Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Leecel and N. M. McDowell was in Conway one day lftst week. \ T. F. Sarvis spent a day here recently on business. a W: ^."Hardee was among those vis-1 iting Conway last week. m m J. R. J(ones was among those spending a! d^g in .^eek. - K. L. Mishoe and family at Cool Spring have been stricken with the influenza. Arnold Bell and W. F. Mishoe of Bayboro, were both in Conway one ^<lay last week. V ; * ' Mr and Mrs Newberry Hardee have been sick with the influenza at their residence on Cth Avenue. * * * The family of Mr and Mrs D. W. Harrison have been ill with the influenza for the past week or more. ***** We will pay twenty dollars pet thousand feet for Pine Saw Mill lops delivered at our wharf.?The Veneer Mfg. Co.-tf. * * * * V J. H. Causey spent some time here on business last week. ***** J. M. Tompkins, F. A. Singleton, N. J. Cox, It. V. Ward, were all in Conway recently. Mrs. Mary A. Lewis and child are improving at last accounts. ***** P. I). Owens was among those in Conway recently. * * . Mrs Joe Brown died in Marion last week and her mortal remains passed through Conway last Friday on the! way to her former home at Myrtle Beach, for interment. Fresh Ship] k Just received a shipment 10c Store. Try our Blanched coa Marshmallows, Jumbo Jell Molasses Kisses, Peanut Butte Drops. 1-2 lb. Box very finest Asst. 1 lb Box very finest Asst. Cf Our Candies are absolute in and sweeten up. 5 Su 1QC > an app: telephone ? Most of our Op is incapacitated enza. We an Short-handed. Subscribers can Help Themselves 4 vice, hv Rfirliininr > the Lowest Pos their Necessities THE SITUATION PLEASE THINK making a call an r : omi' Conway Tel CONWA I The oldest Amern THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURAf V W. B. Coxe, S| P. P. Covington, Bullock B R. M. Bulloc Personal i w v, . J. Fred Grant was in Conway last Friday. 9900m R. D. Todd paid Conway a visit one <lay last week. lit* | George J. Hoi lid ay was in Conway last Friday on business. > . Read our Candy Advertisement on page 5. Five & Ten Cent Store. 10|31 9 9 Miss Mary Shelly, of Tabor, N. C., in sending in her money as a new subscriber to the Herald writes: "I think the Herald IK a un-am/l nanpr and I hope to receive a copy next week." ? 9 ? 9 FOR STOVE WOOD, fire wood and lightwood, see L. P. Roberts, R. F. D. No. 2, Conway, S. C. 10|31|2t-pd Henry Jordan, also his wife and child, were all taken ill with influenza last week. ? The family of Dillon Marlow wee reported on Sunday as being on the mend. The two sons and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Marlow have been improving during the last few days and rapidly recovering according to late reports. m m 9 m Make hay while the sun shines. Exchange your seed for meal. W. Perey Hardwirke.?tf-10,3118 Several cases of influenza in the home of J. M. Johnson are improving; but the baby's case was reported to Im3 serious. ? C. P. Williams of Tabor, N. C., 7*. 1?. i). Nol, was in Imvn Saturday and purchased a new Chevrolctte car. Mr. Williamson was accompanied by bis I brother, S. J. Williamson. merit Candy| ; of very fine Candies at 5 and j Peanut Squares, Toasted Co- j y Beans, Spaced Jelly Beans, ' ;r Kisses, Mammoth Chocolate Chocolates at 2 5c locolates at 50c i ? ;ly pure, clean and fresh. Coioe ( ^THRF I EAL TO SUBSCRIBERS ! erating force by the Influ- i e Alarmingly Help Us and i and the SerI their Calls to sible Number Will Permit. IS URGENT, TWICE before d, if possible, T IT ephone Co. Y, S. C. can Company SICE CO., OF NEW YORK jecial Agent District Agt. ros.? :k, Mgr., Agents. i i gjajOMtY HEUU Have you had the "Flu?" * The influenza is the latest fad. c Well, how is the "FhiM in your sec- n tion? c m * ? Next Monday is legal salesday at Conway. W. F. Stackhouse passed through < Conway one day last week. 1 , ,3 , j 1 > A sun'bath is good for almost any < ailment of the-human body.- ' Miss Edna Mallow was taken ill with the influenza last week. ? * ? Country merchants: Send us your j orders for note heads, envelopes, bill t heads and job printing of every kind. * Dillon county had 5000 cusps of in fluenza reported up to last Wednesday. * See W. P. Hardwicke, the cotton ( and cotton seed man, before selling cither.?adv-tf-10,3118 ( % i Several attractive farms for sale cheap.?W. Boyd Jones, Justice, S. C.