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Treasurer's Notice! OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCT. 15TH UNTIL MARCH 15, 1921. f Taxe? 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 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 6f ne per cent, on all taxes not paid on January 1st, 1921. a nonnitv 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 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 R^-nrnlpp 4 mills Li kJ Uavt*?*svv 26 Campbell 15 mills 24 Antreville 12 mills 29 Sunny Slope 8 mills 30 Cold Springs 4 mills SI 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 39 Donalds 17 mills 40 Pineville 6 mills 41 Vermilion 4 mills 42 Fonville 3 mills 43 Eureka 3 mills 44 Broadmouth 8 mills 45 Rock Springs 2 mills 46 Ray 4 mills 47 Winona 8 mills ^ "lillu 50 Cana ? - ....? 54 Lebanon 4 mills A poll tax of one dollar per capita ob all male citizens between the pges of 21 and 60 years, SXcept such a3 art exempt by law, will be collected. A commutation road tax of two dol> lars will be collected the same time as other taxes from all male citizens between the ages of 18 tind 50 years, except such ttl ire exempt by law. Unless eAttl tax is paid by the 1st of Mafeh, 1921, eight days work upon th& public highways will be required under an overseer, if so much be nec 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. M the same time as other taxes are collected a license of one dollar and t-.vnntv-five cents will be collected on a:l dog?. A dog tag will be furnished I by the Treasurer to each owner pay-1 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 the.*e shall be levied on all dogs, six months old or older, in the State of South Carolina ?.n 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 to the said owner a receipt therefor and a met * i?1 Toy" and the I ai lax marfteu i/v6 year for which it is issued. Each i bounty Treasurer shall keep a numer cal record of every dog taxed and in ! addition thereto furnish to the owner I of each dog such number stamped on the metal tag. Which tax shall be lev- J ied and paid to the County Treasur-1 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 and payable at the same time State: and County taxes become due and ! payable. Section 3. That every owner of a j dog shall be required to collar and J " * :J +o#? nnnn tVlp : place ine aioresaiu uug ( said collar. Except when such dogj shall be used for-the purpose of hunt-1 ing, when such dog shall be upon a I chase or hunt. 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. I J. E. JONES, County Treasurer. Oct. 27, 1920. BY-WAYS OF STATE HISTORY Along the Keeowte Trail?By Dr. J. W. Daniel J The old Keeowee trail came across the mountains at Rabun Gap in the 1 extreme northeastern part of Geor-1 gia, and followed the old survey of the Blue Ridge railroad from Clay ton, Ga., to Belton, its terminus. The Cherokees were composed of two settlements, the O-tar-re. The ' Over-Hills and the Ay-ra-te, The j Under Hills This trail connected the i two divisions of the nation. These two great bodies of the Cherokees differed somewhat in dialect and each had its own capital. The differ ence in dialect is forcibly illustrat ed by one of their place names which still survives Conneross, the name of a creek in Oconee county. The name was derived from an inci dent that no one but an Indian, per aps, would have dignified by a name. There was located, some where on the banks of this creek, a cliff which projected over the creek ?a rock of considerable size. A wild duck usually built her nest high up on this cliff and directly under the projecting rock, When the duck flew from her nest she was compelled to drop downward until she cleared the over-hanging rock. The Indians noticed this peculiar filght of the duck and called the point where the cliff was located by a name which the creek still bears. TT? Tj;il <.Allpd it A lit) UilUCl-Uili v/?va v..v~ - _ Ka-wan-u-ra-su-i, where the duck drops. The Over-hills called it Ka wan-u-la-su-i. One may readily see the slight different in dialect as brought out in this word. The word was abbreviated by the lower Cher okees to Ka-wan-n-ras. The capital of the Over-nills was Echoe. The capital of the Under bills, Keeowee, was located in a large valley on the Keeowee River, about twelve miles west of Pickens and in Pickens county. It gave the Keeowee river its name. Fort noArtro wo<5 