Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f Lrocal and I ^ The now cottage of Mr. and Mis. L. I). Mugralh is now in the hands of the painter, \V. L. Housond and being in charge of the work of decoration under the contractor, A. l>. Garwln. The hoi Se is in bungalow style an<l is a handao. -.e addition to thai j section of Conway. * Wlun you wrrt a nice residence << a good farming tract, call on the 1-Ior ry Land Agnccy and see what they have.?adv.. m * C. Z. Enzor of Eloyds township spent some time here last week or. business. The farmers are doing well just tyow by Veason of the high price < f | Cotton. They should remember th.r i the way to get the best results fro: this high price is to invest it in now improvements on the farm, the c:: tension of their drainage wher needed, the broadening of the') fields, and in general improvement of the places they till. Their moncj invested in that way will b* ing then, better returns than any other \vn\ Let us hope they are practicing thi j every day. I * * * r A The ladies of the Red Cross ar very active now in the work they have undertaken. All are anxious i?. help them along. ***** Already this cotinbry is feeling th burdens of war. * n J. D. Anderson was in Conway las' Friday on business. ? * ? W. I\ Lewis, cashier of the Hank of Ay nor, visited Conway late las' Wednesday evening. ? ? Simon Boyd, Jr., of Simpson Creek township visited Conway last week on legal business. ? * A. M. I ,oe spent some time her: last week on business. m m 0 The coal shortage is causing un easiness in many small towns of this State, ami bringing still w >rse trouble in the larger cities. Tobe Cooper w?" in this sec'ion J recently on business. * * Regardless of the war Horry. County will make a good showing *? . heir annual fair now going on thi.n week. * B. L. Hume of Causey, S. C., spent a day here last week on business, Yaii Ronofii I UU VbllGIIl THERE HAS JUST ARI THE FOLLOW ' > One Car Load Wagons One Thousand Sacks Cot One Thousand Bushels Ru Two Whole Cars Agricult mer ought to use.) Five Thousand SackS'Goo Five Thousand Pounds Ch Now please That all these goods were kets before the recent ris< them in large quantities t These goods are now beir ? ent stores?GALIVANTS VILLE, and AYNOR, all al ' and satisfy. We have tol do it. Manv articles wer? factory prices. You can : prices will prove when yoi goods. You will be welcome at an: George J. Galivanst Ferry A: Personal The number of automobiles used in Horry County is rapidly increasing. New kinds are coming in and local agencies are rushed with orders faster than they can be filled. Those who d0 not own a car to-day .c\ in to dream of it to-night. # % 4 C. H. King wits in the city recently on business. Sheriff Jus, A. Lewis last Wednesday received word of a killing in Socastcc townhsip and was required to go at once. A full account of the . matter will appear elsewhere in the pi per. IT. J. Prince was among these visit Pig Conway last Saturday, * * Now is the time to invest in lar. .vh?le money is flush. Land will no*, mil away. It is one of the safest investments known. Coll on M. :M. Hndriek, manager Hoirv Land Agency and sec what they have for sain L -daw?adv i % l V < * t * I The list of twenty-eight young men who wore sent to Camp Jackson last Saturday, are the first, as we understand it, to he taken out of the In i of three hundred that were examined in the last batch by Llit? local , coemption board. W. A. Adams was here on business in day last week. * I Mrs. W. H. Darby has been confine<l to her bed recently. The many friends ?he has made since hen* short stay in the city will bo glad to learn Unit she is rapidly recovering. The cotton gins in this county are running over time it is said to keep up with the cotton that is being pour en .nto them. This country dreads to be in war: I hut wh.ni slm is obliged to do it she! can do it with a will. ***** Tho framing for the new residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Freeman, was all up last week, and some of the sheeting was nailed in place. The work on this new residence is going j ahead rapidly and will soon be com-! pleted it is said. D. J. Cox was in Conway recently on business. The Pastime theater was c'os'd again last week. Lovers of the silent dram i again feel disappointed about tho matter. by our Luck ilVED LARGE LOTS OF flNG GOODS: i ! ton Seed Meal ist Proof Seed Oats ! oral Lime (? thing every farI d Whole Rico owing Tohacco. take