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m THE PAGELAND JOURNAL Vol.7 NO. 9 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1916 ?, nn : * $l.UU per year Chesterfield County Wt Best Agricultural Exhibits in ] History of County; Attendance Record Broken; Crowds Quiet < and Orderly. I The fourth annual Chester- 1 ft-IJ / > A. 1 U - A. .1 1 neiu v^oumv rair neia ai ine county seat Wednesday, Thurs- 1 day and Friday of last week was ] in many ways the best fair ever 1 held in the county. The weath ' er was ideal for the occasion, ^ save the dust, and the crowds ^ were made up of people from all parts of the county and from ad | joining counties. So far as this writer saw the people were sober, quiet and friendly. The carniv- ^ al atractions were up to the stan dard for such, and few people ' left the fair grounds without * havinc snent snmpthina fnr amusement or entertainment. ' But the place of greatest interest ' to the thoughtful ones who at- ^ tended the fair for the purpose 1 of getting hold of new ideas was the large brick building in which ' the most wonderful display of agricultural products ever seen in this section of the Carolinas was housed. There the courteus heads of each department stood ready to ask and answer ques- 1 tions and give out any information at hand in regard to the many and varied exhibits. The most noticeable features _ A * - ? ? ? oi me agricultural exiiiDits were , the ones by the three communi ty fairs held in the county the 1 week before, Mt. Croghan, Mid- 1 dendorf and Macedonia, and the individual farm-exhibits by F. W. Rivers, G. L. Moore, D. T. Watson and T. W. Gaskins. The exhibits included every : imaginable product of the farm, a few of which were: Corn, cot- ! ton, sugar cane, rice, peas, vel vet beans, soy beans, hay, pump kins, watermelons, grapes, apples, cotton seed, oats, wheat, 1 rye, vetch, clover, potatoes, and - innumerable other objects. WJ. Tiller had a large box of lux ! urantly growing clover, and one nf rvo on/1 *rr?t/-?h I-I^v J ? wi ij v aiivi vti\.n. 11C U15U U'dU i\ box of sand illustrating the ear ' to-row method of testing seed corn. Either of the four individual farm exhibits would have been a small fair within itself. The 1 one bv Mr. Gaskins showed 115 \ different products of his farm, and the others were probably about the same. While the wri- 1 ter was looking at these someone asked, "Why should a man or his sons want to leave the farm when all these things may be grown there for the pleasure . and profit of the farmer and his family?" No good reason was given there, and one will not be 1 given for there is not one. The exhibits by the community fairs contained entirely too many products for detailed de- ] scription here, but let it be said < that these exhibits were magnificent, and they reflected much < credit to the communities from whence they came and to the ] promoters of the enterprises. Mr. W. J. Odom was in charge ] of the farm exhibits and he ex plained that the cannon ball ex- J hibited by Floyd Douglass was the second ball fired at Fort < Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War- It looked to be about ] six inches in diameter. Mexican Big Boll cotton seed 1 were exhibited bv Mr. W. J. Odom, who says he expects to I fight the boll weevil with this variety of cotton as it is very ( early, earlier than King's, and has a staple of more than an inch. ] Rust resisting cotton was exhibited by Mr. W. M. Gainey. < Dr. B. T Teal and W. M. Tberrell bad turoipi worthy of j 1 i' i Fair Last ;ek Was Big Success notice. Floyd Douglass exhibited the sifter used to sift sand to make the mortar to build the old court house at Chesterfield in 1779. Mr. T. B. Smith exhibited velvet beans and the first velvet hean meal ever shown at a fair in this county. It was ground 3n the new feed mill at Pageland Novelty Works with the hull on. Mr. W. K. Sellers had on ex hibition a bale of fine hay as I arnro no o knl/v /xf iui^v. no u uaic ui luuwu. Fresh grapes were exhibited ' by W. J. Odom. Mrs. Lee Griggs had on dis play a quilt said to be 150 years nld. The Woman's Fancy Work and Art department attracted quite a bit of attention and brought forth many favorable comments. The Child's Department was excellent also, and a drawing by Miss Lealla Gaskins and some tatting made by fiveyears old Bessie Miller was worthy of more than passing notice. Mrs. D. M. Williams, of Patrick, exhibited a number of chrysanthemums said to be the finest ever seen at Chesterfield. The Eureka Canning Co. of this county gave a demonstration of what may be done with the waste products of the farm. This company is operating a cannery at Montrose in the low er part of