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Vol.7 NO. 4 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1916 $1.00 per year
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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, ,
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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 ^
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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.
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m That whatever amount
Pj the utmost quality, the uth
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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
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