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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 31st 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 " nf toyps far be open ior VUIIGVIiivu v<. 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 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. TOTAL 26 Mills. tax will be collected for school pur ?>ses as follows: bbeville City Shops Bonds 1 % mills 1 Corner ? _ 2 mills 8. Lowndesville 16 mills 4 Rocky River 2 mills "" <S mills 9 Calhoun wu. ... --- j~ ^ }2 8 mills 18 Bethia g mills 20 Sharon ? 3 mills 21 Bctlvcl - ----- ^ mills 22 Abbeville 8 -|js 28 Warranto- | {? 24 Reeds --- 4 mills 25 Bro\*mlee lg mills 26 12 mills 24 Antreville Ag m 29 Snnny Slope ? "? 30 Cold Springs \ ? 31 Long Ca?e | ? 15 sis"8 ::: ?"?*> fc -- 8 mills s6 P.X ttiek"::. ... 3 mm. H mills 38 Due 37 WesT:::"::::: 12?jjj. ?? --- : e mm. 40 Pineville - --- - 0 41 Vermilion Q 42 Fonville ? ?? 4S Eureka 3 mills 44 Broadmouth ... 8 mills 45 Rock Springs 2 mills 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 dol lars will be collected1 the same time as other taxes from aU male citizens i between the ages of 18 and 60 years, except such as are exempt by law. f 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 nec essary. Taxes are payable in gold and sil- j tt.u.j cfofM currency. National |, 46 Ray ... 47 Winona 50 Cana .. 4 mills 8 mills 4 mills ver, urnicu ? Bank notes and coapohs of State | bonds which become payable daring ,1 the year 1920. ; At the same time as other taxes are '< "* collected a license' of one dollar and1. twenty-five cents will be collected on; all dogs. A dog tag will be furnished I by the Treasurer to each owner pay-' ing 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 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 South Carolina, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be levied on all dogs, six months old or j older, in the State of South Carolina! an annual tax of one dollar and twen-1 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 to the said j 11 * ? J n' mnf. | ' owner a receipt tnereiur aim a ?.*.v , al tax marked "Dog Tax" and the | year for which it is issued. Each; ?oupty Treasurer shall keep a numer-, cal 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 'w collected, to be used in support of the schools of the District:Provided, fur ther, That said tax shall become due and payable at the same time State and County taxes become due and | payable. Section 3. That every owner of a dog shall be required to collar and place the aforesaid dog tag upon the J said collar.- Except wheh such dogi shall be used for the purpose of hunt ing, when such dog shall be upon a I CllUbK ui uuiit. 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 said failure to pay said ' tax. and one-half to the public school I fund in which such derelict occurs. ' J. E. JONES, County Treasurer. Oct. 27. 1020. COMPLETE CENSUS FIGURES REPORTED Total Population of United State* On 1 January First Was 105,708,771, Population of South Caro lina is 1,683,724. Washington, Dec. 18.?Republican i members of the House'at a caucus to night decided to put through at this ' section of Congress a reapportioning 1 the membership of the House to cor- '< respond with increases in population ' a3 reported in the 1920 census. 1 The definite basis for the reappor tionment was understood not to have ; been decided upon at the caucus but i most of the Republican members ' were said to favor a reasonable in crease in the House membership. Washington, Dec. 17.?Population 1 of the United States on January l,'i this year, as enumerated in the four- ' teenth census, was 105,708,771, as announced today by the census bu- [ reau for certification to Congress to j form the basis for reapportionment of j: the member of the House of Repre-; sentatives from the various States. * The new figures shows a gain of 25,663 over the preliminary figures ' announced October 7. i These art the final population fig-! ures of the country a?d the States, j the statistics announced early in" Oc-'1 tober having been the preliminary ( compilations. The populations of the ' States is as follows: j1 Alabama 2,348,174; Arizona 33,903 Arkansas 1,752,204; California 3, 