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PAGE FOUR / i i i Ur iumr.) lintliU CON WAV. E. 0. ffeitereO ku it\e Post Office at Con way fc* < ^ an Kocor<d cla*M mail matter. H. H. WOODWARD ory Thursday Morninp by Conway Publishing C-o. CHANGE SUBSCRIPTION PKICE: One Copy, One Year $2.00 One Copy, Six Months,.... 1.00 One Copy, Three Months. . .50 Payable in Afhrmte TELEPHONE 21. " TT" " .Make all Checks or Drafts payable ! The Horry Herald, or H. H. Woodward, Conway, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921. Many disappointments are to be found in farming, as in every other kind of calling. It is the average that ? r counts, running over a pcnuu vi years. o The spoken word is great hut the written word is greater. There is no j limit to what may be done with eith- j er. o The limit lias never been reached ir | human progress and never \\ i:t be. ' There is no limit to what can be done except the limits that nature ha placed on mafn. Any thing can be done within the limits of the powers of hu-j man brain and muscle. ? It takes good judgment and plent\ of thought to be able to decide all of j the problems that beset us through I this life. There is no better solvent j than hard down thinking on them . J 0 .., I Some of those who had their irish j potatoes injured by the frost of week ! before last say that they believe they j may gain by the operation, for accord ing to what they say, the crop will be | apt to turn more and larger potatoes! than it would if the plants had not been set back. According to this the frosts only hurt the tops and caused the plants to put on new growth aftei xeceovering from the cold. o ? Vntliinp mnrlcs the march of mod em progress more than the use of labor-saving machinery in the building of roads and bridges. o Ruination and failure usually follow the use of careless and extravagant methods and practices in any business . Many a merchant has miscalculated his chances for success when going into debt . o EATING FOR PEP. Some years ago we knew ol' a man who was threatened with attack by serious disease, and he consulted specialists on his trouble. They treated him and gave him instruction. The most important pari of their advice, j according to them, was that he return home and mix with his diet every day' a certain amount of green vegetables fresh from the garden . Early Spring greens, mustard, young onions, early cabbage, celery, radishes and young turnips were to be used every day ac-j cordingly as he might be able to obtain them. He did this and the trouble has disappeared through many years that have slipped by since then. The editor of this paper is no doctor and makes no utter-'pi to use here the ; hard words employed by doctors and expert dietists, and will simply say j that there are elements in the youngj vegetables, such as cannot he obtained by the human system from the; white bread and cakes, the wnitc rice, and grits, white bacon and even othe; forms of meat that are so largely con sumed by the people There is not a doubt but what the frequent lack .of pep that is felt by some people, let us call it plain laziness if you will, is due to a lack of those things in the daily diet that will fill the system with the energy and strong nerve, if they were only eaten. We often find the man <>r woman who will not rat any tfreen vegetable:*, at all, and they al>*o refuse to take milk, butter or choose. Krom this , crowd there is usually recruited the pellagrins who ome limes help fil! the lunatic a: y'luvs of the country. They have lived theii lives so far on one or two c< rluin t'vngs on their daily menu and nothing in heaven or earth would make the in want anything else, or eat anything else. One reason why the home garden is so important, is hccau -o it contributes to the better health of all the members of the family, that is, if they will use the things that are grown in it. How often it :s, that we find some one or two members of any family who will not look at such a simple thing as greens when they see them on the table . Thev go on year in and vear out eating thr same articles and no other, ami of course their bodies cannot ho supplied with the element that they can only get from such,things, More and more it is. becoming plain that preserved food, while good in its way, is oot ^(|ual to that which ha? been recently alive and growing ; Note the difference in a pb'f1 of string beaYis taken from a can ,und the same article of food cooked the same da> the- po<is are picked from the vines There is all the difference in th< *'orld in the way they taste and then 4s a great difference in the amount ol tfood the body pets from eating them , Think of these things and profit b\ patronizing the home garden ever.v day. 0 t! 4 Itracings found on head stones ; Remarkable Phenoiiina in Cem oterv at Fair Biuff, N. C. ? ANOTHER CASE NOW RECALLED Only Reasonable Explanation is That Work is Done by Human Agency Fair