Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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k<".' TWO BUSINESS METHODS FOR OUR FARMERS Will Prove Profitable Whenever They Will Try Them in Horry PURCHASERS FOUND THROUGH FRIEfJDS Newspaper Advertising- or Cir culars?Nice Stationery Has Its Effect. For producers who wish to market by parcel post the most satis,factory way of finding customers is to write to friends and relatives, or aequaintences in cities, seeking* their trade. Purchasers, on the other hand, often can locate reliable producers by correspondence with friends, relatives, or acquaintcnces in the country. More than 75 per cent of the produce being marketed by parcel post in a number of cities in j wnicii inve: ligations have boon made is sent by persons who obtained their customers through friends, relatives, or acquaintances, according to specialists of Ihc Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture. This method of establishing business relationship is especially recommended for the general farmer who has a limited amount of produce. Those who wish to market a great tLal of produce by parcel post may find it necessary to obtain customerby personally soliciting stvangors oIhrough advertising in newspapers and by other means. Information received from persons who ahve advertised farm produce for sale indicates that usually advertising is not profitable for the j general farmer, but often gives satisfactory results to the producer who specializes in some product that can be shipped throughout the year. Advertisements should be short and should give a description of the goods, with the prices, and the name and address of the person advertising. In some cities the Sunday edition of a newspaper gives bettor results than the daily edition. The person who advertises must offer a product that is wanted by the perse ns who read the paper at the time the product is advertised, in the place where the paper has a circulation. In other words, he must know what to advertise, when to advertise, and where, to advertise. Musi Use Circulars Carefully. Form letters, circulars, or cards sent to a selected list of persons have been suggested often as means of obtaining customers for produce by par ccl post. The cost of obtaining customers by circularizing- is often great, and unless the names of persons to whom the circulars are sent are selected very carefully this mc-th od of obtaining customers can not b< especially recommemled. Customer, may be obtained by making a personal canvass in a selected neighborhood in a city. The neighborhood should he one which is not suppl ed with a great many markets or green grocery stores in order that the competition may not be as keen as it would be in a neighborhood that has excellent marketing facilities. A suburban district of homes v/ith good incomes offers a good field in which to solicit trade. In many such districts the delivery service of the groceries is not as satisfactory as in the city. If the producer's farm is on or near a much-traveled road and attractive farm bulletin board placed conspicuously near the road is a help to both producer and consumer in making1 business contact. Many city dwellers now travel far out into the country by automobile, and this fact can be turned to account in securing customers by using a bulletin board. This method v/ill be especially useful on clean, well-kept farm.n. The statements on the board should give the articles for sale, together with their prices, delivered to the purchaser's door by parcel post, and the main itemp should be in lettering large enough to be read quickly. Warning notices might be place J at a proper distance in each direction from the main bulletin board. The wording on these warning boards should be brief but pointed, such, for example, as "Fair View Farm. ftcan Marketing Bulletin Ahead." Stationery a Help. If a farmer expects to develop a business of selling produce to Strang era he will find it advisable to have printed staticncry bearing the nr.mo STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Lcland Moore of Charleston was appointed a member of the public ser vice commission by Governor Manning. Sam Johnson, York County negro, sentenced to be electrocuted January lu, has been taken vo the State penitentiary. The United States employment bureau is sending laborers to Camp Jackson to work on the concrete road which is to be built around the base hospital connecting* with the permanent mnrlwuva nt' lie nnmr* Hog cholera which has heen prevalent in Richland County to a large extent for several months is now on a decline. Governor Manning the last two days has approved several acts passed at the last session of the general assembly. Only one of these is State wide in application. This is for increasing the number of grades in textile schools which receive State or county aid from the consitutional three mills school