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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22
OUR BORDER LETTER
By s. M. Funderburk.

~A sAAS sSsssAN~Sv
people who knew him in his
boyhood and young manhood
days, Iwill now undertake by
his consent, to give a short his.
tory OF one Nathan Beaver, who
is now living in, the middle por-
ton of Texas, st a town by the
name of Jonesboro, in Coryell
county, near where he first set.
tied after coming to Texas. but
has lived in several different Sec
tons OF the state. la- =1''
Mr.. Beaver is now nearing his
82nd birthday and is remarkably
stout and robust, and no one
would Judge him to be over 60
years of age. He enlisted in the
war. and as a volunteer served
until he was wounded at the bat
tie of Manassas in Virginia, when
he was relieved from service till
he was able to 90 back into ser
vice again. He told me that he
could have remained out the bal
ance of the war. but his love for
the cause for which 80 many
not only fought but lost their
lives and this for q cause they
then thought was a righteous
cause, but as he said tn me that
nothing has up to this time con-
vinced him that he was not fleht-
ing for just cause, but still be-
lieyes that the fight for the Con-
federacy was our rights, and any
one now living. who knew Ma
: than Beaver knows he was a
brave soldier. He says he nor
his immediate family had any
thing in the way of property or
slaves to 90 into the conflict for,
except they would have been
conscripted later on. Says he
did not. .Rait lonaer, than the first
opportunity to volunteer, and at
the close received his honorable
discharge at Greensboro. N. G.
He says he fought q good fight
but lost. During the war he was
IN some of the hard fought bat
ties and says. it was miraculous
how he escaped being killed. He
now enjoys talking Of the years
he spent in the service of his
country, and telling the harrow
ing tales of his experiences and.
OF the hardships during the strua.
gle. To show. how much he
loyed the cause. it did not matter
what subject he, would be talk
ing about. he would drift into
the sad experiences of what he
went through with in war days.
The writer has never met a man
who seems more interested in
that memorable struggle than
Mr.. Beaver. In the year of 1868
he obtained a furloueh, came
home and married Miss Palmiria
Funderburk a daughter OF Hen
ry and Barbara Funderburk. and
left the next morning and went
back to his command. After the
close Of the conflict, returning to
his home and wife. he remained
there long enough to, make his
third crop. and then by wagon
train. moved to west Mississippi.
and lived near his brother-in.law,
Sylvester Shute fof two years.
then by the same mode of travel,
which was at that time by pri-
vate transportation. such as OK
and horse wagon, he moved on
into Texas near where he now
lives. There were born to him
eight children, of whom there
are now living two sons and one
daughter. These children all
live IN west Texas and are doing
well. On December 9th 1879 he
lost his wife. Since losing his
first wife, he has married four
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22
IT IS SAID

