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THE PAGELAND JOURNAL
Vol.7 NO. 47 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1917 51.00 per year
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I Germans Thought That War
Would Be Over In A Few
Weeks ]
The Pathfinder. 1
Eternal God, but it is a joy to 1
see the Huns crazed and smash- <
ed by the allie's titantic pile (
driver on the French front. It ,
is a joy to have such diabolical .
methods of destruction turned ,
on their creator.
The Germans believed absolutely
that they could start this ,
3 s . a? ? m
I war ana hdisd 11 an inside a lew
weeks, just as they did their earlier
wars against Austria and
France. An American doctor
of German birth who was in
Berlin at the time the war broke
out informs us that he offered to
serve in the German hospital
service but was told that it
would not be worth his while,
as the war would "all be over
inside of three weeks."
The Prussian geniuses of
blood and iron planned that they
would pass right through Belgium
unhindered, dictate peace
in Paris and secure an indemnity
which would make the war
f the biggest success ever scored
in the robbery line. Such a
vast aggregation of warships,
airships, mines, big guns, machine
guns, poison gas generators,
flame ejectois, high explosive
shells, bombs and other engines
of des ruction had they
amassed in the course of many
years that these warlords never
entertained the slightest doubt
that they could blast their way
through to Paris.
Thev knew their neighbors
were not prepared and they be
{ lieved that victory was a fore
1 gone conclusion. They would
[ never have ventured into the
L struggle if they had even reft
motely imagined that their opft
ponents had any chance to wir.
Every detail of their infernal
plans was worked out in ad
vance.
They had tons of iron crosses
all made to distribute
| to the soldiers who first
I entered Paris, and Kaiser Wil
I helm boasted that he would eat
his Christmas dinner there.
Thev even made the blasphemous
claim that all this murder
and destruction was approved
by the A1 might v.
But they reckoned without their
host. Little Belgium threw herself
into the breach and saved
civilization. The Prussian
hordes were held up till the
French and British could prepare;
and now we see the advantage
swung to the allies' side.
S Tf ?a nAnf ^ ? ? ?1
? m uu? me vjcimail who
are having: to stand up and ,
be blown to pieces and the (
eternal justice of it is that they
are being: blown to pieces bv
the very same devilish means
that they themselves so cun- '
ningly perfected. Thev are
now having to take their own ,
medicine. War is being brought
home to them; not the offensive (
war which they counted on; |
not the war which was to saddle
all the misery on the other side,
but a defensive war in which it
is they who must bear the brunt i
of the suffering?a war which
strikes at their heart, and in ,
which they find themselves in.
deed lighting for their very ex- S
istance.
The mills ol the gods may !
grind slow, but they grind exceeding
fine. Strong men all t
over the world are having their t
faith in Providence revived because
they see that the Almigh- :
ty is not going to permit the t
scheme of these Prussian fiends p
to prosper. Instruments are be I
ing forged by humanity, under )
k the inspiration of righteous r
wrath, which will utterly crush ^
these maniacs of destruction, I
A ,
Beasley Gets the Puppy
For a few issues past John
Beasley's "Sketches" in the Monroe
Journal had been missing.
We were at a loss to know
where he had gone but in Friday's
issue, appeared the prob
able explanation. He had been
attending a lying school, and
did not return until he had taken
a post graduate course. As evi
dence that he now holds the
championship in his county we
submit the following taken from
Friday's issue of this Monroe
paper:
"The corn crop in this section
bids fair to be the best ever.
Much of the corn is about made,
and a few more rains will make
good corn in almost every field.
Never before has the writer
seen corn have as good color as
this season. Nearly all of it has
remained green from the ground
up, and a big long ear is on ah
most every stalk, and on many
there are two.?Pageland Jour
nal.
"Such a report as this shows
that Editor Tucker is fast asleep
on the corn crop. Either he is
jealous of real corn growing
such as we have up here in
Union, or else he hasn't heard
of it, for if he had he certainly
would not have thought it worth
while to say anything at all
about his old crop. Why down
in Buford township, not far
above Tucker's town, but in
Union county of course, corn is
growing right. Down there the
otherday a boy climed a corn
stalk to see how the corn was
getting along and now the stalk
is growing up faster than the
boy can climb down. The boy
is plumb out of sight. Three
men have undertaken to cut
down the stalk with axes and
save the boy from starvation. It
grows so fast that they can't
hack twice in the same place.
