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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24
Second South Carolina Regi
ment Not Sent Home Now

Washington, Jan. 21.-More
than $4,000 National Guardsmen
now on the Mexican border
have been designated by Mai.
Gen. Funston for return home
and muster out of the federal
service, under the order issued
Yesterday by the war department.
All these organizations will be
started homeward as soon as
transportation facilities can be
provided. Their departure will
leave between $4,000 and $4,000
men of the guard still in the
federal service doing border pa
troll.
The guardmen designated for
return ard muster out include:
Louisiana; First battalion field
artillery, field hospital No. 1.
South Carolina: Troop A.,
cavalry, Company A. engineers,
field hospital company.
Tennessee: Ambulance COM
pany No. /. field hospital No. 1.
Arkansas: First infantry.
Kentucky; Sesbnd infantry,
North Carolina: Second infan-
try.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24

II met our new minister on
my way to Sunday school,
mamma" said Willie, "and he
asked me if I ever played mar
bles on Sunday"
What did you answer?" ask
ed mother.
II simply said: Get thee be-
hind me, Satan!' and walked off
and left him." was the triumph
ant response,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24
The Boil Weevil Reaches the
Atlantic Ocean

AuohSAC OCC0u
With a movement for 1916 un-
precedented in its extent, the
boil weevil has now established
itself along the shore of the At
lantic from the mouth of the
Savannah River southwark to
the Florida line, a distance of
some LIS miles. From the mouth
of the Savannah River, north by
northwest, the river is the east.
ern limit of infestation until
Richmond County, Ga, is
reached, where the line turns
more to the west, running dlago.
cally across north Georgia to
Floyd County, where it enters
northeast Alabama.
Two years ago, so far as is
known, not a boil weevil had
been found in Georgia; today
full four-fifths of the cotton.pro-
ducing area of the state is infest-
ed. During the same period
Alabama has become entirely
infested, as has a considerable
portion of Tennessee. and nearly
all of the cotton. producing areas
of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
For some unknown reason the
weevil during the past two years
has broken all records in the
extent of its migratory move
ment and new areas invaded.
, If its rate for the past two years
it kept up. two more years will
find South Carolina wholly GOV
cred, and five years will suffice
to put the weevil all over North
Carolina and we'll into the cot
ton-growing counties of south
east Virginia.
The outlook, while alarming,
is by no means hopeless, Cot.
ton has been and is being pro.
duced at a profit under boil wee
vii conditions. but in most cases
the fight has NOT been an easy
one. Farmers have failed and
mortgages have been foreclosed;
merchants and bankers have
gone down because.of crop fail
ures and bad collections.
But there have always been a
few farmers who have succeed
ed in spite of the weevil. and the
example of these has been fol-
lowed by others, with a gradual
return TO prosperous conditions.
Nearly all of Texas and Louisi.
ana are now in better condition
than before the weevil came,
and the only regret they have is
that a policy was not agreed on
by farmers and business men in
the beginning, and then adhered
to. Instead, there was much
floundering about, one man ad
vocating this and one that, with
out any sort of concerted effort.
Cotton will very probably
continue to be the main cash
crop of the South, despite the
boil weevil, but ii Wust be made
purely a surplus crop, after all
needed food and feed crops have
been grown, along with an
abundance of winter and sum
mer legumes to maintain and in
crease soil fertility. Following
such a policy has put many wee
vii ridden sections On their feet.
and every thinking farmer and
business man in newly invaded
territory should aim at a similar
policy in his own section.-Pro.
'gressive Farmer.
sMistah Gov'nah," the old
negress was pleading with the
chief executive OF a Southern
state, ives mighty po' dis win.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24
News and Views from Unions
Capital

