The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 07, 1921, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
PRESIDENT HARDING WAS 's
56 YEARS OLD WEDNESDAY
Washington, Nov. 3.?President 4<
Harding celebrated his 56th birthday
yesterday quietly at the White House
no special program having been arranged
for the occasion. Scores of
congratulatory letters and telegrams j
were received during the day from
friends throughout the country and jj
many from abroad. g
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Treasurer's Notice.
In accordance with an act to raise
supplies for the fiscal year 1921, beginning
January 1st, the treasurer's
office will open from October 15 to
December 31st for collection of taxes
without penalty.
After January 1st, 1922 the penqjty
will be one per cent.; after February
1st, penalty two per cent.; after
March 1st, penalty seven percent,
after March 15th, the unpaid taxes
will go into execution and will be
collected by the Sheriff.
One dollar Poll tax will be collected
from all male citizens between
ages of 21 and 60 years.
A two-dollar road tax on all male
citizens between the ages of 18 and
50 years.
A dog lfcense of $1.25 must be
paid on all dogs. This license is mil
lieu of all other taxes and licenses, 11
city or otherwise. i
Rate of Taxation. c
State Tax 12 Mills. c
Ordinary County (current ex- *
penses) 5% Mills v
By to. BB. Com. (current r
expe^es) 1 Mill.
Special County (past indebt- 2
edness' 1 Mill. ?
Road Bonds-_ 7% Mills
3 Mill School Tax 3 Mills. 1
Repair Gang (chaingang) 1 Mill. *
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TOTAL 31 Mills.!
In addiion to the above the follow-1?
ing Special School Tax will be col
lected on the following named school *
districts: ^
School District* and Numbers With J
Rate of Special Tax
1?Corner 2 Mills
2?Ridge ? ? 0 "
* 3?Lowndesville 13V2 "
4?Rocky River 8 "
5?For k 0 " 1
6?Sextu s 0 " 1
7?Latinvkr 0 " c
8?Montere y 0 " ^
9?Calhoun Falls 6 " 1
10?Santuc 4 "
17?Flatwood s 0 " s
18?Bethi a 8 " t
20?Sharo n 8 " *
21?Bethe l 3 " r
22?Abbevill e 13 "
23?Warrento n 8 " r
24?Ree d 8 " d
25?Brownlee 4 " ^
26?Campbell ? 15 " *
27?Antrevill e ' --12 "
28?Union 0 " b
29?Sunny Slope * 8 " a
30?Cpld Spring ? ? 8 " j1
, 31?Long Cane ? ? _ 2 "
32?Smithville 2 " |3
33?Promise Land 0 " u
34?Central 8 " 4
35?Haga n 8 " ^
36?Parks Creek ' 3
37?Keowe e 14 " *
38?Due West 12
39?Donald s 17 '?
40?Pinevill e 6 " j
41?Vermillion._ 8 " !b
42?Fonvill e 3 "
43?Eureka 3 " |n
44?Broadmout h ? 8 " c
45?Rock Spring ? 2 " a
. 46?Ray 4 " . jt
47?Wynona ? ? 8 " |a
49?Hall ... 4 " jh
50?Can a 4 " jv
54?Lebanon 4 " jv
Taxes are payable only in gold orj c
silver coin, U.* S. currency, National jc
bank notes, P. O. money orders andjs
Cashiers check on bank. If parties!
desire to pay with pei-sonal checks
they must do so at their own risk andjl
mncf nnr tVip ow-hancp if banks'I
charge same. Parties desiring information
about taxes will please write
before Dec. 15th, answers will be
promptly given to all communications
when postage for reply is included. 1
The Treasurer's office will ' close
promptly at 4 o'clock daily during
the time for collecting taxes in order
that the books may be balanced
daily.
Please inclose postage for any
reply desired when writing.
R. B. CHEATHAM,
Treasurer Abbeville County.
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HIPPING MANY COCKS *
FROM HESTER TO MEXICO '
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Three Way" Conversation E?tah?|^
lished Between Buyer an^ Seller
Lact Night.
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)aily Mail. ?
"Two Mexicans trying to talk Eng- (
ish, and Col. Tobe Hester and his
;ang trying to talk Spanish, all of j
hem "sports" aud admirers of fine
ihickens," said Dr. Herbert Harris
his morning, "surely does make ,
lome confusion."
