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Treasurer's Notice! OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCT. 15TH UNTIL MARCH 15, 192L Taxe# Paid From Friday, October 15, Until Friday, December 31 ?t Without Penalty. The rate of State, County, School and Special Tax including one dollar Poll Tax, two dollars commutation tax. I 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 nonalt.v of two per cent, on all taxesrnot 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: I State Tax 12 mills, j County Tax 8 mills. Good Roads Tax 3 mills. Constitutional school tax __ 3 mills. TOTAL 26 Mills.; tax will be collected for school pur-1 poses as follows: I Abbeville City Shops Bonds 1 % mills 1 Corner 2 mills 3. Lowndesville 16 mills1 4 Rocky River 2 mills 9 Calhoun Falls 6 mills 10 Santuc 1 4 mills j 18 Bethia 8 mills 20 Sharon 8 mills 21 Bethel 3 mills 22 Abbeville 14 mills 23 Warrenton 8 mills 24 Reeds 8 mills >K Pmwnlpp 4 mills 26 Campbell 15 mills I 24 Antreville 12 mills I 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 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 50 Cana 4 mills 54 Lebanon 4 mills a r?r>n f?* 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 the year 1920. At the same time as other taxes are 0 H/.onQ<> nf one dollar and cuncwcu m ? twenty-five cents will be collected on J all dogs. A dog tag will be furnished by the Treasurer to each owner pay ing license. Parties desiring information \5v 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 Por 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 older, in the State of South Carolina an annual tav of one dollar ahd twen ty-five ($1.. >) 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 rr r* r.nv 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 - * T* V. year for which it is issued. r^acn bounty 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- j r'er 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 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 wlion ciipVi flfK? ?aiu tunai. j-jAwpv ?T?*V4< shall be used for the purpose of hunt 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 j 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 J. E. JONEi, County Treasurer. Oct. 27, 1920. WHICH DIVISION BROKE THE HINDENBURG LINE? (D. H. R. In Asheville Citizen) A friendly though very spirited rivalry has raged around the rela tive parts that the 27th and 30th di-j visions played in the breaking of the Hindewburg line. This controversy1 has been pleasantly free of any in-1 vidious comparisons designed to re flect upon the conduct of the sol diers of either of these memorable military units The admiration that the divisions entertain for each oth er has not suffered any irreparable injury in these disputations. The achievements of American valor in the engagements around Le Cateau were magnificent enough to furnish due portions of honor to both the 27th and 30th. The distinction of having been the first to penetrate the Hinden burg line is such an enviable achievement that it is perfectly na tural and altogether human that the members of these two divisions should be very prompt in claiming the honor. Their friends have taken up the controversy and it is being carried on with considerable fervor by the newspapers of the four states out of which these two units largely issued. General Pershing, in his official statement, reported: "The 30th di vision speedily broke through the main line of defense and captured all of its objectives, while the 27th progressed until some of its ele ments reached "Gouy." This report of the commander in chief of the A. E. F. has been the chief reliance upon which the admirers of the 30th division have leaned in arguing that the honor of having first pene trated the German lines belongs 4r\ 4-Vlrt CAUlOrO OIH l/JL Utiuuu J wv/ ? ? Hickory. The 27th division has argued that I this official statement was too brief i and too general to determine the is sues of the controversy and they have excepted to the conclusion which General Pershing apparently drew. The New York Times Book Re view and Magazine of January 2 at tempted by a study of officii records answer the question, "Which divi sion broke the Hindenburg line?"'I The article quotes freely from an official report that was made during i the week of battle by Colonel W. H. Hayes, who was sent by General 1 +ir? invocfi JT Ull V/VVWbA X VV VW?a gate what was occurring at Le Cateau. The author of this story states the following conclusions: "A careful reading of the official report made up by Colonel Hayes would suggest a more illuminating summing up of the operations of the two divisions about to this ef fect: "The 30th division made a clean er, quicker job of the part assigned to it than did the 27th, but the handicap of the 27th was greater. Side by side two divisions took over sectors held by British and Australi an troops. The conditions which the 27th found made it impossible for it to be helped by artillery and bar rage support from the time its at tack started." ' It appears from the quotations from Colonel Hayes' report in the owWnlo fViot tVio 97+Vi Hivicirm was handicapped at the ouset because the "jumping-off place" as original-1 ly provided in the plans had not j ibeen secured by the preliminary at- j tacks of the British forces. For sev- J eral days prior to the launching of the offensive on September 29 byj the 2nd American corps, the Aus-1 tralian corps and the 3rd British ar my corps made "vigorous attacks to obtain a favorable "jumping-off" I place for the contemplated attack. The Australian corps succeeded in accomplishing its part of the mis sion and when the 30th division re lieved it, it found itself on the pre determined "jumping off" line. The 3rd British army corps failed to ac complish its mission and "when the 27th took over its part of the line it was necessary for it to undertake an imnrvrtant oneration in attaining: 'its jumpig-off position." A regiment of the 27th division fought valiantly for 24 hours to at tain the official "jumping off" place and the hope was constantly enter tained that the division would suc ceed in reaching the jumpingK>ff place prior to the zero hour. Colonel Hayes declares that this was not ac- J complished and that "at the zero hour