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The Pageland Journal Published Wednesday Mornings by The Journal Company C. M. Tucker, Editor Subscription Price - - $1.00 Entered as second-class mail matter at the post otfice at Pageland, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. June 6, 1917 Tlio tnllr nKnnt rofiiQinrr tr\ jl. ii v iuiiv uuuvu i viuoiu^ iv register died away, and nearly every man between the age limits registered yesterday. The few who refused or neglected will probably have to regret their action. Members of the Senate Finance Committee have agreed to a prohibition tax on liquors during the war. In addition to the present tax of $2.20 a gallon on the liquor, a tax of $20 per bushel (from $5 to $9 a gallon) upon^all grain, cereal or other foodstuffs used in manufactur ing whiskey or other distilled spirits for use as beverages was written into the bill. Senator Simmons said the increase would be prohibitive upon manufacture while the law is in effect or during the war. Increased taxes of $5 per gallon upon molasses, svrup and substances used in distillation for beverage ournos es also agreed upon. Destructive Wind and Hail Storm Pageland and the section immediately north was visited Sunday afternoon by one of the most destructive storms in re cent years. In a section from two to three miles wide and six or seven miles long the hail was so severe that practically no crops were left. The hail was driven by a whirling wind which must have attained a velocity of seventy or eightv miles an hour, and a heavy downpour of rain accompanied the wind and hail. The cloud came from the nortwest and appeared to thick en and gather momentum as it came. Mr. S. F. Ingram saw it and pronounced it a cyclone be fore it came. It was seen by peo pie a tew miles south as a roll ing. whirling black mass mov ing at terrific speed. The storm came between twelve and one o'clock, and few people realized that a storm was approaching until it was upon them. The destruction by hail began about Mr J. T. Threatt's and continued as far as Mr. E. A Brewer's near Miss Maggie Robeson's. Messrs. Ranford Smith and Ice Terry were in the northern edge and Pageland marked the southern. The most complete destruction was in the section just north east of Pageland, including the farms of C. W. Porter, John Price, J. W. Clark, D. C. Lowrv, R. M. Clark, T. W. Turner and others. Crops on many others farms were damaged so badly that planting again is consider ed better than leaving the stems of the older plants. Among these are: J. J. Terry, R Smith, r T T> ttr n. i). uraves, w. jr. ana IV. H. Guin, William Blakeney, Joe Brewer, John Harrington, An drew Lowry, M. S. Jordan, G. M. Rodgers, I. A. Mangum, C. C. Clark, M. Price. B. R. Price, G. C. Smith, Cecil Smith, H. A. Nicholson, J. F. Mangum, J. L. Cato, R. A. Carpenter and many others. The hail stones were Irom very small to nearly the si/.e of a guinea egg, and it is said that the ground was covered about 2 inches deep in some sections. The leaves and twigs of the trees were cut on in great prolusion, and even the hark on the trees was bruised and cut. Window Eanes in many homes were roken. The hail rafted in low places and against fences and other obstructions and remained a long time jeff Turner went out to the old Turner homestead yes terday morning, nearly fortyeight hours after the storm, and brought a quantity of the hail back to town. He said he could have gathered up a bushel. He brought a handful to this office. A. C. Robinson brought in about a bushel last night, fifty five hours after it fell, - -*3fasl)- Stuff you needn't read unless you care to. It's mostly nonseusc. Charlie Porter thinks that the fellow who passed along: the road and carried off his pitch fork should return it. Mr. A. 7. Funderburk's auto mobile house was blown down by the windstorm Sunday afternoon. Fundy says the moving building tore down two fences but stopped when it struck the fine corn in his garden. Last May liquor money orders amounting to $119.65 were issued at the post office here. In May of this year only one order for liquor was issued and it was for $1.00. It was issued to a Union county citizen and the liquor was shipped" to Monroe. These statements are made for John Beasley's information, as he has beea saving that Chesterfield county citizens are getting their liquor at Monroe since April 25th. Luke Graves was showing travelers along a certain road recently how he could induce a Ford to pass certain other cars, including Fords and even big cars. Finally he tooted for the wrong man to clear out and let him pass. The man was driving along at a very modest rate of speed when he discovered that Mr. Graves desired to rush his buzz wagon by. It is claimed that while Luke had the thing about wide open he only had time to get about one more glimpse of the other car as it turned the hill in the distance. Luke has not caught up with it yet. Some times we are a little ashamed of this column, but then we reflect that hash is always