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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12
Local News


iting the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. @. L. Evans.
Mr.. ]. Otis Sanders, Of the
Journal force. was carried 10 a
Charlotte hospital yesterday
afternoon for an operation for
appendicitis. He had been very
sick since Sunday.
An error occurred in Mr.. w.
McColl's auction sale advertise.
ment last week. Later he de-
cided TO set a new date for the
sale, and the ad in this issue
gives the correct date.
Miss Katie Arant and her Sis
ter Mrs. Hennie Gathings, who
are taking a business course in
Columbia, spent Sunday at
home. They were accompanied
by their friend, Miss Louise
Reeves.-Cheraw Chronicle.
Page camp Woodmen of the
World meets next Saturday
night. Officers for the year
1918 will be elected. Every
member should be present and
take part in the election. Camp
oDnrc nf 9 @S~1~~I-
Our ad- and pressman, MIR. ].
O. Sanders, is sick, and this is
sue is by no means what we
would like for it to be. Bear
with us, and we will do better
as soon as we can.
There will be an oyster sup
per with other refreshments and
amusements, given al White
Plains on Saturday night, De
cember the Is, 1917. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
A reasonable price will be
charged for supper and the pro-
ceeds will 90 to the benefit of
the school.
Mr.. Daniel Kirkley, son of Mr..
R. K. Kirklev, has enlisted in
the navy. He IS only II wears
and halt old. He is bright
young fellow, and he will doubt,
less make good sailor. He be-
) gan making pictures when he
was IA years old, and has sue
ceeded at that. His brother, Mr..
w. A. Kirkley. has been in the
navy three years and a half.
Mr.. Randolph Redfearn scld
seven pounds of tallow this
morning that was made about
fifty years ago by Mrs. Red.
fearn's father, the late B. F.
Houston, SAYS the Monroe Jour.
nal. The tallow had been lying
IN the garrett all these years, and
Mr.. Redfearn decided TO get rid
of it BY selling it.
Young men who have been
called for examination by local
exemption boards may still vol.
unfairly enlist in any branch of
the military service, but they
must present a certificate from
the local board that they will
not be needed to fill any deferr
ed percentage OF the quota 10 be
furnished by the board. Volun.
tary enlistment, however, will
not be permitted after noon of
next Saturday, December 18th.
According to Government re
ports, 1907 bales of cotton were
glnned in Chesterfield county
prior to November ii. The
number ginncd to the same date
last year was II, ,lOl. The total
number ginned in South Caro-
lima UP to the same date WIS
9Z3,569; last year 740.694.
Sam Brown, a negro convict
who was serving a sentence for
beating ride and for vagrancy,
escaped from the county gang
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12
LOCALS

For Saie-Swan Hats, the nifty
line. Beacon, Bland and En
ilcotts & Johnsous Shoes. Cur
lee clothes and Dutcness pants
Mungo Bros.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

The owners of the Pageland
Land Co.. Messrs. Maynard, Nc
Gregor and Godfrey will be in
Pageland on Friday December
18th, any one wishing 10 see
them about land or lots will.
please meet them.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12
Thousands Killed in Halifax
(COntinGed from first page)

