The Pageland Journal, 1914-04-08

Underwood Victorious. B Birmingham, April 7.?IndicaHons early today were that Os jfjofrr \V. Underwood had triumphWtl over Richmond P. Uohson in :phe contest before State wide j Democratic primaries for the j domination to the United States ! senate. Owing to the complexi% ty and length of the ballots comi plete returns probably will not be received until tonight. The protracted struggle for the nomination between the two dis' tinguished candidates terminated with a record-breaking vote by t Alabama Democrats. Interest in the contest for the short term in the United States senate, the nomination of the congressmen, ( a governor and other State and I county officers also brought thousands to the polls. Both-Mr. Underwood and Representative Hobson were in the city tonight watching returns 1 from the entire State. Shortly after midnight Mr. Underwood made the following statement: * "I am thoroughly satisfied with the primary election held yesterday. The splendid majority that the returns indicate will - be given me in the State I attribute* tr? tbe* moirnifinonf

Daage. wnn a majestic gesture ' he threw up his right arm and spoke as follows: "Cease!" When going at a rate of not exceeding six miles an hour it is comparatively easy to cease; so Arbuckle applied the brakes. "What's the trouble?" he inquired. "Yew're tuck up fur exceedin' the speed limit!" stated the constable. "Ef yew settle right now on the spot the fine'll be five dullars," "Speed limit nothing!" snorted Arbuckle. "I was barely crawling." "Never mind?I seen yew," said the official; "and I don't want none of your back lip neither. Lemme see your thermometer." He looked gravely at the speedometer a minute. "Looks like yew've been doin' consider'ble much speedin', jedkin' by these figgerrs," he announced judicially. "Yew orter pay a fine on general principles." By the bribe of a cigar and a line of impressive talk Arbuckle secured his freedom; but as he started off the new constable

???v. ?v/ me iiui^iiuivviii vv v/i r\, that my friends have done foi ' me in my absence. The result I r feel is a personal vindication and * a distinct approval of my remain, ing in Washington and attend i ing to my official duties. Bui after all is said the final conclu r sion must be that it is more a victory for fundamental Demo cratic principals than for myself.'1 1 Representative Hobson did nol f Volunteer any sta^m^^j^^ t nation of ^Representative Under-wood, he said: "I most positively do not." Railroads Consolidate. ^ Under the provisions of an act ' passed at the session of the gen' eral assembly of 1914, articles of agreement of a "merger or con. solidation between North & t South Carolina Railway compi any, Charleston Northern railt way, South Carolina Western Extension railway, forming the [ Carolina, Atlanta & Western ' railway*," were filed with the f secretary of state Monday. The t merger was dated April 3. The . rtrtriifril rvf J "^ ? -

ground beside the express car. The messenger's shirt was afire from the robber's parting shot, fired so close that it ignited the cloth on Fletcher's body. Fletcher was wounded through the fleshy part of his right arm bv that shot. Two special agents of the Seaboard who happened to be among the passengers in the train started immediately on the trail of the robber, and the train left them, bringing its travelers into Atlanta at 6:40 o'clock, 1 twenty minutes behind schedule. W. G. Slaughter, special agent took up the pursuit of the crimit nal from the point where he left the train. Special Agent J. W. i Neufer, dressing hurriedly as soon as he learned what had ' happened went back from Talt bot, the next stop made by the ^ his attempt. The express safe was defended so successfully by the messenger that its contents were not exposed at any time. The value of those contents has 4. 1 - - *

ba^iiiai vi lilC MMiauilUillCU CUI11L pany-is $2,525,000 consisting of r 25,250 shares of common ^tock at the par value of $100 each. The company is given the right t to increase the capital. I The stockholders of the old railways, under the articles, con, vert their stock into stock of the t new road. The officers are: W. R. Boni sal, Hamlet, N. C., president and I treasure; D. T. McKeitham, i Darlington, vice president; S. O. [ Bauersfield, Hamlet, N. C., sec1 retary. The principrd offices of . the new company will be at I Hamlet. s Under the articles the annual . meeting of the stockholders is to i be held on the first Thursday in > December at Hamlet. i The directors are: S. O. Bauers t t'eld, Hamlet, N. G\; W. R. Bon sal, Hamlet; B. H. Inness Brown New York; Geo. E. Dargan, Dar

UV1VI M lltti O VV ViUt was a kind ol stupid critter, imd I guess he got careless. 'T vin> i rate, one day we heard a belter in' goin' on up there in the hasI ture, and the Sweed hollerin" al ^ the top of his voice, so we j all * grabbed pitchforks and put rut s there as hard as we could pjelt 1 and we didn't any more'n jgel V there in time, as 'twas. * "After we men?there \yas - five of us, with pitchforks?liad i bradded the bull away from the man, we got him?the marlt ] mean?over the fence, and kip * der went over him for injuries He had one broken arm, hnd s two broken legs, and besfae* t that he was torn up consld'a^ie And while we was sortin' liirr l over, it took three men to k eei ^ the bull from gettin' over the 9 i >

j uigiii ai ivir. jonn rucnarasonrs. Mr. and Mrs. John Thr^hti [ have a very sick child. {[ Sunday school to be reorffan y ixad at Mt. Moriah Sunday at U [. o'clock, d A Trifle Unruly. e "Is that bull over in Mr. Lath * rop's pasture good natured?" in quired the new school mistress ' with some apprehension in.hei t voice. "I ask because I wahtet II to cross the pasture last night n and I was afraid he mightl^x ^ Mr. Plaslee surveyed the yoflf lad3* with kindly eyes. Jr ' "M-well" he concecj^ft.a s length, "it might be a - <\vilh.thqtjgodv t. and alfto undertake to croS^T^a pasture when he's right haiidv

cAtxuuve wuiuimw. The constitution of the Democratic party says, relative to the State convention: The State convention shall be called by the State executive committee to meet every presidential or State election year on the third Wednesday in May and the county conventions shall meet on the first Monday in May of such yearw This means that the conventions will meet May 4. The Democratic club will meet April 25?the fourth Saturday in April. Immediately following the meeting of the State convention, the executive committee will be called to meet by John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, chairman, for the purpose of preparinc the itineraries for the <5tatP