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The Pageland Journal August 5, 1914 * Local News The ladies* aid soctety of the M. E. church will meet this afternoon with Mrs. J. E. Crosswell. Mr. B. C. Ogburn and family moved to Cheraw last week. where they will run the Cheraw hotel Mr. J. L. Cato has moved from his farm just east of town into the old Fox house on Pearl street. Mr. R. F. Smith has moved his family back from his farm 2 miles north of town to his residence in the western part of town. The Journal is asked to say all who are interested are requested to meet at Libert}' Hill church next Friday morning to clean off the cemetery. All nprsnnc * am requested to meet at Five Forks next Fridav morning at 7 o'clock for the purpose of cleaning off the cemetery and church grounds. Mr. J. C. Black well has purchased the large two-story house just south of Dr. B. C. Moore's from Mr. T. A. Gulledge and has moved his family into it. They will keep boarders. There will be children's day exercises and a picnic dinner at Five Forks next Saturday. The public is invited to be present and to bring well filled baskets, especially the members of the church. Mr. R. F. Smith has purchased the pool tables recently enstalled Dy Frank Salem in the Whitley building on Pearl street. Mr. Smith is opening up sale and exchange stables back of the pool room. xt- m *-ji requests) 1 , - ^at flllmpm. I. bersof Ml. Moriah church are asked to be present at the church at 10 o'clock on the third Sunday in August, at which time a pastor for the next year will be called. Rev. M. C. King asks us to say that a good meeting was held at Bethlehem last week and nine joined for Baptism. Mr. B. B. Steen who is just entering the ministry assisted in the meeting. The ordinance of baptism will be administered at Steele's mill next Sunday. Mr. James Baker's house in the Five Forks section barely es1 t: ft# v.<aiscvi ucoiuicuuu uy flic ivionday afternoon of last week. About one fourth of the roof was burned before it was extinguished by the help of neighbors who hurried to the scene when the alarm was given. The county campaign will open Thursday Aug. 6th at Brock/s Mill, and continue as follows: Cheraw Aug 6 at night; Patrict 7th; McBee 8th; Jefferson 18th; Pageland 19th; Mt. Croghan 20: Odom's Mill 21: ChostorfiplH 22. The first primary will be held on Tuesday, August 25th. Mr. L. C. Watford, of Lamar, has purchased an interest in the Pageland Hardware company and has taken a position there. This company is now composed by the two brothers, Messrs. L. J. and L. C. Watford and Mr. C. T. Williams, of Richmond. Mr. L. C. Watford has moved his family into the McCaskill house on Maple street. Mr. N. S. Garner, of Route one, sent us a freak egg last week. It was long and small in the middle, resembling very much a small gourd that is large at each end. It was laid by an ordinary hen and the shell was like other egg shells. It looked so much like a gourd that a visi tor pounced it against the desk and broke it. If you think we are lying a)x>ut it, just say so to the other fellow. Don't come here with your fresh talk. Mr. Roy L. Smith has purchasMr. J. F. Porter's stock of gents* furnishings and will continue the business at the same stand. He has been with Mr. C. L. Gulledge at Guess for several months. He will move into the residence in the eastern part of town recently vacated by Mr. C. W. Clark. On Friday, August 21st there will be a picnic and barbecue at Big Springs. Every body is invited to attend and carry a basket, with some extra, plain cornbread and pickle to go along with the barbecue, which will be furnished by the Resort Co., Among the noted speakers ing several weeks in Asheville, N. C. Mrs. J. F. Ageiton, of Cheraw, visited here from Wednesday until Monday. Mr. James Gregory anddaugh ter Miss Lela, of Rock Hill, and Mr. Lex Gregory, who is in the employ of the Southern Power company at the Catawba power station, spent a few days .vvitl^gktitf^hnr1trxpa"it _ Mr. EjB?rl Surratt, of Columbia, cnoniJBing th^o week -fat die home of Mr. W. B. Arrington. Mrs. B. R Dabbs, of Charlotte, is visiting relatives here. Miss Maude Mangum and Mrs. J. K. Adams, of Portsmouth, Va., are spending some time with relatives here. Miss Bertha West, of Chesterfield, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. K. P. StewartMr. W. E. Funderburk and daughters, Misses I esse and Ruby, of Rock Rest, spent Saturday and Sunday here. Messrs. W. T Fdwwrtrtli T i? ... - . .? W. i.