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X W * \ ' I f VOLUME XXXVI. DOGFALL RESULT IN TICK TRIAL Jury Fails to Agree in Trial of Italy W. Johnson HORRY SCRUBS ARE IMMUNE Attorneys Argue Case and Urowcls attends at Uourt to Hear Testimony On last Friday morning at Conway W. 11. Chestnut, Magistrate, called for trial the eight different case** for refusing to disinfect cattle. The particulars were published in large measure in our last week's issue. There are eij.'!it different individuals prosecuted as follows: Italy W. Johnson, A. S. Todd, J. H. Singleton, K. M. Johnson, A. N. Johnson, K. B. Bruton, J. R. Singleton, and W. J. Hendricks. They were not all prosecuted in the same warrant. There were four nam ed in one warrant and the rest were taken two b\ two and perhaps one or two alone as it is supposed that the circumstances as to these groups are similar. When the cases were called the attorney for the defendant- demanded a separate and distinct trial for each and every defendant upon the ground that it is an offense not capable of being committed jointly, but each <>f which must relate to each one charged. The Court decided to proceed with the trial of Italy W .Johnson, ? -- -1 ? > * ? ??/ ?! lr*/l 4/k i i*\r <l)Ul ci jury \\ iirs cuiiitiiiuiicu \,\t Johnson as follows: Dr. N. Sweet, W. B. Chestnut, Ike Long, ].. H. Burrougs, J. M. Marlowe, and k W. U. Salmon. y Mr. Salmon, however, was excused and . both sides agreed to dispose of the case with the remaining five jurors. The State put up on the stand W. H. McNeill, who said that he had been a cattle inspector since .June 13th, 1921, and stated what his duties were and said that he left the original of a notice with Italy W. Johnson on July 21st, requiring Johnson to dip or spray three head of scrub stock that he had in the Pec Dee pasture within five days from that time, and stated that the time for the inspection to go back and supervise this disinfection would, therefore, have been on July 26th, that he went with Dr. Hedley to Johnson's place on the 20th and saw no cattle up for disinfection and met Johnson on the road to Conwav. Mo also said that John son told him when ho served the notice, that he was husy in his tobacco crop and did not have time to pet up the cattle or words to that effect. It developed in the course of tlio trial that McNeill had no written auj thorily to act fts oattle inspector, hut had been appointed by Dr. Hedley by word of mouth. Testimony was brought out showing that the oflice of cattle inspector is an important one as only a man possessing technical knowledge is qualified to judge the i systems'of diseases of animals, and i the nature of the carriers of disease! and the manner in which they carry this disease. . It appeared from a reading of the notice that had been served, on the j defendant, that the disinfection was required to be by dipping or spraying at the farm vat of the said Italy W. Johnson; and this notice had been signed "Dr. C. Hedley by W. H. McNeill." It appeared that Hedley had given McNeill no written authority to sign the former's name to these notices. McNeill was followed on the stand by C. Hedley, who produced a writ ten commission from uiemson college appointing him as cattle inspector. He stated that he had graduated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and had been in this cattle work ever since 1914, but had been connected with the Federal Bureau Work since 1007. He said that he had never seen but one case of Texas fever in this county and this was in 1015 at the farm of Francis Holliday at Galivants Ferry. That the cow which died on that ocassion had recently been brought out of Marion County. Ho also testified that the scrub cattle of Horry County would not have this fever as they are ~ immune to it. from having been bred among the ticks; that tho only danger of !*ever caused by (he cattle ticks was as to blooded stock brought in from other places. He also testified that he had found but one fever tick on any cattle in Poo Doo section and this ho found on an animal belonging to one Will Brown and he could not * testify that Will Brown had any connection with this Pee Dee pasture where Johnson's stock is kopt. His testimony and record was based partly upon reports in ado to him by his (Continued on Page 6) t , (The i FOR AID OF WAR VETERANS Atlanta, Ga.?Government agencies the lied Cross, and the American Legion began work in South Carolina on August 15 in their Clean Up Campaign to cut the reel tape that has prevented thousands of disabled veterans from receiving the aid that the government is glad to give, and has retarded the adjustment of hundreds of claims of others who were in the service during the World War. The Clean Up Squad will he composed of experts, who have the on purpose in view of getting in touch with the veterans and starting the machinery to get for them a quick and satisfactory adjustment of th"ir affairs. Greenville ias heen select< d as the starting point of the Clean lTp Squad. It will remain there unti' August zw, euring which tniv it will get in touch with every veteran in