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the pagel3h0 journal VbJ.7 NO. 28 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1917 $1.00 per year ??? ? ISome Control Measure for the House Fly Flies are best controlled by caring for manure, the places where they breed, (a) Haul out and spread the manure once a week, (b) Store the manure in a dark place?flies do not breed in dark places, (c) Treat the I manure to kill the maggots and eggs. Where it is necessary to have the manures exposed to flies, it may be treated with bo rax, hellebore or Calcium Cyan amid and acid Phosphate as follows: BORAX. Powdered borax sprinkled over the manure at the rate of 2 3 pound to 8 bushels of manure and 2 or 3 gallons of water poured over the borax treated manure to wash the borax into the manure will kill the maggqts-and keep the eggs from hathing. The outer edges of the manure pile should be care fully sprinkled as this is where the maggots congregate for pupation. Caution should be used in treating manure to be employed for agricultural pur poses because of the injurious action on the plant growth of the excessive application of bo rax. This is the least expensive method where the manure is not intended for agricultural purposes. HELLEBORE. Powdered white hellebore when maae in a solution by mixing one half pound of hellebore to 10 gallons of water and sprinkled over the manure gives good results in killing fly maggots. This solu > tion can be made up in large I quantities and kept until wanted A for use. The best results have been obtained by allowing the I solution to stand for a few hours I before applying. The composi tion of the manure will not be u materially changed by using I hellebore. Animals will not be f in danger when manure is treat ed in the stables as the poison is washed into the manure. CALCIUM CYANAMID and ACID PHOSPHATE. This mixture may be used at the rate of four pounds Calcium Cyanamid, four pounds Acid Phosphate to every eight bushels of manure. The substances should be mixed and spread over the manure after which it is sprink led with ten gallons of water. The addition of these materials to the manure is the proportions given greatly increase the value of the manure for agricultural purposes bv holding the ammo nia which usually passes off as gas in the untreated material. Thie fnrm r\f n11rnnmn Is * aa?w ill \/l 111(1 lO IIIU1C slowly available as plant food than the ordinary nitrates. It should be applied to the crop not less than seventy to eighty days before harvest in order that the nitrogen may be completely utilized by that crop. NOTE. The Calcium Cyana mid which is a medium for slow acting fertilizers is handled by manufacturers of mixed fertilizers. MAGGOT TRAPS. This is a simple method to kill the fly in maggot stage?full informa tion can be had by writing the Bureau of Entomology, Wash ington, D. C. SCREEN the PRIVY CLOS ETS. Have the closets provided with a keg or barrel of air slaked lime and use freely to dry up the closet material. TRAPS. Make or buy fly . traps. Place them in the windows at the stables, hog oens, and. chicken houses. Send for plans of the Clemson fly trap.? Clemson College Bulletin. ! Wave of War Sentiment Sweep* j Country As Congress Meets Indications that a wave of war .sentiment is sweeping the countiy came to the White House in messages conveying resolutions adODted at patriotic mass meetings in different States, and reports from Senators and Representatives that the Nation stands ready to back up the President. Predictions were general at the Capital that the House will be organized promptly so that President may deliver his message making recommendations for Congressional action. Unless there should be an unlooked for change, he will speak Tuesday News of the sinking of additional ships by German subma rines and the resulting loss of more American lives only increased the tention slightly. For some time the general feelinnr Tine Konn flint dormnrnt ol iu^ una i/v/v-11 uiai vj^iuiauy ar ready had shown utter disregard of American rights, and actually was making war on the United States. Secretary Baker conferred with the President and afterwards announced more than 7,000 ad ditional National Guardsmen had been ordered for police duty in different States He also said that complete plans for raising a larger Army had been drawn up at the War Depart ment. Plans in the Navy for secur , ine many submarine chasers and organizing them for a coast pa trol went forward rapidly, and the National Defence Council perfected a plan for coordinating in a practical way the Nation's industrial