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SOW BERMUDA GRASS FOR BEST PASTURAGE ? Plant Once Considered a Weed Now Recognized as Best Pasture Grass. J I ^ Clemson College, July 5.?No South Carolina farmer who has or hopes to have cattlo and heps and who has no good pasturage for them should let the summer pass without sowing Bermuda grass for permanent pasturage. This plant, long considered as only a weed, is now coming into its own in all the Southern states and is being recognized us perhaps Die best pas^ ture grass for the South. Bermuda grass, like all other plants will grow best when treated best. The better the land on which it sown, the quicker wil1 it establish a sod and the more luxuriantly will it grow. Some one has defined a Southern, pasture as "a place with a fence around it win re grass won't grow." This is c not the kind of place in which to sow * Bermuda grass. Spring is the best season of the year for sowing Bermuda, as it is resistant to heat, draught and trampling of live stock, but is very suscep1 A tib^i to frost, it should, therefore, fcT be well established before frost. Howf ever, good results can be obtained in this state under favorable condintons u S bv Sftwiiii' now nnd it rs hotter for a man to sow Bermuda now than not at all. if he is in need of pasturage. Clem son College doern't recommend the sowing of Bermuda seed. It is expensive and is generally difficult to establish a good sod from the seed. Use either the roots or pieces of Bermuda sod. The roots may be bought fiv/m seed houses. * There are two common ways of sowing. One is to broadcast the roots and then harrow them :n. The other way is to sow in furrows two to three feet apart dropping the roots about to IS inches apart in the furrow. After the root cuttings are dropped, they should be covered with soil. One of the best pastures for South Carolina is made by sowing Bermuda grass in spring or early summer and sowing burr clover in the Bermuda in early 'tall. Ainde from its value as a pasture grass, Bermuda is valuable for sowing on steep hillsides and gullies to prevent soil from washing;. It makes a trucK, poweriui sod, .wrncn serves 10 hold the fertility in land. * * o FISH BY THOUSANDS FOR PEE DEE RIVERS AND LAKES Through the influence of Congressman Rugsdale, a shipment of more than fifty thousand fish was received in Muffins Saturday June 12, from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries, Washington. The fish were consigned to half a dozen individuals of this place for the purpose * . . of stocking the rivers and private lakes near Mullins. Mr. Uagsrialc is to be commended upon having secured a million shad for distribution in the waters throughout his district. This is the number which has been distributed within the past two weeks. ^ Mr. Ragsdale will no doubt press the stocking of our streams from year to vear. until thev have been fullv Jk stocked ,and there is no doubt but ' that this will moan a great deal to the i people who have private lakes and who live near the river, ff All of the consignments of fish L came here directly from Edenton Stay tion on the Albermarle Sound, North Carolina.?Mull'ms Enterprise. Constipation Causes Most Ills. Accumulated waste in your thirty fq "* ' bowels causes absorption of p.a!no3, tends to produce fevers, upS dqjgestion. You belch gas, feel s, j/jl, irritable, almost cranky. It jfM'-ou?it's your condition. Elimia r^'fuffiis poisonous waste by taking mitiii two I^r< King's New Life Pills Enjoy a full, free bowel I *U|U ent in the morning?you feel so eo'i ^et an original bottle eonr " 36 pills, from your Druggist jB9M V f?r 25c.?adv. ' <?D ? Your Cough Can be Stopped. Using care to avoid draughts, exposure, sudden changes, and taking a treatment of Dr. King's New Discovery, will positively relieve, and in time * will surely rid you, of your Cough. The first dose soothes the irritation, checks your Cough, which stops in a short time. Dr. King's New Discovery has been used successfully for 45 years and is guaranteed to cure you. Money back if it fails. Get a bottle from your Druggist; it costs only a little and will help you so much.?adv ' COLDS&JLaGRIPPE R or 6 doses 660 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. Price 25c. i t PEOPLE ANXIOUS FOR IMPROVEMENTS Shown by Following Report of Home Demonstration Work by Miss Derham. In order that those interested in the Home Demonstration work in Horrv ^ may gain some idea of the work done since March S, 1915, 1 am making out out a brief report showing what has been done. 1 have found many people interested and anxious to improve home and community conditions. ' Many of our women are planning not onlny to can all surplus nuit and vegetables but to make and use a lire less cocker in the home. The work done by members of the canning club has I I been excellent. Number of days engaged in work 9G Number of clubs organized 19 ' Number of canning clubs 10 ( f Number of poultry clubs 4 Number of bread clubs "? Number of members in canning club ' 40 < Number of members in poultry j ( club 33 < Number of members in bread club 18 Number of club meetings hehl. . 