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Vol. 4 NO. 49 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1914 $1.00 per year
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Cents
Washington, Aug. 14.?The
Southern Cotton congress, after
indorsing various plans ior the
relief of the crisis of the cotton
market resulting from the
European war, concluded its
sessions here tonight. The congress
authorized various committees
to cooperate with the
federal and State authorities in
their efforts to enable the cotton
growers to weather the financial
storm and secure a fair price for
the present cotton crop.
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far done by the Southern represenatives
in congress in the matter
of furnishing transportation
for the export trade and providing
currency to finance the crop,
the congress indorsed a bill
introduced in the house by
Representative Wingo of Arkansas,
authorizing the issuance of
federal reserve notes on cotton.
Later the report from the
resolutions committee was
adopted outlining a plan to meet
the entire situation. This provided
for the appointment of a
committee of five members to
cooperate with congress, the
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ucaoui; uciiniuucui uuu me ieueral
reserve board to seek means
of "financing and marketing the
crop, without unnecessary loss
to the farmers."
The report recommended that
all growers hold cotton of the
present crop for the price of
12 12 cents a pound, based on
middling cotton.
It urged the federal reserve
board and the secretary of the
treasury to place $300,000,000 in
the banks of the South on the
basis of the cotton production in
?eachStale. II then proposedthat
every farmer should have
the right to go to his l ank and
secure a loan on notes maturing
in sit months but renewable for
six months, secured by his cotton
on onehalf of the crop he
raised, to 80 per cent, of the valr
ue of the cotton based on the
average price for the last five
years.
These notes, the report recommended,
should be made rediscountable
in the federal reserve
banks.
As originally presented, the
report recommended that the
notes contained a stipulation that
the farmer would raise only half
of a normal crop ?in 1915, and if
the war was still in progress on
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tpin X, OIIUUIU lUISC umy uilt'quarter
of his crop, thus holding
down the 1915 production to
prevent a glut, caused by carrying
over this year's surplus
A vigorous discussion resulted
in striking out this provision and
recommended only that the
farmer be urged to cut down
his crop without stipulation in
the proposed notes. The report
recommended that tobacco and
other crops should be handled
in the same way, in the discre
' tion of the reserve board.
President E. J. Watson was
authorized to appoint a committee
to take up the question of
providing warehouses to store
such of the crop as will be held
over until next year.
When an army can not beat
the enemy it should "beat it."
Even an aeronaut can not rise
above trouble and danger.
As Ct rulo tha mnn t.iK/4
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a clock doesn't have a good
time.
When a mosquito wishes to
introduce a bill he always carries
his point.
In his time man plays many
parts, but it is distressingly seldom
that he makes a hit.?Boston
Transcript
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Established
The Post Office Department
has sent the following: letter to
Congressman D. E. Finley:
My dear Mr. Einley:
Referring: to your personal inquiry
yesterday as to the proposed
additio lal rural route
from Pageland, South Carolina,
I beg: to state that the Postmaster
General has issued an order
directing: the establishment of
the route in question, effective
October 1,1914, contingent upon
the filing: before that date by the
postmaster of certificates that
certain g:ates which obstruct the
proposed line of travel have
been either removed or equipped
with devices by which they
may be opened and closed by
the carrier without dismounting
from his vehicle, and that the
required number of families
have pledged themselves to patronize
the service and erect approved
boxes. Unless these
certificates are received it will
be necessary either to postpone
the establishment of the service
or to rescind the order.
Sincerely yours
Jas. I. Blakslee
Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General.
Tillman Will Not Run Again.
Washington, Aug. 14.?Senator
B. R. Tillman, today announcing
that he would not again become
a candidate for the senate,
gave out the following signed
statement:
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"I was 67 years old ihe 11th
day of August and felt like sending
all of you a greeting. I served
you ??-governor -iour years.
and have been your senator in
Washington 20 years. When
my term expires March 4, 1919,
if I live so long, I shall have
held the highest offices in your
gift for 28 years. An old man
desires to thank you for your
generous support all this long
while. May he not, without
boasting, but in sincerity and
earnestness, say that he has done
his very best for both South Carolina
and the nation? Constituted
as I am, I could not "have
done otherwise. One of the
first lessons my good and noble
mother taught me was, 'If a
thing is worth doing at all, it is
worth doing well * While I was
governor, therefore, I was gov
emor, as every one in South
Carolina knows, not of the Tillmanites
alone, hut of all the people.
