The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 09, 1922, Image 7
NEVER NEGLECT
DAIRY HEIFERS
Matter Considered Too Easy
by Some Farmers
in Horry
WHAT IS THFBEST FEED
Good Feeding Will Produce
Better Stock for the
Stock Raisers
Clemson College.?Raising dairy
heifers from weaning time until ready
to calve is generally considered
easy?so easy, in fact, that they are
often neglected. Another reason tor
neglecting the heifers is due to the
fact that they are unproductive.
Dairymen should become more farsighted
in raising their young stock,
for the quality of the future herd depends
largely on their breeding and
inherited productive capacity, say the
- - Tf fVi n Viaifar lfi
tliliry n vuc u?n
stunted by poor feeding and neglect,
she will not become transformed into
the kind of animal we want when
she calves. She will be lacking in
capacity, and as the consumption of
roughage is necessary for economical
milk production, it will be found that
in the end it does not pay to neglect
the young stock.
The importance of the influence of
theration on growth and dairy qualities
of cows has been studied extensively
by the Missouri Experiment
Station. Some heifers in this experiment
were fed heavily and some
lightly. In almost every case where
the heifers were fed heavily it was noticed
that they looked from three to
six months older than the others at
the same age that were fed lightly.
It was found that those on the light
ration and underfed, showed a strong
tendency to reach normal size by continuing
to grow for a longer time and
mature later; but there is a limit beyond
which they will not go. One
cause for the marked difference in
the size of cows of the same breeding
as found in different herds is due
partly at least to this factor of the
ration when young.
This brings up the question of
what to feed the heifers to secure
best results. During the summer, on
good pasture, little if any grain Jg
needed if the heifer is at least ten
months old; but when pastures are
poor or dried up a little grain is necessary.
In winter, however, to get the
most rapid growtn ,t Js necessary to
supply a considerable proportion of
the nutrients in the form of concentrates.
Where even the best roughafire
is fed alone, the growth will not
be as much as where grain is fed in
addition.
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For $300.00 F
All and singular that
tract of land known as ^
the Isaac McCray land, of lan
or Brunson land, contain- . /of
ing one hundred (100) '
acres, more or less, in less,
Simpson Creek Township,
Horry County, ~ountSouth
Carolina, and Towns
bounded on the north by North
the public road leading forme:
from Red Bluff, South p>av: '
Carolina, to Pireway, N.
C.f on the east by Simp- 'y by
son Creek, on the South Charlc
by a line commencing at South1
the I. J. Parker line, pranc
and running thence his
line South-east to Wen- Westv
ley Bamhill's line; knowr
thence Barnhill's line tract;
Westward to run of WQr,i'
Todd's Swamp; thenco
the said run to the pub- of "
lie road. lands.
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M One mortgage on the gas boa
n I have also the W. K. Holt tir
I will dispose of this property
RH
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aftergrown i8 on* ot
t*e !*tw*t J'aris creations A?
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th?j k-nftthentnjr of tho skirt,
ta renewable ;>V?o that the srown
. uito -VNiti'-ont. ts?o sutt^tstfon of a '
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W>. * isn't tljcJjt-?thei*?'ii' p.imc At all
Analysis of the Kiss.
In analyz'ng the psychnphyslologj
of the kiss, Professor M U?spine says:
"The kiss is the first atiimal mnnlfestatlon
of love. The passionate look
is nothing hut desire. The handshake
<s full of reserve, of constraint, or full
of hope. The kiss Is simply another
and more exquisite manifestation of
the sense of touch than the handshake.
A.nd it is from the sense of touch that
all other senses are derived."
HYMAN-WARD
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Hyman arrived
in town last Thursday and are at the
home of Mr. Hyman's parents, Mr.
i vr n nr? ti
ciiiu mis>. d. 1. nyniitii.
Mrs. Hynian before her marriage
was Miss Blanche Ward, of Little
Rock.
