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W the pageland journal Vol.6 NO. 28 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 19X6 $1.00 per year UNION COUNTY NEWS Monroe Enquirer. A bale of cotton with pine straw bagging on it was sold on f this market last Friday. Pine i straw bagging was plentiful in I 1889 and 1890 when the jute bag < ging trust was successfully fought. None of the pine straw f bagging has been seen on cot- i ion nere in years until ttie bale * wrapped in it was marketed last c Friday. There was a pine straw ? bagging factory near Wilmington, but none of that kind of t covering for cotton bales has t been made since 1890. Considerable quantity of liquor f is being sold here. No, we have r not seen any of it sold and r would be a very poor witness for t the State if anyone was indicted lor selling booze, but anybody t knows that it is not artesian c water that is having such effect e on 'em. The "corn likker" that is being sold here may be made of t concentrated lye, soap, mill feed r and molasses, but a man told us r that the stopper is always pure <1 corn cob. n There was anything but a bull t time in police circles here last * Saturday and Saturday night. > Fourteen arrests were made and Saturday afternoon there were ^ three scraps in rapid succession i on the streets. Boozing, gam- t bling and scrapping kept the f cops on the go. No, we are t not bragging about it?just tell- ? ing about it. It is a mighty bad 1 state of affairs when policemen 1 are busier than other citizens and it is the raw and unvarnish- ? ed truth that such was the case I here last Saturday. While busi- i ness was fairly good that day, i nobody did a big business. i It is not generally known that ? Helena, Ark., is named for a lady whose father went from < this county and that Phillips ? county, of which Helena is the t seat, was named for a former t citizen of Union county. These i are the facts. Some time prior ? to 1800 Svlvanus Phillips went i from Jackson townshib to the i Arkansas territory. He located ? in Arkansas county, a very large county, and in 1818 he was rep- t resentative from his county in > the legislature of the territory. ? That legislature made a new < cuuui} irum a pan 01 Arkansas I county and as Representative Phillips lived in the portion of his county which was laid off a for a new county they named f the county for him. Mr. Phil- r lips had the honor of naming the s county seat and he named it for t his daughter, Helena. c Col. H. G. Hotchkiss died at his home in Buford township last Tuesday morning about 4 t o'clock. Col. Hotchkiss came to Buford township, this county, about 30 years ago. He was a uuuve 01 i\ew York State and s first came South as a prospector for gold and located at the Fun(Jerburk mine in Lancaster coun- c ty where he lived four or five t years. He operated a gold mine 1 at Altan for several years and ? then went to the Dixie gold n mine in South Carolina where n he lived for two or three years, n and then he returned to Altan, ^ in Buford township, where he engaged in farming and lived there until his death. s Col.,Hotchkiss was a-Federal ( soldier during the Civil war and h his title was not a mere honor- t arv one, for he was colonel of a ti New York regiment. Col. it Hotchkiss was a progressive v man and took great interest in a educational work. His daugh- d ter, Mrs. Eva Hotchkiss Belk, * was for a number of years in ? CI charge of the Altan school and j her father took deep interest in the institution, Hit neighbors |t< a Villa Slips Away Unhurt San Antonio, Tex., March 26. ?Francisco Villa has escaped torn the Mexican troops that lad checked him near Namiqui>a and three columns of American cavalry are pursuing him. Already they are almost 250 niles south of the border and mless Mexican forces bring ilie elusive bandit to a stand, this listance will be greatly increased by the close of the week. Villa's success in extricating limself from the dangerous posiicn into which he had been Iriven by the American punitive orce was related in a detailed eport by General Pershing that eached General Funston here oday. General Funston forwarded be report to Washington with>ut making public any but the issential features. Colonel Dodd is commanding he advanced columns that are iding hard after Villa and his nen and General Pershing has livided his forces so as to provide supporting columns along he thinly stretched lines of comnunication from his most advanced base at El Valle. Three aeroplanes are at El /alle and