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1e Pageland Journal Aufnst 15,1917 " Local News c diss Sallie Blackwell of Ker- j w is visiting relatives here. r dr. Herbert Sanders of Harts J A\* VUlVi ^ Mr. and Mrs. 1. W. Mungo ^Hul Mrs. H. V. Mungo attended j He annual Lingle reunion at t ^Salisbury, N. C., yesterday. ^ ^Hrhey will return today. r Mr. Barnard Brewer was re Hcently awarded a scholarship to Hthe State University at Colum- t bia, and he will attend this col- * W lege the coming session. Dr. J. H. Thayer of Lancaster i is assisting Rev. B. S. Funder i burg in a meeting at the Baptist > church here this week. Dr < I Thayer is a strong man, and his I sermons are fine. Good crowds i I are attending. Tbe services are held at 4 in the afternoon and : B 8.30 at night. I Mr. C. L. Upchurch and family ] >f Athens, Ga. spent a while last ] Friday at the home of Mr. A H. 1 Mangum. Mr. Upchurch and 1 Mr. Mangum worked together in | 1 machine shop at Greensboro, I. C. several years ago, and ley had many things to talk l>out when they met here Fri pv. I The street work continues, i and the northern end of Pearl 1 Street in Id hp nnpnpfl ctroinlit < vrvuv\? UllUl^UI, I thru, cutting out the bad railroad i crossing. The new route will i be just far enough from the old street to miss the switch. This ^ is another important piece of work that has needed doing for p long time. There will be children's day 1 at High Point on Saturday be < pore the third Sunday, beginning i nt 10 o'clock. Everybody in- ( luted to attend and carry a full t basket. The protracted meet j ing will begin on Sunday fol c lowing at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. t Hoyle Byrd will assist the pastor, 1 Rev. K.yW. Cato. c I The Baraca class at the Baptist I church voted Sunday morning r I to furnish a pocket edition of the t I Bible in morocco binding to r V each member of the class who f I has been or may be called into f military service, and not only I the members of the class but 3 any other boys of the town or 1 community who are not similar- t ly looked after by other churches \ or societies. i Mr. Lester Faulkenbury, who a has been critically ill at Miss Threatt's hospital here for about 1 seven weeks, died early yester t day morning. The body will c be buried at the Blackmon grave- e yard near Taxahaw today. He a wouia nave been tweutv one 1 years old in December. He J was a member of Wolf Pond ( Baptist church, and a splendid p young man. He had been sick n for about ten weeks, and his death did not come as a surprise )x to many. He was a son ofthe I late Mr. Minor Faulkenbury. His v mother, four brothers and five t< sisters survive. d / ftlflfr*.. \ Miss Lois Collins of Waxhaw s spending: some time at the lome of Mr E. M. Rallingrs. \ Page Camp Woodmen of the Vorld meets next Saturday light. Some important business >n hand. Mr. D. B. Werts of Newberry, >. C , who visited his daughter, vlrs. R. S. Latimer a few days, eturned home Monday. Miss Geneva Stokes of Bishop rille is visiting at the home ol ler brother, Mr. S. L. Stokes hree miles south of town. Misses Minnie and Pattie Ter ell of Monroe are visiting relaives here. They will go from lere to Taxnhaw for a few days The county exemption board vill meet today at Chesterfieic o pass on all claims for exemp ion that have been filed up tc his time. Messrs. Emsley Armfield, o Chesterfield, and John W. El [ins, Jr. of Pngeland. are in the ist of men selected for the sec >nd officer's Reserve Corp; raining camp at Ft. Oglethrope Ca., which begins August 27th. Mr. M. L. Baker and several nnmKnr. t !l- *' ? Aiviiiucio ui 1119 family, lvir. r\. D. Smith, Mr. Neut Home, anc Vlr. Christosher Allen and son ill of Lenes Creek township eturned Saturday night from c rip by automobile to Georgia They report a splendid trip witl lot even a puncture. W. C. Furr, who was lodget n jail after his capture at th< dill four miles from Pagelanc Friday night, was released undei i five hundred dollar bond yes erday. Werry Clyburn, whc was arrested at the same time was released under a three hun dred dollar bond. A fishing party composed o Messrs. L. A. Griffin, John Hicks foseph Griffin, Luther Wallace F. L. Hicks, Bill Arant, Jasoi ind Eugene Kennington ant Lonnie Cato caught a carp ii Lynche's river at Cook's mil ast Friday afternoon whict weighed thirteen and a hal pounds. Mr. Niven Laney was strucl in the side by a saw tooth a Laney & Robinson's saw mil I 1-2 miles down Brown creel y esterday morning. He was do ing the sawing, and was stand ing near the saw. The flyinj tooth struck him in the side, an< made a painful wound, thougl it is not seriour Mrs R. P. Miller, widow o the late Dr Miller of Jefferson Jied at her home there las Wednesday. She had been par