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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- !
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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.
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* ABBEVILLE COUNTY FAIR *
November 3rd, 4th and f th.
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?
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
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Southern Railway Schedule.
Effective July 4, 1915.
A.M. PM P*
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'|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
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