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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-17

My Son, John Andy, better known as
Buck, Who is under age, having left
me without cause, hereby forbid any
and all persons TO hire harbor or in
anyway give aid TO him Persons who
do SO will be dealt with according TO
law. ]. B. Starncs, Pagcland, II. 2.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-17

Get your tablets, pencils and school
supplies at Mangum Drug Co
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-17

Eor Safe-lot of shucks. J. a. Mills,
SePageland, S. c.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-17

Wanfcd-at once 20 bushels of corn al
= the right price. Apply at this office.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-17

HigReSt-markct price for cattle at any
and all seasons. Also all the vcals
can get Phone no. Is, Pagcland
Exchange. III. B Graves. 90
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-17

|Highest-markct price paid for chick
ems, eggs, etc. in cash or trade. See
me before you sell. w. F. Redfcarn.
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:RlCAN GIRLS EXPERIENCES AS WAR NURSE IN FRANCE


fully situated on the shore and were
used before the war as hotels.
The original intention Of the
Duchess of Sutherland and her hus-
band. Mr.. Fitzgerald, was to take care
Of a certain number of British
wounded. but as soon as they learned
Of the unfortunates lying at the depot
they had another dormitory added.
The same was true Of the Florence
Finnes Ambulance. where instead of
100 wounded there were within a few
days more than twice that number of
patients representing all warning ma
tionalities.
The unanticipated increase caught
both places with an insufficient num-
Der Of nurses. and these spoke nothing
but their own language. A wounded
German had just arrived hat MORN
ing and as ! passed his cot an English
nurse was leaning over him trying to
understand what he was asking for.
/ stopped to interpret, and later as /
was passing down stairs Mr.. Fitzgerald
asked II ! would not remain until
another nurse who spoke German
arrived. So again / was in active har-
ness.
The work at this ambulance was
all on n floor. the dormitory was
bright and the view of the sea superb,
and as hours We're systematic and we
had stated time On and off my duties
as auxiliary We're not too responsible.
] did a little of everything there, max
ing myself generally useful as at the
other hospitals.
The nurses awaited were slow In
coming and I would have remained on
indefinitely at the ambulance but for
the too large doses of fresh air. All
the nurses as well as orderlies wear
white cotton uniforms, with n VI
shoes of white. There was a wretched
draught through the entire hotel day
and night. ! caught a violent cold
that kept me in bed n week. Return
ing to the dormitory with its open
door and window policy" was not to be
considered. Fol a change ! went
to Paris to spend Christmas with
friends.
The call of the wounded soldier was
still in my ears. and as by that time l.
had had considerable experience as
auxiliary ! put my name on a list
after having submitted my papers. for
even though m does volunteer work
one has now to have passed some kind
OF an examination either in the way
Of actual experience or in a class of
first aid. 1t was New Years Day, and
] was sure that with so many names
lined before mine my vacation would
be prolonged. Before the week passed.
however, I was assigned to a large
ambulance at Passy.
The work there was least satisfac-
tory Of any in my experience and in
many ways II was trying, as there
seemed no head to the institution.
Here the nurses had to furnish their
costumes and have them Numbered,
and II they took meals there they had
to pay for them, ! lunched at the
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body throbbed. My conscience would
not let me stay still, knowing as /
did that there were so many soldiers
thirsting for attention, that waiting
on them meant for them lot only ease
from pain, but perhaps life. Then
bathing and pulling of the stained
and muddy clothing gave them such
relief that the nurses could not re-
fuse the attention.
The place was so crowded that only
one tiny hall was reserved for the
nurses and here we stayed a few
hours at a time. In those dreary
days no one thought Of personal COM
fort.
Several weeks went by and I was
about to break down under the strain
when fortunately a boatload OF doc
tors and nurses from Folkestone
landed. Had l been a more expert
enced nurse and understood how to
meet the situation and had ! been
less susceptible to the sufferings Of the
soldiers the life would not have been
so wearing.
At the beginning of November I
went to Dunkirk, my services having
been asked for in the bandage room
of a hospital just being opened. The
very day of my arrival in the COM
pany Of a Scotch nurse, an auxiliary
likr myself, We went to the station
after my baggage.
AS we came out an English sur
geon we knew Joined US. He was on
his way to see some patients lin a
she'd" as he expressed 1t. and u
Of curiosity We walked into the shed
n big, bare structure hat in time of
peace holds freight. The floor was
covered with straw and several
wounded men lay thereon. They wore
their shoes and clothes and had been
deposited in the makeshift hospital
until there was a vacancy somewhere
else.
Here ] had struck the same condi-
ton as in B%Oulogne, but 1t seemed
to me far worse. as in Boulogne the
men were at least undrcssed and
washed. Dunkirk vas deserted by its
weather. class when the Germans be-
gal to come nea The houses left
open were occupied by refugees and
