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The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24
The COmrade In White

Before the guns at Neuve Chapelle A gallant soldier fighting fell;
 Lost in the swirlng tide. Woke from black dreams at dawn's gray
 light To find a conrade clothed in white
 Was ltneeling at his side With tender care each wound he bound And wrapt with clean, soft linen round. And oh, his zeal was such That all the horror, all the pain The soldier would have faced again To feel that gentle touchI From fire and shell the storm swept field Next morning no defense would yield When the new fight began The guns would start at break of day, What friend was this who dared to stay And tend dying man? What friend was this? For where he
 knelt In silent prayer the soldier felt Or did he dream anew? That on hls hands and feet and side Were drops of blood and, starting, cried But you are wounded too!' Sad were those mystic, wondrous eyes That watched another morning rise Over the scene of hate; Yet smilingly stopped to say, These are old. world old. wounds, but
 they
 Have troubled me of late" Harry Bowling in Los Angeles Times
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24
ROBERTS WORKS IN LAUNDRY
Former Mayor of Terre Haute Com plained of Way Clothes Were Washed.

When Dom NJ Roberts, ex-mayor of Terre Haute. Ind, convicted of cleo tion frauds. was brought to the federal penitentiary the officials tried to show him all possible leniency by putting him at clerical work.
 Roberts laundry was not done to suit him one day, and he went to the pris on laundry to complain.
 Do you think it could be done any better| the superintendent asked.
 "l see no reason why it shouldn't" the eX-mayor replied. I'd think any body could do better work than this"
 Well, then. you're just the man we want Get to work"
 EXMayor Roberts now washes pris. 0nerS' clothes.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24
MODERATE DRINKING EVEN
 WILL HURRY ONE TO GRAVE.
Statistics Show That Two Drinks ;
 Day Are Detrimental.

Two whiskies a day or more than two glasses of beer boom the death rate, according to comparison of nor tality rates among insured persons who consume varying amounts of liquor.
 The comparison Is made by Dr. S. s. Goldwater, commissioner of health. New York, and was given out at the eighth annual meeting of the Associa- ton of Life Insurance Presidents by Arthur Hunter, chairman of the bu- reau of medico-actuarial Investigation. The comparison was taken from rec ords of about 100000 lives, covering a period of twenty-five years, made by forty three life insurance companies for use in their business 1t is the largest
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24

and most comprehensive inyesugauu' ever undertaken by insurance eo"p' nies
 The comparison showed that alnOns men who took more than two e'ass.. of beer or one glass of whisky or 'us'. equivalent q day, but who did nos s never had used alcoholic beverage ..t excess, the death rate was oo per ees higher than that of the men who hs''' did exceed the amounts speciflea. :.
 Investigations have revealed us. ,1s tai abstainers have mortality u' say working years of life of about one,uI a, n of that among those who use aicon. sf the extent of at least two giaS'' whisky day.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24

uality. No two seem 10 be exactly alike. We continually improve our knowledge of them. Each torpedo has to be carefully studied and corrected for its one voyage of destruction Like the bee that stings. 1t gives up its life for one sting. The ship it strikes sinks. The POO pounds of guncotton in its warhead tears the ship so that it cannot escape. It Is the most terrible weapon of warfare known to the world"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24
Odd Happenings
 in the Days News

A lifer WAS pardoned In Maine on condition he join the Italian army.
 Invisible aeroplanes being used by Germany, the invisibility produced by newly Invented transparent material covering the planes.
 tirenroof uniforms are to be worn by British soldiers as a result of a Gin cinnati mans invention of a liquid that protects from German fire shells"
 Two "scarecrows' that climbed a ladder to q loft near Flushing, N. r., proved to be runaway boys who had borrowed their wardrobes from the ef- fgies in cornfeld.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24
ARRAS A HEAP OF DEBRIS;
 12O OF 26,OOO PEOPLE LEFT
Belgian Minister Describes DesoIation
 of Historic City.

