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the pageland journal? _____ Vol. 4 NO. 53 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914 $1.00 per year | ? * 1 ns / c. ^ i ^ ? ruui ror oionng u>iton Below we give the details of a plan, known as the Wilmington 1 plan, for storing cotton in each e small town where cotton is g marketed: t The Secretary of the Treasury d has practically endorsed the plan by agreeing to accept warehouse t teceipts from any responsible \ Warehouse company issuing* t dnd the main features of the t t>lan ate re-stated here for yonr t (convenience. ?- \ First: Each cotton town, a u-iivsugii cuuiuiuuiiy euori, proVide warehouse facilities adequate to store and protect one-half of the crop normally marketed at such place. Second: These warehouses to be frame structures of the capacity of 600 bales of cotton, properconstructed as respects insurance requirements, and controlled by a company legally authorized to issue negotiable receipts. Third: Local banks to make liberal advances on cotton so stored and insured, and to use their national bank correspondents to re dis count this cotton paper. The Insurance Companies to meet the situation are prepared to insure cotton at a special rate of $1.75 on the $100.00 per year, under the following require menis: j j "Not more than 600 bales to c be stored in any one warehouse; warehouses to be separated by at least 100 feet from any other building, and 50 feet from railroad track; buildings to be one s stoiy high, sides and ends to be r constructed of weather boarding * spark and weather proof, and J l^itedorwhitewashec^i^out t standara^^Hi^^^nioof ^ buildings not to have wooden tl floors, but scantlings may be tc used on which to store cotton; ^ not less than six casks to each ' warehouse to be kept filled with ^ water and to be served by two e buckets for each cask; not less ^ than two 5-foot doors three feet 31 apart at both ends of buildings, vv and more doors if possible; cot- ^ ton can be stored on end or NN ofllorntlCA in rl?/\r* rv f ?irnr/\ H vuici nrioc 111 uis^icuuii \J 1 wuithousemen." d It will be seen from the above that these requirements are at once simple and inexpensive, v and the rate of insurance very low. It is understood that this P rate applies only on the character tl of building above described, and S( for your information will say 0 that a warehouse of 3.000 square c feeet floor space will provide for y 600 bales of cotton piled two high, a?:d should cost about $1.00 per bale space or $600.00. The Wilmington Plan provides ^ for the establishment of these ^ small inexpensive warehouses at a numerous points with the double 1 view of more effectively keep- a ing cotton off the market and N protecting the trade of each * locality, for it must be obvious ? that if the cotton is stored only i in large centers business would r be attarcted to these points at J the cost of local interests. r It will be observed that the 1 600-bale warehouse is the unit 1 prescribed by the insurance com- i panies, but where frame build- ! ings already exist suitable for 11 storage purposes the same insur- 1 ance rate will prevail provided not more than 600 bales of cot- j ton are stored in one place. j The General Government has i done all in its power to provide < means for protecting the cotton crop, and it is now squarely up < to the South to avail itself of the means so provided. It is worse than futile?it may be fatal? for from The Was 1 Paris, Sept. 3.?A proclamation las just been issued by the gov- i irnment announcing that the s [overnment departments svill be ransferred temporarily to Bor- 1 leaux. The proclamation was issued 1 >y the minister of the interior, < vho said the decision had been ' aken solely upon the demand of he military authorities because i he fortified places of Paris, 1 vhile not necessarily likely to be < ittacked, would become the i >ivot of the field operations of i he two armies. I The building of supplementary ' lefence works is proceeding vig- < >rously. London, Sept. 4, 1:15 p. m.?In ' listoric Guild Hall, Premier As- ' (uitli today started a crusade to timulate enlistment. He , has called upon every able-bodied 3riton of military age to come 1 o the help of his country. The premier opened his ad- 1 Iress with the heartening 1 mnouncement that up to today ' >etween 25<>,000 and 300,000 re- 5 :ruits had responded to the call. 1 "We now find ourselves in- 1 solved with the whole strength >f this