Greenville and Pickens county. Kiom Greenville, the Squad wiH move on to and successively servo the sections of which Anderson. Greenwood, Aiken, Barnwell, I'eaufort, Charleston, Orangeburg, Col inn oia, Sumter, Georgetown, l)ar!in;rton, Marion, Conway, Rock Hill, Laurens, and Spartanburg are the centers. At each of these centers from one to six counties will be served an i in tlii. way the entire state will bo covered, the Squad remaining in South Carolina until November 1. In the next few weeks similar vork will bo undertaken in ever\ state in the southeastern section. The plan of the campaign is sim pie. It contemplates giving eac veteran the opportunity to have hi difficulties of compensation and vocational training and medical treatment straightened 4>ut right at home, instead of through lengthy long distance correspondence. At the same time the Squad will give every veteran a chance to find out whether he has a claim, and if he has, to file it for him so that he will get immediate results. Obviously the biggest problem in 4 K/\ /w> ?\<i i to f m Li it: vjcii 11 |#c\ 11 in 111 vwwvn with the veterans, particularly those who live in outlying communities. Many are illiterate. More of them never see a newspaper. To overcome this difficulty, the government, the Red Cross and the Legion have issued a joint appeal to the press of South Carolina and to every patriotic organization in the state to lend aid in seeing that word of the coming of the Squad reaches the ex-service men and in explaining to them just what the coming of the Squad means to them personally. - Every arrangement has been made to relieve veterans who report to the Squad from every inconvenience, delay, and expense. As soon as a disabled soldier arrives at headquarters he will he furnished with transportation back home and meals and lodging as long as his business lasts. It is particularly important that each ex-service man bring his discharge with him to headquarters. BETTER SOILS FOR ECONOMICAL CROP PRODUCTION Clemson College.?"The nuin who now farms a piece of poor dirt fo: ten years or longer and leaves it in no better condition to produce crops than it was when-he found it, is not living up to his possibilitie as a citizen of hi* community and state, as a father to his children, or as a Christian before his God." So says N. E. Winters, Extension Ser vice agronomist, in preaching the doctrine of soil fertility and crop production. The pioneer farmers of a century or more ago, Mr. Winters explains, could hardly be blamed for thensystem of farming which gradually depleted the then fertile soils. The power of those soils to produce large and profitable crops made possible the construction of roads, the building of cities and railways and the development of a great civilization with the modern conveniences of living which we in this generation are enjoying; but in the light now before us shed abroad by modern schools and scienitfic ivestigation and the results of our best practical farmers who have blazed the trail for us, there is no excuse for us to continue indefinitely the practice of farming on poor, depleted soils. We have a wonderful opportunity here in South Carolina for soil building and more economical crop production. Nitrogen and humus are the limiting materials in our soils for crop production, and we have been trying to supply too much of this needed nitrogen in expensive nitrogen fertilizers. Too much monev has been troi'tir for nitrotren fejtili 7.0rs in proportion to tho value of our staple field crops, and too little attention ha.^ been given to summer and winter legumes for pasture and for plowing under to build up the nitrogen and the humus supply in the soil. Tho valuable humus which is the foundation of soil fertility, holds and supplies 95 percent of the available nitrogen in a well managed soil. A soil rich in humus and lime i.' r WiMV / CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, BERRY TODD TO BE TRIED On Charges of Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct on Street SEVERELY BEATS D. H. RUSS Profane and Vulgar Language Used in Hearing of Refined Residents. It is a sad state when men get drunk and fi^lit on tho public strict <>n tho Sabbath evening. This is what worry 1 odd did last .Sunday evening. Tho attention of' nearby residents in the Cully section was called to the vulgarity and profanity being used on the street about the time that Mrs. A. I,. Thompson came over to the home of Mr. and Mrs. I). T. MeNeill and told tho latter that two two men were fighting and apparently about to shoot each other. i*'cNeill went out to them thinking that it miglit be two young boys at rough play. Berry Todd pointed a pistol at him when he ordered him oil' and cursed at him, threatening hi life .several time . Ctoi.i^ back to the house he returned with a shot 1 Todd iii<! ot again present tin1 pistol. Todd had attacked P. H. lluss on the street and when McNeill went to them, the former was severely beating Russ with a pistol which Todd hold jn his hand. lluss was bloody and showed signs of severe punishment at the hands of Todd who was drinking