tax. Uparreled advances in property values in South Carolina have boon recorded during the last 12 months, | according to county abstracts filed v itli Rut. L. Osborne, comptroller general. i f the farm, with envelopes to match i ' the farm is not named an appropriate name should be selected. A implo, though attractive and bu n 2 alike letterhead can be printe : without much cost. It should giv the name and location of the farm, the farmer's name, and a simph statement of the business. Elaborate and highly colored letterheads cm bellished with illustrations buildings, fruits, or animals should bo avoided. Blank statement forms or invoice, j to fill in and inclose with shipment j :;bould be supplied. Persons receiving produce by mail wish to know th price of the shipment, and by the use of printed statement forms the shipper can furnish this information without much trouble. Labeling Parcels. Each parcel must boar the nam' and address of the shipper, the naivm and address of the person for whom intended, and the nature of the con.... : i ??? ? <<T-??:_u I r>uui ?.ii> i* i iit* ur rrri.Mijable." As tags frequently arc tor?; off, it is best to have this information written or stamped directly on the outer wrapper or container. If the only mark of identity of producer and consumer is on a tag and the tag is lost, the parcel can neither be delivered nor returned to the sender. Producers who have business enough to justify them may secur gummed labels worded somewhat as ! fellows: From Fair View Farm, John Brown, Proprietor, Blank, Virginia. 1 PERISHABLE. EGGS. The wording may be changed to -:uit the product shipped, changing j Eggs" to "Poultry," "Butter," or I t \ f 1 1 1 f? 1 i 4 T * ? ?1. 1 ? A . i v cgeuiutus, unu jrerisiuiuie to I "Fragile," as the case may require. These labels, if properly applied should not come off. They will serve as an advertisement and may result in inquiries from other customers. Business Relations With Customers. Once contact has been made and shipping begun it is important that proper business relations be established and maintained, for on these depend success. The difficulty fre, quently met in obtaining the first order makes it important for the producer to use businesslike methods to retain the trade that he secures. 'Whether a person is succssful in parcel-post marketing depends large !> on his adaptability to this work. . if routine and detailed work is distasteful to him he may never learn how to keep up a business rela' ' r?r\ y n 111 Til miotinrlo /\f imnoAnu tili/t ' V'li.'ii I |/. L ll\/UO((IIUO \/l J/tl nv'llil %V IIW K #??*/% (rjinnArtnT nl ? %-\ O in m#f V \ || i)UCVU)?M Ul ill \/ 1/ v i-i I customers have boon unsuccessful in keeping them. Much has boon loan o(i from the oxporionce of both suc, cessful and unsuccesful shippers. Tho most important feature in a business relationship is a square deal. Good grading of produce, strict business honesty, prompt attention to correspondence and orders, , and satisfactory adjustment of complaints are needed. The consumer as well as the producer should do hij part in these matters. - ? <?- ? fhe Quinine That Does Not Affect tho Head Dec.Mse ot Its tor.ic awl 2nxntive effect, I,AXA< riVF. 1IROMO QU1HINJE i?**?f?erthaii ordinary Quinine and docs not CAUte ticrvomness noi , in?:in? in head. llc.nt:nlier th?? iu!i nnmear.C iixlc Jor the it nature of JJ. w. OROV^. 30c THE HORRY HERA I Are Open-IV. \ The averag is open-mincU , American bus I ill ducted by true vision, open-miri believe in their coi to meet their c< | jlj The men in the p; ill! are no exception II The busines ' | Company has gr( j: tion has progres: li|@ have been condu< ii r' ij efficiently, and ec ! ; ducing the marg j cost of live stock ; price of dressed n ; the profit is only cent a pound?to 11 any noticeable e I II i\ The packing in |j vital industry?o I:: ^< important in m< || j you understand ii 11 1 Swift & Comp facts in the adve appear in this addressed to eve: ij person in the coo III The booklet of preced story of the packing inc on requ Swift & C Union Stock Yards I Swift & ( u.s [ L., HEALTHY ANIMALS |; MAY SPREAD DISEASE The medical profession has known m a long time that one of the rnen1 re.-; to wiiich health is exposed is the ' nfoclious material often carried and u .ronreiou dy expelled by seemingly oallhy pcrso/s and animals, l)ut the , '?e importance of this fact has be Tun to receive the wide recognition it merits only in recent years. Today we kow that many persons after recovery from typhoid fever continue to discharge typhoid germs from their bodies and that such persons cause numerous cases of typhoid fever unless they are properly ontrollecT, and we know that exposure to diptheria, even when it does not lead to the development of disease, means that the exposed individual often becomes a carrier of diptheria germs, which are located in his throat, a region from which thev - I Good Propei % I have for sale cheap, passenger, Studebaker aut< run about ten months; the the owner is leaving this se car is in good condition. FINE LANDS A Also one tract of Fifty of Twentv A or ox Af 1? ? - ?