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The Horry Herald CONWAY, S. C. Entered at the Post Office at Conway, 6. C., as eccond class mail mutter. H. H. WOODWARD, Editor. Published Every Thursday Morning by Conway Publishing Co. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Copy, One Year $1.60 One Copy, Six Months 1.00 One Copy, Three Months 75 TELEPHONE 21. Make all Checks or Drafts payable to The Horry Herald or H. H. Wood ward, Conway. S. C. THURSDAY JAN. 4^ 1923 ************************** * * | DISAPPOINTED HOPES $ ************************** It is often the case that a man is placed in a position that he is not competent to fill. He gets into this trouble without knowing it. A man is competent to fill some positions to which he may aspire, or to which his friends may wish to have him appointed, but there are other positions in which the work would be to him the same as Greek to a tenyear-old school boy. There are many contractors, farmers, and'even factory superintendents of one kind and another making great success at their work and becoming so popular on that account that perhaps some friend or set of friends gets them pl/iced in a position where accounting and bookkeeping is called into play. What do they know about a set of books? How can they look over such things and come to a correct conclusion ? They cannot do it, -hence it turns out that they are in "positions, at last, which they cannot fill. They then have to take the word of somebody else to cover up their own shortcomings, and the result may "be disastrous for those whose funds are concerned. We would not select a farmer to die*.k up the affiairs of a bank. \Ne would not select a country merchant to look over loans and pass on whether or not they would be granted. Such things would require the services of a thorough business man and no other could possibly do justice to the job. Men in the wrong place are often the cause of trouble to others. They are smart enough in many ways to except those particulars in which they are lacking, and they often know how "to place the blame apparently on somebody else. Many a store has come to nothing, many a bank has failed, many an en-terprise has gone into the bankrupt oourt on account of the lack of the right kind of man at the head of the important affairs of the thing. Men should remember that no matter how successful thev may he in *ome particular undertaking, this does ^not mean that they have the power to 'bring' success in some other where they have not had the experience and the training necessary to make them efficient therein. Men should always liemtate about taking on themselves responsibilities that they are unable to carry. To the contrary we find some men over-anxious to take on their shoulders new tnd untried Thev learn veiy often after it is voo '.at th.it they rh'iuld have refrained. 4 * * HORRY HERALDING | We a*p doomed to wade until the streets are paved. o We believe in religion but not in fpoing crazy over it. ? o We believe in giving but not in making a mess of it. o Necessity is the mother of the lip stick and face powder. o We should approach the making of debt* with fear and trembling. ? o A farmer who will not work will come put in debt without a crop. ? o Many a man has been injured for life on the day that he obtained a loan. o Men fall out and fiicht about trifles *while they lot the l>ijut things go by without notice. - <>? ? - v The man who is hunting f\ fight can usually find it. * If he wants peace 1 lie can find that. ? i ; a, ? : . f-Cnarity tovsome people is an in, jury and not a help for it learns them to depend on others and not on thenv selves. o ' A business that is neglected is not a good business, we do. not care what ; j it concerns, nor how much ability the manager has. . Some men will work for vyiges and ' then spend their money for things they could do without and call or charity for aid in buying the necessaries of life. o The farmers of this eoimtv nw? fut) coming out of the depression which beset the country some time ago. Thej are not yet entirely out of the woods Imt they are beginning to come. The boll weevil and general depres *1on brought about by the insect ,an< other things equally as bad, was a! most too much for the farmers of thii flection to stand, but they stood then all, and they are coming out. Thi f 1 New Year will do much to take the in' further along the road to prosperity in spite of all handicaps. o WASHINGTON COMMENT At a recent meeting- of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is commander, Col. T. L. Huston, proposed that the organization work for a