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. The Pageland Journal Published Wednesday Mornings C. M. Tucker, Proprietor Subscription Price - - $1.00 Entered as second class maii matter at the post ollice at Pageland, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. June 2, mi "Keep punching 'em up* about plowing out into the road," said Mr. D. F. Little, carrier on route one after he had read the short article in the last issue of this paper about the practice of plowing right out into the road. So if you are one cf those thoughtless fellows who plow up roads, take this as another punch. A sandhill road may make a good ditch, but a ditch does not make a good road. Most of the deep sandbeds in the roads are made deep by the washing in of clean sand. If the sandhill roads were ditched and rounded up they would be much better. A road and a ditch are not the same thing and attempts to make both into one usually fsfil so far as the road part of it goes. In another column is an arti cle telling of neighborliness that has been manifested at different places, and especially Union county, N. C. We agree with the Charlotte Observer that the people of Union county are among the very best neighbors to be found any where, but we 'feel that Chesterfield county aiso is entitled to recognition as a county filled with neighbors. Never have we seen a spirit ol neighborliness manifested "more often than in the western end ol Chesterfield county. Hardly a week passes that does not see the good people of this section helping one who has been unj fortunate in one way or another. ANoHong ago Mr. J. T. Threatl ^^T05^HwkT?*ttVnR -tiy-ftrerandTRs neighbors helped him replace ii in about a week. Mr. J. P, Anderson lost his only mule, and the people helped him buy nnotViAr 71 ? H/f O T 1 1 uuuiucii iu& iu. Oi j oruan iosi his household goods by fire, and the people gave money, quilts and other things and settled his family back to comfortable living. Mr. S. A. Sellers lost his dwelling and contents by fire, and the people helped. Mr. Robt. Vick had an operation foi appendicitis, and the people helped pay Xhe expenses. Mr, Clay Funclerburk lost his only horse last week, and the people gave him money. Scores ol other instances might be cited but these are enough to give the outsider an idea of the spirit thai pervades the minds of the good people of the section in which Pageland is fortunate enough tc be situated. A community ol better neighbors can not be found. m State Aid .for Chesterfield fnnnftr -."J. Eight rural graded schools in Chesterfield county have received a total of $2000 of the State appropriation for schools of this class. State High School aid was paid to 150 high schools in forty two counties on May 17th. The total sum distributed was $60,000. Of this amount Chestercounty received $1280. The Chesterfield High School received $500; Jefferson $340 and Pageland $440. Examined But Not Appointed. Mr. Nev McNeely, who stood an examination some months ago for 9 position in the consular service passed successfully and is now on the eligible list and may be called on at anv time to go as United States consul to some foreign country.? Monroe Enquirer. Wilson Would Show Where America Stands Washington, May 31.?Presi dent Wilson intends to shape the course of the United States in the international crisis which hai arisen so as to leave rib doub abroad of the country's purpose not only to speak, but if neces sary to act, for the cause of humanity. Two things were virtually determined on by the president A _ J luuay. First, that Germany's avoid ancc of the larger questions of humanity and tiie spirit of international law by a technical argument on a hitherto undisputed point in the statutes of nations ?the exercise of the right ol visit and search" by war crafl when encountering merchantmen, whether carrying contra band or not?must be mel promptly with a note again set ting lorth briefly the facts as found by investigation of offici als here as to the cargo and peaceful equipment of the Lusitania and reiterating the earnest intention of the United States to hold the German government to a "strict account ability'* for all violations ol American rights on the high seas. Second,, that, notwithstanding the critical situation with Ger many, there shall be issuec tomorrow the statement which has been in preparation for sev ernl rlfivs tr? mmmiinipafod w -X v/ WtUlltUIIIVWIVU IV the leaders of all factions it Mexico, serving notice tha ! unless they themselves bring tc 1 an early end the deplorable con 1 ditions which their warfare hai 1 wrought, some other means wil 1 be found by the United States ir 1 the interest of humanity to save the millions of non combatan Mexicans from the throes o ; starvation and further devasta : tion of property. 