The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, February 17, 1915, Image 3
The Pageland Journal
February 17, 1915
Local News
Mrs. C. M. Tucker and Miss
Jessie Quick, spent Sunday in
Marshville.
Mr. Julius Ogbum, of Vidette,
Ga., is visiting his parents. Mr,
and Mrs. B. C. Ogburn.
Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Mangum
and children, of Chesterfield,
spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. S. H. Laney.
Page camp Woodmen of the
World meets next Saturday
night at 8 o'clock. If you are
a member you are expected to
be present.
Mr. B. C. Ogburn and family
have moved from Cheraw back
to Pageland and the}' now occupy
the Horton house in the
southern part of town.
Mr. Robert Price and Miss
Ophelia Mills, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rochel Mills, were
married Saturday evening about
8:30 o'clock by Rev. M. C. King
at his residence a few miles east
r\f fniim
VI IV VV JLft.
February is the month in
which to prune your fruit trees.
Cut away all dead and decaying
parts and trim the tree so that it
will grow into shape. Use a
saw or sharp pruning hook and
cut the limbs back nearly level
with trunk. Do not chop off
limbs with an axe.
Mr. Edgar S. Williams and
Miss Angeline Mills were mar-1
ried last Wednesday night by
Magistrate S. I. Evans at his
home in the eastern part of town.
The groom is a well known
young gentleman who is now
employed as representative of
Southern Farming in Chesterfield
county. The bride is a daughter
of Mr. I. A. Mills.
; Lowry has applied
fo^n>atent On a coal box. Hfl
calls it a "sanitary box" anT
claims it can be nut ir? ? nvirlor
or any other room and coal can
be taken from it and put on the
fire or in the stove without scattering
of the coal on the floor.
Judging from the description
a id the drawings the device is a
Very simple and practical one ?
Cheraw Chronicle.
Mrs. Cora Huggins, wife of
Mr. L. R. Huggins, of Lanes
Creek township, died Sunday
evening about 6 o'clock, and
was buried at the Ashcraft graveyard
Monday afternoon about 3
o'clock. She was 30 years old
and a member of Philadelphia
church. She had been ill with
consumption for a long time and
her death was not unexpected.
She was a daughter of Mr. G. C.
Morgan, of Marshville. Her
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inouitiiu iiuu iuui cmiuren unci
her father and one sister survive.
Perhaps it is not generally
known that there is a negro
court in Chesterfield county.
Such is the case, however, and ft,
passes sentence on those arraigned,
the usual punishment being
a stated number of lashes. This
unidUP rmirt itc cm/ci^no
? x ? - uvooivno
about a mile north of Pa gel a rid
just now and four negroes were
tried Saturday night and given
from 15 to 40 lashes each. The
officers of the court are all negro
convicts serving sentences on
the county chain gang, and those
who come before the court are
the new convicts as they arrive
to begin serving sentences.
There is no way of escape for
every negro there would help to
hold if necessary, and the
punishment is promptly and
_ vigorously administered by a
negro plenty able to lay it on
hard. Th P cpccinnc nrn ~
m - * -W UVUU1V/1IU CUV/ I I \_I V I ? I (
night, and nearly all plead guilty
to the charge and protest against
the punishment hut finally subpail
*? &$$$*
-' ' : ^ Mr.Clyde
Moore, of the Peachland
section, spent a day or two
last week at the home of his
brother in law, Mr. \V. F. Redfearn.
Mr. D A. Simpson, son of Mrs.
A. M. Simpson, fell from an engine
in yards at the union station
in Columbia Saturday night and
sprained an arm and an ankle,
but no bones were broken.
Mr. Thomas Davis, a prominent
citizen of the Zoar section
of this county, died Sunday
night. He suffered a stroke of
paralysis about six weeks ago
and never recovered. He was
76 years old and was a life long
member of the Methodist
church, ile was a member of
the 22nd regiment of South Carolina
volunteers in the civil war.
Ten children survive. Funeral
was conducted at Zoar church
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
by Rev. J. L. Tyler.
Mr. W. A. Brown, formerly of
this county, died at his home in
Andalusia, Ala., last Wednesday
and the body was brought back
to this county and laid to rest at
Bay Springs church Saturday,
services being conducted by
Revs. 1. D. Purvis and B. D.
