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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08
The Significance of Bible Num-
bers

Rev. Junius Horton, who is
well known here and who is
now student in the Union
Theological Seminary at Rich
mond, Va, writes the Journal as
follows:
II have been studying Bible
numbers in my course here and
thought that the readers of the
"Pageland Journal" would be
interested in them.
Three denotes Deity. We
find the Trinity of the God
head expressed in the Baptisrlal
formula and in the Apostolic
benediction.
-Four is considered the world
number. The Bible speaks of
the four winds, the four living
creatures. the four seasons and
the four corners of the earth.
Seven IS the number of Reve-
latlon. In the book of the Reve-
latlon, we find the letters to the
seven churches, the seven seals,
the seven trumpets the seven
mystic figures, and the seven
vialS. I, is a covenant lumber
and used to denote complete
ness.
Ten is the basic number, SYM
bolizing harmony. In the Tab
ernacle, the Holy of Holes was
10 by 10 by 10 cubits.
Twelve is the number of COM
pleteness, the Divine number 3,
times the human number 4. 1t
is also a covenant number, and
is used in the Bible as follows:
the II tribes, the II Patriarchs.
the l2 Apostles, the II gates of
the New Jerusalem.
"One hundred and forty-four
is twelve times twelve, and
stands for completeness times
completeness or absolute COM
pleteness. John on the isle of
Patmos saw the hundred and
forty four thousand"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08
Newspaper a Community Asset


Under the above caption the
Wilmington Star few DAYS ago
carried an excellent editorial set
ting forth the real worth of a
newspaper to a town or city and
showing that no town or city
can hope to forge ahead unless
it has newspaper and unless
it's citizens CO operate in making
the paper success.
The remarks OF the Star were
brought about by the action of
the Chamber of Commerce in a
certain Southern city in enumer
atlng the various enterprises of
that town and totally ignoring
the two newspapers, represent
ing an approximate cash value
OF half a million dollars and en-
ploying several score of men
who helped in making the town
a good place in which to live.
Newspaper people rarely like
to sing their own praise. 1t
should be unnecessary for them
to do so. The citizens of any
town or city in which there is a
newspaper should realize what a
great factor it IS in the develop
ment and promotion of their city
and boost it as much as possible
without being prompted every
few days.
Without newspaper, a good
newspaper, any town is handi-
capped. 1t has no way of let
ting the world know what it is
doing and consequently, is
Identical with the merchant who
does not advertise his wares.
1t might be said that a news
paper is worth more to a munic-
lpality than other one of it's en-.
terprises and every citizen should
take a pride in it and help to
make it representative of the
town or city in which it. is pub.
lished.-Newbern Journal.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08
What Stevenson Thinks abou,
Roads

The last statement made by
Mr.. w. F. Stevenson as to what
Congress should do for farm
ing district like this was that il
had spent $475.0OO,OOO.OO on
rivers and nothing on roads. It
has also spent 500, 100000 OIL ir-
rigation projects, to water lands
for less than 100000 people in
the West. Why not do some
thing to take the water out of
the roads in the South? In
South Carolina the State and
Counties and Towns and Town
ships spent ln 1914 about $1,000,
100000 on roads, and sill of the
45 $40 miles of roads in the State
o"ly 1883 miles are surfaced
and really improved-and that
is the work of years. 4O,661
miles are yet to be fixed, and all
must be maintained. The Gov
ernment carries mail over most
OF them; why is it not right for
ii TO help fix them?
lAavertisemeut)
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08
Mr.. Sam Mangum Dies Suddenly

