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The Pageland Journal March 7.1917 ' Local News Mrs. R. H. Blakeney is at a Charlotte hospital for treatment. Miss Mattie Hazelden who has been teaching at Center is visit ing her sister, Mrs. J, A. Perritt, The school at Center, taught by Miss Mattie Hazelden of Mallory, S. C. closed last Friday. Mrs, j. a. Hicks returned one day last week from a Charlotte hospital where she underwent an operation. Mrs. A. F. Funderburk return to her home here Saturday after spending several weeks in Columbia. Have you made that road drag yet? Well, it's a very simple thing to make, but when used at the right time it works wonders on a road, Seed have been ordered for the members of the Pageland Truckers Associations. Enough have been ordered lor 172 acres of cantaloupes and 215 acres of watermelons. Mrs. M. J. Turner and Mr. Jeff Turner left yesterday to spend several days with the J l-*-- ^ * luiiuei s uaugmer, lvirs. J>. J. Stone, at Effingham, S. C. A good road drag, one man and two mules can do a stretch of road more good in one day than a dozen hands can do with picks, shovels and hoes Mr. John M. Clark kept a record of the fair and cloudy days in February, and found that there were nineteen cloudy days and nine fair. Then the first four days of March were cloudy. Because of the rain the Quarterly meeting of the Pageland division of the W. M. U. to have been held at Providence last Saturday was postponed until next Saturday, March 10, beginning at 10 o'clock. The same program w?ll be rendered. It is now Magistrate Turner. Mr. T. W. Turner received his commission last Wednesday, and is now ready to hand out justice to those who come before him. He joined with the town author ities and rented a room over the old Mercantile stand to be used as a court room and office by him and the town officers. Friday was a rainy day, but Mr. W. M. Mangum was out hauling sand to fill some bad holes in the public road near his home 3 1 2 miles south of Pageland. We should like to see Others as much interested in th?> roads by their homes as Mr. Mangum was. Rev. J. M. Sullivan, who was formerly pastor of Pageland Baptist church, has been called to the pastorate of the Brunson field composed of three church es. The parsonage is at Brun son, S. C., and the work pays a salary of $1,100. Mr. Sullivan is now at Ridgeland where he went in the fall of 1915, and has not decided whether or not he I will give up his present work to? accept the call to a now I His manv friends in this county will be pleased to know that he is meeting with success. The Jefferson oil mill was sold at Chesterlield Monday under foreclosure proceedings by virtue ot a mortgage held by the Jefferson Bank. Attorney C. L. Prince bid ofi ihe property for Messrs. A. S. Mungo, I. W. Miller, II. Miller, I,. L). Ogburn and G. W. Sutton, who will compose a new company to f own and operate the mill. The new company will start out free from debt and with splendid chances of success. Mr. Sossa mon will probably be retained as manager of the mill, and the! operation of the plant will not be interrupted. Mrs. G. R. Knight and Mastei Horace are spending a few days with relatives near Mineral Springs in Union county. Court for the trial of crimina cases convened at Chesterfielc Monday with Tudge Geo. E Prince presiding. Mr. J. N. Davis has been ap pointed constable of Cour House township. J. T. Gran will be retained as deputy sher iff at a salary of $750. The constables for the severa townships in this county wen recommended by the senate and representatives for this tern but these officers will be nom inated in the primary after tin first term. Rev. B. A. Powell, a returne< missionary, will talk on mission in Korea at Five Forks churcl next Sunday, March 11th a 3:30 p. m. The public is invite* to attend. Dr. H. Smith failed to fill hi aoDOintment herp MnnHav an Tuesday on account of sickness He has just returned to his honn in Monroe from a hospital ii Charlotte, where he has beei for treatment. The law doesn't force a mai to