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I I * ' ; , ?' Wateh Label on Your Paper / \ I 1^ -V i "It I I 4ltt I iS Pe Dite on 'he La^,.,?8 ' .jgjif " ?-?* j^ui0tl 1J^4uUI? sdSM" ape t ? ?? ,. , _-? ? ESTABLISHED 1894 THE DILLON HERALD DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MORNING, JVLY 29, 1920. V0L- 2fl* 4a> . 1 % I??" Anmvioiv/! PAN' PUT POTATOES COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS. NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR . CORRESPONDENTS 4 News Items of Interest to Herald Re-oders Ebb and Flow of tlie Human Tide. Ellerby. .On Thursday evening, July 15th, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hayes entertained in honor of their son, Shelton, of West Texas, who is at home on a short vacation. The color scheme o pink and white was artistically carried out. Pink and white Japanese lanterns were hanging from the broau veranda and over the lawn. The liv^ ing room was gorgeously decorated in beautiful verbena of pink an. white. The guests were met at the door by Misses Elizabeth and Thelma Hayes. They were . then taken charge of by Mrs. u. j-.. toumKuam ? who ushered them to cozy corner in the vine clad porch where delicious punch was served by Mrs. John C Allen. Progressive conversation on the lawn was enjoyed until a late hour. Music on the piano and edison was rendered throughout the evening Block cream and cake in pink an. white was served. Mrs. Hayes w;i assisted in serving by Miss Annie Hayes and Mrs. Allen. The guests departed at a late hour, each voting Mrs. Hayes a charming hostess. Miss Thelma Hayes is home from a week end visit with Miss Marie Newton of Tatum. Little Miss Belle Dudley of Bennettsville is visiting relatives in community. Miss Nelle Clement of Honea Pa;! is spending awhile with Miss Isl. Coleman. Misses Marie and Vera Newton of Tatum are visiting Miss Tneinia Hayes. Mrs. Tracev E. Fore entertained on Wednesday afternoon, July 22, in .honor of her sister, Mrs. John L. Mc Kinnon of Washington, D. C. delightful program of music was rendered throughout the evening by Misses Marie and Vera Newton. Games of novelty were followed ur with interest by those guests who wished to join them. Delicious punch was served from a cozy nest of pink * # o f JFloydale. Miss Lalla Stuart of Coronaca who taught for the past two years in FJoydale school, has been on a visit to Mrs. J. H. Stackhouse and Miss Elizabeth Alford. Rev. and Mrs. G. K. Way are visiting at Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Floyd's. ; Miss Elizabeth Page visited the Misses Alford last week. Miss Elizabeth Alford is visiting at Proctorville. Mr. and Mrs. E. Rowland Roberts visited Mr. J. H. Stackhouse and family Sunday. Miss Maybelle McLaurin left Tuesday night on a western trip. She will be gone about three weeks. Miss Thelma Rowell of Mullins is visiting at her uncle J. M. Rowell. - ** * > * T TT Miss Lana Stuart ana :urs. j. n. Stackhouse visited Mrs. K. B. Hodges at Brownsville Saturday. Miss Minnie Spear of Waycross, Ga. visited her uncle Mr. Hayes last week. Miss Outz has accepted a position as stenographer for the Floyd Co. Miss Carrie Bryant is visiting friends in Orangeburg county. Misses Mannie Bryant and Eva Crosby spent Sunday at Lake View. Master Burke Hayes is visiting his aunt at Latta. o? Oak Grove. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Carmichael of 4 Norfolk, Va., spent several days re* cently at the home of the former's sister, Mrs. J. S. Fair. Mrs. Leslie McKinnon of Washingion, D. C., is visiting at the home of njr sister, Mrs. T. E. Fore. e Work on the new Methodist church is progressing nicely and it will no doubt soon be ready for occupancy. Work on the new school building is being temporarly held up on account of a lack of certain materials. Crops in this section seem to be the best best in years although the recent heavy rains have damaged the cotton in places. o TRAIN DEMOLISHES Al'TO. A n reoov rnnHotor W9Q fitrilpk bv a fast frieght at the Harrison street crossing Saturday night and completely demolished. The car was being driven by James Hamer, Jr. who was crossing the track where the section crew had made an excavation in replacing boards at the crossing. The front wheels of the car plunged into the hole between the tracks and stuck. The freight train was coming down the road and James and others made faithful efforts to get the car out of the hole, but were unsuccessful. Some one ran down the track and tried to flag the train, but it was too late when the engineer saw them. The jk car is a complete wreck. This is the second car Mr. Hamer has lost on the railroad. o Married at Laurinburg. Pee Dee Advocate. Mr. J. W. Miles, age 31 years of McColl, S. C., and Mrs. Flossie Powers, age 30 years, of Dillon, S. C. were married Wednesday afternoon at the court house in Laurinburg 'Squire S. W. Covington officiating in the presence of a few witnesses Both bride and bridegroom had been ' married before and having grown tired of their widowed decided t< make a match. 