thorough revision of textbooks of history, now in use in United States schools, with the idea of ridding them of un-American ideals and misleading "facts." A committee is to be appointed by the veterans at the request of the American Book Company to co-operate in making a study of its histories, with a view to eliminating propaganda and to see that the histories teach nothing but American ideals. Doubtless the veterans have overlooked the fact that the Knights of Columbus are already rewriting American history! But if they have nt forgotten it. it may be that the appointed committee and the American Book Company will bear in mind that foreign propaganda can come from the inside as well as the outside. It is just as bad, from the American viewpoint, to teach a susceptible child that the Pope of Rome should properly be the Secular Head of the world as it is to instruct him that the Kaiser is a much maligned and misunderstood ruler. It is lust as bad, from the standpoint of the ideals of Americanism, to stress to children the religious convictions of national heroes (especially when such facts are perverted from strict truth) as it is to stress the value of Bolshevism and Sovietisni as world papaceas. Few of us know, and less of us care, what was the personal faith of Washington. Jefferson, Nathan Hale. Perry, Parragut, Grant, Lincoln. Their services to America are not measured in terms of what dogma they believed, but what they did. There is no more need of a history written by Catholics for Catholics than there is one written by Protestants for Protestants. What is needed in history is truth, and nothing hut the truth, uncolored, unbiased, unashamed. If the American Book Company and the committee .ipnoint.ed hv the Veterans of Foreign Wars will bear this in mind, they will, indeed, do America good service. 1 i What are you going to do in 1928 to make the "Happy New Year" your wish for all you greet in January 1st, come true? "What can I do?" is the natural answer. Here is something you can do; you can interest yourselves in your schools. You can visit some of them. V/v.. .. e ? | i i;<ui i ui ^uurncit wiicmci ui not your own children are being adequately cared for, properly taught, wisely made into real Americans. "But I have no children," is no good answer. You have an American birthright. You have an American ideal. You Relieve in Democracy. You believe in freedom of thought, of religion, of the press, of action, within the law. You believe this is the best country in which to live. You believe that here, rather than in any other land, man has the greatest opportunity to he happy. But you won't be able to believe these things if the generation to come after you does not so act that vau can believe them. And the generation to follow you is not going to be tmly and wholly American, unless its members are taught now, today, this minute, in the fundamentals of the American doctrine. You pay your taxes and comfortably leave the rest to a School Board, or a superintendent of schools, or a board of aldermen. When you give mi o?der in business, do you forget it .or watch to see if it is carried out? When a woman tells her cook to prepare dinner, does she rest satisfied regardless of how the dinner is cooked, or train her cook to better ways if it is ill-done, or get a new cook if the old one can not be taught? Well, which is most important*, the order in business, the cooking of a dinner, or the education of children- You have given your orders, as a voter and a tax payer; it is your business to see that they are carried out. If you find them unexecuted, you can protest. But if no one looks to see, if no one proI tests, if no one takes an interest, not I only the children, but America, your I America suffers!?Contributed. f> Reptiblicean Traffic in Federal Jobs Continues Merrily. Washington, p. C.?Additional evidence of the Republican practice of peddling Federal patronage in Southern States was given to the country by Congressman T. W. Harrison, of Virginia, when he read to the House of Representatives a bundle of original letters written by and to Representative Slemp (Republican) of thai State, and his secretary, L. B. Howard on the subject of this traffic. Canceled checks drawn in Representative Slemp's favor and indorsed by him were also included among the exhibits of this Republican barter and sale of public office. Checks produced by Representative f Harrison showed that more th/ui $90( had. been collected by Howard anc < \ I CDEDIT^S^CREIIT - x ? \\ 1 t Eye nlftHReB fitted and Hold on < 1 a CREDIT. < ' J[ Office over Horry Drug Co. \ < Office days every