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the PageiInd journal ? _ _ Vol. S NO. 33 PAGELAND, S. C., WED?|386oRNING, APRIL ?8, 1915 $1.00 per year I ? Mothers Day May 9th. Mother's da}' is obser ved on ihe second Sundav of May. Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia inaugurated the movement in 1907 It ocurred to her while comemorating the death ot her mother on the second Sunday of May that the day, falling in a season of blue sky and blossoms, might be set aside as an annual festival upon which due tribute of affection and remembrance should be ronHaroH tr? all mnfliare * vumvivu IV/ u11 aiiv/invl^i Miss Jarvis then began a campaign of personal appeal to men prominent in public life, clergymen, philanthropists, business and professional men, asking them to further the movement. She pleaded her case so eloquently that in 1910 the day was Celebrated not only in Philadelphia but in many other cities. On may 10; 1^13, a resolution passed the United States house bf representatives and the senate Commending Mother's day for observance by the two houses of Congress, the president and his Cabinet and other hands of government departments. In the same year the legislature of Nebraska made mother's day a state fag day in honor of patriots of Nebraska's true homes and mothers. In May 1913, the legislature of Pennsyl vania made mother's day the state holiday. The day is planned to be observed by some distinct mark of kindness, visit, letter, gift or tribute showing the remembrance of the mother and father's day is equally a father's -day a^^^s designed to deepen and penN^^^amily ties. An^ intS^Hhk^ssociation w-:?? 4i?u> ofce? /ormlfnlJ'prbiiicj|te and protect the observance of the day m all countries and to carry forward the work* President Wilson and our ex-presidents are honorary national officers of the association. The white carnation has been selected as the emblem of the day because, as PYnlaSnpH Ku Miue v..r.?MMW W T jai Vldf II seems the least perishable, was not costly'and could be worn by men and women alike. Then too, its sweet wholesome fragrance and white purity made it stand out as an appropriate symbol. A Bald Headed Faker One day I got a hot tip that a certain fellow wanted to do a lot of advertising in farm papers. Not knowing what his proposition was I called on him. When 1 walked into his office Ihe handed me a piece of copy and said: "What will that cost me?" I looked at it and saw it was for a fake hair restorer? almost "guaranteed" to make hen's lay wooly eggs. It was a Scream! But that isn't the funny part. The fellow himself was as bald as a buzzard. I looked at him for a moment and replied. "I don't know what it would cost you but if I were to take it I'm sure it would cost me my job. If it's such a wonderful hair restorer?you might try some yourself." All that time, however 1 was easing my way to the door.because he was as big physically as he was as a faker, and I'm rather tiny. A few weeks later the advertising appeared in a lot of daily papers. That's been a long time ago and I guess by now he's claiming his dope is good for growing hair on bell clappers to muffle the noise. l get lota of fun out of these scnmpi.?J. A. Merlin in Pro grtwiv* Fnrmw. / Mt. Croghan ^School Closed Friday. Written for The Journal Friday, April liird was commencement and a gay day in Mt. Croghan. 10 a. m, welcome song by school, and they sang it too. In the declamation contest were the following: Joyce Baker Theron Belk, Paul Baker and Thomas Burch. The contestants in the recitation contest were: Misses I/./.ie Gibson, Myrtle Rushing, Hilda l^nrr>li ami h'tlw.l Albincnn Debate?Resolved, that the right of suffrage be extended to the women in South Carolina. Affirmative, Lee Burch and Andrew lluntley. Negative Hob son Dalymple and Bryant Huntley. Decision for the nega tive^ Vocal solo, Alwyn Rathff. Recess was taken until 2:30 and then there were recitations, songs, etc., by the smaller children. They did their parts well, and looked so sweet, which they could not help doing alter having been trained by Misses Hendricks and McColl. 