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fi V . THE PAGELAND JOURNAL Vol.6 NO. 27 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1916 $1.00 per year _ _ - - ??? ^ ?? J I ' " " nave A. Keal Home on Tour Farm A Farm with an unpainted house standing in an open field in the glaring sunshine, with cottoA rows running up near it, no green grass, no trees nor shrubbery, and not a flower KtArvminnr orrvnn/l if i o n uiwiiiiii^ ai\/uuu ii| 10 a piawc the boys and girls of the family will embrace the first opportuni ty to escape from. Especially will this be the case with the girls if the interior of the house corresponds with the exterior, for much of the beauty and comfort of the home depends on the woman having a chance to beautify the interior. The farmer in such a place as I have described may by most rigid economy accumulate money, and may get a reputation among nis neighbors as a good farmer, simply because he has made some money. But he has missed life, real life, and has simply been grubbing after filthy lucre. He has failed to make a home, and from the old house that was simply a shelter, the boys and girls will leave him to himself after awhile and would not be manly boys nor womanly women if they did not. For the boys and girls are catching the spirit that is abroad in the South, and will leave the old shelter and be making real homes for themselves. Painting the house is not only adding to its appearance, but is important in adding durability to the woodwork. A dwelling should be painted every three years at least. Thpn molrp a nr^Mu nrrace lawn about the house, especially a good sweep of grass showing from the front windows. While > trees and shrubbery are important and desirable, do not smother the whole front with trees but keep some open lawn there and plant trees and shrubbery as a framework for the lawn. In our Southern homes we use the porches more for shade than the trees, and we do not want the breeze smothered out by too thick planting of trees. Flowering shrubbery along the base of the house greatly helps the appearance of the house itself, and with a variety that bloom in succession from early spring till late supimer the shrubbery can be made very attractive and interesting. Then 10 ine siaes 01 me dwelling nave some flower beds, largely of the hardy herbaceous plants that come up and bloom every year with some of the summerflowering bulbs like the old Madonna lily and gladiolus, and on the shady side ot the he use a bed of the lily of the valley. Then keep the grass in the lawn good and neat with the lawn mower and an annual top dressing of bone meal, and do not use it for a horse pasture. Stock of no kind should be allowed on the lawn. Have a good pasture elsewhere, so that thprp h; ill Ko nrv " ..... W ? > uv uu IVUIl'llllUli IU turn the horses on tiie lawn to tear up the shrubbery and bite the trees. Then make a drive to the house that will not be used by the farm wagons, and make this drive of good material, rock, if at hand, for the foundation, and close packing gravel for the sur inv^t See that the rooms inside are made homelike with neat wall paper and good pictures and good books and plenty of papers ami magazines. Get a good lighting system, if you can af- J ford it; and above all provide the house with running water and a good bath and drainage. % And while putting improved Americans Are 11U Miles Below The Border ] With the American Army March 18.?Via Wireless to Columbus, N. M.?After marching more than 110 miles into Mexico,i in 42 hours, the American punitive expedition today received information apparently locating Pancho Villa, the object of their chase. Disposition of the troops began tonight for the task of hunting him down. Meanwhile, Villa was reported continuing his outrages upon Americans. The expedition reached? (name deleted by censor). They were informed that the Mexican leader passed through this place , only a few days ago. The latest information of Villa's present whereabouts placed him on the 1 ranch of Candelario Hernandez, i one of the sub chiefs with him , on the raid against Columbus. , Gen. John J. Pershing person- ; alltr V?/-v uii t ivu uiv njiu); cuvaii) v.uiuran in the 110-mile dash. Everv man in his command was 1 mounted. They pressed through a section of Mexico where water , was scarce. For such i large > body of men the speed main- < tained was remarkable and the 1 good condition in which they ' came through was inspiring. 