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SEE VALUE OF MOTOR TRUC* French Business Men Realize Th a Their System of Freight Transpor tation ls Obsolete. That the war brought to France ni object lesson In the utility of tnt motortruck as a means of freigln transportation appears In plans now tinder way to develop a long haul system. It ls hoped thereby to quicken the movement of goods and lessee the Impatience of varions business interests with the slowness of rail way and waterway traffic. The prac ticability of the motortruck as a freight carrier was a revelation to Frenchmen of business who had de pended in normal times on what would be held an abnormally slow service. From Havre to Paris by boat means often a journey of at least three months, and at the quickest, which requires special arrangement with the government, takes about four weeks. Commenting on railroad transporta tion between Paris and the seaports, a Paris business man ls reported as saying that from Havre one must ex pect a delay of one or two months, from Bordeaux a delay of two or three months, and that "when goods for Paris reach Marseilles they stay there." The humorous exaggeration Illustrates the condition which ls turning Frenchmen to the hopeful project of long hauls by motortrucks, a solution which will probably de velop because the nation is already provided with excellent roads. REMINDED HER OF SALMON American Traveler In Europe Con , fesses She Would Have Welcomed ." N Dish Once Despised. 1 Elisabeth Fraser, a ' traveler and writer, was talking at a diplomatic re ception in Paris about her recent ex periences in Vienna. "It is difficult said Miss Fraser, "to satisfy one's hunger there, even, at hotels that cost $15 a day. "Eating my unappetizing dish of hashed turnips, which frequently com posed'the principal dish of the menu. I thought regretfully of the salmon I once disdained on a Canadian trip." Miss Fraser laughed.* "I was traveling in the back coun try of Canada, where salmon-boiled, broiled, in salad, creamed, as cutlets -figured at every meal and became very monotonous. " Ts there nothing else for break fast? I asked the hotelkeeper one ? morning as a whole fish and pot of mustard was put before me. "'Nothing else?' the man exclaimed. '.Why, there's salmon enough there foi six, ain't there?' "Tes,' I admitted, 'but I do not want salmon.' i " 'Well, then,' my host replied curt ly, fire Into the mustard.'" Retrieving Barbed Wire. The problem of retrieving the burled and broken barbed wire on the bat: tlefields of Flanders and northern France is being tackled by the British war office salvage committee, and a machine for the purpose has been in vented and built which ls thus de scribed : One truck and trailer carries the whole of the plant, which can wort on the most uneven ground. A stout wire- rope with a number of hooks ls worked by a winch. As the barbed wire is drawn up lt passes through two sets of rollers, and the salved met al appears In blocks from one foot to 18 inches square, and weighing from 70 to 80 pounds. For smelting it sells for about $25 a tun. The staff In charge of the scheme thinks that there are 100,000 tons that can be removed, and If that ls the aggregate weight tl ? cost of the 40 outfits said to have been ordered shuold be amply justified. Ye Old-Time Telephone Girl. -"Time, was before the experts came ilong, and, in vulgar business parlance, sold efficiency* to the telephone com panies, when the telephone was a real ?onvenlence," John Ambruster relates n Everybody's. "The historic in ?tance of a lady who rang up central md said : T am just stepping over to Irs. Brewsters' for a few minutes to ret her doughnut recipe-she's Main 27--and I'll leav the receiver off so ou can hear If the baby cries and let ae know.' In nay home town we used o ask central where the fire was and rho was dead and did she think there ^as any mail for us." Nine Monthi on Warship. A'u?v?l mao, home on leave, was dls asslng'EAWfi Jellicoe's tribute to all inks wno fought at Jutland, and,he ?vealed what seems to the lower deck ie highest form of heroism. It was not the fighting, not the anx >us watching day and night-that ls ?hat a naval man ls there for, he lowed. "I've been 10 years In the navy, but 1 you'd ever told me before the war iat I should ever have lived for nine tooths on board ship without a break. should have dropped dawn dead," he aid. "But I've Just done it," he add a.