The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 28, 1916, Image 1
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,f VOLUME XXXI.
i SELLING IN SEED
[ UNPROFITABLE WAY
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I Practice of Marketing Unginned
Cotton Causes Losses
to the Farmers
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; CAUSES THE PRODUCER
j TO CONSIDER QUANTITY
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And Prevents the Planter From
< Trying to Improve the
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Grade Raised.
That the practice of selling cotton
in the seed is responsible for serious
losses to producers in many sections
has been demonstrated by invesliga-1
tions by marketing specialists of the
department, it is impossible, it is:
said to determine accurately before!
ginning tne tjucdily oi cotton and the j
percentage of lint, seed and trash /
which ii contains. In consequence,
buyers of seed cotton base their
prices on the average character of
the cotton of the community, and
the farmer who produces better cotton
than the average often obtains no
reward. As a matter of fact, even
the producers of average cotton suffer,
for the buyer allows himfself a j
wide margin of safety in making his
quotations and purchases.
These facts are brought out in a
number of tables just published in
Department Bulletin No. 875, Disadvantages
of Selling Cotton in the
Seed. This practice, while not as com
mon as it once was, is still prevalent
in certain sections, particularly in
those regions in which cotton is a
comparatively new crop or in which
tlie production is comparatively scan- i
ty. For example, it is estimated j
that 90 per cent of Missouri's small!
crop was sold in the seed in 1915 and
only 2 per cent of South Carolina's.!
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The actual number of bales sold in
this way, however, was greatest in ,
Oklahoma, and for this reason the
investigation, the results of which are
to be found in the bulletin already
mentioned, was conducted in that
State. j
In the course of this investigation a,
large number of samples of seed cotton
were collected from loads sold by
different farmers and the price of
each load ascertained. Thesg samples
were ginned and the relative proportions
of lint, seed, and trash determined.
It was then possible to compare
the returns which the farmers 1
received for their cotton with what
they would have obtained had they
sold their lint and seed separately at
the prevailing prices.
The samples showed a wide variation
in the outturn of lint, seed, and
trash. The variation, however, was
rarely taken into account by the buyers
who, in the same market, on the
same day, often offered the same
price for all unginned cotton, irrespective
of its quality. Such discrimination
as was exercised was against
the producer?that is, a lower price
might be offered for cotton that was
obviously below the average, but good
cotton brought no more than the
market rate.
This rate was in the majority of
cases much below what the seed and;
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iiin, wuum nave urougnt naa they
been sold separately. Comparisons
published in detail in the new bulletin!
show that this loss ranged from an;
average of $1.75 per bale for low
middling to an average of $7.60 per
bale for good middling. The total
loss on 586 bales of the white grades .
sampled by the investigators was ,
$2,715.20, or an average of $4.63. In
these calculations, it should be said,
proper allowance was made for the 1
c\st of ginning. In some instances, it is
true', "the farmer gained by selling ;
his cotton in the seed, but these were j
far too few to alter the general re- suit.
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There is, moreover, another disad- 1
vantage inherent in the practice. Not '
only does the farmer usually lose in i
the marketing of any ortr crop, but ]
he is seriously hindered in impror- I
ing his cotton from year to year be- t
cause there is no incentive to do so. i
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"HOUR
SGVERMOR MANNING :
DECLARED NOMINEE
His Official Majority 4,672
Over His Late Opponent
in Primary.
Columbia?Special: The Democrat- |
ic State executive committee met and
without hearing direct protests declared
the following nominated in the
second primary of September 12:
I?'or Governor, Richard 1. Manning,
for Railroad commissioner, James
Cunsler, for Congressman from the
.'hi district, Fred H. Dominick; for
solicitor of the 1st circuit, Ed. C.
Mann, for solicitor of the eighth circuit,
H. S. Blackwell, for solicitor of
the 9th circuit T. l\ S'coney; for solicitor
of the loth circuit, J. R. Martin.
W. R. Rickey, Jr., of Laurens, v.
member of the sub-commifctee to examine
and tabulate the returns for
the commtitee, was given permission
to read a statement giving his reason
for voting againsl the lenon.inatior.
of Governor Manning. Mr. Rickey
said that he had evidence in his posession
which proved that whiskye intimidation,
fraud and irregularities
were used and appeared in the last
primary in the interest of the election
of Governor Manning. The vote on
the question of accepting the report
of the committee making the nomina
uons aoovo mentioned was: ror the
resolution 31, against the resolution
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GRAZING CROP
Clemson College, S. C.?Rape is a
very vigorous grower, furnishing an
immense amount of excellent grazing
during practically every month of the
year. However, it requires rich land:
so it will pay to make heavy applications
of manure or fertilizer before
sowing. Rape may be seeded almost
any month, but for winter grazing it
is generally seeded in the early fall.