keep up the public road b; his larm, but there are man1 paving things we can do with out being forced. Drag thi road by vour place as often a it needs and soon your neighbo will be ashamed of his roac Try it. Mrs. C. J. Funderburk ha been quilting a quilt which wa pieced by Mrs. Betsy Beaver o Dudley after she had passed he one-nunarein Dirtnday. Thi work was neatly done, and th quilt is to be kept an heirloom Mrs. Beaver died a few year ago at the age of 101 years. Mr. W. U. Clvburn, one of th wealthiest men in Lancaste county, died at his home nea Kershaw Saturday afternoon and the body was buried a Pleasant Plains Sunday after noon. He is survived by hi second wife and several children He owned the Brewer min< near Jefferson until a few week ago. Mr. W. C. Vaughn and Mis Nez/.ie Tucker both of Rub; were married March 4th, at th< home of Mr. J. C. Smith, Rev J. D. Purvis officiating. Mr Vaughn is proprietor of th< Rubv telephone system, an< one of Ruby's most progressiv< | business men. Mrs. Vaughn i -a uaugnier 01 Mr. and Mrs Joht Tucker of Ruby and is a popu lar young lady. "I want vou to give the tele phone business a lick. I an getting mad about the servici we are getting. The poles anc wires are down, and everytiiru there is a little breeze the ser vice is dead again." said Mr. H B. Graves yesterday. He saic that the people wanted bettei service even it costs more, thai the people would not cornplair so much about rates as service He said also that the local ex change is probably doing about as well as it can at the rates, bui that the people want better service one way or another. In another column there is an article about the need of a canning factory at Pageland which was written before we learned that Mr. A. H. Mangum will Install a cannery in the building formerly occupied by Pageland Garage. This plant will have a capacity of perhaps five hundred cans a day. Canning will be done for the public, as well as for Mr. Manguiri's individual use. But a plant of this size can't do one tenth of the can ning that should be done in this section. There is room for many other plants of this size or lor a large one. Mr. Mangum will probably get all the canning he can do, and then there will go to waste enough vegetables and fruit to feed the population next winter. MCBEE PERSONALS | The news reached here Satur 1 day night of the sad death of ] Mr. W. U. Clyburn, which oc I curred at his home in Kershaw. 1 Mr. Clyburn was well known . through this section. Mrs. J. D. Ingram spent Wednesday in Hartsville. t Messers. Boggsand Dent King t spent Thursday in Columbia. Miss Mollie Poston and her guest, Mrs. L. E. Hurst of Pat rick spent Wednesday in Harts^ ville. 2 Mrs. Ellen Foster of Darlingr ton is spending some time at 1 the home of her brother, Mr. " R. B. King. e Mrs. A. A. McManus spent Wednesday in Hartsville. 1 Miss Beatrice Cain visited s mends in Jefferson last week. i Mrs. I. J. McPherson is the t guest of Mrs. Alice Morton near i Bethune. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Han spent ? Wednesdav in Hartsville. s , Mr. Alex Shaw ot Bethune , spent Friday in town. ) e a Another Thread I? Added to ^ German Mesh of Intrigue Washington, March 1.?Count von Bernstorff, the former German Ambassador, was instructed from Berlin to arrange the disy mantling of German war-bound * ships in American harbors at the same time he received the Zims mermann note for transmission I to Mexico. This added thread in the mesh of German intrigue spun around s this coutry while Germany was s still protesting friendship was alf lowed to bet^ome known today, i" with the inference that full and e detailed instructions were sent e Bernstorff from Berlin to make i. war by this county impossible, s Officials refused to disclose any of the other elements in the e German plot, but indicated that r it was general and wholesale. >r CHURCH NOTES J METHODI ST PROTESTANT John. W. Quick, Pastor s Our appointment for next I o * ? ? ! ^unaav will be at New l lope at e 11 o'clock, and at Rose Hill at s 3:30 p. m. Sunday