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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 be held in Pageland school 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 additionallevy is voted. Ifit isnot voted the school will be unable to meet the reauirements 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 gel 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 and see twelve hundred and 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 here in the sand without roads all our lives and pulled our stock to death when it is so easy 10 Dtuiu a road,'' said Mr. H. Z. Outen Monday. "I was surpris ed to know how easy it is to make a load," 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. (J. W. Maples have join ed in with Mr. J. D. Ilendiix and sons to make a good neighborhood road by their homes, and they have made an excellent start. They have found that hoes and shovels are of little value in making a road, being entirely too slow and requiring too much labor. The method they use is siin plicity itself, but it is effective. Thev begin by going a couple of rounds with a two horse plow right in the middle ol the road Then they follow this plow with a dra? drawn by two other mules. They continue to plow until the road is wide enough, throwing the dirt to the middle all the time, and the job of shaping the road is done 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 he four to six feet in length, and is braced to the timber used as a slide or bar. The team is hitched to the front end of the slide, one or two men get on, and the thing is ready to follow the plow as the road is plowed up. Mr. Outen says that if the other sand hill fellows will come over and see how easy it is and how much good it does they will all shape up their roads. He can't understand how people 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 co operative 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. - -3fasl>- 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 T r* \\7n*t^~A mi. aji v>. ?t aiiwiu oay d lie id the only one of the committee named last week to formulate plans for perfecting the argufyers association here who seems willing to take any action. He says Dr. Moore has been attend ing the sick most of the time of late, Mr. S. B. Eubanks is 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 did listener. Upon further enouirv. howpvor wp finH that on informal meeting has been held, and that certain recommeuda 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 experience 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 potato patch and was to plant it that day. Before his wife left she lo'.a mm to be sure to cut all the "eyes" from the potatoes. His knowledge of the popular rneth od cutting potatoes was limited, and he did not exactly under stand the instructions, hut 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 information he would 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. Tofd His Girl Out Zeb Green s undressed ex perience in Gourdvine creek vith a mule reminds us of the time a Union county youth had to carry his best girl out of i flooded stream on his back They had started to Pbiladc! phia church but found Waxhav branch in Lanes Creek townshi] too full to cross. They did no care to go back home, so the1 went around and up the brand to the next ford which wa wider and shallower. A smal tree stood on the bank of th< branch and right on the lowe side of the road. The wate pushed the buggy downstrean far enough as they crossed t< hook the front wheel agains this tree, and theie they were ii the middle of the swollen strean fast against the tree. They didn' care to stay until the next da: waiting for the stream to subside so out went the gallant swain in to the water. He carried th< young lady back to shore an< sent her to a nearby house to dry When she had gone and a fev male spectators had arrived In cast off all useless garments an< went for that buggy in the garl furnished by mother nature plu a hat. After a faithful effor the buggy was landed safely Each did a more or less thoi ough job of garment wringing and in a short while the: were on tlieir way home happy, perhaps, but not ver daintily clad. U. S. Ships Sunk Since Febru ary 1 Loss o Ship and Date Life Housatonic, Feb. 3 I Lyman M. Daw, Feb. 22 < Algonquin, March 12 I Vigilancia, March 16 11 City of Memphis, March 17 < Illinois, March 18 I Healdton, March 21 2 Missourian, April 4 ( Aztec (armed) April 1 21 Vacuum (armed) April 28 21 Rockingham (armed) May 2 11 gnTTTTTTTTTTflHUnni] 