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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
MIR. Odom Writes Concerning
Bill

NlE. OuOm writes concerning
Bill
Columbia, S. G. Feb. 5th
MIR. Editor:-I notice in your
issue of this week some com
ments on the bill introduced in
the House by the Chesterfield
Delegation which proposes to
abolish the office of magistrates
constable and devo1ve their
duties, both criminal and civil,
on the rural policemen.
Mr.. Rivers is taxed with being
the author OF the bill, and he is
charged with being actuated by
spite. Mr.. Rivers is no more
responsible than I am, and if
there is any odium attached to
1t, | am willing 10 bear my
share.
was approached by numer-
Gus persons before | came TO the
opening OF the present session,
and asked to abolish the office
of magistrates constable and
devolVe their duties upon the
rural policemen Of the county.
| had not thought of the matter
until it was thus called to my
attention. The argument was
that the rural policemen could
do their usual work and that of
the constables, and thereby save
the county something over
100000 per year. | am fully
convinced that the argument is
sound, and by a proper distribu-
ton, the rural policemen can do
the work formerly required of
both.
| fail to see why any one
should be opposed to the bill
who has the financial interest of
the county at heart, provided
the work can be done properly,
and there is no doubt in my
mind about the ability of the
rural police to take care Of this
work in satisfactory manrer
1t is up to them to do it, and it
will be 10 their interest as well to
|:4-intcrcSt oftSSu1liliiiIl =
them TO make 20 4
The impulation ha.!!c biil
was born in spite is reflection
upon the delegation that | resent
with all the power OF my being.
| had in mind only the econom-
lcal aspect of the question, and
thought nothing Of Spiting any
one. | feel sure that when this
bill is fully understood, those
who are unselfishlv opposed to
ii will become its friends. It
may be that some OF those pcr-
sons who expected a constable's
place may be a triflc sore for a
while, but time, the great healer
of wounds, will show them their
error.
The bill provides that in an
emergency, the magistrate is
authorized 10 dcputize a special
constable. Such emergency
would arise when it is impossi.
bic 10 get hold Of rural police
man. and tlle case is urgent.
We are trying to save the
county some money during the
panlcky time now on us and we
would be reCreant TO The trust
imposed on us if we did not do
all Ill power to decrease taxes
without impairinG efficiency.
BE impartial and lets give the
law trial. If ii will not work.
as we believe it will, il can be
changed at the next session of
the legislature. Yours truly,
W. p. Odom.
Couldn't Whip the Yankees
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Use Your Head as Well as
Your Hands