school at Rose Hill at 2:30 p. m. s r ' Better Farmin b SOUTHERN FARMER'S F e ' South'a Deposits of Phosphatic Mat* C. A. WH S ^ RecenUy a Southern fertilizer concern obtained & large order for acid phosphate from Holland at $65 per ton. Contrast this $66.00 per ton with $20.00 per ton paid by the Southern farmer. If the Dutch farmer can afford to pay $56 per ton for acid phosphate 1 and make it pay, how much more can _ ? miuier ouiain wtieu he can buy about three times as much 1 phosphate with the same money? > Dutch farmers are shrewd and thrifty. They bare developed agriculture to a very high state of efficiency, and they know quite well what can be done with acid phosphate at $55 per I ton. Their land is not poor. To the r contrary it is highly developed and fertile. Every rod that can possibly I be used for agriculture is cultivated i like 2 garden. They have found that no matter how rich their soil, fertilizing it pays. Out of their experience they find that it pays them now to invest as much as $55 per ton in acid ' phosphate. t Aids In Combatting Boll Weevil Under boll weevil conditions, early maturing of cotton is essential. Acid phosphate, of course, promotes the fruition and maturing of cotton. All agricultural authorities are now recommending liberal use of acid phosphate in fertilizers as an Important measure in combatting the boll weevil. If the Southern farmer had to pay $55 per ton for acid phosphate, what a disadvantage he would face! Since he only pays about one-third this price, how fortunately situated he is! Nature ba3 placed here In the South great deposits of rock phosphate which, when treated with sulphuric acid, becomes acid phosphute, an ingre dient of fertilizer. Not only is the Southern farmer fa orea ny reason of the natural deposits of phosphatic materials, hut, in recent years, the South has become a great manufacturer of sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid has an Import- ( ant place in many forms of manufacturing. and is one of the essentials in making munitions of war, hence large quantities of it have been drawn to the munition plants at enhanced prices. The high market for sulphuric acid has lifted the price of acid phos- 1 phate Over that of former years, but not enough to prevent ita still being a moat economical plant food. i The Quickly Available Form ] eld phosphate Is that form of pho? BUSINESS LOCALS Brinq me all the^ork you 1 have for sale. \ Will pay mar- ] kel price. H. raves. . , Two milk cows will t/e sold at public auctionVexlr Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the ] public well at Pag^lhnd. If vou eed a cow, this is vour chance. A. F. Funderburk. / Carry your ChiVkghs and Eggs to Clark & Smith and get more. Wanted?a 2-horse share cropper to v^ork good land near Cooke's mHh part granite and part sand. R^hard Railings, Jefferson, R. 3. Wanted, 5,000 . goofd empty meal bags delivc^^ti at Jefferson. Jefferson Cotton Oil Co. Jefferson Cotton piKCompany will buy all \ipur empty meai Dags in good coYidiJtfbn. Have your Automobile cleaned up for 75 cent^. We have water and a\boy to- do the work. Cars washed but not polished for 75 centfc. Coca-Cola Bottling Works. '\J We are handling McCall Patterns. Mungo Brcty Want?those nice veals you have for sale. VMarket prices paid. W. P, Guiivrageland. For Sale?young mule cheap. Will sell for dash or on time with good papM*. J. D. Redfearn. ? I Our Spring line of Shoes/and Oxfords is here. MunrOTBros. Ill V-/LJust arrived 780 pairt Spring Shoes and Oxfords. IMungo Bros. . 