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I 11 I I 1 . J' - >_ .'.... V Lfoctal and \ \ Henry Barficld, one of the leading | ^ farmers of one section of Floyds < township, spent ?ome time in Conway j > On business lust Wednesday. 1 l | All last week the mornings were i cool and the evenings very warm. < I , ? - | The weather has been "cranky* > fver since lust Winter when the J ^oldest weather of many years visit- < t 4d this section. ] Jjl. | + 4 <4 * j \ I <. I Crops are in need of rain in many j \ places. i H * i George H. Jones was in Conway on j business one clay last week. J, T. Shelley and J. A. Pell, who arc running the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse at Aynor, spent some time iti Conway on business last week. J. W. Little was called to Murrell | Inlet on business for his company ^ last week. The increased cost of postage on newspapers which lias been in effect ; ever since the first of this month on all papers except those within the j county of publication, makes it imperative that each subscriber out side of the county nui.l renew his; subscription as we cannot afford to, extend credit under present circumstances. ***** i The business houses at Conway all closed and celebrated the Fourth in a manner benefitting the situation. ^ Bert Jones, of Georgetown spent' last week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. 1). Jones. ) * * * f * Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Anderson | spent last week on vacation. Mrs. Anderson is stenographer at the law offices of H. H. Woodward. Mr. Anderson holds a position with the Spivey Mercantile Co. ***** | Miss Mary McMillan, of CnlnmKtn , - - ? is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sxn? McMillan. | Mrs. E. L. McCoy and the children returned last week from a .stay at Myrtle Beach. m * CONFUSION! So many War Songs. Try "Old Glory," the Government's highest j Music Authority has said it possesses merit. "Okd." at Headquarters U. S. Marine Corp;., Half price at Bargain House?adv?7 11 18?7t. i with a big stock of Dry Goods i and is in a position to save I will not attempt to quote pr prices before coming to my st ' get your business. j I came to this town two ! time I have enlarged my store I to you that I am doing busine Wc can afford to sell go as we do not have to add in ti V now like everything else, very daughter) and myself do the that we can afford to give you haven't any clerk hire expens the prices of our goods, when sure I will get some of your Wc have some good frie you. I wish to thank each and very liberal patronage and ask ** and bring your friends. Again you much success in the harvi are, YOURS TO Jo M. M/ I The oldest Ameri I THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURAI I W. B. Coxe, S| I F. F. Covington, I Bullock B I - R. M. Bullo< upi." . j Person eil t The Herald has been in the habit >f publishing many notices free vhcre the matter concerned religious, >cncvolent or charitable purposes; jut its. editor has no time to prepare ind write such notices at the request. >f the people who want them published. We are willing to do all that ,vc can to serve the people, but it is Asking too much to want us to take town the facts over the telephone, put these facts in typewriting and then publish the notices perfectly free. Be sure you prepare all such notices in as nice style as possible for llio printer and they will be the more apt to get in the paper. * * The fishing in the Waccamaw has been good while the water has been low for the last few weeks. * * * * * J. L. Bell of Bayboro was in Con-1 way onc day last week. ***** J. Ufa-am Long was in Conway one day last week. ? * m ? * Win. Page of Galivants Kerry, S.J C., was in Conway one day last j woo!: on business. \ w is the time when it is our dul> 10 I'l,- our saving in war bonds am; not in the purchase oi" luxuries. Uuy legal blanks at the Herald! e': ice. * * * t Julian Dusenbury spent several i I x\f here last week with friends and ; relatives. j * * * n John Daniels spent several days' with friends here last week. ? * * # v Miss Sarah Page Chestnut spent 1 last week with friends and relatives; at Galivants Kerry. S. J. ttlackwcll, of Marion county, vas among the commercial travelling men visiting Conway on business for their houses last week. * ? * Tracey Green, of Georgetown, spent last week-end here with friends and relatives. m m * m , Dr. J. G. Singletary has been in .. 