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"The pagel/Jnd Jour^ai Vol.6 NO. 8 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNBSDMkoRNING, NOVEMBER 10. 191S $1.00 per year Bryan Replies to Wilton Speech ? on Preparedness Whashington, Nov.5.-- Former \ Secretary Bryan came out square- 9 ly against President Wilson's s National defense plan-toda* in a 1 formal statement in which\he 1 took issue with the Presidents 1 views as expressed last night be fore the Manhattan Club in New t York. , , *4A departure from our tradb- 1 tions; a reversal of our National 1 policy, a menace to our peace ! and safety and a challenge to the ^ spirit of ChrisH&nitv which teach- ( es us to influence othets by ex- j flmnlp r&tlior tlirtVi ? * . tMIIIVL lltUli UJ CAC1IIUK ? fear," Is mr. Bryan's view of the 4 Natfonaf defence plans. c >Tlie former Secretray of State's a statement, which reiterates views a fee has previously expressed on f 'the suhject of preparedness for1 t! war, wasTegarded as the opened a sgita in the fight which Adminis s ttration leaders expect in Con a gress against adoption of the t iplan. Br, Bryan's statement says: a "I have read the President's speech at New York with sor ii ow and concern. He is doing d what he believes to be his duty f and so long as a man follows hist ti conscience, and judgment* we P cannot criticise his motives, but e we may be compelled to dissent from his conclusions. I feel it tl my duty to dissent, and, as he v has given his views with clear- h mess and emphasis those who1 h differ from him are under a like; d obligation to express themselves with^qu 4 clearness. ^ tl as free to speak his own thoughts W sand risk his own opinion. This ct sentence is a little obscure. In m so far as he expresses his own sp opinion, he does not differ from ca the private citizen except that he al speaks under a sense of official hi >ret?/Onsibility, but where a Na- hs iti&n's fate is involved in a policy ai 'every private citizen who loves K1 his country and tries to serve it y< is conscious of responsibility. js The President will not assume in that he is more deeply interested ct in the weltare of his country se than the millions who elected him to be for the time being d< Uheir spokesman. And if, as he m evidently believes, he is giving voice to the opinions of his tc countrymen, he is, of course, ?< anxious to have them as frank with him as he has been with y< them?how otherwise can he U! know whether he represents or st misrepresents their views. w "He has announced a policy bl which has never before been w adopted in this country ?inH never endorsed bv any party in Ci the country and he has no way of knowing, until he hears from le the people, whether he has cor c< rectlp interpreted the will of the P( public. His appeal is not to any u party, but as he says, to men of ? *all shades of opinion.' He asks e for the heartv support of the b country, meaning, of course, k that he wants the support, pro 11 vided the people fauor the pol- S( icy which he has outlined. He b could not, of course, ask them to n support a policy which they did ? not endorse, especially if they a considered me policy dangerou; ^ to the country. tl "From mv view of the subject, P the plan which he proposes is a not onlj- a departure from our a traditions but a reversal of our National policv. It is not only a a menace to our peace and 85 safety, but a challenge to the a spirit of Christianity which . teaches us to influence others by v example rather than by excitiDg n feftf. F \ itart A Bank Account This F&ll Along with its campaign for >igger drops per acre and better telling methods, The Progres .ive Farmer expects to hammer inceasingly the overwhe'ming teed for saving as well as mak* ng. We believe that every armer in the South should have t bank account, however small tnd there will never be a better ittte than right now to begin. HLow will it help you to put your noney in the bank? Here are tome of the w*yfe> 1. A bank is the safest place o keep money, and it is actually iangerous to keep any eottsiderible sum of money about the tome. Doing so is simply an uyuuuon to Durgiars and raurlerers. Of course it is import" int that you put your mfthey in i sound batik, manned by of iciais in whom you have confilence; but there is now harelv i section of the South without uch banks, and 90 per cent of ill our banks are far, safer than he practice of keeping motieV it home* 2v It is good business, ^timing is a business?; why not conitict it as stich? Other business hen haVe their banks in which hey regularly deposit their sur?lus funds, with which they stablish their credit and obtain oans at fair interest rate*. Is here any particular reasOti why ve should tiot run Out- business a the same way? On the other and thew are dozens and ofcetis ot reasons why we should, -why, as a matter of fact, it is lie only sensible way in which ; can be conducted* associate with strength and t laracter. We all admire the f an who, with temptations to t end wastefully all about him, t in resolutely say no to them j 1; we ' know that any nation i esseo witn men of such breed s is in it elements of strength t id power that will make it eat. One of the finest things > >u can hope for for your boy t that he be thrifty and strong > self denial, and you yourself t in do few better things than 1 it him an example. 