1 T Don't forget to see ournrcvv line of Oxlords. Mungolpros. For Salc-rdrv stove wood, heaping 2^orse load Si.00 de livered. Lex\B. Watts. Phone 18 four rings. \ V - tg in the South "ERTILIZER ADVANTAGE sriala an A'd In Boll Weevil Fight. IITTLE. t Phatic fertilizers most readily Available as plant food. Hence this is why agricultural authorities are stressing its use In fertilizers for boll weevil territory, where the purpose is to hasten maturity of the plants and to get as much cotton set as possible before the weevil haB developed in sufficient number to get all the new squares and the bolls that form, as it will do later on in the season. PUSH COTTON IN WEEVIL TERRITORY J. C. Pridmore, Agronomist. Inquiry?"How would you fertilize to beat the boll weevil to the cotton?" In growing cotton under boll weevil conditions, several factors must be given consideration. The land snouiu be well drained and well supplied with vegetable matter. Good seed of a va- ' riety adapted to the locality should be chosen, and, of course, a variety ( that will mature its fruit quickly and resist wilt should be planted. Fertilize liberally, and properly cultivate. On the heavier soils, such as the red clays and clay loams, the use of a fertilizer carrying 10 per cent to 12 per cent phosphoric acid, 3 to 4 per cent nitrogen and a small per cent of potash, if it can be had, should be used. Apply at the rate of 250 to 400 pounds per acre. On lighter soils in which nitrogen, phosphorus and potash are all usually deficient, a fertilizer carrying all threo elements is desirable. Use 10 to 12 per cent phosphoric acid, 3 or 4 per cent nitrogen and 1 or 2 per cent potash, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds to the acre. SOY BEANS IN THE ROTATION. Inquiry?"Will you recommend a rotation in which soy beans, cotton and some other crop will be used?" Soy beans are highly recommended. They are a legume and, therefore, do not require much nitrogen. The hay is abundant and the feeding value high. The oil mills afford a ready market for the bean, and the cake which is produced by the mills has splendid feeding values. A good rotation to follow is cotton followed by corn with soy beans, followed by oats and cowpeas. For southern conditions Hollybrook and Mammouth Yellow are recommended. -J. N. HARPKR, Agronomist / / / Wanted ?to \ buy some good ? j. clean sound /peas. Cash or I trade. J. Monjoe Railings. ~~ My ?Cottonseed Grader will be w running at Jas. T./Funderburk's to mill at Dudley ,hext Saturday. sy Hurley Funderlifurk. w yi For Sale?Ground Phosphate . Rock at $12 a \on;/contains 32 per cent Phosph^ryf Acid. Try a! it with your compost. L. L. S1 Parker. Brick?Season is about over, o but will order out /another car c< if I can get\ enough orders to v\ take them off my hands. Let me fc know by wd^a/or by Mail at n once & how mb6y. H. B. Sowell. g For Sale?7-jewel Waltham ^ watch, 20 year\ caSe 16 size, g cheap. See me fd? price. D. A. " Simpson. 4 tl For Sale at once/14 2 5 acres e' land part of wjpch is within the town limits? good tenant house, nearly! ail in cultivation. ^ Apply to "Lami" in care of The aj Journal. o Cottonseed Grader wilLbe run- a ning here next .Saturday. n Bring your seed and have them tc graded for 5 cents a bushel. A VN F, Funderburk. / P We have the agency for W. H. . ivf;vnn ?i/- _ - ? 11 LfHAuu occu uu, vi jt^nariesion. When you need ^any kind of t( garden or field seeds see us. j Plummer Grocery, Bring me your beef cattle. 1 1 will pay 5 cents a pound for u good ones. Brings them or call cl me and I'll conxe^ and s^e them. jt H. B. Graves. y' For Rent?6 roon^ house on E McGregor stteef near S. H. Laney's. J. A. tyrant. Plummer Grocery Company will pay \ybu the top for tr Chickens and Kggs. C For Sale?16 per cen*Acid in bulK, ~ here ready fortdeliyery at $15 a ton. ^ T. W. Gregory \wlHr deliver it to you. ft H. B. Graves. w > O Onion sets, red, white and yellow, at 15 cents a quart. Plummer Grocery, ll IT For Sale?Coker number nine Long Staple Cotton Seed, recleancd and ? graded. See,what leading buyers say: q Cheraw, S. C January 25th. 1917. [Mr. L. L. Parker, E Pageland, Sl C. ir Dear Sir: ' * The fifteep bales of cotton bought from you last fall at 30 cents per pound pi measured full ope and five sixteenths to (1' one and three eighths inches. We consider it the best lot of staple cotton we have ever bought. (Signed) M^lloy & Company. Made a bale pej acre last year. Price $2.00 per bushel. L. L. Parker, Page- j land, S. C. / " Fresh Bread all the liipe. Plummer ?