The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 10, 1921, Image 1
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. .
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, 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.
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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.
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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."
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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,
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