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I Fnaay, uciouer it, TREASURER'S NOTICE ! >fflce Will Be Open From Monday, Oct. 15th, Until Monday, December 31st, Without Penalty. he Rate of State, County, Schoo I and Special Tax, Including On* Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar Com mutation Tax. IN ACCORDANCE WITH A * lCT to raise supplies for the fisca ear commencing January 1, 1917 otice is hereby given that the of ce of the County Treasurer for Ab eville County will be open for th( 11 " ? * -fcoid VPai Iponecuun ui uiacs ivi wiu ? ? trom Monday, October 15th, unti Monday, December 31st, withou jenalty. There will be added? A penalty of one per cent, on al axes not paid on January 1st, 1918 A penalty of two per cent, on al axes not paid on February 1st, 191? A penalty of seven per cent, on al axes not paid on March 1st, 1918. Rates per cent, of taxation are a: Itate Tax 8 1-2 mills Ipunty Tax 5 1-2 mills 'last Indebtedness 1 institutional S. Tax 3 plit Log Drag 1-2 " Total 18 1-2 " In addition to the above, a specia lx will be collected for school pur ^ pudCd as iviiv ttu. Abbeville Shop bonds 1 Vz mills Abbeville Special School 10 " Corner 2 Lowndesville 8 " Rocky River 2 HCalhoun Falls 6 " Bethia 4 Sharon A 4 Bethel 3 " Warrenton " Reeds 2 " Lone Forrest 4 " Antreville 8 " Sunny Slope 4 Long Cane 2 " Smithville 2 " Central 2 " Hagan 4 Parks Creek 3 " IKeowee 3 " Pie West 6 " Donalds 8 " Vermillion 4 " Pineville 2 " Fonville 3 " Eureka 3 " Broadmouth 2 " Rock Springs 2 " Ray J 4 " Winona 4 " Cana 3 " Omega 4 " Lebanon 4 " A noli 'tax of One Dollar per capi II ta on *11 male citizens between the I age of 21 and 60 years, except sue* as are exempt by law, will be col lected. A commutation road tax of On< Dollar will be collected the' samt time as o&er taxes from all mal< citizens between the ages of 18 am fcO years, except such as are exempt ed by law. Unless said tax is paic by the first of March, 1918, eighl days' work upon the public highways will be required under an overseer if so much be necessary. Taxes are payable only in gold anc silver coin, United States currencj "*T ' *> 1- XT_4. J ,0 IN&UOnai OBIIft. ixutc.i auu vuuj/vim VJ State Bonds which become payablf during the year of 1917. A tax of 5( cents will be collected on each dog. Parties desiring information bj mail in regard to their taxes wil please write before December 16th stating the location of their property and include postage for reply, anc those paying taxes by check must in elude the charge for collection. JAMES CHALMERS, Oct. 9, 1917. County Treasurer MASTER'S SALE. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. Virginia State Insurance Company a. flnrnnrnt.ioTi. Plaintiff. against Wm. F. Perrin, and Abbeville Insur ance and Trust Company, a Cor poration, Defendants. By authority of a Decree of Sal* by the Court of Common Pleas fo: Abbeville County, in said state, mad* in the above stated case, I will offe] for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbe ville, C. H., S. C., on Salesday ii November, A. D., 1917, within the 1< ? gal hours of sale, the following de scribed land, to-wit: All that trac or parcel of land situate, lying am being in Abbeville County, withii the corporate limits of the City o: Abbeville, in the State aforesaid containing Twenty-nine and One I half (29 %) Acres, more or less and bounded on the North by lo 13?44 of the Cox property, East bj lands formerly of J. C. Klugh, Soutl by lands of Alfred Jones, Peter Jen kins and William Ellson, West b; lands of Lethia Clinkscales and Thos TUT r> nV IT AMUllg bVU? Also?All that lot or parcel o land in the city of Abbeville contain ing One and One-half (1 %) Acres more or less, being the residence lo I of the said Wm. F. Perrin, formerly ! of R. E. Cox, bounded on East by 11 Main street, South by lot of Mrs. Francis Henry, West by other lands formerly of R. E. Cox and North by lot formerly of Mrs. A. E. Cox, next below described. I Also all that other lot of land, Iys!ing and being in the city of Abbeville. county and state aforesaid, i containing One and One-half (1 %) j! Acres, more or less, now owned by jlWm. F. Perrin, formerly the property of Mrs. A. E. Cox, bounded on North by lands of Mr. A. B. Hamlin, East by Main street, South by resi, dence lot last above mentioned, and 'c West by lands of Wm. F. Perrin, j and G. N. Nickles. t TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers, j* R. E. HILL, 9-12-3. j Master A. C., S. C. 5 * . 1 MASTER'S SALE. 3 The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. ' NATIONAL BANK OF ABBEVILLE I agaiuao CARRIE COWAN and Others. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for [ Abbeville County, in said State, . made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in November, A. D., 1,917, within the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid,, containing Thirty-Five (35) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Ed Scott and Tom Milford, Manda Dawson, Boss Hall, Olivia McKee and others?being the tract of land inherited by Carrie Cowan from her father, Hark Scotland. ' TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, 10-3-4. Master A. C., S. C. MASTER'S SALE The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. H. H. GOODWIN, JANIE TOLBERT and others, against ' W. C. GOODWIN. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will . offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at A 1-1 ill_ 1-1 IT O n CnUr/l.n I nuutvilie v. Il>, O. U., Ull uait^uaji t in November, A. D., 1917, within . the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that ; tract or parcel of land situate, lying ; and being in Abbeville County, in ? the State aforesaid, containing Thir1 ty-Two (32) Acres, more or less, . and bounded by lands now or forl merly owned by R. T. Belcher, R. R. I Tolbert, Jr., Young Kennedy, and 3 J. C. Stockmanfl TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. I R. E. HILL, \ r 10-3-4. Master A. C., S. C. [ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbevile. By virtue of the authority given us j in and by a deed executed by J. V. Elgin, on August 22, 1917, conveying ' to us the premises below described, j in trust to sell the same for the payment of debts, and for other purposes, the undersigned, as trustees, will, on Thursday, October 18th, 1917, at ten o'clock A. M., in front of the * court house at Abbeville, South Carolina, offer for sale the following described premises, to-wit: ALL that certain lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the city of Abbeville, County of Abbeville and State of South Carolina, ? lying on the West side of Main street, known as the Sign Lot, and having a residence thereon, lately occupied by J. V. Elgin, bounded North by - lot of Neuffer and McMurray, ""East by Main street, South by lot of John - T. Evans and others, and West by r lot of the estate of John A. Harris. ? TERMS OF SALE?CASH. The c purchaser to pay for papers. G. A. NEUFFER, i JOEL S. MORSE, - 9-26-4. Trustees. t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, i County of Abbeville, f In Probate Court, i Complaint to Sell Land to Pay Debts. - Mrs. S. E| and John N. Latimer, Ad, ministrators of the Estate of S. E. t Latimer, deceased, Plaintiffs. f against i John N. Latimer, Mason E. Latimer, Eva E. Latimer, Kathryn L. Lati1 mer, Jessie M. Latimer and Annie i. S. Latimer, Defendants. Pursuant to an order of the prof bate court, I will sell at public out cry at Abbeville Court House, on ? salesday in November, 1917, next, t for-the payment of debts, the follow\ ing described real estate belonging j to the estate of Steven E. Latimer, deceased, situate in Donalds Township, in the State and County aforesaid, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land containing Ninety-Two and 4-5 Acres (92 4-5) more or less, and bounded by lands of Mrs. E. Hudgens, Jessie Campbell, M. S. Latimer, S. J. Burts and W. K. Stringer. Aico all that tract or Darcel of ' - ? ? * I land situate, lying and being in Ab-j beville County, State aforesaid, containing Forty-Eight and 7-10 (42 7-10) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of J. W. Ridge, L. H. Ridge, M. S. Latimer, S. J. Burts and others. TERMS?CASH. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. J. F. MILLER, 10-3-3. Judge Probate Court. MASTER'S SALE. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. ROBERT NASH, JAMES NASH, and others against AARON JACKSON ( RILLA JACK SON and others. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, in said Sjtate, made in the above stated case, I* will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in November, A. D., 1917, within the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Thirty (30) Acres, more or less, and bounded by the lands now or formerly of Thomas Robinson, Reuben Posey and J. J. Richey. ? TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, 10-12-3. Master A. C., S. C. MASTER'S SALE. v The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. HENRIETTA GARRISON against BUTLER B. PACE. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in \November, A. D. 1917, within the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Sixtynine (69) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of George A. Ferguson on the North, East by General Road, South by lands of George A. Ferguson, and West by Lowndesville Road and Penny's Creek. These lands are located about nine miles from the city of Abbeville. TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, 10-12-3. Master A. C., S. C. MASTER'S SALE. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville..( Court of Common Pleas. JULIUS M. VISANSKA, against E. C. MESCHINE, HARRIET C. MESCHINE and others. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in November, A. D. 1917, within the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Fifteen Hundred and Seventy-three (1573) Acres, more or less, the same being made up of four purchases of different tracts, to-wit: About Five Hundred and Twenty-three acrs from the state of James Bruce; about Four Hundred and Eighty-three acres from H. A. Tennant; about about Three Hundred and Twentynine acres from W. G. Watson and about Two Hundred acres from the estate of Lewis Clayton. The whole tract being bounded north by lands of Mrs. R. B. Bryan and J. Carlisle, east by lands of Mrs. P. B. Allen, south by lands of E. W. Harper, and Roos's Creek, and west by Savannah River. Excepting tracts sold to G. E. Calvert, J. Allen Smith, Orr Clinkscales, T. J. Bowen and P. E. Stevens? leaving a balance of Eight Hundred and Sixty-five (865) Acres, these ianas win De suD-aiviaea into several tracts. Plats can be seen by calling at my office. TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. / ' R. E. HILL, 10-12-3. Master A. C., S. C. ^sfPJieG f?50I/I HOW I WEN PER& Mrs. Hazel Carte twenty-two, whoso of the United St:atei Pershing expedition. Determined to act chance. After the i / she was returned he It 1b a story of romance, dramatic in if atlll Is of real news value, since Mrs. Carte voyage and safe arrival first hand?one that COPYRIGHT. 1917. BY T I f CHAPTER L I Decide to Go to France. r'S a long way from Douglas, Aria;., to "tfome port in France," but I made the trip rigged up as a doughboy, and I would go farther than that to lie near my husbaud. However, the "old man," as every commanding officer L; called La the army, sent me back on the same transport after T Lad spent Ave days In port within sight of my husband, but out of reach, and five nights walking the floor and without sleep. < I I am going back again and pay my own way and get behind the linen and take care of the boys I know so well when they are hit. The income froca these stories is going to help pay my fare, and then 1 won't have to fool the officers, as I did. with the regulation ooliita nnrf "ho??la nn Hia snmo lins flnri as near to each other as the conforms- I tion of a man permits, knees straight without stiffness, body erect, from the hips Inclining slightly forward; iiboulders squared and falling equally, arms and hands banging naturally, back of hands outward, little finger opposite seam of trousers; head erect, chin slightly drawn in without constraint eyes looking straight in front, catching about fifteen paces forward. That is the position of a soldier," * * 1 fooled them all right. I think the authorities were m^sin not to permit me to land in Fi ance. * As long as 1 was there, it seems to me, 1 i;hey might have stretched a point and i iiLlowed me to have had a look tit thf 1 war. But they were firm. They said i Setting me by might set an example for 1 other girls to follow and the first thing i they knew Uncle Sam would have a t troop of lady soldiers on his hands. At that, I cannot see why I shouldn't j * be a soldier?and a good one too. My | grandfather fought in the civil war j My father was a regular in the Seventh j cavalry. I am the wife of a soldier j one of the bravest, best Sammies under the flag. He is over there now on the Joh, doing his bit to make the world safe for democracy, as they say. And I am over here praying he won't stop a German whiz-bang while at It Exactly when the idea of posing as a *rookie" came to me I do not remember. My husband, John J. Carter, was a corporal in the Eighteenth infantry, encamped at Douglas. Ariz. He belongs to K company. There was a lot of talk among the boys for a long time about being ordered out. None or tiiem Knew j where the Eighteenth would be sent They nsed to come to our house in Prltleville, right outside of Douglas, when they were off duty and do a heap of surmising and guessing. Some of them thought they would be kept on the border to see that things remained quiet there and kid with the Mexicans. Others had a hunch they would follow Pershing to France. The old timers were pulling for the latter. As I look back now I must have bad the germ of the idea In the back of my head even then, though I never vo!c<?d It even to myself. You see, I was married only last December, and the thought of my tiusoana going awio and leaving me behind stirred my imagination. We went together for a year and a half before we dug up tbe parson. I wish I bad that year and a half with him now. One day Corporal Carter came home fxom the supply .depot, where he had been on guard duty. The minute I saw his face I knew he had his ordei-s. He was not excited, because ho is an old timer at soldiering. He told me he was leaving the next day under secret orders. There was not much warning. The troops Just packed up and left. I did not tell him I was going, too. because be knows I always go through with anything I take a noiion to do and it might have worried him. But I bad determined to make a try at it any how. That evening and the nest morning, while he was busy attending to the details of packing and getting off, I was pretty busy myself. I knew where there was a discarded khaki uniform, regulation army, that would fit me. By the uniform I mean tbe trousers, coat, shirt and campaign bat. Ready to March. t Getting the rest of my wardrobe was * easy. I bought shoes, boy's size, which ^ looked exactly like the army shoes. c Canvas leggings and boy's underwear completed the outfit. I was ready and ^ eager to be on the march. I was twen- c ty-two and full of health and boyish In appearance. 