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I <$f VOLUME XXXIV. < ' TARMERS ADVISED I TO HOLD COTTON iFor Fifty Cents As Convention r A May Advise Even High)S j ?r Price lai I REASONS ARE GIVEN ' WHY COTTON HIGH i v. ? I pending /Authority 'Gives Ad* vice to SParxners erf South Ghtrolina. ,5 Ck>lum%a, /March 8.?J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president q< the Am erican Cotton Association, today issued a Statement urging members of ' the American Cotton Association to j hold their cotton for a minimum price of 50 cents, at least until the annual Jfconvention of the association in Montgomery, Ala., April 13-16 when if a minimum price will be selected by the full convention. The convention i he said, would probably name an | <even higher figure. ? "Experts after through investi| gation of the supply and demand both in America and abroad," said j 'Mr. Wannamaker, "have laid full inH formation before the officials of the L .American Cotton Association upon M which they might bace a recommenV' dation for cotton acreage for the Ij coming crop and also for a minimum H ? price for cotton now on hand. K "This report clearly shows that mil the world is preparing to go to work Bw and will become intensely busy and ^l'W there will be a crying demand for B all raw material following the late m "World War which destroyed and als > m consumed an unthinkable amount of every known product. Following K five cosecutive short crops there is B an inevitable certainly of a famine B in the raw cotton market. This in vestigation shows that cotton based H * on the manufactured product is H worth one hundred per cent in exB cess of the highest price paid. The ^ surplus being carried is entirely and Hf flagrantly incorrect and composed largely of rotten and unspinnablc m cotton. 4<There was only 3,500 bales of ce? B tificd cotton on the New York exH change at the close of business on B March 3rd, and fifty thousand bale? B *f cotton on long contacts to be fl filled for March; over a million B; bales for May and June. May cot H ten five to six hundred points unde? Bj spot cotton in the South; July.cottor Bl b lower^ October cotton below thi Bj cost of production, B "Under these conditions the manH'. ? it it t .. |uiuciurer? wno realize uie bdsoiuii certainty of a famine of raw cottoT are buying cotton in New York anr will demand the actaul cotton. Th? speculators appreciating the fact thgt they can buy cotton for belov spot cotton, the price of spot cottor being far below a fair price base< Upon supply and demand ,are buy fng in New York. The man sellint Cotton even at prices far above pres ent prices under these condition* would walk through Hades with i keg of dynamite. "Information plainly shows a com bination of manipulators operatinj hi a ^jfesperate effort to beat rav H* cotton prices down. Based upon in . ^formation at hand, members of th< association are assured of fifty cent per pound basis middling is dir VllCttp xOl cOtbUU uooCu MpOIl ouppt; and demand and the price of th< Mm manufactured product, and they ar< H: ^frged to be guided by this price un A the meeting of the convention H| jfpril 13-16 inclusive, at which tim< V a minimum price will be recommem Iea Dasea upon information in pos session of the American Cotton As sociation. They are also urged ii the strongest terms not to increas the cotton acreage but to plan largelj^Tood products. A large cot ton acreage simply means that th manipulator will be furnished wit] the power they have exercised fo the l'ipt sixty years of absolutel; controlling the price of cotton. <?hr FLU SITUATION STIU. I REQUIRES REGULATION Up to about last Friday the influ- | en7.a situation in Conway was thought to be very much improved; and it was expected for several days that the Board of Health would take off the regulations and that the churches would open on last Sun day. and nerhans the school and moving picture show, some time early this week; and that the early closing regulations would be taken off. On last Friday, however, seven new <acses of -the flu were ;*j3Rprted and there .were two other cases, which "had .not been reported that1 day, making nine pew cases that developed the latter part of last week. It was then .stated that tho regulations would be on for at least this whole week. * ?