MIR. Sam Mangum Dies Suddenly
Mr.. Sam Mangum, Youngest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John G.
Mangum, died suddenly about
$50 o'clock Saturday night at
the home of Mr.. George G..
Smith 2 miles north of town.
This young man had about re-
covered from a recent attack of
grippe and had been at work at
the Mangum Drug company's
store on Saturday. He had felt
a pain about his heart for three
or four days but little thought
was given it. He was at a
social gathering of young peo-
pie at Mr.. Smiths when the
summons came. He was appar-
emily we'll, and was chatting
with his companions when he
fell backward without a word
and was dead. The news was a
great shock to the entire COM
munity. 1t was hard to realize
that one who had been seen so
recently in health had passed
away.
Mr.. Mangum was a member
of Pageland Baptist church, and
was and upright young man,
sober and honest. He is spoken
of in high terms by all. He was
II years old the 30th day of last
July.
His death was all the more
sad because he was engaged and
was to have been married on
Wednesday, March 18th. His
wedding suit had been bought,
and in this his body was buried
In the morning of life when
hopes and ambitions were high,
the Reaper came and called him
without warning to his reward.
thus bringing great sorrow to
his loved oues
The funeral was conducted at
the Baptist church Sunday after
noon about 4.30 by Revs. Leon
afdh Sunderburk. The To-
cal Cd kil of the Junior order
had charge Of the body, march.
ing double file from the home to
the church along with the funer
al procession. An unusually
large crowd was in attendance
at the service, thus showing the
extent to which the people were
touched by the news of his death.
The service was concluded at
the nearby grave after the body
had been lowered by the six
young pail bearers, associates of
the deceased.
He is survived by his father
and mother and the following
brothers and sisters: Mr.. ]. F..
Mangum of Angelus; Mrs. Esther
Whitley of Mint Hill, N. c.; Mr..
]. A. Mangum of Tatum, S. c.;
Mrs. Addie Pigg, MIR. E. B. Man
gum and Misses Matte and May
Mangum: All members of the
family were present at the funer-
al.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08
Winter Flies.

Enclosed please find a speci-
men of one OF the early spring
flies, caught January d. 1916.
About how many less flies will
there be later in the spring by
the destruction of this one?"
writes A. ]. L.
Let us assume that this fly
was female and that the sea
son will be about normal, that
all conditions for fly life will be
perfect, and that every female
hatched will live to full maturity
and lay her full quota of eggs.
She would begin laying about
April and her daughters would
have been ready to lay about
May l. The females of the Sec
ond crop would lay in May and
their young would be ready to
lay about June 1, After that we
figure that to pass through the
stage-egg, larvae, pupa, fly to
fly, ready to lay, would require
"a days. This would mean five
crops by October l.
The calculated number of de-
scendants of this old lady on DC.
tober next would be 131 quin-
tillions. 220 quadrillions or
l31, ,220,0OO.O0O. 900, 100000.
Hewitt says: 1T has been cal
culated thar if the progeny of a
single pair of flies, assuming that
they all lived, were pressed to-
gether at the end of the summer
they would occupy a space of
about 250,0O0 cubic feet"
Would you care to know their
weight?
The North Carolina Bulletin
warns the people of that State
to kill the winter flies. There
were fewer flies in North Caro-
lima in the summer of 1915 and
this the editor of The Bulletin
believes to be due to the active
campaign against the winter
fly, and to the vigilance of the
tidy housewife in cleaning up
and destroying the 'holdover' in
the spring"
Now is the tilue to swat every
fly in sight. Ycu can be ex-
cuSed for failing to swat every
fly in summer. Swat,ing flies
in a flyful place is an endless,
hopeless task. One fly in Au.
gust left alone may not breed
more than 1000. Swatting every
fly that shows at this season is
an easy task. No one can af.
ford to neglect them. One left
alive means quiptilllons. cubic
feet, tons of flies, before the sea-
son has ended.
Says The North Carolina Bull
letin: Cont trust the cold to
Kill them. Don't assume that
they are dead when you find
them living on floors or window
sills in unused rooms. They are
playing possum and will re
cover when the temperature
rises. Clean up the house and
give special attention to every
out OF the way place where flies
may lurk. Make sure that there
is nothing left which may har-
Dor their eggs."- w. A.
Evans in The State.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08
German Sacrifices For Douau-
mont Greatest Yet

