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V The Pageland Journal1 Publiched Wednesday Morning by The Journal Company c C. M. Tucker, Editor { v s Subscription Price - - $1.00 t Entered as second class mail ] matter at the post office at Page * land, S. C., under Postal Act 1 of March 3, 1879. April 18, 1917 < A campaign is being waged 1 all over this State, and the Na ' tion also, to impress the seriousness of the food situation upon the minds of the people while J there is yet time to provide for , what is coming. The following 1 food facts have been gathered, 1 and are hereby passed along to ' vou: "That the people may be properly informed and induced to take the necessary cooperative action, the following facts are * recited: "The available supplies of foodstuffs are the lowest in all food producing countries that they have been for over 50 years. u I "Prices of most foodstuffs have about doubled during the past two or three years. "The government crop report forecasts a wheat crop which will be short of American consumption. "The reserve supplies of meats are far below normal. "A nation at war requires moie food than a nation at peace. "France, England, Belgium and Itffly are short of food and are largely dependent on Amer ican imports, and, unless some means is found of supplying them, thev can not continue to fight effectively. "The South is importing from the West and North $600,000,000 to $700,000,000 worth of food stuffs annually and is thus a tremendous dram on the na tion*s food resources aaiLjrQnse-, nation's safety. \ "A pound of cotton at 20 cents j will actually buv less foodstuffs now than normally. j "If the world shortage of tood stuffs becomes acute and the people actually suffer, they will stop buying clothing. They must buy food as long as it is available. 1 "Under such conditions, the * price of cotton will fall, but the 1 price of foodstuffs will advance still further (unless regulated by 1 law). "The raising of foodstuffs in s the South is accompanied by an 2 L" improvement of the soil, as legumes are universal!} used in ' a food crop rotation. This cn ' ables cotton and other crops to be more cheaply- raised the fol * lowing year. * "The programme for increased foodstuffs is identical with \ the programme for preparation ^ for the boll weevil, and an in- j crease of the acreage to foodstuffs and of the production of J live stock would be necessary if 2 the world were at peace. I "Farm laborers are leaving the c State in great numbers. Cotton requires more labor than any j other crop. Foodstuffs and live stock can be produced with |\ much less labor. 1 "If the State and nation do t their duty in the production of s foodstuffs (as we confidently be- c lieve they will), the next cotton crop will probably bring a fair price, and we do not wish the a impression to go abroad that r this commission advocates a a wholesale abandonment of the jcotton acreage planned. We do, 1 however, most strenuously urge t] ' everv farmer in South Carolina _ to produce ample provisions for his family and laborers and a surplus for sale. We urj*c upon the town people the planting of (j waste lands and back yards to v\ garden truck. We urge every S man. woman and child in the t< State not to waste food. Food v\ Ir&zil Brings Allies Four Mil- lion Men: Bigger Than (J. S. | Washington, April 14.?Brazil it war! Brazil the first South x Vmerican Ally of the United states! The greatest English peaking Republic allied with i he greatest Portuguese speaking Repubic?Brazil which is larger n territorial extent than the United States excluding Alaska! It is no mean Nation, no toy Republic, that aligns herself tolay with her sister of the north in freedom's cause. It is a Nation fifteen times the size of Germany, sixteen times the size of France, thirty times the size of Italy, 289 times the size of Belgium. If Brazil were as densely popu lifnH oc riiirmonu it <irr\n 1H Vtntrn iuiv<u uo vfviiuauj 11 iivuiu jliu y v nearly a billion inhabitants. If as thickly settled as Belgium it would have more than two bil ' lion. It is only one-fifih as well settled as tbeuLJnited States. That's what was meant when President Braz in Rio Janeiro finished the penstroke that made a battle for democracy out of the Nation that was ruled by an Emperor till 1889! Brazil can put more trained soldiers into the field today than can the United States. Four million men can be called out under the Brazilian service law, which makes military training obligatory for all between 21 and 45. The navy includes two dreadnaughts and two battleships But Brazil's resources will do more for the Allies, including Uncle Sam, than Brazil's soldiers. In the high interor are vast plateaus, covered with forests and abounding in tropical fruits. The forests are hardly touched. Coffee, cocoa, rubber and dye woods are leading exports from this region. Brazil was settled by the Portuguese, and was a Portuguese colony in 1807, when Napoleon invaded Portugal. The royal family fled to their American domain. . Li ' _ f "ur ? ?WTnri >fmore than 25,000,000 and an irea of 3,290,000 square miles, c *io Janeiro, the Capital, has i >ver a million people, and Sao ? r*aulo, next largest city, has i learly half a million. ? t Mt. Croghan Items t The people in this community 1 lave begun to plant their crops, 2 iut the rainy weather has de- c ayed them. % The grain is looking fine at his writing. Mrs. P. H. Johnson of Monroe ^ pent the latter part of last week * it Mt. Croghan. 