And since I have been
senator I have tried to be as
good a senator as there was in
Washington.
"Since August, 1885, when 1
made my first speech at Bennettsville,
I have been one of the
most prominent figures, and
since 189<> the most powerful
political factor in South Carolina.
1' rom the very start I won
the love and confidence of a
lui^c majority 01 my leilow citizens
and it was because of the
genuineness of my Democracy
that I was so hated and bitterly
opposed. Many good men believed
I was an officer seeking
demagogue and could find no
language s/rong enough to express
their hatred and contempt.
Mrs. Diggs?At our club meeting
this afternoon Mrs. Drayton
read one of her unpublished
ooems.
Mrs- Diggs?And what did
you do?
Mrs. Diggs?Just to take her
down a peg I read one of my
untried recipes for Hungarian
goulash!?Puck.
japan centers the War
Tokio, Aug. 16.?2:30 p. m.?
Japan sent an ultimatum to Germany
Saturday night at 8 o'clock
demanding the withdrawal of
German warships from the Orient
and the evacuation of Kiau
Chau and giving Germany until
Sunday, August 23, to comply
with the demand. Otherwise, the
ultimatum states, Japan will
take action.
Kiau-Chau, from which Japan
has demanded the withdrawal
of Germany, is a town on the
peninsular of Shan-Tung, China,
leased with adjoining territory
by Germany in 1898 and snon
afterwards made a protectorate.
The German territory has an
area of about 200 square miles.
Germany also controls an extended
waterfront. Using: Tau,
the seaport in the territory con
trolled by Germany is strongly
fortified.
The general expectation here
is that the ultimatum will be
followed by war.
The ultimatum follows:
"We consider it highly important
and necessary in the present
situation to take measures to
remove the causes of all disturbances
of die peace in the Far
East and to safeguard the
general interests as contemplated
by the agreement of the
alliance between Japan and
Great Britain.
"In order to secure a firm and
enduring peace in eastern Asia,
the establishment of which is
the aid of the said agreement the
Japan Imperial Government
believes it to be its duty to give
the advice to the Imperial
German fiovernmpnf tn
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out the following two appositions.
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First?To withdraw immediately
from Japanese and Chinese
waters German men-of-war and
armed vessels of all kinds and to
disarm at once those which cannot
be so withdrawn.
"Second?To deliver on a date
not later than September 15 to
the Imperial Japanese authorities
without condition the entire
leased territory cf Kiau-Chau
with a view to the eventual
restoration of the same to
China.
"Third?The Imperial Japanese
Government announces at the
same time that in the event of it
not receiving by noon on August
23,1914, an answer from the
Imperial German Government
signifying its unconditional
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offered by the Imperial Japanese
Government Japan will be com
pelled to take such action as she
may deem necessary to meet the
situation."
What They Don't Say.
The Columbia State names the
following as the remarks candidates
for office do not make:
"I'm after the salary?darn the
honor of the office!"
"My opponent has made an
pxrpllpnf ropftr/l "
"I have about given up hope
of carrying this county."
"1 must confess that there is
more gas than common sense in
my speeches."
"I can't say much for either
the good looks or the intelligence
of this audience."
"Probably John C. Calhoun
had a little something on me as
statesman."
"I will now retire and take a
drink of licker."
A candidate says the reverse of
this so much that before the
campaign is over he comes to
believe what he says, and after
he is beaten his disappointment
is greater than if he had talked
and thought more discreetly.'
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The Primary in Union County.
The Democratic primary was
held in Union county Saturday,
and the results of the balloting
are as follows:
For Sheriff: J. V. Griffith 2534, <
J. N. Price 655. 1
For Clerk of Court: R. W. i
Lemmond 2110, C.- E. Houston i
966.
For County Commissioner: '
L. R. Helems 1818, J. C. Laney
1487, H. T. Baucom 1396, R. A. 1
Hudson 1049, R. B. Cuthberson
856, G. W. Smith 667, B. F. Par- I
ker 662, Joe E. Thomas 441.
