Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DR. J. D. THOMAS Physician and Surgeon t . LORIS, S. C. H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at La? CONWAY, S ~ HAL L. BUCK, I * Fire Insurance Office Conway National Bank. Conway, - - - S. C. 1 s . \ * ; ' \ jt i y '.? t) y?t 1 r. b. Scarborough Attorney at Law, CONWAY. S. C. "> ' ~ LUMJUNG LAUNDRY. CONWAY. S. C.. Beginning July 1st. 1913 All persons must f,ake tickets'fc Iwork left hero Positively rt v , work .delivered until ticket i9 pr< sented. Laundry not called for ' 30 days will be sold for charges. JtD Q0 WAWi LUM5 JUNG * | - ?? ' I Wl! I !AM FIIGFNF KING. M I 1 ? Physician and Surgeon ^ Office in Piatt Drug Co. AYNQR,. - - - S. ( J. M. JOHNSON, tv QiyiL ENGINEER Marion, S C. i Railroad, City and Land Surveyinj and Drainage. Road-building ? Sewers Draughting aud Blue Printia ? . ' "'* rr.'? W C SINGLETON . ATTORNEY AT LAW r pM . ? J;. \\ ' ' Conway, S. C.i j Office up Stains Buck Building i' fl . , , . ^ 1 ? D A Spivey & Compan tOn "THE CORNER" * In PEOPLESNATIONAL BANK BL'L ) BondM Fire Life > And Other y ^INSURANCE. ? I). A. SIMVKV. W. n. K/Ni Hi ..., - . m CHAS. R. SCARBOROUGH, Complete Waterworks, Steam, Hotw? ter and Hot Air Heating Plant* H * INSTALLED ANYWHERE * H Only Plumbing and Heating goods ** Dk material of highest quality used. WkM Full line of Tub, Toilet, Lavatai Sink and other Bathroom Ac and repairs on hand at Bt Plumbing and HeatWP Hr * PUT WATER AND HEAT 1IN YOUR HOCS1 T. B. LEWIS, Atty. and Councellor at Law CONWAY, - - - S. C 4 o ? " HOW'S THIS. We offer One Hundred Dollars R< ward for any case of Catarrh that ca not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O, We, the undersigned, have know F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, an believe him perfectly honorable in a business transactions and financial 1 able to carry out any obligations mad I by his firm. National Bank of Commerce, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intci nally acting directly upon the bloo and'mucous surfaces of the systen Testimonials sent free. Price 7 cents per bottLe. Sold by all Druggis Take Hall's Family Pills for const: nation. J o I COLDS & LaGRIPPE 5 or 6 doses 666 will breal any case of Chills & Fever, Cold & LaGrippe; it acts on the live better than Calomel and does no Gripe or sicken* Price 25c. " LICE, MITES AND FLEAS ARE DEATH TO FOWL P This Triple Alliance Slaughtei More Hens and Chicks Than Does Disease. Clemson College, June 18.?I*i( mites, and flees. Here is a triple a liance that is more disastrous to po"V try stock than all the host of diseas . that chiton flesh is heir to. Th they are on the warpath now is e\ denced by the numerous requests f r help that the poultry husbandman Cleiuson College is receiving fro persons whose fowls are attacked 1 the blood-thirsty creatures. Yet pro er care and treatment will free low in a short time of the nuisapco. \ * .* , Th best reatment for lice' is grease fowls with 83 per, cer strength mercurial ointment (whic.h > poison.) Appl y a piece of ointmo the. size of a grain. Of wheat to t : flesh of the hen- at the rear part the body, covering a space of skin 11 larger than a silver ?juart??. Be car ' i' ful not to use too much ointment, b chusp if it i? applied freely the me cury will be absorged by the chicke; system and egg production will ceas q A piece of ointment the Size of grain of wheat is enough and not t much. For baby chicks that have head lii annoint the head with carboiftted va * eiir.e or apply the mereurial efntme very sparingly. A little grease ru bed on the chick's head and under t beak will kill all lice lodging the and prevent development of the li | eggs. This method is better th; dusting with insect powder. One a. plication of this poisonous grease good for one. month. Mites live in crevices of the roc ^ drop-board and nests in the day tir i> and attack fowls at night. They c ^ be seen in the morning and look li red bugs, as thev are filled with t ? blood of fowls attacked at nigl ,Mites are eradicated by painting spraying roosts and nests with t following mixture: kerosene, 1 gs loir; crude, carbolic acid, 1-2 pint; la 2 tablespoonfuls. Melt the lard a mix with the kerosene, add the ac and shake the mixture well. App this mito killer to quarters whc mites live, making application eve ? two weeks. A few aplications \v clean any henhouse. However, sor old poultry houses have so ma! cracks and