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THt PAGELAND JOURNAL Vol.7 NO. 39 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2U, 1917 S1.00 per year j s - Tanker Is Sunk After Running Fight With U-Boat Washington, June 15.?American naval gunners have met ' tneir first defeat in open fight with a German submarine. Ot. ficial dispatches today announced the destruction of the tank steamship Moreni, abandoned ablaze June 12 by her crew and armed guard after a desperate running fight in the war zone, which cost the lives of four of her crew. Half an hour after the tanker had been sent to the bottom, her forty three survivors, including all of the members of the armed guard, were picked up with their life boats by a passing steamer. The German commander had set them adrift after congratulating the American skipper upon his game fight and having the wounded men treated by the submarine's surgeon. The submarine began the action at a range of 8,000 yards, four nautical miles, when she hardly was visible to the steam er without glasses. Presenting virtually no target herself, she sent two hundred shells at the big tanker, making many hits, while the American pnnncrs wasted 150 shots without harming: the speck from which the deadly hail came. Naval officers assumed that the submarine was armed with the six-inch rifles mounted Inmost of the newest undersea boats. No statement was avail able tonight as to the armament of the Moreni. The failure of the gunners to get the submarine was attributed generally to the long range and small target. The action of the submarine commander in treating his vanquished opponents with such i unexpected courtesy was the subject of much comment. Ger many has proclaimed her inten <;nn I.. ? . ti- ? nun iu ncut DiniMi armeu mer chant crews as pirates. Big Price For Ford The Pathfinder. Hard to believe that an ordinary Ford has brought $.3,600, but such is the case. A Maine farmer last fall contracted to bu> a Ford and pay for it March 1 with 400 barrels of potatoes? which were selling for $1.15 a barrel when the bargain was made. When the settlement day came, the precious tubers were bringing $9 a barrel. How j do you 'hink potatoes will turn this year? Some think that soj many people vmii raise potatoes j this season that there will be an ! overproduction, while others hold that no matter how many | are produced there will still be a shortage and price will remain high. Our guess is that neither extreme will be reached; such large food crops are going to be produced that, taken in connec tion with the economies adopt ed, prices will be kept at a fairly reasonable level. In any case it is everybody's July to get busv and keep busv. If you pay famine prices for potatoes, beans, j onions, cabbages etc. this year j VOU will onlv lmvo VAiircuW I _ t ..M ? f \/ui ov ii iw blame; so don't whine about the high prices but do something to relieve the situation. Those who sing all summer however may have a chance to dance all winter, to the unpleasant tune of the H. C. L rag. "What did the doctor say when Tom shot off some of his digits fooling with a loaded pistol?" "He told him he should remember that fingers arc good ibiDgs always to keep on haad,' i | Soon Will.Begin Selective Draft i Washington, June 16.?Registrations totalling 8,986,790 under the selectice draft law had been reported tonight from 45 States I [and the District of Columbia. The three States still missing were Massachusetts, Kentucky and Wyoming, whose aggregate is expected to bring the grand total close to 9,500,000. I By the time the registration j rolls of the provost marshal general are complete, officials may be ready to proceed with selec tion for the first war increment. The greatest single problem presented is formulation of a fair method of selecting exemption tribunals. Three plans are understood to be under consid eration. One would provide for ( appointment through the gov ernors of the States, a second j through federal judges and the , third through a central com mittee to be located in Wash ingion. ] Liberty Loan Over Subscribed | by Millions , Washington, June 1(5.?Secretary McAdoo announced tonight that no part of the over sub scription to the Liberty loan 1 would be accepted, and that his 1 sattement of May 10 in which he ( declared that the issue would be limited to $2,000,o00,O0o stood good now as then. Mr. McAdoo's announcement will result in paring down hundreds ot the larger subscriptions until the total reaches the $2, 000,000,000 limit. How much 1 will have to be pared down from 1 the amount the country offered to take was still an unknown quantity tonight. The over subscription will not fall, it seemed certain, below $700,000, 000 and may go as high as $900,000,000. The grand total of subscrip tions received at reserve banks up to noon Friday, the closing hour, will not be known until Monday at the earliest. Indications are that the grand total of what the American people were willing to take will not be available until the middle ot next week, so great has been the excess. Russian Council Rejects Separate Peace Petrograd, lune 16 (via Lon I i '~r\ A ?' uuii. jline ://.?