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_' * ^Kg? The pagei|wd Journal Vol.6 NO. 33 PAGELAND, S. C., W^*^fjj|fl^BnNG. DECEMBER 15. 1915 " " ??? ????????i??? ^??? Infant City of Hopewell I* 1 Wrecked By Big Blaze Hopewell, Va., ,Dec. 9.?This , mushroom town of 25,000 people, ! grown up since last Summer i with the great new, guncotton plant of the Dupont Powder ( Company, was completely de-' stroyed by a fire which started in a restaurant and did property damage estimated at from one ; to three million dollars. The Dnpont works outside of the ( settlement was undamaged, but was once seriously threatened. ( Villages A and B near Hope- j Well, built to tioiioo ? , .... >v t.v/uov me raiiuilCK of married employes of the fac- ( lory, also escaped. Scenes of wild disorder ac- . companied the fire and citizens lynched a negro for looting. There was no loss of life other- ( wise and onlv a few minor in- , juries were reported. ? Martial law was proclaimed tonight with the arrival of six militia companies, rushed from c Richmond by order of Gover- t nor Stuart. The thousands of homeless men, women and chidren had been sent to Peters t burg and Richmond, but many men remained to guard what little property they had been able to save. XllC fir** urac col/1 ??? auiu IU lldVC UetJIl caused by the overturning of an c t)il stove, though there were ^ rumors that, that it had been in- P cendiary. These rumors first 0 .were given credence in many ^ quarters because of the arrest last night at the gun cotton fac- v tory of a man whom, factory n officials said, had attempted to -of ^TjiiroK1. vccrin iu ] o one of the beater houses and t( had been under s- rveillance for ^ several days. ^ The fire raged froai 1:45 p. m., ' xintil nearly 9 p. m. Available fire fighting apparatus was utterly inadequate to cope with the a situation the flames eating their ? way through the flimsy frame Jstructures quickly, thrown up j during the early days of the 1 town last Summer, like so much 1 tinder. c. Several times sparks set lire 1 to mule sheds of the explosive factory, but the flames which { followed were quickly extin- 1 guished. ( When it was seen that the ] town was doomed and the great guncotton plant endangered, 1 orders were issued suspending 1 all operations and the factory closed. The employes were set 1 to work protecting the buildings from flving sparks. The grav- 1 est danger was from woods 1 nearby which caught fire and 1 were still burning late tonight. I Of Course. 1 The inspector was examining ' a school and all the class had \ been specially told before hand bv its teacher. "Don't answer 1 unless you are almost certain your answer is correct," says * The Chicago Journal. The subject was history. "Who," asked the inspector, "was the mother of the greatest ] Scottish hero and King, Robert j Bruce " < He pointed to the bov in front i\i liim anil thf?n r/Minrl ilm w. mmmmmm MIVII I WUIIU iHC LiaSdi I There was no answer. Then at < last, the heart of the teacher leaped with joy. The boy who I was standing at the very foot indicated that he knew. ! "Well, my hoy," continued i the inspector, "who was he?" "Mrs. Bruce," said the lad. I Teacher?"Johnny, what is a | skeleton?" Johnny?"Please mam, it's a man with his inside i out, and his outsides off. I None Ready to Discuss Peace I! Berlin, Dec. 9.?So long as uncontrolled hatred of Germany ( and the belief that Germany is approaching a collapse continue to be the dominant idea of the ( enemy countries, it would be j folly for Germany to take the initiative in proposing terms of j peace. Germany, however, is j ready at anv time to consider a ( peace suggestion from the coun- j tries with which she is at war; , uvea uui w iBii 3 continuation ot ^ the war; and dissociates herself, t under these circumstances, from ( any responsibility for its pro- r longation. ^ This is the substance of the y German imperial chancellors ^ eply in the reichstag today to v he Socialist interpellation on c >eace, in which he painted a p )icture of Germany triumphant )n all sides and supplied with iverything, even if not in abund j ince, necessary to the continu- ? ition of the war. j. The interpellation was intro- sl luced by Dr. Scheidemann in tl he following terms: "Is the imperial chancellor t( eadv to give information as to a he conditions under which he c. vould