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\ The Pageland Journal March 17. 1915 -i Local News Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Askins are spending a few days in Charleston. Mrs. Mary Price visited Mrs. J. T. Mills last week. Good roads increase values be cause they make values. Miss Ada Phillips, of Mathews, N. C., is visiting: at the home of her uncle, Mr. J. C. Mangum. Matters not what we did in the past, this is 1915 and Chesterfield county must get out of the sand, mud and ruts. Build GOOD ROADS. An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Smith, of the Ruby section died Sunday, March 7th and was buried on Monday following at Cross Roads* Rev. J. D. Purvis conducting the service. Mrs. J. R. Funderburk, of Five Forks, returned Friday from a hospital in Charlotte, where she underwent an operation one day last week, to remove an obstruction in one of her nostrils. Mr. M. L. Baker, of Lanes Creek township, reports that one of his sheep has three lambs, all living and doing well. That sheep is doing her share in providing food and clothing for humanity. A 1 n. uarn on ur. J. M. Kallings' farm a mile west of town was burned Sunday afternoon about 2 o'clock. Ben Jones, colored, lives on the farm and he was at the negro church at the time and only women and children were at home. Two mules were in the barn and one was burned to death but the other wa i saved. All of Ben's corn, feed and farm ids' tools vere burned. There insu "ce. ^OTs.-Sarah ...light, of the o'clock, after a 2-weeks illness \vith drops v. The funeral was ~ conducted Friday afternoon by Rev. J. M. Sullivan and the body was buried at Liberty Hill, at which chlirrll shp WOC o mnm v?Mtf a iiivui" ber. She was about 74 years old and is survived by two sons and one daughter. Mn J. A. Knight, of Liberty Hill section, and Mr. Joseph Knight, of McFarlan, N. C., are the sons. Mrs. Lonnie Helms, of the Liberty Hill section, is the daughter. There is on exhibition at this office a seatiorse, fresh from the Atlantic ocean. Those persons who have not been privileged to visit the seashore and examine the various animals that live in 1 the salt water are invited around ( to see this sea monster.(?) It is 1 covered with rough bony plates and the tail is prehensile or I curved like a monkey's. The - male has an abdominal pouch in i which its eggs are hptched. 1 This monster was sent to this t office by Mr. Lem Robinson, s who took it from the stomach of i a fish. It is full-grown and it > measures about 3 inches in < length. Seahorse is the right t name for it. 5 A change of schedule has been ' ordered on route No. 2 from ^ Pageland, effective April 1, 1915. } The carrier will start from J. T. ' Little's home 4 miles north of c town about 12 o'clock and after * the arrival of carrier on route { No. 1 from Monroe. He will deliver mail coming down and will arrive at the office here at y about '2:30 and leave about 1 fi o'clock. He will make the route a in reverse order, going out by C Crowburk, and retain mail collected on route in his possession h until following day. A petition e had been signed by the patrons asking for this change and it is ri believed that the service will be benefitted by the change. tc t The hunting season closed Monday. Page camp W. O. W. meets next Saturday night at 8 o'clock Highway -improvement is always followed by better living conditions. ' The preleminarv hearing mentioned on the first page of this issue has been changed from today until tomorrow, Thursday. The fourth attraction of the lyceum course which was set for last Friday night was cancelled at the request of the lyceum committee. Mrs. J. V. Funderburk, of Kingwood, W. Va., died a few days ago, after a short illness. Peritonitis caused her death. Her husband is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Funderburk of Page land, who were notified of the death by telegram, but were un able to attend the funeral. Latest reports from the woundpH mon in V>o ViAcnWnl tuvii tu iiiv uvo}/uai V_/II41I" lotte say that both arc doing well. Both have had slight peritonitis, but it is thought that each will recover unless further complications arise. Mr. Arant is a comparatively young man and his constitution is very strong. Mr. Wallace, though well past the fiftieth mile post, is bearing up remarkably well. Every day in this month has been cold and the average temperature for the first half of the month is much below the average. Fruit is being held