hnilt in 1751.1 1 11UVV ??W _ _ just opposite this old capital but acoss the river in what is now Oco nee coynty. It w$s in rifle shot of the Indian capital. The old Keeowee trail was, there fore, at first a trail across the mountains into our st*?t?, which was true of a number of other trails which developed into roads cross ing at other gaps, as we shall notice in treating other old roads. It was at first the highway between these two ancient capitals. The trail be tween Keeowee and Stump-house mountain passed Tamassee. As this Indian town was about nine miles east 01 vvainuua it win uc nv?v< that the trail deflected eastward from what is now the old survey of the Blue Ridge railroad. This was necessary to reach the capital of the Under-hills on Keeowee. From Kee owee the trail is almost an air-line southward to where Pendleton is now located and then down the line i of the Blue Ridge raiiroad and the I Columbia and Greenville railroad to J the vicinity of Honea Path. From ^ this point it followed almost aj straight course to De Witt's Corner, now corrupted into Due West where there was afterward a trading post and camping ground for the pack horse trains. I have heard a tradi-( tion that De Witt's Comer was cor-, rupted into its present name, Due West, by the traders in after years when, owing to the rather sharp turn westwad near Honea Path, they called De Witt's Due West from the point of turning of course. I do not vouch for the truth of it, though it may have been possible that the name was thus changed by the droll humor of the old traders. From Due West the trail deflect ed eastward till it again reached the crest of the ridge that divided the watersheds of the Savannah and tht Saluda, near the headwaters of Mul berry creek, passing a little west of Cokesbury through Greenwood to Coronaca. "At that point," says Lo gan, "the creek here was shaded by a notable grove of large white oaks, ?? op<?niiTit it received from the Indians the name of Quoo-ran he-qua?the place of very big white oaks." Coronaca was a well established camping ground of the traders and was doubtless the scene of many a night brawl among the carousing pack-horse drivers. From that point it was only a half day's journey to Ninety-Six, as the trader's tfaveled; at this point the trail formed a con junction with the trail of the Con garees, as the point where Columbia is now located was then called. Con garee means, "Where the waters mingle," owing to the fact that the waters of the Saluda and Br?ad rivers flow together at that point In this article, however, I shall deal on ly with the old trail from Keeowee to Ninety-Six. Three classes of remarkable men first traveled this trail originally traced by the Indians, no one knows how long ago. First came the hunt ers. They were the scouts of ad vancing civilization. They were hardy and fearless men, who loved the wild and who had severed them selves from all the ties and obliga tions of civilized society and plung ed into the trackless forest; and had become as free as the savage that built his wigwam far from the habi tations of men whose aim is to "modify nature" and make it mini ster to the needs of toiling millions.. TKoir moro rlrnum nn hv f.hp fascina tions of the chase, the charm of wild nature and the allurements of a free and independent life. They loved adventure, threw off all care and responsibility, and feasted on the products of the forest and the game they killed. They were not pioneers for they cleared and set tled no lands, built no houses, nei ther owned nor tilled one foot of soil they literally produced noth ing. Still they were factors in de veloping thecountry. When they came back to the settlements, chief ly to exchange hides for powder and bullets and such things that minis tered to their craft, they brought glowing sories of fertile lands, told the salubrious atmosphere, the broad valleys, tne cooi springs 01 purest water, the towering moun tains and leaping cataracts, as well as the health giving characteristics of the country they had traversed. They awakened, therefore, an inter est in the minds of those who were contemplating moving to healthier regions, free from the miasmus of the coast and its inland swamps. These pioneers followed the hunters trail into the heart of the boundless forest and built their cabins in the wild woods usually'near some bold pellucid spring, and began the task of felling the