University of South Carolina Libraries
IMLOE BIOHT TELEPHONE COMPANY FAGES PROBLEMS "In the clamor about the proper legislation for the preservation of the railroads after their return to their owners," said a representative of the local telephone company yester day, "one is apt to forget that all the telephone systems of the country, taken overbodily by the Government during the war, wore turned back on short notice just a few months ago? and without any remedial legislation. 1 would not minimize the seriousness of the railroad situation, which is one demanding careful consideration, bu}. the probleins of the telephone companies are m their way just as serious. The tel< phone company has .* its troubles, too." "There are in this country several hundred thousand citizens with their money invested in telephone proper irto n on 11 o-?r?-r?cm snmothinc V W Mil Mg^l^'QMVV ~ - v, like two billions of dollars. The bus-1 iness employes about .S00,000 people. About sixty cents out of every dollar f the cost of running the average telephone system goes for wages, and the people engaged in the business are no more immune to the high cost of living than those in other lines of work?and as it has cost them more and more to live, their pay has hud lo go higher and higher. The equipment uwi material the company must buy to keep up its plant has increased in cost from .TO -per cent to TOO per cent?an average of perhaps 75 per cent to 85 per cent for the things used most frequently. Sundry expenses?the lmndrcd and one miscellaneous item:-! of expense in the business ?they have all increased, too; they average around 00 per cent higher than in 1014. Is it any wonder that it costs more to make telephone service now than it did in the 'good old days' before the war?' ."It has been practically impossible to keep the service up to pre-war standards in most places. The difficulty obtaining labor and materials for maintentnee work during the war prevented many companies from main taming their plants to the old standard; every telephone company is going to need considerable money dur- ( ing the next year or so, to put its prop erty back to the old before-the-war standard of efficiency." "The aggregate of increases in telephone rates throughout the country since 1914 has been far lass than the total increases in expenses. The ine leases in exchange rates will gencroily, hardly average 20 per cent according to the best statistics available.' "No utility can manufacture even a reasonably satisfactory service when its income is inadequate for the purpose. The telephone company' possesses no magic power by which if can obtain present-day labor an i meet present-day expenses at pre war prices. The telephone company is not a free agent; its income is limited by the rates it is allowed, by regulation of public authority, to charge for its services . When the rate is too low, the service must inevitably fall below the standard of efficiency needed and demanded by the American public." "Telephone service has become too valuable and too essential in our ev* ry^dny <ttfe bo i?Ucnw -it to become imjjairsfl tjrr Tendered leas useful when v^uctily moderate an advance in the coat of the seivice to each usor rs all *fwft is neressary to keep the business going and the service satisfactory, even in these days of the 'high cost of living'."?Advt. i\mf i * mmrnamtmm Dates must bq made ten days Ahead of Sale. R. 0. HANSON Auctioneer & Appraiser 213 North 6th Street WILMINGTON, N. C. * g ' nriirnv cmioiit ncmcw ouuuni > FOR BOLL WEEVIL > 7 Resolution in State Legislature Would Provide for $100,000 Reward. Columbia.?A reward of one hundred thousand dollars would he offered by the state to the person who discovers and provides a successful remedy for the destruction of the holi weevil, in a joint rcolution introduced in tiie general assembly Tuesday, Kepresentative Morrison, of Ccurler, ton, being the author of the res 11tioua which provides that perron; find ing bcli weevil remedies would dohvcr thorn to the commieHjoner of agriculture and that official would ap - ? point a committee of ten or more reliable persons to test the remedy. Representative Fulmcr of Orangeburg has introduced a- bill to prohibit imposition of the death sentence where conviction is on circumstantial i evidence, except in cases of rape or attempt to rape. A bill to prohibit the sale of any vehicles other than those having fifty six inch tread after January 1, 1921, has been introduced in the house. It would provide a penalty of from $10 to a $100 or imprisonment of from five to thirty clays. A bill to prohibit the use of motor cais on the public highways without motor license numbers has also been introduced. It would provide a serial number for each county, under which licenses would be issued, and the license fee would be one dollar per horse power for automobiles and four dollars per horse power for trucks. A dealer's license would be $50. Ten i - n ?