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HERO'S MOTHER HEARS OF HER ROY'S DEATH % "God Help Me to Endure," She Said, When Told of the 1 \ Soldier's Fate. / ^ ' (Kvansville, Ind., Cor. Cleveland Plain * Dealer.) Mrs. Alice Dodd had not. been notified by the government that her bo /, James Gresham, twenty-three, was I he first soldier to shed his blood for A nil Kir-51 fitxl u,iik>lil i lAi'AAiirn.ti; ae r. /*: I ------ MUM ?T Ml a* 1 viv nivrv i c*v J tio viiv of Gen. Pershing's troopers, f- She was bending over a wa sh tub at '>? her little home, 907 Lemcke avenue. | v The reporter sent to deliver the mes\ ^ sage today tells of the meeting as follows: 1 knew by her smile as 1 entered 1 , would have to tell her the story. "You're the mother of James Grcsham, the boy who is fighting in France?" 1 asked. "Will you give me one of his photographs." "Why?" she inquired. And I told her I wanted to put it in the paper. 1 requested her picture too. She talked about her son as she. ( loitl-nd (lll'MIHl'U ?. "il? '>(' I t.-uix.-i unuu)jii a wi seeking one of his. He hud joined th0 army four years ago, she said. H? was under age, hut she signed the papers for him. Yes, she was proud ol him, of course, but then-? "It's awfully hard to have him gone," she said. "Mrs. Dodd, consider this is a war for humanity," I said. "Don't you think any mother ought to be glad U have her boy fighting for a cause likethat?" "Yes," she said, and looked up at me with a bright cy0 and a happy smile, and then?the light died out of her eye, and the smile faded. "Great God," she cried. "It's not my boy that's dead?" I think Mrs. Dodd was crazed a little while. Two daughters tried to quiet her. There were just two sentences that framed themselves out of the bable of her words. One was: "God help me to endure," and the other, "Will they bring his body home ?" "He has insurance enough to pay the expense of shipment," she says. The last time Mrs. Dodd saw James was three years ago. Hut he wrote every week, and oftener. In her hand she clutched a little Bilk handkerchief embroidered in gay colored floss, a souvenir of France, the last gift James had sent them before he went into the trenches. She does not know this is more than a great personal tragedy to her. She doesn't realize this event makes his\ i y. olr n osn't find const latio ? i t.'o fact her boy's name will go dow. for generations. "Yes, he's a hero, and for his sake 1 ought to be brave; but I'm not a her-*, I'm just a mother." And I wondered which was the f ittest hero, James or mother. ...What is slAX-FOS T ' LAX-JOS iS AN INHriMVCD CASCARA A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic and Liver Tonic. Contains Casern a Bark, Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black Root, May Apple Root, Senna Leaves and Pepsin. Combines strength with palatable aromatic taste. Docs no' */i ipe. 50c o How's This? V Wc offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Cartarrh Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five years, and has be?come known as the most reliable / r n..i- 1- r m /-i * i rmuiiy iui vauirrn. null's UUtarrn Medicine acts thru the Blood on the mucous surfaces, expelling the Poison from the Blood and healing the diseased portions. After you have taken Hall's Catarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Medicine at onc'e and gel ' rid of catarrh. , Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.?adv o TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are warned not to trespass in any manner upon the lands of yS. A. Hammond in Green Sea township.?under penalty of law. 12-29-17?4t ?S. A. Hammond. o WlfMMvAr VAH NM4 A . . ^ w. - ? ? IIWII ? WU?f I UMIW Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because It cental?