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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
MAKINe- ROADS JN Tie FALL
Pits From Which Material Can
Be Cheapiy Obtained.

There IL a growing demand for more
and better roadmaking during the au.
tumn months. In many localities the
roads become filled with deep ruts and
the wheel tracks SO depressed during
the summer that they collect rains
which soon wash them into cutters
and ruin the roads for heavy loads and
comfortable travel.
There Is no reason why o portion Of
the road tax should not be used for
putting the highways In a better con-
dition for travel. The split-log drag
and other roadmaking implements
should be put to work before the
ground freezes. The outside of the
roads should be brought into the CEN
ter Of the track, which will establish
a crust that will shed water, rather
than retain rains. which are sure to
occur during the late fall and early
spring months.
Roads having q full high center are
quite sure to remain In a good condi.
tion during the rainy season of fall
and spring. Steep hills, where water
10 apt to collect in wheel tracks, should
be provided with open cutters on each
side into which rains may be diverted.
with an occasional crest which watsr
cannot pass. Approaches to bridge and
culverts should be 80 filed with earth
that vehicles Of all kinds may pass
over them without serious jolts and
jars. Roads are much improved when
covered with gravel. This is q sea.
son OF the year when such work can
be accomplished at = minimum OK.
pense.
Every township should own gravel
pits. from which roadmaking material
can be cheaply obtained. Concrete
roads will soon become popular. The
same material should be used In max.
ing bridges and oulverts. A good qual.
ity Of sand and gravel 10 necessary tn
make serv!csable concrete. Every
farmer sho, ! have an especial inter.
est Il ali roads Joining his place and
leading TO market.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
UNRAVEl ROAD LEGISLATION
Joint Committee Working to Bring
About Simplicity, Efficiency and
Uniformity Of Laws.

To bring about revision of state
road laws along lines that will insure
simplicity. efficient management, and,
where desirable, uniformity, is the
task undertaken by a special Joint
committee appointed at the third
American road congress and repre-
senting the American Bar association
and the American Highway associa-
ton. The magnitude, intricacy and
political and technical difficulties Of
the undertaking are discussed in an
article prepared for the Engineering
RECORD by ]. ID. Pennybacker. chief
OF the division Of road economics Of
the United States Office Of public roads.
Between three and four million
words comprise existing road legisle-
don In the several states, according to
the estimate Of of1cials in the office Of
public roads. This great wilderness
OF words would make up an edition Of
~ fairstzed volumes. In view of the
comparative simplicity OF the sub
Ject, this vast accumulation Of stat
utes. according to Mr.. Pennybacker. Is
q scathfng commentary on the con-
structive statesmanship of our legis-
lators for many generations. There is
scarcely a doubt that at least IS per
cent OF the legislation is superfuous.
and that. entirely aside from tho mat
ter OF reform. exactly the same pur-
poses contemplated in the existing leg
islation could be accomplished with
greater effectiveness with one-eighth
OF the existing statute laws.
The compilers have found legisla-
tion still In effect almost Identical as
to form and substance with the old
colonial road laws, which were In turn
based upon English precedent. extend
Ing back to the time of Queen Eliza
beth; they have found statutes so
hopelessly in conflict as to make EN-
cient and responsible administration
utterly impossible. As an example OF
the bewildering confusion of existing
legislation. the compilers came across
In the statutes Of one Of our most pro-
gressive states a recent enactment
amending a road law which was re-
pealed two years before the amend
ment was passed, and yet apparently
none Of the legislators have thus far
become acquainted with the situation.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Buy Red Cro.. Seal.

Columbia, S. G. Nov. 16-The
Red Cross Seal campaign in
South Carolina has taken on
new impetus, owing to the fact
that, as announced last week, a
special Anti tuberculosis Con.
ference tor the South is to be
held in Atlanta, beginning Nov
ember 3Oth. Vital statistics tor
the whole of South Carolina are
not available, but from such fig
ures as are at hand is shewn a
great need for Anti.tuberculosis
work throughout the State. The
National Association in New
York has just made public,
through the State Commission
its figures for South Carolina.
From a partial church census it
was found that the mortality rate
from tuberculosis is thirteen and
one half per cent. This is about
three per cent higher thansthe
average for the United States.
From this fact, both the appro
aching conference in Atlanta
and the 1914 campaign for sell
ing Red Cross Seals become
doubly important. The Com
mission announces that up TO
the present seventy agents have
been secured for 1914. 81
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Dudley Items

Miss Mavis Funderburk who
is in Coker College. Hartsville
S. c., spent the week end at her
home. and returned to Harris
vile Monday.
Mr. Frank Funderburk left
Monday morning Nov. 10th, to
take up his school at Wolf Pond.
Mr.. Leon B. Funderburk went
Monday morning to White
Plains where he will open his
school for the session. F..
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Additional Price List of
Carolina Supply Co.

