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The Pageland Journal Published Wednesday Mornings C. M. Tucker, Proprietor Subscription Price - - $1.00 Entered as second class mail matter at the post otfice at Pageland, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. June 23, 1915 Hotenoughforyou? ? c m The other fellow is too much concerned about his troubles to care to hear yours. Shut up. From Washington comes the announcement that Robert Lan sing will be secretary of state to succeed W. J. Brvan. Mr. Lansing's selection will be a popu lar one, as he is well fitted for the duties of this great office. Horses and mules need water more than three times a day when they are at work in the field or on the road these long, hot days. Very few men work half a day without water, and horses should not be required to do so. They should be unhitched and carried to water at least once between morning and noon, and between noon and night. The horse, or mule, is a very faithful animal and a very necessary one. The man who mistreats him will have to answer for it before the Judge of all the earth. Do not overwork him or get him too hot, a thing very easy to do at th-s season. Do not feed much new oats or other green feed and expect your horse to work and thrive. Your horse is one of vour best friends. Treat him as one. ? The death sentence of Leo M. *? Frank for the murder of-Mary Phagan in a pencil factory in Atlanta about two years ago was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Slaton Monday and Frank was taken at once to the state prison at Milledgeville where he began serving his sentence. When the news was given out there were demonstrations in the streets of Atlanta against the governor and the police had a hard time in dispersing the mobs. Mon/tn.. ? ' via^ niKiii several nunarea men marched out to the home of Governor Slaton and attempted to break through the front gates, but were checked by barbed wire entanglements and a dozen or more armed deputies. The governor then called out the state malitia to protect him from the mob. Martial law was proclaimed in a district half a mile by one mile about the home of the governor and the malitiamen were stationed with bayonets The crowd gradually dispersed. In Marietta, the former home of the murdered girl, and in Newnan the governor was burned in effigy. In Newnan images of the governor and Frank were hanged, and later WPfP Pllt llfkurn t: 1 _ jvi mi nit; unu dragged blazing through the streets. Frank had exhausted every other means of escape from his sentence open to him. Solicitor General Dorsey, who prosecuted Frank, issued a statement in which he declared that 'the action of Gov. Slaton nullifying the judgements of the State and federal courts and overriding the recommendations of the State board of pardons was unprecedented." He added that no defendant in his recollection had had the benefit of more appeals to both the State and federal courts. Where They Agreed The elderly, benevolent-lookins: gentleman approached the man and his wife who were quarreling bitterly. "My dear friend," he said, "this won't do at all, you know." "What have you got to do with it?" snarled the man. "Nothing at all, except so far as I can help in settling this dispute," "There ain't no dispute," growled the belligerent. "No dispute? But my dear friend??" "I tell you there ain't no dispute. She thinks she ain't going to get my week's wages, and I know she ain't. So wher's any dispute Took Away His Support "Johnn}!" exclaimed the teacher sternly. "What are vou fumbling with?" Johnny hung his head and was silent but the telltale of the class piped up: "It's a pin he's got, teacher." "Well, take it from him and bring it to me." This was done, and in a mollified tone the teacher said: "Now, Johnny, get up and recite your history lesson." But lohnny blushed, hung his head and sat still. "Johnny," commanded the teacher, "rise, L tell you!" "I can't, ma'ma," wept Johnny; "that there pin you took is what holds up me trousers " Birthday Party and Other Dudley News The program for the B. Y. P. U. will be published in the next issue. The convention is to be held with the Dudley church and we hope to make it the best in the history of the organization. Miss Mavis Funderburk returned from the Black Mountains of North Carolina, where sue represented coker College in the Blue Ridge conference. She reports a great time, stating -that the -conference- was?both highly educational and inspiiational. She will give a report of her trip Sunday night in the B. Y. P. U. Mr. Leon Funderburk preached at Mt. Pisgah Sunday, the pastor being ill with throat trouble. Miss Ethel Walden delightfully entertained about seventy five of her friends at a birthday party Saturday night. Ice cream and cake were served on the lawn after which music by the string band. The entire evening was thoroughly enjovr-d. Sometime ago a weary looking hobo rambled up the garden walk of a suburban home and mteklv tflnnPfi r?n Kart ^ r- 1?? ??