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p BeadTheADS.|XHE PAGELAND JOURNAL [toifte*"8Vol.7 NO. 3 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1916 $1.00 per year Zeb Green Says Cotton is Going Still Higher Mr. J. Z. Green, of Marsbville, in his letter to the Progressive Farmer last week said: Under date of September 12 a cotton market report by Cbas. Fairchild & Co., of New York, contains this paragraph: "Exports so far this season are double those of last year. American mills are very largely un covered with the actual, while sold ahead for months of 25 cent cotton." I am glad Brother Poe gave the deserved denunciation of the stupendous falsehood sent out from New Orleans to the daily papers. The report that Farmers* Union presidents had adopted 12 cents as a minimum price for their cotton after the market price had already reached fifteen cents, was published not onlv in the daily papers but was copied by many weekly papers. For the life of me I couldn't understand how any publisher could believe such a ridiculous and unbelievable piece of news. Nobody but a crazy man would, as reoresenta tive of cotton producers, declare for a price three cents a pound less than the current price of cotton. When farmers are robbed bv this sort of publicity there ought to be some way to recover damages. If such an outrage were perpetrated against the business of an individual or corporation, those responsible for the damage would no doubt be neld to account in the courts. I have never seen a bolder attempt by bear speculation to beat down the price of cotton. Certahily their fight to depress the price must be hopeless when they resort to such high-handed and infamous methods to gain even a temporary advantage. If goods are now selling on a basis of 25 cent cotton it isn't unreasonable to expect the price to go to 20 cents. In fact, nearly everybody has been talking 20 cent cotton for a month or T 1 4L!_ - ? mure, i near mis Kind or lalK from commercial men? from bankers and from merchants as well as farmers. Don't rush cotton to market. Never in the hjstory of cotton growing will there be a better chance for somebody to corner the cotton market before we can possibly produce anv more cotton , and when the market is cornered something is going to happen Jo the prices of cotton. 'TL 1 ' - i ins oniy way ior producers to share in the increase in prices is to sit steady and refuse to be stampeded by any kind of "news" item that may find its way into the press dispatches. A wounded soldier in a hospital developed a fever, and even' little while his nurse put a thermometer in his mouth to register his temperature. Presently the doctor came to see him. "Well, how are you getting on?" The doctor asked. "Fairish, sir," said the soldier. "Have you had any nourish 1I1VUK "A fair amount, sir?a * fair amount." "What did you have." "A lady gimme a piece of glass to suck, sir."?Free Press. Little Elsie came home from a neighbor's house, munching a cookie. "Now, Elsie," her mother re proved her, "how many times have I told you not to ask Mrs. Brown for cookies?" "I didn't ask her," returned Elsie salmly; "I don't have to; I know where she keeps them." Further Court Proceedings In addition to the list of cases published in this paper last week the fall session of criminal court for Chesterfield county disposed of the following cases: J. Paul Jones, assault and battery with intent to kill. Continued Case against the West boys charged with riot continued. J. E. Atkinson, disposing of property under lien. Continued. M. C. Lancaster, breach ot trust. Nolle prossed. R. J. James, disposing of property under lien. Continued. John Delheney, alias John Evans, assault and battery, with in font lr> lr ill Nnllo I ?vr n&n* m/nv |/IUMCUi George W. Brown, obtaining goods under false pretense. Continued. S. V. McManus, violating di& pensary law. Continued. John Henry Brown, bigamy. Sentenced to six months. Bossie McRae, larceny of bicycle. Plead guilty. Two years. Fred Covington, murder. Plead guilty to manslaughter. Two years. Ed Sanders, assault and battery, intent to kill. Plead guilty to assault. Five months or fine of $50. Vernon S. Blackburn, desertion. Plead guilty. Sentenced to one year; sentence to be suspended after three months. Other charges dropped. Ben Shadd, house-breaking and larceny. Transferred to contingent docket Ramie Jefferson, violation of Dispensary Law. Tried and found guilty. Sentenced to one year, nine months of which was suspended. He appealed. ttenry McCall, housebreaking and larceny. Plead guilty. Court adjourned Tusday afternoon. Grand Jury's Report To His Honor, J. W. DeVore, Presiding: Judge: The Grand Jury, having passed on all bills handed us, beg to make the following report: ' We have had the books of the county officers examined, and the report of the same held over from last Court on account of some executions not being valid assets. We expected these executions to be tested before our body WAS PClllpH IrtnrptVtor nnrnSn K..