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other lying down in the wagon. The
one lying: down, she thought, was lying
down flat. She could not say that
all were laughing, but all three in the
wagon were talking. She thought
there was a case of disorderly conduct
in the magistrate court against
these men.
W. J. Ayres learned there had been
trouble in the road and went to the
place. He saw where the track of
the wagon turned out of the road. He
and one other trailed the wagon and
found the horse and wagon at Jane
Ray's. Fowler was down on the
pnrch. After a little Grainger and
Cooper came up and said they were
drinking. Cooper said he had been
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uneasy pver since lie1 nan a riven over
the teacher. Later Fowler said he
had told Lonnie not to do that. He
saw part of a jug of w^ne. A boy
so id the horse and wapon belonged
to Daggett Fowler. The wine was
taken bv Officer King. Fowler was
sleeping soundly. The wagon had not
left the ruts anywhere except where
ran over the teacher. The wagon
was the width of the wagon outside
the ruts. Cooper he thought said
t*iat Grainger was driving the wagon.
* Cooper was not sorry at first. One of
the boys said it was a lie if anybody
said they had turned out of the ruts.
J. C. Ayres next testified. The
teachers came to his house and told
about what happened. He went to the
place and saw where the wagon turned
out of the road. Finally he helped
to trace out the men and found them
at Jane Ray's. Fowler was on the
porch and the two others came up after-a
little while. They acknowledged
they had run over the young lady.
T)ve? rural policeman came up and the
defendants were brought to jail. The
men afterwards wanted to make it
up and pay some money to the young
lady and pay some to the school.
On cross examination he said that
one of the defendants had said that
Oainger was working with Fowler.
He is a trustee of the school ,and D.
1V1. Causey is also a trustee. They
were present when the warrant was
sworn out Miss Derring did not
swear out the warrant. Both of the
boys seemed to have been driving
from what they said. Later on one of
them said that this horse had the babbit
of getting out of the road.
F. B. Sarvis testified that he saw
the men in the wagon. They wej*e
the men indicted. The horse was
trotting at the time. They asked him
if he wanted a drink of wine.
H. N. Anderson was also a good
"witness for the State.
J. K. King, rural policeman, testified
about getting the wine from the
wagon party.
The Defense
I.. L. Grainger, the youngest of the
defendants, took the stand and s,aid
lie was seventeen years old. that he
alone was responsible for running the
wagon over the young lady.
On cross examination he said he
h id gone to look at a man's place to
buy it, etc.; that they had gone to
J/me Ray's house to get out of the
Tai:i. He could not explain why he and
Cooper were out in the rain when the
men came to Jane Ray's. He claimed
nobody drove the horse except him.
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Floors, Wal^*
Steps, etc. ,
Scrub the cold-cellar with
a "red Seal Lye solution of
one teaspoon ful to a bucket
} of water. Prevents fermeni
tat ion and mould, keeps
vegetables and preserves
sweet and good. Ideal
for treating any grimy wall,
- steps or floor. RED SEAL
Lye gives very fine results
when used with white-wash
on out - buildings, chicken*
houses and the like.
Write for booklet describing
uses. Pull directions in
each can. Be *n- -?^
sure and buy
only the genuine
RED SEAL
Lye,
WSiwyH
F.C.Tmmi&C*.
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STREET OWENS
UNDER ARREST
Marion Negro Makes Liquor
on Horry Side of The
River
Street Owens, a Marion County
negro, is the latest catch of the prohibition
authorities, as he was placed
in the Horry County jail on last Friday
evening, in default of bail, charged
with distilling whiskey.
He is a young negro man of about
nineteen years of age, capable of having
been engaged in lawful work.
The trail which led to the capture
of Owens began in Marion County
where Eichelberger located a ring
that was disposing of quantities of
blind tiger and walked up on Owens
while he was operating a still in the
river swamp on the Horry County side
of the Little Pee Dee river.
