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The Pageiand Journal Published Wednesday Mornings by The Journal Company C. M. Tucker, Editor Subscription Price - - $1.0(1 Entered as second class mail matter at the post otfice at Page land, S. C-, under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. May 2, 1917 "Farm and Arm," is Teddy Roosevelt's slogan just now and it is a good one. The first part of it is most important just now perhaps. The Germans have been sinking British and French hospital ships, and now the German pris oners are being carried on these ships, so that when a submarine dods up and.discharges the dead ly torpedo it destroys Germans with the others. Perhaps it is none of our busi ness, but want to make a suggestion as to the school term here. The opening of the session each year is postponed until September or later, and the end of the nine months comes the last of May. We believe it would be better to begin one month or six weeks earlier so the school would close some time in April. - The price of fish has not advanced much, and as all other meats are soaring there is a splendid opportunity for people to lower the cost of existence by eating more fish and less meats. .We see no reason why a small lot of fresh fish could not be handled here each dav. T.pt tl?p people know that fish may be had, and they will soon see that it pays to eat fish. If every day is too often why not three days in the week? ? - m The new law in regard to reg istering automobiles is not caus ing much adverse criticism, except with reference to the manner in which the money collected will be spent. Nearly every man we have heard speak of the matter at all thinks the money should be spent in the township where it is paid. This law was passed in order that the National r/vwl f??r?.l ...uu i ii 11vi 1VII OIMIIU Carolina could be claimed. If spending lhe money in the township where it is paid would not interfere with the plan a majority of the people would vote to make the township the unit. TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR "I wish our people would surrender and stop the war," said an old negro woman the other day. This is not only an evidence of the ignorance of cer tain classes of the negroes bul also a glimpse of the conditions facing this element of our population. As every one knows the negro is the poorest gardener in the country, depending as he does upon "Cap" to get something for him to eat. This year "Cap" can't furnish rations al present prices for what the negro can make. Many of the poorer white people as well as the negroes are going on short rations before the summer is gone. Some men who borrow money in the spring to buy sup plies during the summer have already spent what thev were able to borrow. Just how these people are to Storm In Charlotte Monday Night 1 Charlotte Observer. A storm of such intensity as is rarely experienced in the Piedmont section, broke upon | the Queen Citv at 7:45 o'clock Monday evening and raged for more than an hour before de parting a northerly direction. Every phase of elemental fury was represented in the heavenly dispensation, with a vivid electrical display, a torrential rain and hail and a seventy mile an hour gale which left destruction to trees and electric wires in its wake. The storm broke just as many Charlotteans were either returning homeward from the street parade or wending their way to the Presbyterian College grounds for the patriotic meet ing, and hundreds were forced to seek hastv refuge from the elements which had so suddenly run amuck. The damage done by the storm was of varied nature, the telephone and telepraph companies being the chief sufferers, lighting and power service was interrupted in various portions of the city through the falling of poles and gangs of 'trouble shooters" labored until an early hour this morning, replacing the fallen wires and restoring the broken connections. It was reported that four poles of South' ern Public Utilities Company had fallea before the powerful blast; the same which had a few moments earlier worked havoc in Gaston County, and that six of the Southern Power Company's large standards were blown down. Perhaps the greatest achievement of the storm lay in the inroads made upon the second story of Highland Park Mill No. 3. when the powerful hand of the Storm King pushed in a twelve by fifty foot stretch in the brick structure. From