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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
County Seat News

Chesterfield Advertiser.
The lock on the big safe a,
the Farmers Bank baked. lasl
week and would not open. 1t
was necessary to move the
whole thing to the factory al
Richmond as there were no
crooks in town with a penchant
fer safe cracking. The cashier,
Mr.. D. H. Douglass, went along
to count the change when the
safe should be opened. 1t has
been decided to swap the safe
for a later model with a time
lock.
The parrot owned by Miss
Rena Cato has for the past week
caused scme excltment in the
neighborhood of the Chester.
field Hotel by taking TO the trees
and refusing 10 come down.
With the same suddeness that
he disappeared last week, MIR.
]. r. Abbott, former rural po-
liceman. reappeared in Chester.
field.
When told that many reasons,
dark and foul, had been assign.
ed for his sudden leave taking,
MIR. Abbott smiled and replied:
Let dogs delight
To bark and bite
For lis their nature to-"
Mr.. Abbott has been to Union,
S. c. looking after private busi-
ness and says he may have some
thing to say about the absurd
rumors floating around, at an
other time.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
The Purest Air We Breathe

The purest air we Breathe is
night air. Actual tests have
proved again and again that the
bacteria count in the night air is
much lower than that in the air
during daylight hours when the
activities of the world are at full
height and the maximum OF
dirt is active. Yet, despite this
demonstrated scientific fact, So
deeply rooted is the fear of the
cold, damp night air" that
thousands are fearful of letting
it into their sleeping rooms dur.
ing the winter months. OF
course, during the summer
weather the question regulates
itself, but during the winter the
hoodoo of the night air stalks
triumphantly. 1t would be anus
ing, if ii were not so serious,
how this nightair notion has got
deeply into the convictions of
people, and how difficult it is to
remove it. Instead of throwing
down a window and letting in
the pure wintry air, thousands
sleep in closed.window rooms
and breathe over and over the
vitiated air, rendered disease
breeding by the waste OF their
own bodies. 1t is little wondef
that we have so many "coldsJ4--
Ladies Home Journal,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
Former Dictator of Mexico Dead


Ell Paso, Jan. 13.-Victoriano
Huerta, former dictator of Mexi.
CO, died here tonight.
Gen. Huerta died at his home
at S:55 o'clock.
Gen. Huerta, who succeeded
Gen. Francisco /. Madero in
executive power in Mexico City
and later left Mexico. died of
sclerosis of the liver. He was
surrounded by his family when
the end came. His death was
not unexpected. Funeral ar
rangements are to be made to.
morrow. 1t is believed an eff
fort will be made to arrange for
his burial in Mexico.
Victoriana Huerta was born
in 1857 of aristocratic parentage.
In 1857 he entered the govern.
ment military college at Chapul-
tepec. At this institution he
spent four years, and after his
graduation in 1879 at once ioin.
ed a coast regiment. From this
year till 1891 but little is known
of his life, which was spent in
routine military service, in which
he had attained the rank lieu
tenant colonel and the command
of a military station in the in.
terror of the country. In this
post he became conspicuous for
his success in putting down the
br1gands who at this time in
tested the country. His work
came to the attention of Presi.
dent Diaz, who called him 10
Mexico City. On his arrival, il
is said, Diaz offered him what.
ever post In the war department
was most 10 his liking ~
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
He Did Not Run.

Lumberton RobcrSonian.
HE is not of the running
kind" was the remark one of
the promoters made about Ger
tain young man from the country
this morning. However, there
seems to have Deen some tall
running done last night. The
way it happe.led:
Some of the boys about town
decided to have little race
from the young man from the
country. Some of the BOYS,
quite a number of them, went 10
the park about a mile from town
and hid themselves, while an
other of the "gang" fooled the
young man from the country up
to that particular place. When
the hidden bunch dashed for the
young man from the country nc
said mo, III not run," but in.
stead he pulled out a knife not
more than q quarter of an inch
shorter than the law limit for
knife. He threw his arm around
the neck Of one of the bunch
and the others thought that he
was being cut to pieces by the
man who it was supposed,
would run for his life. How
ever, he was rot knitted, but did
some pitifu] begging, it is said.
The other boys ran in different
directions, some Of them getting
scratched considerably by briars.
The young man came back to
town after all the other BOYS had
run the race and took his auto
and went back to hunt for the
one who had accompanied him
to the park.
The boys have had a few
good races out Of new ComerS 10
this way, but last nigh tic rGre
came the other way about,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
Liquor and BIockaders
Monroe Enquirer.