\ -i i * - pur cum 01 uie proceeds would go i > tlie State treasury, the remainder to the county for road construction. j BERLIN CONCERNED ' OVER EXTRADITION Revision of Clauses of the Treaty Sought in Note to the Allies ALARMED BY ATTEMPT TO KILL ERZBERGER Cabinet Officials View It as Precursor of More Trouble. Berlin.?Indication of the governmerit's growing concern over the extiadition of Germans, accused of war offenses, was given in the note sent to the Allies asking revision of clauses of the Versailles treaty. The attempted assassination of Mathias Erzberger, minister of finanace, last Monday is viewed in official circles ds a precursor of what is likely to happet on a larger scade if the govern mcnt, yielding to the Allies, appeals to force in arresting men on the list submitted by the Entente powers. Editorial and partisan recrimination;?, pi evoked by the attack on the finance minister, have already reached thy white hot slace. While it has been commonly known that Wilhelm strasse would use all its persuasive ; power in an effort to induce the A1 lies to desist in their avowed purpose of demanding the surrender of Go:*usi Epidemics ?f Influ#rw.n nana the public of a .return of Influenza lnfhien/.a is becoming opidemic ag mfcctuui, a duty not only to self bi Jn the cjudemic of 1801 it \ five of this disease. IrtWt year ] ami on a stupendous scale. No ci Oil of Eucalyptus, combined with Eucapine Balve. Every citizen s. against the Flu germs which infee leading to the air passages is the becoming epidemic. Eucapine pri If You Take Flu by careless exposure and failure 1 properly sterilize the air passages tl doctor should be called immediatel If neither doctor nor nurse are to 1 had, tune a good purgative. Redu< the aching and fever by taking Asr tone (2 tablets) every hour till tl fever is mastered. Rub the throat ar chest with Eucapine. Fill the nostri and sniff it back into the throat. Pi n../,nn:n. <v? ?1 fyunir uu iuu uaii\ 1/1 tj tongue. Swallowing a little, no larg than a pea, will do good rather thi harm. Place a teaspoonful in a coff pot with water, bring to a boil and i hale the steam through a pasteboa (funnel. Keep up this treatment pc sistently till the'doctor arrives. Mai physicians will continue just this tret mcnt and nothing more. Weakness ai heart depression are characteristic Influenza. Plain Aspirin is slight heart depressant. For that rcas< Aspitone should be used as it does u depress the heart, containing wi Aspirin a safe, slight heart exhilara to counteract the slightly depressing feet of the Aspirin. Your druggist can supply Aspito tablets, 35c the box, and Eucapi Salve 50c the jar. If your drugg does not keep it order by mail from t manufacturers. Eucapine Salve is indicator skin and is therefore useful i'11 ti sores, burns, bruises, insect bitof of the air passages and as a cum ently used, entirely dependable. I The Piedmont I . IBB HORRY HTiTtAT.D, COW The "Soulless ftowc oT$tah(c\ Because the Telephone G I does not necessarily mcai t or or the desire to deal fi W xious as any other busin g you satisfactorily, at a f; your good will. Corporations?even publ ?are simply association managed and operated )>} whom are just as human other walks of life. i These men and women Company have every reas to make their manageincii to you?their places, pay upou just that thing! Forget the "soulless corpc of tne Telephone Compur iucu and women who cor least "the benefit of the d "At Your irans, the shots aimed at Erzbergor A have made the cabinet more appro- t hensive than it has been at any other v time relative to the enforcement of a the extradition- clauses. The note to the Allies which will not be publish- n cd in Germany, warns the Entente tl powers that Germany cannot assume h ^he is able to compel either national b or local agencies of the law to lay C( hands on the men wanted and trans- s fer them to German frontiers. The Associated Press is informed that o even responsible officers of the for- cl c'gn office have announced point IT I lank they will refuse to execute any c work connected with extradition for- 0 n-alities and they threaten to strike if or indulge in passive resistance." r A leading official of the foreigi b office expressed doubt that a man o.