AS never before, farming is
becoming a business where
brains count, and nowhere is
this more apparent than in the
use of labor-saving, time saving,
money-Saving farm machinery.
1t is 4 far cry from the cradle
end sCythe to the modern bind
81; from the OK wagon and
stage coach to the modern auto
mobile; from the scooter" plow
TO the riding Cultivator; from the
limited, uncertain agricultural
knowledge of fifty years ago to
the splendid store of scientific
and technical information that
awaits the huSbandman who will
avail himself of ii. 1t is long
step, indeed, from the tools and
the facts to which our fathers
and erandfathersShad access, to
those that we may use; but as
we do use these, harnessing our
heads and hands to the machin-
cry science and invention have
given us, so do we prosper.
This does not mean, though,
that all farm machinery will pay
on all farms; for it is in the pur-
chase, as well as in the use, of
improved implements that real
thinking and wise discrimination
between which is really needed
and which is not must be eXer-
ciScd. Largely what a farmer
needs and what will return him
real profits is an individual, local
problem, and must be gone at as
such.
Obviously The machinery
needed on 500 acre wheat farm
Of the Northwest will be quite
different from that required on
the ten acre Florida truck farm;
and likewise the implements
that may be used profitably on a
level, stump-free cotton farm are
greatly different from what the
a--eFaEe -eetton tenant, with his
one mule and stumpy. quilted
patches, may employ.
10 know real need from an
apparent one; 10 be able to de-
eide what implements are suited
to given set of conditions
these are tests of the judgement,
and the farmer who meets these
successfully will have taken a
most important step toward the
use Of machinery in place of the
more expensive hand labor.
But this is not all: In the
operation and intelligent care of
farm implements there lies an
immense field for the exercise of
sound sense and unless he
possesses and is willing to exer-
else these faculties the farmer
will still find his implements
liability rather than dividend
producing asset.
Summing up, there are many
many millions Of dollars worth
Of farm machinery needed in the
South, it our labor is to be most
productive; but we doubt not
too; because of a lack of adapta-
ton TO local conditions, because
OF ignorance and carelessneSS in
operating, and because of ex-
posure to weather and Il general
lack of care, that there also are
right now on Southern farms
several millions of dollars worth
OF implements that will never be
ANYTHING more than a dead loss.
Merely buying an improved i'm
plcmcnt doesn't put the stamp of
progress on q man. Unless it
be suited 10 his conditions and
unless he knows how TO operate
! npJ cnrn for ~ ~ ,,oy I,o,,
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appoint an officer to go over the
state and purchase land for the
state, and sell the same to BUYERS
at long time credit, virtually put
ting the state in the real estate
business, failed to pass, but the
hottest time yet has been the de-
bate upon the compul ;ory edu-
cation bills, ? in number; after
two days of continuous debate
and voting we are yet at sea as
to the ultimate fate of the meas
ure. believe that this legisla-
ture will pass some compulsory
law, but in just what form can
not say. Personally am oppos-
ed to bills as offered but favor a
law which leaves the matter to
each school district.
Just now we are in a debate
upon the tobacco bill. which
does not concern our county
very much at present. The old
soldiers pension bill will be
taken UP tonight.
Yes, sir, the Chesterfield
delegation introduced bill to
eliminzaladi66aGl nnstahles
In CheSterflelu County, and the
same was passed by the senate
last Friday, Jan. 10Th, which
makes it impossible for Senator
Laney to have held up the bill
after Monday or Tuesday of this
week. Now in regard to this
bill | will say that it was only
intended for an economical
measure: saving to our county
the sum of $4,000 in salaries
alone: we devolve the duties up.
on the rural policemen of the
county both civil and criminal:
with the right reserved to the
magistrate to appoint a special
constable for occasions of emer-
gency and when a rural police
man cannot be had. We are
trimming all the county exren-
ses, working hard to save our
people all the money we can in
the way of taxes. which, with
the present crisis upon us, we
think is proper and necessary,
and we ask the people of our
county TO uphold our actions for
economy. resent the insinua-
ton or lmputation that | origi-
mated the bill within myself or
that il was originated for selfish
motives. | resent that because
all the gentlemen who were to
be appointed constable are and
have been my close personal
friends, some of them my close
kin by blood and marriage and
any report that | favored the bill
for selfish motives or for any
other purpose, except for good
service and economy, is entirely
without foundation and is false
and only the product OF a SLAM
derous and biased brain.
With best wishes | am yours.
J. Clifton Rivers.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10

"lIow did you know your
patient had appendicitis, doc
tor?"
Il operated on him" ."-Ex.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10

'Did YOU tell BiinkS | was a
fool?"
NO; thought he knew it,
Exchange.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
VIII Consider Change

The following letter explains
itself:
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JUSTICE BURR'S WILL FILED.
Hulk 81 Large Estate u LcV to M.
Two Daughters

The will Of supreme Court Justice
Joseph \. Burr Of the Appellate nj
vision. who died in the New York Hos
pital on April is, was filed in the sur.
rogates office IN BROOKLYN Yesterday.
Virtually all the estate is LEFT 10 the
testator's two daughters Mrs Harriet
r. Folgcr and Mrs. Jessye r.. Loudou.
The widow. Ella 4 n Burr. described
In the petition as mot Of sound mind"
IL committed 10 the tender care and
keeping of the daughters
Though the estate IL believed TO he
a large one there IL nothing in the
papers TO indicate its actual size. The
petitioners declare that the value OF both
the real and the personal property Is
unknown to them. The only cash be
quest was $4,000 in trust for "A sister
in-law, Carolyn n. Wilson
Justice Burr's residence at IL Mont
gomery place ~ left TO his daughter,
Mrs. Loudon, who lived there. Mrs
Folger also gets the house In which she
lives NJ 3Si jefferson avenue. They
divide the rest Of the estate with the
exception Of a few heirlooms lrtt 20
their children These include oil por-
traits OF Dr. william r Nash and Gen.
Gershon Burr, grandparents OF the tes-
tator. and a silver tankard presented to
his great grandfather. tho Rev. Andrew
Elliott by the students OF Harvard Col
lege in 1857.
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HYPNOTIST QUACK
GETS THREE MONTHS
\incpnlo CpSarpo Had His
Wife Aid His Practice With
Trance Treatments.

