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ON SYSTEM OF DISH WASHING % This Important Work Should of Course be Well Done HOT WATER AND SOAP Ideas Differ on Best Ways oi Cleaning Glass - Have a System About Work The washing, of dishes takes so much time,in every house that it is evidently a subject calling for close attention. Nothing is more desirable than that this work be done thoroughly and well; still, it is doubtless posciMn + ~ .-1 * iw jiiuii mi- h in snoii a way that time may be saved for other matters. In the first place, systematic work is sure to go more rapidly than haphazard fashions. The dishes should be prepared for wasning by scraping tliem as clean as possible, and some housekeepers advocate rinsing off many if them under the hot or cold water faucets before outting them in the dish pan. Hard water is very unsatisfactory for dish washing, and the use of soda or Inn-ax is a great help when soft water is not available. Borax is not so hard on the hands as soda. Dishes which have contained milk or eggs .are better rinsed well in cool water, for heat hardens the albumins so that they are removed with difficulty. Plenty of hot, soapy water is necessary trt do this work easily, and a second dishpan of clear, hot water in which to rinse the dishes is a great help. Use very little soap on gilt china, however. There seems to be a great variety of opinion on the subject of washing glass. Many housekeepers have expressed a preference for washing it in cold water rather than in hot. tin ii._ ...I.. . . : . .. j ..11 ?'v nere uiu jn'ias.s i.s mui ui an ^;ruci.>\, this is very well. Ammonia or soda in the water helps to clean the glass and makes it lustrous. Glass washed in cold water should l>o allowed to drain almost dry before it is polished. One housekeeper has described to to me a wire basket which she has made to hold dishes when they drain, and which is made to (it into her dishpan. Fitting the dishes into this, she is able to immerse them in hot rinsing water, and then lift them out to dry. She finds the plan an excellent one. Another student writes that she has found sifted coal ashes a most useful article to use in cleaning knives. Another prefers sifted wood ashes. These must be vr?r\ carefully sifted, so that no hard bits be left in, which might scratch the articles polished. The kitchen dishes are usually the most difficult to wash, and with these a home-made "scrubber" is very useful. "T.nk a broom apart, a good one, by removing: the wire and letting the straw loose," she says. "The upper part of the straw is then put int< boiling water and left long enougi: to soften it. Then the straws arc tied together in bundles about two inches across, using a strong twine The twine is pulled light and sink, into the softened straw, and when dry, it does not slip. A loop is left for hanging the bundle, and the straw is left its whole length. They arc so long and slender they will reach into anything. They are a gre.at saving on the hands, and allow the use of much hot water." Many recommend the use of soft paper in cleaning greasy dishes, kettles and pans. The papers may be burned thus disposing much grease which would otherwise find its way into the kitchen sink drain. / o v ALLSBROOK R. V. I). No. 2 The weather has been good and farmers have been busy in planting There is much sickness in this community. i * : The flu has come hacK again. u i.? causing trouble about as much .as evei it did in time of the war. The Eldorado school came to t close on last Tuesday night after < successful term with Gore a> principal. Interesting exercises were held by the pupils. REVIVAL SERVICES On April IS the Baptist Church ii this city will begin what promises t< be the most interesting and profitable revival meeting ever conducted it Conwayy. Dr. 11. C. Buchholz wil have charge of the pulpit and somi interesting sermons are promised The song services will be under th< leadership ?f Mr. Barksdale. The public is cordially invited t< attend these services. "IS THIS ALL?" After all sorts of hints, finall; Johnny succeded ,in getting a nicke from his mother, but he failed t< thank her for it. Whereupon tlv mother somewhat ashamed of her olf spring's rudeness, remonstrated "Johnny, you are awfully forgetful What should you say when you go something ?" "" - ?,A A " " Mn| "l can i ien, wci> ?wihih,? , reply. "You can't tell? Why, Johnny, it' awful! What does mamma say whei papa gives her nujney?" "Is this all?" r ?' ^7 CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank feaeh and ever one who aided us in replacing ou home, which was destroyed by fir on February 25. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shell: COTTON MARKET Spot cotton prices declined 2 points during the week, closing i 16.83c per pound. New York May fi tures down 2'i points at 17.G4c. THE LITERARY CONTESTS Twenty-five schools were represented by over* Hvo hundred pupils. The ;'.ges of the contestants ranged from 15 to S4. It was interesting to note that the prizes were evenly divided between the men and the women, six of the thirteen prizes being won by ( married women, three of whom were over 40 years of age. Only one prize was awarded, a $5 goldpiece, to the pupil making the highest score in the contest. Since the contestants wish to know the names of the pupils ranking second and third, the names of the three pupils making the highest score are published, the first name being the winner of the prize and also becomes the county representative to the state contest for adult pupils to be held in Columbia on April 28 and 29. The prizes were awarded in a most appropriate manner by H. W. Ambrose to the following pupils: Reading 1?Mrs. Cora Singleton, High Point School. Prize given by the Conway Lumber Company. Mr. George Cooper of Horry came second, with Mrs. Amanda Nealy of Loris third. A book will be awarded second and third winners by Conway Drug Company. This contest was open to pupils who could not read at all in January, 1D22. None of those pupils had ever attended school more than twenty days in their life. Reading 2?Mrs. Sallie Howell, Seven-Mile School; prize given by A. T. Collins Company. Mrs. Sarah Anderson of Maple came second, with L. M. Holt of Hickory Grove third. A hook will be awarded second and third winners by the Conway Drug Company. Reading 3?Miss Mollie Jordan of Maple School; prize given by Woodmen of the World, Conway. Mrs. Essie Brock of Savannah Bluff School came second, with Mrs. Ozie Grainger of Red Bluff third. A book will be awarded to second and third winners by Conway Drug Company. Writing 1?Mrs. Jennie Sarkiss of Burroughs School; prize given by Masonic Lodge, Conway. Mrs. J. F. Chestnut of Hickory Grove School came second, with Mrs. W. E. Bra-cher of Hickory Grove, third. Writing 2?H. D. Price of Hickory drove School; prize given l>v Rink of Aynor. 11. Si. Richardson of Hij?*h Point School; prize given l?y Hank of Avnor. Instead of giving a prize of $."? to one pupil the judges awarded *2.50 to tho writer of the best chcck and $2.r>0 to tho writer of the be^t money order. Robert Martin of .Maple School came second on check, with Norman lloh of Hickory drove, third. Herman West of lied Blufl' came second o?i the money order, with .Mace Causey of Alt. Olive, third. Writin.iv 3?Charlie Andersen, Maple School; prize given by Bark of Little fv'vor. S. 1,. Moove of Maple came second, with Airs. Eva Livingston of lied BlufV, third. Snelling 1?Mrs. Avie M/irtin, Sev1 rtn-Mile School; prize given 1 >\' Bank >f I.oris.Monroe Johnson of RHiobetn ame second, with Minnie Prince of *od r.lulV, third. Spelling 2?Mrs. Orrie Cox of Red RH.fT School; prize given by Farmers Mink of Loris. Annie McDowell of led IilulV came second. Spelling 3?Selina Ludlam of Bur' oss School; prize given by Buck Motor Company. 11. B. Brown of Paw ley came second, with Lila McOowell of Burgess, third. Arithmetic 1?L. Floyd of RehoVth; prize given by Masonic Lodge f Loris. B. F. Capps of Sevon-Alile ame second, with J. B. .Johnson of , Rehobeth, third. Arithmetic 2?James K. Hucks of ' Savannah\ BlufV; prize given by Hut 1 ' 1.. i /'Mi i, rm>u!n- ('. ' < V > > +11'" v 11\ 'M I r? v v.iiun ii, vwii .i ut, , x . If. Cooper of Alien School came secind, with T. C. Dix of Mt. Hcrmon, ' hirrl. Arithmetic ?C. V. Johnson, Mt. 1 Mormon; prize given hy Annex C'.uss. Baplist Church, Conway. Declamation?Ma nip Long of Maple School; prize awarded l).v CooperSmith Company of Conway. 1!. F. Hardee of Hickory Grove came second, with Mrs. N. B. Mishoe of Seven1 Mile, third. 1 The library prizes will he announced in next week's paper. N. T. Johnson of Conway and J. 1?. Johnson of Gallivants Ferry will he awarded ,*i hook hy Conway Drug Company for most legible signature. Ninety-two 1 pupils who had learned to write ' names durinur campaign competed in his contest hy signing name in ;i ? register. All sign-your-name pupils who 2 failed to get tli?