>, J . li. King, E. S. Mangum and H. V. Milngo are in the northern markets buying goods for the several firms which they represent. Mr. Bunyan Shaw and family of near Monroe, are spending a couple of days at the home of Mr. Joe M. Rollings. Misses Cora and Nell Cato. are spendi ng the* week with their sister, Mrs. Walters, in Cheraw. Wood's Trade Mark Crimson Clover Is Besfc'Quality Obtainable, of High Tested Germination and Purity. Crimson Clover is a wonderful soilimprover; also makes splendid fall, winter and spring grazing, theearliest green feed, or a good hay crop. A crop of Crimson Clover turned under is equal to a good application of stable manure, and its value as a soil-improver is worth $20. to $30. per acre. Wood's Descriptive Fall Catalog giving full information . bout CRIMSON CLOVER, ALFALFA, WINTER Vf-TCH, and all FARM and GARDEN SEEDS for Fall sowing, mailed on request. Writ? for Catalog and prices of any Seeds required. T. W wnr\n a cam? I _ _ www f v WW W OUllOl I | Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. that have accepted invitations to speak are lion. E. J. Watson, of Columbia, and Hon. David R. Coker, of Iiartsville, S.C. Music by brass band throughout the day. J. D. Redfearn, a young negro, is in jail at Chesterfield charged with drowning a negro boy in a pond at Thompson's creek -trestle on the Seaboard in the lower part of the county Sunday, July 26th. An inquest was held over the hody on the following day by Coroner Atkinson. It seems that neither of the negroes could swim and that the boy was pursuaded or carried too far out by Redfearn. Some reports say that the boy was ducked twice and left to swim or drown. Personals Mr. C. W. Porter, Sr. has returned to Pageland, after spend The Appeal to Reason V UI teach a primary grade," re V marked a public school teacher | recently, "and it has come to be/ my honest conviction that th^ avqrage youngster needs a f spanking at least once a day, } just for the good of his soul; that . certainly does quicken his moral sense as nothing else will. Here is an illustration: One of my boys had skipped his classes, deceived his mother, been found out, and had caused any amount . of unhappiness all around. I took him aside, and we had a heart-to-heart talk. Johnny sat still, looked at me intently and seemed deeply impressed. I thought I was making great headway. and that mv little cor- I mon was surely penetrating Johnny's brain. I never saw a child who seemed so absorbed, even fascinated, by mv line of argument. But you never can tell. Just as I had reached the climax, in my appeal to his bet-' ter self, a light of discovery broke over Johnny: "'Say, teacher,' he said, 'it's your lower jaw that moves, ain't : it?"' 1 REAL! - c ADVERTISING PAYS j If you own a chunk of dirt, in the shape of a farm or lot. 1 LIST IT WITH US JU.will cost you nothing:, buy the amdutfp-nb "utv.irtising yoA pain tliiuugk our Efforts of value to you. We will sell for vou or buy for' you or make an exchange that will please all parties. See us today. We have the following to offer you: No. 1. Sixty acres on sandclay road 2 1-2 miles east of Pageland; sandy soil, clay subsoil; 25 acres in high state of cultivation, balance in pasture and woodland. Good water, new residence and barn worth half the price of the place. Price SI,750. \t? 1 tu:-... > i^iu. lunty-six acres o miles east of Pageland, same land as above but unimproved. Price $600. No. 3. Seventy acres on sand clay road 3 1-4 miles east of Pageland, 25 acres under pood state of cultivation, balance in woodland. Nice new residence and barn, good pasture. Price , $1,800. No. 4. Eighty-eight and onehalf acres 3 1-4 miles east of 1 Pageland, fine loam soil, clay sub soil; 50 acres in high state of cultivation, balance in pasture ( and woodland; 1 tenant house ^ and large new barn. No. 5. Eighteen acres good 1 granite land r> miles south of Pageland on Black creek. Price 1 $275. i No. (>. One hundred and \ sixty-six acres good sandy land ^ 2 miles south of Pageland; 80 y acres in cultivation, balance in t saw timber and pasture, 2 good 1 residences and good out buildings. $25 per acre. ] PAGELAND 1 & REALTY ' . - ': w. o. w. Have you paid your assesment for last month ! No. 286; If not you are suspended for the month of August. 