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'-rhe paper outlook. since paper Is not
Ike the type r-~ials. capable Of Indefinite
refuse Is IT ore serious Normally the
United States - both an exporter and
importer OF paper in about equal amounts.
around 1000 tons day. Unfortunately
FOR the book trade, however, the imports
largely rep resent book papers Besides
his We Inn ort largely the raw materials
- our bet'ir grade papers in the forms
~ chemical wood pulp from Germany and
'ags from all over Europe A per cent.
rise in news paper II already listed and
an equal or greater rise In all book papers
Is Immediately probable The likelihood
Is that this country viii be supplying
most Of tho worlds paper for some months
20 come, and that viii mean prosperity
for our paper mills and incidentally higher
prices all along the line"
In regard 20 the situation ~ England
a london writer says:
1T Is hardly necessary for me 10 say
that the book trade has received n very
severe blow through the outbreak OF war
on the Continent There Is no trade
which feels the effect OF such a catas-
tiophe more instantly. Except for books
Of general descriptive, Typographical
or military nature dealing with the coun-
Tres at war there are no sales to speak
Of and people read nothing but news
papers AZ for publishers, they are at
this moment ia despair.
zone OF my publishing friends who is
specifically engaged In tho 'subscription'
that is, canvassiag. business told mo yes
terday that tho trade had received a
knockout
III an publishers arc in the game
straits AS myself he said, and | have
good reason To believe they arc, then n
VIII be a desperate Christmas for every
body The war has come so suddenly
upon me that | haven't anything topical
~ 4 ahu ma - 30
anything else I'm up tree I've cut
down or cancelled my printing, binding
ana paper orders, trimmed my advertis-
ing down TO nothing and am going to
mark time The day after war was de-
"lared my daily orders for books fall "a
per cent. This will show you how serious
things are. The blow has fallen lust at
the end of a bad season and at the very
beginning Of one that promised some
thing better
IF matters do not improve one OF the
results Will DO the dimlnution, not 30
HeeN perhaps or the number OF titles
ISSUED as or the quantities OF books sun
v!isd to the trade The total number OF
books published this autumn, in other
words, probably will approximate tho
number published last autumn. IT is all
most too late for publishers to alter
thelr HstS' since many OF their commit
menls are subject to contracts contain
ing arranged dates OF publication. This
~ especially the case with Action. The
only thing that publishers can do as "A
general rule Is TO cut down their pro.
auction orders, and this means a tight
enins up among printers binders, paper
makers and all others concerned in Tho
manufacturing OF books"
Demand for books Bearing ON War.
One thing Is certain that All the pub.
nshers who were lucky enough 10 havs
listed ran books which In any way bear
upon the European s!tua n are fa..nc
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Big Drop in Importations.

Pu' even though books can be pub
lished abroad IL II likely importation will
ne cut down "a the Increased freight
charges coupled with the high rate OF eN-
change would penalize publishers
This means THAI a large variety OF
hooks familiar IN the American markets
will not be seen this year Most OF the
large illustrated holiday books are printed
n England, as are practical trea.ises on
al subjects. scientific and philosophical
books. In the fiction line too readers will
realize quickly the difference when they
are offered naive wares alone
On book collectors and dealers In rare
books the war will fall most heavily.
without doubt foreign collectors VIII he
engrossed by other matters than book col
lectng for some time, thus directing a
vast amount OF foreign wares to the
American market and lowering prices. on
1he whole there viii likely he general
restriction OF activities In the book col
lcctlrg world and the auction room
As for the books demanded. bought ana
read the publishers agree that they will
likely he OF a rather specialized nature.
The exploitation OF vice and the various
kinds Of problem and agitation literature
promise 10 be shelved IN favor OF books
~ deener philosophical 'w0ort. thus &C.
tually influencing public literary taste.
~ war books Of course the supply cannot
equal the demand and those publishers are
happy who are fortunate enough TO have
a war novel or two on their book lists.
Concerning the problems ~ the actual
manufacture 81 books In this country arls-
ing from the wars blockade on imports
the Publishers weekly recently made the
following interesting statements:
shut on from the worlds supply of
TN. England the price az that metal has
zone up IN the last ten days by leaps and
bounds which means that linOtypc mono
type and allied alloys are going mp In re-
rpuuse TN" week hrs oo"n 100 per cent
lao IN tin In the New York market and a
cent pound raise In linotype metal.
This means that composing rooms will
husband their supplies and buy no more
than hey positively have TO TIL this abb
normally high price falls OF
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Demand for Book, Bearing On War

