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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
Must Conserve Supply o.
Wheat, Hoover Urges

Washington, Aug. 1S.-De-
claring the United States and its
allies face wheat dificit of 4O0,-
100000 bushels unless new econ
omles are introduced. Herbert
Hoover tonight appealed again
to the American people to elimi.
nate waste and to conserve
wheat by substituting other
cereals. A saving OF one pound
of wheat flour a weak for every
person, he declared, would go
far toward solving entirely the
food question.
The allies" said Mr.. Hoover
in formal statement. "are iso-
lated from those markets, other
than Canada and the United
States, on which they were ac-
customed to rely before the war.
The Russian supply can not
not be got out. Bulgarian and
Romanian supplies are in the
hands of the central empires.
The voyage from Australia and
India is three times as long and
therefore requires three times as
many tons of shipping as is re-
qulred from North Atlantic
ports. There has been a large
failure in the South American
countries.
"All the allied countries are
vigorously administering and
economizing their food, but the
allies are unable to use other
cereals alone for bread, They
can use them only as added to
wheat flour to make the war
bread now in universal use in
all countries.
while this situation is one of
great difficulty and concern"
said thee food administrator, 1T
must be met, and met by elimi.
nation of waste and reduction
In wheat consumption and
proper substitution on the parl
OF the allied peoples and our
selves, in one word, by an ef-
fectlve administration of the
available supply"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
A New Hay
week.
Ansonian.

Wadcsboro Ansonian.
The writer was shown some
OF the new forage plant, teasinite
growing in a garden at the home
OF MIR. T. V. Howell of Peach.
land. 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 good
hay. 1t may be cut every two
weeks and the newspaper man
was convinced that ii is about
the fastest growing plant ever
seen in this section. 1t will not
mature farther north than Louis
lana, but grows fine hay here.
Two dozen hills will support one
cow if II grows as ii is now grow
ing in Mr.. Howell's garden.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
Huggins Is Busy Man

Home.
Carl Tucker of the Pageland
Journal, is so much like a wo-
man that he lust must have the
last word, even if he does start
the wrangle. Therefore the To-
cal editor of The Home is going
to take his little SAY" and then
print what Carl has been scrib-
bling off when news was scarce
and he had to have something to
fill UP with. The watermelons,
ETC., to which he refers are haul
ed to us and we don't even have
to go to the patch after them.
Furthermore, we are too busy
with important matters to spend
our time in watermelon patches,
among huckleberry bushes, ETC.,
and we don't have to drive in
low gear to get through the sand
and we can spend some time get
ting ready to fight the Germans
instead of exhaustlng our ener
gies slapping at mosquitoes.
Tucker must be full of the things
he 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
times wonder why people still
try to exist in a barren country
like Union county. We might
invite John Beasley, Zeb Green
and Luther Higgins 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 they are in a
fairly good place. In this case
ignorance is bliss"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
1t Is CANtonment

Having consulted the diCtion-
ary, we are prepared to an
nounce 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, but has long
been applied to an assemblage
of soldiers. Other information
cheerful!y furnished on appli-
cation. We strive TO please
Monroe Journal.
But we are oVer-ruled by
Funk & Wagnalls. who put the
accent on the can Wades-
boro Ansonian.
Yes, and by the New Inter
national rs well.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
America Must Win War By
Strong Army's Blows

Paris, Aug. l8.-Major. Cen
eral Pershing, the American
commander, told the Associated
Press today that the war can be
won only by hard and forcetul
blows delivered by a we'll train.
ed American army working in
conjunction with the allied
armies.
Deploring tine lukewarmness
ofthe American people in regard
TO the war General Pershlng
added:
Every man, woman and child
should support the administra-
ton in its determination to arm
and equip the American army
and to keep up lis morale and
that of the 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
OF what the war means. 1t can
be won only by striking hard
and forceful blows, not other
wise"
The general was very empha-
tic in the interview, which lasted
but few minutes.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
Forty Five-thousand Come !,
Camp jackson

