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the Pageeand journal Vol. 4 NO. 23 PAGELAND. S. C. TUEStl|jF MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1914 $1.00 per year Who Invented the Cotton Gin? The State. "While spending a day or two in Fairfield county last, I gained somo information of an historical nature, which, if authentic, will take away from Eli Wnitney the credit of inventing the cotton gin. Mr. Smith, who lives at Rion in that county and with whom I boarded while there, told me that Eli Whitney was not the real inventor ;of the cotton gin, but that the machine which revolutionized the cotton industry of this country, was really invented by Col. Kincaid of Fairfield county. Mr. Smith did not remember the initials of I Col. Kincaid, but said he lived where the Anderson Granite quarry now is. Col. Kincaid and an Irishman employed by him, worked up this most remarkable invention, but before it could be Datented. the Irish man in question met Eli Whitney a school teacher from New England whowas living near Augus' ta, Ga., at the time, and told him of the wonderful invention of his employer. Whitney was so much interested in the matter that he at once made up h is mind, to go to South Carolina and see for himself. He therefore mounted a horse and rode to Fairfield and called at the house of Col. Kincaid. The colonel was not at home at the time, but his wife* being very proud of what her husband had done, offered to show Whitney the invention. H Whitney at once made drawings B of the machine and soon pro claimed it as his own, thus robbing the South Carolinian of this H not know whether any of the ' renders of The State have ever M heard these facts before, but I B thought there might be some H nrtinminrVit Ko okla tliirnif ITV JUV l/V# UU'V IV IUIV V> 111V/1 C light on the subject and settle once for all the question. If Col. Kincald of Fairfield county w6s the real inventor of the cotton gin he should bv all mean have the credit for it, and if history has not been in error by giving the credit to Eli Whitney, the fact should be thoroughly established. We should all be interested in having the truth come out, and in the natural order of things it I would seem more plausible that a South Carolina planter should have been the inventor of this great machine than that it should have evolved from the brain of ^fefew England school teacher who probably never saw a cotton holl unfit ho r>cimo QntitVi I. A. G, Koiiock. Darlinton, February 10. To Locate Church.. All people interested in the location of the new church building are asked to be present next Saturday at 2 o'clock at Menden school house. We find that a nice location may be had at a road crossing on the northeast side of Black creek and another on the south west side of the same creek. We are offered a two acre lot at either place. Each place is a good location. |0 handy to get to. We are told the nearest Baptist church is 4 E or 6 miles away. We heartily invite all to come out next Saturday regardless of ^^Ltenomination. The location of HHthe church will be voted on, and ^^HiUsleft entirely with the people ^Hj^HELwhere it will be located. - Your paftor, E ^ Rev, M, C, King, 1 akes Money from Safe. Soon this morning your Rutherford Klein, who has bee in tne employ of Mr. John Crav ford, clerk and treasurer of th town, and also of the wate works commission, after goin into the office, sent the negr janitor to the postoffice ar shortly afterwards went out o the street and informed Chief < Police Bell that the office ha been broken open and the sal entered and robbed. Shei Hunter and Mr. Crawford wei soon on nana ana began loot ing into the matter. Mr. Crav ford at once suspected that th young man was the guilty pa: ty by his demeanor and by fine ing in the drawer of his desk i the office one of the packages < money which he had left in th safe the night before. After bi ing questioned by the sheri young Klein finally admitte taking the money and carrie the sheriff to an outbuilding i the rear of Mr. Crawford's offio under which he had hid it. Th money was wrapped up in handkerchief. Mr. Crawfor had inadvertently omitted to tur the combination on the safe th night before, after bolting it an the young man, on goiog to hi work this morning, finding th safe unlocked, could not resi* the temptation to take the mor ey. In his hurry he evidentl forgot the package of money h had placed temporarily in th desk drawer. The sum