mont Greatest Yet
Paris, March 4.-The fire of
French machine guns and rifles
has been pouring death for two
days into the ranks of the Ger.
mans attacking in mass the viii
lage of Douaumont. The French
hold the summit of the knoll
which dominates the village
from the south. Parts of the
town have been taken and re-
taken repeatedly, and each time
that the fortune of battle has
changed more dead from the
! thick masses of German assail-
ants have been added to the piles
behind which their surviving
comrades have sought brief pro.
lection.
Each time remnants of regi.
ments already cut to pieces were
pushed ahead by other bodies of
troops surging OH the field Of
battle until the ground was
strewn with bodies. Eyewit.
nesSes assert that nothing at
Charlerol, on the Marne, along
the User. or in the Champagne
equalled the sacrifices which the
troops of the German Crown
Prince already have made for
the village of Douaumont alone
in the battle of Verdun.
1t is the opinion in all quarters
that the Crown Prince has de-
termined to paw the price neces-
sary to capture Verdun, if pos
sible, drive the French from the
right bank of the Meuse, and
establish front along that river
if he is unable to pierce the lines
and open up the way to Chalons
and Paris.
All information thus far re-
ceived indicates that the Ger.
mans already have paid a very
heavy price and that Verdun it..
self has not yet been shaken.
The Ultimate cost of the drive is
problcmatical. Paris remains
confident thai the Germans will
find it impossible to achieve
eventual success. This feeling
has been made still more pro.
nounced by the recitals of the
wounded and OF German soldiers.
French infantry is disputing
every inch of the ground with
persistent courage, and last night
once more compelled their ad-
versaries to suspend efforts, leav
ing artillery alone to keep up
the pressure on the fortress.
Whenever the German assault
on the French lines reached the
danger point, the blue clad
troops leaped forward with fixed
bayonets to the strains of the
National battle hymn. Accounts
of this fighting from French
sources say that on each oc-
casion tine slodiers of the Repub
lie got the better of their 90.
ponents, pushing back Germans
who did not fall under the cold
steel.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08

Mother: Jane, has Johnny
come home from school vet?
Jane: | think so. | haven't
seen him, but the cat is hiding
under the stove,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-03-08
Food and Feed Crops Will Pay
Best This Year.

dWdhS ldA luSls tuSIc Cdu OS Ouly
one sensible course to follow in
1916, and that is. first of all, to
feed his family, his livestock and
his land, and then devote his
surplus lands and energies to the
production of whatever cash
crop may be best suited to his
particular con ditions.
Of course, as in the past, there
are going to de thousands of ten
ant farmers, along with others
who, by reason of their methods,
are on the straight road to ten
ancy, who will put everything in
cotton, tobacco, or some other
single crop, depending on it to
furnish the money to paw for
food, feed and fertilizers; but this
is all the more reason why the
thinking farmer, the man who is
getting ahead by using his head
should make living at home his
primary business.
Cotton now is bringing only
fair prices; the price is tending
downward instead of upward,
and there is no definite assur-
ance that prices will be high
next fall. But whether prices
are high or low is aside from the
main point; for even were cotton
selling at twenty cents a pound
we hold that no man can afford
to grow it to the exclusion of
food, feed and soil-buildipg crop;
grow it to buy bread, meat, mo-
lasses, corn, oats, hay and fertili-
ZerS.
Let's get right on this ques-
tion, Brother. Let's make a good
living. whether we make any
cotton or tobacco or not. The
following are, it seems to us,
points that every farmer in the
whole South should IN ike it his
business to see to, and 10 see to
now.
l. Cut out the feed bills. Dol
lar corn from Iowa and $25
Western hay will break any col.
ton farmer.
We can raise these crops at
home at from one-third 10 one
half the store prices, and i'm
prove our lands at the same time
Now is the time to plan a big
corn acreage-amply sufficient
to supply your home needs, with
asurplus to spare; now is the
time to plan to put velvet beans,
soy beans, cowpeas, or peanuts
in all the corn and after the oats
2. Cut out the meat and bread
bills. Plenty of corn, peanuts
peas and beans usually mean
plenty of meat, milk and butter:
these produced on the farm, in
turn, mean cotton money to 20
in the bank instead of into the
pocket of the time prices" mer-
chant.
3. Cut down the fertilizer bills.
For IS per cent of the farmers of
the South, really good syy.em
OF rotation farming, a system
that would include the planting
of peas, beans, or some other
legume in every field of corn
and alter every acre of oats; a
crop of crimson clover to plow
under for every acre of corn to
be planted; anu crop of green
on every single acre every win
ter. would enable us 10 cut out
commercial nitrogen and potash,
leaving only phosphoric acid 10
be bought. and this could b. pur
chased In rock phosphate at on.
~ ii i'action of the cost in acid
phosphate. In other words
living at home and fa,ninu 90
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19
IMPRESSIONS OF A HINDU
Learned Eastern Visitor Frankly Con-
fesses That He Is Unable to
Understand Americans.