"I have jLs. visited what remains of Arras and Soissons, along the Aisne scarpe. Of Arras, like also some of the first line trenches Newport and Ypres, our poor villages along the Yser, noth. ing remains but q heap of debris" writes Emile Vandervelde, the Belgian minister of state, to papers In the United States.
 The city hall, that gem of medieval architecture, has undergone the most grievous initiation. In many streets not single house is intact
 "Arras had before the war 26OOO in. habitants. There are now 12O. In q small shep near the city hall found a little old man cheerfully selling funeral crowns and post cards depicting the ruins The bombardment continues daily. Most people are living in eel lars
 At SOissons 1 was entertained by q general at tea and at breakfast in the cellar. Bombs continuously passed over Soissons in the direction of Arras. The allied troops constantly are busy ex- tending and strengthening the trenches and barbed wire defenses At certain places the hostile lines are within sixty feet of each other
 When not exchanging shots and gre nades the soldiers enjoy the intervals of comparative calm. during which newspapers weighted with stones aro thrown from one trench to another.
 'One day a dog crossed to the French lines bearing the message, Please tell Corporal Blank that his wife and chil- dren at Lens are well and send him love-"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24
ELEVEN CENT STAMP OUT.
Bears Head Of Franklin and Is For
 Parcel Post Use.

The new eleven cent postage stamp has appeared. It bears the head of Franklin in profile. from Houdons bust, and is printed in dark green ink. It is the same shape and size as the ordinary stamps, series of 1911.
 The new stamp is issued primarily for use in prepaying postage on par cels and postage and insurance fee on insured parcels amounting to II cents.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24
BORROWED A WALLET.
And Went Over to the Enemy's re"'"
 es For It.

eS IF or Tts One of our men in the trenches' sa. a London paper, was ordered to has mer in post which supporteu so mn wire entanglements and had peSV. loosened. Finding that there "'s m hammer, the man coolly walked acivss to the nearest trench of the enemy a asked to be lent a hammer or mall.- ., Evidently surprised and piease' ,hs the courage of the man, one oi nat German soldiers handed him ii'an. and the post having been stralsnse.,ss ,ss and fixed, the man walked back 'o ust M German trench. returned the u''
 and calmly rejoined his companions
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24

"Abaft there.' said detective to q man claiming to be sailor, arraigned In New York court Cant abaft cause l got no pencil" replied the sailor" who was held as an impostor.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-24

To fulfil deathbed wish, funeral of youth at Beacon, N. Y.. went mile out of It's way to pass fire house. of which he was a member. and the office where he worked.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Taking OFF The Chill

lhlS story is probably a lie but
II has the merit of being suitable
mldwinter reading.
Maclyn Arbucllle says a darkv
IN Galveston got an offer of a
JOB IN Minneapolis and, having
desire 10 visit the North, started
tor his new place in the middle
OF January. Texas was balmy,
when when he left but he -steu.-
ped Off the Steam-heated train at
his destination into the middle
OF the worst blizzard in fifteen
years. In his cotton shirt and
ragged overalls the new arrival
staggered along for perhaps a
hundred yards, then stiffencd
like board and rolled over into
a snowdrift.
There, according to Arbucllle q
policeman found him some time
later and, with the aid of two
hardy citizens, carried the BODY
TO the morgue, where the
coroner diagnosed the case IS
one of death by exposure; and,
since the earth was frozen so
hard that burials were impossi-
bic, the unknown was sent to
the CrematOry.
On arrival there an attendant
slid the body into the white-hot
interior of the receptacle and
went off to bed. Next morning
another body was brough, to
him. AS he opened the steel
door of the crematory and drew
back from the guSh of terrific
heat that shot out inIo his face.
d complaining voice came forth
from the inside, saying:
"Who is dat openin' dat do
aid lettiD' all dat cold air in
heah on me?"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
The Undying Flame