among the RUNS for the dead
and wounded. The Canadians
were assisted in tt; work by
sailors from an An IrIcan war
ship in the harbor.
The flame swept area covers
approximately two and one half
square miles. 1t begins at what
is known as the North street
bridge extending north to Pier s
on the Richmond waterfront
and back to a point running
parallel with Gottingen street.
Nothing has been left standing
in this section OF the city. Only
pile of smouldeiing ruins
marks the spot where the great
building Of the American Sugar
Refining company stood.
The Mont Blanc was pierced
on the port side almost to the
engine room. The other ship,
which was only Slightly dam
aged, backed away when flames
burst out On the munitions ship,
and was abandoned by the crew.
The captain OF the Mont Blanc
also ordered his crew to the
boats, as he realized an explo-
sion was inevitable. The men
reached shore safely before the
tremendous blast II minutes la
ter which blew their ship to
pieces and wrecked a large part
of the city.
The business iiic Of the city
had Just begun for tAe day
when the town was shaken to
It's foundations by the explosion.
Persons in the streets were pick,
ed up bodily and hurled 10 the
ground. Occupants of office
buildings covered under a show
er OF falling glass al plaster.
Houses in the Richmond section
crumpled up and collapsed,
burylng their tenants.
In the main part OF the CITY
where the buildings are chiefly
OF stone or concrete the damage
was confined to the shattering
of windows and most Of the cas-.
ualtleS in this section were caus-
ed by flying glass.
In The west and northwest ends
the damage was more extensive
and there the walls of many
houses were blown to bits. 1t
was in Richmond, however, op.
posite the scene of the explosion,
that the havoc was greatest.
Whole blocks of dwellings. most
OF frame construction, were lev.
eled Street after street is in
ruins and the structures which
were left standing by the ex
ploslon were destroyed by fires
which broke out simultaneously
In score OF places and which it
was impossible to check until
they had burned themselves Out
1t is believed scores of persons
who haG been injured b. the
collapse OF their homes perish
ed IN the flames from which
they were helpless TO flee. The
fires in this district still are
Smoulderlng tonight.
rive minutes after the eXplo-
sion The streets in all parts of
HALIFAX were filled with irenZied.
panic stricken lhrones striving
TO reach the outskirts in an ei-
tort to escape what they believ-
ed was rad by 4 German fleet.
Hundreds OF them had been cut
by shower OF glass which fol
lowed the explosion.
Halifax, \. S., Dec. Z StIick-
en- HALIFAX was swept tonight bv
raging blizzard. So fierce was
the storm that the rescue work
ers were forced to suspend their
operations in the devastated sec
ton. Ii is believed certain that
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

Land POsted-alI persons are
warned not to hunt or tresplss
IN any way on my lands, under
penalty Of law. \. G.. Castor.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

For Sale-good sound corn.
See S. II. Lanev at Page'a nd
or Burl Griffin al Wolf Pond.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

Woodbury. your winter wood
now. Give me YOUR order for
what YOU want. have / fl cord
wood, oak wood and stove wood.
r. +. Smith.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

have two small tracts of
land for sale, If YOU want to
buy a small tract near Pageland,
see me. r. f. Smith.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

Buy your meal and hulls from
Clark & Smith.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

Lost-on Saturday, Dec. /, two
memorandums held together
by rubber band. Finder will
please notify. Lummus Blaken-
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

Toys, Christmas goods for ev-
eryhody, Pageland Hdwe. Co.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

For Service-pure bred Po-
land China boar. entitled to
registration. Fee $l.50. A. D.
Burgess, near Mangum's siding.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

Will gin every day until further
notice. Peoples Gin Co.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

Home made molaSses from
seeded ribbon cane, sor 85c.
Good vinegar for SOC. G. R.
Knight.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-12-12

For Rent-5-room house on l.
acre lot, good BAN, we'll of
water and garden. Five dollars
a month. See J. W. Mungo or
r E. Richardson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
Coulby Sisters Wed
In Single Ceremony

There was a double wedding yester-
day in the family Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank G. Coulby, OF 26O West Fifty
seventh Street. The ceremony was per-
formed at st. Luke's Church, 14lSt
Street and Convent Avenue, at noon.
Miss Aline Coulby became the bride Of
Lieutenant Albert E. Gunther, jr., and
Miss Hilda Coulby was married to Cap
tain F. Granville Munson. Both officers
ere of the 8th Coast Defence command.
7 he rector, the Rev. Ashton Oldham
ofiiciated, the one service being read
for the brides and bridegrooms, who
were attendants for each other.
The ushers, all officers of the 9Th
Coast Defence command, were Lieuten-
ants Ernest Dupuy, Herbert c. Alden,
Harry Dayton and Charles Ross. The
fags of the command and the nation
were carried by Color Sergeant John
Thompson and Henry Stafford.
Lieutenant Gunther is son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert G.. Gunther. Of 1854
West Seventy sixth Street. He is q
graduate of New York University, class
'07. and o member of the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Sons Of
Colonial Wars.
Captain Munson. Harvard '04. is a
son Of Mrs. +. e. Munson, Of Philadel-
mia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
Sacky a Spender,
His Testimony Shows
Wife Told Him to Go Ahead
as Though He Had Million,
Count Testifies

