The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, February 07, 1917, Image 2
Tla i agefand Journal
PublM.ed Wednesday Mornings
b.\ The Journal Company
C. M. Tucker, Editor
Subscription Price - - 51.00
Entered as second-class mail
matter at the post otfice at Pageland,
S. C., under Postal Act
of March 3, 1879.
February 7, 1917
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Diplomatic relations between
the United States and Germany
have been broken off. but at the
time this is written no news of
actual hostilities has been received.
It would seem that
Germany hesitates before actually
bringing on a condition of
war, and the United States
holds her breath, so to speak,
while waiting to see what Ger
many will do. Up to this time
no news has come of the sinkof
American vessels and there
is still the tiniest hope that
somehow actual warfare may be
avoided. This chance however
is so slim that before these
words are printed there may
come the report of some act
that will force the United States
to fight.
Just what part this nation
would play in the war is a
matter of much conjecture.
There are many who see noth
ing that can be done except to
guard ovir ports and help
England with the naval problems.
With this view the writer
does not agree. If the United
States goes into the war she will
not go in in a half-handed way
Thousands of soldiers will go
into the trenches in France.
It is our hope that even if we
must go in our going will be a
means of hastening the day of
peace.
Just when we were ready to
write something about the mild
winters we have now as com
pared^vvith -the cold weather our
p^^p^fhthers ami older brother uscrr
to experience, winter came with
a mighty swoop and almost
drove the mercury out at the
bottom of the tube. We had
Dlanned tO writo smriuiliinn
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about how the ponds and creeks
used to freeze over so the boys
could skate, how the snow
woulu lie thick upon the ground
for \vc1 s and make it easy to
catch rabbits and partridges, and
how all travel on the highways
would be suspended because of
snow and ice, but the weather
Saturday and Monday changed
our mind for us. The longing
for "sho nuff" winter time has
gone. We want to see spring
come. The thermometer regis
tered six Saturday morning,
was up a little higher Sunday
morning but was back down
Monday morning.
The bottom fell out of the
cotton market last week when
the break with Germany came.
It dropped 2r> dollars a bale in a
few hours. Since that time it
has been up a little, and down
a little. Nobody knows what
cotton is worth.
Big British Ship Sunk bv Ger- I
man Submarine
London, Feb. 5.?The British
steamer Eavestone, 1,791 tons,
has been sunk and the captain
and four members of the crew I
killed, says an announcement
by Lloyds. It is officially announced
that Richard Wallace,
an American seaman, belonging <
at Baltimore, was killed |n the
shelling of the boats which left j
the sinking steamer. '
The official statement says
that the survivors of the Eaves |
sione, who were landed today,
report that their ship was sunk
by shell fire from a German sub
maiine, that the crew abandon
3d ihe sinking vessel and the
submarine then shelled the
boats in which they took refuge,
killing the captain and three
se.iman and severely wounding
the second mate.
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Five Forks Newsf
Correspond*, nee of The Journal 1
J. M. "and C. W. Arant have
purchased a saw mill ai^d will
move it near their home in a
few days. The log yard is readv
for anvone who" desires to have
sawing done.
Lonnie Threatt is better now
with the 'grippe, but is not yet
able to go to his rabbit box.
Our school began October 1,
1916, and Roscoe, Curfis and
Walter Arant have* not missed a
day since the beginning. They
are little boys about 7 or 8 vears
old.
Five Forks hasn't much news
this week. Guess the wind blew
the news away.
Best wishes for The Journal.
CHURCH NOTES
METHODIST PROTESTANT
John. W. Ouick. Pastor
Our appointment for next
Sunday will be at Rose Hill at
3 o'clock. Sunday school at 2
p. m. Next Sunday being
"Come to Sunday School Day."
We will be glad to have as many
from the other churches as will
to come and be with us. We
would ask our church to be with
the other churches in the morn
ing. Make it a mix up day. It
will do us good.
Notice
Notice is hereby called to
Ordinance No. 1 ot the Town of
Pageland in regard to shooting
rifles or other guns in the Town
of Pageland. This ordinance
will applv to the shooting of air
rifles, and must be enforced.
The Town Marshall has instructions
to apprehend anyone
found guilty of violating this
ordinance.
J E. AGERTON, Mayor.
Announcements for Congress
Mr. W. F. Stevenson an
nounces that he is running for
Congress in this District on the
platform of liberal aid for conn
try roads, liberal support of the
rural mail facilities, rigid economy
in governmental affairs, jujdkkttis-preparation
for national
defense and loyal support of the
President in keeping us out of
war.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Congress from the
Fifth district, subject, to the action
of die special Democratic
primary.
Claude N. Sapp.
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Town Tax Notice
Town taxes for Town
of Pageland are now due
and payable at C. L.
Gulled ge*s store. Please
pay promptly.
S. A. Sellers,
Clerk
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Land I
To Whom it A
We, the undersigned
do hereby forbid any
tresspass on our lands
shooting, walking or ol
iound so doing will be
to law.
C. C. CLARK
J E. AGER
J. A. Mi!
JOHN
Cheese 25c a lb
I can sell you cheese for
25c a pound, and other
gioceries at very reasonable
prices. When you want
to buy Flour, Candy, Tobacco,
Snutf, Canned
Goods, or other things to
eat remember it will pay
you to see
W. J. Blakeney
in the building recently vacate
by R. L. Smith.
COME
Come one Come all
And don't wait until tall.
I'll fix your gun,
And fix it good
Sharpen your saw
So it will saw wood.
I will sell you tobacco,
Coffee, cigars and snuff,
Gold dust, soap and tomatoes
And a lot of other stuff.