10 Number of community meetings held 14 ' Number of demonstrations given.?! ( Number of club p-ardons visited. 4b } Number talks on work-public. ..18 * Number letters writt en 517 Number miles traveled by railll84 Number miles t-aveMed bv tearp.948 , % Number mile ' travelled in a!! .2182 i Respectfully Submitted. ( A r\ N i \. D11 UK A In I. Conway, S. C., June 28, 1915. ( 0 ? T* I uii Ii.l J I M'. Wl- Ij v 11.' / >. ! t j f Agricultural and Commercial Prcs?, Service) it is interesting to watch the forces | of civilization battling lor supremacy. I The struggle now going on between the j i rubber and the iron tire promises to ( be the liveliest contest of Uio Twentieth Century. The struggle is a silont -one and there are no war correspondents to write vivid descriptions of the conflict but the results are more farreaching to present and future gen orations than the war of Europe. The rubber tire has been maneuvering for point of attack for several years and has captured a few unimportant positions in traffic, but it has now pitched a decisive battle with its iron competitor by hurling a million "jitneys" at the street railways and the battle is raging from ocean to ocean. Upon the result of the struggle depends the future of the rubber tire. If it is compelled to retreat, its doom is scaled, but if it wins the battle it will revolutionize the transportation methods of this nation, jj It, the rubber tire conquers the j street traffic its next struggle is with j the railroads of the country, and then ! the greatest battle between economic j forces ever fought out on the face j of this earth is on, for iron is the un- j| disputed master in transportation, and j is fortified behind billions of dollars, i and millions of men. fil pnhonunn <1,/. ~ *1 *" I ^vvji/*iVyI4kJV/U U|i}MIUU 111U filCUi llV U L to an iron rail in 1814, but it was 18G9 before the golden spike was driven at Promontory Point, which bound t the country together with bands ot steel. It took the iron tire fifty-live 8 years to creep from ocean to oce.au. but the rubber tire while warm from the creative mind of the inventive genius sped across the continent lilke an arrow shot from the bow of Ulysses. The roadbed was already prepared and therein lies the power of the rubber tire over that of iron, for government builds and maintains the public Jiigh way. But iron is a stubborn metal and it has mastered every wheel that turns; has fought battles with every element above and beneath the earth And has never tasted the wormwood of defeat, and when rubber hurls its full force against this monarch of tin? MUieral Kingdom, it may rebound to the factory stunned beyond recovery. The rubber tire llrst made its appearance on the bicycle, but it proved ! a frivolous servant and was dismissed | for incompetency. It has always been too much inclined to revel in luxury to be taken seriously as a utility machine and its reputation is not one to inspire confidence in heavy traffic performance. But to those who care to waft into dreamland, it is enchanting to note that there will bo a marvelous differ ence between a rubber and an iron age. The rubber tire will scatter the cities throughout the valleys for with transportation at every man's door, why a city? It will traverse the continent with a net work of Macadam highways as beautiful as the boulevard built by Napoleon. It will paralyze the law making bodies of this nation for how could the legislatures run without the railroads to operate on? ^ I THE HORRY HERALD, -... = P FAR^. IS^KVICB K All Inquiries on Farm Sub Through These Cc M. W. WALL, Farm Dem. THE COW AND HER PRODUCT. I "lemson College Weekly Notes For! Former and Dairyman. (Those nct03 are prepared by the Dairy Division of Clemson College, vhich will bp glad to answer anyj luestions pertaining- to dairying.) It's silo-building- time?right now. If you have ten or more cows, you iced a silo. 4 Clemson Colmgc is ready to aid 'armors with their silo-building* Ask 'or help now. The market price of butter is govrred primarily by its quality. The p.iality of butter is governed by the junlity of cream and the quality of ream by the care it receives on the 'arm. If you have five or more cows, you mod a cream separator. There is no >ther way of getting all the buttevfat Hit of milk. A separator will soon lay for itself in the saving of buttcr:at. Too much carc cannot bo taken in .washing the separator, '''he separator gathers impurities from the milk that ris. ':s through i! and must be clean(1 thoroughly after using. A clean separator will skim more doscly and will last