The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, June 06, 1917, Image 2
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\
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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,
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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
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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.
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Automobile
TIRES
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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. |
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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