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The pageupdfJournal' ' "v ii^^K . ?1- . Mjjfap? ??^1 Vol.4 NO. 42 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1914 $1.00 per year No Celebration in Cheraw I Keeoinr TK* Rnv. fu ti.. F.?. I c? *** This Year The following statement from the Board of Trade, of Cheraw, has been sent out: After promising W. F. Stevenson, the Board of Trade's representative, if possible, to visit Cheraw on July 8, Cheraw's proposed home coming week and its 150th anniversary of the founding of this city, the president has felt obliged to call off the engagement. William Godfrey and E. W. Duvall went to Washington yesterday to get Mr. Wilson's final oncuior - - ? MUWfT Vi UliU this is the result. The following letter was sent out by the Board of Trade today, calling off the celebration entirely: "Owing to the fact that considerable publicity has been given to the press without the authority of the Board of Trade of Cheraw, concerning the pro insatai visn 01 rresident Wilson on July 8, we ask that vou inform the public through your columns that the present condition of public affairs and especially the Mexican situation, makes it entirely impossible for the president to leave Washington on this date and the Cheraw Board of Trade has therefore called off .he July celebration for this year. L. A. Meiklejohn, Treasurer. D. L. Tillman, Secretary. "Inasmuch as Ye Did Not." There is a legend which runs as^pllows: Many years ago, in a little village Jerusalem, it was anJesus was going to ?su iirai inev woul^^^Hnectly clean when Jesus^H^ OiMPfady was cleaning her house, and while doing so a knock was heard at her door, and on opening the door she found a little boy standing there who had neither shoes nor stockings on his feet. "Well, what do you want?" she asked. *?w:ii -i " in you piease give me a piece of bread?" asked the child. "No" she answered quickly; "I have no time for such as you. I am preparing for a great One." The little boy turned away with a sad heart as she shut the door in his face. She bad hardly got back to her . work when another knock disturbed her, and on opening the door this time she saw a little girl with a shawl wrapped around her naked body. "Please, lady, can I come in a minute to get warm?" asked the little girl. "No; I do not want you to dirty my floor and rugs So go your way." "Just let me come in the hall, please!" pleaded the child. For an answer the door was closed in her face. The lady again went to work, and a third time a knock disturbed her. This time she would not open the door, but pretended she was not nt Virwm? ? ? . ... uviuvi o\/ 11IC 111 VI11 went away. She waited all day and Jesus did not come. That very night she fell upon her knees and asked the Lord why he had not come to see her that day, and he answered her by saying that he could not come himself, but had sent three people instead, and she had rejected every one of them.?Selected. The opening ball at Big springs will be held tonight. The big hotel has been completed recently and is now open for pleasure and health seekers. I m ? ? ? ? J v ?A? a nv a (U III I Fish in Progressive Farmer My experience with boys has shown me this: No boy without an object in life is satisfied. A healthy, vigorous boy must have something to do out of which he can see some results accruing to himself. The time has gone by when a father could command the services of his sons until thev were 21 years of age and give them nothing in return but their board and clothes. The bovs must have work?but they must have a financial interest in that work and they must have some responsibility for the results of their labor. Most of them get plentv of labor?thpr?> is no lack of that. But are they made to feel that they have a personal interest in their work? Do they know that faithful and intelligent labor and the practical application of the best and most approved methods will put any money in their pockets or add in any way to their pleasure? Are they encouraged to think and plan and experiment for themselves or simply to obey orders and do what they are told to do? The boy is not a machine. He does not want to be bossed?lie wants to boss something. Give him something to boss. Whether it be an animal, a bunch of trees or a plot of ground, give him something to do with absolutely as he pleases?but hold him reponsible for the results/ And there you have the two great factors that are necessary to hold boys anywhere?an interest and a responsibility. # All boys are not alike; they have not the saihe tastes, desires ^Or^TfeinperameuiST^ 3iuJ> jxmi ooys. Get acquainted with them. Take them into your confidence