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Vol. S NO. 33 PAGELAND, S. C., WED?|386oRNING, APRIL ?8, 1915 $1.00 per year I
? Mothers Day May 9th.
Mother's da}' is obser ved on
ihe second Sundav of May. Miss
Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia inaugurated
the movement in 1907
It ocurred to her while comemorating
the death ot her mother
on the second Sunday of May
that the day, falling in a season
of blue sky and blossoms, might
be set aside as an annual festival
upon which due tribute of affection
and remembrance should be
ronHaroH tr? all mnfliare
* vumvivu IV/ u11 aiiv/invl^i
Miss Jarvis then began a campaign
of personal appeal to men
prominent in public life, clergymen,
philanthropists, business
and professional men, asking
them to further the movement.
She pleaded her case so eloquently
that in 1910 the day was
Celebrated not only in Philadelphia
but in many other cities.
On may 10; 1^13, a resolution
passed the United States house
bf representatives and the senate
Commending Mother's day for
observance by the two houses of
Congress, the president and his
Cabinet and other hands of
government departments.
In the same year the legislature
of Nebraska made mother's
day a state fag day in honor of
patriots of Nebraska's true
homes and mothers. In May
1913, the legislature of Pennsyl
vania made mother's day the
state holiday. The day is planned
to be observed by some distinct
mark of kindness, visit, letter,
gift or tribute showing the
remembrance of the mother and
father's day is equally a father's
-day a^^^s designed to deepen
and penN^^^amily ties.
An^ intS^Hhk^ssociation
w-:?? 4i?u> ofce? /ormlfnlJ'prbiiicj|te and
protect the observance of the
day m all countries and to carry
forward the work* President
Wilson and our ex-presidents are
honorary national officers of the
association. The white carnation
has been selected as the
emblem of the day because, as
PYnlaSnpH Ku Miue
v..r.?MMW W T jai Vldf II
seems the least perishable, was
not costly'and could be worn by
men and women alike. Then
too, its sweet wholesome fragrance
and white purity made it
stand out as an appropriate symbol.
A Bald Headed Faker
One day I got a hot tip that a
certain fellow wanted to do a lot
of advertising in farm papers.
Not knowing what his proposition
was I called on him.
When 1 walked into his office
Ihe handed me a piece of copy
and said: "What will that cost
me?" I looked at it and saw it
was for a fake hair restorer?
almost "guaranteed" to make
hen's lay wooly eggs. It was a
Scream!
But that isn't the funny part.
The fellow himself was as bald
as a buzzard.
I looked at him for a moment
and replied. "I don't know what
it would cost you but if I were
to take it I'm sure it would cost
me my job. If it's such a wonderful
hair restorer?you might
try some yourself."
All that time, however 1 was
easing my way to the door.because
he was as big physically
as he was as a faker, and I'm
rather tiny.
A few weeks later the advertising
appeared in a lot of daily
papers. That's been a long
time ago and I guess by now
he's claiming his dope is good
for growing hair on bell clappers
to muffle the noise.
l get lota of fun out of these
scnmpi.?J. A. Merlin in Pro
grtwiv* Fnrmw.
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Mt. Croghan ^School Closed
Friday.
Written for The Journal
Friday, April liird was commencement
and a gay day in
Mt. Croghan.
10 a. m, welcome song by
school, and they sang it too.
In the declamation contest
were the following: Joyce Baker
Theron Belk, Paul Baker and
Thomas Burch.
The contestants in the recitation
contest were: Misses I/./.ie
Gibson, Myrtle Rushing, Hilda
l^nrr>li ami h'tlw.l Albincnn
Debate?Resolved, that the
right of suffrage be extended to
the women in South Carolina.
Affirmative, Lee Burch and Andrew
lluntley. Negative Hob
son Dalymple and Bryant
Huntley. Decision for the nega
tive^
Vocal solo, Alwyn Rathff.
Recess was taken until 2:30
and then there were recitations,
songs, etc., by the smaller children.
They did their parts well,
and looked so sweet, which they
could not help doing alter having
been trained by Misses Hendricks
and McColl.
8:30 P. M. The auditorium
filled with old and young, pretty
and ugly ?no there are no ugly
folks in Mt. Croghan, you know
By the kindness of our ok
friend, Mr. Johnson Huntley, wt
had a seat right up at the Iron
where we could see those preth
girls and young gentlemen.
The first play was. "Dr. Dane:
Choice," a three act play. Nex
was "Tom Thumb's Wedding.'
Both were good.
"The De strict School" wjjj
ine main piay, ancTit was spTen*
did. Bryant Huntley was teacher,
and a good one; Andrew
Huntley was chairman of the
committee and his mustache
were "fierce."
