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WASHINGTON WHAT A TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRL MAY SEE AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. (By Mary Hemphill Greone.) As Washington is the capital of the United States, everyone wishes ] c> go there at least once. It is a l:ne trip for a little girl and cne can j fc.ee so many things that it is hard to J remember all of them. One of the best things rbout a | liilfcto Washington is getting to ride ! ' on a Pullman sleeper and eating | breakfast in the dining car next! morning. We ordered a good break- I last and ate it with the towns and . country just flying by on the outside. One of the first things we went to see was the Zoo in Rock Croek park. Jt was labor day and theiv? were many picnic parties in the park. Ihis is one of the finest zoo"'; in the j - ?j o?;_ i Unite a dtntes unu an mhuo ui uu?- mals can be seen. We watched the bears for a long time and saw the big Sea-lion come out on the banks of the pool in which he lives. The birds were in a cage which had full grown trees in it and a stream of water running through it. There were many beautiful birds in it but the prettiest were the swans and the | white Eigrettes. In one pen we saw three turtles j which had come from Belfast, Ireland. They were as big as cotton baskets and about two feet tall. The polar bears would swim around on their backs most of the time and the brown bears had a foot just like a negro. Bill said he "bet the turtle would hold to a walking cane until it thundered" and that there were more > pigeons in the park than Jaok and I Hugh Bradley knew were in the world. Every one who goes to Washington pfces out to Mt. Vernon to see the Lome of George Washington. We went out on a car which was filled with tourists. The place is beautiful and is kept up by a party of ladies. The house is kept up just like it was in the time of Washington. In the hall you can see the key to the Bastile sent to Washington by La Fayette, three of Wash- j ington's swords and the discharge nnn#>r of a soldier sicned bv Wash- ! r~r *" ? ? ?o ington. The old clock on the stair is still standing. In one of the parlors is the carpet given to Washington by Louis XVI of France, which is still fine looking after a hundred years. The furniture in the bed rooms is still the same as it was in the days of Washington and looked strange to me. In some of the rooms there are little half beds of the four poster style and these rooms . are called guest rooms. In the kitchen the cooking was done on the open fire and fhe old crane with its five pot hooks still hangs. The brick oven in the side of the chimney is still there and f.hows where the bread was baked. Most of the cooking vessels are of brass and pewter. In some of the rooms wee queer looking brass things with a long handle which the caretaker told us was a bed warmer. The tomb of Washington was a \ery plain affair, made of brick with an arch gateway in the front. Int-ide the tomb forty bodies are buried. Two white marble coffin shaped recepticlfis hold the bodies of Gen. and Mrs. Washington. Fresh flowers are placed on these every day. There is a caretaker at the gate of the tomb whose people belonged to the Washington family and he showed us the trees planted by the many distinguished visitors who come here. President Taft planted a water oak here last year that is growing fine. We saw also a tree which was planted I by the Archbishop of Canterbury, j , and a fine Linden which was planted j by Prince Henry, of Prussia, the bro- j ther of the German Emperor. We went back to the city on the boat, which took us about an hour. | It was cool and pleasant and the wa- < ler as smooth as glass. We could j see the shadow of the Washington : monument in the water. This monument is over five hundred feet' r high and it stands out clear and beau-1 . ~ i ... i i i it mui against tne SKy ana ca:i ne seen from every part of the city. Anyone can go through the capital building with a good guide for about a quarter. They usually start out from the rotunda where you can icok up and see the beautiful paintings in the top of the domi'. The pictures on the walls were all about things that I had studied about in history, such as the "Landing of Columbus," the "Discovery of th? Mississ^ ippi," the "Declaration of Independence," the "Surrender of Cornvallis", and such things. They are i;early