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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 Page land, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. Aognst 8,1917 If you don't like the govern, ment that has protected you all your life, get out from under it m If you find yourself unable to keep your mouth shut about the way the government is rushing us headlong into war, you'd better get somebody to help you close it. ^ In another place is a notice of a meeting to be held at Chesterfield next Wednesday. Read the notice if you are a citizen of the county, and then arrange to attend. There is need for im provement in the financial con dition of the county, and a mass meeting is an excellent place to discuss means by which the improvement may come. When we feast on watermelons, cantaloupes, scuppernongs. huckleberries, etc. we some times wonder why people still try to exist in a barren country like Union county. We might invite John Beasley, Zeb Green and Luther Huggins down here for a few days, but if they should come they could never stay up there satisfied any more, and it's probably better to let them alone and let them think they are in a fairly good place. In this case ignorance is bliss. There is need for a hard smooth road from Pageland down Black creek by Evans' mill There is a big scope of territory there that is entitled to an outlet. This road could be made a good one with com paratively small cost. Part of the road from Pageland to the mill needs claying, and part of it needs widening and smooth inv Rplmir trio *v??ll - - ? I 111V mill lUCIC Id it stretch of granate that makes a good road when rounded and smoothed. We believe that sufficient enthusiasm might be created to cause this road to be built. Cantaloupe growing has been a discouraging undertaking this year, and ,ve rear that this first attempt to grow cantaloupes in this section for market v ill serve as a damper to future effoits to inaugurate ventures of this kind. The season was a very unfavor able one for getting the vines started off, and then when the fruit was ready for shipping there was a weeK of rain. The effort has been discouraging, all right, but suppose the same nuin ber of farmers had tried cotton for the first time in an unfavor able season like this. What would have been the result? How much more satisfactory would have been, the result? | We hope to see our farmers try again. They can succeed if they persist. -? SLACKERS WILL NOT BE TOLER ATI?ri * w a a ut/ From different sections of the country the voice of the slacker is being heard. Word has gone out from Washington that slackers, or those who give aid or comfort to the enemy, shall be treated as deserters in time of wur. The government and the great mass of patriotic citizens have no patience with this element ot the population which is sicking to resist the provisions of the draft law. Governor ' Ihekett of North Carolina expresses the right sentiment when he says, "the man who in this perilous hour lifts voice or hand i to weaken the nation's will or F shorten its arm is a traitor to his country and a friend to its foes. 1 He is more than a traitor. He is a murderer. Any word spoken, any deed done to hinder the n vigorous prosecution of the war p means a prolongation of the war ? and this means the added loss of d life." "I do not propose to tolerate s treason in North Carolina by 'j word or.deed if there be power a in the State or federal govern v ment to prevent it," the gover- v nor wrote. "You and all sheriffs and solicitors in the State are di rected to report by wire to the United States district attorney f and to this office any man who, l by word or deed, gives aid and r comfort to the enemy by seeking I to palsy the nation's arm as it is , raised to strike." i Posses Persuing Draft Objectors J Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. < 4.?With one of their leaders . dead, another captured and at ' least 25 members of the bands | under arrest posse leaders to night were of the opinion that the backbone of the uprising of objectors to the selective draft in central Oklahoma virtually had been broken. The outlaws have been scattered into such small bands that further success ful resistauce is believed imposs , ible. Sheriff Grail ot Seminole < County declared tonight he be 1 lieved he can handle the situ- , ation with a small force of men. 1 i An Irishman was sitting in the general waiting room at a rail- i way station when a woman came in and sitting down beside ! him, remarked: , "Sir, if you were a gentleman you would not smoke here." "Mum,*' he said, "if you wuz , a lady ye'd go to the ladies' waiting room." I "If I please to sit here I'll do it," the ladv retorted angily. "All right mum," said the Irishman, quietly. "If it pleas es ye to sit wid me I'll put up wid ye?" 1 "If you were my husband I'd give you poison!" cried the woman "If you wuz me wife I'd take , it!" ; l Church Service Directoy J. W. Elkins, M. E.: 1 Pageland, 1st Sunday at 8: p. | m. and 3rd Sunday 3:30 p. m. l Zion, 3rd and 4th Sundays at 11 o'clock. ; Antioch. 