Dr. Harris refers to the two Mexi:ans
who are now at Colonel Hester's ]
>uying chickens. They have * been |
here for some time now, and are ]
;till buying and shipping gaitoe chick>ns
to Mexico. y i
Dr. Harris struck a mediu?^yhru '
vhich a limited conversation ?could <
>e carried on. He tried out his "war
rrench" on the Mexicans and was <
ewarded by having one of them re- <
ipond readily to his queries in (
rrench. Then a "three way" conversion
was begun. Dr. Harris and one I
If the Mexicans'laborously convers- 1
;d in French, which in turn, Dr. Har- 1
is translated to Mr. Hester in Eng- 1
ish, and the Mexican translated his
n turn to his partner. I
"Those fellows," continued Dr. 1
larris are buying about 200 of Mr. >
Jester's finest chickens. They ship '
Aoo -focf nc t.Vipv ran. ^
nem to iucailu ao ?w -?,,
They bu'ld coops, and ship them out J
Tom Calhoun Falls, and with the ex:ellent
service, they arrive inLare- J
lo, Mexico in five days. The cocks ]
jave to be put into separate coops,
vith partitions between so they will J
tot attempt to fight. ]
"One sweet potato, one apple and '
t handful of corn soaked in water
ire placed in the coops. This is trav- (
:l'ng rations for the fowls on their
rip to Mexico. No water is placed in 1
he coops. The coops, too, are cover- !
>d over with cloth." '
Dr. Harris says that the fowls 1
tyerage $12.50 each in price, and '
hat even under the difficulties, the '
Mexicans are proving themselves (
jood buyers, and are certainly good
udges of fine chickens.
ifuc-AT nDnpc TO nni I AR 1
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ON BOARD OF TRADE '
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Chicago, Nov. 3.?What long ago
ised to be considered normalcy was '
Niched today on the Chicago board
>f trade?wheat at $1.00 a bushel
The December delivery fell to that 1
>r'ce, the lowest since 1915.
The absence of demand rather than
iny unusual selling pressure charac- ,
erized today's market. The dollar a i
?ushel price led to comparisons with j
nore than double that figure realiz- ,
d during the war, and also was a 2
eminder that -the market for May
lelivery was down to 84 1-2 cent a i
iushel in 1914 and 83 1-2 cent in
911.
Before trading was ended, Decern- (
er wheat declined a full cent more
rid closed at, the bottom figures of ,
he session, 99 cents a bushel to
9 1-4 cents, a loss of 2 3-4 cents to t
1-4 cents compared with 24 hours (
efore. December corn closed at f
4 ' ? * - A A OA +
<? O-O UCIU9 tu *** 0-*? LIIC iw rrtoi j
evel touched in the last eleve^ years
JOBBED HAIR WILL GET
STATE'S RECOGNITION ?
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Hartford, Conn., Nov. 3.?"Bob- ^
ed Hair" for women w^ll be official- j.
y recognized by the state of Con- ,
ecticut next Monday. The barbers
ommission will hold examinations of
ppl:cants for barbers' licenses and
o the list of qualifications will be
.dded that of properly "bobbing"
lairs. The scope of the examination
ras extended to include "bobbing"
v'hen the attorney general gave the
ommission an qral opinion that the
peration may be done only by licened
barbers* . |
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Mr Ed. Cain spent the week-end
vith his sister, Mrs. L. C. Galloway. T
Mrs. Knox writes from Columbia: R
'We are getting on well here and everybody
pleased with Dr. Moffatt." w
Dr. And Mrs. Moffatt came up 1
?rom Columbia and attended the fun;ral
of Miss Eleanor Long. g
Miss Mary Jordan returned Satur- p
lay from a visit to friends and relatives
in Geprgia. \\
Mr. Overcash of Kannapolis, N. C.
has been on a visit of some days as j
[he guest of his daughter, Mrs. J. B. a
Pressly. \
Mr. R. S. Galloway left for Greenville,
Heidelberg and Hendersonville j
last Monday evening to meet interest- v
2d parties at these points. s
The Due West High School defeated
the Seneca High School last Fri- ^
day on the local ground by the score p
af 6 to 0.
Mr. S. A. Mitchell and Dr. J. H. *
Saye of Sharon, were brief isitors
to our town last week. The former
has a daughter in the Woman's Colege.
