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> r | * l r S^L XX111. Gone But Not Forjrottcu. On February 28th, 1010. the death angel visited the little town of Turkey, N C . and took from it one of its best townsman, Mr G, C. Stanley Mr Sta dev was a native of llorrv county, his borne being at Brooksvillo, near Little Uiver. After leaving his home he began business at Turkev, N. C., and while there hfe married Miss Cora Ileiring, < f tTVrland. N C., on Anril 12'h. 1007. A bout one year after their marriage a sun, William Hunter, was born into the family, who survives him, besides a mother and father, five bt ot hers, three sisters, jtrwl ?? tw?ut #,f ft ionrtc ui?rt rolalitiuo W M v? I* UVO u Wl II IWIJVtO MIIVI I V I tf V I ? *. O to mourn their Ions. But our loss is his eternal gain. My dear brother was sick with the mumps only a few days though not seriously, as he wasaole to walk ab?ut the place. About. 11 o'clock on the 28th he was taken with u pain while sitting at his desk which resulted in his dea'th. Brother George was thirty-two years and two days old Oh! it is hard to give you up, but God knows all things and 11 is will must bo done. You have crossed the chilly tide, And are standing on that shore, With our Savior bv your side, He is safe forever more. WTheu tiiis life is ended, And wo no more shall be, God, our only defender, Shall biar us o'er the loa, My trials on earth are great, My love for Ilitn was more, T must reach the golden gate, And stand with him on that bright shore. Oh, his dear wife is loft alone To raise their lit tie son, Help them dear Father, to guide them, From all harm. Help them to walk in the righteous path, Wilt thou Father hold their arm, Lead and guide them, this I pray. With our Savior hand and hand, With all is glory, peace and light. Your trials on earth are ended, And mine have just begun, The day you left me at my home, Will be, long remembered and never forgotten. Your Loving Sister, Lizzie Stanlej'. Stubborn as .Utiles. are liver and bowels sometimes; seem to balk without cause, Then there5s trouble- Loss of Appetite? 1 Indigestion, Nervousness. Despondency, Headache. But such troubles ' fly before Or King's Now Life Pills, the world's h<?M Stomach and Li et re.nodv S?> easy. 2oc at Norton Drug Co. Truckers' Meeting at Gttadboiirn On next. Safurday. at, 11 o'clock, there will be held in Chadbourn, N C , a meeting that mvist needs be the most imoort.ant ever held by any bodv of truck growers in the State Atthidin eting it will be decided ivVipt.hor tlio hnm> ehinmont.u i\f ft->? entire W C and A se 'tion will be handled through the co-operative method, thu^ giving the ^rowor the opportunity to got the full benefit of the markets, both by distribution and systematic selling, or whether the business will be allowed to run '?n us it has in the years past in a most hap-hazard manner any eventually die out, because of the fact that the grower failing .to get for his fruit what the market should pay, and therefore loose money. Copy Summons for Relief, (Complaint Sorved) State of South Carolina, / Count v of Horry \ COURT Oi? COMMON PUR AS George J. Holliday, PlaintitT, against Joseph W, Crawford and Martha Crawford, Defendants. To the Defendants Joseph W. Crawford and Martha Crawford, You are hereby summoned and r.?nuired to answpr t.he nnmnkint ~ -I ? -- in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on t.be subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C,, within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. March 14, A. D. 1910. H. 11. Woodward, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Joseph W. Crawford, absent defendant: Take notice, That the complaint in the foregoing stated action, and the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court ol Common Pleas at Conway, South Carolina, on the 14ih day of March, A. D. 1910 H. H. Woodward, Plaintiff's Attorney W. L. Bryan, C, C. C, P. m* DIED Death has visited the home of Hosea Elliott and took