will be used in scout ng as soon as the high winds hat have been sweeping that >art of Mexico for almost a veek subside. These winds, iccording to General Pershing, lave made effective assistance >y the aeroplanes impossible. Unless fresh Mexican forces ire sent to meet Villa, there ap>ears no reason why he should lot make his way uninterrupted nto the mountains of the Guerero district towards which he ippears to be moving. Once there it is conceded his capture will be difficult, and ihould he choose to pass through he district on into the south here are trails over which he night move his little army until i juncture is made with one 01 nore of his roving organizations n southern Chihauhua or northern Durango. If Villa moves into the dis ricts further south more troops vill be necessary to capture him ind their provisioning by way >f country roads will become >ractically an impossibility. She always demanded instant md unquestioning obedience rom her children. One afterloon a storm came up and she ent her little son John to close he trap leading to the flat roof >f the house. "But, mother," began John. "John, I told vou to shut the rap!" "Yes; but, mother?" "John, shut that trap!" "All right, mother, if you say o?but?" "John!" Whereupon John slowly limbed the stairs and shut the rap. Four hours later the famiv gathered for dinner, but Aunt ilary, who was staying with the riother, did not appear. The aother did not have to ask aany questions. John answerd the first one: "Mother, she is on the roof." peak in the highest terms of ;ol. flotchkiss and they say of lim that he never let an oppor unity to help any one in disress pass without giving aid, if t was in his power to do so. He vas twice married, his first wife, native of New York State, iied a number of veursago. His I * - - - ccuuu wne survives. Me had nly one child, Mrs. Waltei Belk, >f Colorado Springs, ( olorado. le was nearly 8(> years old. Funeral was held at Altan yes erday morning, Start Now to Have a Good Permanent Pasture We've said it before and we ^ repeat it here, that no man can j really do the best of farming without a good permanent pasture. Some livestock are a ne cessity on every farm, and no livestock can be kept most economically unless there is plenty of pasturage. Spring is the season for planning and making good permanent pastures, and the wise farm er will see to it that this problem gets his immediate attention. The correct location oi the pasture is of importance, and as a rule this should be adjoining the barnyard, in easy access of all the farm animals. Its area, of course, must be (determined by the number and kind of livestock kept. In 90 per cent of all the Cotton Belt we believe the basis of the permanent pasture should be Bermuda grass. It is adopted to a verv wide range of soil and climatic conditions, loves hot weather, and is nutritious. The turf may be planted at nearly any time, though for best results we would plant from April to June. Seed may be used for ( planting: where the turf is not j easily obtainable, As a summer- , i growing complement to Bermu- i da, lespedeza should have a * place in every Southern pasture. ( 1 Though an annual, it reseeds it- ) self each fall and thus is perma^ 1 ! nent. { Then to furnish winter and 5 ? early spring grazing bur and < white clover should be sowed 1 1 on the Bermuda. White clover y 1 is a perennial and bur clover, 1 1 though an annual, reseeds itself 1 when once started. A combina- ( tion of these four grazing plants Is ? will, we believe, be found suited ( ' to a wider range of conditions j and have a greater adaptation to 1 our needs than any other. * ; In establishing a pasture let us ( 1 not ever forget, either, that the better treatment we give it the ! greater returns it will give us. A gullied hillside is not a pas lure, nor is a woods with a fence 1 around it. The pasture, rightly ' 1 handled, is a place for growing s crops of grasses and clovers, and the better our methods in pas ^ ture-making the greater the re s turns will be. Dressings of ^ ground limestone, one or two a tons per acre, will be found prof- c itable on most of our pastures, ^ as will 500 to 1000 pounds per acre of ground phosphate rock once every three or four years. Even more nrofitnhlf will it be to see to it that our pastures i are growing grasses and clovers instead of weeds and bushes, c The successful cotton farmer 1 does not let weeds over-run his 1 crop; why should he let weeds, [ briers and bushes take his pas c lure? For the larger grubs and t