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Vol. 8 No. 11 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1917 $1.10 per year
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questions lo Be Answered by
Men Who Registered
Last week The Journal pub
lished the classes into all the
registered men in the United
States will be divided, beginning
about December 15th. Below
is a partial list of the questions
each man must answer:
Series I. General Questions.
Instructions?Every registrant
must answer ALL the following
questions and sign his name at
ftuv Mvuvyui.
Q. 1. State (a) your full name
and your present age, occupa
tion, and residence; and (b) the
name, address, and relationship
of your nearest relative.
Q. 2 If you are imployed
give your employer s name and
address.
Q. 3 Give below all the occupations
at which you have
worked for the last ten years,
including your occupation on
May 18, 1917, and since that
date, and the length of time you
have served in each occupation.
0- -1 How many hours per
week have you worked in the
occupations above named
during the period since May 18,
1917.
0- 5 Injwhatjoccupation do
you consider yourself most proficient?
n a mir-.-u ? ' ?
w wuuiu you oe willing
to take free evening school in
structions, fitting you for service
in some occupation in the Army
before you are called to camp?
0- 7. Mention any previous
military experience vou have
had, giving organization, rank
and length of service.
0 8 Underline the branch of
the Army in which you prefer
to serve if selected: Artillery,
Aviation, Engineer Corps, Infantry,
Medical Department,
Ordnance Department, Quarter
master Corps.
Q. 9. Schooling: Grade reached
in school: vf>arc in 1?ir.U I
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school: years in college; name
college and subjects of specialization;
years in technical school;
name of school and course pursued;
underline) the languages
you speak well; English, French,
German; State any.other lan
guages you speak.
0- 10 In the columns l??lr?w
draw one line under those occupations
at which you have
worked: draw two lines under
those at which vou are expert.
After each underlined occupation
write also the number of
years of experience vou have
had in that occupation.
1. Accountant.
2. Artist, dramatic and otherwise,
3. Auto and gas engine man.
(a) Factory; (b) Garage; (c)
Ignition system; (d) Marine
engines.
4. Auto and motor truck
driver.
5. Baker.
6. Band instrument.
7. Barber.
8. Blacksmith, (a) Helper; (b)
torger.
9. Boatman.
10. Boiler maker.
11. Bookeeper.
12. 'Butcher.
13. Canvass worker.
14. Carpenter, (a) Bridge; (b)
Cabinet maker; (c) House; (d)
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OIlip.
15. Chemical industry worker.
16. Clerical worker.
17. Concrete worker.
18. Contractor.
19.;Cook.
20. Dentist.
21. Detective.
22. Draftsman, (a) Architectural,
(b) Mechanical, (c) Topographical.
23. Druggist.
24. Electrician, (a) instiu(Continued
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More Men Leave Soon for
Camp Jackson
The men who were exempted
several weeks ago until Dec. 1
have not been notified to report
on December 1st. as thev expected,
but on the other hand
the countv board has received
instrtctions not to send them
until the next increment is
readv to go from this countv.
This may be within five days
or it may be twenty or thirty.
Below is the list of eleven who
were exempted until December:
W. M. Gathings
H. H. Grant
H. C. Wilhelm
Preston H. Hurst
Thos. L. Ingram
Joseph K. Pegues
Weslev Bittle
Clarence vV. Pigg
Frank Taylor
W. Augustus Jordan
Robert Leg" Watts
From the list of temporary
discbarges the following five
have been sent up to the district
board for service:
Minor H. Watson
San ford Campbell
Chester Griggs
Oliver Sellers
Arthur Smith.
All the others who were given
temporary discharges, 25 or 30
in number, have been given
permanent discharges. In this
number are Guy L Watts and
J. D. Redfearn of Pagcland.
Fifty new men were sum
moned before the county board
on Tuesday of last week. The
following were accepted without
claims /or exemption and
forwarded to the district board:
Fred Sellers
Walter C. Funderburk
Charlie Roscoe
Robt. H. Sullivan
Prince Humphries
W. Harlev Evans
William E. Huntley
Charlie M. Swink
W. Ervin Knight.
The following were rejected
upon the physical examination:
Abe C. Sowell
Preston W. Funderburk
Elbert DeBerry
Oscar B. Funderburk
Robt. N. Stricklin
Clyde Miller
James S. Gulledge
The following were accepted
by the board, but liled claims of
exemption:
lames L. Watts
Pete Ratliff
Daniel A. Roscoe
Robert M. Berry
Lewis E. Courtney
Cyrus James
Edgar Miller
11. Dargan Jordan
Frank W. Wilson
Hen T. Douglass
Robt. E. Deese
John Scott
Daniel Dixon
Joseph F. Reid
J. W. Ammons
Sam M. Win gate
Hill Johnson
Lee Sikes
The tollowing failed to appear,
and they are yet to be acted upon
by the board:
Martin Adams
Jesse Dunlap
James Tucker
John Jackson
Robt. Myers
Willie I5oan
J as. II. Rak er
James Gillespie
Osmond Funderburk
Charlie Smith
Jas. D. Gainey
Marvin M. Jordan
J lenry L. Jackson
Johnnie Marshall.
