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Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C.. MARCH 18. 1915 , Number
ONE IS KILLED
FIVE WOUNDED
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ALL OYER YERY TRIVIAL MATTER
Pistol Battle Waged on Streets of
Page land Causes Death and
Many Wounds.
The following account of the deplorable
tragedy which occurred in Pageland
last Friday afternoon^ is taken
from the Pageland Journal :
Probably the most deplorable tragedy
in the annals of Chesterfield county
occurred here last Friday afternoon
when a pistol battle raged for several
minutes near the magistrate's office
on McGregor street as a result of trouble
growing out of a trial of minor importance
which had just been dismissed
in the Magistrate's court J
Wealef Arant was instantly killed; J.
D. Wallace and Jesse M. Arant were
seriously wounded in the abdomen:
Arthur West received four bullets in
his limbs; Sheppard West was shot
through the thigh, and John E. Robertson
was shot in the arm.
All of the participants in the fight
were citizens of the Five Forks section
nf the county and they had gathered
here to attend a trial in the magN
istrate's court in which Frank West
was accused of breaking a labor contract
wjth Mrs. Wincey Threatt, sister
of the Arant brothers. The trial had
been dismissed a short while when a
fisticuff arose near the office of the
magistrate! A shot was fired and instantly
half a dozen or more pistols
were whipped out and the firing be^tn
in earnest J. Wesley Arant fell dead
? . . with a bullet hole through the lungs
wound in the arm and a very dangerL
K/JAmnn? Arthlir Wf*flt
OUS one 111 lue auuuuicu,
was Bhot three times in the leg an<:
hipb end once in the arm; Sheppard
'" West was shot in the thigh, and a ball
pasfced through the flesh of John E.
Robertson's arm.
Drs. Duncan and Moore, of rageland,
Gantt and Thomas, of Ruby, and
Funderburk, of Dudley, were summon'ed.
The wounds of the injured were
dressed, and J. M. Axant and J. D.
Wallace were taken to the Presbyteri
'an hospital at Charlotte, where operations
were performed. It was found
that the wound of Wallaoe was not
quite bo serious as at first announced.
The ball entered just above one hip
h bone and passed out just above the
V ' bther, making about nine perforations
in the intestines, but no Important
blood vessels were injured. The ball
was fbund in his sock when he was
being dressed at the hospital. Arant's
wound was more serious than at first
thought. The ball which entered near
the right hip bone passed through the
"** norfnrotiATIt
auuuiutu, uianiiig cicicu jjtuu. mwui
in the intestines and grazing the iliac
vein. A great ma^s of clotted blood
was removed dring the operation, and
it was realized that his chances foi
recovery were slight. Late Saturdaj
night Signs of peritonitis began to
appear, and none of his relatives were
allowed to see him Sunday.
Policeman Funderburk and rural
policeman Grant were in the midst ol
the battle, but some 40 or 50 shots
were fired before they succeeded in
getting in* possession of all of the five
pistols and one' rifle they snatched
from the hands of the participants
Most of the pistols taken were goot
ones, and the rifle was a 32-caliber
Oamincrtnn Shpriff Dnuelass wai
notified at once and he arrived short
ly before sunset and began an investigation.
Coroner Atkinson was summoned
and the inquest was begun about 8:30
o'clock and concluded about 4 o'clocl
Saturday morning. A number of witnesses
were examined and Drs. Moore,
Gantt and I. S. Funderburk made o
post mortem examination of the bod.'
to determine the nature of the wound
which caused his death. It was found
that a ball had shattered the 9th rib on
the right side, passed through the
lungs and heart and out between the
4th and 5th ribs on the left side. A
ball was found just under the skin between
the 6th and 7th ribs on the left
side and this gave rise to a diversity
of opinions. The doctors decided, how
ever, that two bullets were shot from |
the same gun and that they entered
at the same place, but diverged near
the middle of the body, one passing
out and the other lodging just under
the skin. The jury returned a verdict
that he came to his death by a rifle
shot 'wound in the hands of Sheppard 1
West. West was arrested Saturday
morning and lodged in the Chesterfield
jail. . 1
The body of J. W. Arant was carried
home early Saturday morning and laid
to rest in the Five Forks cemetery
Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock,
services being conducted by Rev, Mr.
