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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-08-02
Don't Borrow Yours Neighbor's
Paper

Brownville BugIe.
There are still quite few i'm
portant persons in Brownville
and vicinity who are not reading
the Bugle, or who, if they are
reading it, are doing so at the
expense of some one else. If
such be the case, let them take
warning from the following dis
tressful tale which we have clip
ped from the editorial laments
of a brother editor. There's a
moral to the tale which the read
er will discover in due time.
Read on:
We once knew a man who
was too stingy to take the news
paper in his home town and al
ways sent over to borrow his
neighbor's paper.
One evening he sent his son
over to borrow the paper and
while the sou was on the way
he ran into large stand of bees
and in a few minutes his face
looked like a summer squash.
Hearing the agonized cries of
the son, the father ran to his as
distance, and in doing so ran in
to barbed wire fence, cutting
out a handful of flesh from his
anatomy and running a $4 pair
of trousers.
The old cow took advantage
of the hole in the fence. got into
the corn field and killed herself
eating green corn. Hearing the
racket, the stingy mans wife ran
out of the house, upsetting a
four-gallon churn full of cream
into a basket of kittens, drown
ing the whole flock. She slip
ped on the cream and fell down.
stairs, breaking her leg and a
$l9 set of false teeth. The baby,
left alone, crawled thru the spill
ed cream into the parlor and
ruined a $40 carpet During the
excitement the daught er eloped
with the hired man, taking the
family savings with them.
The moral is that every man
should be a subscriber to his
home newspaper.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-08-02
Griggs Writes of the Rains in
the Mountains

Griggs Writes of the Rains in
the Mountains
Mr.. ]. L. Griggs, formerly of
Pageland but now of Plumtree,
N. c., writes The Journal about
the rain and the damage it did
in the mountains:
Just a few lines to let you
know what is going on I'D here
in the hill country. We have
had rain almost continuously for
the past two weeks, and on last
Sunday the Toe river reached
the danger stage so that many
families were compelled to de-
sert their homes and go higher
up the mountains. The Tar
Heel Mica company and the
Vance company were forced to
abandon work in the mills as
both are in the banks of the
river.
General uneaslness has been
felt by every class. even those
living high up on the mountain
sides. This danger is from land
slides. One of these highland
residents told me today that if
the rains begin to fall again he
would desert his home and the
country. expect there is wis
dom in his diclsion. Land slides
have been numerous. A dozen
or more occurred, to my knowl-
edge, Saturday night. the largest
of which was right here where l
am at the base of the Spear
Tops. 1t broke out about a mile
up the mountain and came down
with such force that trees two
feet in diameter were uprooted
and broken in pieces. One must
be familiar with such disasters to
realize the force with which they
come. There is something pc
culiar about them. Yesterday a
man told me he had seen one
burst out as he was standing at
the base of the Spear some years
ago. He said he heard a rumb-
ling noise like thunder, and
looking up the mountain he saw
a volume of water and dirt as
large as an ordinary house squirt
upward high above the trees and
fall back to earth and roll down
the mountain. The damage to
crops, dwellings, and highways
will OF course run into thousands
of dollars here. So far as 1 have
heard only one person has been
injured in this immediate section.
This one was a woman who
was struck by a rock or other
object when the chimney to her
house was knocked down by
timber broken off by one of the
land slides l have already men-
toned. She is said to be in a
very serious condition.
Jas. L. Griggs.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-08-02
Cotton Buyers Can't Be made to
Pay License

