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TUe Fagetand Journal Publicbed Wednesday Mornings b\ The Journal Company C. M. Tucker, Editor Subscription Price - - $1.00 Enlered as second-class mail matter at the post office at Pageland, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. April 4, 1917 It is not a declaration of war on Germany; but a declaration that Germany has been making war on us for months. % The person who denounces the American Government and upholds Germany gives good cause for questioning his loyalty. Two or three weeks ago the writer expressed the opinion that a call would soon come for a million volunteers for service under Uncle Sam's flag. The first call is for a half million. ^ The German people have had their Mr. Zimmerman over the coals since the plot to get Mexico and Japan to fight us was revealed by the American govn,. i? 1 1 ciuiuciu. tic iiua uiauc several attempts al a satisfactory explanation, but the people are not easily silenced this time. How ever, the chiet sin seem3 to have been that he was caught. ? m It has been interesting to read the Charlotte Observer's editorials for several weeks in which the statement has been repeatedly made that there is no chance that American soldiers will be sent into France, and then to read in the Columbia State that nothing is more likely than that an army will be sent to aid the French and British. ? Since the war with Germany has become a certauity, one fre -jqufcutiy <lU SUOftr "What about the negro?" The general opinion us we hear ii expressed is that he should be required to do his share of the fighting. It is our opinion that it will be far better for the negroes as a whole if they volunteer in sufficient numbers to prevent the feeling that the negro is unwilling to bear his share of the burden. War Resolutions Washington. April 2?Re cause of opposition to the war resolution of Senator Stone, chairmen of the Foreign Rela tions Committee, the resolution is introduced in the Senate by Senator Martin, of Virginia, the Democratic floor leader. Re pre sentative Flood, chairman (u the Foreign Affairs Committee, in troduced it in the House. The resolution follows: "Joint resolution declaring that a state of war exists between the Imperial German Government and the Government and people of the United Stages, and making a provision to prosecute the war: "Whereas, The recent acts of the Imperial Government are acts of war against the Govern ment and people of the United States: "Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Siales *of Amcrirn in Congress assembled; thai the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government, which has thus been thrust upon the United States, is hereby formally declared; and, . . '-That the President be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to take immediate steps not only to put the country in a thorough state of defense, but also to exert all of its power and employ all of its resources to carry on war against the Imperial German Government and to bring the conflict to a successful termination." ? More Road Work Being Done ? Messrs R. W. Jenkins and H. i L. Funderburk have joined their neighbor Mr. T. A. Funderburk 1 in his good roads movement and these gentlemen are making beautiful roads through their \ farms, and when completed we j will have a nice road for more than two miles where we had a ' gullv to travel. All this improvement has been done with- ' out the use of a shovel?using ^ only their plows and a split log ' drag. 1 Mr. T. A. Funderburk only ! uses eight of his smallest child 1 ren in making these good roads. As they are too small to do ' plowing and other heavy work, ' he weights the drag and does the smoothing work with them. 1 Messrs. J. E. and Dexter Wal 1 lace and Mr. H. E. Walden have also done some good road work. 1 May many others join these good people in their effort to bring the Liberty Hill community out of the gully. J, T. Little. u<?nrr nrnAAn m a m^DLC fCHdUNHLd Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sowell and daughter, Mrs. Sid Hilton, spent Thursday in Hartsville. Mrs Edgar McDonald and baby of Hamlet, N. C. spent Saturday here as the guest of Mrs. A. A. Bolin. Mrs. B. L. Norwood and her sisters, Misses Ola and Stella Be thune of Betliune spent Wednesday in Hartsville. Mrs. J. K. McCoy has returned to her home at Lexington after spending several days in town with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Guv , spent Saturday in Hartsville. Mr. K. W. Boggs spent Friday in Columbia. ( Mrc rwi TT . . inio. v/uii iuluuuuiu vji nans- | ville was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Horton here Friday. Mr. Hildretti spent last Wednesday in Columbia. ! Mr. I. C. Turnage and daugh- j ter. Miss Rossie, of Patrick, ac companied by Messrs. Marshall ijlendrix, W.