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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
The Why of the Whereas

Ohio Stat" Journal.
Gov. Cox OF Ohio requested
Clerk of the House John r.
Cassidy to prepare bill which
he wished to call to the attention
of the legislature.
In time Cassidy. who is a
former probate Judge of Logan
county, returned to Cox's office
and showed him his draft of the
measure.
Did you ever sit down and try
to unravel the verbal yarn balls
known as revised" statutes?
It's some job, as anybody but a
Philadelphia lawyer will admit.
Jimmie scratched his head
John" he said languidly, 81 can
read everv word of this thing
but what in the world does it all
mean, anyway? Why don't YOU
write laws SO ANYBODY can un-
derstand emp"
We'll, governor, I'll tell YOU"
SAID the ex-probate judge. "Y'see,
If laws were written so the Law
mind could understand 'em, we
lawyers would starve 10 death.
That's why the alarums, excur.
slons, preludes. whereas's and
whyso's are put TO-"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
Greece Joins Foes of Central
Powers

Athens, June 29.-The Greek
government has broken dipIo-
matte relations with Germany,
Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey.
Though war has not yet been
declared, the Greek Govern,
ment considers that a state of
war exists since its advent to
power yesterday.
Greece's new course with re-
gard TO war began to be shaped
on June II with the abdication
of King Constantine and the
accession of Alexander, his
second son, as king. The abdi
cation was in effect
a dethronement of Con-
stantlne, whose pro-German at
tltude had given the entente
endless trouble and threatened
not only the success of the Sa-
loniki expedition but its safety
through danger of rear attacks
from a hostile Greek military
force. Decisive action by the
entent was long in coming but
was drastic when finally taken.
Eliptherios Venizelos, Greece's
leading statesman and fast friend
OF the entente. soon appeared as
the man TO take leadersip in
guiding greece back to her ira
ditional place by the side of
England, France and Servia. the
last her close ally whom she had
abandoned under Constantine's
coercion in Servia's hour OF
greatest need.
Signs that Greece would not
much longer maintain even a
nominally or benevolently neu
trail attitude towards the entente
in the war were in evidence sew,
eral days ago and recent dis.
patches indicated that a break
between Greece and the central
ttpowers was imminent.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
Neutrals Supply Germany With
Food

Washington, July 1.-Evi-
dence that Germany is obtain
Ing vast quantities of food from
the European neutral countries
has been presented to the Uni
ted States by Great Britain for
the American governments gui-
dauce in determining an export
policy. Much of this, the Brit
ish statistics pueport to show, is
replaced by the neutraIs with
imports from America.
From Scandinavia and Hol-
land, the information sets forth,
enough fat is going into Ger
many to supply 7, 100000 soldiers,
virtually the entire army of eff.
fectives in the empire. German
imports from these countries, it
is declared, reduced to calories
will equal the total ration of
2.5OO.O0O troops, the size of the
German army in the west.
German purchases of food
stufls abroad are made through
the government department of
the interior. which has organ
lied a special division to buy
from the neutrals. In the early
days of the war. the German
government stimulated importa-
ton of TODD by excluding i'm
ports from operation of maxi
mum price laws, but this drew
such a vigorous protest from
German producers and prac-
tlce was stopped.
Now the German authorities
are said to be using coercion,
exchanging for foodstuffs bought
In the neutral countries coal and
other commodities necessary for
maintenance of the neutral in
dustries. To some extent, these
coerclons have been recognized
by the British in the operation
of their blockade. but with the
entry of America into the war,
the British believe an arrange
ment can be made for supplying
the neutrals with most of their
necessary requirements from the
allied countries.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
$1.OO per year
What Northcliffe Thinks