8:30 P. M. The auditorium filled with old and young, pretty and ugly ?no there are no ugly folks in Mt. Croghan, you know By the kindness of our ok friend, Mr. Johnson Huntley, wt had a seat right up at the Iron where we could see those preth girls and young gentlemen. The first play was. "Dr. Dane: Choice," a three act play. Nex was "Tom Thumb's Wedding.' Both were good. "The De strict School" wjjj ine main piay, ancTit was spTen* did. Bryant Huntley was teacher, and a good one; Andrew Huntley was chairman of the committee and his mustache were "fierce." Medals were awarded to Bry ant Huntley, debater; Elbe Atkinson, reciter; Joyce Baker declaimer. Each one did credit to himsel and the school. Prof. Orr ha; been teaching this school sinct 1912. He is from North Caro lina. Miss Hendricks lives ir Mt. Croghan and Miss McCol lives in the best town yet, Page land. Yours for more good times G. W. J. Pageland, S. C., April 26th. Bulletin on Gardening. A vegetable garden is an in dispensable feature of ever> good farm and in South Caro lina it is not only possible bul fairly easy to have a garden from January to December. In spring however, interest in gardening is naturally at its height and it is ft t 4 h ?? m a! a- ' at mis ume nun ine rarmer anil suburbanite are most desirous of getting the best garden informa tion. Clemson College recom mends that those who are interested in gardening write to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, for Farmers' Bulletine 647. "The I lome Garden in the South,"-which is a new publication by 11. C. Thompson Mr. Thompson is thoroughly familiar with South Carolina conditions and his bulletin practical and reliable. They brought a wounded Brit ish soldier back from the front, and somebody asked him to describe the battle in which he was hurt. "Well," said the Tommj, "it's Ill/A " + ..n.v una. nrsi you ears a 'oil ol a noise and then the nurse savs: Try and drink a little of this W Old Soldiers Are Pa'dj^|| Confederate Money; The State, Saturday The reunion cf the 9^HH Carolina division of the U^H|B Confederate Veterans canifl^^| an impressive end yestcrapj^j . afternoon with a parade?Mjii Main street between line^Mp) spectators. The parade, onoflm^ tile most successful everatlenj^^M ed in Columbia, was broughff?j .1 halt at the Stale house, w Ih^H 1,000 boys and girls, dressed-NfflB red, white and blue, tonned^B living Confederate flag on UtSf steps of the north poitico. j|Hh children cheered the velera^^H shrilly and sang "Dixie" dfl^H " ripperarv" until the echoes*? mv; vyumcuL'iuit's sung in War Between the Sections ay*Bg tiie allies' song in the War o! nK Nations seemed to mingie. Alter Former Gov. iJunc^H Clinch 1 ley ward had deliverejM a brief address to the veterajBH grouped on the lower steps oH the State house and in the pia^H the ''rebels" received their firH "pay" in Confederate currencH ' since Appomattox and Greeqftfl boro. N. O. Pyles, dressed in fl 1 worn gray uniform and W., Clark, commander of Caogjfl Hampton, acted as paymnstefgB The equipage from which they ' paid olf was a nondescript wagJ on drawn by a drab mule, both 1 vehicle and animal having the appearance of having been til nil I (rtl tilt* tixir Th" uiv inn. i iic payuiaa5 ter's chest was an iron safe used 1 during the war to hold Confederate currency priuted at the branch treasury in Columbia! j i Oui vjetjeramu ?*? "pay" gleefully, examining the worn notes with trembling finer ers which had been steady * enough on musket triggers in ? the days when the worthless "stamped paper was backed by * the Confederate States of 1 America. ^ New Definition for a Revolver. Mitchell 'S. D.) (ta/etttf. A revolver is a nickle-plated substitute for bravery, which has jjiiicuuiuiy oriven tne original I article out of the market. The revolver gives a puny man with a 5-8 inch brain and the pluck of a grasshopper a 100' vard reach and makes him more deadly than a Sioux Indian. There was a time when this1 country had no dangerous animals. except bears and wolves* and life was safe, except on the ' frontiers, but now vast hordes of 11/. ?i-i i - * m jtin uiu uoys wno use men* t skulls for a dime novel booki case, roam the streets with ci, garettes in their face.* and a portable cannon in their hip pockets ( producing obituaries with the ski'l and . enthusiasm of a cholera microbe; while it as^ all Times possible to meet a per sonal enemy who has been chasing you for a week, and who is t reluctantly competed to defend , himself when he catches you by filling you so full of lead that 1 ' your remains will require eight ' pall bearers. Revolvers are now i so generally used in debate, in i . domestic quarrels, and repartee of all sorts that 8,000 Americans > die of?them each year, it is said. When you're through sizing uptheotl\er fellow, it's a good thing to step back from yourself and see how you look. Then add SO per cent to your estimate of your neighbor for virtues that i you don't see, and subtract 50 ! per cent from voursetf for faults : that you've missed m your ini vfaitory, and you'll have \\ pf^ty