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the pagel/Isid journai Vol. 5 NO. 32 ? PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDMT MORNING, APRIL 21, 1915 $1.00 per year n: t n r I * * ? '* ? ~ 1/iicwuuim i vi i reserving Lggl A reader ask us to give agaic directions for preservings eggs with silicate of soda (water glass) The United States department of agriculture has issueda bulletin on the subject, and if vou will send a postal card, with your address, asking that the bulletin be sent to 3-ou, it is worth asking for. Just ask for the bulletin treating on the subject of preserving eggs with silicate of soda, or water glass, and it will be sent you. We give here directions culled from those who have used the process, and when vou have rerfivpH tlio r?nl1oii? J* n'111 ? ...V ^UIIVIIU, 11 IV 111 I1CI |J you out further. Water glass, or silicate of soda is a thick, syrupy liquid, and weighs heavily; there are several grades of it, and you must be satisfied with none but the best quality bought of a reliable firm. It can be had in three or five pound bottles, and is usually sold at the rate of ten cents a pound, by small quantities. You would best begin with a small quantity. Preserving eggs will cost you about one cent a dozen, and the crocks, or jars may be used over and over. Everything must be perfectly clean and sweet, and the feggs must be perfectly fresh?gathered every day, or even oftener, according to whether some of your hens may be brood}' and want to set on the eggs after laid. One part of the water glass to sixteen parts of water is conceded to be satisfactory. The eggs must be put into the preparation every day when gathered, and only perfectly clean shelled eggs - should ^H^H^^The eggs must fc^.vbe kepJbJHB^^utjongiiill - times, S^^in a cool PSJlar, 01 # cold place. The solution will probably become thicker and like gelatine, but the eggs musl be kept under the surface. Send right away for the printed matter, and see what you can do in the way of "making money al home." You can at least have plenty of eggs for your own home use, even if th^ price on the market is beyond youi means. Try this. Andrew Jackson Joins Good Roads Movement Ttie Jeffersonian, published at our neighboring town, Jefferson, gives the following account of the latest addition to the labor ers for good roads in this county ''Andrew Jackson (colored) was arrested early Monday morning by Chief BeBruhl on c warrant charging him with steal ing a pistol from Mr. Marior Ellis, also with having threaten ed to hit Mr. Ellis with a piece of iron at which time he (Jackson) gave vent to some very highly colored language. "He was given a trial by jur^ Monday afternoon, and thf? ovi dence was so strong and plain against him that the jury render ed a verdict of guilty in both instances. He was sontenced b> Mayor Thomas to pay $100.0( or serve 60 days on the gang He not having the cash on hand and at the same time having an interest in the good roads move merit that is being wagec throughout the county, decided after a few hours' consideration to take the days." Senator Aldrich Dead New York, April 16.?Nelson W. Aldrich, for 30 years IJnitec vStates senator from Rhode Island and a Republican leader in national politics, died of an apoplectic stroke at his home or Fifth avenue here today. He had been ill of indigestion since yesterday afternoon. Until then be bed been in excellent health /a.viator Mas iNarrow Lscape ! From Death 5 Lancaster News J. Chauncey Redding, of t Somerville, Mass., the aviator . here with the Greater Sheesley's , shows, made his first flight in ! Lancaster Wednesday in his , Burgess Wright biplane, rising i from Jacob's Hollow to a considerable distance flying across the southern end of town, descending again in the hollow, after being in the air about twenty minutes. Today, shortly after noon, Mr. Redding rose very gracefully from the same field, again circled across town and rose to a great height. When directly over the Lancaster cotton mill village, wtlirll !tf plrtcoltt ?1?.? T.U??.U 10 VIVJV.I1 I'V^UIillVll, lilt' aviator felt the motor of his machine "go dead," and a violent vibration warned him of his danger. Then it was that he dipped much nearer earth and looked for a place in which to alight. Turning his biplane in a northwesterly direction, Mr. Redding had some difficulty in finding a safe landing place. He determined upon a spot in a plowed field, just beyond the