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THt PAGELAND JOURNAL
VoJ.7 NO. 37 PAGELAND, S. C-, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, W17 $1.00 per year
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Two Million Destitute and Starving
People Stretch Out Their
Hands in Appeal for
American Aid
The misery and suffering ol
the literally foodless and clotheless
people of Armenia and
Syria have been already so vividly
presented to the people ol
South Carolina by its generous
press that the meagre responses
that have followed show thai
their readers evidently have nol
appreciated the scorching need
of these desperate beggars
Without any lurther comment
of my own I shall only ask the
publication of (he last appeal ol
the committee, at their urgenl
request. This is a heart touch
ing appeal. Your patrons are
urgently asked to read the ap
peal carefully from the New
York committee:
"American consuls and missionaries
are cabling for immediate
help to save 2,000,000 desti
tute and starving refugees in
western Asia, Two cablegrams
just received are typical ol
many:
" belief funds finished. Need
unprecedented. Require $100,
000 this month'
"'Request committee to as
sume responsibility for 10,000
fatherless children at rate of $2
per month per child.'
"The committee has no funds
w -t- ?
nuu niuvu IU IUCCI U1C HUUVt
requests. Six million dollars
monthly are needed to provide
only 10 cents per day
for food and all life*s necessities
for each of these helpless de
pendents, chiefly women and
children.
"Every rlnH?ronlribu ted goes
to relief. The expense of col
lection and disbursement is mel
privately. We have positive
proof that all aid is effectively
distributed, and that the entrance
of this country into the war will
not stop relief work.
"Ever increasing multitudes
aggregating hundreds of thous
ands, within the advancing lines
ot our allies, the Russians and
British, are whollv dependenl
upon us for the necessities ol
life.
4i\A75tH Rolnrinm ?IA
****** xvvif,iuiii piuviucu IUI
by the government, private benevolence
thus released should
contribute the simplest necessi
ties of life fur the starving wo
men and children of Bible lands.
"Quick, generous and sustain
ed action alone can save the sur
vivors. Kindly see the last page.
"Yours verv truly,
(Signed)
"Henry Morgenthau,
"Charles E. Hughes,
"Cleveland H. Dodge."
It may be judicious to mention
in order to remove an im
pression that this committee is
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wuitviiiK luuepeuuenuy or rne
American Red Cross that while
not connected with the Red
Cross, they are in perfect har
monv with each other. The
leading men of the country are
in touch with both.
For instance, the three signers
of the appeal, Henry Morgen
thau, trie recently retired United
States ambassador to Turkey,
Charles E, Hughes, candidate
for president of the United States
in 1916 and Cleveland H. Dodge,
one of the most prominent mer
chants and bankers in New York
city, are Red Cross men to the
backbone. Mayor Mitchel of
New York, the president of the
Armenian and Syrian committee,
is team captain also of the Red
Cross in New York, working
for both, as is a host of represen
tative men of every walk in life,
thus carefully removing every
suspicion of rivalry. I am
proud, too, to be a member of
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To Insure Soldiers
Washington, June 2.?Plans f
for issuing $4,0o0 free govern,
ment insurence on the life of
everjr American soldier, and
sailor during the war in lieu of
pension arrangements will be
, taken up next week bv the
council of national defense. A
report prepared by Assistant
' Secretary Sweet of the commerce
department, ready to be
t submitted, urges that the insur|
ance be provided through legislation
before American troops
t are sent to France.
The defence council took up
f the question some weeks ago
and turned the whole subject
over the department of commerce
for investigation. Thereport
ready offers a long list of
arguments showing the advan
tage of working out a compensation
system before American
lives are lost in the war.
The plans as prepared provid
ed for a flat insurance of $4,000
on the life of every officer and
' private in the military and naval
cprvirp tr* hp r?dirl tn hie hon/>
WW* ? ? ww .v wrv plU\I IV ill<9 UtUf
ficiaries without premiums. 1
There would be provision for a i
system of insurance by which 1
officers and men desiring to do >
| so could take oat amounts I
, higher than the $4,000 free pol- 1
icy by paying premiums at J
peace rates. *
Insurance companies, it is said, J
[ are ready to approve the scheme t
| if assured the government will \
] not continue in the insurance '
business after the war. War 1
hazards are so great that few 1
I companies are anxious to insure <
soldiers and sailors except at <
high premiums. <
At the en4 of the - war i
| the government, it is sug- 1
gested, could turn over to insur \
[ ance companies its premium !
war business, dropping the flat i
; $4,000 policies on all who leave i
the services but continue on <
men who remain in the army or
' navy. !
