The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, February 17, 1914, Image 1
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
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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