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\ : v % John tai.'t Flow Nor Get Married The following is from Friday's issue of the Monroe Journal: "John Beasley in The Monroe Journal states that every able bodied single male citizen be tween certain ages will be re quired to do one of three things, shoulder a gun, plow or get mar r.ied, and ends by saying, "Ain't it b ?" If it comes to the pinch, we advise him to plow.? The Pageland Journal." Ah, if the Pageland Journal only knew how once upon a time we tried so hard to plow, it surely wouldn't have made that thrust! It wasn't a question of plowining to keen out of war; hunger alone prompted us to make the attempt. And we made a dismal failure. When we got half way across, that farmer's field, it looked as if a crosscut saw had ran wild through the ground. It is needless to state that we got fired,? and went hungry for several more hours longer in addition to having to walk back to town along a dustv lane with the thermometer somewhere around the hundred mark. It happened four years ago urhon TV'l*- I?rrtr*1r A ? ttuvh iui? i I till t\ i^Ydl1 Vt 11* 2IUU of Mr. F. B. Ashcraft; Mr. Clinton Williams, son of Mr. Luther Williams; and myself became affected with a slight touch of the wanderlust, and a sudden love old Mother Nature, and went out West to help the farmers harvest the wheat crop. Although the wheat was harvested that year, it was mighty little help they got from Frank and Clinton, and almost none from myself. We reached Oklahoma about two weeks before the wheat crop was ready to be harvested. Not being well supplied with funds to start with, we found ourselves "broke" in about two days with no work in sight. An Oklahoma man, who learned of our plight, said there was a demand for plow hands at a community about thirty miles from Oklahoma City, where we were then staving. Clinton was the only one of us three who had ever plowed,but as we were e . racing a "crisis,*; as tliey say these days, we decided to take a "shot" at the plowing proposition. So we proceeded to rake up the fare to the point where plow hands were wanted (I've forgotton the name of the place.) When we reached the place, we found several farmers congrega ted around the station, and all three of us soon hired out to a man as plow hands for the mag nificent salary of two dollars a day and our board. We thought ourselves in luck, and secretly rejoiced as we lumbered along in a big two horse wagon to the farmer's ra.ich. \Ve hadn't any more than got there when the ranch's foreman announced that dinner was ready. We were hungry; very much so, and the thought of getting a square meal cheered us wonderfully. We were doomed to disappointment. Honestly, when we sat at that man's table there were no less than a million flies in the room. They were everywhere. They simply covered the food, anil one had to brush off the flies be fore one could eat a bite. The truth of the matter is that very little any of us ate, notwithstanding: ?ur almost ravenous hunger. The meal kinder dampened our spirits, and we began to yearn for the good food we were accustomed to get at home. But Monroe something like two thousand miles from the point in Oklahoma where we were, ^ t - we Danisned the thought and made preparations to show the farmer what good plowmen we were. Three teams were hitch ed to plows for us, and we started for the field. Clinton was in the lead, and he struck the soil with his plow first. % The farmer watched him closely; thereby neglecting Frank and myself, who were perspiring and 1 tearing up things in general. Clinton seemed to be Dleasing the farmer, while I was cutting such capers across the field that a the ranch foreman grabbed the t] lines in order to prevent turther a damage. Frank was doing a j( little better than myself; but ^ that's not saying much for him. v I was fired on the spot, but the farmer offered to keep Frank in r order that he might get Clinton's 