Over $4,000 men will be :s-
sembled at Camp Jackson for
the National Army. From
South Carolina. North Carolir !.
Florida and Puerto Rico will
1928 soldiers as follows: Sout
Carolina, 10,0S1; North Carolina,
1924; Florida, 6,325; other plac-
es, 1898.
Maj Gen. Francis H. FrencI',
who will be in command It
Camp Jackson. was promoted
Tuesday from brlgadier general
to major general. General
French is native of Indiana
and was appointed from the Ho-
osier State to West Point, being
graduated from the military
academy in1S75. He was made
a second lieutenant in tue N1nt-
teenth Infantry and served OH
frontier duty in Colorado and
Texas until 1890. He saw serv-
ice in Puerto Rico and the
Philippines and in 1905 and 1906
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 Department Of
Dakota and of the Philippine
division. He was made a col
onel in 1911 and the following
year was assigned to the war
college. He was recently made
a brigadier general.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
German Gun O. Arouses Marsh.
vile Citizens

Nashville Home.
One of the biggest excitements
in the history of Marshville was
pulled off Friday night. Along
about ten o'clock a lombard
ment started up in the southern
part Of town that sounded like a
"A inch German Howitzer and
kept going with such regularity
that almost the entire population
OF the town was aroused, think
ing ii was a fire alarm. Auto
mobilists, 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. But when the hurrying
crowd rushed in sight of the
trouble big headlight resem-
bling an imaginary view of a Ger
man siege gun greeted the eager
spectators. The cannon roared
and thunder shook the ground.
The first thought was to aban
don the town at once and leave
ii to the mercy of the invading
enemy that seemed to be bonn
harding it for sure, but upon in.
vestigating it was ascertained
that a gasoline traction engine
was trying to wend its way
home and had become obstre
porous and was putting up a
back fire" with the cut-out open
that would make an ordinary
siege gun ashamed of itself.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
TO
SPEAK TOMORROW

Cheraw, Aug. l8.--Hon.
w. F. Stevenson, congress
man from this district, will
address the people Of Ches-
terfield county next Thursday
at the court houre at IL
clock and at Cheraw at
night. His subject will be
The War---It's Causes and
What it Requires OF Us. y
MIR. Stevenson is a forceful
and instructive speaker and
is always listened to with
pleasure and profit.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
Second Guard Division Will Be
Rushed Abroad

Washington, Aug. 1.-Two
army divisions instead of one,
comprising a total or at least
$4,000 men, probably will make
up the first contingent of the
National Guard to go to France.
Although no official confr
nation was obtainable, there
were evidences today that the
composite. Forty second Di-
vision," whose organization re.
Gently 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.
The commander of the Twen-
ty-Sixth is Maj. Gen. Clarence
Edwards, now acting as COM
of the Department of
the Northeast, and ii is presum-
ed he would go to Europe with
the division. The Forty second
is commanded by Maj. Gen. w.
A Mann,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22

a clever young wife didn't like
her husbands gong out even
ings so much and determined to
cure him by playing on his
vanity. When he came 10 order
his next pair of shoes, she per-
suaded him to buy a smaller size.
This she repeated until the poor
man was content to get out of
his shoes, when he reached
home.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22

A man was about to be cleo
.trocuted and the chaplain asked
him if he had any last wish he
would like to make. The con-
victed man had been a barber.
"YeS, SIR" replied the man.
lust one. | should like Just one
chance TO be allowed 10 shave
the district attorney"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22

rs Kansas actually as bone
dry as it is said to be?"
Bone dry!' replied the drum
mer who had just returned from
there. "Say, if you wink at a
soda clerk in that state and ask
for sasSaparilla; by gosh, you
get sassaparilla!"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
Democratic Leader Dies
Asheville

Ashville, Aug. l7.-John w.
Kern, former Uuited States SEN
ator from Indiana and majority
leader in the Senate, died here
tonight, death being due TO
uremic poisoning. The deceas-
ed was Sixty-seven years old.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
Agriculture to Be Taught in Five
Schools of This County.