* .. tv/^VHIV! U^U1U| UUl find that the Comptroller General has had these papers filed away with instructions not to be molested until the final settlement between the Auditor and Treasurer, and for this reason we are still unable to make a final report until our body can be called together for this particular purpose. We recommend that glass be put in the windows up stairs in the jail and the inside protected bv heavy screen wire, and the roofing of the same be repaired. We find the other public buildings in good condition. We wish to thank the officers of this Court for courtesies extended and beg to be excused from further services at this session. In the mountains of New Hampshire an old negro dnves an ancient and ricketv stagecoach. "What is your name, Uncle?" o froirolor or?lrV*- ? ? U HUTV-IVI asncu 1I1U1 OIIC lllUriltng. "George Washington, suh," said he with dignity"That's a oretty familiar name to everybody in this country," said the tourist. "Ah rcckun it orter be, suh," was the darky's pleased reply, "'cos Ah been a-drivin' dis vere stage ebber since de wah," / Terrible Tragedy In Union County Monroe Journal. Caught between the lever and frame of his own cane mill last Saturday the head of Mr. Alexander Helms was crushed like an eggshell, and he died that afternoon without ever having regained the slightest consciousness. Mr. Helms was running a mill at his home some nine miles above Monroe in the Ebenezer church communty, and there the accident took place at eleven o'clock. Mr. Elijah Little was helping: him with the work at the mill and was the only eye witness of the terrible tragedy. Mr. Little was feeding the mill, and Mr. Helms was carrying the sap from the mill to the evaporator. While he was in the act of filling a bucket, the lever caught his head between it and the frame, almost crushing the top of his head from below his ears on up. Both ears were torn loose, and the brains were oozing from the head. His head was mashed between a space of three and one-half inches. Mr. Helms was a good man, and had earned the respect and confidence of his friends and neighbors. He was nearly 62 years old, und was a son of the late Thomas Helms. He is survived by his wife and nine children. Howie Mine Damaged by Explosion and Fire Monroe Enquirer. The building over the maipL shaft at the Howi^a^, eight rtiiles timbers sixty feet down tne shaft were destroyed by fire about two o'clock last Friday afternoon. It is not known how the fire originated. No one was in the shaft at the time of the fire, the last man having left the shaft about twenty minutes before the fire started. Two boxes of dvnamite in the building were exploded and a number of windows in buildings near the mine were shattered and the explosion was heard for miles around. Two pumps, one of them costing $900 and the other $500 are in the bottom of the mine and the burning of the large timbers caused the top of the shaft to cave in leaving a hole forty feet in diameter at the top of the shaft. It will require a great deal of work and an outlay of about $5,000 to make good the damage. End of War Not in Sight London Globe. Both wicked and harmful are the statements hysterically circuit*?i 1 : -? imeu unu lunoranuy spoKen to the effect that Germany will have to surrender soon. There never was a more foolish estimate of the position of affairs. It shows gross ignorance of Ger manv's strength, resources and determination, and no realization of the fact that the only peace conditions that can he imposed on her are such as none but a beaten and humbled enemy could accept. Not the Hindenburg, not the Roumanian sensation justify the Tidiculous r> *- ? wuiv-ij mill vj*:i limn \ IS lOnerillg. The least harm such state ments do is to cause the sub merged and almost negligible pacifists here to raise their heads a little. But they are harmful to us in the war. They may be in terpreted wrongly abroad. There are long, long months of arduous war to face before Germany will accept the terms that must be enforced. J Objects to Going to the Devil By Automobile. Charity and Children. This writer is not opposed to automobiles. In fact the only reason he isn't sailing over the country in a Ford is that his creditors consume all his surplus cash. But the abuse of the automobile is a peril that threatens to do us a great injury in many ways. A man was telling us the other day about an enthusiastic church worker who bought a machine. Gradually his interest in the Sunday school and church work weakened until finally he quit going altogether, and sent his pastor word to drop r ? .