Bluff, N\ C.?Quite a bit of interest has been created in town ami the nearby country by freakish pictures that have recently made their appearance on two or three tombstones in the Fair Bluff cemetery. The tombstone in question are of snow white marble, on one of them, erected in 1911 over the grave of a well known lady, there is the very distinct outlines of a woman's head and body on side fronting over the grave. The most conspicious feature j is the hair. The facit'l features are, dim and vague but the hair surround1 ing the head is as perfect and natural as in any photograph. It is done up in colonial style and ! with the other features it appears to j I be imbedded in the stone with a thin I veil of stone covering it aw! partly! liwlitwi* if I Ua It* i t Jt IJV/lll I IIU UIIIUIMU'I ( III' t same family plot over a grave of a brother of tVe lady who?died in 11)08,1 there is a period reproduction of :i i saddle of the style that is known a a Texas saddle, deep seated .and with; the high horn and flanks common j with, this variety. Kven the heavy i straps and heavy leather stirrups are there. Coincident with the presence of the saddle on the stone it is interesting to note that the young man buried in that particular ,u rave was a i bit wild and that he spent some time j in the West at the stock yards. The foregoing dispatch, which appeared in the news and Observer of Kaleigh, North Carolina, having been sent into that newspaper by some cor respondent in Kair Bluff,, North Caro lina, caused some interest in Conway as there is prominent people here who have deceased relatives at Fair Bluff. The Herald has taken steps . to have this matter investigated to find out if the likeness referred to are actually appearing on (these tombstones in accordance with the reports which are now being widely circulated throughout this section of South Carolina and throughout the counties of Robeson and Columbus. It is stated on good authority by persons whose word cannot ue doubted that a similar occurrence has taken place and that this lis located on some tombstones in Dillon county, 1 iot I lillrvn u n/l T nf fn 1 UV/IIIV II VI II AS III \J I I (UIU 1AHVU? South Carolina. The story is told that some years a^o one of the tombstones in a country cemetery there appeared the head and shoulders of a lady and an infant in her arms above the grave where a lady had been buried. This likeness u; on the granite was illuminated at first to a great extent and it could be seen for some distance away > from the graveyard. In later years this likeness has become dim but it is there sufficiently clear 10 be seen and appears to be inlaid within the surface of the stone so that it would be hard for any scientist to explain how any artist could have transferred such a picture to the stone and especially to have illuminated it. The Herald has had this story concerning; the likeness in Dillon County frofi on who has gone arid looked at the likeness on the tombstone and there i net a doubt but what the drawingappears there, and while the Herald informant, \has to depend ut>on | stories told by ethers as to when this took place : n<1 as to the brilliancy of the illumination referred to when the phenomenon first appearel, 1 neither can he tel! how many years it has been since the death of tlvilady took place nor how lonp* ai't'*r that bejfore the likeness apnea'od. I Of course it is hard to believe that anything of this kind could happen in nature. Thero is no way whereby a photograph even can be produced j inlaid as an ornament within tl*jstone, or (so it would appear. The onlv reasonable oxnlanatiin of : the mattor w.uid ho ilia1 some person possessed or some secret process of transferring pictures into stone, jontered th cor.iof, v and p-"-formed ithis trick to a ton -h others Mid fornvfv kept h;s secret. Things do happen in this* world that arc harl to explain, biu itnnv I of such things have been traced out 11' > perfectly natural cause.; and so they should have been, and so will others be .in the course of time as the understanding of man increase with the help of pa t experience. SYRUP PRODUCTION IN SOl'TII CAROLINA l , We Could Double Acreage Without Producing lOnough. Clemson College.?According to the Bureau of Crop Estimates the acreage and production of syrup in South i Carolina for 102ft worn n? follows . I Crop Acreage Production i Sorguni - 15,000 1,4K3,000 ijjiI.s, i Ribbon Cane K,000 082,000 *als, . Total - 23,000 2.4r,5.000 irals. : Sorghum is xi-own chiefly above 1 the fall line and ribbon cane chiefly r below it. Anderson, Oconee, Pickens . Spartanburg, Union and York are the < largest producers of sorcrhum ;svrup; x OranReburpr, Horry, Colleton, Barnr berpr. Hampton tho largest producer? of ribbon cane syrup. The same authority estimates oui ' per capita consumption of suirar pei month to be 1.4 pounds, or about rHE HORRY HERALD, CONW7 SIGNS, 01 ! s(x %0(/ ? i stop / i i-fiiii ?Lyr pounds per year, much less than the average throughout the United Stains. If wo allow six pounds of sugar to J the gallon of syrup, we have a tot:i' sugar content of about 15,000,000; pounds in the 2,405,000 gallons ?