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THt PAGELAND JOURNAL
Vol.7 NO. 49 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1917 $1.00 per year
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Mass Meeting Discusses County
Affairs
A mass meeting of citizens of
Chesterfield county was held at
the county seat last Wednesday
for the purpose of discussing
means of bettering the financial
condition of the county and
getting better roads. The meet
ing was not largeb* attended,
but it was fairly representative.
It was the unanimous sense of
the meeting that there is need
for better methods of county
financing.
Supervisor Knight explained
max ine county is now in dent
to the amount of $18,000 and
that there is much road and
bridge work that needs attention.
Fifteen thousand of this was
incurred before Mr. Knight
came into office, and the three
thousand is for espenses of the
county since the tax collecting
season was over. It is said
that the back indebtness was
caused mainly by expenses in
curred in rebuilding bridges
after the floods of July 1916.
However, there seems to have
been a deficit in the county finances
year after year. The
county officials in makiig out
the annual budget for county
expenses for the in-coming year
have almost invariably made it
for less than the actual expenses
were during the year. The
budget has been given to the
county delegation in the Legislature
and the tax levy fixed to
raise the amount.
By discussion it was brought
out in the meeting that the income
for the ordinary county expenses
from taxes, fines and
licenses is appoximately$ 35,000
a year, and that this is less than
tne actual expenses. The blame
for this condition of affairs was
placed on the makers of the
annual budget in that enough
money has not been asked for.
in order that a thorough probing
into the financial conditions
and needs may be made, the
meeting authorized the supervisor
to appoint an advisory
committee to aid him in get
ting to the bottom of the trou
hie and in divising means to
remedy it. This committee is
be composed of one man from
each township. It is then to
work with him, and when a
probable solution of the problem
is found another mass meeting
is to be called to accept or reject
the work done. This will give
every man a chance to know
just what state matters are in.
Mr. Knight explained that the
present lew for roads and
bridges is so small that very
little work can be done. I le
proposes a plan somewhat as
follows: The commutation tax
to be raised from two to three
dollars, and a levy of four or
five mills be placed on all prop
erly in the county; that the funds
be used in the township where
paid to build roads; that squad
of hands he omnlnvod fnr mi?.i
, , ?? ?v-mI
lar, all year work in each town
ship; that the system of road
work by free labor be abolished.
Mr. Knight thinks that by this
method money for road work
mav be had with no more tax on
the people than would be re
quired to pay intrest on bonds.
A resolution was passed by
the meeting requesting the coun
ty treasurer to pay all certifi
cates held by young men about
to be called into military serv
ice if the funds can possibly be
had.
The matter of borrowing:
funds for current expenses not
to excede ten thousand dollars
was discussed, but the matter
was left in the hands of Mr.
Knight.
Wheat, Oats and Rye: Making
Them Pay
With a world-wide food shortage
and practical certainty that
the administration will be authorized
to fix a minimum price
for wheat of not less than $2 a
bushel, we are assured of a high
grain prices for another year.
But high prices mean little unless
we make good yields, and
we propose here briefly to dis
cuss some of the essential points
in getting these.
1. Wheat at $2 a bushel or
better will pay handsomely in
the upper half of the Cotton Belt,
provided good varieties are used
on good soils, well prepared and
well fertilized. But don't forgel
for one moment that wheat on
thin poor landwill usually mean
throwing the seed away. If such
land cannot be given a dressing
of stable manure, supplemented
by 200 or 300 pounds per acre of
acid phosphate, the sensible
thing to do will be to plant it tc
some other than wheat.
2. The South's oat acreage
should be large this fall, because,
unlike wheat, the crop is suited
to a wide range of soil and climatic
conditions. While ol
course oats do best on good land
soils too thin and sandy foi
wheat may make a paying oal
crop. Especially is this so if 20C
or 300 pounds of acid pho?phate
per acre is used at planting time
and 7b to 10O pounds pei
acre of nitrate of soda or sul
phate of ammonia as a top-dress
ing in March. Perhaps the big
gest single reason the oat croj;
in the South is something unsatisfactory
is because of sowing
too late. Experiment station au
thorities and the best oat grow
ers are agreed that early fal
planting?September in tin
upper South and October in tht
lower?results, on an average
in yields practically double
those obtained from spring plant
ings.
