The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 07, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXVI.
CITY CHAMBER
INTERCEDES
Gets Better Service From Conway
to Myrtle Beach
Each Day
CONWAY PEOPLE
MAY SPEND DAY
Returning to Homes in Conway
in Cool of Evening?
T*nst. Snrvion Ever
A marked improvement in its passenger
train service from Conway to
Myrtle Beach throughout the summer
was inaugurated by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company on
June 80th. This change makes it
possible for residents of this community
to leave Conway early in the
morning, spend the day at Myrtle
Beach and return in the afternoon.
On June 7th the Conway Chamber
of Commerce took up with Mr. .1. T.
Mishoe, Agent, the question of an
improvement in the passenger service
to the Beach, outlining a schedule
which was believed would bo entirely
satisfactory. Mr. Mishoe immediate-!
jy presented the matter to the proper j
officials of the system and was notified
that the change would go into
effect on June 30th. The schedule
for the local train is now us follows;
Leave Conway 7:1") A. M.
Arrive Myrtle Beach 7:15 A. M.
Leave Myrtle Beach 8:00 A. M.
Arrive Conway A. M.
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ijv.ivt v '/rn\ii\ ? ,ou i . m.
Arrive Myrtle Beach 5:15 V. M.
Leave Myrtle Beach 5:30 P. M.
Arrive Conway 6:05 P. M.
' The schedule for the train from
Chadbourn will remain as it now is.
The above schedule, in connection
with the round trip fare of sixty-five
cents from Conway to Myrtle Beach,
makes it possible for a considerable
larger number of people to enjoy the
so'' breezes and ocean bathing, and it
\ is believed that the patronage of the
Beach will show a marked increase
this summer. The resort is growing
in popularity very rapidly, and the
improved passenger service is doubtless
a recognition of that fact.
GASQUEOLIVER
f WED IN GEORGIA
A soc-ta' event of much interest to a
wide circu^ friends and relatives
here, and iit South Carolina, the home
of the bride an J groom, was the marriage
of Miss Margaret Oliver to Mr. I
Archie Maxton Gatf(iue, which was J
solemnized in the presence of a large,
number of friends at the home of the
bride's sister, Mr. and Mr*>, C. A.I
Rheuark at Cusseta, Ga., at 2 o'clock ,
"Wednesday, June 29th. Presiding
Elder Peacock performed the cermony
which was very impressive. Palms and
I potted plants formed a back ground
for this scene of beauty. The bride
entered upon the arm of the groom,
carrying an arm bouquet of brides'
v/\co? aV\nurnv rwl U'1 til 1 I 1 1 IO< (\f tliol
valley. The bride was radiantjy
Jovely in her going-away suit of dark
flWue with gray accessories.
The old adage was carried out by
'the bride wearing something old,
: something new, something borrowed
and something blue. On her string
of pearls, a gift from the groom, was
an old and unique watch fob of much
value, worn by her grandfather. Immediately
after the ceremony a reception
was held. Then tho bridal party
motored to Columbus, Ga., leaving at
' 3:30 o'clock for Atlanta and other
points. They will be at home to
! their friends after Julv Gth at Marion,
k s. c.
, The bride received a lot of lovely
presents of silver and cut glass.
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HORRY COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY HAS MEETING
The Horry County Medical Society
' mot in Conway last Monday with a
full attendance. On account of sever:
al of its members wishing to participate
in the festivities of the Fourth
at different places, only a short meeting
was held. Outside of active matters,
the only important business taken
up for discussion was the present
alleged high cost to the physician of
doing business, especially in the matter
of buying medicines for personal
dispensing and of filling prescriptions
for his patients. Un motion it was
# decided to have a special meeting of
a the Society called, to be held in Conway
Tuesday, July 12, 1921 at 11
o'clock at the Town Hall and to invite
all the physicians, dentists and
druggists of the county to be present,
and at which the matter of alleged
excessive cost of medicine will be
taken up, thoroughly and frankly discussed,
and if true, a remedy for the
situation secured.