the county. There is a building 65x30 two stories high in which are modern canning machines capable of sealing without solder or acid 70 cans a minute. Potatoes, tomatoes, beans, peas and other vegetables are canned. The live stock exhibits were probably better than at previous fairs in the county, but there is still room for improvement in i this line. Chesterfield county is not surging forward in stock- t raising as in some other lines, but there is a gradual improve- , ment in the quality of the live stock in the county. , The poultry industry in Chesterfield county is not to be grin- , ned at. The chickens and other i fowls at the county fair were evidence enough that there are , many fanciers in the county i who know how to raise good fowls. Space forbids a detailed j statement of the exhibits in live stock and poultiy. ( It was not the privilege of the writer to witness the arena t events. The list of prize winners is too ^ long to be published in full this week, so a part of it will be held until next week: ' I Household Art Department Work judged by Miss Moore. ] Best piece of emdroidery by lady over 60 Mrs. E. K. I learn H 311.00 Best piece of French embroidery, Miss Eloise Wright, $1.00 Best piece of punch work, Mrs. 1. W. Ilanna, $1,00. * Best buttonholes. Miss Ann ( Lucas, $1 00. 2nd best buttonholes, Mrs. B. y f. Douglass. Best yard plain tatting by ladv ^ >ver 60, Mrs. E. E. 1 learn $1.()0. Best tatted collar, Mrs. T. K. ( Lucas, $1.00 Best tatted centerpiece, Mrs. W. D. Craig, $1.00. 2nd best tatted centerpiece, I Miss Gertrude Tadlock. Best tatted cap, Mrs, W. D. P Jraig, $1.00. Best crochet cap, Miss Annie Ifcirentine, 1.00 <g Best crochet centerpiece, Mis. 3. K. Curtis, $1.00 2nd best crochet centerpiece, v Ui&c Prtffl frairt >' ?? VV?H VIH'KI | Best crochet collar, lMro. E. E. 1 Hearn, $1.00 2nd best crochet collar, Mrs. R. L. McManus. G Best crochet yoke, Miss Annie d Barentine, $1.00 A 2nd best crochet yoke, Miss ir Eloise Wright. tl Best crochet jacket, Mjss Char- o otte Harrell, $1.00 ir 2nd best crochet jack;et, Miss ft Ehristine Jackson. ir Best crochet slippers, Miss Vlarv Hunley, $1.00 V Best knitted slippers* Mrs. E. ir E. Hearn, $1.00 A Best piece of cotton knitting, sc Mrs. Jacob Burr, $1.00 s< Best piece of wool knitting, C Mrs. E. E. Hearn, $1-00 N Best stocking darning Miss h< Lealla Gaskins $1.00 tc Best embroidered scarf, Mrs. f. W. Hanna. $1.00 tc 2nd best embroidered scarf, A Vficc flortniHo Tarllnolr ? ..A twrv* UUUV/ X U\ilWI\t Ul Best pair embroidered towels, tii Mrs. R. E. Hanna, $1.00 th Best handmade baby dress, pi Mrs. J. D. Plyler, $1.00 2nd best handmade babv dress, as Mrs. W. D. Craig. pi Best collection of handmade :T landkerchiefs, Mrs. R. E. Han- ies ia, $1.00 re Best colored embroidery, Mrs. 25 f. N. Davis, $1.00 ui Best embroidered table runner, ei Miss Alma Perry, $1.00 pi Special prize on lunch cloth,, f Miss Pearl Therrell, $1.00 Special prize on tattmg, Mrs. W. at: T. Stubbs, 50c. ,(r< Special prize on tatting, Little pi Bessie Miller, age 5 years, 50c fp Girls Under 16 * - |P? Rpct Kntfnn V*aIoc ?? Mr uui |W * J HV/lWO| i'l IOO JL/UIU * hv Lucas, $1.00 jRi 2nd best button holes, MiSs Lx)uise Gaskins. j Best yard plain tatting, Miss Dorothy Lucas, $1.00 jQ 2nd best yard plain tatting, re Miss Mary Hunley. Best yard lace, Miss Dorothy ^ Lucas, $1.00 jn 2nd best yard lace, Miss Ger- ^ rude Parker. Best crochet centerpiece, Miss [rene Catoe, $1.00 ^ Best embroidered centerpiece, Miss Delia Pitts, $1.00 . Best collection handmade handkerchiefs, Miss Dorothy Lucas, $1.00 ' 2nd best collection handmade ^ landkerchiefs. Miss Mary Ford Robeson. .j Best tatted yoke, Miss Mary . , i> ak.io? ??" iei . ui u iwiucauu, i{ii .UU 2nd best tatted yoke, Miss Dor- en )thy Lucas. atl Best crochet yoke, Miss Ger- an rude Parker $1.00. m) 2nd best crochet yoke. Miss jenevieve Hunlev. q{ Flowers ce Best Chrysanthemums, Mrs. 20* ). M. Williams, $1.00 wl 2nd best chrysanthemums Mrs. ari ^ r? ?i ? y. 1 . 171/11^1(1^. i Best Roses, Mrs. W. P. Odom, al R.00 th, Boys Corn Club M< Class A. , Best record of corn and highest yield. Free scholarship to 'NIu ^lemson. John Timmons. ' Second best record, Clyde Watson, $5. co Third best record. Dewey S1!