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vr ' - W.vV Ian . -^0': ^Sl|r - ' ??.*> THE PAGELAND JOURNAL ' Vol. 5 NO. 9 PAGELAND. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1914 $1.00 per year ICeop the Weevil# Out of Your ] Corn Progressive Farmer Now is the time of all times to cut out all waste and put into practice every possible economy measure. One of these that demands immediate attention is to prevent the destruction of our stored grain, particularly corn,. by weevils. Undoubtedly we suffer annual losses from thisi pest that in the aggregate j amount to millions of dollars. I This loss may very largely be; prevented by using carbon bis \ilphi4e, which may be obtained at tfiost drug stores. "Rmicrhlv from fori tA i ? m.M J f rn M V/tAi ?V I iv/ IWC1I U five pounds of carbon bisulphide is required for each one thousand cubic feet of space in the crib, the exact quantity being -determined by the tightness of the crib. If this be very open jprobably twenty-five pounds for each thousand cubic feet will be none too much, while if it be ceiled and very tight, ten pounds will probably be sufficient. Of course, for cribs containing less thap one thousand cubic feet, the dosage should be reduced in proportion. As to the best way to use carbon bisulphide, Dr. W. E. Hinds, of the Alabama Experiment Station, says: 0 "In making the application. level ot tne surtace of the corn and prepare small holes about one foot deep by pulling out the ears at intervals of three to four feet apart each way. Divide the liquid to be applied among these holes. Begin at the side farthest from and work toward the door. Pout the hqiihfrtiirdfcfly" ontVtfte corn?it will not hurt it either for feed or for seed?and fill in the holes immediately with corn to confine the fumes as much as possible. Close the door tightly and quickly paste paper over the cracks around it. Leave the room closed at least twenty-four hours and no harm will he done if left indefinitely. Fumigation is much more effective during warm weather, partly because of more rapid evaporation and partly because insects are then more active and therefore more susceptible to it. Never attempt to use carbon bisulphide when the temperature is below sixty degrees. It is better to start the treatment at 10:30 a. m., rather than at night, both on account of having light and also higher temperature. A second and stronger treatmemt should he given it after a week or two if it should appear that the first was not satisfactorily effective. Ordinarily, one treatrr 2nt in the fall and possibly another in March or April will be sufficient to protect the corn. Prompt and thorough treatment is most profi table. Policeman Shot at Cheraw. Chief of Police W. D. Pep lies was shot by a nepro man Inst Saturday morninp. Mr. Pepves and rural policeman McLaurin went to arrest the nepro for some trivial offence and as they arrived in front of the house where the nepro was he ran out and opened fire on the chief with a shot pun. The shot struck Mr. Pepues in the lep makinp a very painful hut not dangerous wound. The nepro made his escape hut it is hoped he will yet be picked up. Mr.| Pegues is still confined to his room but is getting on verv nicely.?Cheraw Chronical. Wille?Paw, why is the way of the transgressor hard? Paw?Because so many people have trampedion it, my son. Wanted Horses Not Plugs. Some ot Union county's star horse traders received a sort of a set hack Saturday, according to Mr. V. D. Sikes, when they * brought their plugs and other surplus stock to The Sikes Com- < pai.y's stables for the inspection \ of Jones & Oglesby's representa tive, who was purchasing horses for the British government for use in the war of the Nations. ' The horse traders brought, as * stated, their cast off stock to j trade, and were surprised at the j live stock dealer's words when he made the announcement that ' saddle horses of a certain color, lipioht \*rr?5r?li? nn<l * ' <1HU ilj;*-" wcic " wanted regardless of price. "lie's gentle and vonr wife ] can drive him," was the an- j nonncement of one of Union . county's famed horse traders, acV cording to Mr. Sikes, when he ' was offering his buggy horse for ? sale to the man who was wanting to buy war horses. The gentleman seemed a little offset , when he was told, that saddle horses were wanted onlv, and these with a little ginger in them. The representative who was here Saturday said that his firm was buying horses all over the South and shipping to Atlanta. ^ where thev were inspected and approved by representatives of . the British government. Then | they will be shipped to England. \lnnm<? lAnm.il " J "". t r? ( Red Cross Seals Columbia, S. C., Nov. 9?In ( spite of unusual business condi- c tions the work of the Red Cross t SealrCor.omission in*South Caro- J lina is progressing successfully. The magnitude of the undertak- s ing may be seen from the size of f the order for seals and advertis i ing material, which the Ameri- z can Red Cross As ociation has t recently shipped to the Commis- i sion's headquaters at Columbia, i The order consists of 250 000 , seals, 20,000 envelopes, 5,000 en- $ velope slips and 2,000 cards. ( The active selling season for the seals is from Thanksgiving to t Christmas. During November < this great mass of material will t be distributed to the many pub- t lie spirited men and women throughout the State, who have ? consented to act as agents. As < evidence of the hearty spirit of i co operation met with on all i sides may be cited the fact that 1 the Southern Kxpress Company 1 has generously agreed to handle i the Commission's shipments free i of charge. Route 1 Items t Mr. Johnnie Richardson who 5 was injured at Guess several ( days ago has about recovered. ' Corn shuckings? yes, and some thing home-raised to eat. Burk Rayfield has been suffering with somfthino lii"> ?? 111^ 11 l\v <111 i(UI ( cess under his throat for several 1 days, but is now improving. 1 A prayer meeting has been started at .Salem to meet every 1 Wednesday night. Let every- ' body come praying. ' Mr. l imes Martin, of Lanes ('reek township, has a mule which stuck a nail in its foot some time ago, and it is not do ing very well. j ( Mr. Willie Rushing: who re < cently had an attack of typhoid y fever is out at work again. Much wheat and oats are he- 1 ing sown in this section. < Preaching at Salem next Sat- j urday night and Sunday morn- , ing. , Sunday school at Salem every |c Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, 11 First Telling Stroke of Wtr Delivered rhe State, Sunday Tile first decisive victor? of he war has been won. Tlfog Tati, the German fortressonjpie >han Tung peninsula in Chaa, las surrendered to the allies..? The Japanese and Blind) orces encompassed the dONfhall of the stronghold after its garrison of 7,000 had held QUt or nearly three months. W&h ts loss Germany is evicted fron \sia. lighting with the BriSh Jcfore Tsing Tau were Indian detachments. On the European battle front Russian claims, through Grand Ou!;e Nicholas, her commandcrn Chief, the greatest victQ^ since the beginning of the warip lie driving back of the Germaris o their East Prussian frontier ind defeats to the Germans and \ustriuns below the river Vistula. Germany, however, does not :oncur in Hits statement, saying hat there has been no change in he situation on the eastern bat: le front. The fighting in Poland, ac:ording to Berlin, has not yet legun, due to the slow troop liovements over bad roads. It s admitted that numerically the <ussians are the stronger in this egion, but Berlin says it hopes o overcome this by advantage>us positions. In Austria, according to the; jermans, the Russians still are or.tinuallv harassed by the roops of Emperor -Frosalf oseph. In the extreme western zone, iouth and east of Ypres, hard ighting continues, but with teither side having a distinct idvantage. Both the allies and he Germans report gains, but leither makes claims that would ndicate anything except that at til points the contenders either ire endeavoring to push forward >i to check advances. On the Aisne the French say hey have retaken the town of kmpir. The Germans assert hey have won important posiions near St. Mihiel. As for the operations by Russians and Turks against each >ther, nothing new has developed. The Turks are said to he tdvancing in the Sinai peninsu a, in the direction of Egypt. iJerlin declares the ameer of \fghanistan has sent 170,000 nen to the British India frontier ind also that the Sheikul Islam, he head of the Mohammedan :hurch in Turkey, has had tpread throughout the world a lecree saying that in the war >vith Russia, Great Britain and France it is the duty of Mussul nans to be true to their faith. Senator Money of Mississippi tsked nr. old colored man what >reod of chickens he considered >est. and he replied: "All kinds has : ! its. -V A'ite ones is de cash >t to fiii1, nit the black ones is de easivt o hide after you gits 'em." "I like to n woman wearing >ne of those clinging gowns," emarked Mr. Gabb. "I know von do," replied Mrs. 3abb. "The longer a gown >lin<rc I /"\ IlKi ill.i Ix.Mi.r ?!......... I iin^o i\/ hiv, iiiv. ?/v ill i i'lvd^uu are."