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Auditor's Notice. All persons owning' property of any kind whatsoever, or in any capacity, as husband, guardian, executor, ad ministrator or trustees are required to . make returns of the same to the Audi tor under oath within the time men tioned below and the Auditor is requir ed by law to add a penalty of 50 per ?cent to all property that is not return ed on or before the 20th day of Eebru ary in any year. All male citizens between the ages ?of'21 and 60 years except those ex empt by law are deemed taxable polls. The 50 per cent penalty will be added for failure to make returns. For the convenience of tax payers, I or my representative will be at the following appointed places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns: Roper's, Wednesday Jan. 15. Meriwether, Thursday Jan. 16. Collier, Friday Jan. 17. Red Hill. Saturday Jan. 18. Clark's Hill Monday Jan. 20. Modoc, Tuesday Jan. 21. Parksville, Wednesday Jan. 22. Plum Branch, Thursday Jan. 23. Morgan's Store, Friday Jan. 24. Liberty Hill, Saturday Jan. 25. Cleora, Monday Jan. 27. Pleasant Lane, Tuesday Jan. 28. Meeting Street, Wednesday Jan. 29. Johnston, Thursday Jan. 30. Herin's Store, Friday Jan. 31. Trenton, Saturday Feb. 1. The office will be open to receive re turns from the first day of January till the 20th day of February as prescribed by law. J. R. HlMMERMAN, Auditor, E. C. S. C. Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1912, to the 15th day of March, 1913. All taxes shall be due and payable be tween the 15th day of October, 1912, and December 31st, 1912. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1912, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before Fabruary 1st, 1913, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent from 1st of March to the 15th of March. After which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff^ The cav levies for the year 1912 are as follows: For Stat?: mrposes 5 3-4 mills. M Ordi .iary County 41-2 " " Cons. School tax 3 44 " Special County tax 2 3-4 " " Bacon S. D, Special 2 44 " Edgeiield S. D. 2 44 44 Long Cane S. D.' 3 4' 44 Libertv Hill S. D. 3 44 " Johnston S. D. 5 44 44 Collier S. D. 3 44 44 Flat Rock S. D 4 44 44 Prescott S. D. 3 44 "PIumBmnch S. D. No 1 5 " 44 White To vn S D 3 A 44 Trenton SD 2 44 .4 Ward SD. 2 44 "? Moss SD 3 " . Parksville SD 3 44 44 Washington SD '2 44 44 Oak Grove 3 D 3 44 " Red Hill S D 2 1-2 " '* Shaw 2 44 44 R R Bonds Wise T's'p 11-4 44 44 R R Bonds Pickens 3 44 44 R R Bonds Ju inston 3 " " R R Bonds Pine Grove 12 " 44 RR Bonds Blocker 12 44 4 4 4 i Bonds Town Edgefield 1-2 " 44 School Bonds 1 44 44 Town of Edgefield T / Corporation Purposes 10 44 All male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years except those ex empt by law are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A capitation tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2.00 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, no commutation tax is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt when you desire to r ay road tax. James T. Mims, Co. Treas. E. C. fl-1 FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Harling & Byrd Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies" Marling & Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield GOWANS King of Extern?is Is the Original in "the field of external rem edies for all, forms of inflammation such . as pneumonia, croup and colds.. Nothing/ can approach Gowans. It stands supreme.'. We have been selfing Gowans Preparation for Pneumonia and Colds ever since it was put on the market, and have found it one of our most satisfactory sellers. CARPENTER BROS., Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 9 Greenville, 8. C., July 9, ly IO., BUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IN THE HOME AH DrnMiats. '- SI. ' 50a.. 25e. GOWAN MEDICAL CO.. f #? * - ffc Gusranleed. and moner rtfondtd br jour Omuls' Q?IE' "HOLY OF HOLIES" OUT OF FASHION THE "Holy of Holies" bas gone out of fashion. There are no longer any sanctities which the world is bound to respect. From the bed of birth to the bed of earth, man's life-and even woman's -is flt subject for "copy" for the newspaper, the novelist and the col le -e professor. It took all the" power of the New York city police depart ment to keep the photographers away from the reunion of the Titanic sur vivors with their loved ones. More than one bridegroom haB proved his prowess by smashing a newspaper camera. In the bright lexicon .of to day there is no such word as reserve. That some of the great sentiments of life may be held In reverent silence is contrary to the present mode. It may become the fashion for men to advertise in the "personal" column of the newspapers that they really love their wives. Nothing nowadays "goes without saying." So we have Mothers' days, and everybody who loves mother must wear a white car nation in his buttonhole, to the shame of the rest of us who do not. If we are to have a celebration and a society for every virtue, we shall have no time for the exercise of these virtues, but must give ourselves to the important business of keeping this admirable machinery going. Obvi ously, and Indisputably, if we have a Mothers' day we must also have a Fa thers' day, for dad pays the freight, and makes possible the buying of flow ers that adorn the holiday. Also he fulfils various other useful functions, although it Is not greatly the vogue to talk about father. He