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THE PAGELAND JOURNAL Vol.7 NO. 15 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1917 $1.00 per year ? ? . _ J i " Mr. Henry C. Niven Killed Monroe Enquirer Mr. Henry Clay Niven, aged nineteen years and a son of County Commissioner I* M. Niven, of Waxhaw, received injuries in an automobile accident Christmas day from which he died yesterday afternoon in a hospital in Charlotte. Mr. Niven and several other young men were riding in a large touring car. They went out from Waxhaw to Pleasant VqIIOV Q P on/4 n* . w.vt< v_?. auu at x icasaui Valley the car skidded, throwing Mr. Niven and Mr. Lee Haigler, who were sitting on the adjustable seats, out of the car and against a telephone post. Both young men's heads struck the post. Mr. Niven's mouth struck the post with such force *hat some of his teeth were lett sticking in the wood. He was badly bruised and crushed and was unconscious from the time he hit the post. Mr. Haigler es caped with a broken jaw bone and slight bruises on the head. None of the other occupants of the car were injured. The injured men were taken to a hospital in Charlotte immediately after they were hurt. Henry C. Niven was a popular young man' and was bright and full of life and vigor. He was a student in Weaver College and just a few days before his death he had returned to^his home to spend the holidays. Mr. Rockefeller's Venus Did you receive a Christmas cara irom jonn D. Rockefeller? If so, you saw a picture of his new Venus, recently discovered MnMBBBoreuce. itolv, and *; to America by Mr. Rockefeller. It has been set up ip a~ temple near his residence at Pocantico Hills, New York, and a photograph of it has been used on his personal Christmas card this year. Pictures of the statue have been jealously guarded from publication, but three views ap pear in Harper's Bazar for Januarv, which has just reached us The statue is made of marble quarried near Athens in Greece; the same marble used by the SCfllotors Phidias and Pravitnlne Everyone interested in art should see these exclusive pictures of the world's newest art treasure. Monroe Man Was Infected by Needle Monroe, Dec. 28.?Vernon Lockhart was taken to a hospit al in Charlotte last night for treatment for blood poison. Several days ago Mr. Lockhart opened a small boil in his nose with a needle and it became in fected and his condition now is precarious. He is one of the most substantial citizens of the county and a large land holder. His multitude of friends have grave apprehension as to his condition. At a prayer meeting held in A? ? 1 ine oacKwooas lesumomes were I requested, and a very old woman I tottered to lier feet. "I want to tell this blessed company," her voice quavered, "that I have rhcumatiz in my back, an1 rhcumatiz in my shoulders, an* rheumatiz in my lees, an* rheumatiz in my arms, but I have been upheld and comforted by the beautiful Bible verse; 'Grin and bear it.**' Caller: Nellie, is your mother in? Nellie: No, mother is out shopping. Caller: When will she return? Nellie (loudly): Mother, what phgll I say now? / A Quiet Christmas Chesterfield Advertiser. There were a lot of thirsty ?eople in Chesterfield on Christnas day. There were 175 cases >f thirst-quencher locked up in tie express office. There were Auto Tiros Bong Made in Charlotte C The first product of the J. & D. Tire and Rubber Company, p a Charlotte corporation, and the r first automobile tire to be made 0 in this city, is now on exhibition ^ in the Buick sales rooms on West Trade street. This marks a the beginning of a new industry ^ in this city, it being that empha- p sizes Charlotte as the auto^p v y bear the stamp "Manufactured 0 in Charlotte, N. C.. U. S. A." ti The rubber from which the S tires are made comes directly to ji this city from the Amazon Val- s< ley, in Brazil. After the rubber v reaches this city it is treated in n a scientific manner until it fi- c nally is ready to be put into the tire. A piece of the rubber, in C the crude state, is now on exhi- 1 bition in the sales rooms of the c Buick Company. a The evolution of a "biscuit** n of rubber, as it comes from Para v until it is turned out a "Made in P Charlotte, N. C., U. S. A.,** tire, a is a most fascinating story. It is first washed, then dried, then c mixed with toughening pig- ^ ments, next rolled into thick s sheets and aged, calendared and c rolled into uniform sheets of a 0 desired thickness. Then comes the "building process and last, P but by no means least, the finishing process, selection of fabric, a most important essential, i anH tVla annl!