th? pageland journal
_Vol. 8 No. 12 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1917 $1.(10 ner \ ear
l^uestionaire
(Continued from last week.)
Series II. Physical Fitness
Instructions?Every registrant
must answer the first two questions.
If he answers the second
question "Yes." he need not answer
the remaining questions,
If he answers the second question
"No," he must answer ALL
the questions. He must sign his
name at the end of this series ol
questions.
Q. 1. State your height and
weight stripped.
Q. 2. Are vou in sound health,
mentally and physically?
Q. 3. Draw a line under anj
of the words below that describes
any ailment or physical defi
ciency you may have: 1, Blind
2, Deaf; 3, Dumb; 4, Loss ol
limb; 5, Epileptic; 6, Paralytic; 7
Insane; 8, Withered or deformed
limb; 9,?
Q- 4. State in detail the names
and address of the physicians b\
whom and the institutions ir
which you are being: treated oi
have been treated within the
last 12 months, with the dates oi
the treatments.
Q. 5. Are you an inmate of ar
asylum, hospital, or other insti
tution on account of any physi
cal, mental or nervous disease
disorder, or injury.
Q. 6. If you answer "Yes,'
state (a) the nature of the ail
ment, and (b) name and loca
tion of institution.
(Signature of registrant.)
Series III. Legislative, Executive,
and Judicial Officers.
/\ * *
V- l. Are you a federal or
state legislative, executive, or
judicial officer?
(If your answer is '"No" do
not answer any other questions
and do not sign your name.)
Q. 2. State exact designation
of your office.
Q. 3. State (a) when vou en
tered upon said duties, and (b)
when you will occupy saiu office.
(Signature of registrant.)
Series IV. Ministers of Religion
Q. 1. Are you a regular or a
duly ordaiued minister ot relig
ion; and if so, of what sect or
organization?
(If vour nnswpr ic "Ma"
^ Tt au
do not answer any other ques
tions and do not sign your
name.)
Q. 2. State (a) the manner by
which, (b) the date when, and
<c) the place where you became
such minister^
Q. 3. State place and nature
of your religious labors; (a) On
June 5, 1917; (b) Now.
Q. 4. Do you follow any audi
tional occupation.-' If so, what:
Series IV. Divinity Students.
Q. 1. Were you on May 18
1 Q1 P, o ? " f
+ ,xx, a oiuuciM preparing lor UK
ministry?
(If your answer is "No" tie
not answer anv other questions
and do not sign your name.)
0- 2. State the name and lo
cation of such school.
0- 3. Give names and loca
tions of all divinity schools yot:
have attended with dates of at
tendance.
(?). 4. Is any school mentioned
by vou wholly or partially a
correspondence school?
Q 5. Have vou censed tr? lw? ?
student of divinity and if so,
what is your occupation?
(Signature of registrant.)
Series VIII. Officials, Federal
Employees, Pilots, and Marines.
RQ. 1. Are you a county or
or municipal official, or a
customhouse clerk, or are you
employed by the United States
in the transmission of the mail,
or are you an artificer or workman
employed in the United
#.
Will Beat Germany Word of Pershing
New York, Dec. 2.?Bishop
Luther B. Wilson, who recently
returned from Europe, where he
[ went on a mission for the Y. M.
C. A., brought back with him a
, message to the American peo'
pie from General Pershing,
' American commander in France.
| The message, which was read
for the first time today, said:
I "Tell them there is no ground
for the heresy that Germany can
1 not be beaten. Germany can
be beaten. Germany must be
beaten. And Germany will be
beaten.
f States armory, arsenal, or navy
, yard, or do you belong to any
M class of employees of the
| United States which have been
? designated by the President as
' eligible for discharge or are you
a pilot, or are vou a marine
r actually emplo?ed in the sea
- service ot a citzen or merchant
t within the United States?
(If your answer is "No" do
i not answer any other questions
and do not sign your name.)
Q. 2. State the designation of
, your office, position, or occupation.
Q. 3. Were you elected or ap
pointed? State which.
Q. 4. State the exact place of
the performance of your duties.
Q. 5. State how long you have
, held such position, or have been
so emploved.
Q. 6. State the character and
. duration ot your education,
? ?i
uaiuiuK, uuu experience lor
, such position.
. Q. 7. State the nature of your
work.
Q. 8. How many persons of
he same or similar grade are in
the establishment where you are
employed?
Series X Dependency.
Q. 1. Have vr?u a wife, or
child, or aged, infirm, or invalid
parents or grandparents, or
brother under 16 or sister under
18 years of age, or a helpless
brother or sister of whatever
age, mainly dependent on vour
physical or mental labor for
suppor ?
