The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, May 09, 1917, Image 6
T eutons Fight With Great Tenacity,
but at Appalling
Cost
From a staff correspondent of
the Associated Press, with British
ainiies in France, May 6.?
Via London.?While the fighting
for the last fortnight has
wrought comparatively little
change geographically along the
British front, it has, as a matter
of fact, been ofwlmost as great
importance as any during the
entire war. It has compelled
the Germans to throw in such
vast numbers of reserves that
comparatively few of the fifth
or more fresh divisions, assigned
to the western front this year by
Field Marshal von Hindenburg,
remained unscorced by the
flames of the French and British
offensive battles. In view of
this, it is small wonder that Ihe
press reports from Pelrograd as
sert that German divisions have
been withdrawn from the Rus
sian front and started for France.
There is no denying that since
the British" Easter Monday offensive
took them by surprise
and drove them from some of
their most formidable positions,
the Germans have fought with
great tenacity and stubbornness,
but at what cost they alone can
correctly reckon. They have
endeavored to meet the Entente
Allied superiority in artillery by
sheer weight of men, which has
meant a material deepening of
their fortified zone. Thus, when
one line of men has been swept
away, there is another and yet
another. How long such tac
tics can continue, how long the
German soldiers can endure the
withering blast of artillery which
is ever upon them, is purely a
matter of conjecture.
German military writers have
been referring of late to the
Hindenburg line as a living,
mobile wall, which by means of
its various switch lines can bend
backward and forward as if
' moving on so many hinges.
Now, however, the men of the
living wall are fighting behind
great barriers of their dead.
The Geimans seem to be car
rying out their defersive battles
with the same unshakable belief
in the power of mass that char
acterized their first onslaught
upon the forts on the Belgian
frontier, and, later, their futile
offensive against Verdun.
1.: i:
A nc i-Hitisu usAtuniii;^ line's in
the recent fighting, thanks to
the o\\i whelming weight of the
artillery behind them, have noth
ing liwe the strength of the German
defending troops. Similarly,
the Germans have delivered
their counter-attack with forces
often outnumbering threefold
the British holding positions up
on which the attacks were di
rected. The Germans had to
mcke these counter attacks
across the open, under the very
eyes of the British field guns
and ihe losses entailed have
been visibly enormous.
It is not possible to visit a
battery in Arras sector without
hearing of the wonderful shoot
ing they have had of late.
There has been nothing like it
since the war began, so far as
the British are concerned, and
the khaki gunners feel that they
are paving off many old scoies
.1. _ ?i - ? ~
ui me cany uays wnen the (Jer
man artillery dominated and
there was not a single high cal
ibered British cannon on the
Continent.
Raise Peanuts for
Profit
See or write J. S. Burch,
Mt. Croghan, S. C. for
pamphlet giving all infor
iuauon necessary. I will
sell Spanish Seed Peanuts
for 9c per lb. in 100 lb.
lots. 10c per lb. in small
lots. ]
The Fastest Thing on Earth
Wall Slrect Journal.
The highest speed ever traveled
by a man on the face ot
the earth?nearly 143 miles an
hour?was made bv a racing
automobile on the great expanse
of level sale deposits in
Utah. The automobile run was
made by a famous racing motorist
and the best time for one
mile was 25.2 seconds, which is
caual to 142 85 miles an hour, a
triffle better than the best preceeding
record, made on the
beach at Daytona, Fla., in April,
18U. This is the highest speed
ever traveled bv man on the
face of the earth. The best
speed ever made by a vehicle
running on rails was that recorded
in the Berlin-Zossen test of
electric cars, in 1903, when a
rate ol 150.5 miles an hour was
made.
The crystallized salt in this
Utah bed makes a hard and
absolutely level surface and it is
said that even in the hottest
weather it does not heat Lhe tires
of automobiles. The salt beds
are 65 miles long: and eight
miles wide. The estimated
depth, in the middle, is 12 to 15
feet. The salt is white and
averages 98 per cent pure. In
racing over the salt beds the
motorist has an unusual feeling
of security because of the entire
absence of destructions.
Saw-Ciety
One of the most foolish, redic
ulous, absurd, nonsensical things
in this country of jokes is the
lit.le bunch ot well-to do loafers
in the land that iscalkd "Soci
ety," or as Sam Jones used to
call it "Saw ciety." It is composed
of the few folks who can
live without work, and who
look upon work as being a disgrace.
They are the swells, if
you please, that like leeches are
living off of the labor of others
but who are too good to do
anything that could possibly be
of any use.
