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jEHHHSBHHHBBBHHBHnn I i .1 Anywhere W. D. WILKINS Treasurer's Notice! OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCT. 15TH UNTIL .\ MARCH 15, 1921. Taxes Paid From Friday, October 15, Until Friday, December 31st Without Penalty. The rate of State, County, School j and Special Tax including one dollar i Poll Tax, two dollars commutation ! tax. * J ? - ?aAf fA roico I ill SCC0rQ&nC6 witxi an aw w supplies for the fiscal year commenc- j ing January 1st, 1920, notice is hereby given that the office of the County Treasurer for Abbeville County will be open for the collection of taxes for said fiscal year from Friday, Oct. 15, until Friday, Dec. 31st without penalty. There will be added?a penalty of one per cent, on all taxes not paid on January 1st, 1921. A penalty of two per cent, on all taxes not paid on Feb. 1st, 1921. A penalty of seven per cent, on all taxes not paid on March 1st, 1921. Rates per cent, of taxation are as / follows: State Tax 12 mills. County Tax 8 mills. Good Roads Tax 3 mills. Constitutional school tax 3 mills. I TOTAL 22 mills. In addition to the above a special tax will be collected for school purposes as follows: ( > Abbeville City Shops Bonds 1 Vz mills t 1 Corner 2 mills 3. Lowndesville 16 mills 4 Rocky River 2 mills 9 Calhoun Falls 6 mills ia c.ninn 4 mills XV uaiibuv 18 Bethia 8 mills 20 Sharon 8 mills 21 Bethel 3 mills 22 Abbeville 14 mills 23 Warrenton 8 mills 24 Reeds 8 mills 25 Brownlee 4 mills 26 Campbell 15 mills 24 Antreville 12 mills 29 Sunny Slope 8 mills 30 -Cold Springs 4 mills 31 Long Cane 2 mills 32 Smithville 2 mills 34 Central 8 mills 35 Hagan 8 mills 36 Parks Creek 3 mills 37 Keowee 14 mills 38 Due West 12 mills 30 Donalds 17 mills 40 Pineville 6 mills 41 Vermilion 4 mills 42 Fonville 3 mills 43 Eureka 3 mills 44 Broadmouth 8 mills 45 jRock Springs 2 mills . 46 Ray 4 mills 47 Winona 8 mills * I 60 Cana i muis 54 Lebanon 4 mills A poll tax of one dollar per capita on all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except such as are exempt by law, will be collected. A commutation road tax of two dollars will be collected the same time as other taxes from all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 years, except such as are exempt by law. Unless said tax is paid by the 1st of March, 1921, eight days work upon the public highways will be required under an overseer, if so much be necessary. Taxes are payable in gold and silver, United States currency, National Bank notes and coupons of State bonds which become payable during Via vftnr 1 Q90 At the same time as other taxes are collected a license of one dollar and seventy-five cents will be collected on all dogs. A dog tag will be furnished by the Treasurer to each owner paying license. Parties desiring information by mail in regard to their taxes will please write before Dec. 16th, stating the location of their property and include postage for reply. AN ACT To Provide an Annual Dog Tax For The State of South Carolina and a Penalty for Not Paying Said Tax. Section 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of Soutk Carolina, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be levied on all dogs, six months old or older, in the State of South Carolina an annual tax of one dollar and twenty-five ($1.25) cents per head. Section 2. That upon tfte payment of said annual tax of one dollar and twenty-five ($1.25) cents by the owner of any dog in the State, the County Treasurer shall issue to the said owner a receipt therefor and a metal tax marked "Dog Tax" and the year for which it is issued. Each AI1V1 I / Citizens! ON, Manager THE RESCUE AND THE REWARD (Proper Gander.) The highest ambition of Johnni< Phillips' life was to rescue somebodj and to receive a whole pile of monej as a reward. As he sat on the gat< post watching the automobiles anc horses go by, none of them, showinf any signs, whatever, of running awaj so that he could dash out and stoj them, he began to think the world i rather slow place after all. So slip ping down from his perch, he strollec around the house, into the pantry and stole a handful of cookies as i reward for his faithful watching foi the runaways. Johnnie's wish came true on th< very day that he least expected it He had gone with Miss Davis, th< welfare worker, into the slums of Al bany, and was standing in the dooi )f a very dirty tenant house, waiting for Miss Davis, when he scentec trouble. In the middle of the streel were a number of dirty, quarreling children; among them a cripple, i little girl, perhaps dirtier than the majority of them, was sitting in tht middle of the road with a crutch lying on the ground beside her. Bui suddenly she was left alone, as the children playing, or rather quarreling had scattered to all parts of the sidewalk and to safety; for coming toward them at break-neck speed was a runaway