Not seldom ! feel among Americans
as the Egyptian is said to have felt
among the Greeks. that ! am moving
in a world OF precocious and inexpe-
rienced children. bearing on my own
shoulders the weight of the centuries
Yet it is no. exactly that Americans
strike one as young in spirit: rather
they strike one as undeveloped. Il is
as though they had never faced life
and asked themselves what 1t is: as
though they were so occupied in run
ming that it has never occurred to
them to inquire where they started
and whittier they are going. They
seem to be always doing and never ex.
periencing. A dimension of life, one
would say, Is lacking. and they live
In a plane instead OF in q solid. That
missing dimension shall call religion.
Not that Americans do not, for aught
l know. believe" 40 much AZ or more
than Europeans; but they appear
neither to believe nor to disbelievs
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19
The Old and the New.

Inventions have a remarkable knack
OF repeating themselves. Among the
more interesting patents for 1914 Is
specification for a wheelless motor
car, propulsion being by means OF
skids, which are alternately lowered
and raised. In the early days OF loco
motive history many inventors did not
believe that sufficient adhesion was
to be attained by a smooth wheel
operating on q smooth rail. and weird
and wonderful were the devices FOE
overcoming this supposed defect One
ingenious engineer went SO far as to
design a continuance in which jointed
metal bars worked up and down on,
the rails after the fashion OF q horses
legs, and there seems to be q certain
affinity between this device and the"
motor car referred 70 above.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19
Buy junk, &c. Famous Bell.

One of the most historic bells OF the
South American churches was discov-
cred and brought to San Francisco by
two Oakland junk dealers. William
Rosenthal and Lewis Rothenberg, who
have just arrived from Aouth America
on tse steamer Cuzco. They have been
on a buying trip in Peru and Chile for
two ye..s.
The bell is 325 years old and hung
IN the cathedral Of San Augustine at
Lima for more than two centuries. In
the revolution OF 1895 the cathedral
was wrecked and the bell disappeared.
The tw- Oaklande-s bought the
debris of tho cathedral and in excavat-
Ing among the ruins found the bell 1t
was thought in Lima that Il had been
stolen twenty years before.
Peruvian. wished 10 buy the bell.
but the new owners thought 1t would
be worth more In this country and re-
fused to sell. The relic weighs 500
pounds and is OF bronze. with inscrip-
tons in gold.-Gan Francisco Chroni-
Gle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19
Bui,dinu Great Warshlp.

The new dreadnaught California. to
be completed in February. will meas
ure 642 feet In length and for a few
months will be the largest craft in the
world. England is building one 500
feet long.
The California is the first American
naval vessel to be built with its bow,
curved aft below the water. The bOwtA'
OF the older boats curved forward bel
low the water, so that they formed
rams. which were formidable weapons
They are obsolete now because thel
high power Of the modern naval guns
makes it impossible for war vessels to
come close enough together to ram
each other.
The armature of the California Is
thicker than that Of any other boat In
the world. She will have a speed OF 21t
knots an hour and can carry 1856
men. The cost OF the boat alone Is
81. 600. 900. but her equipment OF guns
and ammunition will increase the
value to $15.000.000.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19
Why Shave?

