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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08

No wonder people at the be-
ginning of the war began to ask
how an all.wise Creator could
allow such a monstrous inius
tice, for it looked as if all civili-
zation was to be ground under
the iron heel of Prussian mill
tarism. But gradually but sure
ly the latent vlrility of the free
nations asserted itself until by a
word in arms, vowing her de.
struction and punishment.
No wonder she IS desperate;
no wonder she resorts to every
vile trick to try to evade the
doom which is in store for her.
Little did she dream that the
Frankenstein war monster which
she had built up with such pa
tience and ingenuity was to turn
and vent its vengeance on her.
She believed that the shafts of
destruction which she had called
forth would strike only others,
but they were colossal boomer
angs which recoiled on herself.
Premier Lloyd -Georgy in a
speech The other night said:
I'VE have driven the great army
of Germany underground.
When a great army is forced to
such tactics it is the beginning
of the end; it means that we are
pounding a sense of inferiority
into every part of the German
military mind. This is good for
the war and it IS good for after
the war. AS long as the Prus
slams have an idea of superiority
in their minds, Europe will not
be a decent place to live in
peace. 1t will be easier after
this. The Prussian has many
virtues, but a sense of humility.
is never among them. But he is
now being taught the virtue of
humility, by fierce and reIent-
less lash"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
Will Spare no Step to Punish
Slackers

Washington, Aug. 4.-Regis-
tered men who resist the select.
We draft law face military
courtmartial for desertion and
the possibility of execution for
desertion in time of war. The
whole military and civil power
OF the federal government and
the civil power of States, cities
ct' counties will be employed to
bring them to book.
This was announced in a
tormal statement tonight by
Brig. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder,
provoss marshal general, in re-
sponse to reports from North
Carolina, Georgia and Okla
homa of anti-draft disturbances.
AS vet the power of the federal
government has not been in
voked by the governors of the
three States nor by the agents of
the department of justice. The
only official notice received in
Washington of the disturbances
was a telegram from the COVER
nor of North Carolina saying
the registered men of two town
ships in that State might refuse
IN a body to comploy with the
summons for examination.
No official word came from
Oklahoma. where the most
serious situation prevails. 1t
was believed the governor both
in his official capacity and as
the direct agent of the president
in the execution of the draft law
is confident order can be restor.
ed without military aid. There
will be no hesitation, however,
in employing federal troops if
they are needed.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
Beasley Gets the Puppy

For a few issues past John
Beasley's Sketches" in the Mon
roe Journal had been missing.
We were at a loss to know
where he had gone Sut in Fri
days issue, appeared the prob.
able explanation. He had been
attending a lying school, and
did not return until he had taken
post graduate course. AS evl
dence that he now holds the
championship in his county we
submit the following taken from
fridays issue of this Monroe
paper:
"The corn crop in this section
bids fair to be the best ever.
Much of the corn is about made,
and a few more rains will make
good corn in almost every field.
Never before has the writer
seen corn have as good color as
this season. Nearly all of it has
remained green from the ground
up, and a big long ear is on al
most every stalk, and on many
there are two.-Pageland Jour
nal.
"Such a report as this shows
that Editor Tucker is fast asleep
on the corn crop. Either he is
jealous of real corn growing
such as we have up here in
Union, or else he hasn't heard
of it. for if he had he certainly
would not have thought it worth
while to say anything at all
about his old crop. Why down
in Buford township, not far
above fuckers town, but IN
Union county of course, corn is
growing right. Down there the
otherday a boy climed corn
stalk to see how the corn was
getting along and now the stalk
is growing up faster than the
boy can climb down. The boy
is plumb out of sight. Three
men have undertaken to cut
down the stalk with axes and
save the boy from starvation. 1t
grows SO fast that they can't
hack twice in the same place.
The poor boy is living on moth
ing but raw corn and has al
ready thrown down four bushels
of cobs.
Wake up Tucker"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
Marshville Men Go On Trim