1 Only a few cavalry horses and ' pack mules were lost, the vie- < tims of a hard ridden trail. The men reached the camp thirsty ( and hungry but otherwise in \ good condition, fit for action and j eager for the pursuit of Villa to begin in earnest.' ttere" thev 1 were met with reports that Villa ! had raided the American colon 1 ies in the vicinity of his moun- 1 tain retreats and that he had killed residents of these colonies. Must Be Cautious ' <u. .? - -- ' w iicu nit; nam came 10 a Slop < an antique-looking: dame thrust j her head out of the window opposite the refreshment room and < briefly shouted, "Sonny!" j A bright-looking little boy 1 came up to the window, relates , The Buffalo Times. , "Little boy," she said, "have , you a mother?" . "Yes, ma'am." "Do you love her?" v I "Yes, ma'am." j "Do you go to school, dear?" j "Yes, ma'am." < "And ar^ you faithful to your { studies?-' ; "Yes, ma'am." ! "Do you say your prayers j every night?" ] "Yes, ma'am." , ,t "Can I trust you to do an errand for me?" ,j "Yes, ma'am." I 1 "I think I can, too," said the , lady, looking steadily down the < manly face. "Here is a penny, j Get me an apple. Remember, | God sees you!" ? machinery and implements on i the farm, do not forget that the I kitchen should be homelike as 1 well as the rest of the house, i Heat the house all over front the 1 cellar, and then you will be get- i ting something like a home out- i side and in, and the boys will 1 like it so well that they will get s fond of the home and the farm, * and will want an education that i will make them better farmers. ' It will take a first-class young 1 man to attract the girls away j from such a home, and they will i not take up the fust chance to ( escape from a place that is not a < home.?W. F. Mugsey in Pro ' gressive Farmer. f / UNION COUNTY NEWS < VIonroc Enquirer. An automobile, thief got in 1 some successful work here last ' Saturday night. He found a i Ford runabout belonging to the 1 Monroe Hardware Company 1 standing on the street near Cen- 1 tral Methodist church. Mr. < r i? i i -i-s . i iuuiY iwuieuiu, vviiu iiuu unveil the car last had taken the key to 1 the car with him. The thief went to the Tharp Hardware and 1 Manufacturing Company's place and from Tharps "John Henry" ' he stole the key and used it in 1 making a get-away with the ' Monroe Hardware Company's 1 machine. The thief went up ! the Chailotte road and when he was about three miles and a half ? beyond Matthews the gasoline 1 gave out and he could go no i further on wheels. He took the ! laprobe out, went into a nearby ! pine thicket, raked up a bed of pine straw and it is presumed { took a nap. He left the robe in ' the bed ot straw. Mr. O. V. Mc- 1 dee ramp Hnwn from Phorlntto 1 Sunday morning and reported 1 that he saw an abandoned car ! by the road side near McAlpine's 1 creek and Policeman Laney and 1 Mr. Frank Redfearn went .up I and found that the abandoned < car was the one that had been 1 stolen. The thief took the key i of the Tharp car with him and is 1 ready for the next locked Ford ! he finds. Parties say that they 1 saw a large negro man leaving 1 the car on the Charlotte road 1 sarly last Sunday morning. A small boy went up to a bale 1 of cotton at the Icemorlee Mill 5 last Sunday afternoon and call 1 ing to some companions said, \ 'Look at me set fire to this rnt. i ton and"thenput^ tr "out." ft>f ^ struck a match and carried out the first part of his proposition 1 to perfection. The second part 1 was not carried out?not by the 1 boy. After a hard fighi a num ber of men succeeded In putting < out the fire after it had spread 1 over about 100 bales of dry cot ' ton. The loss is not great and ( is covered by insurance. I Mr. Charles Helms of New Salem township, had his right ( leg sawed off just above the J knee last Friday afternoon. lie was at work at Mr.- H. E. Helms' 1 saw mill near Watson church 1 and fell across the saw carriage ' and was carried against the saw. 1 The leg was completely severed. * r>.. i: ai? t * ? " * - lty uuiumg uie ieg lvir. Helms' 1 life was saved and he was taken 4 in an automobile to a hospital in Charlotte and the wound dress 2d and the patient has been doing fine ever since and expects , io return home in a few days. \ Mr. Helms is a good citizen and ] lis terrible injury is regretted by , i great many friends. , Messrs. J. W. Hamilton, James j E. Liles and Archie Levy have j formed a copartnership under | [he firm name of Hamilton-Liles j TJo. The stock of goods carried j ly Hamilton & Griffin and by , Mr. Archie Levy have been con , iolidated. Willis Harris and Robert \ Vlitchum, colored, started to . J town from their homes in west ( Monroe township last Saturday j morning in a top buggy drawn \ t>y a mule. That buggy never j reached town. It was burned i jp. The men stopped at the ' lome of Henry Presson, colored, j ind went into the house for a ( social chat and while they were t n the house the tow sack which ( was wrapped around a hot rock > which had been put in the bug- \ yy for foot warming purposes, ignited and from that the buggy 4: 1 ?I !? 