Up in Washington recently
the name of a prominent nurse
was presented for membership
in one of the "Saw ciety Clubs,"
and it raised a row in the leeches'
camp. Why, the idea of letting
a woman who did any kind of
work join this club of swell
j loafers! Horrible! Why she
would defile the whole club of
c 11F onf
Jitkbi OV.CIIICU SWCIIS.
j And it isn't only in Washing
ton's society clubs that people
i who work are rul*?d out from
I "High Sawcicty," Even in any
little one-horse town of only a
few thousand inhabitants there
are usually a few half strain
swells that stick up their little
empty knots high in the air and
strut like peacocks and will not
associate with ordinary mortals.
It is really laughable to see how
quick they will drop one of their
crowd if they defile themselves
by going to work.
Rilltinor ni?I?
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Farm and Fireside.
A slieep authority of Nation
wide reputation:
"Were the rough idle lands is
only three Southern States
stocked with goats, lhat teriitorv
would furnish sufficient leather
to supply the demand of the
United States." Add to this the
meat and mohair which would
he produced as combination
products, for all of which the
worl i markets are eagerly clam
oring, then it would seem to be
the best of economic prudence
to allow his goatship to butt into
Dixie. i|
Three men went out for a
dav's fishing. Thty took a bot
tie with "bait." They drank too
much.
A storm came up, and two of
them thought they were going
to be drowned The third was
asleep in the bottom of the boat.
The two talked over what they
wished done with their bodies
in the event of either being
saved. One wished to be cremated;
the other to be sent home
to his wife.
Then they asked the one in
the bottom of the boat what his
wish was, and when he "came
to" enough to talk he said:
"You can just pour me back
in the bottle."
Better Farmir
WILLIAMSON PLAN
Ma* Proven Successful in Coast:
J. N. HARPER, Since a numbei
Agronomist of inquiries hav<
come to the Farm Service Bureai
about methods of corn culture it h
considered advisable to recommend tin
Williamson method to farmers in th<
coastal region or those who have sand;
loam soils. The following is an out
line of the method in Mr. Williamson'i
own words:
"Break the land broadcast during th<
winter, using a two horse plow 01
better, a disc plow. Bed with turn
plow alx-foot row9, leaving a flve-incl
balk. When ready to plant, breal
this out with a scooter. Plow deepl;
in the bottom of this furrow, using i
Dixie with wing taken off. Ridge thei
on this furrow with same plow stil
going deep. Run the corn planter 01
this ridge, dropping one grain ever
five or six inches.
"Plant early as soon as frost dan
ger Is past. Early planting is espe
cially needful on very rich landi
where stalks can not otherwise b<
kept from growing too large.
"Give the first working with a har
row or any plow that will not cove
the plant. For second working us<
ten or twelve inch sweep. Corn shouli
not be worked again until the growtl
has been so retarded, and the stall
so hardened that it will never grov
too large. This is the most difficul
point in the whole processf. Experi
ence and judgment are required t
know Just how much the stalk shouh
be stunted, and plenty of nerve is re
quired to hold hack your corn whei
your neighbors, who fertilized at plant
lng tifne and cultivated rapidly, havi
oorn twice the size of yours.
"Whea vou are convinced that you
oorn has been sufficiently humiliated
tom niav heein to mak* ?r
r ?=
Fight tl
We have a fu
Doors, Screen \
Fly Killers, Fly ?
Flag.
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Destroy the F
vent disease.
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Notice to Overseers
Notice is hereby given that
all overseers who have not
worked their respective sections
are asked to do so at once.
Please do not delav this matter
as some of the roads are in very
bad condition.
Respectfully,
G. H. Gulledge,
Commissioner for Mt. Croatian
township.
"Say, Casey, did you ever
make an idiot of yourself over
women?"
"An itjut. is ut? Sure, I've
made myself an intoire asylum."
ig in the South
OF CORN CULTURE
il Plains And 8andy Loam Soils
- plants should now be from twelve to
eighteen inches high,
i "Put half your fertilizer (this being
i the first used at all) in the old sweep
> furrow on both sides of every other
i middle and cover by breaking out this
i middle with turn plow. About one
t ??1 ; .1 j i _
i lakCl UML 111* UlDCr U11UUIC II1C
f s&me way. Within a few days side
I corn in first middle with sixteenth-inch
i sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda
L in this furrow, if less than 16(1
- pounds. If mors, use one-half of it
Cover with one furrow of turn plow,
* then sow peas in this middle broadi
cast at the rate of at least one bushel
i to acre, and finish breaking out.