- assifIy-and Walker Turnage were the guests of Miss Mollie Poston for a short while Sunday afternoon. They made the trip in Mr. Turnage's new car Ready to Eat the Cow To the editor of the Pageland Journal: Dear Sir?Please allow me space in your columns for the following: In reference to the article in last week's Journal in which you called on Mr. B. C. Ashcraft for an editorial in regard to the proper term for a cow giving milk. It is true I stated I would eat the article and the cow if you would find in an edi^ tonal by our friend, Mr. Ash craft, the term ? "milk cow. Now I think Mr. Ashrrfift mi? interpreted the|criticism as to al- , lowing the local ads in his paper to he spelled milk cow. I did not do this but my friend Mr. Tucker offered tliat. If I were editing a paper I would allow those who advertised through my paper the privilege of the term milk cow, but really I did not think Mr. Ashcraft would use milk cow in an editorial be cause I remember when he did use the term milch cow. The instructions I received in school (which I'll contess my schooling was limited) was that milk is a real noun and milch an adjective, therefore mill* PAU/ I would mean a cow composed of milk just as snow man means a man made of snow. Now if we are to throw aside our instruc tions we received during our school days and go to making our own language we might as well leave off the schooling. Nevertheless I obligated to eat the article and the cow and since Mr. Ashcraft was called on for ill i writing we will call on him lv?r the cow but we beg him to bear in mind that we want a "milch cow." Kater, :-g feit I - -IKast)- - v, J | 1 ' REMINISCENCES OF A CONFEDER-?; ATE SOLDIER Kj Mr, L. D, Robertson was h^j own Monday morning, and the fournal man cornered him and secured a few facts and opinions, j Mr. Robertson is now nearly E 78 years old and is in feeble health. He enlisted in;s Company G. 2nd South Carolina i regiment under Colonel Ker-!s >haw soon afier the outbreak of! c the Civil war. This regiment f was a part of the army in north- ^ era Virginia under the command ^ of General T. J. Jackson. t When the subjects of military ^ preparedness and the probabili j ties of war were mentioned Mr. \ Robertson's eyes began to t sparkle, and he said, "If I was a ? f A ? 1 I iwuug limn i uxpeci 1 vvouiG go j with the boys. Not that I love ^ it. but I like to see our side win." ? Mr. Robertson believes that s men who have not had much s military training can fight. He thinks that somebody else will ] learn this if America raises a s big army and begins to fight. ( He had opportunity to see some | raw recruits in a tight, and upon \ their behavior he bases his opin- j ion that Americans can fight whether trained or not. During the battle of Gettysburg Mr. Rob- c ertson was wounded in the leg, j and was lying in a ditch while ^ the battle went on over him. \ Into this terrible fight Cling- \ man's brigade of raw soldiers was thrown. , Thev passed over ? the wounded soldier m the ditch i twice during the battle, and he says they did the best fighting c he ever saw done anywhere. ,c The seasoned fighters were inclined to sneer at the recruits in ? their new uniforms at first, but when they saw them fight the < sneers were changed to applause. . Mr. Robertson was carried to ? prison near New York and kept j" for a while. Then he was pa- j ( it GROCERIES, Jfc I am still adding more 8 and it will pay you to sei Just Received a k)t of S S Skinness Macarona Brazil Brown Beans ? Good Green Coffee Jfc Rutabagas m Lard Fat Back Sf Will have a crate of ca j? I can sell at 8c. Honest | MAURACI M44444444444 tfl&f in o5ftrf?Uee uniform with jffhe o*>at cut off to the I ^Sr, Robertson saw General SpLson just before dark on the ttjf&t he was shot by mistake by she J6f his own men. He is ifraid we haven't