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NO. 47 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1916 $1.00 per year
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run aiiu ouunt
Mr. W. F. Stevenson, candidate
for Congress in the fifth dis
trict, states that tie is in receipt 1
of numerous communications
from voters in ihe district enclosing
the following letter:
House of Representatives, U. S.
Washington, D. C.
July 19, 1915.
Dear Sir:?
i urn avuuiug uui rigi i^unuiai
Yearbooks. I have less than
one thousand of these books as
my quota for distributing each
year. There are more than
twelve thousand farmers in the
District, so that it is impossible
for me to send each farmer a
Yearbook; however, in the event
that you do not receive one and
are especially interested and will
write me, I will make an effort
to secure a copy for you.
I have a number of Farmers*
Bulletins, in fact, a sufficient
number to go over the District,
nuu Oil) 3CUU1UK UUl lliese UISU.
I enclose you a list. If you will
mark a few bulletins on the list
that you are interested in and
will return it to me at Washington,
I will send these to you.
These bulletins contain much
valuable information on various
subjects.
If you have a pond or a stream
of water that you wish to stock
with fish and will wrtie me, I
will secure the fish for you and
toave them sent vou free of cost.
We have passed a Good Roads
Bill and also a Rural Credits
Bill.
I also hope to see you during
the summer and that you will
write me at any time I can be of
service.
~ Yours sincerely,
F. G. F. D. E. FINLEY.
The letters go in an envelope
marked "House of Representa
tives U. S.
"Public Document?Free.
D. E. Finlev. M P "
With the letter is a printed list
of bulletins from Agricultural
department. Now, voters are
mailing these to Mr. Stevenson
and asking questions indicating
that they think there is an offer
of books and fish being made
for their support in the election.
One man endorses on his letter
the following, "Finley is offering
fish. What havo vnn or/^t "
Mr. Stevenson says that it is
impossible to write all voters,
and us this letter seems to have
been sent to all he takes this
method of answering: questions
being: raised.
First, he assumes that it is
purely in discharg: of his duty as
Congressman that Mr. Finley is
offering: to send out fish and
books, thougjh it is unfortunate
that he didn't make this offer
till he was in a campaign for re
election, as that might cause
persons of a suspicious nature to .
jMokc the uncharitable charge
in <t he expected support as a re
suit ot the offer.
Seccnd, Mr. Stevenson can no'
offer anything but the promise
of faithful, honest work as a
Representative of every man
and every interest in the district,
if elected, because (1) He has
no fish or books of his own to ;
give, nor can he as a private i
citizens draw on the United
States to send them free. (2) He i
is not able to write every voter i
in the district, because he cannot t
frank his letter as the Congress- i
man does, and the postage alone
will cost 1460. And (3), if he
had the fish and books and
could send them free, being a
private citizen who was under ;
no obligation to send out these i
things, he would violate the law i
to do so, because it savs that
"any person who shall by the
u?: . - *m*.
negro jnooii nu wire
Chesterfield Advertiser.
As an aftermatb of the colored
Presbyterian Sunday School
picnic last Friday, Minnie Jackson
lies in her tiorae seriously
wounded with a bullet somewhere
in the back of her head,
while her husband, Henry Jackson
is a fugitive from justice.
Henry, it seems, has found
fault with his wife for some time
past and has on frequent occasions
threatened her with a pistol.
According to the testimony
of friends of both parlies it
seems that Aenry's jealousy, if
that was the cause, was without
foundation.
The shooting culminated at 10
T7_: J- :-t-. T.
rnuay mgui aner nenry
had upbraided his wife for not
asking: him to take dinner with
her at the picnic. He is reported
to have threatened her on the
way home and when they were
preparing: to return to the
church that night he opened fire
on his wife while she was standing
before the mirror dressing
her hair. The ball struck the
woman above the mouth and
lodged some where in the back
of her head. Her condition is
precarious.
Henry quickly left for parts
unknown.
Seven Murder Cases In Anson
Wadesboro AnsoniapAsalee
Smith cut Mamie
Smith and Mary Smith with a
razor at the home of Julius
Lindsay's home on Mrs. J. G.
Bovlin's place in Lilesville
Townshio Saturday afternoon.
Mamie died wit m a few minutes;
the other oman. is not seriouslv
hurt T1 Ql>omc tVl at iVtara
? vu?v ?UUI ?11VI V
had been pome "had blood" between
the negr^s on account
of the killing of "Gallon" Smith
in the same community some
months ago. Asalre was brought
to Wadesboro and placed in jail,
along with her husband. Coot
Smith, who was out on bond,
having been chained with having
a part in the killing of Gallon.
