Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I \ \ k I I lf0cal and Two new cases of influenza reported last Friday were Mrs. J. W. " Sparks and Miss Donna Coleman, d i These two eases having- developed u in two separate families. ***** H/T. Tuton was in Conway last " Saturday on business. a \ ii Ed. L. Smith was in Loris several - days recently 011 business. . t: , M. L. Marlow was in Conway one i day lash week. \ >1 * P R. B. Anderson, of Clio, S. C., ^ ^ spent the first of the week with friends and relatives in the city. 1 ***** Dr. Quattlebaum, of Columbia, ? , spent last week-end here, the gpiest \ w|fof Col. and Mrs. C. P. Quattlebaum. , 1 * * |<] Ta*j\Books close for payment of 1 taxtfsMarch 15, and all unpaid taxes 1 vill be turned over to Sheriff at 1 linen ??.- >?> .. ? ,1 U.. 1 11 Iv.ivv. iu|ucowu uy iuw. ! * * * * * | Conway has a live Beard of Health and it took swift action last week Jjehon the influenza broke oui. | * )L' ylinco then the lid has been on good ' and tight. jc ..... |l It. H. Wood was in Conway or. business one day la- t week. . ? H ^ It. V.. Ward was in Conway on I bu.'-.ine.sflf^-one day last week. j< i *4 h + v ? | f Travel to this point keep^ up a*. 'I the same lively rate since the year r of 1920 came in. There is every 1 prospect of largo business to bo , t done in this county this year. 1 I , m rn a. * m ( H J. Fred Grant has been spending i t some time in Conway on business. t * * * % 0 N. M. Home, of Nichols, S. C., j i spent Tliursday of last week in Con- i way on business, returning to his home in tli*? afternoon. m * Legal blanks and good job work of ^ all kinds at the "Herald office. 1 9 * s % m * ^ Constable H. N. Sessions went to < Florence, S. C., last Wednesday to \ 4 take a boy to the reformatory near < {that city. t ? * * * * * Make plans now for a good garden 1 I this year as it will be too late if you V wait too long1. . The framing is now up for the new 1 cottage of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Scar- i borough. 1 ? ? a There appears to be one great con t solation regarding the flu epidemic ( this time, and that is, that the dis- ( er.se appears to he light and does 1 not develop pneumonia cases. / t a a a * a James W. Johnson; Esqr., of M i- ( r? lion, S. C., passed through this conn { ty one day last week on legal busi- } ness. * a a a a . t W. Boyd Jones was in Conway on business last week. - ? a ? \ Charley Grainger and Othan Ar- . rette were in Conway from the Ta- < bor section one day last week. v ? a * Thursday night of last week was ? fibout as cold weather as we have ] had sinp 1920 came in. Next morning there was plenty of ice in evi- dence. f We will pay $15.00 per thousand for sound Sweet Gum logs 14 inches and over in diameter, small end, twelve to twenty feet long, when in ~ rn-tivc raft, rafted any landing between Red Bluff and BuCkepnrt on the Waccumaw River. These Sweet I v trirm -lnrrw r>nr? fa.ftn/l ?? ? ' W1 '' I - n. ... .vn>. ? wv niiu ui;ait:u t same as cypress if girdled and bark 1 peeled off. For further information f sec or write The Veneer WYg. Co., t Conway, S. C.?adv 2|26 tf. 1? . PREVENT Rv U: * ~ ^ Norton's E Fever C< 50 Cents FOR SALE * Norton Drug mutant -jaxxzez .mi u<^:fflB)uVrf?A;ax^wasv?3cr'ta -x ' I Pepsenal 11 to to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Garren have <l\j loved balk to the Anderson re. i- vr< once on the corner of 6th Avenue bi; nd Elm Street. in If The office of the county auditor th 'as overrun with business on Februry 20th, the last day for making G ax leturns. b* Henry Buck, of Marion, was in C% his county one day last week. he Numbers of farmers are still hold- D< ng their cotton crop expecting the til nice to go still higher than it hah ti< eert. fc ***** cli EPIDEMIC SHOWING D LITTLE DEVELOPMENT w Vf Practically no developments have M aken place in the- influenza epi- th Itmic during the past week. Reports eceived from widely separated th joints in the state indicate that t\ ew cases continue to develop in h< imitcd numbers and some cases or tfi meumonia are being reported. ci * p. More than 850,000 club women in hi vlcbiusku have organized what they it all the State Economy League, the ic ibject of which is to. cut down t o fi ugh cost of living. lx **? ?