In the opinion Of Aribert sacky'
sometimes known az count Sacky''
who a.. present Is soJourning in Ludlo"
Street jail, there is one nice thing
about money. You can spend IT,
That he believes in living up to his
beliefs Sacky gave convincing PROOF IN
his testimony before Justice Ford In tho
Supreme Court yesterday. such items
as $500 a week 10 his wife for spend
ing money, $4,000 for little Eyer IN
hog venture and hotel bills at the rate
of S3G,O00 a year, he ratified of WIN
scarcely glance at the stubs OF MS
check books.
Sacky was testlfying in his own be
half in a suit brought By his wife to re-
cover $500 which she alleges she
gave him 20 invest and which he ap-
propriatcd to his own use. lie insists
that ali his inyest ments were made Tor
his wife, and that one time when he
presumably showed g gns of weakening
shc had said TO him, go to 1t as II
there is a million behind you"
Mrs. Sncky was the former wife OF
Cuban banker, and at the time Of her
marriage 10 Sacky was reputed to be
very wealthy When she brought her
suit last August against Sacky he was
held in $4,000 bail, and. not having II
handy at the moment, registered at the
Ludlow Street hosiery. Incidentally
Sacky gave his present lodgings a high
recommendation, and said that not only
was the chef an excellent one, but thar
he was unusually prompt in serving
meals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
By Ralph Block

Time and the underwear ADVERTISE
ments have somehow robbed the winter
Garden of It's bloom. Sitting in the large
audience which last night greeted the
newest Winter Garden Show. Dong
Our Bit" it was hard to enyisage the
dsy when the Winter Garden formula
was so new that the presentation OF
large herd Of comely young women,
with little on to cloud their charms,
was n matter for interest and excite
ment. But IL 10 rue that there was
once such day, and it is the misfort-
une of the Winter Garden that 1t is
now no more. BY some mischance or
other the public has learned TO look
indolently upon entertainment that only
assaults the senses, without any more
than a tlmid and scarcely intentional
rap on the door Of the intelligence
Doing Our Bit" is a generous pres
entation of music and dancing, pos
sessed In several unexpected places OF
a plot, owning 10 cast that includes
Frank Tinney, Ed Wynn and James j..
Corbett, and eked out where the gong
Is thin-which is not infrequent--by
parades Of lissome and statuesque
young women wearing modish hats and
rich. although brief, bits Of costuming'
So far as humor Is concerned, despite
the perspirings OF Mr.. Tinney in his
well known technical style, II is not OF
the richest, and appears to depend
largely on the scantily rewarded efforts
Of Mr.. Tinney to collect 10 cents from
Mr.. Corbett, who, che is able TO gather.
put himself into Mr.. Tinney's debt for
the amount before the curtain went up.
The several scenes transpire, al
though it Is hard to say why, at the
club bearing the name Of Miss Justine
tombstone, at White Sulphur Springs,
Macdougal Alley, d government re
cruiting station, Monte Carlo, girls
hotel and in front Of very pretty
curtain decorated with plumage colors,
which failed Of any localizatlon on the
programme. An absence of pointed wit
was apparent In most of these, findifg
emphasis only in the scene in the girls
hotel, where Mr.. Wynn had to resort
TO the old fashioned style of entertain
ment of viewing the distorted nude
statuary through pair OF field glasses.
This scene bore a successful resem-
blance to the kind OF comedy that used
to obtain in old-style burlesque houses.
The cast is prodigious one, headed,
aside from the gentlemen already men
toned. by Nine Chilson-Ohrman, who
does the unusual by singing in we'll
trained voice; Ada Lewis, Charles Ju-
dels, Sylvia Jason, Frank Garter, Her
man Timberg and Henry Lewis. Chick
Sale. who illuminated the preceding
Winter Garden show, was absent. but
at least a small bit Of the kind OF art
fulness he possessed could be found in
the all-too-short appearance of the
Duncan sisters In a song about "Old-
Fashioned Girls" and the Spanish step
ming OF the Cansinos.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
Belgian qlotters Admit Guilt

Ten Of the, eleven Belgians arrested
here in August for completely in con-
spiracy 70 ship contraband goods INTO
Germany on Belgian relief ships land
ing at Holland pleaded guilty yesterday
before Judge ChatGeld, IN the Brooklyn
Federal Court. The eleventh, Louis
Timex. Of SIP West Twenty-fourth 81,
Manhattan. who is said to have engl-
neered the conspiracy, has turned
states evidence and will appear against
his former accompliccs. The men, VINO
pleaded guilty yesterday. probably wal!
not be sentenced for some time. they
with six other Belgians, face trial on
the charge Of smuggling saws into this
country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
Yale Treasurer
Reports a Dehclt

