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. ) f - - \v3*9**",0"1' The Pageland journal Vol.6 NO. 35 , PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1916 ?1.00 per year . _ - - - - | r i Aeroplane Crosses South Carolina, but is Wrecked The following account is given bv the Columbia State of an attempt by Howard M. Rinehart to tly from Auguta, Ga. to New York Saturday: Howard M. Rinehart, a Wright aviator, left Augusta early yesterday morningjfor New York, and though his machine was smashed, and he was forced to abandon it, he has the distinction of being the first person to fly from border to border across the State of South Carolina. A I sprocket chain of the propeller broke when Mr. Rinehart was about four miles from Rowland, N. C., traveling about 3,000 feel in the air. He glided and landed in a newly plowed field. Mr. Rinehart did not jump, but was riding on a wing when the machine landed. He was thrown off and his head buried in the sand. He was not injured and after shipping the remnants of the biplane tc Dayton, Ohio, came to Columbia. "I was just going to New York ill r/\t?nrVt 4 V* .*~v ? ^ .? 1 ? iuiv/u?u iiic an iui me pleasure and to save a little railroads fare," said Mr. Rinehart in his room at a hotel here last night, "and now," he added, "I will pay both railroad fare and railroad freight." Heavy clouds, the most beautiful Mr. Rinehart says he has seen, hung over South Carolina early yesterday" morning, and these clouds caused Mr. Rinehart to deviate from his propos ed route. He left Augusta at 5; 10 o'clock and had perfect sailing and ideal weather conditions until he reached Aiken, where he ran into the clouds or fog and did not see land again until after he had passed Columbia. "The first glimpse I had of earth after leaving Aiken," said Mr. Rinehart, "was caught a short while before I reached a plttr ttfUirtK T 1--.^.? ? V1IJ, VVUIV.11 X 1VL1UVV uow was Sumter, but which I did not recognize at the time. I looked down and saw the trees and water and more trees and more water and then more trees I wondered if I had strayed into Sout American jungle. I thought it no nearer to turn around than it was to go forward, so I continued, and I was glad when I left it behind." Mr. Rinehart was passing over the Congaree swamp. The aviator guided the machine into a small enclosure and crawled out upon one of the wings when within 30 feet of the ground. The heavy engine plowed its way through the flimsy aluminum seat. Falling from such a great height the aircraft buried its nose in the soft sand and turned almost a complete somersault. Its wings and rudder were a mass of twisted wire and splintered wood while the fuel tank was rent from stem to stern and the ground was saturated with gasoline for a radius of several feet. The aircraft swooping down so suddenly upon the quiet community created consternation among the inhabitants and it was several hours after the ac cident before any of the colored population could be induced to approach the scene. Notice?Ejection of School Trustees Notice is hereby given that all districts wishing to elect trustees to serve from July 1, 1916 to June 30, 1918, should present pe titions in accordance with section 1818 Civil Code of 1912, on or before June 1, 1916. R. A. Rouse, Co- Supt. of Ed. Monroe Has Flowing Well and Busy Roller Mill Monroe Enquirer. g The Henderson Roller Mills ^ Company is putting up flour in sanitary paper lined bags. The , \ d bags are dust and vermin proof t and is a great improvement over t the cotton bag which lets in dust s and bugs. The Henderson Roll- c er Mill Company makes good * flour and it is wholesome. And s that same Henderson Roller ( 1 Mills Company is one of the * busiest concerns in this town J and keeps the wheels turning all 1 the time. 1 June 30th is the date each year j wnen automobilists have to j come across with $5, $7.50 or j even $10, according: to the size of the car, for State license here in North Carolina. Along about this time of the year it is rather remarkable to see the number of new cars spinning about with "D No." attached, denoting dealer, and also many with cards bearing the legend, "License applied for." But one new automobile owner passed through Monroe a few days ago whose license bracket brought a smile to all who observed it. "License wrote for" in good bold letters made him immune from all traf fic cops. Do you know there is a flow ing artesian well in the town of Monroe? It is a fact. Such a well mav be seen at the Monroe ?