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Cotton may 60
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Col. W. G. Smith, State Warehouse
Commissioner, Advises
Farmers to Hold.
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? Col.
W. G. Smith, State warehouse
commissioner, has issued a letter 10
l the farmers of the State in which he
advises them not to rush their cotton
' to market but to take advantage of
the State warehouse system and hold
it for a better price. The commissioner
is convinced that the staple
will bring not less than .'10 cents.
In his letter Col. Smith declares
that there is plenty of money in the
banks and that the bankers will readifjto^oan
on State warehouse receipts,
and at reasonable rates of interest.
He says the year's cotton crop should
be marketed very slowly as to rush
cotton on the market as rapidly as it
i* gathered and ginned will lower the
price.
"Farmers should see to it that the
price of cotton is kept on a parity
with he price of oth. r agriculutral
products," save the letter. "Measured
by this standard, the market price
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besides, the manufacturecr can pay MO
cents a pound for cotton and still
make a fair and reasonable profit r-n
the manufactured goods."
The letter of Col. Smith follows in
full:
"The S'ate warehouse system is
now ready to store this year's crop of
cotton. Farmers should at once begin
to warehouse their cotton so as to
i protect themselves against every possible
loss. The first pickings (except
green and gin cut cotton) constitute (
i the best grades and should not be|
I sold on a declining market?a market,
1 glutted and depressed by the sale of |
'distress cotton.'
j "A government grader and stapler
is now located in the office of the i
, State warehouse commissioner and is|
I ) prepared to grade and staple all cot- j
f* ''ton placed on storage in any ware*y
house connected with the State warehouse
system. The custodian of any
warehouses will sample each bale as
i it is warehoused and can send the
; samples to the State warehouse commissioner,
the official grader and
stapler will do the rest. As soon a.'
j 100 bales or more are stored in any
i P.ifltf* U'llVPhnllaa a crvo/n'ol ~
I ..... w..vu.,v, I* up\Aia 1 VIBIl I ' '
sticb warehouse can be made. The
services Oi this expert cost the farmt
err nothing.
. "This year's cotton crop should b'.
; marketed very slowly?to rush cotton
j on the market as rapidly as it is
, gi thered and ginned will lower the
' pricey such a course i1: no longer a
r.ecea&ity. There is plenty of money
ir, U}.V banks and the bankers readily
ij loan on the State warehouse receipt
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and at reasonable rates of interest,
j Farmers should see to it that the
price of cotton is kept on a parity
L with the price of other agricultural
}' products. Measured by this standard |
the market price today should be ?>0|
cents and above, besides, the manufac
turer can pay .SO cents a pound for
cotton and still make a fair and rea
scnable profit on the manufactured
goods. The manufacturer sells good *.
I to be delivered in the future, he then
> buy-i from the broker or the speculaW
tor tne cotton out of which to manu
facture these goods sold and this cot
ton is bought for future delivery. This
closes the transaction so far as the
K manufacturer is concerned. The broRc
kor or the speculator, as soon as ne
R hrs entered into the agreement to
R furnish the cotton needed, begins at
B orce to bear the market so as to in
I crease his profits on the raw cotton
! f^old the manufactures. By rushing
i cotton for sale in excess of the mar
kft's immediate demand, the farmer
j, himself depresses the price, but by
fielding cotton until it is needed by
/ the consumer (the mill), the farmer
I can always get a fair price. This is
f, no now doctrine but the economic
verified by every farmer's ex|
p. rlence. Further, governmenm staI
ti sties Show that during the past 12
I months more cotton was consumed
I than was produced. The world's con
[ sumption was over 21,000,000 bales
I while the world's production was but
L 18.000.000 bales. Had there not beer
I? a large surplus handed down from th<
L 1014 crop there would have been ar
I actual shortage of 3|000,000 hales
I The government's estimate for th<
I If 17 crop shows that this will be *
I short crop. Three successive shor
Crops indicate that the surplus fron
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EXEMPTION BOARD
MAKING HEADWAY
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The local, exemption board called
fcr examination this week 300 more o.
the young men, registered for military
duty. , One hundred and f^fty o:
these were examined on Tuesday ane
the remainder . on Wednesday of this
week. The examinations were conducted
by ,the same physicians, Dr.
H. H. Burroughs, of the local exCmp
tion board, and Dr. J. A. Stone . of
Little River and Dr. A. D. Lewis ox
oi Tabor, N. C.
