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" .V * jw. " *" the pagela^id Journal Vol.7 NO. 4 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1916 $1.00 per year ' " i : i * ' German Submarine Comes to American Waters Boston, Oct. 8.?A submarine of the Imperial German Navy, ravaged shipping off the eastern coast ot the United States today. Four British, one Dutch and one Norwegian steamer were sent to the bottom or left crippled derelicts off Nantucket Shoals. Tonight under the light of the hunters moon the destroyer flotilla of the United States Atlantic fleet was picking up passengers aqd crews of the de siroyed vessels and bringing them into Newport, Rhode Island. So far as known there was no loss of life although at a late hour the crew of the British steamer Kingston had not been accounted for. A submarine held up the American steamer Kansan, bound from New York for Genoa'with steel for the Italian Government, but later on establishing her identity allowed the American to proceed. The Kansan came into Boston harbor late tonight for her usual call here. The submarine is believed to be the U 53, which paid a call to Newport yesterday and disap peared at sunset. Some naval men, however, declared that at least two submarines are operating close to the American shore though outside the three-mile limit. Three Deaths Near Chesterfield i^nesterueid, Uct. 4?Mrs. J. Henry Stncklin, of the Douglass Mill section of this county died last Thuj^day afternoon, and was buried next day at the Pitts burying ground near town. Mrs. Stricklin was about 8( years old, and had for many years been a member of Shiloh Methodist church. Besides hei husband she leaves three sons, Jno. A. King, of Thomas county, lia.; J. C. King, of Chesterfield, and William Stricklin. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. L. Tyler. Rosa Lee, the 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Davis, ol the Zoar community near Ches terfield died last Wednesda\ and was buried on Thursday ai Zoar church. She was an un usually bright child. After several weeks of intense suffering, little Mary Lee, infani daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. A Smith died last week and the little body was laid to rest at the Smith cemetery, near the home of Mr. W. A. Burr. The funeral services were conducted by Rev J. L. Tyler. F.l#rtinn f*? ?wiaatUftVOBVllCI O ftUI V11CI1 field County State and Federal election commissioners for the State have been appointed by Governoi Manning. There are three Federal anc three State commissioners foi each county. They will appoin the managers of election for the general election to be held or November 7. The following were appointed for Chesterfield county: Federal?James W. Miller Jefferson; R. B. King, McBee W. J. Odom, Chesterfield. State?J. N. Stricklin, Cheraw R. M. Myers, Chesterfield; J. O Taylor, Mt. Croghan. Both Boards will meet ai Chesterfield on Monday, Octo ber 16th, and appoint managers and make the other necessarv arrangements for holding the election. Nyld?"Muchwed has a new runabout." Higbee?"I thought he swore he never would marry again." Hasn't Yet Produced The Pain- 5 killer Monroe Journal. Sampton Barrett, Alf Cuthbertson, Henrv Alsobrooks, Duke Alsobrooks, lim Fuller and Calvin Carelock are a "seedy" looking bunch this morning, after going through an experience that cost them a total of $23.40. They fell victims to a swindler of the J. Rufus Wallingford type, and paid high for some good practical experience. It happened in the followingmanner: A white stranger, evidently a tramp, passed by the depot yesterday morning, accosted Allen Alsobrooks, color: ed, and told him that he would i Dass through with a r.artm of whiskey last night. Allen exhibited some interest so the stranger told him to tell his friends to meet him near the Frank Helm's place, three miles from town on the Charlotte I road, at about eight o'clock, and ! to tell them also to bring some money and a few jugs. I Allen lost no time in spreading the news. It wasn't long > before he had a bunch of blind i tigers, whiskey soakers that would gladden the heart of a Norfolk distiller. Thev scraped about all day yesterday and got up 23.50. Then the hour of the i appointment grew near. Eni hanced by the company of many other envious ones, the party set out. | Sure enough they were met bv the man at the agreed spot. He maintained an air of secrecy, ' collected the money and the | jugs. Sampton contributed $3, . equal to three days hard labor, to the fund. Alf came across | with $2.50. Henry fottoWfed , suit. Duke hit 'em a little higher with $5.50, while old Jim Ful. ler, pitched in the magnificent sum of $8.50. Calvin Carelock ' couldn't stand the pace, but did ' throw in $1.50. 