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r rThc Pagcland Journal Published Wednesday Mornings < by The Journal Company C. M. Tucker, Editor Subscription Price - - $1.00 Entered as second class mail ' nnrt nt Prtnrn Ulaiiui <11 IUC pvoi viiict at i land, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. March 21, 1917 There are about one hundred good reasons why every farm and garden in this section should produce an abundance of eat ables this year. Let's hear you give one reason why they should not. "How do the people of Jefferson township like the bond issue since it has been tried out?" we asked a citizen of that township the other day. "All right, I think," he replied, "the ones who fought it hardest now tell us how much fertilizer their teams can pull over the good roads." The threatened railway strike was averted at the last moment by mediation. The railroads 1^/4 *1 A :*L At leu me settlement wiui u;e me diation board and the brotherhoods. The eight hour law was agreed upon, but only prorata pay lor overtime was allowed. On the heels of this settlement came the decision of the Su preme Court upholding the Adamson eight hour law. It is believed that this settles the controversy between the railroads and the employees. + ^ "Why can't we have water works and sewerage here?" askcitizen who heard it. "Write something about it, and let's get the movement started," continued the first speaker. This is a subject we had given quite a i:?i. i - iiiuc consideration already, and the main obstacle to be over come is public sentiment. Would a majority of the voters in town favor it? If the edvan tages of these things were prop erly understood by all the peo pie there would be little difficulty in gelling a majority vote. So if the people who want wa terworks and sewerage in Pageland will join us in the under taking we'll make a fight for these things. If von are in favor of such a move, make it a point to speak to the writer about it at once, or better still state your position through the columns of this paper. The county Sunday School association meets in the Presby terian church here Thursday and Friday of this week. Delegates have been invited from every Sunday school in the county, and while all the churches will not send representatives, a great many will These delegates will be upon the hospitality of the people of Pageland for dinner each of the two days, and quite a uuuiuer win probably remain over Thursday night. Messrs. D. E. Clark, A. H. Mangum, J E. Smith and L. J. Watford have been appointed as an entertainment committee. The homes of Pageland should be thrown ( open to these delegates, that Pageland's reputation for hos- , pitality may be maintained. ] Let those who are in position to i entertain one, two or more delegates see one of the members of , this committee, so that there t may be no confusion or misun ( derstandings. Don't wait for t this committee to assign dele- i gates to you. Go to one of \ them and let them know how * many you will take. t White Man Was Shot at Win gate Charlotte Observer. Shot completely through th head by a steel jacketed ball from a .38 caliber automatic pis tol and with a similar bullet hoU through the body in the region of the heart, Edgar Williams, ? policeman of Wingate, six miles from Monroe, is believed to be dying in the Brenizer Sanatori um where he was rushed las: night by his father, H. F. Wil liams, and a cousin. R. C Griffin, The officer was shot while at tempting to arrest a negro, Bunt Maske, for whom he held a war rant upon a charge ot havinj committed an assault upon his wife. In the fight which ensuec upon the officer's attempt tc place the negro under arrest, he was shot twice, the missiles frorr the powerful weapon passing completely through his head anc body. Surgeons at Brenizer's Sana torium last night found that the first bullet had entered above the right ear and passed com pletely through Mr. Williams brain. Parts of that organ were oozing through the wound ii his head. The bullet whicl struck his body, entered somi two inr.hps hplow tho hpart nnt passed on through, making it exit just above the right hip. Despite th?.se fearful wound the officer regained conscious ness on his trip to Charlotte ant was able to converse in a ration al manner until rendered uncon scious by an anaesthetic admin istered upon the operating tabl in the sanatorium. He withstood the operatioi well and sometime after mic night was recovering from th effects of the anaesthetic. Sui geons who performed the opei ation were surprised at his wot derful vitality. It was at first reported ths (From reports over the *phon The Journal has gathered th following in regard to this a fair in addition to the accour above: Mr. Williams had a warrar for the negro and approache him on the railroad crossing s Wingate unarmed, and told th negro he had a warrant for hirc The negro drew his pistol, an Mr. \\ llliams jumped behim him and grabbed around hint: The negro shot him through th body and then through the heac keeping others away during th time with his pistol. After Mi Williams fell the negro walkei off toward his home near th< Baptist church, followed at : distance bv a rapidly gatherinj crowd armed only with sho guns and such weapons as the; could hastily gather. Member of the posse fired several time at the negro, but no shots wen effective. The negro continue! to go, and was given more car tridges by his brother, it i charged. The negro was thu followed about a mile and i half before a pistol ball througl his knee brought him down After his capture he was fount to have wounds about the moutl and throat. He was lodged ii jail at Monroe, where he hai been under the care of a physi cian. His condition Monda> afternoon was said to be critical The shooting occurred be tween tour and five o'clock Mr. Williamc ,?