The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 07, 1918, Page SEVEN, Image 7
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[ ASKS BIG AMOUNT
FOR BUYING SEEDS
|To Enable- Department to Buy
1 \and Sell to Farmers at
I . Cost.
!' David F. Houston, Secretary of
'hAgriculture, has asked Congress foi
ran appropriation of $0,000,000 to enable
the Department of Agriculture
if to buy and sell seed to fanners for
^cost at a reasonable price. The necessity
for the appropriation is ex[Vplained
in the following letter which,
4,the Secretary has sent to the SecreT
tj?J*W <)F tlw? Tl>nooiii?>.
^ ^T^have the honor to submit here*?\vith,
for transmission to Congress
.Ifor inclusion in the urgent deficiency
'f'Jbill, an estimate ?f an appropriation
jj of $(>,000,000 to enable the departtment
to purchase and sell seeds to
|i farmers in areas where unusual conftditions
prevail, and particularly in
'[ those which have suffered during the
Li past season from severe drought. It
'tis suggested that the following lanWguage
will accomplish the purposes
{which the department has in mind:
".'To enable the Secretary of Agf,1'it4ftture
to meet the emergency
/caused hy the need for food and feed
crops by purchasing, or contracting
uv, ith persons to grow, seeds suitable
| for the nroduction of food or feed
\ <k ,
Ixcrops iind to store, transport, and
urnish such needs to farmers for
lie ash at a reasonable price, $0,000,
iOOO, and this fund may he used as i
revolving fund until the Secretary d'
^Agriculture determines that no such
'emergency exists; and the Secretary
jjof Agriculture is authorized to pay
'all such expenses, including rent, and
4to employ such persons and means,
.in ttr f'Matrict of Columbia ami elsei
' f ? ,
jwhel^ ^ to cooperate with sum
(Stat< .ihorities, local organization. ,
|or inuividuals as he may deem necessary
to accomplish such purpose '
j "The seed situation has presented,
fend continues to present, many difficulties.
Under the provision of th<
|t,food-production act, which mad
'available $2,500,000 for the purciias
If and sale of seed to fanners in refctricted
areas for cash, at cost, h
[(has been possible for the department
Lfo furnish some relief. Large quantities
of seed of cotton, grain sorg*
' urns, and corn have been purchased
m'or the di u^hl - .t*1!''!.: n sections if
in oruer w assist m nuiKin;.' i
.pvailagle adequate* supplies of nee
,for the next planting season. The (\c
Apartment is taking similar action m
.North Dakota and Montana and ha*
arranged to purchase considerate
quantities of old corn suitable fe.
jseed /or sale to farmers in Indium
where an emergency exists with red'
pre.tice to the supplies of viable set
e< rn.
, "It is clear, however, that the
lfuiuls now at the command of *? r
department are wholly insufficic.
to enable it to meet the situation I
properly. If production is to be j
maintained or increased nex? year, 1:
jiu essential that prompt and adequate
potion be taken to safeguard the seed
supplies of the Nation. There .*
urgjfcit and immediate need for at \
.leaJt $0,000,000, and it is probable :
kl.?4 ... ?:11 i
i jiiii U.11 uuuiviviim nuiii win ue re
Quired in the near future.
Souhtwcst ami Northwest.
(. "Two general areas have suffered
severely from drought during the
past season?the Southwest, includ'ng
a large part of Texas and a pari.
f Oklahoma, and a considerable portion
of tho Northwest, including
large sections of North Dakota and
eastern Montana. These regions rep
resent a large part of the grain-pro*
Jucing areas of the United States,
ivj irticular reference to grain |
Sorghums, oats, barley, flax, an'!
corn. The seed corn situation in the
northern half of the seed belt is more
serious than it has been forman;,
years. Early frosts throughout the
northern part of the corn belt caught
much of tho corn either in the nv'lk
r in the drouirht statres and. r
though the crop was largo, it conlins
an unusually high percentage
>f soft corn. The high prices prevailing
also have caused farmers 1o
?ell their old corn and consequent is
here is a much smaller supply an
land than in former years.
Grain ami Ftfrage Sorghums.