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SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH.
i Subject for consideration next SunI
day night at Baptist Church will be:
j "Duties of Brothers and Sisters."
8:J5 P. M. Public cordially invited.
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SIGN CONTRACT '
FOR R ADCLIFFE
After Negotiating Some With .
Representative of the Red-"
path Organization
It appears that there are two Chatauqua
organizations bidding for1*
Southern territory and holding three
days of entertainment, at least once
every year. One is known as the
Redpath and the other as the Rad- 1
clilfe. Conway has never engaged the
Redpath Chautaqua hut has had the
RadclilTe for a number of years. The
RadclifTc closed an entertainment here
in April and about that time the representative
of the Redpath Chautaqua
solicited tlie Chamber of Commerce
to sign up with them, or rather a
number of citizens to the number of .
fifteen or more as usual in making j
such contracts. The Chamber of Com ,
merce kept both under consideration (,
for some time and took good time to 1
decide whether tliey would relinquish
the old organization and take on the <
new or make a new contract with ,
mo Kaucuiie i iiautauqua.
Recently tho Chamber of Commerce j
decided to tic up again with the Uad- .
clilfe Chautau(|ua and many members '/
have signed the contract for the ap- j
peuruncc of tho Chautauqua here at
the nc>:t regular time which will be ^
fully advertised later. j
At Walterboro, S. C., they had sign- \
ed up for a Uedpath entertainment N
before the Radeliffe got there. They ,
saw both at Walterboro and decided |
to make a contract with the Ilad- (
ClifTe. At St. George, S. C., a permanent
Chautauqua Association has ,
been formed to bring the RadclilVe '
Chautauqua to that town each year. (
The town of Gilbert has only 150 pop- '
ulation and was in bad financial (
straits losing .$325.00 the last time \
on the RadclilVe Chautauqua, but they (
have nevertheless signed up for the j
(Chautauqua next time. j
At Winnsboro a request has been ,
sent to Mr. Hadcliffe asking him to j
be certain that the RadclilVe plays ,
that town every year, agreeing to sign
up for five years. The Town of Fairfax
has renewed its contract. There j
is but one town in the States of South
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Carolina, iNorcn Carolina, Virginia,
Maryland, Dele ware and Pennsylvania (
that has failed to renew their contract
with the RadcliU'e Chautauqua.
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DEATH FOLLOWS
LONG BATHING
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Arthur Macklin, a fifteen year old
inmate of the reformatory, at Florence,
S. C., died suddenly there last
week and his remains were brought
here for interment, arriving last
Sunday night. I
He had gone bathing at the <
swimming pool used by the institu- .
1 ion, and it is thought he stayed in i
the wate;' too long following a heavy j
meal that ho had just eaten. He j
developed severe pain in the head
and flied in a few hours. .
Ho had been at the reformatory j
something more than a year. At the
time of his death he was working j
in the printing plant and had made |
arrangements to take a vacation of- (
fercd him by the superintendent of \
tho institution. The body was in- j
terror! at Lakeside cemetery on IWon- ?
day evening at 5 o'clock, funeral \
services conducted by the Hev. M. W. .
Gordon, of the Conway Baptist ,
Church.
The deceased was a son of the ]
late Luther Macklin, who died here j
several yars ago leaving a number (
of children and also his widow, who ,
still survives him. j
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PRE-NUPTIAL AFFAIR
FOR MARGARET OLIVER i
Among the number of pre-nuptial I
afTairs tendered Miss Margaret Oliver, 1
bride-elect, whose marriage was sol- i
emnized at Cusetta, Ga., the home of
her sister, Mr. and Mrs C. A. Kheu- 1
ark, Wednesday afternoon, was a poised
laneous shower given by Miss
Emily Van Home at her lovely home !
at Ochillee on Monday evening. Attending
this shower were about 50
guests and the affair was beautiful in
every detail.
Quite a number of dainty and use- |
ful gifts were presented to the lovely i
bride-elect. As hostess Miss Van ,
Home is not to be excelled, and the ,
guests thoroughly enjoyed the oc- ;
casion.
