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Vol. 8 No. 8 PAGELAND, S. C.( WEDNESDAYjSlORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1917 ?| nft n(.rT^?r
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American ociaiers taken t5y IN
Germans
Washington, Nov. 4,?Berlin's j
terse announcement today that ai
"North American" soldiers had si
been captured by German pa- N
trols on the Rhine-Marne canal A
on the French lront, brought tli
the American people a step near- Si
er to the heart of the great e<
struggle. n
There was no doubt here that ^
the men referred to were mem- s,
bers of General Pershing's force o
undergoing final training with
French regiments in front line G
trenches. Confirmation from
General Pershing was lacking,
but in due course he will trans pj
mit the names of any men miss- tl
ing and this may furnish some c?
light. p<
If, as is assumed, a small scout- a'
ing party was surprised by a |
German patrol in No Man's
Land and all captured, details of h
the incident may never be fully ni
told since only captors and cap- ?
lives would know what happen- ?
ed in the encounter under cover
of darkness. n
This is the first report receiv- I3
ed here of the capture of any E
members of the American expe-, si
ditionary forces, but a number bi
of naval gunners from Ameri tl
can armed ships sunk by submarines
and civilian members tii
of the crews of other ships are hi
held in German prison camps. ci
Night patrolling is a vitally in
important part of the final train- cc
ing of the American - forces as it
is upon these patrols that the Ti
commanding officers rely for information
of activity in the enemy's
front line. Every night the ia
scouts creep out with faces fjj
blackened against the keen vis-1 f..
ft ftl
ion of enemy lookouts and a th
swift, deadly spurt from a ma
chine gun. Thev go creeping m
across the shell torn ground up m
to the entanglements, crawling PI
and listening, dropping flat be
when a flare breaks out in the al
air above them, sometimes lying pj
absolutely still for hours while tit
rifles and machine guns hammer ar
above them. la
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Letter From Former Pageland fr<
Boy. A
Dear Mr. Tucker:
I read with interest your ^
account of the fire which came 111
so near distroying the plant ofjPc
The Journal and aside from the i01
sympathy I feel for the losers I - 1
am particularly impressed with \ P1
the enterprise you have shown }r(;
in continuing without intermission
a publication of your J01
paper. Ouly a sense of the
highest responsibility to your "
subscribers could have driven
you to the exertion that must
have been necessary to issue a
paper under such trying con j Fi
ditions. 1 am sure the people of th
Pageland and community ap 1 w
predate as I do the spirit you J Fi
and those connected with you th
have shown in this crisis. m
Moreover I trust your readers ] th
will show their appreciation in j pi
more substantial way than G<
sympathy, however much thutiinr
be appreciated. : th
The progressiveness of VIr. J in
Sowell in planning immcdiatey
to rebuild the destroyed section ex
of your city is to be com- in;
mended. vv:
Assuring you of mv con- po
tinned interest in vour personal ho
welfare and the success of The m<
Journal, I am, sic
Very Respectfully Yours, dill.
L. Johnson, of
Columbia, November 2. tic
Italian Retreat Has Compen- j
sations.
Italian Headquarters in North \
crn Italy, Friday, Nov. 2 (by the \
Associated Press).?From the \
'\
strategic standpoint the Italian i
retreat in Nothern Italy has <
certain compensations. It has \
shortened the Italian front from '
an irregular curve of 70 miles to j
a compact, straight line. i
The former front, just aban: i
doned, stretched from Plezzo i
southward to the Gulf of Triest
which is 30 miles in an airline |
and more than 70 miles, includ |
ing the zigzags over the moun- i
tains. This was an exception- \\
ally long front for either offen-^
sive or defensive operations and i
it was continually threatened j
with incursions at weak points. ]
The old line, moreover, had i
no rivers as natural defenses.