there was no room for the wounded
soldiers. At that time there were -four
hospitals at Dunkirk. two military
hospitals under the French Govern
ment and the two others opened in
November by British subjects.
Dunkirk is practically but fifteen
minutes from Furnes, which Is near
Dixmude and the trenches, therefore
a collective base" for the wounded.
Had all the badly wounded been left
at Dunkirk and quick attention given
I believe % per cent, OF the soldiers
who persisted could have been saved.
My companion was anxious to visit
the ambulance inaugurated by the
Duchess of Sutherland. 80 after leav-
Ing the shed we took the tram To
MalO, The other ambulance fitted by
Scotch philanthropists, Mr.. and Mrs,
Finnes. is near by. Both are beauti-
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of all the men were somewhat light
ened by oplates injected by the doc
tors.
We were received by the British
with open arms and what fine care
they took Of us all! Things seemed
SO spotless, the air so pure after our
stay in the crowded hotel ambulance.
the tea was 81 good and there seemed
to be a nurse and doctor to each pa
tient. ] gave my services in the ban
dage room those sadly glorious days
Of Indian summer and would have
liked to stay there. for 1t was very
agreeable going in to chat n little every
day with my old patients. But duty
called me elsewhere.
Late In October word came Of the
insufficient number OF attendants for
the wounded in France. so I with sew
eral trained British nurses went to
Boulogne. Conditions there were so
appalling that 1t seemed to me We We're
living through some maddening night
mare. The scarcity OF nurses caused
me to be assigned to serious cases md
the little ! had learned at Ostend
served me well.
We were at n Of the large mari
time hospitals and wounded men ar
rived every day. In one week alone
fully 500 were turned away. In our
building there were several hundred
patients, yet only fifty nurses and
about a dozen doctors. We were so
overcrowded that soldiers were placed
on mattresses or on the floor on
quilts.
Naturally nurses and surgeons were
alike overworked. A nurse would Of
fer such pleas as do come quickly,
doctor. This boys wound must be at
tended to before 1t is too late" or
Doctor. I've done all ! can with my
new case. viii you not step here a
moment to look at this wound?" The
overstrained medical mar would shake
his head and reply: II can't be in two
places at the same time. ! don't dare
hurry with this operation"
There are many things too anguish
ing to tell. ! want to forget them.
Anxious hours passed thus. No cut
is as cruel as that left by shrapnel,
and generally there are several
wOunds on a soldier who has been
struck by shrapnel. Each wound has
to be cleaned and dressed and 1t Is
not possible to do the work quickly.
Often when We reached 1.-The next
patient" he had ceased to suffer. There
were many deaths among the train
loads Of wounded from Furnes. Some
OF the men had been lying days In
the trenches or fields. Their wounds
may not have been serious at first. but
exposure. chill. scarcity Of nourish-
ment and lack OF antiseptic treatment
got In their work with the fatal aid
Of gangrene. ] knew a young soldier
who had his arm amputated because
Of a neglected flesh wound on a finger.
We had scores OF lOckjaw patients.
There was no such thing as rest In
Boulogne. was so fatigued that
when ! lay down to sleep my whole
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tingent crossed the Channel, yet beds
and bandages had to be prepared and
the soldiers nursed. The only ones
left behind were those in q hopeless
condition. AS soon as one squad of
wounded left another arrived, and
so on.
From the very first ! had volun-
teered. for there were never enough
surgeons or nurses, and all hands were
busy day and night. Sisters of Charity
took the responsibility and the heavy
part Of the work and never spared
themselves. There were always Ger
man soldiers among the wounded. All
Of us left in September. l went to
England with a last shipload Of
wounded but a few days before the
German army began to arrive.
! will not forget that seven hours
trip across the turbulent Channel. The
air was full Of squalls and the small
boat tossed like a feather on the
fretted water. The wounded men
fifty in all-were very patient and
never complained. Knowing the trip
would be rough they were all made to
lie down, cabins having been reserved
for them. Such a trip was not a good
tNinS LOT the Wtdheutu soIultTs, Dut
leaving them behind for the Germans
to make prisoners Of was not to be
thought Of. As many as could be ac-
commodated at the nearby hospitals
in France had already been sent there.
Every one was IL on that crossing,
and the unfortunate part vas that 1t
took a long time for the boat to land.
as it had to sneak in between gusts Of
wind. Now that it Is all in the past
l can look back and see touches OF
humor, hut none Of us thought OF
smiling then.
The faithful nuns stood by their
charges as long as they could, but
many Of them became as helpless as
their patients, When we finally got
anchored In calm water and the poor
nuns picked themselves up one by n
the picture was more droll still. That
Is to say to one not afflicted with NAL
de mer.
Two OF the men died before we
reached shore, one from heart failure.
one who had but a slight nance Of
recovery before We left. The latter
realized his condition. but had begged
~piteously to be taken back to his home
In Waterford, Ireland. The sunerings
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Her Anxious and Trying Work ir
the Army Hospitals. Terrible
Wounds Made by Shrapnel

