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TENTH GRADE POSSIBILITIES Tl? "Weeping Prophet" Laments Because of the Unfavorable Pre- | dictions of the Teachers Regarding the Future of The Juniors. I " i j (Proper Gander) According to a certain debanair' joong gentleman who teaches mith.! in tie high school, the present tenth' grade has a poor chance to accom-j plish anything. He says that our pos-! abilities are about as slim as Aboe-j *ille snow. He also, has as muih as. said that the only job that we could 1 possibly hold down, would be sh&vel isBg snow in Hades. But even for this le refuses to write us a recommen dation. We cannot express our real frjiBpg to a man who bequeaths us neb rotten chances in life. But wc ran only say that he will most as suredly be disappointed, for the pres ent tenth grade was made for greater and finer things. We have the makings of men and women in this grade that could hard ly be found anywhere else in the aniverse. "Variety is the spice of IHe." T^ese few words are the se cret of our success. In our grade we have every variety of mankind and womankind. We have the possi bilities of movie stars, pugilistic prize fighters, cartoonists, doctors, law ? ? - J --i-- J 1~?4. U-4. years* presidents auu iuat uui uuu Boat, successful housebreakers. In |, a member of the present tenth r grade has practiced this profession 1 . already; and as there has been a ' {rat demand here of late for house trakers,. it is a very important pro- j fession. We are forced to admit that the tenth grade has painfully neg- ' ; V lected that ppwerflil helper described iy Daniel Webster as "study." We ' ere afraid that we have been existing j ?v.- feoa much here of late on our rec fS nL We are very much like a certain governor who ran on his record. But ^ as we all know this same governor, 1 _ _ % ^ I , was defeated on this record; ana now | ftis honor is having a very hard time fit. And we might add that h;s most remarkable record is of little hel? to ' him.. As to our record, there has nev ?r been a grade in the Abbeville schools that has made a more re markable record. The tenth grade has; Wen the very heart of literature . and learning, ever since they were is ned forth on their scholastic career. < ITSfs record lasted up until the time 1 ttpy entered high school. But this *ew era requires an entire new para- ' eraph. , i When the Dresent remarkable, * tenth grade-entered the high school, this was a turning point in their most remarkable career. They had passed isto a state of literary as well as so cial decline, very much in the same way as the Roman empire did after fie Teutonic conquest.. Thte ques tion fiat you all will ask is why? Why did this most remarkable grade dsdine;. after being the brag pupils f the superintendent for years? Th^re are various and sundry rea sons for this decline or "The Dark Ages." Some thoughtless individual, Uamed it on the fact that some new pupils were added to their number, aLt&is time, who had somewhat the anne effect upon the present tenth jpade as the Teutons had on Roman 11 civilization. We are not prepared to t this statement bi^t we think H; fcighly improbable. We happen to Ifejmrsonally acquainted with "some" ?f these Teutons, who are blamed for demarslixing the present tenth grade 4Rd) certain that instead of be ing * Hindrance, tjiey have been a lldp. We merely mention this minor leaaaa.because some thoughtless per son ibsfhuateof it.. We hope that our will' put absolutely no belief in its'aerify.. The m5tro ueason for this degrjtd mg afTsrr, w?tfce fact that when the present tenth grsttfe, departed from (fee ?eventh grade into high school, tfcey thought that their troubles had ceased; bnt, alas! they had just be en.. They thought that after their iannense preparation for high school, tte mere act of being in high school was a "scimption." First year in Ugh school was the beginning of the lacic end. We slipped through the eighth gtxde, at least some of us did, and wt might add right here that the neh hated Teuton was among those mho slipped through. The ninth grade mas a largely in other words an atarinte mistake. This period of our fife was the darkest year of the dark V v From the ninth grade we submerg ed into what is called by many "The xMm a la dense" and by few the present fenth grade. At the present ) PHYSICIANS WATCH RESULT OF OPERATION ON BRAIN OF WASHINGTON YOUTH Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 15.?Phy sicians were watching closely , today the result of an operation on the brain of George A. Rawson, ama teur athlete of Seattle, who has been unconscious since January 20 when iha^engaged in a boxing bout at Pasadena, California. The opera tion was performed at Los Angeles late yesterday. It> was stated at the hospital Rawson was doing fairly well." ON DRESS. Mrs. Warren G. Harding, the next, "first lady," has this to say on the subject of dress: 'I have always felt clothes are tre mendously important. No one can af ford to be indifferent about them." Well spoken fMost of us like to say that it is what a person is and not what he looks like that counts. But, in reality, we