- ? mauuiuuiuuuK v_/0. s piam near i Henderson roller mill. The well s is a bored one, a little over one 1 hundred feet deep and it is run s ning now, despite the long dry i spell, V lively little stream of i good pure water. Mr. T. C. Lee 1 says when the manufacturing piant was running water was I pumped almost constantly and : apparently had no effect o.i the i flow of water. The Monroe 1 Manufacturing Co.'s plant is ad vertised for sale The water 1 supply on the lot should appeal < mightily to prospective purchas ers. i The citv of Monroe is preparing to pave the street from the Gloucester Hotel to the passen ger station. This hill was ' macadamized three or four years 1 ago with slate rock. It was a good job when put down and 1 there is no reflection on the board of aldermen who had the ! work done. But it has been learned by expensive experience that slate rock makes a road that 1 the wind blows away and rains 1 wash away in a remarkably short time. Mayor John Griffith and Mr. J. E. Henderson, chairman of the township road commissionprc Vioxrp 1 u, v U1IV1 UIUIUU^ll' J lv investigating the subject, j come to the conclusion that ce- \ meijt streets and roads are the i most satisfactory and durable < among the several so called per- ! manent highway materials. Then, too, Monroe's streets have 1 the advantage of having a hard macadam surface as a founda- ] tion for cement. The board i of alderman have recently 1 purchased a cement mixer ma- i chine. The township road com < missioners will let the city use t the chain gang for the purpose i of putting down the concrete i and it is the intention of the city f fathers to try this new street i paving on the hill leading to the ^ passenger station at an early dav, J \ " "But you must remember, Kdith," said the young husband 1 after the quarrel, "that my taste is better than yours." ^ I t?T M - I ^ 4 - - I - uiiuuuimy, saiu rxiun acid - j 1 lv, "when we remember that you j married me and I married you " I \ ) How High Will Cotton Go? The market, since the German mswer to the note of Presideni Wilson, has been showing some mmistakable symptoms, which ire being diagnosed as a feeling hat the beginning of the end oi he war is very near. The Ob ;erver has been inclined to the >pinion for weeks that German} vould waste herself in the as iault against Verdun and that the jventuality ot this mighty strug jle will mark the turning poin hat will lead swiftly to the end rhere seems to be a feeling ir he air that "sowething is goinf o happen soon." The countn las had evidence that the cottor rade holds to that view. \V< ind Theodore H. Price, fron he office of Commerce and Fi lance, 15 Wall Street, talkinj ibout how cotton is likely to ac when the war ends He see! signs of a speculative cyclone ir the market the like of whicl was never known. According o his opinion, "a cyclonic read ustment is inevitable the mo rient ttie barriers of war are re noved." He sees a situatior 'commencing to develop." Ant what will happen when the wai s nrlndillv pnHprP "Tf tl,o ^&AV?V/\A. XJL HIV/ t A :itement of the stampede," sav: Price, "shall be intensified bjr re ports that suggest a short croj the market may be carried to i figure the mention of which is unnecessary and would seetf ridiculous. All that need be said now is that the material foi a great, speculative conflagra Lion in cotton has been assemblec and only awaits the magic sig nal of peace for ignition. Tha cotton will be carried far toe Liigh before the fire shall havt Knrnt i<cul( rtn? '*" ??? --- /? ?> iwvn uui is niuiusi eeiiaiu but we need not concern our selves with the culmination of; movement that has hardly ye begun except insofar as thosi who are more forehanded 01 bener informed than most hav< commenced to prepare for it.' It is a pitv Price did not hav< the nerve to give the figures tc which it is probable the cottor market may go when competi live buying in Europe at tiu close of the war begins. Tht Observer's own oninion i? tivi 15 cents will be merely a step ping stone. Eighteen cents ma^ be probable as soon as the enc shall have come and 20 cents i< not at all a wild improbability King Cotton is booked for tin biggest frolic of his life wher the war ends.?Charlotte Obser ver. W. M. U. Meeting Postponed The quarterly meeting of T.t Pageland division of the Worn id's Missionary Union has beer postponed from Wednesday May 31 till Friday June 2nd ir irder that Mrs. J. R. Fizer, the State secretary might be present Mrs. Fizer writes Mrs. Edns Funderburk as follows: "Your card just received, bui [ regret verp' much that 1 can lot be with you Ma> 31, yon uiow that is semi-annual Roan neeting 30, 31, when every offi ;er must be in place to help plan he years work. If you can ar ange for it a little later in the vee'k, i shall be glad to come or 1 have been looking forward Al ? - vim greai pleasure to being vith you." The meeting will be held at [efferson. A little lad was boasting that le worked in a blacksmith shop, "What do you do there?" he vas asked. "You can't shoe lorses." "No, sir," the