In a certain Kentucky town
Uncle Ike, a local character of
color, was doing odd jobs for a
gentleman when he was seized
with collie in its most violent
and painful form. His employer
went to his relief with the only
aid in liquid form he could find
on the premises, the same being
a bottle OF tDbasco sauce.
Uncle Ike swallowed a large
Se6onfuf Of the stuff and return.
ed to work. weeping copiously.
A few minutes later the gen
tleman went to look for him and
found him doubled up in the
hayloft.
"Ike," he inquired, ''how do
you feel now?"
:. "Mos' daid, boss!' was the
plaintive answer.
Better let me give you anoth.
er dose of that medicine, then"
Boss" said Uncle Ike, I'D
hate to die on yoah hands; but |
don't never agin specr TO take
nothin' whut water won't
squench." ."-Saturdav Evening
Post.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Easier to Get Money Out of a
Hog Pen Than a Cotton Field

Says Chester, S. c., cores
pondent of the Columbia State:
"A colored farmer living in
Rossville township recently
brought one bale of cotton and
one hog, prepared for market, 70
Chester, which he sold as fol-
lows:
The bale of cotton for S2S
the hog for $33.15. With the lat-
ter he paid a balance due on 4
good young horse.
Another colored farmer
Leonldas Ware, living near Rod
man, had two hogs, which, after
they were killed and dressed.
weighed 7OS pounds. This, at
IL cents, would be S77.SS.
The cost of raising one large
hog, when properly done, is not
more than the cost of fertilizer
used M making one bale of cot.
ton. From this the small farmer
may: learn that he can more
cheaply and with q great deal
less labor get the value CT a bale
OF cotton out of hog pen than
out of cotton field"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Hard Times, Sure

Mr.. Jonah Pop1in, farmer of
New Salem township, met with
tough luck recently. Jonah had
a bale of cotton he had saved
back ITO start off the new year
with. He went to Marshville
and sold the cotton and putting
the money in his pocket set out
for home. He was happy over
the beMitching jingle of the coin
as his wagon jostled over the
rough roads leading to his New
Salem home. However, he never
had the pleasure of showing that
money to the wife and kids. For
just as he reached place where
the road was mighty rough and
where the surrounding wood
was very dark two big black
men held him up at the point of
deadly weapons. Jonah was call
ed on to shell out and he did it.
He forked over 81 plunks TO- the
colored strangers. There are two
banks in Marshville that would
have been glad to cared for Jo-
nah's money. but no doubt he
thought that it would not do to
trust banks these hard times
Waxhaw Enterprise.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Woodrow Wilson Has Grandson

Washington, Jan. ia son
was born at the White House 10
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, Presi'
dent Wilson's daughter.
AT E o'clock tonight Secretary
lumulty gave out this state
ment:
"Dr. Gravson, the White
House physician, states that at
4:jO O'Clock Mrs. Sayre gave
birth 10 a fine boy. Everything
went perfectly and both are do
ing we'll"
II. boy weighed seven and a
half pounds.
President Wilson made no ef-
tort to concea! his joy when in
formed that the child was a bow
and that Mrs. Sayre was doing
well. His face was wreathed in
smiles. The baby is his first
grandchild and tie first boy in
his direct family. Many congra-
tulatory messages poured in at
the White House tonight.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Bill to Minimize TarheeI Ki.sing

LII ~ NiihlmlZe larheel kissing
Monroe Journal
"A bill has been introduced in
the legislature to abolish kissing
the book" in court. 1t ought to
pass. 1t does no good. A wit
ness who will tell a plain lie will
swear to one, and one who will
Tell a lie after putting his hand
on the bible and swearing to tell
tne truth is not prevented from
lying by having kissed the sac
red volume. Such a one would
tell his lie right along after hav-
Ing swallowed the whole book.
much less kissed it. And no
clean-mouth man wants to put
his lip on the greasy lid that
thousands of hands have passed
over. And in fact, nobody real
~ kisses the book anyway.
lhey merely make a swine
across the face and pass it about
TWO inches from the lips. So
WHAT'S the use to keep up a GUS
tom which does no good, even
II people carried it out right?
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Your Home Paper.

