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Additional Locals COTTON AND SEED MARKET. Cotton sold on the local market n yesterday for 11 3-8 and cotton seed at 51 cent.s i Mr. and Mrs. B. B. McElrath, of Antreville, were here yesterday. Mrs. Harvie Heed, of Anderson, is visiting Mrs. W. C. Sherard. ,, Ryan White, of Sumter, spent the week-end in the city with friends. * Mr. E. A. Patterson, of Antreville, was a business visitor to the city on Tuesday. Mrs. W. S. DuPre and children left last week for a visit to relatives in Florida. \ Miss Ella Mae Williamson will go s; over to Atlanta this week to the Harvest Festival. Miss Essie Lee McCord spent the week-end in Clinton with Miss Mollie Davidson. Miss Maudd Livingston spent the "week-end in the city with Miss Ella Mae Williamson. IMrs. C. L. Cochran is spending this week with friends in Atlanta and Winder. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Raysor of Donalds, were guests of Mrs. M. E. Williamson one day this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morgan and I J. M. Morgan, Jr., are in Monroe, N. C., this week visiting relatives Messrs M. L. B. Sturkey and G. J Saunders, business men of McCormick, were here Tuesday on business jaatters. Misses Emma and Bessie Cochran came down from Anderson last Friday to attend the funeral of their cousin, Miss Sudie Cochran. Mrs. Lambert Caldwell came up from Greenwood last Friday to attend the funeral of her friend, Miss Sudie Cochran. Mrs. Lucy Thomson and Mrs. E. R. Thomson left Monday to attend * tt n n Itne annual convention ui j^. v. *> at Aiken. There was a pleasant dance at the home of Miss Antoinette Thomson last Friday night. The young people of the city were present and enjoyed the pleasant pastime for several hours. The triangle recently given the city by Mr. Stark, has been planted \in grass and will soon present a very jovely appearance. A few evergreens will be planted later. Miss Martha Ayer Duncan has re i turned to her home in Columbia af ter a pleasant visit to Mrs. Frank B. Gary. While here she was the recipient of much pleasant attention. Mrs. Drayton Nance, of Due West, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Sherard, has returned to her home. Mrs. Nance is a sister-inlaw of Maj. Nance of this city, and the mother of Messrs J. N. and Drayton Nance, Jr., of Due West. Mrs. Mazie Cason Neal is here from Arkansas for a visit to her sister, Mrs. T. H. Furman. Her friends are glad to see her and to know that she is completely restored to health and is her accustomed handsome self. Mr. John Morrah and Mr. Bradley Morrah were in town last Friday on business. On their way home they pteked up the little Hawthorne boy, 1 I ? i. Til TT.'n 1, was su uauiy nurt on oiue mil and brought him in to Dr. Neuffer. James C. Hemphill went over to Clinton last week. He has been employed by the First Presbyterian church as landscape gardener, to lay off the grounds surrounding the church and to lay such cement walks and copings as will be necessary. Mrs. Sallie Bradley, Mrs. J. C. Klugh, Mrs. J. F. Bradley, Dr. and Mrs. McMurray, Miss Mary Klugh and Miss Louise McDill were among the Abbeville visiters to Due West Ins* week to take a look at the meetin? I of the Synod of the Associate JKeformed FrtsK>*erian church. / HONOR ROLL CITY SCHOOLS SECOND MONTH. 