Monday. < < * Hours, 9 to 4 \ * * 1; L. A. WOODRUFF, D. Opt. 1 " < > Eyesight Specialist < J Conway, ?S. C. 3 1 |o eI / HE HOBBY HERALD, CONWAY turned over to Representative Slemp. Some of the money garnered from successful applicants Tor Federal jobs went to the Republican National Committee, the letters showed. "I have your letters in regard to the collection of money for post offices," Representative Slemp wrote to one of his collectors. "One must be careful about this," he cautioned. "It ...511 1- A1 * ..... will wring tne p^riy into disrepute, which would be bad for every one. We must preserve our standing- with the people and the administration." The tenor of the other letters is indicated by this extract from one that Slemp's secretary wrote to one "Dear Ben" on the subject of an appointment obtained for the son of a Mr. Jones: "I have succeeded in pulling your son over the top and am ready to make the appointment, but before we do so it will be necessary for you to get in touch with him and .arrange for some money. We will have to have at least $1^0 in order to come out whole * * * It is a very delicate matter and I had to do some strong wire pulling to get it through and I know you can work it in the right way." Representative Slemp's expression of concern about preserving the "standing" of the traffickers "with the administration" seems to have been promoted by undue caution. James W. Tolbert, Republican National Committeeman for South Carolina, was charged several months ago with having sold Federal patronage in his state .and the Senate Judiciary Committee failed to confirm his apnointment by President Harding as U. S. Marshal for the Western District of South Carolina. In the face of these charnres and an additional showing that Tolbert had been convicted of embezzling Federal funds while postmaster .at Ninety Six. South Carolina. President Harding has eriven him a recess appointment and he is now on the job and drawingsalary. Symptoms of the same practices are manifest in Louisiana. o ? COW IN BOLL WEEVIL TIMES Clemson College.?The Department of Agriculture has given us for ye?rs, before the arrival of the boll weevil, / i. ~ ...U V% o f t n 1 iP IHt'lS WHICH Hint: llit^ piurcn IV facts, even though the farmers believed not and heeded not. It has told us tha* the dairy cow is one means for the salvation of the farming industry of this country. And the one thine: that will do more to pull us out of the hole than any one thing else. Why then do we stand back: And why do some bankers and business men discourage the farmers by saying they don't see much to it? A trip to some of the states where they have had the weevil longer than we have, and where may be ic.en a few cows on almost every farm and more creameries now than there were herds of. cows before che weevil, will convince any man that the sooner we stock our farms with a few dairy cows, with a steady, though small income every week from butter, fat j>?g? to sell all during the year, and ; nice bunch of milk-fed chickens and fertilizer bills cut down, the better it will be for us, says W. J. Keegan, Extension Dairy Specialist, Any man with intelligence knows that we should never plant a 4 y cotton crop again. What are to do with that land. We can not all go into truck, tobacco and other special cash crops. But if we plant pre in and forage crops without increasing our livestock to consume it, we have ruined ourselves again. How can we market these crops to the best advantage? Through our dairy cattle. Some bankers draw their conclusions about dairying from the way thn iriHiiQtrv vim in tlif> nftst. With high priced cotton no forage crops were grown even for the work stock in South Carolina. So the dairy 1 cow, as the farmer himself, was fed from the surplus feeds of the West at high prices on account of high freight rates, instead of being used as a factorv to manufacture our feed crops to he sold as finished products at profitable prices. Lewis Larson, of Manti, Utah, v.ivs: "I cashed my hay through my dairy cows at double the hay market, with butter fat selling at 34 cents a pound, and had skim milk and manure besides. With the skim milk I fattened my pigs and chickens, and with the manure I built up my soil fertility." ? jOOOOOOOi n i I Thi , S. O, JAN. 4 1923 Millions of dollars worth of dairy products, eggs and chickens are being shipped into Soulh Carolina every year. Hence butter fat and all dairy products are high in South Carolina. HIGH CLASSES MOSTLY "BUNK" Some time ago college men were startled by a statement which was said to have come from Thomas A. Edison, to the effect