The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, May 09, 1917, Image 3
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.
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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suits, but we can save
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All the women i
sete, Silk Poplin, Ive
Crepe, Messaline, Sei
Chine, Striped Orgs
all of them. So com
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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
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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
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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. J
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