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I / JVOLUME XXXVI. WHICH AVENUE WILL WE TAKE? Decision on Part of Town Will Help County Conimis sioners. CAN SELECT ONLY ONE OF THREE AVENUES Work on National Highway, South, to Begin at Corporate Limits.in January. The avenue of the town which will be connected up with the southern end of the national highway is is yet unknown. It will bo third, fourth or fifth avenue, one of tlnse three, i* is hard to see how it oouM be any of the other avenues or streets in Conway. The work on this southern end of the highway will beprin at the cd.\e of the corporate limits .md ox ton ! onward toward the line between C Conway and Goorcretown. The town of Conway will have to build some frorr the corporate limits into the main street or rather the town i^ exported to do liio 'if lo'iof !l onnnlil /1/a if niwl ^ nl/n I VII in^ III/ IVUPV- IV r I I W VI HI \l \J IV (IIIM Ul l\'.. pride in doing it the very best that it c/tn he clone. Tt has horn suggested thpt tho town select the ono of the threo avonuos that would ho host and announce tbc'r decision through the council to the county commissioners. This might make it easier for the commissioners to establish their beginning point to better advantage to both tho town and city. There is yet no definite statement that con bo mado bv anvbody as to tho oxm^< ^ourso tho highway will take from the corporate limits of Conway, but it is conceded that the dofi?ii1o location must bo m?do in a short time from now; for the work on tho other ond of the reMd will be finished bv the first of 1922 and then the work must begin here I ^ on the last division. +, V'hi'e the county commissioners are trying to decide on tho location, it is beb'ovod that tho city authorities ran holn bv selecting the place where they would like this road to ioin the town. If it should bo docidod that tho now road will take the course of the road from Conway to Rear Swamp, as it now runs by tho farm of A. P. Johnson, then of course, the entry into Conway will Wo along Third avenue. It is not the opinion of anybody connocted with the work that the now road can ho located along tho race p-ith. tho long narrow street centerin p: the colored section of Conway. SHIPPING PARTS EVEN TO DETROIT f Tn Florence, S. C., there is a hip machinery company which has ?rown from small beginnings. It is the Bridges Machine Company. This successful concern is tho result of the brains and industry of J. D. Bridges and ho deserves to have his success mentioned in this paper. As to what this company is doing at the present time tho Florence Times in a recent issue says: "Automobile replacement parts, made in Florence by the Bridges Machine Company are being shipped into practically every civilized country of the world. The company has just made a second shipment-of parts to ^aris, France. Within tho past four ii *i 1 a i 1 l.. : _ X ~ mourns u nas ?Tiierou ex^ensi vriy into the foreign field of trade and now has sales connections to which shipments h^ve hen made in Brav.il and other South American countries, England, several of their island possessions, including Australia, most of the continental European countries save Russia and Germany, and other less important nations, speaking politically. Recently, in the United States, this company signed a contract on the Pacific coast for approximately $500,000 I worth of parts, to he delivered in a period of three years. Probably more unique among its shipments, even than the foreign orders, is the fact it is shipping parts into Detroit, Mich, the home of one of the famous car* for which it makes replacements parts "Bridges Machine Company is strictly a Florence company, havinp been founded and built up here by J D. Bridges. He engaged here first ir an ordinary way as an automobile ma chine shop, which he has developec jf now into a $250,000 plant, according j to actual physical worth." r Twn There appears to 1>o two <4ifTf?rcn routes in mind now for the nationa highway as it leaves Conway ^outh ward. One is a straight line fron Conway to Greenwood church, an< from that point a straight line to tlv place where the now bridge will hi !ocnte<l across the Pee Dee River The other way is along the track o the present Conway and Georgetowi road. o Conway would like to bring tlv coastal highway through by Conwa: and the southern end of the nationa highway should be located with tha in view; and by this means Conwa; might get it. (The BI-WEEKLY CROP NOTES Normal progress made in harvesting all crops in season, notably cotton, corn, sweet potatoes, sugar cane and sorghum for sirup. ('orn. A large percentage of the crop has been gathere. Quality below the axerage, there being much complaint of damage from weevils, even before