Justices McInerney. Herman and
Fleming IN Special Sessions yesterday
indicated that they intend TO uphold the
police in the recent raids on medical
quachs when they sentenced Vincenzo
'csareo, founder OF the Universal Scien-
tine Institute at 80 Grove street, 10
three months IN the penitentiary FOR un-
lawfully practising medicine by hypno-
tizing patients into the belief that they
We're well.
Probation officer Crimmns said that
'esarso not only used his own spiritual
powers TO persuade persons that his
treatment was actually improving their
health, but he employed his wife az the
medium whose oracular utterances
guided the patient 10 cure. She was
sent out AS a "somnInhulist that gives
advice on everything regarding sick
ness"
on January lc Charles Capobianco
went 10 tho hypnotic hospital" on he-
half of the New yo%k County Medical
Society and fegned Illness. giving an
assumed name. The "professor's'' wife
went into trance and told her husba nd
that capobanco's supposed indigestion
was likely to spread into his heart and
chest Cesareo placed one thumb he
tween Capobiancos eyes and twiddlcd
his fingers in the mans face. He said
that he would cure him thus in three
months and while the patient was still
half mcsmerized Cesareo had him hand
over 81. Atterward Cesareo was ar
ad
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-24
BILTMORE CLOSES
MUSICALE SERIES
Miss LucreZia BOri and Andrea
SegurOla Sing in Last
Concert.

Tho last for this season OF the morn
Ing nusicales in the Cascade ballroom
OF the Bltmore was given yesterday.
The artists wers Miss Lucrezia Bori,
soprano; Andrea de Segurola. barytone,
and Mile Rosina GALL, premiere danseuse
Of the Metropolitan Opera Company, ard
one OF the largest audiences Of the sea-
son gathered for an interesting pro-
gramme.
Miss Bori and Segurola each sang a
group OF French and italian songs and
later three duets, Barthelemey's "pesca
DAmore," Delacroze's lie Couer de
Mamie" and "rcndres Aveux," by Miss
Mana yucca, which was heard for the
first time. the composer playing the &C
compartment. Miss Call danced to
Juiginvs "Adaglo." an "Orientai Dance
by Victor Herbert, Delibes's Pizzicato
from sylvia and waltz by Fuma-
gall. The programme concluded with
a costume scene entitled I'm Spain" by
Valverde and Chapi. IN which Miss Bori
and Mr.. Segurola sang.
The musicales will be resumed next
season. beginning November s.
The Mothers Council OF the Public
Schools held meeting in tho State
room OF the Manhattan yesterday.
Marcus NJ Marks made a brief ad-
dress before the meeting OF the Central
Park West Commission last night at
the Hotel Majestic.
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PROVIDES FOR 600
EMPLOYEES IN Will,
Frederick Dietz Remembered
All Who Worked for Him
Left a Million.

Frederick Diets. president ~ N. y
r. Diets Company. manufactures, n,
lanterns, who died on March 81 a, A.,
West Seventy-sixth street, left a, .,
tate Of moro than $1,000 900. IN. hull
OF which consisted OF his intercs, IN H..
business left by his father. Roher, T.
Diets. In his will nled yesterday NJ
Dietz remembers every emplovee n, t..
company, and makes specific beouos.s IN
many OF them.
The will directs that about 400 20.
sons who have been employed a wear a..
more are to receive t25 each. and ahou,
1hO who have been more than five wear,
are to get 800. About $50 persons ON.
ployed ten years or more gc, 5000 .,,b
In addition Mr.. Dietz made spcc.q. n..
quests of $1,000 each to five persons. y.oo
each to seven. $500 to eighteen, and t;o1
to thirteen persons connected with a
business
Mr.. Dietz gave 800. 600 each IN t4I.,
n Nichols. "A niece Robert T. Dle.z
nephew, and Frederick W Van puvn
"A cousin. Three cousins received ~;
600 each. and five others got tl5. 900
each. He left $4,000 outright ana 90
income on $4,000 to the Rev Anto,.o
Mangano or Kichmond HtIl, L. Tie
res,duary estate was divided between
his brother, John Il. Dietz, and his sisic-.
Anna Louise Clement. The brother and
william Travers Jerome are named "A
executors
Among many relics disposed ~ n N.
will are a photograph Of the race ho-ss
Dexter. and a hind shoe worn by nl-.y.
tum to Quincy &. Cue, OF Henpsteai
l.. l.. and front shoe worn by the ra,s
horse Hopeful to Everett l. Smith q.
westboro Mass.
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$4,000 THEFT CHARGED.
Police Say Park 4 TiIfOrd Em.
ployee Admits Robberies.