1- ? " * - - t-uurge 01 ino Norton Drug Com pony while Dr. Plutt has been away at the hospital. ? John Williamson of Nichols, K. C., was in Conway one day last week on business. R. 0. Jordan was in Conway one day last week on business. and Notions, bought early my customers some money, ices. I ask that you -get ore. I will then be sure to ? years ago and during this three times. This will prove j ss. ods cheaper than other stores he cost of hired help which is high. Miss Edna, (my ?Vfi Avlr T 4 wuiiv. xu is reasonaoie enough better bargains as wo e. Call around and question you have learned them I feel business. i ] nds on our list and we want j I everyone of you for your that you continue to come thanking you and wishing est of your bumper crop, wc SEEVE, ^RLOW 1 can Company ] MCE CO., OF NEW YORK pecial Agent, District Agt. Iros.? :k, Mgr., Agents. I I # \ t WEHOIIgHWIJ I ~ D. K. McDuffie of LSrls: S. C.; wlis | in Conway last week ami spent several hours on business. 0000m G. D. McQueen was here one day last week on business. , 00990 t DR. rt^rT DOING WELL. i Dr. V:J|K-Piatt,.* who was taken r suddenly ill with acute appendicitis c while on a visit to Mullins, S. C., ? < week or two ago; had a successful 1 operation performed at the McLc'od 1 Infinnary at Florence and has been j doing so well that he expects to Jbe c back at his place of business sojtie I time this week. > 1 0 0 0 0 9 J J. M. Marlow has an ad. in this I week's paper. Be sure to look it up. > * m . J. E. Bryan was in Conway last 1J week from Myrtle Beach. * * V ? j t I. L. Lee was in Conway recently ; on business. i J The rains which arc reported to have been general in extent over thi: county on last Monday; caused gen oral rejoicing among tl^o people. In many neighborhoods like Red Bluff and Dogwood Neck township, the ; corn was twisted up and fired in i some cases almost half way to the . top. While th0 crop is injured, yet he rains of this, week it is believed wiil do much toward bringing it out and the situation is much bettor 'than it was a week ago. Reports show that the rain fell almost al! over the county. % IIA MILTON?BUTLER. r A surprise marriage of much interest occurred Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Dillon, S. C. The contracting parties were Miss Maude j HamiUfcOfn, of Dillon, and Mr. John 1 H. Butler, of Scabrook, Beaufort i County. Outside of the immediate family no one knew of the approaching mar rispge. Miss Hamilton is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Hamilton, and has a lams* circle of friends in tlmf | community. She taught school last I year at Gray's H ill, .in Beaufort J County. Sho received her education ' at Anderson College. Mr. Butler is a large and prosperous farmer of Beaufort County. He jcame through the country in his car and immediately after the ceremony, which was performed by Dr. W. B. Duncan, the happy couple left for their future home at Grav's Hill. i Miss Hamilton is well hnown in Conway, and has many friends who ! wish her much happiness. Sho is a sister of Mrs. F. C. Todd. RETURNS FROM JACKSON. John D. Causey returned last Thursday from Camp Jackson, CoI lumbia, S. C., where he went to 'visit his son, Mark Causey, who is just now in training there. Mr. Causey felt impressed with the magnitude of I the camps and what the country is | evidently doing to win this war for 1 liberty and freedom. Mr. Causey i 'ives at Wampoe, S. C. j ijock Jones lelt the first of i lie week to visit friends and relatives at Georgetown, S. C. A. I). .Jones was in Mull ins, S. C.. on business one day last week. ***** I C. JO. Hinson formerly of Conway, but now of Wilmington, N. C., was n Conway the first of the week to attend the funeral of his brother, W. C. Hinson. ***** FOR