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The Pageland journal
Vol. 5 NO. 38 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1915 $1.00 per year
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J. Z. Green, in The Marshville
Home.?Under the present war
conditions which carry an
element of extreme uncertainty
along business lines, without a
precedent in the history of the
world, a farmer who spends the
proceeds of his crop before the
crop matures, and is gathered,
for things that he can get along
without, commits' an economic
crime against his own family.
Even if things are offered you at
half the usual price it's like
burning money to buy them if
there is no necessity for buying
them. But when a man buys
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from an agent under these pecu
liarly uncertain financial conditions,
and promises to pay two
prices, it looks like the result of
temporary insanity on the part
of the man who signs up the
papers.
One favorite scheme the agent
has in closing in with his victim,
as for instance with a sewing
machine or a cooking range, is
to get off a pathetic sermon to
the man on his home life relationship
and his duty v?) to provide
conveniences for his wife.
When you come to think of it
this presumptuous method of a
stranger, who has as much interest
in the welfare of your family
as he has in the inhabitants of
Africa, bringing an indictment
against your loyalty and devo
lion to your wife and family, is
a gross insult and agents dVe
sometimes called to task bv in
f telltgent men when they pro
ceed to get off this familiar tomf
myrot. The agent has a right to
^talkup^em|^ofhi8 wares,
a right topre^^^^ua^^m^
on family relationship and vir
tually declare that you will not
be "good to your wife" unless
you buy his machine or range.
A man who is really "good to
his wife" is the man who puts
into practice sound business
sense and spends his money
wisely and economically. For
example, let*s make this comparison:
One man buys a sewing
machine on time, at two
prices, from a traveling agent
who tells him he will be good to
his wife and family if he will do
that thing. The crop yield in
the Fall is less than it promised
(as it usually is). The price of
cotton is much lower than was
expected. But that note with
interest must be paid. The wife
and children must go thinly clad
and go without necessities during
the Winter. Financial burdens
always fall heaviest upon
the woman in the home, and
especially is this true with the
average farmer, because the
farmers wife is the hardest
worked woman' in the country.
Now this part of the comparison
might be changed just a little by
saying that the agent, who was
very much "on the job" induced
this man to "love his wife" so
well that he actually gave his
old foachine to the agent and
bought the new one. This
frequently happens, and it is
equally true that in many instan
ces the old machine with a little
cleaning up and adjusting is as
good or a better machine than
the new one which the agent
delivers.
Now here's the other part of
the above comparison. Another
farmer decided that he knew
about as well how to be "good
to his wife and family" as the
agent could tell htm. (In many
instances, the agent is unmarried
and has no practical knowledge
of this part of the problem.)
When this man married he took
(t practical view of the marriage I
vow to "protect and support'*
and he is living up to it bjr
spending his money wisely. He f
refuses to buy the machine from
the agent because the machine j
which he has is still capable of
rendering service. Being a
practical business man he believes
in getting service out of
his old machine as long as it is
capable of rendering service
even if he has to pay a repair
man a dollar occasionally to re
adjust it and put it in order. This
man's wife and family are comfortably
fed and clothed and are
well supplied with life's necesities
as well as some modern
conveniences like funning water
in the house, lights, fireless
cooker, kitchen cabinet, screened
doors and windows, etc. He
kee^s his children in school the
full term and is sending some of
the older ones to college. In
this comparison I have described
two wavs of being "good to
your wife and family." Which
do you like best?
Ford Company Increases Capital
Stock To $100,000,000
Detroit, Mich., june 4.?The
Ford Motor Company announced
today that it had increased its
authorized capital stock from
$2,000,000 to $100,000,000 and
had declared a stock dividend
of $48,000,000 payable July 1.
A cash dividend was declared
on the original authorized stock
of $2,000,000 but the amount was
not made public. The stock
dividend increases the holdings
Couzens, vice prisident, received
$5,000,000
The stock increase brings the
issued capital stock of the concern
to a valuation of $50,0*>0,000.
The remaining $50,000,000
will be kept in the company's
treasury "to be used as conditions
demand in the future."
Eleven Ships Sunk in a Day
London, June 5.?German submarines
continued their activity
in English waters today. The
results, demonstrated in the
number rather than importance
of the vtjsels sent to the bottom,
added 11 ships to a list of similar
size sunk yesterday.
