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The Pageland Journal Published Wednesday Mornings by The Journal Company C. M. Tucker, Editor Subscription Price - - $1.00 Eutered as second class mail matter at the post otfice at Pageland, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. May 9, 1917 THE SCHOOL ELECTION As may be seen in another place in this issue an election will Lo lipid in Pnorplond crlinnl district on the 22nd of May. The trustees have called this election because they realized the need. The school is crowd ed and crippled for lack of funds. The question to be decided is whether or not there shall be an additional levy of two mills lor school purpose. In the district there is property valued at a little less than two hundred thousand dollars. In round numbers the amount raised by a two mill levy would be four hundred dollars. The State has been giving the school five hundred dollars. Mr. Hand says this will be increased to eight hundred and sixty dollars if this additional levy is voted. Ifit isnot voted the school will be unable to meet the requirements of the State for high school, and will probably loose the five hundred it has received heretofore. To vote a tax of four hundred dollars on us means, therefore, that the school will be given at least three hundred and sixty dollars more money from the State, thus making seven hundred and fifty more than at present. On the other hand, if we fail to vote this extra levy we will probably loose the live hundred we now get from the State, which would make the total difference twelve hundred and fifty dollars. Looks as if it would be good business to spend four hundred ajidjee fifty, doeseu't it? The two mills on property listed at one hundred dollars amounts to twenty cents. If a man has enough property to in crease his tax very much he is able to pay the tax. So there now. ? ~ "It is a sin that we have lived herein the sand without roads all our lives and pulled our stock to death when it is so easy to build a road," said Mr. II. Z. Outen Monday. "I was surpris ed to kn.?w how easy it is to make a :oau." he continued, "for four mules and two or three hands can do a surprising amount of work in a few hours." Mr. Outen, Mr. R. H. Mills and Mr. C. W. Maples have join ed in with Mr. J. D. Hendiix and sons to make a good neighborhood ioad by their homes, and thev have made an excellent start. They have found that hoes and shovels are of little value in making a road, being entirely too slow ;mH rf quiring too much labor. The method they use is siin plicity itself, hut it is effective. Thev begin by going a couple of rounds ?vith a two horse plow right in the middle of the road Then they follow this plow with a drag drawn by two other mules. They continue to plow until the road is wide enough, throwing the dirt to the middle .. 11 -1 - an me lime, anil the job of shaping the road is dona and done right. This leaves the roadbed smooth and round and the last furrows run are the ditches. The drag thev use is made as follows: a 2x8 about 8 feet long is used as a slide to run straight in the furrow, and to the front end of this is nailed or bolted a piece of the same ma terial at an angle to push the dirt to the middle of the road. This wing may be four to six feet in length, and is braced to the timber used as a slide or bar. t The team is hitched to the front f end of the slide, one or two men get on, and the thins is ready to follow the plow as the road is 1 plowed up. Mr. Outen says that if the t other sand hill fellows will come < over and see how easy it is and , how much good it does they t will all shape up their roads. , He can't understand how people 1 could have lived so long buried ] in the sand when it is so easy to , get out. This method works on clav roads also, for they shaped up a very rough piece of road on Mr. R. H. Mills* clay farm in just a short time. These men are very enthusiastic over the ( matter, and state that they ex pect to clay this road where it is sandy before very long. A little enthusiasm and a little cooperative effort will build good neighborhood roads in any community, and do it on wet days when no farm work can be done. Talk with your neighbor about improving the road by your place and his. Starting is half the battle. - -Tfasl)- Stuff you needn't read unless you care to. It's mostly nonseuse. Potato bugs are giving some of us trouble, but one promi nent Pageland citizen says he has not been troubled at all with these pests since he picked them off on Sunday a few weeks ago. The writer saw him doing the bugging act on the Sabath day, but can not say of his own knowledge whether or not this is the long sought antidote for the potato bug, Mr. L. C. Watford savs he is the only one of the committee named last week to formulate plans for perfecting the argufy ers association here who seems willing to take any action. He says Dr. Moore has been attend ing the sick most of the time making melon crates and Mr. J. R. Cato is playing his Claxtonola. He suggests that other names be added to the committee, and thinks Mr. B. C. Og burn would be a valuable ad dition to the force as he is a man of few words but a splen J!J " uiu nsiener. upon turtner enquiry, however, we find that an informal meeting has been held, and that certain recommenda ! tions and suggestions are soon to be made by this committeeIt was further learned that the committee thinks all informa tion and suggestions to the government should be given free as a patriotic duty. Picked the Eyes Out Mr. M. Home tells a very . amusing story about his first ex- , perience in planting Irish potatoes. He had recently married, and one day his wife went away to spend a day or two lie had prepared a fine pouuo patch and was to plant it that day. Before his wife left she I I - - - - n/:u nun 10 tie sure 10 cut all the I "eyes" from the potatoes. His | knowledge of the popular meth od cutting potatoes was limited, and he did not exactly under stand the instructions, but thought he could get along all right. When his wife