< could be found in Germany, from an h army or navy commander down to w a humble village deputy "who would lend himself to the work of c'lcecut- IS ing a warrant for the arrest or detention of fellow countrymen to be dragged before a foreign tribunal." Suggestion in Note. Suggestion is made in the note e: thrl the men wanted to be tried by 41 I lie rupveme court at Leipzig and In t! viiis part of the communication the F cabinet has indicated its belief that II the ration's highest tribunal can m guarantee an exhaustive and impar- a ti-1 trial. It is pointed cut that the o Uy cover two seasons. Medical authority this winter. The history of the disease j ain it, is the duty of every citizen to tnl< itt to the public for every cone developed c< van discovered in England that OH of Euci preparations containing this superb antise rtarrh germ -or similar enomies of humai othw volatile oils .in a refined pctrolatnh Lyttilil itfto if in tvOa 4*^ 1 ?i A n /I f h W/I nuuiu *udv; miif 411 uviouiin ciiiti inruiit lint tt the atmosphere during the epidemic, best possible health insurance at the pres< Dtects against infection of colds, coughs, i To the Doctor^ to The following is the qualitative forie muln for Eucapine Halve. The quanti- . tative formula will be sent you together n< y* with a full sized jar of the salve on o receipt of your request. If you have ce not already proven the grent value of v. this formula in your practice, you will n be greatly pleased with results when ] tlc used as an inhalant in steam vapor or id when applied in throat and nostrils and i wherever directly applied to any inflamed surface. It is antiseptic, anal- o gesic and antiphlogistic and only tie slightly rubefacient. MlMrttyV1" Z Quantitative Formula ee Oil Eucalyptus Globulus Oil Peppermint ^ 11" I if Oil Pinus SilvuHtris * rd ' Oil Wlntorgreen * - / Menthol 'r V Gum Camphor 11 y Thoroughly mixed hi proper ratio 8 it- and sequence and at proper tempera- n lid ture, with relined Petrolatum base. ist Antiseptic Analgesic Antiphlogistic ' 1?0 Prevents j. Jtollevcs Allays 1 Infection * Pain Inflammation o [ in all case of inflammation of mombrnn roatmont of Influenza, croup, pneumonia, t, skin abrasions, sunburn, blisters, sore f it4ve treatment in inflammatory eomlitioni Manufactured only by UberatorlM, hcwpaeatei V WAY, S. P., FEB. 8, lggQ. Corporation" /lONC OI>TAMCf\ onipany is a corporation ig i that it is without hon- 3 lirly; that it is not as an- & icss enterprise to serve air price, and to merit ie service corporations I s of men aim women, | / men and Women, all of M us men and women in | i t who are the Telephone on for trying their best it ami service acceptable and promotion depend " ...l ??. l. nuiuiii ttiiuii yuu iiiiuik iy?think, instead, of the nposc it. Give them at oubt.** Service" IPHONEGO. ^ j| ^^ Se*iLeeeee*e*eeo67irosk>:'-)' f allies are given representation on he bench of the supreme clourt, .hich should further tend to guarntee a fair trial. The economic situation in Germany is precarious at present and Ids is an unsuitable period to invite rouble, the note indicates, continvslg to point out that trouble, if it omes, will not be confined to any ingle party. "The whole nation is likely to go n a general strike," an official delared while discussing the govern-1 lent's plight, if it is coerced into ven making a feint in the direction f apprehending the men wanted. It 5 definitely stated that no list of ames of men whose extradition will e demanded has as yet been receivil, and that the government has no int of when it is coming or who is anted. o IOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF FARMERS' FISHERIES COMPANY, Little River, S. C. Notice is hereby given that applinlion has been made to the Secreiry of State for a commission for \o. incorporation of the "FARMER'S I8HERIES COMPANY" of Little liver, S. C., and that the hooks of ubscription to ti e Capital Stock mounting to $100,000 00 will bo pencil at the Bank of Little River, us have for months boon warn in . ustified this warning and now tl?:.t ;c all possible precautions again:, institutes a new center of infection alyptus was effective as a prevent ptic oil were used very effective'. 1 health can live in its presence i base constitutes the formula c or# four times a day to protect This sterilization of the orififcos ?nt time when the disease is again sore throat, catarrh, etc., as well. To the Druggist Last year during the Influenza cpiemie, we were overwhelmed with rus'j rders for Eucapine to the dogrerwthnt e wore utterly unnhlc to lill nil order.; t\/1 m n n 4*. 1. 11 - 1 e ku inuiijr nuti iu u?