that college graduates were not fit for any of the hard work of life upon which success depends in modern times. A great deal o? weight is due any statement of this kind made by the great inventor. In his time he has done more actual work than about any ten men put together. He knows what it takes to do it. In line with the idea of Edison comes an article published in a recen4 issue of Brain Power Magazine, and which was written by Bernarr Macfadden, the apostle of physical culture and who has risen from nothing to a high eminence in a work that would have been impossible of success. His article on higher education covers hut one page but there are truth'in it which might cover an entire bo<?k .and it meets with the views of The Herald to such an extent that it if here reprinted in full just as it appears. IS HIGHER rci)TTC\TiON MOSTLY "BUNK?" "The so-called education require' in bi?rh school and college is mosth "hunk." "In Benjamin Franklin's time on' learned by doing. "If you wanted to ho a shoemakc you started to work in a shoe?\aker' shop. You secured your education ar learned vour trade there. If yo wanted to become a lawyer you gc a job in a law office at something? anything to give you an opportunity to study the legal literature. If you wanted to become a doctor the same rule was adhered to. You came in direct contact with the actual, practical workings of the trade or orofession which you wished to emer. "Since that time education has grown in complications. Now you can spend so much time in the educational process that you are ready to die before you are ready to live. "We came to the conclusion that education is a good thintr. that we ^ould not possibly acquire too much of it and?we worke dthe idea to death. We have, in some instances, almost made education the object of life instead of the preparation for life. Con sequently, great numbers of our immature citizens have been mentally smothered by this process. They are stuffed wit*? Vnowledge to such an extent that their reaso: faculties refuse to act. Now, it is not what you learn that makes your life profitable. It is what you use. I have met numerous individuals whose knowledge was far greater than my own but they were doomed to mediocrity. They had lost the inspiration thiit comes with initiative Their self-confidence and enthusiasmwere snuffed out. They were actually smothered by an excess of so-callet1 knowledge. They were fitted out with an unlimited array of this importan' requisite we call knowledge, but the' did not know how to use any part o' it. The old system of education suppli ed a working system. There were nc vnis?y clouds of theory that led n* where. You learned by doing. Much of the so-called knowledge thM is being round into the mind of young America can be classed sr frills and furbelows. It is irere ornr mentation and really clouds the issue. It clogs the brain to such an exten that you cannot do effective work. T* doesn't give the boy a chance to "find" himself. He uses so much of hi? energy learning things that are of little or no importance that he has none left to apply to the solution of the great problems of life. "Education should emphasize that which is useful. When student's brain is filled with the vast array of information that isn't useful, it hinders his effort in the attainment of real success. It fails to emphasize the fundamental principles of life upon which success depends. And, furthermore, it represents tremendous^ waste of mental energy. A good grammar school education is f\W that is needed to start any boy and girl in some sphere of interesting activity. It should enable them to JWWWwW i Wonu jfii if< jOuuOOOCOu wrrmrnwrmm^ ) "find" themselves. It ought to uncover ^ome special work for them in which they can become deeply interested. If it fails to accomplish this, then their efforts should be devoted to something which is useful and profitable until they "find" themselves. Nine-tenths of the studies with which the brains of America's youth are being crammed in high schools and colleges are pure waste of time. Study the great men of the past. Go over the list of a few of the big men of today and then find out the proportion who have had a high school and college education. Useful knowledge is a mental gold mine. You* cannot dig to the bottom. Every day it represents an invaluable storehouse. But every bit of mental waste in the form of knowledge for whirh von i have no use helps, to u certain extent, to block your progress. It takes mental energy that cowld be used for a better purpose. Knowledtre is power when it is useful, but otherwise it can be