town limits and west of the Charlotte road and descended safe and sound upon it. Mr. Redding in landing had great difficulty in steering his biplane clear of the lines and 11 r* _ ii ivjwcis ui uie Douuiern rower Company's plant and his calmness in the face of danger stood him in good stead. Mr. Redding seemed quite calm after his thrilling experience and ate a hearty dinner. Quaker Meditations One .of fhe greatest agCQrti plishments a tnan can have is | the ability to mind his own busi [ ness. t A man should always try to [ please his wife, even if he has to . make a fool of himself to do it. i We sigh for the coffee mother t used to make, forgetting that > father used to do the same thing, i The half of the world that i doesn't know how the other half lives is generally the better half. You don't have to wait till they have nothing to do to find | out how worthless some fellows are. It's a waste of time to stand up for the fellow who won't 1 stand up lor himself.?Philadelphia Bulletin * Can You Beat This? On a dilapidated narrow gauge rn i 1 /I - > ? ? - ? 4 - -? -* i luiiivmu in it certain state, a . traveler was struck with the i general air of hopelessness of the entire country. Rundown farms, . fences falling to pieces and . houses unpainted and dismal, were seen as mile after mile reeled off. Finally a countryr man got on and the two fell into conversation. * i "Country around here looks . fearfully dilapidated," remarked i the traveler. "Yas, but iest wait and ye'll ) see sumpin' wuss." replied the lAHiuii Yii)'<iri. The train stopped. They looked out and saw a rail miss . ing ahead. The entire train I crew clambered out, crowbars in | hand, proceeded leisurelv to the , rear of the train and in due time, loosed a rail and carried it forward. It was spiked into position and the train proceeded. "Somebody stole a rail?" asked I the traveler. 1 "Yaas, about twentv years t ago, I reckon. Kvali since they i hain't nobody bought a new one. i When the train comes back ? they've gotter stop an' tear up a t rail behind them. Ain't that the i dilapidatedest thing yc ever saw, , ntrang?r?M I Negro Woman Seven and a hall Feet Tall Columbia Stale, Saturday One of the celebrities of Eng lisli music hnlls and European variety theatres is in Columbia* She is Ella Williams, a negro woman, whose height is seven and one-half feet and whose weight is 350 pounds. She created a mild commotion when she walked up Main street yesterday morning. Ella is probably the largest woman in the world. She said yesterday that she had heard of one woman in the show business whose height was anywhere near her seven and one-half feet, Ella has undoubtedly traveled moie than any other negres9 ever born in South Carolina. She has made three trips all over Europe, tours through Australia, New Zealand, South America and other countries. She is known professionally as Arboma and is "headlined" by managers of European theatress. The giant negress has returned from England because the war broke up her tours of the 44 'alls." She said yesterday that she was going to open a dress making shop on Gervais street "to pass iiway ine nine until tlie war ended and she could go to Europe again. "I was born near Cross Hill in Laurens county," said Ella yesterday. "None of my sisters ot brothers are unusually large; For years every time a show man saw me he would want me to sign a contract, but I never could make up my mind to Lea^CVJuaahiP ? JonalUt tall of 18% while I was cooking for a prominent family in Columbia, Manager F. C. Bostock got me to sign up for a tour, He took me to New York and sent me to England. I worked | in the theatres over there until ! 1897 when I came back to Co j lumbia. I went to Europe agaitt i in 1898 and stayed until 1899. j Then I returned to Europe in 1900 and have been there in the ! British colonies and in vSouth i America for the last 15 years. I I will never stay away from Co lumbia and my people as long as that again." The air was full <>! spring and the song of the birds', the voice of the brook had lowered from the roar of the freshet to something like its normal babble as it rippled over the pebbles of the 'meadow-stretch. The pussywillows - j toung Hiram hauled hack on the reins of the team as his father dragged the heavy plough out of the finished furrow and swung round for the next one accord ing to Harpers Maga/ine. 