(If jour answer is "No" do
not answer any other questions
and do not sign vour name.)
1 Q. 2. State whether you are
: married, single, widowed, or
divorced.
i 0? 3. If you are married, state
i (a) the place, (b) date, and (c)
ttie person by whom the
vbiviiiuuv was periormed.
> Q. 4, Give the name, relationship,
address, 'and age of each
peison mainly dependent on
your labor tor support.
(). 5. Which of your depent
dents live with you, and how
long has each lived with you?
0- (>- If any person named in
your answers do not live with
you, state which of them have
lived with you at anv time
during the past TJ months and
for how long a period.
(). 7. If any such dependent
I is a stepchild, an adopted child,
or a foster child, state as to each
when such relationship to you
began.
Q. 8. As to each dependent,
' state when you began to con
tribute to his or her support.
Q. 9. State both (a> the ap1
proximate total, and (b) the
average monthly amount of i
your support of your wife and I
children during the last twelve 1
months. I
Q. 10. How much have you i
contributed to 1he support of I
each other dependent during I
said 12 months? i
(Continued next week.) I;
Americans Fight With Haig's
Men.
With the British Army in
France Saturday, Dec. 1 (By the
Associated I'ress).?Large numbers
of American army engineers
working on the British
railways in the region of Gouzeaucourt,
caught in the German
turning movement, escaped
bv lying in shell holes aud
prone on the ground while the
British fired over them. There
they remained until the British
were near enough to enable the
Americans to join the ranks,
when they fought valiantly and
played an important part in repelling
the enemy. The British
commanders refer to their gallant
behavior with the greatest
enthusiasm.
Americans elsewhere took a
busy hand in the fighting and
were under hot German shell
fire. Numbers of them volunteered
for patrol work in the
danger zone and all acquitted
themselves finely.
A British general told the correspondent
that he could not
praise them too highly. It is
reported that several Americans
were captured but escaped after
a few hours and rejoined the
British,
The engineers were mainly
from New York,
l he crew of a train had a
narrow escape. The engine
driver, whose home is in St,
Louis, was standing beside his
engine talking with a British
soldier when the atiack sluiteu.
A shell struck nearby and killed
the Briton but the American
miraculously escaped. Tvyo
more shells exploded on eit^eL
side 01 the locomotive and the
engineer thought it time to
move.
He and the crew "dug themselves
in" in shell holes and
after many hours made their escape.
The railway was blown
up soon after the Americans hid
themselves.
For nearly four months American
engineers have been laboring
on the roads behind the
British lines, but military requirements
precluded the mention
of this fact until it was an
nounced that the Americans had
_ 1 _ _ ?
piavea an important part in the
drive, having had a large part
in the marvelous work which
resulted in the pushing of the
vital railways up to the front.
Chesterfield District Junior Order
Meets Thursday, Dec. 13.
There will be a meeting of
the Chesterfield District, Junior
Order U. A. M., at Ruby, S. G\,
Thursday, Dec. 13th. The pro
gram follows:
Secret Session at 2 o'clock
p. m.
rubiic meeting at 7 p. m. in
School auditorium.
Program for Speaking
Address, ''Virtue," Rev. J. I).
Purvis.
Address, "Liberty," W. P.
Odom
Address "Patriotism," lion. C.
K. Laney.
Address, "Good of the Order,"
R. S. Steward.
Master Ceremonies, -W. R.
Huneycutt.
Bobby had been given a rah-J
bit at Christmas, and constant
feeding had increased its girth
considerably. One day a neighbors
hoy was visiting him and
be was busy extolling the virtues
of his pet. Apparently just
noticing the increased size of,
the rnhhii ! ??? 1 *
.t IIV I'tlOOCVI Hid I I d I HI
fondly over its stomach, observ
in*?: "Sav, he's got a big bust,
ain't he?"
un ui me cias!
must mark time for a day while
the teachers gives him her tinu
in order that he may catch up
Then every day that your chile
misses from school, is in part a
least, taking from the whole
class their time and thus delay
ing them. I hope that even
child in Chesterfield Countj
will be sent to^school every da>
that school is in session unless
he is kept away 011 account o
some unpreventable reason.
Sincerely yours,
J. A. Knight.
I
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MONDy
On Monday, Dec
public auction to t
east ot Pageland the
Pot n I
- wi KS\J 1 II, 1
ali plows, harrows,
Do not forget
Supt. Knight Replys to Mt
Croghan CorrespondentTo
the Editor of the Pageland,
Journal:
I noticed in the columns ol
your paper under Mt. Croghain
Locals the following sentence
"I tiling that teachers meeting!
should be held on Satuidays
There were many children whc
missed a day of school Friday
because of the teachers meet
ing at the county seat."