426851; Colorado 939,629; Connecti-^ cut 1,380,631; Deleware 223,003; District of Columbia 437,571; Florida 968,470; Georgia 2,895,832; Idaho 431,866. j Illinois 6,485,280. Illinois 6,485,280; Indiana 2,930, 390; Iowa 2,404,021; Kansas 1,769, 257; Kentucky 2,416,630; Louisiana 1,798,509; Maine 768,014; Maryland ( 1,449,661; Massachusetts 3,852,356; Michigan 3,668,412; Minnesota 2, 367,125; Mississippi 1,790,618; Mis souri 3,404,055; Montana 548,889. | Nebraska 1,296,372; Nevada 77,407 New Hampshire 443,083; New Jersey 3,155,900; New Mexico 360,350; New York, 10,384,829; North Caro lina 2,559,123; North Dakota 645,- j1 680; Ohio 5,759,394; Oklahoma 2,-j 028,283; Oregon 783,389; Pennsyl-j vania 8,720,017; Rhode Island, 604,- j' 397. South Carolina. " ^ ii? 1 ooo nciA . n#i doum i/aruuua uuwi , kota 636,547; Tennessee, 2,337,885; 1 Texas 4,663,228; Utah 449,396; Ver-'1 mont, 352,428; Virginia, 2,309,187; ' Washington 1,356,621; West Virgin- : ia 1,463,701; Wisconsin 2,632,067; 1 Wyoming 194,402. The population of the United States with outlying possessions is 117,857- ( 509, the outlying possessions totaling! 12448,788. These possessions are: Alaska 54,899; American Samoa C,0ii6; Guam 13,275; Hawaii, 255,-j 912; Panama Canal Zone, 22,858;| Porto Rico, 1,299,809; military and | naval service abroad, 117,238; Phi lippine Islands 10,350,640; Virgin Islands of the United States. BASKETBALL. (Proper Gander.) A good school is judged by its ath-' ( letics. It shows whether the pupils are |, trying to help their school. For ex- i ( ample, take what the football team !, has done for the Abbeville school j this term. It has made people realize . that there is such a place, and that . Abbeville is not as ancient and dead as it is claimed to be. But football is not the only game for Abbeville. There is basket-ball, tennis and baseball. j With these games we immediately J associate boys. But the boys alone', do not make up the teams. There is , basket-ball and tennis for girls now and some day we hope that there will be football and baseball also. The boys, but not the girls of this school have their basket ball team. We wish to ask the girls, who are of any size to cooperate with the few, who are trying to make basket ball in-1 cJude both sexes. Think of the towns I you know by their basket ball team. Are you willing to let anyone get , ahead of you? Do you not want to keep up with the march of progress? We ask you again to consider this ] matter. Show the boys and the world that the girls of the Abbeville High ] school are willing and can do their , share towards nut^ng the Abbeville school on the map. ' Gold braid on the uniforms of Mexican generals and diplomats hash been abolished. i DESTROY THE BOLL WEEVIL Clemson College, Dec. 21.?To make the Cotton Crop more certain and to make the weevil crop less certain for 1921, cotton growers should exert every effort, even if other work must be suspended to give right of way, to destroy mil lions of weevils just as soon as pos sible after picking is finished by cleaning up the old 1920 cotton stalks and other trash around in the fields. This is the advice of the ento mologists of Cemson College. Weevil are almost entirely de peifdent upon cotton for breeding and feeding. After the crop has ma-! tured, the late growth of squares (formi), blooms and young bolls makes a breeding place for the wee vil. In old infested fields it is a common sight to find from one to six weevils on each growing plant in the field. This means that from 5,000 to 25,000 weevils per acre may be found at he time of the first killing frost, t is a well established fact that weevils developing late in fall are those which are most likely to pass the winter safely. It is therefore extremely important that this late weevil development be pre vented as far as possible. Most of the weevils continue to feed and breed as long as green cotton is to be found in fields. When the first killing frost occurs, most weevils seek protection from the cold by finding shelter in any kind of rubbish in or around the cotton fields aB a place in which to pass the winter in the dormant state. This dormant condition is spoken of as hibernation. Normally, the weevils do not fly very far from the cotton fields for hibernation. The