! Requirements for Grain More j
Than U. S. Can Supply I
f Washington, June 2.?The I
grain requirements of the Allies 1
- and the F.uropean neutrals were 1
. put at 971,000,000 bushels, a I
i total much greater than the ?
United States can supply, in a I
statement by Herbert C. Hoover- <
today, listing the minimum <
needs of each Nation for human 1
consumption and for feed. I
"It will, of cource, be impos- '<
sible," said Mr Hoover, "for 1
North America to furnish all of \i
this quanity, although the major <
lord must fall on us. In any
event it emphasizes the nects]
sity for control prices and pro- j
tect our supply, and the neces
sitv for conservation and el imi- ]
nation of waste in order to j
increase the volume of our ex- ,
ports. I
the Red Cross. Where the pre- I
servation of human life is con- 1
cerned, rivalry is unthinkable. I
I This is an immediate call. 1
"Feed the hungry. Clothe the J
naked" is a divine command. ,
And then the greatest of these is i
charity."
The appeal in another place, 1
says, "Give now -give liberally." j
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Charleston, in the name of the |
American committee for Arme- }
nian and Syrian relief, contribu 1
tions sent to feed and clothe '
these worn out, starving and j
helpless pleaders for assistance. {
Their lives depend upon Ameri- ?
can charity. My friends and I
fellow citizens of our old State, Is
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will vou iiot help?
A.C.Kaufman, <
Charleston, May 28. I
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Negro Smothered in Well
rtonroc Journal.
Overcome by smoke in a well
n which he was working; on
VIr. Bud Terrell's place a mile
ind half east of Monroe, Frttnk
3raddy, colored, age 25, expired
vhen finally brought up from
he well after he had been down
ibout an hour and a half Thurs
lay morning. Mr. Terrell and
?rank had been digging the well
or some time, and on last Wed
lesday afternoon they had plant^d
a dynamite charge which reused
to explode. Hoping that
he flames would ignite the
:harge, thev dropped a lot of dry
jrass and trash, soaked with
cerosene oil into the well, and
ired it. The charge would not
gnite, and they quit work for
he day. Thursday morning
ibout eight o'clock, without any
hesitation Frank went down ino
the well, not dreaming that
?moke from the debris which
hey had burned the day before
lad accumulated in the bottom
}f the well. He had no more
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uuu icuciicu nit: uuuum vvnen
VIr. Terrell, who was handling
he windlass, heard him struggling
for breath. Mr. W. T.
Hasty, who lives on the place,
'an to the well and they shouted
lo the negro to catch the rope.
But it seems that the smoke, or
jas had rendered him unconscious,
and he was unable to do
so, Mr. Hasty threw water
lown into the well, hoping that
this would revive Frank, but this
too failed. Mr. Terrell went for
tielp, fearing to go down into
the well with only one man to
draw him up in case he became
unconscious too. Help was secured,
and about ten thirty the
aegro was finally drawn tcT%&
top. He expired in a few minutes
after being rescued. It is
said that Frank was a very weak
negro, which probably account
2d tor the fact that he was easily
nvercome by the smoke.
Shark Attacks Savannah Man
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oavviumui, oa., j une o.? i lie
first indication of sharks along
the Atlantic coast came early
this afternoon when Wallace J,
Pierpont, Jr, son of Mayor W. J.
Pierpont of Savannah, was attacked
by a man-eater while on
an outing with his wife and little
son about 40 miles from the
:ity. The shark tore a considerable
amount of flesh from Mr.
Pierpont's right arm, but with
the assistance of his wife he was
able to scramble into their
aunch and made a dash for
Savannah where he was subject
ed to an operation.
Growing Potatoes in Barrels
Uarshvillc I Ionic.
A new system of growing
Irish potatoes has been inaugu ated
in Marshville. Those
A'llO h'.nro t r ww I it r.i.t ? -> ?
?>IV 1IU ? V IV\I II V/lll illC I'llitiusiastic
in their claims that the
results are more than satisfac
lory and they gladly furnish in
formation to others who desire
o "turn the trick." The potatoes
ire planted in the bottom of a.
barrel, the head of which has
>een knocked out, in a bed of
well-prepared and enriched soil,
when the plants are a few inch s
above the ground more dirt is
idded and the potatoes keep
arrowing out of the ground and
he process of adding more dirt
or wheat straw is repeated every
few days until the potatoes
;row out at the top of the barrel
ind bear potatoes all the way
rom the bottom to the top.
