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THE PAGELAND JOURNAL Vol.7 NO. 12 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1916 $1>00 per year z?z z z zz iz i z zz ? i? ' Boy Shoots a Sister Dead Near i Monroe Monroe, Dec. 1.?One of the most tragic affairs reported here in years was that which occurred yesterday on the Medlin road, four miles from town when Jamie Aycock, the eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Aycock, was instantly killed in her home bv the accidental * discharge of a shotgun in the hands of her brother, a boy of seven. Eleven shots also entered the neck of the boy's two months old brother in a crib nearby ana two shots entered the hand of the boy's mother. The bov had taken the shotgun from the rack in the house not knowing that it had been loaded the night before by his older brother to kill a dog that had been bothering the neighbors. The gun was discharged when the hammer hit against the door. Burial was in Macedonia today. Villa Flees As Federal Troops Take Chihuahua Jaurez, Mexico, Dec. 3.?Gen. Carlos Ozuna entered Chihuahua City from the north at 7 o'clock last night, according to a telegram received bv General Gonzales, brigade commander. The message was from General Ozuna and was dated Chihuahua City. It was officially announced at military headquarters today that the Carranza forces have reoccupied the city. The telegraph communications with Chihuahua City over the Feder-i I? hi une nas oeen reestablished. General Gonzales was preparing to leave late today lor Cbi ? Uuab wrtb' a large eotrr mand of Carranza troops. He said telegraphic communication has been restored south to Jimenez. Honor Roll Below is given a list of those who have paid during the past few days This is bv no means all who paid in advance, and does not includd 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 i*i - >uu nKe 10 nave your name among the others? Name Amount Paid to W. H. Ravfield 1.00 Nov. 17 T. W. Gaskins .25 Feb. 17 J. W. Griggs 2.65 Nov. 16 S. L. Funderburk 1.00 Jan. 18 Perry Mungo 1.75 Oct. 16 Gilbert Threatt 2.00 Mar. 16 R. B. Railings 1.00 Nov. 171 H. E. Mangum 1.00 Jan. 18 D. C. Lowry 1.00 Sept. 17 J Mrz. M. L. AHen i Go Nov. 171 Sam Turner 1.00 Jan. 18 U.F.Moore 1.00 Dec. 17 H. N. Askins 2.00 Mar. 17 Lex Watts 25 Feb. 171 R. D. Hicks 1.75 Nov. 17 13. S. Taylor " 1.00 Jan. 18 Miss Rebecca Key 1.00 Dec. 17 B. M. Rushing 1.40 Oct. 17 Miss Pearl Outen 2.80 Nov. 17 C. C. Kirklev 1.00 Jan. 17 R. B. May 3.65 Nov. 16 J. E. Allen 1.00 April 16 L. E. Blackmon 1.00 April 17 W. T. Arant 2.00 Dec. 17 H. W. Threat! 1.00 Nov. 17 L. B. Funderburk SO May 17 George Aidi iil^e 100 Nov. 17 C. C. Price 1.00 Mar.'17 J. E. King 1.00 Dec. 17 1'. R. Baker 1.00 Nov. 17 E. N. Clark 1.00 May 17 J. R. Cato 1,00 Dec. 16 A, F. Brewer 1.50 Dec. 17 ' Bruce Blakeney 1.00 Dec. 17 J. C. Allen 1,00 Aug. 17 R. L. Deason 1.00 Feb. 18 L. A Griffin 1.00 Nov 17 Mrs. Lee Seaman 1.00 Nov. 17 S. H. Laney 1.00 Jan. 18 S. W. Preslar 1.00 Mar. 17 * Danger Signal for Cotton C Farmers There was a notable warning sounded in last week's Progres c sive Farmer by one of America's v foremost authorities on business * v conditions. And his view, we fl believe, is the view of business a men generally?that a period of f hard times and possibly even of I panic is likely to mark the read justment to new conditions after s the European war ends. 1 Here is a warning we wish 2 every farmer in America could 1 hear and heed. Especially c should such a warning be an ef- 1 fectual answer to such advice as < Col. E. H. Green is .giving Tex- 1 as farmers?telling them to plant c the whole earth in cotton next c year and the fence corners ^ around it, and risk buying their 1 foodstuffs from other sections. f If there ever was a time when < the fanner should make "safety irioi tlio UlUllVi 111 UU91UC99, 111UI A time is now. The world can 1 get along better without clothes ^ for awhile than it can without foodstuffs and feedstuffs, and so whenever the crash comes, cot- > ton prices are likely to drop more quickly and to suffer long- s er than the prices of foods 1 and feeds. 1 Woe unto the farmer next fall j if he is forced to pay for every- 1 thing out of his cotton crop 3 when an over-production of that 1 crop and disturbed financial con- t ditions work together to force 1 down the price! Surely, we have t not so soon forgotten the lessons % of 1914! ? If "safety first** should now be \ the motto of business men gen- t ,et*Uy? ifj&hould VMI times mere emphatically be the motto of the < Southern cotton fanner.?Pro- 1 gressive Farmer. 