away Nancy g Elliott, on the morning of March 3rd, 1310 She had been lingering p with age waiting to join her husband, Henry C. Elliott, who had a preceded her to the better land on the 171h day of August, 1307. K She was born December 27th, J 1827. She joined the Methodist tl nhurnh in A orv < ?.?? uu 111 vui ijr inc. vy u /Yll^USV L,\l, W 1857, she was married to Henry C. Elliott, and to them were born eight v1 children, three of whom have pre- di ceded her. She leaves one brother, Avery Floyd, one sister, Avey Bat- it tou, three sons, T. V. Elliott, of sc Brooklyn, N Y., C. M. Elliott, of la Homewood, H. D Elliott, of Eloyds, h; two daughters, Mrs P B. Nor tou, and Mrs M, D. Souls, of Eloyds, and n many grand-children one great p grand-child and a host of friends to mourn their loss. Her lifo was one of entire devotion to her family and friends and a' full of good works as a faithful E Christian, wife and mother, ever b ready to help others. JHer faithful husband, Henry C. ^ Elliott, entered the civil war in 1862 and served his country as a faithful soldier until tho close of the u war when he returned to his loving 11 wife and children They lived hap- ^ py together on a good farm aud were among the best farmers of the coun- 0 ty until his death. Since that time she has been living with her chil- a dren and with Hosea Elliott as her t homo. b She died in the 83rd year of her \\ age without a murmur or complaint. n Her last words were, "It is all c right." She was laid to rest by the j side of her husband in Spring l-iill r cemetery about 12 o'clock on the 4lh a day of March, 1910, in the presence ^ of a large number of sorrowing rela- a tives and friends. g VVhv should wo L?riev? that. ?hr> ic v blest? & We believe that they are with 11 Christ at rest, J1 They have suffered their last pain; Let us live so as to see father and v mother agaiu. Her Loving Son. f Have You Kidney Trouble. IIOW TO FIND OUT. J Fill a bottle of common glass with ^ your water and let it stand twenty- ti four hours; a sediment or settling indicates an unhealthy condition of c< the kidneys; if it stains your linen it is evidence of kidney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in ~ the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are I out of order. ,1 WIIAT TO DO. h Go to Norton Drug Co., and get a ' 50c box of BLOO DINE BLOOD v AN u) KIDNEY TABLETS and if i they do not help you Norton Drug 1 Co,, will give you your monev back, J There is comfort in the knowledge ij so often expressed, that BLOOD- J INE AND KIDNEY TABLETS the J. great kidney remedy fuliills every 's wish in curing rheumatism, pain in t the back, kidney, liver, bladder and i every part of the urinary passage j They correct inability to hold water c and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, I wine or beer, and nvAVAnmoa ihai 1 ------- > V.??V | unpleasant necessity of being com- }| pelled to go often during the night t The mild and the extraordinary of t feet of BLOODINE BLOOD AND t KIDNEY TABLETS is soon real- r ized. They stand the highest for i their wonderful cures of the most ' distressing eases. By mail 50o. . The Bloodine Corp., Boston, Mass. ^ ^ ? t News From Galivants Forry. Dear Editor:?As I haven't seen t anything from this place in quite awhile I have decided to write a few lines to your most excellent 1 paper. j Health of this community is very ! good at this writing except a few bad colds. Farmers are beginning to plant . corn. Wo have no weddings to report \ but are expecting the bells at any , moment. March is a very calm month. Came j in as calm as a lam'o Mrs. Eva Fioyd returned home a few weeks ago after spending a I few days with her sister, Mrs Bettie Gore, at Conway. Mr. Archie Floyd was seen at .this place last Sunday. Easter will soon be here again. Miss Ola Gore visited her sister neap "Rov Inct. ? <Hu> wiiuuhj ui toi IiuuIIi I Mr Back Shaw, of Mullins was the I guest of Mr Perel Page last Sunday. Will write more next time. Best Wishes to the Herald and its many readers. 0, You Kid. An Awful Emotion I I of a volcano excites brief interest, . and your interest in skin eruptions . will be as short if you use Bucklen's f Arnic a Salve, the quickest cure, i E ven the worst boils, ulcers or fe, ver sores are soon healed by it. Best for Burns, Cuts, Bruises sore-| . Lips, Chapped hands, Chilblains and Piles. It gives instant relief. 25c at Norton Drug Co. gftor# J CONWAY, S. C., THU News I'rom Jordanville. The health of this community is ood at this writing. No death* nor marriages to reort at this time. Farmers seem busy preparing for nolher crop. Mr and Mrs Jim Hardee, Miss Ida lardee, Lillie aud Ida Todd and Mr im Todd, all of Forney, visited at 30 home of Mr and Mrs W F Hardick last Sunday. Miss Emma Huoks, of this place, isited Miss Loula Hardwick Saturay night and Sunday. Rev 11 Q Fowler preached a very iteresting sermon at High Point jhool house Sunday evening to a trge congregation. Wo hope to tive Mr Fowler with us again. Our Sunday school is progressing icolv under the direction of|our Suerintendent, Mr John Capps. Jordanville Girl. Attention is directed to the two Jvertisements of the Columbia Realty and Auction Co., of Greensoro, N. C., appearing in this issue, 'his company will sell at auction on 'riday, April 1st , some valuable )ts in and around Conway on easy ?rms?that for colored people beig one-fourth cash, the balance in lonthly payments of $5 each until he lot is paid for. This is a splenid opportunity for a poor man to wn a home of his own. W. L. Mishoo who was recently ppointed to the farm demonstraion work in Horry county has been usy for the past several weeks visaing the farmers in ditferont comlunities and distributing bulletins oncerning dilTerent farm subjects, le has had a long acquaintance dth the farmers of Horry county nd he is in position to do a very ood work in the interest of the gricultural department of the tate. He will be glad to be interiewed by any of the farmers who re interested in up-to-date farmng and who arc anxious to get iterature and information that will 3ad them to better results in their rork. CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY Mothorn wlio taIua ttmlr own comfort And th? olfnro ofthoir children should newer he without box of Mother Otaj'h Hwoot Powders for ehilr?>n. for use throughout the eeaeon. Thoy roak upt'oldp, Curo Kovoriahnoee, ConstlpAon. Teething Disorders, Headache and HtomL-h Troubles. THKSK POWDKK8 NI2VBR AIL. Sold by uil Drugstores, 2.'>c. Don't ac>l>t any substitute. A trial package will b* Mil FHKK to any mother who will address lien S Olmsted, Lo Hoy, N Y. Foreclosure Sale Under and by virtue of a Decree and udginent for foreclosure and sale made y his Honor Ernest Gary, In the case >f The J. C. Bryant Company, Plaintiff, s David B. Futrill, The Bank of Gonray, J G. Butler, J. R. and N. B. Allstrook, Co partners as Allsbrook Bros,, )efendunts, and dated the 2nd day of tlarch, A. D. 1910; notice is hereby :iven that], the undersigned Sheriff of lorry County, will sell at public auction efore the Court House door at Conway, louth Carolina, during legal hours of ale on salesday in April ne>;t, it being he 4th day of said month, all and slnguar ihe following dohcribed lands and >remisea. situate in Horry County, and leacribeu as follows towlt; All and singular that certain tract or >arcel of land, containing fifty acres, nore or less, situate, lying and feing In Jayboro Township, County and State (foresaid, bounded on the north by lands >f William Floyd and Willie Stevens, on he east by lands of Frances Hardee, on he south by lands of J. W, Stevens and >n the west by lands of L. C. Gerrald, t being the identical plantation whereon i)avid B. Futrill now resides, conveyed o him by J. W. Stevens. The land ?erein conveyed lies near the Bayboro oad and on the western side of Cushion iwamp, and western side of the A. C. L, Railway. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay 'or payers. B. J, Sessions, Sheriff of Horry County, Starch 3rd, A, ]). 1010. [I. II Woodward, Plaintiff's Attorney. Foreclosure Sale. Under and by virtue of a decree ind judgment for foreclosure and salo made by His Honor Ernest Clary, in the case of Burroughs & Collins company, a corporation, plaintiffs, vs W E Graham, G B Jenkins and N Q Grainger, defendants, and dated the 2nd day of March, A D. 1910, notice is hereby given that I, tho undersigned, Sheriff of Horry county, will sell at public auction before the court house door Conway, South Carolina, during legal hours of sale, on salesday in April next, it being the 4th day of said month, all and singular the following described lands and premises, situate in Horry county, and described as follows, towit: "All and singular that certain tract of land, lying and being in Simpson Creek township, containing one hundred acres, bounded as follows: on the north by lands of John L Boyd, east by Sarala L'rince, on the south by Eddie Todd, on the west by lands of W K Graham and the Whiteville road, same being the identical tract ol land bought of P D Todd," TERMS OP SALE-Cash. Pur chaser to pay for papers. B J SESSIONS, Sheriff Horry County. March 3rd A D 1910. Jj fptf: RSDAY, MARCH 24, 1910. CLAIMS AUDITED ( Claims audited and allowed at the ^ March meeting of the County Board . of Commissioners, of Horry County, ' Conway, S. C., March 8th, 1910. Chain Gang 255 L H Burroughs * 55 57 | 256 J N Jenrette .... .. 115 00 ' 257 Cameron Barkley Co... 104 45 258 J C Ricks 45 60 ! 259 Burroughs & Elliott 42 98 260 R T Harmon 4 00 261 T M Sessions 35 00 281 Dusenbury & Co 45 55 292 J N Jenrette 9 85 Roads and Bridges 262 A T Martin 12 00 i 263 John F Todd 3 00 264 Manly Burdeaux 2 84 ( 265 A D Jackson 68 25 266 R P Rackley 6 63 . 267 Walter Dudley 8 00 268 Oliver Floyd 1 00 269 J D Jordan .6 00 < 270 J N Jenrette 6 00 271 C J Vereen 25 00 ( 274 W L Long 17 87 275 D D Norris 7 24 276 Conway Iron Works . . . 41 77 ' 277 W HCryst 22 33 278 Horry Hardware Co 11 79 , 279 T B Cooper 35 10 280 R B Glasgow 41 59 281 Dusenbury & Co 147 82 282 J T Shelley 8 00 283 W I Graham 36 15 284 N K Hays 17 75 < 285 Daniel Hardee 25 00 286 Avery Floyd 46 00 287 J N jenrette 3 00 288 Good Roads Machine Co. .200 00 289 Wm Page 7 00 290 R T Williams 8 90 291 J E Nicholas. . . . 26 20 Poor 259 Burroughs Elliott ... 31 50 292 J N Jonrettee 5 00 293 H P M Todd 2 00 9q.4 p t? " ui't >. aj viua^un x \i\j 295 R M Prince. 3 00 296 T A Harris 5 00 297 S F Shelley 4 00 298 Alls brook Bros 60 00 299 Alice M Johnson 3 00 300 Dollie Johnson 2 50 301 C F Spivey 36 85 302 W L Bellamy (claim 7 50). .6 00 303 Spivey Mercantile Co . . .5 00 304 Spivov Mercantile Co . ... 5 00 305 W C Todd 20 00 306 Anderson Applewhite .. 16 80 307 W F Richardson 20 00 308 Horry Hardware Co ... 21 37 309 Conway Telephone Co 3 00 310 Conwav Hardware Co .... 22 82 317 J N Jenrette 2 00 Public Buildings 255 Tj H Burroughs 1 25 272 S J Lewis 2 00 273 S J Lewis 100 311 C E Barker 5 15 312 Conway Light & Power Co 1 35 313 H P Little 8 00 314 W L Bryan 85 315 Bill Godfrey 20 00 316 J L Benson 1 00 317 J N Jenrette 3 18 321 Sumter Bruton 5 00 Stationery and Advertising 311 C E Barker 2 71 314 W L Bryan 5 20 317 J N Jenrette 17 318 A T Collins, P M .... 10 62 319 E J Sherwood 5 25 320 Walker, Evans & Cogswell 19 08 Miscellaneous 322 B J Sessions jail account 27 90 323 B J Sessions salary 83 34 324 J M D Jones special const 5 00 325 W J Hendricks Co Com ... 6 00 Civil Cases to be Tried. Court will convene hereon April 4th, and the following roster of cases to be tried has been arranged by the members of the bar. MONDAt, APRIL 4TII. Ormand vs Horry Lumber Company. Lee vs Telegraph Company. TUESDAY, APRIL 5TII . Smith vs A B. Graham. Smith vs J. B. Graham* Smith vs Fred Graham, WEDNE8DAY, APRIL 6TII Clardy vs Railroad Company. Holliday vs Be9t. Huggins vs Price. THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH. McNabb vs Railroad Company. Conway Live Stock Company vs Railroad Company. FRIDAY, APRIL 8TII. Gore vs Johnson. Commerce Trust Co., vs Hyman. Collins vs Stalvey. PETIT JURT W H Holt, J C Ricks, Lucian Bellamy, J H Atkinson, Henry M Stevens, P B Watson, Thos W Booth, L D Suggs, J press Williams, E M Meares, M Vance Stanly, John R Gore, D W Hard wick, A J Johnson, J Emory Holmes, W J Hughes, ; Frank Williams, W B Jones, J L Butler, W K Brown, F O Watson, 1 O B Leonard, Thos J Cox, B F k Moore, B Frank Graham, J C Patf rick, J Fletcher Gore, Geo S Price, ' D D Edge, M W Cook, T A WiUon, r C M Reaves, Alex L Hardee, Anr drew J Cox, C P Hardee, L D Cox. I have just in a carload of as good mules as I baye shipped this season. Come at once if you need mules. G. B. Jenkins. vaU. 1 1UB Gathered by a Herald Man ( on His Rounds. c CAUGHT ON THE 'BOUNCE. < Stray Bits of News Gathered by the Wayside for the Inform a- ( tlou and Instruction of Herald Readers- Happenings of Interest About the City. r /-. tt -i > . i t i vj naruee was in lown one uay v recently. ? S. G. Booth was in Conway one lay last week, R, M. Squires was among those iu town recently. J. T. Ray was a pleasant caller 3ne day last woek. J. A. Ilardeo spent last Friday in Conway on business. ( Henry Tompkins, of Adrian, was in town last Friday on business. Rev. G. E. Edwards was absent several days last week from Conway. See the monthly claims audited by the County Board of Commissioners. ( Charles Dusenburv, of Port Harrelson, was in Conway last Thursday. Bo sure and see Jenkins' mules if < in need, as mules will bo very scarce a month or two later, SheritT 13. J. Sessions spent several days in the county on legal i business last week. W. W, Dawsey spent a day in Conway recently. Mr Dawsey is a brother of the joweler. Farmers in Horry County seem to be using larger quantities of fertilizer this year than ever before, J. E Nixon, of Nixonville, one of the successful farmers of the county visited Conway one day recently. Mrs. Byron B. Moulton, and < daughter, Miss Jennie, of Boston, M OOU > O I O /\ M T*T r* If ?"* ' itj (too , ui u i Li w;lj way yi^iuiij^ n*ia- < tives. s B. II. Vaugbt, a leading farmer of the Nixonville section, had his name added to the Herald subscription list one day last week. Mr. David llowell, of the Wolsie | section, one of our promptest pay- i ing subscribers, was a pleasant callor at the Herald oflice Saturday. John D. Smith, who was recontly concerned here as prosecutor in a case in the Court of General Sessions, has recently moved to Florida. 1 "Won't you pull my chestnuts out the lire," says the Chad bourn Trucker to the Horry Trucker? If there is to be an Exchange, and there should be, Conway is the propor place for its headquarters. The tiles for constructing tho roof of the new Methodist church arrived in a large shipment recently and the roof is now being put on the building. The roof will be very pretty when completed. I take pleasure in informing the public that I will have an expert engraver here for a short while and those who need work in this line will do well to place their orders early. J. W. Dawsey, the Jeweler. It expels all poisons, stimulates the internal organs, cleanses the system and purifies the blood. Such is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, tho mnat offftf.tivo nrp.von tat.i vn n.r?rl cure of bad blood, constipation and sluggish liver. Conway Drug Co. The case of Lee vs Telegraph Co., which is published in the Court roster as one of the cases sot for trial at the approaching term of the Court, has been withdrawn by mutual consent and will not be tried. To the mombers of the Corn Club of Horry:?Your corn is in my office ready for you. Please call or send tor it Saturday. Cost plus freight sixty-five cents per peck. I ordered one peck for each boy. S. H. Brown. The supper which was given at the Horry Tobacco Warehouse last Friday evening to raise funds for the Epworth League netted the League the sum ef $26.00 Master Elmore Hyman and Miss Ella Dils were awarded the cake in the cake walk oontest. There was a house to house visitation in Conway last Saturday afternoon by representatives of the various churches for the purpose of taking a religious census of the peo pie. me purpose was to ascertain | the names of all people living in the town, their ages, churches to which they belong, and whether or not they attend Sunday School. Mrs Kate Hall says: "I have kopt house 15 years, am the mother of four children, and I would not keep house without Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea." Wise women, why? i Drives away sickness, brings health i and happiness to the wholo family. [ It's the world's health preserver. Conway Drug Co. No. 50 Due Okls Runabout, with tup, oil, p n^.oo Dae Olds Roadster, with top, 10 II, I* $'250.00 Dno Olds Touring Car, with detachable tonneau, 12 H. P $275.00 Due Ford Runabout, 4CyUnder, with top and k'lass front, just re ! .. i 1 k r r a a i t puiutuu Jfoao uu )no Reo Touring Car, complete with oil ami and gas lamps, one Touring anil ono liunabout body and two tops, 'JO II. P 1075.00 3ne Buick Touring Car, completo with oil and gas lamps, and top 22 11. P $700.00 3no Ford Surrey, 4-Cylindors, complete with top, oil and gas lamys. 18 II P $075,00 LVo Cadillac Runabouts, ( with top and oil lamps < $150.00 I $500.00 3no Buick, 4-Cylinder Surrey, with top, oil r and gas lamps, lino con- K ditiou, 18 1L. P $800.00 I Dne Mitchell Touring Car, 1 complete with oil and gas lamps, top, windshield, ,80 11. P $1000.00 One 1900 "80" 5 passenger 4-Cylinder, com pie to with top, glass front, oil and gas iampsin line condition $1500,00 ime inoraas lriyor, 7 passenger, complete witli top, oil and gas lamps, glass front and tools, 50 II. P $1500.00 These are all excellent bargains, and in good condition, having been avorhauled in our shop. Most of the cars have been turned in by 3U8tomors who wanted later models and this is the reason wo olTer them at these very moderate prices. Write us at once for particulars; if you delay, it may happen that tho ear you want will be sold and you will have lost a rare chance to get a good automobile at an unusually low figure. Army Cycle Mfg. Co. IJO IMcctliur Street CHARLESTON, S.C. No. 9b 1)0. TREASURY DKPA RTMENT OF KICK OF COM I'TROLI.KIt OF T11K C'CRIt F.NCV Washington, D. G , March 7, 1910. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The First National Bank of Conway" in the Town of Conway in the County of Horry and State of South Carolina lias complied with all the provisions of the Statute of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to eommenco business of Banking; Now Therefore I, Lawrence O. Murray, Comptroller of the Cur rency, no nereoy ceruiy inivi "The First National Bank of Conway" in the Town of Conway in the County of Horry and State of South Carolina is authorized to commence tho business of Banking as provided in Section Fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Conversion of The Bank of Conway. In testimony whereof witness my hand and Seal of oflice this [L. S.J Seventh day of March, 1910, Lawrence O. Murray, Comptroller of the Currency. Citation Notice. State South Carolina, County of Horry. By John Holt, Esq., Probate Judge, Whereas, W VV. Roberts, made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of ed. effects of W. II. Roberts deceasad These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. II. Roberts, deceased, that they be and appear before mo, in the Court of Probate, to bo hold at Conway, S. C., on March 28th next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted, Given under my Hand, this 15th day of March A. D. 1010. John Ilolt. Probate Judge. Published on the 17th an(J 24th day of March, 1910 in the Horry Herald. Mr London writes: ''If I owned your Tea, 1 would guarantee a cure or refund their money, I say it's Nature's cure and the only one for the blood." Hollister's Rocky Mountan Tea cured him where other remedies failed. Try it with yourself. Conway Drug Co.