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--Y32B4. ' -Wm Tut PAGELAND JOURNAL v>3E' I llT _ Vol. 8 NO. 5 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1917 $1.00 per year Chesterfield County Fair November 7-8-9 and 10 The cash premiums offered for agricultural exhibits at the fifth annual Chesterfield County Fair, November 7-8 9 and 10 cover a varied field, including every product raised on the farm, garden, orchard, vineyard and dairy products. The farm department will be in charge of Mr. W. J. Odom of Patrick, who is one of the most intelligent farmers in Chesterfield county. There are cash premiums for displays of corn, oats, rye, wheat, potatoes and every farm product imagin eable. The Best Four Farmers?To the individual farmer of Chester /-*/-?? ? r? r mh/\ *\??tc /\*i tVin 11C1U tuuuij WUU ^Uid VJL1 IUC best display at the County Fair, there is a cash prize of $25.00. There will be second, third and fourth prizes for best individual displays of $15.00, $10.00 and $500, respectively. There will be sharp competition by a num ber of the farmers of Chesterfield county, who are anxious to have the distinction of being one of the best of the four farmers in Chesterfield county. Community Fairs?$25.00 cash will be paid to the Community Fair than makes the best exhibits at the County Fair, and a second cash prize oi $15 00 will be paid to the Community Fair that makes the second best exhibits at the Countv Fair; there will also be cash prizes of $10.0(J and $5 00 for the thiid and fourth best Community Fair exhibits at the County Fair. Community Fair exhibits will be limited to articles going to make up booifr OH T?Ar On A TJnn^rarl QncVi Y<uu?vv JL V7i \yuv iiuuuiw i^uou* els of Corn Raised on One Acre. ?There is a premium of $25.00 offered by Mr. G. W. Duvall, of Cheraw, to the man or boy who raises one hundred bushels of corn on one acre ol Chesterfield county's soil, in the year 19J7. judges to be selected: One by Mr. Duvall and one by the party growing corn, and the third to be selected by these two, an exhibit of one ear of this corn with history of crop. Rules of meas uring will be covered by circular A- 74 Boys Corn Clubs. Parties intending to compete for this prize should notify W. I. Tiller, County Farm Demonstrator. Rule?Exhibits will be admitt ed to the County Fair without charge for entering, but they must be entered with the Super mtendents of the respective de partmenfs, before 5:00 p. m , No vember 6th, as exhibits will not be received after the Fair is open. Community Fair exhibits and all general display exhibits must each be a separate entry and articles comprising these exhibits cannot be entered foi other prizes. All premiums will be paid in cash by the Treasur er within thirty days after the close of the Fair. The one judge system will be followed and from their award there is nc appeal. Those who intend tc make exhibits at the County Fair should confer with the Superintendents of the respec live departments as ioiiows: Kitchen Detriment, Miss Stella Mims; Household Art Depart ment, Mrs. I. W. Hanna; Corn and Pig Clubs, W. J. Tiller; Farm Products, W. J. Odom; Poultry Department, J. W. Hanna; Live Stock, Cattle and Swine, F. W. Rivers; Arena Events, J. A. Welsh and School Parade, I. A. Knight. Practice doesn't always make perfect, but it makes some lawyers and doctors wealthy. Second Draft Army Call May 1 Be Hastened Washington, Oct. 12.?Discussion of the advisability of expediting the call for the second ; increment of the draft army ; now is in progress at the war department and it appears likely i that the date may be fixed for some time in December or January, Mobilization of the first increment of 087,000 men is now far enough advanced to show clearly that there will be a deficiency i lor the 17 national army divisions. More than 250,000 ot the first increment are still to be as , sembled, but it already is evident that there will be available at , the 16 cantonments quarters for an additional regiment at each post and at some lor a full bri[ gade of two regiments. The strength of the new regimental organization is 3,600 men. With a regiment lacking at each cantonment, this alone would , mean a shortage of nearly 50,000 , men. In addition, there has been authorized a separate division of negro troops, which means nearly 30,000 men withdrawn from the original number assigned to the 16 cantonments. The shortage is due partially to the necessity of taking out of the national army men to fill up national guard divisions. Two complete national armv divis. ions of southern troops have i been absorbed in this way. The remnants of three other southern national army divisons will be consolidated to form a single , divisional unit, and the surplus - men from other camps will be sent south to make up the miss ing divisions. , i Drafts on the national army forces must be made to fill up , , the enlisted personnel of the avi