oDauiy thought Italy would 1
i lot* to her fate, or that the v
lies would be unable to dis A
itch the necessary forces tn 5
lie, but declares that Fnglatui 1
id France alrea'dy have sent
rge reinforcements and the *
estern front today stretches x
Dili the North sea to the I
driatic. =
Only bare mention of the
merican troops in Franco is
ado by the department. In
)iuting out that the moment
is events in Italy must not
ead us to forget that the
incipnl battle front of the war
mains" in France and Flan
?rs, the statement says, "here
ir forces are fighting."
erman Batteries Display Unusual
Activity Against
American Troops
With the American Army in
ance, Saturday, \o. 3.? <By
e Associated Press.)?Xotithstanding
the rainy weather
idav night and early Saturday,
e German batteries displayed
ore activity than normal on
e part ol the French line occued
bv the American troopstimi'itn
shells were distributed
ipa;tially among the trenches,
e American batteriesjreplying
the same fashion.
The enemy is using both high
nlnvi v<> 'in/I 1
, . tiiivi ouiiipiit'l in SCI) it*
\> occasional reminders of the
ir toward the Americans. Re*
>rts reaching Headquarters,
>\vcvei, are that the bomhardL?nt
could in no sense he coniercd
"lively," merely being a
parture from the normal state
quietude at night on that par
ular sector.
early One-Half Kaiser's U- 1
Boats Have Been'Lost
London, Nov. i.?Between 40
id 5<> per cent of tlie German <
ibmarines operating in the orth
sea, the Arctic and the J
tlantic since the beginning of 1
io war have been sunk, said '
ir Eric Geddes, first lord of the '
Imiraltv, in the house of com10ns
todav.
"We must lav plans for a Ions
ar," continued Sir Eric "I
>e no signs of its being a short
mv |
"During: the last quarter the
ermans lo.n as *^anv submanes
as they lost in 1916," said
ir Eric.
The output of" merchant ship
ing in the first nine months of
lis year, he said, was 123 per
?m higher than in the corres
anding period last years. The
clmiraltv had decided that four
ew shipbuilding yards would
e necessary.
Sir Eric said he regretted it
ad not been found possible to
rrive at a basis for publication
f British tonnage losses by submarine
action without givinig
iform ation to the enemy.
The losses of merchantmen
i October, he said, were slight
worse than in September, i
nemv suhm;irinf>c w^rn
, -
ink to an increasing extent, 1
Lit the Germans were building '
iem faster than hitherto. ,
In September, Sir Eric con i
nued, there was afloat on the ]
igh seas an increase of '20 per
jnt in numbers and 30 per cent
tonnage of Brisish ships as
>mpared with April.
roops of Allies Have Gone to
Aid Italians.
Washington, Nov. 4.?Eng- (
nd, France and Italy stands ;
rmly united to oppose any 1
rther advance of the enemy in (
e Italian sector, says the war (
jpartment's weekly review of *
ilitary op' rr/: >ns. The stateent
suggests that the Teutons 1
i-sww. However uie l.ont
i?really shortened with the en- .
tire army massed and backed bv ,
natural defenses.
But the strategic issues are *
not confined the hearing upon fj
the situation eastward inn
Venetia, There must also be ,
taken into consid; r ition the
Trentino front which l as here- ,1
tofore been distinct and seperate 1
in the war operations. The ]
Venetian front runs perpendicu- }
larlv from the Adriatic, whereas '
the Trentino front runs horizontally
eastward from Lake
Gardia and is little more than ;<
50 miles away to the north. S;M ]
Reports coming in today w6re ,
si a reassuring character, showing
the Italian rear guard still ]
holding the encmv east of the 1
ragliamento. j1
Two German Warships andjj
Five Armed Trawlers Sank4',i
Off Sweedish Coast by i
British Destroyers A *' ^ 1
London, Nov. 3?Thirty men
)n the German auxiliary cruiser <
Marie of Flensburg, were killed '
n an engagement with British *
lestroyers, according to an Ex 4
:hange Telegram despatch from
Copenhagen. 1
The Marie, a 3,000-ton vessel,
net the British destroyers j
vvelve miles north of Kullen.
ihe immediately opened fire, 4
.viiicli was answered bv the do ^
.trovers, In ten minutes the j
Vi.irie vvas ablaze. t
Of the eighty one members of <
ler crew, the dispatch says, 30 *
s
vere killed and the others took x
o the boats. Seven wounded j
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DRV CELL
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There are two reas<
sell you Columbia Batt
bell, telephone, auto, en
First?It's a lively
Second?-It's so well-km
er, and for that reason
fresh stock oftener.
