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- -i\\$?L? ? j n m Writer Rodgers tnaf 17 THE PAGELAND JOURNAL # Vol.6 NO. 36 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1916 $1.00 per year Vast Throng Greets Wilson at Charlotte Charlotte, N. C., May 20.?An appeal for humanity was made by President Woodrow Wilson today in an address before an immense throng that had gathered to greet the executive and the first lady of the land, and to cele brate the 141st anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Estimates of 100,000 have been placed on the crowd that was today .within Charlotte's gates, and each person of this vast number did his small part in greeting Mr. and Mrs. Wilson to the South. The governor of South Carolina and the governor of North Carolina and their staffs met here and welcomed President and Mrs. Wilson, and Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, Secretary Tumulty, Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Senator Lee S. Over man. Congressman Webb and other prominent personages joined in proclaiming it an epoch making day in the history of twentieth of May celebrations. The president's address was brief but pointed. Wo Id peace was his theme, and in his closing appeal he said: I would like to think that the spirit of this occasion could be expressed if we imagined ourselves lifting some sacred emblem of counsel and of peace, of accommodation and righteous judgement, before the nations of thf? worlrt anH rpminH. in them of that passage in scrip ture: 'Alter the wind, aflei the earthquake, after the fire, the still small voice of humanity.'" Mr. Wilson said that it is an interesting circumstance that the processes of war stand still, and continuing he said: "These hot things that are in contact with each other do not make very much progress against each other. When you can not overcome, you must take counsel. See then, ladies and gentlemen, what a new age we have come into. I should think that it would quicken the imagination of every men and quicken the patriotism of every man who cared for America. Here in America we have tried io sei me example ol bringing all the world together upon terms of liberty and cooperation and peace, and in that great experience that we have been go ing through America has been a sort of prophetic sample of man kind. Now the world outside of America has felt the forces of America; felt the forces of freedom ttlf? ff?rrpc r>( r-Ammrvn n? ...-w v/i VV/111U1V/11 iia* piration, the forces that bring every man and every nation face to face with this question, 'What are you going to do with your power? Are you going to translate it into force, or are you going to translate it into peach and the salvation ot society?'" The president arrived shortly after 10 o'clock and the arrival was signalized by the president tial salute of 21 guns, fired by James D. Lee ol|Columbia. The president and party went *? '1 liiiiucurdiciy iu uiu reviewing stand, along an announced route, which was composed of veritable walls of human beings. Every precaution had been taken by the secret service and by the Charlotte authorities to give ample police protection. Chief Richardson of Columbia and six officers, Messrs. Jones, Kellv. Carter. Rrnnm Drohur and Jackson rendered valuable service, as did a squad of men from the Rock Hill force. The Charlotte outhorities requested these men and will return the favor during fair week or any time that the South Carolina cities desire their services. t Uncle John Gives a Health Talk "What's all that you're carrvin' home?" we asked Uncle John, as he drove by our place Saturday afternoon and alighted for his usual verbal "set to." "That in the big can?" he asked, "why, that's coal oil I'm carrying home to fix the mosquitoes with. We ain't had none to cVinur fin trot Kt?* T'm nrn4?i?i' u??v M up 7 vi) UUI A All ^VlllU (UUI oil an' am goin* to use it to see that none do show up. After a hard day's \york they's nothin' I like better'n to set on the porch an hour or two an' cool off 'fore turnin' in, but the pesky skeeters have always been so bad I didn't enjoy it overly much. You might think my old ankles wuz gettin' pretty old an' tough, an' I guess they are, but them mosquitoes have seemed to think they wuz pretty good pickin'." "It is wonderful what the critters will chew on sometimes." we agreed. "But while their bitin' wuz a powerful bother," went on Uncle John, ignoring our intend ed joke about his ankles, "that ain't the main reason why I've got it in fer 'em. You know last summer my boy Sam got flat of his back with chills an' fever, an' when he wuzn't shakin' an' shiverin'he wuzn't fit fernothin'. Doc Stringer shoveled