1 r Printed Letter Pepar Pays 1 Suppose you are wanting hogs ( ! or chickens of snniP ngrttrnlor I breed. You look over the ads. 1 and write two parties who have 1 what you need, asking for prices, etc. * One answer comes written in lead pencil, on plain cheap pa- 1 per. The other man writes you ' on a neatly printed letter head, ( which gives the name of his1 f farm, shows cuts of the kind of ( stock he keeps, and looks business-like. Which letter appeals to you most? Which man Hr? im < - ~ f VU 1IIJ * mediately feel most inclined to i deal with? i Others will judge your letters. < Why not be up-to date, have a i suitable name for your farm, I neatly printed letter paper and < envelopes, and get business??Ex. < Monroe Has a New $25,000 t Corporation f Monroe, Nov. 30.?The In . vestment Corporation of Mon- 1 roe is a new enterprise incorpo- 5 rated by R, B. Redwine, S. O, 1 Blair and J. C. Sikes with a 1 capital stock of $25,000. A large ! farm estate in Butord Township has already been purchased and . other holdings will follow A 1 live activity is predicted for the 1 new concern. \ _____ A Auto Turns Turtle At Wades- < boro Wadesboro, Nov. 30.?Thanksgiving: Day was celebrated here \ in a very quiet way. Most of the churches held special ser vices and all the business concerns observed holiday. ! An automobile being driven * by Mr. Ingram, chauffer for Hin- J son's garage, turned turtle on ^ Green street, damaging the ma- t chine considerably, but without r injury to the occupants. t Z. M. Gregory Resigns at Ker- C shaw It gives us pleasure always to ommend efficient public ser- ra rice. It will be noticed in the ?n ?ra K day that C. M. Gregory, vho has been Kershaw's vigilant r md efficient chief of police for A ibout tvyo years has resigned fa rom the force. The duties of a m >oliceman are most arduous and ixacting; particularly in the mailer towns, where the relatonships between all the citi ** ens become so cordial and inti nate that friendship between k< >fficer and people is sometimes >resumed upon. But it is to the a; :redit of Mr, Gregory that noth- bi ng swerved him from his con 01 option of dutv, and he made no M listinctions in discharge of it. rt ^nd having the firm backing o( V he city council, he maintained ai jood order and security for the "*.1 citizens.?Kershaw Era. b Mr. Gregory was policeman at 'ageland for several months be- fi ore going to Kershaw, and is sc veil known here.?The Journal, jft " * o Jesse Price Pardoned ' iVadcsboro M. 8c I. Governor Craig on Monday ligned a pardon for Jesse A. ci 3nce, who, at the September, o [911, term of court was found tr ruilty of the murder of Lester it [lushing and sentenced to seven $\ ^ears on the chaingang. Price h iad served four years six months C ind ten days of his term when ti le was released Tuesday. His ai irother, Robert E. Price, who tl vas also convicted of murder V ind sentenced to three years, vas pardoned on account of his jc lealth after serving a short time, b Tbft killing id in the fight which Jesse and ]T\ Robert Price had with Lester!h [lushing and his brother Tom. o rom Rushing was also wounded, s1 )ut not seriously. The killing o occurred on October the 17th, ii 1910, and the Prices were con- p /icted at the September, 1911, a ;erm of court. They appealed, ii >ut their sentences were affirm- g id by the supreme court. c Jesse Price has made a model p prisoner, and all those who were b horoughly conversant with the \ :ircumstances of the killing are a satisfied that he has been ade- t< luately punished. tl ?? Z Measuring Coin in the Crib r, To find the number of bushels ^ >f unshucked corn in the crib n nultiply the lengtn of the crib t? n inches by the breadth in inch- f is and the Droduet hv th#? li*?iorV?t 1S n inches, divide this product by n >,000 (the approximate number p if cubic inches in a bushel of e :orn in the shuck). The quo ei :ient thus obtained will represent p he number of bushels of un shucked corn. To find the number of bushels 1 f the corn is shucked but not T. shelled, divide the product of the ihree dimensions of the crib, ex- . pressed in inches, by 4,300 (the ! lumber of cubic inches in a 1 lus'nel of ear corn). p To find the number of bushels ^ f the corn is shelled, divide the , J A - - h ^ruuuci oi ine mree dimensions " :>f the crib, expressed in inches, lV J,150 (the approximate number n 3f cubic inches in a bushel of . shelled corn).?L. S. U. Press ,r Bulletin. p _ P Union County Hog Netted 475 " Pounds h Monroe, Nov. 30.?The largest r( >orker reported lor Union Coun- e! y so far for iliis season is the tj )ne by Jeff Starnes of Buford f, Township of a hog that netted $ 120 pounds in addition to 55 )Ounds of lard made from trimnings