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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
Hats off to jefferson.

We learn that our neighbor,
the Jefferson school district has
gotten ahead of us aud possibly
ahead of all other districts in our
large county in that they have
put into effect the law requiring
school attendance Of all children
who can attend, we are told that
nearly 200 qualified electors
s tia aat'tier-SuL-,r the
trustees presented it 10 them.
Now who would have thought
that even Jefferson would have
gotten ahead of Pageland in this
matter? Of course we do not
claim our neighbor town to be
backward, but in this one par
ncular we were delightfully."- sur
prised when we learned that the
compulsory school attendance
law-the every child's friend
had been made operative.
Now we thought pretty we'll
of our Jefferson neighbors be-
fore but we think better still of
them now. They manifest a
sympathy for the needy child,
and are undertaking to help it.
Well, we'll be able to say that
for Pageland "'fore long," we
hope. We are waking up now
out of sleep and just as soon as
we rub our eyes; bathe our
faces, and eat a little breakfast,
then we'll sign the petition
which our trustees will have
around soon. We know our
trustees are as unselfish and
care as much for the neglected
children as do the trustees else
where, and we believe that they
will see to this matter before il
is "everlastingly" too late.
Let everybody bear in mind
the fact that morning does moi
come in Pagelaud as soon as il
does in some places on the earth
and therefore we get up later
but when we do start we gel
there and don't you forget it.
Interested Citizen.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
Was 104 Years Old

Records discovered at Green
vile, S. c., established the fact
that Ann Austin, 104 years of
age, who died in the county aims
house, was the oldest white wo-
man in South Carolina. The
woman apparently was of sound
mind at the time of her death
and possessed a remarkable
memory of the States earlier life,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
Slightly Mixed

Two correspondents wrote to
a New England country editor
desiring to know, respectively,
"the best way of assisting twins
through the teething" and show
to rid an orchard of grasshop-
pers."
The editor answered both
questions faithfully, but, unfor-
tunately, got the initials mixed,
so that the fond father of the
tee:hing twins was thunderstruck
by the following advice:
IF you are unfortunate
enough to be plagued by these
unwelcome little pests, the
quickest way of settling them is
10 cover them with straw and set
it on fire."
The other man, who was
bothered with grasshoppers, was
equally amazed to read: THE
best method of treatment is to
give each warm bath twice a
day, and rub their gums with
India rubber."-Ex.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
A Black. k.and-White Summer.

Charlotte Observer
The mems shirts and the wo-
mems cotton dress goods in
black and white stripes was a
decree of fashion, but it may be
made a necessity in styles on ac-
count of the scarcity of dyestuffs,
OF which the papers have had So
much TO say. 1t appears that the
American mill people are depenf
dent on Germany except in tie
matter of black dves. Of this
the home mills will have; as
much as they may care to use.
and as that is about the only dye-
stuff that will be available after
d time, black goods in both:
stripes and checks will becon1a
the popular thing. The fact
develops that there is plenty ct.
dye in Germany, three Ships
ing now loaded and tied uH
the wharf, ready to sail for ~
United States, if the Bril-
Government will consent to f
1t. The dyeStuffs in these shi6
is valued at $6,OO0,OOO. Englal
however, is not in much Of
mind to accommodate eithe1|
Germany or the United STATE
and the promise becomes brigh(
er for black-and, white SUNNI
in this country.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07

Sir" said the young man, 81
wish to marry your daughter
the flower of your family"
Are you sure," queried the
elder man, that it is not dough
you are after?".~Ex,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
Charleston Blind Tigers" on
the Run.

