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f ?? . .. , p n r ' vVOLUME xxiavr ~'v HOW MOVING TIME 1 ? WITH MANY FARMERS v ' Habit With Some of Them Re- s si&3 in Loss to The Farm- * ing Class 1 - j * ( FARMERS WHO STAY I 4 WILL SUCCEED MOST rt t "Wotk Hard and'Pleaae the s Landlord?-Make.Plans and ^Work Them Out. VJ v < / For one reason or another the ear- < ly part of January in every year is I moving time for numbers of farmers i who' make a living by woking the i lands of others, either by renting the 1 lands or working the lands on shares. 1 It is one of the most unfortunate J things that the Herald has ever no- I tice<l in the lives of the people who i do this moving. The moving pro- ] ceeds in some cases from the idea i that there are better things off yon- i der on some other place and greater < success to be had than where they i are at present. In some other cases, some disagreement comes up between 1 the tenant and the landlord. However, that may be, it is a certain fact that no farmer can succeed who moves about from one farm to anoth ^ er, for the simple reason that it i* 0 absolutely necessary to lay plans and plant crops Mat can be easily arrang^ ed where h remains on the same * place year after year, and which he cannot possibly do if he goes to a rew place. The way to succeed is to Ftay on the same farm, year in and year out, work hard and satisfy the own oil. of the land, and be able to work the plans which farmers usually work to make their crops a success. o OLD SUBSCRIBER SAYS HERALD IS WORTH IT One of the ol lest subscribers that the Herald has is Mr. J. C. Parker, who gets the paper on one of tho star routes leading out of Fair Bluff, North Caro'ina into Floyds township into a thrifty section of Horry Coun ty. .So far as our records show Mr. Parker has been taking the Herald ever ir.ee it was started under its present management, about twenty years ago. On October 1st, 1918, the price of ] the Jlcrald was raised from $1.00 to ] JT'l.hoAer year, that change having Keen found necessary about the close of the war in order to help meet the 1 increased and growing expenses. It 1 became apparent in the latter part 1 of 1919, that if the paper was to be ' kept up to its present high standing, owing to the still further increase in the cost of white paper and other * materials, it would be necessary to * increase the price to $2.00. '* The Herald advertised that any c subscriber might renew for at least i one year at the old price of $1.50, * provided the money was paid before January 1st, 1920. Mr. Parker came to Conway on i r.i. 1 ... vaiiuuiy urn una renewed His sub- r l scriation to the paper by paying s f $2.(w^for the year 1920, stating that c Whe had intended to make the remit- s 'tjf tanoc before the old year went out c ' but had neglected it; but he went on a to say that as compared to every o thing else the paper was well worth c the sum of $2.00, and that he did not P hesitate to pay it. b e ^ SUPERVISOR HERE. n J. Hiram Long, of Longs, South it Carolina, spent last Friday in Con- a way on businesr Mr. Long is a s member of the County Board of Su- n pervisors of Registration. jJWCK TO OLD HOME. it Prince, who has been living f< at Port Norfolk, Virginia, for some v time past, has moved back to his old ai home at Gurley, South Carolina, and p will bo associated with his brother, "1 E. W. Prince, in the mercantile busi- it ness at that place and will also be c< interested in the fanning business tl there. M ?hr '? " * ? < 1EALTH EXHIBIT I IN SCHOOL HERE . ? The Keeping Fit exhibit of the tate board of health which was orginally prepared by the U. S. Public fealth Service was presented to the >oys of the hierh school here hv Mr. I fames H. Grauel, State Boys Wrrk secretary of the Y. M. C. A. This ixhibit which was prepared for me n the high schools by the governnent has attracted favorable ccmnent wherever sh'own and it is the dan of the state board to present his to all the high schools in the state, before the close of schools in 1920. The exhibit shown the boys here lonsisted of 48 charts bearing the nessage of physical fitness and dmplc rules of hygiene. There aro ibout 130 schools in the state which ;his campaign will reach, and after ihey have been covered the effort vill be taken to the mill villages. It is the endeavor of the U. S. Public Health service to reach three million hoys in the country before 1921. In addition to the showing of the charts the service is giving to all boys visiting the exhibit a copy of the pamphlet entitled Keeping Fit. The State Board of Education has unanimously approved the showing of the exhibit and urges the fullest'cooperation of all school men. It is the present intention of the states board that this exhibit shall reach the schools annually. Dr. C. V. Akin of the State Board of Health has charge of this work and Mr. Grauel of the State Y. M. C. A. lis the Field Director of the Campaign. o There was a scarcity of fire crackers this time so that the small boys of the county missed the usual fun in that line; and the older folks missed a lot of racket and annoyance; and they also saved a little money. SUPREMElUTHORiTr TO