'Squire Covington pronounced them man and wife and they went their way rejoicing; and if is said that they were good lookint l couple.?The Exchange. I GAVE VP WEALTH FOR HARDING r Republicun Nominee's Wife Divorced First Husband and Married J Against Father's Wishes. Marion, 0., July 24?It's front the ] home folks and neighbors that one learns of the true character and per- 1 sonality of a candidate for the presi- t dency. And after spending a week in t Marion mingling with tL-1 folks who t have known Warren G. Harding all ( their lives, those who called him t j "Warren" and his wile "Florence," * without the slightest exaggeration of ' their familiarity with both, the visit- i ing correspondents encountered re- i miniscences on every side of struggle 1 ; of the Hardings, for in a small town I i most everybody knows all about most I i everybody else's trials and tribulai tions. The home folks talk frankiy i and sincerely and with an honesty in I their eyes that convinces the inquire i they would have made the same com- J 1 ment even if their most distinguish- i ed citizen were not a candidate for i the highest office in the land. .? The story really starts with the un- j | happy marriage of Florence Kling to i ! Peter Dewolf a railroad employe \ whose errant ways made life miser- |j able for Mrs. DeWolf. It was one of i those youthful marriages which never i , would have occurred in later years, j She bore the ordeal for many years.it but finally the dominating personal-jt I ity of old Amos Kling, her father, f persuaded her to obtain a divorce. The aged Mr. Kling is still spoken of < as a self-made man who made a big't business success and who felt tha 'j his daughter was worthy of a bettei jfi husband. And as did everybody else t j ..ho recognized in'Mrs. DeWolf a t I woman of extraordinary talents and . t 'lovable qualities. I When the separation came, Mr. t Kling was inclined to draw his daugh- f ter to his side and persuaded her to enjoy the fruits of his wealth?either in extended travel or an exalted eoIcial position. But Mrs. DeWolf fell in I love with Warren Harding. He was 8 .then a poor newspaper man strug- j t jgling for a foothold. Mr. Kling would j t (not listen to the idea of a marriage jl 'between his daughter and Warren j 1 Harding. He had higher aspirations; c land ambitions for her. But his daugh-Jl ' - -* 1 41? AKnrt^tnnl) ioc urhirh I r j ler siiuiuit'u me u|<|juiiuuii?g ? ...? ? ! her father seemed to see before her ? land married Warren Harding. Old Amos Kling didn't think young 1 I Harding would make good in the r ' world but Florence Harding thought 1 otherwise. She set to work beside her J husband with an earnestness and de- 1 termination which was her real self. 1 Instead of the comforts and luxuries c which her father might have giveu 1 her she took her place beside her 1 husband in the tiny newspaper office 1 and while he devoted himself to the ? editorial side, she organized the Circu- ' llation department. She fired news- ? boys and kept them on their toes all 1 the time. To this day there are bank- 1 ers and real estate and professional J men who owe their first knowledeg ot 1 salesmanship to the instructions giv- 1 en them as newsbodys by Florence 6 Harding. Indeed, there has been or- 1 ganized here a sort of Florence Har- 1 [ding alumni association, the members 1 j being the same newsboys who in their z youth sold the Marion Star for the f Hardings. f Slowly the Hardin couple forged . ahead but still the older Kling was j not reconciled to the choice of hisL daughter. He lived to see Warren L Harding elected lieutenant governor fc and then United States senator and|i did become reconciled to the mar-lc riage. For Warren Harding hadL "made good." after all. And many a|a 1 man and woman who remembers old j, I Amos Kling wishes he were alive to- j^ day to see Warren Harding, Iiepub-|t [lican candidate for the presidency and L jwith a good chance to