A man dishonored is worse
than dead .Cervantes.
Three may keep a secret, if
two of them are dead.-Benja.
min Franklin.
Who lives for humanity must
be content to lose hlmself.-O.
B. rockingham.
A cruel story runs on wheels,
and every hand oils the wheels
as they run.-Oulda.
Sabbath.days,-quiet islands on
the tossing sea of life.-Samuel
Willoughby Dutfield.
A man who is not ashamed of
himself need not be ashamed
of his early condition.-Daniel
Webster.
A man without self.restraint
Is like a barrel without hoops.
/ and tumbles to pieces.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
Now then we are ambassadors
for Christ. as though God did be-
seech you by us: we pray you in
Christ's stead, be ye reconciled
to God,-Bible,
None are so fond of secrets as
those who do not mean to keep
them; such persons coyet secrets
as a spendthrist covets money.
tor the purpose of circulation
Cotton.
The body of all true religion
consists, to be sure. in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of
the world, in a confidence in his
declarations. and in imitation of
his perfections.-Burke.
The Saviour comes in the
strength of righteousness. Right
eousness is at the bottom of all /.
ihil1s. Riahfeo oIsngss Ii thor
ough. it is the very spirit of un.
sparing truth.--Phillips Brooks.
There is nothing so small but
that we may honor God by ask
ing his guidance of it. or insult
him by taking it into our own
hands; and what is true of Deity
Is equally true of bis revelation.
|-RuSkin.
Silence is the element in which
great things fashion themselves
together, that. at length. they
may emerge, full-formed and
majestic. into the daylight of life.
which they are henceforth to
rule.-Carlyle.
Romance. like a ghost, eludes
touching. 1t is always where
you were. not where you are.
The interview or the conyersa-
ton was prose at the Time, but it
IS poetry in memory.-George
William Curtis.
Words, money. all things else
are comparatively easy to give,
away; but when a man makes q
gift of his daily life and practice,
il is plain that the truth, whatee~
er it may be, has taken posses
sion Of him.-Lowell.
Religion is not method, it is
a life, a higher and supernatural
life, mystical in It's root and prac-
tical in its fruits; communion
with God, a calm and deep en-
thusiasm, a love which radiates.
a force which acts, happiness
which overflows.-Amiel.
We hear in these days great
deal respecting Rights, the
rights of private judgment. the
rights of labor, the rights of prop
erty, and the rights of man.
Rights are grand things, divine
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22
VICTORY
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence. 4
'Washington.-The great Dem.
ocratic victory of Tuesday Nov.
7, accurately forecasted by Chair.
man Cordell Hull of the Demo
cratic National COMMITTEES,
marks the beginning of the re-
turn of the people to the Demo
cratic party and the restoration
of that party to complete power
in 1924. 1t is more than q pro-
test against Republican incom-
potency and failure. 1t Is re-
pudiatiou of the major poll
cies which the present reaction
ary Republican Congress and ad-
ministration-the most reaction
ary in history-have advocated
and foisted upon the people. It
is a Reputation of tarriff.robbery,
of tax-shlftlng and tax.juggling.
of Newberryism, Daughertyism
and Laskerlsm, of reckless Sap
preparation and extravagant ex.
penditure, of the alliance be-
tween the reactionary leaders of
the Republican party and spec
Ial privilege and of the reen.
thronement of the spoils system
in government departments.
In many of its features the
election was a personal rebuke
to President Harding himself.
The Republican candidate for
Governor Of Ohio. who IS sup
posed to have won his nomina.
ton by reason of beng an ad-
minlstration favorite, was defeat.
ed; Senator Frelinghuysen of
New Jersey, the Presidents fel-
low-vacationist and boon COM
panioD, was emphatically and
decisiyely squelched; Newberry,
who obtained a, certificate of
character. .fronav President Hard.
ling prior to the tsial of;ihe, New
ff6effy rasezbyr The se6assM y nj ID
repudiated wherever there were
Democratic majorities; Lodge.
the, administrators spokesman
in the Senate, has been humiliat.
ed. to a degree which in some
respects is worse than his defeat
would have been, and a recount
of the votes in Massachusetts
may add to his humiliation.
There were minor casualties IN
the presidential coterie.
President Harding had definite
ly committed himself to the Re-
publican policies and candidates
that were on trial. He spoke for
them by the lips of his Cabinet
officers. He gave every sign
that he regarded the result as
either approval or disapproval
of the Republican administra-
tons acts and omissions. The
supreme court of the electorate
has given its decision. Mr.. Hard
Ing and the Republican Congress
stand condemned for the future
no less than for the past.
One thing lacking in Tuesdays
election was the failure to give
the Democrats substantial ma.
jority IN the House. A small Re-
publican majority in the House,
however. is equlvalent to q Dem.
ocratic victory. The balance of
powerIwill be held by progress
'sives and radicals who are as
much opposed to Republican
reactionism as the Democrats.
Republican reattionis,n has
been checked but not destroyed.
The work so auspicfously begun
last Tuesday will be completed
in 1924.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22

n lture teaches beasts to know
their fiiends.-Shakespeare.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22

Better an ass that carries us.
than a horse that throws us.-y.
G. Holland.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22

tits never wise to live in the
past. There are. indeed, some
uses of our past which are help.
full, and which bring blessing.
We should remember our past
lost condition to keep us humble
and faithful. We should remem.
Der past failures anel mistakes,
that we may not repeat them.
We should remember past mer-
cies, that we may have conf.
dence IN new needs or trials in
the future. We should remem.
Der past comforts, that there may
be stars in our sky when night
comes again. But while there
are these true uses of memory,
we should guard against living
in the past. We should draw
onr life's inspiratlon3 not from
memory, but from hope. mot
from what is gone, but from
what is yet to come.-J. r. Mil.
Ter. =;
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22

