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Vol.4 NO. 41 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 24,1914. $1.00 per year
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Quite a number of horses and
mules have been overheated
during die past week or two of
hot weather. This as a rule is
prevented by proper care and
feeding.
All work stock should be in a
cool stable at night so that thev
can throughly cool off once in
34 hours. Water at least five
limes a day, and do not feed
large rations of new crop oats.
This is one of the most cojnmon
causes of horses and mules
getting overheated. No animal
can stand work with a full stomach
of almost green iood on a
hot dav. And while old onts is
the one perfect food it is also just
as true that new oats is the cause
of more cases of indigestion and
overheating than almost any
other feed, and once a horse or
mule is injured it is easier to go
wrong ever after.
Therefore, first, avoid feeding
new crop oats in large quantities;
second, do not keep horses in hot
stables at night; third, water five
times a day and your horses and
mules can work steadily and
comfortably during the hot days
of summer.
Watt Ashcraft,
in Monroe Enquirer.
Many Do Not Enroll Correctly.
The following letter has been
received from Mr B. F. Pegues,
of Cheraw:
"I believe that you are a member
of the enrollment committee
of the Pageland democratic club,
cuad Lknow that you will be inteflHd
to learn that out of 143
now enrolled on the Cheor^^Sgfy
properly listing: or
due to the carelessne^^^^^H
voter or his lack of info^H^^H
-V and also to the. inattentiotJNWW'
enrolling: officers.
It this erroneous enrollment
continues there is going to be
considerable "cussing" done
when the time for voting
comes.
The citizen when he goes to
enroll is told to sign his full
name and he forthwith, for in
stance, signs "J. D. Smith," or
"John D. Smith" when under
the rule he is required to sign !
his full name - "John Duncan
Smith."
I do not know whether vou
nre having this trouble at Page
land or not and 1 am simply calling
your attention to it for the 1
very good reason that the error
seems to be general throughout
thp Stofp in tVia 1
?,n,v| .u >uv vines auu 1UWUS ,
as well as in the country.
Mr. Stricklin has promised to
continuously inform the voters
through his paper of the rule re
quiring them to sign their names 1
in full when enrolling to vote in 1
the primary, and I know that
you will be glad to do the same,
Yours very truly,
B. F. Pegues.
Mule Has che Habit |
Monroe Journal " |
Mr. Dick Sikes has a mule
that chews tobacco. The man ,
who swapped him to Mr. Sikes '
said that he and that mule had (
made many crops and chewed a .
many plug of tobacco. To prove .
it the mule was given a half plug ,
and proceeded to chew it just j
like a man, the only difference .
being that the mule swollowed
his "ambeer." s
It is a wise husband that can
remember his wife's birthday .
and forget her age.?Life.
De fire in de Summers er dis *
ole worl,' hot ez it is, is only cli- \
ma thin' dinners fer de worl' ter
come, an' still dey ain't satisfied.
?Exchange.
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Recreation
A. M. L. in Progressive Farmer
Just how much should be included
in this term, "the pursuit
of happiness," all the wise men
since Jefferson's day have debat
ed, and yet we have no distinct
rule of measure. But, having
been a farm boy, and since boyhood
having worked with farm
boys of the South, I think I
speak for every single boy on
the farm today, when 1 say that
this pursuit of happiness means
more than the following of the
mules up and down the long
corn rows six days in the week,
from early morn till late at eve,
or the handling of the hoe in the
weedy cotton fields for a like
period of time. The boy will
get a certain amount of satisfaction
out of these occupations,
and at certain times may seem
really to enjoy the work, but he
cannot associate them with "the
pursuit of happiness." The term
does not fit?his very being will
not accept such definitions.
My knowledge of boys authorizes
me to say that the pursuit
of happiness means something
like a ball and bat and other
boys to play with, or a shotgun
to hunt squirrels, or maybe a
kodak on a bright sunny day, or
a lunch basket, a book, and pole
line and reel. Some boys are
fond of one kind of sport, while
other boys choose a different
kind, but a true, American farm
boy desires some such healthful,
manly enjoyments.