Medals were awarded to Bry
ant Huntley, debater; Elbe
Atkinson, reciter; Joyce Baker
declaimer.
Each one did credit to himsel
and the school. Prof. Orr ha;
been teaching this school sinct
1912. He is from North Caro
lina. Miss Hendricks lives ir
Mt. Croghan and Miss McCol
lives in the best town yet, Page
land.
Yours for more good times
G. W. J.
Pageland, S. C., April 26th.
Bulletin on Gardening.
A vegetable garden is an in
dispensable feature of ever>
good farm and in South Caro
lina it is not only possible bul
fairly easy to have a garden from
January to December. In spring
however, interest in gardening
is naturally at its height and it is
ft t 4 h ?? m a! a- '
at mis ume nun ine rarmer anil
suburbanite are most desirous of
getting the best garden informa
tion. Clemson College recom
mends that those who are interested
in gardening write to the
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, for Farmers' Bulletine
647. "The I lome Garden
in the South,"-which is a new
publication by 11. C. Thompson
Mr. Thompson is thoroughly
familiar with South Carolina
conditions and his bulletin
practical and reliable.
They brought a wounded Brit
ish soldier back from the front,
and somebody asked him to describe
the battle in which he
was hurt.
"Well," said the Tommj, "it's
Ill/A " +
..n.v una. nrsi you ears a 'oil ol
a noise and then the nurse savs:
Try and drink a little of this
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Old Soldiers Are Pa'dj^||
Confederate Money;
The State, Saturday
The reunion cf the 9^HH
Carolina division of the U^H|B
Confederate Veterans canifl^^|
an impressive end yestcrapj^j
. afternoon with a parade?Mjii
Main street between line^Mp)
spectators. The parade, onoflm^
tile most successful everatlenj^^M
ed in Columbia, was broughff?j
.1 halt at the Stale house, w Ih^H
1,000 boys and girls, dressed-NfflB
red, white and blue, tonned^B
living Confederate flag on UtSf
steps of the north poitico. j|Hh
children cheered the velera^^H
shrilly and sang "Dixie" dfl^H
" ripperarv" until the echoes*?
mv; vyumcuL'iuit's sung in
War Between the Sections ay*Bg
tiie allies' song in the War o! nK
Nations seemed to mingie.
Alter Former Gov. iJunc^H
Clinch 1 ley ward had deliverejM
a brief address to the veterajBH
grouped on the lower steps oH
the State house and in the pia^H
the ''rebels" received their firH
"pay" in Confederate currencH
' since Appomattox and Greeqftfl
boro. N. O. Pyles, dressed in fl
1 worn gray uniform and W.,
Clark, commander of Caogjfl
Hampton, acted as paymnstefgB
The equipage from which they
' paid olf was a nondescript wagJ
on drawn by a drab mule, both
1 vehicle and animal having the
appearance of having been
til nil I (rtl tilt* tixir Th"
uiv inn. i iic payuiaa5
ter's chest was an iron safe used
1 during the war to hold Confederate
currency priuted at the
branch treasury in Columbia! j
i Oui vjetjeramu ?*?
"pay" gleefully, examining the
worn notes with trembling finer
ers which had been steady
* enough on musket triggers in
? the days when the worthless
"stamped paper was backed by
* the Confederate States of
1 America.
^ New Definition for a Revolver.
Mitchell 'S. D.) (ta/etttf.
A revolver is a nickle-plated
substitute for bravery, which has
jjiiicuuiuiy oriven tne original
I article out of the market.
The revolver gives a puny
man with a 5-8 inch brain and
the pluck of a grasshopper a 100'
vard reach and makes him more
deadly than a Sioux Indian.
There was a time when this1
country had no dangerous animals.
except bears and wolves*
and life was safe, except on the
' frontiers, but now vast hordes of
11/. ?i-i i - *
m jtin uiu uoys wno use men*
t skulls for a dime novel booki
case, roam the streets with ci,
garettes in their face.* and a portable
cannon in their hip pockets
( producing obituaries with the
ski'l and . enthusiasm of a
cholera microbe; while it as^
all Times possible to meet a per
sonal enemy who has been chasing
you for a week, and who is
t reluctantly competed to defend
, himself when he catches you by
filling you so full of lead that 1
' your remains will require eight
' pall bearers. Revolvers are now
i so generally used in debate, in
i .
domestic quarrels, and repartee
of all sorts that 8,000 Americans
> die of?them each year, it is said.
When you're through sizing
uptheotl\er fellow, it's a good
thing to step back from yourself
and see how you look. Then
add SO per cent to your estimate
of your neighbor for virtues that
i you don't see, and subtract 50
! per cent from voursetf for faults
: that you've missed m your ini
vfaitory, and you'll have \\ pf^ty
uccuratt* result,?ttxclmnnc.