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ft 111 in uiiidvii iiu: i v\ ii<iiici>
n which potatoes were planted
i few weeks ago and the tops
ire now out of the barrel. One
jentleman states that he has
teen as high as two bushels
jrown in one barrel. The wri
:er is trying the proposition out
ind expects to be able to make a
first-hand report next fall.
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Many Lives Are Lost on Storms i
in Middle-West
Kansas City Mo., June 1.?
Twentv-one known deaths, more ^
than one hundred injured and 1
unestimated property damage 1
resulted from a series of torna- i
does that swept several towns 1
and sections of southeastern i
Kansas, north central Oklahoma J
and southern Missouri late to- '
day and tonight. I
With 400 houses reported destroyed
at Coalgate, Okla., a
town of 3,000 inhabitants, and .
possibly 200 at Coffeyville, Kan.,
it was feared that the death total J
at these two places would be
high. One message said that 13 *
bodies had been counted at '
Coalgate, and that the business
section of the town was virtually
destroyed. 1
Three persons were killed,
several seriously injured and
much property was damaged by
a tornado which struck Moore,
five miles southeast of Olathe, .
Kan. 1
News Items from the Jefferson
Section
The Jcffcrsoniaa. .
Frank Taylor, a young white
man of Rock Hill, while admir
ing the landscape on Monday
morning was fined for allowing
the hilt of a pistol to show to ?.
the alert eye of chief Hilton.
The pistol was a "38" and he j
was relieved of it and discharf*
ed with a warning.
One of the largest cotton deals
that has been pulled of in some 1
time occurred on Saturday. Mr. '
A. S. Mungo of near town sold {
i)4 bales at 21 cents making his (
,check about $6,500 He runs 60 \
'plows and the cotton sold was '
last years crop. 1
A negro, Lonnie Mungo, was 1
badly cut up with a knife in a 1
dispute on last Saturday near 1
Flat Creek church at about 10 5
o'clock in the evening. His <
wounds about the head and I
body were dressed at the Drug '
store at Jefferson. J
Whiteford Mungo who lives 1
on route 2, lost his barn by fire 1
at about 10:30 o'clock on last 1
Friday morning. Very little '
r i - ' * ?
ieeu was in me Darn wnen tlie
fire started. Tlie origin of the 1
fire is unknown and there was ^
no insurance. 1
Mrs. Clarence Black well, of I
Flat Creek section died on last 1
Friday at about 11 o'clock in her '?
26th year, after a short illness. 1
She was buried on Saturday at <
4 o'clock at the*church ceme '
jtery. She was a daughter of
Mr. George Hilton of this sec (
tion and surviving her are three i
small children and her husband
After a lingering illness of 5
eight weeks, Mr. R. M. Mungo J
died of cancer of the stomach at 1
his home on route 2, Jefferson, i
on last Sunday morning at nine <
o'clock. The deceased is sur <
vived bv his wife, two daughtrs ?
Mrs. W. T. Helms, and Mrs. W. 1
I. Mangum of Charlotte, and t
one son, Joe, who were at the
bedside. Two sisters and two i
brothers survive. \
Several times in the past <
month droves of cattle have i
passed through this town bound i
lor the slaughter pen. Heef is i
scares and a fat millr o*r??r? 1
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if it is a scrub and lias gone dry <
is well worth savin?, foi next s
winters supply of meat. The I
price may be higher then than
it is now, and the farmer may 1
have to pay $100 for a cow <
that he sells now for $10. One
concern in Pageland has recent
ly bought over a hundred head '
of cattle Irom farmers in this i
section. A farmers who sells
his beef now must need the coin 1
badly. <
\nother Revolution Brewing in
China
Peking, June 3.?Eleven Provinces
of China, including the
province Chi Lik, in which Peeing
is situated, now no longer
ecognize the authority of the
Peking Government. The Provnces
of Kwang Tung. Kwang
>i, and Yan Nan are supporting
President Li Yuan Hung. The
jrovisonal assembly of Kwang
Tung, in assuring its loyal supjort
to the President and Parlia
nent, demands that the military
jovernors be dismissed and
lunished. Dr. Sun Yat Sen,
ormer Premier Tang Shao Yi,
ind other revolutionary leaders
ire proceeding hurriedly to Can
on. It seems probably ttiat
ihould the military governors
)ersist in their revolutionary
course that the three loyal South
Dhin.i Provinces named, Kwang
Tung, Kwang Si and Yun Nan
will rise in support of the Presilent.
At present, the situation
s serious and the President vir
ually powerless.
According to official'informaion
todav President Li Yuan
riung intends tomorrow to inroduce
a bill taking in a de
duration of war against GerTl'iniT
Jf ?
uxiir ii iiicic is u quorum presint
in Parliament. The pres
mce of a quorum, however,
seems doubtful.