longer th.an one :hat is not thoroughly washed after v.ch senaration. This is aside 'from .ho advantage of cleanliness, which is r.ost important. Cool cream immediately after scpa ation by setting the cream can in old water. Cream is a highly perishible product. When it is warm germs will thrive in it and spoil it. The first essential for having clean W TIMES ARE VERY Lirmi won y nun* iuu iti The hard times were brought on Old World. When the war broke on I ing and the warehouse*; suddenly ch went far below the point where any ? tho people of this country thought tin condition. Each man sought to rente pie began to cut out luxuries they ha< decided to slop using everything that papers. While they could manage to things, they could not bring thenisei newspapers they had been constantly decided they could get along without customed to, bat tluy would not give from the newspapers. Though subs< pers, and though the publishers did :i lower the cost of production, it is app forgotten that they had to pay for t before the war times came on. We recently published an editor was shown that the hard times brouj the county newspapers a harder blow hardly need to add here that we foun< subscribers did not waul their pnpe on furnishing the paper to them witl the white news on which the paper 1 higher, so did the price of inks, gas< into the making of a newspaper, would pay up promptly as they had a! We believe so strongly that >v< The Herald will come to the relief of is the reason we are now making thii send us by mail, or call and pay in p subscription and renew the paper for readers of this paper must respond t ur eise we win ne compelled to do wh and that is to cut off every one w amount of blank paper we will have printing. Hundreds will read this and we 1 There are others who may find it im write and fix a date when they will * some basis of expectation. The hard for a county paper. It is worth the It is impossible to send it as a math to write out a tjheck to-day, or buy a ey; or if you are coming to tow n in tl ! weeks, save the money and bring it t that and also for one year in advance that is no reason why you should I ahead. It is our constant effort to i manner of make up and the quantity We will regret to take any hot stated, this is the only remedy unless send in the money that is needed to to send you a statement, for it cost nov.\ CONWAY, S. 0. I i IERS" ^ARiMENt II ^eSSf^sfSi i T jocts Will Be Answered f^~ dumns. Address: Agent, Conway, S. C. '*- *- " milk is to keep clean, healthy cows. The dirt that falls from the cow into, f the milk cannot bo entirely strained , out. j , I V Do not feed voughage to cow3 until t - - - ' auor minung. 'l'lie dust irom dry todde*.* and the odors from silage got into } milk v.'hon roughage is fed before or , during* milking. I State Farmers Union. The Hcrular Annual Meeting of the # j ^outh Carolina Slate Farmc s' Union i b > held in the City of Columbia, | commencing Wednesday July 28, 10l"? at 3:20 P. M. All county Unio arc ^ requested to elect their full number delegates to this meeting. Tn addi i i tion tj the delegates from the County j | Unions each Local Union in good standing is requested to send a re ore scntativc. It is desired that ail the < Unions in the State shall be represent) ed. All members of the Farmers'j Union hi good standing will be admit- j ted to tho sessions of the State Union and they are hereby invited to attend. The State Executive .Committee villi i meet in the office of the State Sccre| tary in Columbia, Tuesday July 27, 1915 at 8:30 P. M. K. W. DA BPS, President, j J. WHITNER REID, Secretary. o Cont rolling Borers, j To control borers in peach, plum j I '1 *A f s tvr./lO 1 \ 1 l 1 1 ! nivM-11'.d 1 I ... .XV v 4 V t 1 c A v. UUIIM ill vnil.M CI*"baser, of the trucks now mounds oi'j earth S to 12 inches hieh. The mount!! >s In:> throughout the summer a^.d until Ocober 15, when it is pulled down red the small hovers destroyed before they have entered the tree. o Q bsjj ? ?j i ? B* k s v,k t> E 'M.lfa o> 4 tLWn 'J !<K l>iA.UO.VI> m*CAM?. / A.xl. your l>rutt?<?t for / \ fi\ Cr?V<\ * !" t>iuihoiur)(ranii/i/v V-vVVi J*lll; in lied ami x.olil metal HcW? *' *>> 1 \c<. ?.p.*?lcvl with Jtlue Kibhon. \/ iiWiHAS 'CuU?"> ?i*> ??ilw?r. liny oi* v?.?>c ' / *" UniaoNl. ,.stc I'orOU Hit f ?'