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. - . , >FaS3>.' ' i iht pageland journal vol. 8 NO. 2 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917 $1.00 per year Iritisli Break Through Germai Trenches London* Sept. 20 The Brit h forces on the Belgian fron [tacked the Germans position I 5:40 o'clock this morning eas I Ypres. Field Marshal Haij [ports that satisfactory progres lis been made and that the Brit p already have captured som? aluable positions. T a Ijiiuuu, ot-'i'i. ^v.?oruisi ps are reported to have pen ted the German positions ii r offensive on the Flander it as far as the Zonnebeke iluvet line, Reuter's corres dent at British headquarter ?raphs. t the time the correspond s report was dispatched th< mans had launched no coun ttacks. They were massim certain places, howevei ire the British guns wer ibarding them, he British penetration ha :hed the depth of a mile tich, considering the charac of the ground, is a wonderfu ievement," the dispatch adds haracterizes the results of tc 's attack as a "fine success ritish Headquarters in Franc Belgium, Sept. 20.?Today' uiiensive will be known as th< battle of the Menin road. Fai weather had improved thi ground but the mud still wa deep and the whole territor: covered with water-filled shel holes, tangled barbed wire an< 1 shattered trees. The Germai I defenses were composed largel; k of concrete redoubts. A The Germans poured a wick ImI stream r.f Knllcte intn onto ~?r the' adTaianlT UO^P Hjrom concrete redoubts. Ever. j^Bttle elevation and all the wood H^ere choked with rapid fir ^Brhe British encountered har< Hkhting at many places but thei ^Hagniticent artillery work hat ^Jone much to make the fiis ^Vtage of their drive easier. H London, Sept. 20.?Twothous Hand prisoners have been captui Ktr iV*/\ ?I - ?-? -a.. IkJJ IUC JLMII1S11, atLUIUlIl^ u official report tonight in thi nders drive. esterfield County Sunda; School Association )ur County Sunday Schoc nvention will be held in th< eraw Methodist Church Ocl 2r 4th and 5th. We are ver irious that our County read t Gold Star Standard this yeai order to do this every schoc the Countv must be eithe resented in this County Con ation or in one of the fou strict Conventions to be hel< er?each school must make : >ort and must make a contri lion to the cause. Can't wi "up and doing" and read S much (IpfiirpH aim) Vru f and your representatives are ex pected to do your full share ant to this end we hope you will se< that report blanks, which is sen either to the Superintendent o Pastor, be filled out and returnet to L, M. Evans, County Secre tarv, Cheraw, S C., with as !ittl< delay as possible. Appoint you delegates next Sunday and let u have names at once so they cai be assigned homes?this is ver: important and we urge that it hi done where possible. You school is entitled to delegates a follows: Pastor, Superintenden | and three others?any adul member of your Sunday Schoo may be enrolled as a delegate. ^ W. J. TILLER, Pres., L R. T. CASTON, V. Pres., L. M. EVANS, Sec. Treas Small and steady gains giv< competency and tranquility o mind. * i f Hp - ' * n South Carolina Secures Third Infantry Regiment t Washington, Sept. 21.?Gov. t R. I. Manning, who is in Wash s ington today and held an im- , ,t portant conference with Secre- , g tarv Baker, General Crowder, s provost marshal, and General v Bliss regarding military matters e in South Carolina, regarding a : new infantry regiment for South i [j Carolina and the number ot men \ who are to be sent to Camp ( n Jackson, the governor went s carefully into every phase of , the matter with the officials and . after the conference authorized 1 s the statement that the regiment would be organized and that at I Camp Jackson there would he a division ot white drafted men brought up to full war strength, which means about 28,000 men. ! *ri,^ r* 1- * . I x tic vjuvemur aumorizea ine 1 g | statement that inasmuch as the organized militia of South ' Carolina, including the National k Guard and the naval militia, has ! been drafted 'into the federal < I service leaving the State of < . South Carolina without military i organization for home protection < it in case of riots and similar dis- < turbances, he will immediately ' organize another regiment. < The man power of the State, i he said, is divided into the or- l ganized militia. He deems it 1 proper to immediately organize 1 ^ the unorganized militia and form I a regiment of State militia for j use in the State, but not to be 1 used beyond the limits of the ' State. This organization will be a regimemt composed of i companies "in different parts of g the State and the organization l y Governoi Manning also se- ; ^ cured permission of the secre' tary of war to use certain rifles belonging to the war depart i ^ ment now in Columbia, includ- < ing use of the new regiment a until the war department might i II need them. This regiment will i be composed of 12 companies. ( . 