-adv. 10jl7<18-3t. ? ? * ? w L. M. Watts, F. W. Floyd, S. M. Chestnut, A. T. Suggs, S. A. (lore, and F E. Wade, all came to Conway on business last week. * * Am in position to furnish all kinds of fertilizer material. Be wise and avoid the rush. W, Percy Hardwicke.?adv-tf-10 3 18. ? * * * FREE WOOD. Several loads of free wood were I provided last week for those who did j not have any. * * * * j No nurses have been available in 1 tins county during the epidemic of influenza. * * * * Just when they wore the most needed in liorry County nurses were as scarce as horiV. teeth.. o ? ? The Court of Common Picas was ^ in definitely postponed an<{' no time is] yet fixed for its holding. m * * * * Manager (Colhon. of the Conway!i 'Trading Co., went in "tost week witJh a caso of influenza. A*t last accounts ho vvris rapid}y recovering. m m m m Dipt P. F. Sossor of the Atlantic iCoast Line -was reported last Thursday as boiT.*g critically ill with 5n?lu- | nm:a. His wife war also said fce be j ill with 'th*. disease. I * m -m ? RED C'ROS? PLEDGES. All pieces to the Second Red Cross War Fotk not pfcid have been past rlue since Oct. Is*. All Counrvt of Defense $ccretai\i/.s will please make j special effort to <get all pledges paid j?nd send in report; at once. Send in I four list of nanr-s showing .alt who l . ixiave not paici \v;:ii report. C. H. Snider. 'Trcas. i ****** i There was 110 vourt on tire '.28th in I accordance with the order o<f Judge j Bawmiit, m w m m m I I Last week the town eo-ntj n-.ied to 'look gloomy on account of "business depression, caused by the ixfluenza epidemic. ***** i FOR SALE?I'Voir good farm mules, 2 Jersey niilch cows with young calves. H. ?L. il?UCK, Conway, S. ('. (10-23-2t) A. "N. Cox wants the public to < lcnow that he has moved back to Con- ] vyay and can sm& deep welts for all 1 those who want them. Call o/ write 11 J A. N. Cox, Box .211, Conway, S. C.- s adv. 10-17-18-8t. ' h WANTED?quickly share croppers i with team for good fanns<?W 1 Boyd Jones, Justice, S. C.-adv. JO- i 17-18-3U I 4c ijc * * * ^ FOR SALE. n JO acres of land in Socastce town r ship, bounded noifh by land of Mr. Frank Mills, east by lands of Mr. \ Fullwood and Max DeLettre, and south by lands ofo my own. It is within one mile of Peach Tree, one of the best shipping points on the Waccamaw River. Is within five 3 or six miles of the Atlantic Ocean, and is as good farming land as there is in the State, if put into cultivation. For further information, apply to ti Mrs. J. D. Grant, Hagan, Ga., Box S 47.?10-24-18-t 1 1 19. vi w WANTED?A quantity of oak and ai pine wood, some four feet and some two feet in length. Call and m see H. H. Woodward, Attorney at J[ Law. ,, o fo Grove's Tasteless chill Tn?ic ? - _ V??v w 1 restores vitality and energy by purifying and en " riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength cning, Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. V >, OOHWAT, 8. 0. CLERK OUT AGAIN. Clerk of Court W. L. Bryan was >ut again at his office early last' n veek, ufter recovering from a case e >f the influenza. c a b CASES AT THE BEACH. A report reached Conway yesterlay that there are forty cases of in'luenza at Myrtle Beach, and there ( lad been three deaths there from the 1< lisease. . ' * c " ...? a # * SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.' Private Jesse M. Williams, of Convay, is among the list of casualties reported from over seas the first of ;his week. He is among the list of t dightly wounded. 1 ? ? 1 APPLY FOB WHISKEY. Doctors over the county who may need whiskey in the influenza epidemic may apply to Mr. H. W. Am- 1 arose, chairman of the Red Cross I committee, who has a limited quan- l Lily on hand furnished to him for this 1 purpoose. 1 " DEATII OF A CHILD. Marion.?The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Lide were grieved at the news, received from Florence by telephone, stating that little .lane Montgomery, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lide had died after a short illness. o FRIEND "IN DEED". A neighbor who goes in to the bedside and braves .the germs himself in order to help a srticken family without either a doctor or a nurse, is what may be called a friend indeed. He is also year neighbor in the way that The Herald understands the Bible definition. o APPOINTED COLONEL. "Major James Saye Dusenbury was pfuDt ni i e ti i /Mi n /1 on * ? 