A systematic robbery OF Park 4 Til
ford's grocery store at 25o Fifth ave-
nue.. extending over seven years and
amounting to s25, 900 worth OF goods,
the police say, was admitted yesterday
by Willard Cadmus OF East Orange.
" j., a trusted employee of the Store
for the last twenty years. He was ar.
rested with Joseph and Henry Levy,
keepers of the Merchants Restaurant,
West Seventeenth street, by Detective
Hynes OF the second branch upon in
formation secured by the agency of for
mer Police Captain Dominick c. Riley
and the three men were held by Mag
.strate Murphy in Yorkville court in
81 900 bail each for trial They were
charged with petit larceny.
Four members of the agency have
been employed for some time as dish
washers in the Merchants Restaurant
and two in Park & Tilford's. Accord
ing TO the police, Cadmus admits that
walters have been coming to him from
the restaurant to make small purchases
two or three times day for several
years and that when he gave them
their bundle he gave them also another
one prepared beforehand. for which they
paid nothing. He estimates that in this
way $3.50 worth of goods a week we're
turned over to them.
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To defend HIS prop-rty.

Mr. Hoy is the man with whom the
United States Marshal shook hands
when ha served tho attachment and
learned from the aged worker that ne
proposed to defend his property himself
= tho law doesn't protect him Nj
HOY was asked If some of the defendants
wouldn't pay up their share Of tho dam
ages rather than TO lose their homes
That's just H." he replied. "How
could they Every one NJ MS IL respon-
shle for that entire $4,000. Suppose
! should sgrc" 10 pay lro-wo my II S6th
Of that amount lie could take II and
then nut another attachment on my
place and ] would still he liable for tho
other lsi-iSSths. provided 10 on" else
paid"
Jeremiah Scully, president Of the local
hat makers union, and Hugh c. Shalvay
secretary Of the fin'shers' union. both
limited their remarks for publication 20
the statement that they didn't know how
the thing was coming out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-24
BILLY IS COMING
TO new YORK CITY
100 Minister'S Meet and An
nounce Plans for a Revival
on Broad Lines.
SUNDAYS TERMS ALL MET

Billy sunday Ia coming to New York.
He has promised TO lead revival In
Manhattan. but the dates for the meet
ings have not yet been fixed.
AZ a meeting OF 100 ministers. held IN
the Marble Collegiate Church yesterday
a big committee OF arrangements was
appointed to mako plans for the revival,
and Il Ia expected that II will be very
busy for some time with the preliminary
work. which the Rev. Billy stipulates Is
necessary before he can blaze the way
for the metropolitan trail hitters.
Or. Charles L. Goodeli. pastor Of St.
Paurs Methodist Church. who presided
at the conference reported as to the
coming Of Sunday.
Mr.. Sunday has said to tho New
FORK committee Of invitation" DR..
C;oodell said, that he is willing to come
to New York when conditions are com
piled with. As his conditions have been
practically met, tho further matter Is
one Of detail only. We find that the
pressure in Sundays favor Is being felt
We have the signatures of $50 repre-
sentative clergymen of this city who
have promised to back his plans"
Before tho meeting DR.. Brickley.
Methodist district superintendent OF
Philadelphia, who was the Billy Sunday
chairman In that city. outli1e the
things the committee will be expected
to do. The Rev. Oscar Haywood limited
that large percentage OF the ministers
of the city, come OF them Baptists. are
opposed to Billy.
The Rev. Or. w. II. Morgan OF the
WEIGH committee. which wants q re-
vival here. Billy or no Billy. said that
New York Is not ready for the evan
gelist. He said. however. that in COM
mon with other Methodists he favors
him. Evangelist Arthur J. Smith said
IT was New York's business to get ready
for Sunday.
Thirty we'll known ministers were
placed on the committee OF arrange
ments for the Sunday meetings. The
committee will be enlarged as tho work
progresses. 1t was said. Some OF those
who will serve are DIR. David J. Burrel
and DR.. Henry L. Cobb. Reformed; DR.
a. L. Keigwin. DR.. Arthur J. Smith. DR.
Edgar w. Work and Dr. w. W. White,
Presbyterian; DR. Charles r. Reissner
and DIR. Charles L. Goodell. Methodist.
DR.. II. A Stimson, Congregational: DR.
c. p. Tinker Episcopal. and DR.. Charles
A. Eaton and DR.. l.. $. Holloway. Bap-
list.
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GRAND JURY HEARS
CLEARY WITNESSES
Proceedings for Alleged Irrcm-
ularitics in His Ac-
counts Begin.