be willing to enter into a >eace negotiations?" p London, Dec. 9.?The speech o n the reichstag of the imperial tl hancellor, Dr. von Bethmann- rt lollweg, reviewing the militiary, cl olitical and economic progress ai A events, and his reply to a ti Socialist interpellation declining w 5 initiate peace negotiations, w vere the feature bif the day's Otirr * r* v.?to miuuKuuui Europe. Si Following closely Preciflfc*nitk'o r^ply* Ot o a questij^^^BTfe house of ommons j^PRfilip Snovyden n Socialist, the chancellor's speech C las completely dashed anv h topes the peace advocates may tl lave held on any early termin- n ition of the war. It caused no L urprise, however, to the great >ulk of the people here, who, V ike the governments, believe lc n the ultimate victory of the h mtente allies and express the d ietermination to continue to ight until victory is attained. si As tar as the entente allied t< :ountries are concerned, seem- ii ngly the onlv change desired is ii >ne which would insure a more \ /igorous prosecution of the war S jut this, like peace, will have to i, ivait events, for the whole cam- t jaign is entering a new phase. r r Farmers Great Church Builders j It is said that the American j farmer is the greatest church ^ builder the world has ever r known. In spite of the magnificent distances of many parts of ^ [his country he has always had r bis church. The farmers of * \merica have built 120,000 J churches at a cost of $750,000,000 J There are 20,000,000 rural com- municants and 54 per cent, of the total membership of all churches live in the country. Then He "Dried Up" One evening at dinner the guests were all seated when firown came in. Directly he sat iown at the table he started. "Good gracious. Madam, mv napkin is quite damp! Why on earth is that?" Ikllt fin thic n/'P'ie i /~vr-i ?-> x/1. ?a?iu vWUJli/l! % at ltU3l| the landlady "got her own back. "I suppose," Mr. Brown, she said, "it must t>e because there is so much due on your board." Wigg?Do you think it proper for a husband to kiss his wife in public? Wagg?Perfectly, if she hapj pens to be his wife*?Philadephia Kecord, Street Car And AuflHI Collide Jharlottc Observer: Jp*0H| In an encounter withB|M^B nont street car at a few i;ist 10 o'clock last night, <lj I ouring car was turned coiim|^B y over at the intersectiodM^^ Trade and Brevard street^ ts five occupants forced toc^f^H rom beneath the wreckage lilapidated tcp before exuj|fl^| ug themselves from the \vr&^| lge. With the exception -.lightly wrenched shoulder ainod by Mr. Kestler of out, owner and driver of nachine, the remaining passp^K jers escaped without inii$|H \n examination by Dr. OriH doore revealed that the htnjH vhich was at first thought onsequence was of no serioyH roportions. fl| At tllf? timo ftf 4l.^ he automobile was proceed!?? own East Trade street, witftt^H lelmont car but a few yardfcj^? s rear. When almost at ttaH treet intersection, Mr. KestfjflH lrned the machine sharply |B le left, preparatory to returning? )wards Independence SquofH nd without notice of the I ar. The front wheela utomobile struck the ublic conveyance, the^le$H|H f the car in passing^^lfgifHH te radiator by an in<$iH?piurlfl bounding crash, the iiMt tine was hurled upon ^BpfcsidlM id then with this moittetlUiai?| irned turtle ccmpieteiy,i its? heels pointing grotesquely s^y*j 1 #tm ' Ockhotders 1 lotintv Fair Association was \ eld Tuesday afternoon. After s le transaction of routine busi- i ess the following were elected i )irectors to serve for the nexi t velve months: W. D. Craig, c V- P. Odom, L. H. Trotti, Ems- f jy Armfieid, J. A. Welsh, C. L. | lunley, J.T. Hurst, T. R. Ed^< ins and H. J* Sellers. j After the adjournment of the j tockholders meeting the Direc- s :>rs met and elected the follow- ? rig officers to serve for the ensu- i [ig year: President, L. H. Trotti; j fice President, W. J. Tiller; < iecretary-Treasurer, C. L. Hun- < ey. The following were elected j o serve on the Executive Com- ( nittee to have charge of thel lovt Pniintv l^oir I II I. A (AAA* M-Ji 11* 1 lVSllIf I . A. Welsh and Emsley Armield; The above have been the , ?air officers for the past two -ears and were elected unani nously. fOU-cultivate your crops to nake them grow, but money in he bank grows without effort on 'our part. Start a saving account iow. THE BANK OF PAGE .AND. A GIFT FROM ****** At Christv What brings back the got youth to our minds and heart our imagination in the priva each member of the family si own rooms and there inscribi ping their dainty packages. A Watch for Brother Jac An elecrpnt Knh for I A Pendant for L And Mother While 1? prise, but you may know, jewelry. JEWELRY! The soul in' man never fashioned, bo say in fact, every individual piec they can speak, and thev art "A Gift From the Heart". B. B. Wa Pageland, r? EHRjoseph (Found His Way. ^^Hparoc Journal. Hp,Joseph, though of foreign (Hlis no hyphenated Amerim He is for America once |^for all, aad considers this Bgreatest country on the globe. |ls really interesting to hear Ktell about his experience in Bppountry, and he never tires felling of them. Pflfcfore I came to America," nthe genial drv goods man. Brought everybody was a god ler here I remember when I K.came to this country I used nydlk about the streets count(g my money in a handkerchief, B-people looking at me in a ?y>way. But I never was fid, which I consider very Ky now, though it gave me Bpprry at the time. fjpfoe day I was walking to |ttR>use of a friend in the up nrt of New York state from Pwrtoin town in the same state, bould aot speak English; the By guide that I had was the Bneaqd-address of my friend wen on an envelope. Well, Wked and I walked. Even Ml met a person I stopped BEjsfend shoved the envelope Hfckisface. After he had read would point down the HBpnd I would start again. 1 Hauy, night overtook me, and Hp the truth, it was one of ' darkest nights I have ever 1 Htf For several miles I walk- ' TmthoUt overtaking anybody ' ^51 began to get discouraged, i did something that I : B Lrds me at a brisk ffbt; N\ len he got near where I was tai iding, I jumped out into the ni( Idle of the road and grabbed t b v the bridle. I then walbed >ac k to the buggy, where an ild/ iPiin nrtd Vlic vvifo wuro ritl. ng;. I held my envelope in one land, and struck a match with other, not uttering a word. [ thrust the envelope and the n^tch into the old man's face, mid people, I'll tell you, I never saw such a scared person as lhat old man was. He was ihaking like he had an ague and couldn't talk; just sat there and thook. But the old lady was game'; she read the address and directed me. "I would not have dared do that in the old country and 1 wouldn't do it again in this country. It was as I said, I thought everybody over here was a sort of god, who wouldn't harm anyone. No, sir, 1 would n't do a thing like that again for all ihe money in the world." We'll wager that the old couple was scared, for Ely is a big man nnd on a dark night he'd look like a bloody pirate. THE HEART. nas Time ****** | id old Christmasv spirit of s? This is what: To see in te dwelling on the avenue eeking the privacy of their og their gift cards and wrap k Jill <iiy a Sparkling Brooch ad's to get?well it's a stirtliis much, it's a piece of Metal toi n! A better gift every King, Watch, Brooch, of iewelry in my shop. For ever and ever whispering, ibanks S. C. i 1 1 ,r ?\at ^ vft & |[ Look There jj Now, do you feel better or worse? If it is paid ahead you feel better when vou look, but if you owe for your paper vou don't like to look, do you? if you see "Dec. 14" after your name that means you owe a dollar on your subscription or that your label is wrong. In either case you should see to if. The figures following the name of the month are the last two figures of the year, and not the day of ,L (H - me mourn; i t" means 1V14, "J5" means 1915, etc. If you have paid and have not received credit you should see to it at once that the mistake is corrected. If we have sent you the paper a year or more without pay, now is the time to "come ac:oss". If your time is just up you should send a dollar to pay a year in ad vance. We have a lot of knives coming in a few days. Just the Ihing for any member of the family. Regular 50c quality, all af them. If your label dosen't look to suit you, let us firt it for vou. Our Game Law Caught Monrod Hunter* i the following mieftv losay iff its issue of last. Thurday in regard to hunters from Monroe who were trapped by the South Carolina game law, but the Enterprise refuses fo fur nisli the names: Last week four men from Monroe went down into the eastern A . e p - -i- ? pari 01 oouin Carolina on a hunting expedition. They went as the guests of a land owner there who had purchased hunting license for himself. If they knew of the remodeled 1915 edi tion of the South Carolina game law thev thought the fact that they were with their host would protect them Sad to relate such was not the case. The game warden down there nabbed them They were compelled to ante up $15.25 per each license before thev were let out on bond. Then the bond for their appearance al court some time in the future was fixed at $500.00. So beside: the usual expenses of such a trip which are never very light, this . i.. ~?. *?