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THE PAGEMBP JOURNAL Vol. 5 NO. 28 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESD^^P|^NING MARCH 24, 1915 S1.00 per year 1 n w.11.^ r* 1 I Dm? c?j r ** ? '* - v* ?* A^cau? Mr. J. D. Wallace, one of the men seriously wounded in the unfortunate shooting affray at Pageland on Friday afternoon, March 12th, died in the Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte at 3:30 o'clock last Friday morning, March 19th. He was taken to the hospital a few hours after he was wounded and an nnpmiinn was performed. It was found that nearly a dozen perforations had been made in the intestines but he stood the operation well and it was thought for several days that he was doing well. His condition grew worse on Thursday and he died early Friday morning as stated above. Sheriff Douglass and Coroner Atkinson were notified and they came 10 ragetand to hold the inquest. The jury was selected and it was deemed unnecessary to have the corpse at the inquest. The inquest began shortly after 3 o'clock Friday afternoon and the following witnesses testified: Dr. D. H. Funderburk, who ac companied Mr. Wallace to the hospital and was present during the operation; Phil Massey, colored; W. J. B. Funderburk; Luth er Wallace and Baxter West. The jury returned a verdict that "J. D. Wallace came to his death from a pistol shot wound at the hands of Walker Arant." Sheriff Douglass took Walker Arant into custody and carried him to jail. Steps were taken at once to secure bail for him, as had already been dohe in the ***&? aS^of Sheppard West, who charged with the umy ounaay on Mquor Lvil I Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist, in a sermon in Philadel < phia recently said: * I; "I am the sworn and eternal ;< and incompromising enemy of . the liquor traffic I shall ask no quarter from that gang. "After all is said that can he < said on the liquor traffic, its in- < fluence is degrading on the in- < dividual, the familv. nnlitirs nnd . business and upon everything! that you touch in this old world. For the time has long gone by when there is any ground for 1 arguments of its ill effects. All; are agteed on that point. There I is just one prime reason why the j saloon has not been knocked into hell, and that is the false statement that saloons are needed to help lighten the 'taxes'. "The saloon comes as near 1 being a rat hole for the wage ' earner to dump his wages in as anything you can find. The 1 only interest it pays is red eyes ] foul breath and the loss of your : health. You go in with charac ter and come out ruined. "The saloon is n coward and ' the saloon keeper is worse than a thief or a murderer. The ordinary thief steals only your money, but the saloon keeper steals vour honor and your character. The ordinary murderer takes your life, but the saloon keeper murders your soul. "The saloon is an infidel. It has no faith in God; has no religion. It would close every ' church in the land. It would hotldr itc Koor o?nfi\o 1 1 UUll/V IIU UL.V.I 31?U5 kill llic uu.llldoned altars. It would close every public school. It respects ilit- thief ijad it esteems thej^ is fotash Absolutely Necessary. 1-1 In this year of potash shortage^ lue to the European war, it is in' cresting to learn that there are * :rops and conditions where potish is not required. A series of < jxperiinents have been conduct- \ jil by the Division of Agronomy 1 :>t the Georgia State College of 1 Agriculture during the past lJiree?S rears which shed I'ght upon the ^ potash requirements of different^ :rops on various tvpes of soil in-j km in iiiiu soum ueorgta. _ The" three years' results l&ow^ that on the soils tried the u$e**d$;'' potash as a fertilizer is value for corn and oats, oul^w , worth while for cotton. Cottoir :j showed an increase of from "58;3) Lo 103 pounds of seed cotton pefc^ acre due to potash alone. In north Georgia potash off j corn gave no gain at all, while in south Georgia the grain was j *o slight as not to pay for the i fertilizer. Oats gave no results in north Georgia from an application of potash alone, nor any in south Georgia. In these experiments 100 pounds of potash were used