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CHAMBER HAS INQUIRY.
Tho following let tor has boon received
by tho Secretary of tho Cham- ,
her of Commerce from Mr. M. Mor- ;
ton Edmunds, of R. F. D. No. 2, Brook 1
neal, Va.:
"I have customers for water power
sites, and would like to have from
owners or their ropresentaive engineers
reports of water powers and such
properties as go with them, tfivintf
drainage, rainfall, estimated run-oft,
height of head, cost of development,
land submerged, height and lonrrth Wf
dam, price, commission, and possible
market."
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CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY,
rwo WARDS IN
LIQUOR CASE
Brothers of Jack Ward Taken
last Week on Similar
Charge
STILLING SELLING
AND TRANSPORTING
Parties May Demand a Preliminary
Hearing- Before
Big Court
Matthew Ward and Sam Ward, both
sons of Kbbie Ward, of Warn pee, weiv
trrested by rural policeman I). Frank
lellamy, near that place last Wedneslay
and brought to the county seat
'harmed with violatinir t.ho nrohihli-irm
r? !" W,,,,,,v,w"
aws.
Both defendants made bond upon
heir arrival in Conway and were reeased.
They will likely demand a pre
iminary hearing; on their case, hut it
s possible that they will waive this
ind give bond finally to the court of
Jeneral Sessions which meets in the
all of this year.
The defendants are brothers of Jack
kVard who, as detailed in last week's
ssue of the Herald, was arrested
iere the first of last week upon a
warrant sworn out by V. I). Johnson,
>f the rural police, and wbo was reeased,
after remaining in jail for several
hours in default of bail.
It appears that several charges are
esting- against Matthew and Sam.
They include stilling, selling and
transporting: the prohibited stuff.
There is talk to the effect that some
>f these parties had become very bold
n their operations, often delivering:
the liquor under the very noses of
policemen and peace officers; and yet
for a long time without ever being
caught until now. The evidence of
their violations run back in the alleged
proof against them as Mav 7th,
1921.
For some time it has been said that
there was a still in almost every
hunch of bushes over in the seashore
swamps between Warn pee and the
ocean sands. This last catch of the
rural police would appear to break into
this arrangement to more or less
extent.
It may be that the Fall term of
the court of General Sessions will be
crowded with a number of these illicit
liquor cases.
GERMANFERTILIZER
COMING
Two shipping board steamers, the
Schuykill Bridge and the Auditor,
>oth of them consigned to Hasler and
Company, steamship agents, have
mailed from Hamburg, Germany
with a cargo of 1,000 tons each of
potash to 1)0 discharged at Charleston.
The former vessel is expected to
irrive Tuesday or Wednesday, and
.he latter about July 12 or 14.
During the World War and since
ts termination few cargoes have.
)een handled into this port from
Germany, but the shipment here of
he potash, which is coming on these
;wo vessels is somewhat of a resumption
of the extensive ferilizer
,rade carried on between this port
ind the German port for a long
.vhile [previous to the war, it is said
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iyjli'? it. n. naiK?:r, manager ot tne
bcal office of Hasler and Company,
s expecting other ships with similar
cargoes from time to time, although
\o announcement can he made at thiiime
as to the names of the vessels
ind when they are .'expected to arrive.
Another vessel, the Eastern Sword,
ilso consigned to Hasler and Company,
Ss expected to arrive in port
;o load a cargo of coal for a transitlantic
destination.
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FARMER INJURED
BY SHARECROPPER
Serious Condition of A. H. PrinceMake
Friends Fear For
II im.
A. H. Prince a well-to-do farmei
who lives on R. F. D. No. 3, Allsbrook,
S. C., was stabbed and seriousy
hurt with a knife on the night of
July 4th by W. Clem Ray, a tenant
:>n the injured man's farm in the
Zoan section of Horry County.
Prince is in a serious condition
and his friends are very fearful that
lie will not recover from the wound.