4 Charleston, April with two
faiding squads, aided by the
|4etective force, operating again
Today, and slot machines valued
Iht 500 reduced to punk in the
Istable yard OF the police station,
Besides many gallons Of booze
ftofed in the station house ready
20 be turned over to the county
Aispensary, the opinion is gen
orally prevalent that Charleston
! &Sgill be dry as a bone" before
1eeweek is up.
1 While a crowd which had
sapldly gathered looked on with
sSWe, a strong arm squad of blue
GOATS swung axes right and left
~ the stable yard of the police
Nhl5rlk.N
Ratipn this morning, reducing 3S
Rachines to splinters. Bush
tradc checks, niCkcls and
fers ratified on the concrete
W jnent aS the machines fell
81 under the well directed
lows Of the axes, and were
1fhered up by the handful; the
3ey to be counted in the Of
sol the chief Of police and
ed over to the county treas
81 the lobby of the station bot
81 kegS, barrels and cases of
1or and beer were neatly
ked, giving the place the ap-
Eeaf'ance of dispensary head
Nuarters of a distiller's store
Eoom. The booze will be re-
seipted for by the county dispen-
pr. The results of the wholesale
hiding yesterday and today
hcluded almost every class of
rong drink from the finest
nes down to the cheapest beer
- ~ -s.. -, -,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
Big Snow Storm Does Much
Damage

Raleigh, April 3.-The worst
snowstorm in the history of cas-
tern North Carolina swept this
section of the Stale last night
and this morning carrying down
thousands of telephone, tele-
graph and power lines and cut,
ting off communication with the
outside world. 1t was estimated
that morS than two feet of snow
had fallen at 7 o'clock this morn
ing and at 10 o'clock the down
fall continued unabated. Esti-
mates of The damage done was
impossible but that to telephone
and telegraph companies alone
will run into hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars, it is believed.
Train service both from the
North and South is tied up.
The Florida Limited of the Sea-
board Air Line is stalled three
miles from the city by a tangle
of telegraph poles and wires.
The passengers have been taken
to local hotel. Three other
trains, one on the Seaboard and
two on the Southern are stalled
within four miles of the city.
The streets of Raleigh this
morning present an indescriba-
bic sight. Tangled telephone,
telegraph and power line wires
fill the street from curb to curb
Street car traffic is suspended
and newspapers are unable to
publish because their press re-
ports and power are cut off.
Norfolk, Va, April "a
northeast gale, which swept up
the Virginia coast early today,
caused serious damage here al
though no loss of life had been
reported early tonight. High
tides inundated many of the prin-
cipal streets in which watm
stood tiifer~feer deep. eie-
phone, telegraph, railroan, ferry
and street car service was put
out of commission,
The storm struck this section
about 10 o'clock Friday night
increasing in intensity with ev
cry hour. About midnight the
wind here attained q velocity OF
IS miles an hour. AT Virginia
Beach the wind blew Is miles
an hour during the height of the
storm. Snow and sleet began
falling and in the early morning
a high tide was sweeping into
the business center of this CITY
Telegraph and telephone poles
were blown down and all wires
prostrated before daylight.
The storm here is believed to
be the worst since 1887. The
tide, it IS said, was higher and
the winds velocity greater than
in Is years.
New York, April S.-New
York and virtually the entire At
lantic seaboard were in the grin
OF a miniature blizzard on this
the day before Easter. Snow,
thick. wet and sticky, driven by
northeast gale, at times held
up trans Atlantic saiIings, caused
craft off the coast to Scurry for
shelter, damaged telephone ard
telegraph wires, delayed inter
urban and suburban traffic and
crippled transportation gener-
ally.
Durham, April 3.-Durham
today is snowbound and practi,
cally all business, especially that
OF public nature, is al stand
still. The telephone company
and the Durham Traction Com.
pany, operating the street cars
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07