ilv/.ed about four years, am lad patiently borne her afflictioi She was 73 vears old, anc s survived v by eight chil Iren. She was a member ol he Methodist church, and hei >astor, Rev. J. A. White, con lucted the funeral at the resi lence, and the body was buriec jeside that of her husband in th< remetery at Jefferson. Mr. S, A. Sellers, chair nan of the board of trus eeS Of the Pnorolcind cpViaaI on ? ? ..n UV/ 1 I \/\/1 , nil' lou.ices that the school will irobably open on Monday ieptember 3rd. Prof. G. B )ukefc comes back for his fourth fear as principal, and the fol owing teachers have been elec* id: Miss.Lillian Cuthberson ol Jnion county, Mr. J. C. Gathngs, Mrs. C. M. Tucker. Three ire yet to be elected. In the examination before the ocal exemption board at Cheseifield last week. 328 men were :alled. Of this number 16 fail d to report, most of whom are iready in service, and it is be ieved that the others failed to eceive notice as several notices vere returned to the board. )nc hundred and eighty-three lassed the physical examination, nd 135 of these claimed exemp ion, leaving 48 who passed and id not claim exemption. Probbly quite a number of those yho gave notice that thev yould claim exemption will fail :> file affidavits within the ten ays allowed. Born to Dr. and Mrs. B. C. t Moorre last Wednesday, a son. Rev. J. W. Quick has made application for admission into ' the arrav as chaplain. 1 Mrs J. W. Atkinson and chil dren of Mt. Croghan have been , visiting Mrs J. E. Agerton. ' The largest melon that has come to this office was presented by Mr. Palmer Hendrix. It weighed 46 pounds. ^ The following Chesterfield county boys who have enlisted in the Officers Reserve Corps have been given the rank of second lieutenant in the infantry i divisions: Thos. S. Buie, L. J. . Stillwell, Alonzo L. Knight, I Lemuel C. Berry, Daniel O. I Spencer, Thornton W. Mulloy. . Mr. L. C. Wannamaker gets a , first lieutenancy. V Mrs. Harriet P, Lynch of Che f raw helped organize the ladies . of Pageland in a Food Conserva, tion campaign here last Friday. . Mrs J. IV. Elkins was elected 5 captain, and she is now actively at work distributing the membership cards among the ladies, I The campaign is Nation wide and is under the control of Her' bert Hoover, the recently ap pointed food commissioner of America, The efforts are di ' rected mainly at the needless ' waste of foods. Tt is fnnnH thai ' every household wastes far too 1 much. The ladies who enlist in this campaign are asked to have 1 at least one wheatless meal each i day. Every ladv who is the i head of a household should join r in this campaign. See or write - Mrs. Elkins if you live in her section. Similar work is being , done in other parts of the conu tv, and anv one who desires may join in this patriotic work, f An auxiliary of the Cheraw Red Cross society was also organized < on the same day with Mrs. T. E. j Cato as president. i j Mt. Croghan Locals 1 Mr. C. H. Gibson has added i another Tohnhenry to the many f that are running around Mt. Croghan. c Mr. Jim Nicholson and tamily X of Concord, N C. spent last 1 week with Mr. Doc Nicholson. c A saw mill belonging to Mr. McGregor, of Ruby, located on . Mr. W. N. Ratliff's place, was , burned last Wednesday ni^ht ] loss $500 or $6()0. 1 Messrs. Bide Moore and Luther Baker ot McFarlan, N. C. were week end guests of the former's mother, Mrs. Bettie ' Moore. 1 Miss Nathalie Burch of Che' raw was the guest of Miss Burtice Rivers a few days last week. 1 Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Rivers and Dr. Gale spent Sunday in Polkton, N. C with Mrs. J. W. Gaie. Mr. Bruce Gale came back with r them and is spending a few days. Don't forget the Community Fflir this fall a'n " ' _ ... ...... ?? c w?nii it mrncr and better one than last year. ' Mr. lohn Baker fell through the loft in Mr. Rivers'barn Mon dav morning and cut a long gash under his arm. Dr. Fun derburk dressed the cut and had I to take six stitjhes , The protracted meeting at . Elizabeth and Ml. Croghan com i menced Sunday. Preaching at Elizabeth each dav at ! 