trees and building up a little farm. The hunters, there fore, frequently became the fore v.innni-* rt/ t-he fcbtflorfl. X UlUtCIO VX CUV ovv?v*? It is A f&tft Oi history that Patrick J and William Calhoun were induced to go to Long Cane, in the western part of Abbeville County and settle there by the description of that tract of country by some hunters whom they chanced to come into contact with at Waxhaw. So theyj came in 1756 and formed the first settlement in that part of the coun ty. It is doubtless true in many in stances that the hunters were the first emigrant agents, though they knew it not. They adopted the free and easy life of the Indians, made friends with them, and many of them married Cherokee squaws and were in all respects savages so far as the modes of life and customs they assumed are concerned; yet, ithey were not savages; some of them were intelligent Englishmen. These voyagers, by their superior knowledge, marksmanship, bravery, and daring adventures impressed the Cherokees with their accomplish ments and won their admiration and [friendship. They were therefore, more than merely fore-runners of ' the settlers?they were unwittingly messengers of conciliation to the ever jealous savages, and impressed them with a degree of respect for white men which doubtless saved many a settlement from the horrid butcheries which alas- was the un happy lot of some of them. Had + r% r? +V? a ? s\T*r% unci c uccn iiu iiuiiucio ao vnc runners of the settlers and herds men doubtless our frontier history would have been more thoroughly stained with blood than it was. These hunters became also a link of communication between the set tlers and the Indians. Having not only secured the respect of the Cherokees but having learned their language the hunters were able to put the settlers on guard when mis chief was brewing. They were also able to act as in terperters and were the most re liable sources of information to the ! colonial government in its earliest days. They knew the fighting (strength of the several tribes and f V? ^flolirtrr 4-V> o\r /-?Vi oi*ieV? +AWQr/^ the settler and therefore even these profligate hunters were not alto gether an unmitigated evil. Clad in buck-skin breeches hunting shirts of the same material and moccasions. they were the first voyageurs, after the Indians, to move along this his-1 toric trail. They must not be con fused with those bands of marau-J ders, horse and cow thieves, who af-' terwards infested many of the set-' tlements of our state. Poor fellows! They were without those aspirations jo saapimq pus X^apos jo sj9J{bu: u3ui qoqiAv suoi;daouoo pus states. They have passed on over the trail, litfe dusky figures in the twilight, into the great beyond. CARDINAL GIBBONS' CONDITION BETTER Baltimore, Md., Dec. 28.?Cardi al Gibbons was reported as feeling better this morning after a com fortable night's rest. He continues to remain in bed in obedience to his physician's orders and , this is the sort of rest the prelate needs in large measure to restore his health, the doctor said today. The doctor ; aaaea that there was notning wrong with the cardinal except muscular weakness due to overwork. The cardinals restlessness Sat urday night was caused by a slight attack of indigestion. He has a good I appetite and it is thought he ate a I bit too much Christmas dinner. His i doctor said the cardinal had shown such improvement lately that it was hoped he would be able to return to Baltimore soon after New Year's day from Union Mills, Md.f where he went for a rest three weeks ago. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING A special meeting of the stock holders of the Planters Bank is here by called by the directors to meet in the office of the president of said bank at 12 o'clock noon Thursday, December 30th, to consider a resolu tion adopted oy tne directors to in crease the capital stock from $40,000 to an amount not exceeding $100,000 and to transact any other business that shall come before it. OTTO BRISTOW, Cashier. 