The Pageland Journal Published Wednesday Mornings by The Journal Company C. M. Tucker, Editor Subscription Price - - $1.00 Entered as second-class maii matter at the post otfice at Page land, S. C., under Postal Act of March 3, 1879. August IS, 1917 THE MOTOR CAR SERVICE The motor car on the Ches terfield & Lancaster railroad is paying, from the best informa tion we arc able to get Nearly every day people are turned away because there is no) room. Many others would doubtless ride it thev could be sure of a seat, but the capacity of the car is so small that no one can be absolutely sure of a seat, We have contended for several years that morning train service out of Pageland on this road would prove a paying venture when tried in a fair manner, and the success of the motor cai bears us out in the contention. Now, that the people are patronizing this motor car service in spite of the manifest disadvantages of so small a car, we believe that the railroad authori ties should studv the situation with a view to putting on a large, up to date car. The present car can not accommodate the traffic during the summer when the people can hang on, sit in the door, etc. and thus in crease the capacity. When winter comes and the car must be closed in this small car can not begin to take care of the travel n* -- mgpupuc asttie accommodations are of necessity very poor. In our opinion a large car to carry mail and passengers and perhaps express would pay. It is our opinion further that such a car could make two trips a day and thus take the place of both motor car and the present passenger train. Then the train would be free to work the freight as the need might arise. We are no railway expert in any sense and our suggestions are proba blv not worth very much. Still we are firm in the belief that such a plan would financially benefit the road, and greatly accommodate the people. If a car as mentioned above were put on and run on schedule, the oassen ger business ofc the road would increase in a surprising manner. It is rumored that Mr.' Lane and Mr. Bagwell are well pleas(ed with the results of this ven ture, and that they are possibly* considering already the ad visa bilitv of putting on a large car if the traffic holds up through this month. We hope this rumor is well founded, and hat the car will be put on at no distant day. New Ruling Concerning Exemptions The government has issued a new ruling regarding exemption because of dependents which is expected to increase consider ably the loss of men from the military service for this reason. Boards are authorized hereafter to deny exemptions to married men whose wives are solely dependent upon them but where the uarents or other relatives of either wife or husband are willing to assume the burden of her support during his absence. The same course is to be followed where any drafted man's em ployers agree to continue his snliirv !)C O nntrlrt*:-. ... j u ^amuiic uuiy. A third supplemental ruling provides that where a man has supported his dependents by his own labor on land which he owns and the boards lind that the land could be rented toad-j vantage so as to continue the support for the wife derived from the rental, exemption for the man may be denied, British Paying Off Old Scores With Guns With the British Armies in France, July 5 (Staff Corres nrtnHonro r\f ttia ApcAnintnd ^/vruMVIIVV V/t IIIV 1 lOOV/Cltl ItU Presss.)?It is one thing: to stand beside or lie in front of the Brit * ish gur.s and watch them hurl > l their dailv tons of hate into the * German lines. It is quite some s t thing else again to be a German 1 and have all this hate hurled at you. The British remember the 1 . days when they were all but 3 gunless and the Germans turned 1 upon them their torrents of ex- 1 plosive fire. Today, and every ^ > day, they are paving off that old score with a compounded inter ' . est that would make the heart of 5 I a usurer beat with joy. c German prisoners tell more x and more of the horror of exist ' ' ence within their lines when the ' J British guns are in angry mood. ' ' They tell also of the growing ( i strain upon body and mind of 1 . the life hey are compelled to t I live as deep in the bowels of the ? ! earth as they can gravel, often x 1 fighting for the safer places at ) ; the lower levels. All ttys ishav- 1 ! ing its effect upon the enemy ? morale, but German military ' discipline has been such through ^ the last 40 years that its influ- ( ence still holds the emperior's s armies together in worthy fight- ing units. Captured letters and diaries taken from dead or prisoners depict conditions in the Herman lines in language so simple as to * be most convincing. It is doubt- f ful if any such letters ever pass i the military censor and reach the intended destination in Germany. They dwell too similar!