Three other negroes are
now in jail, char.iVil with killing
Gall, their names being Wylie,
Epson and Brown Smith, all
having been surrendered by
their bondsmen. There is another
negro, Willi m Crowder,
in jail, charged with killing
Emaline Covington, Christmas.
This makes six romes and the
one white man, "Mood** Turner,
charged with killing I. T. Henry,
makes a total of . even in jail
charged with mur-V *\an unusual
record for Anson t ounty.
Small Customer -"Gimme a
box of pills.*
Clerk?*4Anti bilious?"
Small Customer?"No, Vntj's
all right?it*s Dad."?N.it. N-ws.
payment, delivery or ptoiruse of
money or other art irk ui value,
procure or offer, promise or endeavor
to procure ai <>ther to
vote for or cgainst au\ particular
candidate in such election
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
The advp'-t ig ?which ''tC ngressman
has in Un- i .at i i s
that it allows him i > send die
voters things free as a 0:1 sessional
duty, but Mr. Stevenson
cannot do so because lie has no
such duty, and it would be absolutely
clear that he was offering
fish and books for votes, so that
ho r>an Anltr ' ?* ?1 *'
<v ?>?u wuij VI H I, 11 CICCICU, (116
service due ft em a Congressman
to his const intents, and when he
gets to i c t "ngressman, if he
should, he \% i'l not wait till the
election to tn ike a universal offer
of fi-h n*M hooks.
(A<trnrtlflMM9t)
Something About <
The Cheraw Chronicle pub
Edition" last week which contain
reading matter about Chesterfi<
schools, railroads, banks, etc. Frc
Chesterfield county is, in a g
lands, lying along the Great Pee I
North Carolina line and the Darli
hills are in the center of the coun
tains, abounding in springs of cle*
the sick. These were the lands sc
in recent years have been shown
any in the country. The experin
the vicinity of McBee proved thei
price, and are now covered with
As good wheat has been and is be
day as can be shown on any clay
Within the past few years to
bright lively towns, affording go<
country for selling and buying, i
for its rapid growth, and Pagelan
Chesterfield, McBee, Jefferson,
towns of which the county may v
roads cover the county, and it is
border anywhere in an hour and
from every state in the Union at
county every day on the great W
of our own merchants, bankers, d
collectors are spinning along fn
work of roads in an almost const*
has induced developement, as it s
in the county has profited by the
In minerals Chesterfield poss
in the South, the Brewer mine ne
regularly until a few years ago, w
brought against the owners of tin
washings caused its owners to si
that time was Mrs. Phoebe Hea
dolph Hearst, the present owner
throughout the United States. T
ing out gold through these hills to
findings, and it is certain that sooi
reopened and the earth required t
Around the peculiar formation j
a tall peak in the midst of sligt
thought in its origin, there is kao
been dug and found a ready marh
a fine grade of Fuller's earth, sc
the commerce of the country, anc
tenal in the country, a sand clay
hills of the county, and many of i
quired very little working to keep
In agriculture the country sin
j agricultural area, and not only thi
crease of productiveness per acre
due, as stated because of railroad
the influx of new people to take u
that the farmers learned that the;)
sand hills of Chesterfield just as p
ertion than on the clay hills of th<
increase is due to a better undersi
fertilizers, and much of it to the
among: the farmers with the assist
ness men of the community and
have been very active in this coi
results. The present agent of the
Tiller, who has been in charge o
has taught crop rotation, the plar
live stock.
In the matter of the railroad
by the older citizens that twenty :
let was a new enterprise built by 1
system, Moncure Robinson, of
This road was developed in 1890
Seaboard with thirty-five miles o
lit 1901 the road to Chesterfield C
valuable feeder to the Seaboard
for the people in that section to
ceive freight. In 1902 the road
usefulness increased by that muc
Pageland, which is now its termir
cause it is making its way step b\
thirty miles of a well used road,
from McBee to Jefferson was opi
of a line from Charlotte to Moi
will also be shortly realized as th
its lines in this section, already sir
These several roads have brought
have learned from each other and
mination to do bigger and better I
la He Matter or Servant?
"The race for Congress between
Finley and Stevenson in
this district promises to be a
warm one and Ihere are many
who say that Finley will have to
wake up if he wants to keep the
man from Chesterfield from taking
his scalp. It is a certain
ming that Finley will have no
easy fight on his hands this summer.
