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THE PAGELAND JOURNAL
VoK7 NO. 38 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1917 $1.00 per year
Has Mcllwain Been Captured
or Is It Another?
Lancaster, June 7.?On No- t
vember 6, 1915, a Lancaster
negro, Tohnny Mcllwain, shot
and killed Earnest M. Watkins,
superintendent of the Lancaster
Oil company, and made
good his escape. Since then
John P. Hunter, Sheriff of the ,
county, has been trying to locate
the fugitive from justice. Joseph
Hrr r>V?iof r\f nAli/>a hnra \nArl/_
ing on the case in coniunction
with the sheriff, went to a little
station 60 miles this side of
Knoxville, Tenn.. where some
construction work is going on
in which many negroes are em
ployed, and brought back to
Lancaster with him last Satur
f day night a negro who closely
resembles the Mcllwain negro
and answers the description of
him exactly as to height. The
fellow has been looked over and
over by a hundred or more
Lancaster folks who claim to
know Mcllwain and there seems
to be a very positive difference
of opinion as to whether the
negro under arrest is Mcllwain.
The negro himself claims that
on November 6 he was serving
time on the chaingang at Cedartown,
Ga Sheriff Hunter has
offered a reward of $100 for the
capture of Mcllwain in addition
to $100 reward hv finv. Mannina
Since Mcllwain's escape he was
located and captured once at or
near Pageland, it is said, and
while being brought to Lancas
ter in an automobile in some
manner got loose from the officers
and disapeared in the darkness.
(Note?Mcllwain was captured
by two or three citizens and
Rural Policeman Melton near
Guess, a few miles east of Page
land last summer and escaped
by working a ruse on Mr. Mel
ton at the home of Mr. C. W.
Arant at Five Forks, where the
party had stopped for a few
minutes enroute to Lancaster.
For several days the negro was
hunted, but made his escape.?
The journal)
Expects to Fight With Left Arm
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United States Senator Tillman,
who is a patient at the Robertson
Blackman sanitarium, Atlanta,
writes that he expects to
be out in a little while and about
his duties in Washington. Recently
the senior senator's left
wrist became infected with pyoderma,
the infection extending
about one third the way around
the wrist and two inches in
width in the centre. Concern
ing the rumor that his arm had
been amputated, the Senator
Tillman writes to Col. August
Kohn:
"Have just learned through
friends that the rumor has been
widespread in South Carolina
that my arm had been amputated,
Senator Tillman once picked
up a paper and saw an ac
count of his own death. His
only comment was, 'this is very
greatly exaggerated,' and so
about the amputation. 1 have
not lost my good left hand, with
which I write and will do my
fighting, if I ever have to do,
but leel on the road to recovery
and will have as good use of it
as ever in a little while, but 1
have been cut and burned
enough to know how it feels."
Mrs Parker?Now, young
man, why aren't you at the
front?
Young Man (milking cow)?
'Cos there aiq't any milk at that
end, missus,
The Liberty Loan
A lady of my acquaintance in
the City of Washington recently
adopted two orphaned Belgian
children. Bv good luck thev
managed to get across the ocean
without being murdered by German
submarines.
The children are little girls,
one of them 12 years old, and
the other fourteen. Some time
after they arrived they began to
ail, and a doctor was called in.
He found that both were about
to become mothers. They had
been the defenseless victims of
Prussian officers.
Don't von wont to nnnicli
JMTWUI ft J VM TV Uiil l\f puuioil
such people as those? And if
you cannot fight them weaponin-hand,
will you not fight them
with your money? You can do
it by buying a Liberty Bond.
If the Germans win in Europe,
they will thereupon attack us.
Supposing that thev succeed in
invading this country, they will
practice upon ourselves their
methods of "frightfulness."
Among other things, they will
debauch our little girls and chop
off the hands and feet of our
lihle boys. That is the way the
Prussians make war.
You are anxious that they
snail not have an opportunity to
do these things to us? Very well,
then. Buy a Liberty Bond, and
it will help to make such happenings
impossible.
Civilized warfare has always
protected non-combatants?par
ticularly women and children.