Lord Northcliffe, inconoclaSt
OF the British bureaucracy which
threatened the efficiency of tic
British war machine, has a repu.
tation in England as a blunt AMI
fearless speaker, fortnight and
vigorous, but always sure of his
ground. What Lord Northcliff1
tells the American people, then,
should be accepted with due con
Slderation. When he tells them
that the war is going to be Il
hard one, that they may have to
exert every bit of their strength
to gain the victory the worlds
freedom demands. his words
should have weight.
Lord Northbliffe but corrobo-
rates the advice of our own
statesman, soldiers and econo.
mists. who have warned the
American people above all
things not to expect too easy a
victory. He is 10 alarmist,
clamoring to the world of The
lnefficiencv of all things Ameri-
can and governmental such as
those weeping prophets who
have afflicted us through the
medium of the magazines which
think and almost style them
selves as the saviors of America.
He has faith in the strength and
determination of America to
work out the worlds safety even
even from the tangled woof of
thin red threads.
The genius of British Journal
ism sees and marks the things
that make America formidable
to the foes of democracy. He
also sees the difficulties which
beset this country in coming to
war footing. But evidently he
has confidence that the brain
and heart and sinew of America.
once America wakes to the ma
ture of the task before it, will
make good in this war as they
have made good in industry and
philanthropy and science. And
the opinion of this British jour-
nalist is worth something.
But America can not sleep
and justify his good opinion.
America must be awake every
minute to the gigantic proper.
tions of the crusade of freedom
on which it has embarked.-The
State.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
Candidate Who was Defeated
Has Long List of Losses

"A Reader" whose postoffice
address is Ladonia, Texas, sent
the following to The Journal:
"A defeated candidate gives
the following inventory of his
campain losses.
Lost four months and twenty
three days canvassing,
Lost l,349 hours of sleep
thinking about the election.
Lost 43 acres of corn and a
whole sweet potato crop.
Lost two front teeth and
whole lot of hair in personal
encounter with an opponent.
Donated one beef, four shoats
and five sheep to a country bar
becue.
Gave away two pairs of sus-
penderS, four calico dresses, S.
and thirteen baby rattlerS.
Kissed 126 babies.
"Kindled fourteen kitchen
fires.
Put up eight stoves. cut four
teen cords of wood and carried
twenty four buckets of water.
Picked nine bales of cotton,
gathered seven wagon loads of
corn and pulled 476 bundles of
fodder.
"Walked 4,O76 miles. shook
hands 1886 times, told l0,101 lies
and talked enough TO make in
print 1000 volumes the size of a
Patent Office report.
ATTENDED sixteen revival
meetings, was baptized four diff
ferent times by immersion and
twice some other way, contrib
uted $50 to foreign missions,
made love TO nine grass widows.
Got dog bit thirty-nine times
and tbenu~got defeated" "-@EX,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
A Whopper

The story below is from the
Marshville Home, and Mr..
Green says another man told
him:
Two negroes were straining
themselves TO get off the biggest
warn. u caught a bushel of
mountain trout as fast as / could
bait my hook and they got to
biting the hook without any
bait on it, said one negro. The
other negro replied: "Why, Joe,
little fish like mountain trout
don't peal to me. l always goes
in fur bigger fish. They tol' me
about a big fish that had been
using down in the Chesapeake
bay and he'd bite off lines big as
a plow line and git away. l
told 'em | believed ] could fetch
him. | went out and had a
hook made at the blacksmith
shop out of piece O. steel bout
as big as yo' wrist. | tied it on
the end of a two inch rope
The kind you move houses with.
l made sure my boat was an
chored down good and fast and
then 1 throwed the hook in.
No sooner than it hit the water
dat big fish grabbed it. He
snatchcd that anchor up and
made across dat bay SO fast that
anchor goi right red hot in the
water. When he got to the
tother side he snapped dat two
inch rope off quick as YOU could
BAT YOUR eyes and jumped over
a island into another body of
water and got away" That
other negro who had been listen
ing with wonder exclaimed:
"Why, Bill. dat wuSn't a fish,
dat mus o been a whale" mo,
IL wasn't whale either" re
sponded Bill, Il had me hook
baited with q whale"
Vlsitor-My good man, you
keep your pigs much TOO near
the house.
Cottager-That's just what the
doctor SAID mum. But | don't
see how it's agoin' to hurt EN-!
Punch.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
Four Killed In Seaboard Wreck

