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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
Carolina.

The Home Demonstration and Bee
terment Clubs held their monthly
meeting at the school house on lasr
Thursday afternoon A most heIpfua
lesson on yeast bread was given by
Miss Sellers On account Of car trou--
bic she was delayed and was unable
to demonstrate the cooking Of the
bread
Miss Blanche McLaurin is visiting
her sister Mrs. d. A. Afford at Wes-
ley this week.
Mrs. Mary McInnis returned home
last week from a visit to her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George White and little
grandson. George White, Jr., of Ore.
Hill. n. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Overstreet and
Mrs. David Overstreet, Jr. and chill
dren of Hasty n. c., spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. A Henderson.
Master Clewell McInnis of Clio spent
few days of last week with his un-
Gle. Mr.. d. B. McInnis.
Miss Etheleen Smith visited at the
home of her uncle, Mr.. Dan Afford OF
Wesley. last week.
Miss Emma Kate McInnis is spend
ing a few days of this week at the
home of Mr. Neill McRimmon OF
Raemon. n. c.
Miss Beatrice Rogers of Dillon is
visiting Nerna Mcqueen this week
Miss Beulah McInnis underwent a
successful tonsil operation al the
Clio Hospital last Thursday.
Mr. ]. ID. Henderson spent the week
end at Clinton. 5. c.
Rev. Neill McInnis who is spend
ing his vacation here. ieft Saturday
for Cuff. n. c., where he will conduct
4 weeks meeting. after which he
will return for the remaining days OF
his vacation.
Mrs. Neil c. McLaurin of near Clio
visited her daughters, Mesdames D.
l.. and l.. W. McInnis last week. ~
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
KILLS WOMAN WHO
STICKS BY HUSBANn.

Porterville, Cal, Aug. 22-WaIteE-
ii. Alexander, who, according to ]. E
Bachman. rancher near here, shot.
and killed Mrs. Bachman yesterday
when she refused to leave her hus-
band and go with Alexander, wass-
louhd dying on a ranch ten miles,
i1cm here by posse today.
alexander died before any aid could1
be administered. Sheriff Court Smith
leader OF the posse, believed Alexan-
der poisoned himself.
We'll, what are you going to doz,-
Alexander was quoted as demanding
OF Mrs. Bachman.
II guess I'll stay here" Bachman.
SAID his wife replied from her seat.
beside him in an automobile.
Ihereupon, Bachman SAYS. Alexan-
der 1lred shotgun point blank at the.
woman.
Ihe shooting occurred at the range.
nome of II. B. Ceilings, stepfather of
alexander, in the Popular district
near mere. Alexander's mother and
s'ep-father also witnessed the shoor-
ing.
After the shooting Alexander left
carrying the shotgun, il was said
According to the stoy BachmaI-s
lCiu olllcerS, he mad gone TO Lindsay
twenty miles from the Ceilings ranch.
I" bring home Mrs Bachman He
found Alexander also at Lindsay. he
said, and was forced by him to drive
Mrs. Bachman and Alexander to the,
ranch. He told officers Alexander
held knife at his back all the way.
Al the ranch Alexander dia bled the .
automobile. obtained a shotgun ano7
approached Mrs. Bachman, the wo-
mans husband said. Alexander ther,
demanded what the woman was going
TO DO, and receiving her answer, shor
her, Bachman said.
After holding Bachman at bay with
,he shotgun half an hour, while Cor
iihes procured liquor from a neigh
DOT house. Alexander fled across the.
iielos' the two men told officers.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
E. B. McEachern Badly Injured.
High-Powered Car He Was Driving
Turns Turtle.