be the chief! ^ ;executive of the nation. The charac-it Iter of the Senator and Mrs. Harding J [is such that nowhere in the town isj, Mherethe slightest mention of aL grievance. The Hardings are known as gener- ^ ous and kindly peopT^ whose suc cess has not gone to their heads, j ! whose hearts are still with their j friends and neighbors and whose lives I j have been a heroic struggle against ( odds of every kind but who in typi-1 j [can American fashion have won out j and stand unimpeachable before their|( neighbors and their friends?the best ] testimonial that can be offered in pub- J lie life, more persuasive than the j plaudits of orators, politicians, or the s '{flattery of party associates. ] '| o I .v.. ( U1LLU.> I;?I.UUVI?.tl*CJ ASKED TO HELP. Dillon County democrats are asked to contribute their part of the .i fund being raised throughout the nu| tion to carry the gospel of democracy jinto every state in the union during/' I the presidential campaign. Joe Sparks | of Columbia is state chairman and he : i6 asking each democrat in the state;' ['to contribute one dollar to the fund. State Executive Committeeman T. W. i Berry is at the head of the Dillon j County campaign and all amounts j sent to Mr. Berry will be forwarded s to state headquarters promptly. The . banks of the county are asked to s I licit contributions from those with i whom they come in contact, and the \ ' efforts of all loyal democrats in the raising of Dillon's quota will b?- high- ] [ lv appreciated. o ij L. Z. Hewitt was taken to Cumber- ' i land Hospital at Fayetteville Sunday > for an operation for abscess on the} t jaw by Capt. Z. Y. Gibson of the' I Rescue Workers. Capt. Gibson is op- < t ening a Rescue Home in Fayetteville : and will divide his time between Dillon and the North Carolina, city. TOBAC CO IS TOO | TOUGH FOB WORMS. Influence of August .Moon on Weed Blow to Pest, the Growers Say. Florence Daily Times. Tobacco planters may congratuate themselves over the fact that l.e full moon in August will not ar":ve until?the close of the month. By he same token, according to a the>ry, advanced by a local farmer, the obacco worms will be cheated out of 1 lot of square meals. The moon 'controls" a lot of things in the world iccording to various theories, includ ng ine naes, nsn, iuuuu?, <ji miaiu cinds, etc., and its phases have now >een found to have all to do with to acco worms. The June "crop" of tobacco worms s not much of a nuisance, it is stated >y this farmer. "The worms soon go nto the ground." It may be that the fune rains or something drives them nto seclusion. They die in the earth 1 t is assumed. The August crop, the tecond of the season, is capable of daying havoc with the growing weed.1 There remains the fact that when tojacco is well matured and the leaves, ire tough, the tobacco worm cannot 'chew," the tobacco literally speakng. This year's" crop, being late, would I >e susceptible to much damage from he August worms were it not for the ull moon's lateness. When the moon gets full the tobac:o fly which lays the eggs of the tojacco worm builds her nest; she is cept from laying on dark nights, poslibly having weak eyes. It is not un,il after the sun goes down that she jets busy, however, late as it is, the obafceo crop will be too tough for .lastication by the crawling pests by he time the August full moon gets, iround. ? ; o TOBACf X) (ilUnVEli.S. Doubtless you have receivel by now i letter explaining the purpose of he South Carolina Tobacco Associa-J ion and posters headed "Help the Tobacco Market." Inasmuch as some ?arts of this poster have been misunlerstood> we wish to make the folowing explanation in regard to the (art which refers to "Leaving Your doney in Your Local Bank.*' Some few people seem to consider, his to mean that unless the tobacco; noney is left in the local banks that i he banks will not have money to cash he tobacco checks given at the ware-' louses. Of course, everyone knows1 hat the banks have the usual amount f money necessary at this time of | he year and all those required by I he law as reserve fund. We all knew hat the banks are in good condition ind. will cash all checks presented. The point, however, is that the buyers in a number of cases, especially ocal buyers, are obliged to secure heir money front the banks in order o be able to give these checks. It tas been the custom heretofore for uost of the tobacco money to borrow;d in the north, but on account of the noney stringency the tobacco people tave not been able, as we understand, o negotiatiate loans as heretofore, ind are largely having to secure same orm the local banks. .