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The Horry Herald CONWAY, S. C. Entered at the Post Office at Conway, 8. C., as second class mail matter* H. H. WOODWARD, Editor. Published Every Thursday Morning by Conway Publishing Co. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Copy, One Year $1.50 One Copy, Six Months 1.00 One Copy, Three Months 75 TELEPHONE 21. Make all Checks or Drafts payable to Tk? H nrrv H ovnlH or H H Wnnd. ward, Conway. S. C. THURSDAY NOV. 23, 1922 ************************** | UNDER BOLL WEEVIL RULE 1 * T TP************************* What will the farmers of Horry County do about cotton? Will they continue to raise more or less of this staple, doing the best that they can against the ravages of the weevils, or will they drop the crop in disgust and plant no more of it? We think that the Horry planters will strive to keep up with other progressive planters of this State; that they will learn to handle the weevil in such a way that he will not be able to destroy their cotton crops; that they will continue to plant more or less of cotton, very little perhaps within the aiext year or two, but increasing the acreage again from year to year until Horry will be credited with raising an average crop under the circumstances. How can our farmers afford to do otherwise? Some of them cannot depend upon tobacco as a money crop, for the reason that they have no lands suitable for the growing of the weed. They will have to raise something that will bring them in n little ready money with which they can buy the things they cannot produce on the land. Accord irg to repcrts <ve have read from states where the Doll weevil has been operating; for years, it is possible to make money on a cotton crop hv iicfnrr flio menr?c ?n far -fmnirl for killing the weevils. In those states it appears that farmers b/ive learned to destroy all the old cotton stalks in the fall and thus kill many of the left over insects; they have learned how to plant a quick maturing variety and how to get it in the ground early in the season so thit th*4 crop is well advanced at the season of the year when the weevils are the worst; and they have learned how to kill the pest with poisons and how to use some few mechanical devices in the work and by picking up the squares and destroying them. They have also learned, as we are informed, that it pays them to clean up the j hedge rows and clear off the old ditch banks, making their planted fields as 1 clean in winter as they are in the summer time, or perhaps cleaner, and thus they deprive the weevils of shelter in winffcr time and they are gre.atly thinned nut therehv. Now we believe that the farmers of Horr^ rvnnty nre going to learn all these things and perhaps go the other people one or two better; for they may discover some new methods of planting under weevil control pnd not only help themselves in that way but give something to the whole South. We are depending on the planters of Horry to keep up with the rest of the section of our country of which we are all proud. We want Horry County to be .'it the head of the "list in cotton raising under boll weevil ruie. That something' wi.l he found, ir. the course of time, that v.i!! entirely dir-pose of the weevil we have n"t the least doubt. Until thu something is found the farmers of Horry must do as the farmers of other weevil infested section? are dom# ?the host that they can in the ?ise of the methods nlrepr!\ Iniown an I applied. Experience counts for a whole lot and me planters must trv to jret this experience hv planting a crop no larger than they are ;<Me to manage well under these conditions. ************************** * HORRY HERALDING ? * T * * ************************* Public sentiment > what is needed to enforce the prohibition laws. Work will he hard just so lonjr as oas" excuses for idleness can be found. o He is not worth a boll weevil who lias not planted enough cotton to support one. False actions, intended to deceive, are no less lies because no word has been spoken. ?o The early bird may be .ahead of all others except the rooster that stayed up all the night before. o Some polite head writers use the word compromised when they really mean the word caught. o Women just as well take up the burden of politics since she insists on enjoying the privipeges. o The best informed man in the community may be one who makes the least claim to knowledge . Machinery rusts awav and becomes less in bulk when not used in work any more, while man grows fatter under the same circumstances . Harding will be the little cheese when the next Congress of 1922 begins its sessions. He will not even be a member in good standing of the "lion tamer's club." o Some people are clams when it comes to talking of any of their faults, but are crowing roosters when it comes to advertising the faults of others in the community. o We were sorry for Harding when his last chance for a second term in the White House was lost by the Democratic landslide. He will be permitted to return to the work of publishing his paper after his present term of office is ended. o