most favorable conditions for the weevil to pass the winter successfully are found in those fileds in which the cotton stalks, dead grass, weeds fal len leaves and other rubbish, com monly found in fields where no cleaning up 4s done until spring plating time are allowed to remain. Experiments have shown that when conditions have been made unfavorable by cleaning up the fields for ttie toDernanon, as jow as a fraction of one percent of weevils succeeded in passing the winter while on the other hand where fields have been left undisturbed during fall and winter, as high as 40 to 50 percent of weevils passed the winter successfully. The earlier the stalks are de stroyed and the fields cleaned by burning or turning under all rub bish, cleaning ditch banks and fece corners, dirty orchards and pasture lots and waste lands ad joining the cotton field the smaller the damage will be to the next years crop. Will you choose to destroy the weevils in the fall or have them de stroy your crop next season? DUTY ON PEANUTS RAISED Washington Dec. 21.?On motion of Representatives Crisp, of Geor gia, a member of the ways and means committee the duty on pea nuts in the emergency tariff bill, which the Republicans are prepar ing to present to the House, was in creased today from two cents a opund to hree cents .a pound. The duty on peanut oil is put at 26 cents a gallon. Many of the Southern Congress men, if not most of them, will vote for individual items on the emer gency tariff bill on the theory that there is going to be a higher tariff the South's products should not be left out of it, but the outlook is that the great majority of the Dem ocrats will vote against the bill as a whole. The Democratic caucus of the Senate today decided to oppose the passage of the bill. A bill was introduced today by Congressman W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, to turn over the funds in possession of the alien property cus todian to the War Finance Corpora tion for use in financing the export of American products to Germany, Austria and the nations formed out of territory with which this country was a war. A n q mivArl inr\j nf X\l a iuai uciv/iv m "??owv. j j ?? men and women at Bath, England, the court announced an adjourn ment of two hours for luncheon. In stantly a woman juror protested that the time was not sufficient for her to prepare her husband's dinner and return to court. Whereupon the magistrate promptly and gallantly extended the recess by a quarter of an hour. ' PROPER FEEDING BRINGS , TOP PRICES FOR i SOUTHERN HOGS Clemson Colege, Dec. 21.?Infor matoin secured by the Bureau of Markets, United States Department [ of Agriculture, indicates that Sou thern hogs will command prices as high as those paid for hogs from the , com belt if they are properly fed and handled. Nearly 6,000 hogs from a single owner in Mississippi have been received at the National Stock Yards, Illinois, within the past few months and all were firm, finished porkers, which sold well in Kne with the best that came from other sections of the country. A re [presenative of the Bureau of Mar jket made some inquiries into the j manner in which these hogs were fed. He discovered that the same owner has feeding pens in Iowa and well as in Mississippi and that young pigs were fed a mixed grain oration in connection with corn and tankage. All the animals showed intensive feeding and weighed 250 pounds or over when they arrived at the market. Twelve carloads of hogs were re ceived from a single Tennessee own er at the same stockyards. These animals were of a distinctive South* ern type but they were well finish ed on corn and sold readily at the "top of market, despite the fact that they came from the so-called ""doubtful territory." It would be especially advan tageous to the Southern farmer to study the use of well-balanced grain rations and the complementary adap tation of peanuts and velvet beans, wfticn can oe grown so apunaanuy in the South. Seamen have observed a glow of I Rio de Janeiro, a city famed fo<r its (brilliant illumination, a hundred i miles out at sea. i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. I Probate Court. , Citation for Letter* of Administra tion. By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of Probate: [ Whereas, Thomas M. Swift hath made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of James M. Young, late of Abbeville County, deceased. i These Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said James M. Young, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville Court House, on Thursday the 30th of Dec. w . ^ rs 1920, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of the Court this 16th day of Dec. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty and in the 144th year of American Independence Published on the 17th day of Dec. 1920 in the Press and Banner and on the Court House door for the time 4 required by law. J. F. Miller, 12, 17-2t. Judge of Probate. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. . _ ?' . At ten o clock, A. M., Wednesday December 29th, 1920,1 will sell at the home of the late John W. Clinkscales, near Level Land, Abbeville County, S. C., the personal property of said decendant, to wit: One Gasoline En gine, one farm bell, one wardrobe, tools and tool box; plow stock, cot ton planters, harness, and other arti cles of farm utensils) gears etc. TERM OF SALE?CASH. Mrs. Eunice B. Clinkscales, Administrator with the will annexed. 12, }3. 2tc. ? :li. FARN Sett Your 1 COTTON and Hold It Ask Your Bankers About This Method i We Handle Ten Bale Lot> on Margin of $10 Per Bale^ Martin & Company 81 Broad Street OR New York City, N. Y. Let's set this righ No man ever smok better cigarette tlia You'll find Camels un any cigarette in the w price because Camel every feature that c< cigarette supreme / Camels expert blend Turkish and choice tobaccos puts Camels i themselves. Their s will appeal to you, you to smoke liberally ing your taste! Camels leave no unpl< retty aftertaste nor i i cigaretty odor I You'll prefer Camels bl< kind of tobacco smoke \ Camels are sold everywhere in acie packages of 20 cigarette*; or ten cigarettes) in a glusaine-paper-cove strongly recommend this carton ft o&co. supply or when you travmL R* J. Reynolds Tobact Winston-Salem, N. ( COMPLAINT TO SELL LANDS TO PAY DEBTS. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville, In Probate Court. QATO RAPLEY, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Nellie Greene, deceased, Plaintiff. against Fleming Rapley, Ben Rapley, Mary Rapley, Eulus Rapley, George Rap ley and Florence Rapley, Defend'ts. Pursuant to an order of the Pro bate court, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville, C. H. South Carolina, on salesday in January, 1921 next, for the payments of debts, the fol lowing described real estate, belong ing to the estate of Nellie Greene, deceased, situate in the County of Abbeville, in the State aforesaid, tc wit: All that tract or parcel of land, known as the Nellie Greene place con taining Twelve Acres, more or less, and being bounded by lands of Jim Klugh, Robert Jay place, Miller land? and public road. TERMS CASH?Purchasers to pay for stamps and papers. J. F. MILLER, 12, 8-3t. Judge of Prolate. IERS! You need the money, but you I don't want to let |o of your cot- | ton because you believe the price I will ultimately go higher. I You can get the money and the <1 ultimate advance in price if you | hedge with ui. To do this, sell your cotton at ; ; the best price you can get and buy i J an equivalent amount of future ! I cotton, folding back one-fourth of ; ; the selling price to. protect the ft same, like a banker does when he ;J lends you money on warehouse re- ! - ceipt. Then if the market goes up ; ; you still get. the benefit of the ad- ; | vance. In this way you pay no interest : ! storage charges, depreciation or ; ' insurance, yet you have juat as ; much money as if you borrowed on j j a warehouse receipt. j L Write for* free booklet "How Cotton Markets Are Made." Set- j ; tlement made in Columbia of all ; : ? contracts carried there. Net bml- ..J '' 7 ances subject to draft. Address Edmund A. Felder : S. C. Representative ! 1512 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C J | tie t now! ed a in Camel! equalled by orld at any S combine an make a of choice Domestic III!! in a class by moothness and permit without tir ;asant ciga mpleasant snd to either jd straight! ntifically scaled packages (200 red carton. Wo >r the home or