The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 18, 1921, Image 1
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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,
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<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
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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
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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.'
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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.
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"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
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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
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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
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The physician of D. H. Iluss, treatu:...
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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