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- iA "J : .jp^^ ..^-f w- i.<-'' The Pageland journal f ' ? ;. ? Vol.4 NO. 41 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 24,1914. $1.00 per year On?k?l?IU~. . J U"<~ In " - . I? . 1 Quite a number of horses and mules have been overheated during die past week or two of hot weather. This as a rule is prevented by proper care and feeding. All work stock should be in a cool stable at night so that thev can throughly cool off once in 34 hours. Water at least five limes a day, and do not feed large rations of new crop oats. This is one of the most cojnmon causes of horses and mules getting overheated. No animal can stand work with a full stomach of almost green iood on a hot dav. And while old onts is the one perfect food it is also just as true that new oats is the cause of more cases of indigestion and overheating than almost any other feed, and once a horse or mule is injured it is easier to go wrong ever after. Therefore, first, avoid feeding new crop oats in large quantities; second, do not keep horses in hot stables at night; third, water five times a day and your horses and mules can work steadily and comfortably during the hot days of summer. Watt Ashcraft, in Monroe Enquirer. Many Do Not Enroll Correctly. The following letter has been received from Mr B. F. Pegues, of Cheraw: "I believe that you are a member of the enrollment committee of the Pageland democratic club, cuad Lknow that you will be inteflHd to learn that out of 143 now enrolled on the Cheor^^Sgfy properly listing: or due to the carelessne^^^^^H voter or his lack of info^H^^H -V and also to the. inattentiotJNWW' enrolling: officers. It this erroneous enrollment continues there is going to be considerable "cussing" done when the time for voting comes. The citizen when he goes to enroll is told to sign his full name and he forthwith, for in stance, signs "J. D. Smith," or "John D. Smith" when under the rule he is required to sign ! his full name - "John Duncan Smith." I do not know whether vou nre having this trouble at Page land or not and 1 am simply calling your attention to it for the 1 very good reason that the error seems to be general throughout thp Stofp in tVia 1 ?,n,v| .u >uv vines auu 1UWUS , as well as in the country. Mr. Stricklin has promised to continuously inform the voters through his paper of the rule re quiring them to sign their names 1 in full when enrolling to vote in 1 the primary, and I know that you will be glad to do the same, Yours very truly, B. F. Pegues. Mule Has che Habit | Monroe Journal " | Mr. Dick Sikes has a mule that chews tobacco. The man , who swapped him to Mr. Sikes ' said that he and that mule had ( made many crops and chewed a . many plug of tobacco. To prove . it the mule was given a half plug , and proceeded to chew it just j like a man, the only difference . being that the mule swollowed his "ambeer." s It is a wise husband that can remember his wife's birthday . and forget her age.?Life. De fire in de Summers er dis * ole worl,' hot ez it is, is only cli- \ ma thin' dinners fer de worl' ter come, an' still dey ain't satisfied. ?Exchange. * \ iuti. v . u*1 aSafc ^ uuyi jnouia nave lime ror Recreation A. M. L. in Progressive Farmer Just how much should be included in this term, "the pursuit of happiness," all the wise men since Jefferson's day have debat ed, and yet we have no distinct rule of measure. But, having been a farm boy, and since boyhood having worked with farm boys of the South, I think I speak for every single boy on the farm today, when 1 say that this pursuit of happiness means more than the following of the mules up and down the long corn rows six days in the week, from early morn till late at eve, or the handling of the hoe in the weedy cotton fields for a like period of time. The boy will get a certain amount of satisfaction out of these occupations, and at certain times may seem really to enjoy the work, but he cannot associate them with "the pursuit of happiness." The term does not fit?his very being will not accept such definitions. My knowledge of boys authorizes me to say that the pursuit of happiness means something like a ball and bat and other boys to play with, or a shotgun to hunt squirrels, or maybe a kodak on a bright sunny day, or a lunch basket, a book, and pole line and reel. Some boys are fond of one kind of sport, while other boys choose a different kind, but a true, American farm boy desires some such healthful, manly enjoyments. My father, as well as many other farmers today, regarded such pursuits of happiness as a ^mnhjt?