"Reports received through the do- j
?artmont.V. agents and from oth.n j
yjPI'cos are to the effect that the
(lop of both grain and forage sorghums
in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma
was badly injured by the
trought and by early frosts. Unless
nompt action is taken to buy and
'tore the seed, a pronounced short)
rives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
fhe Old Standard genTal strengthening tonic,
JKOVK'S TASTJ?LUS9 chill TONIC,drives out 1
ifoinria.enriches the blood.and builds upthesys* j
em. A true tonic. I'or adults and children. GOc ,
age will undoubtedly exist next
spring.
Soy Beans.
"Early mautring varieties of soy
beans in recent years have become
very important in several northern
States, especially in Michigan and
Wisconsin. The early frost of this
year caught the soy beans in thes^
States when they were about ha;:
mature and the seed crop, therefore,
ir practically a total loss. The prob
able large use of soy beans as feed
both whole and ground, and as human
food, will absorb a large part ? j
the crop of the early varieties liarvested
in Indiana and Ohio. Sin
these arc the only sections lro:r
which suitable seed for Michigan aiv
Wisconsin can be secured, it is im
portant that adequate seed supplies
be withdrawn from consumption and
made available for planting during
the next season.
Navy Beans.
"Three northern States produce
Ir.Vge quantities of white or nav\
beans, Michigan, New York, an<<
Wisconsin. Of the total acreage,
nearly three^fourths is in Michigan.
An early frost not only greatly reduced
the yield, but also greatly in
jured the viability of the beans. I'
is essential, therefore, tha'. !
l? ken to if-.co that an adequate supply
of good seed is available lor til
next planting season.
Purpose of Department.
"Jt is the purpose of the department.
if the sum suirB-osted ii mm
available, to take immediate step
to secure, test, and store :.t leant v.
portion of the supply of these seed*
that will be needed for next srus.vi
In this connection, it should br
'home in mind that, under the lam; iiage
of the item, the seed will i>s
scld to farmers only for cash at a
reasonable price, and it is provided
that the fund may be use 1 as a revolving
fun?l until tbo Sccrtary of
Agriculture determines that the emergency
contemplate*! by the appropriation
no longer exists In the ci:cumstances,
it is believed that it wil'
be possible to return to the Treasury
th0 entire amount appropriated, or at
least the greater portion of it."
FOREIGN ITEMS
There never has been a similui
body of men to lead as clean lives a.
the American soldiers in France, Gen
era I Pershing said in a cablegram
to Secretary Baker in reply to in
quiries as to the truth of reports of
immoderate drinking among the me. .
Neither the aggressive opposition
of President Wilson nor the apparent
certainty that their measure would
1 _1 ! ? il. . I
iiuvi: no numci! in me nojj.se even 11
passed by tho senate is halting tn<
campaign of the advocates in congress
of bills to establish a war cabinet
and a director of munitions.
Measures to check competition for
labor between the war industries an 1
government agencies have been takes*
by the department of labor.
The MO German ships seized b\
Brazil when it entered the war hav
been chartered by the French govern
rncnt for war purposes.
Some news of a reliable nalu>> ha
begun to trickle across the Swiss
frontier which seemingly proves th-il
Austria and Hungary are in the
throes of the greatest economic erisi .
since the war began.
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Mrs. Ii. ,J. Teddar left for her
home at Fairmont, N. C., after spend
ing some time with relatives aim
friends here.
Suffer? ^
Mrs. J. A. Cox, of Al- |^|
ym ucrson, w. va., v/ritcs: *
L/| "My (laughter . . . suf- jy
|/J fered terribly. Sh 2 could fcy
|/J not turn in bed ... the ly
1^1 doctors gave her up, and jy
1^1 we brought her home to Jy
WyM die. She had suffered so jy
WyM much at. .. time. Hav- |y
lyl ing heard of Cardui, we |y |
got it for her."
r.ARnm
uniiuui
ym He Woman's Tonic
\/jk "Inafewdays, shebe- w/l.
1/1 can to improve/' Mrs.