I think that your correspon
dent must be laboring unde
misapprehension as to what vva:
held at the County Seat on th<
Friday here alluded to. Tin
Teacher's meeting alluded t<
was a two days Institute ii
which the Teachers were in
structed in the problems of tin
school room, and such instruc
tions continued during the twc
days from morning until lab
afternoon, with a lecture a
night. In other words th<
teachers were engaged whil<
here in making themselvei
? -?
ucuci leacners. and came or
I Friday at the request of thi:
lotfice. We thoroly sympathize
with the idea expressed by tin
writer, that no day should b<
missed from the school, and j
! wonder it the patrons, the
writer among theni, realizt
what the child misses if absen
from the days work? In th(
case referred to there was nc
school and therefore there coulc
be no loss except less instructior
by one day for the school year
but if the child is kept out whik
the school is in session he i:
thrown behind his class ant
must stumhlo
Pageland Boy Wins Poem
Medal
The following: is from the
Spartanburg Journal about Mr.
^ G. D. Sanders of Pageland:
1 G. D- Sanders, who is this year
: a senior at Wofford College,
5 won for his college the State-in!
. tercollegiate poem medal, given
} each year by the association of
colleges to that student in the
State, who, during the year, has
written the best poem. The
judges are chosen from among
the highest men of the State,
r those most capable to judge, and
s the announcement of the win
2 ner is made at the Press Associ2
ation meeting, which this year
3 was held at Winthrop College,
1 at Rock Hill.
Three medals are given each
2 year, one for the best essay, one
" for the best short storv and one
3 for the best poem. These are
- hard to win, and the capturing
t of one is counted one of the
- highest honors that comes to a
2 student while in college, and the
s college itself is counted fortu
1 nate in having a student that
s can win these prizes. It has
3 been several years since Wof2
ford took one of these prizes, the
3 last one being for a short story.
1 Since his entrance in college
2 Mr. Sanders has shown remark2
able skill for a college student
t in verse writing having won the
? pnl 1PO o nr\o?v* ~ J ~ 1 * 1 ?
. (>ucui luuuui mree ycsrs
) in succession. He has taken
I active part in journalistic work
1 of all kinds, being this year edi
, tor-in-chiet of The Old Gold and
i Black, the college weekly, and
s The Bohemian, the college an1
nual. Mr. Sanders, in addition
> to those activities, will receive
> in lune his A. B. and A. M. dei
grees, completing a five year
. course in four years and work1
ing at the same time as telegraph
t editor of The Spartanburg Ileri
aid.
7 "When I was a boy I was
r glad enough to eat dry bread for
r my dinner," said father, at the
> head of the table.
f "Well, daddy," piped up his
small daughter, "you are having
a much better time now you are
living with us."
%
ICTION SA
\Y, DECEMBER
ember 14th. at 10 oclock
he highest bidder (or cash a
following property:
?odder, Shucks; 2 mules; ?
planters and other farming,
the day, the hour n
W. MgCOII
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Pageland Boy Writes Home
from France
The following letter was received
last week by Mr. \Y. A.
Pigg, Sr. from his son sc mewhere
in France:
"Somewhere in France,
November ? P)17.
"Dear Father:
"Possibly yon have heard
before now that we have left
Camu Mills. L. I.. N. Y. for
France, and I know that you
are anxiously waiting to hear
from me. We had a long,
pleasant, safe journey across. I
would like to tell you about all
mv experiences, but we are not
permitted to tell any details. I
hope to tell you some time. I
found myself enjoying good
health during tlie entire journey,
not even getting sea-sick.
"You, sister and brother are
ever in my thots and devotions.
Also my other many friends
about home and dear old United
States.
"We are going to work hard
and get the Kaiser licked as soon
as possible so we can return
home.
j "I will write more when I
have time.
"Wishing you all happy.
"Your devoted son,
Croft."
Co. "B" 117th Regiment Engineers.
Pat Casey was drafted and
proud of the honor:
"Sure, 1 ain't scared of powder
or dynamite shocks.
I've worked in a quarry for
Mickey O'Connor, and war
can't be harder than blasting
them rocks.
Flat tooted? Oh, doctoi, don't
say I'm rejected." And Casey,
"exempted," fell back in his
seat.
"No mort'.ll is
rvi.VVl,
how could you expect it? You
don't shoot a gun with the soles
of your feel!"
An old negro woman, stand
ing by the grave of her husband,
shook her head and said mournfully:
"Poor 'Rastus! 1 hope he's
gone where I spec' he ain't."
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A it 1
i4in.
a. m. I Will sell at
it my (arm 2 miles
] horses; 2 wagons;
lOOls.
or the place, i
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