The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, March 03, 1914, Image 1
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NO. 25 - PAGELAND. S. C. TUH||j|.-MORNING, MARCH 3, 1914 $1.00 per-year
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neia uay uercues tor ChesterHeld
County to be Held Last
Saturday in March.
On Saturday, March 28 the
pupils of all the schools of Ches-1
* terfield county will gather at
the Court House to celebrate
Field Day exercises. This will
be the first celebration of its
kind ever undertaken in this
county, and unusual interest in it
is being shown by patrons,
teachers and pupils all over the
county. For weeks the teachers
have been cooperating with
Supt. R. A. Rouse and County
School Superviser, Miss Alexina
Evans, and already the pupils in
practically every school in the
county have taken hold of the
idea and are preparing in earnest
for the various contests of the
day. Chesterfield County is
deeply interested in the improvement
of her schools and the spirit
of progress and devotion in her
teachers and school officials is
? an indication of the great educafe
1 tional forward movement of the
county. Miss Evans in visiting
the county schools finds the
same spirit among the boys and
giilc. and a great interest being
% r-.
laaen in approaching Field
Day exercises.
On Friday evening, 27,
??at the Court house in Chestei
field, will be held a Declamation
and Recitation Contest for the
j pupils of the High and Graded
Schools of the County. On
Saturday morning, March 28,
HH pupils from all the schools of the
County will assemble on the
HH| grcunds of the Chesterfield
School, forming there a parade
consisting of floats and decora!
I led school wagon, each carrying
Wdj^-rorT1
^BBMpWWWffooI. During these pul>
| Hie exerc ises contests in Compo
ducted by comittees in private
^HHpoms down stairs.
Music for the day will be
^H^Rurnished^b^a County band.
HB^nndtbe Literary Exercises will
^BjHzonclude with a song by the i
^^^nupils.
K A committee of Chesterfield t
Bailies will take charge of the <
hoolr/>?? *?
^i4o?voi? urought by the|i
upils, and arrange the dinner I
Furnitur
Regardle:
For the Nexl
Home one, come all,
I out as much of o?'r stock
HKHo do some plastering in o
want i
J?-!*' "*
South And bait Shiver in Snow.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25.? The
South and Southeast shivered to
night in the grip of a general
snowstorm which blanketed the
Atlantic seaboard as far south as
southern Georgia and reached tc
the Gulf States. Weather bureau
records for from eight to 20 years
were broken. Falling temperature
accompanied the storm, in many
sections the snow turning to sleet
While no serious interruption ol
traffic was reported, many trains
were behind their schedules in
localities where the snow was
heaviest. Wire service was demoralized
between Georgia and
Florida points early in the evening.
T>l,~ 1 :?.
i iic iieaviesi snuwian was reported
in Georgia, South Carolina
and North Carolina, Louisiana
and Mississippi. At Macon
Ga., the precipitation reached a
depth of six inches, while an
almost equal amount was report
ed at Augusta and Savannah,
In Louisiana and Mississippi the
snow began falling about noon
and at nightfall it had been recorded
from a trace in the extreme
south to six inches in the
northern section.
Thermometers at New Oreleans,
Mobile and other gull
joints hovered about the freezing
and the snow melted
as it fell. *? ^
In addition to a"*w.. y
fall in South Carolina the country
around Charleston was
1 ?-L ...
^uvereu whq ice anil sle^t.
Birmingham, Montgomery^amj
other Alabama cities were aff^H
ed by the snowstorm.
than four inches fell in
Which there
Tunning for both the larf^HH
|<v?e small boys, as well
girls; four m jumping; the 1-fl^le
Relay Race, in which the four
best runners of any school will
compete with runners from
other schools for a school prize;
a contest in pole vaulting; one in
throwing the base ball; and a
Totato Race for the girls.
Citizens from different parts of
the county and the Daughters of
the American Revolution of
Utieraw have shown their interest
in these exercises by offering
lttractive prizes, first and second
for all of the contests.
e Going .
ss of Cost
i
f
tl
I Ten Pays ::
I ? \>
FOR WE WANT TO v,
as we can in ten days in
ur building, y(
bargains come. sw
or
Knight I
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Dr. Saunders Exonerated
The legislative committor i"
vestigating the charges agjpPS
sonal and prpf^6flyjHf^flEra|
; duct in her
as second assim^*8HH8M&
charge of the
i the state hospitaf^rSBMMPi
. uiade its report to the legislaJlN
body Wednesday entirely vifrdi
eating Dr. Saunders of all^thi
[ insinuations, innuen^oetk^ji#^
t as the more direct
i against her.
