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
be open for the collection of taxes for
said fiscal year from Friday, Oct. 15,
until Friday, Dec. 31st without pen
alty.
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There will be anaea?a peuai^
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 wijl be collected for school pur
poses as follows:
. Abbeville City Shops Bonds 1 Vz 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
? -Ml.
23
Warrenton
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
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
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8 mills
47 Winona -
50 Cana 4 mills
54 Lebanon 4 mills
i 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. i
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
v ' 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 dog tag will be furnished
by the Treasurer to each owner pay
ing license.
Parties desiring information \>v
mail in regard to their taxes will
please write before Dec. 16th, stat
4.u? KxaHnn of their DroDerty and
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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 i
levied on all dogs, six months old o/j
older, in the State of South Carolina I
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 dqllar and j
twenty-five ($1.25) cents by the own-j
er of any dog in the State, the Coun- i
ty Treasurer shall issue to the said i
owner a receipt therefor and a met- j
al tax marked "Dog Tax" and the 1
year for which it is issued. Each
bounty Treasurer shall keep a numer
cal record of every dog taxed and in j
addition thereto furnish to the owner,
of each dog such number stamped on j
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 j
municipal or otherwise. Provided.
That all such taxes collected here un-,
der shall be credited to the schools of j
the School District from which it is
rAlWtPfl. to be used in support of the j
schools of the District: Provided, fur- j
ther, That said tax shall become due i
and payable at the same time State
and County taxes become due and j
payable.
Section 3. That every owner of a;
dog shall be required to collar and j
place the aforesaid dog tag upon the j
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 perso'n owning.:
harboring or maintaining a dog.;
failing or refusing to return and pay |
the tax aforesaid, shall he deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon I
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 J
tax, and one-half to the public school,
fund in which such derelict occurs.
J. E. JONES,
County Treasurer.
Oct. 27, 1920.
PHONE IS POPULAR
* IN NEW ZEALAND
One Phone To Every Sixteen In
habitants?Experts Coming
ing Here to Study
New Zealand is giving the rest of
the world a good race in the per
fection of its telephone and tele
graph systems, said E. A. Shrimp
ton, M. I. E. E. chief engineer of
the telegraph and telephone depart
ment on the island dominion in an
interview at the general offices of
the Western Electrical Company,
195 Broadway. The concern has |
85,000 telephones in use in New
Zealand, an average of one to every
sixteen inhabitants. Subscribers to
the phone system have ne^er been
solicited, a fact which makes liie
figures more to be wondered at.
The little island outpost of the
British Empire takes particular
pride in the face hat It iia> develop
ed its lines of communication to
such an extent while the British
Isles can only boast of one tele
phone to about every forty-seven
persons. Telephon? ' ate? in .Vow
Zealand have been increased this
year without in any way decreasing
the demands of new subscribers.
Mr. Shrimpton told of the devel
opment of the lines of communica
tion in New Zealand.
"Our first telephone exchahge
was erected at Christ Church only
in 1880," he stated, "yet today we
'have 400 exchanges in a country of
only 1,100,000 people. There is not
a section in New Zealand where the
pedestrians cannot find a telephone
line. We have installed a line to
"The Hermitage" at the peak of our
loftiest mountain."
The twenty-five subscribers to
the original system in 1880 were
not attracted by the low cost of
their new convenience. The rate at
that time was $125 a year.
New Zealand has sent Mr. Shrimp
u n to the Un. ted Statds to investi
gate the latest developments in
telephone apparatus. Irj 1911 the
new automatic exchange system
was introduced into his department.
Since the war twenty-three Western
Electric rotary automatic exchanges
have been or will be put into use in
New Zealand.
"We New Zealanders are the
greatest telegraph users in the
world," Mr. Shrimptori remarked.
"During 1910 our telegraph lines
carried more than 14,000,000 mes
sages, a far higher average than, I
believe, prevailed in the United
States. We never think of sending
Christmas post cards?all our good
wishes and short business communi
cations are sent by wire.
At present New Zealand has su
pervision over all the British wire
less stations in the Pacific. In addi
tion to five in its own territory Mr.
Shrimpton's department controls
the stations at Chatham Island,
Apia and Raratonga. Before the
war the station at Apia belonged to
Germany. It is more than 1,800
miles away fryom headquarters at
New Zealand.?New Yo^k Sun.
"I am surprised to find how many
Americans believe New Zealand and
Australia are next door neighbors,"
Mr. Shrimpton sid: "We are at least j
1,250 miles away from our sister |
Dominion." Although no white man j
touched our shores until Capt. Cook j
appeared in 1769, only seven years|
hefore vour Declaration of Inde-1
pendence, more than 75 per cent of
our citizens are native born. Of
these only 50,000 are Maoris, the
oiginal inhabitants of our island.
They are one of the greatest races
on the earth."
PREPAREDNESS
From The Saturday Evening Post.
On a dozen occasions within six
months the old fellow had absented
himself from the shop to attend
funerals. .Finally the foreman re
monstrated with him, not wishing to
see the man discharged.
"What's the idea of eroinp: to all
those funerals Dennis when the peo- .
pie are not even distantly related to
you? Your absence from work is ;
getting you in bad with the superin- >.
tendent."
"O'm an ould man, sor, a very
ould man," he replied earnestly. (Ji
must look out for meself, sor. If yez
doan't go to other folks funeral how
can yez expect thim to go to yourn?
Since the end of the World War
13,100 homes have been rebuilt in
'France, 178,500 repaired and 46,
570 other houses in use temporarily.