One thing Is certain, tina, alt the pub.
tshers who were lucky enough TO havs
listed fan books which In any way bear
upon the European s!tua N are fasAs
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very well indeed. And these need not
have a direct bearing at that For in
stance the publishers OF Iia2en's Europe
Since 1Slj' report that this book has.
since the war was declared. sold Ave times
as many copies to the trade as II usually
averages In an entire year. Tho same
condition obtains with books which have
only remote connection with the alb
sorbing tops publishers have caught at
some line along which they can be re-
tUrhished, have fixed them up and put
them on the market to sell better than
when new.
At Brentano's II Is stated that the de-
mand for war books has grown TO large
proportions and II increasing all the time.
Won Bernhardfs Germany and the Next
War" tsher's Pan Germanism" Graves
Secrets OF the German War Ofiice"-these
are vying with the latest popular novels.
Maps are In big demand. small maps and
news automobile map there is a large
sale as on these the buyers can trace the
route OF troops from town TO town This
last phase shows tho growth OF interest
Ia the war In the earlier stages II was
the great multitude OF people who sought
maps. asking for the cheaper kinds. but
now II Is the more educated and Weather
who ask for expensive. complete maps on
which they can follow events with color
headed tacks or with flags.
In the book stores 1t is said that outside
OF fiction other hooks than war books are
not selling as well a. usual Az for the
Christmas season they are not fearing
slump some are hopeful OF doing even
more business than usual This hope IL
IN face Of the fact that whereas usually
by this time the Christmas trade has he
gun II has not yet opened up But they
say II naturally would be slow Many OF
the Christmas importatons have been cut
or tho lack Of Continental made Christ
mas cards will be especially conspicuous
but taking the situation as "A whole they
expect the season to be at least as good
as under normal conditions.
Some Of the publishers and booksellers
doubt whether me demand for war read
Ing Is going TO reach over into fiction, at
any rate for amy length OF time They
think rather tuat the public Is going 20
get a surfeit Of war In the newspapers
and that II soon will be demanding some
thing different In the way OF fiction.
Magazine editors too, Il Is said are dis
couraClng authors from trying their
talents on war stories.
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AMERICA.
ny w. J. DAWSON.

w HhhE me Uorkshop hn0s its plumes the skv
~ Where The idborino oroan as II In pain
w, ""''o me io~ tree Graded cottage the hin
"""e me lonely rdnchmon rides along no pl1in;
Where tho Mississippi fous
where Shasta lite he snou
paV ny dav nv far flung children praise thy mans.
""0eTW hep Of ddvs Of ancient shame
" Emperors and Cgars
hehedh hD FLAG Of
''"" ih"g !oher? sian heg Shall thsy endure?
Yea their fam perp sure
nm me Tenn ered pride OF chastensd confidence,
Lever hro~ed and eager eyed me race shall be-
ANA her hps SHAH learn tho FRUGAL spssoh Of poue,
ana me ord0odr boast shan perish utterly
False gods Of gold nd lust
SHAH orunbls duet.
1tH last Of all, the nations Nina sha III com,
ana on each h0h piled and dome
Wheren Rioht hath suffered loss
Not the FABLE but the Cross
Shall greet o'edisnt nd
fsd' hs end ia
From America other Poems" Uan.l
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
War Horse Lives Ten Days.

