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Treasurer's Notice! OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCT. 1STH UNTIL MARCH 15, 1921. Taxes Paul From Fridajs 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 i? here by given that the office of the County fnr 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. TJere 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. Constitutional school tax .. 3 mills. tax will be collected for school pur poses follows: Abbeville City Shops Bonds 1 % mills 1 Corner _ 2 mills TOTAL 26 Mills. 22 Abbeville . 8 10' San tue , 18 Bethis . 20 Sharon 21 Bethel. 4 Rocky River _ 9 Calhouii Falls 3. Lowndesville 16 mills . 2 mills 6 mills 4 mills 8 mills 8 mills 3 milfe 14 mills 8 mills 8 mills 4 mills "?b Browniee 26 Campbell 15 mills! 24 Antreville 12 mills 29 Sunny Slope 8 mills 80 Cold Springs 4 mills 31 Long Cane 2 mills 32 Smithville 2 mills 34 Central 8 mills 36 Hagan t <. 8 mills 36 Parks Creek 3 mills 37 Ke<^vee 14 mills 38 Due West 12 mills 39" Donalds 17 mills 40 Pinevflle s _ 6 mills 41 Vermilion 4 mills 42 Fonville _ 3 millB 43 Eureka 3 mills 44 Broadmouth ... 8 mills 45 Rock Springs 2 mills 46 Ray 4 mills 47 Winona 8 mills 50 Cana 1 4 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 1 *" the same time jars wiu mv ? 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 Sferch, 1921, eight days work upon the public highways will be required under an overseer, if so much be nec essary. Taxes are payable, in go:d 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 dbg tag will be furnished by the Treasurer to each owner pay-f 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 L ?* * * ?i | South Carolina, mat irom auu 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 to the said owner a receipt therefor and a met al tax marked "Dog Tax" and the year for which ft is issued.. Each County 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 tfie metal tag. Which tax shall be lev ied and paid to' the County Treasur er, as other taxes are paid: Provided, farther, That this tax shall be exclu aive of all other license taxes, either : municipal or otherwise. Provided, ?fi niioh taxes collected- here un ; d^r shall be credited to the schools of I the School District from which it is collected, to be used in support of the ! schools of the District: Provided, fur . ttfer, That said tax shall become due arid 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 when such dog j shall be used for tne purpose of hunt ing? when such dog shall be upon a ? 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 mort than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-half of which shall go to the per son reporting said failure to pay said i tax, and one-half to the public school | * fund in which such derelict occurs. J I J. E. JONES, County Treasurer. J . Oct. 27, 1920. PLACES ESTIMATED BONUS COST ABOVE TWO BILLION MARK; Houston, Before Senate Committee, 1 Puts Figures at $2,300,000,000 1 ?Is Against Increase < Tax Burden. I Washington, Dec. 28.?Passage of ' the soldiers' honus bill would cost the 1 government approximately $2,300, 000,000, Secretary Houston estimate- < ed today before the Senate finance i committee, considering the soldiers' < measure. ] The treasury secretary declared ' enactment of the bill meant an added ' burden in the way of taxes, reiterat- ' ing a statement, made before the 1 committee last week, that the treas ury ought not be called upon to as- 1 sume any additional burdens. 1 While Mr. Houston said it was im- 1 possible to compute accurately the j exact cost of each of the four option- [ al aid plans, he believed the estimate 1 submitted was substantially correct- 1 Land settlement provisions of the bill contain so many uncertainties, he ' added, that the cost entailed by them could only be guessed at. ? . Assuming that all of the men would select one of the four optional plans, Mr. Houston estimate.. the cost of each of the plans as follows: Adjusted service pay, $1,342,000,- ' 000. | Insurance provisions, $4,534,000,- ] 000. * Vocational training aid, $1,880,- ] 000,000. , Farm and home development, $1- 1 880,000,000. i As the plans were optional the sec- 1 retary said, the' choice of the men ' would not be confined to any one of < them and allowing for the various selectives he arrived at his total esti- ! mated cost of $2,300,000,000. < The Treasury Secretary professed 1 to be "against a wall" as to methods t of obtaining revenue to meet the out- ( lay that would be required if the bill ? were enacted. He called