, "In a few days side corn in other
middle with same sweep, put balance
3 of nitrate of soda in this furrow, if it
s has been divided, cover with turn
r plow, sow peas, and break out This
. lays by your crop with a good bed and
plenty of dirt around your stalk. This
should be from June 10th to 20th, unless
the season is very late, and corn
a should be hardly bunching for tassel.
"Lay by early. More corn is ruined
. by late plowing than by lack of plowing.
This is when the ear is hurt
, "The stalks thus raised are very
small, and do not require anything
P like the moisture even in proportion
i to size than is necessary for large,
1 sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be
1 left thicker in the row. Large stalks
i can not make large yields except with
y extremely favorable seasons, for they
cannot stand a lack of moisture. Corn
raised by this method should not be
- over seven feet high, and the ear
3 should be near the ground."
8 For Piedmont Section.
For the Piedmont section the WI1?
w liamson Plan can not be cloeely folr
lowed but must be modified. Half of
3 the fertilizer should be applied before
1 planting. The other half should be
1 applied not later than when corn is
{ knee high. The nitrate of soda should
then be applied when the corn is waist
I high.
Raise Corn As War Measure
3 In response to the call for food suj*
1 piles In view of war conditions, the
!- Southern farmer should plant as large
i a crop of corn as possible. He should
- fertilize liberally and cultivate thora
oughly so that maximum crops may
be produced. It is recommended that
r from 500 to 600 pounds of fertilizer be
applied on Piedmont soils and from
a 800 to 1,000 to coastal plain soils.
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ill stock ol Screen
ire, Fly Traps, 1
Swatters, and Black 1
lies now and pre- f
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NEW CASI
We are adding daily
Merchandise, such Dry
our trade demands and a
ey will buy them.
Our expenses are c
doing business in the 1
own work.
We thank our frieiiJ
liberal patronage given i
ance of same on the b*
to one and all.
Davis & Fi
Monuments
Now is the time to buy that
monument you expect to buy.
See me and save time and
money.
G. R. Knight.
Veterinary Surge?n
Calls answered day or night.
Phone No. 48 two rings.
Full stock of horse and cattle
powders on hand at all limes.
L. P. GRAVES
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Most people have a piece of
furniture, a farm implement or 5
something else which they have ?2
discarded and which they no e
longer want. &
These things are put in the 6
attic, or stored away in the barn, H
or left lying about, getting of less H
and less value each year. o
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THEM I
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I uungs wmcn nave necome of no 1
use lo you. Why not try to find I
that somebody by putting a want I
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J. W. Elkins, M. E.: I
Pageland, 1st Sunday at 8: p.
m. and 3rd Sunday 3:30 p. m. I
Zion, 3rd and 4th Sundays at
11 o'clock.
Antioch. 2nd Sunday at 11. 1
Mt. Croghan, 2nd Sunday at 1
3:30 p. m. and 4th at 8. p. m. 1
Zoar, 1st Sunday, at 11 o'clock. ^
Sunday school at all the above
churches at 10 o'clock.
K. \V. Cato, Baptist.
Mt. Moriah, 1st Saturday at 3
p.m. and Sunday at 11. Sunday
school at 10.
Bethel, 2nd Saturday at 3. p. m
and Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sunday
school at 3 except on 2nd
Sunday.
B. S. Funderburg, Baptist:
Pageland, 2nd Sunday at 11
and 8, and the 4th at 8. Sunday
school at 10.
Dudley, 2nd Sunday at 4 and
the 4th at 11. Sunday school at
3 except on the 4th when it is
at 10.
R. M. Ilaigler, Baptist: i
| Liberty Hill. 1st Saturday at 11 I
and Sunday at 3. Sunday I
school at 2:30 except on the 1st 1
Sunday at 2. I
Mt. Pisgnh, 4th Sunday at 3, 1
and Saturday at 4 . 1
J. W. Quick, M. P: 1
Pageland. 3rd Sunday at 11
and 2nd at 3:30. Sunday school
at 10 except on the 2nd Sunday.
New Hope 1st Sunday at 11.
Bethesda 4th Sunday at 11.
Bear Creek 4th Sunday at 4 p. m.
J. F. Hammond. Baptist:
Union Hill 1st Sunday at 11
and Saturday at 3 o'clock. Sunday
school at 10. Prayer meeting
every Saturday n ght.
R. S. Latimer, Presbyterian,
Pageland, 1st Sunday at 4 p. m.
and 3rd Sunday at 7:30 p. m. and
4th Sunday at 11 a. m.
Bulah, 1st Sunday at 11 a. m.
.Irrt ^iin/lov- nt ^ n m
Salem, 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p.
m. 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m
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