No loss of life was reported
today, and the lost Vessels with
one exception?the small French
steamship Pen field?were English
steam trawlers and fisher-1
men operating under sail. If
the German activities served no
other purpose they made plain
the fact that there are a large
number of submarines of deadly
potentiality widely scattered
about the United Kingdom and
that the insignificance of the
"bag" is due to the lack of more
important targets rather that inability
to deal with them. This
has tended to increase the prevailing
uneasiness.
Next Reunion of Veterans in
Birmingham
Richmond, Va., June 2.?Gen.
Bennett II. Younp of Loni?i/iii?
was today reelected commander
in cheif of the United Confederate
Veterans, in annual reunion
here, and Birmingham, Ala.,
was selected as the reunion city
for 1616.
The election of Gen. Young
followed a spirited contest, his
opponent being Gen. Felix H.
Robertson of Crawford, Texas.
Prior to the election the dele
gates directed that a message of
sympathy be sent to Gen. Young
who was kept away by illness.
Report of Com
or First Quarter, 1915, of all Clai
the Board of C<
an'y 4 1915 Sarah Brown <
Isabella lohnson
C D Brown
Adam McFarland
W H Smith
Caroline Baker
Cvnthia Catoe
John Goodwin
D A VVilkerson
Martha Leary
W N Brantly
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John and Sarah Rod
Caroline Patrick
Rachel Hicks
Nancy Sullivan
W E Johnson
William Miles
Calvin Powe
Grantville Mills
Eliza Axum
Louisa Melton
M J Davis
Alice HuggittS
Malinda Cowe
Eliza Ann Brown
Elmira Welsh
J O Edwards
Alfred McRae
Lewis Jackson
Amanda Sutton
Hul(J Rodgers
Bettie Rollings
Mary Jackson
Rachel Campbell
Henriett Beaver
Ranball Hammons
Mary Brown
William McBride
Ceasar Pegues
Catharine 'folbert
Hannah Grani
Rilla Melton
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Harriet Stanley
^
iviary Goodwin
Henry Steen
Thorsday Brewer
Nancy McFarland
Nancy Cassidy
Nelson Johnson
Adline Gardney
John Poison
Charles Levatt
Harriet McFarland
Eliza Harp
W J Tucker
Mrs W F Cross
M D Johnsori
Sophia Sellers
J D Grooms
1) A Shaw
Isaac Gibson
Cotena Streateir
Easter Rorie
Charles Evans
Ernest W Moore, Ri
G A M alloy, Constal
R A Rouse, Supt. Ed
M D and H L Smith
La Costa Evans, Fre
?> E Clark & Co., Cl
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K Walker, Evans & Cc
C L Crowley, Const;
James Griffith, Cons
T W Belk, M agist ra
J B Brown, Right of
James Griffith, Com
z C A Baker, Magistra
Jefferson Drug Co, <
1 W Black well, Chai
R M Pressley, R. &
F M Moore, Constat
J C Revis, Magistral
Malloy & Co., Chair
J W. Rascoe, Magist
Theo. Winburn, Coi
J D Smith, R & B Sr
J W Ouslev, Magisti
G A Sherrill, Specia
Armfield Hardware
Armfield Hardware.
Bank of Chesterfield
Rilla Melton, outside
Peoples' Bank, R R
Dr. L E Bull, Chainj
K W Rivers, Commi
D P Douglass, Salary
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Played too Rough.
A negro in a Southern county
eat town had been condemned
o die, says The Kansas City
>tar. The day of the hanging
aine and Rastus was taken tc
he scaffold in the court house
ard. The hood was slipped
>ver his head and the noose
djusted.
Just as the sheriff was about tc
prmg the trap a cry of "Fire!"
vas heard, and smoke was seen
oming from the court house
vindows. The officials and
pectators, forgetting their task,
ushed to help fight the blaze,
Vnyway, Rastus was tied and
:ould not escape without aid.
During the fire another negro
vandered into the court house
rard and passed the scaffold,
ie though he recognized a
amiliar form standing on it and
iroceded to find aut.
"Hello, dar! Is dat you, Rasus?"
"I'se Rastus."
"What you all doing' on dat
latform?"
"I'se a movin' picture actor
low, Sam."
"A movin' picture actor?"
"Yas, sah; a regular movin
icture actor,"
"Is movin' picture actin' hard
vork, .Rastus?"
"It's softer dan eatin' waternelon
all day long."
"Is you paid well?"
"Gets $5 every day for workin1
Virkitr r\r (mn "
. 1IVU1 Ut l?*V.
"Rastus, you all is a friend of
nine, isn't vou all?"