\ow, the point s that unless the deposits in the ocal banks are made larger by the,1 armers leaving their moneys in the ocal banks, it will mean tnai mere vill be less money in the hands of he buyers, and, therefore, must nec-l cssarily mean lower prices. The To>acco Association is an organization >f farmers, business men, warebousenen, bunkers and professional men, ill working together to try to help the narket; and the officers having studed the situation deem this move necessary, and feel that the least the anners can do would be to co-operate >y leaving their money in the banks, >n deposit, say from thirty to sixty lays, and thereby we feel sure can ;reatly help in holding up the price of obacco. Their money .vill be perfecty safe in the bank, and by this move vill ultimately revert to their good. If there has been any misunder-> standing concerning this literature previously sent out in your couimun-j ty, will you please correct same and lo what you can to make the farmers md all other to understund? In the meanwhile, we should be in-' leed glad if you would solicit nieinaers for the Sot'Carolina Tobacco ( Association. Mr. Harkev and Mr. Lews, or one of these gentlemen will be! it your town at the earliest possible moment to help in the solititation. ; Pleaes give this your careful consid- j ?ration. Thanking you in advance, I am, Yours very truly, S. C. Tobacco Association, T. B. Young, Secretary. | U Dillonites Buy Airplane. Messrs. James Sprunt and Kenneth Behr left Saturday night for New i'ork and will return in an airplane which has been purchased by Mr. Sprunt and'Mr. Ed. McEachern. The plane will be used for commercial purposes. Mr. Behr is an experienced iviator, having been in the air service during the war. He was stationed at Camp Bragg near Kayetteville and nade several flights to Dillon. Tinplane carries two passengers in addition to the pilot. Messrs. Sprunt and Behr expect to leave New York one day this week and will make the trip to Dillon in about seven h^urs. They are hoping to make a noii-stop flight from the great metropolis to Dillon. / o / L. A. Tatum and son spent several Jays iu New York this week. L. F. Nance spent yesterday in St. Paul, N. C., on business. BACK AFTER 42 YEARS L (i. E. Driggers Surprises His Broth- T ers?From Boll Weevil Section _____ Pee Dee Advocate. G. E. Driggers, of Vivian. Louis- h iana, who has been away from Marl- P boro for 4 2 years, is visiting rela-jw tives here. He and his three bro- s< thers, Thad Driggers, Billy Driggers o and Tom Peele, had a family re- n union Tuesday at -Mr. Peele's, at the h mill village here, and ate dinner to-; J get her for the first time in fifty years h G. E. surprised his brothers by tl slipping in one day last week. They o had not heard from him in about n twenty years and had not seen him 8] in 42 years. He is now minus one o arm, one of his arms having been tl shot off about sixteen years ago. ;n Mr. Driggers is from a section that in has been infested with the boll wee-;s: vil for many years. He says they; are still trying to make tton, and j n succeed fairly well in dry years.; 2 Last year they made more than they .A * j 4 L !n iron** it Y\ Q i\ Koon I b COU1U guinci. i Ilia j cai u w^v.. , raining for several weeks when he si left and the weevils had practically j V destroyed the crop. He says no hu-;d man means has been discovered to;ii control them and the weather alone |C determines the damage they do. je o | CUBA BOLLS IX WEALTH. Whole Island ia Big Sugar Plantation.1 j Sugar, like shoes, we once took for granted. Now procuring enough for the preserving season may be a prob- ^ lem and sugar "speak easies" are not;s uncommon in lands where the supply I tj is rationed. |c. Writing to the National Geographic ,a Society, William Joseph Sho\valter;c says: |? "With a sugar production nearly ? doubled and prices more than quad-!a rupled since 1-912, one can readily see l( why Cuba is the world's El Dorado of e lb20, and why sugar is its king. ig "The imagination is almost over-i powered in attempting to comprehend c the vast of the island as it exists this q year. j s "The cane produced is of such tre-;j, mendous volume that a procession of e bull teams four abreast, reaching j, around the earth, would be required^ to move it. The crop would suffice to j r o ariiirt wall around the entirely two thousand miles of the island's [ coast-line as high as an ordinary. 