Governor Harvey has taken a strong: stand for the observance of law and order in all things. He will be remembered long after other governors elected by popular vote of the people (which he was not) have been entirely forgotten?forgotten not for their doing, but for their lack of doing. o A man about to vote recently looked at the long line of women waiting at the poll, and then said: "Women in politics makes me sick." A few minutes later he was before a magistrate charged with disorderly conduct. The line of women could not stand for the remark. The magistrate looked at the drawn face of the man, which was scratched and bleeding and then turned him loose, remarking as he did so, that he thought the poor devil had already been punished enough. We guess he was. o Shop Sold By Lasker for $1,600 Burns; Estimated Damage $25,906 Developments following the partial destruction of a wooden ship sold by the United States Shipping Board to a private corporation for about $1,600 have furnished striking comment cn the value of the vellels of the Government fleet which the Harding administration is trying to sell for about ten per cent of its original cost. It is announced in a news dispatch from Alexandria, Va., that the Western Marine & Salvage Company, which has been buying shins from the Shipping Board, is employing 100 men in the work of dismantling these vessels and it is to engage about 200 more. The hull of the Alanthus, the ship which was damaged by fire on October 2-lth, is being pumped dry, after burning to the water's edge, and her machinery is to be salvaged. The dispatch to the Washington Post, semi-official organ of the Harding administration and advocate of the President's ship bonus bill under i which n.H the Government fleet would be sold to private interests, says: "It is believed that the mao.iinerv, which constitutes the most valuable p.art of the salvage, is practically uninjured by either the fire or the flooding which followed." When the ship burned, the Wash'nprton Times nublished a dispatch i from Alexandria giving the information that "according to the officials of Alexandria, it is estimated that <bo Homage (to the Alanthus) was $25,000." Tt is difficult to understand how a ?hin that was sold for $1,000 could ^ufTer damage of $25,000 unless the price paid by the purchasers was verv murh less than the true value. But the fact remains that a big cornoration find advantage in hiring 100 men to dismantle the Alanthus after the hull has been ruined. W ASH INGTON CO M M ENT \ chorus of inclicrp.it and emphatic negation greets the labor proposal a^end tho Constitution of the 'Tnitorl Spates so that "Tho United States Supreme Court will have the nower to review an act of Congress and declare such an act unconstitutional. But in the event Congress for a second time enacts 4he tion i 11 on^stion it will be beyond the power of the court and will stand as t.ho final and unassailable law of the land. An army of organizations and editorial writers vehementlv protest '" ainst anv such drastic revision of the fundamentals of the Government of the United States as would put in the hands of Congress alone, without pon"Mvvonce by the forty-eight States, the power to change the Constitution. , With all due respect to the Congress, it is nevertheless true that it does make mistakes, and that probf.KK. 4U? <*..? a i;.. 111 me iuiuit', ?:> hi. nines in me prejudice, self-interest, and partis.au politics. Congress is made up of huv;im doings, and can not. of course, *s a body, bo more perfect or more wise than the average of its membership. The United St.ntes h?s grown n one hundred and forty-six vears from a babv nation to the mightiest on earth. Our people are more free, GOOE SHOE H (KNOWN A manoj We rebuild your shoes. Leave youi Horry Ba They will be ready : References: An 11-2 tf THE BMtBY HKB4LS, 00* m 1 i i iti n -p have more prdsperity, less war, great- i er opportunities, more justice, less i governmental ills than any other peo- i pie. This growth and these results ] have come under the beneficient and wise laws which spring from a Con- < stitution unalterable save by a long, i difficult, and thought-taking program i of State acquiescence. To substi- 1 tute for this proved successful plan 1 a new scheme by which we will have ' no fundamental law not changable at i will by Congress is a proposal which > will not only never be accepted by the American people, but which will injure, not help the cause of those who 1 propose it. o < Why is education in the United States fiirhtine* so hard for pvistonno *> Why is it that children have too little opportunity? Why is it that so many illiterates are permitted to prow up to take their ineffective placall ? Why is it that this, the richest es in society to the detriment of us and most prosperous of nations, can do so little to aid itself educationally? There can be only one answer; because the Nation, as a Nation, has no education plan, policy, or organization devoted to education; because, as a people we regard educational facilities and programs as local issues; because we have