The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, March 24, 1915, Image 1
THE PAGEMBP JOURNAL
Vol. 5 NO. 28 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESD^^P|^NING MARCH 24, 1915 S1.00 per year
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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
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