back by the cold and it is to be hoped that the weather will allow the trees to put on a heavy load of fruit to aid in tiding over until fall. We are already looking forward to the time when huckleberries and blackberries may be had. Mr. lohn T. Threatt, a prominent farmer living about two and one half miles east of town, lost his dwelling and part of the contents by fire about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. It is thought that the nnR^^o sa^^TOeh^^^HKnt part of the householAl^oSffwere lost. The hoilSP l?flS n 'vrrtrtnr. __ _ ? ^ v ?WIU structure built of good materRri1,and Mr. Threatt's loss is heavy. There was no in surance. Mr. Henry Kabanks, who lives on Mr. L. D. Ogburn's farm a fe.v milts from Jefferson, was shot in the leg during <he pistol battle here Friday afternpon, but he went home without having the wound dressed. He was standing on the platform at the M icm 01 mungo s siore when the ball struck his leg and made a flesh wound, but he didn't c^e/ to be a witness. Balls passed through the clothing of W. J. Hicks and W. T. Arant and uncomfortably close to several others who were not involved in the trouble. Jefferson will have a three-day J booster festival Thursday, Friday and Saturdav. The chau tauqua entertainers will be teard in the high school luditoiium. and other prominent 1 speakers will address the people r. (U,. ' - j me u|'cu <iu ii me weather vill permit. Speeches, lectures, ;tc., will be made during the * lay and in the evenings. M. L. >mith and J. E. Swearingee have >een invited for Thursday; E. J. Watson and LaCoste Evans for < Friday; C. W. Long and W. J. Tiller for Saturday. The people < if Jefferson are working and loping for a big success in this > heir first chautauqua effort. I "\Vhat did your wife say lo ou when she found the note p rom that girl in vour pocket?" sked Brown, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. "Can you spare about four S ours this afternoon?" respondd Jones. "No,"answered Brown. "Not j, ght now." "Well," said fones. "I'll have > tell you some other time." ci The Mule Market ShortM Atlanta has been the Spa clearing: house for mules foil Southern fanners. In ordH seasons the railroads froriM West usually unload there fB 70,000 to 100,000 mules all time of the year, but the itifl has fallen to about 300, whkjji regarded as nothing. ? means that there are practlqB no mules on the Spring mul for the cotton planters, ancHfl who sold off their stock dilM the winter months will :Jfi| some difficulty in securing'^! tive power for the plowaflH nigger and the mule" is a *tjn bination justly regarded asiO cotton farmer's mainstay, an3 shortage of mules in the cog| belt means a shortage 'SraB crop to be planted. The ahjra of the mule is going to-b3 factor in the acreage probMn) Charlotte Observer. One of the guests atthfejin Taft banquet, after paurtifflj freely of 'possum and !penai mon beer, remarked "John, this 'possum is*?jjB to my head.'4 ? The darkey replied; "Yessah, boss, a ^flj || always would hunt when you crowd him."?BadJM "Johnnie!" "Yes'm." "Wtfc$| you sitting on that boy's "l?c! "Why, I " "Did I not t<yg to always count 100 beforejjrt gave way to passion and anomer Doy.'" "Yes'm, justsittin' on his face so he^J here when I'm dor-- oUjW 100."?Exchange. science?'1' ' ^ tossel, "mebbe I oughtn't tea that. But if he has one, it be much use to him. Th6&9 conscience is a still, small vole an' the vvay he talksvvouldjjjfl it drowned^^l^H^^ie^^ you to wantT^ffit my where you took it from, Now, Mr. Speed Fuu*\ jri may be in a hurry to ?et to tlj place you are going, but the fe low at the crossing ain't in n hurry to join the angles. Slo> down.? Marion Star. Card of Thank* Pageland Journal?Allow rn space in your valuable paper i express my thauks to my I108 Of friends for the kindness showi during the illness and death o my wife. I shall evprrpmpmU them for their kindness, prayinj God's blessings to rest upoi them. Jesus says, "Inasmuch ai ye have done it unto one of th< least of these, my brethren, yc have done it unto me." L. D. Roberston. Such a Time. 1 never seen such a time in all my life, Trying to get a dress that would suit me wife; She wanted one short, and awfully tight, So ir ? tnd me wife began to fight. She got the fire poker; 1 got the broom, Said 11 "Look out, honey, you must give me room;" iVife got upon the table; me under the bed, hit her on the back; she hit me on the head. <iext day me wife left me: 1 was sad, Jext day she came back: I was glad; lie made me promise not to never fight, told her not to have her dresse? too tight.?By Archie Mc? nnis, Clio, S. C. The best trade mark for any [immunity is Good Roads. _ *? J 9 m JpiNESS LOCALS K-lhc Balance of Those cotton M H that yon expect to sell, as we arc HnKpHpto quit bujring soon. Mungo & I Buggy ?requires oil; how about r watch. Can it run night and day ars and years without a drop of oil? it cleaned and oiled. B.B.Eubanks. fed?good white boy to work by month. T.