The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, November 07, 1917, Image 2
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Vol. 8 No. 8 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1917 f,.n0 nPr v?.r
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Germans
Washington, Nov. 4,?Berlin's
terse announcement today that
"North American" soldiers had
been captured by German patrols
on the Rhine Marne canal
on the French lront, brought
the American people a step nearer
to ttie heart o! the great
struggle.
There was no doubt here that
the men referred to were members
of General Pershing's torce
undergoing final training with
French regiments in front line
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ucu^irca. v_-vj 11 11 IIKIUOII 11(1111
General Pershing was lacking,
but in due course he will trans
mit the names of any men missing
and this nia\ furnish some
light.
If, as is assumed, a small scouting
party was surprised by a
German patrol in No Man's
Land and all captured, details ol
the incident may never he fully
told since only captors and captives
woukl know what happen
ed in the encounter under cover
of darkness.
This is the first report received
here ol the capture ol any
members of the American expeditionary
forces, hut a number
of naval gunners from Amen
can armed ships sunk by sub
marines and civilian members
of the crews of other ships are
held in German prison camps.
Night patrolling is a vitally
important part of the final training
of the American forces as it.
is upon these patrols that the
commanding officers rely for information
of activity in the enemy's
front line. Kvery night the
scouts creen net n-ith
f - v,?.t ?? 1111
blackened against the keen vision
of enemy lookouts ami a
swift, deadly spurt from a ma
chine gun. Thev go creeping
across the shell torn ground up J
to the entanglements, crawling
and listening, dropping flat
when a flare breaks out 111 the
air above them, sometimes lying
absolutely still for hours while
rifles and machine guns hammer j
above them. |
Letter From Former Pageland
Boy.
Dear Mr. Fucker:
I read with interest sour;
account ot the tire which came1
so near distroying Hie plant ol
The Journal and aside fiom the
sympathy 1 feel for the loscr^ I
am particularly impressed wit:?
the enterprise vou have shown;
in continuing without inter-;
mission a publication of sour
paper. Only a sense of the
highest responsibility to vour
subscribers could have d-iven
you to the exertion that must
have been necessary to issue a
paper under such trying ?. ,
ditions. I am sure the people of
Pageland and community ap '
preciate as 1 do the spirit \ou
and those connected with you
have shown in this crisis.
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Moreover I trust your readers
will show their appreciation in
more substantial way than
sympathy, however much that j
he appreciated.
The progressiveness of Mr.
Sowell in planning immediatev
u> tcdiiiiu me destroyed section
of your city is to he commended.
Assuring you of niv con '
tinned interest in vour pcisonal
welfare and the success of I he1
Journal, I am.
Very Respectfully Yours,
H. L. lolinson.
Columbia, Novcinhci *
IN early One-Half Kaiser's UI
Foals Have Been Lost
J I.or dor, Nov. i.?Between 10
amino percent of the Herman
submarines operating in tbe
| North sea, the Arctic and tie*
Atlantic since the hep inn in jr of
the war have been stinU, said
Sir l a ic Hcddes, first lord of the
cdmiralty. in the house of com
nions todav.
M\Yc must lav plars for a lone
war," continued Sir laic "1
S' e no sipns of its beincr a short
one."
"Durins: the last quarter the
Hermans lo.d as 'mine submarines
as they lost in 10lb," said
Sir F.ric.
The output of merchant ship
pint? in the first nine months of
j tliis year, he said, was l:M per
| cent hiuher than in the corres
ponding period lad voars. The
admiralty had decided that four
new shipbuilding yards would
be necessary.
Sir Kric sa 1 he regretted it
had not been found possible to
arrive nt a basis for publication
of British tonnage losses by sub
marine action without givinig
inform n'ion to the enemy.
The losses of merchantmen
in October, he said, were slight
ly worse than in September.
Ihietnv submarines were being
sunk to an increasing extent,
but the Germans were building
them faster than hitherto.
In September, Sir Kric con
tinned, there was afloat on the
high seas an increase of :'() per
cent in numbers and 30 per cent
in tonnage of Brisish ships as
compared with April.
Troops of Allies Have Gone to
Aid Italians.
