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Treasurer's Notice! OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCT. 15TH UNTIL MARCH 15, 1921. Taxes Paid From Friday, October 15, Until Friday, December 31it Without Penalty. The rate of State, County, School and Special Tax including one dollar Poll Tax, two dollars commutation tax. In accordance with an act to raise supplies for the fiscal year commenc ing January 1st, 1920, notice is here by 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 pen alty. There will be added?a penalty of one per cent, on all taxes not paid or. 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 Marcn isi, issi. 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. TOTAL 26 Mills. tax will be collected fer school pur poses as follows: Abbeville City Shops Bonds 1^> mills 1 Corner 2 mills! 3. Lowndesville 16 mills 4 Rocky River 2 mills 9 Calhoun Falls 6 mills 10 Santuc 4 mills 18 Bethia 8 mills 20 Sharon 8 mills 21 Bethel 3 mills 22 Abbeville 14 mills 23 Warrenton 8 mills 24 Reeds 8 mills A wiiIIq | 25 26 24 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 50 54 Brownlee ? Campbell 15 mills Antreville 12 mills Sunny Slope 8 mills Cold Springs 4 mills Long Cane 2 mills Smithville 2 mills Central 8 mills Hagan 8 mills Parks Creek 3 mills Keowee __ 14 mills Due West i 12 mills Donalds ' L 17 mills Pineville 6 mills Vermilion 4 mills Fonville ' 3. mills Eureka . 3 milk Broadmouth 8 mills Rock Springs . 2 mills Ray 4 mills Winona __ 8 mills Cana 4 mills 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 oftwo dol lars will be collected the same time as other taxes from all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 years, except auch.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 < .u k under an overseer, n so mwu essary. Taxes are payable in gold and sil ver, United States currency, National Bank notes and coupons of State bonds which become payable during the year 1920. At the same time as other taxes are collected a license of one dollar and twenty-five cents will be collected on all dogs. A dog tag will be furnished by the Treasurer to each owner pay in? license. Parties desiring information by mail in regard to their taxes will please write before Dec. 16th, stat ing the location of their property and include postage for reply. AN ACT To Provide an Annual Dog Tax For The Stale of South Carolina and a Penalty for Not Paying Said Tax. Section 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of South 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 twen ty-five ($1.25) cents per head. Section 2. That upon the payment of said annual tax of one dollar and twenty-five ($1.25) cents by the own er of any dog in the State, the Coun ty Treasurer shall issue xo me sam owner a receipt therefor and a met al tax marked "Dog Tax" and the year for which it is issued. Each County Treasurer shall keep a numer ical record of every dog taxed and in addition thereto furnish to the owner of each dog such number stamped on the metal tag. 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, either municipal or otherwise. Provided, That all such taxes collected here un der shall be credited to the schools of the School District from which it is collected, to be used in support of the schools of the District: Provided, fur ther, That said tax shall become due nr'i payable at the same time State and County taxes become due and payable. Section 3. That every owner of a Hog shall be required to collar and place the aforesaid dog tag upon the said collar. Except when such dog shall be used for the purpose of hunt ing, when such dog shall be upon a . ClictSU ui uuiiv. Section 4. Any person owning, harboring or maintaining a dog, failing or refusing to return and pay the tax aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a' misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-half of which shall go to the per son reporting =aid failure to pf.y said tax, and one-half to the public school fund in which such derelict occurs. J. E. JONES, County Treasurer. Oct. 27, 1920. Field And Garden Bugs Notes from the Entomologist On Insect Pests. C!*mson Collect, April It.?The boll weevil has spread over the great* r portion of South Carolina. In wv? era] of the coastal counties It 1? anter* lug Its third year of infestation. In oase of a wet season severe damago may bo expected in Beaufort, Jasper, HampCon, Allendale, Barnwell, Oollo Ion and Charleston cbuntie*. Con> siderable damage may also occur in the other coastal sections. The fundamental procedure In bob weevil control is intelligent diversify cation resulting in greatly Improved eoil fertility, soil conditions. Ac. early crop of cotton is very necessary In weevil years. Minor operationf ! ?.r? profitable under favorable condS j iions. such as handpicking of fallen I squares and collecting of punctured auares and bolls. These may be [ advantageously practiced where la bor la cheap and available, for ex? ample, on plantations operated by families with a number of children that can be employed. The latest development In weevil control la poisoning, but this method !s yet la the experimental stages. The work ?o far done has been on M!e? slsslppi Delta plantations and the re- j suits secured are most promising, I While It Is not' expected that thli method will ever eradicate the peat, ! yet viewing the results so far eecursd | together with the history of weevil i potooalig, the preapects are very i promising that thle method is to de velop fate m impertaat factor la boQ 1 weevil ooatrol. A greet many details i must yet be worked out experiment tally. There will yet be eoatlnued Improvements la the duettsg ma- < ehlnes aad hi the manufacture of : ealcluai arsenate, wkteh appears te be oae ef the awst difficult insects eldes to Manufacture. furthermore the various details that prevent tbem aelvea on the different plantations outside of the Mississippi DeKa wiH he -worked e>ut so that a definite and logical system of poisoning oan H i recommended. - Under any condition^ ! poleonlng in this atate in 1920 should j wily he undertaken where wesvfi 1 damage la expected to be terere; ft should be undertaken on a small soale.only, aad wbea once begun It, fheuM be repeated u often ae necetr-! f%rj la a thorough manner or the restdto are likely to be uaeatlefnotory. , tSjcjfoirfenental