Washington Star.
That the average life of a
horse on the firing line in France
is about ten days was the astoni
shing declaration of a British
army officer identified with the
remount department. Horsemen
were prepared to hear of unex-
ampled wastage after reading
about the havoc wrought by
modern artillery and machine
guns, but this report indicates
sisaesaltez as sMdaa.h been
ireamed of in this country.
In the Civil war in this coun-
try the wastage of horses was al
the rate of about 500 a day IN
the Union army, and the service
OF a cavalry horse under an
active commander then aver
aged about four months. Dur.
ing his Shenandoah valley cam
paign Sheridan required $50
fresh horses a day, and in eight
months the cavalry of the army
of the Potomac was remounted
twice, nearly 10000 horses hav-
ing been required.
Ii the British officers estimate
OF the wastage is not wide of the
mark it is a foregone conclusion
that before the carnage ends
there will be such a shortage OF
horses as Europe has never seen.
AS most of the animals now in
the field were commandeered
from farmers and other who had
been using them in agriculture
and industry, they will have to
be replaced for this work when
peace is restored, and the de-
mand, added to that of the war,
will, it is believed, seriously
affect the price of horses the
world over during the next few
years.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
Rockefeller's Money To Re-
lieve Distress.

New York Nov. 1.-The Rock
efeller foundation has determin-
ed to employ its immense re-
sources for relief Of non-comba-
tants in the countries afflicted
by the wsr, 1t stands ready to
give millions of dollars if neces-
sary." This was announced to-
night by Johr D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
president of the foundation.
The foundation will send a
commission to Europe in a few
days to report as to how, when
and where aid can be rendered
most effectively. AT a cost of
S275,000 it already has chartered
a ship and loaded it with 1000
tons of provisions for Belgian
relief.
This action is taken," Mr..
Rockefeller said, "as a natural
step in fulfilling the chartered
purpose of the foundation game
ly to promote the we'll being of
mankind throughout the
world"
The ship is the Massapequa,
the largest neutral vessel now in
New York harbor. 1t will sail
Tuesday morning direct for Rot
terdam with a certification from
the British consul here that its
cargo is destined for use of Bel
gian noncombatants only. The
supplies will be distributed by
the Belgian relief commission.
Mr.. Rockefeller has been in
communication with Ambassa-
dor Page at London and made
public a cablegram in which the
ambassador ascribed the dire
need of the Belgians and says it
will require million dollars a
month for seven or eight months
no tOprTverHStavaion.
I'm fact" the ambassador ad,
ded, many will starve now be.
fore food can reach them."
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
The Prayer of a Horse.

To thee my master, offer my
prayer. Feed me, water and
care for me. When the days
work is done provide me with
shelter, clean bed and a stall
wide enough to lie down in
comfort. Talk to me. Your
voice often means as much to
me as the reins. Pet me some
times that | may serve you the
more gladly and Learn TO love
you.
Do not jerk me and whip me
when going up hill. Never beat,
hit or strike me when | do not
understand what you mean, but
give me chance to understand
you. Watch me and if | fail to
do your bidding see if there's not
something wrong with my har-
ness or feet.
Examine my teeth when do
not eat. may have an liberated
tooth aud that you know is very
painful. Do not tie my head in
an unnatural position, an take
away my best defense against
flies and mosquitors by cutting
off my tail.
And finally, Oh my master,
when my useful strength is gone
do not turn me out to starve. or
freeze or sell me to some cruel
owner to die slowly tortured and
starved to death, but do thou nv
master, take my life in the kind
est way and your God will re-
ward you here and hereafter.
You may MOI mistake me irren
erent if | ask this in the name of
Him who was born in a stable.
Amen.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
Exchanges to Reopen Nov. 16.