>?o ? .. wao V/dl 1 1CU II Charlotte later in the afternoon His condition Monday was verj critical indeed, bet a repori Monday night was to the effeci that he seemed a little better. It is said that the following were amonu the citizens wlu isked their lives to aid in the :apt-ii.jof the negro: J. L. Aus in, Jose Perry, D. F. Jones, E Williams, K. L. McWhirter, (I <. Helms, Thos Evans and oth ;rs. Preston Moore got a bftl hrough his coat. *1 | - -3fasb- - 1 ? The fellow who can put a full grown william goat's nose to the ground could whip the German kaiser. Spring has come. No matter if it is cold sometimes, it is spring just the same. One day last week the writer saw two boys on the bank of the creek with fishing poles extended over the water, and down in the edge of the water was a little "string" with a greater number of fish than the boy gave Jesus to feed five thousand people. What | better evidence do you require that spring has come. Oh, yes I it may snow and sleet some yet, ' but it's spring nevertheless. j Grover Mangum sent Policeman Gregory for an armful of wood the other day, and when he brought it and made a fire ~ Grover pretended the wood be " longed to W. J. Blakenev, and , that if Mr. Blakenev had seen ' him get it there would have " been trouble. By the time the 1 policeman began to really regret 1 getting the wood Grover had ^ sent word to Mr, Blakenej' and let him know what they were s doing. In he came at once fuiious because the officer of s the law had taken his wood. The officer was trulv repentant, made plenty of apologies and 1 later went around and apologized privately to Mr. Blakeney, 1 stating that he did not know e whose wood it was. Then they told him the joke and he laughj ed louder than anybody else. We have been taken to task by a reader for allowing the exr pression "milk cow" to appear in these columns instead of the strictly proper term "milch e cow." This reader agrees to by Mr. B. Clegg Ashcraft for the Monroe Enquirer. We fina ' "milk cow" at least four times in , the advertising columns of The * Enquirer, a few times in the Monroe Journal and the Marsh? ville Home, and nowhere do we it ^ find "milch cow," though we admit frankly that according to the dictionary the latter expres sion is correct. We do not rej call having seen an editorial in j the Enquirer in which Mr. Ashcraft had occasion to refer to \ the female of this popular doj" mestic animal, so it becomes ' necessary to ask him to give us an editorial on the subject that j we may see whether he writes milk or milch before cow, and if the latter why the huisness rj locals in his paper are not made ^ to read the same way. S B f $ \&J? S r 6121 ki few ^LOTHIJ? ; T r T ' F a ts jaSffli yi i. r.iv "Mkk \ \4& Rebuilding on Heels of the Troops That France does not expect b a return of the tide of war is a manifest in the fact that she is rebuilding the destroyed cities as the armies advance. Mr. Thompson, agent in Paris for an Amer- v ican steel exporting firm, is in New York to report to his com- a pany, and he savsto a Journal of Commerce reporter that while the public understands great j activities will be in evidence in France and Belgium after the war in reconstrucing the devas tated towns, yet it is not so well * known that this work is even now proceeding as rapidly as r the territory is being recovered, and that reconstruction follows t in the wake of the advancing army, the reparation of damage 1 and the rehabilitation of fac- < tories proceeding right up to the firing line. Mr. Thompson says that buying for entire tons will < be done by great syndicates working with the co-operation 1 of the Government. In his view, i the United States could establish < itself firmly in the French mar- i ket, but onl> by methods of com- < bination and farsighted organi- 1 zation which can adequately i analyze the situation.?Charlotte ' Observer. 1 ************* i | Guano * I * * ? J * We have the ? stock: * Cole Distribute! * LoieTotton PIS ^ Covington Cottc ? Rex Guano Dist ? Climax Cotton I ? We also have a * We now have ? had and are bettei ? We appreciate; | Pagels * >444444444444* iiimiwin wm hiiii umiiwnwiiiiii' i TO M v For that i %f. Guaranteed 100 ? Tennises, Straw Embroidery, Ril is as near comp Get in lin quality counts. > MUN( Meet me at Mungo Bros. ' j ( t I Ten Good Health Habits Don't bother about bad habits ' ut form some good ones. Make few constructive rules. 1. I will eat slowly. 1 2. I will drink sufficient water. 3. I will sleep with windows 1 vide open. 1 4 I will get eight hours sleep . day. ' 5. I will sit and stand erect. 6. I will breathe only fresh. >ure air. 7. I will take some outdoor , ixercise every day. , 8. 1 will consult a good dentst for an examination. 9. 1 will depend upon nature ather than drugs. 10. I will live in sunshine >oth in body and mind. You know your need. Choose he rules that suit you.?Dr. Charles Lerrigo. Free Mail Delivery for Cheraw Dheraw Chronicle. Hon. W. F. Stevenson has ta ten up with the postoffice department the question of free delivery of mail in Cheraw, and le informs us that he is in re :eipt of a communication from the department saying that an inspector will be sent to Cheraw within a few days to look into i he matter. ************** U19U1UUH 'lanters following Planters ant s at $5.50, 8.00 and 9.0 1VS&itiu nters $8.50 ?n and Corn Planters $] ribotors $11.50 'lanters $5.00 i lew Middle Busters at the best assorted stoc r prepared to supply y your trade. iitd Hardwai 144<4<<4<4<4<< ungo ] new suit, pair pants, per cent pure wool, I Hats, All kind Dres )bons, Hosiery, etc. lete as you will find le and buy goods ol GO BROT THE LEADING STORE \ Mr. Hamilton Is 90 year* Old Monroe Enquirer. Mr. John C. Hamilton, of Vlarshville township, was here ast Saturday. To the question, 'How are you?" he said, "I am feeling fine, had a little touch ot the grippe but am all right now." Mr. Hamilton was ninety years Did the 6th of last December. He rides horseback, can plow a little and can hoe for two or three hours at a time. In his younger days Mr. Hamilton could "upset" an axe and temper it just a little better than anybody else in the whole country. He is wonderful in mental and bodily vigor. His memory has a reach of eighty six years. He is a native of New Salem township and he knows the family history of almost every person in the eastern part of the county. "I presume a successful automobile salesman has to be a glib talker?" "Oh yes. And it also helps him in his business if he has the pulchritude of a moving picture actor." <c fliatJ" 'When a car is being demonstrated to a woman, if the chap who drives it is handsome she sure feels the engine is all right. ************* >rs and f * * * * * I Distributors in ? * * 0 each. * "i mas'>. ? * v 5f 12.50 J * * * last years prices. * k we have ever ?r our wants. h % re Co. 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