* the well known tonic properties of QUININE ) and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Driveout Malaria, Enriches the Blood an Builds v.p the Whole System. 60 cent TAX RETURNS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1918. The County Auditor of Horry County will attend the following places at times specified below for the purpose of taking returns for the fiscal yea* 1918 of all poll tax payers, also of all property both REAL AND PERSONAL owned January 1st, 1913 . All able bodied apalos * between the ages of 21 and 09 years capable of earning a support, shall be decme* taxable polls. Executors and Administrators arc required to make their returns. Fan. are to make returns within the time specified, subjects the delinquent to a penalty of 30 per cent. Bayhoro?Monday, January 7th, Jrom 10 to 12. , Rchobeth?Monday, Januray 7th, "rom 2 to 4. Mt. Pisgah?Tuesday, January 8t*a, from 9 to 11. Hinaon's Store?Tuesday, January -th, from .1 to 4. Slovens X Koaes?Wednesday, Jau :usry 9th, from 10 to 12. Strouds Store?Wednesday, January 9th. from 2 to 4. Floyds School House ? Thursday, January 10th, from 10 to 3. Spring Branch?Friday, January 1 lht, from 9 to 12. Clrassy Bay?-Friday, January lltn. [ rom 8 to 4. (ieren Sea?Saturday January 12lh j from 9 to 12. I Hammond?Monday, January l-lOo] from 11 to 12. Daisy?Monday, January 14th, fro i 2 to 4. Nathan Bellamy's Store?Tuesday, January loth, from 10 to 12 Longs?Tuesday, January 15th from 2 to 4. Brooksville?Wednesday, J an up ?'\ 1 Gth, from 9 to 11. Little River Weflnnxrhiv .l:mn mm 16th, from 1 to 3. Wampee?Thursday, January 17ih from 9 t0 12. Hand?Thursday, January 17th from 2 to 2:30. Tilly Swamp?Thursday, January 17th, from 3:30 to 4. Cool Spring?Monday, January, 21st, from 11 to 12. Aynor?Monday, January 21st, from 2 to 4. | Galivants Ferry?Tuesday, January | 22nd, from 9 to 3. Dog Bluff?Wednesday, January, 23rd, from 10 to 11. Jordnnville?Wednesday, January 23rd, from 1 to 3. Coopers Store?Thursday, January, 24th, from 11 to 12. Stalvey?Thursday, January 24th, from 2 to 4. Burgess?Friday, January 25th. i'rom 9 to 12. Fowlers School House?Tuesday. January 29th, from 9 to 11. Boris?Tuesday, January 29th, from I to 4. San ford?Wednesday, January 3 "), from 9 to 11. Adrian?Wedncsady, January 30.1:, from 1 to 3. Myrtle Beach?Thursday, January, 31st, from 1 to 4. ine balance of the time unci! February 20th at the Auditor's office Conv/a y. N. C. ADAMS, County Auditor. ?4? So far the Winter has been nur?h harder than last year. This is a time too when mild Winter weather would be. a great blessing owing to the shortage in wood and coal. M Reasons! k Why you should use Bh^ 1%M Cardui, the woman's ra tonic, for your troubles, I ^ k 1 have been shown in ml thousands of letters from actual users of this medi- L^ cine, who speak from $?hl personal experience. If ntt the results obtained by L ^ kj other women for so many <VAfl years have been so uni- PA ^8 tormly good, why not Iwl give Cardui a trial? Take The Woman's Tonic ^ Mrs. Mary I. Irvin. of Cullcn, Va., writes: "About U years ago, I ftkl suffered untold misery ^ with female trouble, bearing-down pains, head- ^ wl ache, numbness ... I would go for three weeks i^J almost bent double .. My husband went to Dr. kj for Cardul . . After taking about two bottles I began going v| around and when I took three bottles I could do ^ all my work." E-80 ^ *1 J8O^*?