Mr.. E. B. McEachern, well known
cotton dealer and farmer, was seri-
Cusly injured when a big Cadillac
Limousine he was driving turned tur-
tie mile north of Dillon early Sat
urday afternoon. In the car with Mr..
McEacherh was Mr.. w. B. Wheeler of
the Brady Wheeler Co.
Messrs. McEachern and Wheeler
lad been out on the Stafford's Bridge
road and were returning to town,
with Mr.. McEachern at the wheel.
When they crossed the railroad and
were on the good stretch of road be-
tween the crossing and town Mr.. Nc
Eachern speeded up the car. Per
sons who witnessed the accident said
the car was coming down the road at
a lively clip-the speed being esti-
mated at from rs to 70 miles an hour
when Mr.. McEachern attempted to
make the curve about 800 hundred
yards this side of the railroad cross
ing. On the inside of the curve the
car met a horse and buggy and I'm
'hugging" the outside of the curve in
order TO pass the buggy the car
swerved too far to the right, jumped
ditch, struck stump and turned
over. 1t is evident that the car turned
over once, but eye-witnesses say it
turned over two or three times. The
car almost reversed itself and was
lying slde-up with the front end to-
ward Hamer
Mr.. McEachern was pinned under
the wreck and Mr.. Wheeler mounted
passing truck and came to town as
quickly as possible. Men rushed to
the scene of the accident and remov-
ed Mr. McEachern from the wreck
He was lifted into an automobile and
brought to town where an examina-
ton disclosed a serious cut on the
forehead, broken collar bone and
two broken ribs. He was suffering
terribly from shock and for a while
mis- condition was critical. He was
taken that afternoon to Florence
where an X-ray examination failed to
disclose any internal injuries and the
report from the hospital Sunday
morning stated that he had recovered
from the shock and was out of dan
ger.
Mr.. Wheeler had a miraculous es-
cape from injury. He was in the car
during its perilous flight through the
air and escaped with only a small
scratch on one of his ears His ex-
perience was so thrilling, however,
that it was several hours before he
recovered from the shock
The car is almost a wreck. The
body is badly torn and twisted and
the top damaged beyond repair. The
chassis, Tenders, and wheels also suf-
fered. 1t is the opinion of those who
viewed the wreck that Messrs. Nc
Eachern and Wheeler owe their lives
to the stout steel top which held the
car up as it was turning over. Other
wise 1T is likely that they would have
been badly crushed by the heavy
body.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
Found Conditions Bad.

Mr.. l.. c. Brady is back from Il
trip to Greensboro, Ga, where he
spent two days looking over cattle
farm and making purchases for his
own farm. Greensboro is in the boil
weevil territory and Mr.. Brady says
he found conditions just about as
bad as they could get. The store
shelves were almost empty and busi-
ness was practically at standstill. A
large oil mill in the town had been
idle two years. Only three car loads
OF fertilizer were shipped into Green's
boro this year and what cotton had
been planted showed the lack of prop
er fertilization. The cotton is small
and will not yield much to the acre.
Cotton cultivation has almost been
abandoned and the people are raising
hogs, cattle. soy beans, peanuts. corn
and other food crops. Some of the
farmers have gone into the dairying
business and Mr.. Brady spent the
day with o'Ie farmer who used to
make 500 bales a Year, but who does
not now plant hill of cotton. This
farmer has large dairy farm and
seems to be prospering. One of the
cattle raisers Mr.. Brady saw prom
ised to bring a car load of pure-bred
cattle to the County Fair this fall.
This gentleman said he was going to
offer his cattle at vey low figure in
order to induce the people to make
al early beginning in The cattle in
dustry. He said the boil weevil would
be here next Year in swarms and if
there was a Dillon county farmer who
thought he could plant a normal
acreage and get ahead of the weevil
he was foolng himself. Mr.. Brady is
fencing in lots of land and will cut his
cotton acreage down to four or five
acres to the plow. He is preparing to
increase his tobacco acreage. and with
a fine herd of cows, plenty of soy
beans. corn and other food crops he
hopes to be able to cope with the boil
weevil next year.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
STUDIES BET
TER FARMING METHODS

Clemson College, Aug. 22- Re
ports coming through County Agent
W. r. Gray, of Clarendon, show that
Clarendon county is looking towards
better farming methods to meet the
conditions now existing. Recently
meetings have been held among bus
mess men to consider the possible
necessity of erecting grain elevators,
sweet potato curing houses, and
other means of caring for the new
crops resulting from greater diversi-
fication. Evidently the business men
o. Clarendon are ready to be of the
greatest possible assistance to the
farmers of the county in meeting the
new conditions.
Before taking any definite steps it
has been decided. reports the county
agent. to study the situation more
carefully. In order to have better
light on the problems of diversified
farming ii has been decided that a
committee of four men, including
the county agent, make weeks
trip into Georgia and Alabama to
study their system of diversified ag-
riculture with reference to grain
elevators, storage and warehouses,
and other matters that have to do
with the business end of diversified
ton. II is likely that this tour of in
Nestigation will be made early in
August. The expenses of the trip
will be borne by the business men
OF the town of Manning.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
Rockefeller Reducing Estate