when the barrage fell most of the elements of 27th division j were at distances varying from 1,-i 200 to 1,000 yards in the rear of their barrage." $300,000 OFFERED FOR BALL PLAYER St. Louis National Manager States This Amount and Four Players Offered His Team for Roger Hornsby St. Louis, Jan. 8.?Another new record has been created in the his | tory of baseball finance by the report | from Houston, Texas, quoting Branch I Rickey manager of the St. Louis Na | tionals as stating the club had receiv j ed a bona fide offer of $300,000 and ! four players for Roger Hornsby, Car ! dinal second baseman, and champion j hitter of the National League, i This figure more than doubles the I I reported purchase price given by the i New York Yankees for 'Babe" Ruth, j in a dea! which was conceded to put a J record valuation on a player's ser vices, and is just twice the size of, the offer made by the New York Na tionals for Honrsby early last sea son. Hornsby, who is in insurance busi ness here stated recently he had no desire to change clubs, and would prefer to stay in St. Louis. Hornsby hit .370 during the past season, and though ranking ninth among second basemen in fielding, had over 100 chances more than any of his rivals. v \ V \ * S. V V V \ \ \ V V s v\ \ > V SHILOAH \ k ^ Miss Zelma Mundy spent the week-end with her father, Mr. W. L. I Mundy. Mesdames J. A. and J. B. Steven son and Misses Lidie and Jessie Mundy were shopping in Green wood Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McQuems spent Friday near Central with their daughter, Mrs. Joe Ashley. I Mpssrs. Charlie Nickles and E. R. | Miller were business visitors in Ab i beville Thursday. Little Misses Ethel Bowen, of Ab ' nn/J TJ1!* r? OlV\nf V? Cf nifOTieAn 'Ucviiic auu u i-t vjwvh spent the week-end with Miss Zelma Mundy. Mrs. S. 0. Botts spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Ernest Long. Mesdames Sam McQuerns and R. H. Anderson and Miss Marzette Anderson spent Thursday after noon in Hodges with Mrs. Pink And erson. 5H Mr. G. W. Mundy spent Friday in Greenwood. Mr. W. L. Mundy was shopping in Abbeville Saturday. Mrs. Janie Stevenson spent the week-end in Greenwood. Naturally this arrangement in the plans increased the difficulty of the task assiigned to the 27th division and the terrain over which it moved was 'bristlinc with machine pun nests. Its troubles were multiplied for it by the fact that the British corp on the left had failed com pletely to mop up its part of the ground, with the result that the left flank of the 27th division was left without the protection which was confidently anticipated from that source. Colonel Hayes testifies that "the 30th division advanced straight to their objective and readied it on | schedule time. That part of the op j eration covered by the 30th Ameri I can division and the 9th British | corps was successful to a high de j gree nad was accomplished accord ing to schedule." The inseparable inference of this article is that the credit for break ing the Hindenburg line belongs truthfully to the 30th division. The failure of the 27th division to reach Ii 1/3 apjjuxu itcru vwjtvwiTvo vn ow?buu<v time reflects no discredit on the ! stubborn fighting for its- soldiers, j Their labors were rendered doubly I difficult for them by the miscarriage of the preliminary plans. No one, not even the most ardent friend of the Old Hickory division, wishes to take any position that would appear to detract from the heroism of these men. And yet the fact remains, em bodied in the official records of the war department that the 30th divi I sion broke through the German de , fenses, according to the predeter ! mined plans, while the 27th for rea ! sons that it could not reasonably control failed in attaining its re mote oojectives. wnen trie question is asked, "Which division broke the Hindenburg line?" the correct an swer always will be the 30th. Most of the wounds suffered by soldiers in the A. E. F. were in the legs. i HARD TIMES. j Hard times have hit in a new place, j This time the buzzards are the suf | ferers as it is told to us. "I never | saw the buzzards as poor in my life' ! said a prosperous farmer the other j day. 'Why they are so poor they can j hardly fly." And to clinch the argU [ ment, he said that his good wife was ! economy struck sincc the hiPi be gan to come in January first, and in order to have a cheap dinner last I Monday she cooked a pot of Blue | John collards. "The buzzards, when i they smelled the collards cooking, J flew up into the yard," he said, and 'hung around to get some of them. You know a buzzard is hard up for something to eat, if he will eat col lards," the farmer said feelingly. Some one advanced the idea that there should be plenty of cows and Mother animals starving to death and dying in other ways, so that the buz zards might find something to eat, but the farmer said that the cows are so poor that if they died there would be nothing for the buzzards to eat except skin and bones. The bones, they cannot eat and fclie hides, ac cording to the News and Courier, are worth only eight cants each and even a buzzard should not be ex pected to eat anything that cheap. TEN DOLLARS A SPOOL Cabaret life does not necessarily unfit the youth of the'country for a business career. Two practical and imagination-owning hat-check boys j at a Broadway cafe dansant were J getting a $10 return for a ten cent investment until tney ien out De tween themselves the other night. They got into a pretty energetic fight which attracted the dancers all into the dressing room to see the mill. Then came the demand for explana tions. The aggravated boy told the story. His co-fighter had stolen his spool of white thread! Certainly, white thread?is working capital. Then he explained more fully. It seems that when a stingy non-tipper recovered his hat and coat, he got safely as far as the door. Then a boy politely asked him to wait a second, Ei Builder; rushed up in much concern and plucked a bunch of threads from the gentleman's coat. Overcome with j gratitude for having been saved I from the embarrassment of going forth adorned with white thread the Corn, cotton, truck, barley, wl crops will pay well if a little at fertilizer for your soil. 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