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Bead The ADS.| THE PAGELAND JOURNALRead The ADSVol.7 NO. 2 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1916 $1.00 per year Chesterfield Sholarship Award- ! ed to Orangeburg Girl Cheraw Chronicle. Announcement was made last Week that the Winthrop scholarship for Chesterfield county had been awarded to Miss Frazil Houser. Protest was at once made on the ground that Miss Houser was not a citizen of , Chesterfield county. t The matter came up for hear- ( ing before the state board in Columbia last week but the protest was overruled and the scholarship was awarded Miss Houser. The facts in the matter as we gather them are as follows: About two months before the examination for the scholarships was held, a lady giving her came as Mrs. Annie E. Houser. took charge of the Raynard Hotel in this city. The examination for | the vacant scholarship was held the 9th of July and Miss Houser was a contestant September 2 it became known that the scholatship had been awarded to her. , i"hat afternoon Mrs. houser va , cated the Ranard Hotel and left the following day for her home in St. Matthews, Orangeburg , bounty. The contention of the protes tants was that Miss Houser was not a citizen of Chesterfield , county, and even if she had been she had forfeited her right to the Chesterfield scholarship when she moved away from the county. On Saturday, Sept. 9th, Mrs. Houser returned to Cheraw and tried to get back the Ranard Ho tel, failing in this she sought a lawyer lor legal advice in an effort to hold the scholarship for i t . ner aaugnter. We are informed that quite a number of affidavits were introduced in the hearing before the state board, among them one by Mrs. Houser to the effect that she had only left Cheraw temporarily and would return and make it her home. In Mrs. Houser's effort to sustain the award of the scholar ship, it developed that Mrs. Houser was not a widow at all ?that after Mr. Houser's death she had married again and that there are several children by the second marriage but that she and her husband had been living apart for several years. So the contention of those who claim that it is a shame to ''fight a poor widow woman" falls flat. The truth of the matter, cs seen by The Chronicle, is that Miss Houser is a citizen of Urangeburg county and is not entitled to a scholarship intended by law for a Chesterfield county girl. Superintendent of Education Rouse is to be commended for the fight he made before the , state hoard in the interests of justice and the rights of Chester field county girls. And in this connection we will add that State Superintendent of Education Swearingen took the same position that Mr. Rouse did and that The Chronicle does?that the scholarship was for a Ches terfield county girl?and that Mis8 HotlSPr is nrkt a petnr. field county girl. j Teacher'* Examination The regular fall examination < for teachers will be held at the i Court House in Chesterfield, i Friday, October 6th 1916, begin- j ning promptly at nine o'clock. ? Those intending to stand the ex- \ aminatinn fnr ? IWI iv.av,uci 3 tfl llll- I cates should be present at that time. I R. A. HOUSE, 1 Co. Supt. of Education. ( Some Things Needed to Make f Your School Better We were talking with a country teacher about these things 2 the other day and he heartily J' approved our ideas. "There are three ways of getting students to ^ work," he said, "and they are by fe the use of personality, rewards, v and force. In my opinion the u efficient teacher will not consid- c er force. Then while personal- I ity is important, many teachers b lack it. They can develop it, v but tnat takes time. And even then I believe rewards should a be used to stimulate effort. In a every boy or girl, man or f woman there is a desire to ex I eel, and this desire should be the teacher's working capital. If a a teacher can once develop a spirt of good-natured rivalry among s the students, success is won both s for him and them." v And then from nis own expe- fi rience our teacher-friend offered s to other teachers the following f< additional suggestions for quick- s ening and developing this "de- r sire to excel": ti 1. Post on some sort of school C bulletin boatd the average grades h of your students each week. p 2. Arrange to have your local 11 newspaper print each month the f names of those making a grade of 90 or over. F 3. Post a list of students who haven't been tardy or missed a day for a week; for a month; ? two months; three months; and s so on through the whole school n year. Also have your local ( newspaper print these list month" j. IV. ? 