?/l Cox continucs> Ji'and had 1/1
T/% no trouble at .T. Cardui JT/J
WyM cured her, and we sine W/\
w\/M its praises everywhere." WA
WyM We receive many thoukJ
sands of similar letters yl
every year, telling of the fc/J
W^% good Cardui has done for J/7
1/1 women who suffer from W/\
|yf complaints so common to W A
WyM their sex. It should do \ A
|?J you good, too. Try h'J
CONFII
in the Federal Reserve
an important part in th
from the adverse condit
break of the European wa
is still helping to keep bi
I This system with its
bulwark of strength to th
bers of it. and will assi:
requirements which thi
to meet.
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;! By depositing your r
jjj ceive the protection and
? our membership in th<
| offer you
i PEOPLE
CM OCR j
<rrEDEPAL RESERVE ( <\>?W
I r.YSTFM '
I ^ Recommem
|MP?| Think I
^Sl|i~\ 'i Ever Felt
Better
Mrs. William H. Hinchllffo, No. 20 <
SEES MORE WARS
>iAI Mil M
! IU HJLLUW i HIS
That the present war will not em'
all wars, and that a state of pearto
follow will last only just so long
as it ?-ill take the present belligerents
to recover from their exhaustion
is, set forth at some length in tin; latest
issue r.Y the London Statist to
reach thi^ side, says The New York
Times. Flic journal, which is a farce
and authority in economics and finance
in Great Britain, believes tir.it
England will have to keep up a con
Mclorablc army and navy in vi\\
event and that a league of nation
designed to make war impossible ;
j nothing but a "pretty dream." It be
j lieves, also, that Britain's aseondeiv.vjat
sea is threatened by America, not
because of American initiative with
that end in view, but because, if the
war continues for four or five or six
years, British trade will be demora'j
i#/ed.
A Natural F
If you catch colds easily
if subject to headaches, n?
by all means start today to
j which is a concentrated me
#tonjc to put power
the life forces an<
No alcoht
The imported Norwegian e?xl li>
TwiLY in our owu American laboratories '
Scott it Row
CHICKEN
is often v;
Tliefitnciiliouscwi
is Mines! stolen
np.oowirAt.t. a
DENCE
Banking System played
?e recovery of business
ions following the outr,
thirty months ago, and
ashless on a:i even keel. ''
immense resources is a 1
e banks which are mem- v
st them in any financial j \
ey may be called upon j >
.. . !<
noney with us you retho
new facilities which
3 system enables us to ]
:S NATIONAL BANK ||
ay, South Carolina. '
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rggg IM.II.M_ I I I
mi > > mm*r-1 -fn?
I 1'eruna 1A? !'
All Stafreres*?
Of Catarrh.? |
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Myrtlo SI., Beverly, Mass., writes: "I I i
have taken four bottles of Peruna, |
and I can say that it has done mo
a great deal of good, for catarrh of
the head anrl throat. I recommend 1
Peruna to all sufferers with catarrh.
I do not think I ever felt much better.
I am really surprised at the
work I can do. I do not think too
much praise can be said for Peruna."
Those who object to liquid medicines
can procure Peruna Tablets.
REPRISAL MEASURE
TAKEN AGAINST SPAIN
Washington.?Because of certain
conditions in Spain, which the govern
ment considers are to the advantage
of Germany and discriminatory tu
the United States and the Allies, the
vafr trado board today ceased to issue
licenses for export of merchan- 1
1 _ _ X * \ .
(use 10 mat country and held five j
ships about to sail for Spain.
Recently when General Pershing
was authorized to buy 200,000 blanK- I
ets in Spain to American troops, are? I
attempted to buy other merchandise, |
Home influence suspected of being!
German intervened. Other incidents j
convince the government here of Ger-!
man activity. Measures similar to'
i
those recently adopted toward other
European neutrals are in preparation.
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J. Q. Johnson of Galivants Ferry j
was in Conway one day last week.
'ortSfic&tSon
it troubled with catarrh,
irvousness or listJ.essness,
i build your strength with
dicinal food and buildingin
the blood, strengthen
1 tone up the appetite.
>1 in SCOTT'S.