The Monroe Creamery Associ-
alton is calling for more butter
fat. Thousands of pounds of
butter fat is wanted weekly and
the supply is short. See their
advertisement.
Again the Legislature is asked
to build a honiss for her
fallen women. Let it be built
and all the fallen women put in
it and then, by heck, send all
the fallen men to the chain
gang.
1t has been said that you can.
not make a man temperate by
legislation. Maybe you cannot
make him temperate lat heart"
bydegislation, but you can keep .
1t out of his stomach by legisla-
ton, b'gosh. .
The old Asa Faulk house near
Faulks church in Nashville
township was destroyed by fire
last Tuesday night. Mr.. ]. N.
Davis owned the place. The
house was one of the oldest in
the county. The. floor was
hewn and was about six inches
thick. The house was built of
logs dove tailed. and every log
was double pinned. The tim
bers were all of heart and the
fire was fierce one. Mr.. Davis
saved some of his household
goods. The loss is partially
covered by insurance.
Most of you know that the
Monroe Hardware Company is
a big buSHess, but the bigness
of IT is even astonishing to those
directly connected after care.
fully figuring. the number of
square feet of its several build
ings.
Their retail store fronts on
Franklin street south OF the
court house square and runs
back to Morgan alley, contain
ing in square feet of floor space
l1,545. Remodeling of this
building was recently completed
AN entirely new and up-to-
date front and a maple flooring
on tarred concrete foundation
entire length of the store, all of
which affords a modern effect.
The warehouses, buggy and
implement houses front on Nor.
gan Alley and on Hayne Street
for 24O feet and down Hindsor
Street about 100 feet. containing
in square feet 2S,92O.
This Company has Just COM
pleted modern two story office
building at the end and in be-
tween their Franklin Street store
and the Trust building which
has 24O0 square feet. Their of.
fices are complete in equipment
in everv detail. The Monroe
Hardware Company owns this
entire property, and as a whole
it is considered the most valu-
able business property in the
City.
The Monroe Hardware Com
pany also occupies exclusively
as wholesale place the four
story brick building OF ]. T.
Shute on Lafayette Street, and
this has total square feet $4,000,
making the immense total OF
62,665 square feet of door space
occupied by this enterprising
mercantile company.
Uncle Frank" asked Little
James, what is the difference
between cute and 'Sneaky'?"
According to your MOTHER"
reflected Uncle Frank, "it's the
difference between what you
do and what Mrs. Browns little
boy does"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24

Stella: "Oh Bella, how glad 1
am! | haven't seen you for ages!"
Bella: Hush! you will give US
both away"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24
The Country Editor

mo man works harder for his
town and neighborhood than
the editor of the country news
paper" says the Atlanta Geor-
gian. "T1e puts in more hours
and draws down less pay than
any man we know.
The biggest booster in the.
entire show is a bright, breezy,
aggressive, progressive, newspa-
per; but the subscription list will
hardly pay for the raw material.
IF you don't happen to like
what he SAYS about this, that or
the other matter, go around to
the office and have it out with
him; but stay in the game.
I'VE are not ALWAYS fair or
reasonable. We insist that the
editor whoop it up all the time.
whether we contribute a cent or
not.
I'VE expect him to give us a
free send-off everv now and then,
whether we deserve it or not.
IF we should steal a flock of
sheep. he must not mention the
fact, but if our neighbor does
some little thing he ought not,
why. he must be shown UP, or
we stop our paper and refuse to
pay the back subscription. So
there!
I'VE expect the editor to fight
our battles champion our causes,
boost our business, advertise our
families, cover up our deviltry,
for the splendid sum of two
cents d week. Some of us are
worse than that. as we do not
even subscribe for the paper, let
alone advertising our wares.o
The man who can't afford to
take his local paper can't afford
to exist, and the man who can't
afford to advertise can I afford to
remain in business, 5
mo man does as much for the
public, on as small pay. ais ne
editor of a country newspaper.
And ii is unreasonable to ex.
pect a live paper unless you sup
port it. If your paper IS no
good the chances are you. are
no good, and the thing for you
to do is quit dreaming. brace up,
ginger up, tumble up-any way
to get up.
start something, and the
surest way to that is to adver-
tise.
Use printers ink generously,
Systematically and persistently.
You owe it. to. yourself, your
business, your town and your
newspaper to load it down with
readable, truthful, attractive and
catchy ads.
mo man on earth comes
nearer giving value received for
every dollar paid him than the
local editor does.
People in general read the
advertisements just as eagerly as
they do the locals. and if they
fail to find your business adver.
tised, they conclude with good
reason, that you're falling down,
losing your grip, going to seed,
and people in general don't care
to do business with that kind of
a man.
what country towns need
more than all else is harmony,
unity, a policy of live and let
live to get together and stay to-
gether; to be less selfish, envious,
to broaden out a bit. to be busi-
ness friends-and your local pa
per is your best friend. :.
Life is too short a time, too
valuable to be harboring little
differences and knitting one an
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24

sMistah Gov'nah," the old
negress was pleading with the
chief executive OF a Southern
state, ives mighty po' dis win
tab, and Ali sho does wish you'd
pahdon NAH OF man. He's in
de pen'tentiary."
what was he put in for3'
asked the governor.
"Stead of workin' fo' 1t dat
good-fo'.nothin' nigger done
stole some bacon"
IF he is good for nothing
what do you want him back
for"
wal, yo' see, we's all out of
bacon ag'in,"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-01-24