Monday morning automobiles
with North Carolina license
numbers began passing along
the street in front of this office,
and the thing continued so long
that we began to wonder wheth-
er all the Marshville township
citizens had become suddenly
patriotic enough to start for
Germany in a body or whether
they were on a peaceful mission
of seeing the crops and devour
ing the watermelons that are so
plentiful in this section. They
stopped here to get together,
and when we hoisted the white
flag and went out we found Zeb
Green in the crowd and knew
then that the mission was as
suredly peaceful. We learned
that the Gilboa Farmers Union
had planned an automobile trip
through two or three counties of
this State to see the crops, eat
watermelons, and learn what
they could by observation snd
Interrogation. They were head
ed especially for Coker's farm at
Hartsville.
A more progressive commun-
ity than Gi.boa would be hard
to find, and these farmers and
business men, numbering sixty
or seventy perhaps. are all wide
awake fellows who are able to
profit by example as we'll as
experience. They sell more
butter by parcel post than in
other community in the country,
perhaps, and they are breeding
fine cattle. We can not give a
report of the trip as we failed to
see them on the way back, but
it goes without saying that they
learned enough to pay for the
trip, though it is doubtful that
they paid for all the watermei-
ons they ate.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Baker
have returned to their home at
Lumberton, N. G. after visiting
the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charley Baker, for a cou.
pie of weeks.
The protracted meeting at
Center Grove closed last We'd
nesday. The pastor. Rev. eau.
die, was assisted by Rev. M.
Holmes. There were S access
ions to the church by Baptism
and 2 by letter.
Mr.. Myers, who died in a
hospital and was buried at
Chesterfield was a brother of
Mrs. w. P. Griggs of Mt. Croe.
han.
Mr.. James Donahue, who was
operated on in a Charlotte hos
pital for appendicitis, came home
Thursday and is doing nicely.
Mr.. Johnnie Threatt is at
home recuperating after an op
Grafton for appendicitis in a
Florence hospital. Mr.. Threatt
works in Bank in Cheraw.
Esq. Gulledge has new car.
He will try you and try his
Johnhenry.
Rev. Brown will commence
his meetings at Elizabeth and
Mt. Croghan next Sunday. IL
and , o'clock at Elizabeth and
4 and 8 at Mt. Croghan. Rev.
MIR. Sullivan will help in both
meetings.
Farmers say they are needing
rain for their corn very badly
and ii would do cotton good.
Mr.. Chalmers Atkinson of
Polkton, N. G. was visiting at
Mr.. Vester Atkinson's last week.
Ross Atkinson went home with
him Wednesday and returned
Friday.
Sunday school at 2:3O O'Clock
and preaching at $50 at the
Methodist church next Sunday
afternoon.
Our Mayor, MIR. TherrelI.
caught a coon with a gun on
his person Saturday and fined
him SIS. Ele paid up and was
rearrested by Sheriff Moore and
gave bond for his appearance
Tuesday. There are lot of
others that should be looked
after, to help break up this pis.
tol toting. Its dangerous.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
Anti-Draft Meeting is Converted
Into q Patriotic Rally

Monroe, N. c., Aug. 4.-The
proposed meeting of those who
objected to the sending of Unit
ed States troops broad to have
been held here today was called
off. There was considerable
excitement in Monroe when the
fact became known that there
was to be a meeting in the court
house at twelve o'clock of those
who object to the United States
sending troops abroad, unless
they volunteered to do so of
their own accord, the leaders
being of the opinion that such
was not constitutional.
All during tue morning people
from the country began to gath
er around the courthouse and
talked in groups, and at twelve
O'Clock the majority of the
crowd repaired to the court
house, looking for some hot
speeches. But after half an
houu's wait, it was apparent that
there would be no meeting.
1t was suggested that Attorn-
ey ]. ]. Parker. who is one of
the leading republicans in the
state. be asked to make a talk
and explain to the leaders that
the draft law as passed by Con.
gress was constitutional. Mr..
Parker consented to make a
speech, in which he explained
that while a republican at heart
he was with the President in
this crisis, and that he sincerely
hoped that the people of Union
county would back the Presi-
dent to the limit. He further
more said that the leaders of the
meeting had been mis- informed
about the constitutionality of
the matter, and from the ovation
he received when he finished,
it was evident that his patriotic
remarks had made a deep i'm.
preston on his hearers.
After Mr.. Parker had finished.
A. B. McCrorie, one of the lead
ers of the proposed meeting, an
nounCed that the meeting had
been called off but would be
held at later date. as he had
invited ex Governor Cole Blease,
of South Carolina, to be the
principal speaker today, but that
business engagement had pre-
vented him from coming. The
opinion seems to be that the
matter will be dropped, and that
there will never be a meeting.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08