* THOKNHILL WAGONS. A. C. Thompson, who is tjie 1 cal ,v Ic aler for Thornhill Wagon Com w.ny, has just received a carload of b< IT.orr.hill wagons of the o'cl stand- 11 ird C?0 inch track. There a:*e n > letter wagons known to the trade han those produced by the Thorn (:s nil "Wagon Company, and our read- n ;rs will find the advertise men: vbout these wagons appearing* in his paper each week for sometime, xnd the name of Mr. Thompson ap- > lears as local dealer in each of the '* ulverti semen ts. ^ * * * * si DULL LAST WEEK b Business was rather dull in Con- " way last week, especially toward the* s ast of the week one reason that b :ourt was to have convened on Mon- a lay of this week and people waited c jntil court week to visit the town 11 n business; and for another that ti Te influenza had broken out m this a i<ction ond some were afraid to :ravel here on account of that. ? * NO FREE RANGE. h More and more the farmers of n ' lorry have changed from their opin- I on of the stock law. In times g:n? fc )y the great majority of the farmer > b >f this section have believed tha~ hey would he luined by the passag )[ r.n act that wouhl prohibit their attle and hogs from running at a urge, and requiring them to keep up a heir stock. It is now seen more d ind more by the progressive farmer fi especially that in order to make the 11 jest results from their cattle and r< logs, the stock must be kept in th : h lasturo where they are handy to rc o eive care and feeding. li STRAYED?One Ivutt-headei' G:w, vith white Spot in face, color red ^ ind white spotted, marked cr.p, y split and underbit in right ear, f, swallow fork and underbit in left. w i 10.00 reward. it, pd 3|4 J. P. PHIPPS. v ^oris, S. C., RED 3, Box 42. / 3ti. pd. 3 4 rOR SALE?Bowser inclosed Pump, ? with 180 gallon tank, good condi- T tion; will take $135.00 cash for quick sale. W. B. Chestnut & Co., Conway, S. C.?2j2G 4t. WANTS POSITION. R. L. White, Box 254, Dillon, S. C., ^ants a position m Conway as gro-: ery clerk. He is experienced 'in this; me of work and will be glad to hear rom any Conway ^roceryman who f? in )ne?*l af a t4ei* at this time.? ( ? dv .2j-19ftf <3t) * 1 THE FLU sing Jiscuits & apsules Dozen I f.'i ONLY BY I ci f Company ^ I Jr.-: <? lpttURHauwus y;??ti rrrv A?*t vnr;au?c?c % ? THE HORRY HERALD, CON\ FAMILY RECOVERED. Ill Mrs. Hal L. Buck was rccentl/ || >ry ill with the influenza, and the ildren also had an attack. Ow.n? the sickness of Mrs. Buck, Senar Buck was unable to return to h's ities in the State Senate until las^ eek when he went back to Coh.ma in time to present an amendment A the Senate to the Statewide''stoci: w measure, providing for a vote on e question as to Horry County. # * ? OLDFINCH FORMS COMPANY. A. E. Goldfinch, and his two 'others, A. K. Goldfinch and W. M. g ddfinch, reecntly purchased tho ridings in the Shoe and t)ry Good's apartment of the Spivey Mcrcanic Company, and according to a noce appearing in our last issue, has ^ rmed a new company under the laracter names of the Goldfinch ry Goods Co. This new Company ill do hnsinpKK in tho ??mo storo here the business of the Spivev ercantile Company has" been eonctcd for about twenty years. Mr. A. E. Goldfinch has been with ic Spivey Mercantile Co., for about v venty years and during that tim o f] : Ipcd to build up a large and cs- h iblished business with numbers ot fj istomcrs. The new company will s We every chance of success in the b unds of the new owners and under v s new name. Mr. A. K. Goldfinch n jcently moved ba*k to Conwa., b om South port, N. C., where he c hi a responsible position. m * * * ? | NOT TO HE MISSED. Conway bad fully expected to | iss the influenza this tine with i itception of a few cases which had i t en caught elsewhere, and devclcpe.'