-London Chronicle. Merely Breach of Discipline. An air cadet In England recently wooped down toward a country road rblle practicing diving and stmck a anl?ge In which two convalescent fficers were driving. Both officers ?.ere killed. When the cadet was put n trial the defense set up the plea bat there had been no such culpable egllgence as would justify a verdict f manslaughter, although the pilot had oromltted a breach of discipline in lying low over the road. The cadet voa acquitted. ? GM. SCOUTS BATTLE TO MAKE PRICES DRC i _ ? Nany Troop? in Thi? Stats Aro Int? ested In Deferred Spending Plan Outlined by National Director. i ' i More than seventy thousand Gi Scouts, according to an announc ment made recently at National Gi Scout headquarters, 189 Lexingt< Avenue, New York, have adopted tl principle of deferred spending as means of combating hysterical prie of the present day and "doing th? bit" to help put the nation on a st ble economic basis. Instead of spem ing ?il of the money that they eal or get from parents as gifts or alloy anees, hundreds of these patriot girls in each of the eighty-three loo councils throughout the United Stat? are investing in Treasury Savinf Certificates and War Savings Stamp obtainable at the majority of bani and trust companies, or at local pos offices. Sooth Carolina Giri Scout Troor interested in this announcement ai as follows: Andrews, Miss Franc? Pegram, captain; Columbia, Mis Adele Minehan, Miss Neal Than Mrs. A. T. Gibbs, captains; Troop : Estille, Mrs. D. Lewis Husbands, cap tain; Graniteville, Miss Attie Phillip! captain; Troop 1, Greer, Mrs. J. Poi ter Bailes, captain; Hardecville, Mis Dreka Wilder, captain; Heat Springs, Miss Aim? Van Landinghan captain; Newberry, Miss Blanche Da vidson, captain; TYoop 1, Pickens Mrs. L. C. Thorpley, captain; Ridg Spring, Mrs. Jerrold Watson, captain Troop 1, Rock Hill, Miss Sara Mar cum, captain; Saluda, Mrs. Colo] Wise, captain; Spartanburg, Mis: Marjorie Potwin, captain; Trenton Mrs". Lola Eidson, captain. "One of the ten Scout laws is tha a* Girl Scout must be thrifty," say? Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, national di rector of Girl Scouts. "This meani that a Scout must avoid all ?seles: waste of every kind, must be carefu when spending her money and mus? always remember that she shoulc save every penny that she can invesl in a safe manner. This habit of sav ing, if practiced regularly in youth, will make for better womanhood and will also give to the Girl Scout a sur plus in time of need. "Reports coming into National Giri Scout headquarters shew that the idea behind the government's "work and save" movement appeals to Giri Scouts. They like the Treasury Sav ings Certificates, for they are forward looking giris. That the investment now sf $82.49 mean? the return ia January, 1925, of $100, with the money meanwhile absolutely safe guarded from loss through accident qr theft, shows them that the certifi cate is -sound. And where are the girls of America who do not hav? dream? of the days in the near fu ture? Some want to give a present to their mothers; some wish to sar? for a trip; others desire to start a fund for educational purposes. The?? ?re only a few of the many reasons prompting girls to save and to invest now in government securities." What We? Did. Wes Whittle, a teamster down in Lowell, Ark., was so patriotic during :he fall of 1918, before the Hun wai inally vanquished, that he put a nortgage on his team and wagon for 189 and bought War Savings Stamps n his desire to do his duty by the foverament. Some thought Wes was toing more than his financial strength rarranted. But he juit went down nto the woods, cut up fuel and sold t and the mortgage was soon lifted, iow Wes is buying more stamps, be muse he realizes their value and finds te can ?ave. Crew Demanded Stomps. Clean up day on the battleship New .ney mean? s?m?thing more than ?rd werk to the gobs on beard that raft. It means a decided addition te be ship's fund that is drawing inter ?t in th? form ef War Savings tamps. While the war ship was nchored in Boston harbor recently, bo crew gathered np all the obsolet? alp's mt mg-s, east off jumpers and ther clothing, becks and papen and ' ragkt eut a junk dealer. The dealer 'as willing to pay cash for the junk Sering bat the crew demanded pay tent in War Savings Stamps and got ;. All condemned nate rial on board i being carefully stored away in reparation for another clean np. , Must Werk and Save. As a portion of its