Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CONGESTION OF FREIGHT SERIOUS 1 '' \ , Blockade at New York Is Giving Shippers Much Concern *7,000 LOADED CARS BLOCK RAILROADS Great Improvement of Feed stuns ior .Export unlet Cause of Congestion. 4* >Iew York.?Congestion , of freight in anil around New York continues to be so great as to cause shippers and transportation companies serious concern. It is attributed mainly to the ? rush of foodstuffs and war munnitions gLfor shipment to the belligerent naL If It was stated that one railroad has Y upwards of 7,000 loaded cars between ' Pittsburgh and this city and that sev? eral hundred freight cars with locomotive parts and railway equipmentment for Russia are included in the block^ ade. No relief is seen by railway officials. The President of one of the large Eastern railroads said that the Con-J gestion is the worst within his memory. Some of the freight must be distributed to Southern ports or to Canada or vessels from other ports must be rushed to New York to take on the freight, he said. The railroad official declared that hundreds of freight cars with ship^ inents for Russia were sent from Pitts "burgh to Seatttle. Other shipments' were sent to Montreal in order to avoid New York. , Exports of all kinds from New York last week were valued L itr.A r:/to a?a ?L "PUU,I)'10,UIU. o The BlackBox , the left there. Steady!'* Tho cloud suddenly rolled away from the moon. A long line of horsemen were immediately visible. The officer in front rode forward. "Drop your arms and surrender," he ordered, aternly. The Mongars, who were outnumbered by twenty to one, obeyed without hesitation. Their chief seemed unconscious, even, of what had happened. He was on his knees, bending over tho body of Feerda, half support ea in craig s arms. Tho officer turned to Quest. "Are you the party who left Port Said for the Mongar camp?" he asked. Quest nodded. "They took us into the jungle?just 4T escaped. They'd caught us here, though, and I'm afraid we were about finished if you hadn't come along. Wo ?re not English?we're American." "Sa?n^ thing." the officer replied, as lie held out his hand. (TO BE CONTINUED.) o NOTICE. K- Under and by virtue of the Decretal Order made by his Honor, Frank B. Gary, Presiding Judge, in the case of Conway National Bank, plaintiff, vs. J. D. Skipper, defendant, and dated November 1st, 1915, the undersigned will offer for sale before the Court House Door at Conway, S. C., within Mb legal sale hours on Monday the 6th JT day of December, 1915. ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel and tract of land situate in Dog Bluff Township, County of Horry, State of South Caroilna, containing One Hundred (100) acres, more or less, and bounded and described as follows, to wit: North by the run of ^ 'Chinners Swamp; East by lands of J. M. Lewis; South by C. F. Spivey (old canal ditch); being the same land conveyed to J. 1). Skipper py C. H. Spivey by deed of date October 11th, 191.3; re-, corded in Clerk's Office. Horrv Conn ty, in Book W W W, page 170. Terms of sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. JAS. A. LEWIS, Sheriff H. C. ROBT. 13. SCARBOROUGH, Attorney. COtDS & LaGRIPPE 5 or 6 doses 660 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver ^better than Calomel and does not ilripe or sicken. Price 25c. o Although the open season for general hunting has been on but two days heavy demand has already been made upon Columbia sporting goods houses for ammunition. ( w /; . ^, ,.jj|.afca;. js&Mthi-rtkMax* 1 RISK IN RENTING OUT COTTON LANDS Continued from Page Three, but very few made over $500. Among share renters 2.9 per cent reported deficits and 5.1 per cent incomes of less than $100. Two-thirds made between $100 and 499, and one-fourth $500 and over. In the case of cash renters. 