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The Pagetoid Journal February 17.1914 '! Local News A two-weeks term of court began in Monroe yesterday. Mr. A. F. Funderburk has purchased Mr. M. H. Dawkins' interest in the Carolina Supply Co. Chesterfield Loan and Insurance Company of Chesterfield has been commissioned, with a capital of $7,000. The petitioners are C. C. Douglass, J. L, Craig The Carolina Planting Comp any of Cheraw has been commissioned with a capital of$9,000. The petitioners are J. W. Malloy J. W. Maynard and H. A. McLeod. Will mount, the negro who is accused of shooting Mr. W. R. Outen in Monroe about a month ago, has been released on a six hundred dollar bond for his appearance at Superior court. Miss Carmen Price, daughter df Mrs. Lillie Price, of Marsh| gille, N. C., and Rev. C. B. Willfl^^Kms, of Tampa, Fla., were mar Hied in the Baptist church at I^HHlarshville Wednesday night by ^^KtRevs. E. B. Smith of Bartow, Fla ^^Hand D. M. Austin, of Charlotte. ^HK Mr. Lee Ashcraft, of Marsh^HHville township, was pouring ^^Bnelted babbitt metal into a box ^^Von some machinery yesterday ^^Hand some grease or water in the ^^Hbox caused an explosion and a ^^Hquantity of the metal struck him ^HKn the right eye and stuck, says ^^Hthe Monroe Enquirer. The-eye I Bight is not injured, howeveF, H^Bhut Mr. Ashcraft is painfully ^^Hiurt. When the weather gets too j^Hough for the carriers from PageH fcnd to make the rounds it is in ^^Hleed rough. Friday and SaturMHItay when most of the carriers i HjnKe snowed unde^ tfyev made j SApr roulids as usual and de- t Tiered the mail as if no show Had fallen. The patrons, we be- > lleve, appreciate the good ser- c -\iice these 'boys' give. We hope f none of them put pennies in the ] 1 bxes for cold fingers to scratch \ )' mt, for it is so easy to keep a j i upply of stamps on hand. \ Mr ' 1' W flrorrrtrn * I. ~ ' I ..... . ... VIIV^UI J I'UU^lll I11C ' eWht lots advertised last week i Mid sold at auction Thursday by t dbrolina Supply company. The i eight.lots are 25 x 100 feet and ? tliken together make one lot 100 s x 200 feet. These are the corner ^ lots on the north side of Mc \ Gregor street and east of the ' old hank building. The lots s were sold separately and then afc 8a whole, and Mr. Gregory ^ goi an oy giving $45 more than j j the total offered singly, which i rpeans that he paid $1,600.00 for J the lot 100 x 200. He has also I purchased Mr. S. H. Laney's loi j on the southeast corner of Pearl , and McGregor streels which is ? 5(kxl50 feet, and one of the best I pieces of property in town. And j! alfo Mr. J. F. Porter's lot on east j McGregor street. Mr. Preston L. Rushing, of 1 Ruby, has been held at Valdosta, ' Ga., for nearly six months on a ( charge of violating the Mann i whfce slave law, but the grand i jutor failed to find a true bill ajpinst him and he was released la*? Wednesday and came home SAirday. He was making his hcfcquarters at Columbia and ! wMKng at the carpenter's trade, i On the train to-Savannah one ] Ay he fell in with a crowd and Sas seen leaving the train with ^woman who was found to be HH1 fame. The federal authorseized both of them and 1 had beer confined until \ W&aesday, when the woman, ^_whfcve her name as Fannie ' |? of Charlotte, told the HBQfl|vty that Rushing was in- | I ftyiu- i .There will be an oyster supper at Dudley next Saturday night, the proceeds to go to the j school. " ( Read the clubbing offer in an- ] other column. You certainly i need the Progressive Farmer if < you are trying to farm. It is by J far the best agricultural paper in the south, and you get it with i The Journal for only $1.50. i A through highway from j Washington to Atlanta be constructed and maintained in a | scientific way by the national government is being surveyed. The road will run by Cheraw 1 and Calumbia. The surveying party is expected in Cheraw on the 21st. A box car is off in the mud near the crossing in the northern part of town, and several cars are tied up on the switch at this busy season when the two regular trains have all they can do and an extra has to be put on. The box car was heavily loaded with kainit and the slender switch rail broke and two cars were derailed. The Red Cross seal commission of South Carolina has just sent out its final report for the business done in the state in 1913 and it shows that 240,000 seals were sold, bringing into the treasury $2,400, of which 10 per cent goes to the National Association and the balance less curr ent ex penses, remains in the state to aid in the fight against tuberculosis or consumption. We need 300 more subscribers to the Journal. We propose to get them if oossible. We want your assistance. You can help wonderfully if you will. For every new subscriber you send us together with the dollar we will credit you with four months subscription, which gives you one year for iust three new sub scribers. And each of the new subscribers gets one of our hand some premiums absolutely free, and you can get one if you send a club of four new readers and credit for a Jull year's subscrj^? ^ Ton. Mrs. Lou Evans, wife of Mr Will Evans of the Plains section lied last