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taxing tne negro into custody, he
hold him in Mullins until the sheriff
?nd Deputy H. N. Sessions were notified
at Conway.
The Horry County officers also
brought in the stiH, consisting of a
gasoline drum and a copper still
worm. With the outfit they got about
two gallons of whiskey.
The officers said that it was one of
the finest outfits they have seen in a
long time.
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THE FARMER PLEDGES HIS
OLD FARM
Old farm, with your pillaged fields
sprend out to the winter, brown
and bare,
It strikes me, summing the whole
year up, that I haven't treated
you square;
I have taken all that you had to give,
with never a grateful sign,
Though I knew, deep down in my
greedy soul, your right was as
sure as mine.
And now that the year is young again,
and folks start off anew,
I am going to turn a brand new
leaf, and do my part by you;
There shall be food for your starving
soil, soft grass where your
wounds have been,
And, to cover your breast from the
winter rain, a bright, thick
coat of green.
I swear to you here, with my shamed
face turned to the light of the
friendly sun,
The careless harm you have hat at
| my hand this year sKall be undone;
Patient and kind you have always
been, and true to your Maker's
plan.
And my heart speaks now to your
own clean heart as man may
speak with man.
I will play you fair by the hopes I
hold for the fruitful years to be.
That when at last, as God may will,
the son that comes after me
Shall poss down the burdened golden
fields his father's hands have
sown,
He shall turn his heart to the need
of the land as surely as to his
own.
Katherine Atherton Grimes in "The
Southern Agriculturist."
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FERTILIZING VALUE
OF VELVET BEANS
Clem son College.?In the Weekly
Mews Notps of J/an.. 27th, 1023, in an
irticle under the above title, the potash
content was given, in error, as
4.59, when it should have been 1.59.
To correct this error and to serve
further to answer inquiries from
farmers regarding the fertilizing value
of velvet beans, the article is repeated
here.
Velvet beans in the pod have approximately
the following composition
on the average: Phosphoric acid,
.69, nitrogen 2.74, potash 1.5ft. Of
course the most valuable constituent
is nitrogen (or ammonia).
It is readily seen that on the basis
of composition, the velvet bean when
ground with the pod is about half as
valuable as cottonseed meal as a fertilizer.
In each case the ammonia is
in organic form and of course there is
more organic matter added with the
velvet bean.
The agronomists say that if the
velvet bean is to be used as a fertilizer,
it should be added at or before
the time of planting for any crop; and
if used under cotton, it should be sud
plemented by the addition of a more
readily available form of ammonia,
such as nitrate of soda. In fertilizing
cotton properly, never more than
ialf of the nitrogen should be added
i the form of velvet beans, and probbly
in most cases the logocal use of
he velvet bean is as a feed rather
han as a fertilizer.
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WAS A WHOPPER
A whale skull, so large that it had
o be sawed into eight pieces for
\andling and crating, was recently
*ound on the shore of Alitak Bay,
\laska, by a representative of the
biological Survey, U. S. Department
)f Agriculture, who was in the territory
investigating the fox farming industry.
First aid was given by the
courteous skipper of a passing ship
who took it to a nearby cannery, from
The other defendants did not testify.
The arguments were made or
Monday evening.
On Tuesday morning the court fin
ished up the case against Dagget
Fowler, Jim Cooper and L. L| Grainger.
The jury returned a verdict of guil
ty of simple assault and battery anc
the sentence was passe dat $100 01
30 days each.
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THE HORRY HERALD, OOIM
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
By Reba Floyd, 8th Grade Mt. Olive
School.
The establishment of the Roman
Empire was a gradual process. After
the beginning: of the empire the
first two centuries w,as one long period
of good government for the
Roman world. A few of the Caesars
at Rome were weak or wicked, Sut
their follies or crimes were felt 'nly
by the nobles of the capital. The
system of government had become so
fixed that the world moved alcr.g
on much the same lines whether a
philanthropic Cornelius or a mad
Caligula sat upon the throne. To the
Rom.an city the empire was political
death; to the provinces it was the beginning
of new life.