ambulance, preferring to take my
other two repasts at the hotel.
Nearly all the soldiers are French
with the exception Of a few TurcOs
and Senegalese. The Africans are
like grown up children. All the
patients must have their hands taken
care of; but when it came to mani
curing the nails of a Turco oftener
than once a day l swore off.
| had to write letters for the two
in my ward. They had only picked up
a few words since being in France, but
it was astonishing how they made
themselves understood. one day | sat
down to write a letter for a Turco who
had not called on my pen for some
time. He said the letter was to his
last wife. l don't know how many
he had and Vas not inquisitive
enough to ask, but began: MY Chere
Femme
Non. non. pas ca scowled the fell
low impatiently. 81 want them to
think I've died. They all know l was
wounded, and now please tell them I'm
dead, ] don't ever want to 20 back
home. Then | can stay and marry
you"
The hours were long at the Passy
Ambulance and ! was on my feet from
S =. NJ. til s =. NJ 1t was generally
. o'clock by the time | reached my
ho;cl, and as a special favor to a vol
unit ,er foreigner nursing the wounded
the proprietor had dinner kept hot for
me. Often / would oni" take a bite,
then tumble into bed. ! had ten beds
to max every day; | helped the con-
yalescents to dress and undress; l
ran errands for my men besides read
ing and writing when they ;sked 1t;
twice a day | went to the dietary
kitchen to prepare food for my pa
Of the regular fare.
Trying to keep up the spirits Of the
wounded is not always easy when they
begin to realize what the absence Of
sight or a limb signifies. But I have
no fault to find with any OF the SOL
diers. They We're a patient, good tenn
pered, considerable lot of men who
were grateful for every effort OF mine.
! did not find my associations at the
ambulance c%ongenial. The nurses
represented almost every stratum OF
society. As every one knows, the
European trained nurse of former
times differs from the American. In
France she has been little higher than
a domestic. But she does know some
thing of nursing she has endur-
ance. However, in the ambulance she
played second fiddle to the women who
had taken up the work only recently.
Many Of the latter cling to their
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Y. w. C.. AS Home