Washington, Oct. H.-An out
let for the tied-up cotton markets
of this country worked out to-
day, when at a conference of
federal reserve and private BAN
kers, together with Sir George
Paish and Basil B. Blackett rep
feSenting the British treasury, it
was agreed simultaneously to
open, November 10, the New
York and Liverpool cotton ex-
changes.
Sir George spoke authorita-
lively, he said, for his government
SIS to the Liverpool exchange.
The next important step to be
taken by the bankers will be to
agree next week upon a system
of exchange of nine months
certificates that may be used by
American merchants in lieu of
Turing over $40O,OO0,O0O or more
of gold to England to strike the
balance of trade.
The day decided upon for
opening the New York and
Liverpool cotton exchanges is
that already fixed by Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo for
opening the federal reserve
system.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04

Monroe Enquirer
Henry White, or Henry Broad
away-he was called by both
ata -cOao7Sa 7aaA-~a
3aS formerly a slave of Mr.. WI
liam, or Buck Broadway, in
Anson county. About 1870
Henry ran away from his wife
and children, went to South Car
oline and married white wo-
man and he and size reared a
good sized family. Henry pros
pered in South Carolina and he
died some time ago, leaving a
good sized farm. Henry's child
ren by his white wife took pos
session after their fathers death,
but Henrv's children by his black
wife, learning of their fathers
history and that he had left an
estate, laid claim to it as his heirs,
cCntendlng that the children by
the last wife are illegili-
mate and are not heirs of Henry
White or Henry Broadway. The
trial of the case came up in Lam
caster county court last week
and it was hard fought one.
MIR. ]. J. Parker, of the Monroe
bar, spent nearly the whole of
last week in Lancaster trying the
case. He represented the first
set of children cf Henry and
they won their suit. 1t was an
interesting case and consider
able amount Of property was in
volved in the suit.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
Turkey Enters Great War
Game.

London, Nov. Turkey has
definitely thrown her lot with
Austria and Germany, and if
Portugal is counted there now
are III powers at war with the
prospects of three more-Greece
Bulgaria and Roumonia-being
drawn in.
The note which Great Britain
presented to Turkey on Friday
last demanding an explanation
of the actions of the Turkish
fleet in the Black sea and the
dismantling of the former Ger
man cruisers, the Goeben and
the BreSlau was really an ultima
tum TO which Turkey was re-
queSted to make a reply Satur-
day evening. So far as is known
here. telegraphic communication
with Turkey being interrupted,
no answer was made and the
ambassadors of the Triple
Entente at the Ottoman capital,
1t is understood, demanded and
received their passports.
Turkish troops, which had
been on the Egyptian border for
some time, already are reported
TO have crossed the frontier
while the Turkish fleetcontinues
to menace Russian towns and
shipping in the Black sea.
Neither Russia nor Great
Britain was unprepared for this
move by Turkey and the allied
powers have forces on hand to
oppose a Turkish invasion.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
Lumber Plant Burns at Cheraw.

Cheraw, Oct. 30.-A little after
midnight last night the Hickson
Lumber company's Dixie mill,
two miles east of Cheraw, was
found to be on fire, and was
quickly burned to the ground.
This was one of the largest lum-
Der plants in the State. Fortu-
nately the cottages in the mill
village surrounding it were
saved. The loss Is said to amount
to at least $4,000, partly covered
by insurance. A large force of
hands is thrown out of employ
ment and is likely to suffer want
just at this time. The origin OF
the fire is unknown.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
They Stopped Their Papers

Donnebery, Nebr,, News.
An editor up in the northeast
ern part of the State is in bad on
account of the write-up of a
wedding. The bridegroom was
named Gum and his father
Abram Gum. The girls name
was Smith. The editor turned
in the copy to the office boy the
last thing before going to press
then hurried 10 the train to be
gone two days. When the paper
was printed the article was head
ed "Gunn Smith," and went on
to say that the bride was arrayed
in dress of white mile" in
stead of white null, and she car
ried large nose" The editor
wrote that the bridegroom was
a we'll known son of A. Gum,
and the boy set it up, The
bridegroom is a wall-eyed son of
a gun.
The editor has never been
able to square it with the Gums
and the Smiths, and all of them
quit taking the paper.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04

binders are among the safest and
most productive investments.
Small areas of oats, especially if
not intended for threshing, may
even be harvested with the
mower and rake.
Buildings used for other pur-
poses may often be made tight
enough for bulked oats, even if
not made rat-proof.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
MIR. King Writes of Present
Conditions.