horse. In a moment John nie was alert. Here was his chance t( rescue somebody and get his reward but a pang shot thro his heart, as h< realized that this dirty, wretched, lit tie child could not reward him. Bu the pitiful picture of the little child too frightened to move, appealed t< Johnnie, and pushing the othe: thoughts bravely aside, he rushe( into the street and snatched the crip pie from under the very feet of th< horse. The people crowded aroun< him and Miss Davis canea mm a neru Although Johnnie received no re ward in money, he received a rewan that he would a thousand times rath er have had, for his father said, "M; boy, I am proud of you. Such a boj will make a man." ?Deby Owen, IX. If a horse ate as much as a cater pillar, in proportion to its size, i would consume a ton of hay ever: 24 hours. County Treasurer shall keep a numer ical record of every dog taxed and ii addition thereto furnish to the owne of each dog such number stamped 01 the metal tap:. Which tax shall be lev ied and paid to the County Treasur er, as other taxes are paid: Provided further, That this tax shall be exclu sive of all other license taxes, eithe: municipal or otherwise. Provided That all such taxes collected here un der shall be credited to the schools o: the School District from which it ii collected, to be used in support of th< schools of the District: Provided, fur ther, That said tax shall become du< and payable at the same time Stat< and County taxes become due am payable. Section 3. That every owner of i dog shall be required to collar anc place the aforesaid dog tag upon th< said collar. Except when such doj shall be used for the purpose of hunt ing, when such dog shall be upon i chase or hunt. Section 4. Any person owning harboring or maintaining a dog failing or refusing to return and pai *' " ' J -1--11 V - tne tax aioresaiu, anaii ue uecmn guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upoi conviction thereof, shall be fined no less than five ($5.00) dollars noi more than twenty ($20.00) dollars one-half of which shall go to the per son reporting said failure to pay saic tax, and one-half to the public schoo fund in which such derelict occurs. J. E. JONES, County Treasurer. | Oct. 27, iyzu. t \m w \ me i Any Tin Insurance OUR SCHOOLS. c I (Proper Gander.) i ; We are all interested in the Abbe- j j ville City Schools. The pupils perhaps v j have more at stake and therefore are r ?! most vitally interested. .Parents witn r 1 children at school are interested in e j the condition and growth of \ the t r schools, and the opportunities our h ) schools have to offer. Thirdly, the f i general public is interested in our 1 - schools; for there is nothing that con- c I cern8 civic life and progress that is v , of more essential importance than the t i kind of schools we have. * s r Abbeville should be proud of her i schools, but the pride of present at1 tainment should not blind the par- a ents to the needs and possibilities 9 5 which are so obvious and of such an t " advantage. We have good schools; we c r want better schools. We want to t ? keep up1 with the march of progress; t ' and if other schools in other towns c k have things that would benefit our t ' schools, they are what we want. \ c 1 The enrollment of the Abbeville t * City schools at the beginning of the ? ' 1920-'21 session was 660, the largest a enrollment in the history of the ? : schools. The number of teachers is 22 c ! In the graded school there are 534J t pupils. In the high school pre 126. ! pupils. The schools are too crowded. ' In the issues of the town papers a g 5 few weeks before the 1920 session of | the Abbeville schools began, there | } were numerous articles written con- ^ ? cerning the preparations, which were | : made for the coming year. If those E interested in school matters will re- | t call, it will be remembered that much g ? was said on the overcrowding of | 1 classes; and the necessity of dividing | c the auditorium into class rooms so as i to furnish rooms for an over-crowded | grade. The physics room is very small. | i There is also no place for the French G 1 classes and the library. The same is ? * true of domestic science and manual q training if they are to become a part i| * of the riegular course of study as they jg should. f The up-to-date schools have well J ^ equipped gymnasiums. This would be^ impossible in our schools because J there is no place for it. A new school'| building would help solve the prob-[| - lems for the future. We know there)| t are some who will begin to kick at.