"Uncle Frank" asked Little
James, what is the difference
between cute and 'sneaky'?"
According to your mother"
reflected Uncle Frank, "it'S the
difference between what you
do and what Mrs. Browns little
boy does"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23
KEEP YOUR fuULIhI
FREEFR0h DISEASE
Avoid Troubles Resulting From
Improper Housing and Feeding.
HAVE SICK BIRDS ISOLATED
Experiment Station Poultryman Gives
Timely Suggestions For Pre-
venting Loss From
Disease.

College Park, Nd. Oct. 1s.-with
the coming Of fall. most laying hens
will be kept In closer quarters as re-
suit Of which the danger Of the spread
Of disease Is much increased. In this
connection, Poultryman Roy H. Waite,
Of the Maryland Experiment Station,
says, There are hundreds OF diseases
and ailments that affect poultry. but
they can be divided into two general
classes.
First. Those caused by faulty man
Agement, improper feeding, poor hous-
Ing. neglect. etc.
Second. Those caused by an infec-
don which is passed from bird to bird
or from flock to flock.
While it is interesting to know the
name OF the disease, this is not so es-
sential before treatment is begun. II
Is hardly necessary even to know INTO
which two of the above classes the
disease falls, before treatment is be-
! gun. General treatment is very much
I the same for all disease There is
some doubt about many Of the specific
remedies recommended for disease
doing much more than ease the mind
of the poultry raisers. There are.
however, three things that should be
done in all cases.
A. Take the sick birds out OF the
flock and put them by themselves.
B. Remove the source Of infection
(even If the disease is not infectious.
no harm viii be done by following
these directions).
1. Destroy, by burying deeply or by
burning, all fowls that die Of the dis
ease
2. Prevent the birds from working
among or picking at the droppings
from the flock
8. See that the feed is eaten from
a clean place. If fed outdoors, change
the feeding place often. If fed inside.
It may be necessary to feed in troughs
or on boards which can be cleaned
readily.
4. If droppings from sick birds are
abnormal, go through the house and
yards often, collect such droppings
and destroy them.
5. If practicable. spray the floor
and feed troughs occasionally, with
some good disinfectant.
c. Give careful attention to care
and feeding:
/. See that there are no red mites
under the roosts or in the cracks
about the house. If any are found,
they may be exterminated by applying
kerosene oil at frequent intervals.
2. Provide good wholesome feed.
3. See that the birds have plenty OF
fresh air to breathe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23
Bulbs For indoors

College Park. Nd, Oct 1s.-varieties
of bulbs for growing indoors are
recommended by B, W. Anspon. OF the
Stale College of Agriculture. Prof.
Anspon says, Every garden lover
should have a few of these bulbs in
bloom during the winter These bulbs
are so easy to culture that with little
attention, everyone can have success.
Secure the bulbs now and plant them
in pots sufficiently large to aecommG
date them. They can be planted sing
" or number In pot. depending upon
the size Of the bulbs. Do not push the
bulb into the pot or soil, in so doing,
the soil is compacted under the bulb
and as the young roots form. they
have tendency, in such cases. to
force the bulb out of the pot. 1t is
best to partially fill the pot with soH
and then place the bulb on this and
hll in with more soil. Slightly firm
the soil over the bulb.
In hyacinths, the bulb should be
placed at least two inches from the
top of the pot Tulips can be shal.
lower After the bulbs have been
potted, place them outdoors in well
drained pjace: cover with a few
inches of sand, after first watering the
bulb and seeing that all pots are well
moistened. Leave outdoors until the
root system is well gormed. This in
sures good flowers. II generally takei
from eight to 10 weeks for the bulb 4
produce a good root system outdoor,
Bulbs can then be brought indoors,
gradually given more light and a high
er temperature. Where one does not
care to place the bulbs outdoors, they
can be kept in a cool cellar until
thoroughly rooted, when they can be
gradually brought into the light.
An easy method of growing Hya-
cinths is to secure hyacinth glasses,
Fill the jar with water up to the shoul-
der and place the bIlh in the jar. It is
well to add fresh water every 10 days:
placing piece of charcoal in the
glass will tend 10 keep the water
sweet Water should Just touch the
edge Of the bulb as shown in fiustra.
tion, Place in a cool, dark place until
roots are well formed. when they can
be brought into the living room. In
sho-t time. flower buds will open up.
giving a grand display.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23
WASTED TIME IN COURT.
How 1t Might Be Saved by Following
the English System.