The first increment appeared early
on Tuesday morning, and the physicians
and their clerks were busy
through the day with the examinations.
The same story was repeated
ori Wednesday.
It is expected that the district exemption
board will exempt a number
of those who were not exempted by
the local board in the 466 examined
first; and it is to fill any gap caused
by this that this extra 300 men have i
been called and examined. Uo to
v ? ? 4Monday
of this week nothing had
been hoard from the district board
about the matter. <
timzTorfilTng
closes sept. 13th
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The time for filing the claims for
discharge will close on Sep. 13, 1917. ,
The claimant having so filed his {
claim has 10 days thereafter to file ,
pioper affidavits supporting his (
-'aim. The claim is no good without
the affidavits. ,
The claimant for exemption or dis- r
charge should be certain that his
grounds are sufficient to discharge
him and that the statements of his |
affidavits which give such grounds I 1
are true. The punishment for untrue
statements to the Local Board is
heavy and the claimant may be sure
that all the others who are to be called
for service are watching him close- .
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Horry County has a most excellent
reputation for loyalty, for willingness
to serve the country. The few delib- 1
erate attempts to dodge service by
those without excuse have been so
frowned upon by public opinion that
the Local Board expects little troub'e .
with this class in the future.
Local Board for Horry County
State of South Carolina
Conway, S. C.
ENEMYHASBROKEN
RUSSIAN RESISTANCE
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Germans Pressing Hard Aftei
Retreating Slavs Who Deserted
Comrades.
The Russian and Austro-Italian
cheaters continue to be the centers in
the great world war. On the former
Ac Russians are still retreating from
Riga and on the latter General Carle
ma's forces continue to meet with
success although meeting also with
stubborn resistance in the major secicn&?north
and northeast of Gori//<.
;nd along the Carso plateau.
With the Russian front broken over
a distance of about 45 miles between
Riga and Friedrichstadt, the province
o< Livonia is fast being overrun by
the Germans. Everywhere the enemy
is pressing the retreating Russians,
among whom the disaffection that per
mitted of the easy taking of Riga
daily becomes more apparent.
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NOTICE.
All persons are hereby forbidden to
harbor, feed or clothe, or give employ
ment to, my minor son, JESSE
DOYLE, now under sixteen ycarfc of
age.
Persons violating this notice will
act subject to'the requirements of'
law. B. K. DOYLE. I
RED No. 2, Allsbrook, S. C.
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The city of Riga was on fire at
many points when it was taken by
the German forces.
pjeceding crop* ?.nd the entire crop of
1! 1017 will have been consumed long
' before the close of this cotton trade
1 i year.
"The State warehouse commission"
cm* is anxious to be of service to the
farmers of South Carolina in the
' > handling, in the financing and in the
^marketing of this year's cotton crop.-1
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CONWAY; S dT THUB6jJA?7"
ANOTHER HORRY BOY
' HAS FINE POSITION
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Richard G. Session?, who fi r soni'
time in the past, has bce.nvfiHing
prffcitjon, with the Porter- Milita.Academy
in Charleston, South Caro
liiia, recently accepted a better position
with the Georgia Military College,
at Milledgeville, Ga., and has
already gone to that place to take up
his duties as Professor of Chemistry.
.'He is a son of Mr. W. J. Sessions.
CJc-sheriff of Horry County, and is f
graduate of one of our leading educational
institutions His friends ii.
this coun'y will be glad to learn oi
his promotion to a larger institution.
NEWMAXWELLCAR
LOST IN THE RIVER
Mr. Rufus Thompson last Saturday
evening, while driving into the Ferry
flat at Port Harrelson, on his way
home with a new Maxwell touring car
v/hich he had just purchased in
Georgetown, lost control of the driv
ing gears, so that the machine went
on and fell over into the river where
the water is said to be from fifteen to
thirty-five, feet in depth.
Mr. Thompson was in the machine
when it fell into the water and went
rlown with it. He succeeded in extricating
himself from the car and returning
to the surface in about three j
minutes, and was not hurt. Efforts
a-ere being made to get up the ma hine
and are said to have been sue- <
essful finally. He lost $55.00 that j
A-as in his pocket which was torn off. <
The car cost $745.00. i
MRS.TI.izir !
HAS PASSED AWAY:
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The wife of Mr. J. L. Dozier, who <
lad been in failing health for more i
than a year, suffered a stroke of par- ]
ilysis last Monday afternoon, and j
passed away very suddenly. The be- I
rcaved family have the sympathy of
many friends. Mr. Dozier is the
manager of the Conway Iron Works.