(0flnW'TS5M0 Better Baulking Se1 The Federal Reserve Fa Lined resources of a thour.ai established by Act of Con? farming and business intcre; We are members of this better than ever before, to th-j credit and currency the; and to protect them against ).f you are not linked up \ our uepos^toi s c^mo in u? hcl you. X PEOPL **;:* *nA?. fte-stnvR x; Conw ? ?<>:,*. rvitEM Young Mothers Reserve strength for motherhood is of two-fold importance | and thoughtful women before ! and after maternity take prnTTir 3 emulsion) It supplies pure cod liver oil (or rich blood and contains lime and soda with medicinal glycerine, all important ingredients for strengthening the nervous system and furnishing abundant nourishment fit is free from alcohoL Insist on the genuine. The Norwegian ood liver oil in Scott* Emulsion is now refined in our own American laboratories which makes it pure and palatable. j - ? own ol iwwnc, uioomaeld, N.J. 17-20 SUBM ARINE S TOLL FELL OFF LAST WEEK i British merchant shipping losses j for the' past, week show the lowest j total since the week ending Novcnij bor 11. when six vessels were lost. The loss of twe've ships, eleven 01 more than 1,600 tons, and one of less han that tonnage compare favorably viih the 'osse-i of 17 ' the previous eel; and 1-1 in. the week ending Deoniber !). ; [Catarrh of T Miss Amalle Ruzicka, 1449 South 16th St., Omaha, Nebraska, writes: ' "I have suffered with catarrh of the ' throat. I caught cold and it settled * in my throat, and I coughed badly ] and was vr-w wonu- t ? ??? ^ .. vwitn.i uvi 0u;u|' and had no appetite. I had two doctors. and had taken so many different 4 medicines and found no help. I thought ] I will have to give up; but at last , my mother read about Peruna, so I thought of trying that great medicine j Peruna. I got n bottle of it and in J about four days I almo3t stopped 1 coughing, and after a while I surely found relief, and from that time wo are not without J'eruna in our home," ( I have in this week two car the best can be bought. Als; Saddlery. You can get a < my line. Come to see me and your money than you can poss G.B.J # lOTKhKMFWl? ^ ?1 JLL1J - 1 mmmmmmmmmmmmtm rvice for Farmers nldng System, with com"td million dollars, has been tress to stand bach of the sts of the country, system which enables us, supply our farmers with y need for producing crops disorganized markets. ?vith this system as one ct" id lot us toll you how it ES NATIONAL BANK ay, South Carolina. ' GOOD LA I'NDRY SOAP M A I)M AT HOMKV Scraps of Fat Should be I'tilized as "In Ye Good Old Days." i Clemson College, S. C -Turn buk and learn mhat grandmother did with her odds and ends ol fats. When the fat used for "deep frying" has become unfit for additional frying, add it to the other bits of f:it which cannot be used for food and make soap. the stove and put in all the waste scraps of fat which have accumulated during th cday. To purify the fat, add a potato sliced thinly. Cook very slowly until the potato slices are crisp , and brosvn; strain the fat through several thicknesses of cheesecloth. This method of purifying the fat at short intervals, instead of waiting un| til enough has accumulated to make ; soap will keep it from becoming rau' c.id and having a brown color. This is what sometimes causes clothes washed with homemade soap to have a strong odor. When enough fat has been