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THE PAGELP) Journal ?
Vol. S NO. 38 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNEgB^Y MORNING. JUNE 2, 1915 ^ $1.00 per year
Union's Good Rural Telephones
and Painted Houses
Union County is interesting
because it, much more notably
than most cotton counties, is
laigely a land of horre-owning
small white farmers?? genuine
democracy. Union, too, has set
a fine example for the whole <
state in education, better farm
ing, and rural telephones. One
friend estimated that there are
three thousand 'phones in the
county. Moreover, he told us ,
that it was the women who gave
the county leadership in this ,
respect. They had wearied of
the isolation of homes without
telephone connection, and as
soon as one neighborhood demonstrated
the advantages of the
telephone, other neighborhoods
quickly decided they could not
fniss these advantages.
Another thing noticed in our
trip through rural Union was
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iiit mi ^lupuiuuiJ ui puuueu
farm houses. Moreover, nearly
all of these houses were painted
in attractive colors?the old
reliable "white house and green
blinds" formula being the rule.
One of the prettiest houses we
saw was painted by a farm girl
herself. She decided that the
house had to be painted, and
failing in other plans, set out
and did the work with her own
hands. Now this home set in a
pretty grove is a little gem, and
half its beauty is due to the paint
that the plucky girl put on it.
Most of these Union houses are
not large but neat and attractive.
"Not how big but how pretty"
seems to have been the wise
aim of these Union home build
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that the use of the drag would
give her excellent highways at <
mighty little expense, but she
evidently lacks a leader who
will put the issue squarelj- up to <
the people.
All in all, Union gives promise i
of becoming one of the greatest
counties in North Carolina, and
her progress is wisely based up- i
on the education of the people.
The first rural graded school in
North Carolina was that at 1
Wesley Chapel.. Moreover,
Union people realize that it is
no use to teach a man to read
unless he reads; that "the man
wlio reads is ffie man who
leads," and probably no county
North Corolina gives better support
to its excellent local
papers and to The Progressive
Parmer. The people also take
great interest in better farming,
and Demonstration Agent
Broom, live wire' that he is, has
a responsive following. The
people are especially interested
in all kinds of improved machinery,
and in front of Wesley
Chapel while we talked a farm
hand driving four or five horses
abreast to a cutaway harrow
made a farm scene worthy of
the West.?Clarence Poe in Progressive
Farmer.
Much Whiskey is Seized in
Charleston.
Charleston, May 27.?Since
State constables began raiding
blind tigers in Charleston one
week ago yesterday at noon the
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iuiai seizures 01 liquids made by
them have been large. Out
standing in the figures is the
total seizure of 3,318 bottles of
beer, averaging 553 1)G ttles of
beer a day, counting six days in
the week. Other large seizures
were 1,238 half pints of whiskey
and 1.064 beer, wine and whiskey
glasses. The greater amount
of liquors seized included beer
and whiskey, although fair
sized totals of wine, gin and
other intosicentg run hp the
total, I
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Have You Consumption.
Aeroplanes have proved of incalculable
benefit to the French
and German armies in giving
prompt information of the
whereabouts of the enemy. \
foe discovered quickly enough
can often be destroyed.
So it is with tuberculosis, the
worst of all germ diseases to
which man is subject. If it can
be diagnosed early it can be
cured. Every one should know
the most important early signs
of this disease, not that they are
to be a cause of terror, but that
they may be warning signals to
suggest treatment.
The records ot Bellevue hos
pital in New York City shows
that out of 980 patients treated
during the years 1910, 1911 and
1912, 72 per cent of the early
cases of tuberculosis admitted
were discharged cured or im
proved, and l per cent died.
The question a man should
ask himself if he wishes to de
tect and defeat the enemy, tuber
culosis, should run somewhat as
follows:
Do I find that work that was
once easy to do now seems
hard?
Is my appetite poorer than it
formerly was?
Am I flat chested?
Do I take cold easily?
When I have taken cold, does
it drag on for weeks with a
cough that is worse in the
morning?
Is the matter that I cough up
occasionally blood-streaked?
Have I a persistent catarrh?
Am I pale and enaemic looking,
with flushed cheeks and
feverish feeling in late afternoon?,^!
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Am I loosing weight?
Do I experience a feeling of
discomfort in my chest not especially
painful, but something
that I am conscious of day after
day?
A mnn wlir* fin/lc lin miict
II itv I1IIVIJ in VIOL
answer "Yes" to one or more of
these questions should recognize
the warning of the enemy's possible
approach. Especially is
this true if relatives or others
with whom he has lived have
died of tuberculosis.