The deceased is survived by the
msband, Mr. J. L. Dozier, one daughter,
Mrs. E. L. Moore of Conway, and
hree sons, Messrs. Ralph Dozier, T.
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vhom were brought home by their 1
"other's sudden death.
DEATH OF CHILD
CAUSES SADNESS
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The sudden death of young Ansel
heng, eldest son of Mrs. Rocky Long,
^ i Hi in a short time after he was ta'ccn
with unconsciousness, last Satur1
\y morning, caused sadness among
die many friends of the family; and
.rostrated Mrs. Long, who is th<
videw of the late L. I). Long, Jr.
The cause of the death of the bo\
. as said to be Bright's disease of ar
u.ute nature, and with complications
The funeral tcok place Sunday afternoon
at Union Methodist church
near Toddville.
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All of the Tennessee troops, embracing
three regiments of infantry
and one of field artillery, have entrained
at Greenville, for Camp Sevier.
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HALF LAST SATURDAY.
The reason for only four pages
to-day is the fact that four pages
were mailed you last Saturday and
Monday, in order to give you ad-1
vance notice of the call fnr py. 1
amination of three hundred more
young men for service in the newnational
army.
Owing to the high cost of paper
which has continued to oppress the
newspapers all over the country
despite the efforts of the government
to control the trust; we find
. it impossible to issue the full*
eight pages in addition to the
Special Edition that we sent you
i Inst Sntntvlnv If nnn^v V?twl Unnn
cheap we would have mailed the
regular eight pages just the same
to-day.
If we had not mailed the four
pages on Saturday, the publication
of the names of the extra 800 registered
men would have been useless
in this issue, as they are being
examined the first of the week,
half of them on Tuesday and the
remainder on Wednesday.
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BE^TEMBKH 13, 1917.
AMERICAN VESSELS
SINKSIX U-BOATS
Washington, Sep. 11.?American
tstroyers are b'etteved to have sunk
Ix hostile submarines off the J coast
s *
)(' France, Sept; f>, while convoying .
fleet of merchantmen from the Unit
e<l States. \ :
Two of the merchant ships were
lost, but, it is reported without loss o1
life.
Meager reports to the navy department
today give a brief account of
the fight, transmitted from the American
tank steamer Westwego, one oi
the ships which survived the attack.
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TO TRUSTEES ANI) TEACHERS:
The newly adopted arithmetics and
Rill Readers are now in ^tock in Conway
and others including the Howell
Primer are in transit.
All schools are requested to use the
Howell Primer for first book in the
first grade and Heliburton's Primer
for the second book. The publishers
have offered to furnish a Teacher's
Manual to every teacher in whose
school the Howell Primer is used This
.Manual, which may be obtained from
Miss Richardson or from the Super
iatendent of Education, should be
studied by the Teacher before she begins
her year's work.
The County Boaid of Education]
recommends that the Practical
vY riting system be used unless the
teacher has already ta!:en the Palmer
and prefers to teach it.
A complete list of the qualified
teachers can not be found in the Superintendent's
office so we are asking
all teachers to send in their certificates
with first month's pay warrants
unless they are sure that their certificates
are registered. Please be i
sure that monthly report on back of j
pay warrant is properly filled out.
I hope that all of you have read
Gov. Mannnig's appeal to school officials
but his message is directed pri-1
marily to schools that have terms of
eight or nine months. Nearly all our
schools can be taught after cotton
picking is practically over and then
get through before the pupil6 are
needed in the fields next Spring. The
County Board of Education questions
the wisdom of beginning a school at a
time when practically all of the pujils
can't enroll during the first few
.eoeks of the term. Pupils coming
11 late in the term interferes seriousy
with daily and yearly program,
while the dropping off of attendance
does not at all demoralize the school.
If schools begin with less than twenty
five pupils for each teacher employed
it is very likely that the State Board
of Education will investigate before
giving State aid. Under the Rural
Graded Act all teachers must be employed
for the full term.
We are beginning our school work
this year under extremely adverse
circumstances. The school fniances
arc in a deplorable condition. Many
of our best schools have greatly overdrawn
their accounts, which total *
over $2,700.00. The settlement signed
by the Comptroller General and
the County officials, including the oxSuperintendent
of Education, shows
the general school fund of tho county
overdrawn about $7,700.00. According
to accounts found in Superintendent
of Education's office and to the
signed settlement it will take approx
(MA A f\f\ AA ? - A. il - l-#
imuiciy q?iu,iuu.uu to put uie individual
districts and the general school
fund of the county on a cash basis.
