The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, December 20, 1916, Image 2
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Vol.7 NO. 14
Anti-Liquor Bills Flood Two
Houses of Congress
Washington, Dec. 15.?Legis
lative measures aimed at destruction
of the liquor traffic continue
to accumulate in Congress as
both houses are deluged witl*
petitions from all
of othe?anti-liquor measures in
-jogmiufacture and sale
of liquor in the District of Col
umbia.
The House Postoffice Committee
opened the door to an^ 1
? 1 t ? ?
umei puase 01 me proDiem IOday
in reporting: favorably a bill
designed to close the mails ab
solutely to advertising of any intoxicating
liquors and to deny
mail order houses the right to
go into either "wet or dry" territory
to solicit sales through the
medium of the mails.
No move was made during
the day by prohibition leaders
in the House regarding the constitutional
amendment reported
yesterday from the judiciary
committee, but Representative
Webb, chairman o??the committee
plans to ask the rules committee,
for a special rule to
< got the resolution before the
HnilCP crtpn oftnr tlio Krvlirln.-r.
U?v. ."V, uuuuaji),
The consensus of opinion in the
House seemfed to be that the
resolution cannot get the necessary
two-thirds majority in the
Sixiy-fourth Congress. Even
Representative Webb is not sanguine
of the success now, but he
is confident that the amendment
will receive more votes than it
did in the last Congress when it
had thirteen votes more than a
majority. By the time the next
Congress has considered the is
sue, he believes the victory can
be won.
Bloodhound at Cheraw
Policeman Jacobs has bought
? U1 II 1 '?M_ 1
u uiuuuiiuuuu. I ue UOg IS it
fine specimen und is said to be
well trained. Hereafter there
need be no long wait for the
dogs to be brought from Colum
bia or other points to run down
law-breakers.?Cheraw Chronicle.
The busy old lady was calling
ing at the wounded soldier's
home. "How did it happen,
William?" she inquired,
"Shell, mum."
"A shell? Dear me. Did it explode?"
"Explode, mum?" replied William
wearilv. "Oh, I wouldn't
say that, mum. It just crept up
quietly be'ind me?and bit inc."
Everyone could see that they
were Newlvwcds, and as they
sat at adjoining desks in the big
hotel and wrote post cards to all
their friends anil relatives their
lovey-dove> questions and ans
wers provoked an old gentleman
near by almost to apoplexy.
Soon the bridegroom left the
room. Unaware that she had
been deserted, the little bride got
stuck on a word and asked:
"How do you spell Cincinnati,
honey," she asked.
"C i n c-i-n n-a t-i h o n c v," re
sponded the grouch. x
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Germany Offers to Make
Peace
New York, Dec. 13.?It was
learned in this country yesterday ,
that Germany had submitted (
certain terms of peace and while
no official account of these
Jferms have been received vet,
jjjfl|j^pllowing, it is claimed this
fifcmng, is the substance of the i
jffoposals made to the Allies by
Germany:
for the complete restoration
of Belgium.
For the evacuatfon by Germany
of all territory captured in
Northern France during the
progress of the war.
For the establishment of Poland
and Lithuania as independent
kingdoms.
rur me reienuon. oif,berbia by '
Austria Hungary, aDd the restoration
to Bulgaria of|all territory
lost by that country in the sec
ond Balkan war.
For the restoration to Austria i
of territory captured by Italy in
the neighborhood of the Adriatic
sea.
For the restoration to Germany
of all her calonial possessions
in Africa, the far east and
other parts of the globe.
For the retention of Constantinople
by Turkey.
This information was obtained
today* ?from an untiuc?tionable
authority close to the German
embassy. ,
Accordingito'embassy officials
who have kept lully advised of
the situation, the terms laid
down represent ihe united power
of all the central powers and
were drawn up after full exchanges
of view between the
Teutonic capitals.
There's Hope for the One Horse
Farmer
"What hope is there for a
one horse farmer, if any?" asks
a reader. It all depends on the 1
kind of man he is. While having
only one work animal is a
handicap, there are worse. For
instance, we'd rather risk making
a paying crop with one I
mule on rich land tha.i to try it
on poor land with a dozen mules.
Peas, beans and the clovers can
be grown as well by the onehorse
farmer as by the larger,
and crop rotations that will
build uu the land are just as
easily possible with the same
fellow. Get out of the one horse
class as soon as you can, of
('Olirsi1! but ltl<? I
?... |>IV IIIVIV. II1CI lli.lt
vou are a one-horse farmer by
no means shuts the <ioor of hope.
One of the most successful farm
ers we know, a man rated at
$300,000. started thirty vears ago
with a single gray mare and an
unlimited supply ot spunk. Yes.
the one horse farmer has a
chance, and a good one.?Ex.