Schools of This County.
AT the last session of the Gen
eral Assembly a bill providing
for the teaching of agriculture in
certain schools of the State was
passed and an appropriation of
$4,000 was made. Supervisor
J. A. Knight is awake to oppor-
tunity, and it now appears that
five schools in this county will
be formed into a group, in &C
cordance with the act, and that
a competent instructor will be
employed 10 give his whole
time to the five schools. The
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 $3.50, max
ing $3.50 from the live schools.
To this the State will add $3.50
Each school will be required 10
have a school farm of two acres
or more, so that actual demon
STATIONS may be made. -Tie
teacher will be employed for II
months, and will continue his
work right on through the sum
mer months when there is great.
er opportunity to teach the prac
tlcal side of farming. The school
farms are to be worked as nearly
as possible by the boys in the
agricultural class, and any pro.
ceeds from the farms above ex-
penses will go into the school
funds to be expended by the
trustees as they see fit.
MIR. Knight thinks that the fol-
lowing schools should constitute
this first group: Jefferson, Page,
land, Mt. Croghan, Ruby and
Shiloh. He is now at work TO
see what these schools will do.
The funds from the schools will
have to be raised by substitution
this year, as there are no county
school funds available. MIR.
Knight thinks the amount can
be easily raised in each school
district named above, but in case
one or two should fail 10 do SO
there are other schools that can
be substituted.
The agreement on the part of
the school is for a period Of three
years. The man to be employ.
ed gives his entire time to the
work, going perhaps to each
school for half a day twice each
week.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
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 largely attended,
but it was fairly representative.
1t was the unanimous sense of
the meeting that there is need
for better methods of county
financing.
Supervisor Knight explained
that the county is now in debt
to the amount of $4,000 and
that there is much road and
bridge work that needs attention.
Fifteen thousand of this was
incurred before Mr.. Knight
came into office, and the three
thousand IS for espenses of the
county since the tax collecting
season was over. 1t is said
that the back indebtness was
caused mainly by expenses in
Cured in rebuilding bridges
after the floods of July 1916.
However, there seems to have
been a deficit in the county fl.
nances year after year. The
county officials in maklig out
the annual budget for county
expenses for the incoming year
have almost invariably made it
for less than the actual expenses
were during the year. The
budget has been given to the
county delegation in the Legis.
lature and the tax levy fixed to
raise the amount.
By discussion it was brought
out in the meeting that the in
come for the ordinary county ex-
penses from taxes, fines and
licenses is appoximately$ $4,000
year. and that this is less than
the 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 thorough prob
ing into the financial conditions
and needs may be made, the
meeting authorized the super
VISOR tc appoint an advisory
committee to aid him in get
ting 10 the bottom of the trou
hle and in dIvising means TO
remedy it. This committee is
be composed of one man from
each township. 1t 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 levy for roads and
bridges is so small that very
little work can be done. He
proposes plan somewhat as
follows: The commutation tax
to be raised from two to three
dollars, and levy of four or
five mills be placed on all prop
erty in the county; that the funds
be used in the township where
paid to build roads; that squad
of hands be employed for regu
lar, allyear work in each town
ship; that the system of road
work by free labor be abolished.
MIR. Knight thinks that by this
method money for road work
NAV be had with no more tax on
the people than would be re.
qulred to pay Unrest on bonds.
"A resolution was passed by
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-08-22
Wheat, Oats and Rye: Making
Them Pay

