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The pageland journal
Vol.7NO. 21 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1917 $1.00 per year
Conductor Horton Killed ant
Burned in Wreck near Monroe.
Monroe, Feb. 9.?Seaboan
, freight train No. 85, runninj
extra, was wrecked within tw<
miles of Monroe this morning a
5 o'clok. The conductor, A. M
Horton, was instantly killed an<
his body burned beneath tin
coach in which he was riding
Flagman A, A. Ellwanger, c
Fuirmount, N. C.. is also badl;
bruised about the face, wit!
i lacerations on his neck anc
head. He was also pinned be
neath the car. and the engineer
Roy Blair, recued him befor<
the fire reached him. Rlair wai
uninjured Richard Hope, j
a negro brakeman* sufferei
minor bruises.
Conductor Horton had order
f to side-track his cars at Wingat<
six miles east of Monroe, a
there were no tracks to ac
commodate them in Monroe
He did this but placed an empt'
oil tank and his coach, whicl
was being used as a caboose, ii
front of the engine to come t<
Monroe, this being the onl
means of getting them here.
On the freight yards in Mon
roe were 16 cars, loaded witl
freight, that for some unac
countable reason, were nc
locked with the brakes. I
being downgrade toward Win
gate the cars broke loose am
when they reached Horton1
train, had gained a speed c
some 30 miles an hour, crash
ing into the train and splintei
ing the first cars into thousand
of pieces. The stove in the con
Himiftr'e /?nn/>K (iwn
uuviva 0 wacu oci lug IU Al HLI'
also the box cars that wer
crushed and loaded with cottoi
sheeting.
Gus Horton was the son o
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Horton, c
this citv, and beside them, h<
leaves a wife and two smal
children, one girl and one boj
He was just 27 years old an
had been with the Seaboar
since he was 16 years of ag<
He married Miss Lessie Gai
land and lived on West Crc
well street.
Funeral services will be hel
at 11 o'clock tomorrow and th
interment will be in the Moc
roe Cemetery. The unfortt
nate ending of this young ma
has cast a gloom over th
entire city.
Mr. Jordan Collins Dead.
11^ ? 1 - -
mr. ioruau v^oiuns aiea ia;
night at his home in Lane
Creek, about 13 miles north c
here, atter a prolonged illness o
several months. He was abot
seventy-five years oid, and ha
served in the war. He is sui
vived by his wife and three son:
They are: Mr. E. A. Collin:
who lives at the home-plac<
Mr. W. H. Collins of Waxhavs
and Mr. A. R. Collins of Foi
McPherson, Ga. Funeral wa
held this afternoon. Mr. Collin
was a good man; a faithful an
brave soldier, and a man wh
was held in the highest esteer
in his community. He exei
cised thrift in the managemer
oi us attairs, and accumulate
a good deal of property.?Mon
roe lournal.
Tax Notice
This is to notify all person
that have not paid their tax fc
1915 to settle at once with Eai
Griffith at Pageland; C. L. Me
ton, McBee;J. T.Grant, Che
terfield, and P. C. McLaurin i
Cheraw. I am compelled t
collect or advertise and sel
This notice is final.
D. P. DOUGLASS. Sheriff.
All county papers please cop
and send me bill,
i Brazil, Bolivia and Others Follow
United States; Sweden
and Others Decline
i London, Feb. 8.?The Bolivar
lan minister of foreign affairs,
a savs a Reuters dispatch from La
t Paz today, has announced that
[ Bolivia has decided completely
^ to support the attitude of the
B United States in the crisis with
r Germany.
1 Washington, Feb. 8.?The
' Netherlands government, thru
y the American legation at The
^ Hague, has formally declined to
* accept President Wilson's sug*
gestion that it follow the course
* of the United States and break
B off diplomatic relations with
s Germany.
1 Stockholm (Via London ),Feb.
* 8.?The Swedish'governmenl rejects
President Wilson's suges
s tion that other neutral countries
2 join with the United States in
s severing diplomatic relations
' with Germany and declares its
intention to follow the strictest
v neutrality as long as it is possi4
ble.
1 Buenos Ay res, Feb. 8.?Argen0
tina's reply to the German note
y' on submarine warfare declaring
that she w ill conform her conduct
to the principles and funda1
mental rules of international
' law is approved enthusiastically
by the newspaper although it
1 came as a surprise. The gener"
al expectation had been that the
government would merely des.
clare its intention of maintaining
neutrality vigorously.
Riode Janeiro, Feb. 8.?Bra
zil's reply to the German note,
s to be made probably tomorrow,
l" will politely but firmly declare
Brazil's intention to hold Gere
many responsible for conse11
quences which may result from
the new submarine warfare.