The tirst Christmas
was a jewelry
Christmas-A
Jewelry Christmas Vj
A. D. - 1
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AGFLA
.AND, S. C., WEDNESDAY
Line From McBee to Monroe
Will Be Built
Chester, Dec. 15.?It has been
officially learned from an official
high up in Seaboard Air
Line railway circles that the
new railroad surveyed from McBee
to Monroe, N. C., will begin
construction at an early date.
As is well known this line has
been run by surveyors several
times, and it is a fact that the
last line made will be the established
route.
It ic rplinhlv ctofo/l
vaaM^aj UltllWl 1 11 <1 I I 1 1
Seaboard will have a controlling
interest in this new line. Sever
al stations will be established on
this road. It will enter South
Carolina via Pageland. It is
understood that the road will be
under construction early in the
year. Work will probably be
started at McBee and Monroe
simultaneously in order to facil
itate the rapid construction of
the road, it is stated. The coun
try to be traversed by this new
South and North Carolina short
line is rich not only m farm
products, but timber as well, and
has long needed transportational
facilities.
Stop "Matching" for Drinks
Monroe Enquirer.
Down in Lumberton the officials
are trying to stamp out that
form of gambling?matching
coins for soft drinks, cigars,
cigarettes, etc. That species of
gambling is going on around
every soft drink fountain and
cigar stand the country over,
Vint n/u.iwli' ........... t
K/ui wv/i/uuj occuid iu puv any
attention to it. If a nigger shoots
craps he is up against it in the
courts, hut every day here and
in every town in this State gen
tlemen whose names are on
church rolls walk un and gamble
for drinks or cigars and
nothing is done about it, when
if a little nigger in the barn loft
stakes a nickle on a crap game
all the machinery of the law is
put in motion to arrest him, and
he is brought before the court
and is fined or sent to the chain
gang. It is just as much against
the law for the gentleman who
has his name on the church roll
and who stands in with the
preacher to match coins for soft
drinks and cigars as it is for the
nigger to stake his money on a
"skin" game, but at the hands of
the law the little nigger gets it
in the neck while the respectable
church man goes on his way
and nothing is said about his
gambling.
"-os ' s%?(
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r MORNING, DECEMBER 2C
Zeb Vance Fought Monroe <
Chinches
Monroe Journal. (
Bryan's visit to Monroe caused
an old timer to recall an in- <
teresting conversation he over- f
heard nearly fortv years ago be a
tween Zeb Vance and the late \
Bill Trctt, who kept the old ho c
tel which used to stand on the 1
entire site now occupied by the
Loan & Trust building. Vance N
had spent the nieht in the hotel. .
and on descending to the office
next morning, he was met with v
solicitous enquiries from his '
host regarding the manner in 1
which he slept during the night, g
"Didn't sleep much," respond- j
ed North Carolina's War Gov- .
ernor, who was always willing
and ready to tell some waggish *
tale. J
"What was the matter?" asked
his host in an an anxious tone. 1
"The chinch hugs were on a J1
raid in my loom," retaliated the
Governor, "1 fought them sin- .
g!e handed until midnight, when J
I went after some reinforce- f
menis. c 1 got a gallon of molass
es and poured it in a circle 1
around my bed. Thinking I 11
was iirmly entrenched from the *
enemy, I fell asleep. But along
about two o'clock in the morn- s
o
inp^ T was_ disturbed by them ?
agivifT They had out rnJBtuiv- ^
erei| me by climbing up the ^
walls and dropping on my bed
from the ceiling." J
Charged Against the Moon v
a
Below is a comment by Prof. -]
Massey in the Proprossivo r<irm_
? ? r
er with which a great many of v
our readers will not agree. Tell ^
Mr. Massey what you know e
about such matters: j
"'One of my neighbors says j
that if you kill hogs when the e
moon is increasing the meat will ^
not turn out as much lard as it
would if you kill on the decrease
of the moon. What do you
think?"
? -1 - ? " *
i i unnK mill it the hogs have |a
plenty of lat that no stage of the N
moon can rob them of any. c
The amount of lard depends en- 5
tirely on tlie condition of the 1
hog, and the state of the moon r
has nothing to do with it. Get !
the hogs into good condition 1
and kill them when the weather
suits, without any attention to 1
the moon, for if the fat is there,
the moon cannot make it any
less. The feeding has more to s
do with it than the moon It is ''
time thfr K the intelligent men
were getting rid of these old e
superstitions
"AMD THE WISE MEN s
PRE^NTED INTO HIM *
h GIFTS OF GOLD" s
MATT. 2-11- tl
^ A Jewelry Christmas ^
A. D. -- 1916
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ItllV I MOM H. It. Ell BANKS.* j
>URNAl
>, 1916
3bserver Building at Charlotte
Rum*
Charlotte Observer.