With world wide food short
age and practical certainty that
the administration will be autho.
rized 10 fix a minimum price
for wheat of not less than 81 a
bushel, we are assured of high
grain prices for another year.
But high prices mean little un-
less we make good yields, and
we propose here briefly to dis
cuss some of the essential points
in getting these.
1. Wheat at 81 bushel or
better will pay handsomely in
the upper half of the Cotton Belt,
provided good varieties are used
on good soils, we'll prepared and
we'll fertilized. But don't forget
for one moment that wheat on
thin poor landwill usually mean
throwing the seed away. If such
land cannot be given a dressing g
of stable manure, supplemented
by 200 or 800 pounds per acre of
acid phosphate, the. sensible
thing to do will be to plant it to
some other than wheat.
.. The South's oat acreage
should be large this fall, because,
unlike wheat. the crop is suited
to wide range Of soil and eli
matte conditions. While OF
course oats do best on good land,
soils too thin and sandy for
wheat may make a paying oat
crop. Especially is this so if 200
or 800 pounds of acid phosphate
per acre is used at planting time
and Is to 100 pounds per
acre of nitrate of soda or sui
phate of ammonia as a top-dress-
ing in March. Perhaps the big
gest single reason the oat crop
IN the South is something un-
satisfactory is because of sowing
too late. Experiment station au-
thoritles and the best oat grow
ers are agreed that early fall
lantlng-September in the
upper South and October in the
lower-results, on an average,
in yields practically double
those obtained from spring plant
ings.
;. Abruzzi rye crop that
should be planted just as exten,
sively as the seed supply will
permit. Undoubtedly as the
fall. winter and spring grazing
crop it has no superior and few
equals. Planted between the
cotton rows in September, it
may, on a fair grade of land, be
depended upon to furnish graz
ing from December till March,
when ii may be plowed under to
increase the humus supply. 1t
is such an excellent crop that
we would like to see every
farmer in the Cotton Belt plant
at least a one-acre seed patch of
II this fall.-Progressive Farmer.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-15

Subject: Old Troopers Records.
Owing tt the fact that there has
been some discussion a sto the divers
positions held by the different individ-
uals in the service, 1 have looked up
the service record Of the different men
and find them to be as follows:
Major General Edwards, Colonel
Mace, Capt. Allen. First Lieut.. Jones,
Second Lieut.. Spicer. were on the 3 ga
10. rock brigade. These men were in
the front lines and were armed with
three and three-qqarter pound rocks.
They would fight any one even their
own men, if they stole their best
throwing rocks.
Colonel Allison, Major Freeman.
Capt. Davis, First Lieut.. Bradburn,
Second Lieut.. Zeke Mccall were on the
fence rail detail. They were in the
rear rank and were armed with fence
rails.
Capt. Bill Mccall, First Lieut.. Fow-
Ter, Second Lieut.. Ladson. were in the
scouting detail. They were to keep
the enemy in check and not allow
them to get into the line unless they
had the high sign. They fought with
their fists and their best fighting was
at street dances.
Snoot Blum was chief of the rams
horn, TOoter Case performed the duty
of footing the said rams horn. He al
ways blew the call to rocks and rails.
Dead Shot Crook. Squirrel Eye
Jones, kept the brigade in freshmeat
and game, assisted by the scout detail
when not on duty.
John L.. Jones. Home Mccall, and
Henry Scruggs were on the boat build
ers detail. They built boats by hew-
ing out logs to transport troops across
the Delaware.
First Lieut.. Pender, Second Lieut.
Robert McAbee were in the hospital
%feorDs. They were in General Bag.
wells brigade. 1t was their duty tc
inspect certain growth that came or
their upper lip and those of the new
troopers. It was for sanitary pur.
poses.
First Lieut. Egerton. Second Lieut.
--Squashhead Case were in the distill
ing detail. They kept the brigade in
fiery spirits. They were assisted BY
King James. Capt. Willis had charge
of the making of all the spirits. Car
Hardin and Joe Hoey Bennett served
tho shirts to the men on the firms
line in gourds for eye openers whe1
they had an early call to rocks an
Erails@
Sheriff Maxwell. was the reveuu,
officer whose duty it was to see tina
the distil1ers were never caught. Nos,
Neal was sentry for the distilting de
tail and was armed with a rock and {
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rail ASS p-rescribed in the old TROOPERS

