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VoJ.7 NO. 27 PAGELAND, S. C-, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1917 $1.00 per year
A Methodist Educational Campaign
for $300,000.00
An Educational Campaign to
raise three hundred thousand
dollars for Wofford, Lander aDd
Columbia Colleges will actively
begin on the first day ot April
and continue through the month.
These colleges are owned and
controlled by the South Carolina
and the upper South Carolina
conferences.
These institutions are pre eminently
Christian institutions.
They have rendered efficient
service to the Meihodist church
and the commonwealth of South
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their places in the educational
work of the State.
To pay their indebtedness, add
to their endowment and better
equip them for the great work
of Christian Education, it is
necessary to raise, at once. Three
hundred thousand dollars.
In order to raise this needed
sum, an Educational Dampaign
has been planned for the entire
month of April.
Rev. F. H. Shuler, Commis
sioner of Education will be in
charge. He will be assisted by
several Bishops, the Presiding
Elders, preachers and gifted laymen.
A meeting will be held in every
Methodist church in the
State, and every Methodist will
be asked to make acontribution,
and ai* opportunity to contribute
will be given to any others
who are in sympathy with the
movement.
Wofford College, a Christian
College for the higher education
of young med, located at Spart
anburg, S. C., was founded by
a gift of $100,000, from Benjamin
Wofford, and chartered
Dec. 6, 1851.
Approximately six thousand
students have attended the Col-,
lege since its opening, and over
one thousand hav*1 graduated
with degrees.
Wofford has furnished hundreds
of preachers, missionaries
and Christian workers to the
churches, and hundreds of busi
nessprofessionalmen to the State.
Lander College, located at
Greenwood, S. C., was founded
Feb- 12 1872, by Dr. Samuel
Lander, a distinguished scholar
and educator. Lander is a
Christain College for the higher
education of women, and has
made a worthy contribution to
the churh and State.
Columbia College is situated
in the capital citv of the State.
Recogniziug the imperative
need for the higher education of
women, the South Carolina
Conference in 1854, founded I
this Institution.
Through an honorable past
and in a vigorous present it has
earned and is maintaining a
place in the progress of Edu
cation.
Say* Panama Canal Can Be
Destroyed 1
Marv Roberts Rinehart has
written a most intersting article
for the April Cosmopolitan entitled
"The Raging Canal."
This is a brilliant account, wtth
now and then a touch of humor,
of Mrs. Rhinehart's recent tri#
to the Panama! Canal Zone, and
is not only a very entertaining
nnrmtivp Kut an incfrnr>i!o? 1??
? .UB?. uviiuk icason
as well. This article will
appear to all who cherish the
hope or have the intention of
some day seeing something of
this great world of ours for
themselves. In this article Mrs.
Rinehart declares that the Pana
ma Canal could be easily des
troyeid by Germans or other
enemies, but that it would be'
bard to capture intact.
... ' "
American Relief Corps Recalled j (
From Belgium
Washington, March 24.?Be-1
cause of "the German govern- a
mentis disregard of its written L
undertakings" for the protection! ^
of Americans and American re- j
lief work in Belgium, the state ?
department announced today
that American Minister Brand
Whitlock had been withdrawn
rom Brussels and the staff of
the American commission for
frelief of Belgium advised that
they should not remain longer
in German occupied territory.
Minister Whitlock, who has
been kept on Belgian territory
chiefly to aid the relief work,
will go to Havre, the temporary
capital of the Belgian government.
The places of the withdrawn
American relief workers
will be taken bv Dutch citizens
and the commission through
that means will continue from
outside bases as best it can the
work of caring for 10.000.000
dependent Belgians. i
The department's announce- <
ment, one of the most severe indictments
of Germany yet drawn \
by the United States, recited that {
restrictions have been imposed j
on the Americans ' which under j
ordinary conditions would never <
have been tolerated," and that ]
Minister Whitlock has been denied
diplomatic privileges and ]
courtesy. It says the most serious
development, however, j
has come within the past ten t
days, when several of the com- j
mission's relief ships have been
"attacked without warning by j
German submannes in flagrant .
violation of the solemn engage
ments of the German govern
, 1
Whether Germany will continue
to make the relief work
difficult for other administrators
is not known here. The general
American executors, headed
by chairman Herbert C. Hoover,
will continue their efforts for
Belgium and northern France
outside German jurisdiction.