: Hurst.
Monday, April 10Th
19. Cuttner VS.. Meiklejohn.
20. Ruby Mercantile Co. VS..
Gulledge.
2l. King VS.. King
n. Mobley VS.. Seaboard Air
Line r. R. Co.
Tuesday, April 10th
23. Ludder & Bates VS.. lowers.
"a. Pittsburg Steel Co. VS.. G..
M. & G. r. R. Co. and Threat
Bros.
IS. Carolina Supply Co. VS..
Williams.
26. Threat VS.. lowers,
q. Union Stock Yards VS..
Union Distributing Co., ct. al.
S. Charleston Drug Co. VS..
Union Drug Co.
Wednesday, April 21st
%. Rose Bros. VS.. Graves.
80. H. J. Sellers & Co. VS..
Mclean.
81. Griffeth VS.. Gulledge.
81. Lynchburg Shoe Co. VS..
Graves.
33. Kelly VS.. Watson.
"a. Rayfield VS.. Seaboard Air
Line r. r. Co.
Thursday, April 22nd
IS. Jones VS.. Braswell.
So. Ruby. Mercantile Co. vs.
Moore.
81. Ruby Mercantile Co. VS..
Tucker.
SO. Stricklin VS.. Scott, ct. al.
80. McGregor VS.. Douglass.
4O. Davis VS.. G: :& L. R.R. Co.
Friday, April 23rd.
Al. Sellers VS.. Moore.
~. Armistead Rogers Co. VS..
Cheraw Wholesale Grocery Co.
IS. Denzen- Goodheart Co. VS..
Graves.
"A. Brown VS.. Langley.
45. Puffer VS.. Laney.
40. Gregory VS.. Powe.
Saturday April oath.
AZ. Hurst-Streator Co. VS.. Teal
AZ. Henderson-Snyder Co. VS..
Union Distributing Co.
AZ. Wallace VS.. Bank of RUBY
& Mt. Croghan.
5O. Geer Drug Co. VS.. Laney.
81. Pegues VS.. Wilhelm.
81 Moore VS.. Hinson.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
To the Baptist Women Of
Chesterfield Association

The eastern division of fh6
state w. NJ. u, Is to hold a mis-
slonary institute at Timmons.
vile April 1914 to which every
Baptist w. Nj. S., in this associa-
ton is entitled to send a repre-
sentative.
Missionaries Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lake, Mrs. Fiser. Mrs. Rice
and Mrs. Carpenter will be the
TS'e.aoss Speakers, -
meeting is anticipated.
The Timmonsville people are
preparing to give cordia!
reception to all who may %.
Let all who will go send tl,eiI
names at once to Mrs. Alice
Cole, Timmonsville, S. G..
But should anything hindei
you from sending names go any
way. You will be received and
taken care of without any cos
TO you.
Please allow me to insist that
Chesterfield county be we'll rep.
resented there by both ourssN{
men and girls.
There is nothing we can )
that will be more helpful los
or stimulate more interest III 46]
work. Edna V. FunderburEs S&
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
Roster of Cases to be Tried
April Term Of Court of Com
mon Pleas; 1915.

mon FIeas; 1918.
DOCKET No. 2.
Monday and Tuesday will be
devoted to the hearing of equity
cases. Following are the cases:
1. Horn VS.. Lowry.
2. Hogg VS.. Quick.
3. Funderburk VS.. C&L R. R.
6. Gillespie VS.. Pegues.
7. Sutton VS. Woodward.
8. Sowell VS.. Threat.
9. Town ofCheraw VS.. White
10. Jackson VS.. Real Estate Co.
IL. Southeastern Life Ins. Co.
VS.. Odom.
II. Hardy VS.. Hartman.
DOCKET No. l.
Wednesday, April l4th.
1. Hurst Streater Co. VS.. Pate.
2. Hurst Streater Co. VS.. Mer-
riman.
8. Hurst Streater Co. VS.. Cole
4. Teal Real Estate Co. VS..
R. D. Teal.
5. Scott VS.. Poison.
6. Hurst VS. Teal
Thursday. April 18th.
I. First National Bank VS..
Smith & Smith.
8. Hancock VS.. Jordan.
3. Lowry VS.. Western Union
Telegraph Co.
10. Estridge VS.. Rogers.
III. H. J. Sellers & Co. VS.. w.
w. Poison.
Friday,April 10th.
II. GLADDEN. VS. Chapman.
Is. Moore & Grant VS.. WI.
Mckay.
IA. Thompson VS.. Threatt.
Is. Hasty & Gurley VS.. Graves.
10. Griggs Bro. VS.. Graves.
Saturday, April 18th
Sellers VS.. Sellers.
6tiStxeatok -Gn we.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07
D6t only are the tigers demon