11 un *X Vl'UMU'l Ifl III" United States regular army on October Kith, 1H18. Since the beginning of the world war, the rise of this Horryito in the army has boon steady. He lias now gone all the way from a private to a colonel. o HESUI-TS LAST WEEK. Last week about Wednesday a carefuJ compilation of reports sent in o the health department in 'Columbia showod there were in Conway 217 cases with 50 cases of rpmjumonia. i Total deatlis in county were 25 and j j six of the eleven doctors in the county bad been down v.'ith the influenza. ? Z. M. BtlFFKIN ?CMJT. - v)v>ri.iiur juunnmg nas granted a parole during good behavior to Z. M. BmSFkin, serving a three year sonteaice for assauilt and battery with intent to lull and carrying concealed weapon. Buffkjn pleaded guilty as chaigod and was sentenced February 29, 1S1C, thus leaving only a few more months of his ter.m to have been served. ? STILL VERY SERIOUS. Dillon.?The influenza situation is improving in the towns, but about at its height in the mi*a] districts of the county. Dr. Schweitzer of the public health service is at the head of the forces combatting the disease in Dillon County, and is handling the situation effectively doctors say. Five nurses are also here at the direction of the public health service. There have been several deaths since yesterday. Nineteen deaths among the negroes have been reported, exclu-! jixr/i .I...... v/1 hhii in wiiicii no reports i were made, from October 17 to 21. J Orders have been strictly observed >y tlie authorities in enforcing- the j emulations set up here. No crowds j ire allowed to assemble, stores j hroughout the county must close at! I o'clock on Saturdays, patients con-li ralescing must stay in doors six days " ifter fever has left them. & VANTED?To rent for next year about 50 acres good land and buildings, tobacco barn, for an agreed amount, address, J. C. Whittington, Rt. 2, Tabor, N. C.? s ti. pd. ti m m m m ^ A GOOD SINGER. o A good singer that is a great at- b taction in any house is the Singer ewing Machine, the best in the l] rorld sold by J. M. I). Jones at Con* ay, S. C. Call on him for nrices id terms.?adv. 10-10-18 4t. pd. | y (0.666 j rhit la prescription prepared capecialb I r MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER. 1 ive or six doses will break any case, and taken then as a tonic the Fever will not turn. It acts on the liver better than ilotncl and docs not gripe or sicken. 25e AVOID COMMON TOWELS. i Influenza is spread by using comnon towels, common drinking cups, ating utensils and the like. Avoid atching the disease in these ways by icing careful. o DILLON STRUCK HARD. U Dillon was struck harder than Conway was by the influenza. On ast Wednesday there were over 600 ases of it in Dillon and still developing new ones. H D. D MARLOW DEAD. I). 1). Mallow, Sr., died last week n Conway at an advanced ago, from he effects of a case of influenza he ? lad contracted. For some time he lad made his home with his son here. o MAY BREAK OUT AGAIN. After the present epidemic of in'luenza is over there may be outbreaks of it again thruogh the win- f( ter from time to time. So everybody 0 lad better look out and be extreme- v ly careful. 1 o g MAY GET SECOND DOSE. ????? s Having the "Flu" one time does not make a patient immune to the z disease. The same person may have 1 the disease again. Persons who are t actually well of the disease may yet 1 carry the germs to a well person and 1 he will develop the evil. Look out * fni' ftiio * O 1 ENJOYS PEOPLES' CONJTDKNCK 1 \ The Herald gets many letters whici : ome as a ray of sunshine in thos i 'ark days of world war, Spanish in Uionza and Gorman propngan la. The Hciuld cannot refrain fro., ublishing some of those letters eve) without the consent of the writers o. \ hem. They show how the. paper is rc yarded anions its large "paid in ad vance list" and they show the papc. has the confidence of the people an as the paper wilt say only the thing, that arc best for its family oi read ors, what it says will go a long way with the people. Here is one letter from a good an \ hied Horry county business man: Mr H. 11. Woodward, Conway, S. C. Dear Friend: Enclosed lind check for $2.50 to pa for The Horry Herald till July 18th, 1920. Receipt for same. 1 can't afford to bo without your paper. It is one of the best p..per . of the South. It and the Columbia Stn1f> Ifcmw . I,,...-. VV ?v.v {' U UUill Wl I Hi'.' JKJl). : Youi^fi truly, Geo. W. Sessions. Hove is a short but poi led lettcv j from one of the best dentists wh?>| I ever practiced in South Carolina: Mr H. H. Woodward, Editor Horry, Herald, Conway, S. C.: Dear Sir?Enclosed herewith cho k amount .$3.00, two years' subscrption to your paper. 