> " syrup grown in the state, or rough 1> 15 pounds per person. Adding thi to the sugar consumption, we have; still only (><S pounds, about 20 pound-1 less than the average per capita con sumption in the whole country, says Dr. W. H. Mills, specialist in rural organizations. While we are casting* about for crops to substitute cotton, let us not forget sorghum and sugar c-ane for syrup. Every county in the state now grows some of one or the other; almost every county could double its acreage and then not produce enough to satisfy the demands of its population for syrup. Sugar is necessary food. Let us grow more of it at homo in the form of good, well boiled syrup. f * THOMAS E. COOPER RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT OF BANK (Wilmington Star) The resignation of Thomas E. Cooper as president of the American Bank and Trust Company was formerly tendered to the Board of Directors at a meeting held at the bank recently, and W. B. Cooper was elected to succeed him. As stated in the Star, the retiring president has been elected first vice president of the Merchants' National Bank of Raliegh, and will go to the state capital after May I, at which time the change in the local bank is efr i ' i ecu ve. (The above will no doubt bo of interest to the people of Conway ami Horry county, as both Messrs. Thos. E. and W. B. Cooper are well known here and frequently visit this section. ?Ed.) o PISH SUPPER AND SPEAKING. On Thursday evening* the 28th instant, from 5:30 to 8 o'clock, the famous Pee Doe bream, corn bread, black coffee, etc., will be served at Ay nor. After satisfying the appetite with fried perch and pine bark stews, | speeches will bo made by H. K. Cooke, E. J. Sherwood and others. E vo r y b od y invited. ? o Jua T unkin3. | .711f 1 Tonkins <nys fie dncsn'r believe is ?n\ lion or lluer or .??lier wild ! M'lirnnl us. il:ill"i'i*MlK tii liltirisii, I i f <.? i?? j y>nnt! woman wlio Is slmwiuu i?ff id n undo how last slio can run l?er now auioinohtle. 'early'cabbage i is much liked .Most People Hove Fondness For Early Cabbage Prepared Correctly I WEEDS ROTATION TO PRODUCE WELL. Plants Must be Protected Froia The Deadly Cutworms. i Most people have a fond no s of cabbage, se?vrd in one way or ; n??thor, a it contains large quantities of th<? mineral sa'ts so essential in the diet. Early cabbage is especially dis'rable, as it furnishes green food at a time ii is needed In giving suggestions on growing cabbage, garden specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture say the proper variety must be 1 planted . Some kinds require a longer period for their growth than others. Jersey Wakefield and Charleston Wakefield are most universally plant. c ti.? i.. t ?<i mi niv cttn.v uurwy vviiKf' field being considered earliest of all. Tbr variety known as All Seasons ha a found, flattened head and is a Rood 'intermediate so*t.i?,<?orenha#m Mai-1 ket is a lavKe,! rrpund-headod early cabbage that is . very much ir? favor !|am(im: market gardeners. Late. Flat 'Dutch and Danish Railhead are considered the leading late varieties. * Plants must bo started indoors, in i\ t hotbed, or he shipped from some point I iY, S. C., APRIL 28, 1921. ~ SPRING. ich in Denver Rocky Mountain Newt, farther South whore the season is advanced, if extra early cabbage is to be j^rown . One or two eiu'ar bo.\?s filled with fine soil and placed in a south ; v nr. >\v v.ui mi ii' a eo<i oca lor start { in:v 10- to 200 cabbage plants. The little seedlings mu t he transplant ci . ? k?rger boxes or to a cold frann- j when they begin <.o crowd on *h oth ' in the reed boxe*'. Cabbage plant-' ar -J m;!te hardy, and a:onj; tho South Atlantic Coast are jyvown in the open! by the acre. Plant early cabbage in tho richest! part of the pardon, havii.j^ previously j worked into the soil ail the rotted ma- j nure that can be spared and ihen addcd high-grade commercial fertilizer j at the rate of 10 pounds to every 100 feet of row . The fertilizer should be well mixed with the top 4 inches of soil over a space the full width of the vow, which is generally 3 feet. Do not plant cabbage on land where i it was grown last year, especially if any of the heads were diseased or I. showed any kind of trouble. It is al- j ways a good plan to rotate crops, even in the small home garden. Cabbage is subject to several diseases, but fortunately these do not do much harm in small gardens. Insects, however, play havoc with the crop from the time it is planted, (^utworms are g enerally waiting in the soil during early spring to cut off the stems of the cabbage plants just at the surface of the ground. Protect the Plants From Cutworms, j The l>est remedy, or rather preven- j tative, is to place bands or