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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-18
Curing a Community of the
"Lawing Habit"

That old man has nearly STOP
oed lawsuits among the farmers
IN his county," said friend in
our office recently, speaking of
a demonstration agent we know.
He has gotten farmers to see
the wisdom of arbitrating dis
putes instead of rushing into a
court with every controversy"
This is certainly a notable
service for any demonst ration
agenr to render his people. By
carrying on a lawsuit, the poor
farmer takes money away from
his own wife and children and
gives it to the lawyers wife and
children-when Mrs. Lawyer is
probably already riding in an
automobile and Mrs. Farmer
possibly in wagon. (She's
lucky to have a wagon or even a
wheelbarrow if her husband is
OF the "eternally lawing" sortJ
And then instead of having a
dispute quickly settled and good
feeling with neighbor speedily
restored, as should be the case
when arbitration is used, a law
suit means long delay III reach.
ing a decision, and the bad blood
between neighbors probably get
ting more and more venomous
all the time of waiting! What a
foolish proceeding it is!
Only today we heard of two
farmers who two or three wears
ago got into a dispute over a
piece of land worth about S25.
Already each man has paid out
about $500 in lawyers fees; each
disputant has embittered and
soured his own life through the
controversy; the neighborhood
has been split up in factions sup.
Z tnoriina thus sipap~6WthatS and
tne case Is Still to go wine Su.
preme court of the state!
It's no more timely now than
at any other season, but arbitra
ton is one form of cooperation
worth practicing wlthyour neigh
bors this month and every other
month when occasion arises
Why don't country churches and
farmers clubs-each supposed
to support peace and brother.
khood-give more attention to
this subject? In many a neigh
borhood the 'lawlng habit" is
dong as much harm as the LIQUOR
habit, and ought to be as vieor.
ously frowned upon.-Progres.
Sive Farmer.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-18
Bolivia Breaks off

La Paz, Bolivia, April 49,
The German minister and his
staff have been handed their
passports by the Bolivian gov.
ernment with a note declaring
that diplomatic relations be.
tween Bolivia and Germany
have been severed.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-18
Mob Gave Spencer Negro
Rough Handling

Spencer, N. c., April l3.-Fn-
day, April Is, came near being
an unlucky day for Gene Rus.
sell, colored, and some tactful
work of cool headed citizens is
believed to have saved his life
from the hands of an infuriated
mob of some 800 to 400 sturdy
workmen at the Spencer shops
during the noon hour today. 1t
is alleged that Russell made
some remarks to the effec; that
if the white men go off to war
he would live in their homes.
His statements are said to have
been even stronger than that,
and it was like placing a match
to a powder house. Instantly
several hundred white men were
on his trail. He was chased
from one place to another in
and about the yards. The mob
gathered strength and the negro
was in imminent danger. Sew
eral times he was caught and
blow after blow from the brawnv
fists of the railroaders landed in
mis- face, on his head and about
his body. His clothes were al
most torn off and he was badly
beaten by the infuriated white
men.
He was finally chased to the
kitchen of the Y. M. G. A. build
ing, where a few citizens sue.
ceeded in holding the crowd
back until Mayor w. H. Burton
and Chief of Police ]. r. Cruise
arrived and took charge of the
man.
The blowing of the work
whistle about this time also serv-
ed to turn the attention of the
employes at the shops from the
.h9i ht Of battle to that of work.
take thf place of those torn s y
the BODY of the negro, he wa,
carried to the county Jail i,
Salisbury to await trial.
UP TO the present time ther,
have been no arrests and n.
warrants for the white men wht
composed the mob. In fact, j
is difficult to secure evidenc,
against any of them if indeed I
is desired TO cite the combatant
to trial. Sentiment appeared Il
be entirely with the crowd.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-18
Kill Flies and Save Lives