SALH?Two* oxen, suitable for heavy work or for beef. Apply to M. Glotstoin, Hotel Grace, Conway. S. C.?adv?7 11 lS-2t-pd. o 'waannaamMMMMiaMMaNnaMMHBHMqnrMwi DELCO-LIGHT The complete Electric Light nnd Power Plant j The safest, surest and most economic form of light and power. E. M " NANCE^' ^ n . ^ ^ ^ ? I uox 303, ? Conway, S. C. | HARRELSON & HARRELSON Attorneys - at - Law Practice both in the State and ( Federal Courts. $ MULLINS, ? ? S O. t o ^ MONEY TO LEND?On Improved Farm Lands in Horry County. Easy terms. For particulars write n Julian D. Duscnbury, care Tatum s< & Jennings, Attorneys-at-I.aw, Bishopville, S. C.?adv?4-9-18. o n? QiiMm That Dots Not Affoct thoHoad h sctauBc oi iti iouic and UzAtive effect, LAX A* J. L'lVE BROMO QUININE is better! An ordinary | Quinine and doc* sot cause nervousness nor I u ringing in head. Remember the lull name and . ?ok for the signature oi E. W. GROVE- 30c I t. CONWAY, 8, O. 5EWARE UfWATER UNTIL QUITE CERTAIN Connections are being made to th own water system. New users arc ddcd in as fast as connections ai\ nade to the mains. In many parts >f the town there would come, ip .new ustomers for the town water if the nains ran Close enough to ftfcdh mines or places of business. But jt s well to be sure that this water i* dear of the contamination of germs >efore it is put into general use. Beore the artesian ' water from th. urge well was sent, into the tank, it aid been kept filled for a long tinv ?vith dirty water from the lake or -Ivor for use in ea:e of fire. The ?rge mains wore filled with this .asty water for almost a year it is said. In the large pipes it would appear possible that sediment coul accumulate and germs live on fo j is \;h.s in Lliis before the new wales j .! clean them cut. This is csprcial | a v/: hi v'cw of the feet that then j v.as no iv \v.av of cleaning out ant flushing th- so mpins before the new water \vn:: tU"nod into u.iC. It was I >: tated Iv t week that a sample of the now water was taken and sent off for analysis, but that this sample was taken from the tank and not drawl from one of the hydrants as would have. been tl*o? ease if germs were to ho looked for in the mains. It pay to be careful. I IK> 1 VAiS, BIRD LOt EUS .\ N1> SPORTSMEN OF HOUUt. The (lame Department of th State wants you to know thai it i working in your interest. Wlun your game and insoclivor (.us birds are exterminated, noxiou weeds and insects increase enormously, and the problems of health and crops are greatly complicated. Their preservation means better conditions in every way. In the matter of game fish, the law does not prohibit the owner of ; private pond or lake from catching them in any way he may please 01 allow, except by dynamite or other explosives, but those owners of such bodies of water who have permitted their destruction by traps, nets and seines are now sorry and find themselves becoming fishless. It is against the law to trap or no fish in the running streams of the Slate in any week of the year between Saturday evening at sunset and Wednesday morning at sunrise and the fine is $200.00. Sheriff Lewis has consented to act as Agent for the Department for law enforcement and the sale of license in Horry County. He will be in position to advise vou as to your legal rights and to protect your property again.-1. trespass. All hunting licenses expired on "/M'. i - 1 uv?;m- uuui, ami any one now limiting any bird cr animal in any way without a new license in a law violator, r.nd, subject to heavy fine. W. 11. GIHBKS, Chief Game Warden. Columbia, S. C.?adv--lt. LITTLETON COLLEGE Hot water heat, electric lights an I other modem improvements. Tin oTth annual session will begin Sep tember 2Mb. Write for new illustrated catalogue; also for particulars concerning cur special of'Vr to a few girD who can not pay cur catalogue rut Address d. M. Hhodes, Li.tkton, N C.?adv?till i() 1 18. Dr. \V. !l Darby, .jr., who has been connected with the Horry Drug Co., here, left Monday to accept a position with the Riley Drug Co.. at Klorenoe, S. C. We ul'2 genuine Ford Parts onlv in nnr ronniv wArlr