Iig Battle Coming*
n, April 23.?With a bis:
iveloping near Ypres in
and reports of a pros- e
laval engagement in the ?
en and of preparations 0'
nbined naval and mili- K
sk on the Dardanelles or 11
let vital spot in Turkey,
s highly expectant. b
i severe engagement has h
ace neai Ypres is con- e
>y official reports, but t(
e so contradictory that a
lal result of the prelimi;htlng
is not known. It li
appear, however, that a
g their loss of hill No. b
heir failure to recapture
I Germans have com- 1
an offensive from tlic 11
against the Anglo li
ine in front of Ypres, ii
such bloody battles last o
and also'against the
ine farther west. n
Sermans claim they u
tie allies back to the|c
nal, taking 1,600 British n
inch prisoners and a a
of guns. The French a
it the allies had to fall d
t declare this was due to J
by the Germans of y
ting gas bombs. Paris v
that in counter attacks t<
s took man3r German o
? and that the Belgians b
tjipulsed German attacks. It is
believed here that these opera- p
tfftns are only the commence- lj
nsent of another battle of Ypres. v
^Although a dispatch from ii
Holland tonight gives a rumor b
ts^Lthe Germans are about to o
f^Back to the Liege line, to tl
B^HRfiinst Italy, should Italy
jcYlhe allies, it is considered b
tnfe likely in military circles v
h<pe that the Germans will give h
buttle where they arc, preferring
to be the first to attack, having c
learned from recent experiences s
that it is difficult to hold the I
strongest positions when an ex- s
trumely heavy cannonade is v
dilrected against them. s
fighting continues in the y
W yevre, and here also both the p
Fiench and Germans claim successes.
The French in this n
region seemingly still are on the fi
offensive and apparently deter- b
in ned to attempt further to s
sq tee/.e the German wedge 1<
which has its apex at St. Mihiel. s
The prediction of a naval bat- tl
tie! in the North sea, based on tl
reports from Scandinavia of ii
aclivity by the warships, the prohibition
of shipping between
England and Holland by the
Hr tish admiralty and the announcement
from the German p
admiralty that the German high 1(
se.ii fleet several times lately has e
been out in the North sea with- n
out eticountering British ships
arel calling forth much discusSK5P.
n
e
Fired At Conductor. j,
Lancaster, April 22.?Stopping g
his train Tuesday at Miller's f
crossing for the purpose ot put d
tin? off four negro meti who c
refused to pay their fares from v
Foil Lawn to Lancaster, D. E. t
Pei nv, conductor on the Lancas- F
tcr & Chester railway, was fired c
at a number of times by the v
neg roes whom he ejected from
his train, but each shot went s
wil 1 of its mark, burying them- r
seh es in the cars. The negroes i
we it over on the morning train a
to I ort Lawn to find work, it is I
tho *ght, at the new dam near f
Grefet Falls and wtre endeavor- i
ingflp beat their way hack to i
La Jhfiter. The negroes, who t
aroitrangers about here escaped v
iu lla woods after the shooting ' \
1
Are You Getting Your Share Se
of This?
Scientists tell us that above
very acre of land there is, reck- tin
ncd at present prices, Si 1,000,- tin
00 worth of atmospheric nilro- ce
en.- At this rate the man with Tc
hundred-acre farm has SI, 100,- tei
00,000 worth,- or enough to A
uild two Panama Canals and mi
avc enough left to build a doz frc
n modern battleships; enough f*1*
. its
) supply every man, woman
nd child in ttie United States
nth $11 each; or enough to a ca
tile more than half pay for our as
onual whiskey and tobacco
in.
Are you using this wealth? j
ire you changing it from an co
lert, unused possibility into a M<
quid asset? Are you turning an
Ho real money a goodly share ins
f these potential millions? wt
Both foreign and American T1
lanufacturers are now, b}' the of
se of powerful electric currents ab
onibining this free atmospheric
itrogen with certain materials be
nd thus rendering it available a
s a plant iood. This is a great Hi
iscovery; but tor plain Farmer in:
ones we don't see anything as
et to compare with Nature's re:
/ay, which is through the bac bo
^ria that live in the little knot9 ra
r nodules on the roots of peas, inj
eans and the various clovers. pit
From September to April is a di]
eriod wlien our lands are usual- to
' idle; moreover, it is a period vvl
/hen they are too often wash- Wi
ag away. But these busy little co
acteria, working on the roots th<
i bur and crimson clover and an
tie vetches, are putting a new wi
aco.or. tljfcaaiJUiitfito' problem ?4-*
4o longer have we any business
uying nitrogen in bags, when .