The Lessons Taught By Trials
we never haye more than we
en- bear. The present hour we
are always able to endure. AS
our day, SO is our strength. If
the trials of many years were
gathered into one. they would
overwhelm us; therefore, in pity
toDur little strength, God sends
fifst one. then another, then re-
moves both. an d lays on a third.
.hshvier. perhaps, than either;
.bdl sall is so wild ely measured to
osit strenath that the bruised reed
isEneyer broken. We do not
Sqbugh look.at our trials in this
cq&tinuous and successive view.
E&ch. one is sent to teach us
I SQnething, and altogether they
h6Sea lesson which is beyond
81 bower of any 10 teach alone.
Z. Manning.
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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-22

Steer Penn. G. Baker, ].
Warren Johnson.
Pee Dee-A. w. Aycock, ]. T.
Chapman.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
MAYORSEEKS TO ABOLISH
 SCHOOL BD.

"Abolish tho Board of Educa-
 tion," urged Mayor Fred Atwater
 today supporting the views ex-
 pressed by Owen Burns, former
 president and now a plain mem
 Der of the board, and hurHng an-
 other broadside into the educa-
 tionaI camp.
 The mayor yesterday declared that ''the Board of Education hadn't ought to have a darn cent until they stop wrangling and fighting" Today the mayor declared that the board, as now constituted, ought to be done away with and that it ought to be an appointive office.
 T believe that the Board of Edu- cation ought to be subservient to the city and that the mayor ought to have the right and privilege to sit in on it's deliberations" said Mayor At water. 'tAs it stands now the board ought to be abolished if they can't stop wrangling and fG> ing.'
 Asked if in event the board was would he appoint Owen Burns and other members, the mayor said:
 ''In that event I might re-appoint them a1L''
 Continued on Page Three)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
K. K. LEADER
 CASTS SLUR UPON MAYOR
Paonessa Target of At tack at Membership Drive Opening in New Britain all l S Guarded Where Open Session Is Held and Attended by 200.

New Britain, Dec. 21-U.N.S)
 -The Ku Klux Klan openly in
 yaded this city last night, begin
 ming 8 campaign for membership.
 One hundred and fifty persons,
 among them twenty women, at
 tended a meeting in Turner Hall ~
 at which Rev. Dr. Sflas E. New ton of Atlanta, Ga, was the pr1n-
 cipaI speaker.
 The hall was carefully guarded half a dozen scouts being stationed along the hall and stairway leading to the hall to prevent anyone not recognized from entering.
 Rev. Dr. Newton is declared by some who were present to have re- ferred either directly or indirectly to the various elements to which the klan is popularly alleged to be opposed and to have defended the organization for upholding the spirit of Amertcanism.
 A slurring remark referring to Mayor Angelo Paonessa of this city is currently reported today to have been made by the speaker This was as a slap at the mayor who recently announced that he would discharge any city employee who was known to be affiliated with the klan.
 At the conclusion of his remarks the speaker is declared to have in vited all present to come forward and sign applications for membership. How many accepted the invitation could not be learned.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
GOVT WILL
 PUSH BRASS
 WAR ACTION

Washington, Dec. 21-The
 government will bring suit
 against the Bridgeport Brass Co.,.
 unless an agreement for settle
 ment of the war claim of the
 government against that company
 is made at conference next
 montt, Col. Henry 1T. Anderson,
 a special assistant to the attorney
 general, told the House Judiciary
 Committee today.
 c Frank ReaViS, another special 9 assistant to the attorney general, told the committee that action, civil or criminal or both, soon would be started against the Thomas Roberts & Co.,, of Philadelphia, which pur- chased large quantities of govern ment surplus canned meat.
 Civil criminal suits, or both, against the United States Harness Co.,, of Ranson, W. Va, will be ready for Institution by the government within thirty days, Col. Anderson said.
 At the office of the Bridgeport Brass company here today it was said that l. statement may be issued later by the company, but that no comment would be made at the present time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
SCHOOL BD.
 NOT SEEKING POPULARITY
Commissioner Wilson Says Board Entrusted with $1,OOO,O0O for School Purposes, Has Duty to Perform.