1 1 A lion ttfKrv Mtnn k? illlbU) TT11U VV.IO I1IC ^U* UC" \ | tween, was smgled out by the ] stranger to accompany him j down the woods a little ways to < get the "painkiller." Allen responded with alarcity, but when < they got about fifty feet, the < stranger halted. He told Allen 1 to stand on guard, and if he saw anybody coming, to warn him with three shrill whistles. Un ; suspectedly, Allen did as he was , 1 told. | Fifteen minutes passed. The 1 gang waited patiently. Thirty ( 5 minutes went by, but they were , j still patient. An hour, and then an hour and a half, before the j ' crane* hpromp cncnicinnc Tlinn ^ p, vuupivivudi A UC&l | when Allen came back alone, j uttering dire threats and speak , ' ing their sentiments in unprintable words. j i When they arrived in town | i they summoned Chief Griffin , r and Officer Fowler. Thev at once , went to the scene, where they s 1 found the sacks and jugs, but no \ r trace of their man. He had de- , t parted for parts unknown. < i The stranger appeared to be 1 about 35 years old, was clean , shaven and was about 5 feet 11 ] I inches tall. He wore a pair of , overalls, blue shirt with collar , , attached, and tan shoes. He ; weighed about 175, and his upper teeth carry gold fillings. ; The law demands the annre. i . hension of the man. if possible, 1 but he wouldn't probablv get 1 t such a bad deal in Monroe < courts for teaching this party 1 i such a good lesson. i < Katie, very earnestly: "If vou 1 had never met me, darling, s would you have loved me just 1 the same?" i George, fervently: "Yes, dearie t ?more!" 1 itevenson, Claude Sapp am Others Want Finley's Seat Columbia, S. C., Oct. 6.?W Stevenson of Cheraw was i visitor in the city today an< vhile here made clear his inten ion to again offer for Congres n the fifth district. In the re :ent primary Mr. Stevenson wa lefeated by Congressman Finle: >y only 800 votes. He figure lis chances next time as mucl letter than this and is confiden hat with the proper campaigi ind effort he can win the nomi lation. Now the fifth district has sev jral possibilities next time. A1 eady C. N. Sapp of Lancastei issistant attorney general am ormerly representative in th legislature, has announced tha le will run for Congress. A. 1 Gaston of Chester, a forme nember of the House, is expect i? ;u iu uc 111 11 j" i act;, wiuer prominently mentioned are Pre pate Judge Kirby of Cheroke ^ountv, former Solicitor J. E McDonald of Winnsboro an Representative Bradford of Yorl Jaunty. Mr. Finley may run again fo he nomination but it is certaii hat there will be a full field c candidates in 1918. Talk of the senatorial race fo [918 is also being indulged ii hese days in several parts of th ptate and especially in politics circles. The term of Unite ptates Senator B. R. Tillmai vill expire in 1919 and his sue cessor will be chosen at the pri naries in the Summer of 1911 Many expect Senator Tillman t )e a candidate to succeed him self. Everyone looks for forme Sov. Cole L. Blease to make th race for the Senate. Others e> peeled to enter the lists are Cot pressman A. F. Lever of th seventh district, W. P. Polloc :>f Cheraw, L. D. Jennings c Sumter. There has been som lalk that Gov. Rich I. Mannin would offer for the Senate bt bis close friends do not intimat my such intentions on the pai sf the Governor. Robert A. Cooper of Lauren will be a candidate for Goverr pr in 1918. The Record Bale Mr. C. T. Blakeney in writin ? 1\/T? T? 1 1 .t iu uic muiuuc juuium il'db III following: to say in regard to th record bale: "I have noted several refei jnces to a record bale of cotto jold by Mr. Bivens of Unio county, the seed and the cotto bringing him $145.20. A littl later I noticed that a Mr. Smit from Pageland sold the cotto and seed of one bale for $162.0( "But vou will have to hand to Mr. B. W. Sullivan of Jeftei ferson who sold a bale a fe\ lays ago here, the cotton alon netting him $149.02. Had h ?old the seed at the market pric this would have meant $30.