The poor boy is living on noth
ing but raw corn and has al
ready thrown down four bushels
of cobs.
Wake up Tucker."
ino wonder people at the beginning
of the war began to ask
how an all wise Creator could
allow such a monstrous inius
tice, for it looked as if all civilization
was to be ground under
the iron heel of Prussian mili
tarism. But gradually but sure
ly the latent virility of the free
nations asserted itself until by a
word in arms, vowing her destruction
and punisment.
No wonder she is desperate;
no wonder she resorts to every
vile trick to try to evade the
doom which is in store for her.
Little did she dream that the
Frankenstein war monster which
she had built up with such pa
tience and ingenuity was to turn
and vent its vengeance on her.
She believed that the shafts of
destruction which she had called
forth would strike only others,
[>ut they were colossal boomerings
which recoiled on hersplf
Premier Lloyd-Georgy in a
speech Ihe other night said:
'We have driven the great armv
>f Germany underground.
When a great army is forced to
such tactics it is the beginning
>f the end; it means that we are
)ounding a sense of inferiority
nto every part of the German
nilitary mind. This is good for
he war and it is good for after
he war. As long as the Prus
ians have an idea of superiority
n their minds, Europe will not
>e a decent place to live in
>eace. It will be easier after
his. The Prussian has many
nrtues, but a sense of humility,
s never among them But he is
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'?.?w uviiik luiiKiu me viruie ot
lurailily, by a fierce and reientess
lash."
Anti-Draft Meeting is'Converted \
Into a Patriotic Rally
Monroe, N. C., Aug. 4.?The >
proposed meeting of those who t
objected to the sending of Unit >
ed States troops broad to have c
been held here todav was called t
off. There was considerable c
excitement in Monroe when the y
fact became known that there <
was to be a meeting in the court- t
house at twelve o'clock of those (
who object to the United States 1
sending troops abroad, unless
they volunteered to do so of 1
their own accord, the leaders 1
being of the opinion that such ]
was not constitutional. ?
All during the morning people (
from the cpuntry began to gath 1
er around the courthouse and j
talked in groups, and at twelve j
o,clock the majority of the i
crowd repaired to the court 1
house, looking for some hot t
speeches. But after half an <
houu's wait, it was apparent that 1
there would be no meeting. 1
It was suggested that Attorn- 1
ey J. J. Parker, who is one of t
the leading republicans in the 2
state, be asked to make a talk i
and explain to the leaders that 2
the draft law as passed by Con
gress was constitutional. Mr. (
Parker consented to make a 2
speech, in which he explained '
that while a republican at heart i
he was with the President in 1
this crisis, and that he sincerely i
hoped that the people of Union i
county would back the Presi- <
dent to the limit. He further 1
more said that the leaders of the i
meeting had been mis informed 1
about the constitutionality of
the matter, and from the ovation
he received when he finished,
it was evident that his patriotic j
remarks had made a deep im
pression on his hearers. t
After Mr. Parker had finished,
A. B. McCrorie, one of the lead- '
ers of the proposed meeting, an
nounccd that the meeting had (
been cahed off but would be
held at a later date, as he had (
invited ex Governor Cole Blease, i
of South Carolina, to be the '
principal speaker today, but that
a business engagement had prevented
him from coming. The j
opinion seems to be that the (
matter will be dropped, and that ,
there will never be a meeting. j
Taking Watson's Measure
Charlotte Observer.
The Monroe lournal sizes up
Hon. Tom Watson in what we
believe to be a clear light. It
states a manifest truth when it
says that Watson, "the mental
f pervert," is responsible for much
of the talk in the South, es
pecially in Georgia, about tlie
constutionality of sending men
to France to fight. The Journal
quotes Doctor Johnson as
saying that "patriotism is the
last resort of a scoundrel,"
and thinks the constitution is
"the last resort of a crank like
Watson." The Journal judicially
holds that "the distinction
between being drafted in the
army to fight on our own soil
and to fight the same enemy to
prevent his getting on our soil, is
only a mental quirk which only
a busybody and a natural born
disturber like Watson would
bother to make. A hair splitter
is usually a time waster." it
3eems to have come easy to The ,,
Journal to find Watson's meas iy
ure. He is an inflection in con a
sideration of which the country
must have a feeling of sympa- c
thy for Georgia. ^
ti
Mrs. Quackeness: Am yo' r
daughta' happily mar'd, Sistah g
Sagg? I
Mrs. Sagg: She shuah am! o
Bless goodness, she done got a a
husband dat's skeered to death t<
ob her!?Life.