There are many claims awaiting
the approval of the County Superintendent
of Education, but the law
forbids such approvals unless there
are sufficient funds available to meet
payment of same.
The financial conditions under
which we find our schools are serious,
but we hope to make some arsangements
soon to tide us over temporarily
and later to formulate plans to
put our school system on a cash basis.
Respectfully,
M. J. BULLOCK,
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HORRY COUNTY FAIR.
The Fifth Annual Horry Fair wil
be held in Conway the THIRD WEEK
in November on TUESDAY, WED
NESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRI
1 ) A Y All indiiMif !i c< iKlfil ttniil
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tc a great fair. The Premium list !
now being prepared by the Count;
Agents, Misses Derham, Lewis, am
Mr. Davis. It will be ready fo
distribution in a few days.
Get your exhbiits ready and <1
>our bit for your Country. With you
1 cooperation we can make the Horr
, Fair the Best County Fair in Sout
i Carplina.
?Chas. R. Scarborough, Secy.
raid.
COURT WHL CONVENE
ON SEPTEMBER 24TH
The Jury commissioners last Friday
drew the petit jurors for the next
term of the court of General Sessions
which will convene here on Monday
September 24th, for the trial of crim
inal cases. Everybody is busy . with
the new army draft and either con
corned in it or deeply interested in it;
and it is hoped that this will not be
a very long term, and that the business
can be finished in a day or two
;it least. More than a hundred drafted
men will be in Conway to leave for
the camps on September 19th, and
just as great a lot on October 3rd.
Matters will be somewhat chotic at
the headquarters of the local board
until the hard work of the draft is
over.
The jury list for the 24th follows:
W. E. Marsh, Samson Fowler, F.
L. Cartrette, H. J. Sarvis, J- Walter
Johnson, F. E. Lee, J. R. Tucker, G.
K Murrell, S. A. Hughes, J. W. Cook
W. H. Reaves, W. Henry Bryant, S.
A. Gore, D. H. Patrick, James T. Gaskins,
W. P. Butler, C. N. Causey,
Moses McDowell, G. B. Shelly, W. B
Elliott, D. W. Grainger, P. Dillon Ger
raid, J. M. Tompkins, C. C. Gore, Jr.
U. G. Johnson, Joe F. Chestnut, Sam-j
vol Strickland. F. 1). Vnnrrhf .T C 1
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Dcrscy, E. P. James, W. A. Spivev
J. B. Page, J. W. Martin. B. H. Vc
ecu, John Doyle, J. H. Hacks.
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Not Yet Put to Rout.
Although the Russians have fallen
back with great speed all along the
line, it seems evident that they have
not been put to rout and that the loyal '
troops are fighting splendid rear
guard actions.
An added menace to the situation
of the Russians is contained in a repcrt
that a German fleet is maneuver
ing at the entrance of the Gulf of Fin
land.
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PROGRAM OF ANNUAL
MEETING OF W. M. U.
Of Waccamaw and Carolina Associations.
Union Valley Church, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Sep.. 25th and 2Gth, 1917.
Tuesday A. M., 10 o'clock*
Devotional?Rev. D. L. Hill.
Words of welcome from local society.
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Words of appreciation, Mrs. Sudic
Richardson.
Enrollment of delegates.
Sunorintendent's rrnnrt
Recognition of visitors.
Reading of Associational Policy.
Caring for the old soldiers of the
cross*?Mrs. A. E. Goldfinch.
Business.
Noontide devotional?Miss Mary
Adams.
Message from State President.
Tuesday Afternoon?Young Peoples'
Service.
| Devotional?Miss Annie Derham.
Report of Y. \V. A.'s.
Some girls we know.
I The girl who doesn't knew?Low
'shall we teach her??Miss Essie)
Derham.
i The girl who doesn't come?how
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I shall we draw her??Miss Hlanton.
The girl who prays?how shall \Vo
multiply her??Miss Mary Adams.
The college girl?how si.all we use
her??Miss Lucy Spivcy.
Some G. A. Methods?Mrs. C. H.
Snider.
Some R. A. Methods?Mrs. D. L.
Hill.
Report on Literature?Miss Maude |
Moore.
Report on Personal Service?Mis
Colman Worley.