*_? ?? ins uuiue irum me cnurcn roil; that he had found a new source of pleasure, and meant to pursue it and let the.church go. The natural result tollowed, He began to drink beer and do other things that go along with it and is on the way to the devil at 30 miles an hour. It is true that this man never had enough religion to hurt him and less character than religion, but while this is an extreme case, it illustrates the effect of Sunday joy riding on anybody, who indulges in it. We have seen church members more than one time deliberately load their families on an automobile and start out at 10 o'clock Sunday morning ior a spin through the country. No more sermons for them! No more Sunday school! They have have found a new avenue of pleasure which ihey propose to travel. The faithful will still attend church and observe the Lord's day. A. few of the loyal and strong wity.jBi&duu jtegrity. but wh*t about tfa e weak r.v.d <\hat ahpus -V-ii J ? men uunuren: inere is no law to stop these jo? riders. There is nothing to be done except to appeal to the sober minded not to be swept off their feet. "Re member the Sabbath day to keep it holy" is still in force. But those who are crazy about automobiles have no more reverence for Sunday than for Tuesday. The truth is, we have gone mad over this matter of amusement, and a multitude of our people have surrendered absolutely to its strange and subtle power! Good roads are a great blessing, but it is better to jolt over rocks and plunge into gulleys in a one horse wagon than to glide to the devil over a road as smooth as a ribbon in a luxurious automobile. Couldn't Jump the Fence Monroe Journal. William Cuthbertson, an old slave, overestimated his physical prowess several days ago when he attempted to jump over a barb wire fence. Some of the boys were at Mr. Tom McClellan's blacksmith shop, six miles northeast of Monroe, when Rev. Bill came up. Knowing that he was tond of soft drink, they offered to buy him three bottles of the stuff :f he would jump the fence. Bill couldn't resist the ale, so he tried it. Me failed, and now he is laid up with a broken leg. Mr. G. C. Baucom says Bill is a good old darkey, and that many are sympathizing with him in his misfortune. Mr. Smith Was Right, Too Monroe Enquirer. Mr. Run ford -Smith u/hn lJ*r*?o near Pageland, S C., was in Monroe a few days ago and in speaking of the crops said that the greatest peavine hay crop ever grown had been saved. Barns, sheds, outbuildings of every description were filled with peavine hay and then there was lots of it to be stacked. One Dead and Another U Fa- I tally Injured Columbia, S. C., Sept. 30.?A. R. Moore is dead and M. A. i Simms is in a local hospital ^ probably fatally injured as the ^ result of the overturning late yesterday near Barnwell, S. C., t of an automobile in which they c were riding. Dr. J. C. Woolley i and V. Seymour Qweos were t painfully injured in the accident, j while E. G. Bolen, the fifth member of the partv, was unhurt. All are residents of Barnwell. ^ Moore, who was a brother of f Adjutant General W. W. Moore r of South Carolina, and Simms j were brought here late last t night on a special train. Moore died early today. The party left Barnwell yes- r terday for a dove-shooting trip. 1* A short distance from town the t automobile, which was driven by Moore, struck a sandy spot I in the road, became unmanageable and a moment later over turned. Moore and Simms were a pinned beneath the machine. c \ A Trying Climate ( They had a so-called "stam- I pede" in New York during a r summer hot spell, and from all t rtvor tho ? ? WVt IUV TT vol IUC ^UUilipiUll ? riders, ropers and busters came i to take part. After the show i had petered out, and the winners had failed to get the bulk of t their prize money, one of the re- 1 cent contestants, a long, lean f youth from Arizona, called