take was $370.99, of which $216.50 bi longed to the town and $154.49 t the waterworks commission, a of which was recovered. Th Mr. Klein is aboutzt^yea^^ and is the only son of Prof, an Mrs. Clein, for whom much syrr pathy is felt in the communit} ?Lancaster News. Items From Pageland Route Correspondence ot the lournal. The colored people of Wesle chapdl community are at wor remodeling their church. Mr. W. F. Phillips has beei confined to his home for som time with an attack of chicke pox, also Mr. C." Sims, but botl are able to be out again, Mr. and Mrs. E. Mills visite the latter's mother below M Croghan Wednesday night. I certainly enjoyed thatSunda School meeting at Pagelan Presbyterian church Sunday th 8th. How many have read of tlia awful tragedy near Spartanbur ,u? J? ? - ' ' ?_?i in?_- urus.ninjj o! an miani D its young parents. The fathc of the child has beeen accuse of the crime according to th statement of the mother. The both should have justice. J. L. G. Jimmy's Essay on Teeth. teeth are Funny things. The ain't there when you are borne and they ain't* there When yo die but they Give you trubil a the Time your alive because the Hurt while they are coming an hurt when they are Going an when you eat Candy betwee times. grandpaw says his teeth arc th only ones in the famblv thr Don't cause trubil. and that' because he wears his in his Pocl^ el most uv the time, the Onl; teeth that don't never Hurt is th top ones in a Cow's mouth an tbev never bother jter enny h{ cauie the ain't got none there, Rich, But Must Wtrk. / '? El Paso, Tex., Feb. 15?ijjs imn mense income tied up byw^ree v- years of revolution, Alburn Ter e razas, of the family whd&MP?me r in Mexico is a synonym #|fereat 'fc wealth, has been compelfijd to o seek a means of livelihoods 'd This information, asasto3|ding n in Mexico and along theTbgrder as a similar news of a flSfcke'd feller or a Vanderbilt woukl be c e in the United States, became ff known here tobay with "e parture for Pasadena, Gal. ^?er" c_ razas expects to buy or lefse a small farm where he can make ie a modest living. He is oi|3l of r- those who sees no prosper of 1- peace in his native land, aniju 1 n til tranquillity is restored ttif?in>f come of the vast Terrains fa&ffly e fortune, estimated at $35,00?^00 2 to $40,000,000 in gold, will b*8jed ff up. Even in the event oralbe d peace it may be lost, for the Egb d els have declared it confiscmd. v it "I do not mind going: to e. it may be a good thing," heftd e to friends and then smiled atMS | a own remarks for his prodig^^Hr. d ^ with money has been a#st^H^ e chapters of which have b^^Bt d written on two continents. is The Tcrrazas fortune e founded by Don Luis TerrtflH| st now an octogenarian refuget^^H y this city, in land grants e Presidents Juarez and Por^^H le Diaz. > 3- Fare Paid By Hi* Hen O New York Herald. JH h The tboughtfulness of ^ L^hon^ien in laying^a^jj^^H V *ad tne hen in a basket anc^^^H d returning from White Pl^HS t- Wh err he reached a trolley 7. 1 . ~ u_,a j l Iic vuuiuu l uuu I11S pOCKeiDO^^H but while searching his pock^^B I he heard the hen cackle, a^H raising the cover, saw a ne\^H| y laid egg. He explained .to flH k conductor that he had lost BB money and asked him to 1 the egg for the nickel fare. BB The conductor willingly c^^B ^ ed the bargain, saying fresh ej^^f were scarcer than nickels , LECTURE CHARTS AND H LANTERN SLIEB ^ Extension Department of Harvo^^M d Company Soon to Distribute Ed^^H tlonal Material on Agrioutt^BH Subjects for Use of LectureBBH Nominal Charge to Cover Oo?H| t Shipment Will Be Made. flH K The Agricultural Extension y ment of the International HarveflHH company of New Jersey is now ^7^ >r paring, to be ready for dlstrlbutlo^Bfl (] 90 days, several thousand sets^^H charts and lantern slides to be lor^^^^ C for lecture purposes to county city superintendents of schools, agricultural agents. Farmers' uhH granges and Farmers' lnstltuteq^^^^M educational departments, quas, etc. These charts and sl^^^HB deal with the more Important agi^JJfl tural subjects, and will be made sets treating In a concise yet co^H^H V benslve manner, corn, oats, al^HH (j dairying, feeds and feeding, soils crop rotation, poultry, weeds an^HH 11 sects, home economics, sic. HH |] Instruction Books Furv?lahod.