} upon the "hell" of the pre- * ponderating British guns. f 7 * Citizen's Mass Meeting at Chesterfield Today 1 We, the undersigned County Commissioners of Chesterfield County, knowing the financial s condition of our county^ and knowing the condition of our roads and the present means of f working same feel it our duty to * call a mass meeting of the citizens to meet with our representatives at Chesterfield Court House, at 10 oVlortr n m Wednesday, the 15th dav of August 1917 to discuss plans and J means by which said conditions may be improved. 1 Please let everybody attend. E. R. Knight, i T. E. Mulloy, J. A. Turner. .1 When to "Lay Bye." While walking over the farm of Mr. David R. Coker, head of c the Coker Pedigreed, Seed Com- I pany, in company with about sixty Union county farmers last 1. week, Mr. Coker was asked to ( make a statement as to the stage a he let cotton plants arrive before d "laying by." He instantly re- ? plied: "We never May by* our \ cotton unless the limbs inter-? iock over the middles so as com a plctelv shade the ground and s thus check evaporation. We keep the cultivators going as t long as there are half-grown ^ bolls to be matured. Wa fre- *' quently cultivate after the first f picking in September, especially if there are immature bolls on *' the plants, and find that it is ^ profitable to do this." The cotton plant is just be- a ginning to bloom well on farms j in this county and the plant needs attention now more than a at any time during the season, a The demand fr>r mnictnro ic greater now, and every effort j should be made to conserve it and this can be done best bv J keeping the cultivators and y scrapes going. If there is any d fiirmer who does not believe this ii he should tr? it out for himself. ^ Of course all work in the cotton, or coi 11 either, should be done shallow at this time. See that a a good mulch is made and keep * this up in the younger cotton especially, until late in August. 3 ?T. J. W. Broom, of Union County. n 1 1 / - -Ufasl)- Stuff you needn't ?ead unless you care to. It's* mostly noiiseusa. Soon the fleecv staple will be fin to move, and F,d Agerton vill begin to feel normal when le hears the gins running and ;ees the seed wagons on the nove. If our people could realize hat cigarettes are doing the r'oung men of the Nation more noral and physical harm than lie war will do, less cigarettes vould be smoked. We understand that when the iheriff of a county commits a :rime and must be arrested it is he duty of the coroner to make he arrest, but when a rural po iceman and the men deputized jy him capture a still, and then operate it for half an hour or nore and make perhaps two or hree quarts of liquor we are at 1 loss to know whnst> dntv it is o take a hand. From the way Luke Graves' mouth was "water ng" Saturday when he talked ibout the sixteen gallons and a lalf of liquor in the lockup he vould prabablv like to have :harge of the whole a(fair lor a ;hort time at least. For Sale 116 12 acre farm 1 1 2 miles rom Marshville. Three horse arm in cultivation, good build ngs, good water. Price $3000. Terms reasonable. 31 1-2 Acres 3 miles east ol 5ageland. Splendid one horse arm, good buildings. A bar jain at $1800.00. Good house and lot in Pageand at a bargain. Ginning outfit complete, consisting of gasoline engine, 70 saw gin, box press. A fine >roposition for plantation use. 5rice $500.00 complete. PAGELAND INSURANCE & REALTY CO. Church Service DirectOy . W. Elkins. M. E: Pageland, 1st Sundav at 8: p. n. and 3rd Sunday 3:30 p. in. Zion, 3rd and 4lh Sundays at 1 o'clock. Antioch. 2nd Sundav at 11. Mt. Croghan, 2nd Sunday at >:30 p. m. and 4th at 8. p. m. Zoar, 1st Sundav, at 11 o'clock. Sundav school at all the above hurches at 10 o'clock. <. W. Cato, Baptist. Mt. Moriah, 1st Saturday at 3 >. m. and Sundav at 11 Sun. lav school at 10. Bethel, 2nd Saturday at 3. p. m nd Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sun lay school at 3 except on 2nd undav. I. S. Funderburg, Baptist: Pageland, 2nd Sunday at 11 nd 8. and the 4th at 8. Sunday chool at 10. Dudley, 2nd Sunday at 4 and lie Ith at 11. Sunday school at except on the 4th when it is it 10. M. Haigler. Baptist: Liberty Hill. 1st Saturday at 2 nd Sunday at 3. Sunday chool at 2:30 except on the 1st iunday at 2. Mt. Pisgah, 4th Sund.ay at 3, nd Saturday at 4 . . W Quick, M. P: Pageland. 3rd Sunday at 11 nil znii ai ,y.,w. Sunday school t 10 except on the 2nd Sunday. New Hope 1st Sunday at 11. lethesda 4th Sunday at 11. {ear Creek 4th Sunday at 4 p. m. . F. Hammond. Baptist: Union Hill 1st Sunday at 11 nd Saturday at 3 o'clock. Sunay school at 10. Prayer nieetng everv Saturday n glit. L S. Latimer, Presbvterian, Pageland, 1st Sunday at 4 p. m. nd 3rd Sunday at 7:30 p. m. and th Sunday at 11 a. m. Bulah, 1st Sunday at 11 a. m. rii Sunday at 3 p. m. Salem, 2nd Sunday at .3:30 p i. 