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Vol. 4 NO. 53 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914 $1.00 per year
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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."
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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 ^
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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.