it is harvested. Wheal and Oats Considerable progress has beeti made in seeding and preparation for seeding both wheat and oats. There will be an increased acreage in each. Cotton. The entire crop has been picked in southern, central, westei 11 and a numI er of the eastern coi'iies and roost farmers have finishod ginning. Potatoes. Time for maturing both white and sweet potatoes was cut short by a rather heavy frost on October 13. Sweet potato digging practically completed. Yields arc fair to good. Sorghum. Making ol' sorghum cane syrup continues, though late plantings were injured by early frosts. Miscellaneous Farm labor and negro tenants very much demoralized on an account of exceedingly short cotton crop. More idleness (enforced in most cases) at this season of the year than for a generation or more. Peach, apple and cherry trees are blooming in many localities. Pecan nuts .are being gathered and good yields are reported. Fall and winter crops are very much in need of rain. B. B. IIAUK, Agricultural Statistician. Rirensi wni.nTNn PESTS IN CHECK Even the Owls You Hear at Night Serve Useful Purpose. Tho sparrow is a beneficial bird, says the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, and should not br* regarded as ;> post. The single exception to the department's indorsement is the pesky English sparrow of that species, "usually a nuisance and often injurious," and, says the depart nent in a booklet, Farm Help from the Birds, "it must he remembered that the introduced English sparrow is but one member ef the large family of sparrows and its habits arc by no means characteristic of the native species." Few Birds Classed as Injurious They are essentially seed eaters, 4Jie sparrows, but they consume also a fair proportion of insects, the department finds, and in general must be regarded as beneficial. Separating the sheep from the goats in the feathered kingdom of common knowledge to the farmers, the department places among the bad birds the jays, crows, ravens and blackbirds a cor-, poral's guard compared with the army of good birds, of .aid to the farmer, nlnced in the other classification. TOven the had denizens of the air have some good in them, says the department and the damage they do the farmer is largely because of overpopulation in the feathered ranks. Of that class the department says: "It would seem a good policy to accord them the same treatment long given the common crow. The crow is not specially persecuted; neither is it protected. About the best that can be said of birds of this family is that on the average they do about as much good as harm." Owls Perform Useful Service "Owls as a group have long been persecuted by man. but never has persecution been more unjust," says the Biological Survey. More than fifty varieties of owls feed on a great varieay of rodents and have useful habits the booklet continues. In Washington, D. C., the survey recently deter, mined what 075 barn-owls had foi ' dinner. Here is the menu, by variety i and number of dishes consumed: Meadow mice, 1,110; house mice, 452; | house rats, 134; other small mammals , 3 per owl. And the service done mar by the barn owl, the booklet says, is typical of that performed by hawkt ! and owls in general. An occasiona chicken is consumed, but this loss b i far outweighed by the destruction ol r harmful rodents. SUFFERSFROM : SUPPORT LACK ) The cotton market has sufTere< from lack of support during the pas v/eek. The scarcity of money reducc( t the number of outside speculators 1 leaving the market in the hands o - professionals. There was some com i plaint of a poorer demand, hut ex 1 ports held up and cotton olTered fo e sale found buyers at about 25 point e off January futures for middling . January high during the week wa f on October 28 and the low wa n 17.85 on November 1. It is hope that a hotter demand will appear ii the near future, as ths is the or c thing needed to start a bull markel y Germany is reported to be buy in, il cotton for shipment from Jai.uury 1 t July, 1022, and no doubt other ooun y tries will get their share during tli season. $on* CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY I. Special N< Tobacc< Tobacco growers of Sc Wol^e up lo the need of a b in answer lo urgent calls ) bacco territory the campai, year Co-operative Market pushed with all possible spi None of us are satisfied i sion of profits and We real our conditions through co for no one else to help us therefore as this is OUR /( grower do his part. A mass meeting of grt community on the dale an< The plan of organization will be discussed by compe ^ 1 it - ..sill mg, ana ine growers will sign their "Declaration of As a leader in the comi urge your attendance at // very best to see that other g come with you. Nou) is t Be sure to attend the mec bar 10 a/ 10:30 and bring Very tri W. O. DA VI FARM FIRES VERY COSTLY Twenty Million Dollars Annually is the Toll Taken This Way ARE PREVENTABLE IN LARGAE MEASURE Greater Individual Carefulness and Responsibility is Needed. Farm fires cost about $20,000,000 i\ year?