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.Heavy Rains Usually Catch the
Crop That Comes
Late
BOLL WEEVILS
WHEN MULTIPLIED
Will Require Early Planting
and Cultivating of
Cotton
Farmers in Horry County must
get on a better move than some
of them have been in before. J
Things must be clone early in or-1
dor to make the best success.
As regards tobacco, men of ex- j
periencc in this county, tell the
.Herald that they succced best 1
wjth their tobacco crop when they
get the plants out soon and raise
an early crop. As a general rulo I
the rains will catch the late crop of ;
tobftcco and cause it to produce ;i j
low grade and much less weight. !
Thics iu /irtinwm r?J* tlioso w'lio I
t made Vfie most money out of to- I 1
f' bacco this year and they I avo gool ( (
reason for their opening. The fiicts '
prove this to bo true.
As regards cotton, the coming of
the boll weevil, and the spreadmg j
which it is bound to do in the n? xt s
year or two, requires that the co ton
crop he planted very early,"as
soon as it is safe from frost, an I
then cultivated as rapidly a?| possible,
thus heading the bofl^weevil
off to some extent. This is advised
by all of the experts who claim to
know anything at all about this
pest.
These M.re two things which cause
the fjMmers to get on a quicker
move ti.an ever before in their history.
ll< gavding tobacco the great thing
is to have a plant bed twice or
three times as large as it is expected
will be needed. Then if the
plants come up thin and are back""" 'I
?-v 1?i ?i f Kov;) i>r?r><< :irul vot i
v\ IX I VI, *J lull'. 1/1 I ?/v??v va?? > t, # ,
have enough. Fertilize the plant
bod as it should be r'egarddlcss of . ]
expense, protect it from the chilly ( (
"winds, get a start on the plants ,
in the first p!ac<. get the land i
ready and put them out early.
This advice, we believe, will be ^
worth much money to the growers' ;
of tobacco another year, if such a, j
course is taken by the planters.
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John A. Hug^ins. of Galivants j
Perry, spent soi\ 3 time in Conway <
last week whi e on his way to ]
Myrtle Heach. ' j
JACKSONiPLIES" !j
TO MR. ROBERTS;
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Again I say that our imaginary 1
troubles make up no small part of 1
our unhappiness in this world. Convince
a man against his will and he
is of the same opinion still. I ask 3
Mr. Robert to get his paper and '
ead M ^rtley's article again, j1
' ' ?,aKe his advice and go over 1
to Hemingway as Mr. Wesley sug- J
ffests.
No, I would not advocate a thing '
that would be detrimental to sev
enty-five per cent of the people,
much less ruin them. I know the
stock law is t! best and have never
been against it.
When I was making the race for
the legislature I told the voters that,
personally, I was a stock law man j
and bad always practiced what I';
preached, and that I could not put
the law on them if I wanted to, as
Mr. Buck was pledged not to do
it, and I would not if I could.
No, I did not leave Marion County
to .get rid of the stock law. I came
over here to get cheap land and be
cause I was handicapped whore T
was in regard to schools. I knew >
that I was getting into a good community,
and the fact that I did
not get fooled was demonstrated
last Saturdav n'ght when the Wanamaker
and Floyd;* . Schools. voted t>
consolidate.
We have tf'o banker school in
Horry Cotfntv 1 n aro working
to make it?-stil\ better.
! 1 in the be?t community,
among the best pcop'c, near the
best schools and churches, and in
the 1> st county in the state since
we ha"? the stock law which is here
to stay.
.A. D. Jackson
V. S.?North Carolina g es underthe
general stock law Jan. 1st, bv
act t*10 general asrembly just
now coming to a cHse.
A. D. Jackson
TOBACCO PRICES
, FOR 200 YEARS
Little information is at hand con-'
cerning the price of tobacco to!
growers before 1863. In the money
of the time, the Jamestown tobacco
sent to England in 1618-1620
had a price of 64 3-4 cents a pound,
but by 1639 the price had fallen to
6.08 cents, and by 1664 to 3.09 cents.