campaign gainst nigh pria?, th? National As Dciation ef Credit Men has directed letter lo each member, declaring Ut tho remedy necessary to change resent conditions reit? in increased reduction and stimulation of par sifal laving?. The letter was sent trough J. H. Tregoe, secretary and reaaurer of th? organization. Members of the association uroughout the country have been ex mding hearty co-operation to the aringa Division of the Treasury De artment to popularize thrift . hrough the ?ale of government sav- j jgs securities sueh as Thrift and - (Tar Savings Stamps and Treasury lortificates. Hlppety Hep. iippety top to the Qorernment shof I To bnj & War air ines 9 tamp toady; < ne fer you and one f?r me. t ?nd one for Brother Sandyt SP ir Abbeville-Greenwood Mi tual Insurance Asso . ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875.36 WRITE OR CALL on the unde signed for any information you nu desire about our plan of insurant We insure your property again destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or UGH' NING and do so cheaper than any Coi pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared 1 prove to you that ours is the safe; and cheapest plan of insuranc known. Our Association is now license to write Insurance in the count? of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCoi mick, Edgefield, Laurens, Salud; Richland, Lexington, Calhoun an Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Frase Lyon, President, Columbia S. C J. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. an Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. O. Grant, Mt Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A, W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT, Greenwood, S. C. January 1. 1920. 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Accident and Illness Pays your salary while you are laid up by illness or ac cident. Horses and Mules $7.00- per $100.00 on life of animals. Automo bile $1.50 per $100.00 for Fire and $1.75 for Fire and Theft. Bonds 50 cents per $1000.00 up to $4.00 per $1,000.00. E: J: JNORRIS, Agent-_ FOR RENT or SALE: A farm of 500 acres five miles south of Edge ield. Apply to Box 5, R. F. D. NO 1. North Augusta, S. C. ^0?TTA?3^?n^^ ^?orth Carolina Seed Peanuts and Small White Spanish. All well selec ed stock. Goff-Hutchison Mere. Co., Haul Y I will sell i of Fertilizers Edgefield cou of goods you crop and foi cheaper than See me at o while the roa< before the rus If I fail to h will order it f< My delivers near the depo Agent f Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1919, to the 15th day of March, 1920. All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1919, and December 31st, 1919. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December Si t, 1919, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for Janu ary, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st, 1920, the Coun ty Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent, addition al, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all un paid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1919 are as follows: Mills F?-State purposes- 9 For Ordinary County- 7 For Special County_ 3 For Constitutional School Tax 3 For Antioch _ 4 For Bacon School District_10 For Blocker_ 2 For Blocker-Limestone 1- 4 For Colliers_ 4 For Flat Rock_ 8 For Oak Grove_ 3 For Red Hill -._. 6 For Edgefield _ 8 .For Elmwood No. 8 ___.2 For Elmwood No. 9_ 2 For Elmwood No. 30_ 2 For'Elmwood L. C._ 3 For Hibler_ 3 For Johnston_' ll For Meriwether (Gregg) _ 2 For Moss _ 3 For Brunson School_ 4 For Ropers- 2 For Shaw _ 4 For Sweetwater _ 4 For Talbert_._ 2 For Trenton_:_8% For Wards .___ 2 For Wards No. 33_ 4 For Blocker R. R. (portion) 15 For Elmwood R. R. (portion)_15 For Johnston R. R._ 3 For Pickens R. R._._ 3 For Wise R. R._ 3 For Corporation_-_ ll All the male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years, ex cept those exempt by law, are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A capital tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2.00 commuta tion tax. No communtation is includ ed in the property tax. So ask for road tax receipt when you desire to aay road tax. . J. L. PRINCE, Co. Treas. E. C. Just Received Large carload finished MONUMENTS MARKERS HEADSTONES Etc. ready for lettering. Workmanship ind material first-class. Prices rea lonabie. It will pay you to see as. S. R. 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