/\ surring proclamation placing llic council of workmen's and soldiers' dele gates on record as irrevocably opposed to a separate peace was adopted today by the council. The proclamation was prompt ed by Austrian efforts to lure Russii into a separate peace. It exhorts Russians "to rally around the banner of revolution and increase the energy of the military for the defense of freedom." His Rights "Why did vou strike this man?" asked the judge sternly. "Me called me a liar, your honor," replied the accused. "Is that true?" asked the judge, returning to the man with the mussed up face. "Sure it is," said the accuser. , "I called him a liar because he is one, and I can prove it." "What have you to say to that?" asked the judge of the de fendant. "It's got nothing to do with the case, your honor," was the unexpected replv. '.Even it i am a liar, I guess I've got a right to be sensitive about it, ain't I?"?Topeka State Journal. Supt. R. W. Allen Cut By Mr. i J. E. Efird at Monroe Monroe Journal, Friday. Mr. R. W. Allen, Superintend- 1 ent of the ciiv schools, lies at ^ the home of Mr. S. B. Bundy in a serious condition as a result of knife wounds inflicted upon him j by Mr. J. E. Efird. Physicians j stated, however, that he would j recover unless his wounds be j came infected. Mr. Efird is out j under a thousand dollar bond. The affair took place near the j residence of Mr. Bundy at about j S o'clock this morning. As yet ( the police have been unable to r locate any eve witnesses, and it is impossible to secure an accu t rate account of the events lead ( ing up to the affray. It is said that Mr. Efird was incensed over the failure of the school r authorities to promote one of his : bovs at the close of the school i session. r On making an examination, 1 the doctors found that Mr. Allen had been cut i.i four or five places. One gash, starting at s the lobe of the right ear, ranged t down the side of his face to the r point of his chin. Another gash f very similar 10 me one on the r right cheek was cut on his left 1 cheek. There were three cuts r on his head, and several wounds I over his right eye where he had a been stabbed. Probably the most dangerous cut was one thai s started at the jugular vein on 1 his left side, and ranging across i his throat; about six inches in t length. Part of the wounded c man's lower lip was almost cut 41 off. This cut started at the left t corner of his mouth, and circled f under the hp. This part of the t lip was hanging on by just a t slender thread. One of his t teeth was also knocked out or cut out. There was about a six i inch gash running down his <. right shoulder. In all 64 stitches \ were necessary to sew up his ( wounds. i All of the wounds were deep, 1 and bled profusedlv. It is said <that the wounded man lost at I least a gallon of blood. This appears to he an exaggeration, as I the loss of that much blood \ would kill an average man, but ; Mr. Allen, it was pointed out. is I a very fleshy man, and able Jo i loose that much without any ?. serious conseouenms Tlw> in. f jured man did not lose conscious noss, and managed to walk into f Mr. Bandy's home with a little t assistance. i It is not known whether or not Mr. Allen struck Mr. Kfird. f Neither is it known whcthei an\ | words were pass between them. The affair caused a great deal of excitement and concern ow ing to the prominence of the two parties. Mr. I-'fird, as is si well known, has been in the I marble business here for a mini ; her ot years; one time Mayor ol t the town, and several times a i member of the hoard of alder : men. This is the first time be 1 has ever been held on a crimi > nal charge. ji Since coming to Monroe, Mr. i Allen has won the admiration si and support of most of the pa v ... - ? nuns mi me aumiraoic mannei ; >. in vvliich he has conducted the '< school, lie came here from I \ Sanford a little over a year atjo, s highly recommended hy ex (Jov J' ernor Kitchin and others. IIej< has lived up to those recom- f mendations to the very letter. J The school board was so pleas ed with the manner in which f Mr. Allen has been conducting affairs of the school that they t re-elected him several months i ahead of time at an increased ? salary, ( \ Town Where the Young Never Grow Old Ho. ve citizens of Pageland! 