A price of 1.52 cents is recorded for
the Virginia and Maryland crop of
1730, of 4.2 cents for that 1785,
and from 2.3 to 4.56 cents there-,
after for the colonial crops of various
years to 1790. The. producers'
average selling price of the tobacco
of 1847 has been estimated to have
been 5 cents a pound; of 1849, 7;
cents; and of 1853, 10 cents per
pound. These facts are assembled
in an article contained in the Yearbook
of the United States Department
of Agriculture, recntly issued.
The annual estimate of the pro-!
ducers' average price of tobacco i
by the Bureau of Crop Estimates!
began in 1863 with 14.8 cents per1
p~und in gold. In the decade 18(>~>-|
1S74 the average was 9.5 cents, and;
low water mark since the Civil Wav1
was reached in 1895-1904, when the j
average was 7 cents. In one yeai?i
1890?tl e price was as low as 6,
cuts. Thereafter the upward movr-i
ment o r prices brought tobacco to i
10 1 cents per pound in 1905-1914,
14.7 cents ir 1916, 24 cents in 1917,;
28 ren's in i'M8, and 39 cents in
1919. The gain >n price sine4 1S9(>
may not have bryn entirely due to j
the diri?ni Irri < purchasing power i
I)f* tlm Tl-f "r\
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post of p. o }\\r' ion, and pr ducers i
have been stronger -nanciallv and
more able t*' hold f *r a h'ghor i
price. Moreover, the postwar do* J
mand has been unprecedented.
farmersmayTook
FOR FOREIGN SALES
Just as This Was in Pre-war
Davs When Prices Were
Lower
In the mass of eont rndictory
rumors, forecasts. and estimates,
nrp there anv simple outstanding!
facts regarding conditions of Eu-[
ropean agriculture and Europe's,
:lomand for American farm prod-,
iioiii on which ono can relv?"
Fortunately a fairly definite an-:
kwoj- can hi- jriv^n to 1h:s quest'on
which the American farmer is a-k- .
r.ft with earne tnoss just now
because lie is concerning himself;
more and more with general mar-i
kcting conditions as well as with ,
problems of production. His inter- j
?st is extending' beyond the de- '
mands of his locality and State, j
and he wants to know something
if foreign conditions, for recent i
years have shown vividly how di- l
rectly they affect farm prices and i
profits. If the foreign market for
agricultural products is soon to
vanish, as some reports might lead
[>ne to believe, the American farmer
wants to know it. Likewise, if a
considerable demand is to continue,
he should be informed of
the fact.
Export Trade Assured.
There is no denying that many
aspects of America's foreign trade
:an not be foretold accurately, but
all is not uncertainty. A few facta
particularly regarding agriculture,
are outsanding. and upon these the
farmer can place a good measure
of reliance. The Bureau of Markets
of the United States Department
of Agriculture, havinir raw
fullv surveyed the fields, state*
that "there need be no alarm as to
the ability of the United States to
hold its own in foreign trade in agricucltural
products. Even before i
the Great War the experts of bread
stuffs were increasing each year.
The progress of American Agriculture
during the war is but an indication
of what can be done in thc>
future if pn'ces of agriculture1 p?'od
nets are high enough to enable the
American farmer to compete with
other industries for labor."
It is not to be expected, of
course, that the abnormal demand
of recent years can long continue.
Indeed, shipments of foreign fo~do<ll
ff? fn tUr* T'nitn/1 QtnfftD
?*1 vi m A?. W V' -V/ V/ I ? ?.-? 1 K > V(( V/' \?V? 1111k*
recent months, though small, indicate
that Europe is betfinnino; to
pass its maximum demand. Charges
of butter and more than a hundrod
thousand sackft of potatoes h'we
ro;vo from Denmark. Australia:'
and New Zealand mutton has be n
dp or tod from English ports and
several cargoes have boon shipred
direct. Egyptian onions are beinjr
exported in prewar quantities, ar?d
Roumania is atrain selling larre
quantities of e-rain to Italy and oth
er European Slates.