make our first judgments of men on their looks and find out what they are at our leisure. Most of us are engaged in the bus iness of 'selling" our personalities. It is sad to reflect, b\$ true, that to at tract our customers to*our characters, we must give ourselves some win dow-dressing. i The function of good clothes is to provide the immediate attraction that personality cannot of itself forth with attract. Besides compelling the instant at tention of others, good clothes also have the quality of an encouraging pat on the back of the wearer. Who has not felt the self-confi ience and the pep that a new spring a **AW V? r* 4- I Ui CVC11 a Iicnr uac, uii|/ai ws. Exchange. ' i Legal blanks for sale?Press and Banner Co. Notice to Taxpayers i For the Purpose of Accommodating ' the Public in the Matter of Mak ing Their Returns, I Will Visit the Places Mentioned Below On The Dates Indicated in Schedule. ALL RETURNS must be made un ier oath of personal .property re ;urned at its market value. Persons not making their returns >etween January 1, 1921 and Feb. uary 20, 1921, are liable to a penal y of 50 per cent. This penalty will >e enforced against delinquents: for he failure to enforce it heretofore las put on neglect of the law. The returns of those who conform o the law are placed before the township and County Boards, while hose who disregard the law come in iter the meeting of the Boards and eturn to suit themselves. The en orcement of this 50 per cent penal y will correct this evil. Keturns will not De taicen oy man mless they are sworn to before ome proper officer. All improve lents or any transfer of real estate lust be reported to the Auditor. Employers are requested to return II their employees after notifying hem and getting a statement of heir property. All tax returns must be made l>y chool districts. So please look up our plats and find the number of cres in each school district, also mount of personal property. Ijr Appointment* Are Follows: Drl Joseph Hicks will represent le at Calhoun Falls. R. J. Huchinson will represent ma t Lowndesville. D. H. Humphries will represent me t Donalds. J. S. Todd will represent me at >ue West. E. A. Patterson will represent me t Antrevillev W. W. Wilson will represent me t Level Land. RICHARD SONDLEY, !wks. Awditor Abbe. County. ;ime we will admit that we have en-1 'ely forgotten the art of study,' ilong with the art of concentration,.' and we cannot and do not, blame the| debonair yuong gentleman who is so, pessimistic in his views regarding us. j But from now on he will have ab-' solutely no ground to criticize, for the present tenth grade is about to! free itself from "the fetters of tra-' dition."' We have all decided among ourselves to start a complete Renais sance. We will revive the literature and learning of long ago, and pave the way for greater possibilities. ?"Dicky." X MUCH BLOODSHED j AS RESULT OF CHINK TONG WAR Chinese New Year Ushered In By Killing Of Three in The . Coast States I San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 17.? Guns of Chinese tong men ushered j in a new war ' of tongs coincident 1 with the Chinese New Year today,1 leaving three dead and five wound-1 ed in Los Angeles, San Francisco 'and Stockton. Two Chinese mer-J chants were killed in Los Angeles, another was wounded there. In San Francisco one man was killed and three wounded. At Stockton one man was shot three times in the head, hut it was said he will live. In San Francisco the feud broke loose in a room at 924 Grant Ave nlie. According to stories told police si* men in the room, taking advan tage of the crackle of fire crackers and roar of the celebation drew re volvers and began firag at each other. Go Foin staggered from the building with a smoking revolver in his hand and fell dead. Four bullet wounds were found in his body. Police hurried to the scene and found three wounded men on the floor of the room. Two Chinese merchants, members of the Hop Sing Tong, Chinese j secret organization, were shot and killed and another merchant wound ed in the Los Angeles Chinato^Ti district last night by other Chinese ' who, the police declared, were mem- 1 bers of the Bing Kong Tong. Where last night the Chinese in- i habitants of San Francisco, Los i Angeles, and Stockton were cele- i FEATU PUPILS ABBEVII Curtain 8;0C FRIDAY BONKi CAST OF CI Bonnybell?Nona Tutt. Clara, Alice, Sisters ofwBoni Susan Minshall. Stepmother?Martha Galvei Prince?James Fulp. Prince's Attendants?James Fairy Queen?Charlotte Ret Faries?Adair Aiken, Josep son, Euzanne Link, Ge: Sara Thomson, Norma Knight?Sam Shiver, Jr. Stranger?Martha Aiken. Clown?John Graves. Brownies?Robt. McLane, 1 John Richard Fulp, Jai | Five Big Feati i \ Don't ir and groi Price 25c and BILL SUNDAY CONFERS IN SPARTANBURG TODAY / Spartnaburg, 'Feb. 17.?For the purpose of conferring with the pas tors of the' city concerning a great revival to 'be held in Spartnaburg early in 1922, "Billy" Sunday ar rived here today. , It is proposed to erect a taber nacle with a seating capacity of more than 5,000 in which the revival conducted by Billy Sunday will be held early next year. The evangelist