Raleigh, N. c., June 3O.-G. S.
Jacobs, twenty years old Sea
board Air Line railway telegraph
operator at Franklinlon, N. c.,
under arrest charged with man
slaughter in connection with the
deaths of four trainmen in a
head-on collision between two
fast freight trains near Franklin
ton early today, was in the Wake
county Jail in this city tonight,
having been brought here for
safe keeping. Jacobs, earlier in
the day. was convicted in the
mayors court at Franklinton of
drunkenness and disorderly con
duct.
Although no threats against
Jacobs were made openly at
Franklinton, feeling was said to
be high, and the authorities
deemed it best to remove him to
Raleigh.
Both engineers, H. Gaskins,
of Portsmouth, Va, and Samuel
G. Linkous, of Raleigh; Fireman
0. L. Wells, of Raleigh, and
Brakeman George Napier of
Richmond. white, were killed,
and John Smith, negro fireman,
and T. o. Jones, brakeman, of
Raleigh, were injured.
The bodies of the trainmen
are buried beneath the debris,
and it is regarded as doubtful if
they ever would be recovered,
as it was believed they were cre-
mated.
The authorities are holding
Jacobs responsible for the wreck.
1t WAS declared he failed to hold
the northbound train and deliver
an order annull1ng previous
order to meet the southbound
train at Kittrell, eight miles
north of Franklinton and max
ing the new meeting point.
The southbound train received
the new order at Kittrell, but
Jacobs, it is charged, failed to
hold the nortbound train at
Franklinton, and the two met in
a hollow. at the bottom of two
hills. on sharp curve about
three miles north of that point.
Railroad men described the
smash-up as one of the most dis
astrous freight wrecks in the his
tory of the road. Both trains
were running rapidly down
grade in an effort to gather
speed to climb the hills beyond,
and when the crash came, the
two engines, weighing more
than $50 tons each, were demol-
lshed and buried under the
wreckaee of twenty.six heavily
loaded cars. The whole mass
was jumbled together within a
space of 800 feet The wreck
age burst into flames Immediate
ly, and everything of combus.
tIble nature was consumed.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
Will The War Last Four Years

Will The War Last Four Years
Looking at the situation as ii
now stands, with the third ami
versary of the struggle in sight.
it seems to me that every sign
points toward a four-year war.
We shall continue to be pleased
by the optimistic reports that
those who sympathize with Rus
sian liberalism give us. But
there is very sound reason for
believing that these reports do
not reveal the extent of the Rus
sian collapse. Actually the Al
lied cause has been deprived of
not less than 100000 soldiers,
who were organized and com
manded by brilliant generals.
Discipline in these armies has
been destroyed, temporarily at
least.
This collapse has given Ger
many chance to utilize in the
West the troops that otherwise
would have been contained and
fully occupied in the East. 1t
has given her another years
supply of men for the West.
Her condition al the end of this
time, if she does not win victory
or peace, will be far worse than
before, but this is future con-
slderatlon. Today she is better
OFT, because she has new divis-
ions to draw upon.
A complete collapse of Rus
sla and the signing of separate
peace between Germany and
Russia will only make the. situa-
ton worse. Then l firmly be,
lieve the outcome of the war
will depend upon the number of
hundreds Of thousands of men
the United States can put on the
western front by this time next
year. Beyond next year the
war cannot go. During next
year Germany will collapse eco
nomlcally, militarily, all ways, il
the struggle is prolonged. This
is the common assertion Of the
Germans, themselves, who do
not dream that the Allies can
continue the war into next year
But everything that has hap
pened in the past month has but
emphasized the Importance of
the American role in the war.
Unless Russia returns to the at
tack, we must be ready next
year to make up the deficiencies
in French man-power and with
the British continue the pound
ing and grinding up of German
man-power Until Germany con
sent to make peace upon terms
that demonstrate the downfall
OF her military caste and leave
the world in some sense protect
ed against a renewal of the Ger
man attack.-Frank H. Simonds
in Review of Reviews.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
MIR. Raynor Writes from Bel.
port, N. Y.