Approaches Prewar Basis.
The bureau of Markets hoijove;
if nrobable that after the 1020 harvest
Europe, for the most! part, will
bo back almost to prewar condi-,
pure
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FORECLOSURE SUTT?
, TYLER VS. GAUSE
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Hearing is Commenced in In-;
teresting Case But
Continued
^ There was a trial before the
Clerk of the Court here last week in
the case of S. G. Tyler against J.
A. Cause and others. Mr. Tyler
owns a mortgage on 15 acres of
land conveyed to J. A. Cause by an
aged lady, Mrs. Annie Jane ' Guuse,
reserving a life estate to herself. J.
A. Cause made title to his wife,
Sarah K. Cause, and took a mort
gage from h^r for $235.00 and later
transfei red this mortgage to Mr.
Tyler as security for the two n tis.
Following the date of the deed
to J. A. Gause tor the 15 acres Annie
Jane Gause made title for the
same iand to her daughter, Juley
Ann Todd, not specifying that she
was only conveying her life time
right..
J. A. Gause did not pay the debt
to Tyler and this suit is brought
to foreclose the Sarah E. Gause
mortgage. Annie Jane Gause and
Juley Ann Todd have po-session of
the land and they now claim that
the deed under which J. A. Gause
el a' ! a forgery.
K i.; un iTt :ro. ting case which
was onlv commenced the other day
and has hern continued until another
date in September.
COUKTY CAMPAIGN
ENDS THIS WEEK
The last stretch of the County
campaign .V-r 19.20 i.- being concluded
this week \vith appointments as
follows:
Loris Monday August 23rd, Ebenczer
Tuesda .* Augu t 24*h. W'rs
)vo, Wednesday. August 23th, Tilly
S "amp. Thursday August 20^, S N< astee
Friday, August 27th, Conway
oaturday, Augus t 28th.
So rnv as we a**e informed nothing
n< w has developed in the enmpaign,
the main interest being
ecr.it'rru in tiic oan<'] iates for tlv
Mouse of Repr.'smtatives and Sato
Senate rcgai dir. g the different
views on the question of the free
range.
Ballets are being printed this
week on the question of the stcck
law, which will he submitted t ">
the voters in an informal way at
the sp:fo time thai they vote fo'*
the candidates for C<unty offices.
W, D. LAW81M0RE
THOROUGHLY IN RACE
Some of the friends of Mr. W. D.
Lowrimore are asking why his card
did not appear in recent issues o''
our paper. It has been called to our
attention and we find that by mistake
his card was left out. Jt
should have been published each
week since his announcment appeared
in our issue of August 5th. He
wishes his friends to know that he
is thoroughly in the race for the
House of Representatives having
had such experience as no other candidate
has ever had in the year
1912. He was in the primary that
year with the following candidates
for the House: J. R. Allsbrook, G.
H. Jones, "W. L. Mishoe, M. M.
Stanley, W. M. Gerrald. C. F. Best'
and M. P. Tyler. He was in the
second primary with Messers.
Stanley, Mishoe and Sherwood, and
again in the third primary between
himself and Mr. Sherwood,
Mr. Sherwood having been elected.
tions, so far as domestic production
of foodstuffs is cncerned.
This does not mean that the demand
for American farm products
is soon to be cut off. There are
world shortages of wheat and cot'on.
particularly, and consequently
agricultural interests in +his coun
"v mav look for a steady foreign
demand for both these products.
