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TENTH GRADE POSSIBILITIES
Tl? "Weeping Prophet" Laments
Because of the Unfavorable Pre- |
dictions of the Teachers
Regarding the Future of
The Juniors.
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According to a certain debanair'
joong gentleman who teaches mith.!
in tie high school, the present tenth'
grade has a poor chance to accom-j
plish anything. He says that our pos-!
abilities are about as slim as Aboe-j
*ille snow. He also, has as muih as.
said that the only job that we could 1
possibly hold down, would be sh&vel
isBg snow in Hades. But even for this
le refuses to write us a recommen
dation. We cannot express our real
frjiBpg to a man who bequeaths us
neb rotten chances in life. But wc
ran only say that he will most as
suredly be disappointed, for the pres
ent tenth grade was made for greater
and finer things.
We have the makings of men and
women in this grade that could hard
ly be found anywhere else in the
aniverse. "Variety is the spice of
IHe." T^ese few words are the se
cret of our success. In our grade
we have every variety of mankind
and womankind. We have the possi
bilities of movie stars, pugilistic prize
fighters, cartoonists, doctors, law
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years* presidents auu iuat uui uuu
Boat, successful housebreakers. In |,
a member of the present tenth r
grade has practiced this profession 1
. already; and as there has been a
' {rat demand here of late for house
trakers,. it is a very important pro- j
fession. We are forced to admit that
the tenth grade has painfully neg- '
; V lected that ppwerflil helper described
iy Daniel Webster as "study." We '
ere afraid that we have been existing j
?v.- feoa much here of late on our rec
fS
nL We are very much like a certain
governor who ran on his record. But ^
as we all know this same governor,
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was defeated on this record; ana now |
ftis honor is having a very hard time
fit. And we might add that h;s most
remarkable record is of little hel? to '
him.. As to our record, there has nev
?r been a grade in the Abbeville
schools that has made a more re
markable record. The tenth grade
has; Wen the very heart of literature
. and learning, ever since they were is
ned forth on their scholastic career. <
ITSfs record lasted up until the time 1
ttpy entered high school. But this
*ew era requires an entire new para- '
eraph. , i
When the Dresent remarkable, *
tenth grade-entered the high school,
this was a turning point in their most
remarkable career. They had passed
isto a state of literary as well as so
cial decline, very much in the same
way as the Roman empire did after
fie Teutonic conquest.. Thte ques
tion fiat you all will ask is why?
Why did this most remarkable grade
dsdine;. after being the brag pupils
f the superintendent for years?
Th^re are various and sundry rea
sons for this decline or "The Dark
Ages." Some thoughtless individual,
Uamed it on the fact that some new
pupils were added to their number,
aLt&is time, who had somewhat the
anne effect upon the present tenth
jpade as the Teutons had on Roman 11
civilization. We are not prepared to t
this statement bi^t we think
H; fcighly improbable. We happen to
Ifejmrsonally acquainted with "some"
?f these Teutons, who are blamed for
demarslixing the present tenth grade
4Rd) certain that instead of be
ing * Hindrance, tjiey have been a
lldp. We merely mention this minor
leaaaa.because some thoughtless per
son ibsfhuateof it.. We hope that our
will' put absolutely no belief
in its'aerify..
The m5tro ueason for this degrjtd
mg afTsrr, w?tfce fact that when the
present tenth grsttfe, departed from
(fee ?eventh grade into high school,
tfcey thought that their troubles had
ceased; bnt, alas! they had just be
en.. They thought that after their
iannense preparation for high school,
tte mere act of being in high school
was a "scimption." First year in
Ugh school was the beginning of the
lacic end.
We slipped through the eighth
gtxde, at least some of us did, and
wt might add right here that the
neh hated Teuton was among those
mho slipped through. The ninth grade
mas a largely in other words an
atarinte mistake. This period of our
fife was the darkest year of the dark
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From the ninth grade we submerg
ed into what is called by many "The
xMm a la dense" and by few the
present fenth grade. At the present
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PHYSICIANS WATCH RESULT
OF OPERATION ON BRAIN
OF WASHINGTON YOUTH
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 15.?Phy
sicians were watching closely , today
the result of an operation on the
brain of George A. Rawson, ama
teur athlete of Seattle, who has
been unconscious since January 20
when iha^engaged in a boxing bout
at Pasadena, California. The opera
tion was performed at Los Angeles
late yesterday. It> was stated at the
hospital Rawson was doing fairly
well."
ON DRESS.
Mrs. Warren G. Harding, the next,
"first lady," has this to say on the
subject of dress:
'I have always felt clothes are tre
mendously important. No one can af
ford to be indifferent about them."
Well spoken fMost of us like to say
that it is what a person is and not
what he looks like that counts. But, in
reality, we make our first judgments
of men on their looks and find out
what they are at our leisure.