Gaffney Ledger
1t is your home paper that re-
cords your births, publishes your
marriage and chronicles your
death. To these journals, the
40 page compendiums of the
daily happenings of the world,
you are not even a cipher. To
get the least notice from them
you must steal 100000, commit
an atrocious murder or have
half a dozen living wives. But
your local paper watches over
you with loving solicitude all
the lime. If you ere sick, it is
sorry, and hopes you will soon
be well. 1t tells when you
come and when you go; when
your house burns down and
when you build a new one;
when your Johnnie has the
measles and when your Mary
has the mumps, and how much
little Pete weighs on lis arrival.
Stick TO your home paper like it
sticks TO you.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Hit on the Head With a Crosst;e

Charles Varnado, colored, who
has job on the Seaboard work
train was hit on the head with a
crosstle last Friday morning and
II is thought that he was right
seriously hurt.
Varnado was loading ties in
the big cut south of the ware.
houses. The hands would slide
a tie down the bank. letting ii
tall in the cut Oh Its end. While
Varnado was bending to place a
tie on the car, one of the ties
standing nearly vertical in the
cut toppled and struck him
square on the head.
He was knocked unconscious
and II is not known how serious
his wound may prove. Or it
may be that he will be all right
in a few days. He was taken 10
Cula, Ga. on the local train.-
Waxhaw Enterprise.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20

severe shock since then which
resulted in the collapse of many
structures which escaped the
iirSl, and it is estimated that
more than 100 shocks, for the
most part of a minor nature, oc.
Cured during the "a hours after
the disaster.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20

A dairyman and farmer per-
sonally applied to town house
keeper for a transfer of her Gus
tom 10 himself.
Il hear dot you haf a lot OF
drouble with dot dairyman of
yours" he said. You must give
me your custom, and dare will
be no drouble."
Are your eggs always fresh?"
asked the woman.
Fresh" repeated the man, in
an lndigrate tone. LET me dell
you, madam, dot my hens nefer,
meier lay anything but fresh
eggs"--New York Globe.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
Thousands Die in Italy From
Earthquake

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extent, which, according to the
latest advices, has resulted if
the death of 10000 and injury to
possibly 10000 more in, towns
and villages destroyed. The
shock was the strongest Rome
has felt in more than 100 years.
The towns of Avezzano, in
the Abruzzi department, 63 miles
east Of Rome has been levelleu
to the ground and here 5000
persons are reDortod to have
been killed.
In many small towns sur
rounding Rome buildings were
partially wrecked, while at Nap
les panic occurred and houses
fell at Caserta, a short distance
to the east.
From below Naples in the
south to Ferers in the north; a
distance of more than 800 miles,
and across almost the width OF
the country, the undulatory
movement continued for a con-
siderable period.
In Rome it was thought at
first that two shocks had occur
red, but the seismographic in
struments in the observatories
showed there was only one,
which, beginning at 7:55 o'clock
in the morning, lasted from %
to 80 seconds.
In the capital itself, so far as
known, there was no loss OF life,
but a great deal of damage was
done, churches and statues suf-
fering most. For a time the
Aepple We're stricken with fear
and there was Veritable panic
in hospitals, monasteries and
converts.
Buildings on both sides of the
Horta del Popolo, north entran
ce to Rome, threatened to fall
and the eagle de cora at the gate
crashed to the ground. The
obelisk in St. Peters square was
shaken and badly damaged,
while the statue of St. John Lat
eran and the statues of the Apos-
Ties surmounting the basilica are
IN danger Of coliapsing. The
famous colonnade decorating ST.
Peters square was lowered four
feet and the adjacent house,
once occupied by the sisters OF
Pope Pins X, was badly cracked.
Rome, Jan. 1.-THE toll of
dead and injured in the great
earthquake that swept over cen
lral and southern Italy has moi
been made up, but advicesreach
ing Rome indicate the ever
growing extent of the disaster.
Towns with thousands of inhab
ltants have been overthrown
and from some of them come
details which show an immense
loss OF life. Estimates ran TO
night from $4,000 to 10000 dead
and injured, and yet there are
several sections which undoubt-
edly felt the earthquake in full
measure from which no esti-
III ates can be obtained. In the
ancient territory of Marsi, which
includes AVezzano, the victims
are placed at 10000. Only a
small minority is left of the in
haDltanlS or hvezzano, who
numbered approximately 1000.
Fifteen other towns and villa
geS 1T that section have been
lad waste. King Victor En-
manuel is at Avezzano and 80. 600
soldiers have been dispatched to
various centres where the force
OF the disturbance was greatest.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20