When the people entruSt the
 Board of Education with a mill
 lion dollars for school uses, the
 money must not be expended to
 make the board popular, but to
 give the people the best school
 for the money. This is the reply
 of Commissioners Lynn w. Will
 son. to the statement of Mayor
 Atwater that it will be popular
 to employ a local architect for
 the East Side High school, so that
 he can have credit and have his
 name put on bronze tablet.
 Can't Agree With Mayor.
 'In suggesting that a public board ought to spend public money to be popular, my friend Mayor Atwater takes a position to which I cannot as- sent.
 ''The East Side High school will cost altogether close to $1,000,000 This is public money which ought to spend a million dollars of his own money, in the best and most eco nomicaI way. Unfortunately, when so large a sum of public money is to be expended it is difficult to prac- tice the methods which are so easily followed by private persons.
 t'The East Side school project Is pulled out of shape by the conflicting efforts of all sorts of contractors, ar chitects and politicians all lobbying, pulling and hauling to get something which does not belong to them; will ing to do everything except rely upon merit. The situation with respect to the employment of an architect is quite simple; not quite so simple, however, as the attempted repeal of the school bond issue.
 (Continued on Page Two.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
PREPARATION POLICY MUST
 COME SOON
Washington Officials Face Difficult Task in Finding Solution that Will Be Acceptable to Allies Which Will Per- init Germany to Settle War Claims.
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

Washington, Dec. 21.-Q. N $.
 Behind a veil of official silence,
 tiGhtly maintained in the face of
 all rumors and reports the United
 States Government Is engaged in
 strenuous effort to find a sO-
 1ution for the reparations qurs-
 ton that will be acceptable 10
 French and British interests, inn
 possible of fulfiIlment by Ger
 many.
 To be effective, the solution must be found within the next thirty days, or before the Franco-British breach is wideried at the meeting of the premiers in January and there is every reason to believe the American Government will have something con crete to propose in the way of ad- justment before the premiers meet ing is adjourned.
 Officials Up In Air.
 Beyond this general statement of American policy. officials would not go today in predicting what may be the outcome of the American "feeler" being put out abroad. Meanwhile the barraEe of rumors and reports of American moves continued, to rain down on Washington from all sources.
 Continued on Page Three)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
WILL ARREST AUTOISTS WHO
 RACE TO FIRES

That the lives of flremen respond ing to fires are being uselessly inn periled by the failure of autoists to pull up to the curb upon sight o1 apparatus as provided by city ordi- nance, was the gtst of & statement issued this morning by Fire Chief Daniel E. Johnson.
 This practice must stop" said the chief, and if it does continue to be @ menace, I believe I will take the matter up with Supt. Flanagan and see if we cannot arrest offenders of this nature.
 up until last summer we were not bothered much by autotsts of this kind, but recently there have been three private cars to every piece or apparatus at a fire. With the coming of winter I thought the practice might decrease, but there seems to be a cer- tain class of auto drivers in this city. who have a mania for pulling up to a traffic cop the minute the bell hits and inquiring where the fire is. Then it is a race between the private auto 70 ists and the fire apparatus to see which will reach the scene of the fire first.
 Arrests seem to be the only way to curb this practice and in the future when cases of this nature are brought to my attention I will ask for war rants for the guilty parties"
 The city ordinance provides that the driver of a vehicle on the ap- preach of a fire engine or any other fire apparatus, shall immediately draw up to the right-hnad curb and bring his car to a standstill. In the case of a trolley car this must be brought to a stop and remain stationary until all fire apparatus in sight shall have passed.
 Another ordinance provides that ment vehicles, ambulances, and the United States mail, police, fire depart vehicles of physicians shall have the right of way in any street and through any procession
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
EXTRA POLICE
 WILL DIRECT
 XMAS TRAFFIC

Eight additional men have been detailed by Captain of Traffic Jam es c. Walker to take care of the extra traffic occasioned by the holiday sea son. An extra policeman has been on the south to Congress street on thc>'north.
 The extra detail of traffic men to handle the large crowds is in keep ing with the plan originated by the other police departments in having extra protection in the more denseIy travelled areas of the city throughout the Xmas season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
Gas Stove Starts
 Lunch Room Fire