uccuratt* result,?ttxclmnnc. Iig Battle Coming* n, April 23.?With a bis: iveloping near Ypres in and reports of a pros- e laval engagement in the ? en and of preparations 0' nbined naval and mili- K sk on the Dardanelles or 11 let vital spot in Turkey, s highly expectant. b i severe engagement has h ace neai Ypres is con- e >y official reports, but t( e so contradictory that a lal result of the prelimi;htlng is not known. It li appear, however, that a g their loss of hill No. b heir failure to recapture I Germans have com- 1 an offensive from tlic 11 against the Anglo li ine in front of Ypres, ii such bloody battles last o and also'against the ine farther west. n Sermans claim they u tie allies back to the|c nal, taking 1,600 British n inch prisoners and a a of guns. The French a it the allies had to fall d t declare this was due to J by the Germans of y ting gas bombs. Paris v that in counter attacks t< s took man3r German o ? and that the Belgians b tjipulsed German attacks. It is believed here that these opera- p tfftns are only the commence- lj nsent of another battle of Ypres. v ^Although a dispatch from ii Holland tonight gives a rumor b ts^Lthe Germans are about to o f^Back to the Liege line, to tl B^HRfiinst Italy, should Italy jcYlhe allies, it is considered b tnfe likely in military circles v h<pe that the Germans will give h buttle where they arc, preferring to be the first to attack, having c learned from recent experiences s that it is difficult to hold the I strongest positions when an ex- s trumely heavy cannonade is v dilrected against them. s fighting continues in the y W yevre, and here also both the p Fiench and Germans claim successes. The French in this n region seemingly still are on the fi offensive and apparently deter- b in ned to attempt further to s sq tee/.e the German wedge 1< which has its apex at St. Mihiel. s The prediction of a naval bat- tl tie! in the North sea, based on tl reports from Scandinavia of ii aclivity by the warships, the prohibition of shipping between England and Holland by the Hr tish admiralty and the announcement from the German p admiralty that the German high 1( se.ii fleet several times lately has e been out in the North sea with- n out eticountering British ships arel calling forth much discusSK5P. n e Fired At Conductor. j, Lancaster, April 22.?Stopping g his train Tuesday at Miller's f crossing for the purpose ot put d tin? off four negro meti who c refused to pay their fares from v Foil Lawn to Lancaster, D. E. t Pei nv, conductor on the Lancas- F tcr & Chester railway, was fired c at a number of times by the v neg roes whom he ejected from his train, but each shot went s wil 1 of its mark, burying them- r seh es in the cars. The negroes i we it over on the morning train a to I ort Lawn to find work, it is I tho *ght, at the new dam near f Grefet Falls and wtre endeavor- i ingflp beat their way hack to i La Jhfiter. The negroes, who t aroitrangers about here escaped v iu lla woods after the shooting ' \ 1 Are You Getting Your Share Se of This? Scientists tell us that above very acre of land there is, reck- tin ncd at present prices, Si 1,000,- tin 00 worth of atmospheric nilro- ce en.- At this rate the man with Tc hundred-acre farm has SI, 100,- tei 00,000 worth,- or enough to A uild two Panama Canals and mi avc enough left to build a doz frc n modern battleships; enough f*1* . its ) supply every man, woman nd child in ttie United States nth $11 each; or enough to a ca tile more than half pay for our as onual whiskey and tobacco in. Are you using this wealth? j ire you changing it from an co lert, unused possibility into a M< quid asset? Are you turning an Ho real money a goodly share ins f these potential millions? wt Both foreign and American T1 lanufacturers are now, b}' the of se of powerful electric currents ab onibining this free atmospheric itrogen with certain materials be nd thus rendering it available a s a plant iood. This is a great Hi iscovery; but tor plain Farmer in: ones we don't see anything as et to compare with Nature's re: /ay, which is through the bac bo ^ria that live in the little knot9 ra r nodules on the roots of peas, inj eans and the various clovers. pit From September to April is a di] eriod wlien our lands are usual- to ' idle; moreover, it is a period vvl /hen they are too often wash- Wi ag away. But these busy little co acteria, working on the roots th< i bur and crimson clover and an tie vetches, are putting a new wi aco.or. tljfcaaiJUiitfito' problem ?4-* 4o longer have we any business uying nitrogen in bags, when . pe can get it free with a lot of af lumas