ation service, the medical corps nrtsl ibrv J auu uic aci vitc UUKitllUlia UCt'Ued behind the fighting lines abroad. Eventually, there will , be 250,000 men in the last named , service alone, and aviation and the medical service will take nearly as many more though not all of them will be taken from the national army. Operating to delay the calling , out of the second increment to make good these shortages are several factors. Olothino- ami equipment is coming forward only at a rate that can meet the demands of the forces already , called, and the railways of the country have been overburden ed with the job ot moving the f army and its necessities without l hindering freight shipments vital . to the allies. Fixing the date for the call of . the second inclement probably hinges upon also the careful [ study being made by General J Crowder and his assistants of I the results of the plan followed in assembling the men called , first. Many questions have , arisen which it may be desired to avoid hereafter, and substitute | regulations to guide both local > and district boards, prepared in , trie light of what actual experi ? ence taught, may be issued to govern the second call. : Pussy's constant loss of flesh, despite her nood food, worried Jackie. She is thin this summer be cause she eats flies," his mother said. Jack regarded his scrawny cat with a new interest. "She cats bees, too mother," he said; "I can hear 'em humming." ' i r Some folks make a specialty ( of exchanging their brass for . other people's gold, < Protect the Boy* We Are Send- ! ing to the Trenches Columbia, S. C., October 15.?-J You must be either for on < against the soldier bovs now} \ marching to the trenches in j France. You must be either for < or against your country-. Therej j is no Half-way station; no bef \ twixt or between. ; I Your dollars cannot be neu* 1 tral. Uncle Sam needs vour finan- ' cial assistance. American sue- ' cess in this war depends upon 1 our sending an army fully eauipped, efficiently trained, amply supplied with every requisite of the field, Every link in the military chain must be strong. We dare not take chances. Germany's tremendous aggressiveness in this conflic* has been made possible only by the highest efficiency in every de tail. The Germans were prepared at every point when thqy loosed tbe dogs ot war and sent their armies hurling through Belgium on the way to France. Let's not send to France the pride of America's young manhood?the boys for whom in any other emergency we would make any sacrifice, any whit less prepared. Take care of your loyalty to the army, and your loyalty to Country will take care of itself. There are numerous ways of serving the Kaiser. And withholding your support from the boys we have sent, and will yet send to the front, the boys whom ; the world at large is watching 1 closely and expectantly, is by no means the least of these. 1 You would bitterly and | stantly resent any other charge of disloyalty to your country. | Probably you haven't consider- j ed this phase of the situation, but calmly think it over for a moment and vou will get the point. You cannot afford, even unconsciously, to leave open this wee loophole for question. It will hp fnr rhpnnpr c?nrt more self satisfying to buy a Liberty Bond. Save Food and Buy a Liberty Bond. JOE SPARKS, Executive Secretary S. C. Food Administiation. Notice of Sale Notice is hereby given that on November lMh., next, before the Court House door at Ches terfield, South Carolina, begin ning at 11 o'clock a. m.. I will olfer for sale to the highest bidder for cash two lots in the Town of Pageland, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, described in the deed to me from T. H. Roach as follows: One lot in the town of Page land,said lot hounded as follows: North by Mavnard Street, East by lot of W. H. Moore, South by lot of W. 11. Moore and West by lot of T. 11. Roach. Said lot has 50 feet front on Mavnard Street and runs back 200 feet." ALSO "All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, lying and situated in Pageland, State of South Carolina, being lot No. 1 __ im _ _ i i i * in imock -ana naving a iront age of fifty feet on May nurd Street and running back 2o0 feet and being the same lot conveyed to me by I>. W. Baker" MINNIK 1\ MILLING. Rock Mill, S. C. "Do you think holding whisk ev in the mouth will stop the toothache?" "Dunno. However, its an ex cellent remedy to try. You can swallow the whiskey cv?.n if it doesn't stop your toothache." 'ostage Rates Increase Novem- hi ber 2nd 01 Rates of postage on letters and st :ards were increased by con- tfc jress just before its recent ad- js ournment. The increase is ef- ^ rective Friday, November 2nd. . 