. ere. Hut this was not to l:e as re \ orts licgan to come i:i thick an j a.-t early last week of a number of 1 ares in the town and many more } car the town in outlying districts. M * ? * LACK OF LUBRICATION. When you buy your automobile, if ou would get good service out of it, pend your spare time in a study of i lie instruction book until you under band fully how the machine should t c; oiled and understand all of the iffercnt places and parts where oil i hould be applied and what kind and i o\v often. Vibration plays havoc in ny machine to some extent, in the \ ourse of time, and will knock the lacliine to pieces in a very short ] ime unless it is properly lubricated s to all moving parts. ? NEW CITY POLICE At a meeting of the city council eld the first of this week, Mr. Gil lore Smith was elected as Chief of "olice, to fill the place made vacant y the resignation of L. It. Awlrone. WITH CONWAY NATIONAL. A. K. Goldfinch and family have trived from Southport, N. C., an ! rc occupying the Goldfinch resience on Laurel Street. Mr. G^l''inch has accepted a position with i le Conway National Bank having } signed a similar position that he j eld with one of the loading bank; | f Brunswick County, North Caro- j na, for a number of years. i 1 have just added to my flock of , irown Leghorn hens two Ki lp train Cockrels, one from Ky., one rom Penn. 15 eggs, $1.50, at Conay. L. H. Burroughs?adv 3j4?2t /ANTED?Small gasoline beat, about 20* feet, 4-horse power en g'ine. State condition and price. Ward-Bate Co., Conway, S. C.?ad AKEN UP?At my place one black cow, about 3 years old, unmarked Owner can get same by calling and paying charges. Tally Lewis, R F. D. 2, JTabor- N. C.? 3t pd 1\22. For Heavy Haulmg 'Phone 88. Prompt Service. We specialize on Jong hauls? Two-Ton Track. Conway Motor Car Co. -adv 2*5 ?tf.? REGISTERED DUROC Jersey Hogs, worth ageing miles to see, at my Farm. Some of the best stock in South Carolina. Young Gilts and Boars for sale. Buy near at home and save express charges. Will trade registered pigs for some goats. II. C. CANNON, R. O. HANSON, 'Phone 98-0 CONWAY, S. C. ROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANT For immediate shipment, cxt' * no stocky plants. Early Jt rse; larleston Wakefield, Succes i r 'at Dutch. By express 1000, $3.0 00, $3.50. 5000, $7.50. P'epei ail 300, $1.00, 500, $1.50, 100 1.50. Send for price list Sweet P< to. Tomato and other Plants. A.RRER FARMS, MOULTRIE, G' 2|26 -4t? VAY, S. C, MARCH 4, 1920. NFLUENZA GETS ! WHOLE FAMILIES I mong the Farming Population in Several Sections Near Conway EVERE TYPE OF DISEASE IN EVIDENCE ack of Nursing Attention in Country Districts Stress es Need. Gathering reports brought to Con'ay last Friday, show thai the inluenr. i has been spreading and tak~g whole families in many of the arming districts near the county eat. Physicians have been kept usv during this week and last week isiting patients in the affe.tcd 6igkborhoods. There appears to e a 1 s> k of nursing at Unit ion in the ountry districts wld'h stresses the reat need of that, kind of work in lie country. There r.:e cases aga n epcated. of v.hole families b i g [own with, the di ease an I nobed | o ti?He care of thorn and give n u shmcnt and medicine.. Among the reports last Friday .i.e the following as then suffe>*ng fiom the disease and reported y Dr. J. K. Stalvcy as being the genuine influenza and of the s me ?vcve type as that going about in $13: E. T Causey and family of the la*'in Ilill section; also Mrs. Bry int Rughie who lived in the Causey 'nmily. Willard Howell of that same sec.ion of the county. W. F. Causey and family of ths <cighborhood just across tlic Waecartaw River from Savannah Bluff. S. M. Watts and family of the neighborhood above Adrian. Sam Bland and family on the Kates Bay Road in Bucks township. o LEGISLATURE IS STILL RUNNING THIS WEEK It was thought that the State mmmm?mmmmmsmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmBzaasaaa J A ( wv* T * or a c ?the wag