1 have made my report for the month. J. W. Quick, clerk. A young man who last month received his diploma has been looking around successively for a position, employment, and a job. Entering an office the other HUUif/O. VJWUU O-IUUIII UWeillllg, (wo tenant houses, barns, orchard and pasture. Price per acre ?40 | No. 9. Nice painted 4-room cottage near center of Pageland, in two blocks of Graded school >n four desirable lots. Price for luick sale $1000. 10. Nice 5-room cottage between Baptist' church and business center of Pageland. Price $1250. No. 11 Nice business lot in the heart of town 25 feet frontage. Price $400. No. 12 750 acres good loam and bottom land with clay subsoil 2 miles from Jefferson, S. C., handsome residence, several good tenant houses. Good out buildings. Prices on application. No. 13 487 acres good granite land with clay sub-soil 5 miles from Pageland. Proposed site for new station on S. C. Western R. R. Recently surveyed in tracts ranging from 25 acres up. Will sell in lots or as a whole. No. 14. 23 acres sandv land in suburbs of McBee, S. C., nice 10-room residence and out buildings. Very desireable farm for fruit growing or trucking. Price $6,000. No. 15. 365 acres on Rodgers branch leading to Black creek, on new auto road 8 miles Northwest of McBee. Price $10 per acre. No. 16. 275 acres within 1-4 mile of S. A. L. station at Mid dendorf, and extending from the town to Black creek. Forty acres in cultivation, two tenant houses with out buildings, sandy and loam soil. Price Si 5 per acre. No. 17. 5<>8 acres six miles from Pageland, 1(> miles from Marshville, 12 miles from Monroe, 2 miles from new railroad rite, dark loam soil, clay sub-soil, Brown creek runs through place. Has been sub-divided into tracts "anging from 12 acres up, each rart li n V/inor O rna<l f r/An tn fy/i I . ".S * i 1 Wll IHgVi Price $30 per acre. Fifty pood residence lots in Pageland, at prices to please. INSURANCE COMPANY day he asked to see the manager, and while waiting for that gentleman to become disengaged he said to the office boy; "Do you suppose there is any opening here for a college graduate?" "Well dere will be," was the reply. "If de boss don't raise me salary to t'ree dollars a week by IUU1UIIC1 line. 11/A STATE No. 7. Ten acres sandy land 1 miles east of Pageland on C. & L., railroad; 8 acres in cultivation. Price $150. Watch this list each week. No. 8. 182 acres 2 miles west of Pageland. All level land, no waste land, sand>- soil, clay subsoil. Ninety acres in cultivation, highly improved and free of r1^/! Q J ? Notice to W. M. U. Presidents Notice to the Presidents of the Woman's Missionary Societies of Chesterfield County: Please send in the names of delagates to the annual convention which meets with the Pageland Baptist church, at once, in order that the committee on entertainment may assign homes. Mrs. H. W. Crosswell Mrs. K. P. Stewart Committee on entertainment. (Other county papers please copy.) BUSINESS LOCALS We?have some Roof Paint we will sell very cheap. Mangum Drug Co, Try?a Bottle of Liver Lax, one of the best Laxatives there is on the market, it acts on the l.iver. Mangum Drug Co. We?have a few Buckets of good stock powders we will sell for half price. Mangum Drug Co. Argo?starch at 3 for lOcts. Nearly all gone. Mangum Drug Co. Bring your suits to R. L. Smith's pressing club and have them cleaned and neatly pressed. Give?R. L." Smith your order for your fall suits. Standing a full Jersey bull. Fee $1.00 cash. W. A. Pigg, Sr. One hundred thousand no.2 Shingles for sale at $2.00 per thousand, delivered at Pageland. T. W. Gregory. Dry stove wood when you want it at $1.00 per load. R. F. Smith. For Sale one house and lot in western part of town. R. F. Smith. For sale a fresh Jersey Milk Cow, a bargain for some one. Perfectly gentle and a big milker and fine butter cow. Price $45 cash. L. J. Watford, Pageland S. C. Big Springs Hotel,---now open and the fare excellent; large crowds are camping at the Springs and people suffering with Rheumatism or stomach troubles are being benefitted. Good bathing, boating, dancing and and other amusements. Ask your Agent for cheap rate ticket. Address Big Springs Resort Co., Bethune, S. C. Real Estate?I have some farm and town property in and near Pageland, as good as can be bought that I will sell at the right prices and terms. P. H. Evans. , Standing?^G^lf'd"e' Wanted?Large family to pick cotton this fall. Steady employmcut. Highest wages. Address, A. V. Smith 8c Bro. Manassas, Ga. R. F. D. 1. Box 50. Highest?market price for cattle at any and all seasons. Also all the veals I can get. Phone no. 15, Pageland Exchange. H. B Graves. 