Monroe Enquirer.
Although the law allows only
one quart of liquor to be shipped
to a person every fifteen days,
1t is generally known that some
OF the people of Monroe and
vicinity found various means to
evade the law. One of the
favorite means of evasion was
to have a quart shipped to vari-
Gus places out side of Monroe
say one to Wingate, one to
Nashville and one to Waxhaw
which would give one four
quarts. The first cost of the
liquor and express added to the
livery hire in collecting the ship
ments from the above named
places. hits the boozers' pockets
pretty hard. Another favorite
manner for evading the law was
to take the train for Virginia
and bring back well-filled grips.
"A few persons were caught at
this game.
The Sanford Express relates
an ingenious way the blockaders
of that section have adopted for
carrying on their work without
interruption. They erect some
thing like four or five stills at a
time and bury or in some wav
conceal them all but one, which
is put in operation. If this still
is captured by the officers, the
blockaders will bring out an
other one and often start I'D
near where the first one was
captured, thinking that the Of
ficers will not return to that To-
cality any time soon. Every
time still IS destroyed another
one is brought out to take its
place. Were blockaders and
blind tigers to stick TO some
tisinnute business with the
same tenacity the ,lispia;ein the
making and selling of liquor,
they would make d howIing sue
cess.
We are told that one Union
county moonshiner operates his
still at night and sinks it in the
nearby creek during the day.
Others have adopted various
ShemeS to avoid detection.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
Didn't Know What Guano IL

DIDN'T Know What GuanO Ie.
Monroe Enquirer.
Guano is such an important
item in farming in this section,
that one would hardly think
that in the great farming state OF
Kansas it is not only not used,
but in some sections there are
some people in ignorance as to
what fertilizer is. Mr.. Clinton
Williams, who worked at Well.
ington, Kans., two years ago,
relates the following incident in
reference to the ignorance OF
some people out in that section
on the merits of guano:
"We we're busy unloading q
string of cars one night when a
couple of helpers came to four
bulky, suspicious looking sacks.
There was a great divergence
of opinion as TO what the sacks
contained. One fellow, who
had the job of carrying If into
the freight shed, exclaimed z Oh!
There's something dead in his
here sack
81 was so confounded .uaI
amused at their ignorance of
what is a farming necessity in
this part OF the country that |
reared back and roared.
4 when | enlightened them as
TO the contents of the sack, they
svere very curious as to its in
EredientS that they all gathered
around the sack and made a
very minute examination Of its
contents" ''''' '''
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19

United and enthusiastic effort.
We can discover men and won.
en- among us who have the gifts
OF leadership, we can discover
our ability to cooperate on a
matter of community welfare. If
we will do this it will be worth
ten times what it will cost us
and it may be the beginning of
great things for our town.
May we measure up to this
oppoFttulnity and to our ability to
meet,
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Cheraw News Notes
Cheraw Chronicle

Cheraw Chronicle
Hon. w. F. Stevenson has re-
signed as President of the Mer-
chants s. Farmers Bank and Mr..
ii. M. Duvall has been elected
In his place.
Chief Justice Gary has noti-
lied Col. Edward McIver that
he had been recommended to
hold the Charleston County
court to convene Monday. April
8. This court will probably last
four weeks. Col. McIver held
court in Spartanburg few
months ago and there he gave
such universal satisfaction that
his ability and fairness is extend.
ing to other quarters. After his
duties in Charleston are over,
he will go to Colletou county to
preside over the court of that
county.
Knowing Col. McIver as we
do we congratulate the people
of Charleston and Cclleton, that
they will have him to preside
over their courts.
One or more sneak-thieves are
at work in our town. Tuesday
night one entered Mr.. w. N.
Muuson's residence and relieved
him of his watch. The Gregory
residence on the same street was
entered on the same night, and
an attempt was made to enter
the home of Mr.. Henry McIver
the same night.
A negro man has been going
around the outskirts of the town
this week offering some very ex.
lpensive white goods for sale.
These had been washed but not
ullnuSS, Apparently they had
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19