6t only are the tigers demon
ized, but it is stated on authori
= that the crap joints" and
|toulette tables, as we'll as poker
games and other gambling, have
been closed down since the
report spread that the police
|;Wefe Out for the strictest enforce
anent of the law that many in
|GharleSton have ever known.
The raiding squads found many
doors padlocked in their rounds
E yesterday and today, for the
|hews of their coming had spread
wild fire. There were many
Never, taken by surprise.
she squads are operating in
h patrol wagons, and their
Hements have been kept as
et as possible.
Ill hotel bars are known to be
BED, and complaints from the
Yelling public are already
hrd OF. Chief of Police Cant
Rn was reticent in speaking of
e wholesale raiding this morn
sgg, and said that he did not care
state specifically what his
|orders from the mayor were.
but, evidently the orders call for
Ia strict enforcement of the liquor
and gambling laws.
i The. $500 worth of slo,
ynacbines which were destroyed
lat the station house this morning
lWcre sold 10. q local Junk dealer,
{after the axe treatment, for ST.
land il wasn't much of a bargain
teither.
DO you expect the haul today
ITO be as large as it was yester
tdayl" Chief Cantwell was asked
HE replied that he could not say
that it might be larger, and that
There was to be no let up" ir
1.-THE enforcement of the law.
Ii is stated thai about score
Dof tigers were raided yesterday
AThe raiding squads are not tax
ding them as they come, but are
liumping from one part of the
Rcity to another, the idea being tt
prevent warning being sen
head of them. There has beer
NO resistance offered, and tht
looming of the squad was said tc
ohave been unexpected.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-04-07

"Do YOU say you've known
this man all his life?" asked the
lawyer.
NO" returned the careful
witness. 1--WE just known him
up to now. Ef he's hung, after
you all get through with him, I'll
say knowed him all his life.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Dad And The Weekly.

Sometimes dad says that the paper some
how amt got up just right, and does lot
o kickin. when he reads it Friday night.
He says their amt dad-burned thing in it
worth while to read, an that it does't print
the kind o'stuff the people need. He thro-
WIS it in corner and saws it's onthe bum
but you'd oughter hear him boiler when tie
weekly fails to come.
He reads about the weddings aud sports
like all out, and he reads the social column
with most derisive shout; he'll read about
the parties and he'll fuss and fret and groan,
and say they print the papers for the wom-
en- folks alone. He says, of information, it
does not contain crumb--but you'd oughter
hear him holler if the weekly fails to come.
He's always the first to grab it and he
reads it through and through--he doesn't
miss an item nor want ad. old or new.
He says, "they don't know what we want
them durn newspaper guys I'll take day off
sometime and go and put 'em WISE" If
editores were as wise as '''dad'' they'd
sure be goin' some but you'd oughter hear
him holler when the weekly fails to come.
An when dad goes way and stays day
or two, l tell you he gets riled and says
what awful things he'll do if the paper fall
to mention him as being out of town---well
he almost has notion to knock some prin-
ter down. He never does however, when
he sees one he is mum but you'd oughter
hear him holler when the paper fails to
come.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
MOI 1 PARTY GAIN
Republican Victory in Chicago
Explained.
CITY Meyer has geen Democratic, as
the Term Is Observation-Disclosures
OF other Elections Make
This. Fact Plain.

We must advise Republicans not TO
lenses in raapect TO the Chicago eiec-
ton Il 1t were true that Chicago IS
q Democ~atic city, the fact that it has
elected e Republican mayor by Dig
plurality might be significant, but Chi
caso is not. and, since the organiza-
ION OF The Republican party, never
Ias been, strictly speaking. Demo
cratic city.
Tires times during the last fifty
yesrs Chicago has given piura'istas 70
psnocTattc presidential candidates.
>lIs1.aa carried il in 1876 by marrow
s.larsta, ss aid Cloyaia1ld IL 1883. The
only time Chicago. ever gave Demo
cratic presidential candidate an en-
pastc gaaicrity was in 1893, when
Cleveland lad lead o. $4,000 and
1912 Roosevelt aud Taft combined
had 2f2,OCD, against Wilson's 10000.
IA 1895 the Republican plurality vas
$4,000; ID 1900, 1000; in 1904, 10000;
in 1903. $4,000.
Error as to Chicago's political status
arises from the fact that locally 1t has
been governed most of the time for 81
years by Harrison party operating
under the Democratic name but hav-
ing no other connection with the ma
tional organization. This party has
been made up of Democrats, Repub-
licans and Socialists, who have CO
operated In favor of loosely admin
istered city government. Nobody but
a Harrison has been able to make
such q combination under so-called
Democratic auspices. When, as was
the case this year. Harrison lost the
Democratic nomination. his personal
party had no further interest in De-
mocracy, and most of it's members
evidently voted the Republican ticket.
Comparing the straight Democratic
vote, 162,155 (not counting womene.
with Wilson's vote of 10000 In 1912.
and Bryaz's vote Of $4,000 in 1908, it
will be seen that nothing has collapsed
in Chicago except Harrisonism.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
BUSINESS AND THE TARIFF
Representative Men of the Country
Are Returning to Feeling
Of Optimism.

