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THE PAGELANI) JOURNAL i
Vol.4 NO. 39 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10,1914 $1.00 per year
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Lessons Of The Dry Spell.
By C. L. Newman, N. C. A. & M. College
The disastrous drouth prevail
ins: over so large a portion oi
The Progressive Farmer's terri
tory as this is written calls foi
the keenest intelligence that its
effects may as far as possible be
averted and compensated for
The yields of some crops hav
already been so reduced as tc
cause alarm.
Two things should now b<
done: (1) Every effort should be
made to select substitute crop;
and have everything: in readines;
to GAur fKorrt rto * -
<v wn kuvui no auuu ua ran
brings relief. (2) While the drj
weather endures cultivation o
growing crops should continue
at intervals by using implement!
which will crush and lightb
compact the surface of the soil
than a dense and fine eartl
mulch may be maintained. Thii
will go a long way towards trap
ping the soil moisture that is s(
rapidly passing into the air these
hot days. For this work an?
surface-stirring implement avail
able may be used that will d<
the work well, but shallow
Weeders and harrows with man?
teeth are good. A plank lloa
or drag or clod crusher will b<
excellent on some soils. Th<
nature of the soil will, of course
to some extent, control the selec
tion of the implement best suited
In no case should the soil h
turned over if it can be avoided
Work that should be don<
iuier uui may appropnaieiy bi
done now should be done so tha
undivided attention may b<
given the work which will be s<
^^^^Jj^fcrwhen adequate rain doe:
^^m^^^H^epare now for this work
?t prevention may b<
H Ksa good time to (be con
MIHrthat good fall and winte
plJKng is profitable. It is th<
fields so plowed that are nov
holding up best and it is sucl
fields that will be most easily
and perfectly prepared when th<
drouth is over.
The stands of cotton and cori
are becoming poorer and poore
each day and it may be necess
ary to abandon some of the lane
now seeded to these crops
Throughout the cotton ares
there are many crops that ma^
be planted in June and Jul>
'lhese crops should be carefuli
considered now and such o
them planted to appropriate
areas as will supply the needs o
the farm due consideration beinj
given their adaptability to th?
locality.
Corn, of course, is one of i
not the most important crop tha
may be planted in June. Con
will mature and under norma
conditions produce a fair croj
when planted by July 1 in Nortl
Carolina and Tennessee ant
southward. Where cotton i
abandoned, corn may be plantet
without additional pulverization
Corn planted this late should no
be planted on a bed or rid^e?i
water furrow would be bette
though it is probable that leve
planting will, if proper cultiva
tion is given, give best result
oftener than nine out of tei
times.
Cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts
sweet potatoes, and the sor
gums may be planted any tim<
in June. Corn and these crop
just named are both human am
animal foods, and may be profit
ably for the hays and grassc
that consume so much of the
hard-earned cotton money. Dif
ferent ones of these classes, wit!
their numerous varieties, afforc
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on mi lib uuupieu 10 an conaiuon:
throughout the cotton section
Other crops that may be growr
are turnips, chufas, the several
millets, and a large number oj
truck crops for fall market.
. The one thing that stands
. more in the way of the farmers
[ doing the best by themselves is
. the poor equipment in the way
of improved tillage implements
; and good work stock. The
; farmer who has followed the
. advice of The Progressive
. Farmer and has possessed him>
self of disk harrows, weeders,
spike-tooth harrows, two-horse
? cultivators, etc., has a great ad;
vantage, not only in getting his
5 land ready for crops to be plant5
ed, but in taking care of the
{ crops that must be cultivated
T regularly now when cultivation
f means more than at any other
? time.
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j Death of Mrs. J. f. Crow
, Monroe Enquirer
i Mrs. Alice Crow, wife of Mr.
s John J. Crow, died this morning
- at her home west of Monroe
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j miici u 1U11& lllimSS.
> Mrs. Crow was the only child
y of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Shute,
- of Monroe. Her mother died
> about four years ago. Mrs. Crow
. was born in Monroe on March
y 23, 1867, and was therefore a
t little over 47 years old. She
e married Mr. Crow on November
e 9, 1887. To this union one son,
i, Mr. W. H. Crow, and two daughters,
Misses Mary and Adeline
L Crow, were born and all of them
g survive.
[. For many months Mrs. Crow
e was greatly afflicted and she suf
e fered much, but she possessed a
t brave spirit and made a strong,
e hard fight for life.
