Smallpox, One Influenza Death at Cliffside. . . Prominent Farmer Dead
There is no influenza at Cliffside as reported but we have
at this writing eight or nine cases of small pox. The school attendance is
splendid and the nurses, Misses Davis and Padgett, make an inspection each day.
To date they have had 250 vaccinations against small pox.
G.K. Moore left last week to spend some time in Jacksonville
and other points in Florida.
B.D. Wilson, manager of the Cliffside Mills store, is in the
northern markets building goods for spring and summer.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. N.L. Harris, Monday, a girl.
Messrs. Osier Hill and John Carnegie of Rutherfordton, were visiting
in town Sunday, the guests of Mr. J.H. Hill and Miss Carrie Hill.
Misses Verna Humphries of Avondale and Lillian Michael who
is teaching at Mt. Pleasant (C), spent Sunday at the home of Misses Willie and
Minnie Carpenter.
Mr. Elliott, a young man of Waco, visited in town Sunday
afternoon.
B.P. Caldwell attending the funeral of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
John L. Caldwell, last Friday at Laurinburg.
A new machine has been installed in the mill for drawing the
warps for the looms. It is a wonderful machine which seems to operate with
almost human intelligence.
The new studio of Messrs. Gilbert & Hames was formally
opened for business last Saturday. It is one of the most up-to-date studios to
be found anywhere in this section, and they have on exhibition a number of
photos that prove their claim for high grade work.
Vaccination seems to be the order of the day and all are
doing fine. Arms are dressed daily by the nurses free.
T.R. Honeycutt died Saturday at his home on the B.E. Gold
farm between Cliffside and Chesnee, and was buried Sunday afternoon at Holly Springs.
Mr. Honeycutt was one of the best farmers in this section and a splendid man,
always ready to help those who needed help or accommodate a friend. He leaves a
wife and several children and several brothers and sisters. He and his entire
family and been sick with influenza and the writer understands Mr. Honeycutt
developed pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Michael of Marion have recently moved tour
town and Mr. Michael will assist his brother-in-law, Mr. M.F. Hamrick, in the
management of the Cliffside laundry.
Miss Annie Hamrick of Shelby is spending several weeks here
with the family of her brother, Mr. Flay Hamrick.
Mr. Horace Henson and a boy named Davis were enroute from
Shelby to Caroleen last Saturday and when about a mile out of town when they
met an accident of some kind, causing the car to turn turtle, pinning the boy
underneath the car. Mr. Henson also sustained some bruises. The jitney on its
way from Shelby to Rutherfordton brought Mr. Henson and the boy here where the
boy was given medical attention and was later taken back to Shelby.
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