Freshness is impo
Don't accept inferior, u
rated batteries ? buy (
them here, FRESH.
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Millions of Families Pledge to
Save Food.
'^Washington. Nov. 4.?More
than a million families were
Xdded to the food administra
t'on's pledge enrollment by to
day's reports of activities yesterday
throughout the country,
fhe total as officially recorded
here now stands at 6,469,467 and
officials of the administration
think that Splodges for at least
ten million families will have
been signed before the close of
this week.
Because work in some sections
has only fairly gotten
under way, the campaign which
Started a week ago has been extended
until next Saturday
bight.
t. Vermont, with 53,."85 pledges
Signed, is the first state to pass
its goal. Its apportionment was
T>O,000. North Carolina turned
in the banner report today,
jumping from 165,000 to 224,)10.
California still leads the
states with 446,562.
Reports of attempts to inter
fere with the food pledges cam
tsui&u cuuuuue 10 come in. A
fake letter signed "Herbert
ftoover" and announcing that
3. government inspector would
take over a percentage of home
canned goods was circulated in
Connecticut, and in Iowa fake
pledge cards informing housewives
that the government
would take all in excess of 100
iars of their canned goods were
put out.
tailors subsequently were rescued
by the Danish steamship
f^ugas. Another man was
JnqK'eti up by 'the steamship
rroondhejm. They were land 1
id last night. The other mem-1
5ers of the crew are believed to
lave been rescued by the
lestroyers.
It is understood that the
Vlarie was accompanying a
lumber of patrol boats, includng
the Crocodile, which sank
tfter an explosion.
According to the Copenhagen
correspondent of the Central
^Jews, the German vessels were
lisplaying no flags. When the
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J1U13H si^nuiicu mom to sbow
heir colors, the German cruiser
ioened fire, at the same time
ireakine: out the German en
sign. The bodies ot many Ger
nans have already been washed
tshore on the Swedish coast.
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>ns why we'd rather <
eries for your doorgine
or tractor. 1
full-powered cell.
Dwn that it sells fastwe
are able to buy <
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rtant in dry cells. ,
inknown or deterio
^olumbias and buy
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If earn. I
Quarterly Report of
Courthouse Township
Period, April 1 to October I,
1917.
(Continued from last week.)
J M Sellers, 1 2 day .SO
M J Rhine, 1 2 day .SO
I) L Teal, 2 h. team 1 2 day 1.50
M L Teal. inch. 1 1 2 ds. 10.7?0
M L Teal, way;on 1-2 day l.aO
Leon Marmon, 1-2 day .SO
E T Teal, team 1 2 day 1.50
E. T. Teal overseer 1 1-2 ds. 2.2."?
11 T King, team 3 4 day 2.00
King Skipper, 3 4 day .3r>
'alter Skipper, 3 4 day .35
Henry Kollock 1 day .7~>
E T White, overseer 3 4 day 1.0a
G R Vaughn, I day LOO
Jim Litttle 1 day l.(X)
IVmi.J V 1 " 1
i/ii111v. i > 4i ii^11*.111, v nours .vu
Bob Campbell, 1 day 1.O0
Juke Morris, 2 days 2.00
Bun Rickets, 1 2 day .50
loo Sellers, 1 dav 1.00
N P Allen, 1 day 1.0()
A N Stroud, ovVr 1 1-2 ds 2.25
Jim Rivers, 1-2 dav AO
Press Timmons, 2 days 2.00
Pul Ratliff, 1 I 2 days 1.50
Will Melton, 1 day 1.00
A C Melton. I 2 day .50
F 11 Boatwright, ov'rs'r 1 d. 1.0??