White, pastor at Five Forks. Mr. j
Arant .was about 28 years old, and was
the eldest son of Mrs. Charlotte Arant. ?
He is survived by his wife and four j
children. }
The preliminary hearing has been j
set for 10 o'clock to-day (Wednesday) (
when the evidence will be taken in the (
magistral fee .'court Unless the pre- t
liminary shall be waived.
Spvpti hnlIpt hnlps have hean count- t
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ed in the building occupied by the t
magistrate; a bullet passed through (
the1 glass front of each of the# three
stores across the street from the scene, (
and a ball went 2 inches deep into a (
telephone pole in the middle of the t
street. The innocent but curious by- 3
standers who gathered to witnesp the t
fisticuff stampeded and raced for cover.
They were not scared, of course, ^
but their legs wouldn't stay."
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"Latest reports from the wounded i
men in the hospital at Charlotte say c
that both are doing well. Both have a
had slight peritonitis, but it is thought v
that each will recover unless further a
complications arise. Mr. Arant is a
comparatively young man and his con- t
stitption is very strong. Mr. Wallace s
though well past the fiftieth mile post, b
is bearing up remarkably well." E
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Items from Pageland Journal c
'i.'1 uireafi, ir prmnitoefFT H
farmer living about two and one half
aides east "br town, lost his dwelling 0
and part of the contents by fire about I
1 o'clock Sunday morning. It is j<
thought that the fire originated from a s
defective chimney. Efforts were s
'.uaue ro save rne nouse, aim u puri, ui i
the household goods were lost The li
house was a 5 room structure built of r
;ood material, and Mr*Threatt's loss is f
heavy. There was 110 insurance. a
Mr. Henry -Eubanks, who lives on ii
Mr. L. D. Ogburn's farm a few miles s
from Jefferson, was shot in the leg a
lurUig the pistol battle here Friday .
afternoon, but he went home without
having the wound dressed. He was
standing on the platform at the rear
of Mungo's store when the ball struck
his leg and made a flesh wound, but
he didn't care to be a witness. Ilalls
passed through the clothing of W. J. '
Hicks and W. T. Arant and un omfortably
closed to several others
who were not involved in the trouble.
A barn on Dr. J. M. Ilallings' farm a
mile west of town was burned Sunday
afternoon about 2 o'clock. Ben Jones
xdored, lives on the farm and he was
at the negro church at the time am*,
inly women and children were at home. ?
Two nuiles were in the barn and one ^
>vas burned to death but the other was
saved. All of Ben's corn, feed and
farming tools were burned. There
was no insurance.
An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby
Smith, of the Ruby section died Sun
Jay. March 7th and was buried on
Monday following at Cross Roads, Rev.
F. I). I'urvis conducting the service.
Mrs. J. It. Funderburk. of Five
Forks, returned Friday from a hospital
in Charlotte, where she under- t
went an operation one day last week, (
to remove an obstruction in one of her
instrils.
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Spartanburg Man is Given Recess Ap- 1
pointment by President Wilson. "
Washington, March 17.?President o
Wilson today gave a recess appoint- p
uent to Representative Joseph T. ^
Johnson of Spartanburg, S. ('? as ^
United States district judge for the {
western district of South Carolina. s
The district was created during the j
losing days of the last congress. ^
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Lincoln P,eachy. one of the first and f
most expert aviators in the world was p
killed Sunday while making exhibi- ,,
tion flights at the Panama-Pacific ex- t]
hibition. g
.T?b prinfintr done prompl.v nt the
Chronicle office. V
WILL SOON MOVE
\IR. C. W. ESTES BUYS &WK
[s a Heavy Producer of BdrtMHl' fir
His Company, the Sootoeastern
Life.