1 cannot do without it. Yours truly, ?W. E. McCord. Greenwood, S. C., Oct. 20, .1918. o 666 cures Malaria, Chills and Fever, or Bilious Fever, by killing the parasite causing the fever. Fine strengthening tonic.?7|18|10t. [ m m * m m y Postmaster P. W. Hethea was able ( to be out again last week. c DELCO-LIGHT The complete Electric Light and Power Plant Dclco-Li/rht on the farm mnonc more time for productive work. K'ils I V' r fXA A^ s, V1- - .! T , r J V-- i I & . I | W. M. NANOE. I Box 353, ? Conway, S. C. C .Ml......? [/ WE BUY m OLD FALSE TEETH th We pay from $2.00 to $35.00 per p, ct (broken or not). We also pay ac- cx Lial value for Diamonds, old Gold, J|i T)1 ? 1 u,tL ami uruigc-worK. Send at ex nee by parcel post and receive cash W) y return mail. , bo MAZER'S TOOTH SPECIALTY } sti k-pt. X, 2007 So. 5th St. Jjj; Phildelphiu, Pa. of >858 SPBDiaSS break jj? l[RE IK SIock Sii ^>ur CAR Hflll Pn?, We use genuine Pord Parts ?2; only in our repair work. CONWAY MOTOR CAR CO.. 3C mm lUARANTINE WILL I STILL BE ENFORCED ntil November 3rd, 1918, According to Recent Telegram irom uoiumbia. EALTH OFFICERS ARE TAKING NO CHANCES ' ' ' ' ' nd People Will Be On the Safe Side in the Epidemic Quarantine restrictions, now in orce on account of the influenza pidcmic. will not be raised until Noember 3, according to a telegram by )r James A. Hayne. secretarv of the >tato board of health. The telegram was directed to heriff J. A. Lewis, as follows: "A careful analysis of the influena situation throughout South Caroina indicates the necessity of coninuing the present quarantine regulations in force for at least ten days onger. Undt r authority of paragraph ,1G1 *1, South Carolina code of aws, you are directed to maintain jresent quarantine status in the area inder your control as iegards elos.ire of schools, churches, picture shows and all places of public meeting until November d, unless otherwise instructed by this office. No exception modifying this order will be made. (Signed) "James A. Hay no, "State Health Officer." S' -o? * m . \ DIED -< d * MILS J. 1. Sl'lNKS. uroonwood, Oct. 20.? MVs. J. T. Spinks, died Sunday morning: at 4 o'clock at hev home in Phoenix, near Greenwood, after an illness of about two weeks, tier death was caused by pneumonia following, an attack ot influenza. She was about 50 years ot age and the wife of the Rev. J. I. Spinks, a Methodist minister. She is survived by her husband and 11 children, Mrs \V. E. Hall ot Fort Mill, Mrs S. H. Gibson and Mrs J. M. Mason and B. C. Spinks ol Charles* ton, B. \Y. Spinks, of New XQrk. and | J. F. Spinks, who is now i'A actlvO service in France, Tevn Belle, Carrie, Clifton ami Deborah Spinks at home. All except three of Mrs Spinks' children were at her bedside when she died. Mrs Spinks was a noble Christian woman whose death will he mourned by many friends in various sections of the State. DIED Joseph Melton Watts. Joseph Melton Watts died at his home in Conway on the !2th inst., after suffering just a few dayss from a case of pneumonia, following influenza. Joe was born March 28th, 1885, and was a son of the late B. B. Watts. Ho leaves a wife who was Miss Loula M. Rodgers, of Adrian, S. C., and two little children, to mourn their loss ilso a mother and a number of brothers, and sisters to whom Joe was rery dear. According to his preference, he was laid away in Socastee emeterv. "God Doeth all Things Well." His Brother, Frank. o . ; Coming of # to AvoM Those Piunn and Distress Which so Many Mothers Have Suffered* Too much cannot bo said for a wonderful eparation, familiar to many women as other's Friend. It Is more effective in its action than all iO health rules ev? - 1-M a ...... * v?. >?u inr ma tirianco of expectant mothers. It ig an denial application that spreads its influence ion the cords, tendons and muscles of the doincn, rendering: them pliant, and they pand grace fully without that peculiar reaching strain. The occasion is, therefore, oi\o of ununded Joyful anticipation and too much ress cannot l>o laid upon the remarkable flnenco which a mother's happy prenatal sposltion has noon tho health and fortunes tho generations to come. T1 pain at ilie crisis is infinitely less ion Mother's Friend is used during the riod of expectancy for tho muscles exnd easier and with less strain wheu baby born. Mother's friend Is for external use only, entirely safe ni.d may bo had of your nfrgist, 7t. is prepared !>> ttio Urndtleld gn'ator Co., l.nuinr Bid*., Atlanta, i. Write tl.cm to mail you their interestr "Motherhood hook." l'hcy will send it at co, without charge, and you will find it 3r helpful. Do not neglect for a single it and morning to apply Mother's Friend 'ordfng to directions around the bottle, d thus fo.tify yourself against paiu auq comfort.