w '' Harlem %" 'n nran nS% of %', the S ". ' w.
C.. A.. at the corner Of l.cnuN
avenue and l2Ith street has just be-
gun. The money for this new building
represents the Harlem branch's share
of the four million dollar fund coll
lected last year by the National Y.
w. c. A. This fund. as stated during
the campaign for raising it. is intended
only for new buildings M permanent
repairs.
The new building of the Harlem
branch will he one of the handsomest
and most complete of its kind. 1t is
to be tireproof with seven stories and a
roof garden. On This roof garden there
will be an out of door ennis court and
a booth for moving pictures. The din
ing room, which In the old building was
in the basement, will be next to the
roof with a southwesterly exposure.
There will be "A new and larger gym
nasium and the swimming pool will be
one of the largest, If not the largest,
in New York. The large recreation
hall will be arranged in such a man
ner that 1t a be used as an audi
torium or theatre, while on the two
floors reserved exclusively for educa-
tional work there will be no fixed
benches or chairs. These rooms on
occasions car be thrown together or
made smaller by folding partitions
and doors.
In the new dormitory there will Ice
no dark rooms. The library will be
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wonderful c%oiffures. ringed fingers, &c.
They only wan To nurse the officers.
and here poor little piou-piou scores,
for the other nurse is handed down to
him and he benefits by the exchange.
There was jealousy md petty hicker-
ing among the volunteers and | was
glad to be considered an outsider. |
escaped falling in love with n of my
patients, for which offence one of the
nurses one day accused me of having
no heart.
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N/OU can't choose the men to
nurse. neither a you choose
the hospital or the locality.
When you volunteer, no
matter how many diplomas or
what qualifications there are behind
you, your name is put on the list OF
Red Cross nurses and you are at the
Deck and call of the committees. II
unframed and inexperienced then the
heavy or manual part of the work falls
On you. If you have a diploma great
responsibilities are yours,
Anyway you take it the European
army nurse Belongs to a big. palpitat-
Inc machine that is fed by youth and
Srensth, | got into 1t by accident and
remained through a sense Of duty, for
q good knowledge of German and
rrench makes one invaluable as an
attendant in a hospital. and the three
languages kept my services in demand.
! pri1" my experience during the
month Il toni | have passed through
anu wouldn't dispose of it for any
'mouAj Of money. Nothing would
tempt Me 70 repeat it either. The
WORK t's added years and years to my
lie.
I'm I'D TO know ] was able to do
'ef :" title for the poor soldiers at a
Nme When nurses were at a premium
oecausc ,hcrc were so few in France.
nav No. conscientious scruples
aha'hsi leaving now, when the roster
. 'uI' "' names of women who have
~ 'eas' received some instruction in
"'uihs ~" wounded.
'ur 's'rnd hotel closed the last Of
"usus'' not because the rooms were
,"'p'y 0li because all the servants
were b. ans and had been called to
m"s sent 60 live in a villa by the
:, wa VIII 10 Bc.aian acquaintance who
AZ" E'"' 10 have my company, as she.
nervous 7 ''
"unh1'd SOD RS soon began to ar
Nv N great n3mbers. They did not
t.'o,h long. a. least those able to
wave After , few days each con-
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Caught In Ostend by the Sudden
Outbreak of Hostilities She
Volunteered Her Services

Among the Americans at 0stend last summer when the war be-
gan was a girl from Ohio. Though her friends sailed for the United
States by the earliest boat available, she chose to remain in Europe
and became a nurse in various army hospitals. She relates some Of
her experiences below,
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Work on the new home of the
w Harlem branch of the Y, w.
c. \. at the corner of Lemon
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-16
Mr.. ANDERSON COMES
BACK AT MR.. SCOFIELD

0cala, Fla, Jan. 16, 1915.
Mr.. G.. w. Scofield, Inverness, Fla.
Dear Sir: In your letter of the
14th inst, a part of which was pub
lished in one of the 0cala papers Of
yesterday. you make the admission
that you are guilty of the shameful
proceedings through which a court of
justice was used to crafty private
malice. You sat silent in the court
room on january 4th when this dis
reputable piece of your handiwork as
state attorney was expunged from the
public records by order of court. After
remaining in Ocala more than two
weeks without reply or action in re-
Spouse to my letter written you as
long ago as December 23rd, 1914, you
must get back home before you can
muster courage to say anything, and
then you, a public officer, resort to
cheap billingsgate and slanderous IN
situations. As in the grand jury. pre-
sentiment you again try to create the
belief that someone, and presumably
myself, had stolen court file. When
you wrote this you knew that no court
file was missing in the case in ques-
ton. There is not one particle Of
truth in, or basis for such statement.
The court records conclusively show
this.
You now pretend that there was q
bona fide investigation by the grand
jury, when the fact is that you,
willing catspaw of others, merely con-
trived baseless attack on me, while
you and your coadjutors were hiding
behind the supposed secrecy of grand
jury proceedings.
Since you have made the admission
that you wrote this report of the
grand jury, it viii be necessary for
me to bring suits for the purpose Of
delving further into this petty scan
dial, and of exposing to light the
methods whereby you, an officer
charged with enforcing law and pro-
noting justice, have brought dis
grace upon the Office of state attor-
ney. In these actions witnesses viii
be summoned who can testify as to
the origin and purpose of this despic-
able scheme of petty malice, and all
the facts will be unearthed.
Yours, ETC., r. L. Anderson.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-16