the En9lish system.
Professor Higgins tells how waste Of
time is avoided in English courts and
suggests that the same practice ought
to be adopted in American courts. II
is done by leading questions" of
which the following is an example In
an action for personal injuries, where
the fact Of the injury is admitted, but
the n9Tli~cnt act denied
"YoUr ia ne IS I'm Doe, living at
so and so. You az a painter by trade,
and on May 1. 1914, you were on the
Strand opposite the law courts and
saw the accident when the plaintiff
was run over by the defendants bus,
and you helped to pick the plaintiff up
and carry him from the roadway"
To which the witness answers Yes. -
Now, in an American court the testi-
mony in that one question and answer
would have been the subject Of at
least eight distinct questions and eight
distinct answers, and in the hands Of
some lawyers this information would
not have been ELECTED short Of twenty
questions, as: "State your name to tie
jury" Where do you reside?" what
is your business?" where were you
on May /, 1914. at the hour OF so and
so?' State what accident you saw
there, IL any?" "What did you do
then?" And so on, and so on.
American courts are run in as lei
surely manner as If there was nothing
else on hand except the trial of the
particular case at bar, whereas usual
ly the court is weeks, often months,
and sometimes a year behind in Its
docket.-Kansas City Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23
AvERTED A TRAGEDY.
a Perilous Situation and the Way n
Was Maaterad

Was Mastered.
There Is a striking illustration In
Las Bueh fur ALE of the fact that It
Is not necessary to roam over the world
to find adventure. The German mer
cant OF the story found Il IN his own
peaceful house in the quiet town Of
his birth Il happened on bis daugh.
ter's Wedding day. about sixty years
ago The happy father was alternate
Is welcoming the guests aud hnstling
about attending u final details.
In one Of the halls he met a maid
carelessly carrying a lighted candle
without its holder He did not rebuke
her. MS she was not one OF the regular
servants. but had only been brought in
to help for the occasion. In a short
time she returned from the cellar her
arms full o. bottles, but with no can
die The absence Of the light sent a
sickenins thought sweeping over the
merchant Only the day before several
barrels Of gunpowder had been stored
in the cellar. and one Of them Ind been
opened in order to get sample for a
customer.
where is that candle?" he asked
her quickly, with his heart in his
mouth.
Il had my hands full and couldn't
bring 1t up" the maid answered.
where did you leave IT,"
81 stuck it In the black sand in the
open barrel" she explained
But the merchant had not waited tu
hear her out Into the hall aud down
the cellar sters he stumbled His
knees were shaking. his breath caught
in his throat; death already seemed 10
have its grip upon him
Just beneath the room in which tho
guests were assembled stood the fatal
barrel, the burning tallow candle M
right in the powder To his horror be
saw long piece Of burned out wick
sagging in the dish flame. II thai
spark should fall He made des
perate move toward the candle-anl
stopped. The slightest touch or breath
might shake that glowing bit Of wick
into the powder. He heard the sound
Of laughter from above and he trem-
bled. He stared at the light. power
less to move.
Suddenly the end Of the wick nodded.
and with It's movement the merchant
recovered from his momentary paraly-
sis. Cautiously he thrust both hands
toward the candle; then, with a sud
den squeeze. he smothered the wick
and fame in his grasp. Never relax
ing his hold, he carried the candle the
length Of the cellar; then he tainted
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23
The Doctor. Presentation.