Washington, Nov. -1.?Kngland,
I-ranee and Italy stands
firmly united to oppose any
further advance of the enem.\ in
the Italian sector, says the war
dep-ai tment's weekly review of
milit.ii v op ,T ms. The state
ment suggests 111 *?i the Teutons
probably thought Italy would
he lot? to her fate, or that the
allies would be unable to tlis
patch the necessarv forces in
time, hut declares that Fnglanu
land hrance already have sent
! large 1'cinlorcenicnts anil the
| western front today stretches
from the North sea to the
Adriatic.
1 O.i'y hare mention of the
i American hoops in France is
I made hy the department. In
pointing out that the moment
ous events >n Italy must not
/Mead us to forget that the
principal battle front of the war
I remains" in hrance and Man
I ders. the statement says, "here
lour forces are fig-ding."
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German Batt. ries Display Uuusual
Activity Against
American !-*oops
Willi ilio Ameiican Armv in
! ranee, Silturtl.i\", \'o. A. ?Miy
the Associated I'ress. >? Not
withstanding the rains- weather
I-iiilas niahl and earls' Saturd >y,
the Cennan batteries displaced
more ; ctivi'v lh n normal on
the part ?>l the breach line occn
pied hv lira Anna ieau troops*
(ictman s ells v. ore distributed
nnpa tiaii.x . mon<? the trenches,
iIs*i Ameiican !i atei iesj'iepls iny
in the same lashion.
I he enei is is rising hoth hieh
explorive and shrapnel in semi
nm lsional u minders of the
war losvar I the Americans. !<?
ports teaching Itcathpr irleis,
Imwcvci, -are thai the bombard
nu-.d couM in no sense be considen
I ' iiveis," merely boinj* a
depaue.rc from the normal stale J
of (piietude at r.ieht on that par !
tit ular set tot .
Italian Relieat Has Compensations.
Italian Headquarters in North
cm Italy, Friday, Nov. 2 <hv the
Associated Press).? From the
strategic standpoint the Italian
retreat in Nothern Italy has
certain comp* nsations. It has
shortened the Italian front from
an irregular curve of 7<i miles to
a compact, straight line.
The former front, just ahan
doned, stretched Irom Ple/.zo
southward to the Gulf of driest
which is M) miles in an airline,
and more than 70 utiles, iticlud
ing the zigzags over the mountains.
Phis was an exceptionally
long front for either offensive
or defensive operations and
it was continually threatened
with incursions at weak points.
The old line, moivovei, had
no rivers as natural defenses.
Now, however the l out is
greatly shortened with the en
tire army massed and hacked by
iinuui.n iien. rises.
But the strategic issues are
not confined the bearing upon
the situation eastward in
Yenetia, Theie must also be
taken into con si d ; tion the
Trentino tront which ' as heretofore
been distinct and seperate
in the war operations. The
Venetian front runs perpendicularly
from the Adriatic, whereas
the Trentino front runs horizontally
eastward from Lake
Gardia and is little more than
30 miles away to the north.
Reports coining in today were
of a reassuring character, show
ing the Italian rear guard still
holding the enemy east of the
Tagliamento. t
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Two German Warships and,
Five Armed Trawlers Sunk >
Off Sweedish Coast by
British Destroyers x
London, Nov. 3?Thirty men
on the German auxiliary cruiser
Marie of Flensburg, were killed
in an engagement with British
destroyers, according to an Ex
change Telegram despatch from
Copenhagen
1 he Marie, a 3,000-ton vessel,
met the British destroyers
twelve miles north of Kullen.
She immediately opened fire,
which was answered by the do
st rovers, In ten minutes the
M trie was abla/.e.
()l the eighty one members of
her crew, the dispatch says, 30
were killed and the others took
to the boats. Seven wounded
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There are two reas
sell you Columbia Bat
bell, telephone, auto, er
First -It's a lively
Second?It's so well-kn
er, and for that reason
fresh stock oftener.
Freshness is impx
Don't accept inferior, i
rated batteries ? buy
them here, FRRSH.
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Millions of Families P'edge t<
Save Food.