Everywhere rude stockaded villages
changed into lively markets of trade,
huts in palaces, footpaths into paved
Roman roads. Roman irrigation made
part of the African desert the garden
of the world. From drifting sands
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ue.-suiuie rums iuock tne traveler or today.
Tn Gaul, Caesar found no real towns
but in fhe third century that province
had 116 flourishing cities, works of
art, roads, aqueducts and schools of
eloquence and rhetoric. Particular
attention was paid in cities to the
water supply. That of Rome was better
than that of London or Paris today.
The cities had more and better
public baths than the modem capitals
of Europe or the cities of America.
In the main, it was a city of life, but
most cities rested directly on agriculture.
A letter ascribed to Hadrian
declares that in Alexandria "No
one is idle; some work glass, some
make paper (popyrus), some weave
linen. Money is the only god." Slaves
performed most of t,h#? unskilled. Vinrrl
labor in the towns. For the "gentleman
class" there were the occupations
of law, the army, literature, and the
forming of large estates. A middle
class furnished merchants, engineers,
architects, bankers, teachers, and
many of the men of letters; medicine.
commerce and bankers, however,
were not for the noble class. Banking
had for .1 long time been an important
business.
The roads were safe, piracy ceased
from the seas, and trade flourished as
it was not to flourish again until
the days of Columbus. The ports
were crowded with shipping and the
Mediterranean was spread with happy
sails. One Roman writer exclaimed,
"there are as many men upon the
waves as upon land." Private travel
from the Thames to the Euphrates
was swifter, safer, and more comfortable
than ever again until the days of
railroads, well into the nineteenth
century.
One language, or at most two,
answered all need from London to
Babylon. Whole families took pleasure
trips in a body, and quite in modern
fashion. They defaced precious
monuments of the past with their
scrawls. There were many private
post companies, however, to carry
people and letters from city to city,
and the wealthy sometimes sent letters
to distant lands by trusted salves.
T ovntinn hv flip rpntvnl o-nvpvmiipnt I
was heavy, no doubt, but during these
two centuries it was less in amount
than most of the provinces had had
to pay to their earlier native rulers,
ft very farmer and landlord p/iid tax
on land. In the towns every citizen
and every trader paid a poll tax.
Tariffs were sometimes collected at
the frontiers of a province on goods
entering or departing. Roman citizens
paid a tax of five per cent on inheritances.
Furthermore, Africa and
Egypt paid a peculiar tax in grain.
Although the imperial tax was
heavy, it was usually collected with
the greatest possible consideration. In
a bad season, in a given province, the
amount was lessened promptly by imperial
order. If an Egyptian village,
on a dry year, received too little water
from the Nile for its usual crop, the
tribute in grain was remitted (?)
or lightened.
The government did not build hos
pitals or asylums, or maintain complete
systems of education, or care
systematically for the public health,
yet the government of the Roman empire
came nearer doing: these things
than any government in the world
was to do after it until very reccnt
times. And two things in particular
it did do. It kept the "good Roman
peace." And it built and kept in repair
the Roman roads?the bonds of
union and means of intercourse in
the Roman world. This meant a huge
expense.
By its generous policy, by its prosperity
and good government, by its
uniform law, and its means of close
communication, the empire won spiritual
dominion over the hearts and
minds of men. Rome, without conscious
effort, molded the manifold races
of her realm into one.
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IJAKDKN PROFITS
Bij Money in Small PlotH.
Clemson College.?"Story books say
- that there is a pot of gold at the end
of the rainbow. Maybe so; I don't
doubt it." says Geo. P. Hoffman, Extension
Horticulturist; "but I do know
' that there is money under that rub,
bish pile in your backyard or in that
, implanted garden. There is health
and wealth waiting to be dug out of
' 'Mother Earth' for every Gardner. Arc
you tickling 'Mother Earth' until she
which place it was possible to send
it tb the States. In accordance with
i a co-operative understanding the skull
was sent to the Smithsonian Institute
- at Washington.