Below are additional prices we
are offering at our great sale:
Ladies Chemise, SOC value, &c
Snowking Baking Powder, Sc
Boys Overalls, 25c to 35c
value, 19c
Tube Rose Snuff, Sc
Mill Feed. best grade, $1.65
Society Snuff. SC a can.
Collar Buttons, Sc card.
Potted Ham, Winner brand Sc.
Pearl Buttons, 1Oc cards. &c.
" Sc :" &c.
Razor strops, SOC quality, 1Oc.
Ladies silk gloves, SOC quality,
for 19c.
Granulated sugar, Is lbs for
a dollar.
Green coffee, zoe quality, 7
pounds to the dollar.
Roasted coffee, Csc grade, 19c.
Tobacco, 10 lb caddy, $3.50
Brooms, IS cents kind, 19c.
IS 29c.
Van Camps soups. SC per can.
Rain coats, see quality and
prices and be convinced.
Meat, Lard, Sugar, dry goods
and notions bought and on the
road.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
S. Meehan.

S. Meehan.
Best stencilcd scarf Mrs. T. W.
Hanna.
Best stenciled pillow Mrs. c..
S. Meenan.
Best stenciled centerpiece
Mrs. ]. w. Hanna.
Best tatting, Mrs. w. D. Craig
2nd.Best tatting Miss Nora
Stubbs, Cheraw.
Arena Events
Mr.. Hall Columbia, S. c.. Jud-
ge
Saddle horse boy under fifteen
Billy Gulledge lst prize
Saddle horse girl under fifteen
Miss Doris Laney 1st prize
Saddle horse mems class 1st
event DR.. L. H. Trotti 1st prize
End event Claud Sheriff. lst prize
Single harness, men drivers lst
prize Gull Eddins
Single harness Lady driver 1st
prize Mrs Josie Douglass
Double harness, Men driver,
lst prize w. H. Porter
Double harness, Lady driver,
1st prize Mrs. Josie Douglass
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Missouri Navigation

MY State" says a Missouri
man, according to the New York
Evening Post, possesses the
Usage River, one of the most
crooked streams anywhere,
They tell of a farmer living on
the banks of the Usage who had
a small flatboat, which one day
he loaded with produce and!
floated down to market, six, miles
away. He exchanged the pro-
duce for goods at one of the
stores and loaded his goods in
the flatboat. i
"'How are you going to get
your stuff homer" asked a BY
stander. Got a steamboat to
tow you back?' 4
I'm going to float it back,
was the reply.
How, I'd like to know?" Y
~ reckon you don't know
much about this river. 1t dou6s
les on itself just below here and
runs back within less than y
quarter N ~ &c
~ got a landing on both banR
and a team of horses that cat
drag the boat from one landing
to the other"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Give Meat to PuIIsts.

Give considerable meat food to the
growing pullets now and they will lay
earlier on account Of 1t. Commercial
prepared beef scraps. or cut fresh
bone. will be satisfactory for this pur.
pose. and skim milk will be Of great as
distance.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Rasy TO Improve Tons,,

1t would not be easy to fnd a fruit
that can be more rapidly improved by
careful selection OF run out more rap
idly by careless handling than the TO-
m.tc
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Tax Notice

The books will be open for the
collection of taxes from the 18th
day of October 1914 to Decem-
Der, 3lst 1914.
Tax levy for State 6mills
Constitutional School 3
Ordinary County SIP"
Interests on R.R Bonds | IL"
Road and Bridges 3
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Carolina Supply Co.
Premium Winners
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Wheat
1st. Best half bushel F. w.
Rivers.
Oats
1st. best half bushel F. w.
Rivers
End best Elk. Seed Farm.
, Rye
1st best half bushel r. K. Pitt
man.
End best Elk. Seed Farm.
Vetch
1St best half bushel Elk. Seed
Farm
Field Peas -
lst best half blsbalua
lpEG
2nd F. W.. Rivers
Table Peas
lst best half bushel any varie-
ty F. w. Rivers
End best G. L. Crowley.
Hay
lst best bale any variety Elk.
Seed Farm
End best w. D. Craig.
Turnips
lst best half bushel I'll.
Watson.
End best w. D. Therrill.
Cabbage
lst best three heads w. D.
Therrlll
End best Mrs. R. E. Rivers.
Dried Fruit
, Isl best peck w. T. Gaskins
Ind Mrs. G. A. Burr.
Pumpkins
lSt best G. L. Moore.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18
Claims Paid