The downward trend of American
exports of bread-stuffs, meats,
and dairy products, which characterized
the decade from 1900 to
1909, has caused fear in some
quarters that in a short time Ameri
can farm products would be little
sought by Europe. This opinion is
ro* supported, however, by-the record
of the fivo years immediately
preceding the war, durimr which a
denVWl change for the bettor was
manifest, narticrlnvJv in our foreign
trade n b^ead stuffs. Wheat, corn
oat barlev, ?ind their products
wore ox ported in increasingly large
quanti4 ios, a reaction that can not
ho attributed t^ war demands
T?vbor. the explanation eonerally of
fored is that an increasing proportion
o<* Europe wai boing industrialized.
The growing activity in manu^n^turo'-s
and the consoo'iont drift
r <Mrn fn> > >'<? to c?fios oreatod a con dition
which should continue for
some years to come.
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OFFICERS BETTER ~
, WITHLbHG TERMS
Auditor of Georgetown County
Stayed in for Forty
Years
Wo go to the public meetings and
hear all sorts oi arguments in favor
of the candidate making them.
The one to which I wish to call
attention just now is ? He has been
in long enough. Voters just think
a little. Don't you know if thoiv
i is any good in a man, the longer
I he holds an office the more proficient
he becomes? Don't you
know that the North li?s always,
hold advantage, that the Smth can
never get even with them until w?
j adopt their p an. When they el'ct
a good man he generally h ?ld>. his
office during life or good behavior.
They do that with their congressmen
and Senators. A noted Senator
from Mass. once prepared v.
speech, hut did not use it at that
time, lie laid it away, and eight
years later, that matter came up
again, where the argument waxed
hot, he arose, and without anv
comment in when or why be prepared
that speech he delivered it,
and it went on record as one of
the bo/V off-!van<! speeches ever delivered
in the United States Senate?lie
wen. !f .'sir. Webster lull
been changed, 1 oft a homo and -i
new rran put in hi- place tba'
spceeh would never lrive bee "> d b'veved.
Wade Hampton a^d \T. f\
Uut.ler, were both dropped and
you nor new men put in, and we iuf,~v.V
by hese changes. 1 a?n g<a 1
Tillman held it until death
If we should go to a loading ba de
in this town and say, tu'Ti your
cashier down and put in a new
man. he has held his position lon?"
enough. wculd they do it? We
might l>o to anv ctlr r bu?inesn
house here and tell them, their old
force had been there long enough?*
Turn them out, and instead new
young men?Would they do it?
Now there is one office (The
Treasurer of the County 1 tbnt I
thirjfr should be limited?Thi^
would f:>rc^ a p rfw,f r-^Ml"inr,*,t
' n"e ir a while and if he knew th<
settlement date it would no* be a"
evil dav, but I *Hnk the CTnrk of
Court. Supt. of Kdu?ation. Judge of
Probate, and Auditor, should h )H
dring good behavior.
i m .. iir ir t-\ *ii
.ur. w. n. u'.P'i'iM was aunn r\
of Georgetown County for f^rtv
years, at one time the Oomptvollo?*
General t~ld me that bo repravde '
A1 r. Purrill a-- the best auditor in
the l."tate. He knew hi* nTiro
perfectly. CHee I bad busi"?es<>
I th0,,e and 'entered fhe office and
said: my name is Chac>. D.isenbrr*and
lie as quick a^- H^Mninc sn;d;
| Yes sir. you own 118 a"res in No.
5. There was no previous communication
between us. If I bad
boon dealing1 with a n<nv man wo*
! sibly he would not have known
this.
| N. C. Adar^s and W. L. Brvan
are bo*h proficient officer**
turn them down and put in new
men ?
?Cbas. Dusenbury.
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The pope's personal expenses av ;
era^e little more than $500 a y ar.
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PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
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This prosperous (imt with the Curefree
Air is n Steady Advertiser. liuslness
is Good, and IlauU Account \>
Growing every day and a Now Car
roosts in the Garaire. liis only Worr.\
".s that liis Competitor will Wake tip
some day and ho a Steady Advertlsi i
foo, in which cast* he Wouldn't have
't So Soft.
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It would take 57,171 tons of ?01:1
to txiiy England's gold debt.
A
raid.