'First Grade? Thelma Bauknight, Vivian Copenhaver, Frances Ferguson, Margaret Flynn, Alma Gaston, Margaret Harrison, Ernestine McCord, Ada Perrin, Grace Smith, Dora Campbell, Louise Uldrick, Docia Dudleyr Annie Lewis, Sara Wilson, John Alexander, Amos Cresswell, Fred Carroll, Herbert Martin, Earl Norrell, Harold Osborne, Haskell I ? Powell. Second Grade? Hazel McCurry, I * Grace Wilson, Bessie Williams, Neuf-, | fer Bowie, Charlie Wilson, Edna J Dawson, Kathleen Lomax, Martha I Alann, Mary Bruce. L ihird Grade?jcearl Campbell, Lu- | cia Gunlebeau, Marian ^ur>, Su.a > jjdwaraa, Jeannie White. I Fourth Grade?Annie Mabry, Caro- ? line Chalmers, Elizabeth McLane, ji?!ce iviuiord, Marian Wilson. ? Fifth Grade? Celia Chalmers, j[ Mary Dargan, Ada Faulkner, Maria Xeuffer, 'iheima Seals, Hilda Syfan, Elizabeth Thomson, Olivier Blum, |j jviCt-ii ^ntcy, oniy Long, Fred Mm- f shall, George Smith. . S Sixth Grade?Janie Bowie, Mar- EL garet Dawson, Elizabeth Gambrell, ? neler. iviilt'ord, Florence .Neutfer, Mary White, Arthur Klugh, ihomas I Maxwell, Allen Long. ? Seventh Grade? Isabel Cantey, i Heien EaKin, Catherine Faulkner, 11 Mary Greene, Victoria Howie, Mar- j ? garec ISwetenberg, Pauline Wosmans- i\y, Davis Kerr, Ralph Lyon. Eighth Grade? Lois Ferguson, I Helen Haigler, Ruby Mann, Richaru P Swettnberg, Herman Wisby. 2 Ninth Grade? Edna Bradley, Fan-1I nie DuPre, Mattie Eakin, Elizabeth Faulkner, Mary Graydon, Alvis Hen- . ry, Margaret Lomax, Ruth Wood- I nurst, Frank Gary, Sam Hill. f Tenth Grade? Kate Haskell, Maud Hawthorne. I STATISTICS. Number pupils, Boys 289; Girls 286. Average Scholarship, Boys 82; Girls 85. Number tardies, Boys 41; Girls, 26. ' Per cent attendance, Boys, 92; Girls 95. Visiting Trustees, 5. Visiting Superintendent, 137. The honor for the second month for the highest scholarship goes to the fourth grade, 90^. For no tardies, to the second and the sixth grades. For best attendance, A.0 the sixth grade, 97 per cent. A study of the records reveal other facts. The lowest mark on atten dance for all the grades was maae by the tenth grade boys, 85 pfer 1 cent. E The largest per cent of tardies was C made by the tenth grade boys, 2 6-10 ri per cent; with the ninth grade boys a close second. , Above the first grade, the lowest per cent on scholarship, 75 per cent ti goes to the seventh grade boys with tl the ninth grade boys not far behind, fi The girls of the sixth and ninth grades made a remarkable record on attendance the per cent being 99 in n each grade. f: b AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT a Governor Manning has appointed ^ Dr. G. A. Neuffer on the board of vis- S itors for the State Hospital for the s< Insane. The others on the board are Rev. J. D. Cain, of Greers, and Thos. L. Conner of Eutawville. The 0 State Hospital for the Insane has b been much in the public eye lately d and many marked changes have been made in the administration of affairs there since the beginning of the present year. C Governor Manning has made ah d excellent selection, one which will be e pleasing to the people of Abbeville . and the many friends of Dr. Neuffer all over the State. The doctor was y elected President of the State Medical f; Association which is the highest of- 0 fice in the grift of the Doctors. Aside from this he has held many positions s of public trust in the different frater- e nal organizations in the state. si He is being congratulated, on all sides at this deserved compliment. OUR MANY BLESSINGS. * IV (A Thanksgiving Piece.) ' f f. By Edna Bradley, 9th Grade. e We're thankful for our mother, a Dad, sister and all that, $ We've thankful for our brother, o Who is a college "rat." b We're thankful for onr house, ^ A garden and auto-bile, S And at Christmas time the boys, ci Will be thankful for a wheel. We're thankful for our servants, A cook and working man, And 'course its really natural To make them do all they can We're thankful for our friends, t< Who we could not do without, f< They are the greatest things in life p Without a single doubt. . q p We're thankful for our school, jy That teaches