and they will do the same with you. It will be good for both to know more of each other. One boy may have a decided faculty for handling stock, but take no interest whatever in field work. Make him manager?under you, of the "livestock department." He will grow at least 100 per cent in his own estimation just as soon as you give him a recognized position on the farm. Give him a chance to develop along the line which most appeals to him. Get him books?the best books?on farm animals, their care, breeding, diseases, etc. He will studv them?don't von doubt it. Place responsibility on him and show that vou have confidence in him and he will live up to it, he just naturally can't help it. And then take that other boy. He likes to see things giow. Make him manager of the field department or the orchard department whichever way his . inclinations leads him. Study scientific farming with him, soil culture, fertilizing, sprays, seed breeding, and the thousand and one things that enter into modern progressive farming. Consult the boy as to what he likes best to do and give him control I of that thins as much and as soon as possible. If he likes it he will make it so?no doubt of it. And that boy who likes to "trade" and nearly always sots a little the best of it, he wants to be a "business man," maybe. Sho\\ him that there is more real business on a well conduct 1 / - eu larm man in V<? per cent of the so-called "businesses" in the citj and a mighty sight fewer failure.". Make him "business manager." Let him study the markets and the best way of disposing of the crops. Give him charge of the accounts and let him keep accurate and complete J jicvcmun ana nnley W Speak in Pa gel and. The dates for the campaigij for Representative from this di?| 1 trict have been ai ranged a? i follows: 5 ? Chesterfield, July ll;Camdei?J July 16; Lancaster, July 18; Gaf< ney, July- 21; Yorkvtlle, July 2.lti Chester, July 25; Winnsboi*r 1 July 28. J* In addition the two candidate > 1 are permitted to make as man * i speeches at other times arj^ places as they care to. Ho/. 7 W. F. Stevenson has promised to come to Pageland on tlfc? night of the 14th, and Mr. FinUo will doubtless be present ahV>. Thpv will cnoul- n? T,.ff ? ..vj ?? >11 OJ^V?I\ cii JC11C12IUU I .1 | the 15th as they go to Camde 1.1 Mr. Stevenson is covering t 'to entire district, and he thin?:** there is a good chance for !ris election. This campaign promises tope one in which issues rather tl&n men will be discussed. T\\>o able men will meet in this cori-V test, and the result will be await- j ed with interest. | ( When Animals Sleep< jp Elephants sleep standing up. When in a herd a certain number will always stand watch while the others sleep, for the Big, ( powerful beasts are timid imLJ cautious at night and will to sleep unguarded. duis sieep neaa aownv^H hanging by their hind claw^^^ Birds, with few excep^Hs, sleep with their heads ti^Hd tail ward over the back and^Be beak thrust beneath the winjA Storks, gulls and other legged birds sleep standingBn Ducks sleep 'on dHAfl|SSp^ To avoid drifting as1^^^Effl|y keep paddling vvith o^Bpot thus making them moWa a Foxes and wolves sleep curled up, their noses and the soles of their feet close together and blanketed by their bushy taili Lions, tigers and cat animals stretch themselves out flat upon the side. Their muscles twitch and throb, indicating that they are light and restless sleepers. Owls, in addition to their eyelids, have a screen that they draw sideways across their eyes iu snui oui ine light, lor they t sleep in the daytime.?Ex. < ? ? = < records of everything done on the farm. Explain that he must i be able tc tell you just what the i farm makes on every depart- f .nent, every field, every produc- " tive animal. Give him a desk 4 which he can fit up for an office, t Make him feel the dignity of his f position. ( i would emphasize the "de t partment" idea and, as far as ? possible create a rivalry between t the different departments as to < which should secure the greater c results from the time, money j and labor expended. Make the boys feel that each one is responsible under you for the results in t some particular department. They will at once begin to ( feel that they amount to some- j thing and they will amount to r something. ^ Make the farm buildings as attrnrtiif^ oc once!ff f tiMvn w ita |M/aon/iv:i 11 pi iltllt" able, liave all the modern labor savers and time conservers. You can at least have buildings in good repair and use plenty of paint. The boys like to have 1 something to be proud of, some- * s thing different from what their > neighbors have, and a well kept 1 barn yard and well painted r buildings will make a lot of dif- a ference in their willingness to f stay on the farm. | s :fh 4 I Chesterfield County Fair, Air- I Ship Free Attraction Preparations are being made l>y the Executive '.committee of i Ihe Chesterfield ( County Fair 1 Association for the Fair to be 1 held at Chesterfield, November i 10, 11. 