-ho YOUNG MAN HURTr. Hart Lawrimore, twenty-eight years old, son of R. A. Lawrimore of Bucks township, was severely hurt on March 2nd, owing to an accident happening while he was stretching some fence wire. The wire slipped from its fastening and made Ugly wounds in his head so that a doctor was called. He had suffered a great deal from the wounds at last accounts. EX-GAPTAiNOPPOSES AID FORVETERANS Washington.?Flat opposition to fil /A uuMvmi iciici it;|[iaiaviuu tui iuiuio service men, the first to be expressed by a former soldier, was absented to before the House ways and means committe by Walter W. Burns, of Green Point, New York, a formor artillery captain. "A money "hand-out" to the exservico men," he said, "would simply be thrown away." Practically no former soldiers or sailors are without employment, t Burns said, adding that most of jthem do not know the effect payment of a bonus woud have. Out1 ' standing government obligations I , would depreciate if a bond Issue was authorized, Burns saidAll Would TAke Money. All oldiers would take a money grant if Congress authorized it, he i (told the committee. Representative ' Rainoy, Democrat, of Illinois, re plied that this was true even of mem ? bers of Congress, "who talk and vote - against salaries and mileage allot' ments, but always take the money.", ? Burns contended that the satjsfac tion of having fought to defend the country was sufficient reward. "If the war had continued two i weeks more every American soldier ? would have been so tickled that they II wouldn't want any bonus," he added, s Representative Garner, Democrat, t (of Teocas, said not a former service r man in his district had written in ? 1 favor of the proposed financial rei leif. [NEWS NOTES ON : OUR ROAD BUILDING X T. E. Wise, Superintendent of 7 Chain Gang, and W. C. Pitts, Resi dent Engineer, went to Columbia on b Wednesday to attend a meeting of s | all supervisors of the State, called t, by the State Highway Department. ;? They report that the meetings were f? (very instructive. Details were ree ported in the daily papers. The Road Maintenance Crew has i, been scraping, dragging and repaire ing bridges on the Socastee road and i Little River road. The travelling - public reports these roads very - much improved. n The County has received a second e car of Cast Iron Culvert Pipe to be t used instead of the small wooden hridco.q. If the aunervisorft And over e seers will use this iron pipe instead h of buying lumber to repair wooden r bridges, the bridges of the county y will gradually become permanent and never need repairing. * Hixv CONWAY, 87 aT THtTRSDAY MEXICO Will KICK JENKINS OUT, REPORT Mexicans Liken Action to Re_ I cent Deportation of Russian Radicals. Mexico City.?W. O. JenUcins, former United States Consular Agent nt Puebla, whose permission to act in that capacity was recently revoked, is to be expelled from Mexico in consequence 0f his alleged dealings with rebels, according to insist-ent reports here. The United Stater., embassy has handed a now note -to the Mexican foreign office reiaUve l.; cliarges -preferred in an interview by Julio Mitchell, prosecutor of the State of Puebla, which involve procedure followed by the embassy during the progress of the Jenkins case. May Size Factory. Washington.?Expulsion of William O. Jenkins, former American consular officer at Puebla, by the Mexican government as an undesira) e alien probably will be followed I eizure of his factory at Puebla A ther property, recent reports ,y Texico City, have indicated. \ g of Jenkins out of the coun rf> ted as most probable in a -r dispatch, would not surpriseV \s here. His exequatoi as consula. agent of the United States was revoked some time age although the State Department ha* not been officially advised of thi.action. The cxnulsion of Jenkins is liken eel by Mexicans to the recent depor tation of Russian radicals by th< American government. CONWAUHAMBER FIGHTS MALARIA Adding to Good Work Already Done in Horry County in Better Sanitation CORRESPONDENCE ON SUBJECT OF SURVET Prizes Offered For Best Essai on Subject of "Malaria, Its Cause and Prevention." Recognizing the importance o eradication and prevention of mala ria in Horry County, the Conwa; Chamber of Commerce has formu lated plans which, it is hoped, wil bear fruit in removing condition which contribute to the spread o the disease. The secretary of the Chamber i in correspondence with the Stat Board of Health with a view to se curing a survey of the town an surrounding community. This sut vey will show all breeding places o the anopheles mosquito and throug proper drainage and oiling thes will be made uninhabitable for thei usual summer occupants. In order to cause more seriou thinking about the depressing re suits of malaria and to disseminat information on control of the dis Iease, tne Uhamber of Commerce i conducting an essay contest amon the school children of the ronnb Mr. S. B. Chapin of Pinehurst, h C., who has large local farming ir terests, has offered prizes of sixt ' dollars which will be distributed a follows: Best essay, $50; second, $f third, $3 and fourth, $2. This cot test will be open to pupils of an white school of the county. Detai' ' are now being wrked out by the se< ! retary in conjunction with M. , 1 Bullock, county superintendent < Education. I The subject on which contestant ' will write is "Malaria, Its Cause an " Prevention." Literature on th I subject will be furnished by the se< ; rotary to all contestants. I Ipfc r MARCH 11, 193 d. MEXICAN WORKERS A M FLOCK 10 AMERICA Carranza Government Threat- <i ens to Use Military Force to Stop Emigration. s< 61 - ai Mexico City.?Mexican workers ^ are going to the United States in ti large numbers and the exodus is be- f, coming alarming, according to press v. advices from northern States. Se- s rious danger to numerous industries f: in that region through non use and to t; huge areas of farm land through n hwJk <yf cultivation is apprehended. 