MERIDIAN LAWYER
HACKED TO PIECES
IN PRESENCE OF WIFE
Horrible Crime Last Night By Tw*>
Unknown Men.?Taken From
Bed.
Meridian, Miss., Jan. 14.?Moody
Price, member of the Meridian bar,
and unail recently U. S. commission
er for this division was dragged
from his bed by two unknown men
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning,
and literally hacked to pieces with
an axe.
Mrs. Price, sleeping in the same
bed, was aroused by the disturbance
and fainted when she saw the attack
upon her husband. Price lingered
in an unconscious condition for
ahnut two hours and died without
making a statement. His wife is still
unable to make a statement.
City and county authorities have
been unable thus far to obtain a
clue to the asailants or to develop
a theory for the killing.
When neighbors reached the
Price home, after hearing a disturb
ance, they found the lights on and
Price's body resting in a pool of
blood by the side of his bed.
Investigation revealed ten ax
Wade cuts in the lawyer's head and
numerous deep wounds about the
body. A bloody ax was found on the
front norch of the home. A tele
phone wire had been cut that was
?lading to the house and the attack
carefully planned officers said.
When Mrs. Price rallied several
hours after her hushand was slain,
she told officers that she was awak
ened by the flashing of a flashlight
and leaped from her bed. She was
knocked down by one of the assail
ants, who then switched on the
lights in the room and joined the
other man in the attack on her hus
band.
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COTTON PRICES
SOON TO ADVANCE
New York Review of Business Con
ditions State Higher Prices Due
Cotton has gone below a reason
able decline and is due for a reac
tion which will send the price up, is
the belief expressed by the New
York, Commercial, a paper devoted
to financial matters.
The review this responsible paper
has made is reassuring to all busi
ness interests of the country. Speak
ing of the general business condi
tion the report says:
The most encouraging feature of
the general business situation is the
undercurrent of optimism which is
showing forth in so many directions.
The statements of business leaders
that the upturn has actually set in
in business is having its effect on
the minds of the general public.
These statements, coming from
many diverse sources, show a unani
mity of opinion that is convincing.
Reports of resumption of operations
are increasing not only in the auto
mobile industry, but in textiles as
as well. ,
The fact that a beginning has been
made is of itself an important fac
tor, the significance of which cannot
be overlooked. With fatoories shut
ting down and employes being
thrown out of work the effect is
bound to be discouraging to say the
least. No one knows just what the
end will be. On the other hand,
when factories are resuming and
unemployment' is decreasing, it be
comes a matter of definite know
ledge that improvement has set in.
In the matter of the stock market,
the decline has been so drastic that
about everything unfavorable,
short of actual disaster has been
aiscountea ana wixn iew exceptions
the same can be said or most com
modity prices. Some items, as cotton
for instancej have gone far beyond
a reasonable decline and are due for
a reaction just as soon as there ark
some signs of a resumption of ac
tivity in the manufacturing field.
The one thing that the public has
to be convinced is that prices have
actually touched bottom and that it
is safe to go ahead and buy. This is
a pretty generally accepted fact, so
far as wholesale prices are concern
ed, but is not as yet wholly true of
the retail prices. The end of the
month, however, will probably see
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tiu^> icaujuoimciii v^aiuwu viu vu^ut
although it may take a little longer
than anticipated. The main thing is
to instill confidence into buyers, for
there is undoubtedly a considerable
potential buying power !n dsTerred
demand held in check until prices
have become stabilized. The outlook
seems to be improving every day.
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OVER 3 MILLIONS <
WORTH OF LIQUOR 1
REPORTED STOLEN 1
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Chicago, Jan. 15.?Check of;
liquors seized by dry enforcement j
operatives in the past year, and .
' held at a government warehouse,
disclosed that more than $3,000,000 \
worth of whiskey is missing, Frank \
D. Richardson, prohibition commis- =
sioner announced today.
The whiskey evidently was stolen \
several months before he took office,! f
Mr. Richardson said. He added that
he hopes to have a number of for
mer prohibition officials indicted and
prosecuted as a result of his investi
gation.
Mr. Richardson says he has learn-'
ea tnatat one time euu Darreis 01 |
whiskey were removed from the
warehouse in day light and that the
day before he assumed office^ thir
teen truck loads were hauled out. J
<i)n that night he asserts there was a
driving rain and the prohibition
agents supposed to be on guard
were inside the warehouse playing
cards. >
The missing whiskey totals more
than 400,000 gallons. i
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THREE. AIRMEN
AT HOME AGAIN
Balloonist* Now in United States?
Praise For Farrell
Toronto, J6n. 15.?The last leg
of the American balloonists' home-.
ward journey from the frozen north |
where they were lost four days'
when their balloon descended near J
Moose Factory, December 14, was'
begun when they left at 6:25 o'-j
clock tonight for New York. They
are due in New York at 40:30 o'
clock tomorrow morning.
City and aero club officials met
the balloonists upon their arrival in
this city, and escorted them to the
' Old Colony club, where they were
dinner guests. ,
In a statement here, Lieutenant
Hinton declared: "Farrell is the he
ro. He bore the brunt of the adven
ture. He broke the trail and did the
hardest work. We were all nearly
1 J* -1 - - J At,
)f swollen feet caused by our un- [
familiarity with snow shoes. I am J
;hankful it is over. It seems to me
fiow but a terrible nightmare"
Seeming in jolly spirits the home
awrd bound officers chatted and
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