,-er nil used in Scott'* Emul*ion is now refined
which ifiuinintees it free from impurities,
no, ltlootufield, N. J. 17-13
FAT
jstcd.
fclliinksit
ingforcics,
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DESTROYING PESTS
WILL SAVE US MUCH
Every year ground squirrels, robust,
rats, mice, and other small ansHills,
working unseen by the farmer,
md earh doing its bit by eating
?;rain, damaging orchard trees, or inuring
truck crops, exact an annual
oil aggregating millions of dollars.
Phis loss si largely preventable, as
ikown by the work of the Uurcau of
biological Survey of the United States
Department of Agriculture. In
viorth Dakota, for example, the bucau
conducted an organized camu
ign agains4 ground squirrels,
toopcration with th0 State extension
service. The squirrels on about
!.."?00,000 acres were poisoned ami
iractically exterminated. The result
\ as a saving in the year's crops
alucd at more than $1,000,000. Tin
qairrels were destroyed by poisoned
?ait distributed m ar their runs ar. i
'cc ling places at a cost, including lajor,
<?f from to 7 cents per acre.
Campaigns along the same linos,
irder project agreements, have been
darted in Montana. Idaho, and Oiv- i
,< n in cooperation with State extension
services, and arc being planned]
cr other States. Demonstrations <n'
methods have been made on a large1.
4%#11 XT i- ? ^ % '
V.4H.- in lMVvuua ;um v antorma.
, hiM'c increased interest is being de?<
loped in organizing sysb malic
v. paigns for tho extermination T
ground squiimis.
Kabhit s Di'st rue I ive.
Serious depredations by jack ra V ;
nits upon wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa,!
mil ether growing crops and stark I J
nay necessitate continued efforts for J
their control in Western and South- I
western States. In a single countvJ
ir. Oregon ahout 7b,OHO were poison- |
ed at a cost of lens than one-tenth of
i cent each. i
In many of the Eastern and Ce.itral
States the cottontail rabbits have
done considerable damage in orchards
and on grain farms. In New
Vork State the European hare, which
was introduced some years ago, has
increased and is spreading to adjoining
States, and is likewise doing
< xtensive damage to orchards. Mca?uies
are being taken to control these
nests.
Prairie DogH Destroyed.
Prairie dogs have been a serious
menace to many farmers in the West
red Southwest. The bureau has conducted
successful campaigns to do
stroy them. In some of their tests
as many as .">00 dead prairie do,;*
have been counted in an alfalfa field
within 24 hours after distributing
I-rain poisoned with only 1 ounce of
strychnin. The success of the work
of the bureau has induced extensive
cooperation by farmers and stockmen,
and their work has resulted in s\
'urge saving in growing crops, and
good yields have been secured on
large areas where, in many cases,
the prairie-dog infestation has previously
rendered the production of
ctops an almost hopeless undertaking.
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Mice Cause Large Annual Loss.
Pine mice, meadow mice, and dear
mice are rsoponsible for a large per- I
coutage of thc. annua' toll, and par-,
thukrly in the Eastern States have
wrought serious havoc in orchard y i
gardens, and truck and potato farms, i
Many melon-producing districts al so j
have suffered from thorn. Tn one j
county in Virginia the hort ieultiu ul
commissioner csilmatcd a loss of
f;1.00,000 ' o orchards from apple trees i
killed by pine mice dnrine; the ;>car. j
il ?uso rats and mire are notorious j
destroyers of l'iohl crops, stored pro- i
duets, and poultry, and the initial]
tops have been taken to launch a
nation-wide campaign against them.
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given to all and
singular the kindred and creditors ot '
Arthur M. Burroughs, deceased, that!
the undersigned will apply to Hon. J, j
S. Vaught, Probate Judge of Horry I
County en Monday February 25, A. j
X)., 1918 at il o'clock A. M. f.ira!
i.ial settlement of the estate of the j
said Arthur M. Burroughs, deceased!
and for a final discharge as Admini.-tinier
of the said estate.
D. M. BURROUCiHS.
Qualified Adi linistator,
Conway, S. C.,
January 2-1, 1918 ? adv
?ll -1 s? it
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Th(? noon meal in South '.'a/o!:p. i 1
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hould bo tho wluat'ess meal each J
iny in the wool;, nrcordintf to a stal>
ner.t issued by William Elliott, food '
.el mil list rato,-.