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m ; If! KONCR CF"x;i K?CSCTED Memorial Shaft, Unique in Design, Erected at Liverpool, England, to Unsung Heroes. At the Princess pierhead in Liverpool a granite monument has been erected in memory of the valiant deeds of the engine-room heroes of the British navy, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine. In addition to the interest the memorial attracts as a work of art, it is notable for two things: it is one of the very few shafts that have ever been raised anywhere in honor of the many courageous seagoing engineers, mechanics and coworkers who have stuck to their posts in the face of death and performed their duties with self-sacrificing patriotism equal to that of any soldier or sailor. The other noteworthy point is that the memorial is the only important English work of its type that has ever been executed solely in granite. It is 48 feet in height and consist* of an obelisk surmounting a heavy base, on two sides of which are scxilptured groups representing the different divisions in the personnel of an engine-room staff. The other twc sides of the rectangular support carry inscriptions. At the corncri of the top part of the base are foui figures symbolical of earth, air, fire and water. Behind these figures and supposedly supported by them is a sea-circumscribed globe, on each side of the back of which a flaming sun is visible. A group of lightly draped feminine figures, holding wjwiiuB, auwu me snait, wnicn at the apex is surrounded by a fiery torch. HOME INDUSTRY Rural Barber?Who cut yer las' time, Bill? Farmer's Boy ? Maw, but she couldn't find the scissors, an' the sicklt.- was kinder dull. CONVICTS' ODD NICKNAMES. Every inmate of the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., has a nickname. The following are some of the nicknames of the men "in," which aro taken from recent issues of the New Era, the penitentiary paper: Snipes, Mule, Skinner, Pawnee, Gummy, Ducky, Wop, Hoonkenbul, Indian Dan, Brownskin, Human Spider, Honolulu, Midnight, Old Bill, Bed, Slim, Fatty, Silas, Mose. Oleo, Oats, Home Town, Booster, Toots, Doc, Blink, Ilorseshoer, Crip, Soldier, Ileadney, Chick, Happy, Crab, Lake, Tony, Old Folks, Maybe and Bots. ANOTHER SUBJECT. "Is it true that they are going to tax contracts made by people under age because they needn't keep them ?" "Why should they tax a thing like that?" "Isn't it a minor privilege?" WELL NAMED. "What's your dog's name, sonny f "Ginger." "Does Ginger bite?" "Naw! Ginger snaps." ECONOMIES. "What's your idea of economy?" "Saving two dollars on cigars so that your wife can spend it on a li/ ?* j ? " i?USC 1U1 U pcu UOg. THE REASON. "Why is not grammar an exact science ?" "Because it is dependent on its moods." ONE EXCEPTION. "There is nothing put on about that girl." "Oh, yes, there ia. He* complexion/* Permitted Raillery. i The raillery which is consistent! with good breeding is a gentle anin?adverslon on some foible, which, while It raises the, laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions.?Fielding. Daily Average of Wind. Some builders of windmills estimate thnt a wind 1G miles an hour may be expected for eight hours per day on the average for every day in the year. This does not mean that such a wind can be relied upon every day in the year, but that the average wind all the ycnr round would oqunl 1G miles an hour for eight hours every day. Never Rains but It Pours. A New Hampshire man ran a mill-I to catch a train, lost one rubber iril transit, in his excitement swallowed I a chew of tobacco, and, because his gait was unsteady, wound up by being arrested on a charge of Intoxication. That's what we call a run of hard , luck.?Buffalo Times. Hint That Succeeded. She was inclined to be senfimentr J. He was nothing if not practlc: ?1. "Would that you could tell me how to mend a bioken heart," she said. "I have known of cases where if h as been done by splicing," he replii :d. That was the remedy tried In tl lis case. j Don't i Tol Fruit Jars, Iand Oil Stoves Page 1 Hardw; L _ M. L. Davis ? Come to the We are selling Ladies* $1.00 to $1.25: Child $ 1.00. Other low cuts prices. Afew more $7.50 $3.50 All other Dry Goods I as the cheapest. We still pledge a fair a transaction. | Davis & Fu Monuments Now is the time to tyiy that monument you expect to buy. See me and save time and money. G. R. Knight. WANTED A HANDOUT. "I suppose," begun the kind lady, before Mr. Husky llasbeen got a chance to exercise his voice, "that you want to chop some wood in exchange for a square meal, don't you7" "I'd like ter oblige yer, lady," replied the unlauudered hobo, "but It's bin more'n twenty years sense I done anything like dat sort uv a stunt." j "Well," said the k. I., "here's where you can practice till you get your hand In." "Nothln* doin', lady," rejoined the hobo. "Wot I want's Is a handout. See?" And the kind lady fainted. Positively Tame. ? ? * ? ..uy j Caps, Rubbers j from The :Iand ! arc Co. I JJ II. IV. Fundcrburk | ^ i Hitch Lot | White Slippers at from | Iren's at from 7 5c to ? > at proportionally low & Palm Beach Suits at . I and Goceries as cheap ind square deal in every ; inderburk j mil wheat?we will grind wheat on Friday and Saturday only of each week until further notice. We solicit the patronage of the people of South Carolina as well as of our own State. S. K, Belk, Monroe, R. 8.