New York. Aug. 22-The estate of
John ID. Rockefeller, when he dies
will show less than 100000 ac-
ccrding TO statement made here to-
day by Henry H. Klein. deputy com
missioner of accounts for New York
city.
But that does not mean that the
wealth estimated at two billions of
dollars has been dissipated," he add
eu. 1T will merely have changed
hands. John D. Rockefeller, Jr-, not
his father, is the richest man in the
United States"
1t was Mr.. Klein's estimate OF the
Rockefeller wealth that drew some
time ago Il signed statement from
he younger Rockefeller in which he
said his fathers estate had at no
tic'e reached one billion dollars.
Since then there has been consider
able controversy, over the subject.
when John D.. Jr, challenged my
estimate and declared his fathers es-
tate had been reduced largely by
gifts, he meant that those gifts were
to himself and his sisters, along with
the Rockefeller Foundation, Mr..
Klein continued.
The market value of all the Stan
dard Oil companies is about three
billion dollars, of which the Rockefel-
lers hold 80 per cent. Most of these
holdings are now in the name of the
son, as are many millions more in So
called independent oil companies.
AS an illustration of the transfer
of securities from the father to the
son, the latest stock list of the Stand
arrd Oil company are worth $70,-
100000, while his fathers are a mere
$4,000.
What is true here is probably true
in the other concerns in which they
are the controlling factors, 1t is b!
this transfer that John D. Rockefellel
himself, is not worth the two bill
lions | estimated"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
1000 Bales of Cotton Burned.

Hartsville, Aug. 22-At IL O'Clock
last night fire of unknown origin
broke out in the warehouse of the
Hartsville Warehouse and Compress
Company. of which Ernest D. Sum-
ner is president. and destroyed 1000
bales of cotton valued at between SIS,
600 and 100000.
The cotton belonged mostly to
farmers of this section and had been
stored.
The fire company did splendid work
ard battled for hours trying to allay
the conflagration, which was suffi-
ciently extingushed today TO allow
the charred bales to be moved about.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
FIRST NEW BALE
COMES TO MARION

Marion, Aug. 1S-The ginning of
a 400 pound bale of cotton belong
ing to T. NJ. Moody, route No. /, at
the Marion Cotton Oil company to-
day marked the first of the season
in Marion county.
The cotton crop in this county will
fall far short of previous years. In
addition to a material cut in acre
age, the ravages of the boil weevil
are being extensivly felt. UP until
about two weeks ago, the boil weevil
had not made its appearance in any
great quantities except in the lower
part of the county.
Now there is hardly a field which
is not infested. 1t is believed that
all the crop which is not already
made will be destroyed by the
weevils. In the lower part of the
county not only the blossoms are be-
inG attacked by the weevil but large
tured.
The weevils are rapidly moving
northward. Evidences of them are
reported in Dillon and Marlboro coun
ties. 1t is believed that they will
cover the entire cotton growing belt
OF the Pee Dee section before the
end of the season. Farmers and bus
mess men are very blue over the out
look. Although persistently warned,
people in this section have done lit
tie in the way of diversified farm
irg, cattle raising and dairying in
preparation of the boil weevil
menace
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
&! HE BOIL WEEVIL AND
HIS WINTER QUARTERS.