* 1?!A3H?MV HUANK VMLIA, V c *1. tV ycj/s-.nown as Heal, Safest, Always f:ei< ! * v? soi o 'iY o:?;r,nisTs r vbywhh* WWII III !! > ! ?WIWI?? ? ? ?in iKfS cramiTiniiJ oil < k>iic fuh/ i WJUWi I IWISU lo more or less extent by the war in the t last year, when tobacco went to nothased, when, later the prices of cotton | profit could he realized by the farmers; ? cy knew what it was that caused this 8 dy the conditions in his own way. Peo- 8 ;1 been enjoying up to that time. Many | they could do without exce pt the nevs- 5 do without many apparently necessary I Ives to the point of discontinuing the | reading for a number of years. They many of the comforts they wore ac> up the information they were getting rihers did not quit taking the newspalot discontinue the papers in order to larcnt that many subscribers must have hem just as they had to pay for them ial from the Dillon Herald in which it ?ht about by the war in Europe, struck f than any other kind of business. We :! this to be true in our own case. While rs stopped and the publisher had to go tout the pay that was due, the price of !tad to he printed went up higher and dine, and the other materials that go The publisher hoped that the people Iways been doing. ? almost know, that the subscribers of the paper if we ask them to do it. This ? appeal. We ask each subscriber to erson, the amount that is due for past as long in advance as possible. The o this request and pay over the money, at appears best in our own interests, ho does not renew and thus lessen the to buy and lessen the labor required in n'lieve will send or bring in the money, possible to pay just now but they can send in the money, so that we can have times are no excuse for refusing to pay money that is charged for it and more. ;r of charity. We ask you who take it money order and forward us the monie course of the next two, three or four o us. If you owe for one year, pay for >. If you owe for only three months, wait, send in a dollar and have it paid ....Hti>vu me paper especially as to its of local and general news printed. )y*s name off the list, but as we have subscribers will come to our relief and publish the paper. Do not wait for us two cents postage. Hpnd in the money SOW TO PBEVitff (SAL':r.iACHrA!lS! Moderate Use of Quinine Said to be Safe, Sure and Cheap. No one need have malaria or "chills >r fever," no matter where he lives tor no matter how many other people iround him fall sick from this dieease. Ml that is necessary is to take a five Train capsule of ciuinino evorv rl;iv luring the mosquito reason. This will mt cause even the slightest discomfort of ringing* in the ears. It has )een used by the people in Italy and lie Panama for years without the dig-host ill effect in any particular. For places having* an undue amount >f malaria, that is, whore there is a ot of mosquitoes and many people nek of mala* in, it is best to increase he daily dose to 7 l-'d r;r ins. or 5 grains for one day and 10 grains tho next. Hy means of quinine surprising* rosuits have been obtained every place it has been used. In Italy the number of cases of malaria was reducce from 1.4,OS4 per year to 5,435 per year and then to 3,858 per year, only those falling* sick who neglected to take the quinine. The cost of such preventive measures is surprisingly small. At 50 cents an ounce for quinine, the present retail price, one may stay free from malaria for about a half a cent a day. Of course such sinn1! odscs or quinine are not expected to cure mala via once it has started. It is only intended as a preventive. 8 ich pre vontivo measures should he begun in malarial wriions av me neginmr;g of the mosquito season and continued unti fro.- . ?North Carolina No:a\i of Health. WORK OF CANNING CLUBS Report Showing the Winners of Scliol arships aiul Other Notes. The Homo Demonstration Work ii Horry is represented at Winthrop aiu Coker colleges for the short courses j tv v canning club members. Eth* j White and Essie Cox of the Maph I Canning Club left for Winthrop col J lege June 21, they were accompanie* I a part of the way by the County Agent, Miss Derham. These two girl won scholarships on their records fo 1914. In addition to the two scholar ships to Winthrop two were offeree to Coker College for the short eours< there, these to ho mvni'dn/i . ' I doing; the best work during* the sprinj of 191.5. Those were won bv Edn: i Soles of the Floyd Canning Club am Ruby Moore of iho Conway Cannini Club. These two girls and the count; agent left for Cokcr June 28, wher the girls will remain for the ten (10 day course. During the past week the club gar dens have been visited and grader Forty out of the forty-six member are doing splendid work. The follow ; ing members made 90 per cent o j more: 1 Ml. Olive Club?Ethel Ayers am Flutie Causey. Spring branch Club?TIattie Enzoi ; and Agnes Williamson. Zion Club?Pennie Gore, Elnit; j Gore, Estelle best. ! Simpson Creek Club?Reatha Car tre, Dula Reaves, Florrie Carter, Rea tha O'Quinn. Maple Club?Ethel White, Britti Long. Floyds Club?Edna Soles. Conway Club?Ruby Moore. I burcol Club?Emma West. Especial mention should bo made o the Simpson Creek club of five mem 1 hers, all of these members are on th< | "Honor Roll' as shown by the abov< i list. Great things are expected fron this as well as all other clubs. The records ' made this far hav< j been good; each club member is urget to continue her good work always re mcmbering the club motto, "To Mak< i the best Better." ANNIE M. DERHAM, Home Dem, Agent. ! \XTU~. ?? *? - " " vr uciicvcr Yuia i\ceu n uenerai ionl< Take Grove's j The Old Standard Grove's Tasteles chill Tonic is equally valuable as i General Tonic because it contains th< well known tonic propertiesof QUININI : and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drive ! out Malaria, Enriches the Blood an< j Tuilds up the Whole System. 