The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, January 24, 1917, Image 2
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The Pageland Journal
Published Wednesday Mornings
by The Journal Company v
C. M. Tucker, Editor ^
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Subscription Price - - $1.00 r
Entered as second-class mail a
matter at the ppst office at Page- P
land, S. C., finder Postal Act ^
' of March-3, lBf*.. 1
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January 24, 1917 c
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From the wording of a por* '
tion of Governor Manning's
message to the# Legislature, we 1
gather that he would rather See ^
a tax placed on all liquors ship- '
ped intp the State than to see a
law passed to prevent the ship ''
ment of liquor into South Caro- \
lina from*wet states. The sec- 1
tions to which we refer are print ]
ed below as clipped from the
x newspaper reports:
"Permit me to say. viewing ]
the accomplishments of the past 1
. . two years, we should, from ex
perience gained, strengthe *cer^ .
tain of these laws rather than ]
de%ta?ourselves to new and rad*
ical departures in legislation. 1
"The difficulties of strengthen
ing pur liquor laws have been in '
a large measure removed by the ;
recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, sus
taining the constitutionality of
the Webb-Ken von law. This
decision is a great victory for
law enforcement. It permits
the State to prohibit receipt, pos
session, sale and use of intoxica
, ting liquor. The State is not
hampered by agencies of inter
state commerce acting as bartenders
to bring liquor into the
State. If liquor is imported into
the State, it can iqrtaAe a tax on
such imporJitioriUri his tax
. would defray the expenses of
^ enforcement of the law."
In other words, the governor
would allow the shipment of
liquor into the State but would
collect enough tax on it in advance
to pay for the deviltry it
. will almost certainly cause. - He
virtually admits that the shipment
of liquor wiH call for greater
expenditures for law enforcement.
Charge a man a license
for the privile'ge of getting the
stuft which will make him n law
breaker. Charge a man in ad
vance for meanness you expect
him to do. Why not stop the
shipment entirely, and preclude
the necessity for law pnfnrrp.
ment against those who commit
crimes because the State permits
them to order alcohol from wet
States? The governor admits
that, the way is clear tor legisla
tion to prevent the shipment of
liquor into South Carolina, but
he fails to take a de<?ided stand.
A clear cut message from liiin
would have gone a long wuv ,
toward getting the matter
squarely before the legislature.
He appears in the light of one
unwilling to shoulder the respom '
sibility. We think less of him
than we did before.
Two Irishmen, neighbors, had
long been at loggerheads. At
last Mulligan thought it time to
alter things. So he app^>ached
O'Flaherty, holding out the right
hand of fellowship.
"What's the use," said he, uav J
two intiTligent men going on
year after year like wild animals .
ready to fight each other? Here
we live side by side and sure, y
'tis a shame we are acting like a
r . pair av boobies. Will yez shake V
,? hands and make friends?"
O'Flaherty promplv accepted !
the advance, and the year old
strife was at an end. .
Presently, after a short silence a
Mulligan looked at O'Flaherty's
thoughtful face and asked seri
ously:
"WtlQ? nr.. '?- lUI-l.!-!
n.c iimiKin anout j n
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"Oi'm thinkin' the same thinjr h
that vou are," was the guarded h
reply. . - k
Mulligan clenched his brawny
fis? and%truck a fighting aliunde. ?
r ' "So ye're startin' again, are h
yez?" he roared angrily. s?
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White Man Found Dead
in Barn
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.Mr. Torn Walters, a young
vhite man about 21 years old
a the employ of Mungo Bros,
vas found dead in th^ passage
vay at their stables here Sunday
norning about "nine o'clock by
i couple of citizens as they wfere
>assing. The body was lying
lireclly under the large opening
n the loft, and it seemed almost
certain the young man had fallen
the distance of thirteen feet
rom the loft to the-hard ground,
litis meeting instant .death,
rhere was a piece of broken
alank lying near the body
which had been broken from
above.
A coroner's inquest was held
about nodn Sunday. After examining
several witnesses, the
ury rendered a verdict that
[he deceased came to his death
from an accidental fall from the
barn. Dr. Duncan made a cursory
examination of the body
and gave it as his opinion that
the young man's neck was
broken and that there w#s an
internal fracture of the skull,
which caused the bleeding at
the nose ana ears. *
Later in the *lay it was report
ed that a negro woman, Hattie
Henry, and a negro man, Eugene
Stack, had passed the barn between
ten and eleven o'clock
Saturday night and that they
saw several men in the barn.
It was claimed that there was
a row going on. and that these
negroes hid on the opposite side
of the street and remained there
until it was over. This report
led to suspicions of foul play,
and an investigation was started
by Magistrate Rodgers and Po
Iiceman Gregory. Stack was
locked up and held until Monday
afternoon. He at first denied
even being with this woman,
but later admitted this but
denied knowing anything about
a row at the stables.
Mr. Dock Walters, father oi
the dead man, was not satisfied
with the examination, so Drs,
Duncan^and En banks wer?4Mled,
and they made a thorough
examination of the body at the
home of Mr. B. R, Price 2 miles
north of Pageland where it had
been carried Sunday afternoon.
Uodn thorough examination
they found that the neck was
notbroken and that there was
little evidence o"fc a hard blow
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?/u iiic licuu. i ne nruises on
the side of the face and head
were slight, and the, conclusion
was reached that the man caught
on his feet and that the jar ruptured
blood vessels in the back
of the head, which would cause
him to fall to the ground. It
Was stated also that death might
not have been instantaneous, but
that he might have lived an hohr
or more, thus accounting for the
two puddles of h ood on the
the ground.
There seems to be unanimous
agreement that the man fell from
the loft of the barn.- -But as to
the cause of Ins falling there are
many opinions and in the minds
Df many there will remain a
av. sterv concerning the deathMr.
G. C. Mungo states that
hoy closed up before dark Satnday
night. Mr. Walters was
ieen by a number of people, and
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en o'clock Saturday night. He
lid not go to his boarding place
iowever.%
Mr. Walters is well spoken of,
>eing a splendid worker. He
vas a son of Mr. Dock Walters
)f ftuford township, and a neph
;w of Messrs.^. R. and J. H.
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'rice.
l ne tiodv. was burietf Monday
ifiernoon at Bulah church. !
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Accident Victim Buried ]
Monroe, Jan. 19.?The re |
nains of W H. Griffin came to
*eachland today where he was
mried. The, voting man lost
is life in Philiuelphivi, bein^
illed by a train, the particulars
f which were not obtainable
ere. Mr. Griffin was a prapd
on of the late J. H. Griffin.
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1 FINAL NOTICE |
- To thoss who owe us.^We-are g^ing out of &
the mercantile business ancl must ask that you come
in and pay,up. We Have tried to be as lenient as- 2
l we could. Now we must make a division and we
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i ? ficer. And we will not if you treat us right. But
g remember we must close up someway. J
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