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f^the pageland journal i Read The ADS. i Vol.6 NO. 49 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1916 $1.00 per year Mrs. Edna Funderburk Favors Germany and Condemns England Mrs. Edna V. Funderburk, the well known writer of prose and poetry, whose home is near Dudley, writes The Journal a ittle of what she thinks of the conduct of Germany and Eng and in the Great War: Now as I understand it and see it about all of the newspapers in our country are in sympathy with the Allies in the European War; and I have wondered why. I meet a great maDy people and [>eople of intelligence too who io not hesitate to say that they ympathize with Germany and he fact ils I don't remember havng met but one since that was itarted who favored the Allies. Mow, I have been informed that fEngland and her Allies are now Catholic and that Germany is freer from Catholicism than any country on earth?ours not excepted. If I ever had any sympathy for England it is gone since she so heartlessly put to death the Irishmen who led that rebellion. I have been inform ed in many ways that England greatly oppresses Ireland, and has done so through many years. I gather that Ireland only stays under her rule because she can-, not help her self. These people who tried to get out from under that iron rule had as much right to do what they did as we Southerners had to try to come from the North, perhaps even more because perhaps England oppresses them more than the North did the South before the War. If after the North won in the strife they l had taken Lee and Davis, (leadvers in the rebellion) -and put Ithem to death do you suppose Bvve would have been the united Kountry we are today? Well, I Won't. We might have been Bighting until yet. And now, I believe that England by doing tbu: awful deed has sounded her I own doom. She may win in ' this fight, I do not know, but sooner or later she will pay for her awful deed and Day dearly. Venganceis some times slow but it is sure and when she comes she pays in an hundred fold. Now some of our papers are trying to find something to admire in England's deed! They remind me of the old lady who was so gentle that she always spoke good of every body and never spoke evil, no matter what they did. So one day some one tried to see if they could get her | to speak evil of the devil. Thev made some remark in her pres! ence about the old imp's rascality. Well, out of force of habit I suppose, she took up for him and told them she greatly ad mired his perseverance. I'll admit that the devil is not la/.y, but I don't like him for all that and I'm not going to try to defend him. It seems to me that some of the things that have been said in an attempt to defend Eng land's act sounds very weak. Now, I do hope the Deutsli land will get safely home and I Would like to have had the chance to wish her Captain God speed. May the good Lord watch over her as she goes down into the water as he watched over Jonah. I don't believe the grand sturdy Irishmen died in vain, and some dav this world will see their deaths paid for. Edna V. Funderhurk. "Johnny," said the Sundayschool teacher at the annual pic nic, *'do you know what to eat and what to drink and what to avoid?" "Sure 1 know," said Johnny. "Eat all vou can, drink all you can and avoid bursting." \ f Fist Fight Feature of Campaign Meeting The State Campaign meeting j for Chesterfield county was held < at the county seat last Thnrsday. i A large crowd was in attend- 1 ance, and the various candidates 1 presented their claims and the < day passed off quietly, save a fist j fight at the rear of the speaker's 1 platform, {l'he reporter for the 1 Columbia State gave the follow- l ing account of the meeting: < Chesterfield, Aug. 17.?Anoth- i er fist fight' featured the campaign meeting here today, the 1 combatants being E. C. L. Ad- 1 i:t ii * . . uiua, tuuuiuaie iui licuieuam i governor, and L. A. Wilkes of 1 Darlington, who championed the 1 cause of Andrew J. Bethea. Dr. s Adams was the second speaker, i following his opponent, Mr. Be 1 thea. The concluding portion of < Dr. Adams* speech was a joke 1 about a negro*s pig in a bag be 1 coming a puppy at the other end I of the line. In aplying this to the < conduct of Mr. Bethea, Dr. Ad I ams said he didn't 4'care to have < anything to do with any man 1 who was a christian at one end of the line and a crook at the s other." Dr. Adams was walk- 4 ing to the door at the back of ] the stage with these as his con- i , eluding words when he was in- t . . i t n.ii ?.i . icitcpicu uy mi. JDtuieu, who 1 asked what was that he had said. * "I said it.'vDr. Adams replied. ? Instantly Mr. Wilkes flashed ] through the doorway and landed a heavy blow on Dr. Adam's < chin. The two clincned and < fell to the floor before others 1 could intervene. They strug- < gled and writhed until t*?ev were 5 dragged apart. In the afternoon Mr. Wilkes was fined $10. The Darlington county man said he had known Mr. Bethea a number of years ago when the two were small boys in school, but that they had not been together since. He said he had championed the cause of Mr. Bethea of his own initiative. Barring this incident the day was of the conventional order. John T. Duncan injected a colloquy with Former Gov. Blease. Mr. Blease had told how George Young of Laurens county, "a Confederate veteran." had been murdered. Mr. Duncan declared that the victim was not a Confederate veteran. Mr. Blease referred the case to R. A. Cooper, solicitor of the Eighth circuit, who prosecuted the murderer. "If the facts are not as I have stated, I'll withdraw the race and disgrace myself for life by vo | ting for Dick Manning for governor," said Mr. Blease. Mr. Duncan interrupted Mr. Cooper long enough today to ask Mr. Cooper if Young was a Confederate veteran. "He was not a Confederate veteran," Mr. Cooper promptly replied. Mr. Duncan thanked Mr. Cooper and added that he had made j Gov Manning at least one vote. It was charged today that Dr. C. Fred Williams, against whom so much denunciation has been directed, is not the superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane after ad. "He's no more superintendent than jou are," Mr. Blease told ihp Ctw crowd. Brains to direct the whole affair, he charged, are supplied by "a Yankee subordinate." The voters were warned there was likelihood that the election would be stolen this year "as in 1914." \yf ?irv ? I ' ~ ~ ~ * vjui. Kiniiii 111)4 uiuue a vigorous speech today, defending his administration and reminded the crowd that the issues were the same as those of two years ago. The chief executive disclaimed support from the liquor interests. Fight at Bear Creek Patrick, Aug:. 16.?As the result of a free-for-all fight at Bear 3reek school house five niles west of Patrick Tuesday, P. W. D. McLean was sent to he hospital at Ilamlet, N- C., 5n the afternoon train with three severe knife wounds, one in the left breast and two in the back. W. D. Jones suffered a broken < aose and other bruises and sev- < sral other participants received minor wounds. The patron? of the school i had met to decide on a location for a new school building. It seems there was some ill feeling between those who recently iroted iu favor of a bond issue < md those opposing it, but the mmediate cause of the difficuly appears to have come from a i iispute and the passing of severe words between G. E. McLean, who is a son of P. W. D. VIcLean, and Frank Jones, when )n their way home from church Monday night, the fathers being irawn into the difficulty when hey met at the school house Tuesday. i 'Xhey are not supporting me," Mr. Manning said. "They know , what I have done for them and hey've got it in for me. They snow I'll never compromise with their crime and that I will :ontinue as relentlessly in hunting them down." Vfr nocPlinm.*!, - ??! i^bjv^iidui^s spuivc ni u uc:ided disadvantage, his speech :oming last. But an attentive learing was given, despite the iemoralizing circumstances >ome departing automobil es. , J. I. K. H. W. Cro Super To the Voters of Chesterl 1. I am in the race for o of my own accord. The gre our county, and the need of a to render, invites me to mak County Supervisor for Cheste 2. I am a native cf this Sti ville, S. C., which was then i county, at which place I lived 24 years of age, I then move lington county, and I lived tl when I moved to Pageland, S made a careful study of this < rAnrlp I ? * 1 ivauo auu I UCIICVC lllill JJOOQS perity of Chesterfield county of the things for which I stam 1. Harmony, unity and cc 2. The greater developr roads and not build any more but rather improve those that 3. Making Chesterfield cc good roads in the State. 4. Constructive business, constructive administration. 5. A wise,' prudent and money. 6. More liberal support t and needy of the county, also of the County Home. 7. An equal application o the county done by the count 8. And also devote my the office, and give all public rys, aslo all other matters i funds for county purposes my 9. A clean educational, el paign, one of which will be our county. 10. My platform briefly st county roads. 