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HERE IS TICKET |
YpuwiU.yq.TI
On Tuesday, August 31st, After
Scratching Names not
Wanted.
Following is the complete ticket
for County officers that will be voted
by the people on next Tuesday,
August :ilst, the date of the first
primary. The names of Magistrates
who are runing in the various districts
are, of course, omitted from
this list:
IIOIIRY COUNTY
Primary Election, August 31, 1920
For Congress ,
PHILIP H. STOLL
For State Senate
\V J MTClini.'
lit A 4 iUlUIIV/l'(
L. B. SINGLETON
JEREMIAH SMITH
For Hoii'.e of Representatives
(Vote for Two).
J. ROBERT CARTER
G. LLOYD FORD
W. CI iESS HOOKS
W. I). LOWR1MORE
W. A. PRINCE
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For Clerk of Court
W. L. BRYAN
M. C. HOLMES
JOHN HOLT
For Sier-lf
J. A. LEWIS
A. C. MURRELL
J. T. PROCTOR. JR
H. N. SESSIONS
For County Supt. Education.
E. C. ALLEN
M. J. BULLOCK
For County Treasurer
C. E. BARKER
W. L. BELLAMY
M. C. DORM AN
For County Auditor
N. C. ADAMS
For C. ror.er
u. .. . w i I, i WJ\ i./ V/WUl'I'jIt.
BRIEF REVIEWlT
SMITH'S GREAT WORK
(Tho State, August 17, 1020.)
Mr. Editor:
Please give me space to write a i
few words relative to the nomination
of the sucessor to Senator E.;
D. Smith in the United States Senate.
Without disparaging the merits
of the three good lawyers opposing
Senator Smith?such as may
be found at most any bar in the
state?I wish to urge the impor-1
tance of reelecting "Cotton" Smith!
on his record.
Impossible for me to enumerate
in thi<? article one one-hundredth of
the things done by him as our
senator for the whole people, and;
especially the farmer^ and other!
laboring classes. He was once ]
president of the Cotton Growers* I
Association and was very active in
exerting his every effort to increase
the price of cotton. After becoming
our senator, he secured the
passage ef the cotton futures act.
preventing the depression of prices
by the tender of valueless cotton
on contracts; cooperated in the
standardization of cotton grades;
comparison of grades; offered resolution
to ascertain how much Am-!
erican cotton is needed abroad and,
the best methods of supplying it; I
secured government cotton re-!
ports, and the census department t >
fursish number of bales spinnabl^
and unspinnable cotton on hand;
secured appropriation durimr th^
" nr nf n 20 million d'dln**1*
for the distribution of nitrate of
soda among the farmers at cost.
Raving them from $25 to $50 a ton;
favored pushing our cotton goods
to every part of the world: had
the embargo on potash lifted as
soon as the armistice was signed; !
the erection of a nitrate plant prac-1
ticallv now complete at Muscl^j
Shoals to manufacture nitrogen j
from the air. which will save the
farmers millions ef dollars* c'?~
cured the amendment of Secfi'n 1i
of the new banking and cnn^n *" I
law whevoby tho fanner i4' ?i" n
six months time on aQfrii'oltur^1
papor as accainst 00 days ^n commercial
papor, thorehv mn^l'n0, him
to have tho nronor credit fo" hohl
inj? and marketing his crop*: ooperated
in passing the Farm Loan j
Art which placo<l farm lanrK for ,
lho first time in the history of tMs
country in a position whore it w^ j
nossihle for farmws to uso t'oir
hind as an asset on easy terns
"imported strongly the vkws i f
President Wilson durin.tr tho w/u
on wrr measure*. and. he'? ?*? eha;rman
of the Interstate Commerce.
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NO. 19.
SENATORIAL MEN
ADDXESS PEOPLE
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Congressman Stoll Has no Opposition
but Attends
Meetings
MORE IN AUDIENCE
THAN ATTENDED BEFORE
People Attach More Importance
Seev.iingly to Senatorial
Situation
The can lidates for the U. S. Senate
speke at Conway on last
Thursday at the hour appointed.