2nd Sunday at 11. I Mt. Croghan, 2nd Sunday at j 3:30 p. m. and 4th at 8: p. m. ' Zoar, 1st Sunday, at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at all.the above j churches at 10 o'clock. R. W. Cato, Baptist. ' Mt. Moriah, 1st Saturday at 3 j p. in. and Sunday at 11. Sun dav school at 10. Bethel, 2nd Saturday at 3. p in and Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sun day school at 3 except on 2nd Sunday. B. S. Funderburg, Baptist: Pageland, 2nd Sunday at 1 i and 8, and the 4th at 8. Sunday school at 10. r^v ki i ' o - Lfuuiey, ^na ^unaay at 4 ami the 4th at 11. Sunday school at 1 3 except on the 4th when it is { at 10. 1 R. M. Haigler, Baptist: ? Liberty Hill. 1st Saturday at 2 < and Sunday at 3. Sunday ( school at 2:30 except on the 1st t Sunday at 2. Mt. Pisgah, 4th Sunday at 3, * and Saturday at 4 . l J. W Quick, M. P: J Paueland, 3rd Sunday at 11 and 2nd at 3:30. Sunday school i ?? in ? ? .u_ < ? ? ^ . ? ?i iw on iiiu <snu sunaay. 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 j and Satuiday at 3 o'clock. Sun- f day school at 10. Prayer meet- c inn everv Saturday n ght. t R. S. Latimer, Presbvterian, # Pageland, 1st Sunday at 4 p. m. l and 3rd Sunday at 7:30 p. m. and 4th Sunday at 11 a. m. i Bulah, 1st Sunday at 11 a. m. Y 3rd Sunday at 3 p. m. 1 Salem, 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p H m, 4th Suoday at 3;30 p, in ? :OWLS IN VIGOROUS HEALTH Iright Red Comb, Clear Eyes and Appearance of Alertness Are to Be Sought For. The successful experienced poultry nan only needs one glance nt your ien of chickens to enable him to make , good estimate as to the health conlitlon of your flock. A bright red comb, clenr eyes and m appearance of alertness, Is seldom een except when a chicken Is enjoyng the best of health. Occasionally t Is true that hens which are overfat ,nd In danger of apoplexy may carry rlth them good health certificates rhlch are not deserved. When the comb turns from its natiral bright red color to purple, or an wen darker shade, the caretaker may expect ptomaine poisoning or other orra of poisoning. Indigestion or liver rouble, and If the comb assumes a lght color, except when the bird Is noltlng, the poultry man should ex>ect bowel trouble or tuberculosis. 3ne of the first things the beginner should study Is trie appearance of lealth or disease as Indicated by the ippearance of the comb, eyes, carriage and attitude of his birds when n vigorous health, and when out of condition. 3UREBRED MALES ARE IDEAL No Excuse for Using Anything but Boar of Highest Quality?Be Careful of His Disposition. Since purebred males are plentiful and reasonable In price, there Is no excuse for using anything but a purebred boar. The purebred male will transmit his own qualities with greater certainty than one that Is not pure, and will get pigs of more uniform quality and excellence; so that It pays to use a purebred boar even for producing meat on the farm or for market. Before buying it Is necessary to havs In mind the Ideal type of boar wanted; then it Is well to buy the nearest thing to the Ideal, or the best that can be afforded. One should never let a few extra dollars on the price stand in the way when a good boar Is found. The fact that a boar should come from a strain which produces large numbers of pigs should not be overlooked. If an aged boar Is to be selected, the disposition should be noticed, und one that Is vicious or tries to break out of lots and pens should bo avoided. LABOR PROBLEMS ON FARMS Keep Hired Man Busy in Woodlot Securing Firewood, 8111a, Eto.? Exercise for Horses. v The farm woodlot will soon help to Bolve some of the knotty problems as to labor upon the farm. Often the right kind of labor cannot be kept upon the farm because it;is not employed the year round. Better understanding of the value of the woodlot may assist materially In solving the labor problems on our farms. When nothing else can be done, labor can he used In a woodlot to distinct advantage. The taking out of firewood, posts, barn sills, piles, ties, etc., keeps the hired nan busy, and may prevent tlie Well-Cared-For Woodlot. lorses from eating their heads off in :he barn. Throughout the winter .here are days when both men and earns can work profitably In the forest tnd the bulk of the cutting should be lone In the winter, but the cutting up if tho tnnu nnil #?