From Sunday's State we
"This city has long been recognltejb
is a strategic location for S^jnM
leadquarters and general 'ajn^MuR
lome of the largest and
ortant insurance compjardH^^wfi
onntry, ana witnw a iew t^eees;pn- i
)ther large Southern
>l>en offices here. *|
C. w. Estes, genera! ag^ft ^nljn
^Southeastern- Life In^ranceePliti6?m
ios decided to move his
'heraw to Columbia. .> :4
He has bought the residesifle^WHv^ll
College street from W. H. 8*8(1
libbeu, the transaction Mag bmra
iv the McCreery-Piw?ly
Ir. Estes, with his family, will
o Columbia within a very short
ml will then take possession of Mi
lewly acquired property. f 1
A short time before Mr. EstesJOoHB
o Columbia, his chief clerk andsc?^
er, W. C. Ellis, with his famiJJ$jfcf
ome to the city and open thelg^HK
aid headquarters. A short tlma iqMr-i
vards the rest of the office fofC^jBgj
Mr. and Mrs. Estes aiilM
lave a number of
uaintances in Columbia.
efore her munjage was Mfat^
of
Mr. Estes was one of the orl^^H
rganizers of the Southeastern
nsurance company and has leeaJH
[ressively at work with them eveaj
Iiwji thou hora luun In hnulnMn Fnnl
even consecutive years he has been
heir largest i>ersonal producer.. He
as by degrees built up an agency repeseutiug
over $3,000,000 insurance in
orce and has produced through hlsj
geucy nearly half of the total bus-;
ness of the company. The company!
bowed their appreciation of Mr. Estesi
i few years ago by putting him on
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Deposit yoif
rhe Bank
Chera'v
STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER [
A (Jy compour
" /in saving
he hoard <?f active directory of the
ora))auy.
Tln?' SiiLiitlionuraiMi i?i 1in\V ill its
entli successful year, and it Is Mr.
Istea* firm belief that moving his ifice
to Columbia is almost a nesessity
n account of the growth of the busuess
and the fact that Columbia is
wared nearer in the center of his
erritory. lb-shles. in his opinion. It |
* one of the coming cities of the
iouth. Mr. Kstes has l>een eonslderng
making this move for some time,
nd though he had other places uner
consideration he has shown his
aitli in Columbia by purchasing a ,
.01110 and bringing his family here to
eside, and he will soon become a fulledged
citizen of this city.?Columbia
rate.
Mr. J. K. Williams of Patrick spent J
Wednesday in the city.
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OBSERVATIONS
BY Jus MAN ABOUT TOWN.
mmimamiimsmMmitsmmiem
We wish to express our thanks to
a young lady who assisted us while
attending a picture show the other
eVening. Being seated directly behind
hs she read all the announcements as
they were thrown on the screen and
we were much impressed. She being
tender-hearted, and seeing that we
were near-sighted, conferred that favor
upon us. She is our idea of what a
young liuly of sixtee'n years ought to
be. She is not one of your shy little
l^ingt who is afraid to speak out loud.
It was a vast help to us because we
did not have to look after the screen
at all?could talk to our companion
fog/look pver the audience and "hear'
the pictures at the same time. A gentleman
in front of us bothered quite a
bit because he kept turning around and
jfoftlly he got up and left the theatre,
noticed that it bothered the young
IBaKr.whn was hafrienriinfir im. too. but
ire assured her that he had no referebee
to her. In order to fully thank
Hb'poting lady and that' there may be
Hfeinifunderstandlng, we will tell her
Eire: f She is Miss Chewgum OpjjPace,
eldest daughter of Mr8. GadaBfefr
Qfrenface. She Is tcbe commen?the,
fashion makers for the coming
^fftnruer will take several'of the unj^^Bfcry
garments out of His .correct
&j$*rel aud put a few more in Hers.
a ^general Cleanjpar
frtr our town on. eay April
Rumen, boys and girls, devote several
jk*s to ridding their premises of a
^ tcr'H accumulation of debris. Busimen
In the up town district Join
in it too, and clean up the streets and
alleys in that section; other men with
teams are employed to remove the piles
of trash, and the result of the day's
concentration of effort Is a wonderfull
improvement.
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snail we iry u:
k The writer hopes your editor will
not consideer this item ah advertiseir
money in
of Cheraw
V, S. C.