Stock of Cheraw Cotton Mill
Subscribed
I Cheraw Chronicle. j
The books of subscription to j
the capital stock of the Cheraw {
Cotton Mill were opened last j
week and the stock was sub- <
scribed. A meeting of stock- j
holders was held and a board of ,
directors elected. Later the '
board of directors held a meet- {
ing and the following officers f
were elected: (
President and Treasurer?j,
Robert Chapman. 'l
V. President?G. W. Duvall \
Secretary?C. C. Stokes. j
Following is the board of di- \
rectors: .
Robert Chapman, C. C. Stokes, \
R. T. Caston, S. T. A. McManus, (
G. W. Duvall.
The capital stock of the mill j
is $200,000.00. Fifty acres of
land has been purchased for the
use of the mills and it is located
between the Seaboard and tho
Atlantic Coast Line railroad (
tracks in the southern part of |
the town. i
We are not informed just!
when work is to be begun on
the buildings but the indications
are that it will not be very long
delayed.
"Have vou ever noticed," said
the nervous young man, striving
to make conversation at the tea
table, "that?er?bachelors, as a
rule, are?er?much richer than
married men?"
"Yes," replied the masculine
1 * ?
looxing iaav, wearing the colors '
of the militants, "I have." t
"Ah! And how do vou ac- (
count for it?"
"Very simple. Poor men marry
and rich men don't. Men are 1 s
always readier to divide nothing 1
with a woman than something,"' i
Congress Called to Meet Next J
Monday
President Wilson has called
in extra session of congress to s
neet at noon next Monday, J
\pril 2. The President's call is
riven below: <
"Whereas, pi'blic interest re ?
luires that the congress of the i
Jnited States should be conven t
;d in extra sesssion at 12 o'clock,
loon, on the 2nd day of April, 1
[917, to receive a communica 5
ion bv the executive on grave 1
juestion of national policy;
"Now, therefore, I Woodrow j
Wilson, president of the United '
itates of America, do hereby 4
proclaim and declare that an ex- d
raordinary occasion requires ^
he congress of the United States 4
o convene in extra session in <
he capitol at the city of Wash '
ngton on the 2nd day of April, 1
1917, at 12 o'clock, noon, of '
yhicli all persons who shall at
hat time be entitled to act as 1
nembers thereof are hereby re* J
juired to take notice.
"Given under my hand and !
he seal of the United States of j
imerica, the 21st day ot march, ]
n the year of Our Lord * 1917, I
ind of the year of the indepen- <1
lence 01 tne united States the >
141st." , i
Mule Backed In and Backed Out j
Those of Rockingham ]
lave a sense ot humor ?End- i
[hose who haven't joined in u ]
learty laugh a few days -'??0 '
when a white mule carryingjnril ]
Reverend Calvin Flowers, jam- 9
[or of the post office on his baclraB
^me to a full atop imRKdiateM*
n front af4he'coucLhou.^'tliR? L
ividently mistaking the Reverjnd's
signals to advance for a 1
signified desire to "back-up'" .1
urned his face toward the easi 1
ind his pendulum toward the <
:ourt house door and after mark- <
ng time for a brief period }
stealthily approached the ren- <
iezvous of the champions of
ustice, backward. <
The rider, frantic with humilation
applied his heels to the
lanks of the emblem of democ acy
and used all the language 1
lermissable under the circumstances
to coax him away from 1
us apparent destiny but without
success. Balaam continued to
lursue his backward course 1
ight into the entrance of the
Temple of Justice and proceed
jd down the corridor to the ofice
of the sheriff where it sud '
ienly occurred to him that insj
iaer was trying to induce him 1
o go the other way and without
urther quibble retraced his steps 1
n the manner prescribed by na
lure and proceeded on his wav
amid the cheers and side split
ling laughter of a large crowd I
of onlookers.?Exchange.
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Wore Trouble for Union's Thirsty '
Ones
Monroe Enquirer. i
Under a new law those who 1
>et the quart thev have "ordered
Dn" for, have to go before a no- 1
ary public and make affidavit
hat they have not received a
3uart in fifteen whole days.