NOntlnued from last week
J. d. Smith, clerk of County Board
E. R. Knight. salary
D. F. Brock, magistrate
T. w. Eddins, salary
Chesterfield Hardware Co., gang
John Ratcliff. gang
A. Sullivan. superintendent of county home
John Graves, gang
T. E. Mulloy, county commissioner
City Market, gang
F. M. Moore, constable
w. P. Oliver. gang
G. D. Gulledge, magistrate
R. A. Griffith, police
w. NJ Lee. magistrate
]. w. Brock, constable
T. w. Turner. magistrate
The Jeffersonian, printing
w. ]. Davidson. all
]. N. Davis. constable
G. H. Gulledge, r. & B.
S. B. Rodgers, magistrate
G. l.. Melton, rural police and constable
M, A. Kelly, constable
S. A. Teal, commutatlon
Redfearn-Rivers Co.. gang
9. r. Knight, commutation
P. G.. McLaurin, rural police and constable
+. X. Evans, magistrate
Bank of Chestersield, r. r. Coupons
Cheraw Chronicle, printing
w. f. Parker. Jail
Theo. Winburn, constable
w. ]. Odom. ordinary fund
Chesterfield Telephone Co., rent
The Chesterfield Loan & Ins. Co., bonds
II. K. Linton, commutation
r. A. Rouse, salary
]. T. Grant. Jail report
Stella Minis, demonstration
]. T. Grant, ordinary fund
J. G. Douglass, right of way for road
]. A. Turner, county commissioner
B. d. Burr, road wav
T. H. Douglass, magistrate
J. S. McGregor, gang
L. A. Campbell, gang
d, P. Douglass, salary
Continued on last pagel
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08

However, the less a man talks,
the more he doesn't have to ap.
ologize.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
Germans Thought That War
Would Be Over In A Few
Weeks

see the Huns crazed and smash
ed by the allies titantic pile
driver on the French front. 1t
is a Joy to have such diabolical
methods of destruction turned
on their creator.
The Germans believed absc.
lutely that they could start this
war and finish it all inside few
weeks, just as they did their ear
lier wars against Austria and
France. An American doctor
of German birth who was in
Berlin at the time the war broke
out informs us that he offered to
serve in the German hospital
service but was told that it
would not be worth his while,
as the war would "all be over
inside of three weeks"
The Prussian geniuses of
blood and iron planned that they
would pass right through Bel
gium unhindered, dictate peace
in Paris and secure an indem-
nifty which would make the war
the biggest success ever scored
in the robbery line. Such a
vast aggregation of warships,
airships. mines, big guns, ma
chine guns, poison gas genera
tors, flame electors. high explo-
sive shells, bombs and other en-
gines of des ruction had they
amassed in the course of many
years that these warlords never
entertained the slightest doubt
that they could blast their way
through to Paris.
They knew their neighbors
were not prepared and they be
lieved that victory was a fore
gone conclusion. They would
never have ventuted into the
struggle if they had even re.
motely imagined that their op-
ponents had any chance to win.
Every detail of their internal
plans was worked out in ad
vance.
They had tons of iron crosses
all made to distribute
to the soldiers who first
entered Paris, and Kaiser Viii
helm boasted that he would eat
his Christmas dinner there.
They even made the blasphem-
Gus claim that all this murder
and destruction was approved
by the Almighty.
But they reckoned without their
host. Little Belgium threw her
self into the breach and saved
civilization. The Prussian
hordes were held up till the
French and British could pre-.
pare; and now we see the advan-
tage swung to the allies side.
1t is now the German who
are having to stand up and
be blown to pieces and the
eternal justice of it is that they
are being blown to pieces by
the very same devilish means
that they themselves so cum
ningly perfected. They are
now having to take their own
medicine. War is being brought
home to them; not the offensive
war which they counted on:
not the war which was to saddle
all the misery on the other side.
but q defensive war in which it
is they who must bear the brunt
OF the suffering-a war which
strikes at their heart, and in
which they find themselves in
deed fighting for their very ex-
istance.
The mills OF the gods may
grind slow, but they grind ex.
ceeding fine. Strong men all
over the world are having their
faith in Providence revived be.
cause they see that the Almigh.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
Will Make Effort to Retake
Bagdad