Fire of unknown origin visitxiThe
Observer Building at
>:30 o'clock Saturday morning
vith the result that the greater
>art of the plant of The Observ;r
Printing tiouse was completey
destroyed and the property of
The Charlotte Daily Observer
vas so seriously damaged, chiefy
by water, that for the coming
veek the paper will be issued
rom the presses of The Charotte
News, President and Gen:ral
Manager W. C. Dowd hav
ng very generously tendered
he use of his plant pending the
ime when The Observer will
>e able to restore its equipment,
t is hoped that this will be byhe
latter part of the week, everv
neans having been invoked to
lasten the time to the end that
)bserver readers may suffer
ust as slight inconveniences as
>ossible.
The fire was discovered dur
tig the early hours Saturday
rtorning in the rear section of
he third floor of The Observer
milding, this being the five
torv structure behind the Oberver
building proper, in which
lepartmentst^r,fi^^cfiaT^?
)aily Observer and The Observer
Printing House. Harold
^ewis, a 12 year-old carrier boy
vas the first to detect the blaze
ind he quickly gave the alarm.
Hie night shiftjin the composing
oora had just finished their
vork of getting ready for the
>ig Sunday issue and the city
idition of Saturday's paper had
ust been run off from the press
n the basement. Everything and
ivervbody were about ready to
:o home.
A Thought for the Week
Do not let us wait to be just
:nd pitiful or demonstrative tovard
those we love until they
>r we are struck down by illness
>r threatened with death. Life
s short, and we gave never too
nuch time for gladdening the
learts of those who are travel
ng the dark journey with us.
)h! be swift of love, make haste
o be kind ? Amiel.
Dear Santa Claus?I am a boy
ix years old. Please bring inc
i c ip, canny and some fruit.
<emember sister and little brotlir.
Merry Christmas to you
James Lee Baker.
Jefferson, R. 1.
Jim Smith was notoriously
low pa3*. He owed quite a bill
it the grocery for pork. One
lay, as his credit was becoming
trained, he walked calmly into
lie grocery and said: Mr. Black,
want to pay you for the pork I
lave had, and I want some
aore."
l?rtQinl V coirl flan J
v/viihii M*J 1 OU1U (1IU UCIl^lllt'U
roprietor; as he hastened to
/ait on his customer.
Taking the package of pork,
im Smith started to go.
"Wait a minute," said the prorietor
"I thought you wanted
3 pay for the pork."
"I do," remarked Jim, as he
zsunied his homeward wa\<
>ut I can't."?Ex.
$1.00 per year
Peace Note Fixes Terms Say
Teuton Diplomat!-t
Rorlin r>??r" 17 \-i i v , . . .
"Some sections of the en
press and especiallv now 1
in hostile countries," sa\ th
Overseas News Agencv,
ins declared that the <
Powers ought to have
definite peace proposals to !'.<
peace offer, the Oversi :s .\< <
cy asked a distinguis e.\! ?; n u<
diplomatist for his opinio : <>
this point. His answer v. a
"'The German note linn--,
Governments contains i vet
definite communication roil
spirit of the peace condition
which the Central Powers won: !
bring to the propose negotiation-.
"'The Central Powers base
these proposals on the conviction
that their own rights and
just claims today are not in con
tridiction to the rights of otliei
Nations. In addition, the ( en
tral Powers declare the\ do not
want to annihilate or destroy
anybody and that the peace pro
posals will be of such a nature
as to guarantee the establishment
of a lasting peace.
Mr Taylor Building at Mt. Croghan
Mt. Croghan, December IS.
^od}S is
especially the sm;rTl children, all
of whom are looking for Santa
Claus.
The ovster supper at the
school building rccenth w.is
fine, nineteen dollars being raised
for the school.
Mr. J. O. Taylor is building a
fine brick building near the
corner, and it will help the looks
of Mt. Croghan vers much.
The Mt. Croghan boys and
girls are beginning to ;ii ri \?
home from college to ^p -ml the
holidays.
Mr. Arthur Crowley who has
been in the navy returned lumu
several davs ago.
Miss Bessie Cadd\
teacher, and she is a go .
She tries to treat ail a
all like her because ^
kind.
Abe .111*1 iahHe
was scorching ti on
country at a mile a im
Round a bend in 111* : ?.
sped straight into a l?u.
fowls?and a ten inu a
told him that som.
wrong. lie pulled
glanced back. I wo
dead in the toad, tw < nth. :
were fleeing, scpiaw l.in
home, and a bin l\ m.,11 ;n ovn
alls was striding tow aid t
automobile.
" That'll be twelw doiln
lb ?...
....VV uvdlliu ll|'IV ( I I * ' | III*. 1 Ml1,
said the man.
"Four!" gasped the mult>
"But I killed onl\ t\\<>
"That's ri^lu," agieed the
owner; "hut them oihei two w A
never lay a blessed e;;;; .tin i
this."
"I'm sorry," said the moton>t
as he handed <?\ <-i the mem
"Due to the triehi I ciimhhc..
The countryman shook his
head as he pushed ihe hills min
his pocket and started a\va\
"Partly fright," he agreed slow
lv, "hut maitilv it's h? i uis? 11m >
ain't liens!"