the viewpoint of the muncipality, the most direful work of the storm lay in the up rooting of scores of shade trees in every portion of the city. Gi gantic oaks, which had with stood the attacks of the four winds for a century, were snapped off ai their bases or torn from the ground by the force of the wind, which at its heierhth. was not far removed from cyclonic proportions. About Our Dividend The Jeffersonian, published at Jefferson, S. C., says "Balloon ascensions are an every day occurrence now. Last week editor Tucker announced an 8 per cent dividend to the stockholders of the Journal Co., and for the good reason that his subscribers pav, pull and support their editor and newspaper." The Cheraw Chronicle ie orints the above and adds the following: 'M ho Journal is published at Pageland, and because The Chronicle has had to borrow money all along in order to weather the storm, is no reason that we can see why we should not extend congratulations to editor Tucker on his success." be fed is a problem to be solved. Gardens nrr?r?f?r1v ??'! cultivated would go a long wav toward accomplishing this end, but the trouble lies in the fact i that usually the ones who would suffer first are the ones who will f nut provide a garden worthy of ' the name. It is now late in the i season, but it is still possible to grow something to eat The people, both white and black, t who have been aroused to a - realization of the crisis ahead 3hould not only expend their > energy in growing foodstuffs bui ! alwiiiM olor> . * *1 via^'uiu aaoi/ 11^ IO ilMMlbU IllCIl ; less fortunate neighbors to ac tion. Let a bumper crop of peas, potwtucs and cane be made along - with the corn. These products : are not so dainty as some of the things we have been eating, but ? they will sustain human life. Article on German Shams and )< IV utakes | Copenhagen, April 30.?Via London.?Maximilian Harden, the German "enfant terrible," publishes in the latest issue of Die Zukunft another daringly frank article exposing to Ger man readers the "shams, pre tenses and mistakes" of their government's policy. < The article is devoted to the : entry of the United States into the war in which Herr Harden warns the German people, must be taken most seriously, both from the moral side, as a symp ? torn of the weakness of Germany's appeal to the neutral world and the failure of her foreign policy, and because of the physical aspects of the weight that America will ultimately hp able to throw into the scale. Another article by Herr Har 1 den culminates in an appeal to Germany to put the interior of 1 her house in order and introduce 1 democratic cond.lions which ' the writer says is the only sure basis for future peace. Scarcely less noteworthy than ' his scathing criticism of German 1 diplomacy (but not that of Count 5 von Bemstorff, former Ambassador to the United States, whose ' work he praises) is Herr Har | den's justification to German , readers of America's altitude ' during the war and his demoli ^ tion, for example, of the favor- ^ ite pan German arguments that the United States was inspired ^ solelv by dollar chasing and looked upon war only as a source for enormous profits from munition supplies. ( American Tank Steamer Sunk ' By Submarine London, April 30.?The Amer- j ican oil tank steamer Vacuum . has been sunk. The captain r and part of the crew and the j naval lieutenant and nine American naval gunners are missing, j The Vacuum was sunk by a 1 - ^ ' vjeriiiuu suomarine on aaiuraay j while she was on the way to f the United States. The chief mate and 17 men, including three of the American ' Navy gunners, have been landed g The primary teacher had t taken great pains to explain the ( distinction between surnames and Christian names, after ^ wnich she called on the children ^ to give examples of each kind from theii own names and those of other members of their families. When Jennie was asked to tell in one statement the sur t name and the Christian name < f f her father, she responded, after 1 a little hesitation, "Mv father's 5 surname is Johnson, and his c, Christian name is Methodist. * ?Youth's Companion. < -IKasl)- - | Tin cans are high, but peas, potatoes and collards do not require cans, so there is still hope for editors and niggers. Some time ago a man from a neighboring town was seen driving through Pageland, and as he had the reputation of being very shrewd some one asked what this man would