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Legal Blanks of the better kind for
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Will Se
remaining pro;
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No. I No. 5
or $400.00 For $1,320
that certain tract an<? s*ngu^
certain piece, par
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>) acres, mere or the County of Hoi
lying in Horry State of South Ci
y, in Conway and being i
hip. and bounded wa^ Township
wardly by land ?ast s^e 0* the
rly owned by W. ^piing road, a
Moore, Eastward- tween ,the fiftl
lands claimed by s,xth miIe Posts?
is R. Scarborough nin* at. a stake
wardly by lands of eas* s*de of sa'
es Stalvey, and SPrin* road and
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v>oi-p /v/ iAi \ta Qr Ella Smith, So
half of lot No. 95, )jmd of B F
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Attorney-at-Law
THE HORBY HK&ALD, 003
MURDERS'DONfe
AT HERRIN, ILL.
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1 The people of the United "
* Stages stood horrified at the > t
X news of the wholesale murder j \
J done by union miners at Herrin, j c
J 111., in the month of last June, jj
2 After a truce had been struck a {
* between the striking- miners and**
J the strike breakers and minejj
* owners, and the strike breakers jt
t and owners had come out of the J J
X mines, the latter were driven,t
* enmass against a barbed wire"
S fence and told to run for their Jj
* lives. Only a few escaped these
* leaden hail of bullets from theJJ
jje pistols and rifles of the union*
ists. Read how it all took place j
? and what lead to this wholesale J
* murder in this article?Editor. *
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In a wooded grove midway between
the mining towns of Herrin
and Marion, in Williamson County,
111., a crime was committed on the
morning of Thursday, June 22, that
stirred the indignation and aroused
he horror of America as had not
been done since the stories of war
ceased coming across the ocean.
Nearly fifty men?the exact num-^
ber is uncertain?who shortly before
had been taken out under a flag of
truce from the strip mine of the
Southern Illinois Coal Campany, a
few miles away and who had been
nromised that they would be furnished
safe escort to the railroad
tation whence they could entrain
for their homes, were lined up in
front of a barbed wire fence, and
hemmed in by union miners in military
formation.
Scarcely before a plea of mercy
could be made, shotguns, rifles and
revolvers in the hands of 500 men
arrayed in a semi-circle about the
miserable group, poured a storm of
lead into the bodies of the captives.
Many fell at the first volley. Some
got through the fence only to be
shot down in flight. Others escaped
the fusillade to fall victims
' later to a savage man hunt that harried
the fugitives for hours through
the surrounding countryside. Some
of the multilated, the dying were
kicked and beaten, the captured
were tortured and then slain.
When the ghastly woric was over,
nieteen of those who were -working
in the mine were dead, several died
later of the 34 wounded and a number
are still unaccounted for. Sucli
was the outrage committed in a
union district upon men who were
merely exercising the universal law
of the right to labor and who had
been employed by William J. Lester,
president of the coal company, to
if 1
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No. 4 I
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*ry and and State known as tho U
arolina, Hammond and Red fl
n Con- Bluff lands, containing U
on the one thousand acres M
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l ana North by the Conway M
begin- and Pireway road; Ea&t I
on the jjy ^he Todd and Simp n
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Spivey, lands of T. W. Livings- I
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SWAY, 8. 0, NOV. 9, 1922
I operate the strip mine from which
tne members of the United Mine
Workers of America had walked out.
An Attack on Government
This organized murder of American
c tizens was the result of the
determination of a branch of the
United Mine Workers of America
to maintain as an absolute stronghold
the supremacy of the Miners' Union
in Willamson County over and above
the law of the Nation.
It was anarchy; it was the placing
of the aim of the union as the
i supreme law of Williamson County
{It was a vicious attack upon the
. fundamental principles upon which
' our Government was founded. The
right of any American to do his?
work, a basic principle of our Constitution
which guarantees liberty
and protection is an issue, far above
any question between the United
Mine Workers and operators, and it
concerns not only the coal miners
and coal operators, but every man
and woman in this country. It concerns
every industry, every home.