crevices 'that tho soluti cannot reach the mites. In such case, cover the inside of the hou with burning paper"'or several thie norses of newspapers, using paste f this. . Then paint w^th kerosene mi ture. Where fleas infest, a poultry hour it is necessary to spyav a 5 per c< ? solution of zcnolcurrt, creloin, ere? or otlmr coal tar disinfectant. Thd oughly soak the dust and dirt whe tlie fleas live. This will kill them ai their young. . Then catch any fov tly.it have fleas on the side face a: under beak and anoint these plac with the 33 per cent, mercurial oir ment. Ono application of this oir ment will kill every flea and preve :<> more from attaching- themselves the bird. J o? n A window box is very attract! and satisfactory whore space is limit or where fowls destroy flower bee Make the box a foot wide and eig inches deep and in length to fit the 1 ^ cation. Fill with rich soil and s alyssum petunia, lobelia geraniums _ other flowering plants with a few 11 nasturtiums to drop over the fro edge. Some advantages of thinning fri 9, are that it maintains the vigor of tl trees, secures annual instead of alte nate crops, and makes fruit of ma> > mum size, color ond quality. n When the cutting season is ovc give the asparagus plantation a hca^ n application of manure. This aids ,d the development of a large root sy H tem and insures a good crop for tl y year. le Plant a row of cushaw. It is 01 finest winter squash, making delicioi pics and other palatable dishes. d "i. Sow salsofy^ parsnip and carr ** seed now for winfrov iikp. TVtr?v mnl ? their best growth in tho fallWhen celery plants are two inch r high, transplant them, to a distance I four inches in the seed bed to mal jj strong, stocky plants for fall setting r To insure a thick privet hedge, c | back three inches every time tl plants make six inches of growth. THE HORRY HERALD, I s fP^ FAniy .AH Inquiries on Farm Subj Through These Co M. W. WALL; Farm Dem. B? ??1 ? ... THE COW AND HER PRODI'CTI ll Clemson College Weekly Notes For cs Farmer and Dairyman. at ri- (Thes notes are prepared weekly or by the Dairy Division of Clemson of College, which will he glad to answer m any questions pertaining to dairying*) >y . n_ Cool milk immediately after milkrjs ing and keep it cool until consumed. . . Milk not only absorbs dirt hut odors ^ When barns are dirty one may expect js what is known as "eowy" milk. nt ue The dairman above all others must pf put into practice the principle that Pj. "cleanliness is next to godliness." e- j. " What succulent feed will your cows have next fal land winter? Plant some root crops now. ?c> a The Extension Division of Clemson oo College will supply Bulletin No. 8, "Fall and Winter Soiling crops," to all e, who write for it. is nt ! A r 1- - .1 1 <i; luriiu'i who uoes nov i ^e a sepals rubor loses a considerable part of his! he bu'lcrfiU, A separator provides the fe only method for gctjting all of it. ce an The biggest cows are not nfceessari1 i\ iIm' host. Poor milkers often pro* 1S : (luce large, handsome calves. Investi! gate quantity and quality of milk be>'"1 fore anything else. he J an j If you feed a cow only enough food to sustain her life, you cannot expect j her to give a profitable yield of milk. Remember always that feed is the only material the cow has for making Pe milk. il i ! !. // Handle the calf gently at all times. 111 treatment ruins an animal's 'J" disposition and disposition has more to do with milk flow than a great rc many people think. , j ry . .. 'j It does not pay a man to guess ,I**i about his row's production when it is J n; so easy to be sure. Keep a record' (>n sheet for the cows and have the milk' a tested for quality. The Babcock tests *s0 | plays no favorites. k-t ' ' . 'v ; or | T'r.e nan who does not bring his) x-j brain to his work cannot be a success-) ! fui dairyman. Thinking is a big pavt :e. of dairying ami that is one of tiic rca-; ;o! , ' ... ' , iiFour publ is! ? T II?L. E. On Two-Cent p it" I | r? The farmers of this nation are vitally interested t? in railroad rates and equity b0" ?wgiM i"cdu jmoacngfi and freight rates is especially irnec /Mp portant to the 1 ^ freight revenues' nl Some of the I states have a two cent passenger rate and whatever loss is incurred is recovlit ered through freight revenue. The jushe tlce of such a procedure was recently >r_ passed upon by the Supremo Court* r\_ ?