Vill Spare no Step to Punish N
Slackers
Washington, Aug. 4.?Regis- v
ered men who resist the select- n
re draft law face military tl
tourtmartial for desertion and a
he possibility of execution for tl
lesertion in time of war. The e
vhole military and civil power c
>f the federal government and ^
he civil power of States, cities (
counties will be employed to t,
iring them to book. c
This was announced in a i
ormal statement tonight by p
Brig. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, s
?rovoss marshal general, in re- a
>ponse to reports from North f
Carolina, Georgia and Okla- (
loma of anti draft disturbances, t
\s vet the power of the federal s
jcvernment has not been in- t
yoked by the governors of the t
three States nor by the agents of t
the department of justice- The t
t>nLy official notice received in ^
Washington of tho HioinrKannoc -
.. ?? V* ?t<v uioiUlMaiiVtO I
was a telegram from the gover- i
[ior of North Carolina saying c
the registered men of two town- 1
ships in that State might refuse
in a body to comploy with .the i
summons for examination. t
No official word came from t
Oklahoma, where the most <
serious situation prevails. It s
was believed the governor both \
in his official capacity and as i
the direct agent of the president t
in the execution of the draft law c
is confident order can be restor- i
ed without military aid. There f
will be no hesitation, however, i
in employing federal troops if s
they are needed. i
1
. Mt. Croghan News t
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Baker 1
tiave returned to their home at (
Lumberton, N. C. after visiting
the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charley Baker, for a cou- 1
pie of weeks. <
The protracted meeting at =
Center Grove closed last Wed- 1
nesday. The pastor, Rev. Caudle,
was assisted by Rev. M.
Holmes. There were 5 access
ions to the church bv Baptism
and 2 by letter.
Mr. Myers, who died in a
lospital and was buried at
Chesterfield was a brother of
Mrs. W. P. Griggs of Mt. Crogaan.
Mr. James Donahue, who was
operated on in a Charlotte hospital
for appendicitis, came home
Thursday and is doing nicely.
Mr. Johnnie Threatt is at
lome recuperating after an op
sration for appendicitis in a
Florence hospital. Mr. Threatt
vorks in a Bank in Cheraw.
Esq. Gulledge has a new car.
He will try you and try his
iohnhenrv.
Rev. Brown will commence
lis meetings at Elizabeth and
VIt. Groghan next Sunday. 11
ind 2 o'clock at Elizabeth and
I and 8 at Mt. Groghan. Rev.
vlr. Sullivan will help in both
neetings.
Farmers say tliev are needing
ain for their corn very badly
md it would do cotton good.
Mr. Chalmers Atkinson of
'olkton, N. C. was visiting at
dr. Vester Atkinsoa's last week.
<oss Atkinson went home with
lim Wednesday and returned
rriday.
Sunday school at 2:30 o'clock
nd preaching at 3:3o at the
dethodist church next Sunday
fternoon.
Our Mayor, Mr. Therrell,
aught a coon with a gun on
is nerson SntnrHnv ??nrl fin?/l
im $25. He paid up and was
earrested by Sheriff Moore and
ave bond for his appearance
*ueaday. There are a lot of
thers that should be looked
fter, to help break up this pis
>1 toting. Its dangerous.
G.
larshville Men Go On Tri]
Monday morning automobile
nth North Carolina license
umbers began passing alonj
lie street in front of this office
nd the thing continued so Jom
hat we began to wonder whetb
rail the Marshville townshi]
itizens had become suddenl;
patriotic enough to start fo
Germany in a body or whethe
hey were on a peaceful missioi
>f seeing the crops and devout
ng the watermelons that are s
tlentiful in this section. The
topped here to get togethei
ind when we hoisted the whit
lag and went out we found Ze
]Jreen in the crowd and kne^
hen that the mission was a:
uredly peaceful. We learne
hat the Gilboa Farmers Unio
lad planned an automobile tri
hrough two or three counties c
his State to see the crops, ej
vatermelons, and learn whi
hey could by observation sn
nterrogation. Thev were hear
id especially for Coker's farm j
iartsville.