( iVatson. $2 Fourth best record, Roy Stan- rr< :il. $1. im Class B. orl Best ten ears, C. S. Brittin, $5. |M I. Second best ten ears, Henry ij (night, $2. le" Third best ten ears, Eurah vj( dcManus, SI. to Class C. ye) Best single ear, Henry Knight, 'ai1 !1 no Second best single ear, Clyde ^() Vatson, $1. sel (Continued next week) col roops Sent As Sheriff Defies I Governor Manning Columbia, S. C., Nov. TO.? lovernor Manning tonight or- t ered five companies of Coast i irtillerv to proceed to Anderson a nmediately to afford civil au- 2 lority there to carrj- out orders f f the court in ejecting striking t till operatives of the Equinox r lill from houses and in enforc c ig the law. e The Governor ordered Major c /illiam F. Robertson, com landing the battalion of Coast t rtillery, to proceed to Ander- c >n and take command. He al c ) telegraphed Commander s rouch, of the four divisions of f [aval Militia at Charleston, to g old his companies in readiness c answer a call. t nib vjiLiaiwii ui me vjovernor c send the National Guard into nderson to preserve order f id enable the civil authori- j es to carry out the orders of f le court came after all the civil t rocesses had been exhausted. v The militia companies at once t sembled in their armories and c ? proceeding to Anderson, r he Governor, ordered the necisary railroad equipment made c ?dy. By daybreak tomorrow v iO soldiers will be in Anderson o ider command of Major Rob- s, 1son ready to carry out the n xlers of the Governor. h The trouble at Anderson be s in some time ago, when con- a ables who went to eject strikers h om the houses on the mill d opertv under ejectment orders b om Magistrate Cox were stop- L id by sympathetic crowds of tl med strikers. h JThe ejectment writs were then v flced in Sheriff John H. M. si shlev's hands, but the Govern- o ' receiveu an appeal from Man- si jer Ligon, of the Equinox Mill, a r protection, saying the sheriff y tused to act. c< The Governor wired the sher- b to know of the situation and b reply received a telegram ti hich the Governor said was \> nsolent." The sheriff in his is ire to Governor Manning said p said: d< "Writs of ejectment have not li :en served yet. I will do this sc Drk according to my own dgement and if that don't suit c< ?u, you can send up here and tc F 11 JFUUI&CII. P' Immediately the Governor re- fc ied to him: "Your insolent egram received. I shall with- b it delay take necessary steps to ai force the law in spite of your ci itude of disrespect and defice of the law and encourage- Ki 2nt of lawlessness." In addition to the 250 National J. jardsmen who are now pro eding to Anderson there are f 0 more in the naval militia yX] lich are being held under ms to be sent there if needed. ai lese units are all of the Nation- n, Guard remaining in the State, a, a rest being on duty along the exican border. at 7 Sl Sees Big Money in Sawdust w mroe Enquirer. aj> Some years ago a citizen of cc 2cklenburg county invented a lie ntrivance for carrying cotton w id away from water power pi is and dumping them into the ;ek. The papers said that the m /entor would put his machine ra the market. It would not fl< 1 for much now when the in ce of cotton seed is a dollar a hi shel. We laugh at that Meek- he tburg genius who made a de- trk r :e lor dumping cotton seed in- * the creek. Yes, and in a few ,m ars from now they will he ighing at the people who are an w carrying the sawdust away ly m the mills and burning it. ex me of these days folks will be ling sawdust for as much as Itoa brought yeflw ago, N? -earn About the New Rural , Credits Law Heretofore not enough attenion has been given to the im- < >ortance of adequate capital as i i factor in successful farming, dany a prudent and capable < armer in the past has realized hat his farm would be much i nore profitable if he could tile ? Irain his land; or if he could get j :xtra horses and mules; or if lie i :ould buy the animals needed to 1 snable him to engage more ex- ] ensively in the dairying, swine, >r beef cattle business; or if he < :ould put up modern barns and ? ilos. But he has lacked capital ; or all these-things, and he could ] ret capital only by taking ruin>us risks. As Mr. E. W. Dabbs < old the Farm Loan Board the i >ther dav: ] "I have never been able to < arm as I wished nor as good < udgement showed would be < trolit iMp Kooonpr, r ??..u ?1 1 ...U\.?.UUJC X LUUIU I1UI I ake the risk ot a disaster that i vould mean ruin under a svs- i em where all debts must be paid ?ut of current profits or be car t ied at a high rate of interest." To all such men the coming t >f the new rural credits law, ( vith its long-time loans at not t iver 6 per cent, is a veritable f odsend. As the Monroe Jourlal puts it: "Here is a man who as a farm in good shape, with t lock and moderate equipment, r nd is out of debt. Suppose that ' e wishes to increase the pro uctivity of his land at once and egin to get the benefit of it. t ,et him borrow five hundred, a r lousand or two thousand dol- ! \rs, as the case may be, and in- t est it in improvement of his oil. Four crops of legumes-ldfr* n the land, two winter and two t Limmer crops, or two years in . 