Press Timmons, 1 dav .90
Willie Moore, 1 2 day .45
A C Melton, 3 1 2 hours .35
Jim Nivens, 1 day .70
Will Melton, 1 2 day .45
Paul Ratliff, 1 day 1.00
F II Boatwright, ov'rs'r 1 2 d. .70
J T Hunt, mule 1 1 2 days 3.00
Walter King, 1 1-2 days 1.50
Author King, 1 1 2 days 1.5o
II B Thomas, I 1-2 days L.50
Wade King, 1 1-2 days 1.13
Sam Dixon, 4 hours .40
Boise Hunt, l.day l.OO
G W Rivers, 1 12 days 2 25
G W Rivers, ov'rs'r 1 1 2 ds. 2 25
Jaboh Ratliff, 3 days 2.90
Will Cur lis, 1-2 da> .50
Charlev Newman, 3 days 2.90
James Ratliff, 2 days I.oO
John Cash
' Pure Cash, 2 days 1.90
Frank White, 2 days 1.90
rvn - -??
i uv. uvi , _ ua.V 5 1 .?'U
i< M Davis, 1 day .90
Julian Teal, i 2 day .-It)
lacob Redfearn, 1 day .9<>
3 mules l day 3.00
4 mules 1 day 4.00
2 mules 1 day 2.oo
C K Davis, ov'rs'r \ days O.0O
Charley Robeson, 1 day 1.00
Clim Rrock, 2 1 2 days 2.5o
\V M Drock, wagon 1 day 1.50
W L Downiaii, 1 day l.Oo
1 A Lee, overseer 4 days 0.0: i
Melton Dennett, wagon I d. 1.00
Olin Gordan, wagon 12 d. 1,50
King Skipper, I day .5<>
Walter Skinner 1 iltiv
..'V
II W White, 12 day .50
|ohn White, 1 day .50
I honias Burch, 1-2 day .50
Hud Brock, 1 2 day .40
Henry Collock, 1 day .75
10 T White, overseer 1.50
II W White, 1 2 dav .50
John White, 1-2 dhy .50
Thomas Hurch, 1-2 dav .50
Bud Brock, 1 2 day .40
I lenry Collock, I day .75
10 T While .50
II W White 1 -2 day .50
Jerome lOddins 1-2 dav .50
John White, 1-2 day .50
I lenrv Collock, 12 day .50 1
King Skipper, i 2 day .30 1
Walter Skipper, I 2 dav .25
Sesel Skipper, 1-2 day .'25
Melton Bennett, wagon 1-2 d-1 .*'.0
Nails .20
10 T White, overseer .75 1
W A Steernll, team 3 days 0.o<?
Three hands, 2 1-2 days 7..">0
J no hand 1-2 day AO
W A Siegall, ov'rs'r 2 1-2 ds. 4.r?o
W A Sellers, repair bridge 2.7a
Allen I lurst, 1 12 days 1.1,5 '
Vance Davis. 11-2 1.1.5 '
W II Davis, 1 12 days 2.2a '
I T 1 Innt, mule 2 days 4.(>0 J
I 11 1 lunt, 2 days 2.00 1
Treston Owen, 2 days 2.00
J J
Roy Owen, 2 days 2.O0
Jim Ratliff, 2 days 2.00
James Johnson, 2 days 2.00
Walter King, 1 1 2 days 1.50
Arthur Kins, 1 day 1.00
Wade King, 1 day 75
Glide Hunt, 1 1-2 days 1.50
Repair on scrape .30
G W Rivers, ov'rs'r 2 days 2.00
Tudson Thompson, 1 day 1 00
Albert Alexander, 1 day 1.00
R C Clayburn. 1 day 1.00
Johnnie Hough, i day 1 00
Tom Johnson, 1 day 1.00
Daniel Ilinson, 1 day 1 00
John Hough, 1 day .75
Bursey Campbell, 1 day .75