youngster ansvered promptly. "I shoo flies.'1 League for World Peace After t Present Struggle t New York, May 12.?Theo- n ; dore Marbur of Baltimore, form- b i erly United States Minister to tl r Belgium, at a dinner given by f him here tonight to members of v . the league to enforce peace, told o ; of an interview he had with Sir 8 r Edward Grey in which the Brit- s ish Foreign Minister said he was J3 wholly in favor of the plan of v t the league to enforce peace, p . This proposal is that a league of t! i the great Powers be formed at r ' the close of the war in Europe to guarantee a lasting peace by * 1 5 pledging the use of their joint *1 -.1 j uiuitu luiycs, iuj;*;iuer wnn eco- j . nomic pressure against any sign- I I atory Natipi^ which shall refuse t 1 to keep fts agreement to try v 5 arbitratiorial methods before bel ; . . g j ginning hostilities or declaring t r war. . k ^ "Sir Edward Grey," said Mr. Marburg, |who recently returned r * from Europe, "expressed the s j opinion that if some such plan ? had been in operation when the . present vv^r was threatened, the f( 3 war would not have occurred, t As the attijude of England would r ) greatly influence the action of e 1 her allies, the view of Sir Ed- ^ > ?s ^ ward will carry great weight t ; when the terms of peace come [ r to be discussed. . "I found other leading men in a 1 England quite in sympathy.with i President >Vilson's aspiration for a t some sort-of.joint guarantee of p r peace he part of the great i i Nations. Indeed, I have come f , home convinced that there is a real prospect of the great ideal t i of the league to enforce peace t i being carried out after the war. fc .? But great emphasis needs to be v r laid on a serious study of all the u j problems involved now so that a ' the envoys who gather to frame d j a treaty of peace at the end of > the war will come to the confer- e i ence with a plan, the principal p - features of which have been ap tl j proved by the various chancel c i lories. t "1 found it was generally felt tl that the United States which is c , the greatest example of a sue t; I cessfol ldague of States might 0 , ?-l-~ .l-_ -* , j/iiy lime me liiiuaii ve in J] . this movement. e i c i Rid the Coops of Lice and Mites o "If the young chicks are drooping around and looking sick, examine them for lice and mites," is the suggestion now & i being given poultrymen by E. P. o Clayton, head of the Mississippi g i A. and M. College Poultry De c , partment. Both the young chicks a i and the sitting hens are likely to s ; he attacked by these pests at this \\ . time of the year. u t If lice are found, pull them off o with the fingers and kill them, s t then rub a little grease on top of a the head and under the throat. Q i Be careful not to get too much, q [ as much grease is dangerous for b - the young chick. The old hens d i and roosters may be dipped in a d solution oi l \ l purts creolin to 0 ; hH 1-2 parts wat r. ti , 'To get rid of mites, spray with pure kerosene (coal oil) all the u roost in places, poles, dropping b hoards, floors, and -tests. Repeat b 1 within a wee!. ? . get -all eggs jy they may hatch. Remember that mites harbor in cracks and t crevices, and be sun. to spray , such places thoroughly. ! "If these directions are follow i ed during the months of May k and June," says Mr. Clayton, st "lice aud mites will give little s( ' i Rouble,"?Exchange \\ How to Grow Soy Beans. In a general way, soy beans lay be planted and cultivated y the same general methods lat are used with cowpeas. It ? very essential that the land be yell prepared for th's crop, tor, ne of the chief difficulties in TAurinnr - ivniiif; uicai 13 1U 3CCUIC it tand. If the land is not well repared, or if the seed are sown do deep or too early and the veather is unfavorable after Wanting, the chances are that he seed will not germinate, but ot. The planting in the lower 'iedment section and the eastirn part of the State qiay take lace anywhere from May 15 to une lb; while in the upper ^edmont and mountain secion, the best time for reeding vill usually be about June 1st. Ordinary good preparation ;iven the land for corn or coton will be the kind that should >e accorded land for this crop. In planting soy beans, it will equire about one-half bushel eed when planted in rows. The xact amount, of course, will lepend upon the size of the seed. Where the beans are sowed or hay or pasturages purposes, hey should be put in as narrow ows as can be cultivated prop rl V- HnWPVPr if iKoir n*" ?