~'~A' A>oyAoA "sASSo AAo" DSA'
port, N. Y.
Mr.. Jas. w. Raynor, who.
with his family, spends each
winter at his home near Page
land, writes The Journal an in
teresting letter from his summer
home in Belport. N. Y. He
states that they are all we'll, and
that they are looking forward to
spending next winter here. In
the letter he tells something of
the big army cantonment locat
ed at South Haven five miles
easl of Belport, and an aviation
school about the same distance
from town. He says from two
to five machines may be seen
in the air at a time from 4:3O a.
m. till darkness drives them in
any day when the weather per
mis-. For the safety of the fly
ers the machines are carefully
inspected and the engines com
pletely overhauled after sixty
hours of flight.
Under separate cover Mr..
Raynor sent one of his local
papers which gave some Of the
details of the army cantonment
construction. From this paper
the following is clipped:
AN idea of the magnitude of
the job may be gained from a
glance at the material estimated
for typical cantonment like the
South Haven Yaphank site.
Lumber is the big item, some
26,0OO,OOO feet, or 2,325 carloads
being the requirement. Roof
ing nails alone will fill one
freight car. Crushed stone for
the roads will make 812 car
loads.
Here some OF the other items:
Twenty-eight thousand squares
of roofing, 60 cars; twenty car
loads plumbing; 1872 carloads Of
tanks, heaters, stoves, ranges.
piping, electric materials, re
frigerators and the like; railroad
materials for five miles of track,
divided into 80 carloads of lies
and other timber, 20 carloads of
spikes, rails, fish plates, etc and
ia carloads of ballast; 10 car,
loads of electric light poles,
wires, insulators, etc. Materials
for $1,000 cubic yards of con
crete will take 70 carloads OF
cement, $50 carloads of stone
and 175 carlords of sand.
The men of the cantonments
will sleep in double deck berths.
This means there will be $4,000
separate bunks, each with its
mattress. To transport the mat
tresses. IFS cars will be required
and the hunks will take 81 more.
Water and sewer lines will make
IS carloads each and $50 car.
loads of hospital equipment will
be necessary. Three carloads OF
screens are also included in the
estimate, as are 20 carloads of
construction tools.
Each cantonment will con.
tain close to 1000 buildings. the
typical company barracks being
a two story structure, built OF
wooden frame, covered with
matched boards. The roofs will
be covered with prepared roof
ing. They will be we'll ventilat
ed with flues, lighted by electric
ity, heated in the north by steam
and in the south by stoves.
Each will have a kitchen and a
mess hall"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04
Thomas Buie Makes Fine Record

Thomas S. Buie of Patrick
was awarded the Norris medal
at the close of Clemson College
on June 10Th. which is the high
est honor Clemson can bestow
on a student, the medal being
awarded to the student making
the best all around record for
tour years. This is the first
time this medal has ever been
awarded to a Chesterfield
County boy. Tom went TO
Clemson in 1913on scholarship
from Chesterfield County and
has distinguished himself since
the early days of his College
career, winning quiet number
OF honorS, among which is a
fellowship in the State Aeri-
cultural College of Pennsyl.
vania. He is now in the Off
GERS Reserve training camp at
Fort Oglethrope Ga.-Adver-
tiSer.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-07-04

II can't find any old clothes
for the scarecrow," said the
farmer.
use some of the fancy things
the boy brought home from col
lege," said his wife.
I'm trying TO scare crows
not make 'em laugh 'emselyes
to death" said the farmer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-17
BRAVES TAKE DOUBLE
HEADER FROM PIRATES

BOSTON, July 17.-Boston start
ed its second home series with Pitts
burgh Monday by taking two games,
the first in II innings, s TO T., and
the second, TO ?.
Each team made Is hits in the
opener. which was a slam-bang af-
fair, Boston using four pitchers and
Pittsburgh. two. The winning run
came with none out in the 18th on
Kelly's double 10 left. KOnetchy's
scratch single and Grimes error on
the late throw 10 frst. Earnes had
things very much his own way in
the second. after Boston made five
runs off Jacobs in less than two in
nings. Score:
First game:
Pittsburgh 800 21O 100 90 Is 3
Boston 200 OIL 21O O1-s Is l
Cooper, Grimes and Schmidt Al
len. Raglan. Nehf. Tyler and Ira
gresser.
Second game:
Pittsburgh 900 O1O 1902 s 1
Boston ......140 600 02+-7 II l
Jacobs, Grimes and Schmidt;
Barnes and Tregresser.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-17
PLAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
BASEBALL LEAGUE

Tentative plans for the organizing
OF "A sunday School Baseball league
among the churches of South Bend,
Mishawaka and River Park were
made at a meeting at the Y. VI. c..
A. last evening.
According TO information received
from G. w. Titus, who is supervis-
ing the organization. four teams.
representing the First Christian
church Of Mishawaka, the River
Park ~. r. church. the Church of
the Brethren Of South Bend and the
Indiana Avenue Christian church.
also OF this city, Will make mp the
league. which is planning on play
ing it's games ON Saturday after
Moons. There will he no age limit
and the season is not expected to
run over two months. which will
give each team a chance TO play
every other team two games.
A meeting at which the OrganiZa-
ton will be perfected and at which "A
schedule will be drafted is booked
for next Friday evening at the Y.
NJ. G. A
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-17
Factory League
Disbands; Will
Play Independent