^HH For the Information and dlreot^^HH N lecturers, a book will ncoompany^^HHj d set of charts and lantern slides. book will outline In brief fonn^^^H tl slorv of each chart Mn?h n thought have been devoted to preparation of thla material. chart* and slides are the rost^HBB 4. thousands of experiments oonHH^B^ at the experiment stations it many conditions with soils, jHHH . crops, dairying, stock feeding, H^B try, weeds and insects. This ^B^B work undertaken by the slon Department In dlstlnctly^B B v tlonal, there being no adverttal^fl^^H e ture connected with it in any^fl^H , The charts will be free, except d small charge to cover cost of shlp^^^B or possible damage caused by b^^^B agt. Addrasn Kxtension Dsp^ B VSS&MT aid* Chi(Vkgo. <^ni What the Telephone Girl Knows. One of our exchanges most truthfullv says that the telephone jirl sits in her chair anil listens [o the voices from everywhere. 5he knows who is happy and who has the blues; she knows all )ur sorrows; she knows all our oys; she knows every girl that is ihasing the boj-s; she knows ot Mir troubles; she knows of our ;trife;she knows every man who s mean to his wife; she knows ivery time we are out with the >oys; she hears the excuses each ellow employs; in fact there's a ;ecret 'neath each saucy curl of hat quiet, demure looking tele >honegirl. If the telephone girl vould tell all she knows it would urn all our friends into bitterest oes; she would sow a small vind that would soon be a gale, ingulf us in trouble and land us n jail; she would let go her story vhich (gaining in force) would lause half our wives to sue for livorce; she would get all the :hurches mixed jjp in a fight, urn all days into sorrow and i4ght; in fact, she could keep the vhole town in a stew if she told he tenth of the things that she tnew. Now don't it set your lead in a whirl when you think |hat you owe the telephone girl? B I- Smitk Suffer* I n?t Kit ^?UVJJsl UJ A II V^. We regret to learn that our HkI friend, Mr. A.J. Smith, of Lavender section, was a ^^^taraerbyfire last Saturca ught Court of General Sessions. Court of general sessions will convene on Monday March 2nd. The following jurors have been drawn: Cheraw?J. T. Gainey, H. P. Duvall, Jr., L. M. Evans, J. W. Covington, T. B. Watson. Court House?P. W. C. Adams R. E. Watson, W. M. Redfearn, A. L. Griggs, W. B. Duncan. Mt. Croghan?w. J. Oliver, H. H. Harrall, W. A. Short. Old Store?B. A. Evans, T. E. Wright, K. P. Stewart, T. E. Ca to, R. J. Funderburk. Jefferson?R. W. Shannon, E. H. Melton, J. P. Baker, C. D. Johnson, J. D. Boatvvright, Alex. Clark. Alligator?W. E Horton, J. W. Warr. Steer Pen?J. H. Linton, Neil C. Campbell, A. F. Wilkes. Cole Hill?W. D. Jones, B. C. Clanton, D. M. Williams, T. H. Douglass, J. T. Davis, M. D.^ Roscoe, .Toe Sowell. Grand Jurors?D. L. T llman, W. E. KiFkley, Jas. W. Griggs, W. J. Freeman, H. W. Crosswtll, S A. Funderburk, C. C. Horton, P. J. Hill, W. L. McCoy, J. W. Griggs, E. M. Wilkes, J. Coit Baker Hold Over?J. O. Taylor, J. D Woodard,J. L. Lowry, fjey wood Miller, D. A. Douglass, C. F. Short. Sulphur and Molasses. In these days when everybody almost is afraid of tuberculosis coming from the meat and milk ^^iseased animals (which have ^H^^^^i^wayill-treated in jHH^^HHHRfl^^feand^by Mrs. Axie Funderburk Dead. Mrs. Axie Funderburk, widow of the late William L. Funderburk, died at the home of her son, Mr. A. F. Funderburk, here last Thursday morning: about 8 o'clock. She was nearly 75 years ^1,1 " uiu auu >vus lyiusuiiuy acnve ior one of her age. She had been sick with lagrippe for about 3 weeks, but was improving. Wednesday night she suffered an attack of apoplexy, but was able to talk and use her limbs and retired for the night. In a few hours she was found on the floor in an unconscious condition, from which she did not revive. Hor rv* nl/lr?r* ? ^ ??- - avi maiucu uituit; whs lvj an gum and she was married in 1858. Only 3 children are living; A. F., of Pageland, T. A., of Cheraw, and S. M., of Birmingham, Ala. There are 21 grand children, and 7 great grand children. Only one living sister survives, Mrs. Fannie Jordan, and there are no living brothers, the late Jacob S. Mangum being the last one to pass away, t She had been a member of Liberty Hill Baptist church for more than fifty years when a t - tew years ago she moved her .membership to Pageland. -She was probably as widely known as any lady of this section, and a host of relatives and friends join in their sympathies for the sorrowing children and grand children. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Liberty Hill by Revs. J. M. Sullivan and B. S. Funderburg. and the bodv