What does this uprising mean**
It is the concern of every citizen
of the land. Every American must
view this crime with the utmost concern,
for the issue involves the very
foundations of our Government. What
happened in Williamson County may
happen in almost any community i\\
the country, if every effort is not
put forth to bring the assins to
justice. Indeed, it was the boast
of the organized band who committed
this murder that in Williamson
County, at least, America would be
shown that the law of the union was
supreme .
These murders grew out of what
has every appearance?from the
bare facts collected?of a well-organized
conspiracy to stop the
operation of the strip mine. The
investigation indicates that the conspiracy
was developed over a period
of four or five days during which
the sentiment of the members of
the mine workers' union in William- 1
son County was intesively developed
against the strip mine workers.
Plans for attack were carefully laid.
Then the assault began. This assault
*was interrupted by a truce
arranged in accordance with the officials
of the United Mine Workers
of America, and the County officials
acquiesced, as did the owner:
of the mine, who agreed that no |
attempt would be made to reopen
% 3
me mine during tne strike.
The facts - relating to the whole
affair have been assembled here in
order to give a picture of the situation
in Williamson County and a
comprehensive story of what happened.
A UNION STRONGHOLD
Williamson County 111., which has
a population of 61,038, is one of the
most strongly unionized centers of
, America. Marion, the county seat,
has a population of 9,582, and Herrin,
a population of 10,986. It is
conservatively estimated that 85 per
" cent of the residents of the County
are miners or connected with them
by family ties or otherwise, and reflecting
unionized labor sentiment.
All business conducted in the County
is dependent to a vital degree
upon the patronage of the mining
element. The mining vote elects
or defeats candidates for public office.
Many of the public officials holding
elective office are miners, have
been miners, or are in strong'
sympathy, with union labor whose!
strength is such that, without question,
it is its vote that elects or defeats
any candidate for local or
county office.
The most outstanding local figure
in the events leading up to the massacre,
is Sheriff Melvin Thaxton, who
persistently refused to swear hte
deputies or call for the Illinois National
Guard, as he was urged to
do repeatedly by Col. S. N. Hunter,
representing Adjutant General Carlo
Black, of Illinois, for three days
before the surrender and butchery
of the strip miners. Colonel Hunter
had arrived in Marion on June
18th, to keen an eve on the situation.
The sheriff is an ex-miner
and was elected by the miningvote,
and is now a candidate for
county treasurer.
There is ample testimony that
Sheriff Thaxton is physically not a
coward. In times past he has been
cooi, courageous ana vigilant in
supporting the law. Singlehanded
he stopped thirteen prisoners in a
iail-breaking attempt two years ago.
He has to his credit successful intervention
in a number of attempted
lynchings.
The Judge and the Mob.
County Judge Hartwell draws a
picture of the mob which shows its
calibre when met by a determined
spirit. A crowd went to the Judge's
home. They demanded that he deliver
over to them his collection of
firearms. He dared the young fellows
to come and get them, at the
same time directing his wife to
load as he fired. The mob faded
away.
Prominent also in the three days
preceding the attack on the mine
was State Senator William J.
Sneed, president of the Sub-District
of the United Mine Workers of
America?a resident of Herrin. He
appears to be the leading politician
of the County, insofar as the labor
vote is concerned. me lanor vote
which in a previous election had
been led by Sneed in the interests
of another political faction, was reversed
under Sneed's control and
''support thrown to Len Small, successful
candidate for governor.
The State's Attorney of Williamson
County is Delos L. Duty, whose
family has been slightly indentifled
?vith mining interests. Duty, who
was elected by miner's votes, is on
record as. expressing very serious
doubt of his ability to convict mob
conspirators, leaders and members
of the mob. "T^get a jury imbued
with the ideas of the labor unions
, will be impossible, I believe," he
CRONE'S BALEFU
CAUSES
Greenwood Negro Has Series
counter With "Evil Eye."
Cannot Shake
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Greenwood, Nov. 1.?Swearing in
terror that a cross-eyed crone in
Richland county over a year ago
had cast a "hoodoo' ispell over him,
Tom Javers, negro transfer driver,
last night accidentally backed his
car through a $90 plate glass win- j
dow, and once more cut a notch on
hii tally stick of misfortune.