^ ,.? vi) m.m. ft&awjr aic iu >e grown for seed purposes, it is uggested that the distance be ween the rows be from 30 to 40 nches. If the land is well prepared, nd the season is at all favorable, he crop can be produced under iverage conditions by one chop >ing and two to three good cul ivations with one horse cultivaor. However, it must not be inferr d from this that if other cultivaions are peeded they should not >e given, for it will not be ad11cnK1 o <rv iv iv oiup me ^uiuvauons intil the crop is well advanced nd all grass and weeds are unler subjection. It has not generally been our xpenence, especially in the Medmont sections of the State, hat soy beans did as well as owpeas when sown broadcast. Under conditions required for he sowing of the leguminous rop broadcast, we would cerainly generally abvise the use >f cowpeas in preference to sov leans or else use a mixture of qual parts of soy beans and owpeas. usintr about a hnshni >f the mixture.?Exchange. Stevenson Heartily Endorsed Whereas. Hon. W. F. Steven on is a candidate for the House >f Representatives of the United tates, and whereas fully appreiating the ability, the character nd attributes of the said W. F. tevenson, and fully realizing !iat his election to congress /ould not only reflect credit un n Chesterfield county, but upon outh Carolina and the Nation s well, we, the members of Chesterfield County Democratic Convention, in meeting assem led, do hereby endorse the canidacy of W. F. Stevenson, and o commend him to the voters t the Fifth Congressional Dis ict." I certify that the Convention nanimously adopted this reso ition after it had been seconded v many clubs and individual iembers. (Signed) W. P. Odom, Sec. of Convention. (Advertisement) A man can usually manage to eep himself busy by attending f - j ricuv 10 nis own business, but I )me men have a mania for orking over time. I Germany Admits Wrong in Attack Upon Sussex Washington, May 10.?Gcr many in a note received by tinstate department today by cabb from Ambassador Gerard, ad mits that a German submarine torpedoed the channel steamer Sussex in violation of assurance.' given the United States, express es regret for the incident, an nounces that the submarine com mander has been "appropriately punisiied" and declares readiness to pay an adequate indemnity tc Americans injured on the vessel. It was indicated at the state department that the Germar statement that the offending commander had been punished would be accepted and the Sussex case considered closed except for arranging for the payment of indemnity to the several citizens of the United States who were hurt. There probably will be no attempt to negotiate for these indemnities or for final settlement of the Lusitania and other cases pending, however, until sufficient time has elapsed iu uiuicaie now tne last American note was received in Berlin and whether die new submarine policy is being lived up to. Officials of the state department noted particularly the passage of the note which said ' in view of these circumstances the German government frankly admits that the assurance given the American government in accordance with which passenger vessels were not to be attacked without warning has not been adhered to in the present case." Are You Planning to Put Peas - .Qr Beans After the Oats?? ? Progressive Farmer. All oat or wheat land left idle from June until next year will I be returning not more than onehalf what it should. In fact, a nrrnn ^ f 1 " 1 * Kivai ucui ui wuuiii mm oili land in the South would return little or no net profit were it not for the legume hay crop following. Both cowpeas and soy beans may be planted as late as the first of July, and every foot of the stubble land should be planted to one of them. Either will make a ton of hay per acre, worth $15 or $20, and a ton of such hay in these times of highpriced feed is not in lv? at. Or, in case you are one of the minority that has plenty of feed, then an acre of good peas or beans, turned under, will add nitrogen equivalent to a halfdozen tons of good stable manure. Surely it is not possible that your land is aire idy as rich and productive as \ u'd like for it to be. Land leli bare from now tin til next spring is wasting. The hot summer sun will bake it, burn out the vegetable matter, and kill the beneficial bacteria in it. Then when the winter rains come it will be stripped oi much of its remaining plant food. Guard against these evils by putting ii in peas or beans. If you haven't the seed, buy them. The investment will one | of*the best you ever made. Card of Thanks We desire to say that our recent misfortunes in the sickness and death of our wife and mother iihn\u lliat !?.. .........I- --' ? .< .v*., nun inv ui I ilf^L'land are exceptionally kind and thoughtful. N vet before have we seen a town where all the people were willing and anxious to give aid in time of trouble. Words fail us when ue try to tell how deeply we appreciate what has been done for us. May God's richest blessings rest upon each of von (J. (J. Price and Family