The following-is
the committee:
I To the Genral AssenWJp
the State of South CarolinariA
The undersigned commit
has in accordance with youffin
. structions contained
The evidence^wSl^^^Sp
? inous, is attached hereto?wre
with reported as the basis of dui
findings with the request tjhdt i
be printed along with this re?r
, in permanent form.
Holmes Was Inventor OfCotiv
Having read several pie4j
lately as to who really is the
ventor of the cotton.
i e v oi U lion
try
and Col.
allow him to SOO it
One day, when Mr. Holtil^s
and Col. Kincaid were' aw&y,
youn^-.Whitney came dashimt
tip and persuaded Mrs.
to let him have the mill fe&K SP j
he could just look at the giaJ
Of course, it was a Yanke^tnjfej
?he made a drawing: f*
made a model and hacl^ Br I
These facts came dirpiSyBBrt
c~ 1
gr nd father of Capt.
While if will net he of ah^e^
:uniary value to thedescend^^s
>f Ikdmes, the fact that
lot Whitney, is the inyeiU H
he great machine; shQXflM I
stablished while SOnw
ng who received the
rom the lineal descendfmfli^^H
he KincniHe <? - *?
HI wuuiic nonfl
/as invented, l^et lionor !> I
/honi horori s due.
Chips off the old
i-ry often only splinters. * H
i '
In a Tiaht PUr?
"My wife had some hard
jsterday." ^11
"What I
"She was dressed up j.n ?j I
/ell cloths and sa\> a 'loill 1
i the sidewalk." II
"Where is the hard li^^HJI
atr f 9
"She coukjft stoop to pil **?
?Dey?" Free Press. ||
Question Of Taxation Disscussin
Cheraw.
* Cheraw^ .Feb. ^6.Y-The^Che- <
- extremely cold weather there i
* was a small attendance, but the
5 subject was ably discussed. i
1.L William Godfrey, who is a !
Imt of both the county and :
ot equalization,
f|t\^ep&tj'the debate. He pointed
4i^|phe inadequate system of list?
ing piOperty in this State, by
which 92,000 acres in small i
* tracts here and there in the
country, or by old and unreliable
.surveys, were not on the tax <
yj books at all, and said that the
|H?Gtoion of the Torrens system i
^BNHw-Tegistration would cure
^^B^iril. He also mentioned
l^rat'there was great inequality i
in returning property, not only j
in the different counties but in
r different sections of the same
1 county, ranging all the way from
* 7 to 60 per cent., and in a fewcases
to 100 per cent., of the true !
value. A mule in rich Marlboro
1 is returned for less than one in j
poor Chestefield. 4 A dishonest
: tax payer lists his property for
ig^^^bssthan the same proper^^^HHHMk^rned
our niitf '
trforpuWu^TT^STu a n tsl^ ^
e the best showing they can tl
e in office, and the more o
ley they have to spend the
e they will waste. They .s:
rid be extravagant. Another at
ction is this: The three millt ;e
>ol tax keeps people interest 4e
ea in schools. If property is tax -t
Kl at its full value, this tax wtf
'OOt be needed; and when peopk
pop going down into their poc# gr
els for their schools they wpl in;
lease to Ijave the same interest ca
gr them. J
l? _ do
Six Health Kul?*^for Farmers. vvj
Xsx_ * ^ v * j
^ Keep^^^jpfrce^ of water loc
become
HfiHflTyou to make |
clean. Disease has j
Pilv wholesome, well
od/ Hosts of farmer Me
as careful 0
exposure to storms, mil
ret, put off the cold, fur
ents, and thoroughly cor
f the first thing you Vvh
fH do not feel well do hoi
[fugs, but stop eating, bar
c all the fresh water ed i
Even tbe animals at mai
know enough not to wh<
eating when they do assi
rell. Are we less intell- did
1 they are? wei
lly, use good, sound, moi
sense about your house he
hiniy unn? *
Interlocking Locks.
Ingenious and novel are the
electrical devices on the Panama
locks to prevent the operator
from making mistakes and to
let him know just how ever}*
part of the monster machinery
is working, though parts of it
are half a mile from his bench
and'all are out of his sight.
Miniature lock gates open and
shut on the bench in front of
him exactly as they are opening
and shutting in the big locks, for
instance.
Each of the two leaves of his
miniature lock is controlled by
the great leaf it represents, and
so moves just as the big leaf
moves. In front of each one of
the big locks is a monster fender
chain, to hold hack any ship
that approaches the gates before
PVt'rvtliino- ic rr>oH?*
_ . ? r-. >? vitu_> iui tuv; o 111JI a
admission to the lock; and in
front of the operator is a miniature
chain, controlled by this
big chain, and lowering or
stretching tautly exactly in time
with the big chain.