to boot. OE If you doubt this, turn under a q rop of clover or vetch this ca pring and follow it with corn. m f we're not mistaken you'll be nt urprised at the yield that corn ^ vill make, and the way it will an tand drouth will bring joy to ca our heart in these days of high riced feed. Qf But clovers and vetches are an iot the only plants whose roots ^ urnish homes for our bacterial ^ enefactors, Cowpeas, peanuts, nt oy beans, velvet beans, and fjc sspedeza likewise are nitrogen atherers, and no Southern farm tjv tiat this summer does not utilize :Q, tiese to the utmost will be liv 0*( ng up to its opportunities. -Progressive Farmer. j8 Tj Italy Not Likely to Enter War ca Rome, April 23, via Paris?A of rominent Italian statesman said lyi adav that possibilities of Italy's b> arly participation in the war th ovv seemed more remote. pr "To entef the war Italy would lai irst be obliged to break off dc iegotiation9 with the central T1 mpires, which still are proceed th rig at Vienna," he said. "The th government then would have to it ind a plausible reason for fo lenouncing the treaty, which ba xeated the triple alliance. Even dc tfnit it ie lYirvet lil/nltr Tl VUlt 111(11 UWUW 11 10 I11UC3I I I I\V-1 > A J hat the central empires under or >resent conditions would not st< :onsider such action a cause for var. "Italy must find another rea- in on if she desires to pick a quar m el with Austria. This might be th n the form of an ultimatum on to iccount of the gathering of pr Austrian troops along the Italian rontier or on account of the infortunate position of Italians bi inder Austrian rule. It is easy o foresee, however, that Austria I'i votild not respond to any such si irovooativc measure," ra vere Electrical Storm Causes Damage at Raeford. Wadesboro, April 22.?One of ? inost severe electrial storms it ever visited the State conntrated its fury in Antioch nvnship of Hoke County, yesdav afternoon about 5o'c1ock. cloud whose density created d-night darkness came up >m the west and passed over 2 little city of Raeford, filling citizens with the terror of an pending cyclone. The lightig was incessant and rain me down in sheets and it was dark as midnight. As a result of the storm the irehouse of J. A. and M. H. cFall was destroyed by light ng, together with 350 bales of tton, the residence of J. C. argan was struck and burned d the residence of Mr. Seate, jpector of oil for this county, is struck by a boll of lightning, le cotton and the warehouse the McFalls was insured for out $12,000. Mr. Morgan's residence had en vacated by the family just few hours before tlie storm. 2 was protected with $1,000 surance. The damage to Mr. Seate's sidence was negligible, as the It struck the door facing and n down a telephone wire, do Z no greater damage than rip g open a screen door. It is [ficult to estimate the damage ^ the crops of the section over tiich the storm passed. There as considerable cotton and rn planted, and in many of 4 e fields where crops were up d the results of the heavy rain ill ?-? AAArni ?* 1 ? * - ? ~ Ill UCVCOOIkUlC lcprduiiug. Monro^ Monroe, April 22.?Some time ler 11 o'clock last night, some* le entered the drug store of N. Simpson, Jr., rifled a small sh drawer of about $6 and ade good his escape leaving > clue behind him. The robry was apparently that of an aaleur. a safe and the main sh register were not opened. The main cash register is one the large complicated kind id to open it makes a great al of noise; and, as a light irns constantly all night long the front and the-street is ef:iently patroled, it would have en sheer foolishness for the ief to have attempted the openg of the large cash register or the safe. The small cash reger, the one which was opened, used for the fountain trade, tie thief after entering the store rried the register to the back the store where it was found ing open early this morning r W. M. Fowler, who opened e store. C. N. Simpson, the oprietor, was the last to leave 9t night, and bolted the back >or, and also locked the front, he thief must have entered rough the front door because e windows are iron barred and would have been impossible r the thief to have entered the ick door; but how the front >or was opened is a mystery, he work was done by some le apparent^' familiar with the :>re. Don't waste any time expressg approval of the Ten Comandments. They have had all e endorsements they need, and obey them is better than to aise Ihem.?Kpworth Herald. "The boss accuses you of iing blind drunk." "Veil, the bosh's mistaken, m sheein'twice as much as I te when I'm sober?twice as uch, unitan'f^Ex.