"A soft answer turneth awav
wrath, but a soft snap is surer.
Civilization is alright as far as
1t goes, but it doesn't seem to 90
far enough.
To the average hobo there's a
lot of difference between free
soap and free soup.
Not all of us can get cream, so
let's be satisfied with the milk of
human kindness.
Some people are always talk
ing about how square they are,
and we don't notice any corners
sticking out of them at that.
The fool who rocked the boat
last summer now amuses himy
self by jumping on the ice to
make it crack and scare the
skaters.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-01-20
MIR. Rivers Tells What Eeg
islators Are DofriS
Special TO The Journal

Noiuiiioid' y. u, IaIl. 19Ss-f1aN-
ing promised you to write SOME
of the doings in the present ses.
sion ofsthe Genera! AssemblysI
will attempt to give YOU sonneSf
the workings up to date. Ehe
session was called to order Tues.
day, Jan. 18th by the retiring
Clerk, Jas. A. Hoyte. The mem
bers present elected MIR. Lilies, of
Orangebdfs. chairman pre- fert.,
VINO upon taking his seafzan-
nounced that those of the mer-
bers present appear before his
desk and present their credenti-
ais and be sworn in; this being
done the body went into the
election of a speaker. James A..
Hoyt was unanimously elected
TO that position. After several
ballots, ]. Wilson Gibbes was
elected clerk, Hutchinson was
elected reading clerk, Wilson, Of
Lancaster, was elected sergeant
at arms.
The usual formalities of open
ing the session and getting the
body in working shape weregone
through with "wednesday, and
Thursday the 18th at noon was
set for the election of Judge of
the 5th Judicial Circuit. While
in joint session it twas whispered
about that Governor Blease had
resigned. Lieut.. Gov. Smith
was notified and he Immediately
was sworn in and assumed the
office of Governor not, ,hssA.
ever, until the election Of Judge
had been disposed of. Hon.
Mendel L. Smith of Camden.
was elected Judge without op-
position. The whole city was
stirred by the resignation of Gov.
BleaSe and various theories have
been expressed as to his inten-
tionsin resigniig. He has not
yet given out any reason and
they are still guessing. Friday
Gov. Charles A. Smith delivered
his inaugural address in the hall
-ol representatives. He spoke of
the short time he was to be Gov
ernor, and expressed as his wish
that the State go forward with
a progressive spirit, and that the
General Assembly pass such
measures as tend to economy in
government, and that it pass the
referendum liquor bill.
Nii' odotll WAS appointed
chairman of the agricultural
committee and also chairman of
the committee on claims, two
very important committees of
the body and his being appoint
ed chairman is a very distinctive
honor. The speaker appointed
me on ways and means commit
tee, which you all knowis the
most important committee of the
body, as it has charge of all the
financial Legislation and is in
tended to be composed of the
best business members of the
house. l am proud of the an.
polntment, as ii is coveted by
every one, almost, elected as a
member.
Governor elect Manning will
be lnaugurated next Tuesday,
l9th and next Wednesday the
2Oth the legislature will go to
Rock Hill TO inspect Winthrop
Female College.
There are lots of bills now
before us and ere another week
the mill will begin to grind:
With best wishes to all tbe