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I J The Pageland Journal August 8,1917 Local News Miss May Mangum has about recovered from her recent illness. I Mr. John W. Hurst of Ches terfield died in a Columbia hospital last Wednesday night, and the body was carried back to Chesterfield for burial. All members of Antioch church and others interested in the church grounds pre asked to meet there next Saturday morn ing for the purpose of cleaning off the church grounds and cemetery. Tomorrow has been named as work day at the Baptist church here, and all members and others who are interested are asked to meet there at an early hour and assist in cleaning off the ceme tery and church grounds. The protracted meeting will begin there next Sunday. ' There will be children's day at High Point on Saturday be fore the third Sunday, beginning at 10 o'clock. Everybody in vited to attend and carry a full basket. The protracted meet ing will begin on Sunday fol lowing at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. Hoyle Byrd will assist the pastor, Rev. R. W. Cato. Messrs. H. V. Mungo and C. G. Morgan left yesterdav morning to spend a couple ot weeks in Baltimore, New York and Niagara. Mr. Mungo will buy goods for Mungo Bros, while in Baltimore and New York. Mr G. C. Mangum accompanied them but will go no farther than Baltimore, where he will buy goods for G. C. Mangum & Co. He will return by wav of Ports mouth, Va. and spend a few days with relatives. The protracted meeting is in progress at Rose . Hill M. P. church this week. Rev. R. C. Stubbins of Charlotte is doing the preaching. He is preaching some clear and forceful sermons. His appeals are made to the reason rather than the emotion, and the truths of the gospel are being impressed upon the minds of the people dispassionately. The services are as follows: -prayer meeting at 10 and preach ing at 10.30 in the morning, and preaching at 8.30 at night. Mr. R. M. Myers of Chester field died in a Columbia hospital last Thursday after an illness of several months. For weeks his death had seemed ceitain, though reports for some time had caused hope that he might rtrtCClKl *r 1 Kvwiuir itv/uvcii iic jeaves <1 wife and four children. The bodv was carried back to Ches terfield and buried Friday, Rev. B. S. Funderburg conducting the service. Mr. Myers was raised in the White Plains section of this county, and was well known. He was the first merchant to open a store here when Pageland began to be a town. Mr. Mvers was a spendid citizen, honest and straight forwarJ. He was a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Palmer Hendrix was cut on the back of the head, in the side and on the back by Mr. Lex Watts at Providenr?> rhnri-b dav night before the services began, These boys had been at outs for some time, and the cutting was a result of former dis agreements There were no eye witnesses, and the accounts as to how and why it was done differ. The wounds were not serious, and Mr. Hendrix was able to come to Pageland to have them treated. The affair - so up set the people that no ser vice was held Sunday night. These boys live in Mt. Croghan township, and it is not known whether or not warrants have been taken. Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. P, Graves Sunday, a son. Mr. and Mrs M. C. Clark arc spending the week with relative; in Olanta. Mrs. Blanch Moore of Jeffer son is spending the week witl her mother, Mrs M. J. Turner. Mr. Robert Turner has mad< application to join the nviatioi corps at Akron, Ohio. Mrs. L. E. Ogburn of Liles ville is visiting at the horn* of Mr. B. C. Ogburn Mr. H. M. Nicholson of Lem on Springs, N. C. is spending several days days with relative here. Mr. James Nicholson and fam ily of Concord, N. C. are visit ing relatives in this section. Mi Nicholson moved from thi community 25 or 30 years ago Mr. T R. H. Arant of Fiv< Forks was carried to a Charloft* hospital Monday, and an opera tion was nerfnrmpH TnpsHm morning for appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Watts an< son, Joe, Mrs. A. J. Mangum anc Mr. G. C. Mangum visited ii Rock Hill and Yorkville Sun dav, returning Monday. Mr. Majrr Brantley of Waxhav was a visitor here Sunday. H< moved from this section to Char lotte perhaps thirty years age and a few years later to Wax haw. Mr. Frank Pigg has returne< to Pageland from Cheraw, when he has been for some time. Hi is now back at the barber slio] here with Mr. P. W. Funderburfc who recently purchased thi shop from Mr. 0. L. Smith. Very few of those who wer examined at Chesterfield yestei day failed to pass the physica examination. Nearly all c those who passed are claimin, i exemption, however, and it i impossible to give any informs tion at this time as to whos names will be forwarded to th war