or historical interest is the emblem
found On every prescription written by
a physician. consisting Of the letter r
With a thin line across the tail at an
acute angle According to historians. It
had its origin in the ancient custom Of
allowing the stars to dominate every
day incidents Of life, The Il thus mark
ed is said to have been the emblem used
by the ancients to designate the su.
premaey of Jupiter. Therefore it seems
probable that some chemist of ancient
days gave a prescription or a recipe to
some patient and wrote upon II the EN-.
biem Of the nlaaet then in the ascend
ancy. which happened to be Jupiter
This emblem has come down TO the
present time and is always used. IL
more modern sense 1t stands for
recipe, or an order or instruction to
take something. Literally construed
recipe means take" or take thou"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23

Putting words together is not writ
ing; making fine sentences is not writ
ing; celebrating striking plots is not
writing. OF all the arts literature Is
the most exacting mistress. To write
you must have lived. you must have
suffered and know JOY. you must be
able to analyze people, to understand
their motives. to love them.
Granted that you have learned some
thing Of the motives. the passions, the
sorrows that rack us humans, then yoh
must also have your medium In CON
troll Words are like little creatures
that march AM fight and sing. They
are like extra bands and brains. All
the passions wait on them. Until yoW
get this sense of the choiceness. the
fragility, the power of words. you are
not ready to transcribe your thoughts
American Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23
DANCING IN RoUMAMIA.
Peasants Mako Merry or Sunday to on
Their Joints Fer fonJay.

Peasants Make Merry on Sunday to on
Their Joints Fer honday.
The Roumsaian pensaiits have q say
ing that they must dance on suu atso
keep the cscak ont Of their homes ou
Monday Aiust Of the dances are al
the public houses dance halls unde
the blue sky. as it were-and young
and Old gather there. The old foils
spend the day with the tipplc. whiie
the young ones dance There is rcrg
little drinking on any other day Of the
week. and tipsy man except on sun
day IS seldom seen
Tie dances are organized by the boys
OF tie community They arrange for
the musi' provide the rcfFeshments
ard preside as masters of ceremony
Whcn thr elils reach a maffia-eable
age and have hccn su Efficiently instruct
ed IN ise h0u eiaid arts they are al
lowed to attend these dances as partic.
paHts She dances az tis. dance IS
the peasant way Of saying that a girl
has made her debut and is eligible for
matrimonial attentions.
Iue national dance OF Noumania Is a
sort Of cross between a jig and the
game Of Observation-Disclosures All the
dancers clasp hands and form ring
They then begin a stepping. swaylng
motion that never moves them out Of
their original tracks. and to the music
Of the gfpsy band they keep it up for
hours. st Louis Post Dispatch
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23

The opening Of Japan has brought
many new trades. but it has driven
others out Of existence. One handi-
craft which is making a long but a
losing fight is that Of making fude or
writing brushes. 1t might have been
expected to increase, seeing that edu-
cation is ten times as prevalent as in
the old days. but the steel pen and the
lead pencil are formidable competitors
and, with their vulgar efficiency, are
gradually making the use Of fude obso-
Iete. In the primary schools young
Japan is taught to WELD the brush,
but in the middle schools they care
but little for the elegance of the Chi
nese style Of writing, and the modern
steel pen is much in eyidence.-Japan
Society Bulletin.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-23
STORY OF a SONG.
Ben Bolt" and Its Author, Or. Thomas
Dunn English.

Dunn English.
or all the American songs none Is so
hauutingiy sweet as that beginning
Don't you remember sweet Alice. Ben
Bolt
Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown
Who wept with delight when you gave her
a smile
And trembled with fear at your frown7
DR. Thomas Dunn English. its au-
thor, contributed his poem to the New
York Mirror in 1913. 1t was a work
Of love written without compensation
to oblige the editor, y P. Willis. who
had recently undertaken to put the pa.
per on its feet
The poem bad pathetic lit that al
tracted no little attention. but its fame
did not come until later years In
1913 Nelson Kneass. an actor. adapted
the poem to an old German melody,
and the air captivated the American
people. Then the song crossed the wa
ter achieved an equally great success
in England and literally ran round the
world.
1t remained for George Du Maurier
to immortalize "Ben Bolt in the play
"Trilby," where the gentle victim Of
Syengal sings the air so sweetly to
Taffy the Laird and Little Billee.-
New York World.