For one thing, he had the
office so long that he lias begun
to think he is master of the peo
pic of this district rather thai, i
their servant, as has been evi-1
Chesterfield County '
lished a special "Development
ed much interesting: and helpful
eld county, her people, towns, e
>m this the following: was clipped: n
meral waj*, bordered by stift clay v
)ee and Lynches rivers, and the v
ngton county line, the high sand t]
ty, great rolling hills like moun- ^
ir cool water, a haven of rest for
> despised a few years ago, which g
to be responsive to cultivation as
tents of the government made in ^
ir value and they rapidly rose in
t i
neias 01 corn, cotton and wheat. ^
;ing raised on these sand hills tolands
in the country. .
wns have sprung up like magic,
od markets for the people of the
\mong these Pageland it notable ^
d is an agricultural community. ^
Ruby, are all in the list of new
/ell be proud. A net work of fine
practicable to go from border to s
I a half in an automobile. Cars ?
e speeding through Chesterfield 11
ashington-Atlanta highway, cars ,
octors, lawyers, farmers and bill f
3m point to point over the net- '
mt stream. Easy transportation
urely will, and every land owner 8
good roads. a
>sses one of the richest gold mines p
ar Jefferson, which was worked
hen the number of damage suits
i property hurt by the sulphate ^
ispend. The principal owner at Jj
rst, the mother of William Ran'
of a chain of daily newspapers
here are a number of men wash- s
>day, men who live by their gold
aer or later the old seams will be '
o yield her treasures,
known as Sugar Loaf Mountain,
itly rolling lands, volcanic, it is r
lin of fine quality, and some has 11
;et. The beds of the creeks yield v
me of which finds its way into ?
f the very best road building ma- ,
r gravel which is natural in the
the roads once levelled have re>
them in excellent shape.
ows in the last ten years doubted jj
it increased area, but doubled in- ^
. A great deal of this has been
development, some because of ^
p the farms, and some to the fact J
7 could farm with profit on the *
>rofitably and with much less ex2
Old North State. Some of the 1
landing of the use and mixing of J
earnest work that has been done .
ance of the banks and the busi- ~
by the government agents who
unty, who have shown splendid
s work in the county is Mr. W. J.
f the work for three years. He j]
iting of grain and the raising of
developement it will be recalled ^
ears ago the little road to Ham- j
the former head of the Seaboard A
Baltimore, just before his death. ^
as one of the main lines of the
f main line track in this county. ^
Courthouse was opened, giving a p
and a long needed convenience a
get in and out and ship and rewas
continued to Ruby and its sj
h. In 1910 it was completed to g
lus, but will not be for long, be- u
r step to Lancaster. This is now
About the same time the road v
sned with the ambitious project q
iroe to Columbia, which dream a
e Seaboard continues to extend j]
ch a dependency of the system, f,
t good people together and they ||
inspired each other with a deter- u
things. - t(
. tl
denced by his various postoffice u
appointments which in more
tlw : ?
iiinu uuv instance nave not iieen
in ac cord wiih the wishes of the a
people of the s? ver.d c om muni- t?
ties. He has lieen swayed by ir
his personal desire rather than A
by the wishes of the voteis who ft
put him in his present high of- tc
fice."?Rock Hill Record.
This is the statement of a pa- s<
per in the hoifle county ot the
Congressman, and heretofore a fc
strong supporter of him. n<
Comment unnecessary! (Adv.) it
k.uto Bandits Escape With $34,
000 Payroll
Detroit, Aug. 4.?Five unmask
d automobile bandits this after
oon held up an automobile in
yhich $50,000 pay roll money
tras being taken to tde plant of
tie Burroughs Adding Machine
Company and before astonished
uards could offer resistance
natched five of six bags in the
ar, said to have contained $33,
00 or $ 34,000 and escaped.
The hold-up took place on
burroughs, between Woodward
nd Cass avenues in view of j
tundreds of employes of nearby |
utomobtle factories and the
isual afternoon throngs on
Voodward avenue,
ludolnh, a Burroughs guard,
vas shot through the thigh and
truck on the head with the butt
nd of a pistol, when he tried to
ntercept the robbers.
Witnesses declared the five
iandits apparently ranged in age
rom 18 to 60 years. No one,
lowever, seemed able to give a
ood description. They were
rmed with rifles and automatic
istols.
Witnesses of the daring rot>
tery declared the apparent failire
of the pay car guards to realte
what was taking place aided
he bandits* success. One guard
aid he thought a motion picture
cenario was being staged.
Although policemen on moorcycles
and in automobiles
vcic mucKiy seni m pursuit ot
he bandits, they had not been
ounded up tonight. Eleven
machines filled with officers
vere scouring the country in evry
direction tonight after a
ruitless chase of 36 miles. Eary
this evening the bandits were
hought to have been cornered
bout 30 miles northwest of the
ity, but when officers closed in
he bandits* Car was not to be
mind.