Thursday morning beore dawn and was buried at 3lains in the afternoon, services )eing conducted by Rev. J. M iullivan. She was a member o! Plains church and was a good voman Measles was the imnediate cause of her death hough she had Bright's disease, t was . thought. Her husband md 4 children survive. I lei .even mouths old child died on Wednesbay morning and was mried Wednesday afternoon, Ueasles was tl>e cause of its leath. Many are the friends who sorrow with the bereaved ones. T 1 i first snow of the season 'ell here Thursday night and Kridtyand some of it is still on he ground in the shaded phn es Sleet at the beginning made a iood foundation on the frozen ground and enough rain on top lr make it very slippery caused ihe fall of *2 ui3 inches of hominy mow to remain much long, r than it other wise would. This section is yet in die grip of the roughest spell of weather of the season. No serious accidents I I 1 nave t>een reported, Dut many of ihose who ventured out Saturday morning found the distance to the ice very short and the way easy. The sudden stop was the uncomfortable part of the experience. Personals Mr. W. L. McColl, who has been at Hoffman, N. C., has returned to Pageland to make his home. Mr. Ben. C. Hough, of Lan easier was nere Saturday. Mr. S. M. Funderburk, of Birmingham, Ala, attended the funeral of his mother at Liberty Hill Friday. He will return to his home in a day or two. Mr. Sam Turner, who has been in the employ of the C.& L. railway for some time, is J now conductor on the extra freight. .. ... ._ ?L_ Jiiti#1 ^ Negro Shot at Lancaster-j. On, Wednesday morning abo^t LO o'clock, James Mackey,coter id, was shot with a pistol .1?y Rural Policeman Tant Hunter it the fertilizer plant, south >f town, The ball entered lie ?tomach and ranged upwaol* While the wound is dangerous* is not thought to be fataldjfa. seems that Constable Henry tiaffey had a warrant for Sa? Hood, colored, and not knowic? the man, got Mr. Hunter to^o with him to the fertilizer plant, where Hood was working, to identify the negro. Mr. Mahtf fey remained on the outsidJwhile Mr. Hunter went in >Q bring the negro out. As Mr Hunter entered the buildjfejf looking for Hood James Macke;* addressed Mr. Hunter, usfrH some vile epithet and proceemH to trip him up causing Mr. Hufl ter to fall on one of the befl^ While down, Mr. Hunter filjH at the negro with his pistol, im flicting the wound above mentioned. Mr. Hunter at once six-, rendeted to Sheriff Hunter anl will give bond for his appettp ance as soon as me aociors av* cide the negro is out of danger ?Lancastes News. ^ Notice of Decrease of Stock r ; At a call meeting of theboajfd of directors of the Pageland Mercantile Co., held at Pageland, Si C., on the 17th day of February! 1914, said, meeting being hela pursuant to notice and a resolof tion was offered and adopted by a two-thirds vote that the capita' stock of twenty five thousand dollars be decreased to ten thous/ and dollars. -I R. H. Blakeney, Pres. ^ Dr. J. M. Railings, Sec. (Advertisement) a Wood's Maine-grown F Seed Potatoes! are specially grown for see<l 1 purposes. 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I f..r 1011 ana M we will M-.iii I Itl'.K all the issues for I In* remaining weeks of 1913^1 un.l Tlie Companion 1'ranical^^B Home Calendar for 1914. ^ TIIK YOUTH'S COMPANION J?] 144 tl?*rk<*Ir\ Strret | "J I i ppsr -""- 1 BUSINESS LOCALS Barrel and keg mojasw^; the very best, S HJLauey. Wanted?Tenant for one or two horse farm; good house and plenty of land that will make bale of cotton to the acre See J. T. or D. F. Little. 23n-c Lost?Saturday, gold cuff link, plain. Reward for return to this office or to S H Laney. Found?Sunday in the town of Pageland a watch Describe and pav for this notice. Townley Watts, Jr. For Rent.?One, two or three horse farm near Pageland. Good land; good buildings. J. F. or C. W. Porter. Cash is what we pav for eggs at the rate of 20c per dozen. D. E. Clark &. Co. For Sale?Cotton seed hulls delivered in quantities from 100 to 1,000 pounds at 60c per hundred. Phone Cash Grocery Store. \Yatt Gregory. Eflfjs?yes, sir, we arc still paying 20c in cash for them. D. E. Clark & Go. Cotton Seed?My King's Improved cotton seed for planting are ready for -delivery. If you want some of them, come now. J. A Aran;. Red Bliss Seed Irish Potatoes at 40c a peck I). E. Clark 5c Co. Seed Irish Potatoes?Red Bliss and Cobblers at Cash Grocery Store. Notice?If all persons owing me store accounts will settle at once it will be greatly apnreciated. Those that do noi pay up by March 1st may expect t suit in court. J.J. Miller. 21 tf Just Received a nice lot of barrel ant keg molasses. Cash Grocery Store. ^VVe will grind your corn on Saturdays |^Bller & Hinson, Plains. 20tf ^vr Sale. A good Mercantile busi good 25 acre farm together will PT^^crcs woodland well timbered. Address, A. S. Kirby. Phoenix. N C. Burt Seed Oats for sale by C. L Gullcdgc at Guess. Seeds?all kinds garden seeds ant onion sets at Cash Grocery Store Buy Your seed oats from C. L. Gul Hedge. For Sale 10 full-stock Buff Orphin; ton pullets, 10 months old. 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