*v MMVU UWIl "Lady/* he remarked almost tearfully. "I don't want you to think I'm a tramp. Until a few weeks ago I had a good hand laundry, but it failed me, and since then I have hardly had enough to eat." "That is too bad," responded the good woman, as she began to hand the hobo all kinds of sandwiches. "How did the laundry come to fail you?" "It was this way," answered the tramp, stuffing the fodder in his pocket and starting for the gate. "She got tired of workin' and went home to her mother." Birthday Party. Little Mary Welsh Parker delightfully entertained miitp a number of the little girls of the town last Wednesday afternoon from 4:30 to 7 o'clock at a Birthday party. After playing many delightful games the little guests were ushered .into the spacious dining room where ice cream and cake were served. Fruit punch was served in the hall. Marv Welsh received many dainty little presents. Mrs. Curtis Moore, of Camden, is visiting at the home of Mr. U. F. Moore, " / * CHURCH HOTft Vg The ladies union prayer moping will meet with Mr. W. T. Edgeworth Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The union prayer service tonight at the M. E.. cliurch copducted by Rev. J. M. Sullivan. Everybody welcome. R. W. Cato's Appointments i 1st Sunday?Mt. Moriah at ql o'clock on Sunday, and 3 o'clodk on Saturday. 2nd Sunday?Bethel at W o'clock Sunday, and Saturday at 2 o'clock. j ora sunaaj'? Mt. Pisgah at lit o'clock Sunday, and Saturday ft 2 o'clock. \ BAPTIST, J. M. Sullivan. Paslor. 1 We have three enlistment workers in the State Convention employed jointly by the Statte and Home missions Board. W, J. Langston D. O., of Columbia has charge of the lower or Coastal region, Rev. J. D. Crane of Greer, S. C., has charge of the upper or mountainous section and Rev. W. M. Whiteside of Spartanburg has charge of the mill work. These workers are doing a great deal to bring our backward churches up to the < standard of efficiency in Kingdom building. We are glad to announce that one of these workers will be in our Association this week. ReV.W. J. Langston will be with us at White Plains Friday at 8:15 p. m. All the near-by churches are requested to send their Deacons and leading members. Saturday, Liberty Hill 3 p. m. And all the churches near this point ure requested to send their leading members to hear Dr. Langston. It will be well worth while lor the churches to have representatives in these meet ings nearest them. ? We had large and appreciative ? audiences at both our services It last Sunday, Center Grove ini the morning and Whijff ?j|j|J in the afternoon. Be sure you hear Dr. Langston next Sunday, Pageland 11a. m. and 8:30 p. m. He will speak of the "Enlistment Work." \' | Items from Jefferson Jeffersonian Miss Lottie Miller who has been teaching in a college in Missouri returned home to spend the summer last week. Cadet Elmore White, who has been attending the Citadel this year came home Wednesday to snend hi? ciimrr?a? vacation. Mr. G. Wiley Griffith left for Black Mountains, N. C.t Tuesday where he went to accept a position with a livery and sales stable. Uncle Noah Pate who was well known as being: the oldest man in the world was said to be over 100 years, old, died early Wednesday morning. Uncle Noah was a preacher in his younger days, but for the past several years, owing to his age, he was only able to visit the members of his flock. Mayor J. E. Thomas has recently imposed a thirty-day sen- i tence on all dogs (the four leg j kind) in town. That is. he has ordered the high chief to see i that all dogs are kept tied or shut up and not allowed on thp streets for the next thirty-days or longer. This is done as a precaution against the mad-dog epidemic that has been raging in and around Jefferson for the past few weeks. The dogs from the countrv will not be shot on sight, but at the same time, they will be looked after and treated as city dogs while here, and the owners are respectfully asked to leave their dogs at home when , they come to town. If they j are allowed to come to town we F cannot promise wha| wiUUwp-I hen to them, ,l- ** * t '' " . 