Most of us are engaged in the bus
iness of 'selling" our personalities. It
is sad to reflect, b\$ true, that to at
tract our customers to*our characters,
we must give ourselves some win
dow-dressing. i
The function of good clothes is to
provide the immediate attraction that
personality cannot of itself forth
with attract.
Besides compelling the instant at
tention of others, good clothes also
have the quality of an encouraging
pat on the back of the wearer.
Who has not felt the self-confi
ience and the pep that a new spring
a **AW V? r* 4- I
Ui CVC11 a Iicnr uac, uii|/ai ws.
Exchange. ' i
Legal blanks for sale?Press and
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Notice to Taxpayers
i
For the Purpose of Accommodating
' the Public in the Matter of Mak
ing Their Returns, I Will Visit the
Places Mentioned Below On The
Dates Indicated in Schedule.
ALL RETURNS must be made un
ier oath of personal .property re
;urned at its market value.
Persons not making their returns
>etween January 1, 1921 and Feb.
uary 20, 1921, are liable to a penal
y of 50 per cent. This penalty will
>e enforced against delinquents: for
he failure to enforce it heretofore
las put on neglect of the law.
The returns of those who conform
o the law are placed before the
township and County Boards, while
hose who disregard the law come in
iter the meeting of the Boards and
eturn to suit themselves. The en
orcement of this 50 per cent penal
y will correct this evil.
Keturns will not De taicen oy man
mless they are sworn to before
ome proper officer. All improve
lents or any transfer of real estate
lust be reported to the Auditor.
Employers are requested to return
II their employees after notifying
hem and getting a statement of
heir property.
All tax returns must be made l>y
chool districts. So please look up
our plats and find the number of
cres in each school district, also
mount of personal property.
Ijr Appointment* Are Follows:
Drl Joseph Hicks will represent
le at Calhoun Falls.
R. J. Huchinson will represent ma
t Lowndesville.
D. H. Humphries will represent me
t Donalds.
J. S. Todd will represent me at
>ue West.
E. A. Patterson will represent me
t Antrevillev
W. W. Wilson will represent me
t Level Land.
RICHARD SONDLEY,
!wks. Awditor Abbe. County.
;ime we will admit that we have en-1
'ely forgotten the art of study,'
ilong with the art of concentration,.'
and we cannot and do not, blame the|
debonair yuong gentleman who is so,
pessimistic in his views regarding us. j
But from now on he will have ab-'
solutely no ground to criticize, for
the present tenth grade is about to!
free itself from "the fetters of tra-'
dition."' We have all decided among
ourselves to start a complete Renais
sance. We will revive the literature
and learning of long ago, and pave
the way for greater possibilities.
?"Dicky." X
MUCH BLOODSHED j
AS RESULT OF
CHINK TONG WAR
Chinese New Year Ushered In By
Killing Of Three in The
. Coast States I
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 17.?
Guns of Chinese tong men ushered j
in a new war ' of tongs coincident
1 with the Chinese New Year today,1
leaving three dead and five wound-1
ed in Los Angeles, San Francisco
'and Stockton. Two Chinese mer-J
chants were killed in Los Angeles,
another was wounded there. In San
Francisco one man was killed and
three wounded. At Stockton one
man was shot three times in the
head, hut it was said he will live.
In San Francisco the feud broke
loose in a room at 924 Grant Ave
nlie. According to stories told police
si* men in the room, taking advan
tage of the crackle of fire crackers
and roar of the celebation drew re
volvers and began firag at each
other. Go Foin staggered from the
building with a smoking revolver in
his hand and fell dead. Four bullet
wounds were found in his body.
Police hurried to the scene and
found three wounded men on the
floor of the room.
Two Chinese merchants, members
of the Hop Sing Tong, Chinese j
secret organization, were shot and
killed and another merchant wound
ed in the Los Angeles Chinato^Ti
district last night by other Chinese '
who, the police declared, were mem- 1
bers of the Bing Kong Tong.
Where last night the Chinese in- i
habitants of San Francisco, Los i
Angeles, and Stockton were cele- i
FEATU
PUPILS
ABBEVII
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FRIDAY
BONKi
CAST OF CI
Bonnybell?Nona Tutt.
Clara, Alice, Sisters ofwBoni
Susan Minshall.
Stepmother?Martha Galvei
Prince?James Fulp.
Prince's Attendants?James
Fairy Queen?Charlotte Ret
Faries?Adair Aiken, Josep
son, Euzanne Link, Ge:
Sara Thomson, Norma
Knight?Sam Shiver, Jr.
Stranger?Martha Aiken.
Clown?John Graves.
