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n-^ , "l * - - . -X.-^ - 3U THE PAGELAND JOURNAL Vol.7 NO. 5 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1916 ^$UHhpe^ea^^ Put Your Mules to Work This Fall Clemson College, S. C.#? October is the month in which to begin fall plowing, and it can be kept up with profit during most of the fall and winter. Fall plowing for next spring's crops not only distributes the la bor more evenly thruout the year, but it favors earlier seeding, improves the soil structure and kills many injurious insects. Usually there is a rush at spring planting time, but in the fall work is slack. By plowing in the fall, then, there need not be such a rush in the spring. Furthermore, the early seeding of some crops has a decided ad ..nn?n<v/> /v..n. vauia^ WC1 laiC dCCUlLl^i US has been repeatedly shown by experiments. Freezing and thawing during the winter months makes plowed soils finer. More moisture has been found in the fall plowed soils in the spring than usually is found in the unplowed soils. White grubs, wire worms, cutworms and corn-ear worms live over Winter in the ground. Plowing in the fall turns them up to the cold and kills many of them. Since you must feed vour mule if you are going to keep him, why not use him for fall plowing and let your land and crops receive the benefits mentioned. A handsomely dressed damsel entered a crowded tram car. A rough looking old fellow, wearing a dilapidated hat and a suit of homespun clothes, rose to his feet. "Miss, take my seat. I don't look as well as these'ere gentleman," he said, nodding to sever al men, "but I've got more politeness." Without a word of thanks the young woman sat down. "Miss," said the old fellow, with a smile, "I believe I left mv tobacco-pouch on the seat. Will you please get up?" No sooner was the seat unoccupied than the old fellow deliberately sat down again. "Believe I'll keep sittin' here, miss," he explained. "I've got a little more politeness than these 'ere gentlemen, but I have found OUt that I ain't f*Ot niorh sn murti common sense." Dr. H. Smith, Rye Sight Specialist, will be at Pageland 2 days?Monday and Tuesday, October 30th and 3lst. I Auctioi As I am going lo Florida I auction to the highest bidder On Saturday, ] at 2 o'clock my house and lol land, sale to be in front of i room house, built of good ma Also my farm in the edge c that section. It will pay you to look at tl and you will not mind biddin Good chance for someone to less of price. You may neve again. Remember the hour and th or shine. P. H. I I Angelui Atty. General Peeples Will Run For Governor Columbia, S. C., Oct. 13.?"I will be in the race for Governor in 1918 regardless of who else mav run," says Thomas H. Peeples Attorney General. Mr. Peeples is finishing his second term as Attorney General and in the recent primary was renominated without opposition for a third term. Prior to his election to his present office he served in the House of Representatives from Barnwell County. He is a native of Blackville in Barnwell County, and a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Elected for the first time to the office of Attorney General in 1912 Mr. Peeples was the only Blease man that ran on a State ticket to be re-elected in 1914. What Me An' Jim Did Twas jest about five years ago; Jim Green an* me was at the sto'?the one that's run by Old Man Simm, right on the road not far from Jim?an' we nosed an' looked around, we spied some apples, good an' sound. "Now what's the price of these?" says Jim. "They're two for five," says Old Man Simm. Jim give a start an' pulled his beard, an' looked as if he's kinder skeered ?he didn't need no fruit, he guessed, 'cause with much money he wa'n't blessed. This set our heads to workin* though, an* I said this when I rose to go: "Somebody growed them apples, Jim, as sure as fish and ducks can swim. They didn't grow that way for fun, not in a thousand years, my son! Then if some &uv did grow 'em, Jim, we're jest as good and smart as him?an what he done, we sure can do if we've got the grit to see it through." Well sir, we got some saws an* things, an' perked our orchards up, by jings! We read some books on how to spray; we read some orchard stuff each day; this put our troubles on the run, an' growin' apples now is fun. We furnish Old Man Simm's store an' jtst about a dozen more with apples, peaches, bears an' figs, the finest ever growed on twigs. The things we did ain't out of sight; we won out by a steady fight. So if you want good fruit to eat, the kind that's juicy, big an'sweet?w'y, go to work, work with a vim, an'you'll win out like me an' Jim.?H. in Progressive Farmer. mmmmm I n Sale will offer for sale at public for cash or half cash November 4th [ in the eastern part of Pagesaid house. This is a sixterial, nice location, if town. No better land in ^lis property before the sale g on it on November 4th. invest. To be sold regardr have such an opportunity e date, and be on hand, rain ivans s, S. C. ( German Submarine Near Boston Boston, Oct. i3.?An unidenti fied submarine off the New Ensland Coast was reported by the steamship Bovic today at a time when the steamship lane to Eu rope was dotted with munition laden ships just released from the embargo placed on theii movements after the German submarine raid off Nantuckel last Sunday. The Bovic bound from Man Chester, England, for New York, did not report the submarine's nationalty, but gave its position when