CONWAY MOTOR CAR COCANDIDATES' CARDS i i ** Announcements in this column are 5.00, payable in advance, Magisrate's cards of two or three lines 3.00, payable in advance.) FOR MAGISTRATE. I announce my candidacy for Magitrate in Dog Bluff. Have already erved 2 years in that offhee. ?W. B. CARROLL. Magistrate for Bucks Township. The undersigned hereby announces is candidacy for the office of Magnate in Bucks Township, subject to he mlc.s of the Primary ? R. L. McAlveen. V. FIRE WAS TOO FAR 1 FROM WATER PIPE The fire which destroyed the tenant house of the estate of the late \V. R. Lewis, last week, happened U be too far away from the water sup- | ply to allow the fire department to do any good with the hose. The nearest hydrant was one near the Horry Warehouse, and it took about two thousand feet of fire hose to reach from this hydrant to the tenan4 house which was burned, and the | pressure from the supply proved to be {< u wciik |o fcarry the stream to ihe top of tRe'bufflding. The building was in flames about all over the top when the boso. got there. An important thing * to db# to extend the ' bene'its of the fire protection by lengthening the pipes and placing; oilier hydrants. PERSONAL ESTATE OF W. R. LEWIS | At the sales of the personal e.-tut of the Into \V. K. Lewis beginning on June 28th, Kmpie T. Lewis pure) use ' the interest of the estate, in the Cor, way Coca Cola Bottling Works, bo ing one third of the stock, the 1.whop. this third running over two ihous end dol'nrs. He and one o hi brotht rs it was stated already o\vno< two thirds in the' bottling busincs and since the sale wdl own the emir, stock, in the business. The sto-k of merchandise was pur) chased by Harry Lewis who will continue the bu iness at the same obi ! stand where his father ran it. L. I L?e\vis purchased the Buick automo-1 bile. 6WST S'TFL BUY ~ AND URGE OTHERS! It is our patriotic duty, not only to ! buy all of the war savings stamp* that we can, but to urge others to invest in them. While the campaign to j influence the sale of the stamps did not result in obtaining for the purchase o! the llorry County quota, yet the r( suit is large enough to b proud of, especially as the camprigr came en at a time when the farmer* were in the midst of cultivating then crops and, thou money crops had not come m. Now that the tobacco sea en about on in earnest, every farmer w lie t an spare any monc.\ from vhc sales v iT do wa ll to iuvcs: the amount in war savings and thrift . stamps, r.y sticking to the job until the end of the year we believe tha Hcrcy (.'ourdy v ill hn\ her full quota of the stamps. AMERICANS WILL PAY tr% Mt ? A. tl IWI litllMANS FOR THIS| Buffalo, N. V.?Th.it German soldiers who lived in the United State, tiefoie the war, thus being' able .o peal; tlu American language linen-. !v, are being' sent to the front clad in I i American uniforms, is the startling information conveyed to Mr. John DaTour, of this city by his brother, James Donohue, a private in the U. S. Marine Corps and the first American prisoner to escape from a Gcr man prison camp and successfully make his wa\ back to th(> American 1 ines. "1 saw a number of German soldiers in American uniforum," wiotcDonohue, "and all of them could j speak Rngli.-h fluently. One of thmv ^ asked whor0 ! was from and when I i told him Buffalo, he laughed an said he had been a waiter in a re taurant there at one time." Donohue was captured wht n kuoc! ed senseless by a Roche rifle but' and after being made to work night and day digging' graves for dead German officers, he made his escape by hitting his guard over the head w 4<< an axe. He made hi:; way hack t:> the American lines, living on some bicad and water ho took off a German Red Cross dog. He successfully passed through an American barrage while on his way to the Amcri- j can lines. VV. H. Gibbcs, State Game Warden was in Conway the first of this week on business pertaining to his offiee. o 1 Reports have reached London from * Dutch sources that the death of the sultan of Turkey, Mohammed V ^ which took place on Wednesday J night, was not due to natural causes f and presumably was part of a revolutionary movement in the Ottoman 1 empire. Aggravating. Nothing makes a woman so mad as to have something to say and no one ' to lieleiw? Boston Transcript. 