NEW HAVEN, Oct. 1s.-The report
Of the treasurer Of Yale University
for the last fiscal year, jus. made pup
lie. shows heavy financial losses caused
nv me war. and heavier dehcits are
predicted for the current year.
deficit Of $4,000 for the university
dinino hall. reports Treasurer George
Psrm7v Dav, is traceable 10 the IN
creased cost of foodstuiis and the
small registration following the de-
parturc OF q thousand students TO enter
military service. g..
" me- net deficit Of the university IS
shown TO have been over Sllo'ooO'
Gifts from SIX thousand alumni re-
6uced this to Sl5,3lo. The alumni
fund increased over S3lo,OOo ana no"
totals Sl,23o,6i9. VI, 3; 49, voor
The total gifts TO Yale III lhe Eea'
amounted TO $1,749, ~, maklns .he VI
dowment June so. sl9,s-S'od4o' as ss cum.
pared with Harvard, S5z'1o1''oo' anu
princeton. S6,248,625. Att.
Civ OF the nine schools show. dencl's;:
,bo Graduate leading with dencit oil
s70 600. The Scientihc Scnool hau
loss Of $4,000. ..;.;o,
II I'niycrsity profits on securities
I'D s126624. offset by l loss on
G Deco real real estate Of $3.50
Tn" Tbe treasurer reports the most &C
two yesr in building since. e oi-cen-
tennial wear Of 1901. the fa-e Aiino,
~" Anthem \. Brady Laboratory ano
me tbe Sprague Memorial Hall being some
- ~ moro elaborate new structures
ITnder construction now, or coh'ei"
,latod are the Hardness Memorial
pP pad, the new Peabody Museum
h ANU after the war ends new neat
~ !" ~ rlant and recitation building
called Artillery Hall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
Lost U.S.Soldiers Join Units
80 Sent to British by Mistake
Missing Five Weeks

LONDON. Oct. Is. - The American
Young Mems Christian Association re
ports that q detachment Of ninety nine
American soldiers. which had been
lost" In England for more than 1--WE
weeks. has now joined the American
forces. By some mistake these men
were set down in British camp with
out an officer or a penny. The day al
ter they arrived at this camp twenty
eight OF them fell III of the German
measles and were sent TO an isolation
hospital.
For FIVE weeks the Americans were
unable to obtain stamps for letters
nome or even tobacco Then they were
discovered by an American college stu
dent. who is in "a British Young Mems
Christian Association hut. lie ar
ranged TO have each man supplied with
package of cigarettes and six postage
stamps daily and a weekly credit OF
ten shillngs AZ the Young Mems Chris
tan Association cantcen. Later the
plight Of these men was communicated
90 the American authorities, who sent
$40 each TO tide the men over until ar
rsngements could be made to restore
them 20 their proper units.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
State Wins Canal Case

ALBANY, Oct 1s.--A decision up
holding the right Of the State Canal
Board to rescnd an Appropriation OF
property taken for barge canal pur-
poses before the final award has been
made was rendered TO-DAY by the State
Court Of Claims. This will affect lands
in New York City which had been APP
proprated for port of call and prop
erty upstate. The decision, it is be-
lieved. will result in saving the state
81 900, 900 or more.
The property immediately affected is
located upon the North River, at the
upper end of Manhattan Island. 1t
was owned by Cornelius Kahlen and
its value was put at slSS,655. The
property was appropriated in 1914,
On November %, 1916. the State Canal
BOARD rescinded the original appropria-
ton. upon the ground that the prop
ertv was not and could not be used by
the state in its terminal plans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
ANY Statue Of Lincoln
Welcome, Say British
Accept Gift, and Won't Crit
else Artistic Selection
of Donors

LONDON. Oct. 1s.-Announcing in
the House of Commons to-day that the
government had accepted the statue OF
Lincoln from America, Sir Alfred Mond'
First Commissioner Of Works said;
at is not the duty Of the government
TO question the artistic selection OF
No protests against the statue had
been received, said the Commissioners
and the government gave nearly W.
.core TO The proposal to erect statue
worthy Of the illustrious statesman IN
the capital of the empire.
The British government is providing
a splendid site near the House OF Lords
for the statue Of Lincoln, which mas
been subjected in the United States to
certain criticisms respecting ITS artis-
tic character. This is presumed TO De
Inc widely discussed work OF George
GREY Barnard, Of this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
Former Senator
Laughs at u. S.
Pettigrew Ridicules Idea of
Indictment for Treason
Talk

