The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, July 11, 1917, Image 5
The Pageland Journal Jr
Published Wednesday Mornings f
by The Journal Company
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C. M. Tucker, Editor 1
Subscription Price - - $1.00
Entered as second-class mail \
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land. S. C? under Postal Act i
of March 3. 1879. i
July 11, 1917
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THE ROAD 1
There has been much agita- J
tion here this week in favor of ]
the immediate building of a <
good road from Chesterfield to i
Lancaster. The people appear i
to be much interested, and it is
believed that the work may be j
done in August of this year. An
informal meeting of the citizens <
of Pageland was held yesterday i
morning, and a committee was
appointed to put through this
proposition at the earliest pos 1
sible moment. The committee
is composed by the following .
gentlemen: H. V, Mungo, chairman;
R. M. Usher, S. F. Ingram,
G. F. Evans. C. M. Tucker. ,
This committee was instructed
to get in touch with Supervisor
nmgni ana get a proposition
from the county through hiin.
It is proposed that the road
from Chesterfield to Five Forks
be worked and put into good ,
condition, and that the road be
built from Five forks across the
river by the best route, one to
be established perhaps by the
State Highway Engineer.
It is believed that the people
at Mt. Croghan, Ruby, Chesterfield
and Cheraw will join in
this undertaking to make a
good road east and west across
the county. Private subscrip
tinnc will nrnKaKlv Ko />olln/4
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in addition to the aid from the
county. Then it is expected
that Federal aid will be obtained
to supplement this. In this way
it is hoped and believed that a
good road west from Pageland
across Lynche's river is soon to
be a reality instead of a dream.
The road from the river to
Lancaster is in fairlv good con
dition already, and if we build
a road on this side it is believed
that Lancaster county will make
it even better on that side of the
river.
?
Mo^e About the Road
From the Jeffersonian of Jefferson
the following is taken:
" The government is thinking
of improving the roads, in the
county and has surveyed one
road which connects the town of i
Lancaster and Chesterfield. It
is also proposed to divert the
present road at Ruby and have j
this road run through Jefferson, 1
to Kershaw. 1
"The Pageland-Chesterfield I
road is a calossial monument of j
neglect. Winter or summer, it 1
i> full of holes, mu>i and ruts i
This road should have been re
paired years ago by the county 1
hut continues and stands out '
4 like a sore thum" at every j
farmer and citizen who must <
\ ravel over this road from Jef- i
farson, McBee, and other points '
to transact his business at Ches
terfield Every congressman (
has promised reliet and has put t
a plank in his platform advoca- i
t ing government assistance.
"The road planned to go thru J
Jefferson is a wise civil engi- (
iieer*s advice and should bp ac c
cepted by the Government, back <
od bv Congressman Stevenson. *
"Pageland is on the worst
stretch of road to Monroe and (
other N. C., points and this road r
has at several points cost a mo- F
tnrict manv o -l" ? P
...? uihuj h uican UUWU Or ~
l?low-out.
"Jefferson is the logical point e
of a National Highway to Mon- i
roe, on the north, and Kershaw 1
on the south. The hoboe's high- j
way is somewhere near Taxa- 1
haw and the voters should write t
to Congressman Stevenson, and
^9k him to ?upp9rt foG plains of |l
efferson and the U. S. Govern- 1
nent, as he must keep his
>ledge.
"The route through Jefferson '
vill not run so near the N. C.,
ine all through the county."
Now, this is a rather extreme
irraignment of the roads on
vhich Pageland happens to be
ocated, and The Journal feels
t a duty to answer some of the
irguments, hoping that all that
nay be said or done on either
side may be done or said in a
friendly, neighborly 'spirit of
rivalry. We have no desire to
disparage the efforts of the Jet
ferson people in road building,
but rather we are desirous of
commending the splendid efforts
they have made and are still
making. We do not even blame
them for attempting to pull the
government aided highway by
lefferson. Their enterprise is
commendable. Now for the
argument.
Yes, we agree that some surveying
has been done. To
begin with, the original Chester*
field Lancaster road is along the
same route as the present road
Dy Pageland. In Decmber 1914
an expert engineer maile a map
of proposed roads connecting
all the county seats in the State.