Baseball in the Northern Indiana
Manufacturers league was discon-
tinued for the remainder Of the
1917 season at a meeting Of the
board of directors held Monday
niEht in the office OF Or. F. r. car
son. president of the league. After A
short discussion it was decided 10
abandon the schedule for this year
owing TO lack Of interest in The
games and the dissatisfaction among
the players.
All of the leagues Indebtedness
viii be paid up to date and the rest
Of the money left in the treasury
viii be divided between the Singers
and Studebakers clubs of this city
and the Haskell and Barker team of
Michigan City. The Advance Rum
ell team of Laporte that filed the
vacancy of the Great Western team
has no money coming as they had
failed 10 place their forfeit money
IN the hands Of the treasurer.
To Plan independent Ball.
Although the league schedule has
been abandoned all of the clubs I'm
the league will retain their players
and will play Independent ball. A
series betwe cen the Laporte and
Michigan city team has already been
arranged and as there as great riv-
airy between these two cities some
real battles will be staged during
the next few weeks. These clu bs
are playing Saturdays and Sundays
and possibly Thursdays if games can
be ARA nEed.
AS az attraction for the Studebak-
er picnic. which is 10 be held sat
urday at Springbrook park. the
Singers and the members Of the
Studebakers Will line up in action
on the old Central league grounds.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-17
Harness Racing Season Opens at Cleveland
REFUSES INJUNCTION
AGAINST JESS WILLARD

NEW YORK, July 1f.-Applica
ton Of Jack Curlev for an iniunc
ton 10 restrain Jess Willard. heavy
weight champion OF the world. from
appearing in connection with his
wild west show was denied in the
supreme court here. Monday by
Justice Peter \. Hendrick CurIey
contended that a contract entered
into by Willard and himself preced-
ing the fight in Havana with JACK
Johnson, at which Willard won the
championship, restrained willard
from public appearances except
under CUrley's management until
september next
Justice Hendrick in his decision
says ;hat II the contract TO promote
A hight between Willard and John
sen and other hstic encounters. is
enforceable, of which he expresses
no opinion, an injunction restrain
inS Willard from performing vita
his show would inhict great harm
on Willard and secure no lawful ad-
vantage for Curley.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-17
MARGARET ELLINGTON
IN \ SOCIETY DRAMA

The Inner Shrine" is the title of
the LaSalle's feature picture today
in which Margaret Ellington is the
principal player. The story deals
with an American girls unfortunate
experiences after marrying a French
count and the dramatic episodes are
interesting and well pictured Ii is
a very good illustration Of the un-
happy results of such a union. with
three men in love with the same
woman. A duel an adventure in a
jungle and some spicy French at
mosphere lend Zest 20 the dramatic
moments. An excellent cast includ-
ing Elliott Dexter. Herbert Bos-
worth and Jack Holt is in the sup
port. The Burton Holmes scenes in
Florida are splendid and the war
news. both at home and in France
Will evoke applause.
On Wednesday Louise Glaum and
Charles Gum will be seen in Love
or Justice" another French drama.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-17
N. D. FOOTBALL STAR
PLAYS HERO ROLE

Frank Coughlin. giant tackle on
1916 NOtre Dame football team,
was one of trio Of heroes that
saved the life OF Miss Esther Man
ger. at Clarendon beach. Chicago,
SUNDAY afternoon Miss Manager was
600 feet of shore when she was
heard 20 give a frantic veil and
wave her arms with terror as she
sank COUghlin, with another life
guard and "a beach inspector. hur-
ried in a canoe 10 the spot where
the girl went down. CouEhlin
Owed and brought the girl 10 the
surface. she was placed in a canoe
and rushed Co a FIRST aid station.
There n physician revived her. she
had just recently recovered from an
operation for appendicitis and the
chill OF the water was too much for
her
CouEhlin first came 10 Notre Dame
in the fan Of 1915. lie played on
the freshman team that year and at
tracted the attention Of the coaches
by his aggressivenesS. Last fall. UNI
der the tutelage of Line Coach
Rockne, he turned into one of the
best tackles Notre Dame has ever
had. He is big powerful fellow.
weighing 1875 pounds He was
awarded a monogram at the end Or
the season. This spring he came
out for the track team and gained
some promincnce as weightman
and a high jumper Next year he
viii be n senior lawyer.