It is stated that Ray went up to
(he tobacco barn where Prince was
at the time, and hard words passed,
Ein<l they got into a fight resulting i.i
o?i\; Lubi/ui^ ui i niiue. nurui ponceman
Kinj? was at the place within a
short time after the cutting but Rav
had d isappeared. It is stated tha'?
the row came Ubout as a result of
Prince trying to get Ray to leave the
barn and it is said that the two
were not on good terms.
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New supply of Kernelffrit just received
by Conway Publishitipf Company.
?A d ve rt i sem en t.
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iSX*Y 7. 1921.
MYRTLE BEACH
HAS GAY TIME
Season Has Opened With Many
Pleasures Including
the Fourth
NEW PROPERTY
OPENED TO SALE
Crowds take Advantage of Fine
Surf Bathing?Dances Attract
Spectators
Crowds visited Myrtle Beach during
the Foutli, and by the Fourth sve refer
to the period extending over Sunday
from Saturday before.
At IMvrtle Beach the management
of the Myrtle Beach Hotel furnished
accommodations for great numbers,
and did it remarkably wefl, cuju-idering
the crowds that had to be handled
and the vast amount of supplies that
it took to supply the needs. Tht
hotel was full to nvcvflowimv fiml
many had to be turned away as no
available room was left.
On July 1st the opening dance of
the season took place. This was attended
by large crowds not to engage !
in the dance, but to listen to the nui
sic furnished by the orchestra recently
secured for the season, and to see
the dancers. A grain on Saturday
night the pavillion was crowded and
still again on the night of tlie glorious
Fourth there was a good attendance
at the pavillion which is under
the management of Mr. Charles
W. Adams.
The bathing feature was a great attraction
for nearly all of those who
visited the seaside, and there was no
lack of bathers during Saturday, Sunday
and Monday. One of the largest
crowds ever en.ioying the surf at
this place was certainly recorded for
this 4th of July.
On Monday the Atlantic Coast Line
iM) n un nv/?iii?c?iAn C ????** V 1 -
lull nil .1 I W 111 AVIUM U)
Myrtle Beach. It took half a dozen
coaches to hold the excursionists.
This excursion train arrived at Myrtle
Beach about 8:30 on Monday morning;
and left the beach in the late afternoon
on the return to Aynor.
On Monday John T. Shelly had an
auction sale of lots lying just below
the Myrtle Beach Hotel property, A
tracF had been subdivided into about
20tf lots and these were offered for
.sale at auction. The lots brought
from $50.00 up to $250.00 according
to the location in reference to the
strand, those in front next to the
ocean bringing the most. Preparations
were made some time ago to
promote this sale and it is understood
that efforts will be continued to improve
the property and increase the
sales of lots.
Myrtle Beach had many distinguished
visitors during the last few days.
They came from far distant parts of
the country.
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CONWAY MEN
ATTEND MEETING
Col. I). A. Spivey and Mr. I. T.
Scoggin attended a meeting of the
South Carolina Tobacco Association
at Florence on last Friday. Among
the questions discussed was that of
opening the Tobacco sales for this
season. Mr. Spivey made a strong
plea advocating opening not later
than the 12th of July. This he
doomeu necessary lor several reasons.
By that date probably C>0
per cent of the weed in this county
would be cured and ready for market;
the farmers had not the facilities
for housing and holding it, the
warehouses would be#eongostod from
the first, the buyers would not be
able to take care of it when rushed
in on the market, transportation
would be another problem, as well
as furnishing hogsheads. Furthermore,
the farmers were in need of
funds as early as possible. It occured
to him that it was to the advantage
of all concerned to have an
rarly opening.
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i uu iseiiunifni, was strong, nowevor,
in the upper counties to have
a late opening, not earlier than the
2r>th. This view is likewise shared
by the Tobacco Companies, upon
whom we are dependent to purchase
the crop. Their preference of course
has to be considered. The probability
is that a compromise will be
effected whereby the markets will
open on the 10th. Definte announcement
will be made within the next
few days.