the quin ine into him till he finally got onto his feet, but Doc's bill along with several pounds of quinine, figgered up a round hundred dollars. So I said no more chills an' fever fer me, if they's anyway to help it. "Doc Stringer's a pretty levelheaded feller, an* I asked him if they wuzn't somethin' that'd keep it off. " 'Sure', he said, 'all you got to do is not let the mosquitoes bite you. You see, them mosquitoes are full o' malary bugs, an' when they stick their bill into you they fill you full of 'em. These grow inside of a feller, an' when they multiply to about a hun ired million, the man who is the unhappy possessor o' them pro ceeds to have a chill, an' they git worse, an' worse, an' if >'ou don't do sometliin' to kill them, why they just finally kill you." "'Jiminy, Doc, I says, s' I, do you mean to say you'd kill all them things an' leave 'em dead in your system?' " 'Sure,' he said, 'dead bugs are better'n live uns, an' besides, your system soon burns out their remains, an' if you won't let any | more mosquitoes bite you, you'll never have any more chills an' fever.' "Well, ?ir, that stumped me. But what he said looked reasonable, an' I got busy. Me an' the boys screened every door and window an' one end o' the porch, an' ditched out the sloughs down in the swamp, an' nr/\ nnrpA/l lU/* nit; test u uic summer in peace, so fer's mosquitoes wuz concerned. An' we ain't had no more chills nor doctors' bills, an' don't 'low to have, as loner's wa c'n co anything to Keep from it. I'm gona put that oil on every hole o* water in a mile of our place. Mosquitoes are gona have a mighty poor show out our way this year." "You're dead right, Uncle John," we put in. "There's nothing better than good health, is there?" "Finest they is," replied the old man, as he put on his hat to go.?Progressive Farmer. "It's no use," sighed Freddy; "I certainly can never learn to spell." "Why not?" inquired his mother. "How the dickens can I ever learn," he demanded hotly, "when the teacher changes the words every day?" Preacher Attacks Bunal Service That there is a lie in the burial services was the statement of a distinguished clergyman in a public address recently delivered from the steps of the city hall in Brooklyn. He declared that the practice of ascribing deaths to the Almighty instead of to the true causes was lying of a pretty base order. The result of this bold statement was an aronsal of a great deal of professedly righteous wrath and the minister in his efforts to state medical truths and defend the Lord against the most hackneyed of slanders wasl publicly denounced. The Medical Times commenting on this incident savs: "Why is it blasphemous in this year of grace to tell the truth about the real origin of infectious diseases? Why ascribe to God a death from typhoid fever, the source of which is polluted drink water? What have the Dark Ages got on us, anyway?" The State Board of Health agrees with the Medical times and says: Blaming deaths from preventable diseases on Providence, calling them "mysterious dispensations of Providence" is rapidly passing in North Carolina under the light of public health education, to the extent that a number of ministers have: publicly expressed themselves as: rof11 cinnr t/-? neo V,~ ..^....11 :~il viu?>uf^ IU uov lilt USUU1 UU11U1 services in connection with a death from typhoid or from some other preventable disease, which attributes the death to "His Will" rather than to the true source?carelessness and neglect of some human being. Palmetto Party Warmly Greeted Charlotte, N. C., May Twenty members of Gov. Manning's staff came to Charlotte with the governor to assist in reception of President and Mrs. Wilson, and the South Carolinians played a prominent part in the events of the day. Gov. Manning and his staff were en*1 ! A! _ _1t uiusuisucaiiy received on every appearance during their stay in Charlotte. The party left for Columbia late tonight on a spec ial Pullman, pulled by the Southern railwav's twentieth of May extra. Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Craig, the wife of the governor of North Carolina, were tendered a reception late this afternoon at the Selwyn hotel. .Gov. Craig designated Hudson C. Miller as personal aide to Gov. Manning during his visit to Charlotte. The members of the South Carolina staff present to day were: O. K. LaRoque, Don aid McQueen, George W. Dick, R. M, Cooper, E. E. Ay cock, S. M. McColl, J. A. Wheeler, J. D Siiirer, Rion McKissick. H. B Ingram, Thomas W. Davies, W. A. Klauber, E. W. DuVall, John T. Roddey, C. L. Cobb, A. L. Gaston, A. A. Manning, John B. Adger, C. L. Cureton and L. Wigfall Cheatham. Chamber of Commerce Organized at Monroe Monroe, Mav 19.?An enthusiastic meeting of the business men of Monroe was held this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Commercial Club rooms. Several hundred were present and more than $2,000 was raised for the organization ol a Chamber of Commerce. Mr. T. P. Dillon was elected president, and the following gentlemen were elected a board of directors: K. A. Morrow, W. S. Blakeney, I. C. Sikes, E. C. Carpenter, W. B. Love, T. P. Dillon and M. K. I^ee. Active work will begin nt once for Monroe's development! Sunday Speaks For Wives. "You want a smiling: religion, the kind that makes you g:o home and kiss your wife, the kind that brings joy into your home," Bill Sunday shouted Wednesday nig[ht, says the Kansas City Star. "Try praising: your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. Maybe she'll faint the first time, but she'll g:et used to it. "Treat j'our wife after you are married twenty-five years the same as you did when you were feeding: her on gumdrops and Sugared hearts. Don't wait as some husbands do and send a wreath of roses to her after she's dead. I'd rather have one rosebud now than ten thousand after I'm dead. !) "It would spoil a mule to treat It as some of you men treat your Wives. Men have done a great fieal in this little old world, but women have done more. Thank heaven, God made one apiece for us, and if you haven't got yours it's your fault. She's always been the hope and inspiration of this old world, even to die making of mittens for Eskimos and helps for Hottentots. She's made all the sponge cake $nd baked all the beans that l^ave kept the church steeples from falling down all over this fend of ours. She's run the ba iuars and the rummage sales tjjiat have kept the ship of Zion off the rocks. ? We're a lot of brutes in refus ?g to give her the right to vote. $ne reason why I believe in wnman suffrage is that the prin<5pal objection to it comes from t$e whiskey gang." ^TOOnroe Negroes Raise Sand Monroe Journal Tuesday afternoon about 4 o'clock, Constable Earnhadt re ceived a rush call from the Monroe Steam Laundry a mile south of Monroe, and together with officers Clifford Fowler and T. B. Laney, rushed to the scene. There they found a general uprising among the negro helpers, who were threatening and assaulting Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Helms, who have charge of the plant. The officers dispersed the strikers, and arrested Estelle Williams, Mary Williams, Ber-1 ^ ma browner, ana l,. i orrence, all negro women who were apparently the leaders. Mrs. Helms is confined to her bed as a result of the attack on her by the negresses, and the case has been continued until May 22. The negro women all bear bad reputations. Will Fly From Coast to Coast. | I New York World. More than twenty machines will be entered in the transcontinental air race by manufacturers of aeroplanes who already have communicated with the Contest Committee of the Aero Club. With military and amateur civilian fivers added, the field that will start in the National Aerial Derby for the Ralph Puhzer trophy and $100,000 added prizes on Sept. 2nd is now expected to reach fifty or more. Telegrams and letters from constructors and flyers received Monday and Tuesday assured the Aero Club and Mr. Pulitzer that every interest in American aviation, both in the United States and Canada, wiil co-operate in the coast to-coast race. "Mr. Johnson," asked the professor in the freshman class, "what three words are used most among the college students?" "I don't know," said the student, "Correct," replied the profegpor, Liquid Fire?Past and Present. From The Wall Slrccl Journal. The use by the Germans of fire throwing machines in the assault on Verdun has been hailed as something new in military operation. As a matter of fact, liquid fire is a product of the warfare ot the Middle Ages. In the strenuous davs when our doughty ancestors were besieged in castles, thev used to amuse I themselves by standing on the ramparts and pouring boiling oil and burning pitch below. This usually proved disconcert ing for the attacking party. The Germans have gone several steps farther. All the accessories that the Knights of old brought into play in the gentle art of fire-hurling were a bucket, its contents, and a good strong pair of arms. The modern Teutonic fiery fluid can be distributed much more deftly and with greater force by reason ot a simple little device, known as a "fire projector." Petrol is poured into a tank under pressure of several hundred pounds per square inch. The tank is equip pea vvitn a long nozzle, and the pelrol is enflamed as it leaves the nozzle by an electric spark. Thus the German soldier