Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MH|HIMMBBIaBB|HBHa|Ba|||aMHBa||B|Ha|gBBBaaBBH HON. LDiSMITH . SAYS THE BANKS t ' Will be Liberal in the Matter of Rate of Rediscount + GIVES OUT VIEWS IN FLORENCE COUNTY Says Commercial and Banking i Power of Cotton is Being Realized. * \ - i United States Senator E. D. Smith, at Florence, S. C., has given out the following statement as to the rate of rediscount by reserve banks on cotton loans: 1 * I "Some weeks ago I met with the ,, federal reserve board, for the purpose , A of discussing the practical operation of the new banking and currency law, I as it relates to the farmer. I propounded certain questions to them, iii the form of a letter, to which letter ^he governor of the board replied. "Among other questions propounded was: What would be the rate of rediscount? In other words, what interest would our regional reserve bank, Richmond, charge our State banks?that is the national and member banks of this State?on cotton certificates ? "I suggested to the board at the; time that in view of the fact that cotton always was an extremely li? ? ' > ? m A. A- h mm mm 1 >1 /> O V\ f 1 f \ f V\ f\ VjUMI 11IC WU1 1U UVCI , CAIIVI topecially now, when the consumption by ^ virtue of this war and its uses as the: hacio nf Viw?U ??1 ? ? "Mu<o VI mgll CA|?lwaiVCS, clIHI 111 view of the other fact that it was practically imperishable, when properly \protected from fire and weather, that I thought it was entitled to a special rate. "On last Thursday I again saw the governor of the board and was in// formed by him that the board had determined on a special commodity rate. For cotton. I was informed that it had | Issued a statement to the member ban *s throughout the cotton belt that in case any bank would agree not to charge the party or parties obtaining a loan on cotton exceeding G per cent, that the reserve bank, in our case at ^ Richmond, would charge but .3 per cent discount. "L was greatly gratified to see that at last the commercial and banking value of cotton was being recognized by the federal power." ... f o I >P1 T>1 l_ t-? I j x ne DiacK pox j "What is it?" Lenora asked. He did not answer. She followed the direction of his gaze. Exactly in the same spot as before reposed another but somewhat larger black box, of the same shape and material as the previous one. "Say, who put that there?" he det manded. Lenora shook her head. "I locked the door when we went -out," she assured him. Quest took the box into his hands and removed the lid. It seemed half full of cotton-wool. On the top were a few linell of writing and beneath them the signature of the parted ^ hands. He read the form out slowly: Prop all investigation. The hands that return these Jewels command it. Qursv raised the cotton-wool. Beneath lay Mrs. Rheinholdt's necklace! (TO BE CONTINUED.) ^ Health and Happiness Depend Upon \ lour mver. C That sluggish liver with its sluggish flow of bile is what makes the world look so dark at times. Dr. King's ' New Life Pills go straight to the root of the difficulty by waking up the action of the liver and increasing the bile. Dr. King's New Life Pills cause the bowels to act more freely and drive away those "moody days." 25c. a bottle.?adv. * RUB-MLY-TISM! Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects | Eci. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally and externally. Price 25c. CHICHESTER S PILLS TUB D'AMONl) IIKANU. a fbrA J<n?t ?'nt Ark your for /A tjicA* ''III ? In Ilea ?nd metalllcx^^/ Vith nine Ribbon. \/ ^ v>>J Tnlft no oilier. Itur ?f your * Iff joa^lst. ..victorI IU OIIKS-TER C jr I?MV??N!> ciianii riu.O'H ? Iy ywM njwii m I'eit. Alwivi ReltibV -rsoiofivomjacisrsEVEnnyHfW- , THE COW AND HER PRODUCT Clemson College Weekly Notes for Farmer and Dairym&n. (These notes pp prepared weekly , by the Dairy Division of Clemson! College which will be glad to answer any questions pertaining to dairying.) j Consider records more than appear ance in buying a cow. The milking stool is not an instru-. ment for beating cows. A quart of milk is equal in food value to eleven ounces of fat round beef. ! According to the last census figures there are about 21,000,000 dairy cows in the United States. The principal sources of disease germs in milk are the air, the udder and flanks of. the cow, the milker and the utensils. The questo inosefntihrthartharhro | The question is often asked: Does' dairying pay ? Th^ answer depends in every case upon the man and th? kind of cows he has. Some one has said that at least fifty per cent, of the cows of the U niter States do not pay for their keep. How many of these "boarders" are you supporting ? There ought to be a stock exhibit at every county fair and as many farmers as have good stock should take part. It is a feature that has high educational value for a community. While a cow is dry her food