All oi the candidates for t'ii ? office
ire present as was also Hon. P.
H. Stoll, who is running; for re-elect
ji ;<s representative in the National
Congress from the Sixth Dis1i.if.i
M ' 04-11 i
.vv. ?ui. ohmi nas no opposition in
his race this time but ho is attending
the campaign meetings just the
sunn iinu nuciiim' his constituents.
It wiil \)<" reniomherd that ho was
ii'iptxp I 1; t vo ir hv H'?n. K. .J.
Sherwood and th?% raco between tho
two was very close indeed ^o tint
tho election was contested, and Mr.
Sherwood ca ne verv noav go;ng in.
The speeches of the candidates
for tho Senate covered about the
same ground as tht y have been c vering
in tlie other (bounties of the
S jue, and tVve was nothing unus?\'il
at the Horry meeting.
There wore more p *oulc in attend
ance than at the State campaign
meeting some time airo and there
was much more interest manifest?cl
in the Congressional race than for
any other State office this year.
his iKirt was most exacting; favored.
tlv^ Good Roads Act. favored restricting
immigration, and in this
rc spect protected the American laborer
from cheap European laborers,
is a stivng supvorter of the
Regional Hanking svstcm. holds a
high position on seven committees
in the senate.
This is only a shi rt review of
the Senator's work in tho
Wo have seven members in the
lower house and two in the upper
house of concress, and of the nine
members. einht a"e lawyers, an<!
Senator Smith is the only farmer
there. 1 admire lawyers, but do
fool that we ought t > keep in congress
the only farmer we have
there. Many of the lawyers are
able and patriotic but whenever I
think of them. 1 am reminded of
the picture in the Blue Back
speller which represents two neighboring
farmers that had a dispute
about a cow. and one of the farmers
was holding the cow by the
horns, and the other bv the tail,
and a lawyer on each sid" milVing.
Can we afford, with the important
problems to be solved in the
next congress to send a new man
to the senate, for he would have
to be there for years, however
bright he may be, before he couI<!
have the experience and influence
that Senator Smith has? Shall w*
turn out one that has prove*! himself
so worthy to make an experiment?
I am a farmer ?nd *
that he has greatly benefited me
and every other laboring man in
the state.
If +Vw.^
m. i vu\ i ?nc an v i-i11iik 'n uic
record of Senator Smith showing
that ho had not made an able ami
conscientious senator, these lawyers
after him would certainly have
discovered it. for I notice that even
a man at Wahington, D. C.t
trying to dictate to our people cf
South Carolina who they shall
elect to the Senate. One of his
principal objections to Senator
Smith seems to be that he answered
to only about ha'f of the rolT
calls since there. The surprise to
me is, that he, with all his important
committee assignments, couM
answer to that many, hut he certainly
did answer to impornnt r'NU
calls, a number of he roll ca!H
were undoubtedly on non-essential
matters.
Tl>is man wrif<nir arram^t S?nafor
S"f?ith f*'om ^v:i hinf*on. D. 0\,
seems to bo a '"" vp", and the failurc
of a'1 1 'wnrs t * uncover
in Srtrafo** ^mit' ''C^ord in the
s^nute ftn',nvTi<" ??#- * him con*
v'opos me tha' ^e ^*a ; maf'e a m^st
viVPant pent'--' tho watrh
| towttf, and 1 :- i > the businrsA
men, fa r?rov<, cotton mi'! orern(tivos
a^d lMborors of nil classes,
i lot \m j*ivo Senator Kir it h an overwhelming
vot^ at tho ^nsninfjprimary.
and show tho a '?N*?in'>tnation
and other people at Washington
that ho has tho con^'d^nee of
his peoplo, for this will incrraso
his power there to w rk for us.
Very truly.
Adv. 'J. W. Quaiies.