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Treasurer's Notice! 4 OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCT. 15TH UNTIL MARCH 15, 1921. Taxes Paid From Friday, October 15, Until Friday, December 31 <t Without Penalty. The rate of State, County, School and Special Tax including one dollar Poll Tax, two dollars commutation tax. In accordance with an act to raise supplies for the fiscal year commenc ing January 1st, 1920, notice is here by given that the ?ffice of the County Treasurer for Abbeville County will be open for the collection of taxes for said fiscal year from Friday, Oct. 15, until Friday, Dec. 31st without pen alty. There will be added?a penalty of one per cent, on all taxes not paid on January 1st, 1921. A penalty of two per cent, on all taxes not paid on Feb. 1st, 1921. A nenaltv of seven per cent, on all taxes not paid on March 1st, lyzi. Rates per cent, of taxation are as follows: State Tax 12 mills. County Tax 8 mills. Good Roads Tax 3 mills. Constitutional school tax 3 mills. TOTAL 26 Mills. tax will be collected for school pur poses as follows: Abbeville City Shops Bonds 1 % mills 1 Corner 2 mills 8. Lowndesville 16 mills 4 Rocky River 2 mills 9 Calhoun Falls 6 mills 10 Santuc 4 mills 18 Bethia 8 mills 20 Sharon 8 mills 21 Bethel 3 mills 22 Abbeville 14 mills 23 Warren ton 8 mills 24 Reeds 8 mills 25 Brownlee 4 mills 26 Campbell 15 mills 24 Antreville -- 12 mills 29 Sunny Slope ? 8 mills 30 Cold Springs 4 mills 81 Lone Cane 2 mills ^ M1_ 32 Smithville z muis 34 Central 8 mills 35 Hagan 8 mills 36 Parks Creek 3 mills 87 Keowee 14 mills 88 Due West 12 mills 89 Donalds 17 mills 40 Pineville 6 mills 41 Vermilion 4 mills 42 Fonville 3 mills 48 Eureka 3 mills 44 Broadmouth 8 mills 45 Rock Springs 2 mills 44 Say 4 mills 47 Winona 8 mills 5# Cana 4 mills 54 Lebanon 4 mills A poll tax of one dollar per capita on all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except such as are exempt by law, will be collected. A commutation road tax of two dol lars will be collected the same time ?^of tovos from all male citizens do VVUVt between the ages of 18 and 50 years, except such as are exempt by law. Unless said tax is paid by the 1st of March, 1921, eight days work upon the publie highways will be required under an overseer, if so much be nec essary. , Taxes are payable in gold and sil ver, United States currency, National Bank ndtes and coupons of State bonds which become payable during the year 1920. At the same time as other taxes are collected a license of one dollar and twenty-five cents will be collected on all dogs. A dog tag will be furnished by the Treasurer to each owner pay ing license. Parties desiring information \5y mail in regard to their taxes will please write before Dec. 16th, stat ing the location of their property and include postage for reply. AN ACT To Provide an Annual Ltog iax ror The State of South Carolina and o Penalty for Not Paying Said Tux. Section 1. BE IT ENACTED bv the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall b" levied on all dogs, six months old or older, in the State of South Carolina an annual tax of one dollar and twen ty-five ($1.25) cents per head. Section 2. That upon the paymen* of said annual tax of one dollar an<J twenty-five ($1.25) cents by the own er of any dog in the State, the Coun ty Treasurer shall issue to the said owner a receipt therefor and a met al tax marked "Dog Tax" and the year for which it is issued. Each bounty Treasurer shall keep a numer cal record of every dog taxed and in addition thereto furnish to the owne' of each dog such number stamped or the metal tag. Which tax shall be lev ied and paid to the County Treasur er, as other taxes are paid: Provided further, That this tax shall be exclu sive 6f all other license taxes, either municipal or otherwise. Provided That all such taxes collected here un der shall be credited to the schools o-' the School District from which it is collected, to be used in support of thn schools of the District: Provided, fur ther, That said tax shall become due and payable at the same time St?te and County taxes become due and payable. Section 3. That every owner of a cVmll reouirad to collar a,,'\ place the aforesaid dog tag upon the said collar. Except when sucri shall be used for the purpose of hunt ing, when such dog shall be unor. a chase or hunt. Section 4. Any person owning harboring or maintaining a dog failing or refusing to return and pay the tax aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-half of which shall go to the per son reporting said failure to pay said tax. and one-half to the public school fund in which such derelict occurs. J. E. JONES, County Treasurer. Oct. 21, 1920. i HARD TIMES Cotton has dropped so low, That everywhere I go? I hear that awful wail, "We are all doomed to fail." We bought high-priced stuff, (Consistency wasn't enough,) While we pay by degrees, Still feeling ill at oase. But why worry we say, Let's just smile and be gay, Forget it came around, Let love and hope abound. Chase all darkness away, Begin anew each day, See what makes life grow, We are in it you know. -11 naru wuitv win tui^uci cm And bring results next fall, Whether they're good or bad? Many hearts will be glad. A bright year is ahead, With nothing we should dread; If we are quick and spry, Hard times will surely fly. They leave the impress true, That the best for all to do, Is just to work and pray, And to "Hard Times," good day! ?A. M. K. % \ \ COLD SPRINGS. M \ V Mr. Roy and Miss Allie Belle and Bessie McComb spent Saturday night and Sunday at the home of Mr. Fred Smith. iur. marvin rung spent oaturaay night and Sunday with Mr. James Bo wen. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hagen spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mr. T. F. Uldrick's. Mr. and Mrs. Y. B. Culbreth and children spent Sunday with Mrs. F. E. Hagan and family. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cochran and children spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mr. W. R. Ellis. Mr. and Mrs. William Uldrick spent Wednesday night of last week with Mrs. J. D. Winn. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay and chil dren spent Sunday at Mr. T. F. Ul drick's. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Uldrick, Jr., spent last Thursday with Mr. T. F. Uldrick and family. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Newell spent c*. a i. tv 1? xr n ouauay at iur. jla ej. i>eweu s. Miss Ruby Uldrick is spending a few days of this week with her sister Mrs. R. A. Hagen. Mrs. Floyd Uldrick spent Wednes day at Mr. Lewis Edward's. LIKES ANDERSON JAIL Anderson, Jan. 20?An unusual occurrence took place last night at che Anderson county jail when a ne gro who has been in jail for several months on the charge of stealing cotton, and who was released Monday to go to Townville to work for Cray ton Maret, returned and asked that he be allowed to come back to jail. The negro had walked all the way from Townville. He had been a k ''trusty" at the jail, and was given some privileges, with good food, and he wanted to be taken back. Jailer uogers reinstated mm 111 nis duties that he has been doing for some months. WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN IN CHARLESTON Armed With Ballot, May Now Seize Government At Will ; Washington, Jan. 20.?Petticoat! government may be established at Charleston any time the women as sert themselves, census figures pub lished today reveal. Males in Char leston number 32,840 and females 35,117. Ten years ago there were 4, )00 more women than men, but ten /pars ago women could not vote. The whites outnumber the negroes I in Charleston by more than 3,00,0 whereas ten years ago the negroes had a majority in Charleston of nearly 4,000. The figures for 1920 are: White 35,610; negro 32,292. The slump in negro population dur ing the ten year perici is attributed to the exodus which affected every Southern community. The revised population of Charleston is 67,957. Only one-third of the newspapers, issued in 1919 were printed on the product of American forests. SAVANNAH IS WIDE OPEN BLIND TIGER? Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20.?Federal prohibition enforcement officers had underway today an investigation of a statement said to have been made by Ivy Kassell, of Savannah, that he and 75 others engaged in illicit dis tilling had been paying for protection Special investigators from headquar ters in Washington were said to be en route here to sift the matter. Kas sell was arrested last week charged with making whiskey. More Than Police Guilty. Albany, Ga., Jan. 20.?Jesse E. Mercer, state prohibition enforce ment officer, in a statement made here today, regarding the situation in Savannah, said: "The federal investigators who are going to Savannah will find the char ges a thousand times true. They will find more than the city police guilty of having a part in the ugliest situation that can be imagined." The prohibition officer did not give details of his charges here, saying he had already done so during his re cent visit to Savannah, where he stir red up the situation there to white heat. He fired the opening gun of the present investigation there last week, when he charged that certain city authorities were guilty of conni vance with llicit distillers, blockade runners and retail bootleggers. I Mavor Stewart denied the charges and a series of charges and counter charges started. In his statement here today, Col. Mercer said: "I find prohibition sentiment all over the state very much alive and aroused; more so than even the best friends' of prohibition had hoped for so soon after the adoption of the Eighteenth amendment." SURPRISE FOR MULE Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 20.?The claim of Joseph Jones of Merrimac to hosnital attaches that he had 'some bean' was borne out today when hie story