$18,166,710 ir? 19!^. Of the fires that year 33 per cent vera from causes classed as preventable, 37 pei rent from partly preventable causes Miid 30 per cent unknown but believed to have been largely preventable With inadequate fire-fighting equip ment on farms, fires are hard to control. Prevention is the best way tc I deal with them. ! Defective chimneys and flues tool* ' toll to the extent of $1,902,031; sparks onroofs, $1,181,171; careless use oi matches by smokers and others, $1, - 071,087; petroleum and its products $732,007; and stoves, furnaces, boiler; and their pipes, $674,008. The larg r est item listed as partly preventabh : is lightning, $3,1)33,050. ! Inspect the Premises Frequently. ? The Department of Agriculture, ad i vises a frequent looking over of tin * premises to see that the buildings ar< * in the best practicable shape to pre I vent and resist fire, that inflamnvibl< > rubbish is cleared away and tha f habitfc of safety be instilled in thi handling of matches, lamps, stove: and kerosene and gasoline. Gasoline has come to play such ai important part in farm life that spe cial care should be taken to see tha L it is not stored in inflammable build i ings and is never opened in the pres t ence of uncovered flame. If lantern j must be used in barns they should h kept in good condition, set or hung ii f a safe place and never filled or light - ed in the barn. Kerosene lamp - should be examined to see that th r burners are in good condition an s should never be left where they ma be upset. s SECRETARIES WORK d The secretary of the Conway Chair II bor of Oor-i-orco and the secret,'ir e of the Chamber of Commerce c t. Georgetown are both busy fillip -r Jboir positions as secretaries to tli o commitf?*e from both counties on th i- new bridge across the Pee Dee Rive e Chambers of commerce are getting t be a necessity in modern times. . ?s* , NOVEMBER 10, 1921 otice to o Growers wth Carolina have at las! elter marketing system, am! from all sections of the togn for signers to the Five ing contract is now being zed in this county. joith the present unfair diviize that ice can only better -operation. We can tool^ if iOe doni. help ourselves; IB it is necessary that every oWers will be held in this d at thd hour noted below. and the marketing contract lent authorities at this meetbe given the opportunity to Independence" imnity I tah^e this means to lis meeting and jto do your rritilnrQ iri /A/a el Ii linr h ns\/] he time for US to gel busy. iting at Conway on Nooemyour neighbors. ily yours, S, Demonstration A gent, Conway, S. C. ? 'i SELECT SEEDS WHEN DIGGING Only a Few Varieties of Sweet Potatoes Are Important. SELECTING HEALTHY ROOTS IMPORTANT i Send to Department of Agriculture and Get Valuable Literature. Selection of the sweet potato see< stock at digging time permits of tin choice of variety and from high yield inn hills and tends to build up heavj yielding strains, experiments by th< j United States Department of Agricu! ture heve shown. Seed free fron stem rot can be secured tii digging time while the potatoes are still at tached to the vines. Each hill shoult he tested by sulitting the stem an< potatoes should be taken for seed onb from plants, the in.sides of whos< stems are not streaked with black though it should be remembered tha a heavy frost will also produce a sinii lar appearance. Many Varieties of Little Value Only a few of the varieties of swee potatoes grown in the United State are of commercial importance. Man; other varieties and strains are widel; ; distributed, however, and much of tlv ~ sweet potato stock ordinarily obtain 1 able is a mixture of varieties am Ej strains, some of which are practical! t worthless for market. The Unite* b States Department of Agricultur s points out that growers will do wel to concentrate their efforts to true-to n name stocks of such well known var . ieties as Yellow Jersey, Big Stem Jer t sey, Gold Skin, Nancy Hall, Port . Rico, Dooley and Triumph. This lis . includes the well known worth-whil s commercial sorts. e Some varieties and strains, whil n attractive in appearance and goo vielders are of such poor quality tha s they ore not desirable and thes e <^>1011 Id he omitted from the grower d list of varieties. Some of these ur y desirables look very much like tli standard varieties. A grower shoul 'letermine the sort best suited to hi oil and most in demand in the mai i. ket available to him, then