The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 11, 1920, Image 1
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' 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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<
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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