9-p When?Your watch goes wrong bring it to me and have itcorrected. B. B. Eubanks. We will grind your corn on Saturdays. Miller 8c Hinson, Plains. 20tf Dont forget our home made meal. Carolina Supply Co. Have?Your watch repair work done at Eubanks*. Announcements COTTON WEIGHFR I hereby announce myself a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Mt. Croghan, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. R_ n Mpltnn FOR MAGISTRATE At the solicitation of friends, I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of magistrate for Old Store township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. G. M. Rodgers. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Trial Justice of Old Store Township, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. S. I. Evans. Thanking you for all you have done for me in the past, I hereby announce myself a candidate for Magistrate for Old Store township, subject to the Democratic primary. G. R. Knight. We hereby announce George Funderburk as a candidate for Magistrate for Old Store town ship, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. He will give half, or as much as necessary, of his time at Pageland. Many Friends. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Magistrate of Mt. Croghan township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Riley Evans r Announcements. Announcements will be inserted un der this head from this date until the primary for the rates below, cash in advance: Congress, $5.00; county and state, $3.00; township, $1.50 FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce my candidacy for congess in the fifth congressional district. I stand on my record as legislator in the State, as a supporter of Wood row Wilson for nomination for presidency and of his general policy in the administration of the goverment and legislation promoted. W. F. Stevenson. We are authorized to announce D. E. Finley as a candidate for congress from this district, subject to the action of the Democratic Paimary FOR AUDITOR. Thanking the people for past support I hereby announce myself a candidate for reappointment to the office of County Auditor for Chesterfield County, subject to rules governing the Democraiic Primary. T. W. Eddins. I hereby announce my candidacy for Auditoro for Chesterfield County, subject to the rules governing the democratic primary. D. W. Knight. FOR REPRESENTATIVE I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives from Chesterfield county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. M. M. Johnson. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representative in the corning primary, subject to the rules gov ernmg ine same. J. Clifton Rivers. I hereby announce my candidacy for representative from Chesterfield County. I stand on my college record, my record as a farmer's son, a teacher, an underwriter, magistrate and a democrat. T. W. I3I3LK. ^^hereby announce myself a ^^ fcjjjM^^house of repre BHHH^^H^^Mi^hpsterficld LTJULlty, Subject to tw'y'IUies uhxa regulations of the Democratic party. L. C. Wannamaker. I hereby announce my self as a candidate for House of Representative, and pledge myself to do my duty to all and no special privileges to none, subject to the rules and the regulations of the democratic primary. W. L. Gibson I announce my candidacy to the voters of Chesterfield county, j I stand for the principles and liberties of the American white race. I stand against compulsion and piohibition. I am a Democrat, aDd abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. Peter C. Campbell I hereby announce myself a candidate for Representative from Chesterfield county, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. H. N. Askins STATE SENATE I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the State senate, subject to the rules f?f tilO rinmAprn I/-> nnrl.r v* ?**v jL/vuiwiuuv/ pai ij G. K. Laney FOR COUNTY TREASURER I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of County Treasurer subject to the action of the Democratic Primary Election. Jno. A. Welsh. Thanking the people for past favors, I hereby annou nee myself a candidate for reappointment to the office of county treasurer, subject to the rules of the democratic primary election. W. A. Douglass. COTTON WEIGHER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the position of cotton weigher at Pageland. Lem Robinson I hereby announce myself a candidate for cotton weigher a t Pag eland, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Cord J. Fuoderburk.