1 Count von Bernstorff, tin 1 German ambassador, has beer 1 granted an interview with th< ^^ident for Wednesday noon ^^^^ciless he brings some prQpo * tngthedeman^oMheUnitel 1 States differently from the not< just received from Dr. voi I Jagow, the German toreigi minister?a ciruumstance whicl is doubted in well informet quarters?the president's coursi 1 as framed by him in consultatioi 1 with his cabinet tomorrow wil not be materially affected. Mrs. Gale Entertains. A reception was given at tin home of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gal< last Friday Evening in honor o their neice, Miss C. Duke, ol Polkton, N. C. Quite a numbe : of the young folks gathered a 8:30 o'clock and indulged ii numerous games and a "pennj ' contest" in which Mr. Austii j Brewer won first prize and Mr Henry Chavis the "booby" prize Some excellent music wa , rendered by Messrs. McCall Eubanks and Chavis, afte which, cream and cake wer served by Misses Annie Mai McCall and Mary Gale. 1 After a game of fortune tellin* the guests began to leave, eacl one declaring the evening oni of the most pleasant ex ! perienced. i Why He Didn't Believe It. * 1 He came into the grocery store and in about two minute: his new seven dollar trousen had wiped up a large quantity of fresh paint. He made ar awful fuss and the proprietoi came bustling forward. "It's your own fault," said the proccrvmnn ? ...uu unojr ilipaillCllCtlliy "Didn't you see that sign: 'Fresh Paint'?" "Yes," said the victim peevishly. "I saw it, but I didn't be lieve it." "You didn't believe it? Vhj not?" asked the owner. "Well, I didn't believe il because 1 came in here so often and see something marked 'Fresh' that isn't fresh." Germany Evades thenMPI Berlin, may 30.?Germany! - withholds its final decision ojj ; the demands advanced by thfl i United States government im s connection with the sinking L (he Lusitania until the receipt of; i an answer from the United - States to the note which Herr - von Jagow, the foreign minister, has delivered to Ambassador ' Gerard, in reply to the American' t note received by the German government on May IS. In its reply the German government declares that it is not its inten-* - tion to submit neutral ships in I the war zone, which are guilty of no hostile acts, to attacks by s submarine or aeroplane; that it \ is investigating the circumstant ces in connection with the attacks on the American stea-j t ^ ^ mers v^usning aaa liultllgntMMP t that in all cases where neutral! vessels, through no fault of theifi i own, have been damaged Ger*| many will pay indemnification*! I The reply urges that in thfci ! case of the Lusitania, which i Germany alleges, was armed and; I carried large stores of 'Wiur i amunitions, "it was acting .jtK justified self-defense in seeking^ f with all the means of warfare at i its disposition to protect the lives of the soldiers by destroying ara; munition intended for the * enemy. j I The German government rei calls the proposals submitted by * the United States government to > Berlin and London, designed to i end the submarine warfare an<$ t the shutting out of food supplied ) from Germany which, it de clares, failed of their purpose be5 cause of the-cef usal of the British 1 government to agree to them. i ? Mail Facilities Will Be Extended 1 All rural free delivery carrien * operating out of offices maintaujl ' ed by the postoffice depaj^^fl will be required to hav^HH| ' post scales, maps and^^^^H 1 insurance and C. O. D. ifl I i they will be required * from the patrons of rur^^^^J parcels fgr insurance or j| I * accepted from patrons at the B postoffice. Furthermore it is the 1 duty of the various postmasters 1 to see that their R. F. D. carriers 1 operating out of their offices * shall always be properly equip* B ped in order that tbey may carry 3 out these instuctions. Coupon 1 receipts will be issued directly to senders at the time when the parcels are accepted. * Joseph and Isaac went to hear 5 Billy Sunday preach, and after f the service, as they were going I home, Joseph said: r "Veil, Izaac, vat you tink of t him?" i "I didn't like him," said Isaac. / "Too much tiroc k?ii _ m.