should be chiefly roughage. But highly starchy roughage, like straw or corn stalks, is not good for, her. Such feeds, with exposure to the cold, may cause caked udder or garget. A ration should be composed of a reasonable number of feeds, since a mixture is relished better than only | one kind of grain or roughage. How- ' ever, avoid frequent changes in ra- , tions, as they cause imperfect digestion. Milking should always be done in such a way as to give the cow greatest satisfaction. Regularity is therefore necessary in dairy work. Frequently changing hours of milking or feeding interferes very much with the milk: flow. o ? Ed: Have you an engagement for tonight' Ethel: Why, yes. I was rather expecting Jack to propose. u PLANNING TO FIGHT COTTON'S MAIN FOE ?W South Georgia Counties Will Ask Federal and State Aid Against Boll Weevil. Thomasville, Ga.?State and federal ! aid will be asked for in the fight ' against the boll weevil by 24 counties i in south Georgia, all of which were represented at a conference here, i Plans were made for a permanent organization which will conduct the cam paign against the cotton parasite. It was officially announced that the' | United States bureau of entomology will assign G. D. Smith, one of its ex- | perts, to this section to aid in the work, with headquarters here. E. Lee Worsham, State entomologist of Georgia; W. D. Pierce of the United States bureau of entomology j and W. D. Hinds, State entomologist of Alabama, were among the speakers . at the conference today. They all urged early planting, burning of the ! cotton stalks bv October 1 and rlivnr sification of crops as the best methods of fighting the weevil. o Ice Cream Supper. (Too late for last week.) On Monday night, Sept. 13th, 1915, | there was a delicious ice cream supper served at the fiome of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Lee. Given by Mr. J. J. Turbeville, in honor of a little cripple child of Mr. Lee's. We had present some girls and boys from Murrells Inlet, which made the j crowd even mpre jolly. While the ice cream was being made there was some very interesting games played. After which the ice cream and cake were served Hay Miss Dorotha Johnson, and Mrs. T. A. Lee There was quite a larere attondnnrn. " ? 'I , both young* and old. All seemed to j | enjoy it very much. ONE PRESENT. o "MONEY" The mint makes it and under the terms of the CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE COMPANY you can secure it at 6 percent f6r any legal purpose on approved real d/state. Terms easy, tell us your wants and we will co-operate with you. 908-9 MUNSEY BLDG., Baltimore, Md. * 3M. No. 666 This it a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS 6, FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sickca. 25c j ? i THE HORRY HER . BETTER METS Association Formed By Growei Section's Co-operating with the Office of Markets at Washington, Cleiusan College is working out some practical and efficient marketing schemes. Some of the farming entei*prises of South Carolina have been operating at a loss and it is up to all concerned to consider and determine upon some plan of action that will solve the problems of marketing the state's products. Although the marketing situation has not, by any means, been definitely worked out, some very significant work has nevertheless been decided upon and begun. One of the -marketing schemes now under way is that adopted recently by the asparagus growers in the vicinity of Ridge Spring, Trenton, Williston, Elko and Blackvllle. On July 19 about twenty of the asparagus growers met in an informal way at Columbia with W. W. Long, director of extension at Clemson. The meeting was in the nature of a roundtable discussion, and the growers took it a.s an opportunity to exchange their ideas and experiences. It developed that, with a very few exceptions, the growers were operating at a loss. The consensus was that the growers' system of marketing was wrong. They v/ere unanimous in the belief that they ought to get together upon some united and concerted scheme of sorting, grading, packing and selling their product. The growers next invited the mar^? 4 ? 4 rn ^ n ~11 1 ^ ?v*-l <i&uui ixi v leiMSuu vmioge ana ^. 13. Basset of the Office of Markets and Rural Organization, U. S. department of -agriculture, to attend an informal meeting of asparagus men at Ridge Spring c.nd another at Trenton. At the Ridge Spring meeting it soon developed that the growers had not sortOUR BANK TO THE STAIRi Every Dollar You Ba Gained Toward the C mm . .1 , -^* .' | I L-.l I.'