12, 13th, 1014. The Fair < Association holds a lease on a i bolid block of four acres in the i heart of the town, lying along ] side the railroad and across a i street from the depot. The grounds are enclosed and some buildings already erected. Steps i are bting taken towards erecting i a large building for exhibits and work on same will be commenc- i ed at an oarly date. A first class i arena for riding and driving ex- i hibition purposes will be constructed. Additional stall for i stock and cattle will be provid- 1 ed. Encouraged by the success 1 of last years Fair the executive < committee is planning this years i Fair on a large scale. Work is < now progressing on the handsome premium list which will be Issued this summer, containing me thousand dollars worth of tash prizes. < I One of the principal attractions for the Fair this autumn will be the daily flights of Aviator Frank J. Terrill in his 80 horsepower, headless Curtis byplane, flying 75 miles per hour. (Mr. Terrill is famous as an aviator and the stunts he will per form high in the air will include the turkey trot, hesitation, ocean wave, spiral glide and others equally as thrilling, besides plain and fancy flying of all kinds. The executive committee has closed contract with Mr. Terrill to fly on three days during the B^^Nov. 11, 12, 6c 13th. Mr. lT?rri 11 comes" liigiiA ittutff- > mended. Only recently, last < February, he flew daily at the 1 Sfational Corn Exposition, Dal- { as, Texas, and the secretary of 1 he Dallas Chamber of commer:e recommends him very highly. / Special attention will be given i his fall towards getting out ex- i libits in the way of farm pro- c iucts. Chesterfield Count}* has c made wonderful strides along 1 igricultural lines and hor farm l anils are today producing proiucts second to none in this 1 >tate. A cash prize of twenty i ive dollars will be offered to i he one who makes the best gen- i ?ral exhibit of farm produce, i Dthercash prizes of real value 1 sill be offered for exhibits of all nanner of farm products. Those { n charge inte. d to stress the < igriculturial feature of the Fair. I The aim is to improve condi- < ions, to help the farmers of the 'Otintv. to nrnmnto ttmir . u IUV11 1 ind to aid all the people of 1 Dhesterfiekl county along ma- j erial lines. Opportunity will be liven all to place on exhibition < heir produce and products. No ! diarge will be made for exhibit >f any kind, everything being idmitted free. George?What a fine building , hat is across the way. Charles?Yes, yes; but the nvner built it out of blood, aches ! ind groans of his fellow men; ! >ut of grief and of crying childen, and the woes of wailing ] 'v v/iiii;ii* George?Ah! A rum seller of course. Yes, yes! Charles?Oh, no; he's a dentist. i Vote Against 'Em. "All of you who are fearful , hat there is any truth in the tatement of John (i. Richards ind Charles Carroll Sinims that 'ou will he disfranchised by the lew rules of the Democratic irimary, go to your club roll and 1 egister and then go to the polls : ind vote against Richards and i iimmsfor trying to make you i lelievc something that is not s o."?Lancaster News. i Mexican Trouble About Ended. Niagara Falls, Ont., June 24.? ferms for composing all interlal differences between the United States and Mexico have teen concluded. The conditions under which diplomatic relation will be resumed were embodied ' in a protocol signed tonight by the Ambassador from Brazil, the Ministers of Chile and Argentina and the American and Huerta delegates. The character of settlement is not expected to arouse opposition from the Constitutionalist, who would participate in it and to a large degree it would mould the adjustment of all internal disputes. When a new provisional Government is established to susceed that headed by General Huerta llio rnci11 ^ uiv ivouu v/i iiituiituuii, recognized as a triumph for Pan American diplomacy, will become effective. Coincidentally with the action taken tonignt it was announced that the actual selection of a provisional president and the organization of the new government, will be left to an informal conference of representatives of the Constitutionalists, Luis Cabera, Rafael Zubaran and Jose Yasconcelos, and the Huerta delegates to the medition conference. Tonight's formal session of mediators and delegates prepared