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THE PAGELAND JOURNAL
Vol.6 NO. 34 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1916 $1.00 per year
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Mexican Bandits Again Raid
American Soil
Alpine, Texas., May 7.?Villa
bandits, some 70 in number,
forded the Rio Grande Friday
night and sweeping 15 miles in
land on American soil, raided
the little settlement of Glenn
Springs and attacked a detachment
of American cavalry consisting
of nine men of Troop A,
the Fourteenth Cavalry.
Three troopers and a little 10year-old
boy were kiled, two cavalrymen
were wounded and an
other is missing. He is believed
to be a prisoner of the bandits
who are now fleeing southward
into Coahuila, Mexico.
Two American citizens, J.
Deemer. and a man named
Compton, according to reports
received here, were carried
across the Rio Grande and repoits
have it that their throats
were cut. A posse of 50 citizens
of Marrthon tonight are in pursuit
of the Villistas.
El Paso, Texas, May 7.?Three
American soldiers and a 10-yearold
boy have lost their lives and
two American citizens have
been kidnapped and carried
south of the international line to
almost certain death in another
raid of Mexican bandits that
takes rank with Francisco Villa's
famous attack on Columbus, N.
M. whether the marauders were
Villa bandits or Carranza forces
is not known.
The bandits* foray, carrying
them through the Southern lim
its of Brewster County in the
Big Bend district of Texas, and
taking in three little settlements
near the border?Glenn Springs,
Boquillas and Deemers? took
place on Friday night and Saturday
morning, but news of it
did not reach here until today.
Within an hour preparations
had begun for adequate action.
Major General Funston ordered
four troops of cavalry to the
raided section to reinforce small
detachments already on their
way to the scene from Presidio,
Alpine and other points. These
troops got under way tonight.
It is said here that as the exigen
cies of the case demand such ac
tion they will cross the border in
order to run down and disperse
the bandits. The forces consist
of two troops of the Eighth Cavalry
from Fort Bliss, El Paso,
under Major Langhorne. and
two troops of the Fourteenth
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v^uvauj lium run ^iarK unaer
Colonel Sibley, commander of
the Fourteenth.
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me iwu ueutuiimems are ex
pected to detrain tomorrow
morning, Major Langhorne's at
Alpine and Colonel Sibley's at
Marathon, From these points
they will march south 90 miles
to the border.
While military events were
developing with such rapidity,
the conference over the co-operation
of American and Mexican
soldiers in Mexico which had
been expected to reach a culmination
today, came to an abrupt
halt.
Equal Suffrage League in This
County
Recently a local branch of the
Equal Suffrage Party was organized
at Chesterfield. It will hp
known as the Woman's Equal
Suffrage League of Chesterfield.
Mrs. Harriet P. Lvnch, State ornraniior
rt( K~t-I <1
S...J .>.v ui Vyiicidw, 11C1U lilt; 1II1
tial meeting at Chesterfield
at the home of Mrs. S. A.
Hanna, where the following
officers were elected:
Mrs. R. E. Hanna, pres.; Mrs.
G. K. Laney, vice pres; Miss
Ruth Hanna, chairman; Miss
Stella Mims, county chairman;
Miss Claudia Sullivan, Sec*y?l
Mrs. P. H. Hearn, trea$.
More of the Work of Civil Court
In addition to the cases already
reported in this paper, the
recent session of the county
court disposed of the following
cases, a list of which we clip
from the Chesterfield Advertiser:
In the case of The Southern
Cotton Oil Co. vs Union Distrib
uting Co., and its directors, of
Pageland, the judge directed a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for $6,583.
Lee Mercantile Co. vs R. A.
Knight, all of Angelus; jury ver
diet for plaintiff, $442,50.
H. W. Little & Co. vs H. E.
Braswell; order of judgement for
plaintiff for possession of property
dispute. There were two
cases.
Hartsville Live Stock Co. vs
C. B- McLean and C. D. McLean;
order of judgement against C. B.
McLean for property in dispute.
Hartsville Live Stock Co. vs
W. D. and C. D. McLean; judgment
for plaintiff, $217.38.
Mulloy & Co. vs W. T. Kirklev;
judgement for plaintiff,
$458 14.
Mulloy & Co. vs C. A. Kirkley;
judgement for plaintiff, $566.
Mulloy &Co. vs J. N. Johnson;
judgment for plaintiff, $1,321.
The Greer Drug Co. vs D. H.
Laney; judgment for plaintiff,
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*ioo.