3n and after that day three cents postage will be required to pay ^ postage on one ounce or fraction a! thereof, and each post card or si postal will require two cents. There is one provision, how- ^ ever, by which the three-cent P letter postage is avoided and that s< is mailing letters to addresses on n rural free delivery routes cen- c tering in the city where mailed, e This means that all letters in- P tended for Pageland people and tl those living on-rural free deliv- b ery routes leaving the Pageland c postoffice, will still carry the o two cents only and not three cents. But all other letters shall d carry the three cent stamp, or t in lieu thereof stamps to the E value of three cents. b It is known that there are li large quantities of stamped en- tl velopes in the country, carrying: Iu the two-cent denomination. To a use these after November 2 it ^ will be necessary to attach a onecent stamp in addition to that embossed into the paper of the t( envelope. The announcement from the d postoffice department at Wash- * ington was received by Post- * master Quick. a And in addition to the three v cent letter postage Postmaster Quick announces that, on and after November 2 postcards, 1 postal cards and the like, which ' ill i | fi CHESTER I.i Ji 11 uuy u it 1J In order to assist the I tion movement, the we J," designated as Food Con jf will ask the head of' 111 The United States gove sake of democracy and 1 ijl who are in a position to | i lood foi both man and t a 2 The fifth annual Ches -jV 7-8-9 and 1 0 is for the J8#l. and the utmost stress There are numerous cas 11 for all kind of canned Fair their affair. II I CHESTER I Ml lY Pass out tickets w Season ticket, non-transi ii S >mm*" TwhIBZ f*T*? ave heretofore been carried for ae cent, must have two-cent amps attached. This means tat a new issue of postal cards being printed in Washington,' ut should they not arrive in me the old one cent postal card rill be used, to which must be ttached an additional one-cent amp. This affects picture cards as rell as the regular United States ostal card which has so long aid for a penny Postal cards lailed in town or to people re eiving mail on rural free delivry routes will be carried for a enny as formerly, according to tie best information obtainable, ui tnose leaving town must arry the two-cent stamp or two ne-cent stamps. It is stated that the postoffice epartment is having the new wo-cent postal cards printed iow and that they will be furnshed all postoffices as soon as s possible, but in the meantime be one-cent cards may be used intil November 2, after which n additional penny stamp will >e used. Hostess?Willie, your mamma eils me you always mind her. Youthful guest?Yes, ma'am, I lo. She told me when I came o dinner here today not to ask or another piece of pie, and I nn't never done it. though ] vant one awful bad. Sometimes a man is so respec able that his neighbors hav< >ut little respect for him. This Space is Paid for by nt?i n S1 AT TUT ncm tvtii Nov. 7-8-9 and 10 United States government ek of October 28th to No^ servation week. During that every household to sign Foo< irnment is engaged in the gi humanity. "Food will win know, and it is of the utn >east, be used without wast terfield County Fair, which fifr nf oil flio rvo/M->la LyvilvllL U1 Oil 11IV/ pv-upi^ will be laid upon high cla ;h prizes offered for the var goods. Every one get busy [field com November 7-8-9 and 10. rill not be issued; admission errable, $ 1.00. *?fil Lancaster Jury Convicts Eva s Brothers and Walter Ringstaff of Killing Baileys Lancaster, Oct. 12.?The I.vans murder case, which was en trial here Wednesday andThu- day and which had attracted so much attention, was given to t! e iurv at 7:20 o'clock last night and a verdict of guilty was rendered at 11:30 o'clock against Walter Evdns and Ernest Evans", together with Walter Ringsta!', and each was sentenced to five years in the State penitentiary for the killing of Sidney Bail? y and Walter Bailey. Motion for a new trial for the defendants being refused by Judge J. W. DeVore, the defendants were released on bond of $3,000 each, pending their appeal to the State supreine court tor a new trial.* During the shooting, which occurred between the Evans boys and the Baileys on February 11, Sidney Bailev was killed on the spot and his brother, Eelgar Bailey, died several weeks later from effects of wounds received in the shooting. Estate Notice The undersigned having duly qualified as Administrator of the Estate of James F. Hunter, deceased, hereby gives notice to . those who may hold claims against the estate to present same at once duly itemized and verified and those who owe the estate must settle at once. e JAMES T. HUNTER, Administrator. ? iV TY FAIR If Hi u u II 1.1 in the Food Conserva- Vcj v. 4th has been officially week voluntary workers J Conservation pledges. j|(jj reat world war, for the jjj' the war/' says those lost importance that all " will be held November | ^ of Chesterfield County, xfc ss agricultural exhibits. JA mL ious farm products, and till r and make the County j| | il ITY FAIR S! isV i.SJ ill price 25 and I 5 cents it ;c?^