all life size. There is a special room sot aside for the President and in this room there is a beautiful picture of a woman, painted on the ceiling, with a thin veil draped over her face, whose | eyes are fixed on you, no mutter ir j which part of the room you stand We were shown the room where th< supposed German spy put a boml which exploded some time ago. Th< room has been repaired, all excepi the chandelier which was completelj ruined. We went to see the President one morning and he received ms in his c ftice and shook hands with us all Mama told him that Bill was going to br President some day and be saic that he would not wish him any such hard work. He is a nice looking man. We went to church on Sunday and saw him come into church, When it was over the congregation stood still until he got out of the I r burch and got away in his automo' bile. The Bureau of Engraving pleased Fill for he saw them making a million dollars a day. We went one morning to see the National Museum and walked over miles of marble floor, looking at the stuffed animals. We saw the collection made by Mr. Roosevelt while h<> was in Africa. He brought so many things home that all have not been put out for show yet. I was especially interested in the pictures and Bill was carried away with the life size scenes of Indian life. There are many pretty parks in Washington. The White Hcuse has beautiful grounds and on Saturday afternoon we went to hear the Marine Band Concert. There was a low platform and the band men in their coats and caps of blue and white trousers and shges made a fine show. There are sixty men in the Band. The concerts are free and there must have been over a thousand people sitting around on the grass listening to the music. It was all lost on Bill for he lay down on the grass arid went to sleep. I saw a great many musical instruments that 1 had never seen before and did not know what they were. This band plays for all the president's parties and in the summer gives two or three free concerts, in the open air, in different parts of the city every week. we went to Arlington one nay and saw all the beutiful flowers, the handsome monuments and rows uron rows of graves of soldiers. We saw some men digging graves and they had a tent over them to keep off the hot sun. Arlington was the home of Gen. R. E. Lee, and it was taken away from him when we had the Confederate war. It is now a National Cemetery and is a lovely place. We went to the stores and saw a lot of fine things. Mama says that she knows now what Bill is going to be when he gets to be a grown man and that is ths keeper of a ten cent store. He wanted to buy everything that he saw. I do not think that I will ever forget the things I saw. ********* * Remember the * * ABBEVILLE COUNTY FAIR * November 3rd, 4th and f th. ********* ? ivery Home Needs a Faithful Cougli and Cold Remedy. When seasons change and colds appear?when you first detect a cold after sitting next to one who has sneezed, then it is that a tried and tested remedy should be faithfully used. "I never wrote a testimonial before, but, I know positively that for myself and family, Dr. King's New Discovery is the best cough remedy we ever used and we have tried them all." 50c. and $1.00. Southern Railway Schedule. Effective July 4, 1915. A.M. PM P* / r *iv? Abhevill 9.55 3.45 0.8 L.-ave Abbeville 11.20 5.10 8.0 I We Are Re< || ouri-o i-o and our i || 2-0 for Wheat and 0 |g sow it. J| This will give it || the head, and that i || grain. If you sow till Q-nrl fiTrP in nat.Q thic | the land well and fe || either of these goo 11| advantageous. Ou || especially fine good ||| Let us hear from ANDERSON PHOSPHi Anderson, J || OUR AGJ J. E. Jones R. C. Brownlee & Co., | i!;| G. M. Nickles, i ji;K J. E. Britt, __ __ __ __ __ | W. L. Burnside, __ __ __ __ _ '|Tax Collector's Notice. - ' OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM ) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, i UNTIL FRIDAY, DECEMt BER 31ST, 1915. The Rate of State, County, School and Special Tax, Including One ! Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar Com' mutation Tax. , In accordance with an Act to raise supplies for the fiscal year commencir<r .Tinuarv 1 1915. notice is here1 by given that the office of Countv ; Treasurer for Abbeville County will . Ko onen for the collection cf taxes jfor said fiscal year from Friday, Octoiher 15th. until Friday. December 1 ,31st, without penalty. There will be ! added? ! I A penalty of one per cent, on all i cf i oi c id A Co nvi/ fjaiu I'll uaiiuox j 101., xi/iu. A penalty of two per cent. on all ' | taxes not paid on February 1st, 1916. I A penalty of seven per cent, on all | taxes not paid on March 1st, 1916. , | Rates per cent, of taxation are as : follows: '' | State Tax 7 mills County Tax 6 " Past Indebtedness 1*4 " Constitutional School >pax _ 3 " Total 17% mills In addition to the above, a special tax will be collected for school purposes as follows: Abbeville Shop Bonds, m mills Abbe. Special School._ 8 " Antreville 6 " Bethel 3 " Buffalo 5 " Broadmouth 2 " Bethiah j. 4 " Bold Branch 4 " Central 2 " Calhoun Falls 2 " Cana 2 " I Eureka 3 " Rocky River 2 " I Donalds 8 " Due West 6 " Fonville 3 " Hagan 2 Keowee 3 " Lone Forest 4 " Lowndesville 8 " Lebanon 4 " Long Cane 2 " McCormick 9 44 Mt. C arm el 4 " Omega 4 44 Pineville 2 " Parks Creek 3 " Reid 2 Rock Springs 2 " Sunny Slope 4 44 > Sharon 4 44 Vermillion 4 " I Willington 5 " Warren ton 3 " Young's 2 CohJ Springs 4 44 Comer 2 " Ray 4 A poll tax of One Dollar per capita on all male citizens between the age of 21 and 60 years, except such as are exempt by law, will be collected. A commutation road tax of One Dollar will be collected the same time as other taxes from all male i citizens between the ages of 18 and 58 years, except such as are exempted by law. Unless said tax is paid by first of March, 1916, eight days ? work upon the public highways will 9 ' be required under an overseer, if so 4 much be necessary. 4 ore Wp only in gold and (I silver coin, United^Btates currency, J National Bank Notes and Coupons of 4 uonus wnicn Decome payable ^ during the year 1915. A tax of 50 i cents will be collected on each dog. j { Parties desiring information by . I mail in regard to their tares will \ ' please write before December 16th, ^ 1 stating the location of their property, f and including postage for reply, and ^ I those paying taxes by check must in- I dude the charge for collection, ' i J. F. Bradley, j ; County Treasurer. * II September, 1915. i r * THE NEXT BEST THING TO THE i PINE FOREST FOR COLDS IS? i - ! Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey which goes ( i to the verv root of cold troubles. It t . j clears the throat and gives relief I i from that clogged and stuffed feeling, j The pines have ever been the friend 'of man in driving away colds. More j over, the the pine-honey qualities | are peculiarly effective in fighting i children's colds. Remember that a ! cold broken at the start greatly reJ i moves the possibility of complications. 25c. -i :ommending II 0-2-1-2-0, and our 10- || ats this fall when you || stalk -and grains in || s what you want in || five acres in wheat || 5 fall, afcer preparing rtilizing it well witk || ds, vou will find it < | r 10-2-1-2-0 is an || s for grain. || you. ME & OIL COMPANY S!j South Carolina if j ?NTS ARE || i Abbeville, S. C. 3g i Due West, S. C. M \ Hodges, S. C. M J . __ __ __ __ McCormick, S. C. z||; 4 Troy. S. C. || J I i THE ROSENBERG I i , ! DEPARTP J I I CLO When you have * in all the leading rr have a desire to see f f a nnn cr^i r A n/\t\ i have advertised thei their name, as well means the same thii on silver, but they h man's suit which ! everywhere. This ij VAR^ We will take ple? model, and many ot The Rosenl Justreceivedaship- J PJICU mient of SKIRTS by t z!^ express. Come and \ see them. * lj ^ **%%%> Dry Goods, Notions, Come to the A.b k w -r? ^ i When you come to Abbeville don't fail to see our line of. . . have something new coming in. OUR NOTION STOCK is us on Notions. We have a full stock of... JZik Shoe we have for Ladies, Misse; the Hoge-Montgomery and En our store. We guarantee our S Do?"?nT Boys' C Style both, and at a less price. Save Your Cash Register Coupon . Cagll We sell Union-Made ? rr_ Overalls for Men at} S I f 95c the Pair. J ^ MERCANTILE COMPANY! tfENT STORES I f I H1IN (j I I & ?LI " > , > i f seen an article advertised tagazines, you naturally it. i FFNER & MARX | r clothing for years and '| I'as our own, on a suit |K rig that "Sterling" means ave one model in a voune* - - ^ n I has created a sensation [, > the ' I BITY 55 h isure in showing you this iv j , hers. | I i berg Merc. Co. | BARGAIN irrrr I * of SHOES for Men,, % ^^ \ Women and Chil- % Q| | dren. Lowest Prices ? 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