0 Jalisco is especially menaced accord- jj ing to reports, which assert a typical instance that eighty-four work- \ ers have recently left the village of p Dc Alejandira. v Will Stop Immigration. ( Waliington.?The Mexican govern- (| ment has threatened to prevent by ^ force the exodus of workmen to the j United States according to advice received from Mexico City. Gov- ( emors of the various States and j said to have been notified by the de- t partment of agriculture that unless ( they prevented the workmen from ( leaving the federal government j would use the military to stop emigration. ( The workmen are reported to be i refusing verbal offers of ranch own- j ers to pay better wages than they could get in the United States and to ( leaving by the hundreds daily because of the unsettled conditions of the country. The Mexican government recently warned the workmen not to leave Mexico, stating that they would receive no protection from the American government, that justice would be denied them and that they would become victims of mob violence if they went to the United States. 1 o MAKES DIFFERENCE. The Railroads of the country were i turned back by the Government to private control the first of this month. It has been remarked that the change back to the control of the Companies must have had a decided effect on the railroads so far as Conway is concerned as it ap pears that two freight trains came in to Conway last Sunday, and that f was unusual. o Paper towels in rolls a- the Herald office. NO MORE "RED TAPE" FOR OLD VETERANS f Columbiba.?After January 1, " ^921, and before the next session of the General Assembly, the office of D. W. McLaurin, State pension com* n issioner, will be abolished, the resuit being brought about by the .f il C i 1 ! I mivpuuii vi cwmeivnce report oy s the House of Representatives, Mr. e McLaurin, a Confederate veteran, remains in office under the measure as ratified, at a salary of $2,000 but his clerical help is dispensed with '* Under the law as passed the Conn federate veterans are placed on the 0 honor roll and will receive their pror portionate share of the appropriation without the formality of the a previous "red tape." The tentative abolition of the come missioner's office was the result of the fight made in the House on the s conference report by Eugene H. ? I Buckingham, of Elleoton, and H. H. 7. I Tyrone Af MAtnKovrv ctnfM'] fho* I j ^ ??? - j , ? ??' they were voicing the sentiment of ' the Confederate veterans when they y attempted to abolish the present commission. New Committee Named. * The House conference committee y composed of Representative BrantIs lett, of Greenville; J. B. Atkinson, 5- of Spartanburg, and Mr. Owens, of J. Marlboro, could not get together on Xl *- !! J 1 ... . '* Din wnicn aoonsneo tne pension commission. A new conference comts mittee composed of Representative id Fulmer, of Orangeburg; Buckingis ham, of Aiken, and Hanahan, of 5- Fairfield, made a new report which was adopted by the House. mXA I'ADOO SUGGESTS TAX REDUCTIONS Washington?An immediate billion >llars reduction in federal taxes as suggested in a statement issued r-re by William G. McAdoo, former -cretary of the treasury. The presnt tax burden is too great, he said nd is "having an injurious effect on usiness." Mr. McAdoo proposed that collecion of a tax to establish a sinking: and for retirement of the war debt, hich was recommended by Former Secretary Glass, to begin with the seal year 1920, be postponed for wo years, and that the deferred pay lents of European interest be fundd until Europe is in position to pay Ls interest charges. "By discontinuing purchases of liberty bonds for retirement under >rovisions of existing law, the treasiry would he relieved of a large bur!en now reflected in the floating lebt and which otherwise will have o be made up by taxation," said dr. McAdoo. "It would seem that reduction of >ur tax bill for the next two years 11 this manner could be accomplished ind that it would involve the issuince of additional bonds to the extent of probably not more than $1,300,000,000. "I trust that the ways and means committee of the house in which all tax measures must of course, originate, will consider this question in ivs broad relations to our general economic welfare. The immediate burden of taxation is too great. It ir having an injurious effect on business. It is a contributing factor ol large proportions in the high cost ol living. Its inevitable tendency is tc stifle new enterprises and to throttle initiative. It is both unscientific am inequitable. In view of the ap proaching decline in our export trad< with the inevitable reduction in th< volume of business in the country, ii will