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The Erskine football team is in
?ood condition for the three remaining
games of t^ie season, which are i
as follows: Wofford at Spartanburg, |g
Nov. 3rd; Newberry at Due West,|
November 11th; Clemson at Clemsonj
November 18th. i
Mr. and and Mrs. Henderson Long, p
Mr. Ed Long, Messrs. Bynum and 3
Hazel Long, of Gastonia, N. C., Mrs. n
Worth Falls of Spartanburg and Mrs. p
R. R. Moffatt of Chester, were in n
Due West last Thursday on account s
af the funeral of Eleanor Long. j
Mr. J. C. Reid and Mr. J. 0. Ross j.
jf Charlotte made a pop call on Due s
West last week. They came down in c
their machine and spent Friday night j.
n Due West as the guests of Prof. E. j]
L. Reid and returned Saturday c
morning before but a few of their 7
friends were aware of their presence
in town. They each are patrons of
3ur colleges. ^
It was a pleasure to have Mr. and v
Hrs. J. \Y. Whorton, Mr. and Mrs. r
A.. B. WI:crton make this office a vis- r
it. They were especially looking for ;
Sabbath School literature. TheV came j
down to spend the day on the fair |
grounds and to visit friends. We were g
?lad to have them. They are fine citi
ions.
It will be a fine day of fellowship ?
and fun to have a big c/owd of the J
alumni a::;: friends of Erskine here
hi Armistice day. One of the hard- I
;st fought football games .of the sea- I
son will be played here on that day. |
We want you to be here to share the {
loped for victory with us, and to in- |
;pire by your presence the students j
md faculty of your college. A crowd ?
>f the old Erskine men will be here, j
ifou come. ?
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GERMAN MARKS MAKE ^
A NEW LOW RECORD
New York, Nov. 3.?German marks
;oday dropped to 48, a new low rec>rd.
This was a decline of 1-2 point
'rom the previous low record made
yesterday. .
Erskine Defeats Wofford ?
Spartanburg, Nov. 3.?Erskine S
:ollege football team defeated the E
iVofford college team at the county |
air grounds here this afternoon, 19 ?
o 6. B
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W. A. HARRIS !
FUNERAL SUPPLIES I
EMBALMING [
and
Auto Hearse Service .
PHONES [
DSy 395 Night 134 1
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iven Brothers ii
arKIp anrl 'i
anite Co. [
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JFACTURERS jD
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irgest and best equipped monv U
:ntal mills in the Carolina*. :Q
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SANTUC LOCALS
VVVS.VVVVV
Mr. Jesse Richey and son spent
'uesday here with Mr. and Mrs. J.
Haddoru
Misses Linnie and Clara Beauford
rere pleasant spend-the-day visitors
'hursday of Mrs. M&ck Wright.
Mrs. Ermie Haddon and little
randdaughter spent Wednesday
lfeasantly with Mrs. Thos. Nickles.
Mrs. T. S. Palmer is sick at this
writing.
Miss Jane Wright and Masted W
). Higgins of Hodges are spending
few days with Mr. and Mrs. Maci
Vright.
'We are sorry to note that Mr
ames Haddon has been sick this
ireek but hope he will soon be re^
tored to his good health again.
Miss Jane Wright and Mrs. M. D
Vright spent Saturday with Mis:
innie Kay.
Mr. John Stevtenson and aunt, Mrs
tebecca Bramblett recently visitec
elatives near Sharon.
Mr. Lewis Edwards of Long Cane
pent Wednesday afternoon with Mr
I. B. Kay.
M. D. Wright and W. D. Hfggins
fere visitors in Abbeville Saturday
iCHOOL POPULATION
AC IT C VC 09 OCA Of/"
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Washington, Nov. 3.?The schoo
ioulat;on, of the United States i:
3,250,879, the Census Bureau an
iouncing today. Of this number comirising
citizens'five to 20 years old
(lore than 21,370,000 were attending
chool between September 1919, anc
anuary, 19-20, when the Census was
aken. Utah apparently is the mosl
tudious state, 78 per cent of hei
itizens eligible by age being regisered
in schools. Massachusetts leads
n the 73 year group with 96.1 pei
ent and Louisiana comes'last with
9.9 per cent. '
The America^ Legion estimates
hat seven hundred thousand wai
eterans are jobless. But that's al
ight; the world is safe for democ
acy.?#Life.
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coni and Lieutenant Altibelii both <
this city, recently enagged in a du
that is believed to have set the re
ord jfor small gun practice. They .fa
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petition.
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ued until they had exchanged 78
L rounds, neither one having suffered
serious damage. At last their secends
s. and the surgeons in attendance and
jf stopped the fusillade.
el The twd men, before retiring, dec"
clared tnemseives reconciled.
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on their Polar Expedition at the Ab-'
sday Night, November the 10th.
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