44 Have "triDnint." in vnnr ? . . ?? ? a spelling classes, organize a de- a bating socity also, and arrange v for a series of spelling matches and debates with neighboring 0 schools, getting the parents to j, attend. j, 5. Give out cards each month p to students who have been on time each morning, who have b not missed a day, who have giv- b en good deportment, and who 0 have made above a certain standard average grade. For exam- n pie: This is to certify that James p Brown has not been absent or s, tardy during the month of Oct- r, ober, that he has given good de- n portment, and has made an av- e erage grade of 90." q 6. Devote each Friday after- e noon to recitations, songs, de n bates, exhibits, etc., giving nom- b inal prizes to the bovs and girls e who do best. Invite the patrons h of the school to attend the exer- p cises once each month and try c to develon their interest. . I u 7. See the local merchants 0 near your scnooi and get litem ( to give prizes. They will be glad to do in most cases.?Progressive Farmer. R Geo. Laney Thinks Insurance j( Controversy Will Be Ad- j justed ^ The State, Saturday ( The fire insurance situation p will be satisfactorily adjusted bv p the next legislature, in the opin- b ion of (J. K. Laney, member of p the senate from Chesterfield ft county, who was among the vis- n itors in Columbia yesterday. 1 Senator Laney was the author N of the fire insurance bill passed f< by the last legislature. 1< Gov. Manning will probably p deal with the fire insurance sit- \ nation in his annual message to b the next general assembly. In e a recent letter the governor n stated that he would probably g urge the creation of a State rate w riaking bureau. " Senator Laney said yesterday n bat the fire insurance situaticn g, lad shown much improvement p, luring the last five months. b forth Carolinian Killed Ii France Winston-Salem, N. C., Sepl 3?Kiffin Yates Rockwell ormerly of Asheville and Al anta, who had been serving rith the French aero corps 01 he Western battle fronts wa illed this morning in a figh vith a German aircraft. An louncement of his death wa ontained in a cablegram fron *aris received here late toda; >v his mother, Mrs. L. A. Rock veil of this city. The message announcing th iviatoris death was very brie ind came from an influentia riend of the family in Pari* t said: "Kiffin killed this morning ii erial battle in Alsace." Young^ Rockwell had beei erving in ine French arm; ince September 30, 1914. Hi vas very active in the aeria ighting around Verdun am ucceeded in bringing dowi our German aeroplanes unas isted. For this feat he recentl; eceived a war cross and mili ary medal from the hand o General Joffre, who referred \* lim as ,4a bold and courageou lilot." He had been frequentl; mentioned for bravery in the ol icial reports. 'ageland Boys Will Help t< Guard Border r>i r? ^ im raso, dept. ll-?The Firs outh Carolina infantry wil oon be distributed over a 9 aile outpost line from La truces, New Mexico, to Foi lancock, Texas. The regimen /ill be broken into companie nd. assigned to outpost station t the small towns east /est of ?1 Paso. The combined First and Sec ?nd regiments of South Carolinj afantrv marched as one rea ment in the big military reviev iarade yesterday, and althougl [ley are recent arrivals at tb order lost fewer men thru ex austion than the troops of an} ther State. Arriving at 4 o'clock in tin lorning the men did not com lete the review until nearh undown. Besides being unde estraint all day the soldier larched 20 miles with fiel< auipment. That the Soutl Carolina men so ably stood th< xperience speaks well for thei atural endurance, because the^ ave not passed thru the hard ning process the other troop - ere have received. Brig. Gen togee Williams of Kentucky ommanded the provisional brig de, which was created for tht ccasion by merging Soutl Carolina and Kentucky troops. The Record Bale. lonroc Journal. This morning Mr. J. T. Tay or, who farms with Mr. N. W livens of this township, sold i tale of cotton to J. E. Stack & !k>., for twenty three cents . ound. The bale weighed 51! ounds, which with the seed rought $145. 