* west Virginia and the decision is so far-reaching that we have asked Ij. E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western Railway whose road M' contested the case to briefly review the suit. Mr. Johnson said in part: in "Some ten years ago, passenger s- fares were fixed by the legislatures U r? n ? * - - - ? ,4V/ \y *. U ?UI liUlllUUI UL StlllGB cents a mile. As a basis for such economic legislation, no examination ljr was made of the cost of doing the LIS business so regulated, nor was any attention given to tho fact whether such a rate would yield to tho railway companies an adequate or any ?t net return upon the capital invested *e in conducting this class of business. "Such a law was passed in West Virginia in 1907. The Norfolk and ps Western Railway Company put the 0f rate into effect and maintained it for ke two years. Its accounting during these two years showed that two cents a mile per passenger barely paid the out-of-pocket cost and nothut jng was left to pay any return on he capital invested. It sought relief frdm the courts. Expert accountants tor .< ? . . - CONWAY, S. 0. | ier-s' ^eartmen^J ects Will Be Answered lumns. Address: Accent, Conway, S. C. Si " I*'.1'.;" ,i ' 1 , 'r sons why dairying' is so valuable. It makes men think. The cooperative creamery at Clemson College continues to grow rapidly rnose farmers who arc patrons of jt are getting the largest possible profits from their cows. i ? - , , t The dairy division is now busy helping farmers in many parts of the state with their silo-building. It is not yet too late to get help. Remember that silage is the most and best economical winter succulent food for cattle. ?o THE VITAL PROBLEM OF AGRICULTURE By Peter Radford. There Is no escaping the market problem and tho highest development of agriculture will not bo attained until it is solved, for a market is as necessary for the producer as land on which to grow his crop. Governmental and educational institutions have spent $1S0,000,000 in the United States during the past ten years for improving soil production and improving seeds and nlants. but very little attention and loss money has been given to the marketing side of agriculture. The problem Is a raonumontal one and ono which will never bo solved until it gets within the grasp of a gigantic organization where master' minds can concentrate the combined i experience and wisdom of tho age I upon it. It is a problem Which the farmers, merchants, bankers, editors and statesmen must unite in solving. The Fhrmers' Union stands for all there is In farming from, the most scientific methods of seed selection to tho most systematic and profitable plans of marketing, but does not believe in promoting one to the neglect of tho other. We consider the work of farm demonstrators valuable and we ask that governmental and commercial agencies seeking to help us, continue to give us their assistance and advice, but we believe that their influence should be extended to the marketing side of our farm problems also. Wo cannot hope to develop manufacturing by over-production of the factory; we cannot build up mercantile enterprises by the merchants load-1 ing their shelves with surplus goods and no more can w? develop agriculture by glutting the market with a surplus of products. Flan to have cauliflower in the fall garden. It does well at this season. 1C FORUM~[ Johnson 'assenger Rate* j I both the State and tho Railway Cora*! pany testified that tho claims of the railroad were sustained by the facts, j Two cents did not pay the cost of: carrying a passenger a mile. The j State, however, contended that the railroad was earning enough surplus on its state freight business to give a fair return upon the capital used in its passeuger as well as Us freight business. For the purposes of tho case, tho railroad did not deny this, but held to its contention that tho State could not segregate its passenger business for rate fixing without allowing a rate that would be sufficient to pay the cost of doing business and enough to give some return upon the capital invested in doing tho business regulated. This was the issue presented to the Supreme Court. Its decision responds to the judgment of tho fair-minded sentiment of the country. The Supreme Court says that, even though a railroad earns a surplus on a particular commodity by charging reasonable rates, that affords no reason for compelling it to haul another's person or property for less than cost. Tho surplus from a reasonable rate properly