sighted at 8 a. m. today al about 200 miles due east of New York, not far from the scene ol the U-boat activities of lasi Sunday. The Bovic is due in New York late tonight or some time tomorrow. Ttie reports of the strange sub marine were coincided with an nouncements that a fleet of Brit ish cruisers and destroyers was off the coast and that virtualh the entire available destroyei flotilla of the Atlantic fleet o the United States Navy was or neutrality duty. That the Amer ican destroyers were conducting an active investigation of storiej of secret submarine bases or this coast was indicated in a dis patch from Bar Harbor, Maine which said the destroyer Pauld ing, sent out from the Newpor naval base ) esterday, made ai exhaustive search of the coas between Bar Harbor and Rock land today. There was not i cove or rocky inlet that escapee the sharp scrutiny of the destroy er's crew. At dusk the Pauld ing put b?ck to Rockland and i was understood that she had dis covered nothing suspicious'dur ing the da}*. Those of her met who were given shore leave were ordered to report ready foi sailing at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning:. Lancaster County Fair to b< Held in November Lancaster, S- C., Oct. 13.? Th( dates have been fixed and defi nitely decided upon, and nex month, November 20. 21, 22, 23 24, 25 will see the Red Ros< County enthusiastically holding its third annual fair. John M Madra. exceedingly active in the elaborate preparations being per fected all over the county foi Lancaster's greater fair. The Southern railroad will operate a special train to bring In I flnfactor fllirinnr ?lin tivn Kin w UUIlll^ III V/ I ??U days of the fair week hundreds of visitors not only from differ ent sections of this county along the road but all those from adjoining counties. A traveler, finding that he had a couple of hours in Cork, called a cab and told the driver to drive him round for two hours. Everything went well for a time, but soon the driver began to whip up his horse so that thev narrowly escaped serious collisions. "What's the matter?" demand ed the passenger, "Why are you driving so recklessly? I'm in no nurry." "Ah, g'wan wid yez," retorted the cabby. "D'ye think I'm goin' to put in th' whole day dnv in* ye round for two hours! Gitap!" Don't neglect your lvyes. Have them examined by a Specialist of reputation and glasses fitted to correct the de fects. Free examination. At the Pageland Drug (Jo's Store. Marrying a man to reform him is like drinking whiskey to destroy it. tfk A UNION COUNTY NEWS Monroe Fnquirer. Miss Bessie Austin returned . yesterday from Chester, S. C., i where she had been in a hospital for two months. She is rapid1 ly recovering her health and 1 strength and her manv friends are delighted to know that she I in on the road to recovery. Dr. Watt Ashcraft has been suffering greatly for several days irom ine ettects ot an infected ? finger. He was operating on a 1 horse and the animal kicked and t a dypodermic needle was thrust 1 into the veterinary surgeon's m' dex finger on his left hand. He t has gone to a hospital in Charlotte for treatment. : Second crop apples seem to be prevalent this year, but the best that have been seen in Monroe this year were brought here Monday by Mr. W. F. Funder burk, of Lanes Creek township, > who brought in some nice sec' ond crop red June apples that r are just ripening at this time, f Mr. Funderburk says he has a 1 splendid crop in October on his trees aud that the apples grow ' in bunches of three. The En5 quirer received a sample of the 1 apples and it is fine. Mr. Irwin Gale, who has been ? been with the Belmont Phar macy, at Charlotte, this week 1 accepted a position with the 1 Union Drug Company, in this * city. Mr. Gale comes highly - secommended and has already * formed a number of friendships 1 ...u_ i ?. ' - wiiti uiuac wuu nave rnei mm. The Union Drug Company's - business is steadily growing and t this new addition comes withl\ out apyone formerly connected ^vith the store leaving. i ~ No Illiteracy in South Carolina r In 1920 The South Carolina School Improvement Association has appointed November 15th as J "No Illiteracy Day" in the State, and letters have been sent to ' county officials, college presidents, etc., throughout the state t to this effect, but it is impossible , for any movement to succeed i without help from the press. : In 1910 one-fourth of the pop ~t o _ - - 1 uimiun oi aoum Carolina could j not write their names. By 1920 - we want not one illiterate in the r state. Kentucky taught 40,000 men I and women to read and write in : two years; 18 other states have : started a similar fight against s ignorance. Shall not South Carolina keep up with other states? : Of our 167 mills, 98 had night schools last year, with over 5,000 enrollment. Besides these were a number of city and rural night schools Th ic WfOC O o4r? ?4 ! . ...? ?? ..O 1* j;uvu 31(11 1, but if we are to have no illiteri ates by 1920, when the next census is taked, we must do better. The press in other states has been generous and faithful in its assistance. Will you do the same for South Carolina? Urge teachers, advanced pupils, and all educated people to teach at least one illiterate, politicians to vote an additional tax for the maintenance of night schools, ministers to preach on the subject November 18th, jailors to start schools for their prisoners, and arouse the public in general. Will you for the next three i