1 and 3:30 o'olock, and Mt. Croghan at F 8:30. The patrons of route one had ! better look after their roads, as they are getting in bad shape. , If the inspector should come ana go over the route he might , cut it out. Work up your roads men. Mr. Will Jackson had the large bone of his right arm broken at the wrist cranking his car Mon 1 day evening,jand the small bone 1 was dislocated. G. J 1 Plan .nsurance For War Armies Washington, Aug 10.?Au thority to make effective th?' , government's program of insur- < ing the armed forces of the na- , tion was sought of congress to ' ? '! ) ' \ > w dav in bills introduced in both houses by Senator Simmons and Representative Alexander. The proposed legislation was framed to follow plans already announced in general outline and wquM provide insurance, at minimum cost, for American soldiers, sailors and marines, the insured men paving the premiums; family allowances to dependents oi men in the nation's military or naval service; in demnification for disabilities and the reeducation and the rehabilitation, at government expense, of injured men. A feature not previously announced would make it compulsory for officers and men to allot a minimum of $15 a month out of their pay to dependent wives and children. BUSINESS LOCALS Sell ?me your sacks. Will pay 5c for corn sacks and 6c for oat sacks in good condition. D. D. McColl. When you have Veals, Chickens and eggs to sell, see me for highest prices. W. O. Tucker. For sale?good fresh Jersey cow. C. G. Helms, Maishville, R 3. For Sale?1914 model Ford j .truck in good condition. Price reasonable. H. Z. Outen, R 3. 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 Wanted?to exchange good family horse for car. R. F. Smith. Big Sprthfcs Hotel, McBee, S. C. is a good quiet place to spend 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 mv home on the road from Pageland to Monroe near LanesjCreek, and an prepared to ' do any kind of vulcanizing on casings and tubes. Prices reas- ' onable, and work guaranteed. f A Qm oil vy. ?. 41)" () P A Few More?Boy suits in cool cloth. Mungo Bros. Straw Hats?Only a few left. , Besure you get yours. Mungo . Bros. 1 For Watermelons in any quan- ' titv, enquire for A. F. Funderburk at C. L. Gulledge's store. ' They are ripening now. Seed Remnants-TWe will buy your remnants of cotton . seed- Mungo 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. ?... . ... ^ can y your ^nicKens ana Kggs J to Clark & Smith and get more. Briny me your beef cattle, or call me and I'll come and see them. II. B.Graves. Fresh loaf all the time. Claik & Smith. Plummer Grocery Company will pay you the top for | Chickens and Kggs. Fresh Itrcad all the lime. Plummet j Grocery. [ / - 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 CM. 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. I' I Fifteen acres sand land 1 1-2 miles east of Pageland; no buildings, but plenty of timber to build; 8 acres in cultivation; some cord wood growth, balance in saw timber; two hundred yaids from railroad; running stream of water through place; fine site for fish pond. Price reasonable. | Forty-five acres good clay land 5 miles north I of Pageland; 4-room dwelling; gocd barn; good I well of water; 20 acres in cultivation; balance in g good timber. This land lies level. Public road in front ol door. Price and terms reasonable. Two or four mules for sale cheap. Good terms. Can furnish job of hauling for 4 or 5 months. D r CmSth I Automobile Re- Cash For pairing y We are equipped to do vour auto repairing. Give us a trial. Prices very reasonable, and all You can get the service of a work guaranteed. Don't have trained organization to sub t done until you have seen us. divide and sell your land, quickly turning it into cash \ IVII and interest bearing notes. J rtlin Jim I u IF We are now dating s?il<?c f^r ^ie It you have land to 1 A I? Al |1 se^' convince yourself that IJ/m % iMif Bj we are capable and reliable to handle your property. C. J. Funderburk & Son. Our representative will call to see you and explain our Veterinary Surgeon m'l!1?.dWrite us today. Calls answered day or night. 5hone No. 48 two rings. Atlantic Coast Realty Company hull Stock of horse and cattle The name (hat justifies your confidence >owders on hand at all times. Offices: Petersburg, Va. and L. P. GRAVES Greenville, N. C. Chesterfield & Lancaster Railway Motor Car service Inaugerated April 28th 1917 LEAVES LEAVES Pageland 6:00 a. m. Cheraw 1:30 p. m. ouessbtis a. m. S. A. L. Jet 1:35 p. m. Mt. Croghan 6:32 a. m. Thompsons 1:55 p. m. Ruby 6:42 a. m. Chesterfield 2:25 p. m. Chestertieid 7:05 a. m. , Ruby 3:00 p. m. Thompsons 7:33 a. m. Mt. Croghan 3:23 p. m. S. A. L. Jet 7:55 a. m. , Guess 3:45 p. m. Arrives Cheraw 8:00 a. m. Arrives Pageland 4.10 p. m. Has capacity of 8 passengers without baggage. Tickets will only be sold alter arrival of ear at stations on account of limited space. Ile spent part of last week j th relatives near Pageland. ! Mr. Willie Osborne of Buford Lnship is leading the singing ne Baptist church this week. irs. C. J. Anderson of Chester p has been visiting her parp, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rut|Re. The ginning plant of the peoI's gin company is being overLied and put jn first class conIon. Hiss Susie Rutledge of Columftis spending this week at the Kne ot her uncle, Mr. W. T. Iledge. Irs. George Walters and Idren of Cheraw are visiting I former's parents, Mr. and re I n PoIA