/M*!nn ? IUV uypilVOUVIU U1 llie ^U111, V and the testing:, to guarantee g mileage to each individual unit, b The Charlotte plant of the J. a & D. Tire and Rubber Company ^ investment qi'JB approximately *$500,000 by the time the plant is finished* It *] will have a capacity of 500 tires s daily, and the product will be t] distributed throughout the coun- t< try.?Charlotte Observer. Who Would Watch the Guard? b Monroe Journal. U "In the old times when the tl old settlers all had big orchards f< and some brandy each year, my v father always had two or three t< barrels setting in his smoke l< house from one years end till I the other, and he never had a lock on his smokehouse door.'* Think of a smokehouse stand li ing around these days with two y barrels of brandy in it and no n lock on the door! Why a man it would not only have to have a 1 lock on the door but he would fl have to have a guard standing a bv it with a musket, a bayonet ii and a two edged sword. r< Holiday Visitors from Pageland d to Other Points o Miss Alice Threatt in Ala- J bama. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Usher in b Florida. e Mr. and Mrs. H. V. MuagfrL* and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. in Monroe and Charlotte. . Mr. S. A. Sellers at his old j81 home near Ruby. |" Mr. L. !. Watford and family and Mr. G. D. Sanders at Lydia. Miss Nell Funderburk at Char " lotte. ? Mrs. A. M, Simpson at Ham- " let. A judge was lunching one si very hot day when a politician p paused beside his table and re- si marked: "Judge, I see you're h drinking coffee. That's a heat- tl ing drink. In this weather you tl should drink iced drinks?some I thing sharp and iced. Did you tl ever try the combination of gin s< and ginger ale?" k "No," smiled the judge; "but d I've tried several fellows who have." ' v Uncle Philip's HoteUWill Not Burn Cheraw Chronicle. The fire company was called out on Saturday night and again on Christmas day. The call Saturday night was from the old Cheraw hotel. A small blaze caused by a defective flue was the cause. Very little damage it had to burn. Actually citizens of the town have stood by with absolutely nothing to fight the fire with and watch a big blaze on the top grow smaller pproximately 175 men on the eels of Mr. L. M. Stanley, deragedy. But do you think Mr. tanley cared? Not a bit. He ust said "Rules is rules." And o it came about that this was a ery quiet, a very sober Christlas and not anjarrest'was made. !heraw Chronicle. Christmas was observed in heraw in an orderly manner, "here was not a single intoxi ated person seen'on Jthe'streets nd there was absolutely no leed for a police force. There vas considerable noise from exiloding firecrackers, torpedoes nd other generators of din, but tie people ot Cheraw were bent >n a law-abiding obserance of he great Christian festival. And o far as the weather was conerned, the day was an ideal ne. forth Carolina Legislature Meets Today Raleigh, Dec. 27.?The 1917 legislature convenes] just one veek from today and there is a eneral quickening of pace' lereabouts in preparation (or.its' dvent. The members will all! p on hand Tuesday fnr ? N?i* >ry- Wj>h'IC1'5DC68 tarty caucused that will meet on ruesday night to agree on the peaker and other officers for he House and the presideht pro em and officers of the Senate. The fact is the leaders from arious sections of the State will tegin to arrive as early as Sntirday and Sunday, especially hose interested in the contest or speaker of the House in vhich the race is between Waler Murphy, of Salisbury; Galstin Roberts, of Asheville and fenry A. Page of Aberdeen. A clergyman of a small town a Ohio happened to tell bis oung son one Saturday after oon what lessop be would read a church the next morning, "he bov got hold of his father's !ible, found the lesson's place, nd pasted together the connectag pages. In consequence the clergyman sad to his flock the following ay: "When Noah was 120 years Id he took unto himself a wife, dio was"?he turned the page? 140 cubits long, 40 cubits wide, uilt of gopher wood, and covred