1 . State-Wide Anti Tuberculosa _ Campaign e Under the direction of the State Board of Health, a state- I wide campaign will be inaugu- < y rated through a central co oper- ! ating committee, headed by Mrs, i j Annie I. Rembert, field secretary t of the State Board of Health, i with regard to tuberculosis, and | ' executive sectetary of the South < ^ Carolina Anti Tuberculosis asso 1 r ciation, for the protection not 1 (j only of the military camps of the < state against tuberculosis, but CI 1 CO O# llin /.i.rlllnr. 1 _ . ; v. tuv civilian i>upurauun as I well, and for the care and treat i ^ ment of those who have con tracted the dread disease. < This work is considered vital- | ly important during this war 1 emergency, and it is felt that it * ' can be more effectively carried i out in view of the rigid exami ^ nations which are being under- < gone by thousands of young i I men in the state, which will disclose many hidden places of the \ j malady. ] Tiie co-operating committee ? ' of the tuberculosis committee of the State Hoard of Health, the ] county chairmen of the state 8 ..~t * vuuucu vm uciense, uic cnairman of the Red Cross organiza\ lions and special "agents of the South Carolina Anti-Tuberculo . s sis association.. In each county t there will he a suDcommittee , t composed of the county super- ' I visor, county superintendent of 1 education, a representative* of the county medical association, 1 the mayor of the county seat, the < president of the chamber of t i, commerce, a representative of , women's clubs and a representative of the women's defense 1 e council. Mrs. Rembert will or- 1 1 ganize these committees, county 1 by county. ?i Country Honeycombed With Berlin's Secret Agents When War Was Begun Washington, Sept. 22.?Further disclosures of farreaching German propaganda, intrigues und plots in this country prior to Ihe diplomatic break with Germany were made today by the committee on public information'. In a bulletin styled, 4,Official expose." the committee quotes numerous letters and ex tracts from letters seized by the department of justice in April, 1916, ma_raid upon the New York office of Wolfe von Igel. Von Igel, in carrying on his manifold pro German and anti American activities, was in con stant touch with the German embassv and with fnunt vnn Bernstorff, then the German am bassador to the United States. In the form of letters, tele grams, notations, checks, receipts, ledgers, cash books, cipher codes* lists of spies and other memoranda and records," the committee says, "we found indications?in some instances of ttie vaguest nature, in some Dthers, of most damning conclu siveness?that the German im perial government, through its representatives in a then friendly nation, was concerned with: "Violation of the laws of the United States. Destruction of lives and property on merchant vessels on the high seas. "Irish revolutionary plots against Great Britain. "Fomenting ill-feeling against the United States in /Subornation of American writers and lecturers. "Financing of propaganda. "Maintenance of a spy system under the guise of a commercial investigation bureau. "Subsidizing of a bureau for the purpose of stirring up labor troubles in munition nlcintc "The bomb industry and other related activities." Buy Red Cross Seals This Year The South Carolina Anti Tu berculosis Association will con iuct the sale of the Red Cross Seals from Thanksgiving Day until Christmas. Every one interested in the excellent work of the Association and in the organization known as the Cooperating Committee on the Tuberculosis War Problem should begin at once to advertise the sale of the Red Cross Seals. The purchase of the little Christmas stamps is within the reach of ALL We want to sell one million seals this year. They cost one penny a piece. if vou cannot help in a big way, use a little effort to make this Christmas sale a success. With a little trouble and a LOT pf enthusiasm you can "do your r>it" to further a big cause. For further information apply tn MTQ Annie IroHall Uiimlnifl > Ex. Secv. S. C. Anti Tuberculosis Association. N. C. Governor Calls for Month of Thrift Governor Bickett has issued an appeal to Tarheeldom's farm irs to observe November as I'hrift Month. In a proclumn tion being broadcasted in the State the executive calls upon planters to pay off debts, purchase farms, start bank account^, improve their farm houses and equipment, add to their live Hock, etc. He wants the agriculterists to save from their great earnings of this fall, and invest only in things that will stand for usefulness and bo permanent. . Germany Accepts Pope's Peace Proposals Amsterdam, Sept. 21.?The German government in its reply to the peace note of Pope Bene diet, a copy of which has been received here, "cherishes a live lv desire" that the appeal may meet with success. Emperor William, the German note says, has been following the efforts of the pope toward peace for a considerable time with high respect. The text of the reply reads: "Herr Cardinal: Your eminence has been good enough, together with your letter of August 2, to transmit to the kaiser and king, my most gracious matter, the note of his holiness, filled with grief at the devastations of the world war, makes an emphatic peace appeal tc