from the missing leg." Anderson Pugh, who lost the leg, declares everything Sexton Burt says is true. He had suffered constant pain from the time his leg was buried and the feeling has always been with him that the leg was stiff and cramped until it had been unearthed and reintered by the sexton, after which all pain vanished. Sexton Burt told of a similar case which had come under his observation in recent years, the other being that of a voung man who lost his arm in a railroad accident. The arm had been buried hurriedly with the hand doubled, and the voung man suffered such pain that he insisted upon the arm being disinterred. This was done but such a space 1 of time had elapsed that it was impossible to fully remedy the - - . .t. ' fault anu ine yuuuK man auu^i* ed more or less from the cramp^ ing sensation for ,several years. 3 the pain becoming so pronoun) ced at times that he would 0 awaken from sleep and spring from his bed in agony. Medical science records many similar cases.