notice: | purchased on the marsin prices, and by getting he price was very low. ig offered at my differFERRY, JORDANt prices that will please id you the reason we can s bought at less than the share benefits as the j call and look over the / of the three storse. Holliday /nor, Jordanville, THE HOBBY HERA L Some repairs * :U be liu.de to the1 old Conwa^ Met-lu ahst church by tear ing down the" steeple 0:1 the s u.h | wall and rcfinishin the building m> ato stop tl?c leak that has oxi: t ?i ( there for tome tir.K to the gicu.t damage of the property. . % + 4 H. Ii. Enzor was in this section ( f 1 the County a few days ago. % < * ? U. A. Dusenbuiy .pent a day hci\ ? lafst week: i * * A. L. Lewis was in Onwrty last | Saturday on business. ? * K. L. Mishoe of Horry, S. C.. visited Conway last week on business. I A. S. Enrich of Gooigctown sp?.n4 | i some lime in Conway last wool:. ! | J. O. Anderson was in Convey 'a.d. ; i Friday on business. i Dr. W. H. Darby recently resigned i his position with the Norton l)u:;. to take charge of the Pharnri' -cutieal department of the Horry DuUg Ci;n^ v !l ?,ac' to ]nc-? his friends there. ? ? * i 1 Lands are constantly increasing la j value in this county. ..... II. C. Gore of Louts, S. C., was nil I Co. tw..y or.c day rctviitly on business I j Tf you have a residence c<r countrv , ' tract that you want to sc!! place it i d the bar.ds of the Horry Land Agency, j I Look over what we have in hand ii I you wish to buy a place.? adv. The Red Cross meeting* will he hc\i i Monday afternoon instead of Fiida.x. Living all knitting. ? * Dr. W. K. MeCord, formeily of Con way, hut now of Greenwood, S. C., j was in Conway tlm first of the week shaking hands with his many frii nds. Krunk Thompson, of the Quartermaster Corp., of the U. S. Army, located at Spartanburg, S. C., is visiti ing friends and ralatives in the city. I'. C. Prince was hei-e recently o.i I business. On the Bh We have on the block, as following' valuable properties, careful attention, especially if money in an absolutely safe w? Read the following descri and three residences in the To> can sell you to-day if you want sitions, or all together if you c Give this a look-over to-c COUNTY Tract of Land, situated in Bucks Toy n l Twenty-Five Acres, on Public ito Church, School House, same distance Town of Conway, has one four Room and Stables. One acre and Fam lv Land. Terms of Sale. One-third ('a farm. A. 11. Long- place. CiTY v uy lot, good site for Business Hons ar.d Main Street, Lot B2 by 80 feet, C door to the Pastime Theater, Terms Two Hundred Dollars. CITY RES One Might-Room Residence situated < utes from corporate limits, exempt fr lights, Three Stables, One Barn, Pee W. Bethoa. Rents for Twelve-Pi fly Ask us for the price. CITY RES Residence of U. A. Dusenbury, si'ua and Kim Street, Two Story, Garage Consideration Pour Thousa d Doila r, by Mortgage on said Property. Bath COMPLETE F/S Farm . ituatcd in Simpson Crock Tow under cultivation, eight-room dwell in barns, and stalls, two and half stoi i( and other necessary buildings. Leon property. Some good timber. .'3-4 r merly known as N. M. Hardee Farm, ly low price. One-third cash balanc< LOT FO 200 feet by 172 feet, within City Lim bargain for some one. First three hi If interested see M. M. Hedrick, Mai Call on the manager at Ho' Horry Lan CONWAY ' t \ V t* . S} The oldest Amcri ""HE MUTUAL LIFE INSURAI W. B. Coxe, S F. F. Covington, Bullock E R. M. Bullo< : I D, CONWAY, S. C. TWEKTY-eOHT WHITES LEAVE FOR JACKSONj The twenty-eight white men sum j won I to go to Camp Jackson hut; :-'rtu day morning, all reported in Conway Inst Friday even my,* exccpi i J. F. Kirton who came in later, hi ? car having broke down on the way They all left on the cfir'y train last Saturday imorning for the camps a' Cc'umbia. They are as follows: Mike tirynnt Bullock, Joseph liaimon Capps, Daniel Edgar Carter, James Ford Chestnut, Benj. Crier Collins, Dillon Cox, Hence L' alicr Elliott, B: ucc Crainjer, , , Keroy Yeoman Hcdg?s, John Harvey Holmes, I Marshall Mace Horn, | Walter McDuffie Mucks, tollin Johnson, Wm. Harlcy Jones, ' ^ Kirton, T> ' ^ T * ' -? MuVi m M Dowcll, Rohert Mh.lz, Carl I'hi 'lips, J esc pa Tha-I Fort, Charlie D. Ik inco, Burt Hay. .ics:c Louie Roberts, Jo" n I) >la Smith, Geo. Suirgs, Wm. Kenneth Suggs, James Walter Todd, Jcf"C Williamson. I o There was some excitement caused hist Monday night when it was stated that the residence of Mr. E. S. C Baker was on