I THt PAGEIaND journal
I Vol. 8 No. 13 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1917 ?< '??
I More Than Five 1 5 ^ **
_ . ..wMauaavi JL_J I V CI
I Lost By an Elxplosion of
I Cargo of Munitions
I Halifax, N. S., Dec. 7.?With
I the toll of dead steadily mountI
in2, it was believed early this
I morning that more than 5,00l
I persons perished in the explosior
1 and fire which followed the col
I lision yesterday morning in Hal
I ifax harbor between a muni
I tions-laden French ship and
1 another vessel, the loma, loaded
, wiiu supplies tor the Belgian relief
commission.
The disaster, which has plung
ed the Dominion into mourning,
I probably will rank as the most
' I "And the
I Wise Men *
1 Presented ^
1 Unto Him
I Gifts oi Gold" Jffil
I A Jewelry ChristI
mas A. D.--1 V
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1 Just Keceived the ni
Arc1
"If thk war
11 U1I1J VV 111
"The time is
and that tor tti
The above oil
sentiments, bees
In attempting
bank deposits.
Uncle Sam sa;
First, to save 1
Second, to dej
mine IliA -1
iui*,a uic sitni Ml
i leanui mat ever occurred on the
American continent. Residents
of Halifax and thousands of vol
j unteer relief workers who have
. come into the city have been
. almost dazed at the extent of the
j horror.
Temporary morgues have
been established in many buildings
to which a steady proces
sion of vehicles ot all kinds
i have been carrying for hours
I the bodies of men, women and
children. Most of them were so
charred that they were unrecognizable.
Thousands of persons
seeking trace of relatives and
friends have passed by the long,
cest line of Jewelry ever :
: day Come early and get the
B. B. Eubanks
You a
lasts as lonn a* l
?W tv/itvj U J J
coming when we
le things that do
iservations were m
I1KP thov opa ?
IUUV uii/j at c 11UI p
to tax everything i
ys it Is every man'
money and supplie:
)osit his money in 1
trength ot our natii
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silent rows, attempting, by the 1
flickering light of lamps and
lanterns, to identify the ones
thev sought.
The city was in darkness to
night except for the flames from
the fires still burning in the ,
wrecked buildings in the north
end. Kerosene lamps furnished ,
the illumination by means of
which surgeons and doctors toil- ,
ed heroically throughout the .
night caring for the injured. ,
Soldiers, sailors and police pa- ,
trolled the streets tonight, and (
upon them fell the major por- j
tion of the burden of searching j
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The Ffrst I i
\ Christmas I <
ra. Was a Jew- I 1
R elry Chris! I t
mas. I (
A Jew elry Christ- I ]
mas A. D.?1917 8 \
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shipped to Pageland.
choice pieces yourself.
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Patri
r i *
i tnink it will we
will need money
not sustain life no
ade by one of our
eSSimistiC litt<>ran<u
UA1V\
lo raise revenue, th
s duty to save,
sto support himseli
the banks where it
nn* A
on. inis is a time
ie BANK ol
Congress Adopts Resolution De- Ai
clarin? War Exists With
Ajustria-Hungary
Washington, Dec 7-?War be- an
tweeti the United States and Li
Austria Hungary was formally tin
declared today. sit
Congress, with one dissenting er
vote in the house, adopted and mi
President wilson approved a da
resolution declaring existence of ws
a state of war between the "im Vi
perial and royal Austro-Hungarian
government and the gov- of
jrninent and people of the Uni lie
ed States," authorizing the Pres- dc
dent to employ the nation's sti
armed forces and pledging its an
resources 10 victory. G<
'Hoe resolution, the response la;
:>f .Congress to the Presid ent's
lai
e^uests m his address Tuesday, ^
,s supilar to that passed April 6 tQ
lecturing war with Germany, ta
t became effective at 5:03 p. m* la'
odiy when it was signed by the I W
?ecutive proclamation will fob
ow shortly.
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After one hour's debate the er
esolution was unanimously W1
idopted by the senate with an of
iffirmative vote of 74. It was tr?
ipproved by the house, 363 to 1.