,Washington. Nov. I. ? Mori
than a million families *.\en
added to the food adnvmistra
t'on's pledge enrollment 1>\ to
day's reports of activities vcs
terday throughout the country
7 he total as officially recorder
litre now stands at 0,109, 107 am
officials of the admimstr ttioi
think that Splodges for at leas
ten million families will haybeen
signed before the close o
this week.
Because work in some sec
tions has only fairly gotten
under way, the campaign whicl
darted a week ago has been e\
tended until next Saturda1
night.
Vermont, with 5d,7N5 piedgc
signed, is the first state to pas
its goal. Its apportionment w.i
r>0,000. North Carolina turnei
in the banner report todav
jumping from !65,0>o to 2i! I.
910. California still leads tin
states with 446,502.
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ivcihjiis 01 attempts to tutor
lore with the food pledges cum
paign continue to come in. /
fake letter signed "Ilerher
Hoover" and announcing tha
a government inspector wouit
take over a percentage of horn*
canned goods was circulated it
Connecticut, and in Iowa fakt
pledge cards informing house
wives that the govcrnmen
would take all in excess oi" I'M
jars of their canned goods wen
out out.
sailors subsequently were res
cued by the Danish steamshq
i>dgas. Another man w a s
Thcvc'e-.l up by the sb ainsii'q
Troondhejm. They were land
ed last night. The other mem
bers of the crew are believed U
have been rescued by tin
destroyers.
It is understood that tin
Marie was accompanying
number of patrol boats, including
the Crocodile, which sanl>
after an explosion.
According to the ( openh:.ge;i
correspondent of the Centra
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a, mi: v.?i'i nr.in vessels ucm
displaying no Hags. W hen lhi
llrilisb signalled tin in to show
their colors, the German cruisi
ooened i'ire, at the same unu
breaking out the German en
sign. The bodies oi many Gel
mans have already been \v -.diet!
ashore on the Swedish coast.
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ons why v/e'd ml her
terics lor your door
igine or tractor.
7, full-pow rod cell,
lown that it sells la:
we are able to boy
>rtant in dry cells,
mknown or detcri Columbian
and buy
[Ifearn.
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? Quaricrly Report of
CourUionse Township
Petiod, Aptil 1 t.? October 1,
1 | I'M7.
'Continued from Inst week.*
I j M Sellers, 1 2 day .Fib
1 M i Rhine, 1 2 day .at)
' j I) \j l\al, ' b. tram 1 2 day 1.50
I M L Teal. melt. 1 1 2 ds. 10.7?0
II M I, Teal, w.i^ort 1 2 day l.r.O
1 | l.eon Marmoti, 1-2 dav .50
''i 1\ T Teai, team 1 2 day 1.50
1" T. 1'eal oversee! I 1-2 ds. 2.2.5
^ li 1" Kin;;, team 5 I dav 2.00
Kin;; Skipper, 5 1 dav ..V".
Walter SUiuper, 5 1 day .55
^ i 1 lenry KoliocU ! dav .75
' j 1, T Wltii* , overseer 3 -1 day 1.05
<; R \ auplm, I day l.oo
v j Jim Liltt'e 1 day 1 .<>:>
| Daniel \'au;;han, 0 hours .On
s j Rob ( lampbeli, 1 day l.itO
s Juke Morris, 2 days 2.00
! j I'i p. Rkkets, I 2 day ,5<>
* j 11>e Selle'.s, I dav 1 .<>0
' NT Allen, 1 dav l.0c?
A N Stroud, ov's'r 1 1 2 ds 2.25
Jim Rivers. \ 2 dav .5(1
j Press '1 iminons. 2 days 2 (to
| Pul Ratlill', 1 1 2 davs 1.5"
i Will Melton, 1 day 1.00
| A C Melton, i 2 dav .50
j ! ' 11 P>oat \ i i;;bt, ov'rs'r 1 d. K0n
j j Press Tint;nons, 1 day .')<>
I Will it' Moore, I i; ttuv .43
1 A C Melton, A l 2 hours .A3
Jim X teens, i due .70
W ill Mi linn, 1 2 day .1.3
x Paul Katlili, 1 day 1.00
l 1* 11 Boatwrieht, ov'rs'r ! 2 d. .To
% J T Hunt, rank: 1 I 2 days A.OO
Walter Kin*;, 1 1-2 days 1.5u
Author Kinjj, 1 1 2 days 1.5<?