New CITY. April 23--Deputy At
torney-Cicneral WILDER w, Chambers,
who came here to-day 10 proceed against
former Town Clerk W. V. Cleary, ~
Haverstraw, acquitted Of the murder
OF his son-in-law, Gene Newman, ap-
piled TO Supreme Court Justice Mills 10
extend the session of the Grand Jury.
The proceedings have TO do with alleged
Irregularities in Cleary's accounts with
the town. The jury was to have ad-
journed next Friday. but on Mr.. Cham
bers's motion Justice Mills set aside
other court engagements and ordered II
kept in session seven days longer.
Mr.. Chambers began to-day TO pre-
sent evidence against Cleary. 1t was
the first move against him since he
was acquitted on tho murder charge
Supervisor Josiah Felter and Overseer
of the Poor Warren Baisley were called
to testify
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came TO pick up what clues hey could.
With good description and a photo
graph Of Hanel. they spread net over
the city from which they think he can
not possibly escape. Relieving he might
seek some OF the haunts Of seamcn along
the waterfront. . Gordon OF uniformed
men was spread along South street. ard
detectives fitted through the saloons
seeking traces of him.
Description sent ont.
In circular in which the police
charge Hanel with the murder his de-
scription is given as rs years old. 5 feet
) inches in height. weight 1870 pounds,
dark hair and brown eyes. thin face,
md wearing "A dark suit and "A dark
soft hat.
Robbery was evidently the motive Tor
the crime, although its proceeds were
SinEularly petty Tor such a murder
After striking Mrs. Heilner down the
murderer tore tho earrings from her
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GETS $4,000 OFFER.
Evanselist says lie Won't Go on
Chautauqua Circutt.

PATERSON, n. J.. April 2s-Georse p.
HUMPHREYS, the official statistician for
Billy Sunday. said to-day that up to
and including last night 2.529 persons
have hit the trail at the meetings In this
city. Reporters who have kept tab made
the total 3.3s3.
II was explained that many went 70
the anxious seat merely 10 have the dis
tinction OF shaking hands with Mr.,
sunday. and only the names OF those
who signed cards expressing preference
IN the matter OF Joining churches %
certain denominations were entered on
the records.
Only 5000 persons went 10 The Tab
ernacle this afternoon. but fully 5000
were on hand tonight and 22l more
struck the trail Among them was Ed
ward Van Wrinkle. well 10 do hard
ware merchant Of an old Paterson fam
ily. Tho congregation was a very re-
sponsive ono and many persons chuclt'ed
At Billy's stories and wept when he was
mos. In earnest
IN calling for his hearers 10 get right
with God sunday said "Do your best
and you'll hc saved even Y YOUR plans
are ten miles OF those OF theological
lines"
In his sermo- he said Something
is going To happen here In Paterson that
will make he'll howl. Paterson will he
What II rever was before this revival
mo city will be i,ftci to Friendship
with God and will enjoy prosperity It
has never enjoved before and which
can never be taken from it
BILLY spoke al meeting of the Rotary
club in tho y. NJ. =. \. hail AZ noon,
Mr.. sunday to-day agreed to address
the Woman's club Of Orange some morn
~ h. LOT
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WOMAN BEFRIENDS DUNN.
Mrs. Lakeland Says She Has Been
Hts Ftancee More Than n Years.

ELIZABETH, ~ J.. April 23--N[rs
Olivia +. Lakeland OF 36 Beauvoir ave-
nue.. summit, widow of William Lake
land, trainer of thoroughbred horses.
sard to-day that she had been engaged
to Bart Dunn. the fugitive Tammany
leader OF the Eighteenth district. Man
haitian. for more than nine years, She
added that she would spend her entire
fortune II necessary to free Dunn.
Mrs, Lakeland yesterday pledged her
costly home in summit as security for
$1,000 for Dunns bail. She asserted
that she receives rents from fifty-two
properties, all OF which she owns, and
that II need be she would spend all of
100000 to keep Dunn from being extra
dited.
Mrs. Lakeland has lived in Summit
for six or seven years, She Is appar-
entity about 10 years old. She insists
that Dunn In dangerously i'll In the Ban
croft sanitarium at Butler and that to
move him might cause serious re-
lapsc,