at the ^ office of the Evening World to r give an inside version of the f causes leading up to the collapse of the enterprise. ( Presently Martin Green, to t whom the cowptlhcher wasjgll- I ing his troubles,-noticed th^t the ? other walked with a limp. i "Did you get hurt in one of t the events?" inquired Green. c "Naw!" confessed the young c man with an embarrassed grin, a "That there happened the day after I struck this town. An ortermobile hit me and sprained e my right knee right smart and broke three of my ribs. "A doctor at one of these here f tiosspitals fixed me up; and so I went into the ropin' contest and \ the bulldawgin' contest. Then, the third day, my pony fell with \ me; and while he was 'rastlin' p round he kicked me here on the chin and split my lip open. It p taken seven stitches to close up the cut. ( "Yas, suh; 1 done right well in that there Stampede!" continued j the youth, reverting to the topic he had been discussing before Green interrupted with the ques- * tion touching on his lameness. "I win twelve hundred and fifty ^ dollars on paper, even ef them fellers did run out on us and ' leave me broke." ^ "But wasn't it frightfully painful to be riding wild horses nnH ^ throwing steers with your ribs & all caved in and your leg bungied up and your face gashed?" inquired Green. ^ ^ "Well," said the youth, "some- P thin' did keep a hurtin' me like ? hell; but I thought all the time it c was this here durned climate." n p A tramp knocked at a farm- c er's doer and called for some- T thing to eat. h "Are vou a Christian?" asked I the good-hearted countryman. r< "Can't vou tell?" answered the S man. "Look at the holes worn s< in the knees of my pants. What do they prove?" The farmer's wifp nrrkmr?tiv- t< - brought out the food, and the tramp turned to go. it "Well! Well! asked the farm n er. What made those holes in the back of your pants?" "'Backsliding," replied the ? I tramp as he hurried on, o iighwaymen Rob and Beat a Lumberton Man Lumberton, Oct. 1.?Alex .amb, a white man who lives iear town, was held up Saturlay night by highwaymen on he Creek road near what is :alled Hestertown and beaten nto insensibility. He was rob>ed of $2.40, all the money he lad with him. Lamb was brought to a local Lospital by a jitney driver, who ound him unconscious by the oadside, a lantern near him. Mter he regained consciousness oday he told officers he was leld up by two men who de nanded his money and then mocked him down and kicked um on the head. lussians In Galicia Are Taking the Offensive In Big Drive XtlO loft nrinnr > uv ivn ui nit: Driusil irmy between the Ancre and iomme Rivers in France has advanced on nearly a two-mile ront from the east of Eaucort -'Abbayh to the Albert-Bapaume oad, capturing in the operation he town of Eaucourt L'Abbaye ind throwing their line to withn about four miles of Bapaume tself. In addition the British line to he left has been sent forward or good gains into the German ront according to London. Jaluable work was done bv the lew armored tractors in the ighting. In the Champagne region the Germans, says Paris, attempted wo surprise attacks against the rrench but both of them failed. sh and French troops north of he Somme River in France are ;hronicled in tht? lnt*?ct nffJoia 1 ?- ? wiiiviai ?mmunications from London md Paris. The Work-Horse ly Daniel Bradley Roche Plodding along in the burning heat, iauling his load, through the city's street, Working from sunrise, to close of dav, With merely a bite to eat as pay. Menty of harsh words greet his ear, 'ew of the kind ones come to cheer, Curses and lash when things go wrong, ^oads are heavy, and days are long. Jp with the birds, at dawns first light, Jack when the stars shine forth at night, Hred and sore and hungry, too, V little kindness I ask for you. lob and George Caught Sixteen lonroc Journal. Speaking about 'p?ssum huntig, Mr. Hob Funderburk and i _ *? - ii. oeuige v^ounney uikc Hie rize. They went about nine 'clock several nights ago, anil ame in about two o'clock in tho torning with sixteen healthv ossums in their sack. They arried lour dogs with them, "uesday flight these same two unters, with the addition of Mr. , F. Plvler, went over the same 3ute, but only caught three? ixteen seems to be the record o far. "My good lellow, how far is it > Scotsburg?" "Well, the way you're headed 's about twenty four thousand ine hundred and ninety-eight liles; but if you turn and go in le opposite direction, it's close n to two miles."