iinu ano Durn MS BODY.
Observers say that there are
many reasons to believe there
will be more flies this season
than for a number of years.
The killing of just one fly
NOW means there will be bill
lions and trillions less next sum-
mer.
Clean up your own premises;
see and insist that your neigh
bors do likewise.
Especially clean ''out-of.the.
way-places," and every nook
and Granny.
Flies will not 20 where there
is nothing to eat, and their prin.
cipal diet is too filthy to men
ton.
The fly is the tie that binds
the unhealthy to the healthy!
The fly has no equal as a
germ carrier; as many as five
hundred million germs have
been found in and on the body
of single fly.
1t is definitely known that the
fly is the carrier" of the germs
of typhoid fever; it is widely be-
lieved that it is also the carrier"
of other diseases. including pos
sibly infantile paralysis.
The very presence of a fly is
a signal and notification that a
housekeeper is uncleanly and
inefficient.
Do not wait until the insects
begin to pester; anticipate the
annoyance.
April, May and June are the
best months to conduct an anti
fly campaign.
The farming and suburban
districts provide ideal breeding
places. and the new born flies
do not remain at their birth place
.l-... -,.;a~ato usino railroads and
other means Ol transportation, q
, towns and cities.
Kill flies and save lives!
: RECIPES FOR KILLING FLIES
The United States Govern.
,, ment makes the following sug.
gestion for the destruction OF
.. house flies: Formaldehyde and
sodium salicylate are the two
best fly poisons. Both are su-
perlor to arsenic. They have
their advantages for household
use. They are not poison to
, children; they are convenient to
handle. their diIutions are sim
pie and they attract the flies.
A formaldehyde solution of
approximately the correct
strength may be made by adding
5 teaspoonfuls of the concen
trated formaldehyde solution.
commercially known as forma,
lin. to a pint of water. Similar
ly. the proper concentration of
sodium salicylate may be oh
tained by dissolving 8 teaspoon
fuls of the pure chemical Ia
poWder) to q pint Of water.
A container has been found
convenient for automatically
keeping the solution always
available for flies to drink. An
ordinary, thin-walled drinking
glass is filled or partially filled
with the solution. A saucer, or
small plate, in which is placed a
piece of white blotting paper
cut the size of the dish, is put
bottom up over the glass. The
whole is then quickly inverted,
a match placed under the edge
of the glass, and the container is
ready for use. AS the solution
dries out of the saucer the liquid
seal at the edge of the glass is
broken and more liquid flows
into the lower receptacle. Thus
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-18
The War, Etc.

have never been called on to
make a Woman Suffrage speech.
perhaps could not have made
one if l had been, but feel now
like l could make perfectly,
tremendous effort to make a
speech on that momentous SUBJ
ject if l only had the opportuni-
ty. l have been and am still
bitterly opposed to the coming
war. l had hoped that our ru-
lers would manage in some way
TO keep from following the ex.
ample of the European rulers by
plunging us into a war against
our wish, tas they have been
saying that was the case over
thereo But as it is on us now
it is too late to argue the right
or wrong of it as any of us see
it. We shall have TO submit to
whatever shall come, and do 50
with the best grace possible.
But what l started out to talk
about was this: Some one has
called Miss Rankin, the only
woman congress member weak
because she wept when she was
called on 10 vote for the war,
but l say it was not weakness.
1t took more courage to stand
there and vote against such an
overwhelming majority than it
would have taken to vote the
popular way, and l for one thank
God that a true hearted woman
had the strength and courage to
do 1t. God bless her! And as
for the tears, was there ever a
war that while man was shed.
ding blood woman was not she'd
ding tears? And now as this
war has been launched out bath
ed in a woman's tears whers
l,AAi.-vsncfe VIII the emu OF then
be?
l stood at a railway station
once and saw two men fight ant
one of them drew the blood in 6
stream from the other, anc
though I did not know either O
them, 1 just thought if it wa
such an awful thing to see jus
two men do that kind of a thin,
what would it be to see hundred:
of them doing it?
Now it is the nature of mar
to destroy life, Oh, perhaps no
all of them, but even when :
boy he delights in chasing a ca
with dog or in killing birds
Even then that shows the desir,
for destruction there is in him
While on the other hand IT is .
girls nature to protect life, ever
when a mere baby she CAREFUL,
! guards and protects the doll bab,
or her pet kitten and cries if sh
!sees threatened harm for them
and though of course she doe
not then realize why she is Gre
ated that way yet we know tha
she as a woman knows wha
life costs. Life is preciou
thing to her and she tries +
guard it all her days, and ca
you imagine congress wher
there were many women men
bers voting war on the people
: Well | cannot.
There is a prediction thu
, reads like this: "They shall bea
their swords into plow share
and learn of war no more
! And when will that come true
My answer is when woman
: allowed as much voice in tn
2 governing of a nation as ma
I has. When she will ever be
- I~ n~k L..x
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-18
Protection of Shipping Against
Submarines First Duty of
Navy