^os^)f^^\Nvhich had h Bl^^'^^^^Tiappiness if the job happened to be short lived, for occasionally the job would be along the side of the corn or down in the pastures, when a squirrel would occasionally let himself be seen. But such work is the regular routine of the farm boy, and cannot be classed as a pursuit of happiness. I respect the opinions of these old farmers, but their opinions are not always correct, even if they are old enough to be sages. When thev try to enforce such opinions upon the farm boy, the boy through whose veins courses rich red American blood, giving the individual energy and a desire to enjoy life I sav when they try to enforce such opinions they will meet with failure. The boys may not issue a declaration of independence as our fore fathers did when King George tried to enforce his opinions, but they will slip off and go in swimming when the father isn't watching, they will slight their work, and above all, will likely acquire a distaste for the farm and farm life. It is such things as these, these neglects of the boys and their happiness, that have caused many an otherwise useful lad to run away to the city and spend his life in drudgery and obscurity. Another sad phase that often develops from such treatment of the hoy is that the boy concludes that he is not being given a square deal, that his father has no sympathy with his aspirations and desires. He feels thnt hnmp is a kind of a half-way prison, and that he is living a life that is in vain. When the hoy loses faith in his parents or regards him as unjust, it is more than likely that he will have a low opinion of e ther men, and will not be very deeply impressed with his duties to society. The busy season in the farm Ur. Langston Writes of his Cam- I paign in This County. He tells of the work done and < the conditions as he found them among the Baptist churches of 1 the Chesterfield Association: i ^ "The brethern in the Chester- 1 field Association have been planning for an enlistment campaign 1 in their borders for a year. Such < a campaign was made May i 24 31 inclusive. Fifteen special s services were held at eight cen- ] trally located places with several i adjacent churches co operating, i Thirty-three Home Fields and forty-five Foreign Mission Jour- ! nals (more to hear from) were I placed in as many homes. Two i hundred and eleven people were : enrolled in mission study classes i in groups of six: forty-four at i Pageland, fitty-five at Mt. Crog- < han. Four committees were ap i pointed to consider the advisa- i bility and practicability of build- l ing as many parsonages. A lot 1 for a parsonage was practicaly secured at Jefferson. A committee is already at workvon a < plan for a brick church at Mt Croghan. The biethern at Page...:n ? J- i : inuu, win, uo uoudi, in tne near future, build a granite church and maybe a parsonage as well. The church at Chesterfield "is laving large plans for the futile. The brethren at McBee have secured two lots?one of them including an acre on which to build church and parsona??. The Bible plan of giving wis displayed everywhere and *o doubt an every-member campaign will be made in all tAe churches for the next yeaas These results were madejx^K Mine by uie Hearty "5o-opefa?JfH| of the pastor and churches aifl| especially by the patient and pcH sistent work done in the yea^B that are past. The enlistmeiH man was everywhere urgentlB invited to return and help corrB plete the work so well begu^R which invitation he will glad^R accept if the Lord gracious^R spares him. The Chesterfie^R Association never had a bright^R outlook nor more nor greatHJ opportunities for the advanJH ment of the kingdom r?f nil Redeemer." W. J. Langston. I work is coming on now, an il there are many boys in the Sout tl who will have to work hard thes el long days. That is all light, it si not going to hurt them if it isn 11 carried too far. But remembe I that our boys are worthy consic eralion. It is too much to wor c them hard all the week long, n< t let them have any pay, any shai e in ihe crop, or any time for th r pursuit of their favorite pastimi. If you want 'the boy to woik well, give him the prospects of rest and recreation when the work is done, or