It should be seeded at about the rate
of three pounds per acre in the drill,
or from five to six pounds per acre
broadcast. !
Allow the rape to become well root j
ed before turning the stock on it to I
graze, else the young plants will b*1
pulled up by the roots. It may be !
safely grazed fifty days after plant- |
ing, or in even less time on good rich
land; but care must be taken that the
plants are not grazed too closley. A j
good plan is to divide the field into
two patches and graze these alternately,
allowing one patch to make
new growth while the other is being
grazed.
One good acre of rape will graze
fifteen head of hogs for a period of
three months.
GOT GOOD PRICE
FOR COTTON SALE
Mr. W. R. Johnson of the Forney
neighborhood, on Friday of last week,
sold a bale of cotton on the Conway
market remarkable both for size and
price. This bale of cotton weighed
700 pounds and brought Mr. Johnson
the sum of $107.10. The cotton was
sold by him to Mr. W. Percy Hard- 1
wicke, one of our buyers.
as the buyer of seed cotton pays lit- ?
tie or no attention to grade and staple j
the producer is forced to think cheifly
of the yield per acre. Moreover, it is <
difficult, if not impossible, for the j
grower to obtain his own seed from <
the ginner for planting, and he is,
therefore, unable to maintain a pure <
variety. In the majority of markets <
about the only advantage in selling 1
seed cotton, the investigators found, '
was the saving in the time of the men *
and teams that otherwise would have ]
to await their returns at the gins, j
They recommend, therefore, that for i
the common good of all concerned the i
practice of selling cotton ih thfc fGGA \
be discouraged, and that each hale be
custom ginned and sold upon its met-- \
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Y COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, FI
CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY,
FRENCH AND BRITISH
GAIN ON THE SBMME
Foch's Men Progress Near;
Combles ar.d Islanders Before
Bapaume
CONFLICTING NEWS
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Roumanian and Teutonic Accounts
of Struggle Contradictory.
On the Somme front in France the
French aiui l>ritish forces have made
additional gains. (Jen. Haig's men
made progress toward Bapaume,
wnile (ion. Foch's soldiers, who apparently
have begun another effort
to eject the Germans from Combles
and its salient in the entente line
north of the Somme, also met with
success.
After the checking of German attacks
southeast of Combles between
Lo Frier, farm and Rancourt, the end
of the French part of the entente line
which almost encircles the town, the
trench undertook local operations on j
the outskirts of Combles itself. An
organized and defended house was
captured and several trench elements
were occupied. One hundred nad
forty prisoners were token.
Gen. Haig's troops straightened out
their line between Martinpuich and
Fleurs, a distance of about one mile,
by taking two lines of German
trenches. The British front there
now runs on a direct line north of
the two villages. London also records
improvements of other positions on
the British front.
It is announced officially in Paris
that the number of prisoners taken
by the Anglo-French forces on the
Somme from July 1 to September 18
amounted to more than 55,800. Of
these 34,030 fell into the hands ol
the French. Berlin reports no activity
on the whole of the Western
front.
German and Roumanian reports as
t) the progress of result of battles in
Fobrudja conflict, In contradiction of,
the announcement from Bucharest (
that the forces of the central powers1
were falling back, Berlin declares!
that Field Marshal von Mackensenj
has, by an encircling movement,
broken the resistance of the Roumanians
and Russians and compelled
them to retreat. Berlin says strong
Roumanian forces were repulsed
southwest of Toprai Sari, 14 miles
southwest of Constnaza, on the Black
sea coast.
Berlin and Vienna admit a reverse
in the Carpathians in the Russian
capture of the summit of Smotrec
height, which previously had changed
hands many times, but declare Russian
attacks in Volhynia and southern
Bukowina were checked. West of
Lutsk, in Volhynia, the Germans
again repulsed Russian attacks, capturing
706 prisoners and several machine
guns, according to Berlin, and
Russian assaults in Galicia north of
Zbororff and in the region of Dorna;
Watra, on the border of Bukowina
and Roumania, were frustrated.
Servian and French troops continue
to make progress in northwes-1
tem Macedonia. The Servians are
advancing in the Broda river region
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una me r rench arc pushing forward
north of Fiorina toward Monastir. A
Bulgarian attack on Zborsky was \ j
checked by the entente forces. Berlin |
and Sofia report no activity in Mace-11
[Ionia. ],
An entente transport and a French..
submarine have fallen victims to a
German submarine and an Austro- ,
Hungarian aeroplane, respectively. ,
Hie transport, reported by Berlin as \
'completely filled,' was sunk in the j
Mediterranean September 17. Bombs t
from the aeroplane sank the submarine
in the southern Ariatic. The 29 ]
nembers of the crew were rescued
Hid made prisoners. t ?