Eat Christmas Dinner Somewhere
in France
Columbia, S. C., June 2.?The
National Guard of the United
States "will eat Christmas dinner
somewheie in France," is the
opinion of the officer of the
Uuard in this State. The opm
ion was also expressed that the
two regiment in South Carolina
will be put through with a pe
ricd of intensive training during
the Fall months before being
sent to France. When the
Suard has been called, other
provision will have to be made
for guarding the railway trestles
ind Government and private
property. About 1,200 men are
rtriiif of n 1 ?* *
nun diauuucu ui me larger railway
bridges in South Carolina.
The suggestion has been made
:o Col. P. K. McCully of the
First Regiment that he recom
nend the creation of a home
juard. Col. McCully looks favorably
upon the proposition
md will later take the matier up
with General Leonard Wood,
:ommanding the Southeastern
Department.
Capt. Heath Wears Snake Belt
Monroe Journal.
The thought of wearing a
make belt might be repulsive to
iome, but not to Capt. W. C.
Heath. He is wearing one
nade from the skin of a large
:opperhead snake which he kill
jd on his farm several weeks
tgo. He had the hide tanned,
while Mr. H. J. Hinson made
he belt for him.
A runnaway box car crushed
inio Crow Brother's warehouse
it the cotton platform Thursday
morning, almost demolish
ing it. The car was loaded
with material for the Gulf Paving
people, and a little negro
jov had released it from some
Mher cars, loosing control of it
is it gained momentum down
the grade. Nobody was hurt.
The damage to the warehouse
will amount to about five hundred
dollars, it is said.
"Well." asked the doctor,
'how did you find yourself this
morning?"
"Oh, easy enough," answered
the patient. "I just opened my
iiyes and here I was,"
Two Submarines Attackc d
Steamer
New York, June3.?Two German
submarines made a concerted
attack on the America i
Line steamship Kroonland on
her last voyage from this pori,
firing four torpedoes, two of
which hit the liner glancing
blows, but did not explode, according
to a report brought
here today bv an American,
who said he was told of the attack
by an officer on the ship.
The liner was nearing the
British coast, the American was
informed, When two torpedoes,
fired from opposites of the vessel
from submerged U-boats
were seen. Both torpedoes missed
the bow of the ship by less
than twenty teet. The Kroonland
was already going at high
speed and the navigating officer
on the bridge gave orders to
zig zag.
Quickly two more torpedoes
were launched. This time the
aim of the Germans was better,
for the missies actually touched
the sides of the liner, but the
blows were not sufficiently dij
rect to explode the contact
I detonators in the torpedoes.
The naval gunner on the
Kroonland opened fire at the unseen
targets, sending explosive
shells into the water at the point
>yhere it was judged the submarines
were when the torpedoes
were launched, but so far as
known no hits were recorded.
Training Camps To Be Repeated
Washingtion, June 2.?A second
series of officers' training
camps will be held between
August 27 and November 26 in
eight locations, to develop officers
for the second increment of
500,000 men to be called into
service by the selective draft,
Adjt. Gen. McCain announced
today. In general, qualifications
for admission to these camps
will be the same as for the first
series, but a strong effort will be
made to obtain men above 31
years of age and the number adImifttwl
trninin/v ...III 1 1 *
iu iiiiiiiiu^ will uc smaller.
Applications must be sent to
the commanding generals of the
department in which the applicant
lives between June 15 and
July 15.
Some of the present ten officers'
training camps will be
abandoned in the series and all
selected for the second training
courses are located in the Southern
part of the country
Almost Unanimous
Baltimore Sun.
WnorKr ? ^^.A 1... 1 ?
nv44iif tvvij Will lUilU ICUUS
to Berlin these days. Brazil is
assuming a hostile attitude' to
Germany. Chile is becoming
fighting mad with her, the Span
ish people are getting their blood
up, and even the patient and pacific
Chinese are meditating an
expression of displeasure. Before
long the vote against
Prussianism will be almost
unanimous. Very likely Turkey
and Bulgaria wish thev had
not cast in their lot with the
Kaiser. It has rarely, if ever,
1 ? t f_- '
uappeneu oeiore nrai practical iv
the sentiment of the whole
world was united in condemnation
of one Nation. Is it diffi
cult to find the reason?
Someone noticed that Pat
used both hands equally well.
"When I was a boy," he explained,
"me father always said to
me: Tat learn to cut yer finger
nails wid yer left hand, for some
day ye might lose yer right
hand."*
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