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THE PAGELAND JOURNAL Vol.7 NO. 6 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1916 $1.00 per year i i_ ~ . _ ~ ~ "f ~~~ ~ ? M-*: -r ? I*- ^ * " " nuucc or E>iecuon State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Presi dential and Vice-Presidential Electors and Representatives in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County of Chesterfield on Tuesday, November 7, 1916, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State otherwise qualified. Registration.?Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for open ing the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where thev shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citi zens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election tne Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open thebal let box and count ihe ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office, and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver I Auctio 1 As I am going to Florida auction to the highest biddei On Saturday, at 2 o'clock my house and 1c land, sale to be in front of room house, built of good m Also my farm in the edge that section. It will pay you to look at and you will not mind biddi Good chance for someone t< less of price. You may nev again. Remember the hour and t or shine. P.H.1 Angelu / iu me v^ommissioners 01 Election the poll list, the box containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. Managers of Election?The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Cheraw?I. S. Huntlev, G. A. Malloy and C. A. Lynch. Place, Town Hall. Bethel? J. F. Powe, J. R. Burn and T. T. Chapman. Place, usual voting place. Pee Dee?D. G. Mcintosh, D. F. Jamison and J. H. Wallace. Place, usual voting place. Brock's Mill?A. J. Parker, D. A. White and J. E. Short. Place, Brock's Old Mill. Patrick?J. C. Baker, H. B. Poison and J. M. Hendricks. Usual voting place. ' Middendorf?W. R. Johnson, E. T. McManus and Boykin < Wilkes. Usual voting place. McBee?T. A. Horton, J. D. Sexton and G. T. Horton. Usual voting place. Cat Pond?C. R. Sumner, J. A. Williams and J. W. Winburn. 1 Usual voting place. Grant's Mill?W. T. McBride J. N. Johnson and W. F. Turn- < age. Usual voting place. Snow Hill?W. E. Cason, W. i B. Duncan and A. T. Smith. Place, Snow Hill School House. Odom's Mill?J. D. Odom, A. L. Johnson and J. T. Ratliffe. Usual voting place. a f!it n juruugrass mm?r>- waasworth, J. R. Sutton and D. A. i Douglass. Usual voting place. Wexford?P. M. Gulledge, ; Henry Lisenby and' Andrew,, Moore, usual voting piuce. Ruby?M. L. Raley, T. G. Griggs and A. P. Smith. Usual voting place. Cross Roads?S. J. Fincher, J. L. Stancil and G. K. Sowell. Usual voting place. Mt. Croghan?J. H. River, W. H. Hendricks and W. C. Baker, Usual voting olace. Winzo?J. P. Anderson, G. F. Evans and Lesttr Rivers. Usual voting place. Pageland?S. H. Lanev, W. J. Blakeney and J.'A. Turner. Usu u" vuuiiK piuuc. Plains?W. J. Hicks, G. W. Hinson and W. B. Evans. Usual voting place. Dudley?W. C. Jenkins, O. B. Jones and H. I. Funderburk. Usual voting place. Jefferson?L. E. Gardner E. C. Clark and J. A. Belk. Usual voting place. ii n Sale I will offer for sale at public r for cash or half cash November 4th )t in the eastern part of Pagesaid house. This is a sixaterial. nice location, of town. No better land in this property before the sale ng on it on November 4th. > invest. To be sold regarder have such an opportunity he date, and be on hand, rain Evans is, S. C. Storm and Earthquake Come Together She South was swept by a storm and was rocked by an earthquake Wednesday. A hurricane drove across the Middle Gulf States, taking a toll of two lives and causing property and marine losses, while earth tremors drove frightened thousands from homes and offices in Alabama and Georgia, but did no material damage. Pensacola and Mobile were the chief sufferers. One person was killed at each place and buildings were unroofed, telephone and telegraph wires suf fered damages; ships were sunk u?i?i uuu ucauucu. At Pensacola the wind velocity reached a maximum of 114 miles with 110 miles at Mobile, but in neither city was the prop ertv loss anything like as great as that caused by the hurricane of last July. Mobile city itself suffered little real damage, but shipping in harbor did not fare sj well, two small vessels being sunk and four beached. Some damage to train sheds and terminals also resulted. At Pensacola one small steamer went down, another vessel is missing; three fishing boats went ashore and two larger vessels were damaged when they came together during the