the commit- s tee's attention to suggestions for new j taxes contained in his annual report, but explained that these were men- j tioned only for the information of i congress and without any sort of rec- t ommendations. * ? r The Tax Situation. C He did not' attempt to discuss the j various tax suggestions, asking the j s committee to hear Dr. T. S. Adams, treasury economist and tax expert who .gave a comprehensive resume of the tax situation, referring frequent ly to Secretary Houston's discussion of the question in his annual report. He declared the Treasury was daily seeing new evidence of a further dry ing up of revenue sources, adding that the task of computing tax re ceipts was to that extent becoming more difficult. Dr. Adams declared the internal revenue bureau faced another prob lem in keeping experts on the job. He said the men who were capable did not stay long. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah 3 said "the real danger is that these i men get training in the revenue bu reau then go out and help big firms t evade tax payments." r Dr. Adams said that might be true . to some extent, but that he knew of j one man who left the bureau a year ( ago whose resignation cost the gov- ^ ernment millions of dollars in uncol- j lected taxes for he was an executive c with an expert knowledge of the work;" : ; . \ ; . c The witness said this was typical ? of the "labor turnover" and that it j. directly affected the tax collections and would continue to "have a more direct effect on such collections un less tax laws were simplified. c Senator Smoot said all those diffi- t culties could be avoided if a revenue ..... c law^ which "the average man can uri- ' aersiana were passea Dy congress. The committee adjourned without setting, a late for further hearings. The recent British coal strike is estimated to have cost 300,000,000 pounds .of sterling. 6 ? GOOD TO 'sir LAST SEALED TINS ONLY AT YOUR GOOCE&S MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE SEVERAL OFFICERS BEING CONSIDERED Washington, D^c. 28.?Secretary Baker has the names of several na :ional guard officers under consid eration for the post of chief of the nilitia bureau of the war depart nent but said today he had reached no decision as to whom he would recommend to the president. Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan, who commanded the Twenty-seventh di vision (New York National Guard), during the war, will not be the ap pointee. It is understood although bis name has been mentioned fre quently for the post. General O' Ryan is understood not to desire the appointment. Under the army reorganization ict, the president may nominate as * ? i ... _:ii. i-i.? neaa 01 tne minus uureau wmi w?c rank and pay of a. major general, any officer of the natipnal guard ibove the rank of major who also is a reserve officer to be available ifter December 31. Hitherto the post has always been tield by a regular army officer. * COTTON REDUCTION DRIVE Campaign tc be Launched Monday at County Seat* Columbia, Dec. 28?The campaign I ;o secure a heavy reduction in the :otton acreage in South Carolina will je launched next Monday, with meetings at practically every county seat in the state. These meetings lave been called in the various coun ties by the presidents of the county I ( 1 Qsm.VVi Parftllflo 1VI | , jicincii^a ui uuc uuuvu voivnun j( rion of the American Cotton associa-i ;ion and every effort is being made j1 :o have a very large attendance ?in! ;ach county. j R. C. Hamer, president of the i South Carolina division of the Am >rican Cotton association, said j yes ;erday that reports being received at' :he state headquarters of the asso :iation in this city indicated that the sentiment among the farmers was >uch that a very heavy reduction was ibsolutely assured. "We are receiving voluntary let ers from farmers all over the state mnouncing their intention .jto cut,' U-: ? *aiA mv HoJ] lien ia uau.) amu **** **? j ner. "Reports from our county j :hairman indicate that .the sentiment jrevails in every county that this |. itep is absolutely necessary and that! ?armers appear to have made up their , ninds to make this reduction." I, "The president of each county j )ranch of the cotton association has 11 jeen requested to call a meeting at; :he county seat of his county for next < Monday and at this meeting to launch ;he campaign to secure pledges to re- ; luce the acreage. These pledges have ilready been printed and will be nailed out this week to the various i :ounties. We hope to secure the sig- j lature of every farmer in South