/ N / ?v* VM v* County on Snow Hill Road quick buyer; also other vali and Williamsburg Counties If interested in those 1 "M" care H< CONWA LP, OOHWAT, 8. 0. You 1 linded? 1 e American | ;d. 1 iiness is con- || Americans of ideci men who i; untry and strive | Duntry's needs. ]j acking industry ||| to the rule. j ss of Swift & I I 3wn as the na- J sed. Its affairs | ;ted honorably, | jonomically, re- J in between the |j and the selling |j| leat, until today jjl a fraction of a | o small to have !||1 ffect on prices. l!j idustry is a big, '11 ne of the most '|!| 3 country. Do ji! t? II iany presents | I rtisernents that jj iper. They are ry open-minded i ;| intry. ||J ing chapters in this ii |jj instry, will be mailed j{ Ill est to ||! Illl Jompany lj| |||| - Chicago, Illinois IP |||| Company 1 * US arc expelled in a way dangerous to the health of susceptible persons. And we also know that this same problem of seemingly healthy carriers and disseminators of disease germs must be given careful consideration because of its bearing on tlv health of our domestic animals. The possibility that animals may become persistent carriers of disease germs is not limited to any one or any kind of disease. o The annual fire loss of Charleston for 1918 will figure about $60,000, which is $5,000 below the average for the past 80 years. ? No Worms in a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have an unhealthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly lur iwu or inrcc weens win cnricn tne moon, improve the digestion, and act as a General Strcngth nio?? Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then irow off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be i perfect health. Pleasant otake. 60c pcrbottle, rty for Sale one six cylinder, seven omobile whi^h has been reason for selling is that ction of the country. This LSO OFFERED (50) Acres, and one tract md lying in Georgetown will be sold cheap to a. .table property in Florence 3argains write at once to 3rry Herald Y, S. C. f FOREIGN ITEMS | GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING An Allied force composed of Americans, Russians, and Poles advanc- ( ed 14 miles southward along the 1 road bordering the Ongea River. The government's loss in operating the railroads in 1918 is calculated I by railroad administration officials at less than $150,000,000. With the ending of the year 1918 I at midnight the war industries board i and the treasury's capital issues com ? mittce ceased to exist. ] The entire State cf Florida became "dry" at midnight Dec. 81st, when I the constitutional amendment mak- ] ir.g sale or manufacture or transpor- * tation of liquors, wines or beers ille- I gal. ! The most cordial messages were i exchanged by President Wilson and 1 King George on the occasion of the 1 departure of the president from Eng- ' land. 1 American troops operating in Arch angel were fitted out in England with special clothing and other equip nicnis 10 moot the rigors of the Rus- j 1 sian winter. A home seeker's bureau has boon established by the railroad administration to give free information about opportunities in Western and Southern States. Special price regulations on mill feeds and limitations on wholesalers, retailers and jobbers margin of ( profit on mill feed sales were removed by the food administration. Arrival at Triest of the first steam cr carrying food sunplies for the Serbians and the sending of a special mission to Warsaw to organize food relief in Poland and another to Vieni a to ivestigate foo 1 conditions there iwero announced in a cablegram received at the food administration from Herbert C. Hoover at Paris. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Not Served). Court of Common Pleas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. Mary E. Todd, Administratrix of John D. Todd, Dec'd; also in her own right, Plaintiff, vs. Jessamine Virginia Todd, Hubert Archibald Todd, Heirs at law of John D. Todd, Dec'd; Susan M. Housend. Samuel Isaac Housend, William T. Housend, Oilie Minnie Gore, Exic Dora Gore, Lou Dcssie Cartrett, Benjamin Housend, George B. Hour end, Robert G. Housend, Richard Bellamy, Maggie M. Bellamy, Letha / Gertrude Bellamy, Blanche Pearl c Bellamy, 1). Leon Bellamy, Ethel Mary Bellamy and Richard E. Bellamy, Heirs at law of Alva l\ Housend, Dec'd.* Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint, in this action, which has been filed :n 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 complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days after the 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. November 25th, A. D., 1918. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Samuel Isaac Housend, William T. Housend, Ollie Minnie Gore, Exit T \ rs I T TV- ' * uvia uore and i^ou ijcssic \^arcrett, Absent Defendants: TAKE NOTICE That the Complaint in the foregoing stated action and the Summons of which the foregoing is a copy were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Horry County, at Conway, S. C., on the 2nd day of December, A. D., 195 8. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. The stockholders of the Coi.way Live Stock Company, a corporation, u/v L aaII A/I f A Aa4- #*4- iL ft a/ < it u iiKziwy tniiuu ?,v/ inuut at tilt1 uificc of the Conway Live Stock Company at 8 P. M. Dec. 27, 1918, for the purpose of considering the advisability of surcrndering the charter of the said corporation and gong out of business. A. C. THOMPSON, President of Conway Live Stock Company. ?adv?5t?11-28 I FRY IT! SUBSTITUTE FOR NASTY GALOMEL Starts your liver without mak^ ing you sick and can not salivate. i Every druggist in town?-yonr drug uri;>t and everybody's druggist has noticed a great falling off in htc sale of calomel. They all give the same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its place. "Calomel is dangerous and people know it, while Dodson's Liver TonfcLjs perfectly safe and gives better results," said a prominent local druggist. Dodson's Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every druggist ? tvho sells it. A large bottle costs but a few cents, and if it fails to give :?c o I-' -i i: ir>,v ruuci in rvfiy case OI llVCl" SlUg gishness and constipation, you have " only to ask for your money back. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant- / basting, purely vegetable remedy. -J harmless to both children and adtlMs. Take a spoonful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head ache, acid stomach or constipated bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all the next day like violent calomel. Take a dose of calomel * today and tomorrow you will feel_>^ " weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose > i\ day's work! Take Dodson's Liver \ Tone instead and feel fine, full of vigor and ambition.?adv. o SALUTE AMERICANS GERMANS NOW TGLB<" Coblenz. ? Beginning to-morrow, nil German civil employees in uniform and all German soldiers within the American area of occupation must salute American officers. Failure to comply makes the Germans liable to arrest. An order to this \ effect reached Coblenz to-day from American advance general headquarters at Treves. Lieut. Arthur Sutton and three men of the American Signal Corps left to-day for Berlin to report to. Major Gen. Harries. Sutton will take photographs showing conditions in Berlin and vicinity. Forty airplanes, including sevenGothas said to have been used in the bombing of Paris, were accepted today by the American Army. Two hundred machines are now in Coblenz or on the way and all of them soon will be taken to France. Twenty-five hundred machine guns also were accepted. o~ Four members of the faculty of Chicora College for Women, who a'PVP ill tlio /'it v /IniMiwr t lm Uoli-'n t?o ,, v.#v. <i? vuv v?vj viui 111^ uiv uuimatY^f entertained the inmates of the penitentiary Christmas day with a prog-ram of music and readings. o ENDORSED AT HOME. Such Proof as This Should Convince Any Conway Citizen. The public endorsement of a local citizen is the best proof that can produced. None better, none stronger can be had. When a man comes forward and testifies to hi; fellow neighbors, you may be sure he is thoroughly convinced or he would not do so. Telling one's experience when it is for the public good m an act of kindness that should he a^fpreciated. The following statement JC given by a resident of Conway adda-^^^* one more to the many cases of Home Endorsement which are being published about Doan's Kidney Pills. Read it. John Holt, ex-county treasurer, ,$v. Conway, says: "My system was all run down about four years ago and ... i- v . ? uiui u wun: jjuiiijs jii rny DUCK. 1 WUS so sore and lame I couldn't bend over, and the kidney secretions- often passed too frequently. I got Doan's Kidney Pills at the Norton Drug Co., and one box greatly relieved me." yu Price GOc, at all dealers. ITon't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?tho same that Mr. Holt had. Foster-Mi!burn Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y.?adv?(50) o TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby forbidden to enter, or ip any manner trespass upon, any of the lands of the undersigned Company, situate in Horry County, and in the Townships of Conway, Dogwood Neck, Little River, and Socastee; under penalty of law in such cases made and prowled. All hunting, fishing, ranging or otherwise entering or trespassing upon said land arc strictly forbidden. Myrtle Beach Farms Co. 12-5-18-lmo. - - a Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There U only one "Bromo Quinine." ?. W. GROVE'S fci?ualu*e oa tox. 30c. $