This was approved by Commissioner
E. J. Watson. The
proposed road would have come
by Pageland. Besides that, the
road from Chesterfield to Lynche's
river is built on a ridge
and no streams of importance
are crossed. Pageland is just a
very little north of a straight
line from Chesterfield to Lancaster,
and the distance is 12 or
15 miles less this way than by
Jefferson and Kershaw*
We hadn't realized that our
roads are the worst in the State,
though we frankly admit they
are not what we would like to
have them. This is wby we
want aid to make them better.
We agree most heartily with the
Jeffesonian that the county
should have made this a good
road years ago.
The Jeffersonian says a wise
civil engineer advised that the
road go bv Jefferson. If it isn't
asking too much we would like
for the Jeffersonian to tell us
who the engineer is and on
what grounds he based his ad
vise. Was he wholly disinterested,
and did he look the other
route over?
Our contemporary states that
'"Pageland is on the worst
stretch of road to Monroe and
other N. C. points " This is en
tirely off the question under discussion,
and seems to reflect a
desire to condemn Pageland for
shortcomings rather than show
why the highway should go fif
leen miles out of the way. Jef
ferson has not been out of the
mud so long that she should
throw stones, especially when it
is remembered that her recently
(milt roads in some sections of
township are somewhat short of
perfection, if any notice is to be
?iven citizens who say there
are sections almost impas sable.
We agree that Pageland is on
the main road leading nnrth J
and this is a big reason why
his highway from Chesterfield
should come this way.
The statement that "Jefferson
s the logical point of a high
way to Monroe and the north"
is not quite clear to us, as both
Pageland and Jefferson are on
his road and no one has de
lied it. Neither do we quite
inderstand the statement that
he "hoboe's highway is some
where near Taxahaw."
No, the road by Jefferson
would not run so near the State
ineall the way through the
:ountv, but would dip down all
>ut of the almost direct line from
Dheraw through Chesterfield,
tubv, Mt. Croghan, Pageland,
Tradesville or Taxahaw, Lan
:aster, Chester and Union. Then
lur friends at Jefferson should
emember that two thirds of the
copulation of the county is in an
lght mile strip across the north
rn part of the county from
ast to west.
Talk about logical routes to
,ancaster from Chesterfield!
rhere is but one. Anv man in
he county can tell you where it
s. We don't blame Jefferson to
vnnt the road, but there is no
i8e to say/'logical" when talking
ibout going around the elbo^y
ft gel to the thumb, >
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Stuff you needn't read unless you '"
care to. It's mostly nonsense. til
Pi
It is said that Mr. Will Smith w
has claimed to be a married man
at least once in his life. A few ^
months ago when some ot the ?1
other bovs were leaving to enlist ^
in the army, he went along as hi
far as Cheraw. Whether he m- o'
tended to enlist or not is un- n
known, but when the recruiting
officer asked him if he wanted w
to enlist he replied "No. I have t<
a wife and three children at tl
home to support." The officer is
dismissed him, with the advice
that he had better go back and tl
stay with them. tl
ri
Henry Graves had the laugh p
on the hash writer the other day c
when he came up and told how tl
mad Messrs. Smith and Stegall t<
were about the little article last
week about the still. Henry f<
said they were on high horses, si
and that trouble was in store for li
us when we met up with one or si
both of them. He said thev
were just rearing about it, and tl
that they refused to listen to his n
argument that it was all in fun ^
and that anybody and every- |j
body knew they would be about ,
the last two men to operate a
still. While he talked on We H
were secretly thinking up ways J
to appease their anger or escape *
into hiding, but he finally went tl
so far with his spiel that we si
realized he was teasing, and b
then we were able to spread a v
sickly grin over and about the j
major opening in our more or a
less beautiful countenance.
c
John Doesn't Believe Our yarns
b
John Beasley tells so many U
yarns in the Monroe Journal =
that he can't believe the honest
truth when he sees it. Here is
what he said last week above
a couple of our stories which he
reprinted:
"I would say that Carl Tucker *
is printing a paper for the fishes
were it not for the fact that I am I
always one of the first to svval
low his bait. I have been of
the opinion that Zeb Green has
been stretching his imagination
just a little of late, but I now
realize that he is not even in "
the class with Tucker. Even
Nesbit of Waxhaw, who oc
casionallv abandons the realm
of reality, is thrust into insignificance
by a couple of stories that
Tucker tells in the last issue of
his paper.