- Watt Gregory. Sale- -40 bushels Whippoorwill s. J. A. Mills, Pagcland. I Ren?your watch stops, bring it to he doctor. B. B. Eubanks. fllstered?Poland China boar for jprv-lce. Fee $1.00 cash. H. F. Par r, Monroe. R. 1. ire Bred?VVh ite Leghorn eggs, 50c i .setting. H. B. Graves, Pageland, >? e?will gin only or. S.-.*ui-day until urther notice. J. E. Agerton & Bro. andlng?at iny barn in Pageland ie Jersey bull. Fee $1.00. II. N. Asking. brtgages of Real Estate, Titles to sal Eatate and other legal blanks may hiid at this office. ?market price paid for chickKj^Rcggs, etc. in cash or trade. Sec SuHorc you sell. W. F. Redfearn. liflour tablets, pencils and school ES^Bcs at Mangum Drug Co. Jse^^-your chickens and eggs to D. E. SOtr & Co. They will buy in any Hht/ v MtfSbest?market price for cattle at any I and all seasons. Also all the veals 1 BajEMfeKet. Phone no. 15, Pagcland M Hange. H. B Graves. 9-p BjiKONEYTO LOAN?AppliWaMfcpns received for loans from i?>.00 to $10,000.00, on improvffiflfrnd unimproved town proper Kftod farm lands. Interest 8 per 8tra'Kht. Interest payable R^tpiluallt or semi-annually. JpTittie: one to ten years Appli lEnts for loans will please give WBMpription, location, and valuaas K] loans, appraise property, and I WI serve as our exclusive repi^Slin Ltative. Attorney jr real estate Aan ^tnerred. Applicants for lw>ans, and applicants for agencies y positively required to furnish at ! V least two character references and forward postage, five 2 cents stamps, tor application blanks, j full particulars, and prompt L ifeply. Write Southern Office, ^ Southeastern Mortgage Loan '^Assn., Fourth Nat'l Bank Bldg., J Atlanta, Ga. i No community is rich enough * to afford bad roads. None is too pocr to have GOOD ROADS. rp- =\ ; Wood's Seeds Wood's Descriptive C&t&log tor i9lS has been carefully pre- I 11 i pared ao aa to enable our farmers and l', market grovera to determine Intetltl|| ' - ' y I K^uvijr an 10 me dobi ana moBt profi- | I II table crops which they can undertake { I ij ^^fljbepreBent agricultural conditionn ! I r ' ' conBidfj^J" 11 . the queBtion of divert-.'u1 1 rrtqra, and jHl our catalog gives full in iormation, both in regard to Farm and 1 Garden Seeds g that can be planted to profit and advantage. Write for Descriptive Catalog^^H | and priceH of any ^HS Grass and Clove* Seeds, ^ / Seed Grain or ?>?-ed Potatoes I | r? .4?lnir mnilod * E, ?jiuiiv/U uu ICVJUUHIi WOOD O SONS, nen, - Richmond, V*. l Full Line Powders, Liniments and rv Medirinos lror?t r?r? I b0nd at all times. Calls answer- gj /cd day or night for the cash. 1 (Watts and Graves | (Vflfrinary surgeons Pagcland, S. C I 4 ^ * IT TAKES to buy new goods this sea and we have just received Spring G 1 1 mm including Those Good Sli] last summer, and stacks of Goods. Our slippers wer we saved you 10 per ceiit th We especially invite all and see our spring lin please 3 March reminds you of ne) furnishings. Give us a ti MUNGO BR The Besl in the world is your bank book. It is verily the keystone of your independence. The more you add to your savings account the better for your future and the more sec n o vou are against poverty, y- very week you should piii u trifle away. It h^ill amoun' to a lot at the Vio-of the year. But be sure uui ~invwy iu.it italuJit; o'a A Special wear ( For tne, next ten days y make a special price < Men's regular 50c vai weight at 35c Roys' 50c undershirts a! Ladles regular 50c vei medium weights at 5 Ladies undersuits wortt Ten dozen men's dress worth Irom 50c to $1.< This is only a sample 1^^[ {er TO SE Compa \ \ NFRVF son, but weve got it I our big line of rOOdS ppers like you wore everything in Dress e bought early an<L ereby. Come and see. 1 the ladles to call ie. We bought to 'OU dresses and other rial. OTHERS (Book I lK*y,stone * / nVw-wg^KH I I mm BgMMH we are going to | g 3n all underw-'ua\ fS | lues In medfun. t 35c st In heavy and *5c I $1.00 at 75c and work % A ? - ? -? ju eacn at 40c HB r E US | I^ntile | I