A Call to the Farmers and Business Men
ol Chesterfield County to Meet at
Chesterfield, December 3rd.
A crisis has been reached in the life of the Chesterfield
County Fair. The lease upon the present Fair Ground is
about to expire. The Fair Association has purchased ten
acres of ground in the western edge of Chesterfield, but all ihe
funds in the treasury/ after paying expenses of this years
fair, have been exhausted in paying for this land. Funds
are absolutely necessary with which to erect buildings on the
new Fair ground. The officials of the County Fair realize
that heretofore the Fair has been operated with inadequate
facilities, but thev have done the best possible, handicapped
as they were by lack of funds.
The Chesterfield County Fair Association has $653.00
worth of outstanding stock, and this is their sole liability.
The assets are a tract of land worth Fifteen Hundred Dollars,
and about $1000,00 worth of lumber and roofinir. thus it will
be seen that tlieir assets are four times their liability. In order
to raise sufficient funds with which to fence the land,
erect a large exhibit building, adequate housing facilities for
livestock, cattle, swine, poultry and all otlier proper buildings,
it has been decided to increase the capital stock of the Fair
Association to $5000, M), and every farmer and business man
ot Chesterfield* County is herewith invited to subscribe for
any number of shares they desire; par value of shares being
One Dollar each.
We herewith call a public }meeting at Court Mouse for
eleven o'clock, a. m., the first Monday in December next,
same being the 3rd, and we invite every one interested in
the prosperity of tl e Chesterfield County Fair and of Chesterfield
County to be present at this meeting, and then and
there subscribe to stock in the County Fair.'paying their subscriptions
in cash. We are satisfied that there are hundreds
of people in this County who are willing to put their money
in the County Fair in order to insure its future success,
and this public appeal is made to each and every one to
be present in the Court House the first Monday, at eleven
o'clock, a. m? and then ana there purchase Jshares of stock in
the Fair and participate in the stockaolders meeting called
for that time, when directors and officers will be elected for
next year.
L. H. TROTTI, President,
W. f. TILLER Vice President,
C. L. HUNL ZY, Sec. & Treas.,
J- a. n-ELift, Executive Committeeman.
Gaston B. Means Being Tried A black woman halted in
For Murder. front of a produce store in a
Concord, Nov. 25? Defense Qe0rgia town and addressed the
and prosecution are ready, both . . , .
K proprietor, who was also of col
said tonight, to start the trial
here tomorrow of Gaston B. " _ , , . , ,
Means, charged with the mur- Is dese here a,?s fresh?
der of Mrs. Maude A. King, "I ain't say in' dey ain't," he
wealthy New York widow, who answered back .
was shot to death near here }1in't axin' you is dey ain't,"
!ast August. elltt ii, .
.. t . oiioi/jjcu, ise axin you is
l lie prosecution, as far as has M
been outlined, relies on a msss * ,s* s "ev;>
of circumstantial evidei.ce to " ~~
tasten upon Means the charge ?
of murder, and, it is understood.
will seek to show that a fortuie
of $2,000,000, which Mrs. Kiig
might have inherited throtgh
a second will of her husbaid,
the late James King, of Chicago,
provided the motive. ^
Means, a native of Concod,
had been the woman's busin-ss
agent some time before he '
met death w hile here on a vsit
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10 ins relatives, and accord it g |i ;
to statements made by Distrct i :
Attorney Swann's office in Nvv : 3
York, evidence has ben i; ^
brought to light lo show tha a .
second will was to be <>ffei^d I I I li
for probate. Mrs. King had n- I I | ||(j
herited more than a milbn ;
through the first will. I I _ rA
No one except Means 'as I I ulw) iOl J
present when Mrs. King 'as ^ :
killed at Hktck welder sprigs, I I ->Amnr '
near hear, according to he II I 1)0111
statements Means made t a
local coroner's jury. The or- I I ir/\n n /><
oner's verdict was that "is. I I yOU U G(
King /accidentally shot betelf I I *
with a small pistol with wlch J I n (TOOC
she had intended to pracce I I ?DvJu!j
target shooting. To refute iis, I I
the prosecution, in the preitiinary
hearing which was er.ed I I
by Means agreeing to be bond |
over to the grand jury, tn |
deavored lo show by exjrt I I Qw G J
uMltou'piVp -A 1 1 '
ifiiiiuaaca null 11 WOllIll IVC
been physically impossiblcior
the woman to have held he
weapon which inflicted a \\
wound in the back of her lad
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Me thodisl||Ministers in South
Carolina Conference Receive
Assignments.