Special price on Job Tobacco at
i $3.00 caddie. Cooper-Smith Co.?
Advertisement.
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S. CONTEST.
The Sunday School Contest will
convene with ML Pisgah Baptist
Church the third Sunday in July at
ten o'clock. We hope all will be present
at that time.
W. A. Spivey, Supt.
Willie Hux, Sec.
GROWERS MEET
IN FLORENCE
Market to he Opened as Soon
as Buyers Can Be Induced
to Come to Section
Florence.?The opening of the tobacco
markets as early *us buyers
can be induced to come onto tin
floor was urged in the meeting of
tlie executive committee of the Sout
Carolina Tobacco association here Fri
day. A committee of three was
appointed to present this matter U
the South Carolina warehousemen.
In a wive to T. M. Carrington,
president of the United States tobacco
association, which is now in
session in Washington, t\e date oi
opening tHo markets this year was
set forth unite fully as follows:
"We wi h to request y< ur consideration
for opening the Sou', i. Carolina
markets as early as possible
when buyers representing' ail compan:es
will he present. We furthev
wish to call you)' attention t?> tinfact
that the tobacco crop in lower
counties is more forward and the
curing1 is further advanced than for
some years, ten days earlier than
last year, and also the urgent nee:'
of farmers for funds."
Co. D. A. Spivey of Conway, reported
that his section needs a mai
ket not later than .luly 12 or 14. Th"
sentiment was strong* for a late
openirg, possibly as late as July -<>.
As a compromise July 19 is considered
the probable date, many memof
the committee stated subsequently.
JUDGE V AlIGHT
DENIES PETITION
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imii'.r \ augnt last Saturday
board a pot.it ion made by Alva Anderson
to bavo Mrs. .Mary A. Lewis removed
as guardian for her ?-ix minor
children, upon allegations that sbe is
incompetant to handle their ostatos, (
which consists of their shares as heirs'|
at law of the late W. R. Lewis.
After the hearing of evidence to
the effect that the National Surety
Company is on the bond of Mrs. Lewis,
and that there is a condition which
will require all chocks of Mrs. Lewis
to be countersigned by the Horry
County Trust Company, the agent of
the surety company, before any funds
can be paid out. the court refused to
remove Mrs. Lewis as guardian.
DAY CURRENT
FOR ALL TIME
In an interview with Mossors Paid
and McQueen Quattlebauni of the
Quattlebaum Light and Ice Company
this week, they stated that it
was the intention of their company
to furnish day current for all
time, during the winter as well
as summer months, and that they
wore planning to have a .demonstration
of electric ranges, washing machines,
and other electrical supplies
for the home in the near future, the
purpose of which will be to show
the many advantages of using electricity
in the home, and at a small
cost.
BRUSH DAMS HOLD SOIL
FROM WASHING AWAY
One of the big problems that extension
workers are giving their attention
to this year is saving soil,
according to extension specialists of
the United States Department of
Agriculture. In many sections of the
Pm.O..?l ?.wl CH..1
uvMiuii dim ?i r^U'l II I'VI'I V
effort is being made by extension
workers to prevent washing and
erosion of soil by building dams or
placing brush heaps in gullies. A
representative of the department who
returned recently from southwestern
Nebraska gives the following as an
example of what is being done there:
In April, 1020, a county agent assisted
in building 10 small brush
dams in n large ditch on a farm
where large amounts of fertile soil
were being washed away. By March
of this year the ditch was filled witn
soil. Following this demonstration
many farmers in the neighborhood,
who had boon watching the outcome
of the soil-saving work, built brush
dams in washouts on their farms.
The representative reports that in
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa,
and Indiana the extension workers
are holding soil-service meetings and
demonstrations, and farmers are being
taught to make use of soilservice.
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STATE-WIDE C1TIZBNS
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
A call has been issued by the
Spartanburir Chamhpr r?f C. nni I
for a meeting in that city on July 15th
for the purpose of organizing a Statewide
Citizens Educational Association.