that did not enter into the w let weight. C lean Out Stumps, Briars, Bushes, Etc. Every stump left in the fields eans idle lands, more difficulty f< i cultivation, less opportunity tl use labor-saviner machinery, tl stumpy farm is an inefficient w rm. We well know that for ss tost farmers it is quite out of ai le question to remove all the is umps at once, but once remov- r< 1, a stump is gone for good, fi id, the job is one we should tl eep plugging at until it is done. Then this winter, if our lands c, re rolling, let's build some nice, ^ road terraces, 16 to 20 feet wide n which crops will grow, inead of the little razor-back ter- e ices that waste land and pro- tl ide a nursery for mean weeds h p.d bugs. Likewise, let's go tl Fter the patches of briars and a ushes. the clumps of saplings, d lat make ugly patches in our f< elds. Let's open up the land- v ;ape and farm real fields, in- n end of doing a patch-work sort c f business.?Ex. tl a Carranza a Broken Reed S< It is a keen-witted reader who a an take the knots and kinks out " f the Mexican war news and take a straight striiig of it, but a is easv enough to understand rhflt has been going on at Chi : uahua City, where the pride of 1J larranza's army has been put- n ng up a show of resistance ? gainst the bandit soldierly of " le gentlemanly Mr. Villa. Wien it became evident that P ilia was really after th?m the J! 'arranza warriors tv. eW down ^ir a l the vicinity of the American 1 order. They took possession r f the outgoing trains, a fighting, ? wearing, scrambling mob, bent n saving its own hide and leav- ^ ig the beleaguered town and its eople to their fate. The cow- ? rdly crowd arriving at Jaurez 1 comparative safety, could v ive but excited and terrified nc ? ount of what might have taken . lace at and around Chihuahua, 11 ut if they are to be believed, g rilla swept the opposing forces a way and took possession of the Jj >wn. But it is related that as le fleeing troops were about to n et away, a general in the Car- sl inza army pulled a number of v is craven officers from the train a nth the purpose of forcibly c iking them back to the ranks nd making them fight. If there a i any truth in this incident, it is r< iasonable to infer thnt nt Ipoci a n ortion of Carran/.a's army was P :ft to make a stand against the ? nemy and the evacuation of the a lace was no. :,uite so complete ^ s the deserting bunch of soldiers f1 ad represented. Enough truth, ,? owever, mav be sifted from the r< sports of the safty seeking sold ^ ?ry to indicate that Villa has ^ 'arranza on the run and that tere is but little in the way of g is complete conquest of that f articular section of Mexico. 15 le is no longer a hunted bandit, n ut is now the hunter of the ^ andit hunts. American relinee upon the Carranza Govern- ^ lent for border nroteetion hoc ^ , ;ceived a rude jolt. If Villa is ? iclined to renew his border de- ^ redations there is no visible op- a osition by Mexican authority. : he should become so trouble )me to American interests that is capture or killing shou'd be jgnrded as a necessity to the e dabhshment of peaceful condi- L ons, it is plain that this is a it nal job cut out for the United it tates soldiers. The United p tates may have to make good here Carran/.a has failed.? w 'harlotte Observer. o Dangers of he Road TheStatesville Landmark says: 44 The pedestrian who fares >rth on the public highways lese days had better not go on le highway at all but take to rood and field if he values his lfety. Death rides on the road t all hours and no pedestrian i safe on city street or country >ad unless he has a lookout ont and rear? and not even len." When Squire R. W. A Rogers ame up from Buford about venty-five years ago to attend le first good roads meeting ver held in Monroe, he came irough the woods and fields on orseback The deep mud of le road forced him to leave it lone. Roads are better these ays nnd it is not often necessary >r travelers to tura to the roods and fields on account of lud, but the better the roads beome the more dangerous do ley appear for foot travelers nd slow vehicles. There are [> manv pudden heads driving utomobiles that, as the Landlark says, everybody else is in anger. Automobile driving has peculiar effect on the drivers, .ven the most careful and loughtful and considerate mat ; likely to run too fast and to lake risks both for himself and thers. It is said that men looklg down from the top of a high uilding or the edge of a preci ice often feel the impulse to I'mp off and it is well known bat when one is standing by a ast moving train there is an uninder the wheels. Of course nen rarely do these