Fire starting from an overneated gas stove threatened the Royal Lunch at 120 Fairfield avenue this morning, but prompt actio non the part of the fremen prevented what might have proved a disastrous fire. Main and Fairfield avenue was a scene of con- when Andy Boley. an employe of the restaurant, rushed to the corers of Main and Fairfield and shouted to Dave Bibbins. traffic officer located at that corner. to turn in an alarm. Im- mediately a. cry of fire" was sent up by pedestrians and it was with some difficulty that a squad of policemen under Sergeant Charles Myers kept the surging crowd outside the fire lines The damage will not exceed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
PICK JURY IN
 MURDER TRIAL

Following an attempt to complete the jury in the case of Gus and Frank Sclafani of Stamford this forenoon before Judge Newell Jennings in the Criminal Superior court here only ten men remained in the jury box at II o'clock, these having been chosen on Wednesday. Of the II men of the jury panel examine uring the morn ing session eight were excused by the defense and three by the state. after exhaustive examination by Assistant States Attorney M. H. Kenealy or Stamford for the state and Mayor David G. FitzGerald for the defense. A total of 67 memberes of the panel had been examined up to the hour named. The Scalfani brothers are on trial for first degree murder for the alleged killing of Igatius Montagnin1 in Stamford on July last.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
CROWDED TAXIS
 BRING FINES

Declaring that jitncys are a public necessity. but that the practice of overlooking them must be stopped. Judge Arthur Comley in city court this morning fined II drivers S5 costs who were summoned to appear be- fore him during the past week. The men fined were as follows:
 Victor Cimino of 495 Newfield ave- nue, Mihael CruCinio Of 993 North avenue. Henry Macco of Fairfield avenue, pomenic Di Seneva of 245 Grand street. Christopher Wells of Trunabull. Charles D. Welton of SIS Broad street, Karl kaecheele of Trurabun Peter Scranna of 233 Linen avenue. John Fabrf of 19S Kings Highway. Edward kaspar- of TunNis Hill road and Robert Gins e5rS of 269 Parallel street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
DAUCHERTY PROBE.
 IS NEARING END

Washington, Dec. 21.-CI. N. S)- The House Judiciary Committee pre- pared today to wind up it's investiga- tion of impeachment charges brought by Representative Keller, (R) of .Minn., against Attorney General Daugherty.
 Although the inquiry is expected to come to an end before the close of the day a formal report on KelIer's charges will not be submitted to tho House until after Christmas recess. This report probably will state that find anything in Kelle~'s charges up- on which impeachment proceedings could be instituted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
Killed Lion with
 Bow and Arrow

Boston. Dec. 21-A mountain lion killed with 9 bow and arrow in the highlands of Hounboldt county. Cal. has been added to the trophies of his archer-hunt- ing of Captain o H. Styles Of this city, an army air service off, ficer nogy on leave of absence from Mitchell Field In a letter to his fathers -in-1a0, Lincoln c. Cummings, of Brooklire. made public today, Captain Styles said the animal was a big one, ana that his arrow pierced the heart
 Captain Styles, q graduate of West Point and flyer overseas during the war, in which he was taken prisoner by the Germans, is one of the few archer hunters in the country. He makes his own weapons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
DORMIT0RY FIRE
 AT MT. HOLy0KE

South Hadley, Mass, Dec. 21-Fire which broke out in the basement of Rockefeller Hall, dornitory of Mount Holyoke college this morning, spread despite the efforts of fire fight CTS, into the partitions of the stories above.
 The ninety girls who live in the dormitory were in chapel when the fire was discovered. They hurried back and succeeded in saving belong ings packed in suitcases ready for their departure for the Christmas holidays
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-21
S4OO,00O Asked
 by Streets Committee

The Streets and Sidewalks Commit tee of the Common Council met last night to consider the budget for the fiscal year 1923-24. Alderman Thom- ao P. Doherty, chairman, said today that requisition asking for the ap ,prepriation of $4o0.000 for street work has been forwarded to City Au ditor Bernard Heating for preSenta- ton to the Board of Apportionment.
 The money will be used for pene- tration, street and sidewalk work. A number of culverts and street signs are also needed Considerable money will be used for grading