"J The reply expresses the desire
of the Brazilian government not
? to be compelled to break the
amicable relations it always has
'* maintained with Germany, a
J* fact, however, which will not
prevent Brazil from taking meas'*
ures of protection and from protesting
against the menace of
** Brazilian commerce and navigation
contained in the note of the
d imperial government concerne
ing measures for the marine
l" blockade.
t
John Collin* Rides and Shoots.
e
The following will be oi
interest to the many friends oi
Mr. John W. Collins, of Waxhaw,
who enlisted in the army
at Charlotte last February and
s is now a member of Troop D,
*j 13th U. S. Cavalry, with station
* at Dublin, Mexico. Mr. Collins
is a brother of Miss Lois Collins
who formerly lived here.
During mounted pistol prac5'
tice of Troop D, Capt. Levi G.
s' Brown commanding, held Friy*
day afternoon, January 19th. on
'* the pistol range of the regiment,
1 Private Collins made the high
s score of the day. In his second
s try, shooting left handed from a
d horse galloping parallel to the
? four targets, he made seven hits
n out of a possible seven. He is
r doing exceptional!v well in the
' course of mounted pistol shoot^
ing being held by the various
l" Cavalry organizations in Major
General Pershing's command.
Many of the veterans with experience
on many ranges in
is many iands, are finding the
>r new pistol manual hard to -masrl
ter.
1
s- John ! Skeered
*1 Young John Beasley has this
o to say in his column in the
1. Monroe Journal:
"President Wilson may see fit
to send the old men first. That
is the reasonable thing to do.
y Leave the young men to build
the country,"
Democratic Primary
Notice is hereby given that 01
Friday, February 16th, next, i
primary election for a Represen
tative in Congress from the 5tl
District, will be held in Chestei
field County, and that at tha
time an election will be held fo
a Township Road Commission
er for Court House Township.
This Rlertinn will So Violrl nn
der the rules and regulations o
the Democratic party.
Those who were properly en
rolled for the last primary wil
be entitled to vote in this elec
tion as the rules do not requin
a re-enrollment for a specia
election.
There will be no second prim
ary for Congress and in th?
event that no one of the fiv<
candidates receives a majorit:
of the vote cast in the primarj
the two receiving the highes
number of votes will run in thi
General election, which will b
held on February 21st, next. 1
is hoped that a full vote will b
polled at this election. Spreac
the news. The time is shortFriday,
February 16th.
The polls will open at 8 a. m
and close at 4 p. m.
The following clerks an<
managers have been appointee
to conduct said election:
Cheraw: I. S. Huntley, G. A
Malloy and C. A. Lynch; clerk
D. L. Tillman. Place, Towi
Hall.
Bethel: J. F. Rowe, J. R. Bun
and J. T. Chapman; clerk, T. G
Matheson. Place, usual votinj
place.
Pee Dee: D. G. Mcintosh, E
F. Jamison and J. H. Wallace
clerk, Wm. Hickson. Place
usual votinc nlace
j Brock's Mill: D. F. Brock, T
I A. Lee and A. B. Parker; cleife
J. E. Short. Place, Brock's Mil
school house.
Patrick: J. C, Baker, D. F
Buie, O. D. Turnage; clerk, E
M. Williams. Place, usual vol
ting place.
Middendorf: W. R. Johnson
E. T. McManus and Boykii
Wilkes; clerk, D. M. Row*
Place, usual voting place.
Cat Pond: W. M. Teai, W. D
1 Parker and T. J. Sumner; clerk
J. W. Ruthven. Place, usua
voting place.
Grant's Mill: W. T. McBride
J. N. Johnson and W. F. Turn
i age; clerk, W. T. Rivers. Usua
voting place.
Snow Hill: W. E. Cason, W
I B. Duncan and A. J. Smith
, clerk, Carroll W. Davis. Usua
voting place.
Odom's Mill: J. W. Rascot
i Paul Odom and D. A. Smitl
cierk, Miles Watson. Usual vol
log place.
Douglass* Mill; B. C. Wads
worth, 1. R. Sutton and D. A
Douglass; clerk, Biles Watsor
, Usual voting place.
Wexford: P. A. Gulledge, Hen
ry Lisenby and Andrew Moore
clerk, E. J. Moore. Usual votin;
i place.
! Ruby: M. L. Raley, T. C
i Griggs and A. P. Smith; clerl
R. D. McCreight. Usual votin;
place.
i Cross Roads: J. P. Allen, J. 1
Stancil and G. K. Sowell; clerk
V. B. Waddell. Usual votin
place.
Mt. Croghan: J. H. Rivers, W
H. Hendrick and W. C, Bakei
clerk, W. W. Lowry. Usua
voting place.