Some of the dry ones do considerable
swearing, which costs i
hem no pocket change, before
hey get to the N. P. and do the I
.wearing which costs a quarter. '
The law in regard to "swearing
o it" went into effect on the '
ifteenth of this month. That i"
aw is a good thing?for the,
lotaries public. But it will not j /
>e long until the bone dry na-; 1
ional law will stop the shipment
>f even a quart everv fifteen '
lavs, and then, as Abe Martin
:ays, the man with a quart will |
>e more popular than is the man
rvitb a new seven passenger car. 1
Americans Should Grow All
Foodstuffs Needed
Washington, March 24.?A
itatement urging that as a pa
riotic duty city residents transorm
their yards into gardens
md farmers so diversify their
jrops as to make each section
lelfsustaining was issued tolight
by Carl Vrooman, assistint
secretaiy ot agriculture.
The great need in war time,
Mr. Vrooman said, would be a
surplus of wheat with which the
lation could feed its allies. He
ilso declared the acreage of soy
leans and cow peas should be
increased to augment the resources
for protein which in
Eie of emergency could take
b place of meat for human
nsumption. Two or three
ops of some sort should oe
ftaised during the coming sumfoer,
he said, on every vacant
tquare foot in the cities.
i "If the national policy decrees
that there should be a big
increase in our acreage
?nd yield per acre of food crops,"
the statement savs, "then the nation
as a whole and' not the
farmers as a class should and
must assume the major part ol
Ihe risk involved. The department
is urging each section ol
the country to become as nearly
is practicable agriculturally independent
This is good policy
Ei time of peace and will be a
itally important policv in time
f war, when our transportation
Astern necessarily would be
jpiiefly occupied with the transwctatfco
of soldiers and war
Be In a Hurry to Go
Below is reprinted a piece of
poetry which was printed in
[869 or just after the war. It
las been preserved by a reader
>f this paper, and is just as applicable
today as it was the day it
yas printed first:
Dome on boys, I have something
to tell you,
Dome near, I would whisper it
low;
i'ou are thinking of leaving the
homestead?
Don't be in a hurry to go.
The citv has many attractions,
But think of the vices and sins:
When once in the vortex of
fashion,
Plow soon the course downward
begins.
ifou talk of the mines of Australia?
They've wealth in gold without
doubt;
But ah, there is gold in the farm,
bovs,
[f only you'll shovel it out:
Hie mercantile life is a hazard,
rhe goods are first high and
then low;
better risk the old farm a while
longer?
Don't be in a hurry to go.
The great busy West has in
ducements,
\nd so has the busiest mart,
3ut wealth is not made in a day,
bovs.
Don't be in a hurry to start,
rhe bankers and brokers are
wealthy,
They take in their thousand's or
so,
\h, think of the frauds and deceptions?
Don't be in a hurry to go.
File farm is the safest and surest,
The orchards are loaded to day;
k'nu're free as tne air of the
mountain,
\nd monarch of all you survey,
tetter stay on the farm a while
longer:
Though prolil comes in rather
slow,
Remember you've nothing to
risk, boys,?
Don't be in a hurry to go,
The PeMimist
Charlotte Observer.
The display of pessimism since
the war situation began taking
on an ominous look has been of
a character to try the patience of
all patriotic Americans. The
pessimist is disposed to exaggerate
all possible dangers and to
minimize all conditions of safety
The characteristics of this pest?
for the pessimist is nothing short
of that?have been treated in a
delightfully keen and incisive
way by The Christian Monitor,
which savs that one of his countrymen
to a true sen se of their
peril is to tell them that the
coasts of the country are not pro
i tected, which is not true; to tell
them that the great maritime
i cities of the country are not de:
fended, which is not true; to tell
them that the Navy would be
useless in case of war, which is
not true; to tell them that, for
; want of a great, organized,
; trained, disciplined, efficient
i army, the country would be at
' the mercy of an invading foe,
which is not true; and to tell
i them that the President, his
Cabinet, Congress, the military
: and naval commanders, the na
tional Guard, the people are unfit
to meet a new crisis, because
they are not informed, helmeted,
accoutered and iron crossed,
which is miles and miles from
the truth.
In an analytical mood, our
Boston contemporary finds the
underlying trouble with the
pessimist to be that he does not
understand, and seems incapable
of comprehending, that "the
United States was never intended
to be, is npt now, and never
will be, while the ideas of the
ideas of the founders survive, a
warlike or a warring Nation.