* booklet, "Beautiful ^ Thoughts," awarded by banks of Conway to pupils who learned to write their names during the campaign, ' may, on request, obtain a booklet from The Burroughs Bank & Trust Company, The Conway National Bank , and The Peoples National Bank. 1 THK HAT >1 KNACK [> e Systematic Kflfort In Fighting and Starving the I>e8t Needed. Clemson College, Feb. 23.?Besides its destructiveness to our foods, feeds V J i 1 J..ai 1 i J . ana stored piouucis, uiki dusmrs u> generally filthy habits about the s premis s, the rat is also a disease carn rier, being the transmitter of several diseases to man. The rat is accused of having been responsible for more untimely deaths among human beings 'han all the wars of history. MoreV >ve'r, the grain eaten and Wasted anr nualiy by rats and mice if saved ami e Marketed would easily more than' rwrj all the farmers' taxes. " Fighting rats and feeding rats dc not work together, says Prof. A. F Conradi, regarding the usual la> methods followed in attempting t< control these pests. We cannot ex j}&?t to fight rats successfully whil< maintaining palatial hotels for them # THE HORRY HERALD. CON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS From Specialists' Correspondence With Farmers Honv late may hogs and cows graze on wheat and rye without injuring them for seed??H. H. L., North. Wheat and rye should not be graze.' after they begin rapid spring growth as any grazing after that time will be serious. This usually starts in February or by March 1. In fact (they should not be grazed close to the ground even in February. My mule's legs near the heels are sore and there seem to be cracks in the skin.?R. J. M. The disease you describe is scratches. Remove the hair from the affected parts of the leg and wash thormurlilv with ;? nor rout tM'Polin SOlu tion, rubbing it in well. The vaselino should be applied twice a day until the parts are healed. Please advise about growing sunflowers.?P. St. Matthews. Sunflowers will grow on practically any good soil that is adapted to corn culture. For largest crops the land should 1)0 fertile, especially in humus and nitrogen. The seed should usually ho planted about the same time as corn, though somewlvit earlier planting is safe. The seed should ho planted in very much the same way that corn is planted, maybe not ouite so deep and under similar conditions. Six to twelve pounds of seed per acre are recuired. depending on the size of the seed and how they are planted. Sunflowers should he given frequent ' shallow cultivations when young anr' should be harvested just before the seed are fully ripe. Can onion sets l>o grown in tins state and kept through the summer till fall??W. E. P., Willisten. Yes, provided the seeds are not sown until late in the spring*. I would net advise sowing the seed before the middle of April. The seed should be sown on comparatively poor land and the seedlings harvested during lato summer. It might he possible to have them remain in the field until September. It is necessary to plant them very thick in rows which are not less than S to 12 inches apart. How long will delinted cotton seed keep? Can 1 use the sulphuric acid more than once??S. D. D., Winsboro. You may k?ep the cotton seed along .*!< you like after treating them with sulphuric acid, providing you wash the acid off the seed. You can use the acid more thf.-i once. In fac* vou may use it until it gets so weak that it no longer delints the seed and then you may add more acid to if and continue to use it, or you ma\ use an entirely new lot of acid. At what stage of the fruit is the second sprav given .and with what J. G. E., K ingsuurg. Two to three weeks after the firs' jpray, with a combined spray of :> senate of lead and lime sulphur. S*1 Extension Circular 25 for directions | ORCHARD AND GARDEN NCTTES j Clemson College, March 30.?