hardwood i * i and niclcoi These are many pate old standai Not the lowi the end the c * \ t mm | , ... . . * Are You Afraid of Flu? R "KEEPIN NORMAL TEMPERATURE IS < Never mind what the little g<a your tongue says. The important what is your mental, moral and phj Briggs, a man at least half pas as a dollar morally and physically enough mentally, so that his busine year. Briggs is very erratic. He nf.v is painted white inside and out, he afread for trouble. He supports the down his religious wings either w everybody well and helps everybody an ? ppoi tunity presents itself He s cause he knows he is going to tak< into it. no more onH no le?e Mo himself. He sleeps soundly eight 1 arises, exercises from fifteen to tw< cold bath and eats a hearty breakfc miles every week day rain or shine, long tramp in the country. He nm sonal opinions down anybody's >hr< must regulate his own life, he must a firm believer in the law of attrac themselves either evil or good, heal ly, friends or enemies, by the quali ing. No he isn't what you think ] All right; so much for Briggs Yesterday we stepped into a hi three-cornered conversation be!we his wife. j Mrs. Haberdasher said, "Mr. B so well all the time, 1 wish you wc accomplish i!, because ho only feob Mr. Haberdasher spoke right i does it, but I'd die before I take tl self." "Quite right" said Briggs, "yo How does you thermometer re Keep woil, dress 1 i GCLOFiNGH Br i By A. E. Gol nice thing; 51 Main CONWAY Legislature would finish up its bus- ] mess and adjourn last week some time; but the business of the Legis 1 laturc seems to increase from session to session and there is more for it to do this time apparently than ever before. They are running on just the same this hveek ond will likely adjourn sometime this weeK after completing the important legislation that is pending. At the session last Friday the state senate first considered the i statewide stock law which had been | ust Receive Gar Load AVE just received a :ar load of Thornhill ;on made in the hea region of tough higl ry. the long wear wag nted features. Madt *d track. est priced wagons but the :heapest. A. G. THOMPSON LOCAL DEALER CONWAY, S. C. _ P40BHVS l eac! these Pointers on 6 FIT" >8.5?WHAT IS YOURS? sb tube the doctor sticks under question for you to answer is, rsical temperature? it sixty years of age is sound and he rings the bell loud ss nets him a nice profit each er wears black clothes, his home j never repeats scandal or |poks I i church, but- does not paste I ith labels or creeds. He wishdk I 7 from newsboys up whenever I iays he Is selfish in this, be- I j out of life just what he puts I vns a car, but seldom uses it I lours every night and when he I enty minutes, shaven, takes a I ist. He walks from four to five I and on Sundays he takes a I 70r attempts to force his per- I >at because he says everybody I , find and sort for himself. He is | ;tion. He says men attract to I th or disease, wealth or pover- I ty and quantity of their think- I he is, at least not by name. I and his thermometer. I [iberdasher's ami overheard this I en Hriggs, the haberdasher and J tri.ugs, you look so well and foci 1 old toll my husband how you j ; half-well most of the time." 1 up and said, "I know how ho 9 hat amount of pains with my- 1 u are quite right about it." j gist or ? ' , we!!, don't worry. 1 V fin A ft e en i I U U U IS0 UUi dfinch, M ?r. 3 TO WEAR ; l Street r, s. c. passed by the house. It was passed with amendments and returned to the house. Tlie amendments provide that the law will not apply to the counties of Berkley, Dorchester, Colleton and Jasper without the consent of the Yetcvs thoso cvvntic.'j> to bo determined by an election to he held for that purpose. Otherwise the law is of general application. Horry County was exempted bySenator Buck from the operation of this law. I I M II 11 II laWMMMWMB?i?O? d 4 / OI shipment Wagons rt of the aland oak 1 jons with i with the ! . i best and in f ^ffl I * (* \ 9 I ' " t# ? i " "* ' |V-|V fY' y'. >,r? .