saved, make a solution of concentrated lye or "potash" following* the directions j given on the can. Melt the fat, add j j the solution and stir until smooth and somewhat thickened. Put the mixture into shallow pans or boxes lined with greased paper or old pieces of cloth and store in a dry | place to harden. : o I A Big Job. Utile ICsther stood gazing at the sl:v, and turning to her mother, said: "Mamma, how do you 'spose God ever got that great big sky up there without breaking it?" hroat/^ Appetite > Now Well. We Always ^ Have PERUNA in the Home. i hose who object to liquid medi;ines can procure Peruna Tablots. ( 3 1 If TO %J>Jt loads, 54 Houses and Mules. > a nice lot of Buggies ant' jcod selection of any thing i' will give you better value foi ibly get any where else. ENXIUS 5S-I?-1 ? TAX NOTICE. The books will be open for the collection of taxes for fiscal year 1917, from October 15th. to December 31st, 1917, without penalty. Payable during January with 1 per ent. penalty; during February 1 per cent, additional, and five per cent, additional for March, making a total of 7 per cent, from March 1st to 15th, at which time the books will close. REGULAR TATv LEVY. The regular tax levy for 1917 is as follows: Mills State tax 8 1-2 Constitutional School Tax 3 Ordinary County Purposes.. .. 5 1-2 Courthouse and Jail Bonds . . . .3-1 Past Indebtedness and Bridge Bonds 11-4 Township Koad Fund 2 Total 21 Mills For Conway, Gallivants Ferry, Little River and Green, Sea Townships an extra levy of two mills (2) foi> Township Road Fund, and for Floyds Township an extra levy of five mills (5) for Township Road Fund. An additional levy to pay special taxes voted for School purposes >n certain Districts is as follows: Districts Mills No. 1 Port Ha n elson 2 No. 2 Ever Green 8 No. 3 Dog Bluff 8 No. 4 Dayboro 2 j No. 5 Sandy Plain 3 ! No. (? Athens . . . 8 j No. 7 Green Sea 8 I No. 8 Bear Bay 4 No. 9 Little River 8 I No. 10 Dogwood Neck 4 No. 11 Socastee 8 I No. 12 Collins Creek 8 No. 13 Withers 4 No. 14 Centenary 4 No. 15 Haw Branch 5 No. 10 Pine Grove 4 No. 17 Wannamaner 8 No. 18 Loris 12 No. 19 Burroughs.. 11 No. 20 Mt. Olive 8 No. 21 White Oak 3 No. 22 Burcol 8 No. 23 Good Hope 8 No. 24 Cedar Grove 4 No. 25 Gurley 8 No. 26 Cool Spring 2 No. 27 Zion 8 No. 28 Chapel Hill 8 No. 29 Powell 8 No. 30 Princeville A - I No. 31 Sidney 8 I No. 32 Hickory Grove 8 j No. 33 Finkloa 11 No. 34 Oak Grove 8 No. 35 Howard 4 No. 30 Grassy Bay 8 I No. 38 Hickory Hill 3 No. 39 Simpson Creek 8 | No. 40 Joyner Swamp 3 i No. 41 Daisy 8 ! No. 42 Hughes Mill 8 | No. 43 Hulls Island 8 j | No. 44 Deep Branch 8 | No. 45 Tilly Swamp 3 ! No. 40 Oakland 8 No. 47 Red Hili 8 , No, 48 Eight Mile 8 No. 49 Rod Bluff 3 l No. f>0 Floyds 10 No. 51 Floyds X Tioads 4 | No. 52 Poplar Hill 0 No. 58 Allen 2 ! No. 54 Valley Forge 8 | No, 55 Knotty Branch 8 No. 50 San lord 8 j No. 57 Sweet Home 8 No, 58 Johnson 8 No. 59 High Point 8 No. (VI Warn pee 12 No, Gti Savannah Bluff 8 No. Oil Rchobeth 8 No. 04 Enterprise 3 Nc'. 07 Mt. Pisgah 8 No. 08 Ilomewood 4 No. 09 Maple S No, 70 Poplar 4 No. 71 Shell 4 No. 72 Leon 8 No. 73 Mt. Herman 3 No, 74 Four Mile 8 No 75 Virgo 2 No. 70 Toddvillc 5 No. 77 Strawfiold 3 No. 78 Ebenezer 8 No. 79 BuoksDort. . a i No. 80 Spring: Brunch ^ No. SI Salem .'1 No. 82 Mill Swamp 13 No. 8Ji Red Hill 4 No, 84 B run son No. 8."? Watts 4 No. 87 Norton ............. 