11 I (Thomas, i 1 2 davs 1.30
W ade kiny, 1 l 2 days 1.1 A i
> Sam Dixon, i hours .40
9 Boise Hunt, 1 day l.Oo
> G \V Rivers, I 1 2 days 2 23
G W Rivers, ov'rs'r 1 1 2 ds. 2 2.3
Jahob Katlift, A da\s 2.00
) Will ('in .is, 1 -2 da\ .30
" Charlev Newman, A days 2%
j antes Rntlify 2 days l .nO
John Cash
Pure (.Jash, 2 days i.'Mi
; Prank While, 2 days l.'tu
Cal Tueker, 2 days l.'.;0
J K M Davis. 1 day .00
J uhun Te d, l 2 day . 10
i 1 tCuY> Reihearn, 1 day .0"
J A mules ' day A.00
I 1 midi's i 11 t\- ' ",k
| ,\MF
' | 2 nude.-. 1 day 2.< 'i?
l( . !'. i)a\i% ov'rs'r I days ?>.0"
, Chnrlev !< >!>es?>:i, I ilay 1.00
mini ie,s<e!;, 2 1 2 days 2.5'?
. \ M r.m-. i;, v.a^on 1 da\ I 5(;
M' Li)i)wman, i day 1 Oi
i A i .? . o verse* r 1 d.ivs 0.0
j Mellon lknnelt, \v.?i?on I d. 1.00
i< >!ii) (.'or.Inn, wai'on ! J d. 1,50
Km.;: ."- ivi:?i?v r, day .5"
: Mailt'! Skipper, 'day .50
Ml w' M'lnie, I 2 day .50
M liiie, i day .50
i nomas Lincli, 1 2 dav .50
j i>11v! I>m>ek, l 2 da\ .10
i I ill; l ilioek, I d.:\ .75
L T \\ Isile, overseer 1.50
11 M \\ hin*, 1 1 day ..50
I John U'ln'.e, 1-2 tillv .50
1 Moiaa*. 1 Jarcli, I-:' d.i\ .50
I Jitd I l> < ?ek, i 1 d.i\ . !i? j
I iemy ('oUoel;, I day .75
1. i M ime .: 0
II \. M hiie 1 2 day .50
JeiOiiio i .ddins i 2 vi.it .50
|<>!k: \\ Lite, 1-2 day .50
i lenrv ( oIlucU, 1 2 d i\ .50 1
, Kin;; Skipper, i 2 day .50
M allei Si.ippei, I 2 da\ .25
Sesel Skipper, 1 2 day .25
.Mellon L ainell, u .i?an 1-2 d.l.uO
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I I . 1 w !UK', ?5 \ rl M'Oi .1.1
| \V A >'.i . ? *:u11 .> 11.i \ s d.d<?
I riii. . hands, *2 I :: days 7.."?U
(>:ir hand I da\
\\ A Sicj^all, ov'rs'r 2 1-2 ds. l.r?o
\Y A .Ni?lh-|v, upair bridge* '.V.?
j Alien I inisi, I I 2 days I. I \
Vance Davis. I i :: I i.l :
\Y II D.ivis, l I days -.2 i '
I I' i i 111 , :u!" da\ s I (id I
I 11 11?i. 11, > (I.i\ . 2.0d I
lhvston < >v> on, ' (lavs 2.o<?