Popcoin, apples and candy
Always on the go,
So come and get my prices
And you will buy I know.
I sell coffins and caskets.
And also the box,
Then I sell monuments
Made of nothin but rocks.
Sewing machines ready
And thev sew mighty nice,
So come and get vou one
Because they are low in price.
I appreciate your trade of
the past and I hope to increase
from now on.
G. R. Knight.
Veterinary Surgeon
Calls answered day or nigh
Phone No. 48 two rings.
Full stock of horse and cattl
powders on hand at all times.
L. P. GRAVES * s ~
Harold C. Kessinger.?At the ttm
of his elec
tlon to t!ie Illinois legislature he wi
the youngest member of that bodj
"The Bishop's Candle Sticks" and "Th
Almighty Dollar" have been declare
by some of the largest Chautauqua at
aemblies of this country to be amon;
the really great platform messages.
*osted
lay Concern:
, with adjoining land;
person or persons t<
in any way, cutting
Iherwise, and anyom
dealt with aecordini
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Bethlehem Steel Will Make Offer
to Uncle Sam.
BIDS ON 16 INCH NAVY SHELLS
No Chanca For Profit In Them Under
Present Teats, Grace Says?Possible
Explanation of the Prices Made by an
English Firm Which Bids Under All
American Manufacturere.
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_ Speaking recently before the Terrapin
Club of Philadelphia, Eugene G. .
Grace, President of the Bethlehem
Steel-Company, said in part:
In a peculiar sense Bethlehem Steel
serves the American people.
For example, though we have Veen
able to obtain In Europe almost any
price, we have adhered, In our charges
to tt-e Cnited States Government, to
the basis of prices established before
the war began.
We agreed -If the Government would
abandon Its pluns for n Federal pluut?
to make armor for our Navy at any
price the Government itself miyht consider
fair.
Our ordnance plants are at the disposal
of the nation at a fair operating
cost, plus a small margin, thus saving
the Government Investment and depreciation.
One of the special needs of the new
navy is slxteen-inch guns? guns sixty
feet long and capable of hurtling a
2000 pound shell with such power and
accuracy aa to hit a 50 font square target
t'fteen miles away.
We have undertaken voluntarily to
construct, at a cost of J4,500,000, a
plant fitted to build alxteen-lnch guns.
Under no conceivable circumstances
can orders which we may receive for
this plant pay even a fair return on
the Investment.
Considerable comment has been made
upon the fact that a British manufacturer
recently bid less than American
manufacturer!* for sixteen and four
teen-lnch shells for the navy. t
1 am unable to state tlie basis upon
which the English bid was made. It
should be remembered, however, that
this bid was for a apeclllc shell, samples
of which are being sent over for
test?a test not jet made.
_ Two years ago we took an order for
? 2400 fourteen-lncli armor-piereiug shells
at a contruct price of $7(?S.0o0, to be
delivered within a certain time or we
had to pay a large penalty.
The only speciticatlons for making
these shells are that they shall be
n .certain size and must, pierce
armor-plate at a certain velocity on im?
pact. It is impossible to foretell the
exact tnditlons of the tests.
We ti i<) made hu ge ni!ties of shells
in the past which bad been accepted.
But in placing this particular order the
Department altered the angle at which
the tested shells must pierce armorplate.
The result, ho vever. lias been
absolute Inability on our part to produce
in ant quant it. shells which will
meet these novel tests. In fact, we
know of no nroeess of nrolectile-mnk
ing tliroiiuli which it is possible to pro
duce in qiuinlities shells which will
' onform to tin- requirements.
The result is thiit up to now on that
contract of SThS.oeo. we have put into
actual operating expense SUT.ssi . and
have been penalized for non-delivery
$40.V711., a total of with no
reeeijds whatever.
Such was the experience In the light
< of which wo were called upon recont^
ly to hid fo slxteen-lnch shells
We hid on those shells at approxle
mntel.v the same rate pot pound as
that of a fourteen-Inch shell contract
^ of one year a20 upon whieh the (Jov,
eminent awarded contracts.
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j We have not the slightest idea what '
profit there will he in the making of
_ these shells. We do not know that
there will hp any. There is no certainty
that it would he possible for us to
= dedver a >heil to meet the test.
For otficers in the Navy to assume
that any hid made under such oondi '
tions is " exorbitant" Is utterly unfair
We hid on the new hnttle-crulsers
* sums which Navy department experts
after examination of our hooks, found
would yield a profit of less :han ten
per cent We agreed to assume risks
for lncrcas"d costs of materials niul la
hor. that made it possible that these
contracts 111 ivflit yield no profit what?
ever
The costs run beyond the amount, ap
preprinted by < 'engross on the basis of
0 the cost estimates made a year ago.
And because shipbuilders could not
r alter the Inexorable cost facts and re
|? duce hids to enrly estimates of the
Navy Ilepnrtment. the prices are called
0 "exorbitant."
It would he a real advantage to he
relieved of this naval construction. Thr
J profit from it cannot possibly amount
to much, and the responsibility la enor
mous
We have determined to make this 1
offer to the American Government. I
"If you will luilld two of the battle
crni*er?! In Government nary yards
we will build the other two at the aa '
certained est of building the ahips in <
tho Government yards, without addl
tlor.ai expense or commissions of any
kind We will also contract to have *
our ships ready for service ahead of (
the Government shlpg." I
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Yours truly
JOE E. MINK
Mt. Croghan, S. C. .
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For flour, oats and all
other groceries. Shoes for
the feek hats & Gaps for the
head and a good worm blanket
when you go to bed. I
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