preparedness. Presideut Wilson has almost finished his message to Congress. He remained in his sttidy much of the day, and also was in close touch with the War, Navy and Treasury Departments regarding preparedness plans. It was indicated that tentative plans of the Administration for providing men, money and sup plies for war purpose awaits ac tion by Congress on the main question of whether a declaration of a state of war is to be adopted. Careful to observe the warmaking prerogative of Congress, the President and his advisers are desirous of doing nothing to be construed as an i act of war beyond maintaining a i state of armed neutrality and ' making ready for war if it | comes. j nans oi pacifists for attempting to keep Congress from declaring a state of war attracted some attention, but most of the reports to the Administration indicated that the Nation as a whole believes that the time for war has come. A statement to dav by Chairman Stone, of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, that he would vote j against war, but would support I the Government in any policy | decided upon, was the most no| ticeable anti war development. ( Outside of the main question to be decided, chief attention within the Administration is di rected towards guarding agairst possible disturbances in the United States. That ?lirh a Honnrrr exists was generally admitted, but officials believe the situation is well in hanil. Maybe So It was quite the brightest boy in the Sundavschool class who, when asked by the teacher to tell what sins of omission are, replied: "The ones we migh have committed but didn't." i Milch Cow or Milk Cow The Journal requested an expression from the Monroe Enquirer as to the use of "milch" or "milk" when used as an ad-, jective before the word cow, as a reader contended that Mr. Ashcraft would not "butcher" the English to the extent of using the expression milk cow in his own writing. In reprinting the article the Enquirer got it "paper" instead of "reader" in one place which made it say this paper agreed to eat the article, whereas it was the reader who would swallow the pulp and the cow. Here is the Enquir er's comment: "Why, Tucker, the bunch that says "milch cow" never had a cow ot any kind, and they don't know the difference between mixed water and chalk and honest-to-goodness cow juice. The red blooded ones who have hustled around and are owners of cows say it in the good oldfashioned Southern United States way, "milk cow." Out of teii thousand folks here in our country who have cows to sell, just an even ten thousand of them say "milk cow." The Enquirer is willing to let the folks who own the cows and who furnish us with that life sustaining fluid that we all called for very soon after we landed on this ball of dirt, name the thing thev have to sell. Thev sav it the good old-time way, "milk cow," and that's the vvav The Enquirer puts it. If we were writing for a sophomoric critical school bunch we might use the dictionary words, "milch cow," but when it is just everyday busiwriting we put it "milk cow" and the most of folks know what it means." Then the Marshyille Home comes in with this testimony: "The Pageland Journal is in trouble because one of its read ers has taken the paper to task for referring to the female kine as "milk" cow instead of "milch," as is given in the dictionary. Tucker calls on The Monroe Enquirer to straighten things out, but since he involves The Home by giving it to his readers that we, too, are guilty of the almost unpardonable sin of spell ing it "milk" it is the judgment ui iiiw iu?.ai cimui mm wo nave a right to "butt in." After dili gent research for information that will vindicate our cause we find the word originally spelled "milch" had reference to animals from which an easy and inexpensive income might be derived. Therefore, it was all right and proper to spell it "milch" away back vonder be fore the stock law when the cows ran wild and cost the owners nothing for support?during Noah Webster's time?but under present conditions with cotton seed meal, hulls, mill feed, etc., soaring in hitherto unknown realms and when stock laws re quire us to keep our cows in pastures or otherwise confined, the old wnv of Qnollinn it J ui'viinif, >1 illllVII is no longer appropriate and it is our unanimous intention an.l determination to continue to put it in the modern style, "milk" cow." A farmer drove up to the market half an hour late, and had a hard time to make room for his team among the assembled rigs. "Say, Jake." asked one of the annoyed ones, "\vh> don't you get up earlier?" "I kno I. should ought to," retorted lake, "and I alwavs set the alarm clock, but, ding it. I pever hear it unless I'm awake." .