Puffer Manufacturing Co. vs
D. H. Laney; verdict set aside;
defendent ordered to stand new
trial or pay $150 and court costs.
The following Big Spring Resort
cases (appeals from magis
trate courts) were settled: J. L.
Douglass and J. R. Sutton cases,
judgment of magistrates for defendants,
affirmed. S. F. Brock,
D. H. McGregor, P. C. McLaurin
and J. F. Crowley cases, judg
ment of magistrate reversed;
verdicts of $100 ordered for
plaintiff.
Bank of Chesterfield vs C D.
McLean et al; order taken for
foreclosure and sale.
In the following cases judgmentwas
taken by default in
favor of plaintiffs:
Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 58, A.
F. M. vs J. C. Sanders et al $512.
H. A. Poole vs C. E. Kelley,
$213.
Cheraw Oil & Fertilizer Co. vs
J. C. Kirkley, $343.
V. Rrnwn MrFaHrlon *?e I 1?
Thomas and C. L. Thomas, $363.
J. H. Wilherspoon & Co. vs L.
E. Usher and G. Hamp McManus,
$3b0.
Phillip Patterson Co. vs J. R.
Rivers, $127.
Mullov & Co. vs P. C. Tracy,
eon
Cheraw Oil & Fertilizer Co. vs
K. C, Kirkley, $337.
Cheraw Oil & Fertilizer Co.
vs C B. Kirkley, $433.
Whew! !
The Cheraw Chronicle tells
the following:
Mr. J. H. Lavina. who lives
over in Marlboro county, just
about six miles from Cheraw,
had a most unusual experience
last Friday. Mr. Lavina is a
paralytic and was sitting out on
the piazza at his home* when,
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wiuiuui wuiuiiiK a large wild
turkey* flew down right into
his lap. Mr. Lavina tnrew his
arms around the turkey and
held onto him until help arrived
when his tuikeyship was landed
in a coop, where, at last accounts,
he was getting on nicely.
A German had an explosion
in his shop, and was blown
tnrougn the door out into the
street. He was stunned, but not
hurt. Upon being congratulated
by a passer by on bis escape, he
answered:
"Ya, ya; I shust got oudt in
time."
Your Newspaper Costs More
A recent issue of the J Fourth
Estate, a publisher's periodical,
gives the following facts in regard
to the increased cost of the
newspaper:
The price of practically every
item employed in making newspapers
has gone up since the
European war started in August,
1914, the increases ranging from
one per cent in some cases to
3,000 in others. The making of
war munitions and clothing for
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iut; iul'u in uie irencnt's nas
taken so nuch material necessary
for printing out of the domestic
trade that uncertain and prohibitive
prices are now the rule.
Here are some examples:
One of the first eiements of
newspaper printing to feel the
pressure of war demands was the
metal supply. Lead is produced
chiefly in the United States, but
the foreign demand has been far
stronger than the domestic market,
and lead has jumped from
$4.25 per hundred-weight before
thf* war to f7 W now
The tin used in type metal is
to a great extent under English
control, and is exported only
with the permission of the British
Government. In 1914 block
tin was quoted in New York at
an average price of $40. Today
limited quantities of the same
tin bring $55 in hundred pound
lots.
Antimony, the hardening con
stituent of type metal, is also
used in shrapnel and in the as*
phyxialing gases used by the
belligerents. The most careful
ly smelted varieties of this metal
came from Europe before the
war, and were quoted at $8 to $9
per hundred weight. The present
supply is being imported from
the Far East, because the European
metal is unabtainable, and
is priced at about $44.
Gum arabic, used in making
sterotype matrices, has increased
100 per cent since 1914.
Wraoninor rwnpr QnH twino
used in the circulation work
have also doubled in price, due
to the increased difficulty in
shipping.
News ink has gradually moved
up ten to 25 per cent over
former prices, so that a quality
which sold for $80 18 months
ago now brings $100.
Raw material has also advanc
ed in even greater proportions.
Dry carbon black, which was
plentiful until a short time ago
at 4 1-2 to 5 cents per pound,
now is sold in the open marktt
for 25 cents.
Mills Town Notes
Owen, the 14 month old child
of Mr. Bogan Mills died May
4th. in Charlotte, where it had
been carried for treatment, for
burns received several weeks
ago when it fell in the fire.
Mr. E. T. Brewer, ot Charlotte,
N. C. spent several days in this
community last week visiting
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Edwards,
of Monroe, spent last Sunday
with the latters brother and family,
Mr. E. Mills.