1( services. I couldn't hardly bear j, the* thought, at that time, of wandering over the countrv -j alone so I persuaded Frank and j, Clinton to give up their jobs r'( and go with me in further search g of work that would prove a lit- n tie more congenial to our tender t] hands. In less than three weeks g I Was back hoiTlP. Franlr anrl I Clinton got work in a freight de ^ p3t in Wellington, Kan., and n remained there throughout most t of the summer. So if Tucker really has ad- j vice to keep us out of the war, n he'd have to make another sug gestion. We would gladly plow if we could; but we can't, and e there's no use talking about it. C r ?= I Fight tti I We have a lull 1 Doors, Screen W Fly Killers, Fly Sv Flag. ; Destroy the Fli 1 vent disease. | Pageland Ha gmmnmnmnnmin b Guano ] 1 p ?j We have the I a stock: ? Cole Distributors 0 Cole Cotton and g Cole Cotton Plan g Covington Cottoi ~ Rex Guano Distr {? Climax Cotton PI 0 We also have a m We now have 1 fj had and are better S We appreciate y 1 Pagela , annrararamrarann : . Spain's Role Difficult Spain is finding the role o foremost neutral Nation" to lx difficult one. In addition t< lie enormous amount of worl ttendant upon Spain's task o >oking after the interest of tin elligerent countries in tin arious Capitals, she is finding more and more to time, j lerman shell or torpedo find: ts way into the hull of a Span sh ship, and protest after protes 5 sent to Berlin, all to no avail "he destruction of another Span sh vessel, with loss of life, wa eported Wednesday, and th ipanish populace is becominj nore and more inflamed agains tie Kaiser and his "kulture. ipain is finding out, as th Jnited States did, that German; as no more regard for the "fore lost neutral" than she has fo he smallest, and each day add o the difficulty of Alfonso's en eavor to maintain his country' eutralitv that he mav be medi ator between the warring Pow rs when the end shall come."harlotte Observer. Distribut 'lanters [ollowing Planters an ? at $5.50, 8.00 and 9J Corn Planters $14.00 iters $8.50 i and Corn Planters i ibutors $11.50 lanters $5.00 lew Middle Busters al the best assorted sto prepared to supply our trade. md Hardwj uuimmuiinmmi \?> FllOC stock of Screen ire, Fly Traps, vatters, and Black es now and preI I rdware Co. UTITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYTTT ?p' Union Meeting: f The Union meelin of til 5 Chesterfield Baptist Associaiio ) will be held Saturday and Sui J day the 28th and 29th of Apri 2 at Plains Baptist church. 5 PROGRAM * Saturday: 10:30 to U a.m., O 1 Conization and reports from tl churches. I '/The Nature of a New Test . ment Church," by the Rev. J. 1 i- Hair. s The Preacher and His Work e by the Rev. J. D. Purvis. ^ "The Deacon and His Work ?? by Prof. W. P. Coker. e "Other Officers and The y* Work," bv the Rev. B. S. Funde burg. r INTERMISSION FOR DII s NER i- "Social Lite of the Church s by the Rev. J. C. Lawson. i "The Work of the Church ' Soul Saving," by the Rev. B. ] - Thames. "Objects in Church Dicipline - by the Rev. R. W. Cato. I Sunday morning, 10 a.m., Su day school. (Subject for Sunday: "T1 World wide Mission of tl Church. "The Church in Relation Secular Education," by Prof. "\ P. Coker. "The Work of the Church Preparing Men tor Service the Kingdom," by Rev. B. Funderburg. "Work of the Church in Pi paring Women for Service the Kingdom," by the Rev. I. I Hair. INTERMISSION FOR DII NER Sunday Afternoon, 2 p. m. "Southern Baptist Home M sions," by tne Rev. B. S. Fundi burg. Sermon on World Missior by the Rev. J. Frank Funderbur Dinner on the grounds bo ^ Iwjoiuiuu> ai'u aunaay, r churches are urged to send d< egations for both days. B. S. FUNDERBURG, J. K. HAIR. W. P. COKER, Commute* | Willie Willis?"Pa, does tl Isthmus of Panama join Nor and South America?" Pa Willis?"Yes." Willie Willis?"And ait North and -South America se arated by the Gulf of Mexico?' Pa Willis?"Yes" Willie Willis?"Then, pa, a they farther apart than they a nearer together?"