fire. The company r?i ! -ponded only to find that the blaze | was outside of the corporate limits. m * ? J. Ross Johnson, of Georgetown, S C. spent the week end here with his i parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnson. For nearly all last week, the mornings before dinner and the afternoons ; and early evenings were delightfully warm; while it turned cold eacl ; night and this section was visited by heavy frosts. ! ~>ck Today. i it were, for sale to-day, the | to all of which we ask your you desire to invest some ! ly- | ptions of a fine country tract, vn of Conway, all of which wo them, either one of the propoicsire to invest that muchlay. TRACT rnship, consisting of One Hundred ad, One and One-half Miles from from Boat Landing, Six Miles from Reuse, plastered and sealed, Barn fiMl'dnil nlnn i./v.I ,,v 1 v.. vivmcvi, sume uniDcr on | sh, balance secured by mortgage on j I LOT | \ On Southeast corner 4th Avenue )pposite Peoples National Hank, next I of sale: Cash consideration TwentyIDENCE m Burroughs Street, just three minom Town taxes, Good water, Electr.e d loft, now occupied by Professor C per month. Terms of Sale: Cab IDENCE ted on the corner of oth A vera. ( and outstanding buildings, wale . ; s, i'O per c< at. Cash, Balance secured room. Perfectly ideal location. iRM FOR SALE T.ship. containintr 1o n/?vno a~ , , . - v <?V 1 ? r>, I ' .U I < " one tnoant house, one s.-i of large s high, smoke house, tobacco barn, Boyd road runs directly through die from seven month school. KorWc offer this place at a surprising5 terms. R SALE tits. Clear deed and title. A real jndred and twenty-five dollars, lager 1 tel Grace and get particulars. id Agency , s. c. > I M A o ** vmu v/umpuny MCE CO., OF NEW YORK \ pecial Agent District Act. 1 tros.? I ;k, Mgr., Agents. ' HORRY DiSTiLLEPS GET SENTENCES Last week's report of the p roc edit gs vl' < Cn'.ed States District Ccuit held in r'o'uniiiiu, has the following U) say about several distillers recently caught stilling* "moon-shine** in tins county and sent up to answer for a violation of the laws: C. K. Livingston, Ed. Norns, Luke 3-jIo.s and Homy Soles pleaded guilty to owning* and operating a distillery in Worry C.urty about five miles f?om the North Carolina line. They were typical looking mountaineers and North Carolina was their home c* a i mi. i a O Ult%. I ilfV Wl IV I HlWrhf ~ v i vtiiiiiii^; ?i 0 gallon still and the sentence was a fine of $o()0 and six mouths in the P'i'an County jail. FOR QUICK SALE I'OR CJUICK SAl.E? M3 acre farm and desirable home at $12.50 per acre. 25 acres euHivated and 80 to 90 more could be easily cleared. , Could sell enough timber and wood i to pay for entire tract. Few acres planted in money crop at prevailing prices would buy this beautiful place. Kami is well located in Horry, one mile from river landing, mile from good school, church and large supply store. Has one dwelling, new tobacco barn, five out buildings, two large gvape vineyards, and about 40 to 50 fruit trees. Would be cheap at $20 per acre. If interested act quickly. Terms to suit purchaser. W. Boyd .Jones, Broker, Conway,. S C.? adv * * * SAWY KR.HYMAN. Miss Waddell Sway or and Mr. KlMio Hyman were quietly married here last week at the residence of Prohate Judge J. S. Yaught, who performed the ceremony. The bride is accomplished and beautiful and comes from Mull ins, S. C, She is a sister of Mr. Lofton Sawyer. Mr. Hyman i> omKF O-V. M 1 *v *" . v . .:j VI .UI", ti 11(1 airs. 15, T. | Hyman of Conway, The young people have received the congratulations of many friends. o ? 1). O. Boyd and Gorum Boyd spent s'niio time in Conway the first of this week on business, M. G. Anderson went to GeorgeI town on business the latter part of last week. m ? Clerk of Court, W. L. Bryan, went into Floycls township on Monday of last week where ho sold the personal propel ty of the late Mr. Hatcher. The real estate was sold at the Court House here on the day before. These sales were made under the directions of a decree of the court recently t iled. ALARM OF HRE CAUSED EXCITEMENT V - m m*m 1 SIR One day last week a fire alarm was iu::g in fioni the residence of .1. M 1 >us: nbury. Investigation proved that some small outbuildnigs hat been fired by the childten while pi iying with matches. The amount T' damage was small and the flame were easily prevented from spreading. o STRA YEI)---Onc red heifer yearling, about year old, marked split in left and undorbit in right