"Being away last week, I
missed the story about the earth
quake curing a man's rheuma
tism, but if it is worse than the
one about the earthquake that
shook the clock into action I
want none of it."
The Big Rock and the 4th
On the Fourth the boss carried |
us and several others over to the
Hats a
All men s Hato now
There is no use to wait
season to buy cheap hats
to buy them cheap and c
service this summer. I
8 are gone.
C. L. GUI
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mous 40 acre rock Dear Taxaiw.
She prepared the dinner
id carried it along, and the
me was passed in eating and
icking the rock, each of which
as done right thoroughly.
Yes. The rock is a big one.
is bigger, even, than some of
iir mistakes.
No. We didn't go into the
evil's den. We - have never
ad any desire to den with him,
ur sinful deeds to the contrary
otwithstanding.
A four-year old boy asked if
re thought a dozen men could
>te the rock, and we didn't
link they could. Our opinion
i still unchanged.
It was such a delightful place
lat some ot the ladies exclaimlat
it would be fine to have it
ightnear Pageland. Up to the
resent writing we haven't deided
to move it, however, as
lere isn't much room over Here
> put it.
We didn't even see the devil's
xitprint. It was covered with
ind, just as it is in some of our
ves, but it was there just the
a me.
We walked something less
[ian a hundred miles on the
ock, but it doesn't matter, maye,
for it didn't seem 10 be worn
luch more when we finished
ian when we began.
It is splendid for picnics and
lolding the earth together, but
: would be poor for farming.
LWe accepted without investition
the story that a dog and a
3x once ran in at the cave in
lie rock and out at Cooke's mill
everal miles away, as we didn't
ave time to go tnrougn ana
iralk back.
It is the kind of place where
idies like to dare, slip, scream
nd laugh.
While we are no geologist and
an*t say how old the rock is,
re feel safe in saving it has
een right where it is now for at
last several years.
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%
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LLEDGE
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M sta y of Air Will End Fight
Baltimore, July 5 ?Dr. S.
Ames, professor of physics at
Johns Hopkins university and
chairman of the commission of
scientists appointed by this
government to study the conduct
of the war in France,
stated here tonight after a number
of conferences in Washington
that speed and size in aeroplanes
will end the war most
quickly.
. He said the Uuited States
must furnish 10,000 pilots and at
the lowest 20,000 aeroplanes and
maintain this average in the
face of casualities. Each pilot,
he said, must have two planes.
Dr, Ames said the American
people can not appreciate the
tremendous scale on which
things are being done abroad.
P,
Don't
m _
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Fruit Jars,
and Oil Stoves
Pag<
I Hardw
iL
Turn Y(
Into I
Highest market prii
Brass, Copper, Rubber
See us for prices on (
Machinery.
R. F. Smith or
IM. L. Davis
Davis & Fu
Cheap cash store is t
Goods, Groceries an<
keep our stock replei
Goods.
We have a few Pali
$5.50 per suit. Oth
portionately low prices.
Come to the hitch
Square deal.
Davis & Fi
"To illustrate," he said, "in
some places the British battle
line in France is 4o miles deep
and I have seen trains of motor
cars 20 miles long and a train of
9 inch guns six miles longSpeaking
of the work of his
commission he said:
"There is a captive balloon
every five miles along the Western
front."
Tillman Favors Hanging Spies
Washington, July 5.?"I have
no doubt there are spies in the
departments, there are clever
scoundrels, I believe, who are
getting hold of the secrets of
our government and betraying
them to Germany.
"For my part, I want to see
these German devils ferreted out
and want to see them hung."
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ces paid for scrap Iron,
and any kind of sacks.
Did Boilers and worn-out
G. C. Mangum
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inaerourKs
he place to get your Dry o
J Shoes Cheap. We
dished with Seasonable *
m Beach Suits going at
ler Merchandise at prolot
for Bargains and a
underburk