the heads of the beliger ent peoples. The kaiser-king has deigned to acquaint me with your eminence's letter and to entrust the reply to me. "His majesty has been following for a considerable time with high respect and sincere grati j ? * - iuae ms Holiness' efforts in a spirit of true impartiality to alleviate as far as possible the suf ferings of the war and to Hasten the end of hostilities. The kaiser sees in the latest step of his holiness fresh proof of his noble and human feelings and cherishes a lively desire that for the benefit of the entire world the papal appeal may meet with succuw. . The ruply adds that the effort oTfcic pave the way to an understanding might most surely be reckoned to have a spmpathetic reception from, and the whole hearted support of, the German emperor since he has regarded it as his principal and most sacred task to preserve the blessings of peace for the German people and the world. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. Don't borrow trouble. WWWWWWWWWWWWW 1 Hiffti i * U" S * 600 Chairs * were bought right c |fr Chairs from 80c to ? Beds $7.50 - and * Room Suits $4( 25. Buffets $. t to 3.75. Blanf ? Trunks . j? Center Tables. \ E * carried in an up ? is all new and & visit to our Furnilur J? t I Paget Bernstorff Tried to "Buy" Congress With German Money Washington, Sept. 21.?The American'governments publicity spotlight revealing German intrigue in neutral lands turned todav upon the expenditure of money by the Berlin foreign office in an effort to influence congress on the eve of the ruthless submarine campaign which drove the United States to war. Secretary Lansing made pub lie without comment the text of a message sent by Count von Bernstorff to Berlin last January, asking authority to use $50,000 to influence congress through an organization, which the for eign office was reminded had performed similar services be fore. To supplement this move von Bernstorff suggested an official declaration in favor of Ireland for its effect here. The organization to be employed was not named. It was freely suggested among other officials, however, that it was one of the societies which flooded members of congress with peace messages when President Wilson was asked that a state of war be recognized. This disclosure adds another chapter to the amazing story begun with publication of the famous Zimmermann note. It connects the German govern ment and Count von Bernstorff Hirprtlv an/I uuu WUVI uo? VC1J Willi machinations which the American public* had assumed were a part of the world wide Teutonic intrigue but ytrhich many people or financed by German-Ameri cans without actual authority from Berlin. A favorite story of Colonel Roosevelt's tells of the new Bedford whaling skipper who after fin altercation with a frefractory mate, roared at him: All I want from you is silence?and d little of that!" Your character can not be es sentially injured except by your own acts. ^rade Fin just received, a big assor ind we are able to give $6.00. Iron Baby Cribs $9. Sales and Cupboan 3. to 60. Hall R 16.50 to 37.50. Bee eets SI. to 7.50 per p; j c . n u ana ouii leases, lviati kitchen Cabinets and to date Furniture St bright and we will e Store, H. B. Sowell builc and Hardwai 44444444l|i|l|l|l|l| Texas Governor Impeached by Senate Court /Vustin, Texas, Sept. 22.? James E. Ferguson was tonight completely severed from his office as governor of Texas, to - ' muLu ^usuion ne was twice elected by the peopleftof the State, the senate high court of impeachment this afternoon having sustained ten of the 21 charges in the bill returned against him by the house committee of the whole. Acting Gov. William P. Hobby, an editor ot Beaumont, assumes the full power of office, his tenure extending to January, 19l9. Next Tuesday aV*hoon the senate as a high court will formally pronounce its judgment. Conviction carries disbarment from future office, but it is understood this condition may be ameliorated. The vote this afternoon on the first of the 21 articles was sufficient to convict. A twothirds vote was 27 to 4 in favor of sustaining the charge. Grown Man .Wears Dress Monroe Journal. Among those who underwent physical examination for the army this morning was Jack Morgan, a young white man, whe appeared before the exam iners in a dress. He was found physically fit, it is said, and the probability is that he will be included in the next contingent from this county, as he is not married. Morgan, i{ is said, has _ ^ never worn pants but once in his life. When he was a young ster, it is said, his companions so riduculed him when he first wore pants that he threw them off never to put them on again. Morgan owns an automobile, and has accumulated a good deal of property, it is claimed. If any one speaks evil of vou, let your life be such that none will believe him. Ever live (mistortune excepted) within your income. * rniture i tment. Our goods 3 you big values in 3 $6. and $8. Iron 3 Is $4*25 to $10 * acks $12.50 to ^ 1 Springs $2.50 3 air. * tresses, Pillows, 2 almost anything 4 ore. Our stock * appreciate your 2 ling ? re Co. i