and is a large man of powerful build. A message soon brought the chief of police. Todd was arrested and lodged in the jaii to await trial early this week upon charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct, as well as a charge of assault and battery, doubt loss with intent to kill. Todd was formerly employed at the pool rooms of E. T. Lewis on Main Street. It is not known where he is at work now. He is said to reside in the Gully section of the town. o "NORMALCY." Hy G. A. Cardwell Agricultural and Industrial Agent Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., Wilmington, N. C. Much has been said during recent months about "Normalcy," in other words getting back to normal after the biggest spree the United States of America ever indulged in either singly or collectively. Before we arrive at the happy state of affairs so greatly to be desired, ve must expect to suffer extremly from a state of nerve> This condition may be aggravated by low prices for our money crops next fall and winter, and further aggravated in 1923 by the ravages of the cotton boll weevil. You may think from the above that I am horribly pessimistic, but 1 assure you that 1 am not. 1 am trying t<> size up the immediate future as best 1 can, and to honestly face conditions rather than to, ostrich like, hide my head in the sand and shut my eyes to the signs of the times. Please <?od, wo are going to conic through this crisis safely, and enjoy the fruits of the earth and the amount of prosperity that is good for us, in a few short seasons. Rut, we must, in the meantime live carefully, and make ready for our ultimate freedom from old conditions. If you have money on hand, deposit it in a strong banking institution in your county, and thus do your part towards furnishing the lifeblood of trade; hastening the return of the day of "Normalcy." Safe farming, the only kind we should engage in, means producing food and feed on the farm for man and beast, in addition to several money crops; avoiding, as far as possible, the heavy tax we must pay when we have to go into the market and pay the other fellow's pi ice, plus cost of transportation and several middlemen's profits. If you are not clear as to your cropping system, ask your County Agents' advice, or talk to your banker as he is vitally interested- in your success. I recently visited South Carolina and saw the demoralization following a heavy infestation of cotton boll weevils in the lower counties. Let us begin to make ready now to avoid this demoralization when the weevil establishing a home in localities not now so hadlv infested, nnd rpmpmhov thi^ pest is coining on tho top of present disastrous prices for farm crops. Tighten your belt and fight tho good fight, and you will win out, but hesitate now in making ready and you are lost. always rich in nitrogen, and withou: any exception is a productive soil. Hence legumes for green manuring, lime and mineral will, if rightfully used, improve our poor soils from year to year and give us the maximum crops at a minimum cuost 4 u W*' AUGUST 18, 1921. TRUSTEES RESIGN! DISTRICT NO. 48 County Board Will Undertake to Determine Where Site Ought To Be MEETING HELD LAST FRIDAY Board Will Consider and Appoint New Trustees For That District. Last Friday, August 12th, was the day fixed for a hearing; before the County Hoard of Kducation ol' the dispute about a school site in District No. 48. The three trustees were in Conway at an early hour last Friday morning; in readiness for this hearing". Thev employed counsel to advise them and at first intended to have attorneys represent them in the hearing' but later decided that as they wore acting in a public capacity in a position where hey had to use their best judgment and discretion they did not feel that they should be made to pay attorney's fees and they did not have any legal representative when the Bo:: rd mrt. Thc.-se trustees wont into the hear inu- with tho conscious feeling that had done what was the host'in their judgment for the District. They also, all three agreed that if the C ounty Board would go and look over the school site and determine that it was not in the center of the district, as much as possible as ii was to place it, under existing* circumstances, that they would arrange with the man from whom they bought it to take a title back for the land and pay over the money as the Board might direct, although they were advised that they did not have to go that far as tbey.had had authority from 'no old Board to attend to this matter of a site and tlie check which paid tho money out of the public funds had been approved by the County Superintendent of Education, Mr. M. J. Buileck-, that they drew the jponey out according to law, deposited it at a National Bank, against the time when they would pay for the site. That afterwards they made the deal with the owner of the four acres of land and paid him by their check against the funds they had placed in the bank. The Trustees met the County Board .r 1 ? ~ ~ ? M i:juautci nui i HI uic lau; ill in imun of the day appointed and tendered their resignations, as they