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Whenever You Need a General Ionic
Take Grove's.
The Old Standard Gros'c's Tasteless;
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a 1
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds v.p the Whole System. 60 cents.
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DECLARE PEACE .
TERMS UNACCEPTABLE
Von Hertling Affects to See the
Possibility of Agreement on
Several Points
CHANCELLORS REPLY TO
THE ALLIED PROGRAM
Says Germany Will Not Surrender
Alsace-Lorraine
Territory.
Germany through Iter imperial
chancellor, Count von Hertling, an<l
Austria-Hungary through its foreign
minister, Count Czernin, have replied
to peace terms of the allies and the
United States as recently enunciated
by David Llovd George, the British
prime minister, and President Wtt
SOU.
Although Count von Hurtling and
' unl C/? rnin afoot to see the possibility
of coming into agreement
with their enemies on minor points
\he I'ou ri'l" buses essentia! to peace
n?v declared to be unacceptable.
The so -busman for Germany was
uncompromisingly hostile to a majority
of the p ace aims as put forward
by President Wilson treating
pnralel v ni ir; address htoso upon
which tiernumy could not come into
nccoid.
Au tria More Moderate.
Couni Czernin was more moderate
in hm treatment of President Wd|
son's ideas, declaring the President's
| viewpoint expressed ii\ his latest address
to Congress, shows there \va>
less incompatibility between AustriaHungary
and United States than had
seemed to he the case.
From the German standpoint, ac-.
cording to von Hurtling, the restoration
to France of Alsace-Lorraine is
beyond the realm of discussion. Regarding
Belgium he declared that its
restoration could be settled only in
nnoiiA b..i 1 b .. i /"*
i r uu^uuiikiuiiA, onv uuii wrmany
novel* has demanded the incoi por>
tion of Belgian territory "by violence."
Poland. Balkans, Russia.
The chancellor said the fate of Po,
hind and the Balkans and the readjustment
of the Italian frontier line.*;
with Austria while the evacuation of
| Russian territory concerns only Russia
and the Central Powers. With
j regard to Russia Count Czcrnin said
j Austria-Hungary desired no annexation
or indemnities, "not a metre of
territory, not a kreutzer of indemnity,"
and that Russia could have
peace il .she maintained the same
standpoint as she evidently intended.
Might .Form Beginning.
Both Count Czcrnin and von Hc.rtling
thought it obvious that the exI
change of peace views with the United
States might fotm the startling
! point for a conciliatory discussion
l among all the States which had not
; yet entered the peace negotiations.
In an address before the Japanese
Diet Viscount Motono, the foreign
minister, reiterated the views previously
expressed by Premier Terauchi?that
Japan was in full accont
I with her allies in the war and that it
was her intention to maintain tranquility
in the Far East.
On the battle fronts the fighting
again has died clown to small proportion.
only bombardments and small
infantry operations having been reef
rded.
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NOTICE.
All persons having claims agairv-t
the Farmers & Merchants Rank >f
Conway, S. C., (in liquidation), including
the depositors of the said
Hank, are hereby required to forthwith
make proof of their claims
against the said Hank to the under- f(
signed Receiver. Application has ^J
been mad'* l< tin* Court for an Order..,/'
l'/b
authorizing me to pay out the funds y, '
in my hands to the depositors an$^ l<
claimants, in their pro rat i shares, /j,
?\Y. A. FRF KM AN, J0*'
Rt'cvivcr.yi i
Conway, S. C. ?-Jbr?s ht
.January 21, 1918 ?1-31 -18-^2?^/
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Mrs. 11. (i. Cushman lias returned
I'rom Greenville, S. C., whore she
spent several weeks. Mr. Cushman
v as here from Charleston to spend
ho week-end.
For Indigestion, Constipation or
Biliousness
Just try one fiO-eent bottle of LAX-FOS
WITH PEPSh\. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the pul/pc by Paris M idicine
C .manufacturers < I* Laxative Bromo
Quinine aad Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic.
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