Sotton buyers IAN De made 10
Pay License II
From time to time the matterI
of collecting license from cotton
buyers arises. Some have said
1t is lawful, others that it is not.
Hon. G. N. Sapp, assistant attor4
ney general, in rendering AM
opinion on this subject for the
benefit of Wipnsboro and LansI
caster cites the following section
of the Code and comments there
on:
Section 2947, Code of Law Of
1912, Volume 1, provides as fol4
lows:
"Licenses-Purchase and sale.
of Cotton Exempt.-Said city or
town council may, and they are
hereby authorized annually to-
require by ordinance the pay-l
ment of such reasonable sums of
money as a license by any per-
son or persons, corporation or
corporotions, engaged or intend
ing to engage in any calling,
business, occupation or profess
sion, in whole or in part, within
the limits of said cities or towns,4
except those engaged in the CALI
ing or profession of teachers or
ministers of the gospel. Pros
vided, that said license shall be
granted according to the gross
income of the persons, firms or
corporations required to pay
such license, or upon the amount
of capital invested in said busi-'
ness. They shall have power to-
collect license or taxes from ALI
persons representing publicity:
within the limits of said city or
town, for gain or reward, and
plays or shows of whatever ma.
ture or kind soever; and said
city or town council are hereby.
authorized and empowered to,
give full force and effect to this
Section ard to punish delin.
quents hereunder: Provided;
that no city, town or village
within this State shall collect
any occupation license or tax
from any person or persons en-
gagged in the busines of buying
or selling cotton in bales or cot
ton seed in any such city, town
or village.
Nothing herein contained shall
apply to cities of more than So
600 population. This Act shall
not apply to the counties of
Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeblrg
or Greenville."
Mayors and councilmen of
municipal corporations have on
ly such legislative powers as are
specifically delegated to them
by the legislature, and | am of
the opinion from construction
of the Section above quoted that
an ordinance by a town council
seeking to impose an occupation
license or tax upon any person
or persons engaged in the busi-
ness of buying or selling cotton
in bales or cotton seed would be
null and void, as no such power
is granted them by the Legisla-
ture, but on the contrary it is
specifically provided that they
shall not have the right TO exer-
else such power.
Yours very truly,
G. N. SAPP,
Assistant Attorney General.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-08-02
Manhattan Shaken By Myste-
rious Explosions

Mdnn2ttnn Shaken by MySte-
rious Explosions
New York, July 30.-All Man
haitian Island. Brooklyn and cit.
les in New Jersey were shaken
shortly after 2 o'clock this morn
ing by a terrific explosion. Fran
tic effort were made by the po-
lice to locate the scene of the
evident disaster.
The most reliable report re
ceived up 10 2:3O o'clock was
that the Eagle Oil Works located
on a peninsula extending from
Communipaw, N. J., into New
York Bay, had blown up.
The force of the explosion
was so great that thousands of
heavy plate glass windows in
office buildings in lower Man.
haitian and Brooklyn were shat
tered. Streets for many blocks
in the downtown section were
literally strewn with broken
glass.
Thousands of persons swarm
ed into the streets in all parts of
the city from buildings, subway
exits and railroad stations, rum
ming about in panic. Many
women became hysterical. Po-
lice whistles were blown frantic
ally, but the police themselves
did not know what it was all
about.
The first explosion was follow
ed by a second at 2:39. slightly
less violent but which again
shook all New York and shatter-
ed many more buildings,
Nearly all the fire apparatus
in Brooklyn was called out in
the belief that somewhere in that
part of the city there was a great
-.fire. hui. nc, trace of one was to
be found.
Police headquarters in all bor-
oughs received reports of disas
tiers of all kinds both on the
New York and New Jersey side.
One report was that an oil ship
was blown up near the Statue of
Liberty.
A report received at 2:40 was
that several carloads of shrapnel
consigned TO the Entente Allies
and lying on the Black Tom,
where the Eagle Oil Works are
located, had exploded. So far
as known at the hour no one
had been injured.
Brooklyn police headquarters
reported that 10 persons had
been killed in an explosion in
the subway at Washington street
and Myrtle avenue but the re
port apparently was unfounded.
Flames which lighted the sky
for miles around apparently are
in the Black Tom district, near
Communlpaw, which is part
of Jersey City.
The New York telephone
company announced at 2:48 that
all telephone lines leading from
New York to nearby points in
Jersey City were blown down
and communication was almost
impossible.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-08-02
Assistant Attorney General.