become doubly important to re vise and to reduce taxation in ordei that business may not have to carrj an unnecessary tax burden thrugh out this period of readjustment." SAVE ON FERTILIZERS HELPTO FARMERS Palmetto Farmers Saved Ovei $200,000 Last Year by Cooperative Buying and Home Mixinq. Clcmson Colloge.?Some interest ing figures in regard to the pur chase and use of fertilizers in 1911 appear in the annual report of th< Extension Service. A total of 14,401 formers were advised by countj agents in the proper use of fertiliz erg, ami 367 farmers conducted fer tilizer demonstrations under the di rection of the agents, using a tota of 1663 tons for this purpose. One hundred and one communitie were influenced to buy fertilizer cooperatively. The experience a these communities is a good illustra tion of what cooperation will do it dollars and cents. The quantity o fertilizers bought cooperatively wm 20,935 tons, the value of which (ac tual price paid by cooperative pur chasers was $789,101. The savin; accomplished by these cooparativi purchasers was $126,244. Home mixing of fertilizers is on< of the most important phases of Ex tension work in regard to fertilizers The number farmers advised an< aided in the home mixing of fertil izers was 5,818, the estimated sav hlfir ner ton beinc X12.R0. mnVin? i total Raving of $80,288.40 over th purchase price of mixed fertilizers. Another interesting item of th fertilizer report is that 8,488 farm ers were influenced to use fertilizer as a top dressing in order to gc more effective results. The figues given in this repoi are not in any sense complete Doubtless many other farmers ux aided by county agents bought ? operatively or home-mixed their fei tilizers and saved money thereby. *1 1 yg #7. HOUSE REFUSED SENATE AMENDMENTS Sent General Stock Law Bill to Free Conference ComwIHaa ^IIIIIQU COMMITTEE REPORTS AND HOUSE ACCEPTS Bringing Horry Under General Stock Law According to Reports Last Week. Last week, owing to lack of information from Columbia and owing to the pending amendments that hact been made in the Senate and refused by the House, the Herald could not state whether the General Stock Law had been passed or not. It was stated in last week's issue that while the House passed the General Stock Law applying- to the entire State, that in, the Senate the Counties of Berkley, Jasper and one or two more, were exempted from the law in that an election would be provided for the ptople in those counties to vote it in if they wanted it; and that as to Horry County Senator Hal L Buck introduced an amendment which ex: empted Horry entirely from, the opt' eration of the act without a*. 1 ' election. r The Herald can now state from. definite information received that * these amendments that were parsed*' in the Senate, were sent back to the ' House and the amendments refused. According to parlimentary Rules 1 the bill was then referred to a free : conference committee made up of 1 members of both branches of the Legislature. The House members oiv r the bill to wipe. out the free range was Messers. Oliver of Georgetown, who introduced the bill, Langdale of Colleton, and Mishoo of Horry. This free conference committte met and reported late last Wednesday night and the report was adopted and the General Stock Law goes in k to effect and Horry Connty will come ' under the law at the time provided in the bill, which we understand to , b^ about March 1921, according to the report as published in the Columbia State. As to the County of Colleton an election will be held on the question. An election will also he held in Berkley, Jasper and Doi*chester and if the free range is voted out in those Counties the General - Law will go into effect January ls%. - 1922. t) o o JORDANVILLE BAD OFF. ^ Reports from the Jordanville neigh y , borhood concerning the "flu" during - | the last few days have been alarming. Mr. John H. Atkinson was ixt ( 1 a rr? -?_i_ -- wnwiiy iusl 1 uesaay ana said that 1 nine tenths of the families there are sick with the disease. Owing: to on * outbreak a few days before that the s school had been closed until further ' j notice by the trustees. The prinei"! pal of the schcol was taken with tho * disease only a few days ago. ' THE HERALD GOES l 'ROUND THE WORUT b Today we enter the subscription - of Bonnie McCaskill, one of Uncle !. Sam's favorites, mailed to Porte t)?'1 egada, Azore Islands. Our Conway - boy, with five assistants, is now in - control of all gas engine boats acR cempanying the mother ship U. S. e S. Panther, a highly responsible position. We arc always glad to be e proud of our boys who have excelled. W .1 A 1__ A A i- r rum tuv i\/.vrv? nu cxpvcus W> s touch the important U. S. Naval it Stations via Gibralta, the Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, the Red t Sea, the Indian Ocean, then to H<m3. olulu and around the Horn and i- maybe touch "The States" ajrain late k in the year. The Herald will catch r- him once a week or break the speed limit. *