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rur representative: J. U. M. i
Vann 1318, W. G. Long 1138,
W. A. Eubanks 1050, J. D. Bun- '
dy 769, Henry McWorter 593, ]
J. M. Fairley 531, T. B. Moore '
160. 1
For Recorder: M. L. Flow 1157, i
H. B. Adams 1018, Vance Mc- i
Neeley 570, Lee M. Howie 357. 1
For Coroner J. F. Plyler 1421, '
T. B. Davis 1245. t
From these figures it will be 1
seem that Griffith was nominat i
ed for sheriff; Lemmond for 1
clerk of court; Helms, Laney, <
and Baucom for commissioner; 1
and Plyler for cornor. M. L. <
Flow and H. B. Adams enter the 1
second race for recorder. It is i
rpnnrtorl V*nt nil ?
ivu luui till I11C CclliUlUUIt'S *
for representative have with- i
drawn except J. C. M. Vann and
W. G. Long. I
J. C. Winchester and C. B. i
Barden will enter the second 1
race for cotton weigher at Men- <
roe. ' <
M. C. Ix>ng, for register^of '
deed, and R. L. Stevens, for pros- <
ecuting attorney, were nominat- I
ed without opposition. !
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_ B. Y. P. U. Program. i
Below is the program for the
county B. Y. P. U. Convention, 1
to be held with Elizabeth Baptist
church, beginning Friday, Sep 1
tember 11th at 9:00 a. m.
9 to 10 o'clock a. m. B. Y. P. U. !
Manual Study Class, taught by i
Rev- B. S. Funderburg.
10.00 a. m. Devotional exercise 1
by president. Three minutes 1
i.cportfrom delegates. Address '
el welcome by Miss Frauline 1
Burch. Response by J. Frank !
Funderburk. Song. Paper
"Teach the youth Reverence"
by Miss Lessie Burch. Song
12:00 Dinner. 1
1:30 p. m. Devotional exercise j
by Leon B. Funderburk. Paper s
"The young people we need to- i
day" by Miss Maude Funderburk,
discussed by others pre- <
sent. Song. Demonostration <
program by the White Plains i
Union. Closing exercise. 1
4:00 B. Y. P. U. Manual Study ?
Course conducted by Dr. J. T. 1
Watts. 1
8:30 p. m. an address by Dr. 1
J. T. Watts. j
Saturday morning 1
9 to 10 a. m. B. Y. P. U. Man- .
ual Study Course conducted by
Dr. W. D. Wakefield. Devotio- 1
nal exercise conducted by Rev. 1
J. M. Sullivan. Paper "The j
I5enelits ot the B. Y. P. U. by 1
Miss Mavis Funderburk. Dis- :
cussed by others present. Special
music. An address by Dr. W.
D. Wakefield, pastor second
Baptist church, Columbia, S. C.
Dinner.
1:30 Miscellaneous Business.
Closing exercise.
Leon B. Funderburk
J. Frank Funderburk
Committee.
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^vuiny papers please copv)
"Three thousand lives lost
today," said the first fly.
"I low do you know?" demanded
the second fly.
"By the paper,"
"What paper?"
"The flypaper."- -Ex.
Over There And Here.
The Manufacturers Record.
Humanity may be staggered
by the horrors of Europe's war,
but civilization will not be
destroyed. Millions of men and
billions of treasure may be lost
in this devilish work; thrones
may totter, and new maps of
Europe may be necessary before
the end is reached; but mankind
will, on the wreck of these ruins
build a better civilization?one
in which the people, and not a
few unscrupulous men who feel
that they have been divinely
appointed, will rule.
As the people of this country
view the horrors of the European
situation they may well
take courage and thank God
that thev live in a land free from
such conditions as those prevailing
in Europe. While moved
by profound sorrow by the
awful tragedy that is being en
?,icu, Miiu sympamizing witn
the suffering on the battlefield
and the greater suffering of
broken hearts in homes made
desolate by war's destruction,
we yet have a right to lift up
our hearts in thanksgiving for
the blessing of this country in
material things and in the freedom
from the conditions prevailing
in Europe.