But the Germans have preferred
to practice the method of
savages, a specialty of theirs being
the murder and mutilation
of children.
They would like to do that
sort of thing in New Jersey,
Massachusetts, and Pennsylva
nia. If you wish to prevent, it,
buy a Liberty Bond.
The policy of "frightfulness"
is based upon the idea that
inuen is guinea Dy terrorizing
the enemy. Hence, whenever
the Germans perpetrate a new
and particularly horrid crime,
they defend it on the ground of
"military necessity."
It is a "military necessity" to
sink hospital ships; likewise to
direct the wholesale violation of
women and murder of noncombatants.
The private German
soldier is not the man responsible
for these methods.
They are carried out under ord
ers from highest authority.
Shall they be applied to us?
If you want to prevent it, buy a
Liberty Bond.
It is no exaggeration to say
that friends from hell could devisf?
no nrflftirpc mnro rtiknlior.l
MV mviv ut wnvai
than many of those which have
tieen in common employment
bv the Germans inthiswm-ai
the expence, too, of people who
(the Belgians and French, for
instance) had done nothing to
incur their enmity.
But the Germans hate us with
a fierce hatred, because they
think our munitions have pre
vented them from quickly winning
the war. They will have
no mercy on us, or upon
our women and children if they
can get at them to outrage and
murder and mutilate.
Will you not do everything
you can to keep them from getting
the chance? If so, buy a
Liberty Bond.
Are the Germans, who do or
approve these dreadful things,
better than you? Thev are
better in one very important
respect, if you can buy a
Liberty Bond and will not do so.
immense war loan have been
floated by the Kaiser's government,
and practically everybody
has subscribed to them to the1
British Aviators Hunt Germans
Like Hawks
British Headquarters in
France, June 9 (Evening, via
London, June 10) (By the Associated
Press).?The manner in
which the British flying corps
dominated the air during the
battle of Messines ridge on
Thursday is one of the most
thrilling and remarkable stories
of the entire war.
Far back of the German lines
the British planes searched out
troops in every hamlet, town and
village. In several places they
saw them gathering or march
ing in the main streets, whereupon
they flew down low at
times and opened fire which
scattered the gray clad soldiers in
all directions. All pilots report
that their accurate fire had a
most demoralizing effect upon
the hostile troops. Convoys and
ammunition and supply colums
were attacked while on the
march and the disorganized men
left their teams and automobiles
on the roads while thev sought
shelter in nearby ditches.
When the Pot Calls The Kettle
Black
The Western Indians, though
not fond of work,do not approve
of indolent white men. The
"heap white man" is the white
man who works hard, and to sit
and watch him while he toils
seems to afford him neverfailing
pleasure. |
Some young "warriors" of the
Blackfoot tribe sat in the shade
one day watching a group of
laborers who were constructing
a grade tor a railroad branch in
Montana. Suddenly a bicyclist,
the first they had ever seen,
hove in sight. He had got off
the tram at the last station and
was going to the fort, a little
farther on.
The Indians watched the
wheelman without a word until
he passed from view, then thev
expressed their sentiments.
"No good white man," one remarked.
"No" declared another with
great scorn. "Heap lazy white
m an cite rlrv?*rt-t ."nll'l"
? u?u uv II 11 lu \Y <11 IV .
Month of May Was Very Cold
General summary of weather i
conditions, obtained during the)
month of May in South Caro ;
lina, indicate that the month!
was the coldest on record by j
2.5 degrees The abnormality
was incident to the cold wave
which swept over the State be
tween May 5 and 15. Precipita-1
tion was somewhat below normal.
Many of the thunderstorms
during the latter part of
the month were accompanied
by hail in the northern and
western counties.
utmost of his means.
Whatever else may be said of
the Germans, they are patriotic.
Have you less of the virtue of
patriotism than they possess?
If you have as much, you will
buy a Libertv Bond, even if you
have to borrow the monev.
Do vou love your country?'
I A * " "
Are you anxious lor the safety
of those who have a right to;
you for safety and for protec
tion?
Then buy a Liberty Bond.