3o you know that nature has avored you above most, or all, :ommunities in South Carolina? With an altitude of about 800 eet above sea level; constituting he pinnacle, with all surround ng points on lower levels, a ine sand soil that responds free y to the touch of the farmer, .villi the long: leaf pine comprisng: the major growth of oui orests, and with an atmosphere )f less humidity than that of the nountains. Nature has thus en lowed you with health condi ions superior to those of the Joast or the Piedmont sections. There is some sickness here is there is everywhere. But by i careful study of the situation t appears that much of the sick less among our people is the esult of local carelessness. Where is our Board of Health? rhe premises of each home hould be carefully examined ivery three months by this esponsible organization, and ilth in every form should be emoved. Hog pens should not >c permitted within the corpoate limits, the closets and stages should be kept clean and IS far as nossihhv n<tnr1<>c? Besides that, the house fly hould he put out of commission, nstiill screen doors and windows n jour homes. Buy the swat er and use it vigoroursly every la3 till every fly is a victim of 'assault and battery with intent oHJl." Keep the fly off vour ofxi. The closet and tfie fly is he solution of the fever ques ion in this section of God's country. If our people would invest in >rinters ink largely and fre piently, there would come a Mlume of tourists knocking at >ur doors both winter and sum ner that would necessitate the ruilding of more homes and an mlargement of our mercantile >lant. Citizens of Pageland, let us ight filth and the fly, and be ond an occasional snake bite or i kirlcim/ ninli> /-?nr ...:n ...s ...HIV- Mill IIMV II \"V ill >eeome a community where old maids marry, young people nev *r grow old, and old people live orever. Shall we wake up? or sleep md dream of a prosperity that :an he ours if we will hut claim t? Citizen. Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. University ot South Carolina. The examination lor the iward of vacant scholarships in Jniversity of South Carolina md for admission of new students will he held at the county i r t li? - "in i r nuiiv, jlily ].1, u () u. in. Applicants mast not >o loss than sixteen years of age. A'hen scholarships are vacant ifter July 13, thev will he award d to those making the highest tverage at examination, prodded they meet the conditions lovcrning the award. Appli ants for scholarships should vrite to President (airrell for ?. iMn.uMi.p I'x.unii) mon blanks. Ili.'Sf blanks, properly filled >111 by the applicant should he iled with President Currell hv 111V hill. Scholarships are worth $100? ree tuition and fees, total $158. I lie next session will open Sup ember 19, 1S17. For further nformation and catalogue, adIress, President \V, S Currell, Jolumhia, S. C;, Fly Catechism ] 1. Where is the Fly born? In ' manure and filth. 1 2. Where does the Fly live? < , In all kinds of filth and he car1 ries filth on his feet and wings, i 3, Where does the Fly go , when he leaves the manure pile, ' the privey and the spittoon? lie goes into the. Kitchen, the Din 1 ing room and the Store. 4. What does the Fly do there? , He walks on the bread, fruit and vegetables; he wipes his feet on . the butter and bathes in the milk. 5. Does the Flv visit patients sick with consumption, typhoid fever and cholera infantum? He does and he may call on you ! next, carrying the infection of these diseases. 0. What diseases does the Fly carry? Typhoid fever, consumption, diarrheal diseases, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and in fact any communicable disease. , 7. How can the Flv be preven ted? Bv destroying all the filth about your premises; screen the privey vault; cover the manure bin; burn all waste matter; de stroy your garbage; screen your house. Great Progress in Navy's Marks- s manship Washington, June 17.?Great- ^ er progress has been made in 1 the marksmanship of the Allan ( , tic fleet this year than ever 1 before, according to a report by c Rear Admiral Mayo made pub r lie by Secretary Daniels. v "I am confident," said the ad- 1 miral, "that the entire fleet will 2 be ready in the near future to render valuable service on the ^ scene of active operations in the ' a me spirit as those units of the ( fleet which have already re- s sponded quickly and effectively 1 to the sudden call for active 1 service against the enemy. 