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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
4
A 1907 episode is recalled where a determined banker backed a plan to inject liquidity into troubled clients. The move sparked optimism, changed attitudes, and helped avert deeper crises as firms realized credit was available. The account links mental outlook to market stability and notes cotton and textile trends in the era.
A civic appeal explains death remains, urging sanitation as a practical path to longer life. It notes that life and decay begin at birth, germs of decay persist during growth, and pollution or dirty water can spark epidemics. Community effort to clean and maintain sanitary conditions is urged as the greatest way to reduce mortality.
A Board of Trade review from May reports cotton acre age cuts in the Southwest of at least 25 percent with some districts seeing 50 percent. March county sales fell 25 percent from last year and April consumption figures were unavailable. Manufacturing activity in mills rose, and overall reductions in the Southeast are expected to be substantial, with voluntary cuts up to half in some areas.
In Commerce and Finance Theodore H. Price argues against Senator LaFollette’s charge that Wall Street financiers conspired to deflate wages and prices. He cites LaFollette’s diagrams from W J Laueh and notes the claim banks railroads and equipment firms are controlled by under 25 men via interlocking directorships. He counters that proving motive is required to prove crime.
Home Demonstration Depart ment announces a churning demonstration at the Dillon School auditorium on Wednesday May 11 at 3 30 o clock. Miss Elizabeth Forney State Home Demonstration Agent in Dairying will lead the event. Everyone in the county is urged to attend. She will present churning in a practical way. Also May garden hints urge continued planting of seeds including black eyed peas early beans and more.
Garden guidance covers staking and pruning tomatoes to improve fruit size color and reduce rot. Stakes four to five feet, tie carefully, prune to one or two main stalks, and pinch off excess shoots weekly. Also details Bordeaux spray and kerosene emulsion recipes for pests and diseases.
The excerpt details fruit and vegetable canning steps: grind carrot pulp with sugar and orange peel, boil thickened mix, seal in sterilised jars, and process six minutes. For garden peas, shell promptly, blanch 1 to 4 minutes, cool in salted water, drain, pack leaving space, add sugar salt mix, and process based on jar size. The salt sugar mix ratio is two parts sugar to one part salt.
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