Brownies?Robt. McLane, 1
John Richard Fulp, Jai
| Five Big Feati
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Price 25c and
BILL SUNDAY CONFERS
IN SPARTANBURG TODAY
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Spartnaburg, 'Feb. 17.?For the
purpose of conferring with the pas
tors of the' city concerning a great
revival to 'be held in Spartnaburg
early in 1922, "Billy" Sunday ar
rived here today. ,
It is proposed to erect a taber
nacle with a seating capacity of
more than 5,000 in which the revival
conducted by Billy Sunday will be
held early next year. The evangelist
will inspect a number of vacant lots
here Wednesday and will assist the
Spartanburg ministers in making
the selection of a suitable place for
the construction of the tabernacle.
brating Chinese new year, today
finds them entrenched behind closer
den deep from possible enemy at
tacks. Police departments of the
three cities sent many additional
armed men into Chinese districts to
guard against new attacks..
The shooting all occurred within
the space of a very few minutes so
close that the theory was advanced
by the police that all had been pre
arranged. War among the Tongs has
been threatening for months but re
through. a truce entered into by the
Tongs through police activites. Po
lice tare: taking every precaution to
prevent spread of the war along the
coast.
Reports early today from San
Bernardino told of several automo
biles carrying -Chinese residents of
that city departing toward Redlands
where there is another Chinese
colony. Police said there has been a
feud between the? two Chinese colo
nies for some time.
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SARACTERS. ,
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> Owen, Knox Cheatham.
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hine Barnwell, Jane Harri
raldine Carter, Emily Morse,
Flynn. i
larold King, Claude fteufVer,
mes Blessing.
urs s: Over 200
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iiss it! Money goes
unds. Satisfaction gi
[ 50c
CHARLES I
(Proper Gander)
Charles I, King of England, born
at Dunfernline on the 19th of No
vember 1600, was the second arid
favorite son of James I. Charles was
a typical tea hound or lounge lizzard.
He was a turtle on the English throne
but a hyena in a hammock. The first
real thing he ever did was when he
went to Spain to visit the princess of
that country.
His conduct while at Madrid, Spain
displays the weakest part of his char
acter. He fell violently in love with
the Spanish princess, and seriously
alarmed her by jumping over a wall
of the garden in which she was walk-1
ing in order that he might enjoy the j
private conversation which Spanish
ef...uette refused to permit, and in
orJ!2r to amuse this same princess,
he tolerated a hideous nerseeutirm of
the earl of Bristol, ambassador from
ngland to Spain. The only crime that
the earl committed was being a pro
test ant in Catholic Spain.
The next and second thing that
Hard Rock Charlie did was to "re
ceive" the English crown. And about
all he did the rest of his his reign was
to "receive." He never gave any
thing, to anybody, anytime; except
his head, and that was taken from I
Ji.'m. King Charles received the royal'
hat in 1G25.
The third thing that his honor did
was to acquire a friend. This so-call
ed friend was none other than the
Duke' of Buckingham, -who bucked
about everything that came in his
way. And poor Charles who was used
as the "goat" finalljr went to the
slaughter; all on account of Bucking
ham.
Buckingham planned numerous
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Dame of Honor
Rest ..." ;
Minister
/Brides Father
Flower Girls Mary Bro^
Robertson.
Bridesmaids?:Eugenia Swetei
ton, Marnie Reese, Benie
beth Stephens, Elizabeth
Grooms?Ed McGuen, Wm. (
Glias. Bruce. Len White,
Cheatham, Jr., Woodrow
Pages Foster McLan
3.?Bobby Sliaftoe
4.?Betsy Ross Pantomie . ..
5.?Flag Drill B
Children :: Brilli
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to needs of school bi
laranteed. :
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JUDGE FINES HIMSELF FOR
VIOLATING TRAFFIC LAW
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 15.?A prece
dent was established in police court
here this morning when Judge Le#is
L. Kent fined himself the usual
amount for violating the traffic law,
upon evidence submitted by the po
liceman who docketed the case. He
paid the fine. Several lawyers offer
ed their services to certiorari the
decision.
1,200 GALLONS OF MASH
FOUND NEAR AIKEN
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 18.?Officers
of Aiken county, South Carolina,
Thursday found 1,200 gallons of
mash and much other illicit distilling
paraphernalia on creeks a few miles
from here and destroyed the lot.
One arrest was made.
wars against numerous nations but
the whole thing resulted in numerous
failures. But these romantic wars had
to be paid for, and as there were no
noerty Donds, Jung Charles had to
over-tax the people of England. To
tax the people he had to have the .
conset of parliament. Parliament ab- *
solutely refused to put their stamp
of approval upon any such unjust
way of raising money. Charles in- '
sisted that they do so, the parliament
insisted they they should do so, and
they d'dn't. '
At last this infamous tyrant was
brought to judgment. Parliament
tried him as. they would a common
criminal. He was found guilty, and
the fourth and last thing that Charles
I gave to England, was his head. *
?Jack Bradley. ?
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Harriet Goan
Archie Brown
Dale Welsh
. . Charles White
ivn, Mildred McGomb, May
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i Evans. Alice Rose, Eliza
Hipp, Sue Blount.
Cheatham, William Roche%,
Clarence Daniels, B. iF.
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