(1 more, making a grand total c M79.02. "Mr. Sullivan did not sell th seed however, preferring t keep them to raise some mor of the same kind of cotton ne> season. Yours truly, C. T. BLAKENEY." Mr. Blakeney evidently ha not seen an account of that hi bale we reported last wee! which was grown by Mr. C. I Campbell, the man who died i [he Hamlet hospital Sunda norning, and bought by Mc Cregor & Raley at $202.80 fo he lint and about $30 000 for th teed. This is indeed the recor )ale, and Jefferson and Unioi ounty might as well hang u; he fiddle and throw away th >ow. 1 Uncle John Tells About . the I Acre That Totes Double Progressive Farmer. i Back when I wuz a boy," said , 1 Uncle John reminiscently, "we ' . youngsters use to have lots o' s fun ridin' the old family hoss. >- Her name wuz Betsy, an* it ' s wa'n't nothin' fer her to tote y double, an' often three or four ^ s Of us rode her at once. Wellr , ti after readin' all this soil-buildin' ] t talk an' talkin' with that there ti clover-crazy demonstration agent i of ourn, I've about decided that it's time we wuz a-makin* our acres tote double, too. 1 1 "There's Sim Jones?you r, know him. I call him land-pore ' d if ever a man wuz land-pore, , !_ _ rnn _ ? ? e wnu nis duu acres o' iana an' not it af bit mor'n 100 of it in cultivation. How a man can pay taxes j r on all that land an' not git any> tiling outen it is more'n I c'n s understand. But that's not the > worst of it: Sim's land* that's in e cultivation is so onery core he J. can't make a livin' outen it to d spve his life. In good years he k counts on a bale of cotton to four acres and ten bushels o' r corn to the acre, an' in bad years like this un he generally don't >f make seed. "Sim stopped me t'other day x to tell me how the land wuz a failin' an' the country goin' to e the dogs. I told him I guessed tl his land wuz pore an' weak fer d the same reason a man gits pore n an* weak?not enoucrh food an' exercise. An* then, mad as a [. wet hen' he riz up on his hind J. legs about the high price o' fero tilizers. i- ?." 'Shucks, Sim,' said I, 'shucks; r don't you know the best fertile that ever jyuz made never > did see the inside o' no sack? i- Don't you know,* I told him, ae quotin' from my bulletin, 'that a k acre o' good crimson clover if plowed under is ekal to eight or e ten tons o' stable manure? An, g don't you know that this clover it grows in the winter time and e can be plowed under in April in rt plenty o' time to make a fine corn crop after it?' is "Well, I don't know whether i- this ever got through Sim's shell or not, but 1 guess it didn't. Any way, he don't matter so much; but fer you young farmers I'll jest say this, an' let you ? take it or leave it. as suits vou: ^ If your ole Uncle John in his e voung days had 'a' had somebody to tell him how to make r his acres tote double he'd 'a' n quit scratch in' a pore man's back jest forty years ago." e Redfearn Estate to Be Sold h n Chesterfield Advertiser. j Considerable interest is being j| taken in the preliminary anr nouncement that the late E. N? Redfearn estate will be cut up e into building lots and small farms. There is nearly 700 acres of this choice land. It is under- | stood that about 40 resident lots | ^ will be laid off in West Chestei- [ field and these will be sold to I e the public. In addition there Q will be about a score of small farms offered for sale?all on ,t easy terms of one-third cash, the balance in one and two years. The resident lots will be ideal locations for building purd poses and the farming land has g been known for years as some i, of the richest in Chesterfield County. n V There is a cow in New Eng; land, according to the following r advertisement, which is possesse ed of rare accomplishments: d "Wanted?A steady, respect* n able young man to look after a P garden and care for a cow who e has a good voice and is accusS f Aino/i frk olnor ? b ^ ' 11 Bogan Ingram Dies Victim of 1 Accident Cheraw, Oct. 4.?Yesterday, shortly after 1 o'clock, Bogan j Ingram met with a fatal acci- i lent. He was one ot B. B. ] Laney's overseers on his planta- . lion about five miles north of , Cheraw, and was running a . large self feeding gin at the time. , Some waste had gathered in ; some of the teeth, and he lifted the gin to pull it out, but unfortunately