?Kx. ixcept the 1st Sunday, when it rvill be at 2 p. in. At Ml. Moriah it 2 o'clock every Sunday except he 1st Sunday, when it will tie it 10 o'clock. These changes vere made because of the change in the preaching hour at Vli. Moriah. G What The Farmer Did. \ -S .? i Election Results Bring Shakeup I in House. Washington, Nov. 5.?Many j changes in the organization of f the national house of representa- j tives will be made when Champ s , Clark and "Uncle Joe" Cannon 1 once more face each other across the centre aisle at the beginning of the next congress. The , dwindling of the Democratic ( majority, which will drop after s the close of the December ses- t sion from 110 to 24, will neces- ( 1 sitate a general shifting of the working order in the home use. With their slender majority the Democrats, while able to reelect Speaker Clark and retain ! control of the committees, will 1 | be forced to maintain an almost perfect organization. Even with J a full attendance in the house a shift of 12 votes would throw * the control to the minority side. 1 Practically complete returns to- 5 night gave the Democrats 229, 5 republicans 196, Progressives 7, \ Socialists 1, Independents I, doubtful 1. This would give the 1 Democrats a plurality of 31 over 1 the Republicans and a majority ( of 24 over the combined opposi- * tion. 1 This narro v margin probably will result in a rearrangement of committee representation, the Democrats now holding over- t whelming majorities in all the ( standing committees. The fall- i ing off of the Progressives from 1 19 in the pr?sent house to eight probably will C4it down their ( committee representaiHyiiTmter- 1 l^feand may . Ii^rew liii^lfam Ihold in the present house. N ( Canning Clubs for Union. i Monroe F.nquirer J . Mr. John Keziah has traded his farm on the Ilornsboro road in Buford township, to Mr. W. S. Biakeney for a farm near Ruby, j S. C., and Mr. Keziah is now moving to his new place. j At last term of court, in the case of Myrtle Mangum vs. 1 Frank Mamrum. ludoo Lane allowed Mrs. Mangum alimony > in the sum of ?200, to be paid November 15th, and $20 on each and every month therafter. Union county is to have a Girl's Canning Club. The Farmers'Union at the meeting: of the county branch last recommended that such clubs be formed. A i goodly number of the ladies of s the county apeared before the r board of county commissioners ( l^st Monday and Mrs. J Z. Green < explained the object of the Girls' 1 Canning Club and told of what < benefit they are wherever they 1 a e organized, and asked that < tie commissions appropriate $75 i f<rthe purpose of employing a < demonstrator. The commis- t sibners made the appropriation. i The State will make a like ap- t prppriation for this good cause, i I r\ t .1,.. I- . n .i I l L^lIC Ul I lie IHJSSUS -<ll I><IHI Will I locomotive Works had to lav 1 off an argumentative Irishman t nqmed Pat, so he saved discus- < si^n by putting the discharge in < writing. The next day Pat was t missing; hut a week lalei the 1 1 boss was passing through the i shop and he saw him again at 1 his lathe. s Going up to the Irishman, he i demanded fiercely. "Didn't you get my letter?" 5 ''Yes stir, Oi did," said Pat. 1 "Did you read it?" < "Sure, sur Oi read it inside < and Oi read it outside," said Pat, t "and on the inside yez said I 1 was fired, and on the outside I yez said, "Return to Baldwin's i Locomotive Works in five i days." 1 --A.t /\ cny man recently visited lis "country cousin." The man rom the city, wishing to explain he joys ot metropolitan life, .aid: We have certainly been laving fun the last few days. Fhursday we autoed to the country club, and golfed until lark, then trollied back to town ind danced until morning." The :ountry cousin was not to be itumped in the least, so began elling of some of the pleasures >f the simple life: "We have lad prettv good times here, too. "Ino HilV* VV?? hlinroiorl nnf J ~ "?> Uncle Ned's and went out to the jack lot, where we baseballed ill that afternoon. In the evenng we sneaked up into the atic and pokered until morning." \ sturdy old farmer who was istening, not to be outdone, ook up the conversation at this joint and said: "I was having iome fun about this time my;elf. I muled to the cornfield ind gee-hawed until sundown. Then I suppered until dark, and jiped until 9 o'clock, after -vhich I bedsteaded until the dock fived, after which I breakasted until it was time to go nuling again/' W. M. U. Meeting. The first quarterly meeting of he Pageland division of the Uhesterfield W. M. U. will hold ts session with the Liberty Hill baptist church Nov. 27, 1914. Devotional exercises by Mrs. Ueorge Funderburk, Liberty Sill. 1. Q}siect^fTthd^?