* cuui'i'iicii nom our beer inability to manufacture Eueaino Halve fast enough. This year, wing to our extensive advertising camaign the normal business is much [\rgor and we may again be unable to upply the full demand. If your stock is low, order nt once o avoid the possibility of shortage on ush orders. There is no danger in tocking liberally to meet emergencies h the rapidly growing popularity of Uucnpine Halve assures a steady and distantly increasing demand. If you have failed to stock it thus ar, order from your jobber at once, ["here is no other salve which exactly ills the field of Eucapine. To substiuto is to do an injustice to your cusomcrs. Eucapine does not blister the lostrils or the tender skin of an inant's chest, but its curative qualities a inflammatory conditions arc uncx oiled. es of tho air passages and of the sore iferoat, coughs, colds, catarrh, cot. As a preventative of infection i it is, when properly and persist1, Clinton, S. C. / Little River, S. C. (which is the office of the Company,) on the 6th day of February, 1920, at 9 o'clock A. M. ' for the purpose of receiving application-; to the capital stock of the Corporation. i Dr. J. A. Stone, i Moore Thompson, 1 Allen B. Moore, < George H. Moore, : INCORPORATORS. 1 ARE YOUTtARGET i FOR INFLUENZA? j 1 !t Hits Listless, Run-down people First?Their Blood is Thin r GERMS EVERYWHERE IN EPIDEMIC , j Be Prepared?Strengthen and i Build Up Your Blood with j Pepto-Mangan. < If it is true that you arc not feeling your best?if you have that "always-tired" feeling and no interest or enthusiasm?then*you should be care ful of the influenza. It is thin-blooded, anemic people that disease strikes first. Tlic fact that you have had a very few serious illnesses has nothing to do with it. Everyone gets run-down occasionally, ! and when they do, the blood is in no condition to fight off disease germs, 1 because it has not enough red corpuscles. It is the red corpuscles of the blood that fight disease and save you from sickness. You simply can't afford to take chances when influenza is striking down thousands everywhere. Fortify your blood?build it up with the pleasant tonic, Pepto-Mangan. And should you be just recovering / * _ 1 TV A Iff jrom muuenza, you nceu repio-maa gan because your blood has exhausted its strength. Pepto-Mangan will help build you up. Pepto-Mangan is widely and heartily endorsed by physicians. It is effective and easy to take. Comes in either liquid or tablet form. No difference in medicinal properties. Sold at any drug store. Hut be sure you get the genuine Pepto-Mangan?"Gude's." Ask for it by the name and be sure the full name is on the package.?(Advertisement) I o PROF. BOY A JI AN TO ADDRESS HORRY PEOPLE \ Prof. N. A. Boyajian, an Armenian refugee, who escaped from a Turkish prison some years ago and fled to America, will be the principal speaker of the quiet campaign now being conducted in Horiy County to raise the county's quota of $2,000 for relief of the starving peoples of the Near Ea-it. Mr. Boyajian has for many years been a witness of and an actor in the gloomy tragedy of his native land. Members of his own family perished in Turkish massacres. Since coming to the United States Mr. Boyajian has spoken on platforms throughout the country, unfolding the graphic story of the sufferings of his people. Those who have charge of the campaign in this eoun-: ty are very fortunate in securing his 1 services for three or four days of speaking. On Friday night, Febrimy AS, he' will speak in the Baptist cfhucfc at Iioris, the -exercises beginning at 7.45 o clock. Prof J. B. O'Neal, of the Loris school is co-operating in arranging for this meeting. At 7.45 on Saturday night. Febru- i cry 14, Mr. Boyajian will speak at the Wampee school house. The people of ! Warn pee are known for the loyal man < ner in which they support their pub- 1 lie gatherings and it is expected that a large audience will greet Mr. Boy- i ajian. There will be no admission 1 charge for either of these meetings. < I'rof. L. D. Singleton of the Wampee school, is perfecting arrangements for that meeting. 