Is merely back ground. Of course, and beyond question, if we give mother and father their due, we cannot go back on grandmother, bless her heart! Perhaps If we hire enough bands and adopt the right floral emblem-the Wayfarer nomi nates the chrysanthemum, as sym bolizing at once the autumn of life and the unostentatious character of these special days-a Grandmothers' day will help restore to us the race of dear old women who we knew when we were young, and who are ever so much more desirable than the numerous massaged, pompadour ed, tailor-made, sophisticated, never grow-old ladies who awe us now at swagger restaurants and social func tions. And shall we not have a Big Sisters' day? Her day seems long in coming, and she toils and sacrifices for the whole household. Especially would the Wayfarer insist upon honoring her. a little later on in her career, by an Old Maids' day. This is really es sential to any equitable adjustment of the scheme of things. Some day aa orator or essayist will win immortal fame by setting forth in terms the office and works of the Maiden Aunt, the prop of dependent or selfish par ents, and the slave and guide and friend of the children of those par ents. There ls a high seat in heaven for the unhonored and uncommem orated Old Maid Aunt. In passing, let it be emphasized that there is to be no honor shown the Old Bachelor; he is deserving of no consideration what soever. He is the saddest word of tongue or pen. ' Resisting the temptation to extol the glories of a Faithful Lovers' day and a Husbands' day, and more par ticularly of a Wives' day (for to merge these into Mothers' day and Fathers' day is to assume, modern fashion, that the standpoint of the children Is the Bupreme concern of matrimony), the Wayfarer moves on to indicate the high importance of founding cer tain societies to commemorate the cardinal virtues; since nowadays vir tue seems not to be virtue unless it wears a badge, possesses a diploma and employs a press agent. The Way farer is well aware that he is not a pioneer in this project. It was but a few days ago that the pastor of a large church proposed in all serious ness that he would like to give up his charge and devote himself to estab lishing a Society for the Promotion of D?. mocracy. The dearth of associa tions for the furtherance of the obvi ous probably had appealed to his pro gressive mind. So the Wayfarer has conter.]plated the glorious future of a Society of Men Who Do Not Beat Their Wives; and of allied organiza tions of Men Who Do Not Smoke, of Devotees of Non-dancing, of the Vir tuous Company of Gentlemen Who Never Stay Out Late. The crude, unsocial, old-fashioned scheme cf private virtue, more care fully veil d than a Moslem lady, has persisted long enough, say we up-to date folk. The world has struggled along for several millenniums, cum bering mei: and women with the bur den of responsibility for the cardinal moralities. Let us improve upon this by giving every virtue its correspond ing publicity. It pays to advertise. Away with those hidden recesses in human hearts! Out into the lime light with the secret of holy places! -Exchange. PLAYED WITH FIRE TOO LONG Many Will "Understand the Feelings That Must Have Inspired This Los Angeles Man. What chance ls there for mere man when a woman who has declined mar riage 106 times accepts it on the 107th opportunity? Lots of men have gone through life enjoying their liberty, happily melancholy because the girl of their choice refused to marry them. Some have even proposed occasionally just to keep alive the pleasant mel ancholy and just to be able to con gratulate themselves on their good for tune again. That is what P. A. Mackie, of Loe Angeles, did, but he tried ' once too often and at last he was snared. Now the coy object of his affections who so long withstood his appeals ls suing for a divorce. Before Judge Monroe in the divorce proceedings Mrs. Mackie declared that in thirty-six days Mr. Mackie asked her 106 times to marry him. When he began the thirty-seventh day with the 6ame question she says she gave up rather than listen longer to Mr. Mackie's monotonous chorus. Of course all men will realize that Mr. Mackie only repeated the question so frequently because he could not believe his good fortune in being still at liberty. > Mrs. Mackie is asking for divorce, because, she says, her husband is not able to support her in the manner in ?which she was formerly able to live when she was earning numerous simc leons eradicating freckles. FORCE OF FEMININE POLICE Norwegian Women, With Official Posi tion, Are Given Appropriate Duties to Perform. The appointment of another police woman at Christiania now brings the feminine police force in Norway up to seven, three of whom are in Chris tiania, two at Bergen, one In Stavan ger, and one in Christiansand. The special duty of the chief police woman in Christiania, Sergeant Osen, is to keep under surveillance girls and women suspected of living im moral lives and female beggars, while her two colleagues interrogate women tramps, and, if deserving, render them help, look after the children and see that they are kept off the street as vendors and beggars. The policewomen all perform occa sional night duty arid patrol some of the worst quarters of the city. With the exception of the policewomen at Christiansand, who wear a complete official uniform, the women are dressed in plain clothes, only wearing green capes bearing a small medallion stamped with the crown and lion of Norway, to