. '', j >?.' ' y I ^T-Tv" ' >t'i ? I ' ' * -' f 1 ifHiznz >N( I i FARMERS a 1 CONWAY, SOU HORRY REALTY, BROKER/ OFFICE IN SPIV Conway, We find you ? purchaser for e? secure for you anything you\ Those who have land to sell c either farms or town lots, woulc ALP, CONWAY, S. C. MPABAGOS "s of Five Towns Will Handle Output. ed, graded and packed uniformly. Much emphasis was laid on the necessity of adopting standard grades and a standard pack and upon r;,?m sorting, grading, packing and Inspection. Mr. Basset pointed out the value of forming an asparagus Growers' Association. adopting rules and methods satisfactory to all concerned, and putting the management of the association in the hands of the best available manager. This manager was to have competent inspectors to see that all asparagus coming into and going' out of the association quarters was up to the standard. The inspectors were to see that ail cars were carefully loaded and routed in accordance with the manager's instructions. The manager was to keep in touch with all markets and prices, and to sell to the hest mar. kets. With these suggestions in mind, the growers formed a temporary organization. A meeting for further organization was then held at Trenton and representatives from Ridge Spring, Trenton, Williston, El?o and Blackville were present. J. N. Knight was chosen as chairman and B. it. Tillman, Jr., as secretary and by-laws were | adopted. Eight representative direc-| tors were selected who will meet in; .*. anuary to perfect the organization, craft articles of incorporation and j definitely decide upon a manager, inspectors and officers for the association. The success of this association will1 depend not only on procuring a capa hie manager but also upon the con ccrted support of every member. Fit ED W. HOFMANN, Market Agent, Clemson Agricultural College. rPTXT7 ?1 4 rri7 JL ML* M ^ V* XV JL Mli * OF SUCCESS nk is One Solid Step Moal of Your Success I- - - W-'-.C-.l ?)?* .. I- :i RCHANTS RANK I TH CAROLINA iGE & COMMISSION CO EY BUILDING South Carolina 'erything you have to sell; we vant to buy. >r those who desire to purchase 1 do well to see us first. THE "MIDDLEMAN" AND HIS PLAGE IN TRADE The Devious Course of a Commodity From Producer to Consumer. (Note: This is the second of a series | of articles written for this paper by Fred W. Hofmann, market agent of Clemson College.) Goods come to the market from the sources of production, on to consumption, thru many and devious channels. For the sake of simplicity, we shall outline the many agencies thru, which a commodity passes. A glance at , this outline will show that there are | at least eight different ways in which produce may travel from the source of production to the consumer. ' First Method: A, grower or asso-11 ciation of growers; B, public market; 1 C, consumer. ' 1 Second Method: A, grower or association of growers; B, public market; C, retailer; 1), consumer. Third Method: A, grower or association of growers; B. operator or traveling buyer; C, commission man or carlot wholesaler; 1), jobber; E, consu mer. Fourth Method: A, grower or association of growers; B, country merchant or country buyer; C, commission merchant; D, jobber; E, retailer; F, consumer. Fifth Method: A, grower or asso - r eiinuMi in growers; 15, broker; C, commission merchant; D, jobber; E, retail er; F, consumer. Sixth Method: A, association ot growers; B, broker; C, auction; D, commission merchant; E, jobber, F, retailer; G, consumer. Seventh Method: A, association of growers; B, private exchange; C, auction; D, commission merchant; E,1 jobber; F, retailer; G, consumer. Eight Method: A, grower or asso-; ciation of growers; B, commission merchant; C, jobber; D, retailer; E, consumer. The more distant the consumer is from the producer or grower the more necessary does it become for goods pass thru the hands of a number of middlemen. The only way the middle man could be eliminated would be for producer and consumer to come closer together and for each to assume some of the labors of the various groups of middlemen. o "Shakespeare," says Colonel Terwilliger Bluegrass, "must have had Kentuckcy in mind when he wrote, 'If music be the feud of love, play on." o ALLEN R. F. D. NO. 1. (Too late for last week's issue.) Farmers are making good use of this fine weather, gathering hay and; cotton. The Laides Aid Society, met at the home of Mrs. G. W. Cartrette's, Wednesday, and reported a nice time. Miss Hattie Ludlam, is teaching the Valley Forge School, near Baker's X roads. Messrs. John P. and A. J. Booth, attended services at Good Hope Sunday. TVIv T T * \ir:i ?; i'i i . u i uvyj in went ill VV Hilling- | ton, N. C., recently on business. Mr. C. W. Booth conducted a singing school at Poplar Saturday. Quito a number attended. Mr. W. M. Booth attended services' at Bakers Chapel Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Booth visited relatives near Bayboro, S. C., on Saturday. Mr. Allen J. Booth is attending the Horry Industrial School. The protracted meeting has boon going on at Bakers Chapel by Prof. Coker since Thursday night. Mr. Kelly Tompkins went to Richmond, Va. ,on business