A more progressive commui
ty than Gilboa would be har
o find, and these farmers an
>usiness men, numbering sixt
>r seventy perhaps, are all wid
iwake fellows who are able t
)rofit by example as well t
ixperience. They sell mor
>utter by parcel post than i
)tber community in the countr
>erhaps, and they are breedin
ine cattle. We can not give
eport of the trip as we failed t
;ee them on the way back, bi
t goes without saying that the
earned enough to pay for tb
rip, though it is doubtful thi
hey paid for all the waterme
>ns they ate.
However, the less a man talk
he more he doesn't have to a]
)logize.
Report of County Supe
nlng Api
(Continued
J. D. Smith, clerk of County 1
E. R. Knight, salary
D. F. Brock, magistrate
T. W. Eddins, salary
Chesterfield Hardware Co., g
John Ratcliff. gang
A. Sullivan, superintendent o
John Graves, gang
T. E. Mullov, county com mis
City Market, gang
F. M. Moore, constable
W. P. Oliver, gang
G. D. Gulledge, magistrate
R. A. Griffith, police
W. N. Lee, magistrate
J. W. Brock, constable
T. W. Turner, magistrate
The Jeffersonian, printing
W. J. Davidson, ail
J. N. Davis, constable
G. H. Gulledce. R. & B.
S. B. Rodgers, magistrate
C. L. Melton, rural police anc
M, A. Kelly, constable
S. A. Teal, commutation
Redfearn-Rivers Co., gang
G. R. Knight, commutation
P. C. McLaurin, rural police s
F. R. Evans, magistrate
Bank of Chesterfield, R. R. C
Cheraw Chronicle, printing
W. E. Parker, jail
Theo. Winburn, constable
W. ). Odom. ordinary fund
Chesterfield Telephone Co., r
Thp P.hpstnrfiplH I .nan Ins
H. K. Linton, commutation
R. A. Rouse, salary
J. T. Grant, jail report
Stella Minis, demonstration
I. T. Grant, ordinary fund
J. C. Douglass, right of way fc
J. A. Turner, county commiss
B. D. Burr, road wav
T. H. Douglass, magistrate
I. S. McGregor, gang
L. A. Campbell, gang
D, P. Douglass, salary
(Continued
^-i-. ~ -y
) Kerensky Takes Reigns Aga'n
s at Wish of Russia
e Petrograd, Aug. 5.?Premier
? Kerensky has returned to Petru>,
grad and withdrawn his resign:.gr
tion. He attended a ministeri-.il
i- meeting on Saturday evenin :
p and afterwards conferred witU
y various political leaders
x M. Kerensky has issued a manr
ifesto in which he declares that
n he considers it impossible when
r the country is threatened with
0 defeat without and disintegra
y tion within to refuse the heavy
r, task again entrusted to hitr,
e which he regards as an express
b order from the country to conv
struct a strong revolutionary
3- government to carry out the
d principles alreadv laid down.
n
p Will Make Effort to Retake
>f Bagdad
lt Geneva, Aug. 5.?The Gerd
mans and Turks are preparing
d to make a great effort to regain
" Bagdad, according to The ^eco1
lo of Rome. General von Falkenhayn,
who commanded the
Austro German armies in Rou.
mania last year, has arrived at
Constantinople to take comy
mand of the forces being ase
sembled.
? The offensive, the paper says,
ls will take place in the middle of
e o
n oepienmer.
v% Out at the front two regiments,
* returning to the tiinches, says
Answers, chanced to meet.
There was the usual exchange
J of wit.
\ "When's the bloomin' war go[e
in* to end?" asked one north\\
.country lad.
?- "Dunno," replied one of the
south shires. "We've planted
some daffydils in front of our
s trench."
' "Bloomin' optimists!' snorted
9' the man from the north. "We've
planted acronsl"
rvisor For Quarter Beginril
1st, 1917.
from last week)
3oard l ^ ^
J 00.00
16.60
37.61
ang 8.40
5.20
f county home. 62.00
25.00
isioner 8.33
114.35
33.33
37.00
20.83
33.33
20.83
10.66
16.66
7.65
4.00
33.33
41.67
16.66
I constable 54.91
16.66
42.0O
26.40
12,81
ind constable 60.36
'>5.00
lou pons 114.00
8.75
4.50
8.33
15.0O
ent 7.50
Co., bonds 56 00
132.00
100.00
25.20
20.45
70.25
>r road 60.00
ioner 8.33
25.00
12.50
04.82
8.17
125.00
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