Below is partial list of claims
paid by health and accident
companies through the S. ]. Sell
lers agency at Ruby:
r. E. Richardson 1925
]. V. Thompson 5000
M. ]. Deese 90.6S|
B. T. Long $500
]. A. Sellers 1900
G. NJ. Tucker 7.30
&c. Mangum come and get
you one.
S. ]. Sellers, Ruby, S. C.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-11-18

End best ]. A. Rivers
Red Pepper
1st best bunch Miss Sarah Lis
enby
End best bunch E. w. Sowell
Sweet Potatoes
lst best half bushel any va
riety Jerome Douglass
End best ]. Watt Sellers
Irish Potatoes
lst best half busnel any va
riety o. H. Douglass
End best G. L. Moore
MOlasses
lst best quart in glass T. L.
Watson
End best l.. T. Lisenby
Poultry
White Crested Polish John
Burr 1st. Black, John Burr 1st.
Games Jas. M. Gardner best
pair
Barred P. Rocks Mrs. ]. f.
Meehan best pair.
Anconas Vance Tyler, best
pair
S. c.. R. 1. Reds ]. w. Ben
ma, best pair.
Black Langshans Carl Doug
lass, best pair. Mrs. w. H. Por.
ter End best pair
Partridge Wyandotts, Edwin
Oulledge, best pair
Silver Lace Wyandottes Pc
ter Parker, best pair.
Width Wyandottes, John H.
Rivers, best pair. H. A. Watson
second best pair
Buff Wyandotts, Mrs. G.. L.
Melton, best pair.
Brown Leghons, Smith John
son, best pair
White Leghorns. G.. S. Nee.
han best pair.
Buff Leghorns H. A. Wat
son, best pair, T. E. Mulloy End
best
White Orphingtons, ]. M.
Campbell best pair. T. H.
Douglass End best pair
Bantams, Rose Parker best
pair. Bayard Watson, secon d
best pair
Turkeys c. S. Meehan, best
pair
Levi Rayfield, End best
Ducks w. H. Melton. best
pair.
Sweepstakes, best male bird in
show Carl Douglass
Best female in show John H.
Rivers
Best pair birds in show J. w.
Hanna
Poultry judged by T. P Dill
lon of Monroe.
$l.0O cash paid on all first
premiums.
Fancy work Department.
Best fancy work apron Mrs.
Robert Rivers Jr. End. Best
Miss Elizabeth Byrd.
Best embroidered centerpiec
Mrs. Flora G. Miller. 2nd. Best
Mrs J.W. Hanna.
Best crochet centerpiece Mrs.
6. G. Curtis. 2nd.Best Mrs. E, H.
Duvall, Cheraw.
Best crochet hand bag Mrs. G..
- \ = =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
LITTLE NEWS AT YALE.
Coach Hihkey Doesn't Believe in Ad
vertising His Plans.

NEW HAVEN Conn, January lin
Frank Hinkey, newly appointed head
foot ball coach at Yale to replace Howard
Jones, Yale has placed in charge of her
foot ball destinies a man known as the
Silent Captain, about whom number
less stories are told, but who says little
himself. Hinkey is d man of action; he
does not believe in talking.
With Hinkey at the head of affairs
there will be few authoritative announce
ments of Yale foot ball plans. Hinkey
believes the game as Yale has played it
the past two seasons has not been open
enough and he will undoubtedly make a
change in this regard He leans toward
a compromise between the style of game
Notre Dame uses and the style known as
the Yale game" He knows the new
school of foot ball, too. and during his
stay in New Haven the past two seasons
he has made several suggestions for
more open play. For one reason or an
other Capt. X etchams team never found
time to perfect the plays suggested by
Hinkey. Such will not be the case next
fall, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
GEN. MILES AGAIN &
HEADS CHESS CLUB
Chosen President of Local Or
ganization for Third Con-
secutive Time.
MASTERS OF GAME IN U. S.
MEMBERS OF CLUB HERE
Whitaker and Fox Said to Be Lead
ing Amateurs in This
Country.