no Department of Education, as we have a Department of Agriculture or War or Interior. Washington, D. C., is the Nation's property; it is generally regarded by us all as our pride, our beauty, our very own. But only from a standpoint of architectural beauty, not from a standpoint of leading in civic improvement. Washington's schools are neglected; many of them run two shifts a day in order to accomodate the children which crowd them. Portable buildings, insanitary buildings, buildings so old and out of date they are shamed by the schools of municipalities of twenty-five thousand people, are pressed into service. Teachers are underpaid; education suffers. \V51 ill 111 orfnonnln Untm ? ? - .. imvc iiu vuiej Washington people do not appropriate their own money for their own schools; Congress does, or rather does not do it! And Congress shelves the Towner-Sterling bill, which will create a Department of Education to look after not only Washington's, hut the Nation's interest in education, in spite of the insistent and well-nigh universal demand that it pass. Mr. and Mrs. Parent, you can help. You have a Representative and two Senators in Congress. Thev listen to what you say. Therefore, in the interest of your country, its people, and your own children, say it and say is strong!?Contributed. o CARPET GRASS AS A BASE, SOLVES OUR PASTURE PROBLEM Although accidentally introduced from tropical America before 1830, Carpet Grass has only very recently been somewhat generally recognized as offering the South Atlantic and Gulf States a real opportunity to become producers of livestock. So enthusiastic have some of our Government experts, conservative by training, become over this grass, that C. V. Piper, Agrostologist in charge, and Layman Carrier, Agronomist, Office of Forage-Crop Investigations, United States Department of Amiculture. proclaim in Farmers' Bulletin 1130, U. S. Department of Agriculture, "Carpet Grass is the most important grass for permanent pasture in the Coastal Plain area of the South." The judgment of these r-,en has been sustained by the experience of fr?rm and cut-over land demonstrations carried o~i in Atlantic Coast Line territory in Eastern North ard South Carolina counties during the past three years. rni l i ms discovery ot a pasture grass adap'ed to our soil and climatic conditions is fraught with great imoortrmre. especially at this time, when we must engage in the production of swine, poultry, dairy cattle, and even beef cattle and sheep, if we are to fortify ourselves against the extraordinary losses sustained by our most imnortant money crop, cotton. The carrying capacity of a good carpet f>-rass nnstnre is or?r "iw i' the acre for the five best, months and one cow to two acres for three toj five months longer. Dallis grass, lespedeza, white clover, bur clover, black medic, and Augusta vetch are desirable in mixture ivith cnrpet grass. Italian rye may be used as <\, winter mixture, but needs to be sown each fall. Carpet grass pastures should be' grazed to their capacity as under i , heavy grazing the best conditions are maintained. While time of seeding is not, at this season (but at any time from early spring to l.ate summer) I am desirous of arousing further interest in this wonderful grass so that when 0 lYFAD I OSPITAL I S THE BEST) n, s. c. We do not cobble them, r shoes with rber Shop for delivery next day. y one in Marion. A * WAY, S. 0, HOV. 23, 19SS ?tttw iiHlin rrrii iM I ni i the time for planting arrives arrangements will have been made for a large expansion of the present carpet grass acreage in the Carolinas. Carpet grass pastures are readily established in tilled land, but the greatest value of the grass, to this section, is due to its adaptability to cut-over land. On unbroken or stump land good results can be secured by burning or mowing the tall grasses, seeding at a favorable time (in early spring when moisture conditions are favorable) and then pasturing to keep the native bunch grasses constantly short. Under this treatment the native grasses are eradicated in one _ i.... - _ i * ? two years ana replaced by a pure stand of of carpet grass. The actual profit to be realized from a good pasture is, in itself, to be greatly desired, but the establishment of 100,000 acres in carpet grass pastures in Eastern Carolina counties would result in splendid adver-' Using their actual and potential pos sibilities. "If a man can preach a better sermon, write a better book, build a better house, or make a better mousetrap, even though he live in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." To give carpet grass a trial is to become a carpet gr,nss> enthusiast. Bulletin, giving complete informa4?'nn about carnet. grass and information as to seed costs and where seed can be bought will be furnished upon request. G.' A. Cardwell, Agricultural & Industrial Agent, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. o | SHELL NEWS | The box supper at the Shell school house passed ofT quietly on the night of November 11th. Mr. and Mrs. H. Chestnut were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gilmore, of