1 i j & BANKERS URGEDTO COME WITH > FiRMFR! -trrr JK. kill SOUL MATERIAL HA3 ENTEREI THE BANK VAULT8 OF THE NATION. Th# Bank a Financial Power Hou* m to the Community. By Peter Radford. One of the greatest opportunities fl the business life of the nation lie; in practical co-operation of the coun try banks with the farmer in buildini agriculture and the adventure is ladei with greater possibilities than an; forward movement now before th< American public. A few bankers have loaned mone: to farmers at a low rate of interest and ofttimes without compensation,. t< buy blooded livestock, build silos fertilize the land, secure better seed hold their products for a betetr mai ket price, etc. The banker in con tributing toward improving tW grad< Of livestock; the quality of the see< and the fertility of the soil, plants ii the agricultural life of the coramunit: a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny son's brook, runs on and on forever Community Progress a Bank Asset The time was whep money loanet on such a basis would severely tes the sanity of the banker; such trans actions would pain the directors lik< a blow in the face. A cashier win would dare to cast bread upon wateri that did not return buttered side u] In time for annual dividends woul< have to give way to a more capabli aiou. iuih uueu not necessarily meai that the bankers are getting any bette: or that the milk of human klndnesss ii being Imbibed more freely by our flnan clers. It indicates that the bankers art getting wiser, becoming more able fin anclers and the banking Industry mor< competent. The vision of the builder li crowding out the spirit of the pawn broker. A light has been turned 01 a new world of investment and n< usurer ever received as large returm 011'the investment, as these progres alve bankers, who made loans t< uplift industry. The bankers havi always been liberal city bulldere, bu they are now building agriculture. A Dollar With a Soul. It is refreshing in this strenuoui Commercial life to find so many dol lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap proached to perform a task that doei bot directly yield the hlguest rate o hegr U^rusth Pthe eagle's wings as IF soars up ward; when a dollar is requested t< return at the option of the borrower it usually appeals to the Goddess o Liberty for Its contractural rights when a dollar is asked to expand li volume to suit the requirements o Industry, It usually talks solemnly o its redeemer, but soul material hai entered Into the vaults of our banki and rate, time and volume have i new basis of reckoning In so far a: the ability Of some of the bankeri permit them to co-operate In promot in or tha Kuainooo r\t formlntr Ood Almighty's Noblemen. These bankers are God Almlghty'i noblemen. Heaven lent earth th< spirit of these men and the angeli will help them roll In place th< cornerstones of empires. They an not philanthropists; they are wls< bankers. The spirit of the hullde: has given them a new vision, am wisdom has visited, upon them bus! ness foresight. The cackle of the hen, the lov of klne and the rustle of growini crops echo in every bank vault In th< nation and the shrewd banker knowi that he can more effectively increasi bis deposits by putting blue blood ii the veins of livestock; quality ii the yield of the soil and value Inti agricultural products, than by bus! ness handshakes, overdrafts an gaudy; calendars. faking the community Into pari nsrshlp with the bank, opening up i ledger account with progress, makini thrift and enterprise stojkholders am the prosperity of the country ai asset to the bank, put behind 1 stability far more desirable than ^letterhead bearing the names of a] the distinguished citizens of the coir imunlty. The bank is the flnancle power house of the community an blessed is the locality that has ai up-to-date banker. POLITICAL PRAYER MEETING: \ . ! It Is a sad day for Christianity whe uie vuuruu u?iib can ine communicant together for a political prayer moe lng. Such gatherings mark the big tide "of religious political fanatlcisn put bitterness Into the lives of men fan the flames of class hatred and d< stroy Christian Influence in tile cor Aunlty. The spirit actuating sue meetings is anarchistic, un-Chrlstllk and dangerous to both church an state. The success of the nation Is In th hands of the farmer. Work for the best and the best wi rise up and reward you. Tenant farming is just one thin after Mother without a pay day, | OUR PUBI II?U. E k On Two-Cent J ? The farmers o tllis nation an ^ Pl^ vitally interested |w 1? mllroad rates y tween passengei f ;,f U11U IICIBUl IUICI freight revenues Some of the i states have a two cent passenger rate a and whatever loss is incurred Is recovt ered through freight revenue. The jus g tice of such a procedure was recently a passed upon by the Supreme Court y of West Virginia and the decision is a so far-reaching that we have asked L. E. Johnson, president of the Nory folk and Western Railway whose road contested the case to briefly review a the suit. Mr. Johnson said in part: t, "Some ten years ago, passenger 1. fares were fixed by the legislatures of a large number of states at two r cents a mile. As a basis for such e economic legislation, no examination i was made of the cost of doing the i business so regulated, nor was any V attention given to the fact whether such a rate would yield to the railway companies an adequate or any net return upon* the capital Invested 1 in conducting this class of business. 