1 yivm W. C. HINSON DIES AT GOLDSBORO, N. C. -oul Play May Have Caused His Untimely . Death y '&* K 3 ' ' I INQUEST WAS HELD BUT DECIDED NOTHING i , I Remains Brought Herts For Burial Last Sunday Morning*. ^ The remains; of W. C. Hinson ar? i veil in t oiiwuy on Saturday night :ici were intenvd at Lake Side ceniC >y the following- day. The news of vim .-radiion death o." Mr. Hinson at Haldsboro, N. C., ha 1 reaehed his 11 -ends heix" before his be dy was brought here for burin1. At first it as stated that he had been i'oit * d . ; ' > ' natural cava s in his room i the hurl ii: Ch hisbo o, N. C\, while, lau. owing' to dispatches which apptaixd ?r. the Wilmington Star and two or three Other papers ;t was rumored that there had very likely been foul play leading b> his death. He is survived by his widow, Ml a1> .i 1 it* ?n-;\na timson. Wiiv) was 11ss Hertha o'; :c> a dau liter o Mr. and Mrs. .\ O. Snowivii, in i abv survived by r.( uil headier. and his fair, w and tether. .Mr. an 1 Mrs. Hir.son had \ a f. ir. C nv.ay i> Mi. Olive. X.. v\, after Mr. Hinson had resigned j..i a j)":-:'. on wide'1 he h Ml wibl ivaay Telephone Company, and which position hv- resigned it is said on a u it of ha' lica! n At th.e lime of his d nVdi Mis. Hinson was not with him in Goibsboro, where M r. Ilinson had gone looking j\ r a nearby telephone line, but was on a visit to the family of M . .. Hinson's brother in \V.: ndngton, NhC. Hi: death occurred in <l\*t cal'ly, | morning of last Friday, <i .by 5tn, When he was called at the Hotel by he CU rk he hid not . \ r, and severed calls at his room door brought r.o results. The clerk thou had a negro porter to look through lite Iran; 0111 ami ho saw Mr. Hinson on the floor, the porter then crawled through the transom and unlocked the door and the Clerk ft un I that J Mr. Hinson was in a serious ccndi: lion of stupor. The Clerk told the porter to g"d a ]>hv.;i?*Ian but the portf r did not attend to it vow I prompt1;.' end thP ('1 k wont him- I for a Doc.or. He nit.! at about I :"() on the . ;;ni' morning. At the I time he was known to have on his I i p-T:.;on fr: :yi $".0.00 to $' 0 00 in I money. An inquest was held and I ! testimony brought out the fact that I no was robbed of this money. It is I Mat td tl at the negro hotel porter I could have taken this money while I the clerk was gone l'or I he Doctor, I but this is not certain. One sus- I picious circumstance conn xtcd with I the porter is the fact that he left I soon afterwards and at last reports I had not been found. His watch was I left on the dresser. He had some I money represented by vouchers and I these also were taken. The Jury I found that ho died from either one of the following three causes: I pi em line poisoning, or some oth- r H natural cause, or he was drugged I and robbed. I Th funeral service was conducted I 1 v' R-v. ]). L. McCoy assisted by Rev. I .1. .M. l/Pinmen. Mr. Hinson was a I tern! or of the (Jon A < ti?odi.-.t I NOTICE OF PI 5ii.it nhakim;. I Coiled State*. Engineer Office, I Charleston, S. C., July 5, 191$. I Notice is hereby given that a pub- I ic hearing wiM be held at the Court I House, .Marion, S C., on Tuesday, July I 2d, 1918, at 12 M., for the purpose of | wiv-mtit i iuj?- \ne construction of a now midge across Litt'c Peedee River at lalivants Kerry, S. C., by the State lighwny Commission, especially vith reference to having a fixed pan high enough for motor boats, anall craft and lighters to pass unler at moderate stages, instead of a Irawspan similar to that provided in he present bridge. All parties itnerestcd are invited o be present and express their dews* As the decision will be made >y the Secretary of War, it is pre- \ erred that statements be submitcd n writing so far as practicable. JAMES P. ALLEN, Assistant Engineer in Charge. o A third meeting of the South Caroina Cotton Growers' Association \n ill ie he hi soon.