everything, g And are thankful even more, j When it is out in Spring. L P We're thankful when on New Year's q day, . p And all the bills come round, p That we've bought all. our winter j, clothes,And dad's name is good and sound. ? I We're thankful for our neighbors, Whn'ro ill of sis {rood as POld. And some of the things we borrow, ? Never shall be told. a We're thankful for the boys, p Who hang around the town, ? But for those nice young gents, w The movies would close down. q We're thankful the "one gallon law" g1 Was passed in our land, p For now instead, our mother makes ? ?"'?n +/\ "K00+ +V>o Viqnrl " \J 1 VV111C tv V/VMW v**v g, I*1 And now to get an ending, ^ For this Thankful song, jj I'll just say we're thankful For whatever comes along. p n FIFTY YEARS IN a SERVICE OF U. S. {j o Washington, Nov. 4.? Miss Emma tl A. McCully, of the accounts division of the bureau of the internal revenue XCUktCLCLEICLC LCLCLCUZLCLC ODDDDDDISOODBD | USEFUL PRESE* jj Our new and b< ft Christmas trade ii H thing when they s Fi have choicer and ? you with the nice* rssrs-s-srrrrrs-rsr, fi J)0 NO | Watches fi i fj Our stock is ge fc ciTrk/3V,-irkVi"j-\7' Vnil n fi every way desira ? gifts from our upc ents at the fairesl j For the Rigl I w. ! THI ! >< fi etna deioimcidi auuuuu iji uuiJuiM m as been receiving the congratulfions of her friends and co-workers L-? v/min A Or] Allf nib WtJtSft. up<JIi Having luuiiuvu ~ ?w fty years in the service. Miss McCully entered the govemlent service on November 3, 1865, rom Columbia, S. C.f when she was ut 16 years old. She received her ppointment from President Andrew ohnson, who was a friend of her randmother. She was the first Duthern woman to be appointed to lie treasury department. At the time f her appointment she was one of ut twenty-two women clerks in the epartment. v All of Miss McCully's people were pmpathizers with the cause of the lonfederacy. Her father, an invalid, id not go to the war, but her brothr, Nathaniel McCully, enlisted when e was but 16 years old and died,, a ear later from exposure. Her grandather, Nathaniel Harden, was an fficer in the United States navy, and lie still cherishes his certificate of nlistment, dated April 27, 1816, and ignecl by President James Madison. When Columbia was burned by herman's troops, the McCully home 'ent up in flames. The next day liss McCully's granmother died rom the shock and grief. The mis-| artunes of the McCully family touchd President Johnson's heart, and the ppointment of Miss McCully to a 900 position in the accounts division f the treasury followed. She has een there ever since, and now holds n important post that pays $1,600. he is rated as one of the most effiient employees of the department. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ' COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. j The expenditures for the first quar;r, ending March 31st, 1915, are as allows: oads and Bridges $4,284.31 hain' Gang 4,763.87 oor House 1,145.55 [agistrates and Cntsables _ 650.69 heriff 751.65 ail 293.11 unacy 143.75 ublic Offices 58(5.49 oroncrs and Post Mortems. 119.00 ublic Officers __ 1,586.94 rinting and Stationery. __ 443.93 ncident;'ls 41.67 iterest 2,250.00 !ourt expenses 1414.50 Total $18,475.46 There is a note outstanding for lnAfl QK\vifh flip Apfrn Life Insur nee Company, bearing interest at le rate of 7 per cent?this will be aid April 14th, 1916. There is anther note outstanding for $15,200.00 'ith the Equitable Life Assurance Company, bearing interest at the rate f 6 per cent?this is due in three intallments of $6000 (interest and rincipal), April 6th, 1916-1917-1918 'here is in the hands of Treasurer the a rn i r a ^ C ... | lim oi UJL iiiuney uuiowed for current