< Grocery. V Bring your chickcny to us for highest prices. Tucker ftmlakeney. V til See Mungo Bros*jf>r that Boys suit. 1^ *- m hi Just Arrived?Boya yiits, all sizes and m colors. Mungo Bro\f For Sale?good horse 8 Xears old, will ^ work any where andr trusty. If voujOl want a bargain see m<l/t once. W. O. I ai Tucker. I (y Shipment of lime Just arrived. Come before it is gone. ragbland I lard ware :o. VI SO - Ul til WOOD'S g Seed Catalog for 1917, tell9 about the best Farm and Garden Seeds u lb and gives special information as to the best crops to grow, both for profit and home use. (O The large Increase In our husi ness which we have again experienced during the past year is the pi best of evidence as to the high (n quality of WOOD'S SIXDS. II Write for catalog and prices of Grass and Clover Seeds. Seed in Potatoes, Seed Oats or any at Farm Seeds required. w Catalog mailed free on request. St. T.W.WOOD Ct SONS, ' ? SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. % (ji 1 - -Ufasfy- - 1 John Beasle.y asks us if it ouldn't be much better for us > remain at home in case ther^ lould be a call for men than to aste Our Country's bullets as leither one of us could hit a am." Yes. We are in hearty :cord with this. We now conder John a real patriot, Many stories have been told f the negro's abhorrence of offins, graveyards, etc. and the 'riter was much surprised a iw days ago to learn that a egro had carried a coffin and a allon of liquor off from Pagemd in a buggy. Yes, Sir, a allon of booze, a coffin and a egro all in one small buggy. venture the assertion that lis is the first time such a thing ver happened. Quite a number of citizens relember the time a few years ?o when Jake Watts and some thers found a rat in a plug of nonulnr hrnnd rvf r - , VI iuu?V,^U UiiU ailed it to a 'phone pole here >r public inspection. There ras very little tobacco in the lug as the rat seemed to have een a large one and he was all lere, tail and all. It was suposed that the rat got into the ibacco during the manufacturig process, and was, of course, acked into one ot the plugs, 'he incident may be recalled by sers of the weed when they hew to make the stuff taste ist a little sweeter. ,ven China May Enter War on Side of Entente Washington, March 2.?Negoations looking to China's enance into the war against the lentral Powers are in progress I Peking and in all the Entente !apitals, it was learned here >day, and their success depends nly upon the harmonizing of the ;wards to be given China with le amount of co operation de landed of her. It is regarded as certain that hina will sever relations with ermany, and a declaration of ar probably will follow if the ntente will guarantee satisfac>ry relaxation of the restrictions nposed upon the Eastern Emire by the world Powers after le Boxer troubles. Now the Moonshiner With it impossible to ship yen a drop of whiskey into the \v States and that a National w, lookout for an increased >st in the price of ~opper, bemse still makers will get busy. T1 .1 ? ' i ucic me mousunus c>[ mooniiners operating today, but ink what a market opens for em. And while Uncle Sam is trieu for 40 years to put the oonshiner out of business, sent ousands of them to the penintiaries, destroyed thousands stills ond confiscated thousids of dollars worth of proper , the business, somehow, ems to flourish, increase right ong; and now with the supply ?limited and the demand natally great there will be sonicing doing. States will have to ake appropriations to heln the overnment.?The Greensboro ecord evelation of German Plot Causes Great Sensation In London Lvntlon, March 1.?The time past when any fresh orienia111 of the German policy is ' astonish the Rritish public evv, but the revelation of the ot to induce Mexico and Japan attack the United States pioded this coiuilrv with a fir.stass sensation today. The Associated Press Washgton dispatches gave the late ternoon papers the first news, liich was displayed under irtlinu headlines, such as jrent Nun Plot Unmasked," dost Sensational Plot of the ar," "Amazing Revelation of erman Duplicity,"