11, will more than double the u -t __ - - - . s? ieiu ui an acre ot land in this j ounty. An acre that can now j! e stimulated to produce a half- _ ale of cotton would, after such a eatment, easily produce a bale ^ rith less fertilizer, and one that ; now producing a bale would roduce two. Thus the cutting own of labor expense by doubng the soil fertility, would itself )on pay the loan." a Farmers everywhere should v ertainly inform themselves as > the provision of a law that r romises such relief, and this inirmation, like salvation, is free. Simply write the Federal Farm 11 oan Board. Washington n c tl id ask for copies of its free cir v liars, especially Circular No. 5, s< Hie Farm Loan Primer."?Pro l' ressive Farmer. ^ ii D. Ingram Writes to the ^ Farmers o The Farmers of South Caro 0 a na: si The farmers of South Carolina . e tailing to appreciate the L?cessity of seeding a large acre;e of grain, especially wheat. j As you know the price of flour this time is higher than pos j hly any time since the Civil . ar. If there should be a short- ^ je in the grain crop of this >untry or the Argentine Repiib: next season, the question of heat bread would be a serious 'nKlnm UUI^III IU1 Will llfupit'. In order to assist you in [v arketing any grain you may p; ise, or converting same into 01 >ur for your personal use I atp stalling a flour mill of one indred barrel capacity per day ;re at McBee and will be able take care of anv grain you j|J ay raise for the market. c< If you contemplate putting out cc ly grain this fall will you kind- le advise me of the amount you yr pect to sow. di Yours truly, sc J. D. Ingram, m f>Y, 8th 1916, ol \ German Sub. Sank Ametlcar. Steamer Nov. 8 Paris, Nov. 12.?A wireless dispatch from Madrid says that it was a German submarine which sunk the American steamship Columbian. According to this information ihe Columbian encountered the submarine on November 6, during a violent tempest. The submarine compelled the Columbian to interrupt her voyage and lie to under surveillance until November 8. Wnen the storm subsided, the dispatch says, the submarine ordered the crew to abandon the ship and then sank tier. A I lavas dispatch from Madrid luotes the newspapers ot Corunla, Spain, where the crew is reported to have landed, to the effect that when the Columbian was held up the submarine ordered the crew to disembark tiut that the storm was so severe .hat this was impossible until [wo days later. The dispatch also says that he Norwegian steamships Balto ind Fordalen were destroyed in he same manner on November ) (a report of the sinking of hese steamships was received rom London last night.) Washington, Nov. 12.?Sec ntnrt' T A 1 ' * vim ? i~*<iuaiu? is uxpecieu 10 lay >efore President Wilson at once i summary of recent develop nents in the submarine situation collected at the State Departnent, dealing particularly with he Marina, Columbia, Arabia ind Lannao cases. No secret is nade of the belief of some oficials that the situation is seri>us. The President has rr\ade t clear to friends that the policy " ^ oward submaiine warfare with he correspondence on the Susex case will be followed stricty. Mr. Wilson probably will lave another conference in the iear future with James W. Gerird, American Ambassador to Germany, who has been in this ountry for several months. To Rural Route Patrans Change in rural routes Nos. 1 nd 3, effective tomorrow, Noember N*>. Route No. 3 will rave Ghesterfield and Lancaster oad at McColl place, thence by I. U. Mills', II. Z. Outen's, Henri* place, Oro church, comes ito public road at Hursey's mill, tience to G. 1'. ICvans place, /here the old route will be erved to II, W. Owens place, itence to T. A. Gulledge's, Jack Vallace's, J. B. Threatt's and ito Jefferson road at W. A. 'igg's. Your box must be erected on le right hand side of the road, nd so erected that it can be jived without carrierdismountRoute No. 1 will not serve the union 01 rouie irom \v. 1. Joran's place to Pine tree. Patrons please take notice, a view of the extent to which ie practice of placing coins in oxes by rural patrons has rown, carriers will not be reuired to scratch coins from oxes. See your carrier and urchase stamps etc., and keep supply on hand and avoid this nnecessary trouble. See that ackages have sufficient postage n them before mailing. Respectfully, John W. Quick, P. M. Here is the way an exchange ins its subscribers: "If 3011 ive frequent fainting spells, ac>mpanied by chills, cramps, ?rns, bunions, chilblains, epipsy and jaundice, it is a sign )u are not well, but liable to e any minine. fay your subription in advance and thus ake yourself solid for ft good )ituary notice."