ear. Report any information to 0. S. MUCKS Horry, S. C.?adv?It?1 l-lf>-l 7 <> LOST. One black mare mule with while pots where saddle woiks, and small speck on side, broke out of stable reoently and went off. Owner wlli appreciate any information as to the vheroabouts of the animal. Write or send word to I. 1). KING, 1 1 -1 -2t-pd Bayboro, S. C. NOT I CM. All persons indebted unto the late ; J as. J. Scale are required to make immediate payment to the undersign- 1 ci Administratrix, and all persons holdino- ' viuiiiio 111jsi iiini are likewise required to present the same luly proven according' to law to her >r Robert B. Scarborough, her at;orncy, within tlie time required by 1 aw, oi* this notice will be plead in bar .. >f their payment. ^ Rebecca K. Seale, Qualified Administratrix, tobt. B. Scarborough, It?11-7. Attorney. ?sas g)[?Bnc?p?f*K f[RE IN Stock f6r your CAR tfOMf We use genuine Ford Parts , only in our repair work. n CONWAY MOTOR CAR CO., ti \ ' nv* NEGRO BOY KILLED J IN LOWER HORRY I ' ? I ? * iuijuum neia, nenry Uibbes, Does Mot Discover the Man Slayer ' ! r* SHERIFF SENT AFTER, COULD DO NOTHING Killing4 Probably Intended for Another Colored Man, at Same House. ^ ' ?__ % V I Tiio sheriff was scat for in Socastee townshin last wool- " " r v ??\ \ i\ vmi ciicuunt ot th(. shooting of Henry Gibbos, a colared boy about 12 years of age, under peculiar circumstances. The sheriff went but could discover no clue to, the slayer. An inquest was he'd and thrv IV.ur.d that tie came to hi.s death at the hands of panics u; known. Toe jury was com po>\d as follows: .J. ,i. Veveen, Sam Jones, Bonnie Veveen, <'. C. Smith, J. 1,. B. Burgess, and J. A. Burgess. The boy lived with a colored man by the name of Anderson Small On Tuesday night some one hailed at the dooi of the house occupied by Small and the boy and wanted Small to come to the door so the caller could deliver him a letter that he claimed to have for him. Small would not goto the door, but he told the boy, Henry Gibbes to t< 11 the man to put the letter under the door. The boy took the lantern and going to the door instead of askind the man to place the letter under the door, tie pulled the door open and without warning he was shot down by the unknown man outside, "r ^ o G. K. Stevens was in Conway last Saturday. M. G. Parker and A. F. Parker were in Conway last Saturday. Mrs. M. G. Parker and Mrs. Louisa Parker were also in Conway last Satusday. * E. E. Brown was in Conway on I usiness one day last week. Hon. J. A. McDormott returned last Thursday from Columbia where he had been summoned as a witness in the United States court. o TAKEN UP?At my place one sow, color black and white, marked swal low fork and underbit in one ear and upporbit in the other ear, about 4 years old. Owner can get same by proving and paying charges. 11. P. PRINCE, Hammond, S. C.? adv?ot-pd-11-15-17. o STRAY Hi) NOTICE. Tiiere has taken up in my field one Mack and white spotted sow shoat, maiked ^p it and underbit in right car, crop in left. Owner can pay d; mages and get him. 11-8-17 ?O. M. WATTS. TAKEN UP?One male hog, marked smooth i rop and underbit in right ear, bail* crop and underbit in left, red and black spotted. C. 11. King, Gurlcy, S. C.? ll-S-.'lt. TAKEN UP?1 .... < v miwii III) nt my place one stray cow, color dark red, about 12 years old, marked crop and underbit in right ear. Owner ran get same by proving and paying charges. 1 live one mile from Allen. IM NT K .1 OKI)AN.?1.1-8?.".t pd. I'OK SAl.Ii- -Touring Chevrolet It) 17 Model, New, having been run less than 1.0(H) miles. In perfect condition. $.*>00.00 will buy it. Address "Automobile," care the Horry Herild.?1 l-l?S:-pd. COR SALE?20 acres of land in 8>ocastee townsh'p bounded north by Mill Pond, west by Uu.ds of Mr. Frank Mills, east by land of Mr. Full wood, anil south by land of my own. Address: Mrs. Jidict D. Grant, lagan, Ga.?9-27-17?4t. IVANTED?Old False Teotn --v.nf \nmi v matter if broken. I pay $2 to $15 per set. Send by pan el post and receive check by return mail. F. TERL, 403 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Id.-?4t-pd?9-27-17 drives Out Maltrta, Builds Up System be Old Standard ceneral atrenffthenlnf tonic, ROVK'S TA8Tlt!.i:S9 chill 1X)NIC,drives out Inlai ia.enrichea the blood.ni>dbuiklaupthesyain. A true tonic. For adult a and children. 60c An attempt, to reduce prie*?A ill be the next move of the food fldlinistration in assuming control of ic principal food commodities.