1 Mr.Treston Gulledge of Char- c otte was a welcome visitor near s dt. Croghan Sunday. The cold nights last week 1 tilled the beans around here, * vhere they were up.. Little Fthel Woodard, the 6^ear-old daughter of Mr. Luther Woodard has been quite sick vith pneumonia. Glad to re: inrt she is better. There will be a program giv*ii by the High School at Mt. Croghan Friday night, April !0lh. Candy and ice cream will >o served F very body is cor Iially invited. Mr. Allen Hendrick is sick at his writing, but we hope for lim a speedy recovery. There will be a speaking at dt. Croghan school house next Phursday night on Civic Pre>aredness, bv He v. J. L. Tyler ind Miss Minns. The public is rordially invited. Jack. The other day a snialJ boy in i nearby town went with his 11 other into the chicken yard, nd there tou nil two chick senraged in a battle r9yal. Tihen le asked: "Mother, are they fighting foi' heir country?" vaste under present condition I ? criminal. | "A campaign for food produc | On .i [lfi rnnearifa>i/\n ...:n i? - vvuovi raui/ll Will IW | /aged in every county in the 1 tate. Practical plans for ef- I actively meeting the situation I Hll be presented." }| - -Ufasb- - | VATT WAS ONLY A STOCK- HOLDER t Everybody in this section 2 cnows Henry Graves' cow-buy- * ng propensities. He buys cows 1 is a recreation, finding: as much ] ov in this as he does in eating;. He can weigh a cow with his eves j ind the scales seldom change lis figures much. He runs his Knolnnpp nrt/1 t-\n ??o f/\r tlm * j w 11 uuoiucao auu yayo iui mc ^ lows when he buys them, so his ? feelings may be better imagined than expressed when he was ( accused of buying with the other fellow's money one day last | week. He made the mistake of carrying Watt Gregory with him when he went to buy a couple of cows from a man about half way to Monroe. Watt was dressed up, and resembled in some respects a fat Wall Street magnate. The man who had the cows to sell thought at once Henry had brought the boss along this time, so he edged up to' Watt and ignored the real cow buyer, who began to get warm linrtpr tho roller Rinnllv w. w * J a conversation somewhat as follows ensued: "You brought the boss along this time, did you?" asked the seller speaking to Henry. "I am only a stock holder," spoke up Watt. "Oh, I see. You furnish the money and he does the buying." "No I am only a stock-holder. I hold the stock when Graves buys them," said Watt. Then the man admitted that he had learned something new about stockholders. THE BULLET PUT HIM TO TRAVELING "Where were you raised," was asked Mr. Bill Jenkins the other day. "I was raised once down on Fork Creek before the War, and several times in the army dur-1 ingthe War," rrnlied JawWTIiJtCi'ac v< ay. j "I was shot in the back as our c irmy (Johnson's) was withdraw_ it. 1_ XT ..? ? iik mruugu iNonn Carolina c ifter evacuation of Charleston 1 ipon the approach of Sherman's i irmy. I was going so fast the c >all entered only the length of j he.ball. After that I passed a 1 lumber of flying balls as I went ? iway, and none of them could s ivertake me after I got started t veil." i John Beasley in the Monroe ? ournal states that every able t >odied single male citizen be- < ween certain ages will be re i [uired to do one of three things, t boulder a gun, plow or get mar 1 ied, and ends by saying ''Ain't j t h ?" If it comes to the i >inch, we advise him to plow. I W ^ , ? Agricultural, Industrial and Civ* C ic Preparedness Is a Slogan < Columbia, S. C., April IT? j rhe military spirit is pervading < his State, and all classes of citi- ( sens are trying in one way or i mother, to make themselves i mentally, and physically fit to 1 participate in a war, in case they ire called by the War Depart- j ment to the colors. Especially has this been so in the State's i educational institutions. For instance, in University of South Carolina, there are todav about 260 young men, and also the members of the faculty, taking the military course under the direction of Col. Henry T. Thompson. Announcement has recent ly come from Wofford College in Spartanburg that all of the students will take military training. The entire senior class of Clemson College has offered its services to the Government in whatever capacity it may be needed, and those entering the service will be awarded diplomas at the time of leaving college. rhe National Gu^rd needs 1,000 men. The War Depart ment has made a ruling that men will be enlisted only for the period of the war, thus eliminating the obnoxious six-year enlistment clause, which has kept the different units of the National Guard from being brought up to peace strength. If the guard is recruited to full war strength, there will be about 4,900 men in the two regiments and auxiliary units. In the meantime, the move ment for agricultural, industrial and civic preparedness is moving along rapidly in this State. Thousands and thousands of workers have been enlisted in this great campaign, and there is evidence of its success. The people are beginng to realize that they are facing a food short age. Food prices will continue to rise, and if food becomes very much higher, it is liable to have '^yiepressing effect upon )eop?e must eat befonmtcv wear < ;loth?sA ] There are thousands of acres j >f land yi South Carolina which < lave ne^er been cultivated. It 4 s the (juty of every farmer to 4 mltivate as much of this land as 4 possible, and plant in foodstuffs. 