> r Would Shift Blame Upon United States Berlin, March 29 (via Sayville). ?"Germany never had the slightest intention of attacking the United States of America and does not have such intention now. It never desired war against the United States of America and does not desire it today," was the declaration made by the German imperial chancellor, Dr. von BetlimannHollweg in a speech in the reichstag today. The chancellor made important declarations concerning Germany's policy toward the United States and Russia. "How did these things develop?" asked the chancellor in speaking of the relations with the United States. He then proceeded to answer the question by reviewing the causes which led up to the German use of submarines in unrestricted warfare. Declaring that Germanv had undertakem unrestricted submarine warfare for its defense, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg said: "It the American nation ron siders this a cause for which to declare war against the German nation, with which it has lived in peace for more than 100 years, if this action warrants an increase in blood shed, we shall not have to bear the burden ol responsibility for it." jt Can You Swallow This One? Thp Monroe Journal has a department headed "Some Neigh boiftod Comment." Here is a sanfp^e of the stuff this writer - kaow -whtrh-oite if is) is handing out. If you ac cept this one we don't want to hear apv more objections to the story about Jonah and the fish: "If Monroe should ever happen to possess a museum, we are heartilv in favor of stuffing Mr. Jim Winchester's pet hen and give it the seat of honor along with "Romeo," "Carlo," and Mr. John McCain's dog that carried the mail. Mr. Winchester's hen is a marvel. She isn't just a r?ldin /-via Knrn../..J l- 1? \y?u iscll 11 y ill U llUIlt QUI <1 real lady. Lemon boxes and straw are not good enough for her when she is performing a service peculiar to the fowl family. Her eggs are laid under auspicious circumstances, yet thev are no better than the commonest eggs. She is a big barrel Plymoth rock chicken. Nearly every morning, instead of searching for a nest to deposit her egg in, she flaps her wings, andj umps on a window sill. Mrs. Winchester then reaches for a sofa pillow and lays it on the floor. Dame Hen then hops upon the sofa pil low, and it isn't long before she gets up and leaves a nice fresh egg." A Logical Mind A new recruit was on sentry duty for the first time at night, when he saw someone approaching. "Who comes there?" he chal longed sharolv. "The officer of the day," said the other. "Then," was the sentry's unexpected inquiry, "what are you doin' out at night?" Incorrect, But True It was the English hour in the seventh grade, and Johnnie had been told to write a sentence using the word "notwithstanding." ..When called upon he got up and read: "My father wore out the seat of his trousers, but not with standing." " Moment Not Ripe for Peace ] Moves Berne, March 29 (via Paris, s March 30).?The Swiss parlia- I ment decided today, 88 to 22 i that Switzerland should make < no move for peace at the present i time. This action, was taken after hearing the majority and | minority reports of a commission appointed to consider the i possibility of a peace move by Switzerland. The majority of the com mis < sion advised against any action. The minority suggested: First, that the bundesrat declare itself ready to take part in a general conference of states immediately : after the war for the purpose of creating an international organization for the peaceful settle ! ment of all political and economical international disputes; secondly, that the bundesrat declare itself ready, either alone or in connection with other neutral states, to/Offer its good ser vices for peace negotiations whenever the circumstances seem timely or whenever its services are requested. Walter Bickett On Matrimony North Carolina's new govern or, T. W. Bickett, was one of the speakers at tne recent inauguration of Hon. E. W. Sikes as president of Coker College. His speech bristled with wit, and the following is given here because the people of this section can appreciate it: "Proclaiming his love for South Carolina Governor Bickett said that it arose from the fact that in that State both salvation and matrimony _were a\-_ ways free. It used to be so on the border counties that every driving horse was so trained that when John and Nancy were out driving and the conversation reached a certain stage the horse