92. ? No sue! TJce has never been receive< or cotton since the days im lediately following the war "his cotton is a very long staple \t. Bivens has been growing i 5r some time. Last year he se icted the seed in the field ant icked only from the best bolls leretofore it has been bringin* ut a few cents above the mark t. However, this vear the de land for long staple is mucl reater than usual, and this bait as better staple than usual, be ,rr in/-!. ? ? ?. ?t?i auu a ifUUI ICI. I lit pillar so-called long staph rown in this county is an incl nd an eighth. Mr. Taylor exects to get tour or five mori ales. ii Associational Campaign ^ There will be an educational t, campaign conducted in the < 1, Chesterfield Association next 1 I* October from the 22nd to the ( ? 29th. 1 n The meetings will be address- $ s ed by the following denomina t t tional leaders: t i Dr, C. C. Brown, Dr. C. A. ^ s Jones, Dr. W. J. Langston, all of t n Columbia; and Rev. A. T. )ami ^ y son, superintendent of the Or- 1 : phanage in Greenwood, S. C, 1 It 1Q nv nnnto/i t V* m TAr rI ' i1 .> .w VA^WILU 111 CI I t-flm />. 1 J e Cody, editor of the Baptist Cour- i f ier, and Rev. Louis J. Bristow, ] il superintendent of the Baptist i ?. Hospital, will be present part of ( the time. Also, the pastors of ( n the Association will take part in i the program, n The purpose of the meetings is < y educational and inspirational* 1 e No collections will be taken, il Each Country church visited s d will have a morning and after 1 a noon session. Meetings will be- i i gin at 10:30 a. m.; 2:30 p. m and s y 7:30 p. m., except that on Sun t i day the program will begin at < i 11a. m. The churches having s a morning and afternoon sessions s s will please serve dinner on the < k crrnnnHc [- The speakers will be divided into two groups so that two \ meeting will be in progress at 0 the same time; one group ot speakesr following the other, 1 The following is a list of the U places and dates of meetings. 0 October 22, Pine Grove and j. Hopewell, a. m. andp m; Chester^ field and Ruby at night, j . October 23, Cross Roads and g Thompson's Creek have a morns ing and afternoon session each; ^Chesterfield aqd Rqby> at jnigbt October 24, Providence and , Center Grove have two day sesa sions each, Mt. Croghan and Pageland at night. v October 25, Dudley and Wolf Pond in the day, and Pageland e at night. October 26, White Plains and r Bethel in the day; Jefferson and McBee at night. B .October 27, Macedonia, both paities all dav; Jefferson and McBee at night. r October 28, Cedar Creek, both Dartl^R illl HflV Pfltrirl/ o# ninrKil JJ . J 1 ? "" ?v.? ?l ui^ui. j October 29, Lower Macedonia j and Bay Springs in the day; B Patiich at night. r The public is cordially invited v to all these meetings. Those who attend will have a rich s treat in entertainment and instruction. ' B. S. FUNDERBURG, J. K. HAIR, Committee. * ! Deserter Brought Back By Sheriff Douglass The Cheraw Chronicle gives M the following account of the ar- i rest of a Chesterfield county _ man in New York last week bv 3 Sheriff Douglass: 1 a "Vernon S. Blackburn was " c brought in this morning by i a Sheriff Douglass from Staten < 5 Island, N. Y., and is now lodged ^ lt in jail to await trial on charges j j of adultry and desertion. Black- ^ j burn lived near McBee and t married several vears ago a j # daughter of Mr. John T. Gul- j ledge. On the 28th of March, a I 1915, he left for parts unknown j . taking with him his wife's j j younger sister. Nothinc was a heard of them until about two 2 r montns ago when the "sister" j returned home. She refused, j however, to give any informa- t j tion. A short time afterward* 2 ? Mrs. Blackburn received a letter f from her delinquent husband 2 i and this leltei was turned over ! J to the authorities. A warrant 2 ' was issued and reauisition pa- 2 . pers secured and sheriff Doug- \ lass went alter his man." I? iV. R. Elliot Speaks This Week > Mr. W. R. Elliot, the district iemonstration agent, will be in his county Thursday and Fri- I lay of this week to aid Mr. Til- c er in his campaign for a larger icreage in crimson clover, vetch, ye and oats and for field selecion of seed corn. Mr. Elliott is ? veil known and well liked in his county and his coming al * vays proves of benefit to the j 'armers. A meeting will be ^ ield on the farm of Mr. F. W. Rivers near Chesterfield about ! o'clock Thursday afternoon. Friday morning at 10 o'clock a i neeting will be held on Mr. * [J. W. Hancock's farm near Mt. Oroghan. Friday afternoon a meeting will be held on Mr. J. W. Terry's farm three miles north jf P^geland- This meeting will 3e about 3 o'clock. Messrs. Hancock and Terry ' ire growing crimson clover Cn their respective farms and doing . it successfully. The meetings ire held on the farms rather , than in town so that the speak- \ ers may demonstrate what they say about the benefits of crim ^ son clover and other cover zrops. It is desired that just as many ( farmers as possible will be at . these meetings. Mr. Tiller is laying special j stress on the seeding of crimson ^ clover in the sections where j there is red land. Clover is at j tiome in red soil and makes its t>est showing there. He is also j emphasizing the importance of selecting the seed corn for next year in the field. Wasn't Loaded (?) But It Killed | .. ?