8 No. 88 Wace.amaw 4 No, SO Savon Mile 4 No. 00 Pauley Swamu 2 No. 02 Vaughts 4 No. 94 Oak Grove 8 | No. 05 Twelve Mile 2 No. 00 Eldorado 4 No. 07 Carolina 8 No. 08 Kingston 2 No, 00 Avnor 8 No. 101 Pleasant Grove 8 SCHOOL HOUSE BOND TAX. An additional levy of two mills (2) in Districts Nos. 10 and 80, and in District No. 61 an additional levy of four mills is made to pay interest on ti e School House Bonds, and to create a Sinking Fund for their final retirement. I CAPITATION TAX. 1 -mMr ii IV ? GERMANS DELAY PEACE PARLEYS Russians May Have to Wait Until January 24 for Answer to Terms ; PROPAGANDA OF INTERNATIONALISM Will Be Pushed by Bolsheviki in All Countries?Assembly Meeting*. London.?The Russo-Gcrman peace negotiations, which were to have beon resumed Monday after a postponement to five the Germans time to for nuilate their reply to the Russian terms were again delayed for one day, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from I'etrograd reports. The dispatch also says the Germans have asked for a further postponement until January 24. IV oil Id Convene Assembly. The social revolutionary majority in the constituent assembly has decided to convoke that body on January 2, according to a Petrograd dispatch to The Times, aUhough the Bol| shevik gov ernment has said that it ! i _. ? i . (ifuMiiiiird u> prevent the meeting of the assoml.lv independent of its sanction. M. Borovsky, the Bolshevik representative in Stockholm, a dispatch to The Morning Post from the Swedish capital says, confirms reports that Stockholm will be the scene of the continuation of the Russo-Gerraan peace negotiations. Ho says the sessions in Stockholm will begin early iu January when all the delegates now at Brest-1.itovsk are expected in the Swedish capital. Internationalism. Pctrograd.?The Bolshevik government has decided to send special representatives to all countries, belligerent a* well as neutral, to further the propaganda of internationalism. Two million rubles have been appropriated for this purpose. An American Red Cross train left ; Petrograd today for Rumania with the approval of the Bolsheviki. It carried all its original supplies exi copt automobiles. 1 A Poll tax of One Dollar, for School purposes, is levied upon every male citizen between the ages of 21 and 60 years, able to earn a living, except confederate veterans over 50 years old. CAPITATION DOG TAX A Cupitotion tax of One Dollar in levied upon each dog in the County. COMMUTATION ROAD TAX Road Tax for 19 IS is payable from January 1st. to March 15th, 1918. FISHERY STAMPS Fishery Stamps can be obtained at the County Treasurer's Office at any t iir.e. Those who write for statement of taxes will please state whether or not their property is all in one School District, and give the name and number of the School District. TREASURER'S ITINERARY. Tuesday November 27th. Dog Illuff, 9 to 9:30. Gallivants Ferry, 10:30 to 12. Aynor, 1 to 2. Cool Spring, 3 to 4. Wednesday, November 28th. Uayboro, 9 to 9:30. Rehobeth, 10 to 11. Mt, Pisgah, 1 to 2 Hinson's Store, 3 to 5. Thursday, November 29th. Stevens X Roads, 9 to 9:30. FJoyds School House, 10 to 12. Spring Branch. 1 to 2. Norton, 3 t0 4. I Friday, November 30th. e Green Sea, 9 to 12. Fowler's School House, 1 to 2. 'G'i l.oris, 3 to 5. ;av Tuesday, December 4th ^ Daisy, 9 to 10. * Nathan Bellamy's Store, 11 to 12. Ebenezcr, 1 to 2. Brooks ville, 3 to 4. Wednesday, December 5tb. Little River, 9 to 11. VVampee, I to 2. Hand. 2:30 to 3. < Friday, December 7th# ^ Myrtle Beach, 9 to 10. Stalvey, 11 to 12. Burgsos, 1 to 2. Coopers Store, 3:30 to 4. Balance of time in the office ftt Conway. W. L. BELLAMY. Treas. Horry County* .