4. It is insurance against a ] istitute old age. There is no ore pathetic thing in the world i ian an old couple* broken bv >il and poverty* their children :>ne, little to hope and live for, J >ndemned to fight on year after sar for their very bread. Let 1 s in the summer of life and rength so work and save that , hen the winds of life's winter low upon us, we can face them ithout fear. 5. It promotes buying on a ' ish basis. So long as we are , ragged down by the credit sys m millstone that curses the >tton country, we must not ex Bet any great progress, individ- , al or collective. There is just j ne way to get away from this i vil, and that is to put your < usiness on a cash basis and ' eep it there. This is going to lean self-denial and possibly )me actual hardships, but it is etter for a year to do without lany actual necessities than to o on forever paying tribute to system that grinds men and romen and children down into le dust of hopeless poverty, ut some money in the bank, nd when you buy, buy for cash, I cash prices. Then if vou aven't enough money to buy II you need, do without it, we ay, rather than go into bondage gain. Get in touch with the banker i your town, and do it now; ery often he's a mighty good tan to JAnow.?Progressive armer. > ' ffiSSWB The above cut represents Pageland High School buildinw This buildirie consists of six claM rooms and auditorium. It il modern in all its details, comfort able and convenient. It wai built in 1910 at a cost of $8,508 as the result of a bond plprtWi held for that purpose. Since 1913 the school has been operated as a state high school) receiving aid froth the State Und$) the iiign school act. Six teachj ers, with Prof. G. B. Dukes a? principal, are employed for f nine months session' W ith six teachers and six class rooms A will be seen that all availalfl room in the building is now oH cupled) while the music depart' ment Occitpies the auditoKun&l This department has been QWm His Favorite Beast :1 Harris Dickson, on a hunting trip in Sunflower County, Mm iSSippi, met an old darky wnl had never seen a circus in M ntne follo\Vmg season ion's town of Vicksburg he s^K or the old man and treated hi ml o the whole thing?arrival of he trains, putting up the tents, jrand free street parade, menage ie, main performance, concert, ride show, peanuts, red lemonide, and all* The old datky folloWed his Vtlite patron through with pop ng eyes, but saying never a vord. Late in the afternoon hey got back to the Dickson lome. "John," said Dicksott* uyoti ertoyed It?'* "Boss/' said John freVefatlV; 'Ah shoire did!" "What did you like the most?" "Mistah Dickson," answered [ohn, "Ah shore laked hit all." "Well, what impressed you most?" John scratched his wool. "Well, suh, boss," he said, "Ah reckin hit wuz dat dere animul you calls decamuel." ~ 1 -I- ilt-ii t- - i iic eaiiiei, enr wen, wnai was so remarkably about the camel?" "He suttingly is got such a noble smell!" WE?have saving banks for your boys and girls. They are free when you deposit a dollar to start an account, and the dol lar is returned to vou when the bank is returned in pood con flition. BANK OF PAGELAND * r< The Man Who is Sched^ County Fair today, t I t I ^Hrrauaiuiiiiu^ u.ibis iui Ilie p.lSl VTbe trustees and teachers have bored long and hard to build a Hood school; and it is gratifying H> them as well as to the patrons f the community that their efforts are being f crowned with UcCess* Pngeland 11 igh School Lone of the things in which |Bk>latid. citirens take great Under the ternts of the which State aid is alldw j^^^Hlion in the high school ^^^Bnent is free to any student ^^^yany part of the county.. H^fonly requirments for en Harce are that the student must Be d resident of Chesterfield bounty and must be eibgibio for High school work. Hirmer Cheraw Boy Hurt in Accident. jBlrafttany friends in Cheraw f'dwt] to learn that he had met [tyhitabad accident last Friday and was not expected to live; Mr. Motte was driving an automobile and in making a quick turn to avoid running over a dog his auto crashed into a post. The Machine was wrecked and apieOeof the steering rod was driven ihto his Stomach. Mr. Motte, lived with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. John W. Motte, in Savannah Ga., in which citv the accident occurred. Rev. Mr. Motte was for many years rector Of St. tJavids church in this city Bod life add Mrs Motte still have a host of friends here, and they nave the deepest sympathy of every one in their distress and many are the prayers that are ascending to the Throne of Grace, pleading that their son may be spared to them yet many years. Notice of Decrease ot Stock. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the stockholders of the Pageland Drug Company held on November 5,1915 it was decided to decrease the capital stock from $5,000.00 to $1,000.00 Dr. Thos Duncan S. H. Laney S. A. Sellers Directors. V'-it' . , V w*. --*i I ' :' led tq Make Flights at the omorrow and Friday, Keep DitcF.es and Drains Open and Use Read Drag I Water, not cold, .