with pitch in and out." le congregation and said: "My friends,! this is the first mp I pvor roarl t?. ? ^ * vt vs i vau mai 111 1UC 1JI le, but I accept it as evidence f the assertion that we are fearilly and wonertully made." The voung teacher had been tudying the wind all week?its ower, effects, etc.?until the j Libject had been pretty well ex austed. To stimulate interest le teacher said, in her most en lusiastic manner: "Children, as came to school today in the olley car the door opened and Dmething came softly in and issed me on the cheek. What o you think it was?" And the children joyfully ans /ered: 'The conductor!" k and smaller until it went completely out. The fire on Christ mas day damaged a small pile of boards at the box factory. . There i$ a little matter that Some of our adverti$er$ and SubScriberS have Seemingly forgotten. To uS it iS an important matter?iS neceSSary in our bu$ineS$. We are very modeSt and don't wi$h to Speak about it. Columbia Gets Federal Farm . Loan Bank Washington, Dec. 27.?Twelve cities in which are to be located the federal farm loan banks were announced today by the farm loan boards, and it is expected that within sixty days the new system will be in operation, ready to make the loans for which applications already are ippuringjp from every section of Ptfie couptry* ^ ~ A : tLJ.^ Do you honestly want to stop drinking. Then read an article on liquor by Booth Tarkington | in the January American Magazine in which he writes about a man who says: "They tell me there are dipsomaniacs, and there may be some abnormal people who can't turn the trick; but I almost doubt it. And I don't believe there's the slightest question of will power. Never for one second did I consciously exert my will, there wasn't anything real to exert it against. I didn't say to myself, 'I will,' or 4I won't.' I said, 'I've had my lvist,' and knew that it was true. It didn't take the will power, or the strength of a caternillfir Tt Hifln't folro anu T just rested a little, got my head clear, and I saw that I preferred a real life, however little comedy I found in it, to a drugged one. And, also, I preierred not to be a soggy thing, myself. Finding out that preference was important. ! "After all, a miracle is only Nature doing something we've learned to expect her not to do; and my miracle is one that will happen to any cither man whtfll Mv weeks iii fced With nobody about except a servant to bring beeftea and toast. Simple enough, isn't it? It was Christmas week and the car was crowded to its limit. "Here, you!" bawled the conductor angrily. "You rang up a fare!" The little man, jammed in the middle of the crowded car, at once rang up another fare. Thereupon the conductor stop ped the car, forced his way through the jam, and orojected the offender through the crowd and to the edge of the platform. "Thanks," said the little man; "here's your dime. I didn't see any other way to get through that crowd." i Frank Wilks, Jr., Has Narrow Escape Near Patrick Patrick, Dec. 22.?Frank Wilk? Jr., came very near losing hii life by drowning Thursday after noon at Ingraham's mill, twi miles north of Patrick. It ii supposed that he was hunting a1 he was seen by W. A. Teal wit! on the dam, but in a fev M Mr, Teal missed hin sfeing some disturbance ti the water gave the alarm am Hugh James who ha? charge o the mill secured a hook attachec to a pole and succeeded in get ting him ashore. He was takei home and Dr. J. M, Earle wai called who reports he will have no bad effects unless pneumonis should result from the drench ing. Runnics a "Saloon" at Home For the married man who can not get along without drink, the following is suggested as s means of freedom from bondage to the saloon: Start a saloon in your owi house. Be the only customei (you'll have no license to pay) Give your wife $2 to buy i gallon of whiskey, and remem ber there are sixty-nine drink: in a gallon. Buy your drink: from no one but your wife, anc by the time the first gallon i: gone she will have $8 to put in to the bank and two dollars tc start business again. Shoulc you live ten years and continue bury you decently, educate youi children, buy a house and lot marry a decent man, and qui thinking about you entirely. Car Ditched at Monroe Monroe Journal. A car, owned and driven bj Mr. Charley Winchester, wai A* A - - * aiicnea