rightfully classed as 'hunk.' " o The Civil Service - Commission invites special attention to the fact that in an examination held recently in Washington, D. C., and other cities throu<r-houv the United States for assistant observer in meteorology, Weather Bureau, applicants were not. in the number desired, and that this examination will be held again on March 7, 1023. Persons interested in this or other examinations should apply to tho Secretary of the U. S. Civil Service Board at the local post office for detailed information and application blanks. ! o TODDVILLE ITEMS (Intended For Last Issue Mi ss Alice Hardee, a nurse at the Burroughs Hospital, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr.^ and Mrs. J. A. Hardee. Sam and Van Dusenbury returned home from High Point, N. C., last Thursday. Miss Georgia Owens, who occupies a position with the Sparks Co., cf Conway, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dusenbury. Mrs. Donald Dusenbury and little daughter, El.ain, of Georgetown, are visitinpr friends and relatives here. Mr. Leigh Hardee sj>ent the weekend in Mullin*. y | Chas. M. ! | Manufacturer of 1 Buy directly and save Easy Terms or C D. W. SMITH, chadboi STARTJ Don't Take Calomel! "Dodsoi Doesn't Gripe, Salivate o Lose a Day's Worl Ugh I Calomel makes you sick. It's hrvrrihlo' Talro * Haba f\4 Haiinn*. i ou8 dm# tonight and tomorrow you may lose a day's work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, break* ing it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are sluggish and "all knocked out/' if your livor is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad WWWfr k n n i ui's To) JJIJUULIIJU^ oopopoppfp tTtrummmmuwrr .1 ... . - " \V. L. Edihon'i;;on made a trip to town lust Saturday. Mis. M. E. Oa.-onb'iry was in town day last wee*. The Christmas >ree ?t Union church was a great success, and was enjoyed by everyone. Too much praise cannot be given to the ones who got it up. A masquerade party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Har-> per, Tuesday night. Several games were played and as each guest was found they took off their mask. Later refreshments were served. It was enjoyed by every one present. L FARM GOSSIP ^Vould you be rich? "Wealth is in the land," says Clemenceau. Even with tractors and oth&i' power machinery* it takes horse sense to run a farm. Some farmers are known by the land they fail to enrich. ?T ? nappiiy now are come the days when farmers practice the gentle art of pig-sticking. Organized labor insists on an 8hour day, but farmers do well to get an 8-hour night. Timid suggestions to the makers of special weeks: Why not have a "Buy Home-Grown Products Week?" There were 109 different crop diseases recorded in South Carolina in 1022. What are you doing to help control them ? To establish .and care for & good home orchard is an obligation each farmer owes to his family. Better prices for what they have to sell now will do farmers more good than any amount of credits and other so-called economic aids. Winter fires are not only good to warm by. They are the best killer* of disease-infected garden refuse ever invented. Nothing adds more to the attractive appearance of the farm premises than the grouping of scrubbery in | suitable places to cover bare and unsightly spots. There is no beauty in art like the beauty of Nature's fields and woods and streams, and their winter beauty exceeds even their summer glory. "COLD IN THE HEAD" is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Those subject to. frequent "colds" are generally in a "run down" condition. HATE'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is a Treatment consisting of an Ointment, to >e used locally, and a Tonic, which acts Quickly through the Blood on the Mu nus Surfaces, building up the System. *nd making you lesn liable to "colds." Sold by druKKtets for over 40 Years* V. J. Cheney A Co., Tolodo, O. Stieff,Inc. j licih Grfl^A Pianna 5 the middle-man's profit. ? discount for Cash. i Local Representative URN, N. C. ll!23-3m e. , w, ? Miiimmmiiimmimimiiiiiimmiiiiiitm JOUS! OUR LIVER l's LiverTone" Acts Betterand r Make You Sick?Don't 9 i?Read Guarantee or fttomach bout, just try a apoonhiT of hafmlesH Dodaon's Liver Tono tonight. Here's my guarantee-?Go to any drug storo an<l eet a bottle of DodBon'e Liver Tone for a few cent*. Take a Bpooniui ana 11 it doesn't straighten you right up and make you foel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the I sale of calomel because it is real liver j medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it can not salivate or make you 9ick? tfc. 1