had decided fully that they did not wish to fill this position any longer, owing to the impossibility of pleasing the patrons of the District; but they did not resign without first having it understood with tho County Hoard that the Board would proceed it once to solect a site for the school building and make th^ necessary arrangements to obtain title to it and commence tho erection of a school house as sooon as possible. So far as could lie learned n<> appointments had been made of any tru -tees and it is thought that the Ooi nty Hoard will give this full consideration b fore making any now appointment. RUSSMAY DIE RESULT OF BLOW * The physician of D. H. Iluss, treatu:... V* i 1 i : in?.; mm iur nil1 wuuims uihi uruisi^ roceived in the fight with Berry Todd on Sunday afternoon, says thai the wound on the back of the head might cause death. The outer bone of the skull is crushed inward while the front of his face shows numerous wounds. Russ is still sick from the experience and his physician says that te will not be known for several days yet whether his wounds will turn out to be real serious. WILL HAVE PICNIC. There will be a Sunday School picnic at Valley Forge August 20th. everybody is invited, with well filled baskets. ?COMMITTER GETS ENQUIRY FROM WHITE The Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of a letter from the White I J." '^^.4 r* I.'I 1 /"? I Mil I (,11k Vyli ! I 1 }>ill 1 \ , IMfl'U'inil V <?Ttractors of Wilmington, N. asking as to the desirability of Conway as an opening for a branch or their business. The Chamber of Commerce reolied to this inquiry setting forth fully the attractions of the Town. The letter from the White Klec* trie Company follows: ''We were informed that there was u good outlook for electrical contractors in your town as there was no one there in the business. Is hear from you. We might open up that so, and yo.i would kindly let us n branch in your City in the near future." \ rail NO CHANGE FORD MODEL Our representative called upon Mr. II. L. Buck, the local Ford dealer, and asked it" there was any truth in the rumor that the Ford Motor Company would change its model any time soon. Mr. Buck stated that there was absolutely no changes wnatever contemplated, on the contrary he statnl that he had a letter from the Ford Motor Company relative to this rumor, sayinu "we d ? not contemplate any such changes, and there is no foundation to such rumors, \\e have no hesitancy in making a denial of the report." FARM FAM1LIKS LIVING HIGH Producing Large Part of What Thoy Eat Right on Farms CHEAPENS OCST GETS IT FRESH Milk Largely Used b\u Noi E^'gs as Much as in City Homes. American farmer seem to he as irenerously supplied with meat as any i ass of people. It will see .1 surj)i,: ini- to fit. housekeepers that i\^u.s are not u "d as abundantly on 'arms as aim n; people al larj.ro. Milk is generously used, oven though there are fewer childrt ;i than the average in farm houses. Other beautiful dairy nroducts :i>;su?v? t'Mfm families decided advantages over the other groups. Except in the Southern States, where "quick" breads are often preferred to yeast-raised I kinds, wheat bread is the staple. Corn breads are popular everywhere, but are chiefly used to give variety. A relativly large proportion of starchy vegetables was reported and a relatively small quantity of green and succulent kinds, although farm families have the best opportunities for growing vegetables at home. Study Typical American Homes. These and other points about farm diet are brought out in studies recently made by the Office of Home Economics in cooperation with the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture, to show the food actually eaten in typical American homes. Included in this survey are T.'i farm families from different parts of the country, representing many types of agrcuiture. The studies bear out the general impression that on the average ho farmers' families have an abund n( diet, with enough different kinds >f food to insure their obtaining all he substances necessary to keep them in health. In mere matter of bulk 1 he farm families receive 10 pounds of foul per day. in comparison with the average for all families, which is only 11 1-2 pounds. What any family eats depends on what it has to choose from, what its members happen to like ant! dislike and what it can afford. Local predicts were much more important before the days of (|uick transportation than at present. Differences in the tradition of the various nationalities that have settled in thi country have caused local differences in diet. Much the same kinds of foods can be produced throughout the Middle Atlantic States, but the early "Pennsylvania Dutch" settlers tried to use American materials as they had used similar ones in Germany. Thus dishes typical of their sections came to be quite different from those of their neighbor.