% TV UO UCilf i hell, hell all the time. And I . don't believe there is any hell, . Joseph." s "No hell?" asked Joseph in f amazement. r "No," answered the friend. > "Veil, then, lzaac,"said Joseph > "If there is no hell, where is bizness gone?" r ' 1 One evening the young min2 ister, who had seemed rather . attractive bv "Big Sister" Grace, was dining with the family. "Little Sister" was talking rapidly when the visitor was about to ?1- A? ? ? # ^ r dsn me messing. l urning to the child he said in tone of mild re* proof: * "Laura, I am going to ask grace." | "Well, it's about time," answered "Little Sister" in an equally teproving tone. "V^e've ben expecting you to do it for a | year, and she has too." "Father," said the minister's son, "my teacher says that 'collect* and 'congregate' means the same thing. Do they?" "Perhaos thev Hrr- mv s?n M t said the venerable clergyman; "but vou may tell your teacher | there is a vast difference bel tween a congregation and a collection." I | CHURCH NOTES BAPTIST, R. W. Cato, Pastor & Will be at Mt. Moriah Saturday at 2 o'clock and Sunday at n, o'clock. Subject: Dealing ficmestly with God. Everybody Ulyited to be present. BAPTIST, J. M. Sullivan. Pastor. s ,The Union meeting at Pine iGrove church last Friday and ISaturday was a success in the [face of the rainy weather. A inumber of our churches were pot represented. It must have jbeen the like in quanity was made up iii quality. A goodly mumber of the delegates ex* pressed themselves as being highly pleased with the discussions. Of course it is useless to say fat.?ll were delighted to be in e hospitable homes of these K>d people. White Plains next Saturday y p. m. and Sunday 11 a. m. Center Grove School house {Sunday 3 p. m. . METHODIST EPISCOPAL , J. A. McGraw, pastor t A committee from our PageTand church will within the next Sew days call upon our memberstiip and also on other church people of the community and solicit entertainment for our legates who are to attend the [ ssion of the District confer}?a?e which will begin here on l&e first day of July. Several ybions, not members of our Hpfcrch have ahead}' offered p Jjelp us entertain our conference delegates. No assignments will be made until after the Relegates arrive, but anv one desiring to entertain any certain akgate who will be in attenis asked to let us know of desire and we will make assignment. We don't now how many will be to enBrtain. The usual attendance said to be 70 to SO. We hope > have entertainment provided Hut even more than this number, ^fre must be on the safe side. we will appreciate the Hmdness of all who will i>romHBjfce committee to take care of % ii -uka jHTnames of the delegates can seen by askii.g the comraitAeman when he calls on you iftid if you specially care to sleet your delegate a note of that will be made, t Next Sunday we will be at Zoar at 11 at Price school house a: 3:30 and at Pageland at 8:30 o'clock. IEDERAL INDUSTRIAL ' COMMISSION By Peter Radford. The recent Investigation of the t felted States Commission of Indus1 rial Relations brought together the ibrtrAmAR nf nnHotv anA Vino - MUV1 UMO QITOUI VilO | I ublic an opportunity to view the repr jsentatives of distinct classes, side t y aide, and to study their views in j arallel columns. Capital and labor have always been glaring at each other over gulfs of r lisunderstanding and if the Federal Industrial Commission attempts to 'bridge the chasm, it will render the public a distinct service. The farmer has been sitting on the fpuce watching capita! and -labor fight for many j ears and Incidentally furnishing the sinews of war and it is quite gratifying to find them talking itrlth, instead of about, each other. When honest men smile and look into each other's souls, it always makes the world better and far more satisfsctory to the farmer, who in the end, 1 ears the burden of conflict, than 1 esolutlons, speeches or pamphlets dontainlng charges and counter< barges. The love for justice makes the irhole world kin. Understanding is an i rblter far more powerful than the i aandates of government, for there is 1 to authority quite so commanding as i n honest conscience; there is no de< ree quite so binding as that of the I lupreme Court of Common Sense and i io sheriff can keep the peace quite so ; ierfect as Understanding. We suppose the time will never i ome when capital and labor will not I >e occasionally blinded by the lightj ing flashes of avarice or frightened i?y the thunder peals of discontent. J fut Understanding is a I'rince of Peace that ever holds out the olive iranch to men who want to do right. A man s income is always a sacred thing for in it are the hope, ambition Imd opportunity of himself, and fai^ fry. but there is nothing in a human heart quite so divine as Justice and tJrderstandlng is its handmaiden. I > ( t I KNOW THY ll-Raili In discussing the commercial t achievements of this great age, we t shall approach the subject as the 1 historian chronicling events. This se- c ries will endeavor to record in writ- c ing the supremacy of American men ,, and industries in the world's affairs ( and