4t-12, 8, 13, 20, 27th. I . STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. Petition Asking For Appointment of J. F. Miller, Probate Judge, as Public Guardian. j Ex Parte: H.L.HILL, In Re: FRANK HILL, JUDIE LEE ! HILL, BERTIE CALVERT," and HUBERT HILL, Minors. To All Parties Concerned: TAKE NOTICE: That the under signed as attorney for W. L. Hill, will on the 3rd day of January 1921, petition the Honorable Frank B. Gary, Judge of Eighth Circuit, at Chambers, at Abbeville said county r.nd state, to appoint J. F. Miller, Esq. Probate Judge of Abbeville County, South Carolina, Public Guardian for the following named minors: Frank Hill, who is under the age of Four teen years, and the following named miners: Jodie Lee Hill, Bertie Calvert, who are over the age of Fourteen 4.1?i. TIT T TJ:il J I years, turn mat ?r ju. ahh ia brother of the above named minors, and that each of the above named minors is entitled and has an estate of about Three Hundred and Forty Dollars, the same arising as their re spective sham or interest in the es tate of the late B. L. Morrison, their grandfather, and also an estate of about Three Hundred and Fifty Lol lars each, the same being their res pective share or interest in the es tate of Mrs. Alice Hill, their mother. That there is so fit, competent and suitable person who is willing to act as Guardian for the said minors, and that said minors have no general or testamentary guardian. \ J. HOWARD MOORE, Attorney for H. L. Hill. Dec. 17, 1920. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. Petition Asking For Appointment of J. F. Miller, Probate Judge, as Public Guardian. Ex Parte: J. I. SAXON, Petitioner. In Re: LONNIE SAXON, LIDIE SAX ON and BESSIE SAXON, Minors. To All Parties Concerned: TAKE NOTICE: That the under signed as attorney for J. I. Saxon, j .vill on the 3rd day of January 1921, petition the Honorable Frank B. Gary Judge of Eighth Circuit, of South Carolina, at Chambers, to appoint J. F. Miller, Esq., Probate Judge, as Public Guardian, for the following named minors: Lonnie Saxon, Lidie Saxon, and Bessie Saxon, all of whom are under the age of fourteen years and reside with J. I. Saxon, their father in said state and county, and that each of said minors has and is] entitled to a nestate of about Two J Hundred Dollars, the same arising from their respective interest or^ share in the estate of B. L. Morrison, late of said county and state and that said money is now in the hands of the Master of said state and county. That the above mentioned minors have no general or testamentary guardian and that there can be found no fit suitable or competent person who is willing to act as guardian for said minors. J. HOWARD MOORE, Attorney for J. I. Saxon. Dec. 17, 1&20. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. Ex P^rte HOYT AHSLEY, Petitioner In Re: OLA BELL ASHLEY, JOHN NIE ASHLEY, MARY ASHLEY and AFFIE ASHLEY, Minors. To All Parties Concerned: TAKE NOTICE, That the under signed as attorney for Hoyt Ashley, will on the 3rd day of January 1J921, petition the Honorable Frank B. Gary, Judge of Eighth Circuit, at Chambers, at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, to appoint J. F. Mil ler, Judge of Probate, said county and state, Public Guardian for the following minors: Ola Bell Ashley, Johnnie Ashley, Mary Ashley and Affie AshlAey, all of whom are under age of Fourteen years and that Hoyt Ashley, petitioner herein is their un cle and with whom they live in said rniint.v and state, and that each of whom is entitled to an estate of about Three Hundred Dollars, the same arising as their respective share in the estate of the late Feaster Ashley, their father, and that said money is now in the hand of the Probate Court of said county and state. 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COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. Petition Asking For Appointment of J. F. Miller, Probate Judfe, ax Public Guardian. Ex Parte: D. W. HALL, Petitioner, In Re: CARLTON HALL, ERNEST HALL, FURMAN HALL and HENRY HALL, Minors. To All Cnnr^rnpH; TAKE NOTICE: That the under signed as attorney for D. W. Hall wiD on the 3rd day of January, 1921, pe tition the Honorable Frank B. Gary, Judge Eighth Circuit, at Chambers ; to appoint J. F. Miller, Esq., Probate Judge of Abbeville County, South Carolina, Public Guardian for the following named minors: Carlton Hall a minor under the age of fourteen years, and Ernest Hall, Furman HaO and Henry Hall, minors all over the age of fourteen years and that D. W* Hall, the petitioner herein is the fath er of the above named minors ani that each of the above named minors is entitled to and has an estate of about Three Hundred and Forty Dol lars, the same arising as their interest in the estate of B. L. 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