Mr. Bunyan Shaw, of Monroe,
spent Saturday and Sunday at
the home of his father in law,
Mr. Albert Mill.
Ik)rn to Mr. and Mrs. Arrhip
Mills a few days ago a son.
Mr. Clyde Mills spent Saturday
in Monroe on business.
Mr. P. H. Mills, of Charlotte,
is expected to arrive today to
visit friends and relatives.
Prayer meeting at Mt. Moriah
at 7:30 p m. every Sunday until
further notice. Preaching at
regular time, 11 a. m. every first
Sunday. Sunday school at 11
M.
Program W. M. U. Meeting
May 31st
Below is given the program of
the Woman's Missionary meeting
to be held at the Jefferson
Baptist chnrch Wednesday May
31st:
Morning Session
Devotional service, Mrs. C. C.
Jenkins, Jefferson.
~ A New Day, Miss Ethel Hilton,
Plains.
Tapestry Weavers. Mrs. K. P.
Stewart, Pageland.
Solo, Why Stand Ye Idle, Mrs.
Thomas Duncan, Pageland.
A Soldier's Message, Mrs.
Hey ward Miller, Jefferson.
How Can Young Women
Serve Christ? Mrs. H. A. Funderburk,
Dudley.
, Evangelize, Mrs. S. H. Laney,
Pageland.
Not Much to Lose?So Much
to Save, Mrs. Bertha Doster,
Wolf Pond.
Song.
Noon hour
Afternoon Session
Devotional service, Mrs. W. A.
Gantt, Jefferson,
How Can I? Mrs. Ed Miller,
Jefferson.
Address, The Why of Woman's
Work, Mrs. J. R. Fizer, Columbia.
Reading, Mrs. A. F. Funder
burk, Pageland.
Solo, Mrs. Julia Thomas, Jefferson.
Stewardship and Missions,
Mis. L. L. Parker, Pageland.
Reading, Mrs. F. B. Funderburk,
Dudley.
Missions and Lace. Miss Ila
Funderburk, Liberty Hill.
A Missionary Message, Mrs.
B?)a V. Funderbark.
^^Closing song.
We earnestly insist that every
church in the Pageland division
send women and girls to this
meeting. The following are the
churches:
Wolf Pond, Dudley, Liberty
Hill, Pageland, Mt. Pisgah,
Plains, Jefferson, Forest Hill,
Union Hill, Bethel, Long Branch,
Center Grove, Macedonia, San
dv Run, Bethlemem.
Committee.
A Npvv T^.nOrlanH nmfoccnr
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who is extremely near sighted,
went to the barber's, sat down in
the chair, took off his glasses
and asked for a shave.
When the barber was done
with him he did not move, and
for a time no one disturbed
him. But other customers
began to arrive, and the chair
was needed. The head barber,
suspecting that his learned patrAn
VlO/1 follort **?
? vu iiuu iciii^u aoiccpf UdKCU lilt?
boy to wake him. The professor
over heard the order.
"No, my good man," he said,
"I am not asleep. The fact is I
am frightfully near-sighted.
When I took mv glasses off I
was no longer able to see myself
in the mirror opposite. Naturally,
I supposed I had already
gone home."
Card of Thanks
We take this method of thanking
the good people of Mills
Town community for the many
deeds of kindness shown us during
the unfortunate illness and
death of our beloved bab>. May
God's richest blessings rest upon
them nil.
Bogan Mills and Family.
A strange wain.in entering the
church had gone to the wrong
pew. Nervouslv the young usher
approached her:
"Mardon me, padam, but you
are occupewing the wrong pie.
Allow me to sew vott to another
sheet."
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Reminds Us of Some Folks We
Know
In a lawsuit in which Abraham
Lincoln represented one
party, the lawyer on the other
side was an extremely glib talker,
but not reckoned as deeply
profound or much ot a thinker.
He would say anything to a jury
which happened to enter his
head. Lincoln, in his address to
the jury, referring to this said:
"My triend on the other side is
all right, or would be all right
were it not for the peculiarity I
am about to chronicle. He can't
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ueip it. ror reasons which, gen
tlemen of the jury, you and I
have no time to study here, as
deplorable as they are surprising,
the oratory of the gentleman
completely suspends all action
of his mind. The moment he
begins to talk his mental operations
cease. I never knew of
but one thing which compared
with my friend in this particular.
That was a small steamboat.
Back in the days when I persormed
my part as a boatman I
made the acquaintance of a little
steamboat which used to bustle
and puff and wheeze about in
the Sangamon river. It had a
five-foot boiler and a seven-foot
whistle, and every time it whistled
it stopped."?Selected.
