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Vol. 4 NO. 46 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1914 $1.00 per year
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We Must Raise Twice as Much Dr. J. H. w >-J' Pk* " * " *
Money for Public School*
Progressive Parmer.
The Houston Chronicle is
tight in saying that the greatest
isfcue before the State of Texas
is the absolute necessity of improving
its educational system.
It is the greatest issue before the
people of any Southern state.
"Instead of spending $12,000,
000,w the Chronicle goes on to
say, "this State should be spending
$30,000,000 for its public
schools each year?that is if its
system is to be brought to a level
with those of the more progressive
states, and thp ic r?r??o
too good for Texas. In the second
place, there should be laws
establishing compulsory education.
This must be the back
bone of any successlul system of
public education.*'
The farmers of the South can
never reach the level of prosperity,
influence and intellectual development
of farmers in other
sections until we double our expenditures
for public schools.
There is nd use taking it by driblets?in
the average Southern
bommunity we must actually
double the amount spent for
public schools; and even after
doubling we shail be only just
dbreast of the average American
States. Wp ?ji
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It once ttis year; but the showing
is so striking and its value as
^ follow-up to our "Educational
Special" is so marked, that we
cannot refrain from republishing
f the following table showing just
how much each Southern state
spends annually per child for
school purposes?and the comparison
with the amounts spent
annually per child in other States
of the Union, rangjj^L^?^?|2l
" VVShingBft
in South Carolina. The table
follows:
1. Washington $32
1 p?i:<
j*. Vyauiuiui'4 $?/
3. New York $25
4. Massachusetts $25
5. Nevada $25
6. Montana $24
7. Colorado $24
8. Illinois $23
9. Ohio $22
10. Connecticut $22
11. New Jersey $22
12. North Dakota - $21
13. Arizona $21
14. Vermont $21
15. Oregon $21
16. Rhode Island $21
17. Wyoming $20
18. Utah $20
19. Minnesota $20
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iu. iaano $20
21. New Hampshire $20
22. South Dakota $20
23. Iowa $20
24. Indiana _ $19
25. Michigan $18
26. Pennsylvania $18
27. Nebraska $18
28. Maine $17
29. Kansas $16
30. Winconsin $15
31. Missouri $14
32. Oklahoma $13
33. West Virginia $11
34. Delaware $11
35. Maryland $10
36. Florida $8
37. New Mexico $8
38. Louisiana $7
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40. Kentucky $7
41. Virginia $6
42. Arkansas $6
43. Tennessee $(?
44. Georgia $4
45. Mississippi $4
46. Alabama $4
47. North Carolina $4
48. South Carolina $3
Does this not make it plain
we must actually double our
school expenditures in order to
give our Southern children an
equal chance in life with children
from other sections? What
is the outlook for the children in
your district? Have they a six
pionths' term.
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By Night
The Stale, Thursday
Dr. James H. Mcintosh, well i
known Columbia physician, was <
shot and perhaps seriously
wounded by an unknown man,
who attacked him shortly before
2 o'clock this morning as the
physician was returning home i
along Marion street after a visit
to the Knowlton hospital. Ac- <
cording to statements by Dr.
Mcintosh the assailant, after a
struggle, fled over the wall of
the Presbyterian churchyard,
shouting as he scaled the wall:
"Now, you won't bother Colie
tomorrow," or "Now, Cohe
won't be bothered by you tomor- j
row."
Dr. Mcintosh tecently has
been brought forward into the
senatorial campaign, Gov. Blease
having said that he expected to .
invite the doctor to be on the
stage at today's meeting when
he would answer the question <
asked at Greenville, as to his
statement regarding the condition
of R. A. Richey, who was
paroled by the governor. ,
There is no clew to the
identity of Dr. Mcintosh's assail ,
ant. The wounded man de- ,
scribesTiim as being small, about (
120 pounds in weight, dressed in ,
dark clothing and wearing * a
cloth cap - ,
Blood hounds, summoned
from the penitentiary, arrived
some time after tiie shooting.
Bystanders had been kept away
from the part of the wall which
ine assailant had scaled in his
escape. The trail, therefore,
was relatively easy.