1 "Notwithstanding the many 11 interruptions in the schedules r and the conditions under which c the exercises were necessarily 11 held, the reports indicate steady 11 orogress in the ability and con fulence of the personnel to pre- J pare for, maintain, and control the fire of the different batteries 1 under varying; conditions, and it ll is believed that the final analy . sis of the scores wiU show a 1 marked increase in the rapidity 1 of the fire and a reasonable sat- ( isfactorv in accuracy." In reporting; ihe increased ef? ficiency of the destroyer, Admiral Mayo declares "the time has now arrived when destrovers have become dangerous r factors to the enemy fleet in a day as well as night engage- a ments." t -1 As little Freddie had reached 1 the mature age of three, and f was about to discard petticoats r for manly rament in the form of I knickerbockers, his mother de- t termined to make the occasion il a memorable one. The Bristol v Times tells what happened. t The breakfast table was larlen \ vvitli good fare as the newlybreeched infant was led into the room. "Ah," cried tne proud > mother, "now you are a little man!" t The fledging was in ecstasies, j Displaying his garments to their i full advantage, he edged closer c to his mother, and whispered. J "Mummie, can I call pa Bill j| now?" j. C Notice ! ii Until further notice We will c grind corn on Friday and Satur- d day only. I Pageland Novelty Works c How U. S. Soldiers are Livii * in France Paris, June 17.?The Ameii:an enlisted men who can* o France with Major Gencr: 1 Pershing are having experinc ; with foreign habits, languag : ind rations which indicate vvhnt [he .main body of American Iroops will find when it arrive; . The Americans are quartered it the Pepiniere barracks, a huge suadrilateral on Place Si. Augustin, one of the centra! * locations of Paris. There arc housed troops from all the entente allied nations, including Russians, Serbians, Belgians. Rumanians, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders, with sixty American troopers, engileers and automobile drivers imong the latest arrivals. The vast central court presents a strange sight in the mingling of uniforms and flags of the vatidus nations. Fach contingent las its own drills and its own iving and eating quarters, but .vhen the men are off duty, the :ourt is crowded with the solliers, speaking many languages ind attempting to make themselves understood with signs. The American troops are on 7icnch military rations, which hey like better than American British rotinnc I ? ?,J ? - ... ihiiv/iio, 1V/I III ilUUl' ion to an abundance of well rooked food, they embrace the egular French allowance of vine, which may be discontinled when the American rations ire established. ..The chief novelty for the Vmericans is the continual ireakfast, restricted to bread and roffee. Lunch and dinner are ;erved in courses with plenty of neat and vegetables. The neatless days do not apply to he military, as the French polcy is to limit the restrictions on neat, sugar, etc., to civilians in irder that the iighting forces nay be kept up to the full measire of energy. 'Idie sleeping quarters are (lain and comfortable with good >eds and ample sanitary arrangenents. The Americans are on i regular schedule, which rereille at six o'clock in ili<? mrvm. ng, breakfast at seven, inspection at eight am! then a round >f duties, concluding with taps it 10 p. 111. "ighting in Dream and Broke His Arm l;ort Mill, June 1 (>.?1 lope Maris, the 11 year old son of Mr. md Mrs. K. i\ Harris, sustained i badly broken light arm and lainful injuries about right arm md painful injuries about the lead as the result of a fall of lr> eel from the window of his bed oom about !2oVinrk 1-ici Ie was asleep in liis hod near lie window and says thai he was Ireaming of being in a fi lit vlien he rolled from the In d h rough the window the iclow. ground. Had Gone Dry lonroe Journal. The latest and best joke on he lohn Henry comes from Col. <ube Lemmond. Ilewaswalkng to his office from dinner the tlier day, when he saw (). 1). loan, the creamery man, wotkng under a kord which was acked up on two big milk cans. )f course he stopped to take in lie unusual sight. 'My," he so iloqui/.ed, "I've heard oc h'ords limbing: hills and jumping: itches, but this is the lirst time ever saw a man trying to milk ne!"