The negro asserts that nothing
but misfortune has been his lot since
the baleful glance of the cross-eyed
hoodoo women in Richland County.
Returning through Columbia with
a party of Greenwood fishermen, he
passed the women in the back of a
wagon. She gave him a piercing
look and since that, Javers declares,
His Misfortune.
He has had his house to burn
from over his head and barely escaped
with his life, he has been
said, and added, "the killing was unhuman
beyond words."
Brundage Infers Conspiracy.
William McGowen, of Marion, the
Coroner of Williamson County, was
a union miner and is admittedly n
union sympathizer.
The principal business of William
son County is digging coal from deep
mines, of which there are thirty-two
There are also four strip mines where
huge shovels scrape the earth from
thick veins of coal which run near
the surface. Other shovels ther.
lift this coal into cars. It was
against the strip mine, owned by the
Southern Illinois Coal Company, of
which William J. Lester is president,
that members of the United Miiu*
Workers of America directed an attack.
As an operator, Mr. Lester
played a lone hand and was not a
member of any coal operator's as
sociation.
Strip Shovels Continue to Work.
When the deep mines were closed
by the U. M. W. of A. strike April
1st, last, the stripping shovel of tin
I/ester mine did not cadcp nn#?rn
tions. The stripping- shovel wa.kept
at work, meantime, and no objection
was made by the strikers as
long" as no attempt to mine coal wamade.
Men manning this shovel, o
rather the crews operating it, wer<
members of the Steam Shovel Men':
Union, an organization not affil
iated with the American Federatioi
of Labor.
About June 10th, Lester made pre
parations actually to dig and load
coal and additional men, some oi
whom were rated as track layers
and others as guards, were put on
the property. This development was
instantly resented by the union miners
and the question arose as to the
status of the men employed at the
strip mine. There was also th*
openly voiced feeling of resentment
that armed guards were on duty at
these strip mines.
As early as June 13th, it bacame
manifest that a plot against the
mine was brewing. Robert Tracy,
I of Chicago, a locomotive engineer,
reported to the mine for duty, and
in examining the firebox of the engine,
found ten sticks of dynamite
and two cans of powder therein.
Two days later, says Tracy, picketing
of the mine began.
The sheriff and state's attorney
and U. M. W. of A. officials protested
to Mr. Lester and his superintendent,
C. K. McDowell, against
the employment of these armed
guards; said that they were trespassing
on public property and holding
up traffic. The strip mine people
were told that they were court?ng
destruction, if they continued to
dig coal. There is on record the
statement that McDowell declared
11 i : e i.. il, ?
uiut ii any yuurus were uuusiue tnu
mine boundary they were disobeying
his instructions. It was also
said by some who conferred with
him that he promised to disarm the
guards, but this is not verified.
There was talk of boycotting
stores which were supplying the men
with provisions, and the union miners
also were sent t*> watch railroad
stations where additional workmen
for the strip mine might arrive.
Colonel Hunter notes that two of
these workers, detraining at Marion,
were intercepted by union
miners and ordered away, and did
leave.
The Telegram From Lewis
ml .1? it.
mere was discussion among uie
strikers as to the status of the strip
mine worker. On June 18th, Senator
Sneed wired John L. Lewis, International
President of the U. M. W.
of A., asking for an official ruling
on the status of the strip mine workers.
Sneed received the following
reply:
William J. Sneed,
Pres. Sub-District 10
District 12, U. M. W. of A.
Your wire of eighteenth, Steam
Shovel Men's Union was suspended
from affiliation with American Federation
of Labor some years ago.