CHICAGO, Oct. 1S-R. +. Pettigrcw,
Of Sioux Falls. s. d., former United
States Senator, to-day dehed the Fed
eral authorities to indict him under
the espionage act for alleged treason
able uttcIances. A report reached Chi
cago that the ex-senator had been in
dicted by the Federal grand jury In
Sioux Falls. He laughed at the re-
port and repeated his views. which
he had expressed in speeches through
out South Dakota.
81 have not been officially informed
that an indictment has been returned
against me- Pettigrew said to-day at
the Auditorium Hotel. Perhaps
should have been indicted by the gov
eminent for several utterances which
have made. but my lips have not yet
been sealed. and ! will continue to ex-
press my opinions about this country
and the war"
The former Senator while giving his
talk about the government was in
terrupted by two visitors, c. s. Oar
row, Chicago attorney. and W. W.
Marsh, of Waterloo, Iowa. Mr.. Marsh
IS member Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. They offered their
aid u Mr. Pettigrew.
"Why. this man McAdoo," Mr.. Petit
grew went on, sis trying to make US
believe that we are in this war to pre-
serve our rights on the sea. But that
is not so. The only persons who were
killed were on ammunition ships and
had no right to be there. If | had
been in the Senate | would have voted
against the war"
Mr. Pettigrew said that he has wired
friends in Sioux Falls to notify him
if the Federal jury had returned an in
dictment.
Mr.. Pettigrew made a speech in
Sioux Falls two weeks ago, in which he
advanced arguments against the war
similar TO those Of Senator La Toilette.
Pettigrew is sixty-nine years old.
He is an attorney with long record
of public service. lie was elected to
Congress as a Republican and subse-
Quently as Senator He was re-
elected as a Senator and served until
1901. When his last term expired he
went to New York and practised law,
later returning to Sioux Falls, which
had been his legal residence while in
Congress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
u. S. Ownership Live Issue.
Saw Railroad Commissioners

WASHINGTON, Oct 1s.-The Ma
tional Association Of Railway and Pub
lie Utility Commissioners, in session
to-day. adopted a committee report
favoring the continuance Of the Fed
eral appraisal OF the railroads OF the
country.
II was held that valuation Is doubly
necessary now because OF the "ap-
parent imminence of government
ownership as live issue, the actual
taking over OF certain roads for war
purposes end the questions Of compen-
sation and return which will grow out
of the priority of shipments act"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19
German Mechanics at York
on Seized Liners
Arrested
Barge Captain Is Held
Seizures Follow Report of
Plot to Do Damage on
Harbor Front

Fifty-eight Germans were arrested
yesterday in the Tietjen-Lang dry
docks, in Hoboken. II is in those dry
docks that most of the seized German
liners are being prepared for govern
ment service Most of the men ar
rested were employed in repairs in the
engine rooms OF these vessels. They
were taken to Ellis Island. The raid
was made by uejackets from the navy
yard and immigration inspectors, as
sisted by Secret Service men.
II was said that the action was in
spired by evidence of a widespread plot
10 work further damage along the
waterfront, which has suffered $1,000
900 damage from fires in the last week.
Federal authorities, IL is said, have de-
termined to weed out enemy aliens
from the danger zone, and may revoke
thousands Of permits giving free
passage through the barred zones.
Whether those arrested yesterday had
permits could not be learned.
Barge Captains Arrested
In addition TO the ffty-eight men ar
rested at the docks, the captain OF q
barge which had dropped anchor at one
of the army piers was taken Into Gus
tody and landed on Ellis Island. The
only identifying symbol on the barge
was the numeral 3 painted on its side
A patrol boat containing lieutenant
and six armed sailors set out from the
navy yard at | p m, and was Joined
by another launch, containing lmmi-
grafton Inspector William Taylor and
several men from his department.
Arrived at the Hoboken piers, where
the Secret Service men were waiting
the Federal agents started systemati-
cally their hunt among the 10000 men
employed at the drydocks. They we're
aided in their search by officials Of the
drydock company, and It was conduct
cd with little or no commotion, the
sight of file of sailors being no rarity
nowadays in that vicinity.
Sent to Ellis Island
As fast as the men wanted were
picked out they were sent back under
guard to one of the government boats
and when all were aboard the boats de
parted for South Ferry. There the
prisoners were transferred TO the gov
eminent ferry running to Ellis Island
that tiny vessel having TO make two
trims TO convey them all.
"All that | will say" said j. G. Ere
linhauss, one of the owners of the dry
docks. "is that since We obtained the
contracts for government work we
have been scrupulously careful about
the kind of men that we employed.