0 dwelling house and thick enough for t a file of four men to walk abreast on v it. I e "The sugar extracted from this canej? would load a fleet of steamers reach- v iug from Havana to New York, within a ship for every mile of the twelve i j. hundred that stretch between the two c. ports. The great pyramid of Cheops, t before awe-inspiring proportions rail- v lions of people have stood and gazed c in open-mouthed amazement, remains!^, after five thousand years, unrivaled !g us a monumental pile; but Cuba's if,' sugar output this year would make e twc pyramids, each outbasing and overtopping Cheonp. 11( "The wealth the outgoing sugar i crop brings in is not less remarkable j ^ in its pVoportions. Four hundred dol- i tlars out of a single crop for every hu- a .mar, being who lives on the island?i j, a sum almost as great as the per cap- j( ita wealth produced by all the farms, I r all the factories, and all the mines of t the United States! "What wonder, then, that Cuba to- J e day is a land of gold and gems, richer than Midas ever was, converting Cro- g esus, by contrast, into a beggar! j |( "Sugar cane is grown by three classes of planters in Cuba. Perhaps tne major part of the crop is grown s i.. charo farmers, or 'colonas', as * they are called. The owners of tin- ^ sugar-mills furnish them with a giv-j en number of acres of land t0 plant < end give them an agreed share of the t sugar they produce. "The next class js composed of the ^ land-owning farmers, who grow their, own cane and have it ground on shares, atter the fashion of the rural j grist mill. The remainder of the cane ' isjgrowiv b> the owners of the mills , themselves. At some centrals the 'administration' cane as that grown un-'y del 'central' management is known, amounts to only 4 per cent, of the J total; at others it amounts to (j0 per cent. | "Even the share farmer, at pre-war I prices made money. According to | 'Cuba Before the World,' the official c handbook of the Republic at the Pan- fc ama-Pacific Exposition, when sugarjc was selling at 2.62 cents a pound, his'l share of the sugar brought him, on J the basis of twelve sacks to the acre. !1 a return of front $46 to $51 per acre, e The return of the planter owning his s i land was from $56 t0 $61 per acre.'A When one remembers that thg selling t [price of sugar is from four 10 six mmo, ;?vj high in 1920 as it was then, the; J sufcc- of the per acre income today is is | apparent. j* "How much net profit the cane- t grower reaps at 1920 prices is hard i to estimate, but that it is large will I appear when ?he methods of cane- 1 growing are stated. To begin with, afiter the first crop the planter does not c have to bother with seed-time for \ about ten years. The soil is so deep i and so fertile that one planting pro- i duces ten harvests. Neither does cul-i tivation bother him after the first season, for the blades that keeps the ^ weeds from competing with the next one. |~ J/Think of th(, profits that th>- Aiimt i jcah farmer would make out of corn t fit' he could get ten crops from one < planting, and did not have to plow j 'nine of them at all to keep down the ( weeds! I "Another item in the low cost of i producing sugar is the cheapness of ? the motive power. The cane is hauled It Vl'lUl uiwm.uui.i\i. I 'hree Meetings are Scheduled for Dillon County this and Xext Week. :1 Arrangements have been made to I old farmer's meetings at various t laces in the county this and next 1 eek. Prominent speakers have been i ecu red who will address the farmers I n the subject of warehousing and ' larketing. The first meetings will bp i eld at Latta and Dillon tomorrow, < uly 30th. The Latta meeting will be eld at 10 o'clock in the morning and j tie Dillon meeting will be held at 3 \ 'clock tomorrow afternoon. These 1 leetings are being held under the aupices of the South Carolina Division , f the American Cotton Association, . tie South Carolina Warehouse Com- | lissioner, the United States Depart- , lent of Agriculture and the Exten- ( ion Service of Clemson College. Monday, August the 2nd, the third; leeting will be held at Lake View at > ( :30 o'clock in the afternoon, won. .lien Johnstone, senator from New- J erry county, Hon. Geo. K. Laney,1 &nator from Chesterfield and Mr. J..! V. Sheely of Clemson College will . eliver addresses at each of the meet-1 igs. The farmers, bankers, mer-!1 hants and professional men are urg- j d to attend the meetings. i