Thames. He was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Brown,
and was abSmt 49 years old. lie
was a dealer in naval stores in
Alabama. He is. survived b\
tvvo brothers and four sisters, ail
of whom live in the Patrick and
Middendorf sections of the
county.
Mr. C. T. Morgan died at his
home in White Store township
last Wednesday night about ()
o'clock, after a lingering illness
with tuberculosis, together with
an attack of pneumonia. He
was 34 years old, a member of
Mt. Olive Baptist church, and an
upright christian gentleman.
His wife, 3 children, father and
mother, 7 brothers and 2 sisters
survive. He was a brother of
Messrs. C. G. andjC. B. Morgan,
of Pageland, and a son of Mr.
F. H. Morgan of White Store.
ago, when he moved back to'hh
old home.
Miss Eva Hite. who is ir
charge ol the state School lm
provement association, Mist
Alexina Evans arc! S a per in
tendent Rouse were at the schoo
auditorium Wednesday evening
in the interests of a reorganua
tion of the school improvement
association in this school dis
trict. Miss Hite made a von
interesting and helpful tall
along the line of work the schoo
improvement associations art
doing throughout the state. Prof
Rouse followed with a few in
-'r-? vpujuiuiio ill [ill
school. For every two dollar!
any school raises other than b\
taxation the county hoard wil
give one and a prize of ten dol
lars is offered 10 any school tha
will enroll every pupil in the
district between the a?es of <
and 16. The Pageland schoo
improvement association \\ a;
reorganized with the foliowinj.
officers: Mrs. S. H. Laney
president; Mrs. C. M. Tucker
vice president; Miss Ruth Cha
vis, secretary; Miss Nellie Man
gum, treasurer.
Here's a Tangle
IJovv easy it is to mix up th<
average business man was dc
monstrated the other day whet
the son of a local m.rehan
leaned against his father's ktiei
and innocently asked:
"Daddy, is today tomorrow?'
"No my son, of enure foda;
isn't tomorrow," answered th<
father, according to l lie Louis
ville 'Times.
"But yea said it was," continu
ed the son.
"When did 1 < v r say todaj
was tomorrow?''
"Yesterday,"answered the son
"Well, it was; today was to
morrow yesterday, hut today itoday,
just as yesterday was to
day yesterday but is yesterdaj
today, and tomorrow will he to
day tomorrow, which make:
today yesterday and tomorrow
all at once. Now run along anc
play," and the father caUapset
into his chair with a sigh <>l
relief,
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Convicts Escape in Monroe.
Monroe Enquirer
Paul Cooper, serving a sb
months' sentence on the road
for forgery, and Luke Lincoln
serving a six months' term $o
an escape, both colored, made i
dash ior liberty as they wen
passing through town last Mpn
afternoon on their way from.tlv
rock quarry to the stockade
The escaped convicts ran dowi
Brvan street after they got awa;
from the guards and they panei
after running a considerable dS
tance, Paul Cooper going nord
and Luke Lincoln south. -Ml
B. T. Fletcher, superintended
of the chain gang, chased Cdby
er for several miles up Stewat
Fork creek Tuesday night, tli<
escaped convict crossing flii
creek several times and a ntinj
ber of times the officer and con
? i.: i
>?^i nWC in speiiKing uistanc<
of each other. Both convict
got away, however.
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A Farm House Tragedy.
Bang!
I awoke in an instant, tremb
ling from head to foot. Grand
father's, house had always been i
place of mystery as well as o
delight to me, with its wide hall
and raanv unexpected chambers
its large garrets and store rooms
1 had boasted of being brave
and afraid of nothing, and ha<
laughed when a playmate ha<
whispered that my room wa
next to a haunted chambei
where ghostly tragedies wen
enacted. Now all these storie
Hashed over me. Surety a piste
shot had just awakened me.
Hang!
Yes, there it was again. Mui
der was being committed in th?
next room. I tried to shout, bu
could only lie in mortal terroi
listening to every sound. Suddenly
I heard a steady droj
drop, as of some one's life blooi
dripping away upon the flooi
I sprang/'from bed and stooi
shuddering in the moonlight thfl
flooded the room. The gkostl;
beams added to my terror, ancL
ed which fioze the blood in m
5 veins. There, creeping und*
i the door, was a dark pool c
blood. With a wild cry of hoi
i ror, I fled from the room.