bushes a grubbing hoe or mat- t tock, persistently used, will be el- s fective; for the smaller obnoxi- a ous weeds, the mowing machine 1 is an excellent remedy. Don't a i - -1 uver ici me weeds go to seed, / and the pasture will soon be free e of them. tl Why not start now to have a It good pasture, and start right by tl having it properly located, seed- p ed to the proper grasses and d clovers, and then give it good a ! treatment once it is made? A t j reallv good pasture will pay handsome dividends, and no p I t t successmi ^outnern larm can'Ii I afford to be without one?Progressive Parmer, Law About Firing the Woods For the information of those who may not know the followng sections of the 1912 Code of Laws of the State of South Caroina are reprinted below: Section 215. Punishment for Megligently Firing Grass, etc.? Proviso.?Whoever shall wilfuly, maliciously or nepli^enilv set fire to or burn anv grass, irush or other combustible mater, so as thereby any woods, ields, fences or marshes of any ither person or persons be set mi fire, or cause the same to be lone, or be thereunto aiding or assisting, shall, upon conviction hereof, be punished by a fine of lot less than five nor more than me hundred dollars, or imprisonnent of not more than thirty lays in the County jail, and shall, moreover, be liable to the iction of any person or persons *ho may have sustained damage thereby: Provided, That no person or persons shall be presented from firing woods, fields, ands or marshes within his own lounds, so that he sutter not the ire tO Cet without thf? hniinrlc f lis lands and injure the woods, ences or grass of his neighbor >r neighbors. Sec. 216. Carrying Fire on Lands of Another, without Pernit?Punishment.?It shall be mlawful for any person to carry i lighted torch, chunk, or coals >f fire, in or under any mill or ivqoden building, or over and tcgoss any of the enclosed or uniWi^sed lands of another period at any tim^"without the special peimit of the owner of such ands, mill or wooden building, whether any damage results herefrom or not. Any person, jpon conviction of a violation )f the provisions of this Section, ihall be deemed guilty of a mislemeanor, and shall be subiect o imprisonment in the County ail tor a term not to excee'' hirty davs, or to a fine not to sxceed one hundred dollars. Ordinances Be it ordained bv the Town Council of the Town of Pagenn/t lliol nr/liti'infu Vrt ot 1VA UlUl V/l\l|ll(lliV,V 4Lt\f hall be amended as follows: The part of section 4 in regard to license of cotton buyers hall read: that on and after Vpril 1, 191(> the license fee for inyone buying cotton in Town >f Pageland shall be $o.u0 per ear K. II. Nelson Mayor ? L. J. Watford. Clerk Ordinance, No. 34 iection 1. Be it ordained by the Town :ouncil of the Town of Pageand that on and after April 1, 916 it shall be unlawful for any >erson or persons to rule or Irive any automobile, horse, earn <>i bicycle or other vehicle hrough or on any street or treets of the Town of Pageland it a greater rate of speed than 0 miles per hour, or to drive in my reckless manner whatsoever. Vnv person or persons convictid of violating the provisions of his ordinance shall nu fined not ess than ten dollars nor more han twenty five dollars, or im trisoned for not loss than ten lays, either sinalv or in the lternative at the discretion of he Intendant. Section 2. All ordinances or >arts of ordinances in conflict icrevyith are hereby repealed. R. H. Nelson, Mayor I, J. Watford, Clerk I News of Disaster to English Vessels Being Gathered. Washington, March 26.?Official information upon which President Wilson will decide whether the sinking of the steamship Englishman and the damaging by an explosion of the-channel steamer Sussex were the result of acts in violation of international law is being gathered from every available source by consular representatives of the United States in England and France. Tangible evidence of some kind was momentarily ex pected tonight by the state department. Dispatches already received indicate that several Americans were injured or killed in the Sussex disaster. Four American citizens who were aboard the Englishman and who were said dispatches yesterday not to be among the rescued, still are unaccounted for. Only one dispatch of importance concerning the explosion which damaged the Sussex was received by the state department during the day. This contained an affidavit made in London at the American embassy by two American survivors, Edward S. Huxley and Francis E. Drake of New York. Both swore that the explosion occurred "without the slightest warning," and they credited the commander of the Sussex as saying that he saw the wake of a torpedo before it struck his vessel. Chesterfield Baptist Union Meetings are to be held with the Bay Spring church April 28 th, 29th and 30th. 10 A. M., Friday morning? Devotional services conducted by chairman. 