work wIM he conducted , ttr the coastal counties of thte atate where the weevil la eapeeted to be j moat Injurious. A number of plant ers will no doubt'conduct poisoning operations with machines and mate-1 rials probably avalla/Me. No one should undertake dusting without raf ' eeiving full and authentic leformv don about dusting maohtnee and the , adoption of proper safeguards la pur^ r.haslng and applying oaleium arse-1 nate, Full Information may be db ' t&lned by writing to the IT. 8. Delta Laboratory, Tailulah, La., or the Is- j tension Service, Clemson College S. C. THE PINK BOLL WORM. . This peet Introduced Into ' Texas several years ago where K was held at bay by the eomblned efforts of the 1 Federal Horticultural Board and tne I Texas authorities, has assuaged a' threatening attitude. This i^est ex*, tended its areas In Texas; ft Uheo rot away and established Itself In the ' three southwestern counties li Louis- j lana; and froir these paints sh!> ments of eottos were m*se to vart- I ous and sundry points before lii j presence was discovered. Both Texas and Louisiana hare in creased their machinery for dealing with the situation, but In the mean time treat precautions are necessary to prevent the spread of the pest to other sections of the cotton statee. j Drastic quarantine measures hare been adopted or are contemplated toy the various cotton states, and these are to be in force at least until the limits of distribution of the pest are again determined. This is one of the worst insest pests pf cotton, and j wherever It appears in boli weevil in- | fested territory, the damage may be I expected to Increase not less than * I per esnt. GARDEN JNOECTS. The principal sprays used agalnsrt garden laseets are arsenate of lead or arsenate of lime (also known as cal-arsenate or oaloium arsenate) for eating insects, and nicotine concen trates tor sucking insects. Agdins*. K?*tlaa ??hhar# worms tn1! other eatiag insects on hardy plants Paris Green can be used If properly made, but It should not be used on teader plant*. Calcium arsenate is j cheaper than arsenate of lead and | tan be used oh most garden plants If j. it Is Insisted that it contains net or?r j .75 per eent soluble arsenic. Nicotiae te purchased as nicotine sulphate and is in very concentrated form. It is made up at the rate of t teaspoonful to an ordinary pail of water, or a coffee cupful to a fifty, gallon barrel of water. A Httle soar* stids added is helpful. Soap dissolve* in warm water at the rate of on* pound to Ave gallons is a good spray for the common plant lice, but NO SOAP SHOULD BE USED THAT i CONTAINS TAR OR NAPTHA. IV ! tcilc* -:',ecticns may be obtaln&S from th? Entomology Dtrlsiea, MB College. S. & THE CAUSE OF THE BLUSH A Physician in the Continental Edi tion of the London Mail Blushing is the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions and it is adherent in some people and not in others, for the tendency to blushing certainly runs in fami lies. Unlike the expression of other emotions, which may be caused by physical means, we cannot cause a blush by any action of the body?it is the mind which must be affecaed J Blushing is not only involuntary, but I also the wish to restrain it, by lead-1 ing to self-attention, actually in creases the tendency to blush. It has been said that blushing is acquired as an ornament, in support of which theory the argument is put forward that a slight blush adds to the beauty of a woman's face. Inci dentally it is on record that women candidates for the harem of the sul tan who are capable of blushing in variably fetch a higher price. But the true cause of this strange expression is the intimate relation ship between the sensory nerves of the face afid the minute capillaries whose supply of blood is regulated by these nerves, thus anything! which directs attention, perhaps on ly indirectly, to the face puts into action its sensitive nerve supply and thus excites the facial capillaries to relax and fill with blood. This primary cause of blushing has by a process of years come to bring about a blush when there is no sus-, picion as to anything about the face| itself, but merely the suggestion of J some general depreciation or criti-j eism. It is easy tnereiore to uuuu stand the blushing of the blind, and why younger people are affected j more than old, and also why the op posite sexes excite each other's blushes. It will also be understood why, be cause of this control of the capil laries of the face by its sensory nerves, shyness is the most powerful cause of blushing, for shyness re lates to the presence and opinion of others, and the shy aTe always more or less self-conscious. From the intimate sympathy which exists between the circulation of the surface of the head and the brain ! whenever there is intense blushing! there is always some,, and often verj^j great confusion of the mind also.] This is frequently accompanied by j awkward movements and by invol untary twitchings of certain mus-| cles. . . * ' | Blushing, then, is an indirect re sult of attention, originally directed jfVl U.t". 1Q. trt l/VJ pCX^UXiai oyjL/CUXUiivv ??; the surface of the body and espe-j cially to the face?and on account of this the gestures associated with ' blushing throuhgout the world haye distinct meanings. The efforts to hide the face, to J turn it to one side or to ground, the ^ averting of the gaze?all these things are but associated habits. It should, however, be a comfort to victims of this awkward afflicion' to know that they are merely suf-J fering from an inheritance handed | down from all time, for even when | man aboriginally went naked he blushed, not only on the face but all over his body, and that too, from the very causes from which men and women blush today. Legal Blanks for Sale Here.? ?he Press and Banner Company. PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN The Handy .Man is going to Lay Off fixing the Flivver to Help Out with the Noon Rush at the Imperial cafe. Then he's got a Roof to tar for Doc Smith, and tonight being Saturday, he will Hold Down the third chair in Bill Jones' barber shop. If he lived in a f'ity, he'd get in a Jam with all the Unions. BUI AND R < Consult Youi i. suiting i Large Stock LI on Hand h < No Order To To Receive A. H ? ' Abbeville, 1 At Your Call I ! 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