Mr.. Editor-I have been asked
a number of times by different
persons to write an article for
publication, and if you will al
low me space in The Journal l
will give few thoughts.
Nearly everybody | meet is
complaining of hard times, of
the low price of cotton and of
the rich depressing the poor. and
wondering what should be done
to better conditions. AS l see it,
we must do unto others as we
would have them do unto us.
The people of these grand Unit
I'D States of ours have no cause
Aplaint.~ We are 1ivingh
e glorious country, in a land of
peace and plenty, where there
are fine horses. buggies, surries
and automobiles, and where a
plenty of hog and hominy and
other necessities of life are rails
ed. The people know nothing
of suffering for something to
eat.
Go back with me to the late
Civil war and let's see how the
people had to beat along to
make living, and what a hard
time the people had during
those four terrible years. Think
of the hardships and the ex-
posure to which the soldiers
were subjected, and of the many
poor women who were left with
a number of little children after
the war closed without sufficient
food or clothing, and of the des-
perate struggles for existence
during the terrible upheaval of
reconstruction. Let us compare
this with the present and see if
we haven't many things to be
thankful for.
What has brought Our people
to the condition of today? say
it was not the war alone, nor the
low price of cotton. 1t was the
extravagant living, greed of
gain, the love of money, pride
and fashion. Let us think right
seriously over the matter and
see if we do not agree that this
is true. NJ. G.. K.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-04
Why You Should Sow Oats.

M. ]. F. Duggar writing for
The Progressive Farmer, gives
the following good reasons for
sowing oats:
1. Fall-sown oats. when prop
erly fertilized, make better use of
poor land than dc most plants
other than the legumes, or soil
improving plants.
Z. This crop is one that our
best farmers know low to grow
profitably, and their methods of
gtowing it can easily be adopted
almost universally.
;. Oats, unlike most grains,
are not destroyed by weevils and
grain moths and can be kept
indefinitely in good condition.
4. The European war has
greatly advanced the price of all
grains, and the probable inability
of many European nations to
sow normal amounts of food
crops in 1915 is likely to result in
continued high prices of feed
oats in the principal markets.
5. The need for oats to be
fed on the farm next summer in
stead of high priced corn is ur.
gent now, because of the disap-
pointing yields of corn in some
sections in 1914.
6. A crop of oats invites the
growing of cowpeas or other
summer-growing leguminous
plants which will result in in
creased fertility and larger yields
of any crop on that land in
1916.
2. The extensive sowing of
fall oats throughout the South
will do more than anv other ag
rlcultural operation to increase
the price of held-over cotton of
the crop of 1914, by giving no.
tice to consumers Of cotton that
the production of a large crop. of
lton in 1915 is a physical i'm
Epossibility.
The late date at which some
of the cotton is picked.
2. Injury to growing grain
by stock running at large in
winter.
8. An insufficient number of
grain binders, threshers and
grain drills, and insufficient
ready money to purchase them.
4. Inexperience of most farm
ers in cleaning for market and
in selling feed oats.
5. Absence of granaries or
tight storage houses.
6. Necessity of selling oats
from large acreage at the price
OF feed oats instead of at the
higher price of seed oats.
Let each farmer consider
whether the few late cotton bolIs
(already injured in the boil wee
vii section) have higher net
value at the present prices of cot
ton than the amount he would
gain by sowing oats at an early
date. Moreover, with the three
hole grain drills oats may be
drilled between the rows of un
picked cotton.
Now, more than ever before.
1t is true that winter growing
crops of oats, wheat, rye, Grim
son clover, bur clover and vetch
are of far more value than the
small amount of grazing furnish
ed by dead cotton and corn
stalks. Where a dozen or more
nelghbors sow winter grain on
unfenced fields, public sentiment
is usually able to prevent the
turning out of stock in winter.
But if grain fields must be
fenced, fencing should be re-
parded as permanapt ;,,n,