per.; acre, which, it will be admitted. Was SuffioienlK' liKa\r\r Imt'o 1 produced marked results had there been need of this plant food element. Where potash was used with , other fertilizer elements it gave , a better account of itself, but not -j enough to pay for its application except for cotton. ~ n The soils of the northern part ui the slate are similar to those , -Hr*?rop lhe largest Ever Made ^.lihingtotj, March 20.?The cotton cr?P evcr Pro* u^cTin the United States was 1914. Junius Bureau statistics issued pP^y^j^ving final figures, offtjace the 1914 crop as a vijXth 1(>, 102,143 bales of each. That is 109,lent 500-pound bales, ^^jj^KLOOO pounds, more than ^^<proclueed in the great crop ^addition to the great ^l^iiction of lint cotton, a <^%IWljtity of linler cotton extensively used in ^^bfe^ure of military explosi vvjrsol)t.iined. This amount ^395,732,000 pounds and total 1914 crop to lM*sm equivalent 500 pound | ^? ?*^^,446,803,500 pounds. the crop was a rocord ^^r.Sfbduction were Alabama, and Oklahoma. The ^^anfotton Slates all came close laButlay Is Too Great l^BjfcornjTiissioner of agriculJjMjgftSouth Carolina has been ^SnHmg figures as to the value ^THBtate's cotton crop and the of money that is being e WM<3|ed for fowl staples. t^Ejhe custom of many- farwrJl South Carolina, as in other UKlis of the South, to depend l!fbo a cotton crop to supply all feir needs. The error of such a i. '^k :? i -i i i<wicy is conclusively snown 1 J the commissioner's figures. % estimates that the cotton 2jjfc of the state in 1913 was ^Mrth $103,660,000. The expen BM^rpunction and marketing Honors To Pageland Jefferson, March 21.?A contest in declamation for the schools of Chesterfield county was held in the auditorium of tlte Jefferson high school Wednesday evening, March 17. Each school was invited to send one boy and one girl as represent dives. The attendance was l'iro/i n n/l cic^v cl IIVI IIIIIVU lUlCUTSl UI1U rivalry were shown by the sup poitcrsof the different schools. Gold medals were awarded the winners in this contest, both places going to Pageland high school, whose representatives were Miss Jessie Quick and Burrus Edgeworth. The pro gramme with names of schools and their representatives fol lows; "As the Moon Rose," Miss Jessie Quick, Pageland; "School Days," Miss Lexie Pittman, Ruby; Miss Minnie Skipper, Pine Grove; "Lasca," Miss .'\lwyn Mae Ratcliff, Mt. Crog han; "Kentucky Philosophy/ Miss Mav McCaskill, Jefferson; "How Tim's Prayer Was Answered,', Miss Dixie Curtis McBee; "The New South,' Hugh Knight, McBee; "Vallej Forge,'* William Picket Jackson, Mt. Croghan; "If He Live 'Till Sundown Tomorrow He'll Gel Well," Wilbur White, Jefferson "War Ineffable," Boyce Allen Ruby; "Emperor William ol Germany," Burrus Edgeworth, Pageland. Sow Peas and Other Legumes This is a year when every acre possible should be planted! to a soil building crop of some fynd. A Negro's Prayer The story is told of a white minister who, after conducting services in a colored church, asked an old deacon to lead the congregation in prayer. ' In great fervor and profound sin cerity the brother in black thus prayed for the brother in white: ' 4,0 Lord, gib him de eye of de eagle, dat he may spy sin afar n..* i,:., u i~ j~ 1 un. i in 111a uauua iu uc ^usjjui ' plow. Tie his tongue to de line : ob truth. Nail his ear to de gos1 pel pole. Bow his head way 1 down, twist his knees in some i lonesome, dark and narrow alley, where prayer is much | wanted to be made. 'Noint him ' wid kerosene ile of salvation and den sot him on fire!"?Ex. | It Isn't Your Town, It's You Cincinnati Rotary Club. if you want to live in the kind I ' of a town I | Like the kind of town you like, \ , You needn't slip your clothes in | a grip ! And start on a long, long hike. You'll only find what you left I behind, / ~ ^ r For there's nothing that's really new. I It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town. It isn't the town?it's you. > , Real towns are not made by man I afraid , Lest somebody else gets ahead. When every one works and nobody shirks You can raise a town from the dead, JKA. And if, while you make youi^HHj peisonal stake. ABfl 6r neighbors can make V\