1 .niiKtii *'li IIIC illHI Wllt'U II WHS I ( liscovered the too and the body j were flaming and it was impos , able to put out the fire until < Curative Value of Wheat Bran Perhaps if ordinary wheat Dran, which anyo >e can secure [or a few pennies, were put up r 4 in iancy pouna pacxages as a ' valuable laxative, and a fancy . price charged for it. more peo- j pie would use it. Like so many j other things in the world, hecause it is cheap, people fail to ' place a proper valuation on it. ! As a laxative wheat bran has 1 few equals writes Dr. A. M. Hughes in Farm and Home. It , leaves no bad* results if taken properly, and seldom fails to re lieve constipation and the very ' many ailcnts that result directly and indirectly from constipation. : Bran taken properly, will i clear up the so-called 'liver-spot- ] ted" skin, remove the ordinary j indigestion, remedy dry skin, and, it is claimed by many, prove a help in anemia. Nothing comes in boxes, jars, ! or bottles, that is much a skin i beautifior n?? whpnt Kran \ r>oor skin, as most people know , now, is due to impure blood, and impure blood is generally a 1 stomach condition. Constipation, indigestion and other ail- 1 ments cause sallow, blotched, pimply and otherwise unlovely ( complexions. The use of wheat bran will help to correct these, relieve the constipation, improve the blood, and, this done, the skin becomes once more good < to look upon. No beauty doc- j tor can begin to work such a miracle of beautifying the skin with mere cosmetics and instruments. It is especially good for skin eruptions, noted so frequent- 1 ly with young people. One 1 jood way to take it is to stir it in a glass of cold?not ice water, irid drink it. If the children, cr adults for ^44 A- ' * * * * uui luuuci, uisiVKC IO laKe II ID his manner, mix it with the norning cereal. For children, invalids or anyone else who likes it that wav, nix a good quantity of bran with marmalade, honey or some Mher syrup, and spread it on Dead. Or it may be eaten clear, as a < ;ereal, with cream and a little 1 sugar. i As to the quantity, it all defends upon your need of a laxa- < ive. Anywhere from one to ive heaping tablespoons may 1 :>e taken daily. The morning is i i good time to take this, as it is lot a severe physic when han- i lied properlv. i I Encampment in May \ The National Government will hold an encampment for business men of this section at | Fort Oglethrope, near Chatta looga, Tenn. The first of these will begin May 3rd and last un ! il May 30th. The expense of his encampment will be $30.00 1 o be paid on entrance, a uni- 1 orm to cost, including march- ( ng shoes about $18.00 and rail- I oad fare of about $10.00 for ound trip. This will include ill necessary expense for the hirtv days. All attending will * jet the very best of training tin- 1 ler (J. S. Army officers. This I ncludes not only drilling but 1 ectures and general instruction o make a man a broader and jetter informed man and citizen. ! Those in charge of the arrange- ' nents expect 200 fiom South ( Carolina and it is hoped that ' here will be at least ten from Chesterfield county. Any other nformation and application | )hmks can be had from E. , Walker Duvall, Cheraw, S. C. < learly all o! the buggy was dearoyid. In the buggy was a )usiiel and a half ol corn which 5 .vas being taken to mill and fhe 1 :orn was ruined. 11 , jasper, Last of Allen dan, Shot ? To Death Roanoke, Va., March 18.? Jasper Allen, 50 years old, of Carroll County, Va., last of the ^ Allen clan which became prom- ^ inent four years ago when they ^ killed Judge Thornton H. Massie, several jurors and court officers n at Hillsville, Va., was shot and killed early this morning by p Will McGraw, alleged moon- p shiner and reputed "bad man," according to information receiv- p pd hpr*? IflHav frnm Mniint A AIVlll 1UVUUI / ^11} , N. C. The shooting occurred a at a road house in Carroll County, near the Virginia-North Carolina line, where the two men had secured lodging for the ^ night. Allen, it is said, resented a a statement made by McGraw, ^ that Wesley Edwards, one of the clan who is now serving a 27- tl year term in the Virginia peni- c tentiary, "does not have the ^ nerve people give him credit * fr?r " ,or. tl A fist fight ensued, the men ( clinched, two shots were fired in c rapid succession, and Allen fell with a bullet through