2nd, progress 1 3rd, prosperity. 11. Asa candidate for tl sure you of an open, honest, I tion of the duties encumbent 1 12. Good will toward all my motto, to this platform 1 power I possess, 13. The above thoughts a to the public are being disci form during the campaign nu Respectfully submitted ic county. H Flies and Infantile Paralysis "Infantile paralysis -is 'catch ing,' " advises the N. C. Stat Board of Health, "and althougl full details of how it is sprea are not fully known, we kno\ that it may be contracted b means of secretions from th nose, throat and mouth and frot bowel discharges. If every cas of the disease were detected ? once and properly cared for, th disease would soon stop, but i the case of some individuals th rlicoacp 5c nrwt rnnrvrrni n? and in some not at all. Thes are the cases that are particulai ly dangerous. With open toilets and and oth er possible sources of infectio: from this and other diseases th Dossibility of grave danger fror the ordinary housefly is forct fully brought to our attention. The first essential in fightin tVin ^1 XT Jo ? V- * 4 *11*- lljr 13 lis aiiccu 111111 UUI lit with extension or other ill tittin screens, but close fitting screen or mosquito netting tacked ov< the entire outside of the windov Nor will screening the dowi stairs or a few rooms answe Every door and window upstaii and downstairs should be screei ed. The residual few that su< ceed in breaking through thes< outer trenches may then b readily swatted. Around groceries and stort where flies are abundant, fl traps work very successfully. Of course the ideal conditio would be the thorough removs of all manure and other breedin material at least twice a wee in order to prevent future gen* rations' of flies, but since i practice this is not always don thorough^ screening is to b recommended as the best sing) agency against the fly danger. . , , ? 11 17" ff ^RM. JL" \JM. visor ield County: ffice of County Supervisor :at opportunity now before service which I feel fitted e the race for the office of ;rfield couuty. ate. - I was born in Bishop5iimter coynty but now Lee until I was something like d to Hartsville, S. C., Dartiere until January 1st, 1911 . C., ihis. county, and I have :oun> in reference to good road are essential to the pros and ihe following are some d: operation. nent of Chesterfield county roads,except in a few cases we have. ninty the banner county for , constructive laws and a economic use of our tax ind better care of the poor a close and personal watch f the work on the roads of v funds. entire time to the duties of highways, bridges and ferelating to taxes and public personal atttention. evation and ennobling cama benefit to the citizens of aten is 1st, protection of all or the habit of moving on. le office of Supervisor, I asfair and fearless administraupon that office. and tli will toward none is pledge myself and all the ind other matters of interest issed by me from the platietings. > the voters of Chesterfield . W. Crosswell Looks Like Second Race Bej. tween Manning and Blease e Columbia, S. C. Aug. 19??Ten h days before the primary election ^ in South Carolina there is every V v indication that there will be a e second race between Richard I. n Manning, incumbent and C. L. e Blease, former Governor for lt Governor of the State. This e prediction made two weeks ago caused a storm ot protest on the e part of the press of the State supe porting Robert A. Cooper. r- However, every fact connected with the situation would indi " cate that the present Governor ^ and the former Governor will e n ngnt it out m a second primary. It has been the custom in South Carolina to arrant Govern* 2 ors two terms. No man has ever Leen elected Governor a g s third term and this fact will lose ;r many.votes to Mr. Blease, who y. it must be said has been con! ducting his campaign this year r, on a much different basis as rs compared with previous efforts, l- Mr. Manning has been stand c_ ing squarely on his record and has not assailed any of his opponents in bitter language. The ;s Governor firmly believes that v the people of the State will not repudiate his program of progressive legislation. He will go ing to the election with all the facts k known by the people and will e depend on their erood iudfrement. n Robert A. Cooper of Laurens ^ is a clean and good man. One [e of his ardent admirers said not long ago: "Bob Cooper is as - clean as a hound'*, tooth." He may be the choice of the people at some date not far distant. As the election time draws nearer the people in