empire in a bloody arbitamant of might versus right," 1 he premier declared, that has 5 >een entered into with clear udgment and a clear consci- 5 mce. i An Underfed Editor Hardly a week passes that , ome well fed sleek and fat gour- , nand does not wander into our >leak and desolate sanctum and j >egin a conversation with " a , 'you show oughter been with us Soand- * ^\ir| t< B^cadayeFCtTsand hungry f( ilf about the good things to eat n tat the good farmer had served v ) a party of friends. This con- ^ ersation always ends with a tj editor, you show got to write n lis up?it was the best thing I a ver attended." And then he a uttons his palm beach coat j, round his embompont and t] ralks out with that cat that ate le canary smile. Still hungry, v re write 'em up, but we ain't v ever at one o' them countrv ^ - ? u inners yit. --Ex. c Buck Refused to Smoke (] /adesburo Ansonian ?The "Hon." Buck Newton roved conclusively yesterday 11 lat he is not as big a fool as L>me folks take him to be. Some c f the."boys" bought a loaded igar and gave it to Buck and c mited around to see him smoke t up to the powder. Presently lie cigar "went out" and one of [inocent bystanders seemed a ittle too anxious to re-light it. rhis aroused Buck's suspicions t nd going to the door he threw , he tricky cigar away saying that is he didn't feel very well he vould not smoke any more at he present. 1 1 js to look for further govern- 1 nental aid, either National or >tate. The National Govern- ] nent can do nothing more than iberali/.e the banking and cur- , ency laws, which it is disposed 1 o do to the fullest extent, while I State remedy would necessarily ae so slow as to be una valine for the present emergency. It must appeal to even intelli- 1 ?ent man that the mere fact of 1 ability to store cotton at every marketing point would of itself exert a powerful influence on prices, for the farmer or merchant having the option to store or sell at will would be in position to force buyers to bid up the market in order to obtain supplies. If Two Be Three, What's Five? In a recent issue of a local xiper is this question, emanating >o said, from Atlanta: "If a third of six were three what would a fourth of 20 be." This is said to be not a catch, but a bona fide problem in mathematics, and that the answer is 7 1-2. It is not a bona-fide problem, nor yet can I say that it is of suf ficient dignity to be called a catch. The question is simply absurd and there is no answer to it. It is as absurd as if the ones lion were asked, "If a goose were a brick house what would a railroad be?" A goose is not a brick house, and a railroad has no relation to either. The question is asked, "If two were three, what would live be?" In the first place, two are not three; in the second place, five would be five, under any and all circumstances. Two are two; three are three; five are five; they are of the prime immovables Conditions cannot affect them, or make them other than they are. If two were three, three would be two. Then, if calculation be made as the man makes it who >ays 5 would be 7 1-2, 5 would ie o i-z as well as 7 1-2. Through absurdity, all of it. This so-called problem was in my arithmetic when I was a t>oy; I did not know any better [hen than to think it a genuine :>ne. Also there was this cancatenation of absurdities. "If two be three, and four be five, apd 61-2 be 11, what's the uird of and the fourth of 27?" j (A darned lo| n.more rhyme! Han 'fPMLlAWi > this riot of unseason I navf ^ irgotteu; the maker of the arith- j letic had some answer which ^ l as as absurd as the question. Ve should be careful, when we link, to be sure we think, and ^ ot merely think we think. Two , re two; three are three; and five , re live; and all the suppositions ^ i the universe cannot make j hem other than they are. There is a story of that funny yise man, Abraham Lincoln* trhich is not inapt. Some of the , >ig men came to him, proposing j ertain actions, which involved ? he consideration of a matter in tiler than its true light. ( "But," said Lincoln, "that is lot." "We know it is not so, but just nil it <ir? " Said Lincoln, "Yon see that :ow of mine grazing on the 1 vhite house lawn: how many egs has she?" "Four/' answered ihe big men. "Well, suppose we call her ail a leg, then how many legs -vill she have?" "Five," said the big men. "You are wrong," chuckled Lincoln, "she would have but 'our; calling her tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." (Problem