The purpose of the association
will be to do whatever is possible to
improve the educational status of
South Carolina. It is believed that
public spirited citizens from all sections
of the State vrill attend this
meeting. ^
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FURMAN SHELLEY
GETS AWAY
While Officers are Slipping up
at His Whiskey
Still ,
WAS BOLD SELLER
OF MONKEY RUM
Still Taken and Confiscated?
Consisting of Ordinary
C-asoline Drum
Furman Shelley, of Socnstco
township, is now in the toils of the
law under charges of stilling intoxicating
liquors. V. P. Johnson, 0110
of the rural policemen, an*1 several
( thers pressed in for service wit h
him, on July 2nd, lay in wait in the
voods near Myrtle Reach, and watched
Furman Shelley as he made the
t utfit ready and ran off about two
quarts of monkey rum.
The officers then tried to slip up
on him and catch him in the act,
but he was too swift for them and
made pood his escape into hays of
that neighborhood. At last accounts
te had not been caught.
The officers captured the outfit of
course, consisting of gasoline drum
numbered several barrels,
uckets. kegs, one axe.
For some time it appears that
Shelley has been quite bold in his
operations as a maker of hootch.
.f put up a bet on the day his still!
was taken that he would sell five
gallons around Myrtle Beach before ,
nbrht, or words to that effect. His
still WMS 1 M l.tMi it minnniv
could nvike that much. The person
with whom ho nut vjo the hot know
at tho time that officers were on
his trail.
SMALLEST CROP
IN 25 YEARS
Washington ? Cotton production
this year promises to he the smallest
crop of the last quarter of a century,
according to the forecast hy the Department
of Agriculture, placing it at
8,433.000 hales, or nearly five million
hales smaller than last year's crop
and nearly eight million bales below
the record crop of 1014. This year's
acreage is 28.4 per cent smaller thaa
last year's.
The acreage this year is the smallest
since 1 *>00 and never before, according
to the Department of Agriculture,
has there been so great a
change from one year to another in
acreage as there has been from last
year to this year.
The condition of the growing crop
has not in twenty years been so low
on June 25 as it was this year. All
sections of the cotton holt has been
affected. It is due, according to government
experts to an adversely late
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weevils in largo numbers.
Owing to the unfavorable conditions*
of April and May and to other discouraging
factors, shortage of fertilizer,
and unsatisfactory price, abandonment
of planted cotton acreage
has been greater than usual east of
the Mississippi river, ranging from
5 per cent in North Carolina and Miss
issippi to as high as 10 per cent
in Georgia. West of the Mississippi
agandonment has been slight. The
abandonment was taken with consideration,
the crop reporting board announced,
i?i its preliminary estimate
of acreage.
Hip; Cut in Fertiliser.
The. amount of commercial fertilizer
used per acre on cotton this year,
according to the reports representing
the bureau of crop estimates, is about
f>6 per cent of the average amount
used annually in the four years, 101720,
Virgina reporting 86; North Carolina
SO; South Carolina 05; Georgia
73; Florida 7T>; Alabama 72; Mississippi
T>0; Louisiana 32; Texas 17; Arkansas
61; Tenessee 61. The returns
of sales of fertilizer license tags,
compared with last year, show to
May 31 for North Carolina about 65
per cent and to the close of June in
South Carolina 50 per cent, Alabama
45 per cent, Mississippi 10 and Texas
Siionifi I I'utni'no
v.... i v. vii i in? tu i/iiv" <iv;i itur
ture Department indicated only al>out
55 per cent as much as last year in
North Carolin, 50 per cent in South
Carolina, 42 per cent in Mississippi,
compared with the usual only 49 per
cent in Georgia and 33 per cent in
Florida.
Thus, said the bureau's statement,
all indications point to a reduction in
absolute quantity of fertilizer purchased
much greater than the unprecedented
reduction in acreage of cotton,
and this is confirmed by the figures
quoted showing lessened use per
acre. This lack is reflected in the
relatively low condition of cotton,
which is almost ten points below the
average condition at this date. The
quality is generally reported as lower
than in previous years.
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