1 Other meetings are being arranged, of which announcement will be made 1 later. < o COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Not Served.) Court of Common Pleas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. Burroughs & Collins Company, a Corporation, Plaintiffs, ?vs.? Hannah Moore, Alice Moore, Eva Moore, and all and singular any person or persons whosoever by n.lmiaaa.mw MnmA a r n O mAQ /<q11ai1 VYIiavni/UVyi nailiv v* untvo vwuvi or known, and whose names1 are unknown to the plaintiff, being heirs at law, or claiming to be heirs at law of Robert W. Moore, i Dec'd.; Stone Brothers Company, a Corporation; and W. H. Stone, as Administrator of the personal es tatc of Nelson Thomas, Dec*d, Dofondants. rO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED md required to answer the complaint in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Clerk o? Court of Common Pleas; for the saiiJlKounty, \nd to serve a copy of your answer to II he said complaint on the subscriber it his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service md if you fail to answer the com. mint within the time aforesaid, tho |^H plaintiff in this action will apply lie (Joint lor the relief demanded in he complaint. Dated December 9th, A. D. 1919. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. rO Hannah Moore, Alice Moore, and Eva Moore, Absent Defendants: TAKE NOTICE That the ConS \M I [)laint in the foregoing stated actio* ind the Summons of whicfrj^iie fore^oing is a copy were filed in the ofPice of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Horry I County, at Conway, S. C., on the R^H 14th day of January A. D. 1920. W. L. BRYAN,( L. S.) v C. C. C. P. K H. H. WOODWARD, 1 Plaintiff's Attorney. ORDER. fflj Upon hearing the Petition and Affidavit in behalf of the plaintiff in Ihe foregoing stated actiwij| and it ap pearing that Alice Mcore^and Eva Moore, infant defendants in said rause, are now absent from the State of South Carolina: In pursuance of ||^H Subdivision 2 of Section 165 of the Code of Civil Procedure of South Carolina A. D. 191? it is hereby or- X?l tiered that J. S. Vaught, Judge of Probate of Horry County, be and he is hereby appointed as Guardian AJ SHR Litem of said absent infant defend- kBeB ants for the purposes of this action, and is hereby authorized and directed Kj^E to appear and defend this action in ffljH their behalf, unless the said infant |H|fl defendants, or someone in their hehalf within twenty days after tho service of a copy of this Order, either < personally cnit of the State, or by publication with the summons as ' hereinafter stated, shall procure to be appointed some suitable person as Guardian Ad Litem for the said in- H| fants; it appearing that J. S. Vaught 1 II is a suitable and competent person to ^ I I act as such Guardian. j I It is further ordered that this Or^ e'er shall be served upon said infant ']^^l defendants by publishing the sam* for three successive weeks in the 1 lorry Herald, a newspaper published in Horry County, immediately following the summons in said action; S| 01 the said Order may be served on 9^^ ai I infants personally while out of the State: And that the service of? 11 I said Order shall be completed on the ilay of the date of the last publication thereof in said paper or on the day tl.at the same is personally served on'^f'I^H said parties, and that the twenty days for answering shall begin to tun from the date of the personal service as herein provided, or from the date of the hist publication there- 1 I of in said paper. Given under my Hand and Seal this 23rd day of Jan. 1920, at Con- j way, South Carolina. j W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) H H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney for SELLS HUSBAND FOR $5,000. SI Peter Guy, gypsy, the husband of |l u?.? r*.... iuui y viuy, uiKu oi ine wanacnng !$j tribe of Romany, is now the property f)f another woman. Peter was sold by his wife for nflj $5,000 in gold, in addition to the prop- 11 erty the two had collected in their R | wanderings. ftS The bill of sale was drawn up in the office of a local attorney, apd at the same time an agreement on the jS? division of property was made a mat- I ler of record. The three parties to the eternal I triangle appeared in the law^v's office and stated their wants. After he had recovered from the shock thejfcttorncy asked for explanations. "Oh not necessary," Mrs. Guy said. "This woman she want to buy my HB husband. She have enough money, hjJ? don't want him any more, so I .se>JBKR She went on to explain that it yv'-jf the tribal custom, and all of .El seemed to think that the proceedings BR , >vf,ui. 1IIU VYIIU UHKC'I if her husband could now marry the Rfl woman who had bought him. Wkm "When told by the attorney that he [H v ould have to obtain a divorce, she I I merely smiled and nodde(L4^.. I The sale was not the fiVst one in HH which Guy had figured as human chattel, his former owner told the lawyer. I "Oh I paid $5,000 for him mvself, I I ind I am selling him cheap/' she is HR aid to have remarked.?Des Moina Register.