IANKS IN OOUNTY COMBINED
t
ided quarterly
,fs department.
ment and "kill" it:
Down in Boston, Mass., is the home
of the greatest Humane society in the
world. It publishes a little magazine
called "Our rfumb Animals." We wish
the magazine was regularly received
In every home in the nation. Written
so that children may understand it,
it has a wealth of information for the
grown-ups. Its purpose is disclosed
by its motto- "Lets us think for those
|'*at cannot think for themselves." It
teaches kindness to all things dumb,
and when a man looks upon such with
kindness and consideration be is not
going to be untboughtful of his equals.
The other day I went into a store
to buy a small article that I needed,
and the clerk showed me several
kinds. It happened that I had never
used any of the kinds shown, so I
explained to the clerk just what I wanted
to use it for and asked his advice
as to which would be most suitable
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for my purpose. His answer was "It's f
up to you." and that was all the sat- (
isfaction 1 could get. As a consequence
of this way of treating customers,
I went to another store where I
could obtain the Information I- needed. .
This is an experience I have had
many times, and I do not hesitate to *say
that a great deal of valuable business
is driven away from town by
'just such tactics on the part of
thoughtless salesmen and saleswomen 1
"For my part, I will not buy from such
a clerk if I can help it, because I resent
his indifference to my interests and the
interests of his employer,and because
I do not care to encourage such an
absolute brainless attitude on the part n
of anybody. j
1 wonder if it ever occured to one
of these clerks what kind of future he i
is preparing. , . . ti
This is an age when service counts b
above everything else. The fellow who
begins life by refusing to get^In line b
is on a fast train for the scrap heap. <
When the boss gets wfee to him he a
has to get out in a hurry. He nuiy |r
manage to hang on for a few years v
and keen up a good front by spending i
nil bis small salary for glad rags, but Q
If he ev$r has the nerve to marry t
his wife and children will have to ?
support themselves and probably sup- ja
port btm also. Of cpurse that would j
not worry him in the least, for he has <
noseuseof responsibility whatever and
seems to have a genuqine contempt for
anybody that expects him to act like ?
a resohable being. You should have t
seea the superior glance that fellow 8
,'ave me the other day. I notice most f
of these get along-any- way yotmgesters e
have a very bored air when anybody
asks them to do a little something to t
earn their wages. ,,
I don't want anyone to think I am j
not have started me going, bub there
Is getting to be entirely nvo much of (
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A young lady whom I^have often t
heard praised takes Just the opposite a
course. She familiarizes herself with e
all lines of goods and remembers the t|
nee<Is of putrons. Wheu asked for j
exi>ert advice she gives her attention
to the problem in hand, ask sensible
questions, gets the customers point of ^
view and strives to make some use of s)
her htains. She stands with her ^
employer and the public. Moreover, jg
she has had common sense euough, so t
far, not to take a second look at any M
of these it's-up-to-you jelly fishes. 5
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McFarlan News M
McFarlan, March 15.?The Ladles' a
Aid Society, ^ith the assistance of the p
good citizens and i>e<)i>le of the town p
and community, are cleaning off the
cemetery and church grounds this
week. y,
MLsses Susie and Virginia Gunter ^
of Greensboro visited their father., y
I)r. J. B. Gunter, Sunday. u
Miss Mary Brooks has returned
home after several weeks' visit to her ft
brothel's at Hartsville and Effing- c]
ham, S. 0. tl
Mr. H. E. Braswell has been ap- ft
pointed a'justice of the peace by the t
Legislature for Morven township, Pre jv
cinct No. 2. ft
There wil be prayermeeting at the 7
Methodist church here Thursday
night, conducted by Rev. J. E. Wood hi
1 ImJ.. T on
lt\Y, M'lur^ IV ur^ni ui i unuvn. ^
Everybody is invited to attend. dl
Miss Jennie O. Pegues, of Kollock. tr
S. C? is vlsting her sister. Mrs. J. -W. >v
Pegues. w
Miss Daisy Dee Northcutt has re- a
ceived an order for 12 dozen cans of 0,
tomatoes from a firm at St Paul. N.