department for service. The first 110 men were exam ined for military service at Ches terfield yesterday. The exami nations are conducted in th court room and the adjomin; jury rooms. This is the physi cal examination, and the clain for exemption is made after i One hundre d and nine are call ed for today and one hundre< and nine tor tomorrow. Mrs. Donald Mills died at he home three miles north of Pagi land Monday afternoon She hai been sick about four months witl cancer of the stomach. She wa a little over seventy years old, and was a member of Mt. Pisgal Bap tist church. Only her hus band survives. The body wa buried at the Price graveyan yesterday afternoon. Mr. G. D. Sanders sends copie of the Spartanburg Journal witl the articles he wrote mark ed. From these we se< that he is now one of the best reporters on this paper He has one more year in Wof ford college, and he works dur ing the spare hours and vaca lions to pay his way. Mr. San ders was always a bright boy and his friends back home are pleased to know that he i; "making good" in his work. Work on the sidewalks of the I * * iuwii ueg-au monau3', ana 1 lies day morning work began on tht streets. The cross street be tween Mr S. R Ku banks' and the Baptist church is being shap ed and clayed so that travel ovei the Jefferson road may gt> this way instead of the rough winding course now necessary to get from Maple street into the Jeffeison road. This is a piece of work that should have been done long ago, and this paper is pleased to note that it is now to be done, along with other street work in different sections of the town. BUSINESS lOCALS | If You?have a young cow that will give-3 or 3 1-2 gallons of milk a day we can probably trade some. Her calf must be young and her conditions right. I have two I want to exchange for one. H. B. Sowell For Sale?one good plug Horse, cheap or will exchange for cattle^ Maurice Price. For Sale?one 0 foot counter Show Case, in good condition. Maurice Price. The H. B. Sowell furniture building has been rented by the 4 Pageland Hardware company, and a stock of furniture will * soon be opened up in it. Openings will be made in the wall . between the stores and the hardy ware and furniture lines will be run as one business. This gives this firm two rooms, each thirty J by one hundred feet. Two cars i of furniture have already been bought, and will probably arrive and be opened up in ten days or two weeks. Messrs. L. e J. and L. C. Watford now own this business, and it is run as a 1 partnership instead of an incory porated company as first organg ized. These young men are ex celknt business men, and they are meeting with splendid success. Thev now carry a stock of hardware valued at about . seven thousand dollars. ? Must Ship In a Hurry I, "How did vour cantaloupes e turn out, Mr. Sanders," was ask2 ed of Mr. Jim Sanders Monday. "Not much," he replied, "thev y were too small. I didn't work them enough. I think I am i done with cantaloupes unless it i is just to eat. They are too ! much trouble for me. They . need shipping a day or two before they are gathered, to get them to market in time." / . g Citizen's Mass Meeting at Chesterfield Next Wednesday We, the undersigned County Commissioners of Chesterfield ^ County, knowing the financial condition of our countv. and knowing the condition of our roads and the present means of p working same feel it our duty to "' call a mass meeting of the citizens to meet with our represen tatives at Chesterfield Court e House, at 10 o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, the 15th dav of '1 August 1917 to discuss plans and 'f means by which said conditions K may be improved. y s Please let everybody attend. 1 E. R. Knight, C T" P- MiUlnv e J.A.Turner. ( ' Young Johnny had been j. reading the evening paper, and [. paused contemplatively for a e few moments. "Father," said g he, "what is 'inertia'?" [. "Well," replied the father, "if n I have it, its pure laziness, but if t vour mother has it, it is nervous I* prostration."?Tit-Bits. 1 HOW CAN I ; SELL MY LAND? d h We can solve that question s for you. You can't expect , to sell it by just placing an h ad in the paper, or putting ?t i- sign on the property. Our s method gets quick results; d we will find a buyer for every tract of your land. s Convince yourself that we are both capable and reliable. Our representative a will call to see you at our 1 expense. Write us today. Atlantic Coast Realty Company . The name that justifies your confidence Offices: Petersburg, Va. and . Greenville, N. C. Asked and Answered. "vwnut do you work at?" she queried. "At dodirtmr" Ihn tromn r.n1l<ul ? "At dodging what?" ?jho asked again, "Work," he answered?and died. Alarming Symptoms. "Dnbwaite's bachelor friends are troubled about him." ' "Why