years keep this suhj ct so before the public that we need no longI i? ?i ? ci we as name a ot our state? Success depends largely on your co operation. When we succeed in 1920, will your paper have a right to claim its just share oi the glory? E. JULIA SELDEN. South Carolina School Improvement Association. C Vernon Helms Twice Attempts Suicide, and Runs Away Vernon Helms, a young white S man ot Wingate, attampted sui tl cide last Thursday morning by v cutting his throat in the barn at p the rear of the Helms residence, c where he was found bv his c mother a short while afterward, a Messrs. Kemp Helms and E. C, r Snider hurried him to a Char- a lotte hospital, where he made a S second attempt at his life Friday, 1 Sunday morning he escaped v from the hospital and was found n an hour later a few miles down s the Seaboard railroad. p Helms is a son of Mrs. Flon- 5 nie Helms and the late Mr. Tal- fi bert Helms, who was a promi- c nent farmer of Lanes Creek b township. His family are excel r lent people, and there are a great S many sympathizers. r The Charlotte Observer gives s the following account of the f young man's experiences: t v Observer, Sunday. ^ vernon Helms, the young white man who was brought to the Brenizer Sanitorium in this ^ city for treatment following an unsuccessful attempt at suicide g in Wingate, again attempted to j end his life at the sanitorium, . Friday morning, bjT tearing the bandages from his neck. The first attempt at Wingate came j near being successful, Helms ^ cutting his windpipe and half j severing his jugular vein with a ^ razor. ^ At the hospital Saturday he j was reported to be resting easily although his condition is still serious. ^ According to reports from at tending physicians, Helms had bees placed in bijuse&lBhospital following ac operation, j, It had been necessary for the ^ surgeon to place an artificial tube in his wind pipe to allow t| respiration. tl With the patient, the hospital j authorities had stationed an orderlv on watch to see that he jj did not injure himself. While ^ the orderly was looking, Helms ^ is said to have reached nn and pulled the tube loose from his q throat. k Aid was immediately summoned by the orderly, who over tj powered the man and the wound was again dressed. It is neces- y sary now tor the patient's arms to be strapped to the bed for fear that he will further harm himself. According to hospital attend ai ants Helms is laboring under the c< delusion that "God is calling a ! him" and explains his action by ^ that statement. Another reason which he gives for attempting to J* hurt himself is that he is the only k Holy man who ever came to cl Charlotte and for that reason he j tc wished to die here. I 11 Observer, Monday 21 Escaping from the Brenizer Hmmmmmmnnn i | Considc S That whatever amount y< H the utmost quality, the utmc M values- Y ou will find the H parison anywhere. Investig M ture. I B. B. En HiiiiiHiiiiinnnnmT n 4. I Trying to Solve Ins. Problem Columbia, S. C., Oct. 12 ? tep3 looking to the solution of tie fiie insurance situation /hich was brought about by the >assage of the Laney-Odom antiompact bill at the last session >f the Legislature will be taken t a meeting of committees repesenting all of the local insurnce agents' associations in the Itate in the Jetferson Hotel here, "he initial steps for the meeting /ere taken by the fire insurance nen of Charleston who have ent out circular letters to the prominent insurance men of the itate asking for representatives rom every locality to attend the neeting in Columbia on Octo?er 19th. >anatorium at 4:30 o'clock in the norning with nothing about him ave the sheet that he jerked rom the bed in which he was ied. Vernon Helms, the young vhite man from Wingate who las repeatedly attempted to take lis own life, fled into the darkless during the early hours Sunlay and was only recaptured fter he had traveled out as far s Brier Creek on the Seaboard Vir Line railway tracks, a disance of several miles. The case is one of the most itiful and distressing on record, lelms belongs to a poor but lonest family of Union County, or some time he had been mown among his neighbors as ieing slightly deranged, especial y on religious topics. However le has always been regarded as lerfectly harmless and his hal urinations have never concernd anyone except himself. For several months past he 3UPl>6en very depressed and ast week attempted to take his wn life by cutting at his throat vith a dull knife. He hacked lie windpipe in too and touched lie jugular vein in the strange lea that the Lord had called him nd that he ought to give his fe as a sacrifice for the world, [lind-hearted neighbors and *iends hurried him in an autolobile and brought him to Miarlotto vvhorr* ! ??? .. ?~ ~ .<v lltlJ .IIIILt" een under treatment. Doctor Breni/.er did evervaing for him in the way of skill d surgical attention but the oung man was so violent and pparently possessed with the lea of taking his own life that was necessary to wrap his rms and tie them so that he ould not tret at his throat, gain it was necessary to wrap is ankles and tie him in bed ith a detention sheet across his nees and another across his test. Even with this, he tried > get his head in between the on supporters of the bedstead ad twist his way loose. He (Continued on page 2) nmiinnimiiiinna t This | ou spend here insures gjg >st quantity, the fullest B ; values beyond com- m ate and see if this isn't W banks 1 [nmmnnmiimma