1 My husband said his farewell about I c niton Hp wns nrettv blue, because he | s ; thought It would be goodby for a long time, perhaps for always. But he Is 1 first, last and always a soldier, and he * did It as a soldier should. I suppose he t iii?L WHO 3tS Ac W >IER DOY T "OVER THERE'9 WITH MING'S DIVISION [AZEL tARTER :r of Douglas, Ariz., Is a young woman, young husband, Corporal John J. Carter 3 army, was ordered to Prance with the :ompany him, she obtained a soldier's unla private on his departure. She was five transport before discovered through a arrival of the famous division in France >me against her wishes. a quauiies, iuu 01 me soiaier coior ana r is the first to relate the details of that made history. HE BELL SYNDICATE wondered that I took it so calmly, bat >f coarse be thought It was on the evel and didn't realize what I had deeded?had no hint of it, in fact. No sooner was he out of Bight than 1 jegan to do some very tall hustling. I vent to a lady barber and told her I vanted1 my hair cropped close to my lead, soldier style. I had an unusually jood head of hair, long, luxuriant and )lack. The barber almost wept when [ insisted it had to go. She cut it so I :ould part it on the side. The only ime during the operation I had a pang )f regret was when she began shaving ny neck. The razor made me realize I vas in for something mighty big. I lad a good laugh when I took my first jeek in the mirror at myself as a boy. [ wasn't bad. The lady barber did not augh. The sight of such a sacrilege leemed to make1 her sad. She told me nost folks wanted to grow hair?not ose it >.v . After the hair cat it did not take me rery long to jump into my uniform. 1 lave spent much of my life on a ranch, vhere I wore riding breeches or bib >verallfl, so the clothes were familiar 0 me and did not feel strange. I was lght at home In them. I never was lappler In my life than when 1 took itock of my makeup, a sure enough sol lier and said to myself?very posiIvely: "I'm going with John and the troop." 1 left the house Just as It was. It teemed a small matter to me at a time ike this. Reluctantly, I had promised ny husband 1 would go to his family n Kentucky and remain there until his eturn. Instead of this, I found myself n an automobile speeding for Douglas, vhere the troops were even then enrainlng. With me was "Tuffy," my )ulldog. That was the only hurt, leav ng Tuffy. I would have tried to get ler enlisted in K compapy as a mascot m)y they do not allow dogs. Everything was confusion around the station. Soldiers and civilians were n rrylng here and there. Girls were Adding their sweethearts clinging joodbys. Mothers and fathers, sisters ind brothers, friends?every one was ihere to give godspeed. The soldiers themselves seemed to be in the best of spirits. They laughed and joked and icted like men who were going away )n a big holiday, although there was a strain of seriousness through It all that nade a lump rise in your throat every iow and then. I did not linger long outside the train !or rear I might be recognized, though A J,/D ?-1a. Atlf nniT efroncro [ was UllliCUll LU BUiglO VUl CLUJ DI.1UUBV loldler, because there were so many aw rookies who had Just enlisted and iad not bad time to get acquainted nuch. I figured that the cook car ivould be the safest place, because ;here I could be busy doing something, md It would be easier for me to get by innoticed. So when the cooks came ilong I fell In with them and went Into ie car. They thought I was a new )ne and never paid any attention to ne. Of course,'.my long connection <vith the army helped me, since I knew he regulations and customs better than nost of the rookies. Dog Almost Betrays Her. Tuffy almost spilled the beans for ne. She had given the chauffeur who ivas to take care of her while I was jone the slip and gone out on a still mnt for me. You can fool a man, but rou cannot fool a dog. The minute she ipled me she came on the run, with a relp and leap. Quite a lot of the older nen knew my dog, and I thought ev;ry minute they would notice her vioent attentions. I tried to chase her iway. She seemed to regard this as an nvitatton and barked happily. I grew iross and pushed her aside, ordering ier home. She stood and looked at me n a surprised way. I could not seem :oo familiar with her and play my part : had to treat her as a strange dog. As wa9 boarding the train she came ifter me with a bound. I pushed her tway from the steps and walked up. Poor Tuffy, she