He should go at once to a
capable physician and have his
lungs examined while there is
good hope of a cure. The man
who puts off going to a doctor
for fear he may find he has
tuberculosis is making a grave
and fatal mistake. Knowledge
is not to be feared, but ignorance.
The patent medicines advertised
for symptoms like those
described above never do any
real good in cases of consump
tion. They may make you feel
better for a time if they have a
tonic effect, and they may relieve
the cough but they do not
cure, and the disease continues
slowly to extend. Go to a
physician and not to a bottle of
"dope."?Exchange.
Blight in Apple Trees.
From North Carolina: "Please
tell me what to do for blight in
apples."
The only tiling that can be
done is to cut out to sound wood.
Fartunately the blight does not
go far in apples as in pears, and
effects only the twigs as a rule.
But even in pears if growers
would watch a little more closely
and as soon as they see some
slight shrivelling near the ends
of the branches would cut out
ahead of it, the blight would go
no farther, while if let alone till
the leaves turn black tlu? whole
limb will probably be sacrificed.
?Prof. Massev in Progressive
Farmer,
Cheraw School Closet* fVN
Cheraw, May 29.?The finfra?
exercises of the Cheraw higjfF1
school were held in the nejgJ
school auditorium last nighit&L
There were about 4<>0 persowRjt
in the audience, and the exer^wj
cises were pronounced the be^np
ever held by the school. ?jnr
After an address of welcomd^E*
by the superintendent,
1'lLHtl, iiv; IVTilU Ills U11UU'4I IWITJ!
port. There were 513 childi^Ojm^i
in the school during the yedrj?t?
310 in the white school and 203yO
in the negro school, the iattwfeu
notwithstanding the childreflMK^
the Long Industrial school jMHEha
other private schools for nea&pn
children;
R. T. Caston, chairman ofVltipi|S
school hoard, in introducing Dfii jn
Clinkscales, the speaker of the, ta
evening, complimented the citi- Jn
zens of Cheraw on their willing^
ness to be burdened with boodflK
to the amount of $27,000 fdlLrn
scool purposes, and spreadin^ftR*
out from a three room house
years ago to 12 rooms ajgHnr
auditorium today. ijfef
Dr. Clinkscales, who is wflf
known as an educator and ptl|Hoc
lie speaker all over the -Stat^H.th
made one of his usual wittyfirPi
earnest, practical, cnmmoraui
sense addresses, which was ejj&Oi
joyed as much by the child^Har
as the patrons of the schook^^^^
The certificates were pres^^^V
ed to the graduating class
Col. E. W. Duvall in very a|^H
propriate words which call^^B
forth repeated applause. -iB
The corps of teachers was r^H
eleced; B. C. Mclver, superiflfl
tendent; Lawrence
Misses Hattie and EleanorGe^pg
frey, Lizzie Malloy, Bessie PowS0f
Laurie Harrall, Mattie DuvalM
Susie Smith. Some of thes# \v<
have been in the school manv in
years, and Mr. Mclver has beef ina
superintendent 21 years. jl de
The large new addition to thj' an
school put up this winter makei> m
this one of the most complete w<
modern school buildings in thf iti
State with lavajlories and sanitary
drinking fountains, cloak th
rooms, electric lights on both da
floors and an up to date heatinj ijt
and ventilating system tha 'gc
changes the air every 15 minutet jo
throughout the entire building;^
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Alum to Prevent Fire.. Wi
To make paper fireprool, ut
wllI'lllfT ivrittiin nrinfo^ r?nir?4nil) Hf!
.. Tftiuvu) pi uii^u, pauii^iu
or stamped, dip it in strong alum 01
water?a saturated solution?and 2*
dry thoroughly. Test after th* hi
first dipping, if it burns, dip am{ y<
dry again. Neither color oi n(
quality will be in the least affect-j w
ed. Deeds, insurance policies Cl
or papers of any gind can bo
protected this way. *
By putting an ounce of alum
or sal ammoniac in the last wa! <p]
ter in which muslins or cotton^ ?
are rinsed, or a similar quantity rj
in the starch in which they ar^; ^
stiffened, they will be rendered 8f
almost incombustible, or at least ci
will with difficulty take the fire, 8(
and if they do will burn with- ic
out flame. Remember this and h
save the lives of your children, b
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t iic juum Carolina w neat Lrop 5
The Stale. !,
Two million and half bushels, q
perhaps two million, seven hundred
thousand bushels, is the
wheat crop of South Carolina in ti
this tremendous wheat year in y
the United States. I b
While it is less wheat.thai .