respectfully referred back to Atlanta.) Perry Benson in Augusta Chron icle. Route 1 Items "*? Mr. I Edward Plyler and Miss Ksther Mills were married Saturday night hy Notary Public J. L. Griggs at his home. Mr. John Richardson has recently lost two fine hogs that would have netted him .at least 500 pounds each. Miss Annie and Desdine Lowery, of Altan, spent frorp Friday until Sunday in this community. G. The Missouri Mule Will the Missouri mule be drafted for service in Europe? Will this patient, oft maligned beast of burden pull the heavy cannon and keep the commissary department close to the men with appetites, or will the motor take his place? Across the veldt in South Africa, where Boer met Briton, the Missouri mule patiently pulled the guns and the supply wagons for each. Buyers hunted the animals out of the pastures of Missouri, and boats waited in Southern ports for railway trains rac ing to get more mules to the front. It was the same in the war with Spain, when the Missouri mule was drafted and later dis tributed over Cuba and Porto Rico there, beneath the tropical sun, to wear away his days, if he escaped the dangers of war. Rnieinnr In n i%ui<]lllg II1U1CO 111 1U139UUI 1 IS <1 fine art and is one of the big industries of the State. Whether fate decrees he shall tramp the cotton fields of Georgia or take service with the armies in lands beyond the sea, the mule assum es his burdens and perform his daily duty. If his master be ap preciative he may have pleasant days but mule history is written mostly in sorrow. If there be a call from the land of the Slav the Missouri mule will go into new and strange lands. His is ever the duty of bearing burdens for man. In war or peace that duty remains his portion.?Cleveland Dealer. At 90 Seeks Seventh Wife. |*Tm looking for my seventh wife," sang Uncle Bob Knox, a v tntiun Oi u*v ;an war, when told that the jury lad freed him from Mrs. Knox, a rvrrvnr>/4 rvf r\ ncnrti 1 /Ill) V/ll 111^ ^IWUIIU U1 11W11, it Dalton, Ga., a few days ago. The old man then proceeded o quote an original poem, in which he told of his search for a seventh wife. "Home is a mighty poor place without a woman in it," he said when asked if he really intended marrving a seventh time. After making this evasive answer he refused to discuss his plans, but it is rumored that he is in the center ot the carpet and is looking around for the favored lady. How It Happened In a certain little Southern town there lives an old negro who is regarded as quite an oracle by the other members of his race. No matter what occurs, he can always tell them all -1 ^ fl 1 1 1 aoom li ana now 11 uappenea. Like all negroes, he ioves highsounding words and uses them in and out of season. Several years a^o an earthquake shook the town up pretty badly and almost scared the colored population into fits and provoked a great deal of discussion as to what caused the phenomena. The question was put square j up to Uncle Zack, the oracle, and this is how he explained it, to the entire satisfaction of all concerned: t4Vr?n cor. Iiit'c loir rtic oKaiiI once in so often, de atmosphere happens ter come inter vi'lent contac' vvid de hemisphere, ant dat jes' natclielly makes de earth quake." "This towel is disgraceful," dprlarcd th<> ilrnmmiM nt tlii' mining camp hotel. "Jioss," said the colored porter, "75 men done wiped dey ban's on dat towel dis mawnin' and you is de first to complain." Mr. Butler Funderburk Dead. Mr. Butler Funderburk of the Tradesville section, died during the early hours of Wednesday morning, after an illness which has disabled him for several years. Mr. Funderburk was one of the most prominent men in his section, having i.een a wide awake, progressive farmer all of his life and was born in the section where he died about 62 years ago. He was an upright citizen and a christian gentleman. He was a member of the Baptist church. He was married in early life to Miss Alice Funderburk, daughter of the late Armstrong Funderburk, who predeceased him. His immediate relatives who survive him are three sons, Messrs. Bunyan, (Jlaud and Reuben Funderburk and three daughters, Mrs. Wesley Rowell and Misses Daisy and May Funderburk. His remains were laid to rest in the graveyard at Spring Hill church yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock, after services conducted by Rev. B. F. Carson.?Lancaster News. A Strange Liquor Advertisement. The following advertisement appeared in the Rockingham Rocket 25 years