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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 ?ffice 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 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 nil 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 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 12 mills 38 i'Ue weak ? 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 50 Cana 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 lars 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 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 ho vpar 1920. At the same time as other taxes are collected a license of one dollar and twenty-five cents will be collected on all ilocs. A dog tap will be furnished by the Treasurer to each owner pay ing license. Parties desiring information by mail in regard to their taxes will nleasp 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 bv 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 to the said 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 cal record of every dog taxed and in addition thereto furnish to the owne 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 nere 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, Th;' 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 said collar. Except when such dog shall be used for the 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 more than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-half of which shall go to the per son reporting paid failure to pay said tax, and one-half to the public school fund in which such derelict occurs. J. E. JONES, County Treasurer. Oct. 27, 1920. V MONTEREY Miss Sallie Sutherland returned home Saturday after spending a few days in Anderson with her sister, Mrs. T. G. Sutherland. Miss Eloise Hall opened her school again Monday after spending the holidays with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gibert spent a few days last week near Leba non with relatives. Miss Helen Lanier returned to Calhoun Falls Monday, after spend ing the holidays here with her par ; ents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lanier. Messrs. James F. and T. J. Clink ! scales, J. A. Sutherland, Claude and Oscar Lanier, J. A. Nance and J. T. fifnlrps wprp hnsiness visitnrs in the city Monday. | Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Sutherland j and little son, of Anderson, Mr. and | Mrs. Roy Sutherland, of Green i wood and Mrs. W. C. Simpson spenl j a few days last week with Mr. anc j Mrs. J. A. Sutherland. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Price, of Pen | ney's Creek, spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. G. W. Price. Misses Daisy and Willie Laniei and Miss Jennie Nance left Monday for Due West to resume their work WHfi ME THIS I! I] How do whick Watch y ness?he jjj money w i fore the i Yj Telephor and gl The IQCUnJCLCLCLCLCLCLCLCLCLCl U LJ! LJ LJ LJ LJ LJ IJ LJ IJIJIJIJI! SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1920 Made 500 personal visits to farm ers in county. Held 45 meetings, attended by 1270 farmers. Wrote 920 official letters. Prepared and sent out 1455 cir cular letters on various farm sub jects. I Held a tractor demonstration, at tended by 150 farmers. Treated 300 head of cattle and hogs against blackleg and cholera. Through the assistance of the . state veterinarian, 101 head of cat tle were tested for tuberculosis for the first time, most of the cattle be longing to members of our bull asso [ ciations. This is the most dreadful disease that can and should be , stamped out and it would not cost the cattle owner one cent. [ Assisted farmers select and order | 400 fruit trees, costing an average : in the Womans College after spend l ing the holidays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Speer spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. JWV**. Miss Claudia McLain of near Cal r houn Falls and Miss Lucile Camp ' bell of the Nation spent last week : with Miss Ethna Patterson. 5 THE SL > you expect ess you put a n ureop l The Press < our neighbor knows a gc rhere it pays people?whei LHJ M/ ie number t( acJly assist yo ; Press t if of 50 cents each. At the same time other farmers purchased fruit trees through the nursery agents, some paying as high as $1.50 per tree and unfortunately, they did not secure as good trees as the ones I assisted the farmers order direct from the: nursery plants. Ten new home orchards were put; out this year. I have assisted the ( farmers prune and spray 2800 fruit j trees, ordered two spray pumps and | six barrels of lime sulphur wash. Ordered cooperatively 4500 lbs.' of clover, vetch and alfalfa seed, and have given information relative 4.u~ ; ii.. i/U liac auwiiig ux wie duuvt iiaiinju crops to 50 farmers, more clover be ing sown this year in the couniy than ever before. Have brought into the county 26 head of purebred hogs for breeding stock. A campaign last summer for cot ton warehouses resulted in the erec tion of two new cotton warehouses. An official cotton grader and stapler has -been secured for the county. And I hope this is one thing the farmers will retain hereafter and forever. Do you suppose a cot ton mill would send a 'buyer out that didn't know enough about grading cotton to protect the mill against loss? But how have we been 'marketing cotton? "What have you ACK SEA to keep trc your offers 1 in the ind Banner ] / who adver >od investme dividends. ? i they need JCE TI >n and our \ u in the pre & Banne tpipiwFiFipi f-ii r-grirtririri got on your wagon " "A 'bale of cotton." "What grade?" "I don't know." "What staple?" "I don't know." "What does it weigh?" "I don't know." "What price?" "I don't know." Let's get out of that distressing way of marketing cot ton. Let's determine that we will market our cotton hereafter and not let the other fellow do it for us. Let's determine that we will provide ample facilities for warehousing, grading, stapling, weighing and pricing our cotton, "selling it in our own time and in our chosen market, and not at a master's bidding, get ting our pay in cash and not a re ceipted mortgage." I Two cooperative jersey bull asso ciations were organized, bringing into the county four fine jersey bulls their dams averaging 10,000 pounds of milk and 500 pounds of butter in one year official record. W. A. Rowell, County Agent. RUNNING SOME Two hunters were making their way through heavy bushes. "This is a had place for hornets. I hope we don't run into a nest." "Sorry for you if we do/' replied his follower, "but any hornet that catches me will be too tired to sting." iifltieERBRiy&HyHy TR SON ide booming before the ej banters in-Vv tises?he's d< nt and is pi weep your bu anything in IE SAI r t r v v " ; " representative naration of " ;r Comp rinnnnnFinririnnnn J iJ lJiJiJiJiJiJ i J i_j 111 llS u lli l! BIC. SUM INVOLVED IN CHARLOTTE SUIT Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 4.?The breach of contract suit of the Harda way contracting company of Colum bus, Ga., against the Western North Carolina Power company involving more than $1,000,000 and the lat ter's counter suit for a similar a mount against the Georgia concern may go to a referee before they are passed upon by a jury. Trial of the case was scheduled to begin in Mecklenburg superior court today but counsel for the power com pany sprang a surprise by making a motion that the case go before a re feree for investigation and decision on numerous items of expense men tioned in the bill of complaint before they were presented to a jury. Judge McElroy, presiding, declined to grant the motion until he had heard the pleadings and most of the J iw fhpjtfL aay was tuusumcu u> __ Argument of counsel followed the reading and were not concluded whea court adjourned for the night. Among the large array of prom-; inent lawyers appearing in the case are Governor-elect Cameron Morri i son and State Attorney General J. 3 1 Manning, representing the contraet j ing company. 1! i in vour n res of the 1 nmpc !i V1UVU | Weekly |! ? I Ding busi utting his 11 siness be your line JE will (i copy" any i? innnfflnnnpnwiwf' 71J! JIJIJ l-J LJ LI LJ LI LI LJ LI t>