-~ ... nil* liiid uucmi) Luai uic id men $515.25 each. That is i they jump the bond. If they g( back they've got to pay a lawvei to keep them away from a sent ence which has a hundred dolla minimum. No, we are not goinj to tell who they are. Matter of Grammar Housekeeper?"How's this You promised to saw somi wood if I gave you a lunch." Tramp?"I recall no sucl promise, madam." 1 he idea! I told you I d giv* you a lunch if you'd saw sonr wood, and you agreed." "Pardon me, madam. Voi exact words were: 'I'll give yoi a lunch if you saw tnat wooi over there by the gate.'" "Kxactly. That's just whs I said." "Well, madam, 1 saw the wood over there by the gate a I came in."?Tit Bits. I have undertaken the work ( teaching a great many years an have found that the huma mind has great resources for r< sisting the introduction of kno edge.- " Woodrow Wilson 9-uuu per year Austria Must Disavow Sinking of the Ancona Washington, Dec. 8.- The United States has sent to AustriaHungary a note asking tor a disavowal of the submarine attack upon the Italian liner Ancona, assurances that such an act will not repeated, some degree of punishment for the commander of the submarine, and reparation for American lives lost. The communication started bv cable yesterday from the state department to Ambassador Frederick C. Pentied at Vienna, who was instructed to hand it to the Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, Baron Burian. Word of delivery of the note had not been received by the department tonight. Friendly but firm terms, it is said, characterized the document which is understood to make a point of prompt assurances for the future safety of American lives. Austria Hungary has never informed the Tnilcd States whether the commanders of its: submarines had been given in stuctions similar to those which the German government gave to us commanders lifter the Lusitania tragedy. It is understood that the note referred particulaftv to the charge that shells from the submarine killed or woundid some passengers on the Anc\?na after she had halted, and as?ed for an explanation of that pwint. In dispatching the) note Secre buy Lansing acted withthM^_ ^^kLPr&8HHBM as being comparatively brief and decidedly vigorous in tone, was so drafted as to attempt a settlement of the controversy at once, without bringing on a series of communications such as followed the sinking of the Lusitania. Object of Suspicion Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas used to tell this one on himself says The Pittsburg: Chronicle Telegraph: "I had an appointment to speak at a town in eastern Arkansas on a Saturday, and I arrived on a late train the train the ! night before, carrying nothing 1 but a small hand grip. I went to > a hotel near the depot. There ^ was no one on duty at the bom 1 except the night poter, and he 1 was acting as potor, clerk and J general overseer. I registered 5 and he showed me to a room; } but in a few minutes he came > i u i :j. mtL.ii uuu 5>;iiu. "Boss, my 'struction is, when a gemman haven't any baggage, * to collect in advance'. r ''Why, I've got baggage.1' I replied, pointing to the little \ K"p. * '"I know, sir, boss,' lie said; 'but you've stayed too long on that already." p ~~ ~~ ' Speaking Softly. A Virginia farmer, says The h Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph, was driving a refractory cow e down the road, and cow and driver came to a crossroad. The u man wanted the cow to go 11 straight ahead, but the cow pick^ ed out the crossroad. A colored lt man was coming along the crossroad, it "Haid her off* Haid her off!" ic it i *i ycncu nit; uiivci. "I's trying ter!" replied the col )f oied man. d "Speak to her! Speak ?to her, n and she'll stop!" e- "Good mawnin, cow?good 1- mawnin'!" said the other politely.