1 Closing B I am going out of 1 U bargains it will pay you H stock and buy such gooc H know everything is ad H were bought before the s M Everything will- be s early. The goods will I Maurk Bimnnnnmmnm] f W >' f j"' | ^ - 1 Mails Will Be Used to Giv< Lean Publicity Washington, May 7.?The un v faithomed possibilities of th< p United States mails as a mediun t of governmental publicity are t< be developed at once to brinj home to every person in th< ? country the need of subscribinj s to the "liberty loan." 1 Every letter of the many mil e lions that pass daily througl r the mails soon is to Dear : r special cancellation stamp c i striking design to notify al 3 persons receiving mail that th t Nation is calling for contribu i tions to the big bond issue i Every letter box of the hundred t of thousands in the country is t< y be placarded with posters ac nouncing the loan and the neei i for contiibutions. Every posl e office is to display posters prom i inently, giving full informatioi . as to the isssue. / Every one of the sixty thous ? and vehicles operated by th i Postoffice Department, from th :> one-horse buggy of the rura s free delivery carrier to th t powerful mail trucks in thi \ principal cities, is to proclaim ii - large type from posters on it j sides that the liberty loan i y open to subscriptions and that i i, is the duty of every citizen wh< y can to subscribe. Every lette carrier in every city is to have : card to stick to his cap. i- More than that, every lette carrier and every free deliver; f carrier is to be a bureau o information as to the terms o r\ the issue. J } i?r ) Card of Thanks 3 During our Illness witl ) measles the people of our com D munity have been very kind an< I helpful and we feel it a duty t< 3 express to them as best we ma; , the gratitude of our hearts fo J their service. We thank eacl > one. 3 F. B. Funderburk and Family. E HHtllimiTTTTTUTTTTTI i Out Sale business and if you want to come and look over my Is as you will need. You vancing, and these goods tdvances. old at actual cost. Come ? not last long at cost prices. * *? :c Price I tm ** [ mmmmmmmmg TO M In For that Suit y | suits, but we can sa^ ! our Big line of Curl All the womer sete. Silk Poplin, 1 Crepe, Messahne. S Chine, Striped Or all of them. So co MU> c Meet inc at Mungo Bros. 6 Chesterfield & Lancaster Railway Motor Car service Inaugerated April 28th 1917 j LEAVES LEAVES 5 Pageland 6:00 a. m. Chcraw 1:30 p. m. ^ Guess 6:18 a. m. S. A. L. Jet 1:35 p. m. e Mt. Croghan 6:32 a. m. Thompsons 1:55 p. m. jy Rubv 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. h S. A. L. Jet 7:55 a. m. Guess 3:15 p. m. a Arrives Cheraw 8:00 a. m. Arrives Pageland 4:10 p. m. Has capacity of 8 passengers without baggage. II Tickets will only be sold alter arrival of car at stations on e account of limited space, i5 Fair Notice .*. d i- To all who are in need of flour. Better buy now n 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 I il can sell for the same price. e A little corn on hand that 1 am selling for $ 1.90 e per bushel. Mill feed, Early Amber and Early 0 Orange Cane Seed, a few bushels of 1 00 day Velvet beans. Also some Dwarf Essex rape seed. s 11 pounds fine Granulated Sugar $1.00. 5 1-2 pounds Best 1 Green Coffee $1.00. 7 1-2 pounds Green Coffee $1.00. 5 1-2 3 pounds Roasted Coffee $1.00. r Plenty of 24 in. Terra Cotta piping on hand now. a Coffins, Caskets and Funeral supplies on hand all the time. Just received a barrel of pure Apple Vinegar going at 35c r per gallon. V IT ? - - - - various otner things that I can sell you if you will only '* come around and let me make you some prices. I J. Monroe Railings ti L ?? d y ************* t* * l HATS! HATS! i S * ' * 1 * ? i ? * j I have Hals ior the Men, Hals for the ^ j Ladies, Hats lor the Girls, and Hats for all ^ ! 5 the others. See my Panama Hats for ^ j J men. They are what you want for sum- ^ j ^ mer. Then I have the readv-to-wear kind 2 ! jg of hats for the Ladies and Misses. If you jt need a sky-piece Don t fail to see * i ? | C. L. Gulledge | 5 M<4<<<<<4<4 [ungo Bros. ou are going to buy. We take your measure for ve you money on your suit, if we can fit you out of ee's Clothing. It will pay you to see our line j i are invited to come for that Submarine Tissue, Scivey Poplin, Demask, Astra Silk, Stripe Oxford, Silk >erge, Suiting Silk, Stripe Silk, Congo Silk, Crepe de oanrlv W^ll rk arP CA maatr tim ? ? * - ~ ~ 5 . .? ?-?.) VIIVIV U1V ow IIIUCI y Y?C 11 I IIK'lllJOIl me along they are heie. IGO BROTHERS Meet me at Mungo Bros. THE LEADING STORE _