$ the cause of the deterioration cf roads in t wi iter, according to the road ( specialists cf the department. Co'd wei.thei does not in itself t injure foads, no matter whether f thev are earth, gravel, or macad i am. In fact, an earth foad will stand more traffic when it is solidly frozen than at any oilier time. Excess water, how- r ever, is always detrimental to a ^ highway. When cold weather turns this watef Ittto ice, the ^ damage that it does is gredtly in creased. Ice occupies consider- t ably more space than the water from which it is formed, and eVefv tiprsnn who hcc liv<>H ir> ? r. ...? . ^v. *" 1 a cold cfimate is familiar with the powerful bursting effect of water when left to freeze in a confined vessel. The same action takes place when a wet road freezes to any considerable depth. It simply bursts, or, as we generally term it in road parhince, the road htaves. Later, when the frost leaves, the road is disintegrated and ruts badly, if this process is repeated a num ber of times during the winter, . a gravel or macadam road may be practically destroyed, while an earth road may become entirely impassable, j A dry road will not heave. Ffcodk, fcfavel, sand, and even clay when peffefcti* drv contract slightly on freezing, it! order to expand on freezing, these materials must contain or be * I mixed with water, and the more g ^e^^jnt^^greater come apparent. Hence the fre- [J quent and erroneous idea that it | Q is tne tnaw which injures the ^ road. The injury was done when the water in the foad froze c and the particles of the road surface?broken stone* sand, or still finer particles of earth or clay?vtere pushed apart bv the exoanding powef Of the freezing & water. The thaw merely allow* t< the ice (O melt and assume its e original volume as water. n The remedy is self evident, c Keep the water out of the road. > The time to begin preventive rj measures is early in the fall, be I fore the rains begin. If the road I goes info the winter thoroughly <i dry, with the surface and drain- s age in good condition,' theji chances are extremely favorable y that it will come out all right i: the following spring. y Keep the ditches and drains 1 open. Remove all accumula v tions of weeds, grass, etc., which = tend to retain moisture and ob ^ struct drainage. Furthermore, r do tills work early, while the t ground is still dry and hard. ^ Vegetation and litter hold water r like a sponge and allow it grad / ually to soak in and soften the earth. The job before the road t man is to keep the hard, dry sur s face formed in the summer time \ from becoming softened by the i fall and winter rains and snows, c When the fall rains begin the i earth or gravel road should be 1 dragged Irequently to prevent i the formation of ruts and the < collection of water. All raveled i places on macadam surfaces should be car* fully filled in and t consolidated. I During the winter, whenever I a thaw is coming on, the cross s drains and side ditches should i be opened up as far as possible 1 I so as to prevent water collecting < j along the roadway, if the thaw is so pronounced that the roadway is softened, the drag should be used; sometimes one round trip of the drag, with the hitch reversed, will entirely rid the v When You May Hunt Jcc Dec Advocate ? The law, makes ii n irt'sed neanor to hunt the lauds of an tther without the owner's nernissiou. it is a misdemeanor o go upon the lands of another or the purpose of hunting or ishing without first getting the twner's consent, the maximum >enalty being 30 days imprison nent or a fine of $20. It is not lecessary tor the owner to for>id trespassers by reporting or >therwise, to make this Jaw efective. The penalty is severer, howjver, when land is posted. The >erson who hunts on it then is juilty of entry after notice. The aw says: ' "Everv entry upon the lands >f another, after notice from the >wner or tenant prohibiting the ame shall be a misdemeanor, md be punished by fine not ex :eeding $100.00, or imprisonment vith hard labor on the public vorks of the county not exceed ug thirty days. Provided, that vhenever any owner or tenant )f any lands shall post a notice n four conspicuous places on he borders of any land prohibitng entry thereon, and shall niblish once a week for four . * consecutive wcc!:s .such notice n any newspaper circulating in he country where such lands ( ire situated as proof of the posing and of publishing of such lotice within twelve months >rtof lo the entry, shall be deem- N id and taken as notice concluive against the person making A sntry as afores^iH. for hunting jn^fi^h i n vMesvwfl^jj toy body who hunts on any^^^^f and Without the consent of the >wner is violating: the lawT vhether the land is posted or tot; but a greater penalty is in urred if the land is postedHaney-Robertson Mr Clvde Haney, son of Mr.-laurice Haney, of Marshville ownship, and Miss Eulalia Robrtson, were married Sunday norning about 9:30 at the home >f the bride's parents, Mr. and 4rs. John E. Robertson,- three1 niles east of Pageland by Rev. I, C. Snider, of Wingate. Mr. ianey is a young man of *ulustry and intelligence and ol nlendid character. Mrs. Hanev s one of the most popular 'oong ladies of her section. She s brtght and attractive and at roung lady of excellent character rhis young couple has the best vishes of a host of friends. t'OU - cultivate your crops to nake them grow, but money in he bank grows without effort on our part. Start a saving account tow. THE BANK OK PAGE .AND. :arth road of slush and melting mow and leave the road surface practically drv. Don't get the dea that the drag is not needed >n your earth and gravel roads n the winter time. Instead, ceep it where you can get at it eadily, for if the winter is an jrdinarv one you will need it xiany times. Winter destruction begins in lie early fall. The best way to prevent such destruction is to foretell it. Keep the road dry md remember that so long as it remains so it will not be serious lv injured by frost. Keep the drains open, the ditches clear, remove all vegetation and litter, and use the drag frequently. It the road is kept dry to a depth of 2 feet below the surtace there will be little trouble from the coldest winter. f i ti*; i