The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, August 15, 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 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.
? ? *
? ..<? u.mci' iiuiuuer siriKes m?
ns being?er?a trifle too daring fot
the average theater audience."
"Where have you been for the past
few years?"
"Oh, around and about."
"I suspect you've been asleep. There
are any number of debutantes present
who consider this dance too slow for
words."
All He Had Time to Do.
My grandson, four years old, was
knocked over by a motor bicycle a few
months ago. lie was unconscious, but
not hurt seriously. A few days later,
when he was fooling pretty good, I
asked hirn why he did not think of It
that his papa had forbidden him to
go across the street. "Oh, grandma,
I had no time to think. I could only
quick close my eyes," he answered.? *
Cleveland Loader.
DnHBSBHnnniHiVI
? ^
F ornpt!
?tJ I
>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.