It was a|so ordered suspended from
the mining department of *he American
Federation of Labor at the Atlantic
City convention. We now find
i that this outlaw organization if
permitting its members to act as
strike breakers at numerous strij
pits in Ohio. This organization i.furnishing
steam shovel engineers tc
work under armed guards with strike
breakers. It is not true that an>
form of agreement exists by anc
between this organization and th<
mining department or any othei
branch of the American Federatior
of Labor permitting them to worl
under such circumstances. We have
LGLANCES
"HOODOO" SPELL
of Misfortunes Following EnIs
Helpless in His Terror- Off
"Conjure."
in the toils of the law on .sundry
charges, he has paid lines and haA
seen the .Inside of the jail, he has
had domestic trouble, he sent his
cork leg to Atlanta for repairs and
had it delayed in the mails to hia
great inconvenience, his automobiie
tires have exploded without provocation,
his taxi has stopped at pnopportune
times for no apparent
reason, lie has lost money 'and has
been unable to find lit, and now he
has to face li hill for damages for
breaking $90 worth of plate glass
and he has not the wherewithal to
pay.
Javers is helpless in his terror;
he has tried to find the hag wh<\
cast the spell but she has dropped
into nowhere, it seems. Like ar>
avenging Nemesis, the ill fortune ot
Javers pursues him, *and he can
only shudder and turn ashen-red.
HOPES FAILING,
NEEDING MONEY
Section Held Out as Great
But It {Needs Capital
\
REASON F0R~ FAILURES
Should Bend Every Energy to
Induce Capital to Invest
in uurnisning industries
The section of South Carolina
known as Horry County has attracted
some attention within the
last five or six years as being; a
coming place.
It has been held out to young _
men just starting out in life ta
some particular profession, as besome
partciular profession, as being
a good place .where they might
locate and gradually grow into
successful men in the midst of a
territory which is sure to become
rich and full of opportunity.
With this very thing in view
many people have bought lands in
the county with the impression
that whereas the soil was cheap
when they got their deeds, that the
price would not remain cheap but
would gradually rise in Vklue as
the great development of the section
got under way and they would
become rich by reason of the pro.fits
made on these lands.
I In other cases young men have
located and are doing the best they
can to make what progress would
be expected of them.
While we do indeed live in a
great section of the State, we must
remember that it is a section when*
progress and improvement to some
extent have lagged behind for many,
many years, while other parts of
the State made great strides by
reason of having the capital and
the energy to appiy it that we did
not seem to have, or for a long
time want. In holding out our section
in this way the \praise of it
- as a land of opportunity should
.have been coupled with a statement
that along with all the rest
we needed capital with which to
establish ourselves as a great and
'.growing section of South Carolina.
I The truth js that the money has
not been here to do the things.,
that should have been done. Or, if
the money was here, it has not
been spent along the right lines to
help build our county and town as
a great commercial and industrial
cento*. We have rested idly by
while other towns took the plum:*,
that we needed to grow and ripen
here. If we had any money we kept
it concealed or invested in too mucn
land, while neglecting to put out
enough of it in the establishment
of industries that would give employment
to people.
This is why we are prepared to
say that the place has been a disappointment
to many. If we could
induce capital to invest here in the
right kind of enterprises we could
overcome the disappointments in a
very short time. We should bend our
energies to that end from this time
on. We need things that will cause
people who need work to do to
come here to live and enjoy regular
employment. The things we have
are -good enough so far as they
go. The trouble is that there is not
enough of them. There must be
more if ^e are to amount to as
much as we thought we would and
as much others thought we would.
through representatives, officially
taken this nuestinn un with t.h<* nf
ficers of the Steam Shovel Men\*
Union and have failed to secure any
satisfaction. Representatives of our
organization are justified in treating
this crowd as an outlaw organization
t and in viewing its members in the
same light as they do any other
common strike breakers.
I (Signed) JOHN L. LEWIS,
i Published in Local Press,
i On Tuesday, June 20th, this tele>
gram was printed in the Marion
? Daily Republican as that paper\s
> leading article. It was given simii
lar treatment the same day in the
r Herrin Journal. There is every real
son to believe that the contents of
J this telegram became known to /
r practically all of the union miner* / j
i and their sympathizers over the
c whole coal field on Tuesday of
, (Continued Next Week.)