The dogs followed the trail
through the graveyard to Bull
street and thence down that
Tftreefto the corner ot Bull' amr
Pendleton streets. There the
trail was lost, about half way
across Pendleton street.
Greenville, July 23.?J. W
Norwood, president of the Nor
wood National bank of this city,
today announced that he would
give a reward of $5;000 for the
arrest and conviction --of the
party or parties who assailed Dr.
J. H. Mcintosh in Columbia
early Thursday morning.
Mr. Norwood in making this
announcement states that his
reward is in addition to any
which have or may be offered.
It was Mr. Norwood who had
the altercation with the governor
at the campaign meeting
here Saturday.
Slight Mistake.
In Kansas City they tell of a
broker who mov'.d from the city
out into the country. He went
out some distance and, since the
railway was poverty-stricken
and the service consequently
poor, he traveled to and from
town by automobile.
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in for chicken raising, and ordered
a patent chicken coop. On
the day it was expected to arrive
he set out in a dray to fetch it
from the freight office. He
reached the railway station?
which, by the way, he had never
seen?after an hour's drive. No
one was in sight, but there was
his chicken coop. With his
man s assistance lie soon had it
on the dray and set off for home
lie had proceeded but a few rods
however, when he encountered
a man in uniform, with the title
"Station Master" on his cap.
"What have you got on that
dray?" demanded the stationmaster,
excitedly.
"My new chicken coop."
"Chicken coop, nothing.
You're earring off Blankville
Junction."?Detroit Free Press.
isies at Age ot 102 m
Lancaster News
On Tuesday last there passed
away in the mill village a very
old gentleman, one who had
served in both the Mexican War
and the War Between fhe States,
T. William Waller* by flame.
Mr. Waller was born in Glass
cock, Ga., in 1812 and was therefore
one hundred and two years
of age. He was a member of
the Methodist church and died
in the faith. Mr. Waller was
twice married, first to Miss
Rachel Blackmon and then to
Miss Amanda McDowell He is
survived by three daughter, Mrs.
Annie Bradley of Augusta, Ga.
and Mrs. Mattie Black and Mrs.
Belle Brazzelle of this Dlace. Mr.
Waller had made his home with
Mrs. Bradley, but was on a visit
to his daughters here when
death claimed him. The remains
were interred Wednesday
in Westside cemetery after funeral
services conducted by Rev.
J. F, Hammond.
Craig-Hunley
Chesterfield Advertiser.
One of the most interesting
events of the past week was the
marriage at Hendersonville, N.
C. on Thursday afternoon of two
of our most popular young people,
Miss Mary V. Craig and Mr.
Charles L. Hunley.
Their many friends were surprised
and delighted to receive
the message Thursday night announcing
the event.
The ceremony was performed
at the Parsonage of the First
Methodist church in Henderson-j
ville by the pastor, Rev. Mr.]
Wamble, in the presence of only
two or three friends^j^o^JaaM
Mr. and Mrs. Hunley will
spend several days in the mountains
of Western North Carolina
and will be at home to their host
of friends after August the fifteenth
in their beautiful little
Bungalow on West Main street.
In Answer to Prayer
The author of "Seventy Years
Young," Mrs. Emily P. Bishop,
tells of one way, and a very
good way indeed, of insuring an
answer to our prayers.
A little girl's brother set a trap
to catch birds. The little girl
knew that it was wrong, cruel,
against the laws of kindness, and
altogether inexcusable. She
wept at first, then became cheerful
again, and she was asked the
cause.
"I prayed for mv brother to be
a better boy,"
"What else?" inquired her
mother.
"I prayed that the trap would
not catch any little birds,"
"What else?"
"Then I went out and kicked
the trap all to pieces."