10:30?Enrollment of delegates and reports from the churches. 11 to 12 "How to Increase the Interest and attendance of the Union," Rev. A. F. Funderburk. 12 to 1:20?Recess. 1:20 2 P. M.?^"The Greatest Need of Our Association," Rev. J. K. Hair. 2 to 3 P. M. "Do Our Churches Need Deacons? If so Why?" Brother T. W. Eddins. 10 to 10:30 Saturday morning? Prayer and Praise service by Brother Kirby Rivers. 10:30 to 11:20?"Should Our Churches Observe the Lords Supper?" Rev. R. W. Cato and Rev. B. D. Thames. 11:20 to 12?"Are American Christians Doing their Duty towards Missions today?" Brother C. H. Rivers and Rev. Leon B. i: J i 1 l- uuuci uurK. 12 to 1:20?Recess1:20 to 2?"What did jesus mean when He said we were to love one another as He loved us?" Rev. J. D. Purvis and Rev. J. Frank Funderburk. Sunday services to be arrang ed by the Union. Program Committee. Notice of Clean-Up Day Notice is hereby given that Thursday, March 30th shall be designated as Clean-lJp dav in Pageland. On or before this day all citizens will be expected and required to clean up all rubbish of any kind about their premises and place same in boxes or sacks in convenient olaces to be hauled away by the town. R. H. Nelson, mayor "Why do you always insist upon having the largest piece of pie, Harry?" asked the mother reprovingly. "Isn't your big brother entitled to it?" "No'm," said Harry; "he was eatin' pie three years before I was horn," Bad Negro Uses Shovel Chesterfield Advertiser. While working on the New Morven Road at Abram's Creel. Hill two negroes came together who were not on friendly terms. Result: One is hiding in the woods, the other is at the Florence I los pital in a critical condition ,ii" alive at all. It seems that some time ago Charles Pegues and J. Streater were doing time on the chaingang and Streater claimed that Pegues caused him to get a whipping. Streater threatened to get even at the first opportunity. This opportunity was offered when both negroes were working the road recently in the same vicinity. On last Tuesday without warning, Streater is said to have struck Pegues a terrific blow on the head with a scoop shovel crushing the Fitter's skull. Pegues was hurried to the hospital at Florence by the sheriff. At last report Streater was still at large. Has No Hope For A Short Campaign Columbus, N. M., March 26.? A speedy termination of the Ameiican expedition into Mexico is not looked for by General Pershing, commander of the forces in the field, according to advices received here tonight. It is asserted that following "a staff conference General Pershing announced that the people of the United States should not place too much confidence in reports that Francisco Villa, the factional leader, whose command attacked this town several weeks ago, had been bottled up either by American forces or by Mexican troons. The nature of the country it was pointed out renders it difficult for any force to surround effectually a small band in the mountain passes with almost impassable trails offering a means of escape. While it was understood that i n 1-: * - vjcuc-iiu i uimiiii^ noes noi attempt to predict the length of time American troops may be in Mexican territory, it was intimated that the period may extend into months. The married lady was visiting her Southern home and was astonished when the new colored laundress, who came to get her linen, shook her head sadly and said: "Oh, how yo' is broke, missie. Yo' sho' has lost dat girl look." "How do you know?" asked the irritated lady. "I've never seen you before." "Wat, don't yo1 remembah me? Ah wuz at yo' weddin* ten veahs ago. Yo' wuz a comin' outen de church on de groom's ahm, an' Ah wuz a siltin* up in dat ole sycarno' tree an' yo' wuz a look tng right at me." \ small boy wanted a watch and, as most small boys do, kept teasing his father until he was positively forbidden to mention the matter again, it was the custom in this family every > morning, alter Unruly prayers, for each member* to recite one text from the Scriptures. Next morning, when it came time for the small hoy's turn, he said promptU: "What I say unto you 1 sav ^11 i .*. I't iiiiit> ?i11, w.wrii: lie not ji.