The Crimean war brought a revo-
luton. why shaver" asked House
hold Words. and shortly after 1855
the razor was given the cut direct.
At this period the only public man
Of note to wear a mustache was
George Muntz. M. p. for Birmingham,
and his pluck offended his constitu-
ents. In 1859. however, the police
stepped in. Hull took the lead The
watch committee there passed a reso-
luton permitting the local force to
wear a beard and mustache II they
think fit" The MIstache had won
the day!
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19
Teddy's Good Shot.

One of Colonel Roosevelt's first
hunting instructors was old Bill Sew
all, a Maine guide. whom. when presi-
dent. the colonel rewarded for years
of friendship and advice by an office.
When he was boy the colonel went
into camp with Sewall Deer season
came along. and they went out to give
the youthful Ninrod his first chance
for a shot. After time. the colonel
says. they saw stag.
shoot" shouted Sewall. and the fu-
ture president let go with his rifle.
The stag ran little way and
dropped.
You've got him! You've got him."
shouted sewall. as he ran forward to
investigate. Hoy did 1t happen?"
why" replied young Roosevelt.
drawing himself up proudly. Il aimed
for his breast"
You done WE'LL" said Bill. You
done we'll. You hit him In the eye"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19
CHAPTER XVI.
The Duke in Doubt,


The short journey to Africa-over
a calm and perfect sea, whose waters
were voices at her port to solace her.
and where the stars alone glowed
down like friends upon her and
seemed to UNDERSTANDINGS a torture
to Julia Redmond To herself she
called her aunt cruel, over and over
again. and felt a prisoner, a Gagged
creature
fremont found her charming. though
in this role of Florence Nightingale.
she puzzled and perplexed him She
was nevertheless adorable The
young man had the good sense to
make a discreet courtship and under.
stood she would not be easily won.
Until they reached Algiers. indeed.
until the night before they dtsem-
barked, he had not said one word to
her which might not have been sh-
by her aunt In accordance with the
French custom, they never were
alone. The marquise shut her eyes
and mapped considerably and gave
them every opportunity she could. but
she was always present
The Due de fremont had been often
In love during his short life He was
Latin and thought that women are
education to think this and to tell
them this. and he also believed it 4
proof Of his good taste to tell them
this as soon as possible
He was a thoroughly fine fellow.
Some of his forefathers had fought
and fallen in Agincourt. They ad
been dukes ever since There was
something distinctly noble in the
blond young man. and Julia discov-
cred 1t. Possibly she had felt it
from the first
From the moment that the old duch-
ess had said to Robert de fremont:
Julia Redmond is great catch,
my dear boy. l should like to have
you marry her." her son answered.:
"Bien, ma mere" with cheerful &C
quiescence, and Immediately consid-
cred it and went to Tarascon, to the
Chateau d'Esclignac. When his
mother had suggested the visit he
told her that he intended making up
a party for the Mediterranean.
"Why don't you take your godmoth-
er and the American girl? Miss Red
mond has an income of nearly mil
lion francs and they say she is WELL
bred"
VERY good, ma mere"
When he saw Miss Redmond he
found her lovely; not so lovely as the
Comtesse de la Maine, whose invita-
ton to dinner he had refused on the
day his mother suggested the Chateau
dEsclignac. The comtesse was
widow. 1t is not very. very CONNIE
il faut to marry a widow. in the Fau-
bourg ST. -Germain Miss Redmond's
beauty was different. She was self
absorbed and cold He did not un-
derstand her at all. but that was the
American Of her.
One of his friends had married an
American girl and found out after
ward that she chewed gum before
breakfast. Pauvre Raymond! Miss
Redmond did not suggest such posi-
bilities. Still she was very different
from a French jeune file.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-02-19

me what the Due de fremont think..-
Her aunt laughed softly. The In
trigue and romance of it all enter.
tanned her. She had the sense of hav.
Ing made a very pretty concession to
her niece. of having accomplished a
very agreeable pleasure trip for her.
self AS for young Sabron, he would
be sure to be discovered at the right
moment. to be lionized, decorated and
advanced The reason that she had
no wrinkles on her handsome cheek
was because she went lightly through
life.
He thinks. my dearest girl. that
you are like all your countrywomen:
little eccentric and that you have a