the way for the complete settlement of difficulties between the United States and Mexico growing out of the failure of a Huerta officer at Tampico to salute the Stars and Stripes. The single outstanding proviso in the protc^olis that the declared adjusted on the estabishment of a new provisional government. The protocol sets ;orth: "That the United States and \rgentina, Brazil and Chile the nediating countries, shall recoglize the new provisional govjrnment and that thenceforth liplomatic relations between the united states and Mexico shall le resumed. "That the United States denands no indemnity and does tot further exact satisfaction for tny of the incidents connected with the patrol of Mexican waters and invasion of the counry. "That a commission shall be ippointed to adjust private claims growing out of the revolution and international incidents." The protocol was drafted carlv today and its phraseology telegraphed to Washington for approval. At 9 o'clock tonight word came from President Wilson and Secretary Biyan authorizing the American delegates to sign it. Proof Positive. The late Arthur McEwen used to tell of an Irish friend of his who made the statement that the sun is composed of ice and proved it. "Th' sun do be made av ice," he said. "Tis not!" contended a hearer. "Tis so; an' I'll prove utt' ye. Wuz ye iver in th' Gomstock mine?" "1 wuz." "Wuzyezat th' twenty-threehundred livil?" "I wuz." 44 An' wuz it hot?" "Hot as th' divil!" "Well, thin, go out an' have a Ink at th* tops av the mountains y onder?all covered with ice an' snow. The nearer to the sun it is, the colder it is; an' the farder away, th' hotter. Th* SUU do be made av ice." Operating At A Loss. Columbia, S. C. June 24th,? Mr. W. J. Harahan, Pres., C. & L. R. R. Co,, Norfolk, Va. Dear Sir: We are in receipt of yours of June 15th, with financial statement showing net loss of about $5000 in operation of C. & L. R. R. during past year. We have also carefully noted what you have to say relative to hazard involved in undertaking to operate trains over a portion of the S. A. L., tracks, now already congested, in order to nut nnwonoror trnine 1 , r..?wwi.hv? UUIIIO w! V^. IV i-?. R. R., to the S. A. L., depot at Cheraw. After carefully considering the matter, the Commission does not, at this time, feel warranted in ordering operation of C. 6c L. passenger trains into S. A. L. depot at Cheraw. If, in the future, any serious complaint should come up along: this line, the Commission will again take the matter up with you. Yours very truly, G. McD. Hampton Acting: Chairman. Impure Corn Meal Seized Columbia Record Commissioner R. J. Watson said this morning: that, acting: under his orders, agents of the department of agriculture, commerce and industries of agriculture, commerce and industries in some 12 or 14 towns of the state had yesterday seized large quantities of impure corn meal. This, declared Col. Watson, was unfit for food or any other purpose for either man or beast and would be forthwith destroyed. It is the tail-end of the western crop. In some of the towns as much as This corn meal will be brought to Columbia and completely destroved on the farm of the State Hcspital tor the Insane under the direction of the agricultural department. In addition to the corn meal the commissioner has ordered seized large quantities of adulterated oats in several /owns of the state. This is also a western product, and according to Col. Watson is mixed with weeds and other foreign matter. Some of the oats has been allowed to be sold as a mixed cattle food after it has been so labeled. Organize A Debating Society. Boys and Girls, you ought to have a debating society in your school, Why not organize one? The man who can not say what he wants to say in a public meeting is at a great disadvantage. That is a chief reason why law years and city men have more influence in politics than farmers have. The farmers have not been trained to talk in public. If you could have a debate every other Friday night it would be a fine feature. Or you might simply organize a literary society?or two literary societies taking opposite sides in debate but working together on all other things?and vary your programs. At one meeting you could have a debate; at the next meeting a musical program; then a program of recitations and dialogues; and then a speech by some leader in health work or educational work or farm work, or by some man of prominence in a near-by city or an adjoining county. Anyhow. I wish all our farm boys and girls would interest themselves in having some such meeting every other Friday night, or once a month at least.?C. P. in the Progressive Farmer.