-rr ? Cheraw Chronicle. Mastin Fuller, colored, lies lead this morning as a result of fooling with an unloaded pistol. * Last night Fuller took his girl to J in entertainment and as is generally the case with young iegro bucks, he had a pistol ilong. On their return home Fuller was showing his girl how tiie pistol worked. He was ad I vised bv several in the crowd to ?ut it up. He "broke" the pis ; ol and emptied out the car ridges, but in some.manner one j >f the cartridges stuck and when j Fuller snapped the pistol this ! cartridge fired and the bullet en- ! ered his eve and passed entire- 1 v through his head. Death was J nstantaneous. Coroner Atkin- v on held an inquest early this 1 norning and the verdict was ( hat Fuller came to his death by i pistol shot wound, inflicted by lis own hand. < "I thought you had given up 4 burnt-wood art, dearie," said the foung husband. 1 "Why, Ferdinand, how can ' /ou be so heartless? This is a ' jie." i pCOGOOCOOOG. | Fire Ins s To the insuring public; We your fire insurance promptly, ed the same dav we get your 1 sent "OLD LINE COMPAI^ same day written. We also write all other kin< and loans. Write or phone us your ne Residence 19 and r>5. Guaranty Loan & J. Wilson Malloy. IV OOOQGOQOOOSOM Vilson Defends 8-Hour Law In Opening Speech Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 23.? Resident Wilson today actively >pened his campaign for rejection with a speech replying o Republican criticism of his ettlement of the recently threatmed railroad strike. With em>hatic gestures, before a large :rowd assembled at Shadow ^awn, he defended the eightlour day law and declared also hat the Nation must be freed rom the possibility of interfer;nce with its commerce. Busiless men from various parts of S'ew Jersey often interrupted he President with hand clapping ind cheering. "The chief cloud that is upon he domestic horizon is the un;atisfactory relations of capital ind labor," the President said, ?dding that "so long as labor and :apital stand antagonistic, the nterests of both are injured, antl he prosperity of America is held >ack from the triumphs which ire legitimaetly its own." Mr. Wilson spoke of the bright iuture for America business, and hen launched directly into a iiscussion of the railroad situaion. Without directly mention ng Charles E. Hughes, the Republican nominee, the President Drought in the Republican party py saying that about seventy Republicans supported the eighttour law in the House of Representatives, and Senate Repubicans put no obstacle in the way >f the passage of the measure. "This was because the proposil was reasonable and was based jpon right," asserted Mr. Wilson. ^ Big Show at County Fair Dorman & Krause shows will rurnish the attractions at the Countv Fair Nov. 8,9,10 and 11. This carnival company is composed of two hundred people and pccupies fourteen solid cars, naking a special train. The Fair nanagement has put up a heavy guarantee to bring this first class iggregation of amusements to Chesterfield for the County Fair. This Carnival has nine separate shows and four riding devices, ugn diver and uniformed brass >and. One of the riding devices s known as "The Whip," which s something new, something hat has not been seen in the South before. Of course there >vill be a merry go round for the ;hildren?Advertiser. "Why do you think your husband always tells you the tauth?" ioubted the neighber. "Because," replied the wife, 'he says I don't look a day older han when we were married; ind if he doesn't lie about that le wouldn't lie about lesser natters." ;>oooo?<ac?o5^ ?urance| are in position to handle X your cotton will be cover- X nessage or letter, We repre- ft 4 IKS." Policies forwarded Q q is of insurance, real estate J|{ eds, Office phone No 192 8 Trust Company 8 Igr. Ctieraw, S. C. V V :?909000?^