Winzo: J. P. Anderson, G. F
Evans and Lester Rivers; clerF
H. Z. Outen. Usual voting place
Pageland: W. J. Blukeney. P
M. Armstrong and S. H. Lane^
clerk, P. M. Arant. Usual vol
ing place.
Plains; W. J. Hicks, G. W. Hin
son and W. B. Evans; clerk, J. A
Mr. Rivers Writes About Legit
lature Works
1 Columbia, Feb. 10.?I promts
* ed to write you something las
week, but I was out of the cit;
! the week end and put it oft un
til this week end.
I think this session will clos
after one more week. We hav<
r been having some lively d
* bates on the various measures o
State wide interest, amon;
" which the Insurance questio:
f has come in for a good share
The Manning Commission rec
" ommendation has prevailed ii
^ this House on insurance matters
even to the repeal of the valuei
e policy law which has been oi
1 the books for 20 years whicl
shows to my mind that som
" times the sway goes to extreme
e both wavs on surh nrrasirnn
e The establishment of a high
Y way commission . in order t<
r? take advantage of the Feders
;t appropriation bas come in for
e lot of discussion and there i
e still a great division of opinio:
1 upon the subject. In my judg
e ment the whole theory that ha
1 been advanced so far is wron*
" I am opposed to centralizatio
in giving power over the mone
' and its expenditure that is de
rived from local sources. Ii
other words I am opposed t
taking the money paid by th
citizens of our county and upo
the property* of our county t
' the building of bridges an
3 roads for the benefit of anothe
part of the State. I think w
a should build roads according t
some system and with an end ii
? view of having a continuou
system of roads over the State
\ But I think that the money fror
'' each county should build th
*| p??l bf the system in leach coub
, ty and should be supplemente
by the part theiamount so raise
' draws from the Federal treai
ury. Under that kind of an ai
, rangement we, in Chesterfieli
'* county, would get Irom the
' mill levy we are now paying ou
part of the money appropriate^
by the Federal Government.
* We passed the public schoc
^ bill through the House to da
and I think it one of the greal
est pieces of legislation passe*
* in many years. It appropriate
' the money to the schools of th
State according to enrollmeni
and will increase the part th
' schools in county get from tb
j State and provide fpr an equi
11 able distribution of the apprc
priation.
r TM .? ?
ine line Assurance act ha
i; passed the house. So we cai
J take advantage of the Farr
Loan Bank.
Lots ot other things are up b<
?? fore us and will be passed upo
i; next week. J. Clifton Rivers.
Hicks, Jr. Usual voting place.
!- Dudley: W. J. Jenkins, O. I
l. Jones and H. J, Funderburl
t. clerk, T. D. Funderburk. Usui
voting place,
i Jefferson: L. E. Gardner, E. C
>. Clark and J. W. Miller; clerk, I
' E. Ogburn. Usual voting plact
K Catarrh: C. C. Horton, G. F
Middleton and J. G. Sowell
i. clerk, B. E. Funderburk. Usua
voting place.
^ Angelus: W. P. Young, J. E
Lee and D. A. Clark; clerk, J. C
Jowers. Usual voting place.
' Ousleydale: F. J. Johnson, W. J
, Teal and Cordy Winburn; clerl
g J. G. Wilhelm. Usual votin;
place.
r Court House: L. L.Spencer, /
' W. Hursey and J. D. Smitl
clerk, J. F. Porter. Place: Inth
il Court House.
i ? *? t- ?- -
vuuuiuuics lur i ownsill
r# Road Commissioner for Coui
House Township have unti
Monday, February 12th, to fil
their pledges,
h Managers will please call o
r- send for boxes, tickets, etc.
t. C. L. PRINCE,
Secretary
M.J. HOUGH,
Chairman Democratic Execi
k.ltive Committee,
w UNION COUNTY NEWS
Monroe Fnquirer.
1 A negro tramp got into the
;t middle of a bad fix at Wadesy
boro last Friday night. He built
up a good fire near the Virginiae
Carolina chemical Company's
e plant and his clothing caught on
5 fire. He had to tear every par*
ticle of clothing off to keep from
a being burned and there he was
,a with nothing between him and
: the air, and that same air was
Q away down toward zero, too.
He made his way to the depot
^ about half a mile away and was
Q
^ almost dead when he reached
Q shelter. A physician was called
s and the necessary attention was
> given the distressed tramp.
l" Along about this time the Legislature
is tackling the liquor
a problem. Some of j.'em want to
s make it as dry as the proverbial
n bone, others want 'em to get
two quarts a year just to have in
s case of snake bites or sickness,
! and still others think that two
Q quarts a month is just a little bit
y too little for any use. It is a
'* safe fguess to put it that a coma
promise will be made along the
r> t . ?