will inspect a number of vacant lots here Wednesday and will assist the Spartanburg ministers in making the selection of a suitable place for the construction of the tabernacle. brating Chinese new year, today finds them entrenched behind closer den deep from possible enemy at tacks. Police departments of the three cities sent many additional armed men into Chinese districts to guard against new attacks.. The shooting all occurred within the space of a very few minutes so close that the theory was advanced by the police that all had been pre arranged. War among the Tongs has been threatening for months but re through. a truce entered into by the Tongs through police activites. Po lice tare: taking every precaution to prevent spread of the war along the coast. Reports early today from San Bernardino told of several automo biles carrying -Chinese residents of that city departing toward Redlands where there is another Chinese colony. Police said there has been a feud between the? two Chinese colo nies for some time. / RE OF BIG ENTE 1 OF THE ABBEVI1 .LE OPEF I O'Clock Sharp EVENING r BELL SARACTERS. , ; nybell?Mabel Bradley and 't. * i > Owen, Knox Cheatham. jse. hine Barnwell, Jane Harri raldine Carter, Emily Morse, Flynn. i larold King, Claude fteufVer, mes Blessing. urs s: Over 200 ===== Wonder f iiss it! Money goes unds. Satisfaction gi [ 50c CHARLES I (Proper Gander) Charles I, King of England, born at Dunfernline on the 19th of No vember 1600, was the second arid favorite son of James I. Charles was a typical tea hound or lounge lizzard. He was a turtle on the English throne but a hyena in a hammock. The first real thing he ever did was when he went to Spain to visit the princess of that country. His conduct while at Madrid, Spain displays the weakest part of his char acter. He fell violently in love with the Spanish princess, and seriously alarmed her by jumping over a wall of the garden in which she was walk-1 ing in order that he might enjoy the j private conversation which Spanish ef...uette refused to permit, and in orJ!2r to amuse this same princess, he tolerated a hideous nerseeutirm of the earl of Bristol, ambassador from ngland to Spain. The only crime that the earl committed was being a pro test ant in Catholic Spain. The next and second thing that Hard Rock Charlie did was to "re ceive" the English crown. And about all he did the rest of his his reign was to "receive." He never gave any thing, to anybody, anytime; except his head, and that was taken from I Ji.'m. King Charles received the royal' hat in 1G25. The third thing that his honor did was to acquire a friend. This so-call ed friend was none other than the Duke' of Buckingham, -who bucked about everything that came in his way. And poor Charles who was used as the "goat" finalljr went to the slaughter; all on account of Bucking ham. Buckingham planned numerous r RTAINMENT GIVI LLE GRADED SGI i t A lini TCI nuujj TOM THUME 9ride . . (iroom . iVIairl nf Hnnnr iUUIU \S I AkUlAVt . ? Dame of Honor Rest ..." ; Minister /Brides Father Flower Girls Mary Bro^ Robertson. Bridesmaids?:Eugenia Swetei ton, Marnie Reese, Benie beth Stephens, Elizabeth Grooms?Ed McGuen, Wm. ( Glias. Bruce. Len White, Cheatham, Jr., Woodrow Pages Foster McLan 3.?Bobby Sliaftoe 4.?Betsy Ross Pantomie . .. 5.?Flag Drill B Children :: Brilli ul Music == to needs of school bi laranteed. : No R< JUDGE FINES HIMSELF FOR VIOLATING TRAFFIC LAW Augusta, Ga., Feb. 15.?A prece dent was established in police court here this morning when Judge Le#is L. Kent fined himself the usual amount for violating the traffic law, upon evidence submitted by the po liceman who docketed the case. He paid the fine. Several lawyers offer ed their services to certiorari the decision. 1,200 GALLONS OF MASH FOUND NEAR AIKEN Augusta, Ga., Feb. 18.?Officers of Aiken county, South Carolina, Thursday found 1,200 gallons of mash and much other illicit distilling paraphernalia on creeks a few miles from here and destroyed the lot. One arrest was made. wars against numerous nations but the whole thing resulted in numerous failures. But these romantic wars had to be paid for, and as there were no noerty Donds, Jung Charles had to over-tax the people of England. To tax the people he had to have the . conset of parliament. Parliament ab- * solutely refused to put their stamp of approval upon any such unjust way of raising money. Charles in- ' sisted that they do so, the parliament insisted they they should do so, and they d'dn't. ' At last this infamous tyrant was brought to judgment. Parliament tried him as. they would a common criminal. He was found guilty, and the fourth and last thing that Charles I gave to England, was his head. * ?Jack Bradley. ? "I ELL ? . / 1 IN BY ; 100LS 9 YTIjJL/i/lllV> . : Sara NeufTer. Albert Gilliam . Mary Maxwell Harriet Goan Archie Brown Dale Welsh . . Charles White ivn, Mildred McGomb, May nburg, Mary Louise Ben i Evans. Alice Rose, Eliza Hipp, Sue Blount. Cheatham, William Roche%, Clarence Daniels, B. iF. ' Wilson. e, Jr., Clifton Zimmerman 2nd Grade 1st Grade ioys and Girls of 7th Grade ant Costumes wildings eserved Seats t