3 She was from girlhood a mems
ber of the Methodist church and
. was a great church worker,
i devoted to Sunday school, mis
oilier "c\r?nclf vttJrkT*"1"
Mrs. Crow will be greatl"
r missed in Monroe for she was
e one who was most popular in
v every circle in which she moved
i and she was loved by all classes.
? The poor and the needy have
e lost a friend.
Funeral will be held tomorrow
i at 11:30 o'clock from Central
r Methodist church.
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1 An old negro went into a drug
store in Richmond and said,
. ur> '
a doss, win you piease, sun, call
y de colonel on de telephone?"
. This was done, says the Argoy
naut, and the old negro said:
f Colonel, dat ar mule done stall
j right in ue main street, right out
f here in front of de store. Yaas,
y suh; I done tied strings round his
e ears, but he didn't budge. What's
dat? What's dat? Yaas, suh, I
f built a fire under him, but it
t didn't do nothin' but scorch de
a harness. Yaas, suh; yaas suh; I
,1 took de things out but he wouldn't
p budge. Yaas, suh; yaas, suh.
ti What's dat? No, suh; no, suh, colA
onel, I didn't twis' his tail. Yaas,
s suh; yaas, suh, another gemman
i twis' nis tail; he look like a
i. Northen gemman. What's dat,
ii colonel? Yaas. sub <1pv tnlr him
a to de hospital."
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:] Negro Is Killed
Lancaster, June 5.?During a
s thunderstorm here this afternoon
a about 5 o'clock Alex Boykin, a
negro man, was killed by a stroke
of lightning. Boykin was in his
house at the time and was
* instantly killed. He was an
b industrious negro.
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i Pictures of The Wild Man
We have three excellent views
s of the wild man captured near
1 Pegeland Sunday June 7th, just
as he appeared in the woods.
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- c^an iurnish in finest finish and
mounted on 8x10 cards, at 25c
* each. Also on post cards for 15c.
Postage paid.
| WHITMORE'S STUDIO
Pageland, S. C.
[ (Advertisement)
)
Crazy Man Caught Near Page- }
land
A small long haired, scantily t
dressed man of middle age was
captured Sunday morning about 1
11 o'clock, near the homt of 1
Rev. R. W. Cato, of the Union 4
Hill section, after he had been h
tracked by several citizens fromthe
barn on Mr. T. A. Gulledge's <
farm just southwest of town, 1
where he spent Saturday night. <
For about a month he had been I s
seen from time to time in the <
woods and fields in this section 1
appearing at one time as far as 1
Esq. B. F. Parker's in Lanes <
Creek township. His hair was i
long and unkept, his beard shag- i
gy and his head and feet bare.
No clothing was on his body '
except a ragged suit of underwear,
and his appearance was
indeed enough to frighten
women and children, as it did
on several occasions.
He did not appear on public 1
highways much but skirted the
woods and swamps and occasionally
appeared at farm houses
for water or food.
He frightened two prominent
ladies of Pageland at a plumb
orchard about three miles west
of town Saturday by appearing
and gazing at them. Reports of
a wild man in the community
spread like wild fire and soon a
number of citizens were on his
trail. They were close on him
when night overtook them, and
the chase was abandoned until
Sunday morning, when it was
taken up afresh from his resting
place in Mr. Gulledge's bart.*
He was tracked on and on bt
the posse, but he aooeared nelr
the home of Mr. Cato befcwk!
they overtook him and hefi^jjM|
' cohtwiiiwiy ro*
and warm and put on mol
clothes. Mr. Lem Usher took '
him in hand and kept him until
parties from Pageland arrived
and took him to bring him here.
He knew Mr, S. L. Stokes, of
Pageland, and his indenity was
soon make known. His name
is James English and he is a
native of Kershaw county. He
is about 37 years old, and has
one brother living. His wife
was burned to death 8 or 9 years
ago, and his child died soon after.
The family of 7 or 8 brothers all
seemed to have weak minds, and
this trouble made him insane
and he spent two or three years
in the state asylum. He says he
had a crop started on Mr. James
> Stokes farm near Sandy Grove
church 5 or ft milp?? frrktn RotVi
une, and that he could not get
along with Stokes. He savs
' further that he started out to go
to Bennettsville to see Duncan
Marshall but got lost and could
1 not find his way. He talks with
sense about the people of his section
but it is evident that his
mind is unbalanced. His
, brother's name is William and
1 he clerks for Ixiwis &. Christmas
at Camden. A long distance
call to Camden brings the report
that William is in about the
, same mental condition and that
i he will probably have to be car;
ried to the asvlum at onro
i English is a small man, sihd
has been a hard worker, according
to the reports, making on
honest living bv the sweat of bis
brow He seems perfectly harpriless,
and when dressed woiild
not he noticed more than a ay
other man.