Hostess (at party)-Does your
mother allow you to have two
pieces of pie when you are at
home, Willie?
Willie (who has asked for a
second plece)-No ma'am.
well, do you think that she'd
like you to have two pieces
here?"
Oh" confidently. she won't
care. This isn't her pie"
"How useless girls are today.
l don't believe they know what
needles are for"
How absurd you are, grand
ma," protested the girl. "Of
course, | know what,needleS arc
for. They're to make the graph
ophone play"
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Supreme Court Sets
Number of Gases

The Supreme court held a session
this morning, called the calendar and
set the following cases for trial on
the dates mentioned:
Nevada Industrial Insurance com
mission versus Washoe county
June y. 1916.
Loose versus Larsen, April Is.
State OF Nevada versus Wells and
James Steel, May 10.
Piecetti versus d. c. Wheeler
April p.
c. O. Burkett, disbarment, June 2
Gordon Baily, disbarment, June 2
Clock versus Elgers, May ).
Nevada Telephone company versus
Nevada Tax commission, June %.
Clay versus Scheeline Banking cor
poration, April 20.
F. Raffetto Of Carson City, Henry
Gordon Pray OF Fernley, Leo Walter
HARRINGTON of Tonopah, and Milton
William Kelley of Paradise Valley
are taking the bar examination to-
dav.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Attorney General Renders Opinion
In Application of Eight Hour Law

Some time ago the American Car
nara Marble company asked Labor
Commissioner Wallace, if the eight
hour law for mining applied to QUAR-
rying, and the question was submitted
by Mr.. Wallace to Attorney General
Thatcher for an opinion. The opinion,
which sustains the stand taken by
the labor commissioner, is as follows:
Carson, March 30 1916
Hon. w. +. Wallace, Labor Com
missioner, Carson City, New.
Dear Sir: | am in receipt of your
verbal request as to whether the eight
hour law applies to men working III
marble Quarries.
Section 6557 Of the Revised Laws
of Nevada, 1912, provides as follows:
THE period of employment Of
working men in open-pit and open
cut mines shall not exceed eight
hours in any twenty-four hours. ex-
cept in cases where life or property
is in imminent danger"
The question involved is whether
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03

marble quarry is an open-pit or
open-Cut mine.
In 27 CYC at page 531 is found the
following:
The primary meaning of the word
mine standing alone, is an under
ground excavation made for the pur-
pose OF getting minerals; pit or ex-
cavation in the earth from which
metallic ores or other mineral SUBJ
stances are taken by digging. 1t is
also extended to a quarry or place
where anything is dug
Again on page 532 of the same
volume OF CYC we find the follow
ing:
Mineral is not confined to metals
only, but primarily means all sub
stances other than the agricultural
surface OF the ground-such as stone
or clay
In the case Of Hendler VS.. Lehigh
Valley r. r. Co., 200 Pa, St. Rep. 200
the court held that marble was a min
eral. Also in the case OF Ruttledgc
VS.. kress, II Pa, Supr. Ct, Rep
100, the superior court held that
building stone was a mineral within
the statute. The reasoning in these
cases is to the effect that substances
valuable for building purposes are
minerals.
Under the laws OF the United
States land chiefly valuable for build
ing stone are permitted to be locate
as placer claims, and this would indi-
cate that quarries are to be con-
sidered as mines.
| am, therefore, of the opinion that
the eight hour law applies to men
working in marble quarrries in this
state. Yours very truly,
GEO. B. THATCHER,
Attorney General
On the receipt of Attorney Gen
eral Thatcher's opinion in the mat
ter the labor commissioner directed
the following letter to the marble
company at Carrara:
To the American Carrara Company
Carrara, Nevada
Dear Sirs: Referring to your let
ter of March II, in which you state
that you cannot see wherein the eight
hour law for mining applies to quar-
rying, | will say that | have given
the matter careful attention, and tool
it up with the attorney general, re
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Daney Tunnel Means Much for the
Mines In Vicinity of Silver City