>? k?"' ~M ' * - _ .v|.u ...... ll.C IMllIllllg OX U1U jrush may be done most easily after he snow has disappeared. Ity thus balancing the work of the 'arm, the woodlot can be greatly lm>roved in productive capucity and in ippearanee and labor und teams may >e employed profitably. VPPLY MANURE FOR TURNIPS rertlllzer High in Phosphoric Acid With About 3 Per Cent Nitrogen Is Recommended. Freshly manured land Is especially ikely to produce maggoty turnlp3, and 'or this reason most turnip growers lo not apply manure directly previous o the growth of this crop, but depend ipon the supply of accumulated plant ood In the soil and commercial fertl* ! lzer. A fertilizer high In phosphoric acid, vlth about 3 per cent nitrogen, should ?e used at the rnte of at least 1,000 >ounds per acre. Fertiliser recommendations for parmlps and radishes are the same as for tUer (H>ot crop*. /.f! EVE TO R'JSINESS. "I got n pain in my neck from looking lip so long yesterday wliile you were llying about," suid the county fair visitor. "You did, eh?" replied the professional aviator. "I carry as a side line Doctor Jigger's Eureka liniment, the greatest preparation of its kind. The price is $1 a bottle. Rub a few drops on the back of your neck and the pal? will disappear in a jiffy." The Absent-Minded Motorist. "There's an nutomobilist in distress. {Suppose we stop and usk hiin if there is anything we can do?" "Are you referring to the man who is sitting still, with a far-away look in his eyes?" "Yes." "I know that fellow. He's probably wondering where he's going to get the money to puy the next Installment on his car." GETTING IN TRIM. "Holmes Is taking boxing lessons." I "Getting ready to fire the cook, 1 guess." ; Of the Earth Family. j Six weeks they'd been married when Of Bold there was a dearth; Eclipsed then was their honeymoon By the shadow of the earth. ????? . A Poor Substitute. "Do you suppose moving picture? will ever do away entirely with performances on the stage?" "No, indeed." replied the astute the- i atrlcul manager. "In th'e opinion of the tired business man, to whom I cater exclusively, no shadow on the screen, however lifelike, can take the place of a real live chorus girl." No Rest for Him. The poor man was dying, and hie wife, who claimed to be a spiritualist, was at his bedside. "John," she said, "you will soon "be in the promised land, and soon as you I get there I want you to send me some ' word or some token." "For goodness sake, Mary," gasped the departing husband, "ain't you never going to give mo a rest?" Overdoing It. "You're getling rather thin," remarked the floorwalker to the ribbon counter clerk. "Don't they serve substantial food at your boarding house?" "Well, rather," replied the yard-stick manipulator. "In fact, some of it is so durable you can't masticate it with another man's jaws." GAVE HIMSELF AWAY. W)r ^ "1 Lndy of the House?Is your milk really pure? The Milkman (absently)?It oughF to be, ma'am. I Just put a new filter on my pump. For Sale lit 1-2 acre farm 1 1 2 miles from Marshville. Three horse farm in cultivation, good buildings, good water. Price $3000. Terms reasonable. 31 1-2 Acres 3 miles east of Pageland. Splendid one horse farm, good buildings. A bar gain at $1800 00. I Good house and lot in Paceland at a bargain. Ginning outfit complete, con sisling of gasoline engine, 70 saw gin, box press. A fine proposition for plantation use. \ Price $500.00 complete. * i PAGBLAND INSURANCE & REALTY GO. * Remnants of Cotton Seed I Should be turned into cash now that the H planting season is entirely over. We buy in H any quantity and pay the Top. H J. E. Agerton. I ! Don't Forget 11 To Buy 11 ,, CP, I and Oil Stoves From The I 1 Pageland I Hardware Co. Turn Your Junk J Into Money I Highest market prices paid for scrap Iron, g Brass, Copper, Rubber and any kind of sacks. I See us for prices on Old Boilers and worn-out fl Machinery. H R. F. Smith or G, C. Mangum I mr iT""'WSSBiilTQ. 2E1 VixXX * ffl| I M. L. Davis H. IV. Funderburk |j H I Come to the Hitch l ot I 1 We are selling Ladies'White Slippers at from f I $1.00 to $1.25: Children's at from 75c to ? I $1.00. Other low cuts at proportionally low I prices. 1 Afew more $7.50 Palm Beach Suits at 1 $3.50 All other Dry Goods and Goceries as cheap as the cheapest. We still pledge a fair and square deal in every transaction. ? Davis & Funderburk j * Monuments wheat?we will j?rind wheal on Friday and Saturday only of Now is the time to buy that each week until further notice, nonument you expect to buy. ... .. .. . 11. see me and save lime and Wc sollt" ?he Peonage of the 0 money. people of South Carolina as well p. U as of opr own State. S. E. Iklk, v?. *x. IVUI^IU. i Monroe, K. 8.