bolted for South Carolina and would know no let until he had drawn the couple into the presence of a justice of the peace. And the justice, if the couple were pursued by the father, would cut all surplusage and use this form: "John and Nancy, hold up your right Hands. Do you solemnly swear to sup port the constitution of the Uni ted States, the constitution of South Carolina and the constitu tions of each other, so help you God!" 1 Mr* IW- W-lb? I- Tk:. - ? V v Minvl All M Alio J County Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, assist l ant State Agent of Home Dem < onstration work is in this coun i ty this week assisting Miss Mims 1 with her work. They will visit < ihe following places: ' Wednesday, April 4. 1917.? McBee School 9 o'clock. Union i School 11:30 o'clock. Mace- s donia School 3:30 o'clock. Thursday April, 5, 1917.?Five i Forks School 10 o'clock. Prov- \ idence church 2 o'clock. Eliza 1 beth School 4 o'clock. i Friday April, 6. 1917.?Ches- i terfield School 9 o'clock. Mt. I Croghan School 11:30. Hope- : well church 3:00 1 1 D.ILn I- U7 ixniu uaus TV ill 11 IKlCreASCd 1 Freight Rates Washington, March 30.?Offi- 1 cials of virtually all railroads of 1 the South decided today to join 1 represenatives of the railroads in every other section of the country in seeking a general advance in freight rates. How much will * be asked was not decided but it ' was said the advance would be . from 10 to 15 per cent. The 1 delegation, headed by L. Green, | vice president of the Southern * railroad, will decide the amount f of the increase to be asked. i Food Bill Goes to Higher Level Washington, March 29.?The annual food bill of the average family has grown from $339.30; in 1913 to $425.55 at piesent, the department of labor announced today in a review of food prices. In ten years the department's experts estimate the advance in the cost of food has so far outstripped wage increases that the workman who drew $3 a day in 1907 now finds himself just 69 cents a day worse off. The heaviest increase in food prices during the last four years is shown in potatoes, the cost of which has risen from $18.96 to $44.79. Other large increases are in eggs, from $33.01 to $43.07; flour, $15.12 to $25.40; butter, $45.72 to $54.78. Of the whole list of foods only sirloin and round steak are cheaper than five years ago. In the period from January 1"> to February 15 food prices took a 4 per cent. jump. Onions led with a 77 per cent, increase. Potatoes went up 30 per cent. Eggs alone decrease in price. It is estimated that if a dollar's worth ot food bought in 1907 weighed ten pounds it would weigh todav a triflt- mnrn thtin seven pounds. Fourteen-Year-Old Negro Is Sentenced Monroe, March 31.?Henry Momack, a little 14 year-old negro, was sentenced by Recorder McRae this morning to iail for a period of six months, with the privilege of being hired out. The boy has been employed by Mr. Archie Futch as a delivery boy jn a grocery store, and Tuesday, it is alleged, he left a window unfastened in the iear of the store, returning after entering, is said to have stolen $9 in cash and a pair of shoes, together with a small amount of tobacco and sweets. He purchased a ticket Wednesday for Norfolk and Policeman Laney, learning of this fact, wired the officers in Hamlet. He escaped there, but the Hamlet policemen notified the Aberdeen officers and Womack was arrested at that place and brought here yesterday for trial with the result as stated. KT r* i * ^ new Kaider in South Atlantic Kio Janeiro, March 31.?At least 12 ships have been halted by a new German commerce raider, now operating off the South American coast, and 11 of them sent to the bottom of the ocean, their crews having arrived here on board the Frencn bark Cambronne, which encountered the raider on March 7. The German ship is the See;idler (Sea Eagle), a three masted, square rigged vessel of about 2,800 tons. She carries two 105 millimeter guns and 1(> machine guns, besides a powerful wireless plant. The two large guns are mounted in the forecastle, so it is impossible to train them forward or astern. The vessel also carries two gasoline motor launches, and on approaching her quarry is said to fly a Norwegian merchant flag. Eleven ships were sunk by [he raiders before the Cambron10 U'tC cont f A W in I finnir/\ [he crews. "Now, Harry," said the mother 'take these jugs and go to the jrocer's and get a quart of the iest molasses." "But why give the 'hoy two ugs?" ask a neighbor. "Well, it he has a jug in each land he can't be dipping his ingers in the molasses and eating it up as lie comes home."l