My father, as well as many
other farmers today, regarded
such pursuits of happiness as a
^mnhjt?^os^)f^^\Nvhich had
h
Bl^^'^^^^Tiappiness if the
job happened to be short lived,
for occasionally the job would
be along the side of the corn or
down in the pastures, when a
squirrel would occasionally let
himself be seen. But such work
is the regular routine of the farm
boy, and cannot be classed as a
pursuit of happiness.
I respect the opinions of these
old farmers, but their opinions
are not always correct, even if
they are old enough to be sages.
When thev try to enforce such
opinions upon the farm boy,
the boy through whose veins
courses rich red American blood,
giving the individual energy and
a desire to enjoy life I sav when
they try to enforce such opinions
they will meet with failure. The
boys may not issue a declaration
of independence as our fore
fathers did when King George
tried to enforce his opinions, but
they will slip off and go in swimming
when the father isn't
watching, they will slight their
work, and above all, will likely
acquire a distaste for the farm
and farm life. It is such things
as these, these neglects of the
boys and their happiness, that
have caused many an otherwise
useful lad to run away to the
city and spend his life in drudgery
and obscurity.
Another sad phase that often
develops from such treatment of
the hoy is that the boy concludes
that he is not being given a
square deal, that his father has
no sympathy with his aspirations
and desires. He feels thnt hnmp
is a kind of a half-way prison,
and that he is living a life that is
in vain. When the hoy loses
faith in his parents or regards
him as unjust, it is more than
likely that he will have a low
opinion of e ther men, and will
not be very deeply impressed
with his duties to society.
The busy season in the farm
Ur. Langston Writes of his Cam- I
paign in This County.
He tells of the work done and <
the conditions as he found them
among the Baptist churches of 1
the Chesterfield Association: i
^ "The brethern in the Chester- 1
field Association have been planning
for an enlistment campaign 1
in their borders for a year. Such <
a campaign was made May i
24 31 inclusive. Fifteen special s
services were held at eight cen- ]
trally located places with several i
adjacent churches co operating, i
Thirty-three Home Fields and
forty-five Foreign Mission Jour- !
nals (more to hear from) were I
placed in as many homes. Two i
hundred and eleven people were :
enrolled in mission study classes i
in groups of six: forty-four at i
Pageland, fitty-five at Mt. Crog- <
han. Four committees were ap i
pointed to consider the advisa- i
bility and practicability of build- l
ing as many parsonages. A lot 1
for a parsonage was practicaly
secured at Jefferson. A committee
is already at workvon a <
plan for a brick church at Mt
Croghan. The biethern at Page...:n
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inuu, win, uo uoudi, in tne near
future, build a granite church
and maybe a parsonage as well.
The church at Chesterfield "is
laving large plans for the futile.
The brethren at McBee have
secured two lots?one of them
including an acre on which to
build church and parsona??.
The Bible plan of giving wis
displayed everywhere and *o
doubt an every-member campaign
will be made in all tAe
churches for the next yeaas
These results were madejx^K
Mine by uie Hearty "5o-opefa?JfH|
of the pastor and churches aifl|
especially by the patient and pcH
sistent work done in the yea^B
that are past. The enlistmeiH
man was everywhere urgentlB
invited to return and help corrB
plete the work so well begu^R
which invitation he will glad^R
accept if the Lord gracious^R
spares him. The Chesterfie^R
Association never had a bright^R
outlook nor more nor greatHJ
opportunities for the advanJH
ment of the kingdom r?f nil
Redeemer."
W. J. Langston. I
work is coming on now, an il
there are many boys in the Sout tl
who will have to work hard thes el
long days. That is all light, it si
not going to hurt them if it isn 11
carried too far. But remembe I
that our boys are worthy consic eralion.
It is too much to wor c
them hard all the week long, n< t
let them have any pay, any shai e
in ihe crop, or any time for th r
pursuit of their favorite pastimi.
If you want 'the boy to woik
well, give him the prospects of
rest and recreation when the
work is done, or before it XS
completed, if it is a long job. I
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Summer School For Teachen
To Open June 22nd.