3. Abruzzi rye a crop thai
should be planted just as exten
sively as the seed supply wil
permit. Undoubtedly as tin
fall, winter and spring grazing
crop it has no superior and fe\>
equals. Planted between th<
cotton rows in September, i
may, on a fair grade of land, bt
Ar 1.1 ' ?
ur^ciiucu npuu u> iurnisn gra/.
ing from December till Mirch
when it may be plowed under tc
increase the humus supply. Ii
is such an excellent crop thai
we would like to see ever>
farmer in the Cotton Belt planl
at least a one acre seed patch ol
it this fall.?Progressive Farmer,
Second Guard Division Will Be
Rushed Abroad
Washington, Aug. 17.?Two
armv divisions instead of one,
comprising a total oi at least
38,000 men, probably will make
up the first contingent of the
National Guard to go to France.
Although no official confir
mation was obtainable, there
were evidences today that the
iiMimusiie. roriy second Division,"
whose organization recently
was announced, will be
accompanied abroad by the
Twenty sixth, made up of New
England Guardsmen. No New
England states are among the 26
having representation in the
composite division.
Ttie commander of the Twenty-sixth
is Maj. Gen. Clarence
Edwards, now acting as commander
of the Department of
the Northeast, and it is presumed
he would go to Europe with
the division. The Forty second
is commanded by Maj. Gen. W.
A Mann,
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STEVENSON TO
SPEAK TOMORROW
Cheraw, Aug. 1 8..?Hon.
W. F. Stevenson, congressman
from this district, will
address the people of Chesterfield
county next Thursday
at the court houre at 12
o'clock and at Cheraw at
night. His subject will be
"The War-^-It's Causes and
What it Requires of Us."
Mr. Stevenson is a forceful
1 i *
, and instructive speaker and
is always listened to with
pleasure and profit.
Agriculture to Be Taught in Five
11 Schools of This County.
i At the last session o.f the Gen:
eral Assembly a bill providing
1 for the teaching: of agriculture in
certain schools of the State was
! passed and an appropriation ol
> $10,000 was made. Supervisor
1. A. Knight is awake to oppor!
tunity, and it now appears that
, five schools in this county will
i be formed into a group, in accordance
with the act, and that
t a competent instructor will be
, employed to give his whole
time to the five schools. The
t salary of the instructor is to be
) paid by the schools and by the
' State. Each school in the group
! will be asked to pay $150, male
r ing $750 from the live schools.
To this the State will add $75C
- Each school will be required ic
have a school farm of two aerrs
> or more, so that actual demon;
strations may be made.
I teacher will be employed for. 1:
- months, and will continue his
- work right on through the sum
1 mer months when there is great
J er opportunity to teach the prac
i tical side of farming. The schoo
, farms are to be worked as nearh
i as possible by the boys in tin
- agricultural class, and any pro
ceeds from the farms above ex
t penses will go into the schoo
- funds to be expended by tin
I trustees as they see fit.
i Mr. Knight thinks that the fol
' j lowing schools should constitute
t this first group: Jefferson, Page
i land, Mt. Croghan, Ruby anc
t Shiloli. He is now at work tc
J see what these schools will do
The funds from the schools will
, have to be raised by subscription
> this year, as there are no county
1 school funds available. Mr
t Knight thinks the amount car
' be easily raised in each school
I district named above, but in cast
: one or two should fail to do sc
there are other schools that car
be substituted.
The agreement on the part o!
the school is for a period of three
, years. The man to be employ
ed fivos bis; onlir?? tim<? t/~?
work, going: perhaps to each
, school for half a (lav twice each
i week.
A New Hay
VVadcsboro Ausonian.
The writer was shown some
of the new forage plant, teasinite
growing in a garden at the home
ofMr.T. V. Howell of Pea< hland.
Three seed were planted
in each hill and it is said that an
acre planted in this wonderful
plant will produce from seventy
five to one hundred tons of eood
hav. It may tie cut every two
weeks and the newspaper man
was convinced that it is about
the fastest growing plant ever
seen in this section It will not
mature farther north than Louis
iana, hut grows fine hav here.