tubes of! stiff paper around the stems of the plants as they are being set in the garden. Thin cardboard makes id"al plant protectors . By cutting the card] board into strips about inches wide,) sections can be cut off anil rolled around a lead pencil to form a tube. The protectors should extend an inch below the surface and at least 2 inch-1 es abobve . After the stems of the i cabbage plants have become toughen- i ed and begin to grow rapidly the pro- ! tectors can be taken off. Cabbage worms, the eggs for which are laid by the light-yellow butt?rflies that are often seen flying ab ut | the cabbage plants, do a great amount! I of damage . Du<t:ng the foliage and the heads with air-slaked lime, to I (which a little Paris green ha-? been! added, or spraying them with arsen-j ate of lead. 1 ounce ? o a rivlon of wa , ter, are both effective. There is no danger as the heads grow from tho inside and the outer leaves, to which > the poison is applied, are all removed. worldlFwomen Queen Mary of Kngland is a leader in antiques, but openly. "PViiii* fnnf n?wl i K? . - . i ? * ui.> i i i i 11 v- i M i !*:: > I > ii" average height of the women of Lapland. Cleveland, O.. has a court bailiff in the prson of Miss Catherine Chambers. More than half of the 70,000 vomen v\'( rkers in Kan sas receive less than a livinjr wape. The first woman suffrage c<mvoiv t ioi to be held in Greece convened recently in Athens. Chinese jrirls who are unwed wenr a scarlet, thread entwined in their braided hair. The Arab women are claimed to be more backward than most of the women of the Orient. Mary llallock (Jrenwalt has inverted a device which is said will revolutionize sta^e lig'htinK effects. Women institutes lorn! rvl thrniin h out England have .started a campaign to "swat" needless ornaments. Thayer, Kans., with a population of -100, is ruled by women. 10very office, from (he mayor down, is hold by ;< woman. British suffragists are urging the boycotting of the Church of Knglawl until women are admitted to the ministry. ?i?r ) ! At. the a^e of thirty-three years Mrs. James Morris, of Oklahoma City Okla,. claims to he the youngest grandmother in the Southwest, t 1 Miss Mary Peterson, elected mayoi _ ^ Vm^kxs >? iMTOX^ ai! <dmk ? J: $)?%.. '"' DIXIE HOUSE COMPANY *1 of Rod Cloud, Neb., by 7 votes, is the first woman in that state to hold 1. - i*i?! .sucn o i uce. . 1 Kansas City housewives arc beingI instructed how to care for milk hot-1 tics so as to minimize the spread ofi1 contagious diseases. Women in colleges study harder | and /ret more mark'* than men, ac l cording to Prof. Join. H. l.atane, of John Hopkins University. Mrs. Thomas WliifiVn, who luu been <>n tlio stage since i is credit ed with being the oldest actress in the United Stai.es. Miss Alice ?J. O'Neill, first woman .iu Uce ol the peace of Greenwich Conn., is tl'?o first woman to hold such ' a postiton in the Nutmeg State. Women detectives connected with I the police force in London get the, same pay as 'the men of equal rank and co-operate with them. . -? Paris has a charm school, the ob- i ject of which is to teach wives of past middle age the art of holding the love of their husbands. REFUSES TO FIX HUN DAMAGES! Washington.?The American gov-j ernment refused an urgent request of the German government that President Harding meditate the question of reparation between Germany and the allies and fix the sum Germany must pay. The United States agreed, however, that if the German government would formulate promptly such proposals regarding reparations "'as wouiti present a proper oasis lor (lis- | cussion, "it would consider bringing j the matter to the atteu?on of thoi allied governments in a manner acceptable to them in order that negotiation may speedily he resumed." Germany's ;>nnea'. -'ViKd by Chancellor Fehrenbach r.nd Foreign Min>ster Simons, was directed te Presi dent Harding and was transmitted through American commissioner Ore-. ! el at Berlin. It was answered by Sec'/etary Hughes after a c nferencej lately with the ('resident at the white house. The t^vt of ' ''ir -i 1 ?>nd the reply was made public !?y the departmcnt. The comsnunicat'o'i { from P.erlin sa:d the vi' rnai. govern-I iment was "ready and willing" t> 'agree without <|u:ilification or res !(?rvatio?i to nay such sum as the I President aftrtr examination and in vestigation might "find iust and | right" and to fulfil in letter and t vtih-it ;i 1 I t li <" /if i m \* w .... f,.., r.. .vr ...... ......... that mt\v bo made by him." In reply, i^ctre'.avy Hughe* xa:d: j "This government c u!d not agree jto meditate the oue. tion of repara j lions with a view to acting as 11111})iro in its settlement. Impressed, however, with the seriousness of, the i: sues involved as they .affect the whole world, the government of the t inted States fools itself to be deeply concerned with the <|ue;-tion of i obtaining an early and just solution. This government strongly desire.