Clemson College, Aug. %. The
COTTON boil weevil finds his hotel for
the winter in old stalks, weeds and
dad grass in the field He will find
splendid winter-quarters in unkepr
terraces, weedy ditch banks and
fences, in neglected orchards, in un-
lderbrush along the woods and road
sides, etc.
The weevil requires for successfuS
wintering a place with giveUe
amount of moisture. failing in sueE ,
places where moisture is heavy
Therefore the cover crop that is USED
for preventing land washing and tfie p
Teaching of soil. fertility and for
maintaining, soil texture is OF the
greatest value under weevir eondi--
tions, because il acts as q cleansing
crop which keeps down weeds and
winter food plants and destroys pro-
tective coverings for the weevil and
other destructive insects during the.
winter.
1t is time now for farmers to think
about these matters and not let this
work go until the last moment, ad-
vises Prof. A F. Conradi, entomoIo-
gist who says that We want to clean
up our farms this fall as we have
never done before. These wfhterine :
places mentioned must not be per
mitted; they must be removed or
destroyed by one method or another
Humus is our greatest deficiency in
farming and for that reason vege--
table matters should be properly in
corporated in the soil whenever pos
sible; but there are a great many
cases where this can not be done.
and yet should weeds, dead grass
etc, remain through the winter they
would form successful winterinE I.
places for the boil weevil. Burning :
may be the only resort by whfcnz
they can be destroyed. and n DnA
burning should be employed
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
LAKE CITY FARMER
LOSES IRON SAFE.

Lake City, Aug. 17-Some time
between Sunday and Monday night.
during the absence of S. w. Young,
prosperous farmer, about eight
miles west Of here, his house was
entered and the iron safe, in which he
Kept about $4,000 in Liberty bonds
and an almost equal amount of mort
cages and other securities was re-
moved and tracks in the yard indi-
cate that 1t was hauled away in a
wagon. Mr.. Young was appraised of
the fact upon his return to his home
Inesday afternoon and is making ev-
ery effort to apprehend the robbers.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25

rattlesnake-but with dull eye, in
sensate skin and vengeful spite. ready
to dart its dreadful sting into every
approaching intruder. it lay hor-
rible compound of all the hated quail
ties of 1t race-the i1carnation Of
death.
ION an afternoon, nearly forty
years ago, party of gentlemen
were riding from Abbeville village to-
wards the Calhoun settlement, and
when approaching the place now
known as the Cabins they passed a
dwelling near the wayside, just at
the moment when q little girl, whom
they had seen to cross the road some
distance before them, gave a pierc-
ing shrek and ran back into the
house in an agony of pain and
fright. Perceiving that something
serious had occurred they hastily
alighted to ascertain the matter; and
entering the room found the child
stretched upon bed and already a
corpse. She had lived long enough
however, to whisper to her. mother
that snake had struck her while she
was in the act of gathering firewood
on the roadside. The party Instant.
ly sought the spot and there discov-
cred large specimen of the horn
snake which they dispatched. The
skin of this serpent was stuffed and
preserved by an Intelligent gentleman
Of the neighborhood; and it was long
an object of great curiosity at his
residence, and afterwards at Old
Cambridge. whore It was last seen.'
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25
HOME DEMONSTRATORS DEPART.
MENT.
Conducted by Miss Eta Sue Sellers)
Community Meetings.

Community Meetings.
A community meeting was held at
Oakland on Wednesday, August 10th,
and one at Oak Grove on Thursday,
August 11th. The attendance at Oak
land was about 800 and at Oak
Grove ESQ. These meetings proved to
be very worth while. At the Oakland
meeting Mrs. S. o. Plowden, District
Agent. demonstrated the Steam Pres
sure Cooker. Mrs Frances Y. Kline
demonstrated table service and talked
On marketing. Miss Amanda Ed
wards, formerly District Agent, gave
"a jelly demonstration, and interesting
talks were made by Mrs. r. S. Rogers,
Rev. John McSween, and Mr.. ]. w.
Mckay. The program at Oak Grove
was similar to the one at Oakland
with the exception of the last four
mentioned. Delicious picnic dinners
were served at each meeting
Collecting Leaves and Bark for Sale.
1t is matter of interest, primar-
lily to the former. that certain of the
well known weeds now either gener-
ally or locally infesting the country
are the sources of crude drugs OBJ
tanned wholly or in part by importa-
ton from abroad. Roots, leaves, and
flowers. of several of the species
most detrimental in the United
States are gathered, prepared, and
cured in Europe, and not only form
useful commodities, but supply to a
considerable extent the demands Of
foreign lands. Hence IT appears prob
able that while weeds can hardly be
made desirable still in his fight to
eXterminate them the farmer may be
able to turn some of them to ac-
count.
The prices paid for crude drugs
are not great and would rarely tempt
anyone to pursue this line of work
as business, Yet, if in Kidding the
farm of weeds and thus raising the
value of the land the farmer can at
the same time make these pests the
source of small income instead of
a dead loss, something is gained. In
order to help the farmers to obtain
the best possible prices for such pro-
ducts, instructions for collecting and
preparing crude drugs derived from
weeds are here briefly given The
collector should observe them care
fully.
Directions for Collecting Leaves.
Leaves should always be collected
iu clear, dry weather, in the morning,
after the dew Is off. They are at
their best when the plant is in bloom
and should be collected at this time
Leaves of biennials are most valuable
during the second year of their
growth. In drying. spread out thinly
on a clean floor and stir occasionally
until they are thoroughly dry. Re
move all stems from leaves and re-
member that the leaves which are
worth most are those which retain
thrir natural green color. Dampness
will turn leaves black, so be careful
not to let them get wet.
Directions for Collecting Barks.
Barks may be gathered either in
the fall or spring. All rough barks
should be rossed before peeling-that
Is, the rough outer bark must be
scrapped or shaved off. and the inner
bark then peeled. Barks may be dried
in the sunlight. except green wild
cherry.
The Jimson weed is one of the
so called pests. The club girls of Dill
lon county have been asked to gather
a generous supply of jimson leaves
and seeds.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25