rail as prescribed in the old troopers
regulation. To wit, per Par POOL.
Lieut.. Burgin assisted by his staff,
Billy Reese. Horse bite Smith and
Greasy Shipman and Dixie Club Nc
Crazy were on the Ambulance Corps
and it was their duty to haul the
wounded troopers from the line of bat
tie to the base hospital which was an
old Chestnut log near Hickory Nut
gap, with a yoke of oxens and a split
white oak sled, rough locked with
hickory withes.
Capt Head Whitmire assisted by
Hog Greer were detailed to raid the
enemy's corn field to procure Corn
.Cobs for pipes and many other uses.
Blackie Fowler was aid de camp to
General Belk. dex
It was found by delving into the
old troopers record that the following
men deserted at the below named time
and places. Legs English and Yad-
die Justus deserted at the battle of the
stills and hid in caves and ate the still
slop and drank the backing which was
poured out for the hogs and now they
are as fat as ground-hogs. Peck Will
liams, Zeke Orr and Chuckel Head Lott
and Hogeye Erwin also deserted and
were to be stoned and rallied at sun
: rise or as soon thereafter as they
got up.
Giggerdeir Brindle Collar Mess
Reese was on the mess detail and was
recommended for cooking "slum." This
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is a food made by passing a meagre
amount of beans throu a large amount
of water.
1t is good enough for soldiers but
for a meal it is Nix.
Pvt. Rolla v. Ladd after rendering
thirty seven years of distinguished
service was retired with the rank of
Private First Glass.
Pvt. Griffith and Belk have also rem
dered spectacular service but failed to
attract the attention Of General Bag
well and consequently have never
drifted into the lime-light as a military
wonder as our honored Capt. Head
Whitmire. :fslsEiA1N3I
Information received from the SER
vice records of the Old troopers, as
sisted by Lieut.. Colonel Drake.
BY order Of General G. w. Belk
ALLEN w, HAWKINS,
Approved by
Colonel o. T. B. Adjutant.
General Belk,
A D E &c H I K L M N o P @
RSTUVW x Y z.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-15
TEACHERS MEET NOV. "a.

The Henderson County Teachers
will hold it's regular month
" meeting November oath in the grad,
ed school building. The program vii
consist of an address on the Person
a1itv of the Teacher by Rev. K. w
Cawthon followed by a talk on AT
tendance" by Supt. G. ". Bradshaw
n a paper on "Punctuality" by Mrs
J. L. Redden.
The program will be interspersed
with music by the Tuxedo quartet.
J. o. BELL, President,
I GUSSIE DOTSON, Secretary.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-15
THREE SMITH BOYS MAKING
GOOD IN MILITARY LIFE.
Hon. and Mrs. W. A. Smith Have Three
sons in Service and Have Cause for
Great Pride in Their Success; Where
Stationed.

Hendersonville. N. c., Nov. IA, 1917,
Editor, Hustler.
Hendersonyille, N. c.
Dear SIR
The great number of inquiries about
nv boys conv'nces me that their many
friends would be pIeased to heal about
them through your paper, / there
fore, give you the following facts
Will is at Fort -Caswell, is well
pleased, is fond of the boys and is look.
ing after them to the extent that he IS
called Camp Comforter, and is said by
Some to be the most popular boy in the
company.
Walter is Master Engineer in the
18th Engineering Corps somewhere in
France. has been, made a member OF
the Regimental Staff, is we'll pleased
and delighted with the service.
Hubert is at Camp Jackson near CO.
1umbia. is second lieutenant, well
pleased, loves his work. is working
hard as is evidenced by the fact that
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-15

in the last regimental examinations,
he has made an average of 80 per cent,
equal to the best in the regiment. anu
IN his last examination made 80 per
cent. which exceeds the percent made
by anyone else in the regiment, in
GLIDING captains. He has been placed IN
front line for appointment as Regimen
tai Grenade Officer Instructor.
These things appeal strongly to my
paternaI and patriotic pride.
Yours truly,
= w. A. SMITH.