any Lees, acksons, Stewarts and Hills sow, "The yankees got the biggest urprise of the war at the first sattle of Manassas in July, 1861," aid Mr Robertson. "We were m picket duty and of course ell back to our lines as thev adrancd with shining- bayonets. rVhen they reached Bull Run hey were turned. For miles ve chased them, and would lave taken Washington if we ladn't been stopped. They vere almost scared to death." "We fought a brigade of Gernans who had enlisted in Sedveck's corps in the Northern irmies, and they couldn't fight inv better than anybody else," said Mr. Robertson continuing. "And I never did like old Dewey much, because he threw .hells as large as nail kegs at us >n the James river. I couldn^t see hat we needed such men then, >ut now I wish Dewey was livng." A class of little girls. studying lrawing, was told by the teacher o draw the one thing they most vanted. All got busy except ittle Myrtle, who remained deep n thought. "What's the matter, Myrtle?" tsked the teacher. Don't you tnow what you want most?" "Oh yes, ma'am," replied the :hild, "but I don't know how to Iraw it." "Well, what is it you want?" isk the teacher. "I want to be married,"said the :hild. Shipment of lime just arrived. Come before it is gone. Pageland Hardware k>. GROCERIES, 1 Groceries to my stock, If e me before buying. inowflake Patent Flour. JE 10c. 3 12c. lb. 2 15c. * 16 l-2c. J 19c. 2 bbage in about Friday 2 Dealing is my motto. 2 E PRICE | fta?**44**4*44* i u ivi ^ For that Suit yc suits, but we can sav< W our Big line of Curle< All the women sette, Silk Poplin, lv< Crepe, Messaline, Se Chine, Striped Org a!! of them. So con MUN MeeJ me at Mungo Bros. / Report of Road Commis Township for Fir: . Total Received Paid out from March 1 Pageland Hardware Co. 6.50 G B. R. Price 3.00 V Bruner Smith 2.00 E R. Smith 3.50 G James Robinson 1.00 J. Dave Edgeworth .50 B Zeb Smith 1.00 E Cecil Smith 1.00 iV R. M. King 1.50 E Hurley Riggins 1.00 E J. T. Threatt 3.60 J A B. Threatt 1.10 E H. Plyler 1.10 S Simp Mullis 1.00 \ Lige Mullis 1.00 C Mance Plyler 1.10 C B. A. Deese 1.10 \ George Sherrin 1.00 C R. K. Chisholm 4.78 E J. W. Terry 11.70 1 J.J. Terry 6.00 F James Doster 1.50 \ Pageland Hdwe. Co. 6.25 I T. A. Funderburk 7.75 \ I. E. Wallace 1.00 F W. R. Jenkins 1.25 \ Pageland Hdwe. Co. 3.30 I 2.70 F C. W. Arant 7.50 / J. M. Arant 2.50 R Hamp Isom 1.00 C J. M. Arant 1.50 \ d t ? 1 - r i\. Li. v iciv i.i j r E. B. Rushing 1.00 Charlie Gathings . 1.00 G. R. KNIGHT, Towns Home-made chairs in any style you want including rockers, price ranging from 75 cents for plain chairs to $3.50 for rockers. Write me on Monroe, R. 10 or I see J. A. Hicks. William C. P Furr. t ************* t | HATS! 2 I have Hats lor the ? Ladies, Hats lor the G the others. See my men. They are what j? mer. Then I have th of hats for the Ladies need a sky-piece Don t | C. L. Gu * ***44444**** * [ungo 1 )u are going to buy. We ta s you money on your suit, if 1 e's Clothing. It will pay you t< are invited to come for that ? ev Poolin. Demask. Astra Silk J g -? ? ' rge, Suiting Silk, Stripe Silk, < ;andy. Well, there are so ma ne along they are heie. GO BROT1 THE LEADING STORE sioner for Old Store st Quarter 1917 $135.19 5 to March 31, 1917 laston Arrington 1.00 /. B. Arlington. 1.00 >. A. Helms 1.00 Iriff Terry 1.00 P. Terry 2.00 !. B.Terry 2 50 i. H. Funderburk 1.25 f. F. ? 1.25 G. ? i.25 1. C. ? .50 . C. ? .50 ;. T. ? .50 I. L. ? .50 V. B. ? .50 J. L. Evans 1.25 I. H. Funderburk .50 V. Evans 1.50 Clayton Atkinson 1.00 id Graves 2.00 Tom Jackson 1.00 tobt. ? 1.00 Vill Brewer 2.00 Mess Brock 1.00 Villiam Hunter 1.00 lobt. Atkinson 1.00 White ford Tad'.ock 1,00 ,ee Tad lock 1.00 1. W. Allen 1.00 Andrew Allen 1.00 A. C. Clark 1.00 Charlie Brewer 50 V. P. Nicholson 1 50 balance on hand $2.81 Total 113519 ship Commissioner Dr. R. L. McManus DENTIST Pag land, S. C. ^a^eland Tuesday of each week dt. Ctoghan Wednesday. Cheserfield balance of time. ************* * HATS! I * * Men, Hats lor the * iris, and Hats lor all ^ Panama Hats for ^ von want lor cum. j ?'ui iva uuiu e ready-to-wear kind jg and Misses. If you jg fail to see jg I illedge 1 * 9 ke your measure for we can fit you out of o see our line Submarine Tissue, Sci, Stripe Oxf?r(J, Silk | Congo Silk, Crepe de lay we can't mention | HERS Meet me at Mungo Bros. > nMnnvmn