expenses, besides nes and licenses that have been paid i this year. It is well to state here that our exenses for the first quarter are allost as much as they are for the balnce of the year, as bridge material, amber cement and other supplies are ught then for the whole year, most f it, so there is not much to pay a::ter his except running expenses. W. A. STEVENSON, County Supervisor. iifiifWKinifiSfilfilfilfifiifilf [-Makers ITS :: BEAUTIFUL P ^autilul line of holiday s now ready for the insp( ee it. We have new no* more costly gifts, but in st and most a,ppropriat< IT FAIL TO SEE OUR >, Clocks, . Novelt nerous in variety and i] . can not help being plea ble line. . Our very reas< -to-date stock and you w : figures you have ever lit Present For the Right Pei E. J 3 L.EADI]> uuuuuuuunuyuui Tax Collector's Notice. OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, UNTIL FRIDAY, DECEM. BER 31 ST, 1915. / The Rate of State, County, School and Special Tax, Including One Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar Commutation Tax. In accordance with an Act to raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing January 1 1915, notice is hereby given that the office of Countji Treasurer for Abbeville County will be open for the collection of taxe? for said fiscal year from Friday, OctoVwa*. 1 K4-U nn+il Kor UCi xuui) UIXVU *- x iUK j ; A/vwutMVA 31st, without penalty. There will b? added? A penalty of one per cent, on all taxes not paid on January 1st, 1916. A penalty of two per cent, on all taxes not paid on Februa:ry 1st, 1916. 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% " Constitutional "School Tar 3 : " , Total 17% mills In addition to the above,, a special tax will be collected for school purposes as follows: Abbeville Shop Bonds- 1^ mills Abbe. Special Schools 8 " Antreville 6 " Bethel^ 3 " isoia c ran en 4 Central 2 " Calhoun Falls 2 " ' Cana 2 " . Eureka 3 " Rocky River 2 " ! Donalds 8 " Due West 6 " Fonville 3 Hagan 2 " . Keowee ... 3 Lone Forest 4 " Lowndesville ' 8 " McCormick - 9 " Mt,, C arm el 4 Omega i 4 " Pineville 2 " Parks Creek 3 " Reid 2 " Rock Springs 2 " . Lebanon i. 4 " Long Cane 2 " Buffalo 5 " Broadmouth 2 " Bethiah 4 Sunny Slope 4 " Sharon 4 " Vermillion 4 Willington 5 Warrenton 3 " Young's 2 Cold Springs 4 Comer 2 " Ray -'4A poll tax of One Dollar per capita An oil rv^nlo /?ifl7DnC hllhwOOn tVlP A&f of 21 and 60 years, except such as are exempt by law, will be collected. A commutation road ta^ of On? Dollar will be collected the samt time as other taxes from all male 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 be required under an overseer, if so much be necessary. Taxes are payable only in gold and silver coin, United States currency, National Bank Notes a:nd Coupons of State Bonds which become payable during the year 1915. A tax of 50 cents will be collected on each dog. Parties desiring information by mail in regard to their taxes will please write before December 16th, ctating the location of their property, ! irinr'nnnr"""""" IJ lal 13 K J DDCTI TO EdlalMDJU Great Opp RESENTS :: APPROPRI goods, full of choicest s< action and approval of all1 /elties in nice, butinexper all grades and at all pric( 3 articles. SPECIAL ATTRACTiO IrvTiT/ilvtr Qil iCWUlIJf) Ull ies, Etc. i . .1 eludes only goods of app: sed with our well selected enable prices will delight i ill get the best and most i known. rson at the Right Price come I OHN! JGr JHWBI. Aboeviile-Greenwood , MUTUAL ffilifff \ ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, $1,890,000. September 1, 1915. 1 Vl/'KJTK TO OK CALL on the unders'?'