Sheriff D. P. Douglass came
up Monday and carried English
away to turn him over to the
authorities of Kershaw county,
who will probably carry h im
back to the asylum.
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^hat Shall We Plant On The c
Stubble Lands?
)r. Tail Butler in Progressive Farmer.
The Sudject announced for 11
his article is, "What Shall We ^
Plant"; but with most of us it is 81
'Shall we plant the stubble fields t<
it all?" v
Too much stress cannot be laid P
:>n the need for keeping our c
ands busy. Our climatic coniitions
are such that if our lands
ire not growing a crop they are ^
certain to lose plant foods, by e
washing away of the soil or by 8
leachin of these plants foods out r
of the soil in the drainage water t
after the heavy rains that come *
at all seasons of the year. I
There are those, especially in I
Ihe northern part of our territory (
who do not believe that good c
farming demands that the stubble *
lands be sowed to some legume, >
forage or soil improvement crop;
but beyond any measure of s
doubt they are wrong. Just as I
certain as loafing half the time is >
poor business, is this leaving of (
lands idle poor farming. In the *
case of capital it is merely a loss 1
of its use, but in the case of the 1
land we not only lose the use of 1
it but it also becomes less valuable.
At least we can use these i
stubble lands in a way that will ^
give us a crop and improve their 1
productiveness for other crops. 5
We have no hesitation in stat- 1
ing that in any section or in any *
case where there is a period of 1
three and a half or four months 5
between the removal of one crop
and the seeding of another that (
something ought to be sowed on *
the land if the season is suitable 1
for growing crops. We can see
no reason for allowing the land
Iplie idle from June to Septem- J
bad -cropping- '
fttem, or a bad arrangement of 1
Wfe work makes it difficult to put
in^iese catch crops. In such (
cal:the farmer is working too
miTh land and will make more
nuiiey with less land and better 1
management.
Tn slinrt. r?nr r?n1v oHvontaao
in an agricultural line being our
ability to grow two or more
crops in a year, while other sections
can giow but one, we
regard this growing of as many
crops on the land as possible, or
the keeping of the land busy all
the time, as the most important
single point in good farm management.
What shall we, sow on the
stubble lands? The choice lies
among a large variety of crops;
soy beans, cowpeas, peanuts,
corn, millet, sorghum, etc. The
first three are nitrogen gathering
crops and in nearly all cases
should have the preference. On
average lands there is no question
about the need for the legumes
and it is as important that
we keep the rich lands rich as
that we improve the average
lands.
The soy bean, considering the
fact that it is a much larger vielder
of grain than cowpeas and is
probably aqapted to a wider
range of soil conditions than the
peanut, has the preference. It
has its one great weakness,
which is increased by the soil
r?r?nHitir?nQ 1ilr<?1vr tr? lu> r>rncnn< in
lauvaj ivf I/V piVOVUl III
stubble lands. This weakness in
the difficulty or uncertainty of
getting a stand. This difficulty
comes from the tendency of the
seed to deteriorate and to the
lack of vigor in the young plants
or the germinating of good seed.
The difficulty of poor seed can
easily be overcome. There is
no earthly excuse for anyone
planting seed of low germination
without knowing it when he can
so easily test any seed. On
the ether hand, a good seed bed
and the soy beans planted at the
depth overcame the other diffiI
ulty to a large extent.
The cowpea has the advantage
1 being able to grow if put in
inder unfavorable conditions
^nv sort of preparation and any
ort of planting will seldom fail
3 get a stand, althought they
vill probably respond to good
'reparation just as well as other
rops.
For hay, the cowpea is propaby
the better if sowed broadcasted.
The soy bean does better blant:d
in rows and cultivated. For
grazing crops for hogs the pealuts
and the soy bean have disinctly
an advantage. The soy
>eans are more easily aud cheapy
grown, but the peanut will
>robably furnish the most feed.
)q the acreage of these two
:rops will largely depend the
iconomy with which the hogs
vill be fattenpd this fall
Every acre of stubble lands
hould go into soy beans, cow>eas
or peanuts, except that
vhich was seeded to lespedeze
>r some clover this spring or last
all. We realize the difficulties,
out the advantages are sufficient
o justify all the efforts necessary
0 overcome these difficulties.
If the stubble lands are disked
ust as soon as the oats and
wheat are cut?once, or twice if
accessary?and thebreakingdone
1 few days later and immediately
:he same day followed by
another disking, there will not be
nuch trouble about getting a
seed-bed.