Representative London, the
' su
^ew York socialist, casting tin*
- ? op
anly dissenting vote. A few th?
ninutes later Vice President fal
Marshall and Speaker Clark had r'c
>igned the document and sent it ci}
:o the white house where PresiW(
dent Wilson attached his signa- er
ture with Secretary Tumulty oil
and Assistant Secretary Forester
as the only witnesses. m<
otora
will have to stan
and will not have
r win battles."
oldest and clearest 1
;s but a plain stateir
e government wise
I and family in any
will be kept safe ar
when dollars must
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KAbtLANI
mericanl Destroyer Victim of 1
Submarine
Washington, Dec. 8?Lieutent
Commander Bagley and '
eutenant Scott were among
e survivors rescued after the
iking ot the American destroyJacob
Jones by a German sub- 2
arine in the war zone Thurs f
y night. The navy department c
is so advised late tonight by s
ce Admiral Sims.
Washington, Dec. 8?Three M
ficers and 73 men were be 1
:ved tonight to have gone J
iwn with the American de- t
oyer Jacob Jones, torpedoed t
id sunk in the war zon i by a t
srman submarine at 8 i.'clock t
5t Thursday night. J
Vice Admiral Sims, up to a j
te hour, had been able to sup t
y only meager details iu replv t
urgent messages from Sucre t
ry Daniels, whose brother in- c
vv Lieut. Commander David ^
'. Bagley, commanded the last s
ssel, and was reported among
e missing. Three officers and ?
men were picked up by oth f
vessels from lite rafts to J
lich they clung, but the names t
only ten of these had been s
insmitted to Washington. 2
The Jacob Jones, one ol the \
gest and newest American^
bmarine chasprs nf 1
UVA IJ JJC (
crating in the Atlantic, was r
b first American warship to J
1 victim to a German subma 1
le, but was the second Ameri [
n destroyer to be lost in for }
;n waters. The Chauncey t
mt down with her command- s
, Lieut. Walter E. Reno, two 1
tier officers and 18 ^nlisted *
Bn, after being cut in two by 1
b transport Rose early in the f
3rning of November 20.
l Slac
d up against the I
it. We are spei
thinking men. Th<
lent of tacts
ly left oft the pr
emergency,
id will make knov
f m -
ngnt as well as it
0
tfi.vju ytci j cm
ESCAPED TURKISH PRI ONER
THRILLS PAGELAi D
AUDIENCE
Vlan Who Spent 18 Years in
a Turkish Prison Tells of
Cruelty of His Captors.
For nearly two hours Sunday
ifternoon Captain H. M. I.auene,
an escaped Turkish pr ion;r,
held his audience in the
chool auditorium here spelljound
with his thrilling: sto: v of
lis capture by the Turks in
lis eighteen years suffering and
lumiliation as a prisone: < f
hese lustful fanatics, his re'. ntse
>y General Lenaire in Decent)er
1915, his return to civilization
and his vain search for his
vife and child he left in Franc j
,vhen he enlisted in the French
irmy. Such a vivid and lirstland
account of Turkish atrociies
had never been given in this
own, and the people sat during
he long address without evilence
of tiring. The auditoi iuni
,vas packed to overflowing, and
;eldom has an audience given
;uch rapt attention to a speaker.
The man's features bore the
narks of suffering ami sorrow,
uid his physical condition was
1. -1- - - ?
iucu mai ne dropped to a stool
ixhausted at the end of his lecure.
I lis hair was down to his
houlders, his face was coincided,
and his appearance was
hat of an old man. 1 le is onlv
17, however, according to his
itory. He is well educated, has
rommand of excellent Fnglish.
is well as French and Turkish,
lis words came in an easy, flowng
manner. I lis elo pient rental
of the bloody crimes of the
ilind and fanatic followers of
\llah and Mohnmnu ! brought
ears to the cheeks of many
Iron? men. His story was told
n a calm and dispassionate way,
>ut as he told of the heartless
nurder of innocent and unofending
women and children
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enGe to gobble. 1
lding too fast, I
;y express our \
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?vision taxing i ^
vn to our ene- 9 I
ten. I