did not lift it high , enough to put it in safety. He tripped and fell, getting his hand caught and his hand and arm were pulled in and cut into shreds up to the shoulder. He was immediately put in an automobile and rushed to Cheraw for surgical attention. Though having nearly bled to death by the time he got here, he pleaded so earnestly to be taken to a nospuni, tnat, to Rive his mind] rest, after the necessary treatment had been given to his arm he was taken towards Florence, hut he died on the way. Mr. Ingram had lost his other arm when a very small boy through the accidental discharge of a gun in his own hands. He was about years old and unmarried. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ingram, who live near Cheraw, and a number of brothers and sisters, and a large and prominent family connection. The funeral service was held in the Cheraw Methodist church at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Do animals possess the sentiment of affection?" asked the school teacher of the little girl. "Yeth, ma'am. Almost always," ? "Good," praised the teacher. "Now," turning to the littile boy, "tell me what animal has the greatest natural fondness for for man?'* Ti i small bov considered careidlly, then returned: "Woman." Tax Notice The Tax Books will be open for the collection of taxes from Oct. 15th until the 31st day of December, 1916. I will be at the following places on dates as given below: Pageland, Monday, Oct. 16th; Jefferson, Tuesday, Oct. 17th; Angelas. Wednesday, Oct. 18th; McBee, Thursday, Oct. 19; Ousleydale, Friday, Oct. 20th; Cheraw, Monday, Oct. 30; Cheraw, Tuesday, Oct. 31; Patrick, Friday, Nov. 3rd; Middendorf, Monday, Nov. 13; Mt. Croghan, Tuesday, Nov. 14; Ruby, Wed nesday. Nov. 15; Dudley, 2 to 5, Thursday, Nov. 17; Plains, Friday, Nov. 18, W. A. DOUGLASS, County Treasurer. 1 Consid< m That whatever amount Pj the utmost quality, the uth H value beyond comparison ^3 an/4 caa *f ^ ^* 1 ^ r- uuu It IIIIO 1SI1 I 11UC. I B. B. Ei M m m M m gHHiiiimiinmnnn: Mad Cat Scratches * and Bitec People Cheraw, Oct. 4.?A few days ago a strange cat, probably maddened with hunger, entered the home of J. A. Rainwater, living a few miles out from Cheraw on the Rockingham highway, and attacked a two year old child, biting its cheek and scratching its face. The cat also bit a dog and a goat, the goat going maa. I lie next day the cat came back and bit John Troublefield. The cat was killed and its head sent to Raleigh for examination, where it wai pronounced mad. Both the child and Mr. Troublefield are now taking the Pasteur treatment in Cheraw. County Fair Booster Trip County Fair Boosters to make ninety mile trip around the county to advertise the County Fair, fnext Tuesday, October 17th. A great deal of interest is being taken in the big ninety mile booster trip that the County Fair management will condut around the county October 17th, next Tuesday. It is reported that a great many of the motor car owners in this county are going to|make this trip with the Fair Boosters. The start will be made from Chesterfield at 8 o'clock in the morning, the route being via Clieraw, Patrick, Macedonia, Jefferson, Pageland, Mt. Croghan and Rubv. Stops will be at each of the above places and short speeches made, inviting the tpeople to attend the Chesterfield County Fair which will be held at Ches- ^ terfield November 8-9 10-11,1916, Through the courtesy of the good ladies of the Macedonia section the Boosters will be served with dinner there. Last year sixteen automobiles and sixty-six live wire boosters made a trip around the countv in the interest of the Fair. Owing to many requests the management is going to repeat the booster trip this year and give the people of the county a chance to make a trip worth while. It will be good for every one to make this trip?to have an opportuniry to see the various sections of Chesterfield f!f>lintv cin/t nnlo ttio urAn/lorfnl progress that is being made. Join the boosters next Tuesday and have a good time. See schedule in another column. The boosters will arrive at Pageland 3 p. m. Judge?Where did the automobile hit you? 'Rastus?Well, Jedge, if I'd been carrying a license numbah it would hab busted to a thous and pieces. iv This I you spend here insures H [lost quantity, the fullest W anywhere. Investigate ?3 lhanlc a lUUlttliJ M