C., also an order for a large number
of purebred Rhode Island Red eggs
from Rocky Mount, N. C. 'oi
Mr. Baxter (lamer of Grant's Mill. w
Chesterfield county, vlsted the family h,
of Mr. J. \V. McCasklll Sunday. ki
Mr. Ray McCasklll visted friends ?]
In Marlboro county Sunday. tt
Mr. W. N. Northcutt had the mis- j
fortune of losing a valuable mule on ai
r*Hllinia,V. It liuu ^ucuuiunm <^1
Mr. John Pratt, son of Mr. Sam
Pratt, left last week for Thomasville.
(Ja., to visit his sister, Mrs. Joseph st
Smith. p
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ffiffi J. W. Wallace Dead. ffiffi ffiffi g
As we go to press information Is re- tl
reived that Mr. Wallace, one of the st
men shot in the fracas at Papeland. fn
and who was taken to Charlotte for an
oi>eration, had just died in that city.
IILIY SUNDAY
ON LIQUOR EVIL
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ODS WORST ENEMY AND DEYIL'8 ;
BEST FRIEND 'M&t
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Whiskey Guy Hu Congress Bncfeei
into Corner an4 Is Sqiooslng . ' J
Gizzard Out of If*
Billy Sundy, the noted evangelist,
i a sermon in Philadephla recently
"I am the sworn and eternal and
.compromising enemy of the liquet
raffle. I shall ask no quarter from
at gang.
"After all is said oaid en
te liquor traffic, ita; iaduence la
^grading on the iWlbfdttal, the
.mily, politics and
rerything that you touch in thla old
orld. xFor the time has long gone
t when there is any ground for argu- _a
enta of ita>i? effects,:, AMare agreed
1 that point There da Just one prima , ? ]
neon why the aatain liie not been,/ r . t
locked into hell, and* that is the '
atemCnt that saloons are neededTt* .
"TVn la an ItiS^al If hai
A- UO ocniwu AO ?*U IUMVV4I * www
> flUth in God; has no religion. It
^ould clowe every church in the land,
would hang its beer signs on the
bandoued altars. It would close
very public school.' It respects the
lief and it esteems the blasphemer; it
lis the prisous and-the penitentiaries,
t despises heaven, hates love, scorns
irtue. It tempts the passions. It's
?rmons are a collection of lewd, vile
tories. It wraps a mantle about the
ope of this world and that to come. It
i the moral clearing house for rot /
ud damnation, and poverty, and inanity,
and it wrecks homes and
lights lives today. The saloon is a
ar. It promises good cheer and *
?uds sorrow.' It promises health
nd causes disease It promises
rosperit.v and sends adversity. It
remises happiness and sends misery.
"It's God's worst Aiemy and the
evil's best friend. It spares neither
outh nor age. It is waiting with a
Irty blanket for the baby to crawl into
le world. It lies in wait for the
nbom.
"Say, wife, the bread that ought to
e in your stomach to satisfy the
ravings of hunger is down yonder in
le grocery store. and your husband
asn't money enough to carry it home,
he meat that ought to satisfy your
linger hangs in the butcher shop Your
ushand hasn't any money to buy it
he cloth for a dress is lying on a
lelf in a store but your husband
asn't the money to buy it The
hlskey gang has his money. Why
Idn't the United States congress vote
> let the iieople have a shot at the
hlskey gang I'll tell you. The
hlskey gang has congress backed into
corner, and is squeezing the gizzard
it (f It so it can't even peep."
Discipline. ?
A British soldier in Belgium was
ie morning wending his way to camp
ith a fine rooster in his arms, when
e was stopped by his colone) to
now if be had been stealing chickens.
S'o. Colonel," was the reply, "I saw
ie old fellow sitting on the wall, and
ordered him to crow for England,
ud he wouldn't?so I just took him
risoner."?Exchange.
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Washington, mxarcu 11.?j^enpue tutt
atement of captn n Thlerichen. of WfHv
rinz Eitel Frederich, naval expert#
ere are still of the opinion that teh
erman ship will intern. It is believed
mt the captain will deliberately outay
his time allowance and thus be
treed to remain in port
Give ua your orders for printing.
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