is able to sit safely behind his own lines and spray the enemy with fire over a distance of more than 100 feet much in the manner of a suburbanite watering his garden with an oversized garden hose. Lightning Kills Woman and Stock Chesterfield Advertiser The thunder storm that passed jover Chesterfield county Tuesi day afternoon caused a deffUuin one part of the county and killed j two mules in another section. While Mr. Vannie Campbell, of near Morven, was seated on his front porch w?th his family, watching the storm, a bolt of lightning killed his wife and stunned several other members of the family. A little girl was thrown into the yard and Mr. Campbell and the babv became insensible for a time. All recovered save Mrs. Campbell, who was instantly killed. The same storm killed two mules belonging to Jim Crawford, on Mr. Dee Teal's place in the Zoar neighborhood. T. S. Evans Representing Seaboard at Hamlet. Mr. T. S. Evans has been appointed agricultural agent for the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, with headquarters at Hamlet, N. C. The title of each assistant development agent. Mr. Evans comes trom the C. C. and O. as agricultural agent. He is a native of Chesterfield Countv, and a graduate of Clemson College. Mr. Evans is a well posted man and is thoroughly practical. His work will he along lines of stimulating better farming and marketing.? Cheraw Chronicle. Notice to County Executive Comm. The members of the County Executive Committee will please take notice that a meeting will be held in the Courthouse on the first Monday in June at 11 o'clock a. m., to transact such business as may properly come before the Executive Committee. M. J. Hough, Chairman. C. L. Prince, Secretary. "My," said the husband at breakfast, "that was a good sleepl I slept like a log." "Yes," answered the wife, "with tbe saw going through it," Adjures Germans to Observe Law Washington, May 18.?Germany, through Count von Berns'jrff, has instructed all German consuls in the United States to admonish German citizens in their districts scrupulously to observe American laws. This was done in an effort to end various alleged violations of American neutrality. It was said at the German embassy that the instructions were designed to prevent plots or lawlessness on the part of German citizens who might be disposed to engage in such. The German government, it was said, looks with great disfavor upon any such conduct and desires that thpv shnll nnt iinrmirn !? J - ..V#i 111 i?uy undertaking: in any way outside the law. It was not disclosed whether specific cases have been brought to the attention of the German government but it was made clear that Berlin officials want the United States and its people to understand that they have not countenanced any illegal affairs with which German citizens or sympathizers in this country have been connected. M'Laurin Not Pleased Columbia, May 19.?Senator McLaurin says that, in spite of the refusal of the convention to place him in the primary, he will "take that course which shall seem to me best to get an exposition of the principles of the State Warehouse System clearly before them." He charges that the members of the convention were whipped into line by tbeery?of "Riease in the woodpile." He also labels all factions "fakes and frauds." His statement also asserts that South Carolina has never had a real business Administration and attacks the whole public pay roll beneficiaries. A Matter of Sex The f armer was escorting the newlv arrived boarder, a young city lady, from the train to the farm house, when all at once she spied a small herd of calves in a field nearby. "Oh," she cried, "look at the little cowlets!" Grinning, the farmer replied; "No, miss; them's bullets!? Answers. The Skeeter The skeeter is a bird of prey, Which flies about at night, About three eighths of it is beak, And five-eighths appetite. And fifteen-eighths or so is buzz, And ninptpi ...oiorhlhc ic Kito ?Kxchange. Card of Thanks We take this method of expressing our thanks for the many acts of Kindness shown us during the recent illness and death of our small daughter. The people were very kind and considerate, and we appreciate all very, very much. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Griffin. A little girl in Jersey who had a bantam was disappointed at the smallness of the lirst egg laid by the bird. Her ideal egg was that of the ostrich, a specimen of which lay on the table in the parlor. One day the ostrich egg was missing from its accustomed place. After a prolonged search it was found near the bantam's nest, and on it was stuck a piece of paper with the words: "Something like this, please. Keep on trvin,0