. * . " or the Director of yonr Townthlj tor any Information yon may desire alo * our plan of Insurance. We Insure yonr properly against destrui , Hon by n-j, wsrasiow os liseriss. I a i do so cheaper tb?? ?iy Imuran** Com 1 p rv In existence. Dwellings oovered wltt . . metal roofs are Insured for 85 per cent, cbeapei I th*n oiber properly. ' . Remember we are prepared to prove to you thai nnrw ?* the safest and cheapest plan o 1 , ; Insurance known. J. B. BLAKE, Gen. Agent Abbeville, S. 0. J. FBASEB LYOF, Pres. Abbeville, S. C. T" tf. Malors ?..... Greenwood 8 T Msbry .............Ookeebnry C H. Dodson ...'. Donalds a. a. t, i.. Doe West W. W. L. Keller'.....?...bong Cane J. A. Keller ...?Jrimlthville P. A. Wardlaw Cedar Spring W. W. br?4l*y Abbeville Dr J. A. Anderson Antrevllle a a Onlx. r^arnHnfitrllla W. D. Morrah Calhouu Mills b. P. Morn/n...': Bordeaux H. L. Rasor..*.......... Walnut Grove w. A Nloklea ......... Hodges M. G. Bowles Goronsoa D. P. Haiti winger..._ Ninety-Six " " Klnards i " " Kel'nWHhln Jo??pb Lak Pbcen'x J. W. Hmltb Verd?ry < > J. H.C-tles . ?, -Bradley T T,r. T vr>fi J, ;?7 roy E. K. Moseloy Y? dell T. B. Bell lllson " " .. .....F lrksej'8 Abbeville, S. C., June 1, 1915. MASTER'S SALE The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville.Court of Common Pleas. W. D. Barksdale, Plaintiff, against Bettie Whitmore, Defendant. T5? -.-J-T Coin Iny ttuuiuiuy ui O. i/WICC Ul umc ; by the Court of Common Pleas for j ! Abbeville County, in said State, made j in the above stated case, I will offer t for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbe; ville, C. H., S. C., on Salesday in Deoi ember. A.. D., 1915, within the legal hours of sale the following describe'1 s land, to wit: All that tract or parcel i of land, situate, lying and being in | Abbeville County, in the State afore- i I.said, containing One Half (^) Acre i j more or less, and bounded by lands of j t j Andrew Bauknight, Mrs. J. R. White, | 1 Coleman Thomas and fronting on j ^ Street. ' TERMS OF SALE?CASH?Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. j R. E. HILL, I "Master A. C., S. C. ;i J | and including postage for reply, and | those paying taxes by check must in* ' elude the charge for collection. ' 1 J. F. Bradley, County Treasurer. ' .September, 1915. * 1 FaaaaaaefffifiKBffi | ortunity I IATE PRESENTS 1 !;' jlectipns for the a who know a good ij Lsive goods. We [ j 2s we can supply i ] I lYS TV S verware jj roved worth and j I . popular and in j I fou. Select your i J appropriate pres- 2 j U flight to Us i j ^riAT il iER | MAXWELL'S MARKET T. H. MAXWELL, Proprietor ~7 . . ? ALL POKK SAUSAGE SMALL HAMS, liOAST PIG, FttESH FISH and OYSTERS ' Highest Cash Priccs Paid tor Cattib, Hogg and Sheep, Green Salted Hides. PHONE 2<?8 Maxwell's Market >v ' . ^ CHEfcR UP That Tired Grouchy Feeling Means a La zj Liver. LIV-VER-LAX will clear you out, and make you.feel line and dandy again. It is just as effective as calomel Kut Vine nnno of itc tooII Trnnirm disagreeable after effects. LIV-VER-LAX eliminates poisons, . cleanses the system, and relieves constipation in a thorough but pleasant manner. A little taken regularly, means consistent health and no doctor bills. Guarantee. Every bottle bearing the likeness of L. K. Grigsby, is guaranteed to give satisfaction or your money will be returned. For sale herein 50c and $1 size bottles at any druggists. Coffee Time Tea Time o ? 7 With the coming of cold weather a hot cup of coffee or tea is necessary for breakfast. We carry the BEST Grades at the most reasonable prices. o Fresh Shipments of (Stnnlrmiu Bacons, Hams, Etc. Every Week. o Try our Sliced Dried Beef, Breakfast Bacon and Ham. Our slicer will save you money. A. M. HILL & SONS Phone 126 If some men were to lose their ?elf conceit ther'd be nothing left. S .