o >1LIX)X VOTERS 1 HE Alt CANDIDATES. I I1 .spirants for State Offices Spoke at' Dillon Tuesday. About 150 Dillon county voters eard the candidates for the several i late offices present their claims at he campaign meeting held at the ourt house Tuesday. Honors were j bout evenly divided and at the con-| lusion of the meeting one could not i ell which candidate had made the lost favorable impression. The| udience gave the candidates an at-1 Lntive and respectful hearing, and as ach speaker finished his talk he was iven liberal applause. The four candidates for railroad ommissioner spoke first. D. M. Mc-l laskill told of his record in Kerliaw county as treasurer and of what e would endeavor to accompusn u; lected. L. L. Moss of Richland stated; ii a few words why he should be j lected relating his experience as aj ailroad man. F. W. Shealy of Lexing011, incumbent, told of his labors on he commission and the trials of the! ffice for the past six years. He statedi hat due to federal control and the; iorn out condition of the railroad' quipment it had been impossible to i et the efficiency desired. D. L. Smith! rent for Mr. Shealy in a lively man-, er though his speech was of a very i igh order. He scored the present; unimissioner for not taking care of he cotton seed situation last spring( .hen the farmers were unable to get; ars in which > to make shipments. idj. Oen. W. W. Moore was the next I peakei. He fold of his untiring zeal; or the state guard and of the present; tutus of his office now as compared ! o what it was ten years* ago when hej ook charge of it. Capt. A. H. Marchar', of Orange-1 urg lollowed him in a clear cut, efective speech. He told of his service j broad and of his fitness for the lace of adjutant general. He served u the famous Wildcat division. He; ead an indorsement for the office by j he Orangeburg county convention. The candidates for lieutenant gov- j rnor aroused keen interest from the mil. Octavus Cohen was the first j .. ..i. ? l.ic nllnlt>(1 i p'-'UKfl. lie uviuivvi MIW dilutes to discussing one of his op-i onets, Mr. Maudlin. He brought from tie audience much laughter and many miles as he progressed with his witicisins. He believes in good roads and ducation. Wilson G. Harvey, followed Mr. i lohen. He told of the responsibility : d the office and of his experience as . business man which peculiarly fit- i td him for the place. Mr. O. K. Maudlin of Greenville was he next and last speaker. He told of us acts in the legislature in reply to barges made by Mr. Harvey and Mr. lohen. He replied to the charges, nude by his opponents in a very con-i ihcing and effective manner. o 1 .Near Serious Auto-Truck Collision. i mmberton Ilobesonian. A near serious automobile truck ollision occurred on North Elm St., iaturday afternoon when a Dodge ar driven by W. H. McLellan of towland and a Ford truck driven by erry McKellar, colored, collided. Mcvellar drove the truck which belonged to Mr. L. H. Caldwell, into Elm treet from Eighth street and Mr.( lcLellan was driving up north on Elm : he collosion occured just as the truck ntered Kim. Mr. jnci^iiaii s "b**v land was cut by parts of liis windhield and Lonzo Walker, colored, vho was in the car with him. suffered an ugly gash in his foreln-ad and >ther bruises about his face. McKelar was also cut oh the arms and lands. The front end of the truck was ompletely demolished and the Dodge vas also badly damaged, both being iut out of running commission as a* esult of the accident. o Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. liobinson spent .Vednesday in Fairmont, N. C. n ox-carts. The ox< n live from six to en months a year on the blades tripped from the harvested stalks, iml th0 remainder of the year on suculent guinea-grass. Think how prosperous would be the American fanner f he could have animal motive pow?r requiring not a pound of grain to I eed it!'' IX TOBACCO BARNS. Only Slight Alterations to Be Made. Clemson College July 15?In certain sections of the state, tobacco warehouses can be used to advantage is home potato storage houses, if certain temporary alterations are made. The fallowing instructions are furnished by the extension service horticulturists: Walls: The standard tobacco barn is generally constructed with one tight wall, therefore another wall should be built on the inside. This wall is constructed by placing 2x4 studding placed 18 to 24 inches apart against the outer walls, the walls to be as high as potatoes are to be stored, usually