* fvom England or Holland. These regional differences are decreasing to some extent because of the increased use of food products from other sections. Bananas from the West Indies, lemons and oranges from California and Florida, canned corn from Maine, sweet potatoes* from New Jersey, cheese from Wisconsin, maple sirup from Vermont, flour from Minnesota, and crackers or breakfast foods made anywhere \re sold in most small towns at rea sonable prices. Indian succotash. Dutch crullers, Italian macaroni, German sauerkraut and Spanish pi mento are common food.? whose names hetray these various foreign origins. Wide Distribution of Food Products Whether the food was well cooked and attractively served, the studies do not show. The fact that almost twice as much cooking fat was used by the farm families a* by the general average confirms the impression that some farm housewives are inclined to cook too many foods by frying. One of the greatest services which the home demonstration and girls' club movements are rendering is to arrange for the skillful housewives in a community to show how they prepare the good thing* for which their tables are famous. NO 18. DIPPING IS PATERNALISM And IMothincj Else Under Present Circumstances in Horr?\i Pai ii i y uuui 1I y GENERAL STOCK LAW IS SUFFICIENT Going* too Far in Trying to hike Care of Purely Private Interests. While Hiis county enjoyed the privileges of tree grass, so that everybody's cattle wandered about and can.e in contact with those ov nil the others; and while ignorances existed among them in rreg'ard to the damages done to live stock by the tick; there was plenty of reason why the government should step in and say: "Now you spray your cattle and stamp out this pest, for you shall not injure your neighbor who is trying to raise a better grade of stock." Since then, however, a change has come about by means of the passage of a law knowi. as the general stock law. And this went into effect in llon'v i1"""'" 4 1 icim uanuary 1st. By decejnber the 31st, next, it will ho in lull force and effect all over the State of .South Carolina. Un?'.er this law each raiser ol stock must. keep his catt up and within the confines of hi;- own land, "own land" meaning- of course not only the* land for which ho has a deed in fee simple, hut land which ho has rented or leased, or obtain d permission to use for glazing-. With exception of | a few isolated cases, this is now being obeyed as the law of this State, so far as Horry County is concerned. The elVect of this change is to make each man control his own cattle and thus keep them away from the cattle of his neighbors. A man's cattle are his individual property, and by means of this law he. must keep them to himself. Now is it the business of the government of this State to say to the farmer: "It is true that you are keeping your cattle up, but regardless of VOIIV CinOM/iI"! ?<naiiuai uuiniy to stand it, regardless of your time being taken up just now i?i matters which you deem more important, you must stop everything else and have your cattle sprayed or dipped for cattle ticks, for this spraying and dipping is necessary for you to do in order that you may make more money out of the cattle." There would be just I as much sense in saying to a tobacco grower that he must stay awake all night in order to keep the heat right in his tobacco barn and thus be able to place a better grade on the warehouse floor and make more money. The enforcement of the cattle dipping regulations at this time, under conditions as they now exist in this county, is the rankest sort of paternalism, which means that the government, almost in a socialistic sense must take care of ail of the private affairs of the private individual whether that individual's acts interfere with other members of the State or not. A large discretion is left to the men whose duty 11 as to put such regulations into etiect, but they do not always use good discretion. Thev act as if they were autocrats, whose every word, or even whim, is law. !?,,( o,.?k o.! - 1 i v??, .-linn ciiuii;> in uie nanus ot men who have regard for the individual circumstances of cases, anil there never would have been any trouble over the dipping of cattle in any of the States where it has been enforced. Now that circumstances have changed in this county, we have said it, and we stick to it, that it is time to let each farmer decide for himself whether he will let his cattle go without the benefits of being free of pests, or ;use the means which he now knows will rid them, and let him be responsible for the making of his own fortune. Any further than this is going too far. c()irt7:ase~ over crop Manzie Cause prosecuted Joe Rabon for larceny irrowimr out nf alleged fact that Uabon had taken off and sold some tobacco that ho was raising on shares with Clause. This was ti*ie?I in magistrate court here last Monday and resulted in a mistrial. In spite of individual exceptions, farm diets in the United States seem to be furnished with more than enough energy food ample and varied protein. Lime is well supplied in milk. There i:> probably a fair proportion of iron, vitamines, and indigestible bulk, though the margin of safety for these would be greater with more eggs, more coarse cereals, and a greater variety of vegetable* and fruits, especially mo:*e green vegetables. in** *