'It's spring, for sure, father," said Hiram, and added, looking wistfully down toward the brookside, "I bet the trout are biting down there in the hole under the willows." "Hiram, if you'll just hang on to them reins, and he careful to keep on this side of thet there fence." the father renlird rongeur. i ingly, "they won't bite you." L . - ? Teacher's Examination May 7 Notice is hereby given that the regular examination for the issuance of teacher's cert if icatef for teachers in Chesterfield county will be held at the conn1 ty seat on Friday, May 7, 1915, All persons desiring certificates will please attend. R. A. Rouse Co, Supt. Ed. April 19th. ' i. (Adr?rUMm?Rt) k : Irurrus Edgeworth Wins in Preliminary. ^Clinton, April 18.?Stokes ' Hing, representing the Conway 1 high school, was awarded first > honor over nine other contest 1 a\its in the third annual interL scholastic declamation contest 1 hjrid here on Friday evening linger the auspices of the PresbyteCollege of South Carolina .l$r the benefit of the high |?liools of the State. the preliminary contest ^fcld on Thursday and Friday Killing, 29 young men deliver w-i^clamations and from lhis jjMYfife" ten best speakers were ?s?pfcted by a committee of iMSiges and entered the deciding ;3ee^ All of the speakers show ^Mecided talent and excellent Jg&hing. The contest was a big sBccess and was enjoyed by a llTge audience. XThe schools which participafia in the finals were as follows: (freer high school, William Hfackburn: Clinton, Lee Add wakely; Yorkville, Robert Bratipn; Pageland, Burrus Edgeworth; Spartanburg, Jacob Jaw>bs; Conway, Stokes King; Tumter, Felder Smith; Columbia jf)jhn S. Watkins; Lancaster, Mai<jblm Williamson; Manning, Trillium Wolfe. H '1 1 Formula For Destroying Flies fl?The following formula is a food one for destroying fly Iiirvde. I The Department of Agricultftre has recently issued a Bulle.tig, entitled "Kxpcrithe destruction in my yjrrvae in Horse Manure." ^Tbe Bulletin says in part: , far the most effective, [ Jiconomical and practical of the [ Mtibstances is borax in the com[Baercial form in which it is . Vvailable throughout the Aoontry. I "Borax increases the watersoluable nitrogen, ammonia and > ^lkaliuity of manure and, apparently, does not permanently ^njrtre the bacterial flora " I The directions in the Bulletin ; are as follows: I "Apply 0.62 pound borax to every 10 cubic feet (8 bus.) of ; Jnanure immediately on its rei pioval from the barn. Apply fxirax particularly around the ?>uter edges of the pile with a lour sifter or any fine sieve, and i sprinkle two or three gallons of vater over the borax treated nan are. "The reason for applying the " pora.x to the fresh manure im mediately after its removal from : the stable is that the files lay their eggs on the fresh manure, lind borax, when it comes in Contact with the eggs, prevents I Iheir hatching. As the maggots congregate vit the outer edges of ' the pile, most of the borax should he applied there. The treatment should he repeated i with each addition of fresh manure. "in addition to the application of borax to horse manure, it may be applied in the same proportion to other manures, as well as to refuse and garbage. Borax, ; [may also be applied to floors and ? crevices in barns, stables, mari kets, etc., as well as the street i sweepings, and water should he , J added as in the treatment of ,i horse manure. After estimating j the proper amount of borax a !ieasure may be used which will bid the proper amount, thus roiding subsequent weighings." The above instructions should e explicitedlv lollowed. Alarm Clocks Annoy Sitting Hens. Farm and Fireside, the nation al farm paper published at Springfield, Ohio, has been offering prizes for the best letters describing ways and means to discourage sitting hens. In the current issue the prize-winning letters are published. The first prize went to the writer of the following letter: "Some years ago I was endeavoring to break up a sitting hen, but my efforts were in vain. 4Okl Yaller' continued to sit. "Finally I took a small alarm clock and set it so it would go off in a few minutes. 