Broke Collar Bone ,
Lancaster, S. C., July 24?Ross
Rutledge 14-year-old son of Dr,
J. E. Rutledge of this place met
with a serious accident here today
when he fell from his horse
and broke his collar bone. Thf
youth, riding horse back, was
crossing Main street when a
heavy box he was carrying in
front of him fell from his grasp
frightening the animal and causing
the .boy to be thrown with
violence to the ground. He was
immediately taken in charge by
near-by physicians who pronounced
his wounds, though ol
a very serious nature, not necessarily
fatal.
s
Tou Should Take A Vacation
Between the last cultivations
and the beginning of harvest
time there usually comes ?
period when farm work is lesj
pressing and less exacting??
period, in fact, that is the farm
er*s logical vacation season. II
there be any wealth producer it
the land who is entitled to an\
occasional leave of absence?
with pay?it is the farmer. O;
course we mean the real farmei
the man who, with head anc
hands, has labored long-month;
that his family may be bettei
provided for and the country fee
and clothed. Men in othei
occupations expect and take
their vacations regularly?whj
tint fVl O fry r?v> r?f ? F 1
uv> iuv mi invji tiiiu uiu larmer s
wife?
By a vacation we do not meat
anything necessarily expensive
or elaborate. All over the South
there are thousand of river bank!
and lake shores, cool, pictures
que spots in the hills, where a
tent might be pitched for a week
or two weeks, and the family gel
more real good than from an expensive,
tiresome journey to the
distant seashore or mountains
For, after all, the essential pari
of a real vacation lies not in resi
nor in long journeys to strange
places, but rather m the total
change from the constant rou
tine of work, the same thing daj
after day and year after year
that makes life irksome and ere
ates a desire in the farm boy and
girl for places and scenes where
there is more life and action.
Now don't go to worrying
i about who will look after the
cows and the chickens, and the
horses and the house, and thing!
I you are away
a neigVtbo? 'jieaf
things for you, for he and hi
family may contemplate jus
such a vacation a little later, nrw
you will have a chance to recip
rocate.
Don't say you can't get away
Mr. and Mrs. Progressive Farm
er. After the year's strenuou
work both you and the childrei
are entitled to an outing, and an
cheating yourself if you don't ge
it. Think of that shady, cool
wooded spot on the river o
brookside, pack up a few necess
aries, and hie yourself away fo
a week at least. You will com<
back rested and stocked witl
energy and enthusiasm for mak
ing next year your best am
most successful.?Progressivi
Farmer.
A TV? TU-t
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Among the curiosities of trei
life is the sofar, or whistling tree
of Nubia. When the wind blow
over this tree it gives out flute
like sounds, playing away to th<
wilderness for hours at a tim
strange, weird melodies.
The natives say it is the spiri
1 of the dead singing among thi
branches; but scientific whitman
says that the sounds are du
to a myriad of small holes whicl
, an insect bores in the spines o
the branches.
The weeping tree of the Car
ary Islands is another arbora
freak. This tree in the dryes
weather will rain down shower
, from its leaves, and the native
, gather up the water from th
pool formed at the foot of th
1 trunk, and find it pure and fresh
1 The tree exudes the vvate
> from innumerable pores situate<
at the base of the leaves.?Ex.
i
i It takes years to acquire wit
, dom anil about one minute t<
become a fool.
Genius is two per cent inspire
tion and 98 per cent perspiratior
?Thomas A, Edison.
4 Not Reliable.
r
i A horse had been stolen from
t a field and the evidence all
t pointed to a certain doubtful
5 character of the neighborhood
i as a culprit, says the Chicago
Tribune. At the trial the defenf
dant's counsel tried to contuse a
i farmer whose testimony was
r particularly damaging.
"You say, the lawyer asked,
f 'that you can swear to having
r seen this man drive a horse past
I your farm on the day in ques5
tion?"
r "I can," replied the witness,
I wearily.
r "What time was this?"
i "I told you it was about the
: middle of the afternoon.
5 "But I don't want any 'abouts'
or 'middles,' I want the exact
i time."
s "Why," said the farmer, "I
i don't always carry a gold watch
> with me when I'm digging potatoes."
i "But you have a clock in the
' house, haven't you?"
t "Yes."
"Well, what time was it by
! that?"
"Why, just 19 minutes past
t 10."
t "You were in the field all the
; morning?" went on the lawyer,
1 smiling suggestively.
- "I was."
"How far from the house is
, this field?"
"About half a mile."
I "You swear, do you, that by
i the clock in your house it was
exactly 19 minutes past 10?"
r "I do."
i Lawyer (triumphantly)?"I
s think that will do."
5 Farmer?"I ought perhaps to
; say that too much reliance
-1 should rio*i~hq>?laced upon that
s six months ago and it's been 19
t minutes past ten ever since."