1 "Such a law was passed In West > Virginia in 1907. The Norfolk and e Western Railway Company put the 3 rate into effect and maintained it for 3 two years. Its accounting during ? these two years showed that two * cents a mile per passenger barely 3 paid the out-of-pocket cost and noth1 ing was left to pay any return on r capital invested. It sought relief from s the courts. Expert accountants for | As Good a Better tha t ? That is the kind < ; Meat, Lard and other i j?flood qiyditx. ? , ' We sell yoo anytl ; digger to a flying m : TRY US . 3 1 S rADATIMA < a I Winlhrop College a SCHOLARSHIP andjENTRMCK b EXAMINATION r J The examination for the l* award of vacant scholarshirps in v Winthrop College and for the 3 admission of new students will 8 be held at the County Court 0 a House on Friday. July 2, at 9 a. m. II Aphcants must not be less than 0 i- sixteen years of age. When d Scholarships are vacant after u July 2 they will be awarded to * those making the highest averd age at this examination, provid 1 ed thev meet the conditions L ft governing the award. Appli[. cants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson bea fore the examination tor Scholarship examination blanks, n Scholarships are worth Si01) ? and free tuition. The next n session will open September IS, * 1915. For further information h and catalogue, address Pres. I). B. V Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. s- (Advertisement) nh d Monuments i? It will' pay you to see me before you buy a Monument or 11 Tombstone of any kind, if you w?pt to save money. ") G. R. KNIGHT. -ic FORUM .Johnson Passenger Rates f both the State and the Railway Com3 pany testified that the claims of the i railroad were sustained by the facts. j Two cents did not pay the cost of - carrying a passenger a mile. The r State, however, contended that the i railroad -was earning enough surplus - on its state freight business to give a > fair return upon the capital used in ? its passenger as well as its freight 3 business. .For the purposes of the ? case, the railroad did not deny this, s but held to its contention that the - State could not segregate its pas3 senger business for rate fixing with. out allowing a rate that would bo i sufficient to pay the cost of doing s business and enough to give some return upon the capital invested in doing tho business regulated. This ' was the Issue presented to the Supreme Court. Its decision responds to the judgment of the fair-minded sentlmant of the country. The Supreme Court says that, even though a railroad earns a surplus on a particular commodity by charging rea ouuauie raius, mat anords no reason for compelling it to haul another's person or property for less than cost. The surplus from a reasonable rate properly belonga to the railway company. If the surplus is earned from an unreasonable rate then that rate should be reduced. The State may not even up by requiring the railroad to carry other traffic for nothing or (formless than cost. The decision is a wholesome one and demonstrates that the ordinary (rules of fair dealing apply to railway companies. The fact that one makes a surplus on his wheat crop would never be urged bb a reason for compelling him to sell his cotton at less than cost. It would not satisfy the man who wanted bread to be told that its high price enabled the cotton manufacturer to get his raw product for less than cost. In this case the court reaffirmed the homely maxim that each tub must stand upon its . AU/n . 4 m is the Bestn the rest A Hour we sell you. groceries of the same ting from a doodle laehine. m SEE. SUPPLY CO. Hail Insurance in Strong Company. The Home Fire Insurance company, of .New York, the strongest company of the kind in the country has added a line of hail insurance for crops to their business and the Pageland Insurance and Realty Company has the agency for this company. Hail insurance heretofore has not been very satisfactory for the reason that only small or local companies carried it, and in case of general destruction the company could not pay the damage and remain in bssiness. This strong company, with millions capital, can pay for all the damage that is likely to occur in several states, however, and anyone who insures his crop against hail with this cAmivinu motf Lw?1 WIUI'IIIIJ 'Wl nuiv; lllill II1C company will he able to pay the damage. The cost is small and nearly every man can have his cron protected by insurance if he will. Mr. A. 1\ bunderburk will be glad to discuss the matter with you and quote you rates. . (Advnrtlaoment) M. M. JOHNSON ATTORNEY AT LAW Will he in I'ageland Wednesday Thursday and Friday o( oach weok<