Well, I never heard the last (
> that adventure, I assure voi
- My grandmother had bottle
1 some blackberries about tw
r weeks before, and the blam
lllinoru lla/t fnrmon l?/l I
uuu iviiii^iiiwi auvi uuii
l their jars.
Wanted a Job "Drumin"
Below is a letter given us by
traveling man, and it is said 1
be a true copy of a letter writte
to the American Tobacc
company:
Cat fish
J any 27-13 N c
1 Mr c j Mock
i seal My Self to rite to sc
\ is you needen any hands in ill
' drumin bisnes. i went to Scho<
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i in urns lown snip an am (> t
5 tall i am a trader to perfectinj
C i can make a dicker if one is i
* site i am Not afrad to rambl
' for i got a unkle in texis an
. come from a famly of traders
been in the pictre enlargmei
hisnes but it are but it is 2 muc
walkin i want a riden iob whe
, does you need Me an do yc
. pay fiord or do your agents boi
i tlier selfs i am single at th
1 riten. rite soon with love
silas honeycut
" boomer N c
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3 ij your settlement aint needi
! hand at drumin rite Me who d
silas h
Nothing More Charge
We will be glad to do your
5 Dressing and to grind your
7 corn, but we keep no more
books. Bring along the
, money with your work.
I All work guaranteed.
Fox Lumber Co.
i K. A. CARPENTER, Mgr.
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BUSINESS LOC ALS
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* Any Information about the whcreS
abouts of my son, Fdgar Tlirentt, will (
if be greatly appreciated. He is 17 years '
j. old and he left school on December 18th. S
W. A. Threat!, Marshville, N. C. R. 3. c
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3 To Farmers?Are you one of the 1400 a
n subscribers to Southern Farming, in c
y Chesterfield county? If you are, or if a
you're not, I'm going to give the first j
too .-new or renewal's a chance at $35.00 (]
* wotth of valuble farm merchandise, j
)[, aside from (he valuable premiums given
'\yith each year subscription. You must
Bfbe quick. There are 108 old subrcribers
> ,on the Pagcland rural routes, who will *
rbe eager to renew their subscriptions to 11
W th<J old reliable Orange Judd Southern .
t. Farming. Kdgar Williams, ReprescntaP
?ve for Chesterfield count v.
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p II You?want good clothes made to
^ measure cheap, see me before you
buy. Lee Threat!, Pageland, R I. 2-p$
JFor Sale?lot of shucks. J. A. Mills,
q Pageland, S. C.
S Wanted?at once 20 bushels of corn at
* the right price. Apply at this office.
J My Son* John Andy, better known as
Buck, V-*ho is underage, having left
me without cause, 1 hereby forbid any
and all persons to hire harbor or in
anyway give aid to him. Persons who
do so will be dealt with according to
j law. J. B. Starnes, Pageland, R. 2.
1 For Sale or Rent?11(? 1-2 acres one |
S mile from Marshvi!l??_ X C Mt.-.i '
^ three horse farm in cultivation, situated
on public roads, beautiful country home.
'* Buildings alone worth $2,000. Price for
' quick sale $3,500.00, terms to suit pur1
chaser. Page land Insurance ik Realty
J Company, Pagcland, S. C.
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Standing?at my barn in Pageland
? fine Jersey bull, l'ee $1.00. II. M. Askins.
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s We ?are still making pictures, but have j ,
j moved down iit the railroad section j
house. Send jour kodak work to us.
Whitmore's Stutlio.
. Mortgages of Real Instate, Titles to
2 Real F.atate and other legal blanks may
be had at this office.
( Shingles?for sale at 1, 2, 3, and 1
dollars a thousand at the mill 2 miles
west of Pageland Lumber cut to order
P for 75 cents a hundred. J. 1.. Mclnnis.
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^ For Rent 1-horse farm 3 miles south
j of Pap,eland, good land and good buildings.