blow. Telephone and telegraph wires were prostrated for many hours, the city being cut off entirely from the outside world from early morning until early night. In southern Alabama timber also was reported to have been ! badly damaged. but venorta war *L that the citrus crops in that State and western Florida had not suffered greatly. Torrential rains accompanied the blow. While two distinct earthquake shocks were felt as far north as Kentucky, and as far east as Augusta, . Ga., they were of greater intensity at Birmingham, Ala., than elsewhere. Montgomery, Atlanta, Augusta and other cities also felt slight tremors.?Thursday's State. Aren't you ashamed, William," exclaimed the indignant minister, "to hit a bov smaller than yourself?" "Well, I don't know," said William, who was a bit of a philosopher. "I guess I'd rather be ashamed to hit a smaller boy than be sorrv I hit a bigger one." Don't neglect your Eyes, w-ye them examined by a Specialist of reputation and glasses fitted to correct the defects. Free examination. At the Pageland Drug Go's Store. Catarrh?C. C. Horton, G. H. Middleton and J. G. Sowell. Usual voting place. Angelus?W. F. Young, J. E. Lee and D. A. Clark. Usual voting place. Ousley?F. J. Johnson, W. |. Teal andCordy Winburn. Usu o1 t?/\finnr *\1n/>n cii vuiiiii; jmucc. Court House?L. L. Spencer, A. W. Hursey and J. D. Smith. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the box and blanks for the election. Boxes and instruc- j tions will be delivered at the | Court House by the Clerk of the ; Board, W. J. Hanna. on Saturday, November 4th 1916. W. J. Odom, Chairman R. B. King J. W. Miller Commissioners of Federal Flection for C!hostorfi*?lH fYmn- 1 ty? S. C. October 16th, 1916. I 0 21 Drowned A? Steamer Goes Down in Lake Erie Cleveland, O., Oct. 22.? Twenty-one members of the < crew of the steamer James B. Colgate were drowned in Lake ; Erie Friday night when the Col- ( gate bound from Buffalo to Fort . William, Ont., with coal, went , down in a storm off Erie Penn . sylvania. The tragedy became 1 known only todav when Cant. < Walter Grashaw ol Cleveland, sole survivor, was picked up by , a car ferry and taken to Conneaut, Ohio, after being afloat 34 < hours on a life raft. 1 Captain Grashaw, who was master of the Colgate for onlv 1 twA urnnlrc * >><?/ iiktno, uc^illllC UIICUUSCIUUS I 1 soon after being picked up but 1 was able to tell par! of the story 1 of the disaster. Nineteen of the crew, he said, 1 were drowned when the big whale back vesssel foundered J and two others, Second Engineer Harry Ossman of Cleveland and an unnamed coal pass- p er, were washed from the life s raft after exposure and exhaus- f tion had rendered them helpless. s The Colgate went down the p night of what has become 1 known in marine circles as "Black Friday." Six men were } lost when the steamer Filer p sank in Lake Erie Friday on the u same da> the steamer Marshal F. Butters foundered but its v crew of 13 was saved. li Less than an hour after the Filer sank the Colgate, by far v th^ largest of the three lost ves v tireless on the boat and noth ? ing was learned ot the tragedy \ until Captain Grashavv was res a cued, half dead from his long h fight for life. A terrific gale was blowing j ti when the Colgate sprang a leak 0 early Fiiday night, Captain Gras- d haw said and immediately it was seen that the vessel was ft doomed. "We got the life raft } ready," he said, "just as the boat c was so far down that tlw decks v were awash." g MCBEE PERSONALS I Miss Alma Perry, of Midden- ^ dorf, spent the week end with ^ her friend. Miss Leila McLeod. 1 Mr. L. W. Poston, of Augusta, * Ga., is spending his vacation 1 with his aunt and sister, Misses Mary McPherson and Mollie s Poston. 1 Miss Sallie Jones, of Jefferson, * was the week end guest of Mrs. S. M. Patrick. c Miss Mollie Poston spent Fri- * day with Mrs. W. J. Newman, 1 in Bethune. * Dr nnd \'rc I n 1 n nrrn m t - . a v/? J IV C41A1 1^/11 | " Saturday night for Atlanta, Ga., S to spend a few days. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Lee Robinson, = of Bethune, spent Thursday with I Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Norwood. E Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Middleton | and children visited relatives at Catarrh Sunday. I Germans Admit Loss of Bremen ( Washington, Oct. 19.?Loss of P the German submarine mer- P chantman Bremen virtually was j conceded today bv ranking Teu P ionic diplomats in position lo be P taminar wnn 1110 movements of 1 the movement of the vessel. > The Bremen is one month over- ? due. ; It was admitted that German > officials were without informa- [ lion as to the fate of the Bremen. ? All they know is that she set ? out for America from Bremer- > haven and that she should have ? arrived at an American port * soon after the middle of last ? month. Fifteen Years For Assaulting Daughter Monroe. Oct. 19.?Judge E. B. Cline this morning sentenced John Wentz to 15 years in the State penitentiary for an assault on his 14 year old daughter. Miss Kate Wentz, with criminal intent. The trial lasted nearly two days and the jury was out six and a half hours, returning a j verdict last night about 101 o'clock. Mr. Wentz has spent most of tiis life as a resident of Indian Trail, but about a year ago mov2d south of Monroe, where he committed the crime last sumner. Mr. Wentz has been in jail lere since his arrest some nonths ago, when the principal Doint held and fought for by atorneys was that he was insane. The jury thought him weak mentally, but not insane. rialloween Party at Center School House The. Center school began Monday with several pupils who ihow by their enthusiastic eforts that Center is going to do omething if this spirit keeps up. Miss Mattie Haselden, from Dilon is teacher. Messrs. J. W. Atkinson, J. R Atkinson, Clarence and Christo her Allen motored over to Colimbia Sunday. Mr. T. J. Jackson spent the veek end at his home near Pageand. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Atkinson isiied relatives at Jefferson this veek. ,. Mr. I>ee Watts spent J^'pday Vatts, do sell your furniture, , nd then marriage will cease to aunt vou. Misses Alice Tavlor and Mat ie Haselden were the guests of ?f Miss Kathleen Atkinson Suniay. Messis. L. J. Rivers, Rufe /tills, Tom Jackson and Bill Jildreth had a jolly through-theountry trip to Charlotte this ( veek. Fine reports from the :reat show. Misses Kathleen Atkinson, " .essie Allen, Alliene Gibson, dessrs. Tohnnv Nichol??on nnH Clarence Allen had a glorious rip to Chesterfield on a wonder ul little Ford last Sunday after toon. Maste". Ems Atkinson, and ister, Miss Kathleen, spent Satirday at their brother's near Mt. Droghan. Everybody from everywhere :ome to our Halloween part\ vhicli we hope to give Tuesday light, Oct. 31st. Fortune telling >y witches, and many other ineresting Halloween features to rether with r box supper. Now, f you want to have a good time | Consith 2 That whatever amount 2 the utmost quality, the utr jjj values. You will find tl 2 parison anywhere. Invest] 2 ture. m 1 B. B. Ei 3 Honor Roll Below is given a list of those who have paid during the past two weeks. This is bv no means all who paid in advance, and does not include any except those who have paid during this time. We should like to see this list grow to be a column in length next week. Wouldn't you like to have your name among the others? Name Amount Paid to B. B. Eubanks $1.00 Oct. 17 J. D. Smith 2.00 Nov. 17 C. M. G. Rodgers .25 Jan. 17 J. T. Mills 3.00 Nov. 17 Hamp Terry .50 Oct. 16 J.I.Vick 1.00 Oct. 17 Hazel Laney .25 Dec. 16 D. W. Coker .50 Tnno R.Smith 1.00 Sept. 17 G. E. McCray 1.00 Nov. 17 Thos. Watts 1.00 Jan. 17 E. M. Railings, Jr. .50 Nov. 16 M.S.Jordan 1.00 Sept. 17 W. T. Myers 1.00 Sept. 17 G. B Goodson i.OO Oct. 16 0. B. Graves 1.00 Jan. 17 H. W. Allen 1.00 Sept. 17 Mrs. Ellen Spates 1.00 Jan. 17 H. Z. Outen 1.00 Dec. 17 L. A. Blakeney 1.00 Oct. 17 W. J. Odom 1.25 Sept. 17 W. R. Riser 1.50 Dec. 16 T. A. Green .25 Feb. 17 H. W. Horton 1.00 Sept. 17 R. G. Autrey 3.00 Mar. 17 J. E. Smith 2.50 Oct. 17 1. J. Brewer 1.00 Nov. 16 J. H. Ratlitf 1.40 Oct. 16 F. G. Rushing .75 Oct. 16 W. B. Outen 1.00 Nov. 16 A. M- Moore .50 Oct. 16 J. C. Williams 1,00 Nov. 17 S. F. Ingram 1.70 Oct 16 J. D. Watts 1.00 Nov. to^B. KviiSP^lr i.O0 \kv. 17 T. B. Watts 1.00 Mar. 17 G H. Atkinson l.OO Jan. 17 MiKe liroclc 1.00 Mar. 17 Chess McDonald .50 Oct. 16 S. T. A. McManus 1.55 Oct. 17 R. L. Watts 1.45 Oct. 17 A party of strangers was visiting at the college. It was in the late autumn and the air was crisp and cold. One of the members of the party, a charming young woman, was escorted through the grounds bv a learned but absent-minded professor. Suddenly two members |of the track team, dresssed for their sport, passed. "It's dreadfully cold," remarked the young woman as she gazed after the runners, "to be without stockings." The professor's mind, deep in the contemplation of the fouith dimension, was attracted by the sound of the girl's voice. "Then why," he asked absently, "did yon leave them off?" just bring your green backs and treat your best girls properly. Agricolae filia. mmmmmmmmn a ir This | you spend here insures F3 nost quantity, the fullest u he values beyond com- m igate and see if this isn't H nbanks | mmnnnnmiiiiml