London reports that a German seaMane
dropped three bombs on Dovct, 1
England, Friday. No casualties re- c
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KST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER."
SEPTEMBER 28, 1010.
IAS SOZEMAN IS I
TAKEN BY SHERIFF
Charges Against This Man in
North Carolina Courts
Also Recalled
MEMBER OF GANG OF
ILLICIT DISTILLERS
Revenue Officers of U. S. Government
Aided in Capture
of Bozeman.
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Sheriff J. A. Lewis returned to
Conway tl\e latter part of last week
and landed in the County jail, one
Tas Bozcman, who has become notorious
as a blindtiger distiller on
the border line between North and
South Carolina, a few miles north of
Little River, S. C.
It is said that this man belongs to
the party of out-laws who made their
escape from officers in that section
about a year ago firing several shots
at the sheriff's party when thei:
whiskey still was dismantled.
There are several charges against
him for violation of the revenue laws
pending in North Carolina, and at
the time he was caught he was hiding
from the North Carolina authorities
just this sid<? of the ling between tllv
States. He is also charged with the
crime of adultery and it is said that
he will be indicted for this offense.
Prior to last year he went to Florida
where he remained in hiding for
stpme time finally coming back to the
neighborhood where he was taken.
Sheriff J. A. Lewis was assisted in
this work by several other officers including
Mr. Jenkins of the revenue
service.
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masked kansans
lynch white man
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Olathe, Kan.?Bert Dudley, charged
with the murder of Henry Muller,
an aged German and his wife, was
taken from the Johnson county jail
here today by a masked mob and
hanged tp ^ telephone pole. The mob
came to Olathe in motorcars, supposedly
from near Still well, where
Muller had lived. Sheriff Lon Carrell
refused to give up Dudley and 'the
mob overpowered him. They then
battened down three jail doors. Several
shots were fired, but none was
injured. , , ; >+\ . jj.
ahungton?ardless
winter barley
If Not Planting Legumes Try This.
Clemson College, S. C.?For four
years the South Carolina Experiment
Station has been trying out Arlington
Beardless Winter Barley, and their
results have been most satisfactory.
Planted in October, it was found to <
mature about two weeks earlier than
other barleys planted at the same
time, thus allowing other use of the
land earlier in the spring. As a grain
crop it yielded forty-five bushels to i
an acre. Cut when the grain was in 1
the milk stage, it made excellent hay, <
the stock eating every sprig of it that i
they could get. 1
This barley grows seven to ten
inches taller than ordinary winter 1
barley, and it is entirely free from 1
beard, or awns. Its earliness makes it <
very useful for early grazing or for t
in early hay crop. ^
If for any reason you are not 1
slanting a leguminous cover crop, but
vish to plant a cover crop of some
and, get some seed and try this bar- c
ey. You will be pleased with the re- *
mlts. 1
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Read Gloria's Romance in this issue, t
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British warships have bombarded r
Bulgarian positions near the mouth s
>f the Struma river in Macedonia. f
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GONVVAY FARM LOANS '
ASSOCIATION FORMED
Will Take Advantage of the
Features of Rural Credit
Laws.
There was organized at Conway
last Saturday the Conway Farm Loan
Association, under the terms and in
accordance with the laws missed at
at the last Session of Congress. The
substance of this law whereby farmers
are enabled to form local loan
associations and obtain loans on
farm property at not exceeding a
rate of (> per cent, per annum and or.
time from five to forty years; was
published in a recent issue of this
p; per. It is a lengthy act ami takes
..or.e study to understand fully, hut
it is simple and plain. Not over 50
per cent, of the appraised value oi
lands can be borrowed on the real
estate.
The local association was formed
last Saturday consisting of some
seventeen members. The officers are:
.1. A. Lewis, Pres., C. L?. Dusenbury.
Vice-President; George Officer, Secrotary-Treasurer;
and the board of
directors are these three above named
with Messrs. W. J. Singleton, J. C.
King, J. P. Williams, an A W. S. McCaskill.
HMTTMTC ADMlCC
in i m 11. Hniviii.g
? HOLD POSITIONS
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Field Marshall von MaekenBen's
advance through the Roumanian province
of Dobrudja, where his combined
German, Bulgarian and Turkish
forces have been striking for the
railroad from Constanza to interior
Roumania, has been checked, according
to accounts from both sides.
