Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE PAGE LAND JOURNAL , ?=?=?????, ?-- ? Vol.6 NO. 21 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, !916 $1.00 per year . _ _ ? > 7i I ? " ~ u I? M .1 ur!ll 1 i? II I n i? ? ~ iuw ror norm will uw LK>11 Weevil Do Serious Damage? With the boll weevil making an unusual eastward advance in Alabama and Georgia and a verv considerable northward movement from Oklahoma eastward to north Alabama, many cotton growers arc asking as to the probable effect of the weevil in the northern half of the Cot ton Belt. Of course, in attempting to answer this question, the only snfp triiidf* ninct hp thp pvnori. -v. ences of similar sections to the westward that have already had the weevil for a number of years. While it cannot be unqualifiedly asserted that two counties pos sessing identical climatic, soil and labor conditions will be atfected by the weevil in like degree, it certainly can be asserted that such will probably be the case. Granting that this is a reasonable supposition, let us see what has been the experience of the western part of the northern half of the cotton belt under weevil conditions. A very careful investigation of the ginning reports issued by the United States Census Bureau shows that nowhere north of parallel 33 1-2 north latitude (a lion rimnl? ? uuv luuuiug cast a LIU WCSI up proximately through Atlanta, Ga, Birmingham, Ala., and Paris, Texas) has any county suffered because of the weevil a greater decrease in cotton production than occurred during adverse seasons before the weevil came. If this has been the case in the humid, timbered areas of \rkansas and north Mississippi, it certainly seems reasonable to expect about the same results from t^weevil 4H4iU jpwlp- iovadad sJCrions north of parallel 33 1-2. It must not be inferred irom this that the weevil will not do damage in the territory under consideration; for, in all likeli hood, the weevil will eventually go as far north as cotton is grown and will, particulary during wet seasons following very mild winters, affect the crop very considerably. . However, on an average this damage will be far less serious than in the extreme southern part of the Cotton Belt. In fact, if we assume that the weevil is "100 per cent efficient" in destructiveness along the Gulf Coast, this "efficiency in destructiveness" gradually- and regularly decreases to the northward until ihp pvlrpmo ftf ... ...v V?I?V lllillio U1 cotton production are reached in Kansas, Missouri, and Kentucky, where it is very close to zero. It must be understood that what has been said here does not apply to a strip from 7b to 100 miles wide along the Atlantic Seaboard, for Hima?5r? r?rmri5*inr.e -W. WMUIUV1IO alone the South Atlantic Coastal Plain are considerably modified by the influence of the ocean. Winter temperatures average higher than in inland sections in the same latitude and the summer rainfall is heavier. These factors, of course, will prove favorable to the boll weevil and its ravages will very probably be more severe than will be the case inland in the same latitude. However, fortunately for the tntnra 1 *' .u.u>v ui wimij piuuucuon in the Carolina8, it appears that the modifying influence of the ocean is not so marked beyond 55 or 60 miles inland. In this narrow belt only a comparativly I small proportion of the crop of these two states is grown; but here weevil damage will likely be very severe, approximately perhaps 90 per cent in extreme southeast South Carolina ant) K?dM#lly dtWMlQK RMthsmt minding Kazed and 5^ven Llead Ottawa, Feb. 4.?Canada's magnificent parliament building, which cost more than $6,000,000, lay in ruins today, swept by a fire attributed by some to a bomb or infernal machine. At least seven lives were lost and many persons were injured. Five of the bodies still lie beneath the ruins. They are those ofB. B. Law, a member of parliament; Deputy Clerk Laplente, Dominio Desjardenes; Alphonse Des Jardenes, a plumber, and Randolph Fanning, a waiter. It was stated last night that Frederick F. Pardee, the chief Liberal whip in the house, also was missing, but it was subsequently learned that he went to Sarnia, Ont., yesterday morning and that he could not have returned before the fire. The financial loss is difficult to estimate, but the contents of the building were of great value. At an early hour today it was believed that the parliamentary library in a rear wing had been saved. While the fire was burning soldiers carried out many of its 200.000 volumes. The parliament building was rated as one of the finest Gothic structures on this continent. It covered four acres on Parliament hill. Several persons who were burned or otherwise hurt in fleeing through the corridors before the swift rush of the flames or. in escaping from the windows are in hospitals today. One of those TTlnet coirornlit I? *' l! uuui uvt vivij uijuicu 19 mania Burrel, minister of agriculture, wko was buyted about the bead. Dr. Michael Clark, member lor Red Deer, suffered burns about the hands. Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian premier, escaped without injury. The tall central tower of the parliament building fell at 1.30 a. m. today and about the same time three or four men were crushed beneath the falling roof of one of the wines. The parliament building: in eluded a central building with two wings, in all 470 feet in length, with a tower 220 feet high and library building in the rear. Many valuable sculptures, paintings and decorations adorned its rooms and corridors. It was erected in 1865 of cream colored sandstone on a bluff rising 150 feet above the Ottawa river. Germany Answer* Germany's latest reply to the demands of the United States government concerning sinking of the Lusitaria is now in the band< of President Wilson and Secretary Lansing. The American demands have not yet been satisfactorily complied with, Germany halting at declaring the sinking of the vessel "illegal," believing such an admission would apply to her entire submarine campaign. Secretary Lansing declares that the situation surrounding the controversy is unchanged. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing will consider the reply fully before the American gov* ernment's next step is taken. ward. As in Georgia and Florida, the Sea Island cotton crop of South Carolina i? omx?<n ??-? 11 UAIUC1 climatic conditions favorable to the weevil, and unless the most determined and concerted action is taken against the pest it is probabl? that production will be heavily curtailefl.?Progressive Fwmsr. To Free Islands Washington, Feb. 4.?-The Philippine bill, which would ex- < tend to the islands a greater de j gree of self government and i would authorize the president to grant them absolute independence within four years, passed i the senate tonight, 52 to 24! Various Democratic senators, led by Chairman Stone of the foreign relations committee, tried unsuccessfully to amend certain ? a ' ' leaiures 01 me independence clause, but in the end the Democrats, joined by six progressive Republicans, voted solidly f<)r the measure. It is understood the bill will go to the house with the backinjg of President Wilson and will be pressed for early passage. Administration leaders tonight seemed confident that the bill, including the independence feature, which Democratic senators declare squares it with the Baltimore platform, would have the approval of the house Democratic majority. The Republican senators who voted for the bill were Borah, (Jlapp, Kenyon, La Follette, Norris and Works. By overwhelming majorities the senate refused to modify the Clarke amendment which contains the independence provision and also gives the president authority to extend or withhold independence at the end of four years if he should find conditions in the islands unfavorable. The time would be extended, ho\y^ ever, only until an incoming congress could consider the suliject. * Senator Stone declared the bill was in peodence measur^fraTbecause of the extension provision, and offered an amendment to elimi- i nate it, but his proposal was voted down f?0 to 17 <iono Hitchcock, chairman of the j Philippine committee, sought to i amend the bill by extending independence within four years < on condition that the people and legislature of the Philippine should ratify a constitution. This was rejected, 52 to 25. Wonderful Story About a Bull , The Ansonian has just learned ] of a very remarkable occurence *! in 1 110CI/i Ho T Anrnnli!" ?' ? ' 1 >u uiivuonv t uvruoin^ Ul it 1CW 1 weeks ago. A black Angus bull < belonging to Mr. J. P- Swink was missed from the home and i Mr. Swink looked all through \ the community and made nu- ] m-- rous inquiries but was unable 1 to find it. Finally he decided 1 Kot 1>? '1 1 1 " 1 J ium iiiv aiituiai uvtu UUUD SIOICO i or wandered so far away that it I could not find its way home, t On die 27 in day after the buil J was missed, a colored man passed near an old well, near Mr. i Swink's home, and heard the 1 bull making a noise. He went < to the old well and looking < down saw the bull in the well. ] He gave the alarm and neigh- 1 bors came in and helped get the I animal from the well. Thouglf i it had been without food or wa ! ? .1--- -ii ? ici, its 111c wcii was dry, me ani- ! mal was yet able to walk to the j barn, some 500 yards away, and ' has now about recovered. The 1 above story is the whole truth, I for good men of Lilesville town ship vouched for it yesterday.? The Ansonian. I Jamie had been feasted