be doing here. "Seeking whom he may devour," volunteered another. Whose Chicken House Was It? Last week John Smith wore a badly scratched face, and when asked where he received the lacerations he replied, "In the hen house." Sam Watts said it was not becoming in a prominent churchman *o be prowling around in people's hen houses so soon after Sunday, [ohn had a lengthly explana tion to the effect that it was in his own chicken house, and that an old hen tlew in his face as he went into the house Wednesday morning to cut the wing feathers of a hen that had become a gardener. Sam in-' sisted however that there was nore behind this matter, and lhat John s explanation was too !hin. What Shall We Call Our Association? Wingate has a Spit and Argy Club and Marshville has a Contentment association. In his matter Pageland has lagged . iomewhat. We have the meet nas all riaht. hut thf? Huh hnc ? lot been properly organized. < rhe Marshville association has < i bench in a shady place where he meetings are held daily or is often as convenient, and all natters of public and private con- ( cern are discussed with more or < ess thoroughness. We have no < egular place of meeting, no < irganization and no system. < There are a number of conven- I ent and appropriate places where < he meetings might be held, and < naterial for a splendid associ < ition is not lacking. We take < he liberty to refer this matter to t he following gentlemen for < iction: S. B. Eubanks, J. R. < Ilato, Dr. B. C. Moore, L. C. ^ Wattord. * Notice of Examination for | Teachers' Certificates ] Notice is hereby given that * he regular spring examination < or Teachers' Certificates will be < ield at my office at Chesterfield, < 5. C , on Friday, May 4th, at < > o'clock a. m. < R. A. ROUSE, j >upt. Education Chesterfield Co. < TO M For that Suit you suits, but we can save Jp our Big line of Curlee All the women a sete. Silk Poplin, Ive Crepe, Messaline, Ser Chine, Striped Orga all of them. So com< mujn< , Meet me at Mungo Bros. Chesterfield & Lancaster Railway Motor Car service Inaugerated April 28th 1917 LEAVES LEAVES Pageland 6:00 a. m. Cheraw 1:30 p. in. Guess 6:18 a. m. S. A. L. Jet 1:35 p. m, Mt. Croghan 6:32 a. m. Thompsons 1:55 p. m. Ruby 6:42 a. m. Chesterfield 2:25 p. m. Chesterfield 7:05 a. m. Ruby 3:00 p. m. Thompsons 7:33 a. m. Mt. Croghan 3:23 p. m. S. A. L. Jet 7:55 a. m. Guess 3:15 p. m. Arrives Cheraw 8:00 a. m. Arrives Pageland 4:10 p. m. Has capacity of 8 passengers without baggage. Tickets will only be sold alter arrival of car at stations on account of limited space. .*. Fair Notice To all who are in need of flour. Better buy now while you can get it and before it goes higher. I have now a piece of a car on hand that 1 am selling under the market, am selling it for $5.90 per sack. Have another car that will be here shortly that 1 can sell for the same price. A little corn on hand that I am selling for $1.90 per bushel. Mill feed, Early Amber and Early Orange Cane Seed, a few bushels of 1 00 day Velvet beans. Also some Dwarf Essex rape seed. 11 pounds fine Granulated Sugar $1.00. 5 1-2 pounds Rest Green Coffee $1.00. 7 1-2 pounds Green Coflee $1.00. 5 1-2 pounds Roasted Coffee $1.00. Plenty of 24 in. Terra Cotta piping on hand now. Coffins, Caskets and Funeral supplies on hand all the time. Just received a barrel of pure Apple Vinegar going at 35c per gallon. Various other things that I can sell you if you will oniy come around and let me make you some prices. J. Monroe Railings lAAAAAAAAAAAAAftAftAAAAAftAAA Aa AA AA AA AA AM AA AA A* AA AAAA AA rrrFFrrFFFFFF FVrrrrVrrrrF^ I HATS! HATS! I * i t i * ? I have Hats lor the Men, Hats lor the jg [ Ladies, Hats lor the Girls, and Hats lor all ^g ? the others. See my Panama Hals lor \ men. They are what you want lor sum- ^g ^ mer. Then I have the ready-to-wear kind jg ^ of hats lor the Ladies and Misses. II you jg \ need a sky-piece Don t lail to see ^ e i S r I CnllAilnn * r V,. U. Viuncuyt I M<<4<4<<444 444444^4444444 ungo Bros. 1 are going to buy. We take your measure for you money on your suit, if we can lit you out of s Clothing. It will pay you to see our line re invited to come for that Submarine Tissue, Soiy Poplin, Demask, Astra Silk, Stripe Oxford, Silk ge, Suiting Silk, Stripe Silk, Congo Silk, Crepe de ^ 4 ndy. Well, there are so maay we can't mention 2 along they are heie. GO BROTHERS ] Meet me at Mango Bros. ^ THE LEADING STORE