|givenEto the municipal primary
this year. The primary was
held and only As votes were
cast.
The general election was
held Monday and a still smaller
number of votes were cast.
The following gentlemen
were the nominees of the pri-
mary and at the general election
were unanimously elected.
Mayor. A. Spruill.
Warden for Ward 1-W. L.
Gillespie.
Warden for Ward 2-J. L.
Anderson.
Warden for Ward ST. l..
ingram.
Warden for Ward IS. G..
Graham.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
Four Men Are Killed in Explo-
sion in Submarine

New York, Jan. 15.-Four
men were killed and 10 others
injured. five of them dangerous
ly, in an explosion which occurr-
ed this afternoon on the subma-
rine E-2, while the craft was
undergoing repairs in dry dock
at the New York Navy Yard.
One of the men killed was an
enlisted electrician and the other
three civilian workers. At least
three of the 10 now in the hos.
pitals are not expected to live.
Although the detonation was
terrific, the submarine itself,
from the outside, shows none of
the effects of the explosion, the
second fatal. accident of its kind
in the history of the United
States Navy. The interior appa-
ratus was badly sheltered but so
tight was the vessels shell that
there was no means of escape
for gas which accumulated and
it was more than an hour after
the blast before the work of re-.
covering the bodies could be
completen. A ladder was blown
up through the ceiling and fell
$50 feet away.
The injured men and one
body were removed soon after
the accident but three bodies far
down in the craft could not be
reached until the gas had been
blown out by compressed air.
Soon after the explosion severa;
naval officers lead a rescue par.
ty into the dry dock but were
partly overcome by gas fumes
when they attempted to descend
into the vessel. 1t was then that
compressed air pipes were run
into the shell and the gas forced
out.
Thenumber aemen inside the
submarine at the time of the ex
plosion is not definitely known.
About 20 were working on the
craft but all of them were not on
the underwater boat at the same
time. 1t is not thought possible
that any one who was inside
could have escaped injury.
What caused the explosion
has not been definitely decided.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19

"Woman's place Is the home,
AS | was telling my wife-""By
the way. Bill, what's your wife
doin' nowi" Workin' in the
eanuery," Buffalo Courier,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
Wanted. City Builders

Athens in the age of pericles
developed in many respects the
most wonderful city that has so
far existed in the world.
This was done because the
task of making a great city was
placed before that of individual
money getting. All the citizens
were often called to take part in
discussing the problems of the
city. Good CITY government is
one of the greatest powers for
righteousness at the disposal of
men. Every town ought to
have good city charter. There
ought to be copy of it in every
home, it ought to be a text book
in every school in the town.
Every citizen ought to know
what are the duties and respon-
sibiIities of the private citizen,
ought to know what are the du-
ties and responsibilities of the
town officials. The town itself
ought to be as well managed as
its schools or any private bust
ness in it.
Every town ought to have a
board or committee to look after
the health and sanitation, an
other to look after or take steps
to provide a park and a play
ground, another to look after the
amusement, recreation and edu-
cation of the people who are not
in active touch with the public
schools, and to provide some
form of social center that is de
signed to he more uplifting than
the saloons. 1t is just as import
ant to stamp out a moral poison
as it is to stamp out the contag-
ion of smallpox. 1t is just as
important to quarantine against
gambling as il is against scarle,
be satisfied with
things as they are is often the
worst kind of SIN. If the people
of our town could see clearly
what our town Is now, and put
that in contrast with the town il
would be if all our citizens
would unite in making it the
town it ought to be and might
become, they would weep over
it as Jesus did over Jerusalem.
The churches should keep to
the front all things that make
for the higher life of our town.
They should be a sort of John
the Baptist calling the people to
consider the great things of Their
own town and of the kingdom
of God.
There is coming to our town
a Booster Chautauqua in the
near future that will furnish us
an opportunity to begin to do
some of these great things for
our town. The first is to get to-
gether and make it a great sue
cess. We can do this by a
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
Uncle John Gets even With
His Neighbors.