by the i good ladies at the Sunday school I Picnic until he was hnnorri/ no longer. Finr lly he sadly shook ' his head when morn cuke was urged upon j|jm, and blurten 1 put: ' "I Uin ciiiwv yci. !)u( J pnn'i ' iwitllgr." " i Hon. J. M. Hough Dead. 1 Hon. J. M. Hough died in a Charlotte Sanitorium Friday morning of last week. His ill- ' ness was of short duration, and 1 was not generally known to his ' friends in this county. The 1 cause of his death is not known 1 definitely, but he was reported last week to be suffering with ' LaGrippe, hardening of the ar- ! terles, kidney trouble and other complications. ! Mr. Hough formerly resided in the Dudley section of thisr county, and was counted one of 1 the county's most honored citizens. He was active in church and Sunday school work, and in ; the political affairs of the county. The writer's first impressions of the man were gleaned from a splendid Sunday school address made by him in the prime of his life. He loved every place of his church work, and was always a most liberal contributor of his means, as well as of his time and energy. He was lieutenant of compa ny E 8th South Carolina Regi- 1 ment in the Civil war, and was a brave soldier. One of the 1 greatest enjoyments of his latter years was meeting and shaking hands with old comrades. He was three times^elected to represent Chesterfield county in the lower house of the General Assembly, and made one of the best representatives the county ever had. In on rl xr ? '? Vlll J JT IIUIUUUUU LY1I . nuugll was married to Miss Martha 1 Clyburn, who died two years 1 ago. To them were born ten children, eight of whom are still living, viz, Messrs. Steve, James ^eWitt Hough, and Mrs. Dr. R. ' C. McManus, and Mrs. Van 1 Landingham of, Lancaster, 1 and Mrs. G. A. Marsh and Mrs. * H. G. Ashcraft, of Charlotte. Mr. Hough was 76 j'ears old 1 and enjoyed the best of health ' until his last ilness. Cheerful Ford Will Try Again Chicago, Feb. 6-?Henry Ford, 1 who sent a peace ship to Eurooe. ( has a new peace plan. 1 "I would like to tell you about ' the new plan but I must wait * until my party has returned from ^ Europe," said Mr. Ford today. He said he was perfectly satis 1 fied with the results of his peace ' expedition. J Mr. Ford came here to attend 4 n banquet given last night by ( the Michigan society of Chicago. ( He said that his new effort to * bring the strife ia Europe to an * ,i iii* ? - * yim wuuiu oe on a larger scale c than the Oscar II expedition and that his recruits would be "perionalities rather than person- ' ages." * "The new venture is along the lan e lines as the first one," con J tinued Mr. Ford, "but on a larg ' er scale. I shall include some pf the people I had on the Oscar ' II. The people across the y water were astonished when Ihey saw the personnel of that i parly. They had expected to see a lot of 'high brow' and were surprised to find that they were t just everyday people. They t ll/AM 1 f\ r/l I r lw?1 I~ 1 4 iwuiu iiinuij uciicvc nit* wnen i I told them I could have brought I thousands more of the r. ime." 1 i A man purchased some red i flaunel shirts which wlire guar- 1 anteed not to shrink. He reminded the salesman forcibly of the guarantee some weeks later, i "Have you had any difficulty t with them?'* the latter aclrerl "No," replied the customer, 'only the other morning wfyen I wits dtessinK my wife said tyme. Jolw, wli?re (tit) yoq get fhat pink coral necklace^ Washington Has Made No New Demands on Germany Washington, Feb. 4.?The one word "illegal" as differently interpreted in the United States and Germany protrudes from the tentative draft of the Lusitania agreement, perfected by Embassador von Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing as the stumbling block which has caused Berlin to refer to the negotiations as having reached a crisis and Washington to characterize the .uiuation as grave. Germany's answer, presented to Secretary Lansing today by Count von Bernstorff, proposes instead of an out-and-out admission of illegality of the method of submarine warfare used by the German naval authorities in sinking the liner, an acceptance of lia bility for the loss of neutral lives which Berlin hopes will satisfy the United States and still not bind Germany from continuing her submarine campaign. German officials believe their previous promise to discontinue sinking unresisting merchantmen without warning brings the submarine campaign within the pale of international law and that any inclusion of that phase in the Lusitania agreement is unnecessary and humiliating to the Imperial Government. The word "illegal" in the draft the German Ambassador transmitted to his Government as meeting all the contentions of the United States, is taken to have been re