now being worked are holding out
in splendid shape.
The Buffers milling plant, located
in Six-Mile canyon, will start up
again this month, which will add all
other 100 men to the payroll of the
camp. Then there is the Daney tun-
mel project, the completion of which
means added life to the camp of Sill
yer City, and if reports are true,
work will soon be started. The
Daney tunnel is located between
Mound House and Dayton and is
now in 1000 feet; it is planned and
surveys have been made to continue
it through and under Silver City ana
unwater nearly all the properties
in that camp and when completed It
will be 10000 feet long. Something
like 100 mining properties in that
section will be benefited. Quite
number of good properties i'll Silver
City have only a depth of 800 to sou
feet and are in good ore, but the
water problem has been too expen-
sive to cope with. With the Daney
tunnel completed all these properties
can be unwatered and worked TO
much greater depth and the produc-
ton Of ore increased many fold. be-
sides making it a busting mining
camp, which will naturally help Vir-
ginia City and that entire section.
With silver at the present price
and all ind cations pointing to a
higher figure, all metals command
ing a good price and the demand in
tcreasing every day, the opportunity
is at hand and the people up there
are fully advised OF the fact that now
is the time to vigorously push ~
completion some of their projects
and mining propositions that have
lain dormant for years. 10 all ap-
pearances an optimistic feeling ex-
lists, and from those Who are in
position to know The Comstock,
Silver City and adjacent camps viii
witness a wonderful revival in the
mining and milling industry this
coming summer.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03

questing an opinion on the subject.
You will find enclosed herewith a
copy of the opinion of the attorney
general in the premises, from which
you will see that there can be no
doubt that your company is engaged
in mining You therefore come under
the provisions of section 6557, Re
vised Laws OF Nevada, 1912, and un-
der the same will have to restrict your
employees to eight hours work per
day.
In regard to channellcrs, you may
work as many shifts as you choose,
but they must be eight hour shifts.
There is no general eight-hour la"
in this state. The only enactments
on the subject relate to mining and
public works, and an investigation
could be brought about only by pro-
ceedings in court testing the consti-
tutionality OF the law and the exact
scope OF its application. Such pro-
ceedings would be quite expensive,
and the matter would be hotly con-
tested
In view OF the foregoing you are
hereby instructed to coHply with
provisions Of section 6557, Revised
Laws of Nevada, 1912, requiring an
eight-hour day Yours very truly,
w. w. WALLACE,
Labor Commissioner.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03

According to reports that come
from we'll informed mining men
operating in and around Virginia
City that section Of the state is go
ing to be quite active and prosper
Gus this summer. On the Comstock
the mines are looking better, partic-
uIarly the Union and Sierra Nevada
properties, and from official sources
it is learned that the ore bodies
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Making New Citizens

Judge Emmett Walsh of GoldfielG
is visiting his mother and, brother i'll
Carson. He has been holding court
IN different places in the state for
the purpose of naturalizing some. OF
the foreign residents OF Nevada and
will leave this evening for Reno to
hold court tomorrow.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
British Reports Indicate Ten Were
Killed, Eleven Injured and No
Military Damage Done--Six Air.
craft Participate In Attack On
Scotland

ed that ten were (ilfed and eleven
injured in last nights Zeppelin at
tack on the Scottish coast A lone
Zeppelin made separate raid on the
eastern counties of England, but
there were no casualties. The six
Zeppelins which participated in the
Scottish raid dropped bombs, but did
no military damage.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Will Visit Carson

Mrs. Marie Burdick, worthy ma
tron Of the Eastern Star, arrived IN
Reno last evening from Tonopah,
and will be the guest of honor at a
meeting OF Reno chapter, No. IS,
this evening. While in this section
Mrs. Burdick will pay official visits
to other chapters, visiting the Car
son chapter either the 9Th or 10th
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Thorough Search of Guerrero Dis
triCt Fails to Reveal His Presence,
But Army Men Are Betting He
Will Be Captured or Killed In
Ten Days
(By United Press]

Ell PASO, April 3,-Army officers
fear that Villa has eluded the Ameri-
cans. If further search in wild hid
ing places does not reveal him, the
americans will invade the Parcial dis
trict 1t is believed that possibly he
is hiding there hoping to get re,
cruits Every foot of the Guerrero
district has been searched by the cav
airy, General Pershing taking per
sOnal command.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
DANIELS Fhv0RS GOVERNMENT
OWNED ARMOR PLATE FACTORY

naval effects during the administra-
tion?" Daniels said he knew moth
ing OF it, When asked if the speci-
hcations of our 14-inch guns were
sent to Germany, he replied they
were not" Daniels said he favored
the passage of the armor-plate bill,
saying that private dealers would not
produce plate without large profits,
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Jury Could Not Agree

by OhlISu Sool
OROVlLLE, Cal, April 5.-The
jury in the Slaughter case appeared
at GAS this morning and told the
court it was impossible to agree.
Judge Gregory discharged them. 4
retrial OF tie case has been set for
April 1lth. The jury was out forty
three hours The foreman alter
wards said verdict of guilty would
have been unanimous if they had
lad the assurance Slaughter would
be placed on probation.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Will Defeat Garrison Plan
TBv United Press1