pe can get it free with a lot of af
lumas to boot. OE
If you doubt this, turn under a q
rop of clover or vetch this ca
pring and follow it with corn. m
f we're not mistaken you'll be nt
urprised at the yield that corn ^
vill make, and the way it will an
tand drouth will bring joy to ca
our heart in these days of high riced
feed. Qf
But clovers and vetches are an
iot the only plants whose roots ^
urnish homes for our bacterial ^
enefactors, Cowpeas, peanuts, nt
oy beans, velvet beans, and fjc
sspedeza likewise are nitrogen
atherers, and no Southern farm tjv
tiat this summer does not utilize :Q,
tiese to the utmost will be liv 0*(
ng up to its opportunities.
-Progressive Farmer. j8
Tj
Italy Not Likely to Enter War ca
Rome, April 23, via Paris?A of
rominent Italian statesman said lyi
adav that possibilities of Italy's b>
arly participation in the war th
ovv seemed more remote. pr
"To entef the war Italy would lai
irst be obliged to break off dc
iegotiation9 with the central T1
mpires, which still are proceed th
rig at Vienna," he said. "The th
government then would have to it
ind a plausible reason for fo
lenouncing the treaty, which ba
xeated the triple alliance. Even dc
tfnit it ie lYirvet lil/nltr Tl
VUlt 111(11 UWUW 11 10 I11UC3I I I I\V-1 > A J
hat the central empires under or
>resent conditions would not st<
:onsider such action a cause for
var.
"Italy must find another rea- in
on if she desires to pick a quar m
el with Austria. This might be th
n the form of an ultimatum on to
iccount of the gathering of pr
Austrian troops along the Italian
rontier or on account of the
infortunate position of Italians bi
inder Austrian rule. It is easy
o foresee, however, that Austria I'i
votild not respond to any such si
irovooativc measure," ra
vere Electrical Storm Causes
Damage at Raeford.
Wadesboro, April 22.?One of
? inost severe electrial storms
it ever visited the State conntrated
its fury in Antioch
nvnship of Hoke County, yesdav
afternoon about 5o'c1ock.
cloud whose density created
d-night darkness came up
>m the west and passed over
2 little city of Raeford, filling
citizens with the terror of an
pending cyclone. The lightig
was incessant and rain
me down in sheets and it was
dark as midnight.
As a result of the storm the
irehouse of J. A. and M. H.
cFall was destroyed by light
ng, together with 350 bales of
tton, the residence of J. C.
argan was struck and burned
d the residence of Mr. Seate,
jpector of oil for this county,
is struck by a boll of lightning,
le cotton and the warehouse
the McFalls was insured for
out $12,000.
Mr. Morgan's residence had
en vacated by the family just
few hours before tlie storm.
2 was protected with $1,000
surance.
The damage to Mr. Seate's
sidence was negligible, as the
It struck the door facing and
n down a telephone wire, do
Z no greater damage than rip g
open a screen door. It is
[ficult to estimate the damage ^
the crops of the section over
tiich the storm passed. There
as considerable cotton and
rn planted, and in many of 4
e fields where crops were up
d the results of the heavy rain
ill ?-? AAArni ?* 1 ? * - ? ~
Ill UCVCOOIkUlC lcprduiiug.
Monro^
Monroe, April 22.?Some time
ler 11 o'clock last night, some*
le entered the drug store of
N. Simpson, Jr., rifled a small
sh drawer of about $6 and
ade good his escape leaving
> clue behind him. The robry
was apparently that of an
aaleur. a safe and the main
sh register were not opened.
The main cash register is one
the large complicated kind
id to open it makes a great
al of noise; and, as a light
irns constantly all night long
the front and the-street is ef:iently
patroled, it would have
en sheer foolishness for the
ief to have attempted the openg
of the large cash register or
the safe. The small cash reger,
the one which was opened,
used for the fountain trade,
tie thief after entering the store
rried the register to the back
the store where it was found
ing open early this morning
r W. M. Fowler, who opened
e store. C. N. Simpson, the
oprietor, was the last to leave
9t night, and bolted the back
>or, and also locked the front,
he thief must have entered
rough the front door because
e windows are iron barred and
would have been impossible
r the thief to have entered the
ick door; but how the front
>or was opened is a mystery,
he work was done by some
le apparent^' familiar with the
:>re.
Don't waste any time expressg
approval of the Ten Comandments.
They have had all
e endorsements they need, and
obey them is better than to
aise Ihem.?Kpworth Herald.
"The boss accuses you of
iing blind drunk."
"Veil, the bosh's mistaken,
m sheein'twice as much as I
te when I'm sober?twice as
uch, unitan'f^Ex.