Two dozen hills will support one
cow if it grows as it is now growing
in Mi. Howell's garden.
| Must Conserve Supply of
Wheat, Hoover Urges ^
Washington, Aug. 18.?Declaring
the United States and its J
I allies face a wheat dificit of 4f)0,- *
! ()0< >,000 bushels unless new econ- 1
J omies are introduced, Herbert t
I Hoover tonight appealed again <
to the American people to elimi- t
nale waste and to conserve l
wheat by substituting other j
cereals. A saving ot one pound ,
of wheat flour a weak for every ^
person, he declared, would go t
far toward solving entirely the (
food question. .
"The allies," said Mr. Hoover j
in a formal statement, "are isolated
troin those marKets, other (
than Canada and the United ,
States, on which tliev were ac- '
customed to rely before the war. j
"The Russian supplv can not i
not be got out. Bulgarian and ^
Romanian supplies are in the j
hands of the central empires.
The voyage from Australia and .
. India is three times as long and j
therefore requires three times as
. many tons of shipping as is re- ]
quired .from North Atlantic ,
ports. There has been a large
failure in the South American j
countries. 1
"/All tlio olIioH nAli nfr!nt> nr/\ I
, ? ttav UII1VU VV/UUIIl^O tUC |
rigorously administering; and i
economizing their food, but the j
allies are unable to use other ,
cereals alone for bread, They '
| can use them only as added to (
' wheat Hour to make the war 1
bread now in universal use in ,
all countries,
j "While this situation is one of
t great difficulty and concern,"
said thee food administrator, "it
must be met, and met by elimi- ,
nation of waste and reduction j
in wheat consumption and
' proper substitution on the pan
of the allied peoples and our
selves, in one word, by an effective
administration of the
I available supply,"
r
% Telephone Line Sold
- Pageland Insurance and Real
ty Company has purchased the
1 metallic telephone line from
i Pageland to Monroe, and we
are advised that this line will be
- kept in working condition.
i This is good news to the busi.
ness men of Pageland and citi1
zens of the community. Until
> Pageland has a telegraph office
. of its own, it is important that
I we have a connection by which
i we can reach the Western
- Union office. Also our calls to
. J Charlotte lio out over this line i
II and cost less than messages i
I routed over the Camden line.
; The charges will remain the <
? same they have been, and ser- i
i vice will not be continued to i
persons who do not pay their 1
f calls at the end of the month.
: The object of the present own- I
ers in making the purchase was
; to give better service, believing ]
i that the service could be im- i
i proved with business manage- '
ment. This line has been oper- J
ating in fairly <>d woiking ?
order since the second day of
Avgust, but we are advised that
> many polls need to be replaced <
> by new ones and shat the line
i j needs tightening at certain i
(points. All this work will re- 1
j ceive attention at once, and im- j
movements will be gradually ex I
tended until the whole line is in j
' as near perfect condition as it is
possible to make it.
1
A man was about to be elec- i
trocuted and the chaplain asked <
him if he had any last wish he 1
would like to make. The con- 1
victed man had been a barber. s
"Yes, sir," replied the mini.
"Just one. I should like just one i
chance to he allowed to shave 1
the district attorney " il
Hugging Is Busy Man
taianhville Home.
Carl Tucker of the Pageland
ournal, is so much like a wonan
that he just must have the
ast word, even if he does start
he wrangle. Therefore the lo:al
editor of The Home is going
o take his little "say" and then
)rint what Carl has been scrib)ling
off when news was scarce
tnd he had to have something to
ill up with. The watermelons,
itc., to which he refers are haulid
to us and we don't even have
o go to the patch after them.
Furthermore, we are too busy
with important matters to spend
:>ur time in watermelon patches,
imong huckleberry bushes, etc.,
ind we don't have to drive in
ow gear to get through the sand
md we can spend some time get
ting ready to fight the Germans
instead of exhausting our ener
jies slapping at mosquitoes.
Tucker must be full of the things
tie writes about and his liver is
undoubtedly affected by too
much feasting, but hear him:
'When we feast on watermelons,
cantaloupes, scuppernongs,
huckleberries, etc., we some
limes 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 thev are in a
fairly good place. In this case
ignorance is bliss."
German Gun (?) Arouses Marshville
Citizens
Marshville Home.