In the light of the contrast between
the blessings which the
people of the United States are
now enjoying, with the magnificent
crops of the year and all
other, privileges vouchsafed to
us, how small and petty seem
our thoughts when we mourn
because out business is not quite
so good as it might be and because
our chances of making
money are for the moment not
jtiite so abundant as hi times
past.
Let the people of this country
put behind them such pessimism
ind such narrowness, and in a
spirit of enthusiastic optimism
carry forward the work of the
lay, without hesitating or halting,
and then there will be business
enough for all and room
enough for all wheb the temporary
disadvantages of the present
situation have passed away.
If You Must Drink Booze
Mr. James Watson, editor and
publisher of the Dearborn, Mo.,
Democrat, has the following
suggestion to make to boozefighters:
"To the married man who
:annot get along without his
Irinks, we suggest the following
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bondage of the habit; Start a
saloon in your own house. Be
the only customer. You will
have no license tc pay. Go to
your wife and give her $2 to buy
a gallon of whiskey, and remember
there are 69 drinks in one
gallon. Buy your drinks from
no one except your wife, and by
the time the first gallon is gone,
she will have $8 to put in the
bank and $2 to start business
again. Should you live ten
years and continue to buy booze
from her, and then die with
snakes in your boots, she will
have money to bury you decently,
educate your children, buy a
house and lot, marry a decent
man, and quit thinking about
you."
The Ladies Could Save Us.
If the ladies will simply begin
to wear a multiple number of
skirts, as of yore, the price of
cotton will remain in the 'teens,
regardless of war. As it is, a
boll of cotton will dress a family
of girls.?Marion Star.
, Cotton is Safe.
However there be a temporary
demoralization of commerce
on account of the European
war, it must not for a moment
be supposed that Southern cotton
will be sacrificed.
It may be set down as certain
that the federal government will ,
employ every lawful agency to
extend aid for the salvation of
the cropIndirectly
the United States
has not less at stake than the
Southern farmers. The country
has been in recent years dependent
chiefly on cotton for the
maintenance of the balance of
trade in its favor. With an administration
in Washington
composed largely of men born
in the South and with a sympathetic
understanding of Southern
conditions, there is no grave w
reason for apprehension.
It is already assured that by
the organization of Southern
bankers to take advantage of the
provisions of the Aldrich-Vrceland
act currency to enable the
crop to be held will be supplied
and, meanwhile, the organization
of the regional banking system
goes forward steadily and
rapidly.
Five or six weeks must pass
before the time arrives for cotton
to move in large volume.
If the war be not practically
ended by that time, it is entirely
that the seas will have been
opened to trade.
The prospect is not foi a heavv
crop. Soon or late, every bale
will be needed. When the guns
cease firing, there will be a
tremendous activity in the textile
industry all over the world. The
Southern growers will be able
to tioki their ctTuoii; WW?*"*
have the financial assistance
they require, and there is no
reason for any other feeling than
one of faith in the future in this
part of the world.? The State.
Pollock Is Coming Strong.
Editor, Pageland Journal:
Dear Sir: There has been
widely circulated in Chesterfield
County a report that the Hon.
W. P. Pollock will withdraw
from the U. S. senatorial race
just before the First Primnrv.
This report is untrue. It is hardly
worth denying for the people
of Chesterfield County know
W. P. Pollock.
Mr. Pollock is in the race to
the finish, and when the votes
are counted up the people oj
this County will know that their
man, Pollock, has made friends
and votes throughout South
Carolina.
Pollock will receive votes
from both fractions in nearly
every county in the State, as
well as in Chesterfield County.
The people of Chesterfield
County are proud of the record
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campaign this summer, and they
will show by their vote on the
25th. that they appreciated the
good work done by Chesterfield's
native son.
Yours truly
B. F. Pegues
(Advortisomont)
HoW to Kill The Ants
Get some large mouth bottles,
(or pint glass fruit jars will do)
fill about one half full with rlnnr
water, sink them in the yards
where the ants are, leaving the
tops of bottles out of ground a
little. Mash a few of the ants
near the bottles, they will do the
. t?U . :n i i?
it*ai. 1 ne itms win negin 10 get
in the bottle and will drown,
others will come to their recue
and thousands will drown this
way. I have seen the l>ottles
filled solid with dead ants.?L. J.
Rodgers, in Progressive Farmer. ^