belongs to tho railway company. If the surplus is earned from an unreasonable rate then that rate should be reduced. The State may not even up by requiring the railroad to carry other traffic for nothing or for less than cost. The decision is a wholesome one and demonstrates that the ordinary rules of fair dealing apply to railway companies. The fact that one makes a surplus on his wheat crop would never be urged aft a reason for com* polling Mm to sell his cotton at less than cost. It would not satisfy the man who wanted bread to be told that its high price enabled the cotton manufacturer to got his raw product for less than cost In this case the court reaffirmed the homely maxim that each tub must stand upon Its own bottom/' . r FARMER MUST STRIVE FOR HUMUS IN SOU r\ i *? -- -- ueuuyeu vegetable Matter Saves Moisture and Makes Food Available for Plants , Clcmson College. Juno 21.?One of the important problems of the farm is to maintain a good supply of organic matter or humus in the soil. Humus wastes away in the cotton belt with comparative rapidity on account of the lohg season and frequent cultivation. It is harder for the cotton farmer to maintain a good supply than foi the corn belt farmer to maintain ar equally good supply. Organic matter works side by side with the farmer to help him accom plish what lie wishes to, The farmei wants to feed his crops so that the harvest will be bountiful. Humus pro vides just the kind of food crops wan and must have if they are to pros rpi 11 im^_ i . JJCI. nil' liiriuvr WUU1U HKC 10 comro the weather so that his crops may no suffer for lack of water, but he can not. However, by putting humus int< his soil and keeping it there he ca? store ui) the rainfall for future use Humus will receive the rain just as : sponge takes water and will supply i to ihe crops as they require moisture Humus in the soil tends to proven clods and crusts, which <To no goo< hut give much trouble and cost mucl in man, horse and implement labor. Plant's receive their food in a dis solved form. Humus can make soi foods soliiblo and hence available fo plants. ' Even the fertilizers tha farmers buy and put into the grouni are generally useless during dr; weather until organic matter in thi soil dissolves the material by the wa tor which it contains. There cannot he too much humu; in soils. If one-tenth of the soil i: humus, it is none too much. Ave rag" soil weighs about 150 tons to tin inch depth per acre or 1,000 tons U the nlow llnnih nor ncro Onr?-4 4 1 j ./v. i (4v i v viiv;-vchv,i of this amount is 100 tons, which i a good amount of humus por acre ti have in soils. The agronomy division of Clcmsoi College states that a crop of cowpea will furnish about one ton of veget able matter or humus. When onl ears are gathered,.the corn stover lei on an acre from a forty-bushel cro will weigh about a ton. Where cot ton makwes a bale to the acre, stalks leaves and burrs will weigh about ; ton. A good crop of oats, vvneat o rye will yield loss than a ton of strav to return to tho soil. These figure) give some idea of h<\w much humiu is added when certain crops are plow ed under. There is some organic matter ii nearly all soils, but it varies great l\ in quantity and in South Carolina i is especially lacking. Not a seasoi should pass in which a farmer doe! net add some humus to his soil. Prob ably the best and most effective method is by growing winter cove crops, including legumes, and turninj them under in spring and by grow in j summer legumes as companion crops This method will provide not only hu mus, but nitrogen as well. The agronomy division of Clemsoi College recommends for adding hu mus to the soil a cropping systen consisting of cotton, followed b> small grain and cowpeas , followed ly corn with cowpeas as a conipanioi crop. Keeping an adequate sunnlv of or ganic matter in the soil is as much o; a business proposition for the farm or as buying fertilizers. Large quantities of humus generally give large yields of crops. o .. M . . ? 