Daisy, last Sunday. Mr. Marshall Chestunt is attending the Burroughs High School. Miss Bessie Chestnut is spending, the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. B. Chestnut, of Conway. Mr. Bartie Chestnut was a caller at the home of Miss Alice Edge last Sunday afternoon. Mr. James Todd purchased a Ford car at the auction sale at Loris. Mr. Jeff Cox and his mother have moved to Florida. Rev. R. B. Chestnut attended the revival meeting at the court house the first of last week. Mr. George Chestnut is taking a vacation in North Carolina. Mr. G. Stevens left for Durham, N. C., last Tuesday. Mr. Martin, of Hammond, has moved to the farm of J. R. Gore. MUTT AND JEFF. o The tax hooks may be open by December li>th, about two months behind the usual time of oppening. This is said to be on account of so much work that is now. required in the auditor's olfice. ?4? J. I>ee Piatt. Colin McLauren, B. Gary Smith and a number of others passed through Conway recently on j their way to spend some time in hunt-1 ing and fishing near Georgetown. The packagc Your taste c The sales pr Over Jbillio .?.1 I Lkop.tt 5c Myfus Tobacco To. % if PLAN FOR WEE ] J Recommendations for boll \ < ously at the conference of agric J [ farmers, held in Columbia, Noveml 0 son G. Harvey, are as follows: ] [ Destroy the weevil's winter < 1 > ton and corn stalks and by cleaning ] [ trash on the farm. < Prepare land early and thoroi < proved varieties. Among the be J [ press, Cleveland Big Boll, Delta T < Dixie Triumph. 4 Plant as soon as ground is wa ! munity should be planted at about the middle of April.) x Practice frequent shallow cul X Practice thick snftdnir 1 Practice early square picking1 This must be done very thoroughl order to be effective. Definite recommendations on future consideration by this confei ence as Washington has been held policy to be recommended for 192; Develop a fertile soil as the t weevil conditions. CLAY AND SAND WAS NOT GOOD Carelessly Mixed on the Road Bed Between Conway and Galivants It is now said to be plain that the right mixture of clay and sand is absent in the bed of the national highway leading from Conway to Gallivants Ferry, at least this is the ci'se at many places along its course. This has apparently led to trouble in keeping up this highway. In the case of heavy rains, at some places deep ruts are formed and the covering becomes generally soft and easily penetrated down into the ground by the wheels of vehicles passing over it. This could not Have happened to the extent that it has thus parly in the use of this road, if the proper care had been used in mixing the constituents of clay and sand. It will be remembered that this piece of road cost more than any other in the whole system of roads built by the county with Federal aid, since the work commenced several years ago. Contractors who had the contract for the building of this ?oad were said to be havinir ? h:i?*rl tim#? to get out even because of the high wages they had to pay in the time of the war inflation period. Last week a part of the road-working force was put on this road to improve the mixture of clay and sand at places along its course. This additional work, will in the course of time, no doubt correct the mistakes o FOR OVER 40 YEARS HATE'S C ATA RR[T MEDICINE has been used successfully In the treatment of Catarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE consists of an Ointment which Quickly Relieves by local application, and the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts throuph the Blood on tho Mucous Surfaces. thus ieuui>nic the inflammation. Hold by nil drucglsts. F\ J. Cher"" f.- ? o., Toledo. Ohio. k ; suggests it. onfirms it. ove it. ijllli n sold yearly ' lestei ^ CIGARE' # 1 4 ' I ' I 1 VIL CONTROL f < | I veevil control adopted unanim- , j J ulturul scientists and scientific < ber 18, on call of Governor Wil- < quarters by plowing under cot- < ? terraces, ditch banks and other 1 > 4 jghly. Plant best seed of ap- J st varieties are Lightening Ex- < 'ype and (on wilt-infested land) < ! I rm. All cotton in a given com- < the same time (from the first to tivation to keep up fruiting. < J if cheap labor is available. < ly every five days if possible in 1 [ o poisoninir urp T?w?fo ? ? 1CU 1U1 A rence until the proposed confer- * I to determine upon the general T >est asset to farming under boll that were made in the building of the road at first, but it will cost the county something to get this done, before it is done and the amount should be charged up to the contractors, jf that were possible to be done. The other roads of the county appear to be much better in staying qualities than this road which wan built first. The other roads were built by men who had better idea# of the right way of using clay and sand in road building, and by men who did not have to pinch close on the fringes of a contract in order to squeeze through. It is getting so now that all other roads in the county lead to the new hard surface roads that have been built. 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