the brain. a The dead man was the father , c of Friel Allen, serving 15 years ^ in the Virginia penitentiary for participation in the Hillsville e tragedy, and brother of Floyd ^ Allen, who died in the electric chair two years ago in expiation of his part in the court house ^ shooting. v . Jasper Allen was famed in the mountains for his fearlessness, . arid was said to be the "brains" \ of the Allen clan. ^ McGraw fled to the mountains, where it is believed he is r in hiding. He is wanted bv Fed eral authorities for violations of the revenue laws. e "Pas# de Hat" ] The colored parson had Just v. concluded a powerful sermon on s "Salvation am Free'" and was r announcing that a collection a ivnn 1H 1 tolron f/\r tlm .. ?V lonvil 1W1 lilt UCUCUI ? of the parson and his family, c Up jumped an acutely brunette i brother in the back of the t church. i "Look a-yeah, pah son," he interrupted, "yo' ain't no sooner t done tellin' us dat salvation am \ free dan vo' go askin' us fo' money. If salvation am free, ^ what's de use in pavin' for it? Dat's what I want to know. An' \ I tell yo' p'intedly dat I find out. Now?" "Patience, brudder, patience," said the parson. "I'll 'lucidate. S'pose yo' was thirsty an' come ? to a river. Yo' could kneel J right down an' drink your fill, ' couldn't yo'? An' it wouldn' cost c yo' nothin', would it?" co se noi. uat's jes' tie ' ver>Mhing?" "Dat water would be free," continued the parson. "But, ^ s'posin' yo' was to hab dat water ' piped to yo' house, yo'd have to | nay, wouldn't vo'?" "Yas, suh, but?" b "Waal, brudder, so it is wid c salvation. De salvation am free, r but it's de habin' it piped to yo* ? iat yo' got to pay fo\ Pass de liat, deacon; pass de hat." P D Johnny was sliding on the barn roof. He was going so fast that he was afraid he would fall over the edge, so he called o 3ut* "Oh, Lord, save me!" A He slid on; then, suddenly It stopping, exclaimed: ' Never mind, Lord, I'm caught on ? aail!" unday School Convention March 22nd and 23rd. Chesterfield Count v Inter enominational Sunday School Convention to be held in Prcsyterian church in Cheraw, S. C. larch 22nd 23rd. First Session, 3.30 p. m. Wed lesday, Devotional services. The Convention Keyword Religions Education for all the eople with report of the year's vork in county, President L. A. Cerr. The Growing Teacher Gener1 Secretary R. D Webb Enrollment of delegates and ppointment of Committees. Second Session, 8.00 p. m. Vednesday, Devotional Services. The Church at Sunday School nd the Sunday School at Church. Rev. Peter Stakes. Religious Education for all he people of the State, through rganized Sunday School work. Medges taken by Gen. Secreary R. D. Webb. How to secure punctual atendance. Lesson study and Contributions. Open discussion ?f methods. Third Session, Thursday* 10. i. m. Devotional Services. The New Sunday School Ideal, >y General Secretary R. D. Vebb. What a Sunday School teach;r should be and know, bv Rev. * V. W. White. ArvAftn f T1 /n ^ wpul Ul \^UIIlllllllt.'L*> il 1111 lection of officers. Helping every Sunday School or 1916, by General Secretary Webb. i . What will J do towards ng every Sunday School in our bounty? One minute responses rom each county officer. Selection of place of next neeting and adjournment. This is an lnterdenominationl! meeting and every worker in ;very whithe Sunday School in he county is urgently requested o attend. This Association is itate-wide and World wide. It idvocates the latest and best nethods of Sunday School work md stands only for these interists that are common to Sunday ichools of all denominations, ts plans and methods are practicable for all as they do not ouch upon church doctrines, rhe work is by way of surgesion, not by authority, therefore t helps many and hinders none. Loran A. Kerr. Countv Presi lent. I). L. Tillman, Acting Secreary. Stevenson for Rural Credits Mr. Stevenson, in his race for ongress, advocates a rural credt system. In the South, threeourths of the people are farmers. The great hanking law put hrough by this administration nade some piovision lor f.timers >ut none for the man who lias to tuy his kind and nerds long reilit on it. Six months is the oncost credit he can I under hat law. There should ha\e een a land credit system emiraced in it whereby a man ould get a long credit and low ate of interest on real estate nd enable him to buy, or reeem a home. Why was it not asset! with the balance of the ill? Registration Books Open Registration books will he pen everv (i i st Moiuia\ a I the mciior's office until -Wtlavs bein ilie general election. S. B. l imnions Chm. R, T. White, Clrek, W. M. Belk.