perptuate an appreciation of our \ marvelous industrial achievements by e presenting simple facts, figures and i comparisons that are overpowering in t their convictions. i America holds her proud place ( among the nations of the earth today 3 on account of her supremacy in trans- i portation facilities. The mighty minds 1 ? M At - * ul me age are engaged in the prob- i lems of transportation, and the great- 3 est men in the history of the world's 3 commerce are at the head of the transportation systems of the United 1 States. t In the discussloh of transportation, i let us consider separately our Rail- 1 ways, Telegraph and Telephones, Ex- 1 press. Public Highways, Steamships, 1 Street Railways, Interurban and other ? forms of transportation, and this ar- i ticle will deal with railways. The United States has the largest i mileage, the best service, the cheap- t est rates, pays labor the highest | wages, and we ha^*e the most efficient- t ly managed of the railways of the J world. They stand as a monument to the native genius of our marvelous c builders, and most of the railroads in f foreign countries have been built r under American orders. i The railroads represent a larger investment of capital than any other t branch of human activity. The mile- i age in the United States exceeds s Farmers Work 8 Hours Only. The farmers of this county have adopted the eight hour _1 -r i 1 * pian 01 moor?eight hours before dinner and eight hours after dinner being their rule just now.?Monroe Enquirer. ? jOCCCGCCOCCC< so N Come To Head k Paints, Varnishes, Stains, ^ Seed, Field Seed, Flowe k Rubber Goods, Infant Foot ^ Candies, Cigarettes, Pipes jS Dutch Cleanc^r, |r^Uf"dT*V S ^ Cream Tarter, Flavoring E k Complexion Beautifiers, E O Poison, Disinfectants. V FRESH GRATE ? PAGELAND O ICE DELIVERED ANrt &OOOOOOOOOOS >s Hams 1 We are selling Armour's pounds, for 1 4 cents a pour Old Dutch Cleanser, Ri Hosford's Bread Preparatior in 10, 15 and 25 cent size The very nicest cakes in ; 1 0 cents. Ice Cream Powders. A fu Co's goods, including Zuzus saitines, Fig Newtons, Ch Cakes, Graham Crackers an and crackers. Also shredde CAROLINA S NEW M I have purchased the market f ardson and have moved them in business to stay and I shall nl. anything in the market line. Fn PROMPT D I will now deliver promptly, thing in the fancy grocery line, order for meats, and we guaranU Yours For Qui W. F. RE1 i COUNTRY roads he accepted distance from the earth o the moon. We bad in 1911, the ast year in which figures for all :ountries are available, on the earth's surface. 639,981 miles of railway divided as follows: United States 141,199, Europe 207,432 and other :ountries 191,360. The United States ias 38 per cent of the world's mileage, leven per cent of the estimated popilatlon and about five per cent of the irea. The total capital Invested in the alltvays of the world is $50,000,000,100, divided as follows: United States 113,000,000,000 Europe $25,660,000,000 ind other countries $11,350,000,000. deduced to a mileage basis the captalization is as follows: The world 178,000, United States $54,000, Europe 1124,000, and other countries $59,000. A comparison of rates Is equally as nteresting and the United States akes the lead in economy and servce. The average rate per ton per lundred mile haul is as follows: Jnited States 76c, Great Britain $2.53, Y-ance $1.44, Germany $1.44, Russia )2c, Austria-Hungary $1.30, Italy $2.30 md Switzerland $2.82. The average yearly pay of all rall oad employes in the principal counries is as follows: United States 5757, Germany $392, Italy $345, Ausrla $322, Great Britain $279, France locn n..?t- "Ai wuv auu nutlSlCL About 30 per cent, or 188,000 miles, >f the railways of the world are government owned. About half the ailway mileage of Europe is governnent owned. A comparison of the economy, in ime and money and the convenience n travel, will be made in a later irticle. Watch Repairing Prices Reasonable Work Guaranteed J. F. Edgeworth OOOGOOttCOCOtt quarters For X , Brushes, Putty, Garden $4 r Seed, Spring Tonics, is, Soda Water, Cigars. K , Snuff, T jxuacis, lonet articles, Pushes, Fly Paper, Fly K o D COCONUT. fi DRUG CO. ? 'WHERE IN TOWN Q iQQGOOeOOOOQ^ tor 14c 5 smoked Hams, 6 to 8 id, same as rib meat, imford Baking Powders, i, Sweet and Sour Pickles s. all flavors and kinds for ill line of National Biscuit , Lemon snaps, Nabiscos, teese Sandwiches, Anola d the other popular cakes :d Cocoanut. UPPLY CO. MKtVt 1 ixtures from Mr. R. E. Richto my store. I am now in the eased to have your orders for jsh fish every Saturday. ELIVERY not only your meat, but anvInclude you groceries in your 2e prompt delivery, ick Service. DFEARN ?