4 t is also the duly of the bankers 4 md business men of the State to 4 itand squarely behind the farm- 4 ?rs in their effort to produce 4 nore xood. 4 A problem which is causing 4 jreat worry just now is the mat- 4 er of securing the necessary tin 4 :ans or containers for the sav- 4 ng of food. The larger com- 4 lanics have reported that they 4 lave sold out their stocks as far 4 is 1918. The preparedness com- 4 nission has taken up with the ? National Department of Agri- ? TO M For that Suit yoi P suits, but we can save our Big line of Curlee All the women a sete, Silk Poplin, Ive Crepe, Messaline, Ser Chine, Striped Orga all of them. So com* MUN* Meet me at Mungo Bros. % / culture the question of secur ing some kind of substitute lor class ars or tin cans. The i*e<?d of :ans and jars is urgent in .South Carolina, and it is taken for granted that the same of stacle is being met in other State s. A. F. Lever, chairman of the House Agricultural Committee^ has as sured the commission that he will make every effort to meet the tin can shortage. Where tin cans canrnot be secured, the farmers aro being urged to dry as much fruit as possible. Then, too, a tin can is not needed to preserve cow peas, or sweet potatoes Boy's Body Found in. Black Creek Hartsville, April 13 ?Following a diligent search of nearly two da>s, the bodv of 11 year old Carl Moore was located today at a point in EMack creek lake near where his cap was found yesterday afternoon near the Prestwood crossing. The lad had been missing since Wednesday afternoon, and the supposition was that he was drowned. Scores of people kept on the watch, and the Boy Scouts of Hartsville made a long and rofl 11 cuornh Ifoefnr/lnir vaiviut 0wuivu j voitiua y iriUll with flashlights remained at the lake last night. The water in the lake was gradually let out today about 1:20 o'clock. The boy was found after the water had receded about three feet. The accident is one of the saddest that has ever happened here. The boy was a student in the Hartsville graded school and was a bright active boy. His father, Wewis Moore, had forbidden him fishing alone or going in a boat by himself. A peculiar fondness for the sport carried him to his death. I HATS! Eg I fiaveTlaTs Tor~the jg Ladies, Hats tor the C jg the others. See my g men. They are wha |g mer. Then I have tt g ot hats tor the Ladies Eg need a shy-piece Don ! r. i - r.i L ungo ] i are going to buy. We t? you money on your suit, if s Clothing. It will pay you I re invited to come for that y Poplin, Demask, Astra Sill ge, Suiting Silk, Stripe Silk, ndy. Well, there are so m i along they are heie. GrO BROT1 THE LEADING STORE CHURCH NOTES METHODIST P ROTESTANT John. \V. Ouick, Pastor Dr Holmes, president of the North Carolina Methodist Protestant Conference, will preach at Rose Hill next Sunday at 4 p. m. PRESBYTERIAN R. S. Latimer, Pastor Next Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock a special service will be held in the Presbyterian church. A sermon will he preached to the children of the town. All the children as well as the older [People cordially invited to be present, Goethals Will Take Charge of Ship Building Washington, April 1.3.?Means jof quickly putting additional ves sels into the trans Atlantic trade and thus fulfilling the prophecy of Premier Lloyd George, of Great Britain, yesterday that more ships means victory for the Entente Allies, was the principal subject before today's meeting of President Wilson's Cabi nent. Major General Goethals, who built the Panama Canal, will supervise the merchant ships Knilrlinnr nronrrairt it tmrno o r* lyiiiiuiu^ j'i uiii, it ?V uo Uil nounced today. A bill will be introduced in both houses of Congress early next week, prob- , ably Monday, substantially increasing the $50,000,000 appropriation now available for the shipping boqgrd, and giving the board additional authority that the building of wooden ships and the acquisition of other vessels may be expeditied. ************* HATS! | : IVTetir^tr-Tbr-fAe *?? Tirlc un A H otc fr\r oil ^ XI 1U, U1IU 11UIO 1U1 ail ^ Panama Hals for 3 t you want for sum- ? le ready-to-wear kind jg and Misses. If you ^ t fail to see ^ illedae I O - * i * 444444*4*4*** Bros. I ike your measure for we can fit you out of to see our line submarine I issue, Sci- ? Ic, Stripe Oxford, Silk g Congo Silk, Crepe de ^ aay we can t mention ^ HERS Mi'i'l me al Mango Hro?. ^