Washington, April l2.-With
high British and French Naval
officers in conference here with
American Naval officials, def
mite steps have been taken to.
ward participation of the Amer.
ican NAVY in the war against
Germany.
Patrol of the entire Atlantic
seaboard, reaching southwark to
the Panama Canal Zone and
possibly northward to include
Canada, will be the first duty of
American warships. With that
goes the necessity of guarding
against the probable extension
of the German submarine cam
paign to include approaches to
major American ports.
British and French ships now
on this patrol duty will be with.
drawn as soon as the American
forces have their lines establish
ed. The American squadrons
will operate from. British and
French bases in the South At
lantic wherever necessary.
Commanders of the British
and French forces off the Amer
ican coasts, IT is known, have
expected that Germany would
extend her submarine operations
to these waters. Arrangements
to patrol vigorously the ap-
proaches to the chief American
harbors have been made and
will be carried out by American
ships.
1t has been expected that Ger
many would formally announce
a submarine blockade of Boston,
New York, the mouth of the
Delaware, the mouth of the
Chesapeake, c Charleston and Sa-
IyRPpfh fR4oSsh wbie6 Rb6sas afo iiows 1A fhs main
traffic in foadstuffs and war sup
plies for Europe.
Unless a blockade is declared,
Germany would be under the
necessity of giving warning be
fore attacking merchant craft
under neutral flags.
Many Navy officers doubt
that any considerable number OF
German submarines can be spar.
ed from the task of blockadine
the British Isles for work on this
side of the Atlantic. Sporadic
operations within such prescrib.
ed areas are looked for, and nc
precaution to guard against
them will be overlooked by the
Navy.
: The Navy Department has a
considerable supply of subma.
rine trap nets already available
and more will be delivered with
in a few days. 1t is assumed
= that the approaches TO Ameri
> can harbors will be fully pro
. tected in this way, and the flee
of submarine chasers now being
assembled, equipped and man
ned, distributed to comb the sea.
night and day.
The conferences with the Wis
=. iting officers have dealt will
many subjects. 1t is understood
, that not only will the Naval ba
ses and other British and French
ports on this side of the Atlantic
q. be opened to American Nava
vessels, but that whenever neet
), arises ports on the French ant
3, British coasts will be placed a
their disposal. An America!
naval port probably will be es
tablished at some future time OF
= the Irish coast, when the meas
:, ares of cooperation have beel
extended.
Bolivia Breaks off
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-18
America Calls for Food Crops,
Big Gardens and Heavy
Fertilization