One of the biggest excitements
in the history of Marshville was
Dulled off Friday night. Along
about ten o'clock a bombard
ment started up in the southern
phrt of town that sounded like a
44 inch German Howitzer and
kept going with such regularity
that almost the entire population
of the town was aroused, thinking
it was a fire alarm. Automobilists,
footmen and horsemen
hurried to the scene of action
with an alertness that indicated
that the general opinion prevail
ed that about half the town was
on fire. Rut when the hiirrvinor
?crowd
rushed in sight of the
trouble a big headlight resembling
an imaginary view of a German
siege gun greeted the eager
spectators. The cannon roared
and a thunder shook the ground.
The first thought was to aban
don the town at once and leave
it to the mercy of the invading
enemy that seemed to be bom
baiding it for sure, but upon investigating
it was ascertained
that a gasoline traction engine
was trying to wend its way
home and had become obstre
Derous and was nutiinor nr? o
'back fire" with the cut-out open
that would make an ordinary
siege gun ashamed of itself.
"Is Kansas actually as bone
ir> as it is said to be?"
"Bone dry!" replied the drum
mer who had just returned from
[here. "Say, if you wink at a
soda clerk in that state and ask
tor sassaparilla,' by gosh, you
jet sassaparilla!"
A clever young wife didn't like
ler husband's going out evenngs
so much and determined to
:ure him by playing on his
zanitv. When he came to order
lis next pair of shoes, she persuaded
him to buy a smaller size.
This she repeated until the poor
nan was content to get out of
lis shoes, when he reached
lome.
Forty Five-thousand Come o
Camp Jackson
Over 42,000 men will be assembled
at Camp Jackson for
the National Army. Finn
South Carolina, North Carolic \
Florida and Puerto Rico will
45,213 soldiers as follows: Soul 1
[Carolina, 10,081; North Carolina,
lf>,974; Florida, 6,325; other places,
12,933.
Maj Gen. Francis H. FrencF,
who will be in command : t
Camp Jackson, was promoted
Tuesday from brigadier general
to major general. General
French is a native of Indiana
and was appointed from the Floosier
State to West Point, being
graduated from the military
academy in 187">. He was made*
a second lieutenant in the Nm<teenth
Infantry and served on
frontier dutv in Colorado and
Texas until l89o. He saw serv
ice in Puerto Rico and the
Philippines and in 1905 and l90ii
was inspector general of the
Northern division. In 1907 he
was inspector general of the
Southwestern division and sub
sequently served as inspector
general of the Deparrment of
Dakota and of the Philippine
division. He was made a colonel
in 1911 and the following
year was assigned to the war
college. He was recently made
a brigadier general.
America Must Win War By
Strong Army's Blows
Paris, Aug. 18.?Major. General
Pershing, the American
commander, told the Associated
Press today that the war can be
won only by hard and forceful
blows delivered by a well trained
American army working in
conjunction with the allied
armies.
Deploring the lukewarmness
of the American people in regard
to the war General Pershing
added:
"Every man, woman and child
should support the administration
in its determination to arm
and equip the American army
and to keep up its morale and
mai 01 me allied armies This
war will not be won by talk or
by subscriptions to the Red Cross
fund. The American people
must come to a full realization
ot what the war means. It can
be won only by striking hard
and forceful blows, not otherwise."
The general was very emphatic
in the interview, which lasted
but a few minutes.
It Is CANtonment
I
"Having consulted the dictionary,
we are prepared to announce
that the correct wav to
pronounce the word cantonment
is to put the accent on the ton,
and not on the can. Also that
the o is short. From the same
source we learn that the word
originated in Switzerland, where
it seems to be a political division
of the country, hut has long
been applied to an assemblage
of soldiers. Oilier information
cheerfully furnished on application.
We strive to please."?
Monroe Journal.
"But we are over-ruled by
Funk & Wagnalls. who put the
accent on the "can."?Wadesboro
Ansonian.
Yes, and by the New Inter
national as well.
Democratic Leader Dies at
Asheville
Ashville, Aug. 17.?John W.
Kern, former United States senator
from Indiana and majority
leader in the Senate, died here
tonight, death being due to
uremic poisoning. The deceased
was sixty-seven years old.