At the recent annual election Of officers
for the Washington Chess and Whist
Club. Gen. Nelson \. Miles. for the third
consecutive time, was chosen president.
f. I, Chamberlin was elected vice presi-
dent, W. :. Hutchinson secretary and
treasurer and &. NJ. Davis. W. X. Win
salt and DR.. Z. Burbank members OF the
executive committee Dates for seveta!
important chess events 10 be held in the
club rooms, including the annual inter
city match with Baltimore. the Southeln
Chess Association tournament and spe-
cial invitation tournament. will be an
nounced shortly. The club would wei
come an increase in its membership par
ticularly OF chess players Those desii
ing information as to dues. etc. should
write or call on the secretary. w. ;.
Hutchinson, Washington Chess and Whist
Club, sos 18th street northwest.
Capablanca s feat of winning five out OF
Sin games from the Russian stars Alechin,
SnoSko- Browski and Dus-chotilnirski, Will
hardly serve to illustrate the text of Dr.
LaskerS recent remarks upon the lament
able consequences of nativity i'll warm
climate. This is going to be a hard. cold
winter for DR.. Lasker. Capablanca Will
play chess against any master who dares
TO meet him. He has already won seven
out of eight games against five of ths
foremost masters of Europe. Every time
lie wins another game, which will he al
most every time he plays. Lasker's re
fussl to meet him in a match will look a
little cheaper. The following are the
scores of two of the Cuban's victories in
st. Petersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Club Owners Must Put Every
thing in Contract or
Suffer.
Employers Furnish Uniforms But
Players Buy Own
Shoes.
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

You have heard a lot about ball play
ers contracts. but the chances are that
You have never seen one or perused its
conditions. Just now the players are
asked TO sign a contract which has been
materially changed recently as a result
Of the conference between committee
from the Players Fraternity and the
members of the national base bal! COM
mission. 1t is this contract which those
identified with organized base ball con-
tend will hold in the courts with ref
ence to the clause which gives the club
an option on the players service for an
indefinite period.
Several of the clauses in this agree
ment are but seldom enforced, but are
installed for the purpose of protecting the
club against some culprit who might
break into the game. For instance, the
clause which gives the club the right to
period that he may be injured. has but
seldom been enforced. Ball clubs always
take care of their injured players though
they do not bind themselves to do SO in
the contract the players sign.
Then. too. there is a peculiar feature
to the clause which provides that the
club shall furnish the player with two
uniforms complete excepting shoes. Ball
players always furnish their own SHOES.
They have varied ideas about the style
and cost of these. and for that reason the
responsibility of furnishing them has
never been assumed by the club. They
also buy their own gloves, but the club
furnishes the bats and other parapher-
MALTA, including the catcher's mitt and
protector.
Notwithstanding that these contracts
absolutely control every action Of the ball
player during the playing season and
even to a certain extent through the idle
season. it Is a fact that few players who
sign these documents year in year out
ever read the details of the agreement.
The average player is only interested in
the figures the contract contains. He
doesn't care what else it may provide, be-
cause he has grown accustomed to the
general system in vogue in running a
ball club.
This contract, of course, has been de-
vised under legal advice and is expected
to stand the test of the law. This is
particularly true SO far as the reserve
clause is concerned Under the new
agreement into which the players enter
| with their clubs the player is virtually
under contract the year around. He is
paid a certain sum extra for this priv
ilege and the fact that he gives the club
an option on his services for the next
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
OARSMEN BUSY.
To Be Greatest College Rowing
Year in History of Sport.

NEW YORK. January 11.-College oars
men have now entered into the struggle
for seats in the racing shell. and the
daily training grind will continue without
intermission until late in June.
Coaches are overhauling rowing ma
chimes, rigging barges and generally pre-
pairing for 1914. which. il is predicted.
will be the greatest college rowing year
in the history of the sport. Eight univer-
sites or colleges in the east, one in the
middle west and three on the Pacific
coast have already planned their row.
ing campaigns. which include a larger
number of dual, triangular and intercol-
legiate title resattas than ever before
recorded in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
RCY LOPEZ.