The amount obtained by the
tafidits at first placed as high as
45,000, late today was declared
?y P. G. Chapman, secretary
reasurer of the Burroughs Com
any to have been between $33,
00 and $34,000. A car followmg
the one held up, carrying
75,000 was not molested.
Riding in a large motor car
yith part of the money tor the
week's pay roll in bags on *he
loor, Thomas Sheahan, paymaster
of the company, was
/ithin half a block of the plant
/hen a smaller car drove alongide
and four men jumped out,
emanding surrender of the
money.
Within two minutes after the
andit car drew alongside the
ay car, the former was racing
way with the five cash bags.
So far as can be learned not a
hot was fired by any of the
uards in the pay car, nor those
l a car following. The guards
l the car behind did not realize
/hat was going on, but seeing
;ooper run out from the curb
nd engage one of the bandits,
ley stopped their car and ran
srward. Thev were halted by
le other bandits, who swung
pon them with a rifle and pis)ls.
Four shots were fired at
ie guards who hastily retreated
ninjured.
A traveling man was exasperted
because the station in a cerlin
Southern city was so far re?oved
from the business section.
,s he mopped the perspiration
om his forehead he grumbled
t n r*A i-? ?- 1
t a uuy ui his siae:
"Why did they put this station
) far away from town?"
The negro was plainly puzzled i
>r a minute, then said; "I duno,
lest 'twas 'cause thej' wanted
'longside der railroad,"
South Carolina Soldiers Goes to
Border of Mexico
Camp Moore, Styx, Aug.O?
The First Regiment of the South
Carolina National Guard will
entrain tomorrow for the border.
They will travel in three sections,
Lieut. Col. McCully in
command of the First, Maj.
Spratt or the second, and Col.
Blythe of the third section. The
first comprises 1,017) enlisted men
J r- r
ana oo oiticers.
The Field hospital company,
the cavalry troop, and the engineer
company will follow, under
the command of Mai. Brailsford.
These units comprise: Field hospital,
56 men an five officers,
the cavalry troop, 89 men and
three officers, and the engineer
company, 72 men and four officers.
The Second regiment will entrain
Tuesday, It travels in
three sections, Maj. Bradford in
charge of the first, Maj. Marchanct
of the second, and Col.
Springs of the third. The second
will break camp tomorrow
afternoon and begin entraining
Tuesday.
It is thought that by Wednesday
the entire command will be
on its way to the border and
camp Moore will be deserted.
The quartermaster corps will be
left behind to wind up the aftairs
and then will report to the Department
of the East for further
orders.
There are 2.350 offi pore orirl
wlllWIU ??IU
men of the South Carolina National
Guard going: to El Paso
for border duty. The regiments
and the other units will report
to the commanding offiest^-at
Fort Bliss on their arrival. Fort
Bliss is seven miles from El Paso.
Thousands of visitors from all
parts of the State visited Camp
Moore today to bid the soldiers
good-bye. The camping grounds
were thronged from early this
morning until late tonight.
Anybody Can Do It
Most any one can be an editor.
All the editor has to do is to
sit at a desk six days out of the
week, four weeks of the month
and twelve months of the year
and "edit" such stuff as this:
"Mrs. Jones of Cactus creek
let a can opener slip last week
and cut herself in the nantrv "
"A mischievous lad of Piketown
threw a stone and struck
Mr. Pike in the Alley last Tuesday."
"John Doe climed on the roof
of his house last week lookirg
in^ tor a leak and fell striking
himself on the back porch."
"While Harold Green was escorting
Miss Violet Wise from
the church social last Saturday
night a savage dog attacked and
bit Mr. Green several times on
the public square."
"Isaiah Trimmer of Running
Creek was playing with a cat
Friday when it scratched him
on the veranda."
"Mr. Fong while harnessing a
broncho last Saturday was kicked
just south of his corn patch."
Yes, it is a wonder they draw
salaries for it.?American Press.
CHURCH NOTES
MRTHODIST P ROTKST ANT
John. W. Quick, Pastor
Our special meeting at Rose
Hill will begin next Sunday at
11 o'clock. Rev. John R. Hutton
of Greensboro, N. C. will do
the preaching. Services each
day next week at 11 a. m. and
8:30 p. m. At our Sunday morning
service we will dedicate o- r
church. Brother Hutton will
preach the dedicatory sermon.
Pray that we mav have a great
feast.