returned she asked about the potatoes and if he found very many eyes on them, lie replied that there were lots of them over the fence where they were thrown after he cut all of them out carefully. Then it was that she gave him inlrtrmoli^r. - ' J ...uuuii iic wouiu not soon forget, and he promised to buy more potatoes to plant and to give her fifty cents if she wouldn't tell the neighbors. Toted His Girl Out Zeh Green's undressed ex perience in Gourd vine creek vith a mule reminds us of the time a Union county youth ha<i o carry his best girl out of a looded stream on his back, rhey had started to Philadelphia church but found Waxhavv branch in Lanes Creek township too full to cross. They did not Dare to go back home, so thev went around and up the branch to the next ford which was wider and shallower. A small tree stood on the bank of the branch and right on the lower side of the road. The water pushed the buggy downstream far enough as they crossed to hook the front wheel against this tree, and theie they were in the middle of the swollen stream fast against the tree. They didn't care to stay until the next day waiting for the stream to subside, so out went the gallant swain in to the water. He carried the young lady back to shore and cnnt Lnr frv n ?/\nrki? -I? oviu uv/i iv a iicui vj HUUdC IU ui y When she had gone and a few male spectators had arrived he cast off all useless garments and went for that buggy in the garb furnished by mother nature plus a hat. After a faithful effort the buggy was landed safely. Each did a more or less thorough job of garment wringing and in a short while they were on their way home, happy, perhaps, but not very daintily clad. U. S. Ships Sunk Since February 1 Loss of Ship and Date Life Housatonic, Feb. 3 0 Lyman M. Daw, Feb. 22 0 Algonquin, March 12 0 Vigilancia, March 16 15 City of Memphis, March 17 0 Illinois, March 18 0 Healdton, March 21 21 Missourian, April 4 0 Aztec (armed) April 1 23 Vacuum (armed) April 28 23 Rockingham (armed) May 2 13 gnnnnnnmrnimn I Closiny B I am going out of bi H bargains it wili pay you t R stock and buy such goods 5 know everything is adv< W were bought before the ad M Everything will* be so early. The goods will n< a IV/fl Diirin Immnnnnnnimn Chesterfield & Lancaster Railway Motor Car service Inaugerated April 28tli 1917 LEAVES LEAVES Pageland 6:00 a. m. Chora w 1:30 p. m. 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 Clieraw 8:00 a. m. Arrives Pa gel and 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 Mails Will Be Used to Give Lean Publicity Washington, May 7.?The un faithomed possibilities of the United States mails as a medium of governmental publicity are to be developed at once to bring home to every person in the country the need of subscribing to the "liberty loan." Every letter of the many millions that pass daily through the mails soon is to Dear a special cancellation stamp ot striking design to notify all persons receiving mail that the Nation is calling for contributions to the big bond issue. Every letter box of the hundreds of thousands in the country is to be placarded with posters announcing the loan and the need for contiibutions. Every postoffice is to display posters prominently, giving full information as to the isssue. Every one of the sixty thousand vehicles operated by the Postoffice Department, from the one-horse buggy of the rural free delivery carrier to the powerful mail trucks in the principal cities, is to proclaim in large type from posters on its sides that the liberty loan is open to subscriptions and that it is the duty of every citizen who can to subscribe. Every letter carrier in every city is to have a card to stick to his cap. More than that, every letter carrier and every free delivery carrier is to be a bureau of information as to the terms of the issue. Card of Thanks During our illness with measles the people of our com munity have been very kind and helpful and we feel it a duty to express to them as best we may the gratitude of our hearts for their service. We thank each one. F. B. Funderburk and Family. mmmmmmimnn s Out Sale 1 isiness and if you want B o come and look over my B as you will need. You H incing, and these goods B Ivances. H Id at actual cost. Come M Dt last long at cost prices. B ^ B t jrnci: | mmmmmmmmH TO M A^ For that Suit yoi suits, but we can save y our Big line of Curlee All the women i sete, Silk Poplin, Ive Crepe, Messaline, Sei Chine, Striped Orgs all of them. So com MUN< . Meet me at Mungo Bros. 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 I am selling under the market, am selling it for $5.90 per sack. Have another car that will be here shortly that I can sell for the same price. A little corn on hand that 1 am selling for $ 1.90 per bushel. Mill feed, Early Amber and Early Orange Cane Seed, a few bushels of I 00 day Velvet beans. Also some Dwarf Essex rape seed. 11 pounds fine Granulated Sugar $1.00. 5 1-2 pounds Best Green Coffee $1.00. 7 1-2 pounds Green Coftee $1.00. 5 1-2 pounds Roasted Coffee $1.00. Plenty of 24 in. Terra Gotta piping on hand now. i 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 only come around and let me make you some prices. J. Monroe Railings $ HATS! HATS! | * * X * ? 4 C 1 have Hats for the Men, Hats for the * Jt Ladies, Hats for the Girls, and Hats for all the others. See my Panama Hats for qy men. They are what you want for summer. Then I have the ready-to-wear kind ^y of hats for the Ladies and Misses. If you qy 5 need a sky-piece Don t fail to see * 5 t | C. L. Gulledae I 9* X SuU44444??44 4<44??4<(iU4i?44 iingo Bros. li are going to buy. We take your measure for you money on your suit, if we can fit you out of *s Clothing. It will pay you to see our line i ire invited to come for that Submarine Tissue, Sci;y Poplin, Demask, Astra Silk, Stripe Oxford, Silk 'ge, Suiting Silk, Stripe Silk, Congo Silk, Crepe de mdy. Well, there are so maay we can't mention e along they are heie. GO BROTHERS Meel me at Mungo Hros. 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