The money will help to fight
the battle for the free-to secure
the future freedom and safety i
of all mankind. You can give
this aid at the moment when it
is most needed. Do it now.
RENE BACI1E, 1
j Russians Reject Separate Truce i
i
Petrograd, June 9.?The Ger
man commander in chief on
the Eastern front has invited
the Russian armies to a separate
armistice, according: to a
statement by the council of
workmen and soldiers made
public today. It was proposed,
according: to the statement, that
secret pour parlers with the German
leader be inaugurated, but
the scheme was denounced by
the council.
In a wireless telegram, the
council's ancouncement states,
the German commander proposed
to show the armies a way
toward an honorable peace and
a means of ceasing to wage war
without a rupture with the entente
allies. The council of
workmen's and soldiers' delegates
has in this connection addressed
to the Russian army the
following appeal:
"The commander in chief of
the German armies on the Eastern
front has sent to our troops ,
a wireless message proposing to
indicate to them a way toward
an honorable peace and a means
for ceasing to wage war without
a rupture with the allies. The
German general talks this way ,
because he knows that the Russian
revolutionary tioops would
reject with indignation any overt
proposal for a separate peace.
"That is why the enemy com
mander in chief invites our arm ,
ies to a separate armistice and
proposes that we should enter
into secret pour parlers with the
German military leaders on the
the Eastern front. In his wire- ;
less telegram the German declares
that a separate armistice
does not offer Germany any advantage.
But this is untrue for,
in speaking of the inactivity of ,
the German army on the Rus j
sian front, the German general
forgets what Russia can not
forget, notably the Russian de
feat on the Stockhod. The German
general has forgotten that
the Russian troops know
whether the division and heavy
batteries are being taken from
our front. The German general ,
has forgotten that we ?n Russia
hear the sound of the bloody
battles which are being fought
I on the Franco British front. He
has forgotten that Russia knows
that the overthrow of her allies ,
would mean the overthrow of j
Russia and the end of her po
litical liberty." ,
Scholarship and Entrance
Examinations, i
University of South
Carolina. j
The examination for the 1
award of vacant scholarships in i
University of South Carolina 1
and for admission of new stud- i
ents will be heldatthecour.lv '
court house on Friday, July 13, <
at 9 a. m. Applicants must not i
be less than sixteen years of age. i
When scholarships are vacant i
after July 13, thcv will be award '
ed to those making the highest i
average at examination, provided
they meet the conditions <
governing the award. Annli <
rants for scholarships should I
write to President Currell for
scholarship examination blanks. 1
These blanks, properly filled I
out by the applicant should he i
filed with President Currell by i
Julv 6tli. i
Scholarships are worth $lOC i
free tuition and fees, total $158. 1
The next session will open September
19, 1817. For further I
information and catalogue, ad l
dress, President W, S, Currell, 1
Columbia, S. C. 11
General Wood Speaks to
Negroes
Last Thursday while in Columbia
General Leonard Wood
addressed about 1,500 negroes
at Allen University. Much
good advice was given the
negroes, and thej- were compli
men ted on the way they regis
stered. Many negroes in this
section have an idea that the
leaders of the negro race are
not backing up the Government
in the war, but this is eroneous.
Richard Carroll and
other negro leaders are using
their energies in an effort to
arouse tbe negroes to a realization
of their duties at this time.
In addressing the negroes
General Wood said:
"Do all you can and in so doing
you are strengthening your
own position and your country's
position and vou are serving
the cause of human liberty"
When Gen. Wood arrived at
the college a student band
marched around the campus
playing "The Star Spangled
Banner," Hundreds ot American
flags were waved by the
negroes. Kictiard Carroll intro
duced the Rev. R. A. Vance,
who introduced Gov. Manning
to the audience.
Gov. Manning introduced
Gen. Wood as "the man who is
a statesman and a soldier, who
is in charge of military affairs of
this department," and a "man
who does things."
Gen. Wood said that he was
delighted at the opportunity of
addressing tbe negoes of the
State. "When we speak of ex
am pies of service," said Gen.