secure tru< y to-name seed stock. >f T>;fticulty of Selecting Healthy Rool !' The fall selection of seed is nece: ic sary, owinj? to the fact that in tV 10 prinft or during the winter it is di r. ficult and frequently impossible to to ;o whether the roots are diseased or no since after a period in storage tl mM. undies (the tissues traversing the ubcrs) of hc.nlthy sweet potatoes 1 \ t 1 I ? ? ! i <nen oocome sonipwnat darkened, oven though the fungus is not pros '3 lit A good plan is to go over the field is the roots are plowed out and,select , he hills showing the desired rh-vae ers, as an opportunity is thus present e'd to study all the characteristic ; of each plant. It is not necessary to eli'in the large potatoes from the deired plants for seed, ,as the medio? nved ones, those from 1 to 2 inches in diameter and from " to (5 inches 'on r, are better for seed purposes. The seed stock should he gathered "ii '.rales or hampers, marked to show the variety, transported to the storage house on a spring wagon, and placed in a part of the house where they will not come in contact with th^ .general stock. Tn other respects the reatment should he the same as that given the commercial crop?that is, it should he cured for a period of fron >on to twelve days, at a temperature of about S5 degrees?after which the temperature should be reduced to bout 55 degrees and held there for he storage period. Every sweet po'ato grower should secure a copy of Farmers' Bulletin entitled "Sweet l /"! : " i ? ? " i uiruu \ 111?w 111 j.'. i ii iki r iiniiprs I ill! 10'.in 1059, entitled "Sweet potato Diseases." These bulletins may be obrnned free upon application to the United States Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C. visittismade" horry jail Report of Visit Officially Made by Mr. Brears'ey on August 13th. The entire interior of the Horry county jail has recently been repainted and minor repairs made. With the exception of this improvement the jail is in its usual condition. The supply of blankets should be greatly increased before the coming of cold weather. The food jyiven consists of two meals?a breakfast of hominy, bacon. | biscuit and syrup; and a dinner of boiled bacon, rice, corn bread and some vegetable. The jailer claims that the fifty cents allowed for the dieting fee is so inadequate that he has lost .about $800. A plan followed by some of the most progressive counties of the state is to have the jailer buy the food necessary for the prisoners and I to charge the bills to the county. The foe system is unfair to the county if the jailer makes a profit from the food; it is unfair to the jailer if he has to spend more than he receives. At the time of this visit two white men were in the cell block with four negroes. This practice has been found inadvisable in other institutions. Besides it is contrary to the provisions of Act 312, S. C. Status of 1012. H. C. Brearley, assistant secretary. ORCHARD AN!) GARDEN NOTES Trees for the new orchards should be ordered at once. Nursery stock is rather scarce this year and people who order late will be unable to get choice trees. When ordering trees do not be as much influenced by the price of nursery stock as by its quality; alw/iys 1 order the best trees, not necessarily ? the cheapest or highest in price. When ordering, consult your county agent as to varieties, age and size of tree. J As soon as the fruit, trees are defoliated. examine them carefully for i scale infestation. If heavily infested > i i. ? i i i - 1 ^ uit' i reus jsiiuu ici oe sprayed once in is - fall and once again in the spring 1 shortly before they hud out. Light infestations can usually be controlled by one spraying. If cold frames have not been pre' pared they should be prepared at '>nce. Cold frames will furnish the family a supply of lettuce and radishes throughout the winter and a supply of young plants in the spring t for setting out as soon as danger of s frost is over. ' Clean up all weeds, leaves, grass p arid ether trash about the garden so as to destroy the hibernating places I for insects and the hosts for winter stages of diseases. Such trash may y be either plowed under, burned, or put in the compost heap. When pos? sible it is best to plow it under in the '' fall and plant either winter vegetables, or a cover crop. If you have pulled down the mounds around the peach trees about the ? middle of October and have not yet wormed the trees (as should have been 0 done), go over them now and kill all borers. The burrows are easily found e by oberving the gum and sawdustd like exudations at the entrance to eacli it burrow. Start at the entrance of the e burrow with a sharp knife, follow the 'a burrow and cut away all dead barV ?