4.4 per cent lost money and 5.4 per cent made less than $100. Fifty-three per cent had labor incomes between $100 and $400 and 37 per cent made $500 or more. Of the latter, 25, or 8.4 per cent, made $1,000 or more. Thus it appears that a renters chances of making a large labor income in this section are somewhat in proportion to the risk he assumes. o CONTRADICTS AUSTRIA Dr. Cecil Griel Claims That Bombardment Continued for 45 Minutes. Washington?Affidavit by Dr. Cecil r. ? _: i i-i i __ ?i!? * vjreii, me* uiuy native American survivor of the Italian liner Ancona, directly contradicts the Austro-Hungarian government's official statement that the ship was not shelled by the attacking submarine after she stopped. The state department was notified of the existence of the affidavit by consular dispatches. o COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Not Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Horry. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS I A. C. Singleton, Plaintiff, A train si I Maud W. Smith, Clarence Smith, Lewis Calvin Smith, Mabel Lea Smith, Wilfred Smith, and Lutie Smith, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE XT A Afnrv . /XltJL Hi U . YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and resuired to answer the complaint in this action which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said -omplaint on the subscriber at his oflice at Conway, S. C., within twenty days after 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. October 7th, A. D., 1915. H. H. WOODWARD. Plaintiff's Attorney. To Maud W. Smith, Clarence Smith, Lewis Calvin Smith, Mabel Lea Smith, Wilfred Smith and Lutie Smith, absent defendants: TAKE NOTICE that the Complaint in the foregoing stated action in/1 f V> r\ Qnmrw/\r?n ^ ??l* w.l? ^ -C u-ui Mic uuiuiiiuiio, \jl wnnii iuregoing is a copy, were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Horry County, on the 12th day of October A. D. 1915. W. L. BRYAN. (L. S.) C. C. C. P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. ORDER. Upon reading the attached affidavit of H. H. Woodward, attorney for the plaintift; and it appearing that the infant defendants, Clarence Smith, Lewis Calvin Smith, Mabel Lea Smith, Wilfred Smith, and Lutie Smith, canpot after due diligence be found within this state, but that they reside at Oxford within the State of Florida, and that the action has been brought for the foreclousure of a mortgage of real estate in this County and State, said absent infant defendants claiming an interest in the equity of re/Iniwnf i am Vi^iuptiwil On motion of plaintiff's attorney, it is ordered that C. B. Dusenbury b( and he is hereby appointed as guardian ad litem for said infant defendants and is authorized and required to defend this action in their behalf; unless said infants, or some one in their behalf within five days after the service of this Order, as hereinafter speci fied, shall apply for and procure the appointment of some suitable and competent person to act as guardian ad litem in their behalf. It is further ordered that this Order be served on said infant defendants and upon their mother, Maud W. Smith, with whom they reside, by publishing the same with the Summons in said action for three successive weeks in the Horry Herald, a newspaper pub lished at Conway, S. C., and mailing with Summons, and the service shall be complete on the next dav following V O the day of the last publication thereof. / Dated Oct. 13th, A. D., 1915. W L BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. o? The QuhtlM That Does Not Affeet The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAX A* TIVK BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full uarae and look for the signature of K. W. QROVE. 25c. i v MjjM \ J ? * P'vV THE HORRY HERJ | I I 11 yyill I Don't buy ordinary whiskey ? p I Order one quart of BONDED DI I nniloratnnil U'& Dnnklo Stronorth Wl I Then add one quart of water you I and you have fine 90 proof whiskey (GREATEST IDE Don't pay the dealer for whiskey that'a ' H half water. Don't pay express on water. H When you can order only a quart or two H at a time, how foolish to take half of it in water. m No, air; Ret our DOUBLE WHISKEY, ^B which ia threo times as strong aa some I CORN, R B BONDED DISTILLER B 1 Qt., $1.35 2 Qts., I EXPRESS PREPAID EXPRESS JS Just as n trial offer nend us $2.50 and i m WHISKEY, either rye, corn or gin, and yo B of a velvet smoothness ? as Rood a liquor fiB with. Send in your orders; learn how to ? 