50 cents for any length of time before serving If the broth is used also it should b boiled thoroughly first. All fooc cooked or uncooked, should be kept i a clean, cool place in order to rcduc the danger of infection to a minimurr THEUE :? i I *> ^ 9 v r a m ?r f ? mi m m By i ^Di i Hch itfiiiA 5 MAY BE TAINTED Therefore Will Cause Sickness When Eaten by Family SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Few Simple Methods V71I1 iCeep Supplies C ood in The S n m m o r W e a t h e r. _ \ A few simple prcenetions wi'l aid the hou.-ewife in kc ping meat Untainted in hot weather. It is, of course,, com man knowledge that the higher tine temperature, the quicker meat will spoil, but the family's supplies are not absolutely at the mercy of tk > thermometer. Ice and cleanliness are two great weapons of defensc. For mcr.y families a refrigerator is j hviously cut of the question, but it is perhaps better ft-.? have no refrigerator at all than a neglected one. Merely to v ash \ out occassi n.ally does littiO | good; it should be thoroughly scalded ; fix-incut int. ivals, in particular the ' ain. This, if overlooked, is apt to harbor fungous g.xwt'r.s, which may spread to the food. On one ccca&km: i man applied to the department bemuse he had found that, a joint of v f placed in his refrigerator had 'urncd a pccul ar bright red. L pen examination h was a.- re. tuinod that | ho meat was covered with a peculiar i af* hi (iU.1 Ciit?iei> CO ti'iC Oiu'.ilion of -he rcfri;:; u ator. Growths f this kir.d do not r1 w.ys advevtUa .a*, m: elves >'> prom:., ally and there" ..ay r,e me b t \ 1; in an ice box that the eye can not detect. If the refrigerator drain is not thoroughly cleaned, moreover, it is nkely to become choked, the water h? not carried off quicxly enough and little pools are left standing in the ' interior. Dampness is one of the cons ditions most favorable to bacterial ] growth. An ice box in this state will j not protect food long. It is, in fact, - a wise precaution to wipe the inter,1 irr of a refrigerator every day with a dry cloth. s The temperature of the average rer frigorator is higher than most persons - suppose, and in those households .1 ,..K? ,i wnciu a regular supply of ice is not c obtainable a cool cellar, a spring s house, or the depths of a wen! may r serve somewhat the same purpose. On :> farms where there is an ico house the d meat may be placed in some form of g closed retainer and buried in ice. In V any event, the meat must be carefully e screened from the fiies. The danger ) from infection of these pests has been poil:til out many times, hut familiarity - breeds contempt anil they still persist. I. The fly not only does the meat itself s no goovl, but it may readily deposit - upon it some infection, which is carr I'icd in turn by the meat into the human system. Some flics will deposit d their eggs on the meat and these in a short time will become maggots, and the meat is "flyblown." Much sickness that is popularly a | ascribed to ptomaine poisoning or to bad food in general is really caused in - some such way as this, the food, in it self perfectly wholesome, acting mere ly as a mechanical carrier for the e "germs" which cause the trouble. Some of these sorts come from the hu man intestine, and their presence is a sure indication that filth is present, oven if the amount is too small to be f seen. Filth of this kind may be car l ied by dust, but it more often comes e from soiled hands. One might wish c that every kitchen could have the sign i found in some well-managed food factories?"When you leave the room for b any purpose, wash your hands before 1 you return to work." "Germs" which, grow in foods and 3 cause illness grow very rapidly, prVticularly if the food is a little warm, and are not destroyed unless the food is well cooked before serving. Simply - "warming up" is not enough, as was Z found in a case of illness recently reported after eating some warmed-up 9 cream vegetable. Certain kinds of * ' ' * ? ?creHmen onicicon, or custard, or i warm vegetables, for example?are ex J cellent culture mediums for bacteria i . which may have been introduced into - them by accident. For this reason it is a safe rule to_ have as short a time e as possible intervene between the prep I,, aration of food and its consumption, n Froth is another excellent medium e and in consequence should be drained 1.1 off if it is intended to keep the meat