Indicators show the operator
the height of the water in the
lock at all times, accurate within
half an inch of the lock height.
As a further precaution red and
green lights indicate when the
lock gates are open and shut.
Most intricate is the electrical
wiring to prevent the operater
from doing the wrong thing at
time, it is the rule that the
^Eder chain must be stretched
^ktly in front of a lock gate
^Rnever the lock gate is closed,
H^fcrccordingly there is an ijn^^HBHtt|^^j2uigement
that^
from Mw
PPwill need any RHflPmis
space. An interRdi^Kate
in each lock gives '
lie *teans of reducing the size
f ejfch lpck for small vessels.
The interlocking electrical
wtem recognizes this situation,
Id in ordinary practice the inrmediate
gates are the ones inrlocked
with the end gates. If I
is desired, however, to use the c
ousand feet in order to pass a tl
eat ocean liner through, for tl
stance, the interlocking system
n be made to ignore the inter u
idiate gate; but this can be
ne only by the chief operator,
10 has a special key that un w
;ks a small lock on the con- Is
>1 board and permits the tl:
ange from the regular prac- th
e.?Saturday Evening Post.
m
The Unwritten Law. th
tern Carolina News. of
The verdict of the jury in it-'
jcklenburg last week in which
icquitted Monroe Jetton, the t?
Ling Davidson druggist, for the th<
irderof Dr. \V. H. Wooten is hii
tlier notice that no jurv will be
ivict a man for slaying one
O ll'.lS in\rn/to/l ?
...11i.i uumc and sai
man who invades anothers l)e
ne takts his life in his own vo
ids. Tiisjury hardly believ- cal
ihe e vuonce of the accused is 1
n or tlfit part of his wife of
en they .tated that Dr.Wooten
lulled tie defendant but thev T
believe that Dr. Wooten the
it to thi home with an im- I
ral purp>se and in o doing
forfeiter his life. Thus the trul
written hw prevails to the 7
est extent. son
Teacher's Meeting Postponed
Unti! Saturday.
On account of the unfavorable
weather last week, the meeting
of the trustees and teachers of
the County which was to have
taken place at Cheraw, Saturday
March 28,' has been postponed
until next Saturday, March, 7.
Convenient schedules on the
C.&L. Railroad will be in effect,
the trains leaving Pa gel and that
morning at 7 o'clock and returning
at 3 p. nr' This promises to
be an interesting meeting and a
lively subjects will be up for
discussion, among them preparations
for Field Day Exercise,
which will take place on the last
Saturday in March, at Chesterfield.
Entertainment for the
teachers and -trustees will he
provided by the citizens of Cheraw
and it is earnestly desired
that every one will attend.
Program of Baptist Union
The Baptist Union of the Chesterfield
Association will meet
with the Union Hill church oh
Friday and Saturday before the
fifth Sunday in March.
The following program has
been arranged:
10.30 a. m Devotional led 1>3*
Frank Funderburk.
Enrollment of delegates. Organization.
11 a. tn. Introductory sermon
by Rev. J. B. Caston.
12 m. Our apportionments last
- ear and this year bv J. M. Sullivan.
1.00 p. m. Dinner.
Our nc? contributing members
and how to enlist them opened
wi ? ?'? -* '
i
SituutionH^Vur
Rev. B. S. Funderburg. I
Foreign Missions situation in
our association by Kirby Rivers.
Dinner. R. W. Cato
J. M. Sullivan
For Committee.
No Newspaper Terror.
When you, Mr. Smith, Mr.
Srown or Mr. Jones, hear a
andidate for office denouncing
he newspapers, ask yourself
his question:
"What does the candidate
/ant of me?"
Then ask these:
"What does the newspaper
'ant of me? Is it a candidate?
?it begging for my vote? Is
ic candidate running: against
ic newspaper?"
"Is there any danger of the
nvspaper being elected to any
ing or of getting anything out
me that 1 don't want to give
i"
"Does the candidate take me
be fool enough to think that
2 newspaper is running against '
n or that I am in danger of
inf r?wno<l ? <
? ,, ..vu VAI IJVJSSUU l)V 11/"
Really, Mr. Voter, you are a
ie man?otherwise you would
in a padtjcd cell and couldn't
te What do you think of a
ndidate whose principal effort
o save you from tlH? clutches
the newspapers??Tho State.
There is more art in tclhrot
irmn man in lying. X
le who buys his friends pays
much for them.
ome men cannot tell the
:h till they are drunk. i
'he man with horse sense
letimes kicks like a mule. '