It will pay to go to a great deal
of trouble to overcome all difficulties
in the way of sowing the
stubble lands to some legume.
The following farmers' bulletins
dealing with these crops
have been issued by the United
States, Pepactmentof_ Ag^culflirp
Wfl?hinortnii H C
Peanuts?Bulletins?Nos. 356 and 227.
Cowpeas?Bulletins Nos. 318, 309, 325.
Soy Beans?Bulletins Nos. 372 and 309.
Many of the State Experimen
Stations have also issued valuable
bulletins on these crops.
Write to your station for wha
they have.
Verdict For County.
Magistrate Caskey tried a case
against the county before hiir
yesterday. It was (hat of W. E
Thompson vs. Lancaster countj
The suit was for $99 damage to ?
horse injured on one of tn?
county bridges The jury founc
a verdict in favor of the county
Messrs. D. Reece Williams anc
R. S. Stewart represented the
plaintiff and C. N. Sapp th<
defendant.?Lancaster News.
Racon?Now I see there is i
dog in New York who wants t
vote.
Egbert?Weil, why not
There is a dog tax, isn't there?
STATEMENT OF TH1
OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT,
CIRCULATION,
ETC., REQUIRED BY
THE ACT OF AUGUST
24, 1912.
of The Pageland Journal put
lished weekly at Pageland, S. C
for April 1, 1914.
Editor and Publisher, C. N
Tucker.
Owner, C. M Tucker.
Known bondholders, mor
gagees, and other security hold
ers, holding 1 per cent or mor
of total amount of bonds, morl
gages, or other securities: Ban
of Pageland.
(Signed) C. M. Tucker.
Sworn to and subscribed b<
fore me this 29th day of Ma
1914.
H. N. Askins,
Notary Public.
(My commission expires t
I pleasure of Governor)
Two Deaths.
Mr. Jettie F. Rodgers, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Rodgers,
died at his home about a mile
north of Pageland Saturday
morning about 9 o'clock. He
was nearly 29 years old, was a
member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist
church and a good honest,
straight-forward young man.
He had been suffering with consumption
for a long time, and
his death was not entirely unexpected.
He is survived by his
wife and 3 children.
Mrs. Lula Presson, wife of Mr.
Mark Presson, of Lanes Creek
township, died last Friday afternoon,
after an illness of several
months with consumption. She
was 24 years old, a member of
Beulah Presbyterian church
and a good wife and mother.
She was a daughter of Mr. James
A. Terry. Her husband and 2
children survive.
ine iunerai was neid over
both bodies at Zion Methodist
church Saturday about noon.
The bodies were carried into the
church at the same time, to the
grave at the same time and lowered
into the graves at the same
moment. Rev. J. A. McGraw
conducted the double funeral,
and a large crowd was in attendance.
The Summer Traveler.
The papers have been talking
a good deal about the hog who
fills one seat in the train with his
luggage and the other with his
feet, and is blind to the comfort
and convenience of his fellow
travelers. There is another
specimen and he is the man who
will not surrender his seat to the
|tired
enters with whom he is acquam^HHP
ed and whose favor he is anxious
to secure, he is ready to
t break his neck for her comfort.
He thinks he is polite but he is
. mistaken. Politeness is a strant
ger to a thing like that. He subscribes
to the theory that it pays
to be polite. It may or may not
pav, but the gentleman does not
( stop to consider that. Real gen{
tility grows only in the soil of
unselfshness and the man who
\ is courteous to a pretty woman
l and rude to one who looks plain
? and poor, is as lar from being a
[ gentleman as the east is from the
west. On a crowded train is a
j good place to test the breeding
^ of a traveler; and the harder it is
to get a seat the more does genB
uine courtesy shine. It is so easy
to be considerate and thoughtful
when it costs one nothing; the
1 test of the matter comes when
0 a surrender of selfish pleasure
must be made. From r>o\y on
' through the summer season the
young and strong will he traveling
along with the feeble and
1 the weak. We admonish our
young men who read these lines
to think on these things, and
remember the golden rule. A
bent and wrinkled old woman
with a fly bonnet may not be
( much to you, but she is to some;
body. A crowd of strong young
fellows who will allow a woman
I- like that to stand in the aisles will
never be worth a row of bone
t collar buttons in this world.?
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One Consolation.
k "The rich young: men are getting:
tired of automobiles."
"Yes, thev seem to be."
"They want airships now."
y "Well, thank goodness, when
they are seized with the speed
mania up in the boundless blue
they won't run over anything
it more important than a buzzard
or a crow."
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