before it XS completed, if it is a long job. I ^WWWVWV -w | Another cl ! H ^ I have just comply * J- : 1? --- ^ uiessiiuj parior ai m\H t pared to do any kind oH ^ ing and the finest kifl f i i . Kinas 01 scalp treatrrH < will do the work r noon. B| Summer School For Teachen To Open June 22nd. Columbia Record. The State Summer school fo high school teachers to be hel< at University of South Carolim will open June 22 Prof- \V. H Hand, State high school inspec tor, who is executive secretar] pf the summer school said thi morning that applications fo admittance to the school wen pouring in and that he expecte* a capacity attendance. Th< school will end July 17. The object of the summe school is to train high schoo teachers in the organization an< and management of high schoo and to give them increase* instruction in the subjects nov Ininrht thprp Tim ViinrVi cobnnl of the State have increased muc! in size and have greatly raise< their standard so that now mucl more is expected of the average high school teacher than eve before. With the growth of th high schools of this State ha come a need for more efficienc in high school methods and th State summer school aims to fil this need. The teachers who attend th school will be given sleepim quarters in Thornwell am Woodrow colleges, the new doi mitories on the campus. The will be furnished board at th university commons on the coi ner of Surnter and Green street! The gymnasium, Flinn hall an the library will be at the dispose of the teachers while the schor is in progrest. Thefollow'ng courses of stud kirill Ko nri\rnn Aivrio?UM?.A, prrwj uv ii^licuuilic, UII ^i^^hem istj^, education, Ens s Why the Full Name Must be on the Club Roll John Roy Smith went to the r secretary to enroll his name as a * member of the Hardscrabble 1 club. With pen in hand he wrote * with a flourish, "J. R. Smith." "You must write your full ?' name. Mr. Smith," kindly sugs gested the secretary. r "What for?" inquired Mr. 2 Smith. "That's the name I go * by; everybody knows me by that 2 name. What's the use of all that?" r "The rules say so," repl ed the 1 secretary politely, d Being somewhat mollified by the kindness and good sense of d the secretary, Mr. Smith took up v the pen again and wrote, "John s R. Smith." - "That isn't right yet," Mr. d Smith, said the secretary. "The 1 rules say you must sign your full e name. r " ," said Mr. Smith, e as he glared at the secretary. s "What you want me to sign my y full name for?" e "I don't want you to sign anyd thing," promptly responded the long suffering secretary, begine ning to lose his patience in loser ing so much time with Mr. d Smith's signing; "but the rules require it. I presume there is y good reason for it. Anyway my e duty is to get every man to enr roll correctly so that he can vote s. in the primary." d As Mr. Smith wanted to be il quite sure of his right to vote at >1 the primary, he decided to take i-- - ' ? iiu uiuiilus; so ne look up nits y pen the third time and wrot? i- "John Roy Smith," and departed! * Mr. Smith is ordiqarily a repf To Much Honor William Collier, the actor, has a twelve-year-old son and a country home at St. James, on Long Island. One day in the spring the youngster came to him and said that he had just been elected captain-manager of his ball club, and in view of the honor conferred upon him he desired to show his appreciation in a substantial manner. He thought it would be rather a graceful thing if he presented his teammates with a tent under which they might hold their business sessions and map out campaigns against the rival nines of the neighborhood. So Collier, Sr., donated the tent and a table and a dozen camp chairs for furnishings, and provided a site for it on his lawn. After the canvas had been pitched and the hnvs hnH nccomKlorl therein the donor slipped down to the back of the tent and hid there with his eye at a crack in order to hear and see how the boys conducted their meeting. He arrived just in time to hear his son say: "My lather gave us this tent, so I move.we elect him an honorary member." ; This motion was carried unan; imously amid applause. The first baseman stood up. "Mr. Manager," he said, "we i need some uniforms?regular uniforms. How are we going i to get them?" t "I move," said the chairman, s "that the honorary member be i permitted to buy the uniforms." . ? By acclamation this motion . also was adopted.