that he had been kicked on the head by a mule, and that as a result the animal was lying helpless with a broken leg was investigated and found to be true. Jones said his way was blocked by a stray mule and he made a threatening movement to frighten it away. It refused to stam pede, however, meeting the assault with a well directed kick to the brow. The mule's leg was found to be broken in two places. It was pro nounced a helpless cripple and shot. Jones will recover. NEW EXPRESS COMPANY TO OPERATE IN THE SOUTH Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.? | Competitive express service in the 1 Southeastern territory will result I from the decision of the Southern | Railway System and the Mobile & j Ohio Railroad to turn the express | business on their lines over to the j (Southeastern Express Company on ! March 1st. , The Southeastern was recently I organized under Alabama laws for j the purpose of conducting an ex | press business in the South. It will I have a canital <vf SI .000.000.000 I owned by Southern men, will have | I headquarters in Atlanta, and be | managed by men who have spent | their lives in the express business in I the South. John B. Hockaday, for | merly vice-president and general manager of the old Southern Ex press Company with which he served over forty years, will be president of the Southeastern. Over the Southern and the Mo bile & Ohio, the Southeastern will operate on ten thousand miles of railway, including the whole terri tory south of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi, and will also operate into St. Louis over both lines and 'into Baltimore over the boats of the Chesapeake Steam ship Company, connecting with the aoutnern at Kicnmond and Norfolk. | SYiyiPATHY FOR MR. COTHRAN. j Columbia, Jan. 19?A resolution! was adopted in the house of represen tatives yesterday expressing sympa thy for Speaker Thomas P. Cothran j in the loss of his brother, Wade S. | Cothran who died in Abbeville Mon- j day. Nearly 60 per cent of all bodies of American officers and enlisted1 men buried in French soil will be; returned to the United States. ACTORS SEEK 'REAL WORK.' So bad is the employment situation among actors, particularly those en gaged for companies that broke up on the road, that many of them are now seeking real work. The manager of a restaurant near the Eltinge Theatre on West Forty-second street said yes terday he is now getting applications for jobs from as many as two dozen actors a day, many of whom are will ing to act as bus boys. The majority of them he said were presentable young men, often with a college education, but he said they offered to wait on table, wash dishes or do anything that would insure them something to eat and a place where the cops wouldn't be moving them on. A CROWDED HOUSE Grand Rapids, Jan. 20.?Ten per sons were found livir.g in 1 room by housing inspectors today. They all eat standing and sleep in shifts. The furniture consists of three small beds, a stove, a table, two chairs and a baby crib. The personnel consists of a man and his wife, five children,' the grand mother, grandfather and a boarder. Two of the men work nights and sleep days. A black cat also consilers the place its home. Twenty universities of the United IHfttM *8d WTea of Mexico have ar ranged an interchange of scholar ships and lecturing i professors. MILLS IN PIEDMONT nu rm * erurnill P Ull rULL JV>nLVUIub Wage Reduction Being Made in Some Plants to Meet Conditions. Greenville, Jan. 20.?Of the 22 coton mills in and around Greenville and the many others in this imme diate section, one textile man today asserted that he knows of none which is running on a curtailed schedule. "I have heard reports that nuraj^ bers in North Carolina and in other parts of this section are still hold \ Builders 1 ing down production" he said, "but I do not call to mind a single one in this locality which is not operating the full six days a week. One of the mills, the Anderson Cotton mills at Anderson, is running night and day." While curtailment of production seems to be regarded as unnecessary now, it is true that most of the plants are on full time, at readjusted COUNTY BE H( with yourself, ashamed of youi for spending A Don't you think your loved ones of what you mal We Pay 5 .Per on Saving County Sa Sound :: Sal Abbeville, mini lrlb J ALL KINDSJOF riling Materi and SUPPLIES' Supply G i. H. JACKSON, Mgl wage scales, and those who have cot cut wages or have made only small reductions are now in the process of coming down to the level of other mills. One company, the Excelsior Knitting mill of Union has announc ed an additional wage reduction of 10 per cent, this being the third cu! within recent weeks anl bringing thf total reduction to 30 per cent. /INGS BANK )NEST Don't you feel rself some times ,LL you earn? ; you owe it to to place a part ke in our bank? Cent. Interest s Deposits rings Bank e :: Service S. Carolina t ompany r. S. Carolina SHSSBBBB.