* that there should bo an immediate i resumption of negotiations and rcicitcs it:- hope that the German government will promptly formulate sucli proposals as would present a I proper ba. is for discussion. Should the German government tako this icouv -'o, thi : government. will cons'der bringing the matter to the attention i of the allied governments in a manner acceptable to them in order tha1 negotiations may speedily be rosu med." QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS Is it true that boll weevils deposit tho?r eggs or blackberries??J. H. L., | Gilbert, S. C. There is no evidence that the .boll ; weevil has ever laid its eggs on blackberries, and the person wno advised you was misinformed. Ts it economical to plant cottom ! Iniid in peas' and sorghum??C. W. iH., Seneca, S. C. 1 If your land does not overflow badly peas and sorghum will grow and make a great deal of foliage. ! However, if your land overflows I badly and is wet, it will be bettcf) to plant corn and velvet beans, as velvet beans will stand much more water than , cow peas and will make > more foliage. 9 ' Please rdvise me what to (do about pecan trees which do not mature <"u;* properly. C. A. S?, Seubrook. ' S. C. t I x ^>,<T I uutfc'jn>%?My" ??OHM?a?J? ipped from factory in easy-to- 1 ndlo sections. Quickly and easily ?rted by our simple instructions. / isolutcly rigid and weather tight. >uble walls in most designs. En- ^ during. Delightful to livo In, Dosir'ne changcd to Biiit your * ideas, without charge, if general size rotaine^l. Sketches supplied free. State kind of house you want to build and we will send special. suggestions and free Illustrated booklet which p Kives designs, floor plans, descriptions and money-having prices. 1<m OOSGKOVE AVENUM, XOUTH CIIAIUiESTON, K.C. In some sections of this state we ^ have had trouble with the pecan hulls becoming diseased and seriously effecting the crop of nuts. When the pecan trees are comparatively small, say 10 to 20 feet tall, this disease may be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture, but in no case that I know of has it proved to be profitable when the t'^^s are very large, for you then cannot cover tho foliage and twips effectively with I lie spray, If your pecan trees are very thick, so as to prevent the. sun from pene' ??t i?v?branches, it mipht he well <or you t<> thin out the limbs so as to admit ample sunlight and a free*", circulation of air. | What is the best way to keep Lookout Mountain potatoes until planting '.time, in July??C. F. T,., Florence, S. C. If your potatoes are in good (lition new t.hev will keep perfectly if placed in bags ./or bins in a coo! dark room. It is best to arrange the baps so as to have a free circulation of air around them. If the eyes jbegin to grow it would be well to remove the potatoes from the baps and spread them out over the'floor where they will pet more lipht. What is the best spray for the control of the leaf disease of thetomato??W. F. C., R. 1, Greenville,. S. C. Bordeaux mixture, the first spray to be applied before the plants are removed from the plant bed, the second spray about three weeks later, and the spraying should be continued every two or three weeks durinp the fruiting season. In order to pet the best results from spraying I would advise you to train your tomatoes to stakes or frames so that the spray imuy be applied to all parts of the plants. VC4.II ^uu UUVIM! lilt" *sriill \J9 (M> to prevent rose blight? ? E. C. A., Manning, S. C. It your rose hush is. blighted there is nothing you can do tr? save it. ns the trouble is no -doubt in the root. If' the older leaves are turning yellow and the terminal leaves are still fresh and green, the trouble is no doubt due to the leaf disease, which may be cot trolled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture, the first spray to .be applied when the plants are dormant, say about the middle of February, the second as | oon as the leaf buds begin to gnfold, and the third just before the bloom buds hegin to open. Are pponir*'- suited te this climate? ? T. A. !>., Kingstree, S. C. Peonies grow well ii ' his state, but I would advise you to plant them on a northern expo, ure, so they v. iil nooni longer where partly shaded. Pernios shou'd be planted any time between the middle of November ; and the first of March, the fall planting being preferable. i I will be in Dr. Blanton's Dental Office every First mill Third Moiiriiays of each M or?th | OFFICK llOUItS Jl TO I L. A. WOODRUFF KYKSIfiHT SI'KriAI.IST WANTED SALESMAN WANT 121) MAN WITH car to represent (he Giant Tiro & Rubber ( ?., taking orders for tires and tubes, direct from factory to consumer. Territory open in Horry and Georgetown counties. Commissions paid twice each month. Man must furnish reference . ? and briffin at ertee. . t f Write ?r wire'. ; J | . < V( , ; R. D. WEATHERFQRO District Manager 10.r? S. Irby St., Florence, S. C. > i 1 ?????