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The bridge at the Half Way Creel
on the National Highway, near Todd
ville, is a fine piece of work, as far af
1 all appearances go. It makes a bij
r difference in the looks of the crossing:.
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yAY, S. 0, MAE. 8, 1923
NONEAR-FIGHT
HAD HAPPENED
Last week there was a story current
about the streets that a nearfight
had taken place in the grocery
store of B. T. Hynian, between Holmes
Russ and an unknown man who
happened to be trading in the store
at the time that Mr. Russ was.
The Herald man heard of it as it
went the rounds and an item appeared
in the paper last week concerning
the alleged occurrence.
After the last issue of The Herald
had gone out, the proprietor of the
<2tore said that it was all a mistake;
that what actually happened took
place, in what he thought was a joking
way, between two men, who happened
to be in the store at the same
time, one of the men being Mr. Russ
and the other a member of the firm
of Banner Brothers, who keep a dry
j?ood? store on the same side of the
street as the grocery store.
This correction is made regarding
the matter and attention is called to
the tendency which seems to exist in
regard to trivial occurrences whereby
such things will be taken up by the
street and enlarged and varied by
various tellers of the story until it is
out of all proportions to the thing
which really took place.
This story was being told as the
absolute truth by those who seemed
to enjoy it. In about the same hundreds
of things about like it are taken
out every day and told, and re-told
without any regard for the actual
I fact3.
is green with vegetables, or are you
paying- some one to do it for you? A
prescription written by a good gardener
and filled by a good garden is a
sure cure for 'spring fever'?and the
pills do not have to be sugar-coated."
Although the garden produces more
real profit per acre than any other
portion of the farm, Mr. Hoffman
continues, it is always the first to be
neglected. There is no section of the
country. North, South, East or West,
which is better adapted to vegetable
gardening all the year around than is
South Carolina. Our winters are mild
and our summers temperate and the
rainfall is abundant and well distributed
over the entire year.
Different people have different ideas
about a home garden. The housewife
says: "It furnishes me a supply of
fresh vegetables for the table and
gives me material to can for winter
use". The small city gardener says:
"It furnishes me a place for profitable
exercise and at the same time reduces
my grocery bill." The busy farmer
says: "It's a blamed nuisance, because
I have to stop my farm work to do
the garden work."
As a matter of fact, the home garden
furnishes many advantages to
all; such as. an abundant supply of
fresh vegetables all the year round;
assurance of fresh vegetables of the
best quality; saving made by use of
vegetables in place of more expensive
'oods; better health resulting from
arge use of vegetables.
The Extension horticulturists have
accurate data showing that a backyard
garden of one-twentieth of an
acre has been operated at a cost of
$18.04 a year with a net return of
$47.28. Can you beat it with any
other crop? No, so roll up your
sleeves and begin "spring house
cleaning" in the garden, so that you
may qualify for the front rank in the
big Garden Week drive in March.
County farm and home demonstration
agents and Smith-Hughes agricultural
teachers will be glad to furnish
ammunition in the form of "Garden
Dope" to help make the campaign a
success. i
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Clemson College.?That the farm
demonstration Service of Clemson
College covered a wide field of activities
and rendered valuable services
in many ways to South Carolina agriculture
in 1922 is borne out by facts
and figures found in the annual report
of the Extension Service for 1922.
Compartaively few people have an
adequate conception of the amount
and varietv of Wftrlr rlnrie nl- nfrtmnfa/l
? m ? v* VBVIIV V* |#4 VlllVVWt
by these demonstration agents.
MARCH FARM CALENDAR
What to Do This Month
Agronomy
Prepare land thoroughly?where cotton
is to be planted.
Purchase fertilizer in carlots and
pay cash, then mix at home to save
money.