| 7 the suggestion of having to build<E ' . i Q anything at the present prices. But G do you realize that our schools arejg the making of the sons and daugh- ? In ~ ters of Abbeville parents, and the |j r future men and women of South Car- | 1 olina? | Greater class room space means | , more teachers and less pupils under E ' each teacher'. The fewer number of n ( pupils there are to teach the | - more time and supervision the teach- | 3 er can give to each individual. It is | i the attention and encouragement that | ' the teacher gives her pupils that en- G ? courages them to strive to accom- g 1 plish better work. We have been a pu-j| pil for many years and not until thi3|| * vpar Hid we realize what a small classfl 1 lg i means to the pupil. Anything thatig * tends to stimulate interest in schools g , and school work is to be considered. E E This brings us to athletics. ? One phrase of school life, which has ? j come to the front in recent years, is | 1 the matter of athletics. For years we {| J have had a well organized and highly | r developed system of athletics in our | , colleges, both for men and women, t? The development of the body is con- g ] sidered as important as the develop- 1 ment of the mind. Haphazard athlet- | cis have existed in the graded and | high schools from time immemorial, j| but nothing has been organized. The || f , mm mi tie > ::: & Trust >nly exercise the boys and girls cou jet was from games in which fe ndulged, and in which there was r p-eat interest. There was no supe ision and little or no benefit was d ived.# Things are changed now. W lave a play ground with up-to-dai iquipment for the graded schools. 1 he high school there are footba] >asket ball, baseball and tennis. Oi ootball team promises great thing Ve have won five games, and we ai iut for the state championship, ve win that, we will have done muc o advertise our school and city, an itimulate interest and proper prit n our schools. A thing which has existed for on! t short time and from which tl ichools have derived great benefit, he Parent-Teacher association. Tl bject of this club is to combine tl he interest of tne parent and tl eacher in the pupil. When this ass* :iation began its career, great ei husiasm was manifested on the pa: if both teacher and parent; but a er a few meetings, the attendan< vas small?unless we made everyor ware ot tne iact tnar tea ana san< riches were to be served. But th organization proved to be of sonr lenefit to our schools. It furnisl |ISJSJS/5JSJSfSJSJSJ5IS15iSJB15I9J9J5IBJ5I5f5I5I5l ] I I [i|i|] I [PR ] 1 !J a g 3 a $11 I i ?rC f . At Your Call PRESS 1 Abbeville, jfg?ggEIBI05JBEJSJSBJ31SJSH5IBJSHSI3Hi Reason; Company ' Al I \ Id COX STANDS FIRM w IN PRINCIPLES jo r- Columbus, 0., Nov. 6.?Governor e- Cox, Democratic candidate for the e presidency, in his first statement te "in spirit he was as proud as when to "in spirit he was so proud as when ll? the fight started" and that he *r "would not retrace a step nor yield s. a single riot in principle." e Governor Cox's statement fol^ lows: h ' "For the first time in ten years id Ie the Republican party is in complete control of the legislative and execu[y tive branches of the national govie ernment. Therefore, policy as to j3 statute and administration is with ie it. Its task is no longer that of the ie critic but the constructor. It is my ie hope and firm belief that the Demon ed the play ground with up-to-date X / 2.1 J n apparatus ior uie pleasure aim pujroif cal development of the pupil. This ie organization has several plans for ie the future. But these plans cannot i- materialize without the cooperation is of the parents with the teachers. Are >e you willing to do your part? i- ?M. W. XI. 3I35?3M3?3JSI33MSI3JSIEI51S?3I51SISJ5I5JSJSfi COMMERCI A INT1 / ^ W Ai Krti I wk ?u sjui rw \ AV4n \ AN1 fcUCNOS ?A V \-(U* nwrcvat^a A' t>\SPJtfCV r _r_ ?y \ c" >^v^<-^e)Vur5 ii^. m and BAFW TWlpnhnnp Nn. 10 2JSISI3JSJSI3JSJ3I3J2/SJSfSJ3I3EfSOJSJSJ3JSI3I3JEI3Mc able Rates 1 BBEVILLE, S. C. | cracy of the nation will ,not attempt $:M political sabotage. The country here \ has seen quite enough of that. "We are in the midst of an emer- ?' 'M gency and the Nation's every re- : source should coordinate in behalf ; | of the things that are helpful. So ' long as government exists, the principles of Thomas Jefferson -mil be the center about which human hope? . , '; J will gather. Talk of a new party is absurd.' One might as well discuss the destruction of human emotions. s "As essential as it has been to the welfare of the country in the past the creed of Democracy is more needed now than ever because re- \ cent events have made it distinctly ; . , the American party. In spirit I am as proud as when the fight started. I would not retrace a step nor yield a single jot in principles. It was my ' ' privilege to make the contest for the right in the face of overwhelming /Js odds. There s a distinct difference ' between the defeat and surrender.' The flag of Democracy still flies M the symbol of things more enduring ^ than the passions and resentment that come with the afterwiath of NGN vjTwp>??u\ g . J i j utfs I b {va^^/ a. _ jfc, 1 ;i I ' I m . TI7 0 PA 1 <?il\ tu. 1 S. Carolina | . . :. .;... Jt&k&ii