E. J. Watson Honored Again
Washington, May 4.?E. J.
Watson, Commissioner of AgriCa>.<l
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V.UUU1V VI JUU1U VillUlllia, 1111b
afternoon was elected President
of the National Association of
Commissioners of Agriculture,
which was organized here.
Commissioner W! A. Graham
of North Carolina is attending
the meetings. Practically every
State in the Union is represented.
Commissioner Watson addressed
the association tonight at the
first session after the organization.
He spoke in behalf of a
better system of distributing or
marketing farm products, and
presented fome of the features
incorporated by the German system
of distribution.
Juniors Should Attend Meetings
Pageland Council No. 73 Jr.
O. U. A. M. meets the 2nd and
4th Saturday nights of each
month. If you area Junior re
member the date of the meetings,
and come and take a part. Don't
stay away and let a few attentive
members hold the order to
gether. We urge every member
to be present at our next regular
meeting. We have some work
of interest. Member.
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?vjihimii5 a ? lauiuuc vurrcci
Tommy was undergoing chastisement
at the hands of his outraged
mother for eating the jam.
"Tommy," she said, "this hurts
me more than it does you."
And when Tommy was alone
he produced a square piece of
wood which he had placed
where it was needed, and murmured
reflectively: "I thought
that board wouldn't do her hand
any good."
Too Much Work
The "one-gallus" customer
drifted into a country store in
Arkansas.
"Gimme a nickel's worth of
asafetida," he drawled.
The clerk poured it out and
pushed it across the counter.
"Charge it," said the customer.
"What's your name?" asked
the clerk.
"Honeyfunkel."
"Take it for nothing," said the
shopman. I wouldn't write 4asa
fetida' and 'Honeyfunkel' for
five cents."
Airman Breaks World's Record
Newport News, V., May 4.?
Records for duration and dis
tance with six passengers were
established today before pilot E.
T. McCauley, flying the Curtis ;
hydroaeroplane, the largest in
the world, was forced to aban
don the flight to Baltimore and
back, on account of rain.
The machine had reached the
mouth of the Potomac River a
distance of 85 miles from the
city when a heavy rainstorm
broke as Point Lookout was being
passed.
The total distance of 170 miles
was covered in two hours and
23 minutes. The machine lefi
here at 1:35 o'clock and returned
at 3:58. McCauley stated that
there was not the slightest mis
hap during the flight and that he
is confident he could have made
the trip had not rain interfered.
McCauley's flight was the first
of its kind ever attempted in
America. Until today the
worlk's record for duration and
distance with six passengers was
held by a French aviator.
Stevenson Heartily Endorsed
Whereas. Hon. W. F. Stevenson
is a candidate for the House
of Representatives of the United
States, and whereas fully appreciating
the ability, the character
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itliu annuities ni me said W. K
Stevenson, and fully realizing
that his election to congress
would not only reflect credit upon
Chesterfield county, but upon
South Carolina and the Xatio n
as well, we, the members of
Chesterfield County Democratic
Convention, in meeting assem
bled, do hereby endorse the candidacy
of W. F. Stevenson, and
do commend hiui to the voters
ot the Fifth Congressional District."
I certify that the Convention
unauimously adopted this resolution
after it had been seconded
bv many clubs and individual
members.
(Signed) W. P. Odom,
Sec. of Convention.
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The Mule as a Boy Sees It
Being told to write a brief essay
on 4'The Mule," Ralph turn
ed in to his teacher Hie following
effort:
'I he mewl is a hardier bird
than the guse or the turkie. It
has two legs to walk with, two
more to kick with, and wears its
wings on the side of its head. It
is stubbornly backward about
coming forward.
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wne aonor, please," said the
dentist.
"But." protested .he patient,
"your sign reads: i'ainless extracting
free,' and now you want
a dollar."
"Certainly," replied the dentist.
"You remember that you
yelled a bit, so this does not apply
in your case. I do painles
extracting free, just as I adver
tise, but yours evidently was
not nninless nnd 1 ir?nlr?? o
charge for it. One dollar, please."
One of the questions in an examination
on the subject of stock
raising was: "Name four different
kinds of sheep."
An aspiring youth gave this
for the answer:
"Black sheep, white sheep,
Marv's little lamb and the hydraulic
ram."
Little Eunice was attending
her first class in domestic science
and was asked to tell briefly the
surest way to keep milk from
souring. And Lunice, wlio was
an exceedingly practical child,
gave this recipe: "Leave it in the
cow."