FIX RAIL RATES Given to Interstate Commerce! I Commission by Joint Conference. Washington.?An Agreement to give the interstate commerce commission supreme authority in fixing railroad rates with power to suspend and annul rate orders of state commissions was reached by the Se ate and House conferees in considering the Esch-Cummins railroad reorganisation bills. Over State Commissions. The interstate commerce commission, under the agreement, would be authorized to substitute its findings ind rate orders for those of state :ommissions when the latter give an infair advantage to or discriminate igainst interstate commerce. Interstate Commerce Only. The conferees' agreement provides * or little change in the existing law, ut more definitely establishes the upreme rate making power >f the federal commission and is deigned to remove doubt, raised in srv ral cases before the supreme court, is to the authority of the commis ion >ver local or intrastate rates which onflict with interstate tariffs. The . ower of sate railway commissions, owever, would not be hampered nor , ncroachcd upon by the federal com-|i tiission in making ot intrastate rates ] i such do not prejudice or discrimin- , te against interests outside of the j fate or interfere with interstate com , icrce. ( Senate's Provisions. j The conference agreement, Chair- j tan Cummins announced, provides \ >r adoption of the Senate bill's pro- < isions. The House plan of authori- < ing the federal commission to sus- t end state vates, if such placed an \ undue burden" upon interstate com- i terce, was believed by some of the [ mferees to involve conferring upon ( ie commission power to supervise a'l \ ;ate rates. \ parr CONWAY, S. 0 , THURSDAY, RADICALS ARE TAKEN I THROUGHOUT THE U. S. Department of Justice Officials* I Corral All Alleged Members j A 4 Dnrlinnl vm nauividl UiydllllcUIUnS Washington?In a sweeping drive against radicalism, agents of the dc- 1 partment of justice were completing today nationwide raids against communist organizations in which upwards of several thousand radicals were taken in custody with the view to deportation. Raids were ordered in 32 cities f ver the United States and promptly at the hour of 9 last night the operative moved with cloak-like precision, in the round-up of communist woikers and sympathizers. . Early this morning the number of arrests -has risen to the highest figure of any 1 similar raid in the history of the country. The government hopes to fill another "soviet ark" and send it floating across the Atlantic to Bolshevik Russia where the radicals will be per mitted to rejoin their birth and kin. The department of justice estimated fV.o* ? " ? ' * " viicav uuvt- iMuu^mui - unciesiraDies" would be caught in the dragnet and with their deportation it was believed the backbone of radicalism in America will have been broken, i The raids were conducted particularly against communist and communist labor groups of radicals, the department of justice announced, with the object of obtaining evidence to submit to the department of labor for deportation of "a very large number of our most dangerous anarchists and radical agitators." The general charge cf attempting to overthrow the gov eminent by force and violence was placed against tho: c arrested. Plans to Form Soviets The agents particularly searched for incriminating documents, some of which they claimed revealed plans t; ^stablivh Soviets throughout the ecu I ry to be later merged under a so. ' vict council similar to the Russian ] i ouncil. I Attempts t? organize the ncgroe ir. a movement to overthrow the present political and economic system of the United States were disclosed, officials of the department said, an I '.hoy admiUc'l that the propaganda \va> such far-reaching effort thai trouble may yet be expected in some negro communities. Fruitful fields for the radical propa guuuists was found specially among; the ignorant and foreign workmen, officials stated. A manifesto issued by the communist party stated tliaf the party was the "conscious expression of the class struggle of the workers against capitalism" and it proposed to "end capitalism and organize a workers' industrial republic." * Agriculture in this county is just beginning to open its eyes. It will do great things within the next ten years. mNOTEMW CONVICT LABOR The management and control of , convict labor in the construction of state highways is not desired by the , state highway department juv?nwHr?