Bucharest yesterday announced a
check for von Mackensen's army on
the lines of defense taken by the Roumanians
and Russians, who have beer
heavily reinforced. Today a statement
by the Sofia war office under
yesterday's date concedes the stubbornness
of their resistance and reports
the Entente armies still holding
their strongly fortified positions,
Reports regarding the fighting in
the Fiorina district in northwestern
Macedonia are conflicting. Accounts
from Entente sources have asserted
the Bulgarians were falling back on
Serbian . territory and prpearing for
the defense of Monastir. Sofia, how
ever announces' a turn in fighting favorable
to the Bulgarian forces, declaring
that counter-attacks resulted
in the repulse of the Serbian and allied
troops with heavy losses.
Stubborn Encounters,
Farther east in the Mountainous
country along the Serbian border the
engagement is heavy all along the
line, the struggle in the Kaimakclan
district being particularly stubborn.
On the far western end of the line the
allies are making progress, but apparently
are attempting no seroius
forward thrust in either the Vardar
or Stuma regions.
The defeat of the Germans in their
desperate counter-attacks along the
Somme front, reported last night by
Paris has been followed by comparative
quiet judging from today's official
report, which says the Germans
ilid not renew their attacks during
the night. The had weather reported
during the last few days is continuing
and apparently the Anglo-French
forces are awaiting its cessation.
After a lapse of some days activity
\as been resumed by the French in 1
the Verdun region, attacks on the ,
iast hank of the Meuse gaining them ;
wo trenches south of the Thiaumont
.vork and some ground east of Fort 1
Vaux and in the Chapitre wood. i
Germans on Offensive. !
German troops have assumed hte ;
>fTensive against the Russians on the \
iver Stokhod in the region of the l
{ovel-Rovno railway line, in Volhylia,
says the official statement issued i
oday by the Russian war department t
The attacks were repulsed by the i
Russians. In the region of Sviniusky
tnd Korytniza the Russians caputred
lix officers and 687 Germans and t
ighting still is in progress. 1
NO. 23.
GASES ABE T3IEQ
AT GENERAL SESSIONS
Usual Number of Misdemeanors
Disposed of During
This Week
JUDGE M. L. SMITH
HERE FIRST TIME
Cases Disposed of With Ease
and Dispatch, Many
Pleading Guilty.
The Court of General Sessions
convened on last Monday morning
with Judge M. L. Smith presiding.
'Hiis was Judge Smith's first trip to
the County and his commission from
the Governor v.as read in open court
before the proceedings began.
Til ere was die usual number of
cases, mostly misdemeanors, coming
up to he scut to the grand jury. The
first business transacted was the
swearing of witnseses for the grand
jury. The Court charged the grand
jury in an able address* >
The State vs. J. A. Gause was con,
tinued until the next tovm. *
The State vs. J. C, Morse in two
cases was called,
The State vs. C. M. Hueks charged
with disposing of property under lien
was called and a jury fcmpannelled.
The defendant was found guilty. His
sentence was 3 months, suspended
upon paying the debt of $105.00 and
the cost of the case.
The State vs. Charlotte C. SimI
mons charged with keeping a bawdy
house was next tried, the defendant
having no attorney. This defendant
is remembered as having figured in
the famous trial of Commander Johnenn
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resulted in a verdict of guilty. The
sentence was six months, suspended
as to all but 30 days upon condition
that the offense be discontinued. She
will serve the 30 days in the county
jail.
The State vs. Archie Thompkins
and Rail Dew was discontinued.
The State vs. Lee Collins and Gary
Collins for slander was discontinued.
The State vs. E. W. Boatright was
discontinued.
The case against Forney Lewis for
assault and battery and against Sain
Graham charged with malicious mis:
chief were thrown out by the grand
jury.
The State vs. Dan'l Sharon charged
with violation of the game laws
was then called, and resulted U\ ?
verdict of guilty,
The State vs. Hill Todd was called.
Ho W&S charged with selling liquor.
He pleaded guilty rtnd a^ked the
mercy of the court Und wa* returned
to the penitentiary for 4 months,
suspended as to one half of the time
upon good behavior.
The State vs. C. F. Powell in several
charges was continued.
'The State vs. John Williams, charg
ed with disposing of property under
lien was then tried by a jury and a
verdict of not guilty was directed by
the court.
)The State vs. Jim Stanley, colored,
charged with the crime of rape was
tried. He was convicted of assault
with intent to ravish.
The cases against Tom Ransom for
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uwccny or Live stock and forgery
were called and defendant pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to 3 years.
In the case against B. B. Anderson
the defendant was convicted of incest
and sentenced to a fine of
$ "00.00 and three years in the penitentiary.
Olie Anderson, his daughter,
tried with him was recommended
to the mercy of the court and was
sentenced to a fine of $100.00 or confined
in the county jail for on? year,
the sentence suspended upon good
behavior as to the girl.
The State vs. Frank Todd charged
with breach of trust was then tried,
.he defendant pleading guilty, and
sentenced to 4 months.
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Francis G. Holliday was among
hose visiting Conway on business on
ast week.
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