recently. Mr. Fox, of course we will appreciate all of the good you will say of us when we are dead, but Prof. Vim is _. i ... . ... not (iCcid yet, no is a patient animal and in no hurry to start your eulogies until that white cold stuff comes on the fence. It will take someming besides that " Ford" to sneak r.way from me, when my fine hounds chase you, the Atlantic will stop the "Ford" sure. VIM. GROW CABB H^^WHE^PRICES ARE HIGH. N of North Carolina the finest lot of CABB AG SI shipment during September and October, and N nnd hardy and can stand the effects of the hot Wo have only ne variety, viz., THE FLORI1 given us satisfaction, set during September ar Shoe, N. C., 1000 to 4000 $1.50 per 1000; 5000 t 1000. Buyer pays express charges. Prices 1c I MEGOrnr PRODUCE CO., (The 700 Acr I We also grow Cabbage Plants for i 1 SEVEN FUNGUS BOLL ROT DESTROYS COTTON Trouble Seems to be Growing More Prevalent in This State CAN BE PREVENTED BY PROPER MEASURES Attacks the Lint and Seed and Grows Into the Seed. 0 Clcmson College, Sept. 29.?Reports coming to Clemson College indicate that anthracnose, the fungus boil rot of cotton, is even more widespread and more destructive this season than heretofore. During the past five years the disease has caused an annual loss of more than a million dollars in South Carolina. Anthracnose c? <\rv I k - ^ wins i0 up ueconung moi;e destructive from year to year in spite of the fact that investigations conducted at Clemson College show that it can be prevented. The fungus which causes anthracnose grows into the diseased bolls, attacks the lint and seed, and grows into the seed. It remains alive in such seed until they are planted and germinate and begin to grow. Then it attacks the seedings. The disease remains alive on such stalks and attacks the bolls when they appear. In this way it is carried in seed and continues to spread from year to year. There is no way to cure a staik of cotton that lias become diseased with anthracnose. 'Hie only thing that can be done is to protect the next season's cotton. The most important step in this direction is to get seed which are free from disease. It is best to se- ' cure the seed for next year's planting from a field where there is no anthrac nose. If it is nofr possible to do this, the next best thing is to pick the cotton intended for seed from stalks which show no signs of disease and which are not near diseased stalks. It is not safe to pick healthy looking bolls from stalks which have rotten bolls on them. The disease will remain in land or in old diseased stalks and bolls for as long as one year, but no longer, it is necessary therefore to practice rotations which will leave cotton off the land for one year. It is advisable to rotate crops for this and other reasons; but where it is impossible to do this and cotton is diseased, the next best thing is to plow under the diseased stalks as soon as the cotton is picked. Do not buy cotton seed from any one unless he is willing to make affidavit that it is free from anthracnose. Select your own seed .from fields where there is no disease or from healthy stalks in a diseased field. Gin this cotton in-a gin that has been thoroughly cleaned. Practice a rotation. Plow the old diseased stalks and bolls, under as early in fall as possible. When any one has doubts as to whether or not it is anthracnose that is causing trouble in his field, specimens should be sent to the county demonstratfon agent or to the botany division of Clemson College. . * u o Est ray Notice. Notice is hereby given that there has been taken up at the residence of W. C. Martin, R. F. T). No. 2, Conway, S. C., one small mare mule, having uui uiic f.ve, anu mat tne owner 01 tne same is unknown; and that the said mule has been est rayed before the undersigned. due appraisment made and the same duly filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Horry County. Unless the owner shall appear and prove this property within the period of four months from this date according to law, the same will be advertised and sold as provided by the statute. N. B. SMART, Magistrate. Dated September 21st, 1915 4 mos The Best Hot Weather Tonic 3ROVE'* TASTEI.ESSchiil TONIC enriches the >loo<l, omuls i? . the whole sys'em and will wonlerfuljy strengthen and ;'orti(> you to withstand ?r<r hot sutnni?~ *>Oc i fl B ?H J" to supply your homo B market during Do- I BBBBBBMi cernber and January I Wo have growing in the mountains B E PLANTS that has over been grown for fl be in sr grown in that climate, they are tough I sun bettor than any other plants you can get. B DA HEADER. 'i'he only cabbage that haa fl id October. Prices, by express, f. o. b. Horse B o S000 ($ $1.25 per 1000; 10000 ami over, $1 per B y Parcel Post, 35c per 100, Address ordera to B o Truck Farm) YONGES ISLAND, S. C. fl shipment from Novombor to April B f you. Writ# for prlcoo.