President Meffert and Secretary
Rooney are already making plans for
the next Marion county Fair. Several
of our business men have needed the
Stars advice about making exhibits
at the fair and signifed their inten-
ton to do so, and others will follow.
A number of the country people have
also been heard from, and unless cir
cumstances beyond human control are
against US, we will certainly have an
excellent fair. The thing to do is for
US all to get busy at once and keep
busy until the fair opens; then we
will be able to stand back and watch
ourselves go by.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-16
THE CADILLAC EIGHT IS HERE

Messrs. knight & Lang, local dis
tributors for the Cadillac automobile,
received yesterday the first of the
new 1915 model, eight-cylinder Cad
lilac cars that has been owned here,
and the second one seen in the city as
fer as we know. The eight will be
here very few days only as several
prospective customers have their eyes
on it, so if you want to see it, ride in
it and have it explained to you, call at
the firms place of business, north
side of the court house square, where
you can have its many merits explain
ed to you. This car is said to be the
very latest thing in automobile con-
struction. The motor is V-shaped,
four cylinders to a side, the car is no
higher in price than the Fights have
been, it is lighter in weight and
lighter consumer of gasoline. Tt will
climb a, steep hill or take the deepest
sand in high, throttled as low as two
or three miles an hour. The lighting
system and electric starting device
cannot be improved, and the top is the
slickest thing you ever saw-one man,
the driver, without leaving his seat,
can put up or take down the top of a
seven-passenger car. See the Cadillac
eight at once, at Knight and Lang's,
# you are interested in the best car
ever made.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-16
ATHENIAN SOCIETY

The Athenian Society held its reg
ular meeting Friday afternoon. After
the minutes had been read and ap-
proved, the following program was
rendered:
Subject, Robert E. Lee.
Essay, Life of Lee-Sam Phillips.
Comments and criticisms on Lee.
Recitation, Apprenticeship Locke
Eycleshimer.
Sayings or words of R. E. Lee.
Reading of Lees letter to his son
Marguerite Edwards.
Defamation, Lees Farewell Adj
dress to His soldiers-Paul Folkes.
Paper-Cecil Jones.
Critic-Fanny Carlisle.
AS there was no other business to
come before the house, the society
adjourned to meet again january %.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-16

The governor has time to reply to
criticisms of some of his acts in Office,
but he has not yet gotten around to
telling why the managers of the state
industrial school for boys still retain
their Offices. The governor seems to
have very conveniently, for them,
forgotten the Mariana fire in No
vember and the resulting grand jury
presentment.- Miami Herald.
Seems to the Star that it would be
entirely proper for the governor to
say he is doing something, even tho
he may not say what he is doing,
This is not a case for sleuthing OF
gum-shoeing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-16
SEMI-ANNUAL ELECTION
OF BOY LIFE GUARDS

Last evening the Boy Life Guards
had an interesting meeting with ev-
cry member present, except one boy
who was out of town. This was the
meeting set for the election of Off
GERS and the following were chosen:
President, Norman Horne; vice pres
ident, Marshall earn; secretary,
Robert Blake; treasurer, Charles
Duval.
Much gratitude was expressed by
the members for the kindness of Mrs.
j. E. Chace in donating the use of the
room over the o. K. Teapot Grocery
for the purposes of the Boy Life
Guards work. Plans are under way
for the admission of another division
into the club soon.