wanted to be a soldier ;he worst way. I hated to leave her. she was the only one to say goodby to ne, and 1 had to treat her as a stranger. There were some nervous moments jefbre that train pulled out I kept In he background as much as I could. Ifter what seemed to me years there ame a tense moment and a chorus of 'goodby, good luck, God bless you." Phe cars began to move. We were on iur way to join Pershing. "Look out there, rookie, or the first hlng you know you'll be fixing a mess if nipr's knuckles and sauerkraut for ome Germans." One of the old boys from the camp, a nan in my husband's company, whom knew, was speaking. It was the first ime I had been directly addressed. I I I I f a ad to do something. It was now or tever. "Aw, quit your kid din'I" I answered boldly. "No Fritz can get me a prisoner." A The soldier passed on. I bad changed my voice and talked slow. It sounded good. My first danger was over. I had fooled a man who knew me. Sleeping quarters had been assigned to the men. I did not know exactly what I was going to do, because 1 was an extra and nothing had been pro- , vided for me. 1 might havo to sit up all night, hidden awav. But Boon I saw the lines were not so strictly drawn. In the confusion of getting settled I grabbed a place and acted as if it belonged to nobody but me. I was in a compartment Two other soldiers were there with me. We were well into New Mexico before I ventured forward into the troop cars. The men were having a great time, singing and talking and calling back and forth. You would never have guessed they had said goodby to those they loved only a few hours before. If there was any one among them Inclined to weaken at their prospects he was too much of a man to show it In one car where there was a number of good voices they were harmonizing on the barber shop chord. Some one struck a uiuc uuic. luao tvaa nimuat a? tuuui commotion as if It bad been a dumdum ballet Soldiers always sing. The men bad eaten a hearty dinner. Tbey were tired from the bustle and heart wrench of getting off. They began to drop off early. Once their heads hit the pillows they were dead to the world. You wpuld think they had nothing more on their minds than a pleas* \ ant few weeks' outing, so peacefully they slept : $ I began to feel like turning in myself. The prospect of bunking in a stateroom . Hazel Carter. with two strange troopers did not /: frighten me. I was one of them. It J was easy to avoid detection. We slept with all our clothes on but our hats and shoes. In New Mexico, well out of Arizona, it was I first walked forward and passed my husband. I never gave him a glance, but he recognized me. I can't ! remember exactly what he said, but ltr V was something like "My God, what are! you doing here?" He was not as mucb| I surprised as I thought he would be. He did not scold me. He was not even angry. "Now that you are on the train I suppose you might as well go as far as * Chicago," he added. "But you will be a good girl and go straight home from there, won't you?' I told him I would think it over, but I could not promise. I was doing r j this on my own responsibility, and it was not up to him to Interfere. He was quartered three cars ahead of me. 1 used to sneak forward at night and try to reason with him about my going to France to Join the Red Cross. I was still with the cooks. Whenever I heard any one coming I'd grab a dishpan or something and get very ; DUsy. ir an omcer gave me a auoyi^iuuo glance I looked him square In the eye and stood at attention like the rest of the doughboys. Army officers are easy to fool. Sometimes we laid up as long as twenty-four hours In a town. Whenever we stopped the soldiers had to get J out and exercise. It was this standing order that gave me my first close calL We had been put on a siding in some town, and the troops were off stretching their legs. I was sitting in a seat talking with a young sergeant when an officer came through. 4fWhat are you two fellows doing here?" he blustered, "Why aren't you out at exercise?" I don't mean he was gruff. The United States army officers treat their men white. We were on our feet and out of the car in a minute. I turned around and came right back. The "O. O." did not return. He probably thought we were I a couple of lazy roones. -mere were so many young men among the recruits ?mere boys some of them. They had to obtain the consent of their parents before they could enlist I passed for one of these boy soldiers. Flirts With Girl. It was fun stopping at the towns. The people camo down to see the troop trains pass through, and they certainly treated us royally. 'Kiay brought us fruit ard candy aad cigarettes and all sorts of delicacies. The girls ware especially enthusiastic. They struck np conversations with the soldiers, exphnnfffti? nddrcssts and promised to write often. I talked with a number of girls ? the way east ^nd managed to fool th*m ' \ V ;>" . . ^rf' \ '} g ' & : t . j-zjj&r* ' > r ?.