<? ?I i to its expressed opinion at its recent meeting held in Columbia. For some i, time, the employment of convicts on j raad building work has been under discussion, and while the convicts may do good work, the commissioners thought it best for the highway department to keep hands off so far \ as the management and control of such labor goes. If the convicts are i turned over to the state penitentiary < >r to county officials and they elect to < jonstruct roads with them according i ;e specifications supplied by the i lighway department, the commls- \ doners of course have no objections, 1 >ut so far as actual management and i jon'trol goes, the commissioners be- ? jevc it wise to delegate such authority to others. i y . - > ( . |i pr S"' -"'4 -l *' . ++* \j< ** JANUARY 8, 1920 MINIMUM SALARF ' FOR TEACHERS $90 i I Board of Educatiorr Committee i Outlines Big Program for ii School Development. * > i A minimunii salary for public I schcool teachers; of $90 a month and ^ other measures to bettor the school T system of the state are recommend- * od by a special committee representing the state board of education, as made public by Gov. Cooper, J Among the recommendations are that there shall he a minimum wage '. of $90 a month for all assistant 1 teachers for nine months, $100 a 1 month for principals of a two or three-teacher school, $fl0 for prinei- \ pals of four-teacher schools and $120 for} principals of five-teacher, schools. The creating of a State board of ,j examining and certificating teachers is also recommended, along with re- ' ligious teaching in the public schools and a more liberal use of the public , health benefits as may be applied to the schools. Adequate and properly constructed buildings is also emphasized and it is recommended that all construction be under the immediate supervision of 'a State school architect. Finances is the great drawback to the system, and the committee points cu^ that instead of $5,000,000 being [expended in the public schools as I last year, there is immediate necessity for $12,000,000. The committee in suggesting minimum salaries for county sunerintend outs, suggest that the salary for 1 these officials should be at leant $1,800 a year. The report concludes with pointing out the necessity of rewriting the State Constitution b~ ause of the limitations of the organic law as to public schools. The report was prepared at the request of jovemor Cooper by President Snyder, of W of ford; State Superintendent Swearingen, Dr. S. H. Edmunds, of Sumter; E. H. Montgomery, of ^laeksburg, and W. L. Brocker, of Florence. It will be adopted by tV.o 3tate board and presented to the G n f-ral Assembly. msoNsiislL TO CONTROL SUGAR Washington?President Wibon had signed the McNary bill continuing the United States sugar cqualiz itio.n board through 1920. It was announc ed atvthe White House that his sig nature had been attached. Secretary Tumulty, in making th > announcement, issued this statement: 1 "The president has signed the sug- 1 ar control bill. The bill confers (lis-I' cretion on the president in the matter <' of purchasing sugar from Cuba, il ; is doubtful whether it will be practic- ,1 able or wise for the president to ex | * ercise the power conferred so far as |1 the purchase of sugar is concerned." |A Some of the Cuban sugar has al- * ready been purchased and there is m? * central control over sugar in Cuba as ( there was last year, and it might, ( therefore, be impossible for the government now to step in and purchase f the sugar without increasing tuo Y price to the consumer. The bill, how- I ever, continues the licensing power v also and this power may be used to ^ assist in controlling the profiteering among distributors. Much Cuban ^ sugar is coining in now and the indi- ] cations are that prices have reached their peak and that there will be *i c tendency for prices to fall in the next 11 few weeks. ? EMANCIPATION DAY. c t Several thousand colored people, t men, women and children gathered in t Conway last Monday to celebrate 1 emancipation day. There was a pa- v rade which was routed from the o western portion of town down v through the principal residence sec- p tion, and ended at the Town Hall p where suitablbe speeches were deliver n sd to the crowd. e The occasion passed off quietly p and with good order. c rat tl. IDBPT NEW PLAN" I TO FIGHT WEEVIL I Following the recommendation of | W". W. Long of Clemson college, Dr. IF. M. Riggs and D. W. Watkifis, of TUw> O I ^ 1 -L u imiiuti Wltf Qnect- I d at the meeting of the Anti-Boil; Veevil association and interested >arties. Under the new plfcrv adopted' >y the entire conference* counties 11 ,;hore the pest is present ill large lumbers will be grouped into units >f three and men experienced in uuidling the boll weevil employed! to j \ork these districts? and fight the , jest. The funds \yi1l be supplied by he various, counties by the county supply bill in the general assembly> 1 the plan recommended yesterday is 1 perf ccted. Clemson college an<l the department of agriculture of the United States would have control of the men und direct the .work in the various groups. Under the plan of Mr. Long about 30 counties would be grouped into ten groups for fighting the weevil. While this is an abandonment of the first idea adopted here some time ago it does not mean the abolition of the Anti-Boll Weevil association, but rather a strengthening of this body which will cooperate and aid in directing the work in the groups for eliminating the weevil in the state. Those attending the meeting, including members of the executive committee of the Anti Boli Weevil association, and interested businecss men from over the state approved the new idea and it will be recommended to the various county delegations for action. ANXIETY COMES WITH HIGH PRICES Readjustment of Business j Seems Imminent?Board