N great war autQOI1ty mas
said "every nation fights on its
belly" that is to say, no army
can fight unless it is fed. 1t is
strong only in proportion to its
food supply. And the truth of
this statement finds emphatic H.
lustration in present internation-
al conditions. The supreme
test of endurance alike for Ger
many and England is concerned
not with men and munitions but
with food.
With war declared. therefore,
and a war in behalf of the sa
cred principles of liberty and
democracy to which America is
dedicated, every man who right
ly tills our soil may feel himself
as surely a defender of the ma
tion as if he were fighting with
musket, cannon or battleship.
But remember that we say, pro-
vided this farmer rightly tills the
soil. The cry of America today
is for food and feed and plenty
of it. In all the other fighting
countries of the earth there is a
deficiency of food, and with UP.
told thousands of men going to
war from our American farms.
American capacity for produc-
ton will decline and both the
demand for and the prices of
food are likely to exceed any
thing we have yet known.
Patriotism and self-interest
alike therefore should prevent
over-planting of cotton and to
bacco and encourage the heavi-
est possible production of food
crops IN every Southern state.
Soldiers can put up with worn
sr 1,sxxSd GE:hes h,,f fhe,, -sf..I
without food. As some one has
said, "You cannot darn your
breakfast. mend your dinner, or
patch your supper" Food and
feed crops must therefore con-
tinue relatively higher than
cotton.
We are fortunate IN that war
comes while there is yet time to
change our plans so as to make
acreage conditions fit the plain
mandates of the market and of
patriotism. No one knows how
much it will cost to buy war
priced corn, meat and flour with
which to make cotton. and the
only safe policy is to make the
farm first feed itself. We must
have ample food and feed crops
and gardens twice the usual
size.
We are also convinced tina,
conditions justify the heaviest
use of fertilizers the South has
ever known. With the excep
tion of potash, prices of fertil
izers have not advanced SC
much as prices of the food crops
they help produce; they are
therefore relatively cheaper thar
usual. The aim of every farmer
should be to make a maximum
crop on every acre. and to dc
this heavy fertilization is neces
sary. Labor, too, will probabl,
be higher priced than ever be
fore in Southern history, and W.
cannot afford to waste it on low
yielding acres. 1t takes abou
as much labor TO cultivate ar
acre making fifteen bushels O
corn as to cultivate one making
fifty, or to cultivate an acr.
making six hundred pounds O
lint cotton as one making two
hundred. And because of high
priced labor there will be more
urgent need than ever before fo
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-19
SAVING DEMOCRACY.

The New York World was among the
metropolitan newspapers which made
cutlery against the prohibition amend
ment to the food-control bill; and it
treated the subject with exceeding frank
ness. To adopt prohibition, argued the
World, would split the Democratic party
in division as fierce as that occasioned
by slavery" and the Southern Demo-
Gratis, in consequence would find them
selves Gin exclusion from power at Wash
ington."
Here was argument couched in terms
in which even the most ohtuse of South
ern Democrats could understand. It may
even have reached the White House; for,
on the very day that this solemn warning
appeared in the World, the President sum-
moned Quartette of Democratic Sena-
tors into conference and took action to
retain beer and wine among the "person-
al liberties" that the World had declared
were always the sacred charge of the
Democratic party.
The skill of the Democratic leaders in
turning a moral issue to partisan effect
has had frequent demonstration of late
HE kept US out of war;" and was re-
elected. He got us into war to make
the world safe for democracy" and took
into his hands the most stupendous politi-
cal power the civilized world has ever
known. He bans whiskey which is
chiefly made in Kentucky, where the
Democratic party has no fears-and he
would retain the manufacture of beer and
wines in States where the Democrats re-
quire extraneous aid to give them ma
jority. According to the New York
World the Democratic party thus avoids
a split like chat occasioned by slavery. "
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-19
MAINE WOMAN Is
GLAD TO TELL OF
HER EXPERIENCE
Wants to Let All Others Know Just How
Much Good New Tanlac Did.