?Judge. tmnnnnnnnnnnn: orsand j I I I I I I I id Distributors in i 00 each. 112.50 | t last years prices, ck we have ever your wants. li t i ll. ammnnnmnxnnn] l . K ! M.L.Davis ii Davis &Fui I NEW CASH! ?e I We are adding daily tc 1 Merchandise, such Dry go< a- I our trade demands and at p I ey will buy them. Our expenses are cut ? doing business in the hit< own work. . ?? We thank our friends z liberal patronage given us i ance of same on the basij ir" to one and all. Davis & Fui in 0 == 'I n Monuments . ije Now is the time to buv that ' tie monument you expect to buy. m" See me and save time and j ^ to money. , V. G. R. Knight. 3:3 in i in Veterinary Surgeon cb e R Calls answered day or night. ] in K Phone No. 48 two rings. p. Full stock of horse and cattle da v powders on hand at all times. ^ an L. P. GRAVES da Su is B. | GOT SOMETHING "i vn YOU th, el WANT TO SELL? R. Most people have a piece of furniture, a farm implement, or ?m something else which they have sc' discarded and which they no th J 111 longer want. <111 These things are put in the , attic, or stored away in the barn, j or left lying about, getting of less I an P and less value each year. Ej at I Be re & Be re m 1 j WHY NOT SFT11 J ? - ? ^ * f^uuiJ ?411 9 THEM fn( I Somebody wants those very I 2 things which have become of no j ' JJJ use to you. Why not try to find j that somebody by putting a want ^ jjj advertisement in 1 3 THIS NEWSPAPER? 3r< <** MS IIOCCCCOCOCCO! S6? 2 CI : ^ = b Financing Th 5 Q S X The farmer's business oft J2 N financial backing if it is to j E Q That is one reason why h K Q and willing bank behind hir 3 O It is an important functio ^ V fpmnnrarir occiotnnon ui jr aooiOiailtC L" II1C 3 N Of us, and who have demon* S Q repay obligations when due ? Q The best way to have a c g O an account with us, and w 52 8 only the farmer but every o E X ground financially to do so. 5 o I S The Bank of s a s a : a 34O00600QQ090S< II. W. Funderburk I iderburk | STORE I our stock of general 3ds and Groceries as I; rices as low as monto the minimum by :h lot and doing our tnd customers for the md solicit a continu- ? 5 of square dealing iderburk | Church Service DirectOy W. El kins, M. E.: ' Pageland, 1st Sunday at 8: p. and 3rd Sunday 3:30 p. in. ?ion, 3rd and 4th Sundays at o'clock. \ntioch. 2nd Sunday at 11. VIt. Croghan, 2nd Sunday at 0 p. m. and 4th at 8. p. m. ?oar, 1st Sunday, at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at all the above urches at 10 o'clock. W. Cato, Baptist. Vlt. Moriah, 1st Saturday at 3 m. and Sunday at 11. Suns' school at 10. Bethel, 2nd Saturday,at 3. p. m d Sunday at 11 o'clock. Suns' school at 3 except on 2nd nday. S. Funderburg, Baptist: Pagcland, 2nd Sunday at 11 d S, and the 4th at 8. Sunday tool at 10. Dudley, 2nd Sunday at 4 and 1 4th at 11. Sunday school at except on the 4th svhen it is 10. M. Haigler, Baptist: Liberty Hill. 1st Saturday at 11 d Sunday at 3. Sunday rool at 2:30 except on the 1st nday at 2. Mt. Pisgah, 4th Sunday at 3, d Saturday at 4 . W Quick, M. P: Pageland. 3rd Sunday at II d 2nd at 3:30. Sunday school 10 except on the 2nd Sunday. Ne^r Hope 1st Sunday at 11. tlicsda 4th Sunday at 11. ur Creek 4th Sunday at 4 p. m. F. Hammond. Baptist: Union Hill 1st Sunday at 11 d Saturday at 3 o'clock. Sun y school at 10. Prayer meet; everv Saturday n ght. S. Latimer, Presbyterian, Pageland, 1st Sunday at 1 p. m. d 3rd Sunday at 7:30 p. m. and ? Sunday at 11 a. m. ISulah, 1st Sunday at 11 a. m. i Sunday at 3 p. m. 3alem, 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p. 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. nt SOgdOOOSOSCOQi 1 le Farmer ? o :en needs a little extra k >row and prosper. ft e should have strong ft n. ft n of this bank to give J? farmers who seek it X itrated their ability to ^ redit here is to carry ^ e cordially invite not ? ne who wants to gain V 8 Pageland ^ yyyyyyyyyy^