distinguish them from ordinary citizens. Filipino Food Question. In going through the Igorrote coun try it was impossible to secure pack ers who would accompany us more than a few miles from their own vil lage. Each hamlet seemed to have a standing feud with those about lt. Yet my companion and I were always received with warm hospitality, in vited to sleep in the straw huts and to partake of food, says a writer in the Christian Herald. The rice and vegetables cooked by Igorrote women were appetizing enough. Roast dog was balked at. but even roasting dog smells good to a hungry man. Hun dreds of dogs are brought up from the lowlands about Dagupan by Tagalog venders and are Eold to the mountain dwelling Igorrotes every year. Fat dogs are at a discount; lean meat is preferred. Fiftyvcents to $1.50 (Mexi can currency) seemed the average price for a dog, depending on size. Manhattan's Hotels. Only a few weeks ago the hotel men of New York-a tribe who keep pret ty close together through their asso ciation-took a sort of census of the business. They found in Manhattan alono 225 hotels of fifty rooms or more, with a grand total of 53,000 rooms. Which means, according to tho usual rush business way of count ing, that in a pinch the hotels of Manhattan-the real hotels, not in cluding little fellows, apartment houses and such-could talco in and give beds to 100.00 visitors. Pretty careful studies show that the hotels of the three greatest cities of Europe could not together find accommoda tion for so many people. Men Hid in Food. Adolph Neu of New York was a greatly surprised man when ho saw a young man rise out of a sauerkraut barrel and give himself up to a police man who had accompanied Neu inte the cellar of his establishment. Neu's astonishment was increased when he found another man buried up to the neck in his chow-chow caldron. Policeman Walsh saw two young men acting suspiciously in front of Neu's pickle works. Suddenly they disappeared. Walsh roused Neu and they invaded tho cellar. It is sup posed that they entered the cellar to steal some pigeons-which Neu kept there. Speed of a Rabbit. A rabbit can travel at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour. This was proved here, when one o? the little ani mals made that rate of speed for half a mile in front of the motorcycle of County Traffic Officer Emile Agraz, who was chasing a speeder. As Agraz overhauled the automobile he crowded on a little more speed and this put the rabbit out of the race. As the scared animal turned out of the road he lost his balance and turned turtle, rolling up against a fence.-San Jose corres pondence San Francisco Chronicle.. Weath? We can suppl; wardrobe of me boys with everj needed for the weather. Stylish in worsteds, serge cassimeres. Larg sortment of ove: and raincoats. ] underwear of all Full stock of sho worK or dress. Come in to see i l?t us supply your Dorn & Colds should be "nipped in the bud", for if allowed to run unchecked, serious results may follow. Numerous cases of consumption, pneu monia, and other fatal dis eases, can be traced back to a cold. At the first sign of a cold, protect yourself by thoroughly cleansing your system with a few doses of TKEDFORD'S the old reliable, vegetable liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o< Madison Heights, Va., says: "I have been using Thed ford's Black-Draught for stomach troubles, indiges tion, and colds, and find it to be the very best medicine 1 ever used. It makes an old man feel like a young one." Insist on Thedford's, the original and genuine. H-67 T3K OEESSICXNTAiL DR. J. S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE. Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. Ai?. CORLE Y, Surgeon . Dentist. Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays. Crown and Bridge werk a specialty. James A. Dobey, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. FFICE OVER JOHNSTON DRUG CO. Bachelors and Hypocrisy. About the worst hypocrite in the world is an old bachelor who claims that he likes children.-Chicago Rec ord-Herald. 3r y the n and fthing cold suits is and e as rcoats ?eavy kinds, es for is and needs 95'BusMs hihe?cm HE USED PLANTERS SOLUBLE GUANO THE.100* CROP PRODUCER OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY J. C. MCCULLOUGH, Sureriatendea: KINGSTREE, S. C. Planters Fertilizer & Phosphate Co., Charleston, S. C. Dear Sirs: Your one-half ton of Planters Soluble Guano 8-3-3, has been awarded Master Marven McCullough for making the largest yield on one acre. Ninety-five Bushels of Corn. The report of same has been given to the County ltecord for publication. Very truly yours, (Signed) J. Ci. MCCULLOUGH, Supt. of Education. Ask our Agents for brands or write us direct for infor mation and prices. Soc that our trade-mark is on each bag-it's your protection against inferior brands. Planters Fertilizer & Phosphate Co. Manufacturer, Charleston, South Carolina Wo use only the best S. C. Phosphate, Fish Scrap. Blood, Tankage, G orman Potash, etc. Augusta's Leading Jewelry Store Our stock of silverware, decorated china, cut glass, gold, silvery jewelry, diamonds, watches and silver novelties was never larger. DESIGNS ARE NEW Everything is from the leading and most relia ble manufacturers in the country. Let us supply yna- needs. We have never been better equipped in every department, and what is best our prices are very reasonable. Sat isfaction guaranteed, Will be a pleasure to show vou through cur stock. 7o6 Broad St A. J. Renkl