always OcilcFc III Slttlu,
even," said Uncle John as he
stepped into our office and pull
ed out his check book" at least
If it's the sort o. g1tten' even that
don't leave you feelin' mean. It
was one of his ne;ghbors who
got me all stirred up by readen'
that doggone paper O. yours, and
now I'm gittin' square with the
world by turnen' it loose tn two
more new homes. Gee whiz!
Them sleepy fellows don't know
how much dynamite I'm goin'to
put under 'em!"
"Ycu know how l got started
with you wuz that one of the
neighbors that you had got stir
red up KEEP pestersn' me to take
the paper. Last time he tackled
me wuz comm back from meet
in. No, l SAYS, I amt got no
use for this book business. we'll
| dunno about that he says, did
Mt the Lord Almighty set a sort
O example about books by put
tin his teachings where we
could read 'em? We'll, that
kind O. shut me up for a minute;
an then he went on, What's
more he says, did y'ever look
over the country and think about
the folks in business and all lines
o work, an see whether its the
folks who read books and papers
most or the folks who don't read
EN- at all, who seem to be maxi
IN the most money and havin
most influence?"
"Ez l say. that kind'o' laid me
out; but right then a Scripture
notion struck me that l thought
would put the fixins' on him|
Well says l, you heerd th@
preacher read just now how .ths|
Lord said a teller ought to- ma :
his Irwin by tffe -sweas as
brow, and ] guess you can'f I'M
prove on that.
Exactly, says he, exactly.
But fellow Graham pointed out
tother day that the Lord didn't
say sweat O. your brow and a
mans brow is where his brain is
So l figure it out that while we
We got to sweat a lot with our
muscles, if we don't do a little
sweatin' from the brow with
real brain exursion, we're not
likely to make much. AS Zeb
Green says, a feller's got to use
his head for some'n more'n a
hat-rack."
well, seed the feller wuz
really right, an that a good pa
per or book is really needed to
feed a feller's brain the same as
meet and bread feeds his body
We'll, take that dollar an sh ut
up says l. An now, us l say. I'm
trying to get even on two O. the
other neighbors." Progressive
Farmer.
The Purest Air We Breathe
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commissioner b. Watson is
expected. One will be boosters
day and Governor Manning or
some other prominent man will
be here.
The season tickets, good for
the entire series. sell for only
$l.5O for adults and $l.OO for
children under ID. Reserved
seats will cost so cents for the
season or Is cents one at time.
Single tickets will sell for so
and Is cents at night, IS and IS
in the day.
Watch this paper for further
announcements
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-01-19
Work for Chautauqua February
3, 4 and 5th.

The booster club was organ
lied Thursday night for the pur-
pose of arranging for the 3.days
Chautauqua to be held in the
auditorium of the Pageland grad
ed school building on February
3, 4 and 5th. u. B. Harrington
was made president; A. F. Fun
derburk, sec. and treas; L. ].
Watford, ]. d. and H. B. Red
fearn members of the executive
committee.
Two active clubs, the blues
and the reds, were organized
later. ]. D. Redfearn, for the
blues. is assisted by Miss Sallie
Blakeney, Mrs. A. G. Douglass,
Mrs. Thos. Duncan, Miss Sallie
McColl at Mt. Croghan, D. B.
Harrington and DR.. r. L. Nc
Manus. H. B. Redfearn, for the
reds, is assisted by L. ]. Watford,
A. F. Funderburk. Miss Nellie
MangLm, Miss Nora Boggan,
Mrs. Blanche Moore at Jeffer-
son, and Miss Maude Funder-
burk at Dudley.
These committees began work
Friday and up to the time this is
written a great many season
tickets have been sold, not only
to the people in town but
in the country and at nearby
towns. The members of these
committees are live wires, just
the kind to make Pageland's
chautauqua a great success.
The chautauqua will last three
days, and there will be three at
fractions each day, one in the
forenoon, one in the afternoon
and one at night. One day will
be educational day, and State
liSS-ient Swearingen is
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-02
At St. Margaret's Church.
 We decided to make the long jol ney down to St. Margaret's church, , joining the abbey. The preacher the day was Canon Murray of Johns college of Winnipeg, n among the auditors I saw one of { wardens of the St. Johns cathedral Sheriff Inkster.
 St. Margaret's does not make {
TRADITIONS OF DOG DAYS"
Superstition Concerning These Has Been Generally Prevalent Through
 out the Centuries.