Prof. w. Fl. McNairy of Chester
who succeeds Prof. Roberts as super
intendent of the Dillon schools, ar
rived in town Monday morning and
for the next three weeks will devote
his time to arranging for the opening
of the schools, the schools being
scheduled to open Monday, Septem-
ber 18th. Prof. McNairy has leased
Mr. I. Blum's residence and Mrs Nc
Marry and the children will arrive in
a few days.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25

DR.. Joe Cabell Davis and A. K Nc
I.ellan left Monday on a two weeks
trip through Ohio. While away they
will visit several of the county fairs
and see their horses race.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25

D. T. Hamilton OF Florence spent
Sunday with relatives.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-08-25

E. L. Moore is in New York on bus
mess. ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-03
IDEA FROWNED ON BY NATURE
Why SinqIe-Chi Family Tends to
Become Poorer and viii Ultimate
Iy Become Extinct.

That the "one-chld family" tends to
grow poorer and not richer is the
principal point made in report by
the Child Study society Of Transyl-
yania after collecting large mass of
data in the Banat Southwestern part
of Transylvania), where the system
most prevails. The Roumanian cor
respondent of the Lancet Uondon)
writes:
"Their report states that until re-
Gently it had been thought that the
system was purely a question OF
economics. People did not wish to
distribute their, lands and wealth be
tween several children, but the Gus
tom had now become independent of
land questions. 1t was quite clear
that the 'single-child' family did be-
come not richer but poorer. The sin
gle-child' generation tended to grow
up idle and self-indulgent. If they
were landed proprietOrs their farms
were worked by Others necessitatin"
payment of heavy wages.
"Farmers began to understand that
the single-child system meant Their
ruin, but the custom was deeply root
ed and the people were very conserva-
tive People who had several children
were actually despised.
"AnCther reason for the single-chilf
system was feminine vanity; women
thought that by avoiding childbirth
they would remain young and enjoy
life fol a longer time. The only child
was spoiled by his parents, and too
often entered early into career of
dissipation the result being rapid
physical and mental deterioration"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-03
LIQUID MANURE IS VALUABLE
Nitrogen and Potassium Should Be
Carefully Preserved and Used
for Improving Crops.

The liquid excrement from farm
animals contains nearly half the nj
trogen and potassium voided by them
and should be carefully preserved.
When steers are fed on cement floors
the value Of the manure produced is
more than 81 per year greater for each
animal than when fed On earth floors.
Open barnyard manure is about one
half as valuable as stall manure. The
least amount of nitrogen will be lost
from stored manure if animals are
kept on 1t or 1t is kept in moist,
well packed condition. Manure used
in connection with continuous crop
pings will not maintain the maximum
yield, but when used in connection
with crop rotation it increases the
yield Of all crops grown in that rota-
ton. Manure used in conjunction with
a complete fertilizer high in phos-
phorus will give better returns than
when either Is used alone.