Tuesday Evening.
Devotional?'-Rev. D. L. Hewitt.
The Training School's call for me?(
Miss Li la Watson.
Lasting Foundations?Mrs. C. H.
I Snider.
* Unto the Uttermost Part, Memorial,
to Miss Lula Whilden?Mrs, J. D.
Chapman.
Offering to this Memorial.
Solo?Mrs. Geo. L. Marsh.
Dismissed.
Wednesday Morning?Sunbeam Service..
i Devotional?Mrs, Geo. I,. Marsh.
Message from Mrs. Hatcher.
Exercise by local band.
Discussion of Methods?Miss Mary
Adams and Miss Annie Derham.
y Surveying t ie Future?Mrs. Fizer.
rl Report on Margaret Fund?Miss
r Pearle Tyler.
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jvepon on mission oiruy?miss ijic
la Watson.
1 Report of Nomination Committee,
y Resolutions.
\ Msesape from Mrs. J. I). Chapman,
Adjournment.
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NO. 21.
HOW FARMERS BEGIN
JOR WHEAT ANO RYE
Here is Information That is Important
for Ev^ry Wheat
Grower. x"%.. , .
Washington, 1). C.?Special care to
p ace the soil in good condition in
preparation for planting wheat and
rye will go a long way, says the
United States Department of Agriculture,
toward assuring tne production
of the bumper crops of those
grains which the Departmnet hopes to
see harvested next year.
If winter grains are to be grown on
land devoted to similar grains during
tkr. ...... it. . I .1 _1 1.1
li.v jseiif>uu, inr uum snuuiu
be plowed as soon as the old crops are
removed and occasionally surface cultivated
to kill weeds until planting
time. The plowing should be to a
depth of about 7 inches. Just before
planting time the land should be harrowed
if fairly moist and free from
weeds otherwise it should be disked
and harrowed.
Wheat and rye may follow practically
any crop which may be got out
of the way in time. Where a choice
ia possible, however, it is better lo
have these grains follow a cultivated
crop, preferably a leguminous crop
uch as soy or other beans, or cowpeas.
To have them follow corn is r
common practice in parts of the corn
belt. In the South they may follow
cotton ar.d in the northern Great
Plains region, the sorghums. In some
Mictions farmers find it a good plan
to follow potatoes with wheat or rye.
If the wheat and rye follow a cultivated
crop which has been kept free
from weeds, it is best not to plow the
land. The land may simply be disked
ar.d harrowed, harrowing to be performed
again just before seeding.
Under all conditions drilling is preferable
to broadcasting as a method of
planting, and if the farmer has no
drill of his own, it will be worth w*hile
for him, in most cases, to rentonc.
When a drill is used less seed is re
quired, the seed are covered better and
may be planted in contact with moist
soil, and a more even stand is obtained.
Fertilier is used on many wheat
farms east of central Kansas and Nebraska,
but is used less frequently in
the region to the west. Fertilizer is
not generally used in growing rye.
In growing wheat where fertilizer is
used acid phosphate is considered of
chief importance. Under present conditions
it will hardly pay the farmer
to use potash. From 200 to 350
pounds of phosphate to the acre is the
usual rate. It is best applied through
lie drill at planting time.
Lime should be used on land on
which wheat is to be grown if acid
conditions prevail. The lime or ground
limestone may he applied at the rate
of 1,000 to 4,000 pounds to the acre
with a lime spreader or drill, two or
three weeks before planting time.
PRICES FOR MEAT
NOT TO BE FIXED
Washington.?Price fixing for meat
,.nd dairy products has no place in the
government's food control plans. Herbert
Hoover, the food administrator
today told the National Live Stock
Conference. Not only would it he inadvisable
to constitute price fixing
in these industries, he declared, but
the food administration has been gp'en
no such power.
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CONSPIRACY TO UPSET
WAR PLANS REVEALED
Washington. ? Numerous indictments
for conspiracy to thwart the
j government's war plans and tie its
hands in many ways appear to be in
prospect as a result of Wednesday's
nationwide raids of Industrial Workers
of the World's offices by department
of justice agents.
Evidence is fast accumulating fo
support the belief that a gigantic con
spiracy has existed for some time
mist, to rrinnle the irovernmont in car
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vying on the war. that its ramifica.iorts
have extended into virtually
every State and that numerous antiwar
activities which appeared to
. emanate from many sources in reality
had their fountain head in a sialic
group of conspirators.