things, but he impulse is there and has to >e overcome. Something like bis must operate on the man rivinor on ontnmnhiln D?.? ?t ? uu M U JL9 U I ourse the prudent man keeps lis wild impulses in hand. But vhen this impulse comes to the attle head, who ?s ungoverned ?y prudence and by considers ion for others, he throws on the as and hits only the high places, nd woe to any one who hap ens not to get out of his way. "he laws against stealing are ot made for the man who never teals, but for the rogues, So /e must find means of getting t the rattle heads who will not ontrol their jov riding instincts. Now, we are not making the rgument that the impulse above eferred to accounts for all the leanness of the road. Many ersons are naiurauy mean and verbearing and inconsiderate nd the automobile happens on/ to give them the better opoor jnit> to bring out the hog that j > in them. A real gentleman , -mains a gentleman even when j riving a machine, and as a car i ives a better chance to the hog > show himself it also gives the entleman an opportunity to , ontinue gentlemanly only there i a natural exhiliration which | lakes him overestimate or un erestimate the effect of his aeons. Hence, he must be doub , v careful, The way a man uses telephone has been thought to e a good index to his character, ut it does not compare with the . utomobile.?Monroe Journal. 'hild Found With Head Crush- , ed ] Wadesboro, Nov. 30.?Coron- i r R. B. Jones was called to ,ilesville on Sunday to hold an i iquest over the remains of an I lfant fhat was found in a cotton atch with its head crushed. 1 It was not definitely established ' whether the child was of white t r colored parentage. t Seven Negroes Held Cheraw, Nov. 30.?A eleven piece ot detective work was performed by Rural Policeman P. C. McLaurin of Cheraw, and W. J. Roart, chief of a detective agency of Charlotte, which resulted in rounding up and sending to jail for trial a gang of alleged thieves. The detectives iiron# rvr* ?V*/v ^ - * - 1 nvui wu me ^use uii v^ciooer it>, and in a month or little more they had bagged their game. A family of seven negro brothers and brothers-in law, it is charged, have been carrying on systematic stealing for a long time of cotton, cotton bagging, peas, hay, chickens, etc., the victims being J, A. Watson and sons, large planters near Cheraw. Five of the seven, Calvin Funderburk, Clarence Funderburk, Evander Chapman, Preacher Jackson and Dozier Wall, were sent up to general sessions court by Magistrate F. B. Evans, charged with grand larceny and conspiracy, and one, Toney Chapman, charged with arson, for the alleged burning of J. A. Watson's cotton house last August to cover his tracks. The Seventh negro in the gang is still at large. Found Snake in Apple Pee Dee Advocate. On Monday last a ladv in west Bennettsville ordered some apples from a store up town and when thev arrived she bit one and there in the open space in the apple lay an eight inch snake, I 2 * - ' uie size 01 a straw ana me color of lhe inside QfjbQ^PRki^hfi ^ was very mu^Wr?!iene^and " called two neighbor friends and phoned for Dr. Strauss, fearing a case of poisoning. The doctor examined the snake and the apple and told the ladv to calm her fears, there was no poison in the snake or apple. The snake died in a short while after exposure to the air and was thrown in the yard. The lady says she will bite no more apples. \7 HI - * ? " i es, worst ot All Bill Nye had the truth well told when he said: A man may use a wart on the back of his neck for a collar button; ride on the back coach of a railroad train to save interest on his money till the conductor gets arcund; stop his watch at night to save wear and tear; leave his "i" or "t" without a dot or cross to save ink; pasture his mother's grave to save corn; but a man of this sort is a gentleman and a gentleman compared to the fel low that will take a newspaper tWO Or three vpnrc nnrl mlion j M?1\* tfilVIA asked to pay for it puts it into the office and has it marked "refused."?Selected. In her draped and darkened tent the ameteur palmist was telling fortunes for the charity bazaar. "Ah," she said with slow im pressiveness to the fair maiden who impatiently awaited her fate. "I see by your hand that you are going to be married." "How wonderful!" breathed the client with a blush and a giggle. "And," went on the wise one, a note of acerbity creeping into her voice, "I see the happy one is to be Mr. Binks." "But surely," demurred the maid, "you cannot read that from the lines in my hand." "Lines nothing!" exclaimed [he sybil with sudden scorn. 'You are wearing the ring I reurned to Mr. Binks three weeks igo."