South Carolina consumes, jt i^s n
more wheat than the State has d
produced in many a low? year? if Ji
ever boforcv < > ts
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far Beneath Waves Wreaks
More Havoc
?c State. Friday
Submarines continued to take ,
eir toll in the European war.
he British battleship Majestic
is been sent to the bottom off 1
allipoli peninsula bv a German
rpedo. The number lost, as <
the case of the Triumph, has
>t been computed. ,
[The British steamer MorwenPfcgas
sunk not far from the
Id Head of Kinsale, where the :
jsitania went down, and the
jamer Betty was disposed of <
\f a i -? ? ^
i\urie sea?ootn by uerman ?
bmarines. ;
The British submarine 1 v 11
is made a long trip, under \
ine' fields part of the way, i
fough the Dardanelles and the <
^a of Marmora up to tin? very
aters of Constantinople, a dis j
ce of approximately 200 i
iles. In the course of this i
:pedition she sank an ammuni- ,
>n vessel in the sea of Marora,
torpedoed a supply ship' at j
odosta and discharged a torpe>
at a transport along the <
senal at Constantinople, the ?
feet of which is not known
Another tragedy of the sea has <
icurred at Sheerness, where i
e British auxiliary steamer
rincess Irene has been blown ]
> by an accidental explosion 1
l board. More than 300 lives
e reported to have been lost.
Zeppelins have raided South
ad, 40 miles from London,
^uag bombs on the town. ,
^Mivan is said to have been
some property dam^^^Hiaused.
^^^wield and "The Game."
ive yesterday in any section <
Union County you would 1
ive seen a number of white ;
omen and white girls at work 1
the cotton fields. The rains 1
tve made the grass grow won- i
nuu> iusi iu me couon neias ;
id . the good women?helpates
that they always are? <
ere lending a helping hand in
lling the grass. And if you
id gone out from Monroe on <
e Wadesboro road that same ]
ly you would have seen a long i
te of strong, robust niggers <
>ing out to the baseball grounds i
play ball and to see the game. I
re thought of those good, <
orking white women when
e saw that aggregation of
liformed, masked and mittened
dl players and the line going
it in good turnouts to see the
tme and then?well, you who
low us know just as well as
>u know anything that we are
>t going to put on paper what
e thought and you can read
i8sin' all between these lines.
Lady Hurt in Monroe.
Miss Myrtle Tillev, stenogralier
tor the Heath Hardware
ompany. went out horseback
ding yesterday afternoon and
te horse she was riding ran and
ipped and fell at the cement
rossing on Hayne and Wind
>r streets. Miss Tillev had a
>ng gash cut in the back of her
ead, a shoulder and a knee
ruised and she was otherwise
ijured. The injured lady was
iken to Mr. Kosser Wolf's, her
oarding place, and is getting
long very well.?Monroe Knuirer.
"Now," said the doctor, "you
_ >1_ - t * * "
ikc mis medicine just as I told
ou, and you will sleep like a
aby."
The patient surveyed the
ledicine doubtfully. "Well,
octor," he said, "if you mean
ke our habv I truess I won't
It,"
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Suggestions for Fly "jT'me
Don't allow flies in your house
Don't permit them near you
food, especially milk.
Don't buy foodstuffs when
flies are tolerated.
Don't eat where flies have ac
jess to the food.
Do not patronize grocer
stores and markets that harbo
and feed flies. Insist upoi
screens.
"Fruit a la filth"?the kin<
served from sidewalk stand
after being: exposed to street dir
and flies.
Screens on windows and door
to keep out flies will do more t<
to safeguard your treasures thai
will locks to keep out burglars
Not every fly that comes alonj
is carrying filth and germs, bu
many of them are and you can'
tell which is which. Take n<
chances?swat all.
Because your neighbor throw
garbage in the alley is no reasoi
why you should follow his ex
ample?it's a reason why yoi
should set him a good exampk
With all houses well sewerei
and screened, the flies that feei
upon the filth and kitchen refus
would largely disappear and th
health conditions would be t<
that extent improved.
Keep screens over articles o
food. Don't let flies get near th
pantry, kitchen or dining roorr
The only safe way is to kee]
out the flies. Join the anti-fl;
crusade.
