Smallpox at Cliffside, Influenza Takes Prominent Farmer, Feb. 5, 1920

From the Forest City Courier, Thursday, Feb. 5, 1920

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.