Price one 500 lb. halc^rf cotton. See
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red during the next two weeks. This
y property includes 16 nice residence lols,
9-room dwelling and ham in western
>f part of town of Pagcland. T. A. Funr
derburk, Chcraw, S. C. 3-t
? Highest?market price paid for chickens,
eggs, etc. in cash or trade. Sec
me before you sell. W. F. Redfearn.
q Get your tablets, pencils and school
10 supplies at Mangum Drug Co.
St Bring? your chickens and eggs to I). K.
Clark &. Co. They will buy in any
quant y.
Your?watch needs cleaning. Why
not have it done? Ii. I>. Rubanks.
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Hlgliest?market price for cattle at any
and nil seasons. Also all the veals I
^ can gel Phone no. IS, Pagcland
0 Exchange. II. Ii Graves. 9-p
Mrs. Parker Entertains
Mr and Mrs. L. L. Parker
>e gave n delightful valentine party
to a number of their friends Friday
evening. Poetic and guess
j. ing contests were engaged in
? and a delicious salad course and
2 punch. \vcre served. The guests
1 were presented with comic
_i ronrnc * 1 - ? 1
[Q lb^lt3CiililllUil9 U1 IJll'lllSt'lVt'Si
i and all declared Mrs. Parker a
it most charming hostess.
h
n Bill?Would yon call her hair
,u red?
Jill?Well, no; not to her face.
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In that case I would call it auburn.
Judge?Where did the autoil
mobile hit you?
lo 'Rastus?Well, Jcdge, if I'd
been carrvin' a license number
it would a busied to a thousand
(1 pieces.?Puck.
A Full Line
of stock Powders, Linimc .tsand
Veterinary Medicines kept on
hand at all times. Calls answered
day or night for the cash.
Watts and Graves
Vctoriiwry ftunp'on Pasicluod, S C
A'anted any young man or young lady,
ilanning (o attend Business College
0011, to write, or call and sec the editor
if this paper. We have a Scholarship,
n the largest Business College in this
itate, which we have just accepted in
xchangc tor advertising space. We can
ell you this Scholarship at big discount
nd save you money. It is good for a
ompletc Bookkeeping, and Banking, or
Shorthand and Typewriting Course,
f you want it, write us TODAY for adlitional
information. Address THE
AGKLAND JOURNAL.
Swelled head is the only disease
in which the suffering is
lone by other people.
Wood's Productive
Seed Corns.
We offer alt the best prize-winning
and profit-making varieties.
The high price at which corn is
selling should encourage increased
| acreage and the nlantinir of im
| proved varieties df seed corn everywhere.
Wood's Descriptive Catalog
gives full descriptions and information
about all the best and most improved
varieties, telling what to
plant to make largest and mbst
profitable crops.
We are also headquarters for
Millets, Sorghums,
Cow Peas, Soja Beans,
Sudan & Rhodes Grass,
and all Seasonable Seeds.
Write for Catalog and prices of
any seeds required.
T. W. WOOD O SONS.
I SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va.
| The Boo,
| or the book that very often
| decides fateful questions is (
| the bank book. It is a great '
? swayer of the destinies of
gj men and women. It is the
? most respected book in the
& world. Get a book in our
| bank, deposit your money
8 here, and it will give you
lj p".zcJ.iqe.credit. Added
J to which you will have ample
j interest.
| The Bank
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prices. Our aim is t<
I'j- possible and to sell til
I'j We quote you the 1
Best yard wide
i sjg Light weight yai
II Best Plaids at
II Best 6c Gingh:
|*| Calicoes all colo
|| Overcoats and Suit
?tj Remember we wi
fflSee us before buying.
jj'pAGELAND MI
Fresh Fish
We will have fresh fish next
Saturday. They are getting
cheaper now, and you will
do well to see us.
H. B. GRAVES' Market
Pollock & Pegues
_ LAWYERS _
Club Building - - Chernw, S. C.
One member of firm will be in
Pageland every Tuesday.
M. M. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Will be in Pageland Wednesday
Thursday and Friday of each week.
Eat plenty of good fresh
beef and pork, and you can
do so much more in a day
vou will hardly know there
is a war in progress- Don't
be afraid the supply will b<>
exhausted. There is" no
scarcity yet. Eat all you
want, and you will soon
w&uji inuit ll juu UU} llUIIl
H. B. Graves' Market.
k of Fate jf
security and be sure of good fi
of Pageland I
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great reductions in M,
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