Five Sets of Triplets
Muskogee (Okla.) Dispatch \
Mr. and Mrs. FrariK Scott^|
Hi^hlai^ Kan.} are seeki^^B
will need it, for although the:
tiave been married not quite tei
years they had 19 children, al
boys, and 13 are living. The1
bold the record for triplets, hav
ing five sets to their credit, ant
ilso two sets of twins. All thi
13 living boys are under 5 year
of age.
Mrs. Scott once boarded a trail
with her 13 boys and one firs
class ticket. The conductor in
formed her that she could no
take her entire Sunday sclioc
class on one ticket, and it wa
not until she showed him til
family Bible, with all the birt]
dates recorded, that he believo
it was only her family and pei
mittpH thpiri to nrrnnv fivp Hon
ble seats while paying for one.
Where They Disagreed.
A newspaper man was on th
witness stand and the attorne
was trying to find out somethin;
about him.
"'Where did you work last?
he asked.
"On the Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Why did >ou leave?"
"The editor and I disagree
on a national polical question.
"Where did you work next?
"On the New Orleans Item.
''Why did you leave?"
"The editor and I disageed o
a national political question."
TM_ * _ A! 1
i his was me repiy m ever
instance, and the judge took
hand.
"What was this national polit
cal question," he asked, "upo
which you never could agr<
with your chiefs?"
"Prohibition."
The small boy had quarrelc
violently with his htte neighb(
across the street. His aunt to
him that he must go to his litt
friend's house, kiss him and si
that he was sorry.
The youthful belligerent d
murred. "You go kiss hit
auntie," lie sqid; "1 miglit l>?
him,"
In Memory of a Child.
j. Friday morning at 2 o'clock
r the monster death ^entered the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hay Cole
lins and claimed their 2 year old
daughter Lillian. She was sick
only a few days, with cholera
infantum. Lillian it seems, was
the pride of this home, but more
y than one time have we wonderr
ed why God in his infinite
^ wisdom always chooses the ones
so much loved as his. Still we
should not ever be wrought up,
I as we know that "God doeth, all i
s things well." Our hearts go out A
t in sympathy to the bereaved
ones, but lo them we would say
s as a word of consolation that ^
i earthly ties may be broken asuni
der, still there is a tie of love
that reaches beyond, even to
X glory, and this your loved one
t is gone. You may look to him
t and he will at his appointed
) time reunite the loved ones as
an unbroken family around the
s throne.
I The little one was buried at
Mt. Moriah Friday evening
II about 4 o'clock by the most
i. loving hands. "Why should we
d mourn departing friends, or
d shake at deaths alarm it is but a
e voice that Jesus sends to call
e them to his arms."
0 A Friend.
1 Neighborliness.
e In Pierce county, Ga., the
L home of a widow woman was
p burned. A do/en of her neigh- a
* bors built a new home for her. .
This the local paper described i
as "a new sort of community I
building." The Savannuh News 1
quite properly says that it is not M
jfnfnv. It recalls the earlier days
H|when it was customary for
ta_he_
VI deed, when bam railings were'
1 not infrequent and when the
1 neighbor that suffered as this
yT widow did was helped out of
trouble just as she was." This
^ sort of neighborliness is come
mon in North Carolina. In one
s particular county?Union?it is
regularly established and of universal
application. Almost every
it season the Monroe papers give
accounts of the people turning
?t out to plant or harvest the crops
of a sick neighbor, to rebuild a
s burned barn or residence. This
e is done in no spirit of display and
h no "fuss" is made about it, the
J people merely regarding it as the
performance of a neighborly
i" duty.?Charlotte Observer.
Frost in the North
Washington, May 27.?Gene
erally fair weather with rising
y temperature is following the
K cold wave and killing frosts
which swept down from Canada
last night causing damage in the
agricultural districts along the
Great lakes, through northern
and wetem Pensvlvania and
d New York.
Forecasters of the Weather
Bureau to night said the territo
ry affectd by the wave probably
would bave light frost tonight
n but that warmer weaather
would follow tomorrow,
y Reports from upper Michigan
a said temperatures therefell several
degrees below freezing early
i- today.
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;e Tarheel Papers Please Copy
Spartanburg Herald.
Russia has a bath train which
she uses in connection with her
army operations. After the war
>r is over the North Carolina au%
I t/\ rnnt it (r\r ?.i
IUUI 1IIVO IU IV.UI it IV/I u
'e campaign in the State.
iy
"Are you unmarried?" inquire"
ed the census man.
n? "Oh. dear, no," said the little
to lady,blushing; "I've never oyen