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; Roy Owen, 2 days i\o0
Jim Katliff, 2 days 2.o(>
James lohnson, 2 days 2.0o
Walter King, 1 I 2 days 1.30
Arthur Kin*:, 1 day 1.00
Wade King, 1 day 75
( lull' Hunt, 1 1-2 days 1.50
Repair on scrape .30
G W Rivers, ov'rs'r 2 days '2.00
ludson Thompson, 1 day 1 00
Albert Alexander, 1 day 1.00
R C < Tavburn. 1 day 1 Oo
Johnnie Hough, 1 day 1 00
Tom lohnson, I dav 1.00
Daniel llinson, 1 day 1 00
John Hough, I dav .75
Rursey Campbell, 1 day .75
Gilbert Clayburn, 1 day .75
II P James, overseer 2 davs 2.50
Johnnie Sellers. 1 1-2 days 1.50
I.loyd Sellers, 1 day 1.00
Two mules, 1 1 2 days 3.00
i. (Sellers, ov'rs'r 2 days 3.00
A K Moore. 2mules, 2
men 3 days 12.00
I) C Smith, 2 mules, 1 man
2 days 6.00
R G Moore, 3 days 3.00
D G Smith, mule 1 day 1.00
Mule 1 dav 1.00
I D Smith, overseer 1 day 1.00
Frank Tucker, 2 days 2 00
F. D Mullov, 2 days 2.00
Charley llassell, 2 days 2.00
Dock Johnson, 2 1 2 days 2.50
Sam Johnson, 2 1-2 days 2 50
Archie Sellers, 3 days 3 00
W. A Sellers. 3 day 3 00
Alec Watson 1 dnv i nn
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A (j Webster, 3 days 4.50
A G Webster, overseer 2.00
R. P. James, 1 3 4 days 1.75
Turn Adams, 1 3 1 days 2.75
P.oss Adams, I day l.Oo
Will Kddins, 1 3 I days 1.75
Andrew Adams, 1 3 1 days 1.75
BT Adams, l dav 1.00
B. R Adams, 1 3 4 days 1 25
A J Adams, i 3 4 d.ivs? ?-K-25
Johnnie I lough, 3-4 day .75
John 1 lough, 3 1 dav .50
\Vil! Campbell, 1 3 4 day 1.75
C 1. Kddins, overseer 2 ds, 3.<)()
K J Morris, "2 days 2.0o
' ' B Morris, 2 days 2.00
John Merriman, 2 days 2.0o
Jack Gardiner, 2 days 2.00
Will McCoy, 2 d.ivs 2 <><?
Grady Watson, 2 davs 2.00
M T Teal. 2 days 2.00
Zonk Jackson, 2 days 2.0()
lorn Melton, 2 davs 2.o0
j II Streater. i day L.OO
I wo shovels 3.00
W I Streater, ov'rs'r 2 days 2.'mi
Charlie Grofford, 3 days 3.0<>
Page (. rotford, 3 days 3.0o
Randolph Minn, 3 days 3.00
(Jeorj>e Crofford, I 1-2 ds. 1.50
Lester Dixon, 2 days 2.o0
()ne mule, 2 ilavs 1.50
Two muh s, 1 day 1,50
W T McBride, 3 davs 3.00
Mellon Bennett, 2 lis. 1-2 il 1.50
II \V White, l day .75
Jerome Lddins, ' day l.Oo
Baxter Warner, 1 dav 1.00
Bud Rivers, 1 dav 1.00
Bud Hammond, 1 2 day .50
Sou ire Broek, 1-2 dav ,50
L 1' White, overseer I day 1.50
I (/.tdilv, 1 I 2 days l..r?0
R \\ (kiddy, I 1 2 days 1.50
R \\ Ckiddy, timber 2.00
It a I i.m is, I dav 1
Jim I'm vis, 3 days 3.0<>
Luke Purvis, 2 days 2.00
IPC ,i day 1.00
( > 1< I )av is, 2 davs 2.00
('ary I )a\ is, ! day l.Oo
( am i Davis, 3 days 3.00
May Davis, 2 days 2.0'>
1 !i Davis, overseer 3 days 3.0<?
\dams, learn 1 dav 3.0o
L 1 Adams, I day 1.00
(Juv Wadswortli, I 1-2 days 1.50
P I Katlifl, 1 dav t.00
James Kivers, I day l.OO
isuck Kallilt, 1 t 2 days 2.50
H I (iritis, I 2 day 1.50
\\ 1 (in ijjjs, ov'rs'r 2 12 ds. 3.75
\ I Moore, 2 1). team 2 ds. 6.00
DC' Smith, 2 h. team 2 ds. f>.00
l< (i Moore, 2 days 2.00
I. 1). .Smith, overseer, ids 3.00
Krvm Kittle, 1 days 4.00
<< 'ontinned next week*