I Gives Review. i Washington.?General anxiety prevails throughout American business concerning the continued advance In prices and a readjustment appears im minent, the federal reserve board reported in its review of December blh>* iresss conditions. Through the board's statement the inference was strongly given that a reduction in! prices is due because of a recognized entailment of buying power coupled with a lack of unanminity of opinion as to what the future holds. While retail trade shows great activity and wholesalers and manufacturers were represented as being unable to supply the demand, the great growth in business was shown to i- ? m % i.oyc ueeu terms or dollars and not in units of production. High wages for labor further complicated the sitiation according to the board's review. Practically every federal eserve district reported that "skilled abor was working only sufficient ] lays to keep going" resulting in a : consequent falling off in production. ( Labor unrest the review said, showed some abatement during the , nonth but the the greatly re 'uccd \ production of the preceding month \ vas not by any means fully restored. ( The termination of the coal strike ind the cessation of activity in the t teel strike as well as the greatly \ ncreased number of men employed \ n these lines in many districts ac-|t ounts for a lower figure represent- ^ ng unemployment, the board said. j "From many sections," the board . sserted, "it is reported that the ( hicf difficulty doees not lie in sys- \ ematic strikes but in the indisposi- . ion of workers to increase pro luc- $ ion and to keep steadily at work, j 'he reduced output as a result of r ery short hours or the suspension i f work a given number of days a t /eek has proved to be a national c I'AKIam TUn ? 'i!? ? * ' avmiviui i nu luojjuBiuun ox moor to ursue such a policy is ascribed by f lany to high wages and the desire to \ mploy the increased purchasing j ower thus obtained in the pure has p f leisure rather than goods." t OV *r"y f< ~ ~NOT38. SUMTER BUSINESS MEN JUY SOME PLANTATIONS. _ying in Lower Waccamaw Meek and Including Factory anrl Rim I onHc MI iw i IIUV L.UIIUO OPERATE CAN FACTORY AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS Will Mean a Great Dj$al to Section of Neck Near Murrells \XxIct. l)r. J. A. Mood. of Sumter, togethet with several associates, recently purchased the old Brook (keen plantation and the Oaks and Laurel Hill places, together with the rice lands connected with these places in lower Waccamaw Neck. The purchase includes also the canning factory, which was operated by Braslauer, Dachicotte & Company. The new owners arc now operating this factory. It is stated on good outhority that the new owners of the property ar? prepared to spend large sums of money in making new improvements, developing the lands, and will bring back into cultivation the old rico fields of that section which have been idle for a long number of years. This change in ownership, It is said, will mean a great deal for that section of Woccamaw Neck whic.K | lies near Murrclh* Inlet. -? TAKES RIGHT COURSR ! W. C. Pitts, the township supervisor for Conway township has a tractor and road scraper also a split-log (bag, and he will Keep thpsp employled all the Um? on the mods of this I rowoship. In this way he expects to I keep the roads of Conway township in fairly good condition and we think this is the proper course. ?^ peopleofstatT wantgood roads Columbia, Jari. f>:?Ravin 1. MePavid, morilbth Of tii? liousd of representatives from Greenville County, was a visitor in Columbia recently and while here called at the headquarters of the South Carolina Automotive Trades Association to assure that organization that he was desirous of seeing legislation enacted the next session of the General Assembly that will insure the construction of permanent highways in South. Carolina. "I have been traveling over South Carolina for the past nine months/' said Mr. McDavid, 44 and I tell yo'i the people of South Carolina want permanent roads. They are sick and tired of being in the mud. They art4 beginning to realize that muddy roads are costing them money every clay they have them. "It has been figured that good roads save the cost of gasoline more than f>0 per cent. This means a savng to the average automobile owner >f from $50 to $100 per year. "I was very much interested in an M'ticle in the State of last Tuesday, celling of a recent test in which a oaded two ton truck was used. This truck running 100 miles on an earth *oad consumed 17..'} gallons of gasoine, making an average of 5.7b miles i gallon. The cost figured at 25 ;ents a gallon was $4.03. The same ,ruck was used on a concrete road \nd traveled the ame distance on l /I ft r?r? 11 " ?' 1 - ? ~ 1 " ? .'.- i/ ?^C?ltV#4t0 l/l gu?i>iui?; rnaKing 11.71* rules per gallon. The, basis was $2.12. rhc net savings in the cost of gasoine on the improved highway was herefore $2.21 or more than 200 per ent. "At this rate the automobile ownrs of the state could well afford to >e taxed for the building of these lermanent highways. They would ave enough off of gasolino to pay heir taxes for several years.*'