"I sure is, Sam."
"Den if the white folks what
un dis movin's picture actor
tusiness wants another actor you
ell 'em about me, Rastus."
?&n ramo on nn here
tnolakemy jdZmSBTfloW, banr.
'se tired of movin' picture actin1
or to day. Besides, I got tc
pend the money I'se made
ilready."
Sam mounted the steps and
eleased Rastus from his bonds,
lastus in turn prepared the unuspecting
Sam for hanging
Then he skipped. A few min
ites later the sheriff returned,
le saw a negro standing patienty
on the scaffold. Without
urther ado he sprung the trap.
Fortunately for Sam the rope
vas old and broke under the
udden strain. It rolled Sam in
o the dust of the court house
ard. He wrenched his hands
oose and jerked the hood from
lis head. Then rolling his eves
round and rubbing his neck, he
aid:
"You all white folks can take
rack your old job. You all's too
ough."
<lew Rural Routes Will Numbei
710
Washington, June f>.?Estabishment
of 7to new rural mail
lelivery routes to serve 82,39(]
atfillies and the extension ol
jxisting service to reach 5,46C
idditional families wds announcid
tonight by Postmaster General
Burleson. Nearly all of the
tew routes will go into oper
ition June 14.
Enlargement and extension o!
he rural service was made pos
able, a Postoffice Departmeni
statement explains, by a read
ustment in April and Mav
esulting in a reduction o
)perating expenses amounting
o $511,262. Many routes hav<
>een consolidated with others
>ut it is said but few carrier
will be dropped.
Will Pony Work Too?
An advertisement in a loca
ixchange reads as follows.
FOR SALE?Gentle Pony, har
tiess and buggy will work anj
where, Apply to?
The Approaching District Conference
fulyFirst.
I Rev. J. A. McGravv pastor of
the M. E. church hands the
Journal the following:
1st. District as used here
I means Presiding Elder's District,
> of which there are 12 in the
state of South Carolina. The
j Florence district is composed of
70 local churches, 22 pastoral
charges, lying within the ternJ
tory ot Darlington, Chesterfield,
Marlboro and Florence counties.
' 2nd. The conference will,
' when made up, consist of all the
pastors, superanuated preachers,
local preachers and 4 lay dele'
gates from each pastoral charge.
' The nresiHinur RIHor ic nrocl/lAnt
J ? b AO A VOiUV/li 4
of the conference unless a BishJ
op is in attendance, in that event
the Bishop presides.
3rd. The jurisdiction of the
District conference is an oversight
of all the interests of the
church in the District bounds.
Some of its work is to license
proper persons to preach, after
an examination by a committee
at this conference, to recommend
, suitable persons, to the Annual
conference for admission into
, the traveling connection after
examination by another com- /
mittee appointed by this conference,
to examine into the character
of, and renew the license
, of local preacher, as local
preachers are licensed for only
. one year at a time, to elect 4
delegates from the District to
the ensuing Annual conference,
to make inquiry into the spiritual
state of the church, into the
Sunday school work, into the
method of finances m^nauch
church pppers
' attend and represent the cause
1 which has been committed to
them. There will be one or
two preaching services each day.
Sessions of the conference will
be held morning, afternoon and
evening. All the work of the
conference will be for the public
to attend.
Painted Dwellings
Progressive Farmer.
This thing of painting farm
houses is mighty catching," said
an observant man to us the other
day. "You let Hill Jones paint
his house and have all the pas
strs by admiring it, and tiie next
thing you know Tom Brown and
Henry Sykes say, 'Well, Bill
Jones ain't no better than I am,
and I guess my folks are as much
entitled to a painted house as his
are.' So they paint, too." It's a
mighty good sort of contagion to
be going round. Paint pays not
only in preserving lumber but in
giving new pride and dignity to
the family in the painted house.
A farmer in a painted house
: seems to rather feel that he has
' lined up with the progressive
folks, has advertised himself as
I such, and that it's up to him to
! make good.
At a party a lady said to a
f little boy who was leaving;
"Won't you have some more
i cake before you go?
"No," said he, "I'm full."
? "Then," said the lady, "put
f some cake and oranges and nuts
C in your pockets, won't you?"
J "They're full too," said the
. boy.?Ex.
s
"Are you going to have a
garden this year?"
"No," replied Mr. Growcher.
] "It isn't mv turn to make a
garden. I'm going to keep
. chickens this year and let my
t neighbor make the garden."?
Washington Star,