Fundamentally, its institutons
are based upon conceptions of
government which are the very
antithesis of militarism. Nothing
could be further from its aspiration,
more remote from its
purpose, than that it should wax
povveful through strife, or become
the mother of a race of
swashbucklers."
The pessimist sees in universal
training the delivering over
of this country to militarism.
There is no danger of that. Universal
training would make a
stronger race of the coming
generation of Americans, but it
would not necessarily leave the
sword in the their hand, for,
when the task which seems to
face it now is completed, "it
will not only lay down its arms
figuratively," as suggested by
The Monitor, but "actually."
No doubt we shall lind history
repeating itself, and the country
would be as unprepared for war
afterward as it was before, "be
cause it has no idea of indulging
in permanent militarism." '"Its
theory of National culture, usefulness
and responsibility," says
The Monitor, "cannot be recon- ,
ciled with the view of the militarist,
for the one is repugnant
10 the other. But let not the
pessimist be misled too far by
the notion that democracy is
weakness, If he will not be
convinced to the contrary by
the record of his own country,
be might find in Great Britian,
France, or Portugal something
to disturb his pet conviction that
those who love liberty are not 1
always prepared to fight tor and
defend it." 1
i
Appropriate.
"What head shall I put on ]
this story about the electrocu- tion
at Sing Sing?" asked tfie ,
new man at the copy desk.
"You might run it under
"Current Events," suggested the 1
man who edited the alleged .
funny column. |l
Negro Electrocuted In Columbia
For Murder
Columbia, S. C., March 23.?
John Johnson, colored, was
electrocuted at the State penitentiary
this morning for the murder
of Rev. Hugh Harrelson, of
Dillon County, last November.
Three times the death dealing
electric current was applied before
the negro was pronounced
dead by the penitentiary physician.
No relatives appeared to
claim the body and it was buried
in the potter's field by the prison
authorities.
The condemned man had
nothing to say when given the
last opportunity for a statement
after being strapped in the electric
chair and before the black
mask was ndjusted about his
head. He confessed to the
crime when tried at Dillon and
told Sheriff Lane, of Dillon
County, yesterday that he had
nothing to add to what he told
at his trial.
Navy Is Ordered Recruited To
Full Strength
Washington. Mmrh 9V?Proc;_
, ?- V ? M. Ivor
dent Wilson took steps today to
place the Navv on a war tooting.
Bv executive order, lie directed
that the Navv be recruited
without delay to full authorized
war strength of 87,000 enlisted
men. Taken in connection
with emergency navy construction
already ordered, this means
that the President has exercised
the full limit of his legal powers
as Commander-in-Chief to pre:
pare the Navy for war.
For the Army, the President
directed that two ---new military v
departments be created in the
Atlantic Coast region. The
order means that the task of organizing
whatever Army Congress
may authorize will be divided
among six departmental
commanders instead of four, in
the interest of speed and efficiency
in mobilization.
The Garden a Medicine Chest
Portland Orcgonian.
Every man who has a kitchen
nrorHon line r?
^uiuvii 11uo u liicuitllic tllCSl 111
his back yard, although he probably
has cot seriously looked
upon it as such. In the onion,
for example, he has a sulphur
oil which gives the onion its
reputation as a remedy for insomia
and which some physicians
hold is a valuable anodyne
for "rheumatic" pains. There
are certain oils in turnips and
parsnips that have aperient and
diuretic properties. There is solanin
in the potato, and spinach
contains iron. Cabbage is highly
regarded as a preventive and
corrective of scurvy and scrofula.
The composition of the tomato
is chemically so subtile
that it is not yet fully understood,
although several active principles
have been given to them.
runs the man who eats freely ot
vegetables is taking medicine
without paying for a prescription
and without.being bothered
by the high cost ot drugs. In
the normal individual the instinctive
appetite automatically
regulates the si/.e of the "dose."
But Have You Got the "Nerve"
to Do It
Chesterfield Advertise r.
Probate Judge is preparing for
[he morning of April 25th, when
every man in the county who is
athirst will have to journey to
the Judge's office and prove that
lie is sick and needs the stuff.
The Advertiser has been requested
to publish a county sick list
and get its information direct
from the records of the Probate
judge, under the head of Vital
Statistics of Joho Barleycorn.