Wood, "you have only to look
at your governor to see what
his sons, acting under his inspiration,
are doing. Four of
them, if i remember correctly,
are in the service of the service
of the government, ready to
serve their country.
"That idea of service is the
idea that we want all of you to
take up. When this country
goes into a war as it has done
into this one, you must not
think oniy of the soldier part of
it. There is a great deal behind
the fighting line that is to be
done. You must raise food,
make munitions, build railway,
transports, telegraph and telephone
lines and cultivate food."
In the Northern States, he said,
thousands of women and chil
dren were engaged in the making
of munitions; hundreds of
thousands of others are making
clothing and shoes; a vast horde
are running transportation lines,
while others are serving as sur
[icons, doctors and nurses.
"You must not have undue
anxiety," said Gen. Wood, "to get
to the fighting line. Somewhere
we have all got to serve and
prepare others for the firing line.
Every man on the firing line
must have people back of him
who are working to keep him
clothed and supplied with food
and munitions and other neces
sities of life. The fight part of
it is going to be for men, but the
work of preparation is for men
and women."
"Now as to registration," said
Gen. Wood, "you behaved splen
iidly in that. You paid a great
tribute to your race and loyalty.
You registered right up to the
linnt and you stood the issue
like men and I know you will
meet all of the issues in the war
in the same manner. I have
seen your people in the armv
and have always found them to
be good soldiers."
Gen: Wood told the negroes
that they must adjust themselves
to new conditions which will
t?e brought about by the war.
'The seriousness of the war is
Billion Bushels of Grain Needc d
Washington, June 8.?Herbert
C. Hoover's report to the government
on what the United
States must do to sustain i's
allies with food, made public
todav, shows that the allies and
a few neutrals, which must be
considered, required during the
next year 1,000,000,000 bushel ;
of cereals alone and their need:;
ol meat, fats and sugar also will
be enormous.
Production in the allied countries
and imports from other
countries can meet only a portion
of these needs; America
must supply the remainder.
America's surplus 011 the present
scale of consumption will not
meet the deficiency, Mr. Hoover
says.
America's duty is set forth by
Mr. Hoover thus:
"All those conditions throw
on North America the brunt of
the burden of supplying our
cobelligerents with the human
and animal food necessary
to maintain their great armies
in fighting condition, as well as
to keep alive and efficient the
families of the fighters and the
great industrial army at. home.
"The exports from America
necessary to meet these needs
which absolutely must be met
if the war is to be won or even
is to be carried on at at all during
the next year must be immediately
greater than they
have been in normal times.
"Our consumption must be re- >
duced. This can be done first
by elimination of waste; second,
bv the substitution for the kinds
of foods needed by the allies of
food not so needed, but which
we can just as well use, as corn
for wheat, poultry and eggs for
red meat and so on; third, bv
voluntarily restricting ourselves
to a sufficient and sensible
ration, and if done at a little
sacrifice ot preference of estate
or inclination for a feeling of
over repletion will be of advantage
to us morally."
Wise Boy
a tall man impatiently pacing
the platform ot a wayside
station, accosted a red haired
boy of about 12.
"S s say," he said, "d-o dd
y-y you know ha-ha how late
this train is?
The boy grinned but made no
reply. The man stutteicd out
something about red-headed
kids in general and passed into
the station
A Stranger, overhearing the
onesided conversation, asked
the boy why he hadn't answered
the big man.
"D d d%y^ wanler see me
?-g-get me fa fa-face punched?"
stammered the boy. "D d dat
gig g g guy'd think I was momo
mocking him."
Mr. Robert P. Turner returned
to his home here Thursday
from the University at Columbia,
where he graduated this
year.
noi yet realized," said Gen.
Wood. He advised the negroes
to cultivate every foot of land
possible, produce food and help
win the war.
The department commander
advised the negroes not "to get
into their heads that the war
will he over quicklv."
"The American people," said
Gen. Wood, "should thank Cod
every morning and night be
cause our allies are stiong
enough to protect us while we
are getting ready.
"We are going to win the war,
because it is for the freedom of
mankind," concluded Gen.
Wood,