The "dog days" when excessive heat is supposed to prevail, begin July 3, ac- cording to the ancient reckoning, and continue to August II. All sorts of traditions and superstitions are con nected with this period. and various dates are also given.
 In some sections the dog days are said to begin on July 24 and to end op August "A, while still others at tribute the malevolent influence of the dog star upon the earth to the period from August to September 4, in ac- cordance with the ancient Egyptian reckoning As matter of fact, the rising of the dog star, Vanis Majoris or Sirius, has nothing to do with the affair at all. The rising of that star has been so accelerated by the pro- cession of the eQuinoxes during the passage of more than 2,OO0 years that the corresponding conditions for the eneient dog days no longer exist.
 In ancient times in the latitudes of
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-02
FOR THE NOVICE IN SEWING
Some Hints That May Be of Value to the Beginner in Home
 Dressmaking.

These few hints novice on sewing will do well to remember. If q spool unwinds too rapidly as the sewing ma chine is used, rub piece of soap across the surface of the spool of silk or thread. This will regulate the un- winding.
 Lamp wieking or cable cord will be found excellent for padding scallop that is to be buttonholed. It takes much less time than to stuff" the space with thread and needle.
 Button molds or disks of cardboards that are to be covered for the founda ton of bag or dolly case, will be more rapidly covered if the disks of the material are cut trifie larger than the pattern and overcast eoarseiy with q stout thread. This thread is then drawn up so that the material is taut over the mold and then fastened tight ly.
 In sewing buttons onto garments that are to have hard wear, always slip q pin across the face of the button and sew through the eye holes of the but ton over this pin. This allows sufficient play of thread to add to the life of the button.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-02
ENGLAND Il. URGE
 BLACKLIST RIGHTS
REPLY TO AMERICAN PROTEST RECEIVED AT STATE DE-
 APARTMENT.
SOME RELIEF IS OFFERED
England Takes the Position That Eng land Violates No Law When 1t Pre- vents Subjects Trading With En-
 emy-can Rule Own Subjects.

Washington.-Great Britain's note fin reply. to Americas blacklist was received at the State Department
 Arrangements regarding it's publi- cation will be made later It is under stood to reiterate the contention of the right to blacklist, but offers meth ods of relief to Americans in certain circumstances.
 The British note is in reply to the American note of July 2S, which de- nounced the blacklist as .'an arbitrary interference with neutral trade" and inconsistent with that true justice. sincere amity and impartial fairness which should characterize the dealings of friendly governments with one an- other"
 The names of some American firms already have been taken from the blacklist, and the British note is un- derstood to offer means of reviewing others
 The British note is understood to take the line of argument that it is unprecedented for a neutral to claim that belligerent should in effect com pei it's subjects to trade with the enemy and that it violates no law for the British government to prevent it's subjects from doing so.
 While the British government ad- mits the right of all persons in neu- tral countries to engage in legitimate commercial transactions, it argues that such a right does not limit the right of other governments to restrict the activities of their own nationals.
 The point at issue in the eontrover- sv is whether the nationality or the domicile of the owner of goods gives character as neutral or belligerent. Previously Great Britain and the Unit ed States have agreed that domicile was decisive, regardless of nationality. The continental European position has been that nationality was decisive. In the previous negotiations over the blacklist Great Britain took posi- tion between the two theories.
 The subject probably will be carried on in further diplomatic correspond ence.