Geneva, Aug. 5.-The Ger
mans and Turks are preparing
to make great effort to regain
Bagdad, according to Tie Seco-
10 OF Rome. General Won Falk-
enhayn, who commanded the
Austro German armies in Rou.
mania last year, has arrived at
Constantinople to take com.
mand of the forces being as
sembled.
The offensive, the paper SAYS,
will take place in the middle of
September.
Out at the front two regiments,
returning to the trenches, says
Answers, chanced TO meet.
There was the usual exchange
of wit.
"When's the bloomin' war 20.
in to end?" asked one north.
Country lad.
Dunno" replied one of the
south. shires. "We've planted
some daffydils in front of our
trench"
"Bloomin' optimists!' snorted
the man from the north. We've
planted acrOnSl"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
Taking Watson's Measure

Charlotte Observer
The Monroe Journal sizes I'D
Hon. Tom Watson in what we
believe to be clear light. 1t
states a manifest truth when it
says that Watson, "the mental
|pervert," is responsible for much
OF the talk in the South, es
pecially in Georgia. about the
constutionality of sending men
to France to fight. The Jour
nal quotes Doctor Johnson as
saying that ''patriotism is the
last resort of a scoundrel.
and thinks the constitution IS
the last resort of a crank like
Watson" The Journal judicial
ly holds that "the distinction
between being drafted in the
army to fight on our own soil
and to fight the same enemy to
prevent his getting on our soil, is
only a mental quirk which only
a busybody and a natural born
disturber like Watson would
bother to make. A hair splitter
is usually a time waster." 1t
seems to have come easy to The
Journal to find Watson's meas
ure. He is an infection in con
sideration of which the country
must have a feeling of sympa-
thy for Georgia.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08

Mrs. Ouackeness: Am yo'
dauehta' happily mar'd, SIstah
Sagg?
Mrs. Sagg: She shuah am!
Bless goodness. she done got a
husband dat's skeered to death
OBJ her!-Life.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-08
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-25
After Al Years of Solitary Confinement
Jesse Pomeroys Sentence Is Mitigated
(By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.)

der of two children, following a series
of degenerate acts which had terroriz-
ed the South Boston and Dorchester
districts of this city. He was sentenc-
ed to be hanged, but because of his
youth the sentence was committed to
solitary Imprisonment for life. On
September 7, 1876, he was placed in
his solitary cell at the Charles street
Jail.
Many Efforts to Escape.
But he did not drop out of the pub
lie eye. Reports of sensational at
tempts to escape. carried through with
patient ingenuity rarely found out
side of fiction, became public at fire.
quent intervals. His mother, until
her death two years ago, never relax
ed her efforts to secure his pardon
and was allowed to visit her son reg
ularly.
When Pomeroy began his sentence
he was poorly educated. Now he can
read in seven languages, and at the
age of 81 is studying Arabic, and has
been diligently studying law as it bears
on his case.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-25
CE ERMAN EDITORS
PRAISE PURPOSE
OF PRESIDENT 7
Few Discordant Notes Are
Heard in Newspapers of
kaiser's Empire on Pro-
gram for Enforcing Peace.

Berlin, Jan. "a (by Wireless to
Sayville) The newspapers comment
on President Wilson'S speech, and
virtually all of them appreciate the
presidents sincerity and exalted hu-
manitarian spirit. Thus the CON
servative Kreuz Zeitung calls the mes
sage IAN appeal to the conscience of
nations"
The Kreuz Zeitung says that Ger
many, having maintained peace for
more than forty years and having
now stretched out its hand for peace.
can, therefore, accept the appeal. 1t,
however, considers it doubtful wheth-
Ell Russia will accept the massage In
the same spirit, as alien races there
have in no way enjoyed safety of life
liberty of worship, or social evolution.
In addition, it points out, the peace
conditions as set forth in the entente's S
last note are hardly reconcilia BILE with
the presidents program, since they
contain, among others, annexation or
German territory, the annihilation
and partition of Austria Hungary and
Turkey, the surrender of the Ger
man merchant navy, and Germany's s
financial collapse.
Expresses DisapprOval.
The Overseas News agency quotes
the independent national Taeglische
Kundschau as saying that the ell
tente's note carefully avoided the
mention of Germany" substituting
the German nations" (peoples), as
if the German union had already been
annihilated against the will of the
German nation by brute force. The
Kundschau declares that President
Wilson'S efforts will be without, re-
suit so long as the entente insists
upon the continuation of the war
until Germany's annihilation."
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung objects
to the message and declares that it
was inspired by preconceived anti
German ideas and thSt the applica>
ton OF it's principles would mean the
destruction of Germany and her al
lies.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-25
SPANIEL TO TAKE
STAND IN DEFENSE
tss soen,No JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIssl

San Angelo, Tex, Jan. 24.-flarry
j. Spaniel, on trial here charged with
killing his wife, Crystal Holland
Spaniel, last July, at Alpine. Tex,
probably will take the stand in his
own defense tomorrow, according to
his counsel. The case against Span
ell, charging him with killing Lieut..
Col, NJ. c. Butler, of the Sixth cav
airy u. S. A., at the time Mrs. Span
ell was shot and killed, and set for
trial tomorrow, probably will be post
poned until next Monday.
Today's session was taken up with
reading of twenty-one depositions,
nineteen by residents of Hazelton, Pa,
Spanell's former home; one from El
Paso, and one from Los Angeles. All
the depositions tended to show the
defendants reputation was good. The
Hazelton dispositions included those
from preachers, physicians, doctors
and business men.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-25

quarters during the retirement of the
American troops, after which Maj.
Gen. John J. Pershing and his staff
viii proceed to the border at Column
bus, N. NJ, in the rear of the expedl-
tionary column.
Major General Pershing has per-
fected his plans for moving the heac,
within the next Two days, it was re-
ported, and 1t was considered prob
able that he had already sent advance
detachments there to establish the
headquarters camp, Quantities of
food, forage and firewOod were sent
to Ojo Federico today from Colonia
Dublan, according to this report. A
complete field bakery was set up there
two days ago, it was added and out
post troops near the communication
line were being concentrated there
preparatory to the general with
drawal.
El Valle (San Buena Nentura) was
permanently abandoned as an outpost
OF the American expedition at dawn
today when the Fifth United States
cavalry, which had been acting as a
rear guard for this preliminary with
drawal movement, cantered out of
the little adobe town and started
northward toward Colonia DubIan, ac-
cording to the messages received
here. Before leaving the cavalrymen
assisted the signal corps company to
dismantle the field wireless and re-
move the telegraph instruments from
the outpost headquarters after which
the building was wrecked. The Thir-
teenth infantry regiments, which We're
encamped at El Vale, left there sun
day morning for Colonia Dublan and
were reported TO have arrived there
together with the Charcos command.
Twenty-Five more patients from
the field hospital in Mexico reached
here today and We're entered at the
district base hospital at Fort Bliss.
These soldiers We're brought to CO.
lumbus, N. M, from the field hospital
abandoned and the equipment
brought to the border. They said
hundreds of trucks were plying be-
tween FL Vale and the border, haul
ing surplus supplies.
Army officers here tonight predict
ed that General Pershing would de-
lay his movement to the border as
long as possible. in order to give the
civilian refugees an opportunity to
get out of the evacuated zone before
the Villa followers could occupy it.
These officers say they do not believe
the de facto government will be able
to prevent this movement of Villa
followers because of shortage of
troops.
State department agents here said
tonight arrangements for placing Chi
nese refugees In the United States
immigration detention station had
been made.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-25

Boston, Jan. 24.--Jesse Pomeroy
who has been for forty-one years in
solitary confinement in the state
prison at Charlestown, was granted
equal privileges with other prisoners
by the state executive council today.
Convicted of murder at fifteen, Pom
eroy, two years later, was locked up
in a cell lighted from a window in the
ceiling, so that he might not gaze at
his fellow men. He was exercised
apart from the other prisoners and
barred. as far as possible, from human
Murdered Two Children.
Now. at the age of 81, Pomeroy
will move into cell where he can
see passers-by, will be allowed to ex-
ercise with other prisoners, sit with
them at church service, and at the
prison entertainments, and will be
given such light work in the prison
shops as his somewhat enfeebled
health will permit. Governor Mccall
announced tonight that he approved
the commutation.
Pomeroy was convicted Of the mur.