(live ! the'asparagus bed a top dressing ot nitrate of soda. Plan to have enough of each kiiu of vegetable you grow this year t< have some to sell to your city neigh bor. Remember that there is a long list of vegetables that will stand light frosts and do not hesitate to start gardening early. If your early planting of sna;? beans is threatened by frost, covei with straw or soil until the danger i past. If tomato plants are properly toughened, you may set them two weeks earlier than usual. If you have never used a wheel plow do so this year. It is the greatest labor saving tool for the gar doner. I earn exactly when to spray your fruit trees and vegetables, what to spray for, and what spray to use. Write to Clemson College for a spra\ calendar. Make up your mind that you will have a clean orchard and garden this year?not only clean of grass and wo' ds but free of insects and diseases a?, wo1!. Only by such practice can you expect to have first class fruit and vegetables. In plowing the young orchard, worV /is close up to the trees as possible without injuring them. This will cause a deep root system to be established. which is desirable. Avoid damaire 1o fruit trees by bruising the bark while cultivating the orchard. Collect and burn all trimmings rrom winter pruning. These twigs and branches are often infested with diseases and insects. VINEGAR FROM WASTE FRUIT The agricultural experiment station at Rerkeley, Calif., has been investigating this subject, with considerable success. It finds that the making of vinegar depends upon two fermentations. The sugar has first to be converted into alcohol and car -i- - -? ? i ?M/j oonic acui jjas ",v um- hi ??.*.. thou the alcohol must be transformed into acetic acid by the usual vinegar bacteria. These two fermentations must he kept separate and distinct to got the best results. Most fruits car he employed more satisfactorily if crushed and fermented before press ing. Pure yeast and a small amount of sulphurous acid should be used to insure good alcoholic fermentatioi and freedom from lactic bacteria The fermented juice should be stored several weeks to rid it of the yeasl 1 and other solid particles, and shouk ' then be drawn oir the sediment be fore the acetic fermentation com I jhrtnee^. To i this juice should b< ' arnica about rine-fourth its volume o new vinegar to start the ferment a ) tion on its way properly. Those in terested in the process should oblait < Bulletin No. 2.X7 of the station. > o ? The man caught with imitatioi e books containing liquor picked hi . library from the bets cellers. WAY, S. C. MAR, 30, 1922 FARM SUGGESTIONS In view of the general demoralization prevailing throughout cotton growing sections of the Carolinas, due to heavy cotton boll weevil and weather damage losses last season, the following farm suggestions from Texas Extension Service News, should be of interest: Let no time be wasted in making a safe, sane and well balanced program for next season. Instead of the farm being an import destination make it a point of export origin by having products to ^el! from the farm instead of buying for the farm. Wiry your cropping system according to the needs of your family and home. Endeavor to build up and maintain your natural resources?soil fertility liv toiTnpin^ /ll*0 i ? rvo /???/\?\ ?'t? vvi 1 living) *11 UIIIII^V , V I V?|/ I Ultl" tion and tho use of live stock. Always strive to reduce the cost and increase the quality of products ra her than increase quantity production. Thke no chances on unstable markets with new and untried crops. Speculation in production with borrowed capital is dangerous and should not be indulged in. Have tho scrub animal and the scrub field seed discarded. Use tho kind of live stock and plant the crop be^t suited to the needs of tlie farm and markets. Overhaul and improve the buildings, fences and (he farm equipment. Poor equipment means poor production. Make the farm unsafe for insects, rodents and plant diseases. Endeavor to live out of your own kitchen and garden and practice econv in ot'nvx* mnnf a!' < Kn N aiica 1 I III v. ? I > VI v i 111 i v. ill W I i I i v i II'UOC and farm. G. A. CARDWELL, Agricultural and Industrial Agrent Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. FI * N OVER TWIN BROTHERS (Columbia Record) The House of Representatives had 'ots of fun on Tuesday of last week when the two McMillan brothers, twins, were in the hall at the same time and nobody know which w.is which. Hon. "Tommy" McMillan, a member of the House from Charleston was in the speaker's chair. His twin brother, John McMillan, of Liners, was on the floor of the House. The Ivn McMillans look exactly alike. Members of the House entering; the II saw one of the McMillans near the door. "Hello, Tommy," each would say as he enered. and then ooking; toward the speaker's desk would see Mr. McMillan in tho robes of the presiding; officer wielding; the gavel of the House. Scores of nieni i were w on In struck on seeing; Mr. McMillan in two places at once and hey couldn't understand