Gilbert Clayburn, 1 day .75
H P James, overseer 2 days 2.50
Johnnie Sellers, 1 1-2 days 1.50
Lloyd Sellers, 1 day 3.00
Two mules, 1 1 2 days 3.00
L C Sellers, ov'rs'r 2 days 3.00
A E Moore. 2mules, 2
men 3 days 12.00
D C Smith, 2 mules, 1 man
2 days 6.00
R G Moore, 3 days 3.00
D C Smith, mule 1 day 1.00
Mule 1 day 1.00
J I) Smith, overseer 1 day 1.00
Frank Tucker, 2 days 2.00
E D Mulloy, 2 days 2.00
Charley Hassell, 2 days 2.00
Dock Johnson, 2 1-2 days 2.50
I p *
oam jonnson. 2 1-2 days 2 50
Archie Sellers, 3 days 3 00
W. A Sellers. 3 day 3 00
Alec Watson, 1 dav 1.00
A G Webster, 3 days 4.50
A G Webster, overseer 2.00
R. P. James, 13 4 days 1.75
! Tom Adams, 1 3 4 days 2.75
Press Adams, 1 day l.Oo
I Will Eddins, 1 3 4 days 3.75
Andrew Adams, 13 4 days 1.75
BT Adams, 1 day 3.00
B. R Adams, 1 3 4 days ^1 25
A J Adams. l 3 4 flavs
Johnnie Hough, 3-4 day .75
John Hough, 3 4 day .50
Will Campbell, 1 3 4 day 1.75
C 1. Eddins, overseer 2 ds, 3.(X>
E J Morris, 2 days 2.0()
C B Morris, 2 days 2.00
John Merriman, 2 days 2.00
Jack Gardiner, 2 days 2.00
Will McCoy, 2 davs 2 00
Grady Watson, 2 days 2.00
M T Teal, 2 days 2.00
Zeak Jackson, 2 days 2.0O
Tom Melton. 2 davs
J H Streater. i day 1.00
Two shovels 3.00
W I Streater, ov'rs'r 2 clays 2.(K)
Charlie Grofford, 3 days 3.0o
Page Crofford, 3 days 3.0o
Randolph Flinn, 3 days 3.00
George Crofford, 1 1-2 ds. 1.50
Lester Dixon, 2 days 2.O0
One mule, 2 days 1.50
Two mules, 1 da>- 1.50
W T McBride, 3 days 3.00
Melton Bennett, 2 lis. 1-2 d 1.50
II \Y White, I day .75
Jerome Kddins, I day l.OO
Baxter Warner, 1 day 1.00
Bud Rivers, 1 day 1.00
Bild 1 lonuuond
/n\i^ i _ ua > ,,iyi
Squire Brock, 1-2 day .50
L T White, overseer i day 1.50
I Gaddv, I 12 days 1.50
R \V Caddy, 1 1 2 days 1.50
I< \Y Caddy, timber 2.00
Ira Harris, 1 day 1.00
Jim Purvis, 3 days 3.00
Luke Purvis, 2 days 2.00
1 l> c , I day 1.00
C 1< Davis, 2 davs 2.00
Gary Davis, ! day l.Oo
Carrel Davis, 3 days 3.00
May Davis, 2 days 2.0<>
LB Davis, overseer 3 days 3.0<>
K C Adams, team 1 dav 3.0o
I 'P \ -i ?
i j i /\uuins, i aay 1.00
Guv Wadsworth, 1 1-2 days 1.50
P I Katlift, 1 day 1.00
lames Kivcrs, 1 day l.OO
Buck Kalliff, 2 12 days 2.50
H' T Griggs, 1-2 day 1.50
VV T Griggs, ov'rs'r 2 1-2 ds. 3.75
\ E Moore, 2 li. team 2 ds. 6.O0
I.) C Smith, 2 h. team 2 ds. 0.00
[< G Moore, 2 days 2.O0
I.I). Smith, overseer, 2ds 3.00
ICrvin Bittle, 4 days 4.00
(Continued next week)