Repair all planters, plows and other
machinery for spring use.
Get seed ready for planting and
make sure of having plenty of the
best seed possible on hand.
Pelint cotton seed and make germin
of i/\r* 4-Aof
uaviv/ii tcnii VI tuilli
Horticulture v
Plant fruit trees before the weath
er turns warm. Prune back severely
late planted trees.
Raspberries and blackberries may
be planted at any time in March.
Prune and spray fruit trees as instructed
by your county agent, and
prepare to follow up with spring
sprays.' ^
Cultivate and fertilize the orchard.
It is as necessary as with cotton and
other crops.
Prune bunch grapes not pruned.
They will bleed to some extent, but
that is better than not pruning.
Remember that a good many of the
winter vegetables should be planted
in the early spring?such as celery,
salsify, carrots, parsnips.
Animal Husbandry.
Give the sows close attention at far|
rowing and for several days afterwards.
Put each sow and litter in a separate
lot if possible.
Get ride of non-producing sows.
Fertilize and re-seed poor spots in
the permanent pastures.
Sow rape on good land for spring
and summer.
Clean up pastures so the weeds can
be kept down by mowing later on.
*Use crude oil or coal tar to rid hogs
of lice.
Dairying. r
Seed the permanent pastures now.
MOTHER! MOVE
CHILD'S BOWELS
"California Fig Syrup" is
Child's Best Laxative
Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful of
"California Fig Syrup" now will thoroughly
clean the little bowels and in a
few hours you have a well, playful child
again. Even if cross, feverish, bilious,
constipated or full of cold, children
love its "fruity" taste, and mothers can
rest easy because it never fails to work
all the souring food and nasty bile
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Extension Circular 32 will tell you I
how to do it. I
Plant corn in late March to be ready I
to feed as a soiling crop in July when I
thp pasture is poorest. I
Breed cows this month to calve in I
December or early January when milk I
and butter prices are highest. I
Do not turn cows on the pasture I
until it gets a pood start. You will I
he amply repaid later. 1
Entomolgy I
See that the spray pump is over- I
hauled for the spring spraying. I
Get Information Card No. 16 and I
prepare to control the leaf plant lice. I
Get Extension Circular No. 25 and I
be ready to follow the spraying pro- I
gr*m to control orchard pests. I
Prepare to poison the boll weevil I
but consult the county agent before I
buying machines or poison. I
r?nn?t. nla^t. or>rr> after corn on land I
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uuoavgu mui uiu-uugs.
Spray the chicken house -well with
lime-sulphur wash to control mites. .
Plant Diseases. ,J
Last call for the dormant cleanup
and spraying of the orchard.
Get "Certified" seed Irish potatoes
for planting.
Treat Irish and sweet potatoes with
corrosive sublimate for disease control
before planting.
Delint cotton seed to control disease
and stimulate germination.
Get seed of wilt-resistant cotton.
cowpeas, melons, or tomatoes, if the
fungus wilt of the crop in question is
present in your soil.
Make and store lime and bluestone
preparation for use in Bordeaux mixture
later. Lay in other spraying
supplies and see that the spraying
machinery is in (rood shape.
Beys* Club Work
All boys who expect to join one of
the boys' clubs should do so this
month. See your county agent.
Kills rats
and mice?that's RAT-SNAP, the old
reliable rodent destroyer. Comw in
cakes?no mixing with other food.
Your money back if it fails.
35c size (1 c.^ke) enough for Pantry,
Kitchen or Cellar. >4,
65c size (2 cakes) for Chicken
House, coops, or small buildings.
$1.25 size (5 cakes) enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and Guaranteed by Piatt's
Pharmacy, Conway, S. C.
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right out of the stomach and bowels
without griping or upsetting the child.
Tell your druggist you want only the
tfCnuillP "Palifornio t'ln ...1.: -X.
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has directions for babies and children
of all ages printed on bottle. Mother,
you must say "California." Refuse any
imitation.
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