all sections of the State are beginning to realize that Manning is the man most likely to defeat Bleaseism in South Carolina. No matter what some may say Blease is still an issue in South Carolina politics. He will always be more or less an issue. Or rather his record as the chief executive of the State will always be an issue. During the past week at least two candidates have declared against the policies of government as expounded by Mr. Blease. One of these men was Mr. Cooper. Practically every fair minded man in South Carolina will agree that Mr. Manning has made a good Governor. His record is open to the world. Nothing has been concealed. There has been no secret alignments between the Governor and corporations. In fact a great majority of the bankers of the State are fighting: Mr. Manning simplv because he is trying to apply a just and equitable tax law to the banking institutions. Governor Manning has given much of his time and attention to laws that will benefit the great mass of mill workers in South Carolina. He urged the passage and approved the weekly pav act. He approved the anti-docking law. During Governor Manning's administration a law has been passed to prevent negroes from working in textileplants with white people. New Crop Cotton Sells For 14 At Morven Morven, Aug. 18.?The first bale North Carolina new crop cotton sold today at Morven by T. J. Ratliff, and was bought bv G. A. Martin for J. M. Fairlev and Sons of Monroe It graded strict middling ^nd brought four teen cents per pound. Weigh! four huadred thirty-six. Negroes Engage in Pistol Battle Near Lancaster Chester, Aug. 20^?Robert L. Pierson, superintendent of the Hardaway Contracting company's big force of workmen erecting the great dam across Catawba 'river at Nitrolee for the Southeren Power company, was shot to death at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Owing to the inaccessibility of the place it was difficult to secure the complete details of the tragedy. Sheriff D E. Colvin and den uties and Coroner J. Henry Gladden left for the scene early this morning. It is said that Superintendent Pierson was awakened early this morning by a bedlam of noise over in the negro camp. The negroes who were boisterous are said to have been intoxicated. The superintendent, it is said, went to request them to cease and when he reached the scene of the noise, there was a fusillade of pistol shots and in the storm of bullets Superintendent Pierson sustained a wound in his left side and died five minutes later. Three negroes were seriously wounded and it is thought that two of them will die. Tf 5c 1 __.u: ? v. XI io 11 w i nuuwil WHICH one OI the negroes killed Mr. Pierson. Senate Passes Ship Bill After Bitter Contest Washington, Aug. 18.?The Government shipping bill passed the Senate tonight by a vote of 38 to 21, encfing one of the most bitterly contested- legist- ^ ^ ~ tive struggles of the Wilson Administration. In the last Congress the measure precipitated a Democratic revolt and a filibuster which forced postponement of many important bills, but revised so as to minimize the Government operation feature, received today unanimous Democratic support and solid Republican opposition. It already had passed the House. The shipping bill provides for creation of a Government shipping board to acquire and operate for rehabilitation of the American merchant marine and appropriates $50,000,000 for the ni 1 rnMS(> tr? ho micnrl Ki. ?! >" rM.rvww wv A UICVU U > 111C dlUC of Panama Canal bonds. Several important amendments were agreed to just before the final vote, among them one would reduce the salary of the shipping board members from $10,0<>0 to $7,500 a year. Other amendments passed included one which would authorize the President to seek adjustment of foreign discrimination against American shipping through dip louianc negotiations anil 10 take retaliatory action if such negotitions fail. Another would authorize the Treasury to withhold clearance from masters of vessels who deliberately refuse to accept freight from American citizens without satisfactory reasons. \ "Who-all sick up to yo' house, Miz Smif?" asked George Washington Jones. "It's mah brudder 'Lige," replied Mrs. Smith. "What's he done got de mattnh wif him?" r>oir?'t loll flu onto n ? ' viuil I IVII- HVVaiO <111 11V sleeps all right, an' he stays out in de veranda in de sun all day, but he cain't do no wuhk at all." "He cain't wuhk?" Not a bit. Mr. Jones raised his eyes to heaven. "Law Mi/. Smif, dat ain't no disease what vo' brudder's got. Dat air am a gift."