eight to ten feet. Storm sheathing is placed on the studding, and then building paper and ceiling. Rough ceiling may be mailed to th* studding and tar paper placed on instead of building paper and ceiling, Lhe tar paper being stripped or paneled with laths. These walls should h.1 /ilnood fio-htlv at tnn and hrrtfnm with pieceB of 2 x 4 blocked in between the studding so as to prevent circulation of air between the walls. This gives a dead air space. Flooring: The floor is placed three or four feet above th$ level of the ground on wooden or brick piles. Place 6x8 Inch sills on the foundation sills of the barn. Of these sills place 2x10 inch joist, 18 inches as the center. The floor is then built in sections three or four feet wide, those sections to be the length of the house inside, and so as to fit tight. The ' flooring is not nailed to the joist as the weight of the potatoes will hold > it in place. A matched floor is best, as this excludes moisture from the earthen floor of the barn. Ceiling: The ceiling may be made of cheap roofing paper tacked to the third or fourth tier poles, or rough ceiling laid across the tier poles and tar or roofing paper tacked on this rough ceiling. Ventilation: Twelve inch square holes should e cut in the floor for ventilatorsf one in each corner aaid one in th^ center. These are made so that they can be closed up tightly when the potatoes are cured. Ventilators of the same size should be cut in the ceiling and we made so that they can be closed from the inside. The ventilators in the foundation of the walls of the original tobacco barn will allow sufficient air to pass under the floor, out snouia oe ciosea up alter the potatoes are cured, and only opened when the house is ventilated. Doors: There should be an outer and an inner door, both of which should be constructed to exclude air. The upper half of the inner door should be of glass so as to afford light Heat: The flues can be used to cure the potatoes, the temperature being kept between 85 and 90 degrees during the curing period. If the flues are not used small coal, wood or oil heaters should be used. In the case of coal or wood heaters being used, a flue would have to be built. Care of material: During the season when the burn is being used for curing tobacco the special potato house flooring and ceiling are removed and stored in a drj place where it will not wafp. Estimated cost: The estimated cost is approximately $300. The above discussion has been based on the standard tobacco barn. The log constructed tobacco barn may be converted in some cases if discretion is used and the general rules for converting the standard house are carried out, plus a knowledge of proper storage. o Scholarship for Dillon. TKean It 11 rt/I f/t/1 an/I t V fniir free scholarships amounting to $305,03. have been awarded this year in South Carolina by the National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Association. At the tirst of the year this work began, and a total of $50,000, was allotted to this state for the education of ex service men, both races. These scholarship men are in nearly all schools in the state and in some far beyond its borders, studying in nearly all professions and callings. Monthly reports from the school back to the Columbia Y. M. C. A. office show that earneet work is being donc_ and gdod grades made by the most of the men. Clemson College has bad the largest number, and agriculture has been a favorite study. The remaining $19,000 is available through county committees for fall and spring terms 1920-21, but mu<U be awarded by the end of this calendar year. Counties which do not use their allotments by September will lose their amounts which will be distributed among active counties, unless nsstir.inee is civen it will be tuedt'd by October. Committees please take notice. There are only seven counties ? Abbeville, Allendale, Humbert, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Colleton, Horry ? show no awards to date. Thirty nine counties are actively using their alloUntents, and two have finished ? Oconee and Lee. These counties Hearing completion are Charleston, Clarendon, Florence, Creenville. (Ireenwood, Hampton, Kershaw Newberry, Spartanburg and t'niun. Information furnished from State V. M. C. A., E. E. Pendleton, State Supervisor, 14 22 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C. Anyone desiring further information should see Judge Joe Cabell Davis who has charge of the fund for Dillon county.