1 1 1 " ' ^ > ?MM????? DARIUS The heigh of a horse raado Darius King of Persia, the six contending powers for the throne agreeing among themselves that the one whoso horse should neigh first Bhould possess the kingdom. This ancient method ol settling disputes among politicians could be revived with profit today. If our partisan factions and petty politicians could only settle their disputes by the nei^h of a horse, the bark of a dog or the bray of a donkey, it would be a great blessing and would give our citizens a better opportunity to pursue the vocations of industry free from political strife. Let those who pick political plums by raising rows and who flash swords dripping in the blood of industry understand that they cannot turn the public forum Into a political arena and by a claah of personal aspirations still hammer and stop the plow and that their quarrels must be settled n the back alleys of clTlllaatloa* ' 3?l . n TWHEp HAIRY-VETCH SEED j LESSENED BY WAS ' ' - ' ' ' * i Greater Part of Seed Used Comes from Germany and Russia NORMAL SUPPLY IS GREATLY CURTAILED v . 1 ; > Harvesting Method is Discussed in Newsy Letter by ^ 1 Agricultural Dept. . > (fcW > 'i ' ' " r The greater part of the hairy-vetch seed used in the United States has . been imported from Russia and Gei*k many, the annual importations inerea'*. sing from loss than 100,000 pounds ip \ 1906 to over 2,000.000 pounds in 1914. I On account of the conditions resulting _ from the European war only 179,000 -j pounds of seed wore imported betweeh j November 1, 1914 and May 15, 1915, and there seems to be little prospect t of more coming in before seeding time t this fall. This will result in only a small proportion of the normal supply t of hair-vetch being available for this I year's sowing. While the domestic h production of hairy-vetch seed has increased for a number of years it hah - not increased in proportion to the dell mand, and the price of the seed has r constantly advanced as its use has bet come more general, rl .Fanners. who have hairy-.vctjji growing are urged by the specialists. p of the department to save their "own ? | supply of seed this year so they may oe aoio to continue' the use of this s valuable crop. It is not to bo expect? ed, however, that prices higher than thos e of las year will be obtained, as ^ the high price of seed under normal 5 conditions in recent years has been 1 the^chief factor in limiting the use of s hairy vetch in the past. C> In harvesting the seed crop it should be cut with a mowing machine n when the oldest pods are fully ripe, s The wheels of the mower, as well as the horses, must not he allowed to y pass over the cut vetch as otherwise 't much of the seed will be shattered out p As the pods break open readily when - dry, the greates care should be taken in curing and handling to avoid Ei loss of seed. It can he threshed with i an ordinary grain thresher by lowerr ing the concaves sufficiently to avoid 5 cracking the seed. Yields of from three to ten bushels per acre of hairy - vetch seed may be expeced in addition to the rye or other grain with 1 which it is grown. A complete sepa; ration of the hairy vetch seed, from t rye or wheat, is best made by a use of \ a spiral separating machine known in > Ruropo as a "Schnectentrieur," - which is now manufacture^ Cor sale in ? this country. Kor local seeding, howi ever, a complete separation is not ncc? essary, and the desired proportions > of vetch and rye or wheat can be obtained by the use of an ordinary fanning mill.?Weekly News Letter . <1 ' j Nov; Weather Information. The relative humidity in the middle i of the day will hereafter be included > in the weather reports furnished daily , by the Weather Bureau to the news1 papers. At present observations of the relative humidity are taken at 8 o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock f in the evening, but at these times - Iho temperature is likely to be much - lower and the relative humidity much higher than in the middle of the day. An extra observation of the relative humidity will therefore be taken prob ably at 2 p. m. 1 his additional information is expected to be not only of general intrest to the public at large, but of practical value in certain branches of manufacturing. The humidity of the atmosphere plays, for example, i an importan part in cotton spinnnjng, i and in many textile mills it is neces sary to increase it by artificials mean3 1 An observation of the relative humid ity at 2 p. m. wi! indicate much more accurately the working conditions , than figures obtained at the beginning or end of the day. o To prolong the blooming season of sweet peas, do not allow any seed pods to form. Start the cultivator going as soon as possible after each rain in order to retain the moisture. Every city home should have a vegetable garden. It is not too late in the season to begin one now.