Columbia Record.
The State Summer school fo
high school teachers to be hel<
at University of South Carolim
will open June 22 Prof- \V. H
Hand, State high school inspec
tor, who is executive secretar]
pf the summer school said thi
morning that applications fo
admittance to the school wen
pouring in and that he expecte*
a capacity attendance. Th<
school will end July 17.
The object of the summe
school is to train high schoo
teachers in the organization an<
and management of high schoo
and to give them increase*
instruction in the subjects nov
Ininrht thprp Tim ViinrVi cobnnl
of the State have increased muc!
in size and have greatly raise<
their standard so that now mucl
more is expected of the average
high school teacher than eve
before. With the growth of th
high schools of this State ha
come a need for more efficienc
in high school methods and th
State summer school aims to fil
this need.
The teachers who attend th
school will be given sleepim
quarters in Thornwell am
Woodrow colleges, the new doi
mitories on the campus. The
will be furnished board at th
university commons on the coi
ner of Surnter and Green street!
The gymnasium, Flinn hall an
the library will be at the dispose
of the teachers while the schor
is in progrest.
Thefollow'ng courses of stud
kirill Ko nri\rnn Aivrio?UM?.A,
prrwj uv ii^licuuilic, UII
^i^^hem istj^, education, Ens
s Why the Full Name Must be on
the Club Roll
John Roy Smith went to the
r secretary to enroll his name as a
* member of the Hardscrabble
1 club. With pen in hand he wrote
* with a flourish, "J. R. Smith."
"You must write your full
?' name. Mr. Smith," kindly sugs
gested the secretary.
r "What for?" inquired Mr.
2 Smith. "That's the name I go
* by; everybody knows me by that
2 name. What's the use of all
that?"
r "The rules say so," repl ed the
1 secretary politely,
d Being somewhat mollified by
the kindness and good sense of
d the secretary, Mr. Smith took up
v the pen again and wrote, "John
s R. Smith."
- "That isn't right yet," Mr.
d Smith, said the secretary. "The
1 rules say you must sign your full
e name.
r " ," said Mr. Smith,
e as he glared at the secretary.
s "What you want me to sign my
y full name for?"
e "I don't want you to sign anyd
thing," promptly responded the
long suffering secretary, begine
ning to lose his patience in loser
ing so much time with Mr.
d Smith's signing; "but the rules
require it. I presume there is
y good reason for it. Anyway my
e duty is to get every man to enr
roll correctly so that he can vote
s. in the primary."
d As Mr. Smith wanted to be
il quite sure of his right to vote at
>1 the primary, he decided to take
i-- - '
? iiu uiuiilus; so ne look up nits
y pen the third time and wrot?
i- "John Roy Smith," and departed!
* Mr. Smith is ordiqarily a repf
To Much Honor
William Collier, the actor, has
a twelve-year-old son and a
country home at St. James, on
Long Island. One day in the
spring the youngster came to
him and said that he had just
been elected captain-manager of
his ball club, and in view of the
honor conferred upon him he
desired to show his appreciation
in a substantial manner. He
thought it would be rather a
graceful thing if he presented his
teammates with a tent under
which they might hold their
business sessions and map out
campaigns against the rival nines
of the neighborhood.
So Collier, Sr., donated the
tent and a table and a dozen
camp chairs for furnishings, and
provided a site for it on his lawn.
After the canvas had been pitched
and the hnvs hnH nccomKlorl
therein the donor slipped down
to the back of the tent and hid
there with his eye at a crack in
order to hear and see how the
boys conducted their meeting.
He arrived just in time to hear
his son say:
"My lather gave us this tent,
so I move.we elect him an honorary
member."
; This motion was carried unan;
imously amid applause.
The first baseman stood up.
"Mr. Manager," he said, "we
i need some uniforms?regular
uniforms. How are we going
i to get them?"
t "I move," said the chairman,
s "that the honorary member be
i permitted to buy the uniforms." .
? By acclamation this motion
. also was adopted.