WASHINGTON. April 3.-The
senate today adopted Cummins'
amendment to the Chamberlain army
bill, providing for militia officers to
serve on the army general staff.
This action is interpreted as fore
casting the defeat of the Chamber
lain Garrison plan OF national de-
tense, consisting of a continental re-
serve army instead of militia.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Betting On Villas Capture
[By H. D. Jacobs]

DUBLAN, April 3.-Army men
are betting even money that Villa
will be. captured or killed within the
next ten days. The pursuit is nea
ing climax. Large reinforcements,
including infantry, are going south
to cooperate with the central col
umn to clean up the bandits in the
Guerrero district
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Negro Gets His
TBy United PreSs1

Dy OTTIItU IUSST
ISABEL, OKLA, April 3-Oscar
Martin, negro, charged with Grim
inaI assault, was today identified by
lis victim i'll court The men in the
courtroom quietly seized him, hang
ed him in the courtroom, riddled his
body with bullets and dispensed.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Germans Make Two Mile Advance

by United Pressl
PARIS, April 3.-Violent counter
attacks have halted an offensive by
10000 Germans who were apparently
attempting to drive southwark and
surround Vaux. The Germans bonn
barded Harcourt and Esne and the
French shel!ed them from Hill 3O4.
The Germans advanced along a two
mile front yesterday.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Submarined Without Warning
JRv TIuited precc1

LONDON, April 3.-It is announc-
ed the liner Achilles was submarine
ed without warning. -Four of the
crew are believed to have perished.
The commander and sixty of the
crew and passengers landed safely
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
To Reorganize Aviation Corps
[By United Pressl

WASHINGTON, April Steps
preliminary to the reorganization of
the array aviation branch are seen in
Secretary Bakers announcement to-
day. Colonel Squer, military attache
at London, will return to join the
signal service
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
.BY VIOLENT COUNTER ATTACKS.
FRENCH HALT GERMAN OFFENSIVE
Latter, However, Make Advance
On Two Mile Front--Dunkirk Is
Visited by Zeppelin Eight
Bombs, Kills Two People and
Injuries Four

to the Allies threat to violate neu-
trality. The Dutch minister OF war
was interviewed at Amsterdam and
limited that some power had suggest
ed that Holland demobilize.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The
president is rapidly accumulating evil
dcnce tending to indict Germany fol
the recent attacks of unarmed ships
in the English channel. New affida-
Wits have been received, strengthen
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
WORLD EVENTS

He was captured shortly after. He
be ard bill. He disguised himself by
pasting stuffing from an auto cushion
Oh his chin for whiskers.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
by United Prcss1

WASHINGTON, april 3.-The
house naval committee today cross,
examined Secretary Daniels, Con-
gressman Butler asking, "Do you re-
member giving the Russian govern
ment the design and specifications OF
cur l4-inch guns, armor and other
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
TBy United Press1

PARIS. April Sit is announced
that Zeppelins raided Dunkirk last
night and dropped eight bombs. Two
were killed and four injured. 1t IL,
announced that French counter at
tacks gained ground last night in the
Cailette woods and at Fourt Douau-
mont.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
ACCUMULAT|NG EVIDENCE THAT
GERMAN DIVER SANK SUSSEX

ing the administrators opinion that
the Germans summarized the Sussex
and other vessels. The situation is
called very serious" The cabinet
tomorrow will consider the proof
that has been accumulated.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
Clara KimbaIl Young
Wednesday at Grand

The many admirers Of Clara KIM
bail Young will be pleased to learn
that the Nevada home girl and the
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-04-03
TBv Urited Pressl

fBV UT1ted PTeSSI
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The
Brandeis Subcommittee this morn
ing reported to the senate judiciary
committee in favor of confirming
Brandeis for the Supreme court ap-
pOintment