made of st?ff that is not very palatable in other forms. It is made ot chips and whetstones and you eat it when you can't do any better. News pviper uasn is aoout ine same. Othtrwise useless things are retold and talked about for what good or bad there may be in them. Storm Causes Heavy Loss in Lancaster County Lancaster, June 4.?One of the most disastrous hail and wind storms in the history of Lancaster county struck the Dry Creek section of the county j esterday afternoon, and continuing with unabated fury for about an hour, made a clean sweep of all crops, barns, houses, pigs, chickens and everything within its radius of approximately two miles square. Terrific wind accompa nied the fall of hail which, it is said, was the size ot partridge eggs, and many barns and stables were either blown down during the storm or unroofed. One man reports that his dwelling was lifted completely off its pillars and set down edgeways several feet from its fount _ - | uaiion. i The storm affected about 30 well known farmers, all of whom say their cotton and corn as well as other crops and fine garden truck were stripped clean of their foliage and in most instances washed from the earth entirely, entailing a total loss in everv field and plot of ground within the cyclone path. The loss in this section is vari ously estimated from $50,000 to $75,000 Several of the farmers affected by the storm said that there whole pl. n ations were swept clean as one's palm and that their barns and outhouses were gone. In one instance a man's barn w is carried, he said, a half mile away, along with his buggy and shed attached to the barn. Numerous trees were everywhere uprooted and carried off, and numbers of pigs and chickens were blown away and killed. y ) \ v r ' 4 v Automobile TIRES V Tubes, Oil, Gasoline and Automobile Accessories ol all Kinds. We Can Save You at Least 10 per Cent. Tires and Tubes From Latest List || Prices. j Pageland Hardware Co. | r~~?*? ??? i ?an???aegjOTj THE UN I VERS A L-C AT j A little extra attention to your "Ford car, a I little adjusting now and then, will help to keep I Ill - it in prime condition and add to its ability to j I I serve you. Bring your Ford car here. Why i | take any chances? LeWhose who know how. those \Vho use genuine Ford parts, take care |j of your car. To be sure of getting the best j|| service from your Ford car let skilled Ford | men care for it. Prompt attention assured. J Touriug Car $360, Runabout $345, Sedan $645, j| Coupelet $505, Town Car $595?all f. o. b. ,j Detroit. On display and forjsale by ir * j REDF EARN | AUT 0~ CO^~K1L' J i "in nimnnni iwm iiiibh I I ' Hats and Caps, Slipj || MUN ! * Meet me at Mudko Bros. y t Mt. Croghan Items 1 Crops are looking better since * the warm rains. * The storm Sunday afternoon t was right bad, but little damage t was done. ; Many farmers have planted ^ their cotton twice and haven't a stand > et. i Sunday school was good Sunday. Fverybody is invited to attend and help make theis a l banner school. t The bodv of Mr. Burrus Craw- J lev, the young man who was COR And get some Corn ar gone. Just received a Sh last long. Prices light. 1 also have a shipment c Meal that I'm selling lor $2 A few more sacks of I per sack, Shelf Groceries as cheap as egar 35c per gallon. Carosit 5 gallons. Early Amber and Early Ora 100 day Velvet Beans ar.c Come and get some before th< Uysteretts, Uneeda Biscuit ham Crackers, all 5c while tl 6 cents. These Crackers are Biscuit Co A complete line of Coffins, plies at all times. Terra Cotta piping, 18 and 2 A few pair Men's Overalls, f J. Monroe I HATS! C I have Hats lor the ^ Ladies, Hats lor the G the others. See my & men, Thev are what jfc mer. Then I have th jt of hats for the Ladies ; S need a sky-piece Don t | C. L. Gil H44444444444 acafik Is Here. We Have TheTri > Call. elling the Suits that Please tk Summer Wear V. D. Underwear, Silk and :>ers, Oxfords and Tennisses. GO BROTI THE LEADING STORE tilled at Badin Friday, wis irought home and laid to rest at Zross Roads Sunday morning, *ev. J. D. Purvis conducting he survice. Mr. Crawley was i very popular young man. Our sympathy is extended to the jereaved. There will he services at the Methodist church next Sunday ifternoon. Everybody is urgently requested to begin now to prepare for [lie Mt. Croghan community fair. We must not let the others ?et ahead of us. Jack /IE! id Oats before they are tipment and they won't >f good water ground corn .20 per bushel. Villi Feed left, at $2.75 any one. Pure Apole Vinla, bring vour can and get nge Cane Seed. I Dwarf Essex Rape Seed. are gone, s, Ginger, Leman and Gratiey last. The next will be ! all made by the National , Caskets and Funeral Sup!4 in. and Reducers, joing at $1.00 ! Railings ************* * HATS! 1 H * Men, Hats lor the ^ iris, and Hats for all ^ Panama Hals for vou wanl for sum- 2 T? e ready-to-wear kind ^ A and Misses. II you ^ fail to see 3 illedge 1 <* ? >n ink or Suit Case You . le People, In Quality, \ Lisle Hose. Ladies HERS I Meet me at Mungo Bros. i*