81 am very glad to recommend Tanlac
to- anyone who is suffering with stomach
trouble, for it certainly has done wonders
for me, said Mrs. H. M. Mason of North
ern Maine Junction, as she began one of
the stories that are told every day in
Maine about Tanlac, the new Master
Medicine that has become a household
word here.
81 suffered from stomach trouble, sour
stomach. felt bloated all the time and
my head ached most of the time The
gas on my stomach after eating was al
most unbearable. My sleep was not as it
should have been and l felt tired and
worn out most of the time before | start
ed taking Tanlac.
II saw Tanlac advertised in the papers
and decided that would at least give it a
trial. And am certainly glad that did,
for | feel much better. The stomach
trouble has disappeared, my head aches
very seldom and have improved in every
way. no longer have spells of gas and
sour stomach and am able to eat lots and
enjoy everything l eat, for it is digested
Il am more than glad to recommend
Tanlac to anyone suffering from stomach
trouble of any kind, for it has helped me
very mucn ana am sure CnaC IL VIII do
the same for Others"
Mrs. Mason is Just like hundreds of
other Maine men and women. She has
been helped and she wants to tell others
so that they may obtain the same relief
that Tanlac gives
Tanlac is being specially introduced in
Belfast at-the City Drug Store. Tanlac
agents in nearby towns are: A. R. Pilley,
Brooks; Ames Co, Stockton Springs; l..
c. Dow & Co., Prospect.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-19
HAVING A GREAT ANCESTOR.
Il Would Be All Right if 30 Many Out.
sidsrs Didn't Butt In.


In the American Magazine Sid says:
"A man tackled me for a job the 9TH
er day. After enumerating his various
accomplishments he wound up with q
final claim that was intended to i'm
press me with his importance once and
for all. He said that he was direct
descendant Of Bishop Ump-te-ump, the
most learned man of his time in Eng
land. asked what time that was, and
he said that it was about 400 years
ago. told him that, allowing twenty
Ave years for each generation, he must
be the sixteenth descendant. No; not
the sixteenth he said, but the If
teenth.' All right said, call 1t the
fifteenth. Now, let's take sheet Of
paper and see what your credentials
really are. Let's see. You had one IA
Their and one mother, two grandfathers
and two grandmothers, four great
grandfathers and four great grand
mothers, eight Observation-Disclosures
and eight Observation-Disclosures,
and SO on
Carrying the multiplication back to
the fifteenth preceding generation, I
showed that at the time the bishop
lived my friend, the applicant, had ex-
actly 80, 76S ancestors. In other words,
the bishop was only one Of the 80, 76S
human beings who were his forbears
at that time.
"'You have mentioned the bishop.
But what about the other 32,767|
asked. 1T seems to me that ought to
hear something about them if I am to
Judge you by the good blood which you
say is In you. The bishop was all
right. You are lucky to have as much
of him in you as you have, But the
bishops stock has been considerably
watered. l don't believe he would rec
ognize you. What about the rest?'
That is the trouble with this hered-
ity game-if you carry it back very far
Old Mother Nature is wonderful lev
eler. She won't let geniuses or bone
heads breed in straight line. To the
weak she frequently gives child of
incredible talent-to keep the neighbors
from getting abusive. To the brilliant
and favored OF the earth she often pre-
sents choice piece of ivory in the
shape of dull son. Apparently the
idea is to carry the race forward to-
gether and not to play favorites.
Another feature Of the scheme is
that It keeps us all interested. Sur
prises abound on all sides. There is
no telling where the next giant is com
ing from"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-19
Eiau CoIors.

The colors of the United States flag are
the most common of all used by the ma
tons of the world, and of the three red
is the most often encountered. 1t is
found in nineteen out of twenty-five ma
tional flags, and in practically al OF
the European flags. The color as in
terpreted by heraldry means military
fortitude," and the selection as factor
in the flags Of Europe would seem well
chosen. Nor is it out Of place i'll our
flag, the trait being scattered all through
the country, though so charmingly mix.
ed with white, which means peace and
sincerity" that the harmony of the
colors of the flag has never been ques-
toned. Blue stands for loyalty and
truth" completing leading traits Of the
character OF the United States as a ma
tion.-Boston Transcript.