1 placed it in one corner of her nest and watched. It went off. And so did 'Old Yaller.' She left the nest and stood dazed for one horrified instant and then with one squawk she ran out of the henhouse and Hew over the park fence and began to hunt for bugs in the grass. "She not only stopped silting but she stopped clucking, and in a short time hetmn tr? Inv I have since tried this method on more than one hundred broody hens with complete success." ?Exchange. What Dr. Wiley Said About Teeth. A tooth is worth $1,000. Put the teeth of a bad boy right and vou turn him from a bad boy to a good boy. The public school is a clearing house for children's diseases. How long is this to continue? a"e l'Xg "S lhe ch?ren'? JLe,h Old age is the only respectable disease of which a person may die. Why do you die before your time? Simply because vou do not take the necessary precaution. Ninety-seven per cent of the children of this country have defective or diseased mouths. We must teach the child how to care for and how to use its mouth. There is no need for diseased teeth, when we learn to Use the right foods and chew them as nature intended. Her Dad?"I'm afraid if 1 let my daughter marry you she will learn to forget me." Suitor?"If you feel that way about it you could let her see your name on a check every month."?Ex. "Another embezzlement, I see. isn't it odd that are always committed by trusted clerks?" "Not at all. The ones that are not trusted never get a chance at the money."?Ex. "If a man does not make new friendships as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair."?Dr. Johnson Let's take advantage of this off vear?when labor is nart idle? and build Chesterfield county a svstem of "Good Roads" that will make us swell with home pride. "1 fear that young man to whom I gave a job in the store last week is crooked." "You should not judge by appear] ance." "I am judging by disappearances in this case."?Ex. "A mule may be a fool," but he will haul double the load over your new system of Township good roads when they are complete and on less feed, too, Auto Gossips Dunn Guide Co slow on ihe joy rides, , girlies?especially those that, take you away from mother after dark. They are very enjoyable of course, and vou mean and do no harm; but, remember, the lynx eyes of the arrow tounged citizens are always upon you. You cannot escape. Somewhere, sometime the owner of those eyes and that tongue will find you?then woe unto your soul! Goodbye to reputation, good name, character. You are the natural prey of the beast whose accursed brain gives birth to only evil thoughts. The gossip glories in anv thing upon " which he can hang a scandulous tale concerning any humnn being; but, if that human be a woman, especially a voung and innocent girl, then it is that his warped soul experiences its greatest delighl. Let him see you gasolening around with some fellow after dark?let him know that you have gotton out from under mother's protecting wing for a few minutes to enjoy the cool night air?just let him (or her either, for that matter) see you once, and it's good night for you. There is no protection against him?it would'nt do any good to kill 'im after he has started his little tale. Just behave so he won't have any chance at you. That's the safe way. The House Flies. See the city with its flies; Deadly flies! What a world of sickness and of death s The word implies! gruffly ? ing, swarming, In ih.i cummor'c hoimir ntw i"*' JUIUUIVI UUI litj ail f Every residence they're storming? On the edible* they're forming, And thev leave death's message there! With their speck, specks, specks. Typhoid germs, consumption flecks. And other dread diseases which most frequently arise From the flies, flies, flies, Flies, flies, flies-From the filthy visitation of the flies!?Exchange. Worst yet to Come There had been a violent collision between a milk wagon and a taxicab in one of the main streets of the town and an unfortunate passerby sustained a broken collar bone as a result. Of course, a crowd soon collected and one sympathetic woman among the onlookers gazed long and pitifully at the victim. "Poor chap!" she said at last. "Are you married?" A wave of emotion passed over the injured one's face and then his features went suddenly pallid. "No!" he gasped at length. "This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me."?Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. An Irishman was out gunning for ducks with a friend who noticed that although Mike aimed his gun several times, he did not shoot it off. At last he said: "Mike, why didn't you shoot that time? The whole flock were right in front of you." 1 "Oi know," said Mike, "but | every time Oi aimed me gun at a duck, another wan come right | between us."?Exchange. I "Immodest words admit of no i defense, For want of decency is want of sense."