- or dead wood along the sides of th< ie burrow until the end is reached ant <1 the insect killed. By cutting back t< is live wood the wound will heal mucl r* more quickly than otherwise. J- o The Herald is .anxious to do all tha ts it possibly can to further the inter ests of the farmers in Ihs county, fo >o in helping tho farmers the Herald i; f helping alt clashes of the people. Usi il he paper, therefore, without ."tint i >t. I the matter concerns the interests o ie I the planters. NO. 30 BRIDGE LOCATION AGAIN DEBATED Old Contention in Reference to Kingston Lake Has Again Bobbed Up. BOTH SIDES HAVE VIEWS OF IMPORTANCE r Ever Increasing Traffic. Over the Bridge Calls It to Attention of the People. Just now there is some talk of trying to change the location of the bridge across the Kingston Lake* There are many who think that this bridge is in the wrong place because of the approaches to it on the town side. There are other? who are against moving this bridge and say th.it it must l)e kept at the same place whoreit now is regardless of the approach. Just as soon as this subiect is U. i'mmi i?- i nine comes a storm or;n*gum?nt for and against any change, just a: it was sonic years ago when the pp*(,vt to change it almost resulted in a lawsuit. Those who claim that it should ho moved say that it should be done because of the danger .attending the passing of many vehicles and great and ever-increasing traffic over the bridge. To enter the bridge from the town side one must pass round two dangerous convrs. One of these coroners is in front of the Presbyterian church while the other is at the corner of the building of the Quattlebaum Light & Ice Company. They say that already accidents have occurred at this last mentioned turn, and that serious loss of life and property have been missed by only a small margin. Again they sav that the approach jvisses over the sit!ing of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad tracks, and already at that particular point a man's car was once smashed up by a moving train and the driver nearly killed. On the other hand those who itre opposed to moving this bridge say that the change is needless and would entail a great expense, and that no other location would suit the people so well from the standpoint of convenience. Just at this time it appears that tlio liviflivn > 1 v..~ i.-> inn in lcoou repair so Oil' as the draw part of it is concerned. Officials of the county say that it is expensive in keeping up and that it is impossible to keep the draw in Rood condition so it can he operated. There is no certainty that the matter will he brought up again at once, but there is complaint in some quarters, and sooner or later the same old contention will be up again worsethan ever. PATENTS NEW FACING BRICK The Bennettsville Brick Company is among the growing concerns of the Pee Dee section and is located at Florence, S. C. At the head of the company are Messrs. Lincoln S. and Charles VV. Morrison of Florence. Owing to their fine business qualities and uniform courteous dealing they have made for their company a reputation that is lasting and will benefit, the whole country. The Florence Times in a recent iss^ie has this to say of this company and the new face brick they have patented: "Lately Florence has taken a front position in supplying the southern trade with building brick. She expects to gain in importance in this position with certain adjustments of railroad freigth rates which are being' handled now through the traffic department of the Chamber of Commerce. Her brick manufacturing Interests are incorporated under the stvle of the Bennettsville Brick Com' 1 ,1-1 l--- * * 1 ^ (mil v, neauwi uy i.incoin ?s. and Charles VV. Morrison of Florence^ The operation of the plant is in the hands of J. B. Morrison, vice president and general manager, a brick manufacturer of many years' success^ ful experience. Recently he has developed a new face brick which the company has copyrighted as "Bungalow Brick." This is a rough texturebrick in mingled colors and shadon , and makes a beautiful wall. In addition. this company makes common building brick. This bungalow brick has been specified for several impor[ tant contracts in North Carolina, , Georgia, Alabama and in Tonne-ssee^ { as well as in South Carolina." o The meeting of farmers called for : November 2 by Mr. VV. O. Davs, the * farm demonstration agent, was not I handed in at the Herald office in time > to get it in one issue before the meet1 ;ng had been arranged for and as p consequence the meeting was held one t day before the time for the paper to " be published, v We mention this so 1 that parties will understand why this b important meeting failed to be ment' tioned beforehand in this paper, f o Subscribe to the Herald. *