garded in Berlin as being susceptible of application not to the Lusitania case alone, but to the entire submarine campaign. That is the only explanation officials here can find for the statement mann, under Secretary of For ?ign Affairs, thai "the United States suddenly made new de- 1 mands which it is impossible for js to accept." Accommodating Night was approaching and it was raining hard. The traveler ( iismounted from his horse and , apped at the door of the one armhouse he had struck in a ive-iniie sireicn 01 traveling. S[o one came to the door. , As he stood on the doorstep , lie water from the eaves trick- ( ed down his collar. He rapped 'gain. Still no answer. He :ould feel the stream of water < coursing down his back. An- , )ther spell of pounding, and , inally the red head of a lad of welve was stuck out of the iecond story window, "Whatcher want?" it asked, "I want to know if I can stay tere over night,M the traveler mswered testily. The red-headed lad watched he man for a minute or two be ore answer!nor ? .? W. "Ye kin ferall of me,"hefinaly answered, and then closed the ; window. \n American Submarine Missing off South Carolina Washington, Jan. 30.?One of he four submarines of the K ype, a member of a flotilla of ( our submarines en route from ] he New York Navy Yard to Pensacola "is lost in the fog" ( tccording to an official naval adio message received here to light. 1 A piously-minded little boy sat n the doorway gazing off into , he blue sky. "Mamma," he called. "Yes, dear," answered mamma, ' Qid Qod mnke the world?" j Joye." i ' wen, wnat did ?tnmt nn ; ivhH?h?w^lir ' - |i ' ' -4 i National Capital Is Closely Guarded Washington, Feb. 4.?The extra number of guards appearing about Capitol Ilill prove to be reminders that some fanatic may undertake to repeat some destructive exploit like that of last Summer when a bomb exploded in one of the corridors. The destruction of the Parliament building at Ottawa has also caused apprehension. The fireproof character of the Capital is regarded as nearly perfect. Additional guards have been put at the Capitol. It has been decided, moreover, to search the Capitol at night. Ever since the present session of Congress opened strict precautions have been taken. These precautions will be increased. Colonel Higgins, sergeant-at arms of the Senate, though not disposed to take an alarmist's view of the situation, admitted today that every pos sible safeguard would be exercised. SuDt. Elliott Woods and Sergeant-at-arms Gordon of the House are also charged in part with the duty of protecting the Capitol. Recently 16 more guards have been put on at the great buildini*. The Appropriations Committee is to be asked for funds to increase this number. The real danger is that a bomb or internal machine in the hands of some utiFialanced person may wreck the Government's magnificent plant. The costly Senate and House office buildings will also be watched even more carefully, as well as the Capitol. Stevenson For better Koads. Mr. W. F. Sfevenson, candidate for congress, states that he is still for road improvement by the United States Government; first, because it uses our roads to carry the mails; second, because it benefits practically everybody; third, because our states and counues 111 1914 spent $249,075,067.00 on public roads and the United States Government used 1,220,579 miles of them in carrying the mails, and spent nothing. Our states, counties and townships will be loaded down with debt soon to build and maintain roads for the national government to use. Congress spynt $50,00" on an experimental road or two in 1914; and fourth, becanse the United States Government has soent S475.00OOO on river work to make water transportation, Now help the inland farmer bv fixing his road a little, Will give more facts next time, ( AUveriifioiuoutj Braawell?Bailey. . Marshville, Feb. 4.?A marriage, which though unannounced, came not as a surprise to friends, occurred Saturday evening ? - when Miss Willie Braswell ami HR Mr. Lee Bailey were married. Wishing to avoid any demonstra tions of interest 011 the part <>i their friends here, the young V couple drove to Wingate to the ^ home of the bride's pastor, Rev. V Mr. Black who performed the 1 ceremonv. They were accompanied by Miss Kuna Bailey, sis ter of the groom, and Mr. Talmage McBride, Mrs. Bailey is the yougest daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brasvvell, who form11-:? uily nvai m uniunviiit', anil is a talented and attractive young woman. Mr. Bailcv is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey, has lived in Marshville all liis life, and is popular with a huge host of friends, Jkw are making their home with Mr and Mrs. C. Bailey, foe groom Mm inuutM Wfifl Wlfalwr in ilmiarm.