ago. The Rockingham Post reproduced it a few days ago: "Don't drink. It is a most pernicious habit, and, if you follow it, sooner or later, it will utterly ruin you, in health, in fortune, in intellect and .in character. All it requires is a lime time, l neretore, 1 say unto you, Let It Alone. But if you will insist on traveling the down ;n-. inn and advice you had better Come and See Me, at my bar on Washington street, where I keep a full stock of the purest and best whiskies, brandies wines, beer, ale, cigars, chewing tobacco, etc. If you live where it is not conveient to call on me, remember I ship goods by express. Temperately yours, \V. A. McDonald." Mule Killed Yesterday afternoon, a mule belonging to Mr. A. Carter Adams, and driven to the buggy by one of his croppers, Jim Barnes, colored, was instantly killed under peculiar circumstanrps TIip iniilp hpramp frightened at an approaching automobile, some 50 yards away' and turned suddenly around in the road, breaking one of the shafts of the buggy, the broken shaft stuck in the mule's side, producing almost instant death. The accident occurred about a mile north of this place on the Charlotte road. The mule was a valuable animal.?Lancaster News. The Death Rate Kd. Howe's Monthly. The population of the world is about 1,623,300,000 persons. rr*l _ / 11 l ne average age 01 an persons at death is 33 years. Total of 47,372,727 persons annually. Total of 908,516 persons die weekly. Total of 126, 788 persons die daily. Total of ?,308 persons die hourly. Nearly ninty persons die every minute. Al>out three persons die every two seconds. The remarkable rate of deaths would entirely depopulate New York city, containing 4,766,833 persons, in about five weeks. It would depopulate Chicago, with its 1,059,519 people, in about eight days. Sixty persons died while you were reading this item. How To Use The Bible. When in sorrow, read John 14. When men fail you, read Psalm 51. When you worry, read Matthew 6; 19-34. Before church service, read Psalm 84. When you are in d inger, read Psalm 91. When you have the blues, read Psalm 34. When God seems far away, read Psalm 139. When you are discouraged, read Isaiah 40. If you want to be fruitful, read Tohn 15. When doubts come upon you, try John 7: 17. When you are lonely or fearful, read Psalm 23. When you forget your blessings, read Psalm 103. For Jesus' idea of a christian, read Matthew 5. For James' idea of religion, read James 1: 19 27. When your faith needs stirring, read Hebrews 11. When you feel down and out. read Romans 8: 31-39. When you want courage for your task, read Joshua 1. When the world seems bigger than God read Psalm 90. When you want rest and peace, read Matthew 11: 25 30. When you want christian assurance, read Romans 8: 1-30. For Paul's secret of happiness, read Collossians 3: 12-17. When you leave home for labor or travel, read Psalm 121. When you grow bitter or critical, read 1 Corinthins 13. When your prayers grow narrow or selfish, read Psalm 67. For Pftul's idea of Christianity, For Paul's rules how to get along with men, read Romans 12. When you think of investments and returns, read Mark 10: 17 31. For a great invitation and a great opportunity, read Isaiah 55. For Jesus' idea of prayer, read Luke 11: 1-13, Matthew 6:5-15. For the prophets picture of worship that counts, read Isaiah 68:1-2. Why not follow Psalm 119: 11 and hide some of these in your memory? Gunmen in Congress. Once there was elected to congress a democrat who had been tried for murder and acquitted. As the case had been given national and even international publicity, some of the other democrats in the house met one evening, and had a discussion as to whether or not it would blight the sturdy followers of Thomas Jefferson to have in their midst a legislator who had been suspected of taking human life, says the Popular Magazine. Martin W. Littleton, who attended the conference, devoted a lot of time to listening to the various arguments. Finally one of the leaders turned to him and asked: "Martin, has congress a constitutional right to exclude this fellow from the house?" Littleton rose to his feet and displayed a list of names. "I wouldn't bother about the constitutional law on the subject," he said smoothly. "But, while you gentlemen have been discussing this profound detail, 1 have made a list of nine demo cratic members of this house, each of whom has killed from one to three men. I'll read you j the list" That ended the argument.