Bishopville, Nov. 25?The
J35th session of the South
Carolina Conference closed tonight
after a very busy and
valuable day of preaching and
special song services in the city
churches by visiting ministers.
The services at Methodist
Church, the home of the conference
at this session, were especially
enjoyable to everybody
and most gratifying to the
peop'e ot the Methodist faith in
the citv, in that it marked the
dedication of their JmagnifiC' it
new building. Tlie'sermon was
delivered bv Bishop James
Atkins, after which were held
the brief but impressive ser
vices setting asidet the building
for the service of God.
Florence District?P e t e r
Stokes, presiding elder: Bennettsville,
First Church W. W.
Daniel; West End, W, L. Guy;
Bennettsville circuit, T. E.
Morris; Brightsville, J. L. Tvler;
Bethlehem, J. T. MacFarland;
Cheraw, G. F. Kirby; Chester
field, B. J. Guess; T. B. Owen,
supernumerary; Darlington,
Trinity, H. J. Cauthen; Epworth,
J. V. Davis; Darlington,
Circuit, J. S. Beasley; East
Chesterfield, A. R. Phillips;
Florence, Central. S. J. Harper;
Bert A, Powell, Army Y. M. C.
A; Hartsville, J. T. Fowler;
Jefferson, M. M. McLendon;
Lamar, W. H. Ariail; Liberty,
W. L. Watt; Marlboro, J. E.
lrord; McBee, S. D. Bagley;
McColl, H. G. Hardin; Patrick,
J. E, Carter; Pageland, C. T,
Rhode, Pamplico, E. W. Hurst;
Timmonsville and Pisgah, I. H.
Noland; Timmonsville circuit,
F. S- Hook; conference secre
tary of education, Peter Stokes;
conference sprrptnrv
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sions, L. J. Harper.
Rev. J. W. Elkins, who has
been at Pageland for two vears,
goes to Oswego near Sumter.
Rev. J. A. McGraw goes back
to Black Swamp, where he
went two years ago when he
left Pageland.
Rev. J. A. White, who has
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New RusssaniJ^Goverr.mentj Asks
for Peace
Petrograd, Thursday, Nov. 22.
?The note of Leon Tro./.ky,
the BolshevikF minister, to the
allied embassies conveying the
announcement of the pro osal
for an armistice reached the
embassies last night. The text
follows:
"I herewith have the lion- r to
inform you, Mr. Ambasdor,
that the all Russian congre s of
soldier's and workmen's delegates
organized on October '6 a
new government in the for n c f
a council of national commissioners.
The head of this government
is Vladimir Ilich Lenine.
The direction of the foreign
has been entrusted 10 me,
in the capacity of national commissioner
for foreign affairs"Drawing
attention to the
text of the offer of an armif tice
and a democratic peace on the
basis of no annexations or indemnities
and the self determination
of nations, approved by
the all Russian congress of soldiers'
and workmen's delegates,
I have the honor to beg you to
regard the above document as a
formal ofter of an immedi ite
armistice on all fronts and the
immediate opening of peace negotiations?an
offer with which
the authorative government of
the Russian republic has addressed
itself simultaneously to
all the belligerent peoples and
their governments.
"Accept mv assurance, Mr.
Ambassador, of the profound
respect of the soldiers' and workmen's
government for the people
of France, which cannot
help aiming at peace as well as
all the rest of the nations exhausted
and made bloodless by
this unexampled slaughter.
"L. TROTXKY,
"National Commissio ter for
Foreign Affairs."
been at Jefferson goes to
Hranchville in Orangeburg
countv.
Rev. Paul T. Wood, who lias
been on the East ('liesterf eld
circuit, goes to Conway cin nit
in I lorry county.
Rev, L. L. Bedenbaugh goes
to Duncan Memorial church t t
Georgetown
W. A. Massaheau, who \v; s
presiding elder in this district
until two years ago, goes to
Orangeburg.
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