There are growing evidences Of
business revival. The custom receipts
for last month totaled nearly $20,000,-
200, the largest since the European
war began, and the total treasury re-
ceipts for the month were $13,000,000
more than for February. Other evil
dences have appeared. In recent is
sue of the Worlds Work we're gath.
cred the views Of 700 representative
business men from every part Of the
country regarding our present. and
future outlook. The magazine calls It
"a symposium of American optir1-
ISM The views cover trade, stocks,
freight rates, savings, investments,
employment Of labor, economy among
the people and the business outlook.
<On the latter 42O answer "encourag.
ing. There are two ideas that stand
out prominently, the first Is the op-
timism, the second is the frequently
volunteered opinion that the country
should go back to a protective tariff.
These men seem not to have taken
into account the repeated public de-
mand for tariff reduction. They for
get that another tariff agitation would
be no more beneficial than those Of
the past, says the magazine in discuss
ing this suggestion. Moreover, they
overlook the fact that the Underwood
tariff is in effect protective. We need
so much revenue that the tariffs are
made In items as high as protective
tariffs of other nations. The virtue of
the present tariff is that it was not
drawn in the interest OF the people
whom IT protects, nor will any other
tariff be so drawn, for we have hap
oily gone beyond the stage of political
immortality. But there is wider
aspect of the tariff as set forth by c.
". Barron OF the Wall Street Journal
in his book, "The Audacious War" He
says we should thoroughly understand
thai the war was caused by tariffs
and that the sentiment under a pro-
eective tariff is national selfshness.
We may have reciprocal trade rela-
lions under a tariff, but that is differ
mt from commercial advantages wrest.
ed from other Observation-Disclosures
.lewS.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23

Henry Blatchford lost valuable colt last
Sunday by being stepped on.
Ed haslinS has his spring, plo.ing near
o,npletion. Ed is certainly some hustler
VIM. Knight has cleared a large strip of
nd which will ad to his already neat farm.
George Stone is just completing nice
rm buildings on his farm near Cedar.
James Bungo has added several neat build
gs 10 his farm equipment east of town.
ie will shortly have rs acres more added to
is clearing.
John Rabideaux is fencing in large tract
! newly cleared land.
]. B. Bressette is busily engaged in break
g up the new strip of land he recently
!cared.
NOTICE.
Mr.. Farmer help this column send in your
: 4s its welcome.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
With the Farmers.
Takes ever Dairy Business.

John Couture. jr., this week has assumed
control Of the Dairy business formerly con-
Quoted by lis father, Michael Couture, ST.,
east Of this village. Mr.. Couture, sr., has
for years past conducted the busilicss sue
cessfully and only last summer purchased
3 heard of full blooded Holstein cattle, this
being the only heard of blooded cattle on
the reservation. Since the death Of his wife
he has not been in the best Of health and
decided to turn the business over TO his son,
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Starts Operations.

Henry Denomie, ST., has started opera
.iag his concrete factory in this village and
iuring the past week has hauled several
ar loads of sand and gravel up the river to
&c used in connection with his business.
Mr.. Denomie expects this year to be Il
banner one in his line of work. The only
drawback is the condition of the stream and
strong efforts will be put forward at the
next session of Congress looking toward the
securing of an appropriation for the care of
Bad River as it is a navigable stream.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Problem Before Republicans.

The problem for the Republican IA
onal convention to solve fourteen
onths hence will be to find a candi-
to who can command the support
Mr.. Roosevelt and his Progressives.
well as of the regulars and back
rd-lookeiz It does not at this time
am at all likely that Colonel Roose-
it could be induced to support re
eiorary unless his anger against the
mocrats should be so fierce that he
uld sacrifice everything in his de-
to defeat that party And it Ia
sbtful If he could do that