yesieraay atternoon 01 the curve just outside the towr limits on the old Waxhaw road and Mr. "Coon" McCorkle, on< of the passengers, was badl} hurt about the head. One o the front wheels of the cai struck a wagon just at the curve causing it to be overthrown Mr. McCorkle was in the reai seat, and it is supposed that hi: head came in contact with i rock, or some other blunt instru ment. Twenty stitches were re quired to sew up the wound The car was only slighth damaged. A congressman sent free seeds to a constitnent in a franked en vclope on the corner of which were the usual words: Penalty for private use, $300." A few days later he received|a let [er which read: <f don't know what to dojabout those garden seeds you sent me. I notice it is $300 fine for private use. I don't want to use them tor the public. I want to plant them in my private garden. 1 can't afford to pay $300 for the privilege. Won't you see if you can fix it so I can use them privately. A pleasant lady customer was looking at teakettles. The patient clerk handed down large teakettles and small teakettles, aluminum, porcelain and copper Finally the pleasant customer said: "Well, thank you very much. 1 was just looking for a friend." "Wait," said the patient clerk, uv* ? ? Mere is one more, Perhaps you will find your friend in this one." r Quiet Christmas and Good Business at Jefferson t Jefferson, S. C., Dec. 29.?We 5 had a glorious time in Jefferson . during the Christmas holidays. ) The following young folks came home from their respect5 ive schools to spend Christmas: 5 Miss May Miller, Cox College. i Miss May McMillan, Rock Hill; f Miss Mollie Raley, North Auj gusta; Mr. Elmer White, Citadel; 5 Mr. Wilbur White, Wofford; Mr. Arthur Holley, Clemson. Mr. Clyde Lovvry while mak* ing his round on R. F. D. No. 4 1 had a runaway and was right . badly bruised up. j Mr. C. H. Lowrv has leturned home after spending a few days in Charlotte on business. 5 Mr. A. M. Sellers lost a good i mule last week, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baker have remodeled their dwelling which is quite an improvement to the aooeamnrp nf thr?ir V> t w-. AlV/lUC* Rev. J. A. White has purchased a large touring car. * Mr. W. B. Threatt of Kershaw i came over to visit relatives. 5 Mr. Lapsley White is visiting his father and mother in town. Mr. and Mrs. Hill White of Columbia came over and spent r a few days here. Mr. Wayland Ralev came i home tor Christmas. He has - been away down in South Amer5 ica for several months, s The Sunday school exercises I at the Baptist church last Sun? day morning were something great for the children. All re) ceived presents. Mr. R. L. Hor1 ton acted as Santa Clans. i Mr. W. B. Gav and ta'^'v of i JHartsylle spent a few d? r and daughter have just returned , from Rock Hill, t Miss Emma Pate, of Lucknow is visiting Miss Pearle Raley, Messrs. C. A. Baker, Clvde Miller, Clayton Nicholson and Roland Gardner motored to Kerj shaw and Lancaster last Sunday s evening. i Mr. Charlie Jenkins is very i feeble now. He has been sick ?i. - f IU1 OCVCItfl >VCCKS, > Mr. Faulkenberry, who has r been managing the farm for Mr. * f Bill U. Clyburn on his Brewer r mine lands near Jefferson, died ; yesterday of pneumonia. Mr. . Faulkenberry was a splendid r man, and was well liked by 5 those who knew him. i Mr. Charlie Kirkley and Miss Beulah Sutton were married at . Jefferson December 24. Also . Mr, Garfield Boatwright and r Miss Daisy Sullivan, Mr. D. L. Blackwell officiating, Mr. J. S. Railings and famiiy ; are here tnis week visiiiwg rela tives. They are from Orangei burg, S. C. Mr. Hamp Burch and family of l Ruby are visiting relatives in Jefferson. I am glad to report that our people acted very nicely during the holidays. There were very i few drunkards on the street, not i many profane swearers and none who seemed to be in a fighting [ mood. Our merchants had good i sales everyday, reducing their stocks of goods to such degree that new goods must be brought in by the car load to make the stores look just right again, i Look out for winter during the next two months, i G. ) Noticing a pile of magazines and papers on the floor, a caller - remarked to the maid, "Major i Wye is quite literary, isn't he?" "Yas, ma'am," replied the . maid, "he sho' am littery. Why, he jes' littahs things all over dis 1 yere house."