|j|^f)g, to rei in 'closer touch with each )ther, Mrs. H. F. Fundefburk. 2. How to create Missionary nterest in the Local Union, Urs. J. E. King. Dinner. Afternoon session. Devotional exercises by Mrs. . W. Belk, Wolf Pond. 1. Bible discussion, Mrs. idna Funderburk. 2. Address on woman's work *ev. J. M. Sullivan. 3. Short talk on Sunbeam vork, Miss Maud Funderburk. 4. Closing exercises. Mrs- H. H. Funderkurk Mrs. T. D. Funderburk Committee. The R. ?ad Hog Got His. A road hog living near Crarat, south of Centralia, got a lesion yesterday afternoon that nay do him some good, says the Jentralia Sentinel. A num er >f automobiles from Salem had >een to Mt. Vernon and were roming back by way of Centra ia. When near Cravat they nn ht?l*inrt <i hnairv Tim oad was narrow and die machines could not get by unless lie buggy gave a part of the -oad, which the driver refused o do. When they caine to a dace they could get bv the man n the buggy would run his lorse to beat them to another dace. Me kept this up for some irne till a pla^e came where he T>li1d not bond tho pare r?ff Dne ran by him and then the Iriver proceeded to block the tsnti! another car got tlongside. A couple of fellows topped out, caught the horse md made the fellow in the bugyy get out and get into the car. rhe horse was tied to the fence tnd the driver of the buggy trought along to witnin a mile if Centralia, when he was set tut and told to hoof it back and he last seen of him he was tioofing it lively and saving [hings that would not look right n print. He was fully four miles from where his buggy was left. I Serving Meals To The Hungry. London, Nov. 6.?Provisions I sent to Brussels bv the Ameri can commission for the relief of Belgium already are supplying 400,000 meals daily and plans are complete for carrying on a similar work throughout that part of Belgium occupied by the Germans. The Dutch steamer Jan-Block will sail tonight with 2,0<>0 tons of food and the steamer Tellus is expected to leave tomorrow with 1,700 tons of wheat. Herbert Clark Hoover, chairman of the American commission, today received a teiegram from Capt. T. F. Lucey, the commission's representative at Rotterdam, which said: "People able to pay are charged 5 cents for the meals. The meals cost la cents and rich and poor stand in lir.e as it is the only way they can gel food. "Complete plans have been entered into for receiving and distributing supplies throughout all Belgium. The country has been devided into provinces, each province its own distributer. All requisitions on this office will come from the central committee through the American and Spanish ministers. A subcommittee in turn will sell food to the committees which will resell or distribute free to those in need." Eif? Guns Against Battleships Buffalo Times A question which has been asked of late, is how the (:>>r^ , mans( would maintain "tliem selves against the fire of the British fleet in the channel, if the Germans were to capture such coast cities as Calais, Ikmlogne, and I lavre. After a town is taken, it must be held, to be of any value to the foice which sei/.es it, and the mere occupation of these French ports would be of no use to the Germans unless the latter find some wav of overnovverin<r thi? shell fire of the British fleet, by a counter fire strong enough to sink the British ships or compel them to sheer off. The German answer to this proposition appears to be the great cannon which are being transported to the coast. It is said that these monster guns have a range of at least fourteen miles, and the Germans appear to be confident that, once planted, these guns will force the British ships to seel; a zone of safety fourteen miles or more from the French coast, thereby preventing the ships from performing the double action of shelling coast towns occupied by the Germans, and oi protecting the -allied lelt wing in its extensions to the channel shore. If this program is carried out, it will open the opportunity for the most tremendous duel between shore guns of enormous range and caliber and mammoth ships of war, ever seen on the globe. In a duel, which would stand the better chance of winning giant battleships or giant land battery? Tommy had been punished. "Mamma," he sobbed, "did your mamma whip you when you were little?" "Yes, when I was naughty." And did her mamma whip her when she was little?" "Yes, Tommy." "And was she whipped when she was little?" "Yes" "Well, who started it anyway?"