" line 01 lei er alone.
e Mr. David A. Houston, cashQ
ier of the First National Bank.
0 has been appointed treasurer of
d the National Farm Loan Bank
!r located at Columbia, S. C., and
e which is for the States of North
? Carolina, South Carolina, Geora
gia and Florida. The salary is
s $4,000 and the position is one of
i- great trust and honor. Mr.
11 Houston is well fitted for the
e new position and if he accepts,
and it is understood that he will,
d he will make good in every red
spect. Mr. Houston is out of
* town and The Enquirer does
not know his plans. It does
d know, however, that there will
1 be many who will regret the der
parture of Mr. Houston land his
d family from Monroe.
j Belk Brothers' large department
store on Main street
* caught on fire about 7:30 o'clock
^ last night and in about two
hours the splendid building and
the stock of goods, valued at
? from $75,000 to $100,000, was a
' mass of ruins and ashes. The
fire originated in the second
e j story and had gained great
~ Headway when it was discovered,
in fact the windows in
is the rear of the building were
a breaking so fierce was the heat,
n The firemen responded quick>
ly and fought well and
faithfully. The water pressure
was fine and for two hours
= streams from half a dozen hose
played constantly oil the buildl.
ing and on the building adjoinc;
ing it on the north and occupied
il by the W. J. Rudge Company
and the Monroe Telephone
Company. It was a fine fight
' ?one moment success seemingj*
ly being with the firemen and
! the next the flames bursting out
il and gaining headway and
threatening the Rudge Com;
pany's store and Lee & Lee's
" large three story building adI
ioininv it with rit??triir>tir*n
c, The fire was kept within the
K walls of the building in which
it originated.
e "Yes," said a lady of high social
distinction at the Colony
P Club in New York; "I dearly
*| love a Bronx cocktail before
1 dinner, but I never take one.
The odor stays on my bieath for
>r hours, and my husband doesn't
like it."
"Only too true!" stated Beatr'
rice Herford, the society monologuist,
dreamily. "The wages
of gin is breath!"
Strongest Guard In Country':*
History Is Thrown Around
The President.
Washington, Feb. 11.?Never,
even in the days of the Civil
War, have such detailed precautions
been taken to guard
the safety of a President of the
United States as those which
are today thrown around President
Wilson!
The keenest secret service
men of the various bureaus
throughout the country have
been brought to Washington
for the President bodyguard!
Wherever the President goes,
some of them are there ahead
of him.
When he leaves, some precede,
some accompany and
some follow him.
Waking or sleeping, he is
always under the alert guardian
ship of lynxeyed, atheletic
operatives whose sole duty is to
nr/\in/.? ?V>/> u: ? r r- '
piuitti uic v^lllCl E?XeCUllve
from even the approach of
danger or annoyance.
Plans for guarding; the President
and the White House were
all worked out 24 hours before
President Wilson announced to
Congress that he had handed
von Bernstorff his passports.
Chief Flvnn came from New
York, personally directed the
arrangements and summoned
his most trusted men for bodyguard
dutv.
And when the President, returning
from the Capital, drove
through the big gates of the
White House grounds and they
swung to behind him, he found
himself as completely cut off
from contact with the public,
and his every movement as
carefully safeguarded as tfTe> %
would be in actual war time.
The man actively in charge
of guarding the President is Ine
Murphy, who though long
years in the secret service and
on duty at the White House
and Executive offices, knows
how to handle every situation
to minimize the chances of
danger.
"Bone Dry" Bill is |Made Extra
Dry.
The State, FridavThe
house "passed the buck"
to the senate yesterday, when it
sent over the Kichev bill in all
its bone dryness, 64 to 49. The
bill seesawed in sentiment and
wandered hither and thither
ahout the house with ii? ih>c_
tination more than once uncertain.
It created a spirited debate on
second reading, but went
through slick as a whistle. 82 to
21. The majorit> then was
such that there seemed a likelihood
of overriding a possible
veto. It lay calmly until third
reading, when the house sprung
a surprise, reversing itself, and
recommitting the bill. 'Ibis
was thought to be an indefinite
delay but the committee on police
regulations got busv, ami
meeting while the house was in
session, returned it in its original
form, thus eliminating tinamendments
appliedjlast Friday,
which made the bill water
proof, air tight and bone dry,
including a provision which
made it unlawful to have even
one drop in possession, except
tor medicinal, sacramental or
scientific purposes. There was
a filibuster Wednesday night.
Yesterday morning the house
refused to recommit the bill to
the judiciary committee, and
refused to allow the bill to remain
in its original form, thus
indorsing the bill as it passed its
second reading. In this form it
was sent to the upper house.