Car )lina to one of these. The banks will ; ilso be asked to co-operate with us )y refusing financial assistance to j iny farmer who refuses to reduce, i Merchants will be asked to assist in i similar manner. "The bankers of Marlboro county it a meeting held last week unani- 1 r.ously decided to give no financial 1 issistance to any farmer not reduc- '< ng his cotton acreage. Other banks >ver the state have indicated they 1 vill follow suit and we expect this 1 iction to be unanimous on the part ?f the bankers. ; ; 1 "The temper of the farmers is in- 1 licated by the resolutions in ' York | :ounty recently when they asked, the j jankers of the county to refuse fin- j ijicial aid to, any farmer not signing pledge to .reduce his cotton acreage. ^ "The pledges that^will be used in >outh Carolina are the same as those hat will be used in every other state if the cotton belt. These pledges vere adopted at the recent cottoh j crea'ge reduction meeting held in lemphis Tenn, There is one for the | and owner, one for the fanner, one j j or the merchant and one for the ] j anker." i GALtl-CURCI SAMUELS. in I 1 Chicagc, Dec. 28.?Mme. Amelia is lalJi-Curci, grand opera star, of Chi- u ago announced today, her ! coming] p larriage to Homer Samuels, her ac-!j ompanist, and the man whom her j C usband, Marquis Luigi'C. Curci,jF sught unsuccessflly to involve in F er divorce suit a year ago. n Mme. Galli-Curr' will get her natu- S salization papers on June 16, 1921, j a nd her marriage to Samuels is ex-, a pr'eJ to occur the same day. I f; i : ' HALF YOUR LIVING WITHOUT MONEY COST Cotton Production Costs Can Bo Cut In Half By Food And Grain Making And 8avlng Atlanta, Georgia.?(Special.)?"High prices for ootton, such as we had a year ago cannot reasonably be expeot ed for a long time to come. European countries that normally use half our crop are so thoroughly disorganized and paralysed in a business way that they will not be able to take the usual quantities and pay high prices for many years to come," said H. G. Hustings, President of the great Southeastern Fair. "This situation which we cannot control, calls for lower costs of mak ing cotton as well as reduction in cot ton acreage. The quickest, safest on/1 tnnat oWooHitd tttqV rpHllfn I'.flL ton making cost Is to produce on one'B own acres every pound of food, grain *nd forage needed for family, tenants and laborers and live stock. "The situation requires chickens, hogs, milk cows and acres of corn, oata, wheat, forage and miscellane ous crops from which to feed them. Last, hut not least, in importance, is the home vegetable garden which is the quickest and cheapest source of food in the world. "Most folks here in the South don't take the home garden seriously and thereby make a great mistake. There are too mqny *>f the 'lick and a prom iao' sort of gardens and mighty few of the real sure enough kind. "We have been told repeatedly by those who plan and prepare for a real, garden, plant it, tend It and keep it replanted through the season, that it furnishes half the family living at no money cost except the small amount spent for the seeds needed. "The garden is, or ratbar akould be, the earliest planted. It brltgs food the quickest. It starts cutting store bills for food the first week anything is ready to use. A little later, half i nr mora n*Aiipi) for tho tabliS comes ' out of the garden. NK rightly tended and replanted It lupplies food all summer and fall, the surplus above dally needs goes Into cans or Is dried 'for winter use. Yes, the right kind of gardtih is a life saver, and we all need a life-saver of tbis kind in 1921." STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. Petition Asking For Appointment of J. F. Miller, Probate Judge, as Public Guardian. Parte: H. L. HILL, [n Re: FRANK HILL, JUDIE LEE HILL, BERTIE CALVERT, and HUBERT HILL, Minors. t? _ ait n l.'._ /i i. io All rarties ooncerneu: 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 and 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 ninors: Jodie Lee Hill, Bertie Calvert, who are over the age of Fourteen years, and that W. L. Hill \ is the 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 share or interest in the es tate of the late B. L. Morrison, their grandfather, and also an estate of abont 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, j rhat there is so fit, competent andj suitable person who is willing to act1 is Guardian for the said minors, and that said minors have no general or testamentary guardian. J. 