1
- Had Something Just as Good.
This joke is told on a certain
chauffeur, who was running the
machine for an automobile party
s touring the South.
1 The chauffeur discovered that
L' he needed lubricating oil. He
* discovered a hut in the distance
' and made for it on the run. On
r the porch was an old negro
woman washing. He approachr
ed her and said:
e "Pardon me, but can you help
1 me out? Have you any lubricat.
ing oil, if you please? Castor
oil will do if you have that."
^ The old negro turned into the
house, but soon she appeared in
the doorwflv and with a hrr?od
grin on her face, she said:
b "Yes, suh, I'se all out o' caster
'? ile or what youse call it, but if
s you'll hold your hosses a minit
s- I'll fix you a dose o' salts."
e
e Woodmen of the World
Please* take notice your assesmeuis
aie due on the first day of
L' each month, and must be paid
L' not later than the last day of
^ the month. If not paid by the
1 last day of the month you stand
suspended. Some members wait
until they are suspended and
'j then pay. Now this is a great
risk as your certificate is null
>1
s and void for that month. It is
s best for you to pay promptly as
e I can't report you in good stande
ing when you are not. I will
1 have to report all members sust
j pended who fail to comply with
the rules. I am not able to pay
for you, and if I was it is not
?- right for me to do it. I have lost
o all 1 expect to that wav. So nnv
your assesment when due or tell
me to report you suspended,
i Nuf Sed.
J.W. Quick, Clerk.
(Advertisement)
Big Ditch Will be Opened
August 15th
Washington, July 24.?War
department officials are perfecting
plans for the opening of the
Panama canal, to commence on
August 15. The vessel which
would be given the -honor of
leading a fleet of merchantmen
through the great waterway had
not been determined upon, but it
was probable that the Cristobal,
a war department steamer,
would be selected.
No ceremony will attend the
actual opening of the big ditch
to commerce. That will wait
until the official opening March,
1915, when an international fleet
of warships will pass through.
Woman Who Gave Birth to 62
Children.
London Croniclc
The Palermo woman, Rosa
Salemi, who presented her husband
recently with five boys, all
well formed, and "eating well
and crying well," has not wrested
the record from the peasant
girl, Gravata of Tuscany.
She was the twin daughter of a
woman who was herself one of
triplets and married a men of her
own class. She set the seal on
the family reputation, though
she led off modestly with a baby
girl. On the next occasion she
made her husband a present of
six little souls and followed that
the next year with five more.
Then came a couple of sets of
triplets, which were followed by
a quartet. Then ensned a long
procession of ones and twos,
bringing the nnmber of her living
children up to 62 and assuring
to her endless fame in
obstetrical annals as the "Gravata
case."
Took Carbolic Acid."
Lancaster News.
Yesterday- afternoon, Miss
Flonnie Sowell, daughter of Mr.
H. N. Sowell, who had been
indisposed for several days from
an attack of indigestion, took a
teaspoonful of casbolic acid by
mistake, thinking it was a preparation
for indigestion, which
she had been taking. The carbolic
acid had deen used in some *
chicken food and hadbeen left
near the bottle of other medicine.
The acid took immediate effect,
throwing the young lady into
convulsions. Drs. Laney and
Allen were promptly summoned
and gave the usual antidotes for
thp nr?i?:r?n 1-mt tlio cnfforini*
, ,
the young lady was intense ahd
prolonged. Although not out
of danger, the physicians are
hopeful that she may recover
The news of the terrible accident
was a shock to the community
in which Miss Sowell is
a universal favorite. The News
wishes for her a compfete recovery.
Reports from the bedside of
lhe sufferer this morning are
more encouraging. She is resting
more comfortably and it is
now believed that she will get
well.
Little David, aged three, had
fallen into sin and his father had
DUIlished him. David, however.
felt that his father was the real
culprit and he accordingly harbored
a grudge against him all
afternoon. That night when
David's mother said it was time
for him to go to bed, he trudged
off resolutely without kissing his
father good-night.
"Here, my boy," called his
father, "are'nt you going to kiss
Daddy good-night?"
"No, Daddy," answered David.
"I'll not kiss you good-night, but
I'll pray for you."