Though New York could probably put
in the field "a team Of one hundred play
ers which could defeat a similar team
picked from the rest of the country. II
is nevertheless. a singular fact that the
two pre-emnent amateur masters OF the
United States. \. T. Whitaker and A.
w. Fox, are both members of the Wash
ington Chess and Whist Club. Mr..
Fox is at present in Europe. but may
return to Washington in the near
future. 1t is certain he Will return
within the present year. While Mr.
Fox has played very little serious
chess for the past five or six years.
many OF his games are immortal class
les in the literature of chess and he
is one of three Americans to be hon
ored by having some of his work in
DR.. Tarrasch's "Moderne Schachpartie-
The following game is one of three
PLAYED recently between Mr.. Fox and
Victor TietZ, the celebrated Carlsbad
amateur. Though MIR. Fox lost two OF
these all three were excellent contests.
and the American masters defeat can
be traced directly to his lack OF
practice and familiarity with the now
est analyses of the openings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The contract OF Harry Sallee. the Car
dinals' star twirler. was received from
Sallee's home in HiSginsport Ohio by
Manager Higgins of the st. Louis Ma
tionals
President John H. Farrell OF the New
York State League. issued a call for
a meeting of this base ball organization
to be held in the Hotel Redington, Wilkes
Barre. Pa. Wednesday, January ~.
Pitcher Johnson. the Indian. has signed
a contract to play with the Cincinnati
National League team the coming sea-
son. Johnson had several offers from
Federal League agents.
Ray Heating. the big pitcher of the
New York Americans. went TO New
York from his winter home in Bridge
| port. Conn. and signed a contract for
1914. Manager Frank Chance now has
twelve players under contract-Caldwel
Heating Rose, Cooper, Brown, Rogers,
| Williams. Maisel. Boone. Gilhooley, Es-
! chen and Quinn.
! Jack Martin, a pitcher from Rochester.
| International League. and Dick Crutcher,
| hurler of the st. Joseph club of the West
ern League, have received contracts from
| the Boston Nationals. Martin formerly
toiled for the New York Yankees.
!
| State League has signed Dave Williams of
| Pen Argyll. Pa. Williams is an infielder
and has performed cleverly in the minor
/ organizations. He will report in April
| Many of the major league clubs
| throughout the country are already
| making plans for their southern train
| ing trips and within the next six
| weeks the southland will be alive
with base ball players. All the big
| clubs have decided on their training
camps. and they are as follows:
| National League-New York at Mar
lin Springs. Tex: Brooklyn at Au-
gusta. Ga; Cincinnati at Alexandria,
La: Philadelphia at Wilmington, N
c.; Chicago at Tampa, Fla: Pittsburgh
at Hot Springs. Ark: Boston at Macon
Ga, and st. Louis at St. Augustine
| Fla.
! American League-New York at
| Houston. Tex. Athletics at Jackson
| vile. Fla: Washington at Charlottes-
vile. Va: Cleveland at Athens, Ca:
Boston at Hot Springs. Ark; Detroit
| at Gulfport, Miss; st. Louis at st.
| Petersburg, Fla, and Chicago at Paso
| Robes. Cal.
i Pitcher Lynn Brown. semi-pro. of
Buffalo, has accepted a contract from
the New York Americans. He will re-
port In Houston. Tex, in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
AMERICAN LEAGUES PLAYERS CONTRACT.
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WASHINGTON AMERICAN LEAGUE IL.
BY FRANK President
JOHN SMITH
FORCE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
New Contract Gives Magnates Control All Year;
Reserve Clause Revised to Stand the T est of Law
WHAT A BALL PLAYER IS
ASKED TO SIGN.
ssIMPoRTANT NOTICE TO p

fsIMPORTANT
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
CURTIS A CONFER.
Coach Keane Says Syracuse Boy Will
Break Pole Vault Record.

NEW YORK, January 17.-Take it from
Tommy Keane. one of Americas foremost
coaches, that Curtis. now at Syracuse
University will break the intercollegiate
record of IS feet l inch for the pole
vault. Heane says Curtis should turn
the trick In another year Keane has
kept an eagle eye on his style of vaulting
the bar at heights ranging from 10 feet
to l2E feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

WHITE
White to play and mate in four moves.
aE-k!:h P rsk s-Feeh k' neve.
OPP Anything :. P-hach IA moves
Mates a Ii Mates
PROBLEM BY VICTOR GoRGIAs.
BLACK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
EJY LOi'EZ.

PROBLEM BY ROBERT BRAUNE.
BLACK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

claude Williams ieft-hand pitcher.
has signed 1914 contract with the De-
troit base ball club. He was with the
Nashville Southern League team last
year.