it. After /ne session Speaker Pro Tom McMilan took h;s visiting; brother through i ho hnll nhd in' rodurod him In bis 41 [ lau: 1 I LriuAI jj All of the b< n i r ! H You can ha1 y high class kind 1 u F.nvi ? n Get the lej size for the busi | GET Tir ; 1 Of which a who ; I Get the fine b : HEP ?I c friends and explained that there were] two of then\| twins. The House menv j bers theii jf(|ev<ft9od the phenomenon i which had puzzled them earlier in the day, that of one man being in two places at the same time. o THE PLACE TO FIND OUT The suggestiQn that perhaps after all America will find no way of being represented at Genoa strikes us as particularly unhappy. She will be needed -there. She belongs there. It is, indeed, a little difficult to think of a useful conference without her. For this is to be a meeting of a businesslike, rather than a political character. It will have to do with finance and funds, with loans and liabilities, with the judicious balancing of accounts. Now, all these peoples owe money to the Unired States .md there is none anion# them, not even England, which does not find the linden oppressive and has not to consider the crushing handicap of a currency more or less depreciated. There are some advance that condition as a reason for staying aloof. I.ei us wait, they advise, until the countries are back to normal. Dut surely tint is an impossible proposal and a coldblooded one besides. There is no way, moreover, in which we can consider our own interests save by considering theirs. To be selfish i< not to be grasping and we must be carefui if grasp we do that it is simstance and not shadow. Genoa is the* place to find out. ? Rocky Mountain News tDenver, hid.) DISCARDING OLI) DANCES P IMi:> iho (|t-tllll>-v ing news that the Croatian residents there have discarded their native dances for the jazz and othei exotic gyrations that mark the Americar dance hall. Without doubt the Americanizing process is under way, but with considerable loss in this instance to both tlie alien and the native born. It' the Croatians must dance the modern steps, none can deny them the right, but they ought before forsaking the dances they brought from their fatherland teach them to 'their American friends. Mpst of the European dances, folk-dances at least, are noted in grace and a kind of attractive beauty, as contracted with the hybrid movements of the extreme and daring dance< in America today. It would be a fine thinjiv for Americans, if they do not care to return to the graceful dances once so popular and becoming at least take up the dance that is grounded in the gracefulness of civilization rather | than of barbarism.?Harrisburg (Ind. Dem.) About time for country photographers to unpack their wooden fish for the spring trade. iMWL.zawrrzHr bzznsztzz ^ ^8 h i:;a 3 Iter quality and care. hav f A ^ 11 kJU. ve cheap paper for cl :or the business affaii elopes to IV ?al size for legal pa ness letter, coin bags IE HERALD'S OWF tie case of 50,000 hi in the shelves. >ox paper for polite c [ALU S )ONWAYJ S. i | Never was, never will be a^^H Ichen big enough for a man to I o ? V I Chicago refuses to save dayfl I this year. They need all the they can get in Chicago. Church Directory Conway Baptist Church, Myron Gordon, Pastor. Services every Sunday. Sunday School Exercises 10 Morning worship and preacb^^l 11:15 a. m. 1 Evening: worship and preacr^^l 7:30 p. m. Mm Prayer meeting services Wednesday evening at 7:30. Strangers and visitors cordifl I welcomed to all these services. Kingston Presbyterian Church, Leinmon, Pastor. Services every Sunday mornin?^^| Sunday School at 10 a. m. I Morning worship and preaching^^| 11:15 a. m. Prayer meeting services Tues^^B 7:30 p. m. Wc welcome one and all to services. Conway Methodist Church, J. C. kinson, Pastor. Services every Sunday. Departmental Church School Bible Class for men omy :0 a. Morning worship and nrca^hii^^l 11:15 Evening worship 7 p. m. Prayer meeting services WtJnesd^H evening 7 o'clock. Welcome extended to everybody attend all services. Monuments I j Dealers In i Marble and Granite H and Iron Fencing. fl > See us or write before buying and we will send our repre| sentative to see you. I I . T\ /T 11 ? ? jL-uiiiucuun marDie oc Granite Works V J. H. FLOYD, Prop. B LUMBEUTON, N. C. B 3/24 lyr :^jwi jij . printed'with J it hieap work, or the 0! r. y j latch I pers, commercial U for pay day. D 4 BRAND | is just been put | ;orrespondence. y HOP I C'