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fearn while here visiting: his ,' \motb??r before going to Camp Jackson the other day, told of the escape of a Frdnch aviator from a German prison and his subsequent work as instructor at i*ort Oglethorpe* where Mr. Red fear n was in training This dating young officer was captured twice by the Germans. He escaped once and went hack into the service of his country, only* to be captured a second time. He was an expert in aviation, and naturally the , . Gerfnans put him to work around an airplane base. One day a German officer from a _i A ,.r ?i. omercni ucparuueiu ui uiu service, came along and desired to be carried across coun'tr* to another point. He turned to the French prisoner and asked him if he could manage one ol the machines. v'4Yes, sir, I can operate any of them," he replied. He was then ordered to get readv, He buckled himself in, the officer mounted and tbev were off. When they were < some distance away, the aviator turned his machine upward and ^ beiran to go up rabidly. The % officer saw mischief in the fellow's acts and ordered him to resume their course, hut no heed was given. The machine continued to mount higher and higher.- The coltl barrel of a huge pistol was thrust against the flyer's head, and the com rnard was again given to return to J their course, or his brains would be blown out. Then he said, "Shoot," and continued to go up. The officer alternately _ __ _ _ J 1 1 A.I . _ A J cominanaeci ana mreaienea, but took go nl pains not to shoot, as be was well aware that the death of the Drisoner < meant bis also. Finally, the aviator changed to a horizontal A ; * Make I'f V I;'''- v u I E y '- u ^ - i * v ] i HI A w u V PPBKgton, Dec. 13.?The farmers of the South have won J their determined fight for ni I trates at a reasonable cost. To- I uay it was learned here unoffi s cially by Senator Smith of South e Carolina that ttie price of Chil c ean nitrates has been fixed so a that the farmers will know exactly ho'.v ^luch they will have *; to pay for their supplies for the 1 : 1.ext year's crop. 1 bv. price will be $5r> a ton in ? Chile with the additional cost of Sl'S per ton height, and even the '.itieC ii. the opinion of Senator Smith, may he reduced. ^ This is a lotah of $73 a ton : g i .st S93 which the farmers a are pa> i g now. These nitrates will berin to go South early in * the \ ear and this in sufficient T, qu !itil\ for all necessary needs J and at a price within the reach of the farmers. v ' OfV*cis*l announcement of the F government authorities is ex- 1 pt cted to be made within the 1 next few days. I 8 t Tax Books Open s Notice is hereby given that \t Tax Books for the Town of Pageland were open for the col- t lection, of Town taxes Novem jo', zu. IV17, and will remain s open withoul penally until Feb- n ruary 1918, after which penalty r will be added. The tax books > are kept at C- L. Gulledge's store. v S. A. SELLERS, j Town Clerk. c flight, and then did the loop-the- s loop a couple of times, and on the second turn his companion tl dropped out and went tumbling li the. thousands of feet to the a earth. The aviator headed in L his German machiue for his d old headquarters, and- was soon j among friends an companions. yourself ant Chris <iiw TB mm M. m m MA JM lyiii auu conomica w^k e >d you'll be in if you buy a BR1SC( C.M.1 Afl wummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I * - jF ' "? * , < 'k \ 1 %i (% ' . '#/ J ' / * ' - gl lfi* - i s merman spy omp^ct * | Halifax, N. S, Dec. 13?John ohansen, helmsman on the Norwegian steamer Imo. the Belgian relief ship, whose ttolli ion with the ammunition steam r Mont Blanc led to the disaster >f last Thursday, was detainedis a German spy suspect today, le was turned over to the milt ary authorities by officials of he Massachusetts relief hospital, vhere he has been under treatnent. ' One of the nttrses at the hos utal, a vbung woman from New fork whose name was not re scaled, yesterday reported that ler patient was acting querlv nd he did not seem to be bounded. Physicians examined he man and the conclusion was eached that he was shamming llneps. Later, it was said, lotansen offered a nurse $50 if she vould go out and buy him a uwspaper, the assumption be ng that he had in mind an atempt to escape in her absence. After that incident, a military rua*d was nlnced on dutv hv his >ed. The provost guard was ent for today and Johansen was ocked up. In connection with the arrest, he wildest spy rumors heard lere since the war began were pread broadcast. These culmir.ited in a report that eight Gernans had been shot at sunrise, lilitarv and naval authorities, vhile acknowledging that the ohansen case was being thor Highly investigated, declared hat the shooting story was aburd. Another persistent story was hat a secret code in German tad been found on Johansen, nd that a wireless station had ?een unearthed in the district lestroved by fire alter the ex riosion. J. C. Burchall, counsel for the ent i ? familv a ft ftWUKAXJ U itmas. It's i V ~ . ' / in eve * ( r'i * >E. ' , * y ^ pi iri/rn . UVIILjH^ ent For Ches ' " - y \ i its Kiad ever umiertukeu .the American Red Cross is asking for 10 000,000 new members^ and expects to enroll them between December 10 and December 2b. The magnitude qf this drive is pommensurale with the magnitude of the need in which it was conceived.1 We all know the tremendous demands 6n the good services of the Red Cross at this time. We all know that this demand is going to be vastly greater before it grows less. We all know that there is only one way in which the unbounded suffering caused by this war can be alleviated systematically and on a scale proportionate to its extent. That way is through cooper ation with the Red Cross. There are more than 10,000, 000 persons in the United States who are not members of the Red Cross largely because oi thoughtlessness. Are you one of them? In this drive vou may become a member for one dollar. Can you weigh a dollai against the war created misery ana suttering that exists and hesitate an instant? Imo in the admiralty hearing ol the collision of the vessels, said tonight that the secret code story' as far as it concerned Johansen was absolutely without founda tion. Johansen, Mr. Burchall, said, had been living in the United States ten years, and as hp was anxious to return to his old home in Norway he shipped on the Imo. vortt Wk present of the ear you ; * i H^ 0 0 i Deliver Chester ? rything i i r ' , . -n * ' \ t f ? ' J Pagelaiu terfleld Coun t ' w y >, v; ' / -] u i 1 | A. $ire Insurance Policy protects your \ ^ $ property from destruction by lightning. A i J Hail Insurance Policy might save you from 5 j > loss this summer. 5 . K A loan on your Real Estate at six per J 1 5 cent migfrt interest you. j :X-. . See us before it is too late. j | PagelandInsurance & Realty Co. j : ^vv%<%vvvvvv%^v Plummer's Grocery . -I Want* to sell you your Flour, Meat, Lard and all othetf Groceries you need. Come in and let us ' make you prices. We atfe selling good straight flour for $5.20 per. sack. We also have Cow and Hog feed, the right kind at the right price. Also Candies and ' v . I Oranges. ' Make our store your headquarters when in town. Plnmmer Grocery ? 1 - **'?. ; i i ' . jmzzizzziz: mm , jiyfi JUT*. 1VA Tough and Durable cd iany where - f Held county, ncluded. ' j x . ^ -1*85 The Mood'you'll be In If you buy any other car. ; . | 1, s. c. i|y-1 . /\ ' ' .M \ (4 \ ' . rail