'HOWARD MOORE, Attorney for H. L. Hill. | Dec.ji7,'*920. . I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE , Co^j-t of Common Pleas. Petition Asking For Appointment of J. F. Miller, Probate Judge, asi Public Guardian. s)x Parte: J. I. SAXON, Petitioner, n Re: LONNIE SAXON, LIDIE SAX . ON and BESSIE SAXON, ; ; ' Minors.! Po All Parties Concerned: TAKE NOTICE: That the under-! igned as attorney for J. I. Saxon, riH on the 3rd day of January 1921, letition the Honorable Frank B. Gary udge of Eighth Circuit, of South: Carolina, at Chambers, to appoint J. j Miller, Esq., Probate Judge, as 'ublic Guardian, for the following, amed minors: Lonnie Saxon, Lidie iaxon, and Bnssio Saxon; all of whom re under the age of fourteen years nd reside with J. I. Saxon, their ather in said state and county, and that each of said minors has and is entitled to a nestatg of about Two 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, 1920. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. Ex Parte 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 Srd day of January 1921, 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 county 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. That the above named minors have no general or testamentary guardian and there FARM C?ll < I JCII 1UU1 t cohon i and : Hold It i ( I: 3 Ask Your Bankers ' About This Method 1 '<)'> We Handle Ten Bale Lots ;'l; on Margin of $10 Per Bale < i ijj Martin & Company 81 Broad Street OR j|: New York City, N. Y. 1 BIGGER TO TH1 OR every crop you plan to s especially designed to inc sou. r or prize crops ot cc Fertilizer. 90 to 95 bushels of acre are records established thrc izer on Southern farms. They 1 success throughout the South fc has used them and he will say: PLANTERSI DOUBLES K For many years Planters Fertili the South's most successful farm sible to produce bie:?er, better ci this year?GET RESULTS T1 Consult our Agent for Free Advi< write us direct?TODAY. It m< Planters Fertilizer MANUFAC Chflrlpsfnn . - * . 9 is no fit, suitable and competent per son who is willing to act as such guar dian for said minors; J. HOWARD MOORE, Attorney for Hoyt Ashley, Petitioner herein. Dec. 18, 1920. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. Petition Asking For Appointment of J. F. Miller, Probate Judge, ax Public Guardian. Ex Parte: D. W. HALL, Petitioner, In Re: CARLTON HALL, ERNEST r 1 HALL, FURMAN HALL and HENRY HALL, Minors. To All Concerned: TAKE NOTICE: That the under signed as attorney for D. W- Hall will 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 fourteea years, and Ernest Hall, FurmattHa!l and Henry Hall, minors all over the age of fourteen years and that D. W Hall, the petitioner herein is tW fath er of the above named minora 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. Morrison, late of Abbeville County, South Carolina, the said money now being hi the hands of the Master of said count? and state. That no fit, suitable or competent person can be found who is willing to become the guardian of the above mentioned minors, and that they have no general or testamentary guardian. . J. HOWARD MOORE, Attorney for D. W. HalL Dec. 17, 1920. "* [ E R S ! You need the money, but you lon't want to let go of your col on because you believe the price rill ultimately go higher. You can get the money and the iltimate advance in price if you ledge with ui. To do this, sell your cotton at he best price you can get and buy in equivalent amount of future :otton, holding back one-fourth of he selling price to protect the ;ame, like a banker does when he ends you money on warehoase Te :eipt. Then if the market goes up rou still get the benefit of the ad vance. In this way you pay no interest storage charges, depreciation or nsurance, yet you hav? just as nuch money as if you borrowed on i warehouse receipt. Write for free booklet "How Cotton Markets Are Made." Set tlement made in Columbia of all 1 A-" - ? ? ?^ Mat H*]_ JOniracts carneu mtis. *"?? ?. ances subject to draft. Address Edmund A. Felder S. C. Representative 1512 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C . . .. .. . <> ?MMMII" I rillBM YIELDS E ACRE sow, there's a Planters Fertilizer rease the productiveness of your )tton, corn, truck?use Planters rnrn?1 tn 9 holnc f\( /v\f fnn <\a# ? * w ? yu.vu vi vvtuuu pV* >ugh use of this reputable fertil lave been used with unvarying )r years. Ask the farmer who FERTILIZER 'OUR YIELD zor has been the preference of ers, because it has made it pos ops Make every acre count FIAT WILL PLEASE YOU. :e, Information and Prices?or 2ans dollars to you. & Phosphate Co. TURERS South Carolina.