so?" "They are beginning to think ho Is . Irretrievably lost to them." "Still, I don't understand." ' "Although he has been married for nearly two years, Dubw<e's Interest In his club has not yet revived." Marks of Belligerency. "Can you tell by the bumps on a man's head what sort of disposition ho has?" "Phrenologists claim to be able to do 1 that. However, a person of ordinary Intelligence can sometimes tell by tho bumps on a mun's head what Rort of Mb wife has." j warned?uordwood, oak and nine, b> the car only, loaded at Pageland or Crowburk. G. H. Watts. Wanted?to exchange good family horse for car. R. F. Smith. For Sale?young Jersey milk cow, second calf now 4 weeks old. Price $60. W. T. Rutledge. Bifl Springs Hotel, McBee, S. C. is a pood ouiet nlnrp to snpnH your vacation. New pool with electric lights just completed. Special rate to parties. For Sale?second hand Ford in good condition. C. L. Gulledge. Vulcanizing?I have installed an up to date steam vulcanizing plant at my home on the road from Pageland to Monroe near Lanes Creek, and an prepared to do any kind of vulcanizing on casings and tubes. Prices reasonable, and work guaranteed. C. A. Small. 45 6 p % For Sale?1914 model Ford touring car in good condition, tires nearly new. Guy Watts al the Redfearn Auto Co. ^For Sale?40,000 feet dry inch boards, 1x6 to 1x12, cut from forest pine. D. F. Little, Pageland, S. C. A Few More?Boy suits in cool cloth. Mungo Bros. Straw Hats?Only a few left. Besure you get yours. Mungo Bros. For Watermelons in any quan titv, enquire for A. F. Funderburk at C. L. Gulledge's store. They are ripening now. Union county People?when you want watermelons ask for ' A. F. Funderburk. Get Your Bathing Suits from R. L. Watts at Guess. For Sale?or exchange for dry cattle, 2 extra tine Jersey cows. Apply to T. F. Watts March. ville, R. (>. Seed Remnants?We will buv your remnants of cotton seed- 'Mlingo Bros. See us tor transfer Car, day or night. Redfearn Auto Co. Wanted?at once 500 young chickens. Clark & Smith Phone Clark & Smith for fresh groceries. For Sale?We have 10 Sewing machines that we want to sell on credit. Mungo Bros. Carry your Chickens and Eggs to Clark & Smith and get more. i Bring me your beet cattle, or call me and I'll come and see them. H. B. Graves. Fresh loaf all the time. Claik & Smith. Plummer Grocery Company will pay you the top for Chickens and Kggs. Iresh IJreml all the tinu*. Plummer Grocery. 1 For Sale Twenty squares second-hand metal shingles at $1.40 a square Suitable lor barns, shelters, etc. Don t wait till it s sold C. M. Tucker. Look Out! People are still going, and buying goods without knowing. When you are in town to buy get price and then see me. Box Crackers 5c. 6 cakes Soap 25c. 6 packages Washing powders 25c. 6 bags Salt 25c 10 lbs Sugar 95c. Good tobacco 40c per lb. Flour and other things accordingly. Don't forget that I carry a line of Coffins, Caskets and Robes bought before the rise and will sell as cheap as can be bought. G. R. Knight. . For Sale . I Fifteen acres sand land 1 1 -2 miles east of g Pageland; no buildings, but plenty of timber to I build; 8 acres in cultivation; some cord wood H growth, balance in saw timber; two hundred yaids | from railroad; running stream of water through B place; fine site for fish pond. Price reasonable. j Forty-five acres good clay land 5 miles north | of Pageland; 4-room dwelling; gocd barn; good | well of water; 20 acres in cultivation; balance jn | good timber. This land lies level. Public road g in front of door. Price and terms reasonable. | Two or four mules for sale cheap. Good terms. Can furnish job of hauling for 4 or 5 months. R. F. Smith. pmmnnnmxmmn mmmmmm B ?2 1 Satisfaction | H It is a satisfaction to have your suit ready M B when you want it. You can have this by bringing M B them to me. I will send each Monday to the B W Sanitary Steam Pressing Club at Chesterfield and W pj get same back on Thursday of each week. ?3 B I ask you for a trial job and am sure the B M quality of work will assure me the balance of your w u work. M n\ l -v cn M v^usige tor suil JVC. W One piece 30c M I B. B. Eubanks. s Biimniiiiiiimnmn mmmmmmmmS Automobile Re- Bids Wanted I Sealed bids are wanted for the 1"|J building of a wood bridge across . , Lvnches river nt the Vtr>M.?r...o we mc cuinppeu IO QO VOllT , " . "7" .7'" ? yy>ytia . . . , bridge crossing, bor particulars auto repairing. Give us a trial. see R R Klli(jhu Co Supcr. Prices very reasonable, and all visor. C. K. Knight, Township work guaranteed. Don't have comit done until you have seen us. t Veterinary Surgeon I lllTr I Im l\| 8 I Calls answered day or .light. * Phone No. 48 two rings. Ik "MJ ^ Full stock of horse and cattle UilKlx&\|lJ powders on hand at all times. C, J. Furderburk & Son. I. P. GRAVES