1 BONDED DISTIL ORIGINATORS OF && Dept. 13. CHATTANC nra TAX NOTICE. The books will be open for collection of taxes for fiscal year 1915, from October 15th to December 31st, 1915, without penalty. Payable during Januray with 1 per cent, penalty, during | February 1 per cent addtional, and 5 per cent additional for March, making a total of 7 per cent March 1st to 15th at which time the books will close. Regular Tax Levy. The regular tax levy on all taxable property in the County is as follows: State tax 7 mills Constitutional School tax .... 3 mills Ordinary County 3 1-2 mills Court House and Jail Bonds 3-4 mills General County Roads and Bridges 1 mill Township Roads and Bridges 2 mills Re-Indexing Records 1-4 mill Past Indebtedness 1 mill Total 18 1-2 mills Conway Township Roads and Bridges (extra levy) 2 mills Floyds Township Roads and Bridges (extra levy) 5 mills An additional levy to pay special taxes voted for school purposes in certain school districts is as follows: Districts Mills No. 1 Port Harrelson 2 2 Evergreen 4 3 Dog Bluff 3 5 Sandy Plain 3 6 Athens 4 7 Green Sea 8 9 Little River 4 11 Socastee ft 13 Withers 4 14 Centenary ; . 4 15 Haw Branch 5 16 Piney Grove 4 17 Wanamaker 8 18 Loris 8 19 Burroughs 8 20 Mt. Olive 8 21 White Oak 3 22 Burcol 4 23 Good Hope 3 24 Cedar Grove 3 25 Gurley 3 26 Cool Spring 2 27 Zion 8 28 Chapel Hill 4 29 Powell 4 30 Princeville 4 32 Hickory Grove 2 83 Finklea 8 34 Oak Grove 4 3G Grassy F>ay 3 38 Hickory Hill 1 3 89 Simpson Creek 4 40 Joiner Swamp 3 41 Daisy 4 \ 43 Hulls Island 4 45 Tilly Swamp 3 40 Zopar 7 47 Red Hill 8 48 Eight Mile 2 40 Red Bluff 3 50 Floyds 10 51 Floyds X Roads 4 52 Poplar Hill 3 53 Allen 2 54 Valley Forge 1 3 50 Sanford 3 57 Sweet Home 5 58 Johnson 2 50 High Point 5 60 Muster Shed 3 61 Wampee 4 62 Savannah Bluff 3 63 Rehoboth 3 64 Enterprise * 3 66 Camp Swamp 1 8 Pisgah 4 68 Hpmewood 4 69 Maple i 4 iLD, COKWAY, S. C Quart I jble strength! whiskey! MAKES I Quarts I re's a brand new way of ordering _t lsuey. rhiskey that's half water. I STILLERY DOUBLE WHISKEY? ttiskey, Full 180 PROOF?no water. H irself. This cuts the strength in half H ? two quarts of 90 proof whiskey. H A OF THE AGE| whiskies sold. Add the water yourself and E from every quart order set two quarts of H whiskey; from every 2-quart order you H receive get four quarts of whiskey. K Try this system once and you will fol- H low it always; And out for yourself that Kl this is tho sensible way to order whiskey. H YE or GIN I Y DOUBLE WHISKEY ? $2.5? 4 Ots., $4.35 R PREPAID EXPRESS PREPAID || ivo will ship you two foil quarts of DOUBLE B u'll have a whole gallon v.? Hoothlng whiskey us you ever drank tha healtn af fellow-man Jjj :et a gallon of whiskey 011 a 2-quart ohipment, w ,LERY COMPANY 1 DOUBLE WHISKEY ^ )OGA, TENN. m 70 Poplar 3 71 Shell 4 72 Leon 3 73 Mt. Hermon 3 74 Four Mile 4 75 Virgo 2 76 Toddville 5 77 Strawfield 3 TM 4 to HiueiiuaGi 4 79 Bucksport 3 80 Spring Branch 8 81 Salem 3 82 Mill Swamp 3 83 Red Hill 4 84 Brunson 3 85 Watts 4 86 Cedar Creek 4 87 Feathery Bay 3 88 Waccamaw 4 S9 Seven Mile 4 90 Pauley 2 91 Pleasant Hill 2 92 Vaughts 4 94 Oak Grove 3 95 Twelve Mile 2 97 Carolina 3 98 Kilngston 2 99 Aynor 4 101 Pleasant Grove 4 School House Bond Tax. An additional levy of 2 mills in District No. 19, and in District No. 80 1 1-2 mills, and in District No 61 4 mills is made to pay interest on the School House Bonds, and to create a Sinking Fund for their final retirement. Capitation Tax. A poll tax of One Dollar for School purposes is levieu upon every male citizen bewteen the ages of 21 and 60 years, able to earn a living, except Confederate Veterans over 50 years of age. Capitation Dog Tax. A capitation tax of One Dollar is levied upon each dog in the County. Commutation Road Tax. Road tax for 1916 is due and pay able from January 1st, to March 15th, 191G, by every male citizen between the ages of 21 and 50 years, who is liable to Road Duty. Fishery Stamps. Fishery Stamps may be obtained from the County Treasurer's Office at any time. Persons ordering by mail will please enclose postage. Those who write for statement of their taxes will please state whether their property is all in one school district, and give the name and number of Districts. JOHN TIOLT, Treasurer of Ilorry County. A PINE WHOOPING COUGH . REMEDY. Mothers, Dr. Dell's Pine-Tar-Honey is just the remedy for your children's cold ailments. The fact is that pine is a quick enemy of cold conditions. Its qualities loosen the mucous in the throat, soothe the lungs and open up tho <iir niicuiifrnc Tim / ?I4 J ~~ f .... I Mi; VVIIIIIllliHllMI <11 honey, soothing and pleasant, with the loosening pine quality makes this an ideal cough remedy for children. Each passing year brings for it, new friends A family of growing children cannot, afford to be without it. 25c. a bottle.! ?adv. A large and representative Floronce audience listened intently to the twohour address of Hon William Jennings Bryan on "The War in Europe" last Wednesday night at the O'Dowd Theatre. BANKER OF GAFFNEY ! j SEEKS SLICK FORGER A. N. Wood Went to New York I Looking for Man Who Used His Name. The following is from The New A York World: A. N. Wood, vice president of the Merchants and Planters' National Bank of Gaffney, S. C., was flat on his back in a sanitarium in Charlotte, N. C., last January when a prominent Stock Exchange house of this city received the following letter, written on the stationery of the Hotel Bres: lin: viciuiiriiieii; Inclosed find draft for $1,500 which you will place to my credit and open 1 orders as follows: Sell 5 October cot- ! ton at 950, but if not executed by i 10:40 o'clock sell at the market. Close ( out this cotton at 15 points decline and < replace at same price. Send all mail to this hotel. Am going to Poston tomorrow and 1 hope to sec you Saturday. If you look up the bankers of S. C. you will see who 1 am Peing vice president of a bank, never wire me anything. 1 am not a speculator but just thought would make expenses while off in interest of our cotton mills. Yours truly, A. N. WOOD, Gaffney, S. C. With o natural ni'oillllicn ntfninet nn ? [ - - J " .lOV ?.?V ceptancc of speculative accounts from bank officers, the brokers looked through the records and discovered that the National Park Bank was New York correspondent of the South Carolina institution. They took the check there and found that, though the signature did not precisely tally with the signature card in the Park Bank, it was closely similar. The brokers then requested their bankers the Bank of Manhattan Company, to wire the Merchants and Planters' of Gaffney and ask if Mr. Wood was in New York. This reply was received: "Mr. A. N. Wood is in Charlotte, N. C., care Charlotte Sanitarium." Satisfied now that the check was a forgery, the brokers called up Police Headquarters and Frederick F. Franklin of the First Branch Detective Bureau was put on the case. He found no A. N. Wood registered at the Bres1 in, but kept close watch over the telephone in the hope that the writer of the check might call up. nut the cotton market ran counter to the orders in the "A. N. Wood" letter; else the brokers think they would certainly have heard from the writer with instructions to send back the A. N. Wood check and mail to him a check representing the profit on the speculation. "Will you please let me know from whom you got the draft made on us for $1,500, signed by A. N. Wood and returned to you with endorsement. 'Signature not authorized?' I am at a loss to know how you could have come into posession of this draft?" The brokers heard nothing more from the police and had dismissed the matter from their minds until yesterday one of the partners raised his brows in pleased surprise as there was ushered into his office a tall, lithe, square shouldered man, with gray hair, goatee and mustache, and wearing a long, black coat, turndown collar and black string tie. As a Southern gentleman of the old school the broker knew his caller even before he introduced himself with the sonorous drawl: "A. N. Wood, vice president of the Merchants and Planters' National Bank of Gaffney, South Carolina. Mr. Wood entirely recovered from his illness and with spring in his I step and fire in his eye, was here to j run down the man who had uttered i the forgery. He saw the false signature for the first time, for he had previously been unable to leave th.^j South. He took the check and letterI away with him. "This has troubled me not little," j he said. "I don't know who did it, i whether it was some Northerner orl some cracker down in my country, but I I'll reckon 1 find out." No. 666 This it a prescription prepared especially lor MALARIA or CHILLS &, FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and If taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It sett on the liver better than Calomel and.does not gripe cr sicken. 25c ; (| Revision of the Federal neutrality laws so the Department of Justice can deal with offenses difficult if not impossible to reach under existing statutes is one of the tasks Congress will be asked to undertake at the coming session. ' 1 tx^t* SBV*Wf ALLIES DEFEAT T BULGAR FORCE Important Successes Claimed for Both French and British Last Week ??? 1 I SERBIANS DRIVEN STEADILY BACKWARD yit a ? Luonasxir in imminent Danger 'i ?Teutons Sweeping on With Charges. Paris.?Important successes for joth the French and British forces in Serbia are reported by the Athens correspondent of the Havas Agency. According to his information which the correspondent says is unofficial, the Bulgarians have lost the town of Kasturino to the French and have been defeated by the British on the Valondovo-Kabrovo front. The correspondent, whose dispatch was filial 4 1...4 ...........i: " * . mm. illiwiiuilg lO mo latest news received by Athens newspapers, the French won a striking vie tory over the Bulgarians on the Tithirkowo-Shevo-Krussevitva front. The battle was waged for two days The French were greatly outnumbered but used their three inch guns with great effect. The BulgiVians are said to have sustained such heavy losses that they gave up the fight and retired northward to the right bank of the Vardar river. Fleeing From Monastic. London.?Serbia's position is growing steadily worse, according to information obtained by the Reutcr correspondent at Athens. The population of Monastic is fleeing to Fiorina, 16 miles south across the Greek border and Saloniki. Prilep is expected to fall as soon as Bulgarian forces arrive there from Tetovo. The danger of being surrounded by Bulgars coming from the west toward Prilep upset the Serbian defense at Babuna Pass. Desperate fighting is expected around Prilep and to the south of that point A Bulgarian force is advancing from Krushevo to cut off the Serbian lines of retreat towards Krcsna and the Albanian frontier. On the northern front the Serbs are fighting desperately contesting every inch of territory. The Reuter correspondent declares that while this information is unofficial the Serbian legation admits that it is probably correct. Teutons Press On. The Austro-German forces in Serbia continue to press' back their opponents. The war office announced that the town of ICursumlya had been occupied by German troops after being abandoned by the Serbians. Several hundred Serbians and a number of cannon were captured by the Germans. The Teutonic forces, have reached a line running from Javor, near the Montenegrin border to the north of Raska and Kursumlya, Radan and Oruglica. o Estray Notice. Notice is hereby given that there has been taken up at the residence of W. C. Martin, R. F. D. No.. 2, Conway, S. C., one small mare mule, having but one eye, and that the owner of the same is unknown; and that the said mule has been estrayed before the undersigned, due appraisment made and the same duly filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Horry County. Unless the owner shall appear and prove this property within the period of four months from this date according to law, the same will be advertised and sold as provided by the statute. N. 1>. SMART, Magistrate. Dated September 21st, 1015 4 mos I rges Exoneration. Chicago.?